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This short Ancient Aliens excerpt, reposted by The UnXplained Zone, is the program’s suggestion rather than a dig report. It puts Erich von Daniken at Chichen Itza in 1969, facing the pyramid called El Castillo and deciding that Maya talk of outsiders was the missing key. Those stories, the episode says, pile many names on one deity and picture that figure as a serpent in the air. On the two equinoxes a light-and-dark pattern walks down the stair. Von Daniken reads it as a visit plus a vow to come back, built into the temple on purpose, with the nine stages making the shapes. The clip then jumps to Palenque and the lid over the ruler called Lord Pacal. David Childress describes a tomb opened in the 1950s. Von Daniken describes a body leaning forward, a face on a mask, and hands on controls. Childress calls that a king in a craft heading for the stars. The narrator asks whether the ruler was a sky traveler who shared advanced skill. That question is the show’s claim.
Key points
- The clip follows Erich von Daniken’s 1969 reading of El Castillo at Chichen Itza.
- Maya names for one deity are presented as descriptions of a serpent in the sky.
- The equinox shadow on the stair is read as a visit and a promise to return.
- The show then uses the Palenque lid of the ruler it calls Pacal as further support.
- Von Daniken describes hands on controls, and David Childress calls the figure a king in a craft.
- The narrator leaves the audience with the program’s question, not with an archaeological conclusion.
Short quotes
In the early morning, you see the sun rising up.
Erich von Daniken, Ancient Aliens on Kukulcan and Pacal
Von Daniken describes the morning sun climbing the Castillo stair on an equinox. Watch at 1:49
He uses his upper hand to manipulate the knob.
Erich von Daniken, Ancient Aliens on Kukulcan and Pacal
On the Palenque lid he reads the figure’s upper hand as working a control. Watch at 3:57
Video by The UnXplained Zone. Watch on YouTube.