Roman Sky Ships (218 BCE)
Roman historian Livy wrote about strange “phantom ships” glowing in the skies above Rome. This early account appears in his work Ab Urbe Condita, where he noted these aerial anomalies as possible omens during wartime. No photos exist from this era, obviously. The sightings created quite a stir among Romans, who interpreted them as divine messages. Some modern scholars think it was probably just a meteor shower, but others aren’t so sure.
