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lie not on Earth
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but 400 light-years away?
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LEONARD KAPAHULEHUA:
According to our traditions,
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we are all offspring
of star people.
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NARRATOR:
Throughout the world,
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ancient people pointed
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to the Pleiades
and called it home.
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MICHIO KAKU:
References to the Pleiades
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go back thousands of years
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into antiquity.
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In fact,
the Kepler space telescope
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has found evidence of planets
in the Pleiades.
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NARRATOR:
Now a new discovery
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provides an intriguing link
to this star system.
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BRUCE FENTON:
This object seems to come
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from the Pleiades star cluster,
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which is quite astonishing.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
It's almost like a calling card
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of where the extraterrestrials
came from.
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They came down
from the Pleiades.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Scientists
at the University of Hawaii
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Haleakala Observatory
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detect a strange object
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traveling
through our solar system.
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They initially catalog it
as an asteroid,
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but after further examination,
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researchers observe
that the object accelerated
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as it approached the Sun,
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acting more like a comet
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but without any other
comet-like characteristics.
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The find forces astronomers
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to reclassify it
as something entirely new:
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an interstellar object.
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KAREN MEECH:
We'd never seen
anything like this
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in the solar system before.
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We get an estimate of its size
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at about 800 meters
or half a kilometer in length.
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Roughly a cigar-like shape.
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It was moving very fast,
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a little more
than 195,000 miles per hour.
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You get a chill sometimes
when you understand
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something is very important
or is really exciting,
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and that's what I felt
with this object.
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NARRATOR:
Our Milky Way galaxy
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is estimated to consist
of 100,000 million stars,
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each indicating the presence
of a solar system.
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Because the distances
between them are so vast,
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astronomers believed
it was impossible
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for an object
from another solar system
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to reach our own...
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until now.
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It just came
from outside our solar system,
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meaning it wasn't material
from our star being created.
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It's from a different
star system somewhere else.
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That's historic
that we've actually seen it.
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We now know objects can travel
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from one star system to another.
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NARRATOR:
Researchers dubbed
the interstellar visitor
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'Oumuamua,
a Hawaiian term meaning
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"a messenger from afar
arriving first."
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Is it possible
that the interstellar visitor
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was, in fact, a messenger?
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One sent on a mission
to our solar system?
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MICHAEL SALLA:
Different scientists
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have analyzed the data
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and deduced that
it's something very different
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to an asteroid or a comet.
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So the scientific data
does point to it actually being
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some artificial creation.
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We've had open speculation
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about how this thing might be
an interstellar spacecraft.
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Talk from...
from a Harvard professor.
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NARRATOR:
The chair of Harvard's
astronomy department,
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Dr. Avi Loeb,
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noted that the object seemed to
follow the propulsion patterns
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of a new technology
that is currently being tested
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for future space missions,
known as solar sail propulsion.
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Large reflective sails
capture sunlight
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to propel a craft through
the vacuum of space.
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You can design, essentially,
photon sails.
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So the idea has been
to make a-a material
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that reflects photons, which is
light, very efficiently.
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You deploy this
and you basically accelerate
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under starlight.
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And then you just cruise.
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NARRATOR:
Was similar alien technology
used to propel 'Oumuamua?
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FENTON: It makes you wonder,
was that a targeted mission,
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some sort of probe that has been
sent in to look for life?
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TAYLOR:
Before man actually
went to the Moon
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and walked on it,
we sent a lot of probes
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around the Moon to look at it.
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And it's quite likely
that some version of NASA
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from some other star system
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could send a probe here
to Earth.
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NARRATOR:
The trajectory
of the interstellar object
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took it past the Sun,
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where it made a turn and then
ran parallel to Earth's orbit.
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It traveled
between our planet and Mars
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before it began its journey
out of our solar system.
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When 'Oumuamua arrived,
nobody knew where it came from.
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Then in 2018,
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an astronomer at the University
of Hertfordshire retraced
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its movements and discovered
that it came from the Pleiades.
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We have to ask,
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is it possible that it was
actually sent from the Pleiades?
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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the revelation that 'Oumuamua
traveled to our solar system
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from the area
of the Pleiades star cluster
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is highly intriguing.
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The Pleiades figures
into the creation stories
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of many ancient cultures
from all around the world,
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where it was taught that divine
beings came from these stars
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to seed life on Earth.
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If we look at the mythologies of
the Pleiades around the world,
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there's some indication
that this star cluster
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is in some way related to
a visitation in ancient times.
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NARRATOR:
Located over 400 light-years
from Earth,
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near the constellation
of Taurus, the Pleiades
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is commonly recognized
as seven bright stars,
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but actually consists
of thousands.
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SETH SHOSTAK:
The Pleiades.
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Everybody's heard
of the Pleiades.
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They're also known
as the Seven Sisters,
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'cause if you have
really good eyesight,
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you can see seven stars
in a very compact configuration
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in the winter sky.
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And in fact, there are
a lot more stars than seven.
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There are actually 3,000 stars
in the Pleiades.
