Episode 195 - The History of Medieval UFO Sightings
Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror

Episode 195 - The History of Medieval UFO Sightings

B2Upper-intermediateJune 16, 202640 min

Modern UFO reports are often associated with the 20th century, but strange objects in the sky have been recorded for hundreds of years. Medieval chronicles describe unusual celestial events, mysterious lights, and unexplained phenomena that left witnesses searching for answers. Centuries later, some researchers and UFO enthusiasts have pointed to curious details in medieval and Renaissance artwork, arguing that certain paintings appear to depict objects that resemble modern ideas of UFOs. In this episode, we explore reports of strange sightings from the Middle Ages and examine some of the most famous examples of alleged UFOs in historical...

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Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. I'm Abby Branker, sitting here with Alan Kadan. Hello. We are going to start with a lengthy quote from a news article printed in 1561 and translated

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by Isle Von Jacobi. In the morning of April 14th, 1561, at daybreak between four and five on the small clock, a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun. And when this was seen in Nuremberg, I can't do this forever.

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And then this was seen in Nuremberg, in the city, before the gates and in the country, by many men and women. At first, there appeared in the middle of the sun two blood-red semi-circular arcs, just like the moon in its last quarter.

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