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#1015, August 23
JAPAN
Two spherical luminous objects were observed in Japan while they released two stars. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p. 66)

#1027, August
EGYPT, Cairo
..in the month of Redjeb, many stars passed over Cairo and the Nile Delta. They flew with great noise and emitting a bright light. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p. 66)

#1034 (or 1043?)
EUROPE
A strange ovoid-shaped object of fire color crossed the sky of Europe. It went from south to east and changed direction before disappearing to the west. This fact was reported by the German humanist Hartmann Schaeden in an incunable written in 1493. On this document, which would now be in the possession of the Verdun museum, one can apparently see a representation of the UFO. A kind of cylinder or cigar surrounded by flames, flying over a verdant countryside. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p. 66) (like a comet???)

#1067
At sea, in the English Channel
"...coming from Normandy, several members of a crew perished at sea in the English Channel... A fire shone and burned superbly in the air. It came close to the ground and illuminated it for some time. Then, it departed, rose very high and then shot into the waters. In many places it burned woods and crops. In Northumberland this fire was seen twice in the year.. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p. 66)

#1096, July-August
JAPAN
"...ten lights arranged in a straight line flew over the Japanese territory..." (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p. 66)

#1098
GERMANY, Worms
"Cavalry forces in the sky near Worms" (Meland 2, no. 5)
(Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p. 67)

#1100's
TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE
Under Emperor Emmanuel Comnene, a Saracen, Georges of Trebizoade (or of Trabson) tries to fly in Constantinople, in the presence of the Sultan of Turkey. He kills himself. ("La conquête de l'air, chronologie..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - éd. Marabout Université 1967, p. 14)

#1104
Great Britain or SWITZERLAND?
"Torches of fire, burning streaks and flying lights were often seen in the sky at that time. There were some that looked like swarms of butterflies or small glowing worms of a strange kind. They flew in the sky and hid the light of the Sun as if it were clouds." (Christiane PIENS: "Les Ovni du passé" - Marabout 1977 - p.46: Great Britain) Wolfart notes that in Switzerland, in 1104, "torches...etc." ("Dossiers OVNI", ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Hors série, p.3)

#1123
GREAT BRITAIN, London
In Geoffrey of Monmouth's chronicle there is mention of observations in London of "ships at anchor between the clouds". (Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.67)

#1125
GERMANY
For three nights, starting at midnight, a man of fire was said to have run from one birch tree to another. Georg Miltenburger, who lived near a hop field near Railbach, Freienstein district, explained that the figure had first appeared on Sunday night, between 11:00 PM and midnight, quite far from him: he was nevertheless able to count all the figure's ribs. Many other people saw him on the crest of the hills as he ran in all directions. He spat fire from his nose and mouth. (Michel BOUGARD, Inforespace n° 23, p. 35) That year, one night, a man of fire haunted the mountain like an apparition; it was just midnight. The man went from one birch tree to another, setting them on fire, the guard declared that he looked like a bright fire. He did the same thing for three nights, and that was it. (Jean FERGUSON: "Les Humanoïdes..." ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.17, citing Raymond Drake)

#1130 and 1142
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Prague.
"Two flaming flying dragons" passed over Prague.
(Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970 -p. 56)

#1133
ENGLAND, Christchurch, Hampshire
A group of clerics from Laon were travelling from town to town in Wessex, carrying with them the relics of the Virgin Mary, which allowed them to perform miraculous healings. Upon arriving in the town of Christchurch in Hampshire, they were astonished to see a dragon emerge from the sea "breathing fire from its nostrils". ("UFO Files", ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 3, 4)

#1138
GERMANY (unspecified)
A dwarf was captured in the cellar of a German monastery. He was completely black and spoke no language. He was released to see what he would do. He returned to the cellar where he was found, lifted a stone and entered a tunnel that no one was able to follow him into. The tunnel was sealed with a cross and that was the end of it. (Jacques BERGIER: "Les E.T. dans l'Histoire" - J'AI LU - 1970 - p. 166, 167)

#1160
GREAT BRITAIN
Olivier de Malmesbury wants to reenact Icarus' flight; he jumps from the top of a tower; he glides for a distance of 120 steps and breaks his legs upon landing. ("The Conquest of the Air, Chronology..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - Ed. Marabout Université 1967, p. 14)

#1170, March 9
ENGLAND, St Ostwyth (Sussex)
12th century chronicler Ralph Niger recounts that an "incredibly large dragon" was observed, leaving the Earth to fly into the air. The air was set ablaze by its action and a house was burned to ashes, along with its outbuildings. ("UFO Files", ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 4)

