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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,300 Powerful gods wielding advanced technology. 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:14,400 Odin sat on a throne with which he could see everything. 3 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:19,220 Strange creatures who craft extraordinary weapons. 4 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:25,500 Dwarves were the ones that create Odin's spear and Thor's hammer. 5 00:00:25,780 --> 00:00:29,800 And descriptions of gateways through time and space. 6 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:35,560 Bifrost might be a sort of folkloric way of explaining the wormhole. 7 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,140 The ancient Norse legends read like modern science fiction. 8 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:46,139 But could they be accounts of extraterrestrial beings who continue to 9 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:47,980 planet even now? 10 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:52,540 Contactees today describe encounters that precisely match Nordic mythology. 11 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,059 In northern Europe lies a land of dramatic fjords and dense forests called 12 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:22,819 Scandinavia. By most modern interpretations, Scandinavia includes 13 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:28,280 countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. 14 00:01:28,660 --> 00:01:34,959 And many centuries ago, this rugged landscape gave rise to a hardy and 15 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:37,420 mysterious people called the North. 16 00:01:39,530 --> 00:01:43,589 In the early Bronze Age, there were a number of Germanic peoples that came off 17 00:01:43,590 --> 00:01:47,749 into this peninsula, the Scandinavian peninsula, but they were meeting 18 00:01:47,750 --> 00:01:51,409 completely different people with a different culture and a very different 19 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:52,460 language. 20 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:57,490 Eventually, these groups of people come together and they become the Norse. 21 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:03,209 For many years, the Norse were a peaceful people who scratched out an 22 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:06,030 as farmers, fishermen, and hunters. 23 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:12,769 But that changed dramatically in the 8th century A .D. with the rise of the 24 00:02:12,770 --> 00:02:13,820 Vikings. 25 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:18,569 Viking is a term for Scandinavian pirates and raiders who made their mark 26 00:02:18,570 --> 00:02:22,330 world history between the late 700s and the early 1000s. 27 00:02:22,790 --> 00:02:27,369 One thing we have to understand is the Vikings technically is a profession. It 28 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:30,669 isn't the people that were living there. The scholars call the people that were 29 00:02:30,670 --> 00:02:32,130 living there the Norse. 30 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,820 The Vikings were the ones that went on raiding and trading expeditions. 31 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:46,459 Sailing on their fearsome longships, the Vikings terrorized Europe. They could 32 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,680 strike anywhere and seemingly without warning. 33 00:02:50,780 --> 00:02:56,859 The Viking longship were excellent ships for traveling in the open ocean, but 34 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:59,240 also of rivers and far inland. 35 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,460 Nobody was really expecting these guys. 36 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,590 People were unprotected. Cities were unprotected. 37 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,610 Monasteries with vast amounts of gold were unprotected. 38 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:12,560 And so when the raids started happening, everyone was caught by surprise. 39 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,790 The Vikings completely upset the balance of power throughout Europe. 40 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,899 But despite their reputation as fierce conquerors, the Vikings were also 41 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:27,840 merchants. And they set up trade routes that reached every corner of the map. 42 00:03:28,180 --> 00:03:31,540 The Vikings were going both east and west. 43 00:03:31,980 --> 00:03:36,040 into France and down into Spain and the Mediterranean from that direction. 44 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,839 And then east into what would become Russia and down into places like 45 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,890 Constantinople. 46 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:49,299 The long -term effects of the Viking Age are manifold. There are huge linguistic 47 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:51,840 influences on languages like English and French. 48 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:56,579 There is a massive political influence in Eastern Europe where, for example, 49 00:03:56,580 --> 00:04:00,220 Russia draws its name from the name of a tribe of Swedish Vikings. 50 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:03,720 who invaded that part of Eastern Europe. 51 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:10,619 We have the Byzantine emperor guarded by Viking bodyguards. We have Vikings in 52 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:13,140 Baghdad trading with Arab traders. 53 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:18,479 We have Vikings in the New World exploring at least as far as present 54 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,260 Canada. They reached all over the world. 55 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:28,359 The age of the Vikings lasted just 300 years, from the middle of the 8th 56 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,140 until the 11th century. 57 00:04:31,039 --> 00:04:35,999 But despite their accomplishments, much about the Norse remains shrouded in 58 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,050 mystery. 59 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:42,319 Unlike other cultures at the time, they did not keep detailed written records of 60 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,370 their history. 61 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,060 Instead, they wrote brief inscriptions with runes. 62 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,960 Runes are an early form of Viking writing. 63 00:04:50,380 --> 00:04:55,739 They have been employed largely in carving and stone, so we see a lot of 64 00:04:55,740 --> 00:04:56,790 stones. 65 00:04:56,791 --> 00:05:00,939 But New Orleans were kind of cumbersome to write with, and so things tended to 66 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:01,719 be short. 67 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,490 It's not like the written literature that we get later. 