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Unexplained sightings...
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The first responders on the scene
reported a UFO.
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...miraculous appearances...
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Inside the tilma was the Virgin Mother.
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...and visions that changed the world.
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This extraordinary sign
from the heavens...
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...becomes one of the crucial
turning points in human history.
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Stories of strange encounters
accompany many of history's major events.
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Is it merely coincidence?
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Or might it be evidence
of extraterrestrial intervention?
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It appears that there is
an ongoing plan in place,
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a hidden hand in history
that is manipulating events...
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...for a certain given outcome.
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Millions of people
around the world believe...
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...we have been visited in the past
by extraterrestrial beings.
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What if it were true?
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Did ancient aliens really help
to shape our history?
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And if so, might mankind's
greatest moments...
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...have been influenced
by alien encounters?
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Japan. March 11, 2011.
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Emanating 43 miles off the eastern coast
of the Oshika Peninsula,
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one of the largest earthquakes
in recorded history,
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a magnitude 9.0, shakes the Earth.
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The massive movement
of two tectonic plates...
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...instantly moves the entire
Japanese mainland some eight feet,
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ripping down buildings, setting fires,
and killing thousands of people.
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But the worst is yet to come.
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The earthquake also triggers
enormous tsunamis.
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Waves as high as 130 feet...
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...begin smashing ashore
with devastating consequences.
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One wave in particular struck the
Fukushima-Daiichi power generating plant,
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and overwhelmed the safety systems,
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which caused the plant
to enter a critical phase,
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and release radioactive material
into the atmosphere and into the water.
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With the nuclear power plant's
reactors melting down...
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...and radiation seeping
into the atmosphere,
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the authorities evacuate the region.
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The only people who remain
are employees who struggle for days...
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...to prevent a larger catastrophe
from occurring.
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But according to eyewitnesses
on the scene,
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these workers were not alone.
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There were UFO sightings reported in
some significant numbers in that area...
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...in the weeks and the days
leading up to the earthquake and tsunami.
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And there were a number
of UFO sightings...
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...reported in the immediate area
directly afterward.
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And this suggests the possibility
that extraterrestrials...
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...were involved
in stabilizing that situation.
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Because had that Fukushima plant
melted down,
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it would have made a large swath of Asia
uninhabitable for a very long time.
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Is it possible that extraterrestrials
became aware of this meltdown...
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...and they did something
to lessen the impact of this disaster...
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...and ultimately save mankind...
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...from what could have been
a much worse cataclysm?
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Could extraterrestrials really have been
present at the Fukushima meltdown...
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...and might they have helped
to prevent it...
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...from being an even more
catastrophic disaster?
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Ancient astronaut theorists point out...
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...that similar accounts
of strange objects seen in the sky...
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...were also reported 25 years earlier...
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...during the meltdown at the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
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A number of witnesses reported
that there were UFO's...
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...hovering around the power station...
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...and that even beams of light
were coming down from these UFO's...
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...and doing something
to the nuclear power plants,
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and keeping them from having
a much worse meltdown than they did have.
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Some have speculated that the UFOs
that were seen during the crisis,
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may have been, perhaps, protecting us,
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trying to stave off
a horrifying nuclear explosion.
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Or if not protecting us,
at least protecting our world.
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Was it simply good fortune...
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...that the nuclear accidents
at Fukushima and Chernobyl...
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...weren't far more deadly?
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Or is it possible that the UFOs
eyewitnesses spotted...
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...were responsible
for averting these catastrophes,
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when humans were powerless to do so?
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Ancient astronaut theorists believe these
encounters weren't random occurrences,
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but part of an extraterrestrial agenda...
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...that has been in place on Earth
for thousands of years.
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It appears that there
is an ongoing plan in place,
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a hidden hand in history
that is manipulating events...
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...that we are interacting
with an alien civilization.
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And that we are experiencing the fruits
of what they are offering us...
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...because our history is being
intelligently guided and directed...
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...to steer us
towards a particular outcome.
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But if alleged alien encounters
really are evidence...
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...that extraterrestrials are intervening
in human affairs, what is their purpose?
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Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
the answer can be found...
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...by looking back at the very earliest
alien encounters ever recorded.
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Mt Sinai. The 15th century, BC.
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According to the Bible's Book of Exodus,
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it was on the peak of this holy mountain
that Moses met with God.
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But ancient astronaut theorists believe...
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...Moses' encounter may have been with
a different kind of otherworldly entity.
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There's an interesting legend passed down
from temple times itself...
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...that when Moses ascended to Mt. Sinai
to speak with God...
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...a cloud came down from heaven...
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...and told Moses come into the cloud
to ascend to God.
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A door opened in the cloud
and Moses walked in...
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...and it closed behind hi
and he ascended.
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The Lord descends with smoke,
fire, loud noise, trembling and so on.
