In April 1665, fishermen living near Barhöfft (in Sweden, now in Germany) reported a strange incident they had never witnessed in their lives.
At around 2:00 p.m. on April 8, 1665, they saw UFOs fighting in the sky. A group of UFOs appears to be approaching from the north, followed by several other UFOs. Then another large UFO convoy from the south, headed northeast.
Fire and smoke erupted as the two UFOs fired cannonballs at each other, scaring the fishermen below. After that, ships from the north came to retreat, heading south.
After this amazing battle, there appeared in the sky a strange, flat, round, saucer-like object that looked like a great man’s hat… It was a dark silver color, hovering just above the church of St. Nicolai.
It remained there until evening. The fishermen were very worried, didn’t want to take a closer look at the scene and covered their faces with their hands. In the days that followed, they were so sick with tremors, headaches, and leg cramps.
The scholars of that time and those who witnessed the battle and fell ill afterwards could not explain the events of April 8, 1665.
To this day, the UFO battle that took place in 1655 and the fisherman’s illness after witnessing it remains a mystery.
In June 2015, two American experts on UFOs and anomalies, Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough, detailed their investigation of the event in the journal EdgeScience.
Aubeck and Shough have different views on this phenomenon. According to them, it is possible that the fishermen of that time experienced hallucinations called complex hallucinations (Fata Morgana).
This illusion is a type of illusion that appears just above the horizon when a mixture of heat layers is present in the air. This illusion changes frequently and it can sometimes look like there are ships flying in the sky just above the horizon.
However, the event of 1665 is described as occurring higher in the sky than where the complex vision (Fata Morgana) occurred. Nor is the discriminatory mirage present until the afternoon, and the complex hallucinogen (Fata Morgana) is unstable for long periods of time.
In addition, Aubeck and Shough suggest that an unusually large flock of starlings might resemble such a sight. Flocks sometimes fuse together into definite shapes, moving in a pattern before dissolving.