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This year has been a year of spectacular discoveries in archaeology, from 4,000-year-old sunken ships, to enormous megalithic stones, mysterious man-made ditches, the oldest known examples of cave art in the world, a monumental tomb in Greece, and even a newly revealed pharaoh of Egypt.

Advances in technology also enabled the discovery of hidden Maya temples in the jungles of Mexico, hundreds more structures in the Stonehenge landscape, and new understandings of the human genome.

It is almost impossible to narrow down one year of magnificent findings to ten, so we have chosen to feature ten discoveries of 2014 that revealed striking new information about our ancient past.

10. 4,000-year-old sunken ship found in Turkey is among oldest in the world

An excavation at the port of Urla underwater archaeological site in Turkey revealed a sunken ship that is believed to date back 4,000 years. The surprising discovery is the oldest known shipwreck ever found in the Mediterranean, and is also among the oldest known shipwrecks worldwide.

The port of Urla, which served the ancient Greek settlement of Klazomenai, sunk following a natural disaster, probably an earthquake, in the 8th century BC, making the area popular for underwater research.

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Numerous sunken ships have already been found in Urla, ranging from the 2nd century BC to the Ottoman period. Uncovering a ship that is believed to date back to around 2,000 BC, is incredibly rare and significant and an important milestone for archaeology.

9. Newly dated Asian cave drawings rewrite history of human art

A study published in October 2014, in the journal Nature, revealed that more than 100 ancient paintings of hands and animals found within seven limestone caves on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe.

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The research showed that humans were producing rock art by 40,000 years ago at opposite ends of the Pleistocene Eurasian world.

Maxime Aubert, study lead and archaeologist and geochemist of Australia’s Griffith University, explained that before this discovery, experts had a Europe-centric view of how, when, and where humans started making cave paintings and other forms of figurative art.

However, the fact that people in Sulawesi were also producing art at the same time suggests that either human creativity emerged independently at about the same time around the world, or when humans left Africa they already had the capacity and inclination for art.

8. Mysterious Man-Made Ditches Predate Amazon Rainforest

A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year revealed that a series of mysterious lines and geometric shapes carved into the Amazonian landscape were created thousands of years ago before the rainforest even existed.

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The purpose of the massive earthworks and who created them remains unknown, and scientists are beginning to realise just how much there still is to learn about the prehistoric cultures of the Amazonand life before the arrival of Europeans.

The unusual earthworks, which include square, straight, and ring-like ditches, were first uncovered in 1999, after large areas of pristine forest was cleared for cattle grazing. Since then, hundreds of the earthen foundations have been found in a region more than 150 miles across, covering northern Bolivia and Brazil’s Amazonas state.

Until recently, it was believed that the earthworks dated back to around 200 AD. However, the latest study has revealed that they are, in fact, much older. Study author John Francis Carson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, explained that sediment cores had been taken from two lakes near the major earthwork sites.

These sediment cores hold ancient pollen grains and charcoal from long-ago fires, and can reveal information about the climate and ecosystem that existed when the sediment was laid down as far back as 6,000 years ago.

The results revealed that the oldest sediments did not come from a rainforest ecosystem at all. Rather, they showed that the landscape, before about 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, looked more like the savannahs of Africa than today’s lush rainforest.

The earthworks predate the shift from savannah to rainforest, which reveals that the creators of these ditches carved them before the forest moved in around them.

7. Largest known megalithic block from antiquity revealed at Baalbek

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A new analysis conducted by the German Archaeological Institute at the ancient stone quarry of Baalbek/Ancient Heliopolis, in Lebanon, calculated the size and weight of an enormous monolith, and concluded that it is the largest known stone block ever carved by human hands.

Located at an altitude of approximately 1,170 meters in the Beqaa valley, Baalbek is known to have been settled from at least 7,000 BC, with almost continual settlement of the Tell under the Temple of Jupiter, which was a temple since the pre-Hellenistic era.

During the period of Roman rule, Baalbek was known as Heliopolis (“City of the Sun”), and housed one of the largest and grandest sanctuaries in the empire. One of the most awe-inspiring features of Baalbek are the incredible megalithic foundations of the Temple of Jupiter.

The temple was built on platform of stones that are among the largest building blocks seen in the whole world. How they were cut so finely and moved into place has defied explanation, particularly considering the blocks are known to have weighed over 1000 tons.

