In
1561, Hans Glaser documented a strange event on a woodcut for the
German Nuremberg Gazette described as hundreds of crosses, globes and
tubes fighting each other above the city. Some of the objects were
reported to have disappeared into the sun, and others into a thick cloud
of smoke after crashing into the ground. Many were said to witness the
entire spectacle along with the appearance of a black, spear-like object
after the battle. According to the accounts, not only did people of the
16th century witness what seems to be a UFO sky battle, they were also
able to distinctly tell which side was winning.
Coupled
with the occurrence in Nuremberg, five years later in 1566, citizens of
Basel Switzerland witnessed a similar spectacle involving several black
orbs engaged in sky battle above. The people of Basel also recorded the
event in their city gazette with a woodcut that cannot be traced to a
known artist. Accounts claimed the black orbs would sometimes turn red
and fiery before fading to nothing. Science suggests these events were
the result of meteor showers and comets as the most logical explanation,
yet the people of Nuremberg, and surrounding areas, described the
sighting as something completely out of this world. These events were
significant enough to be featured in news woodcuts, which undoubtedly
were talked about for years after happening. The fact that people
believed a battle was taking place in the sky above, involving a number
of differently shaped objects, makes it difficult to understand this
mysterious phenomena as simply comets or a meteor shower.
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