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KAKU:
So the Pleiades
is a star cluster.
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They're not separated
by huge distances,
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but they occur in a small area.
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That's different
from a constellation,
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where the stars could be moving
in all sorts of directions
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and are separated
by huge distances.
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NARRATOR:
The importance of this massive
star cluster to ancient peoples
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is revealed not only
by their creation stories,
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but also in how they oriented
their most important structures.
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FENTON:
All around the world,
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we find ancient structures
that have alignments
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that infer a relationship
to the Pleiades.
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Now, these can be found
in places like Chaco Canyon,
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in Mesoamerica,
in various parts of the world.
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It's clear that the ancient
people wanted to incorporate
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the rising of the Pleiades
in some way
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with the building
of these megastructures.
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NARRATOR:
Additionally, ancient artwork
and artifacts
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pay homage to these same stars,
with one depiction
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dating back
an incredible 18,000 years.
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KAKU:
Perhaps the earliest reference
to the Pleiades
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is in the Lascaux caves
in France.
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But these go back thousands
of years into antiquity,
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even before
the written language.
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The Pleiades constellation
shows up in various artifacts,
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one of them even being
a Sumerian tablet relief
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that shows what appears
to be some type of a god
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coming out of the Pleiades
constellation.
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An interesting artifact
coming out of the 1600s
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is the Nebra sky disk, depicting
the constellation of Pleiades.
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TSOUKALOS:
Worldwide, we find
hundreds of references
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having to do with the Pleiades.
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Not just on one continent,
not just in one culture,
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but in multiple continents,
in multiple cultures worldwide.
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That to me indicates that
something happened here on Earth
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having to do with someone
visiting from the Pleiades.
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ANDREW COLLINS:
The seven stars
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making up the star cluster
of the Pleiades
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are very often represented
as human figures.
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Uh, in Greek mythology,
they are seven sisters.
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And in India, they are
associated with the seven rishi.
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These are wise benefactors
to humanity
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from some kind of
astronomical place in the sky.
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We have to wonder,
why are the Pleiades
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being so specifically picked
out of the night sky?
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Is it possible that the Pleiades
are the place
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where our sky gods
have come from?
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NARRATOR:
With thousands of stars
in the Pleiades,
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could it be a place that
contains an Earth-like planet,
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one that could have
been the home planet
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for our extraterrestrial
ancestors?
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The Kepler space telescope
has found evidence
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of planets in the Pleiades.
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So, Kepler works
by finding dips of light
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as a planet passes in front
of the star that it's orbiting
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relative to the Earth.
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Astronomers were able to see
that there is some dimming
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of stars in the Pleiades, which
is likely caused by planets.
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NARRATOR:
Could the Pleiades star system
be the place
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where human life on Earth
first originated?
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And, if so, could there be a
connection between the Pleiades
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and the unusual
interstellar object
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that came to our solar system
in 2017?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by examining a culture
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that continues to call
the Pleiades home.
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We are all offspring
of star people.
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So they consider themselves
to be hybrids,
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genetic offshoots of Pleiadian
visitors to the Earth.
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(singing in Hawaiian)
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NARRATOR:
Indigenous Hawaiians celebrate
the annual Makahiki festival,
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a four-month-long period
honoring
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the Hawaiian new year
and the reappearance
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of the Pleiades star cluster
in the sky.
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The celebration
commemorates Lono,
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the god of rain and peace,
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and his arrival to Earth
in a canoe.
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SALLA:
It's a time of celebration
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and to acknowledge
the Hawaiians' connection
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to the Pleiades star system,
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'cause this is how the Hawaiians
consider
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their ancestors actually having
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first established
their presence on the Earth.
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We have all kind of connection
with the Pleiades,
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but we call it, uh, Ka po'e o ka
lani, the people of the heave.
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(woman singing in Hawaiian)
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NARRATOR:
The festivities incorporate
the recitation of the Kumulipo,
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a sacred chant
of over 2,000 lines
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passed down for centuries
solely by oral tradition.
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(man singing in Hawaiian)
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HUGH NEWMAN:
The chant chronicles
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the creation of the first humans
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and is said to go back
over 1,100 generations,
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back to the very beginning
of their civilization.
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SALLA:
In Hawaii, the Kumulipo is
the genealogical record
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of the Hawaiians.
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And it goes back centuries,
if not thousands of years.
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And according to the Hawaiians,
the Kumulipo actually traces
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the ancestry of Hawaiians
to the Pleiades.
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So they consider themselves
to be hybrids,
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or genetic offshoots of
Pleiadian visitors to the Earth.
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NARRATOR:
The Pleiades are the first stars
ever mentioned
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in ancient literature,
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and play a prominent role
in the creation stories
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of various cultures,
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including the Siberians,
Southeast Asians,
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Pacific Islanders, Australians
and Indigenous Americans.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Throughout the Pacific,
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in Japan and the Philippines,
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we have stories of gods coming
from the Pleiades.
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And the Japanese emperor is said
to have been descended
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from the Pleiades.
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MICHAEL CARTER:
The Cherokee call themselves
the original people.
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We say we were dropped here,
the Great Spirit put us here,
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and that our true home,
our ancestral home,
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is in this star system.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
The Mayans believed the Pleiades
was the home of the ancestors,
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and their language refers to
the star system as seeds.
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The seed, the source of things;
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the egg from which
something grows.
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So they're seeing
the star system as the source
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of their civilization.
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STEVEN STRONG:
The original people of Australia
know so much
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about their sky heroes.
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They came from the stars.
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The elders tell me
time after time,
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"The Pleiades,
they are our people.
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They are our ancestors."
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NEWMAN:
The similarities are astounding.
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We really have to question why
there are so many similarities
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between these different cultures
and the creation stories
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all around the world linked
with beings from the Pleiades.
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NARRATOR:
Among the many legends expressed
by Native Hawaiians,
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one is that visitors from the
Pleiades came to Earth
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and established the lost
continent of Lemuria,
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also known as Mu.
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The Land of Mu,
also called Lemuria,
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is one of these lost continent
stories, like Atlantis.
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But this one is thought to be
in the Pacific.
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A great civilization
of high culture
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and technological achievement
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that vanishes under the sea.
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We humans were close to the gods
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and reached a very advanced
stage of culture
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and civilization and technology.
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And it slipped away.
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There were some ideas that
the continent of Lemuria
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was where humanity began.
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This, then, would be the point
of origin for humanity.
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(conch horn sounding)
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NICK POPE: Some of the tribal
elders and other priests
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in the Hawaiian native religions
believe that
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all Hawaiians are Lemurian.
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HENRY:
The belief that the Hawaiian
Islands were originally
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part of Lemuria, or Mu,
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this great continent in the
Pacific Ocean
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that suffered
a terrible cataclysm
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and sank under the waters,
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this is another connection
with the Pleiades,
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because it's thought that
the Pleiadeans were
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the original settlers
of Lemuria.
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NARRATOR:
Hawaiian oral traditions say
that Lemuria
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disappeared into the sea,
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but some ancient astronaut
theorists propose another
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even more profound possibility.
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TSOUKALOS:
The common accepted idea is that
Lemuria, at some point, sank.
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I actually think Lemuria,
in my opinion,
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was not a landmass.
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It was a craft that landed
in the sea,
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and it was able to move around.
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Move around
under its own propulsion.
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Somebody who has no idea
about high tech--
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well, then, for all intents
and purposes,
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that thing just disappeared,
or it sank,
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because it's no longer there.
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It was another example of
misunderstood technology.
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Could that have been
ancient Lemuria?
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(men chanting)
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Lemuria,
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described by
the Native Hawaiians
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as a place of high technology,
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was an island made
not of earth and rock,
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but of metal?
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Could it have been
a massive spaceship
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that ascended into the sky and
set a course for the Pleiades?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that further
evidence can be found
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embedded within human DNA.
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They compared the DNA
of the bone,
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and there was no comparison
with human DNA.
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SALLA:
These groups shared this belief
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about the Pleiades being
the origin point.
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NARRATOR:
Followers of Hindu, Buddhist,
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Jain and Bon faiths
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consider this peak the earthly
abode of their gods.
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Many pilgrims making their
ascent to the peak
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stop at the Saptarishi caves
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on the southern face
of the mountain.
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Here, they pay their respects
to the seven great sages,
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the divine benefactors
of mankind.
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The Saptarishis are here
on Earth
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to train, to impart their
knowledge to human beings.
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And after they finished
their job,
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and they went back to the sky,
they went back to heaven,
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and the Pleiades are
their wives.
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SALLA:
The Saptarishis are linked
to the Pleiades star system.
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We actually have a connection
between these ascended masters
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and the Pleiades star system.
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NARRATOR:
Today, many people of India,
Tibet and Nepal
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claim that they can trace their
genetic lineage
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to the Saptarishis...
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powerful cosmic beings
associated with the Pleiades.
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Ancient astronaut theorists say
intriguing new
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scientific evidence may
actually help to prove
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these stories true.
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They point specifically to the
region's native mountain people
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known as the Sherpas.
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The Sherpas are world-renowned
for being able to survive
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at very high altitudes.
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This is no fluke.
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They found that the Sherpas
carry a specific gene
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that enables them to survive in
oxygen-starved environments.
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If we were up there, we would
probably get very sick,
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or even die.
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NARRATOR:
Geneticists have identified
a "super-athlete" gene
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encoded into Sherpa DNA
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that regulates oxygen in
the body much more efficiently
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than other human populations.
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And in July 2014, geneticists
identified exactly where
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this unique gift came from.
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It was passed down by
a mysterious ancient lineage
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of prehumans.
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In the remote Altai Mountains,
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at an elevation
of over 14,000 feet,
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archaeologists discover
a pinky bone
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of an ancient humanoid species
that dates back 40,000 years.
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VON DANIKEN:
These bones have been analyzed
at the Max Planck Institute
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for Anthropology in Germany.
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And they are absolutely
specialized in DNA.
