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NARRATOR: Throughout the world,
enormous stone monoliths
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have stood
for thousands of years.
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Many were built
to align with the stars.
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The monolith
has religious implications.
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It’s pointing to the heavens.
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NARRATOR:
Some are said
to have strange powers.
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People get electric shocks.
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They have altered states,
experiences.
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NARRATOR:
And there are clues
that they may have had
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a technological function.
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These stones are standing
in just the right locations
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where you could create
a release of energy.
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NARRATOR:
Are the ancient standing stones
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simply the earliest monuments
of prehistoric humans?
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Or might they have
a far more profound purpose?
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The standing
stones are a calling card.
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They are a message that
somebody was here in the past,
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and they were our teachers.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
Biologists, from the Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources,
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surveying a nearby canyon,
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spot a strange,
rectangular‐shaped object
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from their helicopter.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
They saw this metallic slab
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down in the canyon.
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It was a vertical slab
about 10 to 12 feet tall.
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And they were astonished
because this...
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this remote canyon is almost
only accessible by a helicopter.
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NARRATOR:
Satellite imaging reveals
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that the triangular column,
dubbed the "Utah monolith,"
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has stood undetected
for over four years,
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and its discovery quickly
becomes international news.
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There was terrific speculation
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when the Utah monolith
was first discovered...
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...as to the provenance
of the monolith, you know,
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was this
communication from E.T.s?
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And I think people were
really excited by this idea,
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because it’s drawing on
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the monolith
in 2001: A Space Odyssey,
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which was
a science‐fiction book
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written in 1968
by Arthur C. Clarke.
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And in the same year,
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Stanley Kubrick
directed the movie.
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And together, they captured
the imagination of the world.
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2001 begins with this
monolith appearing on Earth.
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And through that monolith,
as we all know from the movie,
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this is
how our evolution begins.
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The appearance
of a similar monolith
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in a remote location in Utah
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gives us the sense
of a connection
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with alien intelligence,
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the idea of a point of contact.
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NARRATOR:
While it is still not known
for certain
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just who
erected the Utah monolith,
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it is believed
to have been nothing more
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than an art installation
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and was removed
shortly after its discovery
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by a group of conservationists.
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During the following weeks,
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similar monoliths
started popping up
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on nearly every continent.
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TIM BRENNAN:
So between December and January,
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you had hundreds of monoliths
appearing around the world.
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And there were nine monoliths in
the U.K. alone within a month.
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NARRATOR:
But why did the Utah monolith
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spark this
worldwide fascination?
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Was it all because of
a science‐fiction movie?
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Or is it possible,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
believe,
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that these monoliths resonate
on a much more profound level...
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and trigger deep‐seated
memories of standing stones
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erected thousands of years ago?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: People
have always been fascinated
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with monoliths,
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and I think it goes
even deeper into our past,
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because we have standing stones
around the world.
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Standing stones
have been an integral part
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of our human development
over thousands of years.
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BRENNAN:
Monoliths are a part of our DNA,
part of our psyche.
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Stone has a great resonance
within the landscape.
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It has a presence of permanence
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that outlives the human frame.
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NARRATOR: There are more than
50,000 ancient standing stones,
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also known as
monoliths or menhirs,
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scattered across Europe,
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Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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Most date back
more than 5,000 years,
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and the largest weigh over
300 tons‐‐
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more than double the weight
of the Statue of Liberty.
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When you look at
these standing stones,
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we’re looking back
at the Stone Age,
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and we’re thinking,
are these Stone Age people
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moving all of these
huge megaliths around?
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The largest standing stone
in all of Europe
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is called Le Grand Menhir Brisé,
the Great Broken Menhir.
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It’s located
in French Brittany,
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and when it was one solid piece,
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it was over 60 feet tall.
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They have estimated for that
stone, when it was one piece,
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to be 330 tons.
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Now explain to me
how you transport 330 tons.
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We have a hard time
doing this today.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
It’s a huge undertaking.
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And there could have been
some knowledge that they had
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to move heavy things that,
for some reason,
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we don’t understand today in our
modern technological society.
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Have we forgotten some
ancient physics that they knew?
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Or did they have help?
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NARRATOR:
While not all monoliths
are of such enormous size,
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for ancient astronaut theorists,
the question still remains:
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why would prehistoric people,
struggling just to survive,
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have expended so much time and
energy erecting standing stones?
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CHILDRESS:
When you try to speculate
about the standing stones
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and what their purpose is,
we have to wonder,
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does it have to do with
extraterrestrials
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and something technological
that we do not understand?
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NARRATOR:
On the northwest coast of France
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lies the most famous
and mysterious collection
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of ancient standing stones
found anywhere in the world.
