Blake tries to talk Jeb off the ledge as we return to the classic theme of "ancient astronauts" in this throwback episode titled: Earth Visitors.

Some links relevant to our discussion:

Dejah Thoris (character)

MUFON/Harzan scandal

Roman Dodecahedrons (archaeology)

Frank Frazetta

Boris Vallejo

We mention Zecharia Sitchin.

Research suggests humans grow more neurons than did Neanderthals.

A bunch of this episode comes from the work of Maurice Chatelain, who we shall refer to as "Shadowlane." His book Our Cosmic Ancestors sports one of the more interesting book covers we've seen while researching this show.

He also wrote Our Ancestors Came from Outer Space. Maurice Chatelain's credentials appear to have been somewhat overstated in the episode.

We'll be talking about several "Out of Place Artifacts" or OOPAs in this episode. Let's start with the "Boot Print" aka The Meister Print. (pictured below) See also this article by Glenn Kuban.

Very compelling stuff. I guess. I mean it sort of looks like show print.

This interesting looking skull also sent us down some research holes.

The text of the episode seems to be talking about the Del Mar Skull but the image doesn't look like a close match.

A lot of "shapes on the earth" are discussed. The shapes require you to do a lot of work. We'll get into that in the episode. But one is the Maltese Cross that is absolutely stunning, so long as you ignore that some of the points are hundreds of miles from the alleged anchor points and that the temples allegedly at each point were centuries apart. Skeptical response via CSICOP.

Also - this is supposed to be a "pyramid" but seems to be more of what geometry wonks call a "triangle."

I'm trying to find the type of terminal behind our statistician. And - behind the scenes I've managed to contact him and he assures me that the episode required many takes and that his students reported they made him sound like he believes in the whole ancient astronauts thing... More on this if I hear back from a rather lengthy email I sent him today (12/13/24).

Read even more about the Monte Carlo Method!

Vintage ad for the The Outer Space Connection.

According to Scientific American, the idea that indigenous Americans were here for a very long time (from across the Bering sea) really kicked off in the 1930s.

Read more about The Elephant Slab hoax.

This montage of Kachina dolls really impressed Blake:

Nimoy Fashion Alert!

Native Jewelry Artist Preston Monongye

Engineer Charles Ruggles

Could he be LARPing J. Allen Hynek?

Finally we get to the Cosa Artifact.

And - of course, The Jupiter Menace (1982)