Washington, D.C.

What the Show Claims

• ›Secret messages are found throughout Washington, D.C.'s architecture and symbols. Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest America's Founding Fathers possessed knowledge of ancient aliens and encoded this in the nation's capital.

What Archaeology Says

Washington, D.C.'s architecture reflects 18th-century European classical traditions, Freemasonry symbolism, and Enlightenment philosophy. Symbols have been studied extensively and attributed to human historical and philosophical movements, not alien contact.