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NARRATOR:
A mysterious metal object
that defies ex
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Very strange.
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So what does the museum
have to say about this?
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It is a strange piece
for us as well.
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An ancient stone carving
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that may possess
advanced technology.
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DAVID SEDAT:
Inside the crystalline
structure were great
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memory chip banks.
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An extraordinary crystal skull
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with strange properties.
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So, what are we looking at here?
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JAMIE JONES:
It seems to be a very strong,
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protective energy.
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NARRATOR: On Ancient Aliens,
we've investigated
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the world's oldest
and most incredible
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relics up close and in person.
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Now, we take a look back at some
of the most mysterious artifacts
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we've examined
all over the globe.
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Artifacts that, according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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provide undeniable proof
of extraterrestrial contact.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have examined
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some of the most mysterious
artifacts on Earth.
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Artifacts that, I believe,
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offer compelling evidence
that our ancestors
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were visited by
extraterrestrials.
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And that is exactly
what I found when I traveled
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to a museum in Romania with
Erich von Däniken to examine
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one of the most extraordinary
relics ever discovered.
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NARRATOR:
Workers digging a trench
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along the banks
of the Mures River
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unearth two giant bones.
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And with them,
a mysterious metal object,
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buried 35 feet
beneath the surface.
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The discovery brings
the project to a halt
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as the crew takes their
findings to a nearby museum.
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This strange object, known
today as the Wedge of Aiud,
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continues to baffle
archaeologists
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because it is an aluminum alloy
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that appears to have been
made thousands of years
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before humans were able
to smelt or fabricate metal.
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It was 10 meters in depth
associated with some bones,
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which they later identified
as woolly mammoth bones.
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If they were contemporary,
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all of them, then they were
in use sometime in the period
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when Neanderthals
roamed the Earth.
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So they were extinct
40,000 years ago,
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so they must be older than that.
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The Wedge was analyzed
three times to my knowledge.
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The main metal in its
composition is aluminum.
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MICHAEL DENNIN:
Humans didn't really
start working
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with aluminum until well
into the 1800s.
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So when you look at
this wedge and you analyze it,
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it really has most
of the modern properties
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we would associate
with aluminum.
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NARRATOR:
In January of 2017,
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ancient astronaut theorists
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Erich von Däniken
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were offered a rare opportunity
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to get a firsthand look
at the Wedge of Aiud.
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Museum curator Ana Gruia
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has taken it out of
a storage locker
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where it has been
deliberately hidden
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from the public
since the early 1970s.
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This is exciting.
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Okay, I'm just gonna put
my gloves on.
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TSOUKALOS:
This is great.
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GRUIA:
So this is it.
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-VON DÄNIKEN: Oh, wow.
-TSOUKALOS: Okay.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
This is strange.
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It's very heavy.
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-Giorgio, take it, it's heavy.
-This is crazy.
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TSOUKALOS:
Wow.
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And this was found at a depth
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of 10 meters,
which is about 30 feet,
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-in the ground.
-GRUIA: Yes.
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TSOUKALOS:
Yes, and here, this is
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where they took the sample out,
and here, to make the analysis.
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And here you see two pieces
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that are broken off, sort of.
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So maybe it was attached
or something.
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But very strange.
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So what does the museum
have to say about this?
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This is a very strange piece.
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It is, it is a strange piece
for us as well.
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As historians,
we do not consider it
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a historical object
that we're used to.
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We don't know
what it was used for,
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and we acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating,
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and its composition as well.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
So, for what can you use this?
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It looks like a hammer
or a shovel, but, Giorgio,
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what is the word of, in English?
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(speaking in foreign language)
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-Oh, an excavator tooth.
-VON DÄNIKEN: Well,
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it looks like this.
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-It could have been
something like it.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
But these excavator tooths
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-are never made out of aluminum.
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-VON DÄNIKEN: Aluminum
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VON DÄNIKEN:
They are made out of steel.
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Especially hard steel,
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So we have a real mystery here.
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But you see this patina
over this whole object?
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And this creates
another problem.
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TSOUKALOS: Yes, because
you cannot fake a patina.
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It's impossible
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to artificially create a patina.
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The patina is a thin coating
of various metal compounds
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that forms
on the surface of the metal
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during exposure
to atmospheric elements.
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The older the object,
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the thicker
the patina layer will be.
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It takes hundreds,
if not thousands of years
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for a thick layer of patina,
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as this apparently is,
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for it to develop.
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Yes, we agree there are
two basic problems.
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One, that aluminum
was not invented
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at the age when we presume
this was in use.
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And second, it's the patina,
as you noted.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
Which speaks for the date.
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-TSOUKALOS: Yes.
-VON DÄNIKEN: For the age of it.
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So we-we still
have a mystery here.
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TSOUKALOS:
Thank you very much for
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showing us this object because
I know that there was a time
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when nobody knew where it was,
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somewhere in a box in the back.
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Which means present-day
archaeology has a problem.
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And they're doing
magnificent work.
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But when something
like this comes along,
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you know, we should
investigate this
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and not put it in
a box in the back.
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-Definitely.
-GRUIA: It did depend
on mentalities
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-in official position.
-Yes. (chuckling)
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because we have to admit,
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as historians,
that we do not know
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more details about it.
