1 00:00:01,674 --> 00:00:03,238 Unexplained sightings... 2 00:00:04,255 --> 00:00:07,883 The first responders on the scene reported a UFO. 3 00:00:09,035 --> 00:00:10,931 ...miraculous appearances... 4 00:00:11,196 --> 00:00:13,817 Inside the tilma was the Virgin Mother. 5 00:00:14,834 --> 00:00:17,358 ...and visions that changed the world. 6 00:00:17,795 --> 00:00:20,299 This extraordinary sign from the heavens... 7 00:00:20,389 --> 00:00:24,231 ...becomes one of the crucial turning points in human history. 8 00:00:25,628 --> 00:00:30,362 Stories of strange encounters accompany many of history's major events. 9 00:00:31,909 --> 00:00:33,575 Is it merely coincidence? 10 00:00:34,819 --> 00:00:38,619 Or might it be evidence of extraterrestrial intervention? 11 00:00:40,051 --> 00:00:43,411 It appears that there is an ongoing plan in place, 12 00:00:43,787 --> 00:00:47,016 a hidden hand in history that is manipulating events... 13 00:00:47,254 --> 00:00:48,973 ...for a certain given outcome. 14 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:52,875 Millions of people around the world believe... 15 00:00:52,965 --> 00:00:56,743 ...we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 16 00:00:57,418 --> 00:00:59,151 What if it were true? 17 00:01:00,511 --> 00:01:04,417 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 18 00:01:05,287 --> 00:01:08,717 And if so, might mankind's greatest moments... 19 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:12,382 ...have been influenced by alien encounters? 20 00:01:44,063 --> 00:01:48,052 Japan. March 11, 2011. 21 00:01:50,523 --> 00:01:54,859 Emanating 43 miles off the eastern coast of the Oshika Peninsula, 22 00:01:57,977 --> 00:02:00,575 one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, 23 00:02:01,213 --> 00:02:04,675 a magnitude 9.0, shakes the Earth. 24 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:09,170 The massive movement of two tectonic plates... 25 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,308 ...instantly moves the entire Japanese mainland some eight feet, 26 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:20,286 ripping down buildings, setting fires, and killing thousands of people. 27 00:02:21,226 --> 00:02:23,159 But the worst is yet to come. 28 00:02:24,253 --> 00:02:27,406 The earthquake also triggers enormous tsunamis. 29 00:02:28,634 --> 00:02:30,883 Waves as high as 130 feet... 30 00:02:31,472 --> 00:02:35,389 ...begin smashing ashore with devastating consequences. 31 00:02:36,369 --> 00:02:40,580 One wave in particular struck the Fukushima-Daiichi power generating plant, 32 00:02:40,721 --> 00:02:43,206 and overwhelmed the safety systems, 33 00:02:44,003 --> 00:02:46,983 which caused the plant to enter a critical phase, 34 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:50,685 and release radioactive material into the atmosphere and into the water. 35 00:02:52,506 --> 00:02:55,329 With the nuclear power plant's reactors melting down... 36 00:02:56,297 --> 00:02:58,730 ...and radiation seeping into the atmosphere, 37 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:02,959 the authorities evacuate the region. 38 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:09,702 The only people who remain are employees who struggle for days... 39 00:03:09,858 --> 00:03:12,451 ...to prevent a larger catastrophe from occurring. 40 00:03:13,775 --> 00:03:16,185 But according to eyewitnesses on the scene, 41 00:03:16,551 --> 00:03:18,907 these workers were not alone. 42 00:03:20,876 --> 00:03:26,042 There were UFO sightings reported in some significant numbers in that area... 43 00:03:26,437 --> 00:03:30,038 ...in the weeks and the days leading up to the earthquake and tsunami. 44 00:03:30,466 --> 00:03:33,488 And there were a number of UFO sightings... 45 00:03:33,578 --> 00:03:37,335 ...reported in the immediate area directly afterward. 46 00:03:40,912 --> 00:03:44,510 And this suggests the possibility that extraterrestrials... 47 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,708 ...were involved in stabilizing that situation. 48 00:03:49,095 --> 00:03:52,152 Because had that Fukushima plant melted down, 49 00:03:52,546 --> 00:03:57,677 it would have made a large swath of Asia uninhabitable for a very long time. 50 00:04:00,233 --> 00:04:05,967 Is it possible that extraterrestrials became aware of this meltdown... 51 00:04:06,358 --> 00:04:11,686 ...and they did something to lessen the impact of this disaster... 52 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:14,751 ...and ultimately save mankind... 53 00:04:14,841 --> 00:04:18,669 ...from what could have been a much worse cataclysm? 54 00:04:20,238 --> 00:04:24,487 Could extraterrestrials really have been present at the Fukushima meltdown... 55 00:04:26,038 --> 00:04:27,861 ...and might they have helped to prevent it... 56 00:04:28,132 --> 00:04:30,849 ...from being an even more catastrophic disaster? 57 00:04:32,051 --> 00:04:34,228 Ancient astronaut theorists point out... 58 00:04:34,318 --> 00:04:37,861 ...that similar accounts of strange objects seen in the sky... 59 00:04:38,573 --> 00:04:41,326 ...were also reported 25 years earlier... 60 00:04:41,735 --> 00:04:45,728 ...during the meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. 61 00:04:46,988 --> 00:04:50,025 A number of witnesses reported that there were UFO's... 62 00:04:50,249 --> 00:04:52,332 ...hovering around the power station... 63 00:04:54,505 --> 00:04:58,020 ...and that even beams of light were coming down from these UFO's... 64 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:01,583 ...and doing something to the nuclear power plants, 65 00:05:02,057 --> 00:05:07,211 and keeping them from having a much worse meltdown than they did have. 66 00:05:09,121 --> 00:05:13,677 Some have speculated that the UFOs that were seen during the crisis, 67 00:05:13,767 --> 00:05:16,141 may have been, perhaps, protecting us, 68 00:05:17,565 --> 00:05:21,500 trying to stave off a horrifying nuclear explosion. 69 00:05:21,973 --> 00:05:24,667 Or if not protecting us, at least protecting our world. 70 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:28,157 Was it simply good fortune... 71 00:05:28,263 --> 00:05:31,210 ...that the nuclear accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl... 72 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:32,695 ...weren't far more deadly? 73 00:05:34,675 --> 00:05:38,021 Or is it possible that the UFOs eyewitnesses spotted... 74 00:05:38,418 --> 00:05:41,193 ...were responsible for averting these catastrophes, 75 00:05:41,514 --> 00:05:43,917 when humans were powerless to do so? 76 00:05:46,084 --> 00:05:50,599 Ancient astronaut theorists believe these encounters weren't random occurrences, 77 00:05:51,093 --> 00:05:53,910 but part of an extraterrestrial agenda... 78 00:05:54,285 --> 00:05:57,600 ...that has been in place on Earth for thousands of years. 