1 00:00:02,047 --> 00:00:02,922 NARRATOR: Mysterious ancient stones 2 00:00:03,088 --> 00:00:05,672 shaped into perfect spheres. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,505 WILLIAM HENRY: From Kansas to Kazakhstan, we find these stone spheres. 4 00:00:09,713 --> 00:00:11,797 Some of them are massive, 5 00:00:11,963 --> 00:00:15,172 and they bring with them this incredible mystery. 6 00:00:15,380 --> 00:00:19,255 NARRATOR: Many show clear evidence of being man-made. 7 00:00:19,380 --> 00:00:22,172 HUGH NEWMAN: Some have carvings on, like spirals, 8 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:26,422 and they look like they're created in a machine. 9 00:00:26,547 --> 00:00:30,047 NARRATOR: And some of them completely defy explanation. 10 00:00:30,213 --> 00:00:33,755 The sphere was made of elements that shouldn't 11 00:00:33,922 --> 00:00:35,630 be there naturally. 12 00:00:35,797 --> 00:00:38,172 NARRATOR: Why is it that these strange artifacts 13 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:41,130 are found in all corners of the globe? 14 00:00:41,297 --> 00:00:45,505 And might there be an otherworldly explanation? 15 00:00:45,713 --> 00:00:49,213 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Is it possible that there is a connection between 16 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:52,130 those spheres and the extraterrestrials 17 00:00:52,297 --> 00:00:54,797 who visited us thousands of years ago? 18 00:00:57,672 --> 00:01:01,547 NARRATOR: There is a doorway in the universe. 19 00:01:02,338 --> 00:01:05,713 Beyond it is the promise of truth. 20 00:01:06,838 --> 00:01:09,088 It demands we question everything 21 00:01:09,297 --> 00:01:11,672 we have ever been taught. 22 00:01:11,797 --> 00:01:15,297 The evidence is all around us. 23 00:01:15,463 --> 00:01:19,380 The future is right before our eyes. 24 00:01:19,547 --> 00:01:21,880 We are not alone. 25 00:01:22,088 --> 00:01:25,172 We have never been alone. 26 00:01:33,255 --> 00:01:37,630 Across the ancient world are mysterious monolithic monuments 27 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:39,422 carved of solid stone, 28 00:01:39,588 --> 00:01:43,130 like the obelisks of ancient Egypt, 29 00:01:43,297 --> 00:01:46,838 the Carnac alignments in Northern France, 30 00:01:47,005 --> 00:01:50,213 and the Moai statues of Easter Island. 31 00:01:51,297 --> 00:01:52,547 What purpose they served 32 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:55,672 has been the subject of much speculation. 33 00:01:56,713 --> 00:02:00,005 But perhaps the most mystifying monoliths of all 34 00:02:00,213 --> 00:02:03,338 are those that are in the shape of perfect spheres. 35 00:02:05,297 --> 00:02:07,505 Stone spheres are found all around the world, 36 00:02:07,630 --> 00:02:11,130 on every continent except maybe Antarctica. 37 00:02:11,255 --> 00:02:16,088 But it's important to note that geologists are still really 38 00:02:16,255 --> 00:02:19,380 very much in debate about how geological spheres form. 39 00:02:19,547 --> 00:02:23,005 ED BARNHART: Some of them are taller than a man. 40 00:02:23,213 --> 00:02:27,380 And many of them, they're so perfectly shaped, 41 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:30,797 they must have been shaped by the hands of man. 42 00:02:31,922 --> 00:02:35,755 HENRY: From Kansas to Kazakhstan, we find these stone spheres. 43 00:02:35,922 --> 00:02:39,005 Some of them are massive, and the key thing that links 44 00:02:39,213 --> 00:02:42,172 all of them is this incredible mystery about 45 00:02:42,338 --> 00:02:44,505 how were they created, why were they created? 46 00:02:44,713 --> 00:02:46,713 And ultimately, what is their purpose? 47 00:02:47,838 --> 00:02:50,297 NARRATOR: While ancient stone spheres have been found 48 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:52,380 that are of enormous proportions, 49 00:02:52,547 --> 00:02:55,922 they exist in a vast range of sizes, 50 00:02:56,088 --> 00:02:58,213 and geologists remain divided 51 00:02:58,380 --> 00:03:01,297 about just how they were formed. 52 00:03:01,463 --> 00:03:04,338 Some are clearly natural formations, 53 00:03:04,463 --> 00:03:08,338 but experts agree that many spheres show evidence 54 00:03:08,505 --> 00:03:11,338 of having been artificially shaped. 55 00:03:11,505 --> 00:03:14,963 The question is, what purpose did they serve? 56 00:03:15,130 --> 00:03:17,005 I think that one of the reasons they might 57 00:03:17,172 --> 00:03:18,505 have been constructing these spheres is 58 00:03:18,630 --> 00:03:21,213 to mimic what they see in nature. 59 00:03:22,213 --> 00:03:25,380 DOMINIC STEAVU: There's a geometrical perfection that comes with the sphere. 60 00:03:25,547 --> 00:03:30,463 It might be, perhaps, a connection to planets. 61 00:03:30,588 --> 00:03:33,505 Sun, the Moon, the stars. All of these are spherical. 62 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:36,713 And if you look deeper, at the microscopic level, 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,338 at the atomic level, you have the same patterns 64 00:03:39,505 --> 00:03:42,338 of spheres as very important building blocks. 65 00:03:42,547 --> 00:03:44,838 So, this fascination with spheres 66 00:03:45,005 --> 00:03:46,213 might be a reflection of this. 67 00:03:47,255 --> 00:03:49,672 NARRATOR: What could explain why ancient people 68 00:03:49,838 --> 00:03:53,297 all over the world fashioned spheres out of stone? 69 00:03:53,505 --> 00:03:57,963 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining a discovery 70 00:03:58,130 --> 00:04:01,255 made deep in the jungles of Central America 71 00:04:01,380 --> 00:04:04,880 that defies explanation. 72 00:04:07,255 --> 00:04:11,422 Southwest Costa Rica, 1939. 73 00:04:12,422 --> 00:04:15,297 Workers with the United Fruit Company 74 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:18,297 begin clearing the rainforest near the Diquis Delta 75 00:04:18,422 --> 00:04:20,255 for a new banana plantation. 76 00:04:21,380 --> 00:04:23,713 While making their way through the dense vegetation, 77 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,005 the workmen find dozens of giant stone spheres. 78 00:04:29,463 --> 00:04:33,047 They started to find these massive stone spheres 79 00:04:33,213 --> 00:04:35,505 that they had no clue why they were there. 80 00:04:36,672 --> 00:04:39,505 The instruction for them was, if you find anything, just move it. 81 00:04:39,630 --> 00:04:41,338 And they just started to move them. 82 00:04:41,505 --> 00:04:43,880 But they just kept appearing. 83 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,713 NARRATOR: In 1943, the archeological journal American Antiquity 84 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,463 published photos of the mysterious spheres, 85 00:04:52,630 --> 00:04:54,130 which caught the attention 86 00:04:54,297 --> 00:04:57,880 of American archaeologist Dr. Samuel Lothrop. 87 00:04:58,047 --> 00:05:02,672 Five years later, Dr. Lothrop led an excavation of the area 88 00:05:02,838 --> 00:05:06,463 and discovered hundreds of stone spheres. 89 00:05:06,672 --> 00:05:10,213 They range in size from just a few inches 90 00:05:10,380 --> 00:05:12,005 to more than six feet in diameter, 91 00:05:12,172 --> 00:05:14,672 and weigh up to 15 tons. 92 00:05:14,838 --> 00:05:18,588 Archeologists soon discovered stone spheres 93 00:05:18,755 --> 00:05:22,963 throughout the Diquis Delta, and on the nearby Isla del Caño. 94 00:05:24,130 --> 00:05:25,672 Many were found with artifacts from 95 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,505 the ancient Indigenous Diquis culture, 96 00:05:28,713 --> 00:05:31,963 and are believed to be at least a thousand years old. 97 00:05:33,255 --> 00:05:35,963 About 300 have been discovered so far. 98 00:05:36,130 --> 00:05:39,047 Some of them are fairly small, like the size of footballs. 