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They compared the DNA
of the bone,
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and there was no comparison
with human DNA.
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NARRATOR:
Anthropologists named
this new species Denisovan,
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after the cave where the bone
was found.
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And from this small
bone fragment,
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scientists have been able
to sequence
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the entire Denisovan genome.
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NEWMAN:
Something incredible came out
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of this DNA testing.
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They found that the Denisovans
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had the same super-athlete gene
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found in the Sherpas of Tibet.
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And not only that.
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After additional testing,
they actually found
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that the Denisovans passed down
this gene to them.
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What we're beginning
to discover is
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that human origins
are a lot more complex
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than what we ever imagined.
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NARRATOR:
In the decade since the
Denisovans were discovered,
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scientists have traced their DNA
to modern human populations
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in Australia, the Americas,
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the Pacific Islands,
India and Tibet.
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And to this day, remarkably,
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the native people
that inhabit these regions
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all share a profound connection
to the Pleiades star cluster.
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SALLA:
Researchers have found
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these groups shared
this cultural belief
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about the Pleiades
actually being the origin point,
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as being critical
for the establishment
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of their culture, their history.
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Their lineage is somehow
attributed to the Pleiades.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that the Denisovan bone fragment
found in Siberia once belonged
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to an extraterrestrial being
from the Pleiades?
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Stories of visitors from this
star cluster are so widespread,
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they have even been given
a name--
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the Pleiadeans.
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We've had all kinds of guests
over the many years
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I've been doing Coast to Coast
that have talked
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about various star systems
and clusters,
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including the Pleiades.
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And they talk about how
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the Pleiadeans
are primarily Nordics.
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They look like us, or should
I say we look like them?
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HENRY:
In eyewitness descriptions,
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they are described
as light beings
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and blue-skinned beings
that come from the sky.
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CAROLINE CORY:
The ancient civilizations knew
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that the Pleiadeans
have been in contact
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with Earth
since the beginning of time.
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It is possible
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that the Pleiadeans seeded
the Earth with their own DNA
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to upgrade the genetic material
of humanity
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to ensure
that it will continue to evolve.
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NARRATOR:
While the Pleiades is cited
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as the ancestral home for many
cultures around the world,
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historians and mythologists
point out
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that there are
other star systems--
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like Orion and Sirius--
that also figure prominently
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in ancient accounts concerning
mankind's place of origin.
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Different cultures imagine
they have come
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from specific locations
in the constellations,
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like the Pleiades or Sirius.
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Orion shows up in so many
different locations.
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At least in mythology,
at least the lore is claiming
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there are planets there
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that could be inhabited
by creatures like us.
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All those stars.
What is out there?
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What is our relationship
to that?
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If it would only be one culture
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of ancient times
describing this, fine.
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But if you have
all ancient cultures,
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especially the origin stories,
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that talk about the same thing,
then the answer is clear.
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Something else went on.
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So, if we have
these ancient structures
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that were built
in the form of Orion,
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or the Pleiades, for example,
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then what if
it's an illustration
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to suggest where these
extraterrestrials came from?
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that the origin stories
of ancient cultures
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are not merely based
on imagination,
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but were inspired by actual
historical events?
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And, if so, does this mean
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that aliens from more than
one star system came to Earth
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in the distant past?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer
is a resounding "yes."
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And they not only point
to ancient stories as proof,
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but to the various descriptions
of different types of beings
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being reported by eyewitnesses,
even today.
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There's a wide variety
of beings out there
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that are said
to have come to Earth.
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You have the Greys, you have the
Reptilians and the Pleiadeans.
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The Pleiadeans then fit in
as a part of a whole roster
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of different types of beings
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that are visiting Earth
in the ancient world,
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mating with humans,
creating hybrid offspring...
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and influencing
human civilization.
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NARRATOR:
If the Pleiadeans
were one of a number
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of extraterrestrial factions
that visited Earth
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from different star systems,
have they left, never to return?
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Or could they still be
living amongst us...
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even as we speak?
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They all fled into the stars
seeking protection, and there
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were transformed into stars.
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FENTON:
Some kind of conflict between
beings from the Orion system
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and another group of beings
from this Pleiades system.
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2020.
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Here, in what was once home
to a mysterious group
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of mound builders known
as the Adena culture,
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is arguably one of the most
extraordinary ancient sites
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in North America: Serpent Mound.
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NEWMAN:
Serpent Mound is a massive
1,400-feet-long
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and three-foot-tall effigy
of a serpent.
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It is the largest in the world,
495
00:27:20,181 --> 00:27:22,431
and you can only really see it
from above.
496
00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:26,268
Scientists can't agree
when it was originally built
497
00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:27,603
or why it was built.
498
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,229
It really is one
of the big mysteries
499
00:27:29,357 --> 00:27:30,731
of the ancient world.
500
00:27:33,194 --> 00:27:35,527
NARRATOR:
While archeologists still debate
the true purpose
501
00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:38,155
of the Serpent Mound,
ancient astronaut theorists
502
00:27:38,282 --> 00:27:40,324
believe the answer may be found
503
00:27:40,451 --> 00:27:44,411
in the traditional stories of
the native people of the region.
