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NARRATOR: Chichen Itza, Mexico. Located on the

Yucatan Peninsula are the ruins of an

ancient Mayan city that thrived from 750 to 1,200 AD. It was here, in 1969,

that Erich von Daniken had an amazing realization

involving the city's central pyramid of El Castillo. I was standing before

this great pyramid. I understood nothing. I took every possible

literature from a Central American archeologist to

learn what's this all about. [music playing] And then I learned the game. They are talking of

visitors from outside. Of course, they call them gods. MAN 1: According to the

ancient Mayan myths, their main deity was

Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan, Kucumatz, all those different

names for the exact same deity, which was described

to be a winged or a flying serpent,

or a flying snake. Whatever it was that

they saw up in the sky could best be described

as a flying snake. When we're looking

across the world, Chichen Itza is a very

important location. It is one of those

places where it is said that the

gods descended to and decreed the fate of mankind. [music playing] And there is one specific

pyramid, El Castillo, the castle, where you see

an intricate light show happening on specifically

the equinoxes March 21 and September 21. ERICH VON DANIKEN:

In the early morning, you see the sun rising up. And while the sun

goes up, you see on the stairway,

light and shadow, triangles of light and shadow. They are produced because

of the nine platforms. The light and shadow

triangles slowly go down the step to the pyramid

until the sun is up there. The message is absolutely clear. God Kukulcan visited the

Earth and disappeared again with the promise to

return in a far away future. So they have given this, all

information of the return of the gods, into their temple. MAN 2: And I think this

is one of the great things which Erich has done. Not just in the story

of Chichen Itza, but of so many other

aspects and other places in this world as well. Whereby he focuses on certain

details and says, look, this is important. This is a detail which is

extremely difficult to create. This is something which

traditional archeology tends to overlook. NARRATOR: By making a connection

between the ancient Maya's knowledge of astronomy and

their precise architecture, Erich von Daniken and

was convinced that there was much more to his

ancient alien hypothesis than he had imagined. For further proof, he looked

to another Mayan temple, one that housed what some say was

the first ancient astronaut, Lord Pacal. DAVID CHILDRESS: At the

ancient Mayan city of Palenque was a tomb that was

discovered in the 1950s. And inside this tomb was a lid

on this sarcophagus for Lord Pacal And that lid is

very highly decorated with a picture of Lord Pacal. And in that picture, he's doing

some really unusual things. ERICH VON DANIKEN: You see a

man bending forward, almost like a racing motorcyclist. He has his nose on some

kind of oxygen mask. He uses his upper hand

to manipulate the knob. You see his lower hand, he

manipulates some controls. He's sitting on a kind of

chair in a sort of capsule. DAVID CHILDRESS: When

Erich looked at that lid, he saw a Mayan king

in a rocket ship. And that guy was

returning to the stars, going back into space. It was an exciting

interpretation. And it was one of

the main things in "Chariots of the Gods." And when other people

looked at that lid and saw his explanation,

they had to agree with him. NARRATOR: Could Erich

von Daniken be correct? Was Lord Pacal really

an extraterrestrial who visited Earth

in the distant past, one who perhaps

shared highly advanced knowledge with mankind? NARRA[music playing]Central America [music playing] the impressive ruins ofern e the ancient Maya city of Copan. the ancient Maya city of Copan. And though Copan's temples,

pyramids, and monuments And though Copan's temples,

pyramids, and monuments rank among the most

important of any Mayan sites, rank among the most

important of any Mayan sites, rank among the most

important of any Mayan sites, of the Maya have been drawn

to a 72-step structure known as the Hieroglyphic Stairway. as the Hieroglyphic Stairway. as the Hieroglyphic Stairway. The Hieroglyphic

Stairway at Copan was constructed in

the early 700s AD with the intent of writing

out the history of Copan was constructed in

the early 700s AD with the intent of writing

out the history of Copan at that time. And so it was designed

as a public monument And so it was designed

as a public monument And so it was designed

as a public monument to the glory and success of all

the kings from Yax K'uk' Mo' all the way to the 13th one who

commissioned it to be built. all the way to the 13th one who

commissioned it to be built. all the way to the 13th one who

commissioned it to be built. the ancient Maya

symbols, known as glyphs, the ancient Maya

symbols, known as glyphs, make up what

historians believe is most sophisticated ond one of the oldest and

most sophisticated systems of writing. But for centuries, the glyphs

found throughout Mesoamerica But for centuries, the glyphs

found throughout Mesoamerica But for centuries, the glyphs

found throughout Mesoamerica were undecipherable. Then, in 1880, German librarian

