Matt's always been fascinated by the possibility that aliens visited mankind and that this might explain Ezekiel's revelation in the Bible. Neither one of us is sure we buy any of this, but it makes for entertaining thoughts.
Matt's always been fascinated by the possibility that aliens visited mankind and that this might explain Ezekiel's revelation in the Bible. Neither one of us is sure we buy any of this, but it makes for entertaining thoughts.
Allegorical descriptions in the Bible which could pass for alien contact:
1) Ezekiel's vision, four wheels turning in the sky (Ezekiel 1-4)
2) The column of clustered clouds guiding the Hebrew people the day of the Exodus (Exodus 13-21)
3) The column of fire guiding them in the night (Exodus 14-19)
4) Yahwe's descent in a *glory of fire* on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24-17)
5) The prophet Elijah swept up in the sky in an aerial whirlwind (Kings 2-1)
6) The star guiding the three Kings who came to bring their help and material support to the new-born Jesus (Mathew 2-2)
In the Koran, in Sourate 17 called "the nocturnal voyage," it is said that the prophet Mohammed was thransported from the Mecca to Jerusalem in the same night on Al Baraq, the flying horse.
In the old book "Memories of the Sovereigns and the Kings" published in the 3rd century, one can read that in China, in the third millennium B.C., before the birth of Huang Ti or of Chi You (the heroes who were to govern), "sons from the sky" would descend to Earth on a star which was the shape of a saucer.
In the Sacred Taoist canons, on ecan find astonishing descriptions of locomotive means used by the "sons from the sky." Each description compares this means of locomotion with the image of an animal, most likely because the words needed to describe such engines did not exist.
One of the most ancient known written testimonies on UFOs dated back to the 15th century B.C. It can be found in papyrus from Ancient Egypt which was discovered in Thoutmes III's annals, who was one of the greatest Egyptian kings. During one of his munerous campaigns, the Pharoah Thoutmes witnessed a strange event which is recorded in the Tulli papyrus:
"In the year 22, in the 3rd month of winter, at the 6th hour of the day... the scribes from the House of Life saw a circle of fire appear in the sky... it had no head and its breath was fetid. Its body was the length and width of a stake. It had no voice. As the scribes were confused by this thing, they threw themselves to the ground... they went to the pharoah... to tell him."
"His Majesty ordered... and henceforth everything was recounted in the rolls of papyrus. His Majesty meditated on and thought about this event. Hence, after a few days, these things appeared even more numerous in the sky. They shined in the sky, brighter than the sun, and extended to the limits of the four pillars in the sky... The position of the circles of fire was powerful. The Pharoah's army contemplated them."
"His Majesty stood in the middle. It was at supper time. Them these circles of fire rose higher in the sky and towards the South. Fish and poultry fell from the sky. A marvel never before observed since the foundation of the nation. And the Pharoah had incense brought, which was burned in order to bring peace to the foyer... And these events were inscribed on the Pharoah's orders in the annals of the House of Life... so that they would never be forgotten."
Taken from Lady Pendragon Vol.3, #6