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JONATHAN YOUNG:
To devout Hindus,
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Shiva is a real being
who walked among us.
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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
Shiva came down
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from these cities
on the firmament.
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He's the leader of a group
of extraterrestrials.
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Shiva was a force
for incredible good,
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but also a force for
incredible destruction.
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And he is said
to have this trident
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which could annihilate
anything in its path.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
In the Hindu tradition,
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you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.
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And it may be
that Shiva will determine
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the future of the human race.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so, might humanity's fate
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be determined
by Shiva the Destroyer?
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NARRATOR:
India.
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Covering over
1.2 million square miles,
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it is the world's
seventh-largest country.
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And with 1.3 billion people,
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it is the second most populated.
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Roughly 80% of the Indian
population practices Hinduism,
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the world's oldest
surviving religion
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that dates back
to at least 2000 BC.
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And for the Hindu faithful,
their gods are not mythological,
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but are real beings
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that have, at times,
been present here on Earth.
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YOUNG: These many gods and
goddesses have different stories
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and different energies
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and different principles
that they represent.
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For many of the Hindu faithful,
the gods are absolutely real.
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They exist physically,
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although they may not
always be visible.
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In general, compared
to Western belief systems,
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the tangible reality of the gods
is much stronger in India.
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I've grown up as a Hindu
in a strict Hindu family,
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so I know
all the Vedas and epics.
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You know, I've read them
hundreds of times.
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Hindus believe that the gods
came down from the sky.
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DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Hindus believe that
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these stories are
not simply myth.
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They are historical records,
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because they are
actually called itihasa--
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itihasa meaning "history."
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NARRATOR: While in
the Judeo-Christian tradition,
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God is depicted as
an all-powerful being,
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in the Vedic texts,
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Hindu gods often rely
on the use of technology.
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This has led ancient astronaut
theorists to pose the question:
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is it possible
that these religious texts
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describe not only
encounters with the divine,
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but also with
extraterrestrial beings?
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The Western mindset
is different from that of India,
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where they accept the idea
of extraterrestrial beings.
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The Hindu story
of the Mahabharata
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is loaded with references
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to what seems to be
extraterrestrial technology.
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You've got flying vehicles.
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You've got weapons
that are voice-activated.
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And you have destructions
of civilizations
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by what seems like
nuclear detonation.
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VON DANIKEN:
In the Mahabharata,
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there they write that one day
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gigantic cities
surrounded the Earth.
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They did not have a word for
"spaceship" at that time.
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They say "cities."
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And they make clear difference
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that these cities were in
the firmament, not in heaven.
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And small vehicles came down
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from these cities
of the firmament.
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The old Indians called
these vehicles vimanas.
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And out of the vimanas,
the teachers came out.
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No doubt we were visited
by extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Is the Hindu tradition
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a story of
extraterrestrial visitation?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that
this was orchestrated
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by an otherworldly being
known in Hinduism as Lord Shiva.
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Shiva is
Shiva is also called Mahadeva.
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Mahadeva means "great god."
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So he is god of gods.
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He's the head of all gods,
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and he's also
the most powerful god.
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Shiva has a dual function.
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One of his functions
is destruction.
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The other one is creation.
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Without destruction,
there is no creation.
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NARRATOR:
Depictions of Shiva embody
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this idea of
destruction and creation.
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Shiva is most often shown
holding a drum called a damaru,
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which he used
to create the universe.
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Around his neck is a cobra
poised to strike.
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In one hand, Shiva holds
a powerful trident-like
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weapon of destruction
called the trishula,
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and in the center of his
forehead, he has a third eye.
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Shiva is the only god
that has a...
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depicted with third eye.
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If his third eye opens,
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a very powerful light, uh,
fire emits from his third eye,
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and anything that it sees,
it destroys totally.
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Usually, when you talk
about the third eye,
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it's about enlightenment.
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And then there is
this other third eye,
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this third eye that was able
to annihilate things.
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I don't think
they're the same thing.
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So the question is: What was it?
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And what was Shiva?
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Shiva appeared
at a very crucial time
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when, uh, two gods--
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Brahma is the creator,
and Vishnu, the preserver--
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were debating who is greater.
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All of a sudden, this blinding
light, shaft of light,
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appeared that has
no end or beginning.
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And then this voice
came out of this light,
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said that, "I am the greatest.
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I am the greatest god there is."
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TSOUKALOS: Shiva is
almost always surrounded
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by some type of a circular
structure with flames.
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Now, what did our human ancestor
artists try to depict here?