and anthropologist Ernst Then, in 1880, German librarian

and anthropologist Ernst Forstemann cracked the code. Forstemann cracked the code. Ernest Forstemann was

a librarian at Dresden. Ernest Forstemann was

a librarian at Dresden. And in his desk, he kept

one of the four Maya books, the "Dresden Codex." He was a brilliant mathematician

and extremely logical He was a brilliant mathematician

and extremely logical and had enormous insights. And at a time when we couldn't

read a single Maya hieroglyph, he was able to figure

out the Maya calligraphy. he was able to figure

out the Maya calligraphy. GERARDO ALDANA: Maya

hieroglyphic writing GERARDO ALDANA: Maya

hieroglyphic writing And that's because it uses

really two components. There are logographs. Logographs are really pict

that represent entire words. So balam, for example,

which is jaguar, So balam, for example,

which is jaguar, So balam, for example,

which is jaguar, So balam, for example,

which is jaguar, On the other hand, we

have these things that we And these are glyphs. They're images that

Anrepresent sounds.s. NARRATOR: According

to interpretations of the Hieroglyphic

Stairway, the glyphs chronicle not only the

history but also the origin of the ancient Maya rulers. GERARDO ALDANA: The

hieroglyphs are really attached to what was important

to royalty at the time, attached to what was important

to royalty at the time, attached to what was important

to royalty at the time, They went out of their way

to demonstrate how they were connected to their ancestors

and the gods of their ancestors connected to their ancestors

and the gods of their ancestors to establish their

right to rule. to establish their

right to rule. This is a picture

I took of the-- a closeup of a

sculpture of Uaxaclajuun a closeup of a

sculpture of Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, the

13th ruler of Copan. Ub'aah K'awiil, the

13th ruler of Copan. Ub'aah K'awiil, the

13th ruler of Copan. And he's depicted here on the

front in all of his finery. And then, the sculptor

put a hieroglyphic passage And then, the sculptor

put a hieroglyphic passage on the side. We don't think

commoners could read. But all the elites could. But all the elites could. And the king could. So he or another

elite individual could come here and

impress people by saying, this demonstrates the

semidivinity of our king and his power to intercede

between us and the heavens. and his power to intercede

between us and the heavens. NARRATOR: But just what

was the real source of power and authority behind

the Maya priests and kings? Do the hieroglyphs reveal

an otherworldly truth Do the hieroglyphs reveal

an otherworldly truth to their origin as the

Maya themselves maintain? Ancient astronaut theorists

believe the answer is yes. Ancient astronaut theorists

believe the answer is yes. GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: What

we have to think about today And the origin is

nothing else but that they, the initial

cabal of priests, they that they, the initial

cabal of priests, they that they, the initial

cabal of priests, they were all in contact

with extraterrestrials. were all in contact

with extraterrestrials. And that's why

they were revered. Our ancestors thought

they were gods Obecause they didn'tt

understand the nuts and bolts aspects behind those visits. But when it all

aspeccomes down to it,isits. But when it all

comes down to it, it was all a huge

misunderstanding it was all a huge

misunderstanding and a way to keep the

common people in place. NARRATOR: Mexico, the

Yucatan Peninsula. For over 2000 years, rain

drenched jungles and fertile plains served as the home of one

of the ancient world's greatest civilizations, the Maya. [music playing] Scholars estimate that between

250 and 900 AD, the Mayan population consisted of

between 15 to 20 million people and extended as far South

as Costa Rica and Guatemala. Archeological evidence

suggests the Maya were one of the first ancient people

to develop a written language, used modern

mathematical methods, and built massive multi-storey

celestial observatories, all at a time when

Europeans were struggling through the so-called dark ages. [music playing] SEAN-DAVID MORTON: The

