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The Hindu Srimad Bhagavatam tells of a demon race which invaded the three plane- tary systems. Opposing the demons was the god Shiva, who, it is recorded, possessed a powerful weapon that he fired at the enemy airships from his own. In the ancient Ramayana, there is mention of an iron thunderbolt capable of killing hundreds of thou- sands of humans. It was also said to be so powerful that it could have destroyed the Earth. These weapons could only be used by royal decree. There are even passages where it mentions the fact that the weapon was used as retaliation for the other side using it first. In another Vedic tome called Samarangana Sutradhara, there is mention of manned space rockets, as well as their means of propulsion. In the Samara Sudradhara, we find mention of the use of biological weapons, each of which pro- duced its own specific effect. The Samhara debilitated its victims by attacking the motor center of the brain, and the Moha caused blockage of nerve impulses, resulting in complete paralysis. In the Chinese Feng shen veni — i, we find similar descriptions of germ warfare, and again reference is made to specific weapons causing specific results. The Indian philosopher Aulukya discussed in his teachings the miniature solar system within the atom, molecular construction and transformation, as well as the The- ory of Relativity, more than 2800 years before Einstein. From the epic Mahabharata, we read the following astonishing passage: It was as if the elements had been unleashed. The sun spun round. Scorched by the incandes- cent heat of the weapon, the world reeled in fever. Elephants were set on fire by the heat and ran to and fro in a frenzy...water boiled, animals died, the enemy was mown down and the raging of the blaze made the trees collapse....Horses and war chariots were burnt up... Thousands of chariots were destroyed, then deep silence descended on the sea. ...The corpses of the fallen were mutilated by the terrible heat so that they no longer looked like human beings. Never before have we seen such a ghastly weapon and never before have we heard of such a weapon. His Saubha clung to the sky at a league's length...He threw at me rockets, missiles, spears, spikes, battle-axes, three-bladed javelins, flame-throwers, without pausing....The sky...seemed to hold a hundred suns, a hundred moons...and a hundred myriad stars. Neither day nor night could be made out, or the points of compass. 43 The World Falls Dead When the Mahabharata was to be translated in the last half of the nineteenth century into modern languages, the descriptions of ancient warfare were generally expunged. Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation