Yunan Province, China — Circa June 1688
Flying umbrella
A large yellow “umbrella-like” object rose from the ridge and came down again, with many lights: “In the year 27 under the reign of emperor Kangxi of the Qing dynasty, my brotherin-law Bixilin went to his home in the mountains, 20 kilometers from the city of Kunmin. While staying there, he saw every day at noon, when the weather was clear, a large yellow cover like an umbrella that rose slowly above a ridge. This object threw such brilliant lights that he dared not look at it directly. It rose and got lost into the clouds. A little while later it would come down, always slowly, going up and down in the same way. At nightfall, the flying object lost its yellow color and turned paler and blurry. It disappeared completely when the sky was dark.”
Source: Shi Bo, La Chine et les Extraterrestres, op.cit., 36. Case: W254