Dead Men's Secrets: Tantalising Hints of a Lost Super Race

393 Pages·2004·11.08 MB·English

by  Jonathan Gray

DEAD MEN’S SECRETS

Tantalising Hints of a Lost Super Race

By

JONATHAN GRAY
© 2004 by Jonathan Gray. All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 04/07/04

ISBN: 1-4140-3749-X (e-book)
ISBN: 1-4184-2555-9 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1-4184-2556-7 (Dust Jacket)

Printed in the United States of America
Bloomington, Indiana

This book is printed on acid free paper.
DEDICATION

To that courageous band of prehistorians who have dared to say publicly
what many others have known in their hearts—that their emperor has
nothing on.
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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE...............................................................................................ix

PART ONE: HOW AN ORGINAL SUPER WORLD
VANISHED .........................................................................1
1. THE DAY THE EARTH TIPPED OVER.......................................3
(How a worldwide super culture vanished in a cosmic
disaster)
2. SEARCH........................................................................................11
(Why the first cities suddenly hatched out of nowhere, fully
mature)
3. MYSTERIOUS MESSAGES IN THE CANYON.........................23
(How somebody mapped our whole planet before “history”
began)
4. OPERATION SPIDER WEB.........................................................35
(An incredible electric web that gave one city world control)
5. SUDDEN FURY............................................................................45
(How the global tyranny collapsed—and why mankind has
been slipping since)
6. LOST SURVIVORS......................................................................57
(After ruined cities, came “Stone Age” man)
7. SOMEBODY’S MISREADING THE TIME.................................67
(Why dating methods don’t work for the origin of man)
8. DID SPACE GIANTS EXPERIMENT WITH US?......................75
(Did we originate on earth or in some other galaxy?)
9. VANISHING EVIDENCE.............................................................77
(The case of the disappearing clues)
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PART TWO: CLUES THEY LEFT BEHIND........................................85
10. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADMIRAL OT................................87
(Geographical)
11. SECRET PLANET—ARE WE IN FOR MORE
SURPRISES?................................................................................105
(Astronomical)
12. TRAVEL FAST AND LIVE LONGER........................................123
(Cosmology)
13. WHO BEAT OUR COMPUTERS?..............................................127
(Mathematical)
14. THE SAD FATE OF THE GOLD GARDENS............................131
(Metallurgy)
15. MICROSCOPE ON A SEXY SPIDER.........................................143
(Glasswork)
16. STRANGE RUINS ON THE SEABED........................................149
(Large-size construction)
17. JOURNEY INTO THE UNEXPECTED......................................177
(Construction techniques and house features)
18. PERFUME PLEASE, THE GAME STINKS!..............................193
Town Planning and Social Organization
19. FORBIDDEN TUNNELS.............................................................199
(Engineering)
20. MYSTERY OF THE SCREAMING ROBOT..............................219
(Mechanical devices)
21. THE PHOTO SPIES.....................................................................229
(Everyday items)
22. BIKINI GIRLS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN............................235
(Clothing and adornment)
23. THE CRYSTAL SKULL..............................................................239
(Art and sculpture)
24. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE CAR CRASH.......................245
(Health and medical)
25. RUINS THAT GLOW IN THE NIGHT.......................................259
(Electricity)
26. THE MERCURY SECRET...........................................................277
(Flight)
27. To the moon and beyond—WERE WE ON THE MOON IN
2309 B.C.?.....................................................................................299
(To the moon and beyond)
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28. COULD SCIENCE MAKE YOU INVISIBLE?..........................307
(Some intriguing secrets)
29. TOO LATE FOR ESCAPE..........................................................317
(Weaponry)

EPILOGUE..............................................................................................333
APPENDIX: Notes on the Crespi Collection.........................................337
BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................341
OTHER BOOKS.....................................................................................349
NOTES......................................................................................................357
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PROLOGUE

A
t the time, Professor Martin Byron was in Melbourne, Australia, on a
scientific lecture tour. He had just stepped under the shower, when a
sharp tingle sent him scurrying to his bedside phone.
Pasadena, California. “Martin, there’s been another sighting of the
Black Knight. The NASA men are calling for details. Kazantsev in
Moscow is pushing for an immediate expedition to the vicinity. We want
you back as soon as possible.”
Byron set down the receiver. So it was on again. Not sighted for twenty
years. And now…He snatched up the mouthpiece and dialed another
number.

I was still some fifteen minutes away from Byron’s hotel apartment,
which afforded time for reflection.
It was, I recalled, in October 1957, that man’s most daring triumph—
Sputnik I—had been rocketed suddenly into orbit 584 miles above the earth.
With excitement, mingled almost with disbelief, millions worldwide had
scanned the night sky to glimpse that shining artificial moon skimming on
its path east to west against the canopy of stars. Within four months
America had followed suit.
So, after aeons of tortoise-paced development, humanity had suddenly
leapt off the planet; it was startling—and we were alive to see it!
Then came a bizarre discovery. It was hushed up quickly, I recalled.
I was now at Byron’s hotel. The ignition key off, I sat, musing.
As tracking stations swung into action to monitor these new moons, the
night sky had tossed up an awesome mystery. Another satellite was
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