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We're so
excited to be able to see this.
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So this is it.
- It's-it's very heavy.
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- It's heavy.
- Wow.
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Could physical evidence
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of alien visitation
have been hiding in plain sight?
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This is a very strange piece.
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It is a strange piece
for us as well.
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Did part of an alien
craft fall from space?
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We acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating
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- and its composition.
- So we have a real mystery here.
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Or are we looking at
alien technology
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made right here on Earth?
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This defies everything we know.
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Definitely.
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Tuyên Quang Province,
Northern Vietnam.
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January 2, 2016.
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During the early morning hours,
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three strange metal spheres
are seen falling from the sky.
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Witnesses report
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that one of the spheres
seemed to be flying
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in a mysterious pattern
before crashing to Earth
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and making a loud
"thunder-like" sound.
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Witnesses saw these
spherical-shaped metallic balls,
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which were recovered by
the Vietnamese military.
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We have photographs of them,
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but we don't have
whatever the objects were.
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Now, of course,
the big question is:
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could they be connected
to the UFO phenomenon?
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Numerous similar spheres
were seen in Spain in 2015
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and in Africa in 2011.
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The skeptic would argue
that this is just simply
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space debris and nothing else.
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But what's particularly
intriguing is that,
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in March 1974,
a very strange sphere was found
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at Fort George Island
in Florida.
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It was found by the Betz family.
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On March 26, 1974,
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on a remote piece of land
in Ft. George Island, Florida,
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owned by Gerri and Antoine Betz,
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a wildfire broke out
in the middle of the night,
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burning acres of brush.
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The cause of the fire
is unknown.
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But the next day, as the family
was investigating the damage,
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they came upon a strange object:
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a metal sphere.
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Gerri Betz and
her son Terry went out there,
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and Terry sees this
metallic-looking ball
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in the ground there.
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And he picks it up
and shows it to his mother,
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and they take it
back to the house.
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And a couple of weeks went by,
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and Terry had the ball
on a table next to his bed.
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And he took his guitar out.
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He started strumming it.
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And the ball started vibrating.
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I was about ten or 11,
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and one night
they pulled it out.
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We got I think it was
a mayonnaise lid out,
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and we were holding it
in different places
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on the, on the sphere.
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And it would be magnetized
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and stick in some areas
and not in others.
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I can't remember
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which household member said,
"Well, watch this."
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And they walked past it, it was
sitting on the carpeted floor,
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and it followed them
and moved as they did.
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They took a few steps
and turned,
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and it rolled right behind them
and to a stop.
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I had never seen
anything like it before.
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The Betz sphere
began to make headlines
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in April of 1974.
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One of the first
to break the story
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was a young reporter
named Ron Kivett,
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who conducted an exclusive
interview with Gerri Betz
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just after she had made
her amazing discovery.
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In February of 2017,
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investigative journalist
Linda Moulton Howe
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traveled to
Jacksonville, Florida,
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just 20 miles from the site
where the Betz family
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made their incredible discovery.
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- Hi, Ron.
- Hi, Linda.
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- Nice to meet you.
- It's good to meet you.
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- Come on in.
- Yes. Thank you.
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She arranged to meet
with Ron Kivett
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to get a firsthand account
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of his experience
with this bizarre object.
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You've actually held
this silver sphere.
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I have actually
held the ball, right.
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Talk about what happened.
I'm so curious.
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You get to their house.
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How was the Betz sphere
introduced?
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- How did they show you?
- Um...
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The ball was on a coffee table,
a glass-topped coffee table
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in a foyer much like this,
a little bit larger,
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but it was windows
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all the way around,
almost like an atrium.
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And, uh, I said, you know,
"Can I pick it up?"
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Gerri said, "Oh, sure."
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So I-I picked it up,
and it was heavier
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than I anticipated it to be.
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About 20 pounds, right?
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That's what they say, yeah,
about 20 pounds.
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The ball had a much rougher
texture to it
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than I anticipated.
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And if you moved it,
you could hear
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a very faint tinkling inside it.
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It wasn't a hum or a buzz,
it was that tink, tink, tink.
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Terry had the ball in his room,
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and he began to notice that even
when the ball wasn't moving,
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he could hear
this tinkling sound.
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Well, it would suggest
it was conscious,
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or was downloading,
uploading information
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from something that
it was involved with.
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Well, the consciousness of it.
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I decided I wanted
to take the ball outside
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and get some pictures
with natural light.
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The ball was back on the table.
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So we all get up to leave to go
find a spot to shoot it in,
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and the ball rolled
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all the way to the edge
and stopped.
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And it was just like,
"Don't forget me."
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That's when the hair
stood up on my arms.
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After observing
the strange behavior
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of the sphere for several weeks,
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the Betz family decided
to submit it
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to the military for examination.
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It got interest from the Navy.
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It got interest from
the United States government.
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And during the testing of it,
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they found it was made of a
stainless steel metallic alloy,
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specifically the ferrous alloy
number 431.
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And then when it was analyzed
with X-ray spectography,
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the interior of the sphere
was hollow
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and had smaller
spherical objects,
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which were analyzed to have
an atomic weight of 140.
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Now, the largest atomic weight
that we see in nature
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is uranium, which is a 92.
