Alternative History

The map is remarkable for its depiction of a landmass in the south that some controversially claim is evidence of an early awareness of the existence of the continent of Antarctica. Others, however, argue that what some consider to be Antarctica on the map is actually either Patagonia or Terra Australis Incognita, "the unknown land in the south," which is depicted on some maps from this period. Ho...

Maya astronomy is the study of the Moon, the planets, the Milky Way, the Sun, and astronomical phenomena by the Maya civilization. The Classic Maya in particular developed some of the most accurate pre-telescopic astronomy in the world, using their fully developed writing system and their positional numeral system, both of which are entirely indigenous to Mesoamerica. The Classic Maya understood m...

The Anunnaki and The Watchers are both ancient mythological beings that have been the subject of much debate and speculation among researchers and enthusiasts of ancient history and mythology. The Anunnaki are said to be a group of gods in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, which was one of the oldest civilizations in the world. They were considered to be a superior race of beings who came from the h...

In 1977, the residents of Petrozavodsk, along with people across a vast region stretching more than 1,000 kilometers, were captivated by an extraordinary celestial event. A bright, glowing object, resembling an exploding star, projected beams toward the Earth and triggered both concern and fascination. Witnesses described the object as a gigantic jellyfish, approximately 300 feet in diameter, with...

Is the Ring of Brodgar a stargate built with technology that we do not possess today, where spacecraft used the portal to travel between star systems? Magnesium and quartz have been found at the site. Quartz can vibrate under pressure and could therefore, in theory, enable transportation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lake Baikal is the deepest and most voluminous freshwater lake in the world. This Siberian lake has been a focal point for extraordinary phenomena, including encounters with unidentified submerged objects (USOs) and other unexplained events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Within Egyptian tradition, the Sphinx was most often depicted as a noble and benevolent male creature—an androsphinx—with the body of a lion and the head of a man, frequently guarding the entrances to tombs and temples. In Greek tradition, however, the Sphinx was portrayed as a female, a gynosphinx, with the body of a lion, the large wings of a bird of prey, a tail ending in a serpent's head or re...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt may have been the metaphorical structure used to preserve civilization during the story of the Great Flood told in the account of Noah's Ark. And was Noah an extraterrestrial? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we explore the most commonly described types of extraterrestrial beings, including the Greys, the Draconians, the Nordics, and many others. We examine what they are believed to want, as well as whether they are generally portrayed as peaceful or aggressive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This region, loosely defined as the wilderness between Utqiagvik, Anchorage, and Juneau, has also been called the "Alaska Bermuda Triangle," although that description may actually understate just how deadly the Alaska Triangle is. The phenomenon first gained widespread attention in October 1972, when a small passenger plane suddenly disappeared while flying from Anchorage to Juneau. Neither its pa...

Examples that have long been the subject of public debate include the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, the assassination of Olof Palme, the Estonia disaster, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the faked Moon landing, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., chemtrails, the September 11 attacks, Pizzagate, Jeffrey Epstein's death, the Deep State, the COVID-19 pandemic, and wh...

The term exorcism , or spirit expulsion, refers to the expulsion or casting out of spirits from people who are believed to be possessed, or in whom evil spirits are thought to have taken possession, causing illness and suffering. The healing is carried out through magical formulas, purification rituals, and the invocation of the name of a deity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

On the night of February 24, 1942, an event occurred in the skies above Los Angeles that would later become one of the catalysts for modern UFO theories. When air raid sirens sounded and anti-aircraft guns opened fire into the darkness, numerous witnesses reported seeing what they believed was an aerial attack. Yet despite the official statements issued by the United States government, the inciden...

Skinwalker Ranch , formerly known as Sherman Ranch , is a 512-acre (207-hectare) property located southeast of Ballard, Utah , that is well known for being the site of alleged paranormal activity and UFO-related phenomena. Its name is derived from the skinwalker of Navajo legend—a vengeful shaman believed to possess supernatural powers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In January 1996, three young witnesses between the ages of 14 and 22 claimed they had seen something strange in Varginha, Brazil. They said they had encountered a small, hairless creature with oily brown skin, a large head, and red eyes—and they referred to it as a "devil." In the days that followed, several other residents came forward claiming that they, too, had seen something that was not of t...

Beneath the waves off Japan's Ryukyu Islands, a series of mysterious pyramid-like formations has fascinated divers and geologists ever since the site was discovered in 1987. In 1987, a local diver exploring the coast of Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands stumbled upon an astonishing discovery. Twenty-five meters below the surface, he saw a series of almost perfectly carved steps with straight edges....

The Voynich Manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book written in the early 15th century in an unknown language or an encrypted cipher. The manuscript was named after the Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich , who discovered it in 1912 and emigrated to the United States two years later. It is currently housed in the library at Yale University. No one had successfully deciphered a single word of the...

The Epic of Gilgamesh has been of interest to Christians ever since it was discovered in the mid-19th century among the ruins of the great library of Nineveh, due to its account of a universal flood that bears significant parallels to Noah's Flood. The rest of the epic, which possibly dates back to the third millennium BC, contains little of value for Christians, as it deals with typical polytheis...

The Thunderbird is a divine being in Native American mythology that creates thunder by beating its wings and lightning by blinking its eyes. The Thunderbird was regarded as an immensely powerful force and, in some traditions, was considered synonymous with the supreme deity. The association between thunder and birds is, however, widespread. It has also appeared in Asia and South America, but it is...

Project Blue Book was the code name for the U.S. Air Force's systematic study of UFOs from March 1952 until its termination on December 17, 1969. The project followed earlier investigations of a similar nature, including Project Sign , established in 1947, and Project Grudge , launched in 1949. Project Blue Book had two primary objectives: to determine whether UFOs posed a threat to national secur...

UFOs, now commonly referred to as UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), are often associated with conspiracy theories. Enthusiastic ufologists have identified images in works of art that they believe depict UFOs. Art historians, however, typically offer alternative explanations for this iconography. In the following section, we will explore a variety of artworks and examine the differing perspecti...

Alien abduction claimants (also known as abductees and experiencers) are people who have claimed that they have been abducted by extraterrestrials. The term “abduction phenomenon” describes claims that non-human beings have kidnapped individuals and temporarily removed them from familiar terrestrial surroundings. The abductors, usually interpreted as extraterrestrial life forms, are said to subjec...

The Bermuda Triangle has been synonymous with strange events and mysterious disappearances ever since the discovery of the Americas. Also known as The Devil's Triangle , the stretch of ocean between Miami , Bermuda , and Costa Rica is a unique region of the Atlantic because it has been the site of more than 50 mysterious disappearances over the past century. Although it is not marked on any offici...

Cryptozoology is the study of unknown or undiscovered animals. Searching for unknown animals is not, in itself, considered pseudoscientific. New species are discovered on a regular basis, and while the discovery of large animals is extremely rare, the existence of a previously unknown species of wild bovine in Vietnam was confirmed as recently as 1992. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

The Dropa Stones of Tibet. According to the story, hundreds of mysterious stone discs were discovered in a cave in China that appear to tell the story of an ancient spacecraft that crashed on Earth approximately 12,000 years ago in the Himalayan mountains of the remote Bayan Kara Ula region in Qinghai, on the border between China and Tibet. There are 12 main stones that are considered more importa...