Thursday, 8 August 2013

EASTER ISLAND AND THE ANCIENT ALIEN CONNECTION


Scientific evidence seems to indicate that seafaring Polynesians came to 
Easter Island (one of the Earth's most remotely inhabited islands located 
about 2,000 miles away from the nearest populated area), also known as 
Rapa Nui, about A.D. 400 and began the civilization that produced those 
majestic enigmatic statues weighing an average of 14 tons each. However, 
nobody knows what the statues are supposed to be or who they are suppose 
to represent. Perhaps they represent ancestors, powerful kings or priests, 
God or gods, or as some Ancient Aliens enthusiasts have come to believe, 
ancient aliens that helped this civilization like many others on our planet.  

In the early 1950s, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl (famous for his 
Kon-Tiki and Ra raft voyages across the oceans) popularized the idea that 
the island had been originally settled by advanced societies of Indians from


the coast of South America (feeding fuel to the Atlantian global civilization).

The most widely-accepted theory is that the statues were carved by the 
Polynesian colonizers of the island beginning by about A.D. 1000-1100. In 
addition to representing deceased ancestors, the Moai, once they were 
erect on ceremonial sites, may also have been regarded as the 
embodiment of powerful living chiefs. They were also important lineage 
status symbols.

The intervention of Ancient Aliens has been made one of the most 
infamous theories about the Moai by Erich Von Daniken who suggests that 
a small group of 'intelligent beings' were stranded there and taught the 
natives to make 'robot-like' statues. His main thrust is that the stone from 
which the statues are made is not found on the island, which is a complete 
fabrication and later was discovered that Erich Von Daniken never visited 
the island while writing his book (Chariots of the Gods). This links with



theories that Easter island was once 
part of the lost civilization of flying 
machines.

An article entitled “Engineers of Easter 
Island," published in the 
November/December 1999 issue of 
Archaeology, shows that the statues 
could have been transported and put in 
place using techniques the Polynesians 
perfected when constructing and 
moving boats while venturing from 
island to island for thousands of years, 
perhaps a long ago as 5500 B.C.E. 
(The Polynesians are also credited with 
building Nan Madol on the island of 
Pohnpei in Micronesia, another 
megalithic site perhaps as mind-
boggling as Easter Island.)

Author Jared Diamond postulates that around 1400 the island’s civilization experienced a rapid decline because of an 
ecological imbalance brought about by deforestation, soil erosion and overpopulation. Jared Diamond also thinks there 
was a civil war about 1680, which may have led to the toppling of many of the Moai and perhaps even calamities such as 
cannibalism.


In conclusion, although many would suggest that Ancient Aliens or perhaps ancient advance civilizations with flying 
machines build these statues and also had a great influence in the evolution of the Easter Island civilization, the facts 
seem to speak pretty clearly and lead our researches to believe that human ingenuity, creativity and regular 
technological advancements can account for the great Moai, the sudden disappearance of the population and their 
forests, as well as the only account of a written language in the Pacific Islands.  We must remember that many ancient 
cultures had deep roots to their religious beliefs which fueled many to create astounding and majestic monuments to 
show their gods their appreciation and protection.  Those who find mystery in this world can always settle on the fact that 
ancient aliens once helped our planet evolve into our present form; however, the facts for Easter Island seem to be clear 
and we can lay to rest that ancient aliens and the Moai do not have a connection.






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