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PAUL DAVIES: Do I believe that
there is or was life on Mars?
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Yes, I'm absolutely
certain of it.
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MIKE BARA: There are a lot
of different objects on Mars
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that look exactly
like sculptures
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that human beings make.
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
We have to ask ourselves
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what civilization built this?
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And what happened to them?
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JOHN BRANDENBURG:
There's no natural phenomenon
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that can account
for this nuclear data.
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That is weapon signature.
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STEPHEN PETRANEK:
Going to Mars, it's something
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we know in somewhere
in the back of our brains
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that we have to do or we die.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so,
might we find the truth
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when humans land on Mars?
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MAN:
We are go for launch.
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MAN 2:
Roger, go for launch.
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NARRATOR:
Earth, 2026.
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MAN:
Five, four, three,
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two, one.
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We have ignition.
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We have lift off.
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NARRATOR:
Four civilian astronauts
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begin their 150-day journey
to the Red Planet.
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MAN:
Velocity 14,899 miles per hour.
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NARRATOR: The voyage will
take them deeper into space
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than any human
has ever traveled--
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over 128 million miles.
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200 times farther
than the distance to the moon.
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BUZZ ALDRIN: You leave Earth
at a pretty high velocity,
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and the spacecraft flies
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away from the Earth
and away from the moon
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and away from the sun.
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The distance away may not be
the biggest concern.
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And it only takes
five months to get there.
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Now, you can certainly, uh,
uh, withstand that.
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So the-the problem
is getting back.
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PETRANEK:
They're traveling so fast
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that they can go through
ten feet of solid steel.
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So a rocket has to be built
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so that it's very,
very well shielded
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for human beings.
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It's not an easy trip.
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And there are
momentous catastrophes
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that could occur.
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I kind of like to compare that
to when the first explorers
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were going across the ocean.
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Those were long,
horrible journeys as well
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and we survived those.
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And I really see Mars
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as one of the great,
first stepping stones
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to exploring space.
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SUE ANN PIEN: I was born
with a fascination for space.
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And the only thing
I wanted to do was explore.
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I wanted to know
what was out there,
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and get out there.
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And so, by the time
I heard about Mars One,
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it felt like there was
a calling, a destiny there.
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What an amazing way
to kind of give your life
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to the greater cause
of humanity.
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TSOUKALOS:
We are a species of explorers.
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And the reason why we keep
looking out there,
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in my opinion, is because
that's where we came from.
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'Cause you will not find
any other organism on Earth
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that has such
a fascination with space,
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with the stars or with anything
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that displays such curiosity
like human beings.
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And our next step
will be colonizing Mars.
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So the idea
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that others have proposed
that we are nothing else
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but the Martians,
so we are bound to go there.
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NARRATOR: According to NASA,
the colonization of Mars
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will begin not with humans,
but with robots
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sent ahead
to construct habitats,
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rovers and life-support units.
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Food and supplies
will be sent next,
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and then finally
the first humans
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will arrive,
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ready to start
their new lives as Martians.
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PIEN: The Martian environment
is very different to Earth.
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It has 38%
of the gravity of Earth.
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The daily temperature
fluctuations are very extreme.
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For instance, if you're near
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it can be as warm
as 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
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But at night,
the temperatures could drop down
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to minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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So there's a lot of things
out there that's getting us,
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including radiation, as well,
and the dust storms.
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The atmosphere
is incredibly thin--
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about one percent
of that of Earth.
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There's no breathable
oxygen there.
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The radiation
is very high as well.
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And so astronauts there
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are faced
with multiple difficulties.
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A Martian day
is almost like Earth's.
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It's 24 hours and 39 minutes.
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So it's just a little bit longer
than a day on Earth.
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But a Martian year is two years,
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because Mars' orbit
is twice the size of Earth's.
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NARRATOR: Because
of the day-night cycle
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and the thin atmosphere,
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Mars is the only nearby planet
where large-scale greenhouses
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lit by natural sunlight
can be utilized.
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These structures
will allow the colonizers
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to grow their own food
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on the cold and barren planet.
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Obviously you can't
rely on food parcels
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from home
coming every two years.
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You're gonna have
to grow your own food.
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A lot of people think, "Well,
that's pretty straightforward.
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"You just take a few potatoes
and cabbages, and away you go.
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You can do farming on Mars."
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Now, research that's been done
at Arizona State University
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suggests that when you send
microorganisms into space,
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they behave differently.
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They don't like it up there.
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Hundreds, if not thousands,
of PhD theses
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in the last 20 years
have been written
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about how to grow food on Mars.
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And there was
a very interesting experiment
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done a couple of years ago
in Holland,
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where NASA provided the Dutch
with what they thought
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was almost an identical copy
of the soil on Mars.
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And the Dutch planted
4,200 seeds in it,
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of all kinds
of different vegetables.
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And every single seed
germinated.
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Some things
did better than others--
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like carrots
grew very well there.
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There is no question
that we will
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be able to grow food on Mars.
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But it's gonna be hundreds
of years before we grow
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enough food on Mars that we can
survive from the food we grow.
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The only way we're gonna
be able to do that
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is to terraform the planet,
so that it becomes much
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more Earth-like
so that we can grow crops
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on the surface of the planet.
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NARRATOR:
In recent years,
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scientists have proposed various
methods to terraform Mars,
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deliberately altering it
to be more Earth-like.
