Hundreds of red, blue, and black spheres, cylinders, and crosses chased and fought each other in the sky, then a large black triangular object appeared, and finally all objects crashed outside the city. A woodcut print from the time records the scene in detail, cited by UFO researchers as evidence that medieval and modern UFO sighting forms are highly consistent.
Account
Hundreds of red, blue, and black spheres, cylinders, and crosses chased and fought each other in the sky, then a large black triangular object appeared, and finally all objects crashed outside the city. A woodcut print from the time records the scene in detail, cited by UFO researchers as evidence that medieval and modern UFO sighting forms are highly consistent.
Debunked
Scientific explanation attributes the event to atmospheric optical phenomena such as sun dogs or parhelia, or to a mass psychogenic episode.
Sources
- 1561 Nuremberg woodcut print (held at the Nuremberg State Museum)
- local chronicle records of the time