Jaden Smith: "Obama Doesn't Deny Existence Of Aliens"

Jaden Smith -- star of the upcoming sci-fi movie "After Earth" and son of maybe-Scientologist Will Smith -- had a very strange thing to say about President Obama and the existence of aliens recently. He recently told Wonderland magazine:

“I like aliens! I think aliens are really cool, because they exist. I talked to President Obama about extraterrestrials. He said he could neither confirm nor deny the existence of aliens, which means they’re real. If people think we’re the only people that live in this universe, then something is wrong with them.”

Two things, here:

1) It's an odd thing for an actor -- however young -- to say in a press interview. Press interviews are very controlled affairs, with publicists hovering in the background. One could argue that perhaps he was "coached" to say this in order to create more buzz for his science-fiction movie. BUT --

2) He friggin' said that THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T CONFIRM OR DENY THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS!!!!

If Obama really said this to young Jaden, it is an equally odd thing to be on-record as declaring. Even if he said this in confidence to Jaden, he must realize that nothing is really said "in confidence," especially to 14-year-old. Maybe the President was just being "agnostic" about the whole topic -- but surely he and his press handlers would have known this was a "sound-bitey" thing that would be quoted extensively by the media.

Why did President Obama say this? Is he "hinting" at something? Certainly, Presidents allegedly being in contact with, or at least believing in the existence of, aliens is nothing new -- you have tales about Eisenhower, Carter (alien bunnies!) and Reagan.

As for why Jaden might be interested in aliens...if the rumors that his dad has even a tangential relationship with Scientology are true, that explains a lot. Because ultimately, Scientologists believe in aliens (so do Mormons, in a sense -- this isn't a bash at Scientology. So please do not stalk me, Scientologists! I'm not the enemy!).

Is this all just another plank in the overall "Offworld Agenda?" Are we slowly being "prepared" for an immanent "disclosure?" And does the success of Tom Cruise's "Oblivion" suggest a public with a softer stance regarding Scientology?

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Rabbit-Hole News: Alien Skeleton, Ricin Mix-Up, TED Censors

ALIENS:

Is this the six-inch skeleton of an alien? Scientists confirm: it is not a Muppet!



SCIENTOLOGY:

The newest iteration of the video game "Grand Theft Auto" features a parody of Scientology called "Epsilonism"...wait for it...

Illuminati Eye!!!!!!


RICIN:

The guy suspected of sending deadly ricin to President Barack Obama is no longer an Elvis impersonator with a compelling conspiracy theory about organ harvesting and a tendency to wear a paper bag over his head -- it's now the blues-playing, taekwondo-instructing would-be politician suspected of child molestation. Get ur facts straight media and government!!!!


BOSTON BOMBING:

New Hampshire Rep. Stella Tremblay became the most high-profile person to come out and claim the Boston Marathon bombing last week was a "false flag." She posted on Glenn Beck's Facebook last Friday:

"Just as you said would happen. Top Down, Bottom UP. The Boston Marathon was a Black Ops 'terrorist' attack. One suspect killed, the other one will be too before they even have a chance to speak. Drones and now 'terrorist' attacks by our own Government. Sad day, but a 'wake up' to all of us. First there was a 'suspect' then there wasnt. Infowars broke the story and they knew they had been 'found out'." 

In other news, Rep. Tremblay, much like apparently (at least according to Alex Jones) the entire Tsarnaev family, reads Infowars.

Jones and Beck too engaged in a massive pissing contest to comment.


THE NEW INQUISITION:

Deepak Chopra dresses down TED organizers about censoring Alternative Media guests like Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake:

"Thank you for clearing up some issues, particularly the confusion surrounding TEDx's decision to take down or shift the talks by Sheldrake and Hancock. Actions speak louder than words, and the talks were removed from the website, followed by your letter warning TEDx organizers essentially not to repeat the same mistake again by inviting similar talks. To underline the point, TEDx withdrew its brand name from a West Hollywood event that was by no means filled with 'goofballs' or 'questionable' figures."

Do these recent revelations about TED's censorship policy mean no David Icke TED Talk any time soon?

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John Lennon, The Alien "Beetles," And The Golden Eggman

I vaguely remember hearing this before...Basically, John Lennon had claimed to be "stalked" by UFOs, visited by four alien "bugmen"(!), and being the recipient of a mysterious golden egg. All this apparently was told to "psychic" Uri Geller -- who (claims Geller at any rate), became the owner of said egg.