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So these smaller,
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super heavy balls
that were inside,
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with an atomic weight of 140,
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caused certain scientists
to speculate
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that if anyone actually tried
to drill inside the sphere,
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that it could be the equivalent
of a thermonuclear weapon,
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that those elements
could go into criticality
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and create a massive explosion.
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So the point is, this sphere
has very peculiar properties
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that suggest that it is in fact
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some sort of artificially
intelligent technology.
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Do you think that it is
a viable hypothesis
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that at least the Navy,
from the work that they did,
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- knew this is not terrestrial?
- Oh, absolutely.
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And it was after the Navy
examination... Right.
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That everything seemed
to basically come to a halt.
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Correct.
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I never got a real clarification
on what happened, you know.
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But now the ball
has disappeared.
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Is it possible
the Navy discovered evidence
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that the Betz sphere is of
extraterrestrial origin,
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and secretly confiscated it
for further examination?
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Gerri and
her family are not interested
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in talking about
the sphere anymore.
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They just don't want to discuss
what happened with it.
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Maybe nobody
will ever see it again.
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That's a possibility, you know?
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I don't know.
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To date, no one has been
able to locate the sphere
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or explain what it was.
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But perhaps further clues
may be found
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by returning to the very site
where the mysterious Betz sphere
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was first discovered.
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Talking with the Betz Family,
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you thought you're dealing
with really honest people
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who are very puzzled about
what this sphere is.
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When I first talked to them,
I was convinced
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that all of them
were telling me the truth.
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Fort George Island, Florida.
February 3, 2017.
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Investigative journalist
Linda Moulton Howe
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is traveling
with reporter Ron Kivett
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to the site
where a mysterious metal sphere
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that displayed
the uncanny ability
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to move on its own
was first discovered
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in 1974 by the Betz family,
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following a wildfire
on their property.
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This would have been an area
where the fire would have been.
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We're getting closer.
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Now, this is the kind of woods
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they would have found it in.
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All of this here, you can see
where the-the palmettos.
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- Yeah.
- It's thick.
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It's hard to go through.
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In fact, it's almost amazing.
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Without the fire... -Without
the fire, they probably...
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They would never have found it.
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Gosh.
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So, the mys...
There's the mystery
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- of what caused the fire...
- Right.
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How long it had
been there, and...
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Was it intended to be found?
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Wow.
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Skeptics of
the Betz sphere story
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claim it was part of a sculpture
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that fell from
an artist's truck.
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So this is what
it would have all looked like
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before the fire.
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But Ron Kivett
says this is impossible,
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since the sphere was discovered
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in the middle
of a densely forested area
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20 miles from any stretch
of main highway.
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You know, now that I'm here
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where the Betz family
found that sphere,
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it's just so clear
that any of the stories
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about an artist over on the road
having something falling
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off a truck and rolling
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through all of this thick
palmetto... -It's impossible.
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Impossible.
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And the whole idea
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that they would
never have found it
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if there had not been
a fire... -No.
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The fire was integral
to finding the ball.
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What do you think,
talking with Terry and Gerri?
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I know they found it.
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I know how they...
how they found it.
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They knew right away, you know,
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after that-that
first incident or so,
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that they had something special.
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If it was a hoax,
somebody put it there.
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If it was not a hoax,
somebody put it there.
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- It's...
- Or something.
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Or something.
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If this mysterious sphere
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was of extraterrestrial origin,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest,
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might it have been
intentionally placed
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on the Betz's property
and even have started the fire
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that resulted in its discovery?
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Throughout history,
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similar spheres
have appeared in artwork
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that dates back
hundreds of years
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and are often depicted
as coming from the heavens.
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In Christian art, you'll see
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these incredible examples
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of angels holding
bowling ball-size spheres
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in their hands.
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In other examples,
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Jesus himself
holds a metallic sphere.
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God is portrayed
holding a sphere.
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So when you go back
to the Betz family
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and compare it with what we know
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about these spheres
and Christian mythology,
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you have to ask,
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are-are we dealing
with something of ancient origin
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or possibly of
extraterrestrial origin?
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Where is that sphere today?
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My wager?
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One of our government agencies
has this Betz sphere,
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and our government has probably
learned a great deal
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about a sphere that has
self-activating software
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and maybe has been sending
and receiving the whole time.
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The concept of
a self-activating metal sphere
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with the ability to communicate
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is not as farfetched
as it may sound.
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In fact, science is
on the verge of discovering
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a similar technology today.
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Beijing, China.
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March 2015.
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Here at Tsinghua University,
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scientists announce the creation
of a self-fueled robot
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in the form
of a small liquid metal sphere
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that is capable
of shape-shifting.
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When energy
is applied from the outside,
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externally, the metal
would change shape.
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But they also noticed
that it could also produce
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its own power supply
for about an hour,
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and because of this action,
it would move, too.
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And, of course, most people
are considering using it
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in the field of robotics.
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Just imagine where that can go.
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We're seeing the
first steps that we are making
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towards having these types
of exotic alloys
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that could, in the future,
give us the ability to emulate
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the type of
extraterrestrial technology
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that we already see
in out-of-place artifacts.
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In addition to
creating shape-shifting robots,
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this new technology
may be used by doctors
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to make repairs inside the body
without performing surgery.
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It could also lead
to fully flexible electronics,
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as well as major advances
in artificial intelligence.
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose
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that it was a similar technology
that powered the Betz sphere.