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Stretching across two miles
of rolling countryside,
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the more than
3,000 giant menhirs
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are known as the Carnac stones.
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French archeologists
have been able to give a date
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to these standing stones,
and it’s 5,000 BC.
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So, they’re saying
that these stones
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were erected 7,000 years ago,
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but they don’t know
who erected them.
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They don’t know
why they were erected.
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They don’t know how
they moved all these stones
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and erected them.
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Some of these stones
are as much as ten feet tall.
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And they are
arranged in huge alignments.
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Some of them
are in parallel lines.
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Some of them are fan‐like.
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The Carnac alignments
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refer to rows of stones
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that run in precise
lines for long distances
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through the landscape.
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HUGH NEWMAN:
This is long before Stonehenge,
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and Avebury
and other such sites.
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So who were these people?
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And how were they able to move
up to 70‐ton blocks
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over huge distances
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and lay them out into these
geometric configurations?
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NARRATOR:
Some mainstream scholars suggest
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that the stones
are simply grave markers,
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while others claim
they track astronomical events
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like the solstice and equinox.
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But neither theory can
explain the precise placement
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of the stones
in geometric alignments.
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One of the most interesting
of the Carnac alignments
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is the alignment of Ménec.
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When viewed from above,
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we can see these
11 almost perfect parallel lines
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that stretch out
for almost a mile.
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So the Ménec alignment
is so pristine
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and created with such perfection
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we can’t even imagine
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how it would’ve been done
in ancient times.
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Now, we have to wonder
what these lines were for.
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We have to wonder why
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they’re so beautifully viewed
from above.
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NARRATOR:
In 1970, Alexander Thom,
a Scottish engineer
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who spent most of his life
studying megaliths,
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performed a survey of Carnac
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and found that
the stones appeared to be
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purposely arranged to
form geometric designs.
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Of particular interest was
an egg‐shaped stone formation
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at the west end of the Ménec
alignment,
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whose stones
were precisely positioned
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to form
perfect Pythagorean triangles.
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Thom’s finding
astonished archaeologists,
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due to the fact that
Pythagoras introduced
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this geometrical concept
in the sixth century BC,
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more than 4,000 years after
the Carnac stones were erected.
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TSOUKALOS:
One of the arrangements we have
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is a representation
of the Pythagorean theorem,
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which is A squared plus
B squared equals C squared.
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How do we have
that mathematical message
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in a archaeological site
that’s at least 7,000 years old?
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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
The constructions in Carnac
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is thousands of years
older than Pythagoras,
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the Greek mathematician.
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So somebody must have
teached our ancestors
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to put these stones in a certain
line, in geometrical forms.
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Now the question is simply, why?
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I am absolutely sure, some
thousands of years in the past,
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the extraterrestrials
who visited our planet
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left a proof behind.
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TSOUKALOS: It’s a message
that somebody was here
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in the past who instructed
our Stone Age people
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to put this stone here,
put that stone there.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the positioning
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of the Carnac stones
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was directed
by extraterrestrial visitors,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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But if so, was the intent
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simply to leave clues
that they were here?
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Or might these standing stones,
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and the thousands of others
that exist across the world,
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have served another purpose?
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One that can be found
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not by looking at the stones
from above
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but by understanding
what lies beneath.
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Pierre Mereaux, a French
engineer in thermodynamics,
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performs a study
of the Carnac stones,
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which produces some
highly intriguing results.
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CHILDRESS:
What he found was that
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the stones were aligned
and placed over areas
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that had quartz fissures.
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The standing stones, themselves,
are also made of quartz.
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Now these stones,
as I understand it,
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have a fair amount of quartz,
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and quartz
is an interesting material...
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...because we do connect
it with piezoelectricity.
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NARRATOR:
Piezoelectricity is the process
of generating electricity
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from crystals, like quartz,
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when they are placed
under pressure.
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This technology
is used today in watches,
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speakers
and computer storage systems.
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But in order for the stones
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found in the Carnac region
to generate a charge,
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they would need to be stimulated
by a tremendous amount of force.
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NEWMAN: When studying
the landscape of Carnac,
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Pierre Mereaux found fault zones
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which the stone avenues
appeared to be aligned to.
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TAYLOR: It’s really interesting,
if there was tectonic movement,
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the quartz could be stimulated
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to create a release of energy,
using the piezoelectric effect.
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And these stones are standing
in just the right locations
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where you could create
a phenomena like this.
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You can store and create
electromagnetic energy
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in these types of stones.
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NARRATOR:
In addition to being placed
over a fault line,
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there is also the presence
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of a strong and measurable
"Earth energy"
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that lies beneath the stones.
