| Over the course of the past year, I closely | | | | day. |
| assisted a colleague in writing a series of | | | | |
| ten articles covering diverse aspects of my | | | | My website reproduces engravings from the |
| ancient astronaut theory. All ten of those | | | | Tiwanaku civilization in Bolivia. One of |
| articles circulated widely around the globe | | | | those engravings depicts the alleged ancient |
| and view counters on many sites indicated | | | | astronaut as an aquatic with a three-pronged |
| plentiful readership, but feedback to me, or | | | | tail, with each of the three prongs ending in |
| to her, from anywhere, was non-existent. | | | | a pod. How do the skeptics refute that? Easy. |
| There was neither criticism nor acclaim from | | | | They simply need to demonstrate that the |
| anyone. Just silence. I was starting to think | | | | shape of those pods resembles some form of |
| that perhaps no one in world wants to take | | | | animal or plant life to be found in that |
| ancient astronauts seriously. | | | | region. In other words, they need to find a |
| | | | terrestrial source for those engravings, |
| In an attempt to make some progress, I | | | | otherwise my extraterrestrial arguments |
| decided to pay sixty dollars for a review of | | | | remain unharmed. |
| my ancient astronaut website. Of course, this | | | | |
| was to be a review by skeptics; a review by | | | | The timing of the Tiwanaku sky-god drawings |
| New Age believers would be worthless. Their | | | | coincides with the timing of the Nazca Lines |
| blog's description was "critical reviews of | | | | in Peru, so the ancient astronaut of both |
| paranormal claims on the Internet." The | | | | places has to be one and the same. For Nazca, |
| intermediary granted them five days to | | | | the skeptics will find many ready-made |
| perform their review but that has long since | | | | arguments, but I consider all of them weak. |
| come and gone, and not a word from them. My | | | | The mentality of the people of Nazca cannot |
| website presents a vast amount of evidence | | | | be assumed to be unique in human history. It |
| and, in truth, I could not expect anyone to | | | | has to be demonstrated that people elsewhere |
| produce a good critical review in just five | | | | also believed that the sun, moon, or |
| days. No one, including myself, would want to | | | | sky-spirits had physical eyes that could |
| see quickly prepared and frivolous arguments, | | | | observe ground drawings. Alternatively, it |
| else I would make them look ridiculous in my | | | | has to be demonstrated that the people of |
| counter arguments. Moreover, some of my | | | | Nazca worshipped birds, believing them to |
| evidence comes from Spanish-language sources | | | | have cognitive intelligence. |
| and, to start, they would need time to verify | | | | |
| that none of it is a hoax. They are welcome | | | | The recorded engravings on the cosmological |
| to all the time they need. | | | | Sun Disk, alleged alien artifact, may prove |
| | | | to be the biggest challenge for the skeptics. |
| What to expect from this blog is uncertain. | | | | How are we to believe that the Andeans of the |
| There are skeptics who are as narrow-minded | | | | early sixteenth century a) knew that the |
| in their thinking as their New Age | | | | Earth was round, b) knew that it was possible |
| counterparts, and then again, there are | | | | to orbit the Earth, c) knew that sunlight |
| skeptics, like me, who objectively evaluate | | | | striking the moon could reflect back to |
| the evidence to arrive at the truth. Was | | | | strike a spaceship, d) knew that the dark |
| there a real ancient astronaut? To help the | | | | clouds along the Milky Way contained stars |
| skeptics answer that question, I will give | | | | within, and e) knew that water formed the |
| them some ideas on how to refute my theories. | | | | basis of plant and animal evolution? Here the |
| Here, solely for space considerations, I will | | | | skeptics would need to find parallels in the |
| concentrate on the archaeological evidence, | | | | history of western civilization. I look |
| leaving aside ideas on how to refute the | | | | forward to their response. |
| cryptology and theology evidence for another | | | | |