I was reading a book on the history of the Black Death and it would appear that there was a UAP sighting that appeared in Paris in 1348 and was documented by a French friar, Jean de Venette, and was considered as a potent for the Black Death plague. It consisted of a large, bright UFO that remained stationary for hours and then exploded in a burst of light before disappearing. Thought I'd share the relevant passage with y'all as it does not seem that this incident was never discussed in the UAP context before: "In A.D. 1348, the people of Florence and of almost the whole world were struck by a blow other than war. For in addition to the famine . . . and to the wars . . . pestilence and its attendant tribulations appeared again in various parts of the world. In the month of August, 1348, after Vespers when the sun was beginning to set, a big and very bright star appeared above Paris, toward the west. It did not seem, as stars usually do, to be very high above our hemisphere but rather very near. As the sun set and night came on, this star did not seem to me or to many other friars who were watching it to move from one place. At length, when night had come, this big star, to the amazement of all of us who were watching, broke into many different rays and, as it shed these rays over Paris toward the east, totally disappeared and was completely annihilated. Whether it was a comet or not, whether it was composed of airy exhalations and was finally resolved into vapor, I leave to the decision of astronomers..." submitted by /u/Moist_Emu_6951 [link] [comments]