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In the nation of Peru there are annually a high number of UFO sightings reported, but like most UFO sightings, there are few pictures, and those there are don’t meet the quality standards of 1913 color photography. However absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence, and there are a few quirks in that region of the world that bear examination.
The largest of these features are the Nazca lines. The area is called the Pampa Colorada. It is 15 miles wide and runs some 37 miles parallel to the Andes and the sea. There is no sand in this desert. From the ground, one only sees that the dark red surface stones and soil have been cleared away, exposing the lighter-colored subsoil, creating the “lines”. But from the air, the “lines” collude to create geometric shapes, depictions of animals and plants in stylized forms, including images of humans.
The interesting part is that there is no point where a person can stand and see the designs; they are only visible from the air.
The wet-shirt, conventional scientists say that the etchings were made by the Nazca Indians who flourished in the region from 600-200 BC, but the more imaginative observers question why such intricate, large designs were made in such a way that they couldn’t even see them? It seems obvious to some that the icons were drawn to be observed from the sky, there must have been observers in the sky to enjoy them. Somehow this logic leaps to the observers being UFOs of alien origin. A stretch? Maybe.
One must also consider the Ica Stones. These rocks were brought to the attention of the scientific community in 1966 when Dr Javier Cabrera took a shining to them. A farmer in Peru, not far from the Nazca Lines claimed to have found a trove of the stones in caves and riverbeds. The stones vary in size from palm-of-the-hand to a beach ball, and bear etchings around their entire shape. No two of the stones are alike. Some of the notable designs include men riding dinosaurs, a fairly accurate globe with extra continents, a man pulling a baby from a woman’s abdomen ala c-section, and a man peering into another guy’s head. Were there dinosaurs around to model for these etchings? Would it be because there were dinosaurs around longer than conventional wisdom knows about, or because the people were there earlier? Either way, the stones make for a fantastic tale.
The Peruvian government locked the farmer up for selling artifacts until he confessed that he’d made them to sell to tourists, but was he saying it just to get out of jail free? The rocks themselves are of volcanic origin, and devoid of organic particles required for radio-carbon dating; no one but the farmer has found one and pointed it out to scientists who might index the age from the strata in which it was found. At this point labeling them a hoax seems tempting, save the glaze on the stones.
The stones are all marked with a glaze that is the result of years of bacteria. If the stones were etched in the 1960’s one would expect that the craved bits would not contain the glaze (since it takes hundreds of years to grow), but they do. There have been theories as to faking the glaze, but none that adequately describe the issue.
But where did these items come from? Possibly from the ancient UFO port named Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu in a city perched high in the Andes mountains. The architecture is sound, the buildings made of extraordinarily well fit stones, and tenets of the buildings are designed around the movements of the sun and stars. Such things are seen in other sites around the world though, the feature that makes this one extra strange is the fact that it is located where it is—high in the mountains. From where did they get water and food? There are no farmlands near. True, it rains a lot in the Andes, but is it regular and adequate enough to support a village?
Or did they have their sundries flown in? Were the Nazca Lines merely billboards along the interplantary-highway offramp?
There are various retellings of the theory, but the gist of all of them is this: Aliens moved into Earth when it was a new and trendy neighborhood. The oceans were young and small, and there was plenty of land for everybody. Earth was good save for the veracious thunder-lizards and the terrible climate. In trying to change the climate they accidentally set the tectonic plates to moving, which somehow spoiled all the fun, so they packed up and went home.
Pretty wild tale, but if the MiB come kill me—even if it looks like a suicide—then consider it. After all, it’s no more ludicrous than the mythology of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Speculations of the Ica Stones
Wikipedia entry on Machu Picchu
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Myself, I’m a skeptic. I’ve actually been to Macchu Picchu and other places in Peru. The tour guide showed a site where those “extraordinarily well fit stones” were made. The process involves chiseling small indentations in boulders, hammering wedges into them, then filling them with water which freezes. The natural force of expansion splits the rock.
