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NARRATOR: It is the Earth's
most mysterious monument.
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Megalithic stone columns
that have stood
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for an estimated 5,000 years.
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Stonehenge is
completely different
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to anything else
in the Neolithic world.
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NARRATOR: But could Stonehenge
have been something more
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than conventional historians
have assumed?
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
The fact that we now know that Stonehenge
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was part of
a much larger superstructure
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indicates we're facing
a sensational mystery.
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NARRATOR:
And could modern scientific findings
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reveal a startling truth?
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HUGH NEWMAN:
We don't really know who these people were,
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don't really know
where they come from.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
The people who built Stonehenge
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just vanished from the Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Might the mystery of Stonehenge
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be the key to unlocking
the secrets of the universe,
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and provide tangible evidence
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of mankind's
extraterrestrial past?
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Is it possible that Stonehenge
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was actually built by these
sophisticated extraterrestrials?
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It's a fantastic thought,
but it's possible.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Ancient Aliens S14E17
(" The Secrets of Stonehenge ")
English HI/SDH CC Conversion SRT - UF (14.17)
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NARRATOR:
For six years,
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the U.K. Ministry of Defence
has been in a slow process
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of releasing the entirety
of their UFO files
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to the National Archives
of England.
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Now the final batch
of declassified reports
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are released to the public.
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Despite Ministry claims
that no credible evidence
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or alien craft was discovered
in over 50 years of study,
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one report,
from January 14, 2009,
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includes a fascinating photo
of a disk-shaped craft
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hovering above the world's
most famous megalithic site:
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Stonehenge.
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Stonehenge has been the site
of a number of UFO encounters
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over the years.
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The county of Wiltshire itself
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is something
of a UFO hot spot.
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Dating back over the lifetime
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of the Ministry of Defence's
UFO project,
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there have probably been
several hundred,
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if not low thousands,
of sightings recorded
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in the county of Wiltshire.
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NARRATOR:
But Stonehenge is not only a major hot spot
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for UFO reports,
it is also the center
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of the crop circle phenomenon,
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with dozens of unexplained
crop formations appearing
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in the area every year.
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Many of the most
spectacular formations
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have appeared
in that geographical area.
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This is a location
where there has been
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more than, I suppose,
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a fair share of weirdness
over the years.
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People are
kind of obsessed by it,
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because it's the only way
they can get back
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to have some contact
with their ancestors.
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I believe there's much,
much more going on here.
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NARRATOR:
Why does the area of Stonehenge
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experience
more unexplained phenomena
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than any other place on Earth?
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Could a new examination
of these massive stone blocks
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reveal profound truths
that have remained hidden
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for more than 5,000 years?
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The British Isles.
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55 BC.
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Julius Caesar begins
a military campaign
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to extend the Roman Empire
into Britain.
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His forces are met
by ferocious resistance
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from the native Celtic tribes,
led by their Druid priests.
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GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
The tribes of Britain
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were all united
against the warring Romans
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by the Druids,
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to repel the greatest general
who's ever lived.
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NARRATOR:
It would take the Romans nearly a century
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to conquer Britain.
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Once they succeeded,
they turned Stonehenge
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into a temple
of their sun god, Apollo.
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But the Romans were not
the first to adopt this monument
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as their own.
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The Celts themselves
had migrated into Britain
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some 2,500 years before.
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When they arrived,
Stonehenge was already there,
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but the country was
eerily deserted.
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The people who are responsible
for Stonehenge, for erecting it,
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are nowhere to be seen,
and this is a puzzling,
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uh, piece of information
that we know now.
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NARRATOR:
Instead of ignoring Stonehenge
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and building new temples,
as historians would expect,
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the Celts adopted it
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You have to ask yourself:
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Why did the Celts and Druids
adopt Stonehenge
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as a place of worship
if they didn't build it?
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Did they somehow know
the power of the place?
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists today believe
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that this great
Neolithic stone circle
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has stood on the plains
of Wiltshire, England,
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for no less than 5,000 years.
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An outer ring
of 30 four-ton stones
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surrounds five huge arches
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whose massive blocks weigh
22 tons each,
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and which were
somehow transported
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from 120 miles away.
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It's an astonishing feat
of ancient engineering,
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and the mysteries about
its construction still remain.
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NEWMAN:
Some of the stones at Stonehenge
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weigh between 50 and 70 tons.
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Some of the stones are
even heavier.
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So how could you
have moved these into place?
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How could you have moved them
from Wales,
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where the bluestones,
the spotted dolerite, came from,
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within Stonehenge?
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PHILLIPS:
The bluestones,
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from which the original
Stonehenge was constructed,
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were transported from
120 miles to the west
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from a place called
the Preseli Mountains,
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which is the only place
in the British Isles
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where you can get
that kind of stone.
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Now, how they were moved
is a mystery.
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NARRATOR:
The predominant theory
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as to how the megalithic blocks
were moved is that the builders
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fashioned sledges and rollers
out of tree trunks
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to lug the bluestones
from the Preseli Hills,
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then transferred them onto rafts
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and floated them
first along the Welsh coast
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and then up the River Avon
towards Salisbury Plain.
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TSOUKALOS:
You know, this idea
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that all these ancient blocks
were moved
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with, uh, wooden rollers is...
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is very interesting.
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However, do you know
what happens to wood
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when you put 20 tons
on a wooden roller?
