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NARRATOR:
In the Mojave Desert,
there is a structure
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built to bestow
everlasting life.
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BARBARA HARRIS:
People were supposed
to walk in one door
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and come out the other
and be healed.
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NARRATOR:
And according to the architect,
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it was designed
by otherworldly beings.
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He could communicate
with distant ancestors
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or even time travelers
coming and going from the Earth.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
They showed him the future,
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and this was his destiny.
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JONATHAN BERMAN:
In your wildest imagination,
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you wouldn't come up with
something like the Integratron.
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The dome was taking
many different scientific ideas
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and melding them together.
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NARRATOR:
Could this strange
domed building
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really provide
the key to immortality?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
If we could figure out
the Integratron, then,
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for all intents and purposes,
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we could live forever.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Aerodynamics engineer
and inventor George Van Tassel
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is in his hotel room
preparing to reveal
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his latest
scientific discoveries
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in a television interview
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when he suddenly
and unexpectedly dies.
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Friends and family members
are shocked
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when it is reported that he
suffered a fatal heart attack,
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since Van Tassel,
at 67 years of age,
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was in perfect health
and had shown no warning signs.
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His sister, Peggy Manyo,
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became suspicious
when she discovered
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that the body had been cremated
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before she was
even notified.
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And perhaps most curious of all,
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his wife Doris claimed that,
during her husband's funeral,
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their home was ransacked
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and George's papers stolen.
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As soon as he passed away,
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mysterious vans and trucks
showed up,
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and all of his equipment
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and plans and drawings
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and a lot of his writings were
loaded up into these trucks...
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supposedly government trucks...
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and hauled away,
never to be seen again.
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If the government found
all this stuff important enough
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to show up right after he died
and haul it away,
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then at least some people
within the government believed
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there was something
worth studying,
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something worth looking at.
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NARRATOR:
But what was George Van Tassel
working on
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that would elicit
so much interest
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from the United States
government
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and even prompt family members
to speculate
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that he may have been murdered?
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While Van Tassel
had been working
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on a number
of intriguing projects,
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including an antigravity device,
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his masterwork
was a machine he built
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in the Mojave Desert
called the Integratron.
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It was a machine designed
to extend life
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and perhaps even lead
to immortality.
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George Van Tassel often quoted
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Corinthians 15:26.
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"The last enemy
to be destroyed is death."
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George believed
that our lifespan is too short
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and, in order to get wisdom,
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we should live longer.
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And that was part
of his motivation
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to create this machine,
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to bring wisdom to people.
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'Cause just as you're getting it
together,
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boom, you die.
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If you could walk through
this machine counterclockwise,
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come out the other side
and be 30% younger,
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what more could you do
with your life?
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TSOUKALOS:
It's in the middle of nowhere.
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It's incredibly flat.
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And there you see
this white, round building
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with a half dome on top,
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and it's got these 16 sections.
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MICHAEL MASTERS: The Integratron
was made in a way that
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is very ideally suited
for capturing energy
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and the way George Van Tassel
thought of the Integratron
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as a battery charger,
a way to prolong life.
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TSOUKALOS:
The basic idea
behind the Integratron
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was to introduce a machine,
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through harmonics,
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with which you
then can rejuvenate your cells.
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Because
if we could figure out a way
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from preventing
our individual cells
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from deteriorating
or getting older,
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then, for all intents
and purposes,
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we could live forever.
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NARRATOR:
At the time of his death,
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George Van Tassel
had just announced
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that the device he had
been working on for 24 years
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was 95% complete
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and would be fully functional
within weeks.
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When his house was ransacked
during his funeral,
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the core of the Integratron
and other critical components
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also disappeared,
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leaving no question as to what
the intruders were after.
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Those papers and that equipment,
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none of that
has ever been seen again.
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NARRATOR:
Could this unusual structure
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located in the middle
of the Mojave Desert
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really hold the key
to immortality?
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While it may sound farfetched,
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many who have studied
the incredible story
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of George Van Tassel
are convinced
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that he might actually have
succeeded
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in a quest for eternal life
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that has endured
for thousands of years.
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BERMAN:
We took a bite out of that apple
in the Garden of Eden.
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We had knowledge.
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But the price of that knowledge
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was that we were aware
of our own mortality.
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And since that day,
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we've been looking
for that fountain of youth,
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that way to extend our lifespan
or maybe even live forever.
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NARRATOR:
In 2018,
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archeologists
excavating the tomb
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of a Han dynasty noble family
in Luoyang, China,
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unearthed some of
the earliest evidence ever found
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of human efforts to cheat death.
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Recently, in an archeological
dig in a Chinese burial chamber,
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an ancient 2,000‐year‐old
bronze pot was recovered
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with the remnants of a substance
that was later determined
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was probably an elixir
of immortality.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient Taoist texts confirmed
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the liquid substance
to be a legendary potion
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brewed by Chinese alchemists,
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granting eternal youth
to those who dared drink it.
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Lab results revealed
the potion is largely made up
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of potassium nitrate
and alunite,
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which, while not poisonous,
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are used in pesticides,
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fertilizers
and rocket propellants.
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FISHER:
It's a powerful reminder
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of the fact that humans,
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probably
for thousands of years,
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have had this sort of desire
to‐to extend our lives.
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NARRATOR:
The Han dynasty elixir
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is just the latest of many
ancient attempts at immortality
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discovered by archeologists
over the years.
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But what drives humankind
to seek eternal life?
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Is it merely self‐preservation?
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Or could there be
another force at work,
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one that may be connected
to the fact
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that every ancient culture
on Earth
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described the gods as immortal?
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In ancient Greek myths,
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we learn of the food
of the gods,
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which they called ambrosia,
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an immortality food.
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These beings possess some form
of a‐a liquid or an elixir
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that, ultimately,
somehow altered their blood
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and promoted immortality.
