1963
Noble
Hi guys, been meaning to start a thread on "Ooparts" for a while now as it has been a real source of interest for me for a long time. And I know that most of us have ogled at these presentations with a sense of both wonderment and uncertainty over the years.
... Nothing is set in stone but by ooparts I mean are the 'out of place artifacts' that can be easily found in books , documentaries and especially nowadays on the web. I used to regard 'Ooparts' as being the ones that I grew up learning about ... the Antikythera Mechanism, the Bagdad Batteries, the Chrystal Skulls etc, but time and the advent of the internet has generally rolled interest on in this aspect of the 'Mysterious World' and indeed broadened it to include things like seemingly 'modern dress and technology' being spotted in old films and photographs. [that just shouldn't be there!] ... I've spent many a lazy hour gazing in puzzlement at these things and has human-nature dictates have personally dismissed quite a few of them to my own personal satisfaction, but on the other hand, there are plenty of these things that still leave me nonplussed? ... I would like to include a thing that might be considered as really being a different class of anomalous investigation, and that is the equally interesting field of study into the seemingly ubiquitous amount of alien/ufo's found in ancient paintings.
I'll start the thread with a couple of 'the biggies' , and invite everyone to post their own personal favourites to discuss....
Found in 1938 by a German archaeologist, the ‘Baghdad Battery’ could be 2,000 years old, and consists of a clay jar, a copper cylinder and an iron rod. If filled with a weak acid, like vinegar, the combination produces around 1 volt. Yet while even some experts refer to it as a battery, its true origin and purpose remains unclear. One idea is that it was used for electroplating objects with precious metals. ... could this be real? or could it just be a case of a jar intended to house papyrus manuscripts?
... The Aluminium wedge of Aiud
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The Aluminium Wedge of Aiud, also known as the Object of Aiud, is a wedge-shaped object found 2 kilometres East of Aiud, Romania, on the banks of the Mures river in 1974. According to an article written by Boczor Iosif, a contributor to Hungarian paranormal magazines, it was found under 35 feet of sand and along side 2 mastodon bones. His article also claims it was found in 1973. For three reasons some claim the wedge is proof that aliens came to visit Earth in the past. An unnamed aeronautical engineer said it resembled the foot of landing gear not unlike the current space vehicles at the time, only smaller. This was corroborated by Florin Gheorghita, a known ufologist in Romania. The fact that it was found in the same layer as mastodon bones, and assuming it was found in original context, would make it at least 11,000 years old. The third reason people believed that this was from an alien ship was because aluminium was not even discovered until 1808 and could not be produced in mass until 1885. Therefore, because it looks like landing gear, it was found with mastodon bones and the oxide dated to at least 300 years old (before aluminium on earth), it was from an alien spaceship. Most scientists believe the wedge was made here on earth and its purpose is just not yet identified. Not much information is to be found on this subject. The lack of data can possibly be explained by the imposed restrictions on archaeology and history by the communist rule of the time. Aluminium requires 1,000 degrees of heat to be produced. The aluminium wedge of Aiud remains a mystery.
... The London Hammer.
In June 1936 (or 1934 by some accounts), Max Hahn (1897-1989) and his wife Emma were hiking along Red Creek near London, Texas. It was there that they discovered an artifact that seemed completely out of place. What they found was a unique piece of wood protruding from a rock concretion. When the rock was broken by their son in 1947, it revealed an iron hammer with a wooden handle. ... which is disputedly said to be 400-500 million years old.
... this is just three of the archaeological mystery finds that no one can currently fully resolve, and of course there are many more, as well as the other kind of ooparts that this thread is meant to showcase.
Cheers.
... Nothing is set in stone but by ooparts I mean are the 'out of place artifacts' that can be easily found in books , documentaries and especially nowadays on the web. I used to regard 'Ooparts' as being the ones that I grew up learning about ... the Antikythera Mechanism, the Bagdad Batteries, the Chrystal Skulls etc, but time and the advent of the internet has generally rolled interest on in this aspect of the 'Mysterious World' and indeed broadened it to include things like seemingly 'modern dress and technology' being spotted in old films and photographs. [that just shouldn't be there!] ... I've spent many a lazy hour gazing in puzzlement at these things and has human-nature dictates have personally dismissed quite a few of them to my own personal satisfaction, but on the other hand, there are plenty of these things that still leave me nonplussed? ... I would like to include a thing that might be considered as really being a different class of anomalous investigation, and that is the equally interesting field of study into the seemingly ubiquitous amount of alien/ufo's found in ancient paintings.
I'll start the thread with a couple of 'the biggies' , and invite everyone to post their own personal favourites to discuss....
Found in 1938 by a German archaeologist, the ‘Baghdad Battery’ could be 2,000 years old, and consists of a clay jar, a copper cylinder and an iron rod. If filled with a weak acid, like vinegar, the combination produces around 1 volt. Yet while even some experts refer to it as a battery, its true origin and purpose remains unclear. One idea is that it was used for electroplating objects with precious metals. ... could this be real? or could it just be a case of a jar intended to house papyrus manuscripts?
... The Aluminium wedge of Aiud
...
The Aluminium Wedge of Aiud, also known as the Object of Aiud, is a wedge-shaped object found 2 kilometres East of Aiud, Romania, on the banks of the Mures river in 1974. According to an article written by Boczor Iosif, a contributor to Hungarian paranormal magazines, it was found under 35 feet of sand and along side 2 mastodon bones. His article also claims it was found in 1973. For three reasons some claim the wedge is proof that aliens came to visit Earth in the past. An unnamed aeronautical engineer said it resembled the foot of landing gear not unlike the current space vehicles at the time, only smaller. This was corroborated by Florin Gheorghita, a known ufologist in Romania. The fact that it was found in the same layer as mastodon bones, and assuming it was found in original context, would make it at least 11,000 years old. The third reason people believed that this was from an alien ship was because aluminium was not even discovered until 1808 and could not be produced in mass until 1885. Therefore, because it looks like landing gear, it was found with mastodon bones and the oxide dated to at least 300 years old (before aluminium on earth), it was from an alien spaceship. Most scientists believe the wedge was made here on earth and its purpose is just not yet identified. Not much information is to be found on this subject. The lack of data can possibly be explained by the imposed restrictions on archaeology and history by the communist rule of the time. Aluminium requires 1,000 degrees of heat to be produced. The aluminium wedge of Aiud remains a mystery.
... The London Hammer.
In June 1936 (or 1934 by some accounts), Max Hahn (1897-1989) and his wife Emma were hiking along Red Creek near London, Texas. It was there that they discovered an artifact that seemed completely out of place. What they found was a unique piece of wood protruding from a rock concretion. When the rock was broken by their son in 1947, it revealed an iron hammer with a wooden handle. ... which is disputedly said to be 400-500 million years old.
... this is just three of the archaeological mystery finds that no one can currently fully resolve, and of course there are many more, as well as the other kind of ooparts that this thread is meant to showcase.
Cheers.