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Mysterious golden orbs believed to be
part of an ancient power plant.

A sacred wooden box said to facilitate
communication with the heavens.

And an elaborately carved ancient tomb
that appears to depict an astronaut.

For more than a decade, ancient aliens
has examined evidence of what could be

the remnants of an advanced and
perhaps...

otherworldly civilization.

Now we're going to explore 10 of the
most compelling examples of unexplained

technologies ever discovered.

Technologies that just may hold the
proof that Earth has been visited by

extraterrestrials.

History and mythology are filled with
incredible stories of human encounters

with otherworldly beings, flying ships
and powerful weapons that defy

explanation. For ancient astronaut
theorists like me, these are

misunderstood technology that might
be...

extraterrestrial in origin.

And some of the most compelling evidence
that our ancestors witnessed alien

technology can be found in ancient
artwork, like a mysterious carving in

created thousands of years ago that
appears strikingly similar to an

device from the modern world.

At number 10 on our countdown of the top
10 unexplained technologies, the

Dendera light bulb.

Dendera, Egypt.

370 miles south of the Giza Plateau
stands the Hathor Temple.

This 2 ,000 -year -old monument is
remarkably well -preserved and covered

elaborate artwork inside and out.

Among the hundreds of carvings, a
curious object can be found that,

Egyptologists, is a representation of a
lotus flower.

You have depictions of this so -called
lotus flower of Dendera.

And there are not just a few inside the
crypt, but they're in fact also on the

outside wall on top.

So what are we looking at here?

Egyptology suggests that this bulb -like
thing is the depiction

of the beautiful aroma of a lotus
flower.

What's often not discussed is the
surrounding hieroglyphics that say that

has something to do with a bringer of
light.

When physicists and electrical engineers
and people look at this, they can

readily see that there appears to be
what is a filament inside this tube that

could be interpreted as a glass tube.

It appears to be a blueprint for what we
would say is an incandescent light

bulb.

It's got a filament inside it that looks
like a snake.

There's a cable coming out of the back.

It's then attached to a small box.

So here we have what appears to be a
depiction of an electrical device.

This means that the ancient Egyptians,
they knew about electricity.

They were actually lighting many of
their temples and tombs with electrical

lights.

of their structures.

Because some structures are deep
underground and filled with

The ancient astronaut theory suggests
that perhaps the ancient Egyptians had

access to electricity and these lighting
materials were given to

the Egyptians by the extraterrestrials.

The idea that ancient Egyptians had
light bulbs almost 2 ,000 years before

Thomas Edison introduced them in modern
times is truly amazing.

And in the 1930s an archaeologist in
Iraq discovered incredible artifacts

that may reveal just where they got the
power to illuminate the ancient world.

Number nine on our countdown of the top
ten unexplained technologies, the

Baghdad Battery.

Baghdad, Iraq, 1938.

While combing through the collection at
the Baghdad Archaeological Museum, a

German archaeologist discovers several
terracotta pots and copper cylinders.

dating to around the first century B .C.

Remarkably, the pots appear to have been
used for generating electricity more

than 1 ,800 years before the invention
of modern batteries.

The Baghdad battery is a very
interesting piece of ancient technology.

They're made up of very simple materials
from that region, usually a clay pot,

copper, and an iron rod surrounded by an
asphalt stopper.

In 2009, ancient astronaut theorist
Jason Martell showed Georgios Tsouklos

how the so -called Baghdad batteries
work.

This is made out of a clay pot. Clay
just found naturally in that region in

southern Iraq.

And then they would use a small copper
lining and an asphalt stopper wrapped

around an iron rod.

What we're going to do is basically just
fill the clay pot with some weak acidic

acid, orange juice in this case.

We'll go ahead and put the copper rod
back in there.

Okay.

And these all applied together creates
electricity.

You can consistently get about 4 volts
with something about that large.

So if we think of a Baghdad battery
around this size generating 4 volts,

we increase the size to around 6 feet?

That might generate 20, 30, 50 volts and
have the sufficient power to actually

utilize energy in a way that we do
today.

So it's very possible that the Baghdad
battery was being utilized in

with other technological devices.

When we look at this through the ancient
astronaut lens, we see that throughout

history, man has been given technology
by the gods.

