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History of UFOs

Unusual flying UFO's have been reported over the course of history. Many of these sightings were astronomical in nature: comets, bright meteors, one or more of the five planets that are able to be seen without a telescope.

1566 woodcut by Hans Glaser of a 1561 UFO sighting in Nuremberg, Germany.

During the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III around 1450 BC, there is a description of multiple “circles of fire” brighter than the Sun and about 5 meters in size that appeared over multiple days. They finally disappeared after ascending higher in the sky.

Below is a list of the common explanations for UFOs: