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Date:November 18, 1896
Time:None
Place:Oak Park, Sacramento, California
Narratives:


" ... above Oak Park ..." [1]


"... on November 18 [1896] a machine flies successively over the towns of ... and Oakland;" [2]


"November 18 [1896]: An object similar to that observed the day before, dark, equipped with a projector and 4 large wings which seemed actuated by compressed air passes above Oak Park and ..." [3]


Jerome Clark indicates that inhabitants of Oak Park, a suburb of Sacramento, told journalists at the time when one spoke about the observation of the next day, that they saw an aerial object making a turn above the city and leaving a trail of smoke. [4]


Sources:

  • [1] "La chronique des OVNIS", book by Michel Bougard, Delarge publisher, 1977.
  • [2] "Le mystère des OVNIS", book by Paul Mauclair, Vernoy publisher, 1979.
  • [3] Jérôme Beau, www.rr0.org
  • [4] "The UFO Book", Book by Jerome Clark, Visible Ink Press, 1998.
Notes:Sparse information.
Explanation:Unexplained or hoax.


Counts:

Type of report:Second hand from unspecified newspaper.
Number of witnesses:Several or many.
Number of named witnesses:0.
Witnesses occupations:Not indicated.
Type of location:Not indicated.
Coordinates:Lat. 38°31'N Long. 121°30'O
Coordinates precision:10 kilometers.
Description of "UFO":Object leaving a smoke trail.
Description of "manoeuvers":Turn in the sky.
Reactions:Not indicated.
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:.


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