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Ancient aircraft and technologies of the past, hushed up by official history

Erich Von Daniken explores ancient engraved stones, clay figurines and mysterious images on the plateau, analyzes, compares and draws stunning conclusions about our past, information about which is carefully hidden ...

Ancient engineers and their aircraft and technology

Erich von Däniken born April 14, 1935 in Solingen (Switzerland). He studied at St. Michael's College in Freiburg, where already in student years fascinated by the study of ancient manuscripts. Von Daniken's fame was already brought by his first book, "Return to the Stars" ("Chariots of the Gods"), which was published in 1968 and became a bestseller in the USA, Germany and 38 other countries. In 1970, it was staged documentary“Memories of the Future”, which attracted wide audience interest to the topic of paleocontact raised by the researcher. Erich von Däniken is a member of various writers' organizations and a laureate of several awards. In 1998, he founded the Research Association for Archaeology, Astronautics and the SETI Problem. In 2003, the theme amusement park "Mysteries of the World" was opened in Switzerland, at the origins of which Daniken stood.



Erich Von Däniken is absolutely convinced: millennia ago, alien creatures landed on Earth, which ancient people considered gods. He is also convinced that man owes his appearance on Earth to astronauts - humanoids from distant planets, who flew to Earth in prehistoric times and left many traces of their stay here.

Before disappearing into the Universe, the Almighty left to primitive mankind the technical, mathematical and astronomical knowledge that our ancestors used to build the most mysterious structures on Earth. The author explores engraved stones, clay figurines of South American Indians and mysterious images on the plateau, analyzes, compares and draws stunning conclusions.


Artifacts that testify to the presence of high technologies among the Egyptians in the era of the New Kingdom, which in particular are this fresco


This artifact has been discovered in 1848 in the temple of Abydos near Cairo when, at the time of the collapse of the facing tiles at the junction of the wall and the ceiling of the room, it was possible to examine the ancient layer of masonry. Scientists of that time, despite numerous disputes, could not understand what exactly was depicted on the fresco and what information the ancient Egyptians were trying to convey to us. But at the end of the 20th century forgotten sensation surfaced again, because without a doubt everyone already understood what was depicted on the fresco, and scientific world chose to remain silent.

Also found were in South America in the 19th century golden airplanes, none of those archaeologists then simply could not throw it because of their ignorance of the existence of such devices.

According to various sources, about 30 figurines resembling airplanes were found in museums around the world. They were found mainly in the burials of Indian chiefs in the South American province of Tolima.

One of these golden airplanes, found in Costa Rica, is kept in the Ethnographic Museum of Berlin. There have been many reports of similar findings in Peru and Venezuela. But with all this excitement, the figurines were never recognized by scientists as copies of aircraft. They could not even give a clear explanation about their purpose, only suggesting that the figurines could be amulets or simply breast decorations. Although they, even judging by the tail (vertical keel and horizontal stabilizers), which not one of the flying animals that exist on Earth, there is no doubt that they reflect the aircraft.


Engineer Jack A. Allrich, former technician The US Air Force concluded that the figurine provided to him resembles the F-102 Delta Dagger, a jet aircraft with a top speed of 1185 km/h, which was produced by the American company Convair from 1955 to 1964. At the same time, he noted the great similarity of the wings of the specimen provided to him with the wings of a seaplane.

In 1996, German aviation fans who are fond of aeromodelling Konrad Lubbers, Peter Belting and Algund Enboom, Having decided to test the flight characteristics of golden airplanes, they created two copies with a 16x magnification while maintaining the proportions with analogues. The figurine described by Sanderson, from the Bogotá Museum and similar figurine from the Institute. Smithson(USA, District of Columbia).


One of these models was equipped with a propeller engine, and the other model with a jet engine. As the subsequent experiment showed, both copies, painted golden by aircraft designers for credibility, showed excellent aerodynamic properties. Models could not only fly, but also, with the help of radio control, perform aerobatic maneuvers, such as a barrel, a dead loop and the like. Not only that, they could freely plan with the engines turned off and perform maneuvers even with gusts of wind.

The success of aircraft modelers did not go unnoticed. At the invitation of the German Aviation and Cosmonautics Society, they held demonstration performances in 1998, after which experts unanimously recognized that the golden figures are copies of devices, man-made for flight.

An interesting figurine in the form of a bird was discovered during the rush search for gold figurines by an Egyptian professor of anatomy. Khalil Messicha. He, being a member of the Aeronautics Club and the Royal Club of Aeromodellers of Egypt, noticed that the figurine of a bird made of wood stored in the showcase of the Cairo Archaeological Museum is very similar to an airplane or glider. All that was bird-like in it was the nose in the form of a beak and a bird's eye drawn on one side.


