133 lines
6.4 KiB
Plaintext
133 lines
6.4 KiB
Plaintext
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2)
|
|
Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
|
|
Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
|
|
PO BOX 1031
|
|
Mesquite, TX 75150
|
|
|
|
There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS
|
|
on duplicating, publishing or distributing the
|
|
files on KeelyNet except where noted!
|
|
|
|
December 24, 1992
|
|
|
|
VIMANA1.ASC
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE
|
|
|
|
DATE OF ARTICLE: October 12, 1988
|
|
SOURCE OF ARTICLE: The Hindu
|
|
LOCATION: Bangalore, India
|
|
BYLINE: None
|
|
========================================================
|
|
========================================================
|
|
|
|
'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
|
|
|
|
Page 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
If you have comments or other information relating to such topics
|
|
as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
|
|
Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page.
|
|
Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
|
|
|
|
Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
|
|
Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
If we can be of service, you may contact
|
|
Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page 2
|
|
|
|
|