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All religions speak about the same thing.
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They use different names
and the stories change,
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but the basic stories are always the same.
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Somebody descended
with loud noise, smoke, fire.
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The humans could not understand
what it was.
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They misinterpreted and believed it
that this was God or the gods.
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It's just a misinterpretation.
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I am absolutely sure, there's no doubt...
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...that we were visited
by beings from outer space.
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According to ancient astronaut theorists,
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such accounts of unearthly encounters
can be found in every major religion,
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including Islam where the angel Gabriel,
also known as Jibril,
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was said to be the intermediary
between the prophet Muhammad...
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...and the Muslim God Allah.
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Jibril normally would come
and dispense wisdom to Muhammad...
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...inside this cave
that he was dwelling in.
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But on two occasions, Muhammad did not
meet Jibril in the cave in person,
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Muhammad went outside the cave...
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...and it was at this time that something
absolutely fantastic happened.
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What did Muhammad see
when he went outside the cave?
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The records show that there was
a magnificent shining object...
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...there in front of him.
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It was said to have 600 wings
and it was burning as if it was on fire.
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What do we know of in modern times
that could add up to a sighting like that?
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It's obvious.
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A craft that would be hovering there
in front of him...
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...giving off brilliant white light
that he interpreted as fire.
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And when he went out and saw
this magnificent shining object,
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the same wisdom that he was getting
from Jibril was imparted to him...
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...though he could not see any being,
he only could see this object.
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Is it possible that many of the stories
of gods and angels...
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...descending from the heavens...
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...are not actually divine events
but extraterrestrial visitations?
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And if so, are they purposely
guiding our future?
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Ancient astronaut theorists believe
further evidence can be found...
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...by examining a famous vision
so important...
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...it changed the course of human history.
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Rome. October 27, 312 AD.
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Just north of the city,
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the Emperor Constantine leads his troops
toward the Milvian Bridge...
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...and a decisive battle with Maxentius
to reclaim his throne.
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At stake is control over the western part
of the vast Roman Empire.
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According to an account
from the historian Eusebius,
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on the eve of the battle,
Constantine looks up into the sky...
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...and sees what he believes
is a divine vision.
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Constantine and his followers
saw in the sky...
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...what their chroniclers say...
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...was a huge white fiery cross.
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Now, his followers didn't know
what to make of this.
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But Constantine decided
that this was the Christian cross.
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Constantine feels after viewing
this extraordinary sign from the heavens,
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this lighted cross in the sky,
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that he will go forth the next day
and he will conquer the Roman Empire.
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And this is exactly what he does.
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This vision becomes one of the crucial
turning points in human history.
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After winning the brutal battle
of Milvian Bridge,
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Constantine consolidates his power...
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...and begins a campaign
of religious tolerance across the Empire,
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and he himself converts to Christianity.
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But what exactly did Constantine see
in the sky...
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...that ended up changing the course
of western civilization?
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Was it a divine vision or something else?
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Don't we all see crosses up in the sky
when we look at planes?
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Because you have lights on the sides
and at the front.
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And if you have a little bit of light
shining on it...
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...sometimes they look like crosses.
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So we have to ask ourselves
is it possible...
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...that was absolutely
no Christian symbol at all,
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but that it was adapted over time...
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...after something that was witnessed
up in the sky?
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Is it possible that extraterrestrials
were responsible for Constantine's vision?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say
one compelling piece of evidence...
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...that aliens have tried to manipulate
mankind through religious visions...
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...still exists today.
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Mexico City. December, 1531.
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According to an account
called the Nican Mopohua,
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published in the Aztec language
of Nahuatal,
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a peasant named Juan Diego
was walking in the countryside...
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...when he heard a beautiful voice
singing on the other side of a hill.
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Diego climbed the hill
and saw an angelic vision,
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a woman in white garments
that shone like the sun.
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And she said to him, "Juan Diego,
I am the Virgin Mary..."
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"...and I'm asking you to build
a sanctuary for me here on this hill."
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Well, Juan Diego fell to his knees
in awe...
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...and he said, "Great lady,
I will do as you desire."
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But, according to the story, Juan Diego
couldn't convince the local bishop...
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...that he had actually seen
the Virgin Mary...
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...so he went back to the hill,
where he again saw the vision.
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He says, "Lady, please give me a sign
because nobody believes me..."
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"...when I tell them
that I have seen you."
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And she says,
"Juan Diego, take off your cloak."
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And he does, he takes off his cloak
and she fills his cloak with roses.
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He took the roses to the bishop
and the bishop fell down on his knees...
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...because it wasn't the roses as to why
he believed the story from Diego,
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but inside the tilma
was a painting of the Virgin Mother.
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And the bishop believed
and they built the church on that hill.
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This cloak still exists today,
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and, despite its frail fabric,
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it has reportedly remained
in pristine condition...
