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What are your thoughts on possible historical depictions of UFOs/UAP like "10 Historic Paintings That Clearly Show UFOs"? (listverse.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/uap

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While the provided list is more of an example than anything, I have the impression there is countless historical records of possible sightings - From ancient descriptions of legendary flying fire chariots to paintings containing objects surprisingly similar to modern descriptions of UFO's.

We know people describe unknown events with the best words they have. Modern examples can be when firescene investigations get testimonies that "The fire jumped from seat to seat". Does fire even have legs to jump with? I would not be surprised if ancient stories about "wheels within wheels" or "Flying chariots of fire" could be describing events they simply didn't have words for.

With all of the stories that could be interpreted as ancient stories of UFO's, even if just a small percentage of the are real - It would mean the UFO phenomenon have interacted with earth for at least thousands of years.

What is your thoughts on this, anything to it? Do you have different estimates? Do you think the phenomena started in 1947? Is it all just a pop-cultural mediaindustrial hoax complex?

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[–] SignullGone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This may be a bridge too far for some people, however, I find the Wandjina site to be intriguing. The children of the alleged Ariel School UFO Incident who claimed to witness a landed craft and beings whom they claim communicated telepathically all drew pictures of the encounter. There was a few pictures (I'll try to find them later) of these alleged beings they saw that arguably look like what is painted at Wandjina.

While this may seem a stretch for some, I personally find the Wandjina site quite intriguing. The children involved in the alleged Ariel School UFO Incident, who claimed to have witnessed a landed craft and beings with whom they communicated telepathically. A few of these children drew pictures. There was one particular picture (which I will attempt to locate) that depicts a head with small lines emanating from it, reminiscent of the Wandjina imagery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

the Wandjina site

That's pretty interesting. While depictions like that might be too abstract to give us an accurate depiction, I think it might show us some of the general visual impressions the artist was left with. But after what? Meeting aliens or tripping on shrooms in front of a camp fire after listening to stories about spirits?

When there's echoes in history like you mention about the Ariel School episode, I think it's worth looking in to, or at least be aware of. I've heard about the encounter, but not in relation to any ancient stuff.