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Most focus on
melting the ice at the poles
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to release carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere to thicken it.
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PETRANEK:
If we heat up the poles on Mars,
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that causes a significant
temperature rise on Mars,
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and we start having
flowing water on Mars,
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especially around the equator.
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Then water itself
will go into the atmosphere,
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which is another greenhouse gas.
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And we will warm up Mars.
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And we will be able to plant
crops on the surface of Mars.
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But that's a ways away.
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That's probably at least
300 years away.
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NARRATOR: With missions from
both NASA and the private sector
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now officially in the works,
humans landing
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on Mars is no longer
the stuff of science fiction.
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But will we really
go so far
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as to terraform
the planet so that
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we can establish
permanent residency there?
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And if so, why?
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What is it about Mars
that compels us to go there?
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Interestingly,
the conditions on Earth
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three to four billion years ago
are thought to be
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much different
from what they are today.
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Like Mars, the planet
was relatively uninhabitable
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and lacked an atmosphere.
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According to ancient astronaut
theorists,
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directed terraforming
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may have been exactly how life
was started on Earth.
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And as evidence,
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they point to our earliest
creation stories.
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When we look
at the world's creation myths,
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one of the things that we find
throughout these stories
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is the idea that
the gods sought to create
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a stable environment
on the Earth.
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The story of Genesis could be
seen as a step-by-step guide
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for terraforming the Earth.
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On day one, God or the gods
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created the universe.
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On day two, the gods
created the firmament.
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This is described as a dome,
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or a boundary
separating heaven and Earth.
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Followed by the appearance
of plants and animals
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and later human beings.
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GEORGE NOORY:
To me, when I look at Genesis,
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it is exactly the thought
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of an extraterrestrial
visitation.
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I'm sure there's a god--
there's no doubt about that.
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That there's a higher power.
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But somewhere along the line,
extraterrestrials
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came down to this planet,
created us,
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maybe even
terraformed the planet,
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so that it could be
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Heck, we're talking about doing
that on Mars right now.
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The things that we'll be
doing on Mars may be
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exactly the same things
that extraterrestrials did
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when they came to our planet.
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We'll be terraforming
that planet.
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Creating a more
conducive atmosphere.
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Melting icecaps to create
rivers and lakes.
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And then perhaps even
genetically manipulating
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organisms to better survive
on that planet.
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And perhaps mankind is being
guided by extraterrestrials
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to go to Mars and colonize
that Red Planet.
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NARRATOR:
With our plans to colonize Mars,
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are humans actually
following in the footsteps
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of extraterrestrials
that came to Earth
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in the remote past?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that not only
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is this the case,
but that there is even evidence
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these alien visitors
might have come here
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from the very planet
that is now our destination.
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NARRATOR:
On March 10, 2006,
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the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
reached its destination,
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and began orbiting 186 miles
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above the Martian surface.
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It has circled the planet over
40,000 times and has sent
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over 264 terabytes of data
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and 200,000 images
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back to researchers on Earth.
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On September 28, 2015,
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NASA scientists announced
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that the images received
from the Orbiter
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had finally led to the kind
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of groundbreaking discovery
they were hoping for--
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evidence of water on Mars.
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Photographs taken by the Orbiter
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reveal streaks that appear to
ebb and flow through the year,
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much like the seasonal flow
of rivers on Earth.
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PETRANEK: Astrobiologists
have had a wake-up call.
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If there is flowing
underground water on Mars,
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and since we know that all
the chemicals structures on Mars
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for life are the same
as they are on Earth.
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If you have that,
it's unlikely
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that there is not
life on Mars.
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DAVIES: The big question
everybody wants to know is--
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is there enough there
for Mars life?
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And in my view,
the answer is yes.
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You don't have to have
liquid water lying around
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like a pond in order
for microbes to make a living.
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There are microorganisms
on Earth
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that live
in Mars-like conditions.
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So do I believe that there is
or was life on Mars?
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And I say yes,
I'm absolutely certain of it.
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NARRATOR:
In 1996,
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NASA researchers studying
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a Martian meteorite found
on the Alan Hill ice fields
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of Antarctica
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announce a shocking discovery--
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evidence of past microbial life
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on Mars.
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They backed away
from this conclusion
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shortly after it made
international headlines.
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Over a decade later,
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scientists re-examining
the meteorite
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determine that it does indeed
contain organic matter
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and evidence
of bacterial fossils.
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The evidence for microbial life
on early Mars
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from the meteorites
is now very strong.
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It's almost overwhelming.
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Not only do some
of the Mars meteorites
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show signs
of early life on Mars,
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almost every one of them does.
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NARRATOR:
While evidence of microbial life
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in Mars meteorites
is groundbreaking,
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in 2013,
geochemist Steven Benner
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presented findings suggesting
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these meteorites point
to a possibility
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even more astonishing
than the notion
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that there was
once life on Mars.
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He claims that
they may be responsible
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for seeding life here on Earth.
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Benner reached this conclusion
when he found
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that particular elements
believed to be crucial
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to the origin of life are
not readily available on Earth,
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and would only have been present
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on the surface
of the Red Planet.
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I've always felt
that Mars was actually
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a better place than Earth
for life to get going.
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Now Steve Benner recently has
added to the appeal of Mars
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as the cradle of life
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by pointing out that certain
elements that are actually
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essential for organic chemistry
to work properly
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like boron and molybdenum,
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which are more abundant on Mars
than they are on Earth.
