Originally Posted by
CoreyB
Have you guys ever watched Ancient Aliens on I believe the history channel. Thats a pretty cool show.
I love that subject in particular. The original Chariots of the God's is a mind blower. A lot of what was discussed has since been explained, but there are still many very intriguing cases. (E.G. Why did the ancient African neolithic tribes draw figures that appear to be men in space suits. I guess they could have imagined demons with giant bubbles around their heads and odd backpack like shapes on their backs, but it raises an eye brow. Incidentally, this case implies contact with an advanced prehistoric human civilization, as there is effectively zero chance that alien life also turned out to be humanoid).
My problem with the History Channel (and all the modern documentary channels), is that they are more interested in ratings than educating people. They are very willing to leave known bullsh-t in their programming if it makes it more interesting. Frankly it does a disservice to the entire subject.
For example, there is a mildly curious theory that the sacred Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata describes a nuclear-like attack. There is a section where they describe the God's flying "chariots", and at one point, one "chariot" drops an object on an army that explodes with the brightness of a thousand stars. The entire description fits very well with nuclear fallout and the effect of such a powerful bomb on the surroundings (flash burns at miles, secondary radiation induced in heavy metal like armor, etc.) Yes, it is much more likely a coincidence, it is far more plausible that by chance they were accurate in imagining the real effects of such a weapon. But it remains an interesting subject.
The problem is that when the History Channel covered that bit, they embellished the sh-t out of it, and even said that there are unusual radiation readings in the area. 
Which is true!!! Because the Indian government tested their own nuclear weapons there in the 1970s. 
To imply that the radiation is leftover from an ancient nuke, is totally disingenuous. Not even the craziest conspiracy theorist proponent of that theory ever suggested that. Fallout decays so quickly that even if it was a nuke there would be no trace of it today aside from maybe geological artifacts.
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Discovery does the same with UFO documentaries. I don't know how many times they described the "triangular UFOs" over Belgium. It is a very intriguing case because NATO thought it was a Russian spy plane and dispatched F-16s to intercept it. The could never get a lock on it, and the thing kept slipping in and out of radar contact. The radar data and pilot testimonials re public domain.
Well clearly it is an alien craft right? Err... it was actually the USAF secretly testing the F-117. They decided that the best way to be sure that it was invisible to radar was to try and sneak it past real live defenses. They picked friendly NATO targets instead of Soviet targets so that if it failed, it wouldn't start a war. The entire mission was declassified and well publicized. Incidentally, it was also a huge success, the fighters couldn't track it and couldn't lock on with air defenses - go Lockheed. Yet, even though this was declassified ten years ago, many documentaries still report the first part as though it is still unexplained.
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Just the other day I saw a documentary about the Battle of Los Angles. Another very interesting case. The Army was worried that the Japanese would mount an air raid on the west coast, so they were well prepared for trouble. In the middle of the night, a huge "UFO" was sighted, and the government rang air raid sirens, and blacked out all of LA county. The fired at it with anti-aircraft shells for hours (1400 shells total), and most gun crews reported several direct hits. In the end it just left, but several American civilians were killed by falling AA shell debris and panic induced heart attacks.
There are only three logical explanations for this. 1. The Army was so freaking incompetent that hundreds of officers and soldiers were fooled into firing at a cloud for hours (which is even more inexcusable in war time). 2. The Japanese had some hovering invincible ship that for some reason they never bothered using again. 3. It was a craft, but not man-made. The first is the most likely, as embarrassing as it is, but it is still a curious case.
Frankly, even the conspiracy theory that various manufacturers orchestrated the entire thing in an effort to scare the government into moving war industries bucks further inland (away from the So Cal manufacturers), is more likely than aliens, but it is still interesting.
Yet, the documentary I saw not only sensationalized the whole story beyond the point of belief, but also showed the famous fake picture of the craft that was discredited the day after.
/\ Photo faked by the LA Times. The LA Times redacted the fake the next day, but 60 years later The History Channel still shows it, implying it is real. Rubbish.
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