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Taking Stock of "Ancient Aliens" After Ten Years

4/20/2019

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​According to once and future TV host Scott Wolter, the new season of America Unearthed will debut on May 28 on the Travel Channel. The History Channel announced that the new season of Ancient Aliens will debut three days later, on May 31. The two shows used to air together on the H2 network back in 2012, so it’s almost like we’ve gone back in time and it’s 2012 all over again. 
​As part of History’s launch of Ancient Aliens, they’ve been billing this spring’s season as the show’s tenth anniversary. I was surprised to see that I missed the series’ actual tenth anniversary, which occurred to little or no fanfare back in March. The two-hour pilot for Ancient Aliens—the one that put my name on screen in blood-red letters over ominous music—aired in March 2009 and launched one of History’s most enduring franchises, helping to transform the network from the so-called “Hitler Channel” to a network devoted largely to conspiracy theories and reality TV shows. Today, it has added hyper-masculine dramas to its lineup, but the long shadow of Ancient Aliens can be felt across the schedule, from the network’s top reality series, The Curse of Oak Island, to drama series like Project Blue Book, and of course the endless parade of Ancient Aliens knockoffs that have come and gone over the years.
 
This was a surprising development since, when the show came to air, it at first appeared to be just another wacky cable special about space aliens, not substantively different than previous History Channel shows about the old 1970s ideas of Erich von Däniken, like the History’s Mysteries episode on ancient astronauts which was in heavily rotation for years prior to Ancient Aliens, or A&E’s Ancient Mysteries episodes on the same that reran regularly on the network. But something struck a cord with audiences, whether it was the collection of colorful personalities, the paranoid undercurrents, or the relatively more sophisticated presentation, with better graphics and more dramatic stock footage of ancient artifacts and sites. Whatever the cause, audiences reacted differently to this version than previous ones, paving the way for year after year of recycled claims about prehistoric space aliens.
 
So what does Ancient Aliens have to show for its ten years of seeking the “truth” about aliens?
 
After a decade of searching, they have, of course, found no aliens. Nor have they found a single piece of incontrovertible evidence of space aliens having visited the Earth. For its entire run, the show has made use of demonstrably false claims, mistranslated ancient texts, distorted science, and outright fabrications to create an argument based primarily on emotional instead of logical proof. At that level, the show has utterly failed in its stated purpose of connecting viewers to space aliens, though it has brilliantly strung out the quest for proof for ten years, slowly shifting from the hunt for actual space aliens on Earth to a religious search for a New Age neo-pagan divine. Today, the show is half a New Age 700 Club and half an all-purpose collection of weird science. The aliens are now mostly an afterthought.
 
Ancient Aliens has succeeded, however, beyond even its wildest dreams in mainstreaming irrational thinking and conspiratorial fantasy. There have always been TV shows with sensational claims about ancient astronauts. NBC in the 1970s and ABC in the 1990s both ran adaptations of Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods, for example. But never before had there been such a sustained series devoted entirely to promoting von Däniken’s shopworn secondhand ideas with the single-minded focus of a Leni Riefenstahl documentary. The constant repetition both within episodes and across episodes and seasons of the same few ideas served the same purpose as propaganda, where repetition is a key element in gaining audience acceptance. Propaganda also relies on symbolism, and Ancient Aliens relies on symbols ranging from the Columbian “flyer” lapel pin to Giorgio Tsoukalos’s hair to the show’s distinctive logo to create an emotional world where the impossible becomes probable and feelings replace thoughts. Through its hammering home of a limited range of themes and ideas on a show that is outwardly designed to look like any other talking head historical documentary, and its broadcast on a network that had previously had a reputation for broadcasting programs with legitimate (if often sensational) historical themes, Ancient Aliens leveraged the power of television for perverse ends, and succeeded in developing a loyal, if not always large, audience of fans.
 
But its reach has always been greater than its Nielsen numbers suggest. While only between two and three million Americans watched the series at its height (down to just half that number today), the History Channel estimates that as many as one-fourth of all Americans have watched all or part of an Ancient Aliens episode over the course of its run. As a lifestyle brand, Ancient Aliens has spawned a lucrative convention series, Alien Con, knockoff conventions and speaking engagements featuring the show’s stars, as well as a line of merchandise. Perhaps indicative of the show’s true appeal, its companion books have failed to move the publishing needle, and nearly all of its “intellectual” heft occurs in public speaking venues rather than in any sort of print publication. The show’s celebrity following is legion, ranging from Katy Perry and Aaron Rogers to its most dedicated acolyte, Megan Fox, who launched her own knockoff show on the Travel Channel in imitation of her Ancient Aliens heroes.
 
