"ancient astronaut" meaning in English

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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Is it possible for scientists to demonstrate that ancient astronauts have ever been here? No."
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          "ref": "2002, Michael Shermer, The Skeptic encyclopedia of pseudoscience, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, page 530:",
          "text": "Although academics have spent many hours showing the errors in von Däniken's reasoning, the Ancient Astronaut notion remains alive.",
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          "ref": "2011, George Romero, The Rescue, George Romero, page 32:",
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        "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."
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          "word": "ancient alien"
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          "word": "ancien astronaute"
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          "word": "antigo astronauta"
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      "word": "ancient alien"
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      "word": "ancien astronaute"
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