We have to wonder if Baghdad batteries
aren't pieces of technology that were

given to man by the extraterrestrials.

Next on our list is a weapon used by the
Roman Empire that was so powerful it

struck terror throughout the ancient
world.

But what's even more intriguing is that
this blazing device has baffled

scientists for over 1 ,600 years.

Number eight on our countdown, Greek
fire.

Constantinople, 674 A .D.

The magnificent capital of the Roman
Empire is under attack by a fleet of 5

Arab ships.

To defend his city, Emperor Constantine
IV unleashes a powerful and mysterious

new weapon that destroys the Arab navy
in minutes.

It was the most devastating weapon of
the time and was called Greek fire.

Greek fire was a liquid that could be
pumped through hoses.

It was like the early flamethrowers of
the time.

And when it was ignited, as it came out
of these hoses, it would then be

directed onto ships or sometimes onto
docks and things like that.

And it would start a tremendous fire,
and water could not put it out.

It was set to burn so violently and so
hot that even in the greatest of

rainstorms, fire would not go out.

And when projected out to sea, when it
sunk into the water, it would still burn

on the bottom of the ocean.

It gave them enormous technological
advantage in naval and land battles.

Some of the chroniclers would say that
water would, in fact, enhance its

ability.

Perhaps even more astounding than the
incredible power of Greek fire is the

that scientists have not been able to
reproduce it even after 1 ,600 years.

The recipe for this Greek fire had been
very closely guarded as a secret, and it

still represents one of the greatest
enigmas in ancient history.

What was this mysterious technology?

And more importantly, where did it come
from?

One story goes that Greek fire was given
to the Romans by an angel.

Just change the word angel to
extraterrestrial, and all of a sudden,

story makes sense.

You have to ask, why would an angel
offer such a powerful weapon and

to the Romans?

Is this an example of extraterrestrial
interference in human affairs?

For ancient astronaut theorists like me,
some of the most intriguing accounts of

unexplained technology can be found in
the pages of the Old Testament, like the

next item on our list, which we all know
as the vessel used to hold the Ten

Commandments. But it is also written
that this mysterious wooden box could

rivers, destroy armies, and even
communicate with otherworldly beings.

At number seven on our countdown of the
top ten unexplained technologies, the

Ark of the Covenant.

Mount Sinai, Egypt.

According to the book of Exodus in the
Hebrew Bible, it was here that the

prophet Moses was instructed by God to
build... one of the most important

artifacts in Judeo -Christian tradition,
the Ark of the Covenant.

Moses was given very specific
measurements.

It was to be four feet long and about
two feet wide and two feet deep. The

container must be made of acacia wood,
but it must be covered with gold.

The top of the Ark was to be surmounted
by two cherubim that would face each

other.

God. commands Moses to build this chest,
which the original Ten

Commandments was to be placed, and the
presence of God would then be

seen.

Sounds very simple, but yet there were
properties to the Ark that made it far

more than just a symbolic representation
of something religious.

Biblical accounts of the Ark portray it.

as possessing mysterious powers that
aided the Israelites during their

to the Promised Land, helping to park
rivers, level mountains, and

destroy armies.

The most important thing about trying to
understand how the Ark of the Covenant

functions is the fact that specific
instructions were given by God to Moses

about how.

it was to be manufactured, the exact
size, how it's to be raised off the

how it's to be carried.

And this tells us, almost certainly,
that we are dealing with technology.

Is it possible that the baffling powers
ascribed to the Ark provide evidence

that it held highly advanced and perhaps
extraterrestrial technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and
suggest clues can be found in rabbinical

texts that describe what the Ark
contained.

It is said that the Ark housed the
actual, the Hebrew word is kavod, or

glory of God.

Now, this, in quote, glory of God was
not something symbolic. It was something

actual, something tangible.

Something energetic.

We know from the biblical story that
when the two sons of the high priest

came forth to make an offering, fire
entered into the nostrils

and burned them from the inside, leaving
their external forms intact.

We might refer to that as an
electrocution.

According to religious texts, The Ark of
the Covenant was placed inside

Solomon's temple.

And then it simply vanished.

But the extraordinary and unexplained
powers of the Ark continue to interest

researchers and ancient astronaut
theorists to this very day.

What are we missing here in the biblical
understanding of this mysterious box?

It was clearly far more than just a
religious box. There was a technology

involved here, and that is what makes
the Ark to this day one of the greatest

mysteries of our history.

Another ancient description of the Ark
of the Covenant can be found in a sacred

Hebrew text called the Zohar.

And according to one translation, the
Ark contained another mysterious device

that supplied the Israelites with
limitless supplies of food.

Number six on our countdown, the manna
machine.

According to the Hebrew Bible's book of
Exodus, after Moses helped the

Israelites escape across the Red Sea, he
led them into the Sinai Desert, where

they lived for 40 years.

It is said that they survived by eating
a mysterious food called manna.

Manna is this magical substance that's
sort of white like cardamom with a taste

like honey. You know, the Bible tells us
this is what feeds people.

Moses commands the people to take some,
put it in a jar, keep it so that you can

always tell the story of how God fed
you.

And that's one of the things that's put
in the Ark of the Covenant. That's how

special this is.

While the story of the Israelites
receiving manna from heaven is

understood as divine intervention,

Some researchers have suggested that it
could also be interpreted as an event

involving some kind of advanced
technology.

In 1978, linguistic expert George
Sassoon and electrical engineer

Rodney Dale publish The Mana Machine.

In it, they point to an ancient
rabbinical text called the Zohar that

mana coming from a curious device.

George Sassoon and Rodney Dale, by
reading the Zohar, determined that the

translation was wrong.

It was supposed to be the transportable
one of the tanks.

What does that mean? So they actually
came to the conclusion that what is

described was a type of a machine that
they proposed was driven with nuclear

power.

and that that produced the so -called
manna to the Hebrews wandering out in

desert.

Is it possible that the Ark of the
Covenant contained a nuclear -powered

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and
point to clues in the Bible.

In the Bible, we have multiple stories
of people not only dying when they came

in contact with the Ark,

But some only died a week or two later.

And how did they die? Because they had
boils on their skin and their hair

started to fall out.

Well, that is a sign of radioactive
poisoning. And the only way that such a

result could have been gotten is if the
Ark is an extraterrestrial device that

is radioactive.

We're coming up on the halfway point in
our countdown of the top 10 unexplained

technologies. And the next item on our
list can be found across the globe in

form of mysterious stone statues and
strange figures painted on canyon walls.

In my opinion, these images aren't just
products of our ancestors' imagination,

but instead are depictions of space
travelers.

Number five on our countdown, ancient
astronauts.

La Venta, Mexico, 1939.

American archaeologists Matthew Sterling
and Philip Drucker begin an excavation

of an ancient pyramid mound.

Over the next two decades, they unearth
extraordinary statues, carvings, and

mosaics from a previously unknown
culture.

The Olmecs, a civilization that emerged
around 1400 BC.

The discovery is a major archaeological
find and produced a sensational piece of

evidence for the ancient astronaut
theory.

At the Museum of Natural History in New
York City, there is a Olmec figurine.

And if you look at this figurine, you
can tell that this guy is wearing some

sort of a suit. He has some type of
controls with tubes on his chest.

On the side, you have six wings coming
out of him. So you have to wonder what

depicted here. And in my opinion, it is
the smoking gun of our ancestors having

access to aviation technology.

Could it be that a figurine?

made more than 2 ,400 years ago, depicts
a person wearing some sort of advanced

flying technology.

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and
suggest even more compelling imagery can

be found 1 ,700 miles to the north in
Utah.

Here, along the walls of Nine Mile
Canyon, dozens of ancient cave paintings

depict figures wearing very curious
attire.

One of the most important galleries is
referred to as the family panel. What's

interesting about this one is that it
shows these apparently luminous,

-type beings that appear to have
spacesuits on, a helmet, even antenna.

The Navajos themselves claim that...

These petroglyphs were from people who
were before the flood, before this

cataclysm had come to the Earth, and
they maintain that these images were

thousands of years old.

Could it be that these figures really
depict beings in spacesuits?

Halfway across the world, in
northwestern Australia, are dozens of

paintings that depict other mysterious
beings who appear to be wearing

spacesuits known as the Wangina.

The Wanginas are incredible because they
have these gigantic heads and these

long bodies. It seems as if they're
inside some sort of a

pressurized suit.

Now, the stories behind the Wanginas
goes that they descended from the sky.

and gave knowledge and jump -started
civilization in australia thousands and

thousands of years ago now this is
accepted history in australia so my

suggestion is that the extraterrestrials
that came to Earth thousands and

thousands of years ago didn't just visit
Australia.

They visited each and every continent on
Earth, and that is why we have the

similar motifs.

When it comes to evidence of unexplained
technology in the distant past,

sometimes the best examples are hiding
in plain sight.

Like the next item on our countdown,
which when you know how to look at it,

reveals what I consider to be an actual
depiction of an ancient astronaut.

Coming in at number four, King Pakal's
tomb.

Southern Mexico, 1949.

Under a pyramid called the Temple of
Inscriptions at the ruins of Palenque,

archaeologist Alberto Ruz Luye discovers
a mysterious underground stairway

obstructed with large stones.

Over the next three years, Ruz and his
team carefully clear the stairwell

consisting of 71 steps.

When the door at the base of the
stairwell is finally opened, They

room after room of skeletons and
artifacts.

And in the final room, they find the
tomb of King K 'nitch Janab Pakal.

The tomb of Pakal is one of the most
amazing pieces of Maya art that we've

found. On the top of the lid is a very
elaborate carving that we believe is a

depiction of Pakal falling into the
underworld upon his death.

Although many historians and
archaeologists interpret the carving on

as the king's descent into the
underworld, ancient astronaut theorists

it depicts a very different type of
journey.

The sarcophagus of Lord Pakal forever
will remain one of the smoking guns of

ancient astronaut theory.

He is in a reclining position.

He has a breathing apparatus attached to
his nose. His hands are manipulating

some buttons.

And his feet are unpedaled.

It looks as if Pakal is lifting off into
space inside some type of a rocket

vehicle.

As far as ancient astronaut theorists
are concerned, the idea that King

sarcophagus lid depicts a journey to
space is supported by Maya writing that

surrounds the iconic carving.

Those Maya glyphs say that this is King
Pakal's journey to Jibalba.

Jibalba means underworld.

Well, archaeologists about 15 years ago
revisited the term Jibalba and

concluded that actually Jibalba can also
be translated as Milky Way.

And all of a sudden, this depiction
makes sense because what we have here is

representation of King Pakal on his
journey to the Milky Way.

Located in central Mexico are the ruins
of a mysterious city that is home to

some of the most impressive pyramids
ever built.

While the purpose of this complex is
still unknown, archaeologists have found

evidence of what appears to be the
makings of an advanced technological

Number three on our countdown of the top
ten unexplained technologies,

Teotihuacan.

Located just 35 miles northeast of
Mexico City, is one of the most unique

ancient sites on Earth.

Called Teotihuacan, this vast metropolis
was discovered by the Aztecs in the

15th century.

According to Aztec writings, this city
was once home to powerful otherworldly

beings.

The name Teotihuacan basically means
birthplace of the god.

And the Aztecs believed that the gods
themselves out of Aztec mythology

were born there at Teotihuacan.

The city of Teotihuacan covers an area
of eight square miles, which is roughly

the same size as ancient Rome.

At its heart, is a two -mile -long
thoroughfare named the Avenue of the

that connects three massive pyramids.

The Pyramid of the Moon sits at the very
beginning of the Avenue of the Dead.

The Pyramid of the Sun sits about midway
along the length of the Avenue of the

Dead. Those are their two big buildings.

Then they build the Temple of
Quetzalcoatl.

The Temple of Quetzalcoatl is the most
ornate building in all of

Teotihuacan. Its entire face is covered
with mosaic stones with the face

of Quetzalcoatl, or the plumed serpent,
with his feathers coming off of his face

and his snake head coming out of the
building.

Most mainstream historians believe this
city was once a religious center.

But ancient astronaut theorists suggest
the city's massive buildings once served

a more profound purpose.

And as evidence, they point to an
extraordinary discovery made beneath the

temple of Quetzalcoatl.

In May 2013,

researchers employed a small robot
called Tlaloc II TC to explore a chamber

under the pyramid.

