1 00:00:01,710 --> 00:00:04,046 [Narrator] Ancient tales of a war in heaven... 2 00:00:04,213 --> 00:00:06,548 Across continents and millennia, 3 00:00:06,715 --> 00:00:10,010 civilizations have told of cosmic battles 4 00:00:10,177 --> 00:00:12,262 in the skies above the Earth. 5 00:00:12,471 --> 00:00:15,682 [Narrator] ...gods who wield extraordinary weapons. 6 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,352 In the Vedic texts, 7 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:20,854 they describe a weapon that can destroy 8 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:22,397 anything in its path. 9 00:00:22,564 --> 00:00:24,441 [Narrator] ...and archaeological evidence 10 00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:27,319 of extreme devastation. 11 00:00:27,486 --> 00:00:29,154 [Andrew Collins] Human bodies were discovered 12 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:30,572 that looked like 13 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:33,158 they had been killed very suddenly. 14 00:00:33,325 --> 00:00:35,285 [Narrator] Could ancient ruins bear the scars 15 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:37,704 of devastating battles 16 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,499 fought by extraterrestrials? 17 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:42,376 [David Childress] What the archaeological record 18 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:45,754 tends to indicate and what the ancient texts 19 00:00:45,921 --> 00:00:48,257 talk about are powerful beings 20 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:50,509 fighting these horrific wars. 21 00:00:51,176 --> 00:00:53,178 ♪ ♪ 22 00:01:08,485 --> 00:01:10,821 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 23 00:01:11,029 --> 00:01:13,490 Eight miles north of the Dead Sea, 24 00:01:13,657 --> 00:01:17,035 an artificial hill rises from the landscape. 25 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:21,206 It stands at the center of the ruins of an ancient city 26 00:01:21,373 --> 00:01:24,459 that thrived more than 3,500 years ago, 27 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:27,921 known today as Tell el-Hammam. 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,676 The Bronze Age culture of Tell el-Hammam 29 00:01:32,843 --> 00:01:36,388 dates back to around 1650 BC, 30 00:01:36,555 --> 00:01:40,851 and it housed thousands of people at one time. 31 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:45,564 [Narrator] Archaeologists believe Tell el-Hammam 32 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:49,860 was once a thriving city of 50,000 residents. 33 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:52,237 What it was called and who lived there 34 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:54,614 has been lost to history. 35 00:01:55,657 --> 00:01:57,951 But in recent years, some archaeologists 36 00:01:58,118 --> 00:02:00,871 have suggested that Tell el-Hammam 37 00:02:01,038 --> 00:02:05,042 might be the ruins of the biblical city of Sodom. 38 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:08,711 You have these cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, 39 00:02:08,878 --> 00:02:10,922 and there's wickedness, there's inequity, 40 00:02:11,048 --> 00:02:14,968 and God wants to destroy these cities. 41 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:16,720 [Michael Carter] In orthodox Christianity, 42 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:19,348 the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 43 00:02:19,514 --> 00:02:22,309 are examples of what will happen 44 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,603 when there are no morals at all. 45 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:26,813 They were godless cities, 46 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:30,317 and so they had to be destroyed. 47 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:31,860 God tells the people of Sodom, 48 00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:33,695 "You're not living the right way." 49 00:02:33,904 --> 00:02:35,364 Angels come down 50 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:38,950 and tell inhabitants, including Abraham's nephew Lot, 51 00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:41,161 that, "You need to leave now." 52 00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:43,497 And sure enough, that whole civilization 53 00:02:43,705 --> 00:02:45,791 is completely decimated. 54 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:50,003 [Robert Cargill] God rains down fire and sulfur, 55 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,589 fire and brimstone, right, from the heavens, 56 00:02:52,756 --> 00:02:54,591 to destroy everything. 57 00:02:56,093 --> 00:02:58,595 [Narrator] Until recently, many scholars thought 58 00:02:58,762 --> 00:03:02,766 the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was only a myth. 59 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:06,395 So, why do some experts now believe 60 00:03:06,561 --> 00:03:10,232 that Tell el-Hammam could be the ruins of Sodom? 61 00:03:11,274 --> 00:03:14,486 [Collins] In the early 2000s, archaeological work 62 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:18,073 revealed something very, very peculiar. 63 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,117 And that was evidence 64 00:03:20,283 --> 00:03:23,954 that this ancient city had been struck, 65 00:03:24,121 --> 00:03:27,874 possibly by a very, very large meteorite, 66 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:32,295 around 1650 BC. 67 00:03:32,504 --> 00:03:33,922 And the evidence of this 68 00:03:34,089 --> 00:03:36,967 was a layer of ash that contained 69 00:03:37,134 --> 00:03:40,595 fractured quartz, so-called spherules, 70 00:03:40,762 --> 00:03:42,931 which are melted glass 71 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:45,892 which can only be created in temperatures 72 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:50,063 in excess of around 1,500 degrees centigrade. 73 00:03:51,106 --> 00:03:52,357 [Hugh Newman] They've actually found 74 00:03:52,524 --> 00:03:54,484 what looks like molten glass, 75 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,445 and different artifacts have been melted 76 00:03:56,611 --> 00:03:58,321 to an extremely high degree. 77 00:03:58,447 --> 00:04:01,741 There's also blistered bricks and other evidence 78 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:04,953 that extreme heat took place at the site. 79 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,706 [Narrator] Along with the physical evidence, 80 00:04:07,873 --> 00:04:12,169 archaeologists also matched the location of Tell el-Hammam 81 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:15,755 with descriptions of Sodom from the Bible. 82 00:04:16,882 --> 00:04:21,428 In 2021, an archaeological paper was written that suggested 83 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:24,806 that Tell el-Hammam was actually the site 84 00:04:24,973 --> 00:04:27,809 of Sodom of the Bible. 85 00:04:30,687 --> 00:04:32,939 [Narrator] Could the ruins of Tell el-Hammam 86 00:04:33,148 --> 00:04:36,359 provide evidence that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah 87 00:04:36,485 --> 00:04:39,029 was based on a real event? 88 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:42,699 One of the first to suggest this audacious notion 89 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:45,202 was Swiss author Erich von Däniken 90 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:49,539 in his 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? 91 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:52,167 The controversial work that popularized 92 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:54,544 the ancient astronaut theory 93 00:04:54,711 --> 00:04:57,172 proposed that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, 94 00:04:57,339 --> 00:04:59,966 and many other events described in the Bible, 95 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:04,095 could have an extraterrestrial explanation. 96 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,933 [Erich von Däniken] I was educated as a Christian, 97 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:11,186 and when I was a boy, I was told, 98 00:05:11,353 --> 00:05:13,230 "If we live correctly, 99 00:05:13,396 --> 00:05:17,442 then, when we die, we will go to heaven." 100 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:22,656 I was told heaven is the place of absolute happiness. 101 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:25,158 Heaven is the place of peace. 102 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:30,747 But then, I learned that there was a war in heaven. 103 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,500 And angels were killers. 104 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:36,211 They destroyed, in the second Book of the Kings, 105 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:39,965 185,000 Assyrians. 