An Amateur astronomer snapped a few extremely interesting images from the Orion nebula, and UFO hunters are turning towards his images as proof as massive, interstellar alien spaceships.
The Amateur Astronomer from North Carolina was exploring the Orion Nebula when he spotted a strange cigar-shaped UFO. Further analysis of the footage revealed a few mystery objects.
While the astronomer was focusing on his Newtonian telescope, he observed a massive cylinder-shaped UFO that popped up on the screen of his laptop, capturing the enigmatic event in a single frame that lasted for 30 seconds.
Notice the Cigar-shaped object to the center-right of the image. Image Credit MUFON
Immediately after noticing the object that ‘should not have been captured’ near the Orion Nebula, the amateur astronomer turned to MUFON for explanations.
“I was out collecting data on M42 Orion nebula, as I was fine focusing my 8 in astrograph / Newtonian Telescope this appeared on my laptop screen after the 1st I ran 5 frames @ 30.2-second sequence and it shows the movement of the objects at the bottom of the frames. The single cigar-shaped object was captured in a single 30.2-second frame and the 5-frame sequence followed because I’d thought the thrill was over Not the case. It had backup right behind it in the sequence. It’s not the 1st and surely not the last as I search the night sky for galaxies, nebulae and the truth that’s out there.”
More objects were allegedly spotted, and are visible at the bottom of the image. Image Credit: MUFONAre these cigar-shaped object really UFO’s, or is there another explanation? Image Credit: MUFON
Furthermore, after observing the UFO, the amateur astronomer noticed that the UFO sighting was not over as he identified several ‘other’ cigar-shaped objects which he also captured in a sequence of 5 frames at 30.2 seconds, and they clearly show the movement of objects at the bottom of the frames.
However, Facebook page UFO of Interest takes a closer look at the alleged UFOs, and offers a possible explanation proposed by Dave Greg and Jerry Bell from the Facebook group “dazzathecameraman”:
Here are the images of the mystery objects spotted by the amateur astronomer:
Just how ancient civilizations that existed on Earth thousands of years ago managed to erect massive structures, gigantic monoliths, Pyramids, or polish, cut, and transport blocks of stone weighing more than 100 tons remains an enigma for experts.
Some of the achievements of ancient cultures rival our very own capabilities today.
Furthermore, no matter where we look, we find stunning ancient structures that have left experts wondering, how ancient cultures were able to do it.
If we travel to Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs, in addition, the pyramids, we will find supermassive temples with blocks of stone fitted as if they were massive Lego blocks. Perfectly interlocking stones are seen in various temples in Egypt, and some of these structures have created confusion among experts who are unable to explain how ancient cultures did it.
Curiously, if we travel halfway around the globe to South America, we will find eerily similar characteristics in Bolivia and Peru.
If we take a look at the Koricancha temple, we will notice extremely smooth blocks of andesite that have been worked with such precision that some modern engineers have said: “they must have used laser-like tools, it’s impossible they used primitive tools like sticks and stones…”
The truth is ancient civilizations that existed on Earth thousands of years ago were far more advanced and capable than what we credited them for today.
Tiahuanaco is home to mind-altering structures. Within the Tiahuanaco complex in Bolivia, we find Puma Punku.
The Door of the Puma, as Puma Punku translates, features some of the largest stones ever seen in that part of the world. One particular block of stone at the site is 7.81 meters long, 5.17 meters wide, averages 1.07 meters thick, and is estimated to weigh about 131 metric tons. It still remains an enigma as to how the ancient builders of Puma Punku—and Tiahuanaco—managed to transport these massive stones from their quarries.
The precision cuts, sharp corners, and millimetric drill holes are another mystery which has left experts awestruck.
The Osirion temple in Egypt features construction details that eerily resemble those found in America, more precisely Ollantaytambo and Sacsayhuaman.
The Osirion temple offers us evidence of how ancient mankind managed to erect massive temples and place together gigantic blocks of stone to a millimetric precision, almost as if they could manipulate the weight of the stone, making them easier to transport.
The same can be said about the massive stones and structures and Ollantaytambo and Sacsayhuaman.
To get a ‘picture’ of what I am talking about, here are 20 images that have left archaeologists awestruck.