As reported in the information plate, this "bird", which has the accession number "6347", was found in the north of Saqqara in 1898 during the excavation of the Pa-di-Imen burial, dating back to 200 BC. This product, weighing 39.120 grams, 14.2 cm long, and with a wingspan of 18.3 cm, was made from hardwood trees (sycamore or sycamore).

Most of all, the professor was struck by the similarity of the tail of the ancient product, which has a vertical keel, with the tail of the Colombian "airplanes", as well as the fact that the contours of the hull and wings clearly had aerodynamic properties. For some observers, this creation was somewhat reminiscent of the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft manufactured by Lockheed.


Khalil Messikha, having decided to test his assumption, made an exact copy of this museum exhibit, making small additions to it on the advice of aircraft designers: stabilizers, without which stable planning is impossible, and a motor with a propeller. After all these changes, his model was able to calmly take to the air and even transport small loads, while developing a speed of up to 105 km / h.

The demonstration of the flying capabilities of the ancient Egyptian wooden “bird” prompted the Egyptian Museum workers to turn over their storerooms in search of such flying birds. In early January 1972, an exhibition of aircraft models was held in the main hall of the museum. ancient egypt, which showed 14 discovered figurines. Nevertheless, despite the recognition of these products as copies of ancient aircraft, most Egyptologists continue to repeat that this is a bird and only a bird.

Considering that few people remember the period of research on "golden airplanes", it should be recalled that these figures played a significant role in the development of aircraft construction. The Lockheed Aircraft Design Bureau, taking from it a deltoid wing and tail, created the world's first supersonic aircraft, thereby making a real breakthrough.

IN Lately scientists are increasingly inclined to believe that we are not alone in the universe. It is possible that all the artifacts found that testify to the possession of a high level of knowledge by people in the prehistoric period can also be irrefutable evidence of alien civilizations visiting the Earth.

The use of high technology and electricity BC

Winged log god

And in this image, God has a wristwatch? compass? fashion handbag?


And here is an interesting image on the frescoes of the church, built in the 17th century

But the Baghdad battery found during excavations of an ancient city in Iraq

for comparison, a galvanic cell first invented in the 19th century

And this design of the ancients is very modern power lines reminiscent of

And here in the bas-relief is a person with a modern earphone and microphone?


The column is made from pure iron, but virtually non-corrosive. Researchers believe that the matter is in the specific climatic conditions of Delhi, due to which a special film was formed on the surface of the monument, protecting it from destruction. The Sanskrit inscription encircling the column says that it was erected in honor of the victory of King Chandragupta over the peoples of Central Asia.

The Delhi Pillar is a column just over 7 meters high and weighs 6.5 tons.

Scientists are not interested in the mystical properties of the monument, but material from which it is made. The pillar was made of pure iron 600 years ago and did not suffer from corrosion at all.

"Fantastics" - Paleoufologists claim that the Delhi Pillar is a special sign left by aliens who once visited the Earth. "Earthlings" - Chemists lean towards the earthly origin of the phenomenon. They believe that the absence of corrosion is not at all the work of alien hands, but a consequence of special climatic conditions in the Delhi region, when a thin film forms on the metal, preventing rust from appearing. But then a new question arises, why the rest of the iron in the Indian capital quickly rusts?

In 1965, the song about "Air Adventures" from a comedy about a fictional 1910 aviation competition for flights from London to Paris gained world fame.

The first inventors and pilots, who dreamed that people could fly freely, made many fatal mistakes, but their perseverance and faith led to the creation of modern aviation and aerospace technologies that opened the sky to both civilians and the military.

The first eight aircraft, in fact, could not even get off the ground or were in the sky for a matter of minutes. A breakthrough in aviation was made by the French Marquise of 1908.

1. China's Ancient Flying Machines - Kites, 500 B.C.

Kite, China. 500 BC

In China, ancient aircraft such as kites were used. It was intended for military surveillance, as well as to search for wandering soldiers and escaped prisoners. The Chinese general Kung Shu-Pang, a contemporary of Confucius, who lived in the 6th-5th centuries BC, "climbed a mountain with a wooden kite in order to inspect the city he planned to capture." The design of the kite in ancient times allowed him to soar in the air for three nights and three days.

In 1282, the Venetian traveler Marco Polo wrote that he saw in the seaport how the authorities tied slaves to a kite with a belt. So they determine the direction of the wind and best time for setting sails on ships.

Kites were used for military purposes until the invention of balloons and airships.

Sumuel Franklin Cody, the founder of the Wild West aviation, made rides with powerful kites. Several people per device, in the form of a large bat with wings and a reinforced box for passengers, were launched into the sky and hovered above the ground at a height of several hundred meters.

Kites were also used by Great Britain during the Boer War in South Africa in the 1890s. The military used kites designed by Cody in 1906 until they were replaced by balloons and flying machines during the First World War.

