1 00:00:00,542 --> 00:00:01,625 A mathematical message encoded within a megalithic tomb. 2 00:00:05,958 --> 00:00:08,583 A mysterious ancient symbol 3 00:00:08,792 --> 00:00:12,333 with connections to the cosmos. 4 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:14,250 And complex patterns 5 00:00:14,417 --> 00:00:17,250 that appear in fields around the world. 6 00:00:18,292 --> 00:00:21,625 Over the years, Ancient Aliens has documented 7 00:00:21,792 --> 00:00:24,000 evidence of otherworldly visitation 8 00:00:24,167 --> 00:00:28,167 believed to be concealed in ancient codes and symbols. 9 00:00:29,208 --> 00:00:33,083 Now we're counting down the ten most intriguing 10 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:36,333 and mysterious codes we've examined. 11 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,083 Codes that just might unlock the truth 12 00:00:39,250 --> 00:00:42,625 about our extraterrestrial past. 13 00:00:43,708 --> 00:00:45,625 ♪ ♪ 14 00:00:51,167 --> 00:00:52,833 Throughout the ancient world, 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,292 we can find mysterious structures, carvings, 16 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:59,125 and symbols that defy explanation. 17 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,958 For ancient astronaut theorists like me, 18 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:04,833 these are signs that our ancestors were 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,208 influenced by extraterrestrial visitors, 20 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:09,292 and they represent a code 21 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:12,833 left for future generations to decipher. 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,458 A prime example are the giant monoliths 23 00:01:16,542 --> 00:01:18,708 that were erected all over the Earth 24 00:01:18,875 --> 00:01:21,417 thousands of years ago for reasons 25 00:01:21,542 --> 00:01:24,792 that archaeologists still do not understand. 26 00:01:24,958 --> 00:01:30,500 At number ten on our countdown of the top ten alien codes: 27 00:01:30,708 --> 00:01:32,458 the Standing Stones. 28 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:37,375 NARRATOR: Throughout the planet, 29 00:01:37,542 --> 00:01:42,042 scattered across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, 30 00:01:42,208 --> 00:01:45,667 are more than 50,000 ancient standing stones. 31 00:01:45,833 --> 00:01:48,208 They are enormous monoliths 32 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:50,917 that have been placed vertically into the ground. 33 00:01:51,083 --> 00:01:54,500 Most date back more than 5,000 years, 34 00:01:54,625 --> 00:01:58,167 and the largest weigh over 300 tons-- 35 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:01,875 more than double the weight of the Statue of Liberty. 36 00:02:02,083 --> 00:02:05,167 DAVID CHILDRESS: When we look at these standing stones in the earth, 37 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:07,917 they are particularly mysterious 38 00:02:08,042 --> 00:02:10,833 and they bring something out in us, 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,208 an awe, a sense of mystery. 40 00:02:13,375 --> 00:02:15,917 Why are these stones here? 41 00:02:16,083 --> 00:02:18,875 It must have some purpose but we don't know what it is. 42 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,000 NARRATOR: On the northwest coast of France lies the most famous 43 00:02:24,208 --> 00:02:27,375 and mysterious collection of ancient standing stones 44 00:02:27,542 --> 00:02:29,708 found anywhere in the world. 45 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:34,000 Stretching across two miles of rolling countryside, 46 00:02:34,208 --> 00:02:36,708 the more than 3,000 giant monoliths 47 00:02:36,833 --> 00:02:40,083 are known as the Carnac stones. 48 00:02:40,250 --> 00:02:42,167 CHILDRESS: French archeologists 49 00:02:42,333 --> 00:02:45,500 have been able to give a date to these standing stones, 50 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:47,125 and it's 5000 B.C. 51 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:48,667 So they're saying 52 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:52,792 that these stones were erected 7,000 years ago, 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,833 but they don't know who erected them. 54 00:02:56,042 --> 00:02:57,833 They don't know why they were erected. 55 00:02:58,042 --> 00:02:59,458 They don't know how 56 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:02,542 they moved all these stones and erected them. 57 00:03:04,833 --> 00:03:06,958 NARRATOR: Some mainstream scholars suggest 58 00:03:07,083 --> 00:03:09,167 that the stones are simply grave markers, 59 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:10,917 while others theorize 60 00:03:11,042 --> 00:03:13,417 that they track astronomical events 61 00:03:13,583 --> 00:03:16,292 like the solstice and equinox. 62 00:03:16,417 --> 00:03:19,333 But ancient astronaut theorists propose 63 00:03:19,542 --> 00:03:21,625 the precise placement of the Carnac Stones 64 00:03:21,792 --> 00:03:25,667 represent geometric alignments far more sophisticated 65 00:03:25,833 --> 00:03:28,667 than they might appear at first glance. 66 00:03:30,083 --> 00:03:34,333 These 3,000 stones have been arranged 67 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:37,333 in very specific arrangements. 68 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:40,500 In fact, one of the arrangements we have 69 00:03:40,708 --> 00:03:44,125 is a representation of the Pythagorean theorem, 70 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:47,500 which is "A squared plus B squared equals C squared." 71 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:51,042 How do we have that mathematical message 72 00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:54,500 in an archeological site that's at least 73 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:57,250 7,000 years old? 74 00:03:57,417 --> 00:04:00,125 ERICH VON DÄNIKEN: The constructions in Carnac is thousands of years 75 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:02,750 older than Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician. 76 00:04:02,917 --> 00:04:06,333 So somebody must have teached our ancestors 77 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:09,167 to put these stones in a certain line, 78 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:10,417 in geometrical forms. 79 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:13,292 Now the question is simply, why? 80 00:04:15,417 --> 00:04:18,667 Without a doubt one of the most baffling places on Earth 81 00:04:18,875 --> 00:04:20,417 can be found in Peru. 82 00:04:20,625 --> 00:04:22,500 It's a mysterious formation 83 00:04:22,708 --> 00:04:25,792 that stretches for miles through the rugged desert. 84 00:04:25,958 --> 00:04:29,333 And while its purpose is completely unknown, 85 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,333 some believe it was used 86 00:04:31,542 --> 00:04:34,708 to communicate with otherworldly beings. 87 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:39,292 Number nine on our list: the Band of Holes. 88 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,667 NARRATOR: Pisco, Peru. 89 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:49,750 Here, stretching across the Cajamarquilla Plain, 90 00:04:49,917 --> 00:04:53,917 thousands of ancient holes have been dug into a mountain range. 91 00:04:54,917 --> 00:04:58,333 The holes measure six to seven feet in depth 92 00:04:58,417 --> 00:05:02,500 and are evenly spaced about three feet apart. 93 00:05:03,542 --> 00:05:05,500 They are arranged in a precise line 94 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:09,583 that runs north and south for almost two miles. 