Measure 1. Project: ISIS, the KGB, and 23

Project: Isis

We do so love our conspiracy theories here to The OddBlog, and this one's got it all: Russian black ops, UFOs, alien mummies, hidden planets, Egyptian tombs, and the KGB!

This one's a grand-daddy, so strap yourselves in for Project: ISIS (23).

Every year or so, some asshole predicts the entire world is going to end on April 23^rd!  It's always some halfwit doomsday cultist passing himself off as an Evangelical -- but, if you stop and think it through, what's the difference?  These doomsday Evangelicals are to 23 what the Church of Scientology is to Plan 9.

Joe Rogan, Dave Foley, and Paul Greenberg Discuss the Unexplained

Joe Rogan's Lunch with Erich von Daniken

While you may not be a fan of Joe Rogan, or The Joe Rogan Experience, this brief clip from his podcast featuring Dave Foley and Paul Greenberg delves into many of the topics we explore here to The OddBlog.  Rogan's interest in these subjects is well-known -- he even hosted a SyFy show entitled Joe Rogan Questions Everything in which he explored them.

Rogan's healthy interest is tempered by an equally healthy skepticism, particularly toward the more outlandish.  The clip's title is perhaps misleading, as von Daniken is hardly mentioned during a wide-ranging discussion covering Bigfoot, UFOlogy, lost civilizations, and more.

The Joe Rogan Experience broadcasts live on YouTube irregularly, and features a range of guests covering a wide variety of subjects, including the Unexplained.  He and Dave Foley co-starred in the 1990's TV show, NewsRadio.

© The Weirding, 2019

PHOTO: Nazca Lines Hummingbird

Nazca Hummingbird

An aerial image of the Hummingbird Nazca Lines in Peru, courtesy of COETAIL.com.

NOTE:  Shortly after this post was drafted (not published), some piece of blue-collar shit working in, or with, the Intelligence Community (IS) destroyed part of the monument.

The following (infected) link was later discovered in my Bookmarks:
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/high-winds-expose-previously-unknown-nazca-geoglyphs-001935( )#!bvGw9W

© The Weirding, 2018

Ancient Astronauts Cave Paintings

"This medieval wall painting shows cosmonauts in their vehicles."

Though von Daniken's sensational Chariots of the Gods ignited interest in the ancient astronauts theory, a lot of evidence exists which backs-up the claim to some extent.  The cave paintings of Tassili n'Ajjer are particularly intriguing, as is the cave painting of ancient cosmonauts above.

© The Weirding, 2017

Watch Chariots of the Gods Streaming Free

Chariots of the Gods

Erich von Daniken is largely credited for the ancient astronauts theory. He made his rather rambling, but not entirely meritless, case in a series of three books. Chariots of the Gods was the first, and most successful, of von Daniken's series.

The book was made into a film and, although successful, it varies somewhat from the book and fails to convincingly present a cogent case. It is thought-provoking (though dated), and worth a watch for those interested in the ancient astronauts theory.

Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods movie was released in 1970.

© The Weirding, 2016

Antikythera Mechanism Solved?

Antikythera Mechanism - AP

Speaking from a conference at the Katerina Laskaridis Historical Foundation Library in Greece, researchers claim to have made great strides in determining what the 2100+ year-old Antikythera Mechanism was used for.

Discovered in a shipwreck off of Crete in 1900, the Antikythera Mechanism was long thought to have been used in some manner for Astronomical and Astrological means. Similar devices are mentioned in ancient texts. But researchers have been able to use modern technology to read the Greek text on the mechanism, some of which is merely ¹/₂₀^th an inch wide.

According to a team of scientists who have worked on this for decades, the Antikythera Mechanism was not only used to determine the position of the moon, sun, and stars, but to predict lunar and solar eclipses. Interestingly, one of its functions may have been to predict the color of these eclipses, although the reasoning behind this is unknown.

The team also said that it appears the Antikythera Mechanism was manufactured by at least two people, maybe more, and was not the work of a single individual.

© The Weirding, 2016