Today, documentaries espousing alien mythology can be found on most streaming platforms and are plentiful on YouTube. Legacy Chariots of the Gods? spawned multiple sequels, including Gods from Outer Space and The Gods Were Astronauts. The theory in the original book is said to have influenced a variety of science fiction books, films, and television series. For instance, it is considered the inspiration for the History Channel television series, Ancient Aliens. The concept of ancient extraterrestrials has been used as a plot element in television shows and movies like Star Trek (which actually addressed the question before von Däniken's book was published), Stargate, The Thing, The X-Files, the Alien franchise (most notably, Prometheus), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Eternals. See also Ancient Aliens, TV series Out-of-place artifact The Sirius Mystery Vaimanika Shastra Vimana References External links Erich von Däniken's "Chariots of the Gods?": Science or Charlatanism? by Robert Sheaffer Chariots of Lies: Did aliens really build the Pyramids? Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970) IMDb Entry Chariots of the gods Center for Ancient Astronaut Research Ancient astronaut speculation 1968 non-fiction books UFO-related literature UFO religions Books about extraterrestrial life Pseudohistory Pseudoarchaeological texts G. P. Putnam's Sons books Mythology books Non-fiction books adapted into films Books involved in plagiarism controversies Flying chariots German-language books