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Throughout the world,
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there is a number
that is considered divine.
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Amir hussain:
In the bible, there's 12 tribes
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of israel.
There's 12 apostles for jesus.
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Narrator:
It is embedded
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in dozens
of ancient structures...
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At gobekli tepe,
there are 12 stones
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focused
around two huge monoliths.
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Narrator:
...And found in the latest
scientific principles.
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Michio kaku:
The universe is a symphony
of strings.
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And that music is divided
into 12 notes.
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Narrator:
Is the recurrence
of the number 12
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merely chance?
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Or could it hold a clue
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about humanity's
extraterrestrial past?
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Rabbi ariel bar tzadok:
The number 12 contains within it
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the code of the power of god.
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The ancient secret of
tapping into something greater
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and higher, something
very possibly extraterrestrial.
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Narrator:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Narrator:
Cambridge, massachusetts.
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1914.
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William james sidis,
a 16-year-old child prodigy,
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becomes the youngest person
to receive a degree
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from harvard university.
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Six years after his graduation,
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he publishes his first book,
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the animate and the inanimate.
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In the work, he introduces
forward-thinking concepts
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in theoretical physics,
including the existence
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of dark matter
and the behavior of black holes.
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Michael de vlieger:
William james sidis
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is a child prodigy, a genius,
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who describes,
in what he calls black bodies,
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essentially the way
black holes would behave.
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They would be invisible because
they are taking in energy.
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Narrator:
Astrophysicists
have only recently begun
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to come to an understanding
of black holes
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that sidis demonstrated
a century ago.
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but how did he come to have
such extraordinary insight?
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Some researchers attribute
sidis's obsession with a base 12
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or duodecimal
for his revolutionary thinking.
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The duodecimal system
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is the number system based on 12
rather than ten.
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So, instead of counting to ten,
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we count to 12,
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but we don't use the word "12."
we'll say "a dozen."
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for 13,
we'll say "one dozen one,
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one dozen two, one dozen three."
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eric rankin:
12 seems like
an organic number to us.
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One, as opposed to, say,
dividing our math
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into the ten-based
metric system,
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when we stay with 12,
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it's more easily divided
into more fractions
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that stay in round,
even numbers.
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That's why it's beautiful
on a clock hand,
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that a quarter of an hour
is an even 15.
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Half an hour is an even 30.
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If it was based on tens,
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it would start
getting wonky pretty quick
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and requiring decimal points
behind it.
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Julye bidmead:
The mesopotamians
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divided their year
into 12 months.
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The ancient hebrews
took those exact months
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and the exact names
of the months
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and developed
the hebrew calendar.
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Caroline cory:
We also see the 12 signs
of the zodiac,
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and they're basically associated
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with the 12 lunar cycles.
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Even in biology,
we find that the human body
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has 12 systems,
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12 meridians, 12 chakras.
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In science, we know
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that we have 12 cranial nerves.
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The number 12
is also very important
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in the planetary grid theory,
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where you find exactly 12 points
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around the globe
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that are called vortices
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that have
very mysterious qualities.
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For example,
the bermuda triangle
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or the south atlantic anomaly.
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These specific 12 points
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are the entry and exit points
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from the earth
to the rest of the cosmos.
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The number 12
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is prevalent
in many cultures in society.
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It is symbolic for perfection,
for completion.
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Maybe even the mastery
of the human condition.
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Narrator:
Is it possible
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that william sidis's obsession
with the number 12
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allowed him
unprecedented insight
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into some of the greatest
mysteries of our universe?
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In 1976,
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theoretical physicist
burkhard heim,
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known to many
in the scientific community
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as the german stephen hawking,
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introduced
further groundbreaking work
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centered on the number 12.
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He developed a revolutionary
grand unified theory
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that consisted
of a 12-dimensional worldview.
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His theory incorporates
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not only our material realities
but philosophical ones,
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such as how the universe began,
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the nature of consciousness
and even why we are here.
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Kaku:
In the beginning,
there was one equation.
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One equation which, when solved,
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gave us the expanding universe,
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the formation of galaxies,
the planet earth,
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people, maybe even love.
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We find that three dimensions
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is simply too small.
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you can't cram all the forces
into three dimensions.
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Maybe 12.
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But this is one of the hottest
topics in all of physics.
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Narrator:
For many outside
the scientific community,
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the significance
of the number 12 in mathematics
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and theoretical physics is,
at best,
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a vaguely understood piece
of trivia.
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But researchers suggest
this number can be found
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in nearly every aspect of life,
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appearing in patterns
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that seem to repeat
over and over.
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For example,
in many ancient traditions,
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there exists a group
of divinely appointed advisors
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nearly always numbering 12.
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Jonathan young:
There's a fascinating pattern
of 12s.
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It's interesting how this number
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comes up again and again
throughout history.
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You've got the arthurian legend,
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the 12 knights
of the round table.
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In the greek stories,
12 olympians
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went to war with 12 titans.
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Hussain:
In the bible, you have 12
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as being this important number.
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There's 12 tribes of israel.
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There's 12 apostles for jesus.
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In the islamic tradition,
the largest shia sect
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is called the twelvers
because they have 12 imams.