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Was he perhaps inside
some type of a fiery craft?
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It is possible that Shiva
is the same extraterrestrial
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that other cultures
call by different names.
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Enki, Odin, Zeus,
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Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl,
Kukulkan.
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NARRATOR:
The earliest Vedic texts
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were first written
roughly 4,000 years ago,
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but Hindus claim
that the stories originated
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hundreds and perhaps even
thousands of years earlier,
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existing as part of
an oral tradition
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passed down from one generation
to the next.
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And ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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that Shiva first arrived
here on Earth
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at a time before the existence
of modern humans,
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and before the event known,
in the Biblical tradition,
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as the Great Flood.
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Every culture around the world
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that has any type
of ancient writings
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or documents
or even oral traditions,
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they always talk about
some kind of great flood...
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...that had a massive
catastrophic effect,
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and utterly wiped out
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much of life on Earth
in a single day.
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What I find interesting
about this
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is that Shiva is
the god of destruction.
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In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction
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in order to have creation.
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Is there a connection there?
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TRANSLATOR: Tibetan lamas
claim that, after the Flood,
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when the whole Earth flooded,
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and the waters
gradually receded,
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man was created anew
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by means of the seed
that was guarded by Shiva.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that Shiva was
an extraterrestrial visitor
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that was responsible for both
the creation and destruction
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of an earlier race
of Earthlings?
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And if so, did he do this
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to clear the way
for modern humans?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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further clues can be found
by examining a mysterious temple
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in northern India
and what might lie beneath it.
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LAYNE LITTLE: One of the more
mysterious aspects
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of the site of Ellora
are the tunnels.
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Tunnels like these
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lead to a vast city
under Kailasa Temple.
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NARRATOR:
Aurangabad, India.
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200 miles northeast of Mumbai
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stands a monolithic
temple complex
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known as the Ellora Caves.
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These 34 sites of worship,
extending over a mile,
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were carved out of a high cliff,
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and are believed to date back
to between 600 and 1000 AD.
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Cave 16,
known as Kailasa Temple,
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is a massive shrine
to Lord Shiva.
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At three stories high,
it stands twice as tall
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as the Parthenon in Athens,
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and archaeologists believe it
was chiseled out of the hillside
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starting at the top
and ending at the bottom.
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Some historians estimate
that construction of the temple
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required the removal of
over 400,000 tons of rock,
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but even more incredible is
that mainstream archaeologists
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propose that this feat was
accomplished in just 18 years.
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If people worked every day
for that 18 years,
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for 12 hours straight
with no breaks,
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then they would have
to have removed
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five tons of rock every hour.
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This is ten thousand pounds
of rock every hour.
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In reality, such a feat
is not even possible today
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with modern technology.
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If it happened in 18 years,
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it is very hard
to account for...
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Another baffling fact
is that if they removed
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400,000 tons of rocks,
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they have to be
thrown away somewhere.
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But we do not find any evidence
of rocks being piled up nearby.
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Uh, it hasn't been used
to build any other temples
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or any other structure.
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Where did all that rock go?
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NARRATOR: Could humans
living over 1,000 years ago
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really have constructed
Kailasa Temple
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in only 18 years?
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And if so, how is it that all
the rock that was excavated
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has simply disappeared?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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a powerful device described
in the ancient Vedic texts.
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Interestingly, there is
a device called Bhaumastra
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mentioned in
the ancient Vedic texts.
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This high-tech machine
would be able to quickly drill
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into the rock
and basically vaporize them.
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This could basically
change the rock into air.
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This device was mentioned
multiple times
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in ancient Vedic texts,
which was used to mine
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for precious stones and metals.
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Could this be how
Kailasa Temple was built?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Bhaumastra machine
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described in the Vedic texts
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was really
a technological device
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that existed on Earth
thousands of years ago?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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but suggest it was used
not to build Kailasa Temple
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from the top down,
as mainstream scholars propose,
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but carved out the structure
from the bottom up.
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One of the more
mysterious aspects
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of the site of Ellora
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are the tunnels that seem
to go nowhere at the site.
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Some of them turn at odd angles.
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Some go as deep as 40 feet.
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Now the reasons for this are,
for the most part, unknown.
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This is one of the tunnels
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leading underground
at the Kailasa Temple.
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You can see that
the local authorities
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have fenced this off.
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But if you look
through this hole,
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you can see that this tunnel
goes vertically down.
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Local authorities believe
that tunnels like these
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lead to a vast underground city
under Kailasa Temple.
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NARRATOR:
What could be the purpose
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for these tunnels
below Kailasa Temple?
