Talbot, speech, Las Vegas Jan 2012 Because Velikovsky had made this seemingly preposterous claim that the planet Venus appeared in the sky as a great comet, I kept my eye out for that particular question all the time, and I can only say that not only I but all who have seriously investigated this question with the kind of open mind that is required, have concluded exactly the same thing. Velikovsky was simply and undeniably correct in saying that the planet Venus was a terrifying Great Comet, the parent of comets. ... And then there was this catastrophic event that brought the age of the gods to its violent conclusion. And what was the power that appeared in the sky in the intervening phase of history? It was a dragon like form, the celestial dragon. What is most significant about this form is that when you investigate it under the rules of cross-cultural investigation, you find that every ancient hieroglyph or symbol relating to the dragon-form within the c u l t u r a l t r a d i t i o n s y o u ' r e investigating, is a symbol of the comet. The long flowing hair, long flowing beard, long flowing feathers, serpentine form, fiery countenance, fiery breath, all are symbols of the comet. Don't believe this was an accident. .... and on.