The original Von Daniken hypothesis was based upon the notion of astronauts visiting Earth in ancient times. Where did they go? What if these ancient ‘Gods’ hadn’t really gone away; what if these ‘Gods’ had merely changed contact policy? The missing time link leaves a gaping hole in any ancient space-god hypothesis. So, what if they had merely decided to sit back and watch us?

Many in the scientific community have demanded that Von Daniken’s claims were fraudulent in the first place. I can offer no irrefutable rebuff to such assertions. Nonetheless, I can state categorically that I have personally noted a willingness, on the part of scientists, to corrupt the very essence of scientific study in order to reach a politically suitable conclusion. In other words, the findings have to fit with the theory, rather than the theory fitting with the findings.

If a scientist makes an error of judgement, then it is simply an error of judgement. But if a scientist deliberately ignores contradictory evidence in order to create a false conclusion, then that conclusion becomes a deliberate deception. If more than one scientist participates in this falsification, then it becomes a conspiracy to deceive.

In the case of the ancients, it should be considered that the notion of rationality itself was quite different. In times when Greek reductionism would have been considered altogether odd, ancient reasoning included the barbaric notion of blood sacrifice. Just 2000 years ago, sacrifices to various gods were considered logical, and even reasonable. To many, the notion of sacrifice still is logical.

In essence, a particularly gruesome human blood sacrifice has been perpetuated to this day, through Christianity.
Christians proclaim that humanity has been saved, because Christ was tortured to death. With reasoning like this still in evidence, can we expect the ancients to have been fully rational?

I couldn't agree with you more! Having been raised in a home that thrived on theology,I started asking questions at a young age. My disection of the "stories" in the Bible were always met with answers that made less sence than the stories themselves. It wasn't until a few years ago when I first heard of Chariots of the Gods; that I realized someone else gets it. With as far as our society has advanced; one would think that clergy,scientist,humans as a whole would begin to think with an open mind. There are,in my opinion,gaps in the historical time lines. Not to mention the enormous gaps in the biblical time lines and accuracy. How can the Holy Bible be complete when man put it together? Some of the lost text has been recovered,but what of the rest? How do we know that ancient visitors were'nt mentioned. Once again I agree. If proof were to be found, the scientific and theological communities would most likely do what need be to cover it up. In their minds the old saying stands true "What you don't know, can't hurt you". How sad.

The expression that I was thinking of is 'knowledge is Power'. I cannot question why people in the UK are turning their backs on the official truths. After all, I do the same thing. And we all know that the authorities routinely lie to us. It's true that some would prefer to believe that, against all the facts, this isn't so. Nevertheless, others have come to realise that government institutions, and such-like, cannot be trusted. Sometimes these folks lie to us, simply because they can.

My wife and I have been faced with situations that appear to be akin to those of the ancients, but the ancients perceived these events to be the work of the gods. What is the difference? Whilst it is quite beyond my ability to replicate such things, I have no reason to conclude that these ‘events’ are the result of magic. Instead, I would suggest that non-earthly intelligences have a superior scientific knowledge that enables them to perform stunts that merely appear magical.

I don’t have to look very far to find evidence to support this hypothesis. After all, things that were impossibly futuristic when I was a child are now commonplace realities. And I can even purchase these ‘sci-fi’ things from a supermarket, simply by slotting a piece of plastic into a box. In actual fact, rapid change is not only accepted these days, but has also become expected. Furthermore, that change is occurring at a rate that is just as devastating to the authoritarian viewpoint as it is to the populous in general.

Alvin Toffler’s 1970 book ‘Future Shock’ was a prophetic reference to the changes that were already in the pipeline. I have referred to this 1970 book, because there has been ample time to observe the real consequences. If I follow through with this principle, I will find technologies that are indistinguishable from magic. Although I had already figured it out for myself, Arthur C Clarke’s third law expresses the situation perfectly.

If these aliens were seen as gods by the ancients, then it is bound to terrify the modern-day scientific community as much as those who follow religious belief systems. Indeed, it would appear that Winston Churchill was, himself, involved in a UFO cover-up. And Churchill voiced fears that disclosure would result in the collapse of ‘The Church’.