Food was grown on the extensive series of terraces which surround the mountain village. Rain is a daily occurrence.
As to the Nasca Lines, there’s no doubt that prehistoric man believed in some strange stuff – sacrificing virgins to bring rain and all that – so making gigantic messages in the sand to attract the attention of their god(s) is hardly surprising.
I agree with ravenmuffin. I think to jump to the conclusion that there are aliens, based on this evidence, is a bit radical; however, if those rocks were in fact not carved by the farmer, I would find it interesting that early man drew himself riding on the tops of dinosaurs.
In the ’70’s I ate Von Daniken’s books up like crazy, but then I was just a kid. Then, as I grew older and more critical in my thinking, I began to realize just how little credit modern man gives to our ancestors. I think we tend to forget in our ADD, television worshipping era just how industrious and intelligent our species is. Aliens didn’t build the pyramids, people, a whole freaking lot of people, did. Most of these great feats were religious in nature, and so demanded the most meticulous of care. Compare a pyramid, or Macchu Picchu to the Sistine Chapel and you begin to see that they are labors of love and reverence, done over many, many years. To our ‘get it done now’ mentality such dedication and labor seems impossible, but our predecessors were highly skilled, dedicated to their gods, and had plenty of time on their hands.
“it’s no more ludicrous than the mythology of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Kindly, tell me the mythology of the JW’s. I would like to know.
http://www.jw-media.org
The site above will take you to press releases from JW’s. Although there are some good outcomes in some countries, dig a little deeper into archives and you will see the recent suffering JW’s go through for their beliefs in which obviously I need you to explain this mythology to me so I can alert my family, friends, congregation and our Governing Body we may be on the wrong track.
During the Hollocaust, JW’s only had to relenquish their religion and they would be freed. They chose their beliefs over their very lives. One Brother dieing due to being utilized in experiments. A beheading of one sister. Many in concentration camps; thankfully many lived through the ordeal, some died.
Note: Those who COULD have held office with the Nazi’s chose not to; or they could have just gone there merry way. JW’s, unlike other religions, would not submit or condone ANY of the Nazi regulations. The Hollocaust Museum has 3 areas where we are noted as taking a stand against NAZI Germany. There is a typical concentration camp uniform with a Purple Triangle; this denoting a JW. There was a BBC documentary made about JW’s during the Hollocaust called Purple Triangles. JW’s also have many articles of those who lived through the Hollocaust, sometimes losing a family member but never stopping the commissioned preaching work in secret (underground). Another Documetary is coming out 2006; I am uncertain as to who produced it but obviously it is a look into our organization and work. We also have our own Videos and CD’s on the site http://www.watchtower.org if you wish to peruse the various topics.
Kindly tell me of our mythology because I would hate to dig my feet in and go up against anything like those JW’s who have experienced in the past for nothing.
FYI-In countries that hate and would war with the U.S. and its allies have many Brothers in jail as they will NOT join the military even if it is mandatory, usually at age 18. They just follow the law, and are imprisoned for whatever time period that country decides. Some countries are too dangerous to even mention. Think Muslim and Communist Contries as well as Israeli; 35 in all.
JW’s are imprisoned, beaten, raped and more. There are other countries where we can report on. You will see in the articles where they are beaten, imprisoned with no charges for years, raped and tortured. Just for a mythology. Well, at least they won’t be a part of killing U.S. citizens.
JustAnotherName said: Kindly, tell me the mythology of the JW’s. I would like to know.
I was specifically trying to get your goat … metaphorically speaking.
Jason Bellows said: “I was specifically trying to get your goat … metaphorically speaking.”
I see. Well done Jason.
Oh, and my position on this phenomenon is……again, why do we always think ancient civilizations couldn’t come up with something like this for “their gods” or whatever. I think as a rule we consistently under estimate their intelligence. Why they would use their intelligence to do this? Don’t really know.
