Introduction and Disclaimer

This book is a collection of unusual facts and phenomena consisting of a graphic and a short description. It is not intended to be exact information on the subjects. It is material that I have  discovered over the years that I found of interest. It is felt thatshowing an illustration of the subject, as well as giving written information about it will enhance the material .It is hoped that you will find it interesting and thought provoking. Included is a Bibliography of some of the main sources I used. Each consists of an illustration  followed by a short paragraph explaining it. This is in the same manner as a well known newspaper supplement. It is not intended be an exhaustive explanation of the subject nor do I pretend to be an expert on any of the subjects. The Graphics are all original and are my own. I have used other material for artistic reference only. The intent of the book is to provide these illustrations instead of photographs to better show the concepts involved. The reader should see this book as a starting point for further research on the subjects.  It contains 40 different color illustrations.

Atlantis

 The Atlantis legend goes back to Plato in one of his dialogs: Timaeus, in which he relates what was told to his ancestor Solon, by Egyptian priests. Essentially it described a civilization “beyond the Pillars of Hercules” that lay in the Atlantic ocean. This civilization had conquered much of the Mediterranean and beyond, but was inundated by ocean waves that completely submerged it.   The above illustration shows it as described by Plato as consisting of a series of rings with a central island. Some have hypothesized that this referred to memories of the volcanic eruption of ancient Thera, as well as other locations in Spain and the Azores among others. 

The Missing Avengers

  On December 5, 1945, five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers took off from Ft. Lauderdale on a routine training mission.  Within a few hours they reported that they were lost. A Navy Martin Mariner took off in search of them to guide them home. All six aircraft were lost without trace. A transmission from one of the planes said: “...white water...everything is strange–even the ocean...”    Yet all the aircraft had survival gear and life rafts and there were many islands in the area where they could have crash-landed. Furthermore the flight leader was an experienced navigator. 

The Annunki

 

The Babylonian Battery

 

 

In 1936, near Bagdad, a small vase was found, about 2000 years old, that contained a hollow copper tube in the middle of which was suspended an iron tube closed at the top by an asphalt plug.   In 1940, William F. Grey, a Westinghouse engineer, used a similar device filled with a copper sulfate solution to electroplate a small silver statue with gold. Could the ancients have used such methods? The first modern battery was made by Alessandro Volta in 1799.

The Giant Stones of Baalbek

This ancient Lebanese city, was called Heliopolis by the Romans. In the first century AD they built a temple to Jupiter using some stones in the foundation that are as tall as a five story building and weigh 600 tons or more. The quarry was a mile away from the temple. It is a mystery how they were moved. Even modern equipment would be challenged today to move objects of such size and weight.

 

The Day of Brama

Ancient Brahmin texts estimate the life span of our universe to be 4.32 Billion years; this is extremely close to modern estimates of 4.6 Billion years. How could the ancient Brahmins have estimated this so closely?
 

The Brazilian Amphorae

In 1982 Robert Marks, an underwater geologist, found hundreds of amphorae pieces in Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. He also located the remains of a nearby wooden wreck. The amphorae is dated to the 3rd century AD from North Africa.   Though disputed, it is entirely possible for even small vessels to cross the Atlantic. During WW2, a lifeboat from the torpedoed freighter Anglo Saxon crossed the Atlantic from the Azores to the Bahamas following relatively closely the route taken by Columbus.  This strengthens the case for ancient seafarers crossing the Atlantic to the Americas. 

Survivor

The Coelacanth shown above is a living survivor from the distant past. It was thought extinct until one was caught off the coast of Mozambique in 1938. The  above example was seven feet long.  Another example are sharks, which go back to shortly after the Jurassic period. Could the Loch Ness Monster, which some think could be a surviving ancient Plesiosaur, be another?
 

Life From a Comet

When the earth formed it was a huge ,condensed mass of white hot material. There is no way that anything organic could have developed under the intense heat and pressure. So how would we get the amino acids and other ingredients that would be needed to form the “organic soup” necessary to develop life?
One possible way would be a collision with a comet, some of which are known to contain organic compounds like ice. If the earth had cooled off sufficiently and a comet collided at the right time perhaps life could have gotten started.
 

The Balls of Costa Rica

Hundreds of large granite balls have been found, some up to eight feet in diameter and weighing as much as 16 tons. All are nearly perfectly circular in spite of being composed of extremely hard granite. This was done about 1600 years ago and by people with primitive tools and no nearby sources of granite.
 

Cyrano De Bergerac

 

Dafoe and Mars' Moons

In Gulliver’s Travels, the scientists of Laputa stated: “...two lesser stars or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary planet exactly three of his diameters and the outermost five. The former revolves in the space of 10 hours and the latter twently-one and a half...” Only in 1877 did astronomer Asaph Hall discover the two moons of Mars and found that the figures given by Dafoe were very close to those he found. How could Dafoe have known in the 17th century that Mars had two moons and also have estimated their orbits so closely? Telescopes were only in their infancy at the time with only a fraction of the powers available today.

 

Pre-Columbian Delta Wing Jets

The above represents a grave object from the Pre-Incan Sinu culture, the Quimbaya Indians, dated in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is about two inches long Ivar T Sanderson of the Society for the investigation of the unexplained, saw it as a representation of a bird. But others dispute this, seeing it as a prototype jet. It is interesting to note that swept-back wings are now known to be integral to jet flight. Also there is a tube that looks like an exhaust pipe as well as a stabilizer.
 

Ezekiel's Wheels

The biblical prophet Ezekiel gave an account “... on the shores of Babylon...” of four creatures which “came all one straightforward and turned not as they went” As well as describing creatures suspended from them in shining suits. Mention is also made of a fiery disk emitting smoke.  Experts have said that it could describe a helicopter unit propelling the creatures. Could this have been a description of a visit by “ancient astronauts”?
 

The Face on Mars

 In the Cydonia area of Mars, in 1976, the Viking Orbiter took a photo from 1000 miles up that showed a “face” as shown below . It would be about a mile in height on the surface. There have been arguments about it since then: some would say it indicates evidence of an ancient civilization. Other civilizations have made use of markers that are visible from high above, as the Nazca. It is also pointed out that the face is in a nearly perfect shield shape, similar to an Egyptian cartouche, not seen on any other heavenly body. Other observers claim to have seen evidence of buildings and other structures. The official explanation is that it is an optical illusion similar to one’s seeing faces in clouds. Other pictures, taken at different times of the day with different shadows, seem to bear this out.  It will be interesting to see what is found when actual exploration is made of the site.

 

Egyptian Flashlights

In the temple of Dendara, on the east bank of the Nile, are nine underground chambers. In one of them is a relief (shown above, top) that looks remarkably   like a light bulb filament, wires and a capacitor. Could they possibly have used flashlights to light the chambers in which they did their painting? If torches had been used, soot would have been deposited on the walls as well as choking the workers with the limited oxygen. Archaeologist say that mirrors were used, but this would have been awkward at best if not impractical. 

Foo Fighters

“Foo Fighters” were seen towards the end of WW2. They were described as large balls of red, orange and white lights that seemed under perfect control. Bothsides in the conflict seen these lights. Could they have been “flying saucers” observing the aircraft of WW2?
 

Egyptian Gliders

This seven inch model of a glider, dating from around 200BC, was found in a tomb in Saqqara. It actually flies when thrown. One wonders if they had larger, full size versions that this was a model of? 

Greek Philosophers

Many people in Columbus’s time thought that the earth was rectangular, surrounded by mountains and impassable.  However Pythagoras in the 6th Century BC taught that the earth was a sphere. Aristharchus in the 3rd Century BC taught that it revolved around the sun and Eratosthenes around the same time found the circumference of the earth to a very close figure. Undoubtedly Columbus was relying on this when he was promoting his plan to voyage. 

