"Ancient Aliens" Chariots, Gods and Beyond (2009)

Director:

Kevin Burns

Writers:

Kevin Burns (additional writing)
Rob Hampton (writer)

TV Series:

"Ancient Aliens" (2009)

Original Air Date:

2009 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

According to ancient alien theorists, extraterrestrials with superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Ancient Astronaut | UFO Sighting | Astronaut | Religious Myth

Cast

Luis Navia	...	Himself (as Dr. Luis Navia)
Barry Downing	...	Himself (as Rev. Barry H. Downing)
Erich von Däniken	...	Himself
Michael Cremo	...	Himself
David Childress	...	Himself
Sara Seager	...	Herself (as Sara Seager PhD)
George Noory	...	Himself
Giorgio Tsoukalos	...	Himself
Robert R. Cargill	...	Himself
Ilia Delio	...	Herself (as Sister Ilia Delio)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach	...	Himself
Jason Martell	...	Himself
Michael Dennin	...	Himself (as Michael Dennin PhD)
Arthur Demarest	...	Himself (as Arthur Demarest PhD)
Todd Disotell	...	Himself (as Todd Distotell PhD)
Michael Sherman	...	Himself (as Dr. Michael Sherman)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William J. Birnes	...	Himself
Robert Clotworthy	...	Narrator
Linda Moulton Howe	...	Herself

Directed by
Kevin Burns

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kevin Burns		additional writing
Rob Hampton		writer

Produced by
Kevin Burns	....	executive producer
Gregory S. Cohan	....	post-production producer
David Comtois	....	co-executive producer
Bryce Gipson	....	associate producer
Scott Hartford	....	co-executive producer
David Osper	....	producer
Kim Sheerin	....	co-executive producer
Billy Zeb Smith	....	associate producer
Michael Stiller	....	executive producer (as Mike Stiller)
Giorgio Tsoukalos	....	consulting producer (as Giorgio A. Tsoukalos)
Krissy Wolff	....	associate producer
John Younger	....	line producer

Original Music by
Amjad Albasel

Film Editing by
Kevin Benson
Damon Brewster
David Comtois
Titus Heard
Sue 'Spyke' Hirshon		(as Spyke)
Casey Lee
John W. Richardson

Production Management
Shannon Schaefer	....	production manager

Sound Department
Brian Gerstner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lenny Jones	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Gabriel Naylor	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
J.B. Letchinger	....	director of photography: second unit

Editorial Department
Justin Bitton	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Sherry Hackney Cade	....	composer: additional music
William Pearson	....	composer: additional music
Jeremy Sweet	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Kristen Burns	....	programming coordinator
Robert Clotworthy	....	narrator
Sridhar Dasari	....	archival footage researcher
Ruth Hanby	....	production assistant
Brandon Kennedy	....	researcher
Mary Kochones	....	director: rights and clearances (as Mary DeMaria)
Tyler Parkford	....	production assistant
Steven J. Peña	....	business and legal affairs
Derek Shimoda	....	researcher

Production Companies

• Prometheus Entertainment

Distributors

• History Channel (2009) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:9

Company:

Prometheus Entertainment

Ancient Aliens - Ancient questions

As a child of 6 years, I read Eric Von Daniken's book "Were the gods astronauts", and it captured my sci-fi interested mind, lasting to this day, almost 40 years later. In the following years I had read everything I could possibly find written by, and about Eric and Charles Berlitz and others who went onto the same path. Both positively charged towards the ideas set forth by Eric, and also the negative reviews.

The questions asked back then, have still not been answered, rather more questions have been put forth, as time has revealed more mysteries, more strange and inexplicable ruins and artifacts. Traditional archeology does not offer credible explanations, mostly, as I see it, because of religious indoctrination of societies.

How I would have loved seeing this program as a child... I will ensure that my children will watch and listen... and hopefully also get the books and read everything they can come across on this subject.

I went to the Nazca plateau a few years back, for the first time... after moving to Peru from Iceland/Scandinavia, and I was really impressed by the lines. A lot of INSANE theorists, claiming the lines to be water-ways... were flushed down the toilet the day I stood ON the lines with my own feet. Such theorists have no freaking idea about what they are talking about. Probably they live in their grandmother's basement, never seeing the light of day, never having had any real dealings with nature or real life. "Nerds"... would be too kind a description for them. I went to Nazca again earlier this year, bringing my parents with me, since this was also a location they were very much interested in... and they were impressed.

Some things need to be experienced, but any and every beginning is OK through information, and this program is better than most, especially taking in consideration our times of visual materialism.

If you come across this title, grab it and watch it. This is a keeper.