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It'll just get crushed
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PHILLIPS:
However they did it,
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it must have been
very important for them
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to move these particular stones
to Stonehenge.
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And that's a mystery.
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That doesn't happen
anywhere else
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at stone circles in the country.
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They only come from stone
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NARRATOR:
However Stonehenge was constructed,
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it involved moving much more
than just the stone blocks
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that stand today.
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According to researchers,
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this is just 25%
of the original monument,
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the center of
a much larger structure
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that was surrounded
by multiple concentric circles
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constructed over a period
of more than a thousand years.
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MARTINEAU:
So Stonehenge is very interesting
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in that it evolves
over a very long period of time.
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And the first thing
that goes up at Stonehenge
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is not there anymore.
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It's the 56 holes
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that today are known
as the Aubrey Circle.
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It used to be filled with
the bluestones from Preseli.
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PHILLIPS:
Around the outside of the stone circle
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is constructed
a ditch and embankment.
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This is the so-called
"henge" structure
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that stands around Stonehenge,
from where it gets its name.
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NARRATOR:
Many mainstream scholars
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suggest that Stonehenge
was simply a place of worship
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and a burial ground.
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But why would
the ancient people of Britain
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have spent
more than a thousand years
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to build what amounts
to a church and a cemetery?
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NEWMAN:
And the big problem is we don't really know
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who these people were.
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We don't really know
where they come from.
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So we find similar structures
around the world
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that show incredible levels
of sophistication,
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like the Pyramids of Giza
in Egypt,
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like Machu Picchu in Peru.
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So why not, in ancient Britain,
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why not have a very advanced
civilization here?
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The fact that we now know
that Stonehenge was part
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of a much larger superstructure
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indicates to me that we've only
barely scratched the surface.
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What did it all mean?
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NARRATOR:
If the monolithic stones
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that comprise Stonehenge today
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are only merely
a partial skeleton
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of the original complex,
is it possible
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that it was among the most
sophisticated structures
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of the ancient world?
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Perhaps the answers
to who built it...
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and why... can be found
by examining similar structures
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found all over the world.
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NARRATOR:
Dr. William Stukeley,
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a pioneer
in the field of archaeology,
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begins the first
scientific survey of Stonehenge.
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He quickly notices that
its axis aligns with sunrise
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on the summer solstice.
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Over the centuries, scientists
discover that Stonehenge
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also points to sunset
on the winter solstice
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and contains dozens of other
astronomical alignments.
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NEWMAN: Stonehenge is
unlike any stone circle
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anywhere on the planet.
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It's perfectly circular.
It has lintels above it.
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It's designed with
precision-engineered carving
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and astronomical alignments.
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TSOUKALOS: In my opinion,
it is Stonehenge itself
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that is the message.
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And one part of that message
is that Stonehenge
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is a replica of
our solar system on Earth.
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Each circle corresponds
with one of our planets
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inside our solar system,
including Pluto.
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So, now we have a structure
that's at least 4,000 years old,
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and our ancestors
knew about Pluto?
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Without telescopes?
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Someone told them about Pluto
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and all of our planets
in our solar system,
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and that is the message,
because in Neolithic time,
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there is no way
that they knew about this.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the massive blocks
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still standing at Stonehenge
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were purposely arranged
to reflect the positions
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of the planets
in our solar system?
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And if so, could this
astronomical knowledge
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have been imparted to our
ancestors by extraterrestrials?
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While Stonehenge
is the most extraordinary
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stone circle in England,
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in the 1970s, Scottish
cartographer Alexander Thom
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found that all the famed
stone circles across the U.K.
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have sophisticated designs
that track the movements
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of planets and constellations.
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NEWMAN:
Alexander Thom surveyed
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over 300 stone circles
in Britain.
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And he came up
with this principle
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that they used advanced geometry
in the construction,
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which was connected
with very advanced astronomy.
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NARRATOR: Over time,
archaeologists began to find
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that ancient megalithic sites
all over the planet
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were built to align
with the sun.
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In Macedonia,
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the Kokino Observatory
features four stone thrones
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at the top of a mountain
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positioned to track
the solstices and equinoxes.
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In Machu Picchu,
there is a stone temple
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with three trapezoidal windows
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also positioned
to align with the sun
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during the solstices
and equinoxes.
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On the northwest coast
of France,
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a collection
of over 3,000 massive rocks,
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called the "Carnac stones,"
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align with both the summer
and winter solstices.
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And some of the sites
where these solar alignments
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are found include stone circles
similar to Stonehenge.
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The entrance
to the Temple of Mnajdra
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on the Mediterranean island
of Malta
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is aligned to mark both
the solstices and equinoxes.
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NEWMAN:
In ancient Malta, going back
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potentially to 3,000,
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to 4,000 B.C.
or even much older,
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they also were observing
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multiple
different constellations,
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including Taurus and others.
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NARRATOR: As far as ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
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the most significant
of all the ancient sites
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that contain
astronomical alignments
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is also the oldest.
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German archaeologist
Klaus Schmidt begins
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a major excavation
at Gobekli Tepe.
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This prehistoric site
was believed
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to contain a standard
Roman-era cemetery.
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But what Schmidt actually
discovered would revolutionize
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our view of the ancient world.
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TSOUKALOS: Gobekli Tepe is one
of the most fascinating stories
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that we have in archaeology
in recent times.
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It is the first documented
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and confirmed archaeological
site in the world
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that proves its age dating
as far back
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as 10,000 BC.
