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Grigore Ureche - 8 November 1517, Moldavia, Romania - An object resembling a face
Identifier
028891
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
According to the 17th century Moldavian chronicler, Grigore Ureche (ca. 1590-1617), "a great blue sign shining like the face of a man" appeared in the sky. After some time without moving, it "hid itself in the sky again."
Source: Grigore Ureche, Letopisetul Tarii Moldovei. As published by E. Picot, Chronique de Moldavie depuis le milieu du XlVe Sieclejusqu 'a Van 1594 (Paris: E. Leroux, 1878).