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NARRATOR: Mysterious stone heads.

GEORGE NOORY: How in the heck did they make these?

Where did they come from?

And how did they move them?

NARRATOR: Ancient monuments containing 100-ton blocks--

Some of the stones are of such magnitude,

modern machinery is incapable of putting them there.

NARRATOR: --and solid granite cut with incredible precision.

We ourselves today could not replicate

what our ancestors allegedly accomplished with stonemasonry.

NARRATOR: Throughout the world, there are giant structures that

have baffled archaeologists.

Could they really have been constructed

using primitive tools?

Or might they be the product of alien technology?

ERICH VON DANIKEN: Extraterrestrials would not

have left without any proof.

They wanted that in the far future, we start to reflect.

Have you been visited by outer space?

NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world

believe we have been visited in the past

by extraterrestrial beings.

What if it were true?

Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history?

And if so, might they have a connection to the world's

most mysterious structures?

On the Northwest coast of France just south of Brittany

lies one of the most important prehistoric sites in Europe.

At the seaside village of Carnac,

over 3,000 megalithic stones are placed

in rows over two miles along.

The Carnac Stones were hewn from local rock formations

and erected between 4,500 to 2,500

BC at the end of the Stone Age.

They are the largest collection of standing

stones in the world.

Archaeologists are baffled by the many megaliths in Carnac here.

It's clearly a massive construction project

with blocks of granite weighing 50 to 100

to even up to 350 tons.

Legends here say that giants built Carnac.

But you have to wonder, what is the real purpose

of these giant megaliths?

And why would prehistoric people have

moved all of these massive stones

and placed them in their many alignments here at Carnac?

Thousands of large stones have been arranged

in very interesting patterns.

They're arranged in intersecting lines

that form triangles that could only be

visible from above the Earth.

These arrangements of stones may have

been a way of communicating with extraterrestrial beings.

NARRATOR: The ancient Greek poet Pindar spoke of a mystical land

called Hyperborea far to the north

where the sun shined 24 hours a day.

Legends claim that Apollo visited

Hyperborea traveling in his chariot of fire every 20 years.

Apollo would tell to the Greeks,

OK, I'm gonna go see some other people.

I've got to go and teach them.

And they're like, well, where are you off to?

And he's like, well, I'm actually

going to a place that's beyond where the north wind comes.

It's the land of the Hyperboreans.

NARRATOR: Although mainstream archaeologists speculate

that the Carnac Stones are most likely tomb markers,

ancient astronaut theorists believe

these stones are intentionally laid out

in a unique geometric formation.

Many speculations existed since centuries.

And only a few years ago in France, they

started to photograph this whole French Brittany by helicopters.

And when they put the pictures together,

all of a sudden someone realized,

hey, this is not coincidence.

The distances of the lines are always

the same, 2,860 meters, or exactly

the half of 2,860 meters.

The angles are always the same.

It's Pythagorean triangles.

It's all a gigantic geometrical pattern from Stone

Age, which is impossible.

Our Stone Age people have no idea of Pythagoras triangles.

Pythagoras was about 420 BC.

NARRATOR: Even though the geometric arrangement

of the Carnac stones predates the Pythagorean

theorem by more than 2,000 years,

one question remains--

why were the stones arranged in such a precise pattern?

The Carnac Stones are one of the few things

on the planet that can actually be seen from space.

And they're a perfect marker for any kind of aerial vehicle

looking down on the Earth.

Many of the tourists who come here to Carnac

claim that they can actually feel the energy emanating

from these granite megaliths.

How did these ancient people know about this energy?

Is it possible that they were able to use

this energy to even move and erect these giant stones?

I am of the opinion that they were made on purpose.

The extraterrestrials told our ancestors, do this and this.

It's not the extraterrestrials who made the stone lines,

it's the humans who made it, but by the order

of the extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: But were the Carnac stones

a signpost for an ancient astronaut

called Apollo as he flew his spacecraft high above the land?

If the Greek god Apollo was really

some kind of ancient astronaut, it's

possible that the stones here at Carnac

were a directional finder pointing

the way to the far north, to the Hyperborea of the ancient gods.

