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NARRATOR:
Chile is home to Earth's oldest

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and most mysterious desert.

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We have huge, giant figures
carved into the desert.

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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
On the ground
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really gigantic.

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NARRATOR:
It has ancient traditions

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of visitors from the sky.

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NICOLAS BERASAIN:
Our ancestors

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used to tell stories
about beings

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who came from outer space.

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NARRATOR:
And it is considered
a hotbed of modern UFO reports.

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GEORGE NOORY:
Chile has one of the highest
rates of UFO sightings

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in the world.

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You got two hot spots,
and they're separated.

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It's probably very large,
because this is 35 miles away.

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I've never seen anything
like this in my life.

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NARRATOR:
Now that the Chilean government

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is openly examining UFOs,

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could they uncover
an extraterrestrial presence

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that has been interacting
with our planet

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for thousands of years?

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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
Extraterrestrial visitation

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to Chile never ended.

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That's one
of the most amazing things

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‐I've ever seen in my life.
‐It is truly amazing.

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These are the cases
where I think

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‐there's really something
to the ancient astronaut theory.
‐I do, too.

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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway

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in the universe.

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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.

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It demands
we question everything

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we have ever been taught.

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The evidence is all around us.

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The future is
right before our eyes.

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We are not alone.

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We have never been alone.

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The Atacama Desert, Chile.

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2013.

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An autonomous rover

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traverses the barren landscape,

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carrying out
a two‐week NASA‐funded mission

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to collect soil samples
from below the surface

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of the parched desert floor.

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This region of Chile

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is the driest place
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Some parts
have not experienced rainfall

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for centuries, making it

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one of the few locations
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that mimics conditions on Mars.

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MICHAEL MASTERS:
Because the Atacama Desert

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is so similar
to the landscape seen on Mars,

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it's a very useful research tool
for astrobiologists,

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those interested in studying
how life exists

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in such difficult environments

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and how it relates
to the Mars landscape.

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NARRATOR:
On February 28, 2019,

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the results of the mission
are finally published.

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While surveying
this seemingly lifeless terrain,

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the rover discovered evidence
of microbial life

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thriving just below the surface.

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MASTERS:
Microbial life

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in the Atacama is very unique,

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and life has existed
where it really shouldn't be.

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Anybody who's been
to the Atacama Desert of Chile

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knows that it's pretty unusual.

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There's some very old
life‐forms there

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you don't find so easily
in other parts of the world.

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NARRATOR:
Scientists believe

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that future subsoil sampling
on Mars

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could reveal similar and
perhaps even identical microbes.

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Is it possible that there is
life in the Atacama Desert

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that matches life on a planet

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140 million miles from Earth?

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As far as ancient astronaut
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the desert soil
contains evidence

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of a more profound
extraterrestrial connection.

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We have figures that have been
carved into the desert

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similar to what we see
in Nazca in Peru.

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And they're huge, giant figures

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to be seen from the sky.

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NARRATOR:
The Nazca Lines in Peru

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lie just 500 miles north
of the Atacama Desert.

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They are the most famous
geoglyphs on Earth,

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with over 1,100 glyphs

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spread across 155 square miles.

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But few people are aware
that Chile's Atacama Desert

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is home to nearly five times
as many geoglyphs as Nazca,

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with more than 5,000
covering an area

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of 90,000 square miles.

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MICHAEL BRADBURY:
The Atacama Desert
has one of the most,

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if not the most, harsh
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So, for civilizations years ago,

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these glyphs that were engraved
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you know
that was not an easy task.

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TSOUKALOS:
There is no way

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that anyone
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unless something very compelling

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and something very real

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happened to our ancestors.

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And so I think it's time
that we pay closer attention

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to what our ancestors
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NARRATOR:
Of the thousands of geoglyphs
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one towers above the rest.

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The Atacama Giant
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30 feet longer
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It sits on an ancient hillside
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VICTOR HIDALGO:
When you walk by this,

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you cannot really see the shape.

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This has been designed,
constructed,

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you know,
to be seen from above.

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CHILDRESS:
And like at Nazca,

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seems to be a signal
to the sky gods

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and those who are flying
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So, who are they signaling?

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It would seem to be
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WILLIAM HENRY:
The Atacama Giant has
these lines coming out

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of the top of his head.

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We have to ask the question.

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Are these the beings
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were trying to communicate with?

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NARRATOR:
Could the figures depicted
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and at Nazca represent
extraterrestrial visitors,

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as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?

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And if so,

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could both the Nazca Lines

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and the Atacama glyphs
serve a larger,

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more interconnected purpose,

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having been made long before
any national borders existed?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
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and suggest they could mark
an ancient flight path.

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CHILDRESS: So, when you look
at all of these glyphs in Peru

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and Chile
and the vast desert spaces

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and all
of the UFO activity there,

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is it possible that Chile
is really this UFO avenue?

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Is it possible that Chile
is this flight path

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for extraterrestrials,

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an alien alley?

