The possibility that ancient civilizations might have encountered or even been influenced by extraterrestrials has fascinated us for as long as we knew there were distant suns they might visit from. Today we will examine the evidence and consider the numerous scenarios form the perspective of the Fermi Paradox, to see how reasonable the Ancient Aliens hypothesis is, and ask if the evidence of UFOs visiting us in the past is credible.

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Credits:

Ancient Aliens & the Fermi Paradox

Season 4, Episode 22

Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Darius Said

Edward Nardella

Jerry Guern

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Matthew Campbell

Producer:

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:

Isaac Arthur

Jeremy Jozwik

Ken York

Kristijan Tavar

Narrator:

Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:

Luca De Rosa - [email protected]

Music:

Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1

Aerium, "Windmill Forests" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

Phase Shift, "Enigmatic" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic

Chris Zabriskie, "There's Probably No Time" http://chriszabriskie.com

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com