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Index

The numbers of pages on which illustrations appear are in italics.

Abominable Snowman (Yeti), 206, 211 North American counterpart, 211-217 on postage stamps, 211

Ahu platforms: Easter Island, 150, 155, 156, 161

Air Force, U.S.: Project Blue Book, 92-93, 95-96

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): symposium, 93

Anencephaly, 223 Angkor Thorn (ruins), Cambodia: pyramid,

130 Angkor Wat (ruin), Cambodia, 106 Anita (ship), 179, 181 Ararat, Mount, Turkey, 259, 265, 266 Archaeopteryx, 86 Arnold, Ken, 90, 92 Ashford Hollow, N.Y.: sculpture, 270,271 Astroarchaeology, 48-52, 122-123, 124,

125 Astrolabe, 227-228 Astrology, 225-237 Astronauts, ancient (theory), 8-9, 18, 20,

63-88, 100, 135, 151, 160, 199 Atkinson, R. J. C., 110-112, 116, 119-120 Atlantis theory, 11-12, 187-202, 243 Aubrey, John, 110, 116 Aubrey Holes, Stonehenge, 110, 122-123 Aztec (people), 31-32, 131

Baalbek (ruins), Syria, 101 Bacon, Francis, 66

quoted,29 Baker, Melvin, 185 Balsiger, Dave, 259, 260, 261, 266, 267 Basalt columns, 81-82,82 Baxter, Louise, 210-211, 213 Beaker people: Britain, 119 Beltane Stone, Mystery HiD, 55, 55, 57 Bent Pyramid, Dashur, 139-140 Bering land bridge, Asia-North America, 27,

29 Berlitz, Charles, 197

quoted, 11, 12,34 Bermuda Triangle, 6, 7, 171- 186

map, 172 Bhutan: postage stamps, 211 Bible: theories relying on, 19, 90, 132,

240-241,244,259-268 Bigfoot, 211-217

sign marking sighting, 214 Bimini (island), Bahamas: Atlantis theory, 10,

197 Bird-man cult Easter lslimd, 165-167

carvings, 165, 166, 167 Blue Book, Project: U.S. Air Force, 92-93,

95-96 Bluestones: Stonehenge, 125

map, 109

277

278 Index

Bluestones: Stonehenge (cont.) transportation, llO,-1l( Ii2, 113, 115,

125 map of route, 112

Bluff Creek, Calif.: Bigfoot movies, 216 Bord, Janet and Colin: quoted, 124 Borst, L. B. and B. M.: quoted, 26 Both, Ernst, 49

quoted, 50-51 Bowman, John S., 201 Brahe, Tycho, 228 Brennan, J. H: quoted, 90 British Honduras: Maya, 146 Bronze Age people: Wessex culture:

Stonehenge builders, 119- 120 Buffalo Ellening News: quoted, 99 Bunford, Jane, 209 Byrne, Charles, 209 Byrne, Peter, 215

Calendars Egyptian, 227 Maya, 31 Stonehenge as, 123, 124

California Bigfoot sightings, 213-214, 216 Chumash Indians, 121

Cambodia Angkor Thorn pyramid, 130 Angkor Wat, 106

Camp, L. Sprague de, 87,189,198,201,255 Canals, prehistOriC, construction of, 131 Canoes, Polynesian sea-going, 160, 160-161 Canopy Theory, 120-122 Carbon-14 dating, 6, 47, 70, 267 Cardiff Giant hoax, 209-210, 210 Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean, 81 Carr, Frank, 222 Carter, George: quoted, 41, 143 Catastrophist: defined, 240 Cathie, Bruce, 100-101 Cayce, Edgar, 200 Celts (people), theories about

New England presence, 17, 46, 49, 51, 54, 55,58-60

Stonehenge builders, 115-116 ChampolIion, Jean-Fran~is, 142 Charleton, Walter, 115 Charroux, Robert: quoted, 66

Cheops (Khufu), Great Pyramid of, Giza, 72, 75, 105, 127, 128, 128, 129, 132-133, 135, 140

Childe, Gordon: quoted, 17 China

Fu Sang story, 22 Great Wall, 75

Chrysostom, John, 266 Chumash Indians: California, 121 City Belle (ship), 175 Coast Guard, U.S.: rescues, 176-177 Coelacanths, 219 Cohen, Daniel: quoted, 187 Comets, 255, 256 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of

