On April 14, 1561, the residents of Nuremberg, Germany, saw an aerial battle take place. Hans Glaser produced a description of what happened:
“… at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m. … there appeared in the middle of the Sun two blood-red semi-circular arcs … and on both sides … there stood a round ball of partly dull, partly black ferrous color … Likewise t…