1 00:00:07,379 --> 00:00:09,034 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: I first heard about 2 00:00:09,137 --> 00:00:11,551 the ancient astronaut theory from my grandmother 3 00:00:11,551 --> 00:00:13,137 when I was only six years old. 4 00:00:13,172 --> 00:00:17,379 Ever since then, I've been fascinated by the idea 5 00:00:17,379 --> 00:00:21,034 that extraterrestrials visited our planet in the distant past. 6 00:00:21,034 --> 00:00:24,206 But whenever someone challenges me to prove it, 7 00:00:24,206 --> 00:00:28,206 I think the ultimate evidence can be found by examining 8 00:00:28,206 --> 00:00:30,517 the world's great monoliths. 9 00:00:30,517 --> 00:00:33,206 From Baalbek in Lebanon 10 00:00:33,206 --> 00:00:35,965 and Stonehenge in England 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,862 to Easter Island in the South Pacific, 12 00:00:38,965 --> 00:00:41,655 some of these massive stones weigh hundreds 13 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:43,655 of thousands of pounds. 14 00:00:43,689 --> 00:00:47,655 To move even the smallest of them would require today's 15 00:00:47,689 --> 00:00:50,344 ultra-sophisticated technology. 16 00:00:50,379 --> 00:00:53,137 And we are told by conventional scholars 17 00:00:53,172 --> 00:00:56,034 that our ancestors erected them with nothing more 18 00:00:56,034 --> 00:01:00,586 than a few logs, some rope and sheer manpower. 19 00:01:00,689 --> 00:01:02,896 To that, I say nonsense. 20 00:01:02,931 --> 00:01:06,448 And I challenge anyone to watch this next hour 21 00:01:06,551 --> 00:01:10,206 and not come away convinced that we are definitely... 22 00:01:10,241 --> 00:01:12,172 not alone. 23 00:01:42,275 --> 00:01:44,586 TSOUKALOS: On a recent trip to the Mediterranean islands 24 00:01:44,586 --> 00:01:47,034 of Malta, I came across 25 00:01:47,034 --> 00:01:49,793 an ancient standing stone at the temple 26 00:01:49,793 --> 00:01:54,551 of Hagar Qim that weighs in excess of 40,000 pounds. 27 00:01:54,551 --> 00:01:57,413 Check this out-- this is huge! 28 00:01:57,448 --> 00:01:58,931 -Yes, uh... -Wow. 29 00:01:58,965 --> 00:02:02,172 ...three meters high by six meters, 50 wide 30 00:02:02,275 --> 00:02:04,655 and about another meter thick. 31 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:08,172 That makes about 20... odd tons. 32 00:02:08,275 --> 00:02:10,275 -Minimum? -Minimum, yes. 33 00:02:10,275 --> 00:02:13,000 TSOUKALOS: According to mainstream scholars, 34 00:02:13,103 --> 00:02:15,275 it was rolled here on spherical stones 35 00:02:15,310 --> 00:02:16,965 that have been found nearby. 36 00:02:16,965 --> 00:02:20,862 But these stones are made of the same limestone as the monolith, 37 00:02:20,965 --> 00:02:24,793 and would almost certainly have been crushed under its weight. 38 00:02:24,827 --> 00:02:27,172 And how did they erect it 39 00:02:27,275 --> 00:02:29,827 even if they were able to get it here? 40 00:02:29,827 --> 00:02:32,172 It is a feat that defies explanation. 41 00:02:32,275 --> 00:02:35,758 Yet there are dozens just like it or even bigger 42 00:02:35,758 --> 00:02:37,931 found all over the world. 43 00:02:41,172 --> 00:02:43,758 NARRATOR: The Washington Monument. 44 00:02:43,758 --> 00:02:46,310 Built in the 19th century 45 00:02:46,344 --> 00:02:49,758 to commemorate the first president of the United States, 46 00:02:49,793 --> 00:02:52,793 it towers more than 555 feet 47 00:02:52,827 --> 00:02:56,689 above America's capital city. 48 00:02:56,689 --> 00:03:00,827 Its pinnacle fashioned into a distinctive pyramid shape, 49 00:03:00,862 --> 00:03:02,724 the monument is considered to be 50 00:03:02,758 --> 00:03:05,862 the tallest stone obelisk in the world. 51 00:03:05,896 --> 00:03:08,862 MICHAEL DENNIN: Obelisk is a generic phrase used for 52 00:03:08,862 --> 00:03:11,344 the rectangular pillars that are a little pointy at the top 53 00:03:11,379 --> 00:03:13,689 that you find in ancient Egypt, ancient Rome. 54 00:03:13,724 --> 00:03:15,862 They would have writing on them. 55 00:03:15,896 --> 00:03:20,344 They were used often to record battles, special events, 56 00:03:20,344 --> 00:03:23,517 record the entire reign of a particular king or ruler. 57 00:03:23,551 --> 00:03:26,724 CHILDRESS: And so now, here in the United States, 58 00:03:26,827 --> 00:03:28,724 we've done a similar thing. 59 00:03:28,724 --> 00:03:30,517 The Washington Monument, 60 00:03:30,551 --> 00:03:32,517 a symbol of the United States 61 00:03:32,517 --> 00:03:35,586 and of... and of the power in Washington D.C. 62 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:39,586 The Washington Monument is built out of blocks of stone, 63 00:03:39,689 --> 00:03:44,000 but then it looks identical to an Egyptian obelisk, 64 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,862 but those obelisks are different. 65 00:03:45,896 --> 00:03:50,517 They are one solid stone. 66 00:03:50,551 --> 00:03:52,724 NARRATOR: Single standing massive stones 67 00:03:52,724 --> 00:03:55,586 are known as monoliths, 68 00:03:55,689 --> 00:03:58,344 and millions of them were used to construct monuments 69 00:03:58,344 --> 00:04:01,241 all across the ancient world, 70 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:03,793 including locations such as Turkey, 71 00:04:03,896 --> 00:04:05,965 Peru 72 00:04:05,965 --> 00:04:08,586 and Ethiopia. 73 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:11,655 But why did ancient man begin to create 74 00:04:11,758 --> 00:04:15,413 these massive, monolithic structures? 75 00:04:15,448 --> 00:04:17,793 Could there be something inherent in the quality of stone 76 00:04:17,827 --> 00:04:21,931 that might hold some sort of influence or power over mankind? 77 00:04:21,965 --> 00:04:24,896 Perhaps the answer can be found 78 00:04:24,896 --> 00:04:28,310 at a location 90 miles west of London 79 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:31,620 in the English countryside. 80 00:04:35,068 --> 00:04:37,413 Stonehenge, England. 81 00:04:39,724 --> 00:04:41,586 Here, on the Salisbury plain 82 00:04:41,586 --> 00:04:43,586 in the county of Wiltshire, 83 00:04:43,586 --> 00:04:45,448 stands the most sophisticated 84 00:04:45,482 --> 00:04:49,758 prehistoric stone circle in the world. 85 00:04:49,793 --> 00:04:51,758 According to radiocarbon dating, 86 00:04:51,793 --> 00:04:55,068 this striking arrangement of monoliths was placed 87 00:04:55,103 --> 00:04:57,310 on this wide plain in Southern England 88 00:04:57,413 --> 00:05:00,448 more than 4,000 years ago. 89 00:05:00,482 --> 00:05:04,034 Consisting of more than 100 stone blocks, 90 00:05:04,034 --> 00:05:07,620 the monoliths create a larger structure 91 00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:11,137 known as a megalith. 92 00:05:11,137 --> 00:05:13,965 There is a period in time, several thousand years ago, 93 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,034 which is known as the megalithic time. 94 00:05:17,137 --> 00:05:20,551 And it is defined by the fact that our ancestors, 95 00:05:20,551 --> 00:05:22,965 pretty much in every part of civilization, 96 00:05:22,965 --> 00:05:26,724 began to build with gigantic stones. 97 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:28,689 ALAN BUTLER: These cultures, which were known 98 00:05:28,724 --> 00:05:33,034 as megalithic cultures, are something of a mystery to us. 99 00:05:33,068 --> 00:05:37,034 We have to ask ourselves why, all of a sudden, virtually, 100 00:05:37,068 --> 00:05:40,482 human beings across a-a broad stretch of Europe and Asia 101 00:05:40,517 --> 00:05:45,344 suddenly started to prize large pieces of rock free, 102 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:48,000 drag them around the landscape, 103 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,965 and then piling them up in very exotic and unusual ways. 104 00:05:56,137 --> 00:05:58,689 NARRATOR: Stonehenge, the world's most famous 105 00:05:58,724 --> 00:06:02,551 megalithic structure, derives its name from the material 106 00:06:02,586 --> 00:06:06,448 used to construct it, and also from the term "henge," 107 00:06:06,551 --> 00:06:08,793 which refers to a circular 108 00:06:08,896 --> 00:06:12,896 or oval-shaped bank that surrounds a central flat area. 109 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:14,931 SAM OSMANAGICH: Stonehenge-- 110 00:06:15,034 --> 00:06:19,068 it's just 25% of the original monument. 111 00:06:19,103 --> 00:06:23,206 75% has been destroyed forever. 112 00:06:23,241 --> 00:06:27,724 Originally they had 60 huge blocks 113 00:06:27,758 --> 00:06:30,931 that formed a perfect circle. 114 00:06:30,931 --> 00:06:34,034 The question is: Who was able to move them, 115 00:06:34,034 --> 00:06:36,206 and what was the purpose? 116 00:06:36,206 --> 00:06:38,758 HUGH NEWMAN: It's now believed 117 00:06:38,793 --> 00:06:41,034 the very first part of Stonehenge 118 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,896 is three great wooden postholes, 119 00:06:42,931 --> 00:06:44,896 which are now in the car park 120 00:06:44,931 --> 00:06:46,551 and there's blobs of paint on them. 121 00:06:46,586 --> 00:06:50,724 These are dated to at least 10,000 years old. 122 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:53,034 The next phase of construction at Stonehenge was 123 00:06:53,034 --> 00:06:56,448 around 3200 to 3400 B.C., 124 00:06:56,448 --> 00:06:58,896 where they built a great earthen henge 125 00:06:58,931 --> 00:07:01,241 and there was just a couple of stones there. 126 00:07:01,241 --> 00:07:04,137 Then a few hundred years later, they brought in the blue stones. 127 00:07:04,172 --> 00:07:06,275 And these are the ones that were brought 128 00:07:06,310 --> 00:07:09,793 over 100 miles away from the Preseli Mountains in Wales. 129 00:07:09,793 --> 00:07:13,965 The major monoliths there, the great Sarsen stones, 130 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,344 they were brought from much closer, about 20 miles away. 131 00:07:17,448 --> 00:07:20,068 But then some of them weigh up to 50 tons. 132 00:07:22,689 --> 00:07:26,275 NARRATOR: Multiton stones being carved from the landscape 133 00:07:26,310 --> 00:07:30,517 and transported distances of up to 100 miles. 134 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:34,517 Is it really possible that a prehistoric people 135 00:07:34,517 --> 00:07:37,103 could accomplish such an enormous 136 00:07:37,137 --> 00:07:39,620 and seemingly impossible task? 137 00:07:39,655 --> 00:07:41,965 NEWMAN: The theories really range 138 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,517 from they either used rollers and tree trunks, 139 00:07:45,620 --> 00:07:48,689 which is kind of unlikely when you look at some 140 00:07:48,689 --> 00:07:52,310 of the terrain they would have had to go through. 141 00:07:52,344 --> 00:07:54,137 There have been teams of Brits who have tried 142 00:07:54,172 --> 00:07:56,793 to recapitulate these things. 143 00:07:56,793 --> 00:07:59,655 How did they get them across the rivers 144 00:07:59,689 --> 00:08:02,758 between Wales and Stonehenge? 145 00:08:02,862 --> 00:08:06,551 How did they go up and down through valleys and over hills? 146 00:08:09,413 --> 00:08:12,000 BUTLER: One explanation associated with Stonehenge 147 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,379 dates back to the Arthurian legend, 148 00:08:15,413 --> 00:08:19,172 and the legend says that, um, the stones at Stonehenge 149 00:08:19,172 --> 00:08:21,551 were brought from Ireland by Merlin, 150 00:08:21,586 --> 00:08:24,172 who was King Arthur's magician. 151 00:08:24,172 --> 00:08:27,586 NEWMAN: Merlin was said to transport the stones 152 00:08:27,689 --> 00:08:30,862 by levitating them and pushing them along, 153 00:08:30,896 --> 00:08:32,758 just with his bare hands, 154 00:08:32,758 --> 00:08:37,241 all the way across the landscape from Wales to Stonehenge. 155 00:08:37,241 --> 00:08:39,689 The great 20th century French philosopher 156 00:08:39,724 --> 00:08:43,724 and historian, Jean Marcel, wrote over 40 books 157 00:08:43,758 --> 00:08:46,586 on the life of Merlin and Arthur and the Celtic traditions. 158 00:08:46,689 --> 00:08:51,103 And Marcel was adamant that Merlin was a real person. 159 00:08:51,103 --> 00:08:54,862 He was also adamant that Merlin was an incredibly powerful 160 00:08:54,896 --> 00:08:57,931 otherworldly being who was here to teach us 161 00:08:58,034 --> 00:09:01,793 to move beyond the human restrictions and boundaries. 162 00:09:05,413 --> 00:09:08,482 NARRATOR: Could the legend of Merlin really be proof 163 00:09:08,482 --> 00:09:11,103 of contact with extraterrestrial entities 164 00:09:11,137 --> 00:09:13,965 in the ancient past? 165 00:09:14,068 --> 00:09:18,137 And that they provided advanced technology 166 00:09:18,241 --> 00:09:22,068 to help transport and place the monoliths? 167 00:09:22,103 --> 00:09:26,275 If so, why would stone be the ideal material 168 00:09:26,310 --> 00:09:30,310 needed to construct the site? 169 00:09:30,413 --> 00:09:33,896 The properties of those stones had been found to have 170 00:09:33,896 --> 00:09:35,965 effects on the human body, 171 00:09:36,068 --> 00:09:39,896 to impart vibration and beneficial effects 172 00:09:39,931 --> 00:09:42,310 to the holder of those stones, 173 00:09:42,413 --> 00:09:44,827 to have healing properties. 174 00:09:44,931 --> 00:09:48,448 CHILDRESS: And, in fact, it's often been said Stonehenge was 175 00:09:48,482 --> 00:09:50,793 some healing place where people came, 176 00:09:50,827 --> 00:09:54,448 and, uh, with their ailments to be cured. 177 00:09:54,482 --> 00:09:58,137 NARRATOR: For some researchers, further clues 178 00:09:58,241 --> 00:10:01,241 to Stonehenge's extraterrestrial connection 179 00:10:01,241 --> 00:10:05,413 can be found in one of the site's most striking features: 180 00:10:05,448 --> 00:10:07,586 the precise position and alignment 181 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:10,793 of each stone that makes up the megalith. 182 00:10:10,827 --> 00:10:14,241 TSOUKALOS: Seen from the air, Stonehenge is actually 183 00:10:14,275 --> 00:10:16,655 a replica of our solar system. 184 00:10:16,758 --> 00:10:19,724 All those concentric circles, they all represent 185 00:10:19,724 --> 00:10:23,620 one planet in our solar system. 186 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:25,310 How did they know this? 187 00:10:25,413 --> 00:10:26,793 And according to the ancient texts 188 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:28,137 and the ancient traditions, 189 00:10:28,241 --> 00:10:30,896 this knowledge was given to our ancestors 190 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:33,068 by none other than extraterrestrials, 191 00:10:33,068 --> 00:10:34,896 by the gods. 192 00:10:37,275 --> 00:10:39,931 MIKE BARA: Some people think Stonehenge was some sort 193 00:10:39,965 --> 00:10:43,137 of calendar marker so that ancient cultures could know 194 00:10:43,137 --> 00:10:45,448 when was the right time to plant. 195 00:10:45,482 --> 00:10:48,655 Other people think that it actually was, uh, 196 00:10:48,655 --> 00:10:51,310 a celestial calendar that was designed to show 197 00:10:51,413 --> 00:10:53,241 when we would pass through certain 198 00:10:53,275 --> 00:10:55,103 very, very intense meteor streams. 