1 00:00:03,804 --> 00:00:05,838 ERICH VON DANIKEN: The symbol of the egg 2 00:00:05,940 --> 00:00:08,073 is a worldwide symbol. 3 00:00:08,175 --> 00:00:10,275 JONATHAN YOUNG: It is more widespread than the cross. 4 00:00:10,378 --> 00:00:12,778 It was something that contained great power, 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,048 that could conceivably be released. 6 00:00:16,150 --> 00:00:19,718 WILLIAM HENRY: It seems to point to our source of origin. 7 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:21,086 DAVID CHILDRESS: You have to wonder now, 8 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:23,422 if we're coming to much the same conclusion 9 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,324 as was already reached 10 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:27,026 thousands of years ago. 11 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,062 Where are they getting this information? 12 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:33,565 Is it coming from extraterrestrials? 13 00:00:34,969 --> 00:00:37,836 NARRATOR: Since the dawn of civilization, 14 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:40,339 mankind has credited its origins 15 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:45,277 to gods and other visitors from the stars. 16 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:49,815 What if it were true? Did extraterrestrial beings 17 00:00:49,917 --> 00:00:53,185 really help to shape our history? 18 00:00:53,287 --> 00:00:56,422 And if so, might the truth be found 19 00:00:56,524 --> 00:00:59,224 once we decode the Cosmic Egg? 20 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:33,859 NARRATOR: An ancient painting on a cave wall in Africa. 21 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:38,297 Ceremonial clay objects discovered in Sweden. 22 00:01:38,399 --> 00:01:41,133 A mysterious sculpture found in China. 23 00:01:41,235 --> 00:01:44,736 Throughout the ancient world, 24 00:01:44,839 --> 00:01:48,373 there is a symbol that is more pervasive than any other: 25 00:01:48,476 --> 00:01:51,043 the symbol of the egg. 26 00:01:54,949 --> 00:01:58,750 YOUNG: The egg is one of the most universal sacred images. 27 00:01:58,853 --> 00:02:00,452 It is more widespread than the cross, 28 00:02:00,554 --> 00:02:03,222 or the star, or the wheel. 29 00:02:03,324 --> 00:02:05,757 It appeals to people in all corners of the Earth, 30 00:02:05,860 --> 00:02:09,394 and all times, and traditions. 31 00:02:09,497 --> 00:02:12,998 VON DANIKEN: We found stone eggs all over the world. 32 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:17,769 For example, stone eggs were found in Egypt. 33 00:02:17,872 --> 00:02:22,374 And even on Easter Island, a stone egg was found. 34 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:26,445 So the symbol of egg is a worldwide symbol. 35 00:02:28,382 --> 00:02:30,716 RIC RADER: What's amazing is that the egg, 36 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:33,152 what we call the egg cosmogony, 37 00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:36,221 is a feature of several cosmogonies. 38 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:39,324 We have it in the Nordic tradition. 39 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:41,393 We have it in the Mediterranean tradition, 40 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:43,128 not only Greco-Roman, 41 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:47,332 but Egyptian and also the Phoenician mythologies. 42 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:49,468 We also have it in some Middle Eastern, 43 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:52,204 and even Vedic mythologies. 44 00:02:52,306 --> 00:02:56,041 So these are radically different cultures. 45 00:02:57,978 --> 00:02:59,945 Is it possible that there's a common origin 46 00:03:00,047 --> 00:03:02,080 for South American, 47 00:03:02,183 --> 00:03:07,085 Native American, Norse, and Vedic mythology? 48 00:03:07,188 --> 00:03:09,221 We have no evidence. 49 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:13,959 So it would be hard to say where they come from, 50 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:16,428 and why they all use this image. 51 00:03:18,332 --> 00:03:21,800 NARRATOR: Why is it that so many ancient cultures, 52 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:24,903 separated by thousands of miles, 53 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:27,172 all use the symbol of the egg? 54 00:03:28,976 --> 00:03:32,110 For one thing, obviously, it is associated with birth. 55 00:03:32,213 --> 00:03:35,747 Well, birth is a great mystery, so it's the worship of life. 56 00:03:35,849 --> 00:03:38,317 It is also taken as a symbol of rebirth. 57 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:40,953 We use it at the Easter time, in the spring. 58 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:45,190 RADER: The cultures that birthed these stories 59 00:03:45,292 --> 00:03:51,163 recognized something in the story of birth, 60 00:03:51,265 --> 00:03:54,499 of creation, of fertility, of reproduction, 61 00:03:54,602 --> 00:03:57,169 that was meaningful for their stories. 62 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:02,341 NARRATOR: While the most obvious interpretation of the egg is 63 00:04:02,443 --> 00:04:07,145 that it symbolizes fertility and the natural creation of life, 64 00:04:07,248 --> 00:04:08,981 some researchers question 65 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:11,750 why there are so many depictions of eggs 66 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:13,719 found throughout the ancient world 67 00:04:13,821 --> 00:04:17,322 that depict humans emerging from them. 68 00:04:17,424 --> 00:04:20,292 CHILDRESS: We have these many stories from around the world 69 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:25,063 of how life starts in the form of an egg, 70 00:04:25,165 --> 00:04:27,199 including human life, too, 71 00:04:27,301 --> 00:04:29,801 starting with a sperm and an egg. 72 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:33,739 But how would ancient people realize that 73 00:04:33,841 --> 00:04:37,409 humans also have these eggs? 74 00:04:39,313 --> 00:04:41,146 NARRATOR: Could ancient people have somehow 75 00:04:41,248 --> 00:04:45,017 had the knowledge that humans emerge from eggs? 76 00:04:45,119 --> 00:04:47,853 Or might this symbol have held a less literal, 77 00:04:47,955 --> 00:04:51,356 and more profound, meaning for them... 78 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:55,260 one that reveals an extraterrestrial connection? 79 00:04:56,897 --> 00:04:59,364 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 80 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:01,700 that the stories connected to the egg 81 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:04,169 provide undeniable evidence 82 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:09,174 that this was not simply a representation of fertility. 