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TO DELVE MORE DEEPLYANDERSON, R. Structures technology-1964.Astronaut. Aeronaut., December 1964.BERNSTE!N, A.; BLUMRICH, J. Concepts for moreefficient bulkhead designs for launch and spaceBLUMRICH, J. A rising tide of structural problems.Astronaut. Aeronaut., June 1965.HARRIS, C. Transonic aerodynamic investigation oftension shell and blunted 100° conical shapes forTN D-3700. Washington,D.C., NASA, November 1966.JUST, W. Einführung in die Aerodynamik und **Flugmechanik des Hubschraubers; Stuttgart,Verlag Flugtechnik, 1957.VON DÄNIKEN, E., The gold of the gods. New York,N.Y., Putnam, 1973** Introduction to Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics of Helicopters336 Josef F. Blumrich www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com accordingly. Since his revelations were writtendown long before the advent of flying machines orrockets, the only way man could interpret Ezekiel'senigmatic statements was through religion and,especially, mysticism. The application of engineering knowledge leavesno voids in the text's interpretation, nor does itrequire any force to achieve agreement. Attemptsto explain the same phenomena by vision,hallucination, or psychological or astrologicaleffects requires one to accept a long series ofcoincidences. These would be necessary indeed,to substantiate the congruities which I have Today's established position concerning visitorsfrom beyond the earth can be summed up by thestatement: 'We do not know where they came fromand how they arrived here, so they cannot havebeen here'. With time, the evidence will grow intoa more understandable pattern, so that we canthen declare: 'They were here, so they must havecome here'. Advanced technology provides ameans to make progress in this field, and I hope tostir enough interest in other engineers (not onlydesign and structural specialists) to perform similarstudies. And we cannot work for long without thesupport of scientists–physicists, archaeologistsand ethnologists. What is needed foremost isFig. 5. Details of mechanical arm and controlmonths or even years later. Yet the commanderspoke to the prophet. We know from the history ofthe biblical Book of Ezekiel that it was edited sometime after it had been written. Several points of myengineering investigation show that editing to havebeen done with complete honesty and truthfulness,although the lack of knowledge of what EzekielWe are justified to assume, consequently, thatsome of the commander's sayings may becontained in what we now consider as Ezekiel'svisions and prophecies. It would be of very www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com Ezekiel was surely a man of high intelligence,gifted with rare powers of observation. He had theincredible ability to keep his intellect unimpaired bythe emotional turmoil caused by the firstencounter. Yet he was in a condition of shock bythe time he observed the commander of theto recover from the experience. One couldtherefore expect him to say that he had seen God,and that God spoke to him, yet he compared thefigure of the commander to that of 'Adam' or 'man'and very soberly says 'one spoke to me'. Never inall his encounters with the commander and othermembers of the crew does he show anyconclude that he came in contact with part of anexpeditionary force; there are unmistakableorganization. This, combined with the assumptionthat extraterrestrial civilizations too would have tohave economic control of activities they undertake,leads us to surmise that–even for financialreasons–Ezekiel cannot have been the sole With such notions, however, I obviously beginto leave the territory of provable engineeringEzekiel's encounters with spaceships andhis prophecies do not coincide in time. He couldhave seen the space vessel on one dayand have had his prophetic experiences www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com by the United States Patent Office no. 3,789,947,Feb. 5, 1974. A particularly gratifying application offacilitate considerably the mobility of wheelchairs Prototype, analytical research Ezekiel ends his technical description withincludes is astounding. It is significant that theengineering importance but which, to the eye,carry the same weight as true structural elements.The quasi-conical shape of the spacecraft's centralbody--ideally suited to permit its combination withthe helicopters, and thus a most important featureof the vehicle--is an existing engineering product.It was developed at the Langley Research Centerof NASA, and has been studied analytically and in After establishing the general configurationinvestigation although the configuration appearedto be structurally and functionally sound, itsfeasibility could be proved only if weights,characteristics turned out to be within reasonablelimits. The analysis was performed parame-trically, that means dimensions, weights andFig. 4. Sketch made from a Schlieren photographof a test model of 'Ezekiel's spaceship' as tested inthe wind tunnels of NASA's Langley ResearchCenter during the late 1960s. It is possible tochange the profile of the lower part of the mainccommodate the helicopters.range of possibilities. From the first crudeleft no doubt of the vehicle's feasibility: they reveala general technology of spacecraft constructionnot far beyond our current, most advancedcapabilities. The only element we are incapable ofsystem. Although this would be a fission reactor, itwould require a specific impulse, of at least 2,000seconds against the about 900 seconds of today'showever, that we could have this capability withina few decades if we were to invest enough effort in The over-all result, then, is a space vehicledesigned to suit function and purpose; itstechnology is in no way fantastic but, even in itsextreme aspects, lies almost within our owncapabilities of today. The results indicate,moreover, that Ezekiel's spacecraft operated inconjunction with a mother vessel orbiting the earth.We have no point of firm reference for an exactdetermination of the dimensions of the landingrange I investigated analytically. The illustration atthe top shows the shape and proportions. Thediameter of the central body would be about 18 mfrom the earth for the return flight to the mothership would be 100,000 kg (110 tons), the engine'sspecific impulse would be 2,080 seconds, and the With these conclusions, I had to declare defeat;I wrote to Erich von Däniken, explaining that myattempt to refute his theory had resulted in astructural and analytical confirmation of a majorpart of his hypothesis. Determining the form,dimensions and functional capabilities of whatEzekiel saw makes understandable a number ofpassages in his text that are otherwiseseparating the prophetic or visionary parts ofEzekiel's book from those concerning encounterswith