Weapons of the Gods: How Ancient Alien Civilizations Almost Destroyed the Earth

197 Pages·2016·2.62 MB·English

by  Nick Redfern

Weapons of the Gods
H A A C A D
OW NCIENT LIEN IVILIZATIONS LMOST ESTROYED
E
THE ARTH
W G
EAPONS OF THE ODS
By
N R ,
ICK EDFERN
author of Bloodline of the Gods
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I
would like to offer my very sincere thanks and deep appreciation to everyone
at New Page Books and Career Press, particularly Michael Pye, Laurie Kelly-
Pye, Lauren Manoy, Jeff Piasky, Adam Schwartz, and Jodi Brandon; and to all
the staff at Warwick Associates for their fine promotion and publicity
campaigns. And a special thank you goes out to my literary agent, Lisa Hagan,
without whom you would not be reading these words.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1
Nukes of the Gods
Chapter 2
Targeted for Destruction
Chapter 3
Cities Turned to Radioactive Ash
Chapter 4
An Alien Attack on a Pharaoh
Chapter 5
The Strange Saga of the Iron Thunderbolt
Chapter 6
Top Guns Over Ancient India
Chapter 7
Aerial Anomaly vs. Misidentification
Chapter 8
Radioactive Skeletons?
Chapter 9
Creating a Crater With an Atomic Bomb
Chapter 10
Atomic Armageddon in the United States of America
Chapter 11
The Battle of Crater Lake
Chapter 12
Death in the Valley
Chapter 13
Tales of Alien Death Rays
Chapter 14
Electricity in Ancient Egypt
Chapter 15
An Alien Secret Weapon?
Chapter 16
From Atomic War to Ice Age
Chapter 17
Mars Attacks
Chapter 18
Scotland’s Vitrified Forts
Chapter 19
Armageddon Above, Survival Below
Chapter 20
We Enter the Atomic Age
Chapter 21
Secrets of the Past
Chapter 22
From Past to Present
Conclusions
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
The Cold War is long gone, as is the Soviet Union. But as numerous post–
9/11 events have demonstrated, the world is still a dangerous place. In fact, it’s
very dangerous. And it’s getting even more dangerous by the day. In 2015 alone,
we saw Chinese hackers infiltrate and steal files on millions of Americans. The
Russians began to flex their muscles even more. There was talk of the military
minions of Vladimir Putin placing new atomic arsenals in the heart of Europe,
something which—if it happens—may force the United States to do likewise, as
a vital counter-measure. North Korea continued to be a big problem on the
nuclear front, as did Iran. A Russian passenger plane, en route to Egypt, was
blasted out of the sky, killing everyone onboard. November 2015 brought a
shocking terrorist attack in Paris, France, as well as threats against Brussels,
Belgium. And on top of that, in the same month, the Turkish military shot down
a Russian fighter plane, something that provoked worried words that a Russian-
NATO confrontation might well be almost inevitable. Then, in December, a pair
of terrorists went on a rampage in California.
As a result of all these combined and worrying issues, dark murmurings
suggest that the threat of all-out, worldwide, atomic war—which subsided, to
everyone’s relief, in the 1980s and 1990s—is about to rise, once again. This
time, to stratospheric proportions, and maybe even beyond. The unthinkable may
be just around the corner. We’re talking about World War Three and with no
way back from the brink. The end of the world as we know it? Perhaps. But let’s
hope not.
Or, maybe, we’re talking about our own potential extermination becoming
just the latest in a long line of Armageddon-style events; ones in which ancient
civilizations and cultures were destroyed, and after which slow and torturous
processes of recovery began. Is it possible that our civilization is, in reality, just
the latest in a long line of many? Did previous cultures blossom, develop, and
thrive, only to be destroyed by something akin to the very same atomic
technology that threatens our entire society today? Was that technology created
and unleashed by hostile extraterrestrials (ETs), ones with very little care,
regard, or thought for the poor inhabitants of planet Earth? Even more
incredible, could some of that very same technology have been shared with
certain ancient, elite humans? Might we, then, be talking about atomic
confrontations involving aliens and humans? These—and many more—are the
controversial and thought-provoking questions at the heart of Weapons of the
Gods. Quite reasonably, the skeptic might say: Where is the evidence? The
answer is, for many, shockingly simple. For them, the evidence is everywhere.
It’s a case of knowing where to look for it that really counts. But, how we
interpret that same evidence is important, too.
In the pages that follow, I take us on a disturbing journey into the distant past,
into the worlds of forgotten lands, of unknown people, and of long-dead
civilizations largely relegated to the domains of folklore and legend. I show how
—time and time again—catastrophic events of an atomic nature may have
decimated major portions of the planet, eradicating entire cultures and killing
people on scales we can scarcely begin to imagine or comprehend.
As will become apparent, atomic warfare in the past appears to have been
very different from what we would likely see occur in our civilization today.
God forbid it ever happens, but if World War Three does erupt, in all likelihood
it will quickly transform from localized confrontations—perhaps beginning on
the border of South Korea and North Korea, or in the disputed waters off the
coast of China—to an all-out atomic exchange between the West, China, and
Russia. In no more than mere hours, our civilization will be over and obliterated.
Forever. There will be no going back. And there will hardly be any going
forward, either. The planet, too, will suffer incredible damage, particularly to the
eco-system and the atmosphere. Life will be grim for the few bands of survivors
—and not just for decades. Maybe for centuries. We might even be talking about
for millennia. In considerable contrast to all that, however, is a situation that may
have occurred long ago.
Most, if not all, of the available data that points in the direction of atomic
exchanges thousands of years ago suggests not worldwide wars, but localized
confrontations—possibly involving the equivalents of what today are known as
“tactical” atomic weapons. Of course, for the people directly caught up in the
deadly attacks, the end result would have been the same as it might very well be
for us one day. The big difference, however, is that, whereas the ancient wars
may have caused major damage to both the Earth and its people, we’re not
talking about worldwide, near-annihilation. “Localized destruction” would be a