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NARRATOR:
The fruit of a tree
that forever alters humanity.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
This serpent being offers them
some special food to eat,
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and suddenly we have
a fundamental change.
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A drink that grants
everlasting life.
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JOSHUA CUTCHIN:
This liquid could convey
immortality upon
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those who consumed it.
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NARRATOR:
And a nourishing substance
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that rains down from the sky.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
This machine was given
to the Israelites
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by extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
In every religious tradition,
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there are foods believed
to possess extraordinary power,
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and some that are even consumed
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by the gods themselves.
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The gods ate, the gods drank,
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and this is what
kept them divine.
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NARRATOR:
But is it possible that what
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our ancestors described as gods
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were, in fact, visitors
from another world?
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And if so, might the food
of these gods
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reveal a powerful link
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to mankind's
extraterrestrial origins?
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WILLIAM HENRY:
These foods were
directly introduced into
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the human experience
in order to awaken us
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and to bring us closer
to the gods.
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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:
As humanity prepares
to travel to other worlds,
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one of the biggest challenges
facing scientists
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is how to provide sustenance
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beyond that found
on planet Earth.
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When we think of
the early pioneers, uh,
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we think
of "living off the land."
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You can't do that
in outer space.
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There's no soil,
there's no oxygen,
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there's very little
of the basic ingredients
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that we take for granted
on the planet Earth.
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So living in outer space
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presents a whole new set
of challenges.
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NARRATOR:
Currently, NASA researchers
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are experimenting
with various possible solutions
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to the problem of keeping humans
fed during long‐term missions.
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BILL BIRNES:
For long expeditions in space,
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there are really three things
we have to do.
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One, either bring
our food with us,
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wherever we go,
take the food, wagon train.
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Two, terraform a planet,
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or find a planet
where we can already grow food
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that can sustain us.
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Or three,
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change our own metabolism,
so that we can exist
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on a whole different kind
of food.
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NARRATOR:
But is it even possible
to sustain life
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in the vacuum of space?
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In recent years, biologists
have discovered organisms
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on our planet that can thrive
in extreme conditions,
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like those found in the deepest
depths of Earth's oceans.
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KIRSTEN FISHER:
The prevailing assumption
was that there wasn't much life
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at the bottom of the ocean.
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So this idea that,
um, the deep sea,
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um, could actually contain life
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was pretty phenomenal because
I think we had assumed that,
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without light,
we couldn't have life.
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So the existence
of whole ecosystems
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that are supported
by chemical reactions
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that don't need light
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to generate biomolecules
and energy,
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I think,
was really revolutionary.
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NARRATOR:
But could the key to mankind's
survival on other worlds
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be found not in a laboratory
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but by studying past accounts
of extraterrestrial encounters?
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Eagle River, Wisconsin.
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April 18, 1961.
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Plumber Joe Simonton
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is finishing his lunch
when he notices
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a metallic saucer‐shaped craft
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landing just outside
his kitchen window.
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I raced out to see what it was,
and by that time
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there was a hatchway opening up
in the top of it,
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just like the trunk of your car,
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and in there there stood
a little man‐‐
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I'd say a little man
about five foot tall‐‐
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holding up a jug, and
he motioned he wanted a drink,
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he motioned for water,
so I walked up to him
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to get this jug and, uh,
I looked at his eyes,
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and they were so penetrating
that I had to look away.
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NARRATOR:
Simonton took the container
and filled it with water.
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When he returned
to the flying saucer,
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he noticed a second being
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with what appeared to be
food‐like wafers.
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SIMONTON:
He didn't say a word,
he just reached forward
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and he got a handful of 'em,
four of 'em,
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and he handed down to me,
which I have one here yet.
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NARRATOR:
According to Simonton, the two
aliens promptly closed the hatch
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and took off.
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SIMONTON:
Within, uh,
two or three seconds,
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it was out of sight.
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Well, there I stood
in the driveway,
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wondering what the heck I'd saw,
what had happened.
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And, uh, if that was their food,
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God help them because I took
a bite of one of 'em
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and it tasted like
a piece of cardboard.
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NARRATOR:
The case immediately
garnered the attention
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of U. S. government agencies
looking into the UFO phenomenon,
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including Project Blue Book
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and its science advisor,
astronomer J. Allen Hynek.
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CUTCHIN:
Joe Simonton‐‐ this is an
interesting case because it has
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a level of physical evidence
that we don't often see
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with a lot of these cases.
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LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
NICAP,
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the National Investigations
Committee for Aerial Phenomena,
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which was largely CIA
back in that period of time,
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wants to investigate.
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And J. Allen Hynek,
who was doing investigations
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for the Air Force,
he wanted to investigate.
