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NARRATOR:
In the 21st century,

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scientists
are attempting to bring

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every star
in the sky within our reach.

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MICHIO KAKU:
Stargates are a shortcut
through space and time.

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We're talking about
opening up not just the Earth,

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but the entire galaxy
for human exploration.

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NARRATOR:
The concept of stargates
dates back thousands of years.

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DAVID CHILDRESS:
You have a huge door cut
into solid rock.

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And the legends are,
it's a portal to another world.

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NARRATOR: And some claim
the U.S. government has been

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pursuing this technology
for decades.

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RICHARD DOTY:
I saw a wavy orb.

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And a scientist who was
standing right next to me said,

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"We just opened
the fabric of space."

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NARRATOR:
Could we soon obtain the key

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to unlocking the stargates,

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and find a cosmos
teeming with life?

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WILLIAM HENRY:
If we had access

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to stargates, this would
completely change everything,

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and would lead
to actual irrefutable proof

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that we are not alone
in the universe.

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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway

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in the universe.

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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.

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It demands
we question everything

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we have ever been taught.

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The evidence is all around us.

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The future is
right before our eyes.

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We are not alone.

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We have never been alone.

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NARRATOR: The pulp magazine
Astounding Stories

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publishes a short story called,
"The Meteor Girl."

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The tale is centered
around a meteorite

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that creates a window in space.

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One that allows the protagonists

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to travel between
distant locations in an instant.

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It is the very first
science fiction reference

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to what has become known
as a stargate.

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Anybody that's seen or read
any modern-day science fiction,

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there's always the story
that somebody walks into...

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a gate, a doorway,
a hole in the sky,

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some kind of opening,
and they end up

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somewhere else or they could be
in another time.

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What we're describing here
is going

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from some point A
in space and time

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to some other point B

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in space and time
without traveling

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through the normal path
to get there.

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Going through a shorter path.

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KAKU: Stargates are a shortcut
through space and time.

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The galaxy is
100,000 light-years across.

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It would take 100,000 years
to go across the galaxy.

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But if you have a stargate,

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in principle, you could do it
in the blink of an eye.

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NARRATOR: Currently,
stargates are only known

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to exist in the realm
of science fiction.

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But in 1935,
physicists Albert Einstein

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and Nathan Rosen proposed
that creating shortcuts

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through space and time
is theoretically possible.

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TAYLOR: When this idea
was first postulated,

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it was in fact called
an Einstein-Rosen space bridge.

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So Einstein and Rosen were
working on general relativity,

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and they had the idea
that you could create a bend

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or warp in space-time,
where you can connect point A

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to point B and make
the pathway there much shorter.

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NARRATOR:
In addition to connecting
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some scientists have suggested
that stargates

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may facilitate an even
more profound type of journey.

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TAYLOR: So when we talk
about a stargate,

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or a wormhole,

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the question is,
is it just from point A

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to point B within this universe?

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Or could it also be
through those other dimensions

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that could possibly exist
or even through other universes?

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Just like when Alice fell
through the rabbit hole,

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uh, she ended up in Wonderland.

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NARRATOR: While terms
like "stargate" and "wormhole"

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conjure up visions of the future
and space-age technology,

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ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the idea

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of such gateways has existed
in the human consciousness

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for thousands of years.

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And they say evidence
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within religious traditions
throughout the ancient world.

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All around the world,
we have myths and legends

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of beings coming and going
through gates.

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The Anunnaki gods in
ancient Sumeria were constantly

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coming and going
through gateways.

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In Egypt,
we learn of the portals

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of Ptah and the pharaohs,
scaling the ladder to heaven

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and going through
the portal of the gods.

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This idea of the stargate
is everywhere.

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TAYLOR:
When I think about wormholes
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one of the first things
that comes to mind

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is the ancient idea of Vishnu.

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When he would exhale,

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he would excrete beads

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of sweat and moisture,

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that each one
of these was a universe.

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And in many cases,
the description is

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that when Vishnu was dreaming,
this is a new universe

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that Vishnu is creating.

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Now Vishnu then used
many different avatars

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and went to many different
of these realities,

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universes, multiverses,
and had adventures.

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So how did he go
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into these different realities
that he had then created?

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There must have been a stargate

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that enabled him to go
from universe to universe.

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So going back through
thousands of years

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across different cultures,
all across the planet...

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...we have
these stories of people

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traveling to other realms.

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It really does suggest
that there is a possibility

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that many ancient cultures

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had some understanding

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of portals or gateways
to other worlds.

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There is the story
of the Bifröst bridge

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in Norse mythology.

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And what this is able to do

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is take a person
from out of this realm

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into some other place.

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NARRATORS: Are ancient accounts
of beings passing

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through gates or doorways

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descriptions of a form
of stargate travel?

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Perhaps further clues
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by examining
a mysterious stone feature

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found high
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Lake Titicaca, Peru.

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Carved onto the sandstone face

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of the Hayu Marca Mountain

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is a T-shaped doorway
known as the Gate of the Gods.

