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Illustration of the September 1896 Sacramento UFO sighting showing a large spherical ball of electric-white light drifting over Victorian-era rooftops and church steeples while citizens watch from the street below and one witness calls upward to warn the helmsman

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California Sightings

1896: An Apparition Wandering Through The Atmosphere – Article

Published: August 8, 2013 | Updated: May 23, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT ENTITY SIGHTINGS REPORT 1896: An Apparition Wandering Through The Atmosphere – Article On the evening of September 17th, 1896, Sacramento looked up...

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Dossier-style illustration of the 1896 Sacramento sighting showing Victorian-era townspeople watching a brilliant light sail low over rooftops near a steeple

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California Sightings

1896: Saw The Mystic Flying Light

Published: August 8, 2013 | Updated: August 5, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|ENTITY SIGHTINGS REPORT 1896: Saw The Mystic Flying Light On a November evening in 1896, the citizens of Sacramento looked up and...

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Illustration of the May 6 1897 Hot Springs Arkansas airship encounter showing two mounted law officers with raised Winchester rifles confronting a bearded crew member holding a lantern while a sixty-foot cigar-shaped craft rests on the hillside behind him a young man fills a water sack and a woman deliberately remains concealed in the shadows holding an umbrella

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Arkansas Sightings

1897: Hot Springs, Arkansas Sighting

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: May 25, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP|ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT 1897: Hot Springs, Arkansas Sighting On a dark rainy night in May 1897, Constable Sumpter and Deputy Sheriff McLemore...

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Mystery Airship Wave

1896: An Apparition Wandering Through The Atmosphere – Article

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From the Archive

1952: A B-29 Bombardier at 30,000 Feet Watches a Pulsing, Fan-Shaped White Light Cross Overhead in Two Seconds North of Goodland, Kansas

1952: A C-124 Crew Watches Three Blue Objects in Fingertip Formation Pace Their Aircraft Over Vermont, Disappear and Return

1952: Radar Engineers on Great Blue Hill Track Two Wobbling, Dull-Orange Objects Through a Battery Commander’s Telescope

1952: Two Navy Pilots Over Memphis Watch a Bright Inverted Bowl with Vertical Slots and a Red Glowing Trail Pass 100 Yards Away