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Throughout the ancient world,
there were tales of mortals
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there were tales of mortals
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and immortals.
In Christian traditions,
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In Christian traditions,
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in Islamic traditions,
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and Hindu traditions,
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you have these divine beings
who live forever.
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Could these stories be
accounts of alien visitors
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who traveled to Earth from
thousands of lightyears away?
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Imagine an advanced civilization
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that has interstellar travel.
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If they can travel
through the stars, they could
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stretch their longevity
maybe even to centuries.
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And if humans are to one day
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colonize other planets,
will we too need to discover
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will we too need to discover
the key to immortality?
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the key to immortality?
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What our extraterrestrial
ancestors
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have wanted us to do
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is be like them.
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They want us to be a spacefaring
race that goes to the stars.
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And to live
these extended lives where
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we become essentially immortal.
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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.
We have never been alone.
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We have never been alone.
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The Ashmolean Museum
of art and archaeology.
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Among the hundreds of
historic artifacts on display
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is an ancient
Sumerian cuneiform text.
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Dating back to at least
2000 BC,
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the four-sided clay document
is a list of kings
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who lived far longer than
the average human life span.
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In the Ashmolean Museum
at Oxford,
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there's an astounding artifact.
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It's referred to as WB44,
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the Sumerian Kings List.
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On one panel, it tells us
about eight kings
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that ruled over five cities, and
what's astounding about this
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is the length of
the reigns of these kings.
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One king is said to have ruled
for 43,200 years.
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Another king rules
for 28,000 years.
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It's astounding.
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Curiously,
the Sumerian Kings List
is not the only
ancient record of rulers
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is not the only
ancient record of rulers
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who lived for centuries.
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A curious document
was found in a tomb
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in Luxor,
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and it's called the, uh,
Turin Kings List.
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We only have fragments
of this document,
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but what this document lays out
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is that many of the really early
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Egyptian pharaohs had lives
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that were many
hundreds of years,
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and that some
of these pharaohs lived
for 700, 800, 900 years.
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for 700, 800, 900 years.
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We have a similar story
in the Bible of Methuselah
and that he's said to have lived
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and that he's said to have lived
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for 969 years.
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So, how is it that
people are able
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to live such great ages?
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Is it merely coincidence
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that in three different
ancient traditions
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there are records
of their earliest leaders
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living impossibly long lives?
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Curiously,
in all three cultures, it was
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also recorded that, during
the time when people lived
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to these incredible ages,
humans shared the Earth
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with beings who came down
from the sky.
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The ancient Egyptians
referred to
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a-a time called the first time,
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when the gods walked among men.
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Ancient Egyptian creation
mythology tells us that these
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original god beings
came from the stars.
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This sounds very much like
the arrival of the Anunnaki,
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the divine lords of light
of the Sumerian tradition
when they arrived
atop Mount Kerzok.
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when they arrived
atop Mount Kerzok.
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It's also virtually identical
to the arrival of the Watchers.
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The Watchers are the angels
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of the Old Testament.
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They are the fallen angels
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who came to Earth
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and intermingled with humans.
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The Watchers, like divine beings
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in many other ancient cultures,
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were referred to as immortals,
but often
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they were described as having
very humanlike traits.
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There were 200
of these Watchers,
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and they were led by, uh,
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an individual named Samyaza.
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They shone.
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There was a translucence.
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There was an aura about them
that was as bright as the Sun.
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But they seem to be more human
in their appetites
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than one would like to believe.
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They're hungry, they eat,
they want affection, they lust.
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they want affection, they lust.
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I think that the Watchers
most definitely
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are extraterrestrials
who came to Earth.
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Countless ancient,
original cultures
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speak of a time when the gods
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descended from the sky
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and mingled with people
to impart their knowledge.
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Ancient Egypt,
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ancient China,
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ancient Sumeria,
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ancient Japan,
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ancient Greece.
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And so, I think
the different cultures
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were visited
by the same teachers,
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who were extraterrestrials.
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Could it be
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that the earliest
human civilizations
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shared the Earth with visitors
from another world?
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And if so,
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is this somehow connected
to the ancient records
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of people who lived
extraordinarily long lives?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest an important clue
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can be found in a famous verse
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from the Bible that
is often mistranslated.
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In many English versions
of the Book of Genesis,
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chapter one, verse 27 states
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that "God created man
in his own image."
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But in the original Hebrew,
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instead of "his" image,
it says "our" image.
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God says in Genesis,
"Let us make man in our image."
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Well, you have to say,
"Well, who is 'our'?
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Who-who are the
other people there?"
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Well, the word "God"
in Hebrew is "Elohim,"
and that is plural.
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and that is plural.
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If you look at
the original Hebrew
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in which the sentence
was written,
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all of a sudden
you have the truth
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because, according to
the ancient astronaut theory,
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someone came
and someone altered our DNA
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in order for us
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to become humans
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and essentially gave us
more intelligence.
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ERICH VON DÄNIKEN:
Practically every culture,
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including our Bible, says,
"In the beginning,
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God," in the plurals, "created
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humans according
their own image."
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I'm a deep believer in God,
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but God is something gigantic,
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spiritual, not explainable.
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In my opinion,
when you read the Bible,
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it's all about
extraterrestrials.
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Part of ancient astronaut theory
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is that what
our extraterrestrial
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ancestors have wanted us to do
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is be like them.
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They want us to achieve
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the same things
that they achieved.
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The goal was,
some thousands of years
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in the far future,
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this humanity should be able
to construct spaceships
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to spread out
in the universe again.
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If Homo sapiens were
genetically engineered
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by extraterrestrial
space travelers
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to one day become like them
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and seed life on other planets,
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what might this mean for
the future of the human race?
