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The Best Episodes of Ancient Aliens

Every episode of Ancient Aliens ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ancient Aliens!

Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings...
Genres:DocumentaryMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:History

Best Episodes Summary

"Mysteries of the Maya" is the best rated episode of "Ancient Aliens". It scored 8.8/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/28/2024. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Resurrecting Puma Punku".

  • Mysteries of the Maya
    8.8/1031 votes
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    #1 - Mysteries of the Maya

    Season 20 Episode 11 - Aired 6/28/2024

    Considered by many to be the greatest civilization in the history of the Americas, the Maya thrived for more than 2,000 years. Now, new evidence is being discovered that completely upends our understanding of this ancient culture... and might provide evidence that the Maya came in contact with extraterrestrial visitors.

    Director: N/A

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  • Resurrecting Puma Punku
    8.8/1020 votes
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    #2 - Resurrecting Puma Punku

    Season 20 Episode 20 - Aired 9/13/2024

    Puma Punku in Bolivia features stone blocks, each carved with precision; the blocks lie scattered across the landscape, confusing archaeologists as to what the ancient site might have been.

    Director: N/A

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  • The Linda Moulton Howe Files
    8.6/1024 votes
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    #3 - The Linda Moulton Howe Files

    Season 20 Episode 18 - Aired 8/30/2024

    For more than four decades, award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe has covered the most mysterious phenomena on Earth. Could her investigations on everything from bizarre animal deaths to crop formations and alien abductions lead us to a profound new reality?

    Director: N/A

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  • Egypt's Giant Tombs
    8.4/1023 votes
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    #4 - Egypt's Giant Tombs

    Season 20 Episode 17 - Aired 8/23/2024

    Deep beneath the sands of Egypt lie 24 enormous sarcophagi, and every one of them is empty; discussing what purpose those giant tombs had served.

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  • Unlocking the Stargates
    8.3/1031 votes
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    #5 - Unlocking the Stargates

    Season 20 Episode 12 - Aired 7/5/2024

    For thousands of years, cultures around the world have held a belief in stargates through which beings have traveled to Earth from distant points in the universe and even other dimensions. Could such portals truly exist? And if we obtain the key to unlocking the stargates, will we find a cosmos teaming with life?

    Director: N/A

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  • The Whistleblowers
    8.3/1027 votes
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    #6 - The Whistleblowers

    Season 20 Episode 13 - Aired 7/12/2024

    For decades, incredible claims have been made about an extraterrestrial presence on Earth, and the government has gone to great lengths to discredit them.

    Director: N/A

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  • The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
    8.3/1025 votes
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    #7 - The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    Season 20 Episode 14 - Aired 7/19/2024

    For thousands of years, humankind has attempted to make contact with beings from beyond Earth; now, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is ramping up, with new technologies allowing individuals to explore the universe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jacques Vallée: UFO Pioneer
    8.3/1024 votes
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    #8 - Jacques Vallée: UFO Pioneer

    Season 20 Episode 15 - Aired 8/9/2024

    Dr. Jacques Vallée has many scientific degrees, is a best-selling author and is regarded as one of the internet's founding fathers. But he is best renowned for his groundbreaking work on the subject of UFOs, where his bold theories call into question our understanding of alien life.

    Director: N/A

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  • Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
    8.2/1046 votes
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    #9 - Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet

    Season 19 Episode 15 - Aired 8/4/2023

    In the early 1900s, a modern-day prophet from the hills of Kentucky became a worldwide sensation: Edgar Cayce. He claimed to receive visions of both the past and the future while in a trance, he healed the sick, and alleged to have encounters with otherworldly beings. Could it be that Edgar Cayce was a vessel used to carry out an alien agenda?

    Director: N/A

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  • Mystery of the Lost Civilization
    8.1/1066 votes
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    #10 - Mystery of the Lost Civilization

    Season 19 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2023

    The discovery of the ancient megalithic site of Karahan Tepe in southern Turkey turned the world of archaeology on its head, displaying engineering skills far beyond what the people of the time were thought to be capable of. But could new evidence reveal that this more than 11,000-year-old complex was built not by humans…but giants?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Aliens in our Airspace
    8.0/1053 votes
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    #11 - Aliens in our Airspace

    Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2023

    Terrifying encounters at 40,000 feet. Pilot accounts of UFOs taking control of their aircraft. Entire jumbo jets disappearing into thin air. Since the dawn of aviation, pilots have experienced unexplainable events in the sky. Could they have witnessed aliens in our airspace?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The New UFO Hunters
    8.0/1038 votes
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    #12 - The New UFO Hunters

    Season 19 Episode 17 - Aired 8/18/2023

    In the 21st century, UFOs have gone from fringe science to mainstream obsession. A new generation of UFO hunters is employing incredible technology, and Unidentified Flying Objects are being openly investigated by the government. Are we closer than ever to understanding the strange events happening in our skies?

    Director: N/A

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  • The Teachers
    8.0/1022 votes
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    #13 - The Teachers

    Season 20 Episode 16 - Aired 8/16/2024

    Stories of god-like beings providing instruction to early humans, helping establish the first civilizations; exploring if mysterious figures who appear throughout history provide evidence that these otherworldly teachers have been here all along.

