Santiago, Spain: ships in the sky — July 1639
A short pamphlet published in Seville in 1639 titled An Account of the Prodigious Visions
of Armies of Men, Standards, Flags, Vessels, and Other Things, that Visibly have been Seen over a Long Time, near the Town of Santiago in Galicia, in the Fields ofLerida, since June to this Present Year of 1639, reported that “in Santiago three ships appeared in the air with the sound of drums and many people.” Unfortunately no more details are given.
Source: Relacion certissima de las prodigiosas visiones…que visiblemente se han visto largo tiempo, cerca de la ciudad de Santiago de Galizia… (Seville, 1639). Case: W189