In the early 1960s, Chan Thomas wrote a book titled The Adam and Eve Story and attempted to have it published by Emerson House in Los Angeles. Soon after publishing the full issue, the CIA classified his book for 50 years. An FOIA lawsuit was filed against the CIA to release the book. In 2013, the CIA released a "cleansed" version of the original book (50 pages out of 240 original pages).
Why was this book classified?
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79B00752A000300070001-8.pdf
His whole series of books is fascinating. The early books were stamped something like documentary or history or archaeology. After "New Age" became popular, when they re-issued the books, they were stamped "New Age". Thought that was interesting since he was basically a linguist and historian, doing real research, using museum finds and translations of old texts in the hands of universities (but frequently correcting their translations) and putting the pieces together in a fashion that makes sense. I was so disappointed he died before I could travel to one of his lectures.
Zecharia Sitchin 1920-2010
The Earth Chronicles:
The 12th Planet #1 1976
The Stairway to Heaven #2 1980
The Wars of Gods and Men #3 1985
The Lost Realms #4 1990
When Time Began #5 1993
The Cosmic Code #6 1998
The End of Days #7 2007
Divine Encounters 1995
Genesis Revisited
The Earth Chronicles Expeditions 2004
The Lost Book of Enki (poetic) (online on scribd.com) 2001
Journeys to the Mythical Past
Essays-Of Heaven and Earth
I found them best to read in sequence, because sometimes a book will refer back to research in previous books.
Yes, and a wonderful overview you’ve written! The New Age stamp vs Historical is probably due to his translations of Sumerian Cuneiform relating to the Annunaki(?). I had heard in the past that mainstream Historians, WHO MAY AS WELL BE LABELED DS (here)...can’t have anyone with a mind straying from the narrative. -My take