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So, one of the cool things
about the Earth
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is the currents that exist.
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And it’s something
we don’t think about a lot
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is that underneath the earth,
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and the crust, and the mantle
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and in the oceans and the water
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there’s constant
electric current flowing.
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Some of it very reproduceable
and very steady.
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It seems as if the Carnac stones
somehow were reflecting
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the presence of these electrical
currents beneath the earth,
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almost as if the prehistoric
peoples that created them
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were aware of the subtle
energies of the earth.
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TAYLOR:
Somebody understood something
about the quartz in the ground,
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the standing stones
and the fault line.
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It’s too big of a coincidence
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for them not
to have understood that.
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TSOUKALOS: I think in Carnac,
our ancestors
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did not know
what they were creating.
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The entire region
has over 4,000 stones.
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And, of course, it was our human
ancestors who moved that stone.
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It was not aliens
who moved the stone.
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But somebody told our ancestors
why to move it there,
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and above all,
how to move it there.
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Carnac, at some point, was
an extraterrestrial hot spot.
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NARRATOR:
Were the stones at Carnac
part of an electrical grid?
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One that was created
by extraterrestrial visitors
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to tap into the natural energy
produced by the earth?
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But if so, to what end?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining
some of the strange events
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that have occurred
near ancient standing stones.
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Rudston, England.
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This ancient village
in Yorkshire
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has been inhabited
for more than 5,000 years,
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and several of its Neolithic
structures are still standing...
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...as well as
a number of monoliths.
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But one towers above the rest.
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The Rudston Monolith
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is the tallest standing stone
in Britain.
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Currently,
it is 25 feet in height,
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and it weighs 40 tons.
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Some researchers say
that the monolith was found
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at Cayton Bay, which is
about 10 miles from Rudston,
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and was carried up
onto the hill.
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So the effort involved
to try to lift the stone
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in an upright position
is beyond imagination.
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists believe
the Rudston Monolith
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dates back to at least 2,500 BC.
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But some point to evidence
that it could be far older.
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BRENNAN: Well, we know that
people have lived nearby Rudston
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for over 11,000 years, uh,
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in the Mesolithic era.
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Because there have been
some fantastic excavations
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which have revealed the oldest
house dwelling in the U.K.
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So the Rudston Monolith
could be as old as that.
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NARRATOR:
If the Rudston Monolith
really is 11,000 years old,
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that would mean
it was transported and erected
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some 6,000 years before
the invention of the wheel.
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And according
to local historians,
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just as mysterious
as the origins
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of the giant standing stone,
is the strange phenomena
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that have been observed
in the area for centuries.
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This particular area
of the world is known
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as the Bermuda Triangle
of East Yorkshire,
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and there’s a multitude
of strange phenomena
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that people report.
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Strange lights
and odd occurrences
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in the sky and on the ground.
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BRENNAN:
We have reports of
high strangeness in the region
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dating back
to the tenth century.
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We have accounts
of lights in the sky.
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Intelligent light forms
that seem to have a purpose
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and a will of their own.
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People get electric shocks
off the Rudston Monolith.
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They have altered states,
experiences.
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ERIN KAVANAGH:
People claim to have seen
green‐skinned fairy‐like folk
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scuttling around the Rudston.
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TSOUKALOS:
Aerial phenomena are
reported in that region.
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Lights in the sky,
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weird things that happen
to electronic equipment,
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weird magnetic anomalies.
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So clearly, there is
something going on there.
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CHILDRESS:
So you have to wonder,
is the Rudston Monolith there
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because of all these
strange effects?
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Or perhaps,
the Rudston Monolith itself
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is helping create
some of these effects.
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NARRATOR:
But how could
an ancient standing stone
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be the source of
such unusual phenomena?
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Are earth energies
being amplified
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by the monolith
just like at Carnac?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and suggest
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there is far more to the Rudston
Monolith than meets the eye.
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NARRATOR: In the early 1700s,
English scholar William Stukeley
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conducted an excavation
at the site
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of the Rudston Monolith,
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and discovered that the rock
was twice as large
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as previously thought, with
half of it lodged in the earth.
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HUTCHINSON: What’s interesting
about Rudston Monolith,
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they discovered this extension
of the stone went 25 feet
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below the surface, as well
as 25 feet above the surface.
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This is what makes this monolith
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the largest standing stone
in Britain.
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CHILDRESS:
What was the purpose?
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I mean, it’s a lot of effort
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that they’re doing
for no real reason
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that we can gather.
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It seems that they’re
tapping into certain places
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where this energy
from the earth can
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be gathered,
and then somehow emitted.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the ancient people embedded
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this 50‐foot‐tall stone a full
25 feet deep in the ground
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as an attempt to
tap into earth energies?
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Curiously, the Rudston Monolith,
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like the Carnac stones
in France, is composed
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primarily of highly
conductive quartz crystal.
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HUTCHINSON:
The monolith is gritstone.
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And gritstone is
a conglomerate of sandstone,
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with large grains of
quartz‐like sand.
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Gritstone has a high
degree of conductivity
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because of
the electromagnetic frequencies
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that quartz
can contain in some stones.
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So, it is a conductor of energy.
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NARRATOR:
And also like Carnac,
Rudston is a location where
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there are strong earth energies.
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Some suspect this is due,
in part,
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to the presence
of the Gypsy Race River
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that runs
beneath the earth here.
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The Gypsy Race is a type of
river that flows above ground,
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then underground,
then above ground again,
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weaving in and out of the earth
rather like a giant worm.
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The Gypsy Race River is
known as the Waters of Woe,
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because it’s said to flood
before calamity strikes,
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such as a war, famine or plague.
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One of the times in which
the Rudston Gypsy Race flooded
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was just before
a meteorite struck.
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It’s hardly surprising that
people think the Gypsy Race
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leads rise to
energy vortices in the earth.
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NARRATOR:
Rudston is also believed to be
at a convergence point
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of what are known as ley lines.
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In the 1920s,
English landscape photographer
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Alfred Watkins
made the curious discovery
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that many of the
prehistoric standing stones
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and significant
ancient sites of England
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and France line up in
perfectly straight lines.
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Other researchers have
since theorized
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that the ancient people
placed standing stones
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and structures along these lines
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because they were somehow aware
of underlying energy currents.
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I think the ancients
followed a line of energy...
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...and placed certain
monuments and monolith stones
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that could activate
those lines of energy.
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CHILDRESS: The Rudston
Monolith apparently is at
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a junction of three ley lines.
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And there’s an energy
associated with these.
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It’s a subtle energy,
but it’s there and it can be
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amplified by
these standing stones.
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Was the Rudston Monolith erected
by ancient people who were aware
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that this is a place
of powerful earth energy?
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Or is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists believe,
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that they were directed
by otherworldly visitors?
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NEWMAN: The ancients
knew what they were doing.
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They would place these stones
in specific spots.
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And it would affect the energy.
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But were they working
with other beings to do this?
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We have to ask
these kind of questions
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because why would they do it?
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There’s so much energy that
is being recorded at these sites
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that we have to look
at this seriously.
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COLLINS: It seems as if it was
the result of some kind of
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contact with entities,
perhaps even extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
point out that although no
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written records exist
to document the origins of
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the prehistoric standing
stones found around the world,
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many of the ancient
cultures attributed them
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to otherworldly beings.
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In Wiltshire, England,
legend says that the monoliths
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of Stonehenge were
erected by the magician
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Merlin,
who was not of this Earth.
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McGOWAN: The great
20th‐century French philosopher
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and historian, Jean Marcel,
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wrote over 40 books
on the Celtic traditions.
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‐(thunder crashes)
‐And was adamant that Merlin was
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an incredibly powerful
otherworldly being.
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And in a number of
the legends Merlin brought
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the understanding of
how to utilize these stones
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in some extraordinary way
in terms of technology,
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communications, energy.
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Now also in
the Breton legends of Carnac,
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Michael the Archangel
comes down to Earth incarnate
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and brings this
extraordinary information
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to this very
powerful place to build
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these alignments that occur
at Carnac to create the energy,
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to harness the energy,
to utilize it in some way.
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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the most compelling account
of all comes from Ireland.
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According to Celtic legend,
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the Lia Fáil‐‐
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a sacred stone used
in the coronation of kings‐‐
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was placed on the Hill of Tara
by mysterious beings
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known as the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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KAVANAGH:
They were said to appear
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on mountaintops
amidst dark clouds
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floating down in ships
from the sky.
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And they brought great knowledge
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of the architecture,
metalworking
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and medicine to Ireland.
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In Irish tradition,
the Tuatha Dé Danann possessed
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godlike powers,
but they were mortals.
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And so you wonder, what
are they talking about here?
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NEWMAN:
Lia Fáil arrived
with the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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So it has this mystical
kind of history
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that goes way, way back,
potentially thousands of years.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that these stories
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of otherworldly visitations
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are not merely mythology
but are based on actual events?
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And were standing stones
carefully placed
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for some energetic purpose?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining
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our own modern‐day efforts to
harness the power of the earth.
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(crackling)
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NARRATOR:
Long Island, New York.
