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NARRATOR:
A mystical Jewish tradition
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that speaks
of underground realms
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inhabited by strange creatures.
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RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
It is believed and taught
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that we are not alone
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as intelligent beings
upon our own Earth.
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NARRATOR:
A Buddhist legend
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that tells
of a lost civilization
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surviving in vast
underground canyons.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Shambhala is
a secret city underground.
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It's ruled by kings
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who live for hundreds of years.
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NARRATOR:
Modern accounts
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of humanlike entities
beneath the earth.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
Local residents described seeing
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reptilian-type humanoid beings
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deep inside this cave.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that other
intelligent beings exist
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right here on our own planet?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Someone may be here
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underneath the surface
of the Earth.
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And what if these entities
have been here
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for thousands of years?
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
This historic mountain village
in Upper Galilee is home
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to a sacred cave that is the
second most visited Jewish site
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in the world
after the Western Wall,
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with as many
as two million annual visitors.
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According to Hebrew tradition,
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this cave served as the home
of the famous rabbi
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Shimon Bar Yochai
in the second century AD
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when Jerusalem was under
the rule of the Roman empire.
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HENRY:
Rabbi Shimon Yochai
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lived during a very difficult
time for the Jewish people
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living in the kingdom
of-of Israel.
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The Emperor Hadrian had been
violently persecuting the Jews.
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They forbade them
from studying the Torah.
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They forbade them, under penalty
of death, from even
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initiating new students
in the Torah.
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TZADOK:
Shimon Bar Yochai was one
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who spoke out
against the empire.
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This caused the Romans
to brand him a criminal
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and to hunt him to death.
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HENRY:
Rabbi Yochai fled
to Northern Israel
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into the Galilee where he hid
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in a cave
for as long as 13 years.
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TZADOK:
When he was concealed
in the cave,
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he received a tremendous amount
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of profound, sacred wisdom,
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secrets that were revealed
to him in the cave
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by none less than the immortal
prophet himself, Elijah.
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NARRATOR:
If Rabbi Bar Yochai
truly encountered
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the prophet Elijah as he
claimed, it would be a miracle,
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because Elijah lived in Judea
almost a thousand years earlier.
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DANIEL MATT:
According
to Jewish tradition, Elijah
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never died.
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So he appears
and he enlightens people,
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he helps people
who are in trouble.
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TZADOK:
So, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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communed with Elijah.
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He received secrets
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of the universe.
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NARRATOR:
Rabbi Bar Yochai
understood the teachings
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he received
from this immortal messenger
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to be of great importance
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but also felt
that they should only be shared
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with a trusted few and not
yet revealed to the public.
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TZADOK:
After he
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came out of the cave,
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after the Romans
forgot about him,
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he gathered together
his students
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and taught them the secrets
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that were revealed to him
in the cave.
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HENRY:
This knowledge was then
written down
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or transmitted orally
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for centuries
for a thousand years
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until a Spanish rabbi
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acquired this knowledge that
he then shared with humankind.
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NARRATOR:
In the late 13th century,
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the secret writings
of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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were finally published
as the Zohar--
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a text
that is still held as sacred
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by millions of people
around the world.
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It is considered fundamental
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to the Jewish tradition
of kabbalah.
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MATT:
People often confuse kabbalah
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and Zohar.
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There's no book
called the Kabbalah.
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The Zohar is the major text
of the kabbalah.
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So if someone says
they're studying kabbalah,
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they probably mean that
they're studying the Zohar.
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NARRATOR:
According to practitioners
of kabbalah,
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the teachings
include ancient knowledge
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that was far ahead of its time,
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such as information related
to modern atomic theory,
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the spherical shape
of the Earth,
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and the existence
of other solar systems.
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But of all the teachings
of kabbalah,
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many believe the most profound
comes from a passage found
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in the Zohar-- one that says
there are seven earths.
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TSOUKALOS:
Kabbalistic texts teach
that there are
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multiple worlds out there.
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In fact, there are seven earths.
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And they give the name
of each of them,
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and when I hear that
then I wonder,
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well, could it be possible
that what we have here
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is a reference that there are
six other inhabited planets
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in the rest of our galaxy?
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CHILDRESS:
When you look at these
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kabbalistic texts,
and they're talking
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about there being
six other earths
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besides the one that we're on,
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and they're not just
some allegory, uh,
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or talking about, you know,
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seven continents
or something like that,
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well, you have to ask yourself,
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is it possible that
these are actual other planets
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and they're inhabited?
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NARRATOR:
While seven earths may sound
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like a reference
to seven planets,
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according to those
who study kabbalah,
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this concept has another,
even more profound meaning.
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Many people have this idea
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that the concept of seven earths
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has something to do
with some other place.
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It's not some other place,
and in fact,
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according to Zoharic literature,
it's inside the earth.
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There are seven lands,
one above the other.
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One of the lands is
actually the Outer Earth,
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which is the one
that we're walking on right now.
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According to Zohar as well as
Jewish religious interpretation,
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the six other earths
are physical locations
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that are subterranean
to our present reality.
