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Lycosthenes - 1528, Utrecht, Netherland: Yellow object in the sky
Identifier
028895
Type of Spiritual Experience
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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
"Cruel and strange observation" of a yellow object in the sky, flying over during the siege of the city. The inhabitants of Utrecht panicked, while attackers took it as a sign of impending success. Lycosthenes writes:
"At the time the city of Utrecht was heavily besieged, a terrible sign was seen in the sky which threw the town inhabitants into dismay and the enemies into the hope of capturing the town. For a sign in the sky, resembling a cross of a yellowish color (and of terrible aspect) appeared over the town. And because it was the symbol of Burgundy, they believed on both sides that the town would shortly belong to the Burgundians."
Source: Terribile visione in cielo durante Tassendio di Utrecht (1528), and Lycosthenes, Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, 536.