France: Abductions and aerial ships CD — Circa 760
During the reign of Pepin le Bref (715-768) many extraordinary phenomena are said
to have appeared in the French skies. The air was filled with human figures, ships with sails and battling armies. Several individuals stated they had been abducted by aerial beings. A contemporary source has never been found and there is a strong suspicion that it originated with the Comte De Gabalis (1670), by Abbe N. de Montfaucon de Villars.
Source: Jules Garinet, Histoire de la Magie en France (Paris, 1818). Case: W005