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Giorgio a. Tsoukalos: A ufo
sighting over multiple cities.
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Man:
I don't know
what the hell that is.
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Tsoukalos:
An extraterrestrial event
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That changed
the course of history.
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And an alien abduction
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Witnessed
by no less than six people.
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On ancient aliens,
we've investigated
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Dozens
of extraordinary encounters
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From among the thousands
that have been reported.
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Here's what I consider to be
the most compelling stories:
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My top ten alien encounters.
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Each one adds
to the growing body of proof
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That we have been visited
by extraterrestrials
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For thousands of years.
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People tell me about their
ufo sightings all the time,
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And let me tell you, I've heard
some really incredible stories.
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In fact, there are thousands
of ufo sightings
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Reported every year.
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Unfortunately, most are
single-witness testimonials
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That can't be corroborated
or verified.
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But in 1982,
along new york's hudson river,
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There was a flood
of ufo sightings
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Reported over multiple days
by hundreds of eyewitnesses.
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Number ten on my countdown
of the top alien encounters:
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The hudson valley ufo sightings.
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Narrator:
Kent, new york.
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New year's eve, 1982.
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Just a few miles
from the hudson river,
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New year's eve revelers spot
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A gigantic v-shaped craft
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Throbbing with red,
white and green lights.
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As they watch in amazement,
the colors vanish,
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Replaced by white lights
so bright
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They illuminate the ground.
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Over the next months,
authorities are bombarded
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With hundreds
of similar reports.
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Man:
Oh, good god.
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-Woman: What's that?
-Man: I don't know.
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-Woman: It's not a plane.
-Man: I don't...
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I'll be... I'm gonna
tell you something, honey.
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I don't know
what the hell it is.
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Philip imbrogno:
Usually, ufos just appear
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To a small number of people,
and they disappear.
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In this case,
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People were stopped
on the highways.
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People were running
out of their houses
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Watching this enormous object
pass over
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The size of a football field.
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Narrator:
The sightings continued
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For more than six years
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And became the most widely
reported in american history.
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David childress:
The hudson valley ufo sightings
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Continued well up to 1988.
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It's estimated
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That as many as 5,000 people
called in
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And made reports
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Of this very large, lit up ufo.
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Narrator:
But why were
so many ufo encounters reported
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In this one particular area?
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Man:
There are six,
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And the lead one
has his three lights on.
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Everybody else only has two.
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Tsoukalos:
Some have suggested the reason
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Why these sightings have
happened at the hudson valley
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Is because they are on top
of a vortex.
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Now, what's a vortex?
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Well, there are varying opinions
of what that is.
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Some have suggested
that they are
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Magnetic points
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That are part
of the earth's magnetic grid.
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They also represent
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The combination
of earth energies
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Kind of congregating
into one spot,
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These telluric currents
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And these magnetic
earth currents.
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And, so, one suggestion
is that they create
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Portal-type effects or vortexes.
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Entrances into the otherworld.
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Narrator:
Could the hudson valley
ufo sightings
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Be evidence
of a hidden power vortex
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And even a portal
through time and space?
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You have places around the world
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That are known
for their vortexes.
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Stonehenge is said
to have a vortex.
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Sedona, arizona
has a number of vortexes,
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And it's famous for them.
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And, so, it's thought
that the hudson valley
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Is also a vortex area.
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So, you have to wonder there
if these ufos
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Have been attracted
to the hudson valley.
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And still to this day,
no one has come up
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With a-a good explanation
of what was happening
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In the hudson valley
during this time.
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Man:
They're heading north-northwest.
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Holy good god.
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Just 150 miles east
of the hudson valley,
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Another extraordinary encounter
took place in 1961.
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And what makes it so unique
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Is that it is
the first documented report
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Of an alien abduction.
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My number nine alien encounter:
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The abduction
of betty and barney hill.
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Narrator:
Lancaster, new hampshire.
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September 19, 1961.
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Betty and barney hill
are driving late at night
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When a large flying saucer
intercepts them
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And hovers over their car.
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Above them, the hills
observe otherworldly figures
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In the windows of the craft.
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Days later,
the couple reports missing time,
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And after participating
in hypnotic regression,
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They claim to realize
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That they were abducted
by extraterrestrials.
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Under hypnotic regression--
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Separately, by the way,
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So they each wouldn't
contaminate the other's story--
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Betty and barney
told the exact same story.
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The object hovered over the car,
then landed in front of them,
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And they were yanked
out of the car
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By these small
four-and-a-half-foot beings
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And dragged into a clearing,
where they boarded a spaceship.
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Ken storch:
Betty pleaded with her captors,
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If you will, that...
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Not to harm her, uh,
as she laid on this table
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And experiments
were done on her,
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Like a needle
being inserted into her stomach.
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Barney relates
a number of skin samples
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And sperm being taken from him.
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Jason martell:
The beings described
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By betty and barney hill
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Fit the classic case of a grey.
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Now,
there are variations to size
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And dimensions of these beings,
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But they all seem to have
the same characteristics.
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Slim, spindly bodies.
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Large oval heads.
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Large oversized eyes.
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Narrator:
In the years
since their reported abduction,
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Betty and barney hill's
encounter
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Has become legendary.
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But what was not well-known
was that betty and barney hill
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Were not the only members
of their family
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Who have been abducted.
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Betty hill was my aunt,
my mother's sister.
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Something that we
have never revealed before
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Is that my mother
had a close encounter in 1958.
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She saw
this huge cigar-shaped craft
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Hovering over a field.
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She had no explanation
for what had happened
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As far as she knew.
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She had gone shopping,
and she had driven home.
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My mother
eventually underwent hypnosis,
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And through hypnosis,
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She recalled
having been abducted,
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As well.
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And I also had this uncanny
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Sort of dreamlike experience
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Of being taken to a craft.
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It appears that this
is generational in my family.
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My aunt betty was taken,
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My mother was taken,
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And there's a good chance
that I have been taken, as well.
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Narrator:
Could it be
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That extraterrestrial beings
are abducting
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Not only individuals
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But also families?
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And if so, why?
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Nick pope: It seems
that specific bloodlines
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Are involved here.