The gigantic blocks used in the foundations of the Temple of Jupiter came from a nearby quarry located around 800 meters (2,600 ft) from the temple.

The limestone quarry houses two massive building blocks that never made it to the temple – one weighing about 1,240 tons, and the other, known as the “Hajjar al-Hibla,” or The Stone of the Pregnant Woman, weighs about 1000 tons.

But the German archaeological team found a third building block next to the Hajjar al-Hibla stone and underneath it. Still partially buried, the monolith measures measures 19.6 meters (64 feet) in length, 6 meters (19.6 feet) in width, and at least 5.5 meters (18 feet) in height. Its weight has been estimated at 1,650 tons, making it the largest known stone block from antiquity.

6. 500,000-year-old engraved shell challenges previous beliefs about human ancestors

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Research conducted on a mollusk shell, dated to between 430,000 and 540,000 years, found over a century ago on the Indonesian island of Java, revealed that it contains the oldest engraving ever found and that it was almost certainly etched by a Homo erectus, an early human ancestor that emerged around 1.9 million years ago and became extinct around 150,000 years ago.

The discovery challenged preconceived notions about human ancestors, showing that, like Homo sapiens, they produced abstract design or perhaps even an early form of written communication.

Josephine Joordens, a post-doctoral researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and colleagues, published a paper in December 2014 in the journal Nature, revealing that the discovery provides evidence for symbolic activity and shows that “engraving abstract patterns was in the realm of Asian Homo erectus cognition and neuromotor control.”

While to many this may seem unsurprising, the finding challenges conventional perspectives about the evolution of human behaviour.

5. Oldest-known Human genome sequence sheds light on interbreeding with Neanderthals

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A study published in the journal Nature in October 2014 revealed the DNA results from a 45,000-year-old leg bone from Siberia, producing the oldest genome sequence ever carried out for Homo sapiens – nearly twice the age of the next-oldest known complete modern human genome.

The results have helped pinpoint when Homo sapiens first interbred with Neanderthals, and adds more pieces to the puzzle of ancient human migration across the world.

The ancient leg bone was found in 2008 on the left bank of the river Irtysh near the settlement of Ust’-Ishim in western Siberia. The human femur was sent to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, where testing was conducted.

The results revealed that the DNA of the “Ust’-Ishim Man” contained 2% DNA from Neanderthals, roughly the same proportion that can be found in modern Europeans today. This reveals that interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans must have occurred prior to the age of the Ust’-Ishim Man.

While previous estimates suggested the interbreeding may have occurred as early as 36,000 years ago, scientists have now revised their estimates to between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.

The research team also compared the genetic sequence of Ust’-Ishim man with the genomes of 50 different groups of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. The results indicated that this man was equally closely related to present-day Asians and to early Europeans.

This suggests that the population to which Ust’-Ishim man belonged diverged from the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians before, or around the same time, that these two groups separated from each other.

4. New Pharaoh Discovered in Egypt – Introducing King Seneb Kay

In January, 2014, archaeologists in Egypt discovered the burial place and the remains of a previously unknown pharaoh who reigned more than 3600 years ago.

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The skeleton of King Seneb kay (also written Senebkey) were uncovered at South Abydos in Sohag province, about 500 kilometres south of Cairo, by a University of Pennsylvania expedition working with the government.

Never before heard of in ancient Egyptian history, King Seneb kay’s name was found inscribed in hieroglyphics written inside a royal cartouche – an oval with a horizontal line at one end signalling a royal name. King Saneb kay was found in a wooden sarcophagus inside a badly damaged stone tomb with no roof.

He was originally mummified but his body was destroyed by ancient tomb robbers and only his skeleton remained. No funerary goods were found in the tomb, which confirms it had been looted in ancient times.

“This was the first time in history to discover the king,” said Ali Asfar, Head of Antiquities for the Egyptian government.

3. Archaeologists Discover Two Long Lost Ancient Maya Cities in Jungle of Mexico

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In an amazing discovery in the jungles of Mexico, archaeologists uncovered two ancient Mayan cities, including ruined pyramid temples, palace remains, a monster mouth gateway, a ball court, altars, and other stone monuments. One of the cities had been found decades ago but all attempts to relocate it had failed.