504
00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,955
A people whose legends
tell of a great battle
505
00:27:47,083 --> 00:27:51,418
waged between a serpent
and visitors from the Pleiades.
506
00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:56,215
According to the legend,
507
00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:59,009
there were two entities
involved in this great battle:
508
00:27:59,136 --> 00:28:03,514
a water serpent
and the thunderbird,
509
00:28:03,641 --> 00:28:08,143
which represented star people
from the Pleiades culture.
510
00:28:08,270 --> 00:28:11,563
So we may have had
two extraterrestrial races
511
00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:14,358
battling at Serpent Mound.
512
00:28:14,485 --> 00:28:17,069
Some significant things
about Serpent Mound
513
00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:19,154
that gives credibility
to this story.
514
00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:22,199
Core samples have revealed
there's striated crystal,
515
00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:24,785
and also deposits of iridium
found in Serpent Mound.
516
00:28:24,912 --> 00:28:26,620
And according to lore,
517
00:28:26,747 --> 00:28:29,748
this battle involved
high-tech weapons
518
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,126
that may have caused
this striated crystal
519
00:28:32,253 --> 00:28:34,461
or this deposit of iridium.
520
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:40,217
POPE:
Not only is iridium one of
the rarest metals on Earth,
521
00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:43,554
it's also one of the most
corrosion resistant.
522
00:28:43,681 --> 00:28:46,515
And it can withstand
incredible heat,
523
00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:50,227
which is why it's used
in a lot of high technology,
524
00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:52,438
including space probes.
525
00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:56,817
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the iridium
found at Serpent Mound
526
00:28:56,944 --> 00:28:59,361
came from some sort
of extraterrestrial craft
527
00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:01,071
that was engaged in battle,
528
00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:03,824
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
529
00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:06,994
And if so,
could its presence at the site
530
00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:09,580
reveal the battle's outcome?
531
00:29:09,707 --> 00:29:12,791
Ancient astronaut theorists
often think
532
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:16,378
that there were several kinds
of extraterrestrials
533
00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:18,046
who were coming to the planet;
534
00:29:18,174 --> 00:29:21,800
and one type of extraterrestrial
was a reptilian,
535
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:24,845
serpent-type of humanoid entity.
536
00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:28,056
And some people think
that they were fighting wars
537
00:29:28,184 --> 00:29:30,934
over domination of planet Earth.
538
00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:35,063
And it seems the reptilians
won the battle.
539
00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:39,026
NARRATOR:
While alien factions battling
for control of the planet
540
00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:42,196
may sound like the stuff
of science fiction fantasy,
541
00:29:42,323 --> 00:29:44,782
ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
542
00:29:44,909 --> 00:29:47,159
that strikingly similar stories
543
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,119
can be found in cultures
throughout the world
544
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:52,080
that also support this notion.
545
00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:04,218
Dating back
more than 20,000 years,
546
00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:08,472
the rock art at Walinynga,
also known as Cave Hill,
547
00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:10,557
is considered
some of the most significant
548
00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,769
on the continent, and contains
the oldest depictions
549
00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:16,396
of the Pleiades.
550
00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:19,233
The art represents
the so-called "Seven Sisters"
551
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,943
being chased by star beings
552
00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:24,154
associated with
the constellation of Orion.
553
00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:27,032
According to legend,
they were forced to flee
554
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,994
into the night sky,
where they became the Pleiades.
555
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:33,413
There is one dreaming story
556
00:30:33,541 --> 00:30:35,582
that runs through the whole
of this country,
557
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,501
and that's the Seven Sisters
of Pleiades.
558
00:30:37,628 --> 00:30:39,586
It is the same narrative
that barely changes
559
00:30:39,713 --> 00:30:41,171
from place to place.
560
00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:43,131
Sometimes it's Orion,
sometimes it's Southern Cross
561
00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:45,425
chasing them.
But it is something
562
00:30:45,553 --> 00:30:47,553
that permeates through the whole
of their religion.
563
00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:52,099
NARRATOR:
The details of the stories
of the original people
564
00:30:52,226 --> 00:30:54,977
of Australia are eerily similar
to one found
565
00:30:55,104 --> 00:30:58,897
over 8,000 miles away in Greece.
566
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,108
According to the mythology,
567
00:31:01,235 --> 00:31:03,986
the Seven Sisters were fleeing
an earthly pursuer,
568
00:31:04,113 --> 00:31:06,363
called Orion.
569
00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:09,575
In the Greco-Roman tradition,
570
00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:13,161
the Pleiades are the daughters
of Atlas
571
00:31:13,289 --> 00:31:15,330
and a goddess, Pleione.
572
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,416
And they are seven daughters.
573
00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:21,336
Orion is also a demigod,
as it were, a hero,
574
00:31:21,463 --> 00:31:23,964
and he was chasing after them.
575
00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:25,591
And as a result of it,
576
00:31:25,718 --> 00:31:27,509
they all fled into the stars
577
00:31:27,636 --> 00:31:30,971
seeking protection, and there
were transformed into stars.
