Mysteries of the Past

Fossilized footprints such as these--which certainly appear to be human--have been found throughout the southwestern United States, most often in geologic strata indicative of 250 million years old. Geologist Dr. W.G. Burroughs studied a number of such tracks found in strata of the Pennsylvanian Period of the Paleozoic Era (250 million years ago) and named the unknown originator of the tracks Phenathropus mirabilis ("looks human, remarkable").

Dr. Clifford Burdick spent more than 30 years in a study of what would appear to be human footprints in strata contemporaneous with dinosaur tracks (circa 65 million years ago)

In May of 1971, tour guide and amateur geologist/archaeologist Lin Ottinger found traces of what appeared to be human (Homo sapiens) remains in a geological stratum approximately 100 million years old. The remarkable find was made at the Big Indian Copper Mine in Lisbon Valley, about 35 miles south of Moab, Utah. This photo, from Mysteries of Time and Space, was used with permission from the Department of Anthropology, University of Utah.

While the Steigers were in Peru investigating evidence concerning a vast prehistory for humankind, Sherry was intuitively led to particular site where she discovered what appears to be a human handprint fossilized in stone.

In 1895, miners working near Bridlevale Falls, California, discovered the tomb of a woman whose skeletal remains indicated that she had stood 6-feet 8-inches in height. She was clutching the remains of a child to her breast. In 1898, scientists excavating in Death Valley found the fossilized remains of a female who stood 7-feet 6-inches in height and whose spine bore several extra "buttons" at its base, indicating that in life the woman had been endowed with a tail-like appendage. In 1974, the skeleton of a 7-foot woman was found sealed in a cave at the crest of a high mesa near Chalk Mountain, Texas.

Who chopped wood in Arizona's Petrified Forest before the trees became petrified? This specimen of petrified tree clearly shows the unmistakable markings of an axe.

How could the ancient people of the Andes have cut and placed massive stone blocks--some weighing 200 tons--so precisely and firmly in place without the use of mortar. And how could they have cut and shaped such blocks? Here in the sacred city of Ollantaytambo, Sherry and Brad think they may have found a clue. Notice the large boulder at the right of the picture. The left side has been smoothed as if being readied for placement, but see how a thin cutting line continues an incomplete edging through the rough part of the boulder. What tool or mechanism did the ancient Peruvians possess that could make such a laserlike line through solid rock?

Did some unknown prehistoric civilization utilize such massive unidentified machinery as this huge "what's it?" said by an informant of ours to have been excavated from a great depth circa 1990-91 on government property during work on a secret project? According to our anonymous informant, this incredible, gargantuan artifact--see how it dwarfs the dumpster on its left side--and five or six exactly like it were unearthed, then reburied in the same area. The surface of the mysterious apparatus is covered with peculiar hieroglyphs.

In their remarkable book, UFOs Are Here! (Originally entitled The Rainbow Conspiracy), Brad and Sherry present an amazing photograph of a fantastic machine that may have been the product of an ancient civilization of advanced technology that once occupied North America or the creation of a highly advanced extraterrestrial civilization. The surface of this mysterious apparatus is covered with peculiar hieroglyphics that appear similar to characters in ancient Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Experts in ancient languages have been unable to reach a consensus as to the exact translation of the glyphs. Herewith is a rubbing from the surface of the machine.

Researcher David Adair contacted the Steigers and informed them that an anonymous source had given him a copy of the massive machinery taken from a slightly different angle. He had also been given a sample rubbing, which he, in turn, had presented to a language lab at a major university. These experts claimed that a partial translation of the rubbing that Adair had been given would read, "experiment...lab...able...nine...cup."

Some readers of UFOs Are Here have commented that the mysterious machine reminded them of the technology employed by the scientist [Jodie Foster] in the motion picture, Contact, referring to the massive instrumentation that projected her space capsule to another dimension or another world to make contact with a higher intelligence. Is this ancient machine a kind of Star Gate?