79 00:05:58,528 --> 00:06:01,898 It appears that there is an ongoing plan in place, 80 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:05,880 a hidden hand in history that is manipulating events... 81 00:06:06,053 --> 00:06:09,516 ...that we are interacting with an alien civilization. 82 00:06:10,214 --> 00:06:14,420 And that we are experiencing the fruits of what they are offering us... 83 00:06:14,881 --> 00:06:19,813 ...because our history is being intelligently guided and directed... 84 00:06:20,167 --> 00:06:22,670 ...to steer us towards a particular outcome. 85 00:06:23,951 --> 00:06:27,272 But if alleged alien encounters really are evidence... 86 00:06:27,427 --> 00:06:33,026 ...that extraterrestrials are intervening in human affairs, what is their purpose? 87 00:06:34,702 --> 00:06:38,344 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest the answer can be found... 88 00:06:38,817 --> 00:06:43,312 ...by looking back at the very earliest alien encounters ever recorded. 89 00:06:46,027 --> 00:06:49,668 Mt Sinai. The 15th century, BC. 90 00:06:51,672 --> 00:06:53,837 According to the Bible's Book of Exodus, 91 00:06:54,384 --> 00:06:58,406 it was on the peak of this holy mountain that Moses met with God. 92 00:07:00,540 --> 00:07:02,847 But ancient astronaut theorists believe... 93 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:08,124 ...Moses' encounter may have been with a different kind of otherworldly entity. 94 00:07:09,574 --> 00:07:12,986 There's an interesting legend passed down from temple times itself... 95 00:07:13,435 --> 00:07:17,483 ...that when Moses ascended to Mt. Sinai to speak with God... 96 00:07:17,573 --> 00:07:20,373 ...a cloud came down from heaven... 97 00:07:21,443 --> 00:07:25,507 ...and told Moses come into the cloud to ascend to God. 98 00:07:27,304 --> 00:07:30,627 A door opened in the cloud and Moses walked in... 99 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:32,416 ...and it closed behind hi and he ascended. 100 00:07:33,582 --> 00:07:38,338 The Lord descends with smoke, fire, loud noise, trembling and so on. 101 00:07:39,105 --> 00:07:41,882 All religions speak about the same thing. 102 00:07:42,101 --> 00:07:45,556 They use different names and the stories change, 103 00:07:45,788 --> 00:07:47,898 but the basic stories are always the same. 104 00:07:48,412 --> 00:07:52,124 Somebody descended with loud noise, smoke, fire. 105 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,470 The humans could not understand what it was. 106 00:07:54,851 --> 00:08:00,043 They misinterpreted and believed it that this was God or the gods. 107 00:08:00,525 --> 00:08:02,353 It's just a misinterpretation. 108 00:08:02,658 --> 00:08:05,277 I am absolutely sure, there's no doubt... 109 00:08:05,683 --> 00:08:08,318 ...that we were visited by beings from outer space. 110 00:08:10,641 --> 00:08:13,084 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 111 00:08:13,395 --> 00:08:17,988 such accounts of unearthly encounters can be found in every major religion, 112 00:08:18,543 --> 00:08:23,831 including Islam where the angel Gabriel, also known as Jibril, 113 00:08:24,251 --> 00:08:27,538 was said to be the intermediary between the prophet Muhammad... 114 00:08:27,919 --> 00:08:29,636 ...and the Muslim God Allah. 115 00:08:30,904 --> 00:08:35,086 Jibril normally would come and dispense wisdom to Muhammad... 116 00:08:35,554 --> 00:08:37,989 ...inside this cave that he was dwelling in. 117 00:08:38,723 --> 00:08:44,329 But on two occasions, Muhammad did not meet Jibril in the cave in person, 118 00:08:44,890 --> 00:08:46,912 Muhammad went outside the cave... 119 00:08:47,268 --> 00:08:51,613 ...and it was at this time that something absolutely fantastic happened. 120 00:08:52,113 --> 00:08:55,235 What did Muhammad see when he went outside the cave? 121 00:08:55,567 --> 00:09:00,415 The records show that there was a magnificent shining object... 122 00:09:00,650 --> 00:09:01,697 ...there in front of him. 123 00:09:02,205 --> 00:09:07,172 It was said to have 600 wings and it was burning as if it was on fire. 124 00:09:08,166 --> 00:09:12,199 What do we know of in modern times that could add up to a sighting like that? 125 00:09:12,289 --> 00:09:13,146 It's obvious. 126 00:09:13,859 --> 00:09:17,337 A craft that would be hovering there in front of him... 127 00:09:17,814 --> 00:09:20,970 ...giving off brilliant white light that he interpreted as fire. 128 00:09:21,935 --> 00:09:25,754 And when he went out and saw this magnificent shining object, 129 00:09:26,451 --> 00:09:30,810 the same wisdom that he was getting from Jibril was imparted to him... 130 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:34,942 ...though he could not see any being, he only could see this object. 131 00:09:36,085 --> 00:09:39,669 Is it possible that many of the stories of gods and angels... 132 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:41,119 ...descending from the heavens... 133 00:09:41,485 --> 00:09:47,262 ...are not actually divine events but extraterrestrial visitations? 134 00:09:48,489 --> 00:09:51,832 And if so, are they purposely guiding our future? 135 00:09:53,654 --> 00:09:57,410 Ancient astronaut theorists believe further evidence can be found... 136 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,829 ...by examining a famous vision so important... 137 00:10:01,162 --> 00:10:03,829 ...it changed the course of human history. 138 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:15,938 Rome. October 27, 312 AD. 139 00:10:17,719 --> 00:10:19,273 Just north of the city, 140 00:10:19,572 --> 00:10:23,967 the Emperor Constantine leads his troops toward the Milvian Bridge... 141 00:10:24,422 --> 00:10:28,325 ...and a decisive battle with Maxentius to reclaim his throne. 142 00:10:29,657 --> 00:10:34,128 At stake is control over the western part of the vast Roman Empire. 143 00:10:37,424 --> 00:10:40,283 According to an account from the historian Eusebius, 144 00:10:40,478 --> 00:10:44,286 on the eve of the battle, Constantine looks up into the sky... 145 00:10:45,805 --> 00:10:48,601 ...and sees what he believes is a divine vision. 146 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,889 Constantine and his followers saw in the sky... 147 00:10:54,979 --> 00:10:57,162 ...what their chroniclers say... 148 00:10:57,602 --> 00:11:02,547 ...was a huge white fiery cross. 149 00:11:05,035 --> 00:11:08,387 Now, his followers didn't know what to make of this. 150 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,352 But Constantine decided that this was the Christian cross. 151 00:11:13,746 --> 00:11:18,116 Constantine feels after viewing this extraordinary sign from the heavens, 152 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:20,534 this lighted cross in the sky, 153 00:11:20,710 --> 00:11:25,392 that he will go forth the next day and he will conquer the Roman Empire. 154 00:11:25,614 --> 00:11:27,525 And this is exactly what he does. 155 00:11:33,485 --> 00:11:38,378 This vision becomes one of the crucial turning points in human history. 