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NEWMAN: Gobekli Tepe is the
oldest known stone circle complex.
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It dates to nearly
12,000 years old,
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and it stands out as one of the
most unique sites on the planet.
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It really shouldn't be there
at this date.
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It wasn't
for many thousands of years
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that Stonehenge was built.
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ANDREW COLLINS: Stonehenge
in Britain was constructed
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around 3000 BC, but
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as much as 6,000 years earlier
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in southeast Turkey,
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Gobekli Tepe was built
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by a very early form
of Neolithic people.
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And here you have a series
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of circular monuments,
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each made of T-shaped pillars,
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like spokes of a wheel
radiating out
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from a central spot
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where there are
two huge monoliths
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as much
as 18 and a half feet tall.
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NARRATOR:
According to mainstream archaeologists,
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one of the reasons
that Gobekli Tepe has survived
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in such remarkable condition
for more than 10,000 years
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is because
it was deliberately buried.
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But why?
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Was it to protect it
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from some catastrophic event?
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Or was it to hide what ancient
astronaut theorists consider
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the structure's
otherworldly origins?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by a further examination
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of not only
who may have built Gobekli Tepe,
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but why.
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With stones weighing up to ten tons,
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sophisticated carvings,
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and even signs
of hieroglyphic writing...
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experts say Gobekli Tepe
could only have been built
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by an advanced civilization.
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But according
to mainstream historians,
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the world's first
true civilization...
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the Sumerians... did not arise
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until thousands of years
after Gobekli Tepe was built.
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BILL BIRNES:
What we know about Gobekli Tepe
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is that the Sumerians
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said, "Oh, they were built
by the ancients."
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Who were the ancients that were
here before the Sumerians?
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So, we actually have
geological artifacts
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that point us to a civilization
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before civilization.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
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Gobekli Tepe provides evidence
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that a highly-advanced
civilization flourished
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long before the Sumerians.
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And they suggest
that a written record
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of this civilization can be
found in the Book of Enoch
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and its mysterious tale
of the Watchers.
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HENRY:
According to the Book of Enoch,
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there was an ancient race
of giants
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who descended to the Earth.
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They brought technology with
them and shared it with humans.
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They were called the Anunnaki,
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also known as the Watchers,
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extraterrestrial beings
who lived near Gobekli Tepe.
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TSOUKALOS:
In the Old Testament,
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there are quite a few passages
that speak
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of when the sons of God
encountered the women of Earth.
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They thought of them
quite beautiful.
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And so they mated with them,
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and the offspring were
the so-called giants.
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NARRATOR
According to the Book of Enoch,
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these hybrid offspring were
giants called the Nephilim.
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They built a glittering
high-tech civilization.
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(thunder crashing)
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But God considered them
an abomination
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and sent a great flood
to wipe them out.
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HENRY:
Going back 5,000 years,
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we have sacred texts
that tell us
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there was
an antediluvian civilization.
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There was a great flood
and that there were survivors.
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The Mesopotamians speak of this
in The Epic of Gilgamesh,
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the Egyptians speak of this
in the Edfu creation texts.
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We look around at temples
and other constructions
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that suddenly blossomed
as if out of thin air.
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We're asked to believe
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that suddenly
humanity learned the skills
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for building
these magnificent monuments
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that we can't even duplicate
today.
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It doesn't make sense,
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unless there was some
pre-flood teacher indeed
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that taught us how to do this.
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According to some traditions,
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some of the Nephilim
survived the flood.
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These hybrid children
of the Anunnaki still knew
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how to build
megalithic monuments
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aligned with the stars,
and that's what they did.
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NARRATOR: Tradition has it
that after surviving the flood
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and building Gobekli Tepe
in Turkey,
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the Nephilim began to migrate.
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And each place they went,
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they left stone circles
in their wake.
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COLLINS:
After Gobekli Tepe,
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there are other stone circles
before we get to Stonehenge.
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For instance, at Karahunj
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in Armenia,
there is a massive series
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of megalithic constructions
and circles
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which have been dated
to approximately 5500 BC,
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according
to the astronomical alignments.
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Other sites
that are of extreme age include
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Cromlech Almendres in Portugal.
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This dates back
to around 6,000 years.
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NARRATOR:
If the Nephilim were responsible
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for all these stone circles,
is it possible that these giants
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ultimately found refuge
in the British Isles
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and built Stonehenge?
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Many believe that supporting
evidence is found
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in a 12th century book by Welsh
cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth,
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The History of the Kings
of Britain.
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It states that Stonehenge was
erected by giants in Ireland,
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then transported
to its current site
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by the famed magician Merlin.
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JONATHAN YOUNG: The story
has it, the king wanted
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to honor the dead
from a great battle,
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and he wanted
a particular monument
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the giants had built in Ireland.
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It was Stonehenge.
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He sent Merlin
to get this thing.
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Merlin used magic
to move it to Somerset.
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This is how it got
to where it presently is.
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NEWMAN:
And somehow he did this.
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Whether it was magic,
we really don't know.
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But we do know
that there are traditions
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of giants moving stones.
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CHILDRESS:
We have to ask ourselves,
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is it possible
that the Nephilim,
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as descendants of the Anunnaki,
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were the actual builders
of Stonehenge
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and other megaliths
in Great Britain?
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And, in fact, uh, that
may well have been the case.
