| Date: | November 24, 1896 |
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| Time: | Night |
| Place: | Placerville, California |
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“On the night of November 24, 1896, for instance, it [the airship] was reported at ... Placerville, ...” “...lights were seen in the heavens passing ... over [Placerville] ... and [were] declared by several reputable citizens who saw it to be an airship [which] traveled against the wind; ...” (The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [rgi1] |
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| Type of report: | Second hand from local newspaper. |
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| Number of witnesses: | Several. |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0. |
| Witnesses occupations: | Not indicated. |
| Type of location: | Not indicated. |
| Coordinates: | Lat. 38.729 N Long. -120.797 W |
| Coordinates precision: | 5 kilometers. |
| Description of "UFO": | Lights. |
| Description of "manoeuvers": | Flight. |
| 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: | Middle. |
| Reliability: | Low. |
| Explanation(s) at the time: | |