156 00:11:44,361 --> 00:11:47,103 After winning the brutal battle of Milvian Bridge, 157 00:11:47,613 --> 00:11:49,650 Constantine consolidates his power... 158 00:11:50,139 --> 00:11:53,764 ...and begins a campaign of religious tolerance across the Empire, 159 00:11:54,268 --> 00:11:56,839 and he himself converts to Christianity. 160 00:12:02,652 --> 00:12:05,576 But what exactly did Constantine see in the sky... 161 00:12:05,973 --> 00:12:09,209 ...that ended up changing the course of western civilization? 162 00:12:10,050 --> 00:12:13,380 Was it a divine vision or something else? 163 00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:19,100 Don't we all see crosses up in the sky when we look at planes? 164 00:12:19,992 --> 00:12:22,365 Because you have lights on the sides and at the front. 165 00:12:22,772 --> 00:12:24,698 And if you have a little bit of light shining on it... 166 00:12:24,788 --> 00:12:27,234 ...sometimes they look like crosses. 167 00:12:27,464 --> 00:12:30,027 So we have to ask ourselves is it possible... 168 00:12:30,272 --> 00:12:33,238 ...that was absolutely no Christian symbol at all, 169 00:12:33,549 --> 00:12:36,161 but that it was adapted over time... 170 00:12:36,573 --> 00:12:39,662 ...after something that was witnessed up in the sky? 171 00:12:41,313 --> 00:12:46,180 Is it possible that extraterrestrials were responsible for Constantine's vision? 172 00:12:50,271 --> 00:12:54,091 Ancient astronaut theorists say one compelling piece of evidence... 173 00:12:54,450 --> 00:12:58,583 ...that aliens have tried to manipulate mankind through religious visions... 174 00:12:59,049 --> 00:13:00,796 ...still exists today. 175 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:10,185 Mexico City. December, 1531. 176 00:13:11,821 --> 00:13:14,256 According to an account called the Nican Mopohua, 177 00:13:14,759 --> 00:13:17,255 published in the Aztec language of Nahuatal, 178 00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:22,690 a peasant named Juan Diego was walking in the countryside... 179 00:13:22,874 --> 00:13:26,413 ...when he heard a beautiful voice singing on the other side of a hill. 180 00:13:27,810 --> 00:13:31,410 Diego climbed the hill and saw an angelic vision, 181 00:13:32,588 --> 00:13:35,470 a woman in white garments that shone like the sun. 182 00:13:37,154 --> 00:13:41,067 And she said to him, "Juan Diego, I am the Virgin Mary..." 183 00:13:41,157 --> 00:13:46,018 "...and I'm asking you to build a sanctuary for me here on this hill." 184 00:13:46,728 --> 00:13:49,197 Well, Juan Diego fell to his knees in awe... 185 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:52,572 ...and he said, "Great lady, I will do as you desire." 186 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,858 But, according to the story, Juan Diego couldn't convince the local bishop... 187 00:14:00,242 --> 00:14:02,599 ...that he had actually seen the Virgin Mary... 188 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:07,207 ...so he went back to the hill, where he again saw the vision. 189 00:14:07,859 --> 00:14:11,387 He says, "Lady, please give me a sign because nobody believes me..." 190 00:14:11,477 --> 00:14:13,712 "...when I tell them that I have seen you." 191 00:14:14,052 --> 00:14:16,630 And she says, "Juan Diego, take off your cloak." 192 00:14:16,894 --> 00:14:22,279 And he does, he takes off his cloak and she fills his cloak with roses. 193 00:14:24,970 --> 00:14:29,733 He took the roses to the bishop and the bishop fell down on his knees... 194 00:14:30,088 --> 00:14:34,677 ...because it wasn't the roses as to why he believed the story from Diego, 195 00:14:34,954 --> 00:14:39,540 but inside the tilma was a painting of the Virgin Mother. 196 00:14:41,268 --> 00:14:45,087 And the bishop believed and they built the church on that hill. 197 00:14:49,165 --> 00:14:51,247 This cloak still exists today, 198 00:14:51,746 --> 00:14:53,460 and, despite its frail fabric, 199 00:14:53,889 --> 00:14:56,383 it has reportedly remained in pristine condition... 200 00:14:56,654 --> 00:14:58,940 ...despite the cruel ravages of time. 201 00:15:00,963 --> 00:15:06,078 Right now you can go to the church and see the tilma hanging there. 202 00:15:06,287 --> 00:15:11,578 And it has not degraded over the 400 plus years that they've had. 203 00:15:12,025 --> 00:15:15,295 It's been through a fire, it's been through an explosion... 204 00:15:15,846 --> 00:15:20,333 ...where purportedly an iron cross was twisted from the explosion, 205 00:15:20,423 --> 00:15:24,222 but the tilma right next to the cross was still fine. 206 00:15:25,572 --> 00:15:27,616 Could the sacred image on the cloak... 207 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,938 ...really be evidence of a visitation by the Virgin Mary? 208 00:15:31,551 --> 00:15:34,650 Or might it have a different otherworldly explanation? 209 00:15:35,229 --> 00:15:39,569 In addition to the tilma inexplicably enduring for hundreds of years, 210 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:44,216 those who have studied it have found other unexplainable qualities. 211 00:15:45,169 --> 00:15:48,494 Most bizarre of all are the eyes of the image. 212 00:15:51,242 --> 00:15:54,083 Approximately seven to eight millimeters wide, 213 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:57,167 what we see inside those eyes... 214 00:15:57,539 --> 00:16:00,370 ...is a highly enigmatic mystery... 215 00:16:01,165 --> 00:16:06,051 ...because it appears that there are characters in the eyes, 216 00:16:06,392 --> 00:16:09,386 the faces of the people who were there at the time... 217 00:16:09,476 --> 00:16:13,806 ...that the tilma was unveiled by Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531. 218 00:16:18,269 --> 00:16:22,964 But if Our Lady of Guadalupe really does have otherworldly origins, 219 00:16:23,423 --> 00:16:26,908 did it come from a heavenly realm or somewhere else? 220 00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:31,207 Not only do ancient astronaut theorists... 221 00:16:31,297 --> 00:16:35,100 ...believe Juan Diego's vision was an extraterrestrial encounter, 222 00:16:35,651 --> 00:16:37,580 but even some members of the church... 223 00:16:37,844 --> 00:16:41,225 ...claim that it was something other than a religious experience. 224 00:16:42,810 --> 00:16:47,187 Our Lady of Guadalupe is definitely a heavenly visitor. 225 00:16:48,023 --> 00:16:52,476 In my opinion, though, what her story said... 226 00:16:52,967 --> 00:16:55,669 ...disagrees with what the Bible says. 227 00:16:56,659 --> 00:17:01,002 In fact she said she would protect the people that worship at the church. 228 00:17:01,508 --> 00:17:05,705 What that does is really deify Mary when the Bible is very clear... 229 00:17:05,978 --> 00:17:09,387 ...that only God can protect those that serve him. 230 00:17:10,285 --> 00:17:12,689 And so any otherworldly being... 