1 00:00:02,263 --> 00:00:05,527 >> NARRATOR: Rockets... 2 00:00:05,527 --> 00:00:08,051 hurling space probes deep into 3 00:00:08,051 --> 00:00:11,794 the cosmos. 4 00:00:11,794 --> 00:00:14,579 Sound waves... compelling solid 5 00:00:14,579 --> 00:00:18,366 objects to float in midair. 6 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:21,934 Laser beams... vaporizing 7 00:00:21,934 --> 00:00:24,763 targets with pinpoint accuracy. 8 00:00:24,763 --> 00:00:27,331 Are these stunning examples of 9 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:30,378 mankind's modern technology? 10 00:00:30,378 --> 00:00:33,163 Or are they merely recent 11 00:00:33,163 --> 00:00:35,644 incarnations of scientific 12 00:00:35,644 --> 00:00:37,298 achievements that have roots 13 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:39,213 stretching back to the ancient 14 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:40,431 past? 15 00:00:40,431 --> 00:00:41,258 >> JASON MARTELL: We have 16 00:00:41,258 --> 00:00:43,130 several cultures who depict 17 00:00:43,130 --> 00:00:45,306 modern technology being used 18 00:00:45,306 --> 00:00:46,829 thousands of years ago. 19 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:48,004 >> PHILIP COPPENS: They were 20 00:00:48,004 --> 00:00:49,266 working with technology that 21 00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:50,920 could literally break the Earth 22 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,487 in two. 23 00:00:52,487 --> 00:00:53,923 >> DAVID CHILDRESS: How could 24 00:00:53,923 --> 00:00:55,577 they have had these advanced 25 00:00:55,577 --> 00:00:58,449 weapons that we've only just 26 00:00:58,449 --> 00:01:00,799 acquired ourselves today? 27 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:03,150 >> GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Something 28 00:01:03,150 --> 00:01:06,762 in our past has been lost, and 29 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:10,418 we're looking for that answer. 30 00:01:10,418 --> 00:01:12,376 >> NARRATOR: Millions of people 31 00:01:12,376 --> 00:01:14,335 around the world believe we have 32 00:01:14,335 --> 00:01:16,076 been visited in the past by 33 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:18,339 extraterrestrial beings. 34 00:01:18,339 --> 00:01:20,950 What if it were true? 35 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:22,995 Did ancient aliens really help 36 00:01:22,995 --> 00:01:25,955 to shape our history? 37 00:01:25,955 --> 00:01:28,305 And did mankind's cutting-edge 38 00:01:28,305 --> 00:01:30,525 technology spring from our 39 00:01:30,525 --> 00:01:32,657 imagination, or could it have 40 00:01:32,657 --> 00:01:35,095 come from a source much farther 41 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,922 come from a source much farther away? 42 00:01:36,922 --> 00:02:08,171 away? 43 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:09,955 >> NARRATOR: In the early 44 00:02:09,955 --> 00:02:11,914 morning hours of November 5, 45 00:02:11,914 --> 00:02:15,352 2005, the luxury cruise ship 46 00:02:15,352 --> 00:02:17,485 the Seabourn Spiritfound 47 00:02:17,485 --> 00:02:19,835 itself under attack by pirates 48 00:02:19,835 --> 00:02:22,185 in the waters off the coast 49 00:02:22,185 --> 00:02:23,882 of Somalia. 50 00:02:23,882 --> 00:02:26,058 But the Somali bandits were 51 00:02:26,058 --> 00:02:28,104 successfully repelled by a 52 00:02:28,104 --> 00:02:29,671 relatively new and formidable 53 00:02:29,671 --> 00:02:33,196 defensive weapon: a Long Range 54 00:02:33,196 --> 00:02:36,939 Acoustic Device or LRAD. 55 00:02:36,939 --> 00:02:39,550 Manufactured by the LRAD 56 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:42,162 Corporation, this sonic device 57 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,816 can, when focused on a target, 58 00:02:44,816 --> 00:02:47,428 produce a piercing sound that 59 00:02:47,428 --> 00:02:50,474 can exceed 150 decibels-- enough 60 00:02:50,474 --> 00:02:53,303 to cause temporary blindness, 61 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:54,478 nausea and permanent hearing 62 00:02:54,478 --> 00:02:56,524 loss. 63 00:02:56,524 --> 00:02:58,482 >> CHILDRESS: The U.S. Army used 64 00:02:58,482 --> 00:03:00,354 sonic weapons in Iraq. 65 00:03:00,354 --> 00:03:02,399 They're used in crowd control. 66 00:03:02,399 --> 00:03:04,488 There are certain types of low 67 00:03:04,488 --> 00:03:06,098 rumbles and signals that will 68 00:03:06,098 --> 00:03:07,752 affect a person. 69 00:03:07,752 --> 00:03:10,059 They make you feel sick. 70 00:03:10,059 --> 00:03:12,148 >> NARRATOR: The LRAD is 71 00:03:12,148 --> 00:03:13,454 currently used by law 72 00:03:13,454 --> 00:03:15,630 enforcement, the military and 73 00:03:15,630 --> 00:03:17,936 private security, and is 74 00:03:17,936 --> 00:03:19,590 considered the ultimate in 75 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:20,983 sonic weaponry. 76 00:03:20,983 --> 00:03:23,290 [high-pitched ringing] 77 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:25,553 But is the LRAD really a 78 00:03:25,553 --> 00:03:27,729 21st-century invention? 79 00:03:27,729 --> 00:03:29,470 Or is there evidence that 80 00:03:29,470 --> 00:03:31,602 similar audio weapons existed 81 00:03:31,602 --> 00:03:35,519 in ancient times? 82 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:38,653 Approximately 17 miles northeast 83 00:03:38,653 --> 00:03:41,351 of Jerusalem lies the ancient 84 00:03:41,351 --> 00:03:44,049 ruins of the city of Jericho. 85 00:03:44,049 --> 00:03:46,661 Here, archaeologists have 86 00:03:46,661 --> 00:03:48,315 uncovered evidence of 87 00:03:48,315 --> 00:03:49,490 settlements dating back 88 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:51,579 to 9000 BC. 89 00:03:51,579 --> 00:03:54,364 According to the Hebrew Bible, 90 00:03:54,364 --> 00:03:56,453 Jericho is believed to be 91 00:03:56,453 --> 00:03:58,325 where God spoke to Joshua, 92 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:00,196 the successor to Moses, 93 00:04:00,196 --> 00:04:02,242 and instructed him to march 94 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,244 around the walled city once 95 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,463 every six days with seven 96 00:04:06,463 --> 00:04:08,683 priests carrying rams' horns 97 00:04:08,683 --> 00:04:10,685 and followed by the Ark of the 98 00:04:10,685 --> 00:04:12,513 Covenant, the golden chest 99 00:04:12,513 --> 00:04:16,560 containing the Ten Commandments. 100 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,171 Then, on the seventh day, under 101 00:04:19,171 --> 00:04:22,044 orders by God, Joshua and the 102 00:04:22,044 --> 00:04:23,785 Israelites marched around the 103 00:04:23,785 --> 00:04:25,482 perimeter of the city one last 104 00:04:25,482 --> 00:04:26,527 time. 105 00:04:26,527 --> 00:04:28,180 [horns blowing] 106 00:04:28,180 --> 00:04:29,965 But this time, they blew the 107 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:32,141 rams' horns. 108 00:04:32,141 --> 00:04:36,580 The walls of Jericho fell... 109 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:39,322 The walls of Jericho fell... and the city was sacked. 110 00:04:39,322 --> 00:04:43,761 and the city was sacked. 111 00:04:43,761 --> 00:04:45,372 >> DAVID WILCOCK: In the Old 112 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:46,721 Testament, you see very clear 113 00:04:46,721 --> 00:04:49,724 descriptions in Joshua 6 about 114 00:04:49,724 --> 00:04:52,117 the shofar, which is described 115 00:04:52,117 --> 00:04:53,554 as a trumpet that was used in 116 00:04:53,554 --> 00:04:55,382 the Battle of Jericho to 117 00:04:55,382 --> 00:04:58,123 the Battle of Jericho to actually bring the walls down. 118 00:04:58,123 --> 00:05:00,561 actually bring the walls down. 119 00:05:00,561 --> 00:05:01,736 >> NARRATOR: To religious 120 00:05:01,736 --> 00:05:02,998 scholars, the collapse of 121 00:05:02,998 --> 00:05:05,392 Jericho's walls was a miracle. 122 00:05:05,392 --> 00:05:07,524 To most modern day scientists 123 00:05:07,524 --> 00:05:09,961 and historians, the destruction 124 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:11,572 was most probably caused by 125 00:05:11,572 --> 00:05:13,313 an earthquake. 126 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,662 But could it have been 127 00:05:14,662 --> 00:05:16,751 something else? 128 00:05:16,751 --> 00:05:18,709 Could the Israelites have 129 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,711 possessed advanced sound wave 130 00:05:20,711 --> 00:05:22,583 technology? 131 00:05:22,583 --> 00:05:25,150 If so, where did it come from? 132 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:26,717 >> JONATHAN YOUNG: In the 133 00:05:26,717 --> 00:05:27,718 scriptures, we have a 134 00:05:27,718 --> 00:05:29,198 fascinating story about the 135 00:05:29,198 --> 00:05:30,678 fall of the walls of Jericho. 136 00:05:30,678 --> 00:05:32,767 The armies were told to circle 137 00:05:32,767 --> 00:05:34,421 the wall repeatedly, and then 138 00:05:34,421 --> 00:05:35,770 finally blow their horns, and 139 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:37,424 down came the walls. 140 00:05:37,424 --> 00:05:38,599 And we know there was a 141 00:05:38,599 --> 00:05:39,948 powerful presence. 142 00:05:39,948 --> 00:05:41,558 The Ark of the Covenant, this 143 00:05:41,558 --> 00:05:43,734 mysterious, sacred item, was 144 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:45,519 with them at all times, which, 145 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:47,347 of course, was part of the event 146 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:48,739 and part of the fall of the 147 00:05:48,739 --> 00:05:51,786 walls of Jericho. 148 00:05:51,786 --> 00:05:53,744 >> CHILDRESS: The idea that 149 00:05:53,744 --> 00:05:57,052 some kind of sonic weapon was 150 00:05:57,052 --> 00:06:00,360 used to destroy these huge, 151 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,362 thick, ancient walls to allow 152 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,146 the Israelites to basically 153 00:06:04,146 --> 00:06:05,713 take over that city is a 154 00:06:05,713 --> 00:06:06,931 fascinating one. 155 00:06:06,931 --> 00:06:08,498 So what kind of technology were 156 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:09,760 they using? 157 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,068 It sounds utterly fantastic to 158 00:06:13,068 --> 00:06:14,591 us that they could have had some 159 00:06:14,591 --> 00:06:15,984 kind of advanced alien 160 00:06:15,984 --> 00:06:17,464 technology. 161 00:06:17,464 --> 00:06:18,726 It's clearly what they're 162 00:06:18,726 --> 00:06:20,771 describing. 163 00:06:20,771 --> 00:06:22,730 >> TUDOR PARFITT: There is 164 00:06:22,730 --> 00:06:24,601 little doubt that the Ark of 165 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:26,777 the Covenant was a weapon. 166 00:06:26,777 --> 00:06:29,171 It was described as a weapon, 167 00:06:29,171 --> 00:06:31,521 famously, when the Israelites 168 00:06:31,521 --> 00:06:33,610 crossed over into Canaan and 169 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:37,048 they had to pass by Jericho. 