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NARRATOR:
To further support the notion
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that the Anunnaki
not only built Stonehenge
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but also other megalithic
stone circles like Gobekli Tepe,
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ancient astronaut theorists
point to a curious legend
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concerning a tribe known
as the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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TOK THOMPSON:
The Tuatha Dé Danann
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are probably
the most important tribe
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or figures or group of people...
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if they are people... uh,
that show up in Irish mythology.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann
were special.
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CHILDRESS:
The Tuatha Dé Danann were tall.
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They had red hair
and blue or green eyes.
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They had magical powers.
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NEWMAN:
They had very advanced weaponry
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and different types of
what sounds like machinery.
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But also they taught
the high arts of civilization
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and they were said to be
almost like the Shining Ones
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of the biblical tradition.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
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that the Tuatha Dé Danann
were the descendants
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of the otherworldly beings
described
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in the Sumerian tradition
as the Anunnaki?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes.
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And as evidence,
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they point
to a curious historic fact.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann,
or tribe of Danann,
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originally had a different name,
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the Tuatha Dé Anu.
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CHILDRESS:
The name means "the tribe of Anu.".
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And Anu here is the Anunnaki.
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It's this mysterious people
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who are talked about
in Sumerian texts.
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So, here we now have
a connection
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with the Tuatha Dé Danann
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with the Anunnaki
of ancient Sumeria.
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NARRATOR:
Did these Anunnaki descendants
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really migrate
to the British Isles
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and ultimately build Stonehenge?
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And if so,
could this shed light
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on the mystery of not only who
built Stonehenge but why?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining
a startling new genetic study
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that indicates that,
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almost immediately after
Stonehenge was built,
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its builders
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mysteriously vanished
from the Earth.
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NARRATOR: In a groundbreaking
genetic study,
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published in the journal Nature,
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Harvard researchers announce
a stunning discovery
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about ancient human DNA.
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It reveals that,
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immediately after Stonehenge
was built,
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the people who built it,
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the ancient inhabitants
of Britain,
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suddenly and almost totally
vanished from the British Isles.
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They left behind
virtually no DNA
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in the modern
British population.
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What the 2018 study suggests
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is that the genetic signature
of the Neolithic inhabitants
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of the British Isles,
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it vanishes
shortly after the period
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in which they build Stonehenge
and is largely replaced
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by an entirely new human culture
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in a very short amount of time.
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HENRY: The Harvard study is
an absolute bombshell.
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An entire civilization
just disappears without a trace,
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vanishes into thin air?
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It's easily the most surprising
and most shocking conclusion
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you can imagine.
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NARRATOR:
The study used
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a revolutionary new technique
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that samples DNA
from ancient human bones
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and then compares it to the DNA
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of modern people
in the same place.
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Scientists then determine
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what percentage
of the modern population
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is descended
from the ancient group.
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So, the new genetic data
are really providing
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an example
of population replacement,
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in which the genetic markers
that characterize one population
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is almost entirely replaced in a
relatively short amount of time
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by the genetic signature that
characterizes another population
501
00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:08,900
from a different part
of the world.
502
00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:11,644
NARRATOR:
The strange disappearance
503
00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:13,312
of the Stonehenge builders
504
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:16,465
remains
a profound historical mystery.
505
00:26:16,493 --> 00:26:20,303
But historians had long known
that around 2500 BC,
506
00:26:20,330 --> 00:26:22,747
just after Stonehenge was built,
507
00:26:22,907 --> 00:26:25,750
a new group
entered the British Isles.
508
00:26:25,910 --> 00:26:28,327
The so-called Beaker people
are named
509
00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:30,737
for their distinctive
clay pottery
510
00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:33,833
and are believed to be
the ancestors of the Celts.
511
00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:36,669
CHILDRESS:
You might think that
512
00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:40,097
when the original population
of Britain suddenly left
513
00:26:40,258 --> 00:26:43,584
these stone monuments,
514
00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:46,329
that the newcomers
would maybe just let them
515
00:26:46,356 --> 00:26:50,608
go back to nature and
ultimately just-just fall down
516
00:26:50,768 --> 00:26:53,444
and be destroyed, uh, over time.
517
00:26:53,604 --> 00:26:55,262
But that's not what happened.
518
00:26:55,323 --> 00:26:58,507
And so it would seem
that these newcomers
519
00:26:58,535 --> 00:27:01,435
realized
that these places had power.
520
00:27:01,496 --> 00:27:03,937
There was an energy associated
with them.
521
00:27:03,998 --> 00:27:06,541
Something important.
522
00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,800
NARRATOR:
The Orkney Islands, Scotland.
523
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,711
2019.
524
00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:21,714
Ancient astronaut theorist
Andrew Collins
525
00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:24,216
and author Graham Phillips
526
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:26,719
have come to these islands
to investigate
527
00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:30,481
the mysterious disappearance of
the people who built Stonehenge.
528
00:27:30,641 --> 00:27:34,377
Dating back to 3200 BC,
529
00:27:34,404 --> 00:27:38,305
Skara Brae was buried in sand
for thousands of years
530
00:27:38,366 --> 00:27:42,401
until a great storm
uncovered it in 1850.
531
00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:45,329
Now known
as the Scottish Pompeii,
532
00:27:45,489 --> 00:27:47,390
it was home to the people
533
00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,909
who began Britain's
stone circle building boom,
534
00:27:50,003 --> 00:27:52,003
ultimately built Stonehenge,
535
00:27:52,163 --> 00:27:56,399
and then mysteriously vanished
from the genetic record.