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We can imagine that life
on Earth started on Mars,
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so in a sense we're all Martians
or descended from Martians.
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NARRATOR: Life on Earth
seeded from Mars?
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Could we, in fact, be Martians?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that
this seeding of Earth
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may even have been
a directed effort
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orchestrated
by human-like beings
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that existed
on the Red Planet.
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And they claim these
extraterrestrial ancestors
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can be found
in the apocryphal texts
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of the Hebrew bible,
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represented
as the "fallen angels."
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We know from ancient legend
of the books of Enoch,
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that there was
a group of angels
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who descended to Earth
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in violation of divine law.
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They introduced to humanity
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ways, means, knowledge,
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which we would understand today
as science and technology.
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These angels were in human form.
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They were called, in Hebrew,
Ishim, which means men.
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They looked just like us.
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YOUNG:
The fallen angels were giants.
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They were at least ten feet
tall, very striking to look at.
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Enormous eyes.
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And no wings.
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HENRY: For over 100 years,
mythologists
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have been contemplating this
idea that the fallen angels
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came from Mars to Earth.
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Even Dante described this
in the Paradiso.
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He called this
the fifth level of heaven.
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Is it possible
that the fallen angels
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came to Earth from Mars?
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NARRATOR: Could we reinterpret
the story of fallen angels
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as beings not from heaven,
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but from Mars?
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Based on examination
of the astronauts
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living in the International
Space Station,
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scientists have speculated
on what physiological changes
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might be seen
in future generations
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of humans born on Mars.
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And ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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the resemblance to the
description of fallen angels
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may be uncanny.
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PIEN: One of the most amazing
things about the human body
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is its ability to adapt.
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And if you look at astronauts
who go into space,
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they actually grow
about two or three inches.
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And when you have a human
that's born on Mars,
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what's gonna happen
is the environment
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will change the structure
of the human body.
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And what you're gonna see
in a few generations
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is humans that are
taller and skinnier,
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because the gravity on Mars
is less than that of Earth.
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BARA: If humans evolve
long enough on the planet Mars,
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they could grow to be taller,
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they'd have the bigger heads;
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they'd have the spindly limbs.
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They might actually grow
slightly larger eyes
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that were equipped
to see better in the dark,
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because you simply
have less sunlight on Mars
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than you do on the Earth,
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because it's farther
away from the sun.
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They could also end up looking
like representations
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of angels and various
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other god-like beings
that we've read about
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in the Bible
and other ancient documents.
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CHILDRESS:
These attributes to somebody
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from a low-gravity planet
like Mars
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or being in space
for a long time
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may well be the attributes
that we see
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of the fallen angels
being very tall
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and-and spindly
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and-and perhaps pale
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and with large eyes.
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Something that we might
expect to be coming
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from another planet like Mars.
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NARRATOR:
Might life on Earth
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really have originated
on Mars?
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And is it possible
it was not by chance,
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but by design?
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And if so, just what happened
to the Martians?
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Perhaps clues
can be found by examining
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what some say
is undeniable evidence
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of weapons of mass destruction.
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NARRATOR:
Spanning 2,500 miles
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across the equatorial region
of the Red Planet
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is a colossal gash
in the crust.
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Called the Valles Marineris,
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it is over four miles deep,
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which is four times
the depth of the Grand Canyon.
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And it runs a length equal
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to the span
of the United States
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from New York to California.
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DENNIN:
The Valles Marineris
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is one of the biggest tranches
on Mars.
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It was named after one of the
Mariner missions in the '70s.
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It has some very interesting
geological features.
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It's quite huge.
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So it's really
an interesting challenge
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to figure out
what formed this valley.
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DAVIES:
It is truly immense.
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And the question is, uh,
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why did these features occur
on Mars on such a grand scale?
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The Grand Canyon is, you know,
created by the Colorado River.
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I don't think
the Valles Marineris
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was created by a river.
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It's very clear
that it hasn't been made
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by water erosion.
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NARRATOR:
The prevailing scientific theory
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suggests that the gash
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may be the result
of volcanic activity
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combined with shifts
in crustal plates.
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However,
engineer Ralph Juergens
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argued in his 1974 article,
"Of the Moon and Mars,"
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that the geographic features
of the Valles Marineris
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did not show signs
of being torn and upended
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as is typical
of volcanic thrusts.
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But rather,
it appeared to be carved out.
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Juergens proposed
that the feature
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resembled the residual marks
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left behind
by an electrical discharge.
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According to his theory,
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the area was zapped by
a powerful cosmic thunderbolt,
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carving out the landscape as it
advanced across the surface,
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blasting material into space.
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Although NASA scientists
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dismiss the theory,
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it has been gaining traction
with electrical engineers.
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By using
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two electrodes to create
an electrical arc
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over a sandy surface,
they have been able
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to demonstrate on a small-scale
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how the Valles Marineris
could have been carved out
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by an electric bolt.
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You don't see this type of thing
with a volcano
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or an earthquake or any other
type of natural occurrence.
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The feature itself resembles
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many of the electric discharges
that we've done.
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NARRATOR:
But could a cosmic thunderbolt
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be responsible for
the massive gash across Mars?
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If so, was it
a natural occurrence
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or an attack?
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There are some
very interesting stories
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of ancient advanced
thunderbolt-like weapons.
