Ancient Aliens Research Paper

Do you ever consider the idea of the aliens visiting the Earth? If so, would that mean that there is a possibility of aliens coming to earth thousands of years ago? What proof is there to support this theory? For years, researchers have been finding surprising pieces of evidence for this theory, such as ancient religious texts, possible interactions with humans, artwork from ancient cultures of strange creatures, ancient artifacts from around the world, or evidence from the Bible.

Furthermore, what exactly is the ancient astronaut theory? The ancient astronaut theory is the theory that extraterrestrial beings visited the Earth during ancient times.According to ufoevidence.org, one day in July, 1991, there was a UFO sighting by thousands in

Mexico City during a solar eclipse (Aliens in the Ancient World). This event, and other UFO sightings in the past, were seen as a high chance of alien cultures really visiting the Earth. Consequently, this made people think of the possibilities that aliens could have visited and/or colonized on Earth thousands of years ago. “Ancient astronaut writers believe that a race of intelligent extraterrestrial beings had visited and/or colonised Earth in the remote past” (Ancient Astronauts). This theory began to develop when researchers found evidence of extraterrestrials influencing technology and structures in the far past. Researchers that believe that this theory is true think that these alien cultures had superior knowledge of science and engineering. Many theorists also believe that some ancient cultures were possibly influenced by ancient aliens technologically, including Egypt and Colombia.
Above all, most ancient astronaut theorists point to the fact that, according to History.com, there is “ancient religious texts in which humans witness and interact with gods or other heavenly beings who descend from the sky, sometimes in vehicles resembling spaceships, and those beings possess spectacular powers” (Ancient Alien Theory).
Researchers such as Von Däniken believe that there is strong evidence that ancient aliens were involved in human history.

In fact, he believes that, according to equip.org, there were “technological achievements that would not have been possible without the assistance of far more advanced technological beings” (Did Ancient Extraterrestrials Visit Earth?). According to scientificexploration.org, pyramids in Egypt and Mesoamerica are “low technology stone constructions built by humans for humans, albeit at considerable time, energy and expense.” In other words, theorists believe that some particular ancient structures that were thought to be man-made could be too advanced for its time, and they think that the ancient astronauts could have had some involvement in

it.
Stonehenge is a well-known example of evidence that aliens influenced ancient times with advanced technology.

Stonehenge took almost one thousand five hundred years to build. According to claims by anthropology.msu.edu, “The construction of Stonehenge began with the outer ring which consisted of sarsen sandstone slabs excavated from local quarries in England’s Salisbury Plain, while the inner ring was being built with smaller Bluestone rocks that scientists have tracked back to the Preseli Hills in Wales, nearly two-hundred miles away from the construction site of Stonehenge”(Stonehenge: the Ancient Alien Theory). Therefore, researchers have been questioning how those neolithic people were able to move four tons worth of boulders over such a great distance, especially considering that this monument was constructed around five thousand years ago. Von Däniken and other theorists believe that the aliens were involved in the construction of Stonehenge, and many other pieces of history as

well.
Von Däniken points to artwork that possibly represents aliens as well. This type of evidence is one of the most obvious clues. Drawings from ancient cultures have been found all over the world. As stated by ufoevidence.org, “one such drawing is located in Kimberly Mountain, a peak on the western side of Australia. Haunting the surface of the cave walls are paintings of several beings with round heads and huge black eyes” (Aliens in the Ancient World).
Not only is there artwork from ancient times that hint to ancient astronauts, but researchers are finding ancient artifacts that show evidence that ancient astronauts visited Earth due to the fact that the artifacts are inspired by advanced, or modern technology. In Colombia, a small, gold artifact was found in a thousand year old tomb. At first, it appeared as an insect or fish of some sort. Research shows that, as claimed by ufoevidence.org, “Dr. Ivan Sanderson, a scientist from the U.S., studied the object and said that it looked too mechanical, like an airplane, to be a natural object” (Aliens in the Ancient World). An expert in aircraft, J.A. Ulrich, took a look at the artifact and confirmed that it did, in fact, closely resemble a Swedish SAAB jet. This jet was not invented until 1903 in North Carolina, and this South-American artifact is a thousand years old. This evidently means that “the people in Columbia could have seen a jet that was constructed by a highly advanced civilization, or, according to theorists, an alien civilization. Another model aircraft, originally thought to be a bird, was found in an Egyptian tomb in 1898 near Sakkara and was not studied until 1969. In my opinion,what I found interesting was that according to claims by ufoevidence.org, “the object’s well engineered proportions and aerodynamic shape, according to aircraft engineers, are ideal enough for it to fly.” Ancient airplane-like models were also discovered in Egypt, dating back to around 200 BCE.
Strangely enough, some evidence seems valid and increase the likelihood of the ancient astronaut theory being true, some evidence is not credible, such as the theory that there is UFOs in the Bible. Personally, I do not believe that there is evidence of ancient astronauts from the Bible, because the theories that involve the Bible seem highly unlikely and there does not seem to be any valid facts behind the theory of UFOs in the Bible. But some theorists believe that, according to equip.org, “some even argue that Jesus must have been a space alien who, ultimately, was taken up to space” (Did Ancient Extraterrestrials Visit Earth?). Claims of this theory are based on the fact that his origins are not from Earth, but this still does not mean he was an alien because he was, in fact, a human being and is the Lord from Heaven, not an alien from another planet.
After researching this topic, while some evidence is credible, I am still not convinced that the ancient astronaut theory is true. For one thing, I have never believed in aliens to begin with. In my opinion, I can see why the ancient astronaut theorists believed this was true when it comes to ancient artwork and artifacts, but I believe there is likely a more reasonable explanation for it. For example, the drawings that supposedly resembled aliens or extraterrestrials, I believe, either symbolized something or is just malformed humans from ancient civilization. Overall, I just do not think there is enough credible evidence to support this theory.
In conclusion, the ancient astronaut theory is the theory that thousands of years ago, extraterrestrials, also known as aliens, came to Earth during ancient times and influenced the past. There is evidence for this including: ancient religious texts, possible interactions with humans, artwork from ancient cultures of strange creatures, ancient artifacts from around the world, and, oddly, evidence from the Bible.