2. Flying kite Burattini, 1647


Flying kite Burattini

The Italian inventor and scientist Tito Burattini demonstrated a model of a flying glider called the "Dragon Volant" at the court of the King of Poland in Warsaw in 1647. From the surviving descriptions and drawings of the device, it can be seen that it was made of fabric and paper stretched over a wooden frame. Four flapping wings were controlled by springs.

In 1648 Burattini launched the Dragon Volant once again, this time with a cat on board. It was the first experiment used by American astronauts and in the Russian space programs of the 20th century to send air space animals.

Burattini failed to convince the king of the need to finance a full-scale version of the aircraft. The inventor was sure that "only temporary difficulties" did not allow his mechanical dragon to fully lift off the ground.

Several inventors had thought about the idea of ​​a parachute long before Leonardo da Vinci. In the 15th century, he designed a pyramid-shaped parachute and said that this device would allow a person to jump from a height and not get any injuries.

3. Parachute Faust Vrancici, 1595

First parachute

In 1595, the Croatian inventor Faust Vrancic published the Homo Volance or "flying man" project. He created a parachute based on the design of a ship's sail with material stretched over a square wooden frame and reinforced with ropes.

History knows other crazy experiments with flying. December 26, 1783 French inventor and scientist Louis Sebastien Lenormand made a parachute similar to the modern one. He managed to land successfully after jumping from the tower of the Montpellier Observatory.

Lenormand believed that his invention could be used in emergency situations, which would prevent people from falling uncontrollably from the upper floors of buildings in the event of a fire. He reached the ground safely, descending from a height of 25 m using a 4.3 m parachute with a wooden frame made of spokes. The device looked like an umbrella covered in silk.

In front of the observatory, the work of balloonist Joseph Montgoliier, who made the first manned balloon flight with his brother Étienne, a few months before this event in the same year, was demonstrated.

4 Solomon Andrews' airship, 1862


Airship

Solomon Andrews' first American airship first flew over Rent Amba in New Jersey in 1862. Four years later, in 1866, he flew over New York at Oyster Bay. Andrews wrote to President Abraham Lincoln about the possibility of Aeron being used for military purposes. The government showed great interest in this idea.

The device had no engines, and used wing-like connections and vane steering to control altitude, speed, and direction of flight. The inventor explained that the aircraft "glided under the influence of gravity."

Andrews' ideas later inspired the creation of the airship. According to his design, the Airlander Hybrid Air Vehicle was made.

5. Manned glider by Jean Maury Le Bris, 1856


L'Albatros Artificiel

French inventor Jean-Marie Le Bris was so inspired that he built an elegant manned glider. He studied the anatomy of birds and the phenomenon of lift created by wings. Hoping to take off, Le Bris built the L'Albatros Artificiel aircraft.

In 1856, Le Bris successfully flew his "Artificial Albatross" across the beach of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud near the extreme eastern point France. The aircraft was towed by a horse harnessed to a cart, which made it possible to develop a speed of 100 km/h. The device flew 200 m and reached the altitude record.

In 1868, Le Bris experimented by building wings for a glider, a principle used in modern aircraft designs. The first photographs of the device were taken in Brest.

6. Thomas Moe's helicopter, 1875


Air Steamer

In 1875, Thomas Mow successfully took off in an Aerial Steamer, a 3 hp steam engine driven by large twin propellers. The plane weighed almost 100 kg and was only 15 cm off the ground.

7. Helicopter Paul Cornu

The French aviation pioneer Paul Cornu made his first free flight on November 9, 1907. A primitive two-engine helicopter made it possible to take off, the 24-horsepower engine was sandwiched between the pilot's knees.


Ancient aircraft were made in Egypt. The basic technical requirements for the aerodynamics of modern aviation were laid down in the bird model, the scientists found out.

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"Vimanika Shastra" - an ancient Indian treatise on flying