68 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:11,459 Much about Norse history remained unknown until roughly 300 years after 69 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:12,510 Viking era. 70 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,779 We would know very, very little if it weren't for two books from 1200s Iceland 71 00:05:17,780 --> 00:05:18,830 called Edda. 72 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,860 The first book was written by an Icelandic chief named Snorri Stidlason. 73 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:31,459 And in the 1220s or so, he wrote the Prose Edda to protect the heritage and 74 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:32,510 old stories. 75 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,759 Also in the 1200s in Iceland, someone, we don't know who, wrote a book that we 76 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:38,810 call the Poetic Edda. 77 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,599 And this is just 30 or so of those poems about the pre -Christian gods and the 78 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:49,879 pre -Christian Norse heroes written down by someone who wants to preserve them 79 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,600 because many of these seem to have been orally preserved for centuries. 80 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:01,659 Vietas have provided historians with detailed accounts of Viking conquests, 81 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:05,360 lineages of kings, and even religious practices. 82 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,359 They also introduced the world to the Norse people's rich mythological 83 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:17,919 traditions, featuring dwarves, giants, elves, and all 84 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,840 sorts of fantastical beasts. 85 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,600 But Norse mythology... 86 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,279 is dominated by the gods known as the Aseer, who hold domain over certain 87 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,520 aspects of existence. 88 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,000 The leader of this pantheon is a one -eyed god named Odin. 89 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:37,240 Odin is complex. 90 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:43,039 He's a god of war and death, but also of poetry and memory. He inspires both the 91 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,390 frenzy of battle and the frenzy of creativity. 92 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:48,320 One of the most fun gods is Loki. 93 00:06:48,890 --> 00:06:53,149 Some people think of him as a trickster god and oftentimes trying to deceive 94 00:06:53,150 --> 00:06:58,210 people. And deception is a very important component of warfare. 95 00:06:59,650 --> 00:07:02,330 Frey was the Norse god of fertility. 96 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:07,370 And his sister Freyja, by the way, was the love goddess. 97 00:07:08,030 --> 00:07:10,860 Thor is one of the main deities we see in Norse mythology. 98 00:07:11,150 --> 00:07:12,990 He's got thunder, lightning. 99 00:07:13,330 --> 00:07:17,810 One of his most elemental symbols that we see again and again is his hammer. 100 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,930 Thor's hammer seems to have been used as a protector symbol. 101 00:07:21,931 --> 00:07:25,959 People would wear it around very often around their neck on a necklace for 102 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,010 protection. 103 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:32,659 While today, the Norse gods are regarded as simply characters in ancient 104 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:37,300 mythological tales, to the Vikings, they were very real. 105 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:43,820 The Norse gods were not apart from the world, they were a part of the world. 106 00:07:44,810 --> 00:07:48,629 They were not simply praised on Sunday mornings. They were approached in 107 00:07:48,630 --> 00:07:52,350 reciprocal relationships maintained through sacrificial rituals. 108 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:56,220 You give the gods something for them to give you something. 109 00:07:56,310 --> 00:08:01,009 So you sacrifice an animal hoping that the god that you're sacrificing it to 110 00:08:01,010 --> 00:08:04,740 will receive your gift and say, ah, I favor him. I want to give him something. 111 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:11,129 It was important for the Vikings to have contact with the gods because they 112 00:08:11,130 --> 00:08:12,250 needed that power. 113 00:08:13,020 --> 00:08:16,980 where they were doing things, going other places. 114 00:08:17,780 --> 00:08:21,400 The Viking offered to Thor and asked for fair weather for his travels. 115 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:26,259 You don't sacrifice horses, weapons, and treasure you've won in battle unless 116 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:28,559 you believe there are deities receiving the sacrifices. 117 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,219 You don't raise altars to goddesses across the width of the world you travel 118 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:36,140 unless you believe in building a reciprocal relationship with those 119 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,639 This is clearly backed by archaeological finds of sacrificial sites, burial 120 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:41,690 sites, and so on. 121 00:08:42,660 --> 00:08:46,899 The Scandinavians undoubtedly thought that the gods would have been real. They 122 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:49,790 would not have necessarily thought of them as metaphors. 123 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,559 While mainstream scholars suggest the Scandinavians' strong belief in the 124 00:08:55,560 --> 00:09:00,459 existence of their gods was simply a matter of faith, ancient astronaut 125 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:05,180 theorists ask if these powerful beings might have truly existed. 126 00:09:05,620 --> 00:09:08,920 And if so, could they have assisted the Vikings? 127 00:09:09,470 --> 00:09:13,570 in becoming one of the world's most sophisticated explorers and warriors. 128 00:09:15,830 --> 00:09:21,230 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining descriptions of the Norse 129 00:09:21,450 --> 00:09:23,050 incredible technology. 130 00:09:27,050 --> 00:09:32,689 Most of what is known about Norse mythology comes from the 13th century 131 00:09:32,690 --> 00:09:34,070 called the Eddas. 132 00:09:35,150 --> 00:09:38,910 But they recount a history that begins many centuries earlier. 133 00:09:40,070 --> 00:09:45,070 And according to the edit, the first ruler of the area, now known as Denmark, 134 00:09:45,350 --> 00:09:48,670 was the son of the god Odin, named Skjolder. 