yay, let's interpret art out of context!
that painting is The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli. i've seen it, it's in the National Gallery in London. it's a spectacular painting, and is easily one of my favorites of all time.
it was painted as an altarpiece for the church of SS. Annunziata in Ascoli to celebrate Pope Sixtus IV granting the town self-government in 1482.
that's Mary inside the building. archangel Gabriel outside, along with Saint Emidius, the patron saint of Ascoli. notice he's holding a plan of the town, commemorating the event.
when you actually take the time to understand where images like this are coming from, it becomes very difficult to support absurd claims about ufos and aliens. the divine light illuminating Mary from the heavens is most certainly not an alien laser blaster. pardon my bluntness, but anyone who says so is an idiot.
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