1 00:00:03,220 --> 00:00:05,831 >> NARRATOR: Zeus... 2 00:00:05,831 --> 00:00:07,529 Surya... 3 00:00:07,529 --> 00:00:08,965 Thor... 4 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:11,794 For thousands of years, ancient 5 00:00:11,794 --> 00:00:13,970 myths have described gods who 6 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:15,624 came down from the heavens. 7 00:00:15,624 --> 00:00:16,625 >> ERICH VON DANIKEN: Always 8 00:00:16,625 --> 00:00:18,366 you have someone who is 9 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:19,845 descending from the sky. 10 00:00:19,845 --> 00:00:22,370 With loud noise, with 11 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:23,806 thundering, with fire. 12 00:00:23,806 --> 00:00:25,329 With smoke. 13 00:00:25,329 --> 00:00:26,113 >> JONATHAN YOUNG: They would 14 00:00:26,113 --> 00:00:27,027 have come from the most 15 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,028 powerful and magical place 16 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,726 possible-- from the stars. 17 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:32,336 >> NARRATOR: But just who were 18 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:33,859 these mystical beings that 19 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:34,991 ruled the skies with 20 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:36,775 supernatural powers? 21 00:00:36,775 --> 00:00:37,689 >> DAVID CHILDRESS: You could 22 00:00:37,689 --> 00:00:40,344 wonder if these tales of Zeus's 23 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:42,520 thunderbolts, Thor's hammer, 24 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,045 if these weren't real weapons. 25 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:46,524 >> NARRATOR: Did our ancient 26 00:00:46,524 --> 00:00:48,526 ancestors create the gods from 27 00:00:48,526 --> 00:00:50,354 their own imaginations? 28 00:00:50,354 --> 00:00:51,834 Or did they simply report 29 00:00:51,834 --> 00:00:54,576 events they believed to be true? 30 00:00:54,576 --> 00:00:55,968 >> GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Our 31 00:00:55,968 --> 00:00:58,841 ancestors misinterpreted 32 00:00:58,841 --> 00:01:00,930 extraterrestrials as gods, 33 00:01:00,930 --> 00:01:02,975 because that is was the only way 34 00:01:02,975 --> 00:01:04,629 that they could explain away 35 00:01:04,629 --> 00:01:06,675 what they witnessed. 36 00:01:06,675 --> 00:01:07,850 >> NARRATOR: Millions of people 37 00:01:07,850 --> 00:01:09,765 around the world believe we have 38 00:01:09,765 --> 00:01:11,723 been visited in the past by 39 00:01:11,723 --> 00:01:12,811 extraterrestrial beings. 40 00:01:12,811 --> 00:01:16,511 What if it were true? 41 00:01:16,511 --> 00:01:17,990 Did ancient aliens really help 42 00:01:17,990 --> 00:01:20,254 to shape our history? 43 00:01:20,254 --> 00:01:22,256 And were the gods of 44 00:01:22,256 --> 00:01:24,649 our ancestors actually visitors 45 00:01:24,649 --> 00:01:26,695 our ancestors actually visitors from other worlds? 46 00:01:26,695 --> 00:01:58,553 from other worlds? 47 00:01:58,553 --> 00:02:01,251 >> NARRATOR: Truva, Turkey. 48 00:02:01,251 --> 00:02:03,514 For over 150 years, this small 49 00:02:03,514 --> 00:02:05,560 city has been the center of one 50 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,170 of the greatest archaeological 51 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:09,912 finds in modern history: the 52 00:02:09,912 --> 00:02:11,740 possible discovery of the 53 00:02:11,740 --> 00:02:14,046 possible discovery of the legendary city of Troy. 54 00:02:14,046 --> 00:02:18,268 legendary city of Troy. 55 00:02:18,268 --> 00:02:21,402 In 1868, amateur archaeologist 56 00:02:21,402 --> 00:02:23,665 Heinrich Schliemann, set out to 57 00:02:23,665 --> 00:02:25,493 find what he believed was the 58 00:02:25,493 --> 00:02:26,929 city that served as the basis 59 00:02:26,929 --> 00:02:29,497 for the Trojan War, as described 60 00:02:29,497 --> 00:02:31,455 in one of the greatest pieces of 61 00:02:31,455 --> 00:02:33,457 classical literature, Homer's 62 00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:36,504 epic poem, the Iliad. 63 00:02:36,504 --> 00:02:39,550 Written in the eighth century 64 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:42,336 BC, Homer's Iliadtells the 65 00:02:42,336 --> 00:02:44,599 tale of a great war, born of 66 00:02:44,599 --> 00:02:46,688 feuding and jealous gods. 67 00:02:46,688 --> 00:02:49,343 While most scholars believed 68 00:02:49,343 --> 00:02:51,214 the story of the Trojan War was 69 00:02:51,214 --> 00:02:53,608 a work of fiction, Schliemann 70 00:02:53,608 --> 00:02:55,218 was determined to prove the 71 00:02:55,218 --> 00:02:57,089 was determined to prove the myth was a reality. 72 00:02:57,089 --> 00:02:58,743 myth was a reality. 73 00:02:58,743 --> 00:02:59,918 >> RICHARD RADER: Heinrich 74 00:02:59,918 --> 00:03:01,659 Schliemann's discoveries rocked 75 00:03:01,659 --> 00:03:03,270 the archaeological world. 76 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:05,272 Armed with his copy of the 77 00:03:05,272 --> 00:03:07,578 Iliad,basically, he just 78 00:03:07,578 --> 00:03:09,493 decided that he was gonna find 79 00:03:09,493 --> 00:03:10,668 Troy. 80 00:03:10,668 --> 00:03:14,150 And so he went and just dug a 81 00:03:14,150 --> 00:03:17,327 big hole, and when he went, he 82 00:03:17,327 --> 00:03:19,199 big hole, and when he went, he discovered the real Troy. 83 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:27,642 discovered the real Troy. 84 00:03:27,642 --> 00:03:29,818 >> NARRATOR: But if Homer's 85 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:32,255 story of Troy was true, what 86 00:03:32,255 --> 00:03:34,126 would it say about other Greek 87 00:03:34,126 --> 00:03:36,346 stories and myths? 88 00:03:36,346 --> 00:03:38,392 stories and myths? Might those also be true? 89 00:03:38,392 --> 00:03:40,307 Might those also be true? 90 00:03:40,307 --> 00:03:42,483 Did powerful gods and goddesses 91 00:03:42,483 --> 00:03:45,616 actually exist? 92 00:03:45,616 --> 00:03:48,837 And, if so, where did they come 93 00:03:48,837 --> 00:03:50,665 And, if so, where did they come from? 94 00:03:50,665 --> 00:03:54,234 from? 95 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:57,541 Hellas, also known as Greece. 96 00:03:57,541 --> 00:04:00,544 Each day, thousands of tourists 97 00:04:00,544 --> 00:04:02,503 visit temples and monuments 98 00:04:02,503 --> 00:04:04,156 built to honor the gods of 99 00:04:04,156 --> 00:04:06,289 another age. 100 00:04:06,289 --> 00:04:09,466 The Acropolis... 101 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:12,252 Delphi... 102 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:15,167 The Parthenon... 103 00:04:15,167 --> 00:04:17,387 The Temple of Apollo. 104 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:20,172 These ancient sites reflect a 105 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:22,218 powerful reverence for beings 106 00:04:22,218 --> 00:04:24,481 that supposedly ruled the world 107 00:04:24,481 --> 00:04:26,309 that supposedly ruled the world thousands of years ago. 108 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:29,704 thousands of years ago. 109 00:04:29,704 --> 00:04:31,358 >> CHILDRESS: When you look at 110 00:04:31,358 --> 00:04:33,490 many of the mythologies around 111 00:04:33,490 --> 00:04:35,318 the world, they have these 112 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:38,495 stories of gods coming down from 113 00:04:38,495 --> 00:04:40,497 stories of gods coming down from the sky. 114 00:04:40,497 --> 00:04:42,194 the sky. 115 00:04:42,194 --> 00:04:43,674 >> RADER: There's a beautiful 116 00:04:43,674 --> 00:04:45,285 description of the way that the 117 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,590 gods move, like, when they kind 118 00:04:46,590 --> 00:04:48,549 of come down to the Earth. 119 00:04:48,549 --> 00:04:49,593 You get the sense of them 120 00:04:49,593 --> 00:04:51,682 gliding down, but the way that 121 00:04:51,682 --> 00:04:53,597 they move is kind of beyond 122 00:04:53,597 --> 00:04:54,642 time. 123 00:04:54,642 --> 00:04:56,383 It just kind of happens. 124 00:04:56,383 --> 00:04:57,601 >> NARRATOR: If the ancient 125 00:04:57,601 --> 00:04:59,211 Greeks invented the stories of 126 00:04:59,211 --> 00:05:01,692 gods as a primitive attempt to 127 00:05:01,692 --> 00:05:04,173 explain their universe, how can 128 00:05:04,173 --> 00:05:05,957 we account for similar deities 129 00:05:05,957 --> 00:05:07,655 found in widely different 130 00:05:07,655 --> 00:05:09,309 regions and cultures around the 131 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,572 globe? 132 00:05:11,572 --> 00:05:13,661 Was it mere coincidence? 133 00:05:13,661 --> 00:05:15,663 Or was there a common origin 134 00:05:15,663 --> 00:05:18,405 for these gods, who supposedly 135 00:05:18,405 --> 00:05:20,276 traveled to Earth from the 136 00:05:20,276 --> 00:05:22,104 traveled to Earth from the skies? 137 00:05:22,104 --> 00:05:28,371 skies? 138 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:29,503 >> JASON MARTELL: The earliest 139 00:05:29,503 --> 00:05:32,157 civilization we have, 3800 BC, 140 00:05:32,157 --> 00:05:33,942 the Sumerians actually give us 141 00:05:33,942 --> 00:05:35,291 visual descriptions of these 142 00:05:35,291 --> 00:05:37,075 beings and speak of this time 143 00:05:37,075 --> 00:05:38,425 that they lived amongst their 144 00:05:38,425 --> 00:05:39,600 living gods. 145 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,601 They called their gods the 146 00:05:40,601 --> 00:05:42,472 Annunaki and that term simply 147 00:05:42,472 --> 00:05:43,517 meant "those who from heaven 148 00:05:43,517 --> 00:05:45,562 come to earth." 149 00:05:45,562 --> 00:05:47,172 >> RADER: Mythology is chock- 150 00:05:47,172 --> 00:05:48,478 full of these episodes of gods 151 00:05:48,478 --> 00:05:50,437 coming down to earth. 152 00:05:50,437 --> 00:05:51,525 I mean, because mythology is so 153 00:05:51,525 --> 00:05:53,483 interested in the relationship 154 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:55,224 between gods and humans, there 155 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:56,443 is necessarily gonna be a lot 156 00:05:56,443 --> 00:05:58,358 of communication, and communion 157 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:01,317 between the two of them. 158 00:06:01,317 --> 00:06:02,971 >> NARRATOR: In his 2000 book, 159 00:06:02,971 --> 00:06:05,669 Odyssey of the Gods,Erich von 160 00:06:05,669 --> 00:06:07,671 Daniken argues that the world's 161 00:06:07,671 --> 00:06:09,281 sacred books are full of 162 00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,675 descriptions, not of gods, but 163 00:06:11,675 --> 00:06:13,851 of supernatural beings 164 00:06:13,851 --> 00:06:16,506 interacting with humans. 165 00:06:16,506 --> 00:06:17,855 >> VON DANIKEN: Some thousands 166 00:06:17,855 --> 00:06:19,596 of years ago, when our 167 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:20,597 forefathers were still 168 00:06:20,597 --> 00:06:22,207 primitive, some 169 00:06:22,207 --> 00:06:23,513 extraterrestrials descended to 170 00:06:23,513 --> 00:06:24,514 our planet. 171 00:06:24,514 --> 00:06:27,387 And because of misunderstanding, 172 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,258 like of technology, our 173 00:06:29,258 --> 00:06:31,216 forefathers thought that these 174 00:06:31,216 --> 00:06:34,394 extraterrestrials must be some 175 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,265 extraterrestrials must be some gods. 176 00:06:36,265 --> 00:06:38,963 gods. 177 00:06:38,963 --> 00:06:41,662 >> NARRATOR: Mount Olympus. 178 00:06:41,662 --> 00:06:44,534 Greece's highest mountain. 179 00:06:44,534 --> 00:06:47,407 According to ancient myths, 180 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,278 this site was the home of the 181 00:06:49,278 --> 00:06:50,279 gods. 182 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,499 [thunder crashes] 183 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:55,327 It was here, on Mount Olympus, 184 00:06:55,327 --> 00:06:57,025 that Zeus sat on his throne and 185 00:06:57,025 --> 00:06:58,853 determined the fate of 186 00:06:58,853 --> 00:07:01,682 mortal men. 187 00:07:01,682 --> 00:07:03,292 >> TSOUKALOS: Whenever we have 188 00:07:03,292 --> 00:07:05,425 references to Mount Olympus, it 189 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,428 is described to be this 190 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,431 magnificent palace on top of 191 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:14,390 Mount Olympus allegedly, and the 192 00:07:14,390 --> 00:07:16,697 temple walls were always 193 00:07:16,697 --> 00:07:18,525 gleaming of gold, or gleaming 194 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:20,570 with silver, and a lot of little 195 00:07:20,570 --> 00:07:23,660 lights that they described as 196 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:24,618 jewels. 197 00:07:24,618 --> 00:07:27,447 Well, if you look at that 198 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,100 from modern perspective, 199 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:32,582 what if that place-- Mount 200 00:07:32,582 --> 00:07:34,889 Olympus-- wasn't necessarily the 201 00:07:34,889 --> 00:07:36,934 top of a mountain, but it was, 202 00:07:36,934 --> 00:07:40,634 in fact, a spaceship, because it 203 00:07:40,634 --> 00:07:42,462 is described how sometimes there 204 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,420 was a big rumbling with Mount 205 00:07:44,420 --> 00:07:46,944 Olympus, and the entire top 206 00:07:46,944 --> 00:07:50,034 lifted off. 207 00:07:50,034 --> 00:07:51,819 >> NARRATOR: But if Mount 208 00:07:51,819 --> 00:07:53,777 Olympus was home to alien 209 00:07:53,777 --> 00:07:55,431 visitors, could Zeus have been 210 00:07:55,431 --> 00:07:56,911 their leader? 