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VIMANAS OF ANCIENT INDIA

In the Vedic literature of India, there are many descriptions of flying machines that are
generally called vimanas. These fall into two cate- gories: (l) manmade craft that
resemble airplanes and fly with the aid of birdlike wings, and (2) unstreamlined
structures that fly in a mysterious manner and are generally not made by human
beings. The machines in category (l) are described mainly in medieval, secular
Sanskrit works dealing with architecture, automata, military siege engines, and other
mechanical contrivances. Those in category (2) are described in ancient works such
as the Rg Veda, the Maha-bha-rata, the Rama-yana, and the Pura-nas, and they
have many features reminis- cent of UFOs.
> Ancient Indian Anti-Grav Craft
> The Story of the Vimanas
> Vimana II
> Vimanas - Ancient Aircraft

UFO'S IN 15TH CENTURY ART

From UFO Briefing Document, Don Berliner
Painting of the Madonna and Saint Giovannino, in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence,
attrbuted to the 15th Century school of filippo Lippi. Photographs courtesy of CUFOS

<<< A close-up of the upper left

section of the painting shows an
object in the sky, and below, a man
and dog looking at the object
Further enlargement shows an oval or
discoid craft with radiating gold spikes
of light painted around its perimeter.
In other words, what today would be
called a UFO. >>>

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MEDIEVAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING THE LIFE OF THE VIRGIN

MARY

In the painting below (upper-left area), there

is an hat-shaped object floating in the air.
Date and source not available.

THE DOGON TRIBE OF AFRICA

"Several specialists now claim they have found the long-sought "final evidence" of
visits made to earth by ancient astronauts. The myths of the Dogon tribesmen of Mall,
West Africa, contain astronomical knowledge which the native people could have
neither learned by themselves nor guessed. Obviously, the researchers say, some
more advanced civilization told them. These fascinating Dogon legends speak of
Jupiter's four moons and Saturn's rings, which were not seen by human beings until
the invention of the telescope. They speak of the star Sirius and of a pair of invisible
companions. One of them circles Sirius every fifty years, the legends declare, and is
made of a metal that is the heaviest thing in the universe. Astronomers have
discovered that such an object (called "Sirius-B") does exist but only the most
sophisticated and sensitive instruments -- unavailable, of course, to the Dogons -- can
detect it."

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from The Sirius Mystery, by James Oberg

> Dogon Cultural Information
> Dogon, by Loy Lawhon, from About.com
> Dogon, from Crystalinks
> Dogon Theory of Creation, from Crystalinks

SKEPTICAL VIEW
The Sirius Mystery
by James Oberg
"But here's the rub: there is no archaeological evidence that the specific references to
the twin hidden companions of Sirius are anywhere near that old. Furthermore, most
Dogon symbology already has multiple levels of meaning; the sketches used to
illustrate the Sirius secrets are also used in puberty ceremonies. Clearly the Dogons
(in common with many other cultures) were fascinated by Sirius, probably because its
position in the sky was crucial to successful agriculture (it's the only star they have a
name for.) Inevitably one must ask, if the Dogons had heard good stories about Sirius
from other sources, would they ignore them or would they quickly adopt them into
their own cultural myths?"

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THE DROPAS
"Chi Pu Tei, a professor of archaeology at Beijing University, was leading some his
students on an expedition to survey a series of interlinking caves in the Himalyan
mountains. According to one account, the caves may have been artificially carved,
and were more like a complex system of tunnels and underground storerooms. The
walls were squared and glazed, as if cut into the mountain with a source of extreme
heat. Inside the caves were several ancient, but neatly arranged burial sites, and in
them the skeletal remains of a strange people. The skeletons, measuring a little more
than four feet tall, were frail and spindly with disproportionately large skulls."
> The Dropas Website
> The Dropas File
> The Dropa Stones, from Crystalinks
> The Dropa Stones, from About.com

