The Space Gods Revealed: A Close Look At The Theories of Erich Von Däniken is a book written in 1976 by Ronald Story, with an introduction by Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...

. It was written as a refutation to the theories and evidence in Erich von Däniken

Erich von Däniken

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken is a Swiss author best known for his controversial claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, in books such as Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968...

's most famous work, Chariots of the Gods?, almost page by page.

The book was reviewed by R. Z. Sheppard in Time

Time (magazine)

Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

magazine, describing Story's book as "a coherent and much-needed refutation of Von Däniken's theories".

Release details

• The Space Gods Revealed - ISBN 0-06-014141-7 (hardback), ISBN 0-450-03370-8 (paperback).