536
00:27:56,426 --> 00:27:59,735
Right. Site's over here.
537
00:27:59,762 --> 00:28:01,328
Well, it's quite amazing
538
00:28:01,389 --> 00:28:03,589
that this place
was completely covered
539
00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:05,332
with sand,
540
00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:08,019
uh, until they refound it
in the 19th century.
541
00:28:08,179 --> 00:28:10,763
The people who built
the first stone circle
542
00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:13,582
a couple of miles from here
lived here.
543
00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:16,101
Yeah. Just look at this place.
544
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:19,088
I mean, it's just extraordinary.
545
00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:20,423
PHILLIPS:
It's pretty sophisticated.
546
00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:22,033
I mean, these walls here
547
00:28:22,193 --> 00:28:25,444
are really quite advanced
for 5,000 years ago,
548
00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:28,021
when everybody else
in the country was living in,
549
00:28:28,082 --> 00:28:29,949
well, mud huts, basically.
550
00:28:30,043 --> 00:28:33,026
I know. And-and the incredible
thing about this is
551
00:28:33,087 --> 00:28:35,862
the descendants of these people
end up creating
552
00:28:35,924 --> 00:28:38,624
all of the stone circles
around Britain.
553
00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:40,551
How do you think this started?
554
00:28:40,711 --> 00:28:44,296
I-I think something was changing
in the minds of these people.
555
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:45,631
But, you know,
the bigger question is,
556
00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:47,800
what were they doing here?
557
00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:51,378
NARRATOR: Experts believe that
the descendants of Skara Brae
558
00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:53,973
began building
the great stone circles
559
00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:56,400
that ultimately led
to Stonehenge.
560
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,553
To see the first
of these mighty circles,
561
00:28:59,614 --> 00:29:03,482
Andrew and Graham
travel six miles south.
562
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:06,410
So, we're going now
to the Stones of Stenness,
563
00:29:06,570 --> 00:29:10,247
which is the first stone circle,
that we know of,
564
00:29:10,408 --> 00:29:13,000
built anywhere
in the British Isles.
565
00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:17,738
It originally consisted of
566
00:29:17,799 --> 00:29:19,924
12 stones in a circle
567
00:29:20,084 --> 00:29:23,761
around 100 feet in diameter,
568
00:29:23,921 --> 00:29:27,139
and the stones
are up to 16 feet high.
569
00:29:28,592 --> 00:29:30,917
COLLINS:
What's so incredible
570
00:29:30,979 --> 00:29:34,179
is that this first stone circle
in Britain
571
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:36,181
has a relationship
572
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:41,003
with Gobekli Tepe
in southeast Turkey, which...
573
00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:43,447
because the Stones of Stenness
574
00:29:43,607 --> 00:29:45,265
is aligned to the stars.
575
00:29:45,326 --> 00:29:47,192
To the south,
576
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:50,529
it's the rising
of the stars of Orion.
577
00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:52,623
And to the north,
578
00:29:52,783 --> 00:29:56,777
it is the setting
of the stars of Cygnus.
579
00:29:56,838 --> 00:30:00,372
And the very same constellations
feature
580
00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:03,359
within astronomical alignments
at Gobekli Tepe,
581
00:30:03,386 --> 00:30:06,512
thousands of miles away.
582
00:30:09,726 --> 00:30:11,867
NARRATOR:
If the Stones of Stenness,
583
00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:14,311
like Gobekli Tepe, Stonehenge,
584
00:30:14,472 --> 00:30:16,647
and other megalithic structures,
585
00:30:16,807 --> 00:30:19,892
was constructed in such a way
as to be in alignment
586
00:30:19,986 --> 00:30:23,379
with astronomical events, why?
587
00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:27,216
Was it to merely function
as a type of calendar,
588
00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:30,619
indicating when to plant crops
or perform rituals?
589
00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,224
Or were these structures
oriented to the stars
590
00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:37,001
for a far more profound
591
00:30:37,161 --> 00:30:40,629
or perhaps extraterrestrial
purpose?
592
00:30:42,216 --> 00:30:45,234
It is true
that-that Stonehenge can be used
593
00:30:45,261 --> 00:30:47,419
or was used as a calendar.
594
00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:49,346
There is no doubt about it.
595
00:30:49,507 --> 00:30:53,409
However,
in order to create a calendar,
596
00:30:53,436 --> 00:30:56,745
there was absolutely zero need
597
00:30:56,773 --> 00:31:01,692
to build a megalithic structure
as gigantic as Stonehenge.
598
00:31:01,852 --> 00:31:05,011
'Cause you could have recreated
the entire same thing
599
00:31:05,073 --> 00:31:10,092
by, essentially, placing
ordinary sticks in the ground.
600
00:31:10,119 --> 00:31:12,519
That was not the case.
601
00:31:12,580 --> 00:31:14,855
So what was it?
602
00:31:14,916 --> 00:31:18,709
POPE:
There is a knowledge and purpose here,
603
00:31:18,869 --> 00:31:20,953
and it's-it's sophisticated.
604
00:31:21,047 --> 00:31:24,940
Were ceremonies and rituals
605
00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:27,701
conducted there that
actually achieved something?
606
00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:30,554
In other words,
is, in one sense,
607
00:31:30,714 --> 00:31:34,450
Stonehenge a device, a machine?
