Ancient Aliens - Season 12 - Eps 14: A Spaceship Made of Stone
In Honshu, Japan, stands one of the country's oldest and holiest Shinto shrines--the Ishi-no-Hoden megalith. Carved from a single rock and weighing roughly 500 tons, it appears to hover over a pool of water, and according to Japanese legend, it was built to depict a sky ship made of stone that the ancient people witnessed descending from the heavens. Ishi-no-Hoden is just one of numerous megalithic structures found throughout Japan commemorating a time when the gods--or, perhaps, extraterrestrial beings--descended to Earth. Centuries old texts describe in vivid diagrams strange craft that have appeared in the sky and on the shores. And satellite images of Mars have revealed keyhole-shaped structures identical to some of Japan's oldest tombs. Could Japan's origins lie beyond Earth, and might a surge of recent UFO sightings provide clues that the island nation provides the key to reconnecting mankind with its extraterrestrial past?
About Ancient Aliens

Title: Ancient Aliens
First Air Date: 2010-04-20
Last Air Date: 2025-03-14
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.852/10 (from 261 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 22
Total Episodes: 267
Network: History
Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Prometheus Entertainment
Synopsis
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 to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate.
Cast

Robert Clotworthy
Narrator (voice)

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
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Ariel Bar Tzadok
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Jonathan Young
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David Childress
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Erich von Däniken
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Linda Moulton Howe
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David Wilcock
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George Noory
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Philip Coppens
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