578
00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:34,808
NARRATOR:
6,000 miles from Greece,
579
00:31:34,935 --> 00:31:37,936
the native Kiowa tribe
in Wyoming tells the story
580
00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,397
that Devil's Tower
was clawed by a great bear
581
00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:43,984
that was in pursuit
of seven maidens.
582
00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:47,404
The Pleiades. The bright stars
that can be seen clearly
583
00:31:47,531 --> 00:31:50,115
by the eye are important
in the ancient lore.
584
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:53,327
Kiowa tradition tells us
that the maidens
585
00:31:53,454 --> 00:31:56,914
knelt to pray for help,
calling upon the gods.
586
00:31:57,041 --> 00:32:00,208
The ground was raised
into the sky.
587
00:32:00,336 --> 00:32:04,922
The bear tried to follow in vain
and clawed the side of the rock.
588
00:32:05,049 --> 00:32:06,882
To protect the maidens,
589
00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:10,177
the Great Spirit allowed them
to remain in the sky
590
00:32:10,304 --> 00:32:12,387
as the Seven Sisters.
591
00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:16,099
The Pleiades.
592
00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:18,101
How can it be that cultures
593
00:32:18,228 --> 00:32:19,937
separated by
such vast distances,
594
00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:23,148
and indeed, time,
have an identical story?
595
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:25,984
Could it be that they're
recording real events,
596
00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:27,903
that there was some
kind of conflict
597
00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:30,572
between beings that originated
from the Orion system
598
00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:34,534
and another group of beings
from this Pleiades system?
599
00:32:34,662 --> 00:32:36,286
Could it be
that these Pleiadeans
600
00:32:36,413 --> 00:32:38,288
returned to their home
in the stars?
601
00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:41,667
NARRATOR:
Do these similar
ancient traditions provide
602
00:32:41,794 --> 00:32:44,586
a historical record
that extraterrestrials
603
00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:47,631
from the Pleiades were forced
to flee the Earth?
604
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:52,052
Based on the legend
of the Native Hawaiians,
605
00:32:52,179 --> 00:32:54,888
some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
606
00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:59,059
there could be another, even
more incredible possibility.
607
00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:06,942
SALLA:
Part of Hawaiian legend is that
Lemurians used lava tubes
608
00:33:07,069 --> 00:33:09,277
for safe harbor from invasion.
609
00:33:09,405 --> 00:33:13,407
And I think that was a legend
that is established on a war
610
00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:15,951
that occurred prior
to the last great flood.
611
00:33:16,078 --> 00:33:19,329
So, this was the Lemurians
being driven underground.
612
00:33:19,456 --> 00:33:21,206
Many of them remained
613
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:23,959
and some of them
returned to the Pleiades.
614
00:33:24,086 --> 00:33:26,420
CHILDRESS:
Throughout the Pacific,
there are also stories
615
00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:29,256
that Lemuria or Mu
616
00:33:29,383 --> 00:33:32,926
is now basically
underneath the ocean.
617
00:33:33,053 --> 00:33:37,764
So if Lemuria was actually
some kind of a craft,
618
00:33:37,891 --> 00:33:42,811
we have to wonder if it
is capable of going underwater.
619
00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:46,106
And it's quite possible as well
that these extraterrestrials
620
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:48,442
are under the oceans.
621
00:33:48,569 --> 00:33:51,987
NARRATOR:
If the events chronicled
in numerous ancient traditions
622
00:33:52,114 --> 00:33:55,866
really occurred, is it possible
that the Pleiadeans
623
00:33:55,993 --> 00:33:59,995
did not retreat to their home
planet thousands of years ago,
624
00:34:00,122 --> 00:34:02,956
but are still here
and can be found
625
00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:06,084
somewhere deep
beneath the ocean?
626
00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:09,838
POPE:
The indigenous elders
627
00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:12,841
say this is where
they go to commune
628
00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:15,469
with their
otherworldly ancestors.
629
00:34:15,596 --> 00:34:18,847
SALLA:
He began having experiences
630
00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:20,390
with these Pleiadian
star visitors.
631
00:34:28,442 --> 00:34:32,319
NARR population,
632
00:34:32,446 --> 00:34:34,780
distinctive rock formations
in the Blue Mountains
633
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:37,491
called the Three Sisters
are what remains
634
00:34:37,618 --> 00:34:40,952
of seven stone spires
that once stood here.
635
00:34:42,331 --> 00:34:43,747
Locals associate them
636
00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:46,708
with the seven visible stars
of the Pleiades.
637
00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:50,796
To this day, the elders
believe this area contains
638
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:54,549
a cosmic cord,
a sacred link to these stars
639
00:34:54,676 --> 00:34:58,470
that allows them to make contact
with their ancestors.
640
00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:03,141
And some believe it is the site
of their return.
641
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:05,811
STRONG:
There are definitely stories
642
00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:08,688
of Pleiadians in contact through
the whole of that region,
643
00:35:08,816 --> 00:35:10,023
Blue Mountains and Gosford.