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For us it's just baffling
at this point.
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But taking the-the logic
further, this conflicting
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information could have
just two solutions so far:
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One, that it is really
not so old and the context
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is irrelevant, and the patina
was somehow produced
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in special circumstances.
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So it's a new object
strangely preserved, let's say.
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of course,
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that it's not
of terrestrial origin.
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In all of your adventures,
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how does this compare
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to some of the other things
that are inexplicable?
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I am helpless. I have no idea.
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-That says it all right there.
-(chuckling)
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Very bizarre. Bizarre.
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I've known about this thing
since the early 1990s,
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and I have to tell you
that looking at it
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in person was a dream come true.
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And it's a very strange thing.
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I mean, how do you explain this?
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It certainly looks
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as if it was part
of a larger object.
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The question is, was it
a component of a device?
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Was it a component
of something larger?
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NARRATOR:
If the Wedge of Aiud really is
over 40,000 years old,
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then who made it,
and what was it used for?
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
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believe they may have
the answer.
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An aeronautical engineer
who saw the Aiud Wedge
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looked at it and said,
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"That's a piece of
a landing gear
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for a vertical takeoff
and landing aircraft."
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Ancient astronaut theorists
have also looked at this wedge
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and surmised that it's possible
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that it's part of a crashed
extraterrestrial craft.
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NARRATOR:
Could the Wedge of Aiud
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really be a remnant
of an extraterrestrial craft?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes.
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And they suggest that the truth
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about these
otherworldly visitors
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can be found half a world away,
encoded in stone.
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Some of the most
mysterious artifacts
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we've investigated on
Ancient Aliens
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have come in the form of
ancient stone statues
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known as stelae.
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On a recent trip
to Copán, Honduras,
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I met with an archaeologist
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who showed me some
intriguing examples
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of these Mayan artifacts
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that he suggests
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may have served
a technological purpose.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient Astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos travels
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to Copán, Honduras, to meet up
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with renowned Mayan
archaeologist David Sedat
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who's been involved
in the excavation
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of the site for more
than three decades.
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TSOUKALOS:
David, great pleasure
to meet you.
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SEDAT:
Well, I've been
looking forward to this.
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I'm sure you have a lot
of things you want to see.
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TSOUKALOS:
This is... Yes, I do.
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So, David, what are we
looking at here?
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SEDAT:
Well,
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this is the Great Plaza.
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It's over 100 meters, uh,
larger than a football field.
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of the Great Plaza
with the majority of the great
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standing stone giants that
you've come to see are located.
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On the grounds at Copán
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are dozens of stone
statues called stelae.
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The most well-known of these
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were built during
the 43-year reign of the ruler
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Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil,
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better known by
the nickname "18 Rabbit."
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TSOUKALOS:
This is the first time
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I'm standing next
to one of these.
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Absolutely incredible.
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What do the glyphs say
about this particular statue
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or stela here?
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SEDAT:
This is all
a representation of
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the 13th ruler, whom we
have nicknamed 18 Rabbit.
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And they show him
taking on the persona
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of the high god of Copán,
Ju'n Ajaw, who was a sky god.
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The supreme being.
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The motifs on his headdress
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and other attributes
show that he is a sky deity.
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This is amazing to me
because here we have not only
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a statue depicting something,
which is a picture,
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a carved picture,
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but on the sides,
we have writing,
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glyphs carved
that speak of a sky deity.
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Now, when I look at
something like this,
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I'm immediately reminded
of misunderstood technology.
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Because imagine,
if a people who are
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intelligent yet their
technological frame of reference
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from 1,000 or 2,000 years ago
we have to admit was primitive,
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not their intelligence,
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their technological
frame of reference.
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Of course,
let me just add to that
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that everything
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shows his connectedness
of the cosmos
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and this living space
of mankind in all of its senses.
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And by the way,
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I have seen that
headdress right there
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elsewhere on planet Earth.
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And that is in Mesopotamia.
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So the fact that we have
these examples worldwide
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leads me to think that it was
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a flesh and blood
extraterrestrial
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whom our ancestors
misinterpreted as being God.
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Why? Because
they came from the sky.
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Arthur C. Clarke
said it best when he said,
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"Any sufficiently
advanced technology
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is indistinguishable
from magic."
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Imagine showing
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your great-great-grandfather
your smart phone.
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-Right. That's right.
(laughing)
-All of a sudden,
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you've become
a magician, a wizard.
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When we talk about technology,
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I imagine someday in the future
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that the technology will be such
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that we'll be able to scan
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this stela here...
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...and receive the resonances
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that are inside the crystalline
structure of the stone.
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In other words,
that these were great
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memory chip banks.
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Wow, okay.
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And in the appropriate algorithm
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we could peel back into time
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by hearing the sights and sounds
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and everything
that happened in this
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sacred space and maybe
answer some of the questions
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that you were posing.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that these
Mayan stone giants
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were designed in such a way
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as to be able to digitally
store valuable data?
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NOVA SPIVACK:
We've learned a lot about
how ancient civilizations
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understood our solar system
and their world.
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These civilizations
had advanced technologies
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for working with
stone and metal,
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and in some cases crystals.
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We still don't know
how they did what they did.
