Year File · 1566 5 cases on file
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Basel Celestial Phenomenon
Basel, Switzerland
Citizens of Basel witnessed black spheres appearing in the sky and moving toward the sun. Like the Nuremberg event, it was documented in a contemporary woodcut.
Basel Switzerland Spheres
Basel, Switzerland
Five years after Nuremberg, Basel residents witnessed black and red spheres in conflict across the sky. A contemporary broadsheet preserved this companion event to the 1561 phenomenon.
The 1566 Basel Celestial Phenomenon
Basel, Switzerland
Citizens witnessed black spheres filling the sky and moving toward the sun in a mass sighting similar to Nuremberg.
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