99 00:05:39,213 --> 00:05:40,797 Others are huge, 100 00:05:40,922 --> 00:05:44,672 between eight and nine feet tall and wide. 101 00:05:44,838 --> 00:05:48,088 Some have carvings on, like spirals... 102 00:05:49,463 --> 00:05:52,380 ...and what looks like boats or ships. 103 00:05:52,588 --> 00:05:55,755 They look like they're created in a machine. 104 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,338 NARRATOR: Researchers believe the stone that the spheres are carved from 105 00:06:00,547 --> 00:06:03,005 is not local to the Diquis Delta, 106 00:06:03,172 --> 00:06:05,047 but was transported from a quarry 107 00:06:05,213 --> 00:06:08,547 that was located more than 50 miles away. 108 00:06:09,505 --> 00:06:11,547 CARRANZA: The quarries of this material 109 00:06:11,713 --> 00:06:14,005 are allegedly found at least 110 00:06:14,213 --> 00:06:16,130 a few dozen kilometers from the site 111 00:06:16,297 --> 00:06:18,838 where the spheres are located. 112 00:06:19,005 --> 00:06:21,922 So that brings us questions of transportation. 113 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,838 Walking around the rainforest is not an easy task. 114 00:06:26,005 --> 00:06:28,755 You have creeks, you have mountains, you have hills, 115 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,380 you have branches, you have tree roots. 116 00:06:31,547 --> 00:06:34,005 So how were they moved? 117 00:06:34,130 --> 00:06:38,547 NARRATOR: Just as puzzling as how the massive objects were moved 118 00:06:38,713 --> 00:06:40,338 is how they were made. 119 00:06:40,547 --> 00:06:44,338 Archeologists believe that the Diquis civilization 120 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:47,630 carved the spheres with simple stone tools. 121 00:06:48,672 --> 00:06:51,338 But some researchers argue that creating 122 00:06:51,505 --> 00:06:54,338 such a precise shape would be difficult to achieve, 123 00:06:54,505 --> 00:06:56,588 even with today's technology. 124 00:06:57,630 --> 00:06:59,630 WHITEHILL: It's important to note that these are, 125 00:06:59,755 --> 00:07:01,963 in some reports, granitic, which are very, 126 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:05,547 very hard rocks to shape, to form, to move, 127 00:07:05,755 --> 00:07:08,797 and to quarry in any capacity. 128 00:07:08,922 --> 00:07:11,588 If we wanted to make these same spheres, 129 00:07:11,755 --> 00:07:13,713 we would need something harder than granite. 130 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,547 And there are very few substances that are harder. 131 00:07:17,713 --> 00:07:19,172 JIM VIEIRA: What's noteworthy is some of them are 132 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:20,547 almost perfectly spherical. 133 00:07:20,713 --> 00:07:22,463 And that's a very tall task 134 00:07:22,630 --> 00:07:25,380 to create that with the tools of the time. 135 00:07:25,547 --> 00:07:28,297 As a stonemason, I would use diamond saws, 136 00:07:28,463 --> 00:07:30,672 I would use polishing items. 137 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,172 But when you look at Indigenous people 138 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:35,047 that were purported to have made them, 139 00:07:35,213 --> 00:07:37,172 did they have those machines, did they have that equipment, 140 00:07:37,380 --> 00:07:38,630 did they have that technology? 141 00:07:40,213 --> 00:07:42,755 NARRATOR: How could a culture that only had access 142 00:07:42,922 --> 00:07:46,380 to stone chisels and rudimentary tools have carved 143 00:07:46,547 --> 00:07:49,713 and transported such enormous stone spheres? 144 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:54,172 And what could have been their reason for doing so? 145 00:07:54,380 --> 00:07:56,213 CARRANZA: Since the United Fruit Company 146 00:07:56,380 --> 00:07:57,963 started moving the spheres, 147 00:07:58,130 --> 00:08:00,547 we do not know the original location of most of them. 148 00:08:00,713 --> 00:08:03,672 You start to wonder, what if we could go back in time 149 00:08:03,838 --> 00:08:06,672 and see the exact location of all the spheres? 150 00:08:06,797 --> 00:08:09,338 What would they show? Would they show a pattern? 151 00:08:09,547 --> 00:08:11,505 Would they show a constellation map? 152 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:13,880 Would they be like the Nazca lines? 153 00:08:14,088 --> 00:08:16,172 Like a pattern that you could only see from above? 154 00:08:17,755 --> 00:08:20,672 NARRATOR: Although documentation to explain the spheres 155 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,463 does not exist, according to local legend, 156 00:08:23,588 --> 00:08:26,755 they were created by the gods. 157 00:08:28,463 --> 00:08:32,005 HENRY: One very interesting explanation for the Costa Rica spheres is 158 00:08:32,213 --> 00:08:34,755 that they were created by Tara, the god of thunder, 159 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,922 who used some sort of a blowpipe to shoot these spheres 160 00:08:39,088 --> 00:08:42,255 out of the pipe in order to push back hurricanes. 161 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,547 Ancient astronaut theory says that within legends like this, 162 00:08:47,713 --> 00:08:49,505 there's often a kernel of truth. 163 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:51,588 And so you have to wonder, 164 00:08:51,713 --> 00:08:53,672 is this a calling card 165 00:08:53,838 --> 00:08:55,463 from some extraterrestrial entity, 166 00:08:55,588 --> 00:08:58,797 a sky god, Tara, with some sort of message? 167 00:08:58,963 --> 00:09:04,505 TSOUKALOS: To me, the ancient legend of the god of thunder illustrates 168 00:09:04,713 --> 00:09:08,213 an example of misunderstood technology. 169 00:09:08,380 --> 00:09:13,463 Clearly those spheres themselves never descended from the sky. 170 00:09:13,672 --> 00:09:18,588 But maybe our ancestors saw 171 00:09:18,755 --> 00:09:24,297 the appearance of a spherical craft by the extraterrestrials 172 00:09:24,505 --> 00:09:27,213 who visited us thousands of years ago. 173 00:09:28,838 --> 00:09:31,963 NARRATOR: Was the creation of the mysterious stone spheres 174 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:36,547 found in Costa Rica inspired by an extraterrestrial event, 175 00:09:36,672 --> 00:09:39,005 as ancient astronaut theorists propose? 176 00:09:39,213 --> 00:09:43,672 And if so, just what, exactly, do they represent? 177 00:09:44,838 --> 00:09:47,880 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining 178 00:09:48,047 --> 00:09:52,213 the largest stone spheres ever discovered. 179 00:09:56,922 --> 00:10:01,338 NARRATOR: Zavidovici, Bosnia, 1999. 180 00:10:02,255 --> 00:10:07,838 Archaeologist Dr. Sam Osmanagich and a small team of researchers 181 00:10:07,922 --> 00:10:10,088 are hiking along the Bosna River 182 00:10:10,213 --> 00:10:13,505 when they come upon an astonishing sight. 183 00:10:13,672 --> 00:10:17,338 In the midst of the dense forest are massive boulders 184 00:10:17,505 --> 00:10:21,172 that do not appear to be part of the natural landscape. 185 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:25,505 We discovered six of them intact, 186 00:10:25,672 --> 00:10:29,047 perfectly preserved and perfectly spherical. 187 00:10:30,255 --> 00:10:33,297 NARRATOR: To Dr. Osmanagich, the near-perfect shape 188 00:10:33,422 --> 00:10:34,880 of the objects is compelling. 189 00:10:36,255 --> 00:10:38,505 And he begins to comb the region in search 190 00:10:38,713 --> 00:10:40,380 of other stone spheres. 191 00:10:40,547 --> 00:10:42,838 OSMANAGICH: We have been researching 192 00:10:43,047 --> 00:10:47,922 the stone spheres in Bosnia for 25 years, 193 00:10:48,088 --> 00:10:52,880 and we have discovered 20 different locations. 194 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,130 The stone spheres in Bosnia come 195 00:10:56,297 --> 00:10:58,547 in four different materials. 