Detailed information about vimanas is contained in the book " Vimanika Shastra", or "Vimanik Prakaranam" (translated from Sanskrit - "The Science of Vimanas" or "Treatise on Flight").
According to one source, "Vimanika Shastra" was discovered in 1875 in one of the temples of India. It was compiled in the 4th century BC. sage Maharsha Bharadvaji, who used even more ancient texts as sources. According to other sources, its text was written down in 1918-1923. Venkatachaka Sharma in the retelling of the sage-medium, Pandit Subbrayi Shastri, who dictated 23 books of "Vimanika Shastra" in a state of hypnotic trance. Subbriya Shastri himself claimed that the text of the book was written on palm leaves for several millennia and passed down orally from generation to generation. According to him, the "Vimanika Shastra" is part of the extensive treatise of the sage Bharadvaja, entitled "Yantra-sarvasva" (translated from Sanskrit "Encyclopedia of mechanisms" or "All about machines"). According to other experts, it is about 1/40 of the work "Vimana vidyana" ("Science of aeronautics").
The Vimanika Shastra was first published in Sanskrit in 1943. Three decades later it was translated into English language director International Academy Sanskrit Studies in Mysore (India) by J. R. Josayer, it was published in 1979 in India.
The "Vimanika Shastra" contains numerous references to the works of 97 ancient scientists and experts on the construction and operation of aircraft, materials science, and meteorology.
The book describes four types of aircraft (including those that could not catch fire or crash) - " Rukma Vimana", "Sundara Vimana", "Tripura Vimana" And " Shakuna Vimana". The first of them had a conical shape, the configuration of the second was rocket-like: " Tripura Vimana "was three-tiered (three-story), and on its second floor there were cabins for passengers, this multi-purpose apparatus could be used for both air and underwater travel;" Shakuna Vimana "was like a big bird.
All aircraft were made of metals. Three types of them are mentioned in the text: "somaka",
"soundalika", "maurthvika", as well as alloys that can withstand very high temperatures. In addition, the Vimanika Shastra gives information about 32 main parts of aircraft and 16 materials used in their manufacture that absorb light and heat. Various devices and mechanisms on board the vimana are most often called "yantra" (machine) or "darpana" (mirror). Some of them resemble modern television screens, others are radars, others are cameras; generators are also mentioned electric current, solar energy absorbers, etc.
A whole chapter of "Vimanika Shastra" is devoted to the description of the device " guhagarbhadarsh ​​yantra but".
With its help, it was possible to determine the location of objects hidden under the ground from a flying vimana!
The book speaks in detail about the seven mirrors and lenses that were installed on board the vimanas for visual observations. So, one of them, called " Pinjuly's mirror", was intended to protect the pilots' eyes from the blinding "devil rays" of the enemy.
"Vimanika Shastra" names seven sources of energy that set aircraft in motion: fire, earth, air, energy of the sun, moon, water and space. Using them, vimanas acquired abilities that are currently inaccessible to earthlings. So,
the "guda" power allowed the vimanas to be invisible to the enemy, the "paroksha" power could disable other aircraft, and the "pralaya" power emitted electric charges and destroy obstacles. Using the energy of space, vimanas could bend it and create visual or real effects: starry sky, clouds, etc.
The book also tells about the rules for controlling aircraft and their maintenance, describes the methods of training pilots, diet, methods of making special protective clothing for them. It also contains information on protecting aircraft from hurricanes and lightning and a guide to switching the engine to " solar energy"from the source of free energy -" anti-gravity ".
The "Vimanika Shastra" reveals 32 secrets that an aeronaut must learn from knowledgeable mentors. Among them there are quite understandable requirements and flight rules, for example, taking into account meteorological conditions. However, most of the secrets concerned knowledge that is inaccessible to us today, for example, the ability to make vimana invisible to opponents in battle, increase or decrease its size, etc. Here are some of them:
"... having gathered together the energies of yas, vyas, prayas in the eighth layer of the atmosphere covering the Earth, attract the dark component of the sun's ray and use it to hide the vimana from the enemy..."
"... through vyanarathya vikarana and other energies in the heart center solar mass, attract the energy of the ethereal flow in the sky, and mix it with Shakti's balakh-vikarana balloon, thereby forming a white shell that will make the viman invisible ... ";
"... if you enter the second layer of summer clouds, collect the energy of Shaktyakarshana darpana, and apply it to parivesha ("halo-vimana"), you can generate a paralyzing force, and the opponent's vimana will be paralyzed and disabled...";
"...by projecting the beam of light from Rohini, one can make visible objects in front of the vimana...";
"...vimana will move zigzag like a snake, if you collect dandavaktra and seven other energies of the air, connect with the sun's rays, pass through the sinuous center of the vimana and turn the switch ...";
"...by means of a photographic yantra in the vimana, obtain a television image of objects inside the enemy ship...";
"... if you electrify three types of acid in the northeastern part of the vimana, expose them to 7 types of sunlight and put the resulting force into the tube of the trishirsha mirror, everything that happens on Earth will be projected onto the screen ...".
According to Dr. R.L. Thompson from the Bhaktivedanta Institute in Florida, USA, the author of the books "Aliens: a view from the depths of time", "The Unknown History of Humanity", these instructions have a lot of parallels with eyewitness accounts of peculiarities of UFO behavior.
According to various researchers of Sanskrit texts (D.K. Kanjilal, K. Nathan, D. Childress, R.L. Thompson, etc.), despite the fact that the illustrations of the "Vimanika Shastra" are "polluted" in the 20th century, it contains Vedic terms and ideas that may be genuine. And the authenticity of the Vedas, "Mahabharata", "Ramayana" and other ancient Sanskrit texts that describe aircraft, no one doubts.

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The history of ancient India is fraught with many mysteries. Here traces and echoes of very ancient knowledge are intertwined in a bizarre way, which, according to the current ideas, simply could not be known to people of previous eras.

