1 00:00:01.235 --> 00:00:03.335 NARRATOR: Battles waged in the sky. 2 00:00:03.371 --> 00:00:06.710 DAVID WILCOCK: The scripture says that Lord Salva's 3 00:00:06.107 --> 00:00:08.741 flying craft crashes to the Earth. 4 00:00:08.776 --> 00:00:11.577 NARRATOR: Weapons with unimaginable power. 5 00:00:11.612 --> 00:00:13.946 WILLIAM HENRY: According to the Sumerian myths, 6 00:00:13.981 --> 00:00:16.348 one planet was completely destroyed. 7 00:00:16.384 --> 00:00:20.419 NARRATOR: And evidence of advanced technology thousands 8 00:00:20.454 --> 00:00:22.287 of years ago. 9 00:00:22.323 --> 00:00:23.967 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: The structures themselves, 10 00:00:23.991 --> 00:00:26.525 they're replicas of the machines 11 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:28.594 that our ancestors witnessed. 12 00:00:28.629 --> 00:00:32.131 NARRATOR: Accounts of wars among the gods 13 00:00:32.166 --> 00:00:35.768 can be found in ancient legends throughout the world. 14 00:00:35.803 --> 00:00:37.469 Might these stories 15 00:00:37.505 --> 00:00:41.340 really describe battles between alien beings? 16 00:00:41.375 --> 00:00:46.879 And if so, are they still being waged today? 17 00:00:46.914 --> 00:00:48.325 GEORGE NOORY: I think there's no question that there's 18 00:00:48.349 --> 00:00:50.315 a warring faction here on this planet 19 00:00:50.351 --> 00:00:52.117 between extraterrestrials. 20 00:00:52.153 --> 00:00:55.254 NARRATOR: Since the dawn of civilization, 21 00:00:55.289 --> 00:00:59.525 mankind has credited its origins to gods 22 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.861 and other visitors from the stars. 23 00:01:02.897 --> 00:01:05.631 What if it were true? 24 00:01:05.666 --> 00:01:07.566 Did extraterrestrial beings 25 00:01:07.601 --> 00:01:11.103 really help to shape our history? 26 00:01:11.138 --> 00:01:14.773 And if so, might Earth have been the site 27 00:01:14.809 --> 00:01:18.577 of alien wars? 28 00:01:48.409 --> 00:01:50.676 NARRATOR: London, England. 29 00:01:50.711 --> 00:01:54.546 March 19, 2002. 30 00:01:54.582 --> 00:01:59.585 Officers with the British National Hi-Tech Crime Unit 31 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:02.754 arrest 34-year-old Scottish systems administrator 32 00:02:02.790 --> 00:02:05.157 Gary McKinnon, 33 00:02:05.192 --> 00:02:08.894 charging him with hacking into top-secret Pentagon 34 00:02:08.929 --> 00:02:12.464 and NASA computers over a 13-month period. 35 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:16.502 In response, McKinnon goes public, 36 00:02:16.537 --> 00:02:18.700 claiming he was searching 37 00:02:18.105 --> 00:02:20.720 for government-suppressed information 38 00:02:20.107 --> 00:02:23.642 on UFOs and alternative energy. 39 00:02:23.677 --> 00:02:27.790 But he says that what he found instead 40 00:02:27.114 --> 00:02:31.830 is evidence of an even greater conspiracy. 41 00:02:32.753 --> 00:02:37.550 Without doubt, the most fascinating discovery 42 00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:39.992 that McKinnon said he made were files 43 00:02:40.270 --> 00:02:43.695 that referenced something called non-terrestrial officers. 44 00:02:43.731 --> 00:02:47.432 McKinnon talked about how these officers 45 00:02:47.468 --> 00:02:50.869 were supposedly assigned to certain ships 46 00:02:50.905 --> 00:02:54.273 that began with the designation USSS, 47 00:02:54.308 --> 00:02:58.110 suggesting United States Space Ships. 48 00:02:58.145 --> 00:03:03.882 In McKinnon's mind, he uncovered nothing less than firm proof 49 00:03:03.918 --> 00:03:07.586 of a clandestine, highly classified. 50 00:03:07.621 --> 00:03:09.755 U.S. military space program 51 00:03:09.790 --> 00:03:13.525 that ran alongside NASA's regular space program. 52 00:03:15.229 --> 00:03:17.396 NARRATOR: Might the United States military 53 00:03:17.431 --> 00:03:20.599 really have a secret space program? 54 00:03:20.634 --> 00:03:24.403 But if so, why? 55 00:03:24.438 --> 00:03:26.905 Are they preparing for a space-based war 56 00:03:26.941 --> 00:03:28.907 with other nations 57 00:03:28.943 --> 00:03:32.678 or other species? 58 00:03:32.713 --> 00:03:37.683 According to former Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer, 59 00:03:37.718 --> 00:03:40.686 U.S. officials are withholding information 60 00:03:40.721 --> 00:03:45.324 about their contact with alien beings. 61 00:03:45.359 --> 00:03:48.427 PAUL HELLYER: I was privy to a lot of things 62 00:03:48.462 --> 00:03:50.862 and some of it, for me, very frightening, 63 00:03:50.898 --> 00:03:52.831 very disturbing. 64 00:03:52.866 --> 00:03:55.670 UFOs are real. 65 00:03:55.102 --> 00:03:59.137 The United States government had been in contact with them. 66 00:03:59.173 --> 00:04:01.640 NARRATOR: In September of 2005, 67 00:04:01.675 --> 00:04:04.910 Hellyer made headlines by publicly announcing 68 00:04:04.945 --> 00:04:09.314 that UFOs do, in fact, exist. 69 00:04:09.350 --> 00:04:12.684 He would later state that it is not just one race 70 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:16.688 of alien beings that is visiting Earth but many, 71 00:04:16.724 --> 00:04:20.859 a claim that is supported by astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 72 00:04:20.894 --> 00:04:24.296 the sixth person ever to walk on the moon. 73 00:04:24.331 --> 00:04:26.365 HELLYER: When Apollo astronaut. 74 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:29.635 Ed Mitchell came to Toronto soon after I went public, 75 00:04:29.670 --> 00:04:31.903 we invited him to dinner. His question 76 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:35.507 to me was, "How many species do you think there are?" 77 00:04:35.542 --> 00:04:38.510 And I said, "Somewhere between two and 12." 78 00:04:38.545 --> 00:04:41.613 And he said, "Yes, that's what I think, too." 79 00:04:41.649 --> 00:04:44.650 What has happened in the intervening years 80 00:04:44.685 --> 00:04:47.819 is that the number keeps growing. 81 00:04:47.855 --> 00:04:51.923 TSOUKALOS: I think that, just like there's multiple species 82 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:56.328 here on Earth, there are multiple species out there. 83 00:04:56.363 --> 00:05:01.660 WILCOCK: I've had insiders that have told me this to my face... 84 00:05:01.101 --> 00:05:04.690 That we already have diplomatic relationships with a variety 85 00:05:04.104 --> 00:05:06.638 of extraterrestrial species and cultures. 86 00:05:06.674 --> 00:05:08.307 HELLYER: I know, for example, 87 00:05:08.342 --> 00:05:12.244 that they have two or three species of Greys. 88 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:16.281 We know that there are the praying mantis 89 00:05:16.317 --> 00:05:19.418 and reptilians of various sorts. 90 00:05:19.453 --> 00:05:22.521 And so these are the... sort of the principal ones 91 00:05:22.556 --> 00:05:24.990 that we talk about, because it's something 92 00:05:25.250 --> 00:05:27.250 you can get your mind around. 