106 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:42,926 So, what kind of angels are this? 107 00:05:43,093 --> 00:05:47,597 Change the word "angel" into the word "extraterrestrial." 108 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:52,435 [Narrator] Could biblical stories of war and devastation 109 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:55,313 be based on encounters that were not divine 110 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,858 but extraterrestrial? 111 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:04,155 If so, might this explain what happened to Sodom? 112 00:06:04,322 --> 00:06:08,326 Perhaps further clues can be found by more closely examining 113 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:11,371 the story of the city's destruction. 114 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,041 [Cargill] The story of Sodom and Gomorrah 115 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:16,793 picks up in Genesis 19, 116 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,379 where you have these two angels that look like men 117 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:25,010 who travel down to visit Lot, who's living down in Sodom. 118 00:06:25,176 --> 00:06:28,972 They want to rescue Lot and his family from Sodom. 119 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:31,892 So, the angels grab Lot and his family, 120 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:33,935 and they say, "We got to go now. 121 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:37,939 We got to leave because God's going to destroy this city." 122 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:40,358 And as they're leaving, he gives them the command, 123 00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:42,360 "Don't even look back. 124 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:44,237 "You don't want anything to do with this city. 125 00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:46,114 Just leave." 126 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:51,119 And Lot's wife turned and looked back at the city, 127 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:53,413 and she turns into a pillar of salt. 128 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:56,791 [Narrator] To ancient astronaut theorists, 129 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,336 this account sounds like a description 130 00:06:59,544 --> 00:07:01,838 of advanced technology. 131 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,343 All we have to do is read the old books 132 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:10,221 with our modern feeling, with our modern knowledge. 133 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:13,058 Before Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, 134 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,977 something like a countdown was running, 135 00:07:16,186 --> 00:07:18,563 because without the countdown, 136 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:20,482 the two angels would not have said, 137 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:24,819 "We can do nothing if you don't leave the city now." 138 00:07:25,028 --> 00:07:27,113 Someone started the countdown, 139 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,366 and the two angels were helpless. 140 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:32,077 Now definitely, this was technology. 141 00:07:32,243 --> 00:07:37,123 With our modern knowledge, we know what they meant. 142 00:07:37,248 --> 00:07:40,043 No doubt, we were visited 143 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:42,879 thousands of years by extraterrestrials. 144 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:46,216 [Narrator] Could the archaeological findings 145 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:49,803 at Tell el-Hammam provide physical proof 146 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:51,638 that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah 147 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:54,641 is a real account of a city destroyed 148 00:07:54,766 --> 00:07:57,602 by advanced alien technology? 149 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:02,482 And if so, can evidence of extraterrestrial conflicts 150 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:03,942 be found at other ancient ruins around the world? 151 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,403 be found at other ancient ruins around the world? 152 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:10,073 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 153 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,202 and point to a site in India where signs of devastation 154 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:17,622 may corroborate accounts of a powerful weapon... 155 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:20,959 ...deployed by the gods. 156 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:27,424 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 157 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:29,718 Today, this region, 158 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:33,138 located on the border of India and Pakistan, 159 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:35,432 is largely uninhabited desert 160 00:08:35,597 --> 00:08:39,436 and considered one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. 161 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,938 But for centuries, this arid landscape 162 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:46,860 concealed an extraordinary chapter of human history. 163 00:08:47,986 --> 00:08:51,406 In 1922, archaeologists discovered 164 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:55,869 the vast 4,500-year-old ruins of Mohenjo-daro, 165 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:57,912 an ancient city that was built 166 00:08:58,079 --> 00:09:01,833 with a remarkably modern urban design. 167 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,711 [Newman] When Mohenjo-daro was officially discovered 168 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,130 in the 1920s, 169 00:09:07,297 --> 00:09:09,549 it did cause quite a sensation, because it showed 170 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:12,093 a level of sophistication 171 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:16,097 on par with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 172 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:19,267 Very advanced, very sophisticated culture 173 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:22,353 existing in an area where people didn't realize 174 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,481 there was anything quite like that. 175 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:29,736 [Collins] Mohenjo-daro had this incredible grid plan. 176 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:33,073 Architecture was incredibly advanced. 177 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:36,701 There was underground water systems, drainage. 178 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:41,748 They were incredibly advanced in metalwork 179 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:45,418 and in their art and design. 180 00:09:45,627 --> 00:09:48,546 And yet, this civilization 181 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:51,091 was destroyed, 182 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,469 strangely, probably around 1900 BC. 183 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,972 [Narrator] While excavating Mohenjo-daro, 184 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:01,976 archaeologists not only found a sophisticated city 185 00:10:02,143 --> 00:10:05,021 but also evidence of its destruction. 186 00:10:06,064 --> 00:10:08,942 Strewn among the ruins were the remains of people 187 00:10:09,150 --> 00:10:11,111 who appeared to have been desperately fleeing 188 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:13,113 some horrific event. 189 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:16,074 [Collins] Human bodies were discovered 190 00:10:16,241 --> 00:10:17,742 either in the streets 191 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:21,746 or trying to escape upstairs 192 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:23,581 or in mass pits... 193 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:28,461 ...that looked like they had been killed very suddenly. 194 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:33,299 [Childress] It's like some doom had taken over this city. 195 00:10:33,508 --> 00:10:35,176 And then, on top of that, 196 00:10:35,343 --> 00:10:40,306 there were also bricks and clay pots that were melted, 197 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,685 and they couldn't explain that either. 198 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:47,522 [Narrator] What could have caused the sudden devastation 199 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:50,733 that seemingly occurred at Mohenjo-daro? 200 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:54,863 It's a question that has divided archaeologists for decades. 