Re-Blog: Do Space Aliens Use Aluminum?
(Originally posted 9/21/2017 on Read With The Gringa)
The famous 1947 Roswell incident of a supposed crashed alien spacecraft reported curious details. Rancher W.W. "Mack" Brazel described the debris he found as: large pieces of paper covered in what looked like tinfoil. The pieces were held together by small sticks. The salvaged piece of debris resembled a child's homemade kite. Throughout a 200 yard area surrounding the silvery kite thing were pieces of gray rubber. More kite-like objects were found on the ranch, the largest about 3 feet across.
Another, more recent, discovery has researchers scratching their heads over a mysterious aluminum object. UFOlogists claim that it could be 250,000 years old. It was originally discovered in Romania during a 1973 excavation of the Mures River.
Three strange objects were found buried about 33 feet. Archaeologists studied them and determined that two of the finds were fossils. They were bones belonging to a mammal that became extinct about 90,000 years ago.
The third, however, could only be man-made since it was a metallic object, not a raw metal ore. Testing revealed 12 different metals with aluminum making up about 90% of the manufactured object.
A Romanian laboratory claimed the object was about 250,000 years old. Other experts were in disbelief so another set of tests were performed in a laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland. They confirmed that the object is, indeed, old, but not that old. Only 400-80,000 years old. But aluminum was first produced by modern man about 200 years ago.
This head scratcher centers on an object about 8 inches long, 5 inches wide and nearly 3 inches thick. It also has a circular depression and machined holes in the "arms", suggesting hinging. This means the manufacturing process would have been very complex. So what the heck is it?
UFOlogists say it is a fragment from a UFO. Of course. Historians claim that it is really a piece of WWII German aircraft. Considering the effective debunking that has cleared up the Roswell mystery, the gringa is inclined to agree with the historian.
The US Air Force eventually explained to the public what it was that Brazel found. It wasn't the debris of a crashed UFO. It was the debris of weather radar targets.
These targets were sent up to help target and tune ballistics of heavy gun and artillery. Regular weather balloons were acquisitioned from weather radar stations. The balloons were then customized to become targets, covered in aluminum so they would be easier to sight high in the sky.
In order for it to even be possible for aluminum debris from a crashed UFO to be found, aluminum would have to be a raw material on other planets. It would have to be mined. It would have to be processed. And it would have to be suitable for use on a spacecraft exposed to the extreme conditions of outer space: radiation, heat, cold, etc.
Aluminum is also found on Mercury, Venus and Mars. So it's possible there are planets in the vastness of outer space that also have aluminum. We know that there are no aluminum mines and processing plants and spaceship manufacturing plants on Mercury, Venus and Mars. That would mean any UFO constructed of aluminum would have to originate outside our Solar System. Could aluminum handle such a rigorous test of its mettle (pardon the pun)?
Aluminum melts at 1,220.58 degrees Fahrenheit. It boils at 4,566 degrees Fahrenheit. Space shuttle re-entry has recorded surface temperatures of the craft as high as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Needless to say, if these bits of aluminum had originated from a crashed UFO, they wouldn't exist. They would have melted long before they ever reached the earth's surface.
The final answer is then: No. Space aliens are not using aluminum in their space ships and crashing them on Earth and leaving behind an aluminum bread crumb trail. Case solved.
Sources: El Paso Times
The Vintage News
Live Science
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Re-Blog: Secret Codes, Medieval Medicine & Witches
Who uses secret codes? Kids with secret hide-outs, spies, secret societies, lovers, criminals, etc. Was there a secret society during Medieval times who created a complex secret code, the size of a hefty novel, that has still not been cracked? Linguistics, cryptographic and translation experts say no. And the gringa wants to know why since they still haven't "cracked the code" of a centuries old manuscript. How would they know what they don't know?
The Voynich manuscript is really a book, like a huge paperback novel. Within those soft vellum covers are pages of astrological charts,
naked women bathing in mysterious green liquids,
and strange, unknown flora.
Describing all of these curiosities is a secret code that has yet to be solved.
So what kind of information is being shared? Is it dangerous? Taboo? Subject to blackmail? Why would the author go to such trouble as to pen this tome in an unreadable language? Most authors know that it is publish or perish. To publish in a tongue that can never be known by the general public is the same as not publishing at all. What in the world is this book about?
One literary expert suggests that, because of the illustrations of naked ladies taking baths, perhaps it was a health manual that challenged the medical trends of that era. The author might possibly have faced legal charges as serious as witchcraft for practicing questionable herbal remedies. Is that what is in the book? Recipes for herbal treatments of feminine ailments?
