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NARRATOR: Prehistoric
rock art depicting astronauts.
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Oh, look at that.
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-LUCA GIARELLI: The spaceman?
-The spaceman!
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Exactly! Look at the helmet.
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NARRATOR:
An ancient temple
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covered
in otherworldly writings.
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It’s all here,
in this sanctuary,
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the whole story of
humanity’s place in the stars.
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NARRATOR:
Incredible petroglyphs
of mysterious flying objects.
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So this one here
looks like a UFO.
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NARRATOR:
For more than a decade,
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Ancient Aliens has examined
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the oldest and most
mysterious carvings on Earth
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up close and in person.
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Now we take a look back
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at some of
the most extraordinary glyphs.
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Glyphs, that according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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tell a worldwide
story of alien visitation.
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On Ancient Aliens, we have
traveled across the world
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examining some of the most
mysterious stone carvings,
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often referred to as glyphs.
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Our ancestors spent countless
hours carving images and symbols
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as a record
of what they thought were
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the most important
pieces of their history.
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Many glyphs depict strange,
humanoid figures,
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and tell stories of visitors
coming down from the sky.
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William Henry got to see
some of these incredible glyphs
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up close in
the mountains of northern Italy.
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NARRATOR:
Val Camonica, Italy.
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June 13, 2019.
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Ancient astronaut
theorist William Henry
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has traveled to this
UNESCO world heritage site
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to investigate what he believes
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could be forensic evidence
that the early civilizations
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of this region came into
contact with extraterrestrials.
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Hi, I’m William.
Nice to meet you.
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NARRATOR:
Joining him is Luca Giarelli,
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the head
of the Val Camonica Historical
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and Anthropological Society.
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Luca has spent years
studying this mysterious region
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of northern Italy and wants to
show William the rock carvings
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for which this
alpine valley is famous.
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This place is massive.
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I’m ready, let’s go.
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HENRY:
I’m here at
Val Camonica because it is
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a treasure trove of images
from the ancient world that have
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been well-documented
and studied by scholars.
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They don’t agree on the meaning
of the images but some of them
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are very openminded
to the ancient astronaut theory.
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Footprints. Wow!
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Look like deer.
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Look at this, incredible.
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Wow.
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HENRY:
Oh, look at that.
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The spaceman, exactly.
Look at the helmet!
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Right. It’s like he’s glowing.
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The Camunian Rose.
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Wow.
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19 Camunian Roses?
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists call this
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mysterious symbol
the Camunian Rose
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because of
its flower-like shape.
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While its exact meaning
is lost to history,
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some believe
it to be a religious symbol
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or a representation of
the movement of the stars.
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But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest it might
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also depict something else...
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the vessel
that brought these helmeted
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figures to Val Camonica.
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Look at that.
That looks like a spaceship.
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It’s like you’d look up
in the sky,
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and you would see this kind of
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twirling,
spinning ship in the sky.
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It seems to me, just looking
at it, they are trying to talk
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about beings coming from other
worlds, maybe to this place.
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Tell me about
that five-pointed star.
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HENRY:
Mm-hmm.
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Sometimes
the-the stars mean energy,
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like energy from the stars
would come to this place
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or star beings
would come to this place.
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Okay, so this is
like a newspaper then.
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It says, this was in
the sky above us
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at some point,
and this spaceman came down
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and maybe met
the Camunian people.
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NARRATOR: According
to the ancient stories,
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the city of Turin, just
155 miles from Val Camonica,
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was founded by a character
from Greek mythology called
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Phaeton who came
to Earth from the stars.
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Legend states that Turin
was founded by the god Phaeton,
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who is a son of the sun god
Helios and in the myth
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of Phaeton,
we learn the story of how
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he descended
to Earth in a fiery chariot.
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Perhaps crashing
into Mount Musinè.
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This also led
to something fortuitous
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because he brought gifts
to this place.
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He had great skills,
was a metallurgist.
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And taught this
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
When we look at myths
such as the myth of Phaeton,
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here is
really the story of a UFO
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landing on a mountain
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HENRY:
Given the-the
connection with the spacemen
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that are etched into the rock,
that we have to be open
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to the possibility that what
the ancient artist is trying
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to portray is something
that he actually saw in the sky,
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something
coming out of the heavens.
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NARRATOR:
Is there a connection
between the stone carvings found
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at Val Camonica and the story of
Phaeton’s descent from the sky?
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And do other clues exist here
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that point
to ancient alien contact?
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Were there any other cultures
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that were
connected with the valley?
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-What sort of engravings?
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Mm-hmm. Oh, the horned god,
yeah. Right.
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HENRY:
That means the Celts were here.
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So is the only location
where we see the spaceman?
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-Even deeper into the woods?
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I’d love to go. All right.
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NARRATOR:
Luca guides William up
a steep portion of the valley
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for a rare look
at another carving
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hidden from public view.
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HENRY:
I’m all right, thanks.
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We’re-we’re like on
the edge of a cliff here.
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Wait a minute, that-that’s one
of them, isn’t it right there?
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-Like the other one.
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just like the other guys.
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-HENRY: The detail is amazing.
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There’s clearly
some kind of an exchange
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that’s happening here.
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It’s like they’re
making a photograph
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of what happened at this place.
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They’re trying to say,
"At this spot,
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this is what we saw here."
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HENRY:
Of-of all places to
find a rock like this.
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This is a very secretive,
almost initiatory place
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where select people would be
brought here to be told
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-this story
about these extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Do the so-called "spacemen"
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of Val Camonica commemorate
an extraterrestrial visitation,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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Perhaps
further clues can be found
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by examining an Egyptian
temple covered in hieroglyphs...
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that tell the story
of the creation of humankind.
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Of all the mysterious
glyphs we’ve examined
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on Ancient Aliens,
some of the most astounding
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can be found in Egypt, where
they’re known as hieroglyphs.
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One the most extensive
collections of hieroglyphs
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is at the Temple of Edfu,
and in 2018,
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Ramy Romany gave us
a rare opportunity
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to see them for ourselves.
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NARRATOR:
Edfu, Egypt. April 2018.
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Egyptologist Ramy Romany has
invited author and researcher
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Andrew Collins
to join him on a visit
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to one of the most impressive
and best-preserved shrines
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in Egypt, the Temple of Edfu,
located on the west bank
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of the Nile,
465 miles south of Cairo.
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Look at this temple.
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This is, like,
my most favorite façade
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in all of
the temples of ancient Egypt.
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NARRATOR:
According to mainstream
archaeologists, Edfu is believed
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to have been built
sometime between 237 and 57 BC.
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It is dedicated to
the falcon-headed god, Horus--
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the son of Osiris and Isis.
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This temple was one of
the last temples that was ever
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built in ancient Egypt,
during the Roman times.
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When they built
that temple, they were like,
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"We want
to preserve the stories.
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"So let’s
gather all the mythology
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of ancient Egypt and
try to put it in one temple."
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It took 150 years
to make this happen.
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And then finally,
we have the book
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of ancient Egyptian mythology.
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It’s right in front of us
on all these walls.
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Every wall
is absolutely covered,
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uh, in hieroglyphs and images,
not only of the foundation
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of ancient Egypt
and the first temple,
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but also how
the world came into being.
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How Egypt came into being,
how the universe
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was essentially
founded in the first place.
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I mean,
there’s just so much here.
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NARRATOR:
The most sacred part
of Edfu is its inner sanctum,
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featuring a 12-foot-tall
granite stone.
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This is it, right here.
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This is how it all began.
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Every symbol, every text,
every little drawing in here
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represents the most sacred thing
for ancient Egyptians.
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The question that humans now
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still ask themselves,
"How did it all began?
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What created us?"
Every religion talks about it.
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Scientist tries to figure out.
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Ancient Egyptians had an answer,
and it was right there.
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Right on top
of this is the pyramidion.
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That pyramidion is
the primeval mound
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that appeared in the middle of
marshes where all the gods came
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and landed on for the first
time to start creating humanity.
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This is
the beginning of humanity.
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And the pyramidion is
almost like a miniature
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of what we see at Giza,
with the Great Pyramid,
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uh, which is so fascinating,
because what we have here is
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a focus of all of
these chapels finishing
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with this incredible structure
pointing towards the stars.
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It’s actually pointing towards
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the origins
of the gods themselves.
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There’s another piece
of evidence here
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that you might like.
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This is the boat
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or a symbol of the boat
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that they believed
the gods came on to the first
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primeval stone.
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-Oh, that’s quite extraordinary.
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The gods would have arrived
on this ship.
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So it’s all here, in this
sanctuary, the whole story
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of humanity’s beginning,
you know, its place
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in the stars,
and how it arrived here
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in the first place. This to me
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strongly suggests
that they were aware
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that our origins are
found amongst the stars.
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Or could it just simply be
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humans trying to make religions
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explain what
science can’t explain?
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But I don’t think
it’s about religion.
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This is about cosmology.
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An ancient cosmology
that we’re now beginning
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to understand for the first
time, within science.
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We can now essentially
say that the idea that
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life came from the stars
is almost certainly a reality.
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Whether it came here
on a meteorite, or whatever,
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somehow
the ancient Egyptians knew this.
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NARRATOR:
Are the ancient hieroglyphs
carefully inscribed
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on the granite
stone at the Temple of Edfu
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merely the fanciful notions
of ancient Egyptian priests,
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or could they be based
on actual historical events?