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It's reasonable that,
given these monuments exist,
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that we should analyze them
to see if there's
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other layers of information
encoded in them.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
If these statues were
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in fact devices that had
recorded information,
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you wonder if we have also
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some evidence here
from the statues of Copán
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that extraterrestrials
are coming to this planet.
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NARRATOR:
Could the ancient
stone giants of Copán
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really be encoded with
precious information
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about the ancient world?
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And if so, might they
also hold evidence
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of extraterrestrial contact?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer is a profound yes.
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And to prove their point,
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they believe
that one of the keys
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can be found by examining
the elaborate carvings
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located on what is
referred to as Stela C...
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the same one that David Sedat
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considers the most incredible.
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The inscription on this side
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starts a 20-year period
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equivalent to
December 5 of 711.
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And midnight on that night,
the Milky Way was standing
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precisely straight up
in the tropical sky here.
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The text goes on to say
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that this also happened
4,600 years before.
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And there is strong implication
that he was as well,
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like on that night,
witnessing this celestial event.
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NARRATOR:
Witnessing the event?
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Is it possible that the ruler
depicted on the stelae
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known as 18 Rabbit
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was able to observe
an astronomical event
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that occurred more than
4,000 years before his time?
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Let me show you
how the narrative
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picks up on the other side.
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All right, let's check it out.
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So now here,
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-this guy has a beard.
-Well, yes.
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This is still 18 Rabbit,
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but he's achieved
great age, great wisdom.
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Telling us that he is
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witnessing this astronomical
conjunction of the Milky Way
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two million years ago.
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Two million years ago?
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-Two million years ago.
-So this guy here...
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And he witnessed it.
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Now, he witnesses
this astronomical
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conjunction of the Milky Way
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two million years in the future.
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-As well?
-As well.
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TSOUKALOS:
That's extraordinary.
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SEDAT:
So these stones have to be seen
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as the supernatural
personas that can travel
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in time simultaneously
backwards and forwards.
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You've just blown my mind.
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NARRATOR:
Supernatural personas that
can travel through time?
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If the statues of Copán
were really created
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as a means of storing
valuable ancient knowledge,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
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then how and why did that
knowledge come to be lost...
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...along with the keys needed
to unlock their secrets?
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Perhaps the answers
can be found by examining
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another group
of mysterious stones
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that may have
extraterrestrial origins.
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Many of the mystererious
artifacts
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we've investigated
on Ancient Aliens are,
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in my opinion,
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objects that our ancestors
created to document
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encounters with
otherworldly beings.
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But every now and then
we have come across an artifact
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that may itself be
of extraterrestrial origin.
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In 2019, David Childress
got the rare opportunity
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to scientifically test
strange stones that are unlike
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anything we've ever
found on planet Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Sierra Leone, Africa.
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The early 1990s.
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As civil war rages
across the country...
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...rebels begin forcing
villagers to mine
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so-called "blood diamonds."
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But from deep within the earth
emerges a vast treasure
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they weren't expecting.
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They discover mysterious figures
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ranging from five
to ten inches tall...
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...often with reptilian
or amphibian features
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known as Nomoli.
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CHILDRESS:
They're very strange statues.
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Some are clay, some are of
granite or limestone.
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They are humans and human
figures with lizard heads.
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There are hundreds of them.
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NARRATOR:
According to legend,
the Nomoli represent sky gods.
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When they fell from the heaven,
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part of the sky turned to stone
and rained down with them.
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Curiously, strange blue stones
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can be found buried with many
of the Nomoli figurines.
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These strange blue stones
called skystones
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have been found with
the statues and at first,
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archaeologists thought,
okay, it's just blue stones.
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But when they analyzed it,
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they couldn't figure out
how these had been made, too.
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Although the people
in Sierra Leone felt
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that they were actually
pieces of the blue sky
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that fell with the Nomoli.
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NARRATOR:
If these mysterious blue stones
are really connected
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to the legend of the sky
turning to stone
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and raining down on the Earth
with the arrival of the Nomoli,
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what could they be?
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Seattle, Washington.
March 6, 2019.
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In search of further evidence
that the Nomoli statues may have
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an extraterrestrial connection,
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ancient astronaut theorist
David Childress
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has arranged to meet up
with skystone collector
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and researcher Jared Collins.
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Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Jared has in his possession
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a number of
the mysterious blue stones
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that were found
near the statues.
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So how was it that these stones
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were actually discovered
in modern time?
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This was actually
discovered in 1991
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by a man named David Leadbetter.
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He was in Sierra Leone
on a mining concession
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looking for gold and diamonds.
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And when he was
having his crew dig,
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occasionally,
these stones would appear.
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What do other
geologists say about
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stones like this?
Are they able to identify them?
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COLLINS:
We've sent these now
to 12 different labs.
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There is not one piece
of consensus in here.
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Everybody has
a different opinion.
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We still don't know,
actually, if these are
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-natural or man-made.
-So maybe it's
from another planet.
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I don't know.
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I really wish I did,
and I would love a chance
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to actually be able to get this
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in front of somebody else
who could look at it again.
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I've got some friends at
the University of Washington
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and I think we can set this up
and have another test done.
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That would be fantastic.
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I would love to get
some consensus on this
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to understand
what this actually is.
