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Giorgio tsoukalos:
An ancient figurine

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Of a modern-day airplane.

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A primitive statue
of a man in a spacesuit.

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Mysterious crystal skulls

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Whose origins are entirely
unknown.

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For more than a decade on
<i>ancient aliens,</i> we've traveled

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The globe and investigated
strange objects

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Found on every continent
on earth.

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I'm counting down
what I consider

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To be the top ten
alien artifacts.

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Artifacts that, in my opinion,

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Provide strong evidence
that in the distant past,

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Extraterrestrials walked
among us.

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Ancient artifacts offer us
a fascinating glimpse

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Of how our ancestors lived.

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And for ancient astronaut
theorists like me,

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Some artifacts provide
critical evidence

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To support the notion that
extraterrestrials

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Visited earth
in the remote past.

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One compelling example is
a group of precisely-carved

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Objects that are not only
surrounded in controversy,

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But may possess a technology far
more advanced than our own.

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Number ten on my countdown

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Of the top alien artifacts:
The crystal skulls.

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Narrator:
Lubaantun, belize.
Central america.

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Here, in the jungles
of the yucatán peninsula,

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Lie the ruins of an ancient
pre-colombian city that

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Thrived in
the eighth century ad.

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In 1924,

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Explorer frederick albert
mitchell-hedges

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And his daughter anna

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Discovered a human-sized skull
made of clear quartz crystal.

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Mitchell-hedges was told by
the mayans that

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His skull was over
3,600 years old.

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This is fascinating,
because this would pre-date

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Mayan civilization.

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Mitchell-hedges and his daughter

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Kept the skull
under lock and key

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For almost four decades

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Before allowing it
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Philip coppens:
When it comes to the
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It has been analyzed on
a number of occasions.

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Frank dorland in the 1960s
did it as a private individual.

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Hewlett-packard did it as well,
and the british museum did

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A very short analysis
in 1980 as well.

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So this skull has been
subjected to

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A number of detailed
scientific analyses.

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In all of those occasions,
what was found was that it was

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Almost impossible for
a human being to make this.

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Tsoukalos:
The mitchell-hedges skull

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Was milled or worked

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In a way that went
counterclockwise

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To the creation of the crystal.

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Crystal grows in a certain
direction.

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And if you don't mill
or work the crystal

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In that particular direction,
it'll shatter.

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So how was it done?

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Quartz crystal is
extremely hard.

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And almost any object
that's made out of

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Carved quartz crystal
would probably

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Have to be created
using power tools.

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Narrator:
Although hundreds of people
have claimed to be

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In possession of
ancient crystal skulls,

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A curious legend can be found
in multiple cultures

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That says there are exactly
13 crystal skulls

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Located around the planet that
are of otherworldly origin.

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These include the synergy skull,

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Discovered in the
melanesian islands

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Of the south pacific,

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The amar skull of tibet,

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The einstein skull,
found in mexico,

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And the mitchell-hedges skull.

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Researchers suggest that
not only were these 13 skulls

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Constructed using
advanced technology,

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But that they may contain
ancient knowledge,

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Hidden from mankind
for thousands of years.

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What we know as a fact
is that crystal is

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Able to store information.

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So what we need to
ask ourselves is whether

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Crystal skulls were
made out of crystal

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Because our ancestors wanted
to put information in them.

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While we might not have a means
of extracting it,

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I think we really require it
for ourselves,

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To try and make an effort to see
what kind of information might

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Be present within these
crystal skulls.

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The moment you lay eyes
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You know you're looking
at something extraordinary.

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But the next artifact
on my countdown

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Could be described
as a simple wooden toy.

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That is, until you take
a closer look, and see that

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This bird-shaped object is
more like a modern-day glider.

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My number-nine alien artifact:
The saqqara bird.

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Narrator:
Saqqara, egypt.

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French archeologists digging at
the step pyramid of king djoser

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Unearth a tomb over
2,000 years old.

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In it they find
a small wooden model

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Of what appears to be a bird
lying beside a papyrus

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Bearing the inscription,
"I want to fly."

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The artifact was later
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Where authorities placed it
alongside

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Several other bird figurines.

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But the saqqara bird
was noticeably different.

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Dr. Uwe apel: It's interesting,
because on one hand,

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Clearly, it should look like
a bird, because it has eyes

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And has a typical nose
of a bird.

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Uh, on the other hand, the wings
are clearly not bird wings.

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Dr. Algund eenboom:
To the middle of the rump,

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You'll see this wing
a bit thicker.

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In this region, the lift-up
is the highest.

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The whole thing becomes thinner
to the end of the wings,

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And those wings
are modeled down.

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And this is a very modern
aerodynamic design.

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Apel:
Then the other point is birds
have no rudders, because a bird

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Doesn't need a rudder, because
of its aerodynamic architecture.

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And so there is the idea they
are not representing birds,

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But flying machines,
or aircraft.

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Narrator:
Aircraft?

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Could the saqqara bird
reveal that

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The ancient egyptians possessed
the power of flight?

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To find the answer, in 2006,
aviation and aerodynamics

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Expert simon sanderson
built a scale model

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Of the saqqara bird,

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Five times larger
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And tested its aerodynamic
properties in a wind tunnel.

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We're running at a constant
speed, slowly increasing

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The angle of attack
and then measuring

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The forces which it's producing.

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That way we can learn about its
flight characteristics.