    Director: N/A

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  • The Mystery of Puma Punku
    7.9/10194 votes
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    #14 - The Mystery of Puma Punku

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2012

    At nearly 14,000 years old, the ruins of Puma Punku are the oldest and most baffling on the face of the Earth. No one knows who designed and built this complex of sophisticated inter-locking blocks, and then vanished. Researchers investigate the ruins on-location in Peru and present new computer analyses. Forensic evidence on the ground, together with local myths and legends, suggest this site may have been designed and even once inhabited by a species of extraterrestrials.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Space Station Moon
    7.9/10122 votes
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    #15 - Space Station Moon

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 7/29/2016

    It was mankind's finest hour, the greatest technological achievement of the 20th Century--the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. But the Apollo program was short-lived, and after Apollo 17 in 1972, we never went back. Could it be that we encountered something--or someone--on the Moon? Did the Apollo astronauts witness more than NASA wants us to know? The Moon is the most visible celestial body in the night sky and is essential to life on Earth. But what if the Moon is not the natural object we believe it to be? Unidentified lunar objects in NASA photography may point to extraterrestrial structures on the moon, and possibly evidence of what lies beneath the surface. Some Ancient Astronaut theorists have even suggested that the Moon is actually an artificial object, placed in its current position by otherworldly beings thousands of years ago.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mystery of Nan Madol
    7.9/10130 votes
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    #16 - The Mystery of Nan Madol

    Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2020

    Giorgio Tsoukalos and David Childress explore the mysterious chain of manmade islets in Micronesia's Nan Madol; built from 250 million tons of volcanic rock, there are local legends that strange visitors floated the massive rocks through the air.

    Director: N/A

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  • William Shatner Meets Ancient Aliens
    7.9/10116 votes
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    #17 - William Shatner Meets Ancient Aliens

    Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2021

    In this extraordinary two-hour special, Shatner will bring thought-provoking questions to the leading experts of the show. Ancient Astronaut theorists Giorgio Tsoukalos, Erich von D niken, David Childress, William Henry and Linda Moulton Howe will be joined by former British Ministry of Defense investigator Nick Pope, rocket scientist Dr. Travis Taylor, theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, and religious history experts Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok and Reverend Michael Carter. They will explore everything from human origins to groundbreaking archaeological finds, new understandings of the cosmos and the profound possibility that we are not alone in the universe.

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  • Impossible Artifacts
    7.9/1092 votes
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    #18 - Impossible Artifacts

    Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2021

    Throughout the world, ancient objects have been found that leave archaeologists at a loss. Could these impossible artifacts suggest that advanced--and perhaps even extraterrestrial--civilizations existed on Earth thousands of years before our own?

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  • Return of the Egyptian Gods
    7.9/1061 votes
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    #19 - Return of the Egyptian Gods

    Season 18 Episode 20 - Aired 9/16/2022

    In the 20th century, a mysterious British woman who claimed to be the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess shocked Egyptologists by accurately locating countless structures and artifacts in the Nile Valley. Could it be that she was carrying out an otherworldly agenda–and preparing for the return of the Egyptian gods?

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  • The Top Ten Pyramid Sites
    7.9/1054 votes
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    #20 - The Top Ten Pyramid Sites

    Season 19 Episode 11 - Aired 6/30/2023

    Ancient Aliens is counting down the world’s top ten pyramid sites, from a valley in Peru with over 250 hidden pyramids to an ancient Greek city with mysterious 4800-year-old ruins to Egypt’s famous Giza Plateau. Could the extraordinary structures that stand at these sites provide evidence of extraterrestrial visitation?

    Director: N/A

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  • Secrets Of The Sumerians
    7.9/1044 votes
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    #21 - Secrets Of The Sumerians

    Season 20 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2024

    More than 7,000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians established what is considered the world's first civilization and they credited their extraordinary achievements to their gods, the Anunnaki. But is it possible that these powerful beings were, in fact, extraterrestrial visitors to Earth?

    Director: N/A

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  • Mystery of the Stone Spheres
    7.9/1033 votes
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    #22 - Mystery of the Stone Spheres

    Season 20 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2024

    Throughout the world there are mysterious ancient stones shaped into perfect spheres; many of them show clear evidence of being manmade and some completely defy explanation; the mystery of the stone spheres could provide clues about humankind's past.

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  • The Chosen
    7.9/1018 votes
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    #23 - The Chosen

    Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 9/6/2024

    From biblical patriarchs to modern day alien abductees, throughout history, there have been people who claimed to have contact with otherworldly beings; often bearing important messages for humanity.

    Director: N/A

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  • Pyramids of Antarctica
    7.8/10134 votes
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    #24 - Pyramids of Antarctica

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2016

    Is there evidence of ancient technology buried beneath the ice of the most southern continent?

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  • Destination Mars
    7.8/10123 votes
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    #25 - Destination Mars

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2016

    Within 20 years, we are expecting to send the first colonizers to the Red Planet. Astronauts will brave the six-month journey to become the first extraterrestrials visitors to Mars--where they are expected to live and die there, never to return to Earth. But why have we always had a strange fascination with this particular planet? The latest NASA research has revealed that not only is there evidence of liquid water on the planet, but that life on Earth was most likely seeded on Mars. Ancient Astronaut theorists even suggest that the development of life on Earth may have similarities to how scientists are currently planning to keep humans alive on the red planet. Could extraterrestrials from Mars have colonized Earth in our remote past? Could our voyage to Mars not only unlock the mysteries of our ancient, extraterrestrial origins--but also be the key to the long-term survival of the human species?

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