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Ancient Astronauts (periodical)

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Ancient Astronauts
Publisher Countrywide Pub.
First issue 1975
Final issue 1980
Country United States
Language English

Ancient Astronauts (a.k.a. Official UFO Special: Ancient Astronauts) is a twenty-five issue English-language magazine that was published from 1975 through 1980 by Myron Fass's New York-based Countrywide Publications. It was devoted to, as you might suspect from the title, the ancient astronaut hypothesis, inclusive of any number of speculative claims or "received wisdom" regarding visitations by advanced spacecraft in bygone days and their influence on ancient human civilisations.

Issues

Vol. No. Month Year Contents PDF
1 1 Winter 1975 Editorial; Astro-Notes; Ancient Astronaut Book Shelf (David Huestis); "Who Believes in the Ancient Astronauts — A Study of People's Belief in the Unknown" (Howard Smukler); "Discovery of the Lost Continent of Atlantis" (Rich Mager); "The Bible and Ancient Astronauts — Old and New Testaments Reveals the True Story of Extraterrestrial Visits" (George Saxenmeyer); "Druids — Mysterious Cults of England and Ireland" (Charles Heinrich); "Man, Myth and Carl Jung — A Journey into the Collective Unconscious" (R. A. Semich); "Traveler Tales: In Search of Ancient Astronauts - Travels Through Egypt" (Steffan Alletti); "A Light of Yucatan" (Bob Smith); "Secret Societies: The Order of the Rosicrucians"; "Famous Pioneers: Charles Fort — Pioneer of Speculation" (Richard Sim)
1 2 Mar. 1976 Editorial; Ancient Astronaut Book Shelf; Astro-Notes; "Introducing the Ancient Astronauts, Parrt II" (David Huestis); "Who Believes in Ancient Astronauts, Part II" (Howard Smukler); "Revelations 666" (Will Jima); "Man, Myh and Jung: Orpheus and the Collective Unconscious" (R. A. Semich); "Great Pyramid of Egypt: Configuration of Mystery" (Rich Mager); "Stonehenge: The Giant's Dance" (Stefann Aletti); "Flying Gods: The Gods Who Wore Wings"; "Traveler Tales: In Secret of Ancient Astronauts - Notes on an Arian Experience" (Peter Robbins); "Cataclysm: Earthquakes, Volcanos, Comets and Meteors" (Richard Sim); "The Strange Visitor of the Hopi Indians: A Strange Visit from One of the Early Gods" (V. H. Gaddis)
1 3 May 1976 Editorial; Astro-Notes: The Pleiades — A Curious Fascination; "Ringing Rocks" (George Berk, August Roberts); "Ancient Rock Books" (Richard Shaver); "10,000 B.C. — The Day the Meteors Hit" (James A. Gupton, Jr.); "The Vanishing Humans" (Patricia Davies); "Mythical Animals: Unicorn, Phoenix, Dragon" (Mark Keller); "The Brooding Stones of Easter Island" (Steffan Aletti); "The Ancient Astronaut Books" (David Huestis); "Bookshelf: Daniken's New Miracles of the Gods"; "Erich von Daniken on UFOs"; "Flying Gods in Art"; "Traveler's Tale: Machu Picchu &mash; the Lost City of the Incas" (Carole Smith de Sanchez)
1 4 Jul. 1976 Editorial; Book Shelf; "Lost Technologies of Gold and Aluminum Artifacts" (Paul Allen Sheffield); "The Nephelim: The Preflood Colossi" (James Bowen); "Hitler — Unwitting Pawn of the Tibetan Masters?" (David Swanson); "The Footprints of the Gods" (Jack Bowman, Jr.); "The Moon — Home of the Extraterrestrials?" (Don Wilson); "The Desert Mysteries of Nazca Plains" (Robert Earle); "Itzam Na — The Mayan God from the Sky" (Dennis Barker); "Traveler's Tale: Journey to the Iron Pillar of Delhi" (Peter Robbins); An Exclusive Interview with Erich Von Daniken; Special Coverage of the Ancient Astronaut Society Conference
