When you hear the words “ancient aliens,” “megaliths” or “book of Enoch,” you probably imagine late-night History Channel specials or YouTube rabbit holes.
But when The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles sat down with explorer and author Timothy Alberino, the conversation took a sharp turn into territory few mainstream thinkers dare to tread—yet it was grounded in something surprisingly familiar: the Bible.
What unfolded wasn’t a fringe conspiracy rant. It was a deep, often theologically rooted dive into what Alberino believes is a forgotten or suppressed history of the world—one that involves giants, pre-flood civilizations, demons, and yes, aliens.
The ideas are bold, the claims controversial, but the conversation was compelling, and at times, unsettling in how closely ancient myths line up across the globe.
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Here’s a breakdown of the key topics they explored:
1. The Bible as a Guide to the Ancient World
“I come from a biblical paradigm… because I’ve been entirely convinced that the gospel of Christ is true,” Alberino states. Rather than dismiss mythologies and anomalies in archaeology, he uses the Bible—especially Genesis and the apocryphal book of Enoch—as a framework for understanding a much older and more complex human history than what academia often acknowledges.
2. Megalithic Structures and Lost Civilizations
Standing before the megalithic walls in Peru, Alberino was struck by how “some of these stones… weigh in excess of 250 to 300 tons and they were quarried some 10 to 20 miles away.” The mainstream view attributes them to the Inca, but Alberino insists, “they did not build the megaliths.” Instead, he points to a pre-flood civilization with architectural capabilities far beyond what we assume for ancient man.
3. The Global Flood and Ancient Cataclysms
The great flood isn’t just a biblical tale. “All of the ancient cultures around the world have a ubiquitous testimony of cataclysm,” he notes, suggesting these stories align with the biblical flood and point to a shared memory of global disaster.
4. Giants, the Watchers and the Nephilim
Genesis 6 is often glossed over, but Alberino highlighted its central importance: “The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were comely and they decided to take wives.” According to the book of Enoch, this union produced giants—“The Offspring of God and man”—which Alberino claims are referenced in mythologies around the world, including Atlantis.
5. What Demons Really Are
In a striking redefinition, Alberino says, “In the ancient Hebrew cosmology… a demon was the disembodied spirit of a giant.” He pointed to Jesus’ encounter with the Gerasene demoniac as confirmation: “Why have you come to judge us before the appointed time?”
6. Myth as Encrypted Knowledge
Alberino sees mythology not as fantasy, but encrypted science: “A myth is like a zipped folder. For the laypeople… we think of these myths and legends in a different way than they think of them. They know how to decrypt the myths and extract the knowledge.”
7. Aliens, UFOs and Whistleblowers
Addressing the growing reports of non-human craft and biologicals, Alberino says, “UFOs of nonhuman origin have crashed, have been recovered, including the bodies of the pilots.” While some Christians default to calling aliens “demons,” Alberino warns against oversimplifying. “Aliens are not demons. That’s definitionally wrong.”
8. Transhumanism and the Image of God
Perhaps the most theologically urgent point: “If we cease to be man, that means we forfeit our candidacy for salvation in the cross of Christ.” Alberino sees the push toward AI, genetic modification and post-human evolution as the culmination of a Satanic deception: “You shall be like the gods.”
9. Mars and the Return of the ‘Gods’
He even suggests humanity may soon discover ancient ruins on Mars: “We’re going to discover the ruinous remains of a remarkable civilization… and the narrative surrounding that is going to be very deceptive.”
These are big claims, no doubt. They challenge both mainstream science and much of the comfortable theology we’ve settled into. But we live in a world increasingly shaped by technology, and as ancient questions resurface through modern discoveries, it’s worth considering: what if the stories were true—not just in metaphor, but in history?
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James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
