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Official UFO Special
Ancient Astronauts
Ancient Astronauts (Official UFO Special: Ancient Astronauts) is a thirty-three issue English-language magazine that was published from 1975 through 1980 by Myron Fass's Countrywide Publications Inc., 257 Park Avenue South, New York.
1975
Winter
Vol. 1, No. 1
Editorial; Astro-Notes; Ancient Astronaut Book Shelf (David Huestis); "Who Believes in the Ancient Astronauts — A Study of People's Belief in the Unknown" (Howard Smukler); "Discovery of the Lost Continent of Atlantis" (Rich Mager); "The Bible and Ancient Astronauts — Old and New Testaments Reveals the True Story of Extraterrestrial Visits" (George Saxenmeyer); "Druids — Mysterious Cults of England and Ireland" (Charles Heinrich); "Man, Myth and Carl Jung — A Journey into the Collective Unconscious" (R. A. Semich); "Traveler Tales: In Search of Ancient Astronauts - Travels Through Egypt" (Steffan Alletti); "A Light of Yucatan" (Bob Smith); "Secret Societies: The Order of the Rosicrucians"; "Famous Pioneers: Charles Fort — Pioneer of Speculation" (Richard Sim)
1976
March
Vol. 1, No. 2
Editorial; Ancient Astronaut Book Shelf; Astro-Notes; "Introducing the Ancient Astronauts, Parrt II" (David Huestis); "Who Believes in Ancient Astronauts, Part II" (Howard Smukler); "Revelations 666" (Will Jima); "Man, Myh and Jung: Orpheus and the Collective Unconscious" (R. A. Semich); "Great Pyramid of Egypt: Configuration of Mystery" (Rich Mager); "Stonehenge: The Giant's Dance" (Stefann Aletti); "Flying Gods: The Gods Who Wore Wings"; "Traveler Tales: In Secret of Ancient Astronauts - Notes on an Arian Experience" (Peter Robbins); "Cataclysm: Earthquakes, Volcanos, Comets and Meteors" (Richard Sim); "The Strange Visitor of the Hopi Indians: A Strange Visit from One of the Early Gods" (V. H. Gaddis)
1976
May
Vol. 1, No. 3
Editorial; Astro-Notes: The Pleiades — A Curious Fascination; "Ringing Rocks" (George Berk, August Roberts); "Ancient Rock Books" (Richard Shaver); "10,000 B.C. — The Day the Meteors Hit" (James A. Gupton, Jr.); "The Vanishing Humans" (Patricia Davies); "Mythical Animals: Unicorn, Phoenix, Dragon" (Mark Keller); "The Brooding Stones of Easter Island" (Steffan Aletti); "The Ancient Astronaut Books" (David Huestis); "Bookshelf: Daniken's New Miracles of the Gods"; "Erich von Daniken on UFOs"; "Flying Gods in Art"; "Traveler's Tale: Machu Picchu &mash; the Lost City of the Incas" (Carole Smith de Sanchez)
1976
July
Vol. 1, No. 4
Editorial; Book Shelf; "Lost Technologies of Gold and Aluminum Artifacts" (Paul Allen Sheffield); "The Nephelim: The Preflood Colossi" (James Bowen); "Hitler — Unwitting Pawn of the Tibetan Masters?" (David Swanson); "The Footprints of the Gods" (Jack Bowman, Jr.); "The Moon — Home of the Extraterrestrials?" (Don Wilson); "The Desert Mysteries of Nazca Plains" (Robert Earle); "Itzam Na — The Mayan God from the Sky" (Dennis Barker); "Traveler's Tale: Journey to the Iron Pillar of Delhi" (Peter Robbins); An Exclusive Interview with Erich Von Daniken; Special Coverage of the Ancient Astronaut Society Conference
1976
September
Vol. 2, No. 1
Editorial; Bookshelf (Lucius Farish); "A Personal Experience with Ancient Astronauts"; "Astro-Notes: The Raven Rattle" (Steffan Aletti); "The Bird-Women of Zimbabwe" (Dennis Barker); "The Golem and Other Androids" (Moses Ben-Eldad); "'Natural Art' of the Southwest" (Michael Cohen); "Suspended Animation in Egypt" (Ivan Boyes); "The Elves — Lost Race or Extraterrestrials" (Faye Ringel); "Another View of the Bermuda Triangle" (Michael Zaeske); "Daphne Come Back, Apollo Misses You" (David Swanson); "Traveler's Tales — Ancient Battleground of the South Pacific" (John Sullivan); "Going Deeper" (Howard Smukler); "The Flight of the Thunderbird" (Curtis Sutherly)
1976
November
Vol. 2, No. 2