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NARRATOR:
Hynek obtained samples
of the wafers
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and requested
a full analysis by the
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U.S. Department of Health's
Food and Drug Laboratory.
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The report stated
that the wafers consisted
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of chemically modified
terrestrial plants,
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including buckwheat,
soybeans, and bran.
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But curiously,
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not even the tiniest
trace amount of salt
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was detected in the sample.
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HOWE:
There was no salt at all
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found in this analysis
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by NICAP and J. Allen Hynek,
and it's puzzling.
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MICHAEL DENNIN:
One of the interesting things
about life on this planet
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is it did start in the oceans,
and the ocean is salt water.
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And so, fundamentally,
the water in our bodies,
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in our cells, and in‐in
pretty much every living thing
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has a certain amount
of salt concentration
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and is ubiquitous everywhere.
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NARRATOR:
According to scientists,
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every cell of every
living organism on Earth
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contains a trace amount
of sodium chloride, or salt.
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So could
the complete lack of salt
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in Joe Simonton's
so‐called "alien wafer"
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really be proof that it came
from an extraterrestrial source?
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We see in outer space
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thousands of planets with
different kinds of chemistries,
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so it's definitely possible that
you can have an entire planet
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with very little salt on it.
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BIRNES:
What if salt is as poisonous
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to those aliens
as cyanide is to us?
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That's what that alien contact
could presuppose,
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that we've learned something
about what's poisonous to them.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that support
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for the Joe Simonton story
and the notion that salt
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might be poisonous
to some extraterrestrials
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that have visited Earth
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can be found in ancient tales
from around the world,
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in which salt is used
to ward off alien entities.
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The salt connection
to the Simonton story
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is‐is very interesting because
it connects to other mythologies
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involving demonic beings
or fairy beings.
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They say that if you pour salt
on the ground
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in front of a fairy,
it has to stop automatically.
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Or that you can throw salt
over your shoulder
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and this will ward off
evil spirits.
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The Shinto religion uses salt
as a protective mechanism.
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So for salt to be lacking
in these pancakes
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is‐is extraordinary
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because it‐it links us
to these ancient stories
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and it actually confirms
these ancient stories.
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NARRATOR:
But if the stories of both
the past and present are true
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and these alien visitors
cannot consume salt,
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how have they been able
to sustain themselves
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in a place where salt
is abundant?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe that the answer
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to this one simple question
may reveal
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both an alien agenda on Earth
and perhaps
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even the purpose behind
the creation of humankind.
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NARRATOR:
The 14th century BC.
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According to the Hebrew Bible's
Book of Exodus,
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the prophet Moses helps
the Jewish slaves to escape
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the tyranny of the pharaoh,
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leading them across the Red Sea
and into the Sinai Desert.
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During the exodus phase,
you know,
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you're wandering in the desert
for almost 40 years.
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What do you eat?
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Well, God provides
this substance,
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this magical substance.
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HENRY: Moses appealed to Yahweh,
the Old Testament God,
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and Yahweh caused manna,
this food of the heavens,
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to rain down
upon the Israelites.
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NARRATOR:
But according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
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the story of the Israelites
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receiving manna from heaven is
not a story about a magical food
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being sent by almighty God,
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but one of extraterrestrials
using their advanced technology
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in order to prevent a group of
migrating humans from starving.
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We assumed that we were
looking at gods in the past.
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We didn't know we might be
looking at aliens.
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NARRATOR:
In 1978, linguist George Sassoon
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and electrical engineer
Rodney Dale
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released their book,
The Manna Machine.
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In it, they propose that
the supplementary Hebrew texts
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of the Zohar provide
surprisingly detailed
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descriptions that point
to manna being supplied
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by a mechanical device.
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TSOUKALOS:
We have a concise description of
it in the ancient Jewish texts
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of the Zohar, where they
describe the transportable one
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with the tanks.
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Dale and Sassoon looked
at these stories,
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and they came out with the idea
that this is not
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a description of God at all;
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it's a description of a machine.
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The manna machine was this
tower‐like structure,
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and it had these two giant tanks
and a dispenser.
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Manna is the product
of that machine,
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and it is based
on algae cultures.
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This manna machine had to be
taken apart every Saturday.
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And this was the one day that
the tribe did not have any food.
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The basic proposition
by Dale and Sassoon
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is that this machine was given
to the Israelites
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by extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that extraterrestrials
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provided technology to the
Israelites to sustain them
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during their long journey
through the desert?
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For the answer, ancient
astronaut theorists point
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to passages describing a pillar
of cloud during the day
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and a pillar of fire
guiding them at night.