spaceships. (I confined my study to the latter.)Being an engineer, I am not qualified to investigate www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com Fig. 3. Patent awarded earlier this year to the author for his invention of the omnidirectional wheel.332 Josef F. Blumrich www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com So I began taking Ezekiel seriously, in an Because I had to rely on translations, I used sixdifferent Bibles, ranging in time from early in thelast century to 1972, edited by Jewish, RomanCatholic, and Protestant translators. Besidesthese, I used two highly detailed biblical My application of aircraft (specifically,helicopter) and spacecraft engineering principlespenetration of Ezekiel's visual descriptions, andconfigurations. The final result is shown in theaccompanying illustrations. There we see ahelicopter units, which carries the commandcapsule atop its rounded upper portion. We shouldconsider that Ezekiel first saw this vehicle at adistance of about 1,000 metres at the moment thenuclear engine fired, probably with some whiteclouds of condensation (because of the engine's"chilldown" phase) shooting past the craft's mainnotices the moving rotors, see the landing legs andmechanical arms attached to the helicopter units.His first reaction is to compare the helicopters withman-like figures, but he then finds in the term'living creatures' an expression of admirablevagueness to reflect his uncertainty. During finaldescent and landing, Ezekiel observes theprotective covers of the helicopter's gearmechanisms, which he is able to describe best bycomparing them with human faces. He notices thered-hot radiator–glowing coals–(Chapter 1, Verse13) covering part of the lower central body; theprophet is fascinated by the wheels which, in their The visual description of the wheels has beenYet no one has ever taken seriously thewheels could move, in any direction, withoutbeing turned or steered. The latter has ledme to develop a precise engineering inter-pretation, and for which patent was grantedEze, 1:13. "As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coalsof fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures and www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com Fig. 1. Artist's reconstruction of spaceship seen by Ezekiel, viewed from a distance of about 60 metres.present inability of science to help formulateanswers to the question of extraterrestrial visitors,becomes an unconditional requirement in theevaluation of configurations and phenomenaimplying visits from other worlds. Here it is onlyspace flight emerges as a contributor of primeMy interest is aroused.My own involvement in the subject of extra-terrestrial visitors began with a vehementlynegative attitude. Having worked as anaeronautical engineer since 1934–first in thedesign and analysis of aircraft, then for the pastfifteen years in the design and development ofboth launching vehicles and spacecraft–I wasfirmly entrenched in the camp of those whodeclare visits from outer space to be animpossibility. It was in this frame of mind that I began toread Erich von Däniken's His claim that the prophet Ezekiel had encounterswith spaceships prompted me to read the biblicalbook of Ezekiel carefully with the intention ofproving von Däniken wrong. By the time I had gotfound myself interpreting a description of thelandings legs of some kind of flying vehicle:"Their legs were straight. and the soles of theirfeet were round and they sparkled like burnishedbronze." Having designed and tested suchstructures myself, I could not deny that it was The contrast of that evidently clear passagewith the quite hazy pictures sketched by the restof the chapter made me realize that the prophetcould not have known what it was he had seen,could only describe his encounters with spacevehicles and their crews in the termsavailable to him–with words and comparisons www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com References in some holy scripture to strange machines have prompted, throughout history,speculation and conjecture in order to lend acceptable, if not rational, explanations of thephenomenon reported. Modern technical knowledge and test procedures have been used toreconstruct a model of what was seen and experienced by one of the four great Jewish prophetstwo-and-a-half millennia ago.Any thought of visits to our planet by extra-realization that existing scientific knowledgeprecludes that possibility. If such visits couldbe made at all, they would have to originateoutside our solar system, and interstellar journeysthis established knowledge is confronted with thewealth of mankind's myths and legends whichclaim the exact opposite, the skies. Their appearances were frequentlyaccompanied by fire, smoke and thunderousnoise; their influence on man was, mostly,beneficial. If the source of this information is the"primitive" peoples we call it a fable; if the origincivilizations, we interpret the tales in a more That this attitude is unfair and wrong is manifestin at least two respects: it disregards the sincereand honest belief of the peoples who handed downthe accounts, and degrades the tales to fictionalstories. At its worst, the information is dismissedas the result of hallucination, the effects of drugs,or plain invention. But this attitude is also wrongand unfair with regard to man's future developmentbecause it denies even the possibility of progress Thus we seem to be at an impasse becauseof an apparent conflict between science andlegend. Yet the way is not totally blocked: we canmake progress in this very important field ofknowledge once we realize that science andengineering are two separate (although notEzek'el Saw The WheelSPIRITUALImpact of Science on Society www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com )Annual subscription:[A] 28 FPer copy::Any of the Nationalthis issue will acceptother than the above willin the country concerned.When notifying change ofwrapper or envelope.The articles appearing inImpact express the viewsconfirmation by Unesco ofthe 'parasciences'.The collection of articlesstimulated, rather, by thefree flow of informationamong people. To these,Unesco adheres with fervourFIND OUT MORE AT www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.comWebsite Section Tables of Contents:For book Spaceships of EzekielFor book AppendixTextual / Phrase Analysis - Are Blumrich's text Biography of Blumrich - Interview translated from GermanBlumrich's Major Errors in MethodologyOther "Mysteries"Professor. lgnacy Malecki Pyramids and the value of PI Ancient Egyptians standing 80 ton obelisks on end without machinery NASA did not find Joshua's long day. Charles Berlitz plane flying through the Bermuda Triangle Walking barefoot on hot coals Lying on a bed of nails Jesus sweating blood www.SpaceshipsOfEzekiel.com