This expert's theory has been widely rejected by the literary community at large. A community, mind you, that has already committed much time and effort to decoding the manuscript. Is their reaction just sour grapes? Has Nicholas Gibbs, a professional researcher of history and war artist, hit upon the truth and spoiled their fun and shot at glory?
In addition to his professional credentials he also has experience evaluating precious curiosities, having worked for the famed Christie's auction house. But, even more compelling for the gringa, is his biological connection to his working theory. He is a descendant of one of England's most famous ancient herbalists, Thomas Fromond. And it was the work of his famed ancestor that helped guide Gibbs in his theory.
So, despite the criticisms of his peers, and their claims that his theory is purely satire, their own findings actually seem to support the Gibbs' theory. After much examination of the flora illustrations, astrological charts and naked ladies bathing depictions, Gibbs' critics admit that these elements are health related.
These critics also accede that the Voynich manuscript is very similar to a medieval bathing guide, De Balneis Puteolanis. But their main point of criticism is his accomplishment where they otherwise failed. Gibbs actually decoded two lines of the manuscript. So what is the problem?
The critics claim that his translation into Latin is not grammatically correct. The gringa says, "Really?" I mean, dear reader, come on. When the gringa needs to keep on schedule, she might ask an English speaking friend, "What time is it?" If around Spanish speaking friends, the gringa would say, "Que hora es?" Guess what the literal translation of the Spanish is in English… What hour is. Which is NOT grammatically correct in English. So, the gringa doesn't buy the grammatically incorrect translation complaint.
Then there's the fact that the lines Gibbs decoded weren't actually comprised of complete words. He was decoding characters that represented abbreviated words. Kind of like if the gringa used the "#" symbol to represent the "1/2 tbsp" abbreviation in my own secret code. The secret code was never intended to be grammatically correct. Come on, people. Stop being jealous because a rookie on the scene showed you up.
And what of the theory for why a ladies health manual would need to be written in a secret code to begin with? It is carbon-dated to a point of origin in Northern Italy around 1404-1438. What was going on that might make secret communications of controversial subjects necessary? Here are a few historical facts for perspective:
-During this time period there was no clear identity for physicians in Europe.
-When universities established medical studies during the Middle Ages, women were excluded.
-Women healers were forced to go underground to practice except when filling the role of midwife.
-Most women preferred to be attended by a trusted midwife for other feminine health issues, albeit secretly.
-Women training other women as healers had to be creatively covert in the materials used to pass along and preserve knowledge.
-Women healers caught practicing or teaching medicine were acting outside the law and subject to prosecution.
-Prosecution of a woman healer usually involved the woman being charged with the crime of witchcraft.
-The crime of witchcraft was a capital offense with a death sentence attached.
Understanding the environment in which the Voynich manuscript was crafted, the gringa is convinced that it is indeed, a ladies health guide. Despite bearing the surname of the Polish man who purchased the manuscript in 1912 after its discovery in an Italian monastery, the gringa believes the manuscript was most likely authored by a woman healer working outside the law. The code was the result of this female healer fearing for her life if caught. So vital was it for this woman healer to pass on her knowledge to another generation of female healers, she created a complex secret code that has puzzled linguistic experts for centuries.
When you think about the witchcraft connection, the secret code for a ladies health manual makes perfect sense. Mystery solved. Thanks Gibbs.
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
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Ellis Nelson
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Posted on October 10, 2017 October 6, 2017 Categories conspiracy, Education, health, History, Homeschool, magic, Medicine, mystery, school, Science, Uncategorized, witchcraft, women's rightsTags conspiracy, Education, gringa, health, history, medicine, medieval, mystery, school, voynich, womenLeave a comment on Re-Blog: Secret Codes, Medieval Medicine & Witches
Re-Blog: Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chpt 5, Pt 2
Malcolm quickly falls in love with Harlem's culture and is ready to relocate.
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Malcolm frequented some of the most historically significant locales of Harlem.
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Re-Blog: What Were Pyramids For?
What do you think about pyramids? A mystery? A fascinating bit of architectural engineering? Monuments to an ancient civilization? Cool place to visit? Tourist trap? Biggest tombs ever built?
If those were your answers, you might have been right on all accounts except one, maybe. There seems to be some wiggle room about whether or not the pyramids were originally constructed as the final resting places of Egypt's ancient pharaohs. Here's what we know:
No mummies have ever been found within any of the 3 great pyramids of Giza.
