The Ancient Alien Question

by Philip Coppens

  Dozens of people have tried to explain this story away, opting for a purely symbolic interpretation, for we all know that such a story cannot be true, right? However, it is precisely because it did happen that it was reported in the chronicles; the contemporary historians considered it to be so extraordinary!

  Just before he died, in 212 BC, Emperor Chi Huang Ti ordered that all the books and literature relating to ancient China be destroyed. Similarly, according to Carl Sagan, there was once a book titled The True History of Mankind Over the Last 100,000 Years in the famed library of Alexandria, but the document was burned in a series of deliberate acts of arson meant to eradicate the “pagan” knowledge contained in those buildings in the third century AD. When the Spanish Conquistadors conquered the Aztecs in the 16th century, they burnt all the Aztecs’ books. Then, in the middle of the 19th century when the first European settler, a French priest named Eugene Eyraud, arrived on Easter Island, he made it his mission to burn as many of the native rongo rongo tablets as he could. Is it any wonder that “science” can’t find any evidence for ancient aliens, or lost knowledge?

  That the evidence for the Ancient Alien Question has to be found in the most gigantic monuments—which were simply too big and solid to be destroyed—and ancient legends is precisely because of the consistent trend throughout humankind’s most recent history, on all continents, to eradicate large amounts, if not the majority, of our history—of “what came before.” Though we no longer believe the world originated in 4004 BC, what science and archaeology have done is to place the origins of civilization at that moment in time, and argue that anything before then cannot be validated by science, and hence by default is believed not to be true. However, truth simply is, whether you believe it or not.

  Is there any object or written document that proves that ancient aliens visited planet Earth? No. But, as I have shown throughout this book, ancient buildings reveal that they were constructed with massive stones that could not have been moved without some form of advanced technology or knowledge—not necessarily through more gigantic cranes than are currently in use in modern building projects, but more likely via a form of knowledge and understanding of the laws of the universe. As a body of literature, the ancient myths and legends clearly state that gods were once present on Earth and gave the gift of civilization and various other knowledge to humankind. This is evidence.

  Were these ancient aliens physically present on planet Earth? Maybe. Legends such as that of Oannes clearly speak of a nonhuman, physical intelligence that came out of the sea and educated humankind in the ways of civilization. But there are other legends that make it clear that the gods were not necessarily physically here, and may not even be physical as such; they could best be described as a nonhuman, otherworldly intelligence that we can contact through a number of means, many of which today would be classified under the label of paranormal, parapsychological, or—a term I prefer—metaphysical. Alas, the metaphysical realm has also been fenced off and deemed to be off-limits for scientific exploration, so finding more evidence in support of the Ancient Alien Question from that field can only come from personal accounts, such as what happened with The Nine in the investigations carried out by Andrija Puharich. And though it is not yet the consensus, what science has discovered—to its own horror, it seems—is that life itself is extraterrestrial in nature.

  British astronomer Duncan Lunan has pondered the question of contact and communication with other intelligences for many decades. It is his conviction that, based on the number of stars and planets in the universe, an extraterrestrial civilization should have contacted us at least once, and—statistically speaking—a maximum of four times. This means that out of all the evidence that suggests we have been contacted, based upon what science currently knows, or rather, thinks, about life in the universe, statistically speaking, contact is a very rare thing. It means that out of the 230 questions posed by Erich von Däniken, out of all the evidence we have gone through in this book, only one to four of them should eventually be answered in the positive. In Man and the Stars, Duncan Lunan put forward 22 items of best evidence, which includes the story of Oannes, the ancient maps, the Chinese Roswell, the pyramids, Baalbek, the Watchers, Viracocha, Ezekiel, and many more. Some are clear evidence of contact with a nonhuman intelligence, whereas others are at least clear evidence of technology and knowledge possessed by our ancestors that exceeds our traditional historical understanding of these cultures.