170 00:06:37,048 --> 00:06:39,660 And it could be that there was 171 00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:41,792 some technology. 172 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:44,273 We do not know what that 173 00:06:44,273 --> 00:06:45,709 technology was, but there was 174 00:06:45,709 --> 00:06:47,668 clearly an association between 175 00:06:47,668 --> 00:06:49,713 the Ark and the falling down of 176 00:06:49,713 --> 00:06:51,846 the walls, and that's the reason 177 00:06:51,846 --> 00:06:53,891 that the Ark was sent around 178 00:06:53,891 --> 00:06:56,938 that the Ark was sent around the periphery of the city. 179 00:06:56,938 --> 00:07:01,159 the periphery of the city. 180 00:07:01,159 --> 00:07:03,118 >> NARRATOR: According to many 181 00:07:03,118 --> 00:07:05,033 ancient astronaut theorists, 182 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:06,861 Moses and the Israelites 183 00:07:06,861 --> 00:07:09,167 acquired a supernatural source 184 00:07:09,167 --> 00:07:11,387 of energy at Mount Sinai. 185 00:07:11,387 --> 00:07:13,694 This powerful energy source was 186 00:07:13,694 --> 00:07:15,739 later contained in the Ark of 187 00:07:15,739 --> 00:07:17,828 the Covenant, and would have 188 00:07:17,828 --> 00:07:19,090 provided the kind of power 189 00:07:19,090 --> 00:07:21,223 necessary to amplify Joshua's 190 00:07:21,223 --> 00:07:23,443 horns and make them into a 191 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:26,054 powerful sonic weapon. 192 00:07:26,054 --> 00:07:27,664 >> WILCOCK: What's interesting 193 00:07:27,664 --> 00:07:29,623 about the Battle of Jericho is 194 00:07:29,623 --> 00:07:31,320 that this particular use of the 195 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,714 shofar clearly seems to be the 196 00:07:33,714 --> 00:07:34,976 same thing that we're seeing 197 00:07:34,976 --> 00:07:37,152 with particle beam technology, 198 00:07:37,152 --> 00:07:39,284 death ray technology, 199 00:07:39,284 --> 00:07:41,069 thunderbolt technology. 200 00:07:41,069 --> 00:07:43,201 It very clearly seems that once 201 00:07:43,201 --> 00:07:44,464 again we have an 202 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:45,900 extraterrestrial technology 203 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:47,379 that the ancient people had at 204 00:07:47,379 --> 00:07:48,946 the ready that they could use 205 00:07:48,946 --> 00:07:50,861 when needed for military 206 00:07:50,861 --> 00:07:53,951 campaigns. 207 00:07:53,951 --> 00:07:56,040 >> NARRATOR: But even if the 208 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,129 Israelites possessed some sort 209 00:07:58,129 --> 00:07:59,957 of advanced extraterrestrial 210 00:07:59,957 --> 00:08:02,525 technology, could the amplified 211 00:08:02,525 --> 00:08:04,875 sound of rams' horns really 212 00:08:04,875 --> 00:08:07,269 bring down stone walls? 213 00:08:07,269 --> 00:08:09,750 According to scientist and 214 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:11,316 former astronaut Professor 215 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:13,797 Taylor Wang, recent research 216 00:08:13,797 --> 00:08:15,756 into the field of physical 217 00:08:15,756 --> 00:08:17,888 acoustics suggests it is a 218 00:08:17,888 --> 00:08:20,064 distinct possibility. 219 00:08:20,064 --> 00:08:22,110 >> TAYLOR WANG: Jericho's wall 220 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:24,112 breaking apart-- if you said it 221 00:08:24,112 --> 00:08:25,940 has happened, caused by 222 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:29,073 acoustics, caused by sound... 223 00:08:29,073 --> 00:08:31,902 well, the possibility has to be 224 00:08:31,902 --> 00:08:33,687 somehow a resonance is built 225 00:08:33,687 --> 00:08:35,776 in that wall. 226 00:08:35,776 --> 00:08:37,038 It may not be the whole wall-- 227 00:08:37,038 --> 00:08:38,039 maybe some of the structure 228 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:39,040 material. 229 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,650 When that resonance happens, 230 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:42,173 amplitude gets large enough, 231 00:08:42,173 --> 00:08:43,958 yes, it could destroy almost 232 00:08:43,958 --> 00:08:45,786 anything, because what the 233 00:08:45,786 --> 00:08:47,831 resonance does is store 234 00:08:47,831 --> 00:08:49,180 an enormous amount of energy. 235 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:50,442 So you keep on, keep on feeding 236 00:08:50,442 --> 00:08:52,619 it, eventually it shatters 237 00:08:52,619 --> 00:08:54,838 everything. 238 00:08:54,838 --> 00:08:57,232 >> MICHAEL DENNIN: When you want 239 00:08:57,232 --> 00:08:58,929 to know how powerful sound is, 240 00:08:58,929 --> 00:08:59,843 you have to realize that the 241 00:08:59,843 --> 00:09:01,192 basic thing that sound is, is a 242 00:09:01,192 --> 00:09:02,933 pressure wave, and it will come 243 00:09:02,933 --> 00:09:04,065 down to the amount of energy you 244 00:09:04,065 --> 00:09:05,980 put into your sound wave and 245 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:07,808 whether or not that particular 246 00:09:07,808 --> 00:09:09,984 pressure wave you generate will 247 00:09:09,984 --> 00:09:11,420 couple or impact the thing 248 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:14,336 couple or impact the thing you're trying to destroy. 249 00:09:14,336 --> 00:09:16,425 you're trying to destroy. 250 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:18,035 You can make it quite powerful, 251 00:09:18,035 --> 00:09:19,646 'cause you can make a very high 252 00:09:19,646 --> 00:09:20,516 amplitude, very large pressures 253 00:09:20,516 --> 00:09:21,648 in the sound. 254 00:09:21,648 --> 00:09:22,953 It might be at a frequency or 255 00:09:22,953 --> 00:09:23,954 amplitude where we no longer 256 00:09:23,954 --> 00:09:25,521 hear it as sound, but from a 257 00:09:25,521 --> 00:09:26,914 physics point of view, it is 258 00:09:26,914 --> 00:09:27,871 still sound because it's a 259 00:09:27,871 --> 00:09:29,003 pressure wave in the air. 260 00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:30,395 So it can get quite destructive, 261 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:31,571 if you put enough energy 262 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:34,965 into it. 263 00:09:34,965 --> 00:09:36,924 You could also think of it as a 264 00:09:36,924 --> 00:09:37,925 particle weapon because you're 265 00:09:37,925 --> 00:09:39,361 moving air around, and you would 266 00:09:39,361 --> 00:09:40,667 just need something to focus 267 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:41,798 the sound which we know 268 00:09:41,798 --> 00:09:42,843 how to do. 269 00:09:42,843 --> 00:09:44,235 So that would give you a 270 00:09:44,235 --> 00:09:46,020 directed energy beam with sound. 271 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:49,327 >> NARRATOR: But if, as ancient 272 00:09:49,327 --> 00:09:50,807 astronaut theorists suggest, 273 00:09:50,807 --> 00:09:52,853 early civilizations had been 274 00:09:52,853 --> 00:09:54,115 able to harness the power of 275 00:09:54,115 --> 00:09:58,423 sound for destructive purposes, 276 00:09:58,423 --> 00:09:59,816 could there be evidence that 277 00:09:59,816 --> 00:10:01,949 such technology might also have 278 00:10:01,949 --> 00:10:03,559 been used for a more 279 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,561 constructive purpose? 280 00:10:05,561 --> 00:10:07,345 Might it help to explain the 281 00:10:07,345 --> 00:10:10,044 existence of mammoth stone 282 00:10:10,044 --> 00:10:12,655 structures whose construction 283 00:10:12,655 --> 00:10:14,657 has baffled modern scientists 284 00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,572 has baffled modern scientists for centuries? 285 00:10:16,572 --> 00:10:21,142 for centuries? 286 00:10:21,142 --> 00:10:22,926 >> NARRATOR: Mycenae. 287 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:25,189 In the second millennium B.C., 288 00:10:25,189 --> 00:10:27,670 this ancient fortress city 289 00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:28,671 dominated much of 290 00:10:28,671 --> 00:10:31,892 southern Greece. 291 00:10:31,892 --> 00:10:34,938 Here, fortifications were built 292 00:10:34,938 --> 00:10:36,287 in a style known as 293 00:10:36,287 --> 00:10:38,550 "cyclopean masonry," 294 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:39,856 where huge limestone 295 00:10:39,856 --> 00:10:41,641 boulders were fitted tightly 296 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,294 together without the use 297 00:10:43,294 --> 00:10:45,383 together without the use of mortar. 298 00:10:45,383 --> 00:10:47,559 of mortar. 299 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,866 The term "cyclopean" refers to 300 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:52,129 the fact that-- according to 301 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:52,869 ancient myths-- these 302 00:10:52,869 --> 00:10:54,784 Mycenaean fortifications were 303 00:10:54,784 --> 00:10:56,612 thought to be the work of a 304 00:10:56,612 --> 00:10:58,570 strong, one-eyed race of giants 305 00:10:58,570 --> 00:11:02,183 known as the Cyclopes. 306 00:11:02,183 --> 00:11:04,011 >> PHILIP COPPENS: When you look 307 00:11:04,011 --> 00:11:05,142 at Mycenae in Greece, you're 308 00:11:05,142 --> 00:11:07,231 confronted with an anomalous 309 00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:08,668 civilization, really. 310 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,757 It is a city which people who 311 00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:12,889 looked at it said, "Only the 312 00:11:12,889 --> 00:11:14,412 Cyclops could have built this." 313 00:11:14,412 --> 00:11:16,893 The Cyclops is, perhaps not by 314 00:11:16,893 --> 00:11:17,894 coincidence, a mythical 315 00:11:17,894 --> 00:11:19,940 creature. 316 00:11:19,940 --> 00:11:21,289 So we really are confronted 317 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:23,117 with the fact that people are 318 00:11:23,117 --> 00:11:24,422 saying mankind could not have 319 00:11:24,422 --> 00:11:26,163 built this. 320 00:11:26,163 --> 00:11:27,774 It has to have been something 321 00:11:27,774 --> 00:11:29,819 above, or other than man, who 322 00:11:29,819 --> 00:11:31,038 has constructed these walls. 323 00:11:31,038 --> 00:11:32,648 And when you look at the fact 324 00:11:32,648 --> 00:11:34,432 that tons and tons and tons of 325 00:11:34,432 --> 00:11:36,608 stones have been used in a way 326 00:11:36,608 --> 00:11:38,262 that really defies, 327 00:11:38,262 --> 00:11:39,960 almost, gravity... 328 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,875 and I think that's why we have 329 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:43,441 to say that Mycenae is 330 00:11:43,441 --> 00:11:45,052 definitely beyond human 331 00:11:45,052 --> 00:11:46,706 capability of that specific 332 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,098 time and that specific period 333 00:11:48,098 --> 00:11:50,753 time and that specific period in Greek history. 