I think they could and did mathamatically take drawings they thought would be pleasing to someone out there and expand them so “they” could see them. You know, sort of like the etchings we put on some satellite and sent out hoping that if their IS “alien life” out there (:::sigh::: and there isn’t and I don’t want to explain why I know this for a fact) they will immediately understand and come racing towards us to find us.
I mean, IF I THOUGHT THEIR WAS ALIEN LIFE I would think this was just what they would be thinking: “Wow, look how teeny weeny this etching is. The whole thing is no larger than a pin head yet this race of people scaled it down to such a degree that they must have been trying to communicate with nanos! How did they get so smart?”
You crazy cat! You’re not serious?
The best explanation I heard was that they were processional. It may have been that they believe that if you walk along the lines (notice how the monkey in the photo is formed of a single, unbroken line, like a path) you could somehow gain the characteristics of the animal.
Other lines correlate with landmarks or stars, I believe, but I’m not sure.
Wikipedia has more info.
I began to realize just how little credit modern man gives to our ancestors. “
I agree in part that we underestimate our ancestors, and I believe that it is entirely likely that humans are responsible for these “wonders”. However, before we start singing their praises it’s probably a good idea to keep in mind that most of these amazing accomplishments were achieved (literally) on the backs of thousands of slaves. Those “whole freaking lot of people” that you refer to were forced into participating in the “labors of love and reverence”, possibly for a god that they did not even believe in. Even if we wanted to accomplish feats like the ancients did today, it would not be possible without that kind of slave labour.
I think people tend to forget about some of the other miraculous feats that have been accomplished more recently, especially in human rights and medical science. So who is better for their accomplishments, humans then or humans now? I think we are just different.
Here’s another crazy theory…
How about if the “aliens” (not saying there is such a thing) aren’t aliens at all, but human?
Think about it: Man evolves, invents a craft that can travel through space and in the process stumbles across a method to turn Einstein’s theory of time and space being relative into practical time travel.
Man travels back in time and in the process gets the oppertunity to study pre-historic (modern) mankind. Future man stops over on a few select places on earth and trades a few secrets with their great great great great great great great great granddaddies, who in turn abuse the knowledge learnt from their offspring by enslaving people in order to build very impressive landmarks. The future humans, not happy by their forefathers abusing the newfound precious knowledge, decide to brainwash their great granddaddies, MiB style, and decide to let pre-historic man learn by themselves and to never make direct contact again, simply playing an observational role…
As comic relief, they brought back a few evolved versions of future baboons and made them world-leaders in our time.
At last! A plausible explanation of our current fearless leader!
Being a skeptic isn’t always fun, sometimes we find it pleasing to dream up ideas like aliens (not saying there isn’t such a thing) to fuel our sense of adventure and complete our hunger for curiosity. I have reviewed things like these since I was young, now looking back on all the information, there IS something up. Pyramids, unknown origin of artifacts, ancient civilizations that just disappeared, etc. and I’ll be damned if some of them aren’t related. I’m not saying that aliens intervened in our, perhaps, ‘evolution’ but you have to think of how we came to be, if you believe that aliens do not exist, then I could say you deny our existence on this planet. How can one even conclude that when we hardly know anything about our own solar system, let alone that universe it resides in? Sometimes our own planet even stumps us.
People who believe in aliens are no more crazy than the people who believe in god (no offence intended, of course), which is more than 80% of Earths population.
Recently I read Zecharia Sitchin’s ‘The 12th Planet.” This guy has one hell of an imagination. Compiling the similarities of most religions, civilizations, and cultures, this brilliant man creates a theory of how the 12th planet in our solar system* resides of aliens that genetically created the human species to be the perfect worker. What I have just described of this book does not do just of how mind blowing most of the conclusive evidence is. If your a sci-fi lover, philosopher, or just like reading facts, you will want to read this book, and its series (which describes ancient legends, artifacts, and religions in a scientific sense).
