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country of their planet, but was a free and independent with different animals. Some animals were crossed
Mysteries of community in space, with its own religion and political into hybrids, and others were newly created by genetic
system. But one day the majority of the population of the
engineering [1].
Ancient Egypt were searching for adventure in outer space. Maybe they After a few generations, the space colony’s tanks were
space colony decided to leave their planetary system. They
replenished with raw materials, fresh liquids, and food
were a religious community feeling the missionary urge to
bring the message of their universal god to other possible
civilizations. Every scientist and technician in their space- of all kinds; everything was ready for a renewed space
journey. Before leaving, they promised the natives that
city knew that it was impossible to accelerate their colony after a long, long time, they would return to this point in
Erich von Däniken to a high speed. Therefore, they decided to use the space- the universe.
city as a slow-motion generational spaceship. Love, life
Part 1 and death were a daily theme onboard; new generations Did something like this happen in mankind’s past? Were
came and died, while the space colony was slowly oating our ancestors visited from outer space? And what does my
through the Universe. With a speed of only two percent of science- ction story have in common with Jesus? In both
the speed of light, they covered ten light-years in every 500 cases, we have no direct proof to substantiate the story.
of Earth’s years. Like Jesus, the extraterrestrials left no written documents,
no signatures, and no direct evidence of their visit. How
After a journey of perhaps ten generations, the space colony then could we prove that they were here? In exactly the
entered a new solar system. Everyone onboard was very same way that we prove the cruci xion of Jesus.
happy because they knew that here they would nd new
raw materials, new sources of energy, fresh water and, In the same way that artists infl uenced
(This article was rst published in 1990 and is reprinted here with permission of the author.) Photo: Giza Plateau
naturally, fresh food of all kinds. Even though the space by the gospels created wonderful paintings,
colonists were humanoids, obviously they didn’t have the sculptures, cathedrals, and churches, artists
As we all know, Jesus Christ was cruci ed in Jerusalem
there is absolutely no direct evidence for the life and death before Christ constructed incredible temples,
some 2,000 years ago. Why do we know this? Silly same stomachs as we have. They were used to different
of Jesus, and yet the fact of his cruci xion is never doubted? pyramids, and sculptures memorializing and
question—everybody knows it. There are written kinds of food and the minerals and bacteria in their liquids
were not exactly the same as in our water. honoring the extraterrestrials, called “the
records—the Holy Gospels. There are thousands of
Once upon a time, humanoid beings existed somewhere gods,”
cathedrals, churches, and chapels around the world
in our galaxy. They had an advanced technology, and on
with sculptures representing the cruci ed Jesus. Is this A hectic time began for the space colonists. One group was
their home planet, it all started similarly to our own. First,
not enough to prove that Jesus was cruci ed on Earth? searching for raw materials and food, while another group because mankind had no other word in those days to
they developed small vehicles that could launch small was making routine repairs to the generational spaceship. describe anyone who traveled in space.
However, the thousands of architects of cathedrals and
components of a space station into an orbit. Then came a The group looking for food and raw materials was very
artists who created wonderful structures and sculptures
spacelab, which became larger and larger until nally it was
were not eyewitnesses to Jesus’s life. Neither Michelangelo lucky; they discovered a planet lled with organic material, When I ask an archaeologist why our ancestors constructed
a gigantic platform, some sort of small space-city. Like on with animals of all kinds and primitive intelligent humanoid gigantic temples and structures, the answer is always the
nor any Pope was present at the Last Supper and not one
Earth, the space city of the extraterrestrials was expensive beings. These primitive beings were very impressed by the same: for the gods. “For the gods?” I ask. “Well,” they
artist of the last 1,900 years listened to the Sermon on
and, therefore, the community up there produced different extraterrestrials, but also frightened because they did not reply, “the gods in nature, the gods of lightning, the gods
the Mount; but without exception, they have all become
articles that could only be manufactured in space. These
instruments of the tradition. understand what was going on. The spacemen, however, of thunder, the earthquake gods, or simply the Sun, which
goods were sold to their own mother planet, and after two studied the primitive beings, like ethnologists would do on they worshipped as a god.”
generations, the space city was paid for and the inhabitants our planet, and as a kind of intellectual aid to developing
Jesus himself left not one single authenticated object that became its owners. This space-city did not belong to any
we can see in a museum; he wrote not a single letter nor societies, they taught the natives in different elds. And Wonderful. So the starting point for the old religions was
because of their special requirements regarding food, the nature. I do not doubt for a second that, in many cases,
left his signature on any document. Isn’t it incredible that
geneticists of the space colonists started a genetic program religious faith began as a result of natural phenomena not
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