VD wasn't the original, not even close. Peter Kolosimo had best sellers on the same subject years earlier, as did others.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts
TIL. I remember my parents had von Däniken books. I, on the other hand, was deeply into Isaac Asimov, both his fiction and non-fiction. He was a pretty good debunker.
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TIL. I remember my parents had von Däniken books. I, on the other hand, was deeply into Isaac Asimov, both his fiction and non-fiction. He was a pretty good debunker.