Features of the Coricancha Temple in Peru. Image Credit: ShutterstockWhat. A. View.The Ancient Stepwell of Chand Baori—with 3,500 narrow steps over 13 levels high. Image Credit: Pinterest.Qasr al-Farid—carved out of a single rock, and abandoned in the middle of the desert. Image Credit
The handbag of the gods. Scholars are unable to explain why these mysterious ‘handbags’ appear in illustrations from ancient cultures across the globe.The temple itself was built out of a single rock, 164 feet deep, 109 feet wide, and 98 feet high, making it ONE of the BIGGEST MONOLITHIC structures on the planet, carved out of a single rock.Ollantaytambo. Image by: Barry EverettImage of Ollantaytambo by Eduardo Pi Peret PhotographyExperts are still not sure what the mystery symbols depicted on the Concho Stone represent.The Stones at Sacsayhuaman.Sacsayhuaman: Incredible details as seen in other ancient sites such as Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu. Image Credit: PinterestA panel at the Konark Sun Temple. Image credit: Surya InnOne of the best images of the 1200-ton block of stone at Baalbek.The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only eight-sided Pyramid.
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Every time we think about Atlantis—the fabled lost city/continent—we think about Plato, the man who described its existence in his work Critias and Timaeus.
But have we ever asked ourselves where does the original story from Atlantis come from?
Plato did not invent Atlantis as many believe, but the story of the existence of this ‘mythical’ city/continent can be traced back in history.
To understand more about Atlantis, we must venture out and learn more about Solon, a highly respected and well known Greek Statement who lived between 638 BC – 558 BC.
Solon was a famous lawgiver of Athens, and he was notable for his poems and writings.
As explained by Plato, Solon travels to ancient Egypt to learn more about the history of its country, and look for potential trading outposts between Greece and Egypt.
It is believed that in an ancient tale, Solon wrote about the mythical city-continent of Atlantis—an elusive empire that has captured the interest and imagination of historians, archeologists, adventurers, philosophers and others for more than two thousand years.
So, who wrote about Atlantis first?
Well, from what we are able to understand, it was An Egyptian priest of very great age, named Sonchis, Sonchis of Sais— Sais being an ancient Egyptian town in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile.
Solon, after his travels to Egypt, met Sonchis, who in turn told him a great ancient civilization that had disappeared from Earth 9,000 years ago. Among many other things, it is believed that Sonchis told Solon stories about a series of ancient empires that existed on Earth, natural catastrophes that made them crumble, and great wars that had raged civilization in the past.
During his time in the city of Sais, Solon learned great information about Atlantis from Sonchis who described the incredible size and wealth of the Atlantean empire as best as he could.
Sonchis explained that Atlantis’ capital city was elaborately constructed, where great temples and palaces were erected, adorned by exotic gardens made of silver, gold and, ivory. Sonchis further described the capital of the Atlantean empire as being made of massive walls, which in turn were surrounded by circular islands protecting the inner citadel of the metropolis.
But, let’s hold on there for a sec and look at what Plato had to say about Sais, Atlantis and the priest who allegedly introduced the world to Atlantis.
First of all, we have to mention that the existence of Sonchis of Sais is a matter of debate among experts who cannot agree whether or not he actually existed.
An interpretation of Atlantis according to the Greek philosopher Plato.
Having that said, in Timaeus and Critias, written around 360 BC Plato described—through the voice of Critias—how Solon traveled to Sais and met with priests from the goddess Neith. It is there where an extremely old priest tells Solon about an empire that existed 9,000 years before him, which was at war with Athens. Eventually, this empire identified as ‘Atlantis’ was destroyed by a great catastrophe.
Plato does not mention the name of the Priests who told Solon about Atlantis, but Plutarch (46–120 AD), in his Life of Solon identified the priest as Sonchis:
Near Nilus’ mouth, by fair Canopus’ shores, and spent some time in study with Psenophis of Heliopolis, and Sonchis the Saïte, the most learned of all the priests; from whom, as Plato says, getting knowledge of the Atlantic story, he put it into a poem, and proposed to bring it to the knowledge of the Greeks.
So, this means that the history of Atlantis can briefly be resumed like this:
An empire existed 9,000 years before the life of Solon, and the Egyptian Priest Sonchis.
Atlantis eventually is destroyed by a catastrophe, and nearly all records of its existence are lost.
The only records remain are shared among priests of ancient Egypt.
Eventually, Solon travels to Sais where he meets an ancient Priest who knew about Atlantis.