93 00:05:27.610 --> 00:05:30.462 NARRATOR: Could there really be numerous races 94 00:05:30.497 --> 00:05:33.832 of extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth? 95 00:05:33.867 --> 00:05:39.538 And if so, are they all part of a unified confederation? 96 00:05:39.573 --> 00:05:43.709 Ancient astronaut theorists say no, 97 00:05:43.744 --> 00:05:48.460 and some government insiders like Paul Hellyer claim 98 00:05:48.820 --> 00:05:51.850 that these different alien species have competing agendas, 99 00:05:51.885 --> 00:05:57.222 agendas that are not always favorable for humans. 100 00:05:57.257 --> 00:06:01.159 HELLYER: I think there is a worrisome situation 101 00:06:01.195 --> 00:06:05.130 that we have to look at, uh, very quickly 102 00:06:05.165 --> 00:06:08.133 and that is whether or not one or two of them 103 00:06:08.168 --> 00:06:10.350 might covet some of our territory 104 00:06:10.700 --> 00:06:12.738 and might, as a result of that, 105 00:06:12.773 --> 00:06:16.575 want to reduce the human population. 106 00:06:16.610 --> 00:06:21.120 Are they interested in our best interests, 107 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.216 or are they interested in their best interests? 108 00:06:24.251 --> 00:06:27.753 In which case we should find out about it before it's too late. 109 00:06:27.788 --> 00:06:30.756 NARRATOR: Could the assertions 110 00:06:30.791 --> 00:06:33.725 that extraterrestrial beings are at war 111 00:06:33.761 --> 00:06:38.830 over the control of planet Earth actually be true? 112 00:06:38.866 --> 00:06:41.833 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 113 00:06:41.869 --> 00:06:44.803 evidence of such a conflict does exist, 114 00:06:44.838 --> 00:06:48.807 and it has been going on for thousands of years. 115 00:06:50.978 --> 00:06:53.945 Mumbai, India. 116 00:06:53.981 --> 00:06:57.716 January 4, 2015. 117 00:06:57.751 --> 00:07:01.686 The 102nd Indian Science Congress, 118 00:07:01.722 --> 00:07:04.756 along with the University of Mumbai, 119 00:07:04.792 --> 00:07:07.726 hosts a symposium titled. 120 00:07:07.761 --> 00:07:10.328 "Ancient Sciences through Sanskrit." 121 00:07:10.364 --> 00:07:13.231 The Sanskrit texts 122 00:07:13.267 --> 00:07:15.400 that are the focus of the symposium 123 00:07:15.436 --> 00:07:18.603 are Hinduism's most ancient writings. 124 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.940 Included within them... Along with poetry, 125 00:07:21.975 --> 00:07:25.844 drama, science, and philosophy... 126 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.680 Are accounts of great wars 127 00:07:28.715 --> 00:07:33.685 between powerful gods who came from the sky. 128 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.855 The great Hindu texts, the Mahabharata, 129 00:07:36.890 --> 00:07:38.924 the Ramayana and the Vedas, 130 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.494 are the ancient wisdom stories of the continent. 131 00:07:42.529 --> 00:07:45.430 The stories are vivid and gripping. 132 00:07:45.466 --> 00:07:48.600 Many of them have to do with great conflicts and wars. 133 00:07:48.635 --> 00:07:52.103 The gods are forever in battle with each other, 134 00:07:52.139 --> 00:07:55.407 using extraordinary equipment. 135 00:07:55.442 --> 00:07:58.176 LAYNE LITTLE: For the most part, these stories 136 00:07:58.212 --> 00:08:03.181 are, like the epics, filled with cosmic battles. 137 00:08:03.217 --> 00:08:05.917 Battles between the gods 138 00:08:05.953 --> 00:08:09.154 in the celestial realm dominate Hindu mythos. 139 00:08:14.828 --> 00:08:16.995 NARRATOR: At the Indian Science Congress, 140 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:19.431 a number of scientists and scholars 141 00:08:19.466 --> 00:08:22.834 make a highly controversial proposal. 142 00:08:22.870 --> 00:08:26.371 That these ancient Hindu texts... Dating as far back 143 00:08:26.406 --> 00:08:29.700 as 1700 B.C... 144 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:32.744 Are not simply mythology, but are accounts 145 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:36.414 of real historical characters and events, 146 00:08:36.450 --> 00:08:39.584 and depict advanced technology 147 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:43.288 that truly existed thousands of years ago. 148 00:08:43.323 --> 00:08:45.757 Could it be true? 149 00:08:45.792 --> 00:08:48.126 It is a question that has been debated 150 00:08:48.161 --> 00:08:49.761 by both Hindu scholars 151 00:08:49.796 --> 00:08:53.565 and ancient astronaut theorists alike. 152 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.234 The Hindu story of the Mahabharata is loaded 153 00:08:56.270 --> 00:08:59.400 with references to 154 00:08:59.390 --> 00:09:02.507 what seems to be extraterrestrial technology. 155 00:09:02.543 --> 00:09:05.143 You've got flying vehicles, 156 00:09:05.178 --> 00:09:08.914 you've got weapons that are voice-activated, 157 00:09:08.949 --> 00:09:12.284 you have destructions of civilizations by what seems 158 00:09:12.319 --> 00:09:16.870 like nuclear detonation. 159 00:09:16.123 --> 00:09:18.757 DEEPAK SHIMKHAD: Hindus believe 160 00:09:18.792 --> 00:09:23.161 that these stories are not simply myth. 161 00:09:23.196 --> 00:09:25.397 They are historical records 162 00:09:25.432 --> 00:09:29.901 because Mahabharata and the Ramayana are not called myth. 163 00:09:29.937 --> 00:09:32.370 They are actually called "Itihasas." 164 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.106 "Itihasas" meaning history. 165 00:09:35.142 --> 00:09:38.310 For Hindus, these texts stand 166 00:09:38.345 --> 00:09:41.279 as historical records of past kings 167 00:09:41.315 --> 00:09:43.281 and past happenings 168 00:09:43.317 --> 00:09:45.917 that happened long, long, long time ago. 169 00:09:48.689 --> 00:09:50.622 NARRATOR: Could the Sanskrit texts 170 00:09:50.657 --> 00:09:53.358 really contain historical accounts 171 00:09:53.393 --> 00:09:55.894 of warfare waged between gods 172 00:09:55.929 --> 00:09:58.964 that were physically present here on Earth, 173 00:09:58.999 --> 00:10:00.932 as many Hindus believe? 174 00:10:00.968 --> 00:10:05.300 And if so, are these same beings in conflict 175 00:10:05.380 --> 00:10:09.140 over the fate of planet Earth even today? 176 00:10:09.176 --> 00:10:12.344 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 177 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:16.281 and suggest physical evidence can be found in India 178 00:10:16.316 --> 00:10:20.619 that proves these accounts are not simply mythology. 179 00:10:25.626 --> 00:10:31.496 NARRATOR: Dwarka, Northwest India. 1983. 180 00:10:34.534 --> 00:10:38.336 Marine archeologist Dr. S.R. Rao begins 181 00:10:38.372 --> 00:10:41.640 a ten-year underwater exploration just off the coast 182 00:10:41.675 --> 00:10:44.609 of this ancient fishing town, 183 00:10:44.645 --> 00:10:47.712 and what he finds is stunning. 