Maya are considered one of the great

advanced civilizations with hyper advanced astronomy,

astrology, trigonometry, architecture, all

of these things while the Europeans were at the

time rolling around in the mud. NARRATOR: But perhaps

the most amazing Mayan Achievement was their

system of charting the stars and planets in the

form of a calendar. [music playing] The Mayans were

timekeepers above and beyond all other things. Keeping up with time was magic. It was power to the Mayans. They were tracking in

particular Venus, phases of the moon, eclipses,

but they also tracked precession, which is

an extraordinarily long cycle. What it means is that

every year on say March 15, the Pleiades rise for the

first time in the sky. If you wait 72 years, the day

of the rising of the Pleiades will be one day earlier. If you wait another 72 years,

it'll be a day earlier still. And if you wait 26,000

years, the Pleiades will move back to that same day. [music playing] NARRATOR: According

to scholars, the Maya believed that time,

like the stars, moved in repeating patterns

called calendar cycles and that these cycles could be

used to predict future events. One of these calendar

cycles, the Mayan long count lasts for 5,125 years and

will end on December 21, 2012. But why? Why did the Maya

choose this date, and what did they believe

would happen to our world? Perhaps a clue can be found

in an astronomical phenomenon located at the center of the

Milky Way galaxy, an area where there are no stars. SEAN-DAVID MORTON: The

Mayans knew not only did they know where the

center of the galaxy was, but they understood that it was

a light year across Black hole that they call the Great Rift. LOGAN HAWKES: The Maya believe

this was the birth canal of the universe and that all

things came from the birth canal of the universe. And on December 21, 2012, the

Earth, the Sun, and this birth canal, the dark rift, are

all in perfect alignment, and this only happens

every 26,000 years. NARRATOR: Could the fact that

the mile long count calendar ends on the same day

as this rare alignment in the Milky Way galaxy

be a mere coincidence? And did this advanced

understanding of celestial cycles really come

from ancient Mayan astronomers observing the stars with

only their naked eyes? LOGAN HAWKES: The Mayans

believed that this knowledge came to them from their

gods and their gods then existed in the stars. So is it possible

that these gods could have been extraterrestrials? The answer to that question

is, yes, it's possible. GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: According

to the Maya themselves, this knowledge was not something

that they came up with, but it was given to them

as a gift from the gods. The gift back then was

not material stuff. It was knowledge. Knowledge is the

currency of the universe. [music playing] NARRATOR: Planet Earth,

65 million years ago, an eight-mile-wide asteroid

hurtles towards the planet at approximately

12 miles per second and strikes the region now

known as the Yucatan Peninsula with a force of 100

million megatons of TNT. According to mainstream science,

this catastrophic event forever changed the climate and

the topography of Earth, and ended the reign

of the dinosaurs. DAVID MORRISON: The

object that came in was 8 or 10 miles in diameter. That impact dug a deep

hole, lofted material into the atmosphere, black

dust, which shrouded the planet in darkness for months,

maybe for a couple of years. So there'll be a time in

which the sunlight was simply shut out from the

Earth's surface, and photosynthetic organisms

like plants would begin to die. The plant-eating dinosaurs

would have nothing to eat and would have died off. The meat-eating dinosaurs

would then have nothing to eat either. And this might have lasted

anywhere from 5 to 10 years. How quickly the extinction took

place is a matter of debate. NARRATOR: But is it possible

that some species of dinosaur actually survived this

cataclysmic event, and not only survived, but

thrived for several thousands or even millions of years? Perhaps clues can be recovered

near a crater where scientists believe the giant asteroid

struck the Earth, right in the heart of what is

now the Yucatan Peninsula. Today, less than 90

miles from the epicenter of the asteroid impact

lies one of the largest and best-preserved cities of

the ancient Maya, Chichen Itza. You have to wonder if it's

not some strange coincidence that the same spot the

Yucatan, which experienced this devastating asteroid strike

which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, is

also the main habitation area of the ancient Maya. PHILIP COPPENS:

Chichen Itza is said to have been the place where

the Mayans made contact with the gods. And I find it an

extraordinary coincidence, of all the potential places

around the Gulf of Mexico which they could have

chosen, they took a place where literally something

fell from the sky 65 million years ago. And the Mayans believed that

this contact with the gods, this contact with the

sky happened there up until the most recent of times. And so what we have here is

either coincidence or something else going on, and really

this something else is only something which hardly

anybody has touched upon, but I think it is something

which really needs to be explored in far more detail. In the Mayan area and

other areas of Mexico, there are curious

depictions of dinosaurs. There's pterosaurs,

there's a famous dinosaur that appears on one of

the paintings at Bonampak. So you have to wonder

just how the Mayans knew about dinosaurs. Supposedly, dinosaurs have been

extinct for millions of years. DAVID MORRISON: But if, as

mainstream scientists believe, the dinosaurs had been

extinct for millions of years before the evolution of

mankind on this planet, then what would explain the

wealth of Mayan art depicting interactions between

humans and what appear to be dinosaurs found in the

very area where they supposedly died off? [narrator] Mexico City. Beneath the current-day

capital of Mexico lie the ruins

of the ancient Aztec metropolis known as Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs dominated much

