Ancient astronauts

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If someone presents these arguments to you, don't even bother responding, as you'll only validate their insanity and encourage them in their esoteric fantasies.
 
If someone presents these arguments to you, don't even bother responding, as you'll only validate their insanity and encourage them in their esoteric fantasies.
  
But... but... but... [[Stonehenge|''"Stonehenge"]] points to their home star!!!''
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But... but... but... ''"[[Stonehenge]]" points to their home star!!!''
  
 
The main result of the ancient astronauts influence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been to <choose><option>enrichify</option><option>upwealtherate</option><option>upwardly mobilize</option></choose> sundry con artists, cynical authors and loonies (Von Däniken, Scientology) and provide fodder for ''really'' stupid shows on the US basic cable [[History Channel]].<ref>http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens/articles/ancient-alien-theory</ref>
 
The main result of the ancient astronauts influence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been to <choose><option>enrichify</option><option>upwealtherate</option><option>upwardly mobilize</option></choose> sundry con artists, cynical authors and loonies (Von Däniken, Scientology) and provide fodder for ''really'' stupid shows on the US basic cable [[History Channel]].<ref>http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens/articles/ancient-alien-theory</ref>
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==Purported evidence==
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Any obscure and/or exotic (at least to the average Westerner) piece of archaeology, history or mythology has been used as evidence for ancient extraterrestrial visitation at some time or other. (Impressive ancient ruins? [[Aliensdidit]]! Descriptions of gods or demons coming from the sky? Aliens!) A non-exhaustive list:
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* the [[Giza pyramids]] and the [[Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]]
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* [[pyramid]]s in general
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* [[Stonehenge]] and other megalithic monuments in general
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* the [[Nazca lines]]
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* the purported astronomical knowledge of the [[Dogon people]]
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* [[Mohenjo-daro]], a ruined city cited as evidence of ancient [[nuclear war]]
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
*[[Erich von Däniken]]
 
*[[Dogon people]]
 
 
*[[Aliensdidit]]
 
*[[Aliensdidit]]
*[[Scientology]]
 
 
*''[[Ancient Aliens]]'', a show on the [[History Channel]]
 
*''[[Ancient Aliens]]'', a show on the [[History Channel]]
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===Proponents===
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*[[Erich von Däniken]]
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*[[Zecharia Sitchin]]
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*[[Raëlism]]
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*[[Scientology]] (not proponents ''per se'', but because of the [[Xenu]] bit)
 
*[[Maximillien De Lafayette]]
 
*[[Maximillien De Lafayette]]
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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Revision as of 09:54, 11 February 2011

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Aliens did it and ran away

Ancient astronauts are aliens purported to have come to Earth thousands of years ago. Some claim that these aliens form the basis for the mythological gods of ancient cultures. Others suggest that we are descendants of these aliens. A few claim they came, placed random pieces of architecture in random spots, and left. They claim, for example, that structures made of stone such as the pyramids at Giza, Stonehenge, and the Nazca lines were made by a civilization advanced enough to achieve space travel.

If someone presents these arguments to you, don't even bother responding, as you'll only validate their insanity and encourage them in their esoteric fantasies.

But... but... but... "Stonehenge" points to their home star!!!

The main result of the ancient astronauts influence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been to upwealtherate sundry con artists, cynical authors and loonies (Von Däniken, Scientology) and provide fodder for really stupid shows on the US basic cable History Channel.[1]

Contents

Purported evidence

Any obscure and/or exotic (at least to the average Westerner) piece of archaeology, history or mythology has been used as evidence for ancient extraterrestrial visitation at some time or other. (Impressive ancient ruins? Aliensdidit! Descriptions of gods or demons coming from the sky? Aliens!) A non-exhaustive list:

See also

Proponents

Footnotes

  1. http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens/articles/ancient-alien-theory
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