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Precolombian Airplane
Models
We can safely say
that these gold objects are more than 1000 years old.
Whatever this object
is supposed to be or represent, its remarkable resemblance to a modern aircraft
or spacecraft is uncanny.
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As early as in the Old Testament, we come across the account
of the prophet Ezekiel, who explicitly described the landing of a flying
machine, whose technological outline has been compiled and publicized by Josef
F. Blumrich, a former chief of NASA’s spacecraft aerodynamics branch.
Sometime after the exile of Jews from Chaldea, around 592 or
593 BC, Ezekiel witnesses a phenomenon which he then attempts to describe in a
language of a technological ignoramus, and which we can nowadays identify as a
spacecraft landing procedure. The prophet is careful to explicitly state the
date and location of the event, as he is determined to depict his experience in
as much detail as he is able. We should bear in mind that Ezekiel makes no
attempt to interpret what he witnesses, simply because he has no understanding
whatsoever of the technology. All he can do is observe and weigh the phenomena
he sees against images he knows and understands.
The Book of Ezekiel,
Chapter 1
And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the
north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and
gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the
midst of the fire, and brightness in it. Ezekiel observes strong winds picking
up, accompanied by a deafening noise. He carefully and cautiously looks up at
the sky and sees fire spat out by rocket engines, which we can logically
associate with the noise. As we can learn from many descriptions and videos
made available by NASA, the descent of a landing module is always accompanied
by fire as rocket engines are engaged to reduce the module’s speed sufficiently
for its pickup by accompanying helicopters.
From Ezekiel’s perspective, however, the explosion of the
fiery plume was a sure sign that “the heavens were opened.” Despite his
excitement, the prophet also notes that the object was shiny and “polished”,
which suggests that the craft’s surface was smooth, most likely metallic. The
flying vessel which Ezekiel saw to be the instrument of God’s magnificence, is
not far beyond the technological capacity of today.