184 00:10:47.748 --> 00:10:53.840 Starting at 20 feet beneath the surface of the ocean 185 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:55.854 are sandstone walls, 186 00:10:55.889 --> 00:10:58.790 cobblestone streets, and further evidence 187 00:10:58.825 --> 00:11:02.394 of what once was a prosperous seaport. 188 00:11:05.980 --> 00:11:09.334 At Dwarka, what has been found so far under the ocean 189 00:11:09.369 --> 00:11:10.902 is incredibly tantalizing. 190 00:11:10.937 --> 00:11:13.571 For instance, there's this huge wall, 191 00:11:13.607 --> 00:11:16.374 estimated about 580 meters long. 192 00:11:16.410 --> 00:11:19.944 So, this is not insignificant, and this would suggest 193 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:24.783 that this was a sophisticated dwelling area. 194 00:11:24.818 --> 00:11:28.486 NARRATOR: Further underwater excavations 195 00:11:28.522 --> 00:11:33.625 and geological evidence indicate the ruins are part of a city 196 00:11:33.660 --> 00:11:38.663 that suddenly became submerged in 1443 B.C. 197 00:11:40.434 --> 00:11:44.969 The discovery of these ruins is a major archeological find, 198 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:48.306 but for some, even more significant is 199 00:11:48.341 --> 00:11:50.709 where the ruins were found. 200 00:11:54.381 --> 00:11:56.648 For centuries, 201 00:11:56.683 --> 00:12:01.190 the modern day city of Dwarka was thought by many Hindus 202 00:12:01.540 --> 00:12:03.621 to be the Dwarka described in the Mahabharata 203 00:12:03.657 --> 00:12:08.260 as the ancient kingdom of the god Krishna. 204 00:12:08.610 --> 00:12:10.662 According to the text, 205 00:12:10.697 --> 00:12:12.964 during the Kurukshetra war, 206 00:12:12.999 --> 00:12:15.834 a rival to Krishna... Lord Salva... 207 00:12:15.869 --> 00:12:19.137 Attacked Dwarka from a flying chariot, 208 00:12:19.172 --> 00:12:22.400 raining down weapons of mass destruction 209 00:12:22.750 --> 00:12:23.675 that lit up the sky. 210 00:12:23.710 --> 00:12:28.480 He actually flew over Dwarka 211 00:12:28.515 --> 00:12:30.482 using his chariot, 212 00:12:30.517 --> 00:12:33.985 and he started bombarding the city of Dwarka, 213 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.856 throwing down all kinds of weapons. 214 00:12:37.891 --> 00:12:42.494 Finally, Krishna employs his own incredible weapon and blows 215 00:12:42.529 --> 00:12:44.596 the thing out of the sky. 216 00:12:44.631 --> 00:12:47.165 (whirring, explosion) 217 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.501 It says in the scripture 218 00:12:49.536 --> 00:12:52.370 that Lord Salva's flying craft itself 219 00:12:52.405 --> 00:12:56.307 comes smoldering out of the sky and crashes to the earth. 220 00:12:56.343 --> 00:13:00.512 This suggests that there was machines involved in the war, 221 00:13:00.547 --> 00:13:04.182 machines that could fly. 222 00:13:04.217 --> 00:13:07.519 Shortly after the great war, Krishna is killed, 223 00:13:07.554 --> 00:13:10.755 and the city, this magnificent city 224 00:13:10.791 --> 00:13:13.758 built on land that came out of the sea, 225 00:13:13.794 --> 00:13:17.695 sank back into the ocean again. 226 00:13:17.731 --> 00:13:21.633 It only existed during the time that Krishna lived there. 227 00:13:27.307 --> 00:13:30.441 NARRATOR: Most historians dismiss this war of the gods 228 00:13:30.477 --> 00:13:33.144 as folklore. 229 00:13:33.180 --> 00:13:36.514 But could these underwater ruins be evidence 230 00:13:36.550 --> 00:13:41.519 that the ancient Hindu texts are based in actual history? 231 00:13:43.390 --> 00:13:47.792 It seems to confirm the ancient myths, the ancient legends... 232 00:13:47.828 --> 00:13:50.328 They have a basis in reality. 233 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.967 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 234 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:00.505 further evidence can be found at Mahabalipuram, 235 00:14:00.540 --> 00:14:02.407 an ancient port city located 236 00:14:02.442 --> 00:14:05.410 along India's southeastern coast. 237 00:14:05.445 --> 00:14:08.847 According to ancient stories, 238 00:14:08.882 --> 00:14:13.818 six of seven pagodas that once stood at Mahabalipuram 239 00:14:13.854 --> 00:14:16.621 were lost due to a great deluge 240 00:14:16.656 --> 00:14:22.193 sent to destroy the city by the Hindu god Indra. 241 00:14:22.229 --> 00:14:26.598 Just as in the case of Dwarka, 242 00:14:26.633 --> 00:14:30.235 historians and archeologists dismissed the story 243 00:14:30.270 --> 00:14:33.972 of the missing six temples as myth. 244 00:14:35.809 --> 00:14:39.544 But on December 26, 2004, 245 00:14:39.579 --> 00:14:44.649 a massive tsunami caused water levels to temporarily drop, 246 00:14:44.684 --> 00:14:48.720 exposing a number of mysterious-looking formations 247 00:14:48.755 --> 00:14:52.223 along the shoreline. 248 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:54.325 Upon closer inspection, 249 00:14:54.361 --> 00:14:57.262 they were found to be manmade structures, 250 00:14:57.297 --> 00:15:00.632 and quite possibly the ruins 251 00:15:00.667 --> 00:15:04.202 of the lost pagodas of Mahabalipuram. 252 00:15:06.907 --> 00:15:10.541 Archeologists went diving into this area, 253 00:15:10.577 --> 00:15:14.279 and also found that there was basically a sunken city there. 254 00:15:14.314 --> 00:15:17.382 And so, this would indicate 255 00:15:17.417 --> 00:15:21.886 that the legends are really correct about this place. 256 00:15:21.922 --> 00:15:24.522 That, in fact, it was destroyed 257 00:15:24.557 --> 00:15:28.393 in some kind of a flood, just as the legends said. 258 00:15:30.730 --> 00:15:34.799 NARRATOR: If recent archeological finds have proven 259 00:15:34.834 --> 00:15:36.501 that the City of Krishna 260 00:15:36.536 --> 00:15:40.605 and the Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram really did exist, 261 00:15:40.640 --> 00:15:44.208 then might that mean that the stories of these sites 262 00:15:44.244 --> 00:15:47.645 being attacked from the sky are true, as well? 263 00:15:47.681 --> 00:15:50.848 Perhaps the answer can be found 264 00:15:50.884 --> 00:15:53.284 by examining the many ancient stone structures 265 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:57.221 of Mahabalipuram called "rathas." 266 00:15:57.257 --> 00:16:00.992 TSOUKALOS: All over Mahabalipuram, 267 00:16:01.270 --> 00:16:02.860 there are these tower-like structures 268 00:16:02.896 --> 00:16:04.395 that are called "rathas." 269 00:16:04.431 --> 00:16:09.200 Rathas can be translated with "sky city," 270 00:16:09.235 --> 00:16:13.471 "house of the gods," or even "sky ship." 271 00:16:16.843 --> 00:16:18.743 LITTLE: These are temples, 272 00:16:18.778 --> 00:16:22.447 but simultaneously, they are seen as being 273 00:16:22.482 --> 00:16:24.849 movable vehicles in which gods... 274 00:16:24.884 --> 00:16:26.317 the gods can come to Earth, 275 00:16:26.353 --> 00:16:28.619 can come to the presence of the worshippers. 