1 00:00:02,556 --> 00:00:05,175 Many governments all of a sudden 2 00:00:05,176 --> 00:00:09,095 are now involved in the search for extraterrestrial life. 3 00:00:09,096 --> 00:00:10,925 You have to wonder why. 4 00:00:10,926 --> 00:00:14,465 Between 1948 and 1969, 5 00:00:14,466 --> 00:00:20,555 the U.S. Air Force collected 12,618 UFO reports. 6 00:00:20,556 --> 00:00:22,845 It was actually required 7 00:00:22,846 --> 00:00:24,845 that all officers fill out a form if they saw anything 8 00:00:24,846 --> 00:00:26,555 that might be regarded as a flying saucer. 9 00:00:26,556 --> 00:00:28,715 And they were told not to discuss their sighting 10 00:00:28,716 --> 00:00:30,135 with anyone. 11 00:00:30,136 --> 00:00:32,595 We have to be open 12 00:00:32,596 --> 00:00:36,055 to the possibility that the U.S. government is absolutely aware 13 00:00:36,056 --> 00:00:38,515 of extraterrestrial involvement in human affairs. 14 00:00:38,516 --> 00:00:41,925 Since the dawn of civilization, 15 00:00:41,926 --> 00:00:45,925 mankind has credited its origins to gods 16 00:00:45,926 --> 00:00:48,675 and other visitors from the stars. 17 00:00:48,676 --> 00:00:51,255 What if it were true? 18 00:00:51,256 --> 00:00:53,885 Did extraterrestrial beings 19 00:00:53,886 --> 00:00:57,345 really help to shape our history? 20 00:00:57,346 --> 00:01:03,256 And if so, could the truth be exposed by the alien hunters? 21 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:37,015 London, England. 22 00:01:37,016 --> 00:01:40,845 July 20, 2015. 23 00:01:40,846 --> 00:01:44,385 A consortium of the world's leading scientists, 24 00:01:44,386 --> 00:01:48,345 including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking 25 00:01:48,346 --> 00:01:50,555 and SETI founder Frank Drake, 26 00:01:50,556 --> 00:01:54,255 gather at London's Royal Society 27 00:01:54,256 --> 00:01:57,965 as Russian billionaire and technology tycoon Yuri Milner 28 00:01:57,966 --> 00:02:03,215 announces his ambitious initiative: Breakthrough Listen. 29 00:02:03,216 --> 00:02:07,595 The scope of our search will be unprecedented. 30 00:02:07,596 --> 00:02:12,425 The project is a ten-year, $100 million search 31 00:02:12,426 --> 00:02:14,925 for intelligent extraterrestrial life 32 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:18,675 that is widely regarded as the most comprehensive search 33 00:02:18,676 --> 00:02:22,255 for alien communications in recorded history. 34 00:02:22,256 --> 00:02:26,305 The endowment will fund thousands of hours yearly 35 00:02:26,306 --> 00:02:30,015 on radio telescopes in North America and Australia, 36 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:33,305 as well as data processing to look for 37 00:02:33,306 --> 00:02:37,255 radio signals in distant solar systems. 38 00:02:37,256 --> 00:02:39,425 This Breakthrough Listen Project 39 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:41,715 is revolutionary because not only 40 00:02:41,716 --> 00:02:44,515 are they going to survey a very long list of stars, 41 00:02:44,516 --> 00:02:46,925 they're going to survey ten times more area 42 00:02:46,926 --> 00:02:49,056 overall compared to previous surveys. 43 00:02:51,306 --> 00:02:53,255 I think there's definitely been a turning point 44 00:02:53,256 --> 00:02:54,965 regarding the overall consensus 45 00:02:54,966 --> 00:02:57,385 about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. 46 00:02:57,386 --> 00:03:00,215 Now that we're able to document 47 00:03:00,216 --> 00:03:04,015 and scientifically see out in the universe 48 00:03:04,016 --> 00:03:06,385 the possibility of planets that could sustain life, 49 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:09,175 it also allows us the opportunity to know the odds 50 00:03:09,176 --> 00:03:12,136 that there is life out there is undoubtable. 51 00:03:15,926 --> 00:03:18,465 Breakthrough Listen marks the first time 52 00:03:18,466 --> 00:03:22,095 that mainstream scientists have launched a major project 53 00:03:22,096 --> 00:03:23,885 with the explicit purpose 54 00:03:23,886 --> 00:03:27,346 of finding intelligent extraterrestrial life. 55 00:03:29,556 --> 00:03:32,346 During the announcement, Stephen Hawking stated... 56 00:03:43,926 --> 00:03:46,885 While this new initiative is monumental, 57 00:03:46,886 --> 00:03:50,055 the hunt for the existence of life beyond Earth 58 00:03:50,056 --> 00:03:52,595 has persisted for many decades. 59 00:03:52,596 --> 00:03:56,015 Starting around 1947, 60 00:03:56,016 --> 00:03:59,515 a series of events forced certain high-level members 61 00:03:59,516 --> 00:04:01,345 within the United States government 62 00:04:01,346 --> 00:04:05,135 to officially become alien hunters. 63 00:04:05,136 --> 00:04:08,255 When you look at the year 1947, 64 00:04:08,256 --> 00:04:11,925 the statistics are that there were at least 800 reports 65 00:04:11,926 --> 00:04:15,015 to police and airports of people saying 66 00:04:15,016 --> 00:04:16,925 that they were seeing something in the sky, 67 00:04:16,926 --> 00:04:18,385 they didn't know what it was. 68 00:04:18,386 --> 00:04:21,515 And probably the most important, 69 00:04:21,516 --> 00:04:23,965 and the one that made worldwide headlines 70 00:04:23,966 --> 00:04:28,345 was near Mt. Rainier, Washington. 71 00:04:28,346 --> 00:04:32,595 On June 24, 1947, a businessman and pilot 72 00:04:32,596 --> 00:04:35,305 named Kenneth Arnold was flying near Mt. Rainier 73 00:04:35,306 --> 00:04:37,055 in Washington state. 74 00:04:37,056 --> 00:04:38,965 As he was flying around the mountain, 75 00:04:38,966 --> 00:04:40,845 he suddenly caught sight 76 00:04:40,846 --> 00:04:43,515 of a squadron of strange-looking objects. 77 00:04:43,516 --> 00:04:45,846 He could not figure out what they were. 78 00:04:48,056 --> 00:04:50,095 He was able to time them 79 00:04:50,096 --> 00:04:51,555 as they went between two mountain peaks, 80 00:04:51,556 --> 00:04:53,215 which he knew the exact distance of, 81 00:04:53,216 --> 00:04:55,675 and calculated their speed at between 1,200 82 00:04:55,676 --> 00:04:58,805 and 1,700 miles an hour. 83 00:04:58,806 --> 00:05:00,515 Well, in that day, we didn't have aircraft 84 00:05:00,516 --> 00:05:03,305 that could go faster than about 500 or 600 miles an hour, 85 00:05:03,306 --> 00:05:07,096 so this was definitely something not of terrestrial origin. 86 00:05:08,886 --> 00:05:10,385 He later described the objects 87 00:05:10,386 --> 00:05:12,635 as being somewhat delta shaped 88 00:05:12,636 --> 00:05:15,595 and flying as if you were to skip a saucer 89 00:05:15,596 --> 00:05:17,055 across a body of water. 90 00:05:17,056 --> 00:05:22,595 And this gave rise to the term "flying saucer." 91 00:05:22,596 --> 00:05:25,425 Within days of Arnold's report being published, 92 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:27,715 there were literally 20 other reports 93 00:05:27,716 --> 00:05:29,635 of-of similar objects seen 94 00:05:29,636 --> 00:05:32,675 in the sky around the northwest of the United States. 95 00:05:32,676 --> 00:05:34,425 This opened the floodgates 96 00:05:34,426 --> 00:05:37,136 for literally hundreds of reports to pour in. 97 00:05:40,756 --> 00:05:44,465 Just two weeks after this flurry of UFO sightings, 98 00:05:44,466 --> 00:05:47,256 the infamous Roswell Incident occurred. 