Little Green Men

 

The Kensington Stone

      Is a 200 pound piece of granite found in Minnesota during the 19th century. A runic message on it states that a band of Norwegian sailors landed on thcoast and penetrated this far west before being massacred by Indians. Though it has been disputed as a fake, some question how farmers that lived in the area would know enough of ancient runes to have made such a message.

Life in the Galaxy

A number of probes have been sent out looking for radio signals from other civilizations, as well as recording information on our planets. One has a plaque giving information on earth and its inhabitants in case another race would ever find it. In addition, there are radio telescopes on earth looking for such signals. Hopefully who or whatever may find it will have a benign attitude towards us. Could it possibly be that at least some of the UFO’s sighted were probes from another planet?
 

The Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster is said to be in a “loch” or long, narrow inlet from the sea in northern Scotland. It has been sited numerous times over the years goin back to at least Medieval times. Though photographs exist, they are open to question and divers have not found any evidence, perhaps due to the extreme murkiness of the water. It most closely resembles an ancient Plesiosaur. Could it be another survivor?
 

Mantel and Venus

On January 7, 1948 six P51 Mustangs came to Godman airfield on a flight. They were asked to investigate large UFOS observed by numerous people includingthe base commander. Five of the flight dropped out due to lack of fuel or oxygen at the 20,000 foot altitude of the objects. Mantel, however, continued the chase. His wrecked plane was found a few hours later with him dead inside. Explanations were that he was chasing the planet Venus and died from lack of oxygen. But did he? 

The Mayan Jet

A tomb was opened in Yucatan with the image above on top on a coffin lid. Looking at it gives the impression of a man sitting at the controls of a machine that could be a jet of sorts. The image has been associated with the Quetzal, a mythical Mayan bird. Archaeologists scoff at the notion, but could they be wrong?
The bottom illustration shows what it may have looked like were it an actual flying machine. 

Mu

James Churchward, a man of many accomplishments, including inventing armor for ships, published in 1926 at age 75 The Lost Continent of Mu wherein he claimed the existence of a lost continent called Mu in the Pacific ocean, as pictured above. When he was younger in India, he learned how to read a long lost Naga Maya language. It was the language of the Naacal which flourished about 50,000 to 12,000 years ago. He said that this central location was the ultimate source for the civilizations of Egypt, South America, and the Orient and others.  Though geologists dispute this, saying such a continent could not have existed it is true that during the last Ice Age, the water level in that area was much lower than today. 

Nazca Lines

In South America there are numerous graphic outlines of great extent: hundreds of yards. At ground level they are almost invisible, merely scratches in the ground. In order to see them one has to go hundreds of feet in the air.
But how could the ancient Indians have saw them hundreds of years ago or more. They had no flying machines and the nearest mountain ranges are many miles away. It has been speculated that they may have used some type of hot-air balloon but there is no proof for that.
Could they possibly have been markers for an ancient landing field using advanced vehicles, perhaps from space? 

The Philadelphia Experiment

This event allegedly occurred in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1943 on the USS Eldridge, a destroyer escort. Project Rainbow was an attempt to use Einstein’s unified field theory to attempt to disguise a warship attacking German U-Boats. Powerful electromagnets were used on the Eldridge causing it to be enveloped in a green fog. It also temporarily disappeared to appear briefly in Norfolk, Virginia. Upon return to normal, some crew members were said to have gone insane, others disappeared and some were even said to have somehow bonded with the ship’s metal. The Navy naturally denied anything had happened. The main source for this is one Carlo Allende. Still this may have been worked on as part of the Atomic Bomb development, and the U-Boat menace was at its height in 1943.
 

