An Oopart (out of place artifact) is a term applied to dozens of prehistoric objects found in various places around the world that, given their level of technology, are completely at odds with their determined age based on physical, chemical, and/or geological evidence. Ooparts often are frustrating to conventional scientists and a delight to adventurous investigators and individuals interested in alternative scientific theories.

In 1991, the appearance of extremely tiny, coil-shaped artifacts found near the banks of Russia’s Kozhim, Narada, and Balbanyu rivers brought about a debate that has continued to this day. These mysterious and minuscule structures suggest that there may have been a culture capable of developing nanotechnology 300,000 years ago.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/ancient-nanostructures-found-ural-mountains-are-out-place-and-time-002046

How do you explain these things?

All I can come up with is:

1) Article is mistaken/wrong.
2) Researcher is mistaken/wrong.
3) Ancient smart humans.
4) Aliens.

Any ideas?

Seem to be thin wire wrapped around a core, which should be simple enough to make for a technology capable of making wire, which is well known from ancient times.

Wikipedia:

In antiquity, jewellery often contains, in the form of chains and applied decoration, large amounts of wire that is accurately made and which must have been produced by some efficient, if not technically advanced, means. In some cases, strips cut from metal sheet were made into wire by pulling them through perforations in stone beads. This causes the strips to fold round on themselves to form thin tubes. This strip drawing technique was in use in Egypt by the 2nd Dynasty. From the middle of the 2nd millennium BC most of the gold wires in jewellery are characterised by seam lines that follow a spiral path along the wire. Such twisted strips can be converted into solid round wires by rolling them between flat surfaces or the strip wire drawing method. The strip twist wire manufacturing method was superseded by drawing in the ancient Old World sometime between about the 8th and 10th centuries AD. There is some evidence for the use of drawing further East prior to this period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire#History.

Reading the original ‘article’ one of the senior ‘researchers’ was Dr. E.W. Matvejeva.

Doing a google search on this individual basically references the original story…and nothing else.

If I was a suspicious person I’d suspect he / she has been made up.

sibeen said:

Reading the original ‘article’ one of the senior ‘researchers’ was Dr. E.W. Matvejeva.

Doing a google search on this individual basically references the original story…and nothing else.

If I was a suspicious person I’d suspect he / she has been made up.

A brief Google didn’t reveal any mention of this stuff outside of “dubious” sites. Mind you, it was a very brief Google :)

FWIW, here’s Wiki on Ooparts:

The term “out-of-place artifact” is rarely used by historians or scientists. Its use is largely confined to cryptozoologists, proponents of ancient astronaut theories, Young Earth creationists, and paranormal enthusiasts. The term is used to describe a wide variety of objects, from anomalies studied by mainstream science and pseudoarchaeology far outside the mainstream to objects that have been shown to be hoaxes or to have mundane explanations.

Critics argue that most purported OOPArts which are not hoaxes are the result of mistaken interpretation, wishful thinking, or a mistaken belief that a particular culture couldn’t have created an artifact or technology due to a lack of knowledge or materials. Supporters regard OOPArts as evidence that mainstream science is overlooking huge areas of knowledge, either willfully or through ignorance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact#Unusual_artifacts

Bubblecar said:

FWIW, here’s Wiki on Ooparts:

The term “out-of-place artifact” is rarely used by historians or scientists. Its use is largely confined to cryptozoologists, proponents of ancient astronaut theories, Young Earth creationists, and paranormal enthusiasts. The term is used to describe a wide variety of objects, from anomalies studied by mainstream science and pseudoarchaeology far outside the mainstream to objects that have been shown to be hoaxes or to have mundane explanations.

Critics argue that most purported OOPArts which are not hoaxes are the result of mistaken interpretation, wishful thinking, or a mistaken belief that a particular culture couldn’t have created an artifact or technology due to a lack of knowledge or materials. Supporters regard OOPArts as evidence that mainstream science is overlooking huge areas of knowledge, either willfully or through ignorance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact#Unusual_artifacts

Just because ancient people were not technologically advanced doesn’t mean they weren’t smart.
They would have seen a problem & worked out a solution using the best of their technology.

needed no smarts. Plants showed these things.

I can’t find a single reputable journal reference to this. The article seems to have be repeated verbatim at a few sites, most involved with UFOS, the wisdom of the ANCIENTS etc.

I’m going with hoax.

bit toasty up the road today…

sorry, fred wong

Teleost said:

I can’t find a single reputable journal reference to this. The article seems to have be repeated verbatim at a few sites, most involved with UFOS, the wisdom of the ANCIENTS etc.

I’m going with hoax.

I did some “research” on a similar thing some time ago and came to the same conclusion.

I’ve replied to the article. I’ll see what responses I get.

Also did a reverse image search on the pics, but didn’t come up with anything useful.

Apparently the rasberries are from a different plant altoghether, so I needn’t worry

yes, a raspberry plant.

there is some quite dubious, but fun, stuff that comes out of the old soviet bloc

Here

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Kingy said:

How do you explain these things?

People making stuff up.

An ancient technological civilisation isn’t impossible, but on the available evidence the PMSU hypothesis seems much more likely.

Plants could have and have done, make parts similar. However at the time suggested, humans were incapable of replicating them.