196 00:10:58,713 --> 00:11:01,213 Granite, volcanic stone, 197 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:03,797 sandstone and limestone. 198 00:11:03,922 --> 00:11:06,172 And different sizes, also. 199 00:11:06,338 --> 00:11:08,338 In most cases, 200 00:11:08,463 --> 00:11:10,547 they are over one ton. 201 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:14,672 NARRATOR: After his initial discovery of the stone spheres, 202 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,297 Dr. Osmanagich expanded his search. 203 00:11:18,380 --> 00:11:20,672 And in 2016, he spotted 204 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,963 the most enormous stone sphere 205 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:26,172 he had ever seen hidden in the forest floor. 206 00:11:26,380 --> 00:11:29,713 OSMANAGICH: We could see that the small part of the sphere 207 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,505 was sticking out. 208 00:11:31,713 --> 00:11:33,213 We started clearing it, 209 00:11:33,380 --> 00:11:36,755 realizing that it was huge. 210 00:11:36,922 --> 00:11:38,713 Monumental in size. 211 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,630 Once we cleared almost all of it, 212 00:11:41,713 --> 00:11:43,672 we've done the measurements. 213 00:11:44,963 --> 00:11:48,505 It is more than three meters in diameter. 214 00:11:48,630 --> 00:11:52,755 The specific weight: 37 tons. 215 00:11:53,755 --> 00:11:57,338 So, this was the largest stone sphere discovery 216 00:11:57,547 --> 00:11:59,963 in the world. 217 00:12:02,130 --> 00:12:04,797 NARRATOR: How the Bosnian stone spheres were created 218 00:12:04,963 --> 00:12:06,380 remains a mystery. 219 00:12:06,547 --> 00:12:08,463 Some geologists suggest 220 00:12:08,672 --> 00:12:11,047 they were shaped through erosion. 221 00:12:11,213 --> 00:12:14,255 But others believe the spheres are simply too perfect 222 00:12:14,422 --> 00:12:16,380 to have been formed naturally. 223 00:12:18,672 --> 00:12:20,630 There is a process called "spherical" 224 00:12:20,713 --> 00:12:22,588 or "spheroidal" weathering 225 00:12:22,713 --> 00:12:25,297 that is very, very common. 226 00:12:26,630 --> 00:12:29,297 We see them on the landscape in Arizona, 227 00:12:29,463 --> 00:12:31,463 everywhere, called hoodoos. 228 00:12:31,630 --> 00:12:33,338 You can see them out in Alabama Hills, 229 00:12:33,505 --> 00:12:35,338 out in Owens Valley. 230 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:37,922 There's a lot of examples of this sort of sphere weathering. 231 00:12:38,088 --> 00:12:41,005 But rarely are they perfect spheres. 232 00:12:41,172 --> 00:12:44,463 And so it could be that some of these stones started out 233 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:46,630 mostly spheroidal, and then were worked 234 00:12:46,755 --> 00:12:49,463 into a... 235 00:12:49,672 --> 00:12:52,005 more perfect sphere. 236 00:12:52,130 --> 00:12:54,172 The one in particular that I'm thinking of, 237 00:12:54,338 --> 00:12:55,672 Bosnia, that's been, 238 00:12:55,797 --> 00:12:57,672 um, in the headlines lately 239 00:12:57,838 --> 00:12:59,672 has evidence of heat treating 240 00:12:59,838 --> 00:13:01,922 to help facilitate polishing. 241 00:13:02,088 --> 00:13:05,380 McGOWAN: These are not just round stones. 242 00:13:05,547 --> 00:13:08,297 They are 96% perfect 243 00:13:08,463 --> 00:13:10,005 in their spherical form. 244 00:13:10,213 --> 00:13:12,255 That's not something that's created by the Earth. 245 00:13:13,713 --> 00:13:16,463 NARRATOR: The near-perfect measurements of the stone spheres 246 00:13:16,547 --> 00:13:18,838 convinced Dr. Osmanagich 247 00:13:19,047 --> 00:13:21,963 that they were carved by artificial means. 248 00:13:22,130 --> 00:13:25,588 And in 2016, he sparked controversy 249 00:13:25,797 --> 00:13:28,130 when he announced that he believed 250 00:13:28,255 --> 00:13:32,047 they originated with some unknown civilization. 251 00:13:33,213 --> 00:13:34,963 OSMANAGICH: Who made them? 252 00:13:35,130 --> 00:13:37,047 We don't have precise answer, but we know 253 00:13:37,213 --> 00:13:40,213 that they were made by ancient builders. 254 00:13:40,422 --> 00:13:41,713 Why? 255 00:13:41,838 --> 00:13:44,422 Granite never comes 256 00:13:44,588 --> 00:13:47,255 in spherical shape in nature. 257 00:13:48,547 --> 00:13:51,755 NARRATOR: If the stone spheres are not naturally formed, 258 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,338 as Dr. Osmanagich suggests, 259 00:13:54,547 --> 00:13:56,505 when were they made? 260 00:13:56,588 --> 00:13:58,005 Many of the spheres 261 00:13:58,172 --> 00:14:00,672 are impossible to scientifically date, 262 00:14:00,838 --> 00:14:02,963 but based on the layers of soil 263 00:14:03,130 --> 00:14:05,422 where the largest stone sphere was discovered, 264 00:14:05,588 --> 00:14:10,963 Dr. Osmanagich believes it is up to 100,000 years old. 265 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,005 We don't have very specific time, 266 00:14:14,172 --> 00:14:16,630 but what we do know, extremely old. 267 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:18,213 How do we know that? 268 00:14:19,422 --> 00:14:21,838 The Bosnian stones sphere, the biggest one, 269 00:14:22,047 --> 00:14:25,130 is discovered below the tree-- 270 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:26,672 50 years-- 271 00:14:26,797 --> 00:14:29,672 dark soil-- 100 years-- 272 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,505 light soil-- couple of hundred years. 273 00:14:32,630 --> 00:14:34,922 We have light clay. 274 00:14:35,130 --> 00:14:36,797 Almost 1,000 years. 275 00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:38,672 We have dark clay, we have gray clay. 276 00:14:38,838 --> 00:14:40,088 Tens of thousands of years. 277 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:43,338 And, finally, we have sandstone plate. 278 00:14:43,505 --> 00:14:47,172 100,000-plus years. 279 00:14:48,713 --> 00:14:51,963 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the stone spheres in Bosnia 280 00:14:52,130 --> 00:14:54,463 were created by some unknown culture 281 00:14:54,630 --> 00:14:57,255 tens of thousands of years ago? 282 00:14:57,422 --> 00:15:00,047 And if so, how? 283 00:15:00,213 --> 00:15:02,838 OSMANAGICH: According to the mainstream archeologists, 284 00:15:02,963 --> 00:15:04,797 until a couple of thousands of years back, 285 00:15:04,922 --> 00:15:07,130 the only tools were copper tools. 286 00:15:08,130 --> 00:15:10,672 Copper is soft material. 287 00:15:10,797 --> 00:15:12,672 You cannot use copper tools 288 00:15:12,838 --> 00:15:15,005 to shape granite stones. 289 00:15:15,213 --> 00:15:18,672 Of course this is us, 21st-century civilization. 290 00:15:18,838 --> 00:15:20,630 What did they use? 291 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:25,338 NARRATOR: To try and understand how these artifacts were shaped, 292 00:15:25,463 --> 00:15:29,297 Dr. Osmanagich had several samples taken from the spheres 293 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:30,672 analyzed in a lab 294 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,297 at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. 295 00:15:33,463 --> 00:15:35,922 We realized that there is a difference 296 00:15:36,088 --> 00:15:39,463 between their physical and chemical properties 297 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:43,005 and natural stone materials. 298 00:15:43,172 --> 00:15:45,172 McGOWAN: There is a chemical component 299 00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:47,172 that was found within the spheres. 300 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:50,630 And this chemical has not been able to be identified. 301 00:15:52,213 --> 00:15:54,755 NARRATOR: If the giant stone spheres in Bosnia 302 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,755 were created by an ancient civilization, 303 00:15:57,922 --> 00:16:00,047 what purpose did they serve? 304 00:16:00,213 --> 00:16:03,088 The precise engineering of the monoliths, 305 00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:05,630 and the fact that many are made of granite, 306 00:16:05,797 --> 00:16:08,297 has convinced Dr. Osmanagich 307 00:16:08,463 --> 00:16:11,172 that the stone spheres' true purpose was to transmit 308 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:14,172 Earth energy that occurs in the region. 309 00:16:15,172 --> 00:16:19,255 It seems that they had multi-layer purpose. 310 00:16:19,422 --> 00:16:22,963 According to the new science, bio-geometry, 311 00:16:23,130 --> 00:16:25,713 three most powerful geometrical shapes 312 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,005 when it comes to the energy, are: 313 00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:30,588 four-sided pyramid, 314 00:16:30,755 --> 00:16:32,672 conical shape, 315 00:16:32,797 --> 00:16:35,505 and the third one is the sphere. 316 00:16:35,672 --> 00:16:38,338 Those three geometrical shapes 317 00:16:38,547 --> 00:16:40,630 amplify the energies. 318 00:16:41,922 --> 00:16:43,755 Most of the stone balls 319 00:16:43,922 --> 00:16:45,838 have quartz crystal. 320 00:16:46,047 --> 00:16:48,547 Quartz crystal has the ability 321 00:16:48,713 --> 00:16:51,047 to amplify the energy. 322 00:16:51,213 --> 00:16:54,797 McGOWAN: Dr. Semir Osmanagich talks about 323 00:16:54,963 --> 00:16:57,797 the use of these spheres as, potentially, 324 00:16:57,963 --> 00:16:59,255 small power supplies. 325 00:16:59,422 --> 00:17:01,547 And this makes sense when you look at them 326 00:17:01,713 --> 00:17:04,255 in context with the rest of Bosnia. 327 00:17:05,338 --> 00:17:07,588 When you're sitting in this creek bed, 328 00:17:07,755 --> 00:17:11,755 surrounded by these spheres, it's hard to describe, 329 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,213 but it does feel powerful. 330 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:17,047 It feels like it is generating energy. 331 00:17:20,630 --> 00:17:23,297 NARRATOR: Did the giant stone spheres in Bosnia 332 00:17:23,422 --> 00:17:26,172 once serve a technological function? 333 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:28,922 And if so, might other stone spheres 334 00:17:29,047 --> 00:17:31,255 have a similar purpose? 335 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:35,005 Perhaps answers can be found by examining 336 00:17:35,172 --> 00:17:37,797 hundreds of stone spheres in Mexico 337 00:17:37,963 --> 00:17:40,547 that were hidden for centuries. 338 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:50,547 NARRATOR: Teotihuacan, Mexico. 339 00:17:51,505 --> 00:17:54,672 This ancient pyramid site was once home 340 00:17:54,838 --> 00:17:56,422 to a mysterious civilization 341 00:17:56,588 --> 00:17:59,255 dating back to the first century AD. 342 00:17:59,422 --> 00:18:03,797 A time long before the Aztec arrived in this region. 343 00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:07,297 Since the early 1990s, 344 00:18:07,422 --> 00:18:09,797 archaeologists have been exploring 345 00:18:10,005 --> 00:18:14,338 the dozens of subterranean rooms, tunnels, and pathways 346 00:18:14,422 --> 00:18:18,213 that lie below this eight-square-mile complex. 347 00:18:20,338 --> 00:18:23,255 They've been doing a lot of excavations to understand 348 00:18:23,380 --> 00:18:26,588 the nature and the relationship of the different pyramids. 349 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,130 And they're exploring underneath 350 00:18:30,297 --> 00:18:32,088 the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. 351 00:18:32,255 --> 00:18:34,838 And so they've made some really nice maps 352 00:18:35,005 --> 00:18:37,505 of the pathways and such that are underneath the temple 353 00:18:37,672 --> 00:18:41,422 and exposed caverns in areas that they didn't know existed. 354 00:18:42,713 --> 00:18:44,422 NARRATOR: In May of 2013, 355 00:18:44,588 --> 00:18:48,630 researchers working beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent 356 00:18:48,713 --> 00:18:50,630 employed a small robot 357 00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:53,380 called Tlaloc II-TC 358 00:18:53,505 --> 00:18:56,588 to explore the recently uncovered area. 359 00:18:56,755 --> 00:18:58,505 Inside one chamber, 360 00:18:58,630 --> 00:19:01,463 archeologists made a curious discovery. 361 00:19:01,630 --> 00:19:06,505 They found more than 100 gold-colored metallic spheres. 362 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:09,297 COLLINS: These tiny balls 363 00:19:09,463 --> 00:19:11,838 are probably anything between 364 00:19:12,005 --> 00:19:15,005 an inch to about five inches in diameter. 365 00:19:15,172 --> 00:19:18,505 And what we can say is that 366 00:19:18,672 --> 00:19:21,130 when they were actually put in place, 367 00:19:21,338 --> 00:19:24,255 uh, probably about 2,000 years ago, 368 00:19:24,422 --> 00:19:26,672 you would've had this incredible 369 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,172 shining gallery of lights 370 00:19:29,338 --> 00:19:31,172 as you went down it. 371 00:19:31,297 --> 00:19:34,130 WHITEHILL: They appear gold, but when you look at them 372 00:19:34,297 --> 00:19:35,838 under chemical inspection, 373 00:19:36,005 --> 00:19:39,755 it appears that that gold color is the mineral pyrite. 374 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:44,380 The Mexican archeologists are completely perplexed. 375 00:19:44,547 --> 00:19:46,380 They haven't seen anything like this before. 376 00:19:46,588 --> 00:19:48,463 They haven't seen anything like this 377 00:19:48,672 --> 00:19:51,088 in their explorations of the other temples. 378 00:19:51,255 --> 00:19:53,672 So there's lots of questions to be answered still. 379 00:19:57,838 --> 00:20:00,463 NARRATOR: Archeologists retrieved several spheres 380 00:20:00,588 --> 00:20:02,880 from the chamber, and when they analyzed them, 381 00:20:03,047 --> 00:20:05,463 they were amazed by what they found. 382 00:20:05,588 --> 00:20:09,255 BARNHART: The sparkly spheres that were found 383 00:20:09,422 --> 00:20:12,797 in Teotihuacan really are an enigma. 384 00:20:12,963 --> 00:20:15,172 As far as how they were made, 385 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:17,005 men definitely made them. 386 00:20:17,213 --> 00:20:18,505 We have looked at those spheres. 387 00:20:18,672 --> 00:20:20,338 And they are clay. 388 00:20:20,505 --> 00:20:22,630 They are, like, sunbaked clay 389 00:20:22,838 --> 00:20:25,672 that was then rolled in pyrite dust. 390 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,463 That's why they have that kind of yellow color. 391 00:20:29,463 --> 00:20:32,297 Why they did it... I don't know. 392 00:20:33,630 --> 00:20:36,047 HENRY: Nobody knows the purpose of them, 393 00:20:36,213 --> 00:20:38,463 why they were made, or even who made them, 394 00:20:38,588 --> 00:20:40,172 but the fact that they're there 395 00:20:40,338 --> 00:20:42,338 tells us they are of utmost importance 396 00:20:42,505 --> 00:20:44,588 to what went on at the temple. 397 00:20:47,463 --> 00:20:48,672 NARRATOR: The golden spheres found 398 00:20:48,838 --> 00:20:50,963 under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent 399 00:20:51,172 --> 00:20:53,505 are a mystery to archaeologists, 400 00:20:53,630 --> 00:20:56,463 but some believe they may be representations 401 00:20:56,588 --> 00:21:00,838 of celestial bodies observed in the night sky. 402 00:21:01,005 --> 00:21:05,338 But ancient astronaut theorists suggest the mysterious spheres 403 00:21:05,547 --> 00:21:08,130 could have served a more profound purpose, 404 00:21:08,297 --> 00:21:12,588 and point to another discovery made in 1906. 