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Thousands of remote islands

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with an incredible
and mysterious past.

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That entire region of islands
is a treasure chest

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for ancient mysteries
and mythologies.

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The Pacific Islands boast dozens
of towering stone structures.

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It is fascinating
that there's so little landmass,

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and yet cultures were building
gigantic megalithic sites.

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And countless local legends
tell of otherworldly visitors.

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The Pacific Islands
are littered with rock art

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of giant beings with enormous
hands and feet that have

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six fingers and six toes.

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Could it be that
the islands of the Pacific

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hold the remnants
of a lost alien civilization?

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We have to wonder
if there were extraterrestrials

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on some of these islands.

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In the western Pacific Ocean,
spread out

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over three and a half
million square miles,

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is a vast region
of more than 10,000 islands.

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Often referred to as Oceania,

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these remote islands
are separated by great distances

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and inhabited by
a diverse group of people

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descended from various parts
of East Asia and South America.

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While unique in many ways,

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the islanders share
many of the same traditions

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and cultural practices
that go back thousands of years.

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Oceania includes the areas
of Austronesia,

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Melanesia, Micronesia,
and Polynesia,

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This is made up
of not just hundreds

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but thousands of islands,
all of which are interlinked

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by peoples who could navigate

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from one corner of it
to the other and back again.

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And this tells us that
there was a maritime culture

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that existed possibly as much
as 5,000 years ago.

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Traditionally,
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it's said that people came,
possibly, from the Americas.

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Other people say they came over
from various parts of Asia.

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But what's interesting is that
these islands share

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connections going back
tens of thousands of years,

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which suggests, somehow, they
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In Oceania, we have what
we might call this ocean lens.

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This ocean lens we call <i>va sa.</i>

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"Va" meaning
"the space that relates."

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We're talking about
interconnections between people.

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Between people and land.

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Between people and the cosmos.

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Between people
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like stones or monoliths.

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Those, too, are living entities

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that are part
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The concept is an ancient one.

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Something that our communities

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across this region have lived by
for so many centuries.

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For the people of Oceania,

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integral to their history
and cultural identity

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are the massive stone monoliths
and megalithic structures

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that can be found
on many of the islands.

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While mainstream
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most of these structures
were built

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within the past 2,000 years,

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the indigenous people suggest

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the megaliths are from
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when legends say
their ancestors shared

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these islands
with non-human entities.

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An example can be found
on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

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Located in the
northeast corner of Oceania,

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this popular tourist destination

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features one of the largest
ancient megalithic structures

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in the Pacific Islands.

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Called Pi'ilanihale Heiau,

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this massive temple
on Maui's east coast

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covers an area of more than
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Pi'ilanihale Heiau
is 341 feet wide.

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It's up to 50 feet high.
It has different levels.

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And it's almost like a pyramid
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While many scholars date
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to the 13th century AD,

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Hawaiian oral traditions suggest
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is many centuries older.

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But why would
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build such a massive
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One capable of withstanding
the earthquakes

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that occur frequently
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One thing that's interesting
about this temple in Maui

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is that it was where
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to meet and greet the gods.

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What's further intriguing
about this is that,

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scattered all across Oceania,
are sites just like this.

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These structures are
connected to so-called sky gods,

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celestial deities, interacting
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Gods that have risen
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and descended from the sky.

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Today, only a few dozen heiau,

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like Pi'ilanihale, still stand,

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but experts say
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of these temple structures
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And what ancient
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find intriguing is that
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say the architects of these
temples were not humans.

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What's so interesting is that,

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according to local tradition
on Hawaii,

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the builders of these temples,

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these heiaus, were actually

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a race of dwarves
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The ancient legends of Hawaii
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called the Menehune
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long before
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The Menehune
were created by the gods

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to serve as their messengers
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According to ancient
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the Menehune were said
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and that they created a lot of
the megalithic structures there.

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And it's thought that they came
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and they were there
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The Menehune worked at night

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because they didn't want
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They built canals and gulfs
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While skeptics think
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are just fictional,
there was, in 1820,

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a census done in Hawaii,

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and 65 people claimed
to be Menehune.

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There are many oral traditions
across different villages

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that talk about Menehune
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to actually travel
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And there are interconnected
cave systems below the sea

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in which these folks appear
in another place across Oceania.