201 00:10:55,905 --> 00:10:57,949 But in 1977, 202 00:10:58,116 --> 00:11:00,160 British researcher David Davenport 203 00:11:00,285 --> 00:11:02,203 made a curious discovery 204 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,999 that may point to an extraordinary answer. 205 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,917 [Collins] David Davenport 206 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:11,629 spent 12 years at Mohenjo-daro, 207 00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:15,592 researching it, working with the excavators, 208 00:11:15,758 --> 00:11:17,302 asking all the right questions, 209 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,929 looking at the artifacts that were discovered, 210 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:23,099 going around the remains of the streets. 211 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:26,603 And what he discovered was that 212 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:32,233 there seemed to be absolute evidence of intense heat, 213 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,112 that some buildings seem to be virtually vitrified. 214 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:42,243 [Narrator] In 1979, Davenport published evidence 215 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:44,579 of what he believed to be a visible 216 00:11:44,787 --> 00:11:48,416 50-yard epicenter of destruction at Mohenjo-daro. 217 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:52,962 And according to his research, the source of this devastation 218 00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:55,715 was truly incredible. 219 00:11:55,882 --> 00:11:57,675 Davenport suggested that 220 00:11:57,842 --> 00:12:02,639 Mohenjo-daro had been destroyed by an atomic bomb. 221 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:09,229 [Narrator] An atom bomb dropped more than 4,000 years ago? 222 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,774 While the idea strikes many as far-fetched, 223 00:12:12,941 --> 00:12:14,859 Davenport reached his conclusion 224 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:18,696 after studying the ancient Sanskrit epics of India 225 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,573 and coming across passages 226 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,785 that described battles between the gods. 227 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:27,455 [Childress] There were these horrific wars 228 00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:31,209 that are talked about called the Kurukshetra Wars. 229 00:12:31,376 --> 00:12:35,004 And they were using powerful weapons 230 00:12:35,171 --> 00:12:37,840 that create massive explosions. 231 00:12:38,883 --> 00:12:40,468 [Deepak Shimkhada] In the Mahabharata, 232 00:12:40,635 --> 00:12:42,470 there are listed 233 00:12:42,637 --> 00:12:47,600 47 different types of weapons. 234 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:51,145 We're not talking about the bow and arrow 235 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:54,524 or, you know, sword or dagger. 236 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:58,987 They were all divine weapons given by gods. 237 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:05,451 Brahmastra is the most lethal weapon there is. 238 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:09,956 Brahmastra explodes like a bomb. 239 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,876 And total devastation. 240 00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:16,629 It causes extreme heat 241 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:20,633 and a wind that it causes to blow. 242 00:13:21,676 --> 00:13:23,219 [Giorgio A. Tsoukalos] In the Mahabharata, 243 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:25,388 after these Brahmastra weapons were deployed, 244 00:13:25,555 --> 00:13:28,099 people would have boils on their hands 245 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:30,059 and their nails started to fall out. 246 00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:32,312 Well, only one thing does that, 247 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:34,397 and that's radiation poisoning. 248 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:39,861 And so, perhaps the Brahmastra was some type of nuclear weapon. 249 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:41,696 [Henry] David Davenport 250 00:13:41,863 --> 00:13:45,241 realizes that the effects of what he sees in Mohenjo-daro 251 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,368 precisely match what is told in this epic 252 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,121 about this blinding flash of light 253 00:13:50,288 --> 00:13:52,623 that destroys this civilization. 254 00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:54,834 And suddenly, it's as if there's a perfect match here 255 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,587 between what is told in this epic story 256 00:13:57,754 --> 00:14:00,840 and the evidence on the ground in Mohenjo-daro. 257 00:14:04,218 --> 00:14:07,680 [Narrator] Is it possible that, thousands of years ago, 258 00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:10,349 our ancestors witnessed a nuclear war 259 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:14,145 waged between visitors from other worlds? 260 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:17,148 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 261 00:14:17,315 --> 00:14:19,984 and claim that the evidence lies not only 262 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,195 in the Sanskrit texts 263 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:26,240 but can also be found in many other ancient cultures. 264 00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:29,577 Across continents and millennia, 265 00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:32,747 civilizations have told a common story. 266 00:14:33,831 --> 00:14:37,835 There are cosmic battles in the skies above the Earth 267 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:39,879 that involve godlike beings, 268 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:42,632 what we would today think of as extraterrestrials. 269 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:45,009 They fight in craft. 270 00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:48,179 They have enormously powerful weapons. 271 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:50,640 In Sumerian mythology, it's riddled 272 00:14:50,765 --> 00:14:53,684 with lots of aerial battles between the gods. 273 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,271 You have different factions that are warring over 274 00:14:57,438 --> 00:15:00,483 some type of control over Earth. 275 00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:03,111 Also, the Mayans had the epic story 276 00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:05,988 of these hero twins who descend into Xibalba 277 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:08,699 and conquer the forces of darkness. 278 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:12,870 Xibalba is now identified as the Milky Way. 279 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:16,249 This becomes a cosmic battle where the hero twins 280 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:20,378 journeyed into the Milky Way Galaxy itself. 281 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:22,922 In Egyptian mythology, 282 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:26,884 Osiris comes from the star system Orion. 283 00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:30,388 He's here to lift humanity even to the level of the gods, 284 00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:34,725 and he's challenged at every step for his kingship by Set. 285 00:15:34,892 --> 00:15:36,394 This is a battle between two forces 286 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:38,855 for control of the Earth 287 00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,107 and ultimately the destiny of humanity. 288 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:43,442 [Tsoukalos] You have to ask the question: 289 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,319 was that all a figment 290 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:47,572 of our ancestors' imagination, 291 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:49,991 or did they witness something? 292 00:15:51,075 --> 00:15:55,746 Well, in the case of Mohenjo-daro and Tell el-Hammam, 293 00:15:55,913 --> 00:15:59,709 you have the signature of the events. 294 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:04,088 [Narrator] Do ruins around the world 295 00:16:04,255 --> 00:16:08,593 hold evidence of ancient extraterrestrial conflicts? 296 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:12,847 And were descriptions of incredible high-tech weaponry 297 00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:15,850 documented by our ancestors? 298 00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:18,519 Perhaps further clues can be found 299 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:22,523 by examining a mysterious megalithic structure in Greece 300 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:24,942 that, according to local mythology, 301 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:28,321 was built by a god. 302 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:33,659 ♪ ♪ 303 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:37,330 [Narrator] Euboea, Greece. 304 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:42,168 Towering above this small Greek island stands Mount Ochi. 305 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,630 This rocky peak rises to an elevation 306 00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:48,216 of nearly 5,000 feet. 307 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,510 And dotting its slopes are ancient buildings 308 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:56,015 referred to as Drakospita, or dragon houses. 309 00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:59,602 [Robert Stephan] The Drakospita are these very large 310 00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:01,312 stone structures. 311 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:04,397 And as a result of this style of construction, 312 00:17:04,522 --> 00:17:06,776 they're incredibly difficult to kind of figure out 313 00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:10,195 the actual purpose of these things. 314 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:12,615 Most people today think that the Drakospita 315 00:17:12,781 --> 00:17:15,326 date to around the fifth century BC, 316 00:17:15,492 --> 00:17:18,537 so right in the heart of ancient Greek culture. 317 00:17:18,746 --> 00:17:20,915 But there's still quite a bit of debate 318 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,375 on the side of scholars 319 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:25,377 as to the actual use in Greek antiquity. 320 00:17:26,878 --> 00:17:28,673 [Narrator] While more than 20 Drakospita 321 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:31,300 dot this rugged landscape, 322 00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:34,345 of particular interest to ancient astronaut theorists 323 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:37,807 is the one located at the mountain's summit. 324 00:17:38,849 --> 00:17:40,434 [Tsoukalos] The Drakospita 325 00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:43,854 is at the very top of Mount Ochi... 326 00:17:44,939 --> 00:17:47,567 ...and it is one of the largest megalithic structures 327 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,569 in all of Greece. 328 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:54,282 Archaeologists to this day have a hard time explaining 329 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:57,451 why it was even built there. 330 00:17:57,618 --> 00:18:00,454 Because we are talking of an altitude 331 00:18:00,621 --> 00:18:03,833 of almost 5,000 feet, 332 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,961 we are above the natural timberline 333 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,630 and there is nothing up there. 334 00:18:09,797 --> 00:18:12,758 So, anything and everything, construction materials, 335 00:18:12,883 --> 00:18:16,178 had to be brought from down below up. 336 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,224 [Stephan] The location of Drakospita 337 00:18:20,391 --> 00:18:22,268 is one of the most interesting aspects. 338 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:25,271 These are massive stones. 339 00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:26,856 In addition to 340 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:28,858 actually having to quarry those stones, 341 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:30,526 or get them out of the ground, 342 00:18:30,693 --> 00:18:32,528 now you've got to get them up the mountain 343 00:18:32,695 --> 00:18:35,031 and articulate them to actually form the structure. 344 00:18:36,532 --> 00:18:38,034 [Narrator] But what's most intriguing 345 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,202 to ancient astronaut theorists 346 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:43,164 is that the largest blocks in the dragon house 347 00:18:43,331 --> 00:18:46,459 were used for the ceiling. 348 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,002 [Tsoukalos] We have this gigantic 349 00:18:48,169 --> 00:18:52,131 megalithic ceiling that contains blocks 350 00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:55,092 that are up to ten feet long, 351 00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:56,802 two feet thick. 352 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,096 How was that done? 353 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:04,101 [Childress] Most megalithic structures have giant walls, 354 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:06,729 but the dragon house at the top of Mount Ochi 355 00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:10,733 has these massive slabs for the ceilings. 356 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:15,112 Moving these giant stones and actually lifting them up 357 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:19,992 and then placing them across the walls would be difficult. 358 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,661 And so, you have to wonder, you know, 359 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:26,040 why they're using such large stones for the ceiling. 360 00:19:27,375 --> 00:19:29,794 [Narrator] Some mainstream historians suggest 361 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,546 the dragon house at the top of Mount Ochi 362 00:19:32,713 --> 00:19:34,173 was built as a hut 363 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,008 -for shepherds. -[sheep bleats] 364 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,928 But could shepherds living in the fifth century BC 365 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:43,516 transport megalithic blocks that weigh up to ten tons each 366 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:45,309 to the top of a mountain? 367 00:19:45,476 --> 00:19:48,437 And if so, what would be the purpose 368 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,731 of building a massive stone shelter 369 00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:53,818 in such a remote and desolate location? 370 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:57,613 Ancient astronaut theorists believe that instead, 371 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:00,241 the true origins of the Drakospita 372 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:03,285 can be found in Greek mythology. 373 00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:09,458 [Tsoukalos] Mount Ochi comes from the word "ochevare," 374 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:13,671 which means to descend and to drive. 375 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:18,801 And so, this is interesting because, according to legend, 376 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:24,265 the reason why the dragon house exists at the top of Mount Ochi 377 00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:30,062 is because Zeus allegedly descended from the heavens 378 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,523 on top of that mountain. 379 00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:38,112 [Narrator] Zeus, the god of thunder, 380 00:20:38,279 --> 00:20:41,073 was the most powerful figure in the Greek pantheon. 381 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,492 Like many of the Greek gods, 382 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:48,581 he often came down from the sky and intermingled with humans. 383 00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:51,834 [Tsoukalos] The Greek pantheon of gods were not gods 384 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:54,670 as we think of them today. 385 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:57,173 They descended from the sky 386 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:59,842 and interacted with our ancestors. 387 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:03,512 They were incredibly human. 388 00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:05,139 They had human tendencies, 389 00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:07,808 they were lusting after earthly women. 390 00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:09,643 They committed heinous crimes. 391 00:21:10,728 --> 00:21:14,857 So, are we really talking about bona fide gods 392 00:21:15,065 --> 00:21:17,193 in ancient Greece? 