#1180, October 27
JAPAN
Some chronicles report that on that day, a bright object similar to a clay pot took off in the middle of the night from a mountain in Kyushu and headed northeast towards Mount Fukuhara. The object suddenly changed course, flew south and disappeared leaving a luminous trail. (Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.68)

#1186, August 9
GREAT BRITAIN, Dunstable (county of Betford)
Benedict of Peterborough in his "Gesta Regis Henrici Secundum" reports that at the ninth hour of the day (around 2 pm) the sky suddenly opened and both the laity and the clergy of the abbey saw a very long and astonishingly large cross. The apparition lasted until midnight.<br/><br/>
Walther of Hemingford, chronicler and canon of Gisburn, also reports the event in his "Chronica" but places it in 1189, specifying that the cross was bright and white like silk. William of Newburgh, on the other hand, also places the event in 1189 but in Dunstaple this time, on the road to London and adds "one hour after noon the Emblem of the Lord and the shape of a crucified man were seen". But this is not the end of these mysterious crosses. The archives of the Dunstable abbey obviously report the majestic passage of an immense cross, high in the sky, from east to west, but this time the observation was made in 1217. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.68-69)

#End of 1200's
USSR - Siberia
(Note: this was in chron3, and marked "End of 13th century".) In Siberia there were black men who flew on silver plates, leaving long trails of fire behind them. (Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" - Albin Michel 1970, p. 315)

#End of 1200's
USSR, Russia, Don region
(Note: this was in chron3, and marked "End of 13th century".) The inhabitants of a large village were one day surprised to find, 2 km from their home, a metal ball 3 meters in diameter. The whole population came to admire this strange object, wondering what it could be and where it came from. It certainly had not arrived by road, as there were no traces of wheels on the road or in the fields. If it had fallen from the sky, or been vomited from hell, one should have seen a hole or something. But there was nothing abnormal. The surface of the gray ball was as smooth as a marble. Not so smooth, however, as circles, very regular, as if drawn by a compass, and of various sizes, were engraved on it. The villagers tried to push the thing, to make it roll on itself. Useless efforts: it did not move a millimeter. (...) When Pouchkine arrived, a Cossack of very bad reputation but, despite all his faults, very courageous, the villagers immediately informed him of the presence of the mysterious object. (...) Drawing his saber, he rushed on horseback on it, swearing and defying it to resist him. (...) ... the spectators are ready to go home. But they start screaming in fear: a circle of the ball has split, revealing an eye, a round cyclops eye that stares fixedly at its assailant, who, in turn, laughs and continues to strike, striking so hard that his sabre breaks (...) The peasants flee. Some hide behind the trees. And what do they see? They see Pouchkine and his mount becoming transparent before disappearing completely into the air. Yet they still hear his curses (...) Two days after this great fight, rider and horse, staggering like people who have drunk too much, made their entrance on the square (...) He started to shout that he was going to set fire to the wood and that the horrible thing would roast with everything around it. So everyone ran after him to witness the spectacle, but only witnessed his sad disappointment: the ball was no longer there. (Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" - Albin Michel 1970, p. 315, 316)

#1212
FRANCE
A young boy, Etienne de Cloyes, heard voices urging him to gather fifty thousand children to set up the pathetic Children's Crusade. They left to fight against the infidels and all disappeared. The explanation given is that they were taken as slaves. [note from vog: Keel seems to be blaming other forces for the disappearance of the children...] (Excerpt from John Keel's book; found in "Coscon Files" Internet, 5.1.1997)

#1218
GERMANY, Cologne and Munster
In 1218 both in Cologne and Munster and in Leyde, a formation of three crosses was seen crossing the sky. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.68-69)

#1218
NETHERLANDS, Friesland
A blue cross was even seen above Friesland at the same time.
(Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.68-69)

#September 1224
ITALY, Alverne
Brother Leon, companion of Francis of Assisi, saw a ball of fire descend on Mount Alverne. The same night Leon found Francis in ecstasy talking aloud to an invisible interlocutor. (Christiane PIENS: "Les Ovni du passé" - Marabout 1977 - p. 48)

#1232
CHINA, Pien King, (Honan)
Ogdai, son of Genghis Khan, was marching south when he came upon the walls of Pien King. There, he had the greatest surprise of his life. The defenders possessed two secret weapons. One was a real thunder that shook the skies, in Chinese: "chin-tien-loui", the other, worse, flying fire arrows, not simple arrows dipped in flaming pitch but authentic rockets that their wand allowed them to shoot from a bow. The thunder of the firecrackers and the flashes of the rockets spread terror among Ogdai's horde. ("Assault on Space" Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 18, 19)