608
00:31:34,477 --> 00:31:36,952
MARTINEAU: This geometry is
there right from the beginning
609
00:31:36,979 --> 00:31:38,879
of the stone circle building
610
00:31:38,940 --> 00:31:41,899
and the reason they were
choosing these shapes
611
00:31:42,059 --> 00:31:45,402
was something to do
with astronomy.
612
00:31:45,563 --> 00:31:48,739
And I think it's some kind
of interesting technology,
613
00:31:48,899 --> 00:31:51,408
ancient technology, um,
614
00:31:51,569 --> 00:31:53,452
whose origins are lost
in the mist of time.
615
00:31:54,664 --> 00:31:55,988
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
616
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,064
that the builders
of ancient stone circles
617
00:31:58,126 --> 00:32:01,994
weren't constructing
giant celestial calendars,
618
00:32:02,088 --> 00:32:05,998
but, instead, were using the sun
and stars as guides
619
00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:08,408
so that the giant stones
they were using
620
00:32:08,469 --> 00:32:10,502
could be precisely placed?
621
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:14,932
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
622
00:32:15,092 --> 00:32:18,160
the answer is a profound yes.
623
00:32:18,187 --> 00:32:22,439
And they believe the precise
astrological placements of these
624
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,926
weren't intended
for ritual purposes,
625
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:29,095
but for technological ones,
possibly as a means
626
00:32:29,157 --> 00:32:31,115
of conducting and generating
627
00:32:31,275 --> 00:32:34,076
a type of geo-electrical energy.
628
00:32:35,705 --> 00:32:37,696
So the people who built this,
629
00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:40,199
you think, were inspired
by the descendants
630
00:32:40,293 --> 00:32:42,351
of those who built
Gobekli Tepe.
631
00:32:42,378 --> 00:32:43,702
I'm certain of it.
632
00:32:43,796 --> 00:32:46,689
But as we know,
633
00:32:46,716 --> 00:32:48,782
this is the beginning
634
00:32:48,843 --> 00:32:53,529
of something brand-new
that starts here
635
00:32:53,556 --> 00:32:58,534
on the Orkney mainland
and continues to Stonehenge.
636
00:32:58,561 --> 00:33:00,686
So what comes next?
637
00:33:03,191 --> 00:33:05,874
NARRATOR: Just down the road
from the Stones of Stenness
638
00:33:05,902 --> 00:33:08,468
lies the Ring of Brodgar.
639
00:33:08,529 --> 00:33:12,397
The third largest stone circle
in the British Isles,
640
00:33:12,491 --> 00:33:16,643
it is a hotbed of UFO sightings
and activity.
641
00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:19,479
According to ancient astronaut
theorists,
642
00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:22,333
it could also hold the key
to solving the mystery
643
00:33:22,493 --> 00:33:25,060
of why the Stonehenge builders
suddenly
644
00:33:25,087 --> 00:33:29,590
and inexplicably... disappeared.
645
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,999
NARRATOR:
On Scotland's Orkney Islands
646
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:42,836
ancient astronaut theorist
Andrew Collins
647
00:33:42,897 --> 00:33:44,688
and author Graham Phillips
648
00:33:44,848 --> 00:33:46,523
are investigating stone circles
649
00:33:46,684 --> 00:33:50,343
that are believed to be
even older than Stonehenge.
650
00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:54,089
They have just arrived
at the Ring of Brodgar,
651
00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:57,183
which is not only
an important historical site
652
00:33:57,245 --> 00:34:00,520
but also a hot spot
for UFO sightings.
653
00:34:00,581 --> 00:34:04,783
PHILLIPS: We're here at the Ring of Brodgar.
654
00:34:04,877 --> 00:34:06,693
It is a henge circle,
so all around
655
00:34:06,754 --> 00:34:09,713
the outside of it is
a ditch and embankment.
656
00:34:09,873 --> 00:34:13,942
COLLINS: And one of the things
that's been repeatedly found
657
00:34:13,970 --> 00:34:16,779
in connection with stone circles
658
00:34:16,806 --> 00:34:19,890
is that there's a very special
geology associated
659
00:34:20,050 --> 00:34:22,301
with the landscape around them.
660
00:34:22,395 --> 00:34:26,455
And all of these seem to be able
661
00:34:26,482 --> 00:34:28,791
to manifest mysterious lights.
662
00:34:28,818 --> 00:34:31,310
And they almost appear to act
663
00:34:31,404 --> 00:34:34,571
like windows onto another realm.
664
00:34:34,732 --> 00:34:37,466
Because as you get higher,
665
00:34:37,493 --> 00:34:41,061
you can see that the whole place
is like a perfect circle.
666
00:34:41,122 --> 00:34:44,248
A perfect hole
out of this reality
667
00:34:44,408 --> 00:34:46,825
into another realm all together.
668
00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:49,828
So this place here
could actually be
669
00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:53,665
some kind of portal
between this world and another?
670
00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:55,092
Precisely.
671
00:34:55,252 --> 00:34:57,261
But what's so incredible
672
00:34:57,421 --> 00:35:00,764
is that at virtually
every location
673
00:35:00,924 --> 00:35:04,417
that this megalithic culture
moved out
674
00:35:04,478 --> 00:35:07,420
is also somewhere associated
with the appearance
675
00:35:07,481 --> 00:35:11,183
of mysterious lights,
what we'd call UFOs.
