1896 Mystery Airship over Sacramento, Northern California (1896)

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📝 Description

A mysterious airship or UFO reported in 1896 during a wave of Northern California sightings, with newspapers debating its inventor and mentioning a patent attorney named George Collins who claimed to have been visited by a man seeking a patent for a new airship allegedly seen over Sacramento.

🔍 Circumstances

Public and newspaper reports amid a statewide surge of airship sightings in 1896; discussions centered on whether George Collins knew the inventor, and Collins described an encounter with a man seeking a patent for a new airship over Sacramento.

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