0 00:00:01,779 --> 00:00:04,780 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 1 00:00:02,492 --> 00:00:03,426 Zeus, 2 00:00:04,466 --> 00:00:05,394 ***, 3 00:00:06,269 --> 00:00:07,301 Thor, 4 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:10,023 For thousands of years 5 00:00:10,150 --> 00:00:12,647 ancient**** have described gods 6 00:00:12,745 --> 00:00:14,361 who came down from the heavens. 7 00:00:14,698 --> 00:00:16,010 Always you have someone 8 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:18,517 who is descending from the sky 9 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:20,485 with loud noise, 10 00:00:20,631 --> 00:00:23,702 with thundering, with fire, with smoke. 11 00:00:24,352 --> 00:00:25,353 They would have come the most 12 00:00:25,456 --> 00:00:26,796 powerful and magical place 13 00:00:26,865 --> 00:00:29,434 possible... from the stars. 14 00:00:29,535 --> 00:00:30,970 NARRATOR: But just who were 15 00:00:31,004 --> 00:00:32,606 these mystical beings that 16 00:00:32,675 --> 00:00:33,708 ruled the skies with 17 00:00:33,775 --> 00:00:35,511 supernatural powers? 18 00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:36,446 David CHILDRESS: You could 19 00:00:36,513 --> 00:00:38,984 wonder if these tales of Zeus's 20 00:00:39,018 --> 00:00:41,054 thunderbolts, Thor's hammer, 21 00:00:41,088 --> 00:00:43,792 if these weren't real weapons. 22 00:00:43,892 --> 00:00:45,061 NARRATOR: Did our ancient 23 00:00:45,096 --> 00:00:47,065 ancestors create the gods from 24 00:00:47,098 --> 00:00:49,001 their own imaginations? 25 00:00:49,035 --> 00:00:50,604 Or did they simply report 26 00:00:50,638 --> 00:00:53,342 events they believed to be true? 27 00:00:53,409 --> 00:00:54,711 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Our 28 00:00:54,779 --> 00:00:57,616 ancestors misinterpreted 29 00:00:57,650 --> 00:00:59,686 extraterrestrials as gods, 30 00:00:59,721 --> 00:01:01,823 because that is was the only way 31 00:01:01,891 --> 00:01:03,259 that they could explain away 32 00:01:03,292 --> 00:01:05,363 what they witnessed. 33 00:01:05,397 --> 00:01:06,731 NARRATOR: Millions of people 34 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:08,701 around the world believe we have 35 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:10,637 been visited in the past by 36 00:01:10,672 --> 00:01:11,706 extraterrestrial beings. 37 00:01:11,741 --> 00:01:15,179 What if it were true? 38 00:01:15,246 --> 00:01:16,882 Did ancient aliens really help 39 00:01:16,917 --> 00:01:19,020 to shape our history? 40 00:01:19,086 --> 00:01:21,056 And were the gods of 41 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:23,294 our ancestors actually visitors 42 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,830 from other worlds? 43 00:01:27,290 --> 00:01:31,458 Sync by hungr1977 www.addic7ed.com 44 00:01:57,619 --> 00:02:00,190 NARRATOR: Truva, Turkey. 45 00:02:00,223 --> 00:02:02,427 For over 150 years, this small 46 00:02:02,461 --> 00:02:04,696 city has been the center of one 47 00:02:04,731 --> 00:02:06,200 of the greatest archaeological 48 00:02:06,234 --> 00:02:09,004 finds in modern history: the 49 00:02:09,106 --> 00:02:10,906 possible discovery of the 50 00:02:10,975 --> 00:02:13,177 legendary city of Troy. 51 00:02:17,253 --> 00:02:20,291 In 1868, amateur archaeologist 52 00:02:20,358 --> 00:02:22,828 Heinrich Schliemann, set out to 53 00:02:22,862 --> 00:02:24,464 find what he believed was the 54 00:02:24,499 --> 00:02:26,100 city that served as the basis 55 00:02:26,167 --> 00:02:28,737 for the Trojan War, as described 56 00:02:28,772 --> 00:02:30,641 in one of the greatest pieces of 57 00:02:30,676 --> 00:02:32,643 classical literature, Homer's 58 00:02:32,713 --> 00:02:35,749 epic poem, the Iliad. 59 00:02:35,785 --> 00:02:38,755 Written in the eighth century 60 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:41,292 BC, Homer's Iliad tells the 61 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,563 tale of a great war, born of 62 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:45,934 feuding and jealous gods. 63 00:02:45,967 --> 00:02:48,304 While most scholars believed 64 00:02:48,373 --> 00:02:50,275 the story of the Trojan War was 65 00:02:50,310 --> 00:02:52,579 a work of fiction, Schliemann 66 00:02:52,648 --> 00:02:54,282 was determined to prove the 67 00:02:54,317 --> 00:02:56,285 myth was a reality. 68 00:02:57,988 --> 00:02:59,123 Richard RADER: Heinrich 69 00:02:59,191 --> 00:03:00,592 Schliemann's discoveries rocked 70 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:02,363 the archaeological world. 71 00:03:02,396 --> 00:03:04,366 Armed with his copy of the 72 00:03:04,399 --> 00:03:06,870 Iliad, basically, he just 73 00:03:06,938 --> 00:03:08,573 decided that he was gonna find 74 00:03:08,608 --> 00:03:09,742 Troy. 75 00:03:09,776 --> 00:03:13,281 And so he went and just dug a 76 00:03:13,315 --> 00:03:16,419 big hole, and when he went, he 77 00:03:16,454 --> 00:03:18,423 discovered the real Troy. 78 00:03:26,737 --> 00:03:29,075 NARRATOR: But if Homer's 79 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:31,345 story of Troy was true, what 80 00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:33,248 would it say about other Greek 81 00:03:33,315 --> 00:03:35,452 stories and myths? 82 00:03:35,487 --> 00:03:37,623 Might those also be true? 83 00:03:39,427 --> 00:03:41,796 Did powerful gods and goddesses 84 00:03:41,864 --> 00:03:44,968 actually exist? 85 00:03:45,004 --> 00:03:48,173 And, if so, where did they come 86 00:03:48,241 --> 00:03:50,143 from? 87 00:03:53,417 --> 00:03:56,887 Hellas, also known as Greece. 88 00:03:56,922 --> 00:03:59,860 Each day, thousands of tourists 89 00:03:59,929 --> 00:04:01,963 visit temples and monuments 90 00:04:01,997 --> 00:04:03,299 built to honor the gods of 91 00:04:03,333 --> 00:04:05,436 another age. 92 00:04:05,504 --> 00:04:08,608 The Acropolis... 93 00:04:08,709 --> 00:04:11,413 Delphi... 94 00:04:11,447 --> 00:04:14,351 The Parthenon... 95 00:04:14,419 --> 00:04:16,589 The Temple of Apollo. 96 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:19,393 These ancient sites reflect a 97 00:04:19,427 --> 00:04:21,396 powerful reverence for beings 98 00:04:21,432 --> 00:04:23,667 that supposedly ruled the world 99 00:04:23,702 --> 00:04:25,671 thousands of years ago. 100 00:04:28,878 --> 00:04:30,580 CHILDRESS: When you look at 101 00:04:30,614 --> 00:04:32,950 many of the mythologies around 102 00:04:32,985 --> 00:04:34,586 the world, they have these 103 00:04:34,621 --> 00:04:37,725 stories of gods coming down from 104 00:04:37,792 --> 00:04:39,896 the sky. 105 00:04:41,432 --> 00:04:42,900 RADER: There's a beautiful 106 00:04:42,968 --> 00:04:44,537 description of the way that the 107 00:04:44,604 --> 00:04:46,072 gods move, like, when they kind 108 00:04:46,139 --> 00:04:47,808 of come down to the Earth. 109 00:04:47,843 --> 00:04:49,077 You get the sense of them 110 00:04:49,146 --> 00:04:50,980 gliding down, but the way that 111 00:04:51,015 --> 00:04:53,084 they move is kind of beyond 112 00:04:53,153 --> 00:04:54,153 time. 113 00:04:54,188 --> 00:04:55,622 It just kind of happens. 114 00:04:55,689 --> 00:04:56,892 NARRATOR: If the ancient 115 00:04:56,926 --> 00:04:58,460 Greeks invented the stories of 116 00:04:58,495 --> 00:05:00,966 gods as a primitive attempt to 117 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,469 explain their universe, how can 118 00:05:03,536 --> 00:05:05,372 we account for similar deities 119 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,009 found in widely different 120 00:05:07,043 --> 00:05:08,644 regions and cultures around the 121 00:05:08,679 --> 00:05:11,181 globe? 122 00:05:11,215 --> 00:05:12,986 Was it mere coincidence? 123 00:05:13,086 --> 00:05:15,256 Or was there a common origin 124 00:05:15,290 --> 00:05:17,826 for these gods, who supposedly 125 00:05:17,860 --> 00:05:19,630 traveled to Earth from the 126 00:05:19,697 --> 00:05:21,633 skies? 127 00:05:27,811 --> 00:05:28,913 Jason MARTELL: The earliest 128 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:31,550 civilization we have, 3800 BC, 129 00:05:31,585 --> 00:05:33,453 the Sumerians actually give us 130 00:05:33,487 --> 00:05:34,655 visual descriptions of these 131 00:05:34,724 --> 00:05:36,525 beings and speak of this time 132 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,829 that they lived amongst their 133 00:05:37,894 --> 00:05:39,029 living gods. 134 00:05:39,063 --> 00:05:40,299 They called their gods the 135 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:41,900 Annunaki and that term simply 136 00:05:41,935 --> 00:05:43,203 meant "those who from heaven 137 00:05:43,238 --> 00:05:45,240 come to earth." 138 00:05:45,241 --> 00:05:46,577 RADER: Mythology is chock... 139 00:05:46,610 --> 00:05:48,112 full of these episodes of gods 140 00:05:48,213 --> 00:05:49,849 coming down to earth. 