676
00:35:11,277 --> 00:35:14,611
We're talking about Stonehenge,
677
00:35:14,772 --> 00:35:16,171
Avebury,
678
00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:18,857
the Isle of Anglesey in Wales,
679
00:35:18,951 --> 00:35:21,768
and the area
around the Rod Stone.
680
00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:24,012
All of these locations
681
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,789
are what we would call portals,
682
00:35:25,949 --> 00:35:29,017
places where
mysterious lights appear
683
00:35:29,045 --> 00:35:31,945
and then disappear.
684
00:35:32,006 --> 00:35:35,281
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that ancient stone circles
685
00:35:35,343 --> 00:35:38,377
found throughout the world
were once used as portals
686
00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:40,787
to other parts
of the universe?
687
00:35:40,848 --> 00:35:44,290
And could this explain
why the builders of Stonehenge
688
00:35:44,352 --> 00:35:47,311
suddenly disappeared
from the DNA record,
689
00:35:47,471 --> 00:35:51,131
right after the structure is
believed to have been completed?
690
00:35:51,192 --> 00:35:54,985
While such a notion may sound
preposterous to some,
691
00:35:55,145 --> 00:35:57,154
ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
692
00:35:57,314 --> 00:36:00,473
that it is far from impossible.
693
00:36:00,534 --> 00:36:03,810
NEWMAN: They realized
that these stone circles
694
00:36:03,871 --> 00:36:06,479
actually do manipulate
earth energies,
695
00:36:06,540 --> 00:36:09,166
these currents that are part
of the magnetic field.
696
00:36:09,326 --> 00:36:12,077
CHILDRESS:
Archaeologists now
697
00:36:12,171 --> 00:36:15,172
are speculating
that the blue stones
698
00:36:15,332 --> 00:36:19,176
that are part
of the Stonehenge complex,
699
00:36:19,336 --> 00:36:24,089
they are a type
of black-blue dolerite
700
00:36:24,183 --> 00:36:29,478
that has very bright nodes
of quartz in them.
701
00:36:31,399 --> 00:36:33,173
NARRATOR:
Quartz is able to convert
702
00:36:33,234 --> 00:36:35,675
the earth's natural
electrical vibrations
703
00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:37,361
into a form of energy.
704
00:36:37,521 --> 00:36:40,013
The amount of energy increases
705
00:36:40,074 --> 00:36:42,849
when the quartz
is under pressure,
706
00:36:42,910 --> 00:36:46,094
as it would be as part of a
massive monolithic structure
707
00:36:46,122 --> 00:36:48,280
like Stonehenge.
708
00:36:48,374 --> 00:36:50,040
NEWMAN:
So you have electrical qualities
709
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,451
when the quartz
is kind of crushed
710
00:36:52,545 --> 00:36:54,378
and then you have magnetic
qualities as well
711
00:36:54,538 --> 00:36:55,787
within the same stone.
712
00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,363
So this could have been used
713
00:36:57,425 --> 00:37:01,460
to manipulate
earth energy currents.
714
00:37:01,554 --> 00:37:03,295
CHILDRESS:
Many of the stone circles
715
00:37:03,389 --> 00:37:06,298
have something to do with
astronomical alignments,
716
00:37:06,392 --> 00:37:09,393
and you have to wonder if
it's a way of calculating
717
00:37:09,553 --> 00:37:12,955
and having a calibration
that you can use
718
00:37:12,982 --> 00:37:15,882
to create a special portal area.
719
00:37:15,943 --> 00:37:18,460
It's got a special energy,
perhaps,
720
00:37:18,487 --> 00:37:20,629
that's being manipulated
721
00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:24,149
and created
by these megalithic structures.
722
00:37:24,243 --> 00:37:27,578
NARRATOR: Did the builders of
ancient megalithic structures
723
00:37:27,738 --> 00:37:30,063
like Stonehenge
and Gobekli Tepe,
724
00:37:30,124 --> 00:37:32,249
use their advanced knowledge
725
00:37:32,409 --> 00:37:34,810
of the interconnectivity
between the Earth...
726
00:37:34,837 --> 00:37:37,996
and the ability of precisely
placed megalithic stones...
727
00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:41,817
to generate energy
to create portals?
728
00:37:41,844 --> 00:37:44,261
And could this be
why they decided
729
00:37:44,421 --> 00:37:46,263
to quarry the rock
for Stonehenge
730
00:37:46,423 --> 00:37:49,491
from 120 miles away,
731
00:37:49,518 --> 00:37:52,344
because they needed
a particular type of rock
732
00:37:52,438 --> 00:37:54,754
with a particular
quartz concentration?
733
00:37:54,815 --> 00:37:58,000
If so,
could their incredible ability
734
00:37:58,027 --> 00:38:00,927
to create energy be
an indication
735
00:38:00,988 --> 00:38:04,339
that their origins might be
extraterrestrial?
736
00:38:04,366 --> 00:38:06,950
If the Nephilim were actually
737
00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:09,769
some sort
of extraterrestrial race
738
00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:13,624
with super high technology,
then maybe
739
00:38:13,784 --> 00:38:16,184
now all the high-tech stuff
is gone
740
00:38:16,212 --> 00:38:20,355
and all that's left
is this skeletal structure
741
00:38:20,382 --> 00:38:22,115
that we call Stonehenge.