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Some experts have suggested
that interstellar travel
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will only be possible
when science finds a way
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to dramatically extend
the human life span.
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Maybe our generation,
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with new developments
in technologies,
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will be living
to the mid-100s, 150,
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maybe even up to 200
in the next few decades.
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So, imagine
an advanced civilization
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that has interstellar travel.
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Certainly, if they can travel
through the stars,
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they could stretch
their longevity
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maybe even to centuries.
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Could it be that
the ancient people
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referred to the gods
as "immortals"
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because they encountered
space travelers
who lived
for thousands of years?
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who lived
for thousands of years?
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And if so,
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is it possible
that there are records
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of early rulers
living for centuries
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because these visitors somehow
extended their life spans?
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It was natural for people
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in those days
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to live a life close
to a thousand years,
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but we're talking
about those who interacted
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with these beings
from the stars.
Are these things connected?
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Are these things connected?
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We're talking about an age
in which otherworldly beings
assist humankind in becoming
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assist humankind in becoming
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very much like the gods.
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But if our ancestors
from deep antiquity
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were so close to becoming like
their extraterrestrial creators,
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as ancient astronaut
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what kept them
from realizing this destiny?
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And are humans today
still on the same path?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining a story
shared by different cultures
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all over the world,
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the story of the Great Flood.
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The Bible's Book of Genesis.
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In chapter six, verse nine
begins the story of Noah
and the flood,
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begins the story of Noah
and the flood,
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in which God
sends a great deluge
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to cleanse the Earth,
which has become overrun by sin.
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It is one of the most
well-known tales from the Bible,
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but, curiously,
nearly identical stories
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exist in dozens of
other ancient traditions.
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We've heard about
the flood of Noah,
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which wiped out that
whole generation and brought
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about a new generation
of descendants of Noah.
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The fact is,
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there's all these stories
of the Great Flood
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in all countries
across the world.
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Plato talked about Atlantis.
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He talked about
a whole civilization
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destroyed by floods.
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In the Bible,
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Turkey, in Egypt,
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among the Native Americans,
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there's a story
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that the Great Flood wrapped
around the entire planet.
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All life was destroyed.
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The connection between
the biblical story
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of the Great Flood
and the destruction
of other societies
around the world
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of other societies
around the world
through floods
tell us one thing.
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through floods
tell us one thing.
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There actually was
a Great Flood
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and that, at one point
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in the history of this planet,
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all life was wiped out
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as the Earth
was covered in water.
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VON DÄNIKEN:
In all mythologies,
including the Bible,
some gods are coming down
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some gods are coming down
and teach the human
a great flood
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and teach the human
a great flood
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will come and destroy you.
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And these god,
they knew it long before,
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and they knew it because
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they themselves
made the Great Flood.
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The Great Flood was created
by extraterrestrials on purpose.
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Could the story
of the Great Flood
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be a historical record
of a real event
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that was brought on
by extraterrestrials?
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But if the ancient
astronaut theory is correct,
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and aliens genetically
engineered humankind,
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why would they then destroy
their greatest creation?
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We have the records, as
described in the Book of Enoch
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and other literature,
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that the Watchers led
to the moral corruption
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of all humanity,
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which led to the destruction
of the face of the Earth.
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They were introducing
hidden technologies
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centuries before they were meant
to be introduced.
They corrupted
the human gene pool.
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They corrupted
the human gene pool.
In Genesis six,
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In Genesis six,
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we hear about the sons of God.
They see the daughters of men,
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They see the daughters of men,
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and they lust after them,
and they come down,
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and they take them as wives.
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And then they create a hybrid
race called the Nephilim.
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You weren't supposed to
fraternize with the natives,
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but this is what we
are told in the Bible.
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Now, what are we to make
of these texts?
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Are we to say,
"Well, maybe these angels,
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"these sons of God,
did they have sex
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the old-fashioned way?"
We don't know,
but we need to start
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We don't know,
but we need to start
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looking at these stories
from a 21st century perspective.
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With the technology that
we have with genetic engineering
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and splicing genes
and what have you,
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maybe we can revisit
this story and look
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at it from maybe
an extraterrestrial,
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uh, hypothesis or point of view.
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They're creating a hybrid race.
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The DNA of the
off-world intelligence
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and the human DNA
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creates this hybrid race,
and most
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of these beings,
for better or for worse,
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had what we could call
superhuman powers.
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As far as ancient
astronaut theorists
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are concerned,
a genetic upgrade occurred.
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One that closed the gap
between mortals and immortals
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far more quickly
than was intended.
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And it is a story that,
once again,
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was told across many cultures.
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When the sons of God
procreated with
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the daughters of men,
it is said that
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mighty ones were born.
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They had a longer
life span as well,
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dating maybe centuries,
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up to a thousand years--
not immortal
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but a life span much,
much longer than ours.
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When you look back at
ancient Egyptian history,
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the pharaohs themselves
were said to be demigods.
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Part-god, part-human.
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This was present
in the Greek imagination.
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The Olympians were known
to get involved in the world
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of the mortals, and they
would intervene sometimes.
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Sometimes they would
get attracted to a mortal
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and children would come.
Hercules, Perseus.
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These are the offspring,
demigods, half-god, half-human.
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But in many
of the ancient stories,
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the gods who were responsible
for this upgrade of humanity
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were acting against the wishes
of their superiors.
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They were not just helping
to jumpstart human civilization
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but creating
a new race of immortals.
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Enoch, who's the scribe of God,
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says that these angels
went against the will of God.
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Now, you can imagine
those angels were
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extraterrestrial in origin.
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If there was a prime directive,
they violated it.
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They gave us gifts,
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and we weren't ready
for those gifts.
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It's like giving
a gun to a baby.