83 00:05:09,276 --> 00:05:11,677 Nearly as widespread as the symbol of the egg 84 00:05:11,779 --> 00:05:16,381 is a concept commonly known as "The Cosmic Egg." 85 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:19,318 While the name varies from culture to culture, 86 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:22,888 the story is always nearly identical: 87 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:26,458 that the entire Universe originated from an Egg. 88 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,727 They're called cosmic eggs, 89 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:31,797 they're called silver eggs, they're called magic eggs, 90 00:05:31,899 --> 00:05:33,699 they're called enchanted eggs, 91 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:36,201 they're-they're called the-the eggs of the gods. 92 00:05:36,303 --> 00:05:41,239 I mean, all around the world, there are these creation stories 93 00:05:41,342 --> 00:05:46,812 of the egg breaking open and the water of life coming out. 94 00:05:46,914 --> 00:05:50,048 In Chinese mythology, there is, uh, this notion 95 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:55,420 that the-the universe emerges out of a primordial chaos. 96 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:58,123 And this primordial chaos, 97 00:05:58,225 --> 00:06:01,727 in many accounts, is self-contained. 98 00:06:01,829 --> 00:06:04,363 It's like a cosmic egg. 99 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:06,998 And from this primordial chaos, 100 00:06:07,101 --> 00:06:11,136 which contains everything, the universe is generated. 101 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:14,272 And first, it divides into two principles: Yin and Yang, 102 00:06:14,375 --> 00:06:17,275 and then three, and then 10,000, 103 00:06:17,378 --> 00:06:19,878 basically, ad infinitum. 104 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:23,882 Hindus have thought about the expansion of the universe 105 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:25,751 in the shape of an egg. 106 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:29,921 "Brahmanda" is a Sanskrit term composed of two words: 107 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:32,157 "Brahma" and "Anda." 108 00:06:32,259 --> 00:06:34,126 And "Brahma" means "creator god," 109 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:35,994 "Anda" means "egg." 110 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:38,296 So it is actually "cosmic egg." 111 00:06:40,134 --> 00:06:44,803 Many different ancient cultures describe a creation myth 112 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:50,942 in which the universe actually hatches out of an egg. 113 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:57,949 It is incredible to look at the sheer diversity 114 00:06:58,051 --> 00:07:01,086 of different teachings, that all point back to the idea 115 00:07:01,188 --> 00:07:02,421 that the universe originated 116 00:07:02,523 --> 00:07:06,758 from some sort of primordial centrality. 117 00:07:08,796 --> 00:07:10,929 NARRATOR: The story found, in numerous cultures, 118 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:12,364 of the cosmic egg, 119 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:14,199 representing a central point 120 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,334 from which the universe exploded, 121 00:07:16,437 --> 00:07:19,838 has led some to ask if this might actually be 122 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:26,244 a description of what scientists today call "The Big Bang." 123 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:29,114 TSOUKALOS: In 1931, Belgian astronomer George Lemaitre 124 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:31,283 proposed that the entire universe 125 00:07:31,385 --> 00:07:35,387 originated in one single point. 126 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:37,088 He called it the "primeval atom." 127 00:07:37,191 --> 00:07:38,690 This primeval atom, 128 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:41,693 he also referred to it as a cosmic egg, 129 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:44,429 that was at the beginning of all of creation. 130 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:53,839 The question is: how did our ancestors know about this? 131 00:07:53,941 --> 00:07:58,176 Was it just a hunch or was it that they were told? 132 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:02,180 If somebody told them that means we're not alone in the universe. 133 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:03,281 End of story. 134 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:06,818 CHILDRESS: You have to wonder now, 135 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,888 if we're coming to much the same conclusion 136 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:13,391 as was already reached thousands of years ago, 137 00:08:13,494 --> 00:08:15,093 in the Sanskrit texts. 138 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:17,729 Where are they getting this information? 139 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:20,265 Is it coming from extraterrestrials? 140 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:25,303 NARRATOR: Might the symbol of the Cosmic Egg, 141 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:28,974 and the creation stories that go along with it, 142 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:32,277 reveal that our ancestors had scientific knowledge 143 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,679 of how the Earth and, in fact, 144 00:08:34,781 --> 00:08:38,683 our entire universe, was created? 145 00:08:38,785 --> 00:08:40,952 And if so, is it possible 146 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:45,056 that this was taught to them by extraterrestrial visitors? 147 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:49,227 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that, 148 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:51,396 while this is one possibility, 149 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:54,165 there may be a more tangible explanation 150 00:08:54,268 --> 00:08:57,235 for the concept of the Cosmic Egg-- 151 00:08:57,337 --> 00:09:00,939 one that is connected directly to the arrival 152 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,475 of extraterrestrial visitors. 153 00:09:07,347 --> 00:09:09,214 Coming up... 154 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:12,217 TSOUKALOS: They said specifically, these eggs... 155 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:14,920 they came from out there. 156 00:09:15,022 --> 00:09:16,955 HENRY: It suggests that extraterrestrials 157 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:19,057 influenced their civilization. 158 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:27,615 NARRATOR: Mali, West Africa. 159 00:09:29,186 --> 00:09:33,088 Here, hidden within the Cliff of Bandiagara, 160 00:09:33,190 --> 00:09:37,759 lie hundreds of villages occupied by the Dogon people. 161 00:09:37,861 --> 00:09:40,996 Believed to be the descendants of the Egyptians, 162 00:09:41,098 --> 00:09:44,432 archaeologists say the ancient nomadic tribe 163 00:09:44,534 --> 00:09:48,370 settled in this region around 1000 AD. 164 00:09:50,307 --> 00:09:52,173 Like many other ancient cultures, 165 00:09:52,275 --> 00:09:56,845 the creation story of the Dogon involves a Cosmic Egg. 166 00:09:58,548 --> 00:10:01,716 YOUNG: In West Africa, the Dogon creation myth 167 00:10:01,818 --> 00:10:06,121 is that the earliest divinity, Amma, 168 00:10:06,223 --> 00:10:10,025 the god of all things, took the form of an egg, 169 00:10:10,127 --> 00:10:13,428 and this is what unfolded to become creation. 170 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:16,765 When the egg opened, it became a whirlwind 171 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:20,335 and scattered its contents in all directions. 172 00:10:22,773 --> 00:10:27,308 This ultimately formed all of the galaxies and planets. 