Claims of the Paranormal, 12, 236 Connemam IV (yacht), 179 Conrad, Joseph: quoted, 171 Continental drift theory, 66, 71,190-191,200 Cook, James, 152 Coral reefs, 247-248 Coronado, Francisco de, 62 Cousteau, Jacques, 195 Couvade, 23- 24 Crab Nebula, 234 Craig, Jim, 213 Crete (island), Greece: Minoan civilization, end

of, 197, 199, 254 Crow Indians: legend, 222 Crowhurst, Donald, 178 Cyclops, U.S.S., 174, 175, 186 Cyr, Donald, 120-122

Daniel, Glyn: quoted, 54 Darius (Persian king), 131 Darwin, Charles, 7-8 Dashur, Egypt: pyramid, 139-140 Davenport Colony, Iowa, 60-61 Decan stars, 227 Devil's (Bermuda) Triangle, 6, 7, 171-186 Dietz, Robert S., 200 Diodorus Siculus (Greek): quoted, 107 Diringer, D., 54 Dixon, Jeane, 232 Dixon, Roland: quoted, 24 Djozer (Egyptian king): pyramid tomb, 138,

138-139 Druids (sect), 115-116

"cupules," purported, 51, 51-52,52

Index 279

Earth: origin theories, 70, 102 Earthquakes, incidence of, 101 Easter Island, South Pacific, 149-168

bird-man cult, 165-167 carvings, 165, 166, 167

history, 151-152, 160-163 map, 154 statues, 5, 73, 105, 150, 154-159,

155-159,161,162-163,163,164,168 topography, 153

Edwards, 1. E. S., 140 Eels: Loch Ness Monster theory, 221-222 Egyptians, 19,265

astrology, 227 Atlantis story, 189, 198 diffusion theories, 20, 24, 60- 61 exodus story, 240 See also Pyramids

Einstein, Albert: quoted, 273 Encyclopaedia Britannica: cited, 7, 234, 253 England: see Stonehenge Epictetus (Greek): quoted, 1 Epigraphy, 52-58 Evans, Bergen, 42 Evolutionary theory, support for, 85- 88 Ewing, Maurice, 192, 200 Extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH), 92, 97-101 Eye Stone, Mystery Hill, 56, 57

Farley, Gloria: quoted, 61 Feldman, Mark: quoted, 32, 41, 61 Fell, Barry, 49, 50, 51, 53-55, 57, 58-60 Figueroa, Gonzalo, 153 Heming, Thomas: quoted, 37 Right 19: disappearance, 172- 173, 185 Hood stories

Atlantis, 11-12, 187-201, 243 factual basis for, 201-202, 267-268 Noah's Ark, 259-267

"Flying saucer": origin of term, 90, 92 Fort, Charles, 65 Fortifications, prehistoric: building of, 131 Frison, George C., 82 Fu Sang hypothesis, 22

Gaddis, Vincent, 174 Gauquelin (Frenchman), 235 Geoffrey of Monmouth, 115 Ghost ships, 175, 178, 179, 182

Giants, 208, 208- 209 hoax, 209-210,210

Gigantopithecus (extinct ape): teeth, 209,209 Gill, George w., 82, 84, 213-214, 223 Gill, William B., 96-97 Giza, Egypt

mastaba tomb, 137 pyramids, 72, 75, 105, 127, 128,128-130,

132-133, 135, 140 Glendo skeleton: Wyoming, 82-84,83 Gloger's Rule, 213 Godfrey, William, 35 Goodavage, Joseph: quoted, 231, 234-235 Goodwin, William B., 38-39 Grave Creek, W. Va.: tablet, 53 Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Giza, 72,

75, 105, 127, 128, 128, 129, 132- 133, 135,140

Great Wall of China, 75 Greeks, 132, 190,227,260; see also Crete;

Plato Green, Gabriel: quoted, 93 Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y., 98 Guatemala: Maya: see Tikal Guenette, Robert and Frances, 211, 212, 213,

215, 216

Halley's Comet, 256 "Halos" (ice refraction), theory of, 120- 122 Hammond, Norman: quoted, 146 Harris, J. R., 135 Hawkins, Gerald, 48, 117, 122- 123, 125 Heel Stone, Stonehenge, 108, 109,110,111,

113, 122 Heizer, Robert: quoted, 47, 125 Heligoland (island), North Sea: Atlantis theory,

198 Hellwald, Frederic de: quoted, 22 Herodotus (Greek), 132 Heyerdahl, Thor, 20, 69, 152, 158, 164 "Hidden Halo" hypothesis, 120-122 Hieroglyphs