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Nothing good will happen.
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Maybe the extraterrestrials
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were protecting humanity,
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and humanity is considered
a sacred project,
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and they know that, while they
begun it thousands of years ago,
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it would take thousands
or perhaps tens of thousands
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of years for humanity to reach
its ultimate fulfillment,
but they were
committed ultimately
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but they were
committed ultimately
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to the sacredness or
the fulfillment of the project.
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And this is why
they restarted civilization.
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As far as ancient
astronaut theorists
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are concerned,
the story of Noah and his family
being saved from the flood
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being saved from the flood
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shows that Earth's
extraterrestrial
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visitors did not abandon
their plan for humankind.
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As further evidence,
they cite a 2,000-year-old text
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called the Zohar,
that continues the Biblical
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story of the Watchers
after the cataclysm
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that ended the previous age
of humans.
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The Zohar says that
there's a great secret
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about the angels who walked
with us on Earth.
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The Watchers.
They ascended to the stars,
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They ascended to the stars,
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and they are the ones who
come back and shepherd us,
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come back and shepherd us,
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watch over us.
They watch over humanity
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They watch over humanity
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and direct the course
of our civilization.
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I think that
the extraterrestrials
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never left. Why?
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Because, according to the
ancient astronaut theory,
we are their offspring.
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we are their offspring.
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They made us Homo sapiens
sapiens, what we are today.
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If you have such a creation,
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I don't think you
would just abandon that.
We are a long-term project.
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We are a long-term project.
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If the first humans shared
the planet with alien visitors,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
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is it possible that
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these otherworldly beings have
remained on Earth for thousands
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of years, continuing to direct
the course of humanity?
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And if humans were
designed to ultimately
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achieve immortality,
just how will that happen?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
a strange substance discovered
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a strange substance discovered
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on Easter Island.
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Lying over 2,000 miles
off the coast of Chile,
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this remote landmass is famous
for the nearly 1,000
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monolithic stone statues
called moai
found along its coastline.
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found along its coastline.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the enormous statues,
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along with the
local legends that say
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they represent giant beings
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who came down from the sky,
present a compelling case
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for Easter Island being a place
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of extraterrestrial visitation.
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And what has made
this notion even more
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intriguing is the discovery
that the island's soil
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contains a substance
called rapamycin
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that might be able to extend
the human life span.
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In 1968, a remarkable
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substance was found,
a kind of bacterial substance
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called rapamycin,
and it was given that name
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because it was found
on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island,
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which in itself
is very interesting.
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And what they found was
it could actually help
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when people had
organ transplants
to stop them rejecting them,
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to stop them rejecting them,
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but it could also help
in cancer therapies as well.
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Then they found that it had very
strong anti-aging properties.
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It would almost reverse aging
in certain medical situations.
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Rapamycin has already been shown
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to extend life span
and improve health in mice,
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and in 2018,
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researchers at Texas A&M
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began testing
the substance on dogs.
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While there is still much
to learn about the effects
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of rapamycin,
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scientists are hopeful that it
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could prove to actually
reverse aging
on a cellular level.
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on a cellular level.
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Is it a coincidence
that rapamycin
was found on Easter Island?
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was found on Easter Island?
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Where there's possible
alien visitations?
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We don't know. In fact,
one question to ask is, what
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do the aliens do to live
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very long lives themselves?
Do they take certain substances?
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Could it be that
the anti-aging substance found
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on Easter Island was
left behind by alien visitors
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who used it as a way
to extend their life spans?
In numerous ancient traditions,
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In numerous ancient traditions,
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there are stories of the gods
possessing elixirs
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of immortality
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and sometimes sharing them
with humans.
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There are many ancient cultures
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that had their own
food and drink
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that could bring immortality.
For instance, in China,
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For instance, in China,
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there was the peaches
of immortality
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that were given out
by the goddess known as
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the Old Mother of the West.
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These were given
to the immortals of China
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to quite literally
allow them to live
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for eternity.
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For the Greeks,
it's this nectar ambrosia,
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literally the food of the gods,
that, if you consume that,
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then you yourself
will be divine.
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In the Vedas,
you have this drink--
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uh, soma--
and the same idea,
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that this is what feeds the gods
and keeps them
alive and immortal.
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and keeps them
alive and immortal.
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Then, if we humans
eat that food,
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these substances will
keep us alive forever.
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If these gods were,
in fact, alien visitors,
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could it be that they
were able to achieve immortality
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simply by ingesting
some type of plant or drug?
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that substances,
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like ambrosia, were merely
symbolic devices
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representing the gods' ability
to extend their lives.
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And they believe this
was accomplished using the same
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technology that scientists
are developing today,
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gene splicing.
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A team of scientists working
with a gene-manipulating
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technology known as CRISPR
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at the Broad Institute
of Harvard and MIT
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makes a groundbreaking
discovery.
By editing specific genes
in mice,
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By editing specific genes
in mice,
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the researchers were able
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to double the life spans
of their test subjects.
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CRISPR, you can think of it like
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we can cut and snip out
pieces of our DNA.
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And if we can discover,
for example,
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part of our genetic code
that has to do with aging,
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that has to do with aging,
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we can maybe cut it out,
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or we can add things
into the genetic code
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that might extend life
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to potentially create
a human that could live forever.
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a human that could live forever.
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If we could rewrite
the DNA code,
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in principle
we can live forever.
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Already we've been able to
slice and dice that for a mouse,
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and eventually
we'll do it for a human.
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While it remains to be seen
if CRISPR technology
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will succeed in increasing
the human life span...
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...some scientists believe
the key to immortality
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may be found by studying
a strange sea creature
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that has the ability
to live forever.