99 00:05:50,176 --> 00:05:53,715 But it was actually a sighting that happened a day earlier 100 00:05:53,716 --> 00:05:56,676 that thrust military officials into the hunt. 101 00:05:58,886 --> 00:06:02,595 On July 7, 1947, at Edwards Air Force Base, 102 00:06:02,596 --> 00:06:04,885 then called Muroc Air Base, 103 00:06:04,886 --> 00:06:09,805 Major J.C. Wise was sitting in his XP-84 fighter jet, 104 00:06:09,806 --> 00:06:12,095 experimental aircraft, 105 00:06:12,096 --> 00:06:14,015 when he noticed that people on the ground 106 00:06:14,016 --> 00:06:16,515 were watching an object off in the distance. 107 00:06:16,516 --> 00:06:19,755 He looked and saw a bright, spinning, yellow object 108 00:06:19,756 --> 00:06:22,135 about 10,000 feet in the air 109 00:06:22,136 --> 00:06:25,216 that was a ball of about five to ten feet in diameter. 110 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:29,175 After the sighting, it was actually required 111 00:06:29,176 --> 00:06:32,055 that all officers fill out a form if they saw anything 112 00:06:32,056 --> 00:06:34,175 that might be regarded as a UFO or a flying saucer. 113 00:06:34,176 --> 00:06:35,805 And in addition to that, 114 00:06:35,806 --> 00:06:38,465 they were told not to discuss their sighting 115 00:06:38,466 --> 00:06:42,095 or what was on their report with anyone. 116 00:06:42,096 --> 00:06:45,385 In the wake of the incredible number of UFO reports 117 00:06:45,386 --> 00:06:48,845 that reached the military in the summer of 1947, 118 00:06:48,846 --> 00:06:52,845 Lieutenant General Nathan Twining at Wright Field 119 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:54,925 created a new order 120 00:06:54,926 --> 00:06:59,055 to ensure that all UFO reports reached the military. 121 00:06:59,056 --> 00:07:01,015 This led to the creation 122 00:07:01,016 --> 00:07:04,305 of the first official UFO research program 123 00:07:04,306 --> 00:07:06,926 on the part of the military known as Project Sign. 124 00:07:10,256 --> 00:07:13,885 On January 22, 1948, 125 00:07:13,886 --> 00:07:17,595 the U.S. government authorized its first official study 126 00:07:17,596 --> 00:07:20,345 of the UFO phenomenon. 127 00:07:20,346 --> 00:07:26,425 The highly classified agenda was known as Project Sign. 128 00:07:26,426 --> 00:07:29,425 Project Sign officially argued 129 00:07:29,426 --> 00:07:32,215 that these UFO sightings were authentic 130 00:07:32,216 --> 00:07:34,175 and hinted that they were, in fact, 131 00:07:34,176 --> 00:07:36,755 extraterrestrial in nature. 132 00:07:36,756 --> 00:07:39,255 But the higher-ups in the military stepped in 133 00:07:39,256 --> 00:07:42,675 and redacted those statements, canceled Project Sign, 134 00:07:42,676 --> 00:07:44,885 turned it into Project Grudge, 135 00:07:44,886 --> 00:07:47,306 which ultimately became Project Blue Book. 136 00:07:49,176 --> 00:07:51,255 The Air Force closed down Blue Book 137 00:07:51,256 --> 00:07:54,135 because essentially they said they didn't find any evidence 138 00:07:54,136 --> 00:07:55,925 that UFOs were real 139 00:07:55,926 --> 00:07:58,966 or represented a threat to national security. 140 00:08:01,056 --> 00:08:04,845 Between 1948 and 1969, 141 00:08:04,846 --> 00:08:10,345 the U.S. Air Force collected 12,618 UFO reports. 142 00:08:10,346 --> 00:08:14,216 Of that number, 701 remained unexplained. 143 00:08:17,426 --> 00:08:20,345 While the Air Force's official stance was 144 00:08:20,346 --> 00:08:23,465 that Project Blue Book produced no compelling evidence 145 00:08:23,466 --> 00:08:27,595 that extraterrestrial craft occupied Earth's airspace, 146 00:08:27,596 --> 00:08:31,846 one important contributor to the study strongly disagreed. 147 00:08:34,346 --> 00:08:36,305 Dr. J. Allen Hynek, 148 00:08:36,306 --> 00:08:39,255 a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy 149 00:08:39,256 --> 00:08:41,465 at Ohio State University, 150 00:08:41,466 --> 00:08:46,175 was appointed as scientific advisor for UFO studies 151 00:08:46,176 --> 00:08:49,845 during Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book. 152 00:08:49,846 --> 00:08:53,345 Dr. Hynek was a pure skeptic 153 00:08:53,346 --> 00:08:55,095 at the very beginning of his career 154 00:08:55,096 --> 00:08:57,965 as a consultant to the United States Air Force. 155 00:08:57,966 --> 00:09:01,675 In fact, he considered these UFOs to be utterly ridiculous. 156 00:09:01,676 --> 00:09:03,805 But as he got more and more involved 157 00:09:03,806 --> 00:09:07,635 and began talking to more and more quality witnesses, 158 00:09:07,636 --> 00:09:09,845 like military fighter pilots, 159 00:09:09,846 --> 00:09:12,095 it became clear to him that there really was 160 00:09:12,096 --> 00:09:14,845 something to this whole UFO question. 161 00:09:14,846 --> 00:09:18,175 When asked in his later years what turned him around 162 00:09:18,176 --> 00:09:22,805 on the whole UFO question, Dr. Hynek said two things. 163 00:09:22,806 --> 00:09:25,715 The first is that the Air Force was dead set 164 00:09:25,716 --> 00:09:28,845 on putting an answer on every single UFO report, 165 00:09:28,846 --> 00:09:31,965 even if they had to force the answer. 166 00:09:31,966 --> 00:09:34,805 The second is that he started talking 167 00:09:34,806 --> 00:09:37,135 to very, very credible witnesses 168 00:09:37,136 --> 00:09:39,015 that led him to believe that these objects 169 00:09:39,016 --> 00:09:41,466 were, in fact, real. 170 00:09:45,176 --> 00:09:48,255 In the intervening years, UFO investigators 171 00:09:48,256 --> 00:09:50,425 and scholars have attempted 172 00:09:50,426 --> 00:09:53,345 to access Project Blue Book case files 173 00:09:53,346 --> 00:09:56,675 utilizing the Freedom of Information Act. 174 00:09:56,676 --> 00:10:01,385 But the names, details and other personal information 175 00:10:01,386 --> 00:10:05,055 of all the witnesses and sightings have been blacked out 176 00:10:05,056 --> 00:10:09,635 from the documents, preventing any further examination. 177 00:10:09,636 --> 00:10:12,175 Considering the way the U.S. government 178 00:10:12,176 --> 00:10:16,175 has labeled UFOs "top secret," we have to at least be open 179 00:10:16,176 --> 00:10:18,015 to the possibility that higher-ups 180 00:10:18,016 --> 00:10:19,595 within the U.S. government, 181 00:10:19,596 --> 00:10:21,425 or even those higher than U.S. government, 182 00:10:21,426 --> 00:10:23,095 are absolutely aware 183 00:10:23,096 --> 00:10:25,595 of extraterrestrial involvement in human affairs 184 00:10:25,596 --> 00:10:27,425 and have sought to cover up this phenomena 185 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:29,306 for the past six decades. 186 00:10:31,426 --> 00:10:33,255 Considering the top-secret nature 187 00:10:33,256 --> 00:10:36,255 of these projects, is it possible that 188 00:10:36,256 --> 00:10:39,925 the incredible claims of Dr. J. Allen Hynek are true, 189 00:10:39,926 --> 00:10:43,715 and that actual contact with extraterrestrial craft 190 00:10:43,716 --> 00:10:47,176 has been concealed from the general population? 191 00:10:49,466 --> 00:10:53,345 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, and claim 192 00:10:53,346 --> 00:10:56,345 that mankind has had contact with aliens 193 00:10:56,346 --> 00:10:59,346 since our earliest civilizations. 194 00:11:03,114 --> 00:11:04,913 Humboldt University. 195 00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:06,323 Berlin, Germany. 196 00:11:06,324 --> 00:11:10,323 January 28, 2016. 