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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
In the early 20th century,

scientist Nikola Tesla

developed much
of the electrical system

that powers the world today.

He envisioned incredibly
advanced technologies

far ahead of his time.

And he even claimed
to have made contact

with otherworldly beings.

The ancient astronaut theory
suggests that extraterrestrials

visited Earth
in the distant past

and forever changed
the course of mankind,

but I think that the story
doesn't end there.

I propose that alien beings
have continued to guide us

throughout our history,
monitoring our progress,

helping us to advance,
and perhaps even influencing

the greatest human minds
at key periods in time.

Nikola Tesla once said,
"If you wish

"to understand the universe,
you must think of energy,

frequency, and vibration."

He believed that electricity
is all around us,

only needing to be harnessed

and that it should
be free to everyone.

In 2015 a company that bears
Tesla as its namesake

introduced a new home battery

that is recharged with the help
of solar panels.

If successful, it would bring
mankind one step closer

to realizing Nikola Tesla's
incredible dream.

NARRATOR:
New York City.

January 7, 1943.

Famed inventor Nikola Tesla

dies of a heart attack
on the 33rd floor

of the Hotel New Yorker.

Within hours of his body
being discovered,

his nephew arrives at room 3327

and discovers Tesla's remains

as well as his technical papers
and notebooks

have already been removed.

Speculation spreads that

the Federal Bureau
of Investigation

had seized the items

and quickly designated them
top secret.

DAVID WILCOCK: Nikola Tesla
was completely paranoid

about someone
trying to kill him,

and as soon as he died,

U.S. government agents
swooped in

and confiscated
all of his scientific papers.

In a very short time,
everything

that he had been guarding
with his life was gone.

NICK REDFERN: The official story
is that nothing

of any great significance
was found.

It was just a lot of scientific
papers and documents.

However, there have been a lot
of rumors over the years

that the material
that was recovered

was profoundly significant

in terms of a lot of highly
advanced scientific concepts.

NARRATOR: Just who was
this mysterious figure

known as Tesla?

And why would his notebooks
elicit so much interest

from the United States
government?

The life of Nikola Tesla
was a dramatic one

from the very beginning.

He was born
at the stroke of midnight

on July 10, 1856,

during a violent
lightning storm

in what is now Croatia.

MARC SEIFER: It was during
an electrical storm,

and the midwife
saw this as a bad omen.

But there was
a flash of lightning

and Tesla's mother said, "No,
this will be a child of light."

TIM SWARTZ: At an early age,

Nikola Tesla showed

a superior mind.
He was already

inventing things.
He invented toys

that used insects
to power them.

But he was fascinated
by thunderstorms.

And when he would see
the lightning,

he became fascinated
with electricity.

And he was determined
that he was going to harness

the power of the earth
and the universe

for the benefit of mankind.

NARRATOR: In 1881, after eight
years studying physics,

math and engineering
at universities

in Graz, Austria and Prague,

Tesla became
an electrical engineer

for a telephone company
in Budapest.

Three years later,
the 28-year-old moved

to the United States
and took a job

in New York City

working for Thomas Edison.

But very quickly,
the two would become rivals

in what became known

as the War of the Currents.

SEIFER: In a sense
you have dueling wizards.

Edison was performing
with direct current.

Tesla came along with
alternating current.

Competing to win the right
to harness Niagara Falls--

that was the big prize.

If you harnessed Niagara Falls,
you would control

all the power
for the entire northeast.

NARRATOR: In Edison's direct
current distribution system,

the steady stream
of electricity

would lose potency

as it traveled down the line.

This required power plants
every half-mile

and could only supply
enough power

to lightbulbs.

Tesla designed a far more
sophisticated system

utilizing alternating current,

which could easily
be manipulated along the way,

allowing for not only
lightbulbs to be powered,

but also other
electric devices.

Using Niagara Falls as
a hydroelectric power source,

Tesla's system could illuminate

the entire northeast.

SEIFER: It'd be like
comparing a horse and buggy

to a jet plane.
Tesla had the jet plane.

Edison had the horse and buggy.

There is no comparison at all.

Tesla had a quantum leap ahead.