276 00:16:28.655 --> 00:16:31.489 You'll see that there are all these little... 277 00:16:31.524 --> 00:16:33.391 They're called "kudo." 278 00:16:33.426 --> 00:16:36.940 There are little windows that are shaped like horseshoes. 279 00:16:36.129 --> 00:16:38.429 And even in those little windows, 280 00:16:38.465 --> 00:16:41.165 you'll see peering out the faces of the gods. 281 00:16:44.104 --> 00:16:47.271 In many temples throughout India, 282 00:16:47.307 --> 00:16:49.774 you'll actually see gigantic wheels 283 00:16:49.809 --> 00:16:52.910 added as a motif on the base of these temples, 284 00:16:52.946 --> 00:16:57.148 just to remind the worshippers that these are moving chariots. 285 00:16:57.183 --> 00:16:59.384 They were the vimanas of the gods. 286 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:03.187 The stone structures themselves are replicas 287 00:17:03.223 --> 00:17:07.358 of the machines that our ancestors witnessed. 288 00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:15.967 NARRATOR: Do the ruins off the coast of Dwarka 289 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:18.302 and Mahabalipuram, 290 00:17:18.338 --> 00:17:20.805 along with the stone temples and carvings 291 00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:23.141 found throughout India 292 00:17:23.176 --> 00:17:26.577 provide a physical record of the advanced warfare 293 00:17:26.613 --> 00:17:30.548 described in the ancient Hindu texts? 294 00:17:30.583 --> 00:17:34.986 And if so, were these wars waged between opposing factions 295 00:17:35.210 --> 00:17:37.522 of extraterrestrial beings? 296 00:17:37.557 --> 00:17:41.125 Perhaps further clues can be found 297 00:17:41.161 --> 00:17:43.895 by examining the historical records 298 00:17:43.930 --> 00:17:47.650 of ancient Mesopotamia. 299 00:17:50.637 --> 00:17:52.537 NARRATOR: Wittenberg, Germany. 300 00:17:54.574 --> 00:17:58.676 1766. 301 00:17:58.711 --> 00:18:02.130 Astronomer Johann Daniel Titius 302 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.249 proposes that there is a consistent pattern 303 00:18:05.285 --> 00:18:08.953 in the layout of the planets of our solar system... 304 00:18:08.988 --> 00:18:13.391 except for one highly unusual anomaly. 305 00:18:16.196 --> 00:18:18.629 The distribution of the planets in the solar system 306 00:18:18.665 --> 00:18:20.131 has always been a puzzle. 307 00:18:20.166 --> 00:18:22.567 They seem to be spaced out 308 00:18:22.602 --> 00:18:26.104 according to some sort of mathematical arrangement. 309 00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:29.841 But there's a big gap between Mars and Jupiter, 310 00:18:29.876 --> 00:18:34.445 and when you look there today, what we see is the asteroids, 311 00:18:34.481 --> 00:18:36.914 lots and lots of rocky fragments. 312 00:18:41.754 --> 00:18:44.655 NARRATOR: The discovery led astronomers to conclude 313 00:18:44.691 --> 00:18:47.658 that there had to at one time have been a planet 314 00:18:47.694 --> 00:18:50.194 between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. 315 00:18:50.230 --> 00:18:52.530 And what lies within this gap now 316 00:18:52.565 --> 00:18:54.465 is an asteroid belt. 317 00:18:56.803 --> 00:18:59.704 Many scientists speculate that these asteroids 318 00:18:59.739 --> 00:19:02.406 are the remnants of a world that was destroyed 319 00:19:02.442 --> 00:19:06.277 thousands of years ago by some cosmic collision. 320 00:19:08.414 --> 00:19:10.548 But according to ancient astronaut theorist. 321 00:19:10.583 --> 00:19:13.951 Zecharia Sitchin, the destruction 322 00:19:13.987 --> 00:19:16.554 of this lost planet may not have been 323 00:19:16.589 --> 00:19:19.624 due to natural causes. 324 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:22.860 As evidence, he cited the stories 325 00:19:22.896 --> 00:19:25.429 of the oldest known civilization... 326 00:19:25.465 --> 00:19:27.632 The Sumerians. 327 00:19:27.667 --> 00:19:30.134 The Sumerian myths point to the idea 328 00:19:30.170 --> 00:19:33.271 that there was this phenomenal cosmic battle. 329 00:19:34.908 --> 00:19:38.276 That the gods fought amongst themselves 330 00:19:38.311 --> 00:19:40.344 across the cosmos, 331 00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:42.280 one planet fighting another planet. 332 00:19:42.315 --> 00:19:45.783 And that, in fact, one planet was completely destroyed 333 00:19:45.818 --> 00:19:50.621 during this cosmic battle. And as a result of that, 334 00:19:50.657 --> 00:19:53.891 they destroyed their home world 335 00:19:53.927 --> 00:19:56.160 and had to reestablish civilization 336 00:19:56.196 --> 00:19:58.129 on a new planet. 337 00:20:03.303 --> 00:20:05.736 NARRATOR: Is it possible that there was once a planet 338 00:20:05.772 --> 00:20:07.705 between Mars and Jupiter 339 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:10.374 that was home to intelligent life? 340 00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:14.412 And if so, might its destruction 341 00:20:14.447 --> 00:20:18.482 have come as the result of an alien war? 342 00:20:20.386 --> 00:20:23.955 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 343 00:20:23.990 --> 00:20:26.591 and suggest that a recent NASA discovery 344 00:20:26.626 --> 00:20:30.528 may provide evidence that the survivors of this conflict 345 00:20:30.563 --> 00:20:33.970 took refuge on a celestial body 346 00:20:33.132 --> 00:20:35.499 located within the asteroid belt. 347 00:20:39.739 --> 00:20:44.750 On February 19, 2015, 348 00:20:44.110 --> 00:20:46.611 NASA's Dawn spacecraft sent back to Earth 349 00:20:46.646 --> 00:20:49.914 images of mysterious bright lights 350 00:20:49.949 --> 00:20:55.219 reflecting off the surface of a dwarf planet called Ceres. 351 00:20:55.255 --> 00:20:57.355 While some scientists have suggested 352 00:20:57.390 --> 00:21:00.558 that the lights are the result of something natural, 353 00:21:00.593 --> 00:21:03.361 like an ice field or escaping gas, 354 00:21:03.396 --> 00:21:06.897 higher resolution images have failed to uncover 355 00:21:06.933 --> 00:21:08.866 the true cause of the reflections. 356 00:21:10.870 --> 00:21:13.437 Four months later, in June, 357 00:21:13.473 --> 00:21:17.508 the Dawn spacecraft captured even more incredible images... 358 00:21:17.543 --> 00:21:20.811 Images that reveal what looks like 359 00:21:20.847 --> 00:21:23.814 a three-mile-tall pyramid. 360 00:21:23.850 --> 00:21:28.486 MARTELL: These are possibly technological structures. 361 00:21:28.521 --> 00:21:31.422 So this brings up the question, 362 00:21:31.457 --> 00:21:35.693 is it possible that these were built by extraterrestrials? 