Publisher of the Mysterious World books,
Doug Elwell, discussed his research on Planet X, as well as the ancient evidence for giants, and riddles of the Sphinx. He believes that during Planet X's first pass, the Earth was moved into its current orbit, closer to the sun than it was originally. Subsequently, when Planet X enters the inner solar system around every 2,000 years, it only comes as far as the asteroid belt, but it scatters a lot of asteroids around, and some of these impact Earth, he stated. One of these Planet X-related asteroids may have caused the destruction of the ancient Sumerian empire, he added. Elwell said there are numerous coded references to Planet X in the Bible, such as the trumpet judgments in Revelation, as well as in the Genesis flood narrative; he also contends that the Star of Bethlehem was actually Planet X.
The dire prophecies of Revelation may relate to Planet X's next arrival-- it could come closer to the Earth than previous passes if its path is perturbed when it passes Jupiter or Saturn, he said. Regarding giants, Elwell suggested they were designed by the fallen angels, who used them as an army in their battle to retake the throne of heaven. He also theorized that buried underneath the Sphinx in Egypt is an ancient technological artifact from the world before the flood. Referred to by Cayce as the Hall of Records, the artifact is a stone such as a sapphire, which can hold massive amounts of data, and function as a powerful weapon, he continued, adding that according to his interpretation of prophecy, it will eventually be recovered by the Antichrist and used to conquer the world.
Biography:
By night, he is the publisher of Mysterious World, an online journal dedicated to travel, history and ancient mysteries of the world.
Interested in travel, history, and ancient mysteries, Doug started Mysterious World in 1998 in order to develop the previously unexplored "mysterious travel" niche of the travel industry. Mysterious World: Ireland is the first book in the Mysterious World Travel Guides series, and Doug's first book.
Wikipedia
The Nibiru cataclysm is a supposed disastrous encounter between the Earth and a large planetary object (either a collision or a near-miss) which certain groups believe will take place in the early 21st century. Believers in this doomsday event usually refer to this object as Planet X or Nibiru. The idea that a planet-sized object could collide with or pass by Earth in the near future is not supported by any scientific evidence and has been rejected as pseudoscience by astronomers and planetary scientists.
The idea was first put forward in 1995 by Nancy Lieder, founder of the website ZetaTalk. Lieder describes herself as a contactee with the ability to receive messages from extra-terrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system through an implant in her brain. She states that she was chosen to warn mankind that the object would sweep through the inner Solar System in May 2003 (though that date was later abandoned) causing Earth to undergo a pole shift that would destroy most of humanity. The prediction has subsequently spread beyond Lieder's website and has been embraced by numerous Internet doomsday groups, most of which linked the event to the 2012 phenomenon. Although the name "Nibiru" is derived from the works of the late ancient astronaut writer Zecharia Sitchin and his interpretations of Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, Sitchin denied any connection between his work and various claims of a coming apocalypse.
Zecharia Sitchin and Sumer
Although Lieder originally referred to the object as "Planet X", it has become deeply associated with Nibiru, a planet from the works of ancient astronaut proponent Zecharia Sitchin, particularly his book The 12th Planet. According to Sitchin's interpretation of Babylonian religious texts, which contradicts conclusions reached by credited scholars on the subject, a giant planet (called Nibiru or Marduk) passes by Earth every 3,600 years and allows its sentient inhabitants to interact with humanity. These beings, which Sitchin identified with the Annunaki of Sumerian myth, would become humanity's first gods. Lieder first made the connection between Nibiru and her Planet X on her site in 1996 ("Planet X does exist, and it is the 12th Planet, one and the same.").
However, Sitchin, who died in 2010, denied any connection between his work and Lieder's claims. In 2007, partly in response to Lieder's proclamations, Sitchin published a book, The End of Days, which set the time for the last passing of Nibiru by Earth at 556 BC, which would mean, given the object's supposed 3,600-year orbit, that it would return sometime around AD 2900. He did however say that he believed that the Annunaki might return earlier by spaceship, and that the timing of their return would coincide with the shift from the astrological Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius, sometime between 2090 and 2370