Particularly noteworthy are information about aircraft and weapons that are terrible in their destructive power. This is indicated by many ancient Indian written sources, the time of which dates back at least from the 3rd millennium BC. e. until the 11th century AD. e. Indologists have no doubt that most of these texts are originals or lists from originals, and that among the impressive number of them, most of them are still waiting for translation from ancient Sanskrit.

Ancient chroniclers recounted events that were subsequently modified and often distorted by many generations of storytellers. The grain of truth in the myths that have come down to us is so densely shrouded in later layers that it is sometimes difficult to single out the original fact. However, according to many Indologists, in the Sanskrit texts, under thousands of years of "fantastic" layers, information is hidden about the knowledge that people really possessed in ancient times.

Aircraft in the Vedas

Flying machines are mentioned in more than 20 ancient Indian texts. The oldest of these texts are the Vedas, compiled, according to most Indologists, no later than 2500 BC. e. (The German orientalist G. G. Jacobi refers them to 4500 BC, and the Indian researcher V. G. Tilak even to 6000 BC).

The 150 verses of the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Atharva Veda describe aircraft. One of these "air chariots that flew without a horse" was built by the divine master Ribhu. "… The chariot moved faster than thought, like a bird in the sky, rising to the Sun and the Moon.and descending to the Earth with a loud roar ... " The chariot was driven by three pilots; she was able to take on board 7-8 passengers, she could land on land and on water.

The ancient author also indicates the technical characteristics of the chariot: a three-story triangular apparatus, which had two wings and three wheels that retracted during flight, was made of several types of metal and worked on liquids called madhu, rasa and anna. Analyzing this and other Sanskrit texts, Professor-Sanskritologist D.K. Kanjilal, author of Vimanas of Ancient India (1985), came to the conclusion that rasa is mercury, madhu is alcohol made from honey or fruit juice, anna is alcohol from fermented rice or vegetable oil.

Vedic texts describe celestial chariots different kind and size: "agnihotravimanu" with two engines, "elephant-vimanu" with even more engines, and others called "kingfisher", "ibis", and also by the name of other animals. Examples of flights of chariots are also given (the gods and some of the mortals flew on them). For example, here is how the flight of a chariot belonging to the Maruts is described: "... Houses and trees trembled, and small plants were uprooted by a terrifying wind, caves in the mountains were filled with a roar, and the sky seemed to split into pieces or fall from the great speed and mighty roar of the air crew ...".

Aircraft in Mahabharata and Ramayana

Many mentions of air chariots (vimanas and agnihotras) are found in the great epic of the Indian people "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana". Both poems describe in detail appearance and the device of aircraft: "iron machines, smooth and shiny, with a roaring flame erupting from them"; "two-deck round ships with holes and a dome"; " two-storied celestial chariots with many windows blazing with red flames" , which " climbed up to where both the Sun and the Stars are visible at the same time" . It also indicates that the flight of the devices was accompanied by a melodic ringing or loud sound, during the flight, fire was often seen. They could hover in the air, move up and down, back and forth, rush at the speed of the wind, or travel great distances "in blink of an eye", "at the speed of thought" .

From the analysis of ancient texts, it can be concluded that vimanas- the fastest and least noisy aircraft; same flight agnihotr accompanied by a roar, flashes of fire or bursts of flame (apparently, their name comes from "agni" - fire).

Ancient Indian texts state that there were flying vehicles for wandering within the "surya mandala" and "nakshatra mandala". "Surya" in Sanskrit and modern Hindi means the Sun, "mandala" - a sphere, region, "nakshatra" - a star. Perhaps this is an indication of how to fly inside solar system, as well as beyond.

There were large aircraft that could carry troops and weapons, as well as smaller vimanas, including pleasure craft designed for one passenger; flights on air chariots were performed not only by gods, but also by mortals - kings and heroes. Thus, according to the Mahabharata, the commander-in-chief, Maharaja Bali, the son of the demon king Virocana, boarded the Vaihayasu ship. “…This wonderfully decorated ship was created by the demon Maya and equipped with weapons of all kinds. It is impossible to comprehend and describe it.
He was visible, but not.Sitting in this ship under a wonderful protective umbrella ... Maharaja Bali, surrounded by his generals and commanders, seemed to illuminate all directions of the moon, rising in the evening ... ".

