| Date: | November 24, 1896 |
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| Time: | None |
| Place: | Sebastopol, California |
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“The cities where observations of the airship were reported after the 23 [of November 1896] include... Sebastopol...” [lgs1] |
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On Tuesday the 24th [of November 1896], in “nearby Sebastopol a hotelkeeper saw a “dazzling object ... such as he had never seen before”; ...” (The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [rgi1] |
Insufficient information. Lone witness.
Maybe astronomical, star or planet or something else.
| Type of report: | Second hand from newspaper. |
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| Number of witnesses: | 1. |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0. |
| Witnesses occupations: | Hotelkeeper. |
| Type of location: | Not indicated. |
| Coordinates: | Lat. 38.40 N Long. 122.83 W |
| Coordinates precision: | 5 kilometers. |
| Description of "UFO": | Dazzling light of object. |
| Description of "manoeuvers": | Not indicated. |
| Reactions: | Amazement. |
| 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: | Not indicated. |
