Planet X Conspiracy Theories

Quite a few conspiracy theories come from the prophecies of David Meade and other conspiracy theorists. Three of the main theories were: that the government kept the end of the world a secret, that ancient civilization discovered planet Nibiru and had anticipated the end of time correctly, and lastly that David Meade personally predicted when the world would end through Biblical prophecy, but like most conspiracy theories, the three popular conspiracy theories about the world coming to an end provide no credible evidence; therefore, all three end of the world conspiracy theories are false.

The first theory surrounding the conspiracy of Planet X is that the U.S. government kept knowledge of the end of the world a secret from society. “Americans have a history of paranoia about what the government knows about certain things such as extraterrestrials, the illuminate, suspicious murders, etc”(Rana 1). When rumors of the end of the world began to circulate, people had a theory that the government knew the whole time. They believed that NASA and the government had been secretly doing research on Nibiru for years. “NASA had indeed been researching Planet X”, but these claims about the American government keeping secrets are simply inaccurate and based on lies (Green 1). Not only does this claim have no real evidence other than word of mouth, but there is also no proof that NASA and the American government were ever in cahoots. It’s extremely unlikely the government ever knew about Planet X, to begin with. Finally, the government and NASA both released, “blog posts saying the rumors about the end of the world in 2012 were not true”(Koebler 1). This post led some people to be even more suspicious that the government was hiding something even though it is extremely unlikely that the government was keeping the end of the world and Planet Nibiru a secret.

Next, the second conspiracy theory on the world's end is that the ancient Mayans and Sumerians predicted the coming of Nibiru. Historians have found that the idea of an end of time is prominent in many ancient cultures but most commonly in Mayan culture. “The Mayans created a calendar that marked the end of the world in December of 2012”(Choi 1). Much speculation has been made on why the Mayans believed this, but one of the main theories is that they knew Nibiru was going to collide with the Earth and end humanity. The Mayans were known for being quite advanced early on in human history, with immense scientific and mathematical skills, “They created the Long Count calendar that marked the end of a ‘cycle’ in 2012 on the same day as the winter solstice”(MacDonald 1). Historians know it was important in their culture and religion to recognize and celebrate the end of a cycle. However, they do not fully understand the extent of what the Mayans knew. This lack of evidence and understanding of what the Mayans knew and believed, along with the fact that it would be nearly impossible for the Mayans to see Planet X in orbit, and that is why this conspiracy theory can not be trusted.

In addition, the last conspiracy found that author and religious scholar, David Meade, predicted the end of the world through Biblical prophecy in the book of Revelation. David Meade grew up Catholic, “he studied religion and astronomy his whole life and believed that he could predict the Rapture or the Second Coming of Christ.”(Gajanan 1). He backed up a lot of his evidence with scripture from the book of Revelation, such as the claim that “on September 23 of 2017, a constellation would appear in the skies over Jerusalem and signal the beginning of the end of the world as we know it, which Meads says is a sign prophesied in the Book of Revelation”(Pillips 1). Meade consistently speaks of the seven-year period called the Great Tribulation that would be the end of the world and claimed that the passing of Planet X would cause this period of trials and tribulations to begin, “David Meade also used scientific knowledge and astronomy from his education in astronomy to defend his theory”(Beck 1). Although Meade had several followers and his claims were religion-based, he too has very little true evidence to support his conspiracy theory.

Finally, this lack of evidence for all three theories proves that none of these conspiracies are accurate and can’t be trusted. This example illustrates how the media twists information to make something seem true and reliable when in reality it has no real evidence. This is the cause of the many differing conspiracy theories on Planet X and the confusion in differentiating true from untrue. The misinformation involved in these conspiracy theories about Planet X has created confusion about the truth. All three conspiracy theories are false due to the lack of credible evidence.