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BILL BIRNES:
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when you look at the Nazca Lines

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and the Atacama geoglyphs
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These are symbols

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that are best observed
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and they explode in numbers

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as you move south
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Could this suggest
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were some sort of aerial guide,

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guiding ancient aliens
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this is exactly how
the runway lights work

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on modern airports.

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I think what we are seeing today

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is what was seen in the past.

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Because Chile is honestly like
a kind of arrival point.

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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,

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what makes the Atacama geoglyphs
even more compelling

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is the fact
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the highest number of reported
UFO sightings in the world.

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There is a huge wave,

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a large quantity
of UFO sightings.

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Quite simply,
there is not one family in Chile

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whose member has not had
a UFO experience.

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For some reason, Chile has one
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of UFO sightings in the world.

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Nobody really understands why,

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but it seems to be in a region

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that there's a cluster
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NICK POPE:
Chile is such a vast country.

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It encompasses a wide range
of different climates.

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There are jungles,
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there are forests.

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There's huge biodiversity, too,

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and diversity
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There are modern,
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and indigenous peoples.

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If we're being visited,

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everything that you would want
to see on planet Earth

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is there in one nation.

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NARRATOR:
Could there be

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a link between Chile's
high number of UFO reports

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and the ancient geoglyphs
found in the Atacama Desert?

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Incredibly,

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the Chilean government itself
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a connection
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and modern mysteries.

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Chile's national tourism board

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establishes
a designated UFO trail,

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a 19‐mile route

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through one of the most infamous
UFO hot spots in the country,

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and it leads
to an enigmatic site

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known as El Enladrillado.

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This megalithic platform
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from 233 volcanic blocks,

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each weighing upwards
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HIDALGO:
Now, the Enladrillado
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about 800 meters in diameter.

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It is not a place
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You have to go on horseback
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in order to get there.

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There is the belief that
it was related to UFO landing.

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VON DANIKEN:
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are gigantic stone plates,

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really gigantic,
and it might very well be that

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Enladrillado was something
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of the extraterrestrials.

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NARRATOR:
Is there both ancient
and modern evidence

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that Chile has been visited
by extraterrestrials

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for thousands of years?

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And if so, why?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining

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an indigenous tribe
that once existed

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in the southernmost reaches
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and their mysterious rituals.

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The creator gods of the Selk'nam
NARRATOR:
German missionary
turned anthropologist

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arrives in Chile's
southernmost outpost

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just 200 miles north
of Antarctica.

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He is met by native islanders

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known as the Selk'nam.

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But by the time
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the once thriving tribe had been
almost completely wiped out.

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...pre‐Columbian people...

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HIDALGO:
Something else
that happens to them

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is that many of them
were taken back to Europe

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to be displayed
in what was called human zoos.

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So, unfortunately,
it was a genocide.

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It was a genocide
against this tribe.

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NARRATOR:
Before the tribe's

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tragic
and complete annihilation,

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Gusinde took a remarkable series
of photos of these people.

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In 2015,
his work was finally published

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in <i>The Lost Tribes</i>
<i>of Tierra del Fuego,</i>

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documenting the Selk'nam's
unique ceremonies and rituals.

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The Selk'nam
were a marvelous culture.

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They had various rituals,

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and a pantheon of gods

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would make them perform
a series of ceremonies

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where they would dress up

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representing these gods
from the sky.

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The creator gods of the Selk'nam

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actually descended from the sky

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and gave knowledge
to the local population.

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These pictures were taken
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but in real life,
the entire body is covered

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in bright red and white,

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and it is signifying
the fire of heaven

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according to the traditions.

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So you have to wonder
what it means,

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the fire of heaven
that descended from the sky.

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Now, you combine this

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with the representations
of the elongated skulls

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and the very strange‐looking
costumes that they have,

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and right there
you have a connection

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to extraterrestrial visitation.

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Where the Selk'nam are located,

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there have been records of UFOs
in that whole area.

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And if that area is active
in UFO sightings,

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then it is possible
that we are thinking

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what the Selk'nam must have been
thinking in that time.

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LUKES:
They were
definitely communicating

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with other worlds,

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with mythological creatures
and things.

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And so there very well
could have been a component

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of them having had
extraterrestrial encounters

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and now trying to communicate
and continue that communication.

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NARRATOR:
Could the clothing,
body paint and rituals

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of the Selk'nam people
have been inspired

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by interaction
with extraterrestrial visitors?

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CHILDRESS:
They dressed in all kinds

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of strange costumes.

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They had very specific rituals

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that tied them to the land
and to the stars.

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When you look at some
of these strange costumes

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with‐with strange antennas

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coming out of the side
of their head,

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you have to wonder,

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are they imitating
extraterrestrials

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with their costumes?

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NARRATOR:
As far as
ancient astronaut theorists

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are concerned,

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compelling evidence exists

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that alien visitation occurred
in this part of the world

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not only in the distant past

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but continues even today.

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<i>Sábado Gigante,</i>

285
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the longest running variety show

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in television history,

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interrupts
its scheduled broadcast

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with an urgent report.

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At about 2:00 p. m.
or something like that,

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<i>Sábado Gigante</i>
cuts the transmissions,

291
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take the cameras outside
to the parking spot,

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and they spot
this incredible object

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in the sky, clear blue sky.

