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NARRATOR:
An incredible eyewitness account
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of unidentified flying objects.
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It wasn't just, uh, one light,
it was a series of lights.
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NARRATOR:
A sensational report
of an alien crash.
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They had the debris out here
in the hangar area.
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Ancient depictions
of extraterrestrial visitation.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
I'm arguing that what
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we are looking at here is
someone visiting from the sky.
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NARRATOR:
For more than a decade,
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Ancient Aliens has followed
investigators across the globe
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as they've gone directly
to the sites where unusual,
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unexpected and unexplained
incidents have been reported.
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Now we take a look back
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at the most
extraordinary encounters.
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Encounters that, according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
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reveal overwhelming evidence
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of an extraterrestrial
presence on Earth.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we've traveled around the world
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investigating extraordinary
encounters with UFOs,
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strange beings and other
unexplainable phenomena.
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But make no mistake,
alien encounters
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are not simply
a modern-day occurrence.
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They've been happening
for thousands of years.
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And when I visited
the Mediterranean island
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of Sardinia, I found some
of the most compelling evidence
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that I've ever seen.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
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is meeting Oak Island
treasure hunter Marty Lagina
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to explore the island's
mysterious legends
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of otherworldly visitors.
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Giorgio!
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-Hey.
-How crazy is this place?
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-Isn't this something?
-So great to meet you here
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-in Sardinia.
-Great to meet...
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NARRATOR:
To begin their investigation,
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Giorgio and Marty travel
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to the National Archaeological
Museum in Cagliari,
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where some of Sardinia's
oldest and strangest artifacts
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are on display.
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TSOUKALOS:
It's just all weird.
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He's got a helmet on,
those weird eyes.
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NARRATOR: Featured in
the museum's collection
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are a number
of enormous stone statues
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known as the Giants
of Mont'e Prama.
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They were first
discovered in 1974
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when a local farmer stumbled
upon a large carved stone
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protruding from the ground.
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Archaeologists quickly
took over the site,
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recovering more than
5,000 broken remnants.
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Mainstream historians suggest
the statues were carved
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by the Nuragic people,
a civilization
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that is believed
to have inhabited the island
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for 2,000 years,
emerging in 1800 BC
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and mysteriously disappearing
around 200 AD.
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But what also makes
the statues so mysterious
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is the strange way
in which the faces are carved.
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Not so much resembling humans,
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but what some might describe
as robots.
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JASON OSEQUEDA:
The giant statues found
at Mont'e Prama
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were approximately seven
and a half to eight feet tall.
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You have warriors
and boxers and archers.
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The statues themselves
are just noted for their size,
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and it's thought that they
represent the Nuragic people,
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that this is actually what we
might have that looks like them.
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LAGINA:
If he's a model of that,
why doesn't he have disc eyes?
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Because he doesn't have disc
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What I find intriguing is
that the Giants of Mont'e Prama,
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although they were
discovered in the 1970s,
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were not put on display until
sometime near the year 2000.
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And I believe that these
statues simply do not conform
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to the conventional
archaeological narrative
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on the island,
and instead point to the reality
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that there was something
very unusual
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happening on this island.
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This is very human,
except it has weird eyes...
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-TSOUKALOS: And
disproportioned, uh...
-And disproportions.
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ANDREW COLLINS: When you look
at these stone figurines,
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they are extremely peculiar,
and they give the impression
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of actually being giants.
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The strange thing
about the statues
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is that they have these
very strange circular eyes
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that almost give them
an otherworldly feel.
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NARRATOR:
After their visit to the museum,
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Giorgio and Marty
meet at a nearby restaurant
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with archaeological tour guide
Maria Paola Loi...
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-TSOUKALOS: Paola?
-...who has offered
to share with them
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some of Sardinians'
local legends.
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How are you? Ciao.
Pleased to meet you.
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-Welcome to Sardinia.
-Piacere. Grazie.
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-Fantastic. Okay.
-So-- Yeah.
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-Did you go to the museum? Oh.
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Yeah, tell me what you think
about the finds
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that are displayed there.
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I mean, up until
about six months ago,
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-I had no idea
about these statues here.
-No idea, huh?
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So now, when I saw
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these statues of the Giganti
for the first time,
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not only did the eyes
remind me of, uh, C-3PO
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-from Star Wars, but also...
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...there are these giant-eyed
statues in Tell Asmar,
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from the ancient Sumerian
and Babylonian times.
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LOI:
Originally,
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the archeologists,
and also scholars,
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uh, who mentioned
the Nuragic civilization
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said that these people probably
arrived from Mesopotamia.
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-So the Anunnakis?
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The Anunnaki?
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The race of winged giants
as described
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in ancient Sumerian texts,
and frequently depicted
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on the temples and icons
of ancient Babylon?
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COLLINS:
There are a lot of connections
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between the Sardinian language,
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uh, and the different languages
of Mesopotamia.
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Suggesting that-that Sumerians
did actually come to Sardinia.
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They would've brought with them
the traditions
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to do with the Anunnaki,
the gods of heaven and Earth,
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uh, which many people believe
were celestial beings.