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And if that's the case,
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It raises
the intriguing possibility
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That the extraterrestrials
are interested in human biology,
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That they are monitoring
specific genetic lines
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For some purpose.
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One of the most important
factors I consider
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When it comes to evaluating
a ufo encounter
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Is how credible is the witness?
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And to me, there is
no better expert than a pilot
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When it comes to reporting
on a flying craft.
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The next encounter on my list
took place in 1947
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And helped launch
the modern ufo era.
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Number eight:
The kenneth arnold ufo sighting.
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Narrator:
Washington state.
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June 24, 1947.
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Aviator and businessman
kenneth arnold
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Is piloting a private plane
near mount rainier
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When he suddenly spots
nine fast-moving objects
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Flying in tandem.
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As he was flying
around the mountain,
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He suddenly caught sight
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Of a squadron
of strange-looking objects.
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He could not figure out
what they were.
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Richard dolan:
He was able to measure
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The speed
that they were going at by...
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'cause he knew the distance
between two particular peaks
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Which were about 15 miles apart.
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And he timed the passage
of these objects by the peaks
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And came to something
like 1,200 miles per hour,
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Which, in 1947,
was just not done at all,
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Anywhere close to that.
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He later described the objects
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As being somewhat delta-shaped
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And flying
as if you were to skip a saucer
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Across a body of water.
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And this gave rise to the term
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"flying saucer."
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Narrator:
The u.S. Air force
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Formally categorized
kenneth arnold's experience
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As a mirage, but it emboldened
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Others to come forward
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With their own
unexplainable encounters,
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And a flurry of ufo reports
quickly followed.
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When you look at the year 1947,
the statistics are
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That there were
at least 800 reports
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To police and airports
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Of people saying that they were
seeing something in the sky
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And they didn't know
what it was.
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It was actually required
that all officers
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Fill out a form
if they saw anything
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That might be regarded
as a ufo or a flying saucer.
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And in addition to that,
they were told not to discuss
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Their sighting
or what was on their report
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With anyone.
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Narrator:
Kenneth arnold's encounter
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Marked the beginning
of the modern ufo era,
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But there are also those
who believe it gave rise
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To a massive
government cover-up.
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We became aware in the '40s...
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...Of these extraterrestrial
biological entities
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And that the government's
been trying to hide it
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For all of these decades...
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...And that the same question
of intent
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And agenda
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And exactly who
from where and why
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Are the same questions today.
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On October 13, 1917,
a huge crowd gathered,
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Over 30,000 people
in a small town in portugal
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Witnessed an incredible event
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That the catholic church
declared to be
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Of supernatural character.
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At the center of the event
were three children
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Who, for months,
had reported receiving messages
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From a lady in the sky.
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Number seven on my countdown
of the top alien encounters
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Is the miracle of the sun
at fátima.
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Narrator:
Fátima, portugal.
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May 1917.
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Three young children
walking through a sheep pasture
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Are stopped in their tracks
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By what appears to be
a glowing angel.
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As the figure begins to speak,
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They believe
she is the holy virgin mary
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Sent to deliver
a very important message.
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Childress:
These three children
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Claimed that they were visited
by the virgin mary,
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Who appeared to them in the sky
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And told them that she had
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Certain prophecies for them
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And that
over the next six months,
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She would return to them
and give them
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These prophecies.
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And so on the-the 13th
of each month,
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These three children
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Would gather
on this hillside in fátima,
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And, according to them,
the virgin mary
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Would appear to them
and tell them these stories.
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Narrator:
During one of these visits,
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The children claimed
that the apparition told them
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She would return
to perform a miracle
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On October 13th.
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They reported the encounter
to the local catholic bishop,
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And on October 13, 1917,
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Over 30,000 people gathered
to witness the event.
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A huge crowd gathered,
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And they said
that they witnessed,
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Uh, the sun moving in the sky.
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Imbrogno: They saw the sun
spinning like a disk
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And then coming down
to the planet earth,
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And people got very frightened.
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Narrator:
The incident
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Was labeled an event
of supernatural character
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By the catholic church.
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But as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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It was a very different type
of otherworldly encounter.
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This whole event took place
for eight minutes,
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Not eight seconds.
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They had time to look it.
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It was not the sun.
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It was a ufo because it turned,
291
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It changed its color
all the time.
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This object appeared in the sky
in front of the sun, I believe.
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I read all the reports.
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And colors of light spread out
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From the object to the ground.
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To me, it indicates contact
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With an extraterrestrial
intelligence.
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Encounters reported
by a group of people
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Can make strange sightings
hard to deny.
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And when a ufo sighting
is reported
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By thousands of residents
of a major metropolitan city,
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In my opinion,
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That's about as undeniable
as it gets.
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The number six alien encounter
on my top ten countdown:
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The phoenix lights.
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Narrator:
Henderson, nevada.
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March 13, 1997.
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At 6:55 p.M.,
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Local police receive a report
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Of a massive v-shaped object
traveling southeast
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Across the night sky.
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Over the next three hours,
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The craft is witnessed
by thousands of people
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As it journeys down
through arizona
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And into sonora, mexico.
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With most of the reports
coming from phoenix
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As well as photographs
and video footage,
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The incident becomes known
as the phoenix lights.
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Dolan:
The entire city of phoenix
was able to see
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This half-a-mile-long display
of lights over the city
321
00:16:10,195 --> 00:16:12,195
In a very,
very distinctive pattern.
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It was
a triangularish-shaped object
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Seen very reliably
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By quite a large number
of witnesses.
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Who's our best witness to that?
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The best one?
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Governor fife symington
of arizona.
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00:16:28,637 --> 00:16:31,397
As a pilot
and a former air force officer,
329
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:35,051
I can definitively say
that this craft did not resemble
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Any man-made object
that I'd ever seen.
331
00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:39,222
Birnes:
He says, "yeah,
I really did see the ufo."
332
00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,574
And he describes it.
He actually was
333
00:16:41,726 --> 00:16:44,168
Maybe a hundred feet away
from that flying triangle
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And could see through it
and the stars above.
335
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Dolan:
Governor symington
was a qualified pilot
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And in the air force reserve,
as well.
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I think he knew
what he was seeing.
338
00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:56,255
But some
of these other witnesses said,
339
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:58,090
"yeah, I could've almost thrown
a baseball and hit it,
340
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It was that low over the...
