Kyoto, near Nijo Castle, Japan — May 1606
Hovering red wheel
Numerous witnesses, including Samurais, see balls of fire kept flying over Kyoto and one night, a red wheel had come over and hovered above Nijo castle. We have not located an original Japanese source for this interesting case.
Source: Michel Bougard, La chronique des OVNI (Paris: Delarge, 1977), 86. Case: W170