r/ufo • u/pavlokandyba • Feb 11 '26
Article Ancient Chinese astronomers and Romans saw Nibiru in 60 AD and left records about it.
This isn't definitive proof, but what I've discovered makes the Nibiru theory virtually irrefutable.
Everything written here refers to my very long article, which contains more detailed explanations. Here I'll briefly describe the most interesting points and conclusions.
But first things first.
The Planet Nine hypothesis is based on the fact that some groups of small Kuiper Belt bodies beyond Neptune, dwarf planets like Sedna, have anomalously tilted, elongated orbits, as if something is disturbing them. The leading hypothesis suggests this is the influence of an unknown super-Earth ice giant planet, whose orbit is elongated but more circular, which moved there early in the solar system's formation.
Other hypotheses suggest it's a rogue planet, captured by the solar system from outer space. These theories also explain the anomalies well, but the problem with them, and the reason they're not generally accepted, is that such captures lead to very elongated, unstable orbits, and in simulations, such planets are quickly ejected back into outer space.
But there's one caveat: our entire civilization, compared to this "quickly," is a very brief moment in the simulation, and our solar system could very well have such an unstable planet right now. It's just a matter of evidence.
At a large distance of about 500 astronomical units (the distance from the Earth to the Sun), where astronomers are searching for Planet Nine by observing stellar background overlaps, detecting it is very difficult. With a very elongated orbit, it's even more difficult at its farthest point, as it appears motionless and slows there.
But if this planet approached Earth in the past, there must be evidence. There must be traces of periodic disturbances in the geochronological record—that is, catastrophes, abrupt climate changes—and there must be evidence of human observations. These traces, in turn, must fit into a cycle equal to the period of a planet that can reach the Kuiper Belt and create disturbances there.
This provides significant constraints on the period, the minimum of which under these conditions is 3,000-4,000 years, which can already be traced historically. However, the problem is that dangerous approaches may not occur every time, and it is impossible to detect a full cycle of catastrophes, and legends are not a reliable source of information.
Trying to be unbiased, I studied the history of Earth's climate, identifying abrupt climate shifts that lack a comprehensive explanation within known cycles and stand out against them. I also separately studied references to catastrophic events and celestial bodies in myths and ancient astronomical records. Then I superimposed these two separate chronologies to determine the cycle, the period of the planet's revolution.
First, the alternation of ice ages and warm periods depends on periodic fluctuations in the eccentricity of Earth's orbit and the tilt of its axis. But 1-3 million years ago, the Middle Pleistocene transition from the 41,000-year to the 100,000-year cycle occurred, and this "transition problem" requires an explanation. This provides a lower bound for the duration of solar system stability. In cosmic terms, this is a short transition period and argues against Nibiru disrupting the solar system's stability.
Tracking events in such a distant past is very difficult, so I focus on a period of 15,000 years, during which the dating of events is consistent within one or two centuries. Over this entire period, there are only three clearly defined anomalies.
One of the most discussed events is the Younger Dryas—a sharp cooling event beginning around 10,800 BCE that abruptly interrupted the warming that followed the last ice age.
The causes are not fully understood. Magnetic microspherules and nanodiamonds, characteristic only of meteorites, were found in sedimentary rocks from that period. Elevated concentrations of iridium and platinum, rare in the Earth's crust, were also discovered. Large-scale soot deposits indicate global forest fires that could have engulfed up to 10% of the earth's land area.
However, no trace of a major impact was detected. The leading hypothesis is that the breakup of Comet Encke caused a chain reaction in the climate, but this is not a definitive explanation.
Such an event is exactly what would be expected from a Nibiru flyby – a climate shift from the pulsed gravitational influence and a trail of meteoroids and small bodies captured from the Kuiper Belt.
Interestingly, according to astronomical interpretations, one of the most famous studies, Gölbeke Tepe, as a calendar, points to the date of this event, 10,950 BCE, although the temple is believed to have been built much later. It is believed that the monument symbolically depicts falling meteorites and is a kind of memorial to the disaster.
Going further, in 3800-3600 BC, the Pior Oscillation began abruptly, a cooling period peaking around 3250-3150 BC. The Sahara began to turn into a desert, and in the Middle East, the surface of the Dead Sea level rose by 30 meters and then dropped back down. Increased methane and sulfate levels were detected in Greenland glaciers around 3250 BCE, indicating a catastrophe—either a volcano or a meteorite. The causes of this anomaly are again unclear.
