Airshipcat:

	“... above ... and Sacramento, where one saw a dark object as equipped with a projector and four "large wings which seemed actuated by compressed air" (see drawing 25).” [mbd1]
	“On November 18 [1896], several witnesses observe, in Sacramento... , a strange machine to evolving in the sky.” [ynd1]
	“... on November 18 [1896] a machine flies successively over the towns of Sacramento, ...” [pmr1]
	“November 18 [1896]: An object similar to that observed the day before, dark, equipped with a projector and 4 large wings which seemed actuated by compressed air passes above ... and Sacramento.” [jbu1]

[mbd1] "La Chronique des OVNI", book by Michel Bougard, Delarge publisher, France, 1977.
[ynd1] "OVNI et Extraterrestres dans l'Histoire", book by Yves Naud, Famot publisher, France, 1977.
[pmr1] "Le mystère des OVNIS", book by Paul Mauclair, Vernoy publisher, France, 1979.
[jbu] Jérôme Beau, France, www.rr0.org

Sparse information.

Unexplained or hoax.

Type of report:	Second hand from unspecified newspaper.
Number of witnesses:	Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	Lat. 38°31'N Long. 121°30'O
Coordinates precision:	10 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Dark object with four large wings and a projectore.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Not indicated.
Reactions:	Not indicated.
Occupants:	None.
Occupants keywords:	N/A.
Communication:	N/A.
Language:	N/A.
Content:	N/A.

Daylight/nocturnal:	Not indicated.
Weather:	Not indicated.
Observation devices:	None.

Strangeness:	Medium.
Reliability:	Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:

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