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We're talking
about a silver‐looking object.

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NARRATOR:
The Santiago UFO,

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as it became known, was seen

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from Antofagasta to Concepción,

298
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a distance of about 1,200 miles

299
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or almost half
of the country's coastline.

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I was perhaps ten years old
at the time that we saw it.

301
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And you could hear on the radio,

302
00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:20,730
you know,
broadcast from the navy

303
00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:23,482
telling you that they have not
been able to identify.

304
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They don't know what it was.

305
00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:27,528
It was one of those cases
that really make you wonder,

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could it be an extraterrestrial?

307
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Yes, it could have been.

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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists

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point out that
this mass sighting was reported

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along what could be
a specific flight path

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that has been documented
since antiquity.

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A route marked
by Peru's Nazca Lines,

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the geoglyphs of the Atacama,

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the megalithic platform
of El Enladrillado,

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and reaching as far south
as Tierra del Fuego,

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the homeland
of the Selk'nam people.

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The indications
are that this UFO activity

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has been going on in Chile

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for‐for centuries
if not thousands of years.

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NARRATOR:
The Santiago UFO incident

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is only the tip
of a massive iceberg

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of well‐documented reports

323
00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:45,481
regarding
inexplicable aerial phenomena

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observed in Chile.

325
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But if these sightings represent
otherworldly encounters,

326
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do extraterrestrials have
a special interest in this area

327
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that some now call Alien Alley?

328
00:18:12,341 --> 00:18:14,343
NARRATOR:
We see an 4:15 a.m.nary range

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Corporal Armando Valdes
patrols the northern desert

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with a seven‐man military unit.

331
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Suddenly,
their lookout bursts into camp.

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He has just witnessed
two bright violet lights

333
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descend from the sky
and land 500 yards away.

334
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Corporal Valdes was the leader
of this patrol,

335
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and he approached these objects.

336
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,622
What happened next

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is shrouded in confusion
and mystery.

338
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His men saw him almost disappear

339
00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:51,297
into the light.

340
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,257
He recalls getting disoriented,

341
00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:56,344
confused, perhaps passing out.

342
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And next thing he knew,

343
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he reappeared again.

344
00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,105
But the strange thing was

345
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that he had five days' growth
of beard.

346
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And his watch showed a date

347
00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:18,240
five days into the future.

348
00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:23,663
Had he somehow been gone
five days,

349
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and yet to all the rest
of the people in the patrol,

350
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it was just perceived
as a few minutes?

351
00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:34,006
We were able
to interview four members

352
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,758
of Valdes's squad.

353
00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:39,470
We interviewed Armando Valdes,
and everyone corroborated

354
00:19:39,470 --> 00:19:42,973
that his experience
had actually occurred.

355
00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:45,059
NARRATOR:
Immediately following
the incident,

356
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Corporal Valdes
returned to his men

357
00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:49,480
on the verge of collapse

358
00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,692
and uttered an ominous phrase:

359
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"You don't know who we are
or where we come from,

360
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but we will be back soon."

361
00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:02,827
Based on the growing number
of reports

362
00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:05,121
since this mysterious encounter,

363
00:20:05,121 --> 00:20:08,708
many believe that they were
true to their word.

364
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:14,171
There are so many UFO sightings
in Chile.

365
00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:16,841
It's a hotbed of UFO activity.

366
00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:20,052
And even just
in the last eight years,

367
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:24,140
there have been
some significant UFO sightings

368
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that the Chilean government
has actually admitted to.

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00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,603
2012.

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00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:32,398
The Chilean Air Force documented

371
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:35,735
five lights forming
strange, geometric patterns

372
00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,403
in the night sky.

373
00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:40,656
And then in 2015,
eight mysterious orbs

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00:20:40,656 --> 00:20:44,243
flew in an oval formation
above Santiago.

375
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,954
Just recently in 2019,

376
00:20:46,954 --> 00:20:50,416
several bright red objects
were seen

377
00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:54,295
streaking over the skies
of southern Chile.

378
00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:57,757
Chile is a place where
there's a tremendous amount

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00:20:57,757 --> 00:20:59,133
of UFO activity,

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00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:02,136
and fortunately,
the Chilean government

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00:21:02,136 --> 00:21:06,307
is totally aboveboard
on these sightings.

382
00:21:06,307 --> 00:21:11,562
We see an extraordinary
range of cases in Chile,

383
00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:17,526
from close encounters, through
to pilot encounters with UFOs.

384
00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:21,030
NARRATOR:
Why have UFO sightings
persisted in Chile

385
00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:25,034
in such abundance for hundreds,
if not thousands of years,

386
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:28,120
as ancient astronaut theorists
believe?

387
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,999
I think the reason
why Chile to this day

388
00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:34,919
is considered
a hot spot of UFO activity

389
00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:37,963
is because Chile features
one of the biggest

390
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:42,301
uninhabited geographical
locations on Earth.

391
00:21:44,887 --> 00:21:47,932
CHILDRESS:
The northern part
is desolate desert

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00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:51,393
that's virtually unpopulated.

