#ancient astronaut theorists

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Ancient Aliens: Prince Philip's Secret UFO Investigation (Season 18)

18 February 2022

Ancient Astronaut Theorists believe that Prince Philip might've investigated and researched a classified UFO phenomenon in this clip from Season 18, "The World on Alert."

[rasolomonwrites]

Anne Rice probably hated fanfic because of people like me who have no respect for canon, god, or the devil and would eat up a 75k word ancient aliens AU where Daniel is the ancient astronaut theorist who doesn't actually believe anything he says on camera and Armand is the alien who uses him to make an alien human hybrid by impregnating him in another dimension.

[memories-of-ancients]

Went into a patients room and the Dipshistory Channel was on and it was like...

To most onlookers this appears to be nothing more than a pile of rocks in the middle of the woods in Appalachia. Mainstream archaeologists claim it is the remains of a root cellar built in the 19th century. However Ancient Astronaut theorists speculate that it is evidence of an ancient alien network of ...

And I'm just like LMFAO!!!! Why is this show still on TV?

[talonabraxas]

King Pakal As An Alien Ancient Astronaut

The enigmatic Tomb of Mayan King Pakal has attracted the interest of Ancient Astronaut Theorists like Zechariah and Erich von Daniken who suggest that the carved sarcophagus lid found in his tomb at Palenque depicts Pakal as an Anunnaki Ancient Astronaut.

King Pakal’s sarcophagus lid shows a man tilting backwards surrounded by glyphs and symbols that run along the edges of the lid representing important components of Mayan cosmology.

The mainstream consensus among Mayan experts is that the image on the Sarcophagus does not depict King Pakal as an Ancient Astronaut but instead, the image tells the story of King Pakal’s death and descent into the underworld.

However, an alternative explanation of the engraving of the lid of King Pakal’s sarcophagus was advanced by Ancient Astronaut Theorist Erich von Daniken in his book Chariots of the Gods where he claimed the lid depicted King Pakal riding on a rocketship.

On the basis of Erich von Daniken’s observations in Chariots Of The Gods, Ancient Astronaut Theorists state that King Pakal may have been part of the race of Alien Ancient Astonauts that built Civilization on Earth.

The leading criticism of Von Daniken’s explanation of King Pakal’s Sarcophagus as depicting an Ancient Astonaut criticises his suggestion that rocket power would be the method used by technologically superior Aliens to travel the Solar system.

The idea that Extraterrestrials would use rocket power to arrive on Earth seems anachronistic because this type of technology would be primitive to Aliens.

However, the use of rocket terminology does not in itself disprove Daniken’s argument that King Pakal was an Ancient Astronaut because the carvings on the lid could also be an advanced Reactor eg using antimatter or some other advanced form of Alien propulsion.

King Pakal: The Sumerian-Egyptian Connection

A deeper Ancient Astronaut Theory analysis of the lid of King Pakal’s Tomb based on the works of Zechariah Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles ultimately leads to the Anunnaki Gods of Ancient Egypt and Sumer who may have built an Alien Civilization on Earth.

Zecharia Sitchin’s Ancient Astronaut Theory analysis of King Pakal’s Tomb expanded beyond the self-contained mythology of one particular geographical area in determining the meaning of King Pakal’s sarcophagus lid.

[metamorphosis-000]

In his 1976 book The Twelfth Planet, Russian-American author Zecharia Sitchin claimed that the Anunnaki were actually a race of extraterrestrial beings from the undiscovered planet Nibiru, who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago in order to mine gold. According to Sitchin, the Anunnaki genetically engineered homo erectus to create modern humans to work as their slaves. Sitchin claimed that the Anunnaki were forced to leave Earth when Antarctic glaciers melted, causing the Flood of Noah, which also destroyed the Anunnaki’s bases on Earth. These had to be rebuilt and the Nephilim, needing more humans to help in this massive effort, taught them agriculture. Ronald H. Fritze writes that, according to Sitchin, “the Annunaki built the pyramids and all the other monumental structures from around the world that ancient astronaut theorists consider so impossible to build without highly advanced technologies.“Sitchin also claimed that the Anunnaki had left behind human-alien hybrids, some of whom may still be alive today, unaware of their alien ancestry. Sitchin expanded on this mythology in later works, including The Stairway to Heaven (1980) and The Wars of Gods and Men (1985). In The End of Days: Armageddon and the Prophecy of the Return (2007), Sitchin predicted that the Anunnaki would return to earth, possibly as soon as 2012, corresponding to the end of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

[cultstatus]

me and my brother have been watching Ancient Aliens an absurd amount lately and when they start talking about ancient civilizations and art i get so sucked in like wow...humans are incredible...and then the narrator will hit me with "IS THE PYRAMIDS ACTUALLY A SPACE SHIP? ANCIENT ASTRONAUT THEORISTS SAY YES 💯" and I'm violently brought back down to earth

[hairbrush9]

Brit and I watched ancient aliens last night for the laughs but it amazes me how they don't cite a single source??? Also what the fuck is an ancient astronaut theorist 😭😭

[pelagae]

Ancient Alien Theory is like some weird almost cult for atheists who can't let go of the culture of religion.

