Paintings from Val Camonica, Italy, c.10,000 BC, purportedly showing extraterrestrial visitors. Other people say they show gods and other mythological persons from religions of that time.

The Dogū (土偶) is speculated to be an Ancient Astronaut that visited earth during the Jōmon period of Ancient Japan, it shows features resembling a space suit, goggles and a space helmet.

Ancient astronaut theories are various proposals that the Earth had, before first human record, been visited by intelligent extraterrestrial beings, and that such contact is linked to either the origins or development of human cultures, technologies and/or religion. Indeed, some of these theories suggests that gods from most -- if not all -- religions are actually extraterrestrial beings, and their technologies were mistaken for divine entities by primitive man.^[1][2] While no peer-reviewed scientific journal validates such claims, these theories have been popularized, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century, by writers Erich von Däniken, Zecharia Sitchin and others.^[3] Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Ancientastronauts. ... Image File history File links Ancientastronauts. ... Val Camonica is a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (429x607, 161 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (429x607, 161 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... DogÅ« (土偶) (1000-400 BC), goggle-eyed type figurine. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Jomon Period. ... Ancient Japan is a term used for the early periods of Japanese history. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... “Green people” redirects here. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Gods can refer to: Plurality of Gods (see polytheism); Postulated preternatural beings (see deity); The upper levels of a theatre (see the gods); A 1991 video game (see Gods (video game)); A sixties rock band (see The Gods (band)). An internet term, common among usenet veterans, for those who engage... For other uses, see Peer review (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Erich von Däniken Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (b. ... Zecharia Sitchins photograph from The 12th Planet Zecharia Sitchin (born 1922)[1] is a best-selling author of books promoting the ancient astronaut theory for human origins. ...

Ancient astronaut theories do not rule out the possibility that civilization may have evolved on earth twice, and that the visitation of ancient astronauts may reflect the return of descendents of ancient humans whose population was separated from earthbound humans.

Proponents of ancient astronaut theories point to gaps in historical and archaeological records and the corresponding absence of definitive explanations in certain contexts from the archaeological sciences. Advocates of these theories put forward as evidence their interpretations of various archaeological artifacts, which they deem to have been anachronistic or "beyond the (presumed) technical capabilities" attributed to the historical cultures they are associated with (see "OOPArt"). Another common theme relies upon the interpretation of depictions in certain ancient artworks as being representations of actual extraterrestrial visitors as realised by the contacted cultures. In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... Look up Anachronism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... OOPArt, from the acronym for out-of-place artifact, is a term coined by American zoologist Ivan T. Sanderson for a historical, archaeological or paleontological object found in a very unusual, or even impossible, location. ...

Critics maintain, however, that such gaps in contemporary knowledge of the past do not demonstrate that such alternative accounts are a necessary, or even plausible, conclusion to draw from the (lack of) available data. A number of ancient astronaut claims are made in direct opposition to the consensus scientific interpretation of evidence in situations where there are alternatives supported by more widely accepted theories. The scientific community remains generally skeptical, and the dominant view is that the evidence for ancient astronaut and paleocontact theories is undemonstrated.^[4]

Ancient astronaut theories may be considered a subset of paleocontact theory, a hypothesis that intelligent extraterrestrials have visited Earth. Carl Sagan, I.S. Shklovskii and Hermann Oberth are three notable scientists who have seriously considered this possibility. Paleocontact theory is a term used to describe the hypothesis that intelligent extraterrestrial creatures visited earth in the distant past or at the dawn of human civilization. ... Look up Hypothesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Insert non-formatted text here Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrobiologist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. ... Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский) (July 1, 1916 – March 3, 1985) was a Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. ... Oberth (in front) with fellow ABMA employees. ...

Details

Ancient astronaut adherents often claim that humans are either descendants or creations of beings who landed on Earth millennia ago. An associated theory is that much of human knowledge, religion and culture came from extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times. Ancient astronauts acted as a “mother culture”. These ideas are generally discounted by the scientific community^[5] A mother culture is a term for an early people and their culture, with great and widespread influence on later cultures and people. ...