173 00:10:29,646 --> 00:10:32,781 NARRATOR: The Dogon say that their gods, called the Nommo, 174 00:10:32,883 --> 00:10:35,483 came down to Earth in Cosmic Eggs... 175 00:10:37,154 --> 00:10:39,287 ...and when descending from the sky, 176 00:10:39,389 --> 00:10:41,489 they made the ground tremble. 177 00:10:42,726 --> 00:10:44,392 TSOUKALOS: They said specifically-- 178 00:10:44,494 --> 00:10:47,062 these eggs, they came from out there. 179 00:10:47,164 --> 00:10:50,398 They came from the vastness of the dark, 180 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:52,200 the vastness of the cold. 181 00:10:53,703 --> 00:10:57,205 Well, what a more poetic way to describe space? 182 00:11:01,178 --> 00:11:03,144 HENRY: The Dogon said that they 183 00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:05,580 originated from the star Sirius B. 184 00:11:05,682 --> 00:11:07,215 What's interesting about that 185 00:11:07,317 --> 00:11:09,350 is that we didn't even discover Sirius B 186 00:11:09,453 --> 00:11:11,019 until 40 years after 187 00:11:11,121 --> 00:11:13,288 the Dogon published originally, this story, 188 00:11:13,390 --> 00:11:16,658 which is, of course, much more ancient. 189 00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:22,030 It suggests that the Cosmic Egg is a symbol for the craft 190 00:11:22,132 --> 00:11:24,666 of these extraterrestrials, who the Dogon said 191 00:11:24,768 --> 00:11:28,403 came to Earth from Sirius and influenced their civilization. 192 00:11:31,475 --> 00:11:35,043 NARRATOR: Could the Dogon have been given knowledge of Sirius B 193 00:11:35,145 --> 00:11:40,281 by extraterrestrials that came to Earth in egg-shaped crafts? 194 00:11:42,552 --> 00:11:46,087 Might the Cosmic Egg not only represent knowledge 195 00:11:46,189 --> 00:11:48,189 of how the universe was formed, 196 00:11:48,291 --> 00:11:51,159 but the actual vehicles primitive people witnessed 197 00:11:51,261 --> 00:11:53,228 descending from the sky? 198 00:11:55,899 --> 00:11:58,766 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 199 00:11:58,869 --> 00:12:02,437 and suggest there is evidence that similar craft 200 00:12:02,539 --> 00:12:05,406 have even been witnessed in modern times. 201 00:12:09,613 --> 00:12:13,047 April 24, 1964. 202 00:12:13,150 --> 00:12:14,716 6:00 p.m. 203 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:16,784 Socorro, New Mexico. 204 00:12:19,122 --> 00:12:21,022 While chasing a speeding car, 205 00:12:21,124 --> 00:12:24,259 police sergeant Lonnie Zamora hears a loud roar, 206 00:12:24,361 --> 00:12:28,763 and sees a flame in the sky, to the southwest. 207 00:12:28,865 --> 00:12:32,567 Thinking a local dynamite shack might have exploded, 208 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:36,871 Zamora breaks off the chase to investigate. 209 00:12:38,775 --> 00:12:40,108 NICK REDFERN: He headed off to where 210 00:12:40,210 --> 00:12:42,510 he thought the explosion had come from. 211 00:12:43,547 --> 00:12:45,680 As he got to the site, 212 00:12:45,782 --> 00:12:48,116 he saw an egg-shaped object, 213 00:12:48,218 --> 00:12:51,219 standing on a tripod leg formation 214 00:12:51,321 --> 00:12:55,156 with two small creatures outside of it, in white overalls. 215 00:12:56,459 --> 00:12:58,526 NARRATOR: According to his account, 216 00:12:58,628 --> 00:13:01,229 as Zamora began to approach on foot, 217 00:13:01,331 --> 00:13:05,266 the creatures quickly jumped inside the egg-shaped vehicle, 218 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:08,770 and it lifted off into the sky, in a column of fire. 219 00:13:11,341 --> 00:13:15,143 Of course, by the time backup arrived, the object had gone. 220 00:13:17,147 --> 00:13:19,480 But fortunately, the landing marks, 221 00:13:19,583 --> 00:13:24,052 where the craft had come down were still visible, 222 00:13:24,154 --> 00:13:25,520 clearly demonstrating 223 00:13:25,622 --> 00:13:27,589 that something had touched to the ground 224 00:13:27,691 --> 00:13:30,225 and had left the ground again and took to the skies. 225 00:13:30,327 --> 00:13:32,393 NARRATOR: Within days, 226 00:13:32,495 --> 00:13:35,363 a team of investigators from the FBI, 227 00:13:35,465 --> 00:13:39,067 the Air Force and the nearby White Sands Missile Range 228 00:13:39,169 --> 00:13:42,203 examined the site. 229 00:13:42,305 --> 00:13:44,372 As soon as the media picked up the story, 230 00:13:44,474 --> 00:13:48,810 more witnesses came forward with similar descriptions. 231 00:13:48,912 --> 00:13:52,380 It made headlines around the world, because J. Allen Hynek, 232 00:13:52,482 --> 00:13:56,484 who was then head of The Center for UFO Studies, 233 00:13:56,586 --> 00:13:58,086 and who had been working for the Air Force 234 00:13:58,188 --> 00:14:02,323 on the study of UFO investigations... 235 00:14:02,425 --> 00:14:04,626 he got in touch with Lonnie Zamora, 236 00:14:04,728 --> 00:14:08,329 and arranged to come to the ground. 237 00:14:08,431 --> 00:14:11,499 REDFERN: Dr. J. Allen Hynek was very much a skeptic of 238 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:15,503 the UFO phenomenon and arguably, in some cases, 239 00:14:15,605 --> 00:14:17,538 even a debunker of the phenomenon. 240 00:14:17,641 --> 00:14:21,542 To a great degree, that changed when he looked into 241 00:14:21,645 --> 00:14:26,514 the Zamora case and, ironically, he ultimately swung around 242 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:29,617 and became a full-on believer in the UFO phenomenon. 243 00:14:29,719 --> 00:14:32,453 NARRATOR: The incident immediately became 244 00:14:32,555 --> 00:14:34,622 a part of Project Blue Book, 245 00:14:34,724 --> 00:14:39,460 a special Air Force operation that began in 1952, 246 00:14:39,562 --> 00:14:42,397 to catalogue and investigate the sightings 247 00:14:42,499 --> 00:14:44,766 of unidentified flying objects. 248 00:14:46,469 --> 00:14:49,404 Although publicly, Project Blue Book downplayed 249 00:14:49,506 --> 00:14:51,539 the entire UFO phenomenon, 250 00:14:51,641 --> 00:14:54,075 and certainly the Zamora case in particular, 251 00:14:54,177 --> 00:14:55,543 behind the scenes, 252 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:58,579 something very, very different was going on. 253 00:14:58,682 --> 00:15:00,615 Major Hector Quintanilla, 254 00:15:00,717 --> 00:15:03,384 the boss of Project Blue Book at the time, 255 00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:07,522 prepared a secret memo for the attention of the CIA, 256 00:15:07,624 --> 00:15:11,192 and essentially, the memo said there was no doubt 257 00:15:11,294 --> 00:15:13,461 that Zamora had seen something unusual; 258 00:15:13,563 --> 00:15:18,166 something from somewhere else had touched down on our planet. 259 00:15:18,268 --> 00:15:20,401 WILCOCK: We have a shiny metallic object 260 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:21,602 in the shape of an egg. 261 00:15:21,705 --> 00:15:23,738 There are multiple eyewitnesses 262 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,507 that actually say they saw this and there are 263 00:15:26,609 --> 00:15:31,145 hundreds of witnesses who heard this roaring sound. 264 00:15:31,247 --> 00:15:33,314 We have landing traces. 265 00:15:33,416 --> 00:15:35,650 There's so much evidence, it's unbelievable. 266 00:15:39,122 --> 00:15:42,457 NARRATOR: Could Sergeant Zamora have had a similar encounter 267 00:15:42,559 --> 00:15:45,893 to what the Dogon say their ancestors witnessed, 268 00:15:45,995 --> 00:15:48,930 thousands of years ago? 269 00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:53,134 And if so, might this mean that the symbol of the Cosmic Egg 270 00:15:53,236 --> 00:15:57,205 was used to represent not just the beginning of the universe, 271 00:15:57,307 --> 00:16:00,441 but also the craft used by the beings 272 00:16:00,543 --> 00:16:04,412 that gave our ancestors this knowledge? 