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NARRATOR:
Throughout the ancient world,
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there were tales of mortals
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and immortals.
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AMIR HUSSAIN:
In Christian traditions,
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in Islamic traditions,
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and Hindu traditions,
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you have these divine beings
who live forever.
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NARRATOR:
Could these stories be
accounts of alien visitors
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who traveled to Earth from
thousands of lightyears away?
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
Imagine an advanced civilization
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that has interstellar travel.
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If they can travel
through the stars, they could
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stretch their longevity
maybe even to centuries.
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NARRATOR:
And if humans are to one day
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colonize other planets,
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will we too need to discover
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the key to immortality?
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
What our extraterrestrial
ancestors
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have wanted us to do
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is be like them.
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They want us to be a spacefaring
race that goes to the stars.
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And to live
these extended lives where
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we become essentially immortal.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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The Ashmolean Museum
of art and archaeology.
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Among the hundreds of
historic artifacts on display
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is an ancient
Sumerian cuneiform text.
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Dating back to at least
2000 BC,
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the four-sided clay document
is a list of kings
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who lived far longer than
the average human life span.
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In the Ashmolean Museum
at Oxford,
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there's an astounding artifact.
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It's referred to as WB44,
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the Sumerian Kings List.
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On one panel, it tells us
about eight kings
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that ruled over five cities, and
what's astounding about this
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is the length of
the reigns of these kings.
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One king is said to have ruled
for 43,200 years.
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Another king rules
for 28,000 years.
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It's astounding.
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NARRATOR:
Curiously,
the Sumerian Kings List
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is not the only
ancient record of rulers
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who lived for centuries.
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A curious document
was found in a tomb
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in Luxor,
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and it's called the, uh,
Turin Kings List.
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We only have fragments
of this document,
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but what this document lays out
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is that many of the really early
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Egyptian pharaohs had lives
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that were many
hundreds of years,
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and that some
of these pharaohs lived
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for 700, 800, 900 years.
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We have a similar story
in the Bible of Methuselah
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and that he's said to have lived
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for 969 years.
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So, how is it that
people are able
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to live such great ages?
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NARRATOR:
Is it merely coincidence
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that in three different
ancient traditions
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there are records
of their earliest leaders
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living impossibly long lives?
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Curiously,
in all three cultures, it was
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also recorded that, during
the time when people lived
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to these incredible ages,
humans shared the Earth
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with beings who came down
from the sky.
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The ancient Egyptians
referred to
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a-a time called the first time,
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when the gods walked among men.
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Ancient Egyptian creation
mythology tells us that these
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original god beings
came from the stars.
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This sounds very much like
the arrival of the Anunnaki,
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the divine lords of light
of the Sumerian tradition
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when they arrived
atop Mount Kerzok.
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It's also virtually identical
to the arrival of the Watchers.
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The Watchers are the angels
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of the Old Testament.
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They are the fallen angels
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who came to Earth
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and intermingled with humans.
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NARRATOR:
The Watchers, like divine beings
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in many other ancient cultures,
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were referred to as immortals,
but often
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they were described as having
very humanlike traits.
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There were 200
of these Watchers,
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and they were led by, uh,
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an individual named Samyaza.
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They shone.
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There was a translucence.
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There was an aura about them
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But they seem to be more human
in their appetites
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than one would like to believe.
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They're hungry, they eat,
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they want affection, they lust.
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I think that the Watchers
most definitely
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are extraterrestrials
who came to Earth.
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Countless ancient,
original cultures
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speak of a time when the gods
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descended from the sky
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and mingled with people
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Ancient Egypt,
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ancient China,
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ancient Sumeria,
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ancient Japan,
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ancient Greece.
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And so, I think
the different cultures
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were visited
by the same teachers,
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who were extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
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that the earliest
human civilizations
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shared the Earth with visitors
from another world?
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And if so,
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is this somehow connected
to the ancient records
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of people who lived
extraordinarily long lives?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest an important clue
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can be found in a famous verse
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from the Bible that
is often mistranslated.
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In many English versions
of the Book of Genesis,
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chapter one, verse 27 states
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that "God created man
in his own image."
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But in the original Hebrew,
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instead of "his" image,
it says "our" image.
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God says in Genesis,
"Let us make man in our image."
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Well, you have to say,
"Well, who is 'our'?
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Who-who are the
other people there?"
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Well, the word "God"
in Hebrew is "Elohim,"
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and that is plural.
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TSOUKALOS:
If you look at
the original Hebrew
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in which the sentence
was written,
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all of a sudden
you have the truth
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because, according to
the ancient astronaut theory,
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someone came
and someone altered our DNA
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in order for us
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to become humans
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and essentially gave us
more intelligence.
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ERICH VON DÄNIKEN:
Practically every culture,
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including our Bible, says,
"In the beginning,
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God," in the plurals, "created
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humans according
their own image."
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I'm a deep believer in God,
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but God is something gigantic,
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spiritual, not explainable.
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In my opinion,
when you read the Bible,
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it's all about
extraterrestrials.
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Part of ancient astronaut theory
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is that what
our extraterrestrial
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ancestors have wanted us to do
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is be like them.
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They want us to achieve
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the same things
that they achieved.
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The goal was,
some thousands of years
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in the far future,
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this humanity should be able
to construct spaceships
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to spread out
in the universe again.
