69 years ago, on July 2, 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed near Roswell (Roswell), New Mexico.
Conspiracy theories surrounding the "Roswell incident" appeared much later. In the late 70s, when ufology became popular, researchers drew attention to a press release from the command of the army air base in Roswell, which claimed that a "flying disc" was found on the field of a local farmer, and that the crashed apparatus was taken to the base. The press release was later withdrawn.
At the same time, the local press published publications with the headlines "the flying saucer captured." So journalists gave the world a term that is actively used to describe devices of presumably extraterrestrial origin.
It was only in the 90s that the US Air Force published a report on the Roswell incident. According to these documents, an altitude probe launched as part of the secret Mogul project crashed in the state of New Mexico. With the help of cylinders filled with helium, sensitive microphones were launched to a great height, which were supposed to record sound waves from nuclear weapons tests in the USSR. This program was abandoned because seismic detectors were both cheaper and more efficient.
According to polls by YouGov, 56% of Germans, 54% of Americans and 52% of Britons believe in the existence of intelligent alien life. 25% of Russians also believe in flying saucers (VTsIOM poll).
Incidents with secret programs during the Cold War, unusual weather events and the launches of weather balloons have become the basis for several dozen more conspiracy theories, proving that aliens allegedly not only regularly visit Earth, but also often get into fatal accidents.
Marginal theorists believe that aliens not only watch over humanity, but also secretly control humans.
Men in foil clothes in the village of Bugarache in southern France. Mount Byugarash is considered by some to be the "center of unearthly energy"
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Lizards, they are reptilians
The author of the theory that in fact humanity is controlled by mysterious aliens that can take human form, the English conspiracy writer David Icke is considered. Since 1999, he has been doing research on "what and who really rules the world."
The writer claims that the reptilian aliens arrived on Earth from the Alpha Dragon star, which is located at a distance of 310 light years from Earth, and are now taking refuge in underground bases.
David Icke is convinced that some of the world's leaders are actually reptilians. In July 2014, a resource that monitors the edits of Wikipedia by users with addresses of the US Congress recorded the revision of an article about the "Reptilians". An unidentified congressional spokesman added to the article that "these claims are completely unfounded and have nothing to do with reality."
Nibiru
According to this theory, in 2012 the Earth should have perished due to the approach to the mysterious planet X, which is also the planet Nibiru. The end of the world was supposed to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar. When that didn't happen, the proponents weren't too upset.
The author of this theory, "contactee" Nancy Leader, learned about the threat of a collision of a certain Planet X with the Earth from "the gray aliens who abducted it from the star Zeta Grid" (a double star about 39 light years from the Solar System). She called the aliens "Zetas". She originally predicted that the disaster would happen in 2003, and also suggested that supporters should euthanize their animals by that date so that they would not suffer.
In parallel with her, the conspiracy theorist Zakharia Sitchin, who was born in Baku, began to develop a theory about the contacts of the ancient Sumerians with the highly developed Anunnaki race. They supposedly created people through genetic engineering.
Due to a collision with one of its satellites, Nibiru split in two and significantly changed its orbit, and now passes by the Earth once every 3600 years. But some of the Anunnaki managed to survive the catastrophe, and they visit our planet.
Zechariah Sitchin died in 2010, but shortly before his death, he calculated the next date for the intersection of the orbits of the Earth and Nibiru: this will happen around 2085. Contactee Nancy Leader continues to warn humanity of doom through ZetaTalk.com. In Russia, the Nibiru theory is promoted by Svetlana Peunova, a politician and leader of the Volia party. True, she is sure that this planet is not inhabited by the Anunnaki, but by the above-mentioned reptilians.
Hollow Earth Theory
In 1964, under the pseudonym Dr. Raymond W. Bernard, conspiracy theorist Walter Siegmeister published a book called Hollow Earth: The Greatest Discovery in History Made by Admiral Richard Byrd in a Mysterious Land Beyond the Poles, or The Real Origins of Flying Saucers.
People in alien costumes in China at the beer festival in Qingdao city
In it, the author brought together all the theories about the Hollow Earth. According to the beliefs of those who believe in this hypothesis, our planet is empty inside, and a more technically advanced race than humanity lives on the reverse side of the surface. Portals inside the Earth were allegedly discovered at the beginning of the 20th century at the North and South Poles. Through them, a mysterious race launches "flying saucers" for space travel.
Proponents of the theory argue that the top of Nazi Germany, including Adolf Hitler, at the end of World War II were evacuated to a special base in Antarctica, and hid inside the Hollow Earth.
In search of evidence, Walter Siegmeister went to explore the caves of South America, where he contracted pneumonia and died.