393
00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:56,524
And the southern part of Chile
is fjords and glaciers.

394
00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:59,819
It's also hardly
populated down there, too.

395
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:04,240
There are all kinds
of hiding spots.

396
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,117
Vacant places on the map

397
00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:10,621
where absolutely no one goes.

398
00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:13,707
It's an ideal place to hide.

399
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:17,294
It'd be an ideal place
for an underground base.

400
00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:22,925
Anything that
enters our territory can hide.

401
00:22:22,925 --> 00:22:26,387
Centuries can pass
and no one will discover it.

402
00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:30,975
NARRATOR:
Are extraterrestrials hiding in,

403
00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:34,645
or even below, the uninhabited
regions of Chile?

404
00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:39,900
And if so, is it their intention

405
00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,986
to merely observe humanity

406
00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:44,363
or could there be
something more tangible

407
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:49,034
attracting them
to this part of the world?

408
00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:52,329
Even highly advanced
extraterrestrial civilizations

409
00:22:52,329 --> 00:22:54,832
will have resource needs.

410
00:22:54,832 --> 00:22:58,335
With Chile, one wonders
if it isn't copper.

411
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:01,755
They have the biggest reserves
anywhere on the planet.

412
00:23:01,755 --> 00:23:05,134
There are also
vast supplies of lithium

413
00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:09,763
and staggering amounts
of natural resources, too.

414
00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:15,436
TSOUKALOS:
It is not surprising to me
that this whole strip

415
00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:17,771
that's present‐day Chile,

416
00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:20,649
that just goes
3,000 miles straight,

417
00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:23,527
that this would be
a hotbed of UFOs,

418
00:23:23,527 --> 00:23:27,031
because that area of the planet

419
00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:31,201
is huge with raw materials
and resources.

420
00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:35,289
So, if any extraterrestrials
would arrive on planet Earth,

421
00:23:35,289 --> 00:23:40,127
that area of the planet would
be blinking on their instruments

422
00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:44,423
with, "Hey, come here, check out
this area of the planet."

423
00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:49,678
We have data, concrete data

424
00:23:49,678 --> 00:23:52,640
of UFO appearances in mines,

425
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,643
in hydroelectric power plants,

426
00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:58,187
including such cases
as in Lake Colbún

427
00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:00,731
in the area of San Clemente.

428
00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:04,944
The UFO landing and takeover
of the hydroelectric power plant

429
00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,863
caused a vast quantity
of blackouts.

430
00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:15,245
When these lights would appear,
the locals and the farmers

431
00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:18,248
would call them
the "light robbers"‐‐ why?

432
00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:20,626
Because supposedly
the locals would attribute

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00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:23,420
the blackouts to these UFOs.

434
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:30,469
NARRATOR:
Have extraterrestrials mined
this region's vast deposits

435
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,973
of natural resources
since antiquity?

436
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:37,393
Or more recently,
tapped into energy generated

437
00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:39,812
from Chilean power plants?

438
00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:44,358
Perhaps definitive answers
are just over the horizon.

439
00:24:44,358 --> 00:24:46,986
With more and more
unidentified flying objects

440
00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:50,114
invading the country's
airspace every year,

441
00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:53,283
unlike the United States,
the Chilean government

442
00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,703
is actively and openly

443
00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:58,163
searching for answers.

444
00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:15,472
HIDALGO: I do believe
it's our right to know exactly
NARRATOR:
After a 17‐year rule,
Chilean dictator

445
00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:18,934
Augusto Pinochet steps down,

446
00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:23,522
ushering in a period
of reform across the country.

447
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:28,444
With a new spirit of government
transparency and social freedom,

448
00:25:28,444 --> 00:25:31,530
the media, as well
as military personnel,

449
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:37,202
begin to openly investigate
Chile's unrivaled UFO phenomena.

450
00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,705
HIDALGO:
Now, when it came to UFOs,

451
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:41,999
this is not something
new in Chile.

452
00:25:41,999 --> 00:25:45,794
In Chile, we have had sightings
long before Pinochet.

453
00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:48,297
So, after Pinochet,

454
00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:49,840
when the democracy comes back,

455
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,885
the military forces
were making an effort

456
00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:55,763
to change the public opinion
about them.

457
00:25:55,763 --> 00:25:57,806
NARRATOR:
Following the country's

458
00:25:57,806 --> 00:26:00,726
newfound openness
to UFO sightings,

459
00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:03,353
control tower personnel
observed a flurry

460
00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:07,900
of mysterious aerial activity
in Chilean airspace.

461
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,612
Unidentified objects were
flying dangerously close

462
00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:13,655
to Chilean aircraft.

463
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,534
I do believe it's
our right to know exactly

464
00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:20,329
what we are seeing,
what our military is seeing

465
00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:22,956
all over the world.

466
00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:25,167
NARRATOR:
Several notorious
near‐miss incidents

467
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:28,170
elevated Chile's UFO activity

468
00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:33,300
from harmless curiosity to
an issue of national security.

