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Evidence of an Influx of Interstellar Plasma from Archaic Z-Pinch Recordings

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Abstract

Many dozens of categories of instabilities associated with sub-gigaampere Z-pinches from digitally logged archaic petroglyphs have been identified \footnote[1]{ A. L. Peratt, `Characteristics for the occurrence of a high-current Z-pinch aurora as recorded in antiquity', Trans. Plasma Sci. Vol. 31, N. 6, 2003.} as might occur in an intense aurora\footnote[2]{ T. Gold, `Large solar outburst in the past,' Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarvm Scripta Varia, Vol. 25, pp. 159-174, The Vatican, 1962.}or the influx of interstellar plasma\footnote[3]{ Frisch, P. C.; `Morphology and Ionization of the Interstellar Cloud Surrounding the Solar System,' Science, 265:1423, 1994.}. The data included fields of view (FOV's) for sites in Italy, the western United States, northern South America, and the Middle East. In all cases, the petroglyphs have a magnetic south FOV component. The southern horizon inclination angles of the carvings were nearly zero degrees at 50$^o$ latitude increasing to 23.5 degrees at 36$^o$ latitude. This suggests the presence of an intense prehistoric southerly influx. We present digital elevation data where the southern-most petroglyph locations silhouette profiles of mountains, often many kilometers to the south.

Authors

  • A. L. Peratt

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • M. A. van der Sluijs

    Mythopedia Surrey England

  • D. A. Scott

    University of Massachusetts