231 00:17:13,372 --> 00:17:18,479 ...that demands worship or respect, it cannot be an angel from God. 232 00:17:20,513 --> 00:17:24,158 Juan Diego may have witnessed not just an apparition... 233 00:17:24,653 --> 00:17:27,515 ...but an actual live extraterrestrial... 234 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:30,147 ...appearing through some sort of advanced technology... 235 00:17:30,643 --> 00:17:35,974 ...whose mission was to impart spiritual faith and a thirst for the divine. 236 00:17:41,233 --> 00:17:45,060 Could it be that some of history's most significant religious visions... 237 00:17:45,413 --> 00:17:48,441 ...have actually been produced by alien beings... 238 00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:50,446 ...carrying out a secret mission? 239 00:17:51,266 --> 00:17:53,927 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 240 00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:55,850 and believe further proof... 241 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,967 ...that extraterrestrials have been guiding our future... 242 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,681 ...can be found in the story of a mysterious magician... 243 00:18:03,204 --> 00:18:06,859 ...that may have helped propel humanity into the modern age. 244 00:18:13,216 --> 00:18:17,275 The English Channel. 1588. 245 00:18:18,267 --> 00:18:22,808 King Phillip II of Spain has dispatched an enormous armada of ships... 246 00:18:22,898 --> 00:18:24,061 ...to invade England. 247 00:18:25,634 --> 00:18:29,024 They are reportedly filled with more than 20,000 soldiers... 248 00:18:29,265 --> 00:18:31,812 ...and scores of medieval torture devices. 249 00:18:33,804 --> 00:18:37,475 According to some historians, Phillip, a devout Catholic, 250 00:18:37,998 --> 00:18:41,086 wants to bring the brutal Spanish inquisition to England... 251 00:18:41,531 --> 00:18:43,440 ...to punish Queen Elizabeth I... 252 00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:46,313 ...and her subjects for leaving the Catholic Church. 253 00:18:48,633 --> 00:18:49,797 Philip was a Catholic... 254 00:18:49,887 --> 00:18:53,973 ...and England had been turned Protestant by Elizabeth's father, Henry VII, 255 00:18:54,063 --> 00:18:55,841 when he broke with the Catholic Church... 256 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,577 ...in order to marry Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. 257 00:18:59,911 --> 00:19:03,226 So to Philip, the English were sinners... 258 00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:06,167 ...and their ways needed to be reformed. 259 00:19:06,257 --> 00:19:11,083 So he sent a great armada, a great fleet of over 130 ships. 260 00:19:11,603 --> 00:19:13,956 There had never been anything like it before. 261 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:20,090 England didn't have a lot of money... 262 00:19:20,180 --> 00:19:24,916 ...and a lot of their vessels were not even official government vessels. 263 00:19:25,146 --> 00:19:29,333 They were whatever merchant seaman and sailors could cobble together. 264 00:19:32,055 --> 00:19:36,930 The Spanish Armada seemed invincible and the British severely overmatched, 265 00:19:39,383 --> 00:19:41,266 but when the two forces finally met, 266 00:19:41,699 --> 00:19:45,840 superior English tactics and strategy forced the Armada to retreat. 267 00:19:47,033 --> 00:19:49,770 But the number of Spanish ships was so overwhelming... 268 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:52,771 ...that the English couldn't score a decisive victory, 269 00:19:53,090 --> 00:19:55,316 until a freak storm struck. 270 00:19:56,312 --> 00:19:58,940 The English ships were more maneuverable than the Spanish ships. 271 00:19:59,108 --> 00:20:01,738 In order to counter this, the Spanish cut their anchors. 272 00:20:01,828 --> 00:20:04,868 They figured, "Well, let's get rid of some of this dead weight, so to speak." 273 00:20:06,979 --> 00:20:10,370 But when the winds hit, they had no way to find a mooring, 274 00:20:10,645 --> 00:20:13,538 and then therefore, the winds blew their ships all over the place, 275 00:20:13,628 --> 00:20:14,904 including into the coast. 276 00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:18,726 They lost roughly half of their fleet due to the weather. 277 00:20:19,615 --> 00:20:21,603 From the point of view of the English people, 278 00:20:21,693 --> 00:20:25,315 this extraordinary storm that destroys the Spanish Armada is a miracle, 279 00:20:25,577 --> 00:20:29,681 destroying the might of Spain when mankind cannot do it. 280 00:20:31,623 --> 00:20:35,304 The English believed this miraculous storm was the work of God, 281 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:40,750 but some Ancient astronaut theorists claim there is evidence that suggests... 282 00:20:40,889 --> 00:20:44,343 ...it may have actually been the work of otherworldly beings. 283 00:20:45,879 --> 00:20:50,270 Their first clue comes from one of Queen Elizabeth's closest advisors, 284 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,406 a mysterious man named John Dee. 285 00:20:54,497 --> 00:20:59,280 John Dee was the court astrologer, mathematician, philosopher, 286 00:20:59,795 --> 00:21:03,129 medical doctor at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. 287 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,928 He was an extraordinarily learned man for his time. 288 00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:11,540 He dealt with magic and potions... 289 00:21:11,630 --> 00:21:15,581 ...and what we might call spells to try to affect change. 290 00:21:20,043 --> 00:21:21,954 John Dee was an hermetic thinker. 291 00:21:22,044 --> 00:21:26,139 Hermetic thinkers believed that there was a contemporary of Moses, 292 00:21:26,229 --> 00:21:29,601 by the name of Hermes Trismegistus who lived in Egypt. 293 00:21:29,975 --> 00:21:34,011 And, just as God revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses, 294 00:21:34,319 --> 00:21:36,212 God revealed to Hermes... 295 00:21:36,302 --> 00:21:38,698 ...the secret knowledge of how nature worked... 296 00:21:38,853 --> 00:21:41,728 ...and that with the proper mindset, 297 00:21:42,161 --> 00:21:45,829 and proper tools that one could uncover... 298 00:21:45,919 --> 00:21:49,928 ...essentially what God was thinking by reading the world. 299 00:21:52,722 --> 00:21:53,810 According to legend, 300 00:21:54,243 --> 00:21:58,162 John Dee used this knowledge of the natural and supernatural worlds... 301 00:21:58,521 --> 00:22:02,046 ...to predict the storm that would ultimately thwart the Spanish Armada. 302 00:22:05,047 --> 00:22:09,690 The story goes that John Dee told Queen Elizabeth not to worry... 303 00:22:09,780 --> 00:22:12,974 ...because a storm would destroy the Spanish fleet. 304 00:22:13,887 --> 00:22:17,939 And then when it happened, it confirmed his knowledge of the world... 305 00:22:18,029 --> 00:22:19,148 ...and what lay beneath it. 306 00:22:20,004 --> 00:22:24,701 But if John Dee really did make such a prophecy, what was the source? 