Over our heads."
341
00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:02,411
Narrator:
The governor of arizona
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00:17:02,505 --> 00:17:05,023
Described
a strange, triangular ufo
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00:17:05,174 --> 00:17:07,025
That appeared translucent,
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Camouflaging itself
amidst the star field above.
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00:17:12,423 --> 00:17:15,258
Birnes:
They were seen
by hundreds of people.
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00:17:15,276 --> 00:17:18,369
But when they looked
between the lights,
347
00:17:18,596 --> 00:17:22,523
What they could see
were the stars.
348
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:26,193
But it wasn't just the night sky
as if there was nothing there.
349
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They were wavy as if something
was getting in the way
350
00:17:29,957 --> 00:17:32,441
Of the direct light
from the stars.
351
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So, it's stealth.
It's camouflaged.
352
00:17:38,633 --> 00:17:41,117
Narrator:
Camouflaged?
353
00:17:41,135 --> 00:17:43,561
Could the descriptions
of the phoenix lights
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Indicate that witnesses
were observing
355
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,900
Some type
of stealth alien technology
356
00:17:49,051 --> 00:17:50,643
That,
whether intentional or not,
357
00:17:50,795 --> 00:17:53,646
Momentarily revealed itself?
358
00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:55,573
And if so,
359
00:17:55,724 --> 00:17:58,743
Could there be far more
extraterrestrial aircraft
360
00:17:58,894 --> 00:18:02,229
In our skies
than we ever imagined?
361
00:18:02,323 --> 00:18:03,989
People think of disclosure
362
00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:07,993
As being the archetypal landing
on the white house lawn.
363
00:18:08,146 --> 00:18:11,831
What if aliens are already here
364
00:18:11,983 --> 00:18:14,408
And then disclosure,
365
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,985
Open first contact
366
00:18:16,078 --> 00:18:19,263
Is the day
when they reveal themselves?
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00:18:25,830 --> 00:18:27,438
People often ask me,
368
00:18:27,665 --> 00:18:29,423
"why aren't there any
ufo sightings
369
00:18:29,517 --> 00:18:31,609
Before the 20th century?"
370
00:18:31,836 --> 00:18:34,520
And my answer is,
"of course there were."
371
00:18:34,672 --> 00:18:36,114
History is filled
with alien encounter stories.
372
00:18:36,341 --> 00:18:38,765
But our ancestors
didn't have the words
373
00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:41,010
Like "aliens" and "ufos,"
374
00:18:41,028 --> 00:18:43,179
And, of course,
this was long before
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00:18:43,197 --> 00:18:45,014
They had built flying machines.
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00:18:45,032 --> 00:18:47,107
What their stories describe
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00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:50,944
Is what I call
misunderstood technology,
378
00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:53,280
Like this ufo sighting
that took place
379
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:55,374
In the fourth century ad
380
00:18:55,526 --> 00:18:58,302
And forever altered
the course of humanity.
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00:18:59,547 --> 00:19:01,472
Number five on my countdown:
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Constantine's vision.
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00:19:07,889 --> 00:19:10,556
Narrator:
Rome.
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October 27, 312 ad.
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At the milvian bridge
on the north side of the city,
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Deposed emperor constantine
387
00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:23,402
Prepares to reclaim his throne
from maxentius.
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00:19:23,554 --> 00:19:25,329
In the sky,
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00:19:25,481 --> 00:19:29,292
He witnesses what he believes
is a divine vision.
390
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:33,913
Constantine and his followers
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00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:35,673
Saw in the sky
392
00:19:35,824 --> 00:19:37,991
What their chroniclers say
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00:19:38,085 --> 00:19:43,347
Was a huge, white, fiery cross.
394
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:49,002
Now, his followers didn't know
what to make of this,
395
00:19:49,096 --> 00:19:51,247
But constantine decided
396
00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:53,482
That this
was the christian cross.
397
00:19:54,677 --> 00:19:57,195
At that point,
he made a vow to christ
398
00:19:57,346 --> 00:19:58,863
That if he won the battle,
399
00:19:59,014 --> 00:20:02,425
He would convert
to christianity for good,
400
00:20:02,518 --> 00:20:05,094
And he would make christianity
401
00:20:05,187 --> 00:20:08,431
The state religion
of the roman empire.
402
00:20:08,524 --> 00:20:10,766
William bramley:
The vision of constantine
403
00:20:10,785 --> 00:20:12,376
Was extremely significant.
404
00:20:12,603 --> 00:20:14,620
They thought
it was some kind of message.
405
00:20:14,772 --> 00:20:18,007
"fight this battle and establish
this form of christianity."
406
00:20:19,277 --> 00:20:20,793
Kathleen mcgowan coppens:
Constantine feels,
407
00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,704
After viewing this extraordinary
sign from the heavens,
408
00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:26,449
This lighted cross in the sky,
409
00:20:26,467 --> 00:20:28,559
That he will go forth
the next day,
410
00:20:28,711 --> 00:20:31,120
And he will conquer
the roman empire.
411
00:20:31,138 --> 00:20:33,231
And this
is exactly what he does.
412
00:20:34,459 --> 00:20:36,959
This vision becomes
413
00:20:36,978 --> 00:20:40,238
One of the crucial
turning points in human history.
414
00:20:44,059 --> 00:20:46,577
Narrator:
Constantine's victory
at the milvian bridge
415
00:20:46,729 --> 00:20:48,562
Was the first step
in christianity
416
00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:51,082
Becoming
europe's dominant religion,
417
00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:54,585
And the world
was changed forever.
418
00:20:56,664 --> 00:20:59,315
But was the cross-shaped object
419
00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:01,575
Constantine claimed
to have seen in the sky
420
00:21:01,669 --> 00:21:04,336
Really a sign from god?
421
00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:08,582
Or might it have been
some other extraordinary force?
422
00:21:08,676 --> 00:21:11,494
Bramley:
It looked like the shape
of a cross, but the shape
423
00:21:11,512 --> 00:21:14,497
Of a cross could have been
airplane-type objects
424
00:21:14,515 --> 00:21:16,332
Because the fuselage and
the wings will look like a cross
425
00:21:16,425 --> 00:21:17,349
To somebody who's looking up.
