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accounts which seem to describe alien beings and flying machines of a technology
clearly beyond that of mankind, nor the incredible accounts from other
'holy' books such as the Hindu Vedas/Upanishads which detail air borne
vehicles which traversed "the islands in the skies", below is
a marvelous collection of eyewitness accounts from world history on the
mysterious UFO.
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- 1,500 BC:
Pharaoh Thutmose III In Egypt, the Pharaoh Thutmose III sees silent, foul-smelling
circles of fire and flying discs in the sky. compiled by Joel Arys
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- 800 AD:
Peru Aerial landing strips are built in the Peruvian Andes. compiled by
Joel Arys
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- 329 BC:
Alexander the Great, via his historians: told of 2 strange objects in the
sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing.
(Jaxartes River). The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men
they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day. They were
described as great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims. Contributed
by Thon
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- 170 BC:
From Conrad Wolfhart, Lycothenes (Medieval reporter/writer) "At Lanupium,
a remarkable spectacle of a fleet of ships was seen in the air."
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- 99 BC:
From Prodigia of Julius Obsequens, Rome "When C. Murius and L. Valerius
were consuls in Tarquinia towards sunset, a round object, like a globe,
a round or circular shield, took its path in the sky from west to east."
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- 90 BC:
From Prodigia of Julius Obsequens, Rome "At Aernarie, while Livius
Troso was promulgating the laws at the beginning of the italiian war, at
sunrise, there came a terrific noise in the sky, and a globe of fire appeared
burning in the north. In the territory of Spoletum, a globe of fire, of
golden color, fell to the earth gyrating. It then seemed to increase in
size, rose from the earth and ascended into the sky, where it obscured
the sun with its brilliance. It revolved toward the eastern quadrant of
the sky."
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- 85 BC:
From Pliny, Natural History: Book II, ch 34 "In the consulship of
Lucius Valerius and Caius Marius, a burning shield scattering sparks ran
across the sky." Contributed by Thon
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- 42 BC:
From Prodigia of Julius Obsequens, Rome "Something like a sort of
weapon, or missile, rose with a great noise from the earth and soared into
the sky"
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- 70 AD, May 21:
From Josephus "Jewish War" Book CXI "On the 21st of May
a demonic phantom of incredible size...for before sunset there appeared
in the air over the whole country chariots and armed troops coursing through
the clouds and surrounding the cities." Contributed by Thon
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- 80 AD:
From Conrad Wolfhart, Lycothenes (Medieval reporter/writer) "When
the Roman emperor, Agricola was in Scotland, wondrous flames were seen
in the skies over Caledon Wood, all one winter night. Everywhere the air
burned, and on many nights, when the weather was serene, a ship was seen
in the air moving fast."
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- 98 AD:
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Conrad Wolfhart, Lycothenes (Medieval reporter/writer) "At sunset,
a burning shield passed over the sky at Rome. It came sparkling from the
west and passed over to the east."
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- 398 AD:
 Byzantine
Empire "A thing like a burning globe, presenting a sword, shown brilliantly
in the sky over the city. It seemed almost to touch the earth from the
zenith. Such a thing was never recorded to have been seen before by man."
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- 776 AD:
From an old chronicle by W. R. Drake "Those watching outside in that
place, of whom many still live to this very day, saw they beheld the likeness
of two large shields, reddish in color in motion above the church, and
when the pagans who were outside saw this sign, they were at once thrown
into confusion and terrified with fear and began to flee from the castle."
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Charlemagne: St. Gregory of Tours, a historian, wrote of Charlemagne: "Alcuin,
the secretary and biographer of Charlemagne, and author of the Vita karoli,
states in the thirty second chapter of his work that in 810 when he was
on his way from Aachen, he saw a large sphere descend like lightning from
the sky. It traveled from east toi west and was so bright it made the monarch's
horse rear up so that Charlemagne fell and injured himself severely."
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- 1235:
General Yoritsume was at military camp with his unit on September 24, 1235,
when a most extraordinary phenomenon was sighted. Through the night and
into the early morning lights in the sky were seen swinging, circling,
and looping. General Yoritsume had some astronomers working for him investigate
this phenomenon. They came up with perhaps the first explanation offered
for UFOs, 'The whole thing is completely natural, General, it is only the
wind making the stars sway'. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- 1239 AD:
England: From Matthew of Paris: "On July 24, 1239 at dusk, but not
when the stars came out, while the air was clear, serene and shining, a
great star appeared. It was like a torch, rising from the south, and flying
on both sides of it, there was emitted in the height of the sky a very
great light. It turned quickly towards the north in the aery region, not
quickly, nor, indeed, with speed, but exactly as it wished to ascend to
a place high in the air."
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 January
1, From Matthew of Paris: At midnight in the clear and serene sky with
the stars shining and the moon eight days old, there suddenly appeared
in the sky a kind of large ship, elegantly shaped, and well-equipped of
marvelous color. Certain monks of St. Albans saw it for a long time, as
if it were painted, and a ship made of planks, but finally it began to
disappear."