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TSOUKALOS:
Some of the stories that we hear
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about this drink, ambrosia,
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is when the eyewitness
is taken up into the sky.
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There are actual
ancient Greek mythologies
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that describe
these shiny star islands
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that descended from the sky
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and then,
under their own propulsion,
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moved around.
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The entire Greek pantheon
of gods
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is based
on visiting extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that humanity's centuries‐old
quest to attain eternal life
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is fueled by a desire to become
like the otherworldly beings
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that our ancestors
actually encountered?
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Curiously, there are a number of
stories from the ancient world
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presented not as fiction
but as historical record
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that describe people
of an earlier age
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living
extraordinarily long lives.
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In the Old Testament,
the Book of Genesis,
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we learn of figures
like Noah and Methuselah
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who lived for hundreds of years,
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800 and 900 years.
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The Bible never tells us
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how they were able
to live that long.
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TSOUKALOS:
There is an artifact
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at the Ashmolean Museum
in Oxford, England,
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that is called
the WB 44 Kings List
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of ancient Sumeria.
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On there,
you have a chronology of kings,
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and the combined years
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of when these rulers
were in charge
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is 241,000 years.
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And on that WB 44 list,
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you have
so‐called historical figures,
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where you actually have
archeology
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corroborating existence
of those people.
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So, in my opinion,
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the WB 44 list
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is a list of extraterrestrial
space travelers,
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and the entire Kings List
is correct.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that George Van Tassel
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and many others like him
have been driven
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by a deep‐seated memory
of a time
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when our ancestors existed
alongside extraterrestrials
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who seemed to live forever?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by examining the events
that led to the construction
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of the Integratron
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and George Van Tassel's
alien encounter.
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NARRATOR: Standing alone
in California's
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barren Mojave Desert
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is a towering seven‐story
boulder called Giant Rock.
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It is here that George
Van Tassel's strange journey
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began in the 1940s,
just three miles
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from where he would
eventually build
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the Integratron.
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MASTERS: Giant Rock
is a 25,000‐ton boulder
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that takes up 5,800 square feet,
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and is, until recently,
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the largest freestanding boulder
in the world.
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NARRATOR:
This massive boulder has
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long been held sacred
by local Native American tribes,
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who believe it to be
a site of great power.
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HENRY:
Spiritual vortexes
like Giant Rock are known
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to be places
where people can have
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extraordinary
spiritual experiences,
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healing experiences,
deep states of meditation.
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And what we find out
at Giant Rock is that the local
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Native American Indian tribes,
the Serrano and the Chemehuevi,
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would do their ceremonies
at Giant Rock.
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But only the chief was allowed
to get close to Giant Rock.
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NARRATOR:
In November of 2019,
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ancient astronaut theorist
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David Childress traveled
to the site of Giant Rock
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to meet with local historian
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Barbara Harris, and learn
more about the inception
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of the Integratron.
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‐Hello, Barbara.
‐How you doing?
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Hi. Thank you for coming.
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Thanks for having me here.
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So, please tell me
the story of‐of Giant Rock.
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Well, they say it is
millions of years old.
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And, uh, basically this whole
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area here is made up of granite.
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And, many, many years
ago there's a,
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a volcanic eruption.
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And, of course,
this is a product
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of that volcanic eruption.
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What is the early story
of, of Giant Rock, then,
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with Native Americans?
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Well, this ground was considered
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very sacred
by the Native Americans.
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And they would come here
and use it seasonally.
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But they considered it
so sacred that only
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the shamans and the chiefs
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were allowed to stay
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here at the rock.
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At the turn of the 19th century,
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the homesteading and
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the white man
started to come in.
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And that has to do with this
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early prospector,
who lived under the rock.
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Frank Critzer,
and he was responsible
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for building the roads
to Giant Rock.
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NARRATOR:
In 1930, George Van Tassel
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had a chance encounter
with prospector Frank Critzer
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at his uncle's auto repair
shop in Santa Monica,
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which led to him investing
in Critzer's mining operations
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in the Mojave Desert.
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Critzer was known in the area
for his eccentric behavior,
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which included using mining
dynamite to blow a hole
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in the bottom of Giant Rock...
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one big enough to live in.
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Van Tassel's initial ties
to the area stem
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from a friendship forged
with Critzer over the years.
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CHILDRESS:
He lived under this rock?
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HARRIS:
Yes, he was actually
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a guy who was
looking for people
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to come and visit him
under his rock.
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However, Frank, he also
had a dark side to him.
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So, in July of 1942,
the U.S. government
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had the Old Man's Draft.
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And, and it required people
between the ages of 18 and 64
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to register for the draft.
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And so he got caught up
in that, did he?
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‐Yeah, he was 54.
‐Okay.
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And the‐the local sheriffs
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came out here, who happened
to be friends with him,
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and offered to take him
into the local town
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to register for the draft.
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He walked into a back room
and came out
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wearing a pair of binoculars
that had wires attached.
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And he basically said,
"Leave me alone,
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or we're all gonna
go to hell together."
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And he took the two wires,
put them together and...
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‐Right under here, then?
‐Yes.
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Okay, wow!
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And he blew up
into little pieces.
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And, uh, one sheriff... actually,
one of his rib cages
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came off and impaled into a...
the other one.
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‐And the other sheriff
came flying
‐Wow.
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‐out of the bottom of the rock.
‐Yeah.
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And the other sheriff,
who stood out here,
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stood in shock
while it all happened.
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NARRATOR:
Frank Critzer's bizarre
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and violent action
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shocked the local community.
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Many questioned if he may
have been influenced
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by the energy
of Giant Rock itself...
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which the local
Native American tribes
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had warned was only meant
for sacred purposes.
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And, according to geologists,
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Giant Rock does,
in fact, produce energy.
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The interior
of the rock is white,
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because it is primarily
composed of quartz...
