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Ancient Astronauts - The Search for the Truth
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 (CST) by Thoth
 Ancient Astronaut theory or Paleocontact theory is the hypothesis that describes how early in mankind’s evolution, possibly even at the dawn of civilisation itself, Earth was visited by extraterrestrial life that shaped our development.
These extraterrestrial visitors are thought by many to be the origin of mankind’s wisdom, religion, knowledge and technology. Evidence for this theory comes from a variety of sources including ancient scriptures, unexplained archaeological artefacts and a seemingly advanced knowledge of engineering by some ancient cultures.
Investigations by a number of prominent researchers have highlighted many differences between what we thought was possible in the past and what our ancestors actually managed to achieve. When viewed in isolation, it is easy to dismiss certain anomalies as strange but unimportant, however when you dig a little deeper and start to examine the evidence as a whole, each clue becomes a tiny piece of the jigsaw and it becomes clear that conventional understanding may not be complete.
Not only is
it possible that there have been some highly technological
civilisations in the past but also that the origins of that technology
might quite literally be, out of this world.
Sumer, the birthplace of civilisation
One of the most well known
researcher who has investigated mankind’s origins is Zecharia Sitchin,
a world renowned historian and scholar. Sitchin attributes the creation
of the ancient Sumerian culture to a race called the Anunnaki from a
planet named Nibiru. Sitchin has not based his theory on idle
speculation; he is one of the few people in the world who is able to
read Cuneiform – the ancient script used by the Sumerians. It is this
expertise that has enabled him to lift the veil on this little
understood civilisation.
In the 1800’s, tens of
thousands of Sumerian tablets bearing the mysterious cuneiform script
were discovered in the Assyrian capital city of Nineveh, but at the
time of their discovery, no one could translate them. These tablets
record how a race of extraterrestrial Gods that the Sumerians called
the An.Unnak.ki came to Earth, (An.Unnak.ki translates as ‘those who
from Heaven to Earth came’). The text credit the Anunnakki with
founding the Sumerian civilisation as we know it and with providing
them with the skills to develop it. In the tablets that Sitchen
translated, the land of Sumer itself was called Ki.En.Gir, which
literally means 'land of the lord of the blazing rockets'.
The creation accounts
recorded by the Sumerians later formed the basis of the biblical
creation story found in the Old Testament. The Sumerian tablets for
example describe a place called E.Din or ‘the abode of the righteous
ones’, which directly parallels the biblical Garden of Eden. The most
amazing element of the ancient Sumerian texts describes how the
Anunnaki created a hybrid race by manipulating DNA and by splicing
their own genes with man’s, creating a series of hybrid races of humans
and extraterrestrials such as the Nephilim.
Sceptics were quick to
dismiss Sitchin’s claims as fanciful, however his academic skills and
ability to translate Cuneiform are widely acknowledged, in contrast
most of his critics have no knowledge of cuneiform. In 1976, Sitchin
wrote his book ‘The Twelfth Plane’ where he made the claim that Nibiru,
the mysterious planet from which the Annukki originated had a strange
elliptical 3,600 year orbit that took it right out of our solar system
and then back in. This idea was immediately rubbished by the astronomy
community and by his critics, however almost thirty years later, in
2004, NASA announced that a planet very similar to Nibiru had been
discovered. Sitchen’s fabled Nibiru, recorded by the Sumerians, seemed
remarkably similar to the planet NASA named Sedna, thus validating one
of the cornerstones of Sitchin’s research. Not only did the planet
share a highly unusual elliptical orbit but both planets moved in a
clockwise direction, unlike most planets.
The Sumerian creation myth
is not an isolated one. In South America, ancient legends record how
serpent people and Lizard Gods brought great knowledge and
enlightenment to the people. One of the Maya’s primary creation texts
was known as the Popul Vuh or the ‘Council Book’. This text gives an
account of the divine and human origins and of royal genealogies; its
cosmogony and creation traditions. It records how the first inhabitants
of Mexico were the Chanes or ‘People of the Serpent’ who had come from
across the sea. According to legend, a god named Itzamna, which comes
from the root ‘itzem’, or lizard, led the Chanes. The worship of
serpent or reptilian gods also extends to other South American
civilisations such as the Aztecs, who worshipped the feathered serpent
god Quetzalcoatl.
Despite many diverse
civilisations sharing a common understanding of non-human gods from the
sky bringing knowledge and enlightenment to mankind, history tends to
assume that these ancient legends are simply myths. There are however,
many instances of physical evidence that have led some researchers to
conclude that the ‘gods that came from the sky’ were corporeal in
nature rather than symbolic.
