Ancient Aliens -- Petroglyphs in Capitol Reef National Park, California Tote Bag

On a cliff face in south central Utah is an ancient depiction of several human-like figures. But look closely...are those space helmets on their heads? And what is that odd creature on the left with three legs an an eyeball looking thing on a stalk?

The idea of ancient astronauts visiting the Earth gained popularity in the 1960s, when noted astrophysicists I. S. Scklovski and Carl Sagan speculated that interstellar travel by extraterrestrial life was a possibility and that the idea that Earth was visited in ancient times, although improbable, should not be completely dismissed. In 1968, Erich von Däniken published his book "Chariots of the Gods" which popularized the idea that aliens were a required element in the construction of such projects as Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Egypt, and that ancient pictographs depicted people of an advanced alien race. capable of interstellar travel, influencing culture, and assisting humans with levitating and arranging immense stones into p...

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