393 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,445 I think it had something to do 394 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:22,698 with extraterrestrial visitations in the remote past. 395 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:28,871 You have to wonder if the Drakospita of Mount Ochi 396 00:21:29,038 --> 00:21:33,584 were places of contact back in the day. 397 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:38,589 [Narrator] In ancient Greece, the word "dragon," 398 00:21:38,756 --> 00:21:42,718 or "drako," referred not to winged, fire-breathing beasts 399 00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:45,554 but giants and other humanlike beings 400 00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:47,765 with superhuman powers. 401 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:52,561 Legend has it that a drako built the megalithic structure 402 00:21:52,686 --> 00:21:55,397 at the top of Mount Ochi for Zeus. 403 00:21:55,523 --> 00:21:58,150 But if so, for what purpose? 404 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:01,028 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 405 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:04,490 it may have been built as a fortification during a war 406 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:08,244 described in Greek mythology as the Titanomachy. 407 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:12,540 [Stephan] The Titanomachy was one of these primordial battles 408 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,875 for the ancient Greek cosmos. 409 00:22:15,876 --> 00:22:19,004 Essentially, this was the battle between the Titans 410 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:21,799 and their own children, the Olympians. 411 00:22:23,217 --> 00:22:27,596 [Narrator] The Olympians were 12 powerful gods led by Zeus. 412 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:31,016 According to the story, after a ten-year war, 413 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,519 the Olympians defeated the Titans 414 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:37,106 using a vast arsenal of devastating weapons. 415 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:39,900 [Stephan] Zeus's thunderbolt is one of the most 416 00:22:40,109 --> 00:22:43,070 powerful weapons in all of Greek mythology. 417 00:22:43,237 --> 00:22:47,241 Not only does it have the power to shake something 418 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:49,243 with the force of thunder, 419 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:52,121 but it then has the lightning aspect as well, 420 00:22:52,246 --> 00:22:55,249 which is able to burn its enemies. 421 00:22:56,709 --> 00:23:00,004 [Tsoukalos] Poseidon's trident was able to vanquish 422 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:04,091 entire fleets with just one single zap. 423 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:06,927 Now, when I hear stories like that, I wonder 424 00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:12,600 if the Olympians had access to some type of technology. 425 00:23:15,269 --> 00:23:18,856 [Narrator] Were the Titans and the Olympians not mythical gods 426 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:22,234 but warring factions of extraterrestrials? 427 00:23:23,277 --> 00:23:26,280 Could the dragon house have been built as a fortress 428 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,408 to protect against aerial attacks? 429 00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:32,494 And if so, might there be other ancient sites 430 00:23:32,661 --> 00:23:34,788 that served the same purpose? 431 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:37,708 Perhaps further clues can be found 432 00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:41,045 by examining an astonishing city in central Turkey 433 00:23:41,211 --> 00:23:44,715 that is entirely underground. 434 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:51,847 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 435 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,977 In the small town of Derinkuyu, 436 00:23:57,186 --> 00:23:59,772 a local man performing home renovations 437 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:04,902 knocks down a basement wall and discovers a hidden tunnel. 438 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,197 Upon further exploration, 439 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:10,532 he learns that this man-made tunnel 440 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:12,993 leads to more tunnels, and chambers, 441 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,580 that are all part of a vast underground city, 442 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,416 one that is thousands of years old 443 00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:24,129 and extends nearly 280 feet beneath the earth. 444 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:26,882 [Childress] I've been to Derinkuyu 445 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:30,135 a number of times, and it's-it's very impressive. 446 00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:34,306 I mean, it's going 12 stories underground 447 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:37,893 with all of these rooms and passages. 448 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:43,190 It had huge wheels as doors which were made out of stone 449 00:24:43,357 --> 00:24:47,361 so they could seal themselves off from the outside world. 450 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,656 There were ventilation shafts that brought fresh air 451 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:55,869 even down to the very bottom, basement part of this city. 452 00:24:57,246 --> 00:24:58,831 [Narrator] Archaeologists concluded 453 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:03,419 that the structure could support as many as 20,000 people. 454 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:07,214 Inside, they found evidence of storerooms, 455 00:25:07,381 --> 00:25:09,174 religious centers, 456 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,926 winepresses 457 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:13,053 and stables for livestock. 458 00:25:14,722 --> 00:25:17,891 At Derinkuyu, you really had everything you need to survive 459 00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:20,310 for weeks or months underground. 460 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:23,272 It was like an ancient bomb shelter. 461 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,566 [Collins] One Turkish archaeologist 462 00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:28,027 by the name of Ömer Demir, 463 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:30,988 who was actually a curator of Derinkuyu 464 00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:34,324 found artifacts that accurately dated 465 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:37,786 to around 10,800 BC. 466 00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:40,122 The importance of this information 467 00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:41,999 is that it tells us 468 00:25:42,124 --> 00:25:44,376 that there were technologies that we had, 469 00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:46,628 that are now completely lost, 470 00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:49,381 to create these structures. 471 00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:53,761 [Narrator] Just who built this massive underground city? 472 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:55,929 And what mysterious force 473 00:25:56,096 --> 00:25:58,807 compelled them to live underground? 474 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:03,187 While archaeologists haven't been able to determine 475 00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:05,314 when the structure was built... 476 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,192 ...ancient astronaut theorists suggest 477 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:10,444 clues about its age can be found 478 00:26:10,611 --> 00:26:13,530 in the ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, 479 00:26:13,697 --> 00:26:16,241 one of the world's first religions. 480 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:19,161 [Henry] Zoroastrianism is the religion 481 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:20,746 of ancient Persia. 482 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:23,624 It was founded around the sixth century BC 483 00:26:23,791 --> 00:26:26,043 by a prophet named Zoroaster. 484 00:26:26,168 --> 00:26:29,797 It's basically the worship of the god of light Ahura Mazda. 