Ancient Martian civilisation was wiped out by nuclear bomb-wielding aliens& they could attack Earth

MailOnline ^ | 18:15 EST, 21 November 2014 | Jonathan O'Callaghan for

[BenLurkin]

If you're planning to go to the 2014 Annual Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society in Illinois this Saturday, you might be in for a bit of a surprise with the final talk of the day.

Because that's when plasma physicist Dr John Brandenburg will present his theory that an ancient civilisation on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race.

In his bizarre theory, Dr Brandenburg says ancient Martians known as Cydonians and Utopians were massacred in the attack - and evidence of the genocide can still be seen today. Back in 2011 the scientist first postulated that the red colour on Mars could have been due to a naturally occurring thermonuclear explosion.

'The Martian surface is covered with a thin layer of radioactive substances including uranium, thorium and radioactive potassium - and this pattern radiates from a hot spot on Mars,' he told Fox News at the time.

'A nuclear explosion could have sent debris all around the planet.'

But since then he has advanced his theory to the level that he now no longer thinks it was a naturally occurring explosion - but rather one planned by an intelligent alien race.

[TexasTransplant]

I’m curious about his thoughts on Man Made Global Warming. Has he ever advised ALGORE and has he ever written a Comic Book?

TT

[martin_fierro]

[TADSLOS]

LMAO.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Martians were destroied by Utopians? Hobbs must be behind it all.

[SgtHooper]

I’m an geologist and I’ve never seen veins like that!!

[OKSooner]

Well, of course. It’s all chronicled in Battle in Outer Space, a Toho production in Tohoscope. C. 1960 IIRC.

[BenLurkin]

Uh....okay.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I tried to tell everyone this 30,000 years ago. But nobody would listen.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I’m not sure why, but that’s funny.

[BenLurkin]

Ditto!

[BenLurkin]

Free with a %50 donation to PBS.

Just have to wait until their next telethon.

[BenLurkin]

As a life-long fan of the Burroughs Mars books — I was disappointed.

Guess too much of it formed in my mind as a kid — unable to accept another vision of it.

[mikrofon]

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Bet he believes in global warming, too.

[shibumi]

It's been so long, so long, so long - ping!

[Silentgypsy]

You probably feel responsible on some level, though.

[cuban leaf]

I don’t have TV and had never seen a commercial for it. I was in the library looking for a movie to rent and just happened by it. I’d never heard of the author and about halfway through it I thought, “this must be based on science fiction from the 19th century” because of the way things worked. That made it rather intriguing.

I think the reason I liked it was I expected very little and was pleasantly surprised.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Darksheare]

A little.

[Bratch]