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reading other forums and came across this:

In 1898 a small 6 inch model plane, with fuselage, wings and tail, was discovered in a tomb near Saqqara, Egypt, It was dated to approximately 200 BC.

The model was sent to the Cairo Museum of Antiquities. Here it was catalogued as Special register No. 6347 Room 22, and then it was promptly forgotten. At the time of its discovery, modern aviation did not exist. Rediscovered in the museumâ??s storerooms in 1969, it was found to fly perfectly as a glider, though there are indications it may have originally possessed a propulsion mechanism at the tail. The design is highly sophisticated.
It has been claimed that the Egyptians never made a model of anything unless it was used in real life. At least 14 other model aircraft have been found in Egyptian tombs.

neat huh.

the thread also had ppl talking about ancient indian texts that spoke of such things as what can be described today as mercury ion engines, traditional aero-theory and even space travel.
they are trying to figure out what the texts were: serious, plans, ideas, or just drugged out writtings.

either way it's neato.

Roid do a search on "The Bird of Saqqara"

its the aliens dude.

the aliens built stonehedge and built the pyramids.

Battlebot wrote:its the aliens dude.

the aliens built stonehedge and built the pyramids.

Dang, you beat me to it....

Human's built the pyramids and stonehenge and moved the easter island monoliths without modern tools like wheels or pullies.

I like the aliens theory better. Sounds neater.

THE ALIENZ!!!1

Everyone in their right mind knows that this is the work of the Gould and their Jaffa

Admiral Thrawn wrote:Everyone in their right mind knows that this is the work of the Gould and their Jaffa

Yep they came through this.

A stargate?

Dark Falcon wrote:A stargate?

No, with mind control waves transmitted through a cheap hollywood movie filled with ugly actors saying "If you build it, they will come (to your consipracy website and make you millions with pop-up ads)"

I recently saw a show that talked about this one:
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_7.htm#Colombia

It was found in Columbia. On the show some guy built a model of it and it flew perfectly.

See... Light from the sun, reflecting off of gas bubbles high in the upper atmosphere caused images of planes lost in the Bermuda Triangle to appear briefly in the skys over Egypt at about the time of 200 B.C.

Sure, it could happen... so could aliens.

great link Xamindar, i'm seeing a lot of the stuff that people in that thread was talking about in that link.

Their method of propulsion, she said, was "anti-gravitational" and was based upon a system analogous to that of "laghima," the unknown power of the ego existing in man's physiological makeup, "a centrifugal force strong enough to counteract all gravitational pull." According to Hindu Yogis, it is this "laghima" which enables a person to levitate.

i'm so interested! i'm probabaly breaking though laws with with my huge internal stockpiles of "interest for this cool thing".

LEV-I-TA-TION! wooooo-oooo! wooooo-ooooo-oo! </u2>

Why is every image link on that site broken?

works for me lob.
if you can't get it working, try this instead.
archive.org's cache

roid wrote:works for me lob.
if you can't get it working, try this instead.
archive.org's cache

They're broke there too...

OMG. Next we'll be reading about Eric Von Danikan and electric batteries in Arabian pre-history, Jet powered rocket packs in the Amazon and god knows what else.

Look: coincidence!

And "We only build models of real things we make". What a crock. Those "scientists" read far more than what the facts support.

The wings of their model (if it ever existed) curve downwards, because that's what their birds looked like soaring. *sigh*

It's *EASY* to see a bird and build a wooden model of it. Hell, if you make enough of them, eventually you'll make one that glides OK too.

But asserting that a six inch model "was powered"? What sort of insanity is that? Powered by WHAT - exactly? Propellers? I think not. Even if they had propellers, they predate the rubber band by - oh - 2000 years or so. What else could drive it? NOTHING.

I get really sick reading this crap.

Yes, Egyptians were smart. Yes, they built the pyramids (Try http://www.theforgottentechnology.com ), but they did NOT invent or create anything more sophisticated than paper/wooden gliders - for FUN. Yes - FUN.

No, no...it's Chariots of The Gods, man! The space aliens practically own South America!

No pics?

awwwwweeeeeeeeee ....... :
Did they list a source roid?

The world is going to end. Mobius just made a scathing post that was cogent, intelligent, and dead-on.

Strange that the pictures don't work for you guys. They work for me on that link I gave, but they do not work on the link that Roid gave.

Sarge wrote:

Battlebot wrote:its the aliens dude.

the aliens built stonehedge and built the pyramids.

Dang, you beat me to it....

X3

Mobius wrote: The wings of their model (if it ever existed) curve downwards, because that's what their birds looked like soaring. *sigh*

Mobman, you can be such a intelligent moron at times. Ever see the droopy wings of a B52 when it is parked?
In flight the wings straighten out as they bear the weight of the aircraft. Mobius wins the Blue Footed Booby award

Contrary to what everyone (aparently) thinks, ancient man was not stupid.
I'm willing to bet that they're more intelegent then we are. What numerous ancient cultures are known for is schooling and philiosphy, now quite a few cultures are known for big dimbulbs with about 8IQ bashing the $#!t outta each other on national TV.
If I was a pharoah, would I want to sit around all day doing boring pharoah-ly duties? I think not, I'd want all the fancy toys, and a toy glider would be quite high on my want list. Can you imagine tossing a wooden airplane off the top of a pyramid? Out a palace window? At the palace guards?

You guys want to see pictures of it. Just please try to contain you excitement

as far as the links go, it's very strange because all the links (incl pictures) work for me. and still do.

mobius wrote:I get really sick reading this crap.

with your additude, i have doubts that you read this kindof stuff very often at all.

i remain open to fantastic possabilitys.

i thought it was a flying fish bath toy

roid wrote:as far as the links go, it's very strange because all the links (incl pictures) work for me. and still do.

Conspiracy!!1

KompresZor wrote:You guys want to see pictures of it. Just please try to contain you excitement

Bah, I still think the precolumbian jet is more interesting. It has Delta wings and a modern airplane tail. It doesn't resemble any type of animal, but looks just like a modern jet. This thing is over 1000 years old! How the flip!