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Why is Nuremberg 1561 considered such an interesting UFO case?
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
1 hr
Source material
2
Timeline
3
Source context
Sparse context
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Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 1d2ff0d4-3d97-4226-a0a9-8fdf278dfd57.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
11% illumination
Waning crescent — darker sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central European Time
Location
Nuremberg
Duration
1 hr
Witness account
Narrative
I’ve seen people bring up the 1561 Nuremberg event for years and talk about how fascinating it is, especially in UFO discussions, so I finally decided to actually read into it for myself. From what I can tell, the main source we have is Hans Glaser’s 1561 broadsheet. A broadsheet was basically a large one page news flyer. The picture on it was made with a woodcut, which means an image was carved into a block of wood, covered with ink, and pressed onto the paper. The written part was printed u...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Nuremberg.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the 1561 Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.