Adherents

Ancient astronaut theories have been advanced by authors such as:-

• Arthur C. Clarke (in his short story, Reunion)
• Charles Fort (1919)
• Morris K. Jessup (1955)
• George Hunt Williamson (1957)
• Peter Kolosimo (in his 1957 book, Il pianeta sconosciuto)
• Henri Lhote (1958),^[6]
• Matest M. Agrest (1959)
• Jacques Bergier & Louis Pauwels in their (1959) book, The Morning of the Magicians
• Brinsley Le Poer Trench (1960)
• W. Raymond Drake (1964)
• Brad Steiger (1967) in his book, The Flying Saucer Menace
• I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan in their 1968 book Intelligent Life in the Universe
• Erich von Däniken (1968)
• Robert Charroux (1969)
• Dr. S. Lunskaya (1970)
• Rod Serling in his (1974) documentary In Search of Ancient Astronauts
• Robert K. G. Temple (1976)
• Zecharia Sitchin (1978)
• Maurice Chatelain (1978)
• Richard C. Hoagland
• Burak Eldem
• Alan F. Alford
• Ellen Lloyd

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Theosophy

Theosophical writings of the 19th and early 20th centuries contain many precursors to the ancient astronaut theories. Theosophy influenced authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, Charles Fort, and Erich von Däniken^{[citation needed]}. Theosophy is a word and a concept known anciently, commonly understood in the modern era to describe the studies of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky from the 1870s. ... Theosophy is a word and a concept known anciently, commonly understood in the modern era to describe the studies of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky from the 1870s. ... This article is about the author. ... This article is not about Charles Forte. ... Erich von Däniken Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (b. ...

Erich von Däniken

Erich von Däniken was a leading proponent of this theory in the late 1960s and early 1970s, gaining a large audience through the 1968 publication of his best-selling book Chariots of the Gods and its sequels. Von Däniken's evidence for his vision of paleocontact was: The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Book cover for Chariots of the Gods? Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past is a controversial book written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken. ...

• Certain artifacts and monumental constructions, their purpose or origin unknown, appear to have required a more sophisticated technological ability in their construction than what was presumed by historians for those ancient cultures. These objects and structures are deemed to be beyond the technological capabilities of the associated societies attributed with their manufacture (at least in the eyes of the author and his adherents). Von Däniken maintains that these artifacts were constructed either directly by extraterrestrial visitors or by humans who learned the necessary knowledge from said visitors. These artifacts and monuments include Stonehenge, the Moai of Easter Island, the Antikythera mechanism and the Ancient Baghdad Electric Batteries. (See OOPArt)
• In ancient art and iconography throughout the world, certain similar themes can be interpreted to illustrate air and space vehicles, non-human but intelligent creatures, ancient astronauts and artifacts of an anachronistically advanced technology. Von Däniken also identifies certain details that appear similar across the art of geographically-diverse historical cultures, which he argues imply a common origin. For one such example, refer to von Däniken's interpretation of the sarcophagus lid recovered from the tomb of the Classic-era Maya ruler of Palenque, Pacal. Von Däniken claimed the design represented a seated astronaut, whereas the iconography and accompanying Maya text clearly identifies it as a portrait of the ruler himself with the World Tree of Maya mythology.
• The origins of many religions could be interpreted as reactions to encounters by primitive humans with some alien race. According to this view, humans consider the technology of the aliens to be supernatural and the aliens themselves to be gods. Von Däniken claims that the oral and written traditions of most religions contain references to alien visitors by descriptions of stars and vehicular objects travelling through air and space. The author maintains that these should be seen as literal descriptions from eyewitnesses that have been interpreted by primitive peoples as supernatural events, or changed during the passage of time to become more obscure, rather than symbolic or mythical fiction. One such is Ezekiel's revelation in the Old Testament, which Däniken interprets as a detailed description of a landing spacecraft.

Since the publication of von Däniken's books, no substantial evidence has been found to verify his claims, while much claimed evidence has been disproven.^[7] For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ... Ahu Tongariki, restored in the 1990s Moai are monolithic stone figures on Rapa Nui / Easter Island, Chile. ... “Rapa Nui” redirects here. ... The Antikythera mechanism (main fragment). ... [1] Drawing of the 3 pieces. ... OOPArt, from the acronym for out-of-place artifact, is a term coined by American zoologist Ivan T. Sanderson for a historical, archaeological or paleontological object found in a very unusual, or even impossible, location. ... Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ... The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located at about 130 km south of Ciudad del Carmen (see map). ... Pacal II, also known as Pacal the Great (the most recent work gives his full name as Kinich Janaab Pakal[1] (26 March 603 - 31 August 683), was ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque. ... Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico The Maya script, commonly known as Maya hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently the only deciphered script of the Mesoamerican writing systems. ... The Mayan sacred tree sprouting from the body of Mayan king Pacal II The Mayan World Tree(or Wacah Chan, Whac Chan, a. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ezekiel (Hebrew: יחזקאל, ) is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible of the Book of Ezekiel. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ...