307 00:22:26,001 --> 00:22:27,347 Was it something divine? 308 00:22:27,952 --> 00:22:31,497 Or is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists contend... 309 00:22:31,883 --> 00:22:35,088 ...that this mysterious man was using Hermetic wisdom... 310 00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:39,235 ...to establish communication with extraterrestrial beings? 311 00:22:40,028 --> 00:22:42,260 John Dee was very interested in the occult. 312 00:22:42,475 --> 00:22:44,952 And seemed to spend a lot of time harnessing... 313 00:22:45,042 --> 00:22:48,975 ...or finding a way to communicate to life forms beyond this Earth. 314 00:22:49,599 --> 00:22:51,767 We really don't understand the influence over John Dee... 315 00:22:51,857 --> 00:22:55,015 ...as to how he was able to interpret such accurate information. 316 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,774 It's very possible that John Dee was receiving his information... 317 00:22:58,864 --> 00:23:02,177 ...from an outside source that was possibly an extraterrestrial. 318 00:23:04,459 --> 00:23:06,888 But if John Dee's pursuit of Hermetic wisdom... 319 00:23:07,271 --> 00:23:11,877 ...gave him insights into the alien agenda on Earth, what did he find? 320 00:23:12,393 --> 00:23:16,590 And why would extraterrestrials want to sink the Spanish Armada? 321 00:23:17,201 --> 00:23:20,556 It is possible that these extraterrestrials had a vested interest... 322 00:23:20,836 --> 00:23:23,313 ...in preserving the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth, 323 00:23:23,547 --> 00:23:26,235 in seeing that the monarchy was not overthrown... 324 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:29,988 ...and they repelled any such invading forces... 325 00:23:30,528 --> 00:23:34,417 ...in order to make sure that this carefully constructed power structure... 326 00:23:34,762 --> 00:23:35,994 ...was kept fully intact. 327 00:23:38,385 --> 00:23:40,687 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 328 00:23:41,122 --> 00:23:45,482 ...extraterrestrials were not acting to favor Protestants over Catholics, 329 00:23:46,089 --> 00:23:47,656 but may have wanted to preserve... 330 00:23:47,746 --> 00:23:50,780 ...the great cultural and scientific developments... 331 00:23:50,992 --> 00:23:53,800 ...that would occur in England in the coming centuries. 332 00:23:54,073 --> 00:23:59,619 What happened in England after Queen Elizabeth's time... 333 00:24:00,327 --> 00:24:03,116 ...was nothing less than miraculous. 334 00:24:03,749 --> 00:24:05,889 We had the Scientific Revolution. 335 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,010 We had people like Isaac Newton. 336 00:24:08,901 --> 00:24:12,194 And we had other great scientists develop... 337 00:24:12,744 --> 00:24:15,530 ...what eventually became the Industrial Revolution. 338 00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:19,525 Steam trains. Electricity and the modern world. 339 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:25,368 The period that followed also gave rise to champions of the scientific method... 340 00:24:25,821 --> 00:24:28,162 ...like Francis Bacon and John Locke, 341 00:24:28,698 --> 00:24:30,730 and led to an age of exploration... 342 00:24:31,014 --> 00:24:33,207 ...that would give rise to a greater investment... 343 00:24:33,297 --> 00:24:36,274 ...in the still fledgling new land of America. 344 00:24:37,858 --> 00:24:40,677 If the Spanish had succeeded in conquering England, 345 00:24:40,992 --> 00:24:42,971 they would have brought the inquisition with them... 346 00:24:43,061 --> 00:24:45,632 ...in a period of darkness and torture. 347 00:24:46,059 --> 00:24:49,714 And likely, the industrial revolution never would have happened. 348 00:24:51,967 --> 00:24:57,109 Might some otherworldly entity really have intervened in the Spanish invasion, 349 00:24:57,860 --> 00:25:02,179 sending a storm to destroy their ships and ensure the future of England? 350 00:25:03,987 --> 00:25:09,256 And if so, is this a sign that aliens really do have an interest in our future? 351 00:25:10,325 --> 00:25:14,031 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the vision... 352 00:25:14,341 --> 00:25:17,290 ...that inspired one of the world's newest religions. 353 00:25:22,348 --> 00:25:28,319 Manchester, New York. September 21st, 1823. 354 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:35,601 As he settles into bed, a 17-year-old farmhand named Joseph Smith... 355 00:25:35,927 --> 00:25:37,645 ...begins to say his prayers. 356 00:25:39,943 --> 00:25:44,414 Suddenly, without warning, an overpowering light envelops his room... 357 00:25:45,898 --> 00:25:47,555 ...and a robed figure appears. 358 00:25:49,176 --> 00:25:53,272 According to Smith's account, "Not only was his robe exceedingly white," 359 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:56,719 "but his whole person was glorious beyond description." 360 00:25:58,207 --> 00:26:02,180 Speaking from the center of the light, the angel, whose name is Moroni, 361 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:07,566 sends Smith on a quest for several sacred texts hidden near a local tree. 362 00:26:10,811 --> 00:26:15,265 Upon locating the tree, Joseph dug and indeed found the texts... 363 00:26:16,157 --> 00:26:19,642 ...but they recorded a language which he could not read. 364 00:26:21,155 --> 00:26:26,267 A second visitation from Moroni told Joseph Smith where he could find... 365 00:26:26,852 --> 00:26:29,025 ...what we might call a device of some kind... 366 00:26:29,462 --> 00:26:31,781 ...that would allow him to read the texts. 367 00:26:34,699 --> 00:26:39,898 Joseph Smith was given this translating stone, 368 00:26:39,988 --> 00:26:45,711 the Urim and Dethumium, with which he was able to not only write down this text, 369 00:26:47,612 --> 00:26:50,091 but also to be able to translate it. 370 00:26:51,391 --> 00:26:56,101 He then translated the texts into English, which become the book of Mormon. 371 00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:02,384 And it depicts, among other things, that after Jesus ascended into heaven, 372 00:27:02,589 --> 00:27:06,536 he came to the Americas, and ministered to the native peoples here, 373 00:27:08,436 --> 00:27:10,977 to convert them to his way of life, 374 00:27:11,245 --> 00:27:12,493 and that at some point, 375 00:27:12,583 --> 00:27:15,289 the texts that become the Book of Mormon are deposited here, 376 00:27:15,379 --> 00:27:16,975 so that Joseph Smith could find them. 377 00:27:21,077 --> 00:27:26,036 Seven years later, Smith publishes these texts as part of the Book of Mormon, 378 00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:30,202 establishing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 379 00:27:31,278 --> 00:27:34,943 a denomination with more than 15 million followers today. 380 00:27:37,785 --> 00:27:41,948 Many religions worldwide have been founded with the help of angels. 