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This is a possible explanation
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for what could be going on
with the super heavy balls
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inside the Betz sphere.
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They may be using some
sort of similar technology
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in order to roll themselves
around inside,
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which then allows the ball
to be able to roll around,
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much like a self-propelled
bowling ball.
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So with these new discoveries,
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we now have
a plausible explanation
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for how the Betz sphere
was able to roll around.
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As modern
scientists develop new alloys,
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we have to wonder
if these artifacts,
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like the Betz sphere, they are
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perhaps there for us to examine
and retro-engineer
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and use and create for ourselves
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and our own space industry.
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Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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that objects
like the Betz sphere
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have been purposely left behind
by extraterrestrials
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for thousands of years
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in order to help
in the development
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of mankind's
technological evolution.
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As further proof,
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they point
to mysterious metal ingots
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recently recovered
from a shipwreck
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off the coast of Sicily
that are unlike
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any other metal
known to exist on Earth.
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Sicily. 2015.
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Archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa
excavates a shipwreck
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less than a mile off the coast,
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which has remained undisturbed
for more than 2,600 years.
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His team dredges up
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an ancient payload
of 39 metal ingots.
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Interestingly,
spectrographic analysis
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of the recovered alloy
reveals the compound is unlike
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anything ever found
in the ancient or modern world.
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The interesting part about this
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is the composition
of the ingots that they found.
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The metal is 80% copper
and 20% zinc.
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There was other things
found in it,
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but that's the majority
of the composition.
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Now, zinc only occurs in nature
as sphalerite.
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It's a zinc sulfur complex.
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In order to create zinc,
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which didn't come around till
about a thousand years ago,
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you have to actually process
the zinc out of this sulfide.
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They didn't have
that technology back then.
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What was someone doing
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blending together copper, zinc,
lead, nickel, iron?
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This is a complex alloy.
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This is nothing easy to do.
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It suggests the possibility
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that it could have
special electrical
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or energetic properties
that we don't even know about.
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People would not be expected
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to be making
such a complex alloy back then.
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How is it possible
that such an advanced alloy
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was manufactured
over 2,600 years ago,
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centuries before
man had the technology
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to manipulate elements
like zinc into metals?
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And what was its purpose?
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Based on the composition
of this alloy,
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scientists believe
what they have found
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is orichalcum,
a metal associated
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with the legendary continent
of Atlantis.
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According to Plato's
fourth century dialogues,
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the Timaeus and Critias,
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Atlantis possessed
a power and technology
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greater than
any other civilization on Earth.
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It was founded and ruled over
by the Greek god Poseidon,
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whose temple was covered
in a precious metal
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called orichalcum,
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which translates
to "mountain copper."
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The composition of the alloy
is not specified by Plato,
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but based on its electrical
properties, color and luster,
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scientists suggest
that if it really did exist,
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it most likely
consisted of copper
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mixed primarily with zinc,
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just like the metal
found in the shipwreck.
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It was said that the temple
of Poseidon on Atlantis
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flashed with the red light
of orichalcum.
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The copper tint of this metal
caught the attention
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of the seekers
that came to this sacred place.
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This is not just
an attractive color.
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This has spiritual implications.
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There was something
about this metal
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that was said to resonate
with the divine.
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Perhaps it was its origin,
that it had come from heaven,
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it fell out of the sky.
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According to Plato's story,
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the Greek god Cadmus,
son of Poseidon,
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came down from Mount Olympus
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and gave orichalcum
to the people of Atlantis.
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An important figure
in early Greek mythology
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was Cadmus, a divine character,
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the first hero,
fifth in the lineage from Zeus
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of the Greek gods.
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It was Cadmus that brought
the making of bronze.
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He knew how to make alloys,
special metals, which,
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in the early days
of civilization,
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was the beginning of technology.
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So Cadmus is the one
who shows us
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the divine nature of metalwork
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and gives this as a gift
to the generations.
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Why are we so quick to dismiss
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00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:39,266
the underlying stories
in those myths?
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Those stories
talk about extraterrestrials
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coming and visiting our culture.
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They talk about gods
that walked among us
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and interacted with humans
but with a severely advanced
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technology beyond anything
that we have today.
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Ancient astronaut theory says
that the legends
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00:21:57,227 --> 00:22:00,176
of these Greek gods
are not just mythological,
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00:22:00,177 --> 00:22:03,767
but they're actually rooted
in actual events.
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00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:09,136
Is it possible
that the Greek gods
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were extraterrestrial beings
our ancestors witnessed
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00:22:12,557 --> 00:22:14,636
descending from the sky,
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00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:18,136
as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:21,516
And does the discovery
of orichalcum
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provide physical evidence
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that the legendary continent
of Atlantis truly existed?
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These artifacts could
allow you to conclude
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00:22:32,097 --> 00:22:35,556
that the continent of Atlantis
was real,
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that it sank,
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and that it possessed
high technology
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00:22:43,437 --> 00:22:47,096
before it met its tragic fate.
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According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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discoveries like
the metal ingots
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00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:54,676
found off the coast of Sicily
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00:22:54,677 --> 00:22:57,886
provide evidence
that extraterrestrials
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00:22:57,887 --> 00:23:00,976
have been fostering mankind's
technological evolution
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for thousands of years.
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And they suggest that even more
compelling evidence
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00:23:07,227 --> 00:23:11,596
can be found by examining
a mysterious artifact
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00:23:11,597 --> 00:23:15,017
discovered in the tomb
of King Tut.
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Cairo, Egypt.
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At the Egyptian Museum,
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00:23:25,324 --> 00:23:28,733
an entire floor is dedicated
to the incredible treasures
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00:23:28,734 --> 00:23:32,153
found in the tomb
of King Tutankhamen.
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00:23:32,154 --> 00:23:35,773
Among them is a metal dagger
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00:23:35,774 --> 00:23:39,233
that has baffled both scientists
and archaeologists
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00:23:39,234 --> 00:23:41,693
because it appears
to be made of iron,
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but dates back
to at least 1322 B.C.,
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more than a century
before Egypt's Iron Age.
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On May 20, 2016,
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00:23:53,944 --> 00:23:57,033
a new layer
was added to the mystery.
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00:23:57,034 --> 00:23:58,863
Researchers from
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00:23:58,864 --> 00:24:01,443
the Journal of Meteorics
and Planetary Science
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00:24:01,444 --> 00:24:03,983
announced that
they had finally determined
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00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:07,403
the composition
of King Tut's dagger.
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After detailed analysis,
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00:24:09,984 --> 00:24:13,153
it was confirmed
that the blade is indeed iron,
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forged from metal
that originated not on Earth
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00:24:16,654 --> 00:24:18,944
but in the stars.
444
00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:27,113
Meteorites are very difficult,
uh, to fashion into objects.
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00:24:27,114 --> 00:24:29,823
Anybody, even today,
446
00:24:29,824 --> 00:24:31,693
who's ever worked with
a meteorite will tell you
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00:24:31,694 --> 00:24:33,863
that because
of the high nickel content,
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they're very, very brittle
and very difficult to work with.
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00:24:37,364 --> 00:24:39,483
Considering the difficulties
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of working with meteoric metal...
Even with today's technology...
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00:24:44,194 --> 00:24:47,363
How did metallurgists
3,300 years ago
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00:24:47,364 --> 00:24:49,733
perform such tasks?
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00:24:49,734 --> 00:24:52,773
This dagger is
completely out of place
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in the fact that...
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Unlike simple objects,
like beads,
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that can be simply hammered out
and rolled...
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This has been perfected
to a point where
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it has no hammer marks on it,
it's completely smooth,
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00:25:05,324 --> 00:25:08,273
it has a nice edge
all the way around on it.
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00:25:08,274 --> 00:25:11,403
It almost looks
as if it had been cast.
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00:25:11,404 --> 00:25:13,533
But in order to achieve that,
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00:25:13,534 --> 00:25:16,613
you would have to reach
temperatures of 3,000 degrees
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in order to melt that meteorite,
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and then, of course,
add the necessary fluxes
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to get the impurities out
and then cast the blade,
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which brings up even more
questions for the researchers.
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If they were smelting iron,
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00:25:30,774 --> 00:25:33,984
it would change our whole
outlook on Egyptian history.
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00:25:36,364 --> 00:25:37,983
What could explain the presence
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00:25:37,984 --> 00:25:41,233
of this mysterious metal dagger
in King Tut's tomb
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when no other similar artifacts
have been found in Egypt
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00:25:45,074 --> 00:25:47,533
dating back to this period?
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Might Egyptian metallurgists
have had help
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working with this
difficult compound?
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00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:58,653
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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00:25:58,654 --> 00:26:01,983
and suggest stories found
throughout the ancient world
477
00:26:01,984 --> 00:26:06,033
reveal that extraterrestrials
taught our ancestors
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00:26:06,034 --> 00:26:07,903
the secrets of metallurgy
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00:26:07,904 --> 00:26:10,693
in order to help
move society forward.
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True metallurgy, in the sense of
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putting different metals
together as alloys,
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00:26:17,364 --> 00:26:20,823
dates back to maybe 3800 B.C.,
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00:26:20,824 --> 00:26:25,533
when bronze was first discovered
as an alloy of tin and copper.
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00:26:25,534 --> 00:26:29,483
Maybe the second most
important development
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after the harnessing of fire.
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As we think of modern times
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00:26:34,194 --> 00:26:35,943
and our emphasis on technology,
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00:26:35,944 --> 00:26:38,823
here is the sacred roots
to all of that.
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00:26:38,824 --> 00:26:42,613
Stories emerged
out of all the religious systems
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about the gods as metalworkers.
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00:26:45,944 --> 00:26:48,653
Hephaestus,
in the Greek imagination,
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00:26:48,654 --> 00:26:52,903
made weapons and the armor
for the gods.
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00:26:52,904 --> 00:26:56,613
In the Celtic imagination,
it was the great goddess Brigid
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00:26:56,614 --> 00:27:01,573
who made beautiful and wonderful
and powerful things into metal
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00:27:01,574 --> 00:27:04,363
and then into fabricated form.
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00:27:04,364 --> 00:27:08,193
In Japanese lore,
Canayago came to Earth
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to teach the people
metalworking.
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There seems to be
a-a ubiquitous understanding
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00:27:13,944 --> 00:27:16,363
from ancient cultures
that metallurgy
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is from the heavens.