95 00:05:10,792 --> 00:05:13,500 TSOUKALOS: In the mountains of Peru we have 96 00:05:13,708 --> 00:05:16,958 what's commonly referred to as the Band of Holes. 97 00:05:18,125 --> 00:05:19,583 It is one of the coolest places 98 00:05:19,708 --> 00:05:22,750 in relation to the ancient astronaut theory because 99 00:05:22,917 --> 00:05:25,833 who in their right mind would go ahead 100 00:05:26,042 --> 00:05:27,917 and dig all these holes? 101 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:32,542 They're a incredible mystery, a very long-lived mystery. 102 00:05:32,708 --> 00:05:34,500 Some people think it looks like 103 00:05:34,708 --> 00:05:38,000 some kind of machine was running over the territory. 104 00:05:38,167 --> 00:05:39,583 Some people think it was 105 00:05:39,708 --> 00:05:42,750 some kind of systematic mining operation. 106 00:05:42,917 --> 00:05:45,500 Some people say it was just pot-hunters, 107 00:05:45,708 --> 00:05:48,417 you know, looting, looking for burials. 108 00:05:48,625 --> 00:05:51,000 None of the explanations make good sense. 109 00:05:54,833 --> 00:05:59,208 NARRATOR: While the Band of Holes continues to defy explanation, 110 00:05:59,375 --> 00:06:01,667 some ancient astronaut theorists believe 111 00:06:01,792 --> 00:06:03,708 it might convey a type of message 112 00:06:03,875 --> 00:06:06,625 left behind by extraterrestrials. 113 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:10,458 VON DÄNIKEN: Some thousands of years in the past, 114 00:06:10,625 --> 00:06:13,083 the extraterrestrials who visited our planet 115 00:06:13,250 --> 00:06:15,333 left a proof behind. 116 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:17,833 They knew that in the far future 117 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,625 the humans will see these patterns. 118 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:23,542 They will realize that this is high geometry. 119 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,833 And sooner or later the questions comes up, 120 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:28,542 have we maybe been visited by beings from outer space? 121 00:06:29,750 --> 00:06:34,750 CHILDRESS: Is it some kind of message for us from the past 122 00:06:34,917 --> 00:06:38,417 that we're to decode when we have reached a higher state 123 00:06:38,625 --> 00:06:43,042 of civilization and knowledge that we can figure all this out? 124 00:06:43,250 --> 00:06:47,042 It would seem that we are only just now reaching a point 125 00:06:47,208 --> 00:06:49,583 of knowledge and technology 126 00:06:49,708 --> 00:06:52,375 that we can understand these codes. 127 00:06:52,542 --> 00:06:56,500 And find the hidden meaning that's there. 128 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,500 The ancient astronaut theory suggests 129 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:04,667 that extraterrestrials who came to Earth in the distant past 130 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:08,042 left behind signs that they were here. 131 00:07:08,208 --> 00:07:12,875 To me, some compelling examples are massive shapes and figures 132 00:07:13,042 --> 00:07:16,125 that are carved into the landscape across the globe 133 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:19,167 and can only be seen from the sky. 134 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:21,458 At number eight on our countdown 135 00:07:21,625 --> 00:07:26,083 of the top ten alien codes: geoglyphs. 136 00:07:29,250 --> 00:07:30,625 NARRATOR: Nazca, Peru. 137 00:07:31,542 --> 00:07:33,625 High in this arid plateau, 138 00:07:33,792 --> 00:07:36,708 there is a series of precise lines and artworks 139 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:40,500 carved into the desert floor that have mystified people 140 00:07:40,708 --> 00:07:43,917 since their modern discovery in the 1920s. 141 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:47,667 Curiously, all of them were made on a scale 142 00:07:47,792 --> 00:07:49,958 to be seen from high above. 143 00:07:51,042 --> 00:07:52,667 They are called geoglyphs. 144 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:55,167 A geoglyph is just basically 145 00:07:55,333 --> 00:07:56,625 a drawing on the landscape. 146 00:07:56,750 --> 00:07:58,708 Usually quite large scale. 147 00:07:59,708 --> 00:08:02,333 Most geoglyphs are in deserts and in shapes. 148 00:08:02,542 --> 00:08:05,917 Geometric shapes, animal shapes or whatever. 149 00:08:06,083 --> 00:08:09,833 Most geoglyphs really only make sense from above. 150 00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:13,792 NARRATOR: For years, archeologists believed 151 00:08:13,958 --> 00:08:17,583 the Nazca Lines were an isolated phenomenon. 152 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:21,000 But now, with the benefit satellite imagery, 153 00:08:21,208 --> 00:08:24,000 thousands of ancient geoglyphs are being found 154 00:08:24,167 --> 00:08:26,875 all over the world-- 155 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:29,208 in Kazakhstan, 156 00:08:29,333 --> 00:08:32,292 in the southwestern United States, 157 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:35,125 in the Atacama Desert of Chile, 158 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:36,375 and in Bolivia, 159 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:37,917 just to name a few. 160 00:08:39,958 --> 00:08:41,375 WILLIAM HENRY: There are many groups around the world 161 00:08:41,583 --> 00:08:43,042 that have been creating geoglyphs 162 00:08:43,208 --> 00:08:44,750 for thousands of years. 163 00:08:44,875 --> 00:08:46,708 And the thing is that these glyphs can only 164 00:08:46,875 --> 00:08:48,667 be seen from the sky. 165 00:08:48,833 --> 00:08:50,625 That tells us that these messages 166 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:52,000 have to be for beings 167 00:08:52,208 --> 00:08:55,625 that are in the sky-- extraterrestrials. 168 00:08:56,708 --> 00:08:58,000 NARRATOR: Is it possible 169 00:08:58,167 --> 00:09:00,708 that these ancient geoglyphs were created 170 00:09:00,917 --> 00:09:03,292 for an extraterrestrial purpose? 171 00:09:04,458 --> 00:09:06,708 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 172 00:09:06,917 --> 00:09:10,667 and suggest further clues can be found by examining 173 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:14,958 one of the most extraordinary geoglyphs ever discovered. 174 00:09:15,125 --> 00:09:17,458 One of the most interesting geoglyphs that you have at Nazca 175 00:09:17,667 --> 00:09:19,583 is the sun-star-cross geoglyph, 176 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:23,917 which is really a very complicated, huge mandala 177 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:27,083 of interconnected stars and triangles. 178 00:09:27,250 --> 00:09:29,458 And it's something we see all over the world, 179 00:09:29,625 --> 00:09:32,958 and in Tibet and India as mandalas. 180 00:09:33,125 --> 00:09:37,833 So things like this that are so geometrically complicated 181 00:09:38,042 --> 00:09:40,792 and are found all over the world indicates 182 00:09:40,958 --> 00:09:45,167 that there was some kind of worldwide symbolic language 183 00:09:45,333 --> 00:09:49,333 that was brought here by a higher intelligence. 184 00:09:57,083 --> 00:10:00,208 one thing I look for are structures or shapes 185 00:10:00,375 --> 00:10:01,500 that are repeated 186 00:10:01,708 --> 00:10:03,875 at ancient sites around the world. 187 00:10:04,042 --> 00:10:07,500 One of the most intriguing is a mysterious symbol 188 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:10,167 that just might unlock the secret 189 00:10:10,375 --> 00:10:12,542 of our extraterrestrial past. 190 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:17,292 Number seven on our countdown: the keyhole shape. 191 00:10:20,875 --> 00:10:22,500 NARRATOR: Khaybar, Saudi Arabia, 192 00:10:22,708 --> 00:10:25,833 May 2017. 193 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,750 An archaeological team conducting an aerial survey 194 00:10:29,958 --> 00:10:31,917 of the Saudi Arabian desert 195 00:10:32,083 --> 00:10:34,500 makes an extraordinary discovery. 196 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:38,250 They find a series of 19 stone formations 197 00:10:38,375 --> 00:10:40,625 in the shape of keyholes. 198 00:10:40,833 --> 00:10:42,917 HUGH NEWMAN: They're thought to be thousands of years old, 199 00:10:43,083 --> 00:10:44,500 but no one knows who built them, 200 00:10:44,708 --> 00:10:46,208 no one knows why they were there, 201 00:10:46,375 --> 00:10:51,708 but they have this sacred symbol of the keyhole as the design. 202 00:10:52,875 --> 00:10:54,500 So the keyhole shape is a combination 203 00:10:54,667 --> 00:10:57,833 of the triangle and the circle. 204 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,875 And the circle is often a representation 205 00:11:01,042 --> 00:11:03,417 of the Sun and the Moon and other heavenly objects, 206 00:11:03,583 --> 00:11:06,208 whereas the triangle shape is really the pyramid shape, 207 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:09,667 and that is a representation of the Earth. 208 00:11:09,833 --> 00:11:13,417 So it really could be a representation 209 00:11:13,542 --> 00:11:15,667 linking heaven and Earth. 210 00:11:16,833 --> 00:11:17,875 NARRATOR: Curiously, 211 00:11:18,042 --> 00:11:20,000 the keyhole symbol can be found 212 00:11:20,167 --> 00:11:23,000 at ancient sites all over the world. 213 00:11:23,208 --> 00:11:27,708 But perhaps the most impressive example can be found in Japan, 214 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:31,958 at a megalithic tomb called Daisen Kofun. 215 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:37,750 It rises up 35 feet above the surrounding area 216 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:41,667 and is 1,600 feet long 217 00:11:41,792 --> 00:11:43,792 and 980 feet wide, 218 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:46,167 and it's encircled by three moats, 219 00:11:46,375 --> 00:11:47,792 making the entire edifice 220 00:11:47,917 --> 00:11:52,167 cover a space of five million square feet. 221 00:11:53,333 --> 00:11:54,750 NARRATOR: The Daisen Kofun 222 00:11:54,917 --> 00:11:58,667 is merely the largest of more than 160,000 kofuns 223 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:01,167 that dot Japan. 224 00:12:01,292 --> 00:12:03,125 There are hundreds of these tombs, 225 00:12:03,292 --> 00:12:07,167 built between around 300 AD to around 600 AD. 226 00:12:07,250 --> 00:12:08,875 So what were these? 227 00:12:09,042 --> 00:12:12,167 Were these really just tombs built for emperors and kings, 228 00:12:12,333 --> 00:12:14,333 or were they something else altogether? 229 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,500 HENRY: The keyhole shape 230 00:12:16,667 --> 00:12:19,000 can only be seen from the air. 231 00:12:19,167 --> 00:12:21,875 And we're told that the ancient Japanese did not have a means 232 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:25,333 of getting into the sky to appreciate this shape. 233 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:29,500 So there's a great mystery here about why the keyhole shape? 234 00:12:29,667 --> 00:12:32,292 NARRATOR: Some researchers suggest 235 00:12:32,375 --> 00:12:35,208 that the keyhole shape is an alien code 236 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:39,167 and can be traced back to the first kofun ever built. 237 00:12:40,208 --> 00:12:42,292 The first of these tombs is associated 238 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:46,000 with the first historical Japanese emperor, 239 00:12:46,208 --> 00:12:48,000 Emperor Sujin, 240 00:12:48,208 --> 00:12:52,208 in whose record in the book of ancient mythology, the Kojiki, 241 00:12:52,375 --> 00:12:57,125 a keyhole of a door actually also plays an important part. 242 00:12:57,292 --> 00:13:00,125 NARRATOR: According to the story in the Kojiki, 243 00:13:00,292 --> 00:13:04,208 a young woman becomes impregnated by a powerful god 244 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:06,667 who comes to her room through a keyhole, 245 00:13:06,833 --> 00:13:11,000 then gives birth to semidivine children. 246 00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:17,000 So, you've got to wonder if these keyhole-shaped kofun 247 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:18,833 aren't something that were actually designed 248 00:13:19,042 --> 00:13:21,500 by extraterrestrials. 249 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:23,833 There's something about that shape. 250 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,208 It has meaning. 251 00:13:25,375 --> 00:13:28,750 Are these sites signaling somebody 252 00:13:28,917 --> 00:13:31,125 who is apparently in the sky? 253 00:13:33,375 --> 00:13:36,667 I find it fascinating that, across the globe, 254 00:13:36,792 --> 00:13:39,500 megalithic structures are covered 255 00:13:39,625 --> 00:13:42,000 with mysterious lines and swirls. 256 00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:44,458 Are these merely decoration? 257 00:13:44,625 --> 00:13:47,000 Or do they have a deeper meaning? 258 00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:51,958 At number six on our list: the spiral code. 259 00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:57,750 NARRATOR: County Meath, Ireland. 260 00:13:57,917 --> 00:14:01,750 Here stands Ireland's most famous megalithic site: 261 00:14:01,958 --> 00:14:03,375 Newgrange. 262 00:14:04,708 --> 00:14:06,167 The ancient tomb was built 263 00:14:06,292 --> 00:14:09,458 with over 200,000 tons of stone blocks, 264 00:14:09,667 --> 00:14:14,042 many of which are covered in intricate spiral patterns. 265 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:15,875 Newgrange is one of the most important sites 266 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,333 in all of Europe. 267 00:14:17,542 --> 00:14:19,917 Within this, we have beautiful carvings 268 00:14:20,042 --> 00:14:23,500 on the 97 curbstones that go around the edge, 269 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:26,000 as well as on the main entrance stone 270 00:14:26,167 --> 00:14:28,792 and within the chamber itself. 271 00:14:28,875 --> 00:14:32,500 Mainly spirals, and most notably, a triple spiral 272 00:14:32,625 --> 00:14:37,667 at the back of the main chamber within the actual site itself. 273 00:14:37,833 --> 00:14:39,833 NARRATOR: Identical spiral patterns 274 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,875 have been found at ancient sites across the globe. 275 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:48,833 We see certain symbols recurring again and again. 276 00:14:49,042 --> 00:14:55,000 These take the form of spirals, of concentric rings, 277 00:14:55,083 --> 00:14:57,958 and they're something that are virtually universal 278 00:14:58,125 --> 00:14:59,417 around the world. 279 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:02,042 NARRATOR: Many archaeologists believe 280 00:15:02,208 --> 00:15:05,833 spiral petroglyphs symbolize the cosmos. 281 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,875 But ancient astronaut theorists believe 282 00:15:08,042 --> 00:15:11,500 they serve a more profound purpose. 283 00:15:11,667 --> 00:15:14,833 And as evidence, they point to spiral carvings 284 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,667 at a 5,000-year-old archaeological site 285 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:20,833 off the coast of France. 286 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,458 TSOUKALOS: On the island of Gavrinis, 287 00:15:23,542 --> 00:15:26,083 there is a passage tomb. 288 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:31,208 And inside, there are giant stones left and right 289 00:15:31,375 --> 00:15:34,875 with carvings that look like fingerprints 290 00:15:35,042 --> 00:15:39,042 that have been carved onto the megalithic slabs. 