Colavito posits that the belief aliens visited Earth in ancient times originates from works by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft; he investigates his works and impact, along with early scientific, pseudoscientific, and science fiction influences on him. In addition to other writers perpetuating the alien myth since the 1920s, he investigates the "UFO craze" in the US and France, and works by Erich von Däniken, Robert Temple, Robert Bauval, Graham Hancock, Zecharia Sitchin, and others, while exploring the effects of this propagation on people's views about science. Colavito is a freelance writer and editor. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)