Actually the C's confirmed that the Atlanteans were the Native Americans here:I think Atlantis was based around the area of the modern-day US, so references to both Arizona and Atlantis may be correct as it may have been the same location.
Here are a few excerpts from the sessions that mention the location of Atlantis. Note that both the Canary Islands and the Bermuda Triangle are based on the mass of water around to the US. With continents and masses of land being arranged differently before the cataclysm, those locations may have been a part of a larger piece of land, or closer together. There is also Laura's comment that North American Indians could have been the Atlanteans, which points towards the ancient empire being located around the modern-day US.
Session 24 September 1995:
Q: (L) What genetic type were the Atlanteans?
A: They were the same as the "Native Americans."
Until the end of the last ice age, most of North America was covered by a thick ice sheet. However, I think places like Arizona and Southern California may have been ice free or at least temperate by comparison. Perhaps someone can check. I am not therefore convinced that the modern USA, as we know it today, could have been Atlantis but stand to be corrected.
Elsewhere, the C's have said that "Atlantis was merely a home base of an advanced civilisation of 3 races of humans occupying different sections of a huge Island empire." Thus, the C's seem to be suggesting that Atlantis had been a giant archipelago (think of Indonesia for a modern day comparison), which went through three separate break-up's caused by three cataclysms occurring over a long period of time.
I agree that this island empire would have included Bermuda, the Canary Islands and the Azores. It may also have included Cuba (as the author and researcher Andrew Collins believes) since large pyramidal structures have been found on the sea bed off the west coast of Cuba opposite the Yucatan Peninsula.
The sinking of the main islands of Atlantis may even have led to the creation of the Sargasso Sea as well. It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often calm blue water. Interestingly, the Sargasso Sea is often portrayed in literature and the media as an area of mystery. It is often depicted in fiction as a dangerous area where ships are mired in weed for centuries, unable to escape. Could this be some sort of residual folk memory involving Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle I wonder?
Elsewhere, the C's have said that "Atlantis was merely a home base of an advanced civilisation of 3 races of humans occupying different sections of a huge Island empire." Thus, the C's seem to be suggesting that Atlantis had been a giant archipelago (think of Indonesia for a modern day comparison), which went through three separate break-up's caused by three cataclysms occurring over a long period of time.
I agree that this island empire would have included Bermuda, the Canary Islands and the Azores. It may also have included Cuba (as the author and researcher Andrew Collins believes) since large pyramidal structures have been found on the sea bed off the west coast of Cuba opposite the Yucatan Peninsula.
The sinking of the main islands of Atlantis may even have led to the creation of the Sargasso Sea as well. It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often calm blue water. Interestingly, the Sargasso Sea is often portrayed in literature and the media as an area of mystery. It is often depicted in fiction as a dangerous area where ships are mired in weed for centuries, unable to escape. Could this be some sort of residual folk memory involving Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle I wonder?