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Mihal Grameno and the Shining Object over Çerçiz Topulli's Camp
c. 1907 · High mountain pasture, Gjirokastër region, southern Albania (then Ottoman Empire)
Albania
UAP · Unknown · 22 sources
15Thinly documented
The Egryn Lights: Mary Jones and the Welsh Revival Lights
December 5, 1904 · Capel Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), Wales
United Kingdom
UAP · Orb / light · 25 sources
37Partially documented
The USS Supply "Remarkable Meteors"
February 28, 1904 · Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles WSW of San Francisco (36°20′ N, 127°36′ W)
International waters
UAP · Formation · 16 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
The Big Wheel of Fire on the Grey Stone Road, Isle of Man (published 1902)
1902 · Ballakillowey, Rushen parish, Isle of Man
Isle of Man
UAP · Other · 18 sources
5Thinly documented
Pro early
The Haworth Police "Airship" Sighting
December 1901 · Marsh Lane, Haworth, Worth Valley, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hot Springs Airship Encounter
c. 1897 · Outside Hot Springs, toward Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Merkel Airship Anchor
April 25, 1897 · Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
United States
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
9Thinly documented
Pro early
Captain Jim Hooton's airship landing near Homan, Arkansas
April 20, 1897 · Homan, near Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources
18Thinly documented
Alexander Hamilton's Airship Calf-Napping, Le Roy, Kansas (1897)
April 19, 1897 · Hamilton farm near Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
April 17, 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 70 sources
33Partially documented
Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897
November 17, 1896 · Sacramento, California, then Northern California, the Midwest and Texas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 45 sources
41Partially documented
Pro early
The HMS Caroline "Chinese Lanterns" off Quelpart (Jeju)
February 24, 1893 · At sea, sixteen to seventeen miles south of Quelpart (Jeju Island), North China Sea
South Korea
UAP · Orb / light · 19 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Crawfordsville Sky Monster
September 5, 1891 · Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Creature · 31 sources
23Thinly documented
The Maracaibo Humming Light Injuries, 1886
October 24, 1886 · A hut a few leagues from Maracaibo, Zulia State
Venezuela
UAP · Unknown · 18 sources
24Thinly documented
The Dundy County "Celestial Visitor" Hoax
June 6, 1884 · The ranges about 35 miles northwest of Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska (story location)
United States
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources
17Thinly documented
The Bonilla Observation: 447 Objects Across the Sun, Zacatecas 1883
August 12, 1883 · Astronomical Observatory of Zacatecas, Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas
Mexico
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Maunder's "Strange Celestial Visitor": the auroral torpedo of 17 November 1882
November 17, 1882 · Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, with sightings across England, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 25 sources
33Partially documented
The Galisteo Junction "Aerial Monster" and the Collector of Curiosities, 1880
March 26, 1880 · Galisteo Junction (now Lamy), Santa Fe County, New Mexico Territory
United States
UAP · Cigar · 22 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
HMS Vulture's Revolving Wheels of Light, Persian Gulf, 1879
May 15, 1879 · Persian Gulf, Lat. 26°26′ N, Long. 53°11′ E, aboard HMS Vulture
International waters
UAP · Other · 16 sources
22Thinly documented
John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878
January 22, 1878 · Near Denison, Grayson County, Texas (possibly near Dallas)
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
11Thinly documented

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