NARRATOR:
Edison criticized Tesla's model

as highly dangerous
in an effort

to ensure that
his system won out.

He even went so far as holding
public demonstrations

using alternating current
to electrocute

cats and dogs...

and even a rogue elephant.

But Nikola Tesla's
superior AC power system

ultimately prevailed,
and today

it still remains the foundation

of the world's power grid.

JOHN BRANDENBURG: Tesla allowed
the world to be electrified,

and not only that,

he brought electricity
from being

kind of a useful thing
to being a universal thing

that could be used
all throughout society.

NARRATOR:
But Nikola Tesla not only

efficiently electrified
the world,

his legacy includes
groundbreaking work

on electric railroads,

fluorescent and neon lights,

wireless radio communications,

X-ray,

remote control,

turbine engines,

speedometers,

helicopters

and even torpedoes.

By the time of his death,

Tesla held nearly 700
worldwide patents.

GEORGE NOORY: Nikola Tesla
was one of the world's

greatest inventors.
Tesla was like

Leonardo da Vinci.

He had the mind of a futurist

and he was able
to do incredible things.

NARRATOR: But just how is it
that Nikola Tesla

was so far ahead of his time?

For decades,
the forward-thinking inventor--

a man shrouded in mystery--

has fascinated scholars

and researchers.

SEIFER: Tesla came from
a very strange area.

Actually, it wasn't
too far from Transylvania.

He was tall and thin, he spoke

11 or 12 different languages.

And he does these
fantastic inventions

and fantastic performances.

So he had this
mystique about him.

RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
Nikola Tesla is born at a time,

which, coincidentally,

coincides with an ancient

Zoharic prophecy

that speaks about the opening

of the gates of wisdom
upon the earth.

And who's born at this time?

Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein.

This is the beginning
of so many things.

NARRATOR: But could there
really be something more

to the prophecies, rumors
and wild speculations

surrounding Nikola Tesla?

Something, perhaps,
even otherworldly?

JASON MARTELL: Throughout
history there've been various

prophets and scientists
that have really effected

the human evolution.

Like Einstein,
Galileo, Copernicus.

And Tesla's definitely
one of these type of people.

We have to wonder
if these people aren't

somehow involved in some
larger plan of influence

on humanity as a whole.

DAVID CHILDRESS:
Some researchers into Tesla

think that he was some kind

of special human receiver.

And if that's the case,
then we have someone

who the ETs were helping

to move along and develop

the amazing inventions
that light the world today.

WILCOCK:
Is it possible that Tesla knew

he was on a mission?
Was he attempting

to uplevel our technology
to the point

at which we would be capable

of having all of the abilities
of those who,

in ancient times,
were called the gods?

NARRATOR:
Is it possible,

as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,

that Nikola Tesla
was being influenced

by extraterrestrials?

Extraterrestrials on a mission

to advance mankind?

Perhaps answers can be found

by further examining
the inspiration

behind one of Tesla's
greatest achievements.

TSOUKALOS: To this day,
many people mistakenly believe

that Guglielmo Marconi
was the inventor of radio.

But the U.S. Supreme Court
overturned Marconi's patent

in 1943, when it was proven

that someone else
had invented radio

more than a decade earlier,

Nikola Tesla.

But while transmitting radio
signals was a groundbreaking

and world-changing achievement,

Tesla accomplished
a far more impressive feat

that scientists today
have still not mastered,

the wireless transmission
of electricity.

NARRATOR:
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Institute
of Technology is home

to some
of the world's greatest minds.

MIT researchers are
on the forefront of innovation,

including the development of
wireless transmission of power.

Efficient wireless transmission
of electricity

has eluded scientists
for years.

Radio waves, microwaves,

and even laser beam
transmission of power

have fallen short.

But in 2007,
MIT researchers were able

to safely transmit power
wirelessly

seven feet across a room,

a feat heralded as a first step
to cutting the power cord.

Incredibly, a world
in which all electrical devices

would be automatically powered
at all times,

requiring no charging or wires

was envisioned
more than a century earlier

by inventor Nikola Tesla.

SEIFER: Tesla went out
to Colorado Springs

to see if he could send
electricity miles,

which is
a tremendous achievement.

