Nazca Plateau

What the Show Claims

• ›Ancient Aliens proposes that the geometric patterns and lines at Nazca may have served as landing strips or signals for alien spacecraft. The show emphasizes the impossible scale and precision of the designs when viewed from above.

What Archaeology Says

Archaeologists believe the Nazca Lines were created between approximately 500 BCE and 500 CE by the Nazca culture through careful removal of surface stones. Modern research suggests they likely had ceremonial or astronomical significance rather than practical runway functions.