For now, there are only a couple things that we know for sure:
– We have missed something huge this planets history
– We are oblivious to the fact that we are a race with amazing possibilities
– Some if us are too attached to what is familiar to us, and therefore do not like the thought of grasping something so controversial (hardcore skeptics). Dream, until proven wrong, folks, your holding us all back.
– We don’t know enough, maybe even never will know enough, to conclude what’s really ‘out there.’
*When I say the 12th planet of our solar system, I mean to count the Earths moon and the Sun as planets too (as most ancient civilizations did), which means that the 10th planet that was discovered orbiting the Sun not too long ago, is Sitchin’s 12th planet. Damn Interesting.
I love your theory Matter.
Thanks LeadHead, and I’ll be sure to pick up a copy of “The 12th Planet”.
I agree with matter
cool idea
Respects to all of you who grapple with these topics. I was recently at Machu Picchu and it is incredibly stunning. Definitely evidence of lost/hidden knowledge and the latent human potential in all of us. Its grace and harmony is inwardly palpable. I can think of no more perfect blend of landscape architecture, architecture, and art. In respect to the alien aspect of the posts, while in Peru I visited another site (Chavin de Huaraz) where i was introduced to Stichin’s book ‘the 12th planet’ by a peculiar fellow who told me he was from the future. we spoke for about an hour about the ‘heavy weights’ who dwell on Niribu. mind the Mayan calender. “the future is what you make of it brother-man” and lastly –> “Alien can blend/right on in/with your kin/look again/ cuz I swear I spot one/every now and then” – Andre from Outkast
“JustAnotherName” – Jehovah’s Witnesses “mythology” refers to your beliefs, that appear like myth (and badly constructed at that, requiring unhealthy amounts of sheep-like blind faith) for any person functioning on something called “reason”, and “logic”.
And no, you cannot know for a fact that aliens do not exist. When you will have explored at least the metagalaxy, not the entire universe, and found nothing, then yes, you can say that you know this for a fact.
But you didn’t, and no other human did either.
I don’t believe in aliens on Earth – either today or in the distant past. It’s possible, of course, but i do not know for sure if there are, or if there aren’t, so the question is left pending.
But to the subject of alien life out there – advanced or not, it doesn’t mather – it is undoubtedly possible, probable even.
Way more probable anyway than the existance of a “superior being” that created the entire universe – and life only on a small pebble in an insignifiant part of that universe – being that has nothing better to do every day than following the lives of the creatures he created, playing with them – and even so having a really bad track record at it :)
tarcastin said: “I agree in part that we underestimate our ancestors, and I believe that it is entirely likely that humans are responsible for these “wonders”. However, before we start singing their praises it’s probably a good idea to keep in mind that most of these amazing accomplishments were achieved (literally) on the backs of thousands of slaves. Those “whole freaking lot of people” that you refer to were forced into participating in the “labors of love and reverence”, possibly for a god that they did not even believe in. Even if we wanted to accomplish feats like the ancients did today, it would not be possible without that kind of slave labour.
Egyptians did not use slaves (I know this for a fact) the pyramids were built to house the dead kings mummy so that he could live on in the afterlife and bring prosparity to the next generation
I personally do not beleive in Alien involvement with the Icas. However.. the dinosaur thing.. is very interesting.
The fact that these creatures actually existed on this earth makes it seem more plausable then Aliens from Mars that we have no proof of.
Look at the Giant skeletons found in Ohio – another interesting topic.
Meh?
Matter said: Think about it: Man evolves, invents a craft that can travel through space and in the process stumbles across a method to turn Einstein’s theory of time and space being relative into practical time travel.
Man travels back in time and in the process gets the oppertunity to study pre-historic (modern) mankind.
First let me say great post. Especially on that last point. :) Very funny. I know this is not important, and I’m not an expert (far from it in fact), but I belive Einstein’s paper of 1905 seemed to rule out time travel into the past, and at least at the time he published his papers Einstein didn’t believe it was possible. I think according to modern interpretation Einstein’s theories preclude time travel backwards with anything but a wormhole. That is according to Einstein’s classical theory of general relativity only, I know Quantum Mechanics sees things differently, and one popular (at least among physicists) theory of backwards time travel uses cosmic strings. In short, I believe man going back in time would prove Einstein wrong, rather than right.