141 00:05:49,915 --> 00:05:51,218 I mean, because mythology is so 142 00:05:51,251 --> 00:05:53,121 interested in the relationship 143 00:05:53,221 --> 00:05:54,657 between gods and humans, there 144 00:05:54,690 --> 00:05:55,859 is necessarily gonna be a lot 145 00:05:55,925 --> 00:05:57,828 of communication, and communion 146 00:05:57,863 --> 00:06:00,766 between the two of them. 147 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,469 NARRATOR: In his 2000 book, 148 00:06:02,569 --> 00:06:05,207 Odyssey of the Gods, Erich Von 149 00:06:05,274 --> 00:06:07,210 D Niken argues that the world's 150 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,814 sacred books are full of 151 00:06:08,848 --> 00:06:11,218 descriptions, not of gods, but 152 00:06:11,285 --> 00:06:13,489 of supernatural beings 153 00:06:13,556 --> 00:06:16,093 interacting with humans. 154 00:06:16,094 --> 00:06:17,494 Von D NIKEN: Some thousands 155 00:06:17,563 --> 00:06:19,164 of years ago, when our 156 00:06:19,198 --> 00:06:20,166 forefathers were still 157 00:06:20,201 --> 00:06:21,736 primitive, some 158 00:06:21,770 --> 00:06:23,038 extraterrestrials descended to 159 00:06:23,105 --> 00:06:24,340 our planet. 160 00:06:24,375 --> 00:06:26,912 And because of misunderstanding, 161 00:06:26,946 --> 00:06:28,747 like of technology, our 162 00:06:28,816 --> 00:06:30,751 forefathers thought that these 163 00:06:30,786 --> 00:06:33,923 extraterrestrials must be some 164 00:06:33,991 --> 00:06:35,926 gods. 165 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:41,268 NARRATOR: Mount Olympus. 166 00:06:41,303 --> 00:06:44,373 Greece's highest mountain. 167 00:06:44,441 --> 00:06:47,013 According to ancient myths, 168 00:06:47,079 --> 00:06:48,849 this site was the home of the 169 00:06:48,915 --> 00:06:49,850 gods. 170 00:06:49,918 --> 00:06:52,387 (thunder crashes) 171 00:06:52,424 --> 00:06:54,860 It was here, on Mount Olympus, 172 00:06:54,925 --> 00:06:56,628 that Zeus sat on his throne and 173 00:06:56,662 --> 00:06:58,565 determined the fate of 174 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,303 mortal men. 175 00:07:01,338 --> 00:07:02,939 TSOUKALOS: Whenever we have 176 00:07:03,007 --> 00:07:05,109 references to Mount Olympus, it 177 00:07:05,177 --> 00:07:08,082 is described to be this 178 00:07:08,117 --> 00:07:11,186 magnificent palace on top of 179 00:07:11,221 --> 00:07:14,092 Mount Olympus allegedly, and the 180 00:07:14,127 --> 00:07:16,396 temple walls were always 181 00:07:16,464 --> 00:07:18,233 gleaming of gold, or gleaming 182 00:07:18,301 --> 00:07:20,235 with silver, and a lot of little 183 00:07:20,303 --> 00:07:23,407 lights that they described as 184 00:07:23,408 --> 00:07:24,376 jewels. 185 00:07:24,411 --> 00:07:27,148 Well, if you look at that 186 00:07:27,215 --> 00:07:28,852 from modern perspective, 187 00:07:28,885 --> 00:07:32,322 what if that place... Mount 188 00:07:32,390 --> 00:07:34,593 Olympus... wasn't necessarily the 189 00:07:34,694 --> 00:07:36,665 top of a mountain, but it was, 190 00:07:36,699 --> 00:07:40,404 in fact, a spaceship, because it 191 00:07:40,438 --> 00:07:42,241 is described how sometimes there 192 00:07:42,275 --> 00:07:44,143 was a big rumbling with Mount 193 00:07:44,211 --> 00:07:46,680 Olympus, and the entire top 194 00:07:46,748 --> 00:07:49,785 lifted off. 195 00:07:49,854 --> 00:07:51,655 NARRATOR: But if Mount 196 00:07:51,690 --> 00:07:53,658 Olympus was home to alien 197 00:07:53,695 --> 00:07:55,129 visitors, could Zeus have been 198 00:07:55,230 --> 00:07:56,664 their leader? 199 00:07:56,699 --> 00:07:58,869 According to both the Iliad and 200 00:07:58,936 --> 00:08:01,404 the Odyssey, Zeus was often 201 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,041 depicted as wielding a 202 00:08:03,076 --> 00:08:05,112 lightning bolt. 203 00:08:05,113 --> 00:08:06,781 CREMO: It appears to be a 204 00:08:06,816 --> 00:08:10,120 very powerful weapon because he 205 00:08:10,155 --> 00:08:13,425 could destroy whole cities with 206 00:08:13,461 --> 00:08:16,799 this thunderbolt weapon of his. 207 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,502 NARRATOR: Similarly, Zeus's 208 00:08:18,537 --> 00:08:20,038 brother Poseidon, the God of 209 00:08:20,106 --> 00:08:21,940 the sea, was armed with a 210 00:08:21,975 --> 00:08:23,210 trident. 211 00:08:23,278 --> 00:08:25,681 CREMO: He was able to create 212 00:08:25,749 --> 00:08:28,219 tsunamis, tidal waves with this 213 00:08:28,287 --> 00:08:29,754 weapon. 214 00:08:29,821 --> 00:08:33,661 The trident weapon of Poseidon 215 00:08:33,694 --> 00:08:36,399 seems to have been something 216 00:08:36,465 --> 00:08:39,504 more than just a pitchfork. 217 00:08:39,606 --> 00:08:41,140 TSOUKALOS: So is it possible 218 00:08:41,175 --> 00:08:43,044 that the lightning bolt and 219 00:08:43,078 --> 00:08:46,417 the trident is some type of a 220 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:48,419 direct energy device? 221 00:08:51,759 --> 00:08:53,394 NARRATOR: Arguably, one of 222 00:08:53,429 --> 00:08:55,431 the most important of the Greek 223 00:08:55,498 --> 00:08:58,705 gods was Apollo, who rode the 224 00:08:58,770 --> 00:09:01,141 skies in his chariot of fire. 225 00:09:01,176 --> 00:09:02,777 Von D NIKEN: Apollo first 226 00:09:02,845 --> 00:09:04,881 was the teacher of the young 227 00:09:04,981 --> 00:09:06,751 Greeks living there. 228 00:09:06,785 --> 00:09:09,255 He teach them how to make 229 00:09:09,290 --> 00:09:11,157 buildings on the mountain, on 230 00:09:11,226 --> 00:09:12,761 the hillside. 231 00:09:12,795 --> 00:09:14,331 He teach them how to make roads. 232 00:09:14,398 --> 00:09:17,603 He teach them in astronomy. 233 00:09:17,671 --> 00:09:20,040 NARRATOR: Centuries later, 234 00:09:20,073 --> 00:09:22,077 when Rome ruled over Europe and 235 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,613 the Mediterranean, from the 236 00:09:23,647 --> 00:09:26,083 first century BC until the 237 00:09:26,151 --> 00:09:28,788 seventh century AD, the Romans 238 00:09:28,822 --> 00:09:30,124 paid homage to gods similar to 239 00:09:30,158 --> 00:09:32,261 the Greeks. 240 00:09:32,362 --> 00:09:36,902 Zeus was now known as Jupiter. 241 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:41,309 Poseidon was called Neptune. 242 00:09:41,376 --> 00:09:43,513 But Apollo was known to both 243 00:09:43,581 --> 00:09:45,584 the Romans and the Greeks. 244 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:47,420 Coincidence? 245 00:09:47,488 --> 00:09:49,792 Or, as most ancient astronaut 246 00:09:49,826 --> 00:09:52,028 theorists believe, was it the 247 00:09:52,063 --> 00:09:53,764 historical account of powerful 248 00:09:53,831 --> 00:09:55,133 beings that came to Earth 249 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,134 thousands of years ago? 250 00:09:56,204 --> 00:09:59,140 (neighing) 251 00:09:59,207 --> 00:10:00,509 MARTELL: We know that the 252 00:10:00,577 --> 00:10:01,778 extraterrestrials more than 253 00:10:01,846 --> 00:10:03,046 likely are the source of what 254 00:10:03,115 --> 00:10:04,349 they call gods. 255 00:10:04,416 --> 00:10:05,784 How did they get here? 256 00:10:05,852 --> 00:10:07,321 More than likely in some type of 257 00:10:07,389 --> 00:10:08,423 craft. 258 00:10:08,424 --> 00:10:10,159 Philip COPPENS: What we map 259 00:10:10,226 --> 00:10:12,330 into our myths and our legends 260 00:10:12,398 --> 00:10:14,500 are incredible stories, 261 00:10:14,533 --> 00:10:16,203 incredible events, and any 262 00:10:16,237 --> 00:10:18,038 extraterrestrial being, any 263 00:10:18,072 --> 00:10:20,309 ancient alien who has come here 264 00:10:20,376 --> 00:10:22,480 on Earth, will be written down 265 00:10:22,548 --> 00:10:24,584 into this account because it is 266 00:10:24,618 --> 00:10:26,018 such an extraordinary event that 267 00:10:26,087 --> 00:10:28,591 it'll be marked forever. 268 00:10:28,592 --> 00:10:29,825 NARRATOR: But if the stories 269 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:31,229 of Greek and Roman gods are 270 00:10:31,296 --> 00:10:33,665 true, can evidence of their 271 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,301 existence be found in other 272 00:10:35,403 --> 00:10:37,874 parts of the globe? 273 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:41,044 And, if so, where did they go? 274 00:10:46,618 --> 00:10:48,087 NARRATOR: On the northwest 275 00:10:48,154 --> 00:10:50,191 coast of France, just South of 276 00:10:50,259 --> 00:10:52,227 Brittany, lies one of the e most 277 00:10:52,261 --> 00:10:53,863 important prehistoric sites in 278 00:10:53,897 --> 00:10:57,437 Europe. 279 00:10:57,472 --> 00:10:58,505 At the seaside village of 280 00:10:58,539 --> 00:11:01,510 Carnac, over 3,000 megalithic 281 00:11:01,611 --> 00:11:03,246 stones are placed in rows over 282 00:11:03,314 --> 00:11:06,685 two miles long. 283 00:11:06,719 --> 00:11:09,623 The Carnac stones were hewn from 284 00:11:09,658 --> 00:11:10,960 local rock formations and 285 00:11:10,994 --> 00:11:14,431 erected between 4,500 to 2,500 286 00:11:14,501 --> 00:11:18,439 BC, at the end of the Stone Age. 287 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,675 They are the largest collection 288 00:11:20,711 --> 00:11:21,677 of standing stones in the 289 00:11:21,745 --> 00:11:23,681 world. 