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The Menehune are interesting
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similar stories
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of small people helping to build
these megalithic temples.

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Is it possible that the ancient
Hawaiian traditions are true,

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and that the megalithic temples
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were built
by non-human entities?

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And if so,
could they have been more

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than simply places of worship?

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According to ancient
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their platform shape
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Many of the megalithic platforms

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almost look as if they're built
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And it really makes you wonder

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if a lot of these
ancient platforms

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were built for beings
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Local legend says that
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where people would go
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So, we have to be open to
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places where actual visitors
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They were landing places
where people went

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to meet extraterrestrials.

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Could it be that
Pi'ilanihale Heiau

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and other platform
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that exist throughout Oceania

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once functioned as landing pads
for otherworldly visitors?

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As far as ancient astronaut
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it's a distinct possibility,

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and they suggest

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further evidence
of alien contact in Oceania

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can be found by examining
the remote Marquesas Islands

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and the story behind
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2,300 miles south of Hawaii

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lie 12 islands
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one of the most remote
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Today, this archipelago is home
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but centuries ago,
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ten times as many people.

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With the population decimated,
dense vegetation has overtaken

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many of the ancient sites
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making them a treasure trove
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One such example
is the archaeological site

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of Kamuihei
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first excavated in the 1990s.

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Two large stones
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are covered in petroglyphs
depicting human figures, canoes,

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concentric circles, fish,
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the most significant of which
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To the people of the Marquesas,
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Now, what's so interesting

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is that many of the ancient
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that life originated by a cosmic
turtle flying through space.

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All of First Nations people
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talk about this cosmic turtle.

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Japanese culture talks
that the entire universe

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rests on the back
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In Guatemala, there are carvings

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of so-called
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that once existed there.

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Now, if you look
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that were found there,
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but they're not,
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is a guy's face inside
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To me, that's another example
of misunderstood technology,

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because whatever our ancestors
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could best be compared
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And if you look
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they have that weird,

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whether it's a disc shape
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if you know nothing
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well, what's that closest to?
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Could it be that the ancient
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associated turtles
with the realm of the gods

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because they witnessed
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descending from the sky?

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Perhaps further clues can
be found by examining figures

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that the Marquesas
share in common

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with numerous other
Polynesian Islands: the tiki.

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You find tikis in Aotearoa
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Maori people carved them.

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Uh, Hawaiians
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You might find them in
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You have different variations.

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It's thought that
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originated
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It was part of their tradition,
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These are thought to be
the deified ancestors

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of the people of this area.

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They're almost like
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Tiki statues are on the edges
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generally facing outwards
to install fear

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in anybody that looks upon them.

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The reason for this is to say,

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if you are entering inside
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you know, respect the place.

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While explanations
for who the tikis represent

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can differ from one
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they are most often associated
with ancient ancestors

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and various deities.

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But in the Marquesas,
the carvings are all meant

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to depict one specific figure.

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The lore has it
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ancestor and creator
of Nuku Hiva.

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He was created in the image
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And so, the local people
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of their creator god, tiki,
and used them in worship.

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What's so fascinating about
these statues is that you have

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these giant goggle eyes

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and gigantic heads.

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They're very similar
with depictions today

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that some people report
with the so-called Greys.

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We are looking
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They're right
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For ancient astronaut theorists,

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another curious aspect
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is the idea that they possess a
mysterious power called mana.

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Mana is like
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But it was also something
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to have, like, a consciousness
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and that only the rocks
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were said to have this power.

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So if you transferred this rock

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to where you were gonna build
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then you would be transferring

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divine power
from one place to another.

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This concept of mana
is something that permeates

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all of Polynesian culture.

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It doesn't matter
what culture you go to--

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they all speak
of this mana power.

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And the question I have is

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is it rooted
in some type of technology

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that our ancestors
didn't quite comprehend?

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Does the story behind the tikis,

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along with
their unusual appearance,

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provide further evidence
that the islands of the Pacific

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were a place of ancient
extraterrestrial visitation?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found

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by examining another location

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that has profound ties
to the Marquesas:

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Easter Island.

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On the far eastern edge

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of the vast region
known as Oceania

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lies the island of Rapa Nui.

