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NARRATOR:
Throughout the ancient world,
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NARRATOR:
Throughout the ancient world,
there were tales of mortals
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there were tales of mortals
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and immortals.
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and immortals.
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In Christian traditions,
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AMIR HUSSAIN:
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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NARRATOR:
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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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
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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NARRATOR:
And if humans are to one day
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colonize other planets,
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colonize other planets,
will we too need to discover
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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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DAVID CHILDRESS:
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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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 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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NARRATOR:
Curiously,
the Sumerian Kings List
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NARRATOR:
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
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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
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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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NARRATOR:
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
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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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NARRATOR:
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,
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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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NARRATOR:
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,"
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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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TSOUKALOS:
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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NARRATOR:
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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TAYLOR:
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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NARRATOR:
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
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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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RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
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.
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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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HENRY:
We're talking about an age
in which otherworldly beings
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HENRY:
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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NARRATOR:
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
theorists suggest,
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what kept them
from realizing this destiny?
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And are humans today
still on the same path?
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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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NARRATOR:
The Bible's Book of Genesis.
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In chapter six, verse nine
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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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BILL BIRNES:
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
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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
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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,
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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
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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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NARRATOR:
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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TZADOK:
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.
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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.
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They corrupted
the human gene pool.
CARTER:
In Genesis six,
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CARTER:
In Genesis six,
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we hear about the sons of God.
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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?"
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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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NARRATOR:
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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CHILDRESS:
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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JONATHAN YOUNG:
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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NARRATOR:
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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CARTER:
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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HENRY:
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,
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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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NARRATOR:
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists
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are concerned,
the story of Noah and his family
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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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TZADOK:
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.
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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
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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.
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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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TSOUKALOS:
I think that
the extraterrestrials
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never left. Why?
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Because, according to the
ancient astronaut theory,
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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.
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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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NARRATOR:
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
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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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NARRATOR: 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
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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
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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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NARRATOR:
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
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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
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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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NARRATOR:
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?
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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.
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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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HUSSAIN:
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
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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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NARRATOR:
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.
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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
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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
498
00:22:59,423 --> 00:23:01,361
that might extend life
499
00:23:01,562 --> 00:23:04,099
to potentially create
500
00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:04,165
to potentially create
a human that could live forever.
501
00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:07,106
a human that could live forever.
502
00:23:08,576 --> 00:23:11,682
If we could rewrite
the DNA code,
503
00:23:11,815 --> 00:23:15,489
in principle
we can live forever.
504
00:23:16,725 --> 00:23:20,600
Already we've been able to
slice and dice that for a mouse,
505
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,639
and eventually
we'll do it for a human.
506
00:23:24,942 --> 00:23:28,749
NARRATOR:
While it remains to be seen
if CRISPR technology
507
00:23:28,849 --> 00:23:31,922
will succeed in increasing
the human life span...
508
00:23:33,859 --> 00:23:37,834
...some scientists believe
the key to immortality
509
00:23:37,934 --> 00:23:41,341
may be found by studying
a strange sea creature
510
00:23:41,474 --> 00:23:44,213
that has the ability
to live forever.
511
00:23:45,616 --> 00:23:47,486
So, one thing
in nature that seems
512
00:23:47,587 --> 00:23:49,791
to be immortal
is the immortal jellyfish,
513
00:23:49,891 --> 00:23:52,997
where it can actually revert
to an earlier state
514
00:23:52,998 --> 00:23:53,030
where it can actually revert
to an earlier state
when damaged or at risk
515
00:23:53,031 --> 00:23:55,002
when damaged or at risk
516
00:23:55,102 --> 00:23:57,674
and then regrow back
into the adult state.
517
00:23:59,611 --> 00:24:02,784
NARRATOR:
The cells of all animals
begin as stem cells,
518
00:24:02,884 --> 00:24:06,492
which then develop
into organs, muscles, bones,
519
00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,797
and whatever else
the organism needs.
520
00:24:08,896 --> 00:24:12,604
The jellyfish species
Turritopsis dohrnii,
521
00:24:12,704 --> 00:24:15,342
commonly known as
the immortal jellyfish,
522
00:24:15,510 --> 00:24:17,178
can take mature adult cells
523
00:24:17,179 --> 00:24:17,245
can take mature adult cells
and turn them back
into stem cells,
524
00:24:17,246 --> 00:24:20,052
and turn them back
into stem cells,
525
00:24:20,185 --> 00:24:22,891
allowing the jellyfish
to, in effect,
526
00:24:23,058 --> 00:24:25,930
start its development all over.
