1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,413 He is the man who harnessed lightning... 2 00:00:04,630 --> 00:00:06,520 He really is the quintessential wizard. 3 00:00:06,956 --> 00:00:11,000 He envisioned new technologies far before their time. 4 00:00:11,135 --> 00:00:13,840 These images would burst into his mind. 5 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:18,785 He also claimed to have contact with otherworldly beings. 6 00:00:18,875 --> 00:00:21,800 You have to wonder if extraterrestrials themselves... 7 00:00:22,298 --> 00:00:24,219 ...weren't feeding him information. 8 00:00:26,004 --> 00:00:29,434 Nikola Tesla is considered one of the most innovative... 9 00:00:29,524 --> 00:00:32,129 ...and mysterious man who ever lived. 10 00:00:32,624 --> 00:00:34,958 But was he simply a mad genius, 11 00:00:35,287 --> 00:00:39,195 or might his brilliance have had extraterrestrial origins? 12 00:00:39,285 --> 00:00:43,234 He was actually being communicated with by extraterrestrials... 13 00:00:43,555 --> 00:00:45,382 ...and publicly proclaimed this. 14 00:00:46,251 --> 00:00:48,962 Millions of people around the world believed... 15 00:00:49,052 --> 00:00:52,828 ...we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 16 00:00:53,323 --> 00:00:55,254 What if it were true? 17 00:00:56,384 --> 00:01:00,200 Did ancient aliens really have helped to shape our history? 18 00:01:00,850 --> 00:01:06,473 And if so, is there a connection to the genius of Nikola Tesla? 19 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:38,374 New York City. 20 00:01:39,619 --> 00:01:42,719 January 7th, 1943. 21 00:01:44,064 --> 00:01:47,305 Famed inventor Nikola Tesla dies of a heart attack... 22 00:01:47,395 --> 00:01:50,217 ...on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker. 23 00:01:51,475 --> 00:01:54,054 Within hours of his body being discovered, 24 00:01:54,144 --> 00:01:57,051 his nephew arrives at Room 3327, 25 00:01:57,388 --> 00:01:59,767 and discovers Tesla's remains... 26 00:01:59,857 --> 00:02:02,595 ...as well as his technical papers and notebooks... 27 00:02:02,782 --> 00:02:04,326 ...have already been removed. 28 00:02:06,688 --> 00:02:10,404 Speculation spreads that the Federal Bureau of Investigations... 29 00:02:10,494 --> 00:02:12,221 ...had seized the items... 30 00:02:12,311 --> 00:02:15,126 ...and quickly designated them "top secret." 31 00:02:16,678 --> 00:02:20,788 Nikola Tesla was completely paranoid about someone trying to kill him. 32 00:02:20,939 --> 00:02:25,256 And as soon as he died, US government agents swooped in... 33 00:02:25,346 --> 00:02:28,165 ...and confiscated all of is scientific papers. 34 00:02:28,255 --> 00:02:29,636 In a very short time, 35 00:02:29,726 --> 00:02:33,143 everything that he had been guarding with his life was gone. 36 00:02:34,492 --> 00:02:38,397 The official story is that nothing of any great significance was found. 37 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:40,920 Just a lot of scientific papers and documents. 38 00:02:41,752 --> 00:02:44,321 However, there have been a lot of rumors over the years... 39 00:02:44,411 --> 00:02:48,310 ...that the materials recovered was profoundly significant... 40 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,855 ...in terms of a lot of highly advanced scientific concepts. 41 00:02:54,947 --> 00:02:58,803 Just who was this mysterious figure known as Tesla? 42 00:02:59,929 --> 00:03:03,127 And why would his notebooks elicit so much interest... 43 00:03:03,217 --> 00:03:05,026 ...from the United States government? 44 00:03:08,844 --> 00:03:11,469 The life of Nikola Tesla was a dramatic one... 45 00:03:11,559 --> 00:03:12,818 ...from the very beginning. 46 00:03:14,769 --> 00:03:19,337 He was born at the stroke of midnight on July 10, 1856, 47 00:03:19,571 --> 00:03:23,495 during a violent lightning storm, in what is now Croatia. 48 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:30,048 It was during an electrical storm, and the midwife saw this as a bad omen. 49 00:03:30,138 --> 00:03:31,779 But there was a flash of lightning... 50 00:03:32,663 --> 00:03:36,505 ...and Tesla's mother said, "No, this will be a child of light." 51 00:03:37,798 --> 00:03:42,066 At an early age, Nikola Tesla showed a superior mind. 52 00:03:42,197 --> 00:03:44,907 He was already inventing things. 53 00:03:44,997 --> 00:03:48,588 He invented toys that used insects to power them. 54 00:03:49,612 --> 00:03:52,659 But he was fascinated by thunderstorms. 55 00:03:52,894 --> 00:03:58,331 And when he would see the lightning, he became fascinated with electricity. 56 00:03:58,421 --> 00:03:59,760 And he was determined, 57 00:03:59,850 --> 00:04:04,747 that he was going to harness the power of the earth and the universe... 58 00:04:04,837 --> 00:04:06,626 ...for the benefit of mankind. 59 00:04:10,015 --> 00:04:13,671 In 1881, after eight years of studying physics, 60 00:04:13,761 --> 00:04:18,571 math and engineering at universities in Graz, Austria and Prague, 61 00:04:18,940 --> 00:04:23,826 Tesla became an electrical engineer for a telephone company in Budapest. 62 00:04:25,934 --> 00:04:29,889 Three years later, the 28-year-old moved to the United States, 63 00:04:29,979 --> 00:04:34,045 and took a job in New York City, working for Thomas Edison. 64 00:04:36,141 --> 00:04:39,172 But very quickly, the inventors became rivals... 65 00:04:39,262 --> 00:04:42,493 ...in what became known as the War of the Currents. 66 00:04:43,736 --> 00:04:45,892 In a sense, you have dueling wizards. 67 00:04:46,096 --> 00:04:48,549 Edison was performing with direct current, 68 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:51,220 Tesla came along with alternating current... 69 00:04:51,310 --> 00:04:54,006 ...competing to win the right to harness Niagara Falls. 70 00:04:54,096 --> 00:04:55,541 That was the big prize. 71 00:04:55,631 --> 00:04:57,079 If you harness Niagara Falls, 72 00:04:57,169 --> 00:04:59,722 you would control all the power for the entire Northeast. 73 00:05:03,917 --> 00:05:06,724 In Edison's direct current distribution system, 74 00:05:07,124 --> 00:05:10,183 the steady stream of electricity would lose potency... 75 00:05:10,273 --> 00:05:12,055 ...as it traveled down the line. 76 00:05:13,738 --> 00:05:16,512 This required power plants every half mile... 77 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,185 ...and could only supply enough power to light bulbs. 78 00:05:21,537 --> 00:05:24,787 Tesla designed a far more sophisticated system... 79 00:05:24,956 --> 00:05:26,780 ...utilizing alternating current... 80 00:05:26,870 --> 00:05:29,692 ...which could easily be manipulated along the way... 81 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:32,554 ...allowing for not only light bulbs to be powered, 82 00:05:32,826 --> 00:05:35,219 but also other electric devices. 