211 00:07:56,911 --> 00:07:59,130 According to both the Iliadand 212 00:07:59,130 --> 00:08:01,655 the Odyssey,Zeus was often 213 00:08:01,655 --> 00:08:03,178 depicted as wielding a 214 00:08:03,178 --> 00:08:05,223 lightning bolt. 215 00:08:05,223 --> 00:08:06,877 >> CREMO: It appears to be a 216 00:08:06,877 --> 00:08:10,228 very powerful weapon because he 217 00:08:10,228 --> 00:08:13,493 could destroy whole cities with 218 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:16,887 this thunderbolt weapon of his. 219 00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:18,585 >> NARRATOR: Similarly, Zeus's 220 00:08:18,585 --> 00:08:20,195 brother Poseidon, the god of 221 00:08:20,195 --> 00:08:22,066 the sea, was armed with a 222 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:23,372 trident. 223 00:08:23,372 --> 00:08:25,809 >> CREMO: He was able to create 224 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:28,377 tsunamis, tidal waves with this 225 00:08:28,377 --> 00:08:29,900 weapon. 226 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:33,687 The trident weapon of Poseidon 227 00:08:33,687 --> 00:08:36,516 seems to have been something 228 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,649 more than just a pitchfork. 229 00:08:39,649 --> 00:08:41,259 >> TSOUKALOS: So is it possible 230 00:08:41,259 --> 00:08:43,131 that the lightning bolt and 231 00:08:43,131 --> 00:08:46,526 the trident is some type of a 232 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:48,353 the trident is some type of a direct energy device? 233 00:08:48,353 --> 00:08:51,705 direct energy device? 234 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:53,489 >> NARRATOR: Arguably, one of 235 00:08:53,489 --> 00:08:55,535 the most important of the Greek 236 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:58,668 gods was Apollo, who rode the 237 00:08:58,668 --> 00:09:01,192 skies in his chariot of fire. 238 00:09:01,192 --> 00:09:02,759 >> VON DANIKEN: Apollo first 239 00:09:02,759 --> 00:09:04,892 was the teacher of the young 240 00:09:04,892 --> 00:09:06,676 Greeks living there. 241 00:09:06,676 --> 00:09:09,200 He teach them how to make 242 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,159 buildings on the mountain, on 243 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:12,682 the hillside. 244 00:09:12,682 --> 00:09:14,336 He teach them how to make roads. 245 00:09:14,336 --> 00:09:17,557 He teach them in astronomy. 246 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:19,994 >> NARRATOR: Centuries later, 247 00:09:19,994 --> 00:09:22,083 when Rome ruled over Europe and 248 00:09:22,083 --> 00:09:23,563 the Mediterranean, from the 249 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:26,000 first century BC until the 250 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,611 seventh century AD, the Romans 251 00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:30,004 paid homage to gods similar to 252 00:09:30,004 --> 00:09:32,223 the Greeks. 253 00:09:32,223 --> 00:09:36,880 Zeus was now known as Jupiter. 254 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,276 Poseidon was called Neptune. 255 00:09:41,276 --> 00:09:43,495 But Apollo was known to both 256 00:09:43,495 --> 00:09:45,541 the Romans and the Greeks. 257 00:09:45,541 --> 00:09:47,412 Coincidence? 258 00:09:47,412 --> 00:09:49,676 Or, as most ancient astronaut 259 00:09:49,676 --> 00:09:51,939 theorists believe, was it the 260 00:09:51,939 --> 00:09:53,636 historical account of powerful 261 00:09:53,636 --> 00:09:55,072 beings that came to Earth 262 00:09:55,072 --> 00:09:56,073 thousands of years ago? 263 00:09:56,073 --> 00:09:59,076 [neighing] 264 00:09:59,076 --> 00:10:00,469 >> MARTELL: We know that the 265 00:10:00,469 --> 00:10:01,601 extraterrestrials more than 266 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:02,993 likely are the source of what 267 00:10:02,993 --> 00:10:04,299 they call gods. 268 00:10:04,299 --> 00:10:05,605 How did they get here? 269 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,258 More than likely in some type of 270 00:10:07,258 --> 00:10:08,259 craft. 271 00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:10,044 >> PHILIP COPPENS: What we map 272 00:10:10,044 --> 00:10:12,220 into our myths and our legends 273 00:10:12,220 --> 00:10:14,352 are incredible stories, 274 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:16,093 incredible events, and any 275 00:10:16,093 --> 00:10:17,921 extraterrestrial being, any 276 00:10:17,921 --> 00:10:20,228 ancient alien who has come here 277 00:10:20,228 --> 00:10:22,404 on Earth, will be written down 278 00:10:22,404 --> 00:10:24,493 into this account because it is 279 00:10:24,493 --> 00:10:25,929 such an extraordinary event that 280 00:10:25,929 --> 00:10:28,497 it'll be marked forever. 281 00:10:28,497 --> 00:10:29,716 >> NARRATOR: But if the stories 282 00:10:29,716 --> 00:10:31,152 of Greek and Roman gods are 283 00:10:31,152 --> 00:10:33,589 true, can evidence of their 284 00:10:33,589 --> 00:10:35,243 existence be found in other 285 00:10:35,243 --> 00:10:37,767 parts of the globe? 286 00:10:37,767 --> 00:10:40,770 parts of the globe? And, if so, where did they go? 287 00:10:40,770 --> 00:10:48,386 And, if so, where did they go? 288 00:10:48,386 --> 00:10:49,649 >> NARRATOR: On the northwest 289 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,694 coast of France, just south of 290 00:10:51,694 --> 00:10:53,653 Brittany, lies one of the most 291 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,567 important prehistoric sites in 292 00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:59,049 Europe. 293 00:10:59,049 --> 00:11:00,181 At the seaside village of 294 00:11:00,181 --> 00:11:03,227 Carnac, over 3,000 megalithic 295 00:11:03,227 --> 00:11:04,664 stones are placed in rows over 296 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:08,363 two miles long. 297 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:11,279 The Carnac stones were hewn from 298 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:12,628 local rock formations and 299 00:11:12,628 --> 00:11:16,023 erected between 4,500 to 2,500 300 00:11:16,023 --> 00:11:20,157 BC, at the end of the Stone Age. 301 00:11:20,157 --> 00:11:22,377 They are the largest collection 302 00:11:22,377 --> 00:11:23,421 of standing stones in the 303 00:11:23,421 --> 00:11:25,249 of standing stones in the world. 304 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:27,687 world. 305 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:29,514 >> CHILDRESS: Archaeologists are 306 00:11:29,514 --> 00:11:31,691 baffled by the many megaliths at 307 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,693 Carnac here. 308 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,086 It's clearly a massive 309 00:11:36,086 --> 00:11:39,263 construction project with blocks 310 00:11:39,263 --> 00:11:42,266 of granite weighing 50 to 100, 311 00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:47,271 to even up to 350 tons. 312 00:11:47,271 --> 00:11:49,709 Legends here say that giants 313 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:52,320 built Carnac, but you have to 314 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,583 wonder, what is the real purpose 315 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:57,281 of these giant megaliths, and 316 00:11:57,281 --> 00:12:00,458 why would prehistoric people 317 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:04,549 have moved all of these massive 318 00:12:04,549 --> 00:12:06,421 stones and placed them in the 319 00:12:06,421 --> 00:12:10,599 many alignments here at Carnac? 