Zecharia Sitchin

Zecharia Sitchin's series The Earth Chronicles, began with The 12th Planet, revolves around Sitchin's interpretation of ancient Sumerian and Middle Eastern texts, mysterious megalithic sites and anomalous artifacts from around the world. He theorizes the gods of old Mesopotamia were actually astronauts from the planet Nibiru, which the Sumerians believed to be a remote "12th planet" (counting the Sun, Moon, and Pluto as planets) associated with the god Marduk. According to Sitchin, Nibiru continues to orbit our sun on a 3,600-year elongated orbit. Modern astronomy has failed to find any evidence of this hypothetical planet, though our direct observation of Kuiper belt objects is presently limited. Zecharia Sitchins photograph from The 12th Planet Zecharia Sitchin (born 1922)[1] is a best-selling author of books promoting the ancient astronaut theory for human origins. ... Sumeria may refer to: A back-formation from the adjective Sumerian, often used to mean the ancient civilisation more properly known as Sumer Sumeria, a disco artist best known for the 1978 hit Golden Tears 1970 Sumeria, an asteroid discovered in 1954 by Miguel Itzigsohn Donna Sumeria, a song on... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Mesopotamia was a cradle of civilization geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq. ... The term Nibiru comes from the Sumerian cuneiform tablets and writings dating 5,000 years old. ... For other uses, see Pluto (disambiguation). ... Marduk (Sumerian spelling in Akkadian: AMAR.UTU solar calf; Biblical: Merodach) was the Babylonian name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon permanently became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi (18th century... The Kuiper belt, derived from data from the Minor Planet Center. ...

According to Sitchin, the Sumerians relate how 50 Anunnaki or inhabitants of Nibiru came to Earth approximately 400,000 years ago with the intent of mining raw materials for transport back to Nibiru. With their small numbers they soon tired of the task and set out to genetically engineer laborers to work the mines. After much trial and error they eventually created homo sapiens sapiens: the "Adapa" (model man) or Adam of later mythology. For the fictional Anunnaki from Demon: The Fallen, see Annunaki (White Wolf), the Outlanders series by Mark Ellis, and The Empire Chronicles Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression depicting the Annunaki. ... The term Nibiru comes from the Sumerian cuneiform tablets and writings dating 5,000 years old. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... Adapa or Adamu son of Ea (according to Sayce) was a Babylonian mythical figure who accidentally rejected the gift of immortality. ... Michelangelos Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel. ...

Robert Temple

Robert K. G. Temple's 1976 book, The Sirius Mystery presents a case that the Dogon people of northwestern Mali preserved an ancient account of extraterrestrial visitation around 5,000 years ago. He quotes various lines of evidence, including advanced astronomical knowledge inherited by the tribe, descriptions, and comparative belief systems with ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt and Sumer. His work draws heavily on the studies of cultural anthropologists, Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen.^[8] Robert K. G. Temple (born in the U.S. in 1945) is an American author best known for his controversial book, The Sirius Mystery (1976; though its writing began in 1967) which presents the idea that the Dogon people preserve the tradition of an extraterrestrial contact, contact with intelligent extraterrestrial... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eat my ass. ... The Dogon village of Banani. ... Khafres Pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza, built about 2550 BC during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom,[1] are enduring symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a civilization in Northeastern Africa concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River... Sumer (or Šumer) was the earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East, located in lower Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian applies to all speakers... Marcel Griaule (1898 – 1956) was a French anthropologist known for his studies with the Dogon of West Africa and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. ... A student of Marcel Mauss, French anthropologist Germaine Dieterlen (1903-1999) wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly descriptive ethnography), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure. ...