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The Gate of the Gods is
a vertical outcrop of sandstone,

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which is composed
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The central one,
which is a T-shape,

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is about six feet tall.

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So a normal human
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and then to the left
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are vertical depressions,

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which go from the very bottom
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which would be a distance
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Nobody knows how old it is
and nobody knows who made it.

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NARRATOR:
While there is no written record
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local legends give
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of people mysteriously
disappearing in front

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of the doorway and even
strange beings coming through.

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HENRY: Local legends tells us
that the gods would use this

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as a stargate, through
which they would come and go.

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The myth and legend attached
to it suggests that the key

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to this gateway is this
golden disc of the sun god.

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And all the stories tell us
that the sun god Inti

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came down to Earth

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and was worshiped by the Incas.

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Perhaps it was Inti himself
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to the stargate
to Earth originally.

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NARRATOR: While the Inca
believed the Gate of the Gods

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was created thousands
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there is at least one account
of this gateway

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being activated
much more recently

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when Spanish conquistadors
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in Peru in the 16th century.

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HENRY: According to legend,
when the Spanish arrived,

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a priest from a nearby temple

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took a golden disc
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and went
to the Gate of the Gods,

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put the golden disc
in the T-shaped gate,

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opened it up
and went through it.

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It seems that what's
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that we're coming back around
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the concept of the stargates

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just as the ancients did,
and perhaps to duplicate

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the technology
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were utilizing in opening
these stargates to other realms.

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NARRATOR:
Are these ancient stargates

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just the product
of our ancestors' folklore?

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Or might this kind
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have actually existed
in the distant past?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found by investigating

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another site believed
to transport people

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through space and time.

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NARRATOR:
Central Sri Lanka.

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Overlooking the small town
of Aralaganwila,

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stands the lush
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Its peak reaches heights
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And visible among them
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that is almost entirely round.

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COLLINS: This is a very
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circular in shape
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platform on the top of it.

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NARRATOR: For locals,
the mountain is famous

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not just for its unique shape

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but for the number of reports

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of unidentified
aerial phenomena at the site.

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Everybody calls it

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"alien mountain" because

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this is a UFO hotspot.

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At least two dozen UFO sightings

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have been reported
in 2023 alone.

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And many, many people claim

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weird activities
around the mountain.

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NARRATOR:
The recent sightings are
just the latest

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in a string of mysterious
events at the mountain

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that date back
hundreds of years.

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The mountain is associated

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with various different legends
in Vedic tradition.

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It's actually said
to be the landing place

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of the god Ravana.

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It was said
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fly this device
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NEWMAN:
Danigala Mountain is also

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connected
with the Buddha, in fact.

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There's a cave
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which has a statue of the Buddha

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and it's said that he
originally used this area

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as a kind of way to explore
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So, does this suggest

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this is some kind
of portal area or stargate?

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NARRATOR:
The Buddha is believed
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during the sixth
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and according
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he demonstrated the ability
to teleport instantly

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from one location to another.

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And as far as ancient astronaut
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early accounts of the Buddha
sound very much

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like descriptions
of an extraterrestrial.

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Some of the earliest
representations

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and some of the earliest
recordings of Buddha

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does not show or describe Buddha

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as the size
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but, actually,
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and with blue skin,

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and his arms reached
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And before
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the original term
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"The worship
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The whole concept
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when this tall,
blue-skinned person came down

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in a gigantic wheel of fire,

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and then started to teach
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So that to me is
eternally fascinating

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because it would
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that Buddha was
an extraterrestrial.

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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the Buddha
was an otherworldly being

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who accessed a stargate
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as told in local legends?

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Ancient astronaut
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and propose
that another site nearby

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contains physical evidence
that it too may once have been

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the location of a stargate.

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This sacred city,
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is at the heart
of the local Buddhist culture.

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It is one of the most
visited places in the world,

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drawing pilgrims,

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tourists and historians alike
to its ancient domed temples

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and massive shrines
known as stupas.

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But perhaps the most
intriguing attraction is

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a mysterious petroglyph
called the Sakwala Chakraya.

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The Sakwala Chakraya
carving in Sri Lanka is

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carved onto this rock face

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and there's actually carved
stone seats on the opposite side

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for people to sit there
and gaze into it.

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Now, traditionally,
it's like a cosmological map

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that the ancient people there
would talk about,

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but could it be something else?

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Because the symbols on it
are very unusual.

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MOHAN: Locals believe
that this is a stargate.

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That Buddha used
this stargate three times

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to go to other planets.

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And they believe that if you go

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and meditate in front
of the stargate,

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you can actually
open the stargate

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using the power of your mind,

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and you can go
to another dimension.

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NARRATOR:
In the local dialect
of Sinhalese,

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Sakwala Chakraya translates
as "universal cycle,"

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and according to some scholars,

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the unique images are
various astronomical symbols

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representing
different parts of the cosmos.