485 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:32,841 [Narrator] According to Zoroastrian scripture, 486 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:36,970 Ahura Mazda warned a young priest named Yima 487 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:40,808 about a cataclysmic event that was soon to come. 488 00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:44,686 Yima is told to build an underground city 489 00:26:44,853 --> 00:26:47,898 and to take, uh, two of every animal, 490 00:26:48,065 --> 00:26:51,985 and to take, you know, seeds and things like that 491 00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:56,156 and a select group of people into this underground city 492 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,700 to live there for 100 years. 493 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,162 [Henry] This story sounds very much like what we find 494 00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:05,040 in the biblical book of Genesis and the story of Noah, 495 00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:07,209 only here, instead of building an ark, 496 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:08,961 he's told to go underground. 497 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:11,922 [Childress] When we look at the story of Yima 498 00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:15,259 and his underground city, and it seems so fantastic 499 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,761 and almost unbelievable, 500 00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:20,722 but yet, here we have Derinkuyu, 501 00:27:20,889 --> 00:27:22,474 and it's totally real, 502 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:25,769 and it completely matches the story of Yima. 503 00:27:25,936 --> 00:27:28,522 So, here we have ancient legend... 504 00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:33,819 ...being proven by a real place. 505 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:38,323 [Narrator] Is it possible that Derinkuyu is, in fact, 506 00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:42,327 the underground city that Yima was instructed to build? 507 00:27:43,412 --> 00:27:48,750 And if so, then who or what was the god Ahura Mazda? 508 00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:51,628 [Henry] When we see depictions of Ahura Mazda 509 00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:54,214 at places like Persepolis and elsewhere, 510 00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,842 he's easily identifiable because he's the one 511 00:27:56,967 --> 00:27:59,678 that's flying around in a winged ring, 512 00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:01,847 and it's very clear to modern eyes 513 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:05,517 that he's in some sort of a craft. 514 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:09,771 [Narrator] Could it be that the story of Ahura Mazda 515 00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:12,774 is a real account of an alien visitor 516 00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:16,778 who instructed humans to build an underground shelter? 517 00:28:16,987 --> 00:28:20,240 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 518 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:24,411 and suggest further clues can be found in cuneiform tablets 519 00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:27,831 that describe an otherworldly conflict. 520 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:35,255 In 2014, Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum 521 00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:38,300 published a translation of a Sumerian tablet 522 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:41,511 that describes a great flood. 523 00:28:41,678 --> 00:28:43,722 Now, anybody who's ever read the Book of Genesis 524 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:47,267 and knows about the flood there, with an ark and Noah, 525 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:50,562 is astonished when they read the Sumerian text 526 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:54,566 for the first time because they are the same story. 527 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:59,613 But this tablet is at least 1,000 years older 528 00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:01,949 than the story in the Bible. 529 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:07,245 [Narrator] But while the great flood of the Bible 530 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:11,917 was caused by an almighty God wanting to rid the world of sin, 531 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,753 the Sumerian texts say the cataclysm 532 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,090 was the result of a fight between celestial beings 533 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,759 known as the Anunnaki. 534 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,970 [Henry] The Sumerian stories 535 00:29:23,136 --> 00:29:24,471 tell us about two gods, 536 00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:26,640 half brothers Enki and Enlil, 537 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:30,352 who are constantly in conflict with one another. 538 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,604 Enlil is anti-human. 539 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:37,567 Enki is an advocate for the advancement of humankind. 540 00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:39,152 The battles escalate. 541 00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:42,489 They're hurling stones that boil waters. 542 00:29:42,656 --> 00:29:45,158 They have weapons that are described as thunderous, 543 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:47,536 that emit these bright lights. 544 00:29:47,703 --> 00:29:51,999 To destroy humanity, Enlil sends a massive flood. 545 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:55,585 But Enki takes aside one of the human beings 546 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:57,963 and tells him to build an ark 547 00:29:58,088 --> 00:30:01,341 and to take his family and take them to safety. 548 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:06,138 All over the world, we have ancient stories of cataclysms. 549 00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:09,057 But if we look at the Sumerian version, 550 00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:13,687 it seems to be the oldest of all of these flood myths. 551 00:30:13,854 --> 00:30:17,482 Therefore, it's probably the most accurate as well. 552 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:21,361 So, you know, it's possible that there was a cosmic battle 553 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,613 going on between the gods. 554 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:30,120 [Narrator] Could it be that a 3,700-year-old Sumerian text 555 00:30:30,245 --> 00:30:33,623 describes a war waged by otherworldly beings 556 00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:35,834 with advanced technology? 557 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:40,589 And if so, might the vast underground city in Turkey 558 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:42,466 have served as a shelter 559 00:30:42,632 --> 00:30:44,843 for the humans who witnessed this event? 560 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:49,222 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest further evidence 561 00:30:49,431 --> 00:30:52,642 of an alien conflict can be found by looking 562 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:56,229 at mysterious anomalies that exist not on Earth 563 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,774 but in the nearby cosmos. 564 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,988 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 565 00:31:05,947 --> 00:31:07,991 After a five-and-a-half-month journey, 566 00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:09,659 the Mariner 9 spacecraft 567 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:12,788 successfully enters orbit around Mars. 568 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:15,916 Its mission is to create 569 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:19,377 the world's first comprehensive map of the Red Planet. 570 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:23,131 When scientists begin receiving images from the Mariner, 571 00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:26,510 they make an unexpected discovery. 572 00:31:26,676 --> 00:31:29,096 Cutting across the Martian surface 573 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:30,972 is an enormous canyon 574 00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:35,644 that is four miles deep and over 2,500 miles long. 575 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:39,022 They name it Valles Marineris. 576 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:42,442 [Brandenburg] The Valles Marineris stretches 577 00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:45,654 the same distance from New York to, like, L.A. 578 00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:50,909 It's an enormous scar in the Martian surface. 