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...despite the cruel ravages of time.
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Right now you can go to the church
and see the tilma hanging there.
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And it has not degraded
over the 400 plus years that they've had.
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It's been through a fire,
it's been through an explosion...
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...where purportedly an iron cross
was twisted from the explosion,
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but the tilma right next to the cross
was still fine.
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Could the sacred image on the cloak...
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...really be evidence of a visitation
by the Virgin Mary?
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Or might it have a different
otherworldly explanation?
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In addition to the tilma inexplicably
enduring for hundreds of years,
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those who have studied it
have found other unexplainable qualities.
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Most bizarre of all
are the eyes of the image.
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Approximately seven
to eight millimeters wide,
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what we see inside those eyes...
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...is a highly enigmatic mystery...
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...because it appears
that there are characters in the eyes,
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the faces of the people
who were there at the time...
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...that the tilma was unveiled
by Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531.
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But if Our Lady of Guadalupe
really does have otherworldly origins,
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did it come from a heavenly realm
or somewhere else?
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Not only do ancient astronaut theorists...
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...believe Juan Diego's vision
was an extraterrestrial encounter,
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but even some members of the church...
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...claim that it was something other
than a religious experience.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
is definitely a heavenly visitor.
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In my opinion, though,
what her story said...
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...disagrees with what the Bible says.
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In fact she said she would protect
the people that worship at the church.
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What that does is really deify Mary
when the Bible is very clear...
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...that only God can protect those
that serve him.
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And so any otherworldly being...
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...that demands worship or respect,
it cannot be an angel from God.
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Juan Diego may have witnessed
not just an apparition...
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...but an actual live extraterrestrial...
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...appearing through some sort
of advanced technology...
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...whose mission was to impart spiritual
faith and a thirst for the divine.
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Could it be that some of history's
most significant religious visions...
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...have actually been produced
by alien beings...
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...carrying out a secret mission?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
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and believe further proof...
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...that extraterrestrials
have been guiding our future...
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...can be found in the story
of a mysterious magician...
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...that may have helped propel humanity
into the modern age.
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The English Channel. 1588.
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King Phillip II of Spain has dispatched
an enormous armada of ships...
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...to invade England.
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They are reportedly filled
with more than 20,000 soldiers...
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...and scores of medieval torture devices.
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According to some historians,
Phillip, a devout Catholic,
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wants to bring the brutal Spanish
inquisition to England...
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...to punish Queen Elizabeth I...
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...and her subjects
for leaving the Catholic Church.
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Philip was a Catholic...
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...and England had been turned Protestant
by Elizabeth's father, Henry VII,
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when he broke with the Catholic Church...
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...in order to marry Elizabeth's mother,
Anne Boleyn.
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So to Philip, the English were sinners...
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...and their ways needed to be reformed.
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So he sent a great armada,
a great fleet of over 130 ships.
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There had never been
anything like it before.
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England didn't have a lot of money...
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...and a lot of their vessels
were not even official government vessels.
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They were whatever merchant seaman
and sailors could cobble together.
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The Spanish Armada seemed invincible
and the British severely overmatched,
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but when the two forces finally met,
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superior English tactics and strategy
forced the Armada to retreat.
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But the number of Spanish ships
was so overwhelming...
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...that the English couldn't score
a decisive victory,
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until a freak storm struck.
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The English ships were more maneuverable
than the Spanish ships.
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In order to counter this,
the Spanish cut their anchors.
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They figured, "Well, let's get rid
of some of this dead weight, so to speak."
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But when the winds hit,
they had no way to find a mooring,
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and then therefore, the winds
blew their ships all over the place,
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including into the coast.
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They lost roughly half of their fleet
due to the weather.
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From the point of view
of the English people,
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this extraordinary storm that destroys
the Spanish Armada is a miracle,
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destroying the might of Spain
when mankind cannot do it.
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The English believed this miraculous storm
was the work of God,
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but some Ancient astronaut theorists
claim there is evidence that suggests...
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...it may have actually been the work
of otherworldly beings.
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Their first clue comes from one
of Queen Elizabeth's closest advisors,
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a mysterious man named John Dee.
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John Dee was the court astrologer,
mathematician, philosopher,
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medical doctor at the court
of Queen Elizabeth I.
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He was an extraordinarily learned man
for his time.
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He dealt with magic and potions...
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...and what we might call spells
to try to affect change.
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John Dee was an hermetic thinker.
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Hermetic thinkers believed
that there was a contemporary of Moses,
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by the name of Hermes Trismegistus
who lived in Egypt.
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And, just as God revealed
the Ten Commandments to Moses,
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God revealed to Hermes...
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...the secret knowledge
of how nature worked...
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...and that with the proper mindset,
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and proper tools that one could uncover...
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...essentially what God was thinking
by reading the world.
