ANCIENT ALIENS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN PLATES

Exploring the Bizarre (KCORradio.com) hosts TIM BECKLEY and TIM SWARTZ welcome award-winning journalist, explorer and filmmaker, ALEX CHIONETTI whose life work has been devoted to lost civilizations, extraterrestrial visitations in both past and present times and solving scientific enigmas. During the last decade Alex discovered two pre-Incan cities in the central sierra of Peru never previously recognized before by official archaeology. Exploring the Chilean high desert, he found figures and lines related to the Nazca lines. In his book, "The Mysteries of the Tayos Caves," he tells the intriguing story of lost tablets and an immense treasure trove of gold plates. Erich von Daniken takes credit for the discovery, but admits in an exclusive interview with Alex that he tale is not quite as he told it. Very intriguing guest who was an original developer of the "Ancient Aliens" pilot and the first two seasons on the History Channel. His "Mysteries of the Tayos Caves," is available on Amazon.

Ancient Giants, Edgar Cayce and Lost Civilizations, with Guests James Vieira and Dr. Gregory Little

With each new discovery, scholars are beginning to understand that the history once taught in school is incomplete. Every new finding is pushing us towards the acceptance that we are not the first civilization on this planet...that there have been others who have been lost in the sands of time...existing long before our current civilizations and inhabiting all corners of the world. One persistent story is that at one time a race of giants inhabited the Earth. Ancient texts such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Dead Sea Scrolls Book of Giants and Indian scriptures that refer to the Daityas(giants)indicate that belief in giants was widespread. However, are these stories nothing more than myths and legends? Is there any basis of reality to these legends? Based on the fragments of evidence, traditions, and lore, we have limited knowledge of the earliest days of human civilization. It's probable that whole civilizations, some with advanced technology, have come and gone. At the very least, human culture reaches much further back in time than conventional history admits. We do have some evidence of a now extinct race of giants in the form of massive human bones uncovered, especially in the 19th century, in various locations around North America. Unfortunately, most of these giant bones have disappeared, either through negligence or possibly removed from the public eye deliberately. Our guests this week on Exploring the Bizarre are James Vieira and Dr. Greg Little. James Vieira, a stonemason by trade, has been studying ancient sites for over 20 years and was the host of the History Channel's series "Search for the Lost Giants." Dr. Greg Little has spent years researching ancient structures and earthworks and has uncovered startling evidence of high civilization that was once in what is now the Caribbean Sea. He also has some fascinating theories about the North American mound builders connection to Atlantis and the pyramids of Central and South America.