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- 1290:
Byland, North Yorkshire: From William of Newburghs Chronicle "While
the abbot and monks were in the refectorium, a flat round, shining, silvery
object (discus) flew over the abbey and caused the utmost terror."
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Uxbridge: Nov. 4; From Robert of Reading "In the first hours of the
night, there was seen in the skies over Uxbridge England, a pillar of fire
the size of a small boat, pallid, and livid in color. It rose from the
south, crossed the sky with a slow and grave motion, and went north. Out
of the front of the pillar, a fervent red flame burst forth with great
beams of light. Its speed increased and it flew through the air."
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- 1492 AD, October 11, 10:00 PM:
From "The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus." Christopher
Columbus and Pedro Gutierrez while on the deck of the Santa Maira, observed,
"a light glimmering at a great distance." It vanished and reappeared
several times during the night, moving up and down, "in sudden and
passing gleams." It was sighted 4 hours before land was sighted, and
taken by Columbus as a sign they would soon come to land. Contributed by
Thon
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- 1528:
At the Siege of Utrecht in Holland " A cruel and strange sight was
seen in the sky, which terrified the townspeople and made the enemy think
he would get the city. It was the form of a Burgundian cross right over
the city, high in the sky, yellow in color, and fearful to behold."
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- 1554:
March 10: France: "There appeared between 6 and 8 PM, about the moon,
a burning fire, emitting a great noise, what seemed to be the point of
a lance, turning form side to side, from east to west, casting out flames
on all sides."
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- 1643:
March 11: England, from the diarist, John Evelyn "I must not forget
what amazed us exceedingly the night before, namely, a shining cloud in
the air in a shape resembling a sword, the point reaching to the north.
It was as bright as the moon, the rest of the sky being very serene. It
began about 11 at night and vanished not till about one, being seen by
all the south of England."
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December 16: From an account by a Fellow of the Royal Society: England
"I was crossing St James park when a light rose from behind the trees
and houses, from the south and west, which at first I thought was a rocket
of large size. But when it rose 20 degrees, it moved parallel to the horizon,
but waved like this (the speaker drew an undulating line) and went on in
the direction of north-by-east. It seemed very near. Its motion was very
slow. I had it for about half a mile in view. A light flame was turned
backwards by the resistance the air made to it. From one of burning charcoal.
That end was a frame like bars of iron, and quite opaque in my sight. At
one point on the longitudinal frame, or cylinder, it issued a train in
the shape of a tail of light more bright at one point on the rod or cylinder;
so that it was transparent for more than half of its length. The head of
this strange object seemed about a half a degree in diameter and the tail
near three degrees in length."
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- 1700s:
United States Indians In the US, there is an 18th century Indian legend
about luminous humanoid beings who paralyzed people with a small tube.
In variations of these tales, Indian women were even said to have married
a couple of these "star people".
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- FRANCE 1790
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the summer, Police Inspector Liabeuf witnessed and investigated a large
red globe as it flew over farmland. The globe landed and a man came out
and spoke in a language none understood. The globe then exploded and the
man disappeared. The event was witnessed by many and is well documented.
Compiled by Danny Brown
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- 1870:
from the log/account of a ship's captain, F. W. Banner: "The sailors
saw a remarkable object or cloud in the sky. It was a cloud of circular
form, with an included semi-circle divided into four parts, the central
dividing shaft beginning at the center of the circle and extending far
outward, and then curving backward. The thing traveled from a point 20
degrees above the horizon to a point about 80 degrees above. Then it settled
down to the northeast, having appeared from the south, southeast. It came
up obliquely against the wind, and finally settled down in the wind's eye.
For half an hour this form was visible, then it finally did disappear"
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- 1878:
Flying saucers The term saucer was used by a Texan farmer to describe an
object seen over his farm. The ter was popularized in 1948 when Kenneth
Arnold saw a formation of objects over the Cascade Mountains of Washington
State and described them as moving like a saucer would if you skipped it
across water. This image inspired a local reporter to coin the term 'flying
saucer'. compiled by Joel Arys
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- Persian Gulf 1880
Members of the crew of the British India Company's steamship 'Patna' witnessed
two large luminous wheels each estimated to be 500 to 600 meters in diameter.
The wheels were spinning, one on each side of the ship, and the spokes
touching the ship. The sighting lasted 20 minutes and was witnessed by
Captain Avern, third officer Manning, and Lee Fort Brace. Compiled by Danny
Brown
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- MEXICO 1883
This sighting is the first photographed UFO sightings. At the Zacatecas
Observatory, Jose A. Y. Bonilla sighted several hundred discs and like
objects crossing the sun. Similar sightings occurred the following day.
