I’m just happy you’re not citing Erich Von Däniken’s legitimately racist garbage.
I did not reference Erich von Däniken because, as I have explained in detail in a previous post within this thread, I do not support the Ancient Astronaut theory. While I consider it possible that some anomalous aerial phenomena observed in ancient times — such as the so-called “fiery shields” described by the Romans — might have been spacecraft or probes of extraterrestrial origin, I do not believe that extraterrestrials made direct contact with ancient civilizations, taught them astronomy and mathematics, and were worshiped as gods. Furthermore, I believe that alien visitation to earth started to become regular only from the end of the 19th century onwards, and that ancient visitations were quite rare, perhaps occurring only once every century or so. Since there was no direct contact between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials, the “Chariots of the Gods” should not be interpreted as genuine alien craft.