While there is a famous 1993 comedy film titled Coneheads based on a Saturday Night Live sketch, Hudes’ use of the term was literal and pseudoscientific. Her "movies" on Vimeo were typically recorded presentations or interviews that presented these theories as a hidden history of the world. Statement on Former Staff Member Karen Hudes - World Bank
According to Hudes, a species of "crypto-terrestrials" with elongated skulls—often colloquially called —has secretly infiltrated high-level financial and political institutions. Vimeo Movies Karen Hudes Coneheads
: She linked this species to ancient archaeological finds of elongated skulls (such as the Paracas skulls) and argued that they have been controlling human history for centuries. While there is a famous 1993 comedy film
Karen Hudes was a former staff member in the World Bank’s legal department from 1986 to 2007. : She linked this species to ancient archaeological