ATLAS

VariantEPSILON-1-17-1Sheet 1 of 5 of the dossier Reptilians

The shape-shifting elite according to David Icke

The best-known version of the thesis: reptilian beings from Draco hiding in human form, as set out by David Icke since 1999.

Summary

This sheet covers the version of the reptilian thesis that reached the general public. It was set out by the English writer David Icke, a former footballer and sports presenter, who first published on the theme in The Biggest Secret (1999). In that account, tall, shape-shifting reptilian beings from the Draco region hide in underground bases and stand behind a worldwide conspiracy against humanity. Icke later recast them as an inter-dimensional race, the Archons, which would keep humans in fear, and in 2012 he added the idea that the Moon and Saturn broadcast a holographic reality on their behalf. All of this is the thesis as its author tells it: no physical, documentary or genetic evidence has ever been produced for it.

What can be documented is the author and the audience. Icke announced in 1991 that he was a "Son of the Godhead" and that catastrophes were coming, before turning to the reptilian narrative. His books have been reprinted many times and his lectures draw crowds in many countries. The Anunnaki he invokes come from the ancient-astronaut writings of Zecharia Sitchin, whose reading of Mesopotamian texts is rejected by Assyriologists as pseudohistory. The sheet names no person as reptilian: it describes only what the author says and what reliable sources report about it.

What the thesis says

The sources show where these claims circulate, not that they are true.

  1. Thesis

    According to David Icke, who first published on this theme in The Biggest Secret (1999), tall, shape-shifting reptilian humanoids from the Alpha Draconis system hide in underground bases and drive a worldwide conspiracy against humanity.

    • Reptilian conspiracy theory, Wikipedia
      tall, blood-drinking, shape-shifting reptilian humanoids from the Alpha Draconis star system, now hiding in underground bases, are the force behind a worldwide conspiracy against humanity.
  2. Thesis

    Icke later describes the beings as an inter-dimensional race, the Archons, who would have hijacked the Earth and prevent humanity from realising its potential.

    • David Icke, Wikipedia
      Icke believes that an inter-dimensional race of reptilian beings called the Archons have hijacked the earth and are stopping humanity from realising its true potential.
  3. Thesis

    In a 2012 book, Icke adds that the Moon, and later Saturn, would be the source of a holographic reality broadcast by the reptiles that humans take for the real world.

    • David Icke, Wikipedia
      he identified the Moon (and later Saturn) as the source of holographic experiences, broadcast by the reptiles, that humanity interprets as reality

Verified facts

  1. Verified fact

    Before this theory, Icke was a footballer and sports broadcaster; in 1991 he claimed to be a "Son of the Godhead" and predicted that the world would soon be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes.

    • David Icke, Wikipedia
      This led him to claim in 1991 to be a "Son of the Godhead" and that the world would soon be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes.
  2. Verified fact

    The Biggest Secret has been reprinted six times since 1999, and the theory has reached an international audience beyond the English-speaking world.

  3. Verified fact

    The Anunnaki that Icke draws on come from the writings of Zecharia Sitchin, whose ancient-astronaut readings of Mesopotamian texts are rejected by scientists and Assyriologists as pseudohistory.

    • Zecharia Sitchin, Wikipedia
      Sitchin's ideas have been resoundingly rejected by scientists, academics, historians (including Sumerologists, Orientalists and Assyriologists) and anthropologists who dismiss his work as pseudoscience and pseudohistory.
    • Hunting Dinosaurs in Central Africa, Contingent Magazine, 18 March 2019
      Icke himself was inspired by the 1970s writings of Zecharia Sitchin
Play on YouTube (third-party content)
BBC News (2016): David Icke is questioned about his conspiracy theories. The video documents the thesis through its author's own words and the broadcaster's questions.
BBC News