of central Mexico from the 14th

to the 16th century AD, and Tenochtitlan is considered to be their first

official settlement. An incredibly

sophisticated city featuring a grid system

of canals and causeways. But according

to their historical texts, the Aztec civilization

did not originate here. [Edwin] The Aztecs say

they started from this place

up in the north called Chicomoztac. It was a cave,

and inside that cave it had seven different caverns. And there were said

to be seven different tribes. [mysterious music] And the Aztecs say they were part

of the seven tribes that came from the seven

chambers of Chicomoztac. [narrator] While Chicomoztac was once thought to be

a mythological place, some scholars believe

archeological evidence suggests that it really did exist and is located at the site

of the ancient pyramid complex known today as Teotihuacan. [Edwin] The place

of seven caves, we think maybe that

has actually been located archaeologically at the site of the main temple of Teotihuacan called

the Pyramid of the Sun which sits just north

of the valley of Mexico. Underneath it

is actually a cave with seven different spots

that it extends out into. And that's where

the Aztecs said their original ancestors

came from. [narrator] In the 16th century, Spanish chronicler

Geronimo de Mendieta recorded the legends

of the local native population. According to their accounts, the Aztec believed that

they were fashioned by a group of stranded gods

within these seven caves. [Jonathan] Mendieta wrote

an account of Aztec legend. In this report, he describes a giant flint knife landing on the Earth. And the Earth was trembling

and shaking as this enormous

flint knife landed. [crashes] Then some 1,600 gods

disgorged from this thing and they are responsible for

launching Aztec civilization. [Edwin] The Aztecs talk about the many gods coming down

to Earth and creating humans. They create them out of bone,

ash, and their own blood. And they make them somewhat

in their own image but they make them specifically

so that they will honor them and they will serve them. [Giorgio] All of a sudden, there is a description

of a giant flint knife that descended from the sky

and somebody emerged out of it. One has to wonder whether or not our ancestors

were witness to a landing of some type

of a craft. If so, then the Aztec story

suggests that at some point

in our history, extraterrestrials

created mankind. And something very strange

was going on at Teotihuacan. [narrator]

Located just 30 miles northeast of Mexico City, the Teotihuacan complex encompasses nearly eight

square miles and is dated

to the first century AD. It is the oldest and most sophisticated city

of Mesoamerica, an area that extends

from northern Mexico down through Central America. The civilization predated

the Maya by at least a hundred years. At its peak, it was said to have supported nearly 100,000 residents. It was also the largest city in the entire

western hemisphere prior to the 15th century and served as the major

commerce and religious center for the region. [Edwin] The significance

of Teotihuacan cannot be overstated. It is the Rome of Mesoamerica. The things that Teotihuacan did set the pattern for

all other city states after it. [narrator] The central features

of the complex are two large pyramids known as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. As well as a temple

dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent. These structures stand

alongside a thoroughfare referred to as

the Avenue of the Dead. Over 200 smaller buildings,

platforms, and pyramids are found adjacent

to the avenue. And there are thousands

of living quarters just outside the complex. But as incredible

as Teotihuacan is, no one knows exactly

who built this metropolis or what happened

to its occupants. [Edwin]

Teotihuacan, despite its size, has no hieroglyphs whatsoever. There are other cultures

in Mesoamerica that were using writing systems. There's nothing like that

at Teotihuacan. So we don't really have

a clear history of what happened at Teotihuacan and we can't really find

evidence of their rulers. ...to develop a complete

huge, complex citadel... [Will] We have such

a sophisticated site that embodies

engineering principles, craftsmanship, art. Where did it originate? Where are the smaller versions

of this? Well, we don't find any, so we don't have a progression, an evolution to show

where this came from. So we have to ask,

where did it come from? [David]

We've become conditioned to look at these awesome works

of stone architecture and think, "Oh, primitive people

did that, and they used primitive methods

and primitive technology." But we have to rethink

the fundamental assumptions and come to a greater and

greater level of understanding that the technology required

to build these artifacts, in fact, is greater than

anything that they possessed. [narrator] Teotihuacan, Mexico. In 2003, archeologists

in this ancient city made a startling discovery. A previously unknown tunnel

lies 45 feet beneath the Temple

of the Feathered Serpent, one of the most sacred pyramids

on the continent. Working underground, scientists methodically

explored the debris-filled tunnel using a robotic probe

with an infrared scanner. After some 250 feet,

they reached a side cave. The tail-end of the tunnel,

the terminus, is loaded with yellowish

metallic-looking orbs. Apparently colored clay. [Edwin] The orbs are very

interesting objects. I've never seen anything

like them in any kind of other

archeological context. On the inside, they are clay. On the outside, they're coated

