TruthSeekers NEWS Magazine Issue 2, 2016 | Page 7

Seeker - issue 2 TruthSeekersNews.com Witnesses in Nuremberg in 1561 claimed to see an in- The earliest recorded UFO sighting occurred in 74 B.C. terstellar battle complete with crosses, spheres and Plutarch, a historical writer, recounted the event dur- flying cannons one April morning. A broadsheet pub- ing a battle between the Roman army and Mithras of lished at the time of the event describes the reports. Pontus in Phrygia. According to Plutarch, an appari- There are several theories on what locals saw ranging tion dropped out of the sky between the two armies, from an astrological phenomenon to mass hysteria throwing the battle into confusion. It was described as to psychological delusion. Some say the broadsheet a large, silver, with the shape of a wine jar and pro- simply isn’t reliable as it reported on other events ducing flames. The two armies separated at the sight deemed impossible. of it, according to the historian. 7