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Perhaps the answers
can be found
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by examining an ancient glyph
that can only be seen
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from the sky.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled
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around the world investigating
incredible glyphs that,
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for me, prove we are
not alone in the universe.
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Some of the most dramatic
examples of this are geoglyphs--
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enormous symbols
that have been carved
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into the Earth and can
only be seen from the sky.
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In 2018, David Childress
got a bird’s-eye view of one
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of the most amazing
geoglyphs we’ve ever examined.
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NARRATOR:
Located in the desert just
west of the Arizona border,
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an estimated
300 gigantic figures
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can be seen
etched in the arid ground.
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Known as the Blythe Intaglios,
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these ancient carvings
depict animals, spirals,
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and perhaps most significantly,
gigantic humanoid figures.
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These intaglios are unique
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in that they’re always found on
the shorelines of ancient lakes
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that existed
12,500 years ago and prior.
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NARRATOR: In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
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David Childress
traveled to Blythe to meet
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with historian Patricia Robles
and Alfredo Figueroa,
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an elder of
the local Chemehuevi tribe.
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He is also known
to many in the region as
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"The Guardian of the Glyphs."
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David was eager to see
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firsthand whether
the legends surrounding
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these unique
geoglyphs could be true.
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They can only be seen
from the air, really, right?
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Well, they can be
seen from the ground
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but you can see it all intact.
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If you’re walking on it,
you really don’t know what
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-you’re walking on.
-Exactly. Yeah, right.
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We’ll be able to see it
with the drone, I think.
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Oh, that’s excellent,
you got a drone?
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-Excellent, excellent.
-Yes, we got-- Let me get...
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-Oh, that’s wonderful.
-It’s the best way.
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-Okay, let me get it.
-Thank you.
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Who builds this and-and why?
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The original tribes
here were the Aztecas.
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-The Aztecs.
-Right.
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-Okay.
-How about...
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There he goes.
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Wow, that’s pretty interesting.
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NARRATOR:
With the drone camera, David,
Patricia and Alfredo
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are able to see the Blythe
Intaglios from a vantage point
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that their creators
never could have--
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at least, not without the
aid of some form of aircraft.
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But if this is true,
then why were they created?
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And for whom?
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-CHILDRESS:
All right, this is...
-FIGUEROA: Is Omecihuatl.
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"Cihuatl" means "woman."
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And she is pregnant,
right here, see.
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CHILDRESS:
She’s like having a baby then.
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-Aw, okay.
-And right next to her,
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is the Ocelot.
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Ocelot is the jaguar.
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Okay, so you can see it’s a cat
because it has a very long tail.
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-Uh, is that...?
-Well, the tail is
supposed to be
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-like a "U."
-A loop.
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And in the cosmos, it represents
the-the Big Dipper.
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ROBLES: Here in this place,
they came down.
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And because they descended from
the cosmos,
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our ancestors created
these images
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and aligned them
with the constellations.
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So that we would
understand that story.
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NARRATOR:
But of all the Blythe Intaglios,
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the ones Alfredo is
most eager to show David are
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those that are the largest
and arguably the most dramatic.
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CHILDRESS:
This is big. This thing is huge.
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FIGUEROA:
That’s right.
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NARRATOR:
They are the ones representing
the Aztec gods Kokopelli--
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better known as Quetzalcoatl--
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and Cicimitl,
the Aztec star god.
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Which glyph is this one?
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What we’re seeing here
is Kokopelli.
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And he represents Quetzalcoatl.
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CHILDRESS:
The Aztec, uh,
god of Quetzalcoatl.
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-So this one is...
-ROBLES: Cicimitl.
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CHILDRESS:
Cicimitl.
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His face there.
You see his nose.
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He’s not like
a normal person, is he?
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No, he looks just like a...
an E.T.
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He looks like an
extraterrestrial, uh-huh, yeah.
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NARRATOR:
An extraterrestrial?
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Is it possible that these
incredible geoglyphs represent
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not just mythological gods,
but actual alien beings
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whose arrival on Earth was
witnessed by the Azteca people?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and Alfredo Figueroa is
convinced that it was here,
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the location of
the Aztecs’ legendary home
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of Aztlan where extraterrestrial
visitors came down from the sky.
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CHILDRESS:
Aztlan is very
important in Aztec mythology.
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It was a place
where the gods came down
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to give them
the information and prophecies
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that the Aztecs had.
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I mean, you’re maintaining
that this whole area here,
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around Blythe
and the Colorado River
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is an ancient homeland
of-of the Aztecs
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-and-and the gods, too?
-Yes.
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The geoglyphs were made by...
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the Nahuatl people.
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The Nahuatl are the origin
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of the Aztecas and the Mexicas.
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So, they’re the ones
that made ’em at-at first.
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And then the Nahuatl
people made these geoglyphs
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to-to honor...
the-the creator gods.
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Right, and to not
forget where we came from.
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Where we came from,
that’s right.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that Blythe, California
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really was the ancestral
home of the Aztec people,
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and that more
than 1,000 years ago
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the area was visited
by extraterrestrial beings?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the answers may be
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found by examining the most
mysterious glyphs of all.
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Incredible images of visitors
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from the sky.
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Any discussion ofd
mysterious glyphs has to include
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the incredible ancient rock
art of the Native Americans.
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In 2013,
I got the rare opportunity
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to examine
a remarkable collection
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of petroglyphs in the Zuni
territory of New Mexico
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with tribal elder,
Clifford Mahooty.
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NARRATOR: Located at an
elevation of over 6,000 feet,
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this barren desert land
has been home to the Zuni
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for at least 1,300 years.
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Stretching
roughly 700 square miles,
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it contains literally
thousands of ancient carvings
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that most outsiders
have never laid eyes on.
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And the Zuni
claim that some of these
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petroglyphs depict
visitations from star beings.
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CLIFFORD MAHOOTY:
To the Zuni people
and other tribes,
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there’s a spiritual
connection with the star beings.
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They’re the ones that actually
rule the-the universe
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or the world that we’re on.
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If you look at the petroglyphs,
there’s a lot of references
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to those type of, uh, entities.
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There’s definitely
evidence that aliens visited
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North America
in the distant past.
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And there are petroglyphs
throughout this part
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of the country carved
by ancient Americans
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that depict just that.
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In 2013,
ancient astronaut theorist
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Giorgio Tsoukalos,
traveled to New Mexico
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to meet with Zuni elder
Clifford Mahooty,
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and get an exclusive look
at this mysterious rock art.
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What can you tell me about
this petroglyph right here?
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Well, you know, if you can
see on top of that
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where maybe a head would be,
it’s kind of eroded off.
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But on the next part of it
there’s four compartments
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look like extension
of something sticking out.
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TSOUKALOS:
Yeah, almost like legs.
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It could be something
that they saw in the air.
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Isn’t there a legend that beings
visited on top of this mountain?
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Oh, yes.
Uh, on all of the mesas.
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Look at that triangle up there.
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TSOUKALOS:
And you’ve got the dots
around it that have been carved
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into the rock that remind me
of, like, stars.
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In conjunction with all
the stories of star people
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descending from the sky in fiery
shields and things like this,
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when I see a pattern like that,
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I always think, what if this
is something that they saw,
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and then
they carved onto a rock?
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For something like this
that they saw maybe in the sky
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or had an encounter,
they would come over here
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and say, "Well, it, um,
it looked like this."
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So they were put on there
and say, "Well, the best
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of my-my recollection,
here’s what it looked like."
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So they would put it on there.
So this is a permanent record.
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-Right. Oh, no.
That is why stone was used.
-Yeah. Yeah.
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-It is the only
permanent record that we have.
-Mm-hmm.
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MAHOOTY:
Yes. And-and
the thing about it is that...
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how does
it connect to present day?
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I mean, there
are certain things out here
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where you can look at it.
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Okay, for example, the UFO.
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We didn’t know anything about
UFOs until the last century.
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But all those years,
they knew about them.
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They saw them,
and somebody says, "Okay,
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I’m going to put this
down here for longevity."
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And they say,
"Grandson, I want to show you
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what I saw
when I was a young man."
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And they’ll come over
and show you,
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that’s exactly what I saw
and here’s what it looked like.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that these ancient rock carvings
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in remote areas
of the Zuni territory
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provide a historical record
of extraterrestrial contact?
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You can find petroglyphs
that are similar to those
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in the Zuni territory all
throughout North America.
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And surprisingly,
nearly identical drawings
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can be found on
the other side of the planet.
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New South Wales, Australia.
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The Bulgandry preservation site
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is one of numerous
sacred Indigenous locations
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where ancient rock art
and engravings can be found.
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Many are believed to
date back thousands of years.
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Wow.
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NARRATOR:
In February 2016, researcher
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and publisher Giorgio Tsoukalos
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traveled to Australia to meet
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with Aboriginal Elder
Kevin Gavi Duncan
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to learn about one of the oldest
carvings that can be found here.
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So what are we looking at here?
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So this image is
an actual image of what we say
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is our Godfather
creator being, Baiame.
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-That’s what our people believe.
-Okay.
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Baiame came from a place
that we call the Morning Star
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-within the Mirrabooka.
-Mm-hmm.
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"Mirra" means "stars"
and "booka" means "river."
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That is the Milky Way
that flows across the night sky.
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-No kidding? Okay.
-Yes.
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And so he is one
of those Sky-Heroes
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that has descended
from the Milky Way?
