The historic art
Depictions of UFOs have been reoccurring in many cultures on the planet, they are also spoken about in ancient writings
I wasn't able to find all the original sources for the pictures so not all are as valid.
Here is a (short) summary:
Depictions of UFOs have been reoccurring in many cultures on the planet, they are also spoken about in ancient writings
I wasn't able to find all the original sources for the pictures so not all are as valid.
Here is a (short) summary:
Petroglyphs dating back thousands of years ago by ancient Indians in the American Southwest. According to Indian folklore, two objects collided high in the sky and one crash-landed in the region of Death Valley. Some men arrived (presumably in another ship) and spent some time repairing the damaged craft and were observed by the local Indians. The two images below may possibly depict the ship (left) used by the men who came to repair the damaged craft. The images are stills taken from an old TV series entitled "In search of..." hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
- 6000 BC from Tassili, Sahara Desert, North Africa.
A few from ancient Egypt:
These images of two crusaders date from a 12th century manuscript " Annales Laurissenses" (volumes/books about historical and religion events)and refer to a UFO sighting in the year 776, during the siege on Sigiburg castle, France. The Saxons besieged and surrounded the French people. They both were fighting when suddenly a group of discs (flaming shields) appeared hovering over the top of the church. It appeared to the Saxons that the French were protected by these objects and the Saxons fled.
Image from the French book Le Livre Des Bonnes Moeurs ("The Book Of The Moralities") by Jacques Legrand, 1338.
The one on the right was created in 1330.
The one on the left is entitled “The Magnificat”.
Both are located at the French basillica Notre-Dame in Beaune, Burgandy.
The one on the left is entitled “The Magnificat”.
Both are located at the French basillica Notre-Dame in Beaune, Burgandy.
'The Crucifixion' - painted in 1350. The fresco is located above the altar at the Visoki Decani Monestary in Kosovo, Yugoslavia.
“The Miracle of the Snow” and was painted by Masolino Da Panicale (1383-1440) and hangs at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence, Italy.
This painting is called “The Madonna with Saint Giovannino”. It was painted in the 15th century by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) and hangs as part of the Loeser collection in the Palazzo Vecchio.
This picture shows a UFO sighting over Hamburg, Germany The objects were described as 'two glowing wheels' - November 4, 1697
17th century fresco of the crucifiction - Svetishoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia.
A disk shaped object is shining beams of light down on John the Baptist and Jesus - Fitzwilliam Musuem, Cambridge, England - Painted in 1710 by Flemish artist Aert De Gelder.
Illustration from a book “Ume No Chiri (Dust of Apricot)”, 1803.
A foreign ship and crew witnessed at Haratonohama in Hitachi no Kuni, Japan this strange object. According to the explanation in the drawing, the outer shell was made of iron and glass, and strange letters shown in this drawing were seen inside the ship.
A foreign ship and crew witnessed at Haratonohama in Hitachi no Kuni, Japan this strange object. According to the explanation in the drawing, the outer shell was made of iron and glass, and strange letters shown in this drawing were seen inside the ship.
China has a rich history on UFOs covered extensively in the book:
"From The Record – UFO Sightings in the Ancient Chinese History Books by Taiwan researcher Kai-Chi Chang published in 1991, which cataloged 741 UFO incidents recorded in China between 139 BC and 1918 AD. Some cases are just a note on a log like this one from the year 32 BC during the first year of the Han dynasty: “Two moons appeared in the night sky all of a sudden.” Other observations, however, are far more detailed like this case from April 13, 905 AD during the Tan dynasty:
“In the middle of the night, a very large star that looked like a dou (a 10-liter box-like grain measuring container) suddenly appeared in the top of the sky and was floating toward the northwest. When it had reached about 30 meters above the ground, it suddenly stopped and remained still. The top of the star appeared to be burning, and red and yellow blazing flames were as high as 5 meters tall. Later the star started to serpentine. Wherever had it passed, little stars on its sides were moving toward the southeast, and they came down like raindrops that soon disappeared. Meanwhile, pale mist rose from the earth like bamboo thickets toward the center of the sky.” (The Astronomy Record II, The Book of New Tang, Year 2, Tang dynasty.) Kai-Chi Chang added that “this could not be a meteor, because meteors cannot pause when plummeting from the sky; in addition, a meteor cannot change direction or serpentine. It had to be a UFO.”
http://www.openminds.tv/chinese-ufo-records/3456
"From The Record – UFO Sightings in the Ancient Chinese History Books by Taiwan researcher Kai-Chi Chang published in 1991, which cataloged 741 UFO incidents recorded in China between 139 BC and 1918 AD. Some cases are just a note on a log like this one from the year 32 BC during the first year of the Han dynasty: “Two moons appeared in the night sky all of a sudden.” Other observations, however, are far more detailed like this case from April 13, 905 AD during the Tan dynasty:
“In the middle of the night, a very large star that looked like a dou (a 10-liter box-like grain measuring container) suddenly appeared in the top of the sky and was floating toward the northwest. When it had reached about 30 meters above the ground, it suddenly stopped and remained still. The top of the star appeared to be burning, and red and yellow blazing flames were as high as 5 meters tall. Later the star started to serpentine. Wherever had it passed, little stars on its sides were moving toward the southeast, and they came down like raindrops that soon disappeared. Meanwhile, pale mist rose from the earth like bamboo thickets toward the center of the sky.” (The Astronomy Record II, The Book of New Tang, Year 2, Tang dynasty.) Kai-Chi Chang added that “this could not be a meteor, because meteors cannot pause when plummeting from the sky; in addition, a meteor cannot change direction or serpentine. It had to be a UFO.”
http://www.openminds.tv/chinese-ufo-records/3456