His conclusions however, have seen criticism by Carl Sagan and Ian Ridpath, who pointed out what they saw as discrepancies within Temple's account, and suggested that the Dogon may have received some of their information recently and probably from European sources.^[9][10] In addition, noted anthropologist and ecologist, Walter E. A. van Beek criticizes Temple's sources, mainly Griaule, for misrepresenting Dogon ethnography, imposing his own ideas, and fabricating his account.^[11] In direct response to van Beek's rebuttal however, daughter and colleague of Marcel Griaule, Genevieve Calame-Griaule provided a detailed refutation of her own. She dismisses van Beek's charges as being marred by a confusion of esoteric traditions and based almost entirely on speculation.^[12] Insert non-formatted text here Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrobiologist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. ... Ian Ridpath, Born 1947 May 1, Ilford, Essex is a journalist made famous for his breaking article on the Rendlesham Forest Incident of January 5, 1985. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Temple responded to his critics by pointing out that certain information, like the density of Sirius B, had only been acquired by Westerners but a few years earlier. He also notes the possible detection of a third star in 1995^[13], of which had already been documented as being incorporated into Dogon mythology.^[14] Skeptic and space journalist, James Oberg was cautious in his approach to the information, stating that enthusiasts of Temple's claims have neither been proven or disproved in their assertions, and while Temple was not able to establish unquestionably the antiquity of most of the information in question, speculative notions of recent attainment from Europeans is "entirely circumstantial", and concludes that it is likely we will never know for sure and this case may in fact remain a mystery.^[15] For other uses, see Sirius (disambiguation). ... James Edward Oberg (b. ...

Raëlian religious movement

Raëlism, or Raëlianism, is a religious movement created by Claude Vorilhon (or Raël). Raël claims to have encountered extraterrestrials on a number of occasions. On one such occasion, he claims that he was informed that humans were created by an advanced extraterrestrial humanoid race the Elohim, using their knowledge of DNA & Genetics. The Raëlian movement also argues against evolution and supports human cloning. A gathering of Raëlians in South Korea Raëlism is an UFO religion that is known by the names of Raëlian Church, MADECH from 1974 to 1976,[1] and International Raëlian Movement afterwards. ... Claude Vorilhon (right) This box:      Claude Vorilhon (who says he was born on September 30, 1946 in Vichy, Allier, France)[1] was a singer at a young age and soon became a sports-car journalist and test driver for his own car-racing magazine, Auto Pop. ... “Rael” redirects here. ... This article is about the Hebrew word. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... For other uses, see clone. ...

Purported evidence

Many authors use ancient mythologies to support their viewpoints, based on theories that hold that nearly all ancient creation myths of a god or gods who descended from the "heavens" to earth to create man are actually representations of alien visitors. These myths detail extraordinary adventures of these god-like beings as actually using technologies unseen from the perspective of early man.

For example, flying machines often show up in ancient texts. One classical example is the Vimanas, flying machines that can be found in the Sanskrit epics of India.^[16] This page deals with the flying chariots of Hindu mythology. ... Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent. ...

In the Biblical Old Testament, God is described as having various attributes that could be interpreted as being advanced rockets or other flying craft. He is described as having an upper "body" of metal^[17] (which can also be interpreted as a kind of crown), appearing on a column of smoke and/or fire^[18] and making the sound of a trumpet.^[19] These descriptions portray the God of the ancient Hebrews as not only having the characteristics of a flying machine, but also quite clearly describe God as a physical presence,^[20] not an abstraction. This God follows the Hebrews around and rains lightning^[21] and stones^[22] down upon their enemies from his position in the sky. However, poetically, descriptions of the Hebrew God have also featured having protecting wings and outstretched arms in the Psalms, features which may be considered contrary to some theories of mechanical manifestations of God, but tellingly refers to the different perceptions of their God given the different eras the stories were written^{[citation needed]}. Additionally, the characteristics of the Ark of the Covenant^[23] and the Urim and Thummim^[24] are identified as suggesting high technology, perhaps from alien origins^{[citation needed]}. Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ... The Ark of the Covenant (ארון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container, wherein rested the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments as well as other sacred Israelite objects. ... In ancient Israelite religion and culture, Urim and Thummim (Hebrew: האורים והתמים, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: الاوريم والتميم al-ŪrÄ«m waʾaṯ-á¹®ummÄ«m) is a phrase from the Hebrew Bible associated with the sacred breastplate, divination in general, and cleromancy in particular. ...

Physical evidence includes the discovery of ancient "model airplanes" in Egypt and South America, which some believe bear a resemblance to modern planes and gliders,^[25] although conventionally these are interpreted as models of birds; the best known bears a painted falcon's face. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

More support of this theory draws upon what some have thought to be flying saucers in medieval and renaissance art. Objects in the paintings that cannot be explained with relevance to the art piece are often assumed to be flying saucers^{[citation needed]}. This is used to support the ancient astronaut theory by attempting to show that the creators of humanity return to check up on their creation throughout time. Renaissance Classicism was a form of art that removed extraneous detail and showed the world as it was. ...