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At ten degrees, we're producing
four times weight and lift.

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So it actually would be
flying now.

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-Yeah.
-That's good.

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Eenboom:
Tests show the saqqara bird is

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A highly-developed glider.

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And this is a design
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Narrator:
But if the saqqara bird
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Where would ancient egyptians
have acquired such technology?

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Eenboom:
I think that people
in ancient times

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Were visited by beings
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And they gave us culture
and scientific technologies

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To improve our life on earth,

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Coming from the primitive
to a higher-developed culture.

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The next artifacts on my list
might be microscopic in size,

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But they're enormously
significant.

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They appear to be advanced
nanotechnology,

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And they were found
so deep beneath the earth

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That geologists estimate them

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To be thousands of years old.

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We're potentially looking at
actual remnants

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Of alien technology.

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And that's why number eight
on my countdown

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Is the russian nanotubes.

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Narrator:
Eastern russia, 1991.

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Geologists lead an expedition
into the mineral-rich

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Ural mountains in hopes
of locating gold deposits.

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For decades, people hiking
in this area of the urals

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Near the kozhim, naroda
and balbany rivers,

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Have reported witnessing
unidentified craft

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And strange anomalies
in the sky.

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On this occasion, however,
the geological team encounters

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Something unexpected not above
the earth, but below it.

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While excavating at depths
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They discover a scattering
of tiny metal coils and springs.

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Paul stonehill: They discovered
very unusual objects

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That were tiny springs

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That were always somehow curled
towards the left side.

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Most of them could not be seen
unless you use the microscope.

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Just a few were maybe
a few millimeters in size.

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That soil wasn't touched

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For hundreds of thousands
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The area where it was found
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Tens of kilometers around.

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It's as if something exploded
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And the fragments were lying
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Narrator:
The metal fragments were sent
to the russian academy

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Of sciences in st. Petersburg
for analysis.

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Childress:
They found thousands
of these things.

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They have to look at them
through microscopes.

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Some of them are just one ten
thousandth of an inch in size.

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They're all kinds of spirals
and tiny machined bits.

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When they look at it,
they seem to be exactly like

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The kind of tiny
nanoparticles

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And machine bits that
we are creating today.

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Narrator:
Testing revealed that
the fragments were composed

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Of rare metals, and appear
to have been manufactured.

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But based on the depth
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Geologists estimate
they would date back

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Tens of thousands of years.

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So what could explain this
seemingly impossible discovery?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest clues may be found

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By examining the materials that
make up the nanospirals,

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Like tungsten and molybdenum--
elements commonly used

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In nasa spacecraft.

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Molybdenum is an additive that
we use to put in steel

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To make steel have
various properties.

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And it's used in
manufacturing aircraft.

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Narrator:
Could it be, as ancient
astronaut theorists speculate,

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That the nanospirals
have come from

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An extraterrestrial craft?

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Ural mountains are a very
interesting space

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In the paranormal history
of russia.

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And I've studied a lot because
there have always been

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Incredible ufo sightings
in the ural mountains.

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So, is this a debris field
from a crashed

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Extraterrestrial craft
in the ural mountains?

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There could be crash sites
all over the world

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That are hundreds
of thousands of years old.

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Oftentimes, artifacts
that support

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The ancient astronaut theory

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Are hiding in plain sight.

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For example, there's an
egyptian temple carving

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That some scholars believe
is a representation of a snake

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And a lotus flower.

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But in my opinion,
what you're looking at is

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The depiction
of modern technology.

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Number seven on my countdown
of alien artifacts,

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The dendera light bulb.

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Narrator:
Dendera, egypt.

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370 miles south
of the giza plateau

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Stands the hathor temple.

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The narrow passageways
of this more than

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2,000-year-old monument
are lined with curious images,

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And one that is
of particular interest

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To ancient astronaut theorists.

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Tsoukalos:
Underneath this structure
is the so-called

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Lotus flower of dendera.

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And there are not just a few
inside the crypt,

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But they're, in fact, also
on the outside wall on top.

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That's something that's
often not discussed.

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So what are we looking at here?

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Egyptology suggests that
this bulb-like thing,

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It essentially is the aroma
of the lotus flower,

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And that the snake in the middle
illustrates fertility.

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What's often
not discussed is that

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The surrounding hieroglyphics...
'cause you have monkey gods

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Standing around with
sharp knives.

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It indicates danger, death.

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And there are textual references

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That say that this has something
to do with a bringer of light.

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Why would there be descriptions
of bringers of light?

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Egyptologists maintain
that it actually portrays

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The moment of creation.

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But it definitely resembles
a lightbulb or a lamp.

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Here is a replica of the bulb
that's shown

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In the dendera reliefs in egypt.

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What's interesting about
this bulb is the fact that

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On the wall relief,
we see the bulb is actually

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Plugged into what appears to be
a power source.

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So what we have here is
a bulb, which very easily

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Could have been used
by the egyptians to light

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The deep recesses
of tombs and crypts.

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Tsoukalos:
How did the ancient egyptians

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Light the insides
of their structures?

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Because some structures, not
only are they deep underground,

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But there's different corners,
and different shafts

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And corridors,
sometimes on multiple levels.

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And some of these places
are filled with hieroglyphics.

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The extraterrestrials
did not let these people

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Work in the dark.

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Of course they provided
lighting sources.

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And then that was also
put in stone.

