Chapter SevenThe Case for Ancient Flight
The acceptance of the existence of an ancient civilization is fast becoming an issue that is no
longer open for debate as the evidence of its existence and technological achievements at least in
the fields of masonry and building, is quite apparent. Furthering this, the question has also often
been asked whether these people of Ancient times were able to travel through the skies in aircraft
like we do today and before you scoff at the notion of this I ask you to first consider a few things.
The first thing to consider is that there are actually a good deal of passages in past records and
ancient texts that do in fact mention flight and the machines that were used for it and also
consider that there is enough of this written evidence existing in vastly different cultures to
suggest that sometime in our distant past, an age of aviation did indeed occur – and at a much
earlier time in our history than we ever could have thought possible.
A consistent and ever growing bulk of this documentary evidence quite openly states that the
secrets of powered flight were very well known to many nations at a time that is now well before
our recorded history. These reports are not limited either and can be found in the ancient records,
Religious Texts, Mythology and artifacts from wide variety of cultures. There is an ancient Indian
book called the Vimaanika-Shaastra for example, which contains passages that read more like
flight manuals than religious texts, even going into great detail to explain the various metals that
should be used in the construction of the craft, where they could be located and how to smelt
them. Other passages describe the many controls and functions for the craft and detailed
techniques used for maneuvering the machines in different types of weather and wind strengths.
Even the clothing to be worn by the pilots is described in detail.
Local legends of the Greeks, Columbians and Egyptians also speak of flying craft, even the
Polynesian Islands in the South Pacific have legends that talk of a fair skinned people who once
arrived from the west aboard "shining boats" that flew above the sea. Other islands of the Pacific
also have extremely similar legends of flying canoes that brought people from far off places.
The true history of flight may actually encompass far more and be a great deal longer and
broader we ever could have even imagined in our wildest dreams.