197 00:11:10,324 --> 00:11:14,453 Astroarchaeologist Mathieu Ossendrijver 198 00:11:14,454 --> 00:11:18,824 announces what he calls "a truly astonishing find." 199 00:11:20,864 --> 00:11:23,703 He has discovered evidence that astronomers living 200 00:11:23,704 --> 00:11:26,073 in the ancient city of Babylon 201 00:11:26,074 --> 00:11:28,913 invented sophisticated mathematical equations 202 00:11:28,914 --> 00:11:33,614 to track the movement of Jupiter some 2,000 years ago. 203 00:11:37,914 --> 00:11:40,363 When modern astronomers think about the timing of events 204 00:11:40,364 --> 00:11:43,413 in the solar system, we use very complicated computer programs 205 00:11:43,414 --> 00:11:45,243 that take into account things like special relativity 206 00:11:45,244 --> 00:11:47,243 and general relativity. 207 00:11:47,244 --> 00:11:50,653 We didn't think that ancient astronomers would have had 208 00:11:50,654 --> 00:11:53,413 the capacity to make the same calculations we do today. 209 00:11:53,414 --> 00:11:56,573 We knew that the Babylonians were able to predict 210 00:11:56,574 --> 00:11:59,153 when Venus would appear and which constellations would be up 211 00:11:59,154 --> 00:12:01,653 at certain times of the year, but we never would have expected 212 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:04,283 that they were using one of the precursors to calculus 213 00:12:04,284 --> 00:12:07,153 to figure out the motions of Jupiter in the sky. 214 00:12:07,154 --> 00:12:10,073 When the Babylonians looked where Jupiter was in the sky, 215 00:12:10,074 --> 00:12:11,993 they would record where it was one night, 216 00:12:11,994 --> 00:12:13,953 and they would draw a point on a graph. 217 00:12:13,954 --> 00:12:15,993 They would record the time on the bottom axis 218 00:12:15,994 --> 00:12:17,653 and the position on the top axis. 219 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,493 They'd do this the next night. 220 00:12:19,494 --> 00:12:21,283 They'd see Jupiter was over here. 221 00:12:21,284 --> 00:12:24,613 And then the next night, it's over there and over there. 222 00:12:24,614 --> 00:12:27,993 And they could then draw a corner down to the time axis, 223 00:12:27,994 --> 00:12:29,533 and then they'd draw a line. 224 00:12:29,534 --> 00:12:31,614 So you end up with a trapezoid in space. 225 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:37,913 How did the ancient Babylonians understand 226 00:12:37,914 --> 00:12:41,283 mathematical concepts that were thought to have been developed 227 00:12:41,284 --> 00:12:44,993 by Isaac Newton in the 17th century? 228 00:12:44,994 --> 00:12:48,153 And why were they mysteriously concerned 229 00:12:48,154 --> 00:12:50,743 with the precise movements of Jupiter, 230 00:12:50,744 --> 00:12:52,993 a planet that they associated 231 00:12:52,994 --> 00:12:57,994 with one of their most important gods, Marduk? 232 00:13:00,704 --> 00:13:05,283 The principal deity of ancient Babylon was Marduk, 233 00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,913 and he was associated with the planet Jupiter. 234 00:13:07,914 --> 00:13:11,493 And there was a large mythology 235 00:13:11,494 --> 00:13:14,153 around his departure and eventual return. 236 00:13:14,154 --> 00:13:17,203 They were very interested in the return of their divinity, 237 00:13:17,204 --> 00:13:20,113 so any sign that the planet Jupiter would give 238 00:13:20,114 --> 00:13:22,113 would be of great interest. 239 00:13:22,114 --> 00:13:25,113 Why was Jupiter so important to this culture 240 00:13:25,114 --> 00:13:27,203 that they actually conscribed it 241 00:13:27,204 --> 00:13:30,113 as being one of their gods called Marduk? 242 00:13:30,114 --> 00:13:32,993 Was it that they believed that Marduk came from this planet 243 00:13:32,994 --> 00:13:35,783 and would eventually return one day? 244 00:13:35,784 --> 00:13:38,113 Are they recounting an extraterrestrial visitation 245 00:13:38,114 --> 00:13:39,653 from the past? 246 00:13:39,654 --> 00:13:41,243 And were they given this advanced knowledge 247 00:13:41,244 --> 00:13:42,823 as a way of knowing 248 00:13:42,824 --> 00:13:45,073 of when this extraterrestrial being 249 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:47,533 would one day return? 250 00:13:47,534 --> 00:13:50,153 It's quite compelling that many ancient cultures 251 00:13:50,154 --> 00:13:53,704 went to great lengths to track these celestial bodies. 252 00:13:56,954 --> 00:13:59,453 Much like the Breakthrough Listen project 253 00:13:59,454 --> 00:14:02,863 of today, many ancient cultures took great measures 254 00:14:02,864 --> 00:14:06,113 to study the heavens. 255 00:14:06,114 --> 00:14:10,153 All over the planet, there are stone observatories. 256 00:14:10,154 --> 00:14:13,243 These are systems of stones arranged to line up 257 00:14:13,244 --> 00:14:15,613 with the planets in celestial moments, 258 00:14:15,614 --> 00:14:18,203 suggesting that the ancients were 259 00:14:18,204 --> 00:14:20,863 really quite advanced in their study of the stars 260 00:14:20,864 --> 00:14:23,913 to use these and use them well. 261 00:14:23,914 --> 00:14:27,413 We are fascinated, our current scientists, 262 00:14:27,414 --> 00:14:30,363 in the accuracy in the alignment that they have arranged 263 00:14:30,364 --> 00:14:33,153 and how they are so similar, these observatories, 264 00:14:33,154 --> 00:14:36,074 these configurations all over the planet. 265 00:14:38,324 --> 00:14:40,653 It would be one thing if we found 266 00:14:40,654 --> 00:14:43,953 one ancient megalithic stone observatory. 267 00:14:43,954 --> 00:14:48,153 But the fact is that there are at least ten 268 00:14:48,154 --> 00:14:50,073 all around the world that were fashioned 269 00:14:50,074 --> 00:14:53,743 in megalithic structures. 270 00:14:53,744 --> 00:14:56,993 The most popular one is Stonehenge. 271 00:14:56,994 --> 00:14:59,823 Stone observatories, 272 00:14:59,824 --> 00:15:03,413 oftentimes not only do they track the stars 273 00:15:03,414 --> 00:15:07,414 but sometimes they track specific constellations. 274 00:15:09,914 --> 00:15:16,033 First and foremost, Orion, Sirius and the Pleiades. 275 00:15:16,034 --> 00:15:19,573 So I have to ask the question why. 276 00:15:19,574 --> 00:15:24,413 Because in association with those observatories, 277 00:15:24,414 --> 00:15:26,153 we have stories 278 00:15:26,154 --> 00:15:28,743 of beings arriving from the Pleiades, 279 00:15:28,744 --> 00:15:30,993 from Sirius and Orion, 280 00:15:30,994 --> 00:15:34,953 imparting knowledge to our ancestors. 281 00:15:34,954 --> 00:15:38,153 This whole idea of observing the stars 282 00:15:38,154 --> 00:15:42,993 is something that is innate in our soul. 283 00:15:42,994 --> 00:15:45,913 All of our ancient cultures were visited 284 00:15:45,914 --> 00:15:48,954 by the same type of extraterrestrials. 285 00:15:52,114 --> 00:15:54,613 Is it possible that the Babylonians, 286 00:15:54,614 --> 00:15:58,203 as well as other ancient civilizations, 287 00:15:58,204 --> 00:16:02,363 were watching the stars for signs of extraterrestrial life? 288 00:16:02,364 --> 00:16:05,033 And if so, were they watching 289 00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:09,823 because contact had already been made? 290 00:16:09,824 --> 00:16:11,823 Why were they obsessed with tracking 291 00:16:11,824 --> 00:16:14,203 the movements of stars and planets? 292 00:16:14,204 --> 00:16:17,153 Was it just for orientation, so they could know 293 00:16:17,154 --> 00:16:19,203 what direction they're traveling when they're navigating 294 00:16:19,204 --> 00:16:21,073 on ships? 295 00:16:21,074 --> 00:16:24,533 Or could it be that they were actually visited 296 00:16:24,534 --> 00:16:28,153 by beings that came from these planets? 