291 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:40,625 COPPENS: When people came to Gavrinis, 292 00:15:40,792 --> 00:15:41,958 they began to make measurements 293 00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:43,875 as to how these stones were placed. 294 00:15:44,042 --> 00:15:45,667 They began to realize that these stones 295 00:15:45,875 --> 00:15:47,708 weren't just placed haphazardly 296 00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:50,750 in some kind of coincidental form, 297 00:15:50,875 --> 00:15:52,583 but actually displayed 298 00:15:52,708 --> 00:15:55,500 extraordinary understanding and knowledge of mathematics. 299 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:01,375 NARRATOR: Mathematicians examining the spirals 300 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,750 speculated that their varying lengths 301 00:16:03,917 --> 00:16:06,875 could indicate that they represent numbers. 302 00:16:07,042 --> 00:16:09,333 Based on this assumption, 303 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:13,167 they determined which numbers each carving might represent, 304 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:16,917 and discovered a record of specific information, 305 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:20,208 like the number of days in a year. 306 00:16:20,375 --> 00:16:23,167 But astonishingly, these stone records 307 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:27,500 include something even more incredible. 308 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:29,833 TSOUKALOS: When mathematicians went in there 309 00:16:29,917 --> 00:16:32,792 to look at this in the 1970s, 310 00:16:32,917 --> 00:16:35,917 they determined it showed the longitude 311 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:40,542 and latitude of Gavrinis. 312 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:44,167 How would they know about longitude and latitude? 313 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:46,750 We came up with this in modern times. 314 00:16:46,917 --> 00:16:50,208 How do we have that mathematical message 315 00:16:50,375 --> 00:16:55,333 in a archaeological site that's at least 5,000 years old? 316 00:16:55,542 --> 00:16:58,417 In my opinion, the extraterrestrials 317 00:16:58,625 --> 00:17:01,500 wanted to leave behind some type of a message, 318 00:17:01,667 --> 00:17:05,958 a type of secret code that needed to be deciphered 319 00:17:06,083 --> 00:17:08,833 by a future generation that would understand, 320 00:17:08,917 --> 00:17:12,417 and that generation is us. 321 00:17:17,458 --> 00:17:20,542 We're comi, 322 00:17:20,708 --> 00:17:24,125 and the next entry on our list needs no introduction. 323 00:17:24,292 --> 00:17:26,167 They are monumental structures 324 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:28,833 that can be found on every continent, 325 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,833 and they were built with such precision 326 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,458 that, from the perspective of an ancient astronaut theorist, 327 00:17:34,583 --> 00:17:37,542 many could be of extraterrestrial design. 328 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:40,208 Number five on our list 329 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:45,167 of the top ten alien codes: pyramids. 330 00:17:47,458 --> 00:17:49,500 NARRATOR: In every region of the world 331 00:17:49,708 --> 00:17:52,458 stand ancient monuments that have been built 332 00:17:52,583 --> 00:17:57,708 in a sophisticated geometric form known as pyramids. 333 00:17:57,875 --> 00:18:01,583 These structures are separated by thousands of miles, 334 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,750 but they are strikingly similar in design. 335 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:07,417 CASSARO: There is a kind of a master blueprint 336 00:18:07,542 --> 00:18:09,333 that we see in the architecture, 337 00:18:09,458 --> 00:18:12,958 and it's not in just one or two or three civilizations, 338 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:15,375 it's in all the civilizations. 339 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:17,458 China, 340 00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:18,917 India, 341 00:18:19,083 --> 00:18:21,500 South America-- it's there. 342 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:24,292 NARRATOR: According to the local mythologies 343 00:18:24,458 --> 00:18:27,542 of numerous pyramid-building cultures, 344 00:18:27,708 --> 00:18:30,667 the inspiration to build these complex structures 345 00:18:30,875 --> 00:18:32,917 came from an otherworldly source. 346 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:35,083 WILLIAM BRAMLEY: In Mesoamerica, 347 00:18:35,250 --> 00:18:37,000 we have the gods associated 348 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:39,208 with the construction of the pyramids. 349 00:18:39,417 --> 00:18:42,708 This reflects the same kind of entity 350 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:44,625 that the Mesopotamians reported, 351 00:18:44,792 --> 00:18:47,458 that the Egyptians reported 352 00:18:47,583 --> 00:18:51,333 as being the architect that designed these structures. 353 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:55,542 Who were the teachers of these engineering styles? 354 00:18:55,708 --> 00:19:01,083 The only conclusion there is is that aliens had a hand 355 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:04,625 in these creations a long time ago. 356 00:19:04,792 --> 00:19:07,792 They're all human-made, but with the assistance 357 00:19:07,958 --> 00:19:11,875 or the technology provided by extraterrestrials. 358 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,833 NARRATOR: If otherworldly beings inspired our ancestors 359 00:19:15,917 --> 00:19:17,250 to build pyramids, 360 00:19:17,458 --> 00:19:20,208 as ancient astronaut theorists contend, 361 00:19:20,375 --> 00:19:22,625 what was their purpose? 362 00:19:22,792 --> 00:19:24,458 Perhaps clues can be found 363 00:19:24,625 --> 00:19:26,875 in the most famous of these structures: 364 00:19:27,042 --> 00:19:30,375 the Great Pyramid of Egypt. 365 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:32,167 Ever since the first studies 366 00:19:32,333 --> 00:19:35,125 of the Great Pyramid in Egypt have been made, 367 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,792 researchers have been amazed 368 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,958 at the mathematical knowledge 369 00:19:40,125 --> 00:19:43,292 that is encoded into the Great Pyramid. 370 00:19:45,375 --> 00:19:47,625 NARRATOR: The Great Pyramid is aligned 371 00:19:47,792 --> 00:19:50,833 to within three sixtieths of a degree of north, 372 00:19:50,958 --> 00:19:52,875 a more accurate alignment 373 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,125 than any other structure on Earth. 374 00:19:55,292 --> 00:19:57,667 And researchers have discovered 375 00:19:57,792 --> 00:20:02,583 even more profound information encoded within its design. 376 00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:05,000 TRAVIS TAYLOR: We've discovered, 377 00:20:05,167 --> 00:20:08,583 with satellite imagery, that the pyramid, 378 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,542 if you take its peak and measure it precisely 379 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:15,333 its location in degrees on the planet Earth, 380 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:19,292 the number is equal to the number 381 00:20:19,458 --> 00:20:23,000 that is the speed of light, out to many, many digits. 382 00:20:23,208 --> 00:20:26,833 How in the world would an ancient culture 383 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,375 build something so precisely 384 00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:31,000 that we couldn't even measure until now, 385 00:20:31,208 --> 00:20:32,500 when we had spacecraft? 