Aliens 2012
We didn’t do a video on this today. In part, it’s kind of hard to make a video of something there isn’t any scientific proof to support.
Yes, as with so many other things, the existence of aliens and an alien invasion has been tied to the Maya prophecy. But as scholars like Dr. Mark Van Stone will tell you, there’s not one shred of scientific evidence to support they exist, let alone, not one mention in Maya hieroglyphs or remains that talk about them.
Yes, the Ancient Aliens show has tried to tie Pakal’s Sarcophagus Lid to the ancient astronaut theory, but a careful examination of the text in Dr. Mark Van Stone’s book for iPad, 2012: Science & Prophecy of the Ancient Maya shows clearly that Lord Pakal was sitting in one of the Mesoamerican ceiba trees and what was claimed to be rocket flames in the TV series is clearly the base roots of one of these unique and special trees.
Editorially speaking, it’d be fascinating to find we are not alone in the universe. But we just don’t have any proof of it. And from talking to Maya scholars, the Maya didn’t have any either……
We included a photo of a ceiba tree taken by our friend, Dr. John Hoopes of the University of Kansas.