Jason Wilde: From Sky Lords to Water Sages, The Forgotten Ties that Shape Civilization

Summary

Author and independent researcher Jason Andrew Wilde argues that ancient myths, especially Sumerian accounts of the sky-descending Anunnaki and the fish-like Apkallu sages, are distorted memories of real history after the Younger Dryas flood. He favors a 'survivor hypothesis' in which seafaring remnants of an advanced pre-flood culture emerged from the Persian Gulf and rebooted civilization, though he does not rule out ancient beings living beneath the sea. Wilde also recounts a childhood UFO encounter with missing time, a levitating guru in India, and his belief that UAPs are interdimensional beings.

Key takeaways

• 1Host Cliff Dunning says Harvard archaeologist Karl Ruppert's 1930s excavation of El Caracol at Chichen Itza revealed a multi-level observatory, and he suspects the Maya used lenses to produce the Dresden Codex's 584-day Venus Table.
• 2Wilde's upcoming book 'From Skylords to Water Sages: The Forgotten Ties that Shape Civilization' compares flood myths across Sumerian, Christian, Hindu, Islamic and other traditions.
• 3The Sumerian sage Oannes, the first of the Apkallu, is said to have emerged from the Persian Gulf each day to teach humanity and returned to the water at sunset.
• 4Wilde claims the Ubaid culture went from hunter-gatherers to full civilization in about 1,000 years after the Younger Dryas event roughly 11,500 years ago.
• 5Wilde says that at age eight, in 1986, he and three friends saw a 40-foot oblong craft by the Napanee River in Ontario, blacked out, lost two hours, and woke with the number 108 'burning' in his head.
• 6Wilde claims he met a levitating guru in Punjab, India, studied with him for two years, and practices a meditation technique called 'The Witness'; he believes UAPs are most likely interdimensional beings.

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You know, archaeology is fairly new. I think in the 1900s, it was somewhat launched. In the 1920s, 2010, 2030s, we had teams from various universities excavating Mayan ruins and traveling throughout Central and South America and other parts of the Americas as a whole. And we're getting some very accurate material. And I... I have to tell you, I have been pleasantly surprised by what I have found through artificial intelligence, my research into all things Maya. Hey, this is Cliff, your host of Earth Ancients, and I have to tell you, I am having a blast working with ChatGPT, Claude, and this is what's happening. They are increasing the brainpower and the reach of these tools, and For somebody who's writing a book on ancient Maya, you want to have this data. And what I'm able to do is upload volumes and books and white papers and research analysis and details. And I'm getting back just really great material. Here's a case in point. In 1930, Karl Rupert, who was an archaeologist for Harvard University, was tasked with excavating the El Caracol, which is what the Spanish called the snail, otherwise known as the observatory. And what I didn't realize until I started analyzing his research was that he took the thing apart. As they were excavating and slowly rebuilding the ruins of this observatory, he found not only extensive enhancements that were made to it, he changes our entire understanding of an observatory. Now, this isn't a simple building that you peer through holes or look out to the heavens. This is a very sophisticated, multi-level, stair-encased building. ...

Excerpt from Earth Ancients, Sep 12, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.