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Megalithic stone columns
that have stood
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for an estimated 5,000 years.
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Stonehenge is
completely different
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to anything else
in the Neolithic world.
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NARRATOR:
But could Stonehenge
have been something more
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than conventional historians
have assumed?
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
The fact that we now know
that Stonehenge
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was part of
a much larger superstructure
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indicates we're facing
a sensational mystery.
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NARRATOR:
And could
modern scientific findings
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reveal a startling truth?
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HUGH NEWMAN:
We don't really know
who these people were,
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don't really know
where they come from.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
The people who built Stonehenge
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just vanished from the Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Might the mystery of Stonehenge
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be the key to unlocking
the secrets of the universe,
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and provide tangible evidence
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of mankind's
extraterrestrial past?
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Is it possible that Stonehenge
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was actually built by these
sophisticated extraterrestrials?
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It's a fantastic thought,
but it's possible.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
For six years,
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the U.K. Ministry of Defence
has been in a slow process
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of releasing the entirety
of their UFO files
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to the National Archives
of England.
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Now the final batch
of declassified reports
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are released to the public.
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Despite Ministry claims
that no credible evidence
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or alien craft was discovered
in over 50 years of study,
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one report,
from January 14, 2009,
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includes a fascinating photo
of a disk-shaped craft
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hovering above the world's
most famous megalithic site:
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Stonehenge.
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Stonehenge has been the site
of a number of UFO encounters
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over the years.
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The county of Wiltshire itself
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is something
of a UFO hot spot.
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Dating back over the lifetime
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of the Ministry of Defence's
UFO project,
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there have probably been
several hundred,
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if not low thousands,
of sightings recorded
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in the county of Wiltshire.
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NARRATOR:
But Stonehenge is
not only a major hot spot
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for UFO reports,
it is also the center
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of the crop circle phenomenon,
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with dozens of unexplained
crop formations appearing
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in the area every year.
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Many of the most
spectacular formations
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have appeared
in that geographical area.
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This is a location
where there has been
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more than, I suppose,
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a fair share of weirdness
over the years.
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People are
kind of obsessed by it,
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because it's the only way
they can get back
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to have some contact
with their ancestors.
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I believe there's much,
much more going on here.
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NARRATOR:
Why does the area of Stonehenge
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experience
more unexplained phenomena
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than any other place on Earth?
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Could a new examination
of these massive stone blocks
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reveal profound truths
that have remained hidden
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for more than 5,000 years?
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The British Isles.
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55 BC.
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Julius Caesar begins
a military campaign
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to extend the Roman Empire
into Britain.
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His forces are met
by ferocious resistance
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from the native Celtic tribes,
led by their Druid priests.
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GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
The tribes of Britain
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were all united
against the warring Romans
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by the Druids,
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to repel the greatest general
who's ever lived.
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NARRATOR:
It would take the Romans
nearly a century
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to conquer Britain.
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Once they succeeded,
they turned Stonehenge
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into a temple
of their sun god, Apollo.
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But the Romans were not
the first to adopt this monument
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as their own.
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The Celts themselves
had migrated into Britain
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some 2,500 years before.
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When they arrived,
Stonehenge was already there,
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but the country was
eerily deserted.
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The people who are responsible
for Stonehenge, for erecting it,
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are nowhere to be seen,
and this is a puzzling,
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uh, piece of information
that we know now.
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NARRATOR:
Instead of ignoring Stonehenge
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and building new temples,
as historians would expect,
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the Celts adopted it
as their own.
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You have to ask yourself:
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Why did the Celts and Druids
adopt Stonehenge
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as a place of worship
if they didn't build it?
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Did they somehow know
the power of the place?
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists today believe
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that this great
Neolithic stone circle
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has stood on the plains
of Wiltshire, England,
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for no less than 5,000 years.
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An outer ring
of 30 four-ton stones
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surrounds five huge arches
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whose massive blocks weigh
22 tons each,
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and which were
somehow transported
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from 120 miles away.
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It's an astonishing feat
of ancient engineering,
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and the mysteries about
its construction still remain.
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NEWMAN:
Some of the stones at Stonehenge
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weigh between 50 and 70 tons.
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Some of the stones are
even heavier.
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So how could you
have moved these into place?
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How could you have moved them
from Wales,
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where the bluestones,
the spotted dolerite, came from,
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within Stonehenge?
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PHILLIPS:
The bluestones,
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from which the original
Stonehenge was constructed,
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were transported from
120 miles to the west
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from a place called
the Preseli Mountains,
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which is the only place
in the British Isles
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where you can get
that kind of stone.
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Now, how they were moved
is a mystery.
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NARRATOR:
The predominant theory
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as to how the megalithic blocks
were moved is that the builders
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fashioned sledges and rollers
out of tree trunks
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to lug the bluestones
from the Preseli Hills,
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then transferred them onto rafts
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and floated them
first along the Welsh coast
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and then up the River Avon
towards Salisbury Plain.
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TSOUKALOS:
You know, this idea
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that all these ancient blocks
were moved
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with, uh, wooden rollers is...
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is very interesting.
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However, do you know
what happens to wood
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when you put 20 tons
on a wooden roller?
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It'll just get crushed
to smithereens.
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PHILLIPS:
However they did it,
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it must have been
very important for them
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to move these particular stones
to Stonehenge.
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And that's a mystery.
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That doesn't happen
anywhere else
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at stone circles in the country.
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They only come from stone
that's quarried locally.
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NARRATOR:
However Stonehenge
was constructed,
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it involved moving much more
than just the stone blocks
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that stand today.
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According to researchers,
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this is just 25%
of the original monument,
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the center of
a much larger structure
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that was surrounded
by multiple concentric circles
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constructed over a period
of more than a thousand years.
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MARTINEAU: So Stonehenge
is very interesting
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in that it evolves
over a very long period of time.
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And the first thing
that goes up at Stonehenge
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is not there anymore.
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It's the 56 holes
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that today are known
as the Aubrey Circle.
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It used to be filled with
the bluestones from Preseli.
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PHILLIPS:
Around the outside
of the stone circle
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is constructed
a ditch and embankment.
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This is the so-called
"henge" structure
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that stands around Stonehenge,
from where it gets its name.
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NARRATOR:
Many mainstream scholars
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suggest that Stonehenge
was simply a place of worship
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and a burial ground.
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But why would
the ancient people of Britain
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have spent
more than a thousand years
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to build what amounts
to a church and a cemetery?
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NEWMAN:
And the big problem is
we don't really know
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who these people were.
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We don't really know
where they come from.
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So we find similar structures
around the world
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that show incredible levels
of sophistication,
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like the Pyramids of Giza
in Egypt,
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like Machu Picchu in Peru.
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So why not, in ancient Britain,
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why not have a very advanced
civilization here?
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The fact that we now know
that Stonehenge was part
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of a much larger superstructure
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indicates to me that we've only
barely scratched the surface.
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What did it all mean?
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NARRATOR:
If the monolithic stones
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that comprise Stonehenge today
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are only merely
a partial skeleton
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of the original complex,
is it possible
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that it was among the most
sophisticated structures
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of the ancient world?
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Perhaps the answers
to who built it--
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and why-- can be found
by examining similar structures
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found all over the world.
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Each circle corresponds
NARRATOR:
Dr. William Stukeley,
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a pioneer
in the field of archaeology,
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begins the first
scientific survey of Stonehenge.
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He quickly notices that
its axis aligns with sunrise
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on the summer solstice.
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Over the centuries, scientists
discover that Stonehenge
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also points to sunset
on the winter solstice
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and contains dozens of other
astronomical alignments.
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NEWMAN: Stonehenge is
unlike any stone circle
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anywhere on the planet.
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It's perfectly circular.
It has lintels above it.
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It's designed with
precision-engineered carving
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and astronomical alignments.
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TSOUKALOS: In my opinion,
it is Stonehenge itself
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that is the message.
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And one part of that message
is that Stonehenge
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is a replica of
our solar system on Earth.
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Each circle corresponds
with one of our planets
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inside our solar system,
including Pluto.
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So, now we have a structure
that's at least 4,000 years old,
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and our ancestors
knew about Pluto?
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Without telescopes?
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Someone told them about Pluto
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and all of our planets
in our solar system,
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and that is the message,
because in Neolithic time,
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there is no way
that they knew about this.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the massive blocks
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still standing at Stonehenge
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were purposely arranged
to reflect the positions
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of the planets
in our solar system?
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And if so, could this
astronomical knowledge
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have been imparted to our
ancestors by extraterrestrials?
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While Stonehenge
is the most extraordinary
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stone circle in England,
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in the 1970s, Scottish
cartographer Alexander Thom
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found that all the famed
stone circles across the U.K.
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have sophisticated designs
that track the movements
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of planets and constellations.
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NEWMAN:
Alexander Thom surveyed
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over 300 stone circles
in Britain.
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And he came up
with this principle
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that they used advanced geometry
in the construction,
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which was connected
with very advanced astronomy.
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NARRATOR:
Over time,
archaeologists began to find
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that ancient megalithic sites
all over the planet
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were built to align
with the sun.
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In Macedonia,
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the Kokino Observatory
features four stone thrones
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at the top of a mountain
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positioned to track
the solstices and equinoxes.
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In Machu Picchu,
there is a stone temple
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with three trapezoidal windows
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also positioned
to align with the sun
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during the solstices
and equinoxes.
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On the northwest coast
of France,
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a collection
of over 3,000 massive rocks,
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called the "Carnac stones,"
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align with both the summer
and winter solstices.
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And some of the sites
where these solar alignments
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are found include stone circles
similar to Stonehenge.
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The entrance
to the Temple of Mnajdra
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on the Mediterranean island
of Malta
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is aligned to mark both
the solstices and equinoxes.
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NEWMAN:
In ancient Malta, going back
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potentially to 3,000,
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to 4,000 B.C.
or even much older,
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they also were observing
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multiple
different constellations,
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including Taurus and others.
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NARRATOR:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the most significant
of all the ancient sites
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that contain
astronomical alignments
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is also the oldest.
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German archaeologist
Klaus Schmidt begins
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a major excavation
at Gobekli Tepe.
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This prehistoric site
was believed
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to contain a standard
Roman-era cemetery.
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But what Schmidt actually
discovered would revolutionize
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our view of the ancient world.
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TSOUKALOS:
Gobekli Tepe is one
of the most fascinating stories
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that we have in archaeology
in recent times.
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It is the first documented
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and confirmed archaeological
site in the world
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that proves its age dating
as far back
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as 10,000 BC.
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NEWMAN:
Gobekli Tepe is the oldest known
stone circle complex.
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It dates to nearly
12,000 years old,
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and it stands out as one of the
most unique sites on the planet.
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It really shouldn't be there
at this date.
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It wasn't
for many thousands of years
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that Stonehenge was built.
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ANDREW COLLINS: Stonehenge
in Britain was constructed
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around 3000 BC, but
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as much as 6,000 years earlier
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in southeast Turkey,
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Gobekli Tepe was built
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by a very early form
of Neolithic people.
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And here you have a series
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of circular monuments,
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each made of T-shaped pillars,
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like spokes of a wheel
radiating out
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from a central spot
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where there are
two huge monoliths
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as much
as 18 and a half feet tall.
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NARRATOR:
According to mainstream
archaeologists,
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one of the reasons
that Gobekli Tepe has survived
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in such remarkable condition
for more than 10,000 years
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is because
it was deliberately buried.
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But why?
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Was it to protect it
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from some catastrophic event?
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Or was it to hide what ancient
astronaut theorists consider
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the structure's
otherworldly origins?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by a further examination
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of not only
who may have built Gobekli Tepe,
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but why.
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weighing up to ten tons,
HENRY:
We look around at templestons
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sophisticated carvings,
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and even signs
of hieroglyphic writing...
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experts say Gobekli Tepe
could only have been built
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by an advanced civilization.
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But according
to mainstream historians,
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the world's first
true civilization--
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the Sumerians-- did not arise
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until thousands of years
after Gobekli Tepe was built.
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BILL BIRNES:
What we know about Gobekli Tepe
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is that the Sumerians
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said, "Oh, they were built
by the ancients."
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Who were the ancients that were
here before the Sumerians?
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So, we actually have
geological artifacts
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that point us to a civilization
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before civilization.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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Gobekli Tepe provides evidence
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that a highly-advanced
civilization flourished
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long before the Sumerians.
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And they suggest
that a written record
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of this civilization can be
found in the Book of Enoch
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and its mysterious tale
of the Watchers.
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HENRY:
According to the Book of Enoch,
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there was an ancient race
of giants
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who descended to the Earth.
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They brought technology with
them and shared it with humans.
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They were called the Anunnaki,
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also known as the Watchers,
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extraterrestrial beings
who lived near Gobekli Tepe.
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TSOUKALOS:
In the Old Testament,
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there are quite a few passages
that speak
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of when the sons of God
encountered the women of Earth.
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They thought of them
quite beautiful.
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And so they mated with them,
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and the offspring were
the so-called giants.
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NARRATOR
According to the Book of Enoch,
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these hybrid offspring were
giants called the Nephilim.
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They built a glittering
high-tech civilization.
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(thunder crashing)
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But God considered them
an abomination
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and sent a great flood
to wipe them out.
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HENRY:
Going back 5,000 years,
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we have sacred texts
that tell us
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there was
an antediluvian civilization.
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There was a great flood
and that there were survivors.
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The Mesopotamians speak of this
in The Epic of Gilgamesh,
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the Egyptians speak of this
in the Edfu creation texts.
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We look around at temples
and other constructions
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that suddenly blossomed
as if out of thin air.
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We're asked to believe
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that suddenly
humanity learned the skills
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for building
these magnificent monuments
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that we can't even duplicate
today.
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It doesn't make sense,
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unless there was some
pre-flood teacher indeed
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that taught us how to do this.
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According to some traditions,
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some of the Nephilim
survived the flood.
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These hybrid children
of the Anunnaki still knew
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how to build
megalithic monuments
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aligned with the stars,
and that's what they did.
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NARRATOR:
Tradition has it
that after surviving the flood
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and building Gobekli Tepe
in Turkey,
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the Nephilim began to migrate.
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And each place they went,
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they left stone circles
in their wake.
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COLLINS:
After Gobekli Tepe,
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there are other stone circles
before we get to Stonehenge.
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For instance, at Karahunj
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in Armenia,
there is a massive series
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of megalithic constructions
and circles
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which have been dated
to approximately 5500 BC,
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according
to the astronomical alignments.
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Other sites
that are of extreme age include
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Cromlech Almendres in Portugal.
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This dates back
to around 6,000 years.
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NARRATOR:
If the Nephilim were responsible
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for all these stone circles,
is it possible that these giants
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ultimately found refuge
in the British Isles
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and built Stonehenge?
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Many believe that supporting
evidence is found
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in a 12th century book by Welsh
cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth,
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The History of the Kings
of Britain.
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It states that Stonehenge was
erected by giants in Ireland,
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then transported
to its current site
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by the famed magician Merlin.
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JONATHAN YOUNG: The story
has it, the king wanted
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to honor the dead
from a great battle,
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and he wanted
a particular monument
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the giants had built in Ireland.
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It was Stonehenge.
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He sent Merlin
to get this thing.
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Merlin used magic
to move it to Somerset.
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This is how it got
to where it presently is.
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NEWMAN:
And somehow he did this.
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Whether it was magic,
we really don't know.
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But we do know
that there are traditions
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of giants moving stones.
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CHILDRESS:
We have to ask ourselves,
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is it possible
that the Nephilim,
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as descendants of the Anunnaki,
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were the actual builders
of Stonehenge
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and other megaliths
in Great Britain?
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And, in fact, uh, that
may well have been the case.
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NARRATOR:
To further support the notion
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that the Anunnaki
not only built Stonehenge
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but also other megalithic
stone circles like Gobekli Tepe,
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ancient astronaut theorists
point to a curious legend
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concerning a tribe known
as the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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TOK THOMPSON:
The Tuatha Dé Danann
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are probably
the most important tribe
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or figures or group of people--
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if they are people-- uh,
that show up in Irish mythology.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann
were special.
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CHILDRESS:
The Tuatha Dé Danann were tall.
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They had red hair
and blue or green eyes.
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They had magical powers.
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NEWMAN:
They had very advanced weaponry
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and different types of
what sounds like machinery.
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But also they taught
the high arts of civilization
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and they were said to be
almost like the Shining Ones
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of the biblical tradition.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
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that the Tuatha Dé Danann
were the descendants
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of the otherworldly beings
described
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in the Sumerian tradition
as the Anunnaki?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes.
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And as evidence,
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they point
to a curious historic fact.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann,
or tribe of Danann,
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originally had a different name,
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the Tuatha Dé Anu.
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CHILDRESS:
The name means
"the tribe of Anu."
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And Anu here is the Anunnaki.
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It's this mysterious people
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who are talked about
in Sumerian texts.
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So, here we now have
a connection
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with the Tuatha Dé Danann
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with the Anunnaki
of ancient Sumeria.
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NARRATOR:
Did these Anunnaki descendants
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really migrate
to the British Isles
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and ultimately build Stonehenge?
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And if so,
could this shed light
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on the mystery of not only who
built Stonehenge but why?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining
a startling new genetic study
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that indicates that,
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almost immediately after
Stonehenge was built,
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its builders
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mysteriously vanished
from the Earth.
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NARRATOR:
In a groundbreaking
So the pgenetic studylt this,
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published in the journal Nature,
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Harvard researchers announce
a stunning discovery
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about ancient human DNA.
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It reveals that,
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immediately after Stonehenge
was built,
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the people who built it,
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the ancient inhabitants
of Britain,
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suddenly and almost totally
vanished from the British Isles.
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They left behind
virtually no DNA
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in the modern
British population.
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What the 2018 study suggests
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is that the genetic signature
of the Neolithic inhabitants
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of the British Isles,
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it vanishes
shortly after the period
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in which they build Stonehenge
and is largely replaced
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by an entirely new human culture
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in a very short amount of time.
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HENRY: The Harvard study is
an absolute bombshell.
482
00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:21,603
An entire civilization
just disappears without a trace,
483
00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:23,646
vanishes into thin air?
484
00:25:23,646 --> 00:25:27,817
It's easily the most surprising
and most shocking conclusion
485
00:25:27,817 --> 00:25:29,236
you can imagine.
486
00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:31,238
NARRATOR:
The study used
487
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,490
a revolutionary new technique
488
00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:36,534
that samples DNA
from ancient human bones
489
00:25:36,534 --> 00:25:38,869
and then compares it to the DNA
490
00:25:38,869 --> 00:25:41,455
of modern people
in the same place.
491
00:25:41,455 --> 00:25:44,125
Scientists then determine
492
00:25:44,125 --> 00:25:46,627
what percentage
of the modern population
493
00:25:46,627 --> 00:25:49,381
is descended
from the ancient group.
494
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:52,634
So, the new genetic data
are really providing
495
00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:55,386
an example
of population replacement,
496
00:25:55,386 --> 00:26:00,392
in which the genetic markers
that characterize one population
497
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:04,729
is almost entirely replaced in a
relatively short amount of time
498
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:07,481
by the genetic signature that
characterizes another population
499
00:26:07,481 --> 00:26:08,942
from a different part
of the world.
500
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:11,694
NARRATOR:
The strange disappearance
501
00:26:11,694 --> 00:26:13,279
of the Stonehenge builders
502
00:26:13,279 --> 00:26:16,365
remains
a profound historical mystery.
503
00:26:16,365 --> 00:26:20,244
But historians had long known
that around 2500 BC,
504
00:26:20,244 --> 00:26:22,747
just after Stonehenge was built,
505
00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:25,750
a new group
entered the British Isles.
506
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,336
The so-called Beaker people
are named
507
00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:30,630
for their distinctive
clay pottery
508
00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:33,883
and are believed to be
the ancestors of the Celts.
509
00:26:33,883 --> 00:26:36,594
CHILDRESS:
You might think that
510
00:26:36,594 --> 00:26:40,222
when the original population
of Britain suddenly left
511
00:26:40,222 --> 00:26:43,518
these stone monuments,
512
00:26:43,518 --> 00:26:46,186
that the newcomers
would maybe just let them
513
00:26:46,186 --> 00:26:50,692
go back to nature and
ultimately just-just fall down
514
00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:53,528
and be destroyed, uh, over time.
515
00:26:53,528 --> 00:26:55,195
But that's not what happened.
516
00:26:55,195 --> 00:26:58,450
And so it would seem
that these newcomers
517
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,368
realized
that these places had power.
518
00:27:01,368 --> 00:27:03,997
There was an energy associated
with them.
519
00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:06,665
Something important.
520
00:27:13,548 --> 00:27:15,967
NARRATOR:
The Orkney Islands, Scotland.
521
00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,678
2019.
522
00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:21,765
Ancient astronaut theorist
Andrew Collins
523
00:27:21,765 --> 00:27:24,183
and author Graham Phillips
524
00:27:24,183 --> 00:27:26,603
have come to these islands
to investigate
525
00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:30,565
the mysterious disappearance of
the people who built Stonehenge.
526
00:27:30,565 --> 00:27:34,234
Dating back to 3200 BC,
527
00:27:34,234 --> 00:27:38,239
Skara Brae was buried in sand
for thousands of years
528
00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:42,451
until a great storm
uncovered it in 1850.
529
00:27:42,451 --> 00:27:45,454
Now known
as the Scottish Pompeii,
530
00:27:45,454 --> 00:27:47,289
it was home to the people
531
00:27:47,289 --> 00:27:49,959
who began Britain's
stone circle building boom,
532
00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:51,961
ultimately built Stonehenge,
533
00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:56,383
and then mysteriously vanished
from the genetic record.
534
00:27:56,383 --> 00:27:59,719
Right. Site's over here.
535
00:27:59,719 --> 00:28:01,304
Well, it's quite amazing
536
00:28:01,304 --> 00:28:03,722
that this place
was completely covered
537
00:28:03,722 --> 00:28:05,266
with sand,
538
00:28:05,266 --> 00:28:08,019
uh, until they refound it
in the 19th century.
539
00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,730
The people who built
the first stone circle
540
00:28:10,730 --> 00:28:13,566
a couple of miles from here
lived here.
541
00:28:13,566 --> 00:28:16,152
Yeah. Just look at this place.
542
00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:19,029
I mean, it's just extraordinary.
543
00:28:19,029 --> 00:28:20,448
PHILLIPS:
It's pretty sophisticated.
544
00:28:20,448 --> 00:28:22,032
I mean, these walls here
545
00:28:22,032 --> 00:28:25,369
are really quite advanced
for 5,000 years ago,
546
00:28:25,369 --> 00:28:28,038
when everybody else
in the country was living in,
547
00:28:28,038 --> 00:28:29,874
well, mud huts, basically.
548
00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:32,919
I know. And-and the incredible
thing about this is
549
00:28:32,919 --> 00:28:35,838
the descendants of these people
end up creating
550
00:28:35,838 --> 00:28:38,674
all of the stone circles
around Britain.
551
00:28:38,674 --> 00:28:40,468
How do you think this started?
552
00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:44,263
I-I think something was changing
in the minds of these people.
553
00:28:44,263 --> 00:28:45,682
But, you know,
the bigger question is,
554
00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:47,683
what were they doing here?
555
00:28:47,683 --> 00:28:51,354
NARRATOR:
Experts believe that
the descendants of Skara Brae
556
00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:53,981
began building
the great stone circles
557
00:28:53,981 --> 00:28:56,401
that ultimately led
to Stonehenge.
558
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:59,487
To see the first
of these mighty circles,
559
00:28:59,487 --> 00:29:03,407
Andrew and Graham
travel six miles south.
560
00:29:03,407 --> 00:29:06,411
So, we're going now
to the Stones of Stenness,
561
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:10,248
which is the first stone circle,
that we know of,
562
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:13,125
built anywhere
in the British Isles.
563
00:29:15,127 --> 00:29:17,755
It originally consisted of
564
00:29:17,755 --> 00:29:20,008
12 stones in a circle
565
00:29:20,008 --> 00:29:23,760
around 100 feet in diameter,
566
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,265
and the stones
are up to 16 feet high.
567
00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:30,852
COLLINS:
What's so incredible
568
00:29:30,852 --> 00:29:34,271
is that this first stone circle
in Britain
569
00:29:34,271 --> 00:29:36,148
has a relationship
570
00:29:36,148 --> 00:29:40,987
with Gobekli Tepe
in southeast Turkey, which--
571
00:29:40,987 --> 00:29:43,573
because the Stones of Stenness
572
00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:45,325
is aligned to the stars.
573
00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:47,201
To the south,
574
00:29:47,201 --> 00:29:50,622
it's the rising
of the stars of Orion.
575
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,624
And to the north,
576
00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:56,752
it is the setting
of the stars of Cygnus.
577
00:29:56,752 --> 00:30:00,339
And the very same constellations
feature
578
00:30:00,339 --> 00:30:03,343
within astronomical alignments
at Gobekli Tepe,
579
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:06,637
thousands of miles away.
580
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,808
NARRATOR:
If the Stones of Stenness,
581
00:30:11,808 --> 00:30:14,394
like Gobekli Tepe, Stonehenge,
582
00:30:14,394 --> 00:30:16,605
and other megalithic structures,
583
00:30:16,605 --> 00:30:19,942
was constructed in such a way
as to be in alignment
584
00:30:19,942 --> 00:30:23,278
with astronomical events, why?
585
00:30:23,278 --> 00:30:27,115
Was it to merely function
as a type of calendar,
586
00:30:27,115 --> 00:30:30,744
indicating when to plant crops
or perform rituals?
587
00:30:32,204 --> 00:30:35,208
Or were these structures
oriented to the stars
588
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,042
for a far more profound
589
00:30:37,042 --> 00:30:40,755
or perhaps extraterrestrial
purpose?
590
00:30:42,131 --> 00:30:45,218
It is true
that-that Stonehenge can be used
591
00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:47,470
or was used as a calendar.
592
00:30:47,470 --> 00:30:49,346
There is no doubt about it.
593
00:30:49,346 --> 00:30:53,351
However,
in order to create a calendar,
594
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:56,563
there was absolutely zero need
595
00:30:56,563 --> 00:31:01,651
to build a megalithic structure
as gigantic as Stonehenge.
596
00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:04,903
'Cause you could have recreated
the entire same thing
597
00:31:04,903 --> 00:31:10,117
by, essentially, placing
ordinary sticks in the ground.
598
00:31:10,117 --> 00:31:12,578
That was not the case.
599
00:31:12,578 --> 00:31:14,788
So what was it?
600
00:31:14,788 --> 00:31:18,792
POPE:
There is a knowledge
and purpose here,
601
00:31:18,792 --> 00:31:21,003
and it's-it's sophisticated.
602
00:31:21,003 --> 00:31:24,840
Were ceremonies and rituals
603
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,676
conducted there that
actually achieved something?
604
00:31:27,676 --> 00:31:30,637
In other words,
is, in one sense,
605
00:31:30,637 --> 00:31:34,267
Stonehenge a device, a machine?
606
00:31:34,267 --> 00:31:36,935
MARTINEAU:
This geometry is there
right from the beginning
607
00:31:36,935 --> 00:31:38,813
of the stone circle building
608
00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:41,898
and the reason they were
choosing these shapes
609
00:31:41,898 --> 00:31:45,361
was something to do
with astronomy.
610
00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:48,865
And I think it's some kind
of interesting technology,
611
00:31:48,865 --> 00:31:51,409
ancient technology, um,
612
00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,577
whose origins are lost
in the mist of time.
613
00:31:54,621 --> 00:31:55,997
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
614
00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:57,999
that the builders
of ancient stone circles
615
00:31:57,999 --> 00:32:01,919
weren't constructing
giant celestial calendars,
616
00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:05,964
but, instead, were using the sun
and stars as guides
617
00:32:05,964 --> 00:32:08,425
so that the giant stones
they were using
618
00:32:08,425 --> 00:32:10,428
could be precisely placed?
619
00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:15,016
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
620
00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:18,019
the answer is a profound yes.
621
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:22,481
And they believe the precise
astrological placements of these
622
00:32:22,481 --> 00:32:25,817
weren't intended
for ritual purposes,
623
00:32:25,817 --> 00:32:29,113
but for technological ones,
possibly as a means
624
00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:31,199
of conducting and generating
625
00:32:31,199 --> 00:32:34,201
a type of geo-electrical energy.
626
00:32:35,619 --> 00:32:37,663
So the people who built this,
627
00:32:37,663 --> 00:32:40,208
you think, were inspired
by the descendants
628
00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,376
of those who built
Gobekli Tepe.
629
00:32:42,376 --> 00:32:43,795
I'm certain of it.
630
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,713
But as we know,
631
00:32:46,713 --> 00:32:48,758
this is the beginning
632
00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:53,429
of something brand-new
that starts here
633
00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:58,558
on the Orkney mainland
and continues to Stonehenge.
634
00:32:58,558 --> 00:33:00,811
So what comes next?
635
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:05,857
NARRATOR:
Just down the road
from the Stones of Stenness
636
00:33:05,857 --> 00:33:08,361
lies the Ring of Brodgar.
637
00:33:08,361 --> 00:33:12,323
The third largest stone circle
in the British Isles,
638
00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:16,576
it is a hotbed of UFO sightings
and activity.
639
00:33:16,576 --> 00:33:19,372
According to ancient astronaut
theorists,
640
00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:22,375
it could also hold the key
to solving the mystery
641
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,044
of why the Stonehenge builders
suddenly
642
00:33:25,044 --> 00:33:29,715
and inexplicably... disappeared.
643
00:33:36,722 --> 00:33:38,932
POPE:
Were the ancients mimicking
644
00:33:38,932 --> 00:33:42,854
ancient astronaut theorist
Andrew Collins
645
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,771
and author Graham Phillips
646
00:33:44,771 --> 00:33:46,481
are investigating stone circles
647
00:33:46,481 --> 00:33:50,278
that are believed to be
even older than Stonehenge.
648
00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:53,990
They have just arrived
at the Ring of Brodgar,
649
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:57,160
which is not only
an important historical site
650
00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,454
but also a hot spot
for UFO sightings.
651
00:34:00,454 --> 00:34:04,791
PHILLIPS:
We're here
at the Ring of Brodgar.
652
00:34:04,791 --> 00:34:06,626
It is a henge circle,
so all around
653
00:34:06,626 --> 00:34:09,630
the outside of it is
a ditch and embankment.
654
00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:13,925
COLLINS:
And one of the things
that's been repeatedly found
655
00:34:13,925 --> 00:34:16,679
in connection with stone circles
656
00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,931
is that there's a very special
geology associated
657
00:34:19,931 --> 00:34:22,351
with the landscape around them.
658
00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:26,438
And all of these seem to be able
659
00:34:26,438 --> 00:34:28,775
to manifest mysterious lights.
660
00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:31,360
And they almost appear to act
661
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,655
like windows onto another realm.
662
00:34:34,655 --> 00:34:37,324
Because as you get higher,
663
00:34:37,324 --> 00:34:41,036
you can see that the whole place
is like a perfect circle.
664
00:34:41,036 --> 00:34:44,331
A perfect hole
out of this reality
665
00:34:44,331 --> 00:34:46,833
into another realm all together.
666
00:34:46,833 --> 00:34:49,753
So this place here
could actually be
667
00:34:49,753 --> 00:34:53,757
some kind of portal
between this world and another?
668
00:34:53,757 --> 00:34:55,217
Precisely.
669
00:34:55,217 --> 00:34:57,302
But what's so incredible
670
00:34:57,302 --> 00:35:00,806
is that at virtually
every location
671
00:35:00,806 --> 00:35:04,351
that this megalithic culture
moved out
672
00:35:04,351 --> 00:35:07,355
is also somewhere associated
with the appearance
673
00:35:07,355 --> 00:35:11,233
of mysterious lights,
what we'd call UFOs.
674
00:35:11,233 --> 00:35:14,778
We're talking about Stonehenge,
675
00:35:14,778 --> 00:35:16,114
Avebury,
676
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,865
the Isle of Anglesey in Wales,
677
00:35:18,865 --> 00:35:21,786
and the area
around the Rod Stone.
678
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,954
All of these locations
679
00:35:23,954 --> 00:35:25,831
are what we would call portals,
680
00:35:25,831 --> 00:35:29,043
places where
mysterious lights appear
681
00:35:29,043 --> 00:35:31,838
and then disappear.
682
00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:35,173
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that ancient stone circles
683
00:35:35,173 --> 00:35:38,427
found throughout the world
were once used as portals
684
00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:40,679
to other parts
of the universe?
685
00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:44,266
And could this explain
why the builders of Stonehenge
686
00:35:44,266 --> 00:35:47,269
suddenly disappeared
from the DNA record,
687
00:35:47,269 --> 00:35:51,023
right after the structure is
believed to have been completed?
688
00:35:51,023 --> 00:35:54,985
While such a notion may sound
preposterous to some,
689
00:35:54,985 --> 00:35:57,195
ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
690
00:35:57,195 --> 00:36:00,407
that it is far from impossible.
691
00:36:00,407 --> 00:36:03,786
NEWMAN: They realized
that these stone circles
692
00:36:03,786 --> 00:36:06,371
actually do manipulate
earth energies,
693
00:36:06,371 --> 00:36:09,208
these currents that are part
of the magnetic field.
694
00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:12,085
CHILDRESS:
Archaeologists now
695
00:36:12,085 --> 00:36:15,172
are speculating
that the blue stones
696
00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:19,175
that are part
of the Stonehenge complex,
697
00:36:19,175 --> 00:36:24,056
they are a type
of black-blue dolerite
698
00:36:24,056 --> 00:36:29,603
that has very bright nodes
of quartz in them.
699
00:36:31,313 --> 00:36:33,106
NARRATOR:
Quartz is able to convert
700
00:36:33,106 --> 00:36:35,693
the earth's natural
electrical vibrations
701
00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:37,445
into a form of energy.
702
00:36:37,445 --> 00:36:39,989
The amount of energy increases
703
00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:42,742
when the quartz
is under pressure,
704
00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:46,161
as it would be as part of a
massive monolithic structure
705
00:36:46,161 --> 00:36:48,246
like Stonehenge.
706
00:36:48,246 --> 00:36:50,081
NEWMAN:
So you have electrical qualities
707
00:36:50,081 --> 00:36:52,418
when the quartz
is kind of crushed
708
00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:54,503
and then you have magnetic
qualities as well
709
00:36:54,503 --> 00:36:55,838
within the same stone.
710
00:36:55,838 --> 00:36:57,340
So this could have been used
711
00:36:57,340 --> 00:37:01,469
to manipulate
earth energy currents.
712
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,221
CHILDRESS:
Many of the stone circles
713
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:06,222
have something to do with
astronomical alignments,
714
00:37:06,222 --> 00:37:09,434
and you have to wonder if
it's a way of calculating
715
00:37:09,434 --> 00:37:12,938
and having a calibration
that you can use
716
00:37:12,938 --> 00:37:15,858
to create a special portal area.
717
00:37:15,858 --> 00:37:18,443
It's got a special energy,
perhaps,
718
00:37:18,443 --> 00:37:20,528
that's being manipulated
719
00:37:20,528 --> 00:37:24,032
and created
by these megalithic structures.
720
00:37:24,032 --> 00:37:27,619
NARRATOR:
Did the builders of ancient
megalithic structures
721
00:37:27,619 --> 00:37:30,081
like Stonehenge
and Gobekli Tepe,
722
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,250
use their advanced knowledge
723
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,668
of the interconnectivity
between the Earth--
724
00:37:34,668 --> 00:37:38,005
and the ability of precisely
placed megalithic stones--
725
00:37:38,005 --> 00:37:41,759
to generate energy
to create portals?
726
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,302
And could this be
why they decided
727
00:37:44,302 --> 00:37:46,389
to quarry the rock
for Stonehenge
728
00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:49,391
from 120 miles away,
729
00:37:49,391 --> 00:37:52,353
because they needed
a particular type of rock
730
00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:54,730
with a particular
quartz concentration?
731
00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:57,942
If so,
could their incredible ability
732
00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:00,860
to create energy be
an indication
733
00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:04,280
that their origins might be
extraterrestrial?
734
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,992
If the Nephilim were actually
735
00:38:06,992 --> 00:38:09,744
some sort
of extraterrestrial race
736
00:38:09,744 --> 00:38:13,666
with super high technology,
then maybe
737
00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:16,085
now all the high-tech stuff
is gone
738
00:38:16,085 --> 00:38:20,338
and all that's left
is this skeletal structure
739
00:38:20,338 --> 00:38:22,090
that we call Stonehenge.
740
00:38:22,090 --> 00:38:24,969
NARRATOR:
If the builders of Stonehenge
741
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:27,012
really did create a portal
742
00:38:27,012 --> 00:38:29,472
through which they returned
to the home planet
743
00:38:29,472 --> 00:38:31,809
of their extraterrestrial
ancestors,
744
00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:35,896
did that portal close
after they left?
745
00:38:35,896 --> 00:38:38,648
Or was the site stripped
of its power
746
00:38:38,648 --> 00:38:42,068
when the original structure
was deconstructed?
747
00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:45,030
Perhaps the answer can be found
748
00:38:45,030 --> 00:38:47,615
by examining one of the
strangest events to occur
749
00:38:47,615 --> 00:38:50,119
at Stonehenge in modern times.
750
00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:54,039
An event that some believe
may contain a message
751
00:38:54,039 --> 00:38:56,041
from another world.
752
00:39:02,172 --> 00:39:03,715
NARRATOR:
Wiltshire, England.
753
00:39:03,715 --> 00:39:06,510
July 1996.
754
00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:09,054
One of the most complex
755
00:39:09,054 --> 00:39:12,391
and spectacular crop circle
designs ever seen
756
00:39:12,391 --> 00:39:15,561
appears in a field
opposite Stonehenge.
757
00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:17,896
POPE:
The so-called Julia Set
758
00:39:17,896 --> 00:39:20,775
appeared right next
to Stonehenge.
759
00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:23,777
Now, the Julia Set
takes its name
760
00:39:23,777 --> 00:39:28,615
from a fractal,
which is a mathematical shape.
761
00:39:28,615 --> 00:39:33,079
This was intricate, complex.
762
00:39:34,204 --> 00:39:36,331
There's an interesting story
763
00:39:36,331 --> 00:39:38,333
that apparently a taxi driver
764
00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:40,878
saw this formation
765
00:39:40,878 --> 00:39:44,422
just appearing suddenly,
magically,
766
00:39:44,422 --> 00:39:47,802
as if some unseen hidden force
767
00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:49,804
was making the pattern.
768
00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:52,889
Some people have said
that they were symbols
769
00:39:52,889 --> 00:39:55,809
that are meant
to convey information.
770
00:39:55,809 --> 00:39:58,521
And it's the conveying
of information
771
00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:01,148
that I think
is the important thing here.
772
00:40:01,148 --> 00:40:03,400
That really might be the key
773
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,610
to unlocking the mystery here.
774
00:40:05,610 --> 00:40:09,280
NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the incredible crop formation
775
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,742
that appeared next to Stonehenge
776
00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:14,869
was a message
from extraterrestrial visitors?
777
00:40:14,869 --> 00:40:18,623
If Stonehenge was built
as a portal to the stars,
778
00:40:18,623 --> 00:40:21,751
can this technology
be reactivated?
779
00:40:21,751 --> 00:40:25,213
And might the mathematical
information contained
780
00:40:25,213 --> 00:40:27,757
within the Julia Set
provide the key
781
00:40:27,757 --> 00:40:29,802
to reopening the portal?
782
00:40:31,594 --> 00:40:33,264
CHILDRESS:
When we look at Stonehenge,
783
00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:35,266
we have to wonder
about the energy there.
784
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:39,894
So, early on, it becomes a site
where things are happening,
785
00:40:39,894 --> 00:40:42,731
extraterrestrials
are landing here perhaps.
786
00:40:42,731 --> 00:40:46,318
But it all starts
with some activity early on
787
00:40:46,318 --> 00:40:48,320
in this, in this special place.
788
00:40:50,155 --> 00:40:52,615
People speculated
that the ancients
789
00:40:52,615 --> 00:40:56,452
were able to perceive power,
790
00:40:56,452 --> 00:40:59,914
Earth energies,
mysterious forces
791
00:40:59,914 --> 00:41:02,126
that perhaps modern humans
792
00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:04,836
have lost the ability
to perceive.
793
00:41:04,836 --> 00:41:09,007
Maybe, the theory is, that we've
got smarter in other ways,
794
00:41:09,007 --> 00:41:11,385
but we've lost
a certain something,
795
00:41:11,385 --> 00:41:13,304
the ability to perhaps tap into
796
00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:16,097
these ancient power sites.
797
00:41:19,726 --> 00:41:22,188
NARRATOR:
Does a megalithic stone circle
798
00:41:22,188 --> 00:41:25,398
standing alone
in the English countryside
799
00:41:25,398 --> 00:41:28,318
represent the remains of the
most sophisticated technology
800
00:41:28,318 --> 00:41:31,322
to ever exist on Earth?
801
00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:35,034
A technology which was part
of a vast global network
802
00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:37,661
of similar structures
that were not only capable
803
00:41:37,661 --> 00:41:40,581
of generating
vast amounts of energy,
804
00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:43,208
but also the means
by which alien visitors
805
00:41:43,208 --> 00:41:46,045
could both arrive and depart?
806
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:48,880
Perhaps the stones
that still remain
807
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,423
were deliberately left standing
808
00:41:50,423 --> 00:41:53,052
so that humankind
would one day restore
809
00:41:53,052 --> 00:41:54,719
this lost technology...
810
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,097
reactivate it...
811
00:41:57,097 --> 00:42:00,851
and ultimately reunite
with the ancient builders
812
00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:03,603
who still exist...
813
00:42:03,603 --> 00:42:06,440
light-years away.
814
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,983
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