selected ufo cases
Cases with Images or Photographs
Luminous UFO seen from Windsor Castle in 1783
August, 18, 1783 - Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
This illustration depicts a sighting that occurred at 9.45pm on the evening of August 18, 1783 when four witnesses on the terrace of Windsor Castle observed a luminous object in the skies of the Home Counties of England: "An oblong cloud moving more or less parallel to the horizon. Under this cloud could be seen a luminous object which soon became spherical, brilliantly lit..." View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight ID: 489
Case Type: SummaryReport
UFOs over Hamburg, Germany in 1697
November, 4, 1697 - Hamburg, Germany
There was a UFO sighting over Hamburg, Germany on November 4, 1697, depicted in this artwork. The objects were described as being "two glowing wheels". View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight / others ID: 488
Case Type: SummaryReport
UFO in 1034 depicted in 15th c. book, The Nuremberg Chronicle
1034 - Europe,
A rare typeset book from 1493 contains what may be the earliest pictorial representation of a UFO. The book Liber Chronicarum, describes a strange fiery sphere, seen in 1034, soaring through the sky in a straight course from south to east and then veering toward the setting sun. View full report
Source: The Bible UFO Connection ID: 497
Case Type: SummaryReport
Christopher Columbus UFO sighting in 1492
October, 11, - Atlantic Ocean,
In 1492, 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." View full report
Source: 'The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus' ID: 487
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Famous Person, Water-Related, Witness Photo
UFO sighting over Basel, Switzerland in 1566
August, 7, - Basel, Switzerland
A 16th century woodcutting depicts this scene in which dark spheres were witnessed hovering over the town of Basel, Switzerland in 1566. The spheres appeared at sunrise, 'Many became red and fiery, ending by being consumed and vanishing', wrote Samuel Coccius in the local newspaper on this date. View full report
Source: 16th century woodcutting and newspaper (credit: UFOs at Close Sight) ID: 485
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs
UFO 'battle' over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561
April, 4, - Nuremberg, Germany
At sunrise on the 14th April 1561, the citizens of Nuremberg beheld "A very frightful spectacle." The sky appeared to fill with cylindrical objects from which red, black, orange and blue white disks and globes emerged. Crosses and tubes resembling cannon barrels also appeared whereupon the objects promptly "began to fight one another." This event is depicted in a famous 16th century woodcut by Hans Glaser. View full report
Source: Various sources ID: 486
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs
Edmund Halley, discoverer of Halley's Comet, sees UFO in 1676
March, - United Kingdom
Edmund Halley, the astronomer who discovered Haley's comet, could recall two accounts involving unidentified crafts. His first experience was in March of 1676, when he saw a, as he said, "Vast body apparently bigger than the moon." View full report
Source: The Bible UFO Connection ID: 492
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Famous Person, Astronomer, Scientist/Engineer, Witness Photo
329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great 'flying shields'
329 BC - Central Asia,
Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day. View full report
Source: Bruno Mancusi, UFO Updates mailing list, Apr. 18, 2003 ID: 491
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Famous Person, Witness Photo