320 00:12:10,599 --> 00:12:12,601 >> CREMO: Thousands of large 321 00:12:12,601 --> 00:12:15,560 stones have been arranged in 322 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,606 very interesting patterns. 323 00:12:17,606 --> 00:12:19,434 They're arranged in intersecting 324 00:12:19,434 --> 00:12:23,046 lines that form triangles that 325 00:12:23,046 --> 00:12:28,573 could only be visible from above 326 00:12:28,573 --> 00:12:30,662 the Earth. 327 00:12:30,662 --> 00:12:33,578 These arrangements of stones 328 00:12:33,578 --> 00:12:36,059 may have been a way of 329 00:12:36,059 --> 00:12:37,234 communicating with 330 00:12:37,234 --> 00:12:41,195 extraterrestrial beings. 331 00:12:41,195 --> 00:12:42,500 >> NARRATOR: The ancient Greek 332 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,025 poet Pindar spoke of a mystical 333 00:12:45,025 --> 00:12:47,027 land called Hyperborea, far to 334 00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:49,725 the north, where the sun shined 335 00:12:49,725 --> 00:12:52,554 the north, where the sun shined 24 hours a day. 336 00:12:52,554 --> 00:12:54,469 24 hours a day. 337 00:12:54,469 --> 00:12:56,819 Legends claim that Apollo 338 00:12:56,819 --> 00:12:59,213 visited Hyperborea, traveling in 339 00:12:59,213 --> 00:13:01,128 his chariot of fire every 340 00:13:01,128 --> 00:13:03,652 20 years. 341 00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:04,609 >> TSOUKALOS: Apollo would tell 342 00:13:04,609 --> 00:13:06,350 to the Greeks, "Okay, I've got 343 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:08,352 to go see some other people. 344 00:13:08,352 --> 00:13:10,180 I've got to go and teach them." 345 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:11,225 And they're, like, "Well, where 346 00:13:11,225 --> 00:13:12,226 are you off to?" 347 00:13:12,226 --> 00:13:13,357 And he's, like, "Well, I'm 348 00:13:13,357 --> 00:13:14,663 actually going to a place that's 349 00:13:14,663 --> 00:13:16,534 beyond where the north wind 350 00:13:16,534 --> 00:13:17,535 comes. 351 00:13:17,535 --> 00:13:18,841 It's the land of the 352 00:13:18,841 --> 00:13:21,888 Hyperboreans." 353 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:23,280 >> NARRATOR: Although mainstream 354 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,934 archaeologists speculate that 355 00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:26,544 the Carnac stones are most 356 00:13:26,544 --> 00:13:28,459 likely tomb markers, ancient 357 00:13:28,459 --> 00:13:30,853 astronaut theorists believe 358 00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:32,724 these stones are intentionally 359 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:34,726 laid out in a unique geometric 360 00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:37,077 formation. 361 00:13:37,077 --> 00:13:38,034 >> VON DANIKEN: Many 362 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:39,644 speculations existed since 363 00:13:39,644 --> 00:13:41,690 centuries, and only a few years 364 00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:43,866 ago, in France, they started to 365 00:13:43,866 --> 00:13:46,042 photograph this whole French 366 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:48,479 Brittany by helicopters. 367 00:13:48,479 --> 00:13:49,480 And when they put the pictures 368 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,656 together, all of a sudden, 369 00:13:51,656 --> 00:13:53,571 someone realized, hey, this is 370 00:13:53,571 --> 00:13:54,921 not coincidence. 371 00:13:54,921 --> 00:13:57,227 The distances of the lines are 372 00:13:57,227 --> 00:14:02,102 always the same-- 2,860 meters. 373 00:14:02,102 --> 00:14:04,582 Or exactly the half of 2,860 374 00:14:04,582 --> 00:14:06,715 Or exactly the half of 2,860 meters. 375 00:14:06,715 --> 00:14:09,500 meters. 376 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:12,721 The angles are always the same. 377 00:14:12,721 --> 00:14:15,637 It's Pythagorean triangles. 378 00:14:15,637 --> 00:14:17,639 It's all a gigantic 379 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:19,554 geometrical pattern. 380 00:14:19,554 --> 00:14:21,904 From Stone Age, which 381 00:14:21,904 --> 00:14:23,123 is impossible. 382 00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:24,994 Our Stone Age people had no idea 383 00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:28,215 of Pythagoras' triangles. 384 00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:31,087 Pythagoras was about 420 BC. 385 00:14:31,087 --> 00:14:33,611 >> NARRATOR: Even though the 386 00:14:33,611 --> 00:14:35,222 geometric arrangement of the 387 00:14:35,222 --> 00:14:37,354 Carnac stones predates the 388 00:14:37,354 --> 00:14:38,965 Pythagorean theorem by more 389 00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:42,969 than 2,000 years, one question 390 00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:45,493 remains: 391 00:14:45,493 --> 00:14:47,887 Why were the stones arranged in 392 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,237 such a precise pattern? 393 00:14:50,237 --> 00:14:51,238 >> CHILDRESS: The Carnac stones 394 00:14:51,238 --> 00:14:53,153 are one of the few things on the 395 00:14:53,153 --> 00:14:54,850 planet that can actually be seen 396 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:56,373 from space. 397 00:14:56,373 --> 00:14:58,071 And they're a perfect marker for 398 00:14:58,071 --> 00:14:59,899 any kind of aerial vehicle 399 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:04,338 looking down on the Earth. 400 00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:06,296 Many of the tourists who come 401 00:15:06,296 --> 00:15:08,342 here to Carnac claim that they 402 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:10,779 can actually feel the energy 403 00:15:10,779 --> 00:15:12,607 emanating from these granite 404 00:15:12,607 --> 00:15:14,914 megaliths. 405 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:16,611 How did these ancient people 406 00:15:16,611 --> 00:15:19,440 know about this energy? 407 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,529 Is it possible that they were 408 00:15:21,529 --> 00:15:24,706 able to use this energy to even 409 00:15:24,706 --> 00:15:26,577 move and erect these giant 410 00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:29,363 stones? 411 00:15:29,363 --> 00:15:30,712 >> VON DANIKEN: I am of the 412 00:15:30,712 --> 00:15:33,149 opinion that they were made on 413 00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:34,759 purpose. 414 00:15:34,759 --> 00:15:37,414 The extraterrestrials told our 415 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:40,940 ancestor: do this and this. 416 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,419 It's not the extraterrestrials 417 00:15:42,419 --> 00:15:44,421 who made the stone lines. 