Frankfurt am Main, 1672. [Goethe Universitatsbibliothek Frankfurt-am-Main, coll. — 1671
Gustav Freytag, Einblattdr. G.Fr.121.
Fig. 27 Jane Lead’s vision. Lead, Jane. A fountain of gardens watered by the rivers of divine pleasure…, London: J. Bradford, 1696, p. 264. Fig. 28 Mecklenburg phenomenon. Nachdencklich-dreyfaches Wunder-Zeichen…, Frankfurt am Main, 1697. [Goethe Universitatsbibliothek Frankfurt-am-Main, coll. GusftW Freytag, Einblattdr. G. Fr.131. Fig. 29 Nightwatchmen in London. The Age of Wonders: or, a farther discriptton [sicl of the fiery appartion [sic]…, London: J. Read, 1710. [British Library, 1104.a.24]. Copyright Mary Evans Picture Library, London. Reprinted by permission. Fig. 30 Bern prodigies. An Account of Terrible Apparitions…, Glasgow, 1721. (Front P^e). Fig. 31 London “waving rocket”. Phil. Transactions, vol. 43, London, 1745, p.524. Fig. 32 Ramsberg sockens kyrkobok, El: 1 (1786-1774). Handwritten entry by Rev. Vigelius. [Landsarkivet Uppsala, Sweden]. Fig. 33 Charles Messier, portrait by Ansiaume, 1771. [Bib, de TObservatoire de Paris]. Fig. 34 1808 Moscow phenomenon. Moscow daily Komsomolskaya Pravda, 2 July 2006. Fig. 35 Arago, portrait. Fig. 36 Reverend Webb: unknown photographer. Fig. 37 Le Verrier, portrait. Fig. 38 The Dropa hoax. Das Vegetarische Universum (July, 1962), German magazine by Reinhardt Wegemann. Fig. 39 Flying Vimana at Ellora Caves, India. Ancient carving. Fig. 40 Tulli papyrus (detail). Doubt, no. 41 (1953). Fig. 41 Moses and the blue object (Plagues of Egypt, Exodus 5-9).From the Ashkenazi Haggadah, 15th century. [British Library, Add.Ms.14762]. Fig. 42 Manna from Heaven (Exodus 16). Miniature from the Maciejowski Bible, 13th century. [Pierpont Morgan Library, NY, Ms. M 638]. Fig. 43 Silver shields (interpretation by J. Vallee). Fig. 44 Qu Yuan: From Wikipedia. Fig. 45 Star of BethlehemFig. 46 Emperor Constantine, 19th century: unknown artist. Fig. 47 Cross-shaped illusions. Flammarion, Camille. L’Atmosphere et les Grands Phenomenes de la Nature, Paris: Hachette, 1905. Fig. 48 Apparition to Mohammed. Miniature from the Jami’al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din. Tabriz, Persia, 1307. [Edinburgh University Library]. Fig. 49 Bulletin des Antiquaires de France, Paris: Klincksieck, 1911. (Front page). Fig. 50 Miniature. Hildegard von Bingen, Liber Scivias, 12th century. Fig. 51 Celestial phenomena. Schedel, Hartman. Liber Chronicarum, Niirnberg, 1493, BSB-Ink S-195. Reproduced by permission of Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Miinchen, Rar.287. Fig. 52 Freiburg meteor. Mennel, Jakob. De signis, portentis, prodigiis…, 1503. [Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, cod. 4417]. Fig. 53 French jeton, ca. 1656 [private collection]. Fig. 54 Tuscany phenomenon. Reproduced in Alata Quaderni, no. 1 (Feb 1979). Fig. 55 Casanova, portrait. Fig. 56 Goethe, portrait. Fig. 57 The meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from Windsor Castle, painting by Paul and Thomas Sandby; 1783. [British Museum]. Fig. 58 Japanese object and occupant. From the Japanese Toen-Shosetsu (1825). Fig. 59 Commodore Decatur, early 20th century reproduction: unknown artist. [Library of Congress]. Fig. 60 Batman, Stephen. The Doome, warning all men…, London, 1581. (Detail). Fig. 61 Boetius: unknown artist. Fig. 62 Matthew Paris. Self portrait from the original manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, 13th century. [British Library, MS Royal 14.C.VII, folio 6r]. Fig. 63 Gregoire de Tours and Salvius facing King Chilperic. Miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France de Charles V, 14th century. [Bibliotheque Nationale de France, MS FR 28131. Fig. 64 Three suns in 1492. Flammarion, Camille. L’Atmosphere, Paris: Hachette, 1872 [18711, p. 233. Fig. 65 Full and True Relation: A Full and True Relation of the Strange and Wonderful Apparitions…, London, 1715. [British Libraryl. Fig. 66 Vision of Zacharias (Zacharias 6, 1-15). Engraving by Gustave Pore: The Bible (1865). Fig. 67 Annunciation (detail). See