My biggest question as I watch this is why, if they came and were so interested in human affairs, did the aliens leave? Why did they not stay to see the seeds they planted grow? In some episodes (like “Roswell,” “Strange Abductions,” and “Aliens and Cover-Ups”) there are answers to this to some degree. The theory ends up being that aliens may have never left, that they are still watching us, and they may even walk among us.
Ancient Aliens isn’t for everyone, but if you have enjoyed science fiction books or movies like Prometheus or Predator, this is probably the show for you. It is a slick production, and the commentators will send a chill down your spine if you listen long enough. I know when I go outside at night, I look up at the stars and think about what they are saying on the show and wonder if the aliens will come back and make themselves known in a significant way. I mean, if they helped the Egyptians build the pyramids, why don’t they help us build spaceships that can go to their planet at the speed of light, or better yet teach us how to end hunger, cancer, and war. Then they would be seen as benevolent beings who really love us.
Photo credits: pyramids -famouswonders.com, Erich von daniken.com, ET - hollywood.com
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— go to most recent comments1 - richard johnson
yeah it gets pretty spectactular if you belive everything that they are saying it can become very scary.something did happend a long time ago.think that we blew our selves appart and we have rediscover the tools along the way to do it all over again.man is muc older than whatv the experts say.but why are they hiding the truth from us.the truth may be stranger than fiction
2 - Alfred Lehmberg
The ostensibly "serious" and "respected" learned of our torrid and anxious community decries the "carnival atmosphere" of studies "paranormal" in general and UFOs in particular. These persons aforementioned--self-assured that they are at the cutting edge of reasonable entelechy--bemoan the tolerated huckster. They lament the lack of qualified peer review. They weep regarding the "provoked disinterest of mainstream science." Finally, they rather toothlessly bewail the incorrigibly inconsistent and even damaging protocols employed by suspicious "amateurs" in the field. How dare they?
3 - Gary
If you would take a few minutes to check out www.myredpillperspective.com you'd probably want to retract your entire article. I have tried but can't even get the Ancient Alien guys to look at what I have found, I'm sure it would startle even them. I would bet you haven't seen anything like this before. I have spent the past year finding and downloading over 10,000 images that provide better evidence of an ancient Earth history than anything you've seen before and I am not even doing this for money. We have all been kept in the dark for too long! All of these images are directly from Google Earth satellite images as indicated on each image and I can supply the coordinates for each one. I don't qualify to wear the badge of Amateur Archaeologist because of my lack of knowledge about this subject matter, I'm just pretty good at finding things. Please let me know what you think.
4 - Dr Dreadful
Gary...
...Seriously???
5 - Igor
Anyone who believes even one word of what the "History" channel says is a fool.
They have been debunked so many times it would make your head spin.
They hire actors to impersonate scientists and scholars.
The "History" channel has NO historical or scientific credentials. It is a commercial program.
6 - Fuckuimalien
You realize the theorist is the people being interviewed, and why be so quick to discredit this there just saying what has been written down by people back then. Then they some times say stuff they piece together . But they carved almost everything they thought needed to be written down, they didn't make shit up because they didn't have the time to open ur mind stop being a government brainwashed asshole, there more than life then u think, go look up DMT, get ur mind on the right page of "life"
7 - Dr Dreadful
I've always thought it to be supremely insulting to our ancestors to assume that because they produced great works of engineering, architecture etc, without benefit of the advanced technology we enjoy, they couldn't possibly have done it all by themselves but must have had "help".
There is ingenuity in every age. Just because "we can't figure out" how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids (actually, we can) doesn't mean they couldn't.
8 - Christa
They are called Theorists because it is just that...theory. Evolution is a theory too and more times over has steadily been proving to be fact. Who's to say evolution didn't get a "push"? So what if some things have been debunked? That doesn't mean it's all false. Can Gid be proven? That would be a NO. Those with closed minds never learn. Remember that.
9 - Christa
Sorry meant to type God. I don't want to be chastised for spelling...
10 - Taylor
Honestly if there's one idea that is reasonable to promote its that we really don't know where the hell we came from or why we are here. As for Ancient Aliens, its not perfect but its definitely a step in the right direction. Its most certainly no more ludicrous than accepting the Bible as literal or even a quality translation of older documents.
