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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  Ever see the 15th century painting by Ghirlandaio with a ufo in the corner of it? Here's a link that shows it and a few other pieces... UFO Folklore Center
Also, Ezekiel's wheel of fire has been interpreted by many to be a description of a flying craft (UFO?). A quick google search will bring up a lot of hits on this.
I'm fascinated by the mysteries of the past, too. It's been said that we're a race with amnesia. We truly don't know our origins and that is sad. There are lots of clues left for us to speculate over, but no real certainty. I believe there was a tremendous amount of knowledge lost when the Romans burned the library at Alexandria. In many ways, we may just now be getting back to where we may have been long ago, as far as knowledge goes. And there is so much that will never be recovered but must wait for someone to re-discover it. Who knows how advanced the human race might be had we not spent the last few thousand years destroying each other. |
If I had heard of Ghirlandaio's Madonna with a UFO, I had forgotten -- very interesting, especially since it has the man obviously peering at it from a distance. I had heard of Ezekiel's wheel of fire's possible connection to flying object.
So many intriguing possibilities! I guess I will probably only know after death. But I will continue to read whatever supposition people may have til then.
As far as our warring getting in the way of progress though -- not sure about that as so many discoveries have actually been the result of research FOR war purposes. Think of one quick to come to mind --nuclear energy -- from weapons research. Just about all the advances in communication, transportation, energy and even medicine has a connection to war or the effects of war. As horrible as it is to contemplate, war has even made a significant impact on population control in some areas. I wish we were a much more evolved species that could make these advances for other reasons!! Hopefully we will be eventually.