Well... Let's say he led a long and productive life. May his cranky ideas disappear in the abyss of history alongside other types of pseudoscience.

I read Chariots of the Gods when I was around 13, and then had the pleasure of hearing Isaac Asimov (who lived not far from us, and occasionally spoke or did readings at local venues) poke some fun at VonD.

I guess those Egyptians did build their own pyramids after all. And the Nazca Lines weren't really an extraterrestrial airstrip. And the sarcophagus of Palenque isn't really depicting an alien sitting atop a rocket.

In recent years I had read that VonD had gotten the basic idea for CotG from HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Enough said.

Edited January 12Jan 12 by TheVat

This movie caused some heated debates in my youth.

Воспоминания о будущем (1970)

I was firmly in the sceptics' camp.

Saaw CotG in the late 70s ( my teens ).

Sure, I was a skeptic also.
But it did make me think.

Thank you E VD.

9 hours ago, Otto Kretschmer said:

May his cranky ideas disappear in the abyss of history alongside other types of pseudoscience.

I rather suspect that the opposite might happen - he’ll become a bit of a legend in…well…let’s call it “certain circles”. Somewhat similar to what happened to Tesla.