363 00:21:35.728 --> 00:21:37.239 Instead of looking at the creation myths 364 00:21:37.263 --> 00:21:39.430 from Sumer as mythology, 365 00:21:39.465 --> 00:21:42.800 maybe this is scientific data that we should be revisiting. 366 00:21:46.239 --> 00:21:48.639 NARRATOR: Might further exploration of Ceres 367 00:21:48.675 --> 00:21:52.276 reveal evidence that it once served as refuge 368 00:21:52.312 --> 00:21:55.780 for the survivors of an alien war? 369 00:21:55.815 --> 00:21:58.249 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 370 00:21:58.284 --> 00:22:02.553 and claim that according to the Sumerian texts, 371 00:22:02.588 --> 00:22:05.256 these warring extraterrestrial factions 372 00:22:05.291 --> 00:22:08.926 also took refuge on another planet... Earth. 373 00:22:11.397 --> 00:22:15.990 And they propose that stories found throughout the world 374 00:22:15.134 --> 00:22:18.569 of gods waging battle in the skies 375 00:22:18.604 --> 00:22:22.306 suggest that this otherworldly conflict continued 376 00:22:22.342 --> 00:22:26.277 once the survivors reached their new home planet. 377 00:22:27.947 --> 00:22:30.247 All over the world, we're seeing evidence 378 00:22:30.283 --> 00:22:32.883 of these ancient wars that took place. 379 00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:35.190 They took place in Greece, 380 00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:37.221 they took place in Norse mythology, 381 00:22:37.256 --> 00:22:39.857 all throughout Mesoamerican symbolism... 382 00:22:39.892 --> 00:22:42.727 And, consistently, what we're seeing 383 00:22:42.762 --> 00:22:46.664 is some sort of battle for control over the Earth. 384 00:22:48.868 --> 00:22:50.835 When you look at many of these ancient tales, 385 00:22:50.870 --> 00:22:53.270 it would seem to be that the gods 386 00:22:53.306 --> 00:22:57.308 are warring amongst themselves over us. 387 00:23:01.581 --> 00:23:04.281 WILCOCK: This lends to an intriguing possibility, 388 00:23:04.317 --> 00:23:08.419 that we are the descendants of the winners. 389 00:23:08.454 --> 00:23:10.821 And that there are certain groups that are pushing for us, 390 00:23:10.857 --> 00:23:13.124 and really rallying, 391 00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:15.426 because, in fact, we are their direct descendants, 392 00:23:15.461 --> 00:23:17.995 they created us through some sort of genetic engineering. 393 00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:20.464 And then there's other factions 394 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:23.467 that want to wipe us off the face of the Earth completely. 395 00:23:23.503 --> 00:23:27.538 And those wars may still be being fought, right now. 396 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:34.345 NARRATOR: Are humans the descendents 397 00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:36.580 of a race of alien beings 398 00:23:36.616 --> 00:23:41.185 whose home planet was destroyed thousands of years ago? 399 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:44.522 Might the ancient stories of warring gods 400 00:23:44.557 --> 00:23:48.659 really be accounts of separate extraterrestrial factions 401 00:23:48.694 --> 00:23:51.328 that were fighting for control of the Earth 402 00:23:51.364 --> 00:23:54.698 and may still be fighting for it today? 403 00:23:54.734 --> 00:23:58.350 Perhaps further clues can be found 404 00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:02.600 by examining accounts of modern-day UFOs 405 00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:05.376 appearing over nuclear facilities? 406 00:24:08.948 --> 00:24:12.583 NARRATOR: Sultanabad, Iran. 407 00:24:12.618 --> 00:24:16.353 November, 2004. 408 00:24:16.389 --> 00:24:19.990 The Iranian Air Force scrambles an F-14 fighter jet 409 00:24:20.260 --> 00:24:23.394 in response to an unknown aircraft 410 00:24:23.429 --> 00:24:28.466 rapidly approaching the IB-40 heavy water nuclear facility. 411 00:24:28.501 --> 00:24:30.901 As they close in, 412 00:24:30.937 --> 00:24:32.670 the pilots report seeing a luminous object 413 00:24:32.705 --> 00:24:35.773 unlike any they have ever encountered: 414 00:24:35.808 --> 00:24:39.577 It is spherical and emits a green afterburner. 415 00:24:39.612 --> 00:24:41.879 When they try to lock on their missiles, 416 00:24:41.914 --> 00:24:44.815 their radar is disrupted 417 00:24:44.851 --> 00:24:48.519 by large amounts of magnetic radiation 418 00:24:48.554 --> 00:24:50.421 emitting from the craft. 419 00:24:52.658 --> 00:24:54.725 What it was, nobody knew. 420 00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:56.594 It was a definitive UFO 421 00:24:56.629 --> 00:24:59.630 and exited the area at high speed. 422 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.866 What's particularly fascinating... 423 00:25:01.901 --> 00:25:04.969 And also intriguing and a bit disturbing... 424 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:09.940 Is why the UFO took such an interest in an atomic plant. 425 00:25:09.976 --> 00:25:13.310 NARRATOR: UFOs have also been reported 426 00:25:13.346 --> 00:25:18.682 over nuclear missile bases in England and America. 427 00:25:18.718 --> 00:25:22.253 REDFERN: In March 1967, 428 00:25:22.288 --> 00:25:24.421 Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana 429 00:25:24.457 --> 00:25:27.324 was the site of one of the most profound, 430 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:29.460 amazing, and disturbing. 431 00:25:29.495 --> 00:25:32.363 UFO encounters of all time. 432 00:25:32.398 --> 00:25:36.100 Security personnel described seeing bright lights, 433 00:25:36.135 --> 00:25:38.903 flying saucers... definitive UFOs. 434 00:25:38.938 --> 00:25:42.706 One of the missiles suddenly went off-line. 435 00:25:42.742 --> 00:25:45.420 And then another and another. 436 00:25:45.770 --> 00:25:47.878 Until the whole flight of missiles 437 00:25:47.914 --> 00:25:51.282 was somehow mysteriously deactivated. 438 00:25:53.452 --> 00:25:59.256 This is highly disturbing, because it suggests 439 00:25:59.292 --> 00:26:04.428 in the event that UFOs one day become hostile, 440 00:26:04.463 --> 00:26:07.398 our entire atomic arsenal 441 00:26:07.433 --> 00:26:10.534 may become completely inoperable. 442 00:26:14.874 --> 00:26:17.410 NARRATOR: Could it be that extraterrestrial beings 443 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:20.578 are monitoring nuclear facilities 444 00:26:20.613 --> 00:26:22.947 here on Earth? 445 00:26:22.982 --> 00:26:26.116 But if so, why? 446 00:26:26.152 --> 00:26:29.190 REDFERN: There are two reasons why UFO's 447 00:26:29.550 --> 00:26:31.855 might take an interest in atomic installations. 448 00:26:31.891 --> 00:26:34.858 One might be that they're concerned 449 00:26:34.894 --> 00:26:37.394 that we're gonna destroy ourselves. 