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Sourced using AITraditionally attributed to the 14th century; modern critical and translated editions 2010 onward · Thailand
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Read record →Sourced using AI1969–1970 · Cusco, Peru
Read record →Sourced using AI1969 · Bodø
Read record →Sourced using AICompiled early ninth century, traditionally c. 822 · Japan
Read record →Sourced using AI1985 · Lansing, Michigan
Read record →Sourced using AI1990s–2000s · Kinnitty, County Offaly, Ireland
Read record →Sourced using AI2017 · Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona
Read record →Sourced using AI1900–1946 · Great Lakes and Subarctic regions of Canada and the United States
Read record →Sourced using AI1986 and later reports · Pajarillo near Capilla del Monte, Córdoba
Read record →Sourced using AI1960–1961 · Khumjung, Solukhumbu
Read record →Sourced using AISeptember 1977 · Kaunas, Lithuania
Read record →Sourced using AIReported 1971; claimed medieval Scandinavian inscriptions · Phippsburg, Maine
Read record →Sourced using AI1973 · Multiple locations in Japan
Read record →Sourced using AI1997–2001 · Porto metropolitan area, Portugal
Read record →Sourced using AIMedieval Irish tradition; date varies by text · Irish coastal and monastic settings
Read record →Sourced using AI1900s–1930s reprints and citations · Malay Peninsula and wider Malay world
Read record →Sourced using AI1962 · North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Read record →Sourced using AI1920s · Bridgetown, Barbados
Read record →Sourced using AI1947–1969 · Kolkata and Belur Math, West Bengal, India
Read record →Sourced using AIc. 1281–1283 · Goryeo Korea; accounts concern Korea and neighboring regions
Read record →Sourced using AI2006 · Murmansk
Read record →Sourced using AI1995 · Swakopmund, Erongo
Read record →Sourced using AI1929 · Iglulik region, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic
Read record →Sourced using AI2005 (exact date requires verification) · Istres, France
Read record →Sourced using AI1997–2001 · Brasília, Federal District
Read record →Sourced using AI1990s–2009 tourism and local narratives · Rabat
Read record →Sourced using AI1963 · New Delhi, Delhi
Read record →Sourced using AI1926 · Morocco
Read record →Sourced using AI2017–2021 (date to verify) · Maputo and Maputo International Airport airspace
Read record →Sourced using AI1983 (exact date uncertain) · Andøya, Nordland
Read record →Sourced using AI1976 · Multiple locations in Morocco
Read record →Sourced using AIFifth–sixth centuries CE; tomb attribution and symbolism debated · Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province
Read record →Sourced using AI2019 · Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Read record →Sourced using AI1974 · Coventry, West Midlands, England
Read record →Sourced using AI1982–1984 · La Guaira, Vargas
Read record →Sourced using AIDecember 1896 · Eureka, California
Read record →Sourced using AI1943–1945 · Burma, including the Rangoon operational area
Read record →Sourced using AI5 March 2004; released 2004 · Airspace south of Campeche, reported from Mexico City
Read record →Sourced using AImedieval Arabic literary tradition; written witnesses later and heterogeneous · Framed in a Near Eastern literary world
Read record →Sourced using AI1994 · Honolulu, Hawaii
Read record →Sourced using AI1984 · Oosterhout, North Brabant
Read record →Sourced using AI1st century CE; transmitted in late antique and medieval copies · Roman Mediterranean literary world
Read record →Sourced using AI1984 · Jeddah and western Saudi Arabian airspace
Read record →Sourced using AIearly 5th century CE · Late Roman West
Read record →Sourced using AI1897 · Edinburgh, Scotland
Read record →Sourced using AI19 May 1946 · Karlskoga, Värmland
Read record →Sourced using AIMarch 5, 2004 · Campeche airspace and Gulf of Mexico
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