| Date: | November 21, 1896 | 
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| Time: | Night | 
| Place: | Bay City, San Francisco, California | 
			 
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			 Apparently [the airship [l'engin seen in Sacramento on November 17, 1896], it was not such a swift bird, for the mysterious craft did not appear over the Bay City until the night of Saturday the 21 and then only in “a shy and demure manner.” [rgi1] (The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.)  | 
	
Insufficient information.
Could be anything, for example Venus.
| Type of report: | Article by historian. | 
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| Number of witnesses: | Not indicated. | 
| Number of named witnesses: | 0. | 
| Witnesses occupations: | Not indicated. | 
| Type of location: | Not indicated. | 
| Coordinates: | Lat. 38.03 Long. -121.96 | 
| Coordinates precision: | 10 kilometers. | 
| Description of "UFO": | Not indicated. | 
| 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: | Nocturnal. | 
| Weather: | Not indicated. | 
| Observation devices: | None. | 
| Strangeness: | None. | 
| Reliability: | Low. | 
| Explanation(s) at the time: | Not indicated. |