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And why are they fenced off
from the public?
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In 1876,
renowned English spiritualist
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Emma Hardinge Britten
published Ghost Land,
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in which she writes
of hidden tunnels
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beneath the Ellora Caves
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and the meetings of
a secret cabal of mystics
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in an underground city.
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Britten tells of spiritually
contacting a mysterious figure
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named Cavalier Louie,
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who witnessed
the clandestine society.
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LITTLE: Cavalier Louie states
that he was taken
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into the site of Ellora,
where he was led through
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a secret passageway into
an underground chamber.
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The underground chamber opened
up into a huge amphitheater,
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and there were these wondrous
metallic thrones
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that were being charged with
powerful galvanic batteries
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that rose up into the air.
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And seated on these thrones
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were seven mysterious
hooded figures.
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But the most interesting one
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was the one in the center
who spoke,
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and yet was not always there.
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His body shimmered in and out
of physical space and time.
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NARRATOR: But why would
vast rooms and tunnels exist
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deep underground
beneath Kailasa Temple?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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this could be further evidence
that Lord Shiva
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has a connection with
the Great Flood.
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CHILDRESS:
We have a great deluge
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that changed
the face of the Earth
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and forced people underground.
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So you have to wonder,
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is this some kind
of ancient city,
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many thousands of years old,
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that was once some kind
of extraterrestrial base?
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And as the water receded,
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they create this temple
from underground.
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Presently, archaeologists date
the Kailasa Temple
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from the fifth
to the tenth century AD.
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But there is nothing
in the temple
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that really gives it a date.
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And, in fact, like many things
in ancient India,
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and-and around the world,
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uh, these temples may be
much, much older
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than the mainstream
archeologists are saying.
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NARRATOR: Could it be that
hidden beneath Kailasa Temple
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is an underground alien city?
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And if so, would this prove
that the being Hindus call Shiva
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was really
an extraterrestrial visitor
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who gave technology
to an earlier race of humans
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and ultimately destroyed them?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining a sacred icon
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believed to hold
extraordinary power.
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McGOWAN:
The Shiva Linga stone
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actually can be a force
for incredible destruction.
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HENRY: We're dealing with
some kind of cosmic power
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that we didn't fully understand
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until the discovery
of nuclear fission.
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NARRATOR
Sirsi, India.
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Ten miles outside of this city,
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in the southwestern state
of Karnataka,
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within the river Shalmala,
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is one of the country's
most popular pilgrimage sites,
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Sahasralinga.
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Hidden under these waters
for most of the year
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lie stone sculptures
known as Shiva Lingams.
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These sacred idols
are representations
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of the god Shiva,
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and are visible to thousands
of pilgrims once a year
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at the festival
of Maha Shivaratri.
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Maha Shivaratri is a festival
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where Shiva is worshipped
for his great nature.
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Maha Shivaratri is usually
held in the end of February
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or beginning of March.
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During that month,
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the water level of
the Shalmala River drops down
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so that all the Shiva Lingas
are exposed.
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LITTLE: Shiva's depicted
as the Shiva Linga,
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as kind of a spherical column,
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the flaming pillar that is
the cosmic axis of the universe.
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Every Shiva Linga that's in
worship is set into a yoni.
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This is a-a special base,
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and it actually serves
kind of a utility of function.
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It's a spout so that
when you pour offerings
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over the surface of the linga,
they wash over the sacred body.
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Images of the Shiva Linga are
found throughout Southeast Asia,
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even in parts of East Asia.
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Sometimes images of Shiva
as the lingam
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also made its way into China
and into Japan.
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NARRATOR: The Shiva Lingam first
appeared over 2,000 years ago,
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and there is still debate
over what this shape
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was originally
meant to symbolize.
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But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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that the icon may represent
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an incredibly powerful
technological device.
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Paris, France.
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1900.
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At the Paris Congress of History
of Religions,
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Swami Vivekananda,
a scientist and monk
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credited with popularizing
Hinduism in the West,
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gives a lecture addressing
the meaning of the Shiva Lingam.
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HENRY: For centuries,
Western scholars have assumed
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that the Shiva Linga has purely
a sexual connotation.
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The cylinder is
the male phallic symbol
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and the yoni is
the complimentary female symbol.
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Then in 1900, the Hindu scholar
Swami Vivekananda
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came to Paris to deliver
a major lecture
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about Hinduism and symbolism.
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During this lecture,
he said that the Shiva Linga
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actually symbolizes
the coming in or going out
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of the divine manifesting energy
of Shiva.