Egyptian, 141, 142 Maya, 53

Hitler, Adolf, 228 Hoffman, Melvin, 53 Hole, Frank quoted, 47, 125 Horoscopes, 225-237 Hoyle, Fred, 123

280 Index

Hull, George, 210 The Humanist magazine: antiastrology

statement, 236 Hunter, John, 209 Hutin, Serge, 199 Hydrocarbon deluge (theory), 250-252,257 Hynek, J. Allen, 94, 96

quoted, 89, 92

"Ice Ages," 29, 43, 201-202, 245, 248, 260 map of ice advance, 202

Ice crystal theory, 120-122 Imhotep (Egyptian), 139 Inca (people), 32 Independent invention (theory): defined, 24 Indiana: UFO, 99 Indians of the Americas, 31-32, 121, 122,

124, 131, 222 origin theories, 19-22, 27

map, 21 See also Maya; Paleo-Indians

Ingstad, Helge: quoted, 36 Inverness, Scotland: Loch Ness Monster, 206,

217-222 Iowa: Davenport Colony, 60-61

James, T. G. A, 132 Jeffery, Edmond: quoted, 132 Jeffrey, Adi-KentThomas: quoted, 7, 171,183 Jupiter (planet)

radiations, 234 Venus's "parent" (theory), 240, 256, 257

Keel, John A: quoted, 5, 11, 103 Kensington Stone: Minnesota, 35 Kepler, Johannes, 228 Keyhoe, Donald E., 97

quoted, 93, 98- 99 Khafra, pyramid of, Giza, 128 Khufu, Great Pyramid of, Giza, 72, 75, 105,

127,128,128,129,132-133,135,140 Kidder, A. V.: quoted, 27 Kiem, Betty Jean, 99 Kolosimo, Peter, 7, 66, 84, 146, 164, 167 Krakatoa (island), Indonesia: eruption, 197,

252-253, 254 Kusche, Lawrence, 178, 183, 184, 186

La Dahoma (schooner), 175, 186 L'Anse aux Meadows, NewfouncBand, 36-37

La Perouse, Jean, 152 Laplace, Pierre Simon: nebular hypothesis, 70,

102 Lavachery, Henri, 152 Ley lines, theory of, 120 "Utile People": Wyoming, 222, 222-223 Loch Ness Monster, 206, 217-222

silhouettes of sightings, 220 Lucas, A, 135

McDivitt, James A, 98 McDonald, James E., 93 McGervey, John D.: article by, 236-237 Mcintyre, Loren, 80 McKay, Colleen, 213 McKusick, Marshall, 61 Main, Cecil, 222 Mammoths, frozen, 249- 250 Manna, 253 Maps, controversial

P"1Ii Re'is map, 78 Vinland Map, 33

Marine archaeology, 195 Mars (planet): Velikovsky's theory, 241, 255 Mary Celeste (ship), 178 Mastaba tombs, 129, 136-137, 137, 139

figures from, 138, 141 Mastodons, 249 Maya

earliest architecture, 146 hieroglyphs, decoding of, 53 level of dvilization, 6-7, 31 pyramids, 74,130, 142-143,144, 145,146 space travelers, (theory), 8-9 vessel, 45,45

Meidum, Egypt: pyramid, 139-140 Memphis (ruins), Egypt: Step Pyramid, 138,

138-139 Mendelssohn, Kurt, 139 Menzel, Donald, 94, 96, 97

quoted,95 Meresankh III, Queen (Egypt): tomb, 137 Meteor craters: formation, 100-101 Metraux, Alfred, 152, 162, 166-167 Mexico: pyramids, 74, 130, 142- 143, 143,

145 Migration, 24-26 Minnesota

"Iceman," 215 Kensington Stone, 35

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Minoan civilization, end of, 197, 199, 254 Moerman, P.: quoted, 74, 87, 88 Monsters

Bigfoot, 210-217 definition, 205-207, 208 giants, 208-210 "Little People," 222-223 Loch Ness Monster, 217-222 movies about, 205

Mooney, Richard E., 10, 11, 116, 117, 133, 199-200

Morrison, Philip: quoted, 93 Motu-nui (island), near Easterlsland, 165, 166,

166 Mulloy, William, 153, 156, 159

quoted, 161, 162, 167-168 Mummies: Wyoming, 222, 222-223 Mystery Hill, N.H., 37-46, 48, 54-55

Beltane Stone, 55, 55, 57 chamber, 39 cross-sectional drawing, 44 Eye Stone, 56, 57 map, 40 solar abgnments, 49, 49-50

Nan Madol (archaeological site), Caroline Islands, 81

Napoleon Bonaparte, 19, 127 quoted, 127

Navarra, Fernand, 267 Nazca lines: Peru, 80 Nebular hypothesis: origin of earth, 70, 102 Neolothic people: Britain, 118-119 Neptune (planet), 232 New England: sites studied, 33-35,34,

51-52,59-60; see also Mystery Hill, N.H.

