UFO case file · UFO-0004
1896–1897 mystery airship wave
Sacramento and wider U.S. wave, California / Midwest, United States
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Broad pre-airplane press wave; mixed visual reports, hoaxes, folklore.
Airship-like craft with lights; propellers; gondolas in some reports
Occasional reported crews/contact in airship lore
Supporting case details:
Witness context: Civilians, newspapers
Recorded details
- Witnesses
- Hundreds of press reports
- Craft description
- Airship-like craft with lights; propellers; gondolas in some reports
- Entity description
- Occasional reported crews/contact in airship lore
- Coordinate precision
- Site/area approximate
- Date precision
- Approximate start