| Date: | November 24, 1896 |
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| Time: | Night |
| Place: | Eureka, California |
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“In the night ... at Eureka” ... “On Tuesday the twenty-fourth, a great white light flashed out from the heavens, almost within hailing distance” at Eureka. (The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [rgi1] |
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October 24, 1896 Eureka (CA) Daily Humboldt Standard "The Latest from Blocksburg" [arc1] |
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| Type of report: | Second hand from newspaper. |
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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. 40.802 N Long. -124.162 W |
| Coordinates precision: | 5 kilometers. |
| Description of "UFO": | Large white light. |
| Description of "manoeuvers": | None 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. |
