“A Firsthand Account of Ancient Aliens”: A Review of Thiaoouba Prophecy (first published as Abduction to the 9th Planet), by Michel Desmarquet.

 

“A Firsthand Account of Ancient Aliens”: A Review of Thiaoouba Prophecy (first published as Abduction to the 9th Planet), by Michel Desmarquet. Trans. from French manuscript (now lost) by Kay Smith. Edited and corrected by Dr. Tom Chalko, Louise Ovcar, and Manninder Sekhon (Arafura Publishing, 2004). ISBN: 0 9577882 3 1

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. —Carl Sagan (1980)

Although the opening epigraph is primarily attributed to the famous host of Cosmos, it was also similarly stated by Thomas Jefferson (1808), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1814), Théodore Flournoy (1899), and Marcello Truzzi (1978).

Then again, the famed UFOlogist, author, and lecturer, Stanton Friedman, might have countered that “an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”

As an experiencer and longtime investigator of high strangeness, UFOlogy, and the survival of consciousness after death, it is always a challenge to review and assess the veracity of books such as this one. First, there is no prophecy in the book—only recommendations from a purported higher intelligence that lives on a planet that gives the book its name. Perhaps the original title, Abduction to the 9th Planet, is far more accurate in describing the core of the book. I do understand, however, why the title was changed… abduction conjures images of being strapped to a table and having tissue and fluid samples removed from your person against your will, and the author and his supporters are clearly committed to spreading their message.

The veracity of experiencer narratives is at the center of ongoing debate in the fields in which I work, and it’s as serious a subject as any other—especially in this time of false and dangerous “disclosure” by the Military–Media–Industrial–Intelligence Complex in America. When pushing the Fear Agenda, counternarratives like this one are anathema to the MIIC, whose most vocal opponents—Eisenhower and Kennedy—are inextricably linked to the some of UFOlogy’s deepest, darkest secrets.

According to the book, the author, a Frenchman living in Australia, awakens one morning at 12:30 am in June 1987, dresses, and leaves a note for his significant other saying he’ll be away for ten days. He then steps outside and is taken away in an egg-shaped craft to a parallel universe by a group of interdimensional travelers, the most vocal of whom is Thao (whose image was the inspiration for one of Easter Island’s mysterious moʻai). They tell him he is chosen because he is not a writer (because writers, like Plato and Victor Hugo, have a tendency to embellish). 

Thao and crew take Desmarquet on a space, time, and mind-bending journey through the cosmos, focusing on the earliest history of Earth and “outing” themselves as having acted in a variety of places—at times with mass destruction—under the guise of being gods (speaking from clouds, creating illusions of angels). One example is the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Another is the 1917 Virgin of Fatima/spaceship sighting (adding a considerable wrinkle to the secret third prophecy). Those who subscribe to Ancient Astronaut theory, first introduced to a mass audience by Erich von Däniken in 1968 in his book Chariots of the Gods? and popularized by Prometheus Entertainment’s long-running series Ancient Aliens, will find the explanations for humankind’s early history to be corroborating evidence. They will also find the descriptions of sound for levitation and “ultrasonic vibratory systems” for cutting stone to be an additional pair of supportive points.  

It was surprising to me the level of violence employed by these advanced intelligences, undertaken in the name of “necessary action” to protect or destroy a certain race or population; they “assist, guide, and sometimes punish” in their appointed role as “guardians.” Although they (rightfully) speak at length about the dangers of religion, they’re in many ways like the Old Testament god of Wrath. As the author watches, they use a blue beam to obliterate giant cockroaches and red ants the size of cows that are attacking a tribe of primitive humanoids. There’s also an encounter with giant praying mantises (which sounds like a species of interdimensional being hundreds of abductees have described).  

Mixing in a plethora of advanced technologies (from levitation devices to those to help a human manage the vibrant colors and sounds of Thiaoouba—otherwise akin to the effects of DMT, psilocybin, or mescaline), history, and morality lessons (which humans, with their technology–morality gap and addiction to Materialism need), the Thiaooubans are stern and sometimes impatient. They remind me of advanced civilizations encountered on Star Trek. I have also interviewed contactees who claim similar experiences with higher intelligences. 

