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Dogon shameDid ancient gods from the Sirius star system visit an African tribe 5,000 years ago? New

evidence deals a devastating blow to what was considered to be the best case forextraterrestrial visitation.

by Philip Coppens

Source: http://www.philipcoppens.com/dogonshame.html

The story that the Dogon, a tribe in Mali, West Africa, had possessed in their antiquityextraordinary knoledge of the star system !irius achie"ed orldide publicity in #$%&through 'obert Temple(s extraordinary book he Sirius !ystery) *t as compellinglyargued and became one of the most influential books of the #$%+s ancient astronauts(genre)

!irius is the brightest star in the sky, a star that became the marker of an important ancient

-gyptian calendar, and a star that is said to be at the centre of beliefs held by the.reemasons) According to some cultures, !irius is here the forefathers of the humanrace might ha"e originated )Temple claimed that the Dogon kne about to smaller stars that are closely related to!irius / !irius 0 and !irius C) The mystery as ho they had obtained this knoledge, as these companionstars cannot be seen by the unaided eye) Temple(s solution referred to legends of a mythical creature, thegod 1annes, ho might ha"e been an extraterrestrial, described as descending to -arth from the stars tobring ci"ilising isdom to the Dogon forefathers)

*n #$$2, Temple republished the book ith the subtitle 3ne scientific e"idenceof alien contact 4,+++ years ago)5 The book(s reputation as first dented in#$$$, hen 6ynn Picknett and Cli"e Prince published he Stargate "ons#iracy,in hich they allege that Temple(s thinking had been hea"ily influenced by his

mentor, Arthur M) 7oung) 7oung as a fer"ent belie"er in 3the Council of 8ine,5a mysterious group of channelled entities that claim to be the nine creator godsof ancient -gypt) The 8ine( became part of the 9.1 and 8e Age mythologyand many claim to be in contact ith them) The 8ine( also claim to be

extraterrestrial beings from the star !irius) *n #$4:, 7oung as one of nine people present during the 3firstcontact5 ith the Council(, an e"ent initiated by Andri;a Puharich, the man ho brought *sraeli spoonbender9ri

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assumes that to polo is the in"isible star !irius 0, the Dogon themsel"es, as reported by