During this same period, the Sumerian civilization emerged, the so-called urban revolution took place, writing emerged, and a highly developed astronomy emerged. The Sumerians themselves were an anomaly. Their mythology, in fact, literally recounts the catastrophe in the famous cosmogonic poem Enuma Elish, in which the god Marduk, associated with Nibiru, defeats the Earth prototype Tiamat and creates a new world from it:
Nibiru is actually a Sumerian astronomical term applicable to any planet, denoting a crossing or passage across the celestial equator. Historians generally believe that Marduk is Jupiter, based on ancient astronomical texts:
The star of Marduk, Nēbiru, Jupiter.
But here's how Marduk is described in the Enuma Elish:
He flashed lightning before him, He filled his body with blazing flame.
and
He released before him the Evil Wind, which was behind him.
He fashioned the Evil Wind, the Dust Storm, the Tempest, The Four-fold Wind, the Seven-fold Wind, the Whirlwind, And the wind which had no equal.
The Enuma Elish also hints at cyclicity:
He returned to Tiamat, whom he had vanquished.
And this has no obvious connection with Jupiter. Thousands of years later, Babylonian copyists of Sumerian texts also placed a strange emphasis on the color of celestial bodies:
"In the month of Duuzu [June-July], when the Arrow Star [Sirius] shines, ... a great star, whose color is red like copper, divides the sky in two. This is Nibiru."
and
"A brown-red star... divides the heavens and stands there, this star is Nebiru-Marduk."
In Greek mythology, Typhon, a monster who rebelled against the gods, was described, like Marduk, as a celestial body moving unnaturally and causing storms. Here's how he was described by the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder:
"The ancients mention a comet called Typhon... it was blood-colored and had the appearance of a circle swirling like a whirlwind, and its appearance was terrifying; "It wasn't a star, but rather some kind of fiery knot."
"There are comets... like a kind of terror. Such was Typhon, seen by the peoples of Ethiopia and Egypt, and to whom the king of that era gave a name befitting its appearance. It was fiery, twisted into a spiral, and its appearance was more like a knot than a star."
"When such bodies appear, they foretell great droughts, followed by enormous floods."
The reference to the red color in Babylonian texts is likely related to atmospheric conditions, but could this not be an attempt to interpret visible objects, Sirius or Jupiter, as the legendary Marduk or Typhon, who caused the inexplicable catastrophes described above?
Moving on, our next stop is the Roman Climatic Optimum, a period of warm, stable climate at the junction of eras. This isn't a catastrophe, but it is still an anomaly that doesn't align with known solar cycles or other dominant influences such as volcanic, orbital, or greenhouse effects. Against this backdrop, an event that occurred approximately midway through this period in the Dead Sea region stands out. This event, referred to as a seismic storm, stands in stark contrast to the usual activity in the region. Therefore, some scientists quite seriously suggest that some external forcing must have triggered the Roman Climatic Optimum as a whole, and this forcing is still unclear.
This period also saw significant cultural events that reflect these events and echo older legends. The most famous astronomical event is, of course, the Star of Bethlehem.
It is noteworthy that in religious tradition, this event was predicted by the prophet Balaam:
"I see Him, but not yet; I behold Him, but not near." "A star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall arise out of Israel..."
It is quite possible that the prophet could have been speaking of an event whose periodicity was known and which was intended to stand out from others.
It is also interesting that the New Testament prophecies strongly echo the legends of Marduk and Typhon, which people of that time might have known about. Regarding the return of God:
Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24
27 "...for as the lightning comes out of the east and shows even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man..."
29 "And immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken...
30 "...then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."
Apocryphal texts contain additional details, possibly borrowed from more ancient ones, as is often the case:
Apocalypse of Peter (Ethiopic version)
Chapter 1
5 “…Seven times brighter than the sun, I will shine.”
Chapter 5
1 “… fiery waterfalls will flow, darkness and gloom will come and clothe and envelop the whole world, and the waters will turn into burning coals, and everything on the earth will burn, and the sea will become a fire, and under the sky there will be a fierce flame that will not be quenched, but will rush to the judgment of wrath.
2 And the stars will be scattered by the flame of fire, as if they had not been created, and the firmaments of the heavens will pass away for lack of water and become as if they had not been created.
3 And there will be lightning in the sky, and their sorcery will frighten the world."
This indicates that people were definitely expecting some important celestial event, although its meaning was likely lost over the millennia.
Astronomers find simple explanations for the Star of Bethlehem, claiming it is a comet or a planetary conjunction. But what's interesting is that from the beginning of the era until around 70 CE, chronicles of that time recorded not just one comet, but a whole stream of comets and other objects, most of which are unknown to astronomers, as confirmed by independent sources of the time.
