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Flying dragons over Paris - 18 February 1579, Paris, France
Identifier
028932
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
A description of the experience
As quoted in Wonders In The Sky - Unexplained Aerial Objects From Antiquity To Modern Times - and Their Impact on Human Culture, History, and Beliefs - Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck
A "great and wondrous flying serpent or dragon" appeared, according to a leaflet {"canard") of the time. It was seen by many over Paris from two o'clock in the afternoon until evening.
Source: A leaflet at the Library of Amiens entitled Du serpent ou dragon volant, grand et merveilleux, apparu et veu par un chacun sur la ville de Paris, le mercredi XVIII febvrier 1579, depuis deux heures apres midijusques an soir (1579).