Other artistic support for the ancient astronaut theory has been sought in Palaeolithic cave paintings. Vondijina in Australia and Val Camonica in Italy (seen above) bear a resemblance to present day astronauts; quite why ancient astronauts should wear pressure suits familiar in the late twentieth century is not explained. Supporters of the ancient astronaut theory sometimes claim that similarities such as dome shaped heads, interpreted as beings wearing space helmets, prove that early man was visited by an extraterrestrial race.^[26] The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic – lit. ... Cave, or rock, paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to pre_historic times. ... Val Camonica is a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...

Earlier ideas

Earlier sources — while generally not referencing ancient astronauts per se — suggest the creation of some monuments was beyond human means, such as Saxo Grammaticus' suggestion that giants had created Denmark's massive dolmens, or in tales that Merlin had assembled Stonehenge via magic. Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857 – 1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ... Jack the Giant-Killer by Arthur Rackham. ... Poulnabrone dolmen in County Clare, Ireland For the French TV miniseries, see Dolmen (TV miniseries). ... Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys (Merlin the Wise); also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the Wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in Arthurian legends, starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ... For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ...

Another frequent theme that can be encountered in many mythologies is a person who comes from far away as a god, or as the archetype of a "civilizing hero" who brings knowledge to mankind. Prometheus is the best-known Western example. In Native American lore there are numerous examples, including Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs and Viracocha of the Incas. For other uses, see Archetype (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Prometheus (disambiguation). ... Native Americans redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... The word Aztec is usually used as a historical term, although some contemporary Nahuatl speakers would consider themselves Aztecs. ... Å… Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra In Inca mythology, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra, commonly known today as Con-Tici Viracocha or simply Viracocha, was the creator of everything in the world civilization, and one of the most important deities in the Inca canon. ... For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ...

The cross-cultural similarities of deities coming from the heavens and the manners in which they speak to humans are explained by some as evidence of visitations by extraterrestrial beings. The myths of Gods and Godesses are supposedly real accounts of these visitations. The extraterrestrials are seen as divine due to their technology, which is superior to the point it can only be explained as the “powers” or magic of the God or Goddess by the creators of the deity myths. This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. ... For other uses, see Mythology (disambiguation). ...

Criticism

Although there does not seem to be evidence supporting the ancient astronaut speculation, there is evidence against the ancient astronaut idea.

Alan F. Alford, author of “Gods of the New Millennium”, (1996) is an adherent of the ancient astronaut theory. Much of his work draws on Sitchin’s theories. However, he does admit to some faults in Sitchin’s theory after deeper analysis.^[27] “I am now firmly of the opinion that these gods personified the falling sky; in other words, the descent of the gods was a poetic rendition of the cataclysm myth which stood at the heart of ancient Near Eastern religions.” (Alford)(see Fermi Paradox). A graphical representation of the Arecibo message - Humanitys first attempt to use radio waves to communicate its existence to alien civilizations The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for or contact with...

Nazca Lines

The Nazca lines of Peru area large group of enormous ground drawings^[28] Many supporters of this theory cite the Nazca lines as evidence because the civilization that made them would only have been able to view these from the air. They have been reproduced by scientists such as Joe Nickell of the University of Kentucky, using only technology available to them at the time. With this, they were able to reconstruct even the most intricate figures of the lines^[29]. What they have been unable to produce, however, are the reasons behind the creation of the Nazca Lines, nor any information relating to who conceived of the project. In a special on the History Channel relating to the possibility of ancient astronauts, the theory was put forth that the Nazca Lines, if they are indeed made by the hands of mankind, were a means of contacting alien beings they may once have encountered in an attempt to entice their return. This theory remains pure speculation, at best. The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. ... The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. ... The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ...