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NARRATOR:
Might the mysterious giants of
Mont'e Prama have been inspired
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by encounters
with extraterrestrial visitors?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
not only say yes,
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but they believe that dozens
of carved stones
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found scattered across Sardinia
known as menhirs
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tell the story of how these
beings arrived on planet Earth.
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During their trip, Giorgio
and Marty arranged to meet
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with archeological guide
Ivana Malu
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-at the Menhir Museum
in Laconi...
-Wow.
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...to get an up close look
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at some of these strange
standing stones.
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IVANA MALU:
Look at the very strange circle
with the spear.
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What do you think, Marty?
What is that?
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I'm not sure what that is
and I'm not sure
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what this is, either.
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Now, you tell me, please,
what should I be seeing?
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It's a guy going down.
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-To go into another dimension.
-Mm.
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MALU:
Do not ask me where,
or which other world.
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But he's going on a trip,
on a journey,
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going from point A to point B.
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Whatever it really symbolizes,
it was very important.
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This took an enormous
amount of work,
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just this-- I mean,
it's very heavy,
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it-it's done in relief, which
is the hard way to do a carving.
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TSOUKALOS:
I-I think it's, uh...
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What do you think
that represents?
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TSOUKALOS:
We have people with two wings
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You know, it's almost like
an early version
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of some type of an angel.
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I'm arguing that what we
are looking at here
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is someone visiting
from the sky.
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You know what I find
beyond fascinating
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is this shape down here,
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which mainstream
archaeology suggests
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is some type of a weapon,
some type of a dagger.
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Which makes perfect sense.
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But in conjunction
with this symbol right here,
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and that, one could argue
that this is a representation
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of some type
of misunderstood technology
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that illustrates
some type of a flying craft.
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-Fascinating.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the imagery
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carved onto the menhirs
of Sardinia,
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as well as the stone
giants of Mont'e Prama,
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tell a story of extraterrestrial
visitation in the distant past,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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And if so, could these
mysterious figures
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be the same beings
that some people believe
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are visiting mankind today?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining a modern-day report
of a crashed UFO.
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When it comes to extraordinary
encounters,
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TSOUKALOS:
When this light appeared,
did it seem to you
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we are living in the most
exciting time,
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because governments all around
the world are finally admitting
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that there are
unidentified aerial phenomena
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that simply have
no conventional explanation.
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But this hasn't
always been the case.
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And when I visited the site
of a UAP report in Wales,
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I was completely blown away
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by what the government
tried to cover up.
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NARRATOR:
Late in the evening,
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this quiet rural village
in the Berwyn Mountains
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is rocked
by an enormous explosion.
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14-year-old Huw Lloyd is
in his home watching television
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when he feels the impact,
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and then receives call
after call from his neighbors,
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most claiming to have seen
an incredibly bright light
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falling from the sky and then
glowing on the mountainside.
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Today, Huw Lloyd still works
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on his father's ranch
in Llandrillo.
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-Are you Huw?
-LLOYD: Yep.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
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and Nick Pope,
a former UFO investigator
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for the British
Ministry of Defence,
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met up with Huw to get his take
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on what really happened
that night.
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Can you tell us your experience?
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Your neighbors called you
to ask you if you're okay.
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So, they pretty much
had similar experiences?
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So you're not the only one?
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And what time
of evening was this?
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So, you know,
some people have suggested
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that, well, it was nothing else
but an earthquake.
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-Yeah.
-Which, I don't
subscribe to this idea,
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but have you had
any earthquakes around here?
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But you saw that light,
and it was much, much brighter
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than people lamping.
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I mean, it was something
almost blinding?
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NARRATOR:
The community of Llandrillo
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was shaken
by the mysterious event,
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which became known as
the Berwyn Mountains incident.
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That night, dozens of residents
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called the region's
emergency line
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to report a bright light
followed by a mysterious object
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seen streaking
across the night sky.
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Curiously,
approximately 30 minutes
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after the reports were made,
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a police officer arrived at the
home of eyewitness Huw Lloyd.
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-Right, so a senior officer.
-Yeah.
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-Not-not one of the local...
-Mm-mm, no.
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NARRATOR:
A plane crash?
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For Nick Pope, who worked
at the Ministry of Defence
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and has seen the file
on this incident,
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this is a surprising new detail.
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The official report
only mentions a meteor,
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and nothing about a plane.
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The theory initially
that this was a plane crash,
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and that this police
and military operation
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was a search and rescue...
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-Yeah.
-...or search and recovery,
that's fine.
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But I mean, you know,
we know where our planes are.
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There is 24/7 radar coverage,
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-Even back then.
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Yeah, a-absolutely.
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Planes don't just drop
out of the sky.
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And-and if they do,
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immediately, everyone knows
which aircraft it is.
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So it seems odd.
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The officer commandeered
the family's truck
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and drove with Huw
to the crash site.
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Nick and Giorgio were taken
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on the exact same journey
that was made that night.
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POPE:
How high is the mountain?
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You know,
one thing that struck me
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is this is a pretty
difficult drive.
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So you've got to be
pretty determined
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to get a whole bunch
of people up here.
