Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon, Mass Sighting Over Germany

Citizens of Nuremberg witnessed what they described as hundreds of spheres, cylinders, and crosses appearing in the sky at dawn. The broadsheet illustration by Hans Glaser, published in the Nuremberg Gazette, depicted objects of various shapes engaged in apparent aerial manoeuvres before some fell to earth trailing smoke. The event is one of the earliest documented mass sightings in European history, recorded in detail by a contemporary artist within weeks of the incident.