How far back do potential UFO/UAP sightings and speculation start appearing in written history? When did the idea that there’s unexplainable alien visitors darting around in the sky observing us first become a thing?

by handbanana12

In light of the recent disclosures by US Officials confirming and promoting the fact that there’s some kind unfathomably-advanced transmedium “tic tac” crafts violating air space constantly that we are powerless to do anything about, are there any less-tinfoil sources or academic speculation on how far back it’s potentially been happening?

Also what’s the potential impact these kinds of sightings may have had on human myths and religions? Could the weird ovals darting around in the sky in defiance of physics have been interpreted as gods?

Bernardito

You might be interested in this recent answer by /u/mikedash.