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SHIMKHADA:
It stands for energy.
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And it has often been
misrepresented in the West
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that it is simply
a phallic symbol of Shiva,
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which is not the case.
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It is obviously a pillar.
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"Linga" means a pillar.
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Modern Hindu scholars
have theorized
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that the Shiva Linga stone
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actually represents
atomic energy.
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When we think about this idea
of what atomic energy can do,
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how it can be used for good
but it can be
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extraordinarily destructive,
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this certainly pertains
to the mythology of Shiva,
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who is chaotic energy, who is
a force for incredible good,
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but also a force
for incredible destruction.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible that
this symbol of Shiva's power
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actually represents
atomic energy?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest the proof
can be found
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by examining
this mysterious shape.
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MOHAN: The cylindrical structure
of the Shiva Linga
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is similar or almost identical
to a modern-day nuclear reactor.
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And the groove
that surrounds the base
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represents the structures
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built to dispose
of the polluted water.
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In ancient times and even today,
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Hindus pour water
or milk on top of Shiva Linga
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as a ritual.
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Today we pour water over the top
of nuclear reactor to cool it.
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And interestingly,
most Shiva temples
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are always found
near water bodies,
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like rivers or lakes,
just like nuclear power plants.
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So is it possible
that Shiva Linga
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actually represents
an ancient nuclear power plant?
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HENRY: In the story of Shiva
and the Shiva Linga,
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we're obviously dealing
with some kind of a universal
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or cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand
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until the 20th century,
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with the discovery of nuclear
power and nuclear fission.
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These discoveries
that predate modern man
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are completely changing our
conception of the ancient past
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and connecting us
to the true history of humanity,
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all before the time
of the flood.
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NARRATOR:
Does the Shiva Lingam symbolize
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an extraterrestrial technology
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that existed on Earth
before the Great Flood?
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Could it be a message
left for us
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by our ancestors that
an advanced society of humans
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existed long ago
and suffered a terrible fate?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining
a 4,000-year-old text
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that describes
how to harness electricity.
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LITTLE: Sage Agastya
is said to have brought
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secret science to India.
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WILCOCK: Sage Agastya
was directly trained
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by extraterrestrials himself.
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NARRATOR:
Ujjain, India.
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1924.
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Lost pages from
an ancient Sanskrit text
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called the Agastya Samhita
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are discovered
in the city's royal library.
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While the exact age of this text
is not known,
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some Hindu scholars believe
it could date back
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more than 4,000 years.
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In it are the collected works
of Sage Agastya,
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a disciple of Shiva and the
first in a line of Hindu saints
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known as siddhas.
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LITTLE:
"Siddha" means a perfected one,
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or an accomplished one.
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These are people who have powers
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like shrinking to a small size,
growing very large,
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flying through the air.
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Shiva is generally regarded
as being the ultimate siddha,
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the first and primordial siddha.
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NARRATOR:
According to Hindu texts,
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the ancient siddhas wielded
highly advanced technology.
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The siddhas
are masters of creation.
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The Siddha Bhogar
has been credited
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with many wondrous technologies
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that he is thought
to have created
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long before the advent
of modern industry.
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He is credited with building
a steamship,
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a telescope,
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a parachute,
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a locomotive,
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and also various devices
to fly through the sky.
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Sage Agastya is very important
for siddha tradition as well.
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He is said to have brought
the secret culture
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and secret science to India.
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WILCOCK:
When you read the legends
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about how Sage Agastya
got his knowledge,
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we hear that he was
directly trained
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by extraterrestrials himself.
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NARRATOR:
Dr. Varam R. Kokatnur,
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a chemist and avid researcher
of hieroglyphics,
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studied the lost pages
of the Agastya Samhita
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that were discovered in 1924.
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What he found fascinated him
to such an extent
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that, in 1927,
he read the translated pages
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before the American Chemical
Society in Detroit, Michigan.
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The chemists were astonished,
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and reached the same conclusion
as Dr. Kokatnur had:
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that this ancient manuscript
provides accurate instructions
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for how to make
a dry electric battery.
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WILCOCK:
The battery doesn't show up
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in our conventional technology
until the 19th century.
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What the heck is it doing
in the Agastya Samhita--
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the sacred text that was
Agastya's personal writings?
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If Agastya knew
how to build a battery,
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then how can we rule out all of
the other marvelous technology
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that is described
in the same document?
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NARRATOR:
On March 31, 2016,
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author and researcher
David Childress
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met with physics professor
Dr. Michael Dennin
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at the University of California,
Irvine,
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to put Sage Agastya's
centuries-old instructions
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for building a battery
to the test.
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So we need a well-cleaned
copper plate.
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DENNIN: Okay, so that's
the copper plate here.
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That's gonna make one end
of our battery.
477
00:28:45,858 --> 00:28:47,190
All right.
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00:28:47,292 --> 00:28:49,760
And we need
an earthenware vessel.
479
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:51,061
We've actually chosen
to substitute that
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with a plastic petri dish.
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All that vessel is is an
insulator to hold our battery.
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These are transparent,
so we can look inside
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while we do our test.
484
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,405
And then we need copper sulfate.
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00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:03,573
So I've got some copper sulfate
solution here.
486
00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:04,808
It's a liquid and it's blue.
487
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:06,276
That tells you
about the copper inside.
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00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:09,012
Okay, and we need moist sawdust.
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We're gonna actually start with
dry sawdust,
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and when we add the copper
sulfate in our battery,
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it'll become our moist sawdust.
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00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,420
Okay, and then we need
a zinc plate.
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So finally
the silver-looking plates,
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those are our zinc plates.
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That makes the other end
of the battery.
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00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:24,394
All right, let's see
how this works, then.
497
00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:25,796
Okay, so we start
with the copper plate.
498
00:29:25,898 --> 00:29:28,698
As I said, you put that
at the bottom.
499
00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:30,467
And then we add the sawdust.
500
00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,569
Okay, and what does
the sawdust do?
501
00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:34,204
Well, one of the important
things in the battery
502
00:29:34,306 --> 00:29:36,740
is to make sure the two metals
don't touch each other.
503
00:29:36,842 --> 00:29:39,176
They have to stay separated
or the battery is shorted out.
504
00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:42,112
Now we're gonna add zinc on top.
505
00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,548
Now we're gonna add
the copper sulfate.
506
00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:45,782
CHILDRESS:
What does that do?
507
00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:47,317
DENNIN: So this is
our electrolyte solution.
508
00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:49,286
It's a key element
to the battery.
509
00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:52,422
It's gonna cause the chemical
reaction that'll take electrons
510
00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:56,159
from one of the metals and allow
them to flow to the other metal,
511
00:29:56,261 --> 00:30:00,430
and that'll give us
our current and our battery.
512
00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:02,499
Now we're gonna take our volt
meter and we're gonna check
513
00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:03,667
and see what sort of voltage
514
00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:05,535
we're getting out
of this battery.
515
00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:10,140
And as you can see, we've got
one volt on the volt meter.
516
00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:12,442
So our battery is actually
working and running.
517
00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:15,912
Wow, and this really validates
this ancient text.
518
00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:18,648
So what can you do
with one volt?
519
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,884
DENNIN:
Well, with one volt
520
00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:23,186
and a typical single battery
like this,
521
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:25,789
the cool thing is
you have enough energy content
522
00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:28,758
that you could lift a person,
say a 200-pound person,
523
00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:31,862
about ten meters into the air,
if you had the right machinery
524
00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:33,630
to hook this battery up to.
525
00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:35,599
CHILDRESS:
Wow.
526
00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:39,569
NARRATOR:
A battery with enough power
527
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,471
to lift a person off the ground?
528
00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:45,542
Could the technology described
by Sage Agastya
529
00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:48,111
be connected
to the floating thrones
530
00:30:48,213 --> 00:30:50,614
that were allegedly witnessed
in the chamber
531
00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:52,916
beneath Kailasa Temple?
532
00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:56,853
Is this further evidence
of an advanced society
533
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,589
that arose
thousands of years ago,
534
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:02,659
during a time
when extraterrestrials
535
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:04,661
coexisted with mankind?
536
00:31:04,763 --> 00:31:08,999
But if so,
what happened to Shiva
537
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:12,068
and the devices
he brought to Earth?
538
00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:15,338
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
539
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,809
the answers may lie hidden high
on a Himalayan mountain peak
540
00:31:19,912 --> 00:31:22,612
that is forbidden to climbers.
541
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,418
DUNCAN ROADS:
Almost every pilgrim who goes
542
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,454
to Mount Kailash
reports unusual experiences.
543
00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:35,091
CHILDRESS: Is it possible that
Mount Kailash is some kind of
544
00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:38,128
extraterrestrial base
inside of a mountain?
545
00:31:45,830 --> 00:31:48,497
NARRATOR
The Tibetan Himalayas.
546
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:52,701
In this harsh desolate region
of the world
547
00:31:52,803 --> 00:31:56,372
stands a mountain
sacred to billions of people,
548
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,942
the distinctive peak
of Mount Kailash.
549
00:32:00,010 --> 00:32:03,979
YOUNG: Mount Kailash in Western
Tibet is a remarkable peak.
550
00:32:04,081 --> 00:32:07,850
It rises some 22,000 feet
pretty much straight up.
551
00:32:07,918 --> 00:32:10,619
It's seen somewhat conical
from one side,
552
00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:13,922
more like a pyramid
from another.
553
00:32:14,024 --> 00:32:17,760
It is the origins of four
of the world's great religions:
554
00:32:17,828 --> 00:32:21,897
Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Daoism.
555
00:32:21,999 --> 00:32:24,867
SHIMKHADA:
Mount Kailash is believed to be
556
00:32:24,935 --> 00:32:27,169
home of Shiva.
557
00:32:27,271 --> 00:32:31,039
He's supposed to reside
on top of Mount Kailash.
558
00:32:31,108 --> 00:32:34,109
Because of that, it is sacred.
559
00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:39,948
NARRATOR:
Dr. Ernst Muldashev,
560
00:32:40,017 --> 00:32:44,753
a prominent Russian eye surgeon,
has led 21 expeditions
561
00:32:44,855 --> 00:32:48,757
examining some of the most
remote regions on the planet.
562
00:32:48,859 --> 00:32:53,996
In 1999, he spent a month
at Mount Kailash
563
00:32:54,098 --> 00:32:56,031
studying its structure.
564
00:32:56,133 --> 00:33:01,670
What he found led him to put
forth a controversial theory,
565
00:33:01,772 --> 00:33:05,607
one that suggests
Mount Kailash may be much more
566
00:33:05,676 --> 00:33:09,678
than just the mythological home
of Shiva.
567
00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:13,282
Dr. Ernst Muldashev
led an expedition
568
00:33:13,384 --> 00:33:15,884
of Russian scientists
to Mount Kailash.
569
00:33:15,953 --> 00:33:19,955
And he observed that its apex,
its peak, highly resembles
570
00:33:20,057 --> 00:33:23,325
a man-made pyramid
and began to develop the theory
571
00:33:23,394 --> 00:33:27,463
that, in fact, the apex
of Kailash is man-made
572
00:33:27,565 --> 00:33:29,898
or perhaps made
by extraterrestrials
573
00:33:29,967 --> 00:33:32,668
as the home of Shiva.
574
00:33:32,770 --> 00:33:35,571
(speaking Russian)
575
00:33:35,673 --> 00:33:38,640
TRANSLATOR:
This is a huge pyramid,
576
00:33:38,742 --> 00:33:41,877
the largest pyramid
in the world.
577
00:33:41,979 --> 00:33:45,681
It is, in fact, very similar
to a step pyramid.
578
00:33:51,689 --> 00:33:53,589
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash really
579
00:33:53,691 --> 00:33:57,059
contain an artificial structure
that is home to Shiva?
580
00:33:58,896 --> 00:34:02,030
According to all religions
that revere the mountain,
581
00:34:02,132 --> 00:34:05,234
setting foot on its slopes
is a dire sin,
582
00:34:05,336 --> 00:34:10,072
and it is claimed that many
who ventured to defy the taboo
583
00:34:10,174 --> 00:34:12,441
died in the process.
584
00:34:12,543 --> 00:34:16,545
This, along with the fact
that China prohibits
585
00:34:16,614 --> 00:34:18,247
climbing Mount Kailash,
586
00:34:18,349 --> 00:34:21,617
has made examination
of the peak impossible.
587
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,720
But curiously,
many who visit the mountain
588
00:34:24,822 --> 00:34:28,590
have reported
strange happenings.
589
00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:31,493
Almost every pilgrim
who goes to Mount Kailash
590
00:34:31,595 --> 00:34:34,696
reports unusual experiences
along the way.
591
00:34:34,798 --> 00:34:38,800
A lot of people report rapid
aging if they stay in the area.
592
00:34:38,903 --> 00:34:43,071
Fingernails grow faster,
hair grows faster.
593
00:34:43,173 --> 00:34:45,474
(Muldashev speaking Russian)
594
00:34:45,543 --> 00:34:47,175
TRANSLATOR:
Pilgrims go to Kailash
595
00:34:47,278 --> 00:34:49,912
to absorb the energy
of the mountain.
596
00:34:50,014 --> 00:34:53,048
What I personally felt
near Mount Kailash?
597
00:34:56,554 --> 00:34:58,520
I felt some energy.
598
00:34:58,622 --> 00:35:00,656
I usually do not feel energy.
599
00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:04,726
I do not have psychic powers,
but I felt it.
600
00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,567
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there really is
601
00:35:11,635 --> 00:35:16,338
some sort of energy
emanating from Mount Kailash?
602
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,641
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
603
00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:23,345
and suggest that, considering
the strange anomalies
604
00:35:23,447 --> 00:35:27,115
and the legends that warn
against ascending the peak,
605
00:35:27,217 --> 00:35:30,552
Mount Kailash
may be radioactive.
606
00:35:31,989 --> 00:35:35,223
As further evidence,
they point to a drawing
607
00:35:35,292 --> 00:35:38,293
that was discovered in the
Mogao Caves of Western China,
608
00:35:38,395 --> 00:35:43,599
approximately 600 miles north
of Mount Kailash.
609
00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:46,735
Between 500 BC and 1500 AD,
610
00:35:46,837 --> 00:35:51,773
Buddhists stashed away
over 50,000 manuscripts
611
00:35:51,842 --> 00:35:53,942
in the Mogao Cave system.
612
00:35:54,044 --> 00:35:56,645
These went undiscovered
until Aurel Stein,
613
00:35:56,747 --> 00:36:01,116
a Hungarian-born British
researcher, came there in 1907
614
00:36:01,218 --> 00:36:03,719
and rediscovered the cave.
615
00:36:03,821 --> 00:36:07,789
Hidden among these manuscripts
was an incredible diagram.
616
00:36:07,858 --> 00:36:10,359
It's from
a second-century manuscript,
617
00:36:10,461 --> 00:36:13,195
and it's of Mount Meru,
the cosmic access,
618
00:36:13,297 --> 00:36:17,599
or stairway to heaven, of the
Buddhist and Hindu tradition.
619
00:36:17,668 --> 00:36:20,268
Mount Meru is readily identified
620
00:36:20,371 --> 00:36:23,672
as a representation
of Mount Kailash.
621
00:36:23,774 --> 00:36:25,741
The thing about this diagram
622
00:36:25,843 --> 00:36:29,011
is that it appears to be
highly technological.
623
00:36:30,748 --> 00:36:32,714
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
624
00:36:32,783 --> 00:36:36,585
suggest that this diagram
appears incredibly similar
625
00:36:36,687 --> 00:36:39,354
to a modern-day
particle accelerator,
626
00:36:39,423 --> 00:36:43,659
the type used to power
a nuclear reactor.
627
00:36:45,062 --> 00:36:47,929
And some propose that
just before the time
628
00:36:48,032 --> 00:36:50,932
of the Great Flood,
the remote mountain peak
629
00:36:51,035 --> 00:36:55,270
provided the perfect location
for extraterrestrials to dispose
630
00:36:55,372 --> 00:36:57,039
of their nuclear technology,
631
00:36:57,141 --> 00:37:00,575
much like Yucca Mountain
in Nevada is used
632
00:37:00,678 --> 00:37:03,912
to store nuclear waste today.
633
00:37:03,981 --> 00:37:07,749
Is it possible that
Mount Kailash in Tibet
634
00:37:07,851 --> 00:37:11,586
is some kind of
hollowed-out mountain,
635
00:37:11,689 --> 00:37:14,256
hollowed out
thousands of years ago,
636
00:37:14,358 --> 00:37:16,425
perhaps by extraterrestrials,
637
00:37:16,527 --> 00:37:20,362
and could be completely poisoned
by radiation?
638
00:37:23,534 --> 00:37:25,634
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash contain
639
00:37:25,703 --> 00:37:27,135
the ultimate physical evidence
640
00:37:27,237 --> 00:37:31,440
of an earlier advanced
civilization here on Earth?
641
00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,609
One that had
nuclear capabilities,
642
00:37:34,712 --> 00:37:37,379
which were given to them
by extraterrestrials
643
00:37:37,448 --> 00:37:40,749
represented in the form
of the Hindu gods?
644
00:37:40,818 --> 00:37:43,085
Ancient astronaut theorists
645
00:37:43,187 --> 00:37:45,954
suggest that the truth
about our past
646
00:37:46,056 --> 00:37:50,692
may be uncovered by taking
a closer examination of Shiva
647
00:37:50,794 --> 00:37:53,729
and what he truly represents.
648
00:37:59,378 --> 00:38:03,647
NARRATOR:
August 5, 1927.