297 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,154 I think absolutely yes. 298 00:16:32,704 --> 00:16:35,203 Could our ancestors' near obsession 299 00:16:35,204 --> 00:16:38,453 with the movement of the stars be proof that they were 300 00:16:38,454 --> 00:16:42,453 in fact the first alien hunters? 301 00:16:42,454 --> 00:16:47,823 If so, could it lead to proof of extraterrestrial contact 302 00:16:47,824 --> 00:16:50,494 hundreds or even thousands of years ago? 303 00:16:52,414 --> 00:16:55,033 And might these ancient stone observatories 304 00:16:55,034 --> 00:17:00,284 be leading today's alien hunters towards the next big discovery? 305 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,874 Barron, Wisconsin. 306 00:17:07,875 --> 00:17:12,004 Summer 1934. 307 00:17:12,005 --> 00:17:14,504 At the age of nine, 308 00:17:14,505 --> 00:17:17,664 Coral Lorenzen spots a saucer-shaped object 309 00:17:17,665 --> 00:17:20,294 floating across the sky. 310 00:17:20,295 --> 00:17:24,254 It makes no sound as it moves slowly northwest, 311 00:17:24,255 --> 00:17:27,255 before disappearing over the horizon. 312 00:17:29,925 --> 00:17:33,084 The encounter lasts just 20 seconds 313 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:35,124 but will forever change the course 314 00:17:35,125 --> 00:17:39,124 of UFO investigations. 315 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:42,714 One of the early important UFO researchers 316 00:17:42,715 --> 00:17:45,794 in the United States is Coral Lorenzen. 317 00:17:45,795 --> 00:17:49,834 She had a UFO sighting long before the flying saucer wave 318 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:51,964 of the '40s took place. 319 00:17:51,965 --> 00:17:54,424 And it stayed with her her whole life. 320 00:17:54,425 --> 00:17:57,334 In August of 1951, 321 00:17:57,335 --> 00:18:00,294 Coral took on a role of being a reporter 322 00:18:00,295 --> 00:18:03,254 for the Green Bay Press-Gazette 323 00:18:03,255 --> 00:18:05,834 and wrote stories about UFOs. 324 00:18:05,835 --> 00:18:08,084 She got lots of responses from other people 325 00:18:08,085 --> 00:18:09,835 who had seen similar objects. 326 00:18:12,335 --> 00:18:16,424 In 1952, Coral and her husband, 327 00:18:16,425 --> 00:18:19,004 a former U.S. Army Air Corps officer, 328 00:18:19,005 --> 00:18:20,794 Jim Lorenzen, 329 00:18:20,795 --> 00:18:24,624 established the first independent UFO organization, 330 00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:28,544 known as Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, 331 00:18:28,545 --> 00:18:31,794 or APRO. 332 00:18:31,795 --> 00:18:34,624 Coral was highly disappointed with how the Air Force 333 00:18:34,625 --> 00:18:37,544 and the government was handling this whole UFO question. 334 00:18:37,545 --> 00:18:40,124 She knew that these craft were real. 335 00:18:40,125 --> 00:18:43,624 She felt there needed to be an investigative body 336 00:18:43,625 --> 00:18:45,334 not beholden to the government 337 00:18:45,335 --> 00:18:48,334 that could look into this question. 338 00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:51,294 The Lorenzens decided the best way 339 00:18:51,295 --> 00:18:53,374 to investigate the phenomenon 340 00:18:53,375 --> 00:18:56,164 was essentially to set up an investigative group 341 00:18:56,165 --> 00:18:58,164 with people in different disciplines and fields 342 00:18:58,165 --> 00:19:00,584 who could look at reports, study them, 343 00:19:00,585 --> 00:19:03,964 and determine what the witnesses had seen. 344 00:19:03,965 --> 00:19:06,334 At the height of its success, 345 00:19:06,335 --> 00:19:09,754 APRO actually had more than 3,000 members, 346 00:19:09,755 --> 00:19:11,924 many of whom were out in the field 347 00:19:11,925 --> 00:19:15,424 investigating things, compiling reports, 348 00:19:15,425 --> 00:19:18,424 and really putting together a huge body 349 00:19:18,425 --> 00:19:20,754 of highly credible data, 350 00:19:20,755 --> 00:19:24,164 which far exceeded anything, really, 351 00:19:24,165 --> 00:19:26,255 that Blue Book, Sign and Grudge were doing. 352 00:19:28,505 --> 00:19:31,374 This was the first civilian organization 353 00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:33,794 to go and investigate UFOs. 354 00:19:33,795 --> 00:19:36,374 And once she broke the ice on this, 355 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:41,294 other organizations began coming and being created. 356 00:19:41,295 --> 00:19:45,964 One of those organizations was called NICAP. 357 00:19:45,965 --> 00:19:50,214 Admiral Fahrney, who was at the time in World War Two 358 00:19:50,215 --> 00:19:54,584 considered the guided missile scientist of the Navy, 359 00:19:54,585 --> 00:19:58,624 helped found and became the chairman of NICAP. 360 00:19:58,625 --> 00:20:01,374 Even more interesting, the other member of NICAP 361 00:20:01,375 --> 00:20:04,334 was the first head of the CIA, 362 00:20:04,335 --> 00:20:07,424 Admiral Hillenkoetter. 363 00:20:07,425 --> 00:20:12,084 If there was anyone who should know if UFOs were real or not, 364 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,424 you would think it would be the head 365 00:20:14,425 --> 00:20:17,164 of the Central Intelligence Agency. 366 00:20:17,165 --> 00:20:23,044 In 1960, Rear Admiral Hillenkoetter stated 367 00:20:23,045 --> 00:20:25,044 the following three things: 368 00:20:25,045 --> 00:20:29,124 one, that the UFO phenomenon was real; 369 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:31,924 two, that it was not Soviet; 370 00:20:31,925 --> 00:20:36,164 and, three, that we had not adequately studied 371 00:20:36,165 --> 00:20:39,585 scientifically the UFO phenomenon. 372 00:20:43,585 --> 00:20:46,424 A former director of the CIA 373 00:20:46,425 --> 00:20:51,294 admitting that the UFO phenomenon is real? 374 00:20:51,295 --> 00:20:54,374 Might Admiral Hillenkoetter have come across 375 00:20:54,375 --> 00:20:58,714 definitive evidence of alien craft visiting Earth? 376 00:20:58,715 --> 00:21:00,924 Despite his audacious statement, 377 00:21:00,925 --> 00:21:03,334 the government maintained its position 378 00:21:03,335 --> 00:21:07,164 that no UFO reports had proved credible. 379 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:11,875 But the number of public UFO societies continued to grow. 380 00:21:15,335 --> 00:21:21,664 On May 31, 1969, APRO member Walt Andrus created 381 00:21:21,665 --> 00:21:24,294 his own volunteer-based organization 382 00:21:24,295 --> 00:21:28,874 that combined Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. 383 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:31,924 What started as the Midwest UFO Network 384 00:21:31,925 --> 00:21:35,964 would ultimately change its name to the Mutual UFO Network, 385 00:21:35,965 --> 00:21:38,754 or MUFON, when it grew to become 386 00:21:38,755 --> 00:21:42,545 the largest UFO investigation organization in the world. 387 00:21:44,795 --> 00:21:48,544 MUFON now has thousands of members. 388 00:21:48,545 --> 00:21:52,624 They have state directors and field investigators 389 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:54,714 covering the entire United States, 390 00:21:54,715 --> 00:21:57,754 and indeed a number of other countries, too. 391 00:21:57,755 --> 00:22:03,334 And unlike the way in which things were done in APRO days, 392 00:22:03,335 --> 00:22:08,084 MUFON's model involves giving a lot of autonomy to the states. 