386 00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:37,083 And, if the people who built the pyramids 387 00:20:37,208 --> 00:20:40,792 put just in its location the speed of light, 388 00:20:40,917 --> 00:20:45,250 what else is in the design and placement of the pyramid? 389 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:50,542 A key tenet in the ancient astronaut theory 390 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:55,417 is that extraterrestrials shared knowledge with our ancestors. 391 00:20:55,542 --> 00:20:57,833 Compelling evidence of this can be found 392 00:20:58,042 --> 00:21:00,208 in an ancient Chinese text 393 00:21:00,375 --> 00:21:03,417 that describes an extraterrestrial language, 394 00:21:03,583 --> 00:21:06,750 one that is actually still used to this day. 395 00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:11,708 Number four on our countdown: binary code. 396 00:21:14,917 --> 00:21:18,000 NARRATOR: Today, the most prolific language in the world 397 00:21:18,167 --> 00:21:20,917 consists of just two characters: 398 00:21:21,042 --> 00:21:23,500 zero and one. 399 00:21:23,625 --> 00:21:25,583 It's a language that is understood 400 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:30,125 in every culture across the globe: binary code. 401 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:32,333 People know that the digital revolution 402 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,917 is based on zeros and ones, zeros and ones. 403 00:21:35,125 --> 00:21:38,083 Computer tape consists of one, one, one, zero, zero, zero. 404 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:39,625 That's called "binary." 405 00:21:40,708 --> 00:21:42,667 Computers use zeroes and ones 406 00:21:42,833 --> 00:21:45,750 because zeroes and ones correspond to "off" and "on," 407 00:21:45,917 --> 00:21:49,042 which is the circuitry of a computer. 408 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:54,625 NARRATOR: A German mathematician, Gottfried Leibniz, 409 00:21:54,792 --> 00:21:59,625 is credited with defining binary code in the 17th century. 410 00:21:59,750 --> 00:22:02,333 He designed a mechanical calculator 411 00:22:02,542 --> 00:22:05,542 that expressed numbers as zeroes and ones. 412 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:10,208 In turn, Leibniz credited his inspiration 413 00:22:10,417 --> 00:22:13,708 to the 5,000-year-old Chinese text I Ching , 414 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:15,833 an ancient oracle code 415 00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:19,875 used to communicate with otherworldly beings. 416 00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:24,042 The I Ching is basically composed of 64 hexagrams, 417 00:22:24,208 --> 00:22:26,458 which are combinations of 418 00:22:26,625 --> 00:22:28,958 broken and unbroken lines, 419 00:22:29,125 --> 00:22:31,000 binary combinations. 420 00:22:31,167 --> 00:22:33,458 It was heavily used in divination. 421 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:35,583 You can use it and people still do, 422 00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:39,000 very easily, you can flip a coin, for example, six times, 423 00:22:39,208 --> 00:22:43,500 and every time that it lands on heads, you draw a full line. 424 00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,000 Every time that it lands on tails, 425 00:22:45,208 --> 00:22:46,667 you draw a broken line. 426 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,292 And then when you have six of these, 427 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:51,000 you come up with your hexagram. 428 00:22:51,167 --> 00:22:55,292 And each of these hexagrams has a kind of cosmic symbolism, 429 00:22:55,458 --> 00:22:58,542 And then there's a kind of oracular inscription 430 00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:00,208 that you're supposed to decipher. 431 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:02,458 NARRATOR: According to mythology, 432 00:23:02,583 --> 00:23:05,833 the I Ching was created by Emperor Fuxi 433 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,500 after he was visited by an otherworldly being. 434 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:13,125 It was said that one day he was on the Yellow River 435 00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:16,500 and a water dragon appeared to him, 436 00:23:16,708 --> 00:23:20,042 and that on the back of this water dragon 437 00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:22,292 was revealed to him the I Ching. 438 00:23:22,458 --> 00:23:26,542 And therefore we can see this system as in some way 439 00:23:26,708 --> 00:23:30,167 having come from the stars, originally. 440 00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:36,333 NARRATOR: Could the I Ching have been an attempt by extraterrestrials 441 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:39,167 to set up a common communication language 442 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:42,167 with mankind using binary code? 443 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:46,333 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest evidence can be found 444 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:49,625 by examining a famous UFO encounter 445 00:23:49,792 --> 00:23:51,875 that occurred in Suffolk County, England. 446 00:23:52,042 --> 00:23:55,333 On December 26, 1980, 447 00:23:55,542 --> 00:23:59,458 Sargeant James Penniston and Airman John Burroughs 448 00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:01,708 were performing a routine security check 449 00:24:01,875 --> 00:24:05,917 at a U.S. air force base in Rendlesham Forest 450 00:24:06,042 --> 00:24:09,792 when they reportedly encountered a large extraterrestrial craft. 451 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:13,750 JAMES PENNISTON: The craft was triangular in shape, 452 00:24:13,875 --> 00:24:16,375 measuring about six to seven feet high, 453 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,333 black in color. 454 00:24:18,542 --> 00:24:20,583 I'd come around to the far side of the craft 455 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:22,292 and that's when I noticed that there was, 456 00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:23,542 you know, inscription on the side. 457 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:26,458 Instead of something familiar, 458 00:24:26,542 --> 00:24:28,833 I see these pictorial-type glyphs. 459 00:24:29,042 --> 00:24:31,833 And got running my hand over the side of the craft. 460 00:24:31,958 --> 00:24:34,458 I don't know how to explain this. 461 00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:36,667 It's like someone was holding a picture up, okay? 462 00:24:36,833 --> 00:24:39,125 I could see it in my mind's eye. 463 00:24:40,625 --> 00:24:43,625 Zeroes and ones. 464 00:24:43,792 --> 00:24:46,750 So I recorded those. One after another. 465 00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,250 NICK POPE: Years later, 466 00:24:50,458 --> 00:24:52,417 a computer programmer 467 00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:54,583 took this information 468 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,417 ran it through a translation program 469 00:24:57,542 --> 00:25:00,125 and a message emerged. 470 00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:02,292 The message read 471 00:25:02,458 --> 00:25:05,583 "Exploration of humanity 472 00:25:05,708 --> 00:25:09,500 continuous for planetary advance." 473 00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:13,375 Jim Penninston came up with all this information 474 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:15,792 without knowing a thing in real life 475 00:25:15,958 --> 00:25:19,833 about binary code and binary messages. 