Compiled by Danny Brown
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- CHINA 1893 North China Sea
- In February of 1893, the ship, H.M.S. Carolina was sailing
in the North China Sea, when a report from an officer of unusual light
activity in the sky came to the attention of Captain J.N. Norcross. The
officer told Captain Norcross that the lights appeared sometimes in a huge
mass, others spread out in unusual patterns. He said that they resembled
Chinese lanterns set between the masts of a ship. The next night these
strange lights reappeared but with a reddish glow and emanating small amounts
of smoke. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- 1897:
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Statement from an Alexander Hamilton, at his farm in LeRoy Kansas: "Last
night about 10:30 we were awakened by a noise among the cattle. I arose,
thinking that perhaps my bulldog was performing his pranks, but upon going
to the door saw to my utter astonishment that an airship was slowly descending
upon my cow lot, about 40 rods from the house" Hamilton
also described it as a cigar shaped portion, about 300 feet long with a
carriage underneath. The carriage was of some transparent material. It
was brightly lighted within. It contained six on the strangest beings he
had ever seen.
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- 1908 - Siberia
A mysterious fireball exploded over Tunguska in Siberia, creating shock
waves felt miles away and setting 1,200 acres on fire. In 1927, Russian
scientists first visit the sight of the blast. They find no meteorite fragments,
but discover unusually high levels of radio activity in the Tunguska soil.
Speculation centers on the theory that a crippled alien spacecraft's nuclear
reactor exploded on impact. This incident is thought to be the first modern
crash by alien spacecraft. compiled by Joel Arys
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- 1915 - Hill 60
During World War I, a regiment of the British Army, the 1st 4th Norfolk,
disappeared in an attempt to take Hill 60 at Suvla Bay near Gallipoli.
In front of 22 witnesses, the regiment --- over 800 men --- marched into
a strange formation of lenticular clouds hovering over Hill 60 and was
never seen again. Posted as missing, the regiment was thought to have been
captured. After the war, Britain demanded the return of the regiment, but
the Turks denied any knowledge of the regiment's existence. No trace of
the regiment has ever been found. compiled by Joel Arys
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- JAPAN 1940's
While flying over Japan, Wing Commander D.J. Blakeslee sighted an object
he described as having red, green and white lights. The craft moved rapidly
to escape detection. Blakeslee was guided by ground radar. He was reported
to be stable and reliable. The Air Force officially ruled the sighting
to be Jupiter, although it was tracked by radar. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- Solomon Islands 1942
Sergeant Stephen Brickner of the US Marine Corps witnessed an extraordinary
UFO formation. He estimated the number to around 150 craft all arranged
in a rectangle. The formation was 15 craft long and 10 deep. Formation
sightings have been reported before but the rectangle shape is unique.
Compiled by Danny Brown
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- USA 1942 Los Angeles, California
In February of 1942, UFO's were reported flying near Los Angeles, California.
Paul T. Collins was one of the main reporting witnesses who had seen these
UFO's. He described them as lights moving in a strange manner. There were
also reports from other witnesses stating that they had seen extremely
large UFO's around the same times as Mr. Collins. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- ITALY 1947
In August of 1947 an Italian artist by the name of Rapuzzi Johannis was
taking a leisurely walk in the mountains between Italy and Yugoslavia.
He saw just in front of him a red glowing saucer. This saucer was about
thirty feet wide and it was accompanied by two small dwarf-like creatures.
These creatures had very large heads with green faces, sort of resembling
that of a fish. They also had a circle around each eye. Apparently one
of the creatures had hit Johannis with an electrical ray which left him
very weak and almost paralyzed. After this incident the creatures ignored
the Johannis and left. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- USA 1947 Lake Mead, NEVADA
On June 28th, while cruising at 6,000 feet, US Air force pilot Lieutenant
Armstrong witnessed six discs flying in formation. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- USA 1947 Mount Rainier, WA
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June 24, Kenneth Arnold was on an aerial search for a crashed C-46 marine
transport plane when he saw 9 objects flying in formation. He estimated
their speed at 1,300 to 1,700 miles per hour, distance at 23 miles and
length of formation to be 5 miles. Also in the air at the time was a DC-4
which Arnold used as a point of reference to estimate the size of individual
discs. He estimated the size as two thirds the size of the DC-4. This sighting
was not corroborated by radar or witnesses but did attract media attention
and public interest. Compiled by Danny Brown
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- USA 1947 White Sands, New Mexico
On June 29, 1947, C. J. Zohn stationed at White Sands proving grounds in
New Mexico watched a huge, silver, circular disc at a height of 10,000
feet above the installation. This sighting was just days after Kenneth
Arnold's sighting which publicized the UFO phenomenon. Compiled by Danny
Brown
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- 1952 - Veronica, Argentina
Hundreds of residents of Veronica, Argentina witnessed six discs circling
above the town, the disappearing into the night sky. This sighting was
written hours of a similar report from Captain Paul Carpenter near Denver.
Carpenter reported the craft was traveling at 3,000 miles per hour, making
it possible for the saucer to have appeared in both locations. compiled
by Joel Arys
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- This material has been reprinted in part from UFO HISTORY,
where even more historical information on UFOs can be found. Their main
webpage, NIGHTWATCH is located here.
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