742
00:38:22,176 --> 00:38:24,951
NARRATOR:
If the builders of Stonehenge
743
00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:27,045
really did create a portal
744
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:29,531
through which they returned
to the home planet
745
00:38:29,558 --> 00:38:31,808
of their extraterrestrial
ancestors,
746
00:38:31,969 --> 00:38:35,887
did that portal close
after they left?
747
00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:38,723
Or was the site stripped
of its power
748
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,985
when the original structure
was deconstructed?
749
00:38:42,145 --> 00:38:45,138
Perhaps the answer can be found
750
00:38:45,199 --> 00:38:47,566
by examining one of the
strangest events to occur
751
00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:50,218
at Stonehenge in modern times.
752
00:38:50,246 --> 00:38:53,980
An event that some believe
may contain a message
753
00:38:54,041 --> 00:38:55,916
from another world.
754
00:39:02,258 --> 00:39:03,582
NARRATOR:
Wiltshire, England.
755
00:39:03,676 --> 00:39:06,492
July 1996.
756
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One of the most complex
757
00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:12,424
and spectacular crop circle
designs ever seen
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00:39:12,518 --> 00:39:15,519
appears in a field
opposite Stonehenge.
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POPE:
The so-called Julia Set
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00:39:18,015 --> 00:39:20,765
appeared right next
to Stonehenge.
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00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:23,843
Now, the Julia Set
takes its name
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00:39:23,904 --> 00:39:28,532
from a fractal,
which is a mathematical shape.
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00:39:28,692 --> 00:39:32,953
This was intricate, complex.
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There's an interesting story
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00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:38,208
that apparently a taxi driver
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00:39:38,368 --> 00:39:40,936
saw this formation
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00:39:40,963 --> 00:39:44,439
just appearing suddenly,
magically,
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00:39:44,466 --> 00:39:47,718
as if some unseen hidden force
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00:39:47,878 --> 00:39:49,869
was making the pattern.
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00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:52,889
Some people have said
that they were symbols
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00:39:53,050 --> 00:39:55,800
that are meant
to convey information.
772
00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:58,544
And it's the conveying
of information
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00:39:58,606 --> 00:40:01,064
that I think
is the important thing here.
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00:40:01,224 --> 00:40:03,458
That really might be the key
775
00:40:03,485 --> 00:40:05,718
to unlocking the mystery here.
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00:40:05,779 --> 00:40:09,297
NARRATOR: Could it be that
the incredible crop formation
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00:40:09,325 --> 00:40:11,816
that appeared next to Stonehenge
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00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:14,970
was a message
from extraterrestrial visitors?
779
00:40:14,997 --> 00:40:18,582
If Stonehenge was built
as a portal to the stars,
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00:40:18,742 --> 00:40:21,826
can this technology
be reactivated?
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00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,238
And might the mathematical
information contained
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00:40:25,299 --> 00:40:27,740
within the Julia Set
provide the key
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00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:29,676
to reopening the portal?
784
00:40:31,755 --> 00:40:33,263
CHILDRESS:
When we look at Stonehenge,
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00:40:33,423 --> 00:40:35,415
we have to wonder
about the energy there.
786
00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:39,919
So, early on, it becomes a site
where things are happening,
787
00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:42,831
extraterrestrials
are landing here perhaps.
788
00:40:42,858 --> 00:40:46,276
But it all starts
with some activity early on
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00:40:46,436 --> 00:40:48,195
in this, in this special place.
790
00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:52,598
People speculated
that the ancients
791
00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:56,511
were able to perceive power,
792
00:40:56,538 --> 00:40:59,864
Earth energies,
mysterious forces
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00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:02,184
that perhaps modern humans
794
00:41:02,211 --> 00:41:04,944
have lost the ability
to perceive.
795
00:41:05,005 --> 00:41:08,965
Maybe, the theory is, that we've
got smarter in other ways,
796
00:41:09,126 --> 00:41:11,301
but we've lost
a certain something,
797
00:41:11,461 --> 00:41:13,286
the ability to perhaps tap into
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00:41:13,347 --> 00:41:15,972
these ancient power sites.
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00:41:19,812 --> 00:41:22,220
NARRATOR:
Does a megalithic stone circle
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00:41:22,314 --> 00:41:25,540
standing alone
in the English countryside
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00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:28,301
represent the remains of the
most sophisticated technology
802
00:41:28,362 --> 00:41:31,396
to ever exist on Earth?
803
00:41:31,490 --> 00:41:35,141
A technology which was part
of a vast global network
804
00:41:35,202 --> 00:41:37,661
of similar structures
that were not only capable
805
00:41:37,821 --> 00:41:40,646
of generating
vast amounts of energy,
806
00:41:40,708 --> 00:41:43,225
but also the means
by which alien visitors
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00:41:43,252 --> 00:41:46,002
could both arrive and depart?
808
00:41:46,163 --> 00:41:48,839
Perhaps the stones
that still remain
809
00:41:48,999 --> 00:41:50,415
were deliberately left standing
810
00:41:50,509 --> 00:41:53,068
so that humankind
would one day restore
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00:41:53,095 --> 00:41:54,660
this lost technology...
812
00:41:54,722 --> 00:41:57,163
reactivate it...
813
00:41:57,224 --> 00:42:00,759
and ultimately reunite
with the ancient builders
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00:42:00,853 --> 00:42:03,578
who still exist...
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light-years away.
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