Ancient markers
 Throughout the world
ancient people seem to have invested huge amounts of manpower in
creating landmarks that can be seen from the air. Egypt’s Giza pyramids
for example, are known to mark the exact centre of the Earth’s
landmass. Many think that the pyramids acted as land markers when
viewed from the air. Neolithic sites such as Avebury, a massive complex
of stone circles, ceremonial walkways, ditches and a conical pyramid
found in England, also appear to have been constructed to act as an
aerial marker. From the air, the Avebury complex traces a massive
serpent into the landscape. This would have been more pronounced at the
time of its construction because the entire complex was originally
covered in white chalk – similar to the way the Giza complex was
originally covered in white limestone.
 England is also home to a
great many huge chalk figures such as the 180 foot long Cerne giant
(left) which is thought to have been an ancient fertility symbol. Could
it actually represent man leaving a sign for visitors from the heavens?
There are dozens of these mysterious carvings all across Britain
depicting various figures, often horses that have been carved into the
landscape. These figures are best viewed from the sky.
The most
impressive examples of ancient land markings are probably South
America’s Nazca lines, which are found in Peru.
 The Nazca lines are
geometric line clearings created in a stylised form that resembles
twenty six different animals and insects. The lines are located in the
Peruvian desert and were drawn between 200 BC and 600 CE. The lines
were apparently made by removing the iron-oxide coated pebbles which
cover the surface of the desert, causing the exposed area to contrast
with the earth that surrounded it. Most of the lines can’t really be
identified from the ground and had been all but forgotten about until
the development of flight changed that. But why would an ancient
civilisation go to the trouble of creating these huge images that can
only be seen from the air?
 The anthropomorphic figures
are relatively few in number and are situated on slopes in the same way
that England’s chalk figures are often cut into the side of low hills.
One of the most interesting figures is the figure known as ‘The
Astronaut’, which was discovered by Eduardo Herran in 1982. To all
intents and purposes, this figure seems to depict a space traveller
complete with helmet.
It was James W. Moseley in
the October 1955 issue of Fate who first proposed the idea that the
Nazca lines might have been built as a landing strip. Swiss writer
Erich von Daniken developed this idea further in his 1968 book,
Chariots of the Gods.
Although we will never know
for sure if this really was their intended function, what most people
do agree with, is the fact that the Nazca lines still make excellent
aerial markers several thousand years after their construction. It
seems natural to question why an ancient civilization would need to
construct such markers unless flight was understood.
Technology of the Past
We only need to look at
ancient India to see that flight was very much understood. In Vedic
literature for example, there are many descriptions of Vimanas, or
flying machines. The Samarangana Sutradhara text devotes 230 stanzas to
the building of flying machines….
“Strong and durable must
the body be made, like a great flying bird, of light material. Inside
it one must place the Mercury-engine with its iron heating apparatus
beneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the
driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great
distance in the sky in a most marvellous manner.”
 This preoccupation with
flight is not confined to India. The small, gold artefact on the left
was discovered in a thousand-year-old tomb in Columbia and was first
thought to depict an insect or fish. It was only when two experts,
American scientist Dr Ivan Sanderson and J.A Ulrich, had the
opportunity to examine it, that opinions began to change. Dr. Sanderson
made the observation that it looked too mechanical to be a natural
object and suggested that it was a model of a machine of some kind. The
object was then shown to an expert on aircraft, J.A. Ulrich, who
astounded archaeologists by confirming that it appeared to be a model
of a jet plane – something that it should have been impossible for an
early Columbian society to imagine. It would be reasonable to suppose
that the only way ancient people could imagine mechanical flight was to
experience it in some way.
In a tomb in Saqqara,
Egypt, a model aeroplane made from wood was discovered in 1898. At the
time, it was thought to be a model of a bird (aircraft being unknown in
1898) and put into storage. When it was rediscovered by Dr Khalil
Messiha it caused a huge stir amongst Egyptologists and eventually
became the star of a special exhibit in the Cairo museum. The plane’s
design as described thus.
“The model has the exact
proportions of a very advanced form of "pusher-glider" that is still
having "some bugs ironed out". This type of glider will stay in the air
almost by itself—even a very small engine will keep it going at low
speeds, as low as 45 to 65 mph., while it can carry an enormous
payload. This ability is dependent on the curious shape of wings and
their proportions. The tipping of wings downward, a reversedihedral
wing as it is called, is the feature behind this capability. A similar
type of curving wings are implemented on the Concorde airplane, giving
the plane a maximum lift without detracting from its speed.”
