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Review of Ancient Aliens S18E14 “The UFO Investigations”

7/29/2022

Once again, Ancient Aliens is passing off a clip show as a new episode. Today’s theme is UFO sightings, so it is of some interest that Ancient Aliens and Secret of Skinwalker Ranch star Travis Taylor, formerly on the government payroll studying UFOs, said during a live stream for paid members of the Skinwalker Ranch super-fans site that during his time in government employ, he used his position to provide “cover” for the ranch and prevent “Men in Black” from visiting the ranch. In short, he apparently confessed to being a double-agent actively undermining his government employer’s efforts in order to benefit a cable TV show. Meanwhile, Lue Elizondo told a podcast that officials and governments that do not disclose the truth about UFOs are “not a legitimate government” and said that he “fought” against the ”tyranny” of such governments his whole life. I guess he’ll be at the next January 6-style insurrection.

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Congress Set to Approve Endless Make-Work Paranormal Program for UFO Grifters

7/27/2022

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I miss the days when the biggest fringe news was some weird claim that the Knights Templar buried treasure in Montana or the Romans visited Peru. Instead, we have another week when members of Congress continued pushing extreme—and ridiculous—ideas about UFOs at the behest of Lue Elizondo and Chris Mellon. In a few weeks’ time, the History Channel’s paranoid view of history and science will have the force of American law.

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Ancient Aliens S18E13: "Decoding the Alien Glyphs"

7/22/2022

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Oh, what a surprise: Another clip show! This time, the topic is ancient paintings and carvings, and once again the episode is comprised of various segments from previous seasons. So, perhaps I should take the space to point instead to a new Popular Mechanics article purporting to discuss the supposed science behind the claim that UFOs are time-traveling future humans returning to our time. It’s ridiculous—we might equally invent scientific rationales for Marvel heroes’ superpowers (oh, wait—everyone does that, too)—but perpetuates the idea that the time-travel speculation in ufology circles is a serious enterprise and not science-fiction fantasy. But, on to the show, as hosted atop a rock by Giorgio Tsoukalos again this week:

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Congress Poised to Require Investigation of Ufology's Crash Retrieval Conspiracy

7/21/2022

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This week, the House of Representatives introduced its own version of the legislation that will outline the government’s efforts to investigate UFOs. The House version raised eyebrows because it included language not found in preceding Senate version, namely a requirement that the government report on crash retrievals and efforts to hide UFO parts from ufologists by stashing them with defense contractors. The language is quite bizarre, demanding that the Comptroller General

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Ancient Aliens S18E12: Extraordinary Encounters

7/15/2022

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We can measure just how much corporate America really cares about UFOs from the fact that at the moment when Ancient Aliens should be experiencing its greatest triumph and maximum power, it’s throwing out a bunch of clip shows. Recently, an Ancient Aliens star was revealed to be the chief scientist for the government’s UFO investigation. This week, the Senate wrote legislation that would codify the Ancient Aliens/UFO Twitter grievance list, under obviously influence from Chris Mellon, Lue Elizondo, and other History Channel UFO stars. UFO amnesty? Check. Letting aggrieved UFO whistleblowers sue for big cash payouts? Check. Ordering a hunt for undersea objects likes those Ancient Aliens says come from Atlantis and Lemuria? Check. Requiring a comprehensive historical study of every intelligence community engagement with flying saucer-related topics since 1947? Double check. And yet, so little care goes into the Ancient Aliens mothership that not only is its “new” batch of episodes phoned-in clip shows, but unlike in the past when most clip shows were their own separate series, these are passed off as official episodes of the mothership.

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Graham Hancock and Mike Tyson Rave About Psychedelics and the Supernatural

7/14/2022

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Our impoverished intellectual era has provided many moments of unintentional comedy. But few moments truly make one feel like there are simply no standards left like seeing this video of Graham Hancock having a discussion with Mike Tyson about psychedelic drugs while the host calls both the crackpot author and the violent boxer “legends” and the table before them displays bags of cannabis gummies shaped like the ear Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield. It’s absurd. It’s grotesque. Hancock even claims that the gummies are the result of a supernatural release of “creative potential” on Tyson’s part. Hancock also describes seeing two flying saucers and a Grey alien while high on psychedelics, and he claims to regret refusing the alien’s offer to abduct him.

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Review of Ancient Aliens S18E11: “Incredible Structures”

7/8/2022

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After a long, nearly four-month hiatus, Ancient Aliens returned with “new” episodes, starting with a clip show under the new “On Location” subtitle. This episode presents a series of rerun segments about ancient astronaut theorists’ all-expenses-paid vacations to various structures from around the world that they have repeatedly claimed were inspired or constructed by extraterrestrials. Since all of the material in this episode is repeated from earlier episodes, I have no desire to sit through this again. I will list the structures and link to the original reviews I wrote when they first aired.

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Georgia Guidestones Bombed; Plus: Congressmen File UFO Amnesty Amendment

7/6/2022

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I am in the middle of rewriting and revising my book manuscript, so I have not been devoting much time to writing my blog. However, I did want to point to two important news stories today. First, someone bombed the Georgia Guidestones this morning, taking out one of the large slabs which bear controversial advice about population reduction and other prescriptions for a future in harmony with the environment. Authorities do not have a suspect or suspects yet, but the destruction comes after then-Georgia gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor called for their destruction at a campaign event earlier this year.

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Review of Ancient Aliens S18E14 “The UFO Investigations”

Congress Set to Approve Endless Make-Work Paranormal Program for UFO Grifters

Ancient Aliens S18E13: "Decoding the Alien Glyphs"

Congress Poised to Require Investigation of Ufology's Crash Retrieval Conspiracy

Ancient Aliens S18E12: Extraordinary Encounters

Graham Hancock and Mike Tyson Rave About Psychedelics and the Supernatural

Review of Ancient Aliens S18E11: “Incredible Structures”

Georgia Guidestones Bombed; Plus: Congressmen File UFO Amnesty Amendment

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