273 00:16:04,514 --> 00:16:07,448 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest there is 274 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:11,152 even more to the meaning of this universal symbol, 275 00:16:11,254 --> 00:16:15,890 and that additional clues can be found by examining a stone egg 276 00:16:15,992 --> 00:16:19,260 that bears another mysterious symbol. 277 00:16:21,164 --> 00:16:22,797 NARRATOR: Coming up... 278 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:23,898 SABINA MAGLIOCCO: If you looked through 279 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,400 the hole in these stones, 280 00:16:25,502 --> 00:16:28,269 you would be able to see supernatural creatures. 281 00:16:28,371 --> 00:16:30,772 TSOUKALOS: What if this Druid stone 282 00:16:30,874 --> 00:16:33,541 was an extraterrestrial type of device? 283 00:16:39,731 --> 00:16:41,665 NARRATOR: Silves, Portugal. 284 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,901 1984. 285 00:16:45,003 --> 00:16:47,571 Farmers digging a well for agriculture, 286 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,273 on land overlooking the ancient harbor, 287 00:16:50,375 --> 00:16:56,546 come across a mysterious object 15 feet beneath the Earth-- 288 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:59,883 a six-foot-long limestone egg with a mysterious design, 289 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:04,621 protruding from its surface in three places. 290 00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:08,658 The egg has been dated to at least 3,500 BC, 291 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,896 and scientists conclude it could be even older. 292 00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:21,404 Today, the Algarve Egg is on display in the Lagos Museum, 293 00:17:21,506 --> 00:17:25,342 19 miles from where it was discovered. 294 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:29,179 Author Peter Daughtrey has studied the egg meticulously, 295 00:17:29,281 --> 00:17:31,915 in an attempt to discover the story 296 00:17:32,017 --> 00:17:36,253 behind this mysterious stone artifact. 297 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:40,290 How does this museum classify this stone? 298 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:43,660 They classify it as a menhir, a standing stone, 299 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:48,632 which there are many all the way up the west coast of Portugal; 300 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:52,202 France, Brittany and into the Gaelic countries, 301 00:17:52,304 --> 00:17:54,838 Ireland, Wales, Scotland. 302 00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:58,208 Most of them are just big lumps of stone 303 00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:59,910 that have been dug up and-and erected 304 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,645 with a little bit of shaping. 305 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:04,547 As you can see, this is a lot more than just 306 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,949 a simple stone that's been dug up. 307 00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:07,651 It's-it's really a piece of sculpture, 308 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,619 or was a piece of sculpture. 309 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:10,921 TSOUKALOS: Which is very interesting 310 00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:13,723 to see these different eggs 311 00:18:13,825 --> 00:18:17,560 or these navels or omphalos, from all around the world-- 312 00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:18,795 Symbols of creation. 313 00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:20,363 Mm-hmm. Exactly. 314 00:18:20,465 --> 00:18:21,564 Everybody, every race has one. 315 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:23,466 There is... there's an interesting, 316 00:18:23,568 --> 00:18:25,335 old legend, a Slavic legend, 317 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:28,171 from areas like Bosnia and Yugoslavia, 318 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:31,841 which says that they originally came from a, 319 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:34,844 a land in the western ocean, which sank. 320 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:36,746 TSOUKALOS: Interesting. 321 00:18:36,848 --> 00:18:39,449 DAUGHTREY: And the center of their religion on the island 322 00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:42,452 was a large white egg; stone egg. 323 00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:43,486 This was white. 324 00:18:43,588 --> 00:18:44,721 You can see it's been buried, 325 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:46,389 it's got the earth discoloring it, 326 00:18:46,491 --> 00:18:48,258 but it's sand-- white sandstone. 327 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,328 We're talking of something that's-that's incredibly old. 328 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,730 And this thing, up the middle here, 329 00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:56,599 all the, uh, resemble the rod, 330 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,168 which throughout history, 331 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:03,173 has been a symbol of power and of creation. 332 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:05,308 Moses had a rod. 333 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:08,211 And in Mesopotamia, the rod was regarded 334 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:10,647 as the symbol of the power of the gods. 335 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,482 TSOUKALOS: If you look at this, 336 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:16,920 this could be referred to as the origin of that staff 337 00:19:17,022 --> 00:19:20,290 that is used in medicine with the snake around it. 338 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:26,596 NARRATOR: In Greek mythology, Asclepius, the god of medicine, 339 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:29,799 is always depicted with a serpent-entwined rod. 340 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:34,204 And the Greek caduceus, 341 00:19:34,306 --> 00:19:37,374 a staff carried by the messenger god Hermes, 342 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:40,643 consists of two serpents intertwined, 343 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:44,514 closely resembling the design on the Algarve Egg. 344 00:19:46,718 --> 00:19:50,854 While the snake and egg are both considered fertility symbols, 345 00:19:50,956 --> 00:19:53,523 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 346 00:19:53,625 --> 00:19:57,027 that the combination of the two may hold another meaning. 347 00:19:58,897 --> 00:20:03,099 They believe it may represent extraterrestrial technology... 348 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:09,472 ...and as evidence, point to the Druid's Egg, 349 00:20:09,574 --> 00:20:11,775 or "snake stone." 