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COLLINS:
The Sakwala Chakraya was
written about as early as 1911

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by a British archaeologist
named Harry Bell,

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and he came to the conclusion

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that it represented
the cosmos as a whole.

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There is an outer ring showing
the primeval waters of chaos.

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And inside this are
seven concentric rings,

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one inside the other.

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And this is
a very typical symbol used

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to represent a portal
or stargate.

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HENRY:
It's been suggested
that the petroglyph

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at Sakwala Chakraya is
similar to geometric mandalas.

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And a mandala itself is

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considered to be a sort
of a consciousness portal,

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a mental portal.

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NARRATOR:
Mandalas are important
components in both

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the Buddhist and Hindu faiths.

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These elaborate
circular patterns are

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a spiritual symbol
for the universe,

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but also represent
the realm of the gods.

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They act as an aid
in meditation,

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and according
to Buddhist mythology,

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can be used to transport
oneself across space and time.

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Could the fact that
the Sakwala Chakraya carving

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resembles a mandala
provide another clue

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about its true purpose?

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HENRY:
The symbols on this stone,
there's lines,

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there's geometric figures,

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everything we're
seeing here is reinforcing

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that this was
a portal of the gods.

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NARRATOR:
Could the mysterious carving
found in Sri Lanka indicate

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the presence
of an ancient stargate,

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as legend suggests?

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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,

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and they believe
further evidence

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that such stargates
still exist on Earth

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can be found at sites
around the world

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where people have
mysteriously vanished

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without a trace.

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NARRATOR:
Five Navy torpedo bombers,

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collectively known as Flight 19,

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take off for what is supposed
to be a routine training mission

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over the Atlantic Ocean.

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MIKE RICKSECKER:
This flight was headed
eastward toward their mark.

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They had actually reached it
and headed north from there.

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And then all of a sudden,

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bizarre things started
to happen.

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Their navigational equipment
went awry.

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Their compasses started turning
in different directions.

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(alert beeping)

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One of the pilots reported
that they had started

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flying over land,

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and it looked like
the Florida Keys below them,

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which were
in the exact opposite direction,

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many, many miles away.

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They should not have been
over the Keys at all.

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They decided to swing low

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under the clouds...

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and were never heard from again.

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NARRATOR:
All told, 27 airmen disappeared

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during the Flight 19 incident.

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(ship horn blowing)

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But it is only one

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of countless mysterious events

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that have happened
in the exact same area,

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which has become known as
the Bermuda Triangle.

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FOERSTER: It's said
that within that triangle,

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all sorts of strange, natural

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and unnatural phenomena
have happened.

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Several hundred
if not thousands of ships have

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mysteriously disappeared.

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Airplanes disappeared as well.

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NARRATOR: But it's not only
mysterious disappearances

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that have been documented
in the Bermuda Triangle.

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People have also
reported witnessing

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what they believe
could be stargates.

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We have many personal stories

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of people who've been
involved in this,

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who've been even caught up

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in vortexes and...
and what they think is

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a hyperspace portal
that was going to send them

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to another planet,
but they somehow got out of it.

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JOHN BRANDENBURG:
There appears to be, in nature,

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the possibility of crossing
thresholds of energy,

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of electromagnetic phenomenon
associated with thunderstorms,

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that can perhaps
open up portals in space-time

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that we never
would have thought possible.

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An analogy is that lightning
is still poorly understood.

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Lightning typically carries
several million volts.

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This is not sufficient voltage
to jump from a cloud,

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miles above the ground,
to the ground or between clouds.

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Yet, nature does it.

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Combine that
with the strange location

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of the Bermuda Triangle,

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the collision point
of these cold and warm currents,

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you can have a playground
for exotic physics, I believe.

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NARRATOR:
Skeptics propose

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that the notoriety
of the Bermuda Triangle

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has led people to jump
to extraordinary conclusions

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for events that likely
have conventional explanations.

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But ancient astronaut
theorists point out

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that stories of strange vortexes
and mysterious disappearances

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are not only coming
from the Bermuda Triangle,

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but have been reported
in numerous other locations.

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Northwest Orient Airlines
Flight 2501

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departs La Guardia Airport
en route to Seattle.

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On board are 58 passengers.

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But, five hours into the flight,

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as it crosses Lake Michigan,

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air traffic control
loses radio contact

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and the airplane
mysteriously disappears.

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A widespread search
spanned the entire area,

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dragging the bottom of the lake

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and using sonar technology
to look for debris,

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but the wreckage
was never found.

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RICKSECKER:
Two hours after

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the last transmission
of Flight 2501,

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two local police officers
reported seeing a red light

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over Lake Michigan that
lasted for about ten minutes.

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And red lights have been seen

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over that particular area
of Lake Michigan

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since at least
as far back as 1913.

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NARRATOR: The area of the lake
where Flight 2501 vanished

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has become known
as the Michigan Triangle,

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and has been the site
of bizarre sightings

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and unexplained activity
for over a hundred years.