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TSOUKALOS:
Yes, and for what purpose?
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Unless it's really
something of importance.
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POPE:
Yeah, this-this is not
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-to be undertaken
lightly, is it?
-No. No.
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NARRATOR:
According to Huw,
the police inspector
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directed him to stop
at this spot,
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although the inspector
was allegedly not familiar
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with the area and seemed
to have no reason for doing so.
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It was at this location
that he witnessed
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an incredibly bright light
in the distance.
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So, down there?
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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TSOUKALOS:
When this light appeared,
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did it seem to you
as if it was an explosion?
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POPE:
And how long was it shining for?
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NARRATOR:
According to Huw, the inspector
wanted to get a closer look
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at the mysterious light,
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but then received a curious
command from his superiors.
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So, it sounds like
it was a "stand down" call.
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POPE:
Yes.
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NARRATOR:
In the days
following the incident,
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Royal Air Force personnel,
scientists, journalists
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and UFO enthusiasts
combed the surrounding land
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and interviewed locals
at length.
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Curiously, the official
explanation for these events
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provided by the Ministry
of Defence
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did not include either
fox hunters or a plane crash,
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as was told to Huw that night.
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And the story they did provide
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involves an incredible
coincidence.
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The story is apparently
that there was an earthquake
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that hit the village.
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But at the same time,
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there was a bright
fireball meteor
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breaking up
in the Earth's atmosphere.
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So, not one extraordinary event,
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but two at exactly
the same time.
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Over the years, the UFO
community has become convinced
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that this was indeed
a UFO crash,
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that the military launched
a secret operation
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to secure the crash site,
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to recover
the wreckage and maybe bodies,
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and to take it
to a secure facility.
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NARRATOR:
More than four decades since
the Berwyn Mountains incident,
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the residents of Llandrillo
are still convinced
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that the British government
is hiding the truth
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about what really happened
that night.
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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it is part of a global effort
to keep the public in the dark
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about alien activity on Earth,
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and it all started
after the U.S. Army itself
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reported the crash
of a flying saucer.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have covered
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some pretty incredible
encounters,
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including the most
famous of all,
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the Roswell incident
in New Mexico.
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And one of the most exciting
places I've ever visited
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was the airplane hangar
where some say
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the wreckage from
the Roswell crash was taken.
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NARRATOR:
Washington, D.C., April 2011.
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The FBI releases
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thousands of files as part
of its online FBI Vault.
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One particular file
draws the attention
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of the media
and independent researchers.
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The memo, dated March 22, 1950,
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is a briefing to FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover
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regarding informant information
about three "flying saucers"
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that were recovered
in New Mexico.
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Investigators immediately
connect the memo
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to the infamous
Roswell incident,
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a purported UFO crash
that many people believe
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was covered up
by the military in 1947.
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But this document is just
the latest in a series
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of government files that have
been released in recent years,
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suggesting there may be more
to the Roswell crash
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than the public was told.
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As an investigative reporter,
I think what I am amazed by
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is how many leaked documents
from the 1940s
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have actually come out
into the world,
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and lay out details about
what really happened at Roswell.
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On July 4th,
a rancher named Mac Brazel
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finds all kinds
of strange silver debris.
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He knows he doesn't understand
what he's walking through.
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He decides to go into Roswell
and tell the sheriff,
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"Something has crashed
on my ranch."
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Intel coming out
of Roswell Army Airfield
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get assigned to go
to the debris field.
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And these men are told
that they are to pick up
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every single thing
that is in the debris field
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on the Mac Brazel ranch.
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Everything is to be picked up.
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NARRATOR:
On July 8, 1947,
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the headline on the front page
of the Roswell Daily Record
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reports that the military had
retrieved a flying saucer.
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But the following day,
the official story
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is suddenly changed to suggest
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it was nothing more
than a failed weather balloon.
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POPE:
Roswell was the home
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of the 509th Bomb Crew.
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This was the only
atomic bomb-capable squadron
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anywhere in the world.
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These people were
the best of the best.
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The idea that intelligence
personnel at this base
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would mistake a weather balloon
for something exotic
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is preposterous.
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So that, arguably, is the start
of the UFO cover-up.
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The world was told,
"Nope, just a weather balloon."
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And for more than 30 years,
that's where it was left,
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until witnesses
started to surface,
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saying, "No, it was actually
an extraterrestrial craft."
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And people saw alien bodies.
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NARRATOR:
In April of 2014,
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ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
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traveled to the Roswell
International Air Center
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in New Mexico
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to meet with the city's mayor,
Del Jurney,
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and to get a rare look
at the hanger
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where the Roswell wreckage
and extraterrestrial bodies
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were allegedly first taken.
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Wow.
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-So...
-This is huge.
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JURNEY:
So what do you think?
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TSOUKALOS:
Man, I have goose bumps
right now.
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I mean,
we're walking on history.
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JURNEY:
It's amazing, isn't it?
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Are you, are you familiar
with where the spot is?
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-Where they actually put them?
-Well, y-you know,
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the information that I have
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says that it's probably
right over here in the corner.
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Uh, they took them over there,
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did an examination
of the bodies.