381 00:27:43,071 --> 00:27:47,485 Whether they're representatives of Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist gods, 382 00:27:48,264 --> 00:27:53,404 these apparitions are thought to be a way the gods intervene on Earth with humans. 383 00:27:54,454 --> 00:27:57,960 Angels, when they appear in religious legends and in myths, 384 00:27:58,050 --> 00:28:02,140 generally are messengers between the heavenly realm and the human realm. 385 00:28:03,311 --> 00:28:09,548 Throughout the Bible, we have stories of angels and demons appearing to mankind. 386 00:28:10,962 --> 00:28:13,463 In fact, Paul says that, 387 00:28:13,553 --> 00:28:16,751 "You be careful how you entertain strangers..." 388 00:28:16,841 --> 00:28:19,905 "...because some of you entertain angels unaware." 389 00:28:20,676 --> 00:28:24,947 The Bible is very clear that angels can take on human form... 390 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,920 ...and appear in the likeness of man. 391 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:33,941 But ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 392 00:28:34,218 --> 00:28:37,147 ...that sometimes these heavenly visions and apparitions... 393 00:28:37,434 --> 00:28:40,768 ...may not actually be angels sent by an omniscient God. 394 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,530 And curiously, the so-called angel... 395 00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:47,221 ...that led Joseph Smith to the sacred texts... 396 00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:49,007 ...that would become the Book of Mormon... 397 00:28:49,421 --> 00:28:51,855 ...did not profess to have heavenly origins, 398 00:28:52,819 --> 00:28:55,404 but claimed to be from another part of the universe. 399 00:28:56,913 --> 00:29:00,423 Now, Moroni did not say that he was an angel. 400 00:29:00,945 --> 00:29:04,457 He said that at one time he had lived on Earth... 401 00:29:05,092 --> 00:29:08,452 ...but that now he came from the Pleiades star cluster. 402 00:29:09,253 --> 00:29:11,349 And he said there were many others like him. 403 00:29:13,401 --> 00:29:15,563 When we look at the background of the Book of Mormon, 404 00:29:15,653 --> 00:29:20,224 we see some very interesting parallels to what could be an extraterrestrial tale. 405 00:29:20,717 --> 00:29:23,615 This angel, Moroni, that appears to Joseph Smith... 406 00:29:25,585 --> 00:29:27,444 ...seems to be more than just chance. 407 00:29:29,032 --> 00:29:31,917 It's very possible that Joseph Smith was interacting... 408 00:29:32,007 --> 00:29:33,647 ...with a type of extraterrestrial. 409 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,129 These extraterrestrials may be giving these messages... 410 00:29:40,219 --> 00:29:43,273 ...to world leaders and to prophets and seers and mystics... 411 00:29:43,969 --> 00:29:50,052 ...to let us know that we are the product of an extraterrestrial interbreeding, 412 00:29:50,463 --> 00:29:54,178 and an ongoing contact with these other people... 413 00:29:54,503 --> 00:29:55,950 ...who were not born on Earth. 414 00:29:57,230 --> 00:30:00,124 And we have lost touch with that history... 415 00:30:00,543 --> 00:30:04,135 ...only because we refuse to believe the truth... 416 00:30:04,225 --> 00:30:06,334 ...that is recorded in our historical books... 417 00:30:06,752 --> 00:30:08,807 ...and see what's right in front of our faces... 418 00:30:09,018 --> 00:30:13,041 ...even now with the encounters that are happening in the modern world. 419 00:30:17,307 --> 00:30:21,516 But if an extraterrestrial being really did inspire Joseph Smith... 420 00:30:21,606 --> 00:30:24,207 ...to found the Mormon church, why? 421 00:30:25,342 --> 00:30:29,605 Joseph Smith's encounter ultimately led the Mormons to migrate west... 422 00:30:29,852 --> 00:30:32,470 ...to establish a new holy land in Utah, 423 00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:36,648 which has led some to speculate that aliens, once again, 424 00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:39,218 were guiding the course of humanity. 425 00:30:39,466 --> 00:30:43,253 Moroni let Joseph Smith know that he would be the prophet, 426 00:30:43,523 --> 00:30:46,629 and he would lead his people to the new Jerusalem. 427 00:30:47,199 --> 00:30:52,848 Mormonism is another example, potentially, of an extraterrestrial influence... 428 00:30:53,124 --> 00:30:54,941 ...steering the course of our humanity, 429 00:30:55,148 --> 00:30:58,961 and helping steer the outcome of historical events here on Earth. 430 00:31:02,802 --> 00:31:06,465 Is it possible that Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon religion, 431 00:31:06,935 --> 00:31:09,481 was guided by an extraterrestrial being? 432 00:31:11,012 --> 00:31:15,115 And if so, was this alien encounter another attempt... 433 00:31:15,362 --> 00:31:18,011 ...to guide us into a more enlightened age? 434 00:31:18,901 --> 00:31:21,470 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 435 00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:26,925 and believe further evidence can be found by examining a dream... 436 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:32,159 ...that helped defeat one of the 20th century's most diabolical dictators. 437 00:31:39,621 --> 00:31:40,817 Olympia, Greece. 438 00:31:42,937 --> 00:31:45,424 This valley on the Peloponnesus Peninsula, 439 00:31:45,854 --> 00:31:49,235 once filled with temples, altars, and statues, 440 00:31:49,758 --> 00:31:53,091 is where the ancient Greeks came to pay tribute to their gods. 441 00:31:54,597 --> 00:31:57,474 Near the temple to Zeus, the king of the gods... 442 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,326 ...was a sanctuary dedicated to the Moirai, 443 00:32:00,996 --> 00:32:03,628 the only beings that Zeus was said to fear. 444 00:32:04,701 --> 00:32:08,418 These mythical figures were believed to control destiny. 445 00:32:09,071 --> 00:32:11,714 English speakers call them "The Fates." 446 00:32:13,142 --> 00:32:15,880 In ancient times, fate and human destiny... 447 00:32:15,970 --> 00:32:18,043 ...were thought to be in the hands of the gods. 448 00:32:18,329 --> 00:32:21,757 There was much less this idea that we're in charge of our own destiny... 449 00:32:22,075 --> 00:32:25,952 ...and that we make our own lives through choices and decisions and action. 450 00:32:27,644 --> 00:32:31,640 The idea was that human destiny was in someone else's hands. 451 00:32:31,730 --> 00:32:33,246 It was in the hands of the fates. 452 00:32:33,893 --> 00:32:36,159 There were three supernatural creatures. 453 00:32:36,512 --> 00:32:38,823 Clotho, who spun the thread of life, 454 00:32:39,229 --> 00:32:41,041 Lachesis, who wove it... 455 00:32:41,537 --> 00:32:44,921 ...and Atropos, who cut the thread at the moment of death. 456 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:48,478 In the ancient times, gods and goddesses were thought to be able... 457 00:32:48,568 --> 00:32:50,192 ...to influence people's destiny... 