476 00:25:20,042 --> 00:25:22,958 NARRATOR: Is it possible that extraterrestrials 477 00:25:23,125 --> 00:25:26,250 are using binary code as a common language 478 00:25:26,417 --> 00:25:29,042 to communicate with mankind? 479 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:31,083 POPE: Who's to say that extraterrestrials 480 00:25:31,208 --> 00:25:35,417 wouldn't choose to communicate via ones and zeros? 481 00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:38,667 With ones and zeros, you've got binary code. 482 00:25:38,792 --> 00:25:41,583 With binary code, you can write a message. 483 00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:45,667 And perhaps that is the language of the cosmos. 484 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,667 And that's how to communicate with them. 485 00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:56,833 One ofa. 486 00:25:56,958 --> 00:25:59,917 Its mythology is chock full of stories 487 00:26:00,042 --> 00:26:02,917 of powerful gods who came from the sky 488 00:26:03,042 --> 00:26:05,833 and possessed astonishing technology, 489 00:26:06,042 --> 00:26:08,792 like flying craft called vimanas. 490 00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:10,833 And there is evidence that the secret 491 00:26:11,042 --> 00:26:13,583 to this technology has been encoded 492 00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:16,167 within complex geometric symbols 493 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:19,667 that are said to have been designed by the gods. 494 00:26:19,875 --> 00:26:22,333 Number three on our countdown 495 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:26,708 of the top ten alien codes: mandalas. 496 00:26:31,083 --> 00:26:33,292 NARRATOR: More than 5,000 years ago, 497 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:36,792 the Indus Valley civilization emerged 498 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,792 in the Punjab region of modern-day India and Pakistan. 499 00:26:40,958 --> 00:26:44,250 Its people produced the foundational texts 500 00:26:44,417 --> 00:26:46,875 for Hinduism, which is widely regarded 501 00:26:47,042 --> 00:26:49,167 as the world's oldest religion 502 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:52,875 and today has more than one billion followers. 503 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,125 The earliest of these texts, called the Vedas, 504 00:26:56,250 --> 00:26:59,458 describe how the gods provided humankind 505 00:26:59,625 --> 00:27:02,833 with a visual guide to sacred sounds. 506 00:27:02,958 --> 00:27:05,417 They are represented in elaborate patterns 507 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:07,833 called mandalas. 508 00:27:09,292 --> 00:27:13,500 HENRY: The Vedas tell us that the gods taught humans how to chant. 509 00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:15,625 How to pray and to sing 510 00:27:15,792 --> 00:27:18,125 in order to communicate with the gods. 511 00:27:18,292 --> 00:27:22,167 PRAVEEN MOHAN: Mandalas are mnemonic devices 512 00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:24,667 used to aid meditation 513 00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:28,292 often in tandem with chanting. 514 00:27:28,458 --> 00:27:33,250 So, what they're doing is they're essentially translating 515 00:27:33,417 --> 00:27:37,167 sound into visual patterns. 516 00:27:39,042 --> 00:27:42,667 NARRATOR: Mandalas are important components 517 00:27:42,833 --> 00:27:45,333 in both Hindu and Buddhist faiths. 518 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,542 For ancient astronaut theorists, 519 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,000 what is most intriguing about mandalas 520 00:27:50,208 --> 00:27:52,833 is that the visual patterns do, in fact, 521 00:27:53,042 --> 00:27:54,917 have a scientific connection 522 00:27:55,125 --> 00:27:58,500 to the sacred sounds they are said to represent. 523 00:27:58,625 --> 00:28:00,917 This was discovered 524 00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:03,500 thanks to an 18th century German physicist 525 00:28:03,625 --> 00:28:05,125 named Ernst Chladni, 526 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:09,292 who is known as the father of acoustics. 527 00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:12,083 In 1787, Chaldni's book, 528 00:28:12,208 --> 00:28:14,208 Discoveries in the Theory of Sound, 529 00:28:14,417 --> 00:28:17,667 revealed that the application of sound vibrations 530 00:28:17,792 --> 00:28:20,333 to grains of sand on a metal plate 531 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:22,833 creates complex geometric shapes, 532 00:28:23,042 --> 00:28:27,292 now known as cymatic patterns. 533 00:28:27,458 --> 00:28:30,333 JEFF THOMPSON: We've got this thin metal plate like a sounding board 534 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,833 and we've got a transducer attached to the bottom of it. 535 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,417 And they spread sand over the top of this plate. 536 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:41,333 And start playing certain tones. 537 00:28:41,542 --> 00:28:43,833 And those sand particles will start to bounce around 538 00:28:44,042 --> 00:28:46,167 and dance around and they start to form 539 00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:49,167 these mathematical circular patterns. 540 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:51,875 And as we move up through these frequencies, 541 00:28:52,042 --> 00:28:56,167 the sand goes into kind of a chaos in-between state 542 00:28:56,375 --> 00:28:58,875 and then it arrives at this next pattern. 543 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,875 And the higher the frequency you go, 544 00:29:02,042 --> 00:29:05,375 the more these patterns become more complex. 545 00:29:10,042 --> 00:29:11,667 NARRATOR: For Hindus and Buddhists, 546 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:15,000 the most important sacred sound is "om." 547 00:29:15,208 --> 00:29:18,833 For centuries, this sound has been depicted in mandalas 548 00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:21,708 by a circle with a dot in the middle. 549 00:29:21,875 --> 00:29:27,167 Incredibly, the sound "om" produces a cymatic pattern 550 00:29:27,292 --> 00:29:29,875 that perfectly matches this depiction. 551 00:29:31,167 --> 00:29:33,583 Other sounds also create patterns 552 00:29:33,792 --> 00:29:36,292 that are found in ancient mandalas. 553 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:39,042 COLLINS: Is it conceivable 554 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:42,958 that the writers of the ancient Vedic texts 555 00:29:43,083 --> 00:29:47,792 were given advanced knowledge on how sound frequencies 556 00:29:47,958 --> 00:29:51,458 can be converted into visual patterns? 557 00:29:51,625 --> 00:29:54,333 Is it therefore possible 558 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:57,375 that sound is an important means 559 00:29:57,542 --> 00:30:01,042 of communication with such higher intelligences? 560 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:06,125 NARRATOR: Could mandalas contain an otherworldly message 561 00:30:06,292 --> 00:30:09,833 for humanity that is based on sacred sounds? 562 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,625 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 563 00:30:12,833 --> 00:30:15,083 and suggest evidence can be found 564 00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:19,083 at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Southern India. 565 00:30:20,125 --> 00:30:22,208 Standing in the temple's courtyard 566 00:30:22,417 --> 00:30:26,208 are 40 ornate statues that depict vimanas, 567 00:30:26,417 --> 00:30:29,292 vehicles that, according to Sanskrit texts, 568 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:32,250 were navigated by the gods. 569 00:30:32,417 --> 00:30:36,917 The word "vimana" in ancient Vedic text 570 00:30:37,125 --> 00:30:39,292 means "flying machines." 