527
00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:28,902
So you're really
reversing the biological
528
00:24:28,903 --> 00:24:31,809
timeline and then
resetting it going forward,
529
00:24:31,909 --> 00:24:33,580
so that you're actually
not only living longer
530
00:24:33,779 --> 00:24:35,181
but you're also younger.
531
00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:35,248
but you're also younger.
And thinking about
how these things
532
00:24:35,249 --> 00:24:38,088
And thinking about
how these things
533
00:24:38,188 --> 00:24:40,694
get reversed, to me,
is an intriguing way
534
00:24:40,793 --> 00:24:44,233
to approach the biology
and the immortality.
535
00:24:45,102 --> 00:24:46,772
NARRATOR:
By understanding species
536
00:24:46,939 --> 00:24:48,776
like the immortal jellyfish
537
00:24:48,876 --> 00:24:51,582
and through the technology
of gene editing,
538
00:24:51,682 --> 00:24:54,855
might we greatly extend
the human life span?
539
00:24:55,823 --> 00:24:58,830
And could
extraterrestrials have used
540
00:24:58,963 --> 00:25:01,300
similar means
to achieve immortality,
541
00:25:01,568 --> 00:25:05,274
allowing them to travel
great distances through space?
542
00:25:05,275 --> 00:25:05,341
allowing them to travel
great distances through space?
TSOUKALOS:
It often seems to me
543
00:25:05,342 --> 00:25:07,480
TSOUKALOS:
It often seems to me
544
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,350
that we live in a time
545
00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:10,920
of rediscovery,
546
00:25:11,087 --> 00:25:14,695
meaning that the fact that we
547
00:25:14,795 --> 00:25:17,500
come up with ways
with which to improve
548
00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,871
and prolong our lives,
549
00:25:19,971 --> 00:25:24,948
extraterrestrials have
figured that out long ago.
550
00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:29,857
NARRATOR:
But while scientists
are optimistic that the human
551
00:25:29,858 --> 00:25:33,298
life span can be lengthened
through genetic engineering,
552
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,805
many aerospace experts
believe that biological
553
00:25:36,972 --> 00:25:39,010
bodies are simply not equipped
554
00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:42,983
to withstand the rigors
of extended space travel.
555
00:25:42,984 --> 00:25:44,989
They suggest that,
556
00:25:45,122 --> 00:25:47,026
if humans
are to one day colonize
557
00:25:47,126 --> 00:25:50,365
other planets,
it will require merging man
558
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,871
and machine.
559
00:26:02,289 --> 00:26:06,296
NARRATOR:
In a press conference organized
by a UFO investigative group
560
00:26:06,297 --> 00:26:06,329
NARRATOR:
In a press conference organized
by a UFO investigative group
called the Disclosure Project,
561
00:26:06,330 --> 00:26:08,836
called the Disclosure Project,
562
00:26:08,936 --> 00:26:11,306
former Army Sergeant
Clifford Stone
563
00:26:11,307 --> 00:26:11,373
former Army Sergeant
Clifford Stone
makes a shocking announcement.
564
00:26:11,374 --> 00:26:13,177
makes a shocking announcement.
565
00:26:13,178 --> 00:26:17,318
He claims to be part of
a top secret military unit
566
00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,025
once tasked with recovering
extraterrestrial craft
567
00:26:20,158 --> 00:26:23,264
and their pilots
for the U.S. government.
568
00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:27,339
I was involved in
situations where we actually
569
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,980
did recoveries of crashed,
of crashed saucers,
570
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,719
for lack of a better term,
debris thereof.
571
00:26:33,819 --> 00:26:35,957
There were bodies
that were involved with
572
00:26:36,057 --> 00:26:39,598
some of these crashes.
Also, some were alive.
573
00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,602
While we were doing
all this, we were telling
574
00:26:41,702 --> 00:26:43,671
the American public
there was nothing to it.
575
00:26:43,672 --> 00:26:45,342
We were telling the world
there was nothing to it.
576
00:26:47,079 --> 00:26:49,518
NARRATOR:
Sergeant Stone
would later describe
577
00:26:49,784 --> 00:26:52,756
a specific mission in which
he learned that the pilot of
578
00:26:52,757 --> 00:26:57,032
an extraterrestrial craft was
"a biological robot."
579
00:26:58,201 --> 00:26:59,905
NEWMAN:
So, what he found was,
is that these so-called
580
00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:02,744
Grey aliens with
the skinny bodies and giant
581
00:27:02,877 --> 00:27:04,948
heads were like
biological robots.