644
00:35:12,361 --> 00:35:15,195
It is where they've come down
and worked with them.
645
00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:18,240
I've been with elders
who swear to this day
646
00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:20,117
they have spoken
to tall blue beings,
647
00:35:20,244 --> 00:35:23,745
and they've given
information to them.
648
00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:29,084
POPE: In the paranormal
investigation community,
649
00:35:29,211 --> 00:35:31,253
the Blue Mountains
650
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:35,048
are considered a hot spot
for extraterrestrial activity.
651
00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:39,928
Since the 1950s, there have been
hundreds of UFO sightings.
652
00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:44,391
This corroborates the views
of the indigenous elders
653
00:35:44,518 --> 00:35:47,978
who say this is a location
where they go to commune
654
00:35:48,105 --> 00:35:50,772
with their otherworldly
ancestors.
655
00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:53,150
So could this mean
that these beings
656
00:35:53,277 --> 00:35:57,112
they call "the ancestors"
have returned?
657
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,116
NARRATOR:
But if extraterrestrials
from the Pleiades
658
00:36:01,243 --> 00:36:06,204
have returned to Earth after
a long absence, why now?
659
00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:09,833
Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining details
660
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,254
from an alleged alien abduction
event half a world away.
661
00:36:25,851 --> 00:36:28,602
Engineer Enrique Castillo Rincón
662
00:36:28,729 --> 00:36:32,772
is at home when a strange voice
invades his mind.
663
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,984
According to Rincón,
this telepathic communication
664
00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:38,403
is from a cosmic being
whose origin
665
00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:42,824
lies 400 light-years away,
in the Pleiades.
666
00:36:42,951 --> 00:36:45,869
Rincón is instructed
to visit a specific lake
667
00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:49,039
where physical contact
would be made.
668
00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:52,667
NARRATOR:
Once there, he claims
to have been taken aboard
669
00:36:52,794 --> 00:36:54,169
a Pleiadean spacecraft.
670
00:36:55,964 --> 00:36:57,964
SALLA:
Enrique Castillo Rincón
671
00:36:58,091 --> 00:37:02,219
began having experiences with
these Pleiadian star visitors.
672
00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:07,390
He says that he was chosen
by the Pleiadians
673
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:10,101
to be an ambassador,
where he would actually
674
00:37:10,229 --> 00:37:11,978
be given a lot of information:
675
00:37:12,105 --> 00:37:15,690
the history of, uh, Pleiadian
interaction with humanity
676
00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:19,778
and our true history
as a species.
677
00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,489
And how the Pleiadians
have been interacting with us
678
00:37:22,616 --> 00:37:25,575
for-for many millennia.
679
00:37:25,702 --> 00:37:28,495
Some of the messages
Rincón receives
680
00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:32,082
talk of great changes
coming in the near future
681
00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:35,460
including an imminent
Third World War.
682
00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:39,923
You can imagine that this sort
of information
683
00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:43,218
would be of great concern
to the authorities.
684
00:37:43,345 --> 00:37:48,932
Indeed, after one of his public
appearances, Rincón claims
685
00:37:49,059 --> 00:37:52,519
that government agents
took him to Washington, D.C.,
686
00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:55,814
where top-level officials
interrogated him.
687
00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:59,317
What made Rincón's case
fascinating
688
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:02,487
was that documentation
subsequently has come out
689
00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:05,699
substantiating that the CIA
did actually
690
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:08,785
bring him to the United States
for a debriefing.
691
00:38:08,912 --> 00:38:12,580
NARRATOR:
Since 1973,
692
00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:14,916
other contactees
have come forward,
693
00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:17,419
professing to have been given
similar information
694
00:38:17,546 --> 00:38:21,464
by beings from the Pleiades.
695
00:38:21,591 --> 00:38:24,092
Ancient astronaut
theorists speculate
696
00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:27,012
that this increase in contact,
697
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:29,848
and the recent appearance
of 'Oumuamua, may indicate
698
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,393
that they are preparing humanity
for their return.
699
00:38:35,022 --> 00:38:37,022
We know from
many different sources
700
00:38:37,149 --> 00:38:39,774
that the Pleiadians have been
interacting with humanity
701
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:41,568
and are connected to us.
702
00:38:41,695 --> 00:38:46,239
So if that is the case,
'Oumuamua could be part
703
00:38:46,366 --> 00:38:50,535
of humanity's awakening
to the greater cosmic reality.
704
00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:57,125
TSOUKALOS:
'Oumuamua, the first visitor
from outside the solar system.
705
00:38:57,252 --> 00:38:59,753
It's almost like a calling card,
706
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:04,632
a business card of where
the extraterrestrials came from.
707
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,676
They came down
from the Pleiades.
708
00:39:09,431 --> 00:39:12,849
NARRATOR:
Are we entering a new era
of alien visitation,
709
00:39:12,976 --> 00:39:15,894
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
710
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:19,064
One where we will see
the return of the Pleiadians
711
00:39:19,191 --> 00:39:22,108
and other
extraterrestrial races?
