Christmas time I had a cold and spent a day watching the History Channel. Of course, there wasn't anything about history on the History Channel, just like if you want to watch wrestling, you turn on the sy fy channel. Maybe 'syfy' is Martian for 'fake wrestling'.
I'm not saying there isn't alien life on some distant planet. I'll even go as far as to say I wouldn't be surprised to discover we've had some alien visitors  some time in our past. It could happen. Just because something might be possible doesn't mean any nut job with a bad haircut can claim to be an expert on ancient alien theory.
Why is it when historians are debating if Jesus really existed, the four Gospels can't be considered proof because, hey, those guys might have made that all up; but if you want to prove ancient aliens existed everything in the Bible can be taken as -well, gospel?
And why does anything that suggests aliens may have visited this planet automatically prove that God doesn't existed. The fact that aliens might have built the pyrimids doesn't mean that any outside intervention has to have come from aliens. That's like saying if you saw your brother mow your lawn once that means that only your brother has ever mowed your lawn and no one else has ever done it.
Here's my conspiracy theory: Scientists are coming closer and closer to proving that God really does exist. They have discovered that we have all descended from one man and one woman. (But they are quick to say that wasn't Adam and Eve.) They are finding that we suddenly had an explosion of the mind. In a short period of time we developed language, tools, and farming. (This was caused by aliens messing with our DNA. OR Was it caused by Eve messing with a mind altering apple?)
I think scientist are more comfortable with the idea that aliens altered our DNA to enslave us than with the idea that God is real.
What if scientist did find absolute proof that a Biblical God exists? I'm not even sure that God would want that. After all, you don't need any faith if you have scientific proof.
THEREFORE:
It might not even be the scientists behind this conspiracy theory. Perhaps the Catholic Church is behind the Ancient Alien scare. The Pope DID recently say it was okay to believe in aliens!
The plot thickens.....

Yeah, I get that the Gospels may not have been written by the apostles. But the ancient alien theorists assume the Gospels are proof that Jesus was 'alien affected' (Ha! I just coined that phrase). Therefore, according to them, Gabriel talked to Mary: poof! we have aliens! The Wise men follow a star: poof! We have aliens! I've even heard them claim that since Jesus was talking to someone during the crucifixion (As in 'Forgive then Father for they know not what they do.'), poof! He must have been talking to the mother ship.
Now if you can't use the Gospels as a record that Jesus rose from the dead, how can you use them to prove that extra terrestrials were involved in the life of Christ?
Don't get me wrong, I have an open mind on the existence of aliens. But either the Bible is a legitimate record or it isn't.
By the way, my Jehovah's Witness friend is worried about me because he thinks no good can come from me watching all these shows about aliens.

How to create a conspiracy theory.

1) Take a well known fact.

2) Add a popular belief.

3) Connect the two with an unproven theory.

4) Get a TV show about your theory.

5) Profit.


ex.
Al Capone was a gangster.
He had piles of cash.
We found the safe where he kept all his money.
Geraldo(sp) opens the safe on live TV.
Profit!

Although when it comes to the Bible I note that many archaeological expeditions seem to find cities where the Bible said they were when they look. Proves nothing, but at least it is factual.

It sure was but they still sold advertising $$$

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Sounds like a good story. Courtroom drama. Wonder who the judge would be?