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So, you have to wonder,
what is it behind the number 12?
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Is it all coincidence?
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Or could there be
a higher meaning behind it?
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Narrator:
The importance of the number 12
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is reinforced in the
new testament's book of acts,
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which tells of the founding
of the christian church
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after the crucifixion of jesus
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and after the apostle judas
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took his own life.
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Bidmead:
The apostles,
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which were now down to 11--
not quite 12 yet--
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had gotten together in jerusalem
to celebrate the shavuot,
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a jewish harvest festival
that occurs,
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um, 50 days after the passover.
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Jesus had promised them before
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that revelation
would come to them.
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However, they were not yet 12.
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They needed a replacement for 12
before the revelation.
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Narrator:
During this celebration,
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which came to be known
as the pentecost,
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the apostle matthias
is chosen to replace judas.
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Only then
is divine contact made.
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Michael carter:
The disciples are awaiting
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their marching orders.
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They're in a home,
and a violent wind
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comes through the house
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and shakes the house
to its foundations,
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and the disciples are startled.
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And then fire
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descends from out of the sky.
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And these tongues of fire
attach themselves
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to each of the disciples.
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Young:
The 12 apostles
gained some kind of access
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to special knowledge,
special power.
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But only because they met as 12.
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Tzadok:
We find the number 12
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as having
ancient mystical significance.
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It contains within it
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the code of the power of god,
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the ancient secret
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of tapping into something
greater and higher,
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something very possibly
extraterrestrial.
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Narrator:
Could it be
that jesus's 12 disciples
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were, in effect, wisdom keepers,
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men who were entrusted
with divine,
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perhaps even
extraterrestrial secrets?
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And if so,
does it further illustrate
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that there is some sort
of cosmic significance
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to the number 12?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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some of the oldest
stone structures on earth
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that all feature
a pattern of 12.
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We find that there are
12 t-shaped stones.
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According to
mainstream archaeologists,
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this ancient stone complex
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contains the world's oldest
known megalithic structures,
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dating back
at least 11,500 years.
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Prior to the discovery,
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the people of this time period
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were thought
to be hunter-gatherers
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and nowhere near advanced enough
to achieve
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such an impressive feat
of engineering.
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And as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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just as remarkable
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is the fact
that these ancient structures
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once again
point to the importance
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of the number 12.
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This is the oldest stone circle
complex in the world.
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If we look
at the most sophisticated
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of the stone enclosures,
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we find that there are
12 t-shaped stones
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focused around two huge
gateway-like monoliths
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in the center.
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We have to ask ourselves,
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why 12?
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Narrator:
Is there something
to be learned from the fact
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that the oldest known
megalithic structures on earth
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incorporate the number 12?
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Researchers point out
that the number 12
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turns up at many other
archaeological sites
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around the world.
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Hugh newman: Other ancient sites
that encode number 12
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include the stones of stenness
on the orkney islands,
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which dates back
to at least 3100 bc.
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Only a few stones still remain,
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but, originally, there were 12.
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We also have the twelve apostles
of ilkley moor
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up in yorkshire,
where, strangely,
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many ufo sightings and strange
lights have been recorded.
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Other sites with the number 12
include callanish,
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which is up
in the outer hebrides.
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This is a remarkable
megalithic construction.
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Narrator:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that a similar appearance
of 12 stones
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in the stories
of the hebrew bible
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reveals the significance of the
number is not merely symbolic.
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In the book of exodus,
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moses erected
12 standing stones
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at the foot of mount sinai
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after receiving
the ten commandments.
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And in the book of joshua,
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after the jordan river
parted
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to allow the israelites to pass,
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joshua had 12 stones placed
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where the priests
had been standing
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who carried
the ark of the covenant.
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But perhaps
the most extraordinary example
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can be found in the hebrew
bible's book of kings,
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when the prophet elijah
confronts the worshippers
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of the pagan god baal
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and challenges them to provide
proof of their god's existence
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by making
a sacrificial offering.
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Elijah has this bizarre life,
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where there are
these multiple episodes
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where he is in contact
with someone up in the sky.
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Hussain:
Elijah builds an altar
with 12 stones.
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He puts the offering,
the bull, on the altar.
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And, of course, god,
with god's divine fire,
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sends the fire down
to burn this offering.
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William henry:
Why 12 stones?
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Was it one stone each
for the twelve tribes of israel?
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That's the common explanation.
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But is there something more?
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Is it that elijah
is pointing to the power of 12
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and its connection with the
divine light or the divine fire
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that he's about to call down?
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Narrator:
Elijah,
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moses,
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joshua--
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all instructed by god
to erect exactly 12 stones.
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But regardless of whether or not
these stories reflect
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actual historical accounts,
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is there a profound message
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contained
within this repeated pattern?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest it could reflect
important knowledge
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our ancestors possessed
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about the very nature
of the universe.
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Canton, new york.
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2003.
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Mathematician dr. Jeffrey weeks
and his colleagues
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suggest, based on analysis
of maps of the big bang,
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that the universe
takes the 12-sided shape
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of a dodecahedron.
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A team of scientists
headed by jeffrey weeks
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made a re-remarkable deduction
about the universe.
