Gobekli Tepe created by aliens, says mayor

Tim Binnall (Coast to Coast, 4/27/22); Pac Macpherson, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The mayor of the Turkish city where Gobekli Tepe is located recently offered an explanation for the ancient archeological site's origins: space aliens.

This assessment occurred earlier this week as Mayor Zeynel Abidin Beyazgül, who presides over the community of Urfa, spoke to Turkish media outlet Milliyet.

In discussing the 12,000-year-old spiritual complex, the mayor mused that "every person who sees Gobekli Tepe, scientist or normal person, states that there is a mystery and secrets here. But they can't find it."

Mayor Beyazgül then boldly declared, "I will tell you about these mysteries and secrets," which he says center around an extraterrestrial explanation. To this end, the mayor argues that "the statues in Gobekli Tepe depict something other than humans. They seem to be coming from somewhere else. They remind me of aliens."

Lest one think that Mayor Beyazgül is merely waxing poetic, he points out a number of elements about the site which informed this way of thinking. Specifically, the mayor notes that the sculptures show people wearing attire that appears to be out of place for the era it was built.

"People of the time wore pelts, but here, we see V-shaped motives," he notes, asking, "If the first humans wore pelts, who are these people?"

Additionally, Mayor Beyazgül points out the peculiar depiction of handbags in some of the artwork at Gobekli Tepe and observed that "those purses are akin to the modern purses of today. If we think that those purses were made by the men of the time, we would be wrong. The probability of another living creature making that purse is more likely."

Beyond the artwork at the site, the mayor also expressed skepticism that the massive stones used to construct the complex could have been moved by humans. Instead he asked, "Did beings from outer space come and do this?"

While the theory that extraterrestrials had a hand in constructing Gobekli Tepe is not a particularly new idea, the fact that the mayor seems to endorse the view is remarkable.

That said, unless some earth-shattering artifact is unearthed at the site someday, the possibility that extraterrestrials had a hand in building the complex is likely to remain a matter of conjecture, despite the mayor's tantalizing assertions about ancient aliens. More