So how can we evaluate Ancient Aliens ten years out? When we compare 2009 to 2019, we see a much greater number of Americans who believe in the ancient astronaut theory. The Chapman University annual survey of American fears provides some information about the growth of belief. It found that belief in the ancient astronaut theory grew from 20% in 2015 to 41% in 2018. While there is reason to suspect the numbers aren’t entirely reliable, the trend is undeniably true, for the numbers mirror other surveys that have provided snapshots of belief. Before Ancient Aliens, the ancient astronaut theory was a wacky curiosity and had been since the heyday of Erich von Däniken in the 1970s. Since Ancient Aliens, the ancient astronaut theory has become if not quite a mainstream idea then one that is widely discussed and disseminated across the respectable news media. Even in the negative, every time reporters open an article by saying that an archaeological discovery was not due to aliens, it reveals the growing assumption that the public defaults to space aliens.
 
Like any good propaganda, Ancient Aliens has remade the world in its own image with “truths” that exist independent of facts. Ancient Aliens did not create the conditions that led to its success, but because a show about ancient astronauts came to air at the right time, it shaped the public understanding of archaeology in science in ways that no one could have anticipated in 2009.
36 Comments
E.P. Grondine
4/20/2019 08:52:21 am

A search for alien cats on youtube yielded 55,300,000 results.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aAbjAXL-NI
https://youtu.be/6aAbjAXL-NI

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Catspaw Assassin
4/26/2019 10:49:22 pm

I was hoping to see some of my favorite jazz musicians, but meh it's just feline cats.

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Rationalists
4/20/2019 10:02:46 am

Let's not forget established scholarship with its own truths in its own image that are equally flawed.

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Doc Rock
4/20/2019 11:13:06 am

Scholarship has its flaws. But claiming that any pile of rocks over 10 feet high had to have been built by aliens using hover craft and tractor beams isn't one of them. Neither is asserting that ancient kings were 10+ feet tall Nephilim because they are portrayed as twice as tall as their subjects in ancient carvings and murals.

One can find flaws in pretty much anything. But some things are much, much, much more highly flawed than others.

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Rationalists
4/20/2019 11:32:57 am

Are you seriously suggesting that mainstream scholars do not believe in and teach the Second Coming, and their salaries are funded by taxpayers representing edifice of education

LOL

Doc Rock
4/20/2019 01:27:42 pm

I've been a student or faculty at nine different colleges and never encountered that. That included a rather conservative Lutheran college. Never encountered this. I had one professor on faculty at a large public university who was a regular churchgoer and believer (I assume) in the second coming. But she was also a physical anthropologist who believed in and taught evolution.

If you can demonstrate a significant consistent pattern of scholars teaching the second coming, apart from objective scholarly discussions of it as part of Christian ideology, at publically funded institutions in the present then I would be interested in seeing your sources?

Please note that I am excluding fundamentalist private schools that may indirectly receive taxpayer money via student loans used to pay tuition. If that is what you are talking about then you may have somewhat of a point.

Doc Rock
4/20/2019 01:37:24 pm

Forgot to mention that any citations you could provide to indicate that such scholars are considered to be mainstream and that they publish on the topic in mainstream peer reviewed journals would be helpful?

Kent
4/20/2019 01:37:37 pm

Okay, I'll bite. Name one.

Rationalists
4/20/2019 01:38:44 pm

James Beverley criticised Richard Dawkins. I suppose this was done in a private capacity and not representative of his university.

Doc Rock
4/20/2019 02:05:01 pm


Beverley's academic appointment is at a Seminary. So, I would certainly hope that he believes in and teaches about the second coming.

Ratonalists
4/20/2019 02:23:54 pm

Okay, forget about theologians and (so-called) Biblical scholars.

Secular scholars accept the historical Jesus and the historicity of the Gospels. Yet their only "proof" is Josephus and Tacitius - both of which are spurious sources to say the very least. And these "sources" have come back into fashion.

The earliest Gospel fragment dates from about 120-130, the earliest Christian to refer to written Gospels was Justin Martyr, again about 120-130. There's nothing dating from the first century to justify the theories (presented as "fact") that the earliest Gospel is Mark dating from 70.

The only reliable factor is the story of the crucifixion under Pilate, But this story does not date from the first century.

It has been demonstrated that the New Testament is modelled on Old Testament texts and this includes the story of the crucifixion (Hosea 6:2 - "After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence").

Doc Rock
4/20/2019 02:43:01 pm

Sorry, but you are now sailing way too far out into that sea of swirly twirly gumdrops and I do not care to try to follow.