571 00:30:39,458 --> 00:30:42,542 In Hinduism, it is clearly established 572 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:47,708 that the gods come down from the sky using vimanas. 573 00:30:47,917 --> 00:30:50,833 And in the temple of Srirangam, 574 00:30:50,958 --> 00:30:55,833 these carvings show many different types of vimanas. 575 00:30:55,958 --> 00:31:00,000 And what's really unique is that under these vimanas, 576 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:03,500 we are able to see some very interesting 577 00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:06,667 patterns of mandala. 578 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:10,167 According to legend, each type of vimana 579 00:31:10,375 --> 00:31:15,250 can be activated with a specific type of mandala. 580 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:20,125 I believe that much of ancient technology 581 00:31:20,292 --> 00:31:24,375 was activated with specific types 582 00:31:24,542 --> 00:31:25,958 of frequencies. 583 00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:29,250 And if we crack this visual code, 584 00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:31,875 if we crack this cymatic pattern, 585 00:31:32,042 --> 00:31:34,250 we might actually unlock 586 00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:37,542 the secret to power these vimanas. 587 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:46,625 Ancient Aliens, 588 00:31:46,792 --> 00:31:50,083 some of the most mysterious are massive impressions 589 00:31:50,250 --> 00:31:54,208 that randomly appear in fields all over the world. 590 00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:56,083 And what's most interesting to me 591 00:31:56,250 --> 00:31:58,708 is that these complex patterns 592 00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:02,417 may be encoded with otherworldly messages. 593 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:07,458 At number two on our countdown: crop circles. 594 00:32:17,458 --> 00:32:20,292 NARRATOR: A mysterious geometric pattern 595 00:32:20,458 --> 00:32:23,417 emerges in a field of mustard plants. 596 00:32:23,625 --> 00:32:27,000 The perfectly symmetrical design is a phenomenon 597 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:29,958 known as a crop circle. 598 00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:33,833 Crop circles are basically 599 00:32:33,958 --> 00:32:35,750 features, designs, 600 00:32:35,917 --> 00:32:39,625 illustrations of high complexity in crops. 601 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:44,208 They tend to be complicated designs of unknown origin. 602 00:32:45,583 --> 00:32:48,333 NARRATOR: Crop circles range from small discs 603 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,500 to elaborate pictograms hundreds of feet across. 604 00:32:52,583 --> 00:32:54,875 They have been found in various crops, 605 00:32:55,083 --> 00:32:58,292 including wheat, barley, oilseed rape, 606 00:32:58,458 --> 00:33:00,250 and corn. 607 00:33:00,417 --> 00:33:02,708 TAYLOR: In terms of the patterns themselves, 608 00:33:02,917 --> 00:33:04,875 they've been undergoing this amazing 609 00:33:05,042 --> 00:33:06,917 sort of ramp up in sophistication. 610 00:33:07,042 --> 00:33:09,792 You can find these huge, 611 00:33:09,958 --> 00:33:12,250 what they call pictographs, that span 612 00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:14,875 hundreds of feet across a whole field, 613 00:33:15,042 --> 00:33:18,000 and feature multiple components. 614 00:33:18,167 --> 00:33:21,083 And they're arranged with mathematical precision. 615 00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:25,583 Crop circles appear in more than 50 countries. 616 00:33:26,625 --> 00:33:29,667 And there literally have been thousands of them. 617 00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:33,375 Maybe over 10,000 crop circles 618 00:33:33,542 --> 00:33:37,125 that we're aware of in the modern era. 619 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:41,000 One of the first in 1966, 620 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:43,458 it was Tully, Queensland, Australia. 621 00:33:43,625 --> 00:33:48,625 A farmer heard a buzzing sound and literally saw 622 00:33:48,792 --> 00:33:53,667 this big round, maybe 30-feet-diameter craft, disk, 623 00:33:53,833 --> 00:33:55,625 rising up out of what essentially 624 00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:58,083 was marshy, reedy ground. 625 00:33:58,250 --> 00:34:00,792 And it goes up and disappears, 626 00:34:00,917 --> 00:34:03,958 and left behind the circle. 627 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:06,583 HENRY: He finds a circular area where the grass 628 00:34:06,708 --> 00:34:10,333 in the swamp or the reeds are matted down. 629 00:34:10,458 --> 00:34:12,792 This is reported in the Australian press, 630 00:34:12,958 --> 00:34:15,083 and they start labeling these "UFO nests," 631 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:18,333 or "flying saucer nests." 632 00:34:18,458 --> 00:34:22,542 HOWE: Something keeps laying things down in sequence 633 00:34:22,708 --> 00:34:27,208 as if it has a big picture of how it is communicating 634 00:34:27,375 --> 00:34:31,667 with this planet, but it is doing so in pieces. 635 00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:35,833 What in the world is making these patterns and why? 636 00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:41,042 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that the answer may be 637 00:34:41,208 --> 00:34:44,333 encoded within the crop circles themselves 638 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:49,000 and might have critical implications for mankind. 639 00:34:49,167 --> 00:34:52,500 As evidence, they point to an elaborate formation 640 00:34:52,625 --> 00:34:55,625 that appeared in Wroughton, England in 2008. 641 00:34:57,250 --> 00:34:59,375 One formation had everyone baffled 642 00:34:59,542 --> 00:35:01,500 and people were saying, "Well, what is this?" 643 00:35:02,583 --> 00:35:04,750 Then a mathematician had a look at it and said, 644 00:35:04,917 --> 00:35:08,125 "Wait a minute, that's a representation of pi, 645 00:35:08,250 --> 00:35:11,333 and it's correct down to ten decimal places." 646 00:35:12,375 --> 00:35:15,333 It's a representation of pi in a geometric sense. 647 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:18,500 It's kind of interesting because the way you get pi 648 00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:22,500 out of it is the lengths of the different arcs in each segment. 649 00:35:23,542 --> 00:35:25,500 And what happens is there's these little notches 650 00:35:25,708 --> 00:35:28,792 in the spiral that let you know you're at the end of an arc 651 00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:32,417 so you actually have to measure the arc lengths as you go around 652 00:35:32,542 --> 00:35:34,833 and their lengths give you the digits of pi. 653 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,458 And there's a little circle to give you the decimal point. 654 00:35:37,583 --> 00:35:40,042 So it's a really interesting example of using 655 00:35:40,208 --> 00:35:43,625 geometry as a code for representing digits and numbers. 656 00:35:45,208 --> 00:35:48,500 Many of the most famous crop circles 657 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:51,333 actually derive from fractal patterns. 658 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:54,917 which is a mathematical shape. 659 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,167 The Mandelbrot set. 660 00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:02,125 The Julia set. 661 00:36:02,292 --> 00:36:06,750 To make these you have to have knowledge of math. 662 00:36:06,917 --> 00:36:10,708 Mathematics is of course the universal language. 