334 00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,712 in Greek history. 335 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,539 >> TSOUKALOS: In Mycenae, Greece 336 00:11:54,539 --> 00:11:55,976 there is what's called the 337 00:11:55,976 --> 00:11:58,805 "Treasury of Atreus." 338 00:11:58,805 --> 00:12:01,503 And right in there, there is 339 00:12:01,503 --> 00:12:03,200 one stone that has been hoisted 340 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,159 over the entrance of that 341 00:12:05,159 --> 00:12:07,596 treasury, and it weighs an 342 00:12:07,596 --> 00:12:11,861 estimated 250 tons. 343 00:12:11,861 --> 00:12:14,211 It is perfect. 344 00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:16,518 Just unbelievable. 345 00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:18,738 Now, we would have difficulties 346 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,653 today moving that stuff around. 347 00:12:21,653 --> 00:12:23,090 Now, I'm not saying that we 348 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:25,396 today cannot do it. 349 00:12:25,396 --> 00:12:27,094 I'm not saying that, but if 350 00:12:27,094 --> 00:12:30,706 we're struggling with our 351 00:12:30,706 --> 00:12:33,100 modern technology, is it really 352 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,363 logical to suggest that our 353 00:12:35,363 --> 00:12:38,235 ancestors did this with pivots, 354 00:12:38,235 --> 00:12:41,021 and with little ropes, and with 355 00:12:41,021 --> 00:12:43,501 wooden rollers? 356 00:12:43,501 --> 00:12:45,068 >> MICHAEL BARA: You look at all 357 00:12:45,068 --> 00:12:46,678 these ancient structures all 358 00:12:46,678 --> 00:12:48,419 over the world: Mayan 359 00:12:48,419 --> 00:12:50,987 structures, pyramids, 360 00:12:50,987 --> 00:12:51,771 Greek temples. 361 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,207 You see all of these... these 362 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:54,556 blocks that are not only 363 00:12:54,556 --> 00:12:55,470 enormous, it would be 364 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:56,776 impossible to move them around 365 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,865 with anything but even our best 366 00:12:58,865 --> 00:13:01,476 technology today. 367 00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:02,782 >> CHILDRESS: One of the great 368 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,131 enigmas of the megalithic 369 00:13:04,131 --> 00:13:05,219 buildings around the world is 370 00:13:05,219 --> 00:13:06,655 that in many cases they're 371 00:13:06,655 --> 00:13:09,223 built with such large and heavy 372 00:13:09,223 --> 00:13:12,182 granite or basalt stones. 373 00:13:12,182 --> 00:13:15,142 Even giant cranes would barely 374 00:13:15,142 --> 00:13:17,753 be useful to lift some of these 375 00:13:17,753 --> 00:13:20,451 really large stones, such as 376 00:13:20,451 --> 00:13:22,192 the stones at Baalbek in 377 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:24,151 Lebanon, where you have just 378 00:13:24,151 --> 00:13:27,458 mind-bogglingly huge stones 379 00:13:27,458 --> 00:13:30,113 that weigh, in some cases, over 380 00:13:30,113 --> 00:13:32,942 a thousand tons. 381 00:13:32,942 --> 00:13:35,118 >> NARRATOR: But just how could 382 00:13:35,118 --> 00:13:37,468 ancient man have built such 383 00:13:37,468 --> 00:13:39,427 colossal structures? 384 00:13:39,427 --> 00:13:42,038 Were the stones really moved by 385 00:13:42,038 --> 00:13:45,912 beings with superhuman strength? 386 00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:48,175 Or might the builders have had 387 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:50,438 access to an advanced-- perhaps 388 00:13:50,438 --> 00:13:53,223 alien-- technology? 389 00:13:53,223 --> 00:13:55,530 For ancient astronaut 390 00:13:55,530 --> 00:13:57,532 theorists, the key might be 391 00:13:57,532 --> 00:13:59,534 found not by studying the 392 00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,275 laws of physics, but by 393 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:03,277 exploring the interdisciplinary 394 00:14:03,277 --> 00:14:05,322 science of acoustics and the 395 00:14:05,322 --> 00:14:07,237 principle of acoustic 396 00:14:07,237 --> 00:14:08,891 levitation. 397 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:10,327 >> THOMAS VALONE: Acoustic 398 00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:12,460 levitation is another way that 399 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:13,940 alien civilizations may have 400 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:16,159 influenced our history. 401 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:18,205 And there is some evidence for 402 00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:19,859 that, especially when you look 403 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,469 at some of the research that's 404 00:14:21,469 --> 00:14:23,123 been done in acoustic 405 00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:26,256 levitation here in laboratories. 406 00:14:26,256 --> 00:14:28,868 levitation here in laboratories. [steady, high-pitched tone] 407 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:33,873 [steady, high-pitched tone] 408 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,570 >> WANG: This system is a 409 00:14:35,570 --> 00:14:38,138 acoustic positioning device, and 410 00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:40,096 what happens inside, we create 411 00:14:40,096 --> 00:14:43,143 an acoustic force field. 412 00:14:43,143 --> 00:14:44,405 The force field is pushing 413 00:14:44,405 --> 00:14:46,276 everything toward the center. 414 00:14:46,276 --> 00:14:47,974 And the force field can rotate, 415 00:14:47,974 --> 00:14:49,714 the force field can oscillate. 416 00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:51,325 This ball is fairly light 417 00:14:51,325 --> 00:14:52,543 material. 418 00:14:52,543 --> 00:14:55,329 It's about ten grams, no more. 419 00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:56,983 It's meant to be light. 420 00:14:56,983 --> 00:14:58,245 But if you want to move the 421 00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:00,073 very heavy object, a large 422 00:15:00,073 --> 00:15:01,204 object, what you really have to 423 00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:03,250 develop in conjunction with the 424 00:15:03,250 --> 00:15:05,905 acoustic positioning device, is 425 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,254 antigravity device. 426 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:09,473 Because acoustic position 427 00:15:09,473 --> 00:15:11,345 device, really meant to fine 428 00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:14,304 tuning of the force field, but 429 00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:16,393 the system must be force-free, 430 00:15:16,393 --> 00:15:20,136 otherwise it won't be budged. 431 00:15:20,136 --> 00:15:21,833 >> NARRATOR: But is it possible 432 00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:24,140 that early builders had access 433 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:25,402 to the kind of acoustic 434 00:15:25,402 --> 00:15:28,536 technology that would allow for 435 00:15:28,536 --> 00:15:30,233 the transportation and careful 436 00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:32,714 placement of mega-ton boulders 437 00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:35,760 and stone blocks? 438 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,371 Ancient astronaut theorists 439 00:15:37,371 --> 00:15:39,721 believe clues can be found in 440 00:15:39,721 --> 00:15:41,288 the myths and tales of magic 441 00:15:41,288 --> 00:15:44,030 handed down throughout time. 442 00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:45,161 >> TSOUKALOS: There are many 443 00:15:45,161 --> 00:15:46,380 ancient legends which suggest 444 00:15:46,380 --> 00:15:48,686 that some of the monuments were 445 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:50,297 built with the help of acoustic 446 00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:52,342 levitation. 447 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:55,215 What the local legend of 448 00:15:55,215 --> 00:15:59,088 Stonehenge talks about is that 449 00:15:59,088 --> 00:16:00,176 those big stones were 450 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:03,440 transported by way of 451 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,965 levitation by none other than 452 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,271 Merlin the wizard. 453 00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:10,230 And he had a magical rod with 454 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:13,494 which he pointed at the stones, 455 00:16:13,494 --> 00:16:15,887 and they would levitate and 456 00:16:15,887 --> 00:16:17,672 position into place. 457 00:16:17,672 --> 00:16:19,630 It's a very fascinating 458 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:20,805 story, because we know 459 00:16:20,805 --> 00:16:22,285 that some of these stones 460 00:16:22,285 --> 00:16:23,852 have been transported there 461 00:16:23,852 --> 00:16:26,855 from as far away as 200 miles. 462 00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:31,338 And ancient legends are a 463 00:16:31,338 --> 00:16:35,907 bridge to finding what truly 464 00:16:35,907 --> 00:16:38,867 happened in our past. 465 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:40,216 >> BARA: There are lots of 466 00:16:40,216 --> 00:16:41,348 stories of stones being 467 00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:42,566 levitated, all using the power 468 00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:44,612 of sound. 469 00:16:44,612 --> 00:16:45,656 It's interesting as 470 00:16:45,656 --> 00:16:48,007 you read these stories of magic, 471 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:49,443 that you see that they have to 472 00:16:49,443 --> 00:16:50,661 use the chanting. 473 00:16:50,661 --> 00:16:52,228 They have to chant certain 474 00:16:52,228 --> 00:16:54,535 spells, certain words. 475 00:16:54,535 --> 00:16:56,276 Certain vibrational frequencies 476 00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:58,278 seem to create certain effects 477 00:16:58,278 --> 00:16:59,975 in the physical realm. 478 00:16:59,975 --> 00:17:01,716 To me, it makes complete sense 479 00:17:01,716 --> 00:17:03,631 that the use of a technology, 480 00:17:03,631 --> 00:17:05,415 say, a magic wand of some kind, 481 00:17:05,415 --> 00:17:08,244 say, a magic wand of some kind, would be some sort of amplifier. 482 00:17:08,244 --> 00:17:10,072 would be some sort of amplifier. 483 00:17:10,072 --> 00:17:11,334 >> GEORGE NOORY: I mean, there's 484 00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:14,250 no way that human beings, even 485 00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:15,382 a hundred thousand of them, 486 00:17:15,382 --> 00:17:17,384 could pull these things. 