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For example, in the Norse,
Greek, and Vedic traditions,
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there is a weapon that can
destroy entire worlds.
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In the Vedic text,
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uh, what is found
is called "Vajra."
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"Vajra" means thunderbolt.
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And this is
a very powerful weapon
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that God Indra carries.
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And it was a special weapon
that was designed
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to destroy this giant
called Vritra.
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Vritra represented
the dark force.
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And then he was creating havoc
in the universe.
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So he had to be destroyed.
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And Indra used this weapon
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to destroy this giant.
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CHILDRESS: Vajra is this super
lightning bolt strike
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that devastates everything
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and is the most destructive
weapon that the gods have.
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And if you look on Mars
that scar appears to be
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from some huge electric strike.
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Perhaps this Vajra weapon
of Indra
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that is hitting the planet
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and creating a huge canyon
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and may be what
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really changed Mars.
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It would seem
that these weapons
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are extraterrestrial
in nature.
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NARRATOR:
Could the Vajra described
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in the ancient Vedic texts
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be a super weapon
used against the planet?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest
there is even evidence
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of other weapons
of mass destruction
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being detonated
on the Red Planet.
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In a 2014 paper
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published in
The Journal of Cosmology,
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physicist Dr. John Brandenburg
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presented findings indicating
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that someone or something
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wiped out life on Mars
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with massive nuclear explosions.
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BRANDENBURG: There's
an enormous spike in xenon 129
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in the Martian atmosphere.
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Xenon 129 is produced
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by very violent
nuclear reactions.
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I originally proposed
as an explanation
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that this was a natural nuclear
reactor that had gone unstable.
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However, as I talked
to more scientists,
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they said the xenon spectrum
is wrong.
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That is weapon signature.
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That is not from any kind
of natural nuclear reactor.
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The pattern of radiation
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on the Mars surface
indicates
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that there is
a global debris pattern
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extending from two hot spots
of radiation
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in the north of Mars
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going all the way
around the planet.
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The regions of the residual
radioactivity
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are covered in glass--
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the same sort
of acid-etched glass
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that was found
at nuclear test sites.
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It's called trinitite.
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So thousands of square miles
of Mars' surface
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apparently were turned to glass.
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Someone apparently dropped two
massive nuclear weapons on Mars
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to explode in mid-air.
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There's no natural phenomenon
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that can account
for this nuclear data.
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So we must go to Mars.
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We must find out exactly
what happened there.
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NARRATOR:
Are there really tell-tale signs
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of orchestrated
mass destruction on Mars?
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00:26:53,303 --> 00:26:56,204
If so, might some
of the survivors
510
00:26:56,273 --> 00:26:58,774
have made it to Earth?
511
00:26:58,876 --> 00:27:01,843
Perhaps further evidence
can be found
512
00:27:01,945 --> 00:27:04,679
by examining
the landscape of Mars,
513
00:27:04,782 --> 00:27:07,349
and its mysterious formations
514
00:27:07,451 --> 00:27:10,852
that some say
are alien artifacts.
515
00:27:20,231 --> 00:27:22,331
NARRATOR:
554 solar days
516
00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:26,502
after the Mars Curiosity Rover
touched down,
517
00:27:26,604 --> 00:27:28,537
it beams its latest
high-resolution
518
00:27:28,606 --> 00:27:32,841
panoramic photographs
of the Mars landscape to Earth.
519
00:27:34,211 --> 00:27:37,079
Upon inspection, amateur
archaeologists
520
00:27:37,148 --> 00:27:39,315
announce a startling discovery--
521
00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:41,283
what appears to be an effigy
522
00:27:41,385 --> 00:27:43,352
located at the Dingo Gap,
523
00:27:43,421 --> 00:27:46,455
resembling a human statue.
524
00:27:46,557 --> 00:27:50,960
The find is just one
of the dozens
525
00:27:51,062 --> 00:27:55,798
of strange earth-like objects
sighted in the Rover images--
526
00:27:55,866 --> 00:28:00,436
including a sarcophagus...
527
00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:03,038
a Buddha statue...
528
00:28:06,143 --> 00:28:09,311
...and even a cross.
529
00:28:09,413 --> 00:28:11,080
BARA:
There are a lot
530
00:28:11,182 --> 00:28:13,015
of different objects
on Mars that people see,
531
00:28:13,050 --> 00:28:15,517
or think they see,
in various rover images.
532
00:28:15,586 --> 00:28:18,087
And it's really hard
to dismiss them,
533
00:28:18,189 --> 00:28:19,888
because they do
look exactly
534
00:28:19,957 --> 00:28:22,224
like sculptures
that human beings make.
535
00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:25,394
And even after
a massive cataclysm,
536
00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:27,363
like what apparently
took place on Mars,
537
00:28:27,465 --> 00:28:30,299
you're gonna find remnants
from a lost civilization
538
00:28:30,401 --> 00:28:33,335
that's just leaving behind
those last hints that
539
00:28:33,404 --> 00:28:35,004
we were here.
540
00:28:35,106 --> 00:28:38,407
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
541
00:28:38,476 --> 00:28:40,409
have considered
that there may be
542
00:28:40,478 --> 00:28:44,246
artifacts and unnatural
structures on Mars
543
00:28:44,315 --> 00:28:46,148
since the first images
where beamed back
544
00:28:46,217 --> 00:28:48,017
from the Mars Viking Mission
545
00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:51,220
in 1979.