405 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,130 COLLINS: At Teotihuacan, 406 00:21:16,297 --> 00:21:18,630 huge mica sheets have been found 407 00:21:18,797 --> 00:21:22,380 beneath a layer of stone flooring 408 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:26,172 that were 90 feet square, 409 00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:29,172 and they were placed directly on top of each other, 410 00:21:29,338 --> 00:21:30,838 and yet, you couldn't see them. 411 00:21:32,463 --> 00:21:36,547 So, they clearly weren't decorative or aesthetic, 412 00:21:36,713 --> 00:21:40,505 they were clearly functional in their use. 413 00:21:40,713 --> 00:21:43,130 So what were they doing there? 414 00:21:43,297 --> 00:21:45,255 TSOUKALOS: We use mica today 415 00:21:45,422 --> 00:21:47,380 in spacefaring technology. 416 00:21:47,547 --> 00:21:49,672 It's a heat shield 417 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,088 for high, very, very high temperatures. 418 00:21:53,213 --> 00:21:55,380 What is it doing at Teotihuacan? 419 00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:59,463 What's also fascinating is that, throughout Teotihuacan, 420 00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:03,005 you see burn marks on the walls. 421 00:22:03,213 --> 00:22:06,963 So, at some point, Teotihuacan 422 00:22:07,130 --> 00:22:10,172 underwent a gigantic fire. 423 00:22:10,297 --> 00:22:13,213 Or was it something else? 424 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:16,338 Was it some type of a blast? 425 00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:18,463 Was it some type of an exhaust? 426 00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:20,547 NARRATOR: Curiously, 427 00:22:20,713 --> 00:22:23,505 mica wasn't the only unusual substance 428 00:22:23,672 --> 00:22:26,338 found within the ancient structure. 429 00:22:26,463 --> 00:22:29,338 NEWMAN: They actually found mercury 430 00:22:29,505 --> 00:22:31,172 under some of the pyramids as well. 431 00:22:31,297 --> 00:22:32,672 So what does this all mean? 432 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,297 Well, mercury is used 433 00:22:34,463 --> 00:22:36,172 in different electrical components, 434 00:22:36,338 --> 00:22:38,338 and it conducts electricity. 435 00:22:38,547 --> 00:22:40,255 So, can we suggest that they were 436 00:22:40,422 --> 00:22:44,005 using this for some advanced technological purpose? 437 00:22:44,172 --> 00:22:47,380 DAVID CHILDRESS: Mercury itself is-is very special. 438 00:22:47,547 --> 00:22:50,672 It's a metal, it's a liquid, it's an electrical conductor. 439 00:22:50,838 --> 00:22:53,922 Mercury can be used for many, many devices, 440 00:22:54,088 --> 00:22:55,838 all of which are high-tech. 441 00:22:56,047 --> 00:23:00,630 So you have to wonder, what is going on here at Teotihuacan? 442 00:23:00,797 --> 00:23:04,838 Do these small balls and the mica 443 00:23:05,005 --> 00:23:08,213 and the mercury and other facets of the pyramid, 444 00:23:08,380 --> 00:23:10,380 are they all working together 445 00:23:10,547 --> 00:23:14,963 to create some kind of electrical device 446 00:23:15,130 --> 00:23:17,088 that's doing something? 447 00:23:17,213 --> 00:23:19,463 That would seem to be the case. 448 00:23:19,672 --> 00:23:23,130 NARRATOR: Does the discovery at Teotihuacan 449 00:23:23,255 --> 00:23:24,880 of both mica and mercury, 450 00:23:25,047 --> 00:23:28,755 two substances with high-tech applications, 451 00:23:28,922 --> 00:23:31,630 indicate that an advanced technology 452 00:23:31,797 --> 00:23:36,130 once existed in this ancient Mesoamerican city? 453 00:23:36,338 --> 00:23:38,838 One that involved the mysterious spheres 454 00:23:39,047 --> 00:23:42,672 found under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent? 455 00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:46,338 We've often suggested that ancient structures 456 00:23:46,463 --> 00:23:49,338 may have been used as some type 457 00:23:49,547 --> 00:23:51,213 of energy capacitor. 458 00:23:51,338 --> 00:23:54,422 An aeronautics engineer has suggested 459 00:23:54,547 --> 00:23:58,422 that the Great Pyramid of Egypt, or the whole Giza complex, 460 00:23:58,588 --> 00:24:01,422 may have been some type of a giant power plant. 461 00:24:01,630 --> 00:24:05,380 Well, what if Egypt is not the only place 462 00:24:05,547 --> 00:24:07,880 where they had something like this? 463 00:24:08,047 --> 00:24:12,547 NARRATOR: Are the small golden spheres discovered at Teotihuacan 464 00:24:12,713 --> 00:24:16,005 evidence of an extraterrestrial presence 465 00:24:16,213 --> 00:24:19,338 on Earth centuries ago? 466 00:24:19,547 --> 00:24:22,672 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 467 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,172 and suggest further clues can be found 468 00:24:25,338 --> 00:24:31,172 by examining mysterious spheres that are not from this planet. 469 00:24:37,297 --> 00:24:42,213 NARRATOR: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2019. 470 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:47,172 Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb 471 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:49,755 learns of a meteorite that exploded 472 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:53,172 over the Pacific Ocean five years earlier. 473 00:24:55,047 --> 00:24:57,505 AVI LOEB: I came across a meteor catalog 474 00:24:57,672 --> 00:24:59,338 that the government compiled 475 00:24:59,547 --> 00:25:01,505 using its missile warning system. 476 00:25:01,630 --> 00:25:03,630 The meteor, uh, burned up 477 00:25:03,755 --> 00:25:08,297 about 100 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea, 478 00:25:08,463 --> 00:25:10,713 and it released a few percent of the energy 479 00:25:10,922 --> 00:25:13,630 of the Hiroshima bomb when it exploded. 480 00:25:13,838 --> 00:25:15,672 From that, we inferred 481 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,713 it was about half a meter in size when it exploded. 482 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,797 NARRATOR: What intrigued Dr. Loeb the most 483 00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:26,172 wasn't the object's size but where it came from. 484 00:25:26,380 --> 00:25:28,005 LOEB: The meteor was actually moving 485 00:25:28,213 --> 00:25:33,088 at 60 kilometers per second, clearly unbound to the Sun. 486 00:25:33,255 --> 00:25:36,505 It must have originated from outside the solar system. 487 00:25:36,672 --> 00:25:38,713 NARRATOR: This revelation is the first time 488 00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:42,088 astronomers have identified an interstellar object 489 00:25:42,297 --> 00:25:44,547 that entered the Earth's atmosphere. 490 00:25:44,713 --> 00:25:47,297 Excited by the discovery, 491 00:25:47,463 --> 00:25:50,255 Dr. Loeb closely examined the data 492 00:25:50,422 --> 00:25:52,547 captured by the military satellites, 493 00:25:52,713 --> 00:25:55,505 and he noticed something extraordinary. 494 00:25:55,672 --> 00:25:57,755 LOEB: The government released data 495 00:25:57,963 --> 00:26:01,338 of the explosion and from that, we inferred that the object 496 00:26:01,505 --> 00:26:04,755 has material strength that is very unusual. 497 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,047 It's made of some alloy that is much tougher 498 00:26:08,213 --> 00:26:10,172 than iron meteorites. 499 00:26:10,297 --> 00:26:15,463 So, not only was this object the first interstellar meteor 500 00:26:15,630 --> 00:26:19,672 but it was also tougher than all other meteors 501 00:26:19,755 --> 00:26:23,297 detected by the government in that catalog. 502 00:26:23,463 --> 00:26:25,338 And that raises the possibility 503 00:26:25,505 --> 00:26:28,297 that it may have been a spacecraft. 