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More commonly known
as Easter Island,

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this remote location has become
famous around the world

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for its iconic moai statues.

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Like the tiki found
on other Pacific Islands,

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the moai are thought
to be imbued

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with the mysterious power
known as mana.

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Nearly a thousand
of these strange sculptures

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dot the coastline,

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some standing over 30 feet high.

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The moai statues have

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a specific style
of these kind of long faces...

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...with bellies with hands
going around the side,

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touching the navel,

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often with elongated fingers.

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And some of them
are beautifully carved

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and have intricate, almost,
like, tattoo-like carvings

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down the back of them.

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There have been archaeological,
anthropological debates over

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how they were constructed,
how they got there,

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and the function.

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And as someone
that's also navigated the seas,

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in many different voyaging
societies across Oceania,

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the moai, to us,
were sort of a way

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to help us navigate
across the ocean.

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So Rapa Nui is
the very end of Oceania.

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And so canoes coming in
from, say, South America,

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moai, you could see
from far away

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at the time that we're coming in
and out of the region.

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While the moai have served
practical purposes

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for people navigating
the open ocean,

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just who or what they represent
is largely a mystery.

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But according to
the local Rapa Nui legends,

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the moai depict strange visitors

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who inhabited
the islands long ago.

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The moai are believed
to represent these ancestors...

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...that the ancient people
encountered.

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The traditions clearly state
in Easter Island

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that giants are the royal class.

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The priestly class of
Easter Island in ancient times.

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Could the moai
have been inspired by giants?

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And if so,
where did they come from?

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According to the ancient stories
of Easter Island,

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the answer is provided
by seven moai

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that stand on a sacred platform
known as Ahu Akivi.

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The moai at Ahu Akivi
are the only ones

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that are facing toward the sea
out of the 887

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on the island.

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Those seven
are thought to represent

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the seven brave explorers
who came to discover

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this new homeland
for the people.

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The seven moai
on the Ahu Akivi platform

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face directly toward
the Marquesas Islands,

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roughly 2,300 miles away.

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It was said that they
represented divine ancestors...

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...that came
from the island of Hiva.

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And this we can connect
with the Marquesas Islands.

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So what exactly was going on
in the Marquesas Islands

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before the creation
of the first moai statues?

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Is it possible
that strange giant beings

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once inhabited
the Marquesas Islands

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and migrated to Easter Island?

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Could this be what the moai
are commemorating?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

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and suggest
the story of the moai

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may also shed light
on the power of mana.

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The energy

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of the mana

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was said to have been
transferred to Easter Island

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from Hiva.

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And this divine force
that was seen to embody

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these moai statues
with an energy

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that was said
to bring alive the statues.

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It was said
to give them consciousness.

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One of the ancient names
of Easter Island

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is "Eyes Looking to the Sky."

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And this refers to the pupils

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in those great stone statues,

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which were put
in place of obsidian

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or coral or red scoria.

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And when the statues had pupils,

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they came to life,

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imbued with mana
to have supernatural powers.

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According to the ancient stories
of the Rapa Nui,

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the power of mana was even used

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to move the giant statues
into place.

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Legend holds that a great king,

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Tuu Ku Ihu,

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was given the gift of mana
from the great creator god,

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and used the power of mana

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to command that
the great stone statues walk.

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Since the dawn of time,

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the people of Rapa Nui
have maintained

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that the way with which
the moai were moved around

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was through a power called mana.

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However, according to
the ancient astronaut theory,

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the idea is that mana was
a misunderstood technology.

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Because the fact
that we have stories

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where these gigantic blocks
were not dragged across the soil

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but flown through the air,

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to me, indicates
that there had to have been

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some type of a technology
behind it

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that our ancestors witnessed

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and thought that it was magic.

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Could it be that
the ancient concept of mana

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was inspired by some type
of advanced technology

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that was witnessed by people
throughout the Pacific Islands

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thousands of years ago?

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Was this region once the home

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of an extraterrestrial
civilization on Earth?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found

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by examining the Pacific
Islands' most mysterious

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and astonishing megalithic site.

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The island of Pohnpei,

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Micronesia.

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Here, just off the island's
southeastern shore,

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the ruins
of an ancient civilization

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rise from the ocean.

