Cometary Encounters: Flash-Frozen Mammoths, Mars–Earth Discharge, Comet Venus and the 3,600-Year Cometary Cycle

by Pierre Lescaudron

What flash froze the woolly mammoths in a matter of minutes? Was Earth inundated by water from Mars? What series of catastrophic events caused the advent of the Younger Dryas? Is there evidence to support the existence of an ongoing 3,600-year Earth-threatening cometary cycle? Was Venus a comet that made several destructive earthly flybys?These are just some of the questions explored in this book that takes the reader on a fascinating and hair-raising journey through time and space that marshals abundant evidence to show that the official view of the history of our planet, on which mainstream science obtusely insists, is deeply problematic. Rather than a uniformitarian evolutionary process, we are confronted with a traumatic picture of relatively frequent global cosmic catastrophes that profoundly altered our planet’s geologic and social landscape.Of all the alarming data presented by the author, undoubtedly the most pertinent and pressing is that these events cannot and should not be consigned to the past, but viewed as an urgent wake-up call about our possible future.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

376 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2021

Reviews

[Brett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only 236 pages, fairly large print, and a lot of diagrams that one does not necessarily have to inspect meticulously if one does not wish but still get the arguments and presentation in the book so it actually it should not take long to read normally.

I was pleased with the book, as Pierre collected a lot of updated information available in the scientific field, and some of the ancient culture writings field, although the latter was only lightly touched upon. Clear, common language was used to present more complex topics in an accessible way. I think the book needs to be included in the library of a person interested in past catastrophes that although they bring destruction, and obsolete life forms disappear, there is a creative aspect that new species seem to appear as well very often. This last point is something that is left open for a future book to examine it more.

I think this has complemented well, my other readings about ancient catastrophes, and especially related to comets, and how Venus quite likely originated as a comet before entering the solar system and has remained here. Perhaps some new data will refine the history of Venus, as well as the history of Mars, which may have come close to the earth as a result of the initial entry of Venus to the solar system over twelve thousand years ago or so, but what is presented here I think has a well reasoned argument with observations and data that makes a good start.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. The analysis of Earth's geologic history is fascinating and thought provoking. It was also a quicker read than expected. Lescaudron did a great job of keeping the science/math understandable for a lay person, such as myself.