83 00:05:36,142 --> 00:05:39,470 Using Niagara Falls as a hydro-electric power source, 84 00:05:39,794 --> 00:05:43,382 Tesla's system could illuminate the entire Northeast. 85 00:05:44,636 --> 00:05:48,000 It would be like comparing a horse and buggy to a jet plane. 86 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:51,240 Tesla had the jet plane. Edison had the horse and buggy. 87 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,920 There is no comparison at all. Tesla had a quantum leap ahead. 88 00:05:57,977 --> 00:06:01,483 Edison criticized Tesla's model as highly dangerous... 89 00:06:01,723 --> 00:06:04,659 ...in an effort to ensure that his system won out. 90 00:06:05,814 --> 00:06:09,165 He even went so far as holding public demonstrations... 91 00:06:09,255 --> 00:06:13,099 ...using alternating current to electrocute cats and dogs. 92 00:06:14,925 --> 00:06:16,985 And even a rogue elephant. 93 00:06:20,133 --> 00:06:24,694 But Nikola Tesla's superior AC power system ultimately prevailed. 94 00:06:24,952 --> 00:06:29,797 And today, it still remains the foundation of the world's power grid. 95 00:06:31,128 --> 00:06:34,187 Tesla allowed the world to be electrified. 96 00:06:34,761 --> 00:06:39,856 And not only that, he brought electricity from being kind of a useful thing... 97 00:06:39,946 --> 00:06:44,120 ...to being a universal thing that could be used all throughout society. 98 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:48,011 Nikola Tesla is one of the most amazing geniuses... 99 00:06:48,101 --> 00:06:50,245 ...mankind has ever known. 100 00:06:50,335 --> 00:06:54,253 His ideas went far and beyond what was accepted at the time. 101 00:06:55,622 --> 00:06:57,444 If it hadn't been for Tesla, 102 00:06:57,534 --> 00:07:00,520 we would be living in very different times. 103 00:07:03,015 --> 00:07:06,916 But Nikola Tesla not only efficiently electrified the world, 104 00:07:08,590 --> 00:07:12,824 his legacy includes groundbreaking work on electric railroads, 105 00:07:13,164 --> 00:07:15,041 florescent and neon lights... 106 00:07:15,653 --> 00:07:17,819 wireless radio communications... 107 00:07:19,545 --> 00:07:20,499 X-ray... 108 00:07:22,313 --> 00:07:23,573 remote control... 109 00:07:25,071 --> 00:07:26,419 turbine engines... 110 00:07:28,438 --> 00:07:29,542 speedometers... 111 00:07:30,987 --> 00:07:32,066 helicopters... 112 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,845 ...and even torpedoes. 113 00:07:37,351 --> 00:07:42,583 By the time of his death, Tesla held nearly 700 worldwide patents. 114 00:07:43,466 --> 00:07:46,813 Nikola Tesla was one of the world's greatest inventors. 115 00:07:47,328 --> 00:07:49,270 Tesla was like Leonardo da Vinci. 116 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,600 He had the mind of a futurist and he was able to do incredible things. 117 00:07:56,556 --> 00:07:58,443 During Nikola Tesla's time, 118 00:07:58,533 --> 00:08:01,839 the Industrial Revolution was firmly taking hold. 119 00:08:02,222 --> 00:08:06,670 Factories using steam and coal power replaced manual labor. 120 00:08:07,027 --> 00:08:10,672 Hundreds of thousands of miles of railway and roads were built, 121 00:08:11,026 --> 00:08:14,066 dramatically changing the landscape of society. 122 00:08:14,716 --> 00:08:18,105 But this extraordinary innovation came at a price, 123 00:08:18,409 --> 00:08:21,273 a complete disregard for the environment. 124 00:08:21,987 --> 00:08:24,441 Nikola Tesla said that there was a difference... 125 00:08:24,531 --> 00:08:27,189 ...between progress and technology. 126 00:08:27,526 --> 00:08:32,840 Progress benefits mankind. Technology does not necessarily do that. 127 00:08:33,409 --> 00:08:38,116 If you have a technology that is polluting the planet, 128 00:08:38,206 --> 00:08:39,499 that's not progress. 129 00:08:40,537 --> 00:08:45,045 But just how is it that Nikola Tesla was so far ahead of his time? 130 00:08:46,518 --> 00:08:49,412 For decades, the forward-thinking inventor, 131 00:08:49,502 --> 00:08:51,435 a man shrouded in mystery, 132 00:08:51,525 --> 00:08:54,394 has fascinated scholars and researchers. 133 00:08:56,134 --> 00:08:57,912 Tesla came from a very strange area. 134 00:08:58,002 --> 00:09:00,168 Actually, it wasn't too far from Transylvania. 135 00:09:00,652 --> 00:09:04,943 He was tall and thin. He spoke 11 or 12 different languages. 136 00:09:05,375 --> 00:09:09,884 And he does these fantastic inventions and fantastic performances. 137 00:09:10,170 --> 00:09:12,724 So he had this mystique about him. 138 00:09:13,767 --> 00:09:18,727 Nikola Tesla is born at a time, which, coincidentally, 139 00:09:19,465 --> 00:09:23,162 coincides with an ancient Zoharic prophecy... 140 00:09:23,555 --> 00:09:27,640 ...that speaks about the opening of the gates of wisdom upon the Earth. 141 00:09:28,148 --> 00:09:32,902 And who is born at this time? Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein. 142 00:09:33,124 --> 00:09:35,832 This is the beginning of so many things. 143 00:09:39,988 --> 00:09:43,751 But could there really be something more to the prophecies, rumors, 144 00:09:43,841 --> 00:09:47,208 and wild speculations surrounding Nikola Tesla? 145 00:09:48,891 --> 00:09:51,987 Something perhaps even otherworldly? 146 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:57,267 Throughout history, there have been various prophets and scientists... 147 00:09:57,357 --> 00:09:59,841 ...that have really affected the human evolution, 148 00:10:00,050 --> 00:10:02,482 like Einstein, Galileo, Copernicus. 149 00:10:02,572 --> 00:10:04,919 And Tesla's definitely one of these type of people. 150 00:10:05,217 --> 00:10:07,782 We have to wonder if these people aren't somehow involved... 151 00:10:07,872 --> 00:10:11,294 ...in some larger plan of influence on humanity as a whole. 152 00:10:12,604 --> 00:10:14,672 Some researchers into Tesla think... 153 00:10:14,762 --> 00:10:18,420 ...that he was some kind of special human receiver. 154 00:10:18,875 --> 00:10:19,948 And if that's the case, 155 00:10:20,038 --> 00:10:24,153 then we have someone who the ETs were helping... 156 00:10:24,243 --> 00:10:27,675 ...to move along and develop the amazing inventions... 157 00:10:27,765 --> 00:10:29,418 ...that light the world today. 158 00:10:30,617 --> 00:10:34,014 Is it possible that Tesla knew he was on a mission? 159 00:10:34,104 --> 00:10:37,883 Was he attempting to up level our technology... 160 00:10:37,973 --> 00:10:40,567 ...to the point at which we would be capable... 161 00:10:40,657 --> 00:10:44,180 ...of having all of the abilities of those who, in ancient times, 162 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:45,928 were called the gods? 163 00:10:47,651 --> 00:10:48,685 Is it possible, 164 00:10:48,775 --> 00:10:51,658 as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 165 00:10:51,748 --> 00:10:56,066 that Nikola Tesla was being influenced by extraterrestrials? 