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NARRATOR:
If Homo sapiens were
genetically engineered
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by extraterrestrial
space travelers
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to one day become like them
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and seed life on other planets,
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what might this mean for
the future of the human race?
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Some experts have suggested
that interstellar travel
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will only be possible
when science finds a way
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to dramatically extend
the human life span.
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TAYLOR:
Maybe our generation,
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with new developments
in technologies,
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will be living
to the mid-100s, 150,
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maybe even up to 200
in the next few decades.
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So, imagine
an advanced civilization
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that has interstellar travel.
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Certainly, if they can travel
through the stars,
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they could stretch
their longevity
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maybe even to centuries.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the ancient people
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referred to the gods
as "immortals"
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because they encountered
space travelers
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who lived
for thousands of years?
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And if so,
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is it possible
that there are records
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of early rulers
living for centuries
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because these visitors somehow
extended their life spans?
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RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
It was natural for people
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in those days
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to live a life close
to a thousand years,
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but we're talking
about those who interacted
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with these beings
from the stars.
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Are these things connected?
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HENRY:
We're talking about an age
in which otherworldly beings
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assist humankind in becoming
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very much like the gods.
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NARRATOR:
But if our ancestors
from deep antiquity
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were so close to becoming like
their extraterrestrial creators,
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as ancient astronaut
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what kept them
from realizing this destiny?
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And are humans today
still on the same path?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining a story
shared by different cultures
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all over the world,
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the story of the Great Flood.
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NARRATOR:
The Bible's Book of Genesis.
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In chapter six, verse nine
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begins the story of Noah
and the flood,
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in which God
sends a great deluge
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to cleanse the Earth,
which has become overrun by sin.
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It is one of the most
well-known tales from the Bible,
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but, curiously,
nearly identical stories
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exist in dozens of
other ancient traditions.
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BILL BIRNES:
We've heard about
the flood of Noah,
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which wiped out that
whole generation and brought
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about a new generation
of descendants of Noah.
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The fact is,
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there's all these stories
of the Great Flood
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in all countries
across the world.
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Plato talked about Atlantis.
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He talked about
a whole civilization
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destroyed by floods.
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In the Bible,
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Turkey, in Egypt,
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among the Native Americans,
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there's a story
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that the Great Flood wrapped
around the entire planet.
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All life was destroyed.
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The connection between
the biblical story
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of the Great Flood
and the destruction
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of other societies
around the world
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through floods
tell us one thing.
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There actually was
a Great Flood
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and that, at one point
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in the history of this planet,
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all life was wiped out
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as the Earth
was covered in water.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
In all mythologies,
including the Bible,
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some gods are coming down
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and teach the human
a great flood
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will come and destroy you.
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And these god,
they knew it long before,
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and they knew it because
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they themselves
made the Great Flood.
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The Great Flood was created
by extraterrestrials on purpose.
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NARRATOR:
Could the story
of the Great Flood
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be a historical record
of a real event
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that was brought on
by extraterrestrials?
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But if the ancient
astronaut theory is correct,
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and aliens genetically
engineered humankind,
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why would they then destroy
their greatest creation?
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TZADOK:
We have the records, as
described in the Book of Enoch
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and other literature,
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that the Watchers led
to the moral corruption
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of all humanity,
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which led to the destruction
of the face of the Earth.
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They were introducing
hidden technologies
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centuries before they were meant
to be introduced.
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They corrupted
the human gene pool.
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CARTER:
In Genesis six,
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we hear about the sons of God.
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They see the daughters of men,
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and they lust after them,
and they come down,
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and they take them as wives.
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And then they create a hybrid
race called the Nephilim.
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You weren't supposed to
fraternize with the natives,
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but this is what we
are told in the Bible.
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Now, what are we to make
of these texts?
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Are we to say,
"Well, maybe these angels,
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"these sons of God,
did they have sex
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the old-fashioned way?"
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We don't know,
but we need to start
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looking at these stories
from a 21st century perspective.
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With the technology that
we have with genetic engineering
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and splicing genes
and what have you,
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maybe we can revisit
this story and look
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at it from maybe
an extraterrestrial,
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uh, hypothesis or point of view.
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They're creating a hybrid race.
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The DNA of the
off-world intelligence
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and the human DNA
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creates this hybrid race,
and most
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of these beings,
for better or for worse,
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had what we could call
superhuman powers.
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NARRATOR:
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists
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are concerned,
a genetic upgrade occurred.
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One that closed the gap
between mortals and immortals
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far more quickly
than was intended.
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And it is a story that,
once again,
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was told across many cultures.
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When the sons of God
procreated with
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the daughters of men,
it is said that
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mighty ones were born.
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They had a longer
life span as well,
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dating maybe centuries,
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up to a thousand years--
not immortal
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but a life span much,
much longer than ours.
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CHILDRESS:
When you look back at
ancient Egyptian history,
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the pharaohs themselves
were said to be demigods.
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Part-god, part-human.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
This was present
in the Greek imagination.
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The Olympians were known
to get involved in the world
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of the mortals, and they
would intervene sometimes.
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Sometimes they would
get attracted to a mortal
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and children would come.
Hercules, Perseus.
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These are the offspring,
demigods, half-god, half-human.
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NARRATOR:
But in many
of the ancient stories,
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the gods who were responsible
for this upgrade of humanity
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were acting against the wishes
of their superiors.
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They were not just helping
to jumpstart human civilization
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but creating
a new race of immortals.
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CARTER:
Enoch, who's the scribe of God,
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says that these angels
went against the will of God.
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Now, you can imagine
those angels were
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extraterrestrial in origin.
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If there was a prime directive,
they violated it.
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They gave us gifts,
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and we weren't ready
for those gifts.
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It's like giving
a gun to a baby.
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Nothing good will happen.
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HENRY:
Maybe the extraterrestrials
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were protecting humanity,
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and humanity is considered
a sacred project,
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and they know that, while they
begun it thousands of years ago,
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it would take thousands
or perhaps tens of thousands
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of years for humanity to reach
its ultimate fulfillment,
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but they were
committed ultimately
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to the sacredness or
the fulfillment of the project.
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And this is why
they restarted civilization.
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NARRATOR:
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists
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are concerned,
the story of Noah and his family
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being saved from the flood
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shows that Earth's
extraterrestrial
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visitors did not abandon
their plan for humankind.
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As further evidence,
they cite a 2,000-year-old text
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called the Zohar,
that continues the Biblical
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story of the Watchers
after the cataclysm
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that ended the previous age
of humans.
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TZADOK:
The Zohar says that
there's a great secret
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about the angels who walked
with us on Earth.
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The Watchers.
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They ascended to the stars,
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and they are the ones who
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come back and shepherd us,
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watch over us.
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They watch over humanity
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and direct the course
of our civilization.
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TSOUKALOS:
I think that
the extraterrestrials
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never left. Why?
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Because, according to the
ancient astronaut theory,
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we are their offspring.
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They made us Homo sapiens
sapiens, what we are today.
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If you have such a creation,
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I don't think you
would just abandon that.
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We are a long-term project.
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NARRATOR:
If the first humans shared
the planet with alien visitors,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
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is it possible that
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these otherworldly beings have
remained on Earth for thousands
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of years, continuing to direct
the course of humanity?
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And if humans were
designed to ultimately
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achieve immortality,
just how will that happen?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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a strange substance discovered
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on Easter Island.
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NARRATOR: Lying over 2,000 miles
off the coast of Chile,
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this remote landmass is famous
for the nearly 1,000
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monolithic stone statues
called moai
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found along its coastline.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the enormous statues,
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along with the
local legends that say
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they represent giant beings
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who came down from the sky,
present a compelling case
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for Easter Island being a place
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of extraterrestrial visitation.
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And what has made
this notion even more
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intriguing is the discovery
that the island's soil
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contains a substance
called rapamycin
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that might be able to extend
the human life span.
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In 1968, a remarkable
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substance was found,
a kind of bacterial substance
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called rapamycin,
and it was given that name
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because it was found
on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island,
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which in itself
is very interesting.
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And what they found was
it could actually help
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when people had
organ transplants
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to stop them rejecting them,
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but it could also help
in cancer therapies as well.
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Then they found that it had very
strong anti-aging properties.
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It would almost reverse aging
in certain medical situations.
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NARRATOR:
Rapamycin has already been shown
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to extend life span
and improve health in mice,
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and in 2018,
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researchers at Texas A&M
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began testing
the substance on dogs.
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While there is still much
to learn about the effects
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of rapamycin,
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scientists are hopeful that it
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could prove to actually
reverse aging
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on a cellular level.
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Is it a coincidence
that rapamycin
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was found on Easter Island?
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Where there's possible
alien visitations?
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We don't know. In fact,
one question to ask is, what
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do the aliens do to live
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very long lives themselves?
Do they take certain substances?
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the anti-aging substance found
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on Easter Island was
left behind by alien visitors
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who used it as a way
to extend their life spans?
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In numerous ancient traditions,
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there are stories of the gods
possessing elixirs
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of immortality
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and sometimes sharing them
with humans.
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There are many ancient cultures
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that had their own
food and drink
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that could bring immortality.
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For instance, in China,
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there was the peaches
of immortality
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that were given out
by the goddess known as
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the Old Mother of the West.
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These were given
to the immortals of China
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to quite literally
allow them to live
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for eternity.
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HUSSAIN:
For the Greeks,
it's this nectar ambrosia,
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literally the food of the gods,
that, if you consume that,
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then you yourself
will be divine.
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In the Vedas,
you have this drink--
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uh, soma--
and the same idea,
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that this is what feeds the gods
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and keeps them
alive and immortal.
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Then, if we humans
eat that food,
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these substances will
keep us alive forever.
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NARRATOR:
If these gods were,
in fact, alien visitors,
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could it be that they
were able to achieve immortality
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simply by ingesting
some type of plant or drug?
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that substances,
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like ambrosia, were merely
symbolic devices
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representing the gods' ability
to extend their lives.
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And they believe this
was accomplished using the same
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technology that scientists
are developing today,
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gene splicing.
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A team of scientists working
with a gene-manipulating
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technology known as CRISPR
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at the Broad Institute
of Harvard and MIT
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makes a groundbreaking
discovery.
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By editing specific genes
in mice,
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the researchers were able
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to double the life spans
of their test subjects.
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CRISPR, you can think of it like
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we can cut and snip out
pieces of our DNA.
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And if we can discover,
for example,
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part of our genetic code
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that has to do with aging,
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we can maybe cut it out,
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or we can add things
into the genetic code
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that might extend life
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to potentially create
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a human that could live forever.
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If we could rewrite
the DNA code,
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in principle
we can live forever.
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Already we've been able to
slice and dice that for a mouse,
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and eventually
we'll do it for a human.
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NARRATOR:
While it remains to be seen
if CRISPR technology
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will succeed in increasing
the human life span...
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...some scientists believe
the key to immortality
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may be found by studying
a strange sea creature
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that has the ability
to live forever.
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So, one thing
in nature that seems
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to be immortal
is the immortal jellyfish,
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where it can actually revert
to an earlier state
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when damaged or at risk
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and then regrow back
into the adult state.
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NARRATOR:
The cells of all animals
begin as stem cells,
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which then develop
into organs, muscles, bones,
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and whatever else
the organism needs.
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The jellyfish species
Turritopsis dohrnii,
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commonly known as
the immortal jellyfish,
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can take mature adult cells
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and turn them back
into stem cells,
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allowing the jellyfish
to, in effect,
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start its development all over.
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So you're really
reversing the biological
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timeline and then
resetting it going forward,
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so that you're actually
not only living longer
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but you're also younger.
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And thinking about
how these things
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get reversed, to me,
is an intriguing way
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to approach the biology
and the immortality.
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NARRATOR:
By understanding species
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like the immortal jellyfish
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and through the technology
of gene editing,
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might we greatly extend
the human life span?
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And could
extraterrestrials have used
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similar means
to achieve immortality,
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allowing them to travel
great distances through space?
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TSOUKALOS:
It often seems to me
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that we live in a time
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of rediscovery,
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meaning that the fact that we
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come up with ways
with which to improve
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and prolong our lives,
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extraterrestrials have
figured that out long ago.
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NARRATOR:
But while scientists
are optimistic that the human
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life span can be lengthened
through genetic engineering,
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many aerospace experts
believe that biological
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bodies are simply not equipped
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to withstand the rigors
of extended space travel.
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They suggest that,
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if humans
are to one day colonize
511
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:52,917
other planets,
it will require merging man
512
00:25:53,042 --> 00:25:55,208
and machine.
513
00:26:05,958 --> 00:26:09,667
NARRATOR:
In a press conference organized
by a UFO investigative group
514
00:26:09,792 --> 00:26:12,458
called the Disclosure Project,
515
00:26:12,542 --> 00:26:14,833
former Army Sergeant
Clifford Stone
516
00:26:14,917 --> 00:26:16,750
makes a shocking announcement.
517
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:20,917
He claims to be part of
a top secret military unit
518
00:26:21,042 --> 00:26:23,542
once tasked with recovering
extraterrestrial craft
519
00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:26,833
and their pilots
for the U.S. government.
520
00:26:27,958 --> 00:26:30,875
I was involved in
situations where we actually
521
00:26:31,042 --> 00:26:34,542
did recoveries of crashed,
of crashed saucers,
522
00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:37,083
for lack of a better term,
debris thereof.
523
00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:39,542
There were bodies
that were involved with
524
00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:42,958
some of these crashes.
Also, some were alive.
525
00:26:43,083 --> 00:26:45,042
While we were doing
all this, we were telling
526
00:26:45,167 --> 00:26:47,000
the American public
there was nothing to it.
527
00:26:47,125 --> 00:26:48,917
We were telling the world
there was nothing to it.
528
00:26:50,708 --> 00:26:53,042
NARRATOR:
Sergeant Stone
would later describe
529
00:26:53,208 --> 00:26:56,125
a specific mission in which
he learned that the pilot of
530
00:26:56,250 --> 00:27:00,417
an extraterrestrial craft was
"a biological robot."
531
00:27:01,542 --> 00:27:03,500
NEWMAN:
So, what he found was,
is that these so-called
532
00:27:03,625 --> 00:27:06,333
Grey aliens with
the skinny bodies and giant
533
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,458
heads were like
biological robots.
534
00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:09,875
They-they had few organs.
535
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,667
They had all this machinery
536
00:27:11,792 --> 00:27:14,500
and computing inside them,
537
00:27:14,625 --> 00:27:16,333
and he really questioned
what this was all about.
538
00:27:16,458 --> 00:27:19,750
And the conclusion was that
they must have been created
539
00:27:19,875 --> 00:27:23,500
to travel huge distances
from their planet to this planet
540
00:27:23,625 --> 00:27:26,833
because, if they were
just a biological entity,
541
00:27:26,958 --> 00:27:29,792
they simply
would not have survived.
542
00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:32,708
NARRATOR:
Could it be that Earth
is being visited
543
00:27:32,875 --> 00:27:36,125
by alien entities
that are part machine?
544
00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:40,125
Is this why the ancient people
referred to the gods as
545
00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:42,958
immortals, because
they were not entirely
546
00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:46,958
biological beings
and appeared to never age?
547
00:27:47,042 --> 00:27:50,833
As further support
for this notion,
548
00:27:50,917 --> 00:27:52,833
ancient astronaut theorists
549
00:27:52,958 --> 00:27:56,792
point to a strange figure that
appears in 18th century France,
550
00:27:56,875 --> 00:28:01,208
the mysterious
Count de Saint-Germain.
