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NARRATOR:
Throughout the ancient world,
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there are tales
of fire-breathing beasts
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descending from the sky.
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No matter where we go,
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we find legends of these beings.
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Throughout Asia,
ancient cultures reported
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dragons descending from the sky.
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We have dragon stories in India,
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in Indonesia, in ancient Greece.
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NARRATOR: These winged
creatures inspired both fear
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and veneration.
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KATHLEEN McGOWAN:
The dragon represents
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something incredibly powerful
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but also incredibly noble.
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The dragons are here
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to bring something
to their people.
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NARRATOR: But could accounts
of dragons be based on real events?
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And might the truth
behind this mythical monster
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be more incredible
than anyone has imagined?
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The dragon that came
from the sky,
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the sons of Heaven that
came from those dragons...
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are integral to the
foundation of civilization.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
Shaanxi Province, China.
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April 6, 2019.
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In the ceremonial courtyard
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of the Mausoleum
of the Yellow Emperor,
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10,000 people gather to watch
a traditional Dragon Dance.
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The dragon dance is
an ancient ceremony
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which for thousands of years
has been a representation
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of the dragons
coming from the sky
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and returning to the sky.
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PAUL STONEHILL: This is part
of the Chinese culture,
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of the Chinese civilization,
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so it's very important for
the Chinese to have this dance.
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The Chinese people from the very
little... from toddlers on
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know about the dragons.
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The dragons are ever present.
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Ancient China was a land
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where humans lived in tandem
with the divine beings,
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with the gods.
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And the gods rode upon dragons.
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And so for this reason
the dragon became revered
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as a sacred symbol
throughout China.
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NARRATOR:
Here in Shaanxi,
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in what is known
as the Qingming Festival,
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the ceremony celebrates
the deity
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considered to be the father
of all Chinese people.
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The Yellow Emperor,
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also known as Huangdi,
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is a legendary ruler
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who founded Chinese civilization
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nearly 5,000 years ago.
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DOMINIC STEAVU: the Yellow
Emperor Huangdi is this, uh,
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semi-mythical figure
in Chinese history.
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He's an originator of Chinese
civilization and culture.
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And he is credited
with numerous inventions
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that-that came to define
Chinese civilization--
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Anything from
domesticating animals
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to the calendar
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and various
astronomical sciences.
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The Yellow Emperor also
crafted a magical caldron,
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and one version of the story
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has a dragon emerging
from the caldron
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and then the Yellow Emperor
jumps on the dragon's back,
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and the dragon ascends
up to Heaven.
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JUDY CHUNGWA HO:
The Chinese would say
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we're the descendants
of the Yellow Emperor.
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That's one way of putting
how Chinese believe him to be,
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the v-very founder
of Chinese civilization.
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In fact, just about everything
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that you would think as the
basic elements of civilization
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is somehow associated
with the Yellow Emperor.
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(speaking Chinese)
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TRANSLATOR: We Chinese people
consider ourselves
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the descendants of the dragon.
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So there should be
a certain connection
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between the identities
of the Chinese people
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both as the descendants
of the Yellow Emperor
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and as the descendants
of the dragon.
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NARRATOR: At the end
of the Qingming Festival,
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the dragon is released
into the sky,
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symbolizing Huangdi's
departure from Earth
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to the heavenly realm.
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The Yellow Emperor is believed
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to have flown up to the sky,
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um, and dwell, um,
in the Pole Star
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at the very center of the sky.
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And there he actually
would live forever.
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The idea of a dragon,
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a metaphysical being
who looked very real,
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had to come from somewhere.
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They could not just imagine
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a complicated being
like Chinese dragons.
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They had to see objects
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that were flying
at incredible speeds
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and the superior beings
riding on them.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Now,
from the ancient astronaut perspective,
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the dragon was never a dragon.
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It was a flying craft.
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It is only natural
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that our ancestors would
describe these things
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as living creatures
with fire and smoke.
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They had never seen
anything like it before.
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- (gong sounds)
- One has to wonder
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if Huangdi himself was
misinterpreted
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and that he was
an extraterrestrial
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and he arrived in
an extraterrestrial craft.
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SUN SHILI:
In China, in UFO research,
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a dragon is the symbol
of aircraft.
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There is a view
that the Yellow Emperor
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arrived in the wonderful
land of China
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through an aircraft,
and he flew back afterwards.
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NARRATOR: Could the story
of Huangdi traveling on a dragon
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be an account
of an extraterrestrial
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traveling in a spaceship,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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In the modern world,
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tales of dragons
are widely considered
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to be strictly a product
of the imagination.
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But some researchers believe
physical evidence exists
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that suggests
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the ancient stories
of dragons could be true.
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The Baian-Kara-Ula mountains,
Qinghai Province, China.
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According to an article
published in 1962
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in the German magazine
Das Vegetarisches Universum,
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Beijing University
archaeologist Dr. Tsum Um Nui
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was leading an expedition
here in 1936
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when he and his team came upon
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neat rows of graves
inside a cave.
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The archaeologists reported
that the graves
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contained the corpses of small
creatures resembling humans
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but with spindly arms
and legs and huge skulls.
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And buried with them were
hundreds of strange stone disks.
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There's a fascinating
story in China
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where allegedly
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a cave was found
with hundreds of disks
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and these disks were
about this wide
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and it seemed that they had
some type of a groove in them
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reminding of modern-day
vinyl records.
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And what's interesting
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is that allegedly
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some of these grooves contained
really tiny types of writing,
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hieroglyphics or something.
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WILLIAM HENRY: And when
archeologists finally deciphered
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or translated this writing,
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it told this incredible story
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of extraterrestrial beings
called the Dropas
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and how they had come
from the stars,
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crash-landed on Earth
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and were unable
to rebuild a spacecraft
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in order to return
to their home.
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NARRATOR:
Unfortunately,
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after the initial research
in the early 1960s,
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the disks, known today
as the Dropa stones,
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vanished.
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But mysteriously, in 1974,
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photographs surfaced
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of what were alleged
to be two Dropa Stones
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on display at the Banpo Museum
in Xian City, China.
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In 1994, a colleague
of mine, Hartwig Hausdorf
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and his colleague
Peter Krassa went to China
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to ask the whereabouts
of these stone disks.
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During the '60s and '70s,
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there was a big cultural
revolution in China,
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where lots of cultural
relics were, uh, destroyed.
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And that's possibly the reason
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that two of the more
than 700 stone disks
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could have found
their way down to Xian
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and to this little museum.
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In spring of 1994,
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my way led me also into
this little Banpo Museum,
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where I got to speak
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with the present curator
of the museum.
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I showed him the photographs
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that were taken
20 years ago in his museum,
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and he told me the former
manageress of the museum,
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along with the two stone
disks that were on display,
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they have disappeared
without any trace,
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and up to now, no one knows
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where this lady and the two
stone disks have gone.
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We can speculate
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that most of the stone disks
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are still inside those caves
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in Baian-Kara-Ula mountains.
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NARRATOR: Could there
be additional Dropa stones
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still hidden somewhere
in the Baian-Kara-Ula mountains?
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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another intriguing
aspect of the story
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is that the Qinghai Province,
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which is home
to this mountain range
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has a connection to dragons.
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What's interesting
about the Dropa stones
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is that the region they were
discovered in is very close
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to the Qinghai Lake which has
its patron as a dragon god.
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You have the fascinating story
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of the Dragon King
of the West Sea,
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the Qinghai Lake.
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And Qinghai is also
in the same area
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where the Dropa stones
allegedly came from.
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Now, one of the fascinating
connections here
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is that the Dragon Kings were
also said to be cloud breathers.
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And one of the things
that we see
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in the actual translation
from the Dropa stones
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is that the Dropa people
came forth
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in their clouds from the sky.
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So this idea of
cloud breathers as dragons
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and the Dropa coming
from these clouds
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seems to be
potentially connected.
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Maybe the dragons and the Dropa
are one and the same.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that the dragon,
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which remains sacred and iconic
in China to this day,
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commemorates
an extraterrestrial visitation
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that occurred
thousands of years ago
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and was allegedly recorded
on the Dropa stones?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining other ancient
traditions all over the world
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of dragon gods.
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NARRATOR:
Kyoto, Japan.
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An imposing statue of a dragon
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guards the west gate
of the Buddhist temple
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known as Kiyomizu-dera.
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It is just one of the many
dragons that adorn the shrine,
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and according to temple legends,
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every night a dragon
descends from the sky
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to drink at the temple's
waterfall.
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In Japan, dragons,
sometimes known as naga,
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are not only revered as deities.
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They are also considered
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to be the founders
of Japan's royal family.
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It was said in ancient Japan
that the dragon god
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lived at the bottom
of the ocean.
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His daughter had a daughter,
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and her child was Jimmu,
the first Emperor of Japan.
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To be descended from a dragon
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is to be from the divine
dimension of nature,
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but also from the stars.
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NARRATOR:
According to legend,
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Jimmu, the great-grandson
of the dragon god,
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received three divine items
called the Imperial Regalia.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
The Imperial Regalia of Japan
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was sent
from the heavenly realms.
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This was composed of a jewel,
a sword and a mirror
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that was utilized by all
the Japanese emperors,
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and they're still believed
to exist to this day.
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They're considered
to be artifacts
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of such incredible power
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that ordinary people
are not allowed
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to come into contact with them.
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TSOUKALOS:
With this celestial mirror,
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it is said that he
was able to see
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anything that goes on
on planet Earth
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without having to go anywhere.
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What are we talking about here?
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Imagine that you show
your laptop or your cell phone
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to your great-great-grandfather
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and all of a sudden
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you are showing him
a magical mirror
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because you can see
anything on a laptop.
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I think that the celestial
regalia of Jimmu
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are extraterrestrial artifacts
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that were collected at the time
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when the celestial teachers
referred to as dragons
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were here teaching mankind,
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in this case
in the area of Japan.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TRANSLATOR: The ancestors
of the Japanese emperor
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were gods...
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specifically gods in the sky.
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They landed on the Earth,
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and are linked to the current
Japanese imperial family.
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Which means that their family
is related to extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR: While the
dragon is a prominent figure
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in East Asian cultures,
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many ancient peoples
who archaeologists believe
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had no history of contact
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also revered this supposedly
mythical flying beast.
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Dragons are found throughout
Africa and in ancient Egypt.
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They were featured
in the earliest traditions
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of Persia, Greece and Rome.
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And North American folklore
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often spoke
of dragon-like creatures.
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The dragon is worldwide
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because, again,
in Central America
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in Villahermosa,
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there's a stone called
the dragon monolith.
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You see a man sitting
inside the dragon.
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You see the form of the dragon
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with this open mouth
like a snake,
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and you see the man
is sitting inside.
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He has a helmet on.
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He uses his hands
to manipulate control.
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So the story of the dragon
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has come around the world
from China to Central America.
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HUGH NEWMAN:
So dragons are found
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all over the world
in ancient traditions,
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and there's always an element
of extreme power.
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They could destroy,
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but they could also
become allies.
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And they were great teachers,
of very high wisdom,
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and have extreme intelligence
as well in some cases.
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And yet this became a symbol
of different cultures
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and different leaders
around the world,
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but was this because
they'd witnessed something
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emerging from clouds,
from a fiery kind of sky
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and actually this is where
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the whole dragon mythos
really came from?
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Who were the original dragons?
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And why are they always
depicted as flying?
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NARRATOR:
For researchers of mythology,
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an equally intriguing question
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is why so many separate
cultures ended up
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calling these flying entities
by the same name.
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Many languages use exactly
the same word for dragon,
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or something very similar,
at least.
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You have got in the Middle East,
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the Philistine god
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who looks like a dragon
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was called Dagon.
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In England you've got Dragon.
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In parts of Finland
you've got Dragon.
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And in Eastern Europe
you've got Dracul.
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And then a bit further south,
you've got Dracu.
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NARRATOR:
In Basque,
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which is unconnected
to any other language,
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the word is Dragoi.
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In India, it's Dregan.
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In Swahili, Dragoni.
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And in ancient Greek, Drakon.
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GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
They all have similar names.
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How can this be?
What's behind all this?
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These people were not
in touch with each other.
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So, how does this come about?
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It's very curious that,
no matter where we go,
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we find legends of dragons
with the exact same word
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used to describe this
creature or these beings.
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It must be that there was
a common source.
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And it makes you wonder
if it's possible
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that these beings originally
introduced themselves
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with this name that is
something like "dragon."
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NARRATOR:
What can account
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for this supposedly
mythical creature
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appearing in dozens
of distinct traditions
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throughout the ancient world?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the ubiquity of dragon legends
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lends further support
to the notion
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that our ancestors
encountered alien vehicles
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descending from the sky.
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The reason why countless
ancient cultures
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have references to dragons
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is because many
of these ancient cultures
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were visited by the same beings
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flying the same craft.
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They're seeing the same thing
in all these different places,
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and what they're seeing
is of airships
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with fire and thunder
and smoke and huge wings,
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and so they're describing
them in-in similar ways
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in different parts of the world.
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NARRATOR:
Could the ubiquity
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of dragon worship
throughout the world,
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along with the curious
linguistic connection,
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provide further evidence
that our ancestors witnessed
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something very real
coming down from the sky?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining ancient stone
sculptures from North America
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that depict a legendary
flying serpent god
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in a humanoid form.
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NARRATOR:
Teotihuacan, Mexico.
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Dating back to at least
the first century AD,
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this ancient complex was once
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the largest city in Mesoamerica
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with a population of 125,000.
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One of the most sacred
temples at the site
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is the Temple of
the Feathered Serpent,
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an enormous step pyramid
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dedicated to the god
Quetzalcoatl.
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Quetzalcoatl,
the feathered serpent,
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goes all the way
back to Olmec times,
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to the BCE period.
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But the first place that we
really see Quetzalcoatl
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is in Teotihuacan,
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the city just north
of modern Mexico City.
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They build a actual pyramid,
a temple of Quetzalcoatl,
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right around 250 AD.
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So, it's probably Teotihuacan
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who really put forward
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the idea and the identity
of Quetzalcoatl as a deity
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for the rest of Mesoamerica.
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Quetzalcoatl was a creator god.
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He was associated
with the planet Venus.
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He brought the rain.
He brought water.
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He brought civilization.
He brought the arts.
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This was the creator divinity
for the Aztec culture.
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It was a flying serpent.
It was a dragon.
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Quetzalcoatl brought peace,
harmony and high wisdom
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and very high level
of intelligence
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and teaching
to this particular land.
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He was often depicted
as a human being as well,
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that he arrived
on a raft of serpents
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and settled on these lands.
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ED BARNHART:
Quetzalcoatl also shows up
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in the post-classic Maya city
of Chichen Itza.
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But they give him a Mayan name.
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They call him Kukulkan,
which is basically
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"The holy feathered serpent"
in Maya.
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NARRATOR: The ancient
Mayan city of Chichen Itza
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lies roughly 900 miles
east of Teotihuacan,
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and at its center stands
another massive step pyramid,
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this one dedicated
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to the Mayan version of
the flying serpent Kukulkan.
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In Chichen Itza, there we have
the pyramid of Kukulkan,
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and every year
on the 23rd of March,
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you see, when the sun
is going up,
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some lights and shadows,
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lights and shadows
like triangles
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climbing down the stairway,
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exactly the stairway
where his head is on.
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And on the 21st of September
you see the opposite.
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Kukulkan disappears,
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and it's only made by light
and shadow of the natural sun.
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So still today
the message is clear--
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God Kukulkan has descended
to the humans.
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He teached them
for a certain period,
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and then he disappeared again.
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So right there we have
living mythology
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in a structure
that shows this deity
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descending from the sky
in stone.
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You wonder if perhaps
a craft landed here
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and this light-shadow effect
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of a serpent making its way
descending down the staircase,
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and then emerging
through a serpent head
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is a recollection
of that original event.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that the Pyramid of Kukulkan
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was not built to honor
a mythical dragon god
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but to commemorate the arrival
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00:23:13,709 --> 00:23:16,452
of an extraterrestrial
spacecraft?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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00:23:19,399 --> 00:23:23,125
and suggest this isn't the only
dragon-themed structure
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that marks a location
of alien contact.
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The landscape of
this small Greek island
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is spotted with 25 mysterious
megalithic structures
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called dragon houses.
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TSOUKALOS: The main
dragon house is at the very top
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of one of the tallest
mountains on the island
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called Mount Ochi.
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Mount Ochi comes
from the word "Ochevare"
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which means
to descend and to drive.
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And so this is interesting
because, according to legend,
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the reason why the dragon house
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exists at the top of Mount Ochi
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is because Zeus allegedly
descended from the heavens
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on top of that mountain.
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NARRATOR:
According to local legend,
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these stone structures
were built by a giant dragon
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to venerate the god Zeus.
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In ancient Greece, the word
"dragon" was not only used
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to describe a flying monster
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00:24:33,547 --> 00:24:35,455
but also gods and other figures
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that had human-like form
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but possessed superhuman powers.
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Now, when you put
all this together,
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this sounds like
the dragon house
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is a meeting place
of Heaven and Earth.
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In UFO vernacular,
that would be a landing spot.
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TSOUKALOS:
In my opinion,
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the dragon was the craft
out of which, then,
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the creator people,
or the teachers, emerged.
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00:25:00,741 --> 00:25:03,000
Our ancestors, basically,
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they saw a crew coming
out of an airplane.
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NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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some of the structures
themselves serve as evidence
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that this was a place
of extraterrestrial contact.
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00:25:20,077 --> 00:25:23,003
The dragon house
on top of Mt. Ochi
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contains megalithic blocks
weighing up to ten tons
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and sits at an elevation
of almost 5,000 feet.
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TSOUKALOS:
Archaeologists have a hard time
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explaining why
it was even built there
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00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,686
because we are talking
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of this gigantic
megalithic structure
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with a ceiling
that contains blocks
491
00:25:46,546 --> 00:25:48,771
that are up to ten feet long,
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00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:51,456
two feet thick,
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at an altitude of 5,000 feet.
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00:25:54,536 --> 00:25:56,387
How was that done?
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In my opinion, this was
an extraterrestrial visitation
496
00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:03,635
where Zeus may have
descended in his craft
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and built a day camp.
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00:26:07,792 --> 00:26:09,049
NARRATOR:
Could the stone structures
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found in Greece and Mesoamerica
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mark the locations
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00:26:13,055 --> 00:26:16,056
where otherworldly beings
landed on Earth
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and ultimately
returned to the stars?
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00:26:20,896 --> 00:26:23,080
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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00:26:23,307 --> 00:26:24,973
and suggest
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00:26:24,992 --> 00:26:28,234
these alien visitors
may still be here today,
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00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:30,646
pointing to legends of dragons
507
00:26:30,739 --> 00:26:32,548
that come not from the sky...
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00:26:33,742 --> 00:26:35,759
but from under the sea.
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00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:44,843
NARRATOR:
Nineveh, 1849.
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00:26:44,995 --> 00:26:48,013
British archaeologist
Austen Henry Layard
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00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:52,184
and his team uncover a cache
of ancient clay tablets
512
00:26:52,336 --> 00:26:55,946
dating back to at least
the seventh century BC.
513
00:26:57,174 --> 00:26:58,765
The pieces contain some
514
00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:01,176
of the earliest
writings of humankind,
515
00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:03,770
including the Epic of Gilgamesh
516
00:27:03,864 --> 00:27:06,031
and the Enuma Elis,
517
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:10,127
the Sumerian creation story
centered around a sea dragon.
518
00:27:11,446 --> 00:27:14,465
Ancient Sumeria is
generally considered
519
00:27:14,616 --> 00:27:16,800
the earliest civilization
on Earth,
520
00:27:17,027 --> 00:27:20,137
and their early mythology
involves the Tiamat.
521
00:27:21,548 --> 00:27:23,307
Tiamat comes from the sea.
522
00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:26,101
She's a sea serpent.
She is chaos.
523
00:27:28,222 --> 00:27:31,540
HENRY: Dragons are most
often seen flying through the sky.
524
00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:33,709
However, there are also examples
525
00:27:33,727 --> 00:27:37,062
of dragons that lived
in the water.
526
00:27:37,214 --> 00:27:40,883
For example, in the
Babylonian myth of Tiamat
527
00:27:40,901 --> 00:27:42,901
and then in the Greek myth
we learn of Hydra,
528
00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:47,055
which is referred to as a dragon
that lives in the sea.
529
00:27:48,726 --> 00:27:52,318
NARRATOR: Serpents from the sea
can also be found in Norse mythology,
530
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:55,321
in the ancient Canaanite
tradition,
531
00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:58,509
as well as the Maori tales
of New Zealand.
532
00:28:00,495 --> 00:28:01,845
But of all the stories
533
00:28:02,072 --> 00:28:04,515
of sea dragons
from across the globe,
534
00:28:04,666 --> 00:28:06,684
perhaps there is none
more well-known
535
00:28:06,835 --> 00:28:09,687
than the Leviathan
of the Hebrew Bible.
536
00:28:09,838 --> 00:28:13,582
Often described as
a gigantic sea creature,
537
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,177
the Leviathan wreaks chaos
on the world.
538
00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:20,513
Leviathan, in Biblical terms,
539
00:28:20,607 --> 00:28:26,686
is considered this sea monster
of behemoth proportions. Huge.
540
00:28:26,706 --> 00:28:29,448
Now, in the Book of Job,
541
00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:33,377
the behemoth all of a sudden
is seen and witnessed.
542
00:28:33,528 --> 00:28:39,441
And the way Job describes it,
it's not a biological entity
543
00:28:39,534 --> 00:28:41,719
that we are familiar with today.
544
00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:46,372
It is described
that it has skin of metal
545
00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:50,786
and ribs made
out of gleaming bronze,
546
00:28:50,804 --> 00:28:54,565
its limbs like bars of iron.
547
00:28:54,716 --> 00:28:58,961
Its back is made
of shields in rows
548
00:28:59,054 --> 00:29:03,315
shut up closely as with a seal.
549
00:29:03,467 --> 00:29:05,909
And then Job even describes
550
00:29:06,136 --> 00:29:11,064
that it is like
some type of an animal,
551
00:29:11,158 --> 00:29:16,086
but what animal breathes smoke
and fire and has glowing eyes?
552
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,591
NARRATOR: Might the
eyewitness account of the Leviathan
553
00:29:20,742 --> 00:29:22,742
found in the Book of Job
554
00:29:22,836 --> 00:29:24,503
actually be a description
555
00:29:24,655 --> 00:29:26,488
not of an underwater creature
556
00:29:26,581 --> 00:29:29,249
but of misunderstood technology,
557
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:32,752
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
558
00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:36,089
In the Book of Job
we have a text line
559
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:40,093
that says that this
creature's outer skin
560
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:42,687
consists of two hulls.
561
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,784
So, this description
in ancient biblical times
562
00:29:47,011 --> 00:29:52,197
that we have a double-hull
object is interesting
563
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:57,686
because we know today
that submarines have two hulls.
564
00:29:57,704 --> 00:30:00,539
And the reason why
they have two hulls is
565
00:30:00,691 --> 00:30:04,301
in order to dive and resurface.
566
00:30:04,452 --> 00:30:08,788
And what happens is you fill
and empty the ballast tanks.
567
00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:14,311
Now, what happens when you
empty the ballast tanks?
568
00:30:14,538 --> 00:30:19,316
The submarine ejects
a whole bunch of air
569
00:30:19,543 --> 00:30:22,544
that makes the whole
surrounding area look
570
00:30:22,563 --> 00:30:25,564
as if the ocean is boiling.
571
00:30:26,717 --> 00:30:31,236
And we have exactly
this reference point in Job
572
00:30:31,388 --> 00:30:34,498
that all of a sudden,
the wake of the Leviathan,
573
00:30:34,725 --> 00:30:37,576
it looked as if
the sea was boiling.
574
00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:42,822
Job describes having seen
this thing also on land.
575
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:46,751
It begs the question if what
we have here is an example
576
00:30:46,846 --> 00:30:49,329
of a trans-medium craft,
577
00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:51,740
a craft that operates
578
00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:54,977
both on land and in the water.
579
00:30:56,338 --> 00:30:59,005
HENRY: Today we have
videos of UFOs or UAPs
580
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,766
that are coming
and going from the ocean.
581
00:31:01,919 --> 00:31:04,361
We call them trans-medium craft.
582
00:31:04,512 --> 00:31:06,254
Well, this is exactly
what we see
583
00:31:06,273 --> 00:31:08,106
in these ancient myths
about the dragons.
584
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,033
These are supposed to be
585
00:31:10,185 --> 00:31:12,035
dragons
or mythological creatures,
586
00:31:12,262 --> 00:31:14,037
winged creatures
that fly in the air,
587
00:31:14,189 --> 00:31:16,522
but then they also go
into the ocean.
588
00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,876
And it makes you wonder,
are these in fact UFOs
589
00:31:19,027 --> 00:31:20,711
that were seen
in the ancient world
590
00:31:20,862 --> 00:31:24,106
that were interpreted
or mythologized as dragons?
591
00:31:24,199 --> 00:31:25,698
I was in the Navy
for nine years,
592
00:31:25,718 --> 00:31:27,609
and we always talked
with each other
593
00:31:27,702 --> 00:31:30,112
about unidentified
submersible objects
594
00:31:30,130 --> 00:31:32,538
that are UFOs
that stay in the water
595
00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:35,041
and then bust out
of the top of the ocean
596
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:37,728
and off they go.
