arrival of the gods: revealing the alien landing sites of nazca

ARRIVAL OF THE GODS: REVEALING THE ALIEN LANDING SITES OF NAZCA

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BY ERICH VON DÄNIKEN

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A scrape drawing from the region of Palpa, near Nazca.

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The “double labyrinth” is a particularly hard nut to crack. In an aerial view of Palpa, one sees three narrow, absolutely straight, parallel lines appear from nowhere. Each ends in a right angle in

a broader “paper-clip.” Five of these “paper-clips” stand in a row next to one another like a rank of soldiers, and are connected to one another at their base.

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A threefold line south of Palpa is particularly intriguing, a riddle begging to be solved. At first glance one might think there are only two lines, which begin somewhere or other and run parallel, at a distance of 2 meters from each other, like wheel tracks. But on closer observation, this turns

out to be an optical illusion: only the right-hand trail consists of one line, while the left-hand one is formed of two lines separated by only a hair’s breadth.

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The “hummingbird” is the largest of the many scrape drawings documented in Nazca. It measures 250 meters.

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Close to the place where the plain suddenly slopes down into the Ingenio valley lies a spiral of six circles with an S-turn in the middle. The outermost circle is 80 meters in diameter. Passing straight

through the spiral to its center runs a path that starts 50 meters below in the valley.

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In this aerial view of Nazca, one can see a clearly recognizable runway, about 70 meters broad and 800 meters long. At the edge of a cliff to the right of the runway is a spiral, and then, carved like a tattoo on skin, a broad zigzag pattern. This zigzag pattern runs—in such a

pronounced way that blind people would be able to make it out—under the runway.

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A clearly recognizable runway over which a zigzag pattern runs.

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In the Ingenio valley, between the plain of Nazca and the mountains of Palpa, lie two runways of the most “modern” design: from the end of one, a kind of “slipway”

branches off and then runs parallel to the main runway.

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Two unfired clay figures from Dr. Janvier Cabrera’s collection.

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A two-headed figure from Dr. Janvier Cabrera’s collection.

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Two figures from Dr. Janvier Cabrera’s collection. To the left, a human being (with the head of a bird) rides a pterosaur. To the right, a human figure looks through a

telescope, which he holds in both hands.

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In 1970, Dr. Janvier Cabrera received as a birthday present a small stone engraved with a very curious motif. It was a kind of pterosaur, ridden by an Indian who controlled it with a staff.

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A stone from Dr. Janvier Cabrera’s collection. An engraving of a heart transplant—but where was the heart/lung machine necessary for it? Why no blood transfusion through the veins?

What were the various tubes entering the patient’s mouth?

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A stone from Dr. Janvier Cabrera’s collection. Where did the Indian forgers get the idea for the different dinosaurs on the engraved stones?

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In Nazca, there is a figure referred to as “el astronauta.” It adorns the sheer slope of a hill at the southern end of the Pampa de San José, and is 29 meters high.

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On a hilltop near “el astronauta,” there is a sequence of smaller images—various animals lined up one behind the other as though in a comic; also creatures with long, dinosaur-like tails.

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One of the several “antennae-beings” seen in Nazca. This 20-meter-high figure waves from the bottom of a slope. It wears a hat-like thing with a wide brim and from this head-adornment feelers extend upwards. The arms are spread wide as though the figure is dancing, and in

each hand the creature holds something—it is not clear what.

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Particularly impressive and thought-provoking is an image over 25 meters high and about 20 meters broad. On the left is a mystical-looking creature, with a triangular head, big round eyes, and

a small round mouth. The head is surrounded by a wreath of zigzag lines that look like flower petals or stylized feathers. From its shoulders dangle broad tentacles the length of its body, furnished at the ends with circles or small skulls. On the right of this figure is another one, looking like a robot. Nine straight lines protrude from its head in three different directions.

The lower body spreads out like a dress or a sail. Right next to this creature is the head of a child, and above it and only just visible is another “antennae-being.”

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In 1991, amazing graves were found at a depth of 10 meters at Sican. These graves contained textiles and about 50 kilos of precious stones and metals, among them

the golden mask of the “God of Sican.”

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A giant scrape drawing in the Chilean desert of Atacama. The “ladder with an arrow” starts with a broad horizontal stroke scraped away from the hill, which is crossed by a vertical

ladder whose lower end becomes an arrow. The whole image is surrounded by indefinable figures, an animal with a long neck, and various rectangular surfaces.

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An example of a cliff drawing in the Chilean desert of Atacama.

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Not far from the little town of Blythe, by the Colorado River, there are figures of animals, up to 100 meters in height, which can be seen only from the air.

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An ornamented runway in Nazca. It is a wonderful sight: the light strip on a darker background, with a kind of flower design emerging at its end.

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There is even an “airplane model” scraped out of the ground at Nazca—a “bird” with rigid wings.