546
00:28:51,288 --> 00:28:54,723
NASA officials claim
the perceived likeness
547
00:28:54,825 --> 00:28:57,292
of formations on Mars
to man-made objects
548
00:28:57,395 --> 00:28:59,828
is due to Pareidolia,
549
00:28:59,930 --> 00:29:02,431
where the mind perceives
a familiar pattern,
550
00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:06,001
like seeing shapes in clouds.
551
00:29:06,103 --> 00:29:09,471
But some imaging experts
are not convinced
552
00:29:09,573 --> 00:29:12,508
that it's just
a trick of the eye.
553
00:29:12,610 --> 00:29:14,610
Joe White has been working
554
00:29:14,712 --> 00:29:17,613
in image restoration
for 25 years,
555
00:29:17,715 --> 00:29:20,816
and claims to have found
artifacts on the Martian surface
556
00:29:20,918 --> 00:29:22,918
that defy explanation.
557
00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:24,620
JOE WHITE:
The Rover images
558
00:29:24,722 --> 00:29:27,122
are generally fairly close-up,
and it is possible
559
00:29:27,191 --> 00:29:30,626
to spot things like statue heads
and stone blocks,
560
00:29:30,728 --> 00:29:34,196
sometimes with writing on
and carvings in them.
561
00:29:34,298 --> 00:29:37,933
It's such a shame they, they do
so much to destroy these images.
562
00:29:38,002 --> 00:29:39,535
But basically what they do
is they resize them down
563
00:29:39,637 --> 00:29:41,403
so that the detail's all lost.
564
00:29:41,472 --> 00:29:43,305
But because I've worked in
photographic restoration,
565
00:29:43,374 --> 00:29:45,240
I know how to do it.
566
00:29:45,342 --> 00:29:47,242
All I've done with this is
actually enhanced the contrast
567
00:29:47,344 --> 00:29:48,610
and sharpened it a little bit.
568
00:29:48,712 --> 00:29:51,080
The details
I noticed first were
569
00:29:51,182 --> 00:29:53,048
particularly
the eye and nose details
570
00:29:53,150 --> 00:29:56,118
on the front of the, of the,
the statue on the left here
571
00:29:56,187 --> 00:29:58,654
with a very quite clear
mouth structure
572
00:29:58,722 --> 00:30:02,191
and what looks like an ear,
just here.
573
00:30:02,293 --> 00:30:06,528
And you have a long narrow
elongated cone head shape
574
00:30:06,630 --> 00:30:08,797
to the statue.
575
00:30:08,899 --> 00:30:11,133
Now this may well be
an elaborate headdress
576
00:30:11,235 --> 00:30:13,902
on this statue here,
which seems to be broken off.
577
00:30:14,004 --> 00:30:15,471
But it's hard to say for sure.
578
00:30:15,539 --> 00:30:17,206
I mean this is a,
it's a damaged statue,
579
00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:19,274
buried up to its chin
580
00:30:19,376 --> 00:30:21,944
and there's probably
a lot more of it
581
00:30:22,046 --> 00:30:23,445
buried just below in the sand.
582
00:30:23,547 --> 00:30:25,314
But you can actually
see quite clearly
583
00:30:25,416 --> 00:30:27,082
it's the sort of thing
you would expect to find
584
00:30:27,184 --> 00:30:29,952
somewhere like Central
or South America.
585
00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:35,557
NARRATOR: Might there actually
be ruins of a lost civilization
586
00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:40,329
scattered across
the Martian landscape?
587
00:30:40,431 --> 00:30:45,033
Ruins that mirror those
that exist on our own planet?
588
00:30:45,136 --> 00:30:48,570
Ancient Astronaut theorists
say yes,
589
00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:51,106
and propose that this is
590
00:30:51,175 --> 00:30:53,909
one of many artifacts on Mars
591
00:30:53,978 --> 00:30:57,946
that seem to have
counterparts on our Earth.
592
00:30:58,048 --> 00:31:01,717
Certain structures on Mars
may be completely
593
00:31:01,819 --> 00:31:04,653
related to structures
here on Earth.
594
00:31:04,722 --> 00:31:09,258
On Mars, we have structures
that look like pyramids.
595
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,693
There are standing stones
596
00:31:11,795 --> 00:31:16,031
and Stonehenge-type
of structures on Mars.
597
00:31:16,133 --> 00:31:20,335
There's also a structure on Mars
that looks like a Sphinx.
598
00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:25,707
BARA: Around Cydonia,
there are many, many objects,
599
00:31:25,809 --> 00:31:27,576
including an area
called "the city,"
600
00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:30,846
where the so-called face
on Mars is located.
601
00:31:30,948 --> 00:31:33,382
There's a massive
pentagonal pyramid.
602
00:31:33,484 --> 00:31:36,318
There's a cluster
of other pyramidal objects
603
00:31:36,420 --> 00:31:37,986
that are nearby.
604
00:31:38,055 --> 00:31:40,155
And one of the things that's
really interesting
605
00:31:40,257 --> 00:31:42,124
about the city is that some
people have pointed out that
606
00:31:42,226 --> 00:31:45,160
if you take the apex of all of
the pyramidal structures there--
607
00:31:45,229 --> 00:31:46,728
and there are number of them--
608
00:31:46,797 --> 00:31:50,265
that they basically match
the layout of the Pleiades.