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TSOUKALOS:
So this is where it was.
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JURNEY:
This is it. Yeah, come on in.
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They had the debris
out here in the hangar area
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and they bring
the bodies inside this room.
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TSOUKALOS:
I-I really don't know
what to say,
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'cause, I mean,
if this was it...
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-You're standing where...
-Yeah, yeah.
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...where extraterrestrial
beings...
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-TSOUKALOS: Were.
-...might have been.
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Where did the debris go?
Where did it end up?
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Well, it ended up
with the government, of course.
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My understanding
is that they took the bodies
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to Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base,
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certainly, probably
took the debris as well,
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and have it well-preserved in a
military installation someplace.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that an alien craft
really did crash in Roswell,
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and was covered up
by the U.S. government,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
399
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Perhaps such encounters
are harder to ignore
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when the witness is running for
president of the United States.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have examined
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the most extraordinary
encounters on record,
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and believe it or not,
there are thousands
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of new UFO sightings
reported every year.
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00:23:31,292 --> 00:23:33,417
Of course,
skeptics dismiss these accounts
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as misinterpretations
or outright hoaxes,
407
00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:39,500
but on one episode
of Ancient Aliens,
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Nick Pope investigated
a UFO sighting
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made by a witness
who's as credible as it gets,
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because this witness went
public with his encounter
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while running for president
of the United States.
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NARRATOR:
During the Democratic primary
debate at Drexel University,
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moderator Tim Russert
turns and addresses
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presidential candidate
Dennis Kucinich.
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TIM RUSSERT:
Congressman Kucinich,
a serious question.
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Shirley MacLaine
writes in her new book
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that you sighted a UFO over
her home in Washington state,
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that you found the encounter
extremely moving,
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that it was a triangular craft.
420
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Now, did you see a UFO?
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Uh, I did, and, uh,
the rest of the account...
422
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:32,583
-(laughter)
-Oh, I-I didn't, I--
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It was an unidentified
flying object, okay?
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It's like, it's unidentified.
I saw something.
425
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Now... And also,
you have to keep in mind
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that more,
that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO,
427
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and also, that more people
in this country,
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uh, uh, have seen UFOs
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than I think approve
of George Bush's presidency.
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NARRATOR:
The debate moment
made national headlines.
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While Kucinich
was not a front-runner,
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many political commentators
proposed that this admission
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undoubtedly had a negative
impact on his campaign.
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JOHN PODESTA:
I think, for most people,
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it's been the notion that
you are even discussing UFOs
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tends to be viewed
as a career ender.
437
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:16,667
You know, people think
you're a little bit whacky
438
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if you're, uh, taking
the phenomena seriously.
439
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NARRATOR:
But just what did
Dennis Kucinich experience?
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Former British Ministry
of Defence
441
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UFO investigator Nick Pope
442
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has arranged to meet
with Dennis Kucinich
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at the location
of his 1982 UFO encounter,
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the former home
of Academy Award-winning actress
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Shirley MacLaine.
446
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The home, which has since been
sold, overlooks Mount Rainier,
447
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the site of the infamous
Kenneth Arnold
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flying saucer incident
449
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that ignited
the UFO craze in 1947.
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-Hey there, welcome.
-KUCINICH: Hi.
-POPE: Hi.
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NARRATOR:
The current owner agreed
to allow Nick and Dennis
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to take a look around.
453
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-HOMEOWNER: Come on in.
-Go ahead.
-Thank you.
454
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-Wow.
-Yeah, really.
455
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:11,542
(both chuckle)
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-POPE: What a fabulous view.
-KUCINICH: Oh, look,
457
00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:15,500
-there's nothing like this.
-This is, of course,
458
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the location where
you had your UFO sighting.
459
00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:21,000
Can you tell me about it?
460
00:26:21,083 --> 00:26:23,542
Well, uh, Nick,
I was seated at a dinner table
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with myself and two friends,
462
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and I noticed a-a light
in the distance.
463
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Came from a hill
directly over the house.
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-Come on, let me show you.
-Okay.
465
00:26:32,875 --> 00:26:34,792
-Wow, fabulous.
-So I was standing out here,
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the-the scope was here.
467
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I-I brought it up here...
468
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...so that I could
get a look at the light.
469
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And when I looked at it,
I saw that it wasn't just,
470
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uh, one light,
it was a series of lights,
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like a grid,
one stacked on another.
472
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I went back and I looked,
and then I saw something
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that was extraordinary.
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I-I said,
"The lights were separating."
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They were definitely
moving in this direction.
476
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So at that point,
came right to the edge here
477
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:06,167
and I looked out
into the hills to watch
478
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:09,625
what proved to be three crafts
moving in this direction.
479
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Just to be clear,
first seen over there,
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-to directly over the house.
-Right.
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Right in the hills
in the distance,
482
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and then in a straight line.
483
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That straight line would
just go right overhead here.
484
00:27:25,583 --> 00:27:27,708
And then above the house.
485
00:27:27,833 --> 00:27:29,708
And then, and then, quickly...
486
00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:32,417
-POPE: Right, and then "whoosh."
-...accelerating out of sight.