The other city was previously unknown and is a brand new discovery, shedding new light on the ancient Mayan civilization. Expedition leader Ivan Sprajc, of the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), explained that the finding was aided by aerial photographs of the tropical forest of central Yucatan in the state of Campeche, Mexico.

Some anomalies were noticed among the thick vegetation of the forest and so a team was sent in to investigate further. Archaeologists were stunned to discover an entire city in an area between the Rio Bec and Chenes regions, extending some 1,800 miles, which are characterised by their Classic architecture dating to around 600 to 1,000 AD.

Sprajc explained that both cities “open new questions about the diversity of Maya culture, the role of that largely unexplored area in the lowland Maya history, and its relations with other polities.”

2. Spectacular Macedonian tomb and human remains unearthed in Amphipolis, Greece

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Archaeologists excavated a spectacular Macedonian tomb in Kasta Hill, Amphipolis, dating to the period of Alexander the Great (4th century BC), resulting in the discovery of human remains which are currently undergoing testing.

Kasta Hill lies in what was once the ancient city of Amphipolis, conquered by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in 357 BC.

Experts have known about the existence of the burial mound in Amphipolis, located about 100km northeast of Thessaloniki, since the 1960s, but work only began in earnest there in 2012, when archaeologists discovered that Kasta Hill had been surrounded by a nearly 500-meter wall made from marble.

Several months ago, archaeologists discovered a path and 13 steps leading down from the surrounding wall. It was then that they uncovered a limestone wall protecting and concealing the entrance of the tomb of Amphipolis.

Behind the wall, archaeologists revealed two marble sphinxes, both headless and missing their wings, but these were recovered during excavations.

Bit by bit, the grand tomb began revealing the secrets that had lain hidden for 2,300 years, including two magnificent caryatid statues, a detailed mosaic depicting the Abduction of Persephone, and a secret vault containing a limestone sarcophagus with human remains. Archaeologists are due to announce the discovery of the tomb’s occupant in one month’s time.

1. Radar finds HUNDREDS more megalithic monuments, chapels, and shrines around Stonehenge

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In a groundbreaking news release in September 2014, archaeologists revealed the results of a four-year-long project to map the hidden landscape beneath the surface of the Stonehenge environs, and what they found was nothing short of amazing.

Through their high-tech devices they could see a landscape teeming with burial mounds, chapels, shrines, pits, and other structures, which had never been seen before.

The biggest surprise was a 330 metre long line of up to 60 buried stone pillars, inside the bank of a large, bowl-shaped feature called Durrington Walls, Britain’s largest henge, which sits beside the River Avon.

The discovery dramatically alters the prevailing view of Stonehenge as the primary site in the landscape. Instead it presents the Salisbury Plain as a an active religious centre with more than 60 key locations where ancient peoples could carry out sacred rituals and fulfil their religious obligations.

“This is not just another find,” said Professor Vince Gaffney of the University of Birmingham. “It’s going to change how we understand Stonehenge.”

SOURCE: Ancient Origins;
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Filer’s Files #25 – 2015 – Admiral Fahrney Intelligence Directs UFOs - PART I

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In special reports, this week’s files cover: Admiral Fahrney Intelligence Directs UFOs, Optical and Photographic Technical Component Awareness, Letter from Earth Guardian Susan Signal, Ceres Structures in Crater, and St. Paul of Tarsus, Abductee?

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over: California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Utah.

Sightings of UFOs were also reported in: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Spain, and England and Scotland in the United Kingdom.

The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The weekly intelligence report provides you with information on the latest sightings and UFO news that you need to understand the world situation. The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world and in space. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over a thousand UFOs reported each month represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when London Control ordered me to intercept one over England while flying for the US Air Force and Prince Phillip told me of his personal interest in UFOs. The US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

George A. Filer III New Jersey State Director

MUFON Eastern Region Director

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Special Reports

Admiral Fahrney Intelligence Directs UFOs

WASHINGTON AP – Retired Rear Admiral Delmer S. Fahrney, once head of the Navy’s guided missile program, said Wednesday reliable reports indicate that “there are objects coming into our atmosphere at very high speeds. Fahrney told a news conference that “no agency in this country or Russia is able to duplicate at this time the speeds and accelerations which radar and observers indicate these flying objects are able to achieve. On January 16, 1957 – the day after NICAP’s Board of Governors met for the first time – Board Chairman Delmer S. Fahrney called a press conference. News media all over the country quoted his statements identifying him as one of the few “top brass” to speak out in defense of UFOs.