I watch the show for funsies. Usually when I'm high. It's entertaining in a "could it be? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say..... ~~a ReSoUnDiNg YeS~~!" 🥴 sort of way. I think it's fun to see stuff about ancient history, even if they do make it about aliens. It's like a sort of alternate timeline fantasy along with neat history for me. It's fun to see the commonalities in ancient cultures because, to me, it speaks to our connections and similarities as humans, the stories we tell covering such shared themes. Just watched one that talked about about mandalas and the images created by sound waves, which was just cool from a science-culture overlap perspective. And then the other stuff about modern UFO sightings and things just being weird news, conspiracy theory shenanigans.

But I was watching it the other day, and I thought, "This is Baha'i for atheists." Not that I'm all that familiar or saying it correlates with actual Baha'i philosophy, just in the way that Ancient Alien Theory is rooted in concepts and stories from religions and cultures all over the world, especially the Abrahamics, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism.

Whether or not you're thinking of God or aliens, the idea that someone/thing out there purposely manipulated our planet and our evolution to create the human race, that human civilization has been influenced by some extraterrestrial force bringing knowledge and technology, that someday these beings will (or already have) return for some greater purpose or next step, yada yada yada... all just sounds like Christians and similar who maybe have given up the spiritual belief but still want those concepts to exist. At times, it really just comes across as a scientific explanation for religious creation stories. Like, how is "God put water on the Earth" so different from "Water came from asteroids. But could it be possible that an extraterrestrial civilization sent water-bearing asteroids... on purpose? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes"? Just taking science and history and making it fit the theory, exactly like a religion would. Even one of their main people, Eric Von Danikan, is super Christian and defends his faith in God despite writing the book on how angels are aliens and Jesus was half alien. It's religion with a sciencey mask on.

I think that if people 5,000 years ago were cutting stone with greater precision than we were doing 100 years ago, that's pretty neat. Saying they were able to do it because of aliens is not only a discredit to those people, but it reveals the religious mentality or external locus of control in the otherwise atheist-identifying proponents of the theory.

[neechees]

One thing I really hate about conspiracy theorists is that they use a "well you can't prove I'm absolutely WRONG" stance as their reasoning for why they're right about their theories & then leave it at that. Like yeah youre right, I can't technically 100% without a doubt prove that aliens don't exist. Obviously that doesn't mean their "aliens built the pyramids" theory is true, because we have lots of evidence showing us that aliens didn't build them, ancient Egyptian people did. But they'll still hold onto whatever straws (imaginary or thin) they can grasp to believe whatever conspiracy they want.

Like I can say "there's a purple teapot with frogs on it floating in space that astronauts launched there & left it & now it's lost in space somewhere". Yeah i don't have any proof of this at all, & I can make some up, or i can find different completely unrelated sources to link it to this alleged teapot in space as my reasoning for why it's there. Yeah there's lots of evidence I'm lying & there's lots of reasonable, scientific explanations for how the teapot doesn't exist & couldn't possibly be floating in space right now. But you also can't technically prove there definitely ISNT a floating teapot in space right this second, & that's the weak reasoning CT's like to use

[cowpokeredeemed]

Ancient astronaut theorists believe

[creature-wizard]

Friendly reminder that:

The concept of starseeds promotes ableism by minimizing or denying ADHD and autism.

The ancient astronaut hypothesis promotes spiritual colonialism and destruction of other cultures by twisting other people's mythologies and sacred texts to fit their narratives.

The reptilian alien mythology is based on conspiracy theories historically used to justify oppressing and murdering real people. Loosh/blood/adrenochrome harvesting is just repackaged blood libel.

New Age mythology is chock full of repackaged right wing conspiracy theories, the same kind pushed by QAnon.

It's also full of repackaged racist pseudoscience about genetic superiority/inferiority and the function of evolution.

Ascension to 5D was supposed to have happened back in 2012, and the prediction failed.

New Agers are recycling their predictions over and over to catch new waves of people who don't know the movement's history.

Belief in Atlantis is strongly motivated by white supremacy.

For more info, see:

Looks like it's time to talk about starseeds and the New Age movement again.

How the mythology of starseeds, indigo children, crystal children, rainbow children, etc. harms kids

New Age YouTube channel caught recycling claims of imminent "first contact" for three years

Is the spiritual person a conspiracy theorist? A list of red flags

What is spiritual eugenics?

New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience

[ancientcosmicsecrets]

Ancient Secrets Fallen Angel's

In contemporary times, various authors and theorists have revisited the story of the Watchers, including those who subscribe to the ancient astronaut theory. This perspective suggests that the Watchers may have been extraterrestrial visitors, interpreting their advanced knowledge and abilities as evidence of a technologically superior race interacting with ancient humans.