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00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:22,233
Could there be some tie
that, in the past,
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00:27:22,234 --> 00:27:25,983
certain abilities were
originally brought to man,
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00:27:25,984 --> 00:27:28,153
possibly by extraterrestrials,
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00:27:28,154 --> 00:27:30,483
and things we would create
had a certain energy
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00:27:30,484 --> 00:27:33,903
or myth about them
that still is alive today?
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00:27:33,904 --> 00:27:37,363
According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,443
the most compelling
of these stories
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00:27:39,444 --> 00:27:44,033
originates in the same place
as King Tut's mysterious dagger:
509
00:27:44,034 --> 00:27:47,533
Egypt, where they worshipped
a sacred object
510
00:27:47,534 --> 00:27:49,444
called the Benben stone.
511
00:27:51,614 --> 00:27:54,903
Ancient Egyptian texts
describe the Benben stone
512
00:27:54,904 --> 00:28:00,693
as a meteoric iron object
that belongs to the heavens.
513
00:28:00,694 --> 00:28:05,943
The original Benben stone
mysteriously disappeared,
514
00:28:05,944 --> 00:28:09,234
but many ancient depictions
of it remain.
515
00:28:11,654 --> 00:28:15,654
The Benben stone
has a very strange origin.
516
00:28:17,824 --> 00:28:20,033
It is thought
that the Benben stone
517
00:28:20,034 --> 00:28:22,864
descended from the sky
like a firebird.
518
00:28:25,074 --> 00:28:27,323
If you look at the Benben stone,
519
00:28:27,324 --> 00:28:30,653
sometimes it is
described or depicted
520
00:28:30,654 --> 00:28:34,323
with people
coming out of this stone.
521
00:28:34,324 --> 00:28:37,193
Now, to me,
this looks very similar
522
00:28:37,194 --> 00:28:39,983
to a lunar module.
523
00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:42,273
If you have the idea
that this firebird
524
00:28:42,274 --> 00:28:46,193
is descending from the sky
with fire and smoke,
525
00:28:46,194 --> 00:28:48,323
well, if you look
at a rocket descending,
526
00:28:48,324 --> 00:28:50,983
these are firebirds.
527
00:28:50,984 --> 00:28:54,033
So our ancestors
perhaps witnessed
528
00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:57,983
some type of a craft
descending from the sky,
529
00:28:57,984 --> 00:29:00,773
out of which these
extraterrestrials came,
530
00:29:00,774 --> 00:29:06,033
which set in motion
our technological evolution.
531
00:29:06,034 --> 00:29:08,903
According to Egyptian texts,
532
00:29:08,904 --> 00:29:11,733
their gods were
extraterrestrial beings
533
00:29:11,734 --> 00:29:13,573
that came to Earth
534
00:29:13,574 --> 00:29:17,323
and taught our ancestors
the secrets of metalwork.
535
00:29:17,324 --> 00:29:21,773
If true, might this be why
we find isolated examples
536
00:29:21,774 --> 00:29:24,653
of advanced and sacred
metallurgy
537
00:29:24,654 --> 00:29:27,233
occurring long before
mankind was known
538
00:29:27,234 --> 00:29:29,903
to have grasped such technology?
539
00:29:29,904 --> 00:29:33,363
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
540
00:29:33,364 --> 00:29:37,273
and suggest that hidden away
in the storage area
541
00:29:37,274 --> 00:29:39,943
of a small museum
in Eastern Europe
542
00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:43,073
is even more
astounding evidence:
543
00:29:43,074 --> 00:29:48,363
the remnants of what might be
an extraterrestrial spacecraft.
544
00:29:48,364 --> 00:29:51,863
Transylvania, Romania.
545
00:29:51,864 --> 00:29:54,693
1970.
546
00:29:54,694 --> 00:29:58,153
Workers digging a trench
along the banks
547
00:29:58,154 --> 00:30:01,943
of the Mures River
unearth two giant bones,
548
00:30:01,944 --> 00:30:05,943
and, with them,
a mysterious metal object
549
00:30:05,944 --> 00:30:09,903
buried 35 feet
beneath the surface.
550
00:30:09,904 --> 00:30:13,773
The discovery
brings the project to a halt,
551
00:30:13,774 --> 00:30:18,193
as the crew takes their findings
to a nearby museum.
552
00:30:18,194 --> 00:30:19,943
This strange object,
553
00:30:19,944 --> 00:30:22,823
known today
as the Wedge of Aiud,
554
00:30:22,824 --> 00:30:25,653
continues to baffle
archaeologists
555
00:30:25,654 --> 00:30:27,863
because it is an aluminum alloy
556
00:30:27,864 --> 00:30:31,113
that appears to have been made
thousands of years before
557
00:30:31,114 --> 00:30:34,863
humans were able
to smelt or fabricate metal.
558
00:30:34,864 --> 00:30:40,823
It was ten meters in depth,
uh, associated with some bones,
559
00:30:40,824 --> 00:30:44,773
which they later identified
as woolly mammoth bones.
560
00:30:44,774 --> 00:30:47,983
If they were contemporary,
all of them,
561
00:30:47,984 --> 00:30:51,733
then they were in use sometime
in the period when Neanderthals
562
00:30:51,734 --> 00:30:55,773
roamed the earth, so they were
extinct 40,000 years ago,
563
00:30:55,774 --> 00:30:57,903
so they must be older than that.