504 00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:30,505 NARRATOR: Is it possible 505 00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,672 that an extraterrestrial spacecraft 506 00:26:32,797 --> 00:26:35,005 crashed into the Pacific Ocean? 507 00:26:35,213 --> 00:26:38,630 To find out, Dr. Loeb and a team of scientists 508 00:26:38,838 --> 00:26:41,547 set out in June 2023 509 00:26:41,713 --> 00:26:45,005 to attempt to retrieve any debris of the event. 510 00:26:45,130 --> 00:26:48,713 COLLINS: Avi Loeb initiated this expedition 511 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,130 off the coast of Papua New Guinea 512 00:26:51,255 --> 00:26:54,880 to try and retrieve the fragments of this meteor, 513 00:26:55,047 --> 00:26:59,838 which was now known under the name IM1. 514 00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:04,672 And this expedition was incredibly successful. 515 00:27:04,838 --> 00:27:08,672 What they managed to do, using a magnetic sledge, 516 00:27:08,838 --> 00:27:15,255 was to retrieve around 700 very tiny spherules. 517 00:27:16,547 --> 00:27:18,005 NEWMAN: The samples were sent 518 00:27:18,213 --> 00:27:21,505 to Harvard College Observatory for further study, 519 00:27:21,713 --> 00:27:24,630 because no one knows, really, where they came from 520 00:27:24,755 --> 00:27:26,630 and what they're made of. 521 00:27:26,755 --> 00:27:28,213 NARRATOR: Remarkably, 522 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,172 the material recovered by the magnetic sled, 523 00:27:31,297 --> 00:27:34,047 containing microscopic metal spherules, 524 00:27:34,213 --> 00:27:38,838 was unlike anything the scientists had ever seen. 525 00:27:40,005 --> 00:27:42,588 COLLINS: Probably about 50 to 60 so far 526 00:27:42,755 --> 00:27:44,880 have been properly studied. 527 00:27:45,047 --> 00:27:50,172 And these show elements that could not have been 528 00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:53,880 from the solar system itself, or not primarily. 529 00:27:54,088 --> 00:27:57,630 They must have come in from another star system. 530 00:27:59,213 --> 00:28:01,755 NARRATOR: To Dr. Loeb, the discovery is evidence 531 00:28:01,963 --> 00:28:04,963 that he has found remnants of the interstellar meteorite. 532 00:28:05,088 --> 00:28:08,797 But the most remarkable find was still to come. 533 00:28:08,922 --> 00:28:12,255 Further scientific testing of the mysterious objects 534 00:28:12,422 --> 00:28:15,963 revealed a composition that led Dr. Loeb to believe 535 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:20,797 they could be fragments of extraterrestrial technology. 536 00:28:20,963 --> 00:28:22,963 The spheres were found to contain 537 00:28:23,130 --> 00:28:25,672 extremely high levels of beryllium, 538 00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:28,172 lanthanum and uranium, 539 00:28:28,380 --> 00:28:33,255 making a never-before-seen compound known as "BeLaU." 540 00:28:33,422 --> 00:28:35,797 WHITEHILL: That BeLaU composition does not exist 541 00:28:35,963 --> 00:28:38,922 in any known mineral or rock that we know of. 542 00:28:39,047 --> 00:28:41,547 And so this does speak to his hypothesis 543 00:28:41,713 --> 00:28:44,838 that they're manufactured extraterrestrially. 544 00:28:45,047 --> 00:28:48,130 TSOUKALOS: Dr. Avi Loeb proposes 545 00:28:48,213 --> 00:28:54,880 that these spherules may be part of some type of E.T. technology. 546 00:28:55,047 --> 00:28:59,297 What exactly he means by that, I don't know. 547 00:28:59,463 --> 00:29:02,838 Could that really be a remnant 548 00:29:02,963 --> 00:29:07,338 of a far, far distant extraterrestrial civilization? 549 00:29:07,505 --> 00:29:12,588 NARRATOR: Word of Dr. Loeb's discovery made headlines across the globe 550 00:29:12,713 --> 00:29:16,005 and stirred up controversy among his peers. 551 00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:17,672 Within academia, there is still resistance 552 00:29:17,838 --> 00:29:20,172 to discussing this subject openly. 553 00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:25,338 However, if we do not invest in getting better data, 554 00:29:25,547 --> 00:29:29,838 we will never be able to figure out the nature of these objects. 555 00:29:30,005 --> 00:29:33,213 Unless you search, you will never find this evidence. 556 00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:36,755 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the mysterious alloy 557 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,630 is a material created by extraterrestrial beings? 558 00:29:40,797 --> 00:29:43,755 Dr. Loeb's research is ongoing. 559 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,338 But if true, the spheres he discovered 560 00:29:46,505 --> 00:29:51,172 will upend humanity's place in the universe. 561 00:29:51,338 --> 00:29:53,172 LOEB: We will publish our results 562 00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:55,005 in peer-reviewed journals 563 00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:59,380 and make them available for anyone to see. 564 00:29:59,505 --> 00:30:02,755 If we end up concluding that it was artificial in origin, 565 00:30:02,963 --> 00:30:04,672 perhaps a spacecraft, 566 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,755 that would be the first time that we found evidence 567 00:30:08,963 --> 00:30:13,255 for an object that originated from another civilization. 568 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:16,338 NARRATOR: Avi Loeb's suggestion 569 00:30:16,505 --> 00:30:17,922 that the spheres may have come 570 00:30:18,047 --> 00:30:20,213 from an extraterrestrial spacecraft 571 00:30:20,422 --> 00:30:24,005 has been hotly debated in the scientific community... 572 00:30:24,172 --> 00:30:26,213 -Got filaments here. -NARRATOR: ...but incredibly, 573 00:30:26,422 --> 00:30:30,672 another scientist has also recovered tiny metal spheres 574 00:30:30,755 --> 00:30:35,047 that he is convinced are of alien origin. 575 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,755 NARRATOR: The University of Sheffield, England, 2015. 576 00:30:43,922 --> 00:30:45,713 SCIENTIST: Andre, on you. Countdown, please. 577 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,755 NARRATOR: Astrobiologist Dr. Milton Wainwright 578 00:30:47,922 --> 00:30:50,713 -and his research team... -Three, two, one. 579 00:30:50,922 --> 00:30:52,422 NARRATOR: ...release scientific balloons 580 00:30:52,588 --> 00:30:55,130 25 miles up into the sky. 581 00:30:55,297 --> 00:30:58,172 Once a balloon reaches its target altitude, 582 00:30:58,380 --> 00:31:01,672 a capture mechanism will collect samples of material 583 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,713 within the Earth's stratosphere. 584 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,088 After the sampling is complete, the balloon bursts, 585 00:31:08,255 --> 00:31:11,505 and the capture mechanism descends back to Earth 586 00:31:11,672 --> 00:31:15,130 under the safety of a parachute. 587 00:31:15,338 --> 00:31:19,255 COLLINS: In 2015, Dr. Milton Wainwright, 588 00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:22,672 sent one of these balloons up, and it was hit 589 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,672 at an incredible rate, uh, by something 590 00:31:25,838 --> 00:31:29,172 that left behind a small crater. 591 00:31:29,380 --> 00:31:33,088 And when they actually dug into this crater 592 00:31:33,213 --> 00:31:38,338 to see what it was, it was a tiny sphere. 593 00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:42,255 And when they actually examined what the sphere was made of, 594 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:47,338 it was found to be of titanium and vanadium. 595 00:31:47,547 --> 00:31:50,047 And these are elements 596 00:31:50,213 --> 00:31:52,463 that shouldn't be there naturally 597 00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:54,505 out in the lower atmosphere. 