290 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:28,054 CHILDRESS: Archaeologists are 291 00:11:28,090 --> 00:11:30,025 baffled by the many megaliths at 292 00:11:30,059 --> 00:11:32,062 Carnac here. 293 00:11:32,063 --> 00:11:34,467 It's clearly a massive 294 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:37,672 construction project with blocks 295 00:11:37,706 --> 00:11:40,676 of granite weighing 50 to 100, 296 00:11:40,745 --> 00:11:45,684 to even up to 350 tons. 297 00:11:45,753 --> 00:11:48,156 Legends here say that giants 298 00:11:48,191 --> 00:11:50,761 built Carnac, but you have to 299 00:11:50,794 --> 00:11:53,064 wonder, what is the real purpose 300 00:11:53,098 --> 00:11:55,768 of these giant megaliths, and 301 00:11:55,803 --> 00:11:58,908 why would prehistoric people 302 00:11:58,976 --> 00:12:03,048 have moved all of these massive 303 00:12:03,115 --> 00:12:04,918 stones and placed them in the 304 00:12:04,953 --> 00:12:09,360 many alignments here at Carnac? 305 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:11,329 CREMO: Thousands of large 306 00:12:11,396 --> 00:12:14,335 stones have been arranged in 307 00:12:14,402 --> 00:12:16,404 very interesting patterns. 308 00:12:16,471 --> 00:12:17,974 They're arranged in intersecting 309 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:21,580 lines that form triangles that 310 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:27,089 could only be visible from above 311 00:12:27,123 --> 00:12:29,193 the Earth. 312 00:12:29,194 --> 00:12:32,098 These arrangements of stones 313 00:12:32,132 --> 00:12:34,569 may have been a way of 314 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:35,738 communicating with 315 00:12:35,839 --> 00:12:39,845 extraterrestrial beings. 316 00:12:39,878 --> 00:12:41,381 NARRATOR: The ancient Greek 317 00:12:41,415 --> 00:12:43,651 poet Pindar spoke of a mystical 318 00:12:43,718 --> 00:12:45,655 land called Hyperborea, far to 319 00:12:45,722 --> 00:12:48,358 the north, where the sun shined 320 00:12:48,393 --> 00:12:51,298 24 hours a day. 321 00:12:53,368 --> 00:12:55,571 Legends claim that Apollo 322 00:12:55,605 --> 00:12:57,842 visited Hyperborea, traveling in 323 00:12:57,876 --> 00:12:59,712 his chariot of fire every 324 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:02,283 20 years. 325 00:13:02,284 --> 00:13:03,251 TSOUKALOS: Apollo would tell 326 00:13:03,285 --> 00:13:04,988 to the Greeks, "Okay, I've got 327 00:13:05,022 --> 00:13:06,991 to go see some other people. 328 00:13:07,025 --> 00:13:08,794 "I've got to go and teach them." 329 00:13:08,861 --> 00:13:09,863 And they're, like, "Well, where 330 00:13:09,897 --> 00:13:10,864 are you off to?" 331 00:13:10,899 --> 00:13:11,966 And he's, like, "Well, I'm 332 00:13:12,034 --> 00:13:13,234 actually going to a place that's 333 00:13:13,337 --> 00:13:15,439 beyond where the north wind 334 00:13:15,473 --> 00:13:16,441 comes. 335 00:13:16,475 --> 00:13:17,609 It's the land of the 336 00:13:17,644 --> 00:13:20,647 "Hyperboreans." 337 00:13:20,648 --> 00:13:21,949 NARRATOR: Although mainstream 338 00:13:21,983 --> 00:13:23,619 archaeologists speculate that 339 00:13:23,654 --> 00:13:25,422 the Carnac stones are most 340 00:13:25,457 --> 00:13:27,093 likely tomb markers, ancient 341 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,629 astronaut theorists believe 342 00:13:29,664 --> 00:13:31,367 these stones are intentionally 343 00:13:31,401 --> 00:13:33,336 laid out in a unique geometric 344 00:13:33,370 --> 00:13:35,772 formation. 345 00:13:35,773 --> 00:13:36,808 Von D NIKEN: Many 346 00:13:36,876 --> 00:13:38,378 speculations existed since 347 00:13:38,412 --> 00:13:40,414 centuries, and only a few years 348 00:13:40,484 --> 00:13:42,585 ago, in France, they started to 349 00:13:42,686 --> 00:13:44,789 photograph this whole French 350 00:13:44,857 --> 00:13:47,226 Brittany by helicopters. 351 00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:48,428 And when they put the pictures 352 00:13:48,496 --> 00:13:50,399 together, all of a sudden, 353 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:52,302 someone realized, hey, this is 354 00:13:52,335 --> 00:13:53,704 not coincidence. 355 00:13:53,738 --> 00:13:55,975 The distances of the lines are 356 00:13:56,042 --> 00:14:00,883 always the same... 2,860 meters. 357 00:14:00,917 --> 00:14:03,319 Or exactly the half of 2,860 358 00:14:03,388 --> 00:14:05,590 meters. 359 00:14:08,263 --> 00:14:11,468 The angles are always the same. 360 00:14:11,502 --> 00:14:14,406 It's Pythagorean triangles. 361 00:14:14,441 --> 00:14:16,409 It's all a gigantic 362 00:14:16,444 --> 00:14:18,346 geometrical pattern. 363 00:14:18,413 --> 00:14:20,716 From Stone Age, which 364 00:14:20,785 --> 00:14:21,952 is impossible. 365 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:23,855 Our Stone Age people had no idea 366 00:14:23,890 --> 00:14:26,994 of Pythagoras' triangles. 367 00:14:27,062 --> 00:14:29,966 Pythagoras was about 420 BC. 368 00:14:29,999 --> 00:14:32,536 NARRATOR: Even though the 369 00:14:32,571 --> 00:14:34,106 geometric arrangement of the 370 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:36,276 Carnac stones predates the 371 00:14:36,345 --> 00:14:37,979 Pythagorean theorem by more 372 00:14:38,014 --> 00:14:41,987 than 2,000 years, one question 373 00:14:42,053 --> 00:14:44,458 remains: 374 00:14:44,558 --> 00:14:46,895 Why were the stones arranged in 375 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:49,264 such a precise pattern? 376 00:14:49,299 --> 00:14:50,268 CHILDRESS: The Carnac stones 377 00:14:50,301 --> 00:14:52,169 are one of the few things on the 378 00:14:52,204 --> 00:14:53,839 planet that can actually be seen 379 00:14:53,907 --> 00:14:55,376 from space. 380 00:14:55,443 --> 00:14:57,112 And they're a perfect marker for 381 00:14:57,145 --> 00:14:58,915 any kind of aerial vehicle 382 00:14:58,984 --> 00:15:03,389 looking down on the Earth. 383 00:15:03,458 --> 00:15:05,361 Many of the tourists w who com 384 00:15:05,395 --> 00:15:07,396 here to Carnac claim that they 385 00:15:07,464 --> 00:15:09,835 can actually feel the energy 386 00:15:09,902 --> 00:15:11,670 emanating from these granite 387 00:15:11,738 --> 00:15:13,941 megaliths. 388 00:15:14,009 --> 00:15:15,710 How did these ancient people 389 00:15:15,745 --> 00:15:18,550 know about this energy? 390 00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:20,618 Is it possible that they were 391 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:23,857 able to use this energy to even 392 00:15:23,925 --> 00:15:25,661 move and erect these giant 393 00:15:25,728 --> 00:15:28,432 stones? 394 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:29,868 Von D NIKEN: I am of the 395 00:15:29,902 --> 00:15:32,172 opinion that they were made on 396 00:15:32,272 --> 00:15:33,876 purpose. 397 00:15:33,909 --> 00:15:36,413 The extraterrestrials told our 398 00:15:36,514 --> 00:15:40,118 ancestor: do this and this. 399 00:15:40,153 --> 00:15:41,589 It's not the extraterrestrials 400 00:15:41,656 --> 00:15:43,558 who made the stone lines. 401 00:15:43,626 --> 00:15:46,096 It's the humans who made it, 402 00:15:46,130 --> 00:15:47,464 but by the order of the 403 00:15:47,498 --> 00:15:52,106 extraterrestrials. 404 00:15:52,175 --> 00:15:53,408 NARRATOR: But were the Carnac 405 00:15:53,475 --> 00:15:55,412 stones a signpost for an ancient 406 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,849 astronaut called Apollo, as he 407 00:15:57,883 --> 00:16:00,386 flew his spacecraft high above 408 00:16:00,456 --> 00:16:04,860 the land? 409 00:16:04,895 --> 00:16:06,497 CHILDRESS: If the Greek God 410 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:08,935 Apollo was really some kind of 411 00:16:09,003 --> 00:16:11,806 ancient astronaut, it's possible 412 00:16:11,841 --> 00:16:13,709 that the stones here at Carnac 413 00:16:13,743 --> 00:16:15,512 were a directional finder 414 00:16:15,547 --> 00:16:17,716 pointing the way to the far 415 00:16:17,784 --> 00:16:20,087 north, to the Hyperborea of the 416 00:16:20,122 --> 00:16:23,092 ancient gods. 417 00:16:29,370 --> 00:16:30,906 NARRATOR: Over 1,000 miles 418 00:16:30,973 --> 00:16:32,842 north of Carnac lies 419 00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:35,747 Scandinavia, home to an ancient 420 00:16:35,815 --> 00:16:38,384 people called the Norse. 421 00:16:38,420 --> 00:16:40,556 The Norse were tribal Germanic 422 00:16:40,590 --> 00:16:43,026 people who lived in what is now 423 00:16:43,095 --> 00:16:44,896 known as Sweden, Denmark, 424 00:16:44,930 --> 00:16:48,836 Iceland and Norway. 425 00:16:48,905 --> 00:16:50,840 Norse legends record the 426 00:16:50,874 --> 00:16:52,643 triumphs of great warriors with 427 00:16:52,676 --> 00:16:54,946 advanced weaponry, sophisticated 428 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,917 combat techniques s and 429 00:16:56,984 --> 00:16:58,853 navigational p prowess. 430 00:16:58,886 --> 00:17:01,959 Like the Greeks, Norse mythology 431 00:17:01,992 --> 00:17:04,597 includes supernatural beings, 432 00:17:04,664 --> 00:17:08,303 other worlds and powerful gods. 433 00:17:11,642 --> 00:17:13,979 But like the Romans, could the 434 00:17:14,046 --> 00:17:15,882 Norse myths refer not to 435 00:17:15,916 --> 00:17:17,486 different gods, but the same 436 00:17:17,519 --> 00:17:18,987 gods as those depicted by the 437 00:17:19,055 --> 00:17:20,991 ancient Greeks? 