Inside, archaeologists found more than
100... gold -colored metallic spheres.

These bolts are probably anything
between an inch to about five inches in

diameter.

Nobody knows the purpose of them, why
they were made, or even who made them.

But the fact that they're there tells us
they're of utmost importance to what

went on at the temple.

Many archaeologists believe The gold
spheres are representations of celestial

bodies observed in the night sky.

But ancient astronaut theorists suggest
they could have served a more profound

purpose and point to another discovery
made almost a mile away at the Pyramid

the Sun in 1906.

At Teotihuacan, huge microseats have
been found beneath a

layer of stone flooring.

that were 90 feet square and they were
placed directly on top of each other and

yet you couldn't see them.

So they clearly weren't decorative or
aesthetic.

They were clearly functional in their
use.

So what were they doing there?

We use mica today.

in spacefaring technology.

It's a heat shield for high, very, very
high temperatures.

What is it doing at Teotihuacan?

Curiously, mica wasn't the only unusual
substance found within the ancient site.

They actually found mercury under some
of the pyramids as well. So what does

this all mean? Well, mercury is used in
different electrical components and it

conducts electricity.

So can we suggest that they were using
this for some advanced technological

purpose?

Mercury itself is very special. It's a
metal, it's a liquid, it's an electrical

conductor. Mercury can be used for many,
many devices, all of which are high

-tech. So you have to wonder what is
going on here at Teotihuacan.

Are these small balls and the mica and
the mercury all working

together?

To create some kind of electrical device
that's doing something?

That would seem to be the case.

In 2017, Eric von Daniken and I were
thrilled to visit the National History

Museum of Transylvania to examine one of
the most exciting artifacts I've ever

seen. It is a 40 ,000 -year -old
aluminum relic.

that may provide definitive evidence of
extraterrestrial visitation.

Number two in our countdown of the top
ten unexplained technologies, the

Wedge of Ayyut.

Transylvania, Romania, 1974.

Workers digging a trench along the banks
of the Muresh River.

unearthed two giant bones and with them
a mysterious metal object buried 35

feet beneath the surface.

Intrigued by what they found, the crew
takes their discovery to a nearby

The object was 10 meters in depth,
associated with some bones, which they

later identified as mammoth bones.

Mammoths were extinct 40 ,000 years ago,
so considering the association with the

mammoth bones, then the object would be
older than 40 ,000 years ago.

This strange object, known today as the
Wedge of Ayud, continues to baffle

archaeologists because it is made from a
mysterious alloy and appears to have

been created thousands of years before
humans were able to smelt or fabricate

metal. The wedge of Ayud weighs about
five pounds.

It's about nine inches long.

And it is made out of about 89 %
aluminum.

And this was very curious to researchers
because the wedge of Ayud had to be a

very old artifact.

Humans didn't really start working with
aluminum until well into the 1800s.

But when you look at this wedge and you
analyze it, it really has most of the

modern properties we would associate
with aluminum.

On January 18, 2017, at the National
History Museum of Transylvania,

ancient astronaut theorists Giorgio
Tsoukalos and Erich von Däniken were

a rare opportunity to get a firsthand
look at the wedge of Ayud.

Museum curator Anna Gruia.

has taken it out of a storage locker
where it has been deliberately hidden

the public since the early 1970s.

Okay.

This is exciting.

So this is it?

Oh, okay. Here, this is where they took
the sample out and here to make the

analysis. And here you see two pieces
that are broken off, sort of.

So maybe it was attached or something.

But very strange. So what does the
museum have to say about this? This is a

strange piece.

It is. It is a strange piece for us as
well. We don't know what it was used for

and we acknowledge these uncertainties
about its dating and its composition as

well.

We have a real mystery here.

But you see this patina over this whole
object and this creates another problem.

Yes. And because you cannot fake a
patina.

The patina is a thin coating of various
metal compounds that forms on the

surface of the aluminum during exposure
to atmospheric elements.

It was covered with aluminum oxide,
which they said would have taken 300 or

years to have developed.

And that also baffled scientists.

So, for what can you use this?

It looks like a hammer or a shovel, but,
Giorgio, what is the word in English,

backer shovel?

Oh, an excavator tooth.