598 00:31:55,463 --> 00:31:58,838 There's no Earth material associated with them. 599 00:31:58,963 --> 00:32:02,297 And they're too large to be carried from Earth 600 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:03,672 to these altitudes. 601 00:32:03,838 --> 00:32:06,463 They must be incoming from space. 602 00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:09,172 Where are they coming from? We just don't know. 603 00:32:10,213 --> 00:32:12,005 NARRATOR: Upon closer examination, 604 00:32:12,172 --> 00:32:15,213 Dr. Wainwright noticed the small sphere 605 00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:18,463 contained something completely unexpected. 606 00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:21,088 COLLINS: This tiny sphere, when they studied it 607 00:32:21,213 --> 00:32:23,547 under electron microscope, 608 00:32:23,755 --> 00:32:25,838 saw that it was actually a shell 609 00:32:25,963 --> 00:32:27,338 that had now broken, 610 00:32:27,547 --> 00:32:29,797 and coming out of it 611 00:32:29,922 --> 00:32:33,047 was this strange ooze that they felt 612 00:32:33,213 --> 00:32:35,672 was biological in nature. 613 00:32:36,797 --> 00:32:40,213 WAINWRIGHT: The characteristics of these organisms is very interesting. 614 00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:42,672 They're made of carbon and oxygen, 615 00:32:42,838 --> 00:32:44,672 so we know they're life-forms. 616 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,338 They don't contain silicon, so they're not bits of cosmic dust. 617 00:32:48,505 --> 00:32:50,172 They're very unusual. 618 00:32:50,338 --> 00:32:51,963 When I see the shapes of these things, I'm amazed, 619 00:32:52,172 --> 00:32:54,047 'cause I've never seen anything like them on Earth. 620 00:32:54,213 --> 00:32:58,047 There's no textbook version of the pictures we've been seeing. 621 00:32:59,088 --> 00:33:00,672 NARRATOR: Although it is still unknown 622 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,005 just where these spheres come from, 623 00:33:03,172 --> 00:33:06,005 Dr. Wainwright believes they are being used 624 00:33:06,130 --> 00:33:08,838 to introduce new life-forms on Earth. 625 00:33:08,963 --> 00:33:12,672 This concept is known as panspermia. 626 00:33:12,797 --> 00:33:15,672 The question, how life ever got here, 627 00:33:15,838 --> 00:33:19,713 to astronomers and to astrobiologists, 628 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,463 is still a gigantic question mark 629 00:33:22,588 --> 00:33:24,005 and a huge debate 630 00:33:24,213 --> 00:33:27,630 because, at some point, our planet 631 00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:32,297 was just a rock with rocks and water. That's it. 632 00:33:32,422 --> 00:33:34,338 And so, how did it all begin? 633 00:33:34,505 --> 00:33:37,297 And so, there's two ways. One is panspermia. 634 00:33:37,463 --> 00:33:41,005 Panspermia suggests that life was carried 635 00:33:41,172 --> 00:33:45,130 on the backs of comets throughout the universe. 636 00:33:45,297 --> 00:33:48,713 So, it's a natural seeding of the planets. 637 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,172 The other one is directed panspermia, 638 00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:54,338 and direct panspermia dictates 639 00:33:54,547 --> 00:33:59,005 that an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization 640 00:33:59,172 --> 00:34:01,797 that's much, much older than ours 641 00:34:01,922 --> 00:34:05,672 sent probes out to seed the planet 642 00:34:05,797 --> 00:34:08,130 with their own DNA. 643 00:34:09,463 --> 00:34:12,338 Directed panspermia is an idea first suggested 644 00:34:12,505 --> 00:34:17,172 by the famous DNA pioneer Francis Crick. 645 00:34:17,297 --> 00:34:20,463 And, basically, the idea is that maybe 646 00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:22,672 aliens sent life to Earth. 647 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,505 COLLINS: This is the idea that an alien civilization 648 00:34:26,713 --> 00:34:29,380 would send out these seeds 649 00:34:29,547 --> 00:34:32,380 into different parts of the galaxy 650 00:34:32,588 --> 00:34:35,963 that would come into the atmospheres of planets 651 00:34:36,088 --> 00:34:38,797 and eventually reach the surface. 652 00:34:38,963 --> 00:34:42,713 And this biological ooze would then create 653 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,672 the beginnings of life itself. 654 00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:49,797 CHILDRESS: With Dr. Wainwright's small metal sphere, 655 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:55,463 you have to wonder, is this protein ooze that's inside it 656 00:34:55,588 --> 00:35:00,297 something to seed the planet with life? 657 00:35:00,463 --> 00:35:03,005 And to me, that's a fascinating idea. 658 00:35:03,172 --> 00:35:06,088 And if this is the case, then 659 00:35:06,255 --> 00:35:07,880 perhaps the extraterrestrials 660 00:35:08,047 --> 00:35:11,088 are using these metallic spheres, 661 00:35:11,213 --> 00:35:15,005 which are full of some protein liquid 662 00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:18,672 that will jump-start life on the planet. 663 00:35:19,713 --> 00:35:23,088 NARRATOR: Could the tiny metal spheres found in our atmosphere 664 00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:25,630 really be designed to seed life on Earth? 665 00:35:25,713 --> 00:35:28,547 For Dr. Wainwright, the distinct shape 666 00:35:28,672 --> 00:35:33,297 of the microscopic objects presents a compelling argument. 667 00:35:33,463 --> 00:35:34,838 WAINWRIGHT: The reason I'm suggesting 668 00:35:35,047 --> 00:35:36,588 it might be artificial engineering, 669 00:35:36,755 --> 00:35:39,505 it's pretty obvious that, if you're looking for a vehicle 670 00:35:39,630 --> 00:35:43,130 of directed panspermia, this is what you would pick. 671 00:35:43,255 --> 00:35:46,505 Instead of sending one rocket, you know, to California 672 00:35:46,713 --> 00:35:48,713 or to Sheffield, what you want to do 673 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:53,255 is to completely cover the globe in minute balls of life. 674 00:35:53,422 --> 00:35:56,672 And this would absolutely fit the bill. 675 00:35:57,755 --> 00:36:01,463 HENRY: To Dr. Wainwright, this was evidence of cosmic seeding. 676 00:36:01,630 --> 00:36:04,422 He believed that the spheres were, in fact, a technology-- 677 00:36:04,588 --> 00:36:07,005 a seed, if you will-- that were sent deliberately 678 00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:10,505 to Earth by some unknown advanced civilization. 679 00:36:10,588 --> 00:36:12,588 This would certainly be one way 680 00:36:12,755 --> 00:36:15,422 of accelerating evolution on Earth. 681 00:36:16,713 --> 00:36:19,797 NARRATOR: Dr. Wainwright awaits additional funding 682 00:36:19,922 --> 00:36:22,088 to continue his experiments, 683 00:36:22,255 --> 00:36:25,338 and as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 684 00:36:25,505 --> 00:36:29,005 the questions raised by his research 685 00:36:29,213 --> 00:36:31,672 merit further examination. 686 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,172 TSOUKALOS: This oozing liquid that's inside these spherules 687 00:36:35,338 --> 00:36:39,005 is something that has never been discovered elsewhere. 688 00:36:39,172 --> 00:36:40,172 So what is it? 689 00:36:41,213 --> 00:36:45,422 Could it be that this is a part 690 00:36:45,588 --> 00:36:49,005 of a directed panspermia project 691 00:36:49,172 --> 00:36:52,630 that was used by extraterrestrials, 692 00:36:52,797 --> 00:36:57,505 and we just happen to have found the evidence for it? 693 00:36:57,630 --> 00:37:01,213 I think what Dr. Wainwright discovered 694 00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:04,088 is crucial in figuring out 695 00:37:04,255 --> 00:37:08,047 the larger picture that our origins 696 00:37:08,213 --> 00:37:11,630 is not down here on Earth, but out there. 