Ancient Aliens: The Official Companion Book

This is a book to go along with the Ancient Aliens programs.

There are a variety of topics presented, starting with Ezekiel's description of a flying chariot which the author shows can realistically be explained as a UFO of some kind. One thing to keep in mind is that the people of that time had no experience with advanced technology so they would have to interpret something like a UFO in terms they could understand.

Then it goes on to the construction of the pyramids and the possibility that extraterrestrials helped in some way or ways. The one good question is how did the ancient Egyptians light the interior of the pyramids in order to do the beautiful artwork that is seen. They didn't have flashlights and torches would have left soot on the ceilings. There's no evidence any soot was there, though.

My question though is this: why would extraterrestrials help building pyramids? What was in it for them? If they were there they certainly didn't leave any messages. They certainly didn't help the Egyptians improve their crops or cure diseases. The construction of the pyramids was a formidable task, yes, but too often people today look at the people back then and think they were stupid.

They weren't. Not by any means.

And there is one other thing. There is a principle that goes along like this: any time an advanced civilization comes in contact with a less advanced civilization, the latter civilization ends up being messed up at the very least and pretty much destroyed if things go really bad. Example: Native Americans. They had developed a civilization that worked very well for them.

When the white people arrived, though, they had an advanced technology in weaponry. They also used biowarefare such as giving the Native Americans blankets with smallpox germs in them. The same kind of thing would happen if ETs made themselves known. At the very least it would cause panic, religious controversies (did the aliens believe in Jesus?) and possible military action. Also, the international business corporations would probably be trying to get everything out of the aliens they could just to line their own pockes.

The Sphinx is discussed along with the possibility that it is much older than is currently believed. The Nacza lines are covered although there is no mention of the possibility that they actually had some kind of balloons that they used to help direct the workers who made the lines.

There's various other topics discussed before they get to Sumeria which is a very fascinating civilization that came up with astronomy, schools, medicine, agriculture and other advances from seemingly nowhere. Some people believe this was brought to them by survivors of Atlantis but this book goes into the theory that extraterrestrials, the Annunaki, were the ones that brought all that knowledge to them.

Again, why? Why would aliens do this? Also, our knowledge of how that civilization developed is not complete by any means. How long were they a round before all these advances were made?

The book does what most books of this type do. It assumes that just because a civilization is 'ancient' it isn't really capable of doing anything really significant on its own. They had to have helpers, people from Atlantis, from another Earth civilization long gone or from beings from other planets.

It also overlooks another principle. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. Where is the proof? There are some drawings, yes, but exactly what do those drawings actually show? Like most art they can be interpreted in different ways and there is no way to know which is the correct interpretation.

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