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From: arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
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Subject: Re: Catch-A-Planet (was:Re:Curiosity)
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Date: 21 Jul 89 21:33:06 GMT
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> Off-the-wall observation here, which probably belongs in
> talk.religion.newage:  the Dogon tribe, among others in Africa, have rather
> precise astronomical information on the period of Sirius B, the white
> dwarf companion of Sirius.  It can't be seen by the naked eye (by a long
> shot), yet this knowledge is thousands of years old.  When asked how they
> know this, the shamans answer that they just speak to the inhabitants of
> a planet orbiting around there.  Dialogs with the "Sirius beings" are 
> very old, dating to at least pre-pyramid Egypt.

Sigh.  I suppose this _should_ belong in sci.skeptic, if that group ever
gets created.  The people in question had ample contact with Europeans to
have gotten the information.

If you could give me a source for your claims that dialogs date to "pre-pyramid
Egypt", I'd like to see it.
--
"The fact is self evident from the text and requires no supporting argument."
  --Tim Maroney

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