166 00:10:57,439 --> 00:11:01,506 Extraterrestrials on a mission to advance mankind? 167 00:11:04,305 --> 00:11:07,558 Perhaps answers can be found by further examining... 168 00:11:07,648 --> 00:11:12,132 ...the inspiration behind one of Tesla's greatest achievements. 169 00:11:17,726 --> 00:11:19,426 Cambridge, Massachusetts. 170 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,328 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology... 171 00:11:23,418 --> 00:11:26,126 ...is home to some of the world's greatest minds. 172 00:11:27,146 --> 00:11:30,616 MIT researchers are on the forefront of innovation... 173 00:11:30,706 --> 00:11:34,040 ...including the development of wireless transmission of power. 174 00:11:36,767 --> 00:11:39,351 Efficient wireless transmission of electricity... 175 00:11:39,441 --> 00:11:41,665 ...has eluded scientists for years. 176 00:11:42,345 --> 00:11:44,773 Radio waves, microwaves, 177 00:11:44,863 --> 00:11:48,600 and even laser beam transmission of power have fallen short. 178 00:11:50,034 --> 00:11:51,519 But in 2007, 179 00:11:51,695 --> 00:11:53,590 MIT researchers were able... 180 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:57,920 ...to safely transmit power wirelessly seven feet across a room, 181 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,284 a feat heralded as a first step to cutting the power cord. 182 00:12:04,211 --> 00:12:07,599 Incredibly, a world in which all electrical devices... 183 00:12:07,689 --> 00:12:10,521 ...would be automatically powered at all times, 184 00:12:10,611 --> 00:12:12,854 requiring no charging or wires... 185 00:12:13,119 --> 00:12:15,600 ...was envisioned more than a century earlier... 186 00:12:16,935 --> 00:12:19,075 ...by inventor Nikola Tesla. 187 00:12:21,019 --> 00:12:22,272 And by some accounts, 188 00:12:22,362 --> 00:12:25,719 he was close to actually achieving that goal. 189 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,097 The ideas of Tesla for wireless power... 190 00:12:31,187 --> 00:12:35,920 ...have only been briefly investigated by various scientists. 191 00:12:36,285 --> 00:12:41,965 And the tests that were done by Tesla in 1899 to 1900 in Colorado Springs... 192 00:12:42,055 --> 00:12:46,508 ...verified the fact that the use of wireless was actually possible. 193 00:12:48,774 --> 00:12:50,335 Tesla went out to Colorado Springs... 194 00:12:50,425 --> 00:12:52,582 ...to see if he could send electricity miles... 195 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:55,537 ...which is a tremendous achievement but he had a huge tower. 196 00:12:55,772 --> 00:12:57,481 It was 200 feet to the top. 197 00:12:58,063 --> 00:13:02,010 His assistant was located at the laboratory and Tesla said, 198 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:04,540 "When I give you the signal I want you to throw the switch..." 199 00:13:04,630 --> 00:13:06,999 "...and fire up the wireless system." 200 00:13:07,089 --> 00:13:09,643 And Tesla probably walked four miles away. 201 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:13,014 Tesla inserted light bulbs into the earth... 202 00:13:13,104 --> 00:13:15,053 ...to see if his tower was in fact... 203 00:13:15,144 --> 00:13:17,642 ...creating a wireless circuit with the ground. 204 00:13:17,732 --> 00:13:20,476 If so, the bulbs would light up. 205 00:13:21,458 --> 00:13:23,180 These light bulbs were being lit... 206 00:13:23,863 --> 00:13:27,568 ...so he was able to establish that he could transmit electrical power... 207 00:13:27,658 --> 00:13:29,010 ...over great distances. 208 00:13:29,647 --> 00:13:30,705 But he did keep it a secret. 209 00:13:30,795 --> 00:13:33,684 He even kept the mechanics a secret from his assistant... 210 00:13:33,774 --> 00:13:36,662 ...who didn't totally know all the details of what he was doing. 211 00:13:41,497 --> 00:13:45,411 Shoreham, New York, 1901. 212 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:51,964 Tesla convinces banker JP Morgan to give him 150,000 dollars... 213 00:13:52,054 --> 00:13:54,219 ...for the construction of a radio station. 214 00:13:54,946 --> 00:13:59,249 But instead, he uses the money to build a giant wireless transmitter... 215 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:01,562 ...he calls Wardenclyffe Tower. 216 00:14:03,587 --> 00:14:06,573 Wardenclyffe was 187 feet to the top... 217 00:14:06,663 --> 00:14:09,342 ...but it also went 120 feet down into the ground. 218 00:14:11,810 --> 00:14:14,746 And Tesla had envisioned receiving stations... 219 00:14:14,836 --> 00:14:16,996 ...which would look just like the Wardenclyffe Tower... 220 00:14:18,027 --> 00:14:20,290 ...at different nodal points around the Earth. 221 00:14:20,839 --> 00:14:24,677 So you would energy by means of wireless from station to station. 222 00:14:25,379 --> 00:14:27,760 He even thought that he could eventually use the same system... 223 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:29,797 ...to jump power to different planets. 224 00:14:31,672 --> 00:14:33,290 But Tesla's dream of creating... 225 00:14:33,380 --> 00:14:36,480 ...a highly efficient broadcast of wireless electricity... 226 00:14:36,847 --> 00:14:39,310 ...was cut short when in 1904, 227 00:14:39,404 --> 00:14:43,880 its funder, JP Morgan, discovered Tesla's true intentions, 228 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:47,445 to provide free power to everyone on the planet. 229 00:14:48,306 --> 00:14:50,175 With the lack of additional funding, 230 00:14:50,265 --> 00:14:53,911 by 1908, the project was completely abandoned. 231 00:14:54,649 --> 00:14:59,081 And in 1917, the tower was demolished. 232 00:15:01,571 --> 00:15:06,341 No company, no corporation wants to give away its technology freely. 233 00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:09,224 So Tesla was shut down... 234 00:15:09,314 --> 00:15:11,434 ...so that the world wouldn't have free energy. 235 00:15:12,938 --> 00:15:17,089 But just how was Tesla able to transmit electricity wirelessly... 236 00:15:17,179 --> 00:15:18,492 ...for several miles... 237 00:15:18,987 --> 00:15:22,529 ...when modern scientists can only manage seven feet? 238 00:15:24,777 --> 00:15:27,101 Tesla credited his many inventions... 239 00:15:27,191 --> 00:15:30,357 ...to the ability to realize them entirely in his mind. 240 00:15:31,721 --> 00:15:35,134 He also described experiencing intense flashes of light, 241 00:15:36,712 --> 00:15:40,629 which were followed by moments of intense creativity and clarity. 242 00:15:42,247 --> 00:15:45,808 He would see an invention appear before his eyes... 243 00:15:45,898 --> 00:15:48,166 ...in almost holographic detail. 244 00:15:48,321 --> 00:15:51,779 He said that he could rotate these visions. 245 00:15:51,869 --> 00:15:54,730 Take them apart piece by piece. 246 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:56,486 And he knew exactly... 247 00:15:56,576 --> 00:15:59,706 ...how he was going to build these inventions, 248 00:16:00,073 --> 00:16:03,396 based on his visionary experiences. 249 00:16:04,223 --> 00:16:07,298 One of his greatest creations is the rotating magnetic field... 250 00:16:07,499 --> 00:16:09,480 ...and that came in a flash of intuition. 251 00:16:10,177 --> 00:16:11,652 He felt that we were receivers. 252 00:16:11,742 --> 00:16:16,454 That all impulses came from the outside and that we worked on these impulses. 253 00:16:16,666 --> 00:16:18,194 So, he doesn't believe... 254 00:16:18,284 --> 00:16:20,410 ...that they come from dreams or inner visions. 255 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:24,113 He really felt that we were in a sense, self-propelled robots. 256 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:31,774 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe there may be another explanation... 257 00:16:31,864 --> 00:16:35,509 ...for Tesla's uncanny abilities and mysterious visions. 258 00:16:37,124 --> 00:16:39,904 They suggest these spontaneous episodes... 259 00:16:39,994 --> 00:16:43,317 ...are proof that Tesla was receiving information... 260 00:16:43,407 --> 00:16:45,528 ...from an otherworldly source. 261 00:16:45,948 --> 00:16:49,679 These images would literally burst into his mind. 262 00:16:49,769 --> 00:16:53,668 Somehow, somewhere, some connection was made. 263 00:16:53,963 --> 00:16:55,231 And it's the same way... 264 00:16:55,321 --> 00:16:57,522 ...that Biblical prophets received their prophecy. 265 00:16:58,488 --> 00:17:02,094 Nikola Tesla was clearly in touch with something. 266 00:17:02,944 --> 00:17:06,125 You have to wonder if extraterrestrials themselves... 267 00:17:06,215 --> 00:17:08,845 ...weren't feeding him images of inventions... 268 00:17:08,935 --> 00:17:10,990 ...that only he could understand. 269 00:17:11,503 --> 00:17:15,265 Nikola Tesla felt there was a knowledge base... 270 00:17:15,355 --> 00:17:21,153 ...located somewhere in the universe that all of humanity could tap into... 271 00:17:21,243 --> 00:17:24,735 ...if they just knew how to properly tune their mind... 272 00:17:24,825 --> 00:17:26,471 ...to this knowledge base. 273 00:17:30,407 --> 00:17:34,104 Is it possible Nikola Tesla was actually being fed images... 274 00:17:34,194 --> 00:17:36,617 ...to assist him in furthering mankind? 275 00:17:38,130 --> 00:17:43,342 And if so, could Tesla have tapped into an ancient source of knowledge... 276 00:17:43,726 --> 00:17:48,484 ...perhaps even rediscovering technology that may have been used before? 277 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:54,078 We have these stories of towers that might have relayed energy, 278 00:17:54,168 --> 00:17:57,025 like the obelisks that we can find all around the world. 279 00:17:57,115 --> 00:17:59,410 That they, at some point, were all connected, 280 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:02,942 and that they were feeding off the Earth's magnetic grid. 281 00:18:03,629 --> 00:18:07,507 It's been discovered in ancient Egyptian temples and tombs, 282 00:18:07,597 --> 00:18:11,604 carvings that look suspiciously like modern day light bulbs... 283 00:18:11,694 --> 00:18:13,759 ...and Tesla coils. 284 00:18:14,265 --> 00:18:19,258 Was there a certain technology and energy system of ancient times... 285 00:18:19,544 --> 00:18:21,977 ...that we still have remnants of today? 286 00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:27,687 Giant pyramids, obelisks, huge standing stones and towers. 287 00:18:27,911 --> 00:18:31,417 Perhaps they were all part of some extraterrestrial, 288 00:18:31,507 --> 00:18:33,570 huge energy system. 289 00:18:36,110 --> 00:18:41,032 Was Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower meant to connect to an ancient energy grid, 290 00:18:41,957 --> 00:18:46,985 powered not only by the Earth, but eventually by other planets as well? 291 00:18:47,545 --> 00:18:52,015 And if so, is it possible Nikola Tesla was communicating... 292 00:18:52,105 --> 00:18:56,943 ...with advanced celestial beings that visited Earth thousands of years ago? 293 00:18:58,951 --> 00:19:03,321 Perhaps further clues can be found with the mysterious radio transmissions... 294 00:19:03,411 --> 00:19:08,733 ...Tesla claimed he received in 1899 from outer space. 295 00:19:12,614 --> 00:19:16,871 Colorado Springs, July, 1899. 296 00:19:20,096 --> 00:19:24,259 While testing a magnifying transmitter built to track storms, 297 00:19:24,701 --> 00:19:28,579 Nikola Tesla claims he received some sort of transmission... 298 00:19:28,669 --> 00:19:30,320 ...from an unknown source. 299 00:19:33,202 --> 00:19:36,850 One night he was tracking thunderstorms 600 miles away. 300 00:19:37,308 --> 00:19:39,876 But, all of a sudden, he heard these beeps. 301 00:19:44,207 --> 00:19:47,129 And it was three beats in sequence. 302 00:19:47,601 --> 00:19:50,775 And so, it was mathematical. And it didn't make any sense to him. 303 00:19:50,865 --> 00:19:52,236 And the more he thought about it, 304 00:19:52,326 --> 00:19:54,950 he thought that they came from outer space. 305 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:57,262 Perhaps from the Martians. 306 00:20:00,214 --> 00:20:06,609 Mars' orbit brings it close to the Earth periodically about once every 1.8 years. 307 00:20:07,292 --> 00:20:09,972 And at one of those close encounters, 308 00:20:10,647 --> 00:20:13,360 he believed he was picking up signals from Mars. 309 00:20:14,225 --> 00:20:16,278 He most likely had made a receiver... 310 00:20:16,368 --> 00:20:18,807 ...that was sensitive enough to receive radio waves... 311 00:20:18,897 --> 00:20:21,015 ...as we now know come from galaxies... 312 00:20:21,105 --> 00:20:24,657 ...and lots of different extraterrestrial sources. 313 00:20:24,747 --> 00:20:27,621 So, he interpreted them as signals from ETs. 314 00:20:27,711 --> 00:20:30,061 But perhaps he had an open channel... 315 00:20:30,151 --> 00:20:32,905 ...that we really still don't understand today. 316 00:20:34,694 --> 00:20:36,436 Tesla believed it's absurd to think... 317 00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:38,791 ...we're the only intelligent beings in the universe. 318 00:20:38,881 --> 00:20:42,335 If that's the case, where are they in the intelligence hierarchy? 319 00:20:42,425 --> 00:20:46,320 And why wouldn't they wanna communicate with an intelligent force on the Earth? 320 00:20:49,942 --> 00:20:53,036 Tesla reported this otherworldly communication, 321 00:20:53,126 --> 00:20:57,761 and proclaimed his belief in extraterrestrials in February of 1901, 322 00:20:58,319 --> 00:21:02,661 in an article for "Collier's Weekly" titled "Talking with the Planets." 323 00:21:03,704 --> 00:21:06,950 Tesla became obsessed with trying to receive... 324 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,920 ...a further radio communications from other planets. 