New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA), 41, 42,43, 46,48-49

New Guinea: UFO sightings, 96 New Hampshire: see Mystery Hill New Mexico: UFO sighting, 96 New York Times: quoted, 98 Newell, William, 209, 210 Newfoundland (island), Canada: Vikings, 27,

36-37 Newport Tower, Newport, R.I., 33-35,34 Newton, Isaac, 228 Nichols, Elizabeth, 6, 178 Nicolaisen, Wilhelm, 54

Noah's ark, 259-268 Norse Variant (ship), 179 Norsemen: New World presence, question of,

27, 32-37, 61 map of migration routes, 37

Occam's Razor: defined, 4 Ogam (language), 17, 53, 54 Oil, occurrence of, 250-252,251 Oregon: Bigfoot sightings, 213, 214 Orongo, Ea&erlsland, 165,165,166

Pacific islands, 20, 25, 81, 131 map, 25 trilithon, 147, 147 See also Easter Island

Painted Cave, Calif., 121 Palenque (archaeological site), Mexico, 145 Paleo-Indians, 29-30, 62

migration: map, 31 projectile point, 30

Pattee, Jonathan, 38 Patterson, Roger, 216 "Pedro" (mummy),222, 222-223 Peru: Nazca bnes, 80 Petrie, William Rnders, 135 Petroleum, occurrence of, 250-252,251 Phallic monuments, alleged, 58- 60, 59 Phoenicians: North America (theory), 19, 53,

54,55,60 Pindar (Greek): quoted, 205, Piri Re'is map, 78 Plato (Greek): Atlantis story, 188-189, 198,

199, 201, 243 Plei&ocene epoch, 29, 43, 201-202, 245,

248,260 map of ice advance, 202

Plesiosaurs, 206, 218, 221 Pliny (Roman), 243 Pluto (planet), 232 Pohl, Frederick J., 39, 61 Polynesians, 25, 27, 131

Tongan trilithon, 147, 147 See also Easter Island

Portugal: stone "star map," 52, 52 Postage stamps: Yeti portrayed on, 211 Project Blue Book: U.S. Air Force, 92-93,

95-96

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Pyrannds, 127-148, 196,270,272 Angkor Thorn, Cambodia, 130 Egyptian

Bent Pyramid, 139-140 Great Pyrannd of Khufu (Cheops), 72,75,

105,127,128,128,129,132-133, 135, 140

Khafra, 128 map of sites, 139 Meidum, 139-140 Step Pyrannd, 138, 138- 139, 227

Maya, 74,130,142-143,144,145,146 "pyrannd power," 134 Teotihuacan, Mexico, 130, 142,143

Quigley, Joan: quoted, 225

Radio astronomy, 234 Radiocarbon dating, 6, 47, 70, 267 Rano Raraku quarry, Easter Island, 157, 157,

162 Reiche, Maria, 80 Revonoc (yawl), 183 Rhomboidal (Bent) Pyramid, Dashur,

139-140 Rines, R. H., 212 Robinson, Lytle, 198, 200 Roggeveen, Jacob, 151

quoted,157 Romans, 228, 243 Rongo-rongo script, 165 Rosetta Stone, 19, 142 Routledge, C. Scoresby, 152

quoted, 149, 154 Runes, 35

Sagan, Carl, 102 quoted, 103

Sandra (freighter), 171, 186 Sandstone

Virginia inscription, 57-58 See also Sarsen stones

Santorini (island), Aegean Sea, 197-198, 254 Saqqara, Egypt Step Pyramid, 138, 138- 139 Sargasso Sea, 199 Sarsen stones: Stonehenge, 110, 113, 113,

114, 114-115 Heel Stone, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 122 maps, 109

transportation route, 112

Sasquatch (Bigfoot), 211-217 sign marking sighting, 214

Scotland: Loch Ness Monster, 206, 217-222 Scott-Elliot, W., 133 Sedimentary rocks, 261,261

oil in, 250, 251, 252 Se1lier, Charles, Jr., 259, 260, 261, 266, 267 Shakers (sect), 42-43 Shakespeare, William, 228 Shark, blue, 207 Shoshone Indians: legend, 222 Sitrusis, Cora: quoted, 233 Skeleton: Glendo, Wyo., 82-84,83 Snnth, Warren, 233

quoted, 148 Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 132-133 Sneferu (Egyptian king): pyramids, 139-140 Socorro, N.M.: UFO sighting, 96 Solon (Greek), 189, 198, 199,201 South Woodstock, Vt: marks in stone, 51,