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Because otherwise,
nobody would believe

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That truth in the future.

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I've read the creation stories
of countless ancient cultures,

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And in nearly every one of them,

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The gods came down
from the sky,

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Usually in some type
of flying craft,

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Surrounded by smoke and fire.

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Now, to me, these are
nothing else

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But extraterrestrial encounters.

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And if you want further proof,
just take a look

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At how the ancient people
of japan depicted their gods.

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Number six on my
alien artifacts countdown:

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The dogu statues.

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Narrator:
On the east asian
islands of japan,

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Remnants of the ancient world
can still be found in the midst

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Of a modern, hi-tech society.

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And the most incredible are not
the opulent palaces and shrines,

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But a collection of extremely
ancient clay vessels

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And figurines,

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Some of which date back
more than 12,000 years.

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They are credited to
a people called the jomon.

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The earliest culture that we can
identify in japan is the jomon,

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Which is originally a stone age
culture running roughly

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From 10,000 bce to 300 bce.

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It is a culture that we don't
know an awful lot about,

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Because they had no
writing system.

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All we have is artifacts.

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Dominic steavu: The little
that we do know about the jomon

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Comes from
archaeological evidence.

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And one of the most
representative artifacts

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That is tied to the jomon
is the dogu statue.

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Narrator:
Approximately 15,000
dogu figurines,

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Resembling strange
humanoid beings,

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Have been found at various
jomon sites in japan.

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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest these figurines

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Represent the kami,
a group of beings

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The japanese believe
descended to this world

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In the ancient past.

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Shintoism is the primary
religion of japan,

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And they worship
what they call the kami,

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Which are these celestial beings
that are able to inhabit

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Basically anything,
from a human being to an animal,

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And even inanimate objects.

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Then they also describe them
as having come down

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From their celestial palace
in the sky.

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And these figurines look like
these humanoid beings

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That are in some type
of space suits.

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Henry:
There are thousands
of these statuettes

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That have been recovered,

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And these figures have
goggle-type eyes,

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And they have rivets
all over their body,

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Indicating that they're wearing
some kind of a space suit

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Or technological armor.

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Childress: So you have to ask
yourself, were these statues

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Sky beings who came
and directed the japanese

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To have their civilization
and culture,

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And that ultimately these sky
gods are their ancestors?

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Narrator:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

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The dogu figures were not
inspired by the imagination,

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But depict very real visitors
that the people of japan

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Encountered
thousands of years ago,

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And provide a compelling record
of extraterrestrial contact.

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We're coming up on the halfway
mark in my countdown

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Of the top ten alien artifacts,

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And this next object
is truly remarkable.

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It's an ancient figurine
that was discovered in mexico,

328
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:13,559
But to me, it clearly depicts
a man in a modern flight suit.

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The number-five artifact
in my top ten countdown:

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The rocket man of la venta.

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Narrator:
Throughout the world,
ancient illustrations

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And statues can be found
that depict figures

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Dressed in strange attire

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00:19:30,228 --> 00:19:32,228
That, as far as ancient
astronaut theorists

335
00:19:32,246 --> 00:19:34,488
Are concerned,
is eerily reminiscent

336
00:19:34,582 --> 00:19:37,082
Of modern-day space suits.

337
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Examples include
cave art in Italy, australia,

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And the american southwest,

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As well as sculptures,
like the statue of pachamama

340
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In tiahuanaco, bolivia,

341
00:19:50,264 --> 00:19:54,083
Depictions of the mayan god
kukulkan in mexico,

342
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Curious figures carved into
the hoysaleswara temple

343
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In india, and a strange
sculpture found

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00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:04,518
In guatemala city.

345
00:20:04,612 --> 00:20:07,705
But perhaps most intriguing
of all is a small figurine

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Attributed to the olmec,

347
00:20:10,101 --> 00:20:13,360
A civilization
that emerged around 1400 bc

348
00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:16,939
In the area
of modern-day mexico.

349
00:20:16,958 --> 00:20:19,792
The olmecs are
one of the most mysterious

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Ancient cultures known
to the history of our planet.

351
00:20:24,298 --> 00:20:27,967
And in la venta,
we have carvings

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That show the olmecs
in very bizarre scenes.

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00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:38,143
One of them is this plumed
serpent that appears to be

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Floating in the sky,
and you actually see a person

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00:20:42,558 --> 00:20:47,394
Sitting inside
this flying snake.

356
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:53,158
And so you have to wonder
if somehow the olmecs had access

357
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To aviation technology,
and I personally think they did.

358
00:20:57,757 --> 00:21:01,592
Because at the museum of natural
history in new york city,

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There is a olmec figurine
about this tall,

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And you can tell
that this guy is wearing

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Some type of a flight suit.

362
00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:17,016
You've got the legs here like
in a modern-day astronaut suit,

363
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And there's also some type
of a life-support pack

364
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That's on his chest.

365
00:21:23,357 --> 00:21:25,341
There are six wings,

366
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And the head
is clearly enclosed

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By a skullcap similar
to modern-day astronauts.

368
00:21:34,702 --> 00:21:37,461
In my opinion,
it is the smoking gun

369
00:21:37,688 --> 00:21:40,614
Of our ancestors
having aviation technology

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Thousands of years ago.

371
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When it comes to ancient
artifacts depicting advanced

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Technology, one of the most
extraordinary examples

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I've ever seen
is a tiny gold figurine

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00:21:55,222 --> 00:21:58,541
That looks remarkably similar
to a modern-day airplane.

375
00:21:58,559 --> 00:22:01,468
In fact, it's such an important
piece of evidence

376
00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:03,321
For the ancient astronaut theory

377
00:22:03,548 --> 00:22:06,549
That I wear a replica
on my shirt pocket.

378
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Number four on my countdown

379
00:22:09,387 --> 00:22:12,496
Of the top ten alien artifacts:
The gold flyer.

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00:22:17,061 --> 00:22:19,837
Narrator:
The southern highlands
of colombia.

381
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In the late 19th century,
tomb robbers

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00:22:23,234 --> 00:22:24,842
Searching along
the magdalena river

383
00:22:24,993 --> 00:22:28,587
Stumbled upon a gravesite
dating back 1,500 years

384
00:22:28,739 --> 00:22:33,500
To a pre-colombian civilization
known as the tolima.

385
00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:36,261
Among the funerary objects
found there

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Were hundreds of small two
to three-inch gold figurines.

387
00:22:40,342 --> 00:22:44,177
Tsoukalos:
So the tolima culture
placed inside tombs little tiny

388
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:46,847
Objects made of gold, and they
found hundreds of thousands

389
00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:50,426
Of those in the form
of different animals:

390
00:22:50,444 --> 00:22:55,781
Birds, fish, frogs, insects.

391
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,859
However, out of these
hundreds of thousands,

392
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There were 17 that looked like
modern-day airplanes.

393
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They have a triangular shape,

394
00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:11,964
They have an upright tail fin,

395
00:23:12,116 --> 00:23:14,800
Stabilizers,

396
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And a fuselage.

397
00:23:18,289 --> 00:23:21,306
And they have nothing
in common with

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Anything similar in nature.

399
00:23:28,466 --> 00:23:31,558
Narrator:
In 1997, german
aviation experts,

400
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Including algund eenboom,

401
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,729
Set out to test the gold
flyer's flight capabilities

402
00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:39,324
By building
a scale-model replica,

403
00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:42,736
Fully equipped with landing gear
and a working engine.

404
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:46,239
Eenboom:
It was rather simple
because we don't need

405
00:23:46,333 --> 00:23:49,743
To put much parts
to this shape

406
00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:52,321
Because this shape
is perfect.

407
00:23:52,339 --> 00:23:56,008
Everything was already done
by the native people

408
00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:59,178
2,000 years ago.

409
00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:01,272
Narrator:
Once completed,
the remote-controlled flyer

410
00:24:01,499 --> 00:24:04,275
Took off down a makeshift
runway, and flew.

411
00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:11,932
Coppens: When you see
this thing taking off,

412
00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:14,618
You really feel that
this is the real deal.

413
00:24:16,847 --> 00:24:18,939
It was a very successful test,

414
00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:25,278
And showed us how perfect
ancient people were working out

415
00:24:25,372 --> 00:24:27,948
Aerodynamic design.

416
00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:32,377
What shows you that there must
be something happened.

417
00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:37,123
We are not quite sure
how it did, but that it did.

418
00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:38,701
This is applied science.

419
00:24:38,719 --> 00:24:40,478
This isn't just
thinking somewhere.

420
00:24:40,629 --> 00:24:44,540
This is people going out there
and making sure and proving

421
00:24:44,558 --> 00:24:47,151
What I still see--
anybody can see this--

422
00:24:47,302 --> 00:24:49,061
That this is real,
this is genuine.

423
00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:52,490
This little thing, which
sits in a museum, could fly.

424
00:25:01,316 --> 00:25:06,653
In 2017, I flew to romania with
erich von daniken to check out

425
00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:09,155
One of the most
remarkable artifacts

426
00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,657
We had ever heard of.

427
00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,994
An aluminum object said to be
at least 40,000 years old.

428
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,163
And even more extraordinary
is that it was scientifically

429
00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:21,352
Tested and found to have been
made from an aluminum alloy

430
00:25:21,503 --> 00:25:25,764
That doesn't match anything
humans have ever manufactured.

431
00:25:27,009 --> 00:25:31,270
Number three on my countdown of
the top ten alien artifacts

432
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Is the wedge of aiud.

433
00:25:43,784 --> 00:25:46,451
Narrator:
1970.

434
00:25:46,546 --> 00:25:49,788
Workers digging a trench along
the banks of the mures river

435
00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,198
Unearth two giant bones,

436
00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:55,719
And with them,
a mysterious metal object

437
00:25:55,871 --> 00:25:59,298
Buried 35 feet
beneath the surface.

438
00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:03,894
This strange object, known today
as the wedge of aiud,

439
00:26:04,121 --> 00:26:06,638
Is an aluminum alloy that
appears to have been made

440
00:26:06,791 --> 00:26:09,400
Thousands of years before
humans were able to smelt

441
00:26:09,551 --> 00:26:11,402
Or fabricate metal.

442
00:26:12,813 --> 00:26:18,150
It was ten meters in depth,
associated with some bones,

443
00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:21,637
Which they later identified
as woolly mammoth bones.

444
00:26:21,730 --> 00:26:24,397
They were extinct
40,000 years ago,

445
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:27,476
So they must be older than that.

446
00:26:27,494 --> 00:26:31,905
The wedge was analyzed
three times, to my knowledge.

447
00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:36,318
The main metal in its
composition is aluminum.

448
00:26:36,337 --> 00:26:39,412
Michael dennin:
Humans didn't really start
working with aluminum

449
00:26:39,506 --> 00:26:40,823
Until well into the 1800s.

450
00:26:40,916 --> 00:26:44,159
So when you look at this wedge
and you analyze it,

451
00:26:44,252 --> 00:26:46,662
It really has most
of the modern properties

452
00:26:46,755 --> 00:26:48,397
We would associate
with aluminum.

453
00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,611
Narrator:
For decades, government
officials refused to reveal

454
00:26:53,838 --> 00:26:56,521
Where the wedge of aiud
was being held.

455
00:26:56,674 --> 00:27:00,025
But its location has recently
come to light.

456
00:27:00,177 --> 00:27:04,196
On January 18, 2017,

457
00:27:04,348 --> 00:27:05,848
At the national history museum

458
00:27:05,866 --> 00:27:08,851
Of transylvania,
ancient astronaut theorists

459
00:27:08,869 --> 00:27:11,870
Giorgio tsoukalos
and erich von daniken

460
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:14,798
Were offered a rare opportunity
to get a firsthand look

461
00:27:14,950 --> 00:27:17,801
At the wedge of aiud.

462
00:27:17,953 --> 00:27:20,696
Museum curator ana gruia

463
00:27:20,714 --> 00:27:21,972
Has taken it
out of a storage locker

464
00:27:22,124 --> 00:27:23,974
Where it has been
deliberately hidden

465
00:27:24,126 --> 00:27:27,102
From the public
since the early 1970s.

466
00:27:29,631 --> 00:27:32,040
Okay, I'm just gonna
put my gloves on.

467
00:27:32,134 --> 00:27:33,651
Tsoukalos:
This is great.

468
00:27:36,730 --> 00:27:38,547
Gruia:
So, this is it.

469
00:27:38,565 --> 00:27:40,140
Von daniken:
Oh, okay.

470
00:27:40,234 --> 00:27:42,326
Tsoukalos:
This is strange.

471
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,723
And here, this is the...
Where they took the sample out,

472
00:27:47,741 --> 00:27:49,667
And here, to make the analysis.

473
00:27:49,818 --> 00:27:52,485
And here you see two pieces
that are broken off, sort of.

474
00:27:52,505 --> 00:27:56,415
So maybe it was attached
or something.

475
00:27:56,509 --> 00:27:58,083
But very strange.

476
00:27:58,235 --> 00:28:00,493
So what does the museum
have to say about this?

477
00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:03,422
This is a very strange piece.

478
00:28:03,574 --> 00:28:06,241
It is. It is a strange piece
for us as well.

479
00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:09,411
As historians,
we do not consider it

480
00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:12,172
A historical object
that we're used to.

481
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:15,600
We don't know what
it was used for, and we

482
00:28:15,695 --> 00:28:19,588
Acknowledge these uncertainties
about its dating,

483
00:28:19,681 --> 00:28:21,423
And its composition as well.

484
00:28:21,442 --> 00:28:23,367
Von daniken:
So we have a real mystery here.

485
00:28:23,594 --> 00:28:28,855
But you see this patina
over this whole object?

486
00:28:28,949 --> 00:28:30,282
And this creates
another problem.

487
00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:33,936
Tsoukalos:
Yes. Because you cannot
fake a patina.

488
00:28:33,954 --> 00:28:38,215
It's impossible to artificially
create a patina.

489
00:28:40,794 --> 00:28:44,221
Narrator:
The patina is a thin coating
of various metal compounds

490
00:28:44,372 --> 00:28:46,281
That forms on the surface
of the metal

491
00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:49,893
During exposure
to atmospheric elements.

492
00:28:50,045 --> 00:28:51,711
The older the object,
the thicker

493
00:28:51,805 --> 00:28:54,732
The patina layer will be.

494
00:28:54,959 --> 00:28:58,643
It takes hundreds,
if not thousands of years

495
00:28:58,738 --> 00:29:02,239
For a thick layer of patina,
as this apparently is,

496
00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:04,466
For it to develop.

497
00:29:04,485 --> 00:29:07,745
Von daniken:
So, we-we still
have a mystery here.

498
00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:11,490
Tsoukalos:
In all of your adventures,
how does this compare

499
00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:14,643
To some of the other things
that are inexplicable?

500
00:29:14,736 --> 00:29:16,979
I am helpless.
I have no idea.

501
00:29:16,997 --> 00:29:19,572
-That says it all right there.
-(laughs)

502
00:29:19,666 --> 00:29:21,925
Very bizarre.
Bizarre.

503
00:29:24,171 --> 00:29:27,097
Narrator:
Could the wedge of aiud
be a physical remnant

504
00:29:27,249 --> 00:29:29,099
Of an extraterrestrial
visitation

505
00:29:29,251 --> 00:29:31,769
That occurred
thousands of years ago?

506
00:29:33,013 --> 00:29:36,774
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes...

507
00:29:36,925 --> 00:29:39,518
And suggest that even more
compelling evidence

508
00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:43,614
Of alien contact exists
on the other side of the world,

509
00:29:43,765 --> 00:29:47,117
Hidden deep within
an ancient tomb.

510
00:29:54,034 --> 00:29:56,535
When it comes to finding proof
that extraterrestrials

511
00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:59,112
Visited earth, the evidence
is not always obvious.

