| In my prior posting, entitled "Ancient | | | | in a footnote to Gersiane De Brito's |
| Astronauts and Contemporary Skepticism," I | | | | "Tiwanaku Alien and Evolution" article. That |
| challenged the skeptics (assuming they do not | | | | picture is not a geoglyph, however; it comes |
| want to acknowledge that the Nazca Lines were | | | | from Nazca pottery, but the timing coincides. |
| made to be viewed by an ancient astronaut) to | | | | This makes sense. They likely thought it |
| provide a credible explanation of those | | | | might be offensive to the alien to draw a |
| geoglyphs. I argued that the people of Nazca | | | | picture of the alien on the ground so they |
| cannot be considered unique in human history | | | | only put it on the pottery, where the alien |
| and that the skeptics need to find parallels | | | | could not see it. |
| elsewhere. However, I imagine that, instead | | | | |
| of trying to produce a mundane explanation of | | | | Beyond any doubt, the ancient astronaut |
| the Nazca Lines, the skeptics could simply | | | | depicted on the Nazca pottery is the same |
| argue that I have not proven the contrary | | | | ancient astronaut depicted in the Tiwanaku |
| case. | | | | engravings. In the Tiwanaku versions, the |
| | | | aquatic, alien nature of the creature is |
| The basic facts of the Nazca desert are easy | | | | easier to spot. Also in Tiwanaku, with all |
| to comprehend. Those large geoglyphs cannot | | | | that bird symbolism, it is apparent that this |
| be grasped by humans from the ground; in most | | | | ancient astronaut could fly, freestyle, up |
| cases, the hills or mountains are too distant | | | | and through the air. |
| for anyone to even notice that they are | | | | |
| there. The figures on the ground can only be | | | | Thus, the Nazca Lines have a viable |
| recognized from the air. Since humans were | | | | explanation: the geoglyphs were made to be |
| unable to fly until relatively recent times, | | | | seen by an ancient astronaut that could fly |
| it is logical to consider extraterrestrials | | | | like a bird with the aid of anti-gravity |
| as a potential explanation. I have seen | | | | hand-held propulsion devices, without the use |
| skeptics, in desperation, argue that the | | | | of aircraft or spacecraft of any kind. The |
| people of Nazca, in the sixth century, knew | | | | people of Nazca drew diverse animal figures |
| how to make air balloons, but I do not | | | | on the ground to attract the alien's |
| believe it for one second. | | | | attention and to entertain it, and they drew |
| | | | lines and directional arrows on the ground to |
| For whom or for what did the people of Nazca | | | | lead the alien back to the people of Nazca. |
| make those ground drawings? Surely, they made | | | | |
| those geoglyphs to be viewed by someone or | | | | I think it time for the world's scientists, |
| something. That is unquestionable; it is not | | | | archaeologists, anthropologists, |
| rational to believe that mass insanity could | | | | psychologists, etcetera, to come to their |
| last the more than one hundred years it took | | | | senses and try to evaluate, objectively, the |
| to complete the project. If they made the | | | | thinking behind the Nazca geoglyphs. The |
| geoglyphs to be viewed by an ancient | | | | potential for uncovering an instance of |
| astronaut, then where are their drawings of | | | | genuine alien contact makes it a worthwhile |
| the ancient astronaut? Such drawings do | | | | endeavor. |
| exist. I provide one of them on my website, | | | | |