Our World, no-doubt, is Wonderful
and in parts Extreme in every sense. It's full of object, places,
phenomenon and stories that make us feel the emotions that are positive and
it's full of almost equal objects, stories and places that make us feel negative. In
this post I'm going to focus on just one thing. The objects, places, stories
and/or phenomena which are mysterious. They make us wonder. There are many
stories and objects that majority of the population is familiar with.
Then there are local stories that each city & country has.
You can also do a quick Google
search and get loads of list full of mysteries. There are Mysteries like The Zodiac Killer, Nazca Lines, Easter Island heads, Loch-ness Monster and hundreds more. I'm going to list just
Five in this post. After reading the list if you
feel any other story should have been on the list, the only two possible
reasons for that story not being here is that either I'm not aware of that
story or I feel these stories are more Awesome. In both the cases I'd love to hear
from you.
So Here are The Five Most Awesome
Mysterious of The World:
#1 : UFOS, Aliens on Earth
& Conspiracy Theories
This is the Most wide spread
Mystery on Our Planet. UFOs have been reported all over the Globe. And there
are So So Many Conspiracy Theories that I could post dozens of post with list
of these theories and I'll still be left with more to list. By definition an
unidentified flying object, or UFO is any flying object in the sky that is not
identifiable as a known object or phenomenon. Culturally, UFOs are associated
with claims of Aliens and/or government-related conspiracy theories; Although
the term UFO was coined in 1953 but unidentified objects in sky have been
mentioned throughout the history. The oldest is mention of a ship that
"shone forth from the sky" can be found in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita
Libri, is a monumental history of ancient Rome
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Celestial phenomenon over the German city of Nuremberg
on April 14, 1561 as printed in an illustrated news notice
in the same month |
Here's a Comprehensive list of all the major UFO sightings throughout the history.
The Most prevalent Theories are
Ancient Alien Theory and what I like to call The Man in Black Theory.
As per The Ancient Alien theory, there are many recorded instances
of Alien contact & visits that have been either misinterpreted or been
covered-up. Believers of these theories believe that proof of these theories
are written in all the major religious books. As per them, history and
religious books are filled with stories and proof of aliens who were
technologically superior and hence were taken as Gods by ancient humans.
They claim the reason many gods have been defined to be different from humans
and/or part animal, living away from humans and having super-powers is because
they were aliens.
The most quoted "Proofs" by believers of Ancient Alien
Theory are here:
* Ships mentioned in Bible in Book of Ezekiel mostly called The Spaceships of Ezekiel
* Flying vehicles mentioned in many Hindu scriptures,
* "Helicopter hieroglyphs", at Abydos, Egypt, which are argued to depict flying craft
* Story of Anunnaki (inhabitants of the planet Nibiru) mentioned in ancient Sumerian texts
This theory was made famous, most notably, by Eric Von Deniken in his book Chariots
of Gods.
There are others who believe Aliens still visit Earth and are in contact with
Many Government, They claim there are secret organizations such as Majestic 12
who are responsible for covering
up incidents of Alien/UFO sightings. They quote Rosewell Incident and UFO
sightings as an example. Few other examples of UFO sightings are
"The Phoenix Lights" of Arizona and 1976 Tehran UFO incidents.
Just an example that shows how deep these
theories have penetrated the population, In the U.S., an opinion poll conducted
in 1997 suggested that 80% of Americans believed the U.S. government was
withholding such information.
#2 Kryptos
Unlike other Mysteries that are unanswered, this has slight exceptions. This is One Mystery It's 100% Man-Made and intentionally designed to be a Mystery. I came to know about it when I read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.
As per the Wikipedia description:
Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn that is
located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Virginia.
Since its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been much speculation about
the meaning of the encrypted messages it bears. Of the four messages, three
have been solved, while the fourth remains as one of the most famous unsolved
codes in the world.
The name Kryptos is taken from a
Greek word which means Hidden. Yes! The name itself means Hidden.
The most prominent feature is a large
vertical s-shaped copper screen resembling a scroll, or piece of paper emerging
from a computer printer, half of which consists of encrypted text. The
characters are all found within the 26 letters of the standard Latin alphabet,
along with question marks, and are cut out of the copper. The main sculpture
contains four separate enigmatic messages, three of which have been
deciphered.The Three solutions are:
Solution One:
BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT
LIES THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION
Solution Two:
IT WAS TOTALLY INVISIBLE HOWS THAT
POSSIBLE ? THEY USED THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD X THE INFORMATION WAS
GATHERED AND TRANSMITTED UNDERGRUUND TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION X DOES LANGLEY KNOW
ABOUT THIS ? THEY SHOULD ITS BURIED OUT THERE SOMEWHERE X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT
LOCATION ? ONLY WW THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES FIFTY
SEVEN MINUTES SIX POINT FIVE SECONDS NORTH SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES EIGHT MINUTES
FORTY FOUR SECONDS WEST X LAYER TWO
Solution Three:
SLOWLY DESPARATLY SLOWLY THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE
DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WAS REMOVED WITH TREMBLING
HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER AND THEN WIDENING THE
HOLE A LITTLE I INSERTED THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN THE HOT AIR ESCAPING FROM THE
CHAMBER CAUSED THE FLAME TO FLICKER BUT PRESENTLY DETAILS OF THE ROOM WITHIN
EMERGED FROM THE MIST X CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING Q ?
The Fourth message is yet to be deciphered. I'm
personally waiting for the day when it is deciphered. Until then it will stay
one hell of an Awesome Mystery for the world.
#3 Voynich Manuscript
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The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. Some of the pages are missing, with around 240 still remaining. The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II, but No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography.
