At the top of this list of “the 40 most memorable aliens” (via SF Signal), the Times makes this interesting claim:
Both The Old Testament and the Sanskrit epics describe strange beings coming to Earth in flying machines.
But then doesn’t go on to mention any specific examples. But apparently there are many, including a wheel in the sky seen by the prophet Ezekiel. Who knew?
There’s a great old spiritual called “Ezekiel Saw the Wheel” (Lyrics and cheesy MIDI: http://www.my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/ezekiel.html)
There’s an interesting theory about aliens / fairies / elves / other peoples that all of these things are essentially the same phenomenon. Now there are people who will argue that aliens are actually fairies, and people who will argue that fairies were actually aliens, but the basic idea is we are re-interpreting the same sorts of visitations based on our current context. Which I think is a fascinating idea.
Who knew?
Well, I did. And so did most of the folks who read Erich Von Daniken’s (sp?) books, or their equivalents, as kids.
I mean, I’m just sayin’.