551
00:28:01,333 --> 00:28:03,042
COLLINS:
The Count de Saint-Germain is
552
00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:05,500
probably one of
the most enigmatic
553
00:28:05,625 --> 00:28:07,833
gentlemen of human history.
554
00:28:07,917 --> 00:28:11,042
He was an adventurer,
he was a scientist,
555
00:28:11,167 --> 00:28:13,333
he was a composer.
556
00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:15,417
He knew several languages,
557
00:28:15,542 --> 00:28:18,667
yet, strangely, he always
558
00:28:18,833 --> 00:28:20,542
was the same age
559
00:28:20,708 --> 00:28:22,667
whenever anybody saw him.
560
00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:25,292
ETTINGTON:
One of the most
interesting stories
561
00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:29,000
about the count was that when
he was at a social gathering
562
00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:31,875
he met an old woman,
and the old woman said,
563
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,750
"I met you 60 years ago
when I was a young woman,
564
00:28:35,875 --> 00:28:38,708
and you looked in your 40s then,
same as you do now."
565
00:28:38,875 --> 00:28:40,167
He hadn't aged.
566
00:28:41,375 --> 00:28:44,167
Another thing that people
talk about was that he had
567
00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:47,875
so much knowledge of history
and of science.
568
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,333
He knew a lot
of the leaders and kings.
569
00:28:50,417 --> 00:28:53,083
NARRATOR:
Throughout his
reportedly very long life,
570
00:28:53,208 --> 00:28:56,458
the Count de Saint-Germain
befriended many noblemen
571
00:28:56,542 --> 00:29:00,625
and rulers, who he was believed
to have great influence over.
572
00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:03,667
ETTINGTON:
In the mid-1700s
573
00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:06,250
he was a diplomat
for King Louis XV,
574
00:29:06,375 --> 00:29:09,583
and in the 1760s
575
00:29:09,708 --> 00:29:11,167
he traveled to Russia
576
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:14,500
and he was complicit
in the overthrow
577
00:29:14,583 --> 00:29:18,750
that put Catherine the Great
in place as the czar of Russia.
578
00:29:18,875 --> 00:29:20,333
HENRY:
It was rumored
that he later advised
579
00:29:20,458 --> 00:29:22,875
the Russian imperial commander
in the war against
580
00:29:23,042 --> 00:29:25,083
the Turks, which the Russians
ultimately won.
581
00:29:26,583 --> 00:29:28,208
COLLINS:
He's supposed to have died
582
00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:31,083
in 1784, but there were
583
00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:33,833
reported sightings of him
just the following year
584
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,708
entering into a Masonic lodge
in France,
585
00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:41,000
where his name was actually
noted there and then.
586
00:29:41,833 --> 00:29:45,625
He was reportedly
at the beheading
587
00:29:45,708 --> 00:29:49,000
of Marie Antoinette
several years later.
588
00:29:49,167 --> 00:29:51,500
And there are many other reports
589
00:29:51,625 --> 00:29:53,250
of his presence
590
00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,792
all the way around the world
in the 19th century.
591
00:29:56,875 --> 00:30:01,292
NARRATOR:
In addition to appearing in
historical records long after he
592
00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:04,833
was alleged to have died,
it was said by many who knew
593
00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:07,958
the Count de Saint-Germain
that he had odd habits
594
00:30:08,042 --> 00:30:11,375
and possessed
extraordinary abilities.
595
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:14,458
One of the strange things about
him were his dietary habits.
596
00:30:15,708 --> 00:30:17,667
He'd sit with other people
as they ate,
597
00:30:17,792 --> 00:30:20,042
but he wouldn't eat with them.
598
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,292
One of Count Saint-Germain's
contacts in the 18th century was
599
00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:28,167
Casanova, who said he had
an ability to melt diamonds,
600
00:30:28,292 --> 00:30:30,833
that he had amazing
abilities and powers.
601
00:30:30,917 --> 00:30:32,917
He thought that
he was an incredible
602
00:30:33,042 --> 00:30:34,667
superhuman type of person.
603
00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:37,333
So, if Saint-Germain
604
00:30:37,458 --> 00:30:39,125
had lived centuries,
605
00:30:39,208 --> 00:30:43,000
and he was an alien
from the past,
606
00:30:43,083 --> 00:30:44,958
certainly when you
look at aliens,
607
00:30:45,042 --> 00:30:48,000
who are thousands of years
in advance of us,
608
00:30:48,125 --> 00:30:51,708
they could have had alterations
genetically or mechanically
609
00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:53,750
that would allow them
to live a very long time.
610
00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:57,833
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the Count de Saint-Germain
611
00:30:57,958 --> 00:31:01,500
was an extraterrestrial entity
that was part robotic,
612
00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:04,792
much like the Grey alien
that Sergeant Clifford Stone
613
00:31:04,875 --> 00:31:06,583
claims to have examined?
614
00:31:06,708 --> 00:31:10,792
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that such a scenario
615
00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:14,708
is not so far-fetched
considering that today
616
00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:17,042
we are already creating
robots that are
617
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,000
incredibly humanlike
in their appearance.
618
00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:22,167
One of the most cutting-edge
619
00:31:22,250 --> 00:31:25,708
is a Hanson Robotics
creation named Sophia.