Guest Editorial; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editor; Astro-Notes: "The Case of the Egyptian Scarab" (David Swanson); "Erich Von Daniken's Man Friday: Life with Erich" (Willi Dunnenberger); "More Flying Deities: Pictures of the Gods"; "The Clone Makers of Egypt" (Ivan Boyes); "Spacemen from the Past" (W. Raymond Drake); "The Sons of Light Versus the Sons of Darkness" (G. J. O'Hara); "The Secret of the Loch Ness Monster" (Aldo Marloroque); "Angkor Wat: A City of Flying Gods" (Dennis Barker); "Notes on the Third International Ancient Astronaut Conference" (Richard Crowe); "Alchemy, the Forgotten Science from the Stars" (Paul Allen Sheffield); "The Extraterrestrial Links of Uri Geller" (John White); "Blood of the Gods" (Mabel Royce)
1977
January
Vol. 3, No. 1
Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Letters; "Movie Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Steffan Aletti); Astro-Notes: "Strange Symbol of the Ancient Astronauts" (David Swanson); "Tuesday Lobsang Rampa: The Man Who Met the 'Gardeners of the Earth'" (John Henderson); "Mars: The Most Mysterious Planet of Them All" (Don Wilson); "Pyramids Found on Mars"; "The Case for Biological Manipulation" (Ric Lawler); "Traveler's Tales: An Extraterrestrial Vacation in Puerto Rico" (Dennis Barker); "Cathedral Sites: Power Generating Stations of the Aliens" (Mark Keller); "Swine Flu: The Head Cold of the Gods" (Marc Seifer); "Atlantis Awakening: A Bizarre Tale" (Ivan Boyes); "Famous Ancient Astronauts: Jesus Christ" (Tom Kovach); "Ancient Astronaut Map"
1977
March
Vol. 3, No. 2
Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Special Report (Adelaide Cassity); Letters; Astro-Notes; "The Coming of the Crystal Serpent" (Dennis Barker); "The Serpent People: A Photographic Essay" (Howard Smukler); "UFOs and Religion: Were the Ancient Astronauts Mistaken as Gods?" (Rev. Barry Downing); "The Incredible Meaning of the Nazca Lines" (David Huestis); "Is an Alien Being Buried at Palenque?" (Jack Jones); "Ancient Astronauts Return: A Summary of Recent Japanese Cases" (Bruce A. Schaffenberger); "Leonardo Da Vinci: A Case of Extraterrestrial Intervention" (Tom R. Kovach); "The Ancient Astronauts Were Time Travelers from Our Future" (Ronald Pokatiloff); "Is Earth a Dumping Ground for Nuclear Waste from Other Worlds?" (S. G. Kuis)
1977
May
Vol. 3, No. 3
Editorial; Letters; Book Reviews (Lucius Farish); Astro Notes; "On Board an Ancient Astronaut Spacecraft" (Ivan Boyes); "The Pyramids Are An Ancient Space Communications Network" (T. B. Pawlicki); "The Saucer-Worshipping Druids" (Richard Ross Toronto); "Sodom and Gomorroah Were Destroyed by the Archenauts!" (Paul Brock); "Jesus Christ Was a Time Traveler" (Ronald A. Pokatiloff); "Secrets of the Old Ones — Contact on Mt. Shasta" (Lucius Farish); "Mormon Leaders Joseph Smith Was Visited by Spacemen" (David Swanson); "Alien Contact in Ancient Japan" (Bruce A. Schaffenberger); "Who Goes There: Footprints of the Ancient Astronauts" (Kevin D. Randle); "The UFO Sighting Over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561" (Colman Von Kevicsky); "Ancient Astronauts Mines the Earth in Prehistoric Times" (William A. Petoff)
1977
July
Vol. 3, No. 4
Editorial; Letters; Book Reviews (Lucius Farish); Astro Movie Review (Lee Frey); Astro Notes (George Earley); "The Great Martian Civilization" (Michael Cohen); "Earth Base One: Macchu Piccu" (David Heustis); "The Ancient Astronaut Zone" (Stuart Greenwood); "Starspeak: Language of the Space Aliens" (Ralph Farnham); "Spaceship Eden" (Harold Balhazer); "Mankind is an Ancient Astronaut Hybrid" (Alan Abrams); "The War of the Space Gods" (Dennis Barker); "Uniped: The Alien Scandinavian" (David Corson)
1977
September
Vol. 3, No. 5
Editorial; Book Review (Lucius Farish); Special Report (David Swanson); Letters; Astro Movie Review; Astro-Notes; "The Revolution: Alien vs. Human" (Zennor Harrison Quoit); "Did the Space Gods Build the Continents?" (Michael Cohen); "Erich Von Daniken: An Interview" (James Oberg); "Martian Pottery" (Ivan Boyes); "UFOs of the Renaissance" (Jerome Clark, Lucius Farish); "The Doomsday Warning of the Crystal Skull" (Alan Ecurb); "Nikolai Tesla: The Man Who Fell to Earth"; "Hebrew Health Code: Commandments from Future Astronauts" (Ronald Pokatiloff); "Twelve Magnetic Mysteries Left by the Archenauts" (John McCrea); "Once a God, Always a God" (Richard Toronto); "How to Contact the Space Brothers" (Francie)
1977
November
Vol. 3, No. 6
Editorial; Letters; Book Review; "Ufonauts Promise Instant Wealth" (Richard Stevens); "Dimension-Hopping Astronauts Helped Write the Bible" (Ronald A. Pokatiloff); "Out-of-Body Trips To Beyond"; "Poet Transported to Alien Pleasure-World" (Bud Ampolsk); "Space Aliens Bring Death to Africa" (Ann Shapiro); "Monsters: Mutants from Crashed UFOs?" (Donald R. Todd); "UFO Gave Me Amazing ESP Powers" (S. Spencer); "Ancient Time Capsule Contains Miracle Cancer Cure"
1978
January
Vol. 4, No. 1
Editorial; Letters; Record Review; "Contemporary Man Reconstructs Atlantean Technology" (L. K. Barnes); "Government Suppressing Secret Autopsy Results" (Alfred H. Labatt); "Space Aliens Cloned My Double!" (William J. Webber); "Bizarre Space Children from Hidden Time Warp" (David K. Leighton); "Mothman: UFO Mutant?" (James C. Reynold); "Saint Germain: An Undying Ancient Astronaut Now Walks the Earth" (Ann Shapiro); "The Black Death: Alien-Inflicted Genocide?" (Eliot S. Cardineau); "Aliens Control Bermuda Triangle Death Zone" (S. F. Clement); "Discovered: Monster Hybrid From Alien-Human Interbreeding Experiment" (R. L. Smith); "Seven Top Psychics Probe Alien Life" (Jane Crowley)
1978
February
Vol. 4, No. 2
1978
Spring Special Edition
Vol. 1, No. 1
Editorial; Letters; Record Review; "Contemporary Man Reconstructs Atlantean Technology" (L. K. Barnes); "Government Suppressing Secret Autopsy Results" (Alfred H. Labatt); "Space Aliens Cloned My Double!" (William J. Webber); "Bizarre Space Children from Hidden Time Warp" (David K. Leighton); "Mothman: UFO Mutant?" (James C. Reynold); "Saint Germain: An Undying Ancient Astronaut Now Walks the Earth" (Ann Shapiro); "The Black Death: Alien-Inflicted Genocide?" (Eliot S. Cardineau); "Aliens Control Bermuda Triangle Death Zone" (S. F. Clement); "Discovered: Monster Hybrid From Alien-Human Interbreeding Experiment" (R. L. Smith); "Seven Top Psychics Probe Alien Life" (Jane Crowley)
1978
March
Vol. 4, No. 3
Cover Stories: "FLYING SAUCER CAPTURED AT KENNEDY AIRPORT. U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSING STORY"; "ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS REFUTED: UPDATE"; "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND PROOF POSITIVE: 20,000 PEOPLE A YEAR ABDUCTED BY STAR VISITORS"; "ANTHROPOLOGIST RECONSTRUCTS STAR SKULL FROM BONE FRAGMENTS"
1978
April
Vol. 4, No. 4
Editorial; Letters; "Night of Animal Madness" (Stefan Spencer); "Chicago Scientists Predict Massive UFO Invasion" (Larry Garrison); "How To Tell If a Loved One is a Space Alien" (Bob Allen); "Revealed: Horror in Lumsville" (Bob Shields); "Wild West Town Destroyed by Mummified Alien" (Irwin Stevenson); "Terrifying Attacks of the UFO Vampires" (Thomas Powers); "Mysterious Special Effects Expert is Really an Alien" (Nathan Eaton); "Companion of Rosetta Stone Bears Carved Alien Writing" (Charles Steiner); "The Navy's Secret War Against Undersea UFOs" (Barry York)
1978
June
Vol. 4, No. 5
Cover Stories: "FROZEN CLONE DISCOVERED IN BRONX ICE FACTORY — HISPANIC GANG TRIES TO SELL IT!"; "TERROR IN CHICAGO — UFOS PANIC POLICE!"; "REVEALED: DISGRUNTLED AEROSPACE SCIENTIST STEALS 4 SECRET PHOTOS OF CAPTURED ALIENS FROM GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES!"; "PROFESSOR WARNS: THE NEXT TIME YOU KILL AN INSECT YOU MAY BE COMMITTING SUICIDE — OTHER ALIENS WILL REVENGE THEIR KIND"
1978
Summer Special Edition
Vol. 1, No. 2
1978
July
Vol. 4, No. 6
Cover Stories: "RUSSIAN DEATH RAY STOLEN FROM CRASHED UFO"; "WEIRD RADIO ENERGY BOMBARDS WEST COAST"; "FIRST HUMAN VEGETON CREATED TO LIVE ON SUNLIGHT"; "GERMAN PRIESTS ARRESTED FOR EXORCISING ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS"; "SAUCERS DUO UP IN KANSAS CITY BACK YARD!!"
