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UFO Depicted In Text Written In 1716 Discovered On Google Books

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 15:49
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A book printed in 1716 clearly shows what looks to be the modern depiction of a flying saucer UFO on its cover page.

ufo from 1716 found on google books

The book, a treatise on Mathematics, shows a woodcut illustration on the cover page with a saucer shaped aircraft flying out of a storm cloud, trailed by lightning bolts.

The work, written in Latin and authored by Johann Caspar Funck, a renowned mathematician of his day, was published in 1716.

A copy of the tome is digitally stored on Google Books, which allows a review of select pages, one of which is this cover page, adorned with the illustration.

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