450 00:26:37.430 --> 00:26:39.997 They have a vested interest 451 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:42.733 in keeping the human race alive. 452 00:26:42.768 --> 00:26:46.604 Or perhaps it's personal reasons and it's the planet they want. 453 00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:49.873 The other possibility is they're fearful 454 00:26:49.909 --> 00:26:53.477 that we may develop far more advanced atomic weaponry 455 00:26:53.512 --> 00:26:57.915 and that one day, we will be their rival. 456 00:26:57.950 --> 00:27:00.818 POPE: Nuclear weapons might represent 457 00:27:00.853 --> 00:27:02.886 the only technology 458 00:27:02.922 --> 00:27:04.989 humans have which would be capable 459 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:07.358 of posing a threat to them. 460 00:27:10.529 --> 00:27:14.980 NARRATOR: Is it possible the technology of modern man 461 00:27:14.133 --> 00:27:17.201 has advanced to the point that humans are considered a threat 462 00:27:17.236 --> 00:27:21.372 by alien factions watching over the planet? 463 00:27:23.142 --> 00:27:26.577 Some ancient astronaut theorists are convinced 464 00:27:26.612 --> 00:27:28.479 that this is the case, 465 00:27:28.514 --> 00:27:31.682 and suggest there is evidence that extraterrestrials 466 00:27:31.717 --> 00:27:34.985 used similar nuclear weapons right here on Earth 467 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:38.756 thousands of years ago. 468 00:27:42.528 --> 00:27:46.897 The Great Sand Sea, North Africa. 469 00:27:46.932 --> 00:27:50.434 In the remote corner of the eastern Saharan desert, 470 00:27:50.469 --> 00:27:54.438 along the border between Egypt and Libya, 471 00:27:54.473 --> 00:27:59.243 translucent pieces of a pale yellow-green glass 472 00:27:59.278 --> 00:28:03.647 lay scattered about for miles in every direction. 473 00:28:03.683 --> 00:28:08.180 This rare silicate compound... Called Libyan Desert Glass... 474 00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:10.954 Can only be formed by exposing the sand 475 00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:14.358 to extreme heat and pressure, 476 00:28:14.393 --> 00:28:17.928 like that generated by a meteor strike. 477 00:28:20.666 --> 00:28:25.135 But there are no visible signs of a suitable impact crater, 478 00:28:25.171 --> 00:28:26.837 nor can any be found 479 00:28:26.872 --> 00:28:30.700 using satellite imaging technology. 480 00:28:32.178 --> 00:28:34.511 DENNIN: Libyan Desert glass is thousands of years old 481 00:28:34.547 --> 00:28:36.447 and one of the challenges is figuring 482 00:28:36.482 --> 00:28:38.449 how that glass was formed. 483 00:28:38.484 --> 00:28:40.718 We know you need high heat, 484 00:28:40.753 --> 00:28:42.920 high temperatures, high pressure. 485 00:28:42.955 --> 00:28:45.823 HENRY: This yellowish green glass 486 00:28:45.858 --> 00:28:48.425 looks vitrified. 487 00:28:48.461 --> 00:28:49.893 In fact, it's strikingly similar 488 00:28:49.929 --> 00:28:52.629 to Trinitite, the quartz-like glass 489 00:28:52.665 --> 00:28:55.650 that was created after the atomic explosion 490 00:28:55.101 --> 00:28:58.702 at the Trinity test site in New Mexico. 491 00:28:58.738 --> 00:29:01.638 And one wonders if the Libyan glass 492 00:29:01.674 --> 00:29:04.908 is also a remnant from a nuclear explosion. 493 00:29:04.944 --> 00:29:07.244 DENNIN: It is possible 494 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:09.446 that nuclear blast would have done it, 495 00:29:09.482 --> 00:29:11.215 but that would assume you had someone around 496 00:29:11.250 --> 00:29:13.851 with nuclear weapons. 497 00:29:15.654 --> 00:29:17.988 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Libyan Desert Glass 498 00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:21.525 was formed by the detonation of a nuclear weapon 499 00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:24.561 thousands of years ago? 500 00:29:24.597 --> 00:29:27.998 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 501 00:29:28.330 --> 00:29:30.367 and claim evidence 502 00:29:30.402 --> 00:29:32.350 of such a powerful weapon being used 503 00:29:32.710 --> 00:29:36.840 is written in the texts of ancient Egypt. 504 00:29:36.876 --> 00:29:39.943 HENRY: In the Ancient Egyptian story, 505 00:29:39.979 --> 00:29:43.781 in which Horace avenges his brother Osiris's death, 506 00:29:43.816 --> 00:29:48.152 he flies up into the heavens in a winged disc. 507 00:29:48.187 --> 00:29:49.820 And in the heavens, 508 00:29:49.855 --> 00:29:51.855 he encounters the enemies of Osiris, 509 00:29:51.891 --> 00:29:53.957 and he chases them. 510 00:29:53.993 --> 00:29:58.562 And then Horace releases some kind of a terrible weapon 511 00:29:58.597 --> 00:30:00.898 that causes his enemies to first go blind, 512 00:30:00.933 --> 00:30:03.667 and then death. 513 00:30:03.702 --> 00:30:06.300 This sounds like some devastating weapon 514 00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.771 that Horace unleashed. 515 00:30:07.807 --> 00:30:09.973 Is it possible that it was some kind 516 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:12.876 of a nuclear weapon that he unleashed on them? 517 00:30:16.982 --> 00:30:20.184 NARRATOR: Could ancient Egypt really have been 518 00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:23.200 the site of nuclear warfare 519 00:30:23.550 --> 00:30:25.856 waged by extraterrestrial beings? 520 00:30:25.891 --> 00:30:27.524 And if so, 521 00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:29.793 might this explain why there have been 522 00:30:29.829 --> 00:30:34.198 so many UFO sightings around nuclear missile facilities? 523 00:30:34.233 --> 00:30:37.734 Ancient astronaut theorists 524 00:30:37.770 --> 00:30:40.704 say that while it may be unclear 525 00:30:40.739 --> 00:30:42.639 whether extraterrestrials are concerned about 526 00:30:42.675 --> 00:30:46.276 protecting humans or protecting themselves, 527 00:30:46.312 --> 00:30:48.946 recent NASA findings provide evidence 528 00:30:48.981 --> 00:30:51.782 that planet Earth is being shielded 529 00:30:51.817 --> 00:30:53.650 from above. 530 00:30:58.924 --> 00:31:02.693 MAN: Five, four, three, two, one. 531 00:31:02.728 --> 00:31:05.162 Ignition sequence start 532 00:31:05.197 --> 00:31:07.698 and lift off! 533 00:31:07.733 --> 00:31:11.602 NARRATOR: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. 534 00:31:11.637 --> 00:31:15.205 August 30, 2012. 535 00:31:15.241 --> 00:31:19.743 NASA launches two probes into space 536 00:31:19.778 --> 00:31:24.147 in order to study the Van Allen radiation belts... 537 00:31:24.183 --> 00:31:27.684 A pair of donut-shaped particle zones 538 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:30.200 that surround the Earth. 539 00:31:30.550 --> 00:31:33.991 After two years of collecting data, 540 00:31:34.260 --> 00:31:39.960 NASA scientists discover a surprising phenomenon. 