Do you think it's reasonably possible that a past human civilization had "flying machines"?

Question

I wonder this due to all the ancient ground carvings that can only be recognized from high above. There are a number of reasons ancient societies might have made such things, most of which don't involve the existence of flying machines, but the existence of such machines in the ancient world is one possibility among many. For myself, I'm kind of on the fence but leaning heavily towards the skeptical side.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

how else do you think earth was colonized in the first place.

Answer 3

The only place that I've ever heard of with "flying machines" is Atlantis. Most don't believe Atlantis existed but I prefer to keep my horizons wide.

Hot air balloons weren't invented by an ancient civilization. I'd say the earliest appearance would be in the medieval times.

Answer 4

I would agree that perhaps hot air balloons could have been possible. I could also see some early form of our current hang gliders being possible. While you are skeptical, I would be shocked if they didn't have some ancient flying technology somewhere on Earth.

Answer 5

uhuh.

but they did not require mechanical parts.

only belief

Answer 6

have you ever stopped to consider that there are logical reasons for the carvings.. to designed so that they are only recognized from high above? Have you given any thought to how stone henge was put together and why?

Do you think the people who live thousands of years ago were dumber than a stump?.. Many of the basic principles that are used today were formulated a long time ago.. back then they had more time to concentrate on their particular field of study because they did not have anything to keep them from it or to distract them..they learned about the movement of the stars, gravity, how to make a wheel and how to harness fire..I would guess that the people who did the carving.. were looking up.. not at flying machines, but at the galaxy. They possibly believed that there was a higher power and they carved out messages to and signs to heavenly beings that they thought existed.. they cleverly designed and disguised the carvings so that their local enemy could not destroy the messages and signs.. Most likely the ones who built the carvings were hoping that there was a God of some sort that would see them.. Gods did not live on earth.. they were believed to be on a higher plane looking down..

Answer 7

Of course ancient civilizations had 'flying machines,' today we call them Hot Air Balloons.  There are little or no evidences of past 'flying machines' that cannot be accounted for by hot air balloons and a long rope.  Though the attribution of the first hot air balloon dates back to 1783 it has historical justification in several older cultures.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_bal...

You may wish to attribute 'flying machines' to ancient cultures, but it's a lot simpler and therefore a lot more likely that whatever was really going on had to do with hot air balloons.

Answer 8

I read, as a kid, that the lost city of Atlantis, was under the ocean and that UFOs belong to them. Go to the sacred text website to see an old map that shows details of the last Ice Age.  There are clues that something was going on as far back as 10,000 years. Ancient men studied animals in great detail and I am sure some thought about being able to fly like birds but I bet many died trying it.  Of course, there is the Roman myth of the father and son flying with wings of wax. I think at least the desire to fly is ancient and maybe someone did achieve it.

Answer 9

Read Ezekiel in the testament. Clearly flying saucers were visitors on earth in the past. We are not that advanced, in reality, and our leaders  are mental midgets.

Answer 10

I was under the impression they were gliders, like hang-gliders, but they had no engines or propellers or anything like that, they didn't run off gasoline or have turbines, etc. Probably the ancient Incan or possibly Aztec civilizations.

Answer 11

Yes, the "Arc Of The Covenant" flew through the air at the enemy!