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2 Portrait of American pilot Kenneth Arnold (1915-84), taken by the photographer of the Idaho Daily Statesman at his home in Boise, Idaho. Source: Idaho Daily Statesman (28 June 1947).
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In 1947, ‘flying saucers’ emerged as a subject of public, and sometimes scientific, controversy (Figure 12.1). Since that time, a number of historians and sociologists have tried to understand the emergence of this phenomenon on the margins of science. This essay aims to raise questions about how social scientists have studied the subject.
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GERMAN:
Waren die Götter Astronauten? Diese Position vertritt die Prä-Astronautik oder Paläo-SETI, eine grenzwissenschaftliche Laienforschung. Erich von Däniken ist auf diesem Gebiet der erfolgreichste Autor. Er behauptet, dass Außerirdische vor Urzeiten die Erde besucht und die Entwicklung der Menschheit beeinflusst haben. Sie seien als Götter verehrt worden, und Spuren ihres Wirkens fänden sich bis heute - würden aber von der Menschheit missverstanden.
Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt die weltanschaulichen Grundannahmen, auf denen Dänikens Argumentation beruht.
ENGLISH:
Were our gods astronauts? That's what the para-scientific lay research often referred to as "ancient astronaut hypothesis" or "paleo-SETI" claims. Erich von Däniken is the most successful author on this topic. He is convinced that in prehistoric times extra-terrestrials visited Earth and influenced the history of humankind. Worshipped as gods, their traces could still be found today - but these traces are commonly misunderstood, says Däniken.
This PhD thesis describes the worldview underlying Däniken's arguments.
[Perspektiven der Anomalistik, Bd. 5]
http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-643-13655-8