On a side note: Forward time travel, Einsteinian time dilation, as proposed by Einstein has been confirmed quite adequately. This was done by flying four cesium atomic beam clocks around the world twice, once eastward and once westward, then comparing the time to the reference clocks at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Firstly, I must say that there have been some very interesting points raised here.
It is my opinion that the human race has already changed a great deal and is changing (or even evolving if you will) at a very advanced and increasing rate. General attitudes have completely changed from the philosophers, engineers, inventors, travellers etc from a few hundred years ago who looked at the world in wonder and amazement with radical thinkers putting forward ideas and opinions that later became to be generally accepted as ‘the way things are’.
For many many years ‘educated’ people and their peers have decided what is to be placed in our history books and taught to our children, and ultimately it is has been pure scaremongery, wealth and power that has shaped and governed the majority of all ‘recent’ religions.
If an alternative idea is put forward nowadays which challenges popular beliefs, it is immediately shot down in flames because it is non-conforming.
An open mind is what leads to real possibilities of solutions to the many mysteries of our planet, past and present. What is so unbelievable about the fact that previous civilisations have been so advanced, are we so arrogant now that we think that our current level of intelligence has not been inherited from our ancestors, directly or indirectly.
Throughout the whole of the history of our planet, one constant factor has remained unchanged :- The loss of life due to the immense forces of nature.
Would it not be conceivable that an intelligent species would want to preserve its beliefs, especially if it had experienced evidence of previous civilisations trying to achieve the same thing?
If we were to try and preserve our beliefs for future generations, is it not blindingly obvious that we would need to store information on hard wearing substances, or leave monumental structures that show our level of skills to the maximum and will survive the majority of what nature tries to destroy?
The real question is not were aliens involved but how did we manage to forget what we tried to remind ourselves of.
Our time as a civilisation will end one day, I wonder what future civilisations will make of what will remain of Mount Rushmoor or the Panama Canal for example.
Probably just think aliens helped us do it!
Obviously when dinosaurs became “extinct” some survived to fly off into a warmer climate in the universe (as they were surely that advanced) then hundreds of thousands of years later they came back and helped our ancestors to learn and build – hence the pictures of people riding on the dinosaurs – just think hoiw much easier it would of been if they had the help of super-intelligent and super-strong dinosaurs to help them build – or to carry supplies up the mountain – the dinosaurs after having taught us a few things went back to their exploring of the universe – oh and when they left earth the first time they self-destructed all of their superior technology because they knew that we would not be ready for it for many millenia to come.
They will return.
Prove me wrong.
terriblelizardspawn said: “Our time as a civilisation will end one day, I wonder what future civilisations will make of what will remain of Mount Rushmoor or the Panama Canal for example.”
There is an excellent book my 6th grade teacher read us about this idea! I only wish I knew what it was called! Archaeologists of the future going through ruins of a hotel, (called the “Toot & C’mon”) in the civilization of Usa. I only vaguely remember a few parts…including the hypothesis that our toilet seat was a ceremonial headdress.
CountriKitten said: “There is an excellent book my 6th grade teacher read us about this idea! I only wish I knew what it was called! Archaeologists of the future going through ruins of a hotel, (called the “Toot & C’mon”) in the civilization of Usa. I only vaguely remember a few parts…including the hypothesis that our toilet seat was a ceremonial headdress.”
Motel of Mysteries graphic book. http://www.exodusbooks.com/details.asp?ExID=2379
Parodies the discovery of King Tut’s tomb in ancient Egypt
Hotel toot-n-come on was buried from a catastrophe
Room was outer burial chamber – man’s skeleton in bed
Bath was inner burial chamber – woman’s skeleton in tub
Plastic fern was amazing forever plant
Ice bucket was urn for internal organs
Rubber sink plug & toothbrushes were ceremonial necklace & earrings
Toilet was ceremonial chanting urn. Worshipper gets on knees and moans incantations into bowl with toilet seat held to head by “Sanitized for your protection” band.
