http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iulius_Obsequens
"In the territory of Spoletum, a globe of fire, of golden color, fell to the earth gyrating. It then seemed to increase in size, rose from the earth and ascended into the sky, where it obscured the sun with its brilliance. It revolved toward the eastern quadrant of the sky."
Mch.... Do you think aliens from Uderzo's "Faling Sky" have somthing to do with this?