418 00:15:44,421 --> 00:15:46,946 It's the humans who made it, 419 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,338 but by the order of the 420 00:15:48,338 --> 00:15:52,952 extraterrestrials. 421 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:54,301 >> NARRATOR: But were the Carnac 422 00:15:54,301 --> 00:15:56,303 stones a signpost for an ancient 423 00:15:56,303 --> 00:15:58,609 astronaut called Apollo, as he 424 00:15:58,609 --> 00:16:01,221 flew his spacecraft high above 425 00:16:01,221 --> 00:16:05,616 the land? 426 00:16:05,616 --> 00:16:07,357 >> CHILDRESS: If the Greek god 427 00:16:07,357 --> 00:16:09,794 Apollo was really some kind of 428 00:16:09,794 --> 00:16:12,754 ancient astronaut, it's possible 429 00:16:12,754 --> 00:16:14,712 that the stones here at Carnac 430 00:16:14,712 --> 00:16:16,497 were a directional finder 431 00:16:16,497 --> 00:16:18,629 pointing the way to the far 432 00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:21,023 north, to the Hyperborea of the 433 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,895 north, to the Hyperborea of the ancient gods. 434 00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:30,206 ancient gods. 435 00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:31,860 >> NARRATOR: Over 1,000 miles 436 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:33,775 north of Carnac lies 437 00:16:33,775 --> 00:16:36,604 Scandinavia, home to an ancient 438 00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:39,172 people called the Norse. 439 00:16:39,172 --> 00:16:41,348 The Norse were tribal Germanic 440 00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:43,872 people who lived in what is now 441 00:16:43,872 --> 00:16:45,700 known as Sweden, Denmark, 442 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:49,660 Iceland and Norway. 443 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:51,662 Norse legends record the 444 00:16:51,662 --> 00:16:53,447 triumphs of great warriors with 445 00:16:53,447 --> 00:16:55,797 advanced weaponry, sophisticated 446 00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:57,755 combat techniques and 447 00:16:57,755 --> 00:16:59,540 navigational prowess. 448 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:02,717 Like the Greeks, Norse mythology 449 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:05,328 includes supernatural beings, 450 00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:08,853 includes supernatural beings, other worlds and powerful gods. 451 00:17:08,853 --> 00:17:12,292 other worlds and powerful gods. 452 00:17:12,292 --> 00:17:14,729 But like the Romans, could the 453 00:17:14,729 --> 00:17:16,513 Norse myths refer not to 454 00:17:16,513 --> 00:17:18,211 different gods, but the same 455 00:17:18,211 --> 00:17:19,734 gods as those depicted by the 456 00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:21,736 ancient Greeks? 457 00:17:21,736 --> 00:17:23,564 >> CHILDRESS: There are a number 458 00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:26,175 of similarities between Greek 459 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:28,047 mythology and Norse mythology. 460 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,353 And many of the gods are, uh, 461 00:17:30,353 --> 00:17:31,876 almost identical. 462 00:17:31,876 --> 00:17:33,791 And they do much the same thing. 463 00:17:33,791 --> 00:17:36,533 [thunder cracks, rumbles] 464 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:37,621 >> NARRATOR: Descriptions of the 465 00:17:37,621 --> 00:17:39,710 Viking god Odin-- the god of 466 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,495 war, death and knowledge-- 467 00:17:41,495 --> 00:17:43,801 and the Greek god Zeus, bear 468 00:17:43,801 --> 00:17:46,369 striking similarities. 469 00:17:46,369 --> 00:17:48,110 >> JONATHAN YOUNG: Zeus and 470 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:51,853 >> JONATHAN YOUNG: Zeus and Odin are both sky father gods. 471 00:17:51,853 --> 00:17:54,464 Odin are both sky father gods. 472 00:17:54,464 --> 00:17:56,118 They travel through the skies 473 00:17:56,118 --> 00:17:57,946 in chariots because they are 474 00:17:57,946 --> 00:18:00,296 akin to the solar, uh, 475 00:18:00,296 --> 00:18:01,341 divinities. 476 00:18:01,341 --> 00:18:04,300 The precursor to many, uh, 477 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:05,780 religious beliefs is sun 478 00:18:05,780 --> 00:18:06,650 worship. 479 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:08,174 The ancients knew that life came 480 00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:09,088 from the sun. 481 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:11,960 So that is a great mystery and 482 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,093 So that is a great mystery and a source of great awe. 483 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:18,009 a source of great awe. 484 00:18:18,009 --> 00:18:19,272 >> COPPENS: What you're getting 485 00:18:19,272 --> 00:18:20,621 there is not just some minor 486 00:18:20,621 --> 00:18:21,622 deity, but you really are 487 00:18:21,622 --> 00:18:23,102 nailing it down to one of the 488 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,147 chief deities. 489 00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:26,409 This is a very important 490 00:18:26,409 --> 00:18:27,149 character. 491 00:18:27,149 --> 00:18:28,803 And so whoever is behind Odin 492 00:18:28,803 --> 00:18:31,371 or Zeus is obviously a person, 493 00:18:31,371 --> 00:18:34,591 or a divine entity, which is 494 00:18:34,591 --> 00:18:36,724 shared by these cultures. 495 00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:38,813 And it's clear that whoever 496 00:18:38,813 --> 00:18:41,032 inspired the myth of Zeus or 497 00:18:41,032 --> 00:18:44,035 Odin is somehow somebody who had 498 00:18:44,035 --> 00:18:45,167 an extremely important 499 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:46,603 contribution to make to both 500 00:18:46,603 --> 00:18:47,735 civilizations. 501 00:18:47,735 --> 00:18:50,651 So this entity was definitely 502 00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:53,480 So this entity was definitely known throughout Europe. 503 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,091 known throughout Europe. 504 00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:57,658 >> NARRATOR: Ancient alien 505 00:18:57,658 --> 00:18:59,138 theorists also point to 506 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,530 similarities between the 507 00:19:00,530 --> 00:19:02,097 sophisticated weapons possessed 508 00:19:02,097 --> 00:19:03,881 by both the Norse and the Greek 509 00:19:03,881 --> 00:19:04,882 gods. 510 00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:07,711 Among Odin's weapons was a spear 511 00:19:07,711 --> 00:19:10,845 that never missed its target. 