Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

6 - Rarities, Curiosities And Speculations
"The answer to your first question is an unequivocal yes! But I don't agree with the word
indications.' The general appearance of the spaceship described by Ezekiel can be
winkled out of his account Then an engineer can set aside his report and reconstruct a
flying machine with the same characteristics. If he then shows that the result is not only
technically possible, but also practical and well thought out in every respect, and
moreover finds details and processes described in Ezekiel's account that tally perfectly
with his own conclusion, you can no longer call them merely indications!"
"I know that you have written a book about your reflections and your calculations based
on the prophet Ezekiel's data. (*) According to your calculations, was it possible to give
data concerning comparative dimensions and technical know-how?"
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[*] Blumrich's book, The Spaceships of Ezekiel, is published by Corgi Books.
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"To my surprise it was possible to do so fairly accurately. Because of the vagueness in
the prophet's original account, the mathematical side of the investigation was carried out
parametrically, i.e. a series of variables were tried step by step. Naturally an
extrapolation over and above the present-day state of technology that was partially based
on theoretically known possibilities and partially on estimated values was also
necessary. I found out that Ezekiel's spaceship has very credible dimensions and belongs
to a stage of technology which modern man will not reach for some decades!"
"I have no desire to pirate the results of your investigations before they are published,
but I am naturally curious to know whether any questions are still left unanswered. Can
you name two of them?"
"With pleasure. One concerns two rather similar possibilities. Does the account contain a
mixture of visions and actual events or does it mention solely real observations? The
second is what was the actual site of the temple to which Ezekiel was flown. Jerusalem
cannot really be fitted into the two possibilities suggested. Obviously it would be of the
highest importance to establish the actual site."
"Mr. Blumrich, do you realize that you're going to shock the Old Testament scholars-and
others as well-with your logical calculations and reflections?"
"Undoubtedly a shock is unavoidable. Nevertheless, I hope to be able to reduce the
duration of this shock to a minimum, because my book will contain all the technical data
that I used for my calculations and reconstruction. It is all there in black and white.
Anyone who doubts can check my work himself or have it checked. It doesn't take long
and once it has been checked, the biggest shock should already have been overcome.
There is no other way out. Naturally a longish time will have to elapse before my