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UAP & Aliens, before 193058 stories · page 3

The Utsuro-bune (Hollow Ship) of Hitachi, 1803
1803 · Sharihama beach, Hasaki, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture (historic Hitachi Province)
Japan
UAP · Other · 34 sources
19Thinly documented
The Alençon "fiery globe" landing and Inspector Liabeuf's report
June 12, 1790 · Hilltop near the city gates of Alençon, Orne, Normandy
France
UAP · Sphere · 18 sources
6Thinly documented
The Blairgowrie "Pyramid of Fire", River Isla and River Ericht, Perthshire, 1767
September 1767 · River Isla near Coupar Angus to the River Ericht above Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 16 sources
23Thinly documented
Poinstown phantom ship and chariot
March 2, 1679 · Poinstown (Poyntstown), barony of Slievardagh, Co. Tipperary
Ireland
UAP · Other · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The Mowing-Devil: Strange News out of Hartford-shire (1678)
c. 1678 · Hertfordshire ("Hartford-shire"), England; no parish or farm named, map pin at Hertford is symbolic
United Kingdom
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The 1665 Air Battle of Stralsund and the Dark Disc over St. Nicholas Church
April 8, 1665 · Off the Gellen and over St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Germany
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
21Thinly documented
The Robozero Wonder: a fireball over a Russian lake
August 15, 1663 · Lake Robozero, Robozero volost, Beloozero uezd (today Belozersky District, Vologda Oblast)
Russia
UAP · Sphere · 29 sources
19Thinly documented
James Everell's "great light" over the Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1638/39)
c. 1639 · Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay Colony (today Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts)
United States
UAP · Other · 20 sources
16Thinly documented
The 1609 Gangwon Province Fire-Light Sightings
September 22, 1609 · Gangwon Province (Ganseong, Wonju, Gangneung, Chuncheon, Yangyang), Joseon Korea
South Korea
UAP · Other · 22 sources
24Thinly documented
The 1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel (the Basel Broadsheet)
August 7, 1566 · Münsterplatz, Basel
Switzerland
UAP · Sphere · 28 sources
14Thinly documented
The Columbus Light: A Wax Candle on the Horizon Before Landfall (1492)
October 11, 1492 · Atlantic Ocean, aboard the Santa María, east of Guanahani (traditionally San Salvador, Bahamas)
Bahamas
UAP · Orb / light · 23 sources
18Thinly documented
The Byland Abbey Silver Disc of 1290, a Schoolboy Hoax
c. 1290 · Byland Abbey, Byland with Wass, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254)
January 1, 1254 · Cell of St Amphibalus, Redbourn, near St Albans, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
The Flaming Torch over St Albans (1239)
July 24, 1239 · St Albans Abbey, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 10 sources
11Thinly documented
Agobard of Lyon and the Magonia cloud-ship captives
c. 815 · Lyon region (Agobard's diocese), Carolingian Gaul
France
UAP · Being / humanoid · 21 sources
20Thinly documented
The Airship of Clonmacnoise
c. 749 · Clonmacnoise monastery, on the River Shannon south of Athlone, County Offaly
Ireland
UAP · Other · 31 sources
18Thinly documented
Silver rain over the Forum of Augustus, Rome
c. 196 · Forum of Augustus, Rome
Italy
UAP · Other · 16 sources
33Partially documented
Armies and chariots in the clouds over Judaea
c. 66 · Judaea (Roman province), around Jerusalem
UAP · Formation · 21 sources
17Thinly documented

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