487
00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:34,292
Just like that, gone.
488
00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:36,625
-And that was the last
you saw of them?
-Oh, yeah.
489
00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:41,333
NARRATOR:
The next day, Kucinich
described the experience
490
00:27:41,417 --> 00:27:42,833
to Shirley MacLaine.
491
00:27:42,958 --> 00:27:47,750
He would say nothing more
about it for 26 years.
492
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:51,375
And then, when running for the
Democratic nomination in 2008,
493
00:27:51,542 --> 00:27:55,167
his private UFO sighting
would become a public event,
494
00:27:55,292 --> 00:28:00,667
affecting presidential politics
in a most unexpected way.
495
00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:02,958
When the question was asked,
496
00:28:03,042 --> 00:28:06,917
I-I think there was mention of,
you know, feeling almost a...
497
00:28:07,042 --> 00:28:10,292
an emotional connection,
that it spoke to you,
498
00:28:10,375 --> 00:28:13,083
I mean, not in a literal sense,
but feelings.
499
00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:15,875
I don't know that I ever
communicated that to anyone,
500
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,542
but I will tell you this: that
it was, it was extraordinary.
501
00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:22,292
It was exciting.
How could it not be?
502
00:28:22,375 --> 00:28:24,625
I mean, anybody who would
see anything like that
503
00:28:24,708 --> 00:28:26,458
would have to be excited,
and was I?
504
00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:28,500
Uh, yeah.
505
00:28:28,583 --> 00:28:33,042
NARRATOR:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
506
00:28:33,167 --> 00:28:36,292
accounts of UFO sightings
from high-level politicians
507
00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:40,125
like Dennis Kucinich
are particularly intriguing.
508
00:28:40,250 --> 00:28:43,667
Not only is he seen
as a credible witness,
509
00:28:43,792 --> 00:28:46,708
but he was so amazed by
what he saw that he was willing
510
00:28:46,833 --> 00:28:50,292
to risk his political career
to talk about it.
511
00:28:50,417 --> 00:28:53,167
Perhaps the only encounter
more compelling
512
00:28:53,292 --> 00:28:56,292
would be one reported
by multiple witnesses
513
00:28:56,375 --> 00:29:01,083
that involved not a UFO
but an alien entity.
514
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,833
On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled the globe
515
00:29:08,958 --> 00:29:12,333
investigating reports
of incredible encounters.
516
00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:14,750
And there are some locations
that seem to be hot spots
517
00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:18,042
for strange
and unexplained activity.
518
00:29:18,208 --> 00:29:21,500
In 2020, William Henry
got the rare opportunity
519
00:29:21,625 --> 00:29:25,917
to visit one of these hot spots
where, for hundreds of years,
520
00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:31,208
people have reportedly seen
otherworldly beings.
521
00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,875
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorist William Henry,
522
00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,667
along with author
and historian Dustin Naef...
523
00:29:40,833 --> 00:29:44,000
-It's down this path here.
-...set out to explore
524
00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:47,500
a series of underground lava
tubes, known as Pluto's Cave
525
00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:50,583
several miles north
of Mount Shasta.
526
00:29:50,708 --> 00:29:52,333
HENRY:
That is just spectacular.
527
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,583
NARRATOR: It is here
where numerous eyewitnesses
528
00:29:55,708 --> 00:29:58,833
claim to have encountered
mysterious beings,
529
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,875
as well as seen evidence
530
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,542
of possible
interdimensional portals.
531
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:08,833
Pluto's Cave is one
of several natural wonders,
532
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,083
known as lava tubes,
that crisscross the region.
533
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:17,500
ROBERT SCHOCH: Mount Shasta
is a volcanic mountain.
534
00:30:17,583 --> 00:30:20,667
So volcanic lava tubes
are formed
535
00:30:20,792 --> 00:30:23,833
when you have fast-flowing lava
536
00:30:23,917 --> 00:30:27,500
and it cools on the surface
of the flow,
537
00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:29,250
so it actually builds a crust,
538
00:30:29,375 --> 00:30:33,125
but the lava continues
to flow in the middle.
539
00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:36,875
And it forms literally a tube.
540
00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:41,292
HENRY:
Check it out, man.
541
00:30:42,375 --> 00:30:44,208
Awesome.
542
00:30:45,542 --> 00:30:48,042
Awesome.
543
00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:52,250
NAEF:
So, almost all
of the mythology and legends
544
00:30:52,375 --> 00:30:54,333
around the place,
it all takes place underground
545
00:30:54,458 --> 00:30:57,958
in the caves and tunnels
which surround the area.
546
00:30:58,083 --> 00:31:00,583
If you were able
to look underground,
547
00:31:00,708 --> 00:31:04,000
you'd just see tunnels radiating
out in every direction.
548
00:31:04,125 --> 00:31:06,958
There are actually
Native-authored stories
549
00:31:07,042 --> 00:31:10,833
that you could travel clear into
Oregon completely underground.
550
00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:13,000
HENRY:
Yeah.
551
00:31:13,125 --> 00:31:15,667
Look at that, Dustin.
That's awesome.
552
00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,125
Beautiful skylight.