697 00:37:13,047 --> 00:37:16,255 NARRATOR: Do the microscopic spheres found in the upper atmosphere 698 00:37:16,422 --> 00:37:19,255 provide proof that extraterrestrials 699 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:21,547 seeded life on Earth? 700 00:37:21,713 --> 00:37:25,005 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 701 00:37:25,172 --> 00:37:27,172 it's an intriguing possibility. 702 00:37:27,338 --> 00:37:31,172 And they suggest further evidence of a connection 703 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:33,505 between the planet's mysterious spheres 704 00:37:33,672 --> 00:37:37,463 and alien visitation can be found by examining 705 00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:40,505 hundreds of stone orbs discovered in Scotland 706 00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:44,755 that were used to communicate with the gods. 707 00:37:53,297 --> 00:37:55,922 NARRATOR: The Orkney Islands, Scotland. 708 00:37:57,005 --> 00:37:59,338 In the 19th century, 709 00:37:59,547 --> 00:38:03,088 archeologists excavating a neolithic settlement here 710 00:38:03,213 --> 00:38:06,130 discovered five small stone spheres. 711 00:38:06,297 --> 00:38:08,422 Over the years, more than 500 712 00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:11,505 have been unearthed throughout the region. 713 00:38:11,713 --> 00:38:15,172 The petrospheres in Scotland are very, very interesting. 714 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:19,172 They appear to be of neolithic origin. 715 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,338 So, we're going back to 12,000 BC to about 4500 BC. 716 00:38:23,547 --> 00:38:26,672 They're small, almost the size of ball bearings or something. 717 00:38:27,713 --> 00:38:30,463 VIEIRA: They have geometric forms and spirals, 718 00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:34,505 and it is obvious that they were produced by humans. 719 00:38:34,672 --> 00:38:36,297 The question is, why were they produced 720 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,797 and what do all the symbols mean? 721 00:38:39,172 --> 00:38:40,838 NARRATOR: While mainstream archaeologists 722 00:38:41,005 --> 00:38:44,005 have yet to identify the purpose of these stones, 723 00:38:44,172 --> 00:38:46,672 ancient astronaut theorists believe 724 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,547 the answer can be found in local legends, 725 00:38:49,713 --> 00:38:52,255 which claim they were used to communicate 726 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:54,963 with otherworldly beings. 727 00:38:56,005 --> 00:38:58,630 HENRY: Legend says that they could be used as oracle stones, 728 00:38:58,797 --> 00:39:00,963 that a person would ask a question, 729 00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:03,005 throw the stone on the ground, 730 00:39:03,213 --> 00:39:05,672 and they would get some sort of an answer. 731 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,755 And that makes me wonder if it's possible that these 732 00:39:07,963 --> 00:39:10,838 smaller handheld stones are somehow connected 733 00:39:10,963 --> 00:39:12,672 to the larger stone spheres, 734 00:39:12,838 --> 00:39:15,588 and they're perhaps amplifiers or transmitters 735 00:39:15,755 --> 00:39:17,588 of Earth's energy, and that they all have 736 00:39:17,797 --> 00:39:20,338 some sort of an energetic function. 737 00:39:23,005 --> 00:39:25,380 NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient stone spheres 738 00:39:25,547 --> 00:39:28,672 found around the world were intended to amplify 739 00:39:28,838 --> 00:39:32,922 the energy of the Earth for a purpose we have yet to discover? 740 00:39:33,088 --> 00:39:36,547 Or is our fascination with spheres simply inspired 741 00:39:36,713 --> 00:39:39,755 by the connection we feel to the spherical bodies 742 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,130 we see in the heavens? 743 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,047 Perhaps the explanation is more profound 744 00:39:45,255 --> 00:39:47,672 than we can even imagine. 745 00:39:48,713 --> 00:39:50,172 As a stonemason, I'm very interested 746 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:51,713 in this mystery of the stone spheres. 747 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,005 I think it's, uh, a very enigmatic mystery. 748 00:39:55,172 --> 00:39:57,672 It's a mixture of science, geology, 749 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,338 actual human manufacture, and legends of gods. 750 00:40:01,505 --> 00:40:04,630 And I feel that more and more objects like this 751 00:40:04,797 --> 00:40:06,505 may emerge because I think people are keen 752 00:40:06,713 --> 00:40:08,630 on looking at our past like never before. 753 00:40:10,338 --> 00:40:13,838 In my experience, stone speaks to humans. 754 00:40:14,047 --> 00:40:15,630 Stone has a story to tell. 755 00:40:15,755 --> 00:40:20,005 Stone is placed in specific ways with specific properties 756 00:40:20,213 --> 00:40:23,047 to emit some message, 757 00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:24,672 communication devices, maybe... 758 00:40:24,838 --> 00:40:26,422 It-it's a very interesting medium. 759 00:40:26,588 --> 00:40:30,463 And I really believe there is an understanding here 760 00:40:30,588 --> 00:40:33,797 of something larger that the stone is trying to convey to us. 761 00:40:34,755 --> 00:40:37,838 Our fascination with stone spheres, 762 00:40:38,047 --> 00:40:40,505 whether they be tiny, 763 00:40:40,713 --> 00:40:43,963 handheld, or massive, 764 00:40:44,130 --> 00:40:48,005 is something that is associated 765 00:40:48,088 --> 00:40:51,505 with connections with otherworldly environments, 766 00:40:51,672 --> 00:40:54,838 that we see spheres 767 00:40:55,047 --> 00:40:58,838 as points of communication with the other world. 768 00:41:00,797 --> 00:41:05,963 TSOUKALOS: Clearly, the sphere has played a crucial part 769 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,547 in all of our ancient cultures. 770 00:41:08,672 --> 00:41:11,755 And you have to ask yourself, why? 771 00:41:11,922 --> 00:41:13,838 Could there be more behind it? 772 00:41:16,005 --> 00:41:18,255 HENRY: What was the purpose of creating the spheres? 773 00:41:18,380 --> 00:41:20,172 Is it indeed communication? 774 00:41:20,297 --> 00:41:22,338 Are they information storage devices? 775 00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:26,922 A commemoration of the original seeding of the planet? 776 00:41:27,088 --> 00:41:28,838 We still don't know. 777 00:41:28,963 --> 00:41:30,672 And that just adds to the mystery. 778 00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:34,963 NARRATOR: Do the stone spheres found throughout the globe 779 00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:38,505 serve as testament to extraterrestrial visitation 780 00:41:38,672 --> 00:41:40,422 in the distant past? 781 00:41:40,588 --> 00:41:45,172 Are they commemorating the origins of life on Earth? 782 00:41:45,380 --> 00:41:49,463 Some profound technology witnessed by our ancestors? 783 00:41:49,630 --> 00:41:52,172 Or could they even have served 784 00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:54,505 a technological function themselves 785 00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:57,588 that we might one day reactivate? 786 00:41:57,713 --> 00:42:00,588 Perhaps the mystery of the stone spheres 787 00:42:00,713 --> 00:42:03,547 will only be solved once we are reunited 788 00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:06,463 with our alien ancestors. 789 00:42:06,588 --> 00:42:08,172 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS