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19 ZS gleaming bronze.” Ezekiel also observed strange wheels within wheels and other details that sounded very much like a machine. Researcher Josef Blumrich wrote a book, The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974), theoriz- ing that Ezekiel encountered actual extraterrestrials. Another example from the Bible is Elijah’s ascension in a “chariot of fire.” Some researchers speculate that the chariot of fire is actually a records of UFO encounters. Early Roman writer Julius Obsequens was one of the world’s first UFO investigators. He began recording strange events in the year 222 BCE, when two Roman consuls observed “a great light, like day, at midnight, when three moons appeared in quarters of the sky distant from each other.” In 216 BCE, he wrote of another sighting: “Things like ships were seen in the sky over Italy ... At Arpi, a round shield was seen in the sky... At Capua, the sky was all on fire, and one saw figures like ships.” Obsequens eventually recorded dozens of accounts, often referring to the strange objects as shields, ships, or burning torches—all objects that were familiar to people in Roman society at the time. Another early researcher was German scholar Lycosthenes, who recorded numerous UFO sightings over Europe. The following ac- count comes from the year 457 CE: “Over Brittany, France, a blazing thing like a globe was seen in the sky. Its size was immense, and on its beams hung a ball of fire like a dragon out of whose mouth proceeded two beams, one of which stretched beyond France, the other reached towards Ireland, and ended in fire, like rays.” Ancient Astronauts UFO. This has also led to speculation that some reports of angels may actually refer to extraterrestrials. UFOS IN ROMAN TIMES It wasn’t until Roman times that historians began to keep detailed In the year 796, “Small globes were seen circling around the sun.”