Erich
von
Däniken,
born
on
April
14th,
1935
in
Zofingen,
Switzerland.
During
his
formative
years
at
the
renowned
Collège
St-Michel
in
Fribourg,
Switzerland,
Erich
von
Däniken
immersed
himself
in
ancient
holy
writings
and
unsolved
archaeological
puzzles.
As
a
young
gastronome,
he
began
writing
topic-related
articles
before
eventually
authoring
his
international
best
seller
Chariots
of
the
Gods.
Erich
von
Däniken
has
held
countless
lectures
and
discussions
at
public
forums
and
educational
institutions.
His
40
books
have
sold
over
67
million
copies
and
have
been
translated into 32 languages.
His
bestselling
books,
Chariots
of
the
Gods
and
Mysteries
of
the
Gods
have
inspired
two
documentary
films.
The
Baden-Baden-based
television
station
Sudwestrundfunk
filmed
a
three-
part documentary on Erich von Däniken’s works.
In
1993,
Erich
von
Däniken
moderated
a
25-part
television
series
on
SAT-I.
Its
success
kept
it
in
broadcast twice a month for a whole year.
In
1996,
the
US
television
network
ABC
produced
a
$1.2
million
dollar
documentary
with
Erich
von
Däniken.
The
German
station
RTL
broadcast
the
film
throughout
Europe
that
the
same
year.
With
4.57
million
viewers,
the
show
reached
the
highest
audience
rating
on
every
channel.
In
total,
69%
of
the
viewers
were
under
50
years
of
age.
Even
the
rerun
event
on
May
1,
1997
attracted
3.17
million
viewers.
The
world’s
largest
public
broadcaster,
ARD,
produced
a
1998
documentary
about
Erich
von
Däniken
and
in
February
of
2001,
the
British
television
station
Twenty-Twenty
also
made
a
biography
about
Erich
von
Däniken.
It
was
first
broadcast
on
Channel
4
and
has
since
travelled
throughout
the
world.
In
2009,
the
US
television
channel
History
began
a
groundbreaking
series
about
Erich
von
Däniken’s
hypotheses
entitled
Ancient
Aliens.
The
series
received
the
highest
audience
rating
History
has
ever
received.
This
success
launched
continued
filming
and
by
March
of
2016,
this
series
will
boast
a
total
of
120
shows
while
running
in
many
languages
throughout
the
world.
Starting
in
February
of
2011,
Erich
von
Däniken
has
written
a
regular
column
for
the
Swiss
newspaper
Blick
am
Abend.
By
March
of
2016,
128
columns
will
have
been
published
and
the
series is planned to continue.
Honours
Erich
von
Däniken
has
received
many
honours
throughout
the
years.
Including
an
honorary
doctorate
(Dr.h.c.)
from
the
University
of
Bolivia
(1975),
as
well
as
honorary
citizenship
from
the
city
of
Nazca,
which
gained
notoriety
through
its
mysterious
lines
and
carvings.
In
the
fall
of
1987,
he
became
an
honorary
member
of
the
Cordon
bleu
du
Saint-Esprit
order
together
with
the
German
astronaut
Ulf
Merbold.
Erich
von
Däniken
received
the
Premio
Lourenço
Filho
in
gold
and
platinum
in
Brazil.
(Lurenço
Filho
was
a
Brazilian
educator
comparable
to
the
Swiss
Heinrich
Pestalozzi).
In
2004,
the
World
Explorer’s
Club
awarded
Erich
von
Däniken
with
the
World
Explorer
Prize.
The
ceremony
was
held
at
the
University
of
Lodz
in
Poland.
On
April
8,
2013,
the
Brazilian
metropolis
of
Curitiba
honoured
Erich
von
Däniken
for
his
entire
body of work on unsolved mysteries from the past.
And the science...
Year
after
year,
Erich
von
Däniken’s
ideas
gain
more
momentum
in
scientific
circles.
For
example,
the
Nobel
Prize
holder
Francis
Crick
published
a
book,
Life
Itself
(Piper
Verlag),
where
he
states
“Life
on
earth
began
in
the
form
of
micro-
organisms
that
were
sent
into
space
towards
Earth
by
a
higher
civilisation
billions
of
years
ago
with
an
unmanned rocket.”
Together
with
the
mathematics
genius
Nalin
Chandra
Wickramasinghe,
the
world-famous
British
astrophysicist
Sir
Fred
Hoyle
published
the
work
Evolution
from
Space
(Ullstein-Verlag),
where
the
scientists
support
the
idea
that
life
was
not
created
on
earth
and
Darwinian
theories
should
be
amended.
In
reality,
mutations
came
from
intelligent
lifeforms
from
space.
Erich
von
Däniken
initially
proposed
these
same
ideas
in
his
1977
work According to the Evidence (Chapter 5).
In
the
Journal
of
the
British
Interplanetary
Society,
No.
36,
Dr.
Robert
A.
Freitas
from
the
Xenology
Research
Institute
(Sacramento,
California)
suggested
a
new
research
project
by
the
name
of
SETA.
In
contrast
to
the
existing
project
SETI
(Search
for
Extra-terrestrial
Intelligence),
SETA
(Search
for
Extra-terrestrial
Artefacts)
would
research
evidence
of
extra-terrestrials
in
our
solar
system.
This
is
the
precisely
what
Erich
von
Däniken has done for 50 years.
The
Russian
scientist
Dr.
Vladimir
V.
Rubtsov
suggested
in
1980
at
a
symposium
in
Kaliga
that
a
new
branch
of
science
by
the
name
of
Palaeovisitology
be
created.