350 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:18,415 Druid eggs are oval or roundish stones, 351 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:22,719 often made of a calcinatious material, like this. 352 00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:27,357 According to Pliny the Elder, 353 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:31,261 these druid eggs were used to cure illness, 354 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:34,931 and if you looked through the hole in these stones, 355 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:38,601 you would be able to see supernatural creatures. 356 00:20:38,703 --> 00:20:40,970 Are we really just talking about 357 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:44,908 a magical stone with magical properties? 358 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:50,513 Or were these magical properties actually rooted in reality? 359 00:20:50,615 --> 00:20:54,284 What if this Druid stone was not necessarily 360 00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:56,653 just a ritual object, 361 00:20:56,755 --> 00:21:01,057 but that originally it was an extraterrestrial type of device? 362 00:21:03,728 --> 00:21:05,228 NARRATOR: Might the Druid's Egg 363 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:09,632 have actually held otherworldly powers? 364 00:21:09,734 --> 00:21:11,968 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 365 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:13,736 further clues can be found 366 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:16,573 by examining another egg-shaped object 367 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:20,977 that was said to connect humans directly to the gods. 368 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,518 NARRATOR: Delphi, Greece. 369 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:32,455 Standing in the center of this archaeological complex 370 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:36,860 is a stone artifact known as an omphalos. 371 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,761 The omphalos is carved with a pattern 372 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:42,966 not unlike that found on the Algarve Egg, 373 00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:46,836 only these lines criss-cross the entire stone. 374 00:21:49,341 --> 00:21:51,641 It is thought to be an ancient reproduction 375 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,576 of the original omphalos that, 376 00:21:53,678 --> 00:21:57,013 according to the Greeks, marked the "navel of the Earth." 377 00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:03,319 This here is a small-scale replica 378 00:22:03,421 --> 00:22:06,456 of the omphalos of the oracle in Delphi. 379 00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:10,760 It has these bizarre strands on them, intertwining, 380 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:14,164 and, in fact, the plaque at the place 381 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:15,798 where this thing is located-- 382 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:20,937 it actually says that this object fell from the sky, 383 00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:25,842 and afterwards, because of Zeus, life began on Earth. 384 00:22:32,717 --> 00:22:34,417 NARRATOR: According to Greek mythology, 385 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,786 the celestial stone enabled 386 00:22:36,888 --> 00:22:40,924 direct communication with the gods. 387 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:44,761 The Delphic tradition was something like channeling. 388 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:47,363 An oracle, a human being, a high priest, 389 00:22:47,465 --> 00:22:48,731 but still, a person, 390 00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:51,901 could receive the wisdom directly from a god. 391 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,872 And at the center of this strange tradition 392 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:59,409 was the omphalos egg. 393 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,913 CHILDRESS: So you have to ask, what was going on here? 394 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:06,649 Why was the cosmic egg so important 395 00:23:06,751 --> 00:23:08,585 to these priestesses? 396 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:11,654 And were they able to somehow use it 397 00:23:11,756 --> 00:23:14,791 as some technological device 398 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:18,494 to stimulate their, their brains to, 399 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:20,597 to make these predictions? 400 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:28,504 NARRATOR: Could the omphalos, like the Druid's Egg, 401 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:31,374 have been a technological device that connected humans 402 00:23:31,476 --> 00:23:35,245 with otherworldly beings? 403 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:38,915 And might these ancient stories associated with the Cosmic Egg 404 00:23:39,017 --> 00:23:41,718 still hold a message today-- 405 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:43,920 that within us lies a connection 406 00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:46,756 to greater powers in the universe? 407 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:52,195 Perhaps further clues can be found by taking another look 408 00:23:52,297 --> 00:23:55,431 at the symbol on the Algarve Egg, 409 00:23:55,533 --> 00:23:57,533 and how it might be connected 410 00:23:57,636 --> 00:24:02,005 to a biological structure that lies within the human body. 411 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:05,942 NARRATOR: Coming up... 412 00:24:06,044 --> 00:24:07,277 CHILDRESS: Here's something that's supposedly 413 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,345 5,000 years old, 414 00:24:09,447 --> 00:24:11,681 and it has a double helix on it. 415 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:13,349 TSOUKALOS: That can be translated 416 00:24:13,451 --> 00:24:16,419 into one single word: seeding. 417 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,521 The seeding of a planet. 418 00:24:23,069 --> 00:24:25,102 NARRATOR: Almaty, Kazakhstan. 419 00:24:25,205 --> 00:24:28,272 May, 2013. 420 00:24:28,341 --> 00:24:30,575 Writing in the journal Icarus, 421 00:24:30,677 --> 00:24:34,812 scientists Vladimir Shcherbak and Maxim Makukov 422 00:24:34,881 --> 00:24:36,848 make a shocking proposal: 423 00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:38,816 that there is an intelligent code 424 00:24:38,885 --> 00:24:43,154 that can be found in our own DNA. 425 00:24:43,256 --> 00:24:47,258 CHILDRESS: They concluded that there was a certain amount 426 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,660 of mathematical precision and... 427 00:24:49,762 --> 00:24:55,333 and what's known as digital checking built into our DNA, 428 00:24:55,435 --> 00:24:57,635 like computer codes have-- 429 00:24:57,704 --> 00:25:01,672 checking codes to make sure that all the other codes are right. 430 00:25:01,774 --> 00:25:04,609 NARRATOR: We now know that DNA's genetic code 431 00:25:04,711 --> 00:25:08,246 is an elegant language composed of billions of characters, 432 00:25:08,348 --> 00:25:12,650 perfectly ordered, much like computer machine language. 433 00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:15,853 But it is so complex, and so precise, 434 00:25:15,955 --> 00:25:20,825 that geneticists still don't know where DNA came from. 435 00:25:20,894 --> 00:25:24,128 The two scientists claim their research supports 436 00:25:24,230 --> 00:25:27,298 a controversial theory about the origin of DNA 437 00:25:27,367 --> 00:25:30,735 that was first suggested by Francis Crick, 438 00:25:30,837 --> 00:25:32,937 one of the two men responsible 439 00:25:33,006 --> 00:25:37,375 for discovering the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. 