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So, one thing
in nature that seems
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to be immortal
is the immortal jellyfish,
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where it can actually revert
to an earlier state
when damaged or at risk
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when damaged or at risk
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and then regrow back
into the adult state.
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The cells of all animals
begin as stem cells,
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which then develop
into organs, muscles, bones,
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and whatever else
the organism needs.
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The jellyfish species
Turritopsis dohrnii,
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commonly known as
the immortal jellyfish,
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can take mature adult cells
and turn them back
into stem cells,
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and turn them back
into stem cells,
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allowing the jellyfish
to, in effect,
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start its development all over.
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So you're really
reversing the biological
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timeline and then
resetting it going forward,
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so that you're actually
not only living longer
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but you're also younger.
And thinking about
how these things
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And thinking about
how these things
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get reversed, to me,
is an intriguing way
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to approach the biology
and the immortality.
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By understanding species
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like the immortal jellyfish
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and through the technology
of gene editing,
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might we greatly extend
the human life span?
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And could
extraterrestrials have used
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similar means
to achieve immortality,
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allowing them to travel
great distances through space?
It often seems to me
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It often seems to me
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that we live in a time
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of rediscovery,
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meaning that the fact that we
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come up with ways
with which to improve
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and prolong our lives,
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extraterrestrials have
figured that out long ago.
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But while scientists
are optimistic that the human
505
00:25:29,858 --> 00:25:33,298
life span can be lengthened
through genetic engineering,
506
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,805
many aerospace experts
believe that biological
507
00:25:36,972 --> 00:25:39,010
bodies are simply not equipped
508
00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:42,983
to withstand the rigors
of extended space travel.
509
00:25:42,984 --> 00:25:44,989
They suggest that,
510
00:25:45,122 --> 00:25:47,026
if humans
are to one day colonize
511
00:25:47,126 --> 00:25:50,365
other planets,
it will require merging man
512
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,871
and machine.
513
00:26:02,289 --> 00:26:06,329
In a press conference organized
by a UFO investigative group
called the Disclosure Project,
514
00:26:06,330 --> 00:26:08,836
called the Disclosure Project,
515
00:26:08,936 --> 00:26:11,373
former Army Sergeant
Clifford Stone
makes a shocking announcement.
516
00:26:11,374 --> 00:26:13,177
makes a shocking announcement.
517
00:26:13,178 --> 00:26:17,318
He claims to be part of
a top secret military unit
518
00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,025
once tasked with recovering
extraterrestrial craft
519
00:26:20,158 --> 00:26:23,264
and their pilots
for the U.S. government.
520
00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:27,339
I was involved in
situations where we actually
521
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,980
did recoveries of crashed,
of crashed saucers,
522
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,719
for lack of a better term,
debris thereof.
523
00:26:33,819 --> 00:26:35,957
There were bodies
that were involved with
524
00:26:36,057 --> 00:26:39,598
some of these crashes.
Also, some were alive.
525
00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,602
While we were doing
all this, we were telling
526
00:26:41,702 --> 00:26:43,671
the American public
there was nothing to it.
527
00:26:43,672 --> 00:26:45,342
We were telling the world
there was nothing to it.
528
00:26:47,079 --> 00:26:49,518
Sergeant Stone
would later describe
529
00:26:49,784 --> 00:26:52,756
a specific mission in which
he learned that the pilot of
530
00:26:52,757 --> 00:26:57,032
an extraterrestrial craft was
"a biological robot."
531
00:26:58,201 --> 00:26:59,905
So, what he found was,
is that these so-called
532
00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:02,744
Grey aliens with
the skinny bodies and giant
533
00:27:02,877 --> 00:27:04,948
heads were like
biological robots.
534
00:27:05,115 --> 00:27:06,519
They-they had few organs.
535
00:27:06,685 --> 00:27:08,287
They had all this machinery
and computing inside them,
536
00:27:08,288 --> 00:27:10,927
and computing inside them,
537
00:27:11,027 --> 00:27:12,996
and he really questioned
what this was all about.
538
00:27:12,997 --> 00:27:16,169
And the conclusion was that
they must have been created
539
00:27:16,170 --> 00:27:19,912
to travel huge distances
from their planet to this planet
540
00:27:20,011 --> 00:27:23,450
because, if they were
just a biological entity,
they simply
would not have survived.
541
00:27:23,451 --> 00:27:26,189
they simply
would not have survived.
542
00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:29,163
Could it be that Earth
is being visited
543
00:27:29,263 --> 00:27:32,503
by alien entities
that are part machine?
544
00:27:32,770 --> 00:27:36,779
Is this why the ancient people
referred to the gods as
545
00:27:36,879 --> 00:27:39,350
immortals, because
they were not entirely
546
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,525
biological beings
and appeared to never age?
As further support
for this notion,
547
00:27:43,526 --> 00:27:47,432
As further support
for this notion,
ancient astronaut theorists
548
00:27:47,433 --> 00:27:49,269
ancient astronaut theorists
549
00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:53,178
point to a strange figure that
appears in 18th century France,
550
00:27:53,278 --> 00:27:57,788
the mysterious
Count de Saint-Germain.
551
00:27:57,887 --> 00:27:59,658
The Count de Saint-Germain is
552
00:27:59,791 --> 00:28:01,896
probably one of
the most enigmatic
553
00:28:02,062 --> 00:28:04,233
gentlemen of human history.
554
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:07,472
He was an adventurer,
he was a scientist,
555
00:28:07,473 --> 00:28:09,678
he was a composer.
556
00:28:09,844 --> 00:28:11,882
He knew several languages,
557
00:28:12,049 --> 00:28:15,321
yet, strangely, he always
558
00:28:15,322 --> 00:28:17,025
was the same age
559
00:28:17,192 --> 00:28:19,195
whenever anybody saw him.
