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Speaking of UFOs...
Air ship of Clonmacnoise
A tale in multiple Irish Annals (Ulster, Tigernach, Clonmacnoise, Four Masters) state that in 743 - 749 A.D, there were reported sites of ships flying over the skies in Ireland.
There's multiple accounts as to what happened but the most detailed one says that during Mass at Clonmacnoise the congregation were interrupted as an anchor dropped from the sky & caught on the church door.
A group of Priests ran out and seized it, but a man comes swimming down from the sky, and when the priests hold on to the anchor he protests that he is drowning. Then he swims back to the ship with his anchor. Another accounts says the anchor was left behind after the rope was cut, and a Church door was made from the anchor.
This tale was then spread to 12th Century English & French chronicles and in the Otia Imperialia.
Also made its way to the mid-13th century Old Norse work Konungs skuggsjá or Speculum regale.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_ship_of_Clonmacnoise
Air ship of Clonmacnoise
A tale in multiple Irish Annals (Ulster, Tigernach, Clonmacnoise, Four Masters) state that in 743 - 749 A.D, there were reported sites of ships flying over the skies in Ireland.
There's multiple accounts as to what happened but the most detailed one says that during Mass at Clonmacnoise the congregation were interrupted as an anchor dropped from the sky & caught on the church door.
A group of Priests ran out and seized it, but a man comes swimming down from the sky, and when the priests hold on to the anchor he protests that he is drowning. Then he swims back to the ship with his anchor. Another accounts says the anchor was left behind after the rope was cut, and a Church door was made from the anchor.
This tale was then spread to 12th Century English & French chronicles and in the Otia Imperialia.
Also made its way to the mid-13th century Old Norse work Konungs skuggsjá or Speculum regale.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_ship_of_Clonmacnoise