1 00:00:04,685 --> 00:00:07,158 NARRATOR: Certain places around the globe 2 00:00:07,158 --> 00:00:11,892 have baffled scientists and scholars for decades-- 3 00:00:11,892 --> 00:00:15,646 locations with names like the Zone of Silence, 4 00:00:15,646 --> 00:00:20,811 the Gate of the Gods, and the Bermuda Triangle. 5 00:00:20,811 --> 00:00:22,623 Visitors to these mysterious sites 6 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:25,926 report a variety of strange energies, 7 00:00:25,926 --> 00:00:32,143 unexplained disappearances, and supernatural phenomena. 8 00:00:32,143 --> 00:00:35,206 Numerous legends describe star beings, 9 00:00:35,206 --> 00:00:39,350 traveling in and out of these places from other worlds. 10 00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:43,624 Might these myths be describing real events? 11 00:00:43,624 --> 00:00:46,787 Have the strange energies in these locations 12 00:00:46,787 --> 00:00:49,410 been attracting visitors from other worlds 13 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:51,492 for thousands of years? 14 00:00:51,492 --> 00:00:53,834 MALE SPEAKER: An alien, coming here 10,000 years ago, 15 00:00:53,834 --> 00:00:58,739 could use the magnetic spots on earth as signposts. 16 00:00:58,739 --> 00:01:01,232 MALE SPEAKER: You have to enter through certain doorways-- 17 00:01:01,232 --> 00:01:03,104 portals into our planet. 18 00:01:03,104 --> 00:01:05,055 NARRATOR: And is there a pattern to where 19 00:01:05,055 --> 00:01:06,757 these spots are located? 20 00:01:06,757 --> 00:01:11,152 -Somebody told them, use the word, "star" for your village, 21 00:01:11,152 --> 00:01:12,032 for eternity. 22 00:01:12,032 --> 00:01:14,435 Don't change it. 23 00:01:14,435 --> 00:01:16,787 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the globe 24 00:01:16,787 --> 00:01:18,789 believe we have been visited in the past 25 00:01:18,789 --> 00:01:21,632 by extraterrestrial beings. 26 00:01:21,632 --> 00:01:24,335 What if it were true? 27 00:01:24,335 --> 00:01:27,698 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our world? 28 00:01:27,698 --> 00:01:34,165 And, if so, did they concentrate around specific locations? 29 00:01:34,165 --> 00:01:38,199 Could a better understanding of ancient alien visitation 30 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:41,702 unlock the secrets behind some of the world's most 31 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:43,434 mysterious places? 32 00:01:43,434 --> 00:01:45,636 [THEME MUSIC] 33 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:20,010 NARRATOR: Perhaps the most famous, or infamous, 34 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:24,775 of all the world's mysterious places is the Bermuda Triangle. 35 00:02:24,775 --> 00:02:27,978 For decades, this stretch of ocean-- covering over 36 00:02:27,978 --> 00:02:33,304 500,000 square miles, located between Miami, Puerto Rico, 37 00:02:33,304 --> 00:02:36,827 and Bermuda-- has baffled scientists, 38 00:02:36,827 --> 00:02:41,742 experienced sailors, and even military investigators. 39 00:02:41,742 --> 00:02:44,425 PHILIP COPPENS: Planes disappearing, 40 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:46,457 various kinds of strange lights being 41 00:02:46,457 --> 00:02:50,060 seen-- a whole bunch of weirdness all conglomerated 42 00:02:50,060 --> 00:02:53,073 into this very tight corner of the Atlantic. 43 00:02:53,073 --> 00:02:55,586 MICHAEL BARA: Ships that have shown up absolutely 44 00:02:55,586 --> 00:02:58,709 empty-- no sign of any struggle, and yet the crew 45 00:02:58,709 --> 00:03:00,781 was just vanished. 46 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:02,483 GIAN J. QUASAR: This is something that's very real. 47 00:03:02,483 --> 00:03:03,624 It exists in records. 48 00:03:03,624 --> 00:03:07,848 And now that they're all gone, in fair weather, 49 00:03:07,848 --> 00:03:11,101 that is not supernatural phenomenon to me. 50 00:03:11,101 --> 00:03:14,385 That is something not explained. 51 00:03:14,385 --> 00:03:17,027 NARRATOR: What caused ships and planes 52 00:03:17,027 --> 00:03:19,770 to disappear without a trace? 53 00:03:19,770 --> 00:03:22,683 Why has aeronautical and navigational equipment 54 00:03:22,683 --> 00:03:27,938 stopped working, or changed course, by itself? 55 00:03:27,938 --> 00:03:31,091 Historical shipping records show that the mysteries 56 00:03:31,091 --> 00:03:36,497 of the Bermuda Triangle are much older than many people realize. 57 00:03:36,497 --> 00:03:40,451 Ever since the earliest days of oceanic exploration, 58 00:03:40,451 --> 00:03:42,903 sailors have witnessed strange sights. 59 00:03:42,903 --> 00:03:44,104 JASON MARTELL: Really, the awareness 60 00:03:44,104 --> 00:03:47,468 of the Bermuda Triangle started with Christopher Columbus being 61 00:03:47,468 --> 00:03:51,171 such an esoteric navigator and a well-respected sailor. 62 00:03:51,171 --> 00:03:55,235 His log traversing to the new world is very accurate. 63 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,388 And it turns out, just as Columbus 64 00:03:57,388 --> 00:03:59,510 got into the area known as the Bermuda Triangle, 65 00:03:59,510 --> 00:04:02,212 he recorded having compass malfunctions. 66 00:04:02,212 --> 00:04:07,398 The following night, he saw a large fireball hit the ocean. 67 00:04:07,398 --> 00:04:08,549 -He saw strange lights. 68 00:04:08,549 --> 00:04:11,372 He saw strange weather phenomena happening there. 69 00:04:11,372 --> 00:04:13,864 So, it's definitely a case that the story of the Bermuda 70 00:04:13,864 --> 00:04:16,807 Triangle is not just some modern or some urban myth 71 00:04:16,807 --> 00:04:19,470 at the threshold of the 21st century. 72 00:04:19,470 --> 00:04:22,032 It is as old as there are accounts 73 00:04:22,032 --> 00:04:25,436 of people going into that area. 74 00:04:25,436 --> 00:04:32,162 NARRATOR: About 450 years after Columbus, on December 15, 1945, 75 00:04:32,162 --> 00:04:35,175 US Military experienced the Bermuda Triangle's 76 00:04:35,175 --> 00:04:37,508 most perplexing mystery. 77 00:04:37,508 --> 00:04:42,272 At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, five US Navy torpedo bombers 78 00:04:42,272 --> 00:04:44,755 flew from the Naval base in Fort Lauderdale, 79 00:04:44,755 --> 00:04:48,299 Florida on a routine training exercise. 80 00:04:48,299 --> 00:04:51,542 But not long into the two hour mission, 81 00:04:51,542 --> 00:04:54,084 all five planes were suddenly gone. 82 00:04:56,897 --> 00:05:00,661 The mystery was compounded when the Navy sent out a rescue 83 00:05:00,661 --> 00:05:02,923 plane, and it, too, disappeared. 84 00:05:05,906 --> 00:05:10,481 Six planes, all flown by skilled pilots, 85 00:05:10,481 --> 00:05:13,994 had vanished into oblivion. 86 00:05:13,994 --> 00:05:16,457 GIAN J. QUASAR: That struck everybody as very odd. 87 00:05:16,457 --> 00:05:17,748 This was now the modern era. 88 00:05:17,748 --> 00:05:19,460 We have radar. 89 00:05:19,460 --> 00:05:21,161 We have radio. 90 00:05:21,161 --> 00:05:25,045 Still, five aircraft vanished. 91 00:05:25,045 --> 00:05:27,067 PHILIP COPPENS: Now the question is, where have all of them 92 00:05:27,067 --> 00:05:27,948 gone? 93 00:05:27,948 --> 00:05:32,112 It really is as if they have been snapped out of our reality 94 00:05:32,112 --> 00:05:32,923 into something else. 95 00:05:32,923 --> 00:05:34,885 And, of course, what that something else 96 00:05:34,885 --> 00:05:38,589 is-- that's the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. 97 00:05:38,589 --> 00:05:40,391 NARRATOR: Over the years, few have 98 00:05:40,391 --> 00:05:43,644 lived to tell of any strange anomalies that have occurred 99 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:45,195 to them in the Bermuda Triangle. 100 00:05:48,989 --> 00:05:53,614 But American pilot Bruce Gernon is an exception. 101 00:05:53,614 --> 00:05:58,869 In 1970, Gernon, his father, and a business associate 102 00:05:58,869 --> 00:06:02,102 were flying from the Bahamas to Florida, 103 00:06:02,102 --> 00:06:05,396 when Gernon reported seeing a strange cloud directly 104 00:06:05,396 --> 00:06:08,038 out in front of their plane. 105 00:06:08,038 --> 00:06:10,991 Then, as he approached, Gernon claims 106 00:06:10,991 --> 00:06:14,324 the cloud formed a donut-shaped hole, or vortex. 107 00:06:14,324 --> 00:06:17,037 BRUCE GERNON: That tunnel was huge, at first. 108 00:06:17,037 --> 00:06:20,871 But then, it started getting smaller, rapidly. 109 00:06:20,871 --> 00:06:24,054 And when I penetrated into the tunnel, 110 00:06:24,054 --> 00:06:26,697 an incredible thing happened. 111 00:06:26,697 --> 00:06:28,969 These lines instantly formed. 112 00:06:28,969 --> 00:06:31,181 It was like looking down a rifle barrel, 113 00:06:31,181 --> 00:06:34,545 because the lines were swirling slowly counter clockwise. 114 00:06:34,545 --> 00:06:36,867 I encountered some intense electricity, 115 00:06:36,867 --> 00:06:40,240 that were like flashes going on and off. 116 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,964 And all I could see was this strange, grayish, yellowish 117 00:06:43,964 --> 00:06:44,525 fog. 118 00:06:44,525 --> 00:06:47,488 I call it, "electronic fog." 119 00:06:47,488 --> 00:06:50,741 I noticed that my instruments were malfunctioning. 120 00:06:50,741 --> 00:06:52,903 And, at the same time, I'm feeling 121 00:06:52,903 --> 00:06:54,304 this unbelievable sensation. 122 00:06:56,847 --> 00:06:59,910 NARRATOR: Gernon says when he finally exited the tunnel, 123 00:06:59,910 --> 00:07:02,433 he radioed Miami Air Traffic Control, 124 00:07:02,433 --> 00:07:05,005 but they couldn't find his plane on their radar screen. 125 00:07:07,688 --> 00:07:10,821 BRUCE GERNON: And then, about three minutes later, 126 00:07:10,821 --> 00:07:13,824 the radar controller came back on the radio, 127 00:07:13,824 --> 00:07:15,345 and he's all excited. 128 00:07:15,345 --> 00:07:16,917 He had identified me over Miami. 129 00:07:16,917 --> 00:07:18,358 And I couldn't believe it, because I'd 130 00:07:18,358 --> 00:07:20,340 only been flying for 33 minutes. 131 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:26,306 It should have been more like an hour and 3 minutes. 132 00:07:26,306 --> 00:07:27,958 NARRATOR: Could such a discrepancy in 133 00:07:27,958 --> 00:07:32,643 time and location really happen? 134 00:07:32,643 --> 00:07:36,827 And could extraterrestrials be using this kind of gateway 135 00:07:36,827 --> 00:07:39,700 to travel to earth? 136 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:43,604 According to Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, 137 00:07:43,604 --> 00:07:46,637 it is possible. 138 00:07:46,637 --> 00:07:48,679 JASON MARTELL: Through Einstein's principles 139 00:07:48,679 --> 00:07:52,072 of being able to bend space using a gravitational pull, 140 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:54,765 it's very possible that extraterrestrial craft could 141 00:07:54,765 --> 00:07:57,057 somehow get a higher charge of energy 142 00:07:57,057 --> 00:07:59,630 from these locations like the Bermuda Triangle, which 143 00:07:59,630 --> 00:08:02,232 would allow them to do a burst of energy-- if you will, 144 00:08:02,232 --> 00:08:05,546 a warp speed-- and harness some type of extra particles 145 00:08:05,546 --> 00:08:07,307 or energies from these locations, 146 00:08:07,307 --> 00:08:08,799 to get them where they're trying to go. 147 00:08:08,799 --> 00:08:13,293 MICHAEL BARA: What 148 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:16,346 that any time you have energy generated at all-- especially 149 00:08:16,346 --> 00:08:19,299 from a higher plane, a higher dimension-- it's 150 00:08:19,299 --> 00:08:21,572 going to come out by spin, it's going 151 00:08:21,572 --> 00:08:23,183 to be rotation and spin that allows 152 00:08:23,183 --> 00:08:24,825 that energy to get through. 153 00:08:24,825 --> 00:08:27,528 So, by definition, such energy emissions 154 00:08:27,528 --> 00:08:29,930 are going to be vortexes. 155 00:08:29,930 --> 00:08:32,903 So, a vortex and a gateway are the same thing. 156 00:08:35,876 --> 00:08:38,779 NARRATOR: Since wormholes are theoretically 157 00:08:38,779 --> 00:08:42,332 located throughout the universe, could these same types 158 00:08:42,332 --> 00:08:47,848 of gateways exist in smaller areas on earth? 159 00:08:47,848 --> 00:08:51,722 If so, are strange electromagnetic levels the key 160 00:08:51,722 --> 00:08:52,803 to discovering them? 161 00:08:55,626 --> 00:08:57,397 GIAN J. QUASAR: Completely unconnected people report 162 00:08:57,397 --> 00:08:58,589 the same thing. 163 00:08:58,589 --> 00:09:00,040 And it always has something to do 164 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,083 with electromagnetic phenomenon, usually 165 00:09:03,083 --> 00:09:07,127 involving an unexplained vapor or cloud. 166 00:09:07,127 --> 00:09:11,471 This phenomenon indicated UFOs materializing 167 00:09:11,471 --> 00:09:15,165 or dematerializing in our dimension. 168 00:09:15,165 --> 00:09:16,747 DAVID CHILDRESS: It's quite possible 169 00:09:16,747 --> 00:09:19,169 that the Bermuda Triangle is exactly 170 00:09:19,169 --> 00:09:21,942 one such inter-dimensional doorway that's 171 00:09:21,942 --> 00:09:22,813 used by these aliens. 172 00:09:25,445 --> 00:09:28,288 NARRATOR: With reports of UFOs appearing, 173 00:09:28,288 --> 00:09:31,251 and ships and planes disappearing, 174 00:09:31,251 --> 00:09:33,553 some claim the Bermuda Triangle is 175 00:09:33,553 --> 00:09:36,857 a portal that works in both directions. 176 00:09:36,857 --> 00:09:40,460 So if, as ancient astronaut theorists claim, 177 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:43,023 otherworldly visitors have been using them to come here 178 00:09:43,023 --> 00:09:46,376 since ancient times, might we someday use 179 00:09:46,376 --> 00:09:49,399 this shortcut to visit them? 180 00:09:49,399 --> 00:09:53,003 And if there really is a portal in the open waters 181 00:09:53,003 --> 00:09:57,337 of the Bermuda Triangle, might there be others on land? 182 00:10:04,785 --> 00:10:10,801 400 miles south of El Paso, Texas, in northern Mexico, 183 00:10:10,801 --> 00:10:15,866 stretches a remote and rugged section of high desert. 184 00:10:15,866 --> 00:10:19,249 This area, near the town of Ceballos, 185 00:10:19,249 --> 00:10:23,443 is referred to by the locals as the Zona del Silencio, 186 00:10:23,443 --> 00:10:25,125 or, the Zone of Silence. 187 00:10:28,278 --> 00:10:31,872 It's an epicenter for some of the strangest phenomenon ever 188 00:10:31,872 --> 00:10:32,673 experienced on earth. 189 00:10:32,673 --> 00:10:37,157 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: 190 00:10:37,157 --> 00:10:39,349 If you go there with your cell phone, the cell phone stops. 191 00:10:39,349 --> 00:10:41,271 If you go with a radio, it stops. 192 00:10:41,271 --> 00:10:44,895 If you go there with a compass, the needle just keep spinning. 193 00:10:44,895 --> 00:10:46,677 DAVID CHILDRESS: It's completely bizarre. 194 00:10:46,677 --> 00:10:48,869 There's strange rocks everywhere. 195 00:10:48,869 --> 00:10:52,322 You have strange, mutated animals, uh, 196 00:10:52,322 --> 00:10:54,825 living in the desert in this area. 197 00:10:54,825 --> 00:10:58,739 You feel a strange tingling when you're there. 198 00:11:07,848 --> 00:11:09,810 NARRATOR: The Zone of Silence was first 199 00:11:09,810 --> 00:11:13,153 identified in the 1930s by Francisco Sarabia, 200 00:11:13,153 --> 00:11:18,098 a Mexican pilot who claimed that his radio had mysteriously 201 00:11:18,098 --> 00:11:21,021 failed to function while flying over the area. 202 00:11:23,673 --> 00:11:25,726 RUBEN URIARTE: We call it Mexico's Bermuda Triangle. 203 00:11:25,726 --> 00:11:29,319 It's located practically on the same parallel-- 28th 204 00:11:29,319 --> 00:11:31,311 and the 26th parallel. 205 00:11:31,311 --> 00:11:33,523 And, as a result of that, it goes 206 00:11:33,523 --> 00:11:35,726 and it connects with the Egyptian pyramids. 207 00:11:35,726 --> 00:11:37,728 So around that whole sector, there 208 00:11:37,728 --> 00:11:40,811 seems to be some connection between the anomalies that 209 00:11:40,811 --> 00:11:43,934 are occurring through these different parts of the world. 210 00:11:43,934 --> 00:11:45,936 SARA SEAGER: As a scientist, you're trained to be skeptical. 211 00:11:45,936 --> 00:11:47,087 Or maybe you were born that way. 212 00:11:47,087 --> 00:11:48,388 But we really don't believe anything. 213 00:11:48,388 --> 00:11:49,740 You know, nothing is actually proven 214 00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:51,762 until you actually have evidence. 215 00:11:51,762 --> 00:11:54,404 But, I can say that earth's magnetic field does 216 00:11:54,404 --> 00:11:57,047 vary across the surface by up to a few percent. 217 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,972 NARRATOR: One of the strangest cases involving 218 00:12:01,972 --> 00:12:07,347 the Zone of Silence took place on July 11, 1970, 219 00:12:07,347 --> 00:12:10,560 when the US Air Force launched an Athena missile 220 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:13,643 [ROCKET LAUNCHING] 221 00:12:13,643 --> 00:12:17,547 NARRATOR: from it's military facility in Green River, Utah. 222 00:12:17,547 --> 00:12:21,621 The missile was programmed to land 700 miles away, 223 00:12:21,621 --> 00:12:25,215 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. 224 00:12:25,215 --> 00:12:28,648 But for some unexplained reason, the Athena missile 225 00:12:28,648 --> 00:12:32,262 flew hundreds of miles past the White Sands Range, 226 00:12:32,262 --> 00:12:33,864 towards the Zone of Silence. 227 00:12:40,580 --> 00:12:44,164 MICHAEL BARA: Not only did it go off course, it way overshot, 228 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:46,726 as if it had been picked up or yanked 229 00:12:46,726 --> 00:12:48,488 or dragged or pulled into it. 230 00:12:48,488 --> 00:12:50,971 There was a NASA spokesman who even said, it was weird. 231 00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:54,234 It was like the thing just got pulled into this area. 232 00:12:54,234 --> 00:12:57,707 And it ended up crashing there and breaking up into bits. 233 00:12:57,707 --> 00:13:00,811 NARRATOR: But some claim this missile is not 234 00:13:00,811 --> 00:13:03,633 the only thing that's been mysteriously pulled 235 00:13:03,633 --> 00:13:05,866 into the Zone of Silence. 236 00:13:05,866 --> 00:13:09,479 Ancient alien theorists believed an unusually large number 237 00:13:09,479 --> 00:13:11,281 of meteorites have crashed here. 238 00:13:13,924 --> 00:13:16,016 -The evidence seems to be indicating 239 00:13:16,016 --> 00:13:21,271 that the Zone of Silence is some powerful energy vortex 240 00:13:21,271 --> 00:13:26,036 area that's literally sucking meteorites and other space 241 00:13:26,036 --> 00:13:29,779 debris right into this small area of northern Mexico. 242 00:13:33,974 --> 00:13:36,096 LOGAN HAWKES: There's a high level of magnetism in the area. 243 00:13:36,096 --> 00:13:37,517 That's been proven by science. 244 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:40,851 We know there's a magnetic signature to the entire area. 245 00:13:40,851 --> 00:13:45,635 Is it strong enough to attract a large objects like meteorites? 246 00:13:45,635 --> 00:13:48,488 I think we need more research, but I--I don't think that 247 00:13:48,488 --> 00:13:51,892 research is being done right now. 248 00:13:51,892 --> 00:13:55,745 NARRATOR: Starting 3,000 years ago, 249 00:13:55,745 --> 00:13:59,960 the Anasazi culture inhabited the region to the north, 250 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:04,034 in today's American Southwest. 251 00:14:04,034 --> 00:14:08,698 Anasazi means, "Ancient Ones," and they paid great attention 252 00:14:08,698 --> 00:14:09,239 to the stars. 253 00:14:12,002 --> 00:14:15,946 Scientists have determined that in 1054 A.D., 254 00:14:15,946 --> 00:14:21,091 a supernova explosion was visible from earth. 255 00:14:21,091 --> 00:14:24,064 Many believe the first known drawing of this event 256 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:26,446 was found inside an Anasazi cave dwelling. 257 00:14:29,629 --> 00:14:33,753 South of the Zone of Silence, other cultures, 258 00:14:33,753 --> 00:14:37,017 including the Maya, also reportedly possessed 259 00:14:37,017 --> 00:14:39,069 a surprisingly detailed knowledge 260 00:14:39,069 --> 00:14:43,223 of similar celestial events. 261 00:14:43,223 --> 00:14:46,146 Is it possible that both of these cultures 262 00:14:46,146 --> 00:14:49,249 were somehow exchanging information? 263 00:14:49,249 --> 00:14:51,781 LOGAN HAWKES: They're separated by thousands of miles, 264 00:14:51,781 --> 00:14:55,305 but both the Anasazi of the north and the Mesoamericans 265 00:14:55,305 --> 00:14:57,908 of the south found the Zone of Silence, 266 00:14:57,908 --> 00:15:00,230 and used it as a meeting place between their two cultures. 267 00:15:02,772 --> 00:15:05,285 You could imagine-- if you studied the stars at night 268 00:15:05,285 --> 00:15:07,007 and plotted the constellations, obviously 269 00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:08,678 one of things you're going to see 270 00:15:08,678 --> 00:15:11,001 are these meteorites streaking across the sky. 271 00:15:11,001 --> 00:15:13,173 If your answers come from the sky, 272 00:15:13,173 --> 00:15:15,745 you probably would follow those streaking meteorites 273 00:15:15,745 --> 00:15:18,378 and find out where they ended up. 274 00:15:18,378 --> 00:15:20,660 And the theory is that they may have 275 00:15:20,660 --> 00:15:25,175 found what they were looking for the Zone of Silence. 276 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:26,856 NARRATOR: But what other connections 277 00:15:26,856 --> 00:15:30,670 exist between these cultures? 278 00:15:30,670 --> 00:15:34,904 And are they of celestial origin? 279 00:15:34,904 --> 00:15:36,736 LOGAN HAWKES: If we look back into the ancient beliefs 280 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:40,600 of the Anasazi and the Mesoamericans to the south, 281 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,813 we know that there was great belief in sky people-- visitors 282 00:15:43,813 --> 00:15:47,097 from the sky. 283 00:15:47,097 --> 00:15:51,041 If these visitors came from the sky, who were they? 284 00:15:51,041 --> 00:15:52,342 JASON MARTELL: And there's a similarity 285 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:57,157 to the beings being reported as tall, pale skin, white hair-- 286 00:15:57,157 --> 00:16:00,830 which is not indigenous to the dark skin, dark haired people 287 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:04,784 found in that region, but does match many of the South 288 00:16:04,784 --> 00:16:08,928 American descriptions of their gods. 289 00:16:08,928 --> 00:16:12,182 NARRATOR: According to legend, these so-called visitors 290 00:16:12,182 --> 00:16:15,885 from the sky made themselves known to an ancient people. 291 00:16:18,618 --> 00:16:20,950 Is it possible that they are still 292 00:16:20,950 --> 00:16:23,293 making themselves known today? 293 00:16:23,293 --> 00:16:25,725 -There are a number of reports of UFOs, 294 00:16:25,725 --> 00:16:27,037 uh, in the Zone of Silence. 295 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,602 -Probably the most prominent and most popular 296 00:16:32,602 --> 00:16:35,745 report came out of the town of Caballos. 297 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:37,047 It was on a late summer afternoon 298 00:16:37,047 --> 00:16:40,180 when a number of townspeople saw an object hovering 299 00:16:40,180 --> 00:16:42,412 in the sky on the outskirts of town. 300 00:16:42,412 --> 00:16:44,734 They described as being about 100 meters wide. 301 00:16:44,734 --> 00:16:46,306 It had multicolored lights flashing. 302 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,807 It wasn't doing anything. 303 00:16:47,807 --> 00:16:49,809 It was just hovering in the desert. 304 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:52,462 After a while, it simply took off 305 00:16:52,462 --> 00:16:56,696 and headed out into the Zone of Silence. 306 00:16:56,696 --> 00:16:58,768 RUBEN URIARTE: I think, too, that, as what's 307 00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:03,193 going on today-- the high activity UFO sightings, 308 00:17:03,193 --> 00:17:06,486 the anomalous reports that are still going on today-- perhaps 309 00:17:06,486 --> 00:17:07,877 there is a connection. 310 00:17:07,877 --> 00:17:09,179 Maybe it's a vortex. 311 00:17:09,179 --> 00:17:11,631 Maybe it's a dimensional port. 312 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:12,902 We can't explain it. 313 00:17:12,902 --> 00:17:16,906 But something unusual is going on in that area. 314 00:17:16,906 --> 00:17:18,488 NARRATOR: Might extraterrestrials 315 00:17:18,488 --> 00:17:22,031 be able to detect these magnetic differences? 316 00:17:22,031 --> 00:17:26,376 And would they have been of any used to ancient visitors? 317 00:17:26,376 --> 00:17:28,168 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: If I was an alien coming here 318 00:17:28,168 --> 00:17:30,710 10,000 years ago, obviously there 319 00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:33,133 weren't any road maps at the time. 320 00:17:33,133 --> 00:17:37,357 However, I could use the anomalous magnetic spots 321 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:40,820 on planet Earth as signposts of sorts. 322 00:17:40,820 --> 00:17:45,125 And so that, when I come back, those signposts 323 00:17:45,125 --> 00:17:51,010 would be my guides to find my way around planet Earth There 324 00:17:51,010 --> 00:17:54,474 are spots, on planet Earth, that are highly magnetic. 325 00:17:57,707 --> 00:18:04,834 NARRATOR: But are the magnetic levels, the sky god legends, 326 00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:08,338 and recent sightings of UFOs proof 327 00:18:08,338 --> 00:18:12,021 that a portal exists here? 328 00:18:12,021 --> 00:18:14,654 And are there other places that might 329 00:18:14,654 --> 00:18:17,096 offer more direct physical evidence? 330 00:18:32,122 --> 00:18:34,944 800 miles southeast of Lima, Peru, 331 00:18:34,944 --> 00:18:37,737 near the shores of Lake Titicaca, 332 00:18:37,737 --> 00:18:44,103 is a site that has mystified visitors from around the world. 333 00:18:44,103 --> 00:18:46,816 [SOUND OF PRAYER BOWLS] [PRAYING] 334 00:18:46,816 --> 00:18:49,399 Shamans still come to perform rituals, 335 00:18:49,399 --> 00:18:53,713 and offer prayers at the rock wall on this high plateau 336 00:18:53,713 --> 00:18:54,644 [PRAYER] 337 00:18:54,644 --> 00:18:58,368 NARRATOR: as they have done for generation after generation. 338 00:19:02,172 --> 00:19:09,078 It is known at Puerta de Hayu Marca, or, Gate of the Gods. 339 00:19:09,078 --> 00:19:11,521 DAVID CHILDRESS: And when you see it, it's quite baffling. 340 00:19:11,521 --> 00:19:18,608 Here is this giant doorway, carved into solid rock, 341 00:19:18,608 --> 00:19:26,826 and it appears to be a gateway, but it doesn't go anywhere. 342 00:19:26,826 --> 00:19:28,027 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: It's literally 343 00:19:28,027 --> 00:19:31,181 in the middle of nowhere at 14,000 feet. 344 00:19:31,181 --> 00:19:35,535 Yet, that rock, as clear as you can see, 345 00:19:35,535 --> 00:19:41,861 has a gigantic rectangle carved out of it, cut out of it. 346 00:19:41,861 --> 00:19:44,984 And in the center of that rectangle, at the bottom, 347 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:46,906 there is something that looks like a door. 348 00:19:49,839 --> 00:19:51,831 MICHAEL BARA: The Peruvian natives actually referred 349 00:19:51,831 --> 00:19:54,063 to this as the Gate of the Gods. 350 00:19:54,063 --> 00:19:58,027 But why would you make a doorway to, basically, 351 00:19:58,027 --> 00:20:00,059 rocks that didn't let you go anywhere. 352 00:20:00,059 --> 00:20:02,832 There has to be some way to get through that door way. 353 00:20:05,795 --> 00:20:08,738 NARRATOR: According to Inca legend, 354 00:20:08,738 --> 00:20:11,821 the first priest king, Amaru Muru, 355 00:20:11,821 --> 00:20:15,034 is said to have traveled through this portal using 356 00:20:15,034 --> 00:20:18,428 a special object to activate the doorway, 357 00:20:18,428 --> 00:20:23,973 turning this solid rock into what's known as a stargate. 358 00:20:23,973 --> 00:20:25,995 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: According to legend, 359 00:20:25,995 --> 00:20:33,853 this stargate was activated by the help of a golden disk. 360 00:20:33,853 --> 00:20:38,167 And this golden disk fell from the sky. 361 00:20:38,167 --> 00:20:40,320 MICHAEL BARA: Well, the story goes that the first priest 362 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,712 king of the Incas is took a golden disc up 363 00:20:42,712 --> 00:20:48,017 to this Gate of the Gods, stuck it in a special recessed area. 364 00:20:48,017 --> 00:20:52,292 And this inner dimensional doorway actually opened up. 365 00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:56,105 And he passed through it, never be seen again. 366 00:20:56,105 --> 00:20:58,448 The shaman that were there, that watched it, 367 00:20:58,448 --> 00:21:00,970 that witness the whole thing and reported on it 368 00:21:00,970 --> 00:21:06,055 basically told that that was exactly what happened. 369 00:21:06,055 --> 00:21:08,117 NARRATOR: Archaeologists who have examined 370 00:21:08,117 --> 00:21:10,740 the Gate of the Gods have discovered 371 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:13,943 a small circular depression in the center of the doorway. 372 00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:20,800 Some people have speculated that this depression was perhaps 373 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,504 where the golden disk was placed. 374 00:21:24,504 --> 00:21:27,146 PHILIP COPPENS: It really is out of the movies. 375 00:21:27,146 --> 00:21:28,748 This device is said to have been made 376 00:21:28,748 --> 00:21:31,921 of gold and of various other precious objects, 377 00:21:31,921 --> 00:21:34,754 And whoever had it could come near the site, 378 00:21:34,754 --> 00:21:36,946 and somehow be able to operate it. 379 00:21:36,946 --> 00:21:39,499 And then, there would either be contact with the gods, 380 00:21:39,499 --> 00:21:41,421 or the gods would come to them. 381 00:21:41,421 --> 00:21:44,864 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: 382 00:21:44,864 --> 00:21:46,716 led to believe, oh, it's all coincidence. 383 00:21:46,716 --> 00:21:48,207 It's all just fantasy. 384 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:49,409 Rubbish. 385 00:21:49,409 --> 00:21:51,130 Something happened. 386 00:21:51,130 --> 00:21:54,394 And in the case of the stargate, it 387 00:21:54,394 --> 00:21:57,827 is possible that this sun disk had 388 00:21:57,827 --> 00:22:01,461 some type of an extraterrestrial connection, 389 00:22:01,461 --> 00:22:05,685 and that this was a technological device 390 00:22:05,685 --> 00:22:08,608 with which to travel. 391 00:22:12,782 --> 00:22:16,856 DAVID SEREDA: And that may mean physically taking a person 392 00:22:16,856 --> 00:22:19,499 and taking them into another hidden dimension, 393 00:22:19,499 --> 00:22:20,420 and taking them back. 394 00:22:22,932 --> 00:22:25,425 Or, it may mean traveling between earth, 395 00:22:25,425 --> 00:22:27,066 going through that stargate, and going 396 00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:30,019 to another place somewhere in the universe. 397 00:22:30,019 --> 00:22:32,281 NARRATOR: According to the local legend, 398 00:22:32,281 --> 00:22:35,575 these priests kings, known space brothers, 399 00:22:35,575 --> 00:22:39,639 reportedly came from other worlds. 400 00:22:39,639 --> 00:22:43,753 Might they have traveled here through the Gate of the Gods? 401 00:22:43,753 --> 00:22:44,954 JORGE LUIS DELGADO MAMANI: They came 402 00:22:44,954 --> 00:22:51,280 from the other constellations, from other planets. 403 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,654 In our language, we have a word called, uh, 404 00:22:54,654 --> 00:22:57,917 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH], which is some of the constellations, 405 00:22:57,917 --> 00:23:02,131 like the Southern Cross, Orion's Belt, Pleiades. 406 00:23:02,131 --> 00:23:06,155 One of the elders said, this is the bridge to home. 407 00:23:06,155 --> 00:23:11,431 So, in essence, all these manifestations 408 00:23:11,431 --> 00:23:14,373 have to do with the space brothers. 409 00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:21,000 NARRATOR: But could a device to activate this door actually 410 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,024 exist? 411 00:23:25,024 --> 00:23:31,050 And, if so, where would the doorway lead? 412 00:23:31,050 --> 00:23:35,795 According to ancient astronaut theorists, the Gate of the Gods 413 00:23:35,795 --> 00:23:40,930 is one end of a wormhole, a type of portal 414 00:23:40,930 --> 00:23:44,754 that connects either to another part of the universe, 415 00:23:44,754 --> 00:23:46,926 or another dimension. 416 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,769 THOMAS VALONE: A wormhole is a theoretical construct 417 00:23:49,769 --> 00:23:51,340 through general relativity. 418 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:53,903 The concept is really that there's 419 00:23:53,903 --> 00:23:56,886 a possibility of spacetime being connected-- 420 00:23:56,886 --> 00:23:58,968 various parts of spacetime being connected 421 00:23:58,968 --> 00:24:00,660 through a small channel. 422 00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:04,143 And if such a construct was made, 423 00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:06,576 then you'd have a shortcut between very 424 00:24:06,576 --> 00:24:08,307 distant parts of the universe. 425 00:24:11,711 --> 00:24:13,533 NARRATOR: Wormholes are an accepted 426 00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:15,424 element of theoretical physics. 427 00:24:19,609 --> 00:24:22,872 But have they actually existed in some 428 00:24:22,872 --> 00:24:25,004 of the world's most mysterious places? 429 00:24:28,017 --> 00:24:29,529 -The idea that there are stargates, 430 00:24:29,529 --> 00:24:31,941 or that they could have existed in ancient times-- 431 00:24:31,941 --> 00:24:36,956 we do see many artifacts and representations of someone 432 00:24:36,956 --> 00:24:38,618 passing through a doorway or going 433 00:24:38,618 --> 00:24:40,860 through some type of energy source. 434 00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:44,233 And ancient man did not understand technology 435 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:45,925 just as we're trying to understand, 436 00:24:45,925 --> 00:24:47,086 is a wormhole possible? 437 00:24:50,019 --> 00:24:55,344 -That it's some kind of doorway between our dimension 438 00:24:55,344 --> 00:24:57,336 and another. 439 00:24:57,336 --> 00:25:01,971 And what I maintain is that these aliens who 440 00:25:01,971 --> 00:25:05,965 are coming here are coming here in inter-dimensional type 441 00:25:05,965 --> 00:25:08,477 of craft. 442 00:25:08,477 --> 00:25:12,311 They're able to jump through hyperspace, come here 443 00:25:12,311 --> 00:25:15,304 to our planet in no time at all, but they 444 00:25:15,304 --> 00:25:18,327 have to enter through certain doorways and portals 445 00:25:18,327 --> 00:25:19,939 into our plant. 446 00:25:19,939 --> 00:25:21,170 SARA SEAGER: Dimensions aren't really 447 00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:22,652 considered something to travel along. 448 00:25:22,652 --> 00:25:24,293 But, dimensions are directions. 449 00:25:24,293 --> 00:25:27,136 And if you could somehow travel along these other dimensions, 450 00:25:27,136 --> 00:25:29,478 it would take you somewhere else entirely. 451 00:25:35,004 --> 00:25:36,956 NARRATOR: What if one end of a portal 452 00:25:36,956 --> 00:25:40,920 exists here at Puerta de Hayu Marca? 453 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,342 Might that be part of the reason many 454 00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:45,815 consider Peru to be a focal point 455 00:25:45,815 --> 00:25:49,719 of UFO and extraterrestrial activity? 456 00:25:49,719 --> 00:25:51,180 DAVID CHILDRESS: Lake Titicaca has 457 00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:55,224 all kinds of strange lights associated with it, 458 00:25:55,224 --> 00:25:57,106 and a number of witnesses claim they 459 00:25:57,106 --> 00:26:00,720 see UFOs coming out of the lake. 460 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:01,921 JASON MARTELL: And the locals always 461 00:26:01,921 --> 00:26:06,606 describe seeing large blue balls of light or glowing disks, 462 00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:10,109 and sometimes even beings reported around the sightings. 463 00:26:10,109 --> 00:26:13,402 These beings are always reported as tall, pale skin, 464 00:26:13,402 --> 00:26:17,206 completely non-indigenous to the people that are dark 465 00:26:17,206 --> 00:26:19,799 skin, dark haired in these South American regions. 466 00:26:22,431 --> 00:26:24,814 NARRATOR: Another theory to how extraterrestrials 467 00:26:24,814 --> 00:26:27,536 may have traveled across the universe 468 00:26:27,536 --> 00:26:31,671 involves the scientific concept of teleportation. 469 00:26:31,671 --> 00:26:34,453 But is it really possible to have something 470 00:26:34,453 --> 00:26:41,360 disappear from one spot and suddenly appear somewhere else? 471 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,082 DAVID SEREDA: At the Max Planck Institute, 472 00:26:43,082 --> 00:26:46,385 scientists have already dematerialized 473 00:26:46,385 --> 00:26:50,559 subatomic particles, and made them reappear somewhere else. 474 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:53,022 So science is just on the precipice 475 00:26:53,022 --> 00:26:55,675 of being able to do this-- to move it 476 00:26:55,675 --> 00:26:57,506 from one place to another. 477 00:26:57,506 --> 00:27:01,250 So I believe that that is a, is a secret that the ancient stone 478 00:27:01,250 --> 00:27:03,082 builders knew. 479 00:27:03,082 --> 00:27:05,815 MICHAEL BARA: Even though the gate might be closed right now, 480 00:27:05,815 --> 00:27:08,267 the reality is, you can still access the energy, because it's 481 00:27:08,267 --> 00:27:10,740 still flowing around the area. 482 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:15,494 It's the area itself that seems to hold the energy 483 00:27:15,494 --> 00:27:17,717 and put it out and draw people to it. 484 00:27:20,569 --> 00:27:23,032 NARRATOR: But is Puerta de Hayu Marca 485 00:27:23,032 --> 00:27:27,636 the only strange sight in Peru? 486 00:27:27,636 --> 00:27:32,531 Are there are other mysterious places here? 487 00:27:32,531 --> 00:27:34,003 Some believer there are. 488 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,145 High up in the mountains of Peru, 850 miles north 489 00:27:46,145 --> 00:27:50,259 of the Gate of the gods is a breathtaking, two mile long 490 00:27:50,259 --> 00:27:56,385 plateau-- another area of reported high magnetic energy. 491 00:27:56,385 --> 00:27:59,989 For centuries, it has been considered 492 00:27:59,989 --> 00:28:04,673 a powerful, sacred place among the Incan people. 493 00:28:04,673 --> 00:28:06,185 It's called Markawasi. 494 00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:12,992 PHILIP COPPENS: Markawasi is a very beautiful region in Peru. 495 00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:16,806 Markawasi is said to have had very bizarre energy. 496 00:28:16,806 --> 00:28:19,398 People go there and they experience bizarre energy 497 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:21,090 patterns. 498 00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:23,432 KATHY DOORE: local people say it is a place of the wizards 499 00:28:23,432 --> 00:28:27,486 and gods and genies of old, and, um, they treat it 500 00:28:27,486 --> 00:28:30,149 with a great deal of veneration. 501 00:28:30,149 --> 00:28:33,652 When people go there, they report a special kind 502 00:28:33,652 --> 00:28:39,208 of frequency and energy-- a euphoria, in fact. 503 00:28:39,208 --> 00:28:40,830 NARRATOR: Most geologists consider 504 00:28:40,830 --> 00:28:43,642 the many stone formations on the plateau 505 00:28:43,642 --> 00:28:46,766 to be naturally formed-- born of millions 506 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:51,000 of years of erosion and other natural processes. 507 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,174 But is there more here than first meets the eye? 508 00:28:55,174 --> 00:28:58,647 Some consider Markawasi to be a massive sculpture 509 00:28:58,647 --> 00:29:02,301 garden, filled with carvings left behind 510 00:29:02,301 --> 00:29:05,594 by an ancient civilization. 511 00:29:05,594 --> 00:29:06,926 PHILIP COPPENS: This is a region whereby 512 00:29:06,926 --> 00:29:09,528 stones are not just stones. 513 00:29:09,528 --> 00:29:13,742 What we have here is almost like a Disneyland of the gods. 514 00:29:13,742 --> 00:29:17,076 The question then is, is this a purely natural phenomenon, 515 00:29:17,076 --> 00:29:18,337 or is this something more? 516 00:29:22,141 --> 00:29:26,345 NARRATOR: Could this be not just a collection of rocks, 517 00:29:26,345 --> 00:29:29,418 but a sanctuary of stone monuments made 518 00:29:29,418 --> 00:29:34,313 by people tens, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago? 519 00:29:34,313 --> 00:29:37,266 Researcher Daniel Ruzo was the first to make 520 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:41,660 this claim in 1952. 521 00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:43,963 KATHY DOORE: Daniel Ruzo was shown 522 00:29:43,963 --> 00:29:48,667 a photograph of a huge, colossal stone head 523 00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:51,150 up in the high mountains above Lima. 524 00:29:51,150 --> 00:29:54,353 And he made an expedition there, just to see this stone head. 525 00:29:54,353 --> 00:29:57,696 But he was astonished to find that, on this tiny mesa 526 00:29:57,696 --> 00:29:59,698 were hundreds of carved stones. 527 00:30:05,384 --> 00:30:07,106 NARRATOR: There are those who believe 528 00:30:07,106 --> 00:30:10,679 the rock formations depict animals and people not 529 00:30:10,679 --> 00:30:13,122 indigenous to South America. 530 00:30:13,122 --> 00:30:17,636 They see in them figures such as an African queen, 531 00:30:17,636 --> 00:30:20,930 the Egyptian god of fertility, Taweret, 532 00:30:20,930 --> 00:30:27,256 depicted as an upright hippopotamus, a camel, 533 00:30:27,256 --> 00:30:29,428 and many others. 534 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:33,943 One formation, known as the Monument to Humanity, 535 00:30:33,943 --> 00:30:37,957 features what appears to be a Western face on one side 536 00:30:37,957 --> 00:30:41,010 and a Middle Eastern one on the other. 537 00:30:41,010 --> 00:30:44,603 Is it really possible that so many formations which 538 00:30:44,603 --> 00:30:47,826 appear to depict figures from around the world 539 00:30:47,826 --> 00:30:52,491 could coincidentally be found on a single plateau? 540 00:30:52,491 --> 00:30:57,776 Or, if they are man-made, who may have carved them? 541 00:30:57,776 --> 00:30:58,908 KATHY DOORE: The local legends say 542 00:30:58,908 --> 00:31:03,122 that it is a place of the ancient giant gods-- 543 00:31:03,122 --> 00:31:05,494 that the gods created this. 544 00:31:05,494 --> 00:31:08,827 In fact, when the Spanish chroniclers came to Peru 545 00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:14,683 and investigated the ancient shamanic religions of Peru, 546 00:31:14,683 --> 00:31:18,657 they told a story of Tici Viracocha, the creator-god, 547 00:31:18,657 --> 00:31:20,629 who arrived in the guise of a man 548 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:24,283 to walk and inspect his lands. 549 00:31:24,283 --> 00:31:27,426 And, he had given them different orders. 550 00:31:27,426 --> 00:31:28,898 And there were some rebel nations 551 00:31:28,898 --> 00:31:32,421 that were not doing what they were supposed to do. 552 00:31:32,421 --> 00:31:34,133 And he probably turned them to stone. 553 00:31:38,737 --> 00:31:41,880 NARRATOR: The name Markawasi provides a clue 554 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,903 to its origins and mystery. 555 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:49,218 The word itself predates the Incan empire. 556 00:31:49,218 --> 00:31:53,933 Markawasi scholar and researcher Daniel Ruzo believed the name 557 00:31:53,933 --> 00:31:57,826 meant, "two-story house," and referred to the strange complex 558 00:31:57,826 --> 00:32:01,320 of buildings located on the site. 559 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,192 JASON MARTELL: really raises the question 560 00:32:03,192 --> 00:32:05,724 that scholars and theologians have been trying to figure out 561 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:08,827 for many years-- is there an Atlantian, or some lost 562 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:09,979 civilization? 563 00:32:09,979 --> 00:32:13,042 So, Markawasi puts that question back on the map. 564 00:32:13,042 --> 00:32:14,163 Could this be possible? 565 00:32:14,163 --> 00:32:17,846 Were there trans-oceanic cultures visiting thousands 566 00:32:17,846 --> 00:32:21,630 of years ago off the books of recorded history? 567 00:32:21,630 --> 00:32:25,794 NARRATOR: According to Daniel Ruzo, the ancient civilization 568 00:32:25,794 --> 00:32:31,070 that created Markawasi were a people known as the Masma. 569 00:32:31,070 --> 00:32:35,985 An supposedly, Peru was not their only home. 570 00:32:35,985 --> 00:32:40,639 ROBERT M. SCHOCH: The Masma was this very, very ancient, 571 00:32:40,639 --> 00:32:43,122 advanced civilization, advanced culture-- 572 00:32:43,122 --> 00:32:46,565 if we want to call it that-- seems to have been global, 573 00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:51,570 seems to have traveled worldwide at a very early period. 574 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:54,333 And, Ruzo spent much of his time looking 575 00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:57,896 around the world for evidence of this advanced civilization. 576 00:32:57,896 --> 00:33:01,550 And he thought he'd found it at Markawasi. 577 00:33:01,550 --> 00:33:04,503 He actually saw Markawasi, in many ways, 578 00:33:04,503 --> 00:33:07,086 as being like a huge sculpture garden 579 00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:09,938 that the Masma had built there. 580 00:33:13,082 --> 00:33:16,065 NARRATOR: If such a worldwide community existed, 581 00:33:16,065 --> 00:33:17,066 what happened to it? 582 00:33:17,066 --> 00:33:20,719 Was it, as some believe, wiped out 583 00:33:20,719 --> 00:33:24,443 in the great flood described in the Bible? 584 00:33:24,443 --> 00:33:25,614 MICHAEL BARA: It's very interesting 585 00:33:25,614 --> 00:33:28,577 that these carvings are found that 12,000 feet, because that 586 00:33:28,577 --> 00:33:30,809 kind of implies that civilization started at the top 587 00:33:30,809 --> 00:33:34,012 and then worked its way back down as the waters of the flood 588 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,154 receded. 589 00:33:35,154 --> 00:33:36,705 It's almost as if the first thing 590 00:33:36,705 --> 00:33:40,018 they did when Noah's Ark descended and landed-- maybe 591 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:43,332 landed at Markawasi-- was to record all the animals they 592 00:33:43,332 --> 00:33:45,404 collected, if you buy the whole concept 593 00:33:45,404 --> 00:33:48,307 of a story of saving what was left of humanity, 594 00:33:48,307 --> 00:33:51,500 and saving what they could of the animal kingdom. 595 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,673 ROBERT M. SCHOCH: If these are real sculptures-- or even 596 00:33:54,673 --> 00:33:57,086 natural formations that were touched up-- 597 00:33:57,086 --> 00:34:02,071 they are so old, geologically, that all we can really do 598 00:34:02,071 --> 00:34:05,924 is fall back to some of the speculations of people 599 00:34:05,924 --> 00:34:09,168 like Daniel Ruzo-- that this was some kind of very 600 00:34:09,168 --> 00:34:13,982 ancient civilization. 601 00:34:13,982 --> 00:34:16,875 KATHY DOORE: Perhaps, indeed, there were ancient gods. 602 00:34:16,875 --> 00:34:20,829 Perhaps there was a race of beings of a very high minded 603 00:34:20,829 --> 00:34:26,685 nature that came here in the early, early times that 604 00:34:26,685 --> 00:34:28,737 helped mankind, and there have been 605 00:34:28,737 --> 00:34:31,760 overseeing their handiwork. 606 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:32,991 ROBERT M. SCHOCH: I suspect that they 607 00:34:32,991 --> 00:34:37,096 were trying to record something about their beliefs, 608 00:34:37,096 --> 00:34:39,518 their civilization-- something that 609 00:34:39,518 --> 00:34:42,471 could be passed on to future generations. 610 00:34:42,471 --> 00:34:45,414 They may have realized that they were not going to last forever, 611 00:34:45,414 --> 00:34:48,717 and they want to leave some kind of mark, some kind of record, 612 00:34:48,717 --> 00:34:52,561 maybe even some kind of warning for future generations. 613 00:34:56,475 --> 00:34:59,047 NARRATOR: If this advanced, globe-traveling race 614 00:34:59,047 --> 00:35:04,173 existed in early history, where did they come from? 615 00:35:04,173 --> 00:35:07,276 According to author George Hunt Williamson, 616 00:35:07,276 --> 00:35:12,121 who first popularized Markawasi with his 1959 book, "Road 617 00:35:12,121 --> 00:35:17,386 in the Sky," Markawasi was a sacred forest, 618 00:35:17,386 --> 00:35:20,959 where extraterrestrial beings met to plan the future. 619 00:35:20,959 --> 00:35:24,333 And many UFO researchers believe they're 620 00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:26,735 still returning to this day. 621 00:35:26,735 --> 00:35:28,537 KATHY DOORE: The mesa has a plethora 622 00:35:28,537 --> 00:35:32,501 of UFO sightings, ultra-dimensional visitors. 623 00:35:32,501 --> 00:35:35,744 It's is an extraordinary place. 624 00:35:35,744 --> 00:35:39,057 DAVID CHILDRESS: What is probably Peru's most famous UFO 625 00:35:39,057 --> 00:35:42,421 photo was taken near Markawasi in the 1970s 626 00:35:42,421 --> 00:35:45,434 by a businessman who himself was going up 627 00:35:45,434 --> 00:35:48,197 the trail to the plateau of Markawasi. 628 00:35:48,197 --> 00:35:50,949 When he looked back down the valley, 629 00:35:50,949 --> 00:35:56,285 and there was a silvery disk in broad daylight flying up 630 00:35:56,285 --> 00:35:57,956 the valley. 631 00:35:57,956 --> 00:36:02,551 NARRATOR: But are there really special types of energy flowing 632 00:36:02,551 --> 00:36:05,864 around Markawasi that we are just beginning to understand? 633 00:36:08,677 --> 00:36:11,089 And, if so, have they been attracting visitors 634 00:36:11,089 --> 00:36:13,862 for thousands of years, as reported 635 00:36:13,862 --> 00:36:16,505 at some of the world's other mysterious places? 636 00:36:16,505 --> 00:36:18,947 MICHAEL BARA: My suspicion is that extraterrestrials 637 00:36:18,947 --> 00:36:23,392 would be more inclined to come to these energetic places, 638 00:36:23,392 --> 00:36:25,434 not just because it would make their technology work better, 639 00:36:25,434 --> 00:36:26,855 but because their bodies are going 640 00:36:26,855 --> 00:36:28,517 to vibrate at a frequency that's more 641 00:36:28,517 --> 00:36:33,031 appropriate for the universe or the world that they inhabit. 642 00:36:33,031 --> 00:36:34,503 ROBERT M. SCHOCH: As I've looked at studies, 643 00:36:34,503 --> 00:36:37,526 and study it myself, I think that maybe something 644 00:36:37,526 --> 00:36:41,850 inherent to those spots-- ah, maybe electromagnetic, maybe 645 00:36:41,850 --> 00:36:43,842 geomagnetic anomaly. 646 00:36:43,842 --> 00:36:45,664 You have, in some cases, different types 647 00:36:45,664 --> 00:36:48,407 of rocks, different types of crystalline structures, 648 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:50,479 maybe underground flowing water that 649 00:36:50,479 --> 00:36:52,020 will carry electric currents. 650 00:36:52,020 --> 00:36:53,902 So, I think there are a lot of possibilities. 651 00:36:53,902 --> 00:36:56,805 We really don't understand exactly what's going on. 652 00:37:00,058 --> 00:37:02,541 NARRATOR: Is there a reason why these so-called 653 00:37:02,541 --> 00:37:05,304 inter-dimensional space portals allegedly 654 00:37:05,304 --> 00:37:08,397 appear at certain spots on our planet? 655 00:37:08,397 --> 00:37:12,681 Is there, are some suggest, a pattern to their locations? 656 00:37:12,681 --> 00:37:16,004 And what evidence exists that shows 657 00:37:16,004 --> 00:37:18,527 our ancestors knew the code? 658 00:37:23,862 --> 00:37:27,706 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 659 00:37:27,706 --> 00:37:31,270 the mysterious energy field sites around the world 660 00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:33,872 are not randomly located. 661 00:37:33,872 --> 00:37:37,336 They are connected by what is referred to as, "the World 662 00:37:37,336 --> 00:37:40,589 Grid," a geometric pattern of energy that 663 00:37:40,589 --> 00:37:41,940 crisscrosses the globe. 664 00:37:44,573 --> 00:37:46,795 DAVID CHILDRESS: Our planet is covered 665 00:37:46,795 --> 00:37:50,679 with this network of very subtle, invisible energies 666 00:37:50,679 --> 00:37:53,071 that are all around us. 667 00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:56,535 But at certain places on the planet, 668 00:37:56,535 --> 00:37:58,607 these energies come together and they 669 00:37:58,607 --> 00:38:03,382 create a powerful vortex area. 670 00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:08,997 And that energy is, is stronger and more useful, in a sense, 671 00:38:08,997 --> 00:38:12,331 than some other part of the earth. 672 00:38:12,331 --> 00:38:13,502 MICHAEL BARA: The World Grid Theory 673 00:38:13,502 --> 00:38:16,765 is-- it's a concept that all of these sacred sites, 674 00:38:16,765 --> 00:38:18,347 all around the world, are actually 675 00:38:18,347 --> 00:38:21,310 connected in some sort of mathematical, geometric grid 676 00:38:21,310 --> 00:38:24,753 that it came from a time when we really understood 677 00:38:24,753 --> 00:38:27,586 the harmony between nature and geometry 678 00:38:27,586 --> 00:38:30,989 and science and mathematics. 679 00:38:30,989 --> 00:38:34,212 DAVID CHILDRESS: It's well known that Australian Aboriginals 680 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:38,387 follow these dreaming tracks as they go on their walkabout 681 00:38:38,387 --> 00:38:40,098 through the desert. 682 00:38:40,098 --> 00:38:45,273 They can see these lines on the ground, they claim. 683 00:38:45,273 --> 00:38:47,676 The Chinese also believe that they 684 00:38:47,676 --> 00:38:52,290 can see and track these dragon lines. 685 00:38:52,290 --> 00:38:57,666 And, in fact, the very popular Chinese practice of feng shui 686 00:38:57,666 --> 00:39:01,930 is to use these energy lines that 687 00:39:01,930 --> 00:39:07,826 are coming and going throughout the land. 688 00:39:07,826 --> 00:39:09,107 NARRATOR: The unique relationship 689 00:39:09,107 --> 00:39:12,801 between geometric shapes and certain locations around earth 690 00:39:12,801 --> 00:39:16,805 stretches back in history to the Pythagorean school of thought 691 00:39:16,805 --> 00:39:17,876 the ancient Greece. 692 00:39:17,876 --> 00:39:21,049 DAVID CHILDRESS: One of the famous Pythagorean philosophers 693 00:39:21,049 --> 00:39:25,554 of ancient Greece, Plato, talks about the Earth as, um, 694 00:39:25,554 --> 00:39:29,007 a geometric dodecahedron-- that it's 695 00:39:29,007 --> 00:39:34,092 like a ball sewn in various geometric shapes. 696 00:39:34,092 --> 00:39:36,885 And the Pythagorean school is basically 697 00:39:36,885 --> 00:39:43,291 saying that geometry, and the various forms of geometry, 698 00:39:43,291 --> 00:39:47,886 are what makes up all mater, including the Earth. 699 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:53,602 NARRATOR: Another strange mystery 700 00:39:53,602 --> 00:39:57,345 surrounds the apparent concentration of UFO sitings 701 00:39:57,345 --> 00:40:00,679 along the World Grid. 702 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:06,775 Before his death in 1992, French UFO researcher Aimee Michelle 703 00:40:06,775 --> 00:40:09,738 mapped every alleged extraterrestrial report 704 00:40:09,738 --> 00:40:12,881 since the Roswell incident in 1947. 705 00:40:12,881 --> 00:40:14,182 PHILIP COPPENS: So when he mapped them, 706 00:40:14,182 --> 00:40:16,755 he found that there they were very specific-- namely, 707 00:40:16,755 --> 00:40:18,046 in lines. 708 00:40:18,046 --> 00:40:19,488 And he began to map these lines. 709 00:40:19,488 --> 00:40:21,970 And found that these lines were not just random, 710 00:40:21,970 --> 00:40:25,904 but were actually linked to degrees of latitude, 711 00:40:25,904 --> 00:40:28,296 and that there was really a science 712 00:40:28,296 --> 00:40:32,010 behind where UFOs were sighted. 713 00:40:32,010 --> 00:40:34,042 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists 714 00:40:34,042 --> 00:40:37,345 believed that the concentration of energy levels and UFO 715 00:40:37,345 --> 00:40:39,217 sightings is not a coincidence. 716 00:40:41,890 --> 00:40:47,105 They claim that otherworldly beings visited our ancestors, 717 00:40:47,105 --> 00:40:51,630 and told them of the special powers in these locations. 718 00:40:51,630 --> 00:40:53,562 Then, they say, the ancient people 719 00:40:53,562 --> 00:40:56,214 were shown how to build incredible structures 720 00:40:56,214 --> 00:40:59,908 to magnify these natural powers. 721 00:40:59,908 --> 00:41:02,000 It's a theory known as Geomancy. 722 00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:11,389 DAVID CHILDRESS: So, in fact, by building pyramids and standing 723 00:41:11,389 --> 00:41:13,932 stones-- obelisks and things like 724 00:41:13,932 --> 00:41:17,526 that-- we can work with this natural energy 725 00:41:17,526 --> 00:41:19,257 field around the Earth. 726 00:41:19,257 --> 00:41:23,662 And, in a similar way to acupuncture on a human body, 727 00:41:23,662 --> 00:41:25,834 we can do that to the Earth, too. 728 00:41:25,834 --> 00:41:30,519 And by putting a certain structures, or a needle 729 00:41:30,519 --> 00:41:34,673 in a certain place in the Earth, we can accentuate the energies. 730 00:41:37,295 --> 00:41:40,348 ERICH VON DANIKEN: In Europe, lines-- 731 00:41:40,348 --> 00:41:46,344 sometimes 1,000 kilometers of long-- exist from antiquity. 732 00:41:46,344 --> 00:41:49,798 In Europe, they are called, "ley lines." 733 00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:53,431 All of the antique places are linked together. 734 00:41:53,431 --> 00:41:55,654 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: These ley lines extend all the way 735 00:41:55,654 --> 00:41:58,937 from England, all the way through France, 736 00:41:58,937 --> 00:42:04,302 down across through Italy, and just in a straight line. 737 00:42:04,302 --> 00:42:08,396 And the fascinating aspect is that many of those towns that 738 00:42:08,396 --> 00:42:13,331 are that line, the root of the town's name 739 00:42:13,331 --> 00:42:19,237 is represented across 20, 30 town names. 740 00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:22,380 ERICH VON DANIKEN: Every point is on one line. 741 00:42:22,380 --> 00:42:23,932 It's an archaeological point. 742 00:42:23,932 --> 00:42:28,947 At every point has the same core of the word. 743 00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:31,870 The word is always, "star." 744 00:42:31,870 --> 00:42:34,823 It's absolutely fascinating, and it's not coincidence. 745 00:42:34,823 --> 00:42:37,375 Our Stone Age people did not, by coincidence, 746 00:42:37,375 --> 00:42:39,888 just put their holy places in the Stone Age in one line. 747 00:42:39,888 --> 00:42:41,740 Somebody ordered it. 748 00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:46,514 And somebody told them, use the word, "star" for your village, 749 00:42:46,514 --> 00:42:49,487 for eternity. Don't change it. 750 00:42:49,487 --> 00:42:49,517 for eternity. Don't change it. MICHAEL BARA: So, the question is, 751 00:42:49,517 --> 00:42:50,619 MICHAEL BARA: So, the question is, 752 00:42:50,619 --> 00:42:53,652 are those guys the extraterrestrials, 753 00:42:53,652 --> 00:42:56,574 or is it possible that we, in fact, are 754 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:59,948 extraterrestrial-- we did not come from here. 755 00:42:59,948 --> 00:43:03,041 And it's simply an older version of humanity 756 00:43:03,041 --> 00:43:04,653 taking care of the younger version 757 00:43:04,653 --> 00:43:07,355 that they're going to leave the planet to. 758 00:43:07,355 --> 00:43:09,137 ERICH VON DANIKEN: It idea was that, generations 759 00:43:09,137 --> 00:43:13,812 in the far future, they must struggle over these artifacts 760 00:43:13,812 --> 00:43:15,383 and over these indications. 761 00:43:15,383 --> 00:43:17,445 And they must start to ask questions. 762 00:43:17,445 --> 00:43:19,387 That's the situation we have today. 763 00:43:19,387 --> 00:43:21,670 MICHAEL BARA: The main thing that these mysterious places 764 00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:24,212 can tell us about our past is that it's 765 00:43:24,212 --> 00:43:27,445 a lot more complex than they teach us in school. 766 00:43:27,445 --> 00:43:29,587 NARRATOR: Until future scientists 767 00:43:29,587 --> 00:43:32,510 solve the strange issues surrounding certain spots 768 00:43:32,510 --> 00:43:36,785 on Earth, we'll be left with lingering questions. 769 00:43:36,785 --> 00:43:40,428 Might these locations really be portals, or entrances, 770 00:43:40,428 --> 00:43:41,559 to wormholes? 771 00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:45,223 Did extraterrestrial beings transport themselves 772 00:43:45,223 --> 00:43:48,476 to Earth using special electromagnetic fields 773 00:43:48,476 --> 00:43:50,979 in these mysterious places? 774 00:43:50,979 --> 00:43:55,303 And were these secrets known by ancient civilizations, now lost 775 00:43:55,303 --> 00:43:57,015 to history?