The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #23 October 2014 | Page 11

the research team. There were
many mysteries. Why would an
advanced culture leave their
artefacts in such a precise and
seemingly ordered manner?
What was the message they
were trying to leave behind?
What were their technologies
and why did they leave them
behind? Did the creators of this
site intermingle with the native
tribes or remain an isolated
culture? Who were they and
why were they here in the 8th
century? Were they planning to
return? These were only some
of the mysteries that challenged
the research team.
Throughout the 7 months of
restoration, cataloguing, and
analysis, the Ancient Arrow
project was a complete enigma.
More of the energy went into
the safe preservation of the
artefacts, rather than
attempting to solve the puzzle
of their existence, though
speculations were a topic of
every conversation. Gradually, a
hypothesis was structured by
the research team that an extraterrestrial culture established
an earth colony in the 8th
century and isolated itself
within the Ancient Arrow
canyon. They brought with

them a very precise mission to
leave behind a massive "time
capsule" that would prove to be
discovered in the late 20th
century. While the exact nature
of the time capsule was unclear
to the research team, it seemed
probable that it was a cultural
exchange of some kind and had
no invasive intent to earth or its
people. It took a team of
researchers nearly 2 years after
the restoration was completed
to decipher a partial meaning of
the chamber artefacts. The 23
separate chambers seemed to
be linked together to form some
specific message or purposeful
mission. In the 23rd and final
chamber, they recovered a
small optical disc that was
presumed to hold digital
information that could be the
key to deciphering the artefacts.
Scientists eagerly analysed the
disc, but they could not figure
out how to access its content.
The ACIO's finest computer
experts were called in to try and
unlock the encoded disc, but to
no avail. Several more months
were spent trying every
conceivable method to access
the contents of the disc, but
nothing worked. The Ancient
Arrow project, for the first time