Federation of Magic Pop UFOS

A HuffPo article from 2011 stated that a massive gas planet may exist in our galaxy, and the article has a busy comment thread going! This isn't a new revelation, but the story does stay in rotation, in and out of our consciousness it goes as this "rumor" has been swirling the bowl for a long time, almost seemingly testing civilization's reaction to see if we're "ready" for it.  How interesting! We're ready for the news!  Give yourself a pat on the back.  Anyway, this was just a reminder that folks are still reading this stuff.  I came across the story while reading another totally unrelated story.  I suppose that big search engine shot this article up and when I finished the article I had been reading (train crash, I think) the first thing I noticed, of course, was an article on Tyche, that's two years old, mind you.   From the article : Scientists may soon be able to prove the existence of the gas giant, which could be four times the...

 FMPU thanks to The Object Report for spreading Sitchin Is Wrong .    What's This All About? Welcome to the website devoted to addressing the claims of the ancient astronaut hypothesis popularized in the writings of Zecharia Sitchin. Who's behind this site? My name is Mike Heiser. Who am I?  The short answer is that I'm a scholar of biblical and ancient Near Eastern languages, cultures, and religions. Why do I bother with this stuff? Because I don't like ancient texts manipulated to promote false claims. If I were a lawyer I'd feel professionally obligated to tell you if someone was giving you bad legal advice. If I was a medical doctor, I'd owe you the truth if I knew the medicine you were taking was bogus or could kill you. If I was an accountant, I'd let you know if a neighbor's tax advice could put you in jail. I'm none of those things, but I'm trying to provide the same service in my areas of ...