The article was written by international lawyer and freelance author Deidre Pirro who writes for the bi-monthly English-language paper The Florentine. The postcard in question presents a painting that was said to be done in 1450 by Jacopo del Sellaio. The painting shows the infants Jesus, John the Baptist, the Virgin Mary...and to her left, a dark oval-shaped flying object. The painting, currently located at the Palazzo Vecchio's Chamber of Hercules, came to be known as the "Madonna of the UFO" or the "Madonna of the Flying Saucer".
Ufologists suggest that the painting might be a depiction of one of the earliest UFO sightings in history as evidenced by the man and his dog looking up at the flying object. Such a suggestion is supported by the American UFO Research Coalition although Diego Cuoghi, art historian and UFO skeptic, claims that the flying object is merely a comet or the Nativity Star.