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Yes.
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He’s a Sky-Hero.
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And Baiame is carved
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in the manner that you see,
he has his arms out.
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And he holds
the Moon in one hand...
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...and the Morning Star
in the other...
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which is a bit like
what we call planet Earth.
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And these are the two moons
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which exist
around the Morning Star
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and the Mirrabooka
that Baiame came from.
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TSOUKALOS:
Mm-hmm.
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And this is the canoe.
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He sailed
through the river of life,
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um, in the Mirrabooka across
the sky world.
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TSOUKALOS:
So he sailed
through the Milky Way?
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DUNCAN:
Yes, he sailed
through the Milky Way.
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And this was his vessel
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that he sailed,
and he landed, to the Earth.
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And he crushed the top
of the mountain which is
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the sacred mountain of
Mount Yengo not far from here.
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And when he landed,
they said the fire
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came from his feet and it burnt
the mount-- the top
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of the mountain and all
around it every time he landed.
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So the landings
were always associated
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-with a lot of noise,
smoke and fire?
-Yes!
477
00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:29,314
The fire trail that was
478
00:27:29,398 --> 00:27:31,858
left when Baiame was
leaving the top of the mountain
479
00:27:31,942 --> 00:27:36,072
into the sky world, when
Baiame had left was so bright...
480
00:27:36,196 --> 00:27:38,696
people interpret
that as a spaceship
481
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:41,202
-of some kind
as coming and going.
-Yeah.
482
00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:46,666
But this is the way we simply
interpret Baiame’s spaceship.
483
00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:48,878
Right. But it’s
because the vocabulary
484
00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,671
didn’t exist at the time.
485
00:27:50,752 --> 00:27:52,922
-Yes.
-So, to me, those are all
486
00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:57,426
wonderfully poetic ways to
describe eyewitness accounts
487
00:27:57,551 --> 00:28:00,391
of things that were incredible.
488
00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:02,890
Yes. This site is considered
489
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,565
around 8,000
to 10,000 years old.
490
00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:07,102
Wow!
491
00:28:08,061 --> 00:28:11,731
These carvings. These rock
paintings, these are our books.
492
00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:14,475
They are considered to be
493
00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:16,948
basically our truth.
494
00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:23,241
NARRATOR:
Do the petroglyphs found
in Australia and North America
495
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:26,538
tell the same
story of alien visitation?
496
00:28:26,622 --> 00:28:30,132
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
497
00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:33,130
and suggest that another series
of rock carvings
498
00:28:33,253 --> 00:28:35,263
found in Australia
499
00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:39,049
may reveal the truth about
how these otherworldly visitors
500
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,934
arrived on planet Earth.
501
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:49,893
On Ancient Aliens,
we’ve examined glyphs all over
502
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:53,268
the world and we find strikingly
similar imagery again and again.
503
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:56,108
But what
was completely unexpected
504
00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:58,785
was the discovery of
what are clearly Egyptian
505
00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:02,664
hieroglyphs not in Egypt,
but in Australia.
506
00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:07,704
NARRATOR:
Central Coast,
New South Wales, Australia.
507
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:12,004
Deep in
the Brisbane Water National Park
508
00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:15,375
is a mysterious site
known as the Gosford Glyphs.
509
00:29:17,130 --> 00:29:20,630
The site consists of two
massive, eight-foot-high walls
510
00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:24,217
engraved with
over 300 ancient carvings.
511
00:29:24,304 --> 00:29:30,144
Carvings that experts say do
not resemble Indigenous artwork,
512
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,309
but Egyptian hieroglyphs.
513
00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:38,653
After deciphering the texts,
514
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,527
21st century
Egyptologist Ray Johnson
515
00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:43,625
believed them to
reveal the burial site
516
00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,329
of Lord Nefer-Ti-Ru,
517
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:48,581
a member of the Egyptian
royal family
518
00:29:48,662 --> 00:29:51,162
who died while visiting
the area with his brother
519
00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:55,998
sometime
between 2637 and 2614 BC.
520
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,970
Absolutely beautiful out here.
521
00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:08,385
Oh, I know.
522
00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:11,845
NARRATOR:
While visiting the area in 2016,
523
00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:13,595
Giorgio Tsoukalos
524
00:30:13,687 --> 00:30:16,307
met with local
ancient astronaut theorist
525
00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:19,028
Evan Strong
to get a firsthand look
526
00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:21,189
at these enigmatic carvings.
527
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,700
-And here we are.
-Wow!
528
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,454
TSOUKALOS:
That’s incredible.
529
00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:30,907
I had no idea.
I mean, this looks totally
530
00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:32,748
different than on pictures.
531
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,839
So what do
these hieroglyphs say?