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This complex known as Nan Madol
covers 19 square miles

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and is built from hundreds
of megalithic basalt columns

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that are stacked
nearly 30 feet high.

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Nan Madol is sometimes called
the Eighth Wonder of the World.

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It is a gigantic area
built into the ocean

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of about 100 artificial islands.

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And those artificial islands
are created

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by taking huge pillars
of basalt.

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The largest of these
big basalt logs and rocks

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is said to weigh 80 tons.

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And they pile these up

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and then they make these, like,
Lincoln Log structures there.

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And some of them
are 30 feet high.

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The island city was once a hub
for the Saudeleur dynasty,

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which ruled the region
from 1100 to 1628 AD.

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Nan Madol seemed to have been

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a major center
for the Saudeleur dynasty,

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which is a major trading network
and empire.

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On the other hand,
we have evidence of,

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a thousand years earlier
or more,

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people living in this site
and working this site.

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We know very, very little
about the origins of Nan Madol.

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First thing that anybody
would think about

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is why do they build it there.

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What purpose Nan Madol
served remains unknown.

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And equally mysterious
are the questions

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of who built
the towering stone structures

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and how did they accomplish
such an astonishing feat.

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To say that Nan Madol
was not an easy thing to build

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would be an understatement,

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especially when you consider

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that they would have been
dependent upon canoes

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for transport of things.

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And access to the only known
source of these columns

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is very remote.
It's very high up.

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It's very difficult to get
to the columns themselves.

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And transporting them
would have been difficult,

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stacking them,
building with them--

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every aspect of it would
have been incredibly difficult.

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It is said that

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the basalt columns
that were used at Nan Madol

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were brought in from the other
side of Pohnpei Island.

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Now, when you ask
the local population

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how did Nan Madol
come into existence,

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they immediately go
to an ancient mythology

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that speaks
of these two brothers

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who descended from the sky,

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Olosohpa and Olisihpa,

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who allegedly built Nan Madol.

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The islanders say that all

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of this 250 million tons
of basalt

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was flown across the island

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and then put into place.

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You know, you have
to wonder, you know,

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00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:26,250
is this all connected
to extraterrestrials?

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00:27:27,958 --> 00:27:30,833
Could Nan Madol's
unique construction be evidence

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00:27:30,958 --> 00:27:33,667
of extraterrestrial technology,

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00:27:33,792 --> 00:27:36,750
as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?

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00:27:37,708 --> 00:27:39,833
Perhaps further clues
can be found

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00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,792
by examining
another local legend.

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This one says
that hidden beneath Nan Madol

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00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:49,167
is an even older
megalithic site.

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00:27:50,125 --> 00:27:53,625
A fascinating legend says
that Nan Madol is built on top

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00:27:53,792 --> 00:27:58,083
of a former city that was there
called Kanamwayso.

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00:27:59,042 --> 00:28:01,500
And the legend says
that Kanamwayso existed

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thousands of years ago.

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00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,708
It was inhabited
by an advanced race

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00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:07,292
that had spectacular
engineering skills,

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00:28:07,458 --> 00:28:09,000
advanced engineering skills,

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00:28:09,167 --> 00:28:12,083
and that they ultimately built
Nan Madol.

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Some scuba diving
that was done there found

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00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:19,250
that, quite deep
under the water,

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00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,750
there's evidence
of these columns being stacked

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00:28:21,875 --> 00:28:24,167
and placed in certain areas.

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00:28:24,375 --> 00:28:26,792
So it's highly probable

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00:28:26,958 --> 00:28:30,500
that the whole complex
was much larger

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00:28:30,625 --> 00:28:33,167
and stretched further
off the island

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and now is submerged under
the sea in the same location.

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Numerous ancient cultures
around the world

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recorded accounts
of lost civilizations,

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00:28:47,708 --> 00:28:50,500
like the famous lost continent
of Atlantis

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that the Greek philosopher Plato
wrote about

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in the fourth century BC.

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00:28:56,708 --> 00:28:58,167
But while most researchers
suggest

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00:28:58,375 --> 00:29:00,708
that Atlantis would have been
located somewhere

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in the Atlantic Ocean,

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another lost civilization
is said to have existed

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in the Pacific
that is known as Lemuria.