620
00:31:25,833 --> 00:31:28,125
HENRY:
What is absolutely mind-blowing
621
00:31:28,250 --> 00:31:30,750
about Sophia and other
robotic entities is,
622
00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:32,917
it's not hard
to imagine a population
623
00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:36,208
of extraterrestrials creating
humanoid robots
624
00:31:36,375 --> 00:31:38,167
like the ones that
we're building today.
625
00:31:38,292 --> 00:31:41,333
Probably even more advanced.
626
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:45,792
And it makes a lot of sense
for us to send robots into space
627
00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:47,333
instead of
flesh-and-blood bodies.
628
00:31:47,417 --> 00:31:49,250
If it makes sense for us,
it probably
629
00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:51,958
makes sense for
extraterrestrials as well.
630
00:31:53,708 --> 00:31:56,583
NARRATOR:
If the ancient astronaut
theory is correct
631
00:31:56,708 --> 00:31:59,792
and humankind was created
to follow in the footsteps
632
00:31:59,875 --> 00:32:02,167
of its extraterrestrial
creators,
633
00:32:02,292 --> 00:32:05,875
will that mean merging
man and machine?
634
00:32:06,042 --> 00:32:08,667
According to some scientists,
635
00:32:08,792 --> 00:32:12,583
that process
is already underway.
636
00:32:22,042 --> 00:32:24,708
NARRATOR: Located just
four miles west of the Pentagon
637
00:32:24,833 --> 00:32:26,208
is the headquarters
638
00:32:26,375 --> 00:32:29,500
for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency,
639
00:32:29,625 --> 00:32:31,167
better known as DARPA.
640
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:34,667
Since 2002, DARPA has been
641
00:32:34,792 --> 00:32:37,333
investing hundreds
of millions of dollars in its
642
00:32:37,417 --> 00:32:40,917
brain-machine interface program
for the U.S. military.
643
00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:44,042
The technologies
they're developing allow
644
00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:46,292
humans to control
mechanical devices
645
00:32:46,417 --> 00:32:48,333
with their minds.
646
00:32:48,458 --> 00:32:50,375
BERLIN:
There are these brain-computer
647
00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:53,500
interfaces where we can implant
electrodes in the brain.
648
00:32:53,625 --> 00:32:56,500
And, for example, you can
control a prosthetic limb
649
00:32:56,625 --> 00:32:58,000
by just using your thoughts
650
00:32:58,083 --> 00:33:00,083
with these
brain-computer interfaces.
651
00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:02,542
The chip records activation
in your brain.
652
00:33:02,667 --> 00:33:05,542
It sends that information
to a computer, which then
653
00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:09,167
sends that to, let's say,
a prosthetic limb to control it.
654
00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:11,625
This is certainly
a good way to extend lives
655
00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:14,375
when the brain is not
the part that's failing, but
656
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,083
it's the rest of the body
that's failing.
657
00:33:16,208 --> 00:33:19,292
'Cause you can actually
now imagine human,
658
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:21,583
sort of metal robotic cyborg
659
00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:23,958
combinations where your brain is
660
00:33:24,083 --> 00:33:26,792
now not just controlling
maybe your biological body
661
00:33:26,875 --> 00:33:29,333
but something artificial
and man-made.
662
00:33:29,458 --> 00:33:31,500
You give this technology another
663
00:33:31,583 --> 00:33:34,750
50 years, and we will
appear as god beings
664
00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:37,708
to a person living at the
beginning of the 20th century.
665
00:33:38,708 --> 00:33:41,917
So, let's now look back
at the extraterrestrial
666
00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:44,375
gods of the ancient world.
667
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,333
They must have had at least
the level of technological
668
00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:50,708
sophistication that we are
enjoying and experiencing today,
669
00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:52,958
probably even more advanced.
670
00:33:53,083 --> 00:33:55,375
I think it's fascinating
where we are
671
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,708
in this moment in time because
672
00:33:57,833 --> 00:34:00,708
what if, one day, we can create
673
00:34:00,875 --> 00:34:02,542
artificial human beings?
674
00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:06,917
And, in fact,
we are merely rediscovering
675
00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:10,375
what has happened already
a long time ago.
676
00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:13,000
NARRATOR:
As far as some
ancient astronaut theorists
677
00:34:13,125 --> 00:34:16,083
are concerned,
merging biology and
678
00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:17,958
technology is an important
679
00:34:18,042 --> 00:34:21,375
first step in becoming
like our alien ancestors.
680
00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:25,500
But they believe
the extraterrestrial beings
681
00:34:25,583 --> 00:34:28,000
that people have reported
encountering on Earth
682
00:34:28,125 --> 00:34:30,625
may be merely avatars,
683
00:34:30,708 --> 00:34:32,458
vessels for intelligences
684
00:34:32,583 --> 00:34:35,958
that can move
from one body to another.
685
00:34:36,042 --> 00:34:38,167
HENRY:
What if they're digital beings?
686
00:34:38,292 --> 00:34:41,208
Or light beings?
We have numerous stories
687
00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:44,333
that tell us that
the god beings were
688
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:48,000
originally light beings that
could then phase into a physical
689
00:34:48,167 --> 00:34:50,542
flesh-and-blood form
and then phase back into
690
00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:53,250
their light body form when
they want to travel the stars.
691
00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:56,167
We hear the story
of the Anunnaki,
692
00:34:56,250 --> 00:34:59,208
the divine lords of light
of the Sumerian tradition...
693
00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:02,417
...or the arrival
of the Watchers,
694
00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:05,500
the lords of light
who descended upon Mount Hermon.
695
00:35:06,542 --> 00:35:10,333
TAYLOR:
The stories of Vishnu
actually describe Vishnu
696
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:13,667
having many manifestations
of himself as other gods.
697
00:35:13,792 --> 00:35:16,500
He would come to our reality
as a different god.
698
00:35:16,625 --> 00:35:19,333
He came to Earth
many different times as many
699
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:21,833
different people and had
adventures and activities
700
00:35:21,958 --> 00:35:24,542
and then he would go back
into the heavens as Vishnu.
701
00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:28,167
KAKU:
The aliens could be avatars.
702
00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:30,667
They can withstand all
the rigors of outer space
703
00:35:30,792 --> 00:35:33,625
because they are part biological
and part mechanical
704
00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:37,667
but controlled by
an alien consciousness
705
00:35:37,792 --> 00:35:39,875
in a different star system.
706
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,167
NARRATOR:
While the notion
of a conscious being that
707
00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:47,000
can move from one body to
another may sound far-fetched,
708
00:35:47,125 --> 00:35:49,042
humankind is working towards
709
00:35:49,208 --> 00:35:51,292
realizing this technology
right now
710
00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:54,375
by attempting to map
the human brain.
711
00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,708
Whole brain emulation
is the ability
712
00:35:57,833 --> 00:36:02,250
to create a carbon copy
of the brain itself.
713
00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:06,500
Already, by slicing and dicing
the brain of a fruit fly,
714
00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:09,375
we've been able to catalog
all the connections
715
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,167
of a fruit fly's brain
716
00:36:11,292 --> 00:36:14,750
up to 100,000 neurons.
717
00:36:14,875 --> 00:36:19,042
Think about that-- every single
connection of the brain
718
00:36:19,167 --> 00:36:21,833
of a fruit fly mapped
using computers
719
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,500
by slicing and dicing the brain.
720
00:36:24,625 --> 00:36:27,458
Now, the human brain
is much more complicated.
721
00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:30,167
A hundred billion neurons,
722
00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,583
with each neuron connected to
723
00:36:32,708 --> 00:36:36,333
10,000 other neurons,
but in principle
724
00:36:36,458 --> 00:36:39,375
that's also possible
to create an exact copy
725
00:36:39,542 --> 00:36:43,542
of the brain to map
every single neuron
726
00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:45,042
of the brain
727
00:36:45,167 --> 00:36:48,875
using transistors
rather than neurons.
728
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,875
And it would, in principle,
729
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,583
be identical to who you are.
730
00:36:53,708 --> 00:36:56,333
It would have access
to all your memories,
731
00:36:56,417 --> 00:36:59,167
all your dreams,
all your foibles,
732
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,167
all your mannerisms.
733
00:37:01,333 --> 00:37:03,333
It'll take, of course, decades
734
00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:07,083
to give you that kind of
accuracy, but it is doable.
735
00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:11,583
NARRATOR:
Once scientists can completely
replicate a human brain
736
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:13,750
through whole brain emulation,
737
00:37:13,875 --> 00:37:17,458
then that information
can be uploaded to a computer
738
00:37:17,542 --> 00:37:21,333
to digitally represent
a person's consciousness.
739
00:37:21,417 --> 00:37:25,167
Could it be that
extraterrestrials who already
740
00:37:25,292 --> 00:37:28,000
possess this capability
have come to Earth
741
00:37:28,125 --> 00:37:32,375
by uploading their consciousness
into artificial bodies?
742
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:35,375
There are some
theoretical physicists
743
00:37:35,542 --> 00:37:38,000
who say not only
is this possible
744
00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:41,917
but that this is how humans will
eventually leave the planet
745
00:37:42,042 --> 00:37:45,375
and travel the stars.
746
00:37:55,292 --> 00:37:59,042
NARRATOR:
August 27, 2019.
747
00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:04,500
Space X announces
the successful test flight
748
00:38:04,667 --> 00:38:07,833
of its starship prototype
Starhopper.
749
00:38:07,958 --> 00:38:11,083
The founder of
the private aerospace company,
750
00:38:11,208 --> 00:38:14,667
billionaire Elon Musk,
has also been at the forefront
751
00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:17,958
of efforts to upgrade humankind.
752
00:38:18,042 --> 00:38:21,500
It is his belief that
both pursuits are critical
753
00:38:21,625 --> 00:38:24,375
to ensuring the survival
of the human race.
754
00:38:25,125 --> 00:38:27,542
It's interesting that, today,
755
00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:31,750
we have these adventurer
billionaires like Elon Musk,
756
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:36,333
and they want to put
computer chips in our brains,
757
00:38:36,417 --> 00:38:40,083
even map our
own consciousness and put
758
00:38:40,208 --> 00:38:42,000
that in a robot or cyborg,
759
00:38:42,125 --> 00:38:45,667
and they're wanting to go
into space at the same time.
