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A 17th century French token has UFO hunters claiming 'absolute proof' of UFO sightings hundreds of years ago.

The ancient jeton, a coin-like object used for counting, depicts an unusual circular entity that looks remarkably like a flying saucer.

Some have even argued that this represents the Biblical Ezekiel's wheel, which they claim is the Bible's own tale of a UFO encounter.

A 17th century French token has UFO hunters claiming 'absolute proof' of UFO sightings hundreds of years ago. The ancient jeton, a coin-like object used for counting, depicts an unusual circular entity that bears semblance to a flying saucer

THE MYSTERIOUS 'UFO' TOKEN The ancient jeton, a coin-like object used for counting, depicts an unusual circular entity that bears semblance to a flying saucer. Skeptics over the years have offered a slew of possible explanations, arguing that it looks like a drifting mushroom or flower, or even a shield. Some have linked the image in the token to the Biblical story of Ezekiel's wheel. The story tells of a vision in which four beings emerge, each accompanied by a wheel. The wheels are gyroscopic, each like a wheel intersecting another wheel. When the winged beings rise into the sky, the wheels rise as well, or move in any direction to match them. UFO enthusiasts claim that this story is a Biblical account of a UFO sighting. Advertisement

The perplexing object has spurred theories dating back decades, brought to life again by its recent mention on UFO Sightings Daily.

Skeptics over the years have offered a slew of possible explanations, arguing that it looks like a drifting mushroom or flower, or even a shield.

Some even say it bears an uncanny resemblance to the towers built for the World's Fair, made famous as alien ships in the Men in Black film.

Scott C. Waring, editor of UFO Sightings Daily, speculates that the token is proof of UFO sightings so frequent in ancient France that they were inscribed on coins.

'I've been looking for one of these off and on for a few weeks. It looks really amazing and is absolute proof that in the 1600s the French witnessed enough UFO sightings to decide to put some of what they saw on coins,' writes Waring.

'This is a French jeton minted somewhere between 1856 to 1680, a coin-like educational tool that was commonly used to help people count money, or sometimes used as a money substitute for playing games.

'It is about the size of a U.S. quarter-dollar and similar to thousands of other jetons with different religious and educational designs that were produced and used in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.

'It appears to commemorate a UFO sighting of a wheel like object. Some researchers feel it represents the Biblical Ezekiel's wheel.

'The Latin inscription 'OPPORTUNUS ADEST' translates as 'It is here at an opportune time.'

It remains unclear what the token actually depicts. The other side appears to show rain drenching a flower-like plant.

Skeptics over the years have offered a slew of possible explanations, arguing that it looks like a drifting mushroom or flower, or even a shield. Some even say it bears an uncanny resemblance to the towers built for the World's Fair, pictured above, made famous as alien ships in the Men in Black film

A similar token dated 1648 shows a circular object comparable to the one in question.

While it's been argued that this also shows a UFO, with arrows pointed at it, tilting your head to the side (or turning the picture) will reveal a more plausible scene – arrows pointed at a shield.

Some have linked the image in the token to the Biblical story of Ezekiel's wheel.

Scott C. Waring, editor of UFO Sightings Daily, speculates that the token is proof of UFO sightings so frequent in ancient France that they were inscribed on coins. It remains unclear what the token actually depicts. The other side, pictured above, appears to show rain drenching a flower-like plant

A similar token dated 1648, pictured above, shows a circular object comparable to the one in question. While it's been argued that this also shows a UFO, with arrows pointed at it, tilting your head to the side (or turning the picture) will reveal a more plausible scene – arrows pointed at a shield

The story tells of a vision in which four beings emerge, each accompanied by a wheel. The wheels are gyroscopic, each like a wheel intersecting another wheel.

When the winged beings rise into the sky, the wheels rise as well, or move in any direction to match them.

UFO enthusiasts claim that this story is a Biblical account of a UFO sighting.

This comes following the alleged sighting of a cross on the surface of Mars.

According to the post, the zoomed in photo from the Curiosity rover shows a cross that is partially blocked by rocks.

Nearby is what they claim is a ‘beautifully carved’ roof, with archways and layered sections.