199 00:10:58,137 --> 00:11:00,310 OSMANAGICH: We know that, through the position 200 00:11:00,413 --> 00:11:03,517 of different monoliths, they were able to watch 201 00:11:03,551 --> 00:11:06,965 the summer solstice, the winter solstice, 202 00:11:06,965 --> 00:11:10,862 even the movement of some star systems. 203 00:11:10,862 --> 00:11:12,896 CHILDRESS: So, who was it, then, 204 00:11:12,896 --> 00:11:17,724 who needed these astronomical calculations? 205 00:11:17,827 --> 00:11:20,655 Would it be the extraterrestrials? 206 00:11:20,689 --> 00:11:24,896 Or rather the priestly groups 207 00:11:24,896 --> 00:11:28,827 that the extraterrestrials were cultivating here on Earth, 208 00:11:28,862 --> 00:11:33,310 and training them to monitor the stars 209 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:36,862 and the heavens and the moon and the eclipses? 210 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,206 NARRATOR: Is it really possible 211 00:11:39,310 --> 00:11:41,724 that otherworldly beings 212 00:11:41,827 --> 00:11:45,206 designed Stonehenge so ancient man could gather 213 00:11:45,206 --> 00:11:47,793 data about the stars? 214 00:11:47,793 --> 00:11:50,482 If so, why? 215 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:53,310 And what was the ultimate purpose behind obtaining 216 00:11:53,310 --> 00:11:55,517 this celestial knowledge? 217 00:11:55,551 --> 00:11:58,379 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 218 00:11:58,482 --> 00:12:00,724 further clues can be found 219 00:12:00,827 --> 00:12:04,758 by traveling deeper into the English countryside 220 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:07,275 to another monolithic site 221 00:12:07,275 --> 00:12:11,034 that is 16 times larger than Stonehenge 222 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:13,862 and even more... mysterious. 223 00:12:19,551 --> 00:12:22,724 TSOUKALOS: Hagar Qim is just one of seven megalithic sites 224 00:12:22,724 --> 00:12:24,551 on the islands of Malta, 225 00:12:24,551 --> 00:12:26,896 and on my recent trip, I also visited 226 00:12:26,931 --> 00:12:30,379 the equally impressive temples of Mnajdra. 227 00:12:30,379 --> 00:12:34,379 In 1992, Maltese investigator Paul Micallef 228 00:12:34,413 --> 00:12:36,724 came to the shocking conclusion 229 00:12:36,724 --> 00:12:39,206 that the structures here were built 230 00:12:39,206 --> 00:12:43,034 around 10,200 B.C. 231 00:12:45,551 --> 00:12:48,068 He determined that, based on the tilt of the Earth 232 00:12:48,103 --> 00:12:51,931 at this date and time on the morning of the summer solstice, 233 00:12:51,931 --> 00:12:55,379 a beam of light would have come through the main entrance 234 00:12:55,379 --> 00:12:58,103 of the temple and been cast directly 235 00:12:58,206 --> 00:13:01,068 on the center of an altar stone. 236 00:13:01,068 --> 00:13:04,965 This could only be achieved if the monolith was placed 237 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,965 precisely with the end effect in mind. 238 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,827 And, incredibly, there are many other megalithic sites 239 00:13:11,827 --> 00:13:16,241 around the world made to align with the stars. 240 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,137 NARRATOR: Southwest England. 241 00:13:21,137 --> 00:13:25,137 Here, just 17 miles north of Stonehenge, 242 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:28,827 is Avebury... 243 00:13:28,827 --> 00:13:33,793 the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. 244 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,827 Originally constructed with hundreds of monoliths, 245 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:43,310 some experts believe this immense site 246 00:13:43,310 --> 00:13:45,482 was once a major center 247 00:13:45,482 --> 00:13:49,482 of religious ritual in Great Britain. 248 00:13:49,517 --> 00:13:52,275 BUTLER: Avebury is probably the most 249 00:13:52,275 --> 00:13:54,620 significant, uh, and most interesting 250 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:57,172 megalithic site in Great Britain, 251 00:13:57,275 --> 00:13:59,793 partly because it's the largest. 252 00:13:59,827 --> 00:14:01,517 NEWMAN: And just imagine the magnitude 253 00:14:01,551 --> 00:14:03,517 of what we're dealing with here. 254 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,862 There's now been a whole village built inside it 255 00:14:05,896 --> 00:14:07,862 because it's so large. 256 00:14:07,862 --> 00:14:09,379 The stones are huge-- they're probably 257 00:14:09,413 --> 00:14:12,172 between 20 and 50 tons each. 258 00:14:12,172 --> 00:14:15,551 They're rough-hewn stones in a great circle. 259 00:14:15,551 --> 00:14:20,034 And there were even two stone circles within Avebury itself. 260 00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:23,344 And these were roughly the same size of Stonehenge each. 261 00:14:23,379 --> 00:14:26,758 BUTLER: Old antiquarians once said that Stonehenge was 262 00:14:26,862 --> 00:14:29,206 like a parish church compared to Avebury, 263 00:14:29,241 --> 00:14:32,206 which was like a-a great cathedral. 264 00:14:32,241 --> 00:14:35,586 NARRATOR: Encompassing more than 28 acres, 265 00:14:35,689 --> 00:14:39,931 mainstream historians believe Avebury was constructed 266 00:14:40,034 --> 00:14:45,931 from 2850 B.C. to 2200 B.C. by Neolithic Britons, 267 00:14:46,034 --> 00:14:50,206 and like Stonehenge, was used during sacred rituals. 268 00:14:50,241 --> 00:14:52,000 COLLINS: They were celebrating the different cycles 269 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,206 of the years, the changing of the seasons. 270 00:14:55,206 --> 00:14:59,517 It seems as if this was necessary within their society 271 00:14:59,551 --> 00:15:02,586 to show that there was some kind 272 00:15:02,620 --> 00:15:06,310 of rhythm and cycle within nature 273 00:15:06,413 --> 00:15:09,068 that was not only understood, 274 00:15:09,068 --> 00:15:12,068 but could be controlled in some manner. 275 00:15:14,586 --> 00:15:16,586 By creating something like this, 276 00:15:16,586 --> 00:15:19,413 there is stability in the world. 277 00:15:19,413 --> 00:15:22,034 Chaos and disorder cannot reign. 278 00:15:24,103 --> 00:15:26,896 BUTLER: Avebury was considered to be a meeting point. 279 00:15:26,896 --> 00:15:28,758 It's significant to the solstices 280 00:15:28,793 --> 00:15:32,448 at the midsummer and the midwinter. 281 00:15:32,482 --> 00:15:34,275 But exactly what took place there 282 00:15:34,275 --> 00:15:36,379 and exactly what the people who built it believe, 283 00:15:36,413 --> 00:15:37,758 we don't know. 284 00:15:39,896 --> 00:15:41,620 NARRATOR: According to some researchers, 285 00:15:41,655 --> 00:15:44,103 there may be a profound purpose 286 00:15:44,103 --> 00:15:48,241 for this circular alignment of stones at Avebury, 287 00:15:48,241 --> 00:15:50,965 one perhaps connecting the monoliths 288 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:53,103 to celestial beings that visited 289 00:15:53,137 --> 00:15:55,931 the site thousands of years ago. 290 00:15:55,965 --> 00:15:59,620 The mythologies in conjunction with Avebury 291 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:04,689 always point to the sky, to some celestial beings-- 292 00:16:04,689 --> 00:16:07,689 the "shining ones," as they were called, 293 00:16:07,724 --> 00:16:11,000 descending from the sky and educating people 294 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,137 in various disciplines: 295 00:16:13,137 --> 00:16:17,517 agriculture, mathematics, geometry, engineering. 296 00:16:17,517 --> 00:16:20,689 CHILDRESS: In many cases with Avebury 297 00:16:20,724 --> 00:16:24,517 and other giant megaliths, it's as if they are set up 298 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:27,172 by some ancient people. 299 00:16:27,172 --> 00:16:30,344 It is pretty clear that in Avebury you have 300 00:16:30,379 --> 00:16:33,137 this fenced-off environment 301 00:16:33,137 --> 00:16:36,517 whereby probably only certain people were able to come 302 00:16:36,551 --> 00:16:39,689 because the stones somehow embodied the deities. 303 00:16:39,689 --> 00:16:42,482 Maybe they thought that they could communicate 304 00:16:42,482 --> 00:16:47,172 with the deities through these monolithic stones. 305 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:50,517 And we're once again to this time frame of a civilization 306 00:16:50,517 --> 00:16:53,137 who said that at one point in time, 307 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,379 the deities were physically present. 308 00:16:55,482 --> 00:16:59,724 NARRATOR: Could Avebury's location and building materials 309 00:16:59,827 --> 00:17:03,551 really have been chosen in order to enable communication 310 00:17:03,551 --> 00:17:05,379 with extraterrestrials? 311 00:17:05,413 --> 00:17:10,241 And if so, might this explain why man has been drawn 312 00:17:10,241 --> 00:17:14,344 to stone structures throughout the world since ancient times? 313 00:17:15,724 --> 00:17:17,689 Perhaps the answers can be found 314 00:17:17,689 --> 00:17:20,758 at another mysterious city, 315 00:17:20,793 --> 00:17:24,551 one that was built on top of a giant rock. 316 00:17:26,620 --> 00:17:29,689 NARRATOR: Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. 317 00:17:29,724 --> 00:17:31,862 Known as Lion's Rock, 318 00:17:31,862 --> 00:17:35,413 this natural monolith towers 600 feet 319 00:17:35,448 --> 00:17:38,724 over the surrounding landscape. 320 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:41,448 CHILDRESS: It was discovered 321 00:17:41,551 --> 00:17:45,275 in 1831 by a British Army officer named Jonathan Forbes. 322 00:17:45,379 --> 00:17:49,758 What he found there was a natural monolith, 323 00:17:49,862 --> 00:17:53,689 a giant cliff rock, 324 00:17:53,724 --> 00:17:56,413 and stairs had been cut into it, 325 00:17:56,413 --> 00:17:59,689 and then a palace had been built on top. 326 00:17:59,689 --> 00:18:01,655 And it's extremely remote area 327 00:18:01,758 --> 00:18:05,586 and high up vertical cliffs. 328 00:18:07,448 --> 00:18:11,310 Sigiriya was certainly a Buddhist monastery, um, 329 00:18:11,344 --> 00:18:14,241 from the first millennium B.C. 330 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:19,310 And then, around 500 A.D., 331 00:18:19,344 --> 00:18:24,137 it actually became a fortress and a palace for a local king. 332 00:18:25,758 --> 00:18:28,620 There are gardens, palaces 333 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:31,413 on the very top of the rock. 334 00:18:32,758 --> 00:18:34,827 Then there's various caves, 335 00:18:34,862 --> 00:18:40,310 and within these caves are different murals. 336 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:44,000 NARRATOR: These fresco paintings feature portraits of women 337 00:18:44,103 --> 00:18:47,137 that some researchers believe represent 338 00:18:47,137 --> 00:18:49,793 ladies of the king's court, 339 00:18:49,827 --> 00:18:53,827 while others suggest the women are religious figures. 340 00:18:53,862 --> 00:18:56,758 But according to ancient astronaut theorists, 341 00:18:56,793 --> 00:18:59,827 the images reveal more evidence 342 00:18:59,827 --> 00:19:03,482 of extraterrestrial contact in the distant past. 343 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,206 We find some of the most amazing paintings 344 00:19:08,206 --> 00:19:11,068 of people emerging out of the clouds. 345 00:19:11,172 --> 00:19:14,758 And they're actually floating in midair. 346 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:17,896 And you have to wonder, what did our ancestors 347 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,068 try to depict here? 348 00:19:20,172 --> 00:19:22,689 According to the local myths and legends, 349 00:19:22,724 --> 00:19:26,724 Sigiriya was created with the help of the gods 350 00:19:26,827 --> 00:19:29,206 who descended from the sky. 351 00:19:29,241 --> 00:19:33,172 What a beautiful, poetic way to depict something 352 00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:36,206 that they might have witnessed. 353 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:39,413 It was a complete misunderstanding of a visitation 354 00:19:39,517 --> 00:19:42,827 by technologically advanced space travelers. 355 00:19:44,344 --> 00:19:47,172 NARRATOR: Is it possible these paintings depict 356 00:19:47,172 --> 00:19:50,034 actual sky beings descending to Earth, 357 00:19:50,034 --> 00:19:53,000 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 358 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,172 And if so, might there be another, 359 00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:59,241 more profound reason why ancient man 360 00:19:59,344 --> 00:20:03,379 built a city on top of this massive monolith? 361 00:20:03,413 --> 00:20:05,344 The very concept of a monolith 362 00:20:05,344 --> 00:20:08,241 can be very important, very sacred to a people. 363 00:20:08,344 --> 00:20:12,689 Also, the concept of the mountain reaching to Heaven. 364 00:20:12,724 --> 00:20:15,724 It makes me think of the celestial 365 00:20:15,827 --> 00:20:18,517 or the cosmic Mount Meru. 366 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:23,827 RICHARD LEVITON: Mount Meru is a name used in Buddhist cultures 367 00:20:23,827 --> 00:20:27,344 to describe a cosmic mountain. 368 00:20:27,344 --> 00:20:30,758 It's actually described in ancient literature as a mass 369 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:33,827 of golden light, like a golden blazing fire 370 00:20:33,827 --> 00:20:36,000 in the shape of a mountain. 371 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:38,551 It's at the center of the universe, 372 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:41,517 and it exists at many levels from there, 373 00:20:41,551 --> 00:20:45,344 not in a physical sense, but in an energy sense. 374 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:47,724 The gods live on the slopes of it. 375 00:20:47,827 --> 00:20:50,206 They all have palaces and cities. 376 00:20:51,586 --> 00:20:53,827 COPPENS: Sigiriya is basically 377 00:20:53,862 --> 00:20:56,172 the small-scale replica of Mount Meru. 378 00:20:56,206 --> 00:20:58,172 Our ancestors took to this rock 379 00:20:58,172 --> 00:21:00,896 and began to build on top of that. 380 00:21:00,896 --> 00:21:04,586 It is saying, "This is the rock we have in this specific place. 381 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:07,793 "So we're going to use it in order to establish 382 00:21:07,827 --> 00:21:11,379 an uplink and a downlink to the gods in the sky." 383 00:21:13,068 --> 00:21:15,758 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Sigiriya was built 384 00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:19,655 in order to honor and connect with extraterrestrials, 385 00:21:19,758 --> 00:21:23,896 as ancient astronaut theorists believe? 386 00:21:23,896 --> 00:21:26,896 If so, might other monoliths 387 00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:29,310 reveal more evidence 388 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:32,448 of these ancient space visitations? 389 00:21:32,448 --> 00:21:36,793 Perhaps the ultimate proof can be found carved in stones 390 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:40,379 buried half a world away. 391 00:21:46,793 --> 00:21:48,931 NARRATOR: Easter Island. 392 00:21:48,931 --> 00:21:53,275 Isolated in the Pacific Ocean more than 2,000 miles 393 00:21:53,310 --> 00:21:56,448 west of Chile, this tiny landmass is home 394 00:21:56,482 --> 00:22:01,655 to nearly 900 monolithic stone statues. 395 00:22:01,689 --> 00:22:05,137 On Easter Island, we have these huge heads and torsos 396 00:22:05,137 --> 00:22:07,620 that are carved out of the volcanic rock. 397 00:22:07,655 --> 00:22:10,482 They are called the moai. 398 00:22:10,482 --> 00:22:14,793 Some of them that have been erected are 30 feet or so tall, 399 00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:17,275 weighing up to 75 tons. 400 00:22:19,482 --> 00:22:22,793 You don't realize that they're really buried 401 00:22:22,827 --> 00:22:24,689 right up to their chest... 402 00:22:26,655 --> 00:22:29,655 ...and that these statues are two or three times 403 00:22:29,689 --> 00:22:32,000 as large as we can see, 404 00:22:32,034 --> 00:22:33,827 because most of them is belowground. 405 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,310 Many of the statues are oftentimes sort of sideways, 406 00:22:40,344 --> 00:22:42,482 looking up. 407 00:22:42,482 --> 00:22:45,275 They look inward toward the center of the island. 408 00:22:46,896 --> 00:22:50,724 They also seem to look up toward the skies. 409 00:22:50,827 --> 00:22:53,034 So I think there's a deeper significance, 410 00:22:53,137 --> 00:22:55,137 and it has to do with the heavens. 411 00:22:55,137 --> 00:22:58,000 It has to do with things that were happening in the sky 412 00:22:58,034 --> 00:22:59,965 that were very important to the people 413 00:22:59,965 --> 00:23:02,896 and that they are recording in these moai 414 00:23:02,931 --> 00:23:06,034 and pointing to look upward. 415 00:23:06,068 --> 00:23:08,000 There is something going on there. 416 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:13,448 NARRATOR: According to archaeologists, 417 00:23:13,551 --> 00:23:16,689 the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island-- 418 00:23:16,689 --> 00:23:19,551 known as the Rapa Nui people-- 419 00:23:19,551 --> 00:23:22,379 constructed the moai between the 12th 420 00:23:22,379 --> 00:23:26,379 and 18th centuries A.D. to honor their ancestors. 421 00:23:28,448 --> 00:23:32,068 But recent archaeological excavations have revealed 422 00:23:32,068 --> 00:23:36,034 that the figures were naturally buried over thousands of years, 423 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:39,034 making them much older than originally believed. 424 00:23:42,275 --> 00:23:44,413 SCHOCH: From a geological perspective, 425 00:23:44,448 --> 00:23:48,379 to bury the moai in 20 feet or more of sediment suggests 426 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:51,551 that they are potentially thousands of years old, 427 00:23:51,551 --> 00:23:55,896 much older than traditional archaeologists have suggested. 428 00:23:57,793 --> 00:24:00,931 SMANAGICH: The idea that they were built 1,000 or 1,500 429 00:24:00,965 --> 00:24:04,275 or 700 years ago, not realistic. 430 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,448 They were built much, much before that. 431 00:24:07,482 --> 00:24:11,931 It seemed that certain guests came, built them. 432 00:24:13,275 --> 00:24:16,482 And probably those heads do represent 433 00:24:16,517 --> 00:24:18,448 their original builders. 434 00:24:18,482 --> 00:24:20,482 NARRATOR: If the moai are older 435 00:24:20,517 --> 00:24:22,931 than previously recognized, 436 00:24:22,965 --> 00:24:26,758 who really built them and why? 437 00:24:28,517 --> 00:24:31,931 Considering the Rapa Nui are thought to have arrived 438 00:24:31,931 --> 00:24:35,965 on Easter Island no earlier than 300 A.D., 439 00:24:35,965 --> 00:24:39,931 is it possible that celestial beings visited here 440 00:24:39,965 --> 00:24:42,413 thousands of years before? 441 00:24:44,172 --> 00:24:46,620 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 442 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:49,448 these monolithic figures provide clues 443 00:24:49,448 --> 00:24:53,758 that the Rapa Nui ancestors may have actually been 444 00:24:53,758 --> 00:24:55,758 space travelers. 445 00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:02,827 VON DANIKEN: You cannot exclude 446 00:25:02,827 --> 00:25:04,000 that they are representation 447 00:25:04,034 --> 00:25:07,344 of celestial ancestors. 448 00:25:07,344 --> 00:25:10,206 We have all these statues, and the faces 449 00:25:10,241 --> 00:25:14,137 of the statues do not look like the Easter Islanders. 450 00:25:15,689 --> 00:25:19,482 The statues they created, they look like robots... 451 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,000 ...with long, narrow noses, with narrow lips. 452 00:25:25,034 --> 00:25:27,517 They have nothing which compares 453 00:25:27,517 --> 00:25:29,517 the Easter Island people. 454 00:25:29,517 --> 00:25:31,655 So what do they represent? 455 00:25:33,758 --> 00:25:36,172 CHILDRESS: They are elongated heads. 456 00:25:36,172 --> 00:25:39,206 They are also these cone heads 457 00:25:39,206 --> 00:25:43,172 that we see at Nazca and Egypt and other areas of the world. 458 00:25:44,724 --> 00:25:46,655 Who are these people? 459 00:25:48,206 --> 00:25:50,862 LEVITON: One possible explanation for why these heads 460 00:25:50,862 --> 00:25:54,689 of the Easter Island stone figures face the heavens. 461 00:25:54,724 --> 00:25:57,689 It's as if they were pointing a finger to their place of origin, 462 00:25:57,724 --> 00:26:02,068 but not to... not because they forgot where they came from, 463 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:04,379 but so the humans could remember. 464 00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:09,551 NARRATOR: Is it possible the moai heads represent 465 00:26:09,551 --> 00:26:11,448 extraterrestrial beings, 466 00:26:11,482 --> 00:26:14,448 nodding toward their otherworldly origin? 467 00:26:14,482 --> 00:26:18,448 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 468 00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:20,827 and point to similar stone figures 469 00:26:20,931 --> 00:26:25,241 thousands of miles away in Southeast Asia as proof. 470 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:31,068 TSOUKALOS: I've seen the monolithic statues 471 00:26:31,103 --> 00:26:33,068 at Easter Island up close, 472 00:26:33,103 --> 00:26:35,068 and they are truly mind-blowing. 473 00:26:35,068 --> 00:26:37,896 But just as incredible is the fact 474 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:40,103 that we find similar elongated faces 475 00:26:40,137 --> 00:26:42,724 in other parts of the world. 476 00:26:42,724 --> 00:26:45,068 -Clifford. -Hey, Giorgio. 477 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:46,620 TSOUKALOS: So great to see you. How are you? 478 00:26:46,724 --> 00:26:47,896 -Welcome to Zuni. -Pleasure. 479 00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:49,758 -Welcome to my home. -Absolutely. 480 00:26:49,793 --> 00:26:51,482 TSOUKALOS: When I recently visited 481 00:26:51,586 --> 00:26:53,758 Zuni elder Clifford Mahooty in New Mexico, 482 00:26:53,793 --> 00:26:57,620 he showed me black-and-white photos from 1904, 483 00:26:57,655 --> 00:26:59,620 taken in a part of the Zuni territory 484 00:26:59,655 --> 00:27:02,137 that outsiders are not allowed to access. 485 00:27:02,137 --> 00:27:03,965 These are the twin gods. 486 00:27:03,965 --> 00:27:05,689 Wow. 487 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:09,068 And I was shocked to see totems with faces 488 00:27:09,172 --> 00:27:14,655 that are strikingly similar to the moai of Easter Island. 489 00:27:14,689 --> 00:27:17,655 To me, this is not a coincidence. 490 00:27:17,689 --> 00:27:19,655 These could be the depictions 491 00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:22,172 of possibly real extraterrestrial beings 492 00:27:22,206 --> 00:27:24,206 that these people encountered. 493 00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:26,275 And they are not the only ones. 494 00:27:30,034 --> 00:27:32,862 NARRATOR: Bada Valley, Indonesia. 495 00:27:32,965 --> 00:27:34,482 [birds chirp] 496 00:27:34,517 --> 00:27:36,482 Hidden in the isolated mountains 497 00:27:36,517 --> 00:27:38,275 of the island of Sulawesi... 498 00:27:40,482 --> 00:27:42,862 ...more than 20 monoliths are scattered 499 00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:45,137 in the fields of this farming region. 500 00:27:47,206 --> 00:27:49,655 Mainstream historians date the statues 501 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:52,482 to the first millennium B.C., 502 00:27:52,482 --> 00:27:54,965 although the actual date of their creation 503 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:56,689 has not been determined. 504 00:27:56,724 --> 00:28:00,827 CHILDRESS: Much of the valley has rice terraces, 505 00:28:00,827 --> 00:28:03,344 which are familiar throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia. 506 00:28:04,896 --> 00:28:07,758 But then in the middle of these rice paddies 507 00:28:07,793 --> 00:28:10,206 are these statues, and they're just sitting there. 508 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:15,517 And when you look at it, uh, you're baffled. 509 00:28:19,068 --> 00:28:22,931 The stones are coming from these deep river valleys 510 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,551 that are some miles away 511 00:28:25,551 --> 00:28:30,241 where there are giant boulders weighing 100 tons. 512 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:35,034 But then to haul those giant boulders up into the valley 513 00:28:35,034 --> 00:28:37,034 and then erect it, 514 00:28:37,068 --> 00:28:41,931 then carve it into this giant 15-foot statue. 515 00:28:42,034 --> 00:28:45,724 And you don't know why they would do it or how. 516 00:28:48,379 --> 00:28:50,724 The Bada Valley in Indonesia features 517 00:28:50,724 --> 00:28:53,206 some of the most magnificent megalithic structures 518 00:28:53,241 --> 00:28:54,758 that we-we can find. 519 00:28:56,379 --> 00:28:58,724 Giant statues that are very reminiscent 520 00:28:58,724 --> 00:29:02,965 to the statues that we can find, for example, on Easter Island. 521 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,620 NARRATOR: But how is it 522 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:06,344 that monoliths halfway around the world 523 00:29:06,448 --> 00:29:09,793 can bear such a close resemblance to each other? 524 00:29:09,827 --> 00:29:14,275 Some researchers believe the inspiration came 525 00:29:14,275 --> 00:29:17,103 from the same celestial visitors. 526 00:29:17,137 --> 00:29:19,620 You get similar-style carvings 527 00:29:19,655 --> 00:29:22,655 of these very strange sort of alien-looking faces, 528 00:29:22,689 --> 00:29:26,793 which are very symmetrical, very beautifully carved, 529 00:29:26,793 --> 00:29:30,413 that have intricate kind of craftsmanship built into them. 530 00:29:31,793 --> 00:29:34,137 They wanted to make them resemble 531 00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:36,172 what, in my opinion, was a depiction 532 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,068 of the ancestors, the gods... 533 00:29:40,034 --> 00:29:43,482 ...which somehow these stones were allowing to commemorate 534 00:29:43,517 --> 00:29:45,827 or communicate with these entities. 535 00:29:45,862 --> 00:29:50,310 They're basically telling us-- this is a memorial to our gods, 536 00:29:50,344 --> 00:29:52,793 the deities who were once present 537 00:29:52,827 --> 00:29:54,620 and who have left since. 538 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,931 NARRATOR: Is it possible, 539 00:29:58,931 --> 00:30:01,620 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 540 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:05,448 that these monoliths were created by mankind 541 00:30:05,448 --> 00:30:09,275 to pay homage to actual otherworldly beings 542 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,965 who visited Earth in the distant past? 543 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,793 And if so, might monoliths throughout the world 544 00:30:16,793 --> 00:30:20,827 have an even more profound connection to each other? 545 00:30:20,931 --> 00:30:23,137 Some researchers believe 546 00:30:23,172 --> 00:30:26,931 the answers can be found by taking a closer look 547 00:30:26,931 --> 00:30:29,655 at sphere-shaped stones hidden 548 00:30:29,758 --> 00:30:32,068 in the jungles of Costa Rica. 549 00:30:34,655 --> 00:30:37,931 One of the strangest monolithic rocks I've ever seen 550 00:30:37,931 --> 00:30:40,655 is in the city of Mahabalipuram in India, 551 00:30:40,689 --> 00:30:44,758 and it's this giant 250-ton boulder, 552 00:30:44,793 --> 00:30:47,517 perched precariously on a hill. 553 00:30:47,620 --> 00:30:51,137 Today, it is known as Krishna's Butter Ball, 554 00:30:51,172 --> 00:30:54,931 but its original name is "Stone of the Sky God," 555 00:30:54,965 --> 00:30:58,172 and some archaeologists say it is unlikely 556 00:30:58,275 --> 00:31:00,310 that it is a natural formation, 557 00:31:00,344 --> 00:31:04,206 as there are no other large rocks like it in the area 558 00:31:04,241 --> 00:31:08,689 and the shape does not appear to be the result of erosion. 559 00:31:08,724 --> 00:31:11,068 But how could ancient people have moved 560 00:31:11,172 --> 00:31:14,068 a 250-ton rock uphill? 561 00:31:14,172 --> 00:31:17,724 Incredibly, there are similar stone spheres 562 00:31:17,758 --> 00:31:21,034 that have been found on the opposite side of the globe. 563 00:31:27,896 --> 00:31:31,689 NARRATOR: Palmar Sur, Costa Rica. 564 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:36,724 While clearing the jungles in the 1930s, 565 00:31:36,758 --> 00:31:41,517 crews discover hundreds of monolithic stone spheres. 566 00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:46,034 CHILDRESS: Many of them are huge. 567 00:31:46,068 --> 00:31:49,551 I mean, they're... they're ten feet in diameter. 568 00:31:49,551 --> 00:31:51,517 They're gigantically huge. 569 00:31:54,241 --> 00:31:56,206 Others are much smaller, 570 00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:59,379 the size of a basketball 571 00:31:59,413 --> 00:32:03,413 or of a car tire or something like that. 572 00:32:03,448 --> 00:32:07,275 NARRATOR: To date, over 300 stone spheres have been found 573 00:32:07,275 --> 00:32:11,103 at archaeological sites across the region. 574 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:14,275 And Las Bolas, as they are called, are some 575 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:18,068 of the most precise stone carvings in the ancient world. 576 00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:20,310 Some experts believe 577 00:32:20,413 --> 00:32:22,793 these mysterious stone balls could be 578 00:32:22,896 --> 00:32:25,758 96% completely spherical. 579 00:32:29,068 --> 00:32:30,931 SCHOCH: We can only imagine 580 00:32:30,931 --> 00:32:34,275 how they may have been able to make such perfect spheres. 581 00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:36,931 These spheres are carved out of granites and granodiorites. 582 00:32:36,965 --> 00:32:40,965 These are very hard igneous rocks, difficult to work. 583 00:32:43,413 --> 00:32:45,758 OSMANAGICH: Granodiorite is one of 584 00:32:45,793 --> 00:32:49,137 the hardest natural materials. 585 00:32:49,172 --> 00:32:53,655 It never comes free in nature in the shape of the sphere. 586 00:32:53,758 --> 00:32:57,068 So obviously somebody shaped them. 587 00:32:58,758 --> 00:33:04,172 Today, we would need to use diamond tools and laser 588 00:33:04,172 --> 00:33:07,103 to shape the spheres. 589 00:33:09,517 --> 00:33:13,000 TSOUKALOS: According to the legends of Costa Rica, 590 00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:16,517 those stone spheres were used as cannonballs 591 00:33:16,517 --> 00:33:19,310 by the god of thunder to drive away 592 00:33:19,344 --> 00:33:21,724 the god of wind and hurricanes. 593 00:33:21,827 --> 00:33:25,344 Now, these are all wonderful ideas of a story, 594 00:33:25,344 --> 00:33:30,172 but as we all know, every story has a core of truth, 595 00:33:30,206 --> 00:33:33,310 and the question is: What is that core? 596 00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:39,000 NARRATOR: Are the legends of gods battling storms 597 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,034 really a description of ancient astronaut machinery at work, 598 00:33:43,137 --> 00:33:45,000 as some researchers suggest? 599 00:33:46,689 --> 00:33:51,137 And if so, might the discovery of stone spheres 600 00:33:51,172 --> 00:33:54,275 reveal the ultimate purpose for monoliths? 601 00:33:57,137 --> 00:33:59,310 Bosnia-Herzegovina. 602 00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:01,517 2004. 603 00:34:03,413 --> 00:34:07,068 A team of archaeologists discovers stone spheres 604 00:34:07,103 --> 00:34:10,724 in forests and creek beds near the town of Banja Luka. 605 00:34:12,586 --> 00:34:15,413 CHILDRESS: If you go into that area, it's a ravine 606 00:34:15,413 --> 00:34:18,241 in a mountainside that's been cut by a stream, 607 00:34:18,275 --> 00:34:21,586 and in it are all of these stone balls. 608 00:34:24,724 --> 00:34:27,034 Very similar to the ones in Costa Rica. 609 00:34:28,931 --> 00:34:32,758 They're half buried in this mountainside, 610 00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:35,172 and some are exposed. 611 00:34:36,758 --> 00:34:40,103 It is a tourist area, and, in fact, Bosnia has 612 00:34:40,137 --> 00:34:43,551 four or five areas where these stone balls can be seen. 613 00:34:45,241 --> 00:34:47,551 The tree... the tree was standing there, 614 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:50,586 but in the last storm, the tree fell 615 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:52,379 and, you know, all this, you know, dirt, 616 00:34:52,413 --> 00:34:55,103 all this material covered the stone sphere which is here. 617 00:34:55,206 --> 00:34:56,758 Right here. 618 00:34:56,793 --> 00:34:59,758 The biggest source of Bosnian stone spheres 619 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:03,620 is the central Bosnian town of Zavidovici. 620 00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:08,482 We took samples from four different stone spheres 621 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:13,275 and samples of natural stone that we found nearby, 622 00:35:13,275 --> 00:35:16,137 and then we did chemical analysis, 623 00:35:16,137 --> 00:35:17,482 and the conclusion was: 624 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:20,827 those stone spheres were made. 625 00:35:20,862 --> 00:35:24,275 From the liquid state, they would melt them. 626 00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:26,655 They were adding certain additives 627 00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:29,482 to get the better properties of material, 628 00:35:29,482 --> 00:35:32,482 and then when they got dry in certain molds... 629 00:35:34,482 --> 00:35:38,310 ...they were getting a perfect shape of the sphere. 630 00:35:40,448 --> 00:35:42,310 NARRATOR: Like most other monoliths, 631 00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:46,275 researchers believe the spheres were likely used 632 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,620 for ceremonial rituals, 633 00:35:48,655 --> 00:35:51,620 but is it possible that these monoliths, 634 00:35:51,620 --> 00:35:54,620 like the stone spheres in Costa Rica, 635 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:58,448 helped create a connection to celestial beings, 636 00:35:58,482 --> 00:36:01,344 as ancient astronaut theorists contend? 637 00:36:01,379 --> 00:36:04,344 Another theory of the stone balls is that 638 00:36:04,379 --> 00:36:06,586 they were somehow used as star maps, 639 00:36:06,689 --> 00:36:11,172 and that they were rolled around, 640 00:36:11,172 --> 00:36:14,172 and they would show where stars were 641 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:18,551 and their relationship to other areas, 642 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:23,206 very much like some extraterrestrial map. 643 00:36:23,206 --> 00:36:27,206 COPPENS: It's also said that these stone balls 644 00:36:27,241 --> 00:36:29,862 were there to concentrate thought, 645 00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:32,517 that they were somehow physical devices, 646 00:36:32,551 --> 00:36:35,586 that somehow by touching or working with these stones, 647 00:36:35,689 --> 00:36:39,827 we were able to establish a bridge to another dimension. 648 00:36:39,827 --> 00:36:42,517 And so we might actually be looking 649 00:36:42,517 --> 00:36:45,034 at a civilization who realized 650 00:36:45,068 --> 00:36:48,413 that the places where these stone spheres were located 651 00:36:48,517 --> 00:36:51,034 were somehow power spots, 652 00:36:51,034 --> 00:36:54,034 that somehow there was some form of energy, 653 00:36:54,034 --> 00:36:56,689 whereby if we were able to concentrate, 654 00:36:56,689 --> 00:36:59,517 we would indeed be transported to a world 655 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,965 where we could communicate with the gods. 656 00:37:02,068 --> 00:37:05,896 And that might be why these stone spheres 657 00:37:05,896 --> 00:37:07,931 are located in the places they are. 658 00:37:09,103 --> 00:37:11,103 NARRATOR: Could it really be 659 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:13,793 that these round monoliths were placed throughout the world 660 00:37:13,827 --> 00:37:16,931 to create a greater cosmic energy grid, 661 00:37:16,931 --> 00:37:19,241 as some researchers believe? 662 00:37:19,275 --> 00:37:21,275 If so, 663 00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:24,103 might stone spheres and other monoliths 664 00:37:24,103 --> 00:37:27,724 be celestial travel tools placed in power spots... 665 00:37:29,965 --> 00:37:32,724 ...portals for star travelers visiting Earth? 666 00:37:34,758 --> 00:37:37,137 And is it possible these advanced beings 667 00:37:37,241 --> 00:37:39,275 have left behind more evidence, 668 00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:42,103 perhaps not on Earth 669 00:37:42,137 --> 00:37:46,551 but approximately 140 million miles away? 670 00:37:51,758 --> 00:37:53,758 NARRATOR: 1998. 