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

Weapons of the Gods

H OW A NCIENT A LIEN C IVILIZATIONS A LMOST D ESTROYED THE E ARTH

W EAPONS OF THE G ODS

By

N ICK R EDFERN ,

author of Bloodline of the Gods

Copyright 2016 by Nick Redfern

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The Cold War is long gone, as is the Soviet Union. But as numerous post9/11 events have demonstrated, the world is still a dangerous place. In fact, its very dangerous. And its 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 whichif it happensmay 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 warwhich subsided, to everyones relief, in the 1980s and 1990sis about to rise, once again. This time, to stratospheric proportions, and maybe even beyond. The unthinkable may be just around the corner. Were talking about World War Three and with no way back from the brink. The end of the world as we know it? Perhaps. But lets hope not.

Or, maybe, were 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? Theseand many moreare 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. Its 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 howtime and time againcatastrophic 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 confrontationsperhaps beginning on the border of South Korea and North Korea, or in the disputed waters off the coast of Chinato 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 survivorsand 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 confrontationspossibly 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, were not talking about worldwide, near-annihilation. Localized destruction would be a better term to useand a far more accurate one, too.

There is another, and very important, issue that sorely needs addressing, too. Its an issue that many might prefer not to hear. Too bad for them.

Such is the undeniably controversial nature and theme of this book, its vital that a balanced and unbiased approach is very much the order of the day. After all, we are talking about potentially rewriting much of our history, as a species, and in ways that are as amazing as they are extreme. Its an undisputed fact that one can enter the phrase ancient atomic war into ones preferred search engine and find masses of material on such matters. Unfortunately, much of it is provided uncritically, without original sources, and is very often simply copied from other sources that are themselves suspect in terms of the accuracy (or the lack of accuracy) of the material. Worse still, a great deal of that same material is dubious in the extreme. Yet, its continually regurgitated and accepted as the gospel truth.