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According to legend,
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John Dee used this knowledge
of the natural and supernatural worlds...
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...to predict the storm that would
ultimately thwart the Spanish Armada.
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The story goes that John Dee
told Queen Elizabeth not to worry...
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...because a storm
would destroy the Spanish fleet.
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And then when it happened,
it confirmed his knowledge of the world...
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...and what lay beneath it.
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But if John Dee really did make
such a prophecy, what was the source?
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Was it something divine?
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Or is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists contend...
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...that this mysterious man
was using Hermetic wisdom...
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...to establish communication
with extraterrestrial beings?
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John Dee was very interested
in the occult.
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And seemed to spend a lot of time
harnessing...
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...or finding a way to communicate
to life forms beyond this Earth.
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We really don't understand
the influence over John Dee...
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...as to how he was able to interpret
such accurate information.
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It's very possible that John Dee
was receiving his information...
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...from an outside source
that was possibly an extraterrestrial.
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But if John Dee's pursuit
of Hermetic wisdom...
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...gave him insights into the alien agenda
on Earth, what did he find?
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And why would extraterrestrials
want to sink the Spanish Armada?
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It is possible that these
extraterrestrials had a vested interest...
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...in preserving the monarchy
of Queen Elizabeth,
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in seeing that the monarchy
was not overthrown...
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...and they repelled
any such invading forces...
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...in order to make sure that this
carefully constructed power structure...
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...was kept fully intact.
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Ancient astronaut theorists suggest...
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...extraterrestrials were not acting
to favor Protestants over Catholics,
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but may have wanted to preserve...
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...the great cultural
and scientific developments...
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...that would occur in England
in the coming centuries.
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What happened in England
after Queen Elizabeth's time...
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...was nothing less than miraculous.
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We had the Scientific Revolution.
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We had people like Isaac Newton.
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And we had other great scientists
develop...
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...what eventually became
the Industrial Revolution.
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Steam trains. Electricity
and the modern world.
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The period that followed also gave rise
to champions of the scientific method...
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...like Francis Bacon and John Locke,
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and led to an age of exploration...
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...that would give rise
to a greater investment...
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...in the still fledgling new land
of America.
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If the Spanish had succeeded
in conquering England,
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they would have brought the inquisition
with them...
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...in a period of darkness and torture.
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And likely, the industrial revolution
never would have happened.
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Might some otherworldly entity really
have intervened in the Spanish invasion,
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sending a storm to destroy their ships
and ensure the future of England?
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And if so, is this a sign that aliens
really do have an interest in our future?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining the vision...
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...that inspired one of the world's
newest religions.
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Manchester, New York.
September 21st, 1823.
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As he settles into bed, a 17-year-old
farmhand named Joseph Smith...
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...begins to say his prayers.
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Suddenly, without warning, an
overpowering light envelops his room...
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...and a robed figure appears.
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According to Smith's account,
"Not only was his robe exceedingly white,"
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"but his whole person
was glorious beyond description."
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Speaking from the center of the light,
the angel, whose name is Moroni,
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sends Smith on a quest for several
sacred texts hidden near a local tree.
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Upon locating the tree, Joseph dug
and indeed found the texts...
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...but they recorded a language
which he could not read.
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A second visitation from Moroni
told Joseph Smith where he could find...
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...what we might call
a device of some kind...
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...that would allow him to read the texts.
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Joseph Smith was given
this translating stone,
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the Urim and Dethumium, with which he was
able to not only write down this text,
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but also to be able to translate it.
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He then translated the texts into English,
which become the book of Mormon.
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And it depicts, among other things,
that after Jesus ascended into heaven,
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he came to the Americas,
and ministered to the native peoples here,
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to convert them to his way of life,
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and that at some point,
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the texts that become the Book of Mormon
are deposited here,
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so that Joseph Smith could find them.
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Seven years later, Smith publishes these
texts as part of the Book of Mormon,
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establishing The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints,
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a denomination with more than
15 million followers today.
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Many religions worldwide have been founded
with the help of angels.
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Whether they're representatives
of Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist gods,
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these apparitions are thought to be a way
the gods intervene on Earth with humans.
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Angels, when they appear
in religious legends and in myths,
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generally are messengers between
the heavenly realm and the human realm.
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Throughout the Bible, we have stories
of angels and demons appearing to mankind.
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In fact, Paul says that,
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"You be careful
how you entertain strangers..."
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"...because some of you
entertain angels unaware."
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The Bible is very clear
that angels can take on human form...
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...and appear in the likeness of man.
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But ancient astronaut theorists suggest...
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...that sometimes these heavenly visions
and apparitions...
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00:28:37,434 --> 00:28:40,768
...may not actually be angels
sent by an omniscient God.
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00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,530
And curiously, the so-called angel...
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00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:47,221
...that led Joseph Smith
to the sacred texts...
