TY - BOOK AU - Kapoor S. TI - Vimana: flying in Ancient India SN - 978-81-307-1224-6 U1 - 629.13 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi. PB - Cosmo Publications N1 - 1. Ancient Indian Aircraft technology, By David H. Childress 2. Ancient Vimana Aircraft, By John Burrows 3. The story of Vimanas: India's tradition of flying machines, By Srigopal V. Gopalkrishna 4. Ufos: The vedic perspective, by Atmatattva Das 5. A history about the Vimanas, By Jerry W. Decker and Chuck Henderson 6. Ancient writings tell of UFO visit in 4000 B.C. By John Burrows N2 - In the early literature of India, there are many descriptions of flying machines that are generally called Vimanas. Thse fall into two categories: 1) Manmade craft that resemble airplanes and fly with the aid of birdlike wings and 2) Structure that fly in a manner and are generally not made by human beings ER -