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They believe, based on cosmic
radiation data they've accrued,
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that the universe may in fact be
a dodecahedron-shaped system,
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which is quite incredible.
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So, again,
we have this number 12,
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and we have
leading scientists saying,
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"hey, yes, this may well be the
actual shape of our reality."
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henry:
So this discovery shows us that,
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from the macro level,
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the universe level,
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down to the societal level
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that the number 12 seems to be
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the ruling mystical number
of the universe.
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Narrator:
Curiously,
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the idea that the universe takes
the shape of a dodecahedron
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was also theorized
by the greek philosopher plato
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more than 2,000 years earlier.
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Plato describes
an early image of the earth
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I-in something
called the phaedo,
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as a dodecahedron
that is 12 panels.
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This shape represents the ether,
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the life-sustaining life force
that animates everything.
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Kaku:
The greeks were
masters of geometry.
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And plato
and many of the greeks thought
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that this was the key
to the universe,
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that the universe obey
what are called magic numbers,
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magic numbers encoded
in the laws of geometry,
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numbers which seem
to be the basis of reality,
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numbers created by the gods
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that were talking to us
through numbers.
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Henry:
What plato described is
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the view
that is seen by the gods
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or by advanced souls
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who are able
to escape the physical
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and enter
into the metaphysical realm.
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Where did plato
get that knowledge?
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It's quite possible
that he came into contact
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with some higher intelligence,
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maybe even extraterrestrials
that want to see us
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ultimately fulfill our destiny.
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Narrator:
Is it possible
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that special knowledge
was imparted to plato
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so that future generations
of humans would take notice
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and seek to better understand
the cosmic significance
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of the number 12?
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And, if so,
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could this also be why
the number 12 was incorporated
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in so many ancient structures?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining curious anomalies
within our own human dna.
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Henry: An immunologist found
that these people had
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new york.
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Within a collection held
by the institute
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is an ancient
mesopotamian tablet
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known as plimpton 322.
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Dated to roughly 1800 bc,
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it contains insight
into the mathematical system
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of the ancient sumerians.
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Rankin:
Modern culture and civilization
started in sumeria
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6,000 years ago.
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Almost the world's
first modern city
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and the world's first use
of technology that we use today.
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The wheeled and axled vehicle;
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a plow; the arch;
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the world's first ziggurat,
a pyramidal structure;
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writing system, cuneiform;
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and this math system
based on 12s and 60s.
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De vlieger:
Some of their mathematics
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still fascinate us today.
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Um, they were able to achieve
a lot with their system
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because it was based on 60.
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60 is five times 12.
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It allowed them to avoid
the messiness of fractions.
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Rankin:
Why would they not count by tens
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when they have ten digits
on our feet and hands
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and seems very easy?
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Ten, 20, 30.
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That's not the way
those early ancestors of ours
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living in sumeria of the day
were taught to count.
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They were taught to count
by using the thumb as a counter,
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counting the knuckles
or the pads on one hand.
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So you had one, two, three,
four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine,
ten, 11, 12.
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Narrator:
Where did the ancient sumerians
learn to count
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using their knuckles
as an extra digit?
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According to their texts,
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this knowledge
was given to them
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by visitors
who came down from the sky.
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Rankin:
We're able to read cuneiform.
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And the people of the day said,
"we did not create this.
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"they were gifted to us
by these sky visitors
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that we ended up calling
the anunnaki."
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narrator:
While the sumerians learned
to count in units of 12
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by using their knuckles,
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in many other ancient cultures,
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they actually depicted
their gods
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as having six fingers
and six toes.
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Sacred texts and mythologies
around the world
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often reference six-fingered
gods or gods with six toes.
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In the bible,
we learn of goliath,
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who had six fingers
and six toes.
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In other traditions,
for example,
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in america, in chaco canyon,
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we see depictions in petroglyphs
of anthropomorphic beings
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with six fingers and six toes.
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Newspaper rock in utah--
same thing.
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Narrator:
Did our ancestors
encounter otherworldly beings
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with 12 fingers and 12 toes?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest evidence
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that such stories are true
404
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and that these beings
even mated with humans
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still exists in our own dna.
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Yasuni national forest,
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ecuador.
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1958.
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(insects trilling)
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deep in the amazon basin,
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american missionaries discover
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a previously unknown
indigenous tribe
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centuries removed
from human civilization.
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Incredibly, the waorani people
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nearly all possess
12 fingers and 12 toes.
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In 1983,
the new york times reported
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on the work of a medical doctor,
an immunologist,
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who did a study
on the waorani tribe of ecuador
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and found that these people had
extraordinary health benefits.
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Kirsten fisher:
One interesting thing that
came out of the study was that
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the operation of the extra digit
was essentially hardwired
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into its own unique part
of the brain,
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in terms of the motor control.
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So it wasn't like
it was stealing
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from another part of the brain
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in order to operate
that extra digit.
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It was fully integrated
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into the, sort of,
the neurological system.
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Narrator:
The medical term
for the condition
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of having extra digits
is polydactyly.
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The recessive trait actually
occurs in nearly one
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in 1,000 live births,
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suggesting that it may, in fact,
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be part of the early
human genome.