541 00:31:39.131 --> 00:31:41.531 The Van Allen Belts are operating 542 00:31:41.567 --> 00:31:44.902 as a protective dome shielding the Earth 543 00:31:44.937 --> 00:31:48.805 from dangerous radiation. 544 00:31:48.841 --> 00:31:51.909 Our planet is constantly flooded with particles from space 545 00:31:51.944 --> 00:31:54.289 that are charged that if they made it through the atmosphere 546 00:31:54.313 --> 00:31:57.114 would actually be quite damaging radiation to life. 547 00:31:57.149 --> 00:31:59.750 But because of the Van Allen belts and the combination 548 00:31:59.785 --> 00:32:02.419 of magnetic fields and charged particles already there, 549 00:32:02.454 --> 00:32:05.422 incoming charged particles are sent on curved paths 550 00:32:05.457 --> 00:32:09.192 that safely protect the Earth and we don't get hit by them. 551 00:32:09.228 --> 00:32:11.940 The Van Allen radiation belt 552 00:32:11.130 --> 00:32:14.998 is one of the most phenomenal scientific phenomena 553 00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:17.668 to be discovered in recent times. 554 00:32:17.703 --> 00:32:20.804 One of the things that's so shocking about it 555 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.941 is that it's changing and mutating 556 00:32:23.976 --> 00:32:28.345 as if it's intelligently directed. 557 00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:31.515 The Van Allen belts may be an advanced technology 558 00:32:31.550 --> 00:32:33.784 that we still don't really understand. 559 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:37.321 A technology that actually is blocking, 560 00:32:37.356 --> 00:32:40.123 not just natural cosmic particles 561 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:42.250 from the sun from coming in, 562 00:32:42.610 --> 00:32:44.828 but potentially protecting the Earth 563 00:32:44.863 --> 00:32:47.931 from extraterrestrial weapons that might use 564 00:32:47.967 --> 00:32:49.900 some sort of particle beam technology, 565 00:32:49.935 --> 00:32:52.903 from ever being able to make its way in here. 566 00:32:57.209 --> 00:32:58.909 Were the Van Allen Belts designed 567 00:32:58.944 --> 00:33:02.980 by extraterrestrial beings to protect mankind 568 00:33:03.150 --> 00:33:07.884 from other hostile alien factions? 569 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:10.153 Might there really be 570 00:33:10.189 --> 00:33:13.256 an extraterrestrial defense system 571 00:33:13.292 --> 00:33:16.727 protecting the Earth from attack? 572 00:33:16.762 --> 00:33:19.463 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 573 00:33:19.498 --> 00:33:24.670 and suggest further evidence that there is an alien faction 574 00:33:24.103 --> 00:33:26.370 policing Earth's airspace 575 00:33:26.405 --> 00:33:30.874 can be found by examining modern day UFO crashes. 576 00:33:35.714 --> 00:33:39.349 NARRATOR: In 2005, UFO researcher Ryan Wood 577 00:33:39.385 --> 00:33:43.153 published a book chronicling 74 instances 578 00:33:43.188 --> 00:33:45.880 of strange objects 579 00:33:45.124 --> 00:33:49.926 falling from the sky dating back to 1897. 580 00:33:52.698 --> 00:33:56.330 As proof that these crashes took place, 581 00:33:56.680 --> 00:34:01.271 he sites official documents, eyewitness reports, 582 00:34:01.306 --> 00:34:04.141 and even physical evidence. 583 00:34:04.176 --> 00:34:08.278 PAUL HELLYER: Ryan Woods' book Majic Eyes Only, 584 00:34:08.313 --> 00:34:11.314 he lists all of these crashes. 585 00:34:11.350 --> 00:34:14.584 And I think the-the U.S. has been involved in the retrieval 586 00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:18.989 of the vast majority, doesn't matter where they are. 587 00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:23.960 We had one crash north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada, 588 00:34:23.996 --> 00:34:28.899 and our regular people that go and investigate aerial crashes 589 00:34:28.934 --> 00:34:32.803 went out there and were greeted with American troops, 590 00:34:32.838 --> 00:34:35.105 uh, pointing guns at them. 591 00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:37.541 And they contacted Ottawa and were told, 592 00:34:37.576 --> 00:34:40.430 "Well, let the Americans have it." 593 00:34:40.790 --> 00:34:43.513 NOORY: We've had some great stories of crashes... 594 00:34:43.549 --> 00:34:46.183 Roswell, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 595 00:34:46.218 --> 00:34:47.384 They're all over the place. 596 00:34:47.419 --> 00:34:49.286 And you say to yourself, 597 00:34:49.321 --> 00:34:51.922 "How could they crash when they have that kind of technology?" 598 00:34:51.957 --> 00:34:55.759 CHILDRESS: You've got to wonder how extraterrestrials 599 00:34:55.794 --> 00:34:59.229 with all of their advanced super technology 600 00:34:59.264 --> 00:35:02.466 would then just crash. 601 00:35:02.501 --> 00:35:06.503 It would seem that something else is really going on here. 602 00:35:06.538 --> 00:35:10.474 Perhaps we have the extraterrestrials themselves 603 00:35:10.509 --> 00:35:13.410 battling it out over our skies. 604 00:35:13.445 --> 00:35:16.446 WILCOCK: Is it possible that even now warring factions 605 00:35:16.482 --> 00:35:18.982 of extraterrestrial so-called "gods" 606 00:35:19.170 --> 00:35:23.653 are in fact duking it out over what happens on Earth? 607 00:35:23.689 --> 00:35:27.124 And wars that we see in ancient texts 608 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:30.961 like the Mahabharata or the Bible 609 00:35:30.996 --> 00:35:35.198 could be still playing out in our skies as we speak. 610 00:35:39.605 --> 00:35:41.571 NARRATOR: Could we really be at the center 611 00:35:41.607 --> 00:35:44.975 of an extraterrestrial conflict that dates back 612 00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:49.120 to before the dawn of human civilization on Earth? 613 00:35:50.482 --> 00:35:53.450 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 614 00:35:53.485 --> 00:35:57.487 and suggest that our survival may be dependent 615 00:35:57.523 --> 00:36:00.900 upon an ancient defense system 616 00:36:00.125 --> 00:36:04.728 that has existed for thousands of years right beneath our feet. 617 00:36:09.234 --> 00:36:11.468 NARRATOR: Yakutia, Russia. 618 00:36:11.503 --> 00:36:14.700 1854. 619 00:36:14.106 --> 00:36:17.908 In a desolate region of Siberia 620 00:36:17.943 --> 00:36:21.645 known as the "Valley of Death," 621 00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:26.820 geographer and natural scientist Richard Karl Maak 622 00:36:26.118 --> 00:36:30.453 leads a scientific expedition of the Russian Geographical Society 623 00:36:30.489 --> 00:36:33.490 into the Vilyuy River basin. 624 00:36:33.525 --> 00:36:37.294 In his journal, Maak writes that he and his team 625 00:36:37.329 --> 00:36:41.364 encountered several large and mysterious metallic objects 626 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:43.333 embedded in the earth 627 00:36:43.368 --> 00:36:47.537 that the local hunters referred to as "cauldrons." 