532
00:30:36,918 --> 00:30:39,838
Well, at least one
panel talks about two brothers,
533
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,091
two princes,
coming here from Egypt.
534
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:43,795
They were shipwrecked.
535
00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:46,804
One of ’em ended up getting
bitten by a snake. He then died.
536
00:30:46,887 --> 00:30:49,137
The theory is
then he was interred here
537
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:51,392
and that’s why you’ve
got hieroglyphs here.
538
00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:53,355
-Mm-hmm.
-Because he died here.
539
00:30:53,435 --> 00:30:56,865
But there’s these other
walls with a mixture of symbols.
540
00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,438
This one over here,
it’s more of a philosophical
541
00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:04,397
astrophysics style
thing with symbols meaning
542
00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:07,778
all sorts
of esoteric stuff so...
543
00:31:07,908 --> 00:31:10,198
Now, have-have
these symbols at all been
544
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,115
interpreted by Egyptologists?
545
00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:15,365
-There’ve been a few actually.
-Mm-hmm.
546
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,577
A few different
people have done that.
547
00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:20,377
-And what was their reaction?
-Well, Raymond Johnson was one
548
00:31:20,462 --> 00:31:22,552
of the first people
to come here and-and translate.
549
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:26,430
He actually sent some
of his translations off
550
00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:30,760
to the Cairo library
and Dr. Abu Dhia Ghazi,
551
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,389
ended up saying, "Yep,
you’re on the right track."
552
00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:35,605
It’s something
called proto-Egyptian.
553
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,937
And how old
do you reckon these are?
554
00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:40,571
We’re thinking
because of the prevalence,
555
00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:43,859
at least in one
panel of proto-Egyptian,
556
00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:46,204
that it’s about 4,600 years old.
557
00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,989
Wow. Are there any hieroglyphs
558
00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:50,486
that stand out to you?
559
00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,117
Yeah, definitely.
Follow me down here,
560
00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:54,912
and I’ll show you
this other one.
561
00:31:57,290 --> 00:31:59,170
So this one here, um, we call
562
00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:01,292
the UFO glyph and people have
called it that since they’ve
563
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:04,130
been coming here because
it kind of looks like a UFO.
564
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:06,514
TSOUKALOS:
Yeah, it definitely
has the classic UFO shape.
565
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:08,593
It’s got the-the rays
566
00:32:08,677 --> 00:32:11,137
or whatever you want to call it.
567
00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:13,511
What would you suggest
if anyone says, "Well,
568
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,060
"this is not a UFO.
It’s some other symbol,
569
00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:17,693
but certainly not that"?
570
00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:20,021
I think someone
suggested that it’s jewelry
571
00:32:20,147 --> 00:32:21,807
but it’s a completely
different symbol that’s
572
00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:24,108
upside down and
it really doesn’t quite fit in.
573
00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:26,532
It’s one of
those symbols here that,
574
00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:28,363
that doesn’t fit into the canon.
575
00:32:28,488 --> 00:32:31,158
In your opinion,
why do you think the Egyptians
576
00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:33,031
made it all the way
to Australia?
577
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,870
I think they were looking
for esoteric wisdom, definitely.
578
00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:39,537
-From the Aboriginals?
-Yes.
579
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:46,512
DUNCAN:
The ancient Egyptians, we have
stories, and Aboriginal stories,
580
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,181
about their arrival,
and about their visits
581
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:51,721
long before
Europeans had arrived here.
582
00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,890
Naturally we would
have shared ceremony
583
00:32:56,016 --> 00:32:59,516
with these people, because they
have the same similar beliefs
584
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:01,404
as our people.
585
00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:03,901
Egyptians have that same
586
00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:06,944
spiritual connection
to the sky world.
587
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:13,025
NARRATOR:
Hieroglyphs found in Australia?
588
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:16,198
Might the continent
have actually served
589
00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:18,908
as a pilgrimage site
for visitors seeking
590
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:22,249
a direct connection
to the so-called gods?
591
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,245
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
592
00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:30,218
and suggest further evidence
of this otherworldly link can be
593
00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:33,892
found in one of the most
remote places in the world.
594
00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:43,981
What’s fascinating
about many of the glyphs
595
00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:45,944
we’ve examined on Ancient Aliens
is that they depict
596
00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:50,146
the natural world of our
ancestors with extreme accuracy.
597
00:33:50,237 --> 00:33:53,157
But every now and then
we find a bird that looks
598
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,040
more like an airplane
or a serpent with wings...
599
00:33:57,118 --> 00:34:00,788
or even a turtle
descending from the sky.
600
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:03,794
And this is exactly
what I found at one
601
00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:06,417
of the most remote locations
in the world,
602
00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:08,173
the Marquesas Islands.