As to humankind’s history, the ancestors of various planetary races were on Earth 250,000 years ago. In line with several long-held theories, places like Mu and Atlantis existed, and some were destroyed by atomic bombs. Others existed long before, sending scout ships to Mars (after or during natural or atomic disasters on their own planets) and Earth 1.35 million years ago. Controversial theorists such as Graham Hancock would no doubt find the formations of the continents and the cycle of natural disasters on Earth as related here of interest. Activity on the Moon is also addressed.

There is much here to do with the Bible. Many intergalactic races eat manna. The Creation story, with some differences, is fairly intact, as is the Big Bang Theory and the concept of a Superior Intelligence/Great Spirit. The story of Jesus (from conception to early years/travel to the Crucifixion and Resurrection) may be difficult for Christians to read. The controversial tomb of Jesus in Shingo, Japan, has a potential explanation here. The Thiaooubans also tell Desmarquet that Herod did undertake the “slaughter of the innocents,” although there is no supportive evidence for it in the historical record. The sections on Moses, the Jews, and the Exodus are interesting reading and perhaps revelatory. The most salient question, however, is one of responsibility. If Jesus was an interdimensional being placed on Earth, and Catholicism and other Christian religions have caused so much war and suffering, are the Thiaooubans then responsible? One could ask the same of Sitchin’s Annunaki and the Sirian interventions in other ET intervention narratives.

The Thiaooubans speak of reincarnation and karma. There are nine planets, with Earth at the bottom (the “Planet of Sorrows”) and Thiaoouba at the top. Over the course of 500 to 15,000 years, beings ascend through them according to how they live. Once a being has reached the ninth planet, reunification with the Great Spirit awaits. The idea of numerous souls being linked in a single Higher Self (in this case nine), is one that others have also described.

Other than a weeks-long bruise on his arm that Thao leaves as “proof,” Desmarquet returns with none of Sagan et al.’s “extraordinary evidence.” Betty Hill also wanted evidence—which was given to her and taken back before she left the Zetas’ ship.

When Desmarquet returns to Earth, he begins to write the manuscript (with zero editorializing), which he completes in January 1989 (“[o]rders received which I have obeyed”). He added a postscript written in April 1993, in which he could finally express himself. I found this addition to be detrimental to the overall effect of the book. His voice is angry. He’s obviously frustrated. Through a good portion of it, he points his finger at the reader as to what you (italicized, at least a dozen times) must do, including reading the manuscript three times. This is more a lecture than an author’s explanation of their position.

In the end, stories and books like these are ultimately a matter of faith. In seeking out other reviews and discussions concerning the manuscript, those who embrace it nearly without question are in the vast majority. For the cynics, there will never be enough “evidence,” extraordinary or otherwise. For the healthy skeptic, there are several important discrepancies. I encourage you to pursue them on your own.

There is, without question, much here to reaffirm the fact that Materialism over Spirituality is a recipe for evil and many of the descriptions align with other theories. There is certainly no arguing that money, pharmaceuticals, religion, and the corruption of the Fourth Estate at the hands of a Global Elite are playing hell with humankind. The problem is, these cautionary narratives are so ubiquitous they make the book impossible to verify. For every theory that seems to stand the test of time (pyramids used as generators, not funerary chambers) there are historical interpretations in this narrative (e.g., surrounding the development and use of the atomic bomb during World War II) that run counter to what historians now are finding.

If you are interested in Ancient Alien theory, advanced technology, spiritual cycles of ascension, interstellar explanations for biblical events, controversial readings of humankind’s earliest history, and cosmological/metaphysical matters such as reincarnation, then I highly recommend this book.  

Given that Desmarquet’s original manuscript is lost, the following is of importance: “The book was edited and corrected by Dr. Tom Chalko, Louise Ovcar and Manninder Sekhon in agreement with the author. …  All changes are documented, except for spelling errors and grammar corrections.”