Zecharia Sitchin
Zecharia Sitchin
What it claims
The English Wikipedia classifies Zecharia Sitchin's Nibiru theory as pseudoscience.Sitchin claimed a planet called Nibiru orbits beyond Neptune on a 3,600-year cycle.He wrote that the Anunnaki, who came from that planet, created humans and put them to work in African mines.Scholars point out that his translations of ancient texts are wrong.His books have sold millions of copies in translations across more than 25 languages.
How it connects
He reads Sumerian mythology literally rather than symbolically, calling its gods alien astronauts.