512 00:19:10,845 --> 00:19:12,803 The Norse god Thor, god of 513 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:15,589 storms, strength and fertility, 514 00:19:15,589 --> 00:19:18,853 wielded a powerful hammer. 515 00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:19,810 >> TSOUKALOS: Right there we 516 00:19:19,810 --> 00:19:20,811 have a correlation, a 517 00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:22,509 connection, because not only 518 00:19:22,509 --> 00:19:24,250 does Zeus have the thunderbolt, 519 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:26,904 but what does Odin have? 520 00:19:26,904 --> 00:19:27,731 And Thor? 521 00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:29,951 They have a hammer. 522 00:19:29,951 --> 00:19:31,692 Thor has a hammer with which he 523 00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:33,694 can smash things, destroy 524 00:19:33,694 --> 00:19:35,652 things, and, you know, the 525 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:39,700 hammer idea is pretty close with 526 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,789 the description to the lightning 527 00:19:41,789 --> 00:19:45,706 rod that Zeus has. 528 00:19:45,706 --> 00:19:46,576 >> CHILDRESS: So you have to 529 00:19:46,576 --> 00:19:47,925 wonder if these tales of Zeus's 530 00:19:47,925 --> 00:19:50,624 thunderbolts, Thor's hammer-- 531 00:19:50,624 --> 00:19:53,844 if these weren't real weapons, 532 00:19:53,844 --> 00:19:55,977 just like we have today, where 533 00:19:55,977 --> 00:19:58,153 we have directed energy-beam 534 00:19:58,153 --> 00:20:00,764 weapons, or are developing some 535 00:20:00,764 --> 00:20:03,027 kind of literal thunderbolt 536 00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:06,205 coming out of a spacecraft. 537 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:09,469 [weapons zapping] 538 00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:13,255 [wind whistling] 539 00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:14,604 >> NARRATOR: But such 540 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:16,606 similarities are not limited to 541 00:20:16,606 --> 00:20:19,174 the Greek and Norse myths. 542 00:20:19,174 --> 00:20:21,524 In India, the ancient epic of 543 00:20:21,524 --> 00:20:23,831 the Mahabharata describes 544 00:20:23,831 --> 00:20:25,702 visitations from gods that 545 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:26,747 possessed the advanced 546 00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:29,619 technology of space travel. 547 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:30,838 >> VON DANIKEN: There you can 548 00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:32,753 read, some thousands of years 549 00:20:32,753 --> 00:20:35,973 ago, gigantic cities surrounded 550 00:20:35,973 --> 00:20:37,018 our planet. 551 00:20:37,018 --> 00:20:38,759 They used the word "cities," 552 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:40,674 because they had no word for 553 00:20:40,674 --> 00:20:42,502 "mother spaceship." 554 00:20:42,502 --> 00:20:44,504 And of a sudden, out of these 555 00:20:44,504 --> 00:20:46,593 cities, smaller spacecrafts 556 00:20:46,593 --> 00:20:48,159 came out. 557 00:20:48,159 --> 00:20:49,987 Of course, in ancient India, 558 00:20:49,987 --> 00:20:51,075 they had no word like 559 00:20:51,075 --> 00:20:53,121 "spacecraft," so they called it 560 00:20:53,121 --> 00:20:54,949 "spacecraft," so they called it "vimana." 561 00:20:54,949 --> 00:20:58,605 "vimana." 562 00:20:58,605 --> 00:21:00,084 >> NARRATOR: The ancient texts 563 00:21:00,084 --> 00:21:01,956 of the Hebrew Bible also 564 00:21:01,956 --> 00:21:04,001 describes a prophet who traveled 565 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:05,699 the skies in a sophisticated 566 00:21:05,699 --> 00:21:09,224 machine. 567 00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:11,487 >> VON DANIKEN: Who is Enoch? 568 00:21:11,487 --> 00:21:14,621 He was the seventh antediluvian 569 00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:17,101 prophet in the Old Testament, 570 00:21:17,101 --> 00:21:18,668 including the Torah of the 571 00:21:18,668 --> 00:21:20,583 Jewish community. 572 00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:22,542 Enoch is only described with two 573 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:24,631 phrases, that's all. 574 00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:26,023 And it says that the Lord took 575 00:21:26,023 --> 00:21:27,895 him away in a fiery chariot 576 00:21:27,895 --> 00:21:31,464 into the heaven. 577 00:21:31,464 --> 00:21:32,900 >> NARRATOR: But technology was 578 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,597 not the only characteristic 579 00:21:34,597 --> 00:21:36,556 these ancient deities had in 580 00:21:36,556 --> 00:21:37,557 common. 581 00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:39,428 According to legends, the gods 582 00:21:39,428 --> 00:21:41,082 enjoyed intimate relations with 583 00:21:41,082 --> 00:21:42,475 humans. 584 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:44,520 But if aliens did choose human 585 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,175 women as their sexual partners, 586 00:21:47,175 --> 00:21:49,133 what was their motivation? 587 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:51,571 And just what was the outcome of 588 00:21:51,571 --> 00:21:53,877 And just what was the outcome of these very close encounters? 589 00:21:53,877 --> 00:22:00,667 these very close encounters? 590 00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:02,321 >> NARRATOR: Ancient myths are 591 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,626 full of stories of gods 592 00:22:03,626 --> 00:22:05,541 descending to Earth to mate with 593 00:22:05,541 --> 00:22:07,761 humans. 594 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:08,936 >> CHILDRESS: According to many 595 00:22:08,936 --> 00:22:10,067 sources, including Norse 596 00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:11,852 mythology, Greek mythology and 597 00:22:11,852 --> 00:22:13,941 even the Bible, we have the 598 00:22:13,941 --> 00:22:16,552 stories of the sons of god, 599 00:22:16,552 --> 00:22:18,902 or actual gods, from Mount 600 00:22:18,902 --> 00:22:20,948 Olympus or Valhalla, and 601 00:22:20,948 --> 00:22:23,167 they're coming to Earth. 602 00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:25,474 They find, uh, the daughters of 603 00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:27,084 men attractive. 604 00:22:27,084 --> 00:22:28,608 >> TSOUKALOS: When all these 605 00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:29,957 encounters happened, and when 606 00:22:29,957 --> 00:22:33,221 women slept with those gods-- 607 00:22:33,221 --> 00:22:35,876 which can be found in multiple 608 00:22:35,876 --> 00:22:41,055 texts all around the planet-- 609 00:22:41,055 --> 00:22:43,579 that those women actually had 610 00:22:43,579 --> 00:22:46,060 sex with extraterrestrials, 611 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,496 not with gods. 612 00:22:47,496 --> 00:22:49,585 'Cause gods do not exist. 