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The idea of Lemuria is that,

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12,000 years ago,

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00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:20,917
when, uh, the ocean levels
were 300 to 400 feet down,

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00:29:21,083 --> 00:29:23,542
many of these island groups,

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00:29:23,708 --> 00:29:25,958
rather than being
many different islands,

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00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:28,750
it would have been
one continent.

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The traditions tell us

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that there was
so much megalithic building

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around the Pacific Islands

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because it is
a transfer of tradition

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from a lost continent, Lemuria.

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So you have this ancient idea
of a lost continent.

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00:29:44,875 --> 00:29:47,042
And they transfer the know-how

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00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:49,375
and the ritual
of megalithic building

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to all these cultures
in the Pacific Islands.

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If Lemuria did exist
in ancient Oceania,

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then perhaps this is a place
where we're gonna find evidence

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of extraterrestrials on Earth.

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00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:08,792
Is it possible that the remote
islands of the Pacific

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00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:11,042
are in fact the last remnants

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00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:14,083
of the lost continent
of Lemuria?

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00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:17,167
While ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

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00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:19,375
that this region
of the world was home

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00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:21,917
to an advanced
extraterrestrial civilization

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00:30:22,083 --> 00:30:24,833
many thousands of years ago,

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00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:28,833
curiously, there is one group
of Pacific Islands

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00:30:28,958 --> 00:30:31,667
where all manner
of strange phenomena

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00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:34,958
are still reported today.

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Roughly 1,300 miles northeast
of Australia

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lie the Solomon Islands.

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00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:49,875
This archipelago spans
over 11,000 square miles

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00:30:50,042 --> 00:30:54,000
and is made up
of more than 900 islands,

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00:30:54,125 --> 00:30:57,375
the largest of which
is Guadalcanal.

506
00:30:58,542 --> 00:31:00,083
During the 1940s,

507
00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:02,333
this island became known
as the location

508
00:31:02,542 --> 00:31:06,292
of one of the fiercest battles
of World War II.

509
00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:11,125
But for locals, Guadalcanal
is famous as the site

510
00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:13,708
for all sorts
of unexplained phenomena,

511
00:31:13,875 --> 00:31:15,708
including orbs of light,

512
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,875
UFOs, and strange beings.

513
00:31:20,375 --> 00:31:23,417
There are mysterious legends
all over the Solomons, actually.

514
00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:28,500
There is always a reference

515
00:31:28,667 --> 00:31:31,625
to beings
other than human beings,

516
00:31:31,833 --> 00:31:33,250
that, in this world,

517
00:31:33,375 --> 00:31:37,167
human beings
are only one type of being

518
00:31:37,333 --> 00:31:40,833
that live along
with other kinds of beings,

519
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,625
like little people
or small people

520
00:31:43,750 --> 00:31:48,083
or people who are
both human beings

521
00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:51,333
as well as taking the form
of animals as well

522
00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:54,042
and that there is
always an interaction

523
00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:57,167
between human beings
and these other beings.

524
00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:59,750
A lot of the stories
from Guadalcanal

525
00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:02,292
tend to talk about giants.

526
00:32:04,292 --> 00:32:07,000
Giants are often portrayed
in different ways.

527
00:32:07,208 --> 00:32:09,000
Sometimes they are
benevolent giants.

528
00:32:09,167 --> 00:32:10,583
They help people.

529
00:32:12,083 --> 00:32:13,500
They look after people.

530
00:32:13,708 --> 00:32:16,667
But there are stories
about giants killing people

531
00:32:16,833 --> 00:32:19,083
and taking over things.

532
00:32:19,625 --> 00:32:22,000
So, giant is a major character

533
00:32:22,167 --> 00:32:24,208
in a lot
of the Guadalcanal stories.

534
00:32:25,583 --> 00:32:27,417
The legends
of the Solomon Islands

535
00:32:27,542 --> 00:32:29,917
for centuries have been
that there were giants

536
00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:32,625
in these dense jungles
and mountain regions.

537
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:37,000
These giants are reported
to be from ten to 15 foot tall.

538
00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:40,333
They have strange supernatural
abilities and strength,

539
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:44,208
and the islanders report
a malevolent side to them.