ZECHARIA SITCHIN
Zecharia Sitchin was born in Russia and raised in Palestine, where he acquired a
profound knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European
languages, the Old Testament, and the history and archeology of the Near East. He is
one of the few scholars who is able to read and understand Sumerian.
The Earth Chronicles series of books is based on the premise that mythology is not
fanciful but the repository of ancient memories. The first book, The Twelfth Planet,
refers to the probability that there is one more planet in our solar system. That there
are twelve members, counting sun, moon and ten planets, not the nine we know of.
That people from that planet came to earth almost half a million years ago and did
many of the things about which we read in the Bible, in the book of Genesis.
> The Official Website of Zecharia Sitchin (??)
> Zecharia Sitchin, from Crystalinks
> Interview with Zecharia Sitchin
> Connecting the Missing Link - An Interview with Zecharia Sitchin
> The Case of the Missing Elephant by Zecharia Sitchin
> The Olmec Enigma: Astronaut Corroborates Sitchin by Zecharia Sitchin

ERICH VON DANIKEN

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For over 30 years, Erich von Dniken has pursued the theory which postulates that
Earth might have been visited by extraterrestrials in the remote past.
> Erich von Daniken Home Page
> Erich Von Daniken's Theory On Aliens
> Author sticks by ET theories

SKEPTICAL VIEW
Erich von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods?":
Science or Charlatanism?
by Robert Sheaffer, first published in the "NICAP UFO Investigator",
October/November, 1974
"the popularity of such a sensational theory should not be surprising. Immanuel
Velikovsky created a similar stir almost twenty-five years ago with the publication of
his "Worlds in Collision", suggesting that the present state of the solar system can be
explained by a series of spectacular cataclysms among the planets. It has been over
twenty-seven years since "flying saucers" burst into the public's awareness, and
UFOs still continue to generate excitement and controversy. Sensational hypotheses
such as these generate such levels of interest that they tend to become
self-sustaining, quite apart from the question of whether they are true."

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NAZCA LINES OF PERU

The Nasca Lines are one of humanity's mysteries. They are located in the Pampa
region of Peru. They are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world.
Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of
straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns
are only clearly visible from the air. They were built by a people called the Nasca- but
why and how they created these wonders of the world has defied explanation. In
1969, Erich von Daniken floated the idea that airborne extraterrestrials might have
laid out the lines as runways for their aircraft.
> Nasca Lines, from Crystalinks
> The Nazca Lines - The Mystery Continues

ANCIENT AUSTRALIAN ROCK PAINTINGS

Ancient Australian rock paintings of

"Vondjina", the mouthless god of
creation. From 3000 B.C.

ANCIENT CAVE PAINTING

This photo comes from a still shot off the recent History Channel special entitled
"UFOs: Then and Now". It is an ancient cave drawing.

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16TH CENTURY EUROPEAN WOODCUTTING

This picture details the events of August

7, 1566, in Basel, Switzerland. The
spheres appeared at sunrise, 'Many
became red and fiery, ending by being
consumed and vanishing', wrote Samuel
Coccius in the local newspaper on this
date. A 16th century woodcutting depicts
a scene in which dark spheres were
witnessed hovering over the town of
Basel, Switzerland in 1566.

14TH CENTURY FRESCO PAINTING

This 14th century Fresco painting

entitled 'The Crucifixion' depicts a man in
some kind of craft looking back over his
shoulder. From Kosovo / Yugoslavia.

18TH CENTURY PAINTING

"Baptism of Jesus" by Aert De Gelder, 1710 A.D.

"Baptism of Jesus" by Aert De Gelder in

about 1710 AD. These are craft seen by

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many thousands of people today all

around the world.

15TH CENTURY PAINTING

"The Annunciation" by Carlo Crivelli, 1486 A.D.

This one is from about 1486 AD by Carlo

Crivelli called "The Annunciation" on display
at the the National Gallery in London. An
intense beam of light is going right through
the building and onto the head of what we
believe is Mary.

ANCIENT PLATE FROM NEPAL

A plate from Nepal, the decoration show

a saucer-like shape and a large headed
humanoid. From 3000 B.C.

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ANCIENT CAVE PAINTINGS FROM ALGERIA

In Jabbaren, in the Tassili mountains,
Algeria, south of the Hoggar. A 6m high
character with a large round decorated
head. The massive body, the strange
dressing, the folds around the neck and
on the chest suggest some ancient time
astronaut. A similar character is painted
at Sfar in the Tassili, in the Cabro caves
in France and in several other places.
Some of them are much smaller and
raise their hands towards a giant being,
of non human appearance, sometimes
these "round heads" being seem to
hover in the air. From 6000 B.C.

UFO'S IN EUROPEAN ART

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