613 00:22:49,585 --> 00:22:51,979 [thunder crashing, rumbling] 614 00:22:51,979 --> 00:22:52,806 >> NARRATOR: According to 615 00:22:52,806 --> 00:22:55,069 Homer's Iliad,the citizens of 616 00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:56,679 Sparta were renowned for their 617 00:22:56,679 --> 00:22:58,507 heroic warriors and their 618 00:22:58,507 --> 00:23:00,814 beautiful women. 619 00:23:00,814 --> 00:23:03,817 Zeus, the Greek god of the sky, 620 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:07,995 admired a human named Leda. 621 00:23:07,995 --> 00:23:10,258 One afternoon, while Leda walked 622 00:23:10,258 --> 00:23:12,086 alone in an orchard, Zeus 623 00:23:12,086 --> 00:23:15,132 changed into a swan, enveloped 624 00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:17,178 her in his powerful wings, and 625 00:23:17,178 --> 00:23:18,701 made love to her. 626 00:23:18,701 --> 00:23:21,095 Only later did Leda realize she 627 00:23:21,095 --> 00:23:24,490 had been impregnated by a god. 628 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:25,708 >> CHILDRESS: When you look at 629 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:28,058 Greek mythology, and many of the 630 00:23:28,058 --> 00:23:30,626 mythologies around the world, 631 00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:33,063 they have these stories of gods 632 00:23:33,063 --> 00:23:35,501 coming down from the sky, and 633 00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:37,154 have sexual intercourse 634 00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:39,896 with these humans, and, in a 635 00:23:39,896 --> 00:23:42,464 sense, create a new breed of 636 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:44,335 sense, create a new breed of human. 637 00:23:44,335 --> 00:23:47,469 human. 638 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:48,644 >> NARRATOR: The offspring of 639 00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:50,211 these couplings were described 640 00:23:50,211 --> 00:23:52,692 by the ancients as demigods, or 641 00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:56,522 half-gods. 642 00:23:56,522 --> 00:23:58,698 Experts suggest demigods were 643 00:23:58,698 --> 00:24:00,656 supernatural hybrid beings of 644 00:24:00,656 --> 00:24:04,573 human and alien origin. 645 00:24:04,573 --> 00:24:06,140 Ancient Greeks believed these 646 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:09,056 beings were exceptional... 647 00:24:09,056 --> 00:24:10,536 and destined to perform 648 00:24:10,536 --> 00:24:14,670 extraordinary feats. 649 00:24:14,670 --> 00:24:17,673 >> COPPENS: It is a tradition in 650 00:24:17,673 --> 00:24:19,849 many civilizations that there 651 00:24:19,849 --> 00:24:21,503 were certain human children 652 00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:23,810 who were somehow not human, but 653 00:24:23,810 --> 00:24:25,638 somehow had a connection to the 654 00:24:25,638 --> 00:24:30,599 stars, to a realm beyond Earth. 655 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:32,645 And this specialness seems to be 656 00:24:32,645 --> 00:24:34,037 there from birth, and it somehow 657 00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:35,865 seems to involve a DNA 658 00:24:35,865 --> 00:24:37,954 component, which maybe science 659 00:24:37,954 --> 00:24:39,695 needs to look at, and needs 660 00:24:39,695 --> 00:24:41,741 to study. 661 00:24:41,741 --> 00:24:42,959 >> NARRATOR: Some of the oldest 662 00:24:42,959 --> 00:24:44,787 accounts of gods and humans 663 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:46,920 interbreeding can be found in 664 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,923 ancient Hindu texts. 665 00:24:49,923 --> 00:24:50,880 >> CREMO: In the ancient 666 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,708 Sanskrit writings of India, we 667 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:54,884 find this account: 668 00:24:54,884 --> 00:24:58,497 A Queen named Kunti mated with 669 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,803 a celestial being, an 670 00:25:00,803 --> 00:25:02,631 extraterrestrial, who was known 671 00:25:02,631 --> 00:25:05,460 as the sun god. 672 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:09,551 The product of this mating was 673 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:11,640 Karna, one of the heroes of the 674 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:17,864 Indian epic, the Mahabharata. 675 00:25:17,864 --> 00:25:19,039 >> NARRATOR: Perhaps the most 676 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:20,693 famous demigod is the Greek 677 00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:23,043 hero Heracles, also known as 678 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:27,613 the Roman Hercules. 679 00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:31,355 Heracles was half-man/half-god, 680 00:25:31,355 --> 00:25:32,879 conceived in the union of Zeus 681 00:25:32,879 --> 00:25:35,011 and a mortal woman named 682 00:25:35,011 --> 00:25:36,839 and a mortal woman named Alcmene. 683 00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:40,495 Alcmene. 684 00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:42,671 Mainstream scholars have often 685 00:25:42,671 --> 00:25:44,586 dismissed the tales of demigods 686 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:46,675 as fantasy. 687 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:48,634 [thunder crashing] 688 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:50,636 But ancient astronaut theorists 689 00:25:50,636 --> 00:25:52,507 believe they reflect actual 690 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:56,555 living entities. 691 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,818 >> CREMO: These types of 692 00:25:58,818 --> 00:26:00,820 accounts in the ancient wisdom 693 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,779 traditions have a modern 694 00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:09,568 equivalent in accounts of alien 695 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,658 terrestrial hybrids, which is 696 00:26:12,658 --> 00:26:14,616 part of the modern UFO alien 697 00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:17,576 part of the modern UFO alien abduction type of account. 698 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,839 abduction type of account. 699 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:23,582 It's remarkable that we find, 700 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,367 in these modern reports, exact 701 00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:27,542 equivalents in the ancient 702 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:29,588 accounts. 703 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,634 That suggests that we're 704 00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:35,637 dealing with realities here. 705 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:37,944 We're not just dealing with 706 00:26:37,944 --> 00:26:41,251 imaginary stories. 