Ancient Aliens

[Jfswift]

(copyright of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes)

 

[Eman645]

Maby they are us from the future

 

[The Austin]

I don't think aliens would be interested in us.

Besides, the probability of another form of life existing out in the galaxy is LESS than the probability of taking apart a watch, putting it in a tumble dryer, and pulling it out reassembled..... With th correct time.

 

[Bailos]

Doesn't gold have a very low melting point, to where it would melt in our hands? I don't think it would make good starships.

 

[Siuki]

The only thing I heard of was the alien influence on the Mayans. And Scientology. But really, that stuff is pretty weird/cool. What's it called?

I guess the catch-all term would just be "Ancient Aliens" or maybe "Ancient Astronauts".

Some other really interesting ideas they've presented -

quartz crystal has actually been shown to be a great medium to store data on, so the famed crystal skulls may be ancient data drives, just waiting to be unlocked somehow.

"Aliens" are not actually aliens at all, but just highly-evolved humans from the distant future. Their spaceships are actually time machines.

That's pretty wacky then. Must take one hell of a future scientist to calculate what you can do without screwing with time.

 

[Infinatex]

I'm watching this really interesting show on the History Channel that examines theories of aliens visiting Earth in the distant past and having an influence on human evolution. Some of the more wild and interesting ideas are that humans were genetically altered by the aliens to be a slave race, used to mine gold, which may be an important component of starships. And that gods and creatures from ancient mythology that combine animal and human parts were real hybrid creatures created in experiments conducted by the aliens.

I'm not sure if I believe it all or not - I try to keep an open mind, but a lot of this stuff is quite bizarre. In any case, it's interesting - I'm really enjoying the show.

What do you guys think? Are these sorts of things possible, or just a load of crap? Are there any crazy and/or interesting theories in the same vein you'd like to share?

Sounds pretty interesting, whats the name of the show so I can check it out?

 

[ThaBenMan]

Sounds pretty interesting, whats the name of the show so I can check it out?

"Ancient Aliens", just like the title of my thread. I think it's usually on tuesday nights, at 8 or 9, on the History Channel.

 

[arcticphoenix95]

i actually made a thread about ancient egypt BECAUSE i watched this show. people called me an insane fucktard about it, but they will be proven wrong.

 

[ThaBenMan]

Doesn't gold have a very low melting point, to where it would melt in our hands? I don't think it would make good starships.

I forget why they said it would be important in starships, exactly. I think it was something about it's conductive properties, and how it also doesn't wear out due to age (they talked about how lots of really old gold jewelry has been found in really good condition).

 

[thethingthatlurks]

It's hilarious!
Ok, let's assume it's true that aliens got the Egyptians to build the pyramids (or at least help), as well as some monuments in Central and South America. So...aliens travel countless lightyears to get a bunch of primitive simians to stack rocks atop of each other? Yep, totally believable. But maybe it was for some sort of intergalactic reality TV show, and humans are now the butt of every joke in the galaxy.

 

[dmase]

I think i've seen that show before they present a lot of evidence like pyramids, calendars, and deities throughout the ages before they go off the deep end with outlandish claims and stupid "theories". Its most likely all bullshit and that in reality we were just that inventive and creative.

 

[Paksenarrion]

I would like to believe Ancient Aliens used Ancient human beings to augment the parallel processing power of their astro-navigational computers.

 

[shemoanscazrex3]

I don't believe this btw I saw this last year at least something like it. My only problem with this is why haven't they came back. Then again it makes sense. We aren't as close to other planets as science class shows on posters so they could still be traveling home. Also they could see how much we rape our planet and don't even bother anymore I know I wouldn't

 

[TheTim]

It's pretty damn convincing. I mean we cant be the only life forms in the universe can we?

 

[Rhino of Steel]

It's pretty damn convincing. I mean we cant be the only life forms in the universe can we?

Yes, actually. Or even more likely, life exists somewhere out there but there isn't even a remote chance of us contacting it either due to distance, time, lack of intelligence or some combination of the three. The galaxy, let alone the universe, is a vast place, we could easily miss each other.

I'm going to assume this show was another of von Daniken's showcases of his crakpot ideas. Wilfully misinterpreting evidence does not make you seem clever or radical, it makes you seem very stupid. I hate this crap because it detracts from real history which is actually far more interesting anyway.

 

[ultrachicken]

I highly doubt that gold is an important component in space ships, as it would probably melt from the heat created by them.

I'm going to say that stuff is possible, but what isn't?

 

[Hashime]

People seem to thing that ancients were stupid, too stupid to come up with ways to build amazing structures, statues, etc. Look at people like Sir Issac Newton, he lived in the 1600s and was so brilliant that we still use his ideas today. There were smart people in the past, these people may have thought of solutions to the problems with building the pyramids for example that we do not know about. Smart people in the past were just a capable as those today. The only difference is the technology they had to work with.