NARRATOR: Over 1,000 miles North of Carnac lies Scandinavia,

home to an ancient people called the Norse.

The Norse were tribal Germanic people

who lived in what is now known as Sweden,

Denmark, Iceland, and Norway.

Norse legends record the triumphs of great warriors

with advanced weaponry, sophisticated combat

techniques, and navigational prowess.

Like the Greeks, Norse mythology includes

supernatural beings,

other worlds, and powerful gods.

But like the Romans, could the Norse myths

refer not to different gods, but the same gods

as those depicted by the ancient Greeks?

There are a number of similarities

between Greek mythology and Norse mythology.

And many of the gods are almost identical.

And they do much the same thing.

NARRATOR: Descriptions of the Viking god Odin, the god

of war, death, and knowledge, and the Greek gods

Zeus bear striking similarities.

Zeus and Odin are both sky father gods.

They traveled through the skies in chariots

because they are akin to the solar divinities.

The precursor to many religious beliefs is sun worship.

The ancients knew that life came from the sun.

So that is a great mystery and a source of great awe.

What you're getting there is not just some minor deity,

but you really are nailing it down

to one of the chief deities.

This is a very important character.

And so whoever is behind Odin or Zeus

is obviously a person or a divine entity which

is shared by these cultures.

And it's clear that whoever inspired

the myth of Zeus or Odin is somehow somebody who

had an extremely important contribution

to make to both civilizations.

So this entity was definitely known throughout Europe.

NARRATOR: Could the Norse and Greek

gods really have been the same extraterrestrial beings?

Did they use the megalithic stones at Carnac

as a directional marker that can be

seen from high above the Earth?

And if so, is it possible that this site

and other megalithic structures around the world

really were built with the help of otherworldly technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and claim further proof can

be found by examining megalithic rocks in Bolivia,

cut with incredible precision.

Palm Springs, California, master stonemason and sculptor Roger

Hopkins uses a variety of advanced tools

to cut and shape hard stones.

Powered implements such as diamond

tipped wires and polishers enable him to fashion works

of art out of huge granite blocks

obtained from nearby quarries.

Yet even with these high-tech tools,

Hopkins cannot replicate what ancient

civilizations accomplished thousands of years ago.

Could these advanced engineering methods

be the smoking gun that proves humans

had help from alien beings?

ROGER HOPKINS: The precision on some of the work that I've seen

is just incredible.

It's possible to do it by hand.

But it would take an incredible amount of time.

Plus you have to have years of experience

to be able to pull it off.

In my opinion, the most tangible pieces of evidence

that we have regarding possible extraterrestrial

technology is when we look at the ancient

stone-cutting techniques.

Because in some instances, we ourselves today

could not replicate what our ancestors allegedly

accomplished with stonemasonry.

NARRATOR: Puma Punku is a large temple complex located

on a high plateau in Bolivia.

Mainstream archaeologists date the site from approximately 200

BC.

The people who lived here had neither a written

language nor the wheel.

Yet somehow they built one of the world's

most complex structures.

Ancient alien theorists view Puma Punku as clear proof

of extraterrestrial influence.

The ruins we find at Puma Punku are simply extraordinary.

Puma Punku defies logic.

The interest of Puma Punku is not so much

that the individual stones slotted together perfectly

but the fact that the stones, as such,

are of such tremendous design that it requires concepts

of mathematics which are far beyond anything we

are actually using right now.

Yet somehow in the past, somebody

has made that for a specific purpose

and in a way which even computer programs today would kind

of go, how is this possible?

In the highlands of Bolivia, Puma Punku,

some of these blocks are over 40 to 50 tons each.

What can you tell us about this?

Boy, they-- they had their stone cutting abilities,

you know, pretty well fine tuned for 5,000 years old.

I mean, it's almost unbelievable.

But these cutting planes that they have on here

are very impressive.

And some of the inside cuts.

Say, like in here, all these interior cuts, very hard to do.

I mean, it would be difficult for us

with our equipment to get that kind of precision.

Let's talk a little bit about inside boxes.

Ooh.

I was afraid you were gonna pull something like this on me.

That is a hell of a piece of work.

I mean, if we were to do something like that today,

we'd use what they have, these computer-driven CNC machines,

which have diamond tips.

And you have a template that, you know, the computer follows.

And even then, it may not come out as perfect.

Because even though you can tell that obviously

this piece broke off, nowhere in here can

you see any imperfection.

It's like-- and by the way, when you're there,

if you go with your finger over these edges

and you put a little pressure on your fingertip,

you can cut yourself.

This is how sharp the edges are.

NARRATOR: But where could the ancient peoples

have developed such technology?

Is it really possible that extraterrestrial visitors

provided different construction methods and tools?

When I saw these blocks, I didn't really

think that they were cut.

The first thing really that I thought of

was this appears very similar to Frank Lloyd Wright's

textile block system of construction,

which he used in his California houses in the early 1920s.

Now what he did was he took concrete, poured it into molds.

There actually are ancient Incan legends

that suggest that they have the capability

of softening the stone.

At Sacsayhuaman, for example, we find these gigantic stone

blocks of gigantic stone walls where

it looks as if those stones were molten, put into place,

and then the stone hardened again.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the precision-cut stones

at Puma Punku are really the product

of extraterrestrial technology?

Perhaps further clues can be found halfway around the world

with an ancient civilization that was

found buried beneath the Earth.

Located more than 500 miles away from the crowded streets

of Istanbul, Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey.

There in 1994 on a dusty hilltop,

a local shepherd noticed the tip of a stone

sticking out of his field.

He began to dig, eventually unearthing a 19-foot pillar.

Its edges were precise and rising from its center

was a relief carving of a strange animal.

Upon closer examination, it appeared

that the finely-chiseled stone had

been fashioned by talented stonemasons

working with advanced tools.

When word of the discovery reached

the scientific community, one fact became obvious--

a Kurdish shepherd had stumbled upon what is perhaps

the most astonishing archaeological discovery

in modern times, a site known as Gobekli Tepe.

For 13 years, a German archaeology team has been

meticulously going into a hill.

And they have been doing carbon dating as deep as they go.

And it has taken them 13 years to uncover only 5%

of a gigantic civilization.

They know what's under the ground,

circles upon circles upon circles,

perfect circles in stone.

And rising up out of those stone circles are huge,

sculpted columns 19 feet high,

15 tons per column.

NARRATOR: Test results have supported the idea

that Gobekli Tepe is nearly 12,000 years old, almost 7,000

years older than Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent,

long heralded as the cradle of civilization.

In Gobekli Tepe, the oldest advanced site

now on our planet, we know of no other site

that is this advanced.

And they just now doubled the history of humanity.

GRAHAM HANCOCK: And right there is

this gigantic site with huge megalithic circular structures.

It just stands there a mystery, asking

us to go figure how was this done,

what's the background to this.

We don't know who made them.

They just come out of the darkness of the last Ice Age,

where we know nothing, and enter the stage of history,

already fully formed.

And to my mind, this is indicative of a major forgotten

episode in human history.

NARRATOR: Curiously, after 13 years of digging,

archaeologists investigating the ancient site have failed

to recover a single stone cutting tool

nor have they found any agricultural implements.

How in the world can you contemplate 19-foot-tall,

perfectly sculpted columns that are 11,000 to 12,000

years old and no tools?

NARRATOR: The mystery of Gobekli Tepe

is further compounded by the ancient stone carvings

found throughout the site.

They depict creatures like wild boars and geese.

We see various types of creatures, different animals,

birds, insects, and even abstract human forms

that seem to come together to create this very

weird menagerie, which has totally

baffled the archaeologists who have uncovered this site.

Now what they represent is a matter of speculation.

But it's my intuition that they may

even represent a arc in stone.

NARRATOR: Located less than 350 miles from Mount Ararat,

the site many biblical scholars believe to be the resting place

of Noah's Ark, the animal carvings of Gobekli Tepe

suggest a time in the region's history

when the indigenous animal population may have been

of a totally different origin.

But do these carvings actually provide

historical proof of the Great Flood

that was described in the Bible?

Archaeologists are aware that there

are more than 2,000 myths of a great flood which destroyed

an earlier civilization.

NARRATOR: Some researchers theorize

that the events of a cataclysmic flood and a story

similar to that told of Noah's Ark

was recorded on the stone pillars of Gobekli Tepe.

If true, that would push the date of the Great Flood back

to the end of the last Ice Age, far earlier

than the biblical period.

There is evidence that this may have

ended quite catastrophically.

There was a lot of things happening, a lot of migrations,

possibly waters rising up very quickly,

a lot of rapid changes in lifestyles.

NARRATOR: But another perhaps even

more profound question remains.

Who built Gobekli Tepe, for what purpose,

and how did such an ancient site remain

in nearly pristine condition for more than 10,000 years?

In the case of Gobekli Tepe we find

that the site was carefully placed underneath sand.

This site was buried.

It appears as if somehow the usage of Gobekli Tepe

was no longer there and that people moved on but had such

a reference to this important site

that rather than destroy it, they

put it to peace by burying it.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the people of Gobekli Tepe

had such reverence for this site because it

really was built with the help of alien technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and claim further evidence

that extraterrestrials were behind the construction

of the world's most mysterious structures

can be found in Lebanon by examining a site that

dates back nearly 9,000 years.

Eastern Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley,

here at this archaeological site stand the ruins of Heliopolis,

built in the 4th century BC by Alexander the Great

to honor Zeus.

But beneath the Corinthian columns and remnants

of both Greek and Roman architecture

lie the ruins of a site that is much, much older.

According to archaeologists, it dates back nearly 9,000 years.

The ancient city of Baalbek, named after the early Canaanite

deity Baal.

Baal is the god of life, the god of the sky,

the god of the sun.

He was the god that was venerated

on the site of Baalbek during the Canaanite

and the finishing times.

And so because it was already sacred to the god Baal,

then later, the Greeks and the Romans

then would build temples on this very same spot.

NARRATOR: Archaeological surveys have revealed

that the enormous stone foundation that

lies at the base of the site dates back tens of thousands

of years.

Baalbek, as we know from the archaeological evidence,

must have existed during the neolithic period

between 6,000 to 8,000 years or even 9,000 years BC.

NARRATOR: But even more significant

to ancient astronaut theorists is their belief

that the colossal stone platform may

once have served as a landing pad for space travelers.

We don't know why Baalbek was chosen as this specific site.

It may well be some kind of special power place.

But what was originally there before the Roman temple was

this spaceport platform that was apparently

used for extraterrestrials coming

and going on planet Earth.

NARRATOR: As evidence, researchers

point to the gigantic megalithic stones incorporated

into the foundation, each weighing

between 800 to 1,200 tons

and perfectly fitted together.

PHILIP COPPENS: This is the real mystery of Baalbek--

how these stones came to be there,

why they were placed there, and specifically how they

were transported into place.

Because some of the stones are of such magnitude

that modern machinery is incapable of putting them there.

But somehow our ancestors were able to do this.

Some have suggested that this stone alone

weighs in excess of 1,200 tons.

How was it moved there?

Because obviously it's situated on top of these stone rows

that we can find down here, which

means that this stone had to be lifted

and then set on top

of these stones down here.

And because these storms were gigantic,

ancient people assumed that extraterrestrial

or unknown forces brought them to the site itself.

BILL BIRNES: It is one of the oldest, oldest

megalithic sites on the planet.

And it has these huge stones laid out

in a precise geometrical shape at a time when

the prehistoric people who would have lived there,

who would have gone to the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon,

would have no concept of how to move stones of that nature.

NARRATOR: But if the moving, hoisting, and setting

of such massive stones was so incredibly difficult, then who

or what placed them there?

And perhaps more importantly, why?

We know that the ancients always went to power places

and Baalbek clearly is one of them.

It is a place where the gods were worshipped, where the gods

were said to be present.

And so when it comes to Baalbek, this platform

was built there for a reason.

For what purpose it was used is a question we can't

answer at this moment in time.

But what we do know is that whatever was happening

there had a great religious significance to them

and was linked with worshipping deities, deities which clearly

are of an otherworldly origin.

NARRATOR: Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists

believe, that Baalbek had been considered a sacred place

for tens of thousands of years because it

was where extraterrestrial beings first arrived on Earth?

Perhaps the answer can be found by examining

other megalithic stones on Easter Island.

The South Pacific Ocean.

2,300 miles West of South America in one of the most

remote places on Earth, giant stone figures stand

with their backs to the sea.

Called moai by the native inhabitants,

they are the silent sentinels of Easter Island.

CHRIS STEVENSON: The moais are scattered throughout the island

and they're positioned on top of platforms, for the most part.

A moai is a stone sculpture of a deceased ancestor.

They were once living individuals who ruled

the society or led the society.

They were chiefs.

And then upon their death, we believe that they

become represented in stone.

NARRATOR: Nearly 900 moai were carved between

the 12th and 18th centuries.

Hewn with stone tools from volcanic rock,

the tallest stands a towering 33 feet high

and weighs a staggering 75 tons.

CHRIS STEVENSON: They were probably even more

unique looking in the past.

They may have been painted.

And they also had large white coral

eyes with obsidian pupils.

So it's a very effective way of telling people,

not verbally, but symbolically that someone's watching you

and you should toe the line.

You should do what you're supposed to do.

NARRATOR: The people who created the moai

called themselves the Rapa Nui.

And mainstream historians believe

their Polynesian ancestors came to the island in canoes

from across the vast Pacific Ocean between 700 and 1,100 AD.

But over several centuries, for reasons that are still unclear,

what was once an island paradise withered into a treeless desert

stalked by famine, violence, and some say cannibalism.

When the first Europeans arrived in 1722,

the Rapa Nui culture had already been nearly wiped out.

And few could imagine how such primitive people

could have created the moai.

GEORGE NOORY: How in the heck did they make these?

Where did they come from?

And how did they move them?

Nobody has the answer.

NARRATOR: Modern scientists have tried,

and so far have failed, to duplicate the feats

of the ancient Rapa Nui.

In 1987, anthropologist Charles Love

used rollers to move a nine-ton moai replica at Western

Wyoming community college.

Ready, on three, one, two, three.

On three. Come on, get it.

Good.

Thank you. Whoa.

It only ever budges about half an inch.

NARRATOR: Other researchers have tried pulling moai with sleds.

But there is a unique problem with the idea of moving

moai with sleds or rollers.

CHARLES LOVE: When you go to Easter Island,

you don't get the impression they had

enough wood to have rollers.

And in fact, in the 1700s, the first four

expeditions to Easter Island never really saw a tree.

And so that's the real mystery of Easter Island--

how can you move a multi-ton statue if you

have no trees for rollers?

NARRATOR: According to the oral history of the Rapa Nui,

the moai were moved in a very unusual way.

They all reply, basically, the same thing, the moai

walked to the ahu.

And that's the only explanation that they give.

NARRATOR: But who or what had the power

to make multi-ton moai appear to walk to their ahu

or stone platforms?

In 1919, British archaeologist Katherine Routledge

who lived on Easter Island for a year

recorded the legends and testimony of an old woman

who said the moai were moved with a mystical energy called mana.

And according to the oral histories of the Rapa Nui,

mana came from the gods.

Mana was a direct gift of the gods

given to the Easter Islanders.

Was this mana really a type of magical force?

Of course not.

It was some type of misunderstood technology,

some type of a device, an extraterrestrial tool

with which you could move those massive Easter

Island heads rather easily.

NARRATOR: Did early inhabitants of Easter Island

really know how to unlock the secrets of gravity using mana?

And if so, where might such power over the physical world

have come from?

Might these astounding abilities forever lost to time

have been made possible by extraterrestrial visitors?

Perhaps further evidence can be found

with a mysterious structure in southern Florida

built from 30-ton coral blocks?

Homestead, Florida, 30 miles south of Miami,

this former agricultural town is home

to one of the most mysterious structures in North America--

a stone garden made of sculpted blocks of ancient coral,

some weighing 30 tons.

It's called the Coral Castle.

Spread over several acres, the complex formations

and intricate designs of the stone

walls and sculptures marvel tourists.

But unlike other great structures around the world,

this site is not ancient.

Coral Castle in Florida is often

said to be the only modern megalithic structure ever built.

NARRATOR: In 1923, Ed Leedskalnin,

a Latvian immigrant, began building what he originally

called Rock Gate Park.

But believe it or not, Leedskalnin

insisted that he was not using modern machinery to build

the impressive structure.

He also claimed that he was working alone.

Well, Ed was a hermit.

And Ed was a loner.

And he was a foreigner.

And he was a recluse and a scientist.

GEORGE NOORY: He was in love with a woman

and he wanted to build this facility in memory of her.

And he waited for her to come from Europe.

And he waited and he waited.

And she never did.

But the big question is, how did this frail little man

move these thousands of pounds of block by himself?

NARRATOR: Barely over 5 feet tall

and weighing just 100 pounds, Leedskalnin

is said to have carved moved and hoisted huge, multi-ton stones

using only a makeshift tripod.

He has a tripod, three pieces of Florida pine.

And he's got some chains.

And he's now gonna lift 30 tons, 10 tons of rock.

It can't be done.

No one could do that.

He would work at night.

He wouldn't let anybody watch him.

And he said that he knew the secrets of the pyramids.

NARRATOR: But what exactly was Leedskalnin referring to?

Had he rediscovered the same advanced technology

used to build megalithic structures

like Carnac and Gobekli Tepe.

Ed over and over again would tell people

that he knew the secrets that helped the Egyptians build the pyramids.

What was he talking about?

Why was he constantly harking back to the Egyptians?

We don't know.

NARRATOR: Leedskalnin continued work on The Coral Castle

until his death in 1951.

In the journals he left behind, the builder

explained that he had discovered the ancient secret

of transforming stones into weightless objects.

Ed says this in his pamphlet "Magnetic Current"

that real gravity is actually real magnet.

So if you reverse the magnet force with a force of some kind

of electromagnetic radio, perhaps, frequency,

you can then make these rocks not

as heavy as they seem otherwise, and therefore you

can lift them.

NARRATOR: But if Leedskalnin had developed

a device that could modify gravity, what was his secret?

Some suggest the answer lies in a mysterious black box that

can be seen in various photographs,

a box that has since disappeared.

The black box sitting on top is the element

that no one has ever seen, except in those pictures,

and no one has today.

We believe that black box has something to do with how we got

these massive, heavy, brittle pieces of rock

up in the air in a way that no one can duplicate.

GEORGE NOORY: He had some kind of magnetic machine down

in one of his other house areas that has since been dismantled.

But it had a revolving ability.

He may have been having that thing spin.

The whole place could have been anti-gravity.

Probably just pushed these into place.

SARA SEAGER: Levitation is the only way that I know of

to hold up very heavy objects.

Very, very high-speed trains are magnetically levitated.

These high-speed trains don't have

wheels that touch any tracks.

They're literally suspended above the track

using magnetic forces.

We can speculate at this time that there

are techniques for using electromagnetism

to nullify gravity.

This was the great quest of Einstein.

The motivation for such technology

is, of course, to lift a large spaceship out

into space and across space.

NARRATOR: Could it be that Ed Leedskalnin utilized

anti-gravity to levitate and distribute the enormous rocks

used to build Coral Castle.

If so, where did this incredible knowledge come from?

And he died taking this secret to his grave.

The question is, did he invent it or did he himself somehow

inherit it or learn it from a tradition

or maybe from some visitor from another realm.

The only thing that is explainable

is that someone who with a higher form of physics

and understanding of gravity has created the ability of one

person to lift stones that modern technology

could not do the way he did it.

It had to come from a different place in this galaxy.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: The fact that one

guy created these massive structures

is absolutely fascinating.

Am I suggesting that he did this with

extraterrestrial technology?

No, because I don't know.

Am I excluding that possibility?

No.

NARRATOR: If aliens visited Earth in ancient times,

perhaps the world's mysterious stone structures

can provide clues not only to mankind's past,

but to its future.

I think that extraterrestrials would not

have left our solar system some thousands

of years ago without any proof.

They wanted that in the far future we start to reflect,

have we been visited by outer space?

NARRATOR: Could additional evidence still lie hidden right

before our eyes,

evidence that, when found, will prove once

and for all that we are not alone?