Narrator: They transform their appearance
right before our eyes.
Bruce fenton: They're able to go from being
totally human-looking
to dangerous beasts that tear people to pieces.
-(man screams) -david childress: They turn into bats
or a sudden mist and disappear.
(woman screams)
lynn picknett: The most terrifying thing
is they can steal
the face of a loved one
and lure you to your doom.
Narrator: Accounts of creatures able to morph
from one form into another
can be found all over the world
and throughout history.
Giorgio a. Tsoukalos: You have to ask the question,
what is the core of truth behind those legends?
Childress: When you look at all the different legends,
we have a very strong connection between
shape-shifters and extraterrestrials.
Narrator: Is it possible that earth has been infiltrated
by shape-shifting beings from another planet?
William henry: What if there are millions of extraterrestrials
that are walking amongst us and suddenly
they reveal their true appearance?
Narrator: There is a doorway
in the universe.
Beyond it is the promise of truth.
It demands we question everything
we have ever been taught.
The evidence is all around us.
The future is right before our eyes.
We are not alone.
We have never been alone.
Narrator: 22-year-old forestry worker
travis walton
is driving home after sundown
with a group of coworkers when
suddenly a strange light appears in the sky.
I noticed, uh, some little glimmers
of light coming through the trees.
And the light seemed to be coming
from higher than where ground level would be.
It was only when we got to where
this light was crossing the road
that we had an unobstructed view of the craft.
It was a clearly visible,
clearly defined metallic object,
a disc hovering there, outlined against the sky.
I threw open the door, thinking I'd get
a closer look before it took off.
As I got closer to it, the sound it was making,
it was a sound you, you both heard and felt.
And, uh, the crew said they could
feel the vibration in the truck.
They said it seemed like
something was about to happen.
And, uh, it was. (chuckles)
that's when this energy hit me.
The crew said that it was like I'd stepped on a land mine.
Like an explosion
so violent that, uh,
they thought it, uh, it had killed me.
When this beam of energy hit me,
I felt like a physical blow, but with a sort of a...
Tingling sort of an electric shock sort
of feeling at the same time.
I don't know whether I came to soon after I was taken aboard.
But I know I was on some
kind of an elevated gurney or operating table.
I was looking straight into the-the face of this creature.
And I just flipped out.
Michael salla: He sees these
grey extraterrestrials around him,
and he panics.
And he begins to struggle very violently.
And so those grey extraterrestrials
leave that room.
And then shortly afterwards,
you have two human-looking extraterrestrials walking in.
Walton: In the case of these
human-looking ones, I started to
have serious misgivings that, that this was a rescue.
And that's when they put this mask over my face.
And I just blacked out real quickly.
Nick pope: Now the suspicion here
was that actually these weren't different aliens.
These were the same aliens, but they were capable
of shape-shifting into something else,
specifically to calm him down.
Narrator: Travis walton's story
has become one of the most famous
alien abduction cases ever reported,
and was even adapted into a movie in 1993.
But if true, was he abducted by beings
that are able to shape-shift and mimic humans?
While travis walton's account is extraordinary,
it is not entirely unique.
Salla: There are many stories of these abductees,
who see these non-human looking extraterrestrials, these greys,
who then are replaced by beings that look human.
And this seems to be extraterrestrials
using this shape-shifting ability
to make it look as though human extraterrestrials are there.
Narrator: In 2013, public policy polling
released data that showed 12 million americans believe
that shape-shifting beings live amongst us.
Fenton: One of the most intriguing conspiracies today
is that of the shape-shifting aliens.
The idea that perhaps there is a class of entities on our world
today that is able to represent itself as humans at will.
These extraterrestrials that are
hidden from the rest of the-the normal
human society around them.
Pope: There is a theory that there are aliens among us.
Aliens in human form.
That there's an advance guard, a fifth column.
Call it what you like, but the idea that
perhaps as a prelude to a full-scale alien invasion,
they infiltrate, they get their people into positions of power.
And one could be walking right past you and you wouldn't know.
People think of disclosure as being the archetypal landing
on the white house lawn, uh, spaceships in the sky.
What if it's actually not that?
What if aliens are already here?
Narrator: While the notion that
shape-shifting extraterrestrials
are living among the human race
may sound like something ripped from a science fiction movie,
this concept was actually prevalent
among people living thousands of years ago.
In ancient times,
nearly every culture across the globe
described their gods as not only descending from the sky,
but also having the ability to transform their appearance.
