Matt Beall Podcast If They Weren't Tombs, What Were they? Geoffrey Drumm Provides the World's Best Explanation (P2/3)
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Dec 25, 2025 
In this intriguing discussion, researcher Geoffrey Drumm shares his groundbreaking theories connecting ancient monuments to advanced engineering. He proposes that sites like the Giza pyramids and Avebury were designed as functional machines for generating thunderstorms and harnessing natural energy. Geoffrey delves into the chemistry behind these structures, discussing everything from thunderstorm generation to chemical reactors and gas extraction techniques. His insights challenge conventional views, suggesting these ancient sites were early industrial systems capable of remarkable feats.
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Thunderstorm-Generating Landscape Engineering
- Geoffrey Drumm links white chalk hills (White Horse Hills) and engineered mounds to deliberately generate thunderstorms by causing exothermic reactions when flooded.
- He argues these landscape features, obelisks, and reservoirs form a global system to produce lightning and harness electric fields for ancient chemical processes.
Field Visit To Cherrill White Horse
- Geoffrey Drumm describes visiting the Cherrill White Horse and observing a hollow obelisk and reservoir at the summit that mark engineered features.
- He recounts hiking the hill and noting terrain shapes and a standing-stone tradition indicating lightning-rod placements.
Chalk Chemistry As Heat Source
- Flooding chalk (calcium carbonate) converted to calcium oxide, then reacting with water produces heat (exothermic) that generates convection to seed cumulonimbus clouds.
- Drumm frames Silbury Hill and similar chalk mounds as engineered chemical heat sources for thunderstorm initiation.