469
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,178
As a result, in 1997,

470
00:26:36,178 --> 00:26:38,180
the Chilean government
instituted

471
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:41,183
the Committee on Studies
of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena,

472
00:26:41,183 --> 00:26:43,811
or CEFAA.

473
00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:48,565
CEFAA started as a result
of pilot sightings.

474
00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:52,611
Pilots, navigators,
radar operators

475
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:55,280
were reporting UFOs.

476
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,118
Some of these objects came
dangerously close to aircraft.

477
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:02,913
The Chilean government
decided to act.

478
00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:04,623
So, this is unique.

479
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:08,919
It's government, it's military,
and importantly,

480
00:27:08,919 --> 00:27:11,338
it's the scientific community
as well.

481
00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:14,800
All working together
with one common aim‐‐

482
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,928
find out what
these sightings are.

483
00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:19,555
Who's responsible?

484
00:27:19,555 --> 00:27:21,140
What's going on?

485
00:27:24,518 --> 00:27:26,270
CEFAA gets reports

486
00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,648
from all citizens from the
far north down to Antarctica.

487
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:33,485
And these reports
are made via our website.

488
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:36,446
In the last 22 years
of investigation,

489
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:39,491
we have received
almost 900 reports.

490
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,159
Our process
and our manner of looking

491
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,287
at these phenomena
has been very rigorous

492
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:46,540
because we owe it
to our community.

493
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:51,336
Instead of secrecy and cover‐ups
and conspiracies,

494
00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:54,381
we have an atmosphere
of openness

495
00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,258
where people are almost
encouraged

496
00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:57,885
to come forward and report.

497
00:27:57,885 --> 00:28:01,305
The default position of CEFAA

498
00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:05,017
after their investigations is
to publish,

499
00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:06,894
release the case files,

500
00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:09,605
tell the people
what you've discovered.

501
00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:12,232
This is astonishing

502
00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:14,276
and refreshing.

503
00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:17,905
NARRATOR:
CEFAA insists that governments

504
00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:20,657
around the world should take
a similar approach

505
00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:24,328
to accelerate our understanding
of these aerial anomalies

506
00:28:24,328 --> 00:28:27,247
and reveal their true origin.

507
00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:33,337
To us, it is important

508
00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:35,589
that more organizations
or institutions

509
00:28:35,589 --> 00:28:39,259
or countries get involved
in the study of this phenomena.

510
00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:42,512
The phenomenon clearly exists.

511
00:28:42,512 --> 00:28:44,848
We don't know exactly
if there is only

512
00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:47,017
one explanation for its origin.

513
00:28:47,017 --> 00:28:50,520
Without a doubt, however,
when other countries

514
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,065
or other states create
institutions like ours,

515
00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:57,152
they contribute to the security
of airspace operations.

516
00:28:57,152 --> 00:28:59,655
We have more good,

517
00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:02,366
documented video evidence
out of Chile

518
00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:05,786
than almost any other nation
I can think of.

519
00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:09,331
NARRATOR:
On March 13, 2012,

520
00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:11,708
the Chilean government
unveiled footage

521
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,669
of a curious event
caught on camera

522
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:18,340
above the prestigious El Bosque
Air Force Base in Santiago.

523
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,968
Crowds were gathered
to celebrate the change

524
00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:24,972
of Chilean Air Force command
in 2010,

525
00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:26,974
recording fighter jets

526
00:29:26,974 --> 00:29:29,559
performing acrobatic maneuvers
overhead.

527
00:29:31,311 --> 00:29:33,271
After investigating the footage,

528
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:37,442
CEFAA concluded
that the jets were not alone.

529
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:42,364
The El Bosque was one that
CEFAA was very excited about.

530
00:29:42,364 --> 00:29:45,742
And when
they slowed down the videos,

531
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:50,872
you could see these objects
zipping by at incredible speeds.

532
00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:53,625
This case acquired notoriety

533
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:54,918
once the videos were viewed.

534
00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:58,505
In these videos,
there was a dark object

535
00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:01,633
that crossed the lines of flight
of these squadron formations.

536
00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,094
POPE:
Now this is where

537
00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:05,721
it gets really intriguing,

538
00:30:05,721 --> 00:30:07,889
because the official conclusion

539
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:11,018
was that this UFO was traveling

540
00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:15,063
at a speed
of around 4,000 miles an hour.

541
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:20,777
NARRATOR:
Since the objects
in the El Bosque footage

542
00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:23,488
only reveal themselves
for a brief moment,

543
00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:27,576
definitive answers
remain elusive to investigators.

544
00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:30,370
But just a few years later,

545
00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:32,122
the Chilean government
would release

546
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:34,916
an even more incredible video.

547
00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:45,886
Just outside of Santiago,

548
00:30:45,886 --> 00:30:49,848
Chilean Navy officers aboard
an Airbus Cougar helicopter

549
00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:53,351
are testing an infrared FLIR
high‐definition camera.

550
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:58,273
Suddenly, the camera captures
a strange object

551
00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:02,819
flying alongside them
at an altitude of 4,500 feet.

552
00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:07,282
After tracking it for
several minutes, they witness

553
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:11,411
what appears to be some sort of
discharge coming from the craft.

