Special Edition: The Life and Times of Erich von Däniken

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Erich von Daniken is arguably the most widely read and most-copied nonfiction author in the world. He published his first (and best-known) book, Chariots of the Gods, in 1968. The worldwide best seller was followed by 40 more books, including the recent best sellers Twilight of the Gods, History is Wrong, Evidence of the Gods, Remnants of the Gods, and Odyssey of the Gods (all published by New Page Books).His works have been translated into 28 languages and have sold more than 65 million copies. Several have also been made into films. Von Danikens ideas have been the inspiration for a wide range of television series, including the History Channel’s hit Ancient Aliens. His research organization, the AASRA/legendarytimes.com, comprises laymen and academics from all walks of life. Internationally, there are about 10,000 members. He lives in Switzerland but is an ever-present figure on the international lecture circuit, traveling more than 100,000 miles a year.

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0:53.3	This is a special edition of Earth Ancients.
0:56.3	Today we are remembering Eric von Duncan, the prolific writer,
1:03.7	the father of the ancient alien movement.
1:06.9	And we're looking at his life through a number of interviews I did over the years, I think the last eight or nine years, that we spoke together.
1:17.6	I met Eric a number of times at conferences in Los Angeles, one in New York, one in Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.
1:27.6	And what a jovial and happy person he was.
1:31.5	And he really liked to hang with people.
1:33.8	He really enjoyed his fans who read his numerous books.
1:40.5	And so I wanted to play a series of interviews that I had with him and give you a sense of just how very diverse he was and his thinking process,
1:56.8	which eventually morphed into the ancient alien theorists or hypothesis.
2:05.1	Hey, this is Cliff, your host of Earth ancients.
2:07.0	And today, you look at his life.
2:11.6	He actually got on the plane and flew to these different regions, these ancient sites around the world, because
2:19.8	he was fascinated by ancient people. And in many cases, and this is to be understood, when he was
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