712
00:39:22,235 --> 00:39:24,361
Perhaps further evidence
can be found
713
00:39:24,488 --> 00:39:26,404
by examining a second
interstellar object
714
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:30,325
that recently entered
our solar system.
715
00:39:44,174 --> 00:39:45,882
NARRATOR:
At the MARGO Observatory,
716
00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:48,802
amateur astronomer
Gennadiy Borisov
717
00:39:48,929 --> 00:39:52,055
detects a strange object
traveling through the sky.
718
00:39:52,182 --> 00:39:54,974
It is dubbed the Borisov comet,
719
00:39:55,102 --> 00:39:57,394
and becomes the second
interstellar object
720
00:39:57,521 --> 00:39:59,687
ever discovered
in our solar system,
721
00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:02,941
nearly two years after 'Oumuamua
722
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,693
traveled from the Pleiades
star cluster.
723
00:40:05,821 --> 00:40:09,864
TEITEL:
The Borisov comet is the second
known object we found
724
00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:11,866
that has interstellar origins.
725
00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:13,910
It was traveling way too fast
726
00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:16,496
to have come
from our own outer solar system,
727
00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:20,166
which means it has to have come
from another solar system.
728
00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:22,585
Whether we are just getting
better at detecting
729
00:40:22,712 --> 00:40:26,339
these objects or whether we're
seeing this new kind of thing
730
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:28,591
swinging by our Sun,
it's a really exciting time
731
00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:30,385
to be looking for things
732
00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:32,429
that are coming from outside
our solar system.
733
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,891
HENRY:
This is kind of alarming
to some astronomers
734
00:40:37,018 --> 00:40:39,727
because we wonder, are these
cosmic messengers coming here
735
00:40:39,855 --> 00:40:41,146
bringing us warnings?
736
00:40:41,273 --> 00:40:42,897
Are they signaling something?
737
00:40:43,024 --> 00:40:45,775
Is this just the start
of more interstellar objects
738
00:40:45,902 --> 00:40:48,111
entering into our solar system?
739
00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:51,072
And if so, how many more
of these objects
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are we going to start seeing?
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MEECH:
In 2017, a paper was published
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trying to estimate the number
of interstellar objects
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00:40:58,999 --> 00:41:00,748
that we might have.
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00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:05,545
One estimate suggests that
at any one moment, we might have
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00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:11,009
one 'Oumuamua-like object inside
the orbit of Earth at any time
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00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,928
that shows us new possibilities
of what's out there.
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00:41:14,055 --> 00:41:15,513
We've had a piece of something
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00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,891
from another solar system
delivered to us.
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00:41:18,018 --> 00:41:19,934
I think this
is inching us closer
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00:41:20,061 --> 00:41:22,520
to the discovery
of life elsewhere.
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00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:25,607
My personal belief
is there is life out there.
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00:41:25,734 --> 00:41:29,194
NARRATOR:
Now, after the historic
discovery
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00:41:29,321 --> 00:41:31,696
of two interstellar objects
that were delivered
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00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:35,742
to our solar system,
could a new age be upon us?
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00:41:35,869 --> 00:41:38,828
One that will soon see the
arrival of intelligent beings
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00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:41,039
from another world?
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00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:44,584
HENRY:
If 'Oumuamua
is an interstellar probe,
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00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:46,711
we know now that it comes
from the Pleiades.
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00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:49,088
Is the Borisov object also
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00:41:49,216 --> 00:41:52,675
some form of intelligently
directed interstellar object?
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00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:54,719
And are there other species
out there that are also
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00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:57,430
sending probes
that we soon will discover?
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00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:02,727
TSOUKALOS:
In the earliest
of oral traditions
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and the earliest of texts,
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00:42:05,148 --> 00:42:09,234
everybody is waiting
for someone to return.
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00:42:09,361 --> 00:42:11,778
I hope that we will make
official contact
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00:42:11,905 --> 00:42:15,573
within our lifetime, meaning
in the next 50 or so years.
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00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:19,285
I've always said
that the big secret will be
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when the hatch opens
and they walk down the ramp,
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00:42:21,581 --> 00:42:23,414
that we'll look at each other
in the mirror,
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00:42:23,542 --> 00:42:25,458
'cause they will look
like you and me.
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00:42:25,585 --> 00:42:28,419
NARRATOR:
Throughout human history,
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we have looked to the stars
to guide our ships,
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to align our most
sacred monuments,
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00:42:34,678 --> 00:42:38,680
and to search for our place
in the universe.
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00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:41,349
But could we have
a far more profound connection
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00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:43,851
with these distant suns?
778
00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:46,896
And if so, are we on the verge
779
00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:49,691
of recovering
this lost knowledge?
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00:42:49,818 --> 00:42:53,403
Perhaps now that we are able
to detect the visitors
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00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:57,282
coming to our solar system
from the far reaches of space,
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00:42:57,409 --> 00:43:00,493
we will soon discover
that humanity's origins
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00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:05,498
lie not on Earth,
but light-years away.
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