Jonathan young: Shape-shifting has shown up
throughout history in shamanic lore,
in the great religions--
the olympians in greece,
the hindu gods would change shape,
the egyptian gods.
There's something about this idea that
particularly the gods can change into another person
or become an animal.
Ric rader: These stories are not just here to entertain us.
They are here to make sense of our relationship
to the world and to the gods.
And that is not a world that we have a lot of control over.
And that, ultimately, is a terrifying thing,
because when they come down to our world
in whatever shape they take,
we are subject to the whims of the gods.
Narrator: Are tales of shape-shifting beings
a mere manifestation of a deep-seated fear
that we are not in control of our own reality?
Curiously, a common element
found in many of these ancient stories
is that the reason the gods changed shape
was so that they could navigate the human world undetected.
Rader: In order to traffic
in the human world, the gods have to take on a human shape
or something that exists in the human world.
Zeus, in particular, um,
wants to have sexual relations with human beings,
with, uh, with women.
Zeus takes the form of a bull, an especially beautiful bull
which attracts the interest of europa,
who was a phoenician princess.
Henry in the greek story,
europa climbs aboard this bull.
Together they cross over the mediterranean
to the island of crete.
Zeus shape-shifts back into himself as zeus the god,
impregnates europa.
So this is zeus using shape-shifting as a way
to attract a human female and ultimately to create
a new island civilization in crete.
Rader: Zeus changes himself into a bull.
Changes himself into an eagle.
Changes himself into a golden rain shower.
For practical reasons,
the gods need to disguise themselves.
Because if they show up in the human world undisguised,
then it'll wreak havoc.
And the limitation of our imagination
is that they sort of look like us.
They may not, we don't really know.
They have to take a shape that our puny mortal minds
are capable of comprehending.
Tsoukalos: Throughout history,
we have these stories of ancient gods
being able to shape-shift.
So you have to ask the question,
what is the core of truth behind those legends?
Narrator: Could there be some significance
to the fact that in story after story,
coming from all parts of the world,
gods are said to change shape to interact with humans?
Is it possible that at some point,
the ancient people actually witnessed
extraterrestrials changing shape?
Childress: We have many stories
in the past, legends and myths of shape-shifting gods.
The greeks have many stories with this.
The hindus, the sumerians.
All over the world, we have these stories.
And you have to wonder if it might have something to do
with shape-shifting extraterrestrials.
The ancient astronaut theory tries to decipher
misunderstood technology in mythological stories.
This whole idea of shape-shifting
is rooted solidly in the concept
of misunderstood technology.
Actual flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials
were able to change their appearance
with technology.
Perhaps they had an invisibility cloak...
Or they had a cloak with which they could change themselves
into whatever they wanted.
This was witnessed by the people,
and this is how these stories came into existence.
(owl hooting)
narrator: If extraterrestrials inspired
the ancient stories of shape-shifting gods,
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,
were they here only in the distant past,
or have they remained with us for thousands of years?
And what could be their reason for hiding among humans?
Narrator: Here, hidden along the ocean floor,
researchers discover a new and unusual creature--
the mimic octopus.
This highly intelligent cephalopod
is capable of not only instantly changing
its color and skin texture,
but it can also transform its body
to take on the form of many other creatures.
Kirsten fisher: The mimic octopus is remarkable.
It's been known to mimic flounder,
which are like flat fish that live on the bottom of the ocean.
Sea snakes, with the striping.
And then also lionfish, remarkably,
which have all these, like, feathery appendages.
It's been documented to essentially impersonate
at least 15 different marine species.
Narrator: With three hearts, nine brains,
and roughly double the number of genes of a human,
some scientists have speculated that the octopus
may well be from another planet.
In 2018, a group of 33 scientists proclaimed
in a peer-reviewed paper
that the octopus actually has alien dna
and might have originated elsewhere.
Now, when we think about that, you have to think: Well,
what might extraterrestrials actually be like?
Could they be like the octopus?
Could they in fact be shape-shifters?
We automatically assume that extraterrestrials
might be humanoid, that they might look like us,
but the fact of the matter is that they could in fact
be shape-shifters able to change their form
into anything they want to be.
Narrator: If the octopus is not indigenous to earth,
could that point to the possibility
that intelligent alien beings have also arrived here
that have the biological ability to shape-shift?
Fisher: The evolution of things
like crypsis, or the ability to camouflage oneself.
On earth,
we know the selective pressure for that
is primarily sort of predator-prey relationships.
