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I mean, how else could one think up submarines, flying objects heavier than air, amphibian craft even, capable of submarining, boating, riding and flying, during the time when horse and buggy was the ultimate:
Envisioned the vacuum tube, for transport of documents and other objects.
Figured out that in the 20th century, a Paris poet would be absolutely useless: all business, no need for Art.
Invented the ultimate weapon, and the ultimate madman to use it.
Flew to the moon and back.
Definitely an alien! ;-)
He, and Baron Prasil (Baron Münchhausen), both CLERLY aliens! ;-)