325 00:21:11,798 --> 00:21:15,332 Based on these transmissions that Tesla was receiving, 326 00:21:15,422 --> 00:21:19,453 he developed a theory that this extraterrestrial presence... 327 00:21:19,543 --> 00:21:22,228 ...had been on Earth for a millennium. 328 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,979 That these extraterrestrials... 329 00:21:25,069 --> 00:21:29,160 ...had been controlling mankind from the very beginning. 330 00:21:30,283 --> 00:21:32,702 How far did these communications go? 331 00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:33,910 Did it lead to the point... 332 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,589 ...where he was actually able to receive useful information... 333 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,728 ...that was helping him build his inventions? 334 00:21:39,972 --> 00:21:42,205 Many believe that is what happened, 335 00:21:42,295 --> 00:21:45,957 and that Tesla had direct contact through the things he invented, 336 00:21:46,047 --> 00:21:47,720 with extraterrestrial intelligence. 337 00:21:49,144 --> 00:21:53,496 But the shocking revelation was shunned by Tesla's scientific peers, 338 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,132 and led many to deem him a "mad scientist." 339 00:21:57,774 --> 00:22:01,640 So you have Nikolai Tesla electrifying the world, literally. 340 00:22:01,931 --> 00:22:05,358 Then about the time that he had a falling out with JP Morgan, 341 00:22:05,448 --> 00:22:06,768 a very powerful man. 342 00:22:07,556 --> 00:22:10,251 He'd also had a legendary falling out with Edison, 343 00:22:10,951 --> 00:22:13,045 another legendary powerful man. 344 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:18,091 Then, it came out that he was trying to perhaps signal the planet Mars. 345 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:23,560 And his enemies exploited this, I think, to try and discredit him. 346 00:22:25,130 --> 00:22:28,038 In the early 1900s, it was rumoured... 347 00:22:28,128 --> 00:22:31,750 ...that Tesla was being considered to receive the Nobel Prize, 348 00:22:31,966 --> 00:22:34,449 but mysteriously, he never did. 349 00:22:35,826 --> 00:22:39,301 Even today, scientists don't take him into account the way they should. 350 00:22:39,835 --> 00:22:43,360 Tesla talked about atoms working like solar systems. 351 00:22:44,533 --> 00:22:46,938 And that light can work as wave and a particle. 352 00:22:48,063 --> 00:22:51,926 Einstein got a Nobel Prize for saying light worked like a particle. 353 00:22:52,654 --> 00:22:55,630 And Bohr and Rutherford got a Nobel Prize... 354 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,669 ...for saying that atoms were like little solar systems. 355 00:22:58,941 --> 00:23:02,545 So, why is he removed from the history of quantum physics... 356 00:23:02,635 --> 00:23:04,537 ...when he really belongs at the heart of it? 357 00:23:05,368 --> 00:23:08,266 So, I think he's been unfairly treated by the physicists... 358 00:23:08,356 --> 00:23:11,920 ...and part of the reason is, his attachment to extraterrestrials. 359 00:23:13,389 --> 00:23:17,997 Was Nikola Tesla simply letting his imagination get the better of him? 360 00:23:18,834 --> 00:23:23,966 Or is it possible he really was in contact with extraterrestrial beings? 361 00:23:26,557 --> 00:23:27,922 Belgrade, in Serbia. 362 00:23:29,902 --> 00:23:32,859 Housing more than 160,000 documents, 363 00:23:33,742 --> 00:23:36,848 the Nikola Tesla Museum offers rare insight... 364 00:23:36,938 --> 00:23:39,185 ...into some of Tesla future plans. 365 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:45,050 Including what some believed to be drawings of space ships. 366 00:23:45,987 --> 00:23:47,486 According to historians, 367 00:23:47,676 --> 00:23:51,580 Tesla began work on his flying machine in 1910, 368 00:23:52,058 --> 00:23:55,675 focusing on the use of field propulsion or anti-gravity. 369 00:23:56,449 --> 00:24:00,450 It is believed Tesla had discovered that high amounts of electricity... 370 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:03,065 ...could create lift in an object. 371 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:06,462 Throughout the 1920s and '30s, 372 00:24:06,552 --> 00:24:10,000 Tesla continually talked about anti-gravity ships... 373 00:24:10,090 --> 00:24:14,205 ...that could derive power from his Wardenclyffe Towers... 374 00:24:14,295 --> 00:24:16,363 ...that were gonna be broadcasting power. 375 00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:20,396 He claimed that these ships did not have wings or fuel. 376 00:24:20,486 --> 00:24:22,808 They were completely electric. 377 00:24:25,251 --> 00:24:28,892 But were Tesla's designs truly the first of their kind? 378 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:33,787 Or is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 379 00:24:33,996 --> 00:24:37,235 that similar vehicles had already visited the planet... 380 00:24:37,325 --> 00:24:38,600 ...in the remote past? 381 00:24:39,044 --> 00:24:44,855 In the ancient Indian epics, the "Vedas," we find references of vimanas, 382 00:24:44,945 --> 00:24:47,561 those flying chariots that were used by the gods... 383 00:24:47,651 --> 00:24:50,154 ...in order to travel from point A to point B. 384 00:24:50,595 --> 00:24:53,673 Some of these vimanas were able to alter direction... 385 00:24:53,763 --> 00:24:56,977 ...at the drop of a hat without any effort. 386 00:24:57,189 --> 00:25:00,014 So now reading this from a modern day perspective, 387 00:25:00,104 --> 00:25:04,673 would suggest that some type of anti-gravity device was used. 388 00:25:04,763 --> 00:25:07,613 You can link this from the ancient to the modern world... 389 00:25:07,703 --> 00:25:09,723 ...with the modern UFO phenomenon. 390 00:25:09,813 --> 00:25:14,118 And so the idea that Tesla might have worked... 391 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:17,160 ...on an anti-gravity device is very plausible to me. 392 00:25:20,164 --> 00:25:23,798 Are the depictions of flying machines in ancient Hindu texts... 393 00:25:23,888 --> 00:25:26,497 like the Mahabharata really proof... 394 00:25:26,587 --> 00:25:29,467 ...that Tesla had received otherworldly knowledge... 395 00:25:29,557 --> 00:25:32,781 in order to design anti-gravity spaceships? 396 00:25:34,408 --> 00:25:36,670 And if the so-called mad scientist... 397 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,872 ...actually did make contact with extraterrestrials, 398 00:25:40,749 --> 00:25:45,670 is it possible he continued to carry out their wishes in secret? 399 00:25:48,861 --> 00:25:52,635 Palo Alto, California. 2013. 400 00:25:53,866 --> 00:25:57,278 A Silicon Valley start-up's all-electric sports car, 401 00:25:57,368 --> 00:25:59,587 wins Motor Trend's Car of the Year. 402 00:26:00,810 --> 00:26:03,818 It's one of the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the planet, 403 00:26:04,142 --> 00:26:05,689 produces no emissions, 404 00:26:06,076 --> 00:26:10,060 and can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in four seconds. 