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...that would become
the Book of Mormon...
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...did not profess
to have heavenly origins,
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but claimed to be from another part
of the universe.
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Now, Moroni did not say
that he was an angel.
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He said that at one time
he had lived on Earth...
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00:29:05,092 --> 00:29:08,452
...but that now he came
from the Pleiades star cluster.
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And he said there were many others
like him.
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When we look at the background
of the Book of Mormon,
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we see some very interesting parallels
to what could be an extraterrestrial tale.
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00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:23,615
This angel, Moroni,
that appears to Joseph Smith...
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00:29:25,585 --> 00:29:27,444
...seems to be more than just chance.
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00:29:29,032 --> 00:29:31,917
It's very possible that Joseph Smith
was interacting...
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00:29:32,007 --> 00:29:33,647
...with a type of extraterrestrial.
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00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,129
These extraterrestrials
may be giving these messages...
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00:29:40,219 --> 00:29:43,273
...to world leaders and to prophets
and seers and mystics...
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00:29:43,969 --> 00:29:50,052
...to let us know that we are the product
of an extraterrestrial interbreeding,
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00:29:50,463 --> 00:29:54,178
and an ongoing contact
with these other people...
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...who were not born on Earth.
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00:29:57,230 --> 00:30:00,124
And we have lost touch
with that history...
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00:30:00,543 --> 00:30:04,135
...only because we refuse
to believe the truth...
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00:30:04,225 --> 00:30:06,334
...that is recorded
in our historical books...
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00:30:06,752 --> 00:30:08,807
...and see what's right
in front of our faces...
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00:30:09,018 --> 00:30:13,041
...even now with the encounters
that are happening in the modern world.
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00:30:17,307 --> 00:30:21,516
But if an extraterrestrial being
really did inspire Joseph Smith...
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00:30:21,606 --> 00:30:24,207
...to found the Mormon church, why?
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00:30:25,342 --> 00:30:29,605
Joseph Smith's encounter ultimately
led the Mormons to migrate west...
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00:30:29,852 --> 00:30:32,470
...to establish a new holy land in Utah,
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00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:36,648
which has led some to speculate
that aliens, once again,
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00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:39,218
were guiding the course of humanity.
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00:30:39,466 --> 00:30:43,253
Moroni let Joseph Smith know
that he would be the prophet,
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00:30:43,523 --> 00:30:46,629
and he would lead his people
to the new Jerusalem.
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00:30:47,199 --> 00:30:52,848
Mormonism is another example, potentially,
of an extraterrestrial influence...
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00:30:53,124 --> 00:30:54,941
...steering the course of our humanity,
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00:30:55,148 --> 00:30:58,961
and helping steer the outcome
of historical events here on Earth.
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00:31:02,802 --> 00:31:06,465
Is it possible that Joseph Smith,
the founder of the Mormon religion,
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00:31:06,935 --> 00:31:09,481
was guided by an extraterrestrial being?
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00:31:11,012 --> 00:31:15,115
And if so, was this alien encounter
another attempt...
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00:31:15,362 --> 00:31:18,011
...to guide us
into a more enlightened age?
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00:31:18,901 --> 00:31:21,470
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
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00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:26,925
and believe further evidence
can be found by examining a dream...
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00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:32,159
...that helped defeat one of the 20th
century's most diabolical dictators.
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00:31:39,621 --> 00:31:40,817
Olympia, Greece.
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00:31:42,937 --> 00:31:45,424
This valley on the Peloponnesus Peninsula,
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00:31:45,854 --> 00:31:49,235
once filled with temples,
altars, and statues,
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00:31:49,758 --> 00:31:53,091
is where the ancient Greeks came
to pay tribute to their gods.
441
00:31:54,597 --> 00:31:57,474
Near the temple to Zeus,
the king of the gods...
442
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,326
...was a sanctuary
dedicated to the Moirai,
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00:32:00,996 --> 00:32:03,628
the only beings that Zeus
was said to fear.
444
00:32:04,701 --> 00:32:08,418
These mythical figures
were believed to control destiny.
445
00:32:09,071 --> 00:32:11,714
English speakers call them "The Fates."
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00:32:13,142 --> 00:32:15,880
In ancient times,
fate and human destiny...
447
00:32:15,970 --> 00:32:18,043
...were thought to be
in the hands of the gods.
448
00:32:18,329 --> 00:32:21,757
There was much less this idea
that we're in charge of our own destiny...
449
00:32:22,075 --> 00:32:25,952
...and that we make our own lives
through choices and decisions and action.
450
00:32:27,644 --> 00:32:31,640
The idea was that human destiny
was in someone else's hands.
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00:32:31,730 --> 00:32:33,246
It was in the hands of the fates.
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00:32:33,893 --> 00:32:36,159
There were three supernatural creatures.