135 00:09:49,930 --> 00:09:55,649 For ancient astronaut theorists, this is particularly intriguing because it 136 00:09:55,650 --> 00:09:59,050 lines up with numerous other traditions around the world. 137 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:03,730 This is almost identical to what we find in ancient Egypt. 138 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:09,559 You have this golden age in which the gods walked on the earth, which the gods 139 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:14,059 ruled, and then ultimately in Egypt the pharaoh becomes the representative of 140 00:10:14,060 --> 00:10:18,999 the gods themselves, just as Emperor Jimmu became the representative of 141 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,780 Amaterasu in Japan. 142 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,299 And also Huang Ti, the legendary first emperor of China, the yellow emperor, 143 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:31,319 is said to sail into the stars and back to earth. What's fascinating is that 144 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,400 this idea... 145 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,990 occurs in ancient cultures around the world. 146 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:40,979 Another similarity that Norse mythology shares with other traditions across the 147 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:46,120 planet is the idea that the gods come from another world. 148 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,520 In Norse mythology, the universe is divided into nine worlds. 149 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,879 The realm of the gods, the realm of men, the realm of the giants, the dwarves, 150 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,080 the elves, and so forth. 151 00:10:56,820 --> 00:11:01,240 The Norse gods inhabited the realm of Asgard and came to Earth. 152 00:11:01,580 --> 00:11:06,660 known as Midgard, traveling across a rainbow bridge called Bifrost. 153 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:12,599 But descriptions of Bifrost do not portray any kind of structure like a 154 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,650 traditional bridge. 155 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:19,559 Bifrost means shimmering road, and the edit tells us that it's the rainbow 156 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,440 raised by the gods to connect the heavens and the earth. 157 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:28,239 Bifrost is a burning bridge. The red that is the top layer of the rainbow's 158 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,800 color is supposed to be the fire. 159 00:11:30,350 --> 00:11:36,689 I'm only aware of stories in which supernatural beings cross Bifrost, and 160 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:41,530 of them can't. The fire somehow burns them, but doesn't seem to burn the gods. 161 00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:49,449 Bifrost is also known as the trembling or quivering wave, suggesting that it is 162 00:11:49,450 --> 00:11:50,500 constantly moving. 163 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:56,729 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, it's possible that the 164 00:11:56,730 --> 00:12:01,849 Norse stories were attempting to describe a wormhole connecting Earth to 165 00:12:01,850 --> 00:12:02,900 distant planet. 166 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:08,110 A wormhole is a shortcut across the universe. 167 00:12:09,130 --> 00:12:15,589 And it's actually a structure predicted by the theory of general relativity, so 168 00:12:15,590 --> 00:12:17,330 the science behind it. 169 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:25,139 The Scandinavians wrote that through Bifrost, these celestial beings 170 00:12:25,140 --> 00:12:31,239 from the sky. In the ancient astronaut opinion, that almost seems like some 171 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:37,539 of a portal technology because it was instantaneous travel to the so -called 172 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:38,640 realm of the gods. 173 00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:40,660 Could it be? 174 00:12:41,150 --> 00:12:46,229 that the Norse gods were in fact extraterrestrials that traveled to Earth 175 00:12:46,230 --> 00:12:48,550 through some kind of space -time portal. 176 00:12:50,250 --> 00:12:55,329 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest further evidence to support this 177 00:12:55,330 --> 00:13:00,689 notion can be found by examining elements from the Norse stories that 178 00:13:00,690 --> 00:13:02,570 descriptions of high technology. 179 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:09,299 Norse mythology is filled with a concept that I refer to as misunderstood 180 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:15,959 technology. In Norse mythology, we have stories of Odin, the highest god, for 181 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:22,899 example, with his eight -legged horse Sleipnir. That was a celestial horse 182 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:27,240 flew across the sky, leaving behind a trail of fire. 183 00:13:28,330 --> 00:13:31,770 We all know that horses do not have eight legs. 184 00:13:31,990 --> 00:13:37,869 And we also know that horses do not fly across the sky leaving behind a fiery 185 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:41,290 trail. So why do we have these stories? 186 00:13:42,190 --> 00:13:48,649 The pantheon of gods were advanced space travelers that our ancestors witnessed 187 00:13:48,650 --> 00:13:53,790 and thought, wow, they have to be gods because they just descended from the 188 00:13:54,850 --> 00:13:56,910 Odin, the god of the dead. 189 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,940 and the god of warfare, interacted often with humans in the Norse stories. 190 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:08,379 It is also written that from his magical throne, called Flidskalf, he could 191 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:10,280 observe all nine realms. 192 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:18,459 Flidskalf sits at the top of this great tree called Yggdrasil, and Odin can 193 00:14:18,460 --> 00:14:22,120 look down on all of creation and see what's happening. 194 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:23,980 He could see everything. 195 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:29,339 He could hear everything as well. It makes you wonder if this magic 196 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:31,800 is an advanced alien technology. 197 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:39,020 Another prominent figure in Norse mythology was Frey, the god of 198 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:44,380 Frey possessed the most incredible ship in all of the nine realms. 199 00:14:45,180 --> 00:14:47,700 Frey had an interesting device. 200 00:14:48,820 --> 00:14:50,280 It was his ship. 201 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:53,100 And this ship was so big. 202 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:59,269 that you could put all of the Norse deities in it, and all their weapons, 203 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:06,169 then you could fold it up, sort of like origami, and Frank would put it 204 00:15:06,170 --> 00:15:07,220 in his pocket. 205 00:15:08,650 --> 00:15:13,269 To us, when we hear a story like this, it automatically conjures images of 206 00:15:13,270 --> 00:15:18,409 advanced nanotechnology or perhaps a material science where they had an 207 00:15:18,410 --> 00:15:23,969 to create a lightweight material that could be folded into smaller dimensions 208 00:15:23,970 --> 00:15:27,330 and then could be unfolded into a much larger dimension. 209 00:15:28,790 --> 00:15:33,849 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that descriptions of the weapons wielded by 210 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:37,090 the gods also sound like advanced technology. 211 00:15:39,130 --> 00:15:45,149 Odin has Gudner, the spear of heaven, that is also exemplary of what we would 212 00:15:45,150 --> 00:15:46,950 think of as modern technology today. 213 00:15:47,510 --> 00:15:52,089 When he would throw this spear, it would automatically hit whatever target he 214 00:15:52,090 --> 00:15:53,140 threw it at. 215 00:15:53,350 --> 00:15:58,009 And when we think about that today, it sounds identical to some kind of like 216 00:15:58,010 --> 00:16:04,389 heat -seeking missile or some guided precision weapon that has these 217 00:16:04,390 --> 00:16:05,440 capabilities. 218 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:09,580 Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, has a variety of special power. 219 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,340 It can be thrown and will always come back to Thor. 220 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:19,539 He can shrink it down to the size of an ordinary amulet so he can wear it around 221 00:16:19,540 --> 00:16:23,440 his neck, and it can also break anything that it hits. 222 00:16:25,020 --> 00:16:30,300 Curiously, Thor could only use his hammer while wearing a special metal 223 00:16:31,130 --> 00:16:35,349 It's really interesting to note that all these ancient stories around the Norse, 224 00:16:35,350 --> 00:16:41,589 these magical imbued objects, weapons and such, they're very similar to things 225 00:16:41,590 --> 00:16:42,970 that we can reference today. 226 00:16:43,610 --> 00:16:46,670 To me, it sounds like this is misunderstood technology. 227 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:51,909 Ancient people were viewing things, and they didn't have a technological lens 228 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:52,960 for reference. 229 00:16:53,770 --> 00:16:57,970 Is it possible that the Norse gods were not fictional creations? 230 00:16:58,780 --> 00:17:01,300 but were instead visitors from another planet. 231 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,899 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, and suggest there may even be evidence that 232 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:12,640 these beings had a hand in the success of the Vikings. 233 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:18,180 Orkney, Scotland. 234 00:17:19,579 --> 00:17:25,159 Here, in an ancient glacial valley, stands a 5 ,000 -year -old megalithic 235 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,460 structure known as the Dwarfy Stave. 236 00:17:28,669 --> 00:17:33,689 According to the locals, the Vikings who invaded this region claimed the inner 237 00:17:33,690 --> 00:17:36,170 chamber served as the home of a dwarf. 238 00:17:37,330 --> 00:17:42,669 For the Norse people, the dwarves were not fictional creations, but real 239 00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:46,070 entities who inhabited a hidden realm beneath the earth. 240 00:17:47,190 --> 00:17:52,649 According to the Eddas, these diminutive beings were created by the gods to 241 00:17:52,650 --> 00:17:54,270 craft weapons and technology. 242 00:17:56,490 --> 00:18:02,189 The Old Norse term dverkr, translated by its English cognate dwarf, refers to a 243 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:07,889 kind of supernatural being much lower than the gods that interacts both with 244 00:18:07,890 --> 00:18:09,210 them and with us. 245 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:16,429 Their main function in the Thagas is to make stuff, whether for the gods or for 246 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,480 human beings. 247 00:18:17,710 --> 00:18:22,589 The dwarves are an interesting figure in Norse mythology. They're not gods, but 248 00:18:22,590 --> 00:18:26,550 they're not people. And they show up as being very powerful, very magical. 249 00:18:27,410 --> 00:18:32,129 And so the gods are constantly interacting with the dwarves. And a lot 250 00:18:32,130 --> 00:18:35,010 power of the Norse gods is derived from the dwarves. 251 00:18:35,850 --> 00:18:40,930 They're the ones that have an extraordinary ability to create things. 252 00:18:42,270 --> 00:18:46,330 Dwarves were described as being the best smiths. 253 00:18:47,150 --> 00:18:51,370 When the gods need to have things created, they go to the dwarves. 254 00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:58,249 These were the creators of these most important elements of the Norse Viking 255 00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:59,300 world. 256 00:19:00,270 --> 00:19:06,230 Things like Freyr's ship and Odin's spear and Thor's hammer. 257 00:19:09,090 --> 00:19:13,290 The dwarves were also credited as being master sword makers. 258 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:17,600 But the swords they forged, were not just for the gods. 259 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:24,299 They were also made for humans, and they were said to possess extraordinary 260 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:30,539 properties. The dwarves imbue their creations with magic 261 00:19:30,540 --> 00:19:33,800 and make stuff for human beings. 262 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:38,079 For example, there's human heroes who have magical swords of different 263 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:43,639 varieties. The most important story of the heroes is the story of Sigurdur, the 264 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:44,690 dragon slayer. 265 00:19:44,940 --> 00:19:46,440 Sigurd has a magic sword. 266 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:54,839 According to the story, a dwarf forges Sigurd a sword so sharp it can cut 267 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,100 through the impenetrable scale of a dragon. 268 00:19:59,020 --> 00:20:04,440 Other sagas describe weapons that were powerful enough to even kill the god. 269 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:11,880 There's the magic sword Tirvingr, which can only be drawn. 270 00:20:12,490 --> 00:20:16,690 and put back into its scabbard if it draws blood in the meantime. 271 00:20:17,670 --> 00:20:21,160 So you can't put it back in its scabbard unless you've killed someone. 272 00:20:21,850 --> 00:20:26,469 While tales of the dwarves being skilled weapons makers are considered by 273 00:20:26,470 --> 00:20:32,669 historians to be purely mythological, what can't be disputed is that the 274 00:20:32,670 --> 00:20:37,710 possessed swords far superior to any others that were made during their time. 275 00:20:41,230 --> 00:20:44,550 Suldal, Norway, March 2024. 276 00:20:46,390 --> 00:20:52,009 While clearing his field of rocks, a farmer stumbles upon a remarkably well 277 00:20:52,010 --> 00:20:54,910 -preserved Viking sword half buried in the soil. 278 00:20:56,030 --> 00:21:00,949 The weapon is given to archaeologists who determine it is more than a thousand 279 00:21:00,950 --> 00:21:06,590 years old and discover that the blade contains a mysterious inscription. 280 00:21:08,210 --> 00:21:13,840 X -ray imaging reveals that the sword is inscribed with the name Ulfberht. 281 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:20,959 The Ulfberht swords were made between about 800 and 1000 AD, so 282 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:26,740 right salad in the high Viking period, when they were trading and raiding. 283 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:34,879 The recently unearthed weapon is one of approximately 170 swords that bear the 284 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,240 mark Ulfberht. 285 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,160 But just how these blades were created? 286 00:21:39,580 --> 00:21:41,440 continues to mystify researchers. 287 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:49,099 I've analyzed 40 or 50 alphabet swords, and many of them still have 288 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,520 a sharp edge. 289 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:57,039 The chemistry is completely different to any other weapons found in medieval 290 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:03,999 Europe. These alphabet swords were made of a very hard steel and would be vastly 291 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,340 superior to any other weapon in combat. 292 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,479 The Ulfberts were special because of the manufacturing techniques that went into 293 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:13,399 them. 294 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:18,419 Some of them were made from a crucible steel, which could have both flexible 295 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:21,480 properties and edge hardness in a single item. 296 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:29,079 Perhaps most baffling is that to create the Ulfbert swords, Norse blacksmiths 297 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,160 would have had to heat their forges to over 3 ,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 298 00:22:34,990 --> 00:22:40,229 But historians and archaeologists suggest that humans didn't develop the 299 00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:45,749 to achieve such an extreme heat until the Industrial Revolution, nearly 800 300 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,930 years after the Viking Age. 301 00:22:49,350 --> 00:22:53,030 So just who could have created these extraordinary weapons? 302 00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:59,149 Could it be that the Norse stories of dwarves forging incredible swords were 303 00:22:59,150 --> 00:23:00,290 merely mythology? 304 00:23:01,610 --> 00:23:07,879 When you think about this, You have to at least be open to the possibility that 305 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:13,199 the swords of the Norse Vikings were created by these dwarves who were 306 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,640 at this advanced technology. 307 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:21,119 When you talk with people who live in Norway and Sweden and Iceland, over 60 % 308 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,730 of the people in a survey have claimed that they believe in these beings. 309 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:29,780 With the Ulfberg blades, we still don't know who made them. We don't know. 310 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,940 exact techniques of how they were made. 311 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,819 Some were incredibly advanced in their techniques, quite beautiful, hard to 312 00:23:38,820 --> 00:23:40,620 produce even today in a modern shop. 313 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:45,060 We don't know why the word Ulfbert was used. 314 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,519 It was assumed, without any evidence, that it was a swordsmith's name, but it 315 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:55,520 may have been simply the name of somebody whom the smith met or killed. 316 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,580 They may have thought it was something sacred. 317 00:23:59,210 --> 00:24:00,260 We don't know. 318 00:24:00,590 --> 00:24:02,370 What does Ulfbert mean? 319 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:07,990 It's probably not a person. It was probably a word of power. 320 00:24:08,590 --> 00:24:13,490 Wolf means wolf, and Bert is an adjective, meaning bright. 321 00:24:13,690 --> 00:24:15,610 So it might be bright wolf? 322 00:24:17,850 --> 00:24:24,609 Until we find some documented evidence of manufacture, we may never know the 323 00:24:24,610 --> 00:24:28,590 exact construction or the exact raw material that these were made from. 324 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:33,220 And that adds to the mystery of these blades. 325 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:41,979 Is it possible that the dwarves of Norse mythology were real beings and that 326 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:45,300 they helped the Vikings to craft their incredible swords? 327 00:24:46,140 --> 00:24:51,759 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining another technology that the 328 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,580 Vikings were said to have received from the dwarves. 329 00:24:55,300 --> 00:25:00,599 A highly sophisticated navigation device, that was long believed to be 330 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:06,320 mythological, until one was discovered at the bottom of the ocean. 331 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,780 Tonsberg, Norway, summer 1904. 332 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:21,939 Over a period of three months, Scandinavian archaeologists, Gabriel 333 00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:27,420 and Hรฅkon Schedele, excavate a remarkably well -preserved Viking ship. 334 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:34,539 Built from oak in the early 9th century AD, the vessel is an extraordinary piece 335 00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:35,590 of engineering. 336 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:42,339 One of the things that the Vikings had was a ship that was a technological 337 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:43,840 marvel for the time. 338 00:25:44,660 --> 00:25:46,440 They could go up and down rivers. 339 00:25:46,820 --> 00:25:51,919 They could go across oceans without flipping over as much as previous ships 340 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,680 done. And this meant that they had... 341 00:25:54,890 --> 00:26:00,810 The ability to get into areas that other people at the time could not get into. 342 00:26:02,050 --> 00:26:06,829 The Viking scale was really sort of unmatched by any other group at this 343 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:09,190 terms of the craftsmanship of their boats. 344 00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:14,189 These boats were very flexible in the way that they were made to flex with the 345 00:26:14,190 --> 00:26:15,690 waves rather than break apart. 346 00:26:15,691 --> 00:26:18,809 So they often referred to them as the sea snakes, because they could sort of 347 00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:20,010 snake through the waves. 348 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,539 The unique design of Viking longships made it possible to sail at speeds 349 00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:27,840 approaching 28 miles per hour. 350 00:26:28,260 --> 00:26:32,640 No other vessels could travel as fast until 1852. 351 00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:38,800 More than a thousand years after, the first Viking ships took to the high 352 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,939 But what many researchers find even more impressive and more difficult to 353 00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:49,060 explain is the Vikings' incredible navigation skills. 354 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,500 When talking about the Vikings, you're faced with a mystery. 355 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:59,100 And the mystery is that how did the Vikings navigate? 356 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,500 For all we know, they had no compass. 357 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,879 The compass was a Chinese invention, and without a compass, how could they 358 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:07,930 navigate? 359 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:09,780 Well, the stars, you say. 360 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,319 But if you've ever been there, to the northern Atlantic, you realize how 361 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,370 it is. 362 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:20,340 On a cloudy day, there's no sun, there's no stars. 363 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:26,500 And yet, they were able to navigate the North Seas with tremendous accuracy. 364 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,360 And the question is, how did they do it? 365 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:38,379 Ancient astronaut theorists believe clues might be found by taking a closer 366 00:27:38,380 --> 00:27:40,020 at the Viking sagas. 367 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:46,379 According to legend, the dwarves provided humans with a special stone 368 00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:49,020 enabled them to navigate with great accuracy. 369 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,999 In the Norse sagas, we get mention of something called the solastine, the 370 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:02,759 sunstone. And this is a kind of translucent mineral that's oblong 371 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,500 has special magical powers. 372 00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:13,059 And it's something that the captain of a Viking warship would hold up to the 373 00:28:13,060 --> 00:28:14,120 cloudy sky. 374 00:28:14,650 --> 00:28:17,610 And through it, we'll be able to see where the sun was. 375 00:28:17,850 --> 00:28:20,130 And that was essential to navigation. 376 00:28:21,710 --> 00:28:24,010 These crystals were considered to be magic. 377 00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:28,529 And it's been long rumored that the sunstone may have been a major part of 378 00:28:28,530 --> 00:28:31,729 navigational abilities, giving them an edge that other people at the time did 379 00:28:31,730 --> 00:28:32,780 not have. 380 00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:37,470 Was the Viking sunstone simply a creation of Norse mythology? 381 00:28:38,770 --> 00:28:41,410 Or might it have really existed? 382 00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:46,380 The English Channel, March 2013. 383 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:53,359 Underwater archaeologists are exploring a 16th century sunken English warship 384 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:58,460 when they come upon an unusual crystal carved into a nearly perfect rectangle. 385 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:04,979 Researchers are shocked when tests reveal that the object was carved from a 386 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:06,980 chunk of Icelandic calcite. 387 00:29:07,340 --> 00:29:11,240 And they suspect they have found one of the fabled... 388 00:29:11,470 --> 00:29:12,520 Viking sunstone. 389 00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:19,310 Calcite has a property that if light comes into it, it splits the light in 390 00:29:20,690 --> 00:29:25,309 On a cloudy day, if you look at a calcite crystal, you see not one image, 391 00:29:25,310 --> 00:29:26,349 two images. 392 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:28,610 Each one polarized slightly differently. 393 00:29:29,070 --> 00:29:35,529 And as you scan the sky, the intensity of these two changes, depending upon 394 00:29:35,530 --> 00:29:36,750 where the sun is located. 395 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:41,240 But when you walk onto the sun, The two images are equally bright. 396 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,020 Bingo. That's where the sun is located. 397 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,299 And that's how the Vikings could do it without a compass. They simply pointed 398 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:53,700 toward the sun until the two images matched in intensity. 399 00:29:54,800 --> 00:30:00,899 For archaeologists, almost as exciting as the discovery of a Viking sunstone 400 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,600 the fact that it was found on a 16th century ship. 401 00:30:05,150 --> 00:30:10,690 What that shows us is that 500 years after the disappearance of the Vikings, 402 00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:17,330 their technology was still being used. This was still cutting -edge technology. 403 00:30:19,170 --> 00:30:24,249 Might the sunstone provide physical evidence that the tales of Norse 404 00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:29,110 are not entirely fiction, but could be based on real events? 405 00:30:30,230 --> 00:30:36,269 And if so, might otherworldly beings, like the dwarfs and gods described in 406 00:30:36,270 --> 00:30:41,430 Viking sagas, have shared knowledge with the ancient people of Scandinavia? 407 00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:47,190 For ancient astronaut theorists, the answer is a resounding yes. 408 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:54,509 Throughout Norse mythology, they really have an abundance of these magical 409 00:30:54,510 --> 00:30:55,690 imbued objects. 410 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:01,019 But if the Norse people had the ability to use a crystal that is some type of 411 00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:05,359 astronomical beacon to actually know where the sun was, this is some advanced 412 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,119 science. And perhaps someone will cost the Norse people to understand the 413 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,040 principles of using such a technology. 414 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:18,899 From the technological marvel known as the sunstone to the highly advanced 415 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:24,320 Viking swords and mythology that reads like modern science fiction. 416 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:29,829 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest there is abundant evidence that the 417 00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:32,930 people had encounters with otherworldly beings. 418 00:31:34,270 --> 00:31:39,449 But perhaps the most intriguing evidence of all can be found by closely 419 00:31:39,450 --> 00:31:43,130 examining the ritual of the Viking funeral. 420 00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:52,090 Dinah Beach, Australia, July 12, 2025. 421 00:31:54,000 --> 00:32:00,039 At a modern -day yacht club more than 7 ,000 miles from Scandinavia, a ceremony 422 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:06,179 is held to recreate one of the most important and iconic Norse rituals, the 423 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:07,230 Viking funeral. 424 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:13,599 In the days of the Vikings, the body of the deceased would be floated out to sea 425 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,650 aboard a ship. 426 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,520 Then a flaming arrow launched to set it ablaze. 427 00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:22,760 There's a whole symbology behind those rituals. 428 00:32:23,630 --> 00:32:29,629 And this is interesting because the whole idea of burning the dead is the 429 00:32:29,630 --> 00:32:34,710 rises so that their essence could reach the realm of the gods. 430 00:32:35,570 --> 00:32:39,969 That is the legend behind it. But you have to ask yourself the question, 431 00:32:39,970 --> 00:32:41,130 the origin for that? 432 00:32:42,130 --> 00:32:47,269 What was the realm of the gods? Was it just a spiritual place, something 433 00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:48,320 ethereal? 434 00:32:49,130 --> 00:32:54,409 The ancient astronaut theory suggests, hold on a minute, maybe they actually 435 00:32:54,410 --> 00:32:56,790 meant a physical place. 436 00:32:57,650 --> 00:33:03,450 The Viking funeral was symbolic of a journey to Asgard, the realm of the 437 00:33:04,110 --> 00:33:09,209 But according to the Old Norse stories, the actual journey happened on the 438 00:33:09,210 --> 00:33:14,709 battlefield. And it was carried out by the Valkyries, who are described as 439 00:33:14,710 --> 00:33:16,870 mortal women with divine powers. 440 00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:25,009 In Norse mythology, you have Valkyries, who are warrior princesses who ride 441 00:33:25,010 --> 00:33:26,060 winged horses. 442 00:33:27,450 --> 00:33:33,490 And they fly over the battlefield and they pick up the bravest of the 443 00:33:33,670 --> 00:33:39,049 particularly as they're just about to die or if they have died. And they carry 444 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:44,509 their spirit up to Valhalla, which is the palace for fallen warriors and the 445 00:33:44,510 --> 00:33:45,560 feasting hall. 446 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:53,539 The Vikings didn't fear death because when they died they went to Valhalla and 447 00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:58,459 there Odin would provide them with a banquet every night. They could eat and 448 00:33:58,460 --> 00:33:59,720 drink as much as they want. 449 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:08,440 In the Norse tales, Valhalla is portrayed as a great hall in Asgard 450 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,420 the ruler of the gods, welcomes fallen warriors. 451 00:34:12,620 --> 00:34:17,080 The hall is described as a physical place made of gleaming metal. 452 00:34:17,630 --> 00:34:20,670 held up by spear shafts and roofed by shields. 453 00:34:21,389 --> 00:34:26,549 And as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, it's possible 454 00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:31,989 Valhalla was not some mythical paradise, but something far more profound. 455 00:34:34,909 --> 00:34:41,709 According to the ancient astronaut theory, Valhalla could be another name 456 00:34:41,710 --> 00:34:45,110 for maybe an orbiting space station or something like that. 457 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:50,539 The reason why I'm saying this is because whenever we have a description 458 00:34:50,540 --> 00:34:56,759 Valhalla, it is an incredible description of a place that has 459 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,220 attributes that I refer to as misunderstood technology. 460 00:35:01,580 --> 00:35:05,719 Various descriptions of Valhalla give it the reference of being some type of a 461 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,060 large metallic ship. 462 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:11,319 Add to the fact that Valhalla is described as a place that they actually 463 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:16,239 journeyed to, maybe this is some type of a description of them traveling to this 464 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:22,079 in a ship, and since they put their dead in ships and set them afire, maybe this 465 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,919 is actually a reference of them traveling to Valhalla in a ship that has 466 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,160 coming out of it, going into space. 467 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:36,449 Could it be that the Old Norse tales of Valhalla were describing some kind of 468 00:35:36,450 --> 00:35:39,430 craft or space station that was orbiting the Earth. 469 00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:46,569 And might the Viking funeral ceremony have been designed to mimic the fire and 470 00:35:46,570 --> 00:35:51,090 smoke produced by a rocket ship blasting off into space? 471 00:35:53,450 --> 00:35:59,189 Curiously, the Norse were not the only ancient culture to incorporate ships 472 00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,330 their funerary rites. 473 00:36:01,710 --> 00:36:06,869 In Norse mythology, you have this concept of taking some kind of transport 474 00:36:06,870 --> 00:36:08,250 the other world. 475 00:36:09,030 --> 00:36:15,069 This is something that has been around for thousands of years and appears 476 00:36:15,070 --> 00:36:16,029 the world. 477 00:36:16,030 --> 00:36:17,470 It's in Africa. 478 00:36:18,730 --> 00:36:20,470 It's in South America. 479 00:36:21,650 --> 00:36:23,050 It's in China. 