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In the Michigan Triangle,
there's a tremendous amount

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of UFO activity.

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UFOs are seen coming up,
out of the water,

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going down into the water.

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There's a number of
missing ships

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and airplanes in that area.

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One of the most fascinating
cases to have occurred

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along the Michigan Triangle

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is the case of Steven Kubacki.

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Now, he's a 23-year-old student

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who was cross-country skiing

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in February 1978,
close to the lake.

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When he didn't return,
the police were called

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and they went out looking for
him and did an investigation.

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(siren chirping)

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NARRATOR: Steven Kubacki's
backpack, skis and poles

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were eventually found at
the very edge of Lake Michigan

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in the city of Holland.

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And nearby, police investigators
found a set of tracks

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leading out onto
the frozen lake.

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POPE: Now, what's really
interesting is that

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the police followed the tracks,

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and they went out onto the ice,

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and then they disappeared.

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There was no sign that
the ice was broken,

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no evidence of any scuffle,

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the tracks simply vanished.

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NARRATOR: The authorities
concluded that Steven Kubacki

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had fallen into
the ice and drowned.

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But, over a year later,
he suddenly reappeared

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more than 600 miles away
in Massachusetts.

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POPE: According to
the contemporary reports,

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Steven woke up on a grassy knoll

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about 40 miles
from his father's house.

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So he went home, and of course,

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his family were just shocked.

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They thought he was dead.

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But he was confused
because in his mind's eye,

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he'd only been gone for
a few moments.

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Is it possible
that he got caught up

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with a stargate in
the vicinity of Lake Michigan,

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which somehow transported him
to Massachusetts?

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NARRATOR: Steven Kubacki's
bizarre experience

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is one of the most
incredible incidents to occur

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in the area of
the Michigan Triangle.

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And researchers note
that the location where

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he reappeared
is only 150 miles west

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of an equally mysterious area

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known as
the Bridgewater Triangle.

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For centuries,
the local Native American tribes

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have claimed that
this 200-square-mile region

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is home to otherworldly
beings called Pukwudgies,

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beings who suddenly
appear out of thin air.

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COLLINS:
The Pukwudgie

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is described within
Algonquin folklore.

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And it's a type of little people

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that have been seen

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for hundreds of years
by Native American peoples,

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telling us that these entities

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can quite literally
walk through portals

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into our world.

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When we look at what's happened
in the Bermuda Triangle,

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the Michigan Triangle,
the Bridgewater Triangle,

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it leads to the conclusion
that there are these

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naturally occurring stargates
or portals on the Earth.

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And there are probably
more out there

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that we've yet to discover.

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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that stargates
already exist on Earth?

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And if so, are they the product
of environmental conditions,

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or are they gateways
that were created by

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extraterrestrials to
travel to our planet?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found by

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examining research
being conducted by

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the U.S. military
to create a wormhole.

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NARRATOR:
Counterintelligence officer
Richard Doty begins

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a new assignment
at the top secret

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U.S. military base Area 51.

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What he is tasked with
is highly classified,

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but years later,
he comes forward

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and makes a remarkable claim.

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He says that during
his time at Area 51,

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he observed
a military experiment

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00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,292
that succeeded in ripping a hole

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in the fabric of space and time.

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I was some distance away
in a control center

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watching the experiment.

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I was just an observer.
I'm not a scientist.

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And when they
generated this beam

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through this magnetic field,

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what I saw
was a wavy orb appearing,

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and the orb was
moving a little bit.

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The background was real wavy,
almost as if you were

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00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:41,917
looking at a hot, uh,
sidewalk during the summertime.

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And it became larger and
larger and larger and larger.

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And behind it,
there was a flashing light.

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00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:54,000
And when I ask a scientist

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00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:57,083
who was standing right next to
me, "What did we just see?"

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he said, "We just
opened the fabric of space."

501
00:27:01,208 --> 00:27:04,833
NARRATOR: Doty claims that
the team used argon gas

502
00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:06,333
and anti-magnetic sheaths

503
00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:08,250
to try to keep the portal open.

504
00:27:08,417 --> 00:27:11,667
It worked for only
a few seconds,

505
00:27:11,792 --> 00:27:14,792
but it was enough time for
researchers to observe

506
00:27:14,917 --> 00:27:17,167
what was on the other side.

507
00:27:18,083 --> 00:27:19,833
DOTY:
The scientists believe that

508
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,792
you open the fabric of space,
you're in a different dimension.

509
00:27:22,958 --> 00:27:25,083
That's an entirely
different dimension,

510
00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:27,500
and possibly
an alternate universe.

511
00:27:27,667 --> 00:27:29,250
That's the way
they explained it to me.

512
00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:32,542
NARRATOR:
After this initial experiment,

513
00:27:32,708 --> 00:27:35,042
Doty was informed
that the research team

514
00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:38,000
successfully replicated
their results.

515
00:27:39,042 --> 00:27:41,458
DOTY:
After the first test,
all the scientists

516
00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:43,167
were fascinated and thrilled.

517
00:27:43,333 --> 00:27:46,667
And they wanted to do
more and more and more.

518
00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:49,167
And in a period of
about six weeks,

519
00:27:49,375 --> 00:27:51,000
they did five different tests

520
00:27:51,083 --> 00:27:54,000
similar to the first test,
opening the portal.

521
00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:57,292
Now, they wanted
to use more energy.

522
00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:59,083
They had a high-energy laser.

523
00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:01,583
They wanted to try
a chemical laser,

524
00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:04,458
which is a little bit
different than an energy laser.

525
00:28:04,625 --> 00:28:05,833
They actually built

526
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,292
a brand-new power plant,

527
00:28:08,458 --> 00:28:09,833
and all of that electricity

528
00:28:09,958 --> 00:28:12,792
was being used for
this particular project.

529
00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:15,500
They tried to get
as much energy as they could

530
00:28:15,708 --> 00:28:18,000
to be directed at that one point

531
00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:20,208
to see how much of it
they could open up.

532
00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:23,500
NARRATOR:
According to Doty, this is only

533
00:28:23,667 --> 00:28:25,667
one of many experiments
the U.S. government

534
00:28:25,875 --> 00:28:29,250
has conducted to
try to create portals.

535
00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:32,083
He believes these programs began

536
00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:35,417
over 50 years ago,
and might continue today.

537
00:28:35,542 --> 00:28:38,542
DOTY: Ever since the
Central Intelligence Agency's

538
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:41,000
Office of
Scientific Intelligence

539
00:28:41,167 --> 00:28:44,208
realized that there were
theories about wormholes,

540
00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:47,667
they engaged in a number
of operations over the years

541
00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:51,250
to try to prove
wormholes were possible.

542
00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:53,833
And there were
a number of operations.

543
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,667
The one that I worked on
was Project Jackknife.

544
00:28:56,833 --> 00:28:59,458
The project,
it started before my time,

545
00:28:59,625 --> 00:29:02,500
probably started
in the early '70s,

546
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:05,583
and I only was in it
up until about 1990.

547
00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,667
After that,
somebody else took over.

548
00:29:07,792 --> 00:29:10,792
But those programs
continued on and on and on.

549
00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:14,000
And I can guarantee you,
even today, that there's

550
00:29:14,083 --> 00:29:17,500
some type of
experiment going on.

551
00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:21,333
NARRATOR: Could it be
that for the past 50 years,

552
00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:24,625
scientists working for
the United States government

553
00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:27,375
have secretly been
attempting to create

554
00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:30,042
a real traversable stargate?

555
00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:34,458
And if so, is it possible
that they have succeeded?

556
00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:36,375
CHILDRESS:
It's a fascinating thought

557
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:40,083
that the U.S. military
has been working on

558
00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:43,375
stargates and wormholes
and portals.

559
00:29:43,542 --> 00:29:45,833
And we might imagine that,

560
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,000
if they've poured enough
money and resources

561
00:29:50,125 --> 00:29:52,833
into creating these stargates,

562
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,417
that maybe they already
have this technology,

563
00:29:57,625 --> 00:29:59,958
and have refined it to a point

564
00:30:00,125 --> 00:30:01,708
where they're able to

565
00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:04,625
teleport people and objects

566
00:30:04,792 --> 00:30:06,417
from place to place.

567
00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:11,000
POPE:
This isn't just science fiction,
this isn't just

568
00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:14,583
technology that would be fun
or nice to have.

569
00:30:14,708 --> 00:30:16,750
Sad to say, of course,

570
00:30:16,917 --> 00:30:19,750
a lot of this probably
would be weaponized.

571
00:30:19,917 --> 00:30:22,167
I mean, imagine
not having to launch

572
00:30:22,292 --> 00:30:24,958
a nuclear missile,

573
00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:27,333
which can be detected, tracked,

574
00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:29,042
intercepted,

575
00:30:29,167 --> 00:30:31,000
and then the opposition

576
00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:34,208
press the button
and it's Armageddon.

577
00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:35,958
If you could just send

578
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:38,667
your atomic weapons
through a portal

579
00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:40,292
and instantly destroy

580
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:44,125
the other nation's
offensive capabilities.

581
00:30:44,292 --> 00:30:46,667
This is war-winning technology,

582
00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:48,833
and that explains the secrecy.

583
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,667
NARRATOR:
But, according to Doty,

584
00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:53,667
the potential dangers
of a stargate

585
00:30:53,792 --> 00:30:56,500
are far greater
than its use as a weapon.

586
00:30:57,750 --> 00:31:00,167
DOTY:
Once that portal opens,

587
00:31:00,375 --> 00:31:02,250
what if something
from the other side

588
00:31:02,417 --> 00:31:05,125
comes in our dimension?
What do we do then?

589
00:31:05,250 --> 00:31:08,875
How do we handle these entities
or whatever they are?