Crypsis is basically a trait
to escape detection by a predator,
if you're an animal that gets eaten,
or to escape detection by your prey,
if you happen to be a predator.
I think that selective pressure
could certainly, um, drive the evolution of crypsis
on other planets as well.
Pope: Given that shape-shifting has
a clear evolutionary benefit,
it's certainly possible that this capability evolved
not just here on earth, but elsewhere in the universe.
It's perfectly possible there's other life out there,
including intelligent life,
civilizations that have the capability to shape-shift.
We have to wonder if...
This technology is something
that-that they just naturally have
as part of their biological dna,
or are they using some technology
that's doing this for them?
So it could be either,
and even a combination of both.
Narrator: In the animal kingdom, the ability to shape-shift
has evolved to conceal both the hunter and the hunted.
But if shape-shifting extraterrestrials
truly are hiding among us,
did they evolve as prey or predators?
A 25-year-old mother of three
is taken to a local physician
after displaying increasingly bizarre behavior.
She speaks in gibberish
and complains of being plagued by disturbing visions
and strange voices.
Her family claims she is possessed
by supernatural beings...
Known as the jinn.
Amir hussain: Jinn is an arabic term
that means "to hide," "to conceal."
the koran says that they are created of fire without smoke.
Smokeless fire.
It talks about the jinn being able to take animal form.
It talks about the jinn being able to take the form
of natural phenomena-- the wind, for example.
And so you will have people to this day in the muslim world
who will say that this person is possessed by jinn,
that they're not physically ill, they're not mentally ill.
Picknett: The jinn were allegedly created
before humankind by god.
They can take any shape to beguile you,
and to tempt you.
Because part of their role
is to test humanity.
Narrator: Encounters with the jinn
are reported frequently in certain parts of the world,
and millions of people continue to believe in their existence.
Similar shape-shifting beings can also be found
in other ancient traditions
and are so common that modern mythologists have grouped them
into a category called "trickster gods."
young: The trickster is the god of transitions, of change.
They're not always fun to encounter,
because they-they pull the rug out from under us.
They are in charge of mischief and mayhem.
In the norse tradition, we have the trickster character
known as loki.
Loki is a shape-shifter.
In some stories, he's a salmon,
sometimes a fly.
Deepak shimkhada: According to hindu mythology,
danivas are demons.
So they have special power
to change shape,
to delude others,
to confuse others,
to appear in any form they wish.
Henry: We find this in the celtic fairy lore as well,
where the fairies are able to shape-shift.
But in their deepest and darkest sense,
they're seeking to extract something from humanity.
Fenton: Some of these encounters that we hear about
with shape-shifting beings
may be extraterrestrials.
There are some good examples of this with the so-called "greys."
there's one incident where...
A large owl was seen that was about three foot high, and...
The witness just thought this could not add up,
and then suddenly it just changed back into a grey.
Very strange.
Deception runs through this whole phenomenon.
The idea that the extraterrestrials
are deceiving, seducing, tricking people.
We see it in mythology.
We see it in close encounters.
Narrator: Is it possible
that accounts of shape-shifting beings,
both in the remote past and in modern times,
are not the product of overactive imaginations...
But actual encounters with extraterrestrials?
But if so,
do they have a sinister agenda?
Perhaps further clues can be found by examining stories
not of gods...
...But of monsters?
(cawing)
narrator: This picturesque transylvanian town
is the birthplace of vlad tepes,
otherwise known as vlad the impaler,
or vlad dracula.
This infamous romanian prince
was known to drink the blood of his enemies,
and inspired the title
of bram stoker's 1897 vampire novel, dracula.
In 2014, a tourist visiting a local church
came across a painting so strange
that she sent a photo of it
to the israeli extraterrestrials and ufos research organization.
Henry: In the hometown
of vlad the impaler,
upon whom the story of dracula the vampire is based,
we find the church of the dominican monastery.
And in this church is a 700-year-old painting
that clearly portrays what most would identify
as a circular craft, a ufo,
hovering over a building that is thought to be the church.
Fenton: We have this very strange jelly-mold-shaped saucer
hovering over the ancestral home of the great figure
that really has given rise to the idea of...
You know, dracula the vampire.
Now, is there a link here in some way
with this vampire legend and extraterrestrials?
Narrator: Is it possible that a 700-year-old painting
in a church in transylvania provides a connection
between vampires and aliens?
Could it be that the stories of these shape-shifting entities
that are said to morph from human form into bats,
wolves and other creatures
are based on real encounters?