760
00:38:45,792 --> 00:38:47,292
So, in many ways,
761
00:38:47,417 --> 00:38:49,042
they're like the
762
00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:50,500
alien explorers
763
00:38:50,625 --> 00:38:53,083
who came here in the past.
764
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:56,833
KAKU:
I think with known technologies,
765
00:38:56,917 --> 00:39:00,542
we can theorize, that is,
within 100, within 200 years,
766
00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:03,750
we're talking about
fusion rockets and antimatter
767
00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:07,042
rockets capable
of reaching the stars.
768
00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:09,292
And then I think
we'll be sending
769
00:39:09,417 --> 00:39:13,500
robots into outer space
that are actually avatars.
770
00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:17,042
I personally think this is
the future of the space program,
771
00:39:17,167 --> 00:39:20,667
and I think we will do this
using laser beams.
772
00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:23,750
If we can digitize
the human brain,
773
00:39:23,875 --> 00:39:26,958
we can put that knowledge
on a laser beam
774
00:39:27,083 --> 00:39:28,375
and shoot it to the Moon.
775
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,333
In one second,
776
00:39:30,417 --> 00:39:32,500
you are on the Moon.
777
00:39:32,583 --> 00:39:35,375
In 20 minutes,
you could be on Mars.
778
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:38,125
In four years,
at the speed of light,
779
00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:40,833
you could reach
the nearby stars.
780
00:39:40,958 --> 00:39:42,083
And what would you do?
781
00:39:42,208 --> 00:39:43,583
If that laser beam goes
782
00:39:43,708 --> 00:39:46,125
to the Moon, is then downloaded
783
00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:47,833
into an avatar,
784
00:39:47,917 --> 00:39:51,250
that avatar could withstand
gravity fields,
785
00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:52,833
poisonous gases,
786
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,375
radiation from the Sun.
787
00:39:54,542 --> 00:39:57,167
And in fact,
I'll stick my neck out.
788
00:39:57,250 --> 00:39:59,000
I think this already exists.
789
00:39:59,167 --> 00:40:01,458
I think this is
the preferred way
790
00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:05,208
for an advanced alien species
to explore the universe.
791
00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:07,083
In fact, near the Earth,
792
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:08,833
there could be a digital highway
793
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,667
with the digitized souls
794
00:40:10,750 --> 00:40:14,833
of billions of aliens going
across the Milky Way Galaxy.
795
00:40:14,958 --> 00:40:17,833
So I think when we
meet aliens from outer space,
796
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,667
we should not be surprised
if they're actually
797
00:40:20,792 --> 00:40:23,708
avatars that are controlled by
798
00:40:23,875 --> 00:40:26,333
the aliens
in a distant star system.
799
00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,583
NARRATOR:
As entrepreneurs
800
00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:31,000
continue to invest
billions in pursuit
801
00:40:31,125 --> 00:40:34,083
of both space travel
and whole brain emulation,
802
00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:37,500
are we getting closer to
becoming like the immortals
803
00:40:37,625 --> 00:40:41,500
our ancestors described
thousands of years ago?
804
00:40:41,625 --> 00:40:45,000
And if these immortals were
responsible for the creation
805
00:40:45,125 --> 00:40:46,458
of the human race,
806
00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:49,250
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
807
00:40:49,375 --> 00:40:52,583
could this evolution be exactly
808
00:40:52,708 --> 00:40:55,708
what they intended
for humankind all along?
809
00:40:57,542 --> 00:40:59,667
Why would extraterrestrials
come to Earth
810
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:01,750
and start a human project,
811
00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:04,125
knowing that it would
take thousands of years
812
00:41:04,208 --> 00:41:05,708
for us to, to develop?
813
00:41:05,833 --> 00:41:08,167
Well, it could perhaps
be that extraterrestrials
814
00:41:08,292 --> 00:41:12,542
have a different perspective
of time than we do.
815
00:41:12,708 --> 00:41:14,833
If we think
of the extraterrestrials
816
00:41:14,958 --> 00:41:17,500
as immortal, time is irrelevant.
817
00:41:17,625 --> 00:41:20,958
And their goal
is to assist humanity
818
00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:23,625
to become more like them.
819
00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:28,042
TAYLOR:
There's a potential that
humanity is going to become
820
00:41:28,167 --> 00:41:31,250
a starfaring nation
that has long life
821
00:41:31,375 --> 00:41:33,500
because you're gonna need that
for some of these long journeys.
822
00:41:33,625 --> 00:41:36,958
And we might become more
like the gods that seemed to
823
00:41:37,042 --> 00:41:40,708
live for thousands of years
and traveled the heavens.
824
00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:45,333
NARRATOR: Is humanity
on the verge of becoming
825
00:41:45,417 --> 00:41:47,458
an intergalactic civilization?
826
00:41:47,542 --> 00:41:50,708
And if so,
is it possible that we
827
00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:54,000
were set on this path
by an extraterrestrial race
828
00:41:54,125 --> 00:41:57,250
that visited Earth
thousands of years ago?
829
00:41:57,375 --> 00:42:00,292
Perhaps one day,
the immortal gods
830
00:42:00,375 --> 00:42:02,583
seen descending from the sky
831
00:42:02,708 --> 00:42:05,125
on a distant planet...
832
00:42:05,208 --> 00:42:06,875
will be us.
833
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,792
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