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CHILDRESS: They're following
a light that's guiding them
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as they wander for 40 years
through these deserts
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of‐of the Sinai
and Northern Saudi Arabia.
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So you have to ask yourself,
is it possible
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that this pillar of fire
is a UFO
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that was working with Moses
to bring the Israelites
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to the promised land?
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NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials provided
the Israelites
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with a food‐dispensing machine,
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is it possible that
they had been using this,
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or a similar technology,
to sustain themselves?
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Perhaps the same technology
as the one that produced
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the mysterious salt‐free wafer
that Joe Simonton claimed
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was given to him by aliens
in 1961.
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer lies not
in the further study
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of the so‐called manna machine,
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but by looking
into other possible
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extraterrestrial food sources.
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I think there's a definite
connection to be drawn
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between a lot
of the food preparation practice
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that we see associated with
all sorts of major religions
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and the modern UFO phenomena.
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If we look back
into ancient religions,
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one of the things that we find
time and again,
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no matter which part
of the world it is,
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is the issue of sacrifice
of animals.
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Now, the big question is:
why was this being done?
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Well, I think we could make
an interesting scenario if,
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for example, the aliens required
specific food and liquid items.
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HUSSAIN:
There are all sorts of religions
that have food restrictions.
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In the Jewish tradition
we have the word "kosher."
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What is acceptable food?
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In the Islamic tradition,
halal‐‐ exactly the same thing.
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What food is allowed,
what food is acceptable?
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And so, for example,
when you kill an animal,
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you cut the throat,
you drain the blood.
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You want as little blood there
as possible.
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CUTCHIN:
The handling and management
of blood
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in kosher and halal practice
is especially important
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because it is generally
considered reserved for God.
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STRIEBER:
I wouldn't be surprised at all
if blood did not play
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a big role in their food.
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And if people in the past
had seen them consuming blood,
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it might have become that
higher beings had the right
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to consume the blood,
not human beings.
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NARRATOR:
Malheur National Forest.
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Harney County, Oregon.
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July 30, 2019.
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A rancher discovers
the mutilated carcasses
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of five of his prized bulls.
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At a loss to explain the deaths,
authorities note that
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the animals have been
entirely drained of blood.
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This is in keeping
with many similar mutilations
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reported around the world.
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HOWE:
Animals of every type
you can think of,
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large and small, have been
bloodlessly mutilated.
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Wild animals, deer, elk,
marmots, reindeer,
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kangaroos, snakes, all found
bloodlessly mutilated.
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BIRNES:
When cows are mutilated,
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one of the things we notice
is that they're
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completely drained of blood,
exsanguinated.
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What could that possibly mean?
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NARRATOR:
According to FBI statistics,
the agency has documented
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over 10,000 official reports
of similar animal mutilations
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over the past half‐century.
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Investigative journalist
Linda Moulton Howe began
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researching cattle mutilations
in the late 1970s.
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When I produced
A Strange Harvest,
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about the animal mutilations,
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all of it was
a brand‐new landscape for me
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as an investigative reporter
and TV producer.
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And it led me to people
who were saying
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the perpetrators are
creatures from outer space.
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And the whole issue of:
what are they?
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Do they eat?
Do they drink?
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Are they like us? What?
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NARRATOR:
During her investigation,
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Linda met with a woman from
the Las Cruces, New Mexico area
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who claimed to have been
abducted from the scene
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and taken aboard a craft.
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Once inside the craft,
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the woman encountered
extraterrestrial beings.
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They led her to a large vat
containing dark liquid
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with body parts floating in it.
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They're all floating
in this round container,
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and something puts in her head,
telepathically,
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that it has something to do
with sustenance.
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NARRATOR:
Is there something in both
animal and human blood
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that is necessary
in order to sustain the life
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of extraterrestrials
visiting planet Earth?
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And if so, could finding the
answer provide an important key,
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not only in our understanding
of alien life
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but in our search for a means
of survival on other worlds?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer might be found
by examining
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the strange connection
between human blood...
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and immortality.
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NARRATOR:
For the ancient Greeks,
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this was the home of the gods.
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Gods that were very much
like humans,
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except that they could
live forever,
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courtesy of a mysterious drink
called ambrosia.
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HUSSAIN:
Ambrosia was literally
the food of immortality.
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In the ancient world,
the gods ate, the gods drank.
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And this is what
kept them divine.
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This is what kept them
alive forever,
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which is one of the crucial
differences between
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the divine and the human.
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NARRATOR:
While ambrosia was reserved
for the gods,
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the ancient Greek texts
also contain stories
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of this divine food being shared
with select humans
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and extending their life spans
indefinitely.