440 00:25:39,078 --> 00:25:41,779 HENRY: In the article, they went on to propose that 441 00:25:41,881 --> 00:25:44,749 our DNA didn't come from Earth. 442 00:25:44,817 --> 00:25:49,053 Their theory is cited as evidence of Panspermia, 443 00:25:49,155 --> 00:25:52,623 or the idea that we were, in fact, seeded from the stars. 444 00:25:52,725 --> 00:25:56,193 NARRATOR: The basic premise of Directed Panspermia 445 00:25:56,296 --> 00:25:59,797 is that the building blocks of life were sent to Earth 446 00:25:59,899 --> 00:26:03,034 by an advanced civilization in the distant past. 447 00:26:03,102 --> 00:26:06,103 And ancient astronaut theorists suggest 448 00:26:06,205 --> 00:26:08,973 this may be part of the message contained 449 00:26:09,075 --> 00:26:12,944 within the stories of the Cosmic Egg. 450 00:26:13,012 --> 00:26:17,615 All around the world, there are stories of glowing eggs 451 00:26:17,717 --> 00:26:23,321 descending from the sky, and out of which life began. 452 00:26:23,389 --> 00:26:27,625 And that can be translated into one single word: seeding. 453 00:26:27,727 --> 00:26:29,927 The seeding of a planet. 454 00:26:31,664 --> 00:26:33,297 When we look at the Algarve egg, 455 00:26:33,399 --> 00:26:35,967 these intertwined snakes 456 00:26:36,035 --> 00:26:41,038 can also be interpreted as DNA strands. 457 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:43,274 CHILDRESS: Here's something that's supposedly 458 00:26:43,376 --> 00:26:48,079 5,000 years old, and it has a double helix on it. 459 00:26:48,181 --> 00:26:52,283 It seems to be symbolizing, somehow, this cosmic egg, 460 00:26:52,385 --> 00:26:55,753 this cosmic creation that, that is... 461 00:26:55,855 --> 00:27:00,024 where all life and, and humanity all started. 462 00:27:01,394 --> 00:27:03,661 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the design found 463 00:27:03,763 --> 00:27:08,599 on the Algarve Egg represents the structure of DNA? 464 00:27:08,701 --> 00:27:11,602 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 465 00:27:11,704 --> 00:27:15,272 and suggest that this genetic symbol can be found 466 00:27:15,375 --> 00:27:18,142 throughout the ancient world. 467 00:27:19,946 --> 00:27:22,179 VON DANIKEN: The DNA spiral is shown 468 00:27:22,248 --> 00:27:26,884 on different antique rocks and stelaes. 469 00:27:26,986 --> 00:27:30,287 Just, for example, look at the Sumerian cylinder seals. 470 00:27:30,390 --> 00:27:35,593 There you see DNA spirals between the gods, 471 00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:39,163 the same as some Sumerian stelaes. 472 00:27:39,265 --> 00:27:46,037 There you see so-called flying geniuses or winged geniuses. 473 00:27:46,139 --> 00:27:49,073 Between these winged geniuses 474 00:27:49,175 --> 00:27:53,044 is something which archeology calls the tree of life. 475 00:27:53,146 --> 00:27:55,246 But if you look at the tree of life 476 00:27:55,348 --> 00:27:59,850 it's in reality a DNA spiral. 477 00:27:59,952 --> 00:28:02,853 The two winged geniuses are working. 478 00:28:02,955 --> 00:28:07,191 They are changing out information of the DNA, 479 00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:09,927 and replace it... 480 00:28:09,996 --> 00:28:12,296 by another information. 481 00:28:12,365 --> 00:28:14,532 The situation is absolutely clear, 482 00:28:14,634 --> 00:28:18,536 you just have to look at it with today's eyes. 483 00:28:18,638 --> 00:28:22,740 CHILDRESS: It would seem that this serpent and egg energy 484 00:28:22,809 --> 00:28:27,845 have to do with our sperm and eggs, 485 00:28:27,914 --> 00:28:33,117 and the DNA helix which is intertwined serpents. 486 00:28:33,186 --> 00:28:38,556 So how would ancient people know about this? 487 00:28:38,658 --> 00:28:40,991 Did it come from extraterrestrials? 488 00:28:42,829 --> 00:28:45,996 HENRY: The Cosmic Egg, the entwined serpents, DNA, 489 00:28:46,099 --> 00:28:48,566 are all ultimately representative 490 00:28:48,634 --> 00:28:51,068 of the symbols of humanity itself, 491 00:28:51,170 --> 00:28:54,772 and the creation of humanity by extraterrestrial beings. 492 00:28:54,841 --> 00:28:58,042 One place where we can see this in action 493 00:28:58,111 --> 00:29:01,078 is with the Archangel Gabriel, 494 00:29:01,180 --> 00:29:05,816 who wields a caduceus wand at the Annunciation scenes 495 00:29:05,918 --> 00:29:08,652 in which Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary 496 00:29:08,754 --> 00:29:12,189 and announces that she will bear the Christ Child. 497 00:29:12,291 --> 00:29:15,626 This is suggestive of genetic manipulation 498 00:29:15,728 --> 00:29:19,263 with the caduceus being the symbol of a group of god beings, 499 00:29:19,365 --> 00:29:24,034 angelic beings who had a hand in manipulating human affairs. 500 00:29:26,405 --> 00:29:29,940 NARRATOR: Could the mysterious symbol found on the Algarve Egg 501 00:29:30,042 --> 00:29:33,043 have been left as a clue that we are the product 502 00:29:33,112 --> 00:29:37,014 of genetic manipulation by extraterrestrials? 503 00:29:37,116 --> 00:29:38,883 Might this explain why there are 504 00:29:38,951 --> 00:29:42,386 historical depictions of humans hatching from eggs? 505 00:29:43,723 --> 00:29:46,924 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 506 00:29:47,026 --> 00:29:48,459 but propose that the story 507 00:29:48,561 --> 00:29:52,062 of the Cosmic Egg has yet another chapter, 508 00:29:52,131 --> 00:29:55,266 one that can only be understood by examining 509 00:29:55,368 --> 00:29:59,436 a biological structure that may play the most important role 510 00:29:59,505 --> 00:30:02,306 in what it means to be human. 511 00:30:05,044 --> 00:30:07,311 Coming up... 512 00:30:07,413 --> 00:30:08,946 HENRY: You wonder was it in fact a gift 513 00:30:09,048 --> 00:30:12,082 from extraterrestrial beings that awakened us? 514 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:15,119 CHILDRESS: Our creators have designed a tool 515 00:30:15,221 --> 00:30:18,522 to help us become greater than we are today. 516 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:26,021 NARRATOR: Throughout the world, there are ancient traditions 517 00:30:26,123 --> 00:30:28,524 that identify the center of the head 518 00:30:28,626 --> 00:30:32,928 as being synonymous with the center of the Earth... 519 00:30:33,030 --> 00:30:35,931 the center of the universe... 520 00:30:36,033 --> 00:30:39,668 and the very center of creation itself. 521 00:30:39,770 --> 00:30:43,105 This center is often depicted as egg-shaped, 522 00:30:43,207 --> 00:30:48,210 and is identified in some cultures as the third eye. 523 00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:52,114 There are multiple cultures 524 00:30:52,216 --> 00:30:54,917 that point us in this same direction. 525 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:58,387 The Hindus have it as the third eye, or the bindi. 526 00:30:58,489 --> 00:31:02,591 The Buddhists have the third eye on Buddha's forehead. 527 00:31:02,693 --> 00:31:07,129 We see symbology in Mesoamerica which seems to symbolize 528 00:31:07,231 --> 00:31:09,431 the ability to contact and communicate 529 00:31:09,533 --> 00:31:11,633 with the higher spiritual realms, 530 00:31:11,736 --> 00:31:16,171 using this secret symbol that is consistent 531 00:31:16,273 --> 00:31:17,706 throughout all the major world religions. 532 00:31:19,577 --> 00:31:24,246 When you talk about the third eye, it's about enlightenment. 