CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Lines on the Pampa 4 CHAPTER TWO Protector of the Lines 10 CHAPTER THREE Computers Aliens and Balloons 18 CHAPTER FOUR Practical Theories 26 CHAPTER FIVE The Search Goes On 34 Weighing the Evidence 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
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5 CHAPTER ONE An aerial view of the dog geoglyph in southern Peru LINES ON THE PAMPA In 1927 Peruvian archaeologist Toribio Mejia Xesspe hiked into a high dune near his dig site to take a look at the pampa or plateau below He was working on a burial dig site in southern Peru near the ruins of the ancient city of Cahuachi As Mejia scanned the desert below he saw something strange Light-colored lines on the darker-colored desert floor stretched into the distance as straight as rulers Were
