The last couple Ancient Aliens have been about the Mayans prediction that their sky/space Gods will come back at the end of this year 2012. Supposedly, it also says they will battle the evil sky Gods to help mankind.

In conclusion Gronemeyer and MacLeod suggests that il ye:n Bolon Yokte’ ta chak joyaj should be understood as “‘the seeing of the insignia/adornments of the god’ in a public display of office-taking, wherein the office is itself signaled by the attire and accessories of the god” (p 37).

As such, the 2012 reference on Tortuguero Monument 6 fades in importance and we needn’t strain our eyes and minds to make sense of a passage that probably had localized meaning to the Maya of Tortuguero Monument 6 but may not have meant much to other lowland Maya, and certainly not to humanity in general.