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And the occurrence of
polydactyly
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is not entirely random--
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there are certain lineages
where this trait
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is strikingly prevalent.
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Brasilia, brazil.
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October 13, 2017.
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Alessandro de silva
and his wife katia
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welcome the birth
of a healthy baby boy.
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Vinicius is the 14th member
of the extended family
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to be born
with a distinctive trait:
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12 fingers and 12 toes.
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Childress: A lot of times
when people have six fingers,
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they can't use all their digits
very well,
448
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but the de silva family
is-is quite good at it
449
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and-and they use that
extra digit.
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You have to wonder, is it
some extraterrestrial gene
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that ultimately,
we should all have?
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It's an amazing thought.
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Narrator:
According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,
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there may be an even more
profound explanation
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for the rare occurrence
of extra digits in humans.
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They suggest this anomaly
could be encoded into our dna,
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and designed to draw attention
to the number 12.
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-But why 12?
-George noory: Again,
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here we have the number 12,
and its sig-significance
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is tied into
just about everything.
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Childress:
You have to wonder
if the number 12
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isn't some code that has been
put there in the past
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for us to decipher.
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And it's still waiting for us.
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Narrator:
A code?
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Could there really be
an extraterrestrial connection
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to the ubiquity
of the number 12
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in mankind's history
and culture?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
are convinced
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the answer is a profound yes,
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and suggest that further clues
can be found
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by examining a group of
20th century scientists
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who were assembled
to investigate--
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and possibly communicate with--
ufos:
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The majestic 12.
476
00:23:34,038 --> 00:23:35,538
Truman assembled a group
of scientist
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October 25, 1988.
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The dallas field office
479
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of the federal bureau
of investigation
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receives a copy of an alleged
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"top secret"
government document.
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The memo,
dated November 18, 1952,
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purports to be
a preliminary briefing
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to president-elect
dwight d. Eisenhower.
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It details information relating
to a secret committee
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to investigate and cover up
extraterrestrial encounters.
487
00:24:09,532 --> 00:24:14,243
Birnes:
They prepared a manual,
basically briefing documents,
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for the incoming
administration.
489
00:24:16,747 --> 00:24:18,747
According to these documents,
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as truman was preparing for
the 1948 election,
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he assembled a group
of scientists.
492
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And they were called
majestic 12, mj-12,
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and they were studying ufos.
494
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Narrator:
Since the first memo surfaced,
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the authenticity
of the mj-12 documents
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has been hotly debated.
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But for some researchers,
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an equally intriguing question
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is if the group truly existed,
why did truman choose 12?
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Tzadok: Harry truman
put together majestic 12.
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Why not majestic 11?
Why not majestic 24?
502
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Was the choosing of the number
12 for the mj-12 a coincidence
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or something
much more significant?
504
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Are they an echo
back to the 12 apostles of jesus
505
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in the christian tradition
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or are they 12 sons of jacob
in the jewish tradition?
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Narrator:
If there really was
a top secret group
508
00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:25,856
assembled to investigate
the ufo phenomenon,
509
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:29,985
does the fact that president
truman selected exactly 12 men
510
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:33,030
indicate that he--
or someone on his team--
511
00:25:33,074 --> 00:25:35,908
was aware of the significance
of this number?
512
00:25:35,952 --> 00:25:38,494
Could it have been
meant to signal
513
00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:40,788
to the extraterrestrials
they were investigating
514
00:25:40,831 --> 00:25:44,458
that they were aware of the
existence of some kind of code?
515
00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:47,461
According to the documents
that surfaced,
516
00:25:47,505 --> 00:25:49,421
the men who made up
the majestic 12
517
00:25:49,465 --> 00:25:52,925
included top scientists,
government officials
518
00:25:52,969 --> 00:25:55,761
and high-ranking
military personnel,
519
00:25:55,805 --> 00:25:58,097
led by vannevar bush.
520
00:25:58,140 --> 00:26:01,183
During world war ii,
bush headed
521
00:26:01,227 --> 00:26:04,186
the u.S. Office of scientific
research and development,
522
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:09,149
through which almost all wartime
military r&d was carried out.
523
00:26:09,193 --> 00:26:13,696
The mj-12 documents also detail
actual contact
524
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:16,991
that this group made
with alien entities.
525
00:26:19,287 --> 00:26:21,870
Linda moulton howe:
The most important document
526
00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,331
is "the restricted som1-01,
527
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,876
majestic-12 group special
operations manual."
528
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,506
and when you go to page 11,
529
00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:38,220
there is an extraterrestrial
technology classification table,
530
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:43,017
and this is solid confirmation
that our government knew,
531
00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:45,561
and was dealing with
extraterrestrial entities
532
00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:49,064
and technology in the '40s.
533
00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:52,026
And if we are on a planet
534
00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:54,903
where there are nonhumans
cohabiting with us,
535
00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:59,533
have they finally seen
that the time has come,
536
00:26:59,577 --> 00:27:03,078
that we need to be released
from the idea
537
00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:04,913
that we're alone
in the universe?
538
00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:08,000
Childress:
Here we have mj-12,
539
00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:10,669
who are entrusted
with this special knowledge.
540
00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:12,755
You have to ask yourself,
were they
541
00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,673
signaling extraterrestrials?
