"An artist's impression of the 'great blue sign' described in the chronicles of Grigore Ureche".
THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT
Date: November 8 1517
Sighting Time:
Day/Night: night
Location: Rumania, Moldavia
Urban or Rural: –
Entity Type: great blue sign shining like a face of a man
Entity Description:
Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.
Duration: It remained quite a long time, at the same place,
No. of Object(s): 1
Size of Object(s):
Distance to Object(s): in the sky
Shape of Object(s): Witnesses described a “great blue sign” that was reportedly “shining like a face of a man”.
Color of Object(s): The specific mention of a “blue” color is notable for 16th-century accounts, which often described omens in warmer tones (red/gold).
Number of Witnesses: As a recorded event in state chronicles, it reflects a significant public event that was deemed worthy of preservation for history
Source: USSR UFO History, Vol. 1 # 2, Grigore Ureche, Letopisețul Țării Moldovei. As published by E. Picot, Chronique de Moldavie depuis le milieu du XlVe Siècle jusqu’à l’an 1594 (Paris: E. Leroux, 1878).
Summary/Description: A great blue sign shining like a face of a man appeared in the western sky over Moldavia. It remained quite a long time, at the same place, after which it “hid itself” in the sky again.