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NARRATOR:
While tests conducted
on the stones found
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with the Nomoli statues
have so far produced
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conflicting and sometimes
even confounding results,
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David is eager to have them
tested for himself.
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At the University of Washington,
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David and Jared meet
with renowned geologist
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Professor Peter Ward.
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Hi, I'm David Childress.
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-I talked to you on the phone.
-David.
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It's good to meet you.
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And this is Jared Collins.
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Thank you so much
for seeing us today.
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Jared, both of you guys,
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welcome to the University
of Washington IsoLab.
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So, what do we have
in this beautiful box?
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Well, we're sort of hoping
that you can tell us.
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Well, well, well,
what are these beauties?
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We have been through
many tests on these,
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and no one can identify them.
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They cannot tell us whether
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these are natural or artificial,
what's causing the blue color,
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if this is ancient or modern.
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So, they've been checked for
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the common blue minerals,
I take it?
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One thing that we know for sure
is that this is not turquoise.
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This is not lapis.
This is not erinite.
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WARD:
The fact that it's so
unbelievably light
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really suggests that there's
an organic component to it.
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Anything that goes blue
generally is much heavier,
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So this is,
this is really a mystery.
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COLLINS:
I should mention also
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that this only comes from
one very specific part,
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from one very specific village.
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It has never been found
anywhere else in the world.
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Well, let's do a test
that removes any doubt
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about them being partly organic.
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So Erin is gonna take this rock
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and she's gonna
scrape it into these
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tiny little tin cups.
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The tin cups themselves will
load into our mass spectrograph.
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They will then be heated to
a thousand degrees centigrade.
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Everything inside will combust
and turn to gas.
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And those individual
gas molecules will then
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be sampled and we can examine
if there are any truly organic
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molecules in this rock.
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Was there some life process that
was involved in its formation?
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NARRATOR:
David and Jared return home
to wait for the results.
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When Dr. Ward receives them
two weeks later,
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he sends an email to David
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remarking that what
the scientists found
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was so strange, they ran
the tests three times,
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thinking it was
a machine error and added:
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"This gives me the creeps."
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To learn more, David contacted
Dr. Ward through video chat.
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Hi, Doctor Ward.
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So I wanted to learn
about the results?
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Yeah, it was pretty cool.
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I mean, it was much
stranger than we thought.
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There really seems to be
some sort of organic
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aspect to this.
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It's got element nitrogen in it
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in really high concentrations.
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Having this high
amount of nitrogen
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puts it into a, "Wow, that's
a very peculiar rock" category.
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We were looking for a possible
extraterrestrial origin.
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Is it possibly
a meteorite or even
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part of a spaceship
that exploded?
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(laughing)
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Let's just say that there's
a possibility that it came
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from off the Earth.
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As we scientists say,
"It's worth more study."
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NARRATOR:
Although the skystones
are still a mystery,
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David and Jared have confirmed
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that they are unlike any
other stone ever examined.
500
00:24:47,792 --> 00:24:50,458
Could they have arrived
on Earth with the strange beings
501
00:24:50,583 --> 00:24:53,458
that are depicted
in the Nomoli statues?
502
00:24:53,542 --> 00:24:56,583
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
503
00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:59,667
and they claim that further
evidence of extraterrestrial
504
00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:02,667
visitation in the distant past
505
00:25:02,792 --> 00:25:06,917
can be found in one of the most
remote places in the world.
506
00:25:11,875 --> 00:25:13,458
On Ancient Aliens we have
traveled around the world
507
00:25:13,583 --> 00:25:16,458
to get a closer look
at mysterious artifacts.
508
00:25:16,542 --> 00:25:19,750
And sometimes, we find
evidence of alien contact
509
00:25:19,875 --> 00:25:21,458
hiding in plain sight.
510
00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:23,667
This is exactly what happened
511
00:25:23,792 --> 00:25:25,167
when David Childress
and I traveled
512
00:25:25,292 --> 00:25:28,125
to the remote Marquesas Islands
and were shown
513
00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:31,708
an ancient statue that,
as far as we were concerned,
514
00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:34,042
clearly represents something
515
00:25:34,208 --> 00:25:38,708
very different from what
mainstream scholars suggest.
516
00:25:44,208 --> 00:25:46,417
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
517
00:25:46,542 --> 00:25:49,208
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
518
00:25:49,375 --> 00:25:53,875
are in the Marquesas Islands,
investigating potential evidence
519
00:25:54,042 --> 00:25:55,583
that this remote
part of the world
520
00:25:55,708 --> 00:25:59,583
was once inhabited by
extraterrestrial visitors.
521
00:26:01,417 --> 00:26:02,708
Hello.
522
00:26:04,375 --> 00:26:05,583
CHILDRESS:
It's good to see you.
523
00:26:06,625 --> 00:26:07,750
-TSOUKALOS: Yeah.
-CHILDRESS: Okay.
524
00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:08,833
NARRATOR:
As their local guide,
525
00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:10,792
they've enlisted
Hiva Oa resident
526
00:26:10,917 --> 00:26:12,917
Heimata Bonno who will show them
527
00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:15,500
some of the mysterious
sculptures
528
00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:18,333
found on the island,
known as tikis.
529
00:26:18,417 --> 00:26:22,125
These statuaries represent
the ancestral gods and goddesses
530
00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,375
that came to the islands
in ancient times.
531
00:26:26,333 --> 00:26:28,708
-TSOUKALOS: This is incredible.
-CHILDRESS: Yeah.
532
00:26:28,875 --> 00:26:31,292
TSOUKALOS: So what are we
looking at here? What is this?
533
00:26:46,125 --> 00:26:48,750
Oh, it totally looks
like a llama.
534
00:26:50,917 --> 00:26:52,833
TSOUKALOS: I totally think
this looks like a llama.
535
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000
I mean, there is
no question in my mind.
536
00:26:56,125 --> 00:26:59,292
And I also don't think
that this was altered.
537
00:26:59,375 --> 00:27:00,833
This is original.
538
00:27:00,917 --> 00:27:03,000
And I don't see any changes.
539
00:27:03,125 --> 00:27:06,500
CHILDRESS: So either
this is not authentic,
540
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,958
or if it is authentic
it's a llama,
541
00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:12,333
and it proves connection
to-to South America.
542
00:27:13,875 --> 00:27:15,667
NARRATOR:
South America?
543
00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:18,083
Is it possible that the llama,
544
00:27:18,208 --> 00:27:20,333
believed to be native
to South America,
545
00:27:20,458 --> 00:27:24,125
was known to people living
on this remote island chain
546
00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:27,083
some 3,500 miles away?
547
00:27:27,208 --> 00:27:28,333
But how?
548
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,750
CHILDRESS:
Some people say that
549
00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:33,208
it's a woman giving birth.
550
00:27:34,250 --> 00:27:35,542
Do the women here
551
00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,208
in the Marquesas islands,
do they do this?
552
00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:39,333
They lie on their stomach
and give birth?
553
00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:41,333
No.
554
00:27:42,583 --> 00:27:44,833
TSOUKALOS:
This is crazy. Huh.
555
00:27:44,958 --> 00:27:49,167
To me, it looks like
something from the sky.
556
00:27:49,792 --> 00:27:52,958
It's like... (groans)
Maybe some flying vehicle.
557
00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:56,083
-It's a great question.
-Yeah.
558
00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:58,875
TSOUKALOS:
Perhaps what we're
looking at here
559
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,667
is some type of a craft.
560
00:28:00,792 --> 00:28:02,875
Because you have
the windows in the front,
561
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,125
which are these giant goggles
562
00:28:05,208 --> 00:28:07,417
and then you have
the mouth in the front
563
00:28:07,542 --> 00:28:10,750
which to me it looks like
some type of an air intake.
564
00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:14,542
Underneath you have
a lifting body
565
00:28:14,708 --> 00:28:17,000
that goes underneath
the entire body.
566
00:28:17,167 --> 00:28:22,375
And if you combine that
with the story of this object
567
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,208
or this woman giving birth,
568
00:28:24,375 --> 00:28:27,167
if someone has never seen
569
00:28:27,250 --> 00:28:30,417
passengers disembarking
from an actual airplane...
570
00:28:31,542 --> 00:28:34,542
...if they have no idea
what is happening,
571
00:28:34,667 --> 00:28:36,792
well, all of a sudden...
572
00:28:37,958 --> 00:28:41,167
...a flying vehicle
is giving birth to people.
573
00:28:41,292 --> 00:28:44,167
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
this ancient statue
574
00:28:44,292 --> 00:28:46,625
that has been interpreted
in modern times
575
00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:48,333
as a fertility goddess
576
00:28:48,417 --> 00:28:53,208
is actually depicting
an extraterrestrial spacecraft?
577
00:28:54,125 --> 00:28:56,792
I think that tikis
are nothing else
578
00:28:56,875 --> 00:28:59,125
but misunderstood technology
579
00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:03,875
that over time
turned into divine objects
580
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,792
of magic and sorcery.
581
00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:16,292
Can we go look at it?
582
00:29:16,375 --> 00:29:17,333
Great.
583
00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:22,083
TSOUKALOS:
Oh, wow.
584
00:29:25,042 --> 00:29:27,083
Clearly this tiki,
the head is missing.
585
00:29:28,292 --> 00:29:30,958
But I see that it has
six fingers.
586
00:29:40,375 --> 00:29:45,250
It's very feasible to me that
they actually tried to imitate
587
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:49,500
whoever visited or whoever came
here to impart this knowledge.
588
00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:55,333
Why would they carve six fingers
if they did not see six fingers?
589
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,708
So we should not say,
"Oh, this is just fantasy."
590
00:29:58,833 --> 00:30:02,500
I think they saw
someone with six fingers.
591
00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:04,333
Is that possible?
592
00:30:04,417 --> 00:30:05,375
Yeah.
593
00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:07,125
Yes.
594
00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:18,292
TSOUKALOS:
So these are protectors.
595
00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:28,583
NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the mysterious statues
596
00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:31,917
and carvings found
throughout the Marquesas Islands
597
00:30:32,042 --> 00:30:36,042
were made to commemorate
extraterrestrial visitation?
598
00:30:37,375 --> 00:30:40,625
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
599
00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:45,417
and suggest further evidence
of alien contact can be found
600
00:30:45,542 --> 00:30:49,542
by examining strange
skulls made of crystal.
601
00:30:55,833 --> 00:30:57,250
Of the many mysterious
artifacts
602
00:30:57,375 --> 00:30:59,542
we've investigated
on Ancient Aliens,
603
00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:03,000
some of the most jaw-dropping
are the crystal skulls.
604
00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:05,542
Crystal skulls have been
found all around the world
605
00:31:05,708 --> 00:31:07,000
and some of them have been
606
00:31:07,167 --> 00:31:09,375
carved with such
extraordinary precision that,
607
00:31:09,542 --> 00:31:12,667
in my opinion,
they must have been created
608
00:31:12,833 --> 00:31:15,292
with some type
of advanced technology.
609
00:31:15,417 --> 00:31:18,708
In 2013, David Childress
got to examine
610
00:31:18,833 --> 00:31:22,625
the largest crystal skull
ever discovered.
611
00:31:25,958 --> 00:31:27,875
NARRATOR:
This is Einstein,
612
00:31:28,042 --> 00:31:31,542
believed to be the largest
ancient crystal skull
613
00:31:31,667 --> 00:31:33,083
as yet discovered.
614
00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:37,042
Its owner, Carolyn Ford,
says she obtained
615
00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:40,500
the 33-pound crystal object
more than 20 years ago
616
00:31:40,625 --> 00:31:45,375
from an explorer who discovered
it in Mexico in the early 1900s.
617
00:31:46,542 --> 00:31:50,208
She was unaware that it
possessed any strange abilities
618
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,458
until the day when, she claims,
619
00:31:52,583 --> 00:31:55,333
it actually
communicated with her.
620
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,833
CAROLYN FORD: It was
revealed to me by Einstein
621
00:31:57,958 --> 00:31:59,333
at the moment that I got him
622
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,667
when I knew nothing about
crystal skulls, he said,
623
00:32:01,750 --> 00:32:06,000
"I'm an ancient computer.
In fact, I'm a master computer.
624
00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:11,708
And we record everything,
625
00:32:11,875 --> 00:32:14,667
like a live feed, 24/7.
626
00:32:14,792 --> 00:32:16,542
And that's our purpose."
627
00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:20,458
He's been recording
history on this planet
628
00:32:20,542 --> 00:32:25,000
since the beginning of time,
so indeed he was in Atlantis.
629
00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:29,125
A lot of the ancient
crystal skulls have been
630
00:32:29,208 --> 00:32:32,417
in Atlantis, and even
before that time.
631
00:32:33,708 --> 00:32:36,083
NARRATOR:
Could the so-called
Einstein skull
632
00:32:36,208 --> 00:32:37,708
really be an artifact
633
00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:42,542
from the lost civilization
of Atlantis as its owner claims?
634
00:32:46,042 --> 00:32:49,167
Sedona, Arizona.
635
00:32:50,083 --> 00:32:51,667
2013.
636
00:32:53,083 --> 00:32:56,333
CHILDRESS:
It's very clear down here,
and then it gets cloudy.
637
00:32:56,458 --> 00:32:59,042
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorist
David Childress
638
00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:01,500
enlists the help
of aura photography
639
00:33:01,625 --> 00:33:03,292
expert Jamie Jones
640
00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:06,000
in an effort to test
the Einstein skull
641
00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:09,042
for unusual
energy pulses or auras.
642
00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:13,542
These auras are
believed to appear as colors
643
00:33:13,708 --> 00:33:17,167
that correspond to various
physical, emotional,
644
00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:19,583
mental and spiritual states.
645
00:33:20,750 --> 00:33:23,292
JONES:
With aura technology,
we're able to use
646
00:33:23,417 --> 00:33:25,500
biofeedback imaging
to pick up electromagnetic
647
00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:28,250
energy field
around the human body.
648
00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:30,000
I'm not expecting any energy
649
00:33:30,125 --> 00:33:31,792
to be coming out of
the inanimate object.
650
00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:33,167
So I'm a little skeptical
651
00:33:33,250 --> 00:33:36,125
in that I'm not sure
what to expect
652
00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:38,167
when I photograph the skull.
653
00:33:38,292 --> 00:33:40,333
And I've been told
a lot of things about skulls,
654
00:33:40,458 --> 00:33:42,333
as far as information
that they're holding,
655
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:44,167
what civilizations they're from,
656
00:33:44,333 --> 00:33:46,125
or if they're actually
from the extraterrestrials.
657
00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:48,125
So I'm kind of excited to see
658
00:33:48,250 --> 00:33:50,083
this particular skull
and what it emits.
659
00:33:51,083 --> 00:33:52,500
-Hi, Jamie.
-Hi.
660
00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:53,500
Hey.
661
00:33:53,583 --> 00:33:54,958
And this is Carolyn, and wow,
662
00:33:55,042 --> 00:33:56,167
here is the skull.
663
00:33:56,292 --> 00:33:57,667
JONES:
Wow, this is fabulous.
664
00:33:57,833 --> 00:33:59,583
-So what do we do?
-These are biofeedback censors
665
00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:01,167
and they're gonna be
reading the energy,
666
00:34:01,292 --> 00:34:02,458
if there's energy
around the skull.
667
00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,750
So you're gonna
place it on here for me.
668
00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:06,458
Perfect.
669
00:34:06,542 --> 00:34:08,000
CHILDRESS:
So it has to go on both
670
00:34:08,125 --> 00:34:09,500
of the two sensors?
671
00:34:09,625 --> 00:34:11,208
Yes, because both sensors
are picking up energy,
672
00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:13,125
so we want as much
coverage as possible.
673
00:34:14,125 --> 00:34:15,333
-Okay, that's perfect.
-All right.
674
00:34:15,458 --> 00:34:18,000
And now, uh, you just
take a photo of it, huh?
675
00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:19,542
We're gonna take a picture.
676
00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:21,250
All right.
677
00:34:27,708 --> 00:34:29,500
All right.
678
00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:31,792
-And here is the aura
of the skull.
-FORD: Oh, wow.
679
00:34:31,917 --> 00:34:34,125
-CHILDRESS: Okay, wow.
-FORD: Whoa, look at
those colors.
680
00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:35,750
JONES: That is amazing.
681
00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:37,167
-It's amazing.
-Really?
682
00:34:37,333 --> 00:34:38,625
-Oh.
-So, what are we
looking at here?
683
00:34:38,708 --> 00:34:40,500
I mean, here
we can see the skull.
684
00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:43,083
It seems to be very strong,
warrior type protective energy.
685
00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:44,292
And if you look closely,
686
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:46,500
that energy is arced over.
687
00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:49,292
-Right.
-Literal arc of protection
over the skull.
688
00:34:49,417 --> 00:34:52,667
Now, the blue that we see
throughout the entire picture
689
00:34:52,750 --> 00:34:54,625
is wisdom and knowledge
690
00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:57,542
from traveling many lifetimes
and many dimensions.
691
00:34:58,833 --> 00:35:01,083
CHILDRES: I was surprised,
really, that the aura camera
692
00:35:01,208 --> 00:35:02,500
would pick up so much energy
693
00:35:02,625 --> 00:35:04,667
from the skull
and the different colors.
694
00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:07,167
Some people believe
695
00:35:07,292 --> 00:35:12,042
that crystal skulls have
electro radio wave type
696
00:35:12,167 --> 00:35:15,042
energy that emits from them.
697
00:35:15,208 --> 00:35:17,542
And that the skull
can actually communicate
698
00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:20,917
to people through this energy.
699
00:35:21,042 --> 00:35:24,375
And it seems that
aura photography
700
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,542
can actually pick up
and we can see
701
00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:31,333
these waves that are being
emitted from the skull.
702
00:35:31,417 --> 00:35:35,167
I feel, more than ever,
there is something
703
00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:37,583
to crystal skulls
and the energy behind them.
704
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:42,708
NARRATOR:
Does the photographed energy
field surrounding Einstein
705
00:35:42,833 --> 00:35:45,458
help to prove that
the crystal skull could,
706
00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:49,292
in fact, be some sort
of recording device?
707
00:35:49,417 --> 00:35:52,333
An extraterrestrial object
used to harness
708
00:35:52,458 --> 00:35:54,708
both energy and information?
709
00:35:55,875 --> 00:35:58,833
Although there have been
hundreds of other crystal skulls
710
00:35:58,958 --> 00:36:00,292
found throughout the world,
711
00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:03,250
the Einstein Skull
is believed to be
712
00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:06,667
one of only 13 authentic
ancient artifacts.
713
00:36:06,792 --> 00:36:08,583
And according to legend,
714
00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:11,250
when all 13
are finally unearthed,
715
00:36:11,375 --> 00:36:14,500
humankind's true past
will be revealed.
716
00:36:14,625 --> 00:36:18,833
CHILDRESS:
Part of this legend is that yes,
these 13 crystal skulls
717
00:36:18,958 --> 00:36:20,250
are extraterrestrial skulls.
718
00:36:20,375 --> 00:36:23,375
And when the 13 skulls
are together,
719
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,792
it'll create a new epoch
for planet Earth.
720
00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:29,167
CHRIS MORTON:
There is certainly a belief
721
00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:31,167
amongst certain
Native American tribes,
722
00:36:31,292 --> 00:36:33,917
when humanity is
at its most desperate,
723
00:36:34,042 --> 00:36:35,500
all of these original
724
00:36:35,625 --> 00:36:40,042
ancient crystal skulls
will come back together
725
00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:44,500
and that they will divulge
their knowledge, their wisdom
726
00:36:44,625 --> 00:36:47,792
that can help
the human race survive.
727
00:36:49,583 --> 00:36:52,333
NARRATOR:
Could these mysterious
crystal artifacts
728
00:36:52,417 --> 00:36:54,708
not only be of alien origin,
729
00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:58,958
but serve a purpose
that has yet to be revealed?
730
00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:02,792
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
731
00:37:02,875 --> 00:37:06,167
and suggest further proof
that extraterrestrials
732
00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:09,125
visited ancient cultures
all over the world
733
00:37:09,250 --> 00:37:11,042
can be found by examining
734
00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:13,583
a mysterious
Middle Eastern artifact
735
00:37:13,708 --> 00:37:16,417
discovered in South America.
736
00:37:22,333 --> 00:37:23,500
Any list of mysterious artifacts
737
00:37:23,625 --> 00:37:25,167
would be incomplete
without featuring
738
00:37:25,250 --> 00:37:26,292
the amazing relics
739
00:37:26,417 --> 00:37:28,167
of Tiahuanaco, Bolivia.
740
00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:30,500
Of all the astounding objects
741
00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:33,167
we've examined from there
on Ancient Aliens,
742
00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:34,542
one of the most baffling
743
00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:36,792
is the Fuente Magna Bowl.
744
00:37:36,917 --> 00:37:38,875
This beautiful piece
of pottery is covered
745
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,708
in an ancient script that
is native not to Bolivia
746
00:37:42,833 --> 00:37:47,875
but to a culture that existed
on the other side of the world.
747
00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:55,292
Situated at an elevation
of over 12,000 feet
748
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:58,333
on the Altiplano, lay the ruins
749
00:37:58,458 --> 00:38:00,958
of an ancient temple complex
thought to predate
750
00:38:01,042 --> 00:38:02,625
the Incan Empire.
751
00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:07,542
Standing at the center
of the site is a large statue
752
00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:11,625
believed by many to represent
the creator god Viracocha.
753
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,375
But curiously,
754
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:17,167
the inhabitants of Tiahuanaco
chose to depict this god
755
00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:19,958
with features unlike their own.
756
00:38:20,083 --> 00:38:24,625
CHILDRESS:
He has got
a beard and a moustache.
757
00:38:24,708 --> 00:38:26,583
And that is an unusual thing
758
00:38:26,708 --> 00:38:30,375
because American Indians do not
have beards and moustaches.
759
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:31,708
BRIEN FOERSTER:
Exactly.
760
00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:34,000
That indicates that this person
761
00:38:34,125 --> 00:38:35,833
was not a South American native
762
00:38:35,958 --> 00:38:37,583
but clearly came
from another land.
763
00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:40,333
CHILDRESS:
And an important person too,
764
00:38:40,417 --> 00:38:43,208
who's somehow
one of the founders
765
00:38:43,375 --> 00:38:46,167
here of Tiahuanaco.
766
00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:51,625
Maybe even somebody who's come
from Sumeria to South America.
767
00:38:53,542 --> 00:38:55,792
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the Sumerians,
768
00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:59,458
a civilization
established in 4,000 BC
769
00:38:59,583 --> 00:39:02,833
and located nearly
8,000 miles away
770
00:39:02,917 --> 00:39:06,667
could be connected to the early
inhabitants of Tiahuanaco?
771
00:39:07,833 --> 00:39:09,917
If so, how?
772
00:39:11,083 --> 00:39:12,750
Ancient astronaut theorists
773
00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:16,500
believe the answer can be found
at the Precious Metals Museum
774
00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:18,667
in La Paz, Bolivia.
775
00:39:19,125 --> 00:39:20,500
CHILDRESS: This is perhaps
776
00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:22,625
one of the most important
archaeological artifacts
777
00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:26,042
ever discovered in
Tiahuanaco or Puma Punku.
778
00:39:27,708 --> 00:39:31,167
This is the famous
Fuente Magna Bowl
779
00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:33,667
discovered near Tiahuanaco.
780
00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:38,458
It's a ceramic bowl
and it has written on it
781
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,750
Sumerian cuneiform
782
00:39:40,875 --> 00:39:46,000
plus proto-Sumerian
hieroglyphic script.
783
00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:51,000
This script is
coming from circa 3,000 BC.
784
00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,958
It draws a direct connection
785
00:39:56,042 --> 00:40:01,042
between the ancient Sumerians
and Tiahuanaco and Puma Punku.
786
00:40:02,417 --> 00:40:06,958
NARRATOR:
Discovered near Lake Titicaca
by a local farmer in the 1950s,
787
00:40:07,083 --> 00:40:10,083
researchers believe
the vessel provides the proof
788
00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:14,000
of extraterrestrial
intervention at Puma Punku.
789
00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:17,042
CHILDRESS:
The idea of Sumerian
790
00:40:17,167 --> 00:40:21,750
writing being here
at Puma Punku and Tiahuanaco...
791
00:40:23,125 --> 00:40:26,208
...would seem
to relate to the late
792
00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:30,333
Zecharia Sitchin and his ideas
793
00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:33,958
that the Sumerians
were also interacting
794
00:40:34,083 --> 00:40:35,958
with these space beings
795
00:40:36,083 --> 00:40:38,042
called the Anunnaki.
796
00:40:38,167 --> 00:40:42,333
So in that case the Anunnaki
were there in Sumeria,
797
00:40:42,458 --> 00:40:48,167
but also here at Puma Punku
and Tiahuanaco in South America.
798
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,458
To me, when you consider
the many mysterious artifacts
799
00:40:54,542 --> 00:40:56,625
we've examined
on Ancient Aliens,
800
00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:59,667
from bizarre metal alloys
801
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:01,500
to strange statues
802
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:03,500
and even crystal skulls,
803
00:41:03,583 --> 00:41:06,750
it all adds up to one thing:
804
00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:10,208
Undeniable evidence of
extraterrestrial visitation.
805
00:41:11,292 --> 00:41:13,250
As we continue to dig deeper
806
00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:16,750
and unearth more extraordinary
relics of the past,
807
00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:19,500
perhaps we will finally discover
808
00:41:19,625 --> 00:41:23,333
the key to reuniting
with our alien ancestors.
809
00:41:23,458 --> 00:41:25,542
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