405 00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:15,593 The Model S energizes the electric car industry... 406 00:26:15,683 --> 00:26:20,231 ...and reintroduces its namesake to the world stage, Tesla. 407 00:26:23,523 --> 00:26:26,355 It's interesting to think in 1931, 408 00:26:26,445 --> 00:26:31,775 Tesla told reporters that he had converted a Pierce-Arrow car... 409 00:26:31,865 --> 00:26:34,769 ...into a completely electric car. 410 00:26:35,441 --> 00:26:37,467 Tesla showed them the car, 411 00:26:37,557 --> 00:26:40,843 he drove it around, it went as fast as 90 miles per hour. 412 00:26:41,298 --> 00:26:42,456 When you look at it, 413 00:26:42,546 --> 00:26:45,437 many of the inventions that Tesla talked about... 414 00:26:45,527 --> 00:26:48,252 ...and even patented, were eventually developed. 415 00:26:51,579 --> 00:26:53,974 The list of technologies that can be traced back... 416 00:26:54,064 --> 00:26:57,120 ...to the drawing board of Nikola Tesla is endless. 417 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,174 Modern humanoid robotic, solar and wind power, 418 00:27:02,906 --> 00:27:05,800 weather manipulation, drones, 419 00:27:06,517 --> 00:27:09,573 and even planetary exploration vehicles. 420 00:27:11,916 --> 00:27:14,679 Getting as little as just two hours of sleep per day, 421 00:27:15,031 --> 00:27:19,740 the inventor's sole purpose on Earth appeared to be geared toward one end, 422 00:27:20,432 --> 00:27:24,232 advancing technology for the future of the human race. 423 00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:27,751 He always had his eye on the future. 424 00:27:28,069 --> 00:27:31,364 And further, he was trying to shape the future through his inventions. 425 00:27:32,378 --> 00:27:34,325 Mr Tesla was not unique in this. 426 00:27:35,016 --> 00:27:38,382 Many of the founders, leaders of religion... 427 00:27:39,088 --> 00:27:43,646 ...also were compelled by inner experiences, 428 00:27:43,873 --> 00:27:47,716 which pushed them to materialize these things in the world. 429 00:27:48,397 --> 00:27:51,258 So, in a religious context, 430 00:27:51,348 --> 00:27:55,121 we would say that a religious leader is in touch with something divine. 431 00:27:55,729 --> 00:27:57,602 In a scientific context, 432 00:27:57,692 --> 00:27:59,415 we wouldn't necessarily use the word divine. 433 00:27:59,505 --> 00:28:01,415 But yet somehow, somewhere, 434 00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:05,435 people are being contacted, receiving communications, 435 00:28:06,041 --> 00:28:09,091 which are leading to the clear introduction... 436 00:28:09,261 --> 00:28:13,040 ...of new things in humanity. 437 00:28:15,952 --> 00:28:20,600 Tesla seemed to have this drive that put everything else by the wayside. 438 00:28:20,801 --> 00:28:23,034 When he was working on an invention, 439 00:28:23,124 --> 00:28:27,360 food, sleep, relationships, human interaction, none of that mattered. 440 00:28:27,686 --> 00:28:30,112 It's almost as if he was on some type of a mission. 441 00:28:30,202 --> 00:28:34,560 A mission possibly with a greater plan under the influence of extraterrestrials. 442 00:28:38,139 --> 00:28:43,560 Was Nikola Tesla really inspired to invent by an extraterrestrial source, 443 00:28:44,037 --> 00:28:46,754 as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 444 00:28:48,109 --> 00:28:51,512 And if so, might further clues be found... 445 00:28:51,602 --> 00:28:56,079 ...in what some believe to be the rantings of a mad man. 446 00:28:58,703 --> 00:29:01,891 By the time Nikola Tesla moved into his final home, 447 00:29:02,181 --> 00:29:05,830 the Hotel New Yorker, in January 1934, 448 00:29:07,047 --> 00:29:09,925 he had become better known for his eccentricities... 449 00:29:10,015 --> 00:29:11,284 ...than his inventions. 450 00:29:13,178 --> 00:29:15,957 He reportedly was an extreme germaphobe, 451 00:29:16,363 --> 00:29:19,130 preferred to work in almost complete darkness, 452 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,502 and was also obsessed with the number three. 453 00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:25,335 Tesla was definitely interested in numerology. 454 00:29:25,425 --> 00:29:26,709 And he was very superstitious. 455 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:30,235 He had to circle a building three times before he entered. 456 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,450 He had calculated nodal points around the planet... 457 00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:36,545 ...and they were probably linked to the numbers three, six, and nine. 458 00:29:36,987 --> 00:29:39,328 And he said that the numbers were very important. 459 00:29:40,717 --> 00:29:42,855 Nikola Tesla was quoted as saying, 460 00:29:43,057 --> 00:29:47,464 "If you knew the magnificence of the three, six and nine," 461 00:29:47,737 --> 00:29:51,109 "you would have a key to the universe." 462 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,904 If we go to the Great Pyramid of Giza, 463 00:29:55,217 --> 00:29:58,402 not only are there the three larger pyramids at Giza, 464 00:29:58,492 --> 00:30:00,074 all side by side, 465 00:30:00,164 --> 00:30:03,365 mirroring the positions of the stars in Orion's Belt, 466 00:30:03,455 --> 00:30:07,074 but we also see a group of three smaller pyramids... 467 00:30:07,164 --> 00:30:11,194 ...immediately away from the three larger pyramids. 468 00:30:11,362 --> 00:30:13,064 Three and three. 469 00:30:13,643 --> 00:30:16,963 Similarly, we find lots of evidence... 470 00:30:17,053 --> 00:30:21,656 ...that nature uses threefold and six-fold symmetry... 471 00:30:21,833 --> 00:30:26,921 ...including the hexagonal tile shape of the common honeycomb. 472 00:30:27,614 --> 00:30:30,574 These shapes are in nature. 473 00:30:30,775 --> 00:30:33,305 And the ancients emulated these shapes... 474 00:30:33,395 --> 00:30:36,029 ...in the building of their sacred architecture. 475 00:30:36,438 --> 00:30:39,645 So Tesla's quote is neatly mirrored... 476 00:30:39,735 --> 00:30:43,054 ...in the actual archaeological evidence that we find... 477 00:30:43,144 --> 00:30:46,106 ...in many ancient architectural sites around the world. 478 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:51,254 Could the numbers three, six and nine... 479 00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:55,010 ...really offer clues to the inner workings of the universe? 480 00:30:55,946 --> 00:31:01,021 If so, is it possible that Tesla uncovered this profound secret... 481 00:31:01,422 --> 00:31:02,776 ...and used this knowledge... 482 00:31:02,866 --> 00:31:05,863 ...to push the boundaries of science and technology? 