China — After 618
Capture of a celestial ship - It flies away!
The Dong Tien Ji (Peeping on the Sky) says: “In the Tang Dynasty a celestial ship, over 50 feet long, was found and placed in the Ling De Hall. The ship gave out a metallic sound when struck, and was of very hard material which was rustproof. Li Deyu, the Tang Prime Minister, cut over a foot of a slender, long stick of the ship and carved it into a figure of a Taoist priest. The Taoist figurine flew away and then returned. In the years of Emperor Darning, the figurine disappeared and the ship also flew away.”
Source: Paul Dong, China’s Major Mysteries: Paranormal Phenomena and the Unexplained in the people’s Republic of China (China books, 2000), 68-9. Case: W479