Oh really? Which is the basis of all conspiratorial reasoning. Von Daniken even says in his book that it cannot possibly be anything else. That means you are limiting the technology available to the aliens to that which would require an airport - You are creating a foregone conclusion with only one possible explanation fitting the lazily observed data. It also presumes that ancient alien astronauts would need an airport to land their space ships with extended diagonal runways stretching across the desert soil as far as the eyes can see. To conclude therefore that the lines *must* be the remnants of an ancient airport to the exclusion of all other possible conclusions just because that's what it looks like suggests a grave limitation in comparative reasoning. For example: You see lines scratched on a desert highland which resembles the patterns of an airport viewed from above. See, the problem with this film is that it tries to teach its viewers to be lazy observers & simple-Simon thinkers. What is so remarkable is that the book + film literally changed and influenced our popular culture in a manner that continues to this day 'Battlestar: Galactica', 'Stargate', Jack Kirby's 'The Eternals', several post-60s installments of 'Star Trek', the list of pop culture forms that harvested Erich Von Daniken's fanciful ramblings goes on & on, and some are quite good. It is an entertainment, not science, and can be fun provided you're stoned enough.

I read the book as a kid and adore the film as an adult, but please. Seriously, this is easily one of the most lunkheaded, stupid, poorly informed and yet enjoyable 'documentaries' ever made.

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