483 00:31:06,762 --> 00:31:08,911 Perhaps the answer can be found... 484 00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:12,748 ...by examining Tesla's most controversial invention. 485 00:31:16,915 --> 00:31:20,721 New York City, July 1934. 486 00:31:22,634 --> 00:31:24,424 On his 78th birthday, 487 00:31:24,564 --> 00:31:26,250 Nikola Tesla makes headlines... 488 00:31:26,340 --> 00:31:28,400 ...on the front page of the "New York Times"... 489 00:31:28,651 --> 00:31:30,480 ...for his alleged "Death-Beam." 490 00:31:32,489 --> 00:31:33,832 According to the article, 491 00:31:34,401 --> 00:31:36,542 the weapon could generate enough energy... 492 00:31:36,632 --> 00:31:39,635 ...to bring down a fleet of 10,000 enemy airplanes... 493 00:31:39,735 --> 00:31:42,355 ...as far as 250 miles away. 494 00:31:45,206 --> 00:31:47,359 Tesla apparently discovered... 495 00:31:47,449 --> 00:31:51,556 ...that he could direct a stream of plasma plus solid particles... 496 00:31:51,705 --> 00:31:53,705 ...for long distances through the air, 497 00:31:54,069 --> 00:31:58,120 and kind of direct a lightning bolt, and he called this a Death Ray. 498 00:31:59,736 --> 00:32:02,323 Tesla wanted to invent a machine... 499 00:32:02,413 --> 00:32:05,714 ...that would knock out enemy aircraft in the air. 500 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:08,110 You would point it to the skies, 501 00:32:08,486 --> 00:32:12,715 turn it on, and all of the sudden those planes would just fall like that. 502 00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:17,774 Tesla felt that if every country had a particle beam weapon, 503 00:32:17,976 --> 00:32:21,272 then no country would ever be invaded because planes would be shot down... 504 00:32:21,362 --> 00:32:23,817 ...and ships would be sunk. 505 00:32:25,289 --> 00:32:27,977 So, he was trying to sell this particle beam weapon... 506 00:32:28,067 --> 00:32:30,999 ...to the US government during World War II. 507 00:32:31,089 --> 00:32:32,449 And I think Franklin Roosevelt... 508 00:32:32,539 --> 00:32:35,041 ...was basically looking at two possibilities, 509 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:39,085 Einstein was discussing the possibility of an atom bomb. 510 00:32:39,459 --> 00:32:43,126 Tesla was discussing the possibility of a particle beam weapon. 511 00:32:43,216 --> 00:32:46,800 And it turned out the atom bomb was able to be invented... 512 00:32:48,351 --> 00:32:49,908 ...and that's the way they went. 513 00:32:54,562 --> 00:32:57,677 Although the Death Ray announcement failed to ignite interest... 514 00:32:57,767 --> 00:32:59,400 ...by the US War Department, 515 00:33:00,197 --> 00:33:04,578 some say other innovative work by Tesla did catch their attention. 516 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:07,548 Earlier in his career, 517 00:33:07,638 --> 00:33:10,840 while conducting research with one of his transformer coils, 518 00:33:11,416 --> 00:33:14,104 Nikola Tesla had a near-death experience... 519 00:33:14,755 --> 00:33:18,683 ...when he came in contact with a resonating electromagnetic charge... 520 00:33:18,773 --> 00:33:20,888 ...of three and a half million volts. 521 00:33:22,199 --> 00:33:24,949 Tesla was working with 60-foot lightning bolts... 522 00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:27,541 ...and he made a mistake and he almost got electrocuted. 523 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:28,520 And he couldn't get out. 524 00:33:28,610 --> 00:33:33,042 And he had to get one of his workers to stop the lightning from happening. 525 00:33:33,316 --> 00:33:35,242 And he barely escaped with his life. 526 00:33:35,332 --> 00:33:38,240 And because of the shock that he had, he had a revelation. 527 00:33:40,087 --> 00:33:43,996 Tesla said that he entered a state of timelessness... 528 00:33:44,086 --> 00:33:48,271 ...and he could see the past and the future and the present, 529 00:33:48,533 --> 00:33:51,704 all at once in this mystic vision. 530 00:33:51,865 --> 00:33:55,569 But he was paralysed and he couldn't do anything about it. 531 00:33:55,899 --> 00:33:58,398 Tesla was being essentially electrocuted... 532 00:33:58,488 --> 00:34:01,360 and right then, his assistant cut the power to him. 533 00:34:03,112 --> 00:34:07,960 But what Tesla said it had done was moved him through time and space. 534 00:34:12,464 --> 00:34:13,915 But is it really possible... 535 00:34:14,005 --> 00:34:17,957 ...Tesla had found a way to break through the space-time continuum? 536 00:34:19,949 --> 00:34:23,542 Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answer might be found... 537 00:34:23,632 --> 00:34:27,410 ...by looking at what has become known as the Philadelphia Experiment. 538 00:34:29,353 --> 00:34:32,866 According to reports, right before Tesla's death, 539 00:34:33,081 --> 00:34:36,731 he was working with Albert Einstein and the United States Navy... 540 00:34:36,821 --> 00:34:38,440 ...at the Philadelphia Naval Yard... 541 00:34:38,852 --> 00:34:42,770 ...to create an electromagnetically charged invisibility cloak... 542 00:34:42,860 --> 00:34:44,623 ...for the USS Eldridge. 543 00:34:45,994 --> 00:34:49,215 They were attempting to do a stealth technology. 544 00:34:49,874 --> 00:34:52,946 And apparently, they mounted a bunch of Tesla coils... 545 00:34:53,036 --> 00:34:55,376 ...to make a bunch of plasma around a ship... 546 00:34:55,951 --> 00:35:00,120 ...and this is well known to help hide things from radar. 547 00:35:01,408 --> 00:35:03,859 But something very unexpected happened. 548 00:35:04,437 --> 00:35:09,360 The ship didn't just disappear from radar, it disappeared completely. 549 00:35:10,477 --> 00:35:13,928 And then reappeared with some of the crew... 550 00:35:14,018 --> 00:35:16,520 ...actually embedded in the metal of the ship. 551 00:35:20,681 --> 00:35:22,482 Although mainstream scientists... 552 00:35:22,572 --> 00:35:25,746 ...believe the so-called Philadelphia Experiment is a hoax, 553 00:35:26,146 --> 00:35:28,922 some insist the account is authentic. 554 00:35:30,412 --> 00:35:31,969 We have leaked testimony... 555 00:35:32,059 --> 00:35:36,001 ...from classified levels of secrecy in the US government, 556 00:35:36,091 --> 00:35:38,183 the Philadelphia Experiment was real. 557 00:35:38,527 --> 00:35:42,075 That the soldiers on that ship got disoriented... 558 00:35:42,697 --> 00:35:44,914 ...and they ended up walking into the hull. 559 00:35:45,004 --> 00:35:48,200 And when the ship, then rematerialised in our reality, 560 00:35:48,290 --> 00:35:51,205 their bodies melded with the metal in the hull. 561 00:35:52,921 --> 00:35:57,440 Had Tesla really discovered a way to travel through time and space? 562 00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:03,456 If so, might the secrets behind this technology, 563 00:36:03,546 --> 00:36:06,473 along with the blueprints for Tesla's death beam, 564 00:36:06,563 --> 00:36:09,211 have been included in the scientific documents... 