19th Century
| Date | Name | City, State | Country | Description | Sources | Hynek Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883-08-12 | José Bonilla Observation | Zacatecas Observatory | Mexico | On August 12, 1883, the astronomer José Bonilla reported that he saw more than 300 dark, unidentified objects crossing the sun disk while observing sunspot activity at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico. He was able to take several photographs, exposing wet plates at 1/100 second. It was subsequently determined that the objects were highflying geese. | 0 | |
| 1886-10-24 | Maracaibo Incident | Maracaibo | Venezuela | In a letter printed in the December 18, 1886 issue of Scientific American, page 389, the US consul of Venezuela in Maracaibo reported a UFO sighting. A bright object, accompanied with a humming noise, appeared during a thunderstorm over a hut near Maracaibo, causing its occupants to display symptoms similar to those from radiation poisoning. Nine days later the trees surrounding the hut withered and died. | 2 | |
| 1896-1897 | Mystery Airships | United States | Numerous reports of UFO sightings, attempted abductions that took place around the United States in a 2-year period. | 1,2 and 3 | ||
| 1897-04-17 | Aurora Texas UFO Incident | Aurora, Texas | United States | A tale of a UFO crash and a burial of its alien pilot in the local cemetery was sent to newspapers in Dallas and Fort Worth in April 1897 by local correspondent S.E. Hayden | 3 |
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