533 00:31:24,348 --> 00:31:26,982 It's about this connection to the great unknown 534 00:31:27,084 --> 00:31:30,619 or the force of the universe. 535 00:31:32,323 --> 00:31:34,223 We think that we are separated from the world, 536 00:31:34,325 --> 00:31:36,525 when in reality, we are all connected 537 00:31:36,627 --> 00:31:39,228 to every single object in the universe... 538 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:43,432 and that inherently means that we are directly connected to 539 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:47,002 every extraterrestrial being throughout the entire universe. 540 00:31:51,142 --> 00:31:54,209 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Cosmic Egg isn't only 541 00:31:54,311 --> 00:31:58,380 a symbol for the universe, or how the universe was formed, 542 00:31:58,482 --> 00:32:02,217 but represents a connection that exists within 543 00:32:02,319 --> 00:32:04,887 each and every human to the cosmos? 544 00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:08,857 And possibly to extraterrestrial beings 545 00:32:08,959 --> 00:32:12,261 that came to Earth in the distant past? 546 00:32:12,363 --> 00:32:15,230 Ancient astronaut theorists point out that, 547 00:32:15,332 --> 00:32:17,332 while the third eye has historically 548 00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:21,403 been considered a metaphor, there is an egg-shaped structure 549 00:32:21,505 --> 00:32:24,440 within the brain that is critical in defining 550 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:29,244 what it means to be human: the thalamus. 551 00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:33,115 Shaped like two identical eggs, 552 00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:36,051 the thalamus lies at the center of the brain 553 00:32:36,153 --> 00:32:39,488 and is the hub responsible for relaying information 554 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:42,524 from most of the sensory receptors. 555 00:32:42,626 --> 00:32:47,896 Scientists studying the effects of thalamic stimulation 556 00:32:47,998 --> 00:32:50,132 on comatose patients have recently suggested 557 00:32:50,234 --> 00:32:53,101 the thalamus might be the most important factor 558 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:56,038 in human consciousness. 559 00:32:57,641 --> 00:32:58,907 HEATHER BERLIN: The thalamus is like 560 00:32:59,009 --> 00:33:00,609 a relay station in the brain, 561 00:33:00,711 --> 00:33:04,279 so you have all the primary sensory information coming in, 562 00:33:04,381 --> 00:33:06,849 like information coming in your eyes 563 00:33:06,951 --> 00:33:08,851 through your retina and through your ears 564 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:10,352 and all these sensations. 565 00:33:10,454 --> 00:33:14,056 The first place they go, after the primary sense organs, 566 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:16,391 is they get funneled to the thalamus. 567 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:19,094 And then the thalamus sorts out this information 568 00:33:19,196 --> 00:33:22,264 and relays it to the various parts in the cortex 569 00:33:22,366 --> 00:33:26,735 that process that primary sensory information. 570 00:33:28,105 --> 00:33:29,638 If the thalamus is damaged, 571 00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:34,176 usually it will knock out consciousness. 572 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:37,212 It's a very critical point where all the information comes to, 573 00:33:37,314 --> 00:33:39,314 and then it's distributed in the cortex. 574 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:44,386 HENRY: The thalamus is called the Lamp, the Open Eye, 575 00:33:44,488 --> 00:33:46,288 even the Third Eye. 576 00:33:46,390 --> 00:33:49,491 And when you look at this, you wonder: 577 00:33:49,593 --> 00:33:51,126 was it in fact a gift 578 00:33:51,228 --> 00:33:55,130 from extraterrestrial beings that awakened us? 579 00:33:55,232 --> 00:33:58,367 That enabled us to become connected to the diviner, 580 00:33:58,469 --> 00:34:01,069 extraterrestrial realm? 581 00:34:01,171 --> 00:34:03,839 Perhaps the extraterrestrials that had a hand 582 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:07,876 in fashioning the human body and in tweaking the human brain, 583 00:34:07,978 --> 00:34:10,846 placed the thalamus there, in its egg shape, 584 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:14,283 as a connecting link to the greater civilization, 585 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:15,984 out of which we originally emerged. 586 00:34:19,089 --> 00:34:21,857 NARRATOR: Could the thalamus be the physical representation 587 00:34:21,959 --> 00:34:26,495 of what ancient cultures referred to as the third eye? 588 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:29,865 And if so, might this brain structure act 589 00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:33,368 as a connection to greater forces in the universe? 590 00:34:34,738 --> 00:34:37,239 As incredible as this notion may seem, 591 00:34:37,341 --> 00:34:41,043 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that the thalamus 592 00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:43,245 can also be found represented 593 00:34:43,347 --> 00:34:47,349 in one of the most prominent symbols of ancient Egypt-- 594 00:34:47,451 --> 00:34:49,551 the Eye of Horus. 595 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:55,991 CHILDRESS: The Eye of Horus, also known as the Eye of Ra, 596 00:34:56,093 --> 00:35:01,096 was a symbol of protection, royal power and good health. 597 00:35:01,198 --> 00:35:05,200 But it was also known as the Eye of Providence, 598 00:35:05,302 --> 00:35:07,936 the all-seeing eye of God. 599 00:35:08,038 --> 00:35:11,974 Now what is incredible is if you look at the thalamus, 600 00:35:12,076 --> 00:35:15,510 and all of the structures surrounding that, 601 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:18,246 it looks like the Eye of Horus. 602 00:35:18,349 --> 00:35:22,017 The similarity is really pretty astonishing. 603 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,853 NARRATOR: According to scientists and historians, 604 00:35:24,955 --> 00:35:27,856 the Ancient Egyptians were likely aware of 605 00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:30,392 the shape of these brain structures. 606 00:35:30,494 --> 00:35:32,561 Well, we have to remember that the ancient people 607 00:35:32,663 --> 00:35:34,429 were pretty conversant with 608 00:35:34,531 --> 00:35:36,632 cutting animals open of all kinds. 609 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:41,336 And humans were cleaved open, broken open. 610 00:35:41,438 --> 00:35:43,271 There would've been any number of ways 611 00:35:43,374 --> 00:35:46,308 for early humans to start looking at brain structure. 612 00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:49,411 It's clear that thinking comes from the brain, 613 00:35:49,513 --> 00:35:52,014 but what was the part of the thalamus for this? 614 00:35:52,116 --> 00:35:56,518 How would the ancient Egyptians have known about 615 00:35:56,620 --> 00:35:59,921 how all of these parts of the brain function together? 616 00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:02,524 Is it possible that they got this knowledge 617 00:36:02,626 --> 00:36:04,393 from extraterrestrials? 