CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD · Curated UNVEILED archive image
Verified HistoricalHistorical Account#basel-1566#pre-modern#mass-sighting#historic
Basel Celestial Sighting
Date
1566-08-07
Location
Basel
Witnesses
Basel citizens
Type
mass-sighting
Entity
Unknown
Craft
Black spheres
Evidence
multiple
Reality
physical
Evidence Index
68/100
Popularity
100/100
Community Rating
4.3 (142)
Encounter DNA
72 similar encounters discovered
Compare traits, communications, symptoms and locations.
Full Report
Black spheres were seen 'fighting' in the sky over Basel on consecutive days in August 1566. Samuel Coccius documented the event in a Swiss broadsheet, including a striking engraving. Often cited alongside the Nuremberg case as a pre-modern parallel to modern mass sightings.
Witness Discussion0
Sign in to discuss this dossier and vote on the archive.
Log inNo discussion yet. Be the first to weigh in.
Similar Cases
documentation
Historical
ARCHIVE REFERENCE
2007-09-01 · Pentagon, Arlington, VA, United States
AATIP: Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
Government Recordgovernment-related
multiple
Historical
CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD
1989-11-29 · Eupen, Wallonia, Belgium
Belgian UFO Wave
Military Encountermass-sighting
multiple
Historical
CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD
1976-09-19 · Tehran, Iran
Tehran F-4 Incident
Military Encountermilitary
multiple
Historical
CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD
1994-09-16 · Ruwa, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Ariel School Mass Sighting
Mass Witness Eventclose-encounter
multiple
Historical
CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD
1952-03-25 · Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, United States
Project Blue Book
Government Recordgovernment-related
multiple
Historical
CURATED ARCHIVE, USER UPLOAD
1967-10-04 · Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shag Harbour Crash
Military Encountercrash-retrieval