Another hero of the Mahabharata, the son of Indra from the mortal woman Arjuna, received a magical vimana as a gift from his father, who also placed at his disposal his charioteer Gandharva Matali. "... The chariot was equipped with everything necessary. Neither the gods nor the demons could defeat it; it radiated light and trembled, making a rumbling sound.With her beauty, she captivated the minds of all who beheld her. It was created by the power of his austerities Vishvakarma - the architect and designer of the gods.Its shape, like the shape of the Sun, could not be accurately seen ... ". Arjuna flew not only in the atmosphere of the Earth, but also in Space, taking part in the war of the gods against the demons... "... And on this sun-like, miraculous divine chariot, the wise descendant of Kuru flew up. Becoming invisible to mortals walking on the earth, he saw thousands of wonderful air chariots. There was no light, no sun, no moon,no fire, but they shone with their own light, acquired through their merits.Because of the distance, the light of the stars is visible as a tiny flame of a lamp, but in reality they are very large. The Pandava saw them bright and beautiful, shining with the light of their own fire...".

Another hero of the Mahabharata, King Uparichara Vasu , also flew in Indra's vimana. From it, he could observe all the events on Earth, the flights of the gods in the Universe, and also visit other worlds. The king was so carried away by his flying chariot that he abandoned all business and spent most of his time in the air along with all his relatives.


In the Ramayana, one of the heroes, Hanuman, flew to the palace of the demon Ravana on lanka, was amazed by his huge flying chariot, called Pushpaka (Puspaka). " ... She shone like pearls and hovered over the high palace towers ... Trimmed with gold and adorned with incomparable works of art created by Vishvakarma himself, Flying in the vastness of space, like a ray of the Sun, Pushpak's chariot sparkled dazzlingly.Every detail in it was made with the greatest art, as well as the ornament, lined with the rarest precious stones...Irresistible and fast as the wind... rushing through the sky, spacious, with numerous rooms,decorated with magnificent works of art, bewitching the heart, flawless as the autumn moon, it resembled a mountain with sparkling peaks ... ".

And here is how this flying chariot is characterized in a poetic passage from the Ramayana:
"... At Pushpaka, the magical chariot,
Spilled with a hot sheen spokes.
Magnificent palaces of the capital
They did not reach her hub!

And the body was in knobby patterns -
Coral, emerald, feathered,
Zealous horses, rearing up,
And colorful rings of intricate snakes ... "

"... Hanuman marveled at the flying chariot
And Vishvakarmana to the divine right hand.

He created her, flying smoothly,
Decorated with pearls and said himself: "Glorious!"

A testament to his hard work and success
This milestone shone on the sunny path ... "

We now give a description of the celestial chariot presented by RamaIndra: "... That celestial chariot was large and beautifully decorated, two-storey with many rooms and windows.She made a melodic sound before soaring into the heavenly heights ... ".


And here is how Rama received this heavenly chariot and fought with Ravana (translated by V. Potapova):
"... My Matali! - Indra then calls the driver, -
You Raghu take the chariot to my descendant!

And Matali brought out the heavenly, with a wonderful body,
He harnessed fiery horses to emerald drawbars...

... Then the Thunder Chariot from left to right
The brave man went around, as his glory went around the worlds.

Tsarevich and Matali, tightly clutching the reins,
Ride in a chariot. Ravana rushed to them too,
And the battle began to boil, raising hairs on the skin ... "

The Indian emperor Ashoka (III century BC) organized " Secret society nine unknowns ", which included the best scientists of India. They studied ancient sources containing information about aircraft. Ashoka kept the work of scientists a secret, because he did not want the information they received to be used for military purposes. The result of the society's work was nine books , one of which was called "Secrets of Gravity". This book, known to historians only by hearsay, dealt mainly with the control of gravity. Where the book is today is unknown, perhaps it is still kept in some library in India or Tibet.

Ashoka was also aware of the devastating wars with aircraft and other superweapons that destroyed the ancient Indian "Ram Raj" ( Rama's kingdom) several thousand years before it. The kingdom of Rama on the territory of Northern India and Pakistan, according to some sources, was created 15 thousand years ago, according to others, it arose in the 6th millennium BC. e. and existed until the III millennium BC. e. Rama's kingdom had large and luxurious cities, the ruins of which can still be found in the deserts of Pakistan, Northern and Western India.

There is an opinion that the kingdom of Rama existed in parallel with the Atlantean (the kingdom of the "Asvins") and Hyperborean (the kingdom of the "Aryans") civilizations and it was ruled by "enlightened priest-kings" who headed the cities.
The seven greatest capital cities of Rama are known as the "seven cities of the rishis". According to ancient Indian texts, the inhabitants of these cities had aircraft - vimanas.

About aircraft - in other texts

The Bhagavata Purana provides information about an air attack by a combat aircraft ("iron flying city") Saubha, built by Maya Danava and under the command of the demon Shalva, on the residence of the god Krishna - ancient city Dvaraka, which, according to L. Gentes, was once located on the Kathyawar Peninsula. Here is how this event is described in the book by L. Gentes "The Reality of the Gods: space flights in Ancient India" (1996) in a translation by an unknown author, close to the Sanskrit original:
"... Shalva besieged the city with his mighty army
O illustrious Bharata. Gardens and parks in Dwarka
He brutally destroyed, burned and razed to the ground.
He set up his headquarters above the city, hovering in the air.