WASHINGTON AP – Retired Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney said he has talked with a number of scientists and engineers who reported seeing strange flying objects. He added, “There are signs that intelligence directs such objects because of the way they fly. They are not entirely actuated by automatic equipment.” He said, “By the way they change position in formations and override each other would indicate that their motion involves a tremendous amount of technology of which we have no knowledge, and that their development must have taken a long period of time.” Thanks to NICAP

Optical and Photographic Technical Component Awareness

This Subject Applies to Telescopes, Binoculars, Cameras and Most Optical Equipment.

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS:

Chuck Reever MUFON’s International Director of Investigation writes, “There is a technical component to photographs and observations of which the investigator must be aware.” Most investigators should be aware that objects, when out of focus through optical aids can appear to be orb like or appear to contain “structure.” Digital “Still” and “Video” cameras are very susceptible to this behavior due to camera manufacturing and design. All modern Digital cameras are now manufactured so that the camera “hunts” for a best focus due to the electronic focusing system. (When possible all cameras should be “manually” adjusted to Focus on “infinity” when photographing an object in the sky.) Most objects in the sky are “Tiny” from a camera perspective.

When the camera is in “Automatic Focus Mode” it is searching for an object. When the camera misinterprets best focus, an image may be formed which may look like a bloated star or other strange object. Objects in the sky are very difficult for any digital camera due to the size of the camera Pixel array and perhaps a tiny object size in the sky. A photograph may show structure which is in fact an artifact of the camera lens and light source. This internal structure is called a “Diffraction or “Airy” disk pattern” which can be due to false optical, (focus) adjustment, (or poor optics). [Perfect optics also has a slightly different “Airy” disk not shown here.] The images directly below are just a small sample of the images you will observe depending on focus adjustment and “optical Figure.”

In focus, images will appear defined and stars will appear as a point-of-light. Out of focus stars on either side of focus of properly manufactured optics will have very concentric rings called an “Airy Disk”, (similar to the illustration shown in the bottom half of the illustration of the third picture to the right below.) (The one noted below is not perfect, as a perfect ring pattern, “Airy” disk, is slightly different.) Poorly manufactured optics will probably have an odd “Airy” disk pattern or appear “indistinct” or” squished,” such as the illustration on the left. The images illustrated (With the exception of the one described.) are all out of focus or a sample of “Airy” disk distortion which may occur due to poorly manufactured optics. (Again, a perfect “Airy” disk is somewhat different than those illustrated here.)

The illustrations show just a very few optical diffraction patterns out of hundreds of variations. Different “shapes” may be due to poor “Optical Figure” or manufacture, when viewing or photographing through a slightly out-of-focus camera or telescope or binoculars. Out-of-focus photographs may appear to be orb like, or be composed of some other strange configuration and may seem to contain some structure when in fact it is an artifact of the optical system. A properly focused camera or Binocular will not show any discernible diffraction pattern when in focus. Stars observed or photographed should be pin-point. Whenever possible, video should always be done with a tripod or other stabilizer system. Most video we receive is just not useable due to erratic camera motion and poor focus. Thanks to Chuck Reever

Letter from Earth Guardian Susan Signal

I receive a series of letters from people who claim they are walk-ins from other planets. They often hold important positions and one ran a multi-million dollar company using some of his off planet inventions. Susan has memories’ that might interest you.

Susan writes, “My experiences started back in 1966-67, when I was 6-7 years old. I was sleeping when I had this dream of flying a ship which entered the Earths’ solar system faster than the speed of light. We were in the third phase of reconversion from pure energy to solid form. As we entered the solar system, we bounced off of the planets gravitational fields of Neptune, Pluto and two other unnamed planets”.

As we flew passed the sun it looked like a solid rock due to our light speed. I was the navigator on far left hand side of the ship. As such, I was hyper sensitive to any subtle energy changes in the universe-even before they would occur. This was one of the mandatory requirements for navigation (svar-ari-erum) in our language. As we entered the Earths’ atmosphere, I was already awake and the rest of my “Nyindan-human” crew was still asleep. As we entered the atmosphere, a rift or black hole opened up.