While bram stoker's dracula is a work of fiction,
it is inspired by historical events.
Picknett: In the classic vampire story,
from bram stoker's dracula, the late 19th century,
he did do some research into the romanian traditions.
As I say, they're very complicated,
and they-they tend to...
To differ village from village even.
So were there ever such things,
paranormally speaking, as vampires?
For a time--
15th, 16th, 17th, into the 18th century--
in certain parts of the world, vampires did exist.
Narrator: During the construction
of a roadway just outside this small town,
a shocking discovery is made.
Workers unearth a burial ground
that provides a gruesome window into the past.
It contains four skeletons, all decapitated.
Recently in poland,
some graves were found that had unusual characteristics.
The remains had the heads removed and placed on the legs.
This was evidence of a ritual execution.
Some theorists think
these might've been suspected vampires.
Narrator: Archaeologists estimate
these burials date back to the 16th century,
and according to the traditions
that existed in poland at that time,
keeping the head separated from the body would prevent
the undead from coming back to life.
Similar vampire graves have been found throughout europe,
some even containing bodies
with stakes driven through the hearts.
When we think about vampires,
we think of bram stoker's dracula, uh,
or indeed, hollywood portrayals of vampires.
-(bats squeaking) -but for the peoples of europe,
particularly in eastern europe,
the idea of vampires was a very frightening
and very real supernatural phenomena
which was something that they had to guard themselves against,
because the vampires were shape-shifters.
And the most frightening thing about these was
that they had to sustain their existence
by drinking the blood of animals or human beings.
Narrator: While the modern concept
of the vampire was informed by european folklore,
similar shape-shifting beings
with a thirst for blood have been reported
throughout the ancient world,
like the rakshasas described in the sanskrit texts of india.
Shimkhada: In hindu scriptures,
rakshasas have special power to change shape.
Rakshasa is a flesh-eating demon.
That rakshasa loves to eat flesh.
Fenton: All across the globe, we have mythology
that represents some kind of vampiric-type entities.
There's the ekimmu in the sumerian texts.
There's the jiangshi in china.
All these classes of entities that seem to be
in some way interested in human blood.
But is there a real route to this?
You know, is there some kind of entity
that's interested in human blood?
Narrator: Could these bloodthirsty abominations
be more than just fantasy?
As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
the centuries-old tales of vampires
bear striking similarities to a very modern phenomenon--
accounts of alien abduction.
Bill birnes: When we talk about vampire
experiences, we break them down into,
there is the sighting.
Then there is the trapping of one's own mind
and the luring of the person into the vampire.
But aliens abductions are exactly the same way.
Abductees report
they are transfixed by a light, a figure approaches them.
The figure engages with them, and the figure takes them away.
Pope: Central to alien abductions is the idea
of some sort of medical procedure.
Uh, some people say that dna is taken,
but in other cases, blood seems to have been removed.
Very often, the person is immobilized
in these abduction reports.
And yet, when you look at the vedic texts,
the chinese legends, the european legends,
one can draw these links between vampires
and ufos and abductions.
Childress: We have a very strong connection
between vampires and extraterrestrials.
Is it possible that extraterrestrials
somehow need our blood?
(hissing)
narrator: If stories of vampires
have been inspired by extraterrestrial encounters,
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,
might they reveal that blood plays an essential role
in the ability to shape-shift?
Perhaps further clues can be found
by examining humanity's own efforts
to transform life on earth
through the manipulation of dna.
Narrator: Archeologists excavating
a stone age settlement known as "star carr"
make an extraordinary discovery.
Under layers of dense peat,
they uncover a ritualistic headdress
that is 11,000 years old--
one that would have been worn by a shaman or priest.
As long as there's been people, there's been the idea
that certain people, certain special people,
can shift their shape.
And the priests of the ancient magical world, the shamans,
allegedly had the ability to shift their shape
into an animal.
Narrator: Curiously, in recent years,
the site and its surrounding region
have become renowned for reports of a horrific shape-shifter,
known... As the flixton werewolf.
A number of very odd experiences have been occurring there
over the last 50 years or so.
These include the appearance of a strange biped
with either a canine or wolf-like head.
-(growling) -in other words,
half wolf, half human.
And in addition to this,
there have been many strange sightings
of mysterious light forms and structured craft,
ufos, in the same vicinity.
We have ufo activity
and what would be werewolf activity in europe,
particularly in yorkshire.
