The Basel Fly Anomaly

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SUBJECT: Basel celestial phenomena of 1566
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three distinct days: July 27, July 28, and August 7, 1566.
documented in broadsheet by Samuel Apiarius and Samuel Coccius.
original pamphlet in Wickiana collection, Zentralbibliothek Zurich.
July 27 and 28: sun and moon changed appearance.
sun wept tears of blood. sky turned vermilion red.
August 7: black and fiery red spheres moved at high speed.
spheres clashed in battle, vanished near the sun.
broadsheet framed sightings as divine warnings.
no scientific consensus. likely atmospheric optical effects.
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M. NOTE:
They believed the sky was a mirror of their sins. They could
not conceive of an eye that looks down without judging, or a
sky that is simply crowded.
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