Contradictions
Academia seems to be faced
with a rather tricky conundrum. If it maintains the assertion that our
ancestors existed in primitive societies, capable of only very basic
social and technological development, how does it explain such
anomalous artefacts? If it maintains that mankind didn’t possess any
advanced engineering skills, but we find that evidence exists to the
contrary, then surely it’s fair to say that it must have originated
elsewhere. This implies that there is more than a little merit to the
ancient astronaut theory because there are far too many pieces of
evidence that can’t be easily explained.
There are many indications
that ancient cultures have been very technologically advanced in the
past, but little indication to really explain why this should be.
For example, the ancient
Rama Empire existed in India some 15,000 years ago. According to its
surviving texts, not only did they have knowledge of flight but their
engineering skills created plumbing and sewage systems which are still
far superior to those of found in India today. When you consider
Sumerian knowledge of maths and astronomy, theirs is an unbelievably
complex system. It was the Sumerians who first documented the 26,000
year cycle of the precision of the equinox in 6,000 BC, created the
metric system and allocated 360 degrees to a circle. Their cuneiform
script was equally complex, comprising of over 400 characters which is
a remarkable achievement for a fledgling culture that seemingly
appeared from nowhere. Yet when it comes to the Sumerian account of
creation, historians ask us to believe that these remarkably advanced
people simply invented their understanding of their own origins.
In addition to the ancient
civilisations possessing sophisticated knowledge, there is also
documented and archaeological evidence of events occurring that are
clearly out of place with the current understanding of man’s
development, including nuclear warfare occurring thousands of years ago
in India. The construction of amazing feats of engineering such as the
pyramids of Giza adds more weight to the theory that somehow mankind
possessed a sophisticated level of technology that was later lost.
Perhaps, it might be argued, when the source of that knowledge was no
longer with us.
Written in Stone – ancient petroglyphs with a story to tell
 Strange humanoid creatures
depicted in rock paintings are another clue that is suggestive of alien
visitations occurring in the past. There are numerous examples of
petroglyphs or rock paintings that depict unexplained or unfamiliar
creatures and strange aerial phenomena.
One of the most famous examples
(left) is located inside a cave that dates back between 10,000 and
30,000 years, in Kimberly Mountain, Australia. The cave wall is filled
with images of strange hairless beings with large dark eyes. The
indigenous Aborigine people call the characters Wondjina and consider
them to be sacred beings. The Wondjina seem to bear a similarity to the
beings we know as greys which opens the possibility that this ancient
culture may have had contact with extraterrestrial visitors.
 In the Sahara desert,
another strange figure had been painted on the wall of a cave in the
Tassili Mountains in Southern Algeria. A one-eyed ‘Cyclops’ type
figure, it became known as ‘Jabbaren’ or ‘The Great Martian’. The cave
was discovered by French ethnologist and explorer Henri Lhote on an
expedition to the area after World War II.
There is still dispute as to
whether this strange figure was intended to represent ordinary humans
in ritual masks and costumes or something of a more extraterrestrial
nature. Erich von Daniken was convinced that this figure and others
that surrounded it, seemingly depicting spacemen, provided evidence of
early contact with alien life.
In North America, Hopi
petroglyphs also depict what appear to be aliens performing a ritual
with the tribesmen. Another of their petroglyphs, called the
‘Star-blower’ tells of how the Hopi's ancestors had visited various
worlds and travelled through endless space before reaching Earth.
Panspermia Hypothesis
Wherever we look in the
past, we seem to be faced with strong indications that humanity didn’t
get where it is today without input from outside sources.
One of the most popular
theories today is that our earth was deliberately seeded by one or more
extraterrestrial races. Essentially those beings have not only
interacted with us, but are responsible for our very creation and may
also have manipulated our DNA throughout humanity’s development. Many
believe those aliens, who seeded the planet tens of thousands of years
ago, still observe and guide mankind today, although opinions are
divided as to whether the intentions of these beings is entirely
benevolent or whether they are particularly impressed with the way
their experiment has developed. It seems one thing all religions agree
on is that an intelligence, far superior to our own, was in some way
responsible for creating the human race. Whether we think of that
intelligence as originating from aliens or gods, it can surely only
better our understanding of our past, and the true origins of man.
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Re: Ancient Astronauts - The Search for the Truth
by Imogen on Friday, March 17, 2006 (CST)
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Great article!! It sums it all up very nicely. This one's going to do the email rounds :) |
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