553
00:31:17,250 --> 00:31:19,500
NAEF:
There's a really big subculture
554
00:31:19,625 --> 00:31:22,625
here in Mount Shasta that has
always believed that these caves
555
00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:26,625
and tunnels
contain a civilization
556
00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:29,792
full of people
just like you and I.
557
00:31:29,917 --> 00:31:32,542
And they come
back and forth through portals
558
00:31:32,708 --> 00:31:34,250
hidden in these caves.
559
00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:37,625
I've had people actually
contact me and tell me
560
00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:40,042
they've seen people
in this very cave
561
00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:42,500
walk right into a wall
and vanish.
562
00:31:42,625 --> 00:31:45,625
What-what were these people
like? What did they look like?
563
00:31:45,708 --> 00:31:47,000
They look just like us.
564
00:31:47,167 --> 00:31:49,375
That's how they're able
to travel back and forth
565
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:52,583
and mingle with humans.
566
00:31:52,708 --> 00:31:54,250
Wow.
567
00:31:56,042 --> 00:31:57,708
NARRATOR:
One of the most famous reports
568
00:31:57,833 --> 00:32:00,792
of a being emerging
from within Mount Shasta
569
00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:05,000
was made in 1930
by Guy Warren Ballard.
570
00:32:05,083 --> 00:32:08,875
Ballard, a mining engineer
who worked in the area,
571
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,833
claimed he was surveying
the slopes of the mountain
572
00:32:11,958 --> 00:32:16,083
when he encountered
a mysterious glowing figure.
573
00:32:16,208 --> 00:32:20,792
Guy reported that when he was
hiking on Mount Shasta
574
00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:24,333
in the early 1930s,
he encountered
575
00:32:24,417 --> 00:32:27,500
some extraordinary,
mysterious teacher,
576
00:32:27,667 --> 00:32:32,375
which he later identified
as the Ascended Master.
577
00:32:32,542 --> 00:32:36,333
JONATHAN YOUNG:
This is a-a radiant being
dressed in white.
578
00:32:36,458 --> 00:32:39,667
And they get
into a long conversation.
579
00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:42,000
And this teacher, this guru,
580
00:32:42,083 --> 00:32:45,500
this otherworldly
character teaches Ballard
581
00:32:45,625 --> 00:32:47,208
the secrets of enlightenment.
582
00:32:47,375 --> 00:32:50,500
NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
583
00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:53,125
Ballard's description
of a radiant being
584
00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:56,000
is reminiscent of accounts
from ancient times
585
00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:59,500
of similarly luminous figures.
586
00:32:59,625 --> 00:33:02,333
In Irish legend, we learn
of the Tuatha Dé Danann,
587
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:03,667
or the Tua Dé Dann.
588
00:33:03,833 --> 00:33:06,417
These are luminous
humanoid beings
589
00:33:06,542 --> 00:33:08,833
who are considered
to be beings of immense wisdom
590
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,750
who are also called
the Shining Ones.
591
00:33:11,875 --> 00:33:15,875
NARRATOR:
Similar to the Shining Ones
of the Celtic tradition,
592
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,250
the ancient Sumerian gods
known as the Anunnaki
593
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:22,250
were also described
as glowing figures.
594
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,958
Might these accounts,
including those made
595
00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:28,708
about Mount Shasta, be true?
596
00:33:28,833 --> 00:33:30,875
If so, can William Henry
597
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000
find any evidence
to help verify them?
598
00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,125
If you look on the USGS charts,
599
00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:38,833
there's an immense
negative magnetic anomaly
600
00:33:38,958 --> 00:33:40,667
that surrounds Mount Shasta.
601
00:33:40,792 --> 00:33:42,583
HENRY:
That's the ley line
they describe here, right?
602
00:33:42,708 --> 00:33:45,208
NAEF:
Yeah, a lot of psychic
and paranormal phenomena
603
00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:48,792
actually occurs in places
that have magnetic anomalies.
604
00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:51,333
And used as a, as a portal
605
00:33:51,458 --> 00:33:55,500
between the inner Earth realm
and the stars?
606
00:33:55,583 --> 00:33:57,167
Yeah, yeah, it...
607
00:33:57,292 --> 00:33:59,125
Anything capable of generating
608
00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:02,042
energy like that
could be a portal.
609
00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:04,458
NARRATOR:
Might the lava tubes found
610
00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:07,333
at the base of Mount Shasta
be the location
611
00:34:07,458 --> 00:34:09,417
where extraterrestrial beings
612
00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:13,125
can travel between planet Earth
and the stars?
613
00:34:13,208 --> 00:34:17,417
And if so, does this explain
the strange sightings
614
00:34:17,542 --> 00:34:21,167
of otherworldly entities
reported in the area?
615
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:24,250
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
616
00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:26,667
and they believe
that at the site
617
00:34:26,792 --> 00:34:29,083
of another incredible encounter,
618
00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:33,792
undeniable evidence
of alien contact was left behind
619
00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:37,292
by an extraterrestrial
technology.