564
00:30:57,904 --> 00:31:03,233
The wedge was analyzed
three times, to my knowledge.
565
00:31:03,234 --> 00:31:07,483
The main, uh, metal
in its composition is aluminum.
566
00:31:07,484 --> 00:31:09,693
Humans didn't
really start working
567
00:31:09,694 --> 00:31:12,233
with aluminum
until well into the 1800s.
568
00:31:12,234 --> 00:31:15,613
So when you look at this wedge
and you analyze it,
569
00:31:15,614 --> 00:31:17,773
it really has most
of the modern properties
570
00:31:17,774 --> 00:31:19,863
we would associate
with aluminum.
571
00:31:19,864 --> 00:31:23,733
This incredible
metal artifact was discovered
572
00:31:23,734 --> 00:31:27,403
at a time when Romania
was behind the Iron Curtain
573
00:31:27,404 --> 00:31:29,773
of the former Soviet Union.
574
00:31:29,774 --> 00:31:32,073
For decades,
575
00:31:32,074 --> 00:31:34,363
government officials
refused to reveal
576
00:31:34,364 --> 00:31:36,534
where the Wedge of Aiud
was being held...
577
00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:41,274
even after the fall of the USSR.
578
00:31:44,944 --> 00:31:49,033
But its location
has recently come to light,
579
00:31:49,034 --> 00:31:51,733
and in January of 2017,
580
00:31:51,734 --> 00:31:55,823
ancient astronaut theory pioneer
Erich von Daniken
581
00:31:55,824 --> 00:31:59,073
and his protégé
Giorgio Tsoukalos
582
00:31:59,074 --> 00:32:02,034
sought out the wedge
to see it for themselves.
583
00:32:06,788 --> 00:32:09,997
On January 18, 2017,
584
00:32:09,998 --> 00:32:14,997
at the National History Museum
of Transylvania,
585
00:32:14,998 --> 00:32:18,077
ancient astronaut theorists
Giorgio Tsoukalos
586
00:32:18,078 --> 00:32:21,167
and Erich von Daniken
were offered a rare opportunity
587
00:32:21,168 --> 00:32:24,077
to get a firsthand look
at the Wedge of Aiud.
588
00:32:24,078 --> 00:32:27,417
Museum curator Ana Gruia
589
00:32:27,418 --> 00:32:29,497
has taken it out
of a storage locker
590
00:32:29,498 --> 00:32:31,877
where it has been deliberately
hidden from the public
591
00:32:31,878 --> 00:32:34,377
since the early 1970s.
592
00:32:34,378 --> 00:32:36,537
This is exciting.
593
00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:38,787
Okay, I'm just going
to put my gloves on.
594
00:32:38,788 --> 00:32:40,418
This is great.
595
00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:44,787
So this is it.
596
00:32:44,788 --> 00:32:47,037
- Oh, wow.
- Okay.
597
00:32:47,038 --> 00:32:49,038
- This is the wedge.
- This is strange.
598
00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:53,917
It's-it's very heavy.
599
00:32:53,918 --> 00:32:55,787
- Giorgio, take it.
- This is crazy.
600
00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:58,957
- It's heavy.
- Wow.
601
00:32:58,958 --> 00:33:02,037
This was found
at a depth of ten meters,
602
00:33:02,038 --> 00:33:04,667
which is about 30 feet,
in the ground.
603
00:33:04,668 --> 00:33:06,537
- Yes.
- Yes, and here, this is the...
604
00:33:06,538 --> 00:33:08,207
where they took the sample
out... - Yeah.
605
00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:09,787
And here to make the analysis.
606
00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:11,707
And here you see
two pieces that are
607
00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:16,247
broken off, sort of, so maybe
it was attached or something.
608
00:33:16,248 --> 00:33:18,247
But very strange.
609
00:33:18,248 --> 00:33:20,667
So what does the museum
have to say about this?
610
00:33:20,668 --> 00:33:22,617
This is a very strange piece.
611
00:33:22,618 --> 00:33:26,117
It is. It is a strange piece
for us, as well.
612
00:33:26,118 --> 00:33:30,617
As historians, we do not
consider it a historical object
613
00:33:30,618 --> 00:33:32,537
that we're used to.
614
00:33:32,538 --> 00:33:34,787
We don't know
what it was used for,
615
00:33:34,788 --> 00:33:39,617
and we acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating,
616
00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:41,707
and its composition, as well.
617
00:33:41,708 --> 00:33:45,207
So, for what can you use this?
618
00:33:45,208 --> 00:33:48,077
It looks like a hammer
or a shovel, but,
619
00:33:48,078 --> 00:33:50,248
Giorgio, what is the word of...
in English...?
620
00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:53,247
Oh, an excavator tooth.
621
00:33:53,248 --> 00:33:55,707
Well, it looks like this.
622
00:33:55,708 --> 00:33:57,537
It could have been
something like it. -Yeah.
623
00:33:57,538 --> 00:33:59,207
But these excavator tooths
624
00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:00,577
are never made out of aluminum.
625
00:34:00,578 --> 00:34:02,247
No, it's too weak.
626
00:34:02,248 --> 00:34:03,537
Aluminum is too soft. -Yeah.
627
00:34:03,538 --> 00:34:05,617
They are made out of steel,
628
00:34:05,618 --> 00:34:08,417
especially hard steel,
so it... it could not be that.
