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The 12th Planet
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The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin's 1976 book from Stein and Day, is the founding statement of the ancient-astronaut reading of the Anunnaki as visitors from a supposed twelfth planet, based on Sitchin's own reading of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform texts. Its strength for this atlas is exactly that founding, documentary role: it is the actual origin of a claim that has since spread widely in popular culture. Its limit, stated plainly, is that professional Assyriologists reject the cuneiform readings the book rests on, so it is listed here as the source of the claim, never as evidence supporting it.
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Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a popular book advancing a reading professional Assyriologists reject, cited only as the origin of the claim, never as evidence supporting it. NotesThe founding statement of the ancient-astronaut reading of the Anunnaki. Listed as the source OF the claim, not as support for it; Assyriologists reject the cuneiform readings it rests on.
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AuthorZecharia Sitchin
PublisherStein and Day
New York, 1976 first edition, ISBN 081281939X. Publication Year1976
Source TypeBook (popular)
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This source names Sumerians directly: "The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin's 1976 book from Stein and Day, is the founding statement of the ancient-astronaut reading of the Anunnaki as visitors from a supposed twelfth planet, based on..."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Mythical Creatures, 2 claims: 1 popular myth - corrected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
Popular myth - corrected
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