Secrets of the Lost Races [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONWith an impressive stack of science-fiction books under his arm, a college student walked reluctantly into my office only a few minutes after I had delivered a lecture on psychic phenomena.His face was filled with utter perplexity as he pomted to his collection of books.'Do you believe that we may have been the target of visitors from outer space?'Leaning back in his chair, he waited impatiently for a reply. It was clear he did not expect a religious or philosophical answer, or any other reaction that would contradict what he had already accepted as truth. He wanted confirmation. I couldn't give it.He was visibly puzzled. His eager gullibility had allowed him to soak up all the available information on the subject, yet he didn't feel free to advocate his new-found conviction unless he could support it with proof. But where was it ? And, what's more, could it really be found?My mind flashed back to other occasions when I had been placed in much the same position, and always my response had been the same.His questions were undoubtedly representative of the vacillating opinions in the minds of millions, for books telling of intergalactic visitors to this planet are found in every major language of the world.Enthusiasm for this by-product of the space age is limitless. Yet in our minds the fundamental questions remain unanswered.Did 'they' really visit us in ancient times?Is our technology a mere shadow of what 'they' once taught us?Are 'they' perhaps still in communication with our civilization, or have 'they' abandoned us - forever?Is it possible that the unidentified ancient artifacts attesting to a super-technological society belong to our own historical development ?Can it be that we have regressed instead of evolved ? Have we