with some sort of gold flecks, so they look like golden balls. [narrator] What purpose

these golden balls served is unknown. But some archeologists believe the cavern in which

they were found was a place of sacred ritual. Like the clay balls, the walls were also covered

in gold flecks. So if the cavern

was illuminated by a torch during a ceremony, it would've shimmered with

a thousand points of light resembling the cosmos. [David] These beautiful orbs

of yellow material strongly suggest that someone

was illustrating planets. We do know that

the Mayan calendar is heavily calibrated

to the orbital parameters of the planets

in our solar system, specifically the inner planets. [narrator]

The Red Planet's connection to the Mayan calendar is portrayed in

The Dresden Codex. This rare book

from Mayan antiquity describes the calendar

in relation Mars' movements across the sky. The Dresden Codex is one

of four remaining books that the Maya wrote. It is, in many regards,

an astronomical almanac. There are many different

sections of the book that talk about different

astronomical phenomena. One of them is the planet Mars. There's an almanac near the end

of the book that breaks up days

into 10 groups of 78 days, equaling 780 days, which is the synodic period

of Mars. In other words,

the time in which it takes Mars to get back to the same place

on the horizon from a human perspective. [dramatic music] [narrator] Scholars believe

Mars played an important role in the Maya astrology that's described

in The Dresden Codex. Above that almanac is a sky band shown with various aspects

of celestial symbols we recognize out

of hieroglyphs. And hanging off of it is this interesting

dragon-like creature. That dragon-like creature is recognized as the face

of Mars. [narrator] Giant megalithic

stone heads. Figurines of what appear

to be flying craft. And statues that evoke cultures found on the other side

of the world. According to ancient

astronaut theorists, it is this information that the Catholic church

sought to suppress when they attempted to destroy

all traces of the Maya culture nearly 500 years ago. Now what's interesting is all

these great ancient cultures, including the Mayan, seem to have knowledge of math

and science which we can't explain how

they got this information. When you ask them,

they always tell you it came from the gods. [mysterious music] [narrator] If the proof existed, not only of cross-Pacific

migration but also extraterrestrial

visitation, many ancient astronaut

theorists believe it would've posed

a serious threat to a Catholic hierarchy steeped in the bigotry

and intolerance of the Inquisition. But if this incredible theory

is true, what then happened to

the extraterrestrial visitors? Why did they come here only

to leave or go into hiding? [Childress] Because

of various wars going on, cataclysms, eventually, these civilizations began to collapse,

as civilizations do. And what happened in the end

was the airships, they stopped coming and then the extraterrestrial

demi-gods pulled their technology back. So we don't know

what happened there with the extraterrestrials

and where they went. And so you have to wonder if

they don't want us to know that they are here. The extraterrestrials

may have just decided, "Okay, humans on planet Earth have got the seeds

of civilization. Let's just stand back

and see what they do." [narrator] As far as ancient

astronaut theorists are concerned, the proof

of extraterrestrial visitation is still out there, much of it buried beneath centuries of dirt

and rocks. But every day,

the truth is being revealed. In February 2018

through March 2019, archeologists made a number

of incredible discoveries just in the area

of Mexico alone. Mayan artifacts were discovered

in Teotihuacan, a location previously thought

to have been inhabited only by the Aztecs. Two hundred more artifacts

were found in a hidden cave under the Mayan site

of Chichen Itza. And beneath dense jungles

near Lake Patzcuaro, lidar scanning uncovered

an ancient city the size of Manhattan. [Giorgio] In the early 1990s, there were these

science fiction stories that one day we'll be able

to somehow look underneath

the overgrown jungle. And true enough, here we are

20, 25 years later and that technology now exists. Satellites are now able to look through the soil

into the ground to see

if other structures exist. And guess what? They do. We have only now begun

a new era of discovery and I predict thousands as of yet undiscovered sites will finally see