11 - Dr Dreadful
Honestly if there's one idea that is reasonable to promote its that we really don't know where the hell we came from
Yes we do.
And why does there have to be a "why"?
12 - M141
No matter what people say about one thing or another there will always be someone who wants to disagree or debunk and in most cases they have a desire to make a name for themselves. As it is said there are many theories regarding this and I've no doubt there are seeds of truth in there somewhere. I think that people should take a more balanced view of things as the truth tends to be part of one thing said by mainstream scientists and the remainder being the theorists ideas. I for one believe that there is a greater power guiding us that may not be a god and edge more towards the theorist but we shall see.
13 - Dr Dreadful
Not all theories are equally valid. Only those that can be backed up by testable evidence are.
The ancient Egyptians, the Mayans, the Nazcas and the Polynesians of Easter Island were all genetically identical to 21st century humans. Knowing what we know of the human capacity for intellect and invention, there's absolutely no reason to suppose that these civilizations couldn't have constructed their pyramids, earthworks and statues completely independently.
The ancient aliens theory is unsatisfactory for another reason. Assuming these beings had visited Earth in the distant past and imparted some of their knowledge to the indigenous population: where did they get their knowledge from? Other, even more ancient, aliens? If so, how did they know what they knew? And so on in regression until you inevitably come to a point where somebody figured it out for themselves...
Whereupon, applying Occam's Razor, what you should be asking yourself is: why not us? If an ancient artifact is completely explainable by human ingenuity, why do we need aliens?
14 - Dan
Hi why some people don't want to think out the box ?if someone can prove that ancient (aliens) or lost knowledge is not true please explain or show us how do you move 75 ton of solid rock and so on .
15 - Christopher Rose
Why is it people who believe in wacky ideas like gods or ancient aliens always ask the rest of us to prove it is not true.
It isn't necessary to disprove any theory, the burden is on the proponents to prove their ideas in verifiable ways.
People like Dan aren't thinking out of the box, they are simply out of their boxes!
16 - Dr Dreadful
There's thinking outside the box and then there's looking at the box, seeing the name Rocket Dog on the side and concluding the contents were manufactured by aliens.
17 - Dan
Dr.Dreadful .the box had a stamp on. LOL
18 - The dreadful
You are not going to believe this but I'm an alien . We are many . We are everywhere . We are invisible . Don't believe me and discard what I say as a stupid joke . Your next generations will see someday that I'm real.
19 - Dr Dreadful
You are not going to believe this...
How did you guess?
...but I'm an alien
Don't suppose there's any chance you could provide some unambiguous proof of this?
20 - The dreadful
I'm the fear in the back of your mind.
I can provide a proof but It will be a frightening experience to anyone who witness it . If you are willing to see me ,I will show you myself but beware there will be dangerous consequences.
21 - Dr Dreadful
I'll take that chance. Let's have it. :-)
22 - The dreadful
Go to the beach tomorrow at night ,Take off all your clothes and when there's nobody nearby and when it's totally dark ,speak my name .Say loudly"Roemoma Paxovae Nocathe Aevu Qoboeyi" while rotating counterclockwise 10 times ,then you will see me
23 - Dr Dreadful
Why is that necessary?
24 - El Bicho
don't back out now, Dread.
25 - John Lake
Go back to sleep, Victor. You’ll see, tomorrow, everything will be just fine! Remember what Igor said in 5, the History Channel is no longer what it’s cracked up to be.
Funny that people can believe theories that there are particles (strings!) a million times smaller than an atomic nucleus that vibrate to produce dimensions. They can believe in time warps, and bangs (everyone buys that one) in which a point in not even space, (basically nowhere--- maybe they call it everywhere?) can suddenly roll back its head and spew out all the time, energy, and matter in the universe (which they can only comprehend if the universe in question is limited and temporary). … Where am I going with this?
Kids go to school and spend all their parents’ money to pursue these nonsensical, improvable ideas that go nowhere.
So funny they believe that substance of someone’s imagination, but can’t accept the aliens. Of course there are aliens; otherwise everyone would be going to church…
That’s the last thing we need! Pleasant dreams, human…