487 00:17:17,384 --> 00:17:19,386 They've done experiments by 488 00:17:19,386 --> 00:17:22,389 putting hands around blocks. 489 00:17:22,389 --> 00:17:24,260 You can't get enough hands 490 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:24,826 in there. 491 00:17:24,826 --> 00:17:26,306 You can't get 200,000 hands to 492 00:17:26,306 --> 00:17:28,351 lift a block. 493 00:17:28,351 --> 00:17:30,223 And once you roll it with all 494 00:17:30,223 --> 00:17:31,572 these people, how do you 495 00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:33,704 move it? 496 00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:35,402 I think the technology had to 497 00:17:35,402 --> 00:17:37,317 do with some kind of sound, and 498 00:17:37,317 --> 00:17:39,275 they were able to just come up 499 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:42,017 with some antigravity, and just 500 00:17:42,017 --> 00:17:44,411 move 'em into place. 501 00:17:44,411 --> 00:17:45,238 >> NARRATOR: But did ancient 502 00:17:45,238 --> 00:17:47,718 aliens, using antigravity and 503 00:17:47,718 --> 00:17:49,894 sonic levitation technology, 504 00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:52,027 help early humans build the 505 00:17:52,027 --> 00:17:54,508 ancient wonders of the world? 506 00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:55,422 >> WANG: Well, everything's 507 00:17:55,422 --> 00:17:56,423 possible. 508 00:17:56,423 --> 00:17:58,468 We have no way to rule in or 509 00:17:58,468 --> 00:18:01,123 rule out aliens, because human 510 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:02,951 technology is very primitive 511 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:04,083 at this stage. 512 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,128 And you look at Earth-- has 513 00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:07,390 only survived four billion 514 00:18:07,390 --> 00:18:10,089 years, but there are planets 515 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,525 billions and billions of years 516 00:18:11,525 --> 00:18:12,482 ahead of us. 517 00:18:12,482 --> 00:18:13,918 Their technology and their 518 00:18:13,918 --> 00:18:15,877 knowledge, it can be so far 519 00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:17,270 ahead of us, we can't even 520 00:18:17,270 --> 00:18:20,229 imagine. 521 00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:21,448 >> NARRATOR: But if early 522 00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,450 civilizations did possess the 523 00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:25,495 ability to levitate large solid 524 00:18:25,495 --> 00:18:28,107 objects, might they have also 525 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,760 possessed another even greater 526 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,240 ability? 527 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:32,894 Might they have also mastered 528 00:18:32,894 --> 00:18:34,765 Might they have also mastered the power of flight? 529 00:18:34,765 --> 00:18:38,073 the power of flight? 530 00:18:38,073 --> 00:18:41,337 >> NARRATOR: Flying saucers. 531 00:18:41,337 --> 00:18:43,252 >> NARRATOR: Flying saucers. UFOs. 532 00:18:43,252 --> 00:18:45,559 UFOs. 533 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:47,561 Mainstream historians claim 534 00:18:47,561 --> 00:18:49,171 sightings of these mysterious 535 00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:52,174 craft are mostly a 20th-century 536 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:54,524 phenomenon. 537 00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:56,222 But according to ancient 538 00:18:56,222 --> 00:18:58,137 astronaut theorists, 539 00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,182 unidentified flying objects 540 00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:01,749 have been appearing in Earth's 541 00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:04,186 have been appearing in Earth's skies since the dawn of man. 542 00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:06,275 skies since the dawn of man. 543 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,450 >> CHILDRESS: Depictions of 544 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:09,452 flying saucers and what seems 545 00:19:09,452 --> 00:19:10,801 to be some kind of ancient 546 00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:13,369 spacecraft go back to some of 547 00:19:13,369 --> 00:19:15,197 the earliest cave paintings 548 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:17,199 that we know of. 549 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,461 Scientists date these cave 550 00:19:18,461 --> 00:19:20,637 paintings back to 20, 30,000 551 00:19:20,637 --> 00:19:22,378 B.C. 552 00:19:22,378 --> 00:19:24,163 And these cave paintings are in 553 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:28,167 Russia, China, Africa, South 554 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:30,473 America and other areas. 555 00:19:30,473 --> 00:19:32,867 And they appear to be some kind 556 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,782 And they appear to be some kind of a spacecraft. 557 00:19:34,782 --> 00:19:38,133 of a spacecraft. 558 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:39,569 >> WILCOCK: You can go back to 559 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:42,093 ancient Sumerian inscriptions 560 00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:44,052 from Babylon, and you actually 561 00:19:44,052 --> 00:19:46,097 see these discs with wings 562 00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:49,579 around them and depictions of 563 00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:53,104 people flying in them. 564 00:19:53,104 --> 00:19:54,497 And you see the same thing in 565 00:19:54,497 --> 00:19:56,673 Egypt where you see round discs 566 00:19:56,673 --> 00:20:00,199 that have wings coming off them. 567 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,549 What you're dealing with is, 568 00:20:02,549 --> 00:20:04,072 most likely, actually a flying 569 00:20:04,072 --> 00:20:05,508 saucer that's being seen up in 570 00:20:05,508 --> 00:20:07,031 saucer that's being seen up in space. 571 00:20:07,031 --> 00:20:10,687 space. 572 00:20:10,687 --> 00:20:12,211 >> NARRATOR: Guatemala, Central 573 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,734 America. 574 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:15,475 According to most mainstream 575 00:20:15,475 --> 00:20:17,520 scholars and archaeologists, 576 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,479 the earliest human settlements 577 00:20:19,479 --> 00:20:21,872 in this region date back over 578 00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:24,484 14,000 years. 579 00:20:24,484 --> 00:20:26,181 Here can be found numerous 580 00:20:26,181 --> 00:20:28,488 ancient artifacts, and among 581 00:20:28,488 --> 00:20:31,839 them is this one: the figure of 582 00:20:31,839 --> 00:20:34,450 a man lying inside what appears 583 00:20:34,450 --> 00:20:37,236 to be the shell of a turtle. 584 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,498 >> TSOUKALOS: And when I asked 585 00:20:38,498 --> 00:20:40,891 the local archaeologist there, 586 00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:43,764 "What is this?" they said, 587 00:20:43,764 --> 00:20:45,548 without the flinching of an eye, 588 00:20:45,548 --> 00:20:47,333 "Well, this is, according to 589 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:51,902 legend, the giant flying turtles 590 00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:55,906 which flew around in Guatemala." 591 00:20:55,906 --> 00:20:58,126 The entire body is 592 00:20:58,126 --> 00:21:00,563 aerodynamically fashioned. 593 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:03,392 The extremities are pressed in 594 00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:05,742 an aerodynamic fashion against 595 00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:08,876 the body of this turtle. 596 00:21:08,876 --> 00:21:12,706 And if you look closely, it's 597 00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:14,098 as if there's some modern day 598 00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:16,013 fighter pilot glasses or 599 00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:17,928 fighter pilot glasses or goggles. 600 00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:20,583 goggles. 601 00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:22,629 This right here is from the 602 00:21:22,629 --> 00:21:24,021 same culture, from the same 603 00:21:24,021 --> 00:21:26,937 region where they created the 604 00:21:26,937 --> 00:21:28,374 turtle in clay. 605 00:21:28,374 --> 00:21:30,332 So they knew exactly what a 606 00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:31,551 turtle looked like. 607 00:21:31,551 --> 00:21:34,293 It looks like a snapping turtle. 608 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:37,557 And what we have here-- that is 609 00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:39,776 everything but a turtle. 610 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:43,345 It's something else. 611 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:45,521 In their frame of reference, 612 00:21:45,521 --> 00:21:47,131 they were able to use the 613 00:21:47,131 --> 00:21:50,657 turtle as the best example of 614 00:21:50,657 --> 00:21:52,572 what they might have seen that 615 00:21:52,572 --> 00:21:55,836 what they might have seen that the gods used to fly around in. 616 00:21:55,836 --> 00:21:58,795 the gods used to fly around in. 617 00:21:58,795 --> 00:21:59,796 >> NARRATOR: Halfway around the 618 00:21:59,796 --> 00:22:03,147 world, in 329 B.C., the Greek 619 00:22:03,147 --> 00:22:05,236 ruler Alexander the Great 620 00:22:05,236 --> 00:22:08,239 planned the invasion of India. 621 00:22:08,239 --> 00:22:10,241 But according to ancient texts, 622 00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:11,765 his army was supposedly 623 00:22:11,765 --> 00:22:14,071 thwarted by a strange attack 624 00:22:14,071 --> 00:22:15,943 from the skies. 625 00:22:15,943 --> 00:22:17,423 >> CHILDRESS: As Alexander's 626 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:19,468 army was getting ready to cross 627 00:22:19,468 --> 00:22:21,340 the Indus and invade India, 628 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,951 suddenly in the sky appeared 629 00:22:23,951 --> 00:22:27,084 these flying discs. 630 00:22:27,084 --> 00:22:30,479 And they began dive-bombing at 631 00:22:30,479 --> 00:22:33,439 the war elephants that were 632 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,441 part of Alexander's army. 633 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:38,357 And what these flying discs did 634 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:41,403 was cause stampedes within 635 00:22:41,403 --> 00:22:44,406 Alexander's own war elephants, 636 00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:45,886 who then ran amok throughout 637 00:22:45,886 --> 00:22:48,367 his army, tearing up the camps 638 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:49,368 and everything. 