Another conspiracy theory, this one is being pushed on Netflix.

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3. I remember when the 'History,' 'Discovery' and 'Nature' channels dealt with reality and fact.

A good friend teaches Art History at the local University, one of his areas of expertise is ancient Mesoamerican art. He's had a lot of students cite von Däniken in their research papers. He's been forced to expressly prohibit citing such "sources" in his course syllabus, yet every year he has to reject papers for citing these junk sources.