But does that mean that these amazing structures were not tombs? The gringa says, "Not so fast." Despite the insistence of UFOlogists and ancient alien enthusiasts who argue that, if not tombs, then power generators of celestial origins, there is still plenty of other evidence to support the traditional belief that the pyramids were burial complexes.
With regard to the 3 great pyramids of Giza, they were constructed from 2550-2490 BC. The tallest was built by Pharaoh Khufu. His pyramid is flanked by smaller ones dedicated to Pharaoh Khafre and Pharaoh Menkaure. But Khufu's remains have never been found. Khafre's pyramid was also empty. Menkaure's mummy may or may not have been found.
There are allegations that part of Menkaure's mummy may be in the British Museum of London's Egyptian artifact collection. But there is much controversy that surrounds the authenticity of the remains. Within his pyramid was found a wooden coffin inside a chamber believed to be the king's chamber. The coffin contained mummified fragments.
So, despite the fact that mummies were not actually discovered is no reason to discount the pyramids as tombs. There have been plenty of other artifacts, burial paraphernalia and relics of Egypt's ancient death rituals that makes it clear that these were the resting places of ancient Egyptian royalty. The following items were found in Khufu's great pyramid when it was unsealed in 1925:
Access shafts filled in with limestone masonry, bedrock and plaster until solid to prevent entry from outsiders.
An entry at the end of the access shaft featuring a doorway bearing the official seal of King Khufu.
A small entry chamber, 15'x8′, clad in gold and bearing inscriptions identifying the contents of the chamber as the burial belongings of Khufu's mother, Queen Hetepheres.
A gold and ebony carrying chair belonging to Queen Hetepheres.
The Queen's palace furniture: golden gilt bed, chairs and storage chests.
Jewelry of silver, lapis-lazuli, turquoise and carnelian wrought in the shape of butterflies.
Golden toiletry set of wash bowl, water jug, razor, and cosmetic jars.
Alabaster chest containing the mummified internal organs of the Queen.
The Queen's empty sarcophagus.
There are also those who point to how small many of the coffins and sarcophagi are. They claim that they were never meant to house a human body. But once you understand what happened to the human body during an ancient Egyptian burial ritual, you understand why the coffins are so small.
For one thing, the dehydration process performed resulted in significant shrinkage. So, no, ancient Egyptians were not small, dwarfish half-alien/half-human creatures. I mean, think about it. When adventurers encountered deep jungle tribal people, got slaughtered, and their remains cannibalized and leaving behind a shrunken head trophy made to commemorate their ill-fated visit, nobody supposes that those adventurers were diminutive space aliens traipsing about South American jungles.
So, just because no one seems to be found to be at home and receiving guests at the pyramids, that doesn't mean they were not originally intended to reside there. Tomb raiders have had centuries to ransack these resting places. Once notorious tomb raiders made local ancient headlines, there is no doubt that many Pharaohs built their elaborate burial shrines with instructions for a burial service with all the pomp and circumstance royalty deserves. But then a secret plan to actually bury the kings and queens at an unknown address was carried out in the dead of night.
Why should such a possibility be beyond belief? After all, doesn't that sound familiar to those dear readers with a Judeo-Christian background? Doesn't the bibilical story go that god hid Moses' body when he died in the wilderness? Why would such a strange detail be a part of the story? Because at that particular time in ancient history, the local cultures were rife with bad guys who would rob the burial places of famous leaders hoping to enrich themselves with a tidy stash of loot.
So, sorry to all you dear readers who are still holding out hope that ancient extra-terrestrial ancestors shared natural power generator technology with the Egyptians. That's not what happened. The great pyramids are the result of something very common: mankind's desire for immortality, the desire to never be forgotten, and incredible ego that demands a monument to its greatness.
But, really, when you study the real history of ancient Egyptian culture, religion and the kings and queens who led each kingdom, it's fascinating. Why would you need to make up something else like space aliens?
Mummy Tombs
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Posted on October 3, 2017 September 27, 2017 Categories archaeology, conspiracy, Education, Egypt, extra terrestrial, History, Homeschool, mystery, paranormal, pyramid, Religion, school, Science, Space, spacecraft, ufo, UncategorizedTags archaeology, Education, Egypt, gringa, history, mummy, pyramid, schoolLeave a comment on Re-Blog: What Were Pyramids For?
Malcolm breaks Laura's heart.
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(Originally posted 9/6/2017 on Read With The Gringa)
Malcolm takes Laura dancing again and she is full of surprises.
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