Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones

[Laisrean]

http://www.ancientx.com/nm/anmviewer.asp?a=60&z=1

Scientists Davneport and Vincenti put forward an amazing theory. They stated the ancient town had been ruined with a nuclear blast. They found big stratums of clay and green glass. Apparently, archaeologists supposed, high temperature melted clay and sand and they hardened immediately afterwards. Similar stratums of green glass can also found in Nevada deserts after every nuclear explosion.

A hundred years have passed since the excavations in Mohenjo-Daro. The modern analysis showed, the fragments of the ancient town had been melted with extremely high temperature - not less than 1,500 degrees centigrade. Researchers also found the strictly outlined epicenter, where all houses were leveled. Destructions lessened towards the outskirts. Dozens of skeletons were found in the area of Mohenjo-Daro - their radioactivity exceeded the norm almost 50 times.

I'm not sure if this is paranormal or historical or what but I think it belongs here.

Archaeological anomalies kick ass. :boing:

[Zibblsnrt]

Heh, the thing there about a certain number of people chanting the secret password to make the two stones levitate twigs my skepticometer for the article as a whole. (Betcha that was never caught on tape.)

That said, a nuclear blast is far from the only thing that can glassify things. 1,500 degrees is completely trivial compared to the kind of temperature a nuke puts out..

[Laisrean]

Heh, the thing there about a certain number of people chanting the secret password to make the two stones levitate twigs my skepticometer for the article as a whole. (Betcha that was never caught on tape.)

That said, a nuclear blast is far from the only thing that can glassify things. 1,500 degrees is completely trivial compared to the kind of temperature a nuke puts out..

Good points.

It could have been a meteor or something similar. Would that account for the radioactivity as well?

[Zibblsnrt]

Good points.

It could have been a meteor or something similar. Would that account for the radioactivity as well?

Depending on what's in the meteor (which would be my first guess - a low-altitude airburst would have the same effect, as any reindeer around Tunguska would know), maybe, but it's unlikely. As far as the radioactivity goes, I'd want to see a bit more info before having an opinion each way; the site itself feels sketchy enough to me to want to double or triple-check most of the details.

The description they give also matches a meteor more than a nuclear weapon - contrary to a lot of popular opinion, nuclear weapons (and even warheads) don't glow or sparkle or hum or anything. Plutonium actually looks surprisingly innocuous (http://img.thefreedictionary.com/wiki/0/03/Plutonium_button.jpg).

[coaxialkettle]

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[Cindlady2]

Heh, the thing there about a certain number of people chanting the secret password to make the two stones levitate twigs my skepticometer for the article as a whole. (Betcha that was never caught on tape.)


The picture in the article is one of the stones levitating.

[Zibblsnrt]

The picture in the article is one of the stones levitating.

Or it's a picture of the stone suspended from something, or being thrown into the air.

[Sequoia]

Or it's a picture of the stone suspended from something, or being thrown into the air.

oh come now, Zibbie. This is the paranormal forum. Naturally it's being held up by energy, not anything easily explainable like tossing, or strings, or that it's not even a stone at all (anybody notice the horrific quality of the photo?).

I agree that it's much more likely to be something like a meteor... because frankly, it's way more difficult to create a nuclear explosion than it is to create a chunk of radioactive metals, and even that is annoyingly difficult without the proper theories and designs behind it. Otherwise, there'd be nothing stopping countries like South Africa and Peru from posessing nuclear arms. God forbid what Mexico might make. (... *giggle* this is baaad, but I had the mental image of a soaring rocket with "Made in Mexico" stamped on the side.)

I'll need to see a bit more reputable source before I believe it. ;)