438 00:17:21,059 --> 00:17:22,894 CHILDRESS: There are a number 439 00:17:22,928 --> 00:17:25,499 of similarities between Greek 440 00:17:25,533 --> 00:17:27,335 mythology and Norse mythology. 441 00:17:27,369 --> 00:17:29,672 And many of the gods are, uh, 442 00:17:29,707 --> 00:17:31,175 almost identical. 443 00:17:31,209 --> 00:17:33,079 And they do much the same thing. 444 00:17:33,113 --> 00:17:35,884 (thunder cracks, rumbles) 445 00:17:35,950 --> 00:17:36,885 NARRATOR: Descriptions of the 446 00:17:36,953 --> 00:17:38,889 Viking God Odin... the God of 447 00:17:38,955 --> 00:17:40,893 war, death and knowledge... 448 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:43,164 and the Greek God Zeus, bear 449 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:45,800 striking similarities. 450 00:17:45,801 --> 00:17:47,536 Jonathan YOUNG: Zeus and 451 00:17:47,604 --> 00:17:51,443 Odin are both sky father gods. 452 00:17:53,980 --> 00:17:55,550 They travel through the skies 453 00:17:55,618 --> 00:17:57,386 in chariots because they are 454 00:17:57,387 --> 00:17:59,690 akin to the solar, uh, 455 00:17:59,758 --> 00:18:00,759 divinities. 456 00:18:00,793 --> 00:18:03,697 The precursor to many, uh, 457 00:18:03,765 --> 00:18:05,199 religious beliefs is sun 458 00:18:05,233 --> 00:18:06,035 worship. 459 00:18:06,069 --> 00:18:07,637 The ancients knew that life came 460 00:18:07,672 --> 00:18:08,539 from the sun. 461 00:18:08,607 --> 00:18:11,343 So that is a great mystery and 462 00:18:11,411 --> 00:18:13,681 a source of great awe. 463 00:18:17,421 --> 00:18:18,690 COPPENS: What you're getting 464 00:18:18,757 --> 00:18:20,059 there is not just some minor 465 00:18:20,093 --> 00:18:21,061 deity, but you really are 466 00:18:21,094 --> 00:18:22,529 nailing it down to one of the 467 00:18:22,597 --> 00:18:24,600 chief deities. 468 00:18:24,601 --> 00:18:25,868 This is a very important 469 00:18:25,902 --> 00:18:26,536 character. 470 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,239 And so whoever is behind Odin 471 00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:30,877 or Zeus is obviously a person, 472 00:18:30,911 --> 00:18:34,083 or a divine entity, which is 473 00:18:34,116 --> 00:18:36,219 shared by these cultures. 474 00:18:36,254 --> 00:18:38,356 And it's clear that whoever 475 00:18:38,425 --> 00:18:40,593 inspired the myth of Zeus or 476 00:18:40,628 --> 00:18:43,599 Odin is somehow somebody who had 477 00:18:43,634 --> 00:18:44,766 an extremely important 478 00:18:44,801 --> 00:18:46,169 contribution to make to both 479 00:18:46,204 --> 00:18:47,272 civilizations. 480 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:50,244 So this entity was definitely 481 00:18:50,278 --> 00:18:53,248 known throughout Europe. 482 00:18:55,687 --> 00:18:56,988 NARRATOR: Ancient alien 483 00:18:57,056 --> 00:18:58,692 theorists also point to 484 00:18:58,725 --> 00:19:00,093 similarities between the 485 00:19:00,162 --> 00:19:01,629 sophisticated weapons possessed 486 00:19:01,697 --> 00:19:03,466 by both the Norse and the Greek 487 00:19:03,501 --> 00:19:04,467 gods. 488 00:19:04,502 --> 00:19:07,006 Among Odin's weapons was a spear 489 00:19:07,073 --> 00:19:10,444 that never missed its target. 490 00:19:10,512 --> 00:19:12,447 The Norse God Thor, God of 491 00:19:12,481 --> 00:19:15,018 storms, strength and fertility, 492 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:18,457 wielded a powerful hammer. 493 00:19:18,527 --> 00:19:19,459 TSOUKALOS: Right there we 494 00:19:19,494 --> 00:19:20,463 have a correlation, a 495 00:19:20,495 --> 00:19:22,164 connection, because not only 496 00:19:22,198 --> 00:19:23,900 does Zeus have the thunderbolt, 497 00:19:23,934 --> 00:19:26,439 but what does Odin have? 498 00:19:26,506 --> 00:19:27,307 And Thor? 499 00:19:27,341 --> 00:19:29,509 They have a hammer. 500 00:19:29,579 --> 00:19:31,279 Thor has a hammer with which he 501 00:19:31,348 --> 00:19:33,049 can smash things, destroy 502 00:19:33,085 --> 00:19:35,253 things, and, you know, the 503 00:19:35,321 --> 00:19:39,059 hammer idea is pretty close with 504 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:41,364 the description to the lightning 505 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:45,069 rod that Zeus has. 506 00:19:45,105 --> 00:19:46,171 CHILDRESS: So you have to 507 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,508 wonder if these tales of Zeus's 508 00:19:47,542 --> 00:19:50,078 thunderbolts, Thor's hammer... 509 00:19:50,112 --> 00:19:53,518 if these weren't real weapons, 510 00:19:53,552 --> 00:19:55,622 just like we have today, where 511 00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:57,825 we have directed energy-beam 512 00:19:57,860 --> 00:20:00,431 weapons, or are developing some 513 00:20:00,464 --> 00:20:02,701 kind of literal thunderbolt 514 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:05,939 coming out of a spacecraft. 515 00:20:05,974 --> 00:20:09,145 (weapons zapping) 516 00:20:09,246 --> 00:20:12,984 (wind whistling) 517 00:20:13,053 --> 00:20:14,153 NARRATOR: But such 518 00:20:14,221 --> 00:20:16,190 similarities are not limited o 519 00:20:16,258 --> 00:20:18,928 the Greek and Norse myths. 520 00:20:18,997 --> 00:20:21,299 In India, the ancient epic of 521 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:23,635 the Mahabharata describes 522 00:20:23,670 --> 00:20:25,206 visitations from gods that 523 00:20:25,274 --> 00:20:26,441 possessed the advanced 524 00:20:26,541 --> 00:20:29,179 technology of space travel. 525 00:20:29,245 --> 00:20:30,614 Von D NIKEN: There you can 526 00:20:30,650 --> 00:20:32,452 read, some thousands of years 527 00:20:32,518 --> 00:20:35,790 ago, gigantic cities surrounded 528 00:20:35,825 --> 00:20:36,792 our planet. 529 00:20:36,827 --> 00:20:38,528 They used the word "cities," 530 00:20:38,596 --> 00:20:40,231 because they had no word for 531 00:20:40,265 --> 00:20:42,134 "mother spaceship." 532 00:20:42,168 --> 00:20:44,138 And of a sudden, out of these 533 00:20:44,172 --> 00:20:46,409 cities, smaller spacecrafts 534 00:20:46,442 --> 00:20:47,877 came out. 535 00:20:47,979 --> 00:20:49,715 Of course, in ancient India, 536 00:20:49,814 --> 00:20:50,883 they had no word like 537 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,886 "spacecraft," so they called it 538 00:20:52,955 --> 00:20:54,890 "Vimana." 539 00:20:58,463 --> 00:20:59,898 >> NARRATOR: The ancient texts 540 00:20:59,932 --> 00:21:01,734 of the Hebrew Bible also 541 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:03,737 describes a prophet who traveled 542 00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:05,273 the skies in a sophisticated 543 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:08,979 machine. 544 00:21:09,015 --> 00:21:11,283 >> Von D NIKEN: Who is Enoch? 545 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:14,257 He was the seventh antediluvian 546 00:21:14,291 --> 00:21:16,927 prophet in the Old Testament, 547 00:21:16,996 --> 00:21:18,263 including the Torah of the 548 00:21:18,330 --> 00:21:20,199 Jewish community. 549 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:22,169 Enoch is only described with two 550 00:21:22,204 --> 00:21:24,274 phrases, that's all. 551 00:21:24,307 --> 00:21:25,876 And it says that the Lord took 552 00:21:25,911 --> 00:21:27,745 him away in a fiery chariot 553 00:21:27,813 --> 00:21:31,285 into the heaven. 554 00:21:31,386 --> 00:21:32,754 >> NARRATOR: But technology was 555 00:21:32,787 --> 00:21:34,391 not the only characteristic 556 00:21:34,457 --> 00:21:36,125 these ancient deities had in 557 00:21:36,195 --> 00:21:37,130 common. 558 00:21:37,197 --> 00:21:39,132 According to legends, the gods 559 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,935 enjoyed intimate relations with 560 00:21:41,003 --> 00:21:42,136 humans. 561 00:21:42,206 --> 00:21:44,141 But if aliens did choose human 562 00:21:44,208 --> 00:21:47,046 women as their sexual partners, 563 00:21:47,112 --> 00:21:49,014 what was their motivation? 564 00:21:49,049 --> 00:21:51,218 And just what was the outcome of 565 00:21:51,286 --> 00:21:53,957 these very close encounters? 566 00:22:01,782 --> 00:22:03,419 NARRATOR: Ancient myths are 567 00:22:03,451 --> 00:22:04,686 full of stories of gods 568 00:22:04,721 --> 00:22:06,624 descending to Earth to mate with 569 00:22:06,658 --> 00:22:08,826 humans. 570 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:09,963 CHILDRESS: According to many 571 00:22:09,997 --> 00:22:11,130 sources, including Norse 572 00:22:11,165 --> 00:22:12,966 mythology, Greek mythology and 573 00:22:13,035 --> 00:22:15,071 even the Bible, we have the 574 00:22:15,139 --> 00:22:17,710 stories of the sons of God, 575 00:22:17,743 --> 00:22:20,046 or actual gods, from Mount 576 00:22:20,081 --> 00:22:22,082 Olympus or Valhalla, and 577 00:22:22,150 --> 00:22:24,287 they're coming to Earth. 