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I think it's more the original theory than the show itself. They just perpetuate it. As far as I remember, the original alien theories directly descended from conspiracy theories that Germanic people must have actually built wonders of 'primitive' people. They just subbed aliens for Germanic people.
As for alien contact, why would a super advanced civilization interact at all? We'd be a similar cognitive level as ants comparatively. They'd just strip mine the planet or drain the whole oceans or whatever they wanted. Why would their contact be so tiny and limited to only things that are better explaned by similar cultural developments wanting monumental structures to demonstrate power that can be easily built.
You know what the original theory doesn't account for? Bureaucracy and standardization! I am a descendant of the germanic folk. You might even call me... a german.
There was no bureaucracy keeping records of permits, experts checking the stability etc. No nothing. And there was no holy scripture that dictated how to assemble a stable construction, the dimensions of the bricks, the composition of all the materials. We germans cannot build jack without following any sort of standard. We would fall into despair if you told us we can build something however we like to. The Deutsche Industrienorm gives us the guidance we need in our engineering life to construct everything we do.