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a mineral that generates
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an electrical charge
when under stress...
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as it would be
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inside a massively heavy rock.
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Giant Rock is also believed
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to be located on top
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of a natural earth energy line,
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also known as a ley line.
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George Van Tassel said
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the Integratron needed
to be in a special place,
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full of energy.
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We have a gold mine
right nearby.
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This area has ley lines
and aquafers.
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There's actually a mountain
of quartz right here.
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And you can feel the energy
when you're here.
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NARRATOR:
Could electrical energy
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emanating from Giant Rock
have had
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a deadly effect
on Frank Critzer?
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Despite the horrific event
that occurred at Giant Rock,
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one man was still
drawn to the site...
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George Van Tassel.
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Over the course of his many
visits to Critzer's rock home,
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he had become convinced that it
was a place of unusual energy.
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Now, you have a vacancy
under the rock!
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‐Van Tassel told his wife,
"Pack the girls..."
‐Santa Monica to...
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"...we're moving out to live
under a rock!"
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So, did the Van Tassels
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‐live underneath this rock then?
‐No, actually,
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most of their living quarters
were outside.
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The underground area
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was primarily used
for his channeling
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and meditations, so,
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as the story goes,
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Van Tassel had an experience.
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NARRATOR:
Before his death,
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Frank Critzer had transformed
the nearby ancient lakebed
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into a small airport.
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According to George Van Tassel,
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on the night of August 24, 1953,
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a craft landed on the runway
that was not of this world.
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He described the encounter
in a 1964 television interview.
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INTERVIEWER:
What did you see?
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A bell, a bell‐shaped, uh, type
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of, uh, anti‐gravity, uh, ship
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that they operate
as a scout ship
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out of their big carriers.
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How big?
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Uh, this was 36 feet
in diameter
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and 19 feet high.
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And where was it, on the ground?
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No, it was hovering
ten feet off the ground.
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And, uh, a man got off
of the ship
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and approached me.
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INTERVIEWER:
Did you go into this ship?
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I walked with him to a spot
underneath it,
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and, uh, an anti‐gravity beam
took me up
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through a hole in the bottom.
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NARRATOR:
While skeptics were quick
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to write off George Van Tassel
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as some kind of delusional
mad scientist,
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many who knew him,
or have studied his work,
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believe he was
nothing short of a genius.
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George was super smart.
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At 14, he drops out of school.
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At 17, he becomes
a certified pilot.
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Moves out west,
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and worked for Howard Hughes
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and then became friends.
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They both had a calling
to, let's say, higher
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or mystical
or psychic experiences.
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CRAIG HODGETTS:
The parallels would be Edison,
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who thought in this
realm of electricity
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that nobody could understand,
but he somehow channeled.
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Or Nikola Tesla.
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He was so sensitized to
the electromagnetic spectrum
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that many of his inventions
just came naturally.
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And that may have been
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someplace where
George Van Tassel came from.
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NARRATOR:
George Van Tassel claimed
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that over the course
of his life,
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extraterrestrials communicated
with him many times.
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00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:19,658
And the most important
message he received...
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was to build the Integratron.
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00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:37,175
An eclectic group
of several hundred travelers
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descend upon the Mojave Desert
to gather at Giant Rock.
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It is here that George
Van Tassel holds his annual
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Interplanetary Spacecraft
Convention.
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And while there are no paved
roads or facilities of any kind,
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it has attracted
enough attention
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to garner a feature
in Life magazine.
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So, George has the idea...
he's gonna do the first
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00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:05,036
intergalactic spaceship
convention.
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Couple hundred people show up.
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It's a beautiful event.
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Two years later,
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there's 11,000 people there.
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The 1950s and 1960s, uh,
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Giant Rock ended up
being the nexus
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of the most highly attended
UFO conferences
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that has ever happened
in the United States.
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NARRATOR:
The Giant Rock convention
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was largely responsible
for fueling interest
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00:20:30,228 --> 00:20:32,063
in the UFO phenomenon.
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00:20:32,063 --> 00:20:34,107
But for George Van Tassel,
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00:20:34,107 --> 00:20:37,819
it served a more
important purpose.
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00:20:37,819 --> 00:20:40,989
George goes on to give
these conventions for 23 years,
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00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:43,950
collects donations,
and uses that as a way
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to help fund the dome.
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NARRATOR:
Van Tassel claimed that
the extraterrestrials
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that had communicated
with him at Giant Rock
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gave him instructions
for building a machine
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that could rejuvenate cells
in the human body
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00:20:58,256 --> 00:20:59,466
to extend life...
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perhaps indefinitely.
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At the peak
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of the Giant Rock Spacecraft
Convention attendance...
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he gets an architect
to draw up the plans
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for this vision that he has,
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this vision of a white dome
in the desert
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that he's going to build
near Giant Rock.
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And in 1958, they break ground
and they begin work.
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NARRATOR:
While many in the mainstream
scientific community
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paid little attention
to Van Tassel's project,
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00:21:32,499 --> 00:21:36,628
some believe he was a visionary
on the level of Nikola Tesla,
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00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:40,799
who also claimed to be
in contact with alien entities.
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MASTERS:
George Van Tassel was
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00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:45,678
very clearly influenced
by Nikola Tesla,
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00:21:45,678 --> 00:21:47,472
a Serbian‐American researcher
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known throughout the world
as a genius.
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Contributed so much to science
and electricity and innovation.
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VALONE:
Nikola Tesla published
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an article in 1898,
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and Tesla states in his article,
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when you're exposed to
high voltage for a short period,
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say 15 minutes or less,
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you get beneficial effects.
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Tesla was an inspiration
for rejuvenation,
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and this is what George
Van Tassel was very attuned to.
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And, in fact,
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00:22:16,334 --> 00:22:19,212
Tesla announced that he
had been receiving radio waves
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00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:20,880
from extraterrestrials,
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00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,842
specifically messages
from Martians.