Later on, in 1995 meeting of a local MUFON chapter, a Dr. Lee Sharguil of NASA gave a speech and spoke of a rift that opens up periodically over the 24-25 parallels and can engulf anything. This would explain our “black hole”. When this occurred, I yelled “Ectna, Ectna, shift the mass to the black hole-not away from it! Shift the mass to the black hole! Ectna, Ectna wake up!” As he woke, he didn’t hear me and shifted the mass away from the black hole. Before I could say “No you have to cancel the field vectors with the mass field, we’re still transient and can do this safely the black hole obliterated our ship. I woke up with a profuse sweat and my heart pounding my chest as I sat there actually cross legged staring at the closet. I knew what this meant-that I was an alien incarnate that actual flew those UFOs.”

Due to the very nature of my dream and its implications, I knew I couldn’t tell my mom like any other child tells their mom because of her not believing in ‘spaceships’. So, I was alone on this one and had to sort it out on my own. This was only the beginning of self re-discovery and a long bonding relationship with them. An odyssey that would enlighten me amidst the persecution I was to endure on a mental level from society for various other reasons, this being one of them. Thanks to Susan Signal, suejrad@aol.com.

Ceres Structures in Crater

I found a way to focus the structures on Ceres on June 11, 2015, I teach you how in the video and I seemed to bring out a lot of hidden detail. This is what NASA does not want the public or other governments to see. Alien structures made of highly reflective material.

I have seen such reflective structures before on the dark side of the moon in old NASA photos. I was never able to photograph them (with my camera pointed at computer screen) although this method of looking at a photo with a digital camera often will re-digitalize (auto correct) the blur. I saw a glass-like pyramid and a lit up face on the moon, but when photographed, the objects appear as a white mass of light only. So it was impossible to prove it exists.

There are several colors of structure that I have found over the years. Flat grey color…usually smaller structures. No reflective black color…these are so big that they often appear as mountains, but always have small grey structures near them. White ceramic structures are the fourth kind of reflective glass-like structures which cannot be photographed so easily. SCW: TIF IMAGE

St. Paul of Tarsus, Abductee?

Robert Spearing writes, In Star Trek V: The Undiscovered Country, the U.S.S. Enterprise has been commandeered by a religious zealot who has been purportedly asked by GOD to bring Him a Star-ship. Captain Kirk incredulously asks Spock the plot’s pivotal question “Why would GOD need a Star-ship?”

Likewise, I ask “Why would GOD need PAUL?”

If you accept the New Testament premise that Jesus is the Son of God, then he chose his twelve Apostles wisely. Twelve is an ancient mystical number corresponding to the Zodiac and this was not lost on Jesus. Judas served a purpose and was replaced by the drawing of lots where Mathias was chosen to restore order as the new 12th Apostle. I must admit that I am not the first person to suggest that Paul of Tarsus was an alien abductee but the available literature and theories are thin to say the least and no one has (to my knowledge) done an in- depth assessment of Paul’s case based on established criteria for commonalities among victims of the abduction phenomenon.

Several years after the death of Christ, Hebrew Paul (known as Saul at the time) is parading around Israel torturing and killing Christians with his band of religious zealots. Saul was a Roman Citizen and an important Hebrew leader. On the road to Damascus, Syria in the presence of witnesses in broad daylight, he is suddenly enveloped in a bright light and knocked from his horse. Acts 9 NIV states,

9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest ²and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. ³As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. ⁴He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

⁵“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. ⁶“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

⁷The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. ⁸Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. ⁹For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

¹⁰In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

¹¹The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. ¹²In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

¹³“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. ¹⁴And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

¹⁵But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. ¹⁶I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

¹⁷Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, ¹⁹and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

²⁰And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. Paul preaching at Berea,King James Bible Online

Paul’s Conversion is often considered the most important event in human history apart from the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. His writing and preaching is responsible for the spread of Christianity.

There are over 70 symptoms which an abductee may experience. In reviewing Paul’s case it is evident he has many of them. Let’s look at Paul’s story. What happened to Paul that day was nothing less than an epiphany not only for him but for the burgeoning faith called Christianity. It altered everything that developed into the world’s most numerous religion. In the 21st century we have institutionalized Paul’s experience in what is called a “Road to Damascus Experience” for those among us who have had a sudden enlightenment of any kind.

