Ancient Aliens

For thousands of years, pyramids were the largest structures on Earth. The best known were constructed in Egypt and Central America, but others have been found all around the world, including in China, Africa and Indonesia.

In 1980, three young military men were sent into a UK forest to investigate strange lights. They reportedly encountered a spacecraft of unknown origin. When one of the men touched it, he claims to have telepathically received a sequence of binary code.

Egyptian hieroglyphs depict the use of light bulbs in tombs and secret chambers. And batteries may have been discovered among artifacts from Mesopotamia. Did the Ancients understand electricity, and if so, how did they discover this technology?

Why were ancient civilizations around the world so focused on the Orion constellation? While scientists site many earthly connections, researchers suggest this point in the night sky may have been a so-called Stargate, or entry point, for aliens.

Was Albert Einstein a genius? Or was he superhuman? Was his genius of this world, or was it otherworldly? Is it possible, as Ancient Astronaut theorists believe, there is an extraterrestrial connection to the scientific genius of historical figures?

Across the globe, archaeologists have uncovered ancient tombs filled with strange items and writings. Some believe that these tombs were designed with the help of extraterrestrials.

For thousands of years, human civilization has been guided by the words and deeds of ancient prophets. But just who-or what-were these prophets communicating with?

Hundreds of gigantic lines in various shapes extend for miles throughout a remote Peruvian desert. Some theorists believe that the massive markings have an extraterrestrial connection.

Alien abductions are not a new phenomenon. The Bible is filled with stories of abductions by aliens. Is it possible that extraterrestrials have been abducting humans for thousands of years?

A young man's spiritual journey. A controversial bestseller. And a scientific theory that threatened to change the world. Just what are the facts behind Erich von D niken and Ancient Astronaut theory?

The gods worshipped by the Norse Vikings-Odin, Frey and Thor among them-were fearsome and mysterious, but were these beings truly divine, or is there, perhaps, an extraterrestrial connection?

What compelled ancient man to move colossal stones and to build remarkably similar stone monuments all around the world? Could extraterrestrials have instructed them to build these monoliths?