582
00:27:05,115 --> 00:27:06,519
They-they had few organs.
583
00:27:06,685 --> 00:27:08,253
They had all this machinery
584
00:27:08,254 --> 00:27:08,287
They had all this machinery
and computing inside them,
585
00:27:08,288 --> 00:27:10,927
and computing inside them,
586
00:27:11,027 --> 00:27:12,996
and he really questioned
what this was all about.
587
00:27:12,997 --> 00:27:16,169
And the conclusion was that
they must have been created
588
00:27:16,170 --> 00:27:19,912
to travel huge distances
from their planet to this planet
589
00:27:20,011 --> 00:27:23,383
because, if they were
just a biological entity,
590
00:27:23,384 --> 00:27:23,450
because, if they were
just a biological entity,
they simply
would not have survived.
591
00:27:23,451 --> 00:27:26,189
they simply
would not have survived.
592
00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:29,163
NARRATOR:
Could it be that Earth
is being visited
593
00:27:29,263 --> 00:27:32,503
by alien entities
that are part machine?
594
00:27:32,770 --> 00:27:36,779
Is this why the ancient people
referred to the gods as
595
00:27:36,879 --> 00:27:39,350
immortals, because
they were not entirely
596
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,457
biological beings
and appeared to never age?
597
00:27:43,458 --> 00:27:43,525
biological beings
and appeared to never age?
As further support
for this notion,
598
00:27:43,526 --> 00:27:47,398
As further support
for this notion,
599
00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:47,432
As further support
for this notion,
ancient astronaut theorists
600
00:27:47,433 --> 00:27:49,269
ancient astronaut theorists
601
00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:53,178
point to a strange figure that
appears in 18th century France,
602
00:27:53,278 --> 00:27:57,788
the mysterious
Count de Saint-Germain.
603
00:27:57,887 --> 00:27:59,658
COLLINS:
The Count de Saint-Germain is
604
00:27:59,791 --> 00:28:01,896
probably one of
the most enigmatic
605
00:28:02,062 --> 00:28:04,233
gentlemen of human history.
606
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:07,472
He was an adventurer,
he was a scientist,
607
00:28:07,473 --> 00:28:09,678
he was a composer.
608
00:28:09,844 --> 00:28:11,882
He knew several languages,
609
00:28:12,049 --> 00:28:15,321
yet, strangely, he always
610
00:28:15,322 --> 00:28:17,025
was the same age
611
00:28:17,192 --> 00:28:19,195
whenever anybody saw him.
612
00:28:19,196 --> 00:28:21,934
ETTINGTON:
One of the most
interesting stories
613
00:28:21,935 --> 00:28:25,376
about the count was that when
he was at a social gathering
614
00:28:25,475 --> 00:28:28,313
he met an old woman,
and the old woman said,
615
00:28:28,314 --> 00:28:32,188
"I met you 60 years ago
when I was a young woman,
616
00:28:32,189 --> 00:28:35,328
and you looked in your 40s then,
same as you do now."
617
00:28:35,329 --> 00:28:36,932
He hadn't aged.
618
00:28:38,067 --> 00:28:40,740
Another thing that people
talk about was that he had
619
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,246
so much knowledge of history
and of science.
620
00:28:44,346 --> 00:28:46,984
He knew a lot
of the leaders and kings.
621
00:28:46,985 --> 00:28:49,558
NARRATOR:
Throughout his
reportedly very long life,
622
00:28:49,824 --> 00:28:53,096
the Count de Saint-Germain
befriended many noblemen
623
00:28:53,097 --> 00:28:57,039
and rulers, who he was believed
to have great influence over.
624
00:28:57,205 --> 00:29:00,045
ETTINGTON:
In the mid-1700s
625
00:29:00,178 --> 00:29:02,650
he was a diplomat
for King Louis XV,
626
00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:05,924
and in the 1760s
627
00:29:06,090 --> 00:29:07,727
he traveled to Russia
628
00:29:07,827 --> 00:29:11,099
and he was complicit
in the overthrow
629
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:15,240
that put Catherine the Great
in place as the czar of Russia.
630
00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:16,978
HENRY:
It was rumored
that he later advised
631
00:29:16,979 --> 00:29:19,383
the Russian imperial commander
in the war against
632
00:29:19,483 --> 00:29:21,521
the Turks, which the Russians
ultimately won.
633
00:29:23,024 --> 00:29:24,694
COLLINS:
He's supposed to have died
634
00:29:24,861 --> 00:29:27,532
in 1784, but there were
635
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:30,272
reported sightings of him
just the following year
636
00:29:30,372 --> 00:29:34,245
entering into a Masonic lodge
in France,
637
00:29:34,246 --> 00:29:37,452
where his name was actually
noted there and then.
