Extraterrestrial Culture Day Feb 8, 2022

Extraterrestrial Culture Day

Evidence of ancient aliens? Nah, more likely the etchings of a prankster hiker. Though Pueblo peoples here in northern New Mexico made pictographs in this style several centuries ago, there"s no evidence they were depicting extraterrestrials. But don"t get us wrong: We want to believe.

© Scott Warren/Cavan

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Today in History

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Feb 8, 2019A winter light show
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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Feb 8, 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Feb 8, 2026Corfu at night, Greece

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