2 1 Sep. 1976 Editorial; Bookshelf (Lucius Farish); "A Personal Experience with Ancient Astronauts"; "Astro-Notes: The Raven Rattle" (Steffan Aletti); "The Bird-Women of Zimbabwe" (Dennis Barker); "The Golem and Other Androids" (Moses Ben-Eldad); "'Natural Art' of the Southwest" (Michael Cohen); "Suspended Animation in Egypt" (Ivan Boyes); "The Elves — Lost Race or Extraterrestrials" (Faye Ringel); "Another View of the Bermuda Triangle" (Michael Zaeske); "Daphne Come Back, Apollo Misses You" (David Swanson); "Traveler's Tales — Ancient Battleground of the South Pacific" (John Sullivan); "Going Deeper" (Howard Smukler); "The Flight of the Thunderbird" (Curtis Sutherly)
2 2 Nov. 1976 Guest Editorial; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editor; Astro-Notes: "The Case of the Egyptian Scarab" (David Swanson); "Erich Von Daniken's Man Friday: Life with Erich" (Willi Dunnenberger); "More Flying Deities: Pictures of the Gods"; "The Clone Makers of Egypt" (Ivan Boyes); "Spacemen from the Past" (W. Raymond Drake); "The Sons of Light Versus the Sons of Darkness" (G. J. O'Hara); "The Secret of the Loch Ness Monster" (Aldo Marloroque); "Angkor Wat: A City of Flying Gods" (Dennis Barker); "Notes on the Third International Ancient Astronaut Conference" (Richard Crowe); "Alchemy, the Forgotten Science from the Stars" (Paul Allen Sheffield); "The Extraterrestrial Links of Uri Geller" (John White); "Blood of the Gods" (Mabel Royce)
3 1 Jan. 1977 Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Letters; "Movie Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Steffan Aletti); Astro-Notes: "Strange Symbol of the Ancient Astronauts" (David Swanson); "Tuesday Lobsang Rampa: The Man Who Met the 'Gardeners of the Earth'" (John Henderson); "Mars: The Most Mysterious Planet of Them All" (Don Wilson); "Pyramids Found on Mars"; "The Case for Biological Manipulation" (Ric Lawler); "Traveler's Tales: An Extraterrestrial Vacation in Puerto Rico" (Dennis Barker); "Cathedral Sites: Power Generating Stations of the Aliens" (Mark Keller); "Swine Flu: The Head Cold of the Gods" (Marc Seifer); "Atlantis Awakening: A Bizarre Tale" (Ivan Boyes); "Famous Ancient Astronauts: Jesus Christ" (Tom Kovach); "Ancient Astronaut Map"
3 2 Mar. 1977 Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Special Report (Adelaide Cassity); Letters; Astro-Notes; "The Coming of the Crystal Serpent" (Dennis Barker); "The Serpent People: A Photographic Essay" (Howard Smukler); "UFOs and Religion: Were the Ancient Astronauts Mistaken as Gods?" (Rev. Barry Downing); "The Incredible Meaning of the Nazca Lines" (David Huestis); "Is an Alien Being Buried at Palenque?" (Jack Jones); "Ancient Astronauts Return: A Summary of Recent Japanese Cases" (Bruce A. Schaffenberger); "Leonardo Da Vinci: A Case of Extraterrestrial Intervention" (Tom R. Kovach); "The Ancient Astronauts Were Time Travelers from Our Future" (Ronald Pokatiloff); "Is Earth a Dumping Ground for Nuclear Waste from Other Worlds?" (S. G. Kuis)
3 3 May 1977 Editorial; Letters; Book Reviews (Lucius Farish); Astro Notes; "On Board an Ancient Astronaut Spacecraft" (Ivan Boyes); "The Pyramids Are An Ancient Space Communications Network" (T. B. Pawlicki); "The Saucer-Worshipping Druids" (Richard Ross Toronto); "Sodom and Gomorroah Were Destroyed by the Archenauts!" (Paul Brock); "Jesus Christ Was a Time Traveler" (Ronald A. Pokatiloff); "Secrets of the Old Ones — Contact on Mt. Shasta" (Lucius Farish); "Mormon Leaders Joseph Smith Was Visited by Spacemen" (David Swanson); "Alien Contact in Ancient Japan" (Bruce A. Schaffenberger); "Who Goes There: Footprints of the Ancient Astronauts" (Kevin D. Randle); "The UFO Sighting Over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561" (Colman Von Kevicsky); "Ancient Astronauts Mines the Earth in Prehistoric Times" (William A. Petoff) https://archive.org/details/AncientAstronautsMay1977
3 4 Jul. 1977 Editorial; Letters; Book Reviews (Lucius Farish); Astro Movie Review (Lee Frey); Astro Notes (George Earley); "The Great Martian Civilization" (Michael Cohen); "Earth Base One: Macchu Piccu" (David Heustis); "The Ancient Astronaut Zone" (Stuart Greenwood); "Starspeak: Language of the Space Aliens" (Ralph Farnham); "Spaceship Eden" (Harold Balhazer); "Mankind is an Ancient Astronaut Hybrid" (Alan Abrams); "The War of the Space Gods" (Dennis Barker); "Uniped: The Alien Scandinavian" (David Corson)
