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ancient astronauts

ancient astronauts is the plural of ancient astronaut.

Meaning of ancient astronaut

Noun

ancient astronaut (plural ancient astronauts)

  1. Any of the extraterrestrial beings that, according to the pseudoscientific belief of paleocontact, visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human culture, technology, or religion.
    • Is it possible for scientists to demonstrate that ancient astronauts have ever been here? No.2001, Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins, Sidney Harris, Quantum leaps in the wrong direction: where real science ends-- and pseudoscience begins, Joseph Henry Press, page 58
    Synonyms:
    ancient alien

Questions about ancient astronauts

What is ancient astronauts the plural of?
Ancient astronauts is the plural of ancient astronaut.

Words near ancient astronauts in the dictionary

  1. anciens régimes
  2. ancient
  3. ancient alien
  4. Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles
  5. ancient astronaut
  6. ancient astronauts
  7. Ancient Chinese
  8. Ancient Church of the East
  9. ancient document
  10. ancient documents
  11. Ancient Egypt

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