542
00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,468
And this was really the first
543
00:27:17,511 --> 00:27:22,806
official government-style
welcoming
544
00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:26,268
and they were basically saying,
"we're ready for you."
545
00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:28,437
narrator:
Is it possible
546
00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:30,439
that the formation
of the majestic 12
547
00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:33,609
was an attempt to signal
to a higher intelligence
548
00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:38,030
that humankind now grasped
the significance of this number?
549
00:27:38,074 --> 00:27:41,367
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
550
00:27:41,410 --> 00:27:45,079
mj-12 represented
an important first step
551
00:27:45,122 --> 00:27:49,375
towards a reconnection with
our extraterrestrial ancestors
552
00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:53,003
and they suggest that humanity
may be on the verge
553
00:27:53,047 --> 00:27:57,800
of entering into a new age that
was foretold in the bible.
554
00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:04,181
Patmos island, greece.
555
00:28:04,225 --> 00:28:05,974
60 ad.
556
00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:11,105
In a mountaintop cavern known
as the cave of the apocalypse,
557
00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:14,191
st. John the theologian
wrote the last book
558
00:28:14,235 --> 00:28:18,278
of the christian new testament:
The book of revelation.
559
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,365
In the 12th chapter,
560
00:28:21,409 --> 00:28:25,536
it describes a heavenly realm
called the "new jerusalem."
561
00:28:25,579 --> 00:28:28,414
hussein:
The book of revelation
talks about
562
00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:30,457
the unveiling of a new world.
563
00:28:30,501 --> 00:28:32,751
And so, there's
the earthly jerusalem.
564
00:28:32,795 --> 00:28:35,838
This was a new jerusalem.
565
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,006
De vlieger:
The new jerusalem
had 12 gates--
566
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:40,718
three facing north,
three facing south,
567
00:28:40,761 --> 00:28:42,803
three facing east,
three facing west--
568
00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:45,389
one for each of the 12 tribes
of israel.
569
00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:49,476
The city also had measurements
that were multiples of 12.
570
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:50,853
That's very interesting.
571
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:53,355
It connects with that divine 12
572
00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:56,692
and then the ability
to divide 12
573
00:28:56,736 --> 00:29:00,154
into four sets of three.
Very practical number.
574
00:29:02,116 --> 00:29:05,075
Narrator:
While many take the book
of revelation to be symbolic,
575
00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:08,871
there is one curious aspect
which leads some to believe
576
00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:13,250
it was inspired by
an otherworldly encounter.
577
00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:19,339
In revelation this city
descends from out of the sky,
578
00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:22,259
which leads to question,
579
00:29:22,303 --> 00:29:25,804
could the new jerusalem
have been a mothership or, uh,
580
00:29:25,848 --> 00:29:29,224
a city that descends
from the ship?
581
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,229
Narrator:
If the book of revelation
582
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:37,107
was inspired by
an extraterrestrial event--
583
00:29:37,151 --> 00:29:38,901
one where john the theologian
584
00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:40,861
witnessed a spaceship
descending to earth--
585
00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:43,405
might this explain how john
had been taught
586
00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:45,324
about the new jerusalem
587
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:49,077
and the cosmic importance
of the number 12?
588
00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:51,747
The word "angel"
is used 12 times
589
00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:54,249
in the book of revelations.
590
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,084
Most of the time,
591
00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:58,337
these angels
are telling the future,
592
00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:01,423
they're prophesying
about some end-time event.
593
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:04,635
In the jewish, the christian,
the muslim traditions,
594
00:30:04,678 --> 00:30:07,596
there is this idea of
the world to come,
595
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,432
that this world isn't
the be-all and end-all.
596
00:30:12,061 --> 00:30:14,353
Narrator:
Could it be that
the revelation prophecy
597
00:30:14,396 --> 00:30:16,605
isn't about a physical event,
598
00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:21,151
but rather the ushering in
of a new age for mankind?
599
00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:25,364
And if so, might the formation
of the majestic 12
600
00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:28,450
have set humanity on a path
towards what is referred to
601
00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:31,370
in the bible as
the "new jerusalem"?
602
00:30:31,413 --> 00:30:34,331
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
603
00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:37,084
and suggest that according
to traditions
604
00:30:37,127 --> 00:30:38,961
from the other side
of the world,
605
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:42,840
the time of revelation
doesn't lie in the far future,
606
00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:46,635
but is happening right now.
607
00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:53,767
Henry:
Astronomers observed
this
608
00:30:53,811 --> 00:30:57,104
December 21, 2012.
609
00:30:57,147 --> 00:31:01,942
Thousands of people congregate
at the ruins of tikal--
610
00:31:01,986 --> 00:31:04,152
one of the largest
archaeological sites
611
00:31:04,238 --> 00:31:05,571
of the maya civilization
612
00:31:05,614 --> 00:31:07,990
that thrived in the area
of central america
613
00:31:08,075 --> 00:31:11,410
for more than 2,000 years.
614
00:31:11,453 --> 00:31:15,455
The maya were known for
being incredibly accurate
615
00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:19,418
at tracking time by tracing the
movement of celestial bodies,
616
00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:22,462
and it is on this exact day
617
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:26,717
that the famous mayan long-count
calendar comes to an abrupt end.