TV set was an Alter to fantastic lands in the realm of the gods.
Do not Disturb sign was tomb seal written in forgotten n-glish
Man was protecting inner burial chamber.
Woman was royalty in unique sarcophagus
Plastic shower cap with yellow flowers on her head was burial crown adorned with eternal sunflowers
TV remote in dead man’s hand was communication device to talk with dead.
Good irony how something buried (because all the pollution in the air buried the Usa in the mid-part of the 1980’s over 2000 years ago which also caused another dark ages) and the mistakes in identifying objects that came from a forgotten past. Good fun.
Jason Bellows said: “I was specifically trying to get your goat … metaphorically speaking.”
GOAT? Naaah that’s for ANOTHER religion… you-know-who… /G\
JustAnotherName (aka JAN) – How do you like that? Modern science has got it’s loyal paradigm adherents sticking to the script like a Catholic priest at a Boy Scout convention (sorry bad joke)… But anyway… Nazca Lines, Machu Picchu, Ica Stones, ancient UFOs, pryamdial structures, etc. (ad infinitum)… So let me get this straight I can only choose from column A or column B as to origin of this “damn interesting” stuff of antiquity? Hmmm… JAN I think you and I might choose from a heretofore yet undiscovered column C?
Has anyone ever heard the esoteric term “Antediluvian”? Could it be that planet Earth’s true beginnings were not actually prehistoric cavemen of some arguably mythical period of modern paleo-science? Could it be that shortly after a rudimentary proto-human experiment by an extraterrestrial (i.e. above the earth), superluminal (i.e. outside human ocular spectral sensitivity or ‘invisible’ like electricity), metaphysical (i.e. higher lifeform), intelligent designer, roughly around 4,026 BCE (~ 6ky ago), went horribly wrong due to another lower-metaphysical being’s (LMB) deliberate and disobedient interference with said experiment? Then said disloyal LMB went on further to contribute it’s earlier learned technology (of sorts) to the lower lifeforms (namely US) in the form of ancient and unique structural engineering, “damned interesting” and enignmatic devices, and even DNA manipulation? Maybe this technology-transfer “contributing” hasn’t stopped yet???
No I’m not going all “Zachariah Sitchen” on you… IMO I think he is a sincere but “certifiable” nut. But his arguably cockamamie research on the ancient Sumerians (aka Babylonians) only uncovered what Moses (et al) already documented in their ancient biblical writings. Even a man called Jude (half brother of you-know-who) documented a doomed Antediluvian heretofore “unknown to some” culture not normally written about in our textbooks. However, people like Dr. Robert Ballard (USN retired) have been stumbling all over their places of ancient abode and worship lately. There has been a lot of recent discoveries literally unearthing their existence. BUT who were they? Did they have a name? No it was not Atlanteans of Atlantis. That was IMHO just Solon’s and Plato’s misinterpretation of a much older culture than the Egyptians, Aztecs, Inca, Australia’s Aborigines, Native Americans, and Cambodians at Angor Wat.
Could it be that when ancient historians wrote about how THEIR group built these structures that they in fact were LYING (or embellishing), just a bit? Much the way most, albeit unethical, people stretch the truth about their tribal/ethnic group’s history? Consider the ancient archaeological lie about the ancient Assyrian king Sennacherib’s 185,000 man army and it’s archaeologically documented wondrous victories over its enemies. But in fact we see from a more reliable biblical account (also supported by archeology) that same 185,000 strong army was wiped out in 1-night by an unseen force or entity or more than likely a LMB. History is only in the eye of the beholder I guess.
