UFOs over Nuremberg, 1561

Ever wonder where the banner image on our website and social media pages comes from? It's a composite image based mostly from a 16th-century woodcut depicting a UFO sighting over Nuremberg, in modern-day Germany. As well as producing a captivating illustration, the sighting is a good example of an early-modern "wonder-sign," long before the term UFO ever entered the lexicon, and before anyone suspected extraterrestrial culprits. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X4NpnxsIQo0 Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full sources & transcript: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/nuremberg-ufos.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Check out more from our illustrator, V.R. Laurence: https://vrlaurence.com Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com) Research by Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Main sources: Billig, Otto. Flying Saucers – Magic in the Skies. Schenkman, 1982. Glaser, Hanns. “Himmelserscheinung über Nürnberg vom 14. April 1561”. April 14, 1561. Zurich Zentralbibliothek [ZB PAS II 12:60]. Glaser, Hanns. “Glaser, Hans.” Zeno.org. http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/A/Glaser,%20Hans. Johnson, Frank. “Nuremburg (sic) UFO ‘Battle’ Debunked.” AncientAliensDebunked.com. December 12, 2012. Jung, Carl. Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. USA: Princeton University Press, 1959 (1978). https://archive.org/details/flyingsaucersmod00jung. Kurihara, Ken. Celestial Wonders in Reformation Germany. Pickering & Chatto, Routledge. 2014, 2016. Magin, Ulrich. “A UFO in the Year 1561?” In Investigating the Impossible: Sea Serpents in the Air, Volcanoes that Aren't and Other Out of Place Mysteries, 7 - 13. Anomalist Books, 2011. Vallée, Jacques and Chris Aubeck. Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Anomalies from Antiquity to Modern Times. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Penguin, 2009. Von Kevicsky, Colman S. "The UFO Sighting Over Nuremberg in 1561." Official UFO. January 1976, Volume 1 Number 5. Translation by Ilse Von Jacobi. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com.