Cloud or column of fire
4 cases where witnesses described a cloud or column of fire, from 1300 BC to 1977.
Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Exodus 13-14)
After the Israelites leave Egypt, the Book of Exodus says God led them with a moving column: a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, so that they could…
Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire (2 Kings 2)
In the Second Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah knows in advance that he is about to be 'taken up'. He and his disciple Elisha walk from Gilgal to Bethel to Jericho and…
Ezekiel's Wheels (Ezekiel 1)
The Book of Ezekiel opens with the most famous 'flying machine' passage in the Bible. A priest deported to Babylonia, Ezekiel says he was standing among the exiles by the…
Petrozavodsk Phenomenon
Around 4 a.m. on 20 September 1977, early-shift dockworkers, police officers and an ambulance crew in Petrozavodsk watched a brilliant 'star' rise from the north-east and…