609
00:31:50,334 --> 00:31:53,001
Now, this is something
that we've seen here on Earth.
610
00:31:53,070 --> 00:31:56,104
We've seen various ancient
architectural monuments
611
00:31:56,207 --> 00:31:57,806
that are also
laid out to reflect
612
00:31:57,875 --> 00:32:00,175
the constellation
of the Pleiades.
613
00:32:00,244 --> 00:32:03,312
TSOUKALOS: Is it possible
that the structures on Mars
614
00:32:03,414 --> 00:32:06,481
are real
and of artificial origin?
615
00:32:06,584 --> 00:32:09,418
That is something
where all of science says,
616
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,453
"No, impossible."
617
00:32:11,555 --> 00:32:13,222
Well, is it really?
618
00:32:13,290 --> 00:32:15,490
Water on Mars--
impossible, right?
619
00:32:15,593 --> 00:32:17,559
No, it has been proven.
620
00:32:17,661 --> 00:32:20,095
So we have to ask ourselves
621
00:32:20,130 --> 00:32:23,565
what civilization built this?
622
00:32:23,667 --> 00:32:25,667
And what happened to them?
623
00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:30,172
And some have suggested that
they actually escaped Mars
624
00:32:30,274 --> 00:32:34,476
and came to Earth
to ensure their survival.
625
00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:36,712
HENRY: When we look to these
extraordinary structures
626
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:41,083
on Earth, similar to what
we're now seeing on Mars,
627
00:32:41,185 --> 00:32:43,452
it makes you wonder did
our ancient extraterrestrial
628
00:32:43,554 --> 00:32:48,156
ancestors teach humans
how to build these monuments?
629
00:32:48,225 --> 00:32:51,126
And knowing that one day,
we would rediscover our roots
630
00:32:51,228 --> 00:32:54,296
on Mars and be able to match up
what we've done on Earth
631
00:32:54,398 --> 00:32:56,598
with what we had
already done on Mars.
632
00:32:56,667 --> 00:33:00,636
NARRATOR: Might the various
structures and artifacts
633
00:33:00,738 --> 00:33:03,705
found on the surface of Mars
634
00:33:03,807 --> 00:33:07,209
really be evidence
of a past Martian civilization?
635
00:33:07,311 --> 00:33:12,114
A civilization that was
recreated on Earth?
636
00:33:14,218 --> 00:33:18,287
If so, why would NASA
try to hide this connection?
637
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:20,422
And might there be more
638
00:33:20,491 --> 00:33:23,191
that the public
isn't being told?
639
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,315
NARRATOR:
The $2.5 billion Mars Curiosity
640
00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:34,820
is the most advanced rover yet
to explore the Martian terrain.
641
00:33:34,889 --> 00:33:38,724
Beyond obtaining
high-resolution photographs,
642
00:33:38,792 --> 00:33:41,159
as well as soil and air samples,
643
00:33:41,228 --> 00:33:45,097
as it travels across
the surface of the planet--
644
00:33:45,165 --> 00:33:47,633
it is also able
to turn the camera on itself.
645
00:33:47,701 --> 00:33:51,303
A feature that enables
engineers at NASA
646
00:33:51,405 --> 00:33:55,440
to diagnose and troubleshoot
issues from Earth.
647
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:59,278
Curiously, 50 solar days
into its mission,
648
00:33:59,346 --> 00:34:03,615
the rover beamed a mysterious
photograph back to Earth
649
00:34:03,717 --> 00:34:06,351
showing what appeared
to some researchers
650
00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:09,421
to be the shadow
of a human-like figure
651
00:34:09,523 --> 00:34:12,157
working on the Rover.
652
00:34:12,259 --> 00:34:14,226
CHILDRESS:
You could see a person there.
653
00:34:14,295 --> 00:34:17,596
And even it seemed that
he was not wearing a helmet,
654
00:34:17,698 --> 00:34:21,700
but was in some kind
of gear and goggles.
655
00:34:21,802 --> 00:34:25,804
And it made people speculate
that what might be going on
656
00:34:25,873 --> 00:34:29,308
on Mars is more
than what NASA
657
00:34:29,410 --> 00:34:32,577
and also
the military space program
658
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,747
has said that we can achieve.
659
00:34:35,849 --> 00:34:38,850
BARA: NASA knows
so much more about Mars
660
00:34:38,953 --> 00:34:40,285
than they are telling us.
661
00:34:40,387 --> 00:34:41,753
They put pictures out.
662
00:34:41,855 --> 00:34:43,288
They allow things to come out.
663
00:34:43,390 --> 00:34:45,324
They do not comment
on them, in general,
664
00:34:45,426 --> 00:34:48,427
but they just allow people
with eyes, who want to see,
665
00:34:48,495 --> 00:34:50,395
to look at these things
and understand what they are.
666
00:34:50,497 --> 00:34:52,898
But they don't
say anything about it,
667
00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:57,436
because they are constrained
by the political realities.
668
00:34:57,504 --> 00:34:58,870
NOORY:
A couple of years go,
669
00:34:58,973 --> 00:35:00,806
we got a call
from a person named Jackie,
670
00:35:00,874 --> 00:35:04,309
who claimed that she was
a former NASA employee.
671
00:35:04,411 --> 00:35:06,645
And she went on
with this profound story
672
00:35:06,747 --> 00:35:09,815
about how our rovers
673
00:35:09,917 --> 00:35:12,985
had sent back pictures
that NASA has suppressed
674
00:35:13,053 --> 00:35:17,789
of humans on Mars
walking around.
