Rapa Nui (Easter Island Moai)

What the Show Claims

• ›Ancient Aliens proposes the massive moai statues required alien technological assistance due to their size and precision. The show speculates that the Birdman cult represented contact with extraterrestrial visitors.

What Archaeology Says

The moai were carved between roughly 1100-1650 CE by Polynesian settlers using stone tools and traditional methods. Archaeological evidence indicates the statues were moved using rope and wooden sledges, with no evidence requiring non-human intervention.