554
00:31:14,623 --> 00:31:18,585
The Cougar case was a military
helicopter back in 2014

555
00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:21,421
that produced footage
in an infrared camera.

556
00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:24,841
And we're talking
about military equipment.

557
00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:28,136
We're talking about millions
of dollars in equipment.

558
00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:30,138
TAYLOR:
It's nine minutes long

559
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,140
that they have
continuous infrared footage

560
00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:33,642
of this phenomena.

561
00:31:33,642 --> 00:31:35,477
That's really unprecedented.

562
00:31:35,477 --> 00:31:38,146
And if this phenomena
is going on for nine minutes,

563
00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:39,898
we can do analysis on it.

564
00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,360
NARRATOR:
UFO researchers consider this

565
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,197
to be one of the most baffling
incidents ever recorded.

566
00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:50,534
Could a deeper analysis
of the footage

567
00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:52,536
provide undeniable proof

568
00:31:52,536 --> 00:31:55,580
that what the Chilean Navy
officers caught on camera

569
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,040
was, in fact...

570
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,709
an alien aircraft?

571
00:32:09,886 --> 00:32:11,596
TNARRATOR:t
For more than a decade,

572
00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:13,723
image analyst Michael Bradbury

573
00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:16,810
has examined videos
of alleged UFOs,

574
00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:19,396
looking for any signs
that they could be

575
00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:22,399
something other
than man‐made aircraft.

576
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:26,403
Intrigued by
the recently released video shot

577
00:32:26,403 --> 00:32:28,822
from a Chilean Navy helicopter,

578
00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:32,826
he has invited astrophysicist
Dr. Travis Taylor

579
00:32:32,826 --> 00:32:35,245
to join him
and lend his expert opinion

580
00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:37,455
in examining the footage.

581
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:41,084
TAYLOR:
The Chilean helicopter video

582
00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:44,963
is really intriguing
and fascinating, because...

583
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:48,300
you have this vehicle,
or phenomena, whatever it is,

584
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:51,761
and then it starts releasing
some type of material behind it.

585
00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,055
So we absolutely need
to understand

586
00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:56,183
what this phenomena is.

587
00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:58,059
All right, here we go.

588
00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:03,398
I'm not going into it
with a belief

589
00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:05,150
that it is or isn't something.

590
00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:06,985
‐No.
‐So let's apply
our knowledge to it

591
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,695
and see what
we can come up with.

592
00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:11,448
Everything I look at,
I look at open‐mindedly,

593
00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:13,283
you know,
from a standpoint of...

594
00:33:13,283 --> 00:33:15,368
we could be seeing something
special here, you know.

595
00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,871
And then again, it could be
a possible bird or a bug.

596
00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:20,248
That's always an option inside
the atmosphere of planet Earth.

597
00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,667
‐That's just the way it is.
‐So this is from the,

598
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,503
uh, helicopter
not far from Santiago.

599
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:28,506
‐Not far. Uh, November of 2014.
‐Okay.

600
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,842
There's the object,
and it's only visible

601
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,928
in infrared format.

602
00:33:32,928 --> 00:33:34,387
That's really intriguing.

603
00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:36,681
The high‐def video,
it's like it's not even there.

604
00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:38,892
BRADBURY:
Two ground radar didn't see it.

605
00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:41,311
The radar on the helicopter
could not pick it up.

606
00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:44,022
So super‐unique
circumstances here.

607
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,858
You got two hot spots,
and they're separated.

608
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,152
‐You know, that's intriguing.
‐Well...

609
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:51,029
it's probably very large,
because this is 35 miles away.

610
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,365
TAYLOR:
Now, how do we know
for sure it's 35 miles away?

611
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,200
Based off of the captain
that was flying the...

612
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,284
‐Okay.
‐helicopter.

613
00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:57,744
That was his estimate.

614
00:33:57,744 --> 00:34:00,247
I've never seen anything
like this in my life.

615
00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,916
NARRATOR:
Michael inverts the image,

616
00:34:02,916 --> 00:34:06,920
so they can examine
the object's shape more closely.

617
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,546
BRADBURY:
What I've done here

618
00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:10,340
is taken the basic infrared,

619
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:13,718
and I've just kind of flipped it
and adjusted it a little better

620
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:15,887
‐for clarity purposes.
‐You can clearly see the shape

621
00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:17,180
‐of the vehicle...
‐Right.

622
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:19,057
or whatever the thing is.

623
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,184
It's peanut‐shaped.
Why is it peanut‐shaped?

624
00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:22,560
BRADBURY:
The pilot,

625
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,479
his description was...

626
00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,940
it had a flat body with...

627
00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:29,109
these two, like...

628
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:31,486
‐bright lenses or something.
‐You know, it kind of

629
00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:33,530
does look like two jet engines,

630
00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:35,740
if you're looking at it
from the back, but...

631
00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,618
the motion on it looks
like it's moving side to side,

632
00:34:38,618 --> 00:34:42,455
and the aspect ratio
doesn't change on the circles.

633
00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:43,707
It's not going into the page...