It's very widespread.
597
00:31:37,955 --> 00:31:40,305
As a matter of fact,
there've been reports
598
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,883
of lights down in the water
following our Navy ships
599
00:31:43,903 --> 00:31:45,402
and then all of a sudden
600
00:31:45,553 --> 00:31:47,295
they bust through
the top of the ocean
601
00:31:47,314 --> 00:31:49,555
and they take off.
They're out there.
602
00:31:49,650 --> 00:31:51,557
And it's entirely possible
603
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:54,653
that people who witnessed
these things a long time ago
604
00:31:54,805 --> 00:31:58,564
confused them with
creatures or real dragons.
605
00:31:59,826 --> 00:32:03,812
Could the accounts of dragons
emerging from the sea
606
00:32:03,830 --> 00:32:06,481
found in mythologies
around the world
607
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:10,594
be descriptions of an advanced
technology capable of traveling
608
00:32:10,745 --> 00:32:15,157
not only through the sky
but also through water?
609
00:32:15,175 --> 00:32:16,675
And if so,
610
00:32:16,827 --> 00:32:18,584
might the misinterpreted craft
611
00:32:18,679 --> 00:32:20,771
our ancestors witnessed
612
00:32:20,922 --> 00:32:24,499
be the same UFOs
reportedly seen today?
613
00:32:24,592 --> 00:32:27,686
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
614
00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:30,930
the answers may be found
by examining the alignment
615
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:33,358
of an ancient structure
to a dragon...
616
00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,410
in the stars.
617
00:32:41,609 --> 00:32:43,627
NARRATOR:
Northwest Cambodia.
618
00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:47,205
Just outside the city
of Siem Reap
619
00:32:47,357 --> 00:32:51,468
lies Angkor Wat, the world's
largest religious structure,
620
00:32:51,695 --> 00:32:54,638
with each side measuring
nearly a mile long.
621
00:32:56,049 --> 00:32:59,884
Mainstream archaeologists
believe the temple complex
622
00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:03,629
was likely constructed
around the 12th century AD,
623
00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:05,540
but according
to Cambodian legend,
624
00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:08,043
it is far older--
625
00:33:08,061 --> 00:33:10,470
Built in 600 BC
626
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,548
by a half-human
half-divine architect
627
00:33:13,567 --> 00:33:17,385
who traveled between Earth
and the realm of the gods.
628
00:33:17,479 --> 00:33:19,812
TSOUKALOS:
Angkor Wat was built
629
00:33:19,832 --> 00:33:23,058
by none other
than Preah Pisnokar.
630
00:33:23,076 --> 00:33:26,003
His mother is not of this world.
631
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:29,840
She wants to bring him
to where she comes from.
632
00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:34,069
And so she takes her son
633
00:33:34,162 --> 00:33:37,330
to what's called Indra's Heaven.
634
00:33:37,424 --> 00:33:39,741
According to mythologies,
635
00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:42,502
the center part of Angkor Wat
636
00:33:42,596 --> 00:33:45,505
is a one-to-one replica
637
00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:48,984
of whatever was seen out there.
638
00:33:51,104 --> 00:33:52,937
NARRATOR:
According to some experts,
639
00:33:53,090 --> 00:33:55,365
the layout of Angkor Wat reveals
640
00:33:55,592 --> 00:33:58,035
another intriguing
connection to the cosmos.
641
00:33:59,263 --> 00:34:01,204
In 1996,
642
00:34:01,356 --> 00:34:03,856
author and researcher
John Grigsby
643
00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:06,192
discovered
that the temple complex
644
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:10,380
appears to align with certain
stars in the night sky.
645
00:34:10,607 --> 00:34:13,291
John Grigsby made
a brilliant discovery.
646
00:34:13,443 --> 00:34:16,611
He noticed that the entire
Angkor Wat complex
647
00:34:16,630 --> 00:34:19,556
is a mirror image
of the Draco constellation.
648
00:34:20,801 --> 00:34:24,394
In Latin, the word
Draco means dragon.
649
00:34:26,214 --> 00:34:27,806
TSOUKALOS:
If you were to take
650
00:34:27,958 --> 00:34:30,567
a constellation map of Draco
651
00:34:30,794 --> 00:34:34,387
and superimpose it
onto a map of Angkor Wat,
652
00:34:34,481 --> 00:34:39,317
there are multiple structures
at Angkor Wat that line up
653
00:34:39,469 --> 00:34:43,914
exactly to the main stars
of the constellation of Draco.
654
00:34:45,309 --> 00:34:49,068
So you have to wonder
what the connection is.
655
00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:51,588
And the answer to that,
in my opinion,
656
00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:56,409
is that if you would like
to show a local population
657
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:59,412
where you are from...
658
00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:02,173
you have them build something
659
00:35:02,326 --> 00:35:04,917
in the constellation
of where you are from.
660
00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:07,420
To me, those are calling cards
661
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,565
where our teachers
long ago came from.
662
00:35:12,352 --> 00:35:14,260
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the story
663
00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:17,597
of Angkor Wat's
celestial origins is true
664
00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,450
and that it was
purposely designed
665
00:35:20,602 --> 00:35:23,102
to line up
with the stars of Draco
666
00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:27,515
because this was the ancestral
home of Preah Pisnokar?