And so, we have to wonder, is there some connection
between ufo activity and these shape-shifters?
It would seem so.
Narrator: In 2016,
nearly a dozen sightings of the flixton werewolf were reported
in the nearby town of hull, just 50 miles south of star carr.
Witnesses claimed to have seen the creature
feasting on the blood and flesh of local dogs,
leaving residents gripped by terror.
Collins: For the peoples of europe,
in the past, this was a very real threat.
It was believed that there were certain individuals
that could transform themselves, shape-shift,
into a particular animal,
-most obviously a wolf. -(howling)
and whilst these individuals were in the form of a werewolf,
it was believed that to sustain their existence,
they had to have the blood and life force
of either animals or human beings.
Narrator: Among the many stories
of shape-shifting beings-- from vampires
to werewolves and even modern alien abduction accounts--
a recurring theme is the need for blood.
And as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
it's very possible that these beings need something contained
within the blood in order to shape-shift--
dna.
Fenton: Now, could it be that in some way,
this shape-shifting ability could be harnessed
by blending of the genes of a species
to just morph into whatever
you need to look like instantaneously?
Howe: The priority is genetic harvesting,
because they can mix and match genes
at a sophisticated level,
and make any body container that they want,
and then, they can use it as camouflage.
And so one of our greatest questions is,
"who walks around on our planet, looks human, but is not?"
narrator: If there really are
alien shape-shifters here on earth,
might they require dna in order to mimic a human or animal form?
Over the past 30 years,
advances in gene-splicing technology
have allowed humanity to begin experimenting with cloning
and transforming earthly creatures.
In 2019, researchers in china announced
they had created the first hybrid embryos
that are part human and part monkey.
Similar experiments have been done around the world,
crossing human dna with pigs, sheep,
and soon, mice and rats.
Amy teitel: We are seeing modern technology
able to create these kinds of cross-species.
So what geneticists are able
to do is actually clip pieces of a dna strand,
insert a new strand in to complete the sequence, and then,
put that back into a cell.
When it's able to grow and become an embryo,
and then grow into a full being,
it has this different dna sequence in it.
Michael dennin: When you think about what
we already know about gene editing,
first of all, you know, the technology's possible.
So it is certainly well within the realm of possibility
that an advanced civilization, an alien civilization,
would have skills in gene editing
far surpassing what we have now,
and could really do things that are actually unimaginable
and outside the scope of what we're thinking.
Narrator: Could it be that the genetic modifications
that scientists are now able to achieve in a laboratory
were perfected thousands of years ago by extraterrestrials?
For ancient astronaut theorists, this possibility
raises another intriguing question--
could they similarly alter the dna
of humans?
Narrator: The southwest region of France is home
to some of the earliest examples of prehistoric art
ever discovered.
The caves of lascaux,
niaux, and pech merle
all contain rock paintings
that date back more than 15,000 years.
But among the ancient cave art, one image stands apart.
Tucked inside the trois-frères cave is the depiction
of a mysterious figure known simply as "the sorcerer."
young: In the south of France, a cave
was discovered with an image, believed to be something
like 15,000 years old.
This might be the very earliest image we have of a deity.
It's a stag, but it's a human inside,
so it seems to depict a shamanic ritual leader
channeling animal powers.
Collins: It has the body of a deer,
uh, it has the eyes of an owl,
it has the tail possibly of a horse,
but it's quite clearly standing on human legs
and has humanlike arms.
And although it's been interpreted
perhaps as the first god,
more likely is that it represents a shaman,
who has transformed, uh, into one or more animals,
to move through the supernatural realms
that the shaman is thought to have taken.
Narrator: While there is no written record
to definitively identify cave art from 15,000 years ago,
in the american southwest, the notion of shamans
transforming themselves into shape-shifters
is still prevalent today.
This 500-acre expanse has been plagued
by reports of strange phenomena for decades.
Phenomena that include both
ufo sightings and accounts of a shape-shifting monster.
Any paranormal activity
that you can imagine has happened, allegedly,
at this skinwalker ranch.
You've seen ufos.
They have seen different creatures.
They have seen weird things happening up in the sky.
There is a history that not only goes back
over the past 100 years, but over the past 1,000 years
of activity happening in that area,
some of which is connected to navajo legends.
Tales of shape-shifters called
skinwalkers have existed
since time immemorial.
Narrator: In the oral traditions of both
the local navajo and ute populations,
the shape-shifter for which skinwalker ranch is named
has inhabited the area for centuries.