628 00:36:47.573 --> 00:36:50.941 Additional accounts were reported 629 00:36:50.976 --> 00:36:55.178 throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 630 00:36:57.916 --> 00:36:59.983 According to descriptions, 631 00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:03.220 these large metallic domes that protrude from the ground 632 00:37:03.255 --> 00:37:07.591 each measure between 20 and 30 feet in diameter. 633 00:37:09.661 --> 00:37:12.280 Their existence is also supported 634 00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:16.320 by the legends of the local Yakut people, 635 00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.968 who say that over the years 636 00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:21.371 the cauldrons would periodically open up 637 00:37:21.406 --> 00:37:23.273 and send fireballs into the sky. 638 00:37:26.945 --> 00:37:28.878 PAUL STONEHILL: What happens is that 639 00:37:28.914 --> 00:37:30.880 an object would fly out from under the ground 640 00:37:30.916 --> 00:37:34.884 and intercept an incoming celestial body... 641 00:37:36.622 --> 00:37:40.223 be it a bolide, meteor, 642 00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:44.194 anything that can really damage our planet. 643 00:37:44.229 --> 00:37:48.231 It's like somebody put in an automatic station 644 00:37:48.267 --> 00:37:51.268 programmed to take out a celestial body 645 00:37:51.303 --> 00:37:54.571 that can cause us tremendous damage 646 00:37:54.606 --> 00:37:57.730 and maybe to end life on Earth. 647 00:38:00.479 --> 00:38:03.213 NARRATOR: On June 30, 1908, 648 00:38:03.248 --> 00:38:06.683 a fireball was seen streaking across the sky 649 00:38:06.718 --> 00:38:09.586 over the Tunguska River in rural Siberia, 650 00:38:09.621 --> 00:38:12.322 followed by a massive explosion. 651 00:38:15.627 --> 00:38:20.196 It was the same area where these mysterious sunken cauldrons 652 00:38:20.232 --> 00:38:22.198 are said to be located. 653 00:38:22.234 --> 00:38:24.501 20 years later, 654 00:38:24.536 --> 00:38:27.370 when the Soviet military examined the area, 655 00:38:27.406 --> 00:38:29.606 they reported finding flattened trees 656 00:38:29.641 --> 00:38:33.276 for miles around the blast site, 657 00:38:33.312 --> 00:38:36.546 but no crater. 658 00:38:36.581 --> 00:38:40.583 STONEHILL: A Soviet military officer came up with an idea, 659 00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:44.554 Alexander Kazantsev, in 1940s, 660 00:38:44.589 --> 00:38:47.457 that this was an alien ship, a UFO 661 00:38:47.492 --> 00:38:50.960 that came into the atmosphere of our planet and exploded. 662 00:38:50.996 --> 00:38:53.630 Others took up this idea. 663 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.632 But where he came up with it, it's very hard to say, 664 00:38:55.667 --> 00:38:57.367 because secrecy is all over Russia. 665 00:38:59.271 --> 00:39:02.105 NARRATOR: Is it possible the cauldrons serve as a type 666 00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:06.142 of antiaircraft weapon against space-based threats? 667 00:39:08.747 --> 00:39:10.625 It's possible that the Earth has been equipped with some sort 668 00:39:10.649 --> 00:39:12.716 of hyper-advanced technology 669 00:39:12.751 --> 00:39:15.552 that is actually keeping us all safe, 670 00:39:15.587 --> 00:39:18.488 and that whoever won these ancient extraterrestrial wars, 671 00:39:18.523 --> 00:39:20.790 who may in fact be our progenitors, 672 00:39:20.826 --> 00:39:24.728 put that there so that their offspring would be protected 673 00:39:24.763 --> 00:39:26.196 from whoever their enemies had been 674 00:39:26.231 --> 00:39:27.664 many thousands of years ago. 675 00:39:32.371 --> 00:39:35.105 NARRATOR: Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest 676 00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:36.973 that if there is 677 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.509 an extraterrestrial conflict over humanity, 678 00:39:39.544 --> 00:39:41.378 it may be due to the fact 679 00:39:41.413 --> 00:39:45.782 that certain alien factions consider humans a threat. 680 00:39:45.817 --> 00:39:49.886 They propose that the point mankind has reached today 681 00:39:49.921 --> 00:39:52.856 is predicted in the same Sanskrit texts 682 00:39:52.891 --> 00:39:57.327 that documented these ancient alien wars. 683 00:39:57.362 --> 00:40:00.430 CHILDRESS: The ancient Hindu texts tell us 684 00:40:00.465 --> 00:40:03.660 that we are in the very last 685 00:40:03.101 --> 00:40:07.360 of four stages of the planet... 686 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:11.941 and that stage is called Kali Yuga. 687 00:40:11.977 --> 00:40:16.212 And Kali Yuga is a time of strife 688 00:40:16.248 --> 00:40:20.984 and, uh, terrible activities and of evil. 689 00:40:21.190 --> 00:40:22.719 And it may be that the extraterrestrials 690 00:40:22.754 --> 00:40:25.355 are really monitoring us 691 00:40:25.390 --> 00:40:30.930 to see how we can handle this very stressful period. 692 00:40:33.665 --> 00:40:36.599 HELLYER: There are conflicts in the skies. 693 00:40:36.635 --> 00:40:40.603 There are different species with different agendas. 694 00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:45.341 I'm sure that we are regarded as a potential threat. 695 00:40:45.377 --> 00:40:47.210 They would assume 696 00:40:47.245 --> 00:40:50.346 that eventually we'll be traveling around the cosmos, 697 00:40:50.382 --> 00:40:55.251 and it's something that must go through their collective minds: 698 00:40:55.287 --> 00:40:58.521 That these are war-like people, 699 00:40:58.557 --> 00:41:02.559 and consequently we're gonna have to keep an eye on them. 700 00:41:02.594 --> 00:41:04.394 Now for the first time 701 00:41:04.429 --> 00:41:09.980 I think that the future of the species is at stake. 702 00:41:09.134 --> 00:41:11.501 That's how deeply I feel. 703 00:41:11.536 --> 00:41:15.338 There are lessons to be learned. 704 00:41:15.373 --> 00:41:17.240 And we have to learn 'em now. 705 00:41:17.275 --> 00:41:19.275 We have to learn 'em very, very quickly. 706 00:41:22.481 --> 00:41:25.882 NARRATOR: Is it possible that extraterrestrial beings 707 00:41:25.917 --> 00:41:28.418 have been fighting for control of planet Earth 708 00:41:28.453 --> 00:41:30.687 for thousands of years? 709 00:41:33.425 --> 00:41:37.227 And could the outcome of this dispute ultimately be determined 710 00:41:37.262 --> 00:41:41.431 not by alien combatants, but by humans? 711 00:41:41.466 --> 00:41:45.869 Perhaps we are on the verge of reaching 712 00:41:45.904 --> 00:41:48.271 a defining moment in our evolution, 713 00:41:48.306 --> 00:41:50.373 a turning point that will lead 714 00:41:50.408 --> 00:41:54.444 either to our ascension or our extermination.