671 00:37:55,758 --> 00:37:59,275 The Mars Global Surveyor snaps photos 672 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:03,172 of what appears to be a monolith on Phobos, 673 00:38:03,172 --> 00:38:07,310 one of the two moons that orbit the planet Mars. 674 00:38:07,310 --> 00:38:09,551 On the moon of Mars, Phobos, 675 00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:12,793 there's a very, very interesting obelisk or monolith there. 676 00:38:12,793 --> 00:38:14,862 They call it the Phobos Monolith. 677 00:38:14,896 --> 00:38:17,517 Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, 678 00:38:17,517 --> 00:38:19,482 made a really big deal out of this 679 00:38:19,482 --> 00:38:21,862 and basically claimed that it was artificial, 680 00:38:21,965 --> 00:38:23,517 and when we got there and studied it, 681 00:38:23,551 --> 00:38:25,344 it would change everything 682 00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:28,172 in terms of how we looked at our history. 683 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:30,482 NARRATOR: Is it really possible there is 684 00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:33,000 an obelisk on a moon of Mars, 685 00:38:33,034 --> 00:38:35,551 one that is not a natural occurrence 686 00:38:35,655 --> 00:38:40,689 but was, in fact, put there by otherworldly beings? 687 00:38:40,689 --> 00:38:44,172 If so, might they have created similar structures 688 00:38:44,172 --> 00:38:47,137 on other planets and celestial bodies, 689 00:38:47,172 --> 00:38:51,482 perhaps even Earth, as some researchers suggest? 690 00:38:51,482 --> 00:38:55,344 Egypt has a number of obelisks in it, 691 00:38:55,344 --> 00:39:00,206 and those obelisks are 4,000 or 5,000 years old. 692 00:39:02,724 --> 00:39:06,689 And the obelisks in Ethiopia may be that old, too. 693 00:39:08,586 --> 00:39:12,586 Obelisks, they're a piece of crystalline granite, 694 00:39:12,620 --> 00:39:16,241 and within the granite is quartz crystal. 695 00:39:16,241 --> 00:39:20,241 So obelisks themselves are, in a sense, 696 00:39:20,241 --> 00:39:24,241 a crystal tower with all of the properties 697 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:28,034 that quartz crystal brings to technology. 698 00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:30,896 It's an antenna, 699 00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:34,413 and any antenna can receive a broadcast 700 00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:37,586 and it can give a broadcast. 701 00:39:39,068 --> 00:39:41,551 And then we have these ancient obelisks 702 00:39:41,551 --> 00:39:43,413 that were at one point, apparently, 703 00:39:43,413 --> 00:39:45,931 all around the world. 704 00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:50,586 It would seem that there was a worldwide system, 705 00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:54,448 similar to a wireless broadcasting system. 706 00:39:54,551 --> 00:39:59,000 These obelisks would broadcast power into the atmosphere... 707 00:40:01,103 --> 00:40:03,413 ...and remote locations around the world could pick up 708 00:40:03,413 --> 00:40:07,551 that power, much like a radio today, or a television set, 709 00:40:07,586 --> 00:40:09,931 a satellite phone or a computer. 710 00:40:10,034 --> 00:40:13,379 This seems to be the system that was set up 711 00:40:13,379 --> 00:40:17,068 by extraterrestrials thousands of years ago on this planet, 712 00:40:17,068 --> 00:40:20,896 and incredibly, they didn't just do it on planet Earth. 713 00:40:20,931 --> 00:40:24,275 So we may well find that when we go to Mars, 714 00:40:24,379 --> 00:40:25,758 we'll find obelisks there. 715 00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:31,206 NARRATOR: Is it really possible, as some researchers believe, 716 00:40:31,241 --> 00:40:34,275 that monoliths on Earth have a cosmic connection 717 00:40:34,379 --> 00:40:36,379 to the obelisk on Phobos, 718 00:40:36,413 --> 00:40:38,413 and that, at one time, 719 00:40:38,448 --> 00:40:41,931 many of the monolithic sites seen around the world 720 00:40:42,034 --> 00:40:43,931 were part of an advanced system 721 00:40:43,931 --> 00:40:47,413 that would help to receive and distribute energy? 722 00:40:47,517 --> 00:40:49,068 You have to realize 723 00:40:49,103 --> 00:40:51,413 that there is more than just the stones involved. 724 00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:54,551 There's a kind of energy field around them, 725 00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:58,620 and it works through the stones by way of their placement. 726 00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:02,655 When put in a circle, or in rows, 727 00:41:02,655 --> 00:41:06,620 or standing singly, they would ground celestial energy, 728 00:41:06,655 --> 00:41:10,620 transmit it and download it into the local landscape. 729 00:41:10,655 --> 00:41:14,655 It was meant to be a kind of passive, continuous input 730 00:41:14,655 --> 00:41:19,275 to the Earth from the celestial and galactic realms. 731 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:23,000 OSMANAGICH: For example, Stonehenge, we now know 732 00:41:23,103 --> 00:41:25,103 that those stones were positioned 733 00:41:25,137 --> 00:41:27,793 above the underground water flows. 734 00:41:27,793 --> 00:41:31,482 The water moves, generates energy, 735 00:41:31,517 --> 00:41:35,137 the stones receive the energy and slowly release it. 736 00:41:35,172 --> 00:41:39,448 The ancient people, they would be around those monoliths, 737 00:41:39,448 --> 00:41:42,172 keeping their hands on the stones, 738 00:41:42,275 --> 00:41:44,655 receiving the energy. 739 00:41:44,655 --> 00:41:46,965 COPPENS: Throughout the world, 740 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 whether they are stone spheres in Bosnia 741 00:41:49,103 --> 00:41:52,275 or megalithic monuments in Avebury, 742 00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:54,689 what we're seeing is that our ancestors are saying 743 00:41:54,793 --> 00:41:57,275 that these stones are able to hold energy, 744 00:41:57,275 --> 00:42:02,379 a soul, a spirit, of our ancestors, of the gods. 745 00:42:02,379 --> 00:42:05,517 And so what we see throughout the world is these monoliths, 746 00:42:05,551 --> 00:42:08,517 because throughout the world we are trying to establish 747 00:42:08,551 --> 00:42:13,413 this link between us, mankind and the world of the gods. 748 00:42:13,517 --> 00:42:15,724 In December of 2014, 749 00:42:15,724 --> 00:42:18,551 an ancient monolithic stone block was discovered 750 00:42:18,655 --> 00:42:20,724 at Baalbek in Lebanon 751 00:42:20,758 --> 00:42:23,551 that was of unprecedented proportions, 752 00:42:23,586 --> 00:42:26,172 even by Baalbek standards. 753 00:42:26,206 --> 00:42:29,551 The granite block is over 64 feet long 754 00:42:29,586 --> 00:42:34,172 and weighs an astonishing 1,650 tons, 755 00:42:34,206 --> 00:42:38,068 making it the largest man-made monolith ever discovered. 756 00:42:38,172 --> 00:42:42,206 It lies in a quarry alongside two similar monoliths 757 00:42:42,206 --> 00:42:46,068 that also weigh over 1,000 tons each. 758 00:42:46,172 --> 00:42:48,413 How old these monoliths are 759 00:42:48,517 --> 00:42:51,551 and who or what carved them remains a mystery. 760 00:42:51,655 --> 00:42:53,862 But it begs the question: 761 00:42:53,862 --> 00:42:56,689 Could they truly provide important clues 762 00:42:56,724 --> 00:42:59,344 to understanding our extraterrestrial ancestors? 763 00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:01,241 And to that, 764 00:43:01,275 --> 00:43:04,586 the answer is a resounding yes. 765 00:43:04,636 --> 00:43:09,186 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0