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March 1901.
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After years of experimentation,
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famed engineer and inventor,
Nikola Tesla,
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begins construction
on the Wardenclyffe Tower
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outside the town of Shoreham.
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The project is an attempt
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to wirelessly transmit
electricity through the ground.
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TAYLOR:
Tesla invented almost everything
that brought forward
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our modern society
with electrical power.
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And his idea was
to power the world wirelessly,
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without having to have
this big infrastructure.
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All they would need was towers
around the world.
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His biggest test was
at Wardenclyffe in Long Island,
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and it was a large tower
that has a strange ray conductor
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on top of it, and then
a large conducting pipe
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that went way deep into
the granite basin underneath it.
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What he was really doing was
grounding his system
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into the earth, electrically
connecting it to the earth
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‐and transmitting power
around the Earth.
‐(crackling)
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And there are minerals and salts
and things in the ground
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that are conductive.
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And you can actually pass
electromagnetic energy‐‐
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electrical current‐‐
through the ground.
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His plan was to send wireless
power through the earth,
491
00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:25,096
uh, over vast distances.
492
00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:29,862
NARRATOR:
Tesla’s dream of harnessing
the natural electricity
493
00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:33,190
of the earth to broadcast
wireless power was cut short
494
00:27:33,277 --> 00:27:37,657
when he lost funding in 1904
and abandoned the project.
495
00:27:38,574 --> 00:27:41,164
But another experiment
he secretly conducted
496
00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:44,253
in Colorado Springs
five years earlier
497
00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:47,081
allegedly proved
the technology could work.
498
00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,877
During the test,
Tesla placed light bulbs
499
00:27:50,961 --> 00:27:54,011
attached to metal conductors
into the ground
500
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:55,799
as much as 26 miles
501
00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:58,343
from the power source
in his laboratory.
502
00:27:58,427 --> 00:28:02,507
He then signaled his assistant
to turn on the wireless system
503
00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:06,228
and watched as the light bulbs
became illuminated.
504
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:10,019
He actually lit light bulbs
many miles away
505
00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:11,555
with his experiment in Colorado.
506
00:28:11,648 --> 00:28:14,778
And this was implementing
507
00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:19,572
the electrical conductivity
of the earth in a way that
508
00:28:19,656 --> 00:28:21,946
nobody else has really been able
to do efficiently since then.
509
00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:24,235
NARRATOR:
More than a century later,
510
00:28:24,328 --> 00:28:27,408
scientists are still
attempting to replicate
511
00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:31,037
what Tesla was able to achieve
in Colorado.
512
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:34,706
But is it possible
that he was not the first
513
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,506
to conceive of drawing
electricity from the earth?
514
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,224
When we think about
what Tesla was doing
515
00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:44,103
with his Wardenclyffe Tower,
and we compare that
516
00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:46,981
with what we see
at standing stones like Carnac,
517
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,390
we have to wonder
if the ancients were
518
00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:51,478
trying to create
some sort of electrical system
519
00:28:51,605 --> 00:28:54,025
similar to
what Tesla was proposing.
520
00:28:55,317 --> 00:28:58,777
NARRATOR:
When thermodynamics engineer
Pierre Mereaux
521
00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:02,574
studied the Carnac stones
in France in 1992,
522
00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:05,948
he concluded that they do,
in fact, store energy
523
00:29:06,036 --> 00:29:07,906
by connecting to
an electric source
524
00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:10,496
just below the surface
of the earth,
525
00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:12,964
much like Tesla’s
Wardenclyffe Tower.
526
00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:17,761
But if the ancient people
were placing standing stones
527
00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:20,799
in order to tap into
Earth’s energy currents,
528
00:29:20,884 --> 00:29:24,144
what exactly were they using
this energy for?
529
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:28,768
Energy can be amplified
by these standing stones.
530
00:29:28,850 --> 00:29:31,350
And it can be emitted as well.
531
00:29:32,354 --> 00:29:34,694
Much like we use antennas,
and towers,
532
00:29:34,815 --> 00:29:37,615
radio towers
and things like that.
533
00:29:37,693 --> 00:29:39,533
We have to wonder,
does it have to do
534
00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:42,953
with extraterrestrials
and spacecraft?
535
00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:46,331
Some have suggested that
these standing stones
536
00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:49,950
may have been used
as a fuel device
537
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,708
for some type of craft.
538
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:56,713
And while at first
this sounds absolutely insane,
539
00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:59,837
the more you think about it,
the more it makes sense.
540
00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:03,183
A Soviet scientist
by the name of Kardashev
541
00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:04,892
came up with a scale
542
00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:09,142
where the advancement
of a society
543
00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:12,484
is determined by its energy use.