But he had a huge tower,

and that was 200 feet
to the top.

His assistant was located
at the laboratory,

and Tesla said,
"When I give you the signal,

"I want you to throw the switch

and fire up
the wireless system."

And Tesla probably walked
four miles away.

NARRATOR: Tesla inserted
lightbulbs into the earth

to see if his tower was in fact

creating a wireless circuit
with the ground.

If so,
the bulbs would light up.

SEIFER: These lightbulbs
were being lit,

so he was able to establish
that he could transmit

electrical power
over great distances.

But he did keep it a secret.

He even kept the mechanics
a secret from his assistant,

who didn't totally know all the
details of what he was doing.

NARRATOR:
Shoreham, New York.

1901.

Tesla convinces banker
J.P. Morgan to give him

$150,000 for the construction
of a radio station,

but instead he uses the money

to build
a giant wireless transmitter

he calls Wardenclyffe Tower.

SEIFER: Wardenclyffe
was 187 feet to the top,

but it also went 120 feet down
into the ground.

And Tesla had envisioned
receiving stations

which would look
just like the Wardenclyffe Tower

at different nodal points
around the earth.

So you would jump energy
by means of wireless

from station to station.

He even thought that he could
eventually use the same system

to jump power
to different planets.

NARRATOR:
But Tesla's dream of creating

a highly efficient broadcast

of wireless electricity
was cut short

when in 1904 its funder,
J.P. Morgan,

discovered
Tesla's true intentions,

to provide free power
to everyone on the planet.

With lack
of additional funding,

by 1908, the project
was completely abandoned.

And in 1917,
the tower was demolished.

No company, no corporation wants
to give away

its technology freely.

So Tesla was shut down

so that the world wouldn't have
free energy.

NARRATOR:
But just how was Tesla able

to transmit electricity
wirelessly for several miles

when modern scientists
can only manage seven feet?

Tesla credited
his many inventions

to the ability to realize them
entirely in his mind.

He also described experiencing
intense flashes of light,

which were followed by moments
of intense creativity

and clarity.

SWARTZ: He would see
an invention appear

before his eyes
in almost holographic detail.

He said that he could rotate
these visions,

take them apart piece by piece.

And he knew exactly how he was
going to build these inventions

based
on his visionary experiences.

SEIFER:
One of his greatest creations

is the rotating magnetic field,

and that came
in a flash of intuition.

He felt that we were receivers,
that all impulses came

from the outside and that
we worked on these impulses.

So he doesn't believe
that they come from dreams

or inner visions.

He really felt that we were,

in a sense,
self-propelled robots.

NARRATOR: Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe

there may be
another explanation

for Tesla's uncanny abilities
and mysterious visions.

They suggest these spontaneous
episodes are proof

that Tesla
was receiving information

from an otherworldly source.

BAR TZADOK: These images would
literally burst into his mind.

Somehow, somewhere,
some connection was made,

and it's the same way

that biblical prophets received
their prophecy.

Nikola Tesla was clearly
in touch with something.

You have to wonder
if extraterrestrials themselves

weren't feeding him

images of inventions
that only he could understand.

SWARTZ:
Nikola Tesla felt

there was a knowledge base
located somewhere

in the universe

that all of humanity
could tap into

if they just knew
how to properly tune their mind

to this knowledge base.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible Nikola Tesla

was actually being fed images

to assist him
in furthering mankind?

And if so,

could Tesla have tapped into
an ancient source of knowledge,

perhaps even rediscovering
technology

that may have been used before?

TSOUKALOS:
We have these stories of towers

that might have relayed energy,

like the obelisks that we can
find all around the world,

that they at some point were

all connected
and that they were feeding

off the earth's magnetic grid.

SWARTZ:
It's been discovered in

ancient Egyptian temples
and tombs,

carvings that look suspiciously
like modern-day lightbulbs

and Tesla coils.

CHILDRESS: Was there a certain
technology and energy system

of ancient times

that we still have remnants
of today?

Giant pyramids, obelisks,

huge standing stones
and towers.

Perhaps they were all part
of some extraterrestrial,

huge energy system.