603
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,430
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
604
00:34:16,513 --> 00:34:19,103
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
605
00:34:19,182 --> 00:34:22,312
set out to explore
the remote Marquesas Islands,
606
00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:25,185
in search of evidence
that extraterrestrial contact
607
00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:27,942
took place here
in the remote past.
608
00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:32,025
-Hello. I’m Giorgio.
-ANIATA KIMITETE: Hello.
609
00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:33,952
-Pleasure to meet you.
-I’m Aniata.
610
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,322
Hi, I’m David.
611
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,368
NARRATOR: Arriving on
the island of Nuku Hiva,
612
00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:41,120
they are met by local guide,
Aniata Kimitete.
613
00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:42,754
-Let’s go explore.
-Great.
614
00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,461
All right.
615
00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:48,626
NARRATOR:
She has brought them
to an area known
616
00:34:48,712 --> 00:34:50,212
as Kamuihei,
617
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:52,297
a sacred place
believed to be rich
618
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:56,894
in what the natives call
"mana" or "spiritual power."
619
00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:01,349
So we are arriving at
this spot where I really
620
00:35:01,474 --> 00:35:03,814
-wanted to
show you about this site.
-Oh, look at this.
621
00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:08,228
KIMITETE:
What we see here,
it’s what we call petroglyphs.
622
00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:09,575
TSOUKALOS:
Yeah.
623
00:35:09,649 --> 00:35:12,489
So you have three turtles.
So one,
624
00:35:12,569 --> 00:35:14,529
two, three.
625
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,114
Here.
626
00:35:16,197 --> 00:35:20,577
And also on the rock
you can see a canoe.
627
00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:23,370
-Okay.
-So you have
the head of the canoe here
628
00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:25,666
that looks
a little bit like a bird.
629
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:28,329
Their canoes had
a bird head at the front.
630
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,420
TSOUKALOS:
You see the beak.
631
00:35:30,503 --> 00:35:32,593
-CHILDRESS: Yeah, that looks
like a bird head.
-KIMITETE: Yeah.
632
00:35:32,672 --> 00:35:35,222
And what is the significance
of the turtles?
633
00:35:35,342 --> 00:35:37,642
KIMITETE:
The turtle is actually
634
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:42,559
the messenger from the gods.
He was a very sacred animal.
635
00:35:42,682 --> 00:35:45,272
People were
not allowed to eat them.
636
00:35:45,352 --> 00:35:47,602
TSOUKALOS:
You know, I think this is
really interesting what you said
637
00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:50,437
that the turtle is regarded
here as messenger of the gods,
638
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:53,113
because
this is not something new.
639
00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:55,953
It’s not something
native to this area.
640
00:35:56,029 --> 00:35:58,659
There are other
parts of the world where...
641
00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:02,660
the turtle is described by
having descended from the sky.
642
00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:06,414
And the idea that this
is here too considered
643
00:36:06,539 --> 00:36:10,129
a messenger of the gods,
that to me is a connection
644
00:36:10,210 --> 00:36:13,050
to potential extraterrestrials.
645
00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:16,924
NARRATOR:
Throughout the planet,
646
00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:19,760
numerous ancient cultures
have origin stories
647
00:36:19,886 --> 00:36:23,056
that involve some sort
of divine or cosmic turtle.
648
00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:28,234
Followers of Japanese Shinto
venerate the Kame-ishi.
649
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:32,273
A stone turtle that portends
the end of the world.
650
00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:36,899
In Guatemala, there are
legends of giant flying turtles
651
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:40,698
and even artifacts that feature
the image of a man wearing what
652
00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:44,742
appears to be a helmet
lying inside a turtle shell.
653
00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:49,422
In North America,
the Iroquois Indians tell tales
654
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:53,131
of a "sky goddess" who falls
to Earth from the heavens,
655
00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:57,763
whereupon a giant turtle rises
up from the ocean to catch her.
656
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:03,142
I think it’s interesting
here this canoe which would
657
00:37:03,263 --> 00:37:06,433
have been very large,
has the bird head on it.
658
00:37:06,516 --> 00:37:08,476
And you have the birdmen
659
00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:10,901
of Easter Island that are
so famous.
660
00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:14,441
NARRATOR: One of Easter Island’s
ancient traditions
661
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:18,816
involves Tangata manu,
or the Birdman cult.
662
00:37:18,945 --> 00:37:23,115
According to legend,
the creator god Make-Make
663
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:27,159
was looking in a mirror and
saw a bird land on his shoulder.
664
00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:29,997
Seeing his image
combined with the bird,
665
00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:34,213
he decided to make a son
who was half man, half bird.
666
00:37:34,294 --> 00:37:37,804
In turn, the Rapa Nui
people of Easter Island
667
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:42,592
worshiped the birdman as
the predecessor of all humans.
