Leonardo da Vinci Was Just A Guy With ADHD

About this episode

The episode discusses claims about Leonardo da Vinci's alleged contact with extraterrestrials and analyzes his sketches.

Ancient Aliens claims Leonardo da Vinci was contacted by extraterrestrials, in person or telepathically, and given blueprints for tanks, helicopters, and parachutes centuries ahead of his time. Tristan and guest host Sophie Edwards ( We Have Always Existed ) walk through what's actually in the sketches. Sophie also has a YouTube channel called We Have Always Existed about gender-nonconforming people in the ancient world, and you should watch it. Get new episodes early and support the show on Patreon and Nebula! Subscribe to It's Probably (not) Aliens for weekly episodes about cool ancient history! And give us a 5-star review if you have the time. It really helps us out! Tristan Johnson Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube Scott Niswander Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube Follow the show on Bluesky or Twitter for more updates! Ask us questions and send us topics to talk about at ProbsNotAliens.com Music by Rod Kim | Cover art by Skutch | Edited by Max See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Tristan Johnson, Scott Niswander

Guest: Sophie Edwards

Topics covered

• Leonardo da Vinci
• ADHD
• ancient aliens
• extraterrestrials
• sketch analysis
• gender-nonconforming people
• ancient history

Keywords

• Leonardo da Vinci
• ADHD
• ancient aliens
• extraterrestrials
• sketches
• gender-nonconforming
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: We Have Always Existed, Patreon, Nebula, YouTube, Bluesky, Twitter, Rod Kim, Skutch, Max

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