544
00:30:12,561 --> 00:30:16,901
So, what if somebody came here
who has been around
545
00:30:17,024 --> 00:30:20,244
longer than us
and has figured out
546
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,490
how to harness
the energy of the planet
547
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,782
through use of standing stones?
548
00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:32,041
TAYLOR:
Now just imagine that
you’re on a long trip.
549
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:35,332
And you have
an electric vehicle.
550
00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:38,497
And when you leave your house,
you plan your trip
551
00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,837
around places that you know
you can recharge.
552
00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:46,393
Well, now imagine that
you’re an advanced civilization.
553
00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:49,390
And you’re going to
a new planet.
554
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,604
But you understand
planetary physics
555
00:30:51,725 --> 00:30:54,895
and that planets will generate
certain locations
556
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:58,610
that have more electromagnetic
anomalies than others.
557
00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:01,032
That might be a fueling station.
558
00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:04,359
Would they leave
a marker that says,
559
00:31:04,446 --> 00:31:06,736
"Fuel here"?
Maybe they would.
560
00:31:07,741 --> 00:31:10,741
CHILDRESS: It’s interesting
that flying saucers are
561
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:15,709
very commonly seen around
power lines and power plants.
562
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:17,081
But in ancient times
they didn’t have
563
00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:19,667
those power lines running
all over the world.
564
00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:22,213
But what they did have were
these standing stones.
565
00:31:22,297 --> 00:31:26,717
So, extraterrestrials can take
the stored energy
566
00:31:26,802 --> 00:31:29,262
that’s in these standing stones,
567
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:33,728
recharge their own craft
and then fly on
568
00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:36,849
to an‐another one of
these standing stones somewhere.
569
00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:40,518
NARRATOR:
Could this be the answer
to the mystery
570
00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:41,897
of the standing stones?
571
00:31:41,983 --> 00:31:45,493
Did alien visitors instruct
our ancestors
572
00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:48,282
on where to place them
so that they could tap
573
00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:52,245
into the Earth’s natural energy
to charge their craft?
574
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:56,407
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
575
00:31:56,498 --> 00:31:59,248
the answer is a resounding yes.
576
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:02,464
But they suggest
this technology was used
577
00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:04,666
for far greater purposes
578
00:32:04,798 --> 00:32:09,468
and claim the proof can be found
in ancient Egypt.
579
00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:19,021
NARRATOR:
Cairo, Egypt
580
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:25,940
20 miles northeast of
the iconic Giza Pyramid Complex
581
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:30,277
stands the world’s
oldest surviving obelisk,
582
00:32:30,365 --> 00:32:33,325
dating to roughly 1900 BC.
583
00:32:35,328 --> 00:32:37,618
Originating from
the Greek obeliskos,
584
00:32:37,706 --> 00:32:40,826
meaning "pointed pillar,"
an obelisk is
585
00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:43,707
a tall, four‐sided,
narrow tapering monument
586
00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:46,337
which ends in a pyramidion
at the top.
587
00:32:46,423 --> 00:32:49,303
In Egypt,
hieroglyphs were carved
588
00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:52,854
into all four sides,
and they often recorded battles,
589
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:56,391
special events,
or the history of the region.
590
00:32:56,516 --> 00:33:00,686
CHILDRESS:
The obelisks of Egypt
were erected maybe centuries
591
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:03,900
after standing stones like
the ones in Carnac in Brittany.
592
00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:08,194
But they’re monoliths, too‐‐
one solid piece of stone.
593
00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:12,822
The obelisks of Egypt, too,
are made of red granite,
594
00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:16,408
and red granite is
a very special kind of granite.
595
00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:20,496
It’s infused
with tiny quartz crystals.
596
00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:26,002
And this gives the obelisk
a certain type of energy,
597
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:29,667
and the ancient peoples were
aware of this energy
598
00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:33,048
that was coming out
of the obelisk.
599
00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:36,716
They actually thought
the obelisk was alive.
600
00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:38,676
And this is very reminiscent
601
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:42,307
of the ancient standing stones
that are even older.
602
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:45,611
NARRATOR:
Is it more than mere coincidence
603
00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:48,402
that the Egyptians erected
monolithic stones
604
00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:50,567
that were rich
in quartz crystal,
605
00:33:50,654 --> 00:33:54,244
just like ancient cultures
in other parts of the world did
606
00:33:54,324 --> 00:33:56,034
thousands of years earlier?
607
00:33:57,077 --> 00:34:00,827
Had they discovered the secret
of the ancient standing stones,
608
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:03,884
and their power to harness
the energy of the Earth?