3 5 Sep. 1977 Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Special Report (David Swanson); Letters; Astro Movie Review; Astro-Notes; "The Revolution: Alien vs. Human" (Zennor Harrison Quoit); "Did the Space Gods Build the Continents?" (Michael Cohen); "Erich Von Daniken: An Interview" (James Oberg); "Martian Pottery" (Ivan Boyes); "UFOs of the Renaissance" (Jerome Clark, Lucius Farish); "The Doomsday Warning of the Crystal Skull" (Alan Ecurb); "Nikolai Tesla: The Man Who Fell to Earth"; "Hebrew Health Code: Commandments from Future Astronauts" (Ronald Pokatiloff); "Twelve Magnetic Mysteries Left by the Archenauts" (John McCrea); "Once a God, Always a God" (Richard Toronto); "How to Contact the Space Brothers" (Francie)
3 6 Nov. 1977 Editorial; Letters; Book Review; "Ufonauts Promise Instant Wealth" (Richard Stevens); "Dimension-Hopping Astronauts Helped Write the Bible" (Ronald A. Pokatiloff); "Out-of-Body Trips To Beyond"; "Poet Transported to Alien Pleasure-World" (Bud Ampolsk); "Space Aliens Bring Death to Africa" (Ann Shapiro); "Monsters: Mutants from Crashed UFOs?" (Donald R. Todd); "UFO Gave Me Amazing ESP Powers" (S. Spencer); "Ancient Time Capsule Contains Miracle Cancer Cure"
4 1 Jan. 1978 Editorial; Letters; Record Review; "Contemporary Man Reconstructs Atlantean Technology" (L. K. Barnes); "Government Suppressing Secret Autopsy Results" (Alfred H. Labatt); "Space Aliens Cloned My Double!" (William J. Webber); "Bizarre Space Children from Hidden Time Warp" (David K. Leighton); "Mothman: UFO Mutant?" (James C. Reynold); "Saint Germain: An Undying Ancient Astronaut Now Walks the Earth" (Ann Shapiro); "The Black Death: Alien-Inflicted Genocide?" (Eliot S. Cardineau); "Aliens Control Bermuda Triangle Death Zone" (S. F. Clement); "Discovered: Monster Hybrid From Alien-Human Interbreeding Experiment" (R. L. Smith); "Seven Top Psychics Probe Alien Life" (Jane Crowley)
4 2 Feb. (Spring) 1978
4 3 Mar. 1978 Cover Stories: "FLYING SAUCER CAPTURED AT KENNEDY AIRPORT. U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSING STORY"; "ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS REFUTED: UPDATE"; "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND PROOF POSITIVE: 20,000 PEOPLE A YEAR ABDUCTED BY STAR VISITORS"; "ANTHROPOLOGIST RECONSTRUCTS STAR SKULL FROM BONE FRAGMENTS"
4 4 Apr. 1978 Editorial; Letters; "Night of Animal Madness" (Stefan Spencer); "Chicago Scientists Predict Massive UFO Invasion" (Larry Garrison); "How To Tell If a Loved One is a Space Alien" (Bob Allen); "Revealed: Horror in Lumsville" (Bob Shields); "Wild West Town Destroyed by Mummified Alien" (Irwin Stevenson); "Terrifying Attacks of the UFO Vampires" (Thomas Powers); "Mysterious Special Effects Expert is Really an Alien" (Nathan Eaton); "Companion of Rosetta Stone Bears Carved Alien Writing" (Charles Steiner); "The Navy's Secret War Against Undersea UFOs" (Barry York)
4 5 Jun. 1978 Cover Stories: "FROZEN CLONE DISCOVERED IN BRONX ICE FACTORY — HISPANIC GANG TRIES TO SELL IT!"; "TERROR IN CHICAGO — UFOS PANIC POLICE!"; "REVEALED: DISGRUNTLED AEROSPACE SCIENTIST STEALS 4 SECRET PHOTOS OF CAPTURED ALIENS FROM GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES!"; "PROFESSOR WARNS: THE NEXT TIME YOU KILL AN INSECT YOU MAY BE COMMITTING SUICIDE — OTHER ALIENS WILL REVENGE THEIR KIND"
4 6 Jul. 1978 Cover Stories: "RUSSIAN DEATH RAY STOLEN FROM CRASHED UFO"; "WEIRD RADIO ENERGY BOMBARDS WEST COAST"; "FIRST HUMAN VEGETON CREATED TO LIVE ON SUNLIGHT"; "GERMAN PRIESTS ARRESTED FOR EXORCISING ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS"; "SAUCERS DUO UP IN KANSAS CITY BACK YARD!!"
