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Ancient Aliens: Season 4

10 episodes Premiered Feb 17, 2012 Updated Sep 19, 2026

Ancient Aliens Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 10 episodes.

Previously on Ancient Aliens

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Ancient Aliens Season 3.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Ancient Aliens Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 10 episodes.

Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S4·E1 Mytharc

The Mayan Conspiracy

Feb 17, 2012

The Mayan civilization dominated Central America for nearly 2000 years, but by the 9th century A.D., the great Mayan cities were abandoned, and the Mayan people vanished. What coul

S4·E2 Core

The Doomsday Prophecies

Feb 17, 2012

The Maya created the most sophisticated calendar systems in the ancient world, and according to many scholars their Long Count Calendar will come to an end on December 21, 2012. Wh

S4·E3 Core

The Greys

Feb 24, 2012

Who are the beings with big heads and giant eyes that seem to have been visiting our planet for millennia? Known by researchers as the "greys," these mysterious beings have been de

S4·E4 Core

Aliens and Mega-Disasters

Mar 2, 2012

There are numerous historical, religious and mythic accounts of ancient civilizations being wiped out by volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and meteors. Did god, or nature bring about

S4·E5 Core

The NASA Connection

Mar 9, 2012

NASA scientists, former astronauts and secret government files all point to the conclusion that there has been contact with extraterrestrial life in the past. Researchers examine t

S4·E6 Core

The Mystery of Puma Punku

Mar 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 int

S4·E7 Core

Aliens and Bigfoot

Mar 23, 2012

People on every continent have claimed to see the footprints of Bigfoot. And ancient myths and legends speak of an ape-like giant stalking the earth. What if, as Ancient Astronaut

S4·E8 Core

The Da Vinci Conspiracy

Apr 6, 2012

Might an examination of Leonardo Da Vinci's masterful paintings, highly technical hand-drawn sketches, and private journals reveal knowledge of otherworldly technology and extrater

S4·E9 Mytharc

The Time Travelers

Apr 27, 2012

Is it possible that sightings of alien beings or UFOs may actually be evidence of time travelers from the future? And might ancient astronauts actually be time travelers from our f

S4·E10 Mytharc

Aliens and Dinosaurs

May 4, 2012

Angkor Wat, Cambodia, is the world’s largest ancient religious temple. Within its megalithic ruins, researches have discovered a depiction of a species of dinosaur – a stegosaurus