Airshipcat:

Date:

After November 23, 1896

Time:

None

Place:

Modesto, California

Narratives:

"The cities where observations of the airship were reported after the 23 [of November 1896] include... Modesto... " [1]

"Since many of the sighting locations were many miles inland (... Modesto, ... etc.), ..." [2]

Sources:

[1] Article by Loren Gross in "The mammoth encyclopedia of extraterrestrial encounters", compiled by Ronald D. Story, Robinson publisher, 2001.
[2] "The 19th century airship mystery", article by Don Berliner, in "INFO Journal", #29, pp 2-6, May-June 1978.

Notes:

Insufficient information.

Explanation:

Insufficient data.

Type of report:	Second hand from local newspaper.
Number of witnesses:	Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	Lat. 37.66 N Long. 120.99 W
Coordinates precision:	20 kilomètres.

Description of "UFO":	Not indicated.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Not indicated.
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:	Insufficient information.
Reliability:	None.

Explanation(s) at the time:	Not indicated.

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