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The earliest event widely considered a "mass UFO sighting" in the modern sense occurred in late 1896 and continued into 1897. This phenomenon is known as the "Mystery Airship" wave.


The Phantom Airship Wave of 1896-1897
The sightings began in California in November 1896, with reports of a strange flying light moving slowly across the sky. The first major wave started in Sacramento and quickly spread to other cities like San Francisco and Oakland. Thousands of people claimed to have seen these objects.


The sightings were characterized by:

Descriptions: Witnesses reported seeing a cigar-shaped or dirigible-like craft with propellers, a metallic hull, and powerful searchlights.

Humanoid Encounters: Some of the more sensational newspaper accounts included stories of people interacting with the "airship's" crew, who were often described as human inventors or sometimes even Martians.

Media Frenzy: The sightings were heavily covered by newspapers, which fueled public fascination and, in some cases, likely led to hoaxes and misinterpretations.

At the time, powered flight was still in its infancy, and the Wright brothers' first successful flight was still years away. Therefore, the airships were an impossible technological feat for the era. The most popular theories at the time were that the airships were the product of a secret genius inventor, an elaborate hoax, or a case of mass hysteria. Modern researchers often point to a combination of misidentifications of celestial objects (like Venus) and sensationalized newspaper reports as the most likely explanation.
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