458 00:32:50,282 --> 00:32:53,127 ...and that they were constantly interfering in human affairs. 459 00:32:54,131 --> 00:32:55,808 They were constantly messing with humans. 460 00:32:55,898 --> 00:32:57,796 They could make humans do all kinds of things. 461 00:32:57,886 --> 00:33:00,301 They could disguise themselves. They could trick humans. 462 00:33:00,391 --> 00:33:01,747 They could persuade humans. 463 00:33:02,337 --> 00:33:07,751 And yet that final moment of destiny was still in the hands of the fates. 464 00:33:09,975 --> 00:33:12,736 Other ancient cultures had similar beliefs. 465 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,830 The Egyptians personified Fate as the God Shai... 466 00:33:17,373 --> 00:33:19,862 ...who was said to control the actions of humans... 467 00:33:21,389 --> 00:33:23,539 ...while the Vedic texts of ancient India... 468 00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:26,514 ...talked about a universal order called Rita. 469 00:33:27,424 --> 00:33:30,233 There was a similar legend in ancient Mesopotamia. 470 00:33:30,517 --> 00:33:34,145 And it was of the Mamitu, who was a goat-headed goddess... 471 00:33:34,477 --> 00:33:37,923 ...who lived with the Anunnaki in the realms of the sky. 472 00:33:39,114 --> 00:33:42,350 The Mamitu was also in charge of our fate. 473 00:33:43,061 --> 00:33:47,866 So you have to wonder, was the Mamitu and these other gods of fate... 474 00:33:47,956 --> 00:33:51,796 ...some kind of extraterrestrials that were controlling our lives? 475 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,940 Is it possible, as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 476 00:33:58,315 --> 00:34:00,841 ...that the gods who were said to control our fate... 477 00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:04,763 ...were actually members of an advanced alien civilization? 478 00:34:06,058 --> 00:34:11,105 And if so, how were they able to interfere in people's lives undetected? 479 00:34:11,934 --> 00:34:14,648 Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 480 00:34:15,021 --> 00:34:18,354 ...that extraterrestrials not only communicate with us... 481 00:34:18,444 --> 00:34:20,649 ...through visions and physical encounters, 482 00:34:21,046 --> 00:34:23,189 but even through our dreams. 483 00:34:25,249 --> 00:34:28,608 New York City, Spring, 1940. 484 00:34:29,696 --> 00:34:32,200 At Bell Laboratory complex in Manhattan, 485 00:34:32,621 --> 00:34:34,937 a young engineer named David Parkinson... 486 00:34:35,347 --> 00:34:37,971 ...is using a device called a potentiometer... 487 00:34:38,272 --> 00:34:40,320 ...to track the varying electrical voltages... 488 00:34:40,410 --> 00:34:42,689 ...that course through a telephone when people use it. 489 00:34:44,445 --> 00:34:47,999 Parkinson's work with potentiometers seems unimportant... 490 00:34:48,488 --> 00:34:50,403 ...compared to the big news of the day. 491 00:34:52,394 --> 00:34:54,807 The Nazis had begun their shattering Blitz on Britain. 492 00:34:58,220 --> 00:35:00,526 The Nazis have conquered most of Europe, 493 00:35:01,353 --> 00:35:06,282 forcing the Allies to flee the continent in a rag tag flotilla of civilian boats... 494 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,948 ...after the Battle of Dunkirk. 495 00:35:10,478 --> 00:35:13,322 The Nazis were almost undefeatable at this time in the war... 496 00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:18,385 ...and there was a tremendous despair and fear amongst the Allied Forces. 497 00:35:19,921 --> 00:35:22,914 And the story goes that David Parkinson had a dream one night... 498 00:35:23,004 --> 00:35:26,777 ...and in the dream he was standing beside a certain type of gun... 499 00:35:31,404 --> 00:35:35,946 ...and that gun was hitting every Nazi plane with absolute accuracy. 500 00:35:39,027 --> 00:35:41,648 Parkinson's dream gave him a brilliant idea, 501 00:35:43,458 --> 00:35:45,101 he could use the same technology... 502 00:35:45,191 --> 00:35:48,112 ...that tracked electrical charges flowing through a telephone... 503 00:35:48,432 --> 00:35:51,540 ...to track enemy airplanes flying through the sky. 504 00:35:52,703 --> 00:35:56,990 And in the dream he was able to see the technology that was created... 505 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,593 ...to make this gun so accurate. 506 00:36:00,623 --> 00:36:03,763 And it is said that when he awoke, he went back to the labs... 507 00:36:03,853 --> 00:36:06,632 ...and he ultimately created the technology... 508 00:36:06,722 --> 00:36:09,765 ...that was necessary to shoot down Nazi aircraft. 509 00:36:13,074 --> 00:36:17,628 Parkinson's dream inspired him to create the M-9 Electrical Gun Director, 510 00:36:18,462 --> 00:36:22,138 which allowed Allied anti-aircraft guns to hit moving targets... 511 00:36:22,228 --> 00:36:25,631 ...like the dangerous V1 rocket with incredible accuracy. 512 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:33,302 But how could such an advanced weapon be completely realized in a single dream? 513 00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:39,989 The weird part about it is, this guy was a scientist... 514 00:36:40,195 --> 00:36:42,989 ...but he knew nothing about aeronautics. 515 00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:49,080 Because David Parkinson had no background in aerodynamics, 516 00:36:49,170 --> 00:36:51,807 his contemporaries, other scientists, and the military... 517 00:36:51,897 --> 00:36:56,447 ...were literally taking him not seriously at all. 518 00:36:57,201 --> 00:37:02,653 But, he insisted and he even spent a lot of his own time creating prototypes, 519 00:37:02,743 --> 00:37:05,251 which, eventually, were found to work. 520 00:37:08,435 --> 00:37:10,515 Throughout human history, there are amazing stories... 521 00:37:10,605 --> 00:37:12,986 ...of how mankind has been inspired... 522 00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:15,147 ...through their dreams and through their visions. 523 00:37:16,105 --> 00:37:20,472 I think we have to ask ourselves, what is the source of this inspiration? 524 00:37:20,688 --> 00:37:23,372 Where do these dreams and visions come from? 525 00:37:24,588 --> 00:37:29,673 Is it possible that we are being communicated with by other worldly beings? 526 00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:34,473 Could extraterrestrials really be using dreams... 527 00:37:34,563 --> 00:37:38,105 ...to convey ideas and information to the human race? 528 00:37:39,226 --> 00:37:41,799 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 529 00:37:42,317 --> 00:37:46,645 and claim the proof that dream manipulation is a real possibility... 530 00:37:47,034 --> 00:37:49,495 ...can be found in the human brain. 531 00:37:54,136 --> 00:37:57,693 Throughout history, many of mankind's greatest thinkers... 532 00:37:57,783 --> 00:37:59,829 ...have been inspired by their dreams. 