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So this is very similar
to George's experiences.
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And both of them were interested
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in the effect
of high voltage on humans.
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NARRATOR:
Both men were derided
by the scientific community
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for their claims
of alien contact.
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But today, it is well known
that electromagnetic waves
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have a number of beneficial
effects on the human body,
471
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:49,284
including nerve regeneration,
wound healing, pain management,
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00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:52,203
and even treating diabetes.
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00:22:52,203 --> 00:22:53,997
And like Nikola Tesla,
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George Van Tassel
did attract the attention
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00:22:56,291 --> 00:22:59,252
of at least
one government organization
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00:22:59,252 --> 00:23:03,089
during his lifetime... the FBI.
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The FBI's involvement
with George Van Tassel,
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which was considerable,
started in the 1950s.
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The Feds were interested
in the technology
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that George was working with and
uncovering at the Integratron.
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NARRATOR: Declassified
FBI documents confirm
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the Bureau did, in fact,
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conduct surveillance
on many of Van Tassel's speeches
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and presentations for years.
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ERIC RANKIN: He was
definitely monitored by the FBI.
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They were aware of what
he was doing out in the desert.
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00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,919
If you go back into the early
'50s to the early '60s, that was
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the high point around the world
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of people seeing
extraterrestrial craft.
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NARRATOR: During this time
of increased UFO activity
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in the late 1950s
and early '60s,
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Van Tassel finally had
the resources necessary
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to begin constructing
the Integratron.
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It is the circular plan,
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two‐story, hemispherical,
umbrella dome structure,
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43 feet in diameter
and 33 feet tall...
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designed to facilitate
cell rejuvenation
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00:24:13,868 --> 00:24:18,373
by means of the manipulation
of electromagnetic waves.
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INTERVIEWER:
Let's talk about this picture.
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This is a picture of the, uh,
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machine we're building
down there.
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00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,297
This structure's actually up.
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We're working now on the parts
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00:24:28,299 --> 00:24:30,635
on the equipment
that operate it.
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00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:34,305
This rim around here has
armatures 57 feet in diameter,
506
00:24:34,305 --> 00:24:36,808
which would be better
than four times bigger
507
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:39,519
than the biggest armatures
ever made before.
508
00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:43,314
LAYNE:
The incredible thing
about the construction
509
00:24:43,314 --> 00:24:45,149
is there are no nails.
510
00:24:45,149 --> 00:24:47,944
Every piece is fit together.
511
00:24:47,944 --> 00:24:49,195
All the wood,
512
00:24:49,195 --> 00:24:52,031
it's formed, it's shaped.
513
00:24:52,031 --> 00:24:53,533
A little glue,
514
00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:55,535
and then there's
the fiberglass shell.
515
00:24:55,535 --> 00:24:57,829
NARRATOR:
Construction of the building
516
00:24:57,829 --> 00:25:00,164
was completed in 1960,
517
00:25:00,164 --> 00:25:02,500
but Van Tassel would manufacture
518
00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,837
the technology to power it
himself.
519
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:09,841
Over the next two decades,
he worked on the apparatus
520
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,719
to achieve his goal
of cell rejuvenation
521
00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:14,429
through
the controlled manipulation
522
00:25:14,429 --> 00:25:17,473
of electromagnetic waves.
523
00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:21,519
HODGETTS:
Because it's all built of wood,
524
00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:24,856
it's unable to conduct
electricity back to the Earth,
525
00:25:24,856 --> 00:25:29,610
and so there's simply
this kind of swarm
526
00:25:29,610 --> 00:25:32,739
of electromagnetic energy
527
00:25:32,739 --> 00:25:35,867
within the vessel
528
00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,703
that essentially can't get out.
529
00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:42,874
And so in theory, your cells,
530
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:47,045
which are also
electrical impulses within them,
531
00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:51,382
may be rejuvenated and recharged
532
00:25:51,382 --> 00:25:54,135
so that
their electrical component
533
00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:57,263
is not fading away
as you get older.
534
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,225
NARRATOR:
While the Integratron
was never finished,
535
00:26:01,225 --> 00:26:04,145
one man who worked closely
with George Van Tassel
536
00:26:04,145 --> 00:26:06,564
has managed
to build a working model
537
00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:11,402
that represents the device
at 95% completion.
538
00:26:11,402 --> 00:26:13,404
Is it possible
539
00:26:13,404 --> 00:26:16,074
that the key to activating
the immortality machine
540
00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:19,035
is still within reach?
541
00:26:28,878 --> 00:26:31,380
NARRATOR:
Continuing his investigation
542
00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:34,550
of the Integratron,
David Childress has arranged
543
00:26:34,550 --> 00:26:36,761
to meet with Bob Benson...
544
00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,179
‐Hey. I'm David Childress.
‐How you doing?
545
00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:40,014
NARRATOR:
...a protégé of Van Tassel's,
546
00:26:40,014 --> 00:26:42,225
and one of the only men alive
547
00:26:42,225 --> 00:26:44,936
known to have worked directly
with him.
548
00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:47,355
‐You knew George Van Tassel.
‐Sure did, yeah. And I got
549
00:26:47,355 --> 00:26:48,606
some things
I'd like to show you.
550
00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:50,024
Oh, good. I'm looking forward
to seeing it.
551
00:26:50,024 --> 00:26:52,193
Yeah. All right.
552
00:26:52,193 --> 00:26:54,695
NARRATOR:
In Van Tassel's final years,
553
00:26:54,695 --> 00:26:57,740
Bob Benson helped him to publish
various writings
554
00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:01,369
on the scientific principles
behind the Integratron.
555
00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:03,913
BENSON:
So I was living here,
at his house.
556
00:27:03,913 --> 00:27:05,998
‐CHILDRESS: At his house?
