Arras, France: Hovering object — 1 November 1461
Jacques Duclercq, legal adviser to Philippe III, writes: “On this day of Our Lord, All Saints Day, there appeared in the sky an object as bright as burning steel, as long and wide as half of the moon. It was stationary for fifteen minutes. Suddenly, the strange object began to spiral upwards and then it spun around and rolled over like a loose watch spring, after which it disappeared in the sky. ”
Source: Memoires de Jacques du Clercq, sur le Regne de Philippe le Bon, Due de J Bourgogne, publies pour la premiere fois par le Baron de Reiffenberg, Tome III (2 ed., Bruxelles, 1836), 189. Case: W099