Listen "3,000 Years of Sightings"
Episode Synopsis
Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode of a very special five part saga on A Brief History of UFOs. This is Part 1 - 3,000 Years of Sightings. In this deep-dive episode of Strange Tides, we're tracing the cosmic breadcrumbs scattered across history—from the age of pharaohs to the dawn of World War II. We kick things off with a mysterious account from 1440 BCE, when ancient Egyptian scribes allegedly documented “fiery disks” blazing across the sky—an event recorded in what's become known as the Tulli Papyrus. From there, we explore reports of flying shields during Roman campaigns, spinning crosses in the skies over medieval France, and the astonishing celestial battle seen by dozens in 1561 over Nuremberg. But it doesn’t stop there. We examine the eerie wave of cigar-shaped "airships" that buzzed across America in the 1890s, as well as strange visitors reported by rural farmers decades before Roswell. We end with a bang—literally—with the 1942 “Battle of Los Angeles,” when unidentified objects lit up the California night sky and triggered a full-blown anti-aircraft response. Are these ancient sightings just misinterpreted natural events—or has something been watching us all along? Tune in as we connect the dots across centuries of strange highness - I mean high strangeness, old-world encounters, and early brushes with the unknown.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Glaser#/media/File:Himmelserscheinung_%C3%BCber_N%C3%BCrnberg_vom_14._April_1561.jpgHoity-Toity - Sauff Aus (Swiss Medieval and Renaissance Folk ...YouTube·Neofolk in Motion·Sep 9, 2023Korean Traditional Music, Gugak 국악 상 음악 + Presentation ...YouTube·Classical Music/ /Reference Recording·Jul 30, 2020Vasily Titov (c. 1650 - between 1710 - 1715). "Rejoice, the ...YouTube·Moscow Conservatory·Nov 20, 2019Music of the old SlovakiaYouTube·Vojak3·Jan 30, 2013https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship#/media/File:Mystery_airship_SFCall_Nov_22_1896.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles#/media/File:Battle_of_Los_Angeles_LATimes.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ngelholm_UFO_memorial#/media/File:UFO-Memorial_%C3%84ngelholm.jpghttps://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=267957https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=284442https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=246903https://lnk.to/CoMiJeToMiJEhttps://www.hrdza.skhttps://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=236168https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=313909
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