‐At his house.
557
00:27:05,998 --> 00:27:07,625
‐Which was at the Integratron.
‐Right.
558
00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:09,168
And what was he like then?
559
00:27:09,168 --> 00:27:12,463
Very down‐to‐earth,
but he was very intelligent.
560
00:27:12,463 --> 00:27:13,464
He was wonderful.
561
00:27:13,464 --> 00:27:15,091
NARRATOR:
While Van Tassel
562
00:27:15,091 --> 00:27:17,218
never disclosed the full details
563
00:27:17,218 --> 00:27:19,762
for building
his rejuvenation machine,
564
00:27:19,762 --> 00:27:22,265
Benson attempted
to create a model of it
565
00:27:22,265 --> 00:27:24,350
based on what he learned.
566
00:27:24,350 --> 00:27:26,602
BENSON: He didn't leave
takeover instructions
567
00:27:26,602 --> 00:27:29,230
for anybody,
so nobody knew what to do, so...
568
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,440
I looked for the research,
and I couldn't find anything.
569
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,317
So I had to go on my own.
570
00:27:33,317 --> 00:27:36,612
And what I did, I said, well,
I'll start by building a model.
571
00:27:36,612 --> 00:27:38,906
I incorporated
the things that I knew.
572
00:27:38,906 --> 00:27:41,242
This spoke thing you see here,
573
00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:43,995
that's an actual
electrostatic generator.
574
00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:45,997
It's 58 feet in diameter,
575
00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:50,001
it weighs 1,500 pounds,
and it's lifted up
576
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,086
with air jets
that are around the bottom.
577
00:27:52,086 --> 00:27:54,088
‐Uh‐huh.
‐And there's brushes on them,
578
00:27:54,088 --> 00:27:57,300
and what they do is
they generate electricity.
579
00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,636
NARRATOR: The electricity
generated by the brushes
580
00:28:00,636 --> 00:28:02,471
travels through a wire
581
00:28:02,471 --> 00:28:05,558
that connects to a capacitor.
582
00:28:05,558 --> 00:28:09,312
The capacitor is designed
to discharge when it reaches
583
00:28:09,312 --> 00:28:12,732
a certain level of electricity.
584
00:28:12,732 --> 00:28:15,985
It starts off very low,
like this.
585
00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:18,529
As it goes,
it builds up to a part.
586
00:28:18,529 --> 00:28:21,407
It builds up, builds up,
builds up, builds up, build up.
587
00:28:21,407 --> 00:28:23,409
Builds up...
Bang! And then this comes on.
588
00:28:23,409 --> 00:28:26,871
This is the spark gap.
This is the regulator.
589
00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,206
See? Boom.
Now it's regulated.
590
00:28:29,206 --> 00:28:31,083
You walk through
this little door right here,
591
00:28:31,083 --> 00:28:34,337
you walk around the back of it
and out the other end there.
592
00:28:34,337 --> 00:28:36,547
And you're rejuvenated
instantly.
593
00:28:36,547 --> 00:28:38,132
It's a rejuvenation machine,
594
00:28:38,132 --> 00:28:41,010
sent by extraterrestrials
to help human beings.
595
00:28:41,010 --> 00:28:43,346
CHILDRESS:
So how close
596
00:28:43,346 --> 00:28:45,514
do you think
that George Van Tassel was
597
00:28:45,514 --> 00:28:47,516
to completing the Integratron?
598
00:28:47,516 --> 00:28:50,061
Well, he says it was 95% done.
599
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:53,856
NARRATOR: Doctor of
Engineering Physics Tom VALONE
600
00:28:53,856 --> 00:28:57,818
is an expert in what is called
"bioelectromagnetic healing"
601
00:28:57,818 --> 00:29:01,030
and has spent years studying
both Nikola Tesla
602
00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:03,199
and George Van Tassel.
603
00:29:03,199 --> 00:29:05,201
Based on his research,
604
00:29:05,201 --> 00:29:09,455
he believes the Integratron
was decades ahead of its time.
605
00:29:10,831 --> 00:29:14,585
I would say that
the genius of George Van Tassel
606
00:29:14,585 --> 00:29:17,880
is very evident in the design
of the Integratron.
607
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,549
He integrated
a number of technologies
608
00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:25,388
that were slowly being evolved
over the 20th century.
609
00:29:25,388 --> 00:29:28,849
The spark in the middle is
an actual Tesla coil,
610
00:29:28,849 --> 00:29:31,268
and this is designed
by Nikola Tesla
611
00:29:31,268 --> 00:29:34,730
to not only provide
for the study of high voltage,
612
00:29:34,730 --> 00:29:37,733
but also biological benefits
of being exposed
613
00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:40,194
to just Tesla coil frequencies.
614
00:29:40,194 --> 00:29:43,155
The design we have here
is the, um,
615
00:29:43,155 --> 00:29:45,366
best current knowledge
that we have
616
00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:49,453
of finishing
the Integratron design.
617
00:29:49,453 --> 00:29:52,456
NARRATOR: Considering
what scientists now know
618
00:29:52,456 --> 00:29:55,668
about how electromagnetic
frequencies and ions
619
00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:58,754
can benefit the human body,
620
00:29:58,754 --> 00:30:01,173
is it possible
that George Van Tassel
621
00:30:01,173 --> 00:30:03,384
really was just weeks away
622
00:30:03,384 --> 00:30:07,346
from completing
a working immortality machine?
623
00:30:08,681 --> 00:30:10,850
While Van Tassel
was ahead of his time,
624
00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:13,394
he claimed
to be tapping into knowledge
625
00:30:13,394 --> 00:30:15,146
from the ancient past.
626
00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:19,442
VALONE: He constantly referred
to the Old Testament
627
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:22,862
in regards
to the references for angels
628
00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,572
and for God
629
00:30:24,572 --> 00:30:27,199
and the construction
of the Integratron.
