"We're getting early sightings and we can start to talk about them."

This is especially true of earlier sightings, as will be seen shortly.

A very early sighting of the man doesn't bode well.

"Our scanners have gotten a very strong signal, which matches your earlier sighting."

Most of these early sightings were made in Tiburon and San Francisco.

Knew there must be something wrong with my earlier sightings.

Most early sightings were in the region of Jonesville.

The earlier sightings in 1972, 1975 seem true even if later sightings may have been mistakes.

Its earliest sighting on record is 1993 but it is thought to date much further back this.

These earlier sightings allowed an exact calculation of the orbit of the new planet.