![]() ![]() If the aliens can see a small geoglyph from that distance, they could see cities and other signs of human habitation, so this argument seems weak. The discussion of global geoglyphs ranges from the mundane to the nonsensical, and most of the show’s usual talking heads, including Nick Pope and Hugh Newman, try to claim that what they call geoglyphs (some of which are actually earthworks) were intended to communicate with space aliens who were looking at Earth from other galaxies. This leads to yet another discussion of the Nazca Lines, a subject that has appeared on Ancient Aliens with depressing regularity since the show debuted a decade ago. The second segment tries to make an argument by analogy, asking viewers to assume that the existence of geoglyphs elsewhere on Earth proves that the Guardian is an artificial geoglyph. ![]() I can’t help but think that’s because the Guardian’s Wikipedia page refers to apophenia. The show had an expert use computer simulations to try to argue that the formation was intentionally created, and it’s interesting that the show refers to skeptical views of the Guardian as an optical illusion with the word “apophenia” (seeing patterns that don’t exist) instead of “pareidolia” (seeing familiar patterns in vague, abstract, or natural patterns). The show presents these mutually exclusive ideas as though they were harmonious. ![]() Henry says that humans could not have made a geoglyph on their own and needed aliens to do it for them, while Tsoukalos differs and says that First Nations people in Alberta carved it themselves because they were trying to signal space aliens. William Henry and Giorgio Tsoukalos claim that only space aliens could provide the answer. For no good reason, they use part of the time to give us a history of the carving of Mount Rushmore, which is a mountain carved from stone, while the Badlands Guardian is made from soil and clay. It’s not wholly inappropriate, though, since Serling was an ancient astronaut believer who hosted In Search of Ancient Astronauts, the ancestral TV special that eventually gave rise to Ancient Aliens, both being adaptations of Chariots of the Gods.Īnyway, the first segment tries to make the case that the Badlands Guardian is an intentional carving and not a natural formation, and David Childress shows up to tell us that archaeologists are “often mistaken” about what is artificial and what is natural. Season 5 premiered on December 21, 2012.I still hate the new opening sequence, especially its invocation of the Twilight Zone by using “There is a door…” and imagery recalling Rod Serling’s title sequence. Tsoukalos announced on Coast to Coast AM that the series has been renewed for a fifth season. Season four premiered on Februbut on H2 instead of the History channel. The second season began on October 28, 2010, and the third season began airing July 28, 2011. The series' de facto pilot was a TV special of the same name that aired on March 8, 2009. The show has been criticized for presenting pseudoscience and pseudohistory. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the program presents hypotheses of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past human-extraterrestrial contact. Ancient Aliens is an American television series that premiered on Apon the History channel. ![]()
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