Athanasius Kircher’s map of Atlantis, placing it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, from Mundus Subterraneus 1669, published in Amsterdam. The map is oriented with south at the top. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Identified later as Sonchis of Sais, this priest explains to Solon that Atlantis was an extremely powerful empire that existed 9,000 years before them, and was eventually destroyed.
Solon returns to Greece where he mentions the existence of Atlantis.
Later, in Timaeus and Critias written in 360 BC, Solon traveled to Egypt and that he learned about the existence of Atlantis from an ancient Priest.
Plato writes that Atlantis was located in Timaeus:
“For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic Ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, ‘the pillars of Heracles,’ there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak, is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent…” –Timaeus24e–25a, R. G. Bury translation.
The Ancient Anunnaki are often referred to as the immortal gods that lived on Earth during the ancient Sumerian time in Mesopotamia.
According to Mesopotamian mythology, the Anunna or Anunnaki were, initially, the most powerful gods and lived with Anu in heaven.
Later, without having established a clear motive for this change, the Igigi were considered as celestial gods while the term Anunna was used to designate the gods of the Underworld, especially seven gods who served as judges in the Underworld.
In the myth of Atrahasis it is stated that, before the creation of man, the gods had to work to live.
Then, the Anunna made a category of inferior gods, the Igigi work for them, until they rebelled and refused to continue working.
Then Enki created humanity so that it continued performing the tasks that the minor gods had abandoned and through cult would provide food to the gods.
In the Enûma Elish, it was Marduk who created humanity and then divided the Anunna between heaven and earth and assigned them tasks.
Next, the Anunna, grateful to Marduk, founded Babylon and built a temple in his honor, called Esagila.
So, who were the Anunnaki?
The reinvention of the Anunna term through its Akkadian form, Anunnaki, arose in 1964, after the publication of the book Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization, by Adolph Leo Oppenheim, who popularized this concept which was taken by different blogs and characters from the esoteric world and pseudoscientific portals.
Author Zecharia Sitchin published a dozen books known as Chronicles of the Earth from the 1970s where he described in great detail the Anunnaki.
In his Books, Sitchin offered translated ancient Sumerian clay tablets and texts which were written in a cuneiform script that describes the Anunnaki.
In the book the 12th Planet, Sitchin tells the arrival of the Anunnaki to Earth from a supposed planet called Nibiru about 450,000 years ago: tall beings about 3 meters in height with white skin, long hair and beard, who would have settled in Mesopotamia and that, by genetic engineering, accelerated the evolution of the Neanderthal to Homo Sapiens contributing their own genetics, for the need of slave workers.
According to Sitchin’s writings, the technology and power of the Anunnaki is something our civilization cannot replicate even today in the 21st century.
Sitchin stated that the ancient inhabitants of Nibiru had the ability for space travel and genetic engineering 450,000 years ago, and that they would have left traces of their existence all over Earth with small clues pointing to a still unknown technology that is present in various forms in the construction of pyramids (Egyptian, Mayan, Aztec and Chinese), in the megalithic site of Stonehenge, in the “spaceport of Baalbeck”, in the Nazca lines and in Machu Picchu.
The theories are many, and what some scholars refer to as a mythological species, others point towards interstellar travelers, that came to Earth thousands of years ago.
But if the Anunnaki were real? Who were they and who was the first of them? What is their bloodline and can we trace them back in history to specific deities?
There are various ‘family trees’ available on the Internet with a series of differences in them. For example, the following three (picture below) is a family tree more inclined to the Mesopotamian—especially Babylonian—version of the Anunnaki Bloodline, and evidence of that is the inclusion of Tiamat and Marduk.
The “Grand Assembly of the Anunnaki”, essentially the Family Tree of the ruling class (or the “Gods And Goddesses” of the Sumerian Texts) is given by Laurence Gardner, Genesis of the GReail Kings, Bantam Press, New York, 1999:
Pictured here is the Grand Assembly of the Ancient Anunnaki. Image credit
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The Egyptians weren’t the first to build Pyramids. An ancient civilization in America, more precisely Peru, built stunning pyramids 500 years before the Ancient Egyptians. This ancient culture is considered as the oldest ‘developed’ civilization in America, and it predates by up to 1,500 years, other advanced cultures in America like the Olmec civilization in Mexico.
Over 5,000 years ago, an ancient civilization in Peru created incredible Pyramids equally stunning when compared to the Pyramids erected by the ancient Egyptians. The Pyramids of Peru are believed to predate the Pyramids of the Giza plateau by at least 500 years.