609
00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:07,379
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
610
00:34:07,462 --> 00:34:09,882
and point out that
the Egyptians believed
611
00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:14,395
the obelisks provided a profound
connection to the gods.
612
00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:17,262
The obelisk itself,
like a cathedral,
613
00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:18,967
lifts up into the heavens.
614
00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:21,059
It is pointing to the heavens.
615
00:34:21,142 --> 00:34:23,192
It is a connection to the gods.
616
00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:26,475
And at the top of an obelisk
in ancient Egypt,
617
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:29,566
there was a special stone,
the capstone, the pyramidion.
618
00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:31,321
It was the shape of a pyramid.
619
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,954
It was made of
specially fine granite,
620
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:37,202
polished with
some, uh, hieroglyphics,
621
00:34:37,284 --> 00:34:41,624
but the main detail was it was
brightly gilded in pure gold,
622
00:34:41,705 --> 00:34:45,675
so that the sun would bounce off
that and beams would glow
623
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:47,252
for miles around it.
624
00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:48,745
Must’ve been dazzling.
625
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:53,474
This was the point of contact
between humans and the gods.
626
00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:56,760
This was how we communicated
with the gods
627
00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:58,475
through that stone.
628
00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:00,775
HENRY: You’ll see
the top of the obelisk
629
00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:02,349
reaching into the sky.
630
00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:05,935
They think of it as a sort of,
uh, an axis mundi.
631
00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,981
It’s a way of connecting Earth
with the heavens.
632
00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:12,435
Egypt was given,
according to ancient texts,
633
00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:13,947
the powers of heaven.
634
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:18,413
Egypt became a mirror
of the heavens,
635
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,871
and that the powers
that are found in the heavens
636
00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:23,875
are found on Earth, in Egypt.
637
00:35:23,997 --> 00:35:25,827
As above, so below.
638
00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:28,500
NARRATOR:
Mainstream scholars interpret
639
00:35:28,585 --> 00:35:32,005
this connection to the heavens
as purely symbolic,
640
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,550
but ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
641
00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:37,644
that the obelisks were
recreating the technology
642
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,809
of another world, and that
these giant stone pillars
643
00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:43,809
were part of
a vast wireless energy grid,
644
00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:47,902
one that also incorporated
the power of the pyramids.
645
00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:53,822
It’s a fascinating idea that
like we would charge a phone
646
00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:56,492
on a charging pad
just by placing it there,
647
00:35:56,571 --> 00:36:01,661
these extraterrestrials can
recharge their own craft
648
00:36:01,743 --> 00:36:04,543
off of these standing stones
and obelisks.
649
00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,543
You have to wonder
whether pyramids had
650
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:09,214
exactly the same purpose.
651
00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:13,302
Could there be even more
highly advanced technology
652
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:16,510
way beyond any technology
that we even know?
653
00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:19,720
A lot of people don’t
realize this,
654
00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:23,433
but Tesla’s original design
for the Wardenclyffe Tower
655
00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:25,426
was actually to be
the same height
656
00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:28,688
as is the pyramid
from the base to the tip of
657
00:36:28,770 --> 00:36:31,560
where that conductor piece used
to be on top of the pyramids.
658
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,900
And at the time
that he was building it,
659
00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:37,203
in the 1908‐ish timeframe,
660
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,028
J.P. Morgan had
an expedition in the pyramids
661
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:42,375
and were sending information
to Tesla
662
00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:44,740
while he was working
on the Wardenclyffe Tower.
663
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,659
Nobody knows why and what
the results of that was
664
00:36:47,747 --> 00:36:48,747
and to what end.
665
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:53,593
But it seems suspect
that Tesla wanted to do
666
00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,962
something with wireless
transmission of power
667
00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:59,799
from a system that’s
the same height as the pyramids.
668
00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:02,256
Did they believe that that’s
what the pyramids were for?
669
00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:06,306
NARRATOR:
The walls of the Great Pyramid‐‐
like the obelisks‐‐
670
00:37:06,433 --> 00:37:10,193
contain a high concentration
of quartz crystal.
671
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:12,650
Could it be that this massive
monument,
672
00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,272
in conjunction
with the obelisks,
673
00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:18,069
made up a global
wireless energy network?
674
00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:22,492
By placing some of these
obelisks and standing stones
675
00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:25,235
around the Earth,
in combination with pyramids,
676
00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:26,826
if you have
the correct technology,
677
00:37:26,953 --> 00:37:28,253
you can use that energy,
678
00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:30,829
and these standing stones
become antennas
679
00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:34,167
and power beacons
and all kinds of things.