But the story behind this creature
is different from that of other shape-shifters.
According to the navajo, the skinwalker is a human,
who has attained the ability to transform his body.
A "skinwalker" is the name that is given
to a navajo shaman or witch
when they are in a supernatural form.
Very often a skinwalker will be a wolf,
but it can be other animals as well.
The native tradition concerning the skinwalkers
is that these are actual people that,
uh, have gained a certain type of power.
They were given certain abilities
and shape-changing and magic.
Narrator: When it comes to how the skinwalker is able
to change shape, the navajo have a similar notion
to that of ancient astronaut theorists.
They believe it is connected to dna.
Dover: Our view on it
is that they're manipulating the dna of their own body.
They do change shape.
And it's usually an animal that they have the skin for.
And they'll use the skin and with a-a combination of chants,
actually turn into that animal.
And interestingly enough,
in navajo tradition,
you are taught early on as a child,
you don't leave your fingernail clippings,
you don't spit on the ground and not cover it up.
All of this has to do with the transmission of dna.
Narrator: If extraterrestrials are
harvesting dna in order to shape-shift,
as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest,
is it possible that they could also bestow humans
with this same ability?
And might the skinwalker be evidence of alien intervention?
While it may sound farfetched,
former navajo police officer jonathan dover
is certain that the being called the skinwalker is real.
I spent, uh, 31 years in law enforcement.
We've had many, many incidences where people have seen them
chasing their vehicles as their vehicles are traveling
at 60, 65 miles an hour,
and having a human figure running behind you.
(crickets chirping)
I've had police officers arrest people
and had them in handcuffs, they get to the station,
they hadn't stopped anywhere and the person is gone.
Whether we have an alien presence,
we don't know for sure, but there's enough
information there that I would say
don't take it lightly just because
it's a different culture.
Narrator: Is the strange figure that was
depicted on a cave wall in France 15,000 years ago
alive and well in the american southwest?
Have there always been shape-shifters among us,
both alien and human?
And is it possible that new scientific developments
are leading towards a future in which we could become...
The shape-shifters?
Narrator: Scientists developing shape-shifting technology
announce their latest and most incredible creation--
lattices that can transform in response
to changes in temperature.
When researchers demonstrate
the material's remarkable metamorphosis,
as if by magic, the flat mesh morphs
into a three-dimensional face
of 19th century mathematician
carl friedrich gauss.
This has been used to take a flat sort of structure
and turn it to look like a human face or other interesting
sort of three-dimensional shape.
When you talk about
shape-shifting technologies, what you're seeing
right now is our ability to control materials
is really at a transformative point.
Narrator: In the near future,
shape-shifting materials like this
could be utilized in many ways,
from constructing smart fabrics and self-repairing electronics
to ushering in the next generation of robotics
and high-tech medical equipment.
But ancient astronaut theorists
see an even more profound possibility.
That these advancements
combined with our growing understanding
of dna manipulation will unlock the potential for humans
to harness the power of shape-shifting.
In science fiction, one of the-the great ideas
was the idea of being able to-to shape-shift.
To change the color of your skin or
to change your form to turn into something else.
And now high-tech companies are actually working on this today.
Fenton: In nature we see animals that can
suddenly shift colors, change their shapes.
Could it be that in some way this ability could be harnessed
and used in technologies?
Or perhaps in even a-a cybernetic blending
of the genes of a species like this with a technology,
allowing us to have these rapid shape-shifts, to just
morph into whatever you need to look like instantaneously?
Human technology is advancing here by leaps and bounds.
By all accounts, we already have pretty much
optical invisibility, or certainly camouflage so good
that it's-it's almost indistinguishable.
I mean, some of this is, of course, so classified,
we won't get to hear about it for years, but...
But if you're reading hints about it here and there,
you can bet that it already exists.
We now have technology that is equal to what we see
the gods using in these ancient stories.
And now we're faced with a new reality.
What if suddenly we realize that there are,
are thousands, hundreds of thousands,
maybe millions of extraterrestrials that are
walking amongst us and suddenly
they reveal themselves for their true appearance?
Narrator: As humanity begins to harness the extraordinary abilities
that ancient peoples associated with the gods,
will we awaken to an incredible new reality?
One in which we will not only
achieve the power to shape-shift,
but in the process, will discover that humans
are not the only intelligent species on earth?
Perhaps a reunion with our alien ancestors
will only happen when we are finally
able to open our eyes and see
that they are all around us.
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