Aliens

Among the foremost concerns of conspiracy theorists are questions of alien life; for example, alleg

tions of government cover-u

ps of the supposed Roswell UF

t or activity at Area 51.

und with absent body parts and seemingly drained of blood have emerged worldwide since at least the 1960s. This phenomenon has spawned theories variously concerning aliens and secret governmen

t or military exp

eriments. Prominent among such theorists is Linda Moulton Howe, author of Alien Harvest (1989).

Many conspiracy theories have

drawn inspiration from the writings of ancient astronaut proponent Zec

hari

Sitchin, who declared that the Anunnaki from Sumerian mythology were actually a race of extraterrestrial beings who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago in order to mine gold

. In his 1994 book Humanity’s Extraterrestrial Origins: ET Influences o

n Humankind’s

Biological and Cultural Evolution, Arthur Horn proposed that the Anunnaki were a race of blood-drinking, shape-

shift

ing alien reptiles. This theory was adapted and elaborated on by British consp    43w7e     iracy theorist David Icke, who maintains that

the Bush family, Margaret Thatche

r, Bob Hope, and the British Royal Family, among others, are or were such creatures, or have been under their control. Critics have suggested that

‘reptilians’ may be seen as an antisemitic code word; a charge denied by Icke.