512
00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:02,282
But sometimes it can be
crystal clear

513
00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:04,284
If you know what to look for.

514
00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:08,138
To me, this next artifact
irrefutably depicts

515
00:30:08,290 --> 00:30:12,717
An astronaut in the cockpit
of a rocket ship.

516
00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:17,463
Number two on my list of
the top ten alien artifacts:

517
00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:20,150
The sarcophagus lid
of king pakal.

518
00:30:28,402 --> 00:30:30,661
Narrator:
Palanque, mexico.

519
00:30:30,888 --> 00:30:33,664
1952.

520
00:30:33,891 --> 00:30:37,559
Archaeologist
alberto ruz lhuillier discovers

521
00:30:37,578 --> 00:30:39,561
The pyramid tomb of king pakal,

522
00:30:39,580 --> 00:30:41,839
Who ruled over
the ancient mayan city

523
00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:45,750
From 615 to 683 ad.

524
00:30:45,903 --> 00:30:49,495
This is the famous temple
of the inscriptions behind me.

525
00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:53,758
Perhaps the most famous pyramid
in all of the mayan world.

526
00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:59,523
The french-mexican archeologist
alberto lhuillier

527
00:30:59,674 --> 00:31:03,009
Began his excavations
at the top.

528
00:31:03,028 --> 00:31:05,362
It took him four years

529
00:31:05,513 --> 00:31:10,367
To slowly excavate,
step by step,

530
00:31:10,594 --> 00:31:14,187
Down the pyramid,
until he finally came

531
00:31:14,281 --> 00:31:17,875
To the tomb of lord pakal,

532
00:31:18,026 --> 00:31:21,545
And the giant
sarcophagus and lid

533
00:31:21,772 --> 00:31:23,714
That the pyramid
were built around.

534
00:31:28,295 --> 00:31:32,130
Narrator:
Arguably the most remarkable
mayan artifact ever found,

535
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:35,541
The stone sarcophagus lid
of king pakal has produced

536
00:31:35,636 --> 00:31:38,878
Considerable controversy.

537
00:31:38,898 --> 00:31:42,548
Mainstream scholars believe
the depiction is of king pakal

538
00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:45,903
On a journey to xibalba,
the land of the dead.

539
00:31:48,556 --> 00:31:52,467
But ancient astronaut theorists
believe the king is portrayed

540
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:57,730
Seated at the controls
of a spacecraft.

541
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,584
You see a man bending forward,

542
00:32:00,735 --> 00:32:04,829
Almost like
a racing motorcyclist.

543
00:32:04,982 --> 00:32:08,592
He has his nose on some kind
of oxygen mask.

544
00:32:08,743 --> 00:32:11,762
He uses his upper hand
to manipulate the knob.

545
00:32:11,913 --> 00:32:15,173
You see his lower hand,
he manipulates some controls.

546
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:19,770
He's sitting on a kind of chair
in a sort of capsule.

547
00:32:19,921 --> 00:32:23,682
Now, what's amazing about this
is that through modern eyes

548
00:32:23,776 --> 00:32:27,335
We can readily identify
that it appears as if

549
00:32:27,354 --> 00:32:30,072
Pakal is riding in
some kind of a spaceship.

550
00:32:32,267 --> 00:32:34,693
Narrator:
In 2011, the strange carving

551
00:32:34,845 --> 00:32:37,179
On king pakal's
sarcophagus lid

552
00:32:37,197 --> 00:32:40,198
Was translated
into a 3d replica

553
00:32:40,350 --> 00:32:42,459
By modelmaker paul francis.

554
00:32:42,610 --> 00:32:44,461
Paul francis: When I saw this,
I instantly said

555
00:32:44,612 --> 00:32:46,964
"there's a guy
in a space capsule."

556
00:32:47,115 --> 00:32:48,707
You know? It doesn't
need to be spelled out for me.

557
00:32:48,801 --> 00:32:50,968
I don't have to find anything.
It was already there.

558
00:32:52,787 --> 00:32:57,290
Tsoukalos:
I think this is absolutely
extraordinary because

559
00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,460
For the longest time we have
said that what is on this

560
00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:04,222
Pakal lid is not
something symbolic.

561
00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:08,210
It was something that the artist
saw or was told about,

562
00:33:08,228 --> 00:33:13,215
And then he or she tried
to recreate this on a slab.

563
00:33:13,233 --> 00:33:17,494
I also love the detail that you
have underneath his right foot,

564
00:33:17,721 --> 00:33:21,814
Where his foot
is resting on a pedestal.

565
00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:23,575
And that is exactly
what we can see

566
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:26,077
On the palenque slab.

567
00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:30,081
And how his hands are
manipulating some controls.

568
00:33:30,234 --> 00:33:32,009
And also, this kind of
breathing apparatus

569
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,328
That's going on
in front of his nose.

570
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:38,740
Francis:
The breathing apparatus
is actually a very neat piece.

571
00:33:38,833 --> 00:33:41,743
It's called
the giver of life.

572
00:33:41,836 --> 00:33:44,412
The soul transfers through this,

573
00:33:44,431 --> 00:33:48,007
And a giver of life,
to me, would be air.

574
00:33:48,101 --> 00:33:49,342
I mean, we breathe air.

575
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:53,421
This is a guy who needs
this mask to survive.

576
00:33:53,515 --> 00:33:55,181
Tsoukalos:
Because, where is he?