426
00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:18,943
And, of course,
they had no concept
427
00:21:19,094 --> 00:21:21,186
Of these things back then.
428
00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:24,598
Tsoukalos:
Now, it was not
just constantine's vision
429
00:21:24,692 --> 00:21:26,342
Because it is described
430
00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,844
That the army of constantine
431
00:21:28,937 --> 00:21:31,789
Also saw something
up in the sky.
432
00:21:31,940 --> 00:21:34,850
Pope:
This was a pivotal moment.
433
00:21:34,869 --> 00:21:37,703
The adoption of christianity
434
00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:41,206
As the official religion
really changed the world,
435
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:45,027
And that's now a large part
of the world we live in.
436
00:21:45,046 --> 00:21:46,862
Narrator:
Is it possible
437
00:21:46,881 --> 00:21:50,141
That a 1,700-year-old
ufo encounter
438
00:21:50,292 --> 00:21:53,052
Was responsible for one
of the greatest turning points
439
00:21:53,146 --> 00:21:55,054
In human history?
440
00:21:55,206 --> 00:21:56,630
So, the question is
441
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,800
Is this one
of the earliest ufo encounters
442
00:21:59,894 --> 00:22:01,377
That we have on record?
443
00:22:01,395 --> 00:22:03,779
And, in my opinion, yes, it is.
444
00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:08,308
Remember when I said earlier
445
00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:10,569
That the case
of betty and barney hill
446
00:22:10,721 --> 00:22:13,739
Was the first alien abduction
ever reported?
447
00:22:13,891 --> 00:22:16,559
Well, that's because the term
"alien abduction"
448
00:22:16,652 --> 00:22:19,653
Did not exist
thousands of years ago.
449
00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:23,323
In fact, one of the most
compelling abduction accounts
450
00:22:23,417 --> 00:22:25,584
I've ever read is ancient
451
00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:28,904
And can be found in a text
that might surprise you:
452
00:22:28,923 --> 00:22:30,681
The holy bible.
453
00:22:31,926 --> 00:22:33,759
Number four on my countdown:
454
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:36,145
Elijah's chariot.
455
00:22:38,766 --> 00:22:39,932
Narrator:
Northern israel.
456
00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:43,677
The ninth century bc.
457
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:47,514
According to old testament texts
found in the hebrew bible,
458
00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,534
It was here
that the prophet elijah
459
00:22:50,761 --> 00:22:54,597
Had several encounters
with both angels and god
460
00:22:54,615 --> 00:22:56,949
During which
he was given prophetic warnings
461
00:22:57,101 --> 00:23:00,360
Of drought and cataclysm.
462
00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,955
One of the most important,
uh, prophets
463
00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:05,716
In-in israelite tradition,
of course, is-is elijah.
464
00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:09,870
Elijah predicts
some rough things coming,
465
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,947
And, of course, they do.
466
00:23:11,966 --> 00:23:14,967
There is a very special role
467
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:16,969
In communicating god's designs
468
00:23:17,121 --> 00:23:19,230
And sometimes his condemnation.
469
00:23:19,381 --> 00:23:23,359
So, elijah is met
with rather divine-like figures.
470
00:23:24,553 --> 00:23:27,220
Narrator:
In his final encounter with god,
471
00:23:27,314 --> 00:23:30,557
It is written that elijah
is met by a chariot of fire
472
00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:32,076
And horses of fire
473
00:23:32,303 --> 00:23:35,579
That take him up to heaven
in a whirlwind.
474
00:23:35,731 --> 00:23:37,156
Patrick cooke:
Elijah's experience
475
00:23:37,308 --> 00:23:41,160
Details a spinning object
476
00:23:41,312 --> 00:23:43,921
Or a whirlwind
that came over him
477
00:23:44,072 --> 00:23:46,072
And a chariot of fire.
478
00:23:46,167 --> 00:23:47,332
So, the question is
479
00:23:47,485 --> 00:23:49,835
Was it the chariot of fire
that was spinning?
480
00:23:49,987 --> 00:23:51,077
Or was it
481
00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:55,674
A beam that came down
and took him up?
482
00:23:55,826 --> 00:23:57,843
It's not a far stretch
to say that this was
483
00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:02,756
An actually, uh, spinning object
that was above him
484
00:24:02,850 --> 00:24:04,925
That took him up into it.
485
00:24:05,019 --> 00:24:08,094
Redfern:
Could the-the fire have been
some sort of engine?
486
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:09,613
When he's taken up
in a whirlwind,
487
00:24:09,765 --> 00:24:12,174
You know, you only have
to look at, for example,
488
00:24:12,193 --> 00:24:14,285
-When the space shuttle
takes to the skies.
-Man: Four, three, two...
489
00:24:16,772 --> 00:24:18,363
Redfern: You know,
you have these rumbling,
490
00:24:18,516 --> 00:24:21,350
Roaring jet flames,
et cetera, et cetera.
491
00:24:21,443 --> 00:24:22,626
If you look at it
in that context,
492
00:24:22,778 --> 00:24:26,630
You could really place this
into a ufo category.
493
00:24:28,209 --> 00:24:31,284
Cooke:
Definitely, these are,
uh, characteristics
494
00:24:31,378 --> 00:24:33,637
That we see of abductions
495
00:24:33,789 --> 00:24:35,797
Where people
are taken up into objects.
496
00:24:36,884 --> 00:24:39,384
Narrator:
Could it be that a story found
497
00:24:39,537 --> 00:24:41,720
In one of the earliest books
of the hebrew bible
498
00:24:41,872 --> 00:24:43,539
Is, in fact,
499
00:24:43,632 --> 00:24:45,374
An account of an alien abduction
500
00:24:45,467 --> 00:24:48,727
That occurred
thousands of years ago?
501
00:24:48,879 --> 00:24:51,063
And if so, what might it reveal
502
00:24:51,215 --> 00:24:55,308
About extraterrestrial
intervention on earth?
503
00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:57,661
Rabbi ariel bar tzadok:
We see from the biblical record
504
00:24:57,888 --> 00:25:01,165
That mankind has a purpose
and a destiny.