663 00:36:12,083 --> 00:36:14,583 Could crop circles, as some believe, 664 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:17,458 be an attempt from an alien civilization 665 00:36:17,583 --> 00:36:20,417 to reach out and communicate with us? 666 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:26,583 There is only one alien code left on our countdown. 667 00:36:26,708 --> 00:36:29,208 And we've definitely saved the best for last, 668 00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,333 because this code is one 669 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:35,333 that we're all carrying with us. 670 00:36:39,125 --> 00:36:42,333 So far on our countdown of the top alien codes, 671 00:36:42,458 --> 00:36:45,875 we've investigated extraordinary sites 672 00:36:46,042 --> 00:36:48,625 and analyzed mysterious symbols. 673 00:36:48,792 --> 00:36:52,083 But as far as I'm concerned, the most compelling discovery 674 00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:55,458 won't be found in an ancient structure 675 00:36:55,625 --> 00:36:59,208 but in a message hidden inside the human body. 676 00:37:00,667 --> 00:37:04,333 Coming in at number one: the genetic code 677 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:11,917 NARRATOR: Silves, Portugal. 1984. 678 00:37:12,042 --> 00:37:16,000 Farmers digging a well come across a mysterious object 679 00:37:16,125 --> 00:37:18,458 15 feet beneath the earth. 680 00:37:18,625 --> 00:37:21,917 A six-foot-long carved limestone egg. 681 00:37:22,958 --> 00:37:25,833 Known as the Algarve egg, it has been dated 682 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,375 to at least 3500 BC. 683 00:37:28,583 --> 00:37:32,458 And scientists conclude it could be even older. 684 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:36,417 But what interests ancient astronaut theorists the most 685 00:37:36,583 --> 00:37:39,583 is a mysterious pattern etched on its surface. 686 00:37:41,667 --> 00:37:44,500 TSOUKALOS: When we look at the Algarve egg, it had a symbol on it 687 00:37:44,625 --> 00:37:47,625 that looked like intertwined serpents. 688 00:37:47,792 --> 00:37:52,417 Or they can also be interpreted as DNA strands. 689 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:56,667 And the idea of the double helix wasn't invented 690 00:37:56,833 --> 00:37:59,292 or wasn't discovered by us human beings 691 00:37:59,458 --> 00:38:02,542 until well into the 20th century. 692 00:38:03,875 --> 00:38:05,625 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the design 693 00:38:05,792 --> 00:38:10,333 found on the Algarve egg shows the DNA double helix? 694 00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:14,000 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and suggest 695 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:17,083 that this genetic symbol 696 00:38:17,250 --> 00:38:20,125 can be found throughout the ancient world. 697 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:23,167 VON DÄNIKEN: The DNA spiral is shown 698 00:38:23,333 --> 00:38:26,417 on different antique rocks and steles. 699 00:38:26,542 --> 00:38:28,042 Just, for example, 700 00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:30,500 look at the Sumerian steles. 701 00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:34,125 There you see so-called flying geniuses 702 00:38:34,292 --> 00:38:36,958 or winged geniuses. 703 00:38:37,917 --> 00:38:41,000 Between these winged geniuses is something 704 00:38:41,208 --> 00:38:44,708 which archeology calls the tree of life. 705 00:38:44,875 --> 00:38:47,250 But if you look at the tree of life, 706 00:38:47,417 --> 00:38:52,167 it's in reality a DNA spiral. 707 00:38:52,333 --> 00:38:55,625 NARRATOR: How is it possible that the double helix appears 708 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:58,333 in ancient carvings and artwork 709 00:38:58,542 --> 00:39:01,250 when it wasn't discovered by modern scientists 710 00:39:01,375 --> 00:39:04,125 until 1953? 711 00:39:04,250 --> 00:39:06,917 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 712 00:39:07,125 --> 00:39:10,500 clues have been hidden within our own cells. 713 00:39:10,583 --> 00:39:15,917 In 2013, Kazakhstani scientists Vladimir Shcherbak 714 00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:19,833 and Maxim Makukov published a shocking proposal 715 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,125 that there is an intelligent code 716 00:39:22,292 --> 00:39:25,417 that can be found in our own DNA. 717 00:39:25,625 --> 00:39:28,750 They concluded that there was 718 00:39:28,875 --> 00:39:32,292 a certain amount of mathematical precision 719 00:39:32,458 --> 00:39:36,458 and what's known as a digital checking 720 00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:38,542 built into our DNA, 721 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:40,875 like computer codes have. 722 00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:44,333 Checking codes to make sure that all the other codes are right. 723 00:39:44,542 --> 00:39:47,167 NARRATOR: Ever since the theory of evolution 724 00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:51,167 was introduced by Charles Darwin in 1859, 725 00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:54,792 scientists have searched for a so-called "missing link" 726 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,167 that connects humans to our hominid ancestors. 727 00:39:58,333 --> 00:40:03,000 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest this evolutionary leap 728 00:40:03,208 --> 00:40:07,083 was made by extraterrestrial manipulation of our DNA. 729 00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:11,000 TSOUKALOS: We've always suggested that the ultimate proof 730 00:40:11,125 --> 00:40:13,833 for the ancient astronaut theory 731 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,083 will not happen because we'll discover 732 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:21,958 a buried spaceship somewhere or a ray gun in a tomb. 733 00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:27,958 But rather inside of our own DNA. 734 00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:30,333 KAKU: Believe it or not, I have colleagues of mine 735 00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:34,833 looking for secret messages in our DNA. 736 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:39,333 And some of my friends take this to the nth degree 737 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:42,375 and say, "Maybe aliens from outer space 738 00:40:42,542 --> 00:40:44,833 have left us a message." 739 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,083 Maybe there's a message there hidden 740 00:40:48,250 --> 00:40:50,458 by an advanced civilization 741 00:40:50,667 --> 00:40:52,333 and that says, "Here we are, folks. 742 00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:54,083 "We created you. 743 00:40:54,250 --> 00:40:57,667 And to prove it, we left a code for you in your DNA." 744 00:40:57,833 --> 00:41:00,500 Well, we can't rule it out. 745 00:41:02,083 --> 00:41:06,333 The idea that extraterrestrials placed a hidden message 746 00:41:06,542 --> 00:41:09,417 in our DNA is not only sensational 747 00:41:09,542 --> 00:41:11,875 but also entirely possible. 748 00:41:13,083 --> 00:41:14,500 And one thing is clear. 749 00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:16,292 Whether they're standing stones, 750 00:41:16,458 --> 00:41:18,208 elaborate mandalas 751 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:20,625 or massive geoglyphs, 752 00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:24,833 perhaps by deciphering these alien codes 753 00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:29,292 we will unlock the truth about our extraterrestrial past. 754 00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:32,833 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS