Nocturnal Light

Italian astronomer Geminiano Montanari on a rooftop observatory terrace watching a vast luminous body apparently larger than the moon cross the Italian night sky from Dalmatia to Corsica at high altitude in March 1676 — the encounter he reported to Edmond Halley who called it the hardest thing he ever had to account for

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England Sightings

1676: Geminiano Montanari’s Vast Body — Reported to Edmond Halley

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: May 15, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1676: Geminiano Montanari’s Vast Body — Reported to Edmond Halley In March 1676, Italian astronomer and polymath Geminiano Montanari...

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Two large glowing wheel-shaped objects in the night sky above Baroque-era Hamburg Germany on November 4 1697 while a crowd of Hamburg citizens in period dress point upward, with the moon visible in the same sky for size comparison — as depicted in the surviving period illustration

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Germany Sightings

1697: UFOs over Hamburg, Germany

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: May 15, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1697: UFOs over Hamburg, Germany On the night of November 4, 1697, the citizens of Hamburg, Germany looked up...

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Four witnesses including Royal Academy co-founders Thomas and Paul Sandby watching from the Windsor Castle terrace as a brilliant pale blue luminous sphere halted beneath an oblong cloud and lit everything on the ground with prodigious light before moving east and changing direction on August 18 1783 — as published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1784 and documented in the surviving Sandby aquatint

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England Sightings

1783: Luminous UFO seen from Windsor Castle

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: May 18, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1783: Luminous UFO seen from Windsor Castle At 9:45 PM on August 18, 1783, four witnesses stood on the terrace...

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Schoolteacher Cynthia Everett standing outside her Camden Maine home at night on July 22 1808 watching a single brilliant white light cross the dark sky in a controlled pattern of darting speed lowering toward the ground ascending and descending variations and horizon transit — with a companion also watching and her open diary visible in the foreground — as preserved in the Everett family diary transcribed by historian Dr Judith Ranlett in 1978

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Maine Sightings

1808: UFO reported in Camden Maine Paper

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: May 18, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1808: UFO reported in Camden Maine Paper On the night of July 22, 1808, at approximately ten o’clock, Cynthia...

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Twelve glowing orbs in diagonal and triangular formations over a Louisiana house at night.

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Louisiana Sightings

2011: Witness says orbs crossed Louisiana sky in formations

Published: October 24, 2012 | Updated: April 19, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 2011 Louisiana Orb Formation: Multiple Witness UAP Sighting Report The 2011 Louisiana orb formation involved a sophisticated display of...

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Historical reconstruction of the July 1977 Anderson, Indiana UFO sighting showing a rotating disc with gold-ball lights over a motel parking lot.

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Indiana Sightings

1977: UFO in Anderson, Indiana

Published: October 24, 2012 | Updated: April 19, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT 1977 Anderson Indiana UFO: The Gold-Ball Disc and David Roeck Report In July 1977, multiple witnesses in Anderson, Indiana, observed a...

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2005 Israel UFO Sighting Disc-Shaped Object Low Over Ground

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Israel Sightings

2005: Disc Shaped Object Low Over The Ground

Published: October 18, 2012 | Updated: April 20, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 2005 Israel UFO Sighting: Low-Altitude Urban Disc On April 5, 2005, an urban resident in Israel witnessed a massive,...

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Nocturnal Light

1676: Geminiano Montanari’s Vast Body — Reported to Edmond Halley

1697: UFOs over Hamburg, Germany

1783: Luminous UFO seen from Windsor Castle

1808: UFO reported in Camden Maine Paper

2011: Witness says orbs crossed Louisiana sky in formations

1977: UFO in Anderson, Indiana

2005: Disc Shaped Object Low Over The Ground

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