the light of day. If you have a puzzle

with a thousand pieces, in order to see

the final picture, you don't need to lay down

all 1,000 pieces. If you lay down 980 pieces, I guarantee you,

you will see the big picture. [narrator] Is mankind on an incredible threshold

of discovery? One that will confirm that

extraterrestrial visitation has occurred all over the world

and for centuries? Perhaps beneath the ruins of a

newly-discovered site in Mexico archeologists will uncover

the ultimate evidence of alien contact and proof

of humanity's true origins. Teotihuacan, Mexico. Dating back to at least

the first century AD, this ancient complex was once the largest city

in Mesoamerica with a population of 125,000. One of the most sacred temples

at the site is the Temple

of the Feathered Serpent. An enormous step pyramid dedicated

to the god Quetzalcoatl. [Edwin] Quetzalcoatl,

the feathered serpent, goes all the way back

to Olmec times, to the BCE period. But the first place

we really see Quetzalcoatl is in Teotihuacan, the city just north

of modern Mexico City. They build an actual pyramid, a temple of Quetzalcoatl, right around 250 AD. So it's probably Teotihuacan who really put forward

the idea and the identity of Quetzalcoatl as a deity

for the rest of Mesoamerica. Quetzalcoatl was a creator god. He was associated

with the planet Venus. He brought the rain, he brought water,

he brought civilization. He brought the arts. This was the creator divinity for the Aztec culture. He was a flying serpent.

He was a dragon. [Hugh] Quetzalcoatl

brought peace, harmony and high wisdom and a very high level

of intelligence and teaching to this particular land. He was often depicted

as a human being as well. He arrived on a raft

of serpents and settled on these lands. [Edwin]

Quetzalcoatl also shows up in the post-classic Maya city

of Chichen Itza. But they gave him a Mayan name. They call him "Kukulkan," which is basically

"the holy feathered serpent" in Maya. [narrator] The ancient

Mayan city of Chichen Itza lies roughly 900 miles east

of Teotihuacan. And at its center stands another massive

step pyramid, this one dedicated

to the Mayan version of the flying serpent Kukulkan. [Erich] In Chichen Itza,

there we have the pyramid of Kukulkan. And every year on the 23rd of March, you see when the sun

is going up, some lights and shadows, lights and shadows

like triangles climbing down the stairway exactly the stairway

where his head is on. And on the 21st of September,

you see the opposite. Kukulkan disappears. And it's only made by the light

and shadow of the natural sun. So still today the message

is clear. God Kukulkan has descended

to the humans. He teached them

for a certain period, and then he disappeared again. [Giorgio] So right there

we have living mythology in a structure that shows this deity descending from the sky

in stone. [William] You wonder if perhaps

a craft landed here and this light shadow effect of a serpent making its way,

descending down the staircase and then emerging through

a serpent head, is a recollection

of that original event. [narrator] Is it possible that

the pyramid of Kukulkan was not built to honor

a mythical dragon god but to commemorate the arrival of an extraterrestrial

space craft. Ancient astronaut theorists

say yes, and suggest this isn't the

only dragon-themed structure that marks a location

of alien contact. Euboea, Greece. The landscape

of this small Greek island is spotted with 25 mysterious

megalithic structures called dragon houses. [Giorgio] The main dragon house

is at the very top of one of the tallest mountains on the island

called Mount Ochi. Mount Ochi comes

from the word... [speaks Greek] ...which means to descend

and to drive. And so this is interesting

because, according to legend, the reason why the dragon house

exists at the top of Mount Ochi is because Zeus allegedly

descended from the heavens on top of that mountain. [narrator]

According to local legend, these stone structures

were built by a giant dragon to venerate the god Zeus. In Ancient Greece, the word "dragon"

was not only used to describe a flying monster, but also gods and other figures

that had human-like form but possessed

superhuman powers. Now, when you put

all this together, this sounds like the dragon

house is a meeting place

of heaven and Earth. In UFO vernacular,

that would be a landing spot. [Giorgio] In my opinion,

the dragon was the craft out of which, then, the creator people

or the teachers emerged. Our ancestors,

basically, they saw a crew coming out of an airplane. [narrator] According

to ancient astronaut theorists, some of the structures

themselves serve as evidence

that this was a place of extraterrestrial contact. The dragon house

on top of Mount Ochi contains megalithic blocks

weighing up to 10 tons and sits at an elevation of almost 5,000 feet. [Giorgio] Archeologists have

a hard time explaining why it was even built there. Because we are talking of

this giant megalithic structure with a ceiling that contains blocks

that are up to 10 feet long, two feet thick, at an altitude of 5,000 feet. How was that done? In my opinion, this was

an extraterrestrial visitation where Zeus may have descended

in his craft and built a day camp. [narrator]

Could the stone structures found in Greece and Mesoamerica mark the locations

where otherworldly beings landed on Earth and ultimately returned

to the stars?