505
00:25:01,316 --> 00:25:03,058
There clearly are
extraterrestrials,
506
00:25:03,077 --> 00:25:06,395
And they are clearly interacting
with us
507
00:25:06,413 --> 00:25:09,748
And guiding us
and directing humanity
508
00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:13,677
Towards this predestined end.
509
00:25:19,593 --> 00:25:22,168
When it comes to
alien abduction reports,
510
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:25,247
Most rely on the testimony
of the abductees themselves.
511
00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:29,935
It's very rare for an abduction
to be witnessed by anybody else.
512
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:34,014
But in this next case,
there were multiple witnesses
513
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:37,183
Who saw the abduction
as it happened.
514
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:39,278
This is one
of the most fascinating
515
00:25:39,430 --> 00:25:41,372
And famous accounts on record.
516
00:25:42,616 --> 00:25:46,618
Number three on my list
of the top ten alien encounters:
517
00:25:46,771 --> 00:25:49,838
The travis walton abduction.
518
00:25:52,443 --> 00:25:56,387
Narrator:
The apache-sitgreaves
national forest, arizona.
519
00:25:57,557 --> 00:26:01,183
November 5, 1975.
520
00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:06,046
22-year-old forestry worker
travis walton
521
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:09,808
Is driving home after sundown
along with six coworkers
522
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:13,571
When suddenly, a strange light
appears in the sky.
523
00:26:13,722 --> 00:26:16,056
We'd just finished
a long, hard day,
524
00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:17,074
And it was starting to get dark.
525
00:26:17,225 --> 00:26:19,318
So, uh,
we loaded up our equipment.
526
00:26:19,470 --> 00:26:20,393
We were headed home.
527
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,580
And I noticed, uh,
528
00:26:22,731 --> 00:26:25,249
Some little glimmers of light
coming through the trees,
529
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,810
And the light
seemed to be coming
530
00:26:27,828 --> 00:26:30,479
From higher than where
ground level would be.
531
00:26:30,497 --> 00:26:34,258
It was only when we got
to where this light
532
00:26:34,409 --> 00:26:35,426
Was crossing the road
533
00:26:35,653 --> 00:26:38,762
That we had an
unobstructed view of the craft.
534
00:26:38,989 --> 00:26:41,247
Allen dalis in the back
yelled out,
535
00:26:41,342 --> 00:26:42,916
"it's a flying saucer!"
536
00:26:43,010 --> 00:26:44,751
And I said, "mike, stop."
537
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,086
(tires screech)
538
00:26:46,180 --> 00:26:48,997
It was a clearly visible,
539
00:26:49,091 --> 00:26:51,942
Clearly defined metallic object,
540
00:26:52,094 --> 00:26:55,095
A disc, hovering there,
outlined against the sky.
541
00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:57,189
I threw open the door,
542
00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:59,950
Thinking I'd get a closer look
before it took off.
543
00:27:00,177 --> 00:27:02,786
As I got closer to it,
the sound it was making,
544
00:27:03,013 --> 00:27:06,031
It was a sound
you-you both heard and felt.
545
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,367
And, uh, the crew said
546
00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:11,036
They could feel the vibration
in the truck.
547
00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:16,525
They said it seemed like
something was about to happen.
548
00:27:16,543 --> 00:27:19,361
(chuckles):
And it was.
549
00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:22,956
That's when this energy hit me.
550
00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:26,977
The crew said that it was
like I'd stepped on a land mine.
551
00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:30,539
Like an explosion
552
00:27:30,632 --> 00:27:33,466
So violent
that, uh, they thought
553
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:34,777
It, uh, it had killed me.
554
00:27:35,804 --> 00:27:39,715
When this beam of energy hit me,
555
00:27:39,733 --> 00:27:42,326
I felt like a physical blow,
556
00:27:42,477 --> 00:27:45,812
But with a sort of a tingling,
sort of an electric shock
557
00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:48,407
Sort of feeling
at the same time.
558
00:27:48,559 --> 00:27:52,836
I don't know whether I came to
soon after I was taken aboard.
559
00:27:52,988 --> 00:27:55,731
But I know I was on
560
00:27:55,749 --> 00:27:58,917
Some kind of an elevated gurney
or operating table.
561
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:01,253
I was looking straight
into the face of this creature,
562
00:28:01,405 --> 00:28:03,514
And I just flipped out.
563
00:28:05,167 --> 00:28:09,169
Pope:
He saw these hideous entities
that scared him.
564
00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:13,098
Maybe quite similar
to the modern idea
565
00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,600
Of the so-called alien greys.
566
00:28:15,753 --> 00:28:18,862
And he fought, and he panicked.
567
00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:22,774
And then these aliens
seemed to go away,
568
00:28:22,927 --> 00:28:24,943
And then their place was taken
569
00:28:25,095 --> 00:28:28,447
By much more humanlike aliens,
570
00:28:28,599 --> 00:28:30,449
And he calmed down.
571
00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:33,544
Walton:
In the case
of these human-looking ones,
572
00:28:33,771 --> 00:28:36,196
I started to have
serious misgivings
573
00:28:36,290 --> 00:28:37,530
That this was a rescue.
574
00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:41,276
And that's when they put
this mask over my face,
575
00:28:41,295 --> 00:28:43,178
And I just blacked out
real quickly.
576
00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:47,707
Pope:
Now, the suspicion here
577
00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:50,953
Was that, actually,
these weren't different aliens.
578
00:28:50,971 --> 00:28:52,563
These were the same aliens,
579
00:28:52,790 --> 00:28:55,807
But they were capable
of shape-shifting
580
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:59,903
Into something else
specifically to calm him down.
581
00:29:04,392 --> 00:29:05,391
Narrator:
Crews searched everywhere
582
00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:07,469
For the missing forest worker.
583
00:29:08,639 --> 00:29:12,140
But it wasn't until
five days later that walton
584
00:29:12,159 --> 00:29:15,586
Reappeared in a nearby town.
585
00:29:15,813 --> 00:29:19,481
I was lying facedown
outside in the dark,
586
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,759
And there was a light above me.
587
00:29:21,910 --> 00:29:24,428
And I saw the bottom
of the craft there
588
00:29:24,579 --> 00:29:26,764
Right before it shot up
into the sky.