The tale of the Watchers is a complex blend of theology, mythology, and speculation. It raises questions about the nature of divine beings, the origins of evil, and the boundaries between the sacred and the profane. Whether viewed through the lens of religious tradition or modern interpretation, the story of the Watchers remains a fascinating and enduring narrative that challenges our understanding of the cosmos and our place within it.

[memories-of-ancients]

Is it possible to mix Natty Ice and Mad Dog to make a delicious refreshing drink? Ancient Astronaut theorists say yes!

[arcane-vagabond]

hot take: jake & javy's guilty pleasure show is ancient aliens. they were super stressed one night during the academy and it was on tv as they were channel surfing and caught their eye. they spent the entire night making fun of it. they watch it during their spa nights and introduce amelia to it who also becomes hooked. penny hates them for it

ive been watching recently when im stressed and holy shit is it so dumb!! never fails to make me feel better about myself lol

Kara this has me DEAD.

I love Ancient Aliens. I used to watch it with my dad, and we'd make fun of it lol One of our running jokes is that when someone asks a question with an obvious answer, we look at each other and go "Do ancient astronaut theorists believe that _____...*A solid 20 second pause* YES!"

[talonabraxas]

"King Pakal: The Palenque Astronaut" 🛸 Talon Abraxas King Pakal’s sarcophagus lid shows a man tilting backwards surrounded by glyphs and symbols that run along the edges of the lid representing important components of Mayan cosmology. The mainstream consensus among Mayan experts is that the image on the Sarcophagus does not depict King Pakal as an Ancient Astronaut but instead, the image tells the story of King Pakal’s death and descent into the underworld. However, an alternative explanation of the engraving of the lid of King Pakal’s sarcophagus was advanced by Ancient Astronaut Theorist Erich von Daniken in his book Chariots of the Gods where he claimed the lid depicted King Pakal riding on a rocketship.

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

Alright, slightly titled tin hat time:

So I've kept watching Ancient Aliens, and while I personally disagree with the concept of actual aliens interfering with human history I will give kudos to the ancient astronaut theorists for their dedication to historical research to work on their theories

I've gotten to the Akhenaten episode, which is a name I've heard before from my childhood when I went through my Egyptologist phase

For those who don't know Akhenaten is the father of Tutankhamen. Neither Akhenaten nor Tutankhamen are on the official list of kings on the walls in the temples because of a curious thing that Akhenaten did during his reign.

He was the first in recent human history to create a monotheistic religion where they only worship one God. It's believed that the current monotheistic religions we know today (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) are descended from this point in time and possibly this small religion born in ancient Egypt

'Atenism" was composed of the worship of the sun God Ra. Akhenaten declared it to be the one true God and moved his court out into the middle of nowhere based on the image of the sun setting into a niche in the mountains which was similar to the symbol used to represent the Sun God.

He basically set up and built a new palace in the Middle of the desert and started a hippie sun worshipping commune

Unfortunately this didn't sit well with the priests of the temples and upon his death Akhenaten was wiped from Egyptian history, as was his son Tutankhamen, which is why neither of them appear in temple records.

When Tutankhamen assumed the throne he was used by those in charge to re-establish the old Gods, being a child at the time I highly doubt he had much say over that but I do wonder if his early death and his half sisters (his wife) many miscarriages contributed to someone actually doing away with him; not to mention due to incest he much like his father had physical disfigurements. I also wonder that if as an adult he tried to re-establish the religion his father created and that was the real reason for his early death

Akhenatens Father was named Rameses, and his brother who should have assumed the throne after Akhenatens death was named Thutmose.

Thutmose disappears from Egyptian history after this point.....which leads me to a curious theory that has been proposed by some historians

You may notice the similarities between the name Thutmose and Moses, and there may be a good reason for it

The archeological timeline for this period of monotheism and it's ending, along with the disappearance of the Kings brother coincides with the proposed timeline for the 'Israelites' fleeing Egypt

Does this book/movie sound familiar to anyone? Albeit with some Disneyfication to some of the details it is thought that Moses was in fact Thutmose, the brother of Akhenaten who led what few followers he still had out of Egypt and this Monotheism migrated out into the wider world and thus what three of the worlds major religions were descended from

It's also interesting that the Temple mount where the legendary Temple of King Solomon that is a sacred site to all of these religions actually had an already existing temple on the site prior to it being built

I do wonder if in fact the original temple may have been built by the first group to depart from Egypt with their Monotheistic sun worshipping religion as the similarities between the rays of Ra with the Ankh symbol and the imagery in the other Monotheistic religions does not escape me.

The other thing that helps further the theory is an item that was found in Tutankhamens tombs, an object that has a very similar physical description to the Ark of the covenant (which has a pretty important standing in the history of Monotheistic religions) that did not appear in other tombs....

Also curses were pretty big in Egypt....