51-52,59, 59-60 Spanuth, Jurgen, 198 Spear points, Paleo-Indian, 30, 30 Spencer, John Wallace, 176, 178

quoted, 6, 179, 183-184, 185 Sproll, Walter, 200 Star Ariel; Star Tiger (planes), 175 "Star maps," 51, 51-52, 52 Steiger, Brad, 10, 78, 93 Step Pyramid, Saqqara, 138, 138-139, 227 Stewart, T. D., 212 Stone, Robert, 40 Stonehenge (archaeological site), England, 72

105, 107-126 Aubrey Holes, 110, 122-123 builders, identity of: theories, 115- 120 map, 109 purpose: theories, 48, 120, 122-124 stones

Altar Stone, 112 See also Bluestones; Sarsen stones

Story, Ronald, 69, 78 Stukeley, William, 116 Sumerians: water control, 131

Teignmouth Electron (yacht), 178 Temm, Peter, 100 Temple of the InsCriptions, Palenque, 145 Teotihuacan, Mexico: pyramids, 130,142,143 Teratology, 206

Index 283

Thera (island), Aegean Sea, 197-198,254 Thomas, Herbert, 110 Thomas, Lowell: quoted, 269 Thucydides (Greek): quoted, 201 TIkal (archaeological Site), Guatemala

pyramids, 130, 142,144 vessel, 45,45

Tongatapu (island), Tongan Islands: trilithon, 147,147

Trefil, James: quoted, 12 Trench, Brinsley Le Poer: quoted, 65-66 Trilobites, 79, 261 Tsunamis, 200, 254

UFOs, 89-103, 120 Umland, Eric and Craig: quoted, 6, 8, 9 Uniformitarian: defined, 240 U.S. Air Force: Project Blue Book, 92- 93,

95-96 U.S. Coast Guard: rescues, 176-177 U. S News and World Report: quoted, 89 Uranus (planet), 232

V. A. Fogg (ship), 183-185 Vail,l. N., 120 van der Veer, M. H. J. Th.: quoted, 74,87,88;

123 van Sertima, Ivan, 32, 146 Vellkovsky, Immanuel, 11,239-258 Velikovsky Reconsidered: quoted, 240,

241 Venus (planet), 242, 255, 256, 251

Vellkovsky's theories, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257

Vermont: marks in stone, 51, 51-52,59, 59-60

Vescelius, Gary, 41, 43, 46 Vikings: New World presence, question of, 27,

32-37,61 map of migration routes, 37

Vinland identification of, 36 Yale map, 33

Virginia: sandstone inscription, 57-58 Volcanoes

cause, 101

Volcanoes (cont.) eruptions, past, 153, 197, 252- 253, 254 lava flows, 246-247,247

von Diiniken, Erich, 9, 64, 66, 67, 69, 76-77, 78, 80, 81-82, 134-136, 151, 157, 159-160,198-199,249

Wadlow, Robert, 208, 208-209 Wallace, Birgitta, 35, 44, 46 Washington (state): Bigfoot

sightings, 211, 214 sign marking, 214

Waterways, prehistoric, construction of, 131 Watson, Lyall, 235 Wauchope, Robert, 22

quoted, 19,20-21 Webb, John, 115 W gener, Alfred, 66 Werner, A. G., 258 Wernick, Robert, 108, 115, 118 Wessex culture: Britain, 119- 120 White, Peter: quoted, 133 Whorf, Benjamin Lee: quoted, 53, 58 Wilson, Clifford, 69- 70, 81, 99 Wilson, Robert K., 219 "Windmill Hill" people: Britain, 118 Winer, Richard, 175, 185 Wolff, Werner, 158 Writing systems

Easter Island, 165 Egyptian, 141, 141-142 epigraphic studies, 52-53

Wyoming Glendo skeleton, 82-84, 83 "Little People," 222, 222-223

Yale University: Vinland Map, 33 Yeti, 206,211

North American counterpart, 211-217 on postage stamps, 211

Yucatan (peninsula), Mexico, 74, 142

Zamora, Lonnie, % The Zetetic (journal): article in, 236-237 Zinn, Joyce: quoted, 48 Zodiac, 227,228,229, 230, 236