638
00:29:38,321 --> 00:29:41,962
He was reportedly
at the beheading
639
00:29:42,062 --> 00:29:45,670
of Marie Antoinette
several years later.
640
00:29:45,836 --> 00:29:47,874
And there are many other reports
641
00:29:48,074 --> 00:29:49,878
of his presence
642
00:29:49,978 --> 00:29:53,417
all the way around the world
in the 19th century.
643
00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:57,660
NARRATOR:
In addition to appearing in
historical records long after he
644
00:29:57,927 --> 00:30:01,299
was alleged to have died,
it was said by many who knew
645
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:04,307
the Count de Saint-Germain
that he had odd habits
646
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,013
and possessed
extraordinary abilities.
647
00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:11,187
One of the strange things about
him were his dietary habits.
648
00:30:12,155 --> 00:30:14,093
He'd sit with other people
as they ate,
649
00:30:14,259 --> 00:30:16,464
but he wouldn't eat with them.
650
00:30:17,432 --> 00:30:20,673
One of Count Saint-Germain's
contacts in the 18th century was
651
00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:24,748
Casanova, who said he had
an ability to melt diamonds,
652
00:30:24,848 --> 00:30:27,219
that he had amazing
abilities and powers.
653
00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:29,489
He thought that
he was an incredible
654
00:30:29,490 --> 00:30:29,524
He thought that
he was an incredible
superhuman type of person.
655
00:30:29,525 --> 00:30:31,027
superhuman type of person.
656
00:30:31,193 --> 00:30:33,766
So, if Saint-Germain
657
00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:35,635
had lived centuries,
658
00:30:35,636 --> 00:30:35,702
had lived centuries,
and he was an alien
from the past,
659
00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:39,343
and he was an alien
from the past,
660
00:30:39,476 --> 00:30:41,314
certainly when you
look at aliens,
661
00:30:41,414 --> 00:30:44,452
who are thousands of years
in advance of us,
662
00:30:44,453 --> 00:30:48,128
they could have had alterations
genetically or mechanically
663
00:30:48,227 --> 00:30:50,330
that would allow them
to live a very long time.
664
00:30:50,331 --> 00:30:54,338
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the Count de Saint-Germain
665
00:30:54,339 --> 00:30:58,213
was an extraterrestrial entity
that was part robotic,
666
00:30:58,214 --> 00:31:01,352
much like the Grey alien
that Sergeant Clifford Stone
667
00:31:01,353 --> 00:31:01,386
much like the Grey alien
that Sergeant Clifford Stone
claims to have examined?
668
00:31:01,387 --> 00:31:03,223
claims to have examined?
669
00:31:03,224 --> 00:31:07,166
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that such a scenario
670
00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:11,040
is not so far-fetched
considering that today
671
00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:13,512
we are already creating
robots that are
672
00:31:13,612 --> 00:31:16,517
incredibly humanlike
in their appearance.
673
00:31:16,518 --> 00:31:16,551
incredibly humanlike
in their appearance.
One of the most cutting-edge
674
00:31:16,552 --> 00:31:18,555
One of the most cutting-edge
675
00:31:18,655 --> 00:31:22,129
is a Hanson Robotics
creation named Sophia.
676
00:31:22,262 --> 00:31:24,534
HENRY:
What is absolutely mind-blowing
677
00:31:24,634 --> 00:31:27,139
about Sophia and other
robotic entities is,
678
00:31:27,239 --> 00:31:29,375
it's not hard
to imagine a population
679
00:31:29,376 --> 00:31:32,884
of extraterrestrials creating
humanoid robots
680
00:31:32,984 --> 00:31:34,788
like the ones that
we're building today.
681
00:31:34,954 --> 00:31:37,827
Probably even more advanced.
682
00:31:38,094 --> 00:31:42,169
And it makes a lot of sense
for us to send robots into space
683
00:31:42,302 --> 00:31:43,873
instead of
flesh-and-blood bodies.
684
00:31:44,006 --> 00:31:45,876
If it makes sense for us,
it probably
685
00:31:45,976 --> 00:31:48,381
makes sense for
extraterrestrials as well.
686
00:31:50,185 --> 00:31:53,190
NARRATOR:
If the ancient astronaut
theory is correct
687
00:31:53,191 --> 00:31:56,164
and humankind was created
to follow in the footsteps
688
00:31:56,297 --> 00:31:58,668
of its extraterrestrial
creators,
689
00:31:58,669 --> 00:31:58,769
of its extraterrestrial
creators,
will that mean merging
man and machine?
690
00:31:58,770 --> 00:32:02,342
will that mean merging
man and machine?
691
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:05,081
According to some scientists,
692
00:32:05,215 --> 00:32:09,223
that process
is already underway.
693
00:32:17,339 --> 00:32:20,045
NARRATOR: Located just
four miles west of the Pentagon
694
00:32:20,245 --> 00:32:21,647
is the headquarters
695
00:32:21,648 --> 00:32:24,788
for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency,
696
00:32:24,988 --> 00:32:26,624
better known as DARPA.
697
00:32:26,625 --> 00:32:26,658
better known as DARPA.
Since 2002, DARPA has been
698
00:32:26,659 --> 00:32:30,165
Since 2002, DARPA has been
699
00:32:30,265 --> 00:32:32,669
investing hundreds
of millions of dollars in its
700
00:32:32,670 --> 00:32:36,277
brain-machine interface program
for the U.S. military.
701
00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:39,417
The technologies
they're developing allow
702
00:32:39,551 --> 00:32:41,621
humans to control
mechanical devices
703
00:32:41,622 --> 00:32:43,893
with their minds.
704
00:32:44,026 --> 00:32:45,762
BERLIN:
There are these brain-computer
705
00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:49,135
interfaces where we can implant
electrodes in the brain.
706
00:32:49,136 --> 00:32:51,842
And, for example, you can
control a prosthetic limb
707
00:32:52,008 --> 00:32:53,277
by just using your thoughts
708
00:32:53,411 --> 00:32:55,315
with these
brain-computer interfaces.
709
00:32:55,415 --> 00:32:58,054
The chip records activation
in your brain.
710
00:32:58,154 --> 00:33:01,159
It sends that information
to a computer, which then
711
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,467
sends that to, let's say,
a prosthetic limb to control it.
712
00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:07,271
This is certainly
a good way to extend lives
713
00:33:07,272 --> 00:33:09,912
when the brain is not
the part that's failing, but
714
00:33:10,044 --> 00:33:11,413
it's the rest of the body
that's failing.
715
00:33:11,514 --> 00:33:14,720
'Cause you can actually
now imagine human,
716
00:33:14,721 --> 00:33:14,753
'Cause you can actually
now imagine human,
sort of metal robotic cyborg
717
00:33:14,754 --> 00:33:16,892
sort of metal robotic cyborg
718
00:33:17,058 --> 00:33:19,428
combinations where your brain is
719
00:33:19,429 --> 00:33:22,069
now not just controlling
maybe your biological body
720
00:33:22,202 --> 00:33:24,874
but something artificial
and man-made.
721
00:33:25,041 --> 00:33:26,945
You give this technology another
722
00:33:27,045 --> 00:33:30,317
50 years, and we will
appear as god beings
723
00:33:30,318 --> 00:33:33,224
to a person living at the
beginning of the 20th century.
724
00:33:34,259 --> 00:33:37,233
So, let's now look back
at the extraterrestrial
725
00:33:37,399 --> 00:33:39,736
gods of the ancient world.
726
00:33:39,737 --> 00:33:42,742
They must have had at least
the level of technological
727
00:33:42,743 --> 00:33:46,050
sophistication that we are
enjoying and experiencing today,
728
00:33:46,216 --> 00:33:48,287
probably even more advanced.
729
00:33:48,421 --> 00:33:50,926
I think it's fascinating
where we are
730
00:33:51,093 --> 00:33:53,064
in this moment in time because
731
00:33:53,230 --> 00:33:56,037
what if, one day, we can create
732
00:33:56,203 --> 00:33:58,040
artificial human beings?
733
00:33:58,140 --> 00:34:02,216
And, in fact,
we are merely rediscovering
734
00:34:02,349 --> 00:34:05,755
what has happened already
a long time ago.
735
00:34:05,756 --> 00:34:08,361
NARRATOR:
As far as some
ancient astronaut theorists
736
00:34:08,494 --> 00:34:11,401
are concerned,
merging biology and
737
00:34:11,568 --> 00:34:13,271
technology is an important
738
00:34:13,371 --> 00:34:16,679
first step in becoming
like our alien ancestors.
739
00:34:16,778 --> 00:34:21,020
But they believe
the extraterrestrial beings
740
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,324
that people have reported
encountering on Earth
741
00:34:23,525 --> 00:34:25,930
may be merely avatars,
742
00:34:26,096 --> 00:34:28,034
vessels for intelligences
743
00:34:28,134 --> 00:34:31,240
that can move
from one body to another.
744
00:34:31,373 --> 00:34:33,512
HENRY:
What if they're digital beings?
745
00:34:33,645 --> 00:34:36,519
Or light beings?
We have numerous stories
746
00:34:36,651 --> 00:34:39,656
that tell us that
the god beings were
747
00:34:39,657 --> 00:34:43,398
originally light beings that
could then phase into a physical
748
00:34:43,497 --> 00:34:45,870
flesh-and-blood form
and then phase back into
749
00:34:46,136 --> 00:34:48,774
their light body form when
they want to travel the stars.
750
00:34:48,775 --> 00:34:48,841
their light body form when
they want to travel the stars.
We hear the story
of the Anunnaki,
751
00:34:48,842 --> 00:34:51,547
We hear the story
of the Anunnaki,
752
00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:54,587
the divine lords of light
of the Sumerian tradition...
753
00:34:55,455 --> 00:34:57,727
...or the arrival
of the Watchers,
754
00:34:57,827 --> 00:35:00,733
the lords of light
who descended upon Mount Hermon.
755
00:35:01,901 --> 00:35:05,742
TAYLOR:
The stories of Vishnu
actually describe Vishnu
756
00:35:05,743 --> 00:35:09,182
having many manifestations
of himself as other gods.
757
00:35:09,282 --> 00:35:12,056
He would come to our reality
as a different god.
758
00:35:12,155 --> 00:35:14,594
He came to Earth
many different times as many
759
00:35:14,694 --> 00:35:17,431
different people and had
adventures and activities
760
00:35:17,432 --> 00:35:20,038
and then he would go back
into the heavens as Vishnu.
761
00:35:20,171 --> 00:35:23,478
KAKU:
The aliens could be avatars.
762
00:35:23,578 --> 00:35:26,216
They can withstand all
the rigors of outer space
763
00:35:26,316 --> 00:35:29,089
because they are part biological
and part mechanical
764
00:35:29,189 --> 00:35:33,031
but controlled by
an alien consciousness
765
00:35:33,197 --> 00:35:35,434
in a different star system.
766
00:35:35,435 --> 00:35:38,574
NARRATOR:
While the notion
of a conscious being that
767
00:35:38,575 --> 00:35:42,282
can move from one body to
another may sound far-fetched,
768
00:35:42,449 --> 00:35:44,286
humankind is working towards
769
00:35:44,419 --> 00:35:46,591
realizing this technology
right now
770
00:35:46,725 --> 00:35:49,731
by attempting to map
the human brain.
771
00:35:49,864 --> 00:35:53,238
Whole brain emulation
is the ability
772
00:35:53,337 --> 00:35:57,612
to create a carbon copy
of the brain itself.
773
00:35:57,613 --> 00:36:01,788
Already, by slicing and dicing
the brain of a fruit fly,
774
00:36:01,888 --> 00:36:04,894
we've been able to catalog
all the connections
775
00:36:04,895 --> 00:36:06,430
of a fruit fly's brain
776
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:10,303
up to 100,000 neurons.
777
00:36:10,304 --> 00:36:14,347
Think about that-- every single
connection of the brain
778
00:36:14,479 --> 00:36:17,218
of a fruit fly mapped
using computers
779
00:36:17,352 --> 00:36:19,791
by slicing and dicing the brain.
780
00:36:19,891 --> 00:36:22,862
Now, the human brain
is much more complicated.
781
00:36:22,863 --> 00:36:22,896
Now, the human brain
is much more complicated.
A hundred billion neurons,
782
00:36:22,897 --> 00:36:25,468
A hundred billion neurons,
783
00:36:25,636 --> 00:36:28,108
with each neuron connected to
784
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:31,682
10,000 other neurons,
but in principle
785
00:36:31,781 --> 00:36:34,788
that's also possible
to create an exact copy
786
00:36:34,887 --> 00:36:38,928
of the brain to map
every single neuron
787
00:36:38,929 --> 00:36:40,399
of the brain
788
00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:44,206
using transistors
rather than neurons.
789
00:36:44,372 --> 00:36:46,210
And it would, in principle,
790
00:36:46,376 --> 00:36:48,882
be identical to who you are.
791
00:36:48,982 --> 00:36:51,621
It would have access
to all your memories,
792
00:36:51,755 --> 00:36:54,460
all your dreams,
all your foibles,
793
00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:56,531
all your mannerisms.
794
00:36:56,664 --> 00:36:58,667
It'll take, of course, decades
795
00:36:58,668 --> 00:37:02,576
to give you that kind of
accuracy, but it is doable.
796
00:37:03,845 --> 00:37:07,118
NARRATOR:
Once scientists can completely
replicate a human brain
797
00:37:07,285 --> 00:37:09,089
through whole brain emulation,
798
00:37:09,356 --> 00:37:12,731
then that information
can be uploaded to a computer
799
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:16,670
to digitally represent
a person's consciousness.
800
00:37:16,671 --> 00:37:20,445
Could it be that
extraterrestrials who already
801
00:37:20,546 --> 00:37:23,551
possess this capability
have come to Earth
802
00:37:23,552 --> 00:37:27,693
by uploading their consciousness
into artificial bodies?
803
00:37:27,827 --> 00:37:30,666
There are some
theoretical physicists
804
00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:33,571
who say not only
is this possible
805
00:37:33,572 --> 00:37:37,245
but that this is how humans will
eventually leave the planet
806
00:37:37,445 --> 00:37:40,752
and travel the stars.
807
00:37:49,670 --> 00:37:53,545
NARRATOR:
August 27, 2019.
808
00:37:55,582 --> 00:37:58,988
Space X announces
the successful test flight
809
00:37:58,989 --> 00:37:59,088
Space X announces
the successful test flight
of its starship prototype
Starhopper.
810
00:37:59,089 --> 00:38:02,362
of its starship prototype
Starhopper.
811
00:38:02,462 --> 00:38:05,601
The founder of
the private aerospace company,
812
00:38:05,602 --> 00:38:09,176
billionaire Elon Musk,
has also been at the forefront
813
00:38:09,342 --> 00:38:12,516
of efforts to upgrade humankind.
814
00:38:12,616 --> 00:38:15,757
It is his belief that
both pursuits are critical
815
00:38:15,889 --> 00:38:18,695
to ensuring the survival
of the human race.
816
00:38:19,496 --> 00:38:21,867
It's interesting that, today,
817
00:38:21,868 --> 00:38:26,043
we have these adventurer
billionaires like Elon Musk,
818
00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:30,620
and they want to put
computer chips in our brains,
819
00:38:30,752 --> 00:38:34,393
even map our
own consciousness and put
820
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,630
that in a robot or cyborg,
821
00:38:36,631 --> 00:38:40,004
and they're wanting to go
into space at the same time.
822
00:38:40,005 --> 00:38:41,840
So, in many ways,
823
00:38:41,841 --> 00:38:43,378
they're like the
824
00:38:43,578 --> 00:38:44,980
alien explorers
825
00:38:44,981 --> 00:38:45,014
alien explorers
who came here in the past.
826
00:38:45,015 --> 00:38:47,620
who came here in the past.
827
00:38:49,523 --> 00:38:51,127
KAKU:
I think with known technologies,
828
00:38:51,393 --> 00:38:55,033
we can theorize, that is,
within 100, within 200 years,
829
00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:58,241
we're talking about
fusion rockets and antimatter
830
00:38:58,374 --> 00:39:01,347
rockets capable
of reaching the stars.
831
00:39:01,514 --> 00:39:03,751
And then I think
we'll be sending
832
00:39:03,752 --> 00:39:07,926
robots into outer space
that are actually avatars.
833
00:39:07,927 --> 00:39:11,568
I personally think this is
the future of the space program,
834
00:39:11,668 --> 00:39:15,073
and I think we will do this
using laser beams.
835
00:39:15,074 --> 00:39:15,140
and I think we will do this
using laser beams.
If we can digitize
the human brain,
836
00:39:15,141 --> 00:39:18,281
If we can digitize
the human brain,
837
00:39:18,414 --> 00:39:21,353
we can put that knowledge
on a laser beam
838
00:39:21,521 --> 00:39:22,822
and shoot it to the Moon.
839
00:39:22,823 --> 00:39:24,628
In one second,
840
00:39:24,827 --> 00:39:26,831
you are on the Moon.
841
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:29,704
In 20 minutes,
you could be on Mars.
842
00:39:29,804 --> 00:39:32,510
In four years,
at the speed of light,
843
00:39:32,643 --> 00:39:35,080
you could reach
the nearby stars.
844
00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,450
And what would you do?
