Case file · Unidentified submerged object

Armed men from the sea, Gulf of Genoa

An anonymous pamphlet of August 1608 told of scaly armed figures rising from the sea off Genoa and two men fighting in the air, as signs from God.

1608 CE · 44.39, 8.93 · status: hoax

The sceptical view

Historians class it as a 'canard', a sensational news pamphlet of the kind sold across Europe; nothing independent supports it.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (it): Avvistamenti di UFO in Italia
  2. Wikipedia (de): Newe Zeytung (early news pamphlets, called canards in France)
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