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Vimanas and Aircraft

Sumerian name: GIΕ .GIGIR (π’„‘π’ŽŒ) β€” "Chariot" / MU.NA.DIR (π’ˆ¬π’ˆΎπ’‰Œπ’€‰)

A recurring theme in ancient texts worldwide is the description of flying vehicles. Zecharia Sitchin argued that these were literal descriptions of Anunnaki aircraft and spacecraft, which the Sumerians called SHEM and the Indians later called Vimanas.

Sumerian Flying Vehicles

The SHEM

The SHEM (Sumerian: mu or shem) was the term Sitchin identified as meaning "rocketship" or "sky vehicle." In Sumerian texts:

  • The SHEM was a "bright shining object" that could ascend to heaven
  • It was kept in special enclosures (the "House of the SHEM")
  • It was used by the Anunnaki to travel between Earth and Nibiru
  • The "confusion of tongues" at Babel involved the destruction of a SHEM

"The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. And the Lord said... 'Nothing they plan will be impossible for them.' So He scattered them..." β€” Sitchin's reading of the Tower of Babel

The "Whirlwind" and "Cloud"

Biblical descriptions of divine transportation include:

  • The "whirlwind" that took Elijah to heaven (2 Kings 2:11)
  • The "cloud" that guided the Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 13:21)
  • Ezekiel's "wheel within a wheel" vision (Ezekiel 1)
  • The "chariot of fire" that took Elijah

Sitchin read all of these as spacecraft descriptions.

Indian Vimanas

The Sanskrit epics describe sophisticated flying machines called Vimanas:

"In the Ramaayana, the Vimana was a flying chariot that could travel at the speed of thought. It was made of metal, had two decks, and could carry passengers."

The Vimana Shastra (a text on aeronautics) describes:

  • Aircraft design and construction
  • Materials for different parts of the craft
  • Flight characteristics and performance
  • Propulsion systems based on mercury vortex engines

Babylonian and Egyptian Aircraft

Sitchin noted that cylinder seals from Mesopotamia frequently depict beings in flying vehicles or winged disks. The "winged disk" of Assyrian art was, he argued, a representation of an Anunnaki spacecraft.

See Also

Sources

  • Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12th Planet. Chapter 10.
  • Sitchin, Z. (1980). The Stairway to Heaven.
  • Sitchin, Z. (1985). The Wars of Gods and Men.
  • Childress, D. H. (1991). Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India & Atlantis.