618
00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:29,761
Those gathered at tikal
619
00:31:29,805 --> 00:31:32,431
and other important sites
around the world
620
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:35,434
are anticipating
some earth-changing event,
621
00:31:35,477 --> 00:31:38,645
possibly even the end
of the world.
622
00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:41,815
Rankin: So, the mayans had
this prophecy--
623
00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:44,985
what we would call 2012--
624
00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:50,157
and they were talking
about a coming new age
625
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,783
or a coming new thing.
626
00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:54,369
The best analogy I ever heard
about the end
627
00:31:54,455 --> 00:31:57,122
of the mayan calendar
was like it was an odometer.
628
00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,498
It wasn't the end of the world--
629
00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:00,375
it was the end of a system
630
00:32:00,461 --> 00:32:03,170
and then the beginning
of a new system.
631
00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:05,339
Bruce fenton:
I find it quite fascinating
632
00:32:05,382 --> 00:32:07,674
that the mayan calendar system
contains
633
00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:10,177
this period of time,
144,000 days,
634
00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,054
which, again, a multiple of 12.
635
00:32:12,139 --> 00:32:14,389
So there's something
very strange going on there,
636
00:32:14,475 --> 00:32:16,183
you know,
with this number 12 recurring.
637
00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:19,019
Narrator: Was the end
of the mayan calendar
638
00:32:19,063 --> 00:32:20,562
signaling not the end
of the world
639
00:32:20,648 --> 00:32:24,316
but a turning point
for humankind?
640
00:32:25,402 --> 00:32:28,695
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
641
00:32:28,739 --> 00:32:30,906
the answer is yes.
642
00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:35,035
And if the number 12
is some kind of alien code,
643
00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:37,537
it is profoundly linked
to everything
644
00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:39,831
from the formation
of the majestic 12
645
00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:44,419
to the events of 12/21/2012.
646
00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:47,172
Many people were expecting,
647
00:32:47,216 --> 00:32:49,508
uh, possibly some big cataclysm.
648
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:51,551
It was the end
of the mayan calendar.
649
00:32:51,595 --> 00:32:54,054
But instead, uh,
what happened in 2012
650
00:32:54,098 --> 00:32:57,265
was a turning point in history.
651
00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:00,894
Narrator:
Geneva, switzerland.
652
00:33:00,938 --> 00:33:03,939
July 4, 2012.
653
00:33:04,984 --> 00:33:07,526
In the final year
of the mayan calendar,
654
00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:11,071
scientists working at the cern
large hadron collider,
655
00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:14,741
the most complex
machine ever created,
656
00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:18,453
announce the lhc's
first major finding.
657
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:21,707
The particle accelerator
has uncovered
658
00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:24,209
a tiny bit of matter
called the higgs boson,
659
00:33:24,253 --> 00:33:28,422
an elementary force that allows
particles to acquire mass
660
00:33:28,465 --> 00:33:31,425
to form matter
that makes up our world.
661
00:33:31,468 --> 00:33:34,928
The confirmation of the god
particle, as it became known,
662
00:33:34,972 --> 00:33:37,639
validated
the standard model of physics,
663
00:33:37,725 --> 00:33:41,893
which proposes there are
12 fundamental particles.
664
00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:43,228
The god particle,
665
00:33:43,272 --> 00:33:45,814
discovered in 2012,
666
00:33:45,899 --> 00:33:48,275
is the 12th.
667
00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:52,070
This is a very momentous
occasion in the following sense,
668
00:33:52,114 --> 00:33:54,740
that, for 40 years now,
people have been looking for it.
669
00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:57,284
And it really is the particle
that brings together
670
00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:59,286
what's called
the standard model of physics
671
00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:03,040
and explains why particle
and-and matter has mass.
672
00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:05,667
Narrator:
With this 12th
673
00:34:05,753 --> 00:34:08,420
and final fundamental particle
discovered,
674
00:34:08,464 --> 00:34:11,757
scientists believe
they now have a complete picture
675
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,177
of the basic building blocks
of our universe.
676
00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:17,971
Fenton:
We now are
in a-a very different world
677
00:34:18,015 --> 00:34:20,015
to the world we were pre-2012,
678
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,184
with all kinds
of revelations in science.
679
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,978
You know, things have really
changed very fast since then.
680
00:34:25,022 --> 00:34:27,606
Dennin:
Now that we've discovered
the higgs boson,
681
00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:30,150
we can actually explore
what that implication is
682
00:34:30,194 --> 00:34:32,527
for lots of other things we know
about the physical universe,
683
00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:35,489
including things
like dark matter,
684
00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:37,115
matter that doesn't
really interact with light
685
00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,618
and we can't see,
dark energy,
686
00:34:39,661 --> 00:34:41,495
whatever it is that's causing
the universe to accelerate.
687
00:34:41,538 --> 00:34:42,496
'cause we know
it's accelerating,
688
00:34:42,539 --> 00:34:43,997
but we don't know why.
689
00:34:44,041 --> 00:34:46,041
So, a lot of these other
features of physics,
690
00:34:46,126 --> 00:34:48,585
we now may be able
to get a better handle on.
