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NARRATOR: Super strength.
He's a normal guy, becomes incredibly powerful.
NARRATOR: Super speed.
He had very advanced capabilities.
NARRATOR: And supernatural abilities.
Suddenly he's a god with godlike powers.
NARRATOR: Throughout history, humans
have told tales of beings with incredible powers,
but could these ancient stories that
continue to be retold today have extraterrestrial origins?
There's an intuitive knowing that these stories are true,
that beings did come from other planets to save humankind.
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, could there be a connection between aliens
and today's superheroes?
X-ray vision, incredible strength, the power of flight.
These are just a few of the superhuman abilities
of modern day comic book heroes.
But stories of beings with extraordinary powers
have been told throughout history, dating all the way
back to ancient times.
The most famous are those involving the Greek gods known
as the Olympians.
These powerful beings could create earthquakes, become
invisible, and even harness lightning.
But there is an important difference
between the Olympians and the fictional superheroes of today.
The ancient Greeks believed that the Olympians were real.
A huge difference between the ancient world
and the modern world is we have developed this very
strict sense of real and not real,
which really didn't matter so much back then.
The ancients believed that these heroes had been there,
that they were real people.
We're always looking at mythology
as a basis for our storytelling.
A character like Wonder Woman is immediately
established in Greek mythology.
She's built on the story of the Amazons.
There's Hercules.
There's Zeus.
The Olympian gods play every aspect of who she is.
NARRATOR: Could it be that today's superheroes
trace their origins back to the ancient gods?
And if the people who worshipped these gods believed them to be
real, is it possible they actually were?
Perhaps the answer can be found by more closely examining
the stories of gods and heroes in the ancient world.
The Dictaean Cave on the Greek island of Crete
is believed by some scholars to fit the location
and description given by the 8th century BC poet
Hessian for the childhood home of Zeus,
the leader of the Olympians.
Archaeologists have found remains of religious offerings
here that date back 4,000 years, to the exact period when
the stories of the Olympians took place.
But could the ancient Greeks have left these offerings
to a powerful being they actually
witnessed with their own eyes?
We have these stories of these gods that
had these supernatural, magical powers.
Let's be honest.
Magical supernatural powers don't really exist.
So what was it that was described?
In my opinion, it was people who had
access to advanced technology.
There's an old saying, one man's magic
is another man's engineering.
Magic is just some knowledge we don't understand.
It is therefore super, or above, our understand.
It is transcendent.
That's what "super" implies.
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists believe the notion
that our ancestors actually witnessed
advanced technology is supported by the fact
that similar stories of godlike beings
can be found on every continent.
Historian and author Joseph Campbell
found that even cultures that had never had contact
with the outside world develop similar hero stories.
So the fact that we have all these similar hero stories
from all around the world, from different types
of ancient cultures, to me, suggests that they were visited
by the same teachers.
The myths came from ancient oral culture.
We don't know when, but you can see almost identical gods
showing up in ancient India, ancient Greece,
and ancient Norway.
So it was a long time ago before these people
started to spread out.
The power of flight, magical objects
which allowed a superhero to always be victorious,
talismans that allowed a superhero
to change from an ordinary human being to somebody who
can access those magical powers, those
are part of a number of different stories
of superheroes that really span time and culture.
NARRATOR: But what ancient astronaut theorists find most
intriguing is how remarkably similar
the tales of ancient heroes are to the superhero stories
of today.
It's fascinating to me when you look at the Superman
stories, and how Superman has come from this other planet,
one that exploded.
He comes here with super powers.
He can fly through the air.
And it's very much like the ancient Sumerian stories
and Hindu stories of these extraterrestrial gods
coming from other planets to earth
in order to help us and move our planet forward.
NARRATOR: Even the iconic S on Superman's chest
seems to have been adapted from legends told thousands of years
ago.
Heroes and gods from ancient Greek, Buddhist,
and Christian religions are portrayed
with symbols near their heart.
In Christian art, you will see Jesus wearing a glowing robe
with a glowing heart.
So we see this correspondence here of this imagery
of an archetypal figure or a savior figure.
NARRATOR: Today, almost every superhero
has an icon on his chest.
Could this be inspired by some piece of technology
our ancestors witnessed on an alien being?
Like the arc reactor on Iron Man's chest
that powers his suit?
And might these similarities mean the stories of Superman,
Batman, and Spider-man are based on our ancestors' experiences
with extraterrestrials?
These are things that are common and symbolic
throughout these stories, and they, to me,
imply that we're talking about similar figures, or figures
that are here for the same reason.
And that is to advance us forward.
What we may be seeing is the reason
why Superman may resonate so much with us is not just
because we've heard this story before in other forms,
but because our ancient ancestors actually experience
the story in a very, very real way,
in a very, very ancient time.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that the reason we continue
to be fascinated by superheroes today
is that we're trying to reconnect
with similar beings that lived among us thousands of years
ago?
It is possible some deep part of us,
perhaps in our DNA or genetic memory,
is remembering that there was a time in which the gods,
the extraterrestrials, did interact with us,
and that may be because in the past
there were beings who were more advanced than we here on Earth
were, who were protecting us from others who were very
dangerous and harmful.
There's an intuitive knowing that these stories are true,
that these events actually happened, that beings did come
from other planets, other worlds to save humankind.
NARRATOR: Could our modern stories of superheroes really
be inspired by encounters that early humans had
with extraterrestrial beings?
Perhaps further clues can be found
by examining mankind's earliest stories, in which super beings
waged war not against humans but against supervillains.
May 4, 2012, "The Avengers" opens
in theaters across America.
This blockbuster film chronicles six superheroes
who band together to battle extraterrestrial forces
of evil.
Powerful superheroes have been popular in comic books
and movies for over half a century.
And nearly all have one very dark and forbidding feature
in common, supervillains.
The arch nemesis really defines the hero.
You can see how whatever is most interesting
or powerful about the hero, the best villains are the opposite.
The arch villain is psychologically very powerful,
because there's an echo of that archetype.
It's not just me versus danger and chaos,
but it's us versus them.
NARRATOR: Stories of superheroes fighting supervillains
with the fate of the world at stake
are common across many different cultures and time periods.
In the modern Avengers pantheon, Thor does battle
with his evil adopted brother, Loki,
to prevent Loki from taking over the universe.
The story is inspired by ancient Norse mythology, where Thor
engages in a similar battle with Loki
and his children at Ragnarok.
The Greeks had their own epic battle
of the gods, which they believed created the world as we know
it.
The Titanomachy was a conflict between the Titans, who
ruled the world, and an upstart group of gods
called the Olympians.
Psychologists say these tales of good facing off against evil
have always been popular, because they allow people
to project their hopes and fears onto fictional characters
in make believe worlds.
But could there be another reason
that these stories are told again and again
around the world?
Joseph Campbell concluded that somehow these hero myths
had pervaded all cultures.
And you have to wonder if this isn't because extraterrestrials
came here to our planet and were heroes all over the world,
and so the same story was repeated over and over again.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that some of our ancient hero myths
recount specific events involving
extraterrestrial visitors in the distant past?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
and as evidence cite a Sanskrit epic
that describes an enormous war between gods that
came from the stars.
In old India, we have clear descriptions
in the Mahabharata, which is the fifth book,
the so-called Mausala Parva, a clear description of a war
in heaven.
I mean, it reads like modern day science fiction,
this incredible battle between the gods.
Gigantic cities were said to have orbited the earth.
And when they came together at the firmament,
they were battling each other.
The city of Dwarka was right at the edge of the Arabian Sea.
Some of the explosions split the city,
and then the half of the city fell in the sea.
And this described how two of these cities were destroyed,
cities on heaven.
And for the people on earth, it looked
as if 10,000 of little stars would fall down.
They are describing what are extraterrestrial gods
with super powers, with airships, weapons.
And it would seem that these ancient epic stories are
the same as these superhero stories
that we're hearing today.
NARRATOR: Could it be that modern stories in which
superheroes battle arch villains for dominance over the earth
are actually based on ancient wars
between extraterrestrial forces?
Perhaps further clues can be found in the Babylonian
and Sumerian origin myths.
According to modern interpretations
of the cuneiform writing, the Enuma Elish
describes a celestial battle some 5,000 years ago,
between two groups of gods that may have actually resulted
in the destruction of a planet in our solar system.
Sumerian texts make mysterious references
to these other planets called Marduk and Tiamat.
And within our solar system, there was some destruction
here, where one of them blew up, and this
would be the theoretical planet that
was between Mars and Jupiter.
Astronomers have often said that there should be a planet there,
but instead we have the asteroid belt.
NARRATOR: Could the asteroid belt
that circles the sun between Mars and Jupiter really
be the remnants of a planet that existed
in the distant past, a planet that was destroyed
in an alien war?
And if so, are these ancient events echoed today
in the plots of modern superhero stories?
In many ways, these stories which
are so familiar to us in TV, and movies, and comic books,
are really coming to us from these ancient Sumerian
and Hindu texts that are thousands of years old.
Good versus evil is a longstanding theme
that we see in many ancient cultures in which
supernatural or extraterrestrial beings are coming to our aid
and helping us against the greatest evil the world has
ever known.
NARRATOR: Modern stories of superheroes
fighting supervillains, based on real extraterrestrial battles
that took place above the earth for thousands of years ago,
could it be true?
Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answer may be found
not with the stories of the gods themselves
but with their technology.
Lemnos, Greece, 3,000 BC.
This island in the Aegean Sea is said
to be the home of Hephaestus, the Greek god of technology.
The son of Zeus and Hera, King and Queen
of the gods, Hephaestus grew up on Mount Olympus,
but he was a small and physically deformed child.
Unhappy with her son's physical problems,
one Greek legend says Hera threw him off the mountain.
He fell for nine days and nine nights,
and landed in the ocean.
There he was rescued by sea nymphs, who took him
to the island of Lemnos.
Hephaestus became the blacksmith of the gods,
and he set up his forge on the island of Lemnos,
and volcanoes were said to be entrances to his forge.
NARRATOR: Working underneath an active volcano,
Hephaestus is said to have forged magical objects.
He eventually created the armor, weapons, and other technology
used by the Greek gods and heroes.
Hephaestus is the god of the great forge,
and he is the builder.
He creates the armor that is impenetrable for Achilles.
He creates chariots.
Magical spears, magical breastplates,
and so forth, which gave the gods
all sorts of miraculous powers.
He's even said to have made the chariot that the god
Helios, the god of the sun, rode across the skies.
NARRATOR: Some myths describe Hephaestus creating even more
fantastic devices, including a bronze bull that breathes fire,
and is said to have had voices coming out of its nostrils,
and a powerful robot named Telos that
defended the island of Crete.
He made all these wondrous creations.
And when we look back at those stories, we have to ask,
is it possible that Hephaestus was an extraterrestrial being
who brought some advanced extraterrestrial technology
to earth?
Our ancestors had no experience
with advanced technology, so they would have described
alien visitors as having superhuman powers because
of their frame of reference.
If they saw an extraterrestrial with access
to incredible powers, which are due to advanced science,
they interpreted that as witnessing god,
and that was never the case.
NARRATOR: Magical weapons have been a key feature
of heroic myths for thousands of years,
but they play an even larger role in the stories
of modern superheroes.
1939, with new Superman comic books flying off the shelves,
publishers rush to develop more heroes
to satisfy the public's demand.
The one that makes the biggest impression
is a hero of modern technology, Batman created
by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
The Caped Crusader leaps onto the comic book page
and immediately into the pantheon of pop culture gods.
The idea of Batman is that he is a normal person.
Nothing has given him super strength.
But he is a normal person who depends on his technology.
He has a utility belt with all kinds of modern gadgets.
And he has a Batmobile, and he has a Batcopter,
so he is a technological superhero in that sense.
Batman for us is probably one of the most identifiable
characters that we have with all of our fans,
with all of our audience.
Because he's a human.
He doesn't do something that pushes the imagination
beyond something that we don't believe people could actually
do.
NARRATOR: In 1963, the comics gave birth
to another iconic character that is completely
dependent on science for his superpowers, Iron Man.
In the Iron Man story, there's this incredible suit
that can make him virtually into Superman, even though he's
a mortal.
This is a great melding of the human-machine interface.
This is how we use technology to do extraordinary things.
NARRATOR: Are Batman and Iron Man modern representations
of what ancient astronaut theorists believe
the ancient gods really were?
Mortal beings with advanced technology.
We see a similarity with modern day superheroes and some
of the ancient texts of a god who wears a special ring,
or holds a certain staff, and can magically
become a creature of flight or can fly a magic carpet.
Many of the superheroes that we have today
are just normal human beings, but when they strap
on their technology, like Batman in his super suit
or Iron Man and his flying capabilities,
well, these are just normal mortals,
but are using advanced technology
and become superhuman or godlike.
NARRATOR: Could modern day superheroes like Batman
and Iron Man be the true realization
of what our ancestors were describing when they wrote
about powerful gods and heroes?
Was Hercules' great strength the result
of a robotic exoskeleton?
Could Hermes power of flight have been inspired by something
like a modern jetpack or gliding suit?
And could Zeus's lightning bolts have used electrical coils
to generate extraordinarily large voltages?
The ancient people simply used the vernacular of the time
to express what they were seeing.
And as far as they were concerned,
this could only be the work of a supreme being.
NARRATOR: Superhumans using advanced technology,
gods at war, and extraterrestrials coming
from the heavens.
Could these ancient tales really be
evidence of an otherworldly presence on earth?
Perhaps further clues can be found
in the stories of superheroes hiding in plain sight.
July 3, 2007.
After spending decades as larger than life toys and animated
television characters, the Transformers hit the big screen
with the American premiere of their first feature film.
The extraterrestrial storyline is a familiar one.
The Transformers, in a way, are like mechanical versions
of Superman.
They come from another planet.
They kind of adapt to being here.
And then as in a lot of Superman stories,
the enemy is from that planet.
There's some evil that follows them, that chases them down.
And so they're having this ancient battle
from their homeland, but they're having it here.
NARRATOR: Unlike Batman or Iron Man,
the Transformers aren't humanoids that use technology.
They actually are technology.
But the most remarkable power the Transformers
use against their foes is one of the most important
in all of heroic myth, the ability
to change from ordinary beings into superheroes when evil
threatens.
It's the archetype of metamorphosis
or transformation, shapeshifting, if you will.
This comes down to us from the ancient mythologies.
Shapeshifting allows gods to interact with humans in a way
that they would not otherwise be recognized.
In fact, oftentimes the god or goddess cannot appear
to the mortal in their full splendor because such a thing
would actually kill the mortal.
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that stories of gods living anonymously among us
are common, because they describe a time when
extraterrestrials did just that.
As evidence they cite an ancient story
they believe bears an uncanny resemblance
to the Transformers' shapeshifting myth, a story
about the Mayan god Kukulkan, who is portrayed
both as a flying serpent and a man.
We have descriptions of a winged serpent that
flew over our ancestors' heads.
But at the same time, we also know that Kukulkan was also
someone that gave instructions to the people
in pretty much humanoid form.
So does that mean that Kukulkan was in fact a shapeshifter?
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists
propose another possibility.
They contend that perhaps the ancient people, being
unfamiliar with advanced technology,
witnessed an alien being in a spacecraft.
Imagine for a moment a craft lands,
a hatch opens, and then the pilot walks out
and gives instruction.
There isn't really a differentiation
between the machine and the person
coming out of it, because they didn't understand
the technological concept behind it.
The instructor then went back in to the craft and took off.
All of a sudden, Kukulkan becomes this winged serpent
that flies across the sky.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that this scenario may have actually
played out in the distant past?
And if so, did it inspire the shapeshifting myths that humans
have told for millennia?
We have the same stories, the core of the stories
worldwide in most of the mythologies.
They are all linked together.
They had different names, were different heroes,
different personalities.
But at the end it was all the same,
extraterrestrials having contact with the humans
some thousands and thousands of years ago.
NARRATOR: But could there be an even deeper meaning
behind the tales of otherworldly heroes,
like the Transformers and Kukulkan, hiding among us?
Perhaps further clues can be found by examining the stories
of godlike beings disguising themselves as ordinary humans.
Superman hides his identity by pretending to be mild
mannered newspaper reporter Clark Kent.
Wonder Woman disguises herself as a nurse named Diana Prince.
And spider-man's alter ego is Peter Parker.
Virtually every really popular superhero
has a clear and recognizable ordinary human identity.
It's an essential part of the superhero archetype
that they be able to look like us, and feel like us,
and live like us, but then be able to explode
into their superpowered self.
We have a deep inner longing to have that story retold,
perhaps through some sort of genetic memory written right
into our DNA.
We seem to be remembering on some deep level
a part of us that can come in contact
with extraterrestrial capabilities
and actualize them, as we ourselves reach the next level
of human evolution, or what may have been a level that we had
long ago and was deliberately turned off
in our DNA for some reason.
NARRATOR: Is it really possible that we tell stories
of superheroes disguised as humans because it is written
in our genetic memory, that we have special abilities hidden
within ourselves?
And if so, what could be the source of those abilities?
We may not have originated on Earth.
We may have been seeded on Earth by other humans who
are far older than we are, and who are far more genetically
advanced than we are.
Perhaps some part of us remembers
that there is a way in which we could be exposed
to certain technologies that activate this dormant DNA
within us, that propel us to the next level of what it means
to be a live, evolved human being.
NARRATOR: Could it be that stories of superheroes hiding
among us are so popular because extraterrestrials have
manipulated our DNA, hiding extraordinary powers deep
inside all of us?
Perhaps the answer can be found by exploring
the stories of heroes whose powers are
the result of genetic mutation.
New York City, 1962.
Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee wants to create a new breed
of superhero.
One of the masterminds behind the Fantastic Four
and the Avengers, Lee invents a character literally born out
of modern science, Spider-man.
Radiation was very much in the news at the time,
and I figured, well, let's let him get
his power through radiation.
And I figured the spider would bite Peter Parker on the hand.
Since the spider was radioactive,
I assumed that his little spider sting
would insert some radioactivity into Peter's bloodstream.
Now, having radioactivity in your blood,
especially if it was spidery radioactivity,
that should give you some of the qualities of a spider.
Spider-man is just a normal teenager until he's bitten
by a radioactive spider.
Suddenly, he's a combination of normal person
but also a god with godlike powers.
I thought, he'll have the proportionate strength
of a spider.
In other words, if a spider were as large as a human being,
that's how strong the spider would be.
Which made Peter Parker very strong.
I also figured he could stick to walls,
like a spider or any insect.
NARRATOR: Although exposure to radiation
scrambles Spider-man's genetic material,
there's a precedent for it in ancient mythology, genetic
manipulation through the mixing of mortal and immortal blood.
Anjanari, India.
Two miles outside this small village in a cave surrounded
by forests and mountains is where many
believe one of Hindu mythology's greatest heroes
was born, Hanuman.
Hanuman was part god because his father was the god of wind,
and his mother is a mortal human being.
So then obviously he has the qualities, the power of a wind
god.
And he's able to fly.
And he's able to multiply his size.
So because of that, he's definitely a demigod.
NARRATOR: Hanuman is often depicted
as half-man and half-monkey, which underlines his mixed
bloodline.
Is it possible that this is a non-scientific way
of describing genetically engineered super beings
as ancient astronaut theorists contend?
One of the common themes in ancient texts
is ancient gods or extraterrestrials coming here
and then manipulating our DNA and changing us
into more superior beings.
NARRATOR: As evidence of the genetic experiments
they believe took place in the prehistoric past,
ancient astronaut theorists cite depictions of hybrid creatures
found in cultures around the world.
Winged horses in Assyrian and Sumerian myths,
the elephant-headed deity Ganesha in the Hindu pantheon,
and Khepri, the ancient Egyptian god of the morning sun.
The Egyptian deity Khepri is shown as either a beetle
or as a human with the head of a beetle.
And you have to ask, what are they trying to tell us here
about Khepri?
Could he have been half-human, half-insect?
NARRATOR: Some ancient astronaut theorists
believe the hybrids depicted by the ancients
may have actually been the results
of extraterrestrial genetic experiments
in the distant past.
These things aren't very far off
from what we have in our ancient tales of creation.
In the Sumerian epic of creation,
we hear about the Annunaki literally
putting their genetic marker on us
and creating us in their image and after their likeness.
NARRATOR: Could genetic experiments long ago
have been part of an ancient alien effort
to create the human race?
Some very strange things happen in the course
of human evolution.
We go from Neanderthals with no apparent missing
link whatsoever, and all of a sudden
our brain size doubles, our thumbs become more usable,
we can walk erect more easily.
There's a large number of changes that take place
in a very short time.
NARRATOR: Might the entire human species
have been created by extraterrestrial genetic
experiments in the past?
And could our genetic memory of this
be the reason we create genetically altered
superheroes today, including mutants like the X-Men
and the Incredible Hulk, and hybrids like Hawkman, Animal
Man, and Spider-man?
Is it possible that when we are seeing superhero movies
that on some level we are remembering having been changed
before?
That perhaps we were like the Neanderthals before,
and this already happened.
We already had some sort of genetic upgrade
that brought us to the next level of human evolution.
NARRATOR: Are modern comic book stories of hybrids and mutants
actually inspired by an ancient alien intervention
thousands of years ago?
And might we create these stories
because we are subconsciously aware of something
greater within ourselves?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
and believe that our own recent technological advances may
be bringing us closer to a reconnection
with our alien past.
Livingston, New Jersey, May 2001.
Scientists at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine
made headlines when they revealed
they had created the world's first genetically modified
baby.
Using a process called cytoplasmic transfer,
they implanted mitochondrial DNA from a second mother
into an egg to make it easier for it to bond with sperm
and form a viable fetus.
When scientists performed genetic tests
on the babies born out of this process,
they detected genetic material from a third parent.
The reason the cytoplasmic transfer is controversial
is because it's human manipulation of the human germ
cell line.
In other words, the cell line that is passed from parent
to offspring.
We typically just inherit our genetic material
from both of our parents.
So there's a direct line of descent.
With the introduction of cytoplasmic transfer,
suddenly you have humans manipulating that germline,
that cell line or DNA line passed on from parent
to offspring.
NARRATOR: If perfected, genetic manipulation
could allow scientists to introduce DNA
from an unlimited number of people into a fetus.
This would allow them to rid babies of genetic disease.
But it could also theoretically let
them tinker with natural traits to create superhumans that
are much faster, stronger, and smarter than those that have
come before.
You are altering the genetic future of a human race
based on your sort of current preferences,
let's say, for a person's traits,
sort of into perpetuity affecting the genetic line
of descent in humans.
And so that's something very different
than had ever been performed before,
and that's certainly controversial.
NARRATOR: The concept of altering genes,
whether these genes are in food, animals, or humans,
has always created a firestorm of protest.
In this case, the controversy forced an American moratorium
on cytoplasmic transfer.
Even so, scientists say that technology may eventually
be developed that will allow us to give superpowers, including
amazing strength, eyesight, and intelligence, to our children
while they're still in the womb.
Today, more than ever, we're capable of playing god.
We have incredible superpowers at our fingertips
with genetic technology.
And you have to ask, are we trying
to duplicate what we saw the gods possessing
in the ancient world?
Are we hardwired or programmed to develop these technologies
so that we can equal our makers?
NARRATOR: Do we yearn to become like the advanced beings
that ancient astronaut theorists believe created us thousands
of years ago?
And might this be why superhero stories continue
to fascinate us?
I think the reason why people like these superhero stories
that literally go back thousands of years
is because they're possibly explaining
our actual human origins.
Every culture around the world talks about an intervention
event, where beings from the heavens
came down and gave us knowledge.
NARRATOR: If we really are the product
of alien genetic experimentation,
as ancient astronaut theorists believe,
might our own DNA resemble that of otherworldly beings?
And if so, are we becoming more and more like our makers
through our own technological breakthroughs
and genetic advances?
In many ways, our society has come full circle, where
in ancient times we had extraterrestrials here
manipulating our DNA, and now we're
the ones who are manipulating our own DNA to also create
a more advanced human species.
Who knows what's possible?
It's a brave new world.
Everything changes, and we have abilities
that are so different that it's as if a quantum
shift in human evolution has taken place.
NARRATOR: Are ancient stories of heroes and gods
with mythological powers really based on encounters with
extraterrestrials?
And might modern day superheroes be inspired by our desire
to reconnect with these powerful beings?
Could characters like Batman, Spider-man, and Superman
be the humans of tomorrow?
Perhaps as our technology continues to advance,
we are drawing closer to coming face
to face with our alien ancestors.
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