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But WHY are aliens?? | Watch my exclusive video ‘How to Survive First Contact' by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/curiousarchive
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0:00 The Alien Inquiry
0:46 “Helmets made of Beans”
2:20 Ancient Aliens (but like, not the tv show)
3:49 Medieval UFOs (Probably Weren’t Aliens)
5:27 …but what if aliens anyway?
6:57 Ancient Aliens (whew boy)
9:32 Meanies from Mars
11:58 The Great Moon Hoax
14:26 Rise of the Greys
15:24 The Hill Incident
17:02 I Want to Believe
18:24 Someone is Looking Back
19:33 ‘How to Survive First Contact’
Media Shown: Ancient Aliens, War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Destroy All Humans!, Destroy all Humans 2!, Galaxy Quest, Paul, Robot Chicken, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Lifted, Futurama, Men In Black, Lost in Space, Star Trek TOS, Star Trek First Contact, Spore, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invaders from Mars, Life on Mars, Godzilla: Invasion of the Astro Monster, This Island Earth, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, District 9, Arrival, Avatar, Avatar The Way of Water, Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars
♫ Music Licensed from Epidemic Sound
♫ Additional music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary.
I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
Sources:
“After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon” (2024) by Greg Eghigian
“The Possibility of Life” (2023) by Jamie Green
“The Resonance of Unseen Things” (2016) by Susan Lepselter
“A UFO in 1665: The Air Battle of Stralsund” (2023) by Kunstbibliothek https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/a-ufo-in-1665/
“The short, dramatic history of alien abduction in the US” (2024) by Greg Eghigian (edited by Sam Haselby) aeon.co/essays/the-short-dramatic-history-of-alien-abduction-in-the-us
“The UFO Contact Movement from the 1950's to the Present” (1995) by Christoper Bader https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=sociology_articles
“A two-stage psychological model that explains alien abduction stories” (2024) by Chris French bigthink.com/the-past/a-two-stage-psychological-model-for-explaining-alien-abduction-stories
“Alien Abduction Claims Examined” (2003) by William J. Cromie https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/02/alien-abduction-claims-examined-2/
But WHY are aliens?? | Watch my exclusive video ‘How to Survive First Contact' by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/curiousarchive
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0:00 The Alien Inquiry
0:46 “Helmets made of Beans”
2:20 Ancient Aliens (but like, not the tv show)
3:49 Medieval UFOs (Probably Weren’t Aliens)
5:27 …but what if aliens anyway?
6:57 Ancient Aliens (whew boy)
9:32 Meanies from Mars
11:58 The Great Moon Hoax
14:26 Rise of the Greys
15:24 The Hill Incident
17:02 I Want to Believe
18:24 Someone is Looking Back
19:33 ‘How to Survive First Contact’
Media Shown: Ancient Aliens, War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Destroy All Humans!, Destroy all Humans 2!, Galaxy Quest, Paul, Robot Chicken, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Lifted, Futurama, Men In Black, Lost in Space, Star Trek TOS, Star Trek First Contact, Spore, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invaders from Mars, Life on Mars, Godzilla: Invasion of the Astro Monster, This Island Earth, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, District 9, Arrival, Avatar, Avatar The Way of Water, Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars
♫ Music Licensed from Epidemic Sound
♫ Additional music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary.
I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners.
Sources:
“After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon” (2024) by Greg Eghigian
“The Possibility of Life” (2023) by Jamie Green
“The Resonance of Unseen Things” (2016) by Susan Lepselter
“A UFO in 1665: The Air Battle of Stralsund” (2023) by Kunstbibliothek https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/a-ufo-in-1665/
“The short, dramatic history of alien abduction in the US” (2024) by Greg Eghigian (edited by Sam Haselby) aeon.co/essays/the-short-dramatic-history-of-alien-abduction-in-the-us
“The UFO Contact Movement from the 1950's to the Present” (1995) by Christoper Bader https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=sociology_articles
“A two-stage psychological model that explains alien abduction stories” (2024) by Chris French bigthink.com/the-past/a-two-stage-psychological-model-for-explaining-alien-abduction-stories
“Alien Abduction Claims Examined” (2003) by William J. Cromie https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/02/alien-abduction-claims-examined-2/