579 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:53,411 [Michio Kaku] Most geologists would say that, well, 580 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:56,164 on Earth we have tectonic activity 581 00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:59,126 that could go across thousands of miles. 582 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:01,461 Maybe something like that 583 00:32:01,670 --> 00:32:05,715 has created the Grand Canyon of Mars. 584 00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:09,761 But in the entire solar system of planets, 585 00:32:09,886 --> 00:32:12,639 we don't see anything like that 586 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:15,058 anywhere else but on Mars. 587 00:32:16,476 --> 00:32:18,520 [Brandenburg] There are many hypotheses 588 00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:20,856 as to how this formed. 589 00:32:21,857 --> 00:32:25,026 One of the very interesting ones is that there was some kind of 590 00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:27,445 lightning bolt that struck Mars... 591 00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,158 ...and created this scar. 592 00:32:32,701 --> 00:32:35,328 [Kaku] Maybe a thunderbolt, a cosmic thunderbolt 593 00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:37,622 from outer space caused it. 594 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:42,377 But I personally don't think so, because thunderbolts are 595 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:44,880 localized, they're small. 596 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,966 [Narrator] If Valles Marineris 597 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:50,468 was not caused by tectonic activity 598 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,220 or a lightning strike, 599 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:55,932 just what could have created this massive chasm? 600 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,686 In recent years, scientists have found compelling evidence 601 00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:04,149 that life once thrived on Mars in the distant past, 602 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:08,820 and some researchers wonder if Valles Marineris was formed 603 00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:13,491 not by a natural event but by alien technology. 604 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,953 [Tsoukalos] Some have proposed that long ago, 605 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,374 there was an earthlike-type atmosphere on Mars 606 00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:24,252 and a highly advanced civilization. 607 00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:28,882 And that, you know, gash on Mars is the result 608 00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:31,426 of some sort of energy weapon or something like that, 609 00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:34,638 which I find highly fascinating. 610 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:38,600 Ancient texts talk about weapons capable of something like this. 611 00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:41,478 For example, in ancient Greece, 612 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:44,481 there's Zeus with his thunderbolt. 613 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,816 In the Vedic texts, 614 00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,944 they describe a weapon called the Vajra 615 00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:51,112 which projects a lightning bolt 616 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:54,115 that can destroy anything in its path. 617 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:57,202 Was this some sort of technology? 618 00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:01,331 Maybe this is exactly what happened on Mars. 619 00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:04,459 [Narrator] Was the Valles Marineris 620 00:34:04,668 --> 00:34:07,879 actually created by an extraterrestrial weapon? 621 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:11,424 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 622 00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:13,635 and point to a compelling discovery 623 00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:18,598 made by Dr. John Brandenburg in 2014. 624 00:34:18,764 --> 00:34:21,726 Writing in the Journal of Cosmology, 625 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,228 Brandenburg noted something unusual 626 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:27,440 in the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet. 627 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:32,237 [Brandenburg] The Martian atmosphere shows 628 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:35,156 a very strong component of a-a special isotope 629 00:34:35,322 --> 00:34:37,449 called xenon-129. 630 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:42,163 The only place you find xenon-129 in such levels 631 00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:45,125 is supernova explosions... 632 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,585 ...or hydrogen bomb explosions. 633 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:51,715 So this is strong evidence 634 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,635 that indicate probably about 300 million years ago, 635 00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:57,512 Mars was racked 636 00:34:57,679 --> 00:35:02,434 by two enormous thermonuclear explosions. 637 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:04,144 Imagine 638 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:07,147 hydrogen bombs as big as the Empire State Building 639 00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:09,608 dropped from space and exploding. 640 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:14,029 [Narrator] Could the mysterious radiation signature on Mars 641 00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:17,032 be the result of an extraterrestrial conflict 642 00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:19,200 that occurred in the distant past? 643 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:23,413 Does this suggest that powerful alien adversaries 644 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:27,959 were locked in a battle that spanned multiple worlds? 645 00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:30,128 Perhaps further clues can be found 646 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:34,674 by examining another intriguing celestial anomaly. 647 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,721 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 648 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,477 Johann Daniel Titius, a professor of physics 649 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:48,855 at the University of Wittenberg, is studying the planets 650 00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:51,691 when he makes an intriguing observation. 651 00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:55,820 He notes that the distances of each planet from the Sun 652 00:35:56,029 --> 00:35:58,990 can be measured with a simple mathematical formula, 653 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:02,202 with one notable exception. 654 00:36:02,369 --> 00:36:04,621 Between Mars and Jupiter, 655 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:07,374 where the formula shows there should be a planet, 656 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:11,503 there is an enormous gap millions of miles wide. 657 00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:17,008 It's a very simple mathematical sequence, 658 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,719 and it predicts the planets' orbits 659 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:23,890 all the way out to Uranus with astonishing accuracy. 660 00:36:24,057 --> 00:36:26,685 The main mystery of the solar system 661 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:31,606 is the big gap between Mars and Jupiter. 662 00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:34,484 Using this sequence, there should be 663 00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:36,611 a planet there, but there isn't. 664 00:36:38,446 --> 00:36:40,615 [Narrator] It wasn't until the 1850s 665 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:43,284 that astronomers discovered the asteroid belt 666 00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:47,205 in the region Titius predicted a planet should be. 667 00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:50,166 [Henry] Where did all this debris come from, 668 00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:53,628 and why is there not a planet here? 669 00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:56,881 It may very well be that there was a planet here 670 00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,676 and it was destroyed by the same kind of weapons 671 00:36:59,843 --> 00:37:02,846 that created Valles Marineris on Mars 672 00:37:03,012 --> 00:37:06,015 and the destruction we see at ancient sites on Earth. 