When you read the mythical story of how the Inca king Pachacuti supposedly founded Machu Picchu to start building there, you read about how he cast a stick and where it fell that’s where he would build the lost city in the mountains of Peru. And you look at the mindbogglingly utter complexity of the construction of Sacsayhuamán near Cusco… you start to wonder “who’s kidding who?” The same goes for Easter Island, Cholula & Tenochtitlan in Mexico, Angor Wat in Cambodia, Giza in Egypt, the Anasazi Pueblos, the enigmatic stone works of the Olmecs, and many more ancient wonders of the world being discovered quite readily today. Could it be that these specious ancient historians (or the modern archaeologists discovering them) were embellishing just a bit? Could it be that even they had just stumbled on a PREEXISTING culture’s ancient structures of occult worship millenniums older than themselves?
Archaeologist Richard Burger of Yale University lends credence to my speculative theory above when he recently discovered that a MUCH OLDER civilization PREDATED the Incans at Machu Picchu. Dr. Ballard’s work in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana and the southern Black Sea has also uncovered a much more older civilization than any recorded thus far! So who were these “fellers” (as Jethro Bodine of the Beverly Hillbillies would say)?
Hmmm… JAN how do you pronounce “fellers” in Hebrew??? I’m sure you know where I’m going with this don’t you (wink-wink)? I can see Zechariah shouting at his PC “I know… I know!!!”… Sorry Z.S. you got it all wrong… you put too much blind-faith in ancient Babylonian cuneiform historian’s truthfulness… IMO of course!
Hey, what if the dinosaurs first drew themselves on the stones, and the humans added themselves riding them later? That would explain a lot.
Anyone know where I might be able to view a picture of the terradactyl during the American Civil War. If it wasn’t this is must have been a distant cousin. Hope it is not just hear-say.
Damn Interesting article & posts!
Well I’d say somewhere in virginia around the year 1862. You would have to bring the picture though, and aquire the time machine.
Okay, here’s my two cents.
I will try to be as organized and fluid about this as possible, but I warn y’all, those are not my two strongest traits.
First, let’s start off with what we know:
In the Bible, sightings and visitations by otherworldly beings are commonplace. At the birth of The Christ, legions of cherubim were witnessed by shepherds in the fields, flying through the sky and proclaiming the Good News. (Aliens with linguistic skills?) One only needs to skim the book of Ezekiel to get a concept of a full-on, close encounter of the third kind. At the death of Jesus, an Angel was said to appear as a bolt of lightning. These are just the most memorable of several accounts. (Moses on Sinai, the Ark of the Covenent, the list goes on…)
To follow this, there are literally TONS of paintings of ancient ufos, many from around the Renaissance era (coincidence?). Many of these paintings include historical and religious figures, mostly the Virgin Mary. I’m not citing sources, because it would only take a few tries to “google up” these paintings. My thought is, I can’t help but get this nagging sensation when I can’t find any evidence that these artists were ever persecuted for their attempts at illustrating a religious encounter. Surely, putting something as silly as a flying saucer in a mural depicting the Baptism of Christ would have bought the painter a short ride on a fast train…right to the guillotine! But, these paintings, medallions, and etchings are SO NUMEROUS that I can’t help but reach these hypotheses:
If the ufos in the paintings brought about no public reaction, that means anyone looking at the painting would have seen the ufos as a religious phenomenon…. nothing provoking anything out of the ordinary. (i. e. are ufos really angels?)
Or…
Were the artists attempting to hide a subtle reference to something in their paintings? There is much evidence (not from Mr. Dan Brown, thank you very much) to support the theory that modern-day religion was intended as a cover-up for the truth. Why is it, that only after the dark ages, was it considered foolhardy to mention speaking to God or another otherworldly being? Did humanity lose a chunk of knowledge when reading and writing were banned? What was really going on there? In ancient times, it brought one HONOR and DIGNITY when visited by a dead ancestor or a God. Nowadays, it would send you to the assylum. This seems to parallel socitey’s attitude toward UFOs and alien visitations–kind of and odd and unlikely similarity, don’t you think?
