Out in the fields….

Probably under a tree or bush with their sheep for some protection from the elements, they were asleep and where startled by the flash and the appearance of the Angles?

Today that might be termed a UFO or some weather event, but this was the announcement to these men that the Messiah had come into the world and they had been chosen, since Jesus ancestor David had been a shepherd before he became a great King of Israel!

Luke 2:8-18, Psalm 148:1-2, Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 5:11.