UFOs Have Been Hidden In European Paintings For Centuries

Ancient artworks from Europe and the Americas hold clues that suggest aliens and UFOs have been visiting earth for many centuries.

Many centuries-old European religious paintings, cave drawings and elaborate tapestries contain signs, symbols and shapes that closely resemble UFOs and extraterrestrials.

But these images are deeply controversial, with some art experts saying they are not evidence of UFOs, and are actually just simple misreadings of religious symbols.

MailOnline explores some of the most famous examples of UFO or alien-like symbols in ancient and classical art:

The Annunciation with Saint Emidius, 1486

The ‘Annuciation with Saint Emidius’ is an alter piece painted by Italian artist Carlo Crivelli in 1486.

It was crafted to commemorate Angel Gabriel’s announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to Jesus.

This 17th century work by Italian artist Ventura Salimbeni features God and Jesus looking out over the universe God created. But the strange, rounded object sat between the two resembles Russia’s Sputnik satellite, launched over 350 years later in 1957
Glorification of the Eucharist, 1600

This 17th century work by Italian artist Ventura Salimbeni features God and Jesus looking out over God’s kingdom.

But the strange, rounded object sat between the two resembles Russia’s Sputnik satellite, launched over 350 years later in 1957.

Conspiracy theory YouTube channel Strange Mysteries made the odd connection between the two in a video posted in 2014.

They claim in the video: ‘This just looks a little bit too uncanny for symbolic reference.

‘If the sphere is said to represent the universe, why did the painter not include any stars or other celestial objects?’

Famous 15th century German Renaissance painter Michael Pacher created this work around a legend that Saint Wolfgang tricked the devil into building a church. Conspiracy theorists claim that the figure depicting the devil in the painting could be a representation of an alien.
Saint Wolfgang and the Devil, 1475

Famous 15th century Austrian Renaissance painter Michael Pacher created this work around a legend that Saint Wolfgang tricked the devil into building a church.

Saint Wolfgang was the Bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria during the 10th century.

Conspiracy theorists claim that the figure depicting the devil in the painting could be a representation of an alien that visited Earth.

But the theory is a weak one, as the devil has been represented in a wide variety of strange forms throughout the long history of religious artwork.