So… My final big summary question… were ufos and angels really aliens, or vice versa? It seems that modern day thinking and conciousness has been encouraged to dismiss all possibility of a physical Creator. It you really read the Bible, you learn quickly that GOd is not a figment of the imagination, and is certainly a Very tangible character. What would be someone’s purpose in making all of humanity believe otherwise? Interesting how are trend has been, of late, to rely not on religion, but on ourselves, for guidance. If you want to make your hairs stand on end right now, read what the Book of Revelation says about people’s attitudes when the ENd Times are near.
These are just some random, and rather disturbing thoughts which I’m trying to assemble for research. Any responses are MORE THAN WELCOME! Thank you for reading.
Here’s a response: hold up a sign and stand at the street corners. There are a few spots left.
ah hahahaha! the image of a bunch of dinosaurs in a rocket ship having space adventures comes to mind… priceless!
interesting. This article and posts make me feel like i can come out of the closet (philisophically speaking) and say:
There is simply too much we don’t know to go about claiming that anything we have observed is a “fact”
There are plenty of studies that show that the human mind makes patterns out of whatever it can. This being said, many things we do lend more credence to something that is able to establish a pattern (scientific theory is more solid if its able to predict a pattern based on the observed pattern, for example).
We want things to make sense. We want to feel like we know stuff. We don’t want to look stupid. We don’t want to be confused. This means that we wil make any information we find conform to our understanding of how things are. Anything radically outside this pattern causes us to dismiss those things as Conspiracy, Crazy or whatever name you’d like to give it.
We find patterns in layers of rocks containing fossils and conclude that we have discovered the ultimate timeline of history of the earth. We find patterns in decay over a decade and conclude it can measure things accurately over 1000’s, Ten thousands and even BILLIONS of years. We find patterns in all sorts of things and draw conclusion. Sometimes its the one missing peice of the pattern that completely changes everything. The final plot twist that makes a great movie.
Draw your own conclusions as to what I meant here.
Not true, according to an article in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic. There are hills nearby from which the designs can be seen. Some of the designs are cut into the hills and can be seen from the valley floor.
This is the view taken by the writer of the National Geographic article.
I have been to Machu Picchu, and hiked from there to the relatively nearby ruin of Choqueqirao, with native Quechua guides, et cetera et cetera et cetera, the whole Andean experience. I even experienced a traditional guinea pig feast in the isolated village of Yanama, but that’s beside the point. The point is, food and water wouldn’t have been a problem. There are indeed farmlands near, they just haven’t been excavated. They are terraces carved into the mountainsides. At Choquequirao some of them have been excavated, and now that I think of it so have a few at Machu Picchu. The people of Yanama still use the centuries-old terraces surrounding their village, and grow about three hundred varieties of potatoes. I would particularly recommend the little purple potatoes – they’re sweet and go nicely with guinea pig. As for water, if they did not have reservoirs to hold their rainwater, they would have been perfectly capable of running down the mountain to the river and bringing back baskets of water. The Andeans are pretty much superhuman that way: they can run incredible distances over incredible terrain, carrying incredible weights, and not get tired. I wouldn’t believe just how incredible if I hadn’t seen two of them wrap a week’s worth of victuals – not usual trekking fare but serious food, better than I eat at home, usually – in tablecloths, sling them over their backs, and run some five miles over railroad tracks. Wearing flip-flops. There is no doubt in my mind that the Incas would have been able to fetch all their water without getting it delivered via flying saucer.
I love to read all the different point of views from pleople around the world.
I believe in God but im not a fan of any church/religion. But love reading the bible from all religions.
In there u might not find an answer for “who build the pyramids or this amazing stuff in peru”
but if u read the bible in a very open mind (and i mean very open mind) ull understand more about who God is and who are the angels sent by God. It is so self explanatory if u analyze what u r reading and not reading without analyzing what it means exactly. And by the way, when people say aliens, they dont mean little green man. have a nice day.
interesting))