578 00:22:24,354 --> 00:22:26,624 They find, uh, the daughters of 579 00:22:26,691 --> 00:22:28,227 men attractive. 580 00:22:28,261 --> 00:22:29,528 TSOUKALOS: When all these 581 00:22:29,597 --> 00:22:31,099 encounters happened, and when 582 00:22:31,166 --> 00:22:34,337 women slept with those gods... 583 00:22:34,372 --> 00:22:37,008 which can be found in multiple 584 00:22:37,076 --> 00:22:42,284 texts all around the planet... 585 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:44,855 that those women actually had 586 00:22:44,889 --> 00:22:47,192 sex with extraterrestrials, 587 00:22:47,227 --> 00:22:48,662 not with gods. 588 00:22:48,696 --> 00:22:50,765 'Cause gods do not exist. 589 00:22:50,766 --> 00:22:53,136 (thunder crashing, rumbling) 590 00:22:53,203 --> 00:22:53,970 NARRATOR: According to 591 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:56,241 Homer's Iliad, the citizens of 592 00:22:56,275 --> 00:22:57,844 Sparta were renowned for their 593 00:22:57,879 --> 00:22:59,681 heroic warriors and their 594 00:22:59,716 --> 00:23:01,985 beautiful women. 595 00:23:02,052 --> 00:23:04,989 Zeus, the Greek God of the sky, 596 00:23:05,058 --> 00:23:09,163 admired a human named Leda. 597 00:23:09,232 --> 00:23:11,434 One afternoon, while Leda walked 598 00:23:11,468 --> 00:23:13,336 alone in an orchard, Zeus 599 00:23:13,405 --> 00:23:16,341 changed into a swan, enveloped 600 00:23:16,444 --> 00:23:18,446 her in his powerful wings, and 601 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,981 made love to her. 602 00:23:20,049 --> 00:23:22,351 Only later did Leda realize she 603 00:23:22,454 --> 00:23:25,858 had been impregnated by a God. 604 00:23:25,893 --> 00:23:27,061 CHILDRESS: When you look at 605 00:23:27,095 --> 00:23:29,364 Greek mythology, and many of the 606 00:23:29,431 --> 00:23:31,701 mythologies around the world, 607 00:23:31,736 --> 00:23:34,407 they have these stories of gods 608 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,877 coming down from the sky, and 609 00:23:36,912 --> 00:23:38,446 have sexual intercourse 610 00:23:38,514 --> 00:23:41,251 with these humans, and, in a 611 00:23:41,285 --> 00:23:43,622 sense, create a new breed of 612 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,625 human. 613 00:23:48,599 --> 00:23:49,632 NARRATOR: The offspring of 614 00:23:49,699 --> 00:23:51,435 these couplings were described 615 00:23:51,504 --> 00:23:53,672 by the ancients as demigods, or 616 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:57,847 half-gods. 617 00:23:57,881 --> 00:23:59,682 Experts suggest demigods were 618 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:01,953 supernatural hybrid beings of 619 00:24:01,988 --> 00:24:05,660 human and alien origin. 620 00:24:05,727 --> 00:24:07,462 Ancient Greeks believed these 621 00:24:07,496 --> 00:24:10,433 beings were exceptional... 622 00:24:10,470 --> 00:24:11,670 and destined to perform 623 00:24:11,704 --> 00:24:16,112 extraordinary feats. 624 00:24:16,113 --> 00:24:19,049 COPPENS: It is a tradition in 625 00:24:19,116 --> 00:24:21,220 many civilizations that there 626 00:24:21,321 --> 00:24:22,924 were certain human children 627 00:24:22,958 --> 00:24:25,227 who were somehow not human, but 628 00:24:25,294 --> 00:24:27,096 somehow had a connection to the 629 00:24:27,131 --> 00:24:31,772 stars, to a realm beyond Earth. 630 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,109 And this specialness seems to be 631 00:24:34,143 --> 00:24:35,410 there from birth, and it somehow 632 00:24:35,512 --> 00:24:37,248 seems to involve a DNA 633 00:24:37,315 --> 00:24:39,383 component, which maybe science 634 00:24:39,418 --> 00:24:40,853 needs to look at, and needs 635 00:24:40,921 --> 00:24:43,122 to study. 636 00:24:43,191 --> 00:24:44,392 NARRATOR: Some of the oldest 637 00:24:44,427 --> 00:24:46,262 accounts of gods and humans 638 00:24:46,296 --> 00:24:48,433 interbreeding can be found in 639 00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:51,404 ancient Hindu texts. 640 00:24:51,439 --> 00:24:52,340 CREMO: In the ancient 641 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:54,210 Sanskrit writings of India, we 642 00:24:54,244 --> 00:24:56,346 find this account: 643 00:24:56,414 --> 00:24:59,952 A Queen named Kunti mated with 644 00:25:00,052 --> 00:25:02,322 a celestial being, an 645 00:25:02,357 --> 00:25:04,160 extraterrestrial, who was known 646 00:25:04,194 --> 00:25:06,831 as the sun God. 647 00:25:06,832 --> 00:25:10,871 The product of this mating was 648 00:25:10,940 --> 00:25:13,041 Karna, one of the heroes of the 649 00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:19,518 Indian epic, the Mahabharata. 650 00:25:19,587 --> 00:25:20,688 NARRATOR: Perhaps the most 651 00:25:20,755 --> 00:25:22,392 famous demigod is the Greek 652 00:25:22,425 --> 00:25:24,695 hero Heracles, also known as 653 00:25:24,763 --> 00:25:29,336 the Roman Hercules. 654 00:25:29,371 --> 00:25:32,841 Heracles was half-man/half-god, 655 00:25:32,876 --> 00:25:34,612 conceived in the union of Zeus 656 00:25:34,645 --> 00:25:36,748 and a mortal woman named 657 00:25:36,783 --> 00:25:38,752 Alcmene. 658 00:25:42,225 --> 00:25:43,994 Mainstream scholars have often 659 00:25:44,028 --> 00:25:45,931 dismissed the tales of demigods 660 00:25:45,999 --> 00:25:48,001 as fantasy. 661 00:25:48,035 --> 00:25:50,005 (thunder crashing) 662 00:25:50,038 --> 00:25:52,008 But ancient astronaut theorists 663 00:25:52,042 --> 00:25:54,079 believe they reflect actual 664 00:25:54,112 --> 00:25:58,185 living entities. 665 00:25:58,220 --> 00:26:00,389 CREMO: These types of 666 00:26:00,457 --> 00:26:02,392 accounts in the ancient wisdom 667 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:05,364 traditions have a modern 668 00:26:05,399 --> 00:26:10,973 equivalent in accounts of alien 669 00:26:11,008 --> 00:26:14,212 terrestrial hybrids, which is 670 00:26:14,246 --> 00:26:16,416 part of the modern UFO alien 671 00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:19,522 abduction type of account. 672 00:26:21,593 --> 00:26:25,032 It's remarkable that we find, 673 00:26:25,133 --> 00:26:27,869 in these modern reports, exact 674 00:26:27,904 --> 00:26:29,238 equivalents in the ancient 675 00:26:29,305 --> 00:26:31,308 accounts. 676 00:26:31,309 --> 00:26:34,414 That suggests that we're 677 00:26:34,448 --> 00:26:37,420 dealing with realities here. 678 00:26:37,454 --> 00:26:39,689 We're not just dealing with 679 00:26:39,757 --> 00:26:42,828 imaginary stories. 680 00:26:42,862 --> 00:26:44,697 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut 681 00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:46,601 theorists say the term "star 682 00:26:46,636 --> 00:26:48,237 children" is another way to 683 00:26:48,272 --> 00:26:49,940 describe the offspring of 684 00:26:49,974 --> 00:26:50,941 humans and ancient 685 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:53,846 extraterrestrials. 686 00:26:53,881 --> 00:26:55,317 They claim that in the early 687 00:26:55,383 --> 00:26:57,118 traditions of nearly every 688 00:26:57,152 --> 00:26:59,223 major world religion, 689 00:26:59,256 --> 00:27:00,591 "star children" correlate to 690 00:27:00,660 --> 00:27:01,861 supernatural beings known as 691 00:27:01,895 --> 00:27:03,896 "gods." 692 00:27:03,897 --> 00:27:05,432 TSOUKALOS: "Star child" is 693 00:27:05,502 --> 00:27:07,337 an often-used reference in 694 00:27:07,404 --> 00:27:10,074 ancient texts when a woman had 695 00:27:10,143 --> 00:27:11,711 a quote, unquote "divine 696 00:27:11,744 --> 00:27:13,481 interaction" with one of the 697 00:27:13,515 --> 00:27:17,888 gods, often resulting in a woman 698 00:27:17,923 --> 00:27:21,160 being pregnant without having 699 00:27:21,195 --> 00:27:23,531 slept with anyone. 700 00:27:23,532 --> 00:27:26,536 You know, is such a thing even 701 00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:27,671 possible? 702 00:27:27,705 --> 00:27:29,174 Yes, it is. 703 00:27:29,208 --> 00:27:31,311 Today, artificial insemination. 704 00:27:31,346 --> 00:27:33,181 That's what happens today. 705 00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:34,683 You no longer have to have sex 706 00:27:34,717 --> 00:27:36,085 in order to have babies. 707 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,889 We have the exact same 708 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:40,325 description thousands of years 709 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:41,694 ago, where women, without 710 00:27:41,729 --> 00:27:43,999 sleeping with anyone, all of a 711 00:27:44,066 --> 00:27:45,902 sudden became pregnant, and the 712 00:27:45,936 --> 00:27:47,639 question is how is that 713 00:27:47,706 --> 00:27:49,007 possible? 714 00:27:49,041 --> 00:27:50,644 NARRATOR: Did aliens that 715 00:27:50,711 --> 00:27:52,180 came to Earth in ancient times 716 00:27:52,248 --> 00:27:53,548 use advanced fertility 717 00:27:53,583 --> 00:27:55,251 technology? 