620
00:34:41,833 --> 00:34:44,875
Of all the unexplained phenomena
we've investigated
621
00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:46,667
on Ancient Aliens,
622
00:34:46,833 --> 00:34:50,333
the formation of crop circles
is simply baffling.
623
00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:52,833
Crop circles have been reported
in over 50 different countries
624
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,917
and on every continent
except Antarctica.
625
00:34:57,042 --> 00:34:58,667
And one night
in Wiltshire, England,
626
00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:01,375
two people believe
they actually witnessed
627
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:04,958
a strange formation
being created by something
628
00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:08,333
that was not human.
629
00:35:13,708 --> 00:35:18,208
NARRATOR:
Local paralegal and crop circle
researcher Gary King
630
00:35:18,333 --> 00:35:21,250
spends the night
camping out on Knap Hill,
631
00:35:21,375 --> 00:35:24,708
an area known for sightings
of mysterious orbs
632
00:35:24,875 --> 00:35:27,583
and other strange occurrences.
633
00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:30,500
It was the 7th of July 2007,
634
00:35:30,625 --> 00:35:33,833
so because it was kind of
an auspicious date, the 7-7-7,
635
00:35:33,958 --> 00:35:35,458
we decided we'd come here.
636
00:35:35,583 --> 00:35:37,167
I came here with my girlfriend
to do a night watch.
637
00:35:37,292 --> 00:35:39,500
So we arrived here and
about 3:00 in the morning,
638
00:35:39,583 --> 00:35:41,208
we had a big white
flash of light,
639
00:35:41,333 --> 00:35:42,875
which completely
encompassed the sky.
640
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,000
And about 20 minutes after that,
we looked and we could see
641
00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:48,208
this crop circle
laid out in front of us.
642
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:52,542
The field it appeared in
was this field,
643
00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:54,333
here to the right,
that's yellow now.
644
00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:55,958
It was actually in wheat
the year that it occurred,
645
00:35:56,083 --> 00:35:58,083
but they rotate the crops.
646
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:00,875
And it started from way back
at near those trees,
647
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,333
and came over the brow
of this hill.
648
00:36:02,458 --> 00:36:04,250
It was absolutely enormous.
649
00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:06,833
NARRATOR:
The crop formation
650
00:36:06,958 --> 00:36:10,292
extended 1,033 feet long
651
00:36:10,375 --> 00:36:14,125
and 490 feet wide.
652
00:36:14,208 --> 00:36:16,333
The over two-acre design
653
00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:19,708
contained
150 individual circles,
654
00:36:19,833 --> 00:36:25,000
the largest: 164 feet across.
655
00:36:25,125 --> 00:36:26,792
I have no idea what made it.
656
00:36:26,917 --> 00:36:28,625
I'm completely open to the fact
that it could be aliens.
657
00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:32,125
What I do know, though,
is that people didn't make this.
658
00:36:32,208 --> 00:36:33,958
NARRATOR:
Gary King's experience
659
00:36:34,042 --> 00:36:36,792
is just one of many
firsthand accounts
660
00:36:36,917 --> 00:36:39,167
of designs
that mysteriously appear
661
00:36:39,292 --> 00:36:41,792
in a short period of time.
662
00:36:43,875 --> 00:36:46,042
And crop circle researchers cite
663
00:36:46,208 --> 00:36:48,000
that many of these
eyewitness accounts
664
00:36:48,083 --> 00:36:50,500
include sightings
of strange lights
665
00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:53,583
in and around the formation.
666
00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:59,792
In 1991, local photographer
Steve Alexander
667
00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:03,917
caught on camera an orb of light
floating above a crop formation
668
00:37:04,042 --> 00:37:05,958
in Wiltshire, England.
669
00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:08,708
-STEVE ALEXANDER: What is it?
-KAREN ALEXANDER: I don't know.
670
00:37:08,833 --> 00:37:11,000
CHARLES MALLETT:
His camera caught sight
of what seemed to be
671
00:37:11,083 --> 00:37:13,792
a white orb of light flying
right across this field
672
00:37:13,875 --> 00:37:17,292
right next to a crop circle.
673
00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:19,333
That orb of light,
whatever it was,
674
00:37:19,417 --> 00:37:22,292
flew directly over a tractor
working in the next field down,
675
00:37:22,417 --> 00:37:25,917
and later on, that farmer
was contacted and he said,
676
00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:28,125
"I saw this weird orb of light
677
00:37:28,208 --> 00:37:30,083
"about the size of a melon
or something
678
00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:31,750
fly over my tractor."
679
00:37:34,375 --> 00:37:36,917
I was so intrigued
by Gary King's story
680
00:37:37,042 --> 00:37:38,542
and the bizarre events
681
00:37:38,667 --> 00:37:40,625
surrounding the crop circle
phenomenon
682
00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,333
that I had to go
see it for myself.
683
00:37:49,625 --> 00:37:52,625
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
684
00:37:52,750 --> 00:37:56,833
is meeting with crop circle
researcher Dr. Eltjo Haselhoff,
685
00:37:56,917 --> 00:38:00,750
to discuss a scientific paper
Dr. Haselhoff published
686
00:38:00,875 --> 00:38:05,042
in January of 2000, suggesting
that the crop circle formations
687
00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:09,875
might be created by an unknown
electromagnetic energy source.