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We might imagine that it is
some sort of a liquid
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or, or paste or ointment
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that has special properties.
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By drinking it, you are
extending your life,
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and if you drank this ambrosia
over many, many years,
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you could have a certain sense
of immortality, in a way.
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NARRATOR:
Substances like ambrosia
can be found
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in numerous ancient traditions.
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In China there were stories
of the Peaches of Immortality.
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The Norse spoke
of I unn's apples.
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But as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the ubiquity of this story
also provides further evidence
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that ancient peoples
came into contact
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with the same
otherworldly beings.
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HENRY:
Ancient astronaut theorists
look at the gods
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as extraterrestrial beings,
as aliens.
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If you're talking
about beings that are
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traveling the stars
for generations,
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they're going to need
some kind of sustenance
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that will sustain them
during these voyages.
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And that appears to be
what ambrosia was.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that the ancient
stories about ambrosia
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and similar elixirs
were actually descriptions
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of a substance
that extraterrestrials used
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to facilitate long voyages
through space?
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And, if so, was it seen
as a source of immortality,
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not only because of its ability
to prolong life
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but also because it sustained
alien travelers
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during thousands of years
in space?
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Perhaps further clues
to the answers can be found
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by examining the many accounts
of ancient people
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living far longer than the
average life expectancy today.
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HUSSAIN: The biblical life spans
are extraordinary.
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So the Bible says that Adam
lived for 930 years,
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that Noah lived for 950 years.
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That Methuselah lived
for 969 years.
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It seems like an odd concept,
but you have many records of‐‐
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not just in the Bible
but all throughout history‐‐
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all these other cultures
also talk about this, you know.
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The Sumerian Kings List,
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Chinese masters living to 300
years old into the 1700s.
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Even ancient Philippine records
talk about these kings
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that lived long lives.
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It's found all around the world.
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Some of the stories that we hear
about this drink, ambrosia,
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connect to these journeys
to the celestial realm.
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In fact, Enoch actually
describes that before
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he was able to go
up to the heavens,
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he is actually anointed,
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and he says
it smelled like ambrosia.
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But the question is,
was he really anointed?
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What if ambrosia was something
that you had to take in
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in order to prepare
for a journey to outer space,
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and it gave you immortality?
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NARRATOR:
If ambrosia was
an alien substance
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that could both extend life
and facilitate space travel,
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just what was it?
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Something that could
only be found
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or concocted on alien worlds?
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Or something that could
be found in abundance
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right here on Earth?
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Santa Clara, California.
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June 2016.
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Silicon Valley start‐up
Ambrosia LLC
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obtains approval
to begin clinical trials
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on an experimental treatment
to reverse aging.
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Medical researchers
inject older test subjects
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with blood plasma
from young donors
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in an effort
to improve their health
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and extend their life span.
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Hundreds of patients
sign up to participate,
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paying $8,000 for each liter
of blood plasma they receive.
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The theory is,
whether it's true or not,
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is that by infusing yourself
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with the blood
of younger people,
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you will gain a longer life,
because you won't have,
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as the commercial used to say,
tired blood or old blood.
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You're literally giving yourself
a new lease on life.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient Greek texts
connect ambrosia
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with divine blood called ichor.
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And the concept that blood
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can impart immortality
is widespread,
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found in legends of vampires
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and even historical accounts
of human blood sacrifice.
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Is it possible that blood,
and particularly human blood,
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has life‐sustaining properties
far beyond
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our current understanding?
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REDFERN:
When it comes to the issue
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of extraterrestrials and blood,
there's one scenario,
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the idea that the aliens
may actually take blood.
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Now, that's not completely
out of the question.
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The main reason being
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it contains iron,
proteins, nutrients.
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In other words, it'd be
the classic important item
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for aliens to dine upon.
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But we cannot do that
without causing extreme damage,
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possibly even death,
to ourselves.
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That sort of suggests,
possibly, also,
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that blood is an item of the
extraterrestrials and not of us.
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NARRATOR:
Does human blood possess
life‐sustaining properties
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far beyond its function
inside the body?
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And, if so, could the substance
known as ambrosia
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be flowing through
the veins of every human?
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As far as many ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer is yes,
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and they suggest
that this profound notion
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was first conveyed to humankind
more than 2,000 years ago
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by a man named Jesus.
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NARRATOR:
Vatican City.
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2019.
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Thousands of pilgrims bow their
heads as Pope Francis performs
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the Liturgy of the Eucharist
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and consecrates the offerings
of bread and wine.
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According to Church historians,
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the ceremony's roots lie
in the Last Supper Jesus shared
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with his disciples
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shortly before he sacrificed
his life on the cross.
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As he passed the bread, Jesus
said, "Take this and eat it,
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it is my body."