1978
August
Vol. 4, No. 7
Editorial; Letters; "Commando Raid: Israeli's Capture Egyptian UFO" (Mark Brand); "Air Force Rushes Mutilated Alien to Bethesda Naval Hospital" (John Perkins); "Church is Refusing to Exorcise Ancient Astronaut Spirits" (Mark Brand); "Space Aliens Have Strange Urine" (Elmer Dalton); "Decapitated Heads Are Being Used as Living Computers" (James Wynn); "Cigarette Filters are Deathtraps to the Extraterrestrials" (Bill Hauser); "Space Aliens Control Us While We Sleep" (Mark MacGuffin); "Strange Skin Blemishes May Mean You Are Slated for Space Trips with Aliens" (Larry Garrison); "Space Beings Could Be Invading Your Home Late At Night" (Garland Ussery)
1978
October
Vol. 4, No. 8
Cover Stories: "HUGE OBJECT ABOUT TO CRASH INTO EARTH! GO OUT AT NIGHT AND LOOK FOR IT!! WE TELL YOU WHERE!"; "ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS INSANE? IT MAY BE THE WORK OF ALIENS!"; "ANCIENT ASTRONAUT SPACE CAPSULE DUG UP IN THE MOJAVE DESERT!"; "THIS PICTURE IS 15,000 YRS. OLD. IS THIS MAN THE MESSIAH?"; "Publisher Proves: This Magazine Is Ruining Me! I'm Losing A Fortune!"
1978
December
Vol. 4, No. 9
Editorial; Letters; "Ancient Astronauts Editor in Chief in Coma! Secrets of the Universe Revealed!" (Transcribed by Kevin Goodman); "Our Plea to Mayor Koch: Let Us Explore Alien Nest Under Empire State Building!" (Jim Arthur); "Japanese Steal Modern Electronic Marvels from King Tut's Tomb" (Elmer Dalton); "Space Visitors are Impregnating Earth Women with Test Tube Babies" (Bob Shields); "Aliens Insert Subliminal Messages into Rock Record Albums" (Elmer Dalton); "Schizoid Personality Change is Due to Alien Infiltration" (Barry Packer); "Alien Janitor Plotted to Steal an Entire School" (Irwin Stevenson); "UFO Radiation Sparks Horrible Plant Mutation" (Thomas R. Powers); "German Horror — UFO Monster Runs Rampant In Helpless Village" (Michael Jameson)
1978
Winter Special Edition
Vol. 1, No. 2
1979
February
Vol. 5, No. 1
Cover Stories: "SECRET HIEROGLYPHS REVEAL FORMULA OF ETERNAL LIFE: KING TUT WILL RISE MAR. 15, 1979"; "SPACE ALIENS HAVE MIRACLE CURE, WILL GIVE TO HUMANS AT CHRISTMAS!"; "PSYCHIATRIST STATES: ALIENS ARE OKAY — TRUST THEM"
1978
Spring Special Edition
Vol. 1, No. 3
1979
May
Not Stated
Cover Stories: "ANCIENT FLYING SAUCER UNEARTHED UNDER PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT"; "SPACE ALIENS CONTROL US IN OU SLEEP!"; "MUTILATED SPACE ALIEN CAPTURED BY U.S. AIRFORCE"; "NEW SOVIET DEATH RAY STOLEN FROM SPACE VISITORS"; "DEEP-FREEZE ALIEN DISCOVERED IN TIBETAN WILDERNESS
1979
Summer
Vol. 2, No. 2
1979
August
Vol. 5, No. 3
1979
September
Vol. 5, No. 4
Editorial; "Aliens Control Skylab"; "Aliens to Give Earth Stardrive"; "A New Key to Lost Atlantis"; "Return of the Green Fireballs"; "Cracking the Oldest Code"; "Aliens to Contact Earth: June 21, 1980"; "Incident Near Topeka"; "Aliens on Madison Avenue, Part II"; "The Amazing Alien Birth"; "Ancient Protector Against the Alien Threat"; "Contact"; "The Last Word"
1979
Fall Special Edition
Vol. 2, No. 3