675
00:35:17,858 --> 00:35:19,424
And she was very compelling.
676
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:22,661
She seemed to know exactly
what she was talking about.
677
00:35:22,763 --> 00:35:26,465
There's always been a theory
that there's a space program
678
00:35:26,567 --> 00:35:29,601
beyond the space program
that we know.
679
00:35:29,670 --> 00:35:31,403
It's a black ops program.
680
00:35:31,505 --> 00:35:35,140
It's the program where trillions
of dollars merely disappear,
681
00:35:35,209 --> 00:35:38,243
and nobody knows
where the money went.
682
00:35:38,312 --> 00:35:40,746
And nobody knows
what's going on.
683
00:35:40,814 --> 00:35:43,849
BARA: A Scottish hacker
named Gary McKinnon
684
00:35:43,951 --> 00:35:46,018
actually hacked
into the NASA database,
685
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,053
and discovered a file,
which contained a list
686
00:35:48,122 --> 00:35:50,589
of what were called
non-terrestrial officers--
687
00:35:50,657 --> 00:35:52,391
officers in the military
that were actually
688
00:35:52,493 --> 00:35:55,060
living and working
off of the planet Earth.
689
00:35:55,129 --> 00:35:58,296
Now, "non-terrestrial"
doesn't necessarily mean "Mars."
690
00:35:58,399 --> 00:36:00,265
But it does mean "out in space."
691
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,801
And what that indicates
is that there is some kind
692
00:36:02,903 --> 00:36:04,569
of top-secret space program
693
00:36:04,671 --> 00:36:06,638
that exists that the public
doesn't know about.
694
00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:09,841
NARRATOR:
Could there really be
695
00:36:09,943 --> 00:36:13,278
a secret U.S. military
operation on Mars?
696
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:17,849
If so, just how long
has it been going on?
697
00:36:17,918 --> 00:36:22,254
Some researchers suggest
that a feasible plan
698
00:36:22,356 --> 00:36:25,023
to get to Mars was conceived
699
00:36:25,125 --> 00:36:27,826
well before we even
made it to the moon
700
00:36:27,928 --> 00:36:31,396
and by the same scientist
that got us there.
701
00:36:31,465 --> 00:36:34,399
PETRANEK: Wernher Von Braun
was a rocket genius,
702
00:36:34,468 --> 00:36:37,369
and he was obsessed
with going to Mars.
703
00:36:37,438 --> 00:36:39,104
He was obsessed with rocketry.
704
00:36:39,206 --> 00:36:42,707
And he wrote a book in 1948
called The Mars Project.
705
00:36:42,810 --> 00:36:46,445
And it's basically a 91-page
manual on how to get to Mars.
706
00:36:46,547 --> 00:36:49,347
It has all the computations
worked out,
707
00:36:49,450 --> 00:36:52,651
all the formulas for
what home and transfer orbits
708
00:36:52,753 --> 00:36:54,619
you need to use to get to Mars.
709
00:36:54,721 --> 00:36:56,621
He actually projected
710
00:36:56,723 --> 00:36:59,925
that he could put
people on Mars by 1965.
711
00:37:00,027 --> 00:37:02,327
Everything he put
in that 91-page manual
712
00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:04,896
is actually still valid today.
713
00:37:04,998 --> 00:37:08,900
NOORY: Wernher Von Braun
outlined our plan
714
00:37:09,002 --> 00:37:11,136
to go to Mars and colonize it.
715
00:37:11,238 --> 00:37:14,873
Well, everybody thinks,
"Well, we just never did that."
716
00:37:14,975 --> 00:37:17,909
There are other people that
think we took his playbook
717
00:37:18,011 --> 00:37:20,512
and that we indeed
did colonize Mars,
718
00:37:20,614 --> 00:37:23,348
and that we have
a colony of astronauts there
719
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:27,552
right now under his tutelage
when he was alive.
720
00:37:27,621 --> 00:37:29,921
DAVID WILCOCK:
There's compelling evidence
721
00:37:29,990 --> 00:37:32,657
that Von Braun
was working secretly
722
00:37:32,726 --> 00:37:34,493
with elements
of the U.S. government
723
00:37:34,595 --> 00:37:37,529
in an attempt
to try to make it to Mars.
724
00:37:37,631 --> 00:37:41,766
Is it possible that was done?
725
00:37:41,869 --> 00:37:43,835
Do you think it's possible
that the government
726
00:37:43,904 --> 00:37:44,903
could keep something a secret?
727
00:37:45,005 --> 00:37:46,505
Absolutely.
728
00:37:46,607 --> 00:37:48,440
Go back
to the Manhattan Project.
729
00:37:48,542 --> 00:37:51,776
When they developed
the nuclear bomb, there was over
730
00:37:51,879 --> 00:37:56,014
140,000 personnel
involved in that program.
731
00:37:56,083 --> 00:37:58,717
No one squealed.
732
00:37:58,819 --> 00:38:00,118
No one said what they were doing
733
00:38:00,220 --> 00:38:02,621
and many of those people
were unaware of what
734
00:38:02,723 --> 00:38:06,057
they were working on until
the bomb itself was detonated.
