In April 1561, a broadsheet by Hans Glaser described a mass sighting of celestial phenomena or unidentified flying objects above Nuremberg. Ufologists have speculated that contemporary observers may h
The celestial phenomenon over the German city of Nuremberg on April 14, 1561, as printed in an illustrated news notice in the same month
Woodcut art and broadsheet depicting 1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
The Vädersolstavlan, depicting a 1535 sun dog over Stockholm
Miracle of the Sun
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The Miracle of the Sun, also known as the Miracle of Fátima, is a series of events reported to have occurred miraculously on 13 October 1917, attended by a large crowd who had gathered in Fátima, Port
1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
…The 1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund. The Miracle of the Sun in Fátima, Portugal in 1917. According to author Jason Colavito, the woodcut broadsheet became known in modern culture outside of Germany after being…
Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary
The crowd at Cova da Iria looking towards the Sun on 13 October 1917
Part of the crowd looking at the Sun during the event
A parhelion in rainbow colors, photographed in 2005