Paul is blinded by his experience and later scales or scabs fell from his eyes. He seems to be a victim of Klieg Conjunctivitis which occurs after exposure to severe ultraviolet radiation. UFOs often are associated with intense ultraviolet radiation. Was Paul’s flash of light the appearance of a UFO discharging ultraviolet radiation in its wake?

Was this divine interloping or was it a telepathic communication between two abductees? Ananias has all the earmarks of a fellow abductee. Why did God need Ananias to cure Paul? Why was Paul blinded at all? Ananias had to use his powers given to him by Jesus to cure Paul. Frequently, abductees have healing powers given to them.

David Halperin, a retired University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill religious studies professor, author and UFO Investigator, mentions in one of his blogs that Paul’s alluded to “thorn in his side” from 2nd Corinthians could be an alien implant. I agree but David doesn’t take the point far enough.

When Jesus was alive, he chose 12 apostles to carry on his ministry after his death and resurrection. If Jesus was the Son of God you would think his choice of apostles would be divinely inspired for the ages. Yet he converts Saul of Tarsus who apparently had been effective in stopping the spread of Christianity. A strange bald short cranky little man – and Jesus asks his assistance in spreading the good news! What was wrong with the twelve? Were they inferior or is someone or something else at play here interfering with things?

Paul was a powerful religious believer. If Saul had remained a Jewish rabbi, we would be missing thirteen of twenty-seven books of the New Testament and Christianity’s early major expansion to the world. People who are abducted frequently are fervently religious! He states, “For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers”. Galatians 1:13–14, NIV

Abductees have low self-esteem and are usually beset by physical ailments. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. —1 Cor. 15:3–8, NIV

There were witnesses so it was a real event, not something internal to Paul. Additionally, the encounter was violent in that he was thrown from his horse and there was bodily injury. All physical signs of abduction.

Paul promptly changes his name from Saul to Paul and is baptized. He goes on to write one third of the Bible’s New Testament with some of the most inspired and eloquent theology themed letters concerning God, Jesus and love ever written.

Abductees frequently feel chosen and Paul feels chosen to carry the message of Christ. He is a totally changed man from murderous religious zealot to a powerful disciple and missionary!

Later Paul reveals, “I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know–only God knows.” –2nd Corinthians 12:2 NIB

Abductees believe they possess special powers after their experience. Paul believed so firmly in his assignment that when he could not respond in person he touched relics and sent them along to heal people in his absence. Abductees believe they have been given special knowledge and a mission. Paul fully wrote one-third of the New Testament and founded the world’s most populous religion carrying out his mission. If God can turn the fiercest opponent of the Lord into his most willing servant, he has the ability to save anyone. Thanks to Robert Spearing, publisher of WorldUFOwatch

Ariel Phenomenon

On September 16, 1994, at the Ariel primary school in Zimbabwe, 60+ school children reported seeing a disc shaped craft land in the area beyond the playground, and two beings approach the group. There were also multiple reports of sightings of unusual phenomena by thousands of Zimbabweans during this same time period. This case was so sensational at the time that Dr. John Mack, a Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard psychiatrist, traveled to the school to interview the children. Initially covered by the BBC, Reuters and other world press, this sighting quickly disappeared from the public eye. Until now. American filmmaker Randall Nickerson recently traveled to Africa and around the world to locate and interview the now adult witnesses and others who were key participants in the event. “Ariel Phenomenon” documents the story of this incredible occurrence, then and now, and will show the impact that has lasted for over twenty years.

Join the filmmakers in completing this amazing film. Word of the “Ariel Phenomenon” film has gotten out and several new witnesses have come forward who will need to be interviewed in order to tell the story in its entirety. Help is needed in completing these last interviews and in the remaining post production necessary to complete this extraordinary film this year. An Indiegogo campaign is currently under way, until June 18, 2015. The production team is asking for help to complete these last crucial interviews. The Indiegogo campaign

A film trailer and more details about this historic event can be found at Film Trailer. You can also become part of the film’s team and follow its progress on Facebook at “Ariel School Documentary” and Twitter at “Ariel School Film”.