> These artifacts exist. The academic experts have unanswered questions and cannot rule anything out. Could it be that our theory explains it? Ancient astronaut theorists say, yes.

I like how none of the followup commenters understood that this statement is the logical form of the entire inquiry that AAT uses and that they apply to literally everything. That's The Joke.

The follow on would be, "Given the evident uncertainty about something so important, are we morally obligated to investigate further? Do the only ones who would object have illigitimate status to preserve and something to hide?"

Maybe I'm the only one who finds their folksy harmlessness funny, but I think it's brilliant.