Season 14's "Islands of Fire" asks whether Hawaii's remote volcanic islands served as an extraterrestrial outpost, drawing on native Hawaiian traditions that trace ancestry to the Akua—beings from the Pleiades star system. Ancient astronaut theorists, including those who appear in the episode, suggest the islands' extreme isolation made them an ideal "terrestrial laboratory" for engineering human species, while the volcanic activity of peaks like Mauna Kea—said to be the remnant of a lost continent called Lemuria—could generate enough energy to create portals through space and time. The episode points to modern UFO sightings, tiki carvings that some interpret as Grey aliens, and the annual Pleiades harvest celebrations as evidence that Hawaii remains a hotspot for otherworldly contact, with tribal elder Kimokeo Kapahulehua representing indigenous voices expecting the sky people's return.
Mainstream anthropology and geology offer different explanations: the Pleiades appear in countless cultures' mythologies simply because the star cluster is visually prominent during agricultural seasons, making it a natural celestial marker for harvest timing. Lemuria itself originated as a discredited 19th-century hypothesis to explain lemur distribution before plate tectonics was understood, and geologists confirm the Hawaiian islands formed from undersea volcanic hotspots over millions of years with no evidence of sunken continents. Still, the episode engages genuinely with how isolated Polynesian navigators encoded sophisticated astronomical knowledge into their oral traditions, and Hawaii's dramatic volcanic landscapes do raise interesting questions about why certain places become sacred across generations.
Aramu Muru / Gate of the Gods
Peru · Pre-Inca / Inca
T-shaped doorway carved from solid rock is a stargate or interdimensional portal
Big Island Lava Tubes
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue that the extensive lava tube system beneath the Big Island — some tubes stretching 25 miles — served as refuge and hidden bases for Lemurian survivors after their war with Atlantis, and that extraterrestrial cloaking technology conceals secret doorways within them; people have reportedly encountered strange beings inside. Geologists identify these as natural lava tubes formed by channelized basaltic lava flows over hundreds of thousands of years, with no evidence of artificial modification or hidden chambers.
Hawaii
United States · Native Hawaiian
Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry to beings from the Pleiades star system called the Akua. The show suggests that Hawaii's volcanic activity could produce portals through space and time, potentially attracting extraterrestrial visitors to these islands.
Kīlauea
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue that Kīlauea's position at 19.5 degrees north latitude — shared with the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, Easter Island, and Olympus Mons on Mars — reflects a sacred geometric pattern pointing to cosmic energy portals used by extraterrestrials for interplanetary travel. Volcanologists classify Kīlauea as one of the world's most active volcanoes, driven by the Hawaiian mantle hot spot, with its latitude being an incidental result of Pacific tectonic plate movement.
Marquesas Islands
France · Polynesian (Rapa Nui)
Theorists argue the Marquesas Islands are the ancestral homeland indicated by the seven seaward-facing moai at Ahu Akivi, and that the goggle-eyed tiki figures there depict actual extraterrestrial visitors who also appeared on Easter Island. Mainstream Polynesian archaeology regards the Marquesas as a key dispersal point for Polynesian settlement across the Pacific, including the likely settlement of Easter Island around 1200 CE.
Mauna Kea
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on Earth measured from its oceanic base and is the central geological feature of the lost continent of Lemuria, making it a sacred site where native Hawaiians gather to welcome returning star visitors from the Pleiades. Mainstream geology confirms Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to summit when measured from the ocean floor, but attributes its formation entirely to the Hawaiian hot spot volcanic process over hundreds of thousands of years.
Mauna Loa
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue that Mauna Loa's precise location at 19.47 degrees north latitude — corresponding to the vertices of a star tetrahedron inscribed in a sphere and mirrored by major volcanic features on Mars and Jupiter — indicates a geometrically significant cosmic energy hot spot that could function as a portal for interplanetary or intergalactic travel. Geologists describe Mauna Loa as the world's largest active shield volcano, formed by the Hawaiian hot spot, with no connection to planetary geometry or portals.
Menehune Ditch (Kīkīaola)
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue the Menehune Ditch is anomalously old, pre-dating the Hawaiians, and was constructed by extraterrestrial hybrid dwarf beings to channel fresh water using advanced technology. Mainstream archaeologists note it is an impressive pre-contact irrigation aqueduct, though its precise dating and builders remain debated; its dressed-stone construction is unusual for Hawaii.
Menehune Fishpond (Alekoko Fishpond)
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue that the Menehune Fishpond's massive 900-foot enclosure wall was built in a single night by extraterrestrial hybrid beings called menehune, created by the akua as a servant race, and pre-dates Hawaiian civilization. Mainstream archaeology identifies it as a traditional Hawaiian aquaculture structure built by skilled laborers, likely between 1000–1700 CE, with the menehune legends reflecting folk memory of earlier Polynesian inhabitants.
Pu'u Loa Petroglyph Field
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue the petroglyphs at Pu'u Loa, particularly concentric-circle motifs, are portal symbols identical to those found in the American Southwest and on Easter Island, and that they document an ancient extraterrestrial presence and interdimensional gateway. Mainstream archaeology interprets the more than 23,000 petroglyphs as sacred markings left by native Hawaiians over many centuries, associated with births, spiritual power, and community identity.
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists argue the tiki statues at Honaunau depict two distinct extraterrestrial races — the akua (tall, headdressed creator beings from the Pleiades) and the menehune (Grey alien-like servant hybrids created through genetic experimentation). Mainstream archaeology identifies these wooden ki'i akua as sacred effigies of Hawaiian deities placed around the Hale o Keawe heiau, carved by native Hawaiian craftsmen and associated with the royal and religious functions of the pu'uhonua (place of refuge).
Star Visitor Sanctuary, Pahoa
United States · Native Hawaiian
Theorists and Hawaiian nobles argue that the Star Visitor Sanctuary, established on lava fields at Pahoa in 2014, sits on a portal energy point and has already attracted extraterrestrial visitors in the form of light orbs, representing the return of the Pleiadian star ancestors of the Hawaiian people. The sanctuary is a privately established cultural and spiritual site with no mainstream scientific validation of anomalous activity.