577
00:33:55,275 --> 00:33:57,034
Francis:
Outer space.

578
00:34:05,769 --> 00:34:08,286
We're down to number one
on my countdown

579
00:34:08,438 --> 00:34:11,122
Of the top ten alien artifacts.

580
00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,942
<i> Ancient aliens</i> has traveled
to all corners of the globe

581
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,034
Investigating the most
incredible objects

582
00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:17,128
Ever uncovered.

583
00:34:17,281 --> 00:34:20,632
But this final one
truly gives me goosebumps.

584
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,893
Many of these have been found
all over the world,

585
00:34:23,044 --> 00:34:25,453
But in season ten
we were able to have

586
00:34:25,472 --> 00:34:28,231
One of them tested in a lab.

587
00:34:28,458 --> 00:34:30,400
The results were nothing
short of remarkable.

588
00:34:32,387 --> 00:34:35,388
Number one on my countdown
of mysterious artifacts:

589
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:39,242
The paracas elongated skulls.

590
00:34:46,827 --> 00:34:48,827
Narrator:
New york city.

591
00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:51,904
February, 2017.

592
00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:55,483
At new york university,
giorgio tsoukalos meets with

593
00:34:55,502 --> 00:34:56,909
Art collector jared collins,

594
00:34:56,929 --> 00:35:01,556
Who is in possession of a
2,000-year-old elongated skull.

595
00:35:04,661 --> 00:35:07,938
Oh, wow.
That is fantastic.

596
00:35:08,089 --> 00:35:12,517
Narrator:
The skull is incredibly
well-preserved,

597
00:35:12,669 --> 00:35:15,186
And jared is having it tested
at the university

598
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,523
To find out if it might possibly
contain abnormalities

599
00:35:18,675 --> 00:35:21,618
That indicate it is something
other than human.

600
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,104
Tsoukalos:
So this skull was found

601
00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:27,773
-In the paracas region of peru.
-That's right.

602
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:30,869
But no real modern testing
has ever been done on this.

603
00:35:31,021 --> 00:35:32,129
Oh, this is amazing.

604
00:35:34,524 --> 00:35:37,450
Narrator:
Hundreds of strange, misshapen
skulls have been found

605
00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:39,361
On the southern coast of peru

606
00:35:39,379 --> 00:35:42,697
From excavations
dating back to 1927.

607
00:35:42,716 --> 00:35:47,035
It was at this time that
archaeologist julio tello

608
00:35:47,053 --> 00:35:49,721
First excavated
a massive burial complex

609
00:35:49,873 --> 00:35:52,649
Thought to have been built
by the paracas people

610
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:57,821
Who lived in the region
from 800 bc to 100 bc.

611
00:35:58,048 --> 00:36:01,324
Mainstream archaeologists
say the elongation

612
00:36:01,476 --> 00:36:04,552
Is most likely the result
of head binding,

613
00:36:04,571 --> 00:36:06,888
Which involves wrapping
the heads of infants

614
00:36:06,981 --> 00:36:08,814
While their skulls
are still soft

615
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,959
In order to change the shape.

616
00:36:12,412 --> 00:36:16,064
But some of the paracas skulls
display abnormalities

617
00:36:16,157 --> 00:36:17,841
That head binding
cannot explain.

618
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:24,014
So, let's go, right? Okay.

619
00:36:25,851 --> 00:36:27,759
Okay.

620
00:36:27,911 --> 00:36:31,188
Narrator: Nyu professor of
anthropology dr. Todd disotell

621
00:36:31,415 --> 00:36:34,173
Agreed to conduct
a forensic evaluation

622
00:36:34,267 --> 00:36:36,584
Of the elongated skull.

623
00:36:36,603 --> 00:36:39,921
I've seen casts.
I've never seen one in person.

624
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:43,516
-Okay.
-Wow.

625
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,428
That is... Freaky.

626
00:36:46,446 --> 00:36:49,431
I mean, I just can't
come up with another term.

627
00:36:49,449 --> 00:36:52,024
I love that your first reaction
is that it's freaky,

628
00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:54,102
-'cause I agree with you.
-Well, I mean, look at it.

629
00:36:54,195 --> 00:36:56,362
-That's...
-It's-it's quite bizarre.

630
00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:59,457
Narrator:
In addition to being elongated,

631
00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:02,719
The paracas skull possesses
an abnormally large jaw

632
00:37:02,870 --> 00:37:05,371
And eye sockets.

633
00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:09,467
Let me just move it over
to the sterile bench surface.

634
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:12,395
-Mm-hmm.
-Wow.

635
00:37:12,547 --> 00:37:14,456
So, it's very fascinating.

636
00:37:14,549 --> 00:37:17,049
-Besides the shape.
-(laughter)

637
00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:22,888
The sagittal suture looks like
it has completely fused.

638
00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,724
I'm looking at it,
and it's just been

639
00:37:24,818 --> 00:37:26,468
Completely obliterated.

640
00:37:26,486 --> 00:37:31,306
Narrator:
The sagittal suture is
the seam where the two parietal

641
00:37:31,399 --> 00:37:34,251
Bones of the skull
come together.

642
00:37:34,402 --> 00:37:39,314
Although the markings may be
faint due to fusing over time,

643
00:37:39,332 --> 00:37:41,332
All human skulls
are expected to have

644
00:37:41,485 --> 00:37:44,094
Some evidence of this feature.