#1235, September 24
JAPAN
While General Yosistsume was camping with his army, lights appeared here and there in the sky, swirling towards the southwest and leaving trails. The phenomenon lasted until the next morning and at the request of the general, an investigation was immediately launched to shed light on the mystery. The explanation came quickly: according to the scientists consulted, it was a rather rare natural phenomenon, namely "it was the wind that made the stars move". (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.69)

#1254, January 1
GREAT BRITAIN, St Albans (Middlesex)
In the night, monks from the Saint Albans abbey saw in the sky
a kind of large vessel of elegant shape and well rigged and of a
wonderful color. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont
1970, p. 56)

#1254
FRANCE, Paris.
At midnight, something like a large vessel, high in the serene sky,
visible for a long time until it slowly disappeared.
(Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 59)

#1258
GERMANY, Cologne
The use of a firework rocket is already reported in 1258 in the city chronicle. ("A l'Assaut de l'Espace" Georges H. Gallet, ed. of la Pensée Moderne, p. 26)

#1260
ITALY
Rockets were used in 1260 in Italy to fight against pirates. ("The Rockets of the Future" - Hans K; Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 12)

#1265,
FRANCE
Albert the Great mentions rockets in 1265 in his work "De Mirabilis Mundi". In the following centuries, the rocket gradually gained a place in the warfare technique of the European peoples. ("The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future" - Hans K; Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 12)

#1269, December 6
POLAND, Krakow
Martin Cromer in his chronicles reports that at dusk a strange light, whose shape resembled a cross, brightly illuminated the city of Krakow and its surroundings, like a powerful projector. (Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.70)

#1270,
GERMANY, Nuremberg
The first image of a firework display near Nuremberg dates back to 1270.
("A l'Assaut de l'Espace" Georges H. Gallet, ed. de la Pensée Moderne,
p. 26)

#1277, June 3
CHINA, Baoding (Hebei)
Extract from Liou Ying: I get up at dawn and through the window, I see a very bright star crossing the Milky Way. Now I see three bright objects appear in the southern sky, two of which fly away and suddenly disappear from my sight. The one that remains has five unequal lights under it and on its upper part I notice something dome-shaped. The unknown object begins to zigzag, like a dead leaf. At the same time something burning falls from the sky. Soon after the sun rises but its brightness is dulled by the bright object moving quickly in the direction of the north. In the western sky, a green cloud is suddenly agitated by another unknown object, oval, flat, which descends quickly. This object is more than three meters long, it is surrounded by burning flames, it rises shortly after its descent. . (SHI BO: "China and the Extraterrestrials" ed. Mercure de FRANCE, 1983, p.37)

#1290, August 3
GREAT BRITAIN: Yorkshire
Abbot Henry, prior of the Abbey of Byland, in the refectory, surrounded by his monks, saw "with great terror" a huge silver disc pass slowly above them. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, pp.56-57)

#1300's
ITALY, VENICE
J. B. Dante (de Perouse) carried out several flat flight experiments. In Venice, at the end of one of them, he fell on the roof of St. Mark's Church and broke his thigh. ("The Conquest of the Air, Chronology..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - Ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 14)

#1300's
PORTUGAL, Fundao
A little girl disappeared for three days. She was eventually found and she then told that she had been taken by a "white lady" who had offered her water to drink in a "bell". (Masinaigan at aol.com)

#1322, November 4
GREAT BRITAIN, Uxbridge (Middlesex)
Robert of Reading, a Benedictine at St. Peter's Westminster, informs us that "in the early hours of the night a pillar of fire of the size of a small boat, of pale color, was seen in the sky. It rose to the south, crossed the sky with a slow and majestic movement and departed to the north. At the front of the pillar, a bright red flame burned, throwing out great rays of light. Its speed increased and it disappeared into space... Several witnesses saw as if a collision and heard as if the crash of a terrible battle." (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.71)

#1349, July 18
JAPAN
Observation of two objects performing acrobatic exercises while emitting flashes. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.71)

#1352, December
GREAT BRITAIN
A kind of powerful beam of light sweeping the sky in the north of England. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.71)