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And as he passed the wine,
he said, "Drink this,
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it is the blood
of the covenant."
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And out of that moment at a meal
grew a great ritual, a ceremony,
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a sacrament that is repeated
to this day
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around the world
by millions of people.
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NARRATOR:
In the Roman Catholic tradition,
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during the Mass, the priest
is empowered by the prayers
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that energize the bread
and the wine
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such that they become
transformed,
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or transubstantiated,
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into the living presence
of the body
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and the blood of Christ.
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Transubstantiation is one
of the Catholic Church's
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most exalted mysteries.
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Catholics are encouraged
to believe
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that through this miracle,
somehow these ordinary wafers
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and ordinary wine
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become the blood
and body of Jesus.
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NARRATOR:
Could this rite
of turning bread and wine
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into the body and blood of Jesus
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really have
otherworldly origins?
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BIRNES:
Isn't it interesting
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that we have numerous traditions
around the globe
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telling us that blood is the
substance reserved for the gods?
488
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,622
Now we have to ask, is there
a connection between the ritual
489
00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:11,713
of the Catholic Mass
and extraterrestrials?
490
00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:17,970
Maybe it's possible,
by imbibing certain bloods,
491
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:20,556
the extraterrestrials
are actually able
492
00:27:20,556 --> 00:27:25,227
to extend their life spans
to incredible degrees.
493
00:27:25,227 --> 00:27:29,690
So, when Jesus talked about
the "blood of the covenant,"
494
00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:33,485
just maybe Jesus was talking
in a symbolic fashion
495
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:38,282
when he talked about how wine
and bread sustains us
496
00:27:38,282 --> 00:27:42,536
but something very, very
different sustained him.
497
00:27:42,536 --> 00:27:45,539
That the wine that sustains us
498
00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:49,334
is the parallel
of the blood for Jesus.
499
00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:54,172
NARRATOR:
If alien beings have been coming
to Earth for thousands of years,
500
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:57,175
is it possible that they have
evolved to a point
501
00:27:57,175 --> 00:27:59,175
where they do not
physically consume food
502
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:03,390
in the way that humans do,
but are able to draw sustenance
503
00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:07,060
from certain energetic
substances, like blood?
504
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:10,105
And does the ritual of Communion
provide a clue
505
00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:12,858
as to how humankind must evolve
506
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:16,945
in order to become
like the gods?
507
00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:19,945
When we think of food,
we immediately have that image
508
00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:20,824
of a hamburger, french fries,
509
00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:22,824
and there you are,
munching away.
510
00:28:22,784 --> 00:28:25,245
But I'm a physicist.
511
00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:28,749
We realize that
the essence of food is energy,
512
00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:31,376
and energy can exist
in many, many forms.
513
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:34,713
So, think of widening
your possibilities.
514
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,715
Any time there's
a source of energy,
515
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:39,051
there's a possibility
of using it
516
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:42,137
for food for an alien species.
517
00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:44,640
Myself, I think these things
are really possible,
518
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,310
and maybe there is
something there.
519
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:51,647
But at the same time,
the story of the Eucharist
520
00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:53,647
being created in the Upper Room
521
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,069
is one of the most profound
and beautiful stories I know.
522
00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:00,069
And I prefer to think of it
that way, personally.
523
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,783
NARRATOR:
For centuries,
theologists have debated
524
00:29:02,783 --> 00:29:05,160
the origin and meaning
of the Eucharist,
525
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,246
but it is not
an entirely unique ritual.
526
00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:12,292
And ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that a similar ceremony
527
00:29:12,292 --> 00:29:14,252
established in ancient India
528
00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:18,882
provides further clues as to
the nature of alien sustenance.
529
00:29:18,882 --> 00:29:22,882
Soma is this huge thing in the,
in the early Indian tradition,
530
00:29:22,219 --> 00:29:23,637
the Rigveda.
531
00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:26,014
The earliest Hindu texts
talk about this.
532
00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:30,014
So soma is this drink that gives
the people who consume it,
533
00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:32,270
you know, the powers of this god
534
00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:35,270
or the thoughts of this god,
the abilities there.
535
00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:38,360
VIEIRA:
Soma was brought to humans
by Agni the fire god.
536
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,360
The same story you have with
the holy wine or the Eucharist.
537
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:45,863
And it's like somehow we are
being helped by‐by these beings
538
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,661
through these
different substances.
539
00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:49,496
I find that really fascinating.
540
00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:51,496
HENRY:
They have a saying
in the Rigveda
541
00:29:50,998 --> 00:29:53,667
that if you drink soma,
542
00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:56,253
you see God
and you connect with God.