Much
of the early history of the book is unknown, though the text and
illustrations are all characteristically European. In 2009, University of
Arizona researchers performed radiocarbon dating on the manuscript's vellum.
The vellum has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and it
may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance.
Around 1912, the Collegio Romano
was short of money and decided to sell some of its holdings discreetly. Wilfrid
Voynich acquired 30 manuscripts, among them the manuscript that now bears his
name. He spent the next seven years attempting to interest scholars in
deciphering the script while he worked to determine the origins of the
manuscript.
Many books and articles have been written about
the manuscript. The manuscript has also inspired several works of fiction. Most
noticeably it was used in Assassin’s Creed games.
In the game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, the
player can collect pages of the Voynich Manuscript as they traverse the game's
world. In the game it's revealed that the manuscript was written by the
Precursor Race, a species of highly advanced humanoids that created the human
race before being destroyed by an apocalypse.
In its sequel Assassin's Creed: Rogue, it is
revealed that the manuscript is the key to activate a powerful artifact known
as Precursor Box, which shows a map that details the location of temples made
by the Precursor Race.
The "Book" has texts
and illustrations. Because
the text cannot be read the illustrations are conventionally used to divide
most of the manuscript into six different sections. Each section is typified by
illustrations with different styles and supposed subject matter, except for the last section, in which the only
drawings are small stars in the margin.
The overall impression given by the surviving
leaves of the manuscript is that it was meant to address topics in medieval or
early modern medicine. However, the puzzling details of illustrations have
fueled many theories about the book's origins, the contents of its text, and
the purpose for which it was intended. However, the purpose and meaning of this
manuscript is a long way from being understood.
#4 The Wow Signal
The Wow Signal is perhaps "THE" closest proof we have of
a possible ET Intelligence and yet it's still a mystery. one of the most
awesome mysteries of course.
The so-called "Wow Signal" was a radio signal that was
received in 1977 by Radio Astronomer Jerry R. Ehman while working on a SETI
project at the now defunct Big Ear radio telescope, operated by Ohio State
University.
While working on the radio telescope je spotted a surprising
vertical column with the alphanumerical sequence “6EQUJ5” that had been
recorded at 22:16 EST. With a red marker, he wrote "Wow!" in the
margin of the printout and encircled the sequence. From that time on this
signal is called "The Wow Signal".
In words of an article published by National
Geographic Magazine:
More than three decades
later, the Wow Signal, as it has come to be known to SETI researchers, remains
both the first and best potential evidence of communication from
extraterrestrials, and one of the most perplexing mysteries in science.
Over the years, Ehman and colleagues worked to rule out other explanations—such
as satellites, aircraft or ground-based transmitters on Earth. But by the same
token, researchers have yet to prove that it actually is message from space.
“It’s an open question.” Ehman told the Columbus Dispatch in 2010. Or as the
late science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once put it in a 1997 interview
with New Scientist magazine, “God only knows what it was.”
The original printout
of the Wow! signal, complete with Jerry Ehman's famous exclamation, is
preserved by the Ohio Historical Society.
#5 SS Ourang Medan
The
SS Ourang Medan was a ship which, according to various sources, became a
shipwreck in Indonesian waters after its entire crew had died under suspicious
circumstances. Skepticism exists about the truthfulness of the story,
suggesting that the ship may have never actually existed, but has become
something of a legend.
According to stories,
which have become something of a Legend, two American vessels navigating the
Strait of Malacca, City of Baltimore and Silver Star, among others, picked up
distress messages from Dutch merchant ship Ourang Medan.
A radio operator aboard the
troubled vessel sent the following Morse code message: "S.O.S. from Ourang
Medan * * * we float. All officers including the Captain, dead in chartroom and
on the bridge. Probably whole of crew dead * * *." A few confused dots and
dashes later two words came through clearly. They were "I die." Then,
nothing more.
When Silver Star crew located and
boarded the apparently undamaged Ourang Medan in a rescue attempt, the ship was
found littered with corpses (including the carcass of a dog) "[s]prawled
on their backs, the frozen faces upturned to the sun with mouths gaping open
and eyes staring, the dead bodies resembled horrible caricatures", with no
survivors and no visible signs of injuries on the dead bodies. A fire then
broke out in the ship's No. 4 cargo hold, forcing the boarding parties to
evacuate the Dutch freighter, thus preventing any further investigation. Soon
after, Ourang Medan was observed to explode and sink.
There are
Three Main Theories about what happened.
Many
believe unsecure hazardous cargo, such as potassium cyanide and nitroglycerin
or even wartime stocks of nerve agents was being smuggled in the ship
which somehow came in contact with Sea-water. which then caused the crew to
succumb to asphyxia and/or poisoning. Later, the sea water would have reacted
with the nitroglycerin, causing the reported fire and explosion.
Others
believe undetected smoldering fire or malfunction in the ship's boiler system
might have been responsible for the shipwreck. Escaping carbon monoxide would
have caused the deaths of all aboard, with the fire slowly getting out of
control, leading to the vessel's ultimate destruction.
And
lastly, majority of Mystery hunters believe the ship may have, for some reasons,
been attacked by UFOs or Ghosts.
There’s a
possibility that accounts of, among others, the date, location, names of the
ships involved, and circumstances of the accident might have been inaccurate or
exaggerated, or that the story might be completely fictitious. But no doubt it is one of The Most
Awesome Mysteries of the World.
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So Here you have it!
Five of The Most Awesome Mysteries in The World!
No doubt there are hundreds of more mysteries around the world that are equally if not more mind-blowing. But personally these are The most awesome ones as per Me. There's a fair chance I may not be aware of a few. If you are aware of a few other Unsolved Mysteries that you feel deserve to be termed Awesome, please do let Me know and I will be more than happy to amend the list for you.
Hope you enjoy reading it.
