"Mr Sweeney said that such notions had been challenged before in the 1950s by Immanuel Velikovsky, who was ridiculed at the time by the formidable old academic guard."

"Taking up the abandoned mantle, however, Mr Sweeney has found many of his predecessor's theories were not that far off the mark."


Oh no, a Velikovskian believer, a stubborn lot - I hope this won't generate more, "Venus was a comet ejected from Jupiter" again.