543
00:29:56,253 --> 00:29:58,964
But they also said
it promoted immortality
544
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:00,799
and longevity as well.
545
00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:07,097
CHILDRESS:
Ancient people are drinking
this special drink of soma,
546
00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:11,101
and they're drinking
the blood of the gods.
547
00:30:11,101 --> 00:30:15,313
And so we look, too,
at the Catholic concept
548
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,566
of transubstantiation,
549
00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:21,319
where the body
and the blood of Christ
550
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:27,325
are then in these‐these wafers
and‐and wine that we drink.
551
00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:32,122
And you have to wonder if even
that is an, is an old relic
552
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:36,501
of the early soma rituals.
553
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:40,297
NARRATOR:
Is there an extraterrestrial
inspiration
554
00:30:40,297 --> 00:30:42,424
behind both the rites
of Communion
555
00:30:42,424 --> 00:30:45,427
and the ancient rites of soma?
556
00:30:45,427 --> 00:30:49,181
Were they intended to teach us
vital lessons about longevity,
557
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:52,181
and perhaps point the way
to our own future
558
00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:54,144
as a spacefaring people?
559
00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:58,273
And if so,
might there be other stories,
560
00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:02,194
of other food substances humans
were given to eat or drink
561
00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:05,864
that point to an alien agenda
for mankind?
562
00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:20,629
NARRATOR:
During an international
book tour for Communion,
563
00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:23,799
his best‐selling account
of his own alien abduction,
564
00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:25,634
author Whitley Strieber
565
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:30,222
receives a visit at his hotel
room from a mysterious being.
566
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:33,183
I had a 45‐minute
conversation with him.
567
00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:37,896
Then he gave me a glass
of liquid to drink.
568
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:41,858
It was white
569
00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:45,237
and I didn't want to drink it,
570
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:48,240
but he insisted that I do it.
571
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,575
Somehow or another, I did it.
572
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,577
It was extremely bitter,
573
00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:56,577
and the next thing I knew,
I was waking up in the morning.
574
00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:59,000
I thought maybe it's some kind
of alien potion,
575
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,546
but recently I did
some more research on it
576
00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:06,546
and I found that it's,
it was in the past called
577
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,217
the milk of nepenthe.
578
00:32:07,217 --> 00:32:10,053
It was first mentioned
579
00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:13,598
in the poet Homer's writings,
580
00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,893
then it was known
throughout the ancient world.
581
00:32:16,893 --> 00:32:18,893
No one was really sure
what it is,
582
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:23,441
but the symptoms described are
just like what I experienced.
583
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:28,655
Nepenthe is something that makes
people forget, as it did me.
584
00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:33,451
NARRATOR:
Homer, the legendary
eighth century BC Greek poet,
585
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:38,582
mentions nepenthe
in his epic poem The Odyssey.
586
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:41,126
Plato writes about
a similar substance
587
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:44,212
in his Book X of The Republic.
588
00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:46,256
The drink was said
to help humans
589
00:32:46,256 --> 00:32:48,133
fall into profound amnesia
590
00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:51,511
and forget the trauma of their
encounters with the gods,
591
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:55,390
encounters that today
we might call alien abductions.
592
00:32:58,727 --> 00:33:02,727
STRIEBER:
It was also given to people
who had gone to Mount Olympus
593
00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:03,773
and been with the gods,
594
00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:08,069
on their way down, so that they
would forget what they had seen
595
00:33:08,069 --> 00:33:13,491
and they would not want
to commit suicide.
596
00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:17,829
TSOUKALOS:
In Greek mythology, every time
it was given to someone
597
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,665
they would forget
anything that happened to them
598
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:23,376
in the last 48 hours.
599
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:27,797
Now, what's interesting
is that modern‐day abductees
600
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:30,133
talk about the same thing.
601
00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:35,180
So my question is: is it
possible that extraterrestrials
602
00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:39,142
are giving substances to people
603
00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:42,142
in order to forget
what has happened to them?
604
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:45,690
NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials have been
using some type of drink
605
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:49,361
to cloud the memories of humans
they come into contact with,
606
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,279
what is the purpose?
607
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:55,533
Is it simply to spare them the
trauma of an alien encounter?
608
00:33:55,533 --> 00:34:00,789
Or could it be to hide the fact
that they are extracting blood?
609
00:34:00,789 --> 00:34:04,876
Some ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answer can be found
610
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,212
by examining
the most important moment
611
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:11,258
of extraterrestrial intervention
in human history.
612
00:34:13,343 --> 00:34:16,721
New York City, 1976.