NARRATOR:
Was Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower

meant to connect
to an ancient energy grid,

powered not only by the earth

but eventually
by other planets as well?

And if so,
is it possible Nikola Tesla

was communicating
with advanced celestial beings

that visited Earth thousands
of years ago?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

with the mysterious
radio transmissions

Tesla claimed he received
in 1899

from outer space.

After Tesla mastered
the transmission

and reception of radio waves,

he developed another
groundbreaking technology

based on the same principles,
remote control.

In 1898,
he held a public demonstration

of a radio-controlled boat
he called teleautomaton

during an electrical exhibition
at Madison Square Garden.

To the people of the time, this
was nothing short of magic,

being able
to physically control an object

without touching it.

Remote control made other
modern technologies possible,

like motion sensors
and even Bluetooth.

But most of all,
Tesla demonstrated

that we can, in fact, connect
with powers in the universe

that we cannot see,

including those
of an extraterrestrial nature.

NARRATOR:
Colorado Springs.

July 1899.

While testing
a magnifying transmitter

built to track storms,

Nikola Tesla claims he received

some sort of transmission
from an unknown source.

SEIFER: One night he was
tracking thunderstorms

600 miles away.

But, all of a sudden,
he heard these beeps.

[beeping]

And it was three beats
in sequence.

And so it was mathematical.

And it didn't make any sense
to him.

And the more he thought
about it,

he thought
that they came from outer space,

perhaps from the Martians.

[beeping]

BRANDENBURG: Mars' orbit
brings it close to the earth

periodically about once
every 1.8 years.

And at one
of those close encounters,

uh, he believed he was
picking up signals from Mars.

THOMAS VALONE: He most likely
had made a receiver

that was sensitive enough
to receive radio waves,

as we now know,
come from galaxies

and lots of different, uh,
extraterrestrial sources.

So he interpreted them
as signals from ETs.

But perhaps he had
an open channel

that we really still
don't understand today.

SEIFER: Tesla believed
it's absurd to think

we're the only intelligent
beings in the universe.

If that's the case,

where are they
in the intelligence hierarchy?

And why wouldn't they want
to communicate

with an intelligent force
on the earth?

NARRATOR: Tesla reported
this otherworldly communication

and proclaimed his belief
in extraterrestrials

in February of 1901,

in an article
forCollier's Weekly

titled
"Talking with the Planets."

Tesla became obsessed
with trying to receive

further radio communications
from other planets.

Based on these transmissions
that Tesla was receiving,

he developed a theory that
this extraterrestrial presence

had been on Earth

for a millennia.

That these extraterrestrials

had been...
controlling mankind

from the very beginning.

WILCOCK: How far
did these communications go?

Did it lead to the point
where he was actually able

to receive useful information

that was helping him build
his inventions?

Many believe
that is what happened,

and that Tesla
had direct contact,

through the things
he'd invented,

with extraterrestrial
intelligence.

NARRATOR:
But the shocking revelation

was shunned
by Tesla's scientific peers,

and led many to deem him
a "mad scientist."

So you have Nikolai Tesla

electrifying the world,
literally.

Then, about the time
that he had a falling-out

with J.P. Morgan,
a very powerful man,

he'd also had a legendary
falling-out with Edison,

another legendary powerful man.

Then it came out
that he was trying to perhaps

signal the planet Mars.

And...

his enemies exploited this,

uh, I think,
to try and discredit him.

NARRATOR:
In the early 1900s,

it was rumored
that Tesla was being considered

to receive the Nobel Prize,

but mysteriously,
he never did.

SEIFER: Even today, scientists
don't take him into account

the way they should.

Tesla talked about atoms
working like solar systems,

and that light could work
as a wave and a particle.

Einstein got a Nobel Prize

for saying light worked
like a particle.

And Bohr and Rutherford
got a Nobel Prize

for saying that atoms

were like little solar systems.

So why is he removed

from the history
of quantum physics

when he really belongs
at the heart of it?

So, I think he's been unfairly
treated by the physicists,

and part of the reason is his
attachment to extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR:
Was Nikola Tesla

simply letting his imagination
get the better of him?

Or is it possible
he really was in contact

with extraterrestrial beings?

NARRATOR
Belgrade, Serbia.

Housing more
than 160,000 documents,

the Nikola Tesla Museum
offers rare insight

into some
of Tesla's future plans,

including what some believe

to be drawings of spaceships.

According to historians,
Tesla began work

on his "flying machine"
in 1910,

focusing on the useof field
propulsion, or antigravity.

It is believed
Tesla had discovered

that high amounts
of electricity

could actually create lift
in an object.

Throughout the 1920s and '30s,

Tesla continually talked about

antigravity ships
that could derive power

from his Wardenclyffe Towers

that were gonna be
broadcasting power.

He claimed that these ships
did not have wings or fuel;

they were completely electric.

NARRATOR:
But were Tesla's designs

truly the first
of their kind...

or is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,

that similar vehicles
had already visited the planet

in the remote past?

In the ancient Indian epics,
the Vedas,

we find references of vimanas,

those flying chariots

that were used by the gods
in order to travel

from point "A" to point "B."

Some of these vimanas
were able to alter direction

at the drop of a hat
without any effort.

So now reading this
from a modern-day perspective

would suggest that some type
of antigravity device was used.

You could link this from
the ancient to the modern world

with the modern UFO phenomenon.

And so the idea

that Tesla might have worked
on an antigravity device

is very plausible to me.

NARRATOR: Are the depictions
of flying machines

in ancient Hindu texts,
like the Mahabharata,

really proof that Tesla had
received otherworldly knowledge

in order to design
antigravity spaceships?

And if the so-called
"mad scientist"

actually did make contact
with extraterrestrials,

is it possible he continued
to carry out their wishes...

in secret?

NARRATOR:
Palo Alto, California.

2013.

A Silicon Valley start-up's
all-electric sports car

winsMotor Trend's
Car of the Year.

It's one of the most
fuel-efficient vehicles

on the planet,

produces no emissions,

and can go from zero
to 60 miles per hour

in four seconds.

The Model S energizes
the electric car industry

and reintroduces its namesake
to the world stage--

Tesla.

CHILDRESS:
It's interesting to think,

in 1931 Tesla told reporters
that he had converted

a Pierce-Arrow car

into a completely electric car.

Tesla showed them the car.

He drove it around; it went
as fast as 90 miles per hour.

When you look at it,
many of the inventions

that Tesla talked about,
and even patented,

were eventually developed.

NARRATOR:
The list of technologies

that can be traced back
to the drawing board

of Nikola Tesla is endless.

Modern humanoid robotics...

solar and wind power...

weather manipulation...

drones...

and even
planetary-exploration vehicles.

Getting as little as just
two hours of sleep per day,

the inventor's
sole purpose on Earth

appeared to be geared
toward one end--

advancing technology for
the future of the human race.

He always had his eye
on the future.

And further, he was trying
to shape the future

through his inventions.

BAR TZADOK: Mr. Tesla
was not unique in this.

Many of the founders,

leaders of religion

also were compelled

by inner experiences
which pushed them

to materialize these things
in the world.

So, in a religious context,

we would say that
a religious leader

is in touch
with something divine.

In a scientific context,

we wouldn't necessarily use
the word "divine,"

but yet, somehow, somewhere,
people are being contacted,

receiving communications,

which are leading
to the clear introduction

of new things

in humanity.

Tesla seemed to have this drive

that put everything else
by the wayside.

When he was working
on an invention,

food, sleep, relationships,
human interaction,

none of that mattered.

It's almost as if he was
on some type of a mission--

a mission, possibly,
with a greater plan,

under the influence
of extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Was Nikola Tesla
really inspired to invent

by an extraterrestrial source,

as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?

And if so,

might further clues be found

in what some believe

to be the rantings of a madman?

?

By the time Nikola Tesla
moved into his final home--

the Hotel New Yorker--
in January 1934,

he had become better known

for his eccentricities
than his inventions.

He reportedly was
an extreme germaphobe,

preferred to work
in almost complete darkness,

and was also obsessed
with the number three.

SEIFER: Tesla was definitely
interested in numerology,

and he was very superstitious.

