I just read a short but telling post by Jason Colavito on the blog that bears his name entitled, "The Dubious Authorial Accomplishments of Gorgio Tsoukalos." Gorgio is the star of the cinematic tribute to non sequitur thinking known as Ancient Aliens. Jason examines...
Ancient Astronauts
Update on Jaime Maussan’s Fake Alien Mummy Circus
The UFO Watchdog blog recently posted an update on the alleged alien mummy brought to Gaia TV by Jaime Maussan. Jaime of course has a long, glorious history of hoaxing. You can read the update here in full, but it's basically about how the World Congress on Mummy...
Ancient Aliens Researcher Calls the Show’s Content “Absurdity” and Her Job “Ridiculous”
No kidding. I encourage readers to read this post by Jason Colavito, which chronicles the admissions. If this is news to you, here's another news flash: pro wrestling outcomes are scripted. At least someone associated with the Ancient Aliens bunkum can be honest about...
The Starchild Skull and Its DNA Testing: No Proof of an Alien Hybrid
Frank Johnson of the Ancient Aliens Debunked (AAD) blog recently posted this lengthy essay concerning alleged DNA evidence that the Starchild Skull was that of a human-alien hybrid child: "A Bone to Pick with the Starchild Skull." It's well worth the read, and you...
Ancient Aliens on Mars?
Ever wonder about the claims of Richard Hoagland and Mike Bara about ancient alien artifacts and structures on Mars? Well, if you have, here's the antidote, in detail, from the Emoluments on Mars blog. (This blog is filled with other pages painstakingly debunking this...
The Cosmos in the Antikythera Mechanism: ET Flunked Astronomy
That's the title of a new, freely accessible scholarly paper on the Antikythera mechanism you can find here. Here's the abstract: The Antikythera Mechanism is a fragmentarily preserved Hellenistic astronomical machine with bronze gearwheels, made about the second...
Ancient Aliens Debunked: Some Impressions on the Documentary
I just finished watching the whole (free) three-hour Ancient Aliens Debunked movie on YouTube. Took me quite a while, as it's hard to find three hours of free time. But it was worth the here-and-there effort. I'm not going to write a full review, just share...
Bait and Switch Archaeo-Porn Media Gets Page Views with “Alien Skulls” Discovery
Must be a desperate time for TV news media . . . or the same old same old. We're treated today to reports of "alien like" skulls found in a Mexico archaeological dig. You can click on the link to discover that it's just more elongated skulls -- of the type known from...
David Hatcher Childress: A Survey of His Self- Contradictions
I wanted to draw readers' attention to this post by Jason Colavito. It documents the "confusion" of Hatcher-Childress on whether he believes in ancient aliens or not. Is it confusion, or opportunism?
Intelligent Design Usurped by Alien Astronaut Theory?
As many of you will know, I think the intelligent design approach to origins has merit, since it attempts to bring to light the weaknesses of an undirected, random Darwinism. You may also know that I've been saying for years how easy it will be for those who promote...
New Nibiru Information . . . Or More PaleoBabble?
I received a lengthy and interesting reply today to my post about the Fantasy Channel. I reproduce the substantive portions of it here for readers: I have been studying various Mesopotamian texts for around 30 years, and there is nothing to indicate that Nibiru is a...
Fantasy Channel Special on Ancient Astronauts
Well, I guess some of you may have caught last night's Fantasy Channel (what I used to refer to as the History Channel) special promoting the ancient astronaut idea. I didn't watch it since there's nothing new here except better special effects and CGI to help shovel...
Jason Colavito’s Review of “Sekret Machines: Gods” by Tom DeLonge with Peter Levenda
Another solid review by Jason Colavito. If you've ever read one of Jason's lengthy reviews you know it's not just an essay informing his readers about what's in a particular book or a simplistic "liked it ... hated it" exercise. You'll learn something. As Jason points...
Iraqi Transportation Minister Says Iraq the HQ of Ancient Aliens — Sounds Dumber than Tariq Assiz
Here's a link to a Breitbart story, part of which reads: "Iraqi transportation minister Kadhem Finjan al-Hamami asserted that Sumerians, the members of an ancient Iraqi civilization, built 'the first airports' and 'Sumerian spaceships used to launch from here towards...
The Racism of the Ancient Astronaut Theory
Readers will know that I've long thought the ancient astronaut theory is tinged with racist thinking. (Think about it -- the AA theory says Egyptians and various South American civilizations couldn't possibly have built their pyramids and temples -- they needed alien...