Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India and Atlantis by David Hatcher Childress (1992, Paperback)

This is the latest edition of the book by David Hatcher Childress, an American author born in 1957, who has been writing since he was 19 and, in addition to appearing on the now-defunct Sightings program, founded his own publishing house, AUP or Adventures Unlimited Press. This is an esoteric discussion of the ancient Vimana-type air/spacecraft, which allegedly existed not only in India, but also in the worlds of Atlantis and Lemuria. The book includes a historic discussion of the "ancient Rama empire of India" and the text of the Vimaanka Shastra, an ancient Sanskrit text of historic "aeronautics". Profusely illustrated with black and white line drawings, the reader will see illustrations of historic vimanas, interspersed with drawings of George Adamski type saucers and other such exotica. The book is fascinating and reasonably well written, but not for the skeptic or novice. Recommended for the experienced UFO-addict or devotee of the wilder saucerian theories.