590
00:31:09,042 --> 00:31:10,833
This is really difficult
to understand,

591
00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:13,000
but what if we opened a portal

592
00:31:13,167 --> 00:31:15,917
and it dealt with
a parallel universe,

593
00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,458
and now we got people
from that parallel universe

594
00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:20,500
stepping into this universe?

595
00:31:20,708 --> 00:31:22,000
What would happen to us?

596
00:31:24,458 --> 00:31:26,167
NARRATOR:
According to most scientists,

597
00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:28,292
even if some secret
government program

598
00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:30,333
has managed to open
a small window

599
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,208
in the fabric of space,
as Richard Doty claims,

600
00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:36,750
it's unlikely
they have advanced to the point

601
00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:39,375
of creating
a traversable wormhole.

602
00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,750
But some researchers suggest

603
00:31:42,917 --> 00:31:45,833
there may be another way
to reach distant places

604
00:31:46,042 --> 00:31:48,625
in the universe or
alternate dimensions,

605
00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:51,625
by using the power of the mind.

606
00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:02,542
NARRATOR:
Seattle, Washington.
November 1975.

607
00:32:02,750 --> 00:32:05,333
Fungi expert Paul Stamets

608
00:32:05,542 --> 00:32:07,708
has come upon
a recently discovered breed

609
00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:10,292
of psilocybin mushrooms.

610
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:13,875
Curious about the mushrooms'
psychedelic effects,

611
00:32:14,042 --> 00:32:15,917
he consumes them.

612
00:32:16,042 --> 00:32:18,583
RICKSECKER:
When he ingested this,

613
00:32:18,708 --> 00:32:23,833
he had this fascinating vision
of these dead cows in a field.

614
00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:27,208
Days later,
as he was driving down the road,

615
00:32:27,375 --> 00:32:31,542
he saw off on the side
this field full of dead cattle.

616
00:32:31,708 --> 00:32:33,417
So, the question becomes,

617
00:32:33,583 --> 00:32:36,250
when he ingested
that hallucinogenic,

618
00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:40,583
did he travel to some other
dimension to see this?

619
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,208
Or even another point in time?

620
00:32:44,458 --> 00:32:47,167
NARRATOR:
Is it merely an
extraordinary coincidence

621
00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:50,958
that Paul Stamets had a vision
of dead cows in a field

622
00:32:51,083 --> 00:32:54,000
and then saw the exact same
scene with his own eyes

623
00:32:54,208 --> 00:32:56,500
just a few days later?

624
00:32:57,542 --> 00:33:00,083
Or might the psilocybin
mushrooms he ingested

625
00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:03,833
have opened a mental gateway
that gave him a glimpse

626
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,250
into another place
in space and time?

627
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:10,333
For the longest,
it was assumed that,

628
00:33:10,458 --> 00:33:12,167
when you take these
hallucinogenic drugs,

629
00:33:12,333 --> 00:33:14,250
that your brain
is going hyperactive.

630
00:33:14,417 --> 00:33:18,167
And that's why you're seeing
things that aren't really there.

631
00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:21,292
Turns out, recent experiments
tell us that's not the case.

632
00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:24,417
What we see
is right the opposite.

633
00:33:24,542 --> 00:33:27,708
During the hallucinogenic
phase of this,

634
00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:31,042
your brain activity
actually decreases to levels

635
00:33:31,167 --> 00:33:34,333
as if you were in
hyper-meditative states.

636
00:33:34,542 --> 00:33:36,167
So, the question is, then,
if your brain

637
00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:37,708
isn't being very active...

638
00:33:38,792 --> 00:33:40,333
...why are you experiencing

639
00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:43,292
these strange hallucinations?

640
00:33:44,208 --> 00:33:47,042
It's been discussed
as a, as a real possibility

641
00:33:47,250 --> 00:33:49,333
that opening
portals and gateways

642
00:33:49,542 --> 00:33:52,542
has a psychedelic or
a hallucinogenic connection.

643
00:33:52,708 --> 00:33:54,375
(group chanting)

644
00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,167
NARRATOR: In many religious
traditions around the world,

645
00:33:57,375 --> 00:34:00,542
it is believed that entering
a hyper-meditative state

646
00:34:00,708 --> 00:34:05,083
can allow the mind to travel
to otherworldly realms.

647
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:10,208
RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
This is something which is known
as astral projection.

648
00:34:10,375 --> 00:34:14,000
People who,
through the power of mind,

649
00:34:14,167 --> 00:34:17,000
can experience these other
realms and dimensions.

650
00:34:17,167 --> 00:34:20,167
These other realms

651
00:34:20,375 --> 00:34:22,833
are as populated as our own,

652
00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:25,500
and this is practiced
in traditions,

653
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:27,500
India and China,

654
00:34:27,583 --> 00:34:29,833
amongst Native Americans
and the like.

655
00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:31,417
MOHAN:
Buddha.

656
00:34:31,583 --> 00:34:35,375
He was the master
of astral travel.