618 00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:09,531 NARRATOR: Could the Eye of Horus 619 00:36:09,633 --> 00:36:14,036 help solve the puzzle of the Cosmic Egg? 620 00:36:14,138 --> 00:36:16,471 And might the symbol of the Cosmic Egg, 621 00:36:16,573 --> 00:36:18,273 with intertwined serpents, 622 00:36:18,375 --> 00:36:21,843 represent both the thalamus and DNA, 623 00:36:21,945 --> 00:36:24,112 the two biological traits 624 00:36:24,214 --> 00:36:25,847 that are most important in defining 625 00:36:25,949 --> 00:36:28,917 what it means to be human? 626 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:35,457 Scientists estimate that 98.8% of our DNA goes unused. 627 00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:39,027 And so, it would seem that our creators, 628 00:36:39,129 --> 00:36:41,129 possibly extraterrestrials, 629 00:36:41,231 --> 00:36:46,468 have designed a tool to help us ultimately unlock 630 00:36:46,570 --> 00:36:52,140 all the potential that we have already in our DNA and bodies, 631 00:36:52,242 --> 00:36:56,011 and become greater than we are today. 632 00:36:57,981 --> 00:37:00,048 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the simple design 633 00:37:00,150 --> 00:37:03,385 of the Cosmic Egg is a message handed down 634 00:37:03,487 --> 00:37:06,054 from extraterrestrials to humanity, 635 00:37:06,156 --> 00:37:09,157 telling us not only where we come from, 636 00:37:09,259 --> 00:37:12,027 but where we are going? 637 00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:16,998 Or does it symbolize our connection to the cosmos? 638 00:37:17,101 --> 00:37:19,334 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 639 00:37:19,436 --> 00:37:23,205 there may be an even more profound explanation. 640 00:37:28,353 --> 00:37:30,220 NARRATOR: In the tradition of the Kabbalah, 641 00:37:30,322 --> 00:37:33,223 the ancient Jewish mystical philosophy that 642 00:37:33,325 --> 00:37:36,426 arose in the sixth century BC, 643 00:37:36,528 --> 00:37:38,628 an egg-shaped bubble of iridescence 644 00:37:38,730 --> 00:37:41,865 surrounds every human body. 645 00:37:41,967 --> 00:37:45,202 Indian texts dating back 5,000 years 646 00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:48,505 refer to this life energy as "pram." 647 00:37:48,607 --> 00:37:52,309 And Chinese writings from roughly the same period 648 00:37:52,411 --> 00:37:55,979 contain a similar concept known as "chi." 649 00:37:57,816 --> 00:38:01,084 Today, there are some scientists who propose 650 00:38:01,186 --> 00:38:05,255 that there is, in fact, such an energy that surrounds us 651 00:38:05,357 --> 00:38:09,259 and connects us to all things in the universe, 652 00:38:09,361 --> 00:38:11,862 a notion that is represented in a theory 653 00:38:11,964 --> 00:38:14,431 called the Holographic Universe. 654 00:38:19,938 --> 00:38:23,373 This scientific discovery, which is mathematically proven, 655 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:28,378 tells us that we have an illusion of a physical universe, 656 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,347 when, in fact, it is all emanating 657 00:38:30,449 --> 00:38:36,186 from a geometric seed or an egg; a singularity. 658 00:38:36,288 --> 00:38:39,489 All of space and all of time, 659 00:38:39,591 --> 00:38:44,194 and all of the universe itself is simultaneously 660 00:38:44,296 --> 00:38:48,265 in a singular point, or a seed, like an egg, 661 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:53,336 and is telling us that, in fact, there is a geometry, 662 00:38:53,438 --> 00:38:58,375 that it's possible that these egg-shaped energy fields exist, 663 00:38:58,477 --> 00:39:01,344 and they are, in fact, the true essence 664 00:39:01,446 --> 00:39:04,915 of what it means to be alive in this universe. 665 00:39:07,653 --> 00:39:10,587 NARRATOR: Curiously, in 2006, 666 00:39:10,689 --> 00:39:13,590 Italian scientists, using data gathered 667 00:39:13,692 --> 00:39:17,260 by NASA'S Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe 668 00:39:17,362 --> 00:39:19,896 announced that the universe might actually 669 00:39:19,998 --> 00:39:23,500 be in the shape of an egg. 670 00:39:23,602 --> 00:39:26,469 Seven years later, in 2013, 671 00:39:26,572 --> 00:39:28,572 NASA scientists announced 672 00:39:28,674 --> 00:39:31,274 that while it looks circular to the naked eye, 673 00:39:31,376 --> 00:39:35,712 the Earth, too, is in the shape of an egg. 674 00:39:35,814 --> 00:39:38,848 Is it possible that the ancient symbol of the Cosmic Egg 675 00:39:38,951 --> 00:39:40,650 represents this notion 676 00:39:40,752 --> 00:39:43,720 that all things in the universe are connected? 677 00:39:45,290 --> 00:39:47,557 WILCOCK: When we ask, does the Cosmic Egg 678 00:39:47,659 --> 00:39:49,059 represent the Big Bang? 679 00:39:51,496 --> 00:39:53,830 Does it represent the human thalamus? 680 00:39:53,932 --> 00:39:55,498 Many of these ancient cultures 681 00:39:55,601 --> 00:39:58,335 were very consistent in the use of symbolism 682 00:39:58,437 --> 00:40:00,437 as a multidimensional function, 683 00:40:00,539 --> 00:40:04,541 and all these different aspects of the universe 684 00:40:04,643 --> 00:40:06,643 are ultimately emanations of 685 00:40:06,745 --> 00:40:10,547 this one central identity, or the Cosmic Egg itself. 686 00:40:12,918 --> 00:40:14,517 In looking at the shape 687 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:16,886 of the Cosmic Egg across all various dimensions, 688 00:40:16,989 --> 00:40:20,457 whether it be at a macro level-- the shape of the universe; 689 00:40:20,559 --> 00:40:22,726 the micro level-- the shape of the thalamus; 690 00:40:22,828 --> 00:40:24,894 they all seem to be interconnected, 691 00:40:24,997 --> 00:40:26,896 explaining that this shape seems to connect us 692 00:40:26,999 --> 00:40:29,532 with a higher state of existence, 693 00:40:29,635 --> 00:40:32,435 possibly even with higher states of beings: 694 00:40:32,537 --> 00:40:34,537 what we might call extraterrestrials. 695 00:40:37,676 --> 00:40:38,842 HENRY: Like the Christian Cross, 696 00:40:38,944 --> 00:40:40,343 like the Star of David, 697 00:40:40,445 --> 00:40:43,179 like the Hindu Mandala... 698 00:40:43,281 --> 00:40:46,416 the Cosmic Egg is a symbol that connects. 699 00:40:46,518 --> 00:40:48,485 But it goes beyond just connecting. 700 00:40:48,587 --> 00:40:52,188 It seems to point to our source of origin. 701 00:40:52,290 --> 00:40:54,924 And ultimately, as we embrace the symbol of the Cosmic Egg, 702 00:40:55,027 --> 00:40:59,629 it causes us to recognize the unity of all of creation 703 00:40:59,731 --> 00:41:02,132 and this fundamental, very simple idea 704 00:41:02,234 --> 00:41:05,235 that we all came from the same original point, seed, 705 00:41:05,337 --> 00:41:08,471 or Cosmic Egg, that broke up, dispersed 706 00:41:08,573 --> 00:41:12,308 and will one day reunify. 707 00:41:14,713 --> 00:41:17,781 NARRATOR: Might the Cosmic Egg be an important clue 708 00:41:17,883 --> 00:41:22,485 for what connects us to other entities in the universe-- 709 00:41:22,587 --> 00:41:26,456 entities that may even be our creators? 710 00:41:26,558 --> 00:41:30,393 If so, is it their intention that as we discover more 711 00:41:30,495 --> 00:41:32,762 about not just the mysteries of the universe, 712 00:41:32,864 --> 00:41:36,433 but the mysteries within each and every one of us, 713 00:41:36,535 --> 00:41:39,202 we will arrive at this conclusion? 714 00:41:39,304 --> 00:41:41,271 Perhaps one day soon, 715 00:41:41,373 --> 00:41:44,808 we will discover that within the symbol of the Cosmic Egg 716 00:41:44,910 --> 00:41:47,877 lies the key to ascending beyond Earth, 717 00:41:47,979 --> 00:41:50,747 to join our alien ancestors 718 00:41:50,849 --> 00:41:52,749 in the stars. 719 00:41:52,851 --> 00:41:54,551 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS 720 00:41:54,552 --> 00:41:56,552 sub-rip romulus70