613
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,683
After spending 30 years
deciphering
614
00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,393
the Sumerian language,
615
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:24,604
researcher Zecharia Sitchin
publishes his book
616
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:27,065
The 12th Planet.
617
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,775
In it, he proposes
618
00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:32,404
that a race of extraterrestrials
known as the Anunnaki
619
00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:36,241
genetically modified ancient
primates in the distant past,
620
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,910
turning them into modern humans.
621
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:42,580
In his books, Zecharia Sitchin
dealt at length
622
00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:44,207
with the Sumerian
creation stories,
623
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:46,207
the Atrahasis
and others that tell
624
00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:51,214
of these beings, the Anunnaki,
putting their image on humanity.
625
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:56,553
That they genetically altered
a proto‐human
626
00:34:56,553 --> 00:34:59,723
to create a new race of beings,
Homo sapien.
627
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:03,433
NARRATOR:
According to Sitchin's
translation
628
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:05,437
of the Sumerian
cuneiform writings,
629
00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:09,065
the Anunnaki produced the first
successful Homo sapiens
630
00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:12,652
around 250,000 BC.
631
00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:16,406
While scholars in the 1970s
632
00:35:16,406 --> 00:35:18,783
dismissed Sitchin's theory,
633
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:22,954
in the 1980s anthropologists
traced the mitochondrial DNA
634
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:26,291
of all modern humans
to a common female ancestor
635
00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:30,587
living in Africa
roughly 250,000 years ago.
636
00:35:30,587 --> 00:35:33,882
Geneticists call her
Mitochondrial Eve.
637
00:35:36,217 --> 00:35:39,217
TSOUKALOS:
We were wise,
but now we're even wiser.
638
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,763
Just like that.
639
00:35:39,763 --> 00:35:43,308
And geneticists, to this day,
cannot quite figure out,
640
00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:47,937
well, what was that ping,
that‐that‐that change
641
00:35:47,937 --> 00:35:50,523
that virtually happened
overnight?
642
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:54,319
So when you have
these weird examples
643
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:57,781
where stuff essentially
happens overnight,
644
00:35:57,781 --> 00:36:02,202
I'm suggesting this was done
due to an artificial mutation.
645
00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:08,333
NARRATOR:
Researchers following
in Sitchin's footsteps
646
00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:10,794
have noted a largely
overlooked aspect
647
00:36:10,794 --> 00:36:14,214
of the Sumerian cylindrical seal
depicting the celebration
648
00:36:14,214 --> 00:36:17,384
of the first successful
human experiment.
649
00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:20,470
The scene features
a figure stirring a jar
650
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,889
and another holding
a flask directed
651
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:25,350
at their original creation.
652
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:29,020
Many associate the scene
with the biblical account
653
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,941
of the temptation
of Adam and Eve.
654
00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:34,359
HENRY:
Adam and Eve,
655
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:37,987
before their encounter
with this bright snake,
656
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:39,531
this talking serpent,
657
00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:43,451
who is equated with Enki
in the Sumerian tradition,
658
00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:46,413
this genetic engineer
that came from another world
659
00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,665
and altered our human DNA,
660
00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:51,665
that before this event,
Adam and Eve pretty much lived
661
00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:55,255
like primitive
or a primate‐type beings.
662
00:36:55,255 --> 00:36:59,551
NARRATOR:
Could the story of Adam and
Eve's transformation be a memory
663
00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:01,636
of the moment
our genome was altered
664
00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:05,390
by an extraterrestrial race,
as proposed by Sitchin?
665
00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:10,395
And, if so, was that alteration
done by mechanical gene splicing
666
00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:15,358
in a laboratory, as 21st century
technology might do it today?
667
00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:17,736
Or could it have been
accomplished
668
00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,739
in a far more sophisticated way,
669
00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:22,949
by simply giving our ancestors
670
00:37:22,949 --> 00:37:25,702
some highly advanced
alien substance,
671
00:37:25,702 --> 00:37:28,913
designed to transform
primates into people?
672
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,913
CHILDRESS:
Here's the story of Adam and Eve
673
00:37:31,666 --> 00:37:35,545
living, uh, sort of blissfully
in this Edenic garden
674
00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:38,381
and just watching the sunset
and having sex
675
00:37:38,381 --> 00:37:40,381
and not doing a whole lot.
676
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:43,303
And then suddenly this
serpent‐being comes to them
677
00:37:43,303 --> 00:37:47,182
and offers them
some special food to eat.
678
00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:50,182
And they completely change
into what we would call
679
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,810
modern people.
680
00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:54,773
And here we have,
through the intake of food,
681
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,773
we have a fundamental change
and, in a sense,
682
00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,944
an evolutionary leap
683
00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:04,574
from primitive humans
to more modern humans
684
00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:08,578
who are more aware of themselves
and their surroundings.