He had to circle a building
three times before he entered.

He had calculated nodal points
around the planet,

and they were probably linked

to the numbers three,
six and nine.

And he said that the numbers
were very important.

WILCOCK: Nikola Tesla
was quoted as saying,

if you knew the magnificence

of the three, six and nine,

you would have a key
to the universe.

If we go
to the Great Pyramid of Giza,

not only are there the three
larger pyramids at Giza,

all side by side,

mirroring the positions
of the stars in Orion's Belt,

but we also see a group

of three smaller pyramids

immediately away
from the three larger pyramids.

Three and three.

Similarly,
we find lots of evidence

that nature uses
threefold and sixfold symmetry,

including
the hexagonal tile shape

of the common honeycomb.

These shapes are in nature,

and the ancients emulated
these shapes

in the building
of their sacred architecture.

So Tesla's quote
is neatly mirrored

in the actual archaeological
evidence that we find

in many ancient architectural
sites around the world.

NARRATOR: Could the numbers
three, six and nine

really offer clues

to the inner workings
of the universe?

If so, is it possible
that Tesla uncovered

this profound secret,
and used this knowledge

to push the boundaries
of science and technology?

Perhaps the answer can be found

by examining Tesla's
most controversial invention.

TSOUKALOS:
It is perhaps fitting

that the most advanced
electric car

on the market today is made
by a company named Tesla

because Nikola Tesla's
invention of a motor

with rotating magnetic fields
is largely responsible

for most of the electric motors
we have today--

from those that run power tools
and household appliances

to disk drivesand water pumps.

But perhaps Tesla's
most profound vision

for future technology was the
one he called "the Death Beam."

But don't let
the menacing title fool you.

This invention was not designed
to take lives,

but to save them.

NARRATOR:
New York City. July 1934.

On his 78th birthday
Nikola Tesla makes headlines

on the front page
of theNew York Times

for his alleged "Death Beam."

According to the article,

the weapon could generate
enough energy

to bring down a fleet
of 10,000 enemy airplanes

as far as 250 miles away.

BRANDENBURG:
Tesla apparently discovered

that he could direct a stream
of plasma plus solid particles

for long distances

through the air and kind of
direct a lightning bolt.

And he called this a Death Ray.

NOORY: Tesla wanted
to invent a machine

that would knock out
enemy aircraft in the air.

You would point it to the skies,
turn it on,

and all of a sudden,
those planes would just

fall like that.

Tesla felt that if every country
had a particle beam weapon,

then no country
would ever be invaded

because planes would be shot
down and ships would be sunk.

So, he was trying to sell
this particle beam weapon

to the U.S. government
during World War II.

And I think Franklin Roosevelt
was basically

looking at two possibilities.

Einstein was discussing the
possibility of an atom bomb.

Tesla was discussing
the possibility

of a particle beam weapon.

And it turned out the atom bomb
was able to be invented.

[explosion]

And that's the way they went.

NARRATOR: Although the Death Ray
announcementfailed

to ignite interest
by the U.S.War Department,

some say other innovative work

by Tesla did catch
their attention.

Earlier in his career,

while conducting research with
one of his transformer coils,

Nikola Tesla had
a near-death experience

when he came in contact
with a resonating

electromagnetic charge of
three and a half million volts.

Tesla was working
with 60-foot lightning bolts,

and he made a mistake,
and he almost got electrocuted.

And he couldn't get out.

And he had
to get one of his workers

to stop the lightning
from happening.

And he barely escaped
with his life.

And because of the shock that
he had, he had a revelation.

CHILDRESS:
Tesla said

that he entered a state
of timelessness,

and he could see the past
and the future and the present,

all at once
in this mystic vision.

But he was paralyzed, and he
couldn't do anything about it.

Tesla was being
essentially electrocuted,

and right then, his assistant
cut the power to him.

But what Tesla said
it had done was moved him

through time and space.

[thunder crackling]

NARRATOR: But is it really
possible Tesla had found a way

to break through
the space-time continuum?

Ancient astronaut theorists
believe

the answer might be found

by looking
at what has become known

as the Philadelphia Experiment.

According to reports,
right before Tesla's death,

he was working
with Albert Einstein

and the United States Navy
at the Philadelphia Naval Yard

to create an
electromagnetically-charged

invisibility cloak
for the USSEldridge.

BRANDENBURG:
They were attempting

to do a stealth technology,

and apparently they mounted
a bunch of Tesla coils

to make a bunch of plasma
around a ship,

and this is well known

to help hide things from radar.

But something
very unexpected happened.

The ship didn't just disappear
from radar.

It disappeared completely

and then reappeared with

some of the crew
actually embedded

in the metal of the ship.

NARRATOR: Had Tesla really
discovered a way

to travel through time
and space?

If so, might the secrets
behind this technology,

along with the blueprints
for Tesla's Death Beam,

have been included
in the scientific documents

that the FBI allegedly
confiscated upon his death?

Ancient astronaut theorists
believe

evidence of this might be found

with the modern world's most
sophisticated new weaponry.

[explosion]

NARRATOR:
The Singapore Air Show.

February 2014.

An Israeli arms company

known as Rafael Advanced
Defense Systems,

reveals details
of a laser defense system

capable of shooting missiles
from the sky

with a pulse of energy.

[whooshing]

The futuristic military
hardware is called Iron Beam.

REDFERN:
The concept of Iron Beam

is that it's essentially
a high-energy laser

that is designed

to rapidly heat up the target
that it's aimed at.

We're talking about aircraft,
drones, missiles.

Anything that could launch
an attack on a city

could be literally destroyed
in the sky by Iron Beam.

[explosive whoosh]

This sounds very much like
Tesla's Death Ray.

CHILDRESS: This is exactly
the kind of technology

that Tesla was talking about
in the 1920s and '30s.

Using these beam weapons
to shoot down missiles

and projectiles.

[explosion]

WILCOCK: The War Department
sided with Einstein

and Oppenheimer's atomic bomb,
not with Tesla.

But now what we're seeing is

that Israel is developing
this Iron Beam technology,

because they realized

that atomic weapons were
far too destructive.

Is it possible that Tesla
developed a time viewing

or time travel technology,

and that he became aware
of these developments?

NARRATOR: Tesla was once quoted
as saying,

"The present is theirs,

but the future for which
I have really worked is mine."

Did Tesla, in fact,
see into the future?

[whirring]

Might Iron Beam be proof

that plans for the Death Ray
not only existed,

but also may have even been
confiscated and carried out

by the United States
government?

There are those who believe

that Nikola Tesla
was not only in contact

with extraterrestrials,

but was sent here to Earth
by them

to fulfill a mission and usher
in a new age for mankind.

There is an agenda for humanity.
There is a plan.

And in every generation,

whatever power it is
that's behind the plan,

sends to Earth
certain specific souls

who are by birth more inclined

and able to be receptors

to the higher knowledge.

CHILDRESS:
You have to wonder if Tesla was

transplanted
to Earth by extraterrestrials

in order to envision and invent
all of these amazing devices.

WILCOCK: If extraterrestrials
put Tesla in place

for a specific purpose,

did they accomplish
what they hoped to achieve?

The answer may be no.

Because, if Tesla's technologies

had been openly acknowledged
here on Earth,

we could have greened
the deserts.

We could be desalinating
ocean water

with tabletop energy levels.

We could have a totally new
and different world

in which we don't have to pay
for energy,

in which
we have antigravity craft,

in which we have
teleportation technology,

and in which we truly

have become a golden age
here on Earth.

That has not happened.

Although the full impact

of Nikola Tesla's
incredible accomplishments

has yet to be realized,
one fact seems certain.

Tesla's ideas and innovations
have helped point the way

to a technological age

where everything imaginable
seems possible.

But was it all part of a plan?

When Tesla claimed
that he had made contact

with intelligences
from beyond Earth,

could that contact
have been much more profound

than he knew?

Was he given advanced
scientific information

in order to help propel mankind
into the future?

And if so, why?

Perhaps mankind
is being slowly guided

on a predetermined path,

one where we will eventually
come face-to-face

not only with our alien past
but also with our destiny.

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