634
00:34:43,707 --> 00:34:44,958
‐No.
‐as it should be.

635
00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:46,376
There's no other structure.

636
00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:48,461
‐That's the thing.
‐Yeah.

637
00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,921
You would see...

638
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:52,007
wings, a nose cone.

639
00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,717
‐Right.
‐You wouldn't just see
the engine.

640
00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:56,136
You can look at a aircraft
with a infrared camera,

641
00:34:56,136 --> 00:34:59,097
‐and you see the structure,
because it's hot.
‐Right.

642
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,308
‐You got sun shining on it.
You got, you know, the engine...
‐Exactly.

643
00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:02,976
just the mechanics of it
make it hot.

644
00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:04,185
That's what
I'm looking for here is

645
00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:05,937
reflectivity
off of the physical structure,

646
00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,314
‐and it's not there.
‐And there's nothing.

647
00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:09,482
That kind of throws
that idea out.

648
00:35:09,482 --> 00:35:11,818
NARRATOR:
After isolating the object,

649
00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:13,862
Michael applies color filters

650
00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:16,906
to better define the object's
unique heat signature

651
00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:18,533
for closer analysis.

652
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:21,036
TAYLOR:
Now, this one
is really interesting.

653
00:35:21,036 --> 00:35:22,704
BRADBURY:
This is adjusted, not altered.

654
00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:24,289
TAYLOR:
Sure, I got it.

655
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:26,124
So you got black is hot here.

656
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,376
‐Green is an ambient
temperature, I'm assuming.
‐Yes.

657
00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:29,586
‐And white is cold.
‐Correct.

658
00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:32,172
So here's the thing.
There's clearly a field

659
00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:35,967
of cold air around this thing.
That's, uh...

660
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,594
that's baffling.

661
00:35:37,594 --> 00:35:39,346
‐Baffling.
‐This thing, it's hot,

662
00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:40,347
‐and then instantly...
‐Instantly cold.

663
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:41,598
...it's cold.

664
00:35:41,598 --> 00:35:43,433
And in nature,
that's not how things work.

665
00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:44,559
No.

666
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:46,269
There is a different
temperature bubble

667
00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:48,229
around the vehicle than there is

668
00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:50,148
‐around normal vehicles.
‐Exactly.

669
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:53,276
Which suggests
some type of a field,

670
00:35:53,276 --> 00:35:54,778
whatever that means.

671
00:35:54,778 --> 00:35:57,656
Could be, you know, electrical,
magnetic, gravitational.

672
00:35:57,656 --> 00:35:59,824
We just don't know what it is,
but there is some sort of

673
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:04,204
clear anomaly and some sort
of field around this craft.

674
00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:07,499
The most amazing thing,
from a scientific standpoint,

675
00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:11,461
is some sort of low pressure
or cold area

676
00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:14,547
immediately around whatever
this phenomena is.

677
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:16,675
And, from a physics standpoint,

678
00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:18,927
we can't really explain
what's causing that.

679
00:36:18,927 --> 00:36:24,099
So, when does it start releasing
the particulates?

680
00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:27,519
It does at about five minutes
into the video.

681
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,979
‐TAYLOR: So right there.
Now, that's really interesting.
‐Right here.

682
00:36:29,979 --> 00:36:31,564
TAYLOR:
So it's very hot. Right?

683
00:36:31,564 --> 00:36:33,358
It's saturated black.
Very hot.

684
00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:36,236
BRADBURY:
So, again, in hi‐def,
you can't see it.

685
00:36:36,236 --> 00:36:38,738
TAYLOR:
That means
it's a temperature plume.

686
00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:41,658
It's not necessarily
a particulate plume.

687
00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:45,370
Like, if you spray out jet fuel
from the back of a plane,

688
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,580
it starts cooling off
almost immediately,

689
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,249
and you even get
ice crystals in it, right?

690
00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:51,334
Absolutely, because it's
affected by the atmosphere.

691
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,628
‐This thing stays hot.
‐And it holds its shape.

692
00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:56,548
Which, in itself,
is highly unusual.

693
00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:59,759
‐It doesn't follow
standard fluid mechanics.
‐No.

694
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,095
TAYLOR:
You could try to debunk this
as just an earthly vehicle

695
00:37:02,095 --> 00:37:05,265
all you want to, but I've never
seen any earthly vehicle

696
00:37:05,265 --> 00:37:07,100
that is explained this way.

697
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,562
What on earth
could this thing be?

698
00:37:12,147 --> 00:37:15,567
NARRATOR:
The video analysis suggests
to Travis

699
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:18,778
that this craft possesses
technology that is more advanced

700
00:37:18,778 --> 00:37:21,364
than anything that can be
found on Earth.

701
00:37:21,364 --> 00:37:22,866
TAYLOR:
That's really interesting.

702
00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:25,577
NARRATOR:
Michael completes the analysis

703
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:28,830
using a variety of metrics.

704
00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:32,459
BRADBURY:
This is inverted infrared,
full gamma reduction,

705
00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:33,710
and you've still got
two hot spots.

706
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:35,086
So, clearly you've got
two hot spots

707
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:38,006
in your peanut shape,
and they're separated.