560
00:28:19,196 --> 00:28:21,934
One of the most
interesting stories
561
00:28:21,935 --> 00:28:25,376
about the count was that when
he was at a social gathering
562
00:28:25,475 --> 00:28:28,313
he met an old woman,
and the old woman said,
563
00:28:28,314 --> 00:28:32,188
"I met you 60 years ago
when I was a young woman,
564
00:28:32,189 --> 00:28:35,328
and you looked in your 40s then,
same as you do now."
565
00:28:35,329 --> 00:28:36,932
He hadn't aged.
566
00:28:38,067 --> 00:28:40,740
Another thing that people
talk about was that he had
567
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,246
so much knowledge of history
and of science.
568
00:28:44,346 --> 00:28:46,984
He knew a lot
of the leaders and kings.
569
00:28:46,985 --> 00:28:49,558
Throughout his
reportedly very long life,
570
00:28:49,824 --> 00:28:53,096
the Count de Saint-Germain
befriended many noblemen
571
00:28:53,097 --> 00:28:57,039
and rulers, who he was believed
to have great influence over.
572
00:28:57,205 --> 00:29:00,045
In the mid-1700s
573
00:29:00,178 --> 00:29:02,650
he was a diplomat
for King Louis XV,
574
00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:05,924
and in the 1760s
575
00:29:06,090 --> 00:29:07,727
he traveled to Russia
576
00:29:07,827 --> 00:29:11,099
and he was complicit
in the overthrow
577
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:15,240
that put Catherine the Great
in place as the czar of Russia.
578
00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:16,978
It was rumored
that he later advised
579
00:29:16,979 --> 00:29:19,383
the Russian imperial commander
in the war against
580
00:29:19,483 --> 00:29:21,521
the Turks, which the Russians
ultimately won.
581
00:29:23,024 --> 00:29:24,694
He's supposed to have died
582
00:29:24,861 --> 00:29:27,532
in 1784, but there were
583
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:30,272
reported sightings of him
just the following year
584
00:29:30,372 --> 00:29:34,245
entering into a Masonic lodge
in France,
585
00:29:34,246 --> 00:29:37,452
where his name was actually
noted there and then.
586
00:29:38,321 --> 00:29:41,962
He was reportedly
at the beheading
587
00:29:42,062 --> 00:29:45,670
of Marie Antoinette
several years later.
588
00:29:45,836 --> 00:29:47,874
And there are many other reports
589
00:29:48,074 --> 00:29:49,878
of his presence
590
00:29:49,978 --> 00:29:53,417
all the way around the world
in the 19th century.
591
00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:57,660
In addition to appearing in
historical records long after he
592
00:29:57,927 --> 00:30:01,299
was alleged to have died,
it was said by many who knew
593
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:04,307
the Count de Saint-Germain
that he had odd habits
594
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,013
and possessed
extraordinary abilities.
595
00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:11,187
One of the strange things about
him were his dietary habits.
596
00:30:12,155 --> 00:30:14,093
He'd sit with other people
as they ate,
597
00:30:14,259 --> 00:30:16,464
but he wouldn't eat with them.
598
00:30:17,432 --> 00:30:20,673
One of Count Saint-Germain's
contacts in the 18th century was
599
00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:24,748
Casanova, who said he had
an ability to melt diamonds,
600
00:30:24,848 --> 00:30:27,219
that he had amazing
abilities and powers.
601
00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:29,524
He thought that
he was an incredible
superhuman type of person.
602
00:30:29,525 --> 00:30:31,027
superhuman type of person.
603
00:30:31,193 --> 00:30:33,766
So, if Saint-Germain
604
00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:35,702
had lived centuries,
and he was an alien
from the past,
605
00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:39,343
and he was an alien
from the past,
606
00:30:39,476 --> 00:30:41,314
certainly when you
look at aliens,
607
00:30:41,414 --> 00:30:44,452
who are thousands of years
in advance of us,
608
00:30:44,453 --> 00:30:48,128
they could have had alterations
genetically or mechanically
609
00:30:48,227 --> 00:30:50,330
that would allow them
to live a very long time.
610
00:30:50,331 --> 00:30:54,338
Is it possible that
the Count de Saint-Germain
611
00:30:54,339 --> 00:30:58,213
was an extraterrestrial entity
that was part robotic,
612
00:30:58,214 --> 00:31:01,386
much like the Grey alien
that Sergeant Clifford Stone
claims to have examined?
613
00:31:01,387 --> 00:31:03,223
claims to have examined?
614
00:31:03,224 --> 00:31:07,166
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that such a scenario
615
00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:11,040
is not so far-fetched
considering that today
616
00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:13,512
we are already creating
robots that are
617
00:31:13,612 --> 00:31:16,551
incredibly humanlike
in their appearance.
One of the most cutting-edge
618
00:31:16,552 --> 00:31:18,555
One of the most cutting-edge
619
00:31:18,655 --> 00:31:22,129
is a Hanson Robotics
creation named Sophia.
620
00:31:22,262 --> 00:31:24,534
What is absolutely mind-blowing
621
00:31:24,634 --> 00:31:27,139
about Sophia and other
robotic entities is,
622
00:31:27,239 --> 00:31:29,375
it's not hard
to imagine a population
623
00:31:29,376 --> 00:31:32,884
of extraterrestrials creating
humanoid robots
624
00:31:32,984 --> 00:31:34,788
like the ones that
we're building today.
625
00:31:34,954 --> 00:31:37,827
Probably even more advanced.
626
00:31:38,094 --> 00:31:42,169
And it makes a lot of sense
for us to send robots into space
627
00:31:42,302 --> 00:31:43,873
instead of
flesh-and-blood bodies.