393 00:22:08,085 --> 00:22:09,964 They organize their own conferences. 394 00:22:09,965 --> 00:22:13,164 They handle research projects, 395 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,664 and they literally get boots on the ground 396 00:22:14,665 --> 00:22:17,254 and go out and investigate. 397 00:22:17,255 --> 00:22:19,794 These organizations became very popular 398 00:22:19,795 --> 00:22:22,964 because there was an overall change and shift 399 00:22:22,965 --> 00:22:25,044 in the thinking of what these phenomena were. 400 00:22:25,045 --> 00:22:27,424 People were now coming out and looking up to the skies 401 00:22:27,425 --> 00:22:28,834 just to look for the possibility 402 00:22:28,835 --> 00:22:30,714 that there could be something up there, 403 00:22:30,715 --> 00:22:33,715 understanding the potential of what these objects could be. 404 00:22:36,335 --> 00:22:39,294 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 405 00:22:39,295 --> 00:22:43,794 aliens have been visiting Earth throughout mankind's history. 406 00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:48,754 So why is it that so many people in the mid 20th century 407 00:22:48,755 --> 00:22:51,714 suddenly became obsessed with finding evidence 408 00:22:51,715 --> 00:22:54,924 of extraterrestrial encounters? 409 00:22:54,925 --> 00:22:58,624 Some suggest that the aliens themselves 410 00:22:58,625 --> 00:23:03,005 may in fact be responsible for this increased awareness. 411 00:23:05,045 --> 00:23:08,214 Coral Lorenzen's setting up of APRO, 412 00:23:08,215 --> 00:23:12,084 and Walt Andrus's breakaway organization MUFON, 413 00:23:12,085 --> 00:23:16,164 all of these were inspired by personal UFO encounters. 414 00:23:16,165 --> 00:23:18,334 So could it be that there was 415 00:23:18,335 --> 00:23:21,124 more than chance alone at work here? 416 00:23:21,125 --> 00:23:25,464 Could it be that some force was somehow targeting people 417 00:23:25,465 --> 00:23:29,924 like Coral Lorenzen and Walter Andrus? 418 00:23:29,925 --> 00:23:33,124 Is there an overseeing presence 419 00:23:33,125 --> 00:23:36,665 that lies behind these apparently chance encounters? 420 00:23:39,545 --> 00:23:42,044 Could it be that while extraterrestrials 421 00:23:42,045 --> 00:23:43,464 have kept their presence 422 00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:46,374 concealed from humanity at large, 423 00:23:46,375 --> 00:23:50,004 they have chosen specific individuals as emissaries, 424 00:23:50,005 --> 00:23:53,125 that will ultimately reveal a greater truth? 425 00:23:55,215 --> 00:23:59,374 And if so, might their plan to reconnect with humanity 426 00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:02,964 have been set in motion in 1934, 427 00:24:02,965 --> 00:24:06,664 when nine-year-old Coral Lorenzen first spotted 428 00:24:06,665 --> 00:24:08,545 a strange object in the sky? 429 00:24:10,925 --> 00:24:14,874 Perhaps further answers can be found by examining efforts 430 00:24:14,875 --> 00:24:18,424 to not only find evidence of extraterrestrials, 431 00:24:18,425 --> 00:24:21,045 but to contact them. 432 00:24:27,618 --> 00:24:29,617 Delaware, Ohio. 433 00:24:29,618 --> 00:24:33,237 August 15, 1977. 434 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:38,197 At Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope, 435 00:24:38,198 --> 00:24:42,567 astronomer Jerry R. Ehman conducts research for SETI, 436 00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:45,278 the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. 437 00:24:47,408 --> 00:24:49,407 While reviewing recorded data, 438 00:24:49,408 --> 00:24:52,117 he detects a highly unusual signal 439 00:24:52,118 --> 00:24:55,857 originating from the constellation Sagittarius. 440 00:24:55,858 --> 00:25:01,617 They're looking for this bandwidth of 1,420 megahertz. 441 00:25:01,618 --> 00:25:03,777 Specifically, they believed 442 00:25:03,778 --> 00:25:06,697 that this bandwidth corresponds to water, 443 00:25:06,698 --> 00:25:09,857 and that intelligent civilizations might encode 444 00:25:09,858 --> 00:25:11,947 the electromagnetic frequency of water 445 00:25:11,948 --> 00:25:13,817 with a detectable signal. 446 00:25:13,818 --> 00:25:15,987 So there is Jerry Ehman, on the Big Ear telescope, 447 00:25:15,988 --> 00:25:21,357 doing his SETI work, and a 72-second burst comes in 448 00:25:21,358 --> 00:25:24,697 on the 1,420 megahertz signal. 449 00:25:24,698 --> 00:25:28,947 72 seconds of very bizarre static 450 00:25:28,948 --> 00:25:30,947 that does not look natural. 451 00:25:30,948 --> 00:25:34,117 It looks artificial; it looks like something 452 00:25:34,118 --> 00:25:36,907 that was intelligently built and sent. 453 00:25:36,908 --> 00:25:41,697 So he writes "Wow!" next to this part of the readout, 454 00:25:41,698 --> 00:25:45,567 and it is now known as the "Wow! signal." 455 00:25:45,568 --> 00:25:47,527 And still to this day, the Wow! signal 456 00:25:47,528 --> 00:25:49,657 has never been properly explained, 457 00:25:49,658 --> 00:25:51,528 nor has it been deciphered. 458 00:25:53,738 --> 00:25:55,697 While there are various theories 459 00:25:55,698 --> 00:25:59,407 as to what may have caused the now famous Wow! signal, 460 00:25:59,408 --> 00:26:02,817 from terrestrial radio broadcasts to comet trails, 461 00:26:02,818 --> 00:26:06,357 SETI has not ruled out the possibility 462 00:26:06,358 --> 00:26:10,027 that it may represent modern man's first radio contact 463 00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:13,067 with extraterrestrials. 464 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:16,407 And they have plans to reexamine the area where it originated 465 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,948 in the near future. 466 00:26:21,238 --> 00:26:24,857 To get a firsthand look into this continued search 467 00:26:24,858 --> 00:26:28,987 for extraterrestrial life, in March of 2016, 468 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:32,567 researcher and publisher Giorgio Tsoukalos 469 00:26:32,568 --> 00:26:36,987 traveled to the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, California, 470 00:26:36,988 --> 00:26:41,987 where he met with the director for SETI research, Seth Shostak. 471 00:26:41,988 --> 00:26:43,357 This is truly amazing. 472 00:26:43,358 --> 00:26:45,697 What can you tell me about this place? 473 00:26:45,698 --> 00:26:47,487 Well, this place is, uh, an observatory. 474 00:26:47,488 --> 00:26:49,117 But it's a radio observatory. 475 00:26:49,118 --> 00:26:51,857 So these things around us, these 42 antennas, 476 00:26:51,858 --> 00:26:53,777 they pick up radio waves. 477 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,407 And we're trying to pick up very special sort 478 00:26:55,408 --> 00:26:57,487 of radio waves, namely some that would tell us 479 00:26:57,488 --> 00:26:58,857 somebody's out there. 480 00:26:58,858 --> 00:27:00,777 By having lots of these dishes here, 481 00:27:00,778 --> 00:27:02,987 we can look at more of the sky at once. 482 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:05,947 We can look at multiple star systems at once. 483 00:27:05,948 --> 00:27:07,947 Why radio waves? 484 00:27:07,948 --> 00:27:10,907 What's so significant about radio waves? 485 00:27:10,908 --> 00:27:12,947 Radio waves go at the speed of light, 486 00:27:12,948 --> 00:27:15,277 and they also, by the way, go through all the gas and dust 487 00:27:15,278 --> 00:27:16,907 that's between the stars. 