Alternative History

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  • The Roswell Crash

    In early July 1947, an unidentified object fell from the sky onto a ranch in a remote area of the state of New Mexico near the small town of Roswell.

    The ranch owner, William Brazel, discovered the wreckage while he was out inspecting the sheep pastures, and later described what he saw as “a large area of shiny debris consisting of rubber strips, foil, coarse paper, and sticks.”

    William Brazel's ranch had no telephone, so it took a couple of days before he discreetly told the Roswell sheriff that he might have found one of those “flying saucers” he had been hearing about.

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    8 min
  • Easter Island
    Moai (both singular and plural) are stone statues on Easter Island. Most were carved from a single piece of stone, and around one-tenth have separate headdresses (pukao). There are more than 1,000 known moai distributed across the island. At Rano Raraku, where most of the moai were carved from the rock, nearly 400 more or less completed statues remain. The quarry appears to have been abandoned in haste, as several unfinished statues are still embedded in the rock. Virtually all erected moai were later toppled by the native islanders, most likely as a result of inter-clan conflicts.

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    10 min
  • Nibiru
    Although Lieder originally referred to the object as "Planet X," it became closely associated with Nibiru, a planet from the works of the ancient astronaut proponent Zecharia Sitchin, particularly his book The 12th Planet. According to Sitchin's interpretation of ancient Mesopotamian religious texts—which has been shown to be based on a misunderstanding of Sumerian texts—[15][16][17][18] a giant planet (called Nibiru or Marduk) passes by Earth every 3,600 years, allowing its sentient inhabitants to interact with humanity.[18] Sitchin identified these beings with the Anunnaki of Sumerian mythology and claimed that they were humanity's first gods.[19][18] Lieder first made the connection between Nibiru and Planet X on her website in 1996 ("Planet X exists, and it is the 12th planet, one and the same").

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    11 min
  • Mu, Lemuria
    The mythical idea of the "Land of Mu" first appeared in the works of the British-American antiquarian Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), following his investigations of the Maya ruins in Yucatán. He claimed to have translated the earliest examples of the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the K'iche' Maya, from ancient Maya into Spanish. He argued that the civilization of Yucatán was older than those of Greece and Egypt, and told the story of an even older continent.

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    10 min
  • Crop Circles, Crop Field Circles

    A crop circle, or a crop formation, is a pattern created by flattening crops in a field. These patterns are often highly complex and can consist of geometric shapes, symbols, or other intricate designs.

    There are many theories about how crop circles are created.

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    8 min
  • Forgotten texts

    Forgotten texts. Have these been forgotten, or is someone trying to control our historical narrative?

    Here we go through biblical texts that are not included in the Bible but have been removed for various reasons.

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    9 min
  • Have giants existed?
    There have been plenty of giants throughout history, both fictional and real. The Bible’s Goliath, for example, may have existed and been an unusually tall man. There are several examples of extremely tall people in history. But usually, giants are found in myths and legends from all around the world.

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    9 min
  • Reptiles
    There are theories that reptiles live underground or have infiltrated powerful families and control the Earth. What actually supports that idea?

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    8 min
  • The Great Flood

    The Bible’s flood narrative is found in the Book of Genesis. The story begins with “The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth” (Gen. 6:5). God therefore intends to destroy all of humanity, except for Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives, since Noah was the only righteous man (Gen. 7:1). God commands Noah to build an ark with specific dimensions (150 meters long, 25 meters wide, 15 meters high, Gen. 6:15). Noah is instructed to bring his family aboard as well as a pair of every living creature (seven pairs of clean four-footed animals and birds according to Gen. 7:2–3).

    According to the flood narrative, God tells Noah that it would rain for 40 days and nights. Seven days after Noah and all the animals entered the ark, the flood comes, and “the springs of the great deep burst forth.” The water rises so that it covers the highest mountains. All life on earth is destroyed, but “the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days” (Gen. 7:24). After that, the rain stops: “the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained” (Gen. 8:2). When the water begins to recede, the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat (Gen. 8:4). Noah then first sends out a raven and then a dove to see if the water had receded from the ground. The dove returns with an olive leaf in its beak as a sign that the land had begun to appear. Noah, his family, and the animals leave the ark after one year and ten days. Genesis chapter 9 then describes God’s covenant with Noah. God promises that never again will a flood destroy the earth, and as a sign of the covenant, he sets a bow in the clouds (the rainbow).

    It is from the story of the flood that the symbol of the dove of peace with the olive branch originates.

    Psalm 104:8 suggests where the water went after the rain stopped (according to the 1917 translation): “The mountains rose, and the valleys sank down, to the place that you appointed for them.” The Bible 2000 translation renders it: “up the mountains, down into the valleys, and they stayed where you appointed for them.”

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    11 min
  • Druids, Merlin, and outer space

    Druidism is an ancient religious and philosophical system that originates from Celtic societies in Europe, particularly in areas that are today Ireland, Great Britain, and France. Druids were the priesthood and wise figures in Celtic societies and played a significant role in religion, philosophy, politics, and education.

    Druids were believed to have a deep understanding of nature, the cosmos, and spiritual forces. They performed ceremonies, rituals, and sacrifices to gods and spirits to promote good harvests, health, and protection against evil forces. Druidism also had a strong connection to the social structures and laws of Celtic society.

    However, there is limited historical information about the druids, and much of their practices and teachings have survived in the form of myths, legends, and interpretations from later periods. Modern druidic movements, such as neo-druidism, have emerged and attempt to recreate or adapt ancient druidic traditions for today’s society. These movements typically emphasize nature, spirituality, wisdom, and community.

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    12 min

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The podcast is originally a Swedish podcast and has been translated into English with the help of AI.


In this podcast, we explore different theories and hypotheses about historical events…