|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Three lectures about the possible 10th planet of our solar system
(lectures were all held at a time before Pluto was denied planet-status),
and the possibility of aliens living on it: First up it's UFOlogist
Jason Martell, who repeats his theories of the tenth planet, it's
connections to Sumerian culture, and the inhabitants from the planet who
might have been visiting earth and might have been perceived as Gods by
the Sumerians. Next up is an actual astronomer, who does not outright
deny the existence of a tenth planet or the existence of aliens, but shows
the numerous scientific holes and inaccuracies in Martell's theories. The
nice thing here is that while he to a degree contradicts Martell and has
all the evidence behind him, he doesn't try to belittle or ridicule his
ideas, he just states the facts. It's only when this lecture shifts
towards unexplained Mars phenomena that it becomes a bit of a letdown, as
many of the scientific gaps are filled up with not very scientific
speculation. The third lecture though is a real disappointment: Here
Martell uses heaps of speculation to try and prove his beliefs in a rather
incoherent way. Sure, the Sumerian culture (roughly 4,000 BC) still is the
basis of his theories, but then he suddenly changes pace: Among other
thngs he postulates the Egyptian pyramids were built 10,500 BC (instead of
between roughly 2,600 and 1,800 BC), a theory long proven wrong, and
Martell's argument that the ancient Egyptians just couldn't have the
knowledge and techniques to build such complex structures - but why then
would the knowledge and techinques be around circa 8,000 years earlier,
one wonders. Then Martell tries to forcefeed us the close relation between
Egyptian and South American ancient cultures, something which has long
been disproven. And finally, he claims the admittedly mysterious face of
Mars is evidence enough for extraterrestrial life.
Actually, the first two lectures on this DVD were rather
interesting, because they presented two very different but at least sort
of grounded views on the same subject, but the third lecture was pure
mumbo-jumbo. The problem here is that Jason Martell, like many UFOlogists,
wants to believe way too much to really put his theories into perspective,
and he at times seems to try to grab whatever theory there is floating
around to try to prove his own views, no matter how dubious. Actually, I
believe with a strategy like this he does the acceptance of UFOlogy (or
whatever you want to call it) in mainstream society more harm than good
...
|