540
00:32:44,750 --> 00:32:46,375
The giants are described

541
00:32:46,542 --> 00:32:50,333
as beings with long hair
and big foot.

542
00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:55,083
But they have special power
in that they can move fast.

543
00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:58,250
They can fly
through the air as well.

544
00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:00,833
People talk about this
not only as just stories--

545
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,083
they think that giants
actually exist.

546
00:33:05,375 --> 00:33:08,833
Could Guadalcanal
really be home to giants?

547
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,250
And if so,
where did they come from?

548
00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:15,000
Some residents believe

549
00:33:15,125 --> 00:33:17,542
the reports of giants
on the Solomon Islands

550
00:33:17,708 --> 00:33:21,458
are related to the frequent
appearance of mysterious lights

551
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:24,667
flying around
Guadalcanal's largest volcano.

552
00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:28,667
The Solomon Islands
are famous for UFO activity,

553
00:33:28,833 --> 00:33:30,750
and it centers around a mountain

554
00:33:30,917 --> 00:33:32,374
in the middle of the island

555
00:33:32,375 --> 00:33:34,167
that's remote,
where no one lives.

556
00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:37,000
But people claim to see UFOs

557
00:33:37,167 --> 00:33:39,208
coming in and out
of that mountain.

558
00:33:40,083 --> 00:33:43,500
The local people
have seen for centuries

559
00:33:43,708 --> 00:33:47,958
a glowing object that is seen
to come from a nearby mountain

560
00:33:48,125 --> 00:33:49,958
and then enter the ocean.

561
00:33:50,125 --> 00:33:53,250
They refer to this
as a dragon snake.

562
00:33:53,458 --> 00:33:57,083
These objects are seen to enter
the waters around this area

563
00:33:57,292 --> 00:33:59,000
and then come back out again

564
00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:01,625
and then disappear
into the nearby mountain.

565
00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:05,792
I've heard a lot of people
talk about seeing lights

566
00:34:05,917 --> 00:34:07,167
that they cannot describe,

567
00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:10,250
that it either flies overhead

568
00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:14,042
or they see lights in the ocean
coming out of the ocean

569
00:34:14,208 --> 00:34:16,167
and then flying overhead.

570
00:34:17,292 --> 00:34:19,458
While many reports
of strange encounters

571
00:34:19,583 --> 00:34:23,000
on the Solomon Islands
date back decades,

572
00:34:23,125 --> 00:34:24,917
even today it remains

573
00:34:25,042 --> 00:34:28,000
one of the world's
most active UFO hot spots.

574
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,917
There's been so many sightings
of UFOs around the Solomons

575
00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:38,167
that in 2024 there was a UFO
information and research center

576
00:34:38,375 --> 00:34:42,083
set up to compile
all of these reports.

577
00:34:43,125 --> 00:34:45,250
There is a possibility
that UFO activity

578
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:47,667
occurs around the Solomons

579
00:34:47,833 --> 00:34:50,125
because they are so remote.

580
00:34:51,125 --> 00:34:52,833
These are isolated
Pacific Islands.

581
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,625
And, in fact, 70% of the Solomon
Islands is virgin rainforest,

582
00:34:57,833 --> 00:35:00,875
which is where most
of the encounters come from.

583
00:35:04,083 --> 00:35:06,042
Do the many accounts of giants,

584
00:35:06,167 --> 00:35:09,000
mysterious lights, UFOs,

585
00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:11,250
and other strange phenomena

586
00:35:11,417 --> 00:35:13,667
reveal that the Solomon Islands

587
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:17,750
have long been a site
of extraterrestrial visitation?

588
00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:20,667
And if so, why here?

589
00:35:20,792 --> 00:35:26,167
Perhaps clues can be found
in the region's unique geology.

590
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:30,292
The Solomon Islands are located
in the famous Ring of Fire,

591
00:35:30,417 --> 00:35:34,208
which is noted for having
high levels of electromagnetism

592
00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:36,333
and strange phenomena occurring.

593
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:40,208
And now we have frequent reports
of these light objects

594
00:35:40,375 --> 00:35:43,917
or even craft that are emerging
from within the ocean.