668
00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:47,427
One of the central
focuses of the rituals,
669
00:37:47,515 --> 00:37:51,225
the annual
rituals at Easter Island...
670
00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:56,898
...was that of Tangata manu,
the birdman.
671
00:37:56,983 --> 00:38:00,533
And the birdman is
a universal symbol that we find
672
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:05,123
in many parts of the globe
that relates to ancestry
673
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,830
associated with figures,
674
00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:10,912
characters in
feather coats who were seen
675
00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:15,667
to be able to go between
this world and the next.
676
00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:20,054
And here we have
the same ideas on Easter Island.
677
00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:22,723
CHILDRESS:
Is there more
to see on the island?
678
00:38:22,842 --> 00:38:25,932
-We have a lot more to see
on the island.
-Okay.
679
00:38:26,012 --> 00:38:27,182
-So let’s go.
-CHILDRESS: Okay.
680
00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:28,965
NARRATOR:
After showing Giorgio
681
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:31,267
and David
the ancient petroglyphs,
682
00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:34,061
Aniata takes them
to a site that has
683
00:38:34,187 --> 00:38:36,937
some of the most striking
statuary in the Marquesas.
684
00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,777
Right now we are
at the Tohua of Temehea.
685
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,240
So the Tohua
is the gathering place.
686
00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:47,493
And so this sculpture
here is a modern sculpture.
687
00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:50,615
But, is this
based on something old?
688
00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:54,713
KIMITETE:
Yes. Because the site
that we are on was rebuilt.
689
00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:57,381
Even though it’s modern,
it’s really based
690
00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,382
on the original statue.
691
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:02,094
TSOUKALOS:
Oh, wow. Okay.
Is this considered a Tiki?
692
00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:05,895
Yes, this Tiki
represents the population.
693
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:09,060
So to the Marquesan
people, what is a Tiki?
694
00:39:09,138 --> 00:39:11,848
A Tiki at first
was the representation
695
00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:14,943
of our god of magic and sorcery.
696
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:17,811
He was one of
the only god in French Polynesia
697
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:20,397
that has the face of a man.
698
00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:26,448
He became our protector,
because when you have a Tiki
699
00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:29,373
by your side, then you are
protected from your enemy.
700
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:34,003
NARRATOR:
In the Marquesas, the word
"Tiki" can be used to refer
701
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,580
both to an ancestral figure
702
00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:38,135
that came
to the islands in ancient times,
703
00:39:38,251 --> 00:39:41,341
as well as the statues
that represent him.
704
00:39:41,421 --> 00:39:45,171
They are variously
carved in both wood and stone,
705
00:39:45,258 --> 00:39:49,008
and often depict a being
with large, goggle-like eyes.
706
00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:53,306
And this is what Tiki looks
like... as a god?
707
00:39:53,433 --> 00:39:57,403
Yes, because they say
in the legend that when Tiki
708
00:39:57,478 --> 00:39:59,558
left the Earth,
they made the sculpture
709
00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:01,937
of how he looked like, just...
710
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:04,686
to have something
to remember from Tiki.
711
00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:07,237
So that’s how
he looked like actually.
712
00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:09,952
It looks very strange to me.
713
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:12,454
If this is
a representation of what
714
00:40:12,577 --> 00:40:16,537
your ancestors thought
this figure looked like,
715
00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:20,333
it doesn’t look like a man,
it looks weird.
716
00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:23,130
Yeah. I mean, he-he sort
of looks like a man,
717
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:27,054
but with these big goggle eyes
and the elongated head
718
00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:30,303
and everything, he looks
like an extraterrestrial.
719
00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:33,971
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
glyphs found on nearly
720
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:36,137
every continent reveal
721
00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:38,225
that ancient people
all over the world
722
00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:42,231
encountered
extraterrestrial visitors?
723
00:40:42,315 --> 00:40:45,035
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that some
724
00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:47,071
rock art provides a record
725
00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:50,573
not only of alien contact,
but even
726
00:40:50,657 --> 00:40:53,157
of how they got here.
727
00:40:54,077 --> 00:40:56,747
Could these
mysterious petroglyphs
728
00:40:56,829 --> 00:41:00,669
provide the best evidence
yet of ancient alien contact?
729
00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:04,632
To me, the ultimate proof
lies in the fact that
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00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:07,262
all over the world,
cultures that were separated
731
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:09,130
by thousands of miles
732
00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:13,757
carved the same strange figures
and symbols again and again,
733
00:41:13,846 --> 00:41:15,926
leaving us with
a record of extraterrestrial
734
00:41:16,015 --> 00:41:18,095
intervention on Earth.
735
00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:22,404
Our alien origins are in
plain sight for anyone to see.
736
00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,944
You only need to read
the writing on the wall.
737
00:41:26,025 --> 00:41:27,935
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