  What this book has hopefully demonstrated is that the manner in which science has tried to look toward these enigmas is not the correct, or at least not the only, approach. When we look at reality the way it is, rather than within the reduced framework in which science prefers to operate, it becomes clear that there is only one answer.

  Were We Alone? No.

  There are hundreds if not thousands of examples that show this throughout humankind’s history. The gift of civilization was said to have been granted to us by the gods, but there is other evidence that shows we have never been alone. Modern UFO research is but the latest incarnation of a long tradition that argues for the presence of a nonhuman intelligence. Alas, in the materialistic mindset that continues to dominate our era, the notion has always been that this should be a physical extraterrestrial presence here on Earth. This is not necessarily so, and the work of Jeremy Narby and the accounts of hundreds of shamans in the Amazonian jungle make it apparent that people can access a realm where they can interface with this nonhuman intelligence, and that these “gods” give them highly technological information—the most famous of which is the chemical process of making ayahuasca, the potion that enables communication with the gods.

  When molecular biologist Dr. Pia Malnoe was taken into the Amazon by Narby, she concluded that “The way shamans get their knowledge is not very different from the way scientists get their knowledge. It has the same origin, but shamans and scientists use different methods.”1

  In my opinion, most Ancient Alien Theories have failed in finding proof because their scope was too limited, and the answer they were after was erroneous. Though in a number of rare instances the gods were likely here in physical form, they definitely did not come to planet Earth to exploit its minerals or enslave Homo sapiens for that purpose. I would argue that, apart from Oannes, an accidental crash like “the Chinese Roswell” at Baian-Kara-Ulla, and one or two other similar incidents, such physical contact was probably sporadic at best. But when we really look at our history, it is clear that civilization was indeed guided by gods, by a nonhuman, extraterrestrial intelligence. Though today we would consider this to be the bailiwick of religion, it is not; it is about directly experiencing another reality and contacting this intelligence. The work of McKenna, Narby, Harner, and so many others has made it clear that this is real. The technology and information they have given us ranges from insights into DNA (as per Jeremy Narby), the enigmatic mathematical formula of time that Terence McKenna received, and maybe the chemical methodology to create geopolymers, given to the Egyptian priest Imhotep.

  What is evidence? What is proof? There are clear parallels between what McKenna and Imhotep received. There are hundreds of passages in the sacred literature of every ancient civilization that speak of contact with nonhuman intelligences. In the case of Oannes, even the likes of Carl Sagan felt that the evidence was in—that this could only be explained as contact with a physical extraterrestrial entity. For some, these accounts will not be enough.

  But we have also learned the answer goes far beyond a simple yes. In fact, life is a cosmic imperative. We are the aliens. Chandra Wickramasinghe in Cosmic Dragons writes, “Life is a truly cosmic phenomenon, the sum total of an evolutionary experience gained and accumulated in a multitude of different places, quite widely separated, and extending in time throughout the entire history of the Universe.” Wickramasinghe is convinced that there is a slow but definitive move within the scientific community to accept the extraterrestrial origins of life, describing it as “a maj
or paradigm shift comparable in importance to the Copernican revolution of the 16th century.” When that happens, the next challenge science will have to address is the Ancient Alien Question—a question it has consistently shied away from.

  The key here is the consensus reality: what we all agree to believe. It is a basic human right that any individual has the freedom to believe what he or she wants. And so it is my hope—my wish—that in these pages, I have laid out the nature and complexity of the Ancient Alien Question in such a way that you have the necessary building blocks that will allow you to decide whether you believe. I have shown you the process as to why I believe the answer is yes. But what I know is that the Ancient Alien Question has to be asked again today, for there are millions of people out there who want an answer.

  Notes

  Foreword

  1. Pessl, The Chronological.

  2. Waddell, “Manetho.”

  3. Diodorus, Historical Library.

  4. Ibid.

  Introduction

  1. Walter-Jorg Langbein, in an interview with Dr. Hermann Oberth, as reported at langbein.alien.de/bericht13.html, a transcript of the 24th Ancient Astronaut World Conference lecture delivered by W-J Langbein, August 4, 1997, Orlando, Fla.