Difficulties of building and moving megaliths

Evidence for ancient astronauts often consists of suggestions that ancient monuments and megalithic ruins, such as the pyramids of Egypt, Machu Picchu in Peru, or Baalbek in Lebanon, ^[30] could not have been built without technical abilities beyond those of people at that time. Such allegations are not unique in history. Similar reasoning lay behind the wonder of the Cyclopean masonry walling at Mycenaean cities in the eyes of Greeks of the following "Dark Age," who believed that the giant Cyclopes had built the walls. As well as aliens, other candidates for the lost civilizations that taught or provided these skills are the pseudo-historical lost continents of Atlantis, Lemuria and Mu. Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu Old Peak) is a pre-Columbian Inca city located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) altitude[1] on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. ... Temple of Bacchus Details inside Temple of Bacchus Baalbek (Arabic: ) is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170 m), situated east of the Litani River. ... Cyclopean structures (Greek: Κυκλώπειες κατασκευές) were constructed during the prehistoric times, using a unique technique: huge stones as the building elements, minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar. ... Mycenaean Greece, the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, is the historical setting of the epics of Homer and much other Greek mythology. ... The Greek Dark Ages (ca. ... Cyclopes may refer to: Silky Anteater plural of Cyclops is a one-eyed monster in Greek mythology. ... Lost Lands are islands or continents believed by some to have existed during pre-history, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena. ... For other uses, see Atlantis (disambiguation). ... Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical lost land variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. ... Underwater structures controversially identified as remnants of Mu, near Yonaguni, Japan Mu is the name of a hypothetical vanished continent. ...

Easter Island

The idea that certain stonework was beyond the technological capabilities of the people who historians attribute it to has been challenged, with for example the Moai and Ahus of the Rapanui of Easter Island put into the wider context of Polynesian Marae by Alfred Metraux and others. Ahu Tongariki, restored in the 1990s Moai are monolithic stone figures on Rapa Nui / Easter Island, Chile. ... “Rapa Nui” redirects here. ... The Rapanui or Rapa Nui (Big Rapa) are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean (the island itself is also called Rapa Nui). ... Polynesian is an adjectival form which refers variously to: Polynesian pie Polynesian sauce, a food condiment available at Chick-fil-A the aboriginal inhabitants of Polynesia, and their: Polynesian culture Polynesian mythology Polynesian languages Category: ... A Maori word now common in New Zealand English, marae refers an area of land where the Wharenui or meeting house (literally big house) sits. ... Voodoo by Alfred Metraux ALFRED METRAUX (1902-1963), often described as an ethnographers ethnographer, was one of the most significant anthropologists and human rights leaders of the twentieth century. ...

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Ancient astronauts in fiction and arts

The ancient astronaut theory has been addressed frequently in science fiction and horror fiction. Especially in TV and film as Human like aliens are usually easier to cast and cheaper to clothe. Early occurrences in the genres include: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... “Horror story” redirects here. ...

Novels & comics

• H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu (1926) and At the Mountains of Madness (1931).
• Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan (1959) depicts the whole of human development and civilization to be a medium used by aliens for relaying messages to an alien space-explorer stranded on one of Saturn's moons.
• The March 1961 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact contains a piece by Arthur W. Orton entitled "The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel". Although described in the magazine's Table of Contents as a short story, it actually takes the form of a pseudo-factual essay presenting a verse-by-verse analysis of Ezekiel's vision and interpreting this in terms of an encounter with ancient astronauts. In this respect the essay mirrors J. F. Blumrich's book The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974), although predating it by more than a decade.
• In Larry Niven's Known Space (1964-present), humanity is descended from aliens called the Pak.
• Arthur C. Clarke has written several stories utilizing the theme, most famously in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
• The Tintin adventure Flight 714 (1968) references ancient astronaut theories.
• Philip K. Dick explores this theory in his VALIS trilogy. A race of ancient astronauts is thought to have placed an information-streaming satellite in orbit around Earth.
• Douglas Adams used a satirical version of the theory in his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (1979-1992).
• Buzz Aldrin's and John Barnes' novel, Encounter With Tiber (1996), deals with the discovery of ancient alien encounters on Earth and Mars, with humanity utilizing recovered alien technology to advance the space program.
• In David Brin's Uplift Universe series, all known species were brought to sapience through the direct intervention of a known galactic "patron," except for the fabled first sentient species, the Progenitors, and humanity. While most humans take pride at achieving space travel without a patron, some humans (called Danikenites, after Erich von Däniken) and most Galactics believe otherwise.
• The novel The Sky People states that an ancient race of aliens populated Earth, Mars, and Venus with human and animal life.
• In Walter Ernsting's The Day the Gods Died, an extraterrestrial civilization built the ruins of ancient Peru.
• The Marvel comic series The Eternals deals with robotic aliens (the Celestials) who had advanced the evolution of apes into man, as well as two sister races, the Eternals and the Deviants, who resembled "gods" and "demons" respectively.
• Yoshiki Takaya's manga series Bio-Booster Armor Guyver, later adapted several times into animated form and twice into a pair of americanized films, featured the idea that all life on earth was created by an organization of various alien beings as biological weapons intended for use in interstellar war, which were later abandoned for reasons unknown, and thus were never taken into space. According to the series, human beings are actually a 'first stage' organism that can be further mutated into monstrous creatures called Zoanoids, which supposedly account for many modern day myths of vampires and werewolves. The comic features an alien armor supposedly used by the aliens themselves which remains on Earth and is possessed by a highschooler. One of the principal characters, the most highly advanced living weapon, fears the aliens return and plans to take mankind out into space to find a means to confront the aliens on their own terms.