628
00:31:44,006 --> 00:31:45,876
If it makes sense for us,
it probably
629
00:31:45,976 --> 00:31:48,381
makes sense for
extraterrestrials as well.
630
00:31:50,185 --> 00:31:53,190
If the ancient astronaut
theory is correct
631
00:31:53,191 --> 00:31:56,164
and humankind was created
to follow in the footsteps
632
00:31:56,297 --> 00:31:58,769
of its extraterrestrial
creators,
will that mean merging
man and machine?
633
00:31:58,770 --> 00:32:02,342
will that mean merging
man and machine?
634
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:05,081
According to some scientists,
635
00:32:05,215 --> 00:32:09,223
that process
is already underway.
636
00:32:17,339 --> 00:32:20,045
Located just
four miles west of the Pentagon
637
00:32:20,245 --> 00:32:21,647
is the headquarters
638
00:32:21,648 --> 00:32:24,788
for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency,
639
00:32:24,988 --> 00:32:26,658
better known as DARPA.
Since 2002, DARPA has been
640
00:32:26,659 --> 00:32:30,165
Since 2002, DARPA has been
641
00:32:30,265 --> 00:32:32,669
investing hundreds
of millions of dollars in its
642
00:32:32,670 --> 00:32:36,277
brain-machine interface program
for the U.S. military.
643
00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:39,417
The technologies
they're developing allow
644
00:32:39,551 --> 00:32:41,621
humans to control
mechanical devices
645
00:32:41,622 --> 00:32:43,893
with their minds.
646
00:32:44,026 --> 00:32:45,762
There are these brain-computer
647
00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:49,135
interfaces where we can implant
electrodes in the brain.
648
00:32:49,136 --> 00:32:51,842
And, for example, you can
control a prosthetic limb
649
00:32:52,008 --> 00:32:53,277
by just using your thoughts
650
00:32:53,411 --> 00:32:55,315
with these
brain-computer interfaces.
651
00:32:55,415 --> 00:32:58,054
The chip records activation
in your brain.
652
00:32:58,154 --> 00:33:01,159
It sends that information
to a computer, which then
653
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,467
sends that to, let's say,
a prosthetic limb to control it.
654
00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:07,271
This is certainly
a good way to extend lives
655
00:33:07,272 --> 00:33:09,912
when the brain is not
the part that's failing, but
656
00:33:10,044 --> 00:33:11,413
it's the rest of the body
that's failing.
657
00:33:11,514 --> 00:33:14,753
'Cause you can actually
now imagine human,
sort of metal robotic cyborg
658
00:33:14,754 --> 00:33:16,892
sort of metal robotic cyborg
659
00:33:17,058 --> 00:33:19,428
combinations where your brain is
660
00:33:19,429 --> 00:33:22,069
now not just controlling
maybe your biological body
661
00:33:22,202 --> 00:33:24,874
but something artificial
and man-made.
662
00:33:25,041 --> 00:33:26,945
You give this technology another
663
00:33:27,045 --> 00:33:30,317
50 years, and we will
appear as god beings
664
00:33:30,318 --> 00:33:33,224
to a person living at the
beginning of the 20th century.
665
00:33:34,259 --> 00:33:37,233
So, let's now look back
at the extraterrestrial
666
00:33:37,399 --> 00:33:39,736
gods of the ancient world.
667
00:33:39,737 --> 00:33:42,742
They must have had at least
the level of technological
668
00:33:42,743 --> 00:33:46,050
sophistication that we are
enjoying and experiencing today,
669
00:33:46,216 --> 00:33:48,287
probably even more advanced.
670
00:33:48,421 --> 00:33:50,926
I think it's fascinating
where we are
671
00:33:51,093 --> 00:33:53,064
in this moment in time because
672
00:33:53,230 --> 00:33:56,037
what if, one day, we can create
673
00:33:56,203 --> 00:33:58,040
artificial human beings?
674
00:33:58,140 --> 00:34:02,216
And, in fact,
we are merely rediscovering
675
00:34:02,349 --> 00:34:05,755
what has happened already
a long time ago.
676
00:34:05,756 --> 00:34:08,361
As far as some
ancient astronaut theorists
677
00:34:08,494 --> 00:34:11,401
are concerned,
merging biology and
678
00:34:11,568 --> 00:34:13,271
technology is an important
679
00:34:13,371 --> 00:34:16,679
first step in becoming
like our alien ancestors.
680
00:34:16,778 --> 00:34:21,020
But they believe
the extraterrestrial beings
681
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,324
that people have reported
encountering on Earth
682
00:34:23,525 --> 00:34:25,930
may be merely avatars,
683
00:34:26,096 --> 00:34:28,034
vessels for intelligences
684
00:34:28,134 --> 00:34:31,240
that can move
from one body to another.
685
00:34:31,373 --> 00:34:33,512
What if they're digital beings?
686
00:34:33,645 --> 00:34:36,519
Or light beings?
We have numerous stories
687
00:34:36,651 --> 00:34:39,656
that tell us that
the god beings were
688
00:34:39,657 --> 00:34:43,398
originally light beings that
could then phase into a physical
689
00:34:43,497 --> 00:34:45,870
flesh-and-blood form
and then phase back into
690
00:34:46,136 --> 00:34:48,841
their light body form when
they want to travel the stars.
We hear the story
of the Anunnaki,
691
00:34:48,842 --> 00:34:51,547
We hear the story
of the Anunnaki,
692
00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:54,587
the divine lords of light
of the Sumerian tradition...
693
00:34:55,455 --> 00:34:57,727
...or the arrival
of the Watchers,
694
00:34:57,827 --> 00:35:00,733
the lords of light
who descended upon Mount Hermon.