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00:32:36,512 --> 00:32:38,823
Clotho, who spun the thread of life,
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00:32:39,229 --> 00:32:41,041
Lachesis, who wove it...
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00:32:41,537 --> 00:32:44,921
...and Atropos, who cut the thread
at the moment of death.
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00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:48,478
In the ancient times, gods and goddesses
were thought to be able...
457
00:32:48,568 --> 00:32:50,192
...to influence people's destiny...
458
00:32:50,282 --> 00:32:53,127
...and that they were constantly
interfering in human affairs.
459
00:32:54,131 --> 00:32:55,808
They were constantly messing with humans.
460
00:32:55,898 --> 00:32:57,796
They could make humans do
all kinds of things.
461
00:32:57,886 --> 00:33:00,301
They could disguise themselves.
They could trick humans.
462
00:33:00,391 --> 00:33:01,747
They could persuade humans.
463
00:33:02,337 --> 00:33:07,751
And yet that final moment of destiny
was still in the hands of the fates.
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00:33:09,975 --> 00:33:12,736
Other ancient cultures
had similar beliefs.
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00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,830
The Egyptians personified Fate
as the God Shai...
466
00:33:17,373 --> 00:33:19,862
...who was said to control the actions
of humans...
467
00:33:21,389 --> 00:33:23,539
...while the Vedic texts
of ancient India...
468
00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:26,514
...talked about a universal order
called Rita.
469
00:33:27,424 --> 00:33:30,233
There was a similar legend
in ancient Mesopotamia.
470
00:33:30,517 --> 00:33:34,145
And it was of the Mamitu,
who was a goat-headed goddess...
471
00:33:34,477 --> 00:33:37,923
...who lived with the Anunnaki
in the realms of the sky.
472
00:33:39,114 --> 00:33:42,350
The Mamitu was also in charge of our fate.
473
00:33:43,061 --> 00:33:47,866
So you have to wonder, was the Mamitu
and these other gods of fate...
474
00:33:47,956 --> 00:33:51,796
...some kind of extraterrestrials
that were controlling our lives?
475
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,940
Is it possible, as some ancient
astronaut theorists suggest...
476
00:33:58,315 --> 00:34:00,841
...that the gods
who were said to control our fate...
477
00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:04,763
...were actually members
of an advanced alien civilization?
478
00:34:06,058 --> 00:34:11,105
And if so, how were they able to interfere
in people's lives undetected?
479
00:34:11,934 --> 00:34:14,648
Some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest...
480
00:34:15,021 --> 00:34:18,354
...that extraterrestrials
not only communicate with us...
481
00:34:18,444 --> 00:34:20,649
...through visions
and physical encounters,
482
00:34:21,046 --> 00:34:23,189
but even through our dreams.
483
00:34:25,249 --> 00:34:28,608
New York City, Spring, 1940.
484
00:34:29,696 --> 00:34:32,200
At Bell Laboratory complex in Manhattan,
485
00:34:32,621 --> 00:34:34,937
a young engineer named David Parkinson...
486
00:34:35,347 --> 00:34:37,971
...is using a device
called a potentiometer...
487
00:34:38,272 --> 00:34:40,320
...to track the varying
electrical voltages...
488
00:34:40,410 --> 00:34:42,689
...that course through a telephone
when people use it.
489
00:34:44,445 --> 00:34:47,999
Parkinson's work with potentiometers
seems unimportant...
490
00:34:48,488 --> 00:34:50,403
...compared to the big news of the day.
491
00:34:52,394 --> 00:34:54,807
The Nazis had begun
their shattering Blitz on Britain.
492
00:34:58,220 --> 00:35:00,526
The Nazis have conquered most of Europe,
493
00:35:01,353 --> 00:35:06,282
forcing the Allies to flee the continent
in a rag tag flotilla of civilian boats...
494
00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,948
...after the Battle of Dunkirk.
495
00:35:10,478 --> 00:35:13,322
The Nazis were almost undefeatable
at this time in the war...
496
00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:18,385
...and there was a tremendous despair
and fear amongst the Allied Forces.
497
00:35:19,921 --> 00:35:22,914
And the story goes that David Parkinson
had a dream one night...
498
00:35:23,004 --> 00:35:26,777
...and in the dream he was standing
beside a certain type of gun...
499
00:35:31,404 --> 00:35:35,946
...and that gun was hitting
every Nazi plane with absolute accuracy.
500
00:35:39,027 --> 00:35:41,648
Parkinson's dream
gave him a brilliant idea,
501
00:35:43,458 --> 00:35:45,101
he could use the same technology...
502
00:35:45,191 --> 00:35:48,112
...that tracked electrical charges
flowing through a telephone...
503
00:35:48,432 --> 00:35:51,540
...to track enemy airplanes
flying through the sky.
504
00:35:52,703 --> 00:35:56,990
And in the dream he was able to see
the technology that was created...