629
00:34:08,418 --> 00:34:10,787
So we have a real mystery here.
630
00:34:10,788 --> 00:34:15,207
But you see this patina
over this whole object?
631
00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,957
And this creates
another problem.
632
00:34:17,958 --> 00:34:20,827
Yes, because
you cannot fake a patina.
633
00:34:20,828 --> 00:34:25,577
It's impossible
to artificially create a patina.
634
00:34:25,578 --> 00:34:28,707
The patina is a thin coating
635
00:34:28,708 --> 00:34:30,997
of various metal compounds
that forms
636
00:34:30,998 --> 00:34:32,917
on the surface of the metal
637
00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:35,667
during exposure
to atmospheric elements.
638
00:34:35,668 --> 00:34:37,877
The older the object,
639
00:34:37,878 --> 00:34:40,208
the thicker
the patina layer will be.
640
00:34:41,998 --> 00:34:45,827
It takes hundreds,
if not thousands of years
641
00:34:45,828 --> 00:34:48,117
for a thick layer of patina,
642
00:34:48,118 --> 00:34:51,827
as this apparently is,
for it to develop.
643
00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:54,077
Yes, we agree
there are two basic problems.
644
00:34:54,078 --> 00:34:56,457
One, that aluminum
was not invented
645
00:34:56,458 --> 00:35:00,377
at the age when we presume
this was in use.
646
00:35:00,378 --> 00:35:02,377
And second,
it's the patina, as you noted.
647
00:35:02,378 --> 00:35:04,287
Which speaks
for the date for the...
648
00:35:04,288 --> 00:35:05,917
- Yes.
- For the age of it.
649
00:35:05,918 --> 00:35:09,707
So we still have a mystery here.
650
00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:13,037
Thank you very much
for, uh, showing us this object,
651
00:35:13,038 --> 00:35:15,537
because I know
that there was a time, uh,
652
00:35:15,538 --> 00:35:20,327
when nobody knew where it was...
Somewhere in a box in the back.
653
00:35:20,328 --> 00:35:23,457
Which means present-day
archeology has a problem.
654
00:35:23,458 --> 00:35:26,167
And they're doing
magnificent work.
655
00:35:26,168 --> 00:35:28,877
But when something like this
comes along, you know,
656
00:35:28,878 --> 00:35:33,457
we should investigate this and
not put it in a box in the back.
657
00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:35,707
It did depend on mentalities
658
00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,497
- in official position.
- Yes.
659
00:35:37,498 --> 00:35:40,747
It isn't
currently exhibited, uh,
660
00:35:40,748 --> 00:35:43,667
because we have to admit,
as historians,
661
00:35:43,668 --> 00:35:48,417
that we do not know
more details about it.
662
00:35:48,418 --> 00:35:51,537
For us, it's just baffling
at this point.
663
00:35:51,538 --> 00:35:54,617
But taking
the-the logic further, uh,
664
00:35:54,618 --> 00:35:58,497
this conflicting information
could have just two solutions
665
00:35:58,498 --> 00:36:00,457
so far.
666
00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,787
One, that it is really
not so old,
667
00:36:02,788 --> 00:36:04,537
and the context is irrelevant,
668
00:36:04,538 --> 00:36:06,957
and the patina
was somehow produced
669
00:36:06,958 --> 00:36:10,117
in special circumstances.
670
00:36:10,118 --> 00:36:13,037
So it's a new object,
strangely preserved, let's say.
671
00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:15,707
And the second option is,
of course,
672
00:36:15,708 --> 00:36:18,997
that it's not
of terrestrial origin.
673
00:36:18,998 --> 00:36:22,667
In all of your adventures,
how does this compare
674
00:36:22,668 --> 00:36:26,327
to some of the other things
that are inexplicable?
675
00:36:26,328 --> 00:36:28,667
I am helpless. I have no idea.
676
00:36:28,668 --> 00:36:31,247
That says it all right there.
677
00:36:31,248 --> 00:36:33,917
Very bizarre. Bizarre.
678
00:36:33,918 --> 00:36:40,667
I've known about this thing
since the early 1990s,
679
00:36:40,668 --> 00:36:44,497
and I have to tell you
that looking at it
680
00:36:44,498 --> 00:36:48,537
in person was a dream come true.
681
00:36:48,538 --> 00:36:52,997
And it's a very strange thing.
682
00:36:52,998 --> 00:36:54,997
I mean, how do you explain this?
683
00:36:54,998 --> 00:37:01,287
It certainly looks as if
it was part of a larger object.
684
00:37:01,288 --> 00:37:06,787
Was it a component of a device?
685
00:37:06,788 --> 00:37:09,377
Was it a component
of something larger?
686
00:37:09,378 --> 00:37:12,417
If the Wedge of Aiud
687
00:37:12,418 --> 00:37:15,787
really is over 40,000 years old,
688
00:37:15,788 --> 00:37:19,247
then who made it,
and what was it used for?
689
00:37:19,248 --> 00:37:22,707
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
690
00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:25,497
they may have the answer.
691
00:37:25,498 --> 00:37:27,497
An aeronautical engineer
692
00:37:27,498 --> 00:37:30,327
who saw the Aiud Wedge
looked at that and said,
693
00:37:30,328 --> 00:37:32,497
"That's a piece
of a landing gear
694
00:37:32,498 --> 00:37:35,917
for a vertical take-off
and landing aircraft."