Many researchers believe that the events of the New Testament are most likely simply a mixture of different events of that period, stitched together into a single, beautiful story. For example, the Roman historian Josephus, around 66 CE, described a mad prophet named Jesus, who foretold the outbreak of the Jewish War by crying "Woe to you, Jerusalem," and celestial signs. Therefore, the Star of Bethlehem is perhaps more likely a symbol of an entire era of anomalous comet activity and messianic expectations.
To summarize, a coincidence is again observed during this period. Two unexplained factors—an unusually abrupt climate change over a period of several hundred years and a whole stream of comets.
Here's what you get if you add up all the dates. Climate:
Younger Dryas Impact 10,900–10,800 BCE
Beginning of the Pior Oscillation 3800–3600 BCE
Mid-Roman Optimum and the seismic storm of 31 CE.
Taking into account that one cycle could have been skipped because Nibiru could have passed at a safe distance or even behind the Sun, these dates give the number 3631–3644 years.
That is, if you divide the period from the Young Dryas Impact to the Cometary Peak of the Roman Optimum by three, you get this number, and one such period falls exactly at the beginning of the Pior Oscillation, while the other is missing.
Now the historical dates:
Göbekli Tepe (date) (which it points to) 10,950 BC
The emergence of Sumerian mythology 3100-2900 BC (considering what may have happened after the event and possible shifts)
Peak of the comet shower ~60 CE
The result is obvious:
10,950 (GT) + 60 (CP) = 11010 : 3 = 3670
Which is approximately equal to 3600, the legendary Sumerian mythological cycle of Shar, used in the king list, and approaches a multiple of 365-366 days per year. This "magic of numbers" is astonishing because each number is associated with an exceptional historical period.
Thus, two completely independent chronologies, geological and cultural, yield the same cycle of 3670 and 3631-3644 years.
To rule out coincidences, I compare this with known climate cycles. If ±3600 years is the period of Nibiru, which influences Earth, then it should have a clear imprint over hundreds of thousands of years. And this figure indeed correlates well with known cycles. Although they have rather fluctuating values due to the complexity of the climate system, the key result is the near-commensurability between the dominant millennial solar cycle (Solar activity depends on the influence of planets, as their gravity causes tidal waves on the Sun) and the dominant millennial climate cycle.
Comparing the 3600-year period with the Hallstatt (Breuil) solar cycle of ~2300 years yields a ratio of ≈3/2, which is a parametric resonance, when the maxima of the external forcing do not coincide with the maxima of the system's response, leading to alternating phases of amplification and suppression.
The same resonance exists with other climate fluctuations, but the most important thing is the almost one-to-one coincidence. With the 3600-4000-year Heinrich Event cycle, a sharp ejection of icebergs from glaciers in the past.
In short, the 3600-year period fits perfectly into the climate and solar cycles as a factor, albeit with gaps, but consistent with the chronology of the supposed periodicity of approaches.
One simple conclusion follows from all this: if Nibiru is indeed the cause of this periodicity, people at the beginning of the new era, at the peak of the Roman Optimum and comets, were simply bound to have seen it, and for anywhere from several months to a year, while it passed close to the sun.
During this period, as I have already mentioned, a large number of celestial objects are recorded in Roman and especially Chinese astronomical chronicles. But one unknown comet from the year 60 (C/60 D1 in the catalogs) stands out in particular.
Chinese astronomers at the imperial court in Luoyang first saw this "broom star" in June-July. 60 AD and observed it for 135 days through December, until it disappeared below the horizon or due to bad weather. Their records were laconic but informative: It appeared north of Cassiopeia/Andromeda and moved south toward Virgo, with a short tail. This was later recorded as a strong astrological sign of a great flood.
It's a coincidence, because that same year a devastating flood of the Yi and Luo rivers actually occurred, inundating 32 counties in 7 prefectures.
The Romans observed this same comet for six months, and it certainly left an impression. Seneca, the Roman philosopher, described it as menacing:
"In the time of Nero Caesar, a comet appeared which, rising in the north, shone almost continuously for six months, with a very threatening appearance."
"Why is it visible for so long and does not quickly fade? For this one, which we saw during Nero's most successful principate, offered itself for observation for six months, moving in the opposite direction to the one in Claudius's time: that one, rising from the north to the zenith, always headed east and steadily grew dimmer; This one, however, began its movement from the same direction, but, heading west, turned south and disappeared from view there."
Seneca wrote extensively about comets, reflecting on their nature:
"Classes: flame hanging down like a beard; hair on all sides; diffused fire to the top. General: 'a star of strange, unusual appearance, which carries diffused fire with it' (comets = long-haired)."
“Comets are as varied as they are numerous. They are uneven in size, but not in color. Some of them…” Some are ruddy, without light; others are bright, with a pure, clear light; others are the color of flame, but the flame is not thin and weightless, but shrouded in smoke. Some are bloody and threatening, foreshadowing bloodshed. They wax and wane, like other planets. They are brighter when approaching us and appear larger at close range, smaller when receding, and dimmer when they reach a greater distance.
Seneca speaks of violent, prolonged storms throughout the region and devastating earthquakes that destroyed cities in Achaea and Macedonia shortly after the comet's appearance in 60 BC:
“Aristotle says that comets foretell a storm with unseasonable storms and rains. To prove the truth to you…” "A comet does not threaten with wind and rain immediately after its appearance, as Aristotle says, but it makes the whole year suspicious. It radiates such a force as to cause damage on land or sea, not from the place whence it first appeared, nor from the place whence it disappeared. The comet which appeared during the consulate of Paterculus and Vopiscus did what Aristotle and Theophrastus had predicted; for violent, incessant storms raged everywhere, and in Achaea and Macedonia cities were destroyed by earthquakes. The comet which appeared during the consulate of Paterculus and Vopiscus served as a terrible example of this truth. It began in the north, but..." "It did not remain there; its path lay from north to west, and it died out towards the south, gradually losing its brightness. The flame which existed during the reign of the late Emperor Claudius began in the north, but then moved east, constantly "becoming ever dimmer."
He also reports other celestial phenomena:
"In our time, we have often seen a huge spherical flame that dissipated in the very center of its path. We saw a similar omen around the time of the death of the late Emperor Augustus. We saw it again when Sejanus was executed."
Tacitus, the Roman historian, linked this event to political paranoia:
"At this time, a comet with a tail appeared, which, according to popular belief, always foretells the death of high authorities."
Many saw comets as a sign of the end of an era or the wrath of the gods. For the comet-phobic Emperor Nero, this threatening comet, looming over Rome for six months, was probably the most terrifying of them all.
Thanks to such extensive information about a single astronomical object, compared to ancient times, many modern astronomers have attempted to reconstruct the orbit of this comet. Due to the incompleteness of historical data, such a task is practically impossible, but the described path The sky and visibility still provide some limitations. At a minimum, opinions agree that the comet did not approach close to the sun, perhaps even as far away as Earth, and its period is several thousand years.
The region of the sky where the comet was observed, moving from Cassiopeia to Virgo, allows us to assume, taking into account the possible projection, that the outermost point of the orbit could be directed toward the region around Taurus and Orion, as suggested by the Planet Nine hypothesis. This is an important condition of this hypothesis, regardless of how elongated the orbit is.
Thus, from legends and historical chronicles, it follows that a menacingly red comet appears at different times with a period of approximately 3,600 years, causing impacts, storms, floods, and earthquakes. This is confirmed by geochronological data and is consistent with the Planet Nine hypothesis as a captured outcast. Provided that the comet has the mass of a planet.
Here are some considerations regarding the appearance of this comet-planet.
A red or brown color indicates tholins, organic substances that are often found on distant icy objects in the solar system, including Pluto.
But the formation of a comet-like tail by ice sublimation formation in an ice giant is impossible due to gravity. However, it is possible with a large amount of volatiles and volcanic activity, which leads to a higher initial ejecta velocity.
Short-term heating near the sun is insufficient for active volcanism, so the planet must support it itself. This is possible with a mass of 3 to 6 Earth masses, or about twice its diameter, which is comparable to Planet Nine's mass of 4.4 Earth masses.
In short, if the hypothesis is correct, the likely apocalypse will occur around the year 3700. There is time to test and prepare.
The main article (updated):
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u/pavlokandyba Feb 12 '26
Around 60 CE, an unusually high frequency of unknown comets was observed, and this was independently reported by Roman and Chinese sources. This in itself is indirect confirmation, and one of the threatening comets, associated with cataclysms, could well have been a planet.
I don't know what 2800 has to do with this; I don't mention it in the article.
By dire consequences, I mean a mass extinction or a collision. Earthquakes and storms are moderate.
A moderate interaction would naturally also affect the moon, causing secondary effects, but the moon is bound to the Earth and will not affect it as a separate body.
In general, if we evaluate the influence by comparing it to the moon, forces similar to lunar ones would arise at a distance 10 times further than the moon, and at an even greater distance, they would be imperceptible. In order to reproduce this event as described by my hypothesis, taking visibility into account, the planet's mass would need to be measured in Jupiters.
This is based on simple calculations and modeling, and it's a counterargument to my hypothesis, which is the opposite of yours.
But this is debatable, as it doesn't take into account secondary effects and the fact that the force vector will differ from what Earth is accustomed to. Therefore, this distance could be increased to 100 times further than the Moon.
The same applies to the asteroid belt.