This
new
field
describes
extra-terrestrial
visits
in
geological
and
prehistoric times.
At
the
33rd
conference
of
the
International
Astronautical
Federation,
held
in
Paris
from
September
27
to
October
2,
1982,
Dr.
Michael
Papagiannis,
astronomer
at
the
Boston
University
suggested
searching
for
traces
of
extra-terrestrial
intelligence
in
the
asteroid
belt:
“We
would
look
pretty
stupid
to
future
generations
if
we
would
continue
to
search
for
extra-terrestrial
civilisations
on
far-distant
stars
while
the
answer
could
be
found here directly in our solar system.”
In
1985,
the
first
scientific
anthology
about
Erich
von
Däniken’s
topics
appeared
(Aus
Den
Tiefen
Des
Alles
-
From
the
Depths
of
Space
-
Grabert/Hohenrain-Verlag).
The
following
scientists provided contributions for this:
-Dr.
Luis
Navia,
Philosophy
Professor
at
the
New
York Institute of Technology, New York, USA
-Dr.
Philip
A.
Ianna,
Astronomy
Professor
at
the
University of Virginia, USA
-Dr.
Harry
O.
Ruppe,
Aerospace
Engineering
Professor at the Technical University Munich
-Prof.
Dr.
Sir
Fred
Hoyle,
Astrophysics
Professor,
Great Britain
-Dr.
Francis
H.C.
Crick,
Nobel
Prize
holder
and
Microbiology Professor, San Diego
-Dr.
Dileep
Kumar
Kanjilal,
Sanskrit
Professor
at
the Calcutta Sanskrit College, Calcutta, India
In
the
meantime,
hundreds
of
book
titles
about
Erich
von
Däniken’s
ideas
exist
throughout
the
world
by
a
multitude
of
authors.
Countless
television
series
and
films
are
based
on
his
thoughts, such as Stargate and Prometheus.
In
general
it
can
be
concluded
that
despite
criticism
from
conservative
chairs,
the
science
community
is
warming
up
to
Erich
von
Däniken’s
ideas
more
and
more.
Erich
von
Däniken
is
already
no
longer
capable
of
fulfilling
the
countless
requests for lectures and discussions.
That
is
why
Erich
von
Däniken
holds
more
and
more
lectures
in
closed
societies
like
the
Lions,
the
Kiwanis,
the
Rotarians,
international
corporations,
banks
and
lodges.
The
Masonic
Grand
Lodge
Grande
Oriente
Do
Parana
honoured
Erich
von
Däniken
in
April
of
2013
for
his
courageous
life’s
work in the city of Curitiba/Brazil.
Erich
von
Däniken
is
a
member
of
the
Swiss
Pen-
Club
and
the
Swiss
Writer's
Guild.
He
is
a
co-
founder
of
the
association
for
Archaeology,
Astronautics
and
SETI
(AAS),
a
non-profit
association
that
deals
with
his
topics.
He
also
founded
the
Mystery
Park
in
Interlaken,
Switzerland
and
wrote
all
the
texts
for
it.
(Today:
Jungfrau-Park
).
In
June
2018
EvD
was
the
Special-Guest
at
the
AlienCon
in
Pasadena,
USA.
This
gigantic
3-day-
convention
was
produced
by
the
US
History
Channel.
As
„Godfather
of
Ancient
Alien
Theory“
Erich
von
Däniken
was
welcomed
by
24
000
fans
with Standing Ovations.
Voices
from
the
science
world
about
Erich
von
Däniken's theories:
"
Erich
von
Däniken's
hypothesis
will
have
an
increasing
effect
on
society,
science,
literature
and
art.
Furthermore,
he
contributes
to
the
solution
to
terrestrial
problems.
The
search
for
extraterrestrial
intelligence
is
a
concern
that
affects
all
of
humanity."
(Dr.
Vladimir
Avinsky,
Geologist,
Kuibyschew,
Russia)
"This
theory
throws
more
light
on
the
gathered
documents
about
early
human
history
than
some
other
explanatory
hypotheses.
With
this
you
have
an
extraordinary
tool
in
your
hands
and
you
can
detect
the
common
theme
throughout
the
confusing
labyrinth
of
human
development
on
this
planet."
(Dr.
Luis
E.
Navia,
Professor
for
Philosophy,
New
York Institute of Technology)
"It
is
possible
that
extra-terrestrials
visited
our
home planet in the past."
(Dr.
Harry
O.
Ruppe,
Professor
for
Aerospace
Technology, TU Munich)
"Throughout
the
entire
history
of
the
Earth
and
life
up
to
the
time
of
historical
records,
the
traces
of
extra-terrestrial
intelligence
on
our
planet
are
clear.
It
is
a
great
task
to
detect
the
true
backgrounds
of
countless
historical
puzzles
and
to
reconsider
the
early history of humanity."
(Dr.
Johannes
Fiebag,
Geologist,
Bad
Neustadt,
Germany)
“Old
Indian
texts
clearly
prove
that
the
Earth
was
visited
and
influenced
by
extraterrestrials
in
the
distant past.”
(Prof.
Dr.
Dileep
Kumar
Kanjilal,
Professor
for
Sanskrit
and
Indology
at
the
Sancrit
College,
Calcutta, India )
*****
Erich
von
Däniken
receives
up
to
400
emails
a
day
–
plus
faxes
and
letters
–
because
of
this
amount,
he
is
not
able
to
answer
all
writings
and
questions
personally.
We
thank
you
for
your understanding.
Biography of Erich von
Däniken
EvD in Puma Punku
(Picture from T. Ingold)