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Ancient Aliens: Annotated Bibliography

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"10 Things You Don 't Know About." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.

In the online article, “Evidence of Ancient Aliens?” (2016) created by A&E Television Networks discusses ancient alien theories that believe that thousands of years ago aliens hailed as gods and helped shape human civilization. A&E Television Networks supports this discussion with evidence from ancient religious texts and physical specimens that were created in ancient times. The purpose of this article is to prove that aliens influenced early civilizations, in order to help the public become more aware that aliens are real. By using an informative tone in the article the author is able to inform skeptics of all sides of the

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