630
00:30:27,199 --> 00:30:31,120
But he was convinced from
his extraterrestrial experiences
631
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,831
that angels were space people.
632
00:30:33,831 --> 00:30:37,376
CHILDRESS: And Van Tassel
said that the instructions
633
00:30:37,376 --> 00:30:40,254
that he was given
to build the Integratron
634
00:30:40,254 --> 00:30:41,964
were very similar
to the instructions
635
00:30:41,964 --> 00:30:46,385
that Moses was given
by the God Yahweh
636
00:30:46,385 --> 00:30:47,970
to build a tabernacle.
637
00:30:47,970 --> 00:30:49,430
So Van Tassel believed
638
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:52,224
in ancient extraterrestrials
and UFOs,
639
00:30:52,224 --> 00:30:55,853
and he saw all of these things
as connected.
640
00:30:57,438 --> 00:31:00,149
NARRATOR: Van Tassel
was particularly intrigued
641
00:31:00,149 --> 00:31:02,610
by the Great Pyramid of Giza,
642
00:31:02,610 --> 00:31:05,112
which he believed
was built to utilize
643
00:31:05,112 --> 00:31:07,156
the piezoelectric properties
644
00:31:07,156 --> 00:31:10,409
of the quartz contained
within its granite blocks.
645
00:31:10,409 --> 00:31:13,079
In the piezoelectric effect,
646
00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:15,081
electrical energy accumulates
647
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:18,626
in rocks
and otherwise lifeless matter.
648
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:20,753
VALONE:
We see even in George's writings
649
00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:23,672
that the pyramids were, to him,
650
00:31:23,672 --> 00:31:27,968
a powerhouse made of granite,
and therefore piezoelectric
651
00:31:27,968 --> 00:31:30,429
and very high energy
accumulators.
652
00:31:30,429 --> 00:31:33,766
George was convinced
that the pyramid structure
653
00:31:33,766 --> 00:31:37,728
was designed
to rejuvenate people.
654
00:31:37,728 --> 00:31:42,525
Van Tassel had computed
that the site of the Integratron
655
00:31:42,525 --> 00:31:47,780
was also in line
with the Great Pyramids
656
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:53,452
and that this area
was a rare vortex
657
00:31:53,452 --> 00:31:57,039
where energies from beneath
and above the Earth
658
00:31:57,039 --> 00:32:00,626
made it possible
for us to be in contact
659
00:32:00,626 --> 00:32:02,586
with intelligences
660
00:32:02,586 --> 00:32:05,881
that we usually weren't able
to easily reach.
661
00:32:05,881 --> 00:32:08,217
NARRATOR:
Could the Great Pyramid
662
00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:10,553
have once acted
as a fountain of youth
663
00:32:10,553 --> 00:32:13,389
that enabled people to live
for centuries,
664
00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:16,308
as is described
in both the Hebrew Bible
665
00:32:16,308 --> 00:32:19,311
and the Sumerian Kings List?
666
00:32:19,311 --> 00:32:23,149
If extraterrestrials really did
give George Van Tassel
667
00:32:23,149 --> 00:32:25,943
instructions
for building the Integratron,
668
00:32:25,943 --> 00:32:29,196
is it possible that
they were providing humankind
669
00:32:29,196 --> 00:32:31,949
with a technology
that existed on Earth
670
00:32:31,949 --> 00:32:33,909
thousands of years ago?
671
00:32:33,909 --> 00:32:38,372
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
672
00:32:38,372 --> 00:32:41,208
newly discovered aspects
of the Integratron
673
00:32:41,208 --> 00:32:43,419
that may reveal it had a second
674
00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:47,339
and perhaps
even more profound purpose.
675
00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:53,262
NARRATOR:
In the year 2000,
676
00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:56,307
many of George Van Tassel's
followers were dismayed
677
00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:58,309
when the new owners
of the Integratron
678
00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,311
decided to use the structure
679
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:01,854
to house sound baths.
680
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,733
But others believe
it brings to light
681
00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:08,986
a key element
of Van Tassel's intention.
682
00:33:08,986 --> 00:33:11,405
The Integratron
was made in a way
683
00:33:11,405 --> 00:33:14,533
that is very ideally suited
684
00:33:14,533 --> 00:33:18,204
for capturing energy
and especially sound energy.
685
00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:22,833
It has
tremendous acoustic properties,
686
00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:25,211
and the way
the sound moves about
687
00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:27,838
and reflects off
of the domed structure
688
00:33:27,838 --> 00:33:30,174
is really unique
to this building
689
00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:32,009
and comes back
to the way it was constructed
690
00:33:32,009 --> 00:33:33,510
and the way it was made
691
00:33:33,510 --> 00:33:35,679
and the materials
that went into producing it.
692
00:33:35,679 --> 00:33:38,390
HENRY:
The dome of the Integratron
693
00:33:38,390 --> 00:33:40,601
enhances
the acoustic experience within.
694
00:33:40,601 --> 00:33:43,062
This is very much like
ancient temple sites
695
00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,689
like Newgrange
that are somewhat domed
696
00:33:45,689 --> 00:33:49,485
and also focus
on the acoustical experience.
697
00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:51,195
RANKIN:
It's a real mystery that it has
698
00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:53,239
all these
beautiful sound qualities
699
00:33:53,239 --> 00:33:55,241
and properties to it.
700
00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:57,076
But it's interesting
to consider that all along,
701
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:58,744
maybe the Integratron's design
702
00:33:58,744 --> 00:34:02,248
really was
as a sound frequency machine
703
00:34:02,248 --> 00:34:05,542
more than an electrostatic
generator of some sort.
704
00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:07,378
It seems odd that there would be
705
00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:11,048
so many amazing
acoustical properties to it
706
00:34:11,048 --> 00:34:13,050
if they weren't
supposed to be there.
