My Trip to Nazca Plains 81overall picture of the markings of the Nazca lines, all
going in different directions. As the plane descended, we
circled the area. Everything I wa s seeing at this moment I
had already seen in the Maria Reiche book and in a few
illustra tions from Chariots of the Gods.
The long strips just stopped, leading nowhere. It
seemed reasonable to believe that they could have been
used as landing airfields for some huge aircraft.
I also saw perfectly drawn lines of animals-a monkey,
a spider, birds, lizards and other creatures. The pilot
asked me, in Spanish, to translate to the Germans that at
this altitude, one could identify all the animal figures
perfectly, but from the ground, the incisions in the earth
were unidentifiable, appearing to be just lines in the
sand. The pilot emphasized that whoever made those
drawings meant them to be seen only from high above.
The big question wa s, who?
It was a temptation to blurt out the information I had
recently heard from Rama, but decided against it.
We were in the air for approxima tely two and a half
hours before heading back. We landed in Pisco about
midmorning. By noon, I wa s back in lea to visit Mr.
Alfredo Elias's esta te, just outside the city.
I was spending a wonderful couple of hours with Mr.
Elias at his hacienda, viewing his horses and enjoying the
smoothest riding I'd ever experienced. Then suddenly I
remembered I had a job. I called the office from the
ra nch. Nancy told me not to worry, she was holding the
fort.
When I got back to Lima, I went to a few bookstores
where they sell books in English and began looking for
literature on flying saucers. I bought a copy of Erich von
Daniken's Gods from Outer Space and John Fuller's Incident at
Exeter. I reminded myself to keep an open mind as I read
these books. I spent the next three days reading. Von
Daniken's books were interesting, quite explicit, and