If humanity wants to understand the greed in a man or woman's heart, he might want to look to the stars . . . and the little green men who might be living on them.
Aliens -- much like humans -- have been plundering the planet for gold for thousands of years, according to the organizer of South Africa's first UFO Science and Consciousness Conference, held in Johannesburg last week.
"There's a battle for Earth by some interesting dark forces," conference organizer Michael Tellinger told News 24. "All the governments in the world are puppets and instruments to implement the will of a small group of individuals. The royal political bloodline goes back thousand of years."
Tellinger insists that extraterrestrials visited our planet in search of gold about 300,000 years ago, cloned their genetic make-up and gave rise to mankind. Ever since, they've been in contact with world leaders.
"They came to Earth looking for gold. We are all still obsessed with gold," Tellinger said, according to News 24.
And thanks to its diamonds and gold deposits, South Africa is "at the heart of this," Tellinger reportedly said.
"South Africa has been dubbed as the cradle of humankind and the place where all life form began, thus the reason [South Africa] was selected as the host for the UFO Science and Consciousness Conference," he told The Citizen. "We have scientific evidence that there was physical life before humans which were African knowledge keepers and custodians of secret knowledge."
Tellinger's statements about gold-hunting aliens were widely reported by the South African press, while comparisons between the gold-digging alien theory and the plot of the film "Cowboys & Aliens" were noted by the sci-fi blog io9.
But those claims about ETs weren't the only shocking ideas introduced at the forum.
Laura Eisenhower, who describes herself as the great-granddaughter of president Dwight Eisenhower, claims world leaders have experienced close contact with aliens, signing treaties with them every decade.
"Extra-terrestrials have been working with governments for a while," she told News 24.
Bigfoot expert Lloyd Pye told the crowd about an oddly shaped skull that he believes belonged to an alien while hypnotist Jennifer Welch discussed crystal skulls, The New Age reports.
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If humanity wants to understand the greed in a man or woman's heart, he might want to look to the stars . . . and the little green men who might be living on them.
Aliens -- much like humans -- ha...
If humanity wants to understand the greed in a man or woman's heart, he might want to look to the stars . . . and the little green men who might be living on them.
Aliens -- much like humans -- ha...
Sounds like Sitchin's theory about the Annunaki. His theory claims the Annunaki, inhabitants of the Planet Niburu (or Planet X) came to Earth to mine gold, but being lazy sorts decided to create a being sort of like them to act as slaves and mine the gold for them. I guess they were also a horny bunch because some of them took a shine to the Females they had created and interbred.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Sounds pretty wild, but I dare you to disprove it.
Areyoukiddingg: Sounds like Sitchin's theory about the Annunaki. His theory claims
That is simply ridiculous. If they wanted gold all they would need to do is lock onto fort knox and also there is a whole astroid belt out there loaded with gold deposits. And besides, gold is virtually worthless other than for jewelery and the human ego. It is way to soft and has to low a melting point for any practical useage.
Now if you were talking about uranium, then you might be getting somewhere other than nonsense.
Get real conspirators.
Norge: That is simply ridiculous. If they wanted gold all they
Worthless??? Really?!?!?! Gold is the MOST useful metal known to man... I work in the power electronics/electrical field and can personally vouch for this precious metal in my field of expertise.... Never mind its use in jewelry making or backing currency... Very unique characteristics of gold are: (Highly conductive, one of the least reactive chemical elements, the most malleable metal, reflects infrared radiation, very low shear strength, high degree of resistance to bacterial colonization, non-toxic and NON-CORROSIVE) Here is a list of just a few of its uses: In every sophisticated electronic device, Contacts on vital electrical switches, Gold injections to treat rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis, heat dissipation in the engine compartment on high end automobiles, in glass to reflect the solar radiation outwards, scanning electron microscopes, catalysts in chemical reactions, nanotechnology, measuring a key indicator in the progression of HIV, gold-coated parabolic telescope-mirror in the Mars Global Surveyor, jet engines, fuel cells, diesel catalytic converters, bonding wire on semiconductor chips, In the vacuum of space as a lubricant between mechanical parts, etc. etc. etc. So with this being said… Gold is not a worthless metal but rather a truly indispensable element.
Zeke_Slaaen: Worthless??? Really?!?!?! Gold is the MOST useful metal known to
I have heard this "Theory" before, but haven't heard about this conference... Wasn't there suppossed to be one held in Texas? I heard it was a big convention...
LMNico: I have heard this "Theory" before, but haven't heard about
If they did raid the Earth for gold, it wouldn't be for the same reason we would. One reason could be for gold's propensity for conducting electricity.
Who knows what other properties it could be used for. I doubt we are anywhere CLOSE to understanding all the laws of the Universe--or multi-verse. Gold could have many other properties.
Luvon: If they did raid the Earth for gold, it wouldn't
This is a strange article. Random facts are thrown in that have nothing to do with this story. This theory about gold and corruption is very David Ickey. Laura Eisenhower is someone who I take seriously, but she didn't need to be mentioned here.
cowanln: This is a strange article. Random facts are thrown in
Tellinger, me thinks your phantasies need some medicinal adjustments when it comes to your gold 'theory'. Why extra terrestrials want anything we have is beyond me but I don't deny their existence. The universe is just a tad bigger than our arrogance in thinking we're the only thing living and traveling space.
Ossit: Tellinger, me thinks your phantasies need some medicinal adjustments when
In Heaven, the streets are paved with gold. We think its so great and we'd kill to gain it. God uses it for asphalt! ...Shows that what we know can't compare to what is waiting for those who love Him.
babydeer37: In Heaven, the streets are paved with gold. We think
Absolute and total nonsense. There are asteroids that contain more gold than has ever been mined on earth. It would make far more sense for aliens to extract those, which would be more easily accessible because of the low-to-no gravity and obvious lack of natives to deal with. Also, a species able to travel between stars would be able to find it endless other places outside of our solar system. There are stars which are essentially "stellar factories" for elements such as gold, spewing it out into space as they fuse together slightly lighter elements. Also, such a technologically advanced species could probably even just manufacture gold themselves if they wanted, through some sort of heavy metal fusion process (a great band name, btw). It would require a lot of energy, but a lot less than interstellar travel by any means.
JamesOctopus: Absolute and total nonsense. There are asteroids that contain more
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First Posted: 11/30/11 08:21 AM ET Updated: 11/30/11 03:14 PM ET