707
00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:15,094
Maybe it could've been both,
both sound
708
00:34:15,094 --> 00:34:18,722
and using electromagnetism
in its design.
709
00:34:18,722 --> 00:34:22,601
NARRATOR:
Although Van Tassel's
direct work at the Integratron
710
00:34:22,601 --> 00:34:25,062
ended more than 40 years ago,
711
00:34:25,062 --> 00:34:27,064
its unusual architecture
712
00:34:27,064 --> 00:34:30,484
continues to produce
scientific revelations.
713
00:34:30,484 --> 00:34:34,113
But if the structure's acoustic
and geometric properties
714
00:34:34,113 --> 00:34:38,200
serve a technological purpose,
what could it be?
715
00:34:40,077 --> 00:34:43,414
RANKIN:
The Integratron is
a beautiful geometric building
716
00:34:43,414 --> 00:34:47,793
divided into 16 parabolic arcs
in the dome up top,
717
00:34:47,793 --> 00:34:50,087
and then it's an octagon
on the bottom.
718
00:34:50,087 --> 00:34:53,590
So it seems to be functions
of eights, fours, 16s.
719
00:34:53,590 --> 00:34:56,802
All geometrics have a sum total
of their angles.
720
00:34:56,802 --> 00:34:58,304
Well, it also means
721
00:34:58,304 --> 00:35:01,390
that we are living
in a harmonic system.
722
00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:04,101
HENRY:
The sacred geometry
723
00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:05,769
of the Integratron
is very unique.
724
00:35:05,769 --> 00:35:08,439
It is a 16‐sided building.
725
00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:10,149
We don't see those very often.
726
00:35:10,149 --> 00:35:12,776
We did see one
in a painting by Raphael,
727
00:35:12,776 --> 00:35:16,322
The Marriage of the Virgin,
where he shows a 16‐sided tower
728
00:35:16,322 --> 00:35:19,116
that is thought
to be Solomon's Temple.
729
00:35:19,116 --> 00:35:21,952
This is very important
because Solomon's Temple
730
00:35:21,952 --> 00:35:24,121
was the permanent home
of the Ark of the Covenant,
731
00:35:24,121 --> 00:35:27,041
and maybe this is what
Van Tassel was hinting at
732
00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:29,126
with the construction
of the Integratron.
733
00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:31,170
The Ark of the Covenant
is a device
734
00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:33,005
that opened up a blazing portal
735
00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:35,633
through which Moses
or an Israelite high priest
736
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,302
could communicate
with an otherworldly being.
737
00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:43,474
NARRATOR:
The Ark of the Covenant?
738
00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:46,226
The sacred object
that was described in the Bible
739
00:35:46,226 --> 00:35:49,647
as a device with which
to communicate with God?
740
00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:52,608
Is it possible
that George Van Tassel,
741
00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:54,985
who sometimes referred
to the Integratron
742
00:35:54,985 --> 00:35:56,654
as the Tabernacle,
743
00:35:56,654 --> 00:35:58,656
was building a machine
744
00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:01,492
that would not only rejuvenate
the human body
745
00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:03,827
but would use
acoustic frequencies
746
00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,830
to connect
with otherworldly beings?
747
00:36:06,830 --> 00:36:08,916
RANKIN:
It is allowing us
748
00:36:08,916 --> 00:36:10,584
through our mental state,
749
00:36:10,584 --> 00:36:13,462
without ever having
to make actual contact
750
00:36:13,462 --> 00:36:14,922
with an extraterrestrial,
751
00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:18,592
that there is some latent design
built into us,
752
00:36:18,592 --> 00:36:20,135
possibly intentionally,
753
00:36:20,135 --> 00:36:21,720
that we have
a little transceiver
754
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,180
that when we get
everything right
755
00:36:23,180 --> 00:36:25,391
and we start playing these tones
756
00:36:25,391 --> 00:36:29,061
according to these exact codes
and keys left behind for us,
757
00:36:29,061 --> 00:36:33,190
that we might open
this portal of communication.
758
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:36,068
Perhaps this is ultimately what
Van Tassel envisioned
759
00:36:36,068 --> 00:36:37,695
the Integratron doing,
760
00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:40,823
was being able to open up
a portal or a gateway
761
00:36:40,823 --> 00:36:43,367
so that he could communicate
with extraterrestrials
762
00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:46,036
coming and going from the Earth.
763
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:49,707
NARRATOR:
If the incredible story
764
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:51,709
of George Van Tassel is true
765
00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:54,753
and he was carrying out
an alien agenda,
766
00:36:54,753 --> 00:36:58,215
could the Integratron be more
functional than we know?
767
00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:01,885
Could it be used to reconnect
768
00:37:01,885 --> 00:37:03,262
with the very beings
769
00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:06,223
he claimed to be in contact with
770
00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:10,394
and thereby recover the key
to completing it?
771
00:37:16,942 --> 00:37:19,611
NARRATOR:
More than four decades
after his death,
772
00:37:19,611 --> 00:37:22,239
George Van Tassel's Integratron
773
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,408
still stands
in the Mojave Desert.
774
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:26,785
While the device
was never finished,
775
00:37:26,785 --> 00:37:29,455
many still see it
as commemorating
776
00:37:29,455 --> 00:37:32,207
a genuine
extraterrestrial encounter.
777
00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:35,419
When you come
to the Mojave Desert,
778
00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:38,005
there are a couple of places
you have to go.
779
00:37:40,090 --> 00:37:43,051
You have to go
to Joshua Tree National Park.
780
00:37:43,051 --> 00:37:45,929
Then you have to go
to the Integratron.
781
00:37:45,929 --> 00:37:49,600
And people come
from around the world to see it.
782
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,936
The Integratron is the center,
783
00:37:52,936 --> 00:37:56,690
historically, of UFO culture.