673 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,934 But in this case, 674 00:37:08,101 --> 00:37:09,561 the extraterrestrials were successful 675 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:12,230 in destroying an entire planet. 676 00:37:13,356 --> 00:37:15,525 [Narrator] Could it be that the asteroid belt, 677 00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:19,028 along with the massive tear on the surface of Mars, 678 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,072 are the results of battles 679 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,325 between highly advanced alien races? 680 00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:28,371 And if so, what might this mean for planet Earth? 681 00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:30,749 Perhaps clues can be found 682 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:34,294 in alarming footage that shows the U.S. military 683 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:37,714 engage with a UAP. 684 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,762 [Narrator reads on-screen text] 685 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:48,850 During a congressional hearing 686 00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:52,562 on sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, 687 00:37:52,729 --> 00:37:54,689 Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri 688 00:37:54,856 --> 00:37:57,817 presents an extraordinary video. 689 00:37:58,902 --> 00:38:02,655 The footage, captured by an MQ-9 Reaper drone, 690 00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:06,284 shows U.S. forces engaging a UAP. 691 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,661 [Nick Pope] This was genuine 692 00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:12,624 U.S. military footage showing an object-- 693 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:18,338 UAP-- and a Hellfire missile is fired at this thing, 694 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:21,257 and apparently it didn't destroy it. 695 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:26,638 [Travis Taylor] In fact, the missile goes through the object, 696 00:38:26,763 --> 00:38:28,306 doesn't explode, 697 00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:30,975 and then the object just continues along. 698 00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:36,105 Now, it was moving too fast to be a balloon. 699 00:38:36,272 --> 00:38:37,482 I'm not saying it wasn't a balloon, I'm not saying 700 00:38:37,649 --> 00:38:39,400 it wasn't an alien spacecraft. 701 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:40,944 There is not enough data 702 00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:43,530 to tell us exactly what this object was. 703 00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:45,406 Whatever it was, 704 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:49,410 it was state-of-the-art technologies or beyond. 705 00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:51,371 Is it something that somebody here on this planet 706 00:38:51,538 --> 00:38:54,040 has generated, or is it from somewhere else? 707 00:38:55,124 --> 00:38:56,584 [Representative Anna Paulina Luna] Every single individual 708 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:58,795 of the military that has seen that footage 709 00:38:58,962 --> 00:39:00,630 cannot explain what that is. 710 00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:03,633 This tech is not any tech 711 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,552 that any government has currently. 712 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,638 [Narrator] For ancient astronaut theorists, 713 00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:12,851 the sensational video raises an intriguing question. 714 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:16,312 If we are seeing things in our skies today 715 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,523 that we can't explain, 716 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:21,401 is it not also possible that ancient people 717 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:24,320 witnessed similarly strange phenomena 718 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,406 and perhaps even beings 719 00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:30,243 and tried to explain these encounters through mythology? 720 00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:32,912 [Von Däniken] Our ancestors, at that time, 721 00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:35,373 were Stone Age people, primitives. 722 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:38,209 They could not understand what was going on. 723 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:41,921 So they believed erroneously 724 00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:44,632 that these beings are gods. 725 00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:48,511 And they worshiped the gods, they adored the gods, 726 00:39:48,678 --> 00:39:51,014 they did everything from the gods. 727 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:53,474 [Carter] Our ancestors 728 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:56,936 are telling us, in oral narratives 729 00:39:57,103 --> 00:39:59,731 and in written narratives, what it was like 730 00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:02,567 to share this planet 731 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:05,820 with beings from another world. 732 00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:09,824 To worship them, to fight for them 733 00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:12,994 and possibly against them. 734 00:40:13,161 --> 00:40:14,954 That's what these stories are telling us. 735 00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:17,957 [Narrator] Could it be that with the recent uptick 736 00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:20,335 in UAP sightings, 737 00:40:20,501 --> 00:40:23,379 we are entering an age in which we will once again 738 00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:26,925 share the planet with extraterrestrials? 739 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:31,429 And if so, will we find that there are, in fact, 740 00:40:31,596 --> 00:40:34,724 multiple alien races with competing agendas 741 00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:36,893 concerning the fate of our planet 742 00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:40,271 and the future of humankind? 743 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:41,606 [Henry] When we look 744 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,316 at the ancient stories 745 00:40:43,483 --> 00:40:45,652 of extraterrestrial involvement in human affairs, 746 00:40:45,818 --> 00:40:47,695 even if they're described as myths, 747 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:52,492 it's very clear that Earth is contested. 748 00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:55,328 And if there were opposing factions or ETs 749 00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,623 battling over the fate of the Earth and humankind, 750 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:04,087 it begs the question: could this conflict be ongoing even today? 751 00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:09,842 [Tsoukalos] Perhaps we are not the landlords of planet Earth. 752 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:13,763 Maybe somebody else is in charge. 753 00:41:13,888 --> 00:41:18,643 Yet we are still here, and I ask the question: Why? 754 00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:20,478 And the answer to that is: 755 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:24,440 someone ensured our survival. 756 00:41:25,942 --> 00:41:28,486 [Narrator] Has planet Earth been a battleground 757 00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:31,155 for warring factions of extraterrestrials 758 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,866 going back thousands of years? 759 00:41:34,033 --> 00:41:35,618 And if so, 760 00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:38,579 could it be that at the heart of this conflict 761 00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:40,373 is the human race? 762 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:43,876 Perhaps one day soon we will learn 763 00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:46,546 that ancient stories about a war in heaven 764 00:41:46,713 --> 00:41:49,215 are not merely fanciful tales 765 00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:52,385 but accounts of a very real fight 766 00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:54,971 over the fate of humanity 767 00:41:55,138 --> 00:41:58,725 that is rapidly approaching its conclusion. 768 00:41:58,891 --> 00:42:02,270 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS