| The artists of Tiwanaku bent over backwards to | | | | the most alien-friendly place on Earth, so it is only |
| accurately depict, for posterity, the characteristics | | | | logical that the alien would want to descend there. |
| of the alien phenomenon that suddenly appeared | | | | It is unknown if the ancient astronaut also |
| them. They used fish heads to symbolize that this | | | | attempted direct contact with Europeans and we |
| creature was an aquatic, puma heads to signal | | | | will probably never know. Religious censors |
| that it was a powerful and agile creature, bird | | | | routinely extinguished all records of contact with |
| heads to show that the creature could fly, and | | | | demons. Fortunately, the propagators of |
| human heads to indicate that this creature had | | | | ignorance had not yet found a way to cross the |
| intelligence. The artists drew pictures of the aliens | | | | Atlantic, so the mentality of the Andeans |
| astronaut helmet, its spacesuit, its hand-held | | | | remained uninfected with ideas of devils and |
| instruments, its communication device, and its | | | | demons, and they were able to welcome the alien |
| three-pod aquatic tail as best they could. | | | | with open arms. |
| Beyond these depictions of an intelligent aquatic | | | | None of the above excludes all other possibilities. I |
| with flying capabilities, the artwork of the greater | | | | have found evidence (available online at my |
| region of alien contact, roughly the | | | | website) that the Andean alien, in the same time |
| Tiwanaku-Nazca-Cuzco triangle, shows few signs | | | | frame, established covert, indirect contact in the |
| of fantasy. Look at the drawings on the Nazca | | | | Near East with a group of Judaic scholars and with |
| plain: birds, fish, flowers, all natural stuff. Similarly, | | | | an Arab by the name of Mohammed. The legacy |
| the creature we see on the Nazca pottery and in | | | | of those encounters was a series of three books, |
| the Tiwanaku engravings should be representative | | | | written in the Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic languages, |
| of something real. Chances are high that the | | | | respectively. |
| Tiwanaku artists are depicting a genuine ancient | | | | There are no indications of similar intervention |
| astronaut, high enough that the matter merits | | | | with Christianity. The alien may have been |
| serious investigation by the world's scientists. | | | | disillusioned with Christianity, not for what it was in |
| No investigation is underway. This is | | | | theory, but for what it had become in practice: |
| understandable. Scientists are a product of an | | | | "The holy law in total ruin, by other laws all of |
| educational system that concentrates on | | | | Christianity." Hand in hand with this, the alien |
| imparting knowledge of practical use rather than | | | | expresses or implies criticism of warfare, |
| on developing thinking skills, so they may be | | | | conquests, assassinations, censorship, colonialism, |
| unaware that it is possible to communicate with | | | | and slavery. Ironically, the only one in sight with |
| symbols. For them, the Andeans drew fish heads, | | | | interest in obeying the holy law seems to be the |
| bird heads, puma heads, and human heads merely | | | | alien. |
| because those were the animals they ate. More | | | | Where do we go from here? For my part, I |
| fundamentally, I suspect that our scientists, along | | | | remain content for having contemplating the |
| with most other humans, have a mental block | | | | extraordinary genius of that creature. From the |
| against recognizing ancient astronauts for the | | | | Christian world, I am expecting continued efforts |
| reason that the existence of extraterrestrial life | | | | to suppress ancient astronaut theories alongside |
| runs contrary to their religious beliefs. | | | | renewed efforts to create a path to nuclear |
| A curious question arises. Why did the ancient | | | | warfare. Meanwhile, I have higher expectations for |
| astronaut decide to make direct contact, and | | | | what might come out of Israel and the Islamic |
| even establish a friendship, with the people of the | | | | world. It is reasonable to anticipate some |
| Andes and not with the people of Europe or | | | | openness to ancient astronauts from |
| elsewhere? That question is easy to answer. In | | | | alien-influenced religions. |
| the sixth century, the Andean region was likely | | | | |