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Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Mesoamerica
"Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke has for more than 20 years done a tremendous amount of field work and has carefully and with spiritual sensitivity collected these stories from the original witnesses. This book is an impressive documentation of the scope and depth of the UFO enigma."
--Hakan Blomqvist, Cofounder and Chairman, Archives for UFO Research (AFU), Sweden
Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke, author of Encounters With Star People, vowed as a teenager to follow in the footsteps of two 19th-century explorers, John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, who brought the ancient Maya cities to the world's attention. Dr. Clarke set out on a seven-year adventure (from 2003 through 2010) through Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, collecting stories of encounters, sky gods, giants, little people, and aliens among the indigenous people. She drove more than 12,000 miles, visiting 89 archaeological sites (Stephens and Catherwood visited only 44) and conducting nearly 100 individual interviews.
The result is an enthralling series of unique, original, true stories of encounters with space travelers, giants, little people, and UFOs. "Sky People" may very well change the way you perceive and experience the world.
--Hakan Blomqvist, Cofounder and Chairman, Archives for UFO Research (AFU), Sweden
Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke, author of Encounters With Star People, vowed as a teenager to follow in the footsteps of two 19th-century explorers, John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, who brought the ancient Maya cities to the world's attention. Dr. Clarke set out on a seven-year adventure (from 2003 through 2010) through Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, collecting stories of encounters, sky gods, giants, little people, and aliens among the indigenous people. She drove more than 12,000 miles, visiting 89 archaeological sites (Stephens and Catherwood visited only 44) and conducting nearly 100 individual interviews.
The result is an enthralling series of unique, original, true stories of encounters with space travelers, giants, little people, and UFOs. "Sky People" may very well change the way you perceive and experience the world.
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First published December 22, 2014
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July 24, 2016
My mom found this book in the snail mail catalog of her favorite bookseller. She could not resist ordering, and after she read it she handed it over to me. I was a bit leery since this is not the type of book I generally read. But I must say I enjoyed every page, even the ones that made me think 'oh, yeah, right'. (My husband says that here in Mexico if you want to express that thought when someone is telling you what sounds like a tall tale, you say 'Si, Chucha!'.....which is great fun to play with and has become my current pet phrase.)
But no matter what you believe about the idea of UFO encounters, this book is truly fascinating. Clarke follows the route of two explorers from the 1800's, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood. They visited the countries of British Honduras (modern day Belize), Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. Stephens published books telling about their trek and the mysterious Maya cities they had explored deep in the jungles of these countries. These books, which Clarke discovered in her high school days, inspired a life-long dream to visit the area, and Sky People is one result of her own trips in the footsteps of our two explorers. By the way, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan is available in two volumes at Project Gutenberg and will be read Someday. How could I pass it up?! Thanks to Mrs. Clarke for bringing it to my attention!
Meanwhile, back to Sky People. Besides covering territory explored in the 1800's, Clarke spent time collecting stories from the Maya of the region. Stories about UFO sightings, alien encounters, abductions, and the way this type of phenomenon relates to the history and legends of the Maya. She was never judgmental towards the people who told their stories, and her respect for their persons and their beliefs is clear. There are also bits of history mentioned, which led me to Wiki more than once and opened up new details about Mexico, details that I had no previous knowledge about. I appreciated the chance to learn more about my adopted homeland, and the chance to 'visit' ancient sites that I may never manage to get to in real life.
There is definitely magic in Mexico. I have felt it, I have seen it. So I cannot shrug off these stories. I may at times think 'Si, Chucha!' whenever I hear any UFO tales, but I do believe that Earth simply cannot be the only inhabited planet in the Universe, so it was not really so difficult to silence that inner doubting Thomasina while I was reading.
And one important note before I go. One elder Maya told Clarke that the original Sky People were quite tall and meant no harm. They never abducted or did experiments on the people of Earth. Later others came, the little three feet tall aliens that smelled bad and left people and even animals suffering after encounters. (One man's dog was taken and when it showed up again it had no voice box and was afraid to leave the house.) So if you are an enthusiastic believer who yearns to have a close encounter, remember to only show yourself if the aliens you should see are very, very tall. Otherwise, do like the shepherds do and get the flock out of there!
But no matter what you believe about the idea of UFO encounters, this book is truly fascinating. Clarke follows the route of two explorers from the 1800's, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood. They visited the countries of British Honduras (modern day Belize), Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. Stephens published books telling about their trek and the mysterious Maya cities they had explored deep in the jungles of these countries. These books, which Clarke discovered in her high school days, inspired a life-long dream to visit the area, and Sky People is one result of her own trips in the footsteps of our two explorers. By the way, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan is available in two volumes at Project Gutenberg and will be read Someday. How could I pass it up?! Thanks to Mrs. Clarke for bringing it to my attention!
