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Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
these same beings they "channel" from the Galactic Federation on the starship Enterprise in Orion's belt.
You have gotta be kidding right?
They actually claimed they were on the starship Enterprise?
You had to have made that up...
No one could believe that crap....could they?
The starship Enterprise???
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
I was being sarcastic about the starship Enterprise, but i wouldn't doubt it if that was claimed.
Originally posted by GhettoRice
reply to post by bearwithredhat
In the one post you say the 0.5 mile construction would allow a 6000+ ton lift then for some reason in the other post say it can lift 10,000+tons? Plus it seems you just assume 35 times larger craft can lift 35times the weight which is not the case.
I did state that this is an approximation, although a rough proportional increase should occur.
Plus you never talk about how this would be sealed, you only hint to pig bladder possibly that would not hold gas for any extended period of time without proper lining (and be heavy)
If it worked for Count Graf Zeppelin in the Nineteenth Century, why would it not have worked in ancient times? Were the laws of physics so different in Ancient Egypt than in Prussia?
Also the size of the craft you are talking about making and just let the sucker fly in the trade winds is kinda like trying to construct a bridge out of material sent to you in a bottle across the ocean (not very accurate)
There is no reason why other forms of simple propulsion might not have been used, such as simple sails, or even a store of hydrogen to burn off.
Plus the size when you get there would make it un-managable for any team of dudes on a mountain side
Close to the top, the winds should be less.
The greatest disadvantage of the airship is size, which is essential to increasing performance. As size increases, the problems of ground handling increase geometrically.[84] As the German Navy transitioned from the "p" class Zeppelins of 1915 with a volume of over 1,100,000 cu ft (31,000 m3) to the larger "q" class of 1916, the "r" class of 1917, and finally the "w" class of 1918, at almost 2,200,000 cu ft (62,000 m3) ground handling problems reduced the number of days the Zeppelins were able to make patrol flights. This availability declined from 34% in 1915, to 24.3% in 1916 and finally 17.5% in 1918
Given a thousand years to perfect, I see no problem there.
You seem to think a wood built frame would be lighter than steel,
Is it? Remember, you are comparing Nineteenth Century iron to Amazon lumber. We're not talking IKEA chipboard here.
Ever heard of the USS Constitution? Called "Old Ironside" because she was built of Southern Live Oak. Recent tests on Southern Live Oak indicate that it can withstand loads factors of up to 2,452 pounds PER SQUARE INCH. (That like 17 adult men standing on a thick piece of dowling); No wonder cannon balls just bounced off her.
The Amazon ALSO has stuff like Lignum Vitae which is so tough and heavy, it won't float, it just sinks like lead.
when your not thinking of the mass savings by using steel as it is stronger and less would be needed. The idea that a wood frame would be able to be built that was lighter "and stronger" is just mind blasting.
Yes, and although I am British, I do admit that the USS Constitution's Southern Light Oak scared the Birtish sailors #less.
Ad to this you idea of ley line paths over mountains (How did they Ballast this thing?) Changing alt like that means you MUST vent or pressurize the gasses used and you give NO explanation about this either.
If the German Zeppelins of pre-1900 were able to surivive it, why could not the Zeppelins of 10,000 BC?
And then you say well the wind wont affect them as the wind isn't as strong up there? Up where? thousands of feet? Because I thought you said they would be pulled by rope
Across the Sahara, yes, they could have been pulled by loads of horses.
Originally posted by bearwithredhat
Originally posted by coop039
Just when I thought theories couldnt get any stranger along comes a mile long zepplin.
So... a fleet of flying saucers is more reasonable than suggesting that ancient man did it? Ropes, pulleys, levers, none of these could have done it. After thinking hard about this for the last 40 years of my 51 year existence, a Zeppelin is genuinely the only potentially low tech device that I can come up with to have moved these stones.
Remember, an earth or sand bank to move the stones up the Pyramid has been clearly shown to have been impossible for one that height would have certainly collapsed and would have left telltale marks that are just not there.
You mentioned that the stones on the sides of hills may be there cause they had to push them off to gain altitude. Just how does one push a stone that large and heavy off of a mile long zepplin? You said they didnt use ropes, so it wasnt as simple as cutting a line.
Actually, yes, it would have been. The stones COULD have been in a hard wood casing like a sort of scaffording, snatched from the ground by having a part of the superstructure of the Zeppelin slide under the top for instnace. Not saying that this is how but it is one means.
To release, you slash the ropes holding the locks on the supports, sledgehammer the supports aside and it drops like a cinder block through a wet paper bag.
Why are stone circles always found in the close presence of Horses?
Originally posted by randyvs
I suggest that we are a species of diminishing intelligence. And that's why we can't figure out how our more intelligent ancestors did the things they did. They were smarter than our burned out, dumbed down, degenerated, inexperienced, mentally handicapped, more primitive example of what once was. With yet an even shorter life span. Problem solved.edit on 26-6-2012 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bearwithredhat
Deary me, you are all impatient.
The largest blocks on the planet of stones are, I understand , the 10,000 ton basement stones at Baalbeck.