708
00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:40,717
You know,
that‐that's... intriguing.

709
00:37:40,717 --> 00:37:41,885
Looks like a diamond
shape around...

710
00:37:41,885 --> 00:37:43,887
BRADBURY:
Looks like a diamond at times.

711
00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,805
Clearer in some formats

712
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:48,892
but not visible
to the naked eye.

713
00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:51,186
Yeah, it could be, like,
two hexagons or two diamonds,

714
00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,062
whatever it ends up being.

715
00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:57,108
NARRATOR:
Finally, Michael has
one more thing to show Travis

716
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,986
that he feels makes this footage
even more extraordinary.

717
00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:01,446
There's a good look at it
right there.

718
00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,782
That is‐‐ that's insane.

719
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:15,126
NARRATOR:
In 2017, the Chilean government
released astonishing footage

720
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:19,589
of a UFO caught on infrared
camera near Santiago.

721
00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:27,222
After new analysis,
astrophysicist Dr. Travis Taylor

722
00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:30,683
has concluded that this strange
aerial object possesses

723
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,769
capabilities that are
not consistent

724
00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,814
with any known human technology.

725
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:41,528
But as far as image analyst
Michael Bradbury is concerned,

726
00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:43,154
perhaps most incredible of all

727
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:47,075
is an image that appears
not in the video...

728
00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:50,829
but etched into
the desert floor.

729
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:56,000
There is a glyph on the ground
that was found in the desert

730
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,587
that has two diamond‐shaped,
like, objects

731
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:01,339
with a plume coming out
behind it

732
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:02,715
that has a line
in the center of it.

733
00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:04,092
‐TAYLOR: No kidding.
‐BRADBURY: Yeah.

734
00:39:04,092 --> 00:39:06,177
That is very intriguing.

735
00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,764
BRADBURY:
And you see that same structure

736
00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:11,850
that was seen
by the Chilean Navy.

737
00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:15,270
They match nearly perfectly.

738
00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:19,482
‐Just like the phenomena caught
by this Chilean helicopter.
‐Yes.

739
00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:22,902
Like the diamond things we were
seeing on the, on the infrared.

740
00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:25,488
That's a phenomena right now
we're seeing with our own eyes.

741
00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:29,033
And‐and we, we see that
somebody else saw it somehow.

742
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,077
How old is the glyph?

743
00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,621
Several hundred‐‐ if not
thousands‐‐ of years old.

744
00:39:33,621 --> 00:39:35,540
So that's really exciting.

745
00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:38,376
BRADBURY:
It's no coincidence
that that was found

746
00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,378
in the same geographical part
of the world.

747
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:42,672
TAYLOR:
That's, that's one of the most
amazing things

748
00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:43,673
I've ever seen in my life.

749
00:39:43,673 --> 00:39:45,008
It is truly amazing.

750
00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:48,011
These are the cases where
I think there's really

751
00:39:48,011 --> 00:39:49,220
something to the ancient
astronaut theory.

752
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,930
I do, too.

753
00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:55,852
TSOUKALOS: Just because,
thousands of years ago,

754
00:39:55,852 --> 00:39:57,645
people did not have
video cameras

755
00:39:57,645 --> 00:40:00,523
doesn't mean these things
did not exist.

756
00:40:03,192 --> 00:40:07,989
These diamond‐shaped wedges have
the exact same trail

757
00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:11,576
as we can see in the UFO video.

758
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:14,037
So is there a connection?

759
00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:18,082
And in my opinion,
as far as Chile is concerned,

760
00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:22,086
there is a connection
between modern UFOs

761
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,505
and ancient craft.

762
00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:29,636
NARRATOR:
Could the striking similarity
between an ancient geoglyph

763
00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:32,388
and a craft captured
on an infrared camera

764
00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:36,392
provide compelling evidence
that extraterrestrials

765
00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:40,229
have been present on Earth
for thousands of years?

766
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:43,024
And if so,
has an alien flight path

767
00:40:43,024 --> 00:40:46,819
been positively identified
in South America?

768
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:54,118
POPE:
There are UFO reports from the
modern industrialized cities,

769
00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:57,372
and there are reports
from the indigenous peoples.

770
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:01,250
Now, when two completely
different groups see and report

771
00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,878
the same thing, this tells me
they're reporting

772
00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:05,922
something tangible and real.

773
00:41:13,763 --> 00:41:18,726
...the contemporary UFOs
and the mythological UFOs.

774
00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:37,787
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the vast desert landscape

775
00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:40,206
stretching through Chile
and Peru

776
00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:43,793
is an extraterrestrial outpost
on Earth?

777
00:41:44,877 --> 00:41:48,256
Do the incredible sightings,
curious rituals,

778
00:41:48,256 --> 00:41:51,175
and strange geoglyphs
tell a story

779
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:54,137
of ongoing alien visitation?

780
00:41:54,137 --> 00:41:58,349
Perhaps as more incredible
footage continues to surface,

781
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:01,853
it will be revealed
that our alien ancestors

782
00:42:01,853 --> 00:42:05,982
have been among us... all along.