below. Fig. 68 “Annunciation,” by Carlo Crivelli, 15th century. [National Gallery of London]. Fig. 69 Pialogue about Flight. From the Pel Volo Pialogo of Pier Jacopo Martello, 1723. Opere di Pier Jacopo Martello, Bologna, 1723-1735, vol. 5, p. 371 (in text plate). Fig. 70 Case Pistribution by period (J. Vallee) Fig. 71 Case Pistribution by country (J. Vallee) Fig.72 Case Pistribution by duration (J. Vallee) Fig.73 Case Pistribution by time of day (J. Vallee) Fig. 74 Case Pistribution by week during the year (J. Vallee) Note: The authors have made every effort to contact individuals and organizations with regards to copyright permissions prior to publication. However, many items came to us through the general literature and the Internet with limited documentation about ownership. If you feel that we have infringed on any rights or have erroneously quoted specific references, we will be grateful for information that might be useful in correcting such mistakes. BIBLIOGRAPHY In addition to the sources and references cited throughout this book, we have found the following works important to verify the reliability of many cases in the literature. Burns, William E. An Age of Wonders: Prodigies, Politics and Providence in England 1657-1727. New York: Manchester University Press, 2002. Christian, William A. Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain. Princeton University Press, 1989. Corliss, William R. Remarkable Luminous Phenomena in Nature: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies. The Sourcebook Project. Glen Arm, MD, 2001. Kronk, Gary W. Cometography: Volume 1, Ancient-1799. A Catalog of Comets. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Olivyer, I. L., and J. F. Boedec. Les Soleils de Simon Goulart: Vague OVNI de 1500 a 1600. Marseille: Ada, 1981. Rasmussen, Susanne William. Public Portents in Republican Rome. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, 2003. Wildfang, Robin Lorsch and Isager, Jacob. Divination and Portents in the Roman World. University Press of Southern Denmark, 2000. Among essential online sources are: Newspaper Archive: www.newspaperarchive.com Internet Medieval Sourcebook: www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html Internet Archive: www.archive.org For further contact Chris Aubeck invites comments through the Internet at: caubeck@gmail.com Jacques Vallee can be contacted at: PO Box 641650 San Francisco, California 94164 USA ABOUT THE AUTHORS Jacques Vallee holds a master’s degree in astrophysics from France and a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University, where he served as an associate of Dr. J. Allen Hynek. He is the author of several books about high technology and unidentified phenomena, a subject that first attracted his attention as an astronomer in Paris. While analyzing observations from many parts of the world, he became intrigued by the similarities in patterns between moderrn sightings and historical reports of encounters with flying objects and their occupants in every culture. The result was the seminal book Passport to Magonia, published in 1969. After a career as an information scientist with Stanford Research Institute and the Institute for the Future, where he served as a principal investigator for the groupware project on the Arpanet, the prototype of the Internet, Jacques Vallee cofounded a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, where he works. Chris Aubeck was born in London. His interest in the historical and sociological aspects of unexplained aerial phenomena began at an early age. He moved to Spain at age 19 and now lives in Madrid, where he works as an interpreter and English teacher at the Madrid Development Institute. A student of folklore and philology, he has helped compile the largest collection of pre-1947 UFO cases in the world. He has spoken on his research in many articles and on public radio. In 2008 he was awarded a prize for his contributions to the field by the Spanish organization Fundacion Anomalia.
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