Close encounters of the Medieval kind The 1560’s Swiss & German UFO sightings 28th July 1566, first sightings of black celestial spheres are recorded in the sky battling one another over Basel, Switzerland. Recorded in a pamphlet printed this same year, the event is described as occurring on the ‘27 and 28 of July, and on August 7, against the sunrise and sunset; we saw strange shapes in the sky.’ Further stating of the sun that is ‘took a different shape and color. First, the sun lost all its radiance and luster, and it was no bigger than the full moon, and finally it seemed to weep tears of blood and the air behind him went dark:’. On the 7th of August the black spheres appeared to be battling one another until they turned a fire red and crumbled. A similar event was also reported in April 1561 in Nuremberg Germany, with the accounts mirroring each other with the sighting of a celestial battle of black shapes, with the sun turning to blood. For more weekly tales of the strange, macabre and gothic, follow @ofgrave.concern #strangehistory #weirdhistory #oddhistory #strangeencounters #ufohistory #ancientaliens #talesfromthecrypt #ufosightings #ufoart #ufoartwork #ufosighting #interestingfinds #baselswitzerland🇨🇭 #nüremberg #strangetales #mondaythoughts #historicalscene #historicalstories #macabremondays #macabremonday #unidentifiedflyingobject #unidentifiedflyingobjects #medievalfantasy #medievaltimes #weirdtales #strangestories #strangehistories #historygeeks #macabrehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CNS5KX3nHPf/?igshid=1lwg6pz4vizih