718 00:27:55,286 --> 00:27:57,256 CHILDRESS: Within Greek 719 00:27:57,322 --> 00:27:59,358 mythology you have many strange 720 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:02,530 stories of centaurs, uh... 721 00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:05,702 cyclops, weird genetically 722 00:28:05,736 --> 00:28:08,241 human, uh, half animal 723 00:28:08,274 --> 00:28:10,611 creations. 724 00:28:10,646 --> 00:28:13,217 And you have to speculate, 725 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:14,952 at least to a point, that 726 00:28:14,987 --> 00:28:16,221 there's a possibility of 727 00:28:16,288 --> 00:28:18,925 strange genetic engineering 728 00:28:18,961 --> 00:28:21,663 going on here, and creating 729 00:28:21,764 --> 00:28:23,366 what are literal monsters in 730 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,370 the past. 731 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:27,006 CREMO: In some of the 732 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,040 writings of ancient 733 00:28:28,076 --> 00:28:31,146 civilizations, we see accounts 734 00:28:31,215 --> 00:28:33,951 of mating between 735 00:28:33,986 --> 00:28:36,555 extraterrestrial beings and 736 00:28:36,589 --> 00:28:40,362 humans, producing monsters or 737 00:28:40,396 --> 00:28:43,635 giants or other similar types 738 00:28:43,701 --> 00:28:46,572 of beings. 739 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,842 And why is that? 740 00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:50,311 I believe it's because it has 741 00:28:50,345 --> 00:28:53,417 actually happened in the past. 742 00:28:53,486 --> 00:28:55,054 NARRATOR: Could these ancient 743 00:28:55,088 --> 00:28:56,958 tales of enormous creatures... 744 00:28:57,058 --> 00:28:59,328 half human, half beast... 745 00:28:59,362 --> 00:29:01,331 be rooted in truth? 746 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:03,669 And if so, is there any 747 00:29:03,702 --> 00:29:05,306 evidence these giant hybrids 748 00:29:05,340 --> 00:29:07,308 really existed? 749 00:29:14,695 --> 00:29:17,499 NARRATOR: Lovelock, Nevada. 750 00:29:17,533 --> 00:29:20,403 In the early 1800s, local 751 00:29:20,438 --> 00:29:21,873 legends passed down by the Piute 752 00:29:21,940 --> 00:29:24,343 Indians told of a race of 753 00:29:24,377 --> 00:29:26,212 giants who were exterminated by 754 00:29:26,248 --> 00:29:29,218 their tribe. 755 00:29:29,253 --> 00:29:31,688 It is said this was done by 756 00:29:31,756 --> 00:29:33,692 trapping the giants in a cave, 757 00:29:33,727 --> 00:29:35,529 shooting arrows at them, and 758 00:29:35,597 --> 00:29:37,533 then starting a large fire at 759 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,404 the mouth of the cave. 760 00:29:40,438 --> 00:29:42,774 Evidence of the slaughter lay 761 00:29:42,842 --> 00:29:45,346 undisturbed until the early 2h 762 00:29:45,414 --> 00:29:47,315 recenty. 763 00:29:52,926 --> 00:29:55,229 CHILDRESS: Lovelock Cave was 764 00:29:55,263 --> 00:29:57,834 first discovered by local 765 00:29:57,868 --> 00:29:59,336 ranchers who were looking for 766 00:29:59,405 --> 00:30:01,239 bat guano to use in their 767 00:30:01,273 --> 00:30:03,277 fields. 768 00:30:03,278 --> 00:30:04,512 NARRATOR: In need of 769 00:30:04,545 --> 00:30:05,982 fertilizer for their crops, the 770 00:30:06,050 --> 00:30:07,317 ranchers removed nearly ten 771 00:30:07,418 --> 00:30:09,521 feet of guano-enriched soil 772 00:30:09,554 --> 00:30:11,524 from the surface of the cave. 773 00:30:17,535 --> 00:30:21,675 They found up to 40 or 50 people 774 00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:25,348 inside this cave. 775 00:30:25,382 --> 00:30:28,050 One was allegedly seven feet, 776 00:30:28,087 --> 00:30:30,857 seven inches tall. 777 00:30:30,892 --> 00:30:34,263 They all had long, red hair and 778 00:30:34,330 --> 00:30:36,267 were literal giants. 779 00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:39,705 NARRATOR: If these skeletons 780 00:30:39,773 --> 00:30:41,541 were the remains of the 781 00:30:41,576 --> 00:30:43,312 legendary red-haired giants, 782 00:30:43,345 --> 00:30:45,315 were they visitors from distant 783 00:30:45,349 --> 00:30:47,318 continents? 784 00:30:47,352 --> 00:30:48,587 CHILDRESS: Throughout the 785 00:30:48,621 --> 00:30:50,590 19th century, many giant 786 00:30:50,624 --> 00:30:52,093 skeletons were allegedly 787 00:30:52,128 --> 00:30:54,498 discovered in the Midwest, also 788 00:30:54,531 --> 00:30:56,600 in parts of California and 789 00:30:56,669 --> 00:30:58,137 around Death Valley. 790 00:30:58,171 --> 00:31:00,974 And the skeletons here, found at 791 00:31:01,008 --> 00:31:03,412 Lovelock, are one of the few 792 00:31:03,479 --> 00:31:05,983 that were really excavated by 793 00:31:06,017 --> 00:31:08,622 an accredited university. 794 00:31:08,690 --> 00:31:09,791 NARRATOR: Archaeologists from 795 00:31:09,856 --> 00:31:11,493 the Nevada Historical Society 796 00:31:11,527 --> 00:31:12,761 and the University of 797 00:31:12,796 --> 00:31:15,167 California believe the cave was 798 00:31:15,201 --> 00:31:16,970 occupied from approximately 799 00:31:17,037 --> 00:31:19,708 1500 BC until a few hundred 800 00:31:19,742 --> 00:31:21,979 years before white men appeared 801 00:31:22,045 --> 00:31:25,684 in the Nevada territory. 802 00:31:25,752 --> 00:31:28,756 75 miles from the cave site, 803 00:31:28,790 --> 00:31:30,927 a local museum has preserved 804 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,596 several skulls that some 805 00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:34,498 believe are recovered remains 806 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,603 of the giants. 807 00:31:37,638 --> 00:31:39,507 CHILDRESS: Inside this 808 00:31:39,541 --> 00:31:42,612 cabinet here, are three skulls 809 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,618 from the Lovelock caves. 810 00:31:45,685 --> 00:31:48,790 When you first see these skulls, 811 00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:51,595 they seem to be pretty much 812 00:31:51,662 --> 00:31:54,666 normal-looking skulls. 813 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:57,805 However, it's when we really 814 00:31:57,839 --> 00:32:01,244 start to compare the jawbones 815 00:32:01,312 --> 00:32:04,315 with this modern dental 816 00:32:04,351 --> 00:32:07,321 impression of a normal adult 817 00:32:07,356 --> 00:32:10,995 male, that we see that these 818 00:32:11,029 --> 00:32:14,066 jawbones are unusually large. 819 00:32:14,168 --> 00:32:16,771 And these are, really, the 820 00:32:16,806 --> 00:32:20,177 skulls of giant people who were 821 00:32:20,211 --> 00:32:22,347 perhaps seven, even eight feet 822 00:32:22,381 --> 00:32:24,350 tall. 823 00:32:24,385 --> 00:32:27,055 One of the odd things with these 824 00:32:27,090 --> 00:32:29,259 skulls is that they're not 825 00:32:29,359 --> 00:32:31,362 actually put on display here at 826 00:32:31,397 --> 00:32:31,997 the museum. 827 00:32:32,064 --> 00:32:33,265 And they're kept hidden in this 828 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:35,368 cabinet. 829 00:32:35,369 --> 00:32:36,705 Now, we don't know if that's 830 00:32:36,739 --> 00:32:38,174 really, uh, just out of, um, 831 00:32:38,241 --> 00:32:41,079 respect for, uh, Native 832 00:32:41,114 --> 00:32:42,815 Americans, or whether there's 833 00:32:42,883 --> 00:32:44,184 really something unusual about 834 00:32:44,251 --> 00:32:46,355 these giant skulls that they 835 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:49,060 don't want them to display. 836 00:32:49,094 --> 00:32:50,195 NARRATOR: Are the Nevada 837 00:32:50,262 --> 00:32:52,064 bones evidence of a race of 838 00:32:52,099 --> 00:32:53,634 giants that existed all through 839 00:32:53,735 --> 00:32:56,739 early human history? 840 00:32:56,773 --> 00:32:59,911 If so, could the giants be the 841 00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:01,013 descendants of 842 00:33:01,081 --> 00:33:02,916 extraterrestrials? 843 00:33:02,951 --> 00:33:04,652 According to the Hebrew 844 00:33:04,754 --> 00:33:07,024 Testament, one such giant 845 00:33:07,091 --> 00:33:09,394 appeared in the valley of Elah 846 00:33:09,428 --> 00:33:11,932 2,500 years ago. 847 00:33:11,966 --> 00:33:15,103 Each morning, for 40 days, a 848 00:33:15,137 --> 00:33:17,374 Philistine giant over nine feet 849 00:33:17,441 --> 00:33:19,111 tall challenged the Israelites 850 00:33:19,179 --> 00:33:22,249 to a fight. 851 00:33:22,317 --> 00:33:24,187 His name was Goliath. 852 00:33:26,723 --> 00:33:27,825 COPPENS: David and Goliath 853 00:33:27,893 --> 00:33:28,826 is one of those episodes 854 00:33:28,894 --> 00:33:30,664 in the Bible where you 855 00:33:30,731 --> 00:33:32,834 wonder what is going on. 856 00:33:32,901 --> 00:33:35,773 Is it t just a metaphor or are e 857 00:33:35,806 --> 00:33:37,241 dealing with a fundamental 858 00:33:37,275 --> 00:33:38,678 interpretation? 859 00:33:38,745 --> 00:33:40,414 And in that sense, Goliath has 860 00:33:40,448 --> 00:33:42,685 to be a giant creature. 861 00:33:42,686 --> 00:33:45,120 The question then is: "He cannot 862 00:33:45,155 --> 00:33:47,092 be human. What is he?" 863 00:33:48,629 --> 00:33:50,096 NARRATOR: David's stunning 864 00:33:50,164 --> 00:33:52,300 triumph over Goliath was 865 00:33:52,335 --> 00:33:54,637 considered a mere fable, 866 00:33:54,671 --> 00:33:56,075 until archaeologists turned up 867 00:33:56,140 --> 00:33:58,345 evidence that suggests this 868 00:33:58,445 --> 00:34:01,917 confrontation really did happen. 