[Update: George Howard said the dispute revolved around contract negotiations and concerns about payments and the ownership of the rights to material presented at the conference.] In a surprise move, Graham Hancock pulled out of June’s Cosmic Summit, a meeting of catastrophists in support of the theory that a comet hit the Earth at the end of the last Ice Age and destroyed a high-tech lost civilization. Atlantis speculator Jimmy Corsetti, who was also scheduled to speak, also said he would not be attending. Corsetti claimed he had been “removed” against his will from the list of speakers, leaving the conference in chaos. The conference cited “unforeseen circumstances” in announcing the change in program. Hancock posted online that “Serious concerns have been brought to my attention that have caused me to lose confidence in the fundamental philosophy and direction of this conference and I no longer feel able to participate.” Hancock did not indicate what these serious concerns were.
Randall Carlson, Martin Sweatman, and other members of Hancock’s circle of enthusiasts for the idea that a comet destroyed a lost Atlantis-like civilization are still scheduled to appear. The Cosmic Summit required speakers to sign an NDA, which prevents them from providing additional details, Corsetti said in a tweet. The Cosmic Summit, which is not affiliated with the Comet Research Group currently investigating the alleged comet impact, announced the changes to its lineup in an online post promoting a substitute headliner. Former television personality Scott Wolter will be replacing Hancock. Event organizer George Howard claimed that Wolter would be revealing “brand new, jaw-dropping evidence proving America’s past is far different than we have been led to believe.” Wolter recently joined Carlson, Howard, and Ancient Aliens cast member William Henry for a panel discussion on the search for the Holy Grail at the Earth Origins V Conference in Sedona, Arizona. Howard invited Wolter to appear at the Cosmic Summit after discussing ancient mysteries with him at the April 21-23 “lost technologies and esoteric principle” conference. The Cosmic Summit plans to address “the well-published Younger Dryas Impact Event, more recent cosmic impacts, a suspected lost civilization, clovis people, the black mat, megafaunal extinctions, Gobekli Tepe, forgotten ancient technologies, controversial archaeology, Atlantis, megalithic monument building, Egyptian Mysteries, and catastrophic geology.”
64 Comments
Joe Scales
4/26/2023 10:53:55 am
"Catastrophic geology" should be right up Wolter's alley. He's been practicing it for years...
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Mother Flooder
4/26/2023 11:44:03 am
Hancock is likely afraid they will associate him with the entire "Mudflood" concept that has taken on a very bizarre life of its own. I bet Wolter has glommed right onto the mudflood idea and will likely make it seem if he was the one who thought of it. At least Hancock does not promote the Templar and Alien connection. Shame on those other presenters for having anything to do with Scott Wolter. It kind degrades their already shaky status.
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Kent
4/26/2023 04:18:43 pm
"It kind degrades their already shaky status." That's a two-way street, innit? Just like butt probing, which often results in a mudflood. Check out Fassbinder's i/ Querelle /i which starred Brad Davis from i/ Midnight Express /i.
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Doc Rock
4/27/2023 01:04:18 pm
Hancock has cashed in on Templars and aliens in the past albeit as separate topics. He is starting to run low on proposed Atlantis sites and associated cataclysms after 20 odd years. Wouldn't surprise me to see him jump on some new and different revenue stream. Wouldn't leave Templars and aliens off the table at this point.
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An Over-Educated Grunt
4/26/2023 04:49:46 pm
Meanwhile, History has started dropping clips from AU on Youtube with clickbait names, thereby drawing a whole new round of folks into Wolterstan. It's theirs to do with as they please and a smart move to monetize an otherwise dead property, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
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Doc Rock
5/2/2023 11:43:24 am
It has been a long time since I had a sufficiently long enough Happy Hour to work up the motivation to suffer thru even a brief visit to SW's blog. I wonder if the new exposure is drawing any new suckers? The kind who actually agree with "This is how science is done" after an episode where SW essentially engages in the opposite of science.
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An Over-Educated Grunt
5/4/2023 08:10:25 am
Let me save you the time.
Kent
5/4/2023 09:12:02 pm
Sure about that "- o"?
We come back tomorrow....
