Media1973

NBC airs 'In Search of Ancient Astronauts' with Rod Serling

When: 5 Jan 1973
Sources: 1 public source

Rod Serling, narrator of In Search of Ancient Astronauts CBS Television; portrait by Gabor Rona, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NBC aired In Search of Ancient Astronauts, a U.S. version of the German Chariots of the Gods documentary narrated by Rod Serling. It promoted von Daniken's ancient-astronaut claims, which scholars regard as pseudoscience, and preceded the In Search of... series.

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OtherRevisiting 'In Search of Ancient Astronauts' and the Popular Appeal of Pseudo-History (opens in a new tab)Jason Colavito (author's blog)

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