685
00:38:08,578 --> 00:38:12,123
NARRATOR:
Did extraterrestrials
alter life on Earth
686
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:13,958
to create sentient beings
687
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,753
and then use
amnesia‐inducing substances
688
00:38:16,753 --> 00:38:19,753
in order to keep them
from knowing the facts
689
00:38:19,088 --> 00:38:20,965
behind their alien origins?
690
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:25,804
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes and suggest
691
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:29,307
that as humans begin to take
their next evolutionary step
692
00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:30,975
into space,
693
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:32,977
the veil of ignorance will soon
694
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:35,480
be removed.
695
00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:44,781
NARRATOR:
220 miles above the Earth.
696
00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:48,159
Researchers on the
International Space Station
697
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,995
are currently testing
an advanced hydroponic system
698
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,831
to make food.
699
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:57,126
Utilizing artificial light and
a water‐based nutrient solution,
700
00:38:57,126 --> 00:39:00,255
the microalgae contained
within the unit
701
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:04,384
takes in carbon dioxide
breathed out by the astronauts.
702
00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:07,512
The process allows
the microalgae
703
00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:11,057
to quickly multiply
and produces a continuous supply
704
00:39:11,057 --> 00:39:13,057
of nourishment
on board the craft.
705
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:19,190
We breathe in oxygen
and we get out carbon dioxide,
706
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,192
but in a hydroponic farm,
707
00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:23,695
you have plants
growing in liquid
708
00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:27,156
and it takes in
the waste products
709
00:39:27,156 --> 00:39:31,744
of human combustion and
expels oxygen as a consequence.
710
00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:35,248
That would give you
a self‐sustaining ecosystem
711
00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:37,792
to maintain the human body.
712
00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:42,422
NASA is experimenting
with hydroponic machines
713
00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:44,507
that enable
the astronauts to grow
714
00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:47,302
a kind of microbiological algae
715
00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:51,347
that is reminiscent of the manna
from the Old Testament.
716
00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:55,518
Could it be that's
our own manna machine?
717
00:39:55,518 --> 00:40:00,273
NARRATOR:
As manned missions to Mars
are within our grasp,
718
00:40:00,273 --> 00:40:03,359
logistical obstacles,
like how to sustain the crew,
719
00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:05,945
must first be overcome.
720
00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:09,949
Could the solution be found not
only by altering the substances
721
00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:11,949
we bring with us into space,
722
00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:14,746
but by altering ourselves?
723
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,834
We can conceive of entirely new
kinds of life‐forms
724
00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:21,836
based on energy.
725
00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:25,548
So food is the energy
that fuels us,
726
00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:28,301
but it's
a real possibility that,
727
00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:31,054
as we start to explore
outer space,
728
00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:34,057
we may have to genetically
modify ourselves
729
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:36,935
to alter our diet
so that we ingest
730
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:39,103
different forms of energy.
731
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:42,941
When we look back at these
unusual foods of the gods,
732
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:46,819
you have to wonder
if that is not a direction
733
00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:49,072
that we have been meant
to go in,
734
00:40:49,072 --> 00:40:52,742
to become a spacefaring race
ourselves.
735
00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:54,742
So everything has come
full circle here
736
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:57,872
from ancient times
and these unusual foods
737
00:40:57,872 --> 00:41:02,168
of the gods
to what we're doing today.
738
00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:06,506
REDFERN:
I think this entire
phenomenon of aliens,
739
00:41:06,506 --> 00:41:10,802
of food, of mysterious drinks
is one of the most important
740
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:14,681
when it comes to us
engaging with them.
741
00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:18,893
And it may well be the case
that that is the primary way
742
00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:20,893
in which we can actually have
743
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:22,812
some sort of communion
with them.
744
00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:27,402
NARRATOR:
As we evolve
into a spacefaring species,
745
00:41:27,402 --> 00:41:30,238
will the concept
and function of food
746
00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:33,533
take on a new meaning
for humanity?
747
00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:37,161
Perhaps the intriguing evidence
of how aliens may have survived
748
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:41,165
on Earth will provide
a road map to our own future.
749
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:44,377
It will open up
new possibilities
750
00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:46,504
and new ways
to sustain ourselves
751
00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:48,715
for much longer time spans.
752
00:41:48,715 --> 00:41:52,260
It will allow us to venture
deeper into space,
753
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:54,929
colonize new worlds,
754
00:41:54,929 --> 00:41:57,598
and create new versions
of ourselves
755
00:41:57,598 --> 00:42:00,268
as we continue to follow
in the footsteps
756
00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:03,187
of our alien ancestors.