691
00:34:49,671 --> 00:34:51,630
Childress:
Along with this god particle,
692
00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:56,343
perhaps humans on earth
are discovering exactly,
693
00:34:56,386 --> 00:34:58,011
you know, who we are,
694
00:34:58,055 --> 00:35:00,847
where we've come from
and where we're going.
695
00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:05,685
Narrator:
Has humanity entered
a new age of understanding,
696
00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:08,313
one shepherded in
by the discovery
697
00:35:08,357 --> 00:35:10,315
of the 12th fundamental
particle,
698
00:35:10,359 --> 00:35:13,610
the so-called god particle?
699
00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:17,197
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
700
00:35:17,241 --> 00:35:20,158
and point to another
extraordinary occurrence
701
00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:22,244
in 2012,
702
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:25,163
one that happened
just one month before the end
703
00:35:25,207 --> 00:35:28,041
of the mayan calendar.
704
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:30,377
In November 2012,
705
00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:34,214
astronomers at the arecibo
observatory in puerto rico
706
00:35:34,258 --> 00:35:37,509
observed
this blinding flash of light
707
00:35:37,553 --> 00:35:39,511
that kept repeating itself.
708
00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:42,055
They had no idea what it was
709
00:35:42,099 --> 00:35:44,266
or, actually,
where it was coming from.
710
00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:46,017
They continued researching it,
711
00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:49,396
and they discovered that
this bright flash was so bright
712
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:53,233
that it had the power
of 500 million suns.
713
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:56,361
Narrator:
What the astronomers
were witnessing
714
00:35:56,405 --> 00:36:00,407
was a fast radio burst,
or frb,
715
00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:02,409
a transient radio pulse
716
00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:05,537
caused by some high-energy
astrophysical process
717
00:36:05,581 --> 00:36:07,622
not yet understood.
718
00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:11,084
They would label this burst
for the year, month and day
719
00:36:11,128 --> 00:36:12,419
it was discovered,
720
00:36:12,462 --> 00:36:16,089
frb 12-11-02.
721
00:36:17,301 --> 00:36:21,094
What makes frb 121102
really interesting
722
00:36:21,138 --> 00:36:22,429
was that it didn't happen once--
723
00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:24,139
it actually repeated.
724
00:36:24,224 --> 00:36:28,727
After the original pulse
detected in November of 2012,
725
00:36:28,770 --> 00:36:31,605
it flashed again in may of 2015
726
00:36:31,648 --> 00:36:32,939
and then again in June,
727
00:36:32,983 --> 00:36:34,941
multiple times each time,
728
00:36:34,985 --> 00:36:37,194
which led some scientists
to speculate
729
00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:40,030
maybe it's
not just a random occurrence.
730
00:36:40,073 --> 00:36:42,741
Maybe this is actually
a strong signal
731
00:36:42,784 --> 00:36:44,784
being sent out deliberately
732
00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:48,413
by some alien civilization
trying to contact us.
733
00:36:48,457 --> 00:36:52,125
We have another coincidence
with 12
734
00:36:52,169 --> 00:36:58,131
with the frb 121102
bursts of information
735
00:36:58,175 --> 00:36:59,799
that are coming to us.
736
00:36:59,843 --> 00:37:03,470
And it seems to be
an intelligent signal
737
00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:05,055
aimed at planet earth.
738
00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:09,351
Narrator:
Could the extraordinary
discoveries
739
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:12,187
of the god particle
and fast radio bursts
740
00:37:12,272 --> 00:37:16,274
provide evidence
that 2012 really did mark
741
00:37:16,318 --> 00:37:18,485
a major turning point,
742
00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:20,820
one in which humanity
will awaken
743
00:37:20,864 --> 00:37:23,823
to a profound new reality?
744
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:26,159
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
745
00:37:26,203 --> 00:37:28,328
that we are on the brink
of deciphering
746
00:37:28,372 --> 00:37:31,206
the final part
of this alien code
747
00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:34,292
and that the key
might actually be found
748
00:37:34,336 --> 00:37:36,670
not by means of mathematics
749
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:37,837
but with music.
750
00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,220
Narrator:
Samos, greece.
751
00:37:45,264 --> 00:37:48,056
535 bc.
752
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:52,477
35-year-old mathematician
and philosopher pythagoras
753
00:37:52,521 --> 00:37:54,813
leaves his home
to travel to egypt
754
00:37:54,856 --> 00:37:57,274
and study the esoteric arts.
755
00:37:57,317 --> 00:38:01,361
He becomes initiated
into the egyptian priesthood
756
00:38:01,405 --> 00:38:03,363
and eventually founds a school
757
00:38:03,407 --> 00:38:06,324
where his pupils
are sworn to secrecy.
758
00:38:06,368 --> 00:38:08,910
Despite his mysterious nature,
759
00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:11,162
pythagoras would share
with the world
760
00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:13,873
groundbreaking
mathematical concepts.
761
00:38:13,917 --> 00:38:16,876
And he believed that through
his study of both music
762
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,545
and the movement of the planets,
763
00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:22,257
he had uncovered
the sacred code of the universe.
764
00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,927
Kaku:
The ancients realized that
there were wandering objects
765
00:38:25,971 --> 00:38:27,429
called planets.