695
00:37:35,918 --> 00:37:39,117
Ancient astronaut theorists
have also looked at this wedge
696
00:37:39,118 --> 00:37:41,077
and surmised that it's possible
697
00:37:41,078 --> 00:37:44,497
that it's part of a crashed
extraterrestrial craft.
698
00:37:44,498 --> 00:37:48,957
Could the Wedge
of Aiud really be a remnant
699
00:37:48,958 --> 00:37:51,457
of an extraterrestrial craft,
700
00:37:51,458 --> 00:37:53,997
perhaps similar
to the one some say
701
00:37:53,998 --> 00:37:57,417
the Egyptians represented
with the Benben stone?
702
00:37:57,418 --> 00:38:00,667
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
703
00:38:00,668 --> 00:38:03,417
and suggest evidence
recently recovered
704
00:38:03,418 --> 00:38:05,207
from a meteorite in Russia
705
00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:09,497
may be another gift
from our alien ancestors,
706
00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:13,828
one that propels us towards the
next great technological leap.
707
00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:22,989
Siberia, Russia. 1979.
708
00:38:22,990 --> 00:38:27,199
A meteorite crashes
into the Koryak Mountains.
709
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:33,029
Nearly four decades later,
in December 2016,
710
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:35,909
researchers studying pieces
of the meteorite
711
00:38:35,910 --> 00:38:41,319
at the University of Florence,
Caltech and Princeton announce
712
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,869
that it has brought with it an
incredible, rare metal formation
713
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:47,779
called a "quasicrystal."
714
00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:53,529
This quasicrystal features 60
points of rotational symmetry,
715
00:38:53,530 --> 00:38:57,739
made up of aluminum,
copper and iron.
716
00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:00,159
It is an exotic pattern
717
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,739
that has never before
been found in nature,
718
00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:08,699
and could lead to the next
major technological leap.
719
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:11,369
This thing should not exist,
720
00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:14,079
and yet there it is
on this meteorite.
721
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,529
Now, quasicrystal alloys
722
00:39:17,530 --> 00:39:20,869
violate the known laws
of physics completely,
723
00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:24,319
but what we have heard
from whistleblowers is that
724
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,409
the surfaces
of extraterrestrial vehicles,
725
00:39:26,410 --> 00:39:28,779
such as the one
that crashed in Roswell,
726
00:39:28,780 --> 00:39:31,579
are made of quasicrystal alloys.
727
00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:34,279
And certain quasicrystal alloys,
728
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,819
when electrified,
generate antigravity.
729
00:39:37,820 --> 00:39:41,079
Extraterrestrial intelligences
may have been wanting us
730
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,319
to find the quasicrystals,
731
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,909
and it shows that there could be
a whole new world of technology
732
00:39:46,910 --> 00:39:49,029
waiting for us to unlock.
733
00:39:49,030 --> 00:39:51,949
And what we're looking at
is a very likely possibility
734
00:39:51,950 --> 00:39:54,739
that these
out-of-place artifacts
735
00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:57,369
are just some
of the table scraps
736
00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:59,449
from an extraterrestrial
civilization
737
00:39:59,450 --> 00:40:01,870
that had way more advanced stuff
than that.
738
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,989
Are extraterrestrials
giving mankind the tools needed
739
00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:13,909
to reach the next level
in our technological evolution?
740
00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:18,869
And if so,
where are they leading us?
741
00:40:18,870 --> 00:40:24,369
The stories of these very
powerful ancient alloys suggest
742
00:40:24,370 --> 00:40:27,989
that these are pathways
back to our origins.
743
00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:30,619
That these are ways
that we can connect
744
00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:34,029
with our original
extraterrestrial visitors,
745
00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:36,199
and also point a way forward
for us,
746
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,279
because as we begin to
understand these technologies,
747
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,819
perhaps one day we'll even
be able to duplicate them.
748
00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:47,489
As modern scientists
develop new alloys,
749
00:40:47,490 --> 00:40:51,529
we have to wonder
if these ancient artifacts
750
00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:56,239
of strange alloys aren't
extraterrestrial artifacts
751
00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:02,699
that are perhaps there for us
to examine and retro-engineer,
752
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:07,869
and use and create for ourselves
and our own space industry.
753
00:41:07,870 --> 00:41:10,739
There is no question
754
00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:14,239
that we are getting closer
and closer
755
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:17,779
to whatever technology
the extraterrestrials possessed.
756
00:41:17,780 --> 00:41:20,029
Are the unexplained
metal artifacts
757
00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:23,489
found all over the world proof
758
00:41:23,490 --> 00:41:27,409
that we have been visited
by otherworldly beings?
759
00:41:27,410 --> 00:41:31,159
And did extraterrestrials
teach our ancestors
760
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,409
secrets of metallurgy
that we are
761
00:41:34,410 --> 00:41:40,449
just now beginning
to develop and reproduce?
762
00:41:40,450 --> 00:41:44,619
Perhaps by examining
these strange metal objects,
763
00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:48,489
we will begin to not only
understand our past,
764
00:41:48,490 --> 00:41:53,579
but also be
better prepared to face...
765
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,869
our ultimate destiny.
766
00:41:55,870 --> 00:41:57,870
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