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Movies & TV series

• Nigel Kneale's Quatermass and the Pit television serial (1958-1959) used a version of the idea.
• The BBC, Doctor Who serial Pyramids of Mars (1975) featured a conflict on Earth between aliens of a race named the Osirans forming the basis of Egyptian mythology, and a number of other Doctor Who serials had used similar ideas.
• The original Battlestar Galactica and the 2003 remake depicts humans as having originated on a distant planet and formed thirteen colonies, Earth being the last and most distant. The plots of both concern a group of humans attempting to find Earth. The original 1978 series is more closely linked to the Ancient Astronaut theory, using modernized versions of ancient Greek, Egyptian, and Middle Ages costumes, as well as mixing ancient myths and religious materials into the storylines. In contrast, the SCI-FI Channel's 2003 remake deals little with ancient myths and legends and depicts a American-like culture, although the religion, which is similar to the Greek religion, is prominent among some characters.
• The French animated TV series Il était une fois... l'Espace (1982) (English: Once Upon a Time... Space) featured far-future humans taking on the role of superior aliens to a caveman culture. The spaceships of the human civilization also used decorative iconography derived from the Nazca lines as a wink to the theory – the ship of the main characters using a hummingbird design.
• The TV show The X-Files (1993-2002) has borrowed the theory.
• The movie Stargate (1994) and its spin-off television series Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007) and Stargate Atlantis (2004-present) feature aliens called the Ancients (alternatively Alterans, Lanteans, or Anqueetas) who are found to have traveled to Earth millions of years ago to start and influence human evolution; and the sinister Goa'uld, who posed as gods; and the benevolent Asgard, who also posed as gods.
  • The Stargate: Ultimate Edition: Director’s Cut DVD includes a featurette interview with Erich von Däniken entitled "Is there a Stargate?".
• A 1996 episode of the animated series Gargoyles involves an ancient alien living in a hidden spaceship under Easter Island. In the episode it is concluded that this alien came to Earth long ago and inspired Moai statues which Easter Island is famous for.
• In Star Trek, the Ancient humanoids seeded the galaxy with humanoid life. The episode Plato's Stepchildren also uses this theme.
  • In the Star Trek: Voyager episode Tattoo, we learn that Chakotay is descended from the Rubber Tree People who were visited by Sky Spirits 45,000 years ago. The Sky Spirits, who are actually advanced, space-faring aliens, granted these primitive humans a genetic alteration which influenced their development.
• Lilith and Adam in the manga/anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion were two extraterrestrial beings that landed on Earth and gave birth to humanity.
• While not specifically using Earth as an example, the fictional Star Wars universe has many references to aliens giving primitive races technology, or humans de-advancing into a more primitive society as time passes.
• The film Ice Age briefly shows an alien spacecraft trapped in ice during the Ice Age.
• One of the Spriggan chapters depicts Tezcatlipoca as an ancient astronaut during a mission in Mexico.
• In the Babylon 5 universe, many of the First Ones, and in particular the Vorlons and Shadows, visited Earth (and the homeworlds of other races) at various times in history.
• The predator (Yautja) alien race from the movie Alien vs. Predator is described in the film as having traveled to earth at a prehistoric time and having a culture serve them as Gods.
• In Season 1 Episode 8 of the TV show Dilbert, Dilbert and Dogbert visited a museum with an exhibit supporting the theory of Aliens assisting the Egyptians in the construction of the Pyramid. When Dilbert asked what happened to the aliens after the pyramids were constructed, they moved to the next exhibit depicting the Egyptians feasting on the aliens.
• In Frederik Pohl's Gateway series of novels, the Heechee are described as an ancient alien race that visited our solar system thousands of years ago. They left behind a variety of futuristic technology, which creates many interesting opportunities for Earth.
• The Futurama episode "A Pharaoh to Remember" features an alien culture that claims to have been taught space travel, mummification and pyramid building by the ancient Egyptians.
• In the cartoon The Flintstones, Fred is sometimes accompanied by Gazoo, a little green space man with many amazing powers.
• Monty Python's Life of Brian includes a chase sequence where Brian briefly escapes from Roman legionaries by accidentally falling into an alien spaceship.
• The idea of paleocontact appears in numerous science fiction stories and films, most notably, in the first scene of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Games

