Time: 7 August 1566 Location: Basel, Switzerland In the summer of 1566 unusual celestial phenomena were reported over the city of Basel Switzerland and were documented in contemporary broadsheets and illustrations. On July 27 the sun appeared dimmer than usual and seemed to lose its brightness while the sky behind it darkened. Observers described the sun as appearing blood red and the moon that night also had a red tint. The strange coloring continued into the next morning with a sunrise that lit the streets and houses with an eerie red light. On August 7 another unusual event occurred just before sunrise. Large numbers of dark spherical objects appeared in the sky in front of the rising sun. Many of these spheres changed color and became red and fiery. Witnesses reported that the objects moved rapidly and interacted with one another in ways that appeared as if they were fighting. Some of the spheres seemed to collide and then vanish after a short time. These events were observed by many people across Basel and surrounding areas. The accounts were recorded in a broadsheet by Samuel Coccius and illustrated with a woodcut showing the dark spheres and the unusual sky above the city. At the time these phenomena were often interpreted as signs from the divine, but modern discussions consider possible explanations such as atmospheric events or unexplained aerial phenomena. The surviving woodcut illustration provides a rare visual record from the 16th century of these events. It depicts the city of Basel with people observing the sky and the unusual objects moving above. The events remain one of the earliest well-documented mass occurrences of unusual aerial objects in Europe. For the latest UFO and UAP sightings, my YT is linked on my profile. PP details are also available there, and support helps me continue creating quality posts like this. submitted by /u/PuzzleheadedFilm2535 [link] [comments]