505
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,593
...to make this gun so accurate.
506
00:36:00,623 --> 00:36:03,763
And it is said that when he awoke,
he went back to the labs...
507
00:36:03,853 --> 00:36:06,632
...and he ultimately
created the technology...
508
00:36:06,722 --> 00:36:09,765
...that was necessary
to shoot down Nazi aircraft.
509
00:36:13,074 --> 00:36:17,628
Parkinson's dream inspired him to create
the M-9 Electrical Gun Director,
510
00:36:18,462 --> 00:36:22,138
which allowed Allied anti-aircraft guns
to hit moving targets...
511
00:36:22,228 --> 00:36:25,631
...like the dangerous V1 rocket
with incredible accuracy.
512
00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:33,302
But how could such an advanced weapon
be completely realized in a single dream?
513
00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:39,989
The weird part about it is,
this guy was a scientist...
514
00:36:40,195 --> 00:36:42,989
...but he knew nothing about aeronautics.
515
00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:49,080
Because David Parkinson
had no background in aerodynamics,
516
00:36:49,170 --> 00:36:51,807
his contemporaries, other scientists,
and the military...
517
00:36:51,897 --> 00:36:56,447
...were literally taking him
not seriously at all.
518
00:36:57,201 --> 00:37:02,653
But, he insisted and he even spent a lot
of his own time creating prototypes,
519
00:37:02,743 --> 00:37:05,251
which, eventually, were found to work.
520
00:37:08,435 --> 00:37:10,515
Throughout human history,
there are amazing stories...
521
00:37:10,605 --> 00:37:12,986
...of how mankind has been inspired...
522
00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:15,147
...through their dreams
and through their visions.
523
00:37:16,105 --> 00:37:20,472
I think we have to ask ourselves,
what is the source of this inspiration?
524
00:37:20,688 --> 00:37:23,372
Where do these dreams
and visions come from?
525
00:37:24,588 --> 00:37:29,673
Is it possible that we are being
communicated with by other worldly beings?
526
00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:34,473
Could extraterrestrials
really be using dreams...
527
00:37:34,563 --> 00:37:38,105
...to convey ideas and information
to the human race?
528
00:37:39,226 --> 00:37:41,799
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
529
00:37:42,317 --> 00:37:46,645
and claim the proof that dream
manipulation is a real possibility...
530
00:37:47,034 --> 00:37:49,495
...can be found in the human brain.
531
00:37:54,136 --> 00:37:57,693
Throughout history,
many of mankind's greatest thinkers...
532
00:37:57,783 --> 00:37:59,829
...have been inspired by their dreams.
533
00:38:01,406 --> 00:38:05,687
Scientist James Watson claimed
the double helix structure of DNA...
534
00:38:06,064 --> 00:38:09,038
...came to him through his dream
of a spiral staircase.
535
00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:14,236
Friedrich August Kekulé discovered
the chemical structure of benzene...
536
00:38:14,613 --> 00:38:18,344
...when he had a dream of a group
of snakes swallowing their tails.
537
00:38:19,922 --> 00:38:23,064
Srinivasa Ramanujan,
whose mathematic principles...
538
00:38:23,154 --> 00:38:26,012
...are still being used
by quantum physicists today,
539
00:38:26,525 --> 00:38:28,965
said that he obtained
these mathematic theorems...
540
00:38:29,202 --> 00:38:33,474
...in dreams implanted in his mind
by the Hindu goddess Namagiri.
541
00:38:35,425 --> 00:38:40,841
We are seeing an ongoing pattern of dreams
being used to communicate information.
542
00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:43,804
And this is a widespread phenomenon.
543
00:38:44,109 --> 00:38:46,976
It's been going on
for many thousands of years.
544
00:38:47,257 --> 00:38:49,845
And it continues right straight through
to the present day.
545
00:38:51,595 --> 00:38:54,832
Is it really possible
that extraterrestrial beings...
546
00:38:55,025 --> 00:38:57,524
...could actually manipulate our dreams?
547
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:01,046
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
548
00:39:02,151 --> 00:39:05,579
and as evidence, they point out
that modern science...
549
00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:11,139
...is already starting to understand
how to interpret and manipulate dreams.
550
00:39:13,610 --> 00:39:17,777
Moran Cerf is a neuroscientist
who studies human brainwaves.
551
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,215
In one of his experiments,
552
00:39:20,521 --> 00:39:23,218
he shows pictures to test subjects
while they're awake,
553
00:39:23,610 --> 00:39:26,708
and analyzes how their brains
process the images.
554
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:32,349
So, each of those little squares here
corresponds to a cell in Matt's brain.
555
00:39:32,742 --> 00:39:36,410
So, right now, Matt has 128 electrodes
in his brain.
556
00:39:36,737 --> 00:39:40,856
They come from all various parts
of his brain, right, left and so on.