688
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,333
By measuring the length
of the growth nodes
689
00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:16,167
found along the plant stems
within a crop circle
690
00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:17,750
and comparing them
with the nodes
691
00:38:17,875 --> 00:38:20,458
on the undisturbed plants
in the field,
692
00:38:20,542 --> 00:38:22,583
Dr. Haselhoff
was able to predict
693
00:38:22,708 --> 00:38:26,333
what he thinks could be
creating this phenomenon.
694
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:29,208
So, you've actually done
scientific analysis
695
00:38:29,333 --> 00:38:31,042
on some of those formations.
696
00:38:31,167 --> 00:38:34,458
So, what were some
of your conclusions?
697
00:38:34,542 --> 00:38:37,458
The hypothesis is that somehow,
electromagnetic energy
698
00:38:37,542 --> 00:38:39,500
is involved in the creation
of these crop circles,
699
00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:44,333
and that somehow this energy
causes node elongation.
700
00:38:44,458 --> 00:38:46,417
So the nodes in the stems
get longer.
701
00:38:46,542 --> 00:38:49,375
And the more energy,
the longer the nodes are.
702
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,833
And that is very interesting,
because all you need to do
703
00:38:51,958 --> 00:38:54,833
is take a cross section
across a circle, like this,
704
00:38:54,917 --> 00:38:57,417
and measure the node length
in each of these positions.
705
00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:00,542
And actually,
this is what you see.
706
00:39:00,667 --> 00:39:02,042
This is in-- at the perimeter.
707
00:39:02,208 --> 00:39:05,375
See these nodes,
these dark areas?
708
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:08,500
This is somewhere halfway,
and that's in the center.
709
00:39:08,583 --> 00:39:10,458
So, you see, there is a huge
difference in node length.
710
00:39:10,583 --> 00:39:12,000
TSOUKALOS: I mean, it's a huge--
I mean, this is fascinating.
711
00:39:12,125 --> 00:39:13,625
This is incredible.
712
00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:15,458
HASELHOFF:
It is not just a little bit.
713
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:18,083
It's a difference in size
between a horse and an elephant.
714
00:39:18,208 --> 00:39:19,625
It's very, very significant.
715
00:39:19,708 --> 00:39:21,708
Yeah, I mean, what, uh,
what would do this?
716
00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:25,667
-That's, uh, quite weird.
-Well, in this case,
it was very interesting,
717
00:39:25,792 --> 00:39:28,333
because this crop circle, uh,
actually had an eyewitness
718
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,292
when it was-- when it formed.
719
00:39:30,417 --> 00:39:33,917
And the eyewitness says,
"I saw a ball of light,"
720
00:39:34,042 --> 00:39:35,917
and it was standing still.
721
00:39:36,042 --> 00:39:38,250
And that is very important,
because when a ball of light
722
00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:40,500
is standing still,
we can very accurately predict
723
00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:44,083
how the energy will be
distributed on the ground,
724
00:39:44,208 --> 00:39:47,542
and we know there that will be
more energy in the center
725
00:39:47,708 --> 00:39:51,000
and the more energy,
the longer the nodes are.
726
00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:53,000
And in this case,
it was a perfect match.
727
00:39:53,167 --> 00:39:55,333
Wow.
728
00:39:55,458 --> 00:39:56,917
Amazing, isn't it?
729
00:39:57,042 --> 00:39:58,375
Now, this is where
I get the goose bumps,
730
00:39:58,542 --> 00:40:02,333
because clearly,
there is something there.
731
00:40:02,417 --> 00:40:07,375
And no one denies
that many of them are man-made,
732
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:09,500
but then,
there is something bizarre.
733
00:40:09,583 --> 00:40:15,000
Do you have any idea how...
734
00:40:15,125 --> 00:40:19,167
or who might be behind it?
735
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:21,583
That's a very
difficult question.
736
00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:24,042
What I can say about that is...
737
00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:28,458
...I don't know.
738
00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:33,208
So it is something that remains
a giant question mark.
739
00:40:33,375 --> 00:40:36,042
Absolutely, yes.
740
00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:39,292
NARRATOR:
Does Dr. Haselhoff's
scientific research
741
00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:42,542
provide evidence
that not all crop formations
742
00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:45,667
are the product of hoaxers?
743
00:40:45,792 --> 00:40:50,167
And if so, could there be
an otherworldly origin to them
744
00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:53,542
as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
745
00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:58,875
Each and every one
of the extraordinary encounters
746
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,500
we've investigated
on Ancient Aliens
747
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:04,875
truly defies
conventional explanation.
748
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,125
And when you examine
them together,
749
00:41:07,208 --> 00:41:08,833
it becomes abundantly clear
750
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,917
that we are not alone
in the universe.
751
00:41:12,042 --> 00:41:14,500
These events can
no longer be explained away
752
00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:18,417
as weather balloons or hoaxes.
753
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:21,667
So, what are we left with?
754
00:41:21,792 --> 00:41:25,667
To me, there is only one answer:
extraterrestrial visitation.
755
00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:27,125
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