649
00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:06,216
Russian philosopher
650
00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:09,386
and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Nicholas Roerich
651
00:38:09,488 --> 00:38:12,422
is exploring the
Himalayan Mountains when he sees
652
00:38:12,524 --> 00:38:15,692
a giant oval
moving at a high speed
653
00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:19,229
and glowing like the sun.
654
00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:22,265
Changing directions
from south to southwest,
655
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:25,402
it disappears into the sky.
656
00:38:28,006 --> 00:38:32,742
Many of these UFO sightings are
reported by Hindu pilgrims...
657
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:38,715
...who move towards
Mount Kailash.
658
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:43,019
They've also reported
UFOs around Mount Kailash
659
00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:47,891
sometimes appearing to go
directly into the mountain.
660
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:52,896
And some people even claim there
is an underground UFO base,
661
00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:57,400
as there have been reports
of UFOs coming from the sky
662
00:38:57,502 --> 00:39:00,503
and disappearing
at ground level.
663
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:06,976
NARRATOR: If Mount Kailash
was once radioactive,
664
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:10,013
as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
665
00:39:10,115 --> 00:39:14,017
could the presence of UFOs
in the area be a sign
666
00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:17,687
that it is once again
safe to access?
667
00:39:17,789 --> 00:39:21,124
Or could it still contain
working technology
668
00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:25,362
that extraterrestrials continue
to utilize to this day?
669
00:39:25,464 --> 00:39:29,999
Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose the answer may be found
670
00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:32,969
by taking another look at Shiva,
671
00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:37,240
and the possibility that he is
not just the bringer of energy,
672
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:39,876
but is energy itself.
673
00:39:41,947 --> 00:39:45,081
When J. Robert Oppenheimer,
the father of the atomic bomb,
674
00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:47,317
observed the first
atomic explosion
675
00:39:47,419 --> 00:39:48,585
at the Trinity test site,
676
00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:51,955
he cited a line
from the Bhagavad Gita.
677
00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:55,325
"I have become death,
destroyer of worlds."
678
00:39:55,427 --> 00:39:59,396
That's the title of Shiva.
679
00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:02,432
Perhaps we should listen
and look at these stories
680
00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:04,300
from a new perspective.
681
00:40:04,403 --> 00:40:07,370
What is the description about?
682
00:40:07,472 --> 00:40:11,908
Could it be that Shiva
was some type of energy?
683
00:40:15,414 --> 00:40:17,046
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Shiva
684
00:40:17,149 --> 00:40:20,917
is a representation of some
incredible cataclysmic event
685
00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:24,454
that happened thousands
of years ago?
686
00:40:24,556 --> 00:40:29,559
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, but also insist
687
00:40:29,661 --> 00:40:33,129
that another demonstration
of Shiva's destructive powers
688
00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:36,266
is not only possible
but inevitable.
689
00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:40,537
We are approaching
690
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:43,473
the beginning of a new future
for mankind.
691
00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:46,075
So, in a sense,
it's the end of an era
692
00:40:46,178 --> 00:40:48,745
and the turning of a new page.
693
00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:51,481
Even though Shiva's function
is to destroy,
694
00:40:51,583 --> 00:40:53,183
and he's given that title,
695
00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:56,252
god of destruction,
at the same time
696
00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,421
he makes it possible to create.
697
00:40:58,523 --> 00:41:01,391
So, destruction
is part of creation.
698
00:41:01,493 --> 00:41:03,960
TSOUKALOS: The extraterrestrials
will come back,
699
00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:08,431
and it will be the most amazing
chapter in human history.
700
00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:15,405
NARRATOR:
Is Shiva really nothing more
701
00:41:15,507 --> 00:41:18,274
than a mythical Hindu god?
702
00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:21,511
One that offered early humans
a way of describing
703
00:41:21,613 --> 00:41:24,380
some incredible
catastrophic event?
704
00:41:24,483 --> 00:41:28,151
Or is he something more?
705
00:41:28,253 --> 00:41:32,322
Something of
extraterrestrial origin?
706
00:41:32,424 --> 00:41:34,824
Perhaps the answer lies
not in the images
707
00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:37,694
carved upon the walls
of a temple
708
00:41:37,796 --> 00:41:41,464
or in the words found
written in sacred texts,
709
00:41:41,566 --> 00:41:45,268
but in the awesome power
of energy
710
00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:49,105
and mankind's increasing ability
to harness it,
711
00:41:49,207 --> 00:41:53,409
as we make our journey
back to the stars.
712
00:41:53,512 --> 00:41:56,279
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