Meanwhile, back to Sky People. Besides covering territory explored in the 1800's, Clarke spent time collecting stories from the Maya of the region. Stories about UFO sightings, alien encounters, abductions, and the way this type of phenomenon relates to the history and legends of the Maya. She was never judgmental towards the people who told their stories, and her respect for their persons and their beliefs is clear. There are also bits of history mentioned, which led me to Wiki more than once and opened up new details about Mexico, details that I had no previous knowledge about. I appreciated the chance to learn more about my adopted homeland, and the chance to 'visit' ancient sites that I may never manage to get to in real life.
There is definitely magic in Mexico. I have felt it, I have seen it. So I cannot shrug off these stories. I may at times think 'Si, Chucha!' whenever I hear any UFO tales, but I do believe that Earth simply cannot be the only inhabited planet in the Universe, so it was not really so difficult to silence that inner doubting Thomasina while I was reading.
And one important note before I go. One elder Maya told Clarke that the original Sky People were quite tall and meant no harm. They never abducted or did experiments on the people of Earth. Later others came, the little three feet tall aliens that smelled bad and left people and even animals suffering after encounters. (One man's dog was taken and when it showed up again it had no voice box and was afraid to leave the house.) So if you are an enthusiastic believer who yearns to have a close encounter, remember to only show yourself if the aliens you should see are very, very tall. Otherwise, do like the shepherds do and get the flock out of there!
October 23, 2018
This is the first book I've read entirely in a digital format. Can't say it's changed my life and that I'll start using the "Fire" device a friend recently gave me except perhaps when I'm travelling as is the case currently.
This is the second of three volumes of accounts given by native Americans to the author, a retired college professor and "Indian" (the term she prefers) herself. The first volume treated of stories she obtained mainly at domestic reservations. The third, I'm told, will treat of stories told by urban dwellers. This, the second, concerns itself with Mesoamericans, Maya from Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. All accounts are prefaced by the author and are followed by a brief reflection. Most of the material appears to have been transcribed from tape recordings.
Having been to Quintana Roo (NE Yucatan) several times myself, the descriptions of Cancun, Tulum and Coba held particular interest for me as did the author's backgrounding of her encounters with the storytellers, the Maya and their history having been an object of study for me since the eighties. However, given my relative unfamiliarity with Mesoamerican Indians as compared to native Americans in the context of the USA, I enjoyed the first volume of the trilogy more than this one, there being more points of cultural contact.
Generally speaking, the author merely gives verbatim accounts without making judgments herself. Indeed, judgment would be difficult. The accounts of aliens differ so very much (they come from the sea, from the sky, from the earth; they're human, they're humanoid, they're very tall, they're very short etc.) that one would have to presume many, many species of nonhuman intelligences. Instead, the author does make one judgment of sorts and this at the conclusion of the book and in explicit contradiction to the "ancient astronaut" hypothesis. And this, in keeping with the beliefs of some of the Maya, is that the Maya themselves are extraterrestrial in their origins--while allowing that there appear to be other extraterrestrial species as well.
This is the second of three volumes of accounts given by native Americans to the author, a retired college professor and "Indian" (the term she prefers) herself. The first volume treated of stories she obtained mainly at domestic reservations. The third, I'm told, will treat of stories told by urban dwellers. This, the second, concerns itself with Mesoamericans, Maya from Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. All accounts are prefaced by the author and are followed by a brief reflection. Most of the material appears to have been transcribed from tape recordings.
Having been to Quintana Roo (NE Yucatan) several times myself, the descriptions of Cancun, Tulum and Coba held particular interest for me as did the author's backgrounding of her encounters with the storytellers, the Maya and their history having been an object of study for me since the eighties. However, given my relative unfamiliarity with Mesoamerican Indians as compared to native Americans in the context of the USA, I enjoyed the first volume of the trilogy more than this one, there being more points of cultural contact.
Generally speaking, the author merely gives verbatim accounts without making judgments herself. Indeed, judgment would be difficult. The accounts of aliens differ so very much (they come from the sea, from the sky, from the earth; they're human, they're humanoid, they're very tall, they're very short etc.) that one would have to presume many, many species of nonhuman intelligences. Instead, the author does make one judgment of sorts and this at the conclusion of the book and in explicit contradiction to the "ancient astronaut" hypothesis. And this, in keeping with the beliefs of some of the Maya, is that the Maya themselves are extraterrestrial in their origins--while allowing that there appear to be other extraterrestrial species as well.