589
00:29:30,085 --> 00:29:32,344
Narrator:
When details of travis walton's
close encounter
590
00:29:32,496 --> 00:29:34,754
Were revealed to authorities,
591
00:29:34,774 --> 00:29:39,109
They dismissed his account
as a possible hallucination.
592
00:29:40,687 --> 00:29:42,854
But travis has no doubt
593
00:29:43,007 --> 00:29:45,857
That what he and his coworkers
experienced
594
00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:49,435
Was a genuine
extraterrestrial encounter.
595
00:29:49,530 --> 00:29:51,863
Walton:
What no one asked
596
00:29:52,016 --> 00:29:54,533
Was, you know, "what about
the rest of the crew?"
597
00:29:54,685 --> 00:29:57,443
How do seven people
have an identical hallucination?
598
00:29:57,463 --> 00:29:58,962
And besides that,
599
00:29:59,189 --> 00:30:00,964
They were given
lie detector tests
600
00:30:01,191 --> 00:30:03,859
By state police,
which they passed.
601
00:30:03,877 --> 00:30:06,378
There's real-life things
that occur out there
602
00:30:06,530 --> 00:30:08,713
That need to be understood.
603
00:30:08,808 --> 00:30:11,791
So, take a look at the facts
a-and then judge.
604
00:30:11,811 --> 00:30:15,479
I don't know
the purpose that they had.
605
00:30:15,630 --> 00:30:17,964
All I know
is what happened to me.
606
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,441
This was unmistakable.
607
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:28,900
Every now and then,
an encounter is so compelling
608
00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:32,404
That it turns skeptics
into true believers.
609
00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:36,391
That's exactly what happened
in the early 1970s
610
00:30:36,484 --> 00:30:39,319
When a nasa scientist set out
611
00:30:39,413 --> 00:30:41,487
To prove
erich von daniken wrong.
612
00:30:41,582 --> 00:30:44,066
But, in fact,
he ended up supporting
613
00:30:44,084 --> 00:30:46,068
One of erich's theories
so strongly
614
00:30:46,161 --> 00:30:47,010
That he even wrote a book
about it.
615
00:30:48,255 --> 00:30:50,088
Number two on my countdown:
616
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,474
The wheels of ezekiel.
617
00:30:56,838 --> 00:30:58,930
Narrator:
Northeast syria.
618
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,917
The khabur river.
619
00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:04,269
According to the hebrew bible,
620
00:31:04,421 --> 00:31:07,589
It was here,
in the sixth century bc,
621
00:31:07,608 --> 00:31:09,849
That divine beings
descended from heaven
622
00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:11,927
And made contact
623
00:31:12,020 --> 00:31:15,780
With a hebrew priest
named ezekiel.
624
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,876
Ezekiel was by the river khabur,
625
00:31:19,027 --> 00:31:21,795
And he said a great whirlwind
came toward him.
626
00:31:23,607 --> 00:31:26,216
He described it
as a fire enfolding itself,
627
00:31:26,443 --> 00:31:27,792
And out of the fire
628
00:31:27,945 --> 00:31:29,961
Was the color of amber,
629
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:32,614
Which is the hebrew word
630
00:31:32,633 --> 00:31:34,950
Which means
"polished specter of metal,"
631
00:31:34,968 --> 00:31:38,787
Which implies that it's metallic
and that it's spinning.
632
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,047
And it lands in front of him,
633
00:31:41,141 --> 00:31:44,142
And suddenly,
out of this whirlwind
634
00:31:44,294 --> 00:31:46,069
Come four creatures.
635
00:31:48,298 --> 00:31:50,465
Narrator:
In the bible,
the prophet ezekiel
636
00:31:50,558 --> 00:31:53,818
Calls these spiritual beings
cherubims
637
00:31:53,913 --> 00:31:57,822
And describes them
as having four faces, four wings
638
00:31:57,917 --> 00:32:01,752
And skin that shone
like polished bronze.
639
00:32:01,979 --> 00:32:04,737
Downing:
Ezekiel says
that he was taken up
640
00:32:04,757 --> 00:32:08,650
Into the sky
and taken to different places
641
00:32:08,743 --> 00:32:10,594
Where he could see
different things.
642
00:32:11,822 --> 00:32:13,822
And then he was told
643
00:32:13,915 --> 00:32:16,158
Some of the future things
that were going to come.
644
00:32:16,251 --> 00:32:19,678
This was a huge image of hope
645
00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:23,589
That came to ezekiel
during his experience.
646
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:28,003
Narrator:
But is this the story
of a divine encounter?
647
00:32:28,096 --> 00:32:29,929
Or could ezekiel's description
648
00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:33,024
Of metallic wheels
descending from the sky
649
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,618
In a whirlwind of fire
650
00:32:34,845 --> 00:32:38,196
And strange beings
with skin like polished bronze
651
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:43,109
Point to a different type
of otherworldly contact?
652
00:32:44,037 --> 00:32:46,521
He's got the best description
of a ufo
653
00:32:46,540 --> 00:32:47,798
That's anywhere in the bible...
654
00:32:49,042 --> 00:32:51,635
...Because he basically says
655
00:32:51,786 --> 00:32:54,805
That the thing looked
like a wheel within a wheel, uh,
656
00:32:55,032 --> 00:32:58,058
Kind of a classic
flying saucer description.
657
00:32:59,052 --> 00:33:00,811
Travis taylor:
Ezekiel describes
658
00:33:01,038 --> 00:33:03,538
That the outside of the wheel
doesn't spin.
659
00:33:03,631 --> 00:33:06,391
The inside of the wheel spins.
660
00:33:06,543 --> 00:33:09,236
So, he's telling us
that's the engines.
661
00:33:10,897 --> 00:33:13,048
None of this
necessarily has to be magic.
662
00:33:13,141 --> 00:33:15,383
This could all be technology.
663
00:33:15,477 --> 00:33:17,569
Coppens:
It's basically the account
664
00:33:17,721 --> 00:33:20,998
Of a guy who's been abducted
who has been told certain things
665
00:33:21,225 --> 00:33:23,742
And who's then returned
to the place of origin.
666
00:33:23,894 --> 00:33:25,910
It would be
what we today would describe
667
00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:27,337
As an abduction account.