565 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:13,037 ...that the FBI allegedly confiscated upon his death? 566 00:36:14,615 --> 00:36:18,063 Ancient astronaut theorists believe evidence of this... 567 00:36:18,153 --> 00:36:22,968 ...might be found with the modern world's most sophisticated new weaponry. 568 00:36:28,309 --> 00:36:29,886 The Singapore Air Show. 569 00:36:30,498 --> 00:36:32,954 February, 2014. 570 00:36:34,490 --> 00:36:36,015 An Israeli arms company... 571 00:36:36,105 --> 00:36:39,386 ...known as Rafael Advanced Defence Systems... 572 00:36:39,476 --> 00:36:42,598 ...reveals details of a laser defence system... 573 00:36:42,688 --> 00:36:44,792 ...capable of shooting missiles from the sky... 574 00:36:44,882 --> 00:36:46,358 ...with a pulse of energy. 575 00:36:52,088 --> 00:36:56,001 The futuristic military hardware is called Iron Beam. 576 00:36:56,905 --> 00:36:58,764 The concept of Iron Beam... 577 00:36:58,854 --> 00:37:01,523 ...is that it is essentially a high-energy laser... 578 00:37:01,613 --> 00:37:05,939 ...that is designed to rapidly heat up the target that it's aimed at. 579 00:37:06,148 --> 00:37:09,960 And we're talking about aircraft, drones, missiles, 580 00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:13,199 anything that could launch an attack on a city... 581 00:37:13,289 --> 00:37:16,696 ...could be literally destroyed in the sky by Iron Beam. 582 00:37:20,017 --> 00:37:22,434 This sounds very much like Tesla's Death Ray. 583 00:37:23,889 --> 00:37:26,175 This is exactly the kind of technology... 584 00:37:26,265 --> 00:37:30,842 ...that Tesla was talking about in the 1920s and '30s... 585 00:37:30,932 --> 00:37:35,296 ...of using these beam weapons to shoot down missiles and projectiles. 586 00:37:38,029 --> 00:37:42,789 The War Department sided with Einstein and Oppenheimer's atomic bomb, 587 00:37:43,017 --> 00:37:44,381 not with Tesla. 588 00:37:45,093 --> 00:37:46,922 But now what we're seeing is, 589 00:37:47,012 --> 00:37:51,824 that Israel is developing this iron beam technology... 590 00:37:52,092 --> 00:37:54,941 ...because they realized that atomic weapons... 591 00:37:55,031 --> 00:37:56,896 ...were far too destructive. 592 00:37:58,522 --> 00:38:02,286 Is it possible that Tesla developed a time viewing... 593 00:38:02,376 --> 00:38:04,280 ...or time travel technology? 594 00:38:05,115 --> 00:38:08,240 And that he became aware of these developments. 595 00:38:10,237 --> 00:38:12,441 Tesla was once quoted as saying, 596 00:38:12,531 --> 00:38:14,312 "The present is theirs," 597 00:38:14,603 --> 00:38:17,760 "but the future for which I have really worked, is mine." 598 00:38:18,773 --> 00:38:21,520 Did Tesla in fact see into the future? 599 00:38:24,629 --> 00:38:29,320 Might Iron Beam be proof that plans for the Death Ray not only existed, 600 00:38:29,727 --> 00:38:31,807 but also may have even been confiscated... 601 00:38:31,897 --> 00:38:34,560 ...and carried out by the United States government? 602 00:38:39,365 --> 00:38:41,830 There are those who believe that Nikola Tesla... 603 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,044 ...was not only in contact with extraterrestrials, 604 00:38:45,692 --> 00:38:49,315 but was sent here to Earth by them to fulfil a mission... 605 00:38:49,405 --> 00:38:52,440 ...and usher in a new age for mankind. 606 00:38:53,353 --> 00:38:55,640 One of the big questions is, who is Tesla? 607 00:38:56,270 --> 00:38:58,802 Is he, in a sense, an avatar, an enlightened being... 608 00:38:58,892 --> 00:39:01,600 ...that comes to the Earth to help humans? 609 00:39:02,847 --> 00:39:04,569 No one really knows exactly what's going on. 610 00:39:04,659 --> 00:39:08,016 But I think all great artists, and Tesla saw himself as an artist, 611 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,623 feel that they are instruments of a higher purpose. 612 00:39:10,713 --> 00:39:14,040 And Tesla certainly felt that he was working along those lines. 613 00:39:14,861 --> 00:39:17,560 There is an agenda for humanity. There is a plan. 614 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,035 And in every generation, 615 00:39:20,574 --> 00:39:22,640 whatever power it is that's behind the plan, 616 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:26,920 sends to Earth certain specific souls... 617 00:39:27,415 --> 00:39:30,854 ...who are by birth more inclined... 618 00:39:30,944 --> 00:39:35,160 ...and able to be receptors to the higher knowledge. 619 00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:42,649 You have to wonder if Tesla was transplanted to Earth... 620 00:39:42,739 --> 00:39:44,287 ...by extraterrestrials, 621 00:39:44,377 --> 00:39:47,890 in order to envision and invent... 622 00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:50,775 ...all of these amazing devices. 623 00:39:51,747 --> 00:39:56,670 If extraterrestrials put Tesla in place for a specific purpose, 624 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,218 did they accomplish what they hope to achieve? 625 00:39:59,666 --> 00:40:01,244 The answer may be no. 626 00:40:01,836 --> 00:40:03,951 Because if Tesla's technologies... 627 00:40:04,041 --> 00:40:05,960 ...had been openly acknowledged here on Earth, 628 00:40:06,885 --> 00:40:08,589 we could have greened the deserts. 629 00:40:08,679 --> 00:40:12,865 We could be desalinating ocean water with tabletop energy levels. 630 00:40:13,060 --> 00:40:15,724 We could have a totally new and different world... 631 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,899 ...in which we don't have to pay for energy, 632 00:40:18,493 --> 00:40:22,543 in which we have anti-gravity craft, in which we have teleportation technology, 633 00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:27,268 and in which we truly have become a golden age here on Earth. 634 00:40:27,532 --> 00:40:28,680 That has not happened. 635 00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:37,107 Is it possible that Nikola Tesla really was influenced by otherworldly beings? 636 00:40:38,609 --> 00:40:42,802 Might he have been inspired to carry out an extraterrestrial experiment, 637 00:40:43,101 --> 00:40:45,939 as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 638 00:40:47,694 --> 00:40:52,953 And could it be that mankind was not ready to receive this advanced knowledge? 639 00:40:54,909 --> 00:40:55,966 Perhaps. 640 00:40:57,060 --> 00:41:00,012 But if such an audacious notion is true, 641 00:41:00,102 --> 00:41:03,275 then is it possible that we are now on the threshold... 642 00:41:03,365 --> 00:41:05,344 ...of completing his experiment? 643 00:41:06,323 --> 00:41:11,119 And in doing so, might we reconnect not only with Tesla's genius, 644 00:41:11,898 --> 00:41:16,891 but with an alien intelligence that stretches throughout the galaxy?