how many ways are above the firmament,….?” ESDRAS II Ch. 4 v. 5First IndicatorsThe search for the astronomical and astronautical connections had begun in earnest. Having corrected all the data in the way described in Chapter 5, and lacking any computer aids, the next thing to do was to plot out some graphs. Figs.12(a) and 12(b) show the results of that exercise. As explained previously, the search was on for bits of Great Circle hoops in the sky. The curved lines passing through the points on these graphs show that I found them! The points on each graph refer to the Latitude (Declination in the sky above the location), plotted on the vertical scale, and Mean Solar Time (measured on the horizontal scale) of each selected Close Encounter (CE) event. The curved lines represent arcs of Great Circles, distorted and split by being shown against a flattened Celestial Sphere, as drawn on flat graph paper. From these graphs some very important observations could be made. They indicated that orbits with ten distinct inclinations to the Equator had been used (including those revealed by the Water Events exercise), sometimes over long periods of years –- and that some of those orbits, shown at different times of year, were linked to the same stars.