695
00:35:01,901 --> 00:35:05,742
The stories of Vishnu
actually describe Vishnu
696
00:35:05,743 --> 00:35:09,182
having many manifestations
of himself as other gods.
697
00:35:09,282 --> 00:35:12,056
He would come to our reality
as a different god.
698
00:35:12,155 --> 00:35:14,594
He came to Earth
many different times as many
699
00:35:14,694 --> 00:35:17,431
different people and had
adventures and activities
700
00:35:17,432 --> 00:35:20,038
and then he would go back
into the heavens as Vishnu.
701
00:35:20,171 --> 00:35:23,478
The aliens could be avatars.
702
00:35:23,578 --> 00:35:26,216
They can withstand all
the rigors of outer space
703
00:35:26,316 --> 00:35:29,089
because they are part biological
and part mechanical
704
00:35:29,189 --> 00:35:33,031
but controlled by
an alien consciousness
705
00:35:33,197 --> 00:35:35,434
in a different star system.
706
00:35:35,435 --> 00:35:38,574
While the notion
of a conscious being that
707
00:35:38,575 --> 00:35:42,282
can move from one body to
another may sound far-fetched,
708
00:35:42,449 --> 00:35:44,286
humankind is working towards
709
00:35:44,419 --> 00:35:46,591
realizing this technology
right now
710
00:35:46,725 --> 00:35:49,731
by attempting to map
the human brain.
711
00:35:49,864 --> 00:35:53,238
Whole brain emulation
is the ability
712
00:35:53,337 --> 00:35:57,612
to create a carbon copy
of the brain itself.
713
00:35:57,613 --> 00:36:01,788
Already, by slicing and dicing
the brain of a fruit fly,
714
00:36:01,888 --> 00:36:04,894
we've been able to catalog
all the connections
715
00:36:04,895 --> 00:36:06,430
of a fruit fly's brain
716
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:10,303
up to 100,000 neurons.
717
00:36:10,304 --> 00:36:14,347
Think about that-- every single
connection of the brain
718
00:36:14,479 --> 00:36:17,218
of a fruit fly mapped
using computers
719
00:36:17,352 --> 00:36:19,791
by slicing and dicing the brain.
720
00:36:19,891 --> 00:36:22,896
Now, the human brain
is much more complicated.
A hundred billion neurons,
721
00:36:22,897 --> 00:36:25,468
A hundred billion neurons,
722
00:36:25,636 --> 00:36:28,108
with each neuron connected to
723
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:31,682
10,000 other neurons,
but in principle
724
00:36:31,781 --> 00:36:34,788
that's also possible
to create an exact copy
725
00:36:34,887 --> 00:36:38,928
of the brain to map
every single neuron
726
00:36:38,929 --> 00:36:40,399
of the brain
727
00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:44,206
using transistors
rather than neurons.
728
00:36:44,372 --> 00:36:46,210
And it would, in principle,
729
00:36:46,376 --> 00:36:48,882
be identical to who you are.
730
00:36:48,982 --> 00:36:51,621
It would have access
to all your memories,
731
00:36:51,755 --> 00:36:54,460
all your dreams,
all your foibles,
732
00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:56,531
all your mannerisms.
733
00:36:56,664 --> 00:36:58,667
It'll take, of course, decades
734
00:36:58,668 --> 00:37:02,576
to give you that kind of
accuracy, but it is doable.
735
00:37:03,845 --> 00:37:07,118
Once scientists can completely
replicate a human brain
736
00:37:07,285 --> 00:37:09,089
through whole brain emulation,
737
00:37:09,356 --> 00:37:12,731
then that information
can be uploaded to a computer
738
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:16,670
to digitally represent
a person's consciousness.
739
00:37:16,671 --> 00:37:20,445
Could it be that
extraterrestrials who already
740
00:37:20,546 --> 00:37:23,551
possess this capability
have come to Earth
741
00:37:23,552 --> 00:37:27,693
by uploading their consciousness
into artificial bodies?
742
00:37:27,827 --> 00:37:30,666
There are some
theoretical physicists
743
00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:33,571
who say not only
is this possible
744
00:37:33,572 --> 00:37:37,245
but that this is how humans will
eventually leave the planet
745
00:37:37,445 --> 00:37:40,752
and travel the stars.
746
00:37:49,670 --> 00:37:53,545
August 27, 2019.
747
00:37:55,582 --> 00:37:59,088
Space X announces
the successful test flight
of its starship prototype
Starhopper.
748
00:37:59,089 --> 00:38:02,362
of its starship prototype
Starhopper.
749
00:38:02,462 --> 00:38:05,601
The founder of
the private aerospace company,
750
00:38:05,602 --> 00:38:09,176
billionaire Elon Musk,
has also been at the forefront
751
00:38:09,342 --> 00:38:12,516
of efforts to upgrade humankind.
752
00:38:12,616 --> 00:38:15,757
It is his belief that
both pursuits are critical
753
00:38:15,889 --> 00:38:18,695
to ensuring the survival
of the human race.
754
00:38:19,496 --> 00:38:21,867
It's interesting that, today,
755
00:38:21,868 --> 00:38:26,043
we have these adventurer
billionaires like Elon Musk,
756
00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:30,620
and they want to put
computer chips in our brains,
757
00:38:30,752 --> 00:38:34,393
even map our
own consciousness and put
758
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,630
that in a robot or cyborg,
759
00:38:36,631 --> 00:38:40,004
and they're wanting to go
into space at the same time.
760
00:38:40,005 --> 00:38:41,840
So, in many ways,
761
00:38:41,841 --> 00:38:43,378
they're like the
762
00:38:43,578 --> 00:38:45,014
alien explorers
who came here in the past.
763
00:38:45,015 --> 00:38:47,620
who came here in the past.
