From: lpb@florida.swdc.stratus.com (Len Bucuvalas)
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
Subject: ETs and UFOs in Ancient India
Keywords: cia, mj12, bush, rockefeller, rothschild
Date: 8 Jan 93 23:47:20 GMT


Here is an article that appeared on ParaNet regarding the ancient Indian Vimanas.

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DATE OF ARTICLE:  October 12, 1988
SOURCE OF ARTICLE:  The Hindu
LOCATION:  Bangalore, India
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'INDIA HAD A SUPERIOR CIVILIZATION'

BANGALORE, OCTOBER 11

     India  may  have had a superior civilization  with  possible
contacts  with extraterrestrial visitors,  and the flying devices
called 'Vimanas' described in ancient Indian texts may  underline
their possible connections with today's aerospace technology,  an
Italian scientist told the World Space Conference here today.
     Dr. Roberto Pinotti asked the delegates to examine in detail
the   Hindu   texts  instead  of  dismissing  'all   the   Vimana
descriptions and traditions as mere myth.'
     "The  importance  of such studies and  investigations  could
prove  to  be shocking for today's man because the  existence  of
flying  devices  beyond  mythology can only be explained  with  a
forgotten superior civilization on earth," he said.
     Pointing  out  that  Indian Gods and heroes  fought  in  the
skies using piloted vehicles with terrible weapons.   Dr. Pinotti
said they were similar to modern jet propelled flying machines.
     32  secrets:   He said certain descriptions of  the  Vimanas
seemed  'too  detailed and technical in nature to be  labeled  as
myth.'   He  cited  various texts to show there were  32  secrets
relating  to  the operation of Vimanas,  some of which  could  be
compared   to  modern  day  use  of  radar,   solar  energy   and
photography.
     Quoting  from 'Vymanika Shastra' he said the ancient  flying
devices  of  India were made from special heat  absorbing  metals
named 'Somaka, Soundalike and Mourthwika.'
     He  said the text also discussed the seven kinds  of  mirror
and  lenses  installed aboard for defensive and  offensive  uses.
The  so-called 'Pinjula Mirror' offered a sort of 'visual shield'
preventing  the pilots from being blinded by 'evil rays' and  the
weapon  'Marika' used to shoot enemy aircraft 'does not seem  too
different from what we today called lesser technology,' he said.
     According  to  the  Italian  expert,   the  'principles   of
propulsion  as far as the descriptions were concerned,  might  be
defined  as  electrical  and chemical but solar energy  was  also
involved.
     For  instance,  the 'Tripura Vimana' mentioned in  'Vymanika
Shastra' was a large craft operated by 'motive power generated by
solar  rays,' Dr.  Pinotti said,  adding 'its elongated form  was
surely much closer to that of a modern blimp.'
     Sophisticated design:   According to Dr.  Pinotti,  the huge
'Shakuna  Vimana'  described in the text 'might be defined  as  a
cross  between a plane and a rocket of our times and  its  design
might remind one of today's space shuttle.'
     'Surely,  it  expresses the most complex  and  sophisticated
aeronautical  design among all the other descriptions of  Vimanas
mentioned  in the 'Vymanika Shastra,' he said.   He described the
author of the treatise 'Vymanika Shastra' as a man 'attempting to
explain an advanced technology.'
     Dr. Pinotti, who has made an exhaustive study of the history
of   Indian  astronautics,   said  another   text,   'Samarangana
Sutradhara' had 230 stanzas devoted to the principles of building
Vimanas and their use in peace and war.
     He said ancient Aryans knew the use of the element 'fire' as
could   be  seen  from  their  'Astra'  weapons   that   included
Soposamhara  (flame  belching missile),  Prasvapna (which  caused
sleep)  and four kinds of Agni Astras that traveled in sheets  of
flame and produced thunder.
     He  said  the car that was supposed to go up to  Suryamandal
(solar system) and the Naksatramandala (stellar system) cannot be
dismissed  as  a myth because of the 'technical  nature'  of  its
description.
     Dr.   Pinotti   said  depictions  of  space  travel,   total
destruction  by  incredible  weapons and the  fact  that  Vimanas
resembled  modern unidentified flying objects would suggest  that
India had a 'superior but forgotten civilization.'
     'In the light of this, we think it will be better to examine
the Hindu texts' and subject the descriptive models of Vimanas to
more scientific scrutiny,' he said.--PTI

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