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The geoglyphs were found in 1939 by the son of German immigrants, a historian named Paul Kosok.
Kosok carried out field research in Peru twice: in 1940-1941 and 1948-1949. Both times after he discovered of the geoglyphs.
Since 1940, geoglyphs have been studied by a German, Maria Reiche, for eight (!) years.
And only in 1947 the presence of geoglyphs is documented by photographs.

In 1948, the discoverer of the world-class facility Paul Kosok retired.
The unique geoglyphs were declared world heritage only in 1995.
Scientists have reacted to the discoveries of Maria Reiche ambiguously.

Maria herself paid for the Nasca desert conservation campaing, as well as for assistants and guards.
It is written that she invested a lot in lobbying for the right solutions.
She wrote the book "The Mystery of the Desert" and the money was found.
Wonderful coincidence - on the geoglyph "hands" on one of the hands 5 fingers, and on the other - 4. Maria Reich was missing the middle finger on her left hand.

And here's Maria Reiche herself. You can see that the finger is missing.
Such an injury is easy to get, making petroglyphs - there was a demand, exactly in 1930s.
Her education is strange: she studied mathematics, astronomy, geography and foreign languages at university.
She didn't study history or archaeology.
In 1932, Reiche began working as a nanny and teacher for the children of the German consul in Cuzco, Peru.
This is a very proper job for a nanny who knows five languages.
The first thing she and Kosok found was lines converging on the winter and summer solstice.
That's what she was studying astronomy for. Without her, Kosok wouldn't have pulled this off.
It's written that the maths in geoglyph construction were quite complex. And this is where the education came in handy.

Next to the Nazca Plateau, there's the Palpa Plateau.
The plateau has a beautiful airfield designed with geoglyphs about 2 km long - a good runway for the 1930s.

Here are the builders' autographs. They write that these letters are 100 x 100 meters in size.
Very curious that the geoglyphs of the Nazca plateau are mentioned in Spanish documents of the 16th century, although from the land they simply do not see.
Recall that Spain was a member of the fascist bloc, and everything will be simple and clear.
Fascism as an ideology urgently needed support of "Heaven" without reliance on the Jewish Jesus. And without "UFOs" they couldn't.
The order of publication of the Peruvian chronicles of Pedro Ciez:
1553 - Part No. 1.
1871 - Part No. 2 (translated by Clements Markham).
1909 - Part No. 4 (titled Part No. 3).
1979 - Part No. 3 (first lost but found in the Vatican Library).
As geoglyphs got heritage status only in 1995, I think it was in 1979 that the testimony of a witness from the 16th century appeared.