Giorgio A. Tsoukalos

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (; Greek: Γεώργιος Τσούκαλος; born 1978) is an American writer, and television presenter and producer. He is a ufologist and a promoter of the ancient astronauts hypothesis. He is host and producer of Ancient Aliens, a History Channel series.

Career

Tsoukalos is of Greek-Swiss heritage. He is a 1998 graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, with a bachelor's degree in Communications. From 1999 to 2007, he worked as a promoter of IFBB-sanctioned bodybuilding contests, including Mr. Olympia. He was lead promoter and contest director of the IFBB San Francisco Pro Grand Prix from 2001 to 2005.

Since 2002, Tsoukalos has appeared in programs broadcast by Travel Channel, History Channel, Syfy, and National Geographic. He was the editor of Legendary Times magazine from 1999 to 2008. He is a co-executive producer of Ancient Aliens, and he has appeared in more than 200 episodes since 2009. He presented and co-produced the 2014 H2 series In Search of Aliens.

Ancient Aliens meme

Tsoukalos's appearances in Ancient Aliens inspired a meme highlighting his unusual hairstyle overlaid with the caption: "I'm not saying it was aliens … but …" Variations of the meme were uploaded by users as early as November 2010. According to Dictionary.com, the meme mimicked "the tone of conviction used by Tsoukalos to present unfounded far-fetched pseudo-logic as fact."

In a 2015 Reddit AMA, Tsoukalos said he loved the meme, adding "it's a great honor to have been embraced" by Internet users. During a 2016 appearance on CNN Philippines, Tsoukalos's "meme-ification" was discussed at length. A partial transcript of the interview was later published online as "Meet the Hair Guy from Ancient Aliens."