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Even more compelling is
that it also teaches
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that each of the six
other earths are inhabited
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by intelligent creatures.
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There could be
this multiplicity of beings.
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They exist in other realms
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but are always kept hidden
in the Inner Earth.
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TZADOK:
One of the profound teachings
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of the oral Torah tradition
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is that we human beings
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are not the only
intelligent species
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indigenous to our Earth.
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And within this Earth live
other types of entities.
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TSOUKALOS:
Of course, the notion
of a hollow Earth is absurd.
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The Earth is not hollow.
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However, if you change
the word "hollow" to "inner,"
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then I even have to say
there could be an argument made
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that someone may be here
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underneath the surface
of the Earth.
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Because it is a geological fact
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that there are gigantic chambers
underneath the Earth's crust,
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some of which
even contain water
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that are larger
than the world's oceans.
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So, you know,
you have to wonder
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if it's at all possible
that somebody is down there.
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And what if these entities
have been here
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for thousands of years?
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that Earth is home
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to other intelligent beings that
exist deep beneath the surface?
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And if so, how long have
they been on this planet?
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According to the teachings
of kabbalah,
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some of the beings of Inner
Earth once lived on the surface
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long before the time of humans.
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NARRATOR:
In the Hebrew Bible's
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Book of Ecclesiastes
is the well-known saying,
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"There's nothing new
under the sun."
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But according
to practitioners of kabbalah,
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this seemingly
philosophical verse,
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which continues with the phrase
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"No one remembers
the former generations,"
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also has a very literal meaning.
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The kabbalah teaches that
there were pre-Adamic races.
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In the Book of Genesis,
Adam is the first man.
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So, what the kabbalah
is saying is that,
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before Adam, there were
other races of beings
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and previous civilizations.
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TZADOK:
It is believed and taught
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that we have had civilization
upon our Earth
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for tens of thousands of years,
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possibly much longer,
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prior to Adam spoken of
in the Bible.
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NARRATOR:
According
to the kabbalah teachings,
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some of the beings
that inhabit Inner Earth lived
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on the surface
long before the time of humans.
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And kabbalah is not
the only ancient tradition
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that speaks
of prehuman civilizations.
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BIRNES:
All across the planet,
there are stories
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of a highly technical,
highly sophisticated,
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brilliant civilization
that's no longer here.
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The story of Lemuria
is the story
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of an ancient civilization,
a brilliant civilization
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that reached high points,
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but dreadful climate
wiped it out.
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The story of Atlantis
is the same thing.
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It's in the Bible,
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as well as Gilgamesh.
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HENRY:
This corresponds
with Greek thought
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that there were five ages.
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The Hindus teach
about the yugas
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and the rise and fall
of civilization,
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where civilization advances
to a very high place
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and then descends
and then reascends.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
In Hinduism, there are cycles
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of destruction and rebirth,
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and we're in the fourth now.
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Three entire stages
have come before now.
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In the Hopi Native American
Indigenous teaching,
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there are a number of worlds,
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and we are
on the fourth reality.
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NARRATOR:
If Earth was inhabited
by prehuman civilizations,
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could there be physical evidence
of their existence?
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Incredibly, scientists have
recently identified anomalies
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in Earth's geological record
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that could be markers
of an advanced civilization
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that existed millions
of years ago.
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HENRY:
Today, modern science is looking
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into our ancient geological past
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in a concept
they call techno signatures.
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They're looking
at our civilization and saying
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that one day
everything that we see around us
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on the Earth
will be reduced to rock.
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It'll be a thin layer of rock
in our geological record.
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And some future species
will be able to look back
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and see that we were
a technological civilization
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because we have left residue.
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We have left
chlorofluorocarbons.
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And what they're doing now
is looking back
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into the geological record.
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They have actually found a seam
or a line of rock
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that's 56 million years old
that reveals that at that time
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there was more carbon
in the sediment
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than is supposed to be there,
and suddenly
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there is an ecological collapse.
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How do you explain this,
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other than
there must have been some kind
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of a nonhuman civilization
that caused this?
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The evidence is there.
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NARRATOR:
Some archaeologists
and geologists also point
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to the discovery
of extremely ancient artifacts
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as further evidence
that civilizations
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existed on Earth
long before humans.
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One such artifact is an object
called the London Hammer
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that was discovered
in Texas in 1936.
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It was a prehistoric hammer,
if you will,
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with part of the handle
still in place,
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inside some very old rock.
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The hammer itself was found
in the Travis formation.
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It's a concretion
of sandstone.
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And it usually takes
about 140 million years
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for this to form.
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That would put the hammer
at 140 million years old.
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Where did it come from?
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Who was here
140 million years ago?
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There's been many fossils
and artifacts
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that have been found
that defies our timeline.
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Some of them have been found
in Antelope Valley, in Utah,
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which was a shoe print,
which was 200 million years old.
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We're constantly finding
new relics, new pieces,
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new evidence that suggests
there's probably civilizations
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that were here
long before we have been here.
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If we are essentially due
to a cataclysm,
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whether this is the tilting
of the Earth's axis,
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or if it's through a solar flare
or something like this,
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or-or even a war or something
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that there's
virtually nobody left,
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after three or four generations,
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nobody will remember what
was here a hundred years ago.
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It's quite possible
that something like us
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already existed
and there's nothing left.
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BIRNES:
So, history,
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archaeology themselves point
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to life-forms on this planet
long before human beings.
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The question is,
where are they from?
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I believe we've been visited
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by lots
of extraterrestrial races.
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Some took, some didn't.
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Some stayed, some left.
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Some are on land,
some are underwater.
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We're a colony.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that long before the time
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of modern humans,
other intelligent species--
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possibly even from other
planets-- populated the Earth?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and point to the teachings
of kabbalah
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for evidence
that some of these species
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that predated humans
also coexisted with them.
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One example can be found
in the Bible's Book of Genesis
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and the creature described
in the Garden of Eden
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as the serpent.
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TZADOK:
The serpent not only spoke
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but stood erect,
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had arms and legs
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and, clearly, intelligence.
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We're describing
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a pre-Adamic,
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Earth-based reptilian.
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And this we find echoed
in legends
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and teachings from cultures
around the world.
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So, one of the great
pre-Adamic civilizations
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clearly was
a reptilian humanoid.
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And these are referred to
as seraphim.
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NARRATOR:
If a prehuman race
is represented
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in the Garden of Eden,
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does that mean that it continued
to inhabit the Earth
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after the time
of the first humans?
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BIRNES:
It could well be
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that there was a whole
evolving race of reptilians--
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call them seraphim, call them
anything you want to--
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that basically were,
in their own way,
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civilizing this planet,
organizing life on this planet.
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And then human beings came
to this planet,
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and they realized
we couldn't live together
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and they went underground.
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NARRATOR:
Could ancient stories
of other intelligent species
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sharing the planet with humans
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and then migrating
to subterranean realms be true?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the evidence can be found
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in numerous ancient traditions
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that describe
not only underground worlds
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but also the many strange beings
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that reside within them.
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NARRATOR:
For centuries,
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the Jewish mystical text
called the Zohar
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has been a source of sacred
teachings and esoteric wisdom.
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But the idea
that there are inhabited realms
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within the earth is not
exclusive to the Zohar alone.
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This concept can also be found
in ancient texts
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from numerous cultures
around the world,
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like the Vishnu Purana of India.
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Written roughly 2,000 years ago,
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the Vishnu Purana describes
multiple domains
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that exist deep underground.
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HENRY:
In India, we learn
of a place called Patala,
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which is beneath
the surface of the Earth.
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And Patala has many subterranean
realms that are believed
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to be inhabited
by intelligent creatures.
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In fact,
myth and folklore are filled
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with stories
of Inner Earth civilizations,
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the same as the Zohar.
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The Greeks believed
the same thing.
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CHILDRESS:
This is very similar
to the story
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of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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And ancient Irish texts talk
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about the Tuatha Dé Danann as
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arriving in shadowy airships,
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coming from the sky,
they're enveloped in mist.
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They had all kinds
of tremendous technology.
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And they were the rulers,
allegedly, of Ireland
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for quite a long time until
modern Irish came to Ireland,
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and they made a pact
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with the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann,
according to the legend,
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go underground in Ireland,
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and now are living
in the underground world.
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AMIR HUSSAIN:
You've got, you know,
the similar kind of story
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with the Sumerian texts.
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The Anunnaki literally
are the sky gods.
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But then, as you get into
later versions of the stories,
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one of them, Inanna,
goes into the netherworld.
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And so, you have these gods
that start up in the sky
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but then come down not just
to Earth but into the earth.
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And you see this
across different cultures.
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NARRATOR:
Many ancient cultures taught
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that beings living
inside the earth are not
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of the same physical nature
as humans
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but have the ability
to effortlessly travel
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between our realm and theirs.
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YOUNG:
In Islamic culture,
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there is the idea of the djinn,
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from which we get
our word "genie,"
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and this was not
an angelic presence.
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It had a category of its own.
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It wasn't human,
it wasn't exactly godlike.
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It was in between.
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It could travel from this world
to another and back.
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And sometimes
they cause trouble.
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Sometimes they help people.
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TZADOK:
It is known
that they are indigenous
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to the domains of Inner Earth.
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And these djinn are said
to have bodies
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only of fire and air.
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And we might think,
"Well, they're all spiritual,"
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but our traditions teach
that's not so.
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Like human beings, it is said
they eat and they drink,
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they sexually procreate,
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and they die.
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And yet they can be invisible.
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NARRATOR:
While many traditions talk
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of humanlike beings inhabiting
Earth's inner realms,
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the Zohar teaches
that all kinds of entities
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reside below the surface.
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And some are even hybrids
of different creatures.
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TZADOK:
The Zohar tells us
that there are hybrid beings
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who live there.
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Some of whom are half human,
half animal.
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There are beings
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that have the bodies
of human beings
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with the heads of lions
or the heads of bulls.
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And this sounds
very familiar to us
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from ancient mythologies
and legends.
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NARRATOR:
The hybrid beings
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that the Zohar describes
as having descended
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to Inner Earth also appear
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in other ancient traditions
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as creatures that once lived
on the surface.
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The ancient Egyptians
recorded evidence
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of-of hybrid beings,
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including Thoth the birdman,
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Sekhmet the lion goddess,
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as well as Anubis, who's
a humanoid with a canine head.
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We have the satyrs
of Greek mythology
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that are part human, part goat.
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In Sumeria,
we have mermen and mermaids.
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We have beings that are
half human and half serpent.
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In India,
the most popular God is Ganesh,
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who's half human, half elephant.
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NARRATOR:
In addition to hybrid beings,
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Inner Earth is also said
to be home
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to fantastical creatures
that are described
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in myths and legends
throughout the world.
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TZADOK:
According
to the ancient teachings,
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in Inner Earth
there do live real dragons,
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spoken of in the Book of Job.
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The phoenix, which burns itself
to ashes in its nest
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and then resurrects itself
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just as the Book of Job teaches,
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also live in Inner Earth.
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And it is taught
that unicorns, real ones,
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are alive today in Inner Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that these Inner Earth entities
that come up
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in tradition after tradition
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were actually witnessed
by our ancestors
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thousands of years ago?
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TSOUKALOS:
So, all around the world
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we have these depictions
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in ancient carvings,
in ancient paintings,
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figurines, everything.
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It doesn't matter
what ancient culture you go to.
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We have the same stories
worldwide.
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And the further
you go back in time,
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the more similar
these stories become.
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HENRY:
Ancient cultures
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must have experienced
these types of beings,
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or why else would humans
have been making depictions
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from virtually the beginning
of recorded history?
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NARRATOR:
The Zohar and other traditions
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that speak of intelligent beings
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and fantastical creatures
occupying Inner Earth
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were written many centuries ago.
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If these stories are more
than mere mythology,
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are there still entities
living within the earth today?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining modern-day reports
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of encounters
with strange beings
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emerging from caves.
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NARRATOR:
Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
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1991.
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Logger Ho Khanh discovers
a mysterious entrance
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to a hidden mountain cave
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obscured
by dense jungle overgrowth.
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The cliffs leading down
to the entrance are so steep,
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he cannot explore it further,
but he notes its location.
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Nearly two decades later,
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the British Cave
Research Association
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finally explores the cave.
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What the team discovers
is astounding.
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It is the largest
underground chamber
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on the planet.
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It's not just a cave.
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It's an actual world in Vietnam.
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Inside this cave,
it's 40 stories high.
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There's actually
an ancient forest.
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It's got flowing water.
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Not just a puddle or a stream
but an actual river.
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Inside the cave is
an entire growing ecosystem.
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And it's so deep that
it looks like it's an entrance
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to a whole other reality.
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NARRATOR:
This incredible
subterranean realm,
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called the Son Doong Cave,
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is estimated to be roughly
three million years old.
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It runs through the earth
for nearly six miles,
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and numerous areas where
the cave ceiling has collapsed
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allow sunlight to enter,
resulting in the growth
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of trees and other vegetation.
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But according to area residents,
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what's most notable
about Son Doong Cave
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are the strange creatures that
are believed to dwell within it.
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HENRY:
Local residents described seeing
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reptilian-type
humanoid beings emerging
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from the Son Doong Cave.
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And they believe
that they actually live
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deep inside this cave.
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What's fascinating about this is
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that these reptilian-type
humanoid beings
507
00:26:43,542 --> 00:26:46,042
are similar to the seraphim,
508
00:26:46,167 --> 00:26:49,000
or the winged serpents
in kabbalistic tradition.
509
00:26:49,083 --> 00:26:51,500
The seraphim are said
to have gone and lived
510
00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:54,708
in the Inner Earth, according
to kabbalistic teaching.
511
00:26:55,958 --> 00:26:58,000
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that reports
512
00:26:58,125 --> 00:26:59,958
of reptilians at Son Doong Cave
513
00:27:00,042 --> 00:27:03,375
are encounters with beings
from Inner Earth?
514
00:27:05,375 --> 00:27:07,333
While it may sound
too incredible to be true,
515
00:27:07,458 --> 00:27:10,583
there have been reports
that during the Vietnam War
516
00:27:10,708 --> 00:27:14,792
in the 1970s,
U.S. soldiers encountered
517
00:27:14,875 --> 00:27:18,958
what they described as "upright
lizards" inhabiting caves.
518
00:27:20,292 --> 00:27:24,167
And accounts of reptilian beings
existing in underground caverns
519
00:27:24,292 --> 00:27:27,792
can be found
all across the globe,
520
00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:32,458
even on the other side
of the world in Cuzco, Peru.
521
00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:34,667
CHILDRESS:
Throughout Peru and
522
00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:36,708
around Cuzco, particularly,
523
00:27:36,875 --> 00:27:40,667
there are many, many stories
of a tunnel system
524
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:45,333
that has something to do
with serpent deities,
525
00:27:45,458 --> 00:27:47,958
which they call the Amaru there.
526
00:27:48,042 --> 00:27:50,833
The Peruvian authorities
themselves decided
527
00:27:50,917 --> 00:27:54,333
it was too dangerous for people
to go into these tunnels.
528
00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:57,667
So, they looked for all
of the entrances they could
529
00:27:57,792 --> 00:28:00,500
around Cuzco,
and they sealed them up.
530
00:28:01,417 --> 00:28:05,167
And this is a well-known story
within Peruvian history.
531
00:28:06,125 --> 00:28:08,000
NARRATOR:
While there have been
many reports
532
00:28:08,083 --> 00:28:11,458
from around the world
of humanlike reptilians,
533
00:28:11,583 --> 00:28:14,875
there is another Inner Earth
entity described in the Zohar
534
00:28:15,042 --> 00:28:19,333
that is even more commonly
witnessed in modern times.
535
00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,167
SALOFF:
According to Zoharic literature,
536
00:28:21,292 --> 00:28:23,750
there are beings
inside the earth
537
00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:25,958
having large black eyes
538
00:28:26,042 --> 00:28:30,875
and a nose that is only
two darks holes on the face.
539
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:34,042
Now, that corresponds to things
that we've seen about,
540
00:28:34,208 --> 00:28:38,583
heard about these, uh,
for lack of a better word, ETs.
541
00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:42,833
There is a lot of evidence
that these beings
542
00:28:42,917 --> 00:28:45,292
that we think are coming
from another planet
543
00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,000
are not coming
from another planet.
544
00:28:47,167 --> 00:28:49,833
They're coming
from inside our own Earth.
545
00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:52,792
NARRATOR:
The black-eyed entities,
546
00:28:52,875 --> 00:28:55,292
commonly referred to
as Greys by ufologists,
547
00:28:55,375 --> 00:28:58,042
are the beings
most often reported
548
00:28:58,167 --> 00:29:00,667
by alleged alien abductees,
549
00:29:00,792 --> 00:29:02,792
many of whom claim
550
00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:06,458
to have been taken aboard
saucer-shaped craft.
551
00:29:06,583 --> 00:29:09,750
Could it be that
the so-called flying saucers
552
00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:12,833
so often reported
in modern times
553
00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:16,500
are not coming from outer space
but Inner Earth?
554
00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:21,000
According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,
555
00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:24,875
this notion is supported
by numerous accounts of UFOs
556
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,167
that are seen disappearing
into the landscape
557
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:32,625
and sometimes even flying
directly into mountains.
558
00:29:32,708 --> 00:29:37,167
In fact, one of the first
UFO sightings on record involves
559
00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:39,625
an entire squadron of vehicles
560
00:29:39,708 --> 00:29:42,292
that appeared
to enter a volcano.
561
00:29:43,417 --> 00:29:46,667
One of the first modern
UFO sightings was recorded
562
00:29:46,792 --> 00:29:49,500
in June of 1947
by Kenneth Arnold.
563
00:29:49,583 --> 00:29:54,458
He was flying his private plane
near Mount Rainier in Washington
564
00:29:54,542 --> 00:29:58,000
when he catches sight
of some flashes of light.
565
00:29:58,083 --> 00:30:00,083
And soon he discovers
that this is actually
566
00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:04,083
a squadron of what he described
as flying saucers
567
00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:05,917
skipping across the sky.
568
00:30:06,042 --> 00:30:08,125
He follows them
569
00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:10,333
as they disappear
into the direction
570
00:30:10,458 --> 00:30:13,458
of nearby Mount Adams,
a volcano,
571
00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:17,292
which is the sight
of many modern UFO sightings.
572
00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:19,542
Is it possible
that Mount Rainier
573
00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:23,625
and Mount Adams are perhaps
entranceways utilized
574
00:30:23,708 --> 00:30:26,917
by these craft
into other realms?
575
00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:30,250
If these craft did enter
into Mount Rainier
576
00:30:30,375 --> 00:30:35,000
and/or Mount Adams, it would
not seem unusual to UFO experts.
577
00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:38,500
Mountains around the world,
like Bugarach in Southern France
578
00:30:38,625 --> 00:30:42,000
and Musinè in Northern Italy,
are often sites
579
00:30:42,125 --> 00:30:46,333
where UFOs are reported actually
entering into the mountains.
580
00:30:47,625 --> 00:30:51,292
NARRATOR:
Mountains are often cited
in ancient traditions
581
00:30:51,375 --> 00:30:54,042
as entrances
to Inner Earth realms.
582
00:30:55,042 --> 00:30:58,958
The most well-known is
the legendary land of Shambhala
583
00:30:59,042 --> 00:31:00,750
that Buddhists
and Hindus identify
584
00:31:00,875 --> 00:31:03,625
as the home of the gods.
585
00:31:03,750 --> 00:31:07,167
Many believe that the entrance
to this subterranean realm
586
00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:11,458
exists among the ruins
of the lost Kingdom of Gu-ge
587
00:31:11,542 --> 00:31:14,583
on top of Mount Kailash
in Tibet.
588
00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:18,583
CHILDRESS:
Shambhala is said
to be underground.
589
00:31:18,708 --> 00:31:22,542
It's ruled by kings
who live for hundreds of years.
590
00:31:22,708 --> 00:31:25,750
They have wonderful technology.
591
00:31:25,875 --> 00:31:28,625
There's electricity,
there's airships.
592
00:31:28,708 --> 00:31:31,292
And also, part of the tradition
of Shambhala is
593
00:31:31,417 --> 00:31:33,500
that they are guiding mankind.
594
00:31:33,583 --> 00:31:37,417
Very much as we often think that
extraterrestrials are doing.
595
00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:41,542
A number of people have
suggested that Shambhala,
596
00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:45,500
the hidden city, is
at Mount Kailash or very nearby.
597
00:31:45,625 --> 00:31:51,167
Gu-ge, right near Mount Kailash,
is a very strange fortress
598
00:31:51,292 --> 00:31:55,208
built on the top
of a pyramidal mountain.
599
00:31:55,375 --> 00:31:59,667
And the fortress of Gu-ge had
all kinds of tunnels
600
00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:01,667
and hidden staircases
601
00:32:01,750 --> 00:32:05,208
that went underground
and went inside this mountain.
602
00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:08,458
So, when archaeologists went
there, they were astounded
603
00:32:08,542 --> 00:32:14,167
that this city of Gu-ge
apparently led inside the earth.
604
00:32:14,292 --> 00:32:16,167
What people seemed
to believe was that
605
00:32:16,250 --> 00:32:18,333
if you were to follow
these tunnels far enough
606
00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:21,208
into the earth,
you would eventually come
607
00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:24,417
to that hidden city
of Shambhala,
608
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:28,292
an active city
full of light and-and power.
609
00:32:29,583 --> 00:32:31,625
NARRATOR:
While there have been
numerous reports
610
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,792
of UFOs at Mount Kailash,
611
00:32:33,917 --> 00:32:36,333
explorers have yet to find
612
00:32:36,458 --> 00:32:39,042
the legendary subterranean
realm of Shambhala.
613
00:32:41,083 --> 00:32:43,417
But according
to the secret diary
614
00:32:43,542 --> 00:32:47,500
of one of the United States'
most celebrated naval officers,
615
00:32:47,583 --> 00:32:50,333
a hidden entrance
to Inner Earth can be found
616
00:32:50,458 --> 00:32:52,958
thousands of miles to the south
617
00:32:53,083 --> 00:32:55,167
-in Antarctica.
-(wind whistling)
618
00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:06,167
NARRATOR: Esteemed U.S.
naval officer and explorer
619
00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,167
Admiral Richard Byrd,
one of the first pilots
620
00:33:09,292 --> 00:33:11,875
to fly over both
the North and South Poles,
621
00:33:12,042 --> 00:33:14,125
organizes Operation Highjump,
622
00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:18,000
the largest expedition ever
to travel to Antarctica,
623
00:33:18,125 --> 00:33:22,333
with 13 ships, 23 aircraft,
624
00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:26,125
and over 4,700
military personnel.
625
00:33:26,208 --> 00:33:28,542
LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
This was very important
626
00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:34,208
that after the conclusion
of World War II,
627
00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:40,167
Admiral Byrd was asked
if he would mount
628
00:33:40,292 --> 00:33:44,458
a large armada
and go for four months.
629
00:33:44,583 --> 00:33:48,167
It was supposed to be
that they would go in December,
630
00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:52,167
January, February and March,
and there was a list
631
00:33:52,292 --> 00:33:56,458
of military goals
that they were to achieve, but
632
00:33:56,542 --> 00:33:58,833
by the end of February,
something happened.
633
00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:02,833
NARRATOR:
One of the mission's
official goals
634
00:34:02,917 --> 00:34:05,958
was investigating sites
for potential military bases
635
00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:07,792
in Antarctica.
636
00:34:09,042 --> 00:34:10,750
But during his explorations,
637
00:34:10,875 --> 00:34:15,208
Admiral Byrd allegedly came upon
something highly unexpected.
638
00:34:15,333 --> 00:34:17,333
YOUNG:
This story
639
00:34:17,417 --> 00:34:19,333
is said to come
from his diaries,
640
00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:21,167
not his published account
of the trip,
641
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:22,917
but something he held back
642
00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:26,333
and then later was suppressed
by government authorities
643
00:34:26,458 --> 00:34:27,750
that found it frightening.
644
00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:30,333
HENRY:
In his diary,
645
00:34:30,458 --> 00:34:33,583
which was discovered
by his son after his death,
646
00:34:33,708 --> 00:34:36,708
Admiral Byrd tells
an extraordinary story.
647
00:34:38,417 --> 00:34:40,708
BIRNES:
Admiral Byrd heard
there was an entrance
648
00:34:40,833 --> 00:34:42,917
to the center of the Earth
through the South Pole,
649
00:34:43,042 --> 00:34:46,500
and he took planes into the
South... under the South Pole.
650
00:34:46,583 --> 00:34:50,292
And when he did that,
he discovered
651
00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:52,625
that as he flew over the Pole,
652
00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:55,792
suddenly he's looking at things
that shouldn't be there.
653
00:34:55,917 --> 00:34:58,292
I mean, it was temperate.
654
00:34:58,417 --> 00:35:02,292
He and a squadron flew
under the earth, into the earth.
655
00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:05,125
HENRY:
It turns into this lush
and green area,
656
00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:07,000
and he can't even
believe his eyes.
657
00:35:07,125 --> 00:35:09,667
But that's just the beginning
of his extraordinary story.
658
00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:12,000
He tells how, all of a sudden,
he starts
659
00:35:12,083 --> 00:35:17,833
to see a shimmering rainbow
city that's made of crystal.
660
00:35:17,917 --> 00:35:19,833
His airplane is taken control of
661
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,292
when he suddenly sees
these flying disk-shaped objects
662
00:35:23,375 --> 00:35:26,708
around him
that lead him to the ground...
663
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,375
...whereupon he's escorted
into a cavernous type of an area
664
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:38,167
where he meets a being he refers
to as "The Master" in his diary.
665
00:35:38,292 --> 00:35:41,167
The Master tells him
that they're highly disappointed
666
00:35:41,333 --> 00:35:43,917
in what humans are doing
with nuclear weapons
667
00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:47,958
and how they recently destroyed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
668
00:35:48,042 --> 00:35:51,083
and they really are concerned
about what is going on
669
00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:52,917
on the surface of the planet.
670
00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:56,750
They tell Admiral Byrd that
671
00:35:56,875 --> 00:35:59,583
they hope that humanity
will ultimately stop this.
672
00:35:59,708 --> 00:36:02,667
NARRATOR:
For UFO researchers,
673
00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:05,208
this account
from Admiral Byrd's diary
674
00:36:05,333 --> 00:36:07,708
is particularly significant
675
00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:11,125
due to the fact
that the modern UFO era began
676
00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:12,833
right after World War II
677
00:36:12,917 --> 00:36:16,792
and the detonation
of the first atomic bombs.
678
00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,167
It has also been noted
679
00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:22,750
that a high number
of UFO sightings
680
00:36:22,875 --> 00:36:24,875
have been reported
in the vicinity
681
00:36:25,042 --> 00:36:27,625
of nuclear missile silos.
682
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:31,292
Admiral Byrd's story is
congruent with the stories
683
00:36:31,375 --> 00:36:34,292
that we hear
from numerous accounts
684
00:36:34,375 --> 00:36:37,458
of angelic
or extraterrestrial-type beings
685
00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:39,375
that are very concerned
about what humanity is doing
686
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:40,958
with nuclear weapons.
687
00:36:42,458 --> 00:36:46,417
Just ask the Air Force officers
at the U.S. missile silos,
688
00:36:46,542 --> 00:36:49,208
the nuclear missile silos
that have seen their silos
689
00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,958
and their nuclear arms disarmed
690
00:36:52,042 --> 00:36:55,500
by what are perceived
to be extraterrestrial beings.
691
00:36:57,875 --> 00:37:00,000
They are very concerned
that we are ultimately
692
00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:01,875
not just going
to destroy ourselves
693
00:37:02,042 --> 00:37:05,833
but could harm our planet,
which is their world as well.
694
00:37:09,958 --> 00:37:12,917
NARRATOR:
If Admiral Byrd's
secret diary is authentic,
695
00:37:13,042 --> 00:37:15,208
does it reveal not only
696
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:16,917
that there are highly
advanced beings
697
00:37:17,042 --> 00:37:19,708
living inside the earth but also
698
00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:24,000
that they are monitoring
what happens on the surface?
699
00:37:24,083 --> 00:37:28,583
According to the diary,
after this incredible encounter,
700
00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:31,292
Admiral Byrd was eager
to share his story
701
00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:34,667
but was ordered
to remain silent.
702
00:37:34,792 --> 00:37:38,000
HENRY:
Byrd comes back
after this experience.
703
00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:40,542
He is taken
to a government compound
704
00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,750
where he is told that he is
never to speak of this publicly
705
00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:47,750
and that everything
he says is-is classified.
706
00:37:49,792 --> 00:37:51,583
NARRATOR:
Could Admiral Byrd's story point
707
00:37:51,708 --> 00:37:53,333
to a profound connection
708
00:37:53,458 --> 00:37:55,250
between the ancient traditions
709
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:57,667
of strange beings
living inside the earth
710
00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:00,750
and the modern-day
UFO phenomenon?
711
00:38:01,708 --> 00:38:04,500
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
712
00:38:04,625 --> 00:38:07,750
and believe we may be
fast approaching the time
713
00:38:07,875 --> 00:38:10,542
when we will
find ourselves face-to-face
714
00:38:10,667 --> 00:38:13,792
with the beings of Inner Earth.
715
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:26,333
NARRATOR: According
to the teachings of kabbalah,
716
00:38:26,417 --> 00:38:28,708
on this date,
which marks the beginning
717
00:38:28,833 --> 00:38:31,667
of the seventh millennium
on the Judaic calendar,
718
00:38:31,792 --> 00:38:36,125
humankind will be introduced
to a profound new reality.
719
00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:39,667
According to the Zohar,
720
00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:41,792
at the beginning
of the seventh millennium,
721
00:38:41,917 --> 00:38:45,125
the gates of wisdom
will open on the Earth.
722
00:38:45,208 --> 00:38:47,167
That seems like a long way off.
723
00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:49,583
However, the Zohar also tells us
724
00:38:49,708 --> 00:38:52,167
that there will be
preliminary stages
725
00:38:52,250 --> 00:38:53,958
of the opening of this wisdom.
726
00:38:54,083 --> 00:38:59,750
Those stages, the kabbalists
teach, began around 1840.
727
00:38:59,875 --> 00:39:02,750
That's the beginning
of the Industrial Revolution,
728
00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:08,083
when suddenly humans are
taking control of nature.
729
00:39:08,208 --> 00:39:12,083
After that, we enter into
the technological revolution
730
00:39:12,208 --> 00:39:15,458
of the 1950s--
the invention of the computer,
731
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:18,667
the transistor, and
other technologies like that.
732
00:39:18,792 --> 00:39:22,625
Now we're moving
into the nanotechnology,
733
00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:25,250
the artificial intelligence era.
734
00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:27,583
These are all believed
to be signs
735
00:39:27,708 --> 00:39:31,542
that we are ultimately
moving into this new era
736
00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:35,167
when immense wellsprings
of wisdom will open up.
737
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:39,500
BIRNES:
At that point, there will be
an age of enlightenment
738
00:39:39,583 --> 00:39:41,000
that will come upon the planet
739
00:39:41,083 --> 00:39:43,792
and come upon all the life
on this planet.
740
00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,708
Now, isn't this fascinating,
741
00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:49,042
that the three Adamic religions
742
00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:51,083
all talk about the same thing?
743
00:39:52,042 --> 00:39:57,333
In Christianity, it is the
Second Coming and the Rapture.
744
00:39:57,458 --> 00:40:01,708
-MAN: Allahu Akbar...
-In Islam, it is
the Twelfth Imam.
745
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,750
-(call to prayer)
-In Judaism,
746
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:06,833
it is the Messiah who will come,
747
00:40:06,917 --> 00:40:10,542
and there will be
a whole new life on this planet.
748
00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:15,375
TZADOK:
When it comes time
for the Messiah to come,
749
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,833
the Messiah will not come
from the skies,
750
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:22,667
but rather the Messiah
and his army
751
00:40:22,792 --> 00:40:25,583
will come from Inner Earth.
752
00:40:25,708 --> 00:40:29,750
And there is Midrashic legend
that states in the
753
00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:32,542
"world to come,"
we will have first contact
754
00:40:32,708 --> 00:40:37,083
with those races in Inner Earth.
755
00:40:38,042 --> 00:40:40,792
NARRATOR:
Do the prophecies
of kabbalah confirm
756
00:40:40,875 --> 00:40:44,083
that even to this day,
humankind continues
757
00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:47,292
to share the planet
with other intelligent beings
758
00:40:47,375 --> 00:40:49,875
that occupy hidden realms?
759
00:40:51,125 --> 00:40:56,542
SALOFF:
There are many different
species, races of beings.
760
00:40:56,667 --> 00:41:01,250
Some of them came
from earlier times,
761
00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:05,167
and some of them come from now
but in just a different place.
762
00:41:05,333 --> 00:41:06,958
There's not only one or two.
763
00:41:07,042 --> 00:41:09,875
There are many,
many different races.
764
00:41:10,042 --> 00:41:14,333
And coming in contact
with other races or beings
765
00:41:14,458 --> 00:41:17,292
is coming in the next epoch.
766
00:41:19,083 --> 00:41:21,333
TZADOK:
The purpose of the teachings
767
00:41:21,417 --> 00:41:23,667
of the mystical traditions
768
00:41:23,750 --> 00:41:28,333
is to provide light
and redirection back
769
00:41:28,458 --> 00:41:31,167
to communion
with the higher domains.
770
00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:33,958
We are not alone
771
00:41:34,042 --> 00:41:38,750
as intelligent beings
upon our own Earth.
772
00:41:39,708 --> 00:41:43,667
NARRATOR: Is humanity
rapidly approaching the day
773
00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:46,583
when the secrets
of Inner Earth will be revealed?
774
00:41:46,708 --> 00:41:49,042
Have we been sharing the planet
775
00:41:49,208 --> 00:41:51,625
with other
intelligent life-forms
776
00:41:51,708 --> 00:41:53,333
for thousands of years?
777
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:57,667
Perhaps it will be below
rather than above
778
00:41:57,792 --> 00:41:59,208
where we will
ultimately discover
779
00:41:59,375 --> 00:42:01,375
the truth about our past,
780
00:42:01,542 --> 00:42:05,500
our future,
and our alien ancestors.
781
00:42:05,667 --> 00:42:08,000
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