533 00:38:01,406 --> 00:38:05,687 Scientist James Watson claimed the double helix structure of DNA... 534 00:38:06,064 --> 00:38:09,038 ...came to him through his dream of a spiral staircase. 535 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:14,236 Friedrich August Kekulé discovered the chemical structure of benzene... 536 00:38:14,613 --> 00:38:18,344 ...when he had a dream of a group of snakes swallowing their tails. 537 00:38:19,922 --> 00:38:23,064 Srinivasa Ramanujan, whose mathematic principles... 538 00:38:23,154 --> 00:38:26,012 ...are still being used by quantum physicists today, 539 00:38:26,525 --> 00:38:28,965 said that he obtained these mathematic theorems... 540 00:38:29,202 --> 00:38:33,474 ...in dreams implanted in his mind by the Hindu goddess Namagiri. 541 00:38:35,425 --> 00:38:40,841 We are seeing an ongoing pattern of dreams being used to communicate information. 542 00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:43,804 And this is a widespread phenomenon. 543 00:38:44,109 --> 00:38:46,976 It's been going on for many thousands of years. 544 00:38:47,257 --> 00:38:49,845 And it continues right straight through to the present day. 545 00:38:51,595 --> 00:38:54,832 Is it really possible that extraterrestrial beings... 546 00:38:55,025 --> 00:38:57,524 ...could actually manipulate our dreams? 547 00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:01,046 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 548 00:39:02,151 --> 00:39:05,579 and as evidence, they point out that modern science... 549 00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:11,139 ...is already starting to understand how to interpret and manipulate dreams. 550 00:39:13,610 --> 00:39:17,777 Moran Cerf is a neuroscientist who studies human brainwaves. 551 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,215 In one of his experiments, 552 00:39:20,521 --> 00:39:23,218 he shows pictures to test subjects while they're awake, 553 00:39:23,610 --> 00:39:26,708 and analyzes how their brains process the images. 554 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:32,349 So, each of those little squares here corresponds to a cell in Matt's brain. 555 00:39:32,742 --> 00:39:36,410 So, right now, Matt has 128 electrodes in his brain. 556 00:39:36,737 --> 00:39:40,856 They come from all various parts of his brain, right, left and so on. 557 00:39:41,687 --> 00:39:43,384 All of those wires going to this computer. 558 00:39:43,474 --> 00:39:47,495 And what we see here are the activities of those little cells in his brain. 559 00:39:47,585 --> 00:39:50,778 So if I pick cell number 36, and I double-click on that. 560 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,300 What you see here is the activity inside his brain. 561 00:39:55,294 --> 00:39:58,188 This is like a microphone sitting next to one cell in his brain. 562 00:40:00,052 --> 00:40:04,415 Dr. Cerf can determine which cell stores the memory of a particular picture, 563 00:40:05,008 --> 00:40:06,708 like movie star Cary Grant, 564 00:40:07,210 --> 00:40:10,890 by analyzing which cell reacted when he showed it to his test subject. 565 00:40:13,117 --> 00:40:15,732 Once he's figured this out for dozens of cells, 566 00:40:16,321 --> 00:40:18,990 Dr. Cerf waits for his patients to go to sleep, 567 00:40:19,758 --> 00:40:21,208 and then watches for signs... 568 00:40:21,370 --> 00:40:23,746 ...that they're dreaming about the images he has shown them. 569 00:40:25,161 --> 00:40:28,787 In a very basic way, he can see his patients' dreams. 570 00:40:30,621 --> 00:40:35,002 But in the future, Dr. Cerf may actually be able to dictate our dreams... 571 00:40:35,358 --> 00:40:37,283 ...by stimulating the set of cells... 572 00:40:37,373 --> 00:40:40,296 ...that store our memories about a person or event. 573 00:40:41,361 --> 00:40:45,300 If I really map the entire sequence, if I know all the say, 1,000,000 cells... 574 00:40:45,390 --> 00:40:48,086 ...that encode Cary Grant in your brain and know exactly what they are, 575 00:40:48,176 --> 00:40:50,216 and I activate all of them, I stimulate all of them, 576 00:40:51,137 --> 00:40:54,526 then, we believe, you are going to actually see Cary Grant. 577 00:40:57,742 --> 00:41:01,447 If aliens really have been coming to Earth for thousands of years, 578 00:41:02,016 --> 00:41:05,966 could they be using similar technology to manipulate our dreams? 579 00:41:07,505 --> 00:41:10,333 Is it possible that the extraterrestrials... 580 00:41:10,533 --> 00:41:14,794 ...don't want to directly interfere in our society... 581 00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:17,800 ...but to guide us from behind the scenes? 582 00:41:18,636 --> 00:41:23,130 And even though they have to push us along in certain directions, 583 00:41:23,623 --> 00:41:26,223 we need to have the feeling that we're doing it, 584 00:41:26,723 --> 00:41:31,510 even if it does include some extraterrestrial guidance? 585 00:41:34,032 --> 00:41:37,987 But they continued to communicate with humans through dreams and visions... 586 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,617 ...and other methods of indirect communication... 587 00:41:40,982 --> 00:41:42,909 ...in order for them to provide guidance, 588 00:41:42,999 --> 00:41:46,623 but also to provide this guidance in a hands-off way. 589 00:41:48,648 --> 00:41:51,928 Is it possible that they withdrew from our reality... 590 00:41:52,249 --> 00:41:54,444 ...because we had to modernize? 591 00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:59,765 It could be that the purpose of this was to give us the opportunity... 592 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,575 ...to follow them without being pushed. 593 00:42:02,762 --> 00:42:04,273 And if they forced it upon us, 594 00:42:04,593 --> 00:42:07,724 we would simply worship them as gods and we would have learned nothing. 595 00:42:08,853 --> 00:42:12,120 But by doing it ourselves, we form our own path. 596 00:42:12,378 --> 00:42:15,452 We actually make our own ascension experience. 597 00:42:15,786 --> 00:42:19,050 And we become much more like them in the process. 598 00:42:21,285 --> 00:42:24,785 Has life on Earth been influenced by alien encounters... 599 00:42:25,569 --> 00:42:27,150 ...for thousands of years? 600 00:42:27,874 --> 00:42:33,115 Are divine visions, prophetic dreams and modern day UFO sightings... 601 00:42:33,331 --> 00:42:38,420 ...all signs that we are being manipulated by a more advanced race of beings? 602 00:42:39,247 --> 00:42:43,909 Could it be that these encounters are not meant for them to get to know us... 603 00:42:44,267 --> 00:42:46,345 ...but for us to get to know them? 604 00:42:47,321 --> 00:42:50,345 And if so, what are they guiding us towards? 605 00:42:51,007 --> 00:42:54,077 Perhaps we are getting closer to our ultimate destination, 606 00:42:54,914 --> 00:43:00,638 and when we reach it, we will once again be reunited with our alien ancestors.