1.5 KiB
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Drawing published in the San Fransisco Call depicting the aircraft observed that year. See image at images/1896.jpg.
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November 18: An object similar to the one observed the day before, dark, equipped with a projector and 4 large wings that seemed to be powered by compressed air, passed over Oak Park and Sacramento.
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November 20: In the evening, a kind of balloon with a headlight at the front, a mobile ventral projector and 2 pairs of wings in front and behind is observed in the sky of Oakland (California).
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Alleged inventors of the device soon claim its paternity. However, several airships will continue to fly over California until the end of the year, as well as some flying lights.
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November 22: A group of passengers on an Oakland (California) tramway observe a winged cigar projecting a bright beam of light and capable of flying against the wind.
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Similar phenomena, featuring mysterious aircraft, are then observed by hundreds of witnesses across 19 states of the country.
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November 26: Peak of the observation wave.
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December 15: Last observation of this first wave, above San Francisco. In the space of a good month, a UFO made headlines in an industrialized country generating some 220 testimonies.
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At Arolla, near Zermatt (Swiss Alps), author Aleister Crowley is walking in the mountain when he suddenly sees 2 small men. He waves to them, but they don't seem to pay attention to him and disappear into the rocks [[Aleister Crowley, Magic Without Tears]]{.source}.