668
00:33:29,583 --> 00:33:32,917
Narrator:
Could it be that
the prophet ezekiel's account
669
00:33:33,012 --> 00:33:36,013
Of a heavenly close encounter
might have been something else?
670
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,574
Perhaps one
not involving heavenly beings
671
00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:43,928
But visitors of another
interplanetary nature?
672
00:33:44,081 --> 00:33:47,432
This concept
was put forth to the public
673
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:51,586
By the ancient astronaut theory
pioneer erich von daniken
674
00:33:51,605 --> 00:33:55,515
In his 1968 book
chariots of the gods?
675
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,517
And after hearing erich speak
676
00:33:57,611 --> 00:33:59,685
At a conference
in the early 1970s,
677
00:33:59,780 --> 00:34:02,614
Nasa engineer josef blumrich
678
00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:06,668
Was determined to debunk his
controversial interpretation.
679
00:34:07,788 --> 00:34:11,273
I had a speech at nasa
in huntsville,
680
00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:14,700
And I spoke about ezekiel.
681
00:34:14,795 --> 00:34:17,962
And the chief engineer
of that time,
682
00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:20,390
Mr. Joe blumrich,
683
00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:22,801
Came to me and said, "erich,
this was very interesting.
684
00:34:22,895 --> 00:34:24,061
"but in the bible,
685
00:34:24,212 --> 00:34:26,805
You will definitely not find
any technology."
686
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:28,732
But he still said,
687
00:34:28,883 --> 00:34:31,810
"I will read originally
in the bible ezekiel."
688
00:34:31,962 --> 00:34:34,979
Narrator:
Blumrich set out to find flaws
689
00:34:35,074 --> 00:34:36,889
In von daniken's theory,
690
00:34:36,983 --> 00:34:39,392
But when he read
the book of ezekiel,
691
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,653
He was shocked
to find himself agreeing
692
00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:43,914
With the controversial author.
693
00:34:45,142 --> 00:34:46,491
So much so, in fact,
694
00:34:46,643 --> 00:34:49,828
That he wrote a book called
the spaceships of ezekiel
695
00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:52,147
In which he provided a blueprint
696
00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:54,149
For a practical landing module
697
00:34:54,167 --> 00:34:58,095
Based on the description
found in the biblical story.
698
00:34:58,322 --> 00:35:00,488
Several years later,
699
00:35:00,507 --> 00:35:04,175
A german structural engineer
named hans herbert beier
700
00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:05,936
Also sketched out a blueprint
701
00:35:06,163 --> 00:35:08,179
Of the second section
of the book of ezekiel
702
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:09,922
Where ezekiel is told
703
00:35:10,016 --> 00:35:11,591
To construct
an open-topped building
704
00:35:11,685 --> 00:35:14,594
To house the flying chariot.
705
00:35:14,688 --> 00:35:16,521
Tsoukalos:
Hans herbert beier
706
00:35:16,673 --> 00:35:19,023
Sent the blueprint
to erich von daniken.
707
00:35:19,176 --> 00:35:23,695
Within five minutes
of looking at these blueprints,
708
00:35:23,847 --> 00:35:26,698
Erich was on the phone
with joe blumrich.
709
00:35:26,850 --> 00:35:29,351
And he said, "hey, joe,
710
00:35:29,369 --> 00:35:33,355
Can you bring a model
of your spaceship of ezekiel?"
711
00:35:33,448 --> 00:35:35,615
And then he called
hans herbert beier,
712
00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:38,284
And he said,
"can you bring a model
713
00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:41,471
Of your construction
of ezekiel's temple?"
714
00:35:41,623 --> 00:35:45,216
Both models were created
to the same ratio.
715
00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:46,977
And guess what?
716
00:35:47,204 --> 00:35:52,207
Ezekiel's spaceship
fit into the temple construction
717
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,877
That hans herbert beier
recreated
718
00:35:55,970 --> 00:35:58,822
According to
the biblical measurements.
719
00:36:00,717 --> 00:36:04,386
Narrator:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
720
00:36:04,404 --> 00:36:06,646
The biblical account of ezekiel
721
00:36:06,740 --> 00:36:08,573
Provides conclusive evidence
722
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:10,742
Of an alien encounter.
723
00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,894
But more importantly,
724
00:36:12,987 --> 00:36:16,080
It may also reveal
that for thousands of years,
725
00:36:16,175 --> 00:36:18,566
The destiny of humankind
726
00:36:18,585 --> 00:36:22,345
Has been directed
by extraterrestrials.
727
00:36:29,188 --> 00:36:33,415
This may be one of the oldest
alien encounter stories,
728
00:36:33,433 --> 00:36:36,342
But for me,
it is still the most compelling.
729
00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:39,421
Written over 3,000 years ago,
730
00:36:39,439 --> 00:36:41,347
It was banned from the bible
731
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:45,202
Because this ancient text
describes in detail
732
00:36:45,353 --> 00:36:48,872
Humankind's
extraterrestrial origins.
733
00:36:49,933 --> 00:36:52,951
My number one alien encounter:
734
00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:56,046
Enoch's ascent to heaven
in a chariot of the gods.
735
00:37:01,461 --> 00:37:04,888
Narrator:
Khirbet qumran, palestine.
736
00:37:05,115 --> 00:37:07,724
In 1946,
737
00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:09,784
A collection
of ancient manuscripts
738
00:37:09,877 --> 00:37:11,803
Known as the dead sea scrolls
739
00:37:11,955 --> 00:37:13,713
Is discovered hidden
in clay jars
740
00:37:13,807 --> 00:37:16,215
Deep inside a cave.
741
00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:17,883
Among the manuscripts
742
00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:19,627
Is the book of enoch,
743
00:37:19,646 --> 00:37:22,722
A so-called lost biblical text.
744
00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:24,908
In the bible's old testament,
745
00:37:25,059 --> 00:37:27,135
Enoch is the seventh
of ten patriarchs
746
00:37:27,228 --> 00:37:29,471
Who lived before the great flood
747
00:37:29,564 --> 00:37:32,565
And the great-grandfather
of noah.
748
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:35,568
But where the hebrew bible
only mentions enoch briefly,
749
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,087
The book of enoch,
750
00:37:37,314 --> 00:37:39,497
Which consists
of more than 100 chapters,
751
00:37:39,649 --> 00:37:42,092
Greatly expands on his story.
