In the Native Americans’ Folk-lore of the creation of the world there are several references about an unnatural “intervention” in the birth of man, which match perfectly with Sitchin’s studies:

“...This is how it all began. There was only water, there was no sky, there was no land, only nothingness...But deep down in the waters lived Kokomaht, the Creator...and he was two beings, twins...”

After the separation, the evil twin Bakotahl remains under the waters, while Kokomaht rise up to the surface. Kokomaht-Bakotahl seem to bear similarities with the conflict between Marduk and Tiamat (to be noted that the latter was described as ‘covered by water’). The legends goes on:

"...After a time, Komashtam’ho [son of Kokomaht] caused a large flood which killed many animals. Marhokuvek [the man] asked him what he was doing and he said that there were too many dangerous wild animals...and too many. So he was killing them with the flood...." [Yuma people]

Another “coincidence”: both the Yuma and the Sumerians have it that the son of the Creator wants to destroy its creature, same as Enlil (one of the sons of Anu) who attempted to destroy the men he had created.

It is appropriate here to anticipate that we will present our interpretation of Zecharia Sitchin’s studies with regards to the “Eagle”, an animal always present into the Mesopotamian documents.
The eagle is considered to be a sacred animal for many people, especially for the North American Indian nations.
In his “The Twelfth Planet”, Sitchin reports how Etana, thirteenth king of Kish, was appointed by the gods to bring “safety and prosperity” to mankind.
Etana however could not bear a son who would have ensured the survival of the bloodline. The only way was the Plant of Birth which was not on the Earth, but in the heavens.
After turning to Shamash (according to Sitchin, the name means “Commander of the Gods’ Space Port”) for help and assistance, Etana was given a Shem (“Blazing Stone"):

"...But instead of speaking of a Shem, Shamash told Etana that an "eagle" would take him to the desired heavenly place...Arriving at the mountain indicated to him by Shamash, "Etana saw the pit," and, inside it, "there the Eagle was....The first two attempts failed, but on the third one the Eagle was properly raised. At daybreak, the Eagle announced to Etana: "My friend ... up to the Heaven of Anu I will bear thee!" Instructing him how to hold on, the Eagle took off - and they were aloft, rising fast..."

Sitchin poses an important question: "What or who was the Eagle who took Etana to the distant heavens?" And refers to  something peculiar occurred in 1969, when the first man allegedly landed on the Moon:

"...We cannot help associating the ancient text with the message beamed to Earth in July 1969 by Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft: "Houston! Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed!"..."
He was reporting the first landing by Man on the Moon. "Tranquility Base" was the site of the landing; Eagle was the name of the lunar module that separated from the spacecraft and took the two astronauts inside it to the Moon (and then back to their mother craft). When the lunar module first separated to start its own flight in Moon orbit, the astronauts told Mission Control in Houston: "The Eagle has wings."
But "Eagle" could also denote the astronauts who manned the spacecraft. On the Apollo 11 mission, "Eagle" was also the symbol of the astronauts themselves, worn as an emblem on their suits. Just as in the Etana tale, they, too, were "Eagles" who could fly, speak, and communicate..."

How shall we interpret, then, the second part of the Yuma's Legend of the Creation?

"...'Listen closely' He said to them [to Mankind] 'I cannot stay with you forever. I am now only one, but soon I will become four...I will turn myself into four eagles – the black eagle of the west, the brown eagle of the south, the white eagle of the east, and the fourth eagle, whose name is 'unseen', because no man has ever caught a glimpse of him'...When Komashtam'ho had turned himself into four eagles, he dwelt no longer among the Yuma in the shape of a man. He kept watch over them, however, and in their dreams he gave them power from Kokomaht...Everything that is good comes from Kokomaht, and everything evil comes from Bakotahl..."[Yuma People]

It seems clear that the Native Americans, as well as the people of Mesopotamia, were 'visited' and 'instructed' by gods, that is, evolved beings who were capable of guide them and be worshiped. When the 'eagles' arrived the son of the Creator "...dwelt no longer among the Yuma...", and yet they continued to feel his presence. How? "...in their dreams...", which perhaps meant telepathy.
We find the description of the four eagles, as related by Komashtam'ho, quite interesting; each of them had a different color, and came from different direction. Were they made of four different materials? And the fourth eagle, the "unseen", could have been something technologically superior, invisible or incredibly fast? There are no doubts here that the Yuma legend is describing spacecrafts, which the gods used apparently for their travels. The fact that the 'four eagles' came from the four cardinal points suggests that, at the time of the legend, the whole of the Earth was inhabited by these "gods".

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