645
00:37:44,245 --> 00:37:47,389
So it is curious
that this skull does not.

646
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,752
Okay, let's move on
to extracting

647
00:37:52,846 --> 00:37:54,587
Some tooth and bone powder

648
00:37:54,681 --> 00:37:56,681
To get dna out of that.

649
00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:59,334
Okay, excellent.

650
00:37:59,427 --> 00:38:02,612
Narrator:
The analysis of the material
will determine the sex,

651
00:38:02,764 --> 00:38:05,949
Ancestral lineage of both
the father and the mother,

652
00:38:06,176 --> 00:38:08,843
And any dna anomalies
when compared with

653
00:38:08,936 --> 00:38:10,453
The current human genetic
database.

654
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:17,109
Looks pretty good.

655
00:38:17,129 --> 00:38:21,205
So, we will pack this up
and send it off,

656
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:24,617
And in four to six weeks
they should have the result.

657
00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,210
Tsoukalos:
Four to six weeks? Okay.

658
00:38:26,363 --> 00:38:27,378
Thank you very much.

659
00:38:27,531 --> 00:38:28,972
I really appreciate
your input on this.

660
00:38:29,199 --> 00:38:30,098
-Take care.
-Thanks a lot.
-You got it.

661
00:38:33,203 --> 00:38:37,055
Narrator: Two months later,
in April, 2017,

662
00:38:37,207 --> 00:38:39,316
Giorgio contacted dr. Disotell

663
00:38:39,543 --> 00:38:41,967
To find out the results
of his testing.

664
00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:44,395
All right, todd,
you got the results?

665
00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:46,823
<i> Yeah, and they're very,</i>
<i> very interesting.</i>

666
00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:51,494
<i> They did get a good,</i>
<i> clean dna profile</i>

667
00:38:51,646 --> 00:38:54,497
<i> From the maternally</i>
<i> inherited dna.</i>

668
00:38:54,724 --> 00:38:58,059
So this particular specimen
is actually

669
00:38:58,078 --> 00:39:02,914
Not found in the new world, not
found amongst native americans,

670
00:39:03,066 --> 00:39:07,493
And it's typically found amongst
europeans and middle easterners.

671
00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:11,681
In fact, the 100% match
was to a scottish individual.

672
00:39:11,908 --> 00:39:15,259
-This makes no sense whatsoever.
-Really?

673
00:39:15,354 --> 00:39:18,838
In a south american skull?
This is all very strange.

674
00:39:18,932 --> 00:39:24,602
That could mean that people from
europe got to south america,

675
00:39:24,754 --> 00:39:28,590
You know, 1,500 years earlier

676
00:39:28,683 --> 00:39:31,275
Than we currently
understand that.

677
00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:33,111
That's amazing.

678
00:39:33,263 --> 00:39:36,764
Unfortunately, the condition
of the sample

679
00:39:36,783 --> 00:39:39,876
Did not yield any y chromosome.

680
00:39:40,027 --> 00:39:42,194
Unfortunately,
we're missing that.

681
00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:43,380
Right.

682
00:39:43,607 --> 00:39:47,050
Do you think that a case
can be made at all--

683
00:39:47,277 --> 00:39:49,886
And again, this is
complete speculation--

684
00:39:50,113 --> 00:39:54,206
That perhaps it is not
necessarily human?

685
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:56,059
Is that a possibility?

686
00:39:56,210 --> 00:39:58,395
Well, it's possible.

687
00:39:58,622 --> 00:40:01,714
But still, we actually
don't know what this is.

688
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:04,901
Since we didn't get any
definitive result, obviously

689
00:40:05,052 --> 00:40:07,052
A scientist always
wants to try to do that.

690
00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:09,054
This is extraordinary.

691
00:40:09,149 --> 00:40:10,965
It's worthy of study

692
00:40:10,984 --> 00:40:14,727
Or opening up
a new area of inquiry

693
00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:16,913
And some new hypotheses.

694
00:40:21,494 --> 00:40:23,086
Narrator:
An ancient skull,

695
00:40:23,237 --> 00:40:26,831
More than twice as long
as a normal human skull,

696
00:40:26,983 --> 00:40:30,318
With an enlarged jaw,
enlarged eye sockets,

697
00:40:30,336 --> 00:40:34,322
No sagittal suture,
and dna that does not match

698
00:40:34,415 --> 00:40:37,934
The area in which
the skull was found.

699
00:40:38,161 --> 00:40:41,271
Might additional testing
reveal that this skull

700
00:40:41,422 --> 00:40:44,107
Is not entirely human?

701
00:40:46,336 --> 00:40:49,261
So, did this paracas skull
belong to someone

702
00:40:49,281 --> 00:40:52,356
Who was part extraterrestrial?

703
00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:57,120
Ancient astronaut theorists
resoundingly say yes.

704
00:40:57,347 --> 00:40:59,939
Well, that concludes
my countdown, for now.

705
00:41:00,033 --> 00:41:04,185
And I'm confident that as more
and more mysterious artifacts

706
00:41:04,204 --> 00:41:08,131
Come to light,
the evidence of alien contact

707
00:41:08,358 --> 00:41:10,967
Will soon become
too hard to dismiss,

708
00:41:11,194 --> 00:41:13,695
And we will finally
have undeniable proof

709
00:41:13,788 --> 00:41:17,623
Of our extraterrestrial
origins.

710
00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:19,476
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