667
00:35:27,609 --> 00:35:29,942
Ancient astronaut
theorists point
668
00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:32,629
to the temple's many depictions
of dragon-like creatures
669
00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:34,297
as further evidence
670
00:35:34,449 --> 00:35:36,524
that it has
a profound connection
671
00:35:36,543 --> 00:35:38,468
to the Draco constellation.
672
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,380
DOMINIC STEAVU:
In south Asian traditions,
673
00:35:42,532 --> 00:35:44,975
nagas occupy an important place.
674
00:35:45,126 --> 00:35:48,812
They are considered to be
very powerful creatures.
675
00:35:48,963 --> 00:35:51,039
They are shape shifters.
676
00:35:51,057 --> 00:35:54,651
And nagas share a number
of interesting similarities
677
00:35:54,802 --> 00:35:56,987
with Chinese dragons
more specifically,
678
00:35:57,138 --> 00:36:01,158
so both of them are givers
of knowledge and of wisdom.
679
00:36:03,053 --> 00:36:04,903
HENRY: In the same way
that Kukulkan seems
680
00:36:05,055 --> 00:36:07,664
to represent some sort
of a craft to the Mayans,
681
00:36:07,815 --> 00:36:11,501
we find the same thing
with the naga at Angkor Wat.
682
00:36:11,728 --> 00:36:14,229
They could represent
a craft that is utilized
683
00:36:14,247 --> 00:36:16,673
to transport people
from Earth to Draco.
684
00:36:18,235 --> 00:36:19,676
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
685
00:36:19,903 --> 00:36:22,570
that dragon traditions
throughout the globe
686
00:36:22,589 --> 00:36:25,240
originated with visitors
coming to Earth
687
00:36:25,258 --> 00:36:28,310
from a planet somewhere
within the Draco constellation?
688
00:36:30,096 --> 00:36:32,747
Curiously, Angkor Wat is not
689
00:36:32,766 --> 00:36:35,859
the only ancient site
that aligns with Draco.
690
00:36:36,086 --> 00:36:39,604
On the other side
of the world, in Ohio,
691
00:36:39,756 --> 00:36:43,591
a Native American serpent
effigy known as Serpent Mound
692
00:36:43,685 --> 00:36:46,369
was positioned
to point to Draco.
693
00:36:48,189 --> 00:36:50,098
And in ancient Egypt,
694
00:36:50,116 --> 00:36:52,617
all pyramids were positioned
695
00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:55,603
to have an entrance passage
geometrically aligned
696
00:36:55,622 --> 00:36:59,216
so that Draco's primary
star, Alpha Draconis...
697
00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:02,385
would be visible at night.
698
00:37:04,038 --> 00:37:07,799
It's interesting to think
that the constellation Draco
699
00:37:07,951 --> 00:37:10,952
may have something to do
with these dragon myths,
700
00:37:11,045 --> 00:37:13,304
with all of these
separate cultures
701
00:37:13,457 --> 00:37:16,566
around the world that are
seemingly unconnected.
702
00:37:16,718 --> 00:37:20,886
Whatever these
flying dragons are,
703
00:37:20,981 --> 00:37:24,299
perhaps they came from a planet
704
00:37:24,317 --> 00:37:26,409
that was from
the star system Draco.
705
00:37:28,154 --> 00:37:30,747
HENRY: Virtually every culture
has a legend about dragons
706
00:37:30,974 --> 00:37:33,308
or dragon beings
that came from the sky.
707
00:37:33,326 --> 00:37:35,493
And what we're uncovering now
is the revelation
708
00:37:35,645 --> 00:37:37,328
that these beings
came from the sky
709
00:37:37,481 --> 00:37:40,331
because they're
of extraterrestrial origins.
710
00:37:40,484 --> 00:37:42,500
Is it possible that today
711
00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:45,762
we're subconsciously tapping
into hidden knowledge,
712
00:37:45,913 --> 00:37:47,839
something that has
always been there
713
00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:50,725
and is part of, like,
the thought sphere of humanity?
714
00:37:52,012 --> 00:37:54,012
NARRATOR:
Could it be
715
00:37:54,106 --> 00:37:56,664
that humankind's long-held
fascination with dragons
716
00:37:56,683 --> 00:37:59,684
has a direct link to the cosmos
717
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:01,669
and possibly visitors
718
00:38:01,763 --> 00:38:04,096
from the constellation of Draco?
719
00:38:04,116 --> 00:38:06,599
Have stories
and imagery of dragons
720
00:38:06,693 --> 00:38:08,359
persisted in modern times
721
00:38:08,512 --> 00:38:10,695
because of a deep-seated desire
722
00:38:10,847 --> 00:38:14,291
to reconnect with our
extraterrestrial past?
723
00:38:14,442 --> 00:38:17,276
Perhaps further clues
can be found
724
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:21,947
by examining humanity's
latest endeavors beyond Earth
725
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:25,969
and the recent launch
of a spacecraft called Dragon.
726
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,470
MAN:
And liftoff.
727
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:40,800
NARRATOR: Just off the
coast of Panama, Florida,
728
00:38:40,894 --> 00:38:46,990
the latest SpaceX cargo shuttle,
called Dragon, splashes down.
729
00:38:47,141 --> 00:38:49,067
It's really fascinating
what's happening right now
730
00:38:49,219 --> 00:38:53,830
because SpaceX just named
their rocket Dragon.
731
00:38:55,225 --> 00:38:59,002
The Chinese named
their entire rocket fleet
732
00:38:59,229 --> 00:39:03,989
based on ancient Chinese
celestial mythology.
733
00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,325
It's called
the Shengzou program,
734
00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:08,736
and Shengzou means
"heavenly chariot."
735
00:39:08,755 --> 00:39:12,090
So, to have all of a sudden
736
00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:16,411
modern cultures refer
to their celestial vehicles
737
00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:19,097
as dragons or heavenly chariot
738
00:39:19,191 --> 00:39:23,526
to me is nothing else
but a repetition of history,
739
00:39:23,753 --> 00:39:28,365
meaning we are not
the first to do this.
740
00:39:28,516 --> 00:39:32,035
JONATHAN YOUNG: The image of
the dragon still excites our imagination.
741
00:39:32,262 --> 00:39:34,854
When Elon Musk decides
to build a spaceship
742
00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,114
to lift up to the stars,
743
00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:38,116
he names it Dragon.
744
00:39:38,268 --> 00:39:41,269
So, it's almost like we're
acting out mythology.
745
00:39:41,362 --> 00:39:43,529
We're riding on or in a dragon
746
00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:45,048
back up to the stars.
747
00:39:47,386 --> 00:39:50,720
TSOUKALOS: Clearly,
humankind has had a love affair,
748
00:39:50,947 --> 00:39:54,349
an eternal fascination
with dragons.
749
00:39:55,042 --> 00:39:56,968
And in my opinion,
750
00:39:57,062 --> 00:40:01,398
dragons did not really exist
in a biological form,
751
00:40:01,549 --> 00:40:04,901
but perhaps they were the result
752
00:40:05,052 --> 00:40:07,553
of an incredible event
753
00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:10,148
that happened
a long, long time ago
754
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,409
in our collective unconscious.
755
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:15,745
It may surprise a lot of people
756
00:40:15,972 --> 00:40:18,489
to know that,
throughout the world,
757
00:40:18,642 --> 00:40:21,976
the dragon is not
a symbol of evil.
758
00:40:21,995 --> 00:40:26,589
It's certainly not in China.
759
00:40:26,741 --> 00:40:29,000
It's a symbol of
good luck and fortune.
760
00:40:29,152 --> 00:40:31,428
In the Middle East,
761
00:40:31,579 --> 00:40:35,673
the serpent brings knowledge
and understanding.
762
00:40:35,825 --> 00:40:41,179
Even today, we have the symbol
of a serpent, a winged snake,
763
00:40:41,331 --> 00:40:44,941
associated with knowledge
on the medical badge.
764
00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:49,595
Virtually every culture
in the known ancient world
765
00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:52,431
has some kind of dragon legend,
every single one of them.
766
00:40:52,525 --> 00:40:54,951
The dragon represents something
767
00:40:55,102 --> 00:40:58,913
incredibly powerful
but also incredibly noble.
768
00:41:00,459 --> 00:41:03,851
HENRY: Dragons are something
that people are obsessed with.
769
00:41:03,945 --> 00:41:06,854
Even today
people still get tattoos
770
00:41:06,873 --> 00:41:08,131
of dragons on their bodies.
771
00:41:08,282 --> 00:41:09,632
And you wonder, why is it?
772
00:41:09,859 --> 00:41:11,876
What is the attraction
with dragons?
773
00:41:12,028 --> 00:41:13,528
Well, for one thing,
774
00:41:13,546 --> 00:41:15,972
dragons symbolize divine
and heavenly power.
775
00:41:16,123 --> 00:41:18,049
But behind that is
the realization
776
00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:21,293
that the dragons ultimately
represent our origins.
777
00:41:21,387 --> 00:41:23,646
They were the great civilizers.
778
00:41:23,798 --> 00:41:25,890
They were the founders
of civilization.
779
00:41:26,042 --> 00:41:28,392
So by connecting ourselves
with the dragons,
780
00:41:28,487 --> 00:41:31,729
we're actually trying to tap
into the original power
781
00:41:31,881 --> 00:41:33,323
of those divine beings.
782
00:41:36,219 --> 00:41:38,477
NARRATOR: Could it be that
traditions of dragons
783
00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:40,163
found all over the world
784
00:41:40,390 --> 00:41:43,666
tell the story of
humankind's true origins?
785
00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:46,503
Is it possible
786
00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:48,579
that our celebration
of these winged beasts
787
00:41:48,732 --> 00:41:50,507
is actually commemorating
788
00:41:50,734 --> 00:41:54,085
ancient contact
with extraterrestrials?
789
00:41:54,237 --> 00:41:55,995
Perhaps we will find the answer
790
00:41:56,014 --> 00:42:00,575
as we send our own dragons
into the sky
791
00:42:00,593 --> 00:42:04,670
and reconnect
with our alien ancestors.
792
00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:07,690
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