657
00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:37,958
He could go to the heavens,
come back to the Earth,

658
00:34:38,125 --> 00:34:40,958
he could reach
many other dimensions

659
00:34:41,125 --> 00:34:44,083
using the power of his mind.

660
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:47,875
TZADOK:
This is not symbolic. It's real.

661
00:34:48,042 --> 00:34:49,958
And with proper training,

662
00:34:50,083 --> 00:34:53,583
we are taught how to experience

663
00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:58,667
the realities around us outside
of the limitations of the body.

664
00:34:58,833 --> 00:35:00,333
In that form,

665
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,167
we can and do
see other entities.

666
00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:08,167
It could be our
extraterrestrial visitors

667
00:35:08,333 --> 00:35:10,833
who are watching us

668
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,417
from the safety
of a parallel world.

669
00:35:13,542 --> 00:35:17,458
We can go
and interact with them.

670
00:35:17,583 --> 00:35:22,125
NARRATOR:
The concept that it is possible
to travel to distant locations,

671
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:26,167
other points in time,
or even other dimensions

672
00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:29,000
while the body
remains in one place

673
00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:32,000
has existed in cultures
around the world

674
00:35:32,125 --> 00:35:33,958
for thousands of years.

675
00:35:34,125 --> 00:35:36,833
And this astral travel
often involves

676
00:35:37,042 --> 00:35:39,708
an altered state of mind.

677
00:35:39,875 --> 00:35:42,083
In Mexico and Central America,

678
00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:45,208
we have examples of statues

679
00:35:45,417 --> 00:35:48,583
and amulets in the shape
of psilocybin mushrooms.

680
00:35:48,708 --> 00:35:52,792
In North America,
we have traditions of cultures

681
00:35:52,958 --> 00:35:56,500
using peyote and mescaline
and other types of cactuses.

682
00:35:56,667 --> 00:36:00,750
In South America, we have
the famous ayahuasca plant.

683
00:36:00,917 --> 00:36:02,250
FOERSTER:
The Inca used--

684
00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:04,583
and the descendants
of the Inca still use--

685
00:36:04,708 --> 00:36:07,625
ayahuasca and extract
from the San Pedro cactus

686
00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:10,250
to get into alternate states
of consciousness.

687
00:36:10,417 --> 00:36:13,708
Some believe that
it is so powerful

688
00:36:13,875 --> 00:36:16,292
that you can actually
create or enter

689
00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:18,708
into a portal of some kind.

690
00:36:19,667 --> 00:36:22,250
Shamans from every part
of the world

691
00:36:22,417 --> 00:36:26,958
all had similar processes to get
into an altered state

692
00:36:27,125 --> 00:36:29,917
using psychoactive substances

693
00:36:30,083 --> 00:36:32,000
to somehow connect

694
00:36:32,167 --> 00:36:35,167
with parallel existences
and parallel worlds.

695
00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:38,625
And this is how they were able
to make contact

696
00:36:38,792 --> 00:36:40,750
with celestial beings,

697
00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:42,333
with divine ancestors,

698
00:36:42,542 --> 00:36:45,208
and perhaps
even extraterrestrials.

699
00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:50,833
TZADOK:
Why is it so deeply etched

700
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,167
in the human psyche

701
00:36:53,292 --> 00:36:56,000
that, from ancient times
and in cultures

702
00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:58,833
around the world,
they're all describing

703
00:36:59,042 --> 00:37:03,250
other dimensions, other realms,
and astral travels?

704
00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:07,708
And it makes us question
whether, in the ancient world,

705
00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:12,417
the ability to expand
consciousness, to experience

706
00:37:12,583 --> 00:37:14,833
other realms, other dimensions

707
00:37:14,958 --> 00:37:19,500
was the natural and normal
practice of the peoples.

708
00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:23,583
And that was etched
deep into our consciousness

709
00:37:23,750 --> 00:37:26,417
and stayed with us
to this very day.

710
00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:31,500
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the transportive power

711
00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:35,833
of the mind could actually allow
us to peer into other worlds

712
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,000
and even communicate with
the beings that reside there?

713
00:37:40,167 --> 00:37:43,500
Some researchers suggest
that scientists

714
00:37:43,625 --> 00:37:46,500
may be getting close
to developing stargates

715
00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:50,417
through which
we can physically travel.

716
00:38:01,708 --> 00:38:05,042
NARRATOR: A team of physicists,
led by Caltech professor

717
00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:09,708
Maria Spiropulu, conducts
an extraordinary experiment.

718
00:38:09,875 --> 00:38:12,833
Using Google's
powerful quantum computer,

719
00:38:13,042 --> 00:38:14,208
they successfully create

720
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:17,750
an observable
and traversable wormhole.

721
00:38:17,917 --> 00:38:22,167
Recently, there's been a great
concept for an experiment

722
00:38:22,292 --> 00:38:24,583
where some scientists are using

723
00:38:24,708 --> 00:38:26,458
the Google Sycamore
quantum computer

724
00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:28,917
to simulate a wormhole.