639 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,848 And after that, Alexander's 640 00:22:51,848 --> 00:22:53,676 generals met with him, and they 641 00:22:53,676 --> 00:22:57,245 said, "No, we're not going into 642 00:22:57,245 --> 00:22:57,811 India. 643 00:22:57,811 --> 00:22:59,334 This is it. 644 00:22:59,334 --> 00:23:00,466 We're gonna turn back." 645 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,511 And that was the end of that war 646 00:23:02,511 --> 00:23:04,295 campaign. 647 00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:05,209 >> NARRATOR: But whether in 648 00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:06,602 ancient times or much more 649 00:23:06,602 --> 00:23:08,909 recently, so-called flying 650 00:23:08,909 --> 00:23:10,911 saucers are often described as 651 00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:12,869 being unaffected by gravity or 652 00:23:12,869 --> 00:23:14,958 the basic laws of physics. 653 00:23:14,958 --> 00:23:16,612 >> STEVEN GREER: You know, I 654 00:23:16,612 --> 00:23:18,309 know that people who have, who 655 00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:19,615 have seen, uh, extraterrestrial 656 00:23:19,615 --> 00:23:21,617 vehicles in modern times have 657 00:23:21,617 --> 00:23:23,271 said, "How in the world could it 658 00:23:23,271 --> 00:23:24,751 be doing that?" 659 00:23:24,751 --> 00:23:26,492 For example, it's moving 660 00:23:26,492 --> 00:23:28,494 through the sky, and it's going 661 00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:30,626 20,000 miles per hour, and makes 662 00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:31,714 a right-hand turn without 663 00:23:31,714 --> 00:23:33,716 decelerating-- that isn't 664 00:23:33,716 --> 00:23:36,066 possible using normal 665 00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:38,939 aerodynamics. 666 00:23:38,939 --> 00:23:40,941 >> CHILDRESS: When jets have 667 00:23:40,941 --> 00:23:43,030 been scrambled after flying 668 00:23:43,030 --> 00:23:44,684 saucers, the saucers are 669 00:23:44,684 --> 00:23:46,555 described as suddenly turning 670 00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:48,818 at right angles at super speeds 671 00:23:48,818 --> 00:23:51,255 and just zipping off in what 672 00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:54,128 seems like impossible aerobatic 673 00:23:54,128 --> 00:23:55,695 maneuvers. 674 00:23:55,695 --> 00:23:57,697 And this can be explained as 675 00:23:57,697 --> 00:23:59,699 the kind of technology they're 676 00:23:59,699 --> 00:24:02,266 using which is a gravity 677 00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:04,486 control. 678 00:24:04,486 --> 00:24:06,836 It's artificial gravity. 679 00:24:06,836 --> 00:24:09,143 So when you're inside of a 680 00:24:09,143 --> 00:24:10,666 gravitational field that you're 681 00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:12,755 creating yourself around your 682 00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:16,498 craft, the gravity of the Earth 683 00:24:16,498 --> 00:24:18,674 craft, the gravity of the Earth doesn't have a force on you. 684 00:24:18,674 --> 00:24:20,763 doesn't have a force on you. 685 00:24:20,763 --> 00:24:21,851 >> NARRATOR: But although 686 00:24:21,851 --> 00:24:23,897 aircraft propulsion by means of 687 00:24:23,897 --> 00:24:26,160 gravity manipulation is beyond 688 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,422 the limits of current 689 00:24:27,422 --> 00:24:29,729 technology, many scientists 690 00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:31,861 claim it is theoretically 691 00:24:31,861 --> 00:24:33,776 claim it is theoretically possible. 692 00:24:33,776 --> 00:24:36,736 possible. 693 00:24:36,736 --> 00:24:38,694 In Davis, California, 694 00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:40,696 Canadian-born inventor Dr. 695 00:24:40,696 --> 00:24:42,568 Paul Moller tests the 696 00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:44,787 boundaries of real-life science 697 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:46,310 with a recreational flying 698 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,922 with a recreational flying vehicle called the Neuera. 699 00:24:48,922 --> 00:24:52,752 vehicle called the Neuera. 700 00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:54,971 >> MOLLER: The Neuera is a very 701 00:24:54,971 --> 00:24:57,583 >> MOLLER: The Neuera is a very simple device to fly. 702 00:24:57,583 --> 00:24:59,454 simple device to fly. 703 00:24:59,454 --> 00:25:02,849 It has eight lifting ducted 704 00:25:02,849 --> 00:25:05,373 fans, as we call them, each one 705 00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:08,855 driven by its own engine. 706 00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:10,726 One of the big advantages of 707 00:25:10,726 --> 00:25:12,772 this kind of round shape is 708 00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:14,600 that you end up with the 709 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,384 strength in the skin of the 710 00:25:16,384 --> 00:25:17,777 vehicle itself, much like the 711 00:25:17,777 --> 00:25:19,387 shell of a beetle. 712 00:25:19,387 --> 00:25:20,823 And that gets you a very, very 713 00:25:20,823 --> 00:25:21,737 strong design. 714 00:25:21,737 --> 00:25:23,043 This-- air frames you see over 715 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:24,435 here next to this vehicle which 716 00:25:24,435 --> 00:25:26,002 are similar to this, weigh only 717 00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:27,526 75 pounds apiece, which is 718 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:28,439 incredible. 719 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:29,745 You get a complete airframe 720 00:25:29,745 --> 00:25:31,660 that's capable of lifting 1,500 721 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:35,664 pounds with a 75-pound shell. 722 00:25:35,664 --> 00:25:36,970 >> NARRATOR: But could the 723 00:25:36,970 --> 00:25:38,667 inherent design strength of a 724 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:41,191 disc-shaped object be the key 725 00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:42,802 to overcoming the forces of 726 00:25:42,802 --> 00:25:44,543 gravity? 727 00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:46,240 And does the prevalence of 728 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,503 flying saucer sightings suggest 729 00:25:48,503 --> 00:25:49,939 a connection between 730 00:25:49,939 --> 00:25:52,289 antigravity technology and 731 00:25:52,289 --> 00:25:55,815 extraterrestrial visitations? 732 00:25:55,815 --> 00:25:56,990 >> MOLLER: Gravity is one of 733 00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:58,165 the most unknown forces in 734 00:25:58,165 --> 00:26:00,384 physics today, and when we do 735 00:26:00,384 --> 00:26:02,082 understand it, we'll be able to 736 00:26:02,082 --> 00:26:03,692 find out a way to shield 737 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:05,564 ourselves from it or to 738 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,304 provide a device, a method, 739 00:26:07,304 --> 00:26:09,829 electromagnetically, but with 740 00:26:09,829 --> 00:26:11,482 some much greater knowledge 741 00:26:11,482 --> 00:26:12,832 than we have today, where we 742 00:26:12,832 --> 00:26:13,789 eliminate it within the 743 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:17,314 vehicles' operations. 744 00:26:17,314 --> 00:26:17,924 >> NARRATOR: Although 745 00:26:17,924 --> 00:26:19,360 antigravity devices in the 746 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,405 form of flying saucers may help 747 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:22,450 to explain how 748 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:23,843 extraterrestrials might have 749 00:26:23,843 --> 00:26:25,366 been able to travel at 750 00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:28,412 ultrahigh speeds, there is in 751 00:26:28,412 --> 00:26:29,979 fact another means of 752 00:26:29,979 --> 00:26:32,025 interplanetary transportation. 753 00:26:32,025 --> 00:26:33,766 And it is one that humans, and 754 00:26:33,766 --> 00:26:35,855 perhaps aliens, have been able 755 00:26:35,855 --> 00:26:38,553 to use for centuries: the brute 756 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:40,860 to use for centuries: the brute force of rockets. 757 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:43,558 force of rockets. 758 00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:44,428 >> NARRATOR: Merritt Island, 759 00:26:44,428 --> 00:26:46,039 Florida. 760 00:26:46,039 --> 00:26:49,042 The Kennedy Space Center. 761 00:26:49,042 --> 00:26:51,218 Six Earth astronauts sit atop 762 00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:53,350 NASA's EndeavorSpace Shuttle 763 00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:55,831 headed for orbit. 764 00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:58,007 After countdown, three main 765 00:26:58,007 --> 00:26:59,922 engines, together with two 766 00:26:59,922 --> 00:27:01,924 solid rocket boosters, provide 767 00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:03,839 the thrust to lift the orbiter 768 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:07,103 off the ground for its ascent. 769 00:27:07,103 --> 00:27:08,975 >> And liftoff of Shuttle 770 00:27:08,975 --> 00:27:10,890 >> And liftoff of Shuttle Endeavor. 771 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:14,981 Endeavor. 772 00:27:14,981 --> 00:27:15,895 >> TSOUKALOS: I urge everyone 773 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,331 to be part one day of a 774 00:27:17,331 --> 00:27:19,376 rocket launch, because it is a 775 00:27:19,376 --> 00:27:21,335 life-altering moment. 776 00:27:21,335 --> 00:27:22,902 When you stand there, a few 777 00:27:22,902 --> 00:27:25,948 miles away, you can still feel 778 00:27:25,948 --> 00:27:28,690 the power as that rocket takes 779 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:31,301 off into space. 780 00:27:31,301 --> 00:27:33,347 A grumbling in your stomach, 781 00:27:33,347 --> 00:27:34,870 the vibrations, and you can 782 00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:36,089 hear the noise. 783 00:27:36,089 --> 00:27:38,569 And it's a truly magnificent 784 00:27:38,569 --> 00:27:41,964 sight and awe-inspiring. 785 00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,357 >> NARRATOR: But are manned 786 00:27:43,357 --> 00:27:45,098 space flights really a recent 787 00:27:45,098 --> 00:27:47,013 phenomenon? 788 00:27:47,013 --> 00:27:49,624 Or could our ancient ancestors 789 00:27:49,624 --> 00:27:54,063 have witnessed similar events? 790 00:27:54,063 --> 00:27:55,717 >> NOORY: There is no doubt 791 00:27:55,717 --> 00:27:56,892 that if we thoroughly 792 00:27:56,892 --> 00:27:59,112 investigate this planet, they 793 00:27:59,112 --> 00:28:01,549 will find that this planet may 794 00:28:01,549 --> 00:28:03,029 have already been to the moon 795 00:28:03,029 --> 00:28:05,205 way before we went to the moon 796 00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:09,035 with a man in 1969. 