01-11-2008, 12:41 PM
BEN LANGFORD
10Jan08
ANCIENT astronauts landed at Uluru and proceeded to create humankind, according to UFO enthusiasts in America.
The UFO Area website says the astronauts are represented in rock paintings in Central Australia.
"Once upon a time, in a distant past, a huge red 'egg' had difficulties to safely reach the ground and crashed," the story reads, under a picture of Uluru.
"Out of the 'egg' emerged white-skinned beings, followed by their children," it says.
"The adults had problems adapting to the Earth's atmosphere and died. The children managed to survive.
"Later they painted drawings of the adults in honour of their parents.
"Uluru is filled with the legends and myths of Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' when their ancient god-like ancestors moved through the landscape.
"These gods - who were ancient astronauts - came from the sky with a mission. This mission was to create life on Earth."
Parks Australia spokeswoman Mali Stanton said there was not anyone at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park who could comment on the bizarre story.
The complex Aboriginal system of law and beliefs known as Tjukurpa is referred to in the national park plan of management.
The plan refers in part to the creation stories represented in rock art - without astronauts.
"According to Tjukurpa, there was a time when ancestral beings in the form of humans, animals, and plants travelled widely across the land and performed remarkable feats of creation and destruction," it says.
"The journeys of these beings are remembered and celebrated and the record of their activities exists today in aspects and features of the land."
The UFO Area website also carries a story claiming there are three triangular "ancient structures" in the desert near Uluru that may not be natural.
"What is the purpose of these ancient structures and why are they aligned in the same direction?" the website says.
"The Aborigines might know the secret ..."
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/01...tnews.html
10Jan08
ANCIENT astronauts landed at Uluru and proceeded to create humankind, according to UFO enthusiasts in America.
The UFO Area website says the astronauts are represented in rock paintings in Central Australia.
"Once upon a time, in a distant past, a huge red 'egg' had difficulties to safely reach the ground and crashed," the story reads, under a picture of Uluru.
"Out of the 'egg' emerged white-skinned beings, followed by their children," it says.
"The adults had problems adapting to the Earth's atmosphere and died. The children managed to survive.
"Later they painted drawings of the adults in honour of their parents.
"Uluru is filled with the legends and myths of Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' when their ancient god-like ancestors moved through the landscape.
"These gods - who were ancient astronauts - came from the sky with a mission. This mission was to create life on Earth."
Parks Australia spokeswoman Mali Stanton said there was not anyone at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park who could comment on the bizarre story.
The complex Aboriginal system of law and beliefs known as Tjukurpa is referred to in the national park plan of management.
The plan refers in part to the creation stories represented in rock art - without astronauts.
"According to Tjukurpa, there was a time when ancestral beings in the form of humans, animals, and plants travelled widely across the land and performed remarkable feats of creation and destruction," it says.
"The journeys of these beings are remembered and celebrated and the record of their activities exists today in aspects and features of the land."
The UFO Area website also carries a story claiming there are three triangular "ancient structures" in the desert near Uluru that may not be natural.
"What is the purpose of these ancient structures and why are they aligned in the same direction?" the website says.
"The Aborigines might know the secret ..."
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/01...tnews.html