869 00:34:01,985 --> 00:34:03,953 On the outskirts of 870 00:34:03,987 --> 00:34:06,458 Tell Es-Safi, Israel, scientists 871 00:34:06,492 --> 00:34:07,960 discovered a moat that may have 872 00:34:07,995 --> 00:34:09,264 once protected the Philistine 873 00:34:09,331 --> 00:34:11,066 fortress. 874 00:34:11,101 --> 00:34:13,371 Nearby, they found shards of 875 00:34:13,437 --> 00:34:15,642 pottery inscribed with the name 876 00:34:15,708 --> 00:34:17,811 Goliath. 877 00:34:17,845 --> 00:34:20,650 Tests indicate the pottery is 878 00:34:20,717 --> 00:34:22,552 from the same time period as 879 00:34:22,654 --> 00:34:24,556 described in the Bible. 880 00:34:24,623 --> 00:34:26,992 Ancient astronaut theorists 881 00:34:27,027 --> 00:34:28,896 claim this is unmistakable 882 00:34:28,998 --> 00:34:31,334 evidence of extraterrestrial 883 00:34:31,368 --> 00:34:34,339 giants in biblical times. 884 00:34:34,373 --> 00:34:37,378 And they say there is much more. 885 00:34:41,752 --> 00:34:43,221 The most common megalithic 886 00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:44,856 construction known is the 887 00:34:44,925 --> 00:34:46,225 dolmen. 888 00:34:46,261 --> 00:34:47,929 Believed to be burial chambers, 889 00:34:47,963 --> 00:34:49,398 they are found throughout 890 00:34:49,433 --> 00:34:51,234 Europe, the Middle East, South 891 00:34:51,269 --> 00:34:53,405 America, and Asia. 892 00:34:53,473 --> 00:34:56,042 Could these mega structures be 893 00:34:56,111 --> 00:34:58,046 the ruins of giants? 894 00:34:59,282 --> 00:35:01,018 COPPENS: Archeology likes 895 00:35:01,086 --> 00:35:02,921 to use the word "dolmen," but 896 00:35:02,956 --> 00:35:04,191 they were formerly known in 897 00:35:04,256 --> 00:35:06,261 folklore as "giant's graves." 898 00:35:06,262 --> 00:35:07,729 FATHER William FULCO: A 899 00:35:07,763 --> 00:35:10,033 dolmen is shaped like the Greek 900 00:35:10,102 --> 00:35:11,903 letter "pi" with the top on it. 901 00:35:11,938 --> 00:35:13,171 And they're made of enormous 902 00:35:13,207 --> 00:35:15,777 blocks of limestone. 903 00:35:15,778 --> 00:35:17,947 And even today, it's... 904 00:35:17,981 --> 00:35:19,049 We are marveled that anyone 905 00:35:19,116 --> 00:35:20,218 could construct those things, 906 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:22,086 and wonder how they got the top 907 00:35:22,122 --> 00:35:23,656 on top of the uprights. 908 00:35:23,758 --> 00:35:25,293 And those were built during the 909 00:35:25,327 --> 00:35:26,395 Middle Bronze Period, which is 910 00:35:26,462 --> 00:35:29,465 roughly 2000 to 1500 before the 911 00:35:29,501 --> 00:35:30,567 common era. 912 00:35:30,635 --> 00:35:32,038 So seeing things like that, 913 00:35:32,106 --> 00:35:33,406 people questioned, those 914 00:35:33,474 --> 00:35:34,409 must've been made by giants. 915 00:35:34,475 --> 00:35:35,778 I mean, ordinary people could 916 00:35:35,812 --> 00:35:36,945 not have done that. 917 00:35:37,013 --> 00:35:38,949 COPPENS: Are we dealing with 918 00:35:38,985 --> 00:35:40,284 metaphors or are we dealing 919 00:35:40,319 --> 00:35:42,422 with hard evidence? 920 00:35:42,490 --> 00:35:43,757 Are these physical creatures 921 00:35:43,825 --> 00:35:45,461 which somehow roamed the earth? 922 00:35:45,495 --> 00:35:47,697 And I think, on volume, we have 923 00:35:47,765 --> 00:35:49,767 to accept that some of these 924 00:35:49,835 --> 00:35:51,070 were real. 925 00:35:51,104 --> 00:35:52,872 The question, then, is how did 926 00:35:52,941 --> 00:35:54,876 these genetic freaks come about? 927 00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:57,714 TSOUKALOS: One of the main 928 00:35:57,782 --> 00:35:58,883 tenets of ancient astronaut 929 00:35:58,917 --> 00:36:00,686 theory suggests that a long 930 00:36:00,754 --> 00:36:03,057 time ago, extraterrestrials 931 00:36:03,125 --> 00:36:05,895 changed our genetic makeup 932 00:36:05,963 --> 00:36:08,599 through a targeted mutation of 933 00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:10,871 our genes, essentially in the 934 00:36:10,904 --> 00:36:12,941 lab. 935 00:36:12,942 --> 00:36:15,144 So they took a couple of human 936 00:36:15,178 --> 00:36:18,617 beings, altered their DNA, then 937 00:36:18,685 --> 00:36:21,254 reinserted those people back 938 00:36:21,323 --> 00:36:23,960 into the population, so through 939 00:36:23,994 --> 00:36:26,263 procreation, those people would 940 00:36:26,331 --> 00:36:27,966 pass on those new genetic 941 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,970 alterations to the entire 942 00:36:30,004 --> 00:36:31,974 population. 943 00:36:32,007 --> 00:36:33,141 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut 944 00:36:33,176 --> 00:36:35,145 theorists suggest the evidence 945 00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:37,315 points to one conclusion, that 946 00:36:37,351 --> 00:36:39,887 aliens changed the genetics of 947 00:36:39,988 --> 00:36:42,625 early human DNA. 948 00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,562 COPPENS: For an alien being 949 00:36:44,629 --> 00:36:47,566 to work with DNA is so easy 950 00:36:47,635 --> 00:36:49,938 that just creating a new type 951 00:36:49,972 --> 00:36:52,276 is not at all that difficult. 952 00:36:52,309 --> 00:36:53,943 Even today, we have the 953 00:36:53,977 --> 00:36:55,713 capability to create new types 954 00:36:55,749 --> 00:36:57,717 of animals. 955 00:36:57,752 --> 00:36:59,721 The question is, were we 956 00:36:59,754 --> 00:37:02,592 created as such, as well? 957 00:37:02,659 --> 00:37:03,928 NARRATOR: But what reason 958 00:37:03,995 --> 00:37:05,831 could extraterrestrial visitors 959 00:37:05,866 --> 00:37:07,467 have had for populating the 960 00:37:07,502 --> 00:37:09,137 Earth with mixed species and 961 00:37:09,171 --> 00:37:11,206 monstrous hybrids? 962 00:37:11,309 --> 00:37:13,310 Were they the result of some 963 00:37:13,344 --> 00:37:15,112 kind of scientific experiment 964 00:37:15,181 --> 00:37:17,117 gone terribly wrong? 965 00:37:19,555 --> 00:37:21,490 Did ancient aliens have some 966 00:37:21,558 --> 00:37:23,495 reason to experiment with human 967 00:37:23,530 --> 00:37:25,497 DNA? 968 00:37:33,557 --> 00:37:34,858 NARRATOR: The Galapagos 969 00:37:34,893 --> 00:37:36,593 Islands, off the coast of South 970 00:37:36,695 --> 00:37:38,698 America, are known for their 971 00:37:38,733 --> 00:37:40,668 unique biodiversity. 972 00:37:42,639 --> 00:37:45,342 In 1832, a naturalist named 973 00:37:45,378 --> 00:37:48,582 Charles Darwin came to these islands to observe and record 974 00:37:48,615 --> 00:37:50,885 several species of animals not 975 00:37:50,953 --> 00:37:52,656 seen before. 976 00:37:52,723 --> 00:37:54,658 The result of his studies 977 00:37:54,726 --> 00:37:56,195 formed the basis for his 978 00:37:56,262 --> 00:37:58,299 controversial book, The Origin 979 00:37:58,399 --> 00:38:00,034 of Species. 980 00:38:00,103 --> 00:38:02,206 In it, Darwin proposed his 981 00:38:02,272 --> 00:38:03,908 theory of evolution, which 982 00:38:03,941 --> 00:38:06,011 held that all life evolved over 983 00:38:06,046 --> 00:38:07,681 time, through a process of 984 00:38:07,749 --> 00:38:10,319 natural selection. 985 00:38:10,386 --> 00:38:12,757 But even Darwin's theories 986 00:38:12,825 --> 00:38:14,226 could not explain the 987 00:38:14,293 --> 00:38:15,760 developmental gap between apes 988 00:38:15,795 --> 00:38:18,098 and man. 989 00:38:18,134 --> 00:38:21,105 There was, it was believed, 990 00:38:21,139 --> 00:38:22,940 a transitional species that had 991 00:38:23,008 --> 00:38:25,043 to exist, one which became 992 00:38:25,112 --> 00:38:26,681 referred to as, "the missing 993 00:38:26,781 --> 00:38:29,151 link." 994 00:38:29,152 --> 00:38:31,487 >> TSOUKALOS: Homo Sapiens have 995 00:38:31,556 --> 00:38:34,861 been around for 300,000 years. 996 00:38:34,962 --> 00:38:37,866 And only in a few thousand 997 00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:41,038 years, our brain size 998 00:38:41,139 --> 00:38:43,008 essentially tripled. 999 00:38:44,913 --> 00:38:47,816 Now, that does not jive with 1000 00:38:47,851 --> 00:38:49,285 ordinary evolution. 1001 00:38:49,319 --> 00:38:51,290 You need time. 1002 00:38:51,324 --> 00:38:54,027 A very long time. 1003 00:38:54,128 --> 00:38:56,765 However, today, biologists 1004 00:38:56,832 --> 00:38:59,570 cannot quite put a finger on 1005 00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:02,808 how our brain volume tripled in 1006 00:39:02,842 --> 00:39:05,947 a very short time period. 1007 00:39:06,015 --> 00:39:08,652 That is still a mystery. 1008 00:39:10,289 --> 00:39:12,591 >> NARRATOR: Could it be, as 1009 00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:13,661 many ancient astronaut 1010 00:39:13,695 --> 00:39:15,997 theorists believe, that ancient 1011 00:39:16,031 --> 00:39:17,767 aliens had a hand in 1012 00:39:17,836 --> 00:39:19,204 jump-starting human evolution 1013 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,976 on our planet? 