He destroyed the glorious city: and its gates, and towers,
And palaces, and galleries, and terraces, and platforms.
And the weapons of destruction rained down on the city
From his terrible, formidable celestial chariot ... "

(Approximately the same information about the air attack on the city of Dvaraka is given in the Mahabharata)

Saubha was such an extraordinary ship that sometimes it seemed that there were many ships in the sky, and sometimes not a single one was visible. He was visible and invisible at the same time, and the warriors of the Yadu dynasty were at a loss, not knowing wherethis strange ship. He was seen either on Earth, or in the sky, or landing on the top of a mountain, or floating on the water. This amazing ship flew across the sky like a fiery whirlwind, not remaining motionless for a moment.

And here is another episode from the Bhagavata Purana. After marrying the daughter of King Swayambhuva Manu, Devahuti, the sage Kardama Muni decided one day to take her on a journey through the universe. For this he built a luxurious "air palace"(vimanu) who could fly, obedient to his will. Getting this " marvelous flying palace, he and his wife went on a journey through various planetary systems: “…Thus, he traveled from one planet to another, like a wind that blows everywhere without encountering obstacles. Moving through the air in his magnificent, radiant castle in the air, which flew, obedient to his will, he surpassed even the demigods…”.


Interesting descriptions of the three "flying cities" created by the engineering genius Maya Danava are given in the Shiva Purana: " ... Air chariots, shining like a solar disk,studded with precious stones, moving in all directions and like moons illumined the city...".

In the well-known Sanskrit source "Samarangana Sutradhara" vimanas are assigned as many as 230 stanzas! Moreover, the design and principle of operation of the vimana are described, as well as various ways their takeoff and landing and even the possibility of collision with birds. Vimanas are mentioned different types, for example, a light vimana, resembling a large bird ("laghu-daru") and representing "a large bird-like apparatus made of light wood, the parts of which were firmly connected." "The car moved with the help of the air flow produced by the flapping of the wings up and down. They were powered by the pilot due to the force obtained by heating the mercury." It was thanks to mercury that the machine acquired "power of thunder" and turned "to the pearl in the sky The text lists the 25 components of the vimaana and discusses the basic principles of their manufacture. "Strong and durable should be made the body of the vimana, like a huge bird of light material. Inside should be placed a mercury engine [high-temperature chamber with mercury] with its iron heating apparatus [with fire] under it. By the power hidden in mercury, which drives the leading tornado in motion, a person sitting inside can travel through the sky on long distances. The movements of the vimana are such that it can rise vertically, descend vertically, and move obliquely forward and backward. With these machines, human beings can take to the air and celestial beings can descend to earth.".

The "Samarangana Sutradhara" also describes heavier vimanas - "alaghu", "daru-vimanas", containing four layers of mercury over an iron furnace. "Boiling mercury furnaces make a terrible noise, which during the battle is used to scare away the elephants. By the force of the mercury chambers, the roar can be increased so much that the elephants become completely uncontrollable ...".

In Mahavira Bhavabhuti , Jain text of the 8th century, compiled on the basis of ancient texts and traditions, can be read:"The air chariot, Pushpaka, brings many people to the capital of Ayodhya. The sky is full of huge flying machines, black as night, but dotted with yellowish glowing lights ... " .

Approximately the same accumulation of vimanas is narrated by the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana in the scene in which the wife of the god Shiva, Sati, seeing relatives flying in vimanas to the sacrifice ceremony (which was arranged by her father Daksha), asks her husband to let her go there: "... O unborn one, O blue-necked one, not only my relatives, but also other women, dressed in beautiful clothes and adorned with jewels, go there with their husbands and friends. Look at the sky, which has become so beautiful because strings of white, like swans, airships are floating across it ... ".

"Vimanika Shastra" - an ancient Indian treatise on flying

Detailed information about vimanas is contained in the book "Vimanika Shastra", or "Vimanik Prakaranam" (translated from Sanskrit - "The Science of Vimanas" or "Treatise on Flights").

According to one source, "Vimanika Shastra" was discovered in 1875 in one of the temples of India. It was compiled in the 4th century BC. sage Maharsha Bharadvaji, who used even more ancient texts as sources. According to other sources, its text was written down in 1918-1923. Venkatachaka Sharma in the retelling of the sage-medium, Pandit Subbrayi Shastri, who dictated 23 books of "Vimanika Shastra" in a state of hypnotic trance. Subbriya Shastri himself claimed that the text of the book was written on palm leaves for several millennia and passed down orally from generation to generation. According to him, the "Vimanika Shastra" is part of the extensive treatise of the sage Bharadvaja, entitled "Yantra-sarvasva" (translated from Sanskrit "Encyclopedia of mechanisms" or "All about machines"). According to other experts, it is about 1/40 of the work "Vimana vidyana" ("Science of aeronautics").