The blog Tanata recounts the story as well as reprinting Geller's account for the London Telegraph. Wrote Geller:

John started talking about UFOs. He said he believed life existed on other planets, that it had visited us, that maybe it was observing us right now. He took me to a quieter, darker table, lit a cigarette and pointed its glowing tip at my face. “You believe in this stuff, right?” he asked me. “Well, you ain’t f—-in’ gonna believe this. “About six months ago, I was asleep in my bed, with Yoko, at home, in the Dakota Building. And suddenly, I wasn’t asleep. Because there was this blazing light round the door. It was shining through the cracks and the keyhole, like someone was out there with searchlights, or the apartment was on fire. “That was what I thought — intruders, or fire. I leapt out of bed, and Yoko wasn’t awake at all, she was lying there like a stone, and I pulled open the door. There were these four people out there.” “Fans?” I asked him. “Well they didn’t want my f—-in’ autograph. They were, like, little. Bug-like. Big bug eyes and little bug mouths and they were scuttling at me like roaches.” He broke off and stared at me.

I find it significant that there were FOUR "bug-like" creatures..."Beetles," perhaps?

It's the four bug-men in Lennon's story that make me wonder if these sorts of "visitations" are influenced, in some way, by the experiencer's own subconscious. Why four of the buggies? Was this a projection by Lennon, in reference to the Beatles? If these alien visitors really exist, do they reach into minds and "pull out" this data and use it to "mask" their activities or "communicate" with their target in a more meaningful way?

Or: was Lennon manifesting this all himself, whether on the psychic or material plane?

Then there is the issue of the golden egg allegedly given to Geller by Lennon -- who allegedly received it from the aliens!

I had a hard time believing Geller's story, but there's several pictures of the "egg." If this indeed is an "alien artifact' of some kind, has NASA or the govt gotten in touch with Geller about it? Has Geller run scientific tests on the egg to find out what it is made of?

And then there is the "coincidence" of the Eggman himself John Lennon receiving a cosmic egg.

Lennon's first reported encounter with a UFO happened in 1974 -- a craft he described as having "a flattened cone, with a red light on top and white lights rotating around the base." This was the same year Philip K. Dick had his otherworldly, possibly extraterrestrial "VALIS" experiences. So maybe the "aliens" were just damned busy. Maybe Lennon and Dick, being artists (and quite influential ones at that), were more sensitive/able to pick up what was "going on in the air" in the mid-Seventies.

Or maybe these people, along with other famous "contactees," are chosen because of their importance to the human race as a whole. Lennon wrote music that deeply influenced generations; Dick's stories and the adaptations of his stories have similarly influenced  countless persons. Maybe these entities have wisdom or messages to impart, and use these people to do so -- messages that we, in turn, receive from our pop-culture.

As for theories regarding "why" Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman -- was it Bush Senior/CIA trying to shut him up about the sightings? -- I would offer the following to think about. I read Chapman's biography a long time ago, and it was obvious to me that he was a "sensitive" -- empathic, very psychically open, etc. It was also obvious, based on the description of Chapman's mental state in the years and months leading up to the killing, that he was inadvertently "channeling" some serious shit.

Perhaps Chapman, like Lennon, was "contacted" by some sort of entity -- only Chapman's entity was a very dark one, and he was more "possessed" than merely contacted. Lennon's UFO sightings sharply increased in the days leading up to his death, and he felt "stalked" by them; maybe he was? Maybe there is some sort of "war" going on in a world beyond ours, between good and evil, and maybe peacenik Lennon was "targeted" to die. Or maybe it was more of a "City On The Edge Of Forever" thing, with Lennon in the Edith Keeler "role"?

Imagine a world where Lennon had lived...

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We'll Always Have Argo

I have not written on this blog because -- too overworked, not inspired enough. And yet, there are plenty of things to be inspired by, right? Did somebody work out the Illuminati symbolism at the Oscars yet? Anyone?

I don't know about all that stuff, but it seems weird to me that the wife of the President would come out during the Academy Awards to announce that a movie about America's past troubles in Iran has won Best Picture. I mean, what sort of weird confluence of politics and entertainment is that? Was that necessary at all?