725
00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:32,958
They set up a model
of the universe

726
00:38:33,125 --> 00:38:35,000
inside the quantum computer,

727
00:38:35,208 --> 00:38:38,667
and then, when they turned on
the program to run,

728
00:38:38,875 --> 00:38:43,250
it would transfer information
from one processor

729
00:38:43,417 --> 00:38:46,333
to another processor
via a wormhole.

730
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,292
That's fantastic.

731
00:38:48,417 --> 00:38:52,292
How do we go from inside
a simulated universe

732
00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:55,292
to out here in reality
where there's portals

733
00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:57,500
and stargates that we can
actually use to go

734
00:38:57,708 --> 00:39:00,167
from here to wherever
you want to go?

735
00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:01,833
That's the next step.

736
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,417
KAKU:
Modern science is now
taking us beyond Einstein.

737
00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:08,792
Now we're talking about
the fact that space and time

738
00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:10,625
could be curved.

739
00:39:10,792 --> 00:39:13,708
Curved to the point where it may
be possible to create gateways,

740
00:39:13,875 --> 00:39:17,542
gateways to other parts
of the galaxy.

741
00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,708
Stephen Hawking,
the great cosmologist,

742
00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:22,667
looked into this and said,
"Well, it would be difficult,

743
00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:26,500
but, yes, it may be possible
to build stargates."

744
00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,750
HENRY:
We're suddenly
returning to ideas

745
00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:33,250
found in the ancient world about
traveling through stargates,

746
00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:36,917
going to other worlds
by opening doorways.

747
00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:42,833
Our science is now geared
towards opening these stargates.

748
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,417
We now know that
the idea of a stargate

749
00:39:46,583 --> 00:39:50,958
is real, it's real science,
and it's very desirable.

750
00:39:52,042 --> 00:39:55,708
NARRATOR:
Some scientists believe
it is only a matter of time

751
00:39:55,833 --> 00:39:58,583
before we are able
to create a stargate

752
00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:00,708
through which humans
can safely travel.

753
00:40:01,875 --> 00:40:05,333
But if we do open a stargate
to another world,

754
00:40:05,542 --> 00:40:08,583
how might that change
the course of humankind?

755
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:12,958
If wormhole travel
ever becomes possible,

756
00:40:13,125 --> 00:40:15,292
it would be one of
the greatest breakthroughs

757
00:40:15,375 --> 00:40:17,792
in the history
of the human race.

758
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,542
We're talking about opening up
not just the Earth

759
00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:26,167
but the entire galaxy
for human exploration.

760
00:40:27,208 --> 00:40:31,000
Think of the impact
to navigate to the stars.

761
00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:35,208
If we're able to create
an artificial stargate today,

762
00:40:35,417 --> 00:40:38,333
this would change everything.

763
00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:41,375
Suddenly
we would be able to make

764
00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:44,042
instantaneous journeys
to the Moon,

765
00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:46,875
instantaneous journeys to Mars,

766
00:40:47,083 --> 00:40:51,417
and instantaneous journeys
to other planets

767
00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:54,167
and solar systems as well.

768
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:58,458
As long as you were able
to create, you know,

769
00:40:58,625 --> 00:41:02,833
the computer coordinates
for where you wanted to go,

770
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,250
you'd be able
to just make that jump.

771
00:41:06,375 --> 00:41:08,958
Stargates can benefit us
in a number of different ways.

772
00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:10,667
Whether it is
understanding better

773
00:41:10,875 --> 00:41:12,375
the inner workings
of the universe,

774
00:41:12,583 --> 00:41:14,792
how the various dimensions work,

775
00:41:14,958 --> 00:41:18,375
or if we unlock
stargate technology,

776
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:21,958
the skies, or rather the stars,
are the limit.

777
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,708
HENRY:
And if we had access
to stargates

778
00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:29,750
and interdimensional travel,
it's beyond our comprehension

779
00:41:29,917 --> 00:41:33,167
how this would completely
change everything.

780
00:41:33,333 --> 00:41:36,458
It would be a brand-new
beginning for the human race.

781
00:41:36,625 --> 00:41:38,417
And it's one I hope to see
in my lifetime.

782
00:41:38,583 --> 00:41:41,750
NARRATOR:
Is humankind on the precipice

783
00:41:41,917 --> 00:41:44,292
of an incredible new reality?

784
00:41:44,458 --> 00:41:48,917
One in which the most distant
stars are within our reach?

785
00:41:49,083 --> 00:41:54,417
And possibly even stars that are
in entirely different universes?

786
00:41:54,625 --> 00:41:57,625
Perhaps only when
we find the key

787
00:41:57,750 --> 00:41:59,417
to unlocking the stargates

788
00:41:59,542 --> 00:42:02,417
will we once again
come face-to-face

789
00:42:02,583 --> 00:42:05,292
with our alien ancestors.

790
00:42:05,417 --> 00:42:07,958
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