An Interesting Ufo Case From Medieval Spain
By Antonio Huneeus
Years ago I received a package of Spanish UFO-related clippings and documents and I was intrigued by one particular article titled, "Un OVNI en el siglo XV" (A UFO in the 15th century). The story was not written by an ufologist but by a literary editor, Luis Bonilla, in the magazine "La Estafeta Literaria", published by the prestigious cultural organization Ateneo de Madrid in 1978. It told the story a UFO sighting on January 5, 1433 in Ciudad Rodrigo, seen by the entire court of King Juan (or John) II of Castile (1405-1454), father of the famous Queen Isabella who backed Columbus. The source of the account transcribed by Bonilla was a letter written by a certain Bachelor Fern'an G'omez de Cibdarreal, said to have been the physician of the King, to the Royal Chaplain Pedro L'opez de Miranda. Although there is quite a bit of controversy concerning the authenticity of this document, as discussed below, let's see first its contents.Fern'an G'omez begins his letter to L'opez de Miranda describing briefly how the court had arrived to Ciudad Rodrigo (currently in the province of Salamanca in western Spain) on its way to Madrid. The retinue included a number of important figures like the Bishop of Palencia and the "Condestable" (Constable) Don Alvaro de Luna, one of the era's most powerful military leaders. The letter continues:
I shall not tire your lordship with this narration, since we had just arrived [to Ciudad Rodrigo] when, walking on Wednesday the 5th of this month of January [1433], "we suddenly saw a great flame of yellow fire attached to the sky move from one end to the other; it had inside like a black root and all its borders were more whitish than the middle; and it left with a great roar, causing horses and mules to ran in fear, and my own mule didn't stop until it touched another mule". Great disputes about this arose between the learned ones and those with no degrees who, without having seen the words of Aristotle, talked about how this light was up there, and how its interior could be lit like a log. The dean of Burgos stated he believes it must be the matter from the first region [in the sky], viscous and condensed, lit by the Sun, and how its weight prevented its quick dispersal, and the nature of fire brought it from here to there while its viscous part was spent, and the roar was its end. I concur with his opinion, because it could not have been what Aristotle calls the nature of comets... because it would have not moved in such varied manner, nor any other, and it would have not ended with that roar. The enemies of the "Condestable" [Don Alvaro de Luna, Commander of the Army] said this flame was the "Condestable", who would set ablaze Castile and the roar was his last gasp. These are fables as each one desires. We don't know how is the earth beneath us, and we want to know how are the hidden places of the sky; and I think that Aristotle found something else in his century from what he says for sure in his writings. Our Lord, etc....Read more @ OPEN MINDS
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