595
00:35:44,083 --> 00:35:45,833
And it tells us
there's something going on

596
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,167
in this region

597
00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:48,875
and that perhaps this is

598
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,167
where we want to really start
looking for evidence

599
00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,125
of extraterrestrial activity.

600
00:35:54,750 --> 00:35:57,208
Could it be
that the tectonic activity

601
00:35:57,417 --> 00:35:59,125
around the Pacific Islands

602
00:35:59,292 --> 00:36:03,667
have attracted extraterrestrial
visitors for millennia?

603
00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,542
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest

604
00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:08,708
that examining
modern-day encounters

605
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:11,167
alongside prehistoric mysteries

606
00:36:11,333 --> 00:36:14,750
may reveal
that the Pacific Islands

607
00:36:14,958 --> 00:36:19,125
are not simply a destination
for otherworldly beings

608
00:36:19,250 --> 00:36:21,583
but a home base.

609
00:36:26,708 --> 00:36:29,249
In the Southwest Pacific Ocean,

610
00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:32,667
1,100 miles north
of New Zealand,

611
00:36:32,792 --> 00:36:35,250
lies the Kingdom of Tonga.

612
00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:39,875
Most of Tonga's 170 islands
are uninhabited,

613
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,875
but the main island of Tongatapu

614
00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:45,542
is home to more
than 74,000 people

615
00:36:45,708 --> 00:36:49,333
and has become
a popular tourist destination.

616
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:53,292
But while Tongatapu has become
more strongly connected

617
00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:54,708
to the modern world,

618
00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,500
it is best known

619
00:36:56,667 --> 00:36:59,292
for a mysterious
ancient megalithic structure

620
00:36:59,458 --> 00:37:02,500
called Ha'amonga 'a Maui.

621
00:37:03,583 --> 00:37:07,833
Ha'amonga 'a Maui
is this wonderful

622
00:37:07,958 --> 00:37:11,500
stone trilithon in Tonga.

623
00:37:12,708 --> 00:37:17,042
"Trilithon" means that it's made
out of three huge stone blocks.

624
00:37:17,208 --> 00:37:20,750
These are carved
from the local coral limestone.

625
00:37:20,917 --> 00:37:26,417
Each of these blocks weighs
an estimated 30 or 40 tons.

626
00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:30,167
So this is
an incredible engineering feat

627
00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:32,000
that's found on Tonga,

628
00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:35,917
and we don't know
that much about it.

629
00:37:36,125 --> 00:37:40,375
For the Tongans, it is like
the symbol of their island.

630
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:43,750
And it's unique
on the island, too.

631
00:37:43,917 --> 00:37:45,917
It's just the one trilithon.

632
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:50,500
While Ha'amonga 'a Maui

633
00:37:50,708 --> 00:37:53,458
is the only megalithic trilithon
in Tonga,

634
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:58,542
similar trilithons
can be found in Greece,

635
00:37:58,708 --> 00:38:00,542
Malta,

636
00:38:00,708 --> 00:38:03,250
Egypt,

637
00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:07,417
and, most famously,
at Stonehenge in England.

638
00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:09,125
The trilithon
has been referred to

639
00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:10,125
as the Stonehenge of the Pacific

640
00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:13,292
because of the massive stones

641
00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:14,750
that were used
to construct this thing

642
00:38:14,917 --> 00:38:18,542
and because of
their celestial orientation.

643
00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:23,333
Tongan legends
say that this trilithon

644
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,208
points in the direction
of Pulotu,

645
00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:28,583
the place of the gods.

646
00:38:29,625 --> 00:38:31,667
And while Western scholars
believe

647
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:36,458
the structure was erected by
a Tongan king around 1200 AD,

648
00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:40,000
the locals say
it was built by Maui,

649
00:38:40,167 --> 00:38:41,917
a giant demigod

650
00:38:42,083 --> 00:38:44,708
who transported the stones
from Wallis Island,

651
00:38:44,833 --> 00:38:48,000
roughly 500 miles north
of Tongatapu.

652
00:38:50,708 --> 00:38:53,292
Ha'amonga is
the stone monolith structure

653
00:38:53,458 --> 00:38:57,708
that identifies
our connection to Maui.

654
00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:02,417
Maui is considered a demigod.