480 00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:29,129 With Egyptian funeral rites, oftentimes there would be a funeral boat was 481 00:36:29,130 --> 00:36:30,190 associated with it. 482 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:36,479 And these boats themselves would be analogies of the spaceships, in fact, 483 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,360 would take them over the sky. 484 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:45,179 The fact that around the world you find the exact same references in ancient 485 00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:51,059 myths and legends, to me, is not a coincidence. But on the contrary, it 486 00:36:51,060 --> 00:36:57,540 that true origin was a worldwide visitation by visiting 487 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,460 Is it possible? 488 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:05,359 that modern reenactments of the Viking funeral unknowingly commemorate 489 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,120 otherworldly contact in the distant past. 490 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:14,399 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, the answer is a 491 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:15,450 yes. 492 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:21,879 And they suggest there is evidence that Scandinavia may be experiencing alien 493 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,740 activity even today. 494 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,360 Northern Norway, December 9th, 2009. 495 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:40,180 Just before dawn, an incredible spiral of light appears in the night sky. 496 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:47,699 It swirls in place for ten minutes and is witnessed hundreds of miles away in 497 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:48,750 Sweden. 498 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:54,619 The Norwegian spiral anomaly captured the imagination of the world. Theories 499 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:58,900 included that it was something to do with the northern light. 500 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:04,660 that it was the malfunctioning of a Russian ballistic missile. 501 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,640 Other people had more exotic theories. 502 00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:12,620 It looked just awe -inspiring. It really, truly did. 503 00:38:13,580 --> 00:38:17,219 So naturally, there was a lot of questioning, wondering, like, what is 504 00:38:17,220 --> 00:38:19,300 a UFO -related thing, or is it not? 505 00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:23,500 Some people said, this is the opening of a wormhole. 506 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,960 Something's come through. 507 00:38:27,690 --> 00:38:31,830 The Norwegian spiral anomaly made headlines around the world. 508 00:38:32,530 --> 00:38:38,469 And it was only the latest in a number of extraordinary mass UFO sightings that 509 00:38:38,470 --> 00:38:40,850 have occurred over the area of Scandinavia. 510 00:38:41,990 --> 00:38:47,449 Since the 1930s, residents of the small mountain village of Heistel in Norway 511 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:53,809 have been reporting strange lights of various colors that appear at night, and 512 00:38:53,810 --> 00:38:55,950 sometimes even during the day. 513 00:38:57,070 --> 00:39:02,250 People see bright lights moving very near to the houses. 514 00:39:02,530 --> 00:39:06,970 Balls of lights, even shaped sometimes. 515 00:39:07,410 --> 00:39:12,990 And these lights can last for minutes or even hours. 516 00:39:13,690 --> 00:39:16,650 The reports continued for decades. 517 00:39:17,530 --> 00:39:24,379 And in 1983, Norwegian electrical engineer... Erling Strand started a 518 00:39:24,380 --> 00:39:26,520 project to investigate the phenomenon. 519 00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:31,140 In the early 80s, it was a lot of sightings. 520 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:36,740 We had 20 observations in one week. 521 00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:44,299 The Heston lights can be more traditional UFO sightings, where they 522 00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:48,580 a disc -shaped object, cigar -shaped object. 523 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:54,279 and so on it's very easy to think that these come from other words 524 00:39:54,280 --> 00:40:01,139 in addition to the hasteland light in 1946 thousands 525 00:40:01,140 --> 00:40:07,059 of people in sweden norway and denmark witnessed what were referred to as the 526 00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:13,739 ghost rockets which are some of the earliest ufo sightings on record many 527 00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:20,000 saw bright lights in the sky which many people today mentioned as the UFO, 528 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,120 more than 2 ,000 reported in Scandinavia. 529 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:31,500 For ancient astronaut theorists, these sensational UFO events beg the question, 530 00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:37,699 is it possible that alien entities witnessed by the Vikings are still 531 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:38,750 this region today? 532 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:46,779 Scandinavia is undoubtedly a UFO hotspot, and we have interesting 533 00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:47,830 north. 534 00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:53,629 And, of course, there are many, many people who say that mythology is just 535 00:40:53,630 --> 00:41:00,049 way that our ancestors described real things that happened to them, but just 536 00:41:00,050 --> 00:41:04,969 made them into these stages as a way of keeping the story alive and telling it 537 00:41:04,970 --> 00:41:06,350 to successive generations. 538 00:41:07,030 --> 00:41:12,449 You have to wonder if the Norwegian spiral anomaly has to do with these 539 00:41:12,450 --> 00:41:13,500 gods. 540 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,980 and coming and going out of this place for many thousands of years. 541 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:25,720 And it could be that these Norse gods as extraterrestrials are still here. 542 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:34,019 Could it be that otherworldly visitors encountered by the Norse people 543 00:41:34,020 --> 00:41:39,700 ago are behind the many strange sightings reported over Scandinavia 544 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:46,549 And do the ancient tales of these gods still resonate because they are part of 545 00:41:46,550 --> 00:41:48,330 humankind's true history. 546 00:41:48,790 --> 00:41:55,329 Perhaps one day soon, characters like Thor and Odin, long relegated to the 547 00:41:55,330 --> 00:42:01,949 of mythology, will introduce themselves to humanity once again as our alien 548 00:42:01,950 --> 00:42:02,999 ancestors. 549 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:07,550 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 52751

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