764
00:38:49,523 --> 00:38:51,127
I think with known technologies,
765
00:38:51,393 --> 00:38:55,033
we can theorize, that is,
within 100, within 200 years,
766
00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:58,241
we're talking about
fusion rockets and antimatter
767
00:38:58,374 --> 00:39:01,347
rockets capable
of reaching the stars.
768
00:39:01,514 --> 00:39:03,751
And then I think
we'll be sending
769
00:39:03,752 --> 00:39:07,926
robots into outer space
that are actually avatars.
770
00:39:07,927 --> 00:39:11,568
I personally think this is
the future of the space program,
771
00:39:11,668 --> 00:39:15,140
and I think we will do this
using laser beams.
If we can digitize
the human brain,
772
00:39:15,141 --> 00:39:18,281
If we can digitize
the human brain,
773
00:39:18,414 --> 00:39:21,353
we can put that knowledge
on a laser beam
774
00:39:21,521 --> 00:39:22,822
and shoot it to the Moon.
775
00:39:22,823 --> 00:39:24,628
In one second,
776
00:39:24,827 --> 00:39:26,831
you are on the Moon.
777
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:29,704
In 20 minutes,
you could be on Mars.
778
00:39:29,804 --> 00:39:32,510
In four years,
at the speed of light,
779
00:39:32,643 --> 00:39:35,080
you could reach
the nearby stars.
780
00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,450
And what would you do?
781
00:39:36,618 --> 00:39:38,120
If that laser beam goes
to the Moon, is then downloaded
782
00:39:38,121 --> 00:39:40,425
to the Moon, is then downloaded
783
00:39:40,626 --> 00:39:42,329
into an avatar,
784
00:39:42,428 --> 00:39:45,501
that avatar could withstand
gravity fields,
785
00:39:45,702 --> 00:39:47,204
poisonous gases,
radiation from the Sun.
786
00:39:47,205 --> 00:39:48,708
radiation from the Sun.
787
00:39:48,842 --> 00:39:51,413
And in fact,
I'll stick my neck out.
788
00:39:51,581 --> 00:39:53,384
I think this already exists.
789
00:39:53,518 --> 00:39:55,855
I think this is
the preferred way
790
00:39:55,856 --> 00:39:59,531
for an advanced alien species
to explore the universe.
791
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,433
In fact, near the Earth,
792
00:40:01,601 --> 00:40:03,136
there could be a digital highway
793
00:40:03,137 --> 00:40:04,973
with the digitized souls
794
00:40:04,974 --> 00:40:09,149
of billions of aliens going
across the Milky Way Galaxy.
795
00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:12,454
So I think when we
meet aliens from outer space,
796
00:40:12,455 --> 00:40:15,160
we should not be surprised
if they're actually
avatars that are controlled by
797
00:40:15,161 --> 00:40:18,166
avatars that are controlled by
the aliens
in a distant star system.
798
00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,640
the aliens
in a distant star system.
799
00:40:20,806 --> 00:40:22,877
As entrepreneurs
800
00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:25,516
continue to invest
billions in pursuit
801
00:40:25,615 --> 00:40:28,687
of both space travel
and whole brain emulation,
802
00:40:28,688 --> 00:40:31,794
are we getting closer to
becoming like the immortals
803
00:40:31,894 --> 00:40:35,901
our ancestors described
thousands of years ago?
804
00:40:35,902 --> 00:40:39,276
And if these immortals were
responsible for the creation
805
00:40:39,476 --> 00:40:40,746
of the human race,
806
00:40:40,879 --> 00:40:43,585
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
807
00:40:43,752 --> 00:40:46,892
could this evolution be exactly
808
00:40:47,025 --> 00:40:50,064
what they intended
for humankind all along?
809
00:40:51,834 --> 00:40:54,172
Why would extraterrestrials
come to Earth
and start a human project,
810
00:40:54,173 --> 00:40:56,076
and start a human project,
811
00:40:56,176 --> 00:40:58,447
knowing that it would
take thousands of years
812
00:40:58,648 --> 00:41:00,085
for us to, to develop?
813
00:41:00,184 --> 00:41:02,690
Well, it could perhaps
be that extraterrestrials
814
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:06,864
have a different perspective
of time than we do.
815
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:09,369
If we think
of the extraterrestrials
816
00:41:09,503 --> 00:41:11,808
as immortal, time is irrelevant.
817
00:41:11,908 --> 00:41:15,213
And their goal
is to assist humanity
to become more like them.
818
00:41:15,214 --> 00:41:17,920
to become more like them.
819
00:41:19,255 --> 00:41:22,530
There's a potential that
humanity is going to become
820
00:41:22,663 --> 00:41:25,801
a starfaring nation
that has long life
821
00:41:25,802 --> 00:41:27,872
because you're gonna need that
for some of these long journeys.
822
00:41:27,873 --> 00:41:31,279
And we might become more
like the gods that seemed to
823
00:41:31,547 --> 00:41:35,054
live for thousands of years
and traveled the heavens.
824
00:41:37,158 --> 00:41:39,663
Is humanity
on the verge of becoming
825
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:41,801
an intergalactic civilization?
826
00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:45,140
And if so,
is it possible that we
827
00:41:45,141 --> 00:41:48,548
were set on this path
by an extraterrestrial race
828
00:41:48,648 --> 00:41:51,654
that visited Earth
thousands of years ago?
829
00:41:51,788 --> 00:41:54,527
Perhaps one day,
the immortal gods
830
00:41:54,693 --> 00:41:57,097
seen descending from the sky
831
00:41:57,098 --> 00:41:59,469
on a distant planet...
832
00:41:59,703 --> 00:42:01,440
will be us.
833
00:42:01,574 --> 00:42:04,112
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