Erich von Däniken
Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist (1935–2026)
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Swiss author who convinced millions that aliens built the pyramids. His 1968 bestseller Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut hypothesis into the cultural mainstream, regardless of what archaeologists thought.
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Erich Anton Paul von Däniken was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Däniken was one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.
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