735
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,927
So Von Braun
could've been working
736
00:38:08,996 --> 00:38:11,096
on a secret Mars program,
737
00:38:11,165 --> 00:38:12,764
and with the same level
of secrecy
738
00:38:12,866 --> 00:38:14,399
as the Manhattan Project,
739
00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:17,235
it still to this day
could be highly classified
740
00:38:17,304 --> 00:38:20,839
and never released
to the public at large.
741
00:38:20,941 --> 00:38:24,676
NARRATOR: Werner Von Braun's
genius is credited
742
00:38:24,778 --> 00:38:29,548
with being the reason
we ever made it to the moon.
743
00:38:29,616 --> 00:38:33,852
Might he also have orchestrated
a secret mission to Mars?
744
00:38:33,954 --> 00:38:37,856
And if so,
what was its purpose?
745
00:38:40,795 --> 00:38:42,095
NARRATOR:
Torrance, California,
746
00:38:42,163 --> 00:38:45,164
2015.
747
00:38:45,233 --> 00:38:49,469
The board members of a private
space agency lead by Elon Musk,
748
00:38:49,537 --> 00:38:51,571
Space X,
749
00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:54,741
announce that the explicit aim
of the organization
750
00:38:54,809 --> 00:38:59,278
is and always has been
to help humanity colonize Mars.
751
00:38:59,347 --> 00:39:01,414
ELON MUSK:
I do think it is important
752
00:39:01,516 --> 00:39:04,250
that we as a species,
as a civilization,
753
00:39:04,352 --> 00:39:08,121
are on a path
to become a true space-far--
754
00:39:08,223 --> 00:39:11,557
a true space-faring civilization
and a multi-planet species.
755
00:39:11,626 --> 00:39:13,192
Elon Musk's position
is that humans
756
00:39:13,261 --> 00:39:17,196
cannot survive
indefinitely on Earth,
757
00:39:17,265 --> 00:39:19,632
and there are a lot of threats
to the continuation
758
00:39:19,701 --> 00:39:21,267
of human life on Earth--
759
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both from what we're
doing to our own planet,
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but also from things
like asteroids.
761
00:39:26,408 --> 00:39:28,508
We get a single hit
from an asteroid that's as big
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as the one
that took out the dinosaurs.
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00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:35,415
And that, by the way,
is a 100% probability
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that that is going to happen,
sooner or later.
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00:39:39,354 --> 00:39:42,655
Going to Mars,
it's a survival instinct.
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It's something we know,
it's somewhere
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00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:49,028
in the back of our brains
that we have to do or we die.
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00:39:51,232 --> 00:39:55,468
BARA: I think that's the message
of the ruins of Mars is that
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this can happen to you.
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00:39:57,806 --> 00:40:00,273
And you should think about,
as a species,
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00:40:00,341 --> 00:40:03,843
ways to ensure that the human
race is not wiped out,
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00:40:03,945 --> 00:40:06,012
because despite our flaws,
we're a very
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00:40:06,114 --> 00:40:09,849
noble, powerful,
important part of this universe.
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00:40:09,951 --> 00:40:12,585
CHILDRESS:
It's something that will take us
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00:40:12,687 --> 00:40:15,688
back to our very beginnings.
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00:40:15,790 --> 00:40:19,425
And here we'll be really
following in the footsteps
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00:40:19,494 --> 00:40:23,996
of the ancient astronauts,
who came to Earth.
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00:40:24,098 --> 00:40:27,633
And ultimately,
we will be like them,
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00:40:27,735 --> 00:40:30,369
being the extraterrestrials
ourselves
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00:40:30,472 --> 00:40:34,173
and colonizing a foreign planet.
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00:40:34,242 --> 00:40:37,844
HENRY:
When we colonize Mars,
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00:40:37,912 --> 00:40:39,979
it's a retracing
of ancient footsteps.
783
00:40:40,048 --> 00:40:42,682
It will be a reconnection
and a remembering
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00:40:42,784 --> 00:40:45,518
of where we came from.
785
00:40:45,587 --> 00:40:48,654
And it may be
that colonizing Mars
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00:40:48,756 --> 00:40:51,457
will be our ultimate salvation.
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00:40:54,128 --> 00:40:57,263
TSOUKALOS: Mars is a very,
very logical point,
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00:40:57,365 --> 00:41:02,134
if life on Earth ever should
become impossible,
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that's our next step where to go
if the survival of our species
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00:41:06,574 --> 00:41:08,708
is at the forefront.
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00:41:08,776 --> 00:41:11,944
Because maybe
that's where we came from.
792
00:41:12,046 --> 00:41:15,348
So maybe we earthlings
are the Martians.
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00:41:15,450 --> 00:41:18,951
Then the question is
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00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:21,354
has this game been
going back and forth
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00:41:21,456 --> 00:41:24,156
for hundreds of thousands
of years?
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00:41:24,225 --> 00:41:27,293
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that the colonization of Mars
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is the key
to our continued survival?
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00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:35,635
And if so, have we stood
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00:41:35,737 --> 00:41:38,237
on this precipice before?
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00:41:38,306 --> 00:41:40,773
Could there have been
a human presence
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00:41:40,842 --> 00:41:44,377
on Mars thousands of years ago?
803
00:41:44,445 --> 00:41:46,913
Perhaps we will discover
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00:41:47,015 --> 00:41:49,549
the truth
about our alien ancestors
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00:41:49,651 --> 00:41:52,318
when we become
the extraterrestrials
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on Mars.
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