5/6/2023 01:42:11 pm
Joe Kent forgot to conclude his latest episode of nitpicking with an irrelevant quote from a 13th century Kurdish poet.
Kent
5/6/2023 08:14:30 pm
When you bill yourself as over-educated....
E.P. Grondine
4/29/2023 12:15:14 pm
Good morning, Jason - Thank you for this news. It does not affect myself and my colleagues.
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The Great Swami
4/29/2023 02:21:54 pm
I predict Kent will prattle on about 7 foot tall Indians !
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Carnac the magnificent
4/29/2023 04:03:12 pm
It’s been a while since he used Google Translate to copy and paste some random foreign phrase into a comment.
Kent
4/30/2023 02:26:24 pm
Yes, it's true that if I have to go outside Russian, Chinese, French, German, Tibetan, I will use the dreaded Google Translate. For the record I do not speak Thai nor do I know its 66 letter alphabet but I like the heck out of the food.
Kent
4/29/2023 10:35:23 pm
I think "prattle" is a little harsh. Based on the Big 7 Foot Tall Injun Lie, everything Mr. Grenadine says may be safely denied, discounted, ignored. Wrong in one, wrong in all.
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Chief Epstein of the New Jersey Osage Tribe
4/30/2023 09:47:53 am
"Somehow the idiocy gets a pass."
The Great Swami
4/30/2023 12:06:50 pm
Kent to ,E.P. Grondine, (In his Americanegro days before he became old white man Kent.) :
Kent
5/5/2023 08:56:42 pm
Whoring for money from a let's just say, "open-minded" customer base is not a new thing. From 2008:
Paul
4/30/2023 10:10:31 am
So, Ernie P,
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Kent
4/30/2023 07:06:33 pm
Hmmm.
E.P. Grondine
5/2/2023 02:56:01 pm
Hi Paul -
Paul
5/3/2023 12:26:39 am
Ernie P,
E.P. Grondine
5/4/2023 03:17:50 pm
Hi Paul -
Paul
5/5/2023 01:46:54 pm
Let’s see…..
Kent
5/5/2023 05:51:40 pm
"E.P. GRONDINE
E.P. Grondine
5/14/2023 08:36:36 am
Paul -
Paul
5/14/2023 09:22:29 pm
Ernie P.
Kent
5/15/2023 10:30:38 am
"Age and stupidity weight heavily upon him, giving the impression of a doddering circus clown."
Kent
5/1/2023 06:47:47 am
"(If you have around $40,000, we could make some field trips.)"
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E.P. Grondine
5/3/2023 12:14:11 pm
Still thinking only of your own pleasures.
Kent
5/3/2023 05:13:44 pm
E.P. GRONDINE
E.P. Grondine
5/4/2023 03:13:49 pm
Kent, there will be multiple people who will remind you how good I was after I have passed on.
Kent
5/5/2023 04:00:20 pm
"E.P. GRONDINE
Jim
4/30/2023 01:52:48 pm
Info on the pullout twins from the organizer of Cosmic Summit :
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Kent
5/3/2023 01:15:14 pm
"The May 2nd deadline we sent to request refunds we sent to Ticket Holders was driven by our need to tell the hotel the next day how many people are coming, since they have to buy a lot of food.
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Paul
4/30/2023 09:52:46 pm
Regarding this whole Comic Summit event, t’would be a cold day in Hades before I would consider donating $500 for a ticket for tripe such as that.There is plenty of crazy available everyday for free.
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Kent
5/1/2023 06:54:55 am
Remember his hot assistant/collaborater? Hailey, Hazy somebody?
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MacDuff
5/1/2023 01:36:34 pm
Hayley Ramsey. If I have the correct dingbat in mind she is the one that claims she was persecuted in her undergraduate program for attending a woo-centered conference. Perfectly plausible unless one understands that the average university department gives less than zero shits about how a 20 year old spends their weekends, Unless the student makes front page news marching in a Neo-Nazi parade or posts an instructional "How to Best Drown a Sack of Puppies" video on Youtube. 5/4/2023 01:36:50 pm
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! That such rumor and innuendo would be allowed to run rampant on this blog. I mean... the poor girl only sent him a pic. That's all. Just one picture. Purely innocent.
Alphard
5/12/2023 01:34:47 am
Thanks for the link, Joe. My wife certainly wouldn't allow me go on tour or cruises with someone looking like this. Not without waking up dead and divorced first.
Joe Scales
5/16/2023 09:29:18 am
I suppose she had to do something to move ticket sales. I mean... who's attaching themselves to who here... 5/22/2023 12:31:21 pm
That she's a drinker is certainly a plus:
E.P. Grondine
5/1/2023 11:50:13 am
First off, the news -
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E.P. Grondine
5/1/2023 11:52:15 am
second, a reminder. there was roughly 10 years between the Alvarezes' initial work and the location of the Chicxulub crater by an oil geologist.
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E.P. Grondine
5/1/2023 11:59:11 am
third, this brings us to today.
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Paul
5/2/2023 12:00:22 am
The difference between you, Ernie P and the Alvarez father and son team, is so great, as there is no comparison. Maybe, if you were really had something, Walter A would get on your bandwagon. There is little chance of THAT happening, especially with your imaginary data. So, if you want $40,000 for your field trip, looks like you are back to beading lighter coozies. That is a lot of frigging lighter coozies. Maybe you can invoke an incantation and wake up some of those 7 foot tall folks to help……
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E.P. Grondine
5/3/2023 12:19:03 pm
You have no (zero) idea who is on my bandwagon. Now moving on to my imaginary data, a short list was set out above. As far as the tall andaste goes, you have no idea of my relations with their descendants.
Paul
5/1/2023 02:06:34 pm
Here you can watch Wolter’s new crazy talking about the Cremona Document and how his garbage invalidates the Roman Catholic Church. The crazy reaches new highs, if that can be believed.
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Jim
5/1/2023 04:30:42 pm
For all you Scat Wolter fans here is almost two hours of mind numbing nonsense. Yes folks it's a complete Scat Wolter lecture.
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Jim
5/4/2023 03:06:40 pm
Here is a paraphrased version of Whopper Wolter's nonsensical tale of the finding of part of The Lost Book of the 'Wars of the Lord'.
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Paul
5/6/2023 12:23:42 am
And the hero Donny Ruh lives happily ever after in a trailer park making puzzle boxes and spending his fortune on lottery tickets and Scottie Wolter books whilst screwing over Diana Muir. Or something like that. Just don’t mention Bill Jackson’s name or Spartan goons will take you out.
Rock Knocker
5/3/2023 06:36:32 pm
Many of the comments above are FAR more enlightening than an attendance at the Cosmic Summit would be. This reminds me why I continue to follow Jason’s blog (of course the real reason is Jason’s input - but I do have to feed the trolls). Cheers.
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Jim
5/12/2023 10:57:21 am
Pseudo historian Scott Wolter bucks the trend, apparently white European Norse were too dumb to figure out how to make longhouses, had to be shown by Native Americans.
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E.P. Grondine
5/14/2023 07:51:45 am
Some more background.
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E.P. Grondine
5/15/2023 11:25:46 am
https://spacenews.com/neo-surveyor-launch-delayed-despite-funding-boost/
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Kent
5/17/2023 01:33:00 pm
"Thanks for the heads up, Paul. As I have had a rather complete computer systems crash, I had no idea about this delay."
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Old K. Rusty Nutz
5/28/2023 10:38:17 am
Janet Pulled from Cosmic Wolter Marriage, Replaced by Child Bride.
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Jim
5/29/2023 08:11:31 pm
Wait for Wolter to claim the Goddess worshiping Templars practiced polygamy or were Mormons with multiple wives.
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Instant Spokesman
6/1/2023 03:59:16 am
Pretty sure he just became the poster boy for little blue pills.
Joe Scales
5/30/2023 11:38:59 am
Don't worry. Janet's always had Alan Butler in reserve...
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"Comic Gold"
6/1/2023 04:04:42 am
I haven't stopped laughing for over 10 minutes! Betcha his sweat lodge brothers are upset too.
Kent
6/1/2023 12:49:37 pm
"OLD K. RUSTY NUTZ
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