845
00:39:36,618 --> 00:39:38,086
If that laser beam goes
846
00:39:38,087 --> 00:39:38,120
If that laser beam goes
to the Moon, is then downloaded
847
00:39:38,121 --> 00:39:40,425
to the Moon, is then downloaded
848
00:39:40,626 --> 00:39:42,329
into an avatar,
849
00:39:42,428 --> 00:39:45,501
that avatar could withstand
gravity fields,
850
00:39:45,702 --> 00:39:47,170
poisonous gases,
851
00:39:47,171 --> 00:39:47,204
poisonous gases,
radiation from the Sun.
852
00:39:47,205 --> 00:39:48,708
radiation from the Sun.
853
00:39:48,842 --> 00:39:51,413
And in fact,
I'll stick my neck out.
854
00:39:51,581 --> 00:39:53,384
I think this already exists.
855
00:39:53,518 --> 00:39:55,855
I think this is
the preferred way
856
00:39:55,856 --> 00:39:59,531
for an advanced alien species
to explore the universe.
857
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,433
In fact, near the Earth,
858
00:40:01,601 --> 00:40:03,136
there could be a digital highway
859
00:40:03,137 --> 00:40:04,973
with the digitized souls
860
00:40:04,974 --> 00:40:09,149
of billions of aliens going
across the Milky Way Galaxy.
861
00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:12,454
So I think when we
meet aliens from outer space,
862
00:40:12,455 --> 00:40:15,126
we should not be surprised
if they're actually
863
00:40:15,127 --> 00:40:15,160
we should not be surprised
if they're actually
avatars that are controlled by
864
00:40:15,161 --> 00:40:18,099
avatars that are controlled by
865
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:18,166
avatars that are controlled by
the aliens
in a distant star system.
866
00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,640
the aliens
in a distant star system.
867
00:40:20,806 --> 00:40:22,877
NARRATOR:
As entrepreneurs
868
00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:25,516
continue to invest
billions in pursuit
869
00:40:25,615 --> 00:40:28,687
of both space travel
and whole brain emulation,
870
00:40:28,688 --> 00:40:31,794
are we getting closer to
becoming like the immortals
871
00:40:31,894 --> 00:40:35,901
our ancestors described
thousands of years ago?
872
00:40:35,902 --> 00:40:39,276
And if these immortals were
responsible for the creation
873
00:40:39,476 --> 00:40:40,746
of the human race,
874
00:40:40,879 --> 00:40:43,585
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
875
00:40:43,752 --> 00:40:46,892
could this evolution be exactly
876
00:40:47,025 --> 00:40:50,064
what they intended
for humankind all along?
877
00:40:51,834 --> 00:40:54,138
Why would extraterrestrials
come to Earth
878
00:40:54,139 --> 00:40:54,172
Why would extraterrestrials
come to Earth
and start a human project,
879
00:40:54,173 --> 00:40:56,076
and start a human project,
880
00:40:56,176 --> 00:40:58,447
knowing that it would
take thousands of years
881
00:40:58,648 --> 00:41:00,085
for us to, to develop?
882
00:41:00,184 --> 00:41:02,690
Well, it could perhaps
be that extraterrestrials
883
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:06,864
have a different perspective
of time than we do.
884
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:09,369
If we think
of the extraterrestrials
885
00:41:09,503 --> 00:41:11,808
as immortal, time is irrelevant.
886
00:41:11,908 --> 00:41:15,180
And their goal
is to assist humanity
887
00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:15,213
And their goal
is to assist humanity
to become more like them.
888
00:41:15,214 --> 00:41:17,920
to become more like them.
889
00:41:19,255 --> 00:41:22,530
TAYLOR:
There's a potential that
humanity is going to become
890
00:41:22,663 --> 00:41:25,801
a starfaring nation
that has long life
891
00:41:25,802 --> 00:41:27,872
because you're gonna need that
for some of these long journeys.
892
00:41:27,873 --> 00:41:31,279
And we might become more
like the gods that seemed to
893
00:41:31,547 --> 00:41:35,054
live for thousands of years
and traveled the heavens.
894
00:41:37,158 --> 00:41:39,663
NARRATOR: Is humanity
on the verge of becoming
895
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:41,801
an intergalactic civilization?
896
00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:45,140
And if so,
is it possible that we
897
00:41:45,141 --> 00:41:48,548
were set on this path
by an extraterrestrial race
898
00:41:48,648 --> 00:41:51,654
that visited Earth
thousands of years ago?
899
00:41:51,788 --> 00:41:54,527
Perhaps one day,
the immortal gods
900
00:41:54,693 --> 00:41:57,097
seen descending from the sky
901
00:41:57,098 --> 00:41:59,469
on a distant planet...
902
00:41:59,703 --> 00:42:01,440
will be us.
903
00:42:01,574 --> 00:42:04,112
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