784
00:37:56,690 --> 00:38:00,778
There's talk of trying
to reengineer the Integratron
785
00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:02,279
at some point in the future
786
00:38:02,279 --> 00:38:05,449
to have
the spinning armature outside
787
00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:07,451
and generate
this electronic field.
788
00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:10,454
Many scientists and physicists
and experimenters
789
00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:12,956
have been going out there
for a couple of decades now,
790
00:38:12,956 --> 00:38:15,959
and there definitely is
something subtly going on
791
00:38:15,959 --> 00:38:17,961
energetically
at the Integratron.
792
00:38:17,961 --> 00:38:20,631
It is still a frequency machine.
793
00:38:24,176 --> 00:38:25,969
NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials
794
00:38:25,969 --> 00:38:27,971
really did give
Van Tassel instructions
795
00:38:27,971 --> 00:38:29,932
for how to build
the Integratron,
796
00:38:29,932 --> 00:38:33,060
might the same alien beings
one day choose
797
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:36,271
another human conduit
to finish the project?
798
00:38:37,314 --> 00:38:40,025
Could it be that humanity
799
00:38:40,025 --> 00:38:43,487
simply was not ready to possess
such powerful technology?
800
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:47,783
If so,
it would not be the first time.
801
00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:51,578
Throughout history,
we have individuals
802
00:38:51,578 --> 00:38:55,332
who claim to have been
mysteriously given information
803
00:38:55,332 --> 00:38:58,919
that would lead
to the advancement of humankind.
804
00:38:59,962 --> 00:39:02,381
In the 1400s,
805
00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:05,342
Leonardo da Vinci
said that ideas
806
00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:07,845
came to him during meditation.
807
00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:12,057
He sketched things like
helicopters and tanks.
808
00:39:12,057 --> 00:39:14,852
All sorts of devices
809
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:18,063
that couldn't be realized
in his lifetime.
810
00:39:18,063 --> 00:39:20,399
In the early 20th century,
811
00:39:20,399 --> 00:39:23,318
the Indian mathematician
Ramanujan
812
00:39:23,318 --> 00:39:27,197
credited a Hindu god
with giving him theorems
813
00:39:27,197 --> 00:39:29,366
that mystified everyone
at the time
814
00:39:29,366 --> 00:39:32,870
but which now form the basis
of string theory.
815
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,747
And then we have Nikola Tesla,
816
00:39:35,747 --> 00:39:38,876
who claimed that he was
communicating with aliens
817
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:40,419
and that he had the key
818
00:39:40,419 --> 00:39:42,254
to wireless energy.
819
00:39:42,254 --> 00:39:46,550
But he died before he could give
this technology to humankind.
820
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:50,762
So it may be
that in each of these cases,
821
00:39:50,762 --> 00:39:54,391
we were given information
we weren't quite ready for
822
00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:57,895
but that would be realized
at some future time.
823
00:39:58,937 --> 00:40:01,732
HODGETTS:
I feel very confident
824
00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:03,609
in the fact that this is
825
00:40:03,609 --> 00:40:07,863
the work
of pure inventive genius.
826
00:40:07,863 --> 00:40:10,574
And if it's not aligned
827
00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:13,577
with, uh, contemporary values,
828
00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:16,747
that doesn't invalidate
its genius.
829
00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:19,917
But there's no question
that something,
830
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:24,546
some catalytic event,
shifted his focus
831
00:40:24,546 --> 00:40:27,299
from being a...
832
00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:30,928
you know, a‐a businessman,
an engineer,
833
00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:33,263
to having this vision
834
00:40:33,263 --> 00:40:37,726
for something
almost extraterrestrial.
835
00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:43,315
Because of George Van Tassel's
mysterious death in 1978,
836
00:40:43,315 --> 00:40:46,944
the Integratron
was never completely finished.
837
00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:50,447
But it's fascinating to think
838
00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:53,784
that George Van Tassel did meet
with extraterrestrials
839
00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:55,202
and they showed him the future.
840
00:40:55,202 --> 00:40:57,621
POPE:
Some people have speculated
841
00:40:57,621 --> 00:41:00,290
that the extraterrestrial agenda
842
00:41:00,290 --> 00:41:04,294
is all about a continuous
process of evolution
843
00:41:04,294 --> 00:41:05,963
to improve us.
844
00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:08,507
To make us more intelligent.
845
00:41:08,507 --> 00:41:10,842
To civilize us, perhaps.
846
00:41:10,842 --> 00:41:13,637
To bring us to a level
847
00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:17,307
where perhaps, one day,
we'll be fit to take
848
00:41:17,307 --> 00:41:21,144
a‐a wider role
on the galactic stage.
849
00:41:21,144 --> 00:41:24,147
This phenomena
that's taking place today
850
00:41:24,147 --> 00:41:27,150
is as old as our history,
as our civilization.
851
00:41:27,150 --> 00:41:29,361
This isn't anything new
that's occurring.
852
00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:31,655
They're walking among us
on the Earth all the time,
853
00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:33,323
and we don't realize it.
854
00:41:33,323 --> 00:41:36,702
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the Integratron
855
00:41:36,702 --> 00:41:40,247
provides a glimpse
into humanity's future?
856
00:41:40,247 --> 00:41:43,000
Was George Van Tassel chosen
857
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,378
to plant the seed that will
give rise to the next giant step
858
00:41:46,378 --> 00:41:48,964
in humankind's evolution,
859
00:41:48,964 --> 00:41:52,551
one that will lead to lifetimes
that are measured not in years
860
00:41:52,551 --> 00:41:54,553
but centuries?
861
00:41:54,553 --> 00:41:58,849
Perhaps the Integratron is
more functional than it appears,
862
00:41:58,849 --> 00:42:01,852
and only when we are able
to activate it
863
00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:03,520
will we be empowered to fulfill
864
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,689
our alien destiny.