3 1 ) ▁are ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁cos mic ▁horror ▁author ▁that ▁deal ▁with ▁ancient ▁al iens . ▁ ▁Stanley ▁G . ▁Wein baum ' s ▁" Val ley ▁of ▁Dream s " ▁( 1 9 3 4 ) ▁has ▁an ▁expedition ▁to ▁Mars ▁discover ▁that ▁its ▁bird - like ▁n atives , ▁who ▁refer ▁to ▁themselves ▁as ▁Th oth , ▁visited ▁Egypt ▁approximately ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁B CE ▁and ▁were ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁writing . ▁▁ ▁Wilson ▁T ucker ' s ▁The ▁Time ▁Masters ▁( 1 9 5 3 ) ▁has ▁a ▁private ▁detect ive ▁who ▁turns ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁Gil g ames h , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁surv iv or ▁of ▁a ▁star ship ▁crash ▁thousands ▁of ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Kurt ▁V onn eg ut ' s ▁The ▁Sir ens ▁of ▁T itan ▁( 1 9 5 9 ) ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁human ▁development ▁and ▁civil ization ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁medium ▁used ▁by ▁al iens ▁for ▁relay ing ▁messages ▁to ▁an ▁al ien ▁space - ex plorer ▁str and ed ▁on ▁one ▁of ▁Sat urn ' s ▁mo ons . ▁ ▁The ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁issue ▁of ▁Anal og ▁Science ▁F iction ▁and ▁Science ▁Fact ▁contains ▁a ▁piece ▁by ▁Arthur ▁W . ▁Or ton ▁entitled ▁The ▁Four - F ac ed ▁Vis itors ▁of ▁E zek iel .