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Dr. M. W. De Visser - The Dragon in China and Japan - Battle in the sky 1169, China
Identifier
028850
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
A description of the experience
as quoted in Wonders In The Sky - Unexplained Aerial Objects From Antiquity To Modern Times - and Their Impact on Human Culture, History, and Beliefs - Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck
1169, China, location unknown
Wheels fall off as two dragons fly away
In the history of the Song Dynasty it is written that in the fifth year of the K'ien Tao (now known as Qiandao) era, which corresponds with 1169 AD, dragons were seen battling in the sky during a thunderstorm:
"Two dragons fled and pearls like carriage wheels fell down on the ground, where herds' boys found them."
Source: Dr. M. W. De Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan (Amsterdam: Johannes Muller, 1913), 48. Visser quotes from "the Wu ki."