1014 00:39:21,977 --> 00:39:23,077 >> COPPENS: Science has been 1015 00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:25,214 unable to find the missing link, 1016 00:39:25,282 --> 00:39:26,917 and maybe that's simply because 1017 00:39:26,951 --> 00:39:28,485 Earth is unable to offer that 1018 00:39:28,587 --> 00:39:29,653 missing link. 1019 00:39:29,756 --> 00:39:30,923 Maybe the missing link is not 1020 00:39:30,957 --> 00:39:31,924 of this Earth. 1021 00:39:31,958 --> 00:39:33,094 Maybe the missing link is 1022 00:39:33,128 --> 00:39:34,930 somewhere outside, 1023 00:39:34,964 --> 00:39:37,767 extraterrestrial. 1024 00:39:37,768 --> 00:39:40,840 >> NARRATOR: In 1996, medical 1025 00:39:40,942 --> 00:39:42,242 science took a giant step 1026 00:39:42,277 --> 00:39:44,178 forward when geneticists 1027 00:39:44,247 --> 00:39:46,182 successfully cloned a sheep. 1028 00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:49,187 This revolutionary technology 1029 00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:50,924 marked a significant 1030 00:39:50,992 --> 00:39:52,193 advancement in our 1031 00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:55,265 understanding of DNA. 1032 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,635 But could extraterrestrial 1033 00:39:57,670 --> 00:39:59,906 visitors have also possessed 1034 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:01,910 knowledge of genetics? 1035 00:40:03,814 --> 00:40:05,549 >> MARTELL: In the Sumerian 1036 00:40:05,617 --> 00:40:07,452 records of mythology, they 1037 00:40:07,487 --> 00:40:08,620 explain how they genetically 1038 00:40:08,655 --> 00:40:10,290 engineered the first human 1039 00:40:10,358 --> 00:40:11,559 being. 1040 00:40:11,628 --> 00:40:13,096 And so, it's very possible that 1041 00:40:13,129 --> 00:40:13,762 extraterrestrials did 1042 00:40:13,830 --> 00:40:15,866 genetically engineer us. 1043 00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:16,934 >> COPPENS: More and more 1044 00:40:17,003 --> 00:40:18,638 creatures are being discovered, 1045 00:40:18,672 --> 00:40:20,007 as s science goes along, in 1046 00:40:20,041 --> 00:40:21,176 little caves, or on little 1047 00:40:21,243 --> 00:40:23,546 islands, whereby DNA evidence 1048 00:40:23,581 --> 00:40:25,016 clearly shows that something 1049 00:40:25,084 --> 00:40:25,884 else has been happening. 1050 00:40:25,919 --> 00:40:26,885 We're probably gonna get to 1051 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,989 hard scientific fact that 1052 00:40:29,024 --> 00:40:31,560 something interbred with humans, 1053 00:40:31,594 --> 00:40:33,196 on certain occasions, certain 1054 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:35,200 moments in time. 1055 00:40:37,104 --> 00:40:38,373 >> NARRATOR: Could the giants 1056 00:40:38,439 --> 00:40:40,175 and monsters described in the 1057 00:40:40,209 --> 00:40:42,344 ancient myths be examples of 1058 00:40:42,380 --> 00:40:44,081 genetic mutations? 1059 00:40:44,116 --> 00:40:45,917 And if so, what purpose might 1060 00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:48,288 they have served? 1061 00:40:48,289 --> 00:40:49,758 >> CREMO: There are actually 1062 00:40:49,825 --> 00:40:51,560 accounts in the ancient 1063 00:40:51,628 --> 00:40:53,798 Sanskrit writings of India of 1064 00:40:53,832 --> 00:40:56,937 how, in their original attempts 1065 00:40:56,971 --> 00:41:00,109 to produce... 1066 00:41:00,143 --> 00:41:02,947 living things in the universe, 1067 00:41:02,982 --> 00:41:05,117 the gods, or the 1068 00:41:05,152 --> 00:41:07,220 extraterrestrial beings, made 1069 00:41:07,288 --> 00:41:10,926 mistakes and produced different 1070 00:41:10,995 --> 00:41:16,170 types of monsters and giants 1071 00:41:16,204 --> 00:41:19,141 and things like that. 1072 00:41:19,175 --> 00:41:21,145 >> Von D NIKEN: Why should the 1073 00:41:21,213 --> 00:41:23,515 so-called "gods" first make such 1074 00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:24,819 mixed creatures? 1075 00:41:24,885 --> 00:41:27,022 What's the purpose of it? 1076 00:41:27,023 --> 00:41:29,959 Did they observe a lion, and 1077 00:41:29,993 --> 00:41:32,598 they say to themself, "Why don't 1078 00:41:32,632 --> 00:41:34,868 we mix the strongness of the 1079 00:41:34,936 --> 00:41:37,873 muscle of the one animal with 1080 00:41:37,941 --> 00:41:41,914 the heat expellant, uh, skin of 1081 00:41:41,948 --> 00:41:44,450 the other animal, to use it at 1082 00:41:44,485 --> 00:41:46,287 some other planet, which is 1083 00:41:46,322 --> 00:41:47,188 different Earth?" 1084 00:41:47,256 --> 00:41:49,794 So they start to make breedings. 1085 00:41:49,895 --> 00:41:52,364 They start to make mixed 1086 00:41:52,433 --> 00:41:55,237 creatures. 1087 00:41:55,271 --> 00:41:56,905 >> NARRATOR: Scholars and 1088 00:41:56,973 --> 00:41:59,276 archaeologists generally agree 1089 00:41:59,311 --> 00:42:01,814 that sometime around 3000 BC, 1090 00:42:01,915 --> 00:42:03,818 during the Megalithic Era, 1091 00:42:03,917 --> 00:42:05,922 mankind took a quantum leap 1092 00:42:05,956 --> 00:42:07,422 forward with regard to 1093 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:08,827 civilization and use of 1094 00:42:08,894 --> 00:42:10,327 technology. 1095 00:42:10,363 --> 00:42:12,366 According to myths and legends, 1096 00:42:12,432 --> 00:42:14,102 human beings gave credit to 1097 00:42:14,136 --> 00:42:15,437 their gods for giving them 1098 00:42:15,473 --> 00:42:17,107 this knowledge. 1099 00:42:17,141 --> 00:42:19,443 But if the gods were, in fact, 1100 00:42:19,479 --> 00:42:22,283 alien visitors, might mankind's 1101 00:42:22,316 --> 00:42:24,084 quantum leap forward have had a 1102 00:42:24,153 --> 00:42:26,889 more intergalactic origin? 1103 00:42:26,924 --> 00:42:28,626 >> COPPENS: It is clear that 1104 00:42:28,661 --> 00:42:30,462 something affected multiple 1105 00:42:30,497 --> 00:42:32,465 continents on this planet 1106 00:42:32,501 --> 00:42:34,202 around 3000 BC. 1107 00:42:34,237 --> 00:42:35,973 The pyramids began to be built 1108 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,943 at that moment in time. 1109 00:42:37,976 --> 00:42:39,311 Why? 1110 00:42:39,378 --> 00:42:41,415 What was that imperative? 1111 00:42:41,516 --> 00:42:43,218 Was it a global imperative? 1112 00:42:43,252 --> 00:42:44,219 Yes. 1113 00:42:44,254 --> 00:42:45,722 Was it an imperative which came 1114 00:42:45,756 --> 00:42:46,990 from outside of this world? 1115 00:42:47,059 --> 00:42:48,194 Yes. 1116 00:42:48,261 --> 00:42:49,362 >> NARRATOR: If aliens 1117 00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:50,897 intervened to speed the 1118 00:42:50,932 --> 00:42:52,600 advancement of human beings, is 1119 00:42:52,635 --> 00:42:54,737 it also possible that they have 1120 00:42:54,806 --> 00:42:56,474 influenced mankind at other 1121 00:42:56,542 --> 00:42:58,745 critical junctures in history? 1122 00:42:58,778 --> 00:43:00,914 And, if so, could they have 1123 00:43:00,948 --> 00:43:02,919 continued to monitor us, 1124 00:43:02,953 --> 00:43:04,088 even today? 1125 00:43:04,122 --> 00:43:05,089 >> MARTELL: It's very possible 1126 00:43:05,123 --> 00:43:06,725 that, if there was some type of 1127 00:43:06,793 --> 00:43:07,726 genetic intervention, 1128 00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:09,261 by an extraterrestrial race, 1129 00:43:09,297 --> 00:43:10,998 on humanity, they would be very 1130 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:12,735 interested to see their 1131 00:43:12,803 --> 00:43:14,739 experiment progress. 1132 00:43:16,642 --> 00:43:18,212 >> Von D NIKEN: I am often 1133 00:43:18,278 --> 00:43:20,415 asked the question, "Iit not 1134 00:43:20,449 --> 00:43:21,517 ridiculous to believe that 1135 00:43:21,584 --> 00:43:22,719 extraterrestrials should, in a 1136 00:43:22,786 --> 00:43:24,855 way or other, look similar to 1137 00:43:24,889 --> 00:43:26,592 us, or even think similar 1138 00:43:26,626 --> 00:43:27,594 to us?" 1139 00:43:27,627 --> 00:43:28,730 No. 1140 00:43:28,796 --> 00:43:30,065 The question is wrong. 1141 00:43:30,133 --> 00:43:31,801 They are not, by coincidence, 1142 00:43:31,835 --> 00:43:33,604 similar to us, but we are 1143 00:43:33,638 --> 00:43:36,442 similar to them, because we are 1144 00:43:36,476 --> 00:43:38,880 the product. 1145 00:43:38,914 --> 00:43:40,717 >> NARRATOR: But if alien 1146 00:43:40,785 --> 00:43:42,452 beings did interbreed with 1147 00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:44,456 humans, why? 1148 00:43:44,490 --> 00:43:46,225 Was it to save their own 1149 00:43:46,293 --> 00:43:47,661 species? 1150 00:43:47,697 --> 00:43:49,597 Or, perhaps, hide the genetic 1151 00:43:49,633 --> 00:43:50,867 traces of their presence here 1152 00:43:50,934 --> 00:43:51,435 on Earth? 1153 00:43:51,502 --> 00:43:54,696 Could there even be aliens 1154 00:43:54,985 --> 00:43:56,649 living among us? 1155 00:43:57,842 --> 00:44:00,677 Sync by hungr1977 www.addic7ed.com 1156 00:44:01,678 --> 00:44:11,685 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org