  2. Hirji, “Nature’s.”

  Chapter 1

  1. Kaku, “First Contact.”

  2. Story, The Encyclopedia, pp. 162–3.

  3. Sagan, Cosmos, p. 193.

  Chapter 2

  1. Icke, David, Interview.

  2. Bramley, The Gods of Eden, p. 16.

  3. Ibid., p. 2.

  4. Ibid., p. 225.

  5. Ibid., pp. 3–4.

  6. Heiser, “Open Letter.”

  7. Von Dechend and Santillana, Hamlet’s Mill, p. 431.

  8. Boulay, Flying Serpents, p. 51.

  9. Story, The Encyclopedia, p. 635.

  10. James and Thorpe, Ancient Mysteries, p. 107.

  11. Ibid., p. 108.

  12. Ibid., p. 109.

  13. Villars, The Comte, p. 64.

  Chapter 3

  1. Blumrich, The Spaceships.

  2. Story, The Encyclopedia, p. 182.

  3. Cassuto, A Commentary, p. 260.

  4. Legendary Times Magazine, Vol. 10, nos. 1 and 2, p. 20–21.

  Chapter 4

  1. Davidovits, “X-Ray.”

  2. Geiger, “Imhotep’s.”

  3. Davidovits, “They Built,” p. 61.

  4. Nickerson, “Did the Great.”

  5. Nickerson, “A New Angle.”

  6. Ibid.

  7. Ibid.

  8. Neugebauer, The Exact, p. 91.

  9. Dunn, The Giza, pp. 152–153.

  10. Alouf, History, p. 92.

  11. Thom, Megalithic Sites, p. 43.

  12. Thompson, Alien Identities, p. 226.

  Chapter 5

  1. Haviland, et al, Cultural Anthropology, p. 232.

  2. “Aztec Crystal Skull.”

  3. Morton and Thomas, Tränen, p. 124.

  4. Morant, “A Morphological,” p. 108.

  5. Hancock, Fingerprints, p. 166.

  6. Ibid., p. 171.

  7. Ibid., p. 72.

  8. Grist, “Mysteries.”

  Chapter 6

  1. Ancient Skies, p. 1.

  2. “Antikythera Mechanism.”

  3. Childress, Technology, p. 94. Also at www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm.

  4. “Antikythera Mechanism.”

  5. Legendary Times, p. 17.

  6. Hancock, Fingerprints, p. 5.

  7. Ibid., p. 112.

  8. Lenormant and Chevallier, A Manual, p. 502.

  9. Sagan, Broca’s Brain, p. 67.

  10. Wadell, “Manetho.”

  11. Sitchin, The End, p. 86.

  12. Ibid., p. 95.

  13. Noorbergen, Secrets, p. 73.

  14. SciForums.com.

  15. Mitchell-Hedges, Danger, p. 87.

  16. Personal correspondence with Jon Rolls, April 22, 2008.

  17. Hausdorf, The Chinese, p. 34.

  18. Ibid.

  19. Ibid., p. 35.

  20. Ibid.

  Chapter 7

  1. Wickramasinghe, “Extraterrestrial.”

  2. Weinstein, “Influenza,” pp. 1058–1060.

  3. Joseph and Wickramasinghe, “Comets.”

  4. Sagan, Cosmos, p. 130.

  5. Hancock and Bauvel, The Mars, Chapter 6.

  Chapter 8

  1. James and Thorpe, Ancient Mysteries, p. 241.

  2. Radford, “The Mysterious.”

  3. Geller, Uri. “Dr. Vinod.”

  4. Ibid.

  5. Naydler, Shamanic Wisdom, p. 166.

  6. Jenkins and Matz, Pyramid, p. 37.

  7. Harner, “The Sound.”

  8. Narby, The Cosmic Serpent. See also www.world-mysteries.com/newgw/cosmicserpent.htm.

  Conclusion

  1. Dicum, “The Cosmic.”

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