Blame it on the aliens

OK, I admit it. Some of the episodes of this season were pretty interesting, including "Aliens and the Old West", "Aliens and Evil Places" and "Aliens and the Founding Fathers". But why do the producers blame everything on aliens??? Do they really believe that every paranormal happening on the face of the planet (our planet, that is) are caused by little green men from the Dog Star?

Egyptian zoomorph gods, the bizarre "suicide forest" in Japan, Thunderbirds, Joseph Smith's meeting with Moroni, Serpent Mound in Ohio, the mysterious disappearance of a 19th century science fiction writer, even the founding of the United States (!)...everything is caused by literal aliens in literal, mechanical space ships. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman are squeezed into the scenario, since they apparently believed in extraterrestrial life, while poor George Washington supposedly encountered aliens at Valley Forge?!

A series *seriously* investigating the real or perceived paranormal events touched upon in "Ancient Aliens" might have been interesting, even if some of the stories would prove to be tall tales. Instead, we are forced to endure Erich von Däniken's super-silly "theories" (yes, the old veteran is featured in several episodes), or watch long-debunked "mysteries" such as the Montauk monster (clue: it was a dog, but not from the Dog Star).

I'm sure the sceptics reel every time they feel themselves forced to watch the "History" Channel, but why aren't the true believers up in arms against this pseudo-euhemeristic rubbish? Talk about killing a real mystery! Just blame it on the aliens...