Criticism of ancient astronaut theory
Critics of the ancient astronaut thesis used some of the following arguments to demolish the claims:
1. Religious
The claims of extra-terrestrials are totally unfounded and many are complete reinterpretations of (for instance) the Bible. proponents such as Von Daniken and Barry Downing, for example, believe that the concept of hell in the Bible was a description of Venus transmitted by extraterrestrials who showed photos of the hot surface on Venus to humans (Penczak, 2007). These, and many more claims, cannot even be called pseudo-science. They are fictitious and stuff of science-fiction.
2. Cultural
These arguments too have been proven to be unfounded with most being discredited and the others simply lacking basis. professor Joe Nickell of the University of Kentucky,, for instance, showed that the Nazca lines could easily have been created by nay human on ground from stake and string, whilst archeologists have concluded the artifacts in Egypt (the Saqqara Bird) and Colombia-Ecuador to be stylized renditions of insects and birds
3. Technology
Archeologists have simulated the building of the pyramids (and other sites) and showed that megaliths up to at least 40 tons could be moved by humans unaided. With a larger workforce, ancient technology could certainly have moved megaliths larger than this (History Channel "Mega Movers: Ancient Mystery Moves").
The assertion of the supporters of ancient astronauts are not unique. The Greeks in the Darkly Ages too believed that the mythical giant Cyclopes built the Mycenaean cities
My Opinion and Conclusion
Adherents of the Ancient Astronaut thesis believe that intelligent extraterrestrial...
They generate their theories from religious, cultural, and technological artifacts and reasoning. The fundamentals of logic and science, however, insist that for arguments to be logical and scientific they must be founded on plausible evidence. The premise of the theorists would be the following: x, y, z indicate allusion to beings therefore these beings existed. Time and again however, scientists or archeologist have examined these claims and found alternate reasons to be the basis for this existence. At other times, too, theorists of ancient's astronauts have made a huge leap in fabricating stories where none existed. To produce, for instance, as fact the detail that ancient astronauts brought photos to earth to show Venus or that human spawned form extra-terrestrial waste are inventions that are more worthy of fiction than of science. Sagan himself, an earlier advocate of the theory, later insisted that extraterrestrial visits to Earth were unproven and improbable. I think that Sagan is correct.
References
Colavito, Jason (2005). The Cult of Alien Gods H.P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture. Prometheus Books.
Lieb, Michael (1998). Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time. Duke University Press.
Onagocag.com. (1982-08-07). The Mysterious Nazca Lines.
http://www.onagocag.com/nazca.html
Penczak, C. (2007) Ascension Magic: Ritual, Myth & Healing for the New Aeon,
Sprezzatura.it. (2002-11-23) Art and UFO - Part 5
http://sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO_5_eng.htm