Well, it looks like this. It could have
been something like it.

But these excavator tubes are never made
out of aluminum.

No, it's too weak. Aluminum is too soft.
Yeah.

A lot of people dismiss this as a tooth
on an excavation bucket.

If you ever looked at these excavators,
they usually have a row of teeth in the

front, and that's designed to cut
through the material.

I think, first of all, they would have
noticed they were missing one.

Second of all, they don't use aluminum,
and they're usually made out of hardened

steel.

If the Wedge of Ayud really is over 40
,000 years old, could it be part of an

even more advanced technology?

According to ancient astronaut
theorists, the answer is yes.

It is a fragment of an extraterrestrial
device.

An aeronautical engineer who saw the
Ayud wedge looked at it and said, that's

piece of a landing gear for a vertical
takeoff and landing aircraft.

Ancient astronaut theorists have also
looked at this wedge and surmised that

it's possible that it's part of a
crashed extraterrestrial craft.

Aluminum is often used in spacecraft
because it's a very light material. So

could it be that the object of Ayud was
part of some type of spacecraft?

Perhaps. It certainly looks as if it was
part of a

larger object.

And the question is, well, what object
and at what time was this?

Perhaps there is.

an extraterrestrial connection, there is
only one unexplained

technology left on our countdown.

And this one has truly stood the test of
time.

We've reached the end of our countdown
of the top 10 unexplained technologies,

and this last one is as extraordinary as
it is massive.

It's a towering monument of ancient
Egypt built thousands of years ago that

believe was an energy generator.

Number one on our list, the Great
Pyramid Power Plant.

Giza. Egypt.

On the western bank of the Nile River
stands the most extraordinary example of

ancient engineering, the Great Pyramid.

It towers above the landscape at roughly
450 feet tall and consists of over 2

million stone blocks.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is a marvel of
architecture.

Every block was five tons, and there's
about two million of them to create a

perfect pyramid shape that is one of the
seven ancient wonders of the world, the

most ancient one of them all, and the
only one standing.

Inside the Great Pyramid...

are a number of fascinating chambers and
corridors, like the Grand Gallery,

this towering stairway that goes up into
the so -called King's Chamber.

Mainstream scholars theorise that the
Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for

pharaoh Khufu.

who reigned from 2589 to 2566 BC.

But many experts claim this dating is
based on highly questionable data and

suggest the origins of the three
pyramids at Giza are far more profound.

Archaeologists and Egyptologists claim
that they were tombs for the pharaohs,

and yet no Egyptian pharaoh was ever
found in a pyramid in Egypt.

We have found the mummies of many
Egyptian pharaohs, but they're found in

deep underground at the Valley of the
Kings in Luxor, hundreds of miles away

from the pyramids.

We're taught in school that the Great
Pyramid is a tomb.

But if you look at the complexity of
these buildings, the precision with

they were built, the features that you
see on the inside.

These various shafts and passageways,
for me, it looks like a machine.

The design of the tunnel system and
chamber rooms within the Great Pyramid

convinced engineering expert Chris Dunn
that the massive structure was actually

an advanced technological device.

I propose that the Egyptians build the
Great Pyramid to be a power plant.

The pyramids were actually geomechanical
devices.

In other words, they were attached to
the Earth.

They were tuned to vibrate with the
frequencies of the Earth, and they

the energies of the Earth into
electromagnetic energy.

That energy is broadcast from the
pyramid. It's picked up by the

which are... The obelisks placed at key
sites that are able to be tuned to

the specific frequencies coming from the
pyramid.

As far as ancient astronaut theorists
are concerned, the mysteries of the

Pyramid of Egypt require further study.

And perhaps someday soon, advances in
technology will shed new light on its

purpose.

Archaeology is rooted in interpretation,
just like the ancient astronaut theory.

Something extraordinary happened right
here in ancient Egypt, perhaps

under the tutelage of extraterrestrials,
teachers from

another star system.

Was the Great Pyramid of Egypt a massive
power plant?

The answer may never be known, but one
thing is clear.

From fire that can burn underwater to a
40 ,000 -year -old aluminum artifact

and a biblical relic that could topple
stone walls and feed the masses,

the ancient past is filled with evidence
that highly advanced civilization