Not the Comte de Saint Germain
4/21/2019 11:30:22 am

It's just an old comment-section regular riding his stupid hobbyhorse again, lumping anybody who thinks Jesus was real with Christian fundamentalists.

Once more, for those in the back: Paul explicitly described Jesus as a human being and knew the people who had known Jesus. One of those people, Jesus' brother James, was executed by an acting high priest exceeding his authority, thus creating a controversy that Josephus witnessed firsthand and wrote about. And the gospels show signs of being distorted to fit with Old Testament precedents, even though Jesus' story in the gospels still doesn't match what those Old Testament texts say. Therefore, Jesus was real, and the distortions show that his followers tried to shoehorn the real events into their scriptures when trying to make sense of his death. Therefore, Christianity and Jesus mythicism both fail. Happy Easter.

Victor the Victor
4/20/2019 01:43:31 pm

There is another thing that has changed in the last ten years. I refer to this blog and its comments. It used to be that this blog had interesting comments and it seems to me commentators who were knowledgeable and imparted valuable and interesting comments. They have, by and large, been driven off by trolls. All the while Mr. Colavito has done little, if anything, to control who posts. I have come to the conclusion that he can't be bothered and is too busy being important.

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Homer Sextown
4/20/2019 02:54:15 pm

I and others have been anxiously wondering what you think. Sneaking in an insult to the blog host was a nice touch.

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Doc Rock
4/20/2019 03:06:56 pm

Actually there has been significant improvement here over the last few months. I can only assume that it is due to members of the kiddie table actually taking their meds on a regular basis or now residing in halfway houses with very restricted Internet access.

No matter, been a while since I have seen someone told to F-Off, or encouraged to commit suicide. Even far fewer clumsy attempts to zing others on rather insignificant points. Pedophilia and homophobic themes seem to have dropped off dramatically as points of discussion as well.

So, be grateful. It could be much worse.

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Skinwalker
4/20/2019 03:54:19 pm

It might be time to drop ad hom comments about "the kiddie table".

Doc Rock
4/20/2019 04:23:16 pm

I was responding to a poster's comments about the conduct here with factual statements about past conduct by the kiddie table. I'm not the only person here who expressed concerns about the mental stability of said persons. So I have no problem with expressing some wishful thinking about their seeking "help" in the form of medicine or institutionalization. So in this context I don't think that ad hominem means quite what you think that it means. Of course you are welcome to express disagreement but as I am about to trot off to an Easter egg coloring party for the children of the waitresses at my favorite watering hole I seriously doubt that I will get around to any further discussion of the matter.

Skinwalker
4/20/2019 04:53:15 pm

It might be time to drop ad hom comments about "the kiddie table".

Victor the Victor
4/20/2019 05:14:48 pm

I disagree, however unlike many posters to this blog, I will not stoop to insulting your opinion or you personally. I think they just got bored and left.

Kiddie Table
4/20/2019 06:23:34 pm

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Joe Scales
4/21/2019 10:04:36 am

"Even far fewer clumsy attempts to zing others on rather insignificant points."

Well, I suspect those zings may have hit their mark a bit harder than imagined for Professor Bad Faith to still want to get payback for them.

Get over it Doc. And try to be a better sport next time. Playing from behind was never a good look for you.

Boyd Baxter
4/21/2019 02:34:55 pm

Now I remember! This is the fellow who likes to talk about his drinking problem. As I said to Aunt Eve on the "Bud's Buds" Thanksgiving episode of Last Man Standing "It ain't over till it's over... Meat."

Accumulated Wisdom
4/20/2019 06:38:47 pm

You are giving the "aliens did it people" too much credit. At the same time, not taking into account the influence of other examples within pop culture. "Stargate" movie, and series. "Battlestar Galactica"... Both versions of the series.

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Kent
4/20/2019 09:19:13 pm

Anthony, your non-reality based way of seeing the world and the resulting statements sorely try my patience. "Stargate" is indeed very much an "aliens did it people" based movie. We get it, every building in the world is based on astronomy. Move on.

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Accumulated Wisdom
4/21/2019 10:57:48 am

"Stargate" movie... Aliens did it.
"Stargate" series...White gods
"Battlestar Galactica" first round-
Lizard people, and robot people subjugating white people. Mysterious white people with god-like powers helping out subjugated white people. Leading to the promised land of 1980 Earth. Flying motorcycles and such.
"Battlestar Galactica"... Second round-
White people are their own God like ancestors. Leading to the promised land of ancient Africa. Ending with one Asian, one black person, and a whole bunch of white people to mate with hunter/gatherer Black folk.

Do not forget the "Travis Walton Experience" or subtle racism in "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Next Generation".