October 5, 2020
Choctaw/Cherokee author Ardy Sixkiller Clarke teaches at Montana State, and advertises herself as a UFO Researcher. This book is made up of interviews she supposedly had with umpteen gazillion Mayan people in Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. Probably wasn't intended to be a Middle Grade book, but have you ever met a 7th Grade boy who wouldn't want to read this? Having said that, she writes okay, but it became tedious and ridiculous after awhile. (I lived in Roswell for 18 yrs and had my fill of aliens, ya know?) Especially with her final academic assessment that the Mayans in MesoAmerica were originally space aliens. Well. Gosh.
December 9, 2017
Dr. Clarke’s writing style is a delight. The stories she shares in Sky People are fantastic. Each chapter is intriguing with unique tales of UFO encounters and descriptions of bizarre creatures. These accounts provide a middle American perspective on what’s going on in the realm of the little known. I am so pleased and thankful to have discovered this book. I will definitely be reading her other books.
October 19, 2024
FANTASTIC!! Great storytelling, with compelling personal stories of alien/UFO encounters. You can tell the author took great care to collect and reiterate these accounts in a respectful and insightful way.
September 27, 2018
The stories were interesting, but I would've like to have been transported to places she was, more sensory. They stories were more told more in an interview format.
December 27, 2014
"Silver Sombrero" off to the author! Goodness...what a joy-ride!
Not only did I learn about the Maya UFO/alien experiences, but I also felt I was traveling with the author to the places she went to and interacted with the beautiful sincere souls she came face to face with.
The indigenous experiences are parallel and consistent with many other non-mesoamerica accounts that I have read in other books, or listened to on youtube.
I'm proud of Ardy for her bold solo adventure as a woman. I'm a woman and I know the challenges of solo-traveling as a creature who has boobs and female genitalia--which makes me envy certain alien races as they don't have them. Imagine the relief and freedom!
I've learned from the author to pay people not "for their time" as we Americans are sickly obsessed with, but as a "token of appreciation". I will borrow and use this phrase from now on. It warms up the heart and spreads the gratitude vibe.
Ardy, thank you for giving us this unique gift,thanks to the indigenous people for sharing,and the the Sky Gods who kept you safe, showed you the way, and brought the right people to accomplish your mission.
I hope Montana State University appreciates your heart-warming books and starseed soul. I know this subject is sadly a taboo and forbidden in academia. Given you are still employed tells me a lot. Unlike Harvard University(shame on them) who chastised John Mack.
I look forward to Earth's cleansing as the Mayans and others have predicted. Only the good pure souls should survive! Enough of greedy cretins!
Not only did I learn about the Maya UFO/alien experiences, but I also felt I was traveling with the author to the places she went to and interacted with the beautiful sincere souls she came face to face with.
The indigenous experiences are parallel and consistent with many other non-mesoamerica accounts that I have read in other books, or listened to on youtube.
I'm proud of Ardy for her bold solo adventure as a woman. I'm a woman and I know the challenges of solo-traveling as a creature who has boobs and female genitalia--which makes me envy certain alien races as they don't have them. Imagine the relief and freedom!
I've learned from the author to pay people not "for their time" as we Americans are sickly obsessed with, but as a "token of appreciation". I will borrow and use this phrase from now on. It warms up the heart and spreads the gratitude vibe.
Ardy, thank you for giving us this unique gift,thanks to the indigenous people for sharing,and the the Sky Gods who kept you safe, showed you the way, and brought the right people to accomplish your mission.
I hope Montana State University appreciates your heart-warming books and starseed soul. I know this subject is sadly a taboo and forbidden in academia. Given you are still employed tells me a lot. Unlike Harvard University(shame on them) who chastised John Mack.
I look forward to Earth's cleansing as the Mayans and others have predicted. Only the good pure souls should survive! Enough of greedy cretins!
April 6, 2015
Kyle Philson host of Expanded Perspectives
-Free review copy provided by Warwick and Associates and New Page Books-
If you are interested in the UFO Phenomenon then this is the books for you. Sky People is a collection of interviews with the indigenous people of Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico about encounters with UFOs. After being influenced at an early age by explorers John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood who documented the existence of ancient cities in the jungles of Mesoamerica. My favorite part about this book is that it has dozens of stories that I have never heard of before. Some of the people who told these stories are now dead. Old farmers living in very remote areas would have no reason to make some of these things up.