Caral is an archaeological site where we find the remains of the main city of the ancient civilization of Caral.
Incredible planning and construction methods present at Caral. Image source: http://testigodirectonoticias.blogspot.com/
Located in the valley of Supe, 182 kilometers north of Lima (Peru), 23 km from the coast and 350 meters above sea level, this ancient civilization existed in the region more than 5,000 years ago and is considered the oldest city in America.
So far, nowhere in America have archaeologists discovered the remains of a city with temples, monuments, and Pyramids with such a vast diversity.
The ancient city of Caral has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The ancient civilization of Caral is contemporary with other ancient civilizations such as those of Egypt, India, Sumeria, China, but unlike them (which participated at least partially with the external world), Caral was developed in complete isolation.
One of the Pyramids of Caral. Image Credit: Shutterstock.
In America, it is the oldest of the pre-Hispanic civilizations, surpassing by 1,500 years the Olmec civilization, another important civilization located in Mesoamerica.
The age of the civilization of Caral was confirmed through 146 radiocarbon dating tests performed by laboratories from the United States. According to these, Caral is approximately 5,000 years old, meaning that it developed more than 1,500 thousand years before any other major culture in America.
The Pyramids of Caral are another reason why this culture is more than extraordinary.
We find Pyramids of various sizes at Caral.
There are 7 large pyramids in Caral surrounded by several smaller ones, adding up to 32 structures in total.
A Panoramic view of Ancient Caral. Image Credit: Shutterstock
Its builders organized the city in 2 sectors: one to the north and another one to the south.
An old dry cause divides both sides.
In the upper sector, there are 6 main pyramids surrounding an empty space.
In the lower sector the Pyramid of the Amphitheater and several minor buildings aligned with it stands out.
Each of the Pyramids of Carl served different functions, each fulfilling a different role in the social and religious order of its inhabitants.
The Main Pyramid or ‘Piramide Mayor’ is 153.52 meters in length, 109.42 meters wide, and has a height of 28 meters. It consists of a stepped pyramid and a circular square attached to its façade. A long staircase 9 meters wide ascends 28 meters in height.
The so-called ‘Piramide de la Cantera’ has 78 meters in length, a width of 56 meters and a height of 13.40 meters.
The Lower Pyramid or ‘Piramide Menor’ has a length of 45.80 meters, a width of 37 meters and a height of 7.50 meters.
Caral also features the so-called ‘Piramide de la Galeria’ which is 110 meters in length, it has a width of 80 meters and a height of 17 meters.
The Pyramid of Huanaca has a length and width of 55 meters, and a height of 12 meters.
The Amphitheater Pyramid of Caral is the largest one with a length of 155 meters. IT is 81 meters wide and has a height of 11 meters.
The smallest of the Pyramids at Caral is the Pyramid of the circular altar which is 42.60 metes in length, it has a width of 28 meters, and a height of only 4 meters.
In addition to the fact that Caral is one of the oldest ancient civilizations in America, and features some of the oldest Pyramids on Earth, their culture is equally stunning because of their technological development.
Caral was one of the most advanced ancient cultures on Earth, 5,000 years ago.
As noted by andina.com.pe:
“As for energy exploitation and fluid mechanics, Caral took advantage of the wind, now known as the Venturi Effect, by channeling it through underground ducts in order to achieve high temperatures through bonfires.”
“As for pharmacology, we found that Caral inhabitants used willow —containing the *active chemical ingredient in aspirin*— to relieve pain such as headaches.”
Website andina.com.pe further notes:
“Another highlight was the civil engineering, which continues to amaze since scientists applied the seismic resistance technology to the over-5000-year-old constructions.”
One of the most important things worth mentioning about Caral is that no weapons, mutilated bodies or any signs of warfare are present on the site. This according to scholars, points to the fact that Caral was a diplomatic and highly developed culture.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has a data scale problem. There are just too many places to look for an interstellar signal, and even if you’re looking in the right place you could be looking at the wrong frequency or at the wrong time. Several strategies have come up to narrow the search given this overabundance of data, and a new paper posted to the arXiv preprint server from Naoki Seto of Kyoto University falls nicely into that category—by using the Brightest Of All Time (BOAT) gamma ray burst, with some help from our own galaxy.
Astronomers from South Africa have conducted multi-band observations of a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy known as UGCA 320. Results of the observational campaign, recently published on the arXiv preprint server, yield important insights into the nature of this galaxy.
