Roswell
So let's start with arguably the grand-daddy of UFO conspiracy events: the supposed Roswell UFO incident. In 1947, the Roswell Air Force Base issued a press release saying that they'd found a mysterious metallic disc on a nearby ranch. The press was, of course, intrigued, but the base quickly changed their wording slightly: they'd found what appeared to be the remnants of a weather balloon. The change was not quick enough, of course: the local papers ran giant headlines saying that the air force had recovered a crashed alien spaceship. And in the years since, that story has stuck, as accounts surfaced from employees at the base that include multiple crash sites, massive cover-ups, and even a reported alien autopsy (a film released in 1995 purported to depict the actual autopsy, but it its creator admitted that "most" of the footage was fake, thereby sort of discrediting all of the footage). Die-hards still stand by these scant accounts of fishy dealings at Roswell. The supposed cover-up has permeated public perception of the base, leading to a Star Trek plot, a Futurama episode, and even an entire TV series, among many others. It also launched a veritable squadron of alien conspiracies. Some still believe that the spaceship remnants and alien bodies have been squirreled away in some sort of secret military enclave.
And the mystery of Area 51 is still only one example of the
vast network of supposed government cover-up of alien contact.
These reptilian usurpers and shape-shifters are supposed to
have been around for millennia, manipulating all of human history for their own
gain. But Icke and his reptilian cronies aren't the first to propose alien
invasions in ancient history.
Spearheaded by Miguel Serrano, Esoteric Hitlerists believe
that the Aryan race is descended from an alien species of the highest order.
Finding evidence in the story of the Nephilim in the bible, Serrano believes
that an ancient alien civilization came to Earth to enlighten man. They bred
with ancient earthlings, and the Aryan race are the only race alive that
maintains any of the purity in their blood of these lofty ancestors. Serrano
taught that the alien gods were hiding, with Adolf Hitler, in an icy
underground fortress, from which they will one day emerge with fleets of
spacecraft to usher in the Fourth Reich.
~KIROAN~
So let's start with arguably the grand-daddy of UFO conspiracy events: the supposed Roswell UFO incident. In 1947, the Roswell Air Force Base issued a press release saying that they'd found a mysterious metallic disc on a nearby ranch. The press was, of course, intrigued, but the base quickly changed their wording slightly: they'd found what appeared to be the remnants of a weather balloon. The change was not quick enough, of course: the local papers ran giant headlines saying that the air force had recovered a crashed alien spaceship. And in the years since, that story has stuck, as accounts surfaced from employees at the base that include multiple crash sites, massive cover-ups, and even a reported alien autopsy (a film released in 1995 purported to depict the actual autopsy, but it its creator admitted that "most" of the footage was fake, thereby sort of discrediting all of the footage). Die-hards still stand by these scant accounts of fishy dealings at Roswell. The supposed cover-up has permeated public perception of the base, leading to a Star Trek plot, a Futurama episode, and even an entire TV series, among many others. It also launched a veritable squadron of alien conspiracies. Some still believe that the spaceship remnants and alien bodies have been squirreled away in some sort of secret military enclave.
Area 51
And Area 51 might just be that military enclave. The actual
base has long been a very closely-guarded secret, including wide
"trespassers will be shot" stretches around the base itself and a
large no-fly zone surrounding it.According to conspiracy theorists, what we can see of Area
51 is just the tip of the paranoid iceberg. The base allegedly features
elaborate underground labs, hidden tunnels, a dedicated extra-terrestrial
runway that can disappear and reappear, and research programs dedicated to
reverse-engineering alien technology.In one particularly colorful and alluring detail, two
different alleged former Area 51 employees reported working side-by-side with
an alien being named "J-Rod" on cloning alien viruses and on a
telepathic translator device (it's funnier if you imagine J-Rod as Jar-Jar; I'd
watch that movie).
Project Blue Book and the Majestic 12
The government has been relatively transparent with Project
Blue Book. It was an endeavor for the US government to catalog and examine
every instance of supposed alien contact, visitation, and spacecraft reported
to them. The project spanned years (and many incarnations), and its official
result was that there existed no substantial evidence that these incidents were
the result of alien visitation.
But that didn't stop conspiracy theorists. In addition to challenging
the rigor of the study, some "experts" on the subject stand by the
claim that Blue Book became a distraction and cover-up from the reality of
alien visitation, which included a top secret international squad called
Majestic 12 to perpetrate the elaborate smoke-screen. Amongst the alleged
weaponry of this massive cover-up are disinformation campaigns, character
assassination, and elaborate webs of government lies.Another weapon in the cover-up arsenal is the network of
supposed Men in Black responsible for doing the actual dirty work. You've seen
them in Will Smith movies and on the X-Files, but die-hard alien conspiracy
theorists claim they're everywhere, as CIA agents, or as shape-shifting aliens,
or even inter-dimensional beings. Some even report encounters with these men in
black (like the account in the video above), and some say they have the smashed
cameras and bruises to prove it.But WHY would the government try to cover up alien
invasions? Just what are they hiding?
The Reptilians
The cover-up might just be so that world leaders can hide
their true reptilian nature. Conspiracy theorist (and very creative thinker)
David Icke is the man primarily responsible for the paranoia about secret
shape-shifting reptile-like aliens invading Slitheen-style and replacing
high-ranking political leaders. There are countless videos and images all over
the internet purporting to depict these reptilians slipping and revealing their
true selves.One of my favorite details about Icke's worldview is that of
the Red Dresses. These are personality-less software constructs of the
reptilian invaders installed at high rank to facilitate the aliens' plans. This
particular theory is what leads to stunning images like the one above, which
reveals a few of the "red dresses" in their true form.Another proponent of this reptilian-invasion worldview
recently gained a bit of notoriety when discussing her own version of the
conspiracy. Her name is Colleen Thomas, and she wants to warn us all of the
impending shadow-government dirty bombing and a Draconian-Reptilian invasion.
Ancient Astronauts
As long as we're talking about extraterrestrials secretly
influencing human history, we have to talk about the "ancient
astronauts." Erich von Däniken, in his landmark (in certain circles) book,
Chariots of the Gods?, posits that Earth has been the frequent recipient of
alien visitors. These visitors have brought with them advanced technologies,
some of which helped build the pyramids, the Moai statues on Easter Island,
Stonehenge, and more.Many religions have developed as a response to this
particular conspiracy, and we've covered some of the most absurd ones before.
Hidden histories like this tend to have religious implications. But, as the
next item demonstrates, they sometimes have unexpected political implications.
Esoteric Hitlerism
As with any internet discussion, it all eventually turns to
a discussion of Nazism. And alien conspiracy theories are no exception, with my
favorite of the weird extraterrestrial conspiracies, Esoteric Hitlerism.
Yikes.
So if you are disappointed by a fictional portrayal of the
secret alien interactions with humanity, you can always fall back on the real
things that people believe. Sometimes, especially in the case of Esoteric
Hitlerism, not only is the truth stranger than fiction - some people's version
of the truth is just too strange for fiction.
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