I was just discussing with my husband the U.S.'s present and continuing economic crisis, and I told him I thought the only way possible to get out of it -- or, at least provide the illusion that we were getting out of it -- was to have another war, preferably with an opponent we can "properly demonize." And it really seems that with Iraq out of the way, the next stop on our Grand Tour is Iran.

I mean, all the signs are there. Certainly, we can go the North Korea route, but I think we're too in bed with the entire Eastern region to start a mess there. We seem to be on a Middle Eastern Grand Tour, and next stop: Iran.

So when I see the FLOTUS announce an award for "Argo" -- wow, how appropriate, huh? "Argo" was all about using a fake entertainment vehicle to literally "get into Iran." The titular "movie" at the heart of the "real" movie wasn't real. It was a tool. Is "Argo" a tool as well?

The late 1970s and the Iranian hostage crisis laid the groundwork for the rah-rah patriotic 1980s and America's military excursions to follow. It provided a "properly demonized," clear-cut villain that we could all get around to hate. It galvanized us in some bizarre way, brought us out of the doldrums of the recession of the Seventies.

If I had to guess, this is where we are headed again. No, the U.S. will not take the offense -- they'll wait until "something terrible" happens and "our hand is forced." If constructed correctly -- if the Hollywood writers and directors and best-selling novelists that the government hires to run through scenarios really come up with something grand (and that is not a conspiracy theory -- I know a couple of them) -- this all could conceivably bring back that rah-rah patriotism Eighties and maybe goose up the economy.

The key would be to have an event so striking that if the Republicans didn't come on-board to support War they would look like world-class Assholes. Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Certainly, it wouldn't have to be war with Iran, or whatnot -- the whole asteroid/meteor card has been played to great effect to scare the populace world-wide. Or that old chestnut of "alien invasion" could be played, I guess -- the Daily Mail recently dug out that "Eisenhower had telepathic communication with the aliens" thing again.

Really, how hard would it be to create a plausible scenario that the Earth was being "watched" by mysterious beings far up in the sky in amazing ships? How hard is it to pull off a grand-scale "Argo" on the residents of planet Earth?

Anyway, it seems like the U.S. -- and a portion of the rest of the world -- has hit the wall in terms of economics. We've hit the wall on the environment (400 "cancer villages" apparently in China) too. Overpopulation is also a problem, but a lot of that has to do with a vastly disproportionate distribution of wealth and food worldwide.

Finally -- people like me, and like a lot of American citizens, live in a fake, highly-constructed lifestyle built on the backs of tremendous misery in third-world countries. I am typing this on a Mac computer, knowing full well that the suicide rates among Apple workers overseas are so high because they are completely overworked and miserable. By instinct, I go to "name" stores to buy my clothes, clothes that  have a good chance of being put together by child labor.

My easy "out" for my conscience is to buy into the "Good Citizen" organic bohemian DIY ethic -- but it is hard to suss out what part of that isn't just another fad as well. Has a child in Burma still sewn that "Think Green" tee I've purchased at the "name" store? I'm paying a lot of money for these boutique "made by real hands in America" items, but then I don't have a lot of money anymore either. I'm broke, and so purchasing the sketchy products at the 99 cents store doesn't even seem like an "Ugly American" thing to do anymore -- I'm just trying to save up money by getting my toilet paper cheap.

The answer is: there are no "easy outs." The answer is: this Golden Age we look to, whether in be in the 1940s or 50s or 80s or 90s or whenever -- never really existed. These were all Legends, carefully constructed to live on in our memories through Hollywood and textbooks and in our wishful thinking.

And this type of attitude -- this questioning attitude, this critical attitude, this constantly wanting the truth attitude, this consistently rejecting bullshit attitude -- it ain't attractive. It makes us look like the cranks with the "Doom" placards. If we're lucky, some of us will be picked up as Pundits and then, depending on our popularity and size of our Facebook followers, have our opinions co-opted by one Interest or another (which is what I think partially happened to Alex Jones).

With all this going on in the world, it is no mystery to me why people flock to Entertainment. It is no mystery why Politics and Government weave themselves so tightly through Entertainment (that has been going on forever). It is no wonder why we, the collective We, fairly demand an "Argo" to save us. We don't care if it isn't really a movie. We want a place on that ship. We want to believe in the Golden Fleece. We want liberation from our hostage situation.

And Ben Affleck -- Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt -- is that hero, is our Jason, to see us through. He was our hero in "Armageddon," he was our hero in "Pearl Harbor," he was even a (albeit fake) Superman.

What's the next step in the script? How many special effects will there be? Who will star in the production? How many action figures and t-shirts can they make? What will be the net gross at the box office?

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"Escape From Planet Earth" Finally Released as Asteroids & Meteors Buzz The Planet

Zeitgeist Anxiety: "Must Get Offworld!"

In development since 2007, the animated movie "Escape From Planet Earth" is finally set to be released in American theatres today -- on the same day a meteor crashes down in Russia, and the so-called "largest close-call" asteroid buzzes by the planet. Escape from planet Earth, indeed.

The movie involves the all the usual tropes regarding extraterrestrial visitors -- lovable wise-cracking aliens (from a NASA parody called BASA) that seem Disney-ready for stuffed animals and video games, Area 51 shenanigans, The Evil CIA/NASA/Mr. Smith dude with the suit, and the idea that all of our current technology (including iPhones) have been re-engineered from off-world creations.

I just love the synchronicity of imagery here...by an incredible coincidence, this movie, held in legal limbo for over a decade, finally makes it to the big screen the same day all this cosmic flotsam and jetsam impacts our planet.

From "Escape From Planet Earth":


Dialogue: "I thought this movie was supposed to be in 3-D" (then the flying object crashes through the screen)

From today's Drudge Report:

Drudge Report headline for 2/15

Also, there is simply the stark relevance of the title: "Escape From Planet Earth" -- during a news cycle filled to the brim of stories wondering what we will do in the event of a real asteroid emergency or other somesuch galactic emergency. As I've written in a previous post, this push for "offworld" exploration and colonization will dominate the pop-culture and overall media landscape for many years to come.

Read also: "Starseeds, Star Wars, and Krypton Found: The New Space Narrative"

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Reptilian Theory, 101

Mr. Burns: a classic Reptilian archetype

Have you ever encountered a really cold-blooded, calculating individual who had such a small regard for the lives & dignity of others that you thought that they couldn’t possibly be human? And what’s more astonishing: this certain type of individual more often than not is an upstanding member of society, elegant in presentation & attire, and basically the perfect type of person to be a politician, leader of industry, or other authoritarian & exalted position.

It’s the sort of person who can make decisions like defrauding the investors in his company, or initiating a military action that they know will leave thousands of people dead. It is precisely the existence of these rather unsavory individuals which I think has led to the Reptilian theory–the theory that shape-shifting reptile-like aliens are controlling the planet in a global conspiracy.

Then again, could the theory actually be literally true?

At the very least, I believe that people who are cold, calculating, and seemingly devoid of real human feeling & empathy project an “aura” that would be considered “reptile” in nature.  Psychically sensitive individuals can intuitively pick up such a reptile nature.

Patrick Bateman could be considered "Reptilian" in nature

Also, there is the possibility that shamans traveling within other aspects of reality could actually “see” these individuals as reptile in form.  Or that people, seen from other dimensions or in the Dreamscape, take on the form of their actual nature.  So in the Dreamscape Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons is definitely a greenie."

Then again, could the theory actually be literally true?

The biggest & most outspoken proponent of the Reptilian theory is David Icke.  He believes that there are definitely shape-shifting reptiles in prominent places of the global conspiracy that he refers to as “The Biggest Secret.” Icke goes so far as to name them: the likes of Prince Charles & George Bush!

These reptiles come from a planet that is no longer able to sustain life, so they consider their “outpost” Earth to be Home and their property. The reptilians can disguise themselves as humans but every once in a blue moon their disguise “slips” and humans see them for what they are. They also need human blood to survive, which they ingest during the course of human sacrifices.

This Reptilian is upset at being discovered

There is a related-yet-separate theory from the cryptozoologist John Rhodes. He believes that Reptilians evolved on earth as an offshoot of the dinosaurs.  With the ascent of humans, the Reptilians went underground, literally: under the earth.  According to Rhodes, the sightings of reptile-like humanoids–like the ones that Icke mentions–are not of extraterrestrial beings at all, but of these reclusive Earth-born creatures.

This one might be friendly but just misunderstood

There is yet another variation on the Reptilian theory that I find personally interesting.  It’s the vampire-Reptilian connection: Both shapeshift, drink blood, are cold-blooded, live very long lives, are involved in a conspiracy to eat/enslave mankind, are very concerned with bloodlines, can hypnotize people with a stare, etc. 


Cold-blooded bloodsucker: Dracula

According to some theorists, there have always been Reptilians, and the vampire folklore was built as a way to explain the reptilian presence on Earth. Vlad Tepes, the historical "Count Dracula," is also worked into the conspiracy. As well as, to my surprise, even stuff from Anne Rice novels!

One of the most primal Reptilian images of the late 20th Century

And of course there is the question of Reptilian images in pop-culture.  Movies & TV shows like V the mini-series, Enemy Mine, even (symbolically) They Live.  What came first, V or the Reptilian theory? 

Then again, could the theory actually be literally true?

Humanity vs. Reptile: The Eternal Struggle

I generally keep an open mind, and consider myself a humble explorer into the realms of “forbidden science,” as Charles Fort might have said.  If I had to pick a point of view to lean towards, it would be the idea that some people have a genuine "reptilian" aura about them that you know as soon as you interact with them (especially if you're psychically sensitive). This does not mean that they are actual reptile creatures from Inner Earth or Outer Space -- but simply psychopaths operating from their primal "lizard brain."

Lizard Brain

These primal "lizard" responses from deep within our biological imperatives include a lack of remorse, unfettered greed, and sadism. I believe there is a portion of our society that operates out of this lizard-brain mentality...and, essentially, ruins it for everybody. It's because of this relatively small portion of society that we cannot have a utopia without the need for limits and laws, because these psychopaths would take advantage of every opportunity and loophole to indulge their primal urges regardless of who gets trampled on in the process.

 That said, there is something to be said for the wider archetype, one that encompasses not only the Reptilian "look" but that of green aliens, dragons, vampires, demons, etc. And there are so many potentially weird aspects of inter- and outer-dimensionality that the existence of such creatures–specifically reptile or not–probably couldn't be 100% ruled out.

Also see my post on Reptilian archetypes in comic books, the ABC TV show The Neighbors, and more: "Reptilians, Skrulls, Chitauri, Oh My!"

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"All These Worlds Are Yours Except Europa": A Look Back At "2010"

Editor's note: Here's another one I wrote back in -- you guessed it -- 2010. Though, as I point out, it was a rather inferior movie to "2001," there were many interesting bits to it that referenced myth, astronomy, and, of course, pop-culture syncs. This is going to need a 2012 follow-up on many of the points raised here, I think.

"2010" – the sequel to the classic Stanley Kubrick film "2001" – is a long boring movie. I'm not saying it's a bad movie. But it's like if you took the snail's pace of the Kubrick film but minus Kubrick's genius. Nevertheless, it contains quite a number of interesting ideas, such as "The Alien Savior Theory," "The Two Suns" theory, and a very deep connnection to "Star Trek III."
Spoilers!


The movie starts with a long boring talk between Dr. Floyd (played by Roy Scheider) and some Russian scientist. The gist is, the Russians want to find the ship that disappeared in "2001," and reactivate HAL. The ship/HAL is moored somewhere around Jupiter. The Russian scientist blames America for not sharing the Monolith with the rest of the world. Scheider's taut facial skin grimaces in sympathy.

Roy Scheider maintains this expression through the entire movie.

The film was made in 1984, so you can expect a fair amount of Cold War tension in "2010"; remember, this is the year "Red Dawn" came out. In fact, the film seems to be way more concerned with American/Russian relations than the Monolith, HAL, Dave Bowman, or space exploration. Throughout the film, you can almost hear Sting sing "Russians."

Can you guess who the "world leaders" are on this magazine cover?

Meanwhile, the scientist who created HAL, Dr. Chandra, talks to his new computer, SAL, about bringing HAL back. SAL is voiced by Candice Bergen (sort of doing her version of Charlie McCarthy) and seems to share HAL's passive-aggressive tendencies. Bob Balaban plays Dr. Chandra as a small nervous quiet man who successfully contains a great deal of unexpressed inner rage, which is a real stretch for him.

Now Dr. Floyd, Dr. Chandra, and a very low-key but still quite neurotic John Lithgow join a Russian team of scientists on a mission to Jupiter. The leader of the Russian mission is played by Helen Mirren, back when she was young and not an unusually sexy 60-year-old. The Russians don't trust the Americans and act robotic. It's up to the plucky Americans to get the Russians to smile.

Will Helen Mirren smile? Stay tuned!

At this point of the film, you might be wondering where the hell is HAL, Dave Bowman, the Monolith, the apes with their tools, the Starchild, and everything else. Instead, we are treated to verrrrry slow scenes onboard the ship going over procedure or the whole Americans trying to make the Russians smile thing. In one scene, you actually root for Lithgow's character to die, just for something exciting to happen.

Zzzzzz...

But lo! Dave Bowman mysteriously appears on his former wife's TV screen and brushes his mother's hair as a ghost. He talks of an exciting new thing happening that will change the world forever. Then: back to more space ship procedure and making the Russians smile. Mirren's character finally smiles. Yay.


Suddenly, Russia and America are at war. Dr. Floyd's team is recalled from the Russian ship. Then Dr. Floyd is contacted by the mysterious Dave Bowman via the reactivated HAL. We discover that the real reason HAL went crazy in the first movie is Because It's All The American Government's Fault. Bowman's appearance is the best scene in the entire film, because you are so lulled into a semi-comatose state by this point that seeing Bowman as The Old Guy and The Really Old Guy and the Starchild really wakes you up. Dr Floyd is told by Bowman to clear out in two days, because something really awesome is going to happen.

A whole bunch of Monoliths fly to Jupiter and the planet starts to eat itself. The Russian spaceship hightails it out of there, and HAL tragically sacrifices himself to save everyone. Jupiter turns into a small sun. A message beams out to all the people of Earth:

"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE."

Jupiter's moon Europa, meanwhile, is benefiting from the new heat source and is seen rapidly developing a lush rainforest-like landscape.

Now Earth has two suns, and its inhabitants are joined together in peace. The Russians have learned how to smile. The End.

Some points to absorb that might or might not have relevance:

The Aliens are here to bring about a New Age of peace...right?

1. The film features the classic "Alien Saviors" plotline. Aliens contact earth and offer world peace. Sometimes they engineer some sort of "crisis" or grand event to get our attention and realize that we are all citizens on planet earth. Right before I watched "2010," I viewed the old "To Serve Man" episode of "Twilight Zone." Similar plot, very different outcome. Are the aliens here to truly offer world peace and facilitate our evolution, or do they in the end want to simply eat us? Many science-fiction films struggle with this question.

There are many similarities between "2010" and "Star Trek III"

2. Europa turns into some sort of "Genesis" planet, a new Eden: much like the "Genesis" planet featured in Star Trek III: The Search For Spock" the same year. In both films, the war/tension between two groups/cultures (Russian/American, Klingon/Federation) is a main theme. In both films, there is a central iconic character who seemingly died in the previous movie but might be resurrected (Dave Bowman/Spock). Both films feature a New Eden planet artificially created to jumpstart life (Europa/Genesis). Both films feature the destruction of the famous ship from the previous/initial film (Discovery/Enterprise) – this destruction proceeds despite/to spite government officials back home. Lastly, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was very influenced by the work of "2001"/"2010" novel scribe Arthur C. Clarke.

3. The theme of "two suns" is also featured in "Star Wars" (the two suns of Tattoine).

"Star Wars"

"2010"

4. To relate some of these themes with "real life":

• The names of both the "2001"/"2010" ships (Discovery) and Star Trek's ship (Enterprise) were used as that of actual space shuttles. The Space Shuttle Discovery was launched the same year "2010" was released (1984).
• Scientists believe that with the oxygen in its atmosphere and likely underground cache of liquid water, Europa is a very good candidate for containing/sustaining extraterrestrial life.
• Scientists say that other Earth-like planets with two suns are likely.
• There are many conspiracy theories surrounding the emergence of a second sun in our solar system, 2012, "The End of the World," Jupiter igniting and turning into a sun, the Mayans, the aliens, kitchen sink, etc. It would take more research on my end to determine whether those theories are directly/indirectly inspired by the movie "2010," have pre-existed "2010," or whether there are common streams that both the conspiracy theorists and Arthur C. Clarke have been influenced by.
• There are also conspiracy theories floating around that this year (2010) will be the one where we are officially told that alien contact has been made with Earth ("disclosure"). This theory is linked with the movie's tagline "The Year We Make Contact."

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