557
00:39:41,687 --> 00:39:43,384
All of those wires going to this computer.
558
00:39:43,474 --> 00:39:47,495
And what we see here are the activities
of those little cells in his brain.
559
00:39:47,585 --> 00:39:50,778
So if I pick cell number 36,
and I double-click on that.
560
00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,300
What you see here
is the activity inside his brain.
561
00:39:55,294 --> 00:39:58,188
This is like a microphone
sitting next to one cell in his brain.
562
00:40:00,052 --> 00:40:04,415
Dr. Cerf can determine which cell stores
the memory of a particular picture,
563
00:40:05,008 --> 00:40:06,708
like movie star Cary Grant,
564
00:40:07,210 --> 00:40:10,890
by analyzing which cell reacted
when he showed it to his test subject.
565
00:40:13,117 --> 00:40:15,732
Once he's figured this out
for dozens of cells,
566
00:40:16,321 --> 00:40:18,990
Dr. Cerf waits for his patients
to go to sleep,
567
00:40:19,758 --> 00:40:21,208
and then watches for signs...
568
00:40:21,370 --> 00:40:23,746
...that they're dreaming
about the images he has shown them.
569
00:40:25,161 --> 00:40:28,787
In a very basic way,
he can see his patients' dreams.
570
00:40:30,621 --> 00:40:35,002
But in the future, Dr. Cerf may actually
be able to dictate our dreams...
571
00:40:35,358 --> 00:40:37,283
...by stimulating the set of cells...
572
00:40:37,373 --> 00:40:40,296
...that store our memories
about a person or event.
573
00:40:41,361 --> 00:40:45,300
If I really map the entire sequence,
if I know all the say, 1,000,000 cells...
574
00:40:45,390 --> 00:40:48,086
...that encode Cary Grant in your brain
and know exactly what they are,
575
00:40:48,176 --> 00:40:50,216
and I activate all of them,
I stimulate all of them,
576
00:40:51,137 --> 00:40:54,526
then, we believe, you are going
to actually see Cary Grant.
577
00:40:57,742 --> 00:41:01,447
If aliens really have been coming to Earth
for thousands of years,
578
00:41:02,016 --> 00:41:05,966
could they be using similar technology
to manipulate our dreams?
579
00:41:07,505 --> 00:41:10,333
Is it possible
that the extraterrestrials...
580
00:41:10,533 --> 00:41:14,794
...don't want to directly interfere
in our society...
581
00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:17,800
...but to guide us from behind the scenes?
582
00:41:18,636 --> 00:41:23,130
And even though they have to push us along
in certain directions,
583
00:41:23,623 --> 00:41:26,223
we need to have the feeling
that we're doing it,
584
00:41:26,723 --> 00:41:31,510
even if it does include
some extraterrestrial guidance?
585
00:41:34,032 --> 00:41:37,987
But they continued to communicate
with humans through dreams and visions...
586
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,617
...and other methods
of indirect communication...
587
00:41:40,982 --> 00:41:42,909
...in order for them to provide guidance,
588
00:41:42,999 --> 00:41:46,623
but also to provide this guidance
in a hands-off way.
589
00:41:48,648 --> 00:41:51,928
Is it possible that they withdrew
from our reality...
590
00:41:52,249 --> 00:41:54,444
...because we had to modernize?
591
00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:59,765
It could be that the purpose of this
was to give us the opportunity...
592
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,575
...to follow them without being pushed.
593
00:42:02,762 --> 00:42:04,273
And if they forced it upon us,
594
00:42:04,593 --> 00:42:07,724
we would simply worship them as gods
and we would have learned nothing.
595
00:42:08,853 --> 00:42:12,120
But by doing it ourselves,
we form our own path.
596
00:42:12,378 --> 00:42:15,452
We actually make
our own ascension experience.
597
00:42:15,786 --> 00:42:19,050
And we become much more like them
in the process.
598
00:42:21,285 --> 00:42:24,785
Has life on Earth been influenced
by alien encounters...
599
00:42:25,569 --> 00:42:27,150
...for thousands of years?
600
00:42:27,874 --> 00:42:33,115
Are divine visions, prophetic dreams
and modern day UFO sightings...
601
00:42:33,331 --> 00:42:38,420
...all signs that we are being manipulated
by a more advanced race of beings?
602
00:42:39,247 --> 00:42:43,909
Could it be that these encounters are
not meant for them to get to know us...
603
00:42:44,267 --> 00:42:46,345
...but for us to get to know them?
604
00:42:47,321 --> 00:42:50,345
And if so,
what are they guiding us towards?
605
00:42:51,007 --> 00:42:54,077
Perhaps we are getting closer
to our ultimate destination,
606
00:42:54,914 --> 00:43:00,638
and when we reach it, we will once again
be reunited with our alien ancestors.