Anything is possible and there are so many unexplained things in our planet, let alone the entire galaxy and universe. If these unexplained mysteries interest you, then you will no doubt enjoy “Ancient Aliens”.
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DVD TITLE: Ancient Aliens: Season 9
AIR DATE: 2016
DURATION: Episodes 104-118 (15 Episodes total – 10 Hrs., 30 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: 4×3 Full Screen, 1:78:1 Presentation, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio, Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
COMPANY: Lionsgate/History/A&E Networks
RATED: N/A
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Directed by Susan E. Leventhal
Written by Kaylan Eggert, Eric Murphy,
Executive Producers: David Silver
Local Producer: Stanislav Solovkin
Archival Producer: Marianna Yarovskaya
Line Producer: Michelle Gorski
Music by Alex Khaskin
Edited by Eric Sievering
Starring:
Narration by Robert Clotworthy
Giorgio Tsoukalos
David Childress
Jonathan Young, Founding Curator Joseph Campbell Archives
Erich von Daniken
Jason Martell
George Noory
William Henry
David Wilcock
Michael Dennin
Mike Bara
Nick Redfern
Linda Moulton Howe
Richard Rader
Robert Bauval
Kathleen McGowan
Domic Steavu
Deepak Shimkhada
Hugh Newman
Ariel Bar Tzadok
Pyramids . . . hidden beneath the ice of Antarctica. Egyptian hieroglyphs of flying ships . . . carved on sandstone walls in Australia. As technology advances, scientists and archaeologists are making new, groundbreaking discoveries at an unprecedented rate. According to Ancient Astronaut theorists, these discoveries may reveal not only that extraterrestrials visited Earth in the distant past, but that they may still be among us today. On this season of Ancient Aliens® the search for answers strikes out into uncharted territory, examining the least explored corners of the Earth, the farthest reaches of space, and even the mysteries that lie within us.
In 2010, “Ancient Aliens” made its debut on the History Channel and now it’s on its ninth season.
A documentary style series which presents hypothesis of ancient astronauts and how historical texts, archaeology and legendary stories may contain evidence of past-human extraterrestrial contact.
The ninth season which aired from May – September 2016 features the following episodes:
- Pyramids of Antarctica – Ancient astronaut theorists discuss the ice-covered structures on Antarctica and the Piri Reis Map.
- Destination Mars – Could manned missions to Mars reveal an existence of extraterrestrial intervention?
- The Next Humans – Could cybernetics or robots be the next step of human evolution?
- The New Evidence – New evidence of extraterrestrials through the use of satellite, radar and thermal scanning.
- The Visionaries – Could Steve Jobs, Srinivasa Ramanujan be subconsciously influenced by extraterrestrials.
- Decoding the Cosmic Egg – The symbolic use of the egg as a symbol throughout cultures worldwide.
- The Wisdom Keepers – Do the Aboriginal Australians have a connection with extraterrestrials via Dreamtime?
- The Mysterious Nine – The recurrence of the number nine in religious, cultural, philosophical and occult materials. Can it be connected to extaterrestrials?
- The Hidden Empire – The possibility of a mysterious country of China that may contact extraterrestrial civilizations and materials.
- The Prototypes – Did extraterrestrials influence or alter the development of the Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo floresiensis.
- Space Station Moon – Experts and non-experts speculate that the moon may not be a natural celestial object.
- Russia’s Secret Files – Were there otherworldly visitations that predate the establishment of the Russian nation?
- Beyond Roswell – Did the FBI hide evidence of extraterrestrials after the Roswell UFO incident?
- The Returned – About the alien abduction phenomenon and those who claim to be abducted and returned.
- Shiva the Destroyer – Does the Hindu deity Shiva have a link to extraterrestrials and atomic energy?
VIDEO, AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
“Ancient Aliens: Season 9†is presented in widescreen (1:78:1 aspect ratio). For the most part, the series is well-edited with great use of modern to archived sourced footage, great use of visual effects and also for the most part, combined with modern interviews, picture quality looks good as one can expect for DVD.
As for audio, the series is presented in English 2.0 Dolby Digital audio and narration and interviews are clear and understandable.
The show is presented in English SDH.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Ancient Aliens: Season 9” comes with no special features.
During my college years, I used to work at a job doing data entry in the wee hours of the morning. And I would often listen to AM radio for talk shows that aired late at night to early morning and would listen to Art Bell and other scientists and those involved in the field discussing extraterrestrials, government coverups, to other unexplained mysteries.
And I could see why many people would be interested in pseudoscience (a term or practice presented as scientific method. Claims that are contradictory, exaggerated or unprovable).
But let’s take a look at season 9 of “Ancient Aliens”. The first episode deals with pyramids that were found in Antarctica. There is a fact that there are pyramids all over the world, but the question is why? If pyramids are found in Antarctica, (others believe they are rock formations), does this prove a basis that life existed in Antarctica before it became frozen?
The episode brings up a 1513 map known as the Piri Reis map compiled by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis.   The map shows with great accuracy the western coasts of Europe, North Africa and the coast of Brazil. Including various islands. But it has become a focus for pseudohistoric claims because it shows Antarctica. Others feel this is not Antarctica and the map is not fully accurate because it utilized multiple maps and thus the locations were distorted. I see things in both perspectives and episodes such as this is quite intriguing because I always see potential of what-if’s.
The “Destination Mars” episode is debatable and this goes into rock formations that people have seen in photos and are quick to say they are sculptures. Scientists say rock formations, there are no human sculptures on Mars. The debates go on and really, the only way these debates will ever stop is when we have the technology to have humans colonize the planet.
Which brings up the episode “The Next Humans” and while I understand the discussion of robots and the the concern of robots being the final step in human evolution, the part I found interesting is humans traveling and how the body changes with gravity, as we have seen with astronauts. If people were affected by gravity, eyes getting bigger, heads growing longer, bodies becoming more elongated, that would be quite interesting and another topic that I found intriguing.
While episodes such as “The Visionaries” and saying Steven Jobs may be subconsciously influenced by extraterrestrials being a bit too farfetched.
I do find “The Wisdom Keepers” interesting about the Aboriginal Australians and Dreamtime and the stories passed down from their ancestors.
The episode titled “The Prototypes” is also very interesting as humans can not find a link to various Indian cultures and Europeans. There is a missing link.
The episode “Beyond Roswell” and “The Returned” are topics you often hear about. That FBI hid evidence of extraterrestrials from the Roswell UFO incident and how science greatly changed after Roswell. To the returned and the discussion of Betty and Barney Hill.
There are a lot of episodes featured in season nine that was really well-edited and goes into detail supporting a new perspective or various perspectives that is suggested, not made as fact but left for the viewer to come to their own conclusion.
Whether or not you believe each episode, it is quite intriguing to hear from theorists who really believe in such things, may it not be based on true scientific evidence but may it be art etched by ancestors in caves long ago, stories passed down from ancestors or discoveries with new modern technology but “Ancient Aliens” does a great job in presenting it and making viewers wonder if such perspectives, ideas are possible.
Anything is possible and there are so many unexplained things in our planet, let alone the entire galaxy and universe.
If these unexplained mysteries interest you, then you will no doubt enjoy “Ancient Aliens”.