766
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:28,972
And because they moved,
767
00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:31,683
perhaps, encoded
in the motion of these planets
768
00:38:31,727 --> 00:38:34,561
was our destiny, the future,
769
00:38:34,604 --> 00:38:36,980
that there was
a rhyme and reason
770
00:38:37,024 --> 00:38:40,150
to the radii of the orbits
of the planets,
771
00:38:40,193 --> 00:38:42,861
the music of the spheres--
772
00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:44,821
that these spheres,
when they rotate,
773
00:38:44,865 --> 00:38:50,577
create music according to
certain ratios found in music.
774
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,537
The person who first understood
775
00:38:52,581 --> 00:38:54,164
the laws of music
was pythagoras.
776
00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,583
He worked out the laws of music,
777
00:38:56,626 --> 00:39:00,962
that music is divided
into 12 notes.
778
00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:05,133
Pythagoras had this notion
that the music of the spheres,
779
00:39:05,177 --> 00:39:06,968
that the harmony,
780
00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:09,512
the sound
that moved the planets around
781
00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,139
was also the sound
782
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,350
that would keep the body
in alignment.
783
00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,935
So above, as below,
784
00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:18,063
that we would be in sync
785
00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:20,982
with the movements
of our own galaxy
786
00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:24,986
because of this musical pattern
that suffused everything.
787
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,322
There are 12 tones
in the musical system.
788
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:32,202
So there's a twelveness to the
way the galaxies are harmonized,
789
00:39:32,245 --> 00:39:34,871
to the way our bodies might be
in sync with everything,
790
00:39:34,915 --> 00:39:39,042
all through the 12 tones
of the musical scale.
791
00:39:40,087 --> 00:39:42,670
Kaku:
An octave has 12 steps to it,
792
00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:47,300
and that became the origin
of the mathematics of music.
793
00:39:47,344 --> 00:39:49,969
Well, today,
we believe that string theory,
794
00:39:50,013 --> 00:39:51,805
which is what I do for a living,
795
00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:56,142
is based on the harmonies
of vibrating strings.
796
00:39:56,186 --> 00:39:59,312
We now believe
that all the subatomic particles
797
00:39:59,356 --> 00:40:00,522
in the universe--
798
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:03,358
neutrons, protons, quarks--
799
00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:05,402
are nothing
but different vibrations
800
00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:07,404
of a tiny rubber band.
801
00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,864
And so what is the universe?
802
00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:13,410
The universe
is a symphony of strings.
803
00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:16,538
And, therefore,
what is the mind of god
804
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:19,332
that albert einstein
wrote about so eloquently
805
00:40:19,376 --> 00:40:21,626
for the last 30 years
of his life?
806
00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:23,503
According to string theory,
807
00:40:23,547 --> 00:40:28,133
the mind of god
would be cosmic music
808
00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:30,510
resonating through hyperspace.
809
00:40:30,554 --> 00:40:32,595
That is the mind of god.
810
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,182
Narrator:
Is humanity's
modern understanding
811
00:40:36,226 --> 00:40:39,436
of the physics of the universe
just now allowing us
812
00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:43,106
to understand the esoteric
knowledge of our ancestors,
813
00:40:43,150 --> 00:40:45,775
knowledge that was
perhaps given to them
814
00:40:45,819 --> 00:40:47,569
by extraterrestrials
815
00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:50,905
for future generations
to rediscover?
816
00:40:51,908 --> 00:40:55,201
Tzadok:
So if the number 12
817
00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:58,037
is sacred to the physical world,
818
00:40:58,081 --> 00:41:00,290
we should question why.
819
00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:01,958
And in modern science,
820
00:41:02,002 --> 00:41:03,918
we're beginning
to have an answer
821
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:06,588
and to ultimately receive
the revelation
822
00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:08,506
of the wisdom of god
823
00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:11,176
symbolized by the number 12.
824
00:41:11,219 --> 00:41:14,512
So, the number 12 is out there,
825
00:41:14,556 --> 00:41:18,391
but it can only be comprehended
when the mind contemplates
826
00:41:18,435 --> 00:41:20,560
the reality
of the physical world.
827
00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:23,688
And then by doing that
through the power of perception,
828
00:41:23,732 --> 00:41:27,650
the power of perception
influences space and time
829
00:41:27,694 --> 00:41:30,570
and therefore changes the whole
physical world as we know it.
830
00:41:32,782 --> 00:41:36,242
Narrator: Might the repeated
occurrence of the number 12
831
00:41:36,286 --> 00:41:38,995
found throughout
our ancient world
832
00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:41,331
in groups of wisdom keepers,
833
00:41:41,374 --> 00:41:43,666
sacred formations,
834
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:46,544
and even dna
835
00:41:46,588 --> 00:41:49,130
all be part of a code
836
00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:53,051
left by humanity's
extraterrestrial creators?
837
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:56,221
Perhaps once we understand
how to harness the power
838
00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:58,056
of this divine number,
839
00:41:58,099 --> 00:42:01,226
we will no longer simply be
the people of earth
840
00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:04,604
but the people of the universe.
841
00:42:04,648 --> 00:42:07,440
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