#1355, Summer
ENGLAND, Leicester
According to the "Chronicon Monachi Leycestrensis" by Henry Knigton, during the summer of 1355 "a red banner and a blue one appeared in the sky of Leicester and were also observed in many places in England. They seemed to sometimes approach each other as if to clash. Finally the red banner won over the blue one and threw it to the ground, which everyone saw".
(Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.71-72)

#1361
JAPAN
A flying object in the shape of a drum and measuring twenty feet in diameter had emerged from a Japanese island and had flown over the entire west of Japan. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.72)

#between 1368 and 1399
CHINE
During the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, Commander Qiu Jingsi deployed his troops along the Yellow River. One afternoon, in a "Platane" village, a huge luminous object fell into the river, flames were shooting out of the waves up to the camps installed on the water's edge, several warriors were injured. (SHI BO: "La Chine et les extraterrestres" ed. Mercure de FRANCE, 1983, p. 41)

#1388, January 8
SICILY: Ragusa
... passage of several very bright objects aligned above the convent of the Franciscan Friars of Ragusa. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 59)

#1389, April
ENGLAND, Leicester
The same source (Continuation of the Chronicle of Leicester, by Henry Knighton) reports that the following year (1389) in the city of Leicester "a flying dragon was seen in several places, during April".
("UFO Files", ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 5)

#1394, September 2
ITALY, Forli
"At the beginning of the month of September, many asud (name given to celestial objects by Professor Marzocchi) appeared in the sky and shooting stars." "On the second day of the month of September, at the second hour of the night, a great asud appeared to men who were on the public square of Forli and to others gathered in other places. It crossed the sky very slowly and stayed in the sky for the time of two Pater Noster and was as long as a step. When it disappeared, the men who were on the square reported that it sent out a smell of burning wood. We have also heard other people who assured that the said asud in fire was travelling through the air in its own way. But then it remained still for a little while in the sky and after that time it gradually disappeared leaving in its place like a cloud and the rest of the vapours had taken the shape of snakes, a thing quite admirable". (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.72)

#1395
FRANCE, Languedoc
According to Jean Juvenal des Ursins, the following text can be read: In the country of Languedoc, a large star and five small ones were seen in the sky. It seemed as if they were attacking and wanted to fight the large one and followed it for half an hour. And voices were heard in the sky like cries. And afterwards a man was seen who seemed to be made of copper, holding a lance in his hand, and throwing fire, who seized the large star and struck it. And nothing more was ever seen. In some parts of Guyenne, voices and the clanking of armor and people fighting were heard. These things gave people great fear and terror, and not without cause. And because these things happened before the battle of Hungary, some said that this was its meaning. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.73)

#1400's
GERMANY
Jean Muller of Koenigsberg, called Regiomontanus (born in 1436) would have made a flight of an iron eagle before Emperor Frederic IV. ("The Conquest of the Air, Chronology..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - Ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 14)

#1415, October 25
FRANCE, Agincourt
On that day the Battle of Agincourt in the Pas de Calais took place, which saw the victory of the English troops of Henry V over those of the French, who were superior in number. On that day the English archers were considered the real winners, but most of them later claimed that they had been helped by "fiery beings who moved through the air at great speed and who launched fire rockets at the enemy". [note from vog: the use of rockets in armies was general... without the intervention of celestial or aerial beings!] (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.73)

#1420
GERMANY, Eichstätt
Konrad Keyser leaves us with a description of a rod-shaped rocket. ("The Rockets Vehicles of the Future" - Hans K; Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 12)

#1422 to 1461
FRANCE
Charles VII was born in 1402 and reigned from 1422 to 1461. To reconquer the kingdom he used countless rockets on the battlefield. It was only later that cannonballs were judged to be more effective. ("Astronautics" Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 9)

#1428, March 3
ITALY, Forli
The sky of Forli was again traversed by strange things. Here is what the city archives tell us about it: "On the third day of March, at half past one in the night for many and many people worthy of faith in all things, was seen in the city of Forli, above the Friars Minor, a very high flame in the shape of a tower and was seen a column that seemed of fire that rose in the air. The people of Forli saw them: many were monks and also those of the plains." "On the same day of March 3, a lamp of fire was seen in the air in Forli that lasted from one hour until three o'clock in the night". (Michel BOUGARD: "The chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.74)

#1428
FRANCE, Orléans
Joan of Arc uses rockets at the Siege of Orleans. ("The Conquest of the Air, Chronology..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 14)

#1430, June 10
SPAIN, Jaén
Between 11pm and midnight, one of the most impressive supernatural performances in human history was orchestrated in the city of Jaén. A diverse angelic militia, strong from 400 to 1000 anthropomorphic silhouettes, was materialized, slowly advancing towards the St Ildefonse church, from the first belt of streets outside the city to the main street of Les Cantarerias, along the cemetery to the parish. It was like one of those Catholic processions organized at that time, with crucifixes carried in arms, followed by a score of clerics marching in double file and praying aloud in an incomprehensible jargon for the inhabitants of the city. Then there was a kind of matron, a mature woman carrying a baby of a few months, she was raised above the other characters, and curiously at the time nobody identified her with the Holy Virgin. This character was escorted by a follower who held an open book in front of her. A cortege of 300 boys and girls followed. All this theater gradually faded away in the air, disappearing as incomprehensibly as it had appeared. All this is recorded by a notarial deed bearing all the names of the witnesses on parchment on June 13, 1430 before the provost Villalpando. (Article by Ignacio Darnaude Rojas Marcos in the magazine "Investigacion" No. 23 of Nov. Dec. 1997)

#1449
FRANCE, Pont-Audemer
It was with rockets that Dunois set fire to Pont-Audemer in 1449 before scaling its walls. ("A l'Assaut de l'Espace" Georges H. Gallet, éd. de la Pensée Moderne, p. 21)

#1458, March 7
JAPAN, Kyoto
Five stars appeared in the sky. They formed a circle around the Moon and changed color three times before suddenly disappearing. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.74)

#1461, November 1
FRANCE, Arras
On this day of Our Lord, on All Saints' Day, November 1, there appeared in the sky an object shining like a bar of iron, long and wide like half the Moon. It remained motionless for fifteen minutes. Then, suddenly, the strange object began to rise in a spiral, then it turned and whirled like an unwound watch spring and afterwards it disappeared into the sky (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 60). That night (All Saints' Night 1461), indeed, he (Sir Jean Du Clercq, advisor to the Duke of Burgundy) witnessed, along with a crowd of stunned Arrageois, a very strange phenomenon. He saw, motionless in the sky of Arras, "like a kind of iron bar, quite long and thick like half a half-moon". The sky was clear and the apparition was perfectly visible. It lasted well a quarter of an hour. Then the "thing" began to "corkscrew, twist and twirl like a watch spring in the sky and disappear"... The emotion was great in Arras and people will talk for a long time about this extraordinary event to which nobody can give an explanation! (Phil..., Mail-list: OVNI-SCIENCES, 1999)

#1468, March 8
JAPAN, Nara
A dark object, making the sound of a wheel, flew away from Mount Kasuga in the middle of the night and flew westward, towards Osaka Bay. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.74-75)

#1491, August 13
ITALY, Milan
Facius Cardan saw appear at 8pm, 7 men dressed in silky garments resembling Greek togas. They wore bright shoes and had bright breastplates. Two of them, appearing more noble than the others, were dressed identically. One was tall and ruddy-faced and had two companions, the other smaller and fairer-skinned had three. They were said to be 40 years old but looked only 30. They said they were men made of air, subject to birth and death but could live up to 300 years. When questioned about the immortality of the soul they said nothing survives of the individual that is personal to them. They said God creates the world little by little, so that if he were to stop doing it, even for an instant, the world would perish. (Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of E.T. Appearances" - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J'AI LU, p. 26, 27)

#1492, mid-October
AMERICA (New World)
"Two hours before midnight" Columbus indeed distinguished a light. He called Pero Guttierez and asked him to look:
"It was in fact like a kind of light, like a chain of wax, which rose and fell, gradually approaching the ground". (Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.77-78)

#1509
MEXICO
One morning in 1509 the guardians of the temple of Telzatlipoca informed the emperor Moctezuma that in the middle of the previous night, they had been able to observe a smoke that was thickening and that was so white and bright, that it was like being in broad daylight. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.77-78)

#November 8th, 1517
ROMANIA
According to the Romanian chronicle "Leptopisetul Moldovenesc", a great sign appeared in the sky, shining like a human figure, towards the west. It stayed up there for a long time before hiding itself again in the air. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.78) On November 8th ”A great blue sign shining like a face of a man” appeard in the western sky over Moldavia. It remained quite a long time, at the same place, after which it ”hid itself” in the sky again. (cf. Letopisetul Moldovcenesc)

#1520
GERMANY: Erfurt
Under the reign of Emperor Carlos V of Prussia (Charles Quint), two bright Suns were seen at the same time in Erfurt; a burning ray suddenly landed and then departed into the sky where it took a circular shape. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 61) "A wonderful burning ray of great dimensions suddenly appeared in the sky. It fell to the ground and destroyed several places. Then it turned around, circled and rose into the sky where it remained in the form of a circle" (Michel BOUGARD: "The Chronicle of UFOs" - Delarge 1977 p.78)

#1523
CHINA, Yugiu (Jiangsu)
...a teacher named Lü Yu lived in the village of Yugiu. One day, when it was raining non-stop, this teacher noticed two ships sailing on the fluffy clouds in front of his house. On these two ships measuring more than ten arms, men two arms long were busy, each wearing a red hat and multicolored clothes. They all held a pole in their hand. The ships moved very quickly. At Lü Yu's house that day there were a dozen scholars who, alerted by Lü Yu, came out of the house and stood next to him to observe the phenomenon. Then, the men in multicolored clothes passed their hand over the mouths of the scholars: their mouths immediately became black and none of the scholars could speak anymore. At that moment, they saw a man, escorted like a mandarin, dressed like a retired scholar, emerge on one of the ships, accompanied by a bonze. Long after, the ships flew away, as if pushed by the clouds, and fell a kilometer away in a cemetery. The ships gone, the scholars felt their mouths become normal again. But five days later, Lü Yu died for unknown reasons. (SHI BO: "China and the Extraterrestrials" ed. Mercure de FRANCE, 1983, p.42)

#August 1523 to October
CHINA, Guiling (Guangxi)
The townspeople saw in the sky each night a star measuring more than ten arms. It always remained suspended in the sky, surrounded by white vapor. It was rectangular, like a saber, and moved slowly from north to south. (SHI BO: "China and the Extraterrestrials" ed. Mercure de FRANCE, 1983, p.44)

#1528
FRANCE
Ambroise Paré: "This comet was so horrible and so terrifying that some people died of fear; the others fell ill. It appeared to be of excessive length and was of a blood-red color; at the top of it, one could see the figure of a bent arm, holding a great sword in its hand, as if it wanted to strike. At the tip, there were three stars. On both sides of the rays of this comet, one could see a great number of axes, knives, swords colored with blood, among which there were a great number of hideous human bundles, with beards and bristling hair. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.79-80)

#1528
NETHERLANDS, Utrecht
During the siege of Utrecht "a cruel and strange observation was made in the sky, which terrified the citizens and made the enemies believe they were going to occupy the city. It was yellow in color and passed over the city, high in the sky, and was frightening to behold". (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.79)

#1529 to 1555
ROMANIA
In the museum of the small town of Sibiu, Romania, extraordinary documents are available to those who wish to consult them. In 1555 a three-stage space rocket was built running on solid fuel. The author of this invention of a prodigious technique returns to the master of fire, Conrad Haas. The chronology of inventions is found in the Sibiu Manuscript: 1529: Two-Stage Rocket (ignition in both), 1529: Three-Stage Rocket, 1529: Rocket Battery, 1536: Flying House. Experimentation of the principle of ignition in the multi-stage rocket, 1555: Use of delta wings to stabilize rockets in flight. (Jean FERGUSON: "All about Flying Saucers" ed.; Leméac, Ottawa, 1972, p. 26, 27)

#1544
FRANCE, Nay (Béarn)
A fire lance appeared in the sky on Pentecost day. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon this lance fell on a square and on a building with a terrible crash. Nothing remained of the building. (Christiane PIENS: "Les Ovni du passé" - Marabout 1977, p. 59)

#1547, December 13
ITALY, Rome
"On the first day of the Ides of December at the third hour of the afternoon,
while the weather was splendid and the sky serene, a staff, and a red cross were observed in the air for nearly three hours.
And above that one thought to see an eagle taking flight, its wings open..." (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.80)

#1548, June 28
GERMANY, Oettingen (Bavaria)
At Oettingen it was said that the sun disk darkened at the passage of several aerial objects that went here and there in the sky, close enough to the ground to fly over the houses while red flames stayed in the air. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.80)

#1553, January 13
PERU, Porco and Potosi
At the time when Sebastian and his allies were preparing troops and weapons for the execution of his uprising in this city and Captain Francesco Hernandez Giron was doing the same in Chaqui, three Suns and two Moons appeared in the sky above the Porco site, in the middle of a circular halo, and inside it two blue and red arcs. Two other arcs of various colors and an admirable comet of blood red color appeared above the rich hills of the imperial city. On Friday, January 13, 52 days before General Hinojosa was assassinated, at 7 o'clock in the morning, a large circle was seen in the sky above Porco, passing through the middle of the natural Sun and it was all white, the size of an empan. It was reddish, tending towards the color of blood and the two others at its sides were very red and made of blood, to the point that their brightness and fire took away the sight of those who looked at them. The two Moons located at the limit were of a kind of white and a little red tending towards the color of blood. The two arcs that appeared were blue and red, the smaller arc was wider than the other. The comet that seemed to be born from the halo was blazing and made of blood, with a formidable head and a tail of the same material. This prodigy was seen from the Porco site and all its surroundings. The comet was seen again seven days later, at dawn, on the hill of Potosi, with two other arcs, one very white that seemed polished silver, the other that was above it, of a red tending towards blood and shining like a fire. One end of this arc ended in a kind of spiral ray of blood color... (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.81)

#1554, June 13
GERMANY, Jena, Nebra, Thuringia
A large number of spheres and discs flew quickly over the city of Jena. They had sudden changes in speed and took on a red hue as they headed north. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.82)

#1554
GERMANY, Nebra (Prussia) and Griessisie (Thuringia)
Two red crosses appeared in the sky of Nebra and the same day the solar disc was obscured by a cross in Griessisie; many discs were also seen. (Christiane PIENS: "Les OVNI du passé" - Marabout 1977 - p. 60)

#1557, (or 1577?) December 5
GERMANY, Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg)
"Many black clouds appeared around the Sun, like those we see when great storms rage. And soon after other clouds of fire and blood emerged from the Sun, and others yellow like saffron. From these clouds came light effects in the shape of large, high and wide hats, and the earth itself appeared yellow and bloody and covered with high and wide hats that took on different colors such as red, blue, green and mostly black... "(Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.85) (Jacques VALLEE: "Autres dimensions" - trad. Robert Laffont 1989 - p. 32-33, cites Pierre Boaistuau and places this phenomenon in 1577; also cited in 1577 by "Dossiers OVNI", ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Hors série, p. 5; Christiane PIENS, in "Les OVNI du Passé - Marabout 1977 p. 60, restores this to 1557)

#1561, April 14
GERMANY, Nuremberg
At sunrise the inhabitants of Nuremberg had a very frightening vision... "In addition to red, bluish or black balls, and circular discs, two large pipes were seen..., in which small and large pipes there were three balls, also four and more. All these elements began to fight against each other". This battle seemed to have lasted an hour, then, "as mentioned above, from the Sun and the sky, it fell to the earth as if everything was burning and with a great vapor everything was consumed". In the middle of these spheres a elongated shape was also observed "similar to a large black lance". (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 61; cites Nuremberg Gazette in "A Modern Myth" by C.G. Jung, Paris, 1961)

#1563, December 24
NORWAY, Bergen
Shortly before Christmas. Absalon Pedersson Beyer, a Protestant priest, and Christern Ulff as well as a goldsmith, the latter two accompanied by their wives, women and servants, observed a round, black, abnormal cloud passing in front of the moon and covering it. The black cloud emitted a puff of black smoke and the witnesses then heard a whistling sound. The cloud then went back and forth and finally disappeared. All this happened from around 5:30 pm until around 9 pm. (Source: Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73, collated by Ole Jonny Braenne) (continued: same witness see 1564 at Easter - Bergen)

#1564, Easter
NORWAY, Bergen
(cf: 1563, shortly before Christmas - Bergen) The witness was again Absalon Pedersson Beyer, this time accompanied by his wife. They saw a "sword of fire" that seemed to touch the ground three times, before rising back into the sky, where it split into three parts. Observation around 6 pm. (Source: Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73-4, collated by Ole Jonny Braenne) (continued: 1568, January 2, Bergen)

#1566, August 7
SWITZERLAND, Basel
Many discs, both white and black, appear in the sky of Basel and move; the whole population sees them. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970, p. 61) The "Gazette of Basel", written by Samuel Coccius, "student of Holy Writings and of free arts, in Basel, in the homeland, in August of the year 1566", reports, in the dialect of the time, that on August 7th of that year, at sunrise, "one saw in the air many large black balls which moved quickly and very rapidly towards the sun, then they turned around, crashing into each other as if they were fighting; a great number of them became red and fiery, and afterwards they burned and extinguished". As the period illustration shows, the observation took place in Basel; the image shows the "Munster" square, the cathedral, with the Antistitium. (UFOs with Heidi, cfr GREPI, Switzerland, 1997)

#1566
BELGIUM, Flanders
Italian historian Fomianus Strada relates in his "De Bello Belgico decades duae" that in 1566 armies of the sky were seen in the sky of Flanders in full combat. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.84)

#1567
SWITZERLAND, Basel
A black sphere emerged and covered the entire surface of the sun. It remained visible everywhere throughout the day. (Christiane PIENS: "Les Ovni du passé" - Marabout 1977 - p. 62)

#1571, September 29
SWITZERLAND, Basel
The "Neue Zeitung" reported that a dark sphere remained visible for a day, covering the sky as it had five years before. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.85)

#1571, October 17
ITALY, Rome
Shortly after the naval victory of Lepanto, Pope Pie V observed from his window, like a mechanism that remained still for a few minutes before disappearing. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.85)

#February 13, 1575
BELGIUM, Brabant
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Cornelius Gemma, a professor of medicine at Louvain, saw two large hoops coming from the north, as well as two arcs and a vast light. One of the hoops had several colors and both were leaning on the west, on the equinox point. The southernmost arc broke near the belt of Orion and a multitude of rays, lances and javelins came out of the breach. Moving, they formed the image of a bloody battle. A red vapor spread in the sky and then became a vivid purple. Meanwhile, a white cloud with a dark spot rose towards the sky. The lances and javelins rose towards the sky and the fire became universal.

#1575, 28 September
BELGIUM, Brabant
Cornelius Gemma, professor of medicine at the University of Louvain,
saw in the night a powerful light coming from the sky and which swept
the ground with a burning beam. According to the witness the brightness was such
"that one could distinguish a nail on the ground at night" (Michel BOUGARD: "La
chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.84)

#1575
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Pierre Boaistuau wrote: "the face of the sky has been so often disfigured by
comets with beards and hair, torches, flames, columns, spears, shields, dragons, moons, multiple suns
and other things of the same kind... "(Yves Naud: "The E.T. and
UFOs in History" Famot 1977, Volume 2 p. 119)

#1578, December 21
SWITZERLAND, Geneva
"Wonderful and terrible discourse of the signs and prodigies which have appeared in the sky over the city of Geneva on the 21st day of December 1578" is the title of a pamphlet published by G. Stadius, mathematician of the Duke of Savoy and known astronomer of the time. He describes strange phenomena that would have occurred in the sky of Geneva. It is the description of a "comet surmounted by a small cross". (The Saucers at Heidi, cfr GREPI, 1997)

#1580, September 10
FRANCE, Valence (Drôme)
Two very large objects were observed in the sky. (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni: le premier dossier complet..." ed. Alain LEFEUVRE 1979, p. 34)

#1586
FRANCE, Tors (Charente Maritime)
Agrippa D'Aubigné relates: "A few days after the taking of Tors, the lord of the place took his guest to a garden, a little before sunset, and they saw a round cloud of a horrible color to look at, for which the Latin word subfusca (dark brown) must be used. This cloud seemed like a hat with an ear in the middle, with the colors of an Indian cockerel's throat that the spectator judged to be similar in all respects to the phlegmon that had been torn from him in the aposthume of his plague that he had had in Orleans. This hat with its fateful sign came in and melted near the bell tower..." [note from vog: I could not find a village called Tors, nor Beauvais in Charente Maritime...] (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.85-86)

#1587, September 21
FRANCE, Turnac (Sarlat, Dordogne)
At vespers it happened in the parish of Carsac, land of Monfort, that in the air, as on the plain of a place called Turnac, on the side of the Midi, facing the West, there appeared a great army equipped and in good order, both on foot and on horseback, making a hundred paces in front and remaining for about two hours, as if preparing to clash. And suddenly they rushed into the skirmish, one among the others: some of them could be distinguished by the color of their clothes which were yellow, and by their banners. During this first battle, from the side of the East, and from the part of the Roc de Carsac, a larger and better formed army of people dressed in white was seen, holding a white staff in their hands. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.86)

#1591, May 25
FRANCE, Saintes Maries de la Mer
According to old chronicles, a child, thrown from the tower of the church of Saintes Maries de la Mer, is miraculously supported in the air and lands without any harm. ("The Conquest of the Air, Chronology..." A. Van Hoorebeeck - ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 15)

#1593, May
GREAT BRITAIN, London
In the suburbs of London several witnesses reported having seen a "flying dragon" surrounded by flames. (Michel BOUGARD: "La chronique des OVNI" - Delarge 1977 p.86)