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-<p>
-<strong>
-<em>
-The Spaceships of Ezekiel
-</em>
-(historical novel) [disambiguation: Spaceships of Ezekiel (experimental jazz ensemble)]
-</strong>
-<br/>
-Originally published in German under the title
-<em>
-Da tat sich der Himmel auf
-</em>
-,
-<em>
-The Spaceships of Ezekiel
-</em>
-is a
-book by Josef F. Blumrich who was, at the time of publication, NASA's
-Chief of Systems Development at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The project
-originated out of Blumrich's effort to discredit prominent ufologist Erich von
-Däniken's claim that the bible outlined several extraterrestrial encounters.
-However, upon extensive study of Däniken's materials and various
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-[[apocrypha]]
-and
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-[[error]]
-texts, Blumrich in fact became
-convinced that the biblical character Ezekiel had in fact made contact with an
-ancient alien spacecraft
-<sup>
-</sup>
-. As part of the book, Blumrich outlined
-various aspects of the technology described by Ezekiel, including numerous
-diagrams of the Omni Wheel, a wheel that not only spins backwards and forwards
-but also sideways. Blumrich subsequently patented the Omni Wheel and it now
-features in various land rovers designs for remote lunar and Martian
-exploration.
-</p>
-<div class="footnote">
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-In the late 1890s Burrell Cannon, a Baptist minister,
-multi-linguist, and amateur woodworker in Texarkana, Texas, used the same
-source material analyzed by Blumrich to design and build the Ezekiel
-Airship, a gasoline-powered paddle wheel contraption that may in fact have
-been humanity's first successful flying machine. Reportedly, all those who
-were present at the Ezekiel Airship's first flight in 1901 were sworn to
-secrecy, and the plans and blueprints were incinerated. The Airship itself
-is documented to have been destroyed in a storm on the way to the 1904
-World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.
-</p>
-</div>
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