655
00:39:02,583 --> 00:39:07,458
Maui is revered as someone
that was able to bend the wind.

656
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,500
How Maui brought

657
00:39:10,667 --> 00:39:15,249
these huge monolithic stones
there,

658
00:39:15,250 --> 00:39:16,500
the stories vary.

659
00:39:16,708 --> 00:39:19,667
Sometimes
he magically flew them there.

660
00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:22,250
Sometimes he put them
in a really big boat

661
00:39:22,458 --> 00:39:24,792
and rowed them there.

662
00:39:24,917 --> 00:39:26,917
When talking about evidence

663
00:39:27,083 --> 00:39:29,333
for an advanced
extraterrestrial civilization,

664
00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:31,749
we can point to the trilithon.

665
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:34,542
This is supposed to have been
created with an advanced race

666
00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:36,708
that has an ability
to manipulate stone

667
00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:40,500
where they can levitate them and
place them wherever they like.

668
00:39:42,125 --> 00:39:45,333
Is the megalithic trilithon
on Tongatapu

669
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:48,542
a physical remnant of
an extraterrestrial civilization

670
00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:53,500
that inhabited the region of
Oceania thousands of years ago?

671
00:39:54,542 --> 00:39:57,458
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

672
00:39:57,625 --> 00:40:00,667
and they suggest that what makes
this small Pacific Island

673
00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:03,750
even more intriguing
is that it is known today

674
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:06,333
as a UFO hot spot.

675
00:40:06,542 --> 00:40:09,833
I was on Tonga, uh,
one New Year's Eve

676
00:40:09,958 --> 00:40:14,208
where people also described
huge cigar-shaped airships

677
00:40:14,417 --> 00:40:20,042
hovering west
of the island for hours.

678
00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:23,000
And everyone
on the island saw it.

679
00:40:23,208 --> 00:40:25,292
So you have to wonder,

680
00:40:25,458 --> 00:40:28,500
is this all connected
to extraterrestrials

681
00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:31,250
and the gods
that are coming down?

682
00:40:31,375 --> 00:40:34,333
It would seem to be
something like that.

683
00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:39,583
Oceania is filled
with ancient legends

684
00:40:39,708 --> 00:40:43,083
of strange-looking tikis,

685
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:46,417
levitation technology,

686
00:40:46,625 --> 00:40:49,750
and gods interacting
with the local people--

687
00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:52,458
gods that have risen
from the sea

688
00:40:52,625 --> 00:40:54,708
and descended from the sky.

689
00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:57,333
You have to ask yourself
the question--

690
00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:00,083
what was the inspiration
for this?

691
00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:03,000
We say, "Oh,
it's just all fantasy

692
00:41:03,208 --> 00:41:06,250
because our ancestors
were great storytellers."

693
00:41:06,417 --> 00:41:07,750
Yes, they were.

694
00:41:07,958 --> 00:41:13,500
But every story begins
with a kernel of truth.

695
00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:16,417
And the kernel of truth was

696
00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,833
a misunderstood
physical visitation

697
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,125
by flesh and blood
extraterrestrials.

698
00:41:24,792 --> 00:41:27,667
Are the remote islands
of Oceania,

699
00:41:27,833 --> 00:41:30,458
with their long history
of unusual phenomena,

700
00:41:30,583 --> 00:41:34,500
a hub of otherworldly activity?

701
00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,042
Did visitors from another planet

702
00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:40,417
descend on the region
thousands of years ago

703
00:41:40,583 --> 00:41:43,458
and use a power known as mana

704
00:41:43,583 --> 00:41:46,250
to erect megalithic structures?

705
00:41:46,417 --> 00:41:51,125
And if so, might the statuary
found throughout Oceania

706
00:41:51,250 --> 00:41:53,167
depict these alien beings?

707
00:41:54,417 --> 00:41:56,333
Perhaps each island
in the Pacific

708
00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,417
is a piece of a gigantic puzzle

709
00:41:59,542 --> 00:42:01,042
that, when fit together,

710
00:42:01,208 --> 00:42:03,500
will reveal the truth

711
00:42:03,708 --> 00:42:06,458
of our extraterrestrial origins.

712
00:42:06,667 --> 00:42:08,167
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