They Came From The Pleiades

September 17, 2026

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In October 2017, scientists at the University of Hawaii’s Haleakalā Observatory detected a strange object moving through the solar system. It was initially cataloged as an asteroid, but it accelerated as it approached the Sun, acting more like a comet without any comet-like characteristics. Astronomers were forced to reclassify it as something entirely new: the first known interstellar object. They named it ‘Oumuamua, a Hawaiian term meaning “a message from afar arriving first.” Roughly 800 meters long and cigar-shaped, it was traveling at more than 195,000 miles per hour. As astrophysicist Travis Taylor put it, “It just came from outside our solar system… That’s historic, that we’ve actually seen it.”

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1 They Came From The Pleiades — Ancient Aliens
2 Timestamped Outline
3 (01:54) **Discovery of 'Oumuamua, the First Interstellar Visitor** - Scientists in Hawaii detect a strange object entering our solar system, initially classified as an asteroid but later reclassified as an interstellar object after it accelerated like a comet without comet-like characteristics.
4 (04:07) **The Artificial Origin Hypothesis** - Researchers and former government officials suggest 'Oumuamua may not be a natural object but an artificial creation, possibly an interstellar probe.
5 (05:57) **Trajectory and Origin Discovery** - The object's path took it past the Sun, then parallel to Earth's orbit between our planet and Mars before exiting the solar system.
6 (06:47) **The Pleiades in Ancient Creation Stories** - Ancient astronaut theorists connect the interstellar visitor to the Pleiades, which appears in creation stories worldwide where divine beings came from these stars to seed life on Earth.
7 (08:25) **Ancient Structures Aligned to the Pleiades** - Megastructures around the world are oriented toward the Pleiades, and ancient artwork depicting these stars dates back 18,000 years.

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Guests on this episode

Travis Taylor Giorgio Tsoukalos

Show Notes

In numerous ancient cultures throughout the world, stories were told of ancestors that came to Earth from the Pleiades star cluster. Could new scientific findings reveal that humankind’s true origins lie not on Earth… but 400 light years away.

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