The ancients simply described what they saw - as best they could …
True, it is not entirely correct to call it “UFO”, since the objects of the ancient era were quite “identified” flying machines-Vimanas and belonged to representatives of the civilization of “gods” -anunaki. The take-off and landing of their ships became a truly memorable ritual for the Sumerians, which they watched. It is worth noting that the Sumerians had excellent memory, trained, since the "gods" insisted precisely on the "cramming" of certain knowledge and skills …
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Sumerians, who could see with their own eyes such a vivid spectacle as the takeoff of flying vehicles, to the best of their strength and capabilities, conveyed information about them to their descendants, and those further, while, of course, there was a certain loss of accuracy and details as you move away from the original source. All this we see in the Sumerian myths.
But there are also such interesting artifacts as the Sumerian seal, on which the ancients, in fact, gradually and in detail depicted the take-off of an alien apparatus. Depicting gazelles jumping upward around a cone-shaped object, the Sumerians gave an idea of the speed, speed, power of the Anunnaki ships' movement into the sky. What can we say about them on this basis?
First came a column of blinding light. Then, instead of a pillar, a kind of "cone" flared up. Then the light flooded everything for a moment. It is worth noting that the takeoff was very fast and almost silent. Then the column of light narrowed, leaving a sphere in the sky (the apparatus itself), which was receding at incredible speed. The "show" for the Sumerians is over.
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However, this was precisely the real takeoff of the vimaana, and not a "demonstration performance" designed to impress the audience. Sometimes the "gods" did such, then the "ship" took off very noisily, breaking trees and rocks around it.
Although … perhaps it was the take-off of a spaceship (station), and in the case reflected in the ancient seal, we observe the take-off of a vimana, which flew only at a certain height in the sky - like our planes and helicopters?..