752
00:37:42,243 --> 00:37:45,578
In it is a curious passage
753
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,323
That details
enoch's ascent to heaven.
754
00:37:48,341 --> 00:37:50,325
Von daniken:
According to the book of enoch,
755
00:37:50,343 --> 00:37:52,994
He says he was 12 years old.
756
00:37:53,013 --> 00:37:55,272
The whole community
of his village wanted to sleep,
757
00:37:55,499 --> 00:37:58,090
But then they hear the noise
in the sky.
758
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:01,669
Two angels came down
from the sky.
759
00:38:01,688 --> 00:38:03,596
One of the two beings
said to enoch,
760
00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:05,282
"don't be afraid, human."
761
00:38:05,433 --> 00:38:08,860
Then they went up
to the so-called heaven.
762
00:38:09,012 --> 00:38:11,195
William henry: And
in the book of enoch, we learn
763
00:38:11,348 --> 00:38:14,774
Enoch himself is taken into
the heavens in a fiery chariot.
764
00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:17,109
Von daniken:
Enoch goes up
to the so-called sky,
765
00:38:17,203 --> 00:38:18,962
And there enoch sees
766
00:38:19,113 --> 00:38:22,373
Something over the earth
which he cannot describe.
767
00:38:22,526 --> 00:38:25,284
He has no word
like "spaceship" or something.
768
00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:28,263
He says it looked
like houses of crystal.
769
00:38:31,459 --> 00:38:33,551
Tsoukalos:
It is described that he sees
770
00:38:33,703 --> 00:38:36,146
Planet earth underneath him.
771
00:38:36,297 --> 00:38:38,873
He actually describes
his arrival,
772
00:38:38,892 --> 00:38:42,060
How he has to walk
through these different rooms
773
00:38:42,154 --> 00:38:44,379
Where he sees
774
00:38:44,472 --> 00:38:46,639
Jewels
and he sees shiny surfaces
775
00:38:46,733 --> 00:38:49,050
And blinking lights.
776
00:38:49,069 --> 00:38:51,386
It is an eyewitness account.
777
00:38:51,404 --> 00:38:54,739
It's, "I, enoch, did this.
I, enoch, saw that."
778
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:59,727
The book of enoch is one
of the first abduction accounts
779
00:38:59,821 --> 00:39:03,581
Written down
by a fellow human being.
780
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,659
Narrator:
Does the book of enoch
really describe
781
00:39:06,753 --> 00:39:08,345
An actual abduction event?
782
00:39:08,496 --> 00:39:09,995
One that took place
783
00:39:10,090 --> 00:39:12,407
Thousands of years ago?
784
00:39:12,425 --> 00:39:13,999
And if so,
785
00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:16,744
Might this
incredible close encounter
786
00:39:16,763 --> 00:39:18,671
Be documenting communication
787
00:39:18,765 --> 00:39:22,007
With otherworldly beings?
788
00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:23,585
Robert cargill:
Enoch, he was said
789
00:39:23,603 --> 00:39:24,694
To be at the right hand of god.
790
00:39:24,921 --> 00:39:27,030
In fact, enoch
was said to be god's scribe
791
00:39:27,181 --> 00:39:28,198
In later tradition.
792
00:39:28,349 --> 00:39:31,426
So, god would decree things,
and enoch
793
00:39:31,444 --> 00:39:34,204
Was the one who recorded
everything that went on.
794
00:39:35,374 --> 00:39:39,042
So, enoch was the keeper
of all knowledge of heaven.
795
00:39:40,194 --> 00:39:41,360
Henry:
This is one of the reasons
796
00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:44,439
Why the book of enoch
is so controversial.
797
00:39:44,532 --> 00:39:47,867
Enoch was the first human
to ascend
798
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,719
To the throne of god,
799
00:39:49,871 --> 00:39:53,223
Where he is given
powerful universal knowledge
800
00:39:53,374 --> 00:39:57,185
By angelic beings
or extraterrestrial beings.
801
00:39:59,456 --> 00:40:01,639
Narrator:
If enoch was given information
802
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:05,235
From extraterrestrial beings
to share with mankind
803
00:40:05,386 --> 00:40:08,071
As ancient astronaut theorists
contend,
804
00:40:08,298 --> 00:40:10,890
What truths
about our otherworldly past
805
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,393
Might be waiting to be revealed?
806
00:40:14,413 --> 00:40:18,473
The extraterrestrials want
that in a far future of mankind,
807
00:40:18,566 --> 00:40:21,251
We start to see these things.
808
00:40:21,402 --> 00:40:23,645
We start to translate
these books.
809
00:40:23,738 --> 00:40:26,238
And now we start
to ask questions.
810
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:29,317
We start to ask, for example,
how can we explain that?
811
00:40:29,335 --> 00:40:33,154
Have we maybe been visited
by extraterrestrials?
812
00:40:33,173 --> 00:40:36,340
And I think it's important
to think in this way,
813
00:40:36,435 --> 00:40:39,102
Because these extraterrestrials
have promised to return.
814
00:40:40,163 --> 00:40:43,589
And one day, they will return.
815
00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:46,776
Pope:
I was taught not to believe
in coincidence.
816
00:40:46,928 --> 00:40:49,112
I was taught
to look for patterns.
817
00:40:49,339 --> 00:40:51,281
When you have
all these encounters,
818
00:40:51,432 --> 00:40:53,265
These sightings,
819
00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:57,287
These descriptions we have
from biblical times onwards,
820
00:40:57,514 --> 00:40:59,622
It tells you
there's something going on.
821
00:40:59,849 --> 00:41:01,791
Doesn't necessarily tell you
what it is,
822
00:41:02,018 --> 00:41:04,294
But it tells you
there's something there.
823
00:41:05,872 --> 00:41:08,539
Well, that concludes
my list for now.
824
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:11,375
But considering what is written
in the book of enoch,
825
00:41:11,528 --> 00:41:14,212
Perhaps, as erich von daniken
likes to say,
826
00:41:14,306 --> 00:41:18,457
The most important encounter
of all is yet to come.
827
00:41:18,477 --> 00:41:20,310
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