The Vimanika Shastra was first published in Sanskrit in 1943. Three decades later, it was translated into English by the director of the International Academy of Sanskrit Studies in Mysore (India), J. R. Josaer, and was published in 1979 in India.

The "Vimanika Shastra" contains numerous references to the works of 97 ancient scientists and experts on the construction and operation of aircraft, materials science, and meteorology.

The book describes four types of aircraft (including those that could not catch fire or crash) - Rukma Vimana, Sundara Vimana, Tripura Vimana and Shakuna Vimana. The first of them had a conical shape, the configuration of the second was rocket-like: " Tripura Vimana "was three-tiered (three-story), and on its second floor there were cabins for passengers, this multi-purpose apparatus could be used for both air and underwater travel;" Shakuna Vimana "was like a big bird.

All aircraft were made of metals. Three types of them are mentioned in the text: "somaka", "soundalika", "maurthvika", as well as alloys that can withstand very high temperatures. In addition, the Vimanika Shastra gives information about 32 main parts of aircraft and 16 materials used in their manufacture that absorb light and heat. Various devices and mechanisms on board the vimana are most often called "yantra" (machine) or "darpana" (mirror). Some of them resemble modern television screens, others are radars, others are cameras; devices such as electric current generators, solar energy absorbers, etc. are also mentioned.

An entire chapter of the Vimanika Shastra is devoted to the description of the Guhagarbhadarsh ​​Yantra.With its help, it was possible to determine the location of objects hidden under the ground from a flying vimana!

The book speaks in detail about the seven mirrors and lenses that were installed on board the vimanas for visual observations. So, one of them, called the "Pinjula mirror", was intended to protect the pilots' eyes from the blinding "devil rays" of the enemy.

"Vimanika Shastra" names seven sources of energy that set aircraft in motion: fire, earth, air, energy of the sun, moon, water and space. Using them, vimanas acquired abilities that are currently inaccessible to earthlings. So, the "guda" power allowed the vimanas to be invisible to the enemy, the "paroksha" power could disable other aircraft, and the "pralaya" power emitted electric charges and destroyed obstacles. Using the energy of space, vimanas could bend it and create visual or real effects: starry sky, clouds, etc.

The book also tells about the rules for controlling aircraft and their maintenance, describes the methods of training pilots, diet, methods of making special protective clothing for them. It also contains information on protecting aircraft from hurricanes and lightning and guidance on switching the engine to "solar power" from the "anti-gravity" free energy source.

The Vimanika Shastra reveals 32 secrets which an aeronaut must learn from knowledgeable mentors. Among them there are quite understandable requirements and flight rules, for example, taking into account meteorological conditions. However, most of the secrets concerned knowledge that is inaccessible to us today, for example, the ability to make vimana invisible to opponents in battle, increase or decrease its size, etc. Here are some of them:
"... having gathered together the energies of yas, vyas, prayas in the eighth layer of the atmosphere covering the Earth, attract the dark component of the sun's ray and use it to hide the vimana from the enemy..."
"... by means of vyanarathya vikarana and other energies in the heart center of the solar mass, attract the energy of the ethereal flow in the sky, and mix it with the balakha-vikarana shakti into a balloon, thereby forming a white shell that will make the viman invisible ...";
"... if you enter the second layer of summer clouds, collect the energy of Shaktyakarshana darpana, and apply it to parivesha ("halo-vimana"), you can generate a paralyzing force, and the opponent's vimana will be paralyzed and disabled...";
"...by projecting the beam of light from Rohini, one can make visible objects in front of the vimana...";
"...vimana will move zigzag like a snake, if you collect dandavaktra and seven other energies of the air, connect with the sun's rays, pass through the sinuous center of the vimana and turn the switch ...";
"...by means of a photographic yantra in the vimana, obtain a television image of objects inside the enemy ship...";
"... if you electrify three types of acid in the northeastern part of the vimana, expose them to 7 types of sunlight and put the resulting force into the tube of the trishirsha mirror, everything that happens on Earth will be projected onto the screen ...".

According to Dr. R.L. Thompson from the Bhaktivedanta Institute in Florida, USA, the author of the books "Aliens: a view from the depths of time", "The Unknown History of Humanity", these instructions have a lot of parallels with eyewitness accounts of the behavior of UFOs.

According to various researchers of Sanskrit texts (D.K. Kanjilal, K. Nathan, D. Childress, R.L. Thompson, etc.), despite the fact that the illustrations of the "Vimanika Shastra" are "polluted" in the 20th century, it contains Vedic terms and ideas that may be genuine. And the authenticity of the Vedas, "Mahabharata", "Ramayana" and other ancient Sanskrit texts that describe aircraft, no one doubts.

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