488 00:27:16,908 --> 00:27:19,117 So, you know, if you want to communite 489 00:27:19,118 --> 00:27:21,617 from one part of the galaxy to another, 490 00:27:21,618 --> 00:27:23,737 radio waves are a great way to do it. 491 00:27:23,738 --> 00:27:27,317 So the way this works is actually kind of simple. 492 00:27:27,318 --> 00:27:30,407 I mean, the cosmic radio static, it comes in from the sky, 493 00:27:30,408 --> 00:27:32,027 and it bounces off that big reflector there, 494 00:27:32,028 --> 00:27:33,817 that first one, okay? 495 00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:36,317 - That's-that's a mirror for radio waves. -Mm-hmm. 496 00:27:36,318 --> 00:27:38,907 And that redirects them to this secondary reflector, 497 00:27:38,908 --> 00:27:40,657 on the end, on the nose there. 498 00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:42,737 And then they're directed to the receiver, 499 00:27:42,738 --> 00:27:44,567 and that's inside. 500 00:27:44,568 --> 00:27:46,277 That information goes through a fiber optic 501 00:27:46,278 --> 00:27:49,157 over to the control room. 502 00:27:49,158 --> 00:27:52,157 So, this is where the, uh, data coming through the fiber optics 503 00:27:52,158 --> 00:27:54,447 kind of ends up after it's been processed 504 00:27:54,448 --> 00:27:55,857 in a display like this. 505 00:27:55,858 --> 00:27:58,617 And what are we looking at right here? 506 00:27:58,618 --> 00:28:00,487 So we're looking, in this case, at three star systems 507 00:28:00,488 --> 00:28:01,737 at once, okay? 508 00:28:01,738 --> 00:28:03,067 So that speeds up the search. 509 00:28:03,068 --> 00:28:05,027 It also allows us to determine 510 00:28:05,028 --> 00:28:07,617 whether we're really seeing E.T. or just interference. 511 00:28:07,618 --> 00:28:09,357 The data from one of these star systems 512 00:28:09,358 --> 00:28:11,567 is being displayed over on this part of the screen here. 513 00:28:11,568 --> 00:28:13,487 This is called a waterfall plot. 514 00:28:13,488 --> 00:28:15,567 That... can you see, can you see that line 515 00:28:15,568 --> 00:28:17,527 - of brighter dots there? - This right here, yes. Mm-hmm. 516 00:28:17,528 --> 00:28:20,067 Yeah, that's, uh, slightly more static 517 00:28:20,068 --> 00:28:22,617 at that frequency slowly going down the dot. 518 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,447 That's the kind of thing we're looking for. 519 00:28:24,448 --> 00:28:27,697 So then, if this here were an actual E.T. signal, 520 00:28:27,698 --> 00:28:29,027 how would it differentiate itself? 521 00:28:29,028 --> 00:28:30,527 Uh, would it be a bit thicker, 522 00:28:30,528 --> 00:28:32,527 a bit more pronounced, a bit longer or... 523 00:28:32,528 --> 00:28:33,857 What are you looking for? 524 00:28:33,858 --> 00:28:35,487 It could be all of those things. 525 00:28:35,488 --> 00:28:37,657 So what you do is, when you find a signal like this, 526 00:28:37,658 --> 00:28:38,947 you make a test. 527 00:28:38,948 --> 00:28:40,567 You'll just move the antennas a little bit, 528 00:28:40,568 --> 00:28:42,697 and see if the signal goes away. 529 00:28:42,698 --> 00:28:45,487 And then point it back at the star and see if it comes back. 530 00:28:45,488 --> 00:28:46,857 You say, "Well, that's looking promising." 531 00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:49,737 You do that again, go off, go on, go off, go on. 532 00:28:49,738 --> 00:28:52,697 If you do that five or ten times, you start to get excited. 533 00:28:52,698 --> 00:28:55,567 I hope that that day will come very soon. 534 00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:58,697 The Wow! signal continues to intrigue people. 535 00:28:58,698 --> 00:29:02,617 So we are going to use the Allen Telescope Array 536 00:29:02,618 --> 00:29:04,237 to reobserve the Wow! signal, 537 00:29:04,238 --> 00:29:05,987 look in the same spot on the sky, 538 00:29:05,988 --> 00:29:07,947 look over a wider range of frequencies, 539 00:29:07,948 --> 00:29:09,857 and-and if there's something up there 540 00:29:09,858 --> 00:29:12,157 and it's still broadcasting, of course we would find it. 541 00:29:12,158 --> 00:29:15,567 While SETI has yet to find 542 00:29:15,568 --> 00:29:18,027 an explanation for the Wow! signal, 543 00:29:18,028 --> 00:29:21,697 NASA's Kepler Telescope team has continued to search 544 00:29:21,698 --> 00:29:25,657 for signs of alien life in other solar systems, 545 00:29:25,658 --> 00:29:28,447 despite the U.S. government's open denial 546 00:29:28,448 --> 00:29:31,118 of extraterrestrial contact. 547 00:29:33,488 --> 00:29:38,657 In September 2015, after more than five years of research, 548 00:29:38,658 --> 00:29:41,317 members of the Kepler team revealed 549 00:29:41,318 --> 00:29:42,987 some incredible findings 550 00:29:42,988 --> 00:29:48,567 coming from the star KIC 8462852, 551 00:29:48,568 --> 00:29:51,277 also known as Tabby's Star, 552 00:29:51,278 --> 00:29:54,027 named for the astronomer who discovered it. 553 00:29:54,028 --> 00:29:56,947 What we see from Tabby's Star 554 00:29:56,948 --> 00:30:00,407 is changes in light output 555 00:30:00,408 --> 00:30:05,737 that are not attributable to comets, to planets, 556 00:30:05,738 --> 00:30:07,817 to asteroids 557 00:30:07,818 --> 00:30:11,907 or to other fragments that would orbit the star. 558 00:30:11,908 --> 00:30:16,857 We're seeing quasi-periodic dimmings of the light 559 00:30:16,858 --> 00:30:21,067 that can be as much as a 21% reduction in the luminosity 560 00:30:21,068 --> 00:30:22,907 that's coming out of the star. 561 00:30:22,908 --> 00:30:26,657 Now, we have the scientists who are publishing papers 562 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,447 in which they propose that one of the explanations 563 00:30:29,448 --> 00:30:31,157 for what they are seeing 564 00:30:31,158 --> 00:30:34,357 is a massive extraterrestrial construct 565 00:30:34,358 --> 00:30:38,067 akin to something known as a Dyson sphere. 566 00:30:38,068 --> 00:30:40,947 A Dyson sphere is actually a gigantic structure 567 00:30:40,948 --> 00:30:42,907 built around a star, 568 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:45,317 which harnesses the energy of the star, and could in fact 569 00:30:45,318 --> 00:30:48,317 be used to travel from one place to another 570 00:30:48,318 --> 00:30:50,118 within the galaxy. 571 00:30:52,278 --> 00:30:55,617 This story is a total game-changer, 572 00:30:55,618 --> 00:30:59,447 because it suggests that a Type II civilization, 573 00:30:59,448 --> 00:31:02,697 a civilization that can harness the power of an entire star, 574 00:31:02,698 --> 00:31:06,278 actually does exist and we can see it with our telescopes. 575 00:31:08,948 --> 00:31:11,947 Is it possible that astronomers hunting 576 00:31:11,948 --> 00:31:15,027 for habitable planets may have accidentally discovered 577 00:31:15,028 --> 00:31:17,568 the first extrasolar civilization? 578 00:31:19,238 --> 00:31:22,237 And if so, why does the U.S. government 579 00:31:22,238 --> 00:31:26,947 continue to deny extraterrestrial contact? 580 00:31:26,948 --> 00:31:29,857 While the true cause behind the light patterns 581 00:31:29,858 --> 00:31:33,947 coming from Tabby's Star has yet to be discovered, 582 00:31:33,948 --> 00:31:36,817 ancient astronaut theorists suggest 583 00:31:36,818 --> 00:31:39,777 that world governments have ramped up the hunt 584 00:31:39,778 --> 00:31:42,657 for extraterrestrial life 585 00:31:42,658 --> 00:31:45,568 because they already know it exists. 