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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,804 NARRATOR: Beetles buried with Egyptian mummies... 2 00:00:09,806 --> 00:00:12,273 GENE KRITSKY: The scarab was critical for the resurrection. 3 00:00:12,275 --> 00:00:16,842 NARRATOR: and swarms of locusts targeting humans. 4 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:23,918 NARRATOR: In cultures throughout the world, insects 5 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,923 have been worshipped, feared, and even thought of as gods. 6 00:00:28,925 --> 00:00:31,825 But might these strange creatures that have inhabited 7 00:00:31,827 --> 00:00:35,496 Earth for hundreds of millions of years provide a link 8 00:00:35,498 --> 00:00:38,416 to extraterrestrial beings? 9 00:00:38,518 --> 00:00:40,638 DAVID CHILDRESS: The idea that insect aliens 10 00:00:40,739 --> 00:00:43,939 are coming here to this planet, interacting 11 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:48,776 with humans, may well be based on something real. 12 00:00:48,778 --> 00:00:51,812 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world believe we have 13 00:00:51,814 --> 00:00:56,117 been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 14 00:00:56,119 --> 00:01:01,789 What if it were true? Did ancient aliens really help 15 00:01:01,791 --> 00:01:07,161 to shape our history? And if so is there a connection 16 00:01:07,163 --> 00:01:10,665 between aliens and insects? 17 00:01:26,566 --> 00:01:29,566 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com 18 00:01:44,267 --> 00:01:50,037 NARRATOR: The Nile Delta, Egypt. A small, centimeters-wide trail 19 00:01:50,039 --> 00:01:53,907 is cut in the desert floor by the rolling cocoon 20 00:01:53,909 --> 00:01:59,246 of a dung beetle. This strange-looking two-inch 21 00:01:59,248 --> 00:02:03,851 long insect, also called a scarab, uses the dung as both a 22 00:02:03,853 --> 00:02:07,855 source of nourishment and a place for storing its eggs. 23 00:02:07,857 --> 00:02:11,258 It will roll the ball in a straight line despite all 24 00:02:11,260 --> 00:02:15,062 obstacles, and is the only insect on Earth known to 25 00:02:15,064 --> 00:02:19,483 navigate by following the light of the Milky Way galaxy. 26 00:02:19,485 --> 00:02:27,375 Biologists just made this discovery in 2013... 27 00:02:27,377 --> 00:02:31,078 but 5,000 years ago, with presumably no knowledge of 28 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,382 its unique connection to the stars, the ancient 29 00:02:34,384 --> 00:02:38,002 Egyptians held the scarab as a sacred symbol, 30 00:02:38,004 --> 00:02:40,287 representing a link to the gods. 31 00:02:42,689 --> 00:02:46,611 JONATHAN YOUNG: Interesting that a great civilization 32 00:02:46,612 --> 00:02:49,964 could pay so much attention to a little bug, but 33 00:02:49,966 --> 00:02:53,901 it appears constantly throughout Egyptian temples and hieroglyphics. 34 00:02:53,903 --> 00:02:57,571 It's a very frequent image. 35 00:02:57,573 --> 00:03:01,141 NARRATOR: At the Temple of Karnak, overlooking the Sacred 36 00:03:01,143 --> 00:03:05,145 Lake where the pharaohs received their coronation, 37 00:03:05,147 --> 00:03:09,483 a giant scarab beetle stands watch, representing the Egyptian 38 00:03:09,485 --> 00:03:11,452 god Khepri. 39 00:03:11,454 --> 00:03:16,490 KRITSKY: The Egyptians saw the Sun moving across the sky 40 00:03:16,492 --> 00:03:18,375 during the day. 41 00:03:18,377 --> 00:03:22,213 Also, around the desert sands, you'd see beetles moving balls of dung. 42 00:03:22,215 --> 00:03:25,966 And so the Egyptians thought that the force that moved the 43 00:03:25,968 --> 00:03:33,557 Sun across the sky was a giant scarab beetle god, Khepri. 44 00:03:33,559 --> 00:03:36,060 GRAHAM PHILLIPS: They believe that the Sun was what 45 00:03:36,062 --> 00:03:39,947 is known as the eye of Ra, which was Ra's chariot or his 46 00:03:39,949 --> 00:03:41,949 flying machine. 47 00:03:41,951 --> 00:03:45,569 And the thing that moved it, they believed, was the scarab- 48 00:03:45,571 --> 00:03:52,359 headed god, Khepri, and the scarab represented Khepri, 49 00:03:52,361 --> 00:03:56,630 the pilot, if you like, of Ra's Sun ship or barge. 50 00:03:56,632 --> 00:04:00,468 He was basically a pilot to the gods. 51 00:04:00,470 --> 00:04:03,704 NARRATOR: But could there be another explanation for why the 52 00:04:03,706 --> 00:04:08,108 Egyptians regarded Khepri as a pilot? 53 00:04:08,110 --> 00:04:12,263 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that the representation 54 00:04:12,265 --> 00:04:16,433 of Khepri as a scarab and sometimes as a human with 55 00:04:16,435 --> 00:04:21,555 a scarab head... may have been inspired by actual contact the 56 00:04:21,557 --> 00:04:25,058 Egyptians had with an otherworldly being. 57 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:32,283 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: One has to wonder whether or not these 58 00:04:32,285 --> 00:04:35,836 beings actually existed, because the ancient Egyptians 59 00:04:35,838 --> 00:04:43,838 were incredibly proud in carving their history into countless of walls. 60 00:04:44,514 --> 00:04:48,132 And according to the ancient astronaut theory, we all came 61 00:04:48,134 --> 00:04:53,137 about through a deliberate mutation of our genes. 62 00:04:53,139 --> 00:04:57,024 And so it is entirely possible, in my opinion, that some of 63 00:04:57,026 --> 00:05:00,227 those creatures that we see depicted in reliefs and in 64 00:05:00,229 --> 00:05:04,815 carvings might have actually exted in the past. 65 00:05:04,817 --> 00:05:11,271 NARRATOR: Is it possible the ancient Egyptians could have 66 00:05:11,273 --> 00:05:16,610 encountered alien beings that had an insect-like appearance? 67 00:05:16,612 --> 00:05:22,716 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes... 68 00:05:22,718 --> 00:05:25,419 and as further evidence, point to the fact that the 69 00:05:25,421 --> 00:05:29,590 Egyptians' obsession with the scarab also extended to their 70 00:05:29,592 --> 00:05:31,559 funeraryituals. 71 00:05:31,561 --> 00:05:39,561 The Valley of the Kings, Egypt. November, 1922. 72 00:05:43,906 --> 00:05:46,740 Archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the tomb 73 00:05:46,742 --> 00:05:51,745 of King Tutankhamen. Among the treasure trove of 74 00:05:51,747 --> 00:05:55,866 artifacts found inside is the young pharaoh's breastplate, 75 00:05:55,868 --> 00:06:01,255 which features a scarab as the centerpiece. 76 00:06:01,257 --> 00:06:05,376 The scarab is made of a yellow silica glass stone procured from 77 00:06:05,378 --> 00:06:10,547 the Sahara, originally formed 28 million years ago when the sand 78 00:06:10,549 --> 00:06:13,333 was superheated by a comet strike. 79 00:06:13,335 --> 00:06:19,440 But why would the ancient Egyptians place a scarab... 80 00:06:19,442 --> 00:06:22,610 and one sculpted from material produced by a cosmic event... at 81 00:06:22,612 --> 00:06:27,648 the center of their pharaoh's funerary breastplate? 82 00:06:27,650 --> 00:06:31,785 Curiously, scarabs always played an integral role in the 83 00:06:31,787 --> 00:06:35,489 Egyptians' mummification process, often included during 84 00:06:35,491 --> 00:06:37,408 the wrapping of the body. 85 00:06:37,410 --> 00:06:42,195 SABINA MAGLIOCCO: In between those wrappings, the Egyptians 86 00:06:42,197 --> 00:06:45,416 put a number of charms, which served not just a preservation 87 00:06:45,418 --> 00:06:48,168 function, but a magical function. 88 00:06:48,170 --> 00:06:50,671 KRITSKY: There was a heart scarab, which was 89 00:06:50,673 --> 00:06:52,306 placed on the body. 90 00:06:52,308 --> 00:06:55,175 We also find other scarabs, sometimes knitted into the linen 91 00:06:55,177 --> 00:06:57,011 of the deceased. 92 00:06:57,013 --> 00:07:00,881 The scarab was thought to be critical for the resurrection, 93 00:07:00,883 --> 00:07:04,018 because of its power and necessity for it to be present 94 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:07,888 when the Sun rose in the morning. 95 00:07:07,890 --> 00:07:11,158 BARA: The idea was, is that the soul or even the 96 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,695 body of the person that had departed was carried by scarab 97 00:07:14,697 --> 00:07:18,999 beetles along the path to the next life, to the next dimension. 98 00:07:19,001 --> 00:07:21,735 It's almost as if the scarab beetle was some kind of device, 99 00:07:21,737 --> 00:07:25,241 not an insect, but a device that actually allows travel 100 00:07:25,342 --> 00:07:26,917 from one place to another. 101 00:07:27,743 --> 00:07:30,844 WILLIAM HENRY: Where did the Egyptians get the idea 102 00:07:30,846 --> 00:07:34,481 of resurrection and this idea that we could be reborn 103 00:07:34,483 --> 00:07:36,183 as star beings? 104 00:07:36,185 --> 00:07:41,472 It seems as if they were given this idea by Khepri. 105 00:07:41,474 --> 00:07:47,427 NARRATOR: Could the inclusion of scarab-shaped objects in the 106 00:07:47,429 --> 00:07:52,199 mummification process have been inspired by an actual encounter 107 00:07:52,201 --> 00:07:57,204 with the scarab god Khepri? To some ancient astronaut 108 00:07:57,206 --> 00:08:00,908 theorists, it's not just the presence of scarabs that 109 00:08:00,910 --> 00:08:04,778 suggests the Egyptians made a connection between insects and 110 00:08:04,780 --> 00:08:10,217 the afterlife... they say the mummification 111 00:08:10,219 --> 00:08:16,289 process also mimics insect metamorphosis itself. 112 00:08:16,291 --> 00:08:19,059 BARA: The similarities between mummification and the 113 00:08:19,061 --> 00:08:22,096 cocooning process that a caterpillar goes through before 114 00:08:22,098 --> 00:08:24,631 it becomes a moth are really quite incredible. 115 00:08:24,633 --> 00:08:26,900 I think what the Egyptians were trying to do 116 00:08:26,902 --> 00:08:29,803 is actually cocoon the human being so that when he emerged 117 00:08:29,805 --> 00:08:33,607 into the next life at the next level up, he would be 118 00:08:33,609 --> 00:08:35,776 transformed into something greater, more powerful, and 119 00:08:35,778 --> 00:08:38,028 epically more beautiful. 120 00:08:38,030 --> 00:08:43,700 DAVID WILCOCK: This does mimic, in nature, what we would 121 00:08:43,702 --> 00:08:47,788 see with a pupa or a chrysalis, in which the caterpillar 122 00:08:47,790 --> 00:08:51,491 actually creates a hard outer shell around itself, 123 00:08:51,493 --> 00:08:54,327 and the material of the caterpillar's body actually 124 00:08:54,329 --> 00:08:58,932 turns into a broth before it reconstitutes into what 125 00:08:58,934 --> 00:09:02,002 ultimately emerges as a butterfly. 126 00:09:02,004 --> 00:09:07,724 NARRATOR: While most people associate metamorphosis with a 127 00:09:07,726 --> 00:09:10,677 caterpillar transforming into a butterfly... 128 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,064 beetles, like the scarab, undergo a complete 129 00:09:14,066 --> 00:09:19,286 metamorphosis as well. The hatched larva inside the 130 00:09:19,288 --> 00:09:24,124 ball of dung emerges fully developed and capable of flight. 131 00:09:24,126 --> 00:09:27,694 To the ancient Egyptians, it seemed the sacred scarab had 132 00:09:27,696 --> 00:09:30,831 miraculously regenerated inside its cocoon. 133 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:35,803 PHILLIPS: The actual scarab beetle in ancient Egyptian was 134 00:09:35,805 --> 00:09:40,307 called something that means "he that comes from nowhere." 135 00:09:40,309 --> 00:09:43,093 Which is basically what the name Khepri means. 136 00:09:43,095 --> 00:09:46,930 "He comes from nowhere. He can make himself exist." 137 00:09:46,932 --> 00:09:52,319 NARRATOR: Much like the scarab emerging from its cocoon, 138 00:09:52,321 --> 00:09:55,606 the Egyptians believed a mummified body could rise from 139 00:09:55,608 --> 00:10:00,060 its sarcophagus as a transformed being, and live once again. 140 00:10:00,062 --> 00:10:04,948 MAGLIOCCO: Part of the soul was inexorably attached to the 141 00:10:04,950 --> 00:10:07,868 body, so in order for that part of the soul to live on in the 142 00:10:07,870 --> 00:10:11,404 afterlife, the body had to be preserved as closely as possible 143 00:10:11,406 --> 00:10:14,675 to the way that it had existed in life. 144 00:10:14,677 --> 00:10:19,046 KRITSKY: The idea of the Egyptian soul is so alien 145 00:10:19,048 --> 00:10:22,082 from our own that it's-it's difficult to put parallels on. 146 00:10:22,084 --> 00:10:24,918 For example, the Egyptians concept of the soul had five 147 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,354 parts... the Ba and the Ka are two in particular. 148 00:10:27,356 --> 00:10:30,357 And part of their mythology was that the Ba must return to the 149 00:10:30,359 --> 00:10:35,479 body, enter the body, so that the body can rise and live again. 150 00:10:35,481 --> 00:10:42,152 DAVID CHILDRESS: It's possible that the mummification 151 00:10:42,154 --> 00:10:45,906 process was some kind of replication of this process that 152 00:10:45,908 --> 00:10:49,243 the extraterrestrials went through. 153 00:10:49,245 --> 00:10:53,163 And even the possibility that the mummies themselves were 154 00:10:53,165 --> 00:10:57,501 going into some kind of larval stage and suspended animation 155 00:10:57,503 --> 00:11:00,754 where they would emerge eventually into some kind of new 156 00:11:00,756 --> 00:11:04,558 body like the extraterrestrials did. 157 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:09,930 NARRATOR: While the scarab dominates Egyptian symbolism, 158 00:11:09,932 --> 00:11:13,684 another beetle common to this part of the world, the buprestid 159 00:11:13,686 --> 00:11:19,070 beetle, has a direct tie to the Egyptians most important god...Osiris. 160 00:11:19,272 --> 00:11:21,408 KRITSKY: Buprestid beetles, 161 00:11:21,410 --> 00:11:24,111 when bothered by a predator, actually tuck their legs up 162 00:11:24,113 --> 00:11:26,280 and lie perfectly still. And the way they hold their 163 00:11:26,282 --> 00:11:29,149 limbs is very similar to the way Osiris would be represented in 164 00:11:29,151 --> 00:11:33,153 some tomb paintings. Well, it turns out the buprestid 165 00:11:33,155 --> 00:11:35,956 beetle is found in the tamarisk wood, and that is the wood that 166 00:11:35,958 --> 00:11:38,959 comes from a tree that was part of the Osiris legend. 167 00:11:38,961 --> 00:11:41,929 Actually becomes the Djed pillar. 168 00:11:41,931 --> 00:11:48,001 And when, uh, Isis split this pillar, she found Osiris inside, 169 00:11:48,003 --> 00:11:51,305 and this beautiful beetle inside, and so it's quite 170 00:11:51,307 --> 00:11:55,442 possible that this beetle may have a relationship to the 171 00:11:55,444 --> 00:11:57,394 mummification process. 172 00:11:57,396 --> 00:12:03,233 NARRATOR: But does the Ancient Egyptian worship of 173 00:12:03,235 --> 00:12:06,236 a beetle really suggest an encounter with insect-like 174 00:12:06,238 --> 00:12:10,123 extraterrestrials? Could they be mimicking 175 00:12:10,125 --> 00:12:13,193 misunderstood technology? Or might there be 176 00:12:13,195 --> 00:12:18,865 another explanation? Perhaps further clues can be 177 00:12:18,867 --> 00:12:24,204 found in the numerous ancient stories of Ant People. 178 00:12:29,931 --> 00:12:34,476 NARRATOR: Cambridge University, England. 2013. 179 00:12:36,878 --> 00:12:39,731 Using a high-speed camera with intense magnification, 180 00:12:39,733 --> 00:12:43,001 scientists from the department of zoology record the movement 181 00:12:43,003 --> 00:12:46,938 of a plant-hopping insect called Issus. 182 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:53,578 Examining the footage, they make a shocking discovery. 183 00:12:53,580 --> 00:12:57,916 The movement of the Issus is powered by mechanical gears. 184 00:12:57,918 --> 00:13:02,554 It is the world's first evidence of mechanical gearing in a 185 00:13:02,556 --> 00:13:07,926 biological structure. This natural cog mechanism 186 00:13:07,928 --> 00:13:11,229 allows the Issus to make powerful jumps, with the gear 187 00:13:11,231 --> 00:13:15,900 teeth on the opposing hind-legs locking together like those in 188 00:13:15,902 --> 00:13:19,938 the gearbox of a car, ensuring almost complete synchronicity of 189 00:13:19,940 --> 00:13:24,609 leg movement. But how did a biological entity 190 00:13:24,611 --> 00:13:29,281 develop mechanisms that appear manmade? 191 00:13:29,283 --> 00:13:32,951 KRITSKY: Insects are essentially evolution's 192 00:13:32,953 --> 00:13:34,586 Tinkertoy set. 193 00:13:34,588 --> 00:13:37,655 Insects were the first animal group to evolve the ability to 194 00:13:37,657 --> 00:13:39,624 fly on their own power. 195 00:13:39,626 --> 00:13:46,129 Insects have an exoskeleton, which is almost like a living armor. 196 00:13:46,131 --> 00:13:49,233 NARRATOR: In terms of sheer numbers, 197 00:13:49,235 --> 00:13:52,904 insects are by far the most dominant life-form on 198 00:13:52,906 --> 00:13:57,942 Earth, and with over one million different species, they also 199 00:13:57,944 --> 00:13:59,944 remain the most mysterious. 200 00:13:59,946 --> 00:14:03,782 KRITSKY: Insects appeared on the Earth over 400 million years 201 00:14:03,784 --> 00:14:06,985 before humans appeared on the Earth. 202 00:14:06,987 --> 00:14:09,788 They were incredibly successful, well before the age of the 203 00:14:09,790 --> 00:14:12,624 dinosaurs, and a long time before humans. 204 00:14:12,626 --> 00:14:14,826 IAN RECCHIO: About half of the living creatures on the 205 00:14:14,828 --> 00:14:17,362 planet belong to the group of insects. 206 00:14:17,364 --> 00:14:20,165 They've really found ways to inhabit just about every 207 00:14:20,167 --> 00:14:22,133 ecological niche in nature. 208 00:14:22,135 --> 00:14:26,671 They have compound eyes, which, in some cases, they can see into 209 00:14:26,673 --> 00:14:31,309 the, uh, ranges that humans cannot, like ultraviolent. 210 00:14:31,311 --> 00:14:33,678 KRITSKY: They have a very sophisticated sensory system 211 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:35,814 that makes them different from what we can perceive. 212 00:14:35,816 --> 00:14:38,817 For example, insects taste, smell, and feel with the hairs 213 00:14:38,819 --> 00:14:41,986 on their body. When they land on you, they're 214 00:14:41,988 --> 00:14:45,056 smelling you, they're tasting you, they're feeling you. 215 00:14:45,058 --> 00:14:47,726 There are upwards of a million species of insects evolved 216 00:14:47,728 --> 00:14:50,662 so far. So, we may think of ourselves as 217 00:14:50,664 --> 00:14:53,498 being special, but in reality, insects are the most successful 218 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:57,202 animal group that's ever evolve 219 00:14:57,204 --> 00:15:02,040 NARRATOR: In the more than 400 million years that insects 220 00:15:02,042 --> 00:15:06,910 are believed to have existed, no bug has thrived more than the ant. 221 00:15:06,912 --> 00:15:08,513 KRITSKY: Ants are among the 222 00:15:08,515 --> 00:15:10,515 most successful animal groups that we see on the face 223 00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:13,885 of the Earth. One out of every four individual 224 00:15:13,887 --> 00:15:16,671 animals on the face of the Earth is an ant. 225 00:15:16,673 --> 00:15:20,692 Ants are incredible insects. And they're highly evolved. 226 00:15:20,694 --> 00:15:23,428 NARRATOR: In size and appearance, ants and humans 227 00:15:23,430 --> 00:15:28,566 could not be more different. But interestingly, in many ways, 228 00:15:28,568 --> 00:15:33,238 these tiny bugs are more like us than any other creature in the 229 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,276 animal kingdom. 230 00:15:36,177 --> 00:15:38,052 KRITSKY: Ants have a social 231 00:15:38,078 --> 00:15:41,446 system where they have a division of labor. 232 00:15:41,448 --> 00:15:45,166 You have a reproductive queen. You have males that will mate 233 00:15:45,168 --> 00:15:49,170 with the queen. You have sub-reproductives that 234 00:15:49,172 --> 00:15:52,223 can leave the colony and start new colonies. 235 00:15:52,225 --> 00:15:54,459 Then you've got a series of workers. 236 00:15:54,461 --> 00:15:57,095 And then there sre acialized workers that are soldiers, that 237 00:15:57,097 --> 00:16:00,265 can actually protect the colony if they're under attack. 238 00:16:00,267 --> 00:16:04,534 So, they're rather, uh, intriguing with regard to their behavior. 239 00:16:04,536 --> 00:16:07,038 NARRATOR: But how is it that 240 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,859 the behavior of ants mirrors that of humans in so many ways? 241 00:16:10,861 --> 00:16:16,881 Is it simply coincidence? Or could ants and humans be more 242 00:16:16,883 --> 00:16:19,250 closely related than we think? 243 00:16:19,252 --> 00:16:26,374 Ancient Greece. In both Homer's Iliad and 244 00:16:26,376 --> 00:16:30,094 Ovid's Metamorphoses, there is a group of warriors known as the 245 00:16:30,096 --> 00:16:34,132 Myrmidon, who are born of mysterious origins. 246 00:16:34,134 --> 00:16:39,337 According to the Ovid, King Aeacus of Aegina pleads with the 247 00:16:39,339 --> 00:16:44,142 god Zeus to repopulate his plague-ravaged country. 248 00:16:44,144 --> 00:16:48,146 That night, he dreams that ants fall from the branch of a tree 249 00:16:48,148 --> 00:16:52,400 and turn into men. He awakes the next morning to 250 00:16:52,402 --> 00:16:54,736 find his dream has come true. 251 00:16:54,738 --> 00:16:59,357 YOUNG: The story of the Myrmidons is that they were ants 252 00:16:59,359 --> 00:17:01,125 made into warriors. 253 00:17:01,127 --> 00:17:04,996 They were said to have fought with Achilles at Troy and they 254 00:17:04,998 --> 00:17:07,365 were very effective. 255 00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:11,469 BARA: The descriptions of the ant people are very, very 256 00:17:11,471 --> 00:17:13,805 accurate in terms of the behavior of the insect... 257 00:17:13,807 --> 00:17:15,757 the ant itself. 258 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:20,044 They were very loyal, they moved together as one, 259 00:17:20,045 --> 00:17:22,020 almost at a hive mentality. 260 00:17:22,046 --> 00:17:24,549 KRITSKY: The Myrmidons were 261 00:17:24,551 --> 00:17:27,385 thought to be the first to develop ships, and to sail under 262 00:17:27,387 --> 00:17:31,523 their own power. This ability to be organized 263 00:17:31,525 --> 00:17:34,826 like an army, comes from ants marching in a nice linear 264 00:17:34,828 --> 00:17:37,612 fashion. The ea about being the first 265 00:17:37,614 --> 00:17:40,498 to sail comes from the ant's ability to raft. 266 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:43,167 Ants will get on the surface tension of water and lock legs, 267 00:17:43,169 --> 00:17:46,204 other ants will climb on top, and this little mound of ants 268 00:17:46,206 --> 00:17:49,173 will float around on the surface of water. 269 00:17:49,175 --> 00:17:54,512 In the case of the Myrmidons, these were fierce warriors. 270 00:17:54,514 --> 00:17:56,914 They were well-trained, they were organized... 271 00:17:56,916 --> 00:17:58,883 just like ants. 272 00:17:58,885 --> 00:18:04,556 BARA: These descriptions are so vivid and so accurate 273 00:18:04,558 --> 00:18:07,392 in terms of the ants' behavior that what Zeus seems to 274 00:18:07,394 --> 00:18:11,145 have done is actually some sort of genetic crossbreeding 275 00:18:11,147 --> 00:18:14,899 between humans and insects in order to create this army 276 00:18:14,901 --> 00:18:18,102 of ant people. You're dealing with an extremely 277 00:18:18,104 --> 00:18:21,155 advanced technology that really, really understands how to use 278 00:18:21,157 --> 00:18:24,492 genetic manipulation to create new species. 279 00:18:24,494 --> 00:18:30,048 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Myrmidons depicted in the 280 00:18:30,050 --> 00:18:33,551 ancient Greek stories were actually some type of ant-and- 281 00:18:33,553 --> 00:18:38,890 human hybrid, manufactured by an alien being? 282 00:18:38,892 --> 00:18:42,627 Ancient astronaut theorists claim further evidence that ants 283 00:18:42,629 --> 00:18:46,014 may have a connection to extraterrestrials can be found 284 00:18:46,016 --> 00:18:49,567 in stories throughout numerous cultures. 285 00:18:49,569 --> 00:18:53,404 In the Muslim holy book, the Quran, there is a story of ants 286 00:18:53,406 --> 00:18:58,576 speaking like humans. In parts of Africa, ants are 287 00:18:58,578 --> 00:19:02,580 considered to be the messengers of the gods. 288 00:19:02,582 --> 00:19:08,202 And Native American tribes, like the Hopi and Zuni, tell stories 289 00:19:08,204 --> 00:19:12,256 of the Ant People who emerge from beneath the Earth. 290 00:19:12,258 --> 00:19:15,126 CHRISTOPHER O'BRIEN: The ant people is a very interesting 291 00:19:15,128 --> 00:19:20,431 subject when it comes to looking at the Hopi belief system. 292 00:19:20,433 --> 00:19:24,435 Ant people, number one, are caretakers of the Earth. 293 00:19:24,437 --> 00:19:27,939 NARRATOR: Unlike the Myrmidons of Greek mythology, 294 00:19:27,941 --> 00:19:30,942 the Ant People of the Native American stories don't just 295 00:19:30,944 --> 00:19:35,947 behave like ants, they resemble them as well. 296 00:19:35,949 --> 00:19:39,183 DAVID: They have spindly arms, they have antennae. 297 00:19:39,185 --> 00:19:42,737 They have elongated skulls. 298 00:19:42,739 --> 00:19:50,662 These are clearly a merging of the human and the insect. 299 00:19:50,664 --> 00:19:56,200 They are not simply a fable or a parable. 300 00:19:56,202 --> 00:20:04,202 TSOUKALOS: If one explores the question of insectoid alien life... 301 00:20:04,260 --> 00:20:07,979 then my question is why not? 302 00:20:07,981 --> 00:20:12,650 Because if life is pervasive throughout the entire iverun 303 00:20:12,652 --> 00:20:17,021 then that life comes in all shape, size, and color. 304 00:20:17,023 --> 00:20:22,660 So, the idea that insectoid aliens might exist is very 305 00:20:22,662 --> 00:20:24,996 possible to me. 306 00:20:24,998 --> 00:20:30,501 However, I think the idea came from our ancestors witnessing 307 00:20:30,503 --> 00:20:35,289 physical features that made them look like ants or could be best 308 00:20:35,291 --> 00:20:37,742 described as ants. 309 00:20:37,744 --> 00:20:40,795 WILCOCK: If we look at the face of an ant, we look 310 00:20:40,797 --> 00:20:45,016 at the head of an ant, we see large, buggy eyes widely 311 00:20:45,018 --> 00:20:49,020 spaced on the face, and a large head. 312 00:20:49,022 --> 00:20:53,257 So this could be an illustration of people seeing beings like 313 00:20:53,259 --> 00:20:56,394 what we now call the Greys, and associating it with something 314 00:20:56,396 --> 00:20:58,029 that's familiar to them. 315 00:20:58,031 --> 00:21:03,818 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Ant People that appear in 316 00:21:03,820 --> 00:21:07,238 both Greek and Native American mythology were really 317 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,043 Grey aliens? Or might they even be 318 00:21:12,045 --> 00:21:16,447 human-insect hybrids engineered by otherworldly beings? 319 00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:22,053 Perhaps the answer can be found in the accounts of those who 320 00:21:22,055 --> 00:21:26,040 claim to have been victims of alien abductions. 321 00:21:26,041 --> 00:21:34,041 NARRATOR: The Kalahari Desert, South Africa. 322 00:21:36,746 --> 00:21:39,282 The indigenous people of this area, called the San, 323 00:21:39,284 --> 00:21:43,320 represent one of the oldest existing populations on Earth, 324 00:21:43,322 --> 00:21:49,292 with a culture that dates back approximately 80,000 years. 325 00:21:49,294 --> 00:21:53,413 According to the origin story of this ancient society, the first 326 00:21:53,415 --> 00:21:58,301 humans were created not by traditional gods but by insects. 327 00:21:58,303 --> 00:22:02,472 MAGLIOCCO: According to the San people, the origin 328 00:22:02,474 --> 00:22:05,842 of humans lies with the praying mantis. 329 00:22:05,844 --> 00:22:10,313 There once was a bee who was asked by a praying mantis to 330 00:22:10,315 --> 00:22:16,603 carry him across a raging river. And the bee did so. 331 00:22:16,605 --> 00:22:19,856 He carried the praying mantis across the river and deposited 332 00:22:19,858 --> 00:22:23,860 him on a leaf. But before leaving, the 333 00:22:23,862 --> 00:22:28,331 exhausted bee left an egg inside the praying mantis and that egg 334 00:22:28,333 --> 00:22:31,785 is the source of all human beings. 335 00:22:31,787 --> 00:22:37,574 NARRATOR: But where did the San people get the idea that 336 00:22:37,576 --> 00:22:42,546 humans were created by a praying mantis? 337 00:22:42,548 --> 00:22:47,417 Curiously, the San tradition also holds that a praying mantis 338 00:22:47,419 --> 00:22:52,422 gave early humans the gifts of language and fire. 339 00:22:52,424 --> 00:22:56,476 And one of their most important gods, Cagn, 340 00:22:56,478 --> 00:22:59,813 the creator of the world, often took the form of a mantis. 341 00:22:59,815 --> 00:23:05,535 YOUNG: The San people of South Africa had a 342 00:23:05,537 --> 00:23:07,504 fascinating theology. 343 00:23:07,506 --> 00:23:11,408 Their god was known as Cagn, and Cagn was a trickster god. 344 00:23:11,410 --> 00:23:16,613 He could shape-shift and appear in a number of different forms... 345 00:23:16,615 --> 00:23:21,551 but was very fond of appearing as a praying mantis. 346 00:23:21,553 --> 00:23:26,389 BARA: Cagn had a lot struggles on the planet Earth. 347 00:23:26,391 --> 00:23:28,958 There were many wars that were fought, and eventually he left 348 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,179 the Earth by means of going up into the sky. 349 00:23:33,181 --> 00:23:40,637 CHILDRESS: Another interesting thing about Cagn 350 00:23:40,639 --> 00:23:44,241 is that it's said that he created the Moon. 351 00:23:44,243 --> 00:23:49,913 And the San people do their planting because of phases of the Moon. 352 00:23:49,915 --> 00:23:55,035 So you've got to wonder: is this praying mantis extraterrestrial 353 00:23:55,037 --> 00:24:00,423 god just some mythical figure, or is he really a representation 354 00:24:00,425 --> 00:24:06,429 of some kind of real praying mantis insectoid alien that's 355 00:24:06,431 --> 00:24:09,966 come to Earth? 356 00:24:09,968 --> 00:24:13,002 NARRATOR: Could the prominence of the praying mantis 357 00:24:13,004 --> 00:24:16,439 in San mythology suggest that their ancestors actually 358 00:24:16,441 --> 00:24:20,443 encountered such beings in the distant past? 359 00:24:20,445 --> 00:24:24,447 Although most anthropologists regard these stories as fables, 360 00:24:24,449 --> 00:24:28,568 some ancient astronaut theorists find it curious that the praying 361 00:24:28,570 --> 00:24:33,573 mantis is also a recurring image in reports of alien abduction. 362 00:24:33,575 --> 00:24:41,575 Covina, California. 1963. 363 00:24:43,752 --> 00:24:47,921 In this small farming town on the outskirts of Los Angeles, 364 00:24:47,923 --> 00:24:52,475 17-year-old Linda Porter awakens to find herself aboard 365 00:24:52,477 --> 00:24:54,594 a strange craft. 366 00:24:54,596 --> 00:25:01,217 From what she is able to recall later, under hypnosis, a small 367 00:25:01,219 --> 00:25:04,654 creature that appeared to be a Grey alien led her towards a 368 00:25:04,656 --> 00:25:08,525 light-filled room where she encountered another type of 369 00:25:08,527 --> 00:25:12,662 being... one much taller and with the features of 370 00:25:12,664 --> 00:25:14,614 a praying mantis. 371 00:25:14,616 --> 00:25:22,122 O'BRIEN: Very stand-alone, very odd case. 372 00:25:22,124 --> 00:25:26,075 The fact that this occurred in 1963 is very intriguing, because 373 00:25:26,077 --> 00:25:29,512 it's before the abduction phenomenon became popularized. 374 00:25:29,514 --> 00:25:32,382 JASON MARTELL: There have depictions throughout various 375 00:25:32,384 --> 00:25:37,086 abduction scenarios that include the Grey aliens and this 376 00:25:37,088 --> 00:25:42,592 larger, tall insectesoid being, very praying mantis-like. 377 00:25:42,594 --> 00:25:48,148 NARRATOR: Linda Porter claims that throughout her teens and 378 00:25:48,150 --> 00:25:51,267 20s, she experienced numerous other encounters with 379 00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:58,541 these alien beings... but it wasn't until 380 00:25:58,543 --> 00:26:01,578 the age of 45 that she finally reached out to 381 00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:05,999 investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe to tell her story. 382 00:26:06,001 --> 00:26:10,003 LINDA MOULTON HOWE: I received a letter, carefully 383 00:26:10,005 --> 00:26:12,839 written, from Linda Porter. 384 00:26:12,841 --> 00:26:17,343 This led up to her sending me a whole lot of drawings. 385 00:26:17,345 --> 00:26:20,013 NARRATOR: These drawings appear in Linda Moulton Howe's 386 00:26:20,015 --> 00:26:23,566 book Glimpses of Other Realities. 387 00:26:23,568 --> 00:26:26,936 HOWE: One of the drawings was of a praying mantis 388 00:26:26,938 --> 00:26:33,026 about eight feet tall in a room that was very odd, 389 00:26:33,028 --> 00:26:37,280 had a cylindrical object and sparkles of light. 390 00:26:37,282 --> 00:26:42,952 O'BRIEN: There have been quite a number of different 391 00:26:42,954 --> 00:26:47,874 types of aliens seen, allegedly, by contactees. 392 00:26:47,876 --> 00:26:51,377 But the ones that are really peculiar, and very rare, are 393 00:26:51,379 --> 00:26:56,666 these very scary, skinny, large, basically intelligent insects 394 00:26:56,668 --> 00:27:01,387 CHRIS PITTMAN: People have drawn parallels between the 395 00:27:01,389 --> 00:27:06,810 aliens that are reported onboard UFOs and insects, particularly bees. 396 00:27:06,812 --> 00:27:11,314 The Greys, for instance, could be equated in some way to the 397 00:27:11,316 --> 00:27:17,120 drone or the worker bee. The so-called praying mantis 398 00:27:17,122 --> 00:27:21,074 type could be seen, perhaps, as the queen bee, larger than 399 00:27:21,076 --> 00:27:25,361 the others, more intelligent. They're taller than a person... 400 00:27:25,363 --> 00:27:30,800 eight or even nine feet tall. And the Grey aliens may handle 401 00:27:30,802 --> 00:27:35,338 the person who's being abducted, but in the background, there's 402 00:27:35,340 --> 00:27:39,425 this praying mantis type that seems toe calling the shots. 403 00:27:39,427 --> 00:27:47,427 NARRATOR: According to Porter, she is part of a larger 404 00:27:49,888 --> 00:27:56,257 experiment... one in which these aliens appear concerned with her soul. 405 00:27:56,459 --> 00:27:57,277 HOWE: She said whatever we 406 00:27:57,279 --> 00:28:03,399 humans are, we have an animus, a soul, that is mysterious to 407 00:28:03,401 --> 00:28:09,672 them, and they are trying to find out where does the soul, 408 00:28:09,674 --> 00:28:15,512 spirit, go at the moment of death, and that the non-humans 409 00:28:15,514 --> 00:28:20,249 were studying the recycling of the soulin and out of 410 00:28:20,251 --> 00:28:22,218 containers. 411 00:28:22,220 --> 00:28:28,691 NICK REDFERN: She talked about being shown three cylinders. 412 00:28:28,693 --> 00:28:31,477 Contained in each cylinder was a human being in kind of like a 413 00:28:31,479 --> 00:28:33,730 state of suspended animation. 414 00:28:33,732 --> 00:28:41,732 NARRATOR: Numerous alleged alien abduction victims have 415 00:28:43,491 --> 00:28:47,327 reported seeing these cocoon-like containers, but if 416 00:28:47,329 --> 00:28:51,381 these accounts are real, might there be another explanation 417 00:28:51,383 --> 00:28:55,919 behind this technology? Could it be, as some ancient 418 00:28:55,921 --> 00:29:00,340 astronaut theorists contend, that aliens are performing 419 00:29:00,342 --> 00:29:02,291 genetic experimentation? 420 00:29:02,293 --> 00:29:08,898 HOWE: Linda Porter came away from her two or three decades 421 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,434 of interaction with these non-humans, including the at 422 00:29:11,436 --> 00:29:17,523 first terrifying praying mantis, that these are extraterrestrial 423 00:29:17,525 --> 00:29:22,528 biological entities that have taken a deep interest in the 424 00:29:22,530 --> 00:29:28,868 evolution of life-forms here, that they have manipulated DNA 425 00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:34,156 in already evolving primates, that they have created a whole 426 00:29:34,158 --> 00:29:38,127 series of different models. 427 00:29:38,129 --> 00:29:43,383 NARRATOR: Might the numerous accounts of mantis-like beings 428 00:29:43,385 --> 00:29:47,637 reported by alleged alien abduction victims, along with 429 00:29:47,639 --> 00:29:52,275 the ancient San story of a praying mantis god, be evidence 430 00:29:52,277 --> 00:29:57,947 that an otherworldly race of insectoids really does exist? 431 00:29:57,949 --> 00:30:02,285 And, if so, could they be conducting genetic experiments 432 00:30:02,287 --> 00:30:06,406 with humans to make us more like them? 433 00:30:06,408 --> 00:30:10,359 Ancient astronaut theorists say further clues revealing the 434 00:30:10,361 --> 00:30:15,531 connection between insects and aliens can be found... 435 00:30:15,533 --> 00:30:17,500 in the Holy Bible. 436 00:30:17,501 --> 00:30:25,501 NARRATO Pi-Ramesses, Egypt. The 15th century BC. 437 00:30:28,019 --> 00:30:32,655 Most archaeologists believe this ancient city to be the site of 438 00:30:32,657 --> 00:30:36,993 the ten plagues as described in the Bible's Book of Exodus. 439 00:30:36,995 --> 00:30:40,913 According to the scripture, God brought these plagues upon Egypt 440 00:30:40,915 --> 00:30:44,199 when the pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from 441 00:30:44,201 --> 00:30:48,588 slavery. Three of them involved insects. 442 00:30:48,590 --> 00:30:53,542 The third was a plague of gnats, which came up from the ground 443 00:30:53,544 --> 00:30:56,646 and infested both man and animal. 444 00:30:56,648 --> 00:31:02,101 The fourth was flies that attacked only the Egyptians, 445 00:31:02,103 --> 00:31:07,323 sparing the Israelites. And the eighth was a plague of 446 00:31:07,325 --> 00:31:12,662 KRITSKY: Locusts are grasshoppers that have had an 447 00:31:12,664 --> 00:31:16,866 unusual change in their biology and behavior. 448 00:31:16,868 --> 00:31:20,002 They will start to move in the same direction. 449 00:31:20,004 --> 00:31:22,638 They will land, eat. Other locusts flying over them 450 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,841 will land and eat and so on and so on, wiping out all the 451 00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:29,679 vegetation in a given area and destroying all the crops that 452 00:31:29,681 --> 00:31:33,966 people might have planted. And for every one million 453 00:31:33,968 --> 00:31:39,922 locusts, they can eat a ton of food. 454 00:31:39,924 --> 00:31:43,425 NARRATOR: But an even more incredible story of locusts can 455 00:31:43,427 --> 00:31:47,897 be found in the Bible's New Testament Book of Revelation. 456 00:31:47,899 --> 00:31:53,035 Rising from deep pits within the Earth, these locusts form waves 457 00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:58,074 of scorpion-tailed warhorses, protected by iron breastplates. 458 00:31:58,076 --> 00:32:02,211 And unlike the locusts from the Book of Exodus, the target isn't 459 00:32:02,213 --> 00:32:08,584 BARA: The locusts themselves actually didn't eat any crops, 460 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:11,754 they didn't clear any fields. They only attacked people, and 461 00:32:11,756 --> 00:32:15,290 they only ate up and devoured and damaged people. 462 00:32:15,292 --> 00:32:18,928 It's almost as if the locusts themselves were programmed. 463 00:32:18,930 --> 00:32:21,731 MARTELL: The locusts that appear out of the smoke have 464 00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:27,903 some type of ability to sting people with a scorpion-like sting. 465 00:32:27,905 --> 00:32:31,023 Now, locusts are known not to have any type of way of harming 466 00:32:31,025 --> 00:32:34,276 people, so these locusts were special in origin. 467 00:32:34,278 --> 00:32:37,913 HENRY: These locusts only sought out humans who did not 468 00:32:37,915 --> 00:32:41,117 have the seal of God on their foreheads. 469 00:32:41,119 --> 00:32:44,537 And it makes you wonder if these locusts are in fact some kind of 470 00:32:44,539 --> 00:32:48,708 an advanced extraterrestrial technology that was sent to seek 471 00:32:48,710 --> 00:32:52,494 specific human beings. 472 00:32:52,496 --> 00:32:54,997 NARRATOR: Is it possible that what is described in the Book of 473 00:32:54,999 --> 00:32:58,500 Revelation is not the plant-eating locust we have 474 00:32:58,502 --> 00:33:02,805 today but some type of advanced weaponry wielded ban 475 00:33:02,807 --> 00:33:06,176 extraterrestrial being? 476 00:33:07,478 --> 00:33:10,646 BARA: Now, if an extraterrestrial was fighting a war, a weapon that you could 477 00:33:10,648 --> 00:33:15,184 use would be mechanical devices that basically were like little 478 00:33:15,186 --> 00:33:20,156 nanotechnology that would attack certain very specific targets. 479 00:33:20,158 --> 00:33:24,359 There are, in fact, such weapons in use today. 480 00:33:24,361 --> 00:33:29,298 NARRATOR: DARPA headquarters, Arlington, Virginia. 481 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,752 This is the military's visionary toy shop, where the blueprints 482 00:33:32,754 --> 00:33:37,256 for the weaponry of tomorrow are drawn. 483 00:33:37,258 --> 00:33:42,645 Here stealth technology and GPS were conceived. 484 00:33:42,647 --> 00:33:47,683 Now, according to sources, a new arms race is underway, one 485 00:33:47,685 --> 00:33:51,854 focused not on the biggest weapons but the smallest. 486 00:33:51,856 --> 00:33:54,858 RICHARD DOLAN: Insects are one of the most amazingly 487 00:33:54,859 --> 00:33:57,109 designed creatures that exist on planet Earth. 488 00:33:57,111 --> 00:33:59,111 I mean, they're extraordinary. 489 00:33:59,113 --> 00:34:02,397 It's no surprise that the United States military is interested in 490 00:34:02,399 --> 00:34:07,870 insects. It's absolutely logical. 491 00:34:07,872 --> 00:34:12,074 MARTELL: Why not send a small insect or a crawling beetle into 492 00:34:12,076 --> 00:34:16,245 a war zone, into a place to gather intelligence? 493 00:34:16,247 --> 00:34:19,048 That's exactly what we see happening now. 494 00:34:19,050 --> 00:34:21,884 NARRATOR: At DARPA, scientists have been 495 00:34:21,886 --> 00:34:24,854 experimenting with electronically modifying beetles 496 00:34:24,856 --> 00:34:29,191 so they can actually manipulate their flight. 497 00:34:29,193 --> 00:34:32,728 Threading thin wires into the base of the beetles' optic 498 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:35,764 lobes, they can control the region of the brain at makes 499 00:34:35,766 --> 00:34:39,034 the beetles start and stop flying. 500 00:34:39,036 --> 00:34:42,437 With another pair of wires in the wing muscles, they can also 501 00:34:42,439 --> 00:34:45,207 make the beetle veer to the right to the left by remote 502 00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:48,878 control. And scientists working with 503 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,414 nanotechnology are not only looking for ways to control 504 00:34:52,416 --> 00:34:57,086 insects but to actually recreate them. 505 00:34:57,088 --> 00:35:00,455 Thomas Vaneck at Physical Sciences, Incorporated, is 506 00:35:00,457 --> 00:35:04,894 currently developing flying robots based on insects. 507 00:35:04,896 --> 00:35:08,264 THOMAS VANECK: Instant Eye is a very small aerial robot about 508 00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:11,350 the size of a pie plate. It's relatively simple and yet 509 00:35:11,352 --> 00:35:17,406 Just about any insect you can imagine is being studied by somebody. 510 00:35:17,408 --> 00:35:20,609 NARRATOR: Hornets. Dragonflies. 511 00:35:20,611 --> 00:35:23,145 Mosquitoes. All are said to be potential 512 00:35:23,147 --> 00:35:28,650 models for the next generation of biomimetic weapons... robots 513 00:35:28,652 --> 00:35:33,020 that could one day be indistinguishable from actual insects. 514 00:35:33,222 --> 00:35:35,157 VANECK: Right now, probably 515 00:35:35,159 --> 00:35:38,493 the smallest insect-inspired robot that we can make is about 516 00:35:38,495 --> 00:35:41,330 the size of a hummingbird, from the technologies that are 517 00:35:41,332 --> 00:35:45,100 available to us today. The driving force there is 518 00:35:45,102 --> 00:35:48,503 energy storage, because we just don't have a battery that stores 519 00:35:48,505 --> 00:35:50,973 enough energy. We're going to figure it out. 520 00:35:50,975 --> 00:35:53,842 I can easily envision that you're going to have a robot the 521 00:35:53,844 --> 00:35:58,981 O'BRIEN: And if it landed on the wall in some terrorist's 522 00:35:58,983 --> 00:36:01,350 house, he probably wouldn't know. 523 00:36:01,352 --> 00:36:04,737 And we're able to fit so much into such a small space now. 524 00:36:04,739 --> 00:36:08,857 Keep the weight down, we can give it wings, and the average 525 00:36:08,859 --> 00:36:11,744 person would just try to swat it away. 526 00:36:11,746 --> 00:36:14,196 VANECK: In the not-too-distant future, you're going to 527 00:36:14,198 --> 00:36:17,166 sit there, and go, "Wow, what a" beautiful insect." 528 00:36:17,168 --> 00:36:19,134 Maybe it's not an insect at all. 529 00:36:19,136 --> 00:36:20,202 (drone buzzing) 530 00:36:20,204 --> 00:36:23,305 NARRATOR: But if we can produce insect drones today, is 531 00:36:23,307 --> 00:36:27,876 it possible that the biblical stories of locusts sent by God 532 00:36:27,878 --> 00:36:32,848 are really accounts of alien technology in the ancient past? 533 00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:36,485 And could this be the reason why insects are feared by humans, 534 00:36:36,487 --> 00:36:40,773 even to this day? 535 00:36:40,775 --> 00:36:43,776 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe such an incredible 536 00:36:43,778 --> 00:36:49,031 notion is possible, and for proof, point to a mysterious 537 00:36:49,033 --> 00:36:54,119 area in Nevada simply known as Area 51. 538 00:36:54,120 --> 00:37:02,120 NARRATOR: Kingman, Arizona. May, 1953. 539 00:37:03,309 --> 00:37:08,830 At the height of the Cold War, an unidentified object 540 00:37:08,832 --> 00:37:11,916 reportedly crashed in the desert sands. 541 00:37:11,918 --> 00:37:19,657 What remained was allegedly sent to America's most top-secret 542 00:37:19,659 --> 00:37:24,662 facility... Area 51. 543 00:37:24,664 --> 00:37:32,003 But it wasn't until 45 years later, in 1998, that a retired 544 00:37:32,005 --> 00:37:35,940 military engineer named Bill Uhouse came forward to make a 545 00:37:35,942 --> 00:37:40,194 stunning claim. The military didn't just have 546 00:37:40,196 --> 00:37:45,283 the extraterrestrial technology. They had an actual living alien. 547 00:37:45,285 --> 00:37:53,285 CHILDRESS: Uhouse claimed that he worked in a secret 548 00:37:53,627 --> 00:37:57,962 laboratory, supposedly in the Papoose Mountains of Area 51 549 00:37:57,964 --> 00:38:03,885 in Nevada, and that since 1953, the American government had an 550 00:38:03,887 --> 00:38:07,755 insectoid alien that was working with them. 551 00:38:07,757 --> 00:38:10,892 His name was J-Rod. 552 00:38:10,894 --> 00:38:15,763 REDFERN: J-Rod supposedly assisted the military in 553 00:38:15,765 --> 00:38:20,985 understanding and duplicating the incredible power systems and 554 00:38:20,987 --> 00:38:24,906 futuristic technology that was combined and created for the 555 00:38:24,908 --> 00:38:28,443 Kingman craft. 