• The Halo video game series makes numerous allusions to a Forerunner civilization responsible for the construction of the ancient but unbelievably advanced rings that are the namesake of the game.
• The computer game Rise of Legends features the Cuotl, a Pre-Columbian mesoamerican civilisation manipulated by a group of aliens whose spaceship crashed.
• The tabletop battle game Warhammer Fantasy Battle also uses aspects of the Ancient Astronaut Theory. The race of Lizardmen was created by the so-called Old Ones in an attempt to fight Chaos.
• The RPG Chrono Trigger from Squaresoft depicts the final boss Lavos as an Ancient Astronaut.
• In the 1998 computer game, Battlezone, Greek mythology emerged through visits from an alien civilisation.
• The RPG Illusion of Time draws considerable inspiration from the ancient astronaut theory.
• Clover Studio's Okami contains Dogu-based enemies as well as featuring Ancient Astronauts majorly in the game's plot and conclusion.

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Music

• Chris de Burgh's A Spaceman Came Travelling deals with Ancient Astronaut Theory.
• Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads" (from the album One Size Fits All) deals with Ancient Astronaut Theory. The primary lyric is "Did a vehicle come from somewhere out there just to land in the Andes? Was it round, and did it have a motor, or was it something different? Did a vehicle fly along the mountain and find a place to park itself, or did someone build a place to leave a space for such a thing to land?"

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See also

• OOPArts – "out of place artifacts," found in very unusual or seemingly impossible locations
• Pseudoarchaeology – pseudoscientific archaeology
• List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts
• Raëlism – an atheist UFO religion founded in 1970s
• Robert K. G. Temple – author of The Sirius Mystery, a book exploring extraterrestrial contact by the Dogon people
• Xenoarchaeology – archaeology of the physical remains of past alien cultures, mainly in science fiction

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References

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Notes

Title page of the English translation of Vaimanika Shastra published in 1973 The Vaimanika Shastra (Science of Aeronautics[1]; also Vimanika, Vymanika) is a Sanskrit text on aeronautics, discussing construction of vimānas, the chariots of the gods, mythical self-moving aerial cars in the Sanskrit epics. ... David Hatcher Childress (b. ... MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ark of the Covenant (ארון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container, wherein rested the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments as well as other sacred Israelite objects. ... Adam John Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American television co-host on the program MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. ... James Earl Hyneman (born September 25, 1956), known as Jamie Hyneman, is an American visual effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the television series MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. ... An electric fence is a barrier that uses painful or even lethal high-voltage electric shocks to deter animals or people from crossing a boundary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Yahweh be merged into this article or section. ... The Children of Israel, or Bnei Yisrael (בני ישראל) in Hebrew (also Bnai Yisrael, Bnei Yisroel or Bene Israel) is a Biblical term for the Israelites. ...

Further reading

• Avalos, Hector (2002) "The Ancient Near East in Modern Science Fiction: Zechariah Sitchin's The 12th Planet as Case Study." Journal of Higher Criticism, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 49-70.
• Harris, Christie (1975) Sky Man on the Totem Pole? New York: Atheneum.

External links

• UFOs and Art
• Planet X Video
• Ancient Astronaut Group on YouTube
• Center for Ancient Astronaut Research
• Erich von Däniken Homepage
• Annual Ancient Astronaut Theory Forum
• Von Daniken's Maya Astronaut
• Robby D. Duncan's "12th Planet"
• Aurora Paradox
• Aliens in Cryptozoology
• Ellen Lloyd's Ancient Astronauts
• SitchinIsWrong.com addressing flaws in the writings of Zecharia Sitchin
• Statements about Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Life made by Hermann Oberth(Redirects to MUFON.org).
• 'Fringe' or 'cult' archaeology examined by professional archaeologist Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews
• Previously undocumented alien encounters

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