Ancient Aliens: Season 20
Season 20 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Ancient Aliens Season 19.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 20 Progress Shield
The Top Ten Alien Influencers
Jan 5, 2024 · 42 min
Did a biblical patriarch receive instructions from 200 Angels high above the earth? Were the ancient Greeks taught how to work metal by a race of fish-people? And might Egypt's mos
The Top Ten Extraordinary Creatures
Jan 12, 2024 · 42 min
For more than a decade, Ancient Aliens has collected dozens of reports of encounters with strange and mysterious beasts. Now, Ancient Astronaut Theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos takes a l
The Top Ten Hidden Alien Bases
Jan 19, 2024 · 42 min
Counting down the top 10 locations around the world that may be hiding alien bases, including a cavern beneath the ice of Antarctica, a lake in China that is a hotspot for UFOs, an
The Top Ten Scariest Encounters
Feb 2, 2024 · 42 min
This episode promises a countdown of the most unsettling and enigmatic incidents that suggest possible visitations from beings beyond our world. From a perplexing incident in rura
The Top Ten Alien Codes
Feb 9, 2024 · 42 min
Ancient Aliens is counting down ten of the most intriguing--and mysterious--symbols and codes found across the globe that just might contain proof of otherworldly contact. From gly
The Top Ten Alien Disasters
Feb 16, 2024 · 42 min
Ancient Aliens is counting down the top ten most devastating disasters ever documented that might have an otherworldly connection, from a flying monster at a nuclear incident, a me
Secrets of the Sumerians
Feb 23, 2024 · 42 min
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
The UFO Superhighway
Mar 1, 2024 · 60 min
Along the Earth's north 37th parallel there have been so many reports of unidentified flying objects, animal mutilations, and other mysterious events that it has been dubbed The UF
Mysteries of Scotland
Mar 8, 2024 · 60 min
For thousands of years, Scotland has been an epicenter of otherworldly phenomena; it is home to mysterious ancient stone circles, stories of strange beings, and is a major hotspot
Mystery of the Stone Spheres
Mar 15, 2024 · 60 min
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 my
Mysteries of the Maya
Jun 28, 2024 · 42 min
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
Unlocking the Stargates
Jul 5, 2024 · 42 min
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 dim
The Whistleblowers
Jul 12, 2024 · 42 min
For decades, incredible claims have been made about an extraterrestrial presence on Earth, and the government has gone to great lengths to discredit them.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Jul 19, 2024 · 42 min
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 technologie
Jacques Vallée: UFO Pioneer
Aug 9, 2024 · 42 min
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 w
The Teachers
Aug 16, 2024 · 42 min
Stories of god-like beings providing instruction to early humans, helping establish the first civilizations; exploring if mysterious figures who appear throughout history provide e
Egypt's Giant Tombs
Aug 23, 2024 · 42 min
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.
The Linda Moulton Howe Files
Aug 30, 2024 · 42 min
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 anim
The Chosen
Sep 6, 2024 · 42 min
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 mes
Resurrecting Puma Punku
Sep 13, 2024 · 42 min
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 h