680
00:37:34,294 --> 00:37:36,174
And it seems that
this could have been
681
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:39,166
a worldwide system of power.
682
00:37:39,299 --> 00:37:42,969
And that spacecraft, submarines,
683
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:46,262
other electric devices
could draw their power
684
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:49,387
from the atmosphere
because it was being put out
685
00:37:49,476 --> 00:37:53,436
by these pyramids
and by these obelisks.
686
00:37:54,731 --> 00:37:57,281
NARRATOR:
Might the world that
Nikola Tesla envisioned
687
00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:58,938
at the beginning
of the 20 century
688
00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:02,107
have actually existed
right here on Earth
689
00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:04,157
thousands of years ago?
690
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:07,162
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
691
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,615
and suggest there is
even evidence
692
00:38:09,704 --> 00:38:11,294
that parts of
this wireless energy system
693
00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:14,172
may still be in use today.
694
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,087
NARRATOR:
Tara, Ireland.
695
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:29,474
Continuing
a 6,000‐year‐old tradition,
696
00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:32,057
thousands congregate
on the Hill of Tara every June
697
00:38:32,185 --> 00:38:34,815
to celebrate
the summer solstice,
698
00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:39,106
and gather around the sacred
stone called Lia Fáil.
699
00:38:39,192 --> 00:38:41,612
In Axum, Ethiopia,
700
00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:43,454
the ancient granite obelisks
attract
701
00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:46,870
more than 20,000 tourists
every year.
702
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:51,040
And more than 800,000 tourists
will visit Wiltshire, England
703
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,210
this year, to gaze upon the
iconic monoliths of Stonehenge.
704
00:38:56,209 --> 00:38:59,879
After thousands of years,
humankind remains mesmerized
705
00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:02,673
by the ancient standing stones.
706
00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:06,800
There’s just some energy
and mystery
707
00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:11,516
that’s associated with them
that really grabs humans
708
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:15,389
to the point where all of
these places today are now
709
00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:19,518
major sacred places
and tourist spots.
710
00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:22,067
Was it something that
the extraterrestrials had set up
711
00:39:22,151 --> 00:39:25,651
and has now, uh, fallen
into disuse?
712
00:39:25,738 --> 00:39:30,158
A giant matrix
and grid around the Earth
713
00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:33,413
that was functioning
in ancient times,
714
00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:36,418
and now all we have is just
sort of remnants
715
00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:39,251
of this ancient power grid
716
00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:42,085
that was once
completely around the Earth?
717
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,593
It’s a fantastic thought.
718
00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:49,053
NARRATOR:
But considering the geological
makeup of these ancient stones
719
00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:52,007
and their potential
for transmitting energy,
720
00:39:52,098 --> 00:39:53,888
is it possible
that they are more
721
00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:57,105
than just majestic monuments
to the past?
722
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,478
Could otherworldly visitors
be drawing power
723
00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:02,776
‐from them even today?
‐(crackling)
724
00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:06,569
COLLINS: What is so interesting
is that monoliths are
725
00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:10,124
very strongly associated
with UFO sightings.
726
00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:14,289
Mysterious lights have been
seen at the Rudston Monolith.
727
00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:19,713
People witness
these strange lights and UFOs
728
00:40:19,792 --> 00:40:23,462
above the Carnac stones
in France.
729
00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:27,879
Near Stonehenge in England,
each year,
730
00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:30,797
strange crop circles appear.
731
00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:33,967
And in the very same locality,
732
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:37,728
you have mysterious lights,
UFO abductions,
733
00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:42,820
disappearances, time slips,
things like this taking place.
734
00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:47,155
Plasma UFOs, have been seen
and reported.
735
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And these continue to this day.
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CHILDRESS:
Perhaps these standing stones
are storing energy,
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they’re emitting energy
and with the right technology
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and instruments,
you can pick these stones up‐‐
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these standing stones‐‐
from hundreds of miles away.
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TSOUKALOS: The point is that
the standing stone formations
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that we find
all around the world
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are pieces of the puzzle
of the ancient astronaut theory,
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that long ago we received
visits from outer space
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00:41:24,357 --> 00:41:26,687
and we were visited
by none other
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00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:30,198
than our first teachers
on planet Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Do the standing stones
found across the world represent
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the remains of a sophisticated
global electrical grid?
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One that exceeds
the most advanced technology
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we possess today?
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And if so, could Earth be part
of a universal network
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00:41:48,131 --> 00:41:51,381
of space ports built
for interplanetary travel?
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00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:55,547
Perhaps with further examination
of the ancient monoliths
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we will learn to harness
their power ourselves
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00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:03,558
and continue the legacy
of our alien ancestors.
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