4 7 Aug. 1978 Editorial; Letters; "Commando Raid: Israeli's Capture Egyptian UFO" (Mark Brand); "Air Force Rushes Mutilated Alien to Bethesda Naval Hospital" (John Perkins); "Church is Refusing to Exorcise Ancient Astronaut Spirits" (Mark Brand); "Space Aliens Have Strange Urine" (Elmer Dalton); "Decapitated Heads Are Being Used as Living Computers" (James Wynn); "Cigarette Filters are Deathtraps to the Extraterrestrials" (Bill Hauser); "Space Aliens Control Us While We Sleep" (Mark MacGuffin); "Strange Skin Blemishes May Mean You Are Slated for Space Trips with Aliens" (Larry Garrison); "Space Beings Could Be Invading Your Home Late At Night" (Garland Ussery)
4 8 Oct. 1978 Cover Stories: "HUGE OBJECT ABOUT TO CRASH INTO EARTH! GO OUT AT NIGHT AND LOOK FOR IT!! WE TELL YOU WHERE!"; "ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS INSANE? IT MAY BE THE WORK OF ALIENS!"; "ANCIENT ASTRONAUT SPACE CAPSULE DUG UP IN THE MOJAVE DESERT!"; "THIS PICTURE IS 15,000 YRS. OLD. IS THIS MAN THE MESSIAH?"; "Publisher Proves: This Magazine Is Ruining Me! I'm Losing A Fortune!"
4 9 Dec. 1978 Editorial; Letters; "Ancient Astronauts Editor in Chief in Coma! Secrets of the Universe Revealed!" (Transcribed by Kevin Goodman); "Our Plea to Mayor Koch: Let Us Explore Alien Nest Under Empire State Building!" (Jim Arthur); "Japanese Steal Modern Electronic Marvels from King Tut's Tomb" (Elmer Dalton); "Space Visitors are Impregnating Earth Women with Test Tube Babies" (Bob Shields); "Aliens Insert Subliminal Messages into Rock Record Albums" (Elmer Dalton); "Schizoid Personality Change is Due to Alien Infiltration" (Barry Packer); "Alien Janitor Plotted to Steal an Entire School" (Irwin Stevenson); "UFO Radiation Sparks Horrible Plant Mutation" (Thomas R. Powers); "German Horror — UFO Monster Runs Rampant In Helpless Village" (Michael Jameson)
5 1 Feb. 1979 Cover Stories: "SECRET HIEROGLYPHS REVEAL FORMULA OF ETERNAL LIFE: KING TUT WILL RISE MAR. 15, 1979"; "SPACE ALIENS HAVE MIRACLE CURE, WILL GIVE TO HUMANS AT CHRISTMAS!"; "PSYCHIATRIST STATES: ALIENS ARE OKAY — TRUST THEM"
5 2 May 1979 Cover Stories: "ANCIENT FLYING SAUCER UNEARTHED UNDER PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT"; "SPACE ALIENS CONTROL US IN OU SLEEP!"; "MUTILATED SPACE ALIEN CAPTURED BY U.S. AIRFORCE"; "NEW SOVIET DEATH RAY STOLEN FROM SPACE VISITORS"; "DEEP-FREEZE ALIEN DISCOVERED IN TIBETAN WILDERNESS"
5 3 Jul. 1979 Editorial; "Starbase on Jupiter Moon"; "19th Century Space Alien Buried in Tiny Texas Town"; "Can We Stop Aliens from Attacking the Army?"; "Invasion of the Cancer Plague"; "Alien Ecology: King Rat"; "UFOs Gain International Recognition"; "MIBs on Campus: The Alien Walks"; "Mankind's Future: Eternal War?"; "Aliens Caused Legionnaire's Disease"; "Why Are They Here?"; "Aliens Can Read Your Mind and Steal Your Thoughts"; "Contact"; "The Last Word"
5 4 Sep. 1979 Editorial; "Aliens Control Skylab"; "Aliens to Give Earth Stardrive"; "A New Key to Lost Atlantis"; "Return of the Green Fireballs"; "Cracking the Oldest Code"; "Aliens to Contact Earth: June 21, 1980"; "Incident Near Topeka"; "Aliens on Madison Avenue, Part II"; "The Amazing Alien Birth"; "Ancient Protector Against the Alien Threat"; "Contact"; "The Last Word"
6 1 Apr. 1980