797 00:28:09,035 --> 00:28:10,166 >> TSOUKALOS: The interesting 798 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:12,691 thing is that we have the exact 799 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:15,084 same descriptions in ancient 800 00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:16,956 texts and also in oral 801 00:28:16,956 --> 00:28:19,698 traditions, where whenever 802 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,961 those quote, unquote "gods" 803 00:28:21,961 --> 00:28:23,963 appeared, there was a lot of 804 00:28:23,963 --> 00:28:26,835 smoke, a lot of fire, a lot of 805 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:29,403 noise, and the trembling of the 806 00:28:29,403 --> 00:28:31,100 ground. 807 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,754 >> CHILDRESS: When rockets are 808 00:28:32,754 --> 00:28:35,017 taking off, it's best to stand 809 00:28:35,017 --> 00:28:37,933 back and get out of the way. 810 00:28:37,933 --> 00:28:39,108 And that's a lot of what the 811 00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:41,023 ancient legends are about, too. 812 00:28:41,023 --> 00:28:42,938 When the gods came and went, it 813 00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:44,810 may well have been just these 814 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:46,942 rockets or other aerospace 815 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:48,727 vehicles landing and taking off 816 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,250 and making a lot of smoke and 817 00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:52,818 noise. 818 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:54,080 >> NARRATOR: But could early 819 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,082 man really have had knowledge 820 00:28:56,082 --> 00:29:00,042 of rocket technology? 821 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:02,001 To make their case, ancient 822 00:29:02,001 --> 00:29:03,959 astronaut theorists point to 823 00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:05,047 numerous and consistent 824 00:29:05,047 --> 00:29:07,180 descriptions of rockets found 825 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:08,616 throughout many cultures of the 826 00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:09,748 ancient world. 827 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:10,749 >> GREER: When you're dealing 828 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:11,967 with this subject and you look 829 00:29:11,967 --> 00:29:13,490 at the ancient literature, you 830 00:29:13,490 --> 00:29:15,014 have to look at it through the 831 00:29:15,014 --> 00:29:17,190 lens of how is it being 832 00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:20,193 experienced by a civilization 833 00:29:20,193 --> 00:29:21,585 with no foundation for 834 00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:23,022 understanding the science, the 835 00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:24,066 technology. 836 00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:25,241 And so I think, in ancient 837 00:29:25,241 --> 00:29:26,634 times, there were people who had 838 00:29:26,634 --> 00:29:27,766 encounters. 839 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,202 However, I think the way they 840 00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:30,420 might have been reported 841 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:32,988 would've been in metaphors, in 842 00:29:32,988 --> 00:29:34,207 ways that would have made sense 843 00:29:34,207 --> 00:29:37,297 to them. 844 00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:39,081 >> CHILDRESS: In China, you have 845 00:29:39,081 --> 00:29:41,997 these stories of dragons flying 846 00:29:41,997 --> 00:29:44,086 through the air. 847 00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:46,132 They make a lot of noise and 848 00:29:46,132 --> 00:29:48,003 smoke comes out of them and 849 00:29:48,003 --> 00:29:50,745 smoke comes out of them and fire, just like a rocket. 850 00:29:50,745 --> 00:29:52,878 fire, just like a rocket. 851 00:29:52,878 --> 00:29:54,227 >> TSOUKALOS: The first emperor 852 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:57,143 of China descended in a fiery 853 00:29:57,143 --> 00:30:00,799 dragon, with smoke and fire, and 854 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:03,149 whenever that dragon appeared, 855 00:30:03,149 --> 00:30:05,151 the earth was quaking and 856 00:30:05,151 --> 00:30:07,718 everyone was afraid and-and 857 00:30:07,718 --> 00:30:10,069 threw themselves to the ground. 858 00:30:10,069 --> 00:30:11,853 Now, of course it wasn't a 859 00:30:11,853 --> 00:30:14,334 dragon in a biological nature, 860 00:30:14,334 --> 00:30:16,118 a living being. 861 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:17,641 But it was a misinterpreted 862 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:20,035 But it was a misinterpreted machine. 863 00:30:20,035 --> 00:30:22,516 machine. 864 00:30:22,516 --> 00:30:23,952 >> BARA: If you look at the 865 00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:25,432 Greek gods, they were all 866 00:30:25,432 --> 00:30:27,042 described as flying in on 867 00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:28,914 chariots of fire. 868 00:30:28,914 --> 00:30:30,698 Well, a chariot of fire, to me, 869 00:30:30,698 --> 00:30:32,221 seems very clearly like it's 870 00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:34,093 some sort of rocket, probably 871 00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:36,530 burning its retros as it lands 872 00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:39,576 somewhere in ancient Greece. 873 00:30:39,576 --> 00:30:41,187 >> TSOUKALOS: In the Old 874 00:30:41,187 --> 00:30:43,754 Testament, we can read about a 875 00:30:43,754 --> 00:30:47,106 glowing furnace that descended 876 00:30:47,106 --> 00:30:48,107 from the sky. 877 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:49,369 And sometimes this glowing 878 00:30:49,369 --> 00:30:51,284 furnace is described as a 879 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:55,288 chariot of fire or as the glory 880 00:30:55,288 --> 00:30:56,898 of the Lord. 881 00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,726 So there are all these different 882 00:30:58,726 --> 00:31:00,336 descriptions, which in the 883 00:31:00,336 --> 00:31:02,730 ancient astronaut opinion 884 00:31:02,730 --> 00:31:05,385 ancient astronaut opinion describe ancient rocketry. 885 00:31:05,385 --> 00:31:07,561 describe ancient rocketry. 886 00:31:07,561 --> 00:31:09,606 >> NARRATOR: From 5000 to 2000 887 00:31:09,606 --> 00:31:13,306 B.C., southern Mesopotamia was 888 00:31:13,306 --> 00:31:16,004 home to the Sumerians, a highly 889 00:31:16,004 --> 00:31:17,136 advanced civilization 890 00:31:17,136 --> 00:31:18,615 considered to be among the 891 00:31:18,615 --> 00:31:20,835 first astronomers. 892 00:31:20,835 --> 00:31:22,881 Regarded as one of the oldest 893 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,144 written stories in history, The 894 00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:27,624 Epic of Gilgameshtold of a 895 00:31:27,624 --> 00:31:29,975 man's journey to the heavens to 896 00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:31,977 meet the god Anu. 897 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:32,978 >> ERICH VON DANIKEN: The 898 00:31:32,978 --> 00:31:35,154 Gilgamesh epic, which goes back 899 00:31:35,154 --> 00:31:37,460 to the Sumerian, that's a piece 900 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:40,507 where the hero, Gilgamesh, flies 901 00:31:40,507 --> 00:31:42,901 over the Earth. 902 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:44,206 And he describes how the Earth 903 00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:46,208 looks from above. Fascinating. 904 00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:47,340 An old story of the first 905 00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:48,907 flight. 906 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:49,777 >> MARTELL: The most ancient 907 00:31:49,777 --> 00:31:50,952 civilization that we have on 908 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:52,388 record, the Sumerian culture, 909 00:31:52,388 --> 00:31:54,347 has left us evidence of what's 910 00:31:54,347 --> 00:31:56,349 called a shem. 911 00:31:56,349 --> 00:31:57,959 And this object looks very 912 00:31:57,959 --> 00:31:59,613 similar to a modern-day space 913 00:31:59,613 --> 00:32:01,789 capsule that we place on top of 914 00:32:01,789 --> 00:32:04,357 a rocket. 915 00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:06,359 And this shem is where priests 916 00:32:06,359 --> 00:32:08,143 would go into the shem to 917 00:32:08,143 --> 00:32:09,753 interact with the gods, or 918 00:32:09,753 --> 00:32:11,755 anytime man was ascending or 919 00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:13,235 descending into heaven. 920 00:32:13,235 --> 00:32:15,150 So it's a very interesting term 921 00:32:15,150 --> 00:32:16,760 used from a culture dating back 922 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,155 to 3800 B.C. and very clearly 923 00:32:20,155 --> 00:32:21,374 matches the descriptions of a 924 00:32:21,374 --> 00:32:24,203 modern-day rocket. 925 00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:25,552 >> NARRATOR: Could early man 926 00:32:25,552 --> 00:32:27,249 have actually possessed a 927 00:32:27,249 --> 00:32:29,034 surprisingly sophisticated 928 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:30,861 understanding of what we now 929 00:32:30,861 --> 00:32:33,342 understanding of what we now call rocket propulsion? 930 00:32:33,342 --> 00:32:37,912 call rocket propulsion? 931 00:32:37,912 --> 00:32:40,001 In the first century A.D., 932 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:42,003 nearly 2,000 years before the 933 00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:44,484 industrial revolution, a Greek 934 00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:46,312 mathematician and engineer 935 00:32:46,312 --> 00:32:48,444 named Hero created a 936 00:32:48,444 --> 00:32:50,272 steam-powered engine he called 937 00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:52,448 an aeolipile. 938 00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:53,362 >> CHILDRESS: One of the great 939 00:32:53,362 --> 00:32:55,321 inventors of the ancient world 940 00:32:55,321 --> 00:32:57,410 was the famous Hero of 941 00:32:57,410 --> 00:32:58,498 Alexandria. 942 00:32:58,498 --> 00:33:00,326 He invented all kinds of stuff. 943 00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:02,415 He actually invented what we 944 00:33:02,415 --> 00:33:04,286 would describe as a rocket-type 945 00:33:04,286 --> 00:33:06,985 motor. 946 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,377 And really, something like this 947 00:33:08,377 --> 00:33:10,510 is the beginnings of rocket 948 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:12,207 technology. 949 00:33:12,207 --> 00:33:14,296 And we don't know where Hero got 950 00:33:14,296 --> 00:33:16,124 many of his ideas, but it may 951 00:33:16,124 --> 00:33:18,126 many of his ideas, but it may well have come from aliens. 952 00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:22,391 well have come from aliens. 953 00:33:22,391 --> 00:33:23,871 >> NARRATOR: John Robert 954 00:33:23,871 --> 00:33:25,612 Tindall, founder of Tindall 955 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:27,222 Vision Laboratories, 956 00:33:27,222 --> 00:33:28,528 demonstrates a small-scale 957 00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:30,965 replica of Hero's aeolipile. 958 00:33:30,965 --> 00:33:31,879 >> TINDALL: Now, a conventional 959 00:33:31,879 --> 00:33:33,402 steam engine that we think of 960 00:33:33,402 --> 00:33:35,404 has pistons that get its power, 961 00:33:35,404 --> 00:33:39,365 but aeolipile uses these 962 00:33:39,365 --> 00:33:41,845 opposing jets, so it's creating 963 00:33:41,845 --> 00:33:43,021 thrust. 964 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,631 And rather than a thrust in... 965 00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:45,719 like, a rocket would use it in 966 00:33:45,719 --> 00:33:46,633 a linear fashion, 967 00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:47,721 this is causing a rotational 968 00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:50,332 effect, and there's your steam 969 00:33:50,332 --> 00:33:52,160 turbine, really, working off of 970 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:52,856 thrust. 971 00:33:52,856 --> 00:33:54,075 Now this is operating much as 972 00:33:54,075 --> 00:33:57,252 it did in the first century A.D. 973 00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:59,124 This is generally considered to 974 00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:00,690 be the first working steam 975 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:01,474 engine. 976 00:34:01,474 --> 00:34:02,997 It works more like a turbine 977 00:34:02,997 --> 00:34:04,259 than a classic steam engine 978 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:05,434 with pistons, but it's very 979 00:34:05,434 --> 00:34:07,349 significant because it really 980 00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:10,004 is taking-- whoa!-- a compressed 981 00:34:10,004 --> 00:34:12,659 gas [chuckles] and turning it 982 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:13,573 into energy. 983 00:34:13,573 --> 00:34:14,661 Wow! 984 00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:17,229 Wow! That has a lot of energy, steam. 985 00:34:17,229 --> 00:34:20,362 That has a lot of energy, steam. 986 00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:21,537 >> NARRATOR: The name for 987 00:34:21,537 --> 00:34:23,322 Hero's steam rocket engine, 988 00:34:23,322 --> 00:34:25,715 "aeolipile," translates to "the 989 00:34:25,715 --> 00:34:27,717 ball of Aeolus." 990 00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:30,285 In Greek mythology, Aeolus was 991 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,896 the god of the winds. 992 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:35,421 Is it possible that Hero drew 993 00:34:35,421 --> 00:34:37,292 inspiration for his invention 994 00:34:37,292 --> 00:34:39,512 from the stories of the gods, 995 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:40,948 such as those found in Homer's 996 00:34:40,948 --> 00:34:43,951 The Odyssey? 997 00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:47,128 Or might he have had help from 998 00:34:47,128 --> 00:34:48,912 the gods themselves? 999 00:34:48,912 --> 00:34:49,565 >> TSOUKALOS: Some have 1000 00:34:49,565 --> 00:34:51,045 suggested that it was alien 1001 00:34:51,045 --> 00:34:52,394 intervention, that aliens 1002 00:34:52,394 --> 00:34:54,527 taught him how to build this 1003 00:34:54,527 --> 00:34:55,919 machine. 1004 00:34:55,919 --> 00:34:58,096 However, I'm leaning more 1005 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,620 towards the idea that he looked 1006 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,318 at older texts from previous 1007 00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:06,582 generations and that the source 1008 00:35:06,582 --> 00:35:09,498 of the idea of how to build 1009 00:35:09,498 --> 00:35:11,500 this did come from 1010 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,199 extraterrestrials, but from way 1011 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:16,331 before he was alive, and he 1012 00:35:16,331 --> 00:35:19,595 just came across those texts. 1013 00:35:19,595 --> 00:35:21,423 >> NARRATOR: But do the 1014 00:35:21,423 --> 00:35:22,555 descriptions of rockets and 1015 00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:24,644 otherworldly devices found in 1016 00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:26,863 ancient texts and legends 1017 00:35:26,863 --> 00:35:28,778 provide evidence of 1018 00:35:28,778 --> 00:35:30,780 extraterrestrial encounters in 1019 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:33,479 the distant past? 1020 00:35:33,479 --> 00:35:34,610 Perhaps the answer 1021 00:35:34,610 --> 00:35:35,698 will be discovered in an 1022 00:35:35,698 --> 00:35:38,962 unlikely place... in the hands 1023 00:35:38,962 --> 00:35:41,313 unlikely place... in the hands of the U.S. military. 1024 00:35:41,313 --> 00:35:43,967 of the U.S. military. 1025 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:46,405 >> NARRATOR: May 2010... off the 1026 00:35:46,405 --> 00:35:48,450 coast of California. 1027 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:50,626 A powerful new weapon shoots 1028 00:35:50,626 --> 00:35:53,020 down unmanned aerial drones 1029 00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:54,413 during secret testing carried 1030 00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:56,937 out by the U.S. Navy. 1031 00:35:56,937 --> 00:36:00,506 Firing from a warship at a 1032 00:36:00,506 --> 00:36:02,421 distance of nearly two miles, 1033 00:36:02,421 --> 00:36:04,423 a ray of intense laser energy 1034 00:36:04,423 --> 00:36:06,512 burns through targets traveling 1035 00:36:06,512 --> 00:36:08,340 at speeds of more than 300 1036 00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:10,820 miles per hour. 1037 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:13,301 But is it possible that such 1038 00:36:13,301 --> 00:36:15,477 so-called "death rays" could 1039 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:17,392 have been used before? 1040 00:36:17,392 --> 00:36:20,526 Perhaps in ancient times? 1041 00:36:20,526 --> 00:36:21,875 >> GREER: I'm quite convinced 1042 00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,138 that there have been in the past 1043 00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:26,184 advanced civilizations on Earth 1044 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,402 that did have such things as 1045 00:36:27,402 --> 00:36:30,449 the so-called death ray. 1046 00:36:30,449 --> 00:36:31,928 Whether it was used as a 1047 00:36:31,928 --> 00:36:33,408 weapon, or whether it was just 1048 00:36:33,408 --> 00:36:35,584 observed being used is a very, 1049 00:36:35,584 --> 00:36:37,847 very open question. 1050 00:36:37,847 --> 00:36:41,460 >> NARRATOR: In 214 B.C., Greeks 1051 00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,853 living in the Sicilian city of 1052 00:36:43,853 --> 00:36:46,421 Syracuse prepared for an attack 1053 00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:49,337 by a fleet of Roman warships. 1054 00:36:49,337 --> 00:36:50,643 Though outnumbered by a 1055 00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:52,558 superior military force, 1056 00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:54,821 ancient texts suggest that 1057 00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:57,302 Syracuse was well-defended by a 1058 00:36:57,302 --> 00:36:59,565 mysterious and powerful new 1059 00:36:59,565 --> 00:37:02,655 weapon. 1060 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:03,482 >> CHILDRESS: Probably the most 1061 00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:06,224 famous ancient death ray was 1062 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,877 the one that was built by the 1063 00:37:07,877 --> 00:37:10,445 Greek inventor Archimedes. 1064 00:37:10,445 --> 00:37:11,838 He was able to create this 1065 00:37:11,838 --> 00:37:16,321 giant mirror and parabolic disc, 1066 00:37:16,321 --> 00:37:19,672 and focus the sun's rays on the 1067 00:37:19,672 --> 00:37:21,282 fleet and set these ships 1068 00:37:21,282 --> 00:37:24,285 on fire. 1069 00:37:24,285 --> 00:37:26,287 So here we have what would be a 1070 00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:28,681 primitive kind of death ray 1071 00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:31,249 primitive kind of death ray that really worked. 1072 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:32,902 that really worked. 1073 00:37:32,902 --> 00:37:34,600 >> NARRATOR: But how could 1074 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,602 Archimedes have conceived such 1075 00:37:36,602 --> 00:37:38,560 a formidable weapon? 1076 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,258 One far in advance of any 1077 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:42,695 known at the time? 1078 00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:44,697 Researchers suggest the 1079 00:37:44,697 --> 00:37:46,133 inventor may have drawn 1080 00:37:46,133 --> 00:37:47,917 inspiration from Greek myths 1081 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:50,050 written nearly 600 years before 1082 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:52,618 the Battle of Syracuse. 1083 00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:55,142 Myths that told the stories of 1084 00:37:55,142 --> 00:37:56,491 gods that brandished cosmic 1085 00:37:56,491 --> 00:37:58,450 weapons of incredible 1086 00:37:58,450 --> 00:38:01,757 destructive force. 1087 00:38:01,757 --> 00:38:03,542 >> WILCOCK If you look in the 1088 00:38:03,542 --> 00:38:05,587 Greek tradition they have a 1089 00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:07,241 very clear description of Zeus' 1090 00:38:07,241 --> 00:38:10,026 thunderbolt, which he was able 1091 00:38:10,026 --> 00:38:12,072 to point at people or at other 1092 00:38:12,072 --> 00:38:13,726 things that he wanted to 1093 00:38:13,726 --> 00:38:16,163 explode, hit the button, and 1094 00:38:16,163 --> 00:38:17,512 what they described as 1095 00:38:17,512 --> 00:38:18,818 lightning would come out and 1096 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:20,298 create a fierce and terrible 1097 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:21,864 explosion. 1098 00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:23,692 >> CHILDRESS: When these ancient 1099 00:38:23,692 --> 00:38:25,651 gods, like Zeus, were to come 1100 00:38:25,651 --> 00:38:28,741 down from the sky in this 1101 00:38:28,741 --> 00:38:31,483 flurry of thunder and 1102 00:38:31,483 --> 00:38:32,614 lightning, and then get out of 1103 00:38:32,614 --> 00:38:34,486 their spacecraft, they were 1104 00:38:34,486 --> 00:38:37,140 perceived as gods. 1105 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:41,231 These ancient aliens had 1106 00:38:41,231 --> 00:38:42,668 fantastic technology available 1107 00:38:42,668 --> 00:38:45,018 to them, a technology that 1108 00:38:45,018 --> 00:38:46,411 would've seemed like magic to 1109 00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:49,283 our primitive ancestors. 1110 00:38:49,283 --> 00:38:50,980 So when these people came down 1111 00:38:50,980 --> 00:38:52,591 from the sky, and they had 1112 00:38:52,591 --> 00:38:55,028 advanced energy weapons, they 1113 00:38:55,028 --> 00:38:57,160 were like gods to our ancient 1114 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,858 ancestors. 1115 00:38:58,858 --> 00:39:00,076 >> TSOUKALOS It doesn't matter 1116 00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:02,078 where you go, but the gods were 1117 00:39:02,078 --> 00:39:05,734 always able to create thunder, 1118 00:39:05,734 --> 00:39:07,649 create lightning in a 1119 00:39:07,649 --> 00:39:11,958 controlled way. 1120 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:13,829 In ancient India we have the 1121 00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:15,396 gods holding the dorje 1122 00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:17,355 sometimes like this, and it 1123 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,400 looks as if some type of a 1124 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,749 directed energy beam comes 1125 00:39:20,749 --> 00:39:23,578 directly out of the front to 1126 00:39:23,578 --> 00:39:24,710 vanquish the enemy, to destroy 1127 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:27,626 vanquish the enemy, to destroy him, to incinerate him. 1128 00:39:27,626 --> 00:39:30,324 him, to incinerate him. 1129 00:39:30,324 --> 00:39:31,630 >> NARRATOR: But if death ray- 1130 00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:34,589 type weapons had been used in 1131 00:39:34,589 --> 00:39:35,982 ancient times, might there be 1132 00:39:35,982 --> 00:39:38,593 some sort of tangible proof? 1133 00:39:38,593 --> 00:39:41,596 Perhaps there is. 1134 00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:43,772 Here, scattered throughout 1135 00:39:43,772 --> 00:39:45,513 the Scottish countryside, can 1136 00:39:45,513 --> 00:39:47,907 be found numerous ancient ruins. 1137 00:39:47,907 --> 00:39:49,865 Many appear to have been forts 1138 00:39:49,865 --> 00:39:51,824 or other enclosures dating 1139 00:39:51,824 --> 00:39:54,522 back thousands of years. 1140 00:39:54,522 --> 00:39:57,090 Remarkably, they also appear to 1141 00:39:57,090 --> 00:39:59,266 have been subjected to fire and 1142 00:39:59,266 --> 00:40:01,660 heat so intense it practically 1143 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:03,705 turned the stone structures 1144 00:40:03,705 --> 00:40:05,751 into glass. 1145 00:40:05,751 --> 00:40:07,579 It's a process more 1146 00:40:07,579 --> 00:40:08,275 scientifically known as 1147 00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:11,670 "vitrification." 1148 00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:13,498 >> WILCOCK: Here you have these 1149 00:40:13,498 --> 00:40:14,673 stone buildings in which an 1150 00:40:14,673 --> 00:40:16,501 analysis of the outside comes 1151 00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:18,807 to the conclusion that they 1152 00:40:18,807 --> 00:40:21,375 were heated to over a thousand 1153 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:23,290 degrees Celsius in temperature. 1154 00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:25,074 Conventional fire could not 1155 00:40:25,074 --> 00:40:26,424 have reached this heat. 1156 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:28,338 You needed a sustained burn at 1157 00:40:28,338 --> 00:40:30,732 a thousand degrees Celsius for a 1158 00:40:30,732 --> 00:40:31,820 long period of time. 1159 00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:34,214 Why is it that it's only these 1160 00:40:34,214 --> 00:40:36,172 forts that have this type of 1161 00:40:36,172 --> 00:40:37,826 charring where they're actually 1162 00:40:37,826 --> 00:40:39,437 glazed like pottery on 1163 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:40,786 the outside? 1164 00:40:40,786 --> 00:40:42,657 Why is it that you don't see it 1165 00:40:42,657 --> 00:40:43,876 on the stones in the 1166 00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:44,529 surrounding area? 1167 00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:45,573 And even more interestingly, why 1168 00:40:45,573 --> 00:40:47,183 is it that so many of 'em are 1169 00:40:47,183 --> 00:40:48,271 concentrated into this one 1170 00:40:48,271 --> 00:40:49,664 little area in northern 1171 00:40:49,664 --> 00:40:50,883 Scotland? 1172 00:40:50,883 --> 00:40:52,754 I believe this is very clear 1173 00:40:52,754 --> 00:40:53,929 evidence of death rays 1174 00:40:53,929 --> 00:40:56,932 being used. 1175 00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,369 >> NARRATOR: According to Celtic 1176 00:40:59,369 --> 00:41:01,459 legend, there once was a god 1177 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:04,897 named Lugh, also known as 1178 00:41:04,897 --> 00:41:06,986 "The Shining One," the sun god, 1179 00:41:06,986 --> 00:41:10,076 and the god of war. 1180 00:41:10,076 --> 00:41:13,862 Like the Greek god Zeus, Lugh 1181 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:15,385 was said to wield a mighty 1182 00:41:15,385 --> 00:41:17,605 "magic spear" not unlike the 1183 00:41:17,605 --> 00:41:19,041 thunderbolts of his Greek 1184 00:41:19,041 --> 00:41:21,348 counterpart. 1185 00:41:21,348 --> 00:41:22,741 >> YOUNG: We have many stories 1186 00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:24,220 of divinities who were powerful 1187 00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:26,309 figures who had weapons that 1188 00:41:26,309 --> 00:41:26,962 seemed extraordinary for 1189 00:41:26,962 --> 00:41:28,964 their time. 1190 00:41:28,964 --> 00:41:30,792 One was the great Celtic 1191 00:41:30,792 --> 00:41:32,011 divinity Lugh, who had a spear 1192 00:41:32,011 --> 00:41:34,013 that could spit fire and 1193 00:41:34,013 --> 00:41:35,536 lightning and do great damage. 1194 00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:36,885 It was an extraordinary weapon. 1195 00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:38,365 We don't have a great deal of 1196 00:41:38,365 --> 00:41:39,801 detail about it, but it clearly 1197 00:41:39,801 --> 00:41:40,846 could dominate any situation 1198 00:41:40,846 --> 00:41:41,847 he got into. 1199 00:41:41,847 --> 00:41:42,674 >> TSOUKALOS: When battle was 1200 00:41:42,674 --> 00:41:44,806 near, Lugh would draw out his 1201 00:41:44,806 --> 00:41:47,505 spear, and it roared, and then 1202 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:50,508 flashes of fire came out of it, 1203 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:54,381 and it tore through the ranks of 1204 00:41:54,381 --> 00:41:55,904 the enemy. 1205 00:41:55,904 --> 00:41:57,471 Never tired of 1206 00:41:57,471 --> 00:42:00,300 Never tired of killing and slaying. 1207 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:02,563 killing and slaying. 1208 00:42:02,563 --> 00:42:04,783 It was one amazing weapon. 1209 00:42:04,783 --> 00:42:08,003 I mean, how else can we explain 1210 00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:09,788 all those numerous vitrified 1211 00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:12,617 forts where the surface of the 1212 00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:16,142 stone is as smooth as glass? 1213 00:42:16,142 --> 00:42:19,014 And these spots can only be 1214 00:42:19,014 --> 00:42:21,539 found in very concentrated 1215 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:25,151 areas through northern Scotland. 1216 00:42:25,151 --> 00:42:26,805 >> NARRATOR: Is it possible that 1217 00:42:26,805 --> 00:42:28,067 what the Celtic legends are 1218 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,113 describing as Lugh is, in fact, 1219 00:42:31,113 --> 00:42:33,289 an alien general or other kind 1220 00:42:33,289 --> 00:42:35,378 of extraterrestrial leader in 1221 00:42:35,378 --> 00:42:36,815 possession of a devastating 1222 00:42:36,815 --> 00:42:38,556 weapon? 1223 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:39,992 >> TSOUKALOS: All these 1224 00:42:39,992 --> 00:42:41,994 descriptions of sophisticated 1225 00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:44,344 weaponry sounds almost like 1226 00:42:44,344 --> 00:42:45,867 science fiction. 1227 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:47,913 But is it, really? 1228 00:42:47,913 --> 00:42:49,218 Because we have those weapons 1229 00:42:49,218 --> 00:42:50,959 today! 1230 00:42:50,959 --> 00:42:52,918 [loud buzzing] 1231 00:42:52,918 --> 00:42:55,007 And I think it is merely 1232 00:42:55,007 --> 00:42:58,576 a reinvention of history; that 1233 00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:00,099 all the stuff that we have 1234 00:43:00,099 --> 00:43:02,623 today has been around before, 1235 00:43:02,623 --> 00:43:04,059 and that our past is not 1236 00:43:04,059 --> 00:43:06,409 science fiction, but science 1237 00:43:06,409 --> 00:43:08,324 science fiction, but science fact. 1238 00:43:08,324 --> 00:43:09,891 fact. 1239 00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:11,240 >> NARRATOR: Deadly laser 1240 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:12,981 beams... 1241 00:43:12,981 --> 00:43:16,637 acoustic levitation... 1242 00:43:16,637 --> 00:43:18,857 antigravity. 1243 00:43:18,857 --> 00:43:20,815 Could these be technologies 1244 00:43:20,815 --> 00:43:22,556 that were witnessed 1245 00:43:22,556 --> 00:43:23,775 and even used by 1246 00:43:23,775 --> 00:43:26,821 ancient civilizations? 1247 00:43:26,821 --> 00:43:29,519 If so, were they conceived in 1248 00:43:29,519 --> 00:43:32,610 the minds of early man? 1249 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:34,612 Or did they have different-- 1250 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:37,702 perhaps otherworldly-- origins? 1251 00:43:37,702 --> 00:43:39,312 Might unlocking the secrets of 1252 00:43:39,312 --> 00:43:41,096 these inventions be the key to 1253 00:43:41,096 --> 00:43:45,492 discovering our ancient past? 1254 00:43:45,492 --> 00:43:47,407 Or by rediscovering lost 1255 00:43:47,407 --> 00:43:50,018 technology, might we clear the 1256 00:43:50,018 --> 00:43:52,673 path to our own future and to 1257 00:43:52,673 --> 00:43:54,370 the limitless potential 1258 00:43:54,370 --> 00:43:55,763 the limitless potential of the universe beyond?