Ancient Astronauts

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The Impossible Archive

Eddie Guimont & Bill Black

14 episodes

2 days ago

Historians grapple with The Weird.

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Historians grapple with The Weird.

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Ancient Astronauts

The Impossible Archive

1 hour 7 minutes 4 seconds

3 years ago

Ancient Astronauts

Bill and Eddie unpack the "ancient astronaut" theory popularized by Erich von Däniken. Why do so many people want to attribute the Pyramids or Teotihuacan to long-ago extraterrestrials? Tangents include: Nazi ghostwriters, cargo cults, and Superman.

They focus on the 1973 TV special In Search of Ancient Astronauts (narrated by Rod Serling), and also touch on the 1976 TV special Mysteries of the Gods (starring William Shatner).

LINKS:

In Search of Ancient Astronauts (1973): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJd756bz2Ak

Mysteries of the Gods (1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJl4O2CALbk

Transcript of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Lawrence Kasdan (1978): http://maddogmovies.com/almost/scripts/raidersstoryconference1978.pdf