Shifting Poles

There is a theory that preposes that 10,000 years ago there was an advanced civilization in Antartica that was well north of its present position and quite habitable. This civilization could have been the origin of others in Egypt, South America and Iraq. The illustration below show the different position of the Antartic ice cap today and then. The only sure way to find out is to investigate the ice cap which, according to global warming theory will soon be  possible.
 

The Pyramid Telescope

It has been speculated that the shafts in the Pyramid, as shown above, could have been used as a telescope. An observer, stationed in one of the interior chambers, would have had an excellent view of stars passing overhead.   Observatories using huge ramps at the same angle exist in India and other places.It is based on the same principle that you can see by looking at something throua tube or even by cupping your hands. Astronomy was important to the Egyptians as they needed to be able to predict accurately the annual Nile Flood to insure good crops.

 

Relativity

Einstein’s theory of relativity imposes an ultimate speed limit on the universe. The basic formula is E = M© squared). If you take this as true then as one approaches the speed of light enormous distortions in time and mass would occur: mass would be infinitely large and centuries would be compressed into years. The above illustration is an example of the possible effects. Therefore it would be impossible to exceed it. However, the Sound Barrier was considered by scientists impossible to beat until Chuck Yeager did it in 1947. The only physical proof is the behavior of Mesons that change size as they enter the earth’s gravity. Still if an engine like the one discussed on the previous page could be invented, star travel would be possible, even with the limitations imposed by the speed of light.
 

Descartes and One Million

Until Rene Descartes, Europeans had no concept of the number one million, but in ancient times the Sumerians, Egyptians and the Hindus did.
 

Roerich's Saucer

Nicholas Roerich, famous artist and explorer, told of a strange sighting in northern China in 1926: ...noticed a remarkably big, black eagle flying above us...” then they noticed something about the bird: “...we saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed... had time to look in our field glasses and saw quite distinct, an oval form with a shiny surface, one side of which was brilliant from the sun...”
 

Roswell

On July, 2 1947 a rancher saw a big object in the sky near Roswell Texas. The next day he saw a debris field of strange shiny metal said to be alien in origin. The explanation given was that he saw the remains of a weather balloon. The above two images were what I saw in a telescope in the 50's. I was indeed looking at a burst weather balloon.  

The Feathered Serpent

Who was Viracocha, Quetzelcoatl, and Kukulcan? All of these were said to refer to a bearded white man. According to Prescott, a noted scholar of South American Civilizations, “ A legend speaks of certain white, bearded  men who advancing along the shores of lake Titicaca, established ascendency over the natives and imparted to them the blessings of civilization.  Both Pizarro and Cortez benefitted greatly from this legend during their conquests of the Inca and Aztec civilizations.
 

Chinese Sunspots

Sunspots were recorded in ancient China about 1AD, long before Galileo saw them in his telescope. This may possibly have been achieved by looking through semi-transparent stones or even a dense sand storm. 

Tesla and Universal Power

 

Gateway to the Sun

 

Lake Titicaca

This is the highest lake in the world and seen from space as shown above in blue, it resembles a jaguar pouncing on its prey. How could the ancient Peruvians have known that it would look like this from space. It is also interesting to note that the air pressure here is only 8 instead of a normal 16 pounds, possibly accommodating alien visitors from space.  

The Tunguska Meteor

On June 30, 1908, a tremendous blast occurred in the Tunguska Basin in of northeast Russia. Every tree within a 20 mile radius was knocked down. People were injured 40 miles away, and damage occurred as much as 400 mile distant. That night and others had light bright enough to read by in places as far distant as England. Though a large meteor had landed in Chelyabynsk, Russia in 2015, it did nothing like this amount of damage. It has been speculated that this could have been an alien space craft or possibly a collision with a black hole.
 

Bibliography

 

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A good source book for all chapters It contains numerous

black and white illustrations . Especially for ancient astronomy and the Great Pyramid.

 

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A Paperback book with good photos.

 

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Part of a Series of hard cover books –very well illustrated with color photography.

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