If you need to add Bigfoot..."The Six Million Dollar Man". You get both Earth Bigfoot, and robotic alien Bigfoot.

Kent
4/21/2019 12:36:47 pm

Anthony, your non-reality based way of seeing the world and the resulting statements sorely try my patience.

Accumulated Wisdom
4/21/2019 04:54:04 pm

danKent,

"...your non-reality based way of seeing the world and the resulting statements sorely try my patience."

Everybody knows you lack impulse control. The closest, you could get to "Patience" is by listening to "Guns N' Roses".

"The streets don't change but, maybe the name"

Goes for Stars too!

Kent
4/21/2019 08:48:55 pm

I don't think you know the extent to which I control my impulses. That speaks to your non-reality based way of seeing the world and the resulting statements that sorely try my patience. How are you managing in the world after the "zealots" took your email account away?

Lala
4/21/2019 10:18:30 pm

I watch because there is nothing else like it on TV - it doesn't mean I think any of it is true or real. We need to think more, not less.

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Hans
4/22/2019 10:43:34 pm

No, Lala.
We don't need to think more, we need to think more critically.
America today embraces make-believe, often in the face of better knowledge.
The success of Ancient Aliens is just one example of that. Climate change denial or Trumpism are other examples.

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Not Hans
4/23/2019 12:32:28 am

No, Lala, we need to think more, more like me.
America today embraces thinking other than I do, often in the face of my explications.
The success of Ancient Aliens is just one example of that. Not wanting to remodel society and industry according to my whim or voting for someone I don't like are other examples.

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Joe Scales
4/23/2019 09:51:04 am

Yes, next up the critically thinking Hans will double-down on Collusion Still Matters while closing the door on scientific inquiry.

Rook
4/24/2019 07:48:47 am

I used to watch Ancient Aliens all the time. I liked the show because inevitably I would learn about a new archaeological find (or one I hadn't heard of yet). And then I would go and learn more about that thing. I stopped watching it because they would repeat a lot of things.

But honestly, I think the problem that we face is that people just don't listen to other people anymore. Instead of asking them questions about why they believe XYZ, people who don't believe that way will tend to hurl insults. This goes both ways. People stop sharing, and then they just go deeper into their belief systems and either don't share at all, of find people of like mind who will listen to them: taking them deeper into systems of belief that might be harmful in some way.

I see this behaviour in a lot of topics of "conversation" like vaccines, veganism, spirituality, religion, politics, etc. No one asks questions of the other person anymore, like they are supposed to do if they really want to try to get to the bottom of why a person thinks the way they do. Asking questions can, sometimes, change a person's views on something if the questions are posed in an interested way or when the other person shares their knowledge in such a way as to shed light on a topic-- and not in a condescending way. If someone says they think this or that, someone else will call them down because they think that way. That's not the way true and honest discourse should be. Of course, that is just my opinion.

No one converses anymore. They just deride each other instead. Imagine what the world would look like, if people shared instead of insulted and ridiculed.

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Joe Scales
4/24/2019 10:05:21 am

"I stopped watching it because they would repeat a lot of things."

Yeah, they repeated lies. Over and over. And unfortunately, that's where conversation ends.

Hey, I too was lured into this show when it first began, intrigued by the notion of life on Earth being jumpstarted from elsewhere. However, it only took a few minutes to realize the inordinate level of non sequitur spewed by its pundits, all lacking relevant credentials, was geared more towards comedy than the actual pursuit of knowledge. Well, at least how I saw it. So I watched to make fun of it.

The joy was short-lived however, when I actually did a bit of research into their facts. Bottom line, they lie. They lie over and over, again and again. Lies. All for the sake of entertainment, poisoning the well of knowledge with absolute tripe on a television network purporting in its name alone to be educational. That's where the acrimony settles in; and it's well deserved.

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Kent @Rook
4/27/2019 12:28:43 am

"But honestly, I think the problem that we face is that people just don't listen to other people anymore. Instead of asking them questions about why they believe XYZ, people who don't believe that way will tend to hurl insults."

The problem is that people actually do listen and by listening, spot the nonsense. Let's try another approach:

The people spewing nonsense go out of their way to get more and more people to read or listen to them. The people you talk about have multiple avenues to "explain X, Y, or Z" and do a terrible job of it.

Sorry, but some people are just idiots (I'm stealing that), specifically Wolter, Tsoukalos, and the Oak Island crew (a reasonable person reading Wolter's blog might think he calls OIC thieves). Also Sitchin, Fell, and some people who post here. To suggest that there is an obligation to ask questions "in an interesting way" is stupid.

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