586 00:31:53,551 --> 00:31:55,970 Toronto, Canada. 587 00:31:55,971 --> 00:31:58,890 September 2005. 588 00:31:58,891 --> 00:32:00,760 Paul Hellyer, 589 00:32:00,761 --> 00:32:04,180 who served as the Canadian Minister of National Defence 590 00:32:04,181 --> 00:32:10,180 from 1963 to 1967, makes worldwide headlines 591 00:32:10,181 --> 00:32:14,590 by announcing his belief in the existence of UFOs, 592 00:32:14,591 --> 00:32:16,340 and that the United States government 593 00:32:16,341 --> 00:32:18,760 has made great efforts to conceal knowledge 594 00:32:18,761 --> 00:32:21,930 of their existence for decades. 595 00:32:21,931 --> 00:32:24,220 To date, Mr. Hellyer remains 596 00:32:24,221 --> 00:32:26,470 the highest-ranking government official 597 00:32:26,471 --> 00:32:28,930 to ever publicly declare this information. 598 00:32:28,931 --> 00:32:31,220 I came to the conclusion 599 00:32:31,221 --> 00:32:34,840 that there are issues here so profound 600 00:32:34,841 --> 00:32:38,260 for the future of the United States and the world, 601 00:32:38,261 --> 00:32:40,970 that they have to be discussed... 602 00:32:40,971 --> 00:32:43,430 openly and intelligently. 603 00:32:43,431 --> 00:32:46,720 And one of them, of course, was the possibility 604 00:32:46,721 --> 00:32:49,800 the U.S. could get us in an intergalactic war. 605 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,260 And so, I decided that I should speak out. 606 00:32:53,261 --> 00:32:56,511 UFOs are as real as the airplanes flying overhead. 607 00:32:58,471 --> 00:33:02,180 This is actually paralleling something that Edgar Mitchell... 608 00:33:02,181 --> 00:33:04,010 the sixth man to walk on the surface of the moon... 609 00:33:04,011 --> 00:33:06,890 suggested, that there were multiple alien races 610 00:33:06,891 --> 00:33:08,011 visiting the Earth. 611 00:33:09,841 --> 00:33:13,930 This is not unknown knowledge. 612 00:33:13,931 --> 00:33:15,340 There are people that know 613 00:33:15,341 --> 00:33:18,010 and there seems to be many different, 614 00:33:18,011 --> 00:33:22,220 perhaps several different species of aliens visiting here. 615 00:33:22,221 --> 00:33:24,470 And it looks like, likely they have been 616 00:33:24,471 --> 00:33:25,721 for a long, long time. 617 00:33:27,301 --> 00:33:31,680 People in the military have witnessed UFO operations 618 00:33:31,681 --> 00:33:34,630 around our military facilities. 619 00:33:34,631 --> 00:33:39,180 And there's been quite a number of reports of attempts to 620 00:33:39,181 --> 00:33:42,760 destroy some of our missile tests 621 00:33:42,761 --> 00:33:44,720 and the missiles in flight. 622 00:33:44,721 --> 00:33:46,590 They are not particularly pleased, 623 00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:50,130 the alien visitors, with our warlike capabilities 624 00:33:50,131 --> 00:33:52,841 and our nuclear capabilities. 625 00:33:54,261 --> 00:33:56,800 UFO researchers have suggested 626 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:59,470 that the U.S. military has secretly built 627 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:02,390 an installation on the surface of the moon 628 00:34:02,391 --> 00:34:04,680 to help combat an alien threat. 629 00:34:04,681 --> 00:34:07,340 If there are extraterrestrials visiting the Earth, 630 00:34:07,341 --> 00:34:09,260 and they're potentially hostile, 631 00:34:09,261 --> 00:34:10,970 it would make a great deal of sense 632 00:34:10,971 --> 00:34:12,801 that we would be prepared for this. 633 00:34:16,091 --> 00:34:20,130 A secret military installation on the moon? 634 00:34:20,131 --> 00:34:22,970 Could such claims, along with those made 635 00:34:22,971 --> 00:34:26,050 by former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer 636 00:34:26,051 --> 00:34:29,801 and Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, really be true? 637 00:34:32,011 --> 00:34:34,590 Perhaps further clues can be found 638 00:34:34,591 --> 00:34:38,591 by examining recently declassified documents. 639 00:34:41,391 --> 00:34:44,511 July 20, 2014. 640 00:34:45,591 --> 00:34:47,180 The United States Army 641 00:34:47,181 --> 00:34:51,550 declassifies and discloses one of its biggest secret missions: 642 00:34:51,551 --> 00:34:54,220 Project Horizon. 643 00:34:54,221 --> 00:34:59,090 Project Horizon's mandate was to create, by 1966, 644 00:34:59,091 --> 00:35:02,220 three years before the first NASA landing of men on the moon, 645 00:35:02,221 --> 00:35:05,840 a military base which could hold at least 20 individuals 646 00:35:05,841 --> 00:35:08,340 and which would be expanded on over time as well. 647 00:35:08,341 --> 00:35:09,930 It would be nuclear powered. 648 00:35:09,931 --> 00:35:12,890 It would have its own water supply, oxygen. 649 00:35:12,891 --> 00:35:15,840 And it really would be the moon equivalent 650 00:35:15,841 --> 00:35:18,630 of a military installation. 651 00:35:18,631 --> 00:35:23,090 The feeling was, from Wernher von Braun, 652 00:35:23,091 --> 00:35:26,260 from NASA and indeed from-from the entire government, 653 00:35:26,261 --> 00:35:31,550 that space would become an important battlefield. 654 00:35:31,551 --> 00:35:34,090 We talk about conventional warfare 655 00:35:34,091 --> 00:35:36,510 and how that would play out. 656 00:35:36,511 --> 00:35:40,800 It's fairly clear that if there is another war, 657 00:35:40,801 --> 00:35:44,470 that space will be a battlefield. 658 00:35:44,471 --> 00:35:47,630 The United States has been working for a long time 659 00:35:47,631 --> 00:35:49,340 in building new weapons 660 00:35:49,341 --> 00:35:52,300 based on the technology that they've gained. 661 00:35:52,301 --> 00:35:55,130 If you control one of the approaches 662 00:35:55,131 --> 00:35:57,010 to the Earth, it gives you an advantage 663 00:35:57,011 --> 00:35:59,050 that you wouldn't otherwise have. 664 00:35:59,051 --> 00:36:01,470 Also, it's a launching pad 665 00:36:01,471 --> 00:36:03,011 for anything you want to do on Earth. 666 00:36:05,131 --> 00:36:06,630 Could it be, 667 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,800 as some ancient astronaut theorists contend, 668 00:36:08,801 --> 00:36:10,590 that the U.S. military 669 00:36:10,591 --> 00:36:14,180 was successful in the construction of a military base 670 00:36:14,181 --> 00:36:16,011 on the surface of the moon? 671 00:36:17,971 --> 00:36:21,430 While the stated mission goal was to establish dominance 672 00:36:21,431 --> 00:36:23,930 over the Soviet Union during the Cold War, 673 00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:26,180 many believe the effort 674 00:36:26,181 --> 00:36:29,510 was not against an antagonistic global super power, 675 00:36:29,511 --> 00:36:34,260 but an unknown extraterrestrial force. 676 00:36:34,261 --> 00:36:36,130 This is even further expanded upon 677 00:36:36,131 --> 00:36:37,890 when we look at Reagan's legacy 678 00:36:37,891 --> 00:36:40,090 and some of these things like the Star Wars initiative. 679 00:36:40,091 --> 00:36:41,970 So, it's very possible that, 680 00:36:41,971 --> 00:36:44,510 when we look at what was happening in the Cold War era, 681 00:36:44,511 --> 00:36:46,930 maybe they were trying to divert attention 682 00:36:46,931 --> 00:36:48,800 to what was really going on. 683 00:36:48,801 --> 00:36:51,340 And that could have been some type of collaboration 684 00:36:51,341 --> 00:36:52,590 between us and Russia, 685 00:36:52,591 --> 00:36:54,590 of putting a space base on the moon, 686 00:36:54,591 --> 00:36:57,130 or doing some other type of space platform 687 00:36:57,131 --> 00:37:01,010 that currently now exists within our solar system. 