556 00:38:28,445 --> 00:38:32,947 > NARRATOR: Shortly after Bill Uhouse broke the story, 557 00:38:32,949 --> 00:38:37,919 microbiologist Dan Burisch came forward to confirm his claim. 558 00:38:37,921 --> 00:38:42,957 But according to Dan Burisch, J-Rod claimed that he was not an alien. 559 00:38:42,959 --> 00:38:47,295 What he revealed was something even more shocking. 560 00:38:47,297 --> 00:38:52,600 CHILDRESS: This insectoid alien J-Rod said that he had 561 00:38:52,602 --> 00:38:59,640 actually come from our future, and that, at some time in the 562 00:38:59,642 --> 00:39:04,261 near future, to us, there is a catastrophe on this planet... 563 00:39:04,263 --> 00:39:11,435 and much of mankind is destroyed... 564 00:39:11,437 --> 00:39:19,276 and that mankind splits into two different species. 565 00:39:19,278 --> 00:39:26,134 And one of these species goes and lives underground, and while 566 00:39:26,136 --> 00:39:33,057 underground, they develop these insectoid traits... 567 00:39:33,059 --> 00:39:38,646 which is exactly what the Hopi and Zuni and even Navajo legends 568 00:39:38,648 --> 00:39:42,567 say... that, during the transition period between 569 00:39:42,569 --> 00:39:47,071 the third and the fourth worlds, this above world 570 00:39:47,073 --> 00:39:52,143 of today was not habitable, and they had to go underground and 571 00:39:52,145 --> 00:39:56,581 live for some time with what they call the Ant People. 572 00:39:56,583 --> 00:40:01,502 And you have to wonder if perhaps J-Rod is actually an 573 00:40:01,504 --> 00:40:07,341 insectoid human being from our own future. 574 00:40:07,343 --> 00:40:13,548 NARRATOR: Could the accounts of J-Rod confirm that the Hopi 575 00:40:13,550 --> 00:40:17,018 stories of Ant People were more than just mythology? 576 00:40:17,020 --> 00:40:22,223 And if the so-called insectoids really do exist, is it possible 577 00:40:22,225 --> 00:40:27,344 that they are not aliens, but humans from the future? 578 00:40:27,346 --> 00:40:31,449 MARTELL: Aliens appear to be a part of our human evolution 579 00:40:31,451 --> 00:40:34,035 over thousands of years. 580 00:40:34,037 --> 00:40:37,038 A lot of it has to do with our reproductive systems. 581 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,575 Maybe they're actually trying to create a new race, possibly that 582 00:40:40,577 --> 00:40:43,527 will be able to withstand atmospheric changes here on 583 00:40:43,529 --> 00:40:49,634 Earth, or potentially lead us to a point where we have to leave the planet. 584 00:40:49,636 --> 00:40:52,587 NARRATOR: But if humans are someday forced underground by a 585 00:40:52,589 --> 00:40:58,142 cataclysmic event, does it even make scientific sense that we 586 00:40:58,144 --> 00:41:02,063 would evolve to have insect-like characteristics? 587 00:41:02,065 --> 00:41:07,652 According to some scientists, we are part insect already. 588 00:41:07,654 --> 00:41:10,721 KRITSKY: The work on the human genome has indicated that 589 00:41:10,723 --> 00:41:14,108 possibly up to half of our DNA may be the result of 590 00:41:14,110 --> 00:41:15,610 transposons. 591 00:41:15,612 --> 00:41:19,747 That's a fancy word for jumping genes... genes that can jump from 592 00:41:19,749 --> 00:41:21,782 one species to another. 593 00:41:21,784 --> 00:41:27,788 Recently, it was shown that rhodnius... this is the sucking 594 00:41:27,790 --> 00:41:30,675 insect that spreads Chagas disease... not only can spread 595 00:41:30,677 --> 00:41:33,911 the trypanosome, the disease-causing agent, from 596 00:41:33,913 --> 00:41:37,915 organism to organism, it also can spread its own genes 597 00:41:37,917 --> 00:41:40,101 to those organisms. 598 00:41:40,103 --> 00:41:42,436 Humans get Chagas disease. 599 00:41:42,438 --> 00:41:46,757 So far, they have not tested humans for this insect DNA. 600 00:41:46,759 --> 00:41:51,595 Odds are, we do have some of these insect genes in our system. 601 00:41:51,597 --> 00:41:54,315 We know some of these transposon probably came from diseases 602 00:41:54,317 --> 00:41:58,436 caught when our ancestors were bitten by insects. 603 00:41:58,438 --> 00:42:03,174 NARRATOR: Could the studies on Horizontal Gene Transfer one 604 00:42:03,176 --> 00:42:09,664 day prove that we really do have insect DNA in our genetic makeup? 605 00:42:09,666 --> 00:42:13,885 And if so, might it be not by chance, but by some 606 00:42:13,887 --> 00:42:17,838 extraterrestrial design? 607 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:23,144 WILCOCK: Is it possible that evolution is being guided by 608 00:42:23,146 --> 00:42:26,397 some sort of greater galactic or universal intelligence? 609 00:42:26,399 --> 00:42:30,668 Could it be possible that, in certain circumstances, insects 610 00:42:30,670 --> 00:42:34,372 could be the dominant species that ultimately becomes sentient 611 00:42:34,374 --> 00:42:37,208 and develops hominid characteristics? 612 00:42:37,210 --> 00:42:40,912 The contactee reports are consistent. 613 00:42:40,914 --> 00:42:44,916 Some people are seeing beings like this, communicating with 614 00:42:44,918 --> 00:42:48,485 them intelligently, and for benevolent purpose. 615 00:42:48,487 --> 00:42:52,423 CHILDRESS: The whole idea of mixing these life-forms together 616 00:42:52,425 --> 00:42:56,928 is fascinating, making hybrids of the two of them. 617 00:42:56,930 --> 00:43:01,549 Throughout history, people have honored and even worshipped 618 00:43:01,551 --> 00:43:07,555 insects, built temples to them. It's quite possible that there 619 00:43:07,557 --> 00:43:12,509 is an insectoid type life on other planets that actually have 620 00:43:12,511 --> 00:43:16,697 intelligence that's beyond our own. 621 00:43:16,699 --> 00:43:23,354 NARRATOR: Is it possible that there really is a connection 622 00:43:23,356 --> 00:43:29,210 between insects and aliens? Are they related to beings from 623 00:43:29,212 --> 00:43:32,413 beyond our world, as some ancient astronaut theorists 624 00:43:32,415 --> 00:43:36,584 suggest? And if so, might they have a 625 00:43:36,586 --> 00:43:40,921 secret purpose we have yet to discover? 626 00:43:40,923 --> 00:43:44,041 Perhaps, one day, we'll find that alien beings don't only 627 00:43:44,042 --> 00:43:47,142 inhabit the furthest reaches of space. 628 00:43:47,143 --> 00:43:52,243 But there are in fact billions here on earth. 629 00:43:52,244 --> 00:43:55,844 And most of them right under our feet. 630 00:43:55,845 --> 00:43:58,945 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com 57286

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