Many of the stories tell about those who willingly and happily travel with the star people in order to learn, and sometimes to teach, to those who feel used or abused. It seems that fear of the visitors is a common reaction. There are a surprising number of UFO abduction stories, with missing memories and missing time, and while almost all are returned unharmed, there is one boy who went missing, and some where a woman became pregnant, but only for a few months. All in all I think it is a great book for anyone interested in UFOs.
-Free review copy provided by Warwick and Associates and New Page Books-
If you are interested in the UFO Phenomenon then this is the books for you. Sky People is a collection of interviews with the indigenous people of Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico about encounters with UFOs. After being influenced at an early age by explorers John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood who documented the existence of ancient cities in the jungles of Mesoamerica. My favorite part about this book is that it has dozens of stories that I have never heard of before. Some of the people who told these stories are now dead. Old farmers living in very remote areas would have no reason to make some of these things up.
Many of the stories tell about those who willingly and happily travel with the star people in order to learn, and sometimes to teach, to those who feel used or abused. It seems that fear of the visitors is a common reaction. There are a surprising number of UFO abduction stories, with missing memories and missing time, and while almost all are returned unharmed, there is one boy who went missing, and some where a woman became pregnant, but only for a few months. All in all I think it is a great book for anyone interested in UFOs.
December 31, 2014
Sky People is another superbly crafted book by Ardy Sixkiller Clarke following on her excellent book Encounters with Star People. In this one , the author details exploration of Mesoamerica especially in the Mayan regions following in the footsteps Stephens and Catherwood's early 20th century expedition. However unlike them, she seeks stories of contact between extraterrestrials and humans. Because of her Amerindian heritage she gets a unique access to people who are normally extremely reticent in discussing their experiences. Her storytelling skills make these encounters come alive. Her feelings for the experiencers bring you into their lives in an incredibly intimate way. As in her previous book, her contacts' experiences are described in a simple and unembroidered way, convincing the reader of the genuineness of their experience. However, throughout the book one senses the loss of the Maya heritage
June 13, 2016
I loved this book! A smooth and fun read.
I loved this book so much that I want to read it and her first one over again. She writes with such passion for the subject but allows her interviewees to really narrate the story. Though some of the lines I read seemed a bit far-fetched, I believe that it's more of a translation issue, and not a subject issue. Such a great book.
I loved this book so much that I want to read it and her first one over again. She writes with such passion for the subject but allows her interviewees to really narrate the story. Though some of the lines I read seemed a bit far-fetched, I believe that it's more of a translation issue, and not a subject issue. Such a great book.
June 5, 2015
Wonderfully done!!!
I was very impressed with the quality of the research and information gathered. What an honor to have been "living history" and even prophesied by Elders that knew of her arrival. I for one am convinced of her findings, and believe the accounts given. Thanks for enlightening us all.
I was very impressed with the quality of the research and information gathered. What an honor to have been "living history" and even prophesied by Elders that knew of her arrival. I for one am convinced of her findings, and believe the accounts given. Thanks for enlightening us all.
December 15, 2016
So we'll written
The research style Ardy conducts pushes no agenda and let's her subjects tell their story without prejudice. Whenever asked what her opinion is she always replies "well what do you think?"
The stories she presents are truly remarkable and awe inspiring. And the way she details her travels makes it feel like you are by her side. Very well done!
The research style Ardy conducts pushes no agenda and let's her subjects tell their story without prejudice. Whenever asked what her opinion is she always replies "well what do you think?"
The stories she presents are truly remarkable and awe inspiring. And the way she details her travels makes it feel like you are by her side. Very well done!
July 30, 2015
The author comes across as earnest, sincere and honest, so I want to believe in the stories she has gathered first hand from Maya people. It's an enjoyable stretch of the imagination and of the possible, in a world, a universe, a cosmos we cannot really claim to fully understand.
November 22, 2016
A winner!
You feel right at home with the author. The stories told by the indigenous people of their observations and encounters make the Maya unique in the world. A very thought provoking book!
You feel right at home with the author. The stories told by the indigenous people of their observations and encounters make the Maya unique in the world. A very thought provoking book!
March 16, 2015
This series is nothing less than the most important work to hit ufo research since Jacques Vallee's "Wonders In The Sky."
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This book is the real deal and very powerful. We are not alone and hearing others' stories of encounters needs to be heard.
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