688 00:37:01,011 --> 00:37:06,390 There is no doubt in my mind that Star Wars, 689 00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,930 initiated by President Reagan, 690 00:37:08,931 --> 00:37:12,840 was more related to the possibility 691 00:37:12,841 --> 00:37:17,180 of being able to take the extraterrestrials on for size 692 00:37:17,181 --> 00:37:19,551 than it was against rogue states. 693 00:37:21,511 --> 00:37:24,590 All of the best information available is that it was 694 00:37:24,591 --> 00:37:29,470 more intended as a possible defense against UFOs 695 00:37:29,471 --> 00:37:32,051 than it was against rogue missiles. 696 00:37:34,261 --> 00:37:36,720 Did the recent disclosure 697 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:40,930 of Project Horizon only serve to try to dissuade inquiry 698 00:37:40,931 --> 00:37:46,470 into a real and escalating military presence in space? 699 00:37:46,471 --> 00:37:49,510 And, if so, is the military preparing 700 00:37:49,511 --> 00:37:53,931 to actively hunt out the aliens they've known about for decades? 701 00:37:55,631 --> 00:37:58,890 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 702 00:37:58,891 --> 00:38:02,220 and suggest that with a recent NASA project, 703 00:38:02,221 --> 00:38:05,800 the U.S. government has reportedly enlisted average citizens 704 00:38:05,801 --> 00:38:08,891 in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. 705 00:38:12,778 --> 00:38:17,037 April 21, 2015. 706 00:38:17,038 --> 00:38:20,827 NASA launches an unprecedented initiative 707 00:38:20,828 --> 00:38:23,907 that creates a coalition of scientific experts 708 00:38:23,908 --> 00:38:26,037 with a mandate to lead the search 709 00:38:26,038 --> 00:38:28,038 for life in the universe. 710 00:38:30,158 --> 00:38:32,487 This scientific endeavor, 711 00:38:32,488 --> 00:38:35,657 known as the Nexus for Exoplanet System Science... 712 00:38:35,658 --> 00:38:37,827 or "NExSS" for short... 713 00:38:37,828 --> 00:38:42,487 is a game-changer in the discovery of alien life. 714 00:38:42,488 --> 00:38:45,037 The NExSS is a multidiscipline, 715 00:38:45,038 --> 00:38:48,277 multi-institute approach to try to answer the big question of: 716 00:38:48,278 --> 00:38:50,157 are we alone in the galaxy? 717 00:38:50,158 --> 00:38:52,037 The NExSS includes researchers 718 00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:54,577 from multiple institutions in different subfields. 719 00:38:54,578 --> 00:38:58,197 It includes astrophysicists, planetary scientists, 720 00:38:58,198 --> 00:38:59,827 Earth scientists and even helio-physicists... 721 00:38:59,828 --> 00:39:01,907 people who study the sun... 722 00:39:01,908 --> 00:39:04,327 so we can put all of the different pieces together 723 00:39:04,328 --> 00:39:06,277 and really learn what makes a planet tick 724 00:39:06,278 --> 00:39:08,577 and what kind of planets might have life on them; 725 00:39:08,578 --> 00:39:12,158 and if those planets do exist, whether they have life at all. 726 00:39:15,038 --> 00:39:16,447 Since the launch 727 00:39:16,448 --> 00:39:20,237 of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, 728 00:39:20,238 --> 00:39:22,447 more than 2,000 exoplanets... 729 00:39:22,448 --> 00:39:26,487 a planet that orbits around another star... have been found, 730 00:39:26,488 --> 00:39:28,867 with thousands of additional candidates 731 00:39:28,868 --> 00:39:31,867 awaiting research and confirmation. 732 00:39:31,868 --> 00:39:33,617 The Planet Hunters project 733 00:39:33,618 --> 00:39:37,367 was the brainchild of NASA and Yale researchers. 734 00:39:37,368 --> 00:39:41,237 The idea of the project is to allow average, everyday people... 735 00:39:41,238 --> 00:39:43,237 citizen scientists, as we call them... 736 00:39:43,238 --> 00:39:45,447 the opportunity to discover planets. 737 00:39:45,448 --> 00:39:48,157 Citizen scientists have actually done a tremendous service 738 00:39:48,158 --> 00:39:50,577 to the astrophysical community by looking at Kepler data 739 00:39:50,578 --> 00:39:53,157 through the Planet Hunters portal. 740 00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:55,537 Citizen scientists have really accelerated the pace 741 00:39:55,538 --> 00:39:57,117 of exoplanet discoveries, 742 00:39:57,118 --> 00:40:00,987 because that core of 260,000 people 743 00:40:00,988 --> 00:40:04,077 has looked at 20 million light curves by eye. 744 00:40:04,078 --> 00:40:06,447 It's really interesting that NASA is doing this, 745 00:40:06,448 --> 00:40:08,987 because the fact is that they wouldn't be doing it 746 00:40:08,988 --> 00:40:10,907 unless they believed that there were: 747 00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:13,827 A, habitable exoplanets out there; 748 00:40:13,828 --> 00:40:16,737 B, that the general public could help in finding them; 749 00:40:16,738 --> 00:40:20,448 and C, that there might be alien life on those planets. 750 00:40:22,868 --> 00:40:24,987 As the executive director of MUFON, 751 00:40:24,988 --> 00:40:27,657 I can tell you this shift has already started. 752 00:40:27,658 --> 00:40:31,367 We get calls from credible scientists, engineers, 753 00:40:31,368 --> 00:40:32,947 politicians and their staff, 754 00:40:32,948 --> 00:40:34,737 who want to know more about this phenomenon, 755 00:40:34,738 --> 00:40:38,277 because they realize that it is in fact real. 756 00:40:38,278 --> 00:40:40,407 So, as we look into this question 757 00:40:40,408 --> 00:40:43,037 of who they are, why they're here 758 00:40:43,038 --> 00:40:44,617 and where they're from, 759 00:40:44,618 --> 00:40:46,327 I think we'll learn more about ourselves... 760 00:40:46,328 --> 00:40:47,947 about who we are, 761 00:40:47,948 --> 00:40:51,657 where we're from and why we're here. 762 00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:54,537 In the search for extraterrestrial life, 763 00:40:54,538 --> 00:40:57,577 there are a number of questions that need to be asked. 764 00:40:57,578 --> 00:40:59,037 Where's this gonna lead to? 765 00:40:59,038 --> 00:41:00,827 What are the implications? 766 00:41:00,828 --> 00:41:03,487 If we find extraterrestrials are benevolent, 767 00:41:03,488 --> 00:41:06,577 well, that's good news; it's gonna help us. 768 00:41:06,578 --> 00:41:09,617 If we find out they're malevolent and hostile, 769 00:41:09,618 --> 00:41:13,658 we could find ourselves in quite literally a world war. 770 00:41:18,038 --> 00:41:20,657 Is it possible that governments around the world 771 00:41:20,658 --> 00:41:24,827 are now openly on the hunt for extraterrestrials 772 00:41:24,828 --> 00:41:28,777 because they already have knowledge of their existence? 773 00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:32,867 And if so, has the point finally come 774 00:41:32,868 --> 00:41:36,947 when this truth can no longer be covered up? 775 00:41:36,948 --> 00:41:40,197 Perhaps it will soon be revealed 776 00:41:40,198 --> 00:41:44,947 that aliens have been visiting Earth for thousands of years, 777 00:41:44,948 --> 00:41:49,987 and that we are not searching for proof of their existence, 778 00:41:49,988 --> 00:41:53,487 but watching for their return. 779 00:41:53,488 --> 00:41:57,198 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS