Author Jason Colavito, who has been perhaps the most prolific of the show's critics over its entire history, says:
For over a decade, Ancient Aliens' producers have dredged up virtually every historical mystery (including many legitimate archaeological discoveries) and woven a narrative around them crediting space aliens.īut most recently - probably due to having run out of false historical claims to promote - the show has shifted focus. Von Däniken himself was a guest on the pilot episode, along with other proponents of the bizarre belief system who had themselves been influenced by von Däniken's books. From its inception, Ancient Aliens has promoted the most flagrant misinformation in what can only be reasonably described as a deliberate attack on science and history a coordinated assault against the public intellect, a reckless scheme to de-educate anyone who has an honest curiosity about humanity's ancient past.Īncient Aliens got its start as an unveiled promotion of the claims presented in Erich von Däniken's book Chariots of the Gods which asserted that virtually every ancient civilization was built or strongly influenced by literal space aliens who came down in flying saucers.
ANCIENT ALIENS SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 SERIES
One series stands alone as being most emblematic of this trend: Ancient Aliens, on the air constantly since 2009, on History (formerly The History Channel), an A&E Networks channel. Longtime Skeptoid listeners have, for many years, heard me (and many others) condemn the way the cable networks that bill themselves as presenting science or history quickly transitioned into the outright promotion of pseudoscience and pseudohistory, such that by the year 2000 the amount of anti-intellectual content has far outweighed the amount of factual content. Ancient Aliens: 3.16 – Aliens & the Creation of Man. . Ancient Aliens: 3.15 – Aliens, Gods, & Heroes. . Ancient Aliens: 3.14 – Aliens & the Undead.
Ancient Aliens: 3.13 – Aliens & the Secret Code. . Ancient Aliens: 3.12 – Aliens & Deadly Cults. Ancient Aliens: 3.11 – Aliens & the Founding Fathers. . Ancient Aliens: 3.10 – Aliens & Evil Places. Ancient Aliens: 3.9 – Aliens & Deadly Weapons. . Ancient Aliens: 3.8 – Aliens & Lost Worlds. Ancient Aliens: 3.7 – Aliens, Plagues, & Epidemics. . Ancient Aliens: 3.6 – Aliens & Ancient Engineers. . Ancient Aliens: 3.5 – Aliens & Mysterious Rituals. . Ancient Aliens: 3.4 – Aliens & Temples of Gold. .
Ancient Aliens: 3.3 – Aliens & Sacred Places. Los Angeles, CA: A&E Networks, LLC / History™. Ancient Aliens: 3.1 – Aliens & the Old West. . Previous: 3.1 – Aliens & the Old West (7.28.11) What if it were true? Did Ancient Aliens really help to shape our history? And, if so, might the beasts and monsters of ancient legends really have been the product of an advanced extraterrestrial intelligence? Millions of people around the world believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. “These creatures are direct products of extraterrestrial genetic experimentations in our past.” – George Noory (Radio Host, Coast to Coast AM) Let’s take this dragon and give him wings.” Let’s take this animal and give him two heads. “There was some kind of experimentation going on. But are such monsters just mythical creatures a fantasy? Or did they actually exist in the ancient past? Is it possible that this monster was actually a misinterpreted alien craft? Are hybrids like the Centaur, the Minotaur, and Medusa just mythological creatures of fantasy – or could these ancient depictions of terrifying monsters have been the result of advanced extraterrestrial transplantation procedures? IntroductionĪn enormous flying creature born of a raging inferno…a vicious three-headed dog guarding the Gates of Hell…and mysterious sea serpents terrorizing mankind. Hindu scriptures describe an enormous flying creature called Garuda that shook the ground when it landed on Earth. “There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.” – Andre Gide
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