707 00:26:41,251 --> 00:26:42,949 >> NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut 708 00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:44,820 theorists say the term "star 709 00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:46,692 children" is another way to 710 00:26:46,692 --> 00:26:48,389 describe the offspring of 711 00:26:48,389 --> 00:26:49,390 humans and ancient 712 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:52,306 extraterrestrials. 713 00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:53,568 They claim that in the early 714 00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:55,614 traditions of nearly every 715 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,659 major world religion, 716 00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:58,791 "star children" correlate to 717 00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:00,270 supernatural beings known as 718 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:02,316 "gods." 719 00:27:02,316 --> 00:27:03,665 >> TSOUKALOS: "Star child" is 720 00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:05,580 an often-used reference in 721 00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:08,539 ancient texts when a woman had 722 00:27:08,539 --> 00:27:09,889 a quote, unquote "divine 723 00:27:09,889 --> 00:27:11,586 interaction" with one of the 724 00:27:11,586 --> 00:27:16,199 gods, often resulting in a woman 725 00:27:16,199 --> 00:27:19,507 being pregnant without having 726 00:27:19,507 --> 00:27:21,640 slept with anyone. 727 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,643 You know, is such a thing even 728 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:25,774 possible? 729 00:27:25,774 --> 00:27:27,515 Yes, it is. 730 00:27:27,515 --> 00:27:29,648 Today, artificial insemination. 731 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,519 That's what happens today. 732 00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:32,738 You no longer have to have sex 733 00:27:32,738 --> 00:27:34,391 in order to have babies. 734 00:27:34,391 --> 00:27:36,219 We have the exact same 735 00:27:36,219 --> 00:27:38,613 description thousands of years 736 00:27:38,613 --> 00:27:39,745 ago, where women, without 737 00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:42,312 sleeping with anyone, all of a 738 00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:44,140 sudden became pregnant, and the 739 00:27:44,140 --> 00:27:45,664 question is how is that 740 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,274 possible? 741 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:48,667 >> NARRATOR: Did aliens that 742 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:50,494 came to Earth in ancient times 743 00:27:50,494 --> 00:27:51,582 use advanced fertility 744 00:27:51,582 --> 00:27:53,584 technology? 745 00:27:53,584 --> 00:27:55,586 >> CHILDRESS: Within Greek 746 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:57,676 mythology you have many strange 747 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,591 stories of centaurs, uh... 748 00:28:00,591 --> 00:28:03,725 cyclops, weird genetic half 749 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,597 human, uh, half animal 750 00:28:06,597 --> 00:28:08,687 creations. 751 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:11,385 And you have to speculate, 752 00:28:11,385 --> 00:28:13,082 at least to a point, that 753 00:28:13,082 --> 00:28:14,475 there's a possibility of 754 00:28:14,475 --> 00:28:17,130 strange genetic engineering 755 00:28:17,130 --> 00:28:19,698 going on here, and creating 756 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,569 what are literal monsters in 757 00:28:21,569 --> 00:28:23,571 the past. 758 00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:25,181 >> CREMO: In some of the 759 00:28:25,181 --> 00:28:26,226 writings of ancient 760 00:28:26,226 --> 00:28:29,359 civilizations, we see accounts 761 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,145 of mating between 762 00:28:32,145 --> 00:28:34,495 extraterrestrial beings and 763 00:28:34,495 --> 00:28:38,586 humans, producing monsters or 764 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,632 giants or other similar types 765 00:28:41,632 --> 00:28:44,635 of beings. 766 00:28:44,635 --> 00:28:46,115 And why is that? 767 00:28:46,115 --> 00:28:48,596 I believe it's because it has 768 00:28:48,596 --> 00:28:51,730 actually happened in the past. 769 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,296 >> NARRATOR: Could these ancient 770 00:28:53,296 --> 00:28:55,255 tales of enormous creatures-- 771 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:57,561 half human, half beast-- 772 00:28:57,561 --> 00:28:59,563 be rooted in truth? 773 00:28:59,563 --> 00:29:01,652 And if so, is there any 774 00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:03,524 evidence these giant hybrids 775 00:29:03,524 --> 00:29:05,352 evidence these giant hybrids really existed? 776 00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:13,621 really existed? 777 00:29:13,621 --> 00:29:16,711 >> NARRATOR: Lovelock, Nevada. 778 00:29:16,711 --> 00:29:19,670 In the early 1800s, local 779 00:29:19,670 --> 00:29:20,846 legends passed down by the Piute 780 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,544 Indians told of a race of 781 00:29:23,544 --> 00:29:25,415 giants who were exterminated by 782 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:28,418 their tribe. 783 00:29:28,418 --> 00:29:30,681 It is said this was done by 784 00:29:30,681 --> 00:29:32,640 trapping the giants in a cave, 785 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,555 shooting arrows at them, and 786 00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:36,513 then starting a large fire at 787 00:29:36,513 --> 00:29:39,560 the mouth of the cave. 788 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,649 Evidence of the slaughter lay 789 00:29:41,649 --> 00:29:44,434 undisturbed until the early 20th 790 00:29:44,434 --> 00:29:46,262 undisturbed until the early 20th century. 791 00:29:46,262 --> 00:29:51,702 century. 792 00:29:51,702 --> 00:29:54,183 >> CHILDRESS: Lovelock Cave was 793 00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:56,620 first discovered by local 794 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,361 ranchers who were looking for 795 00:29:58,361 --> 00:30:00,233 bat guano to use in their 796 00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,278 fields. 797 00:30:02,278 --> 00:30:03,497 >> NARRATOR: In need of 798 00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:04,759 fertilizer for their crops, the 799 00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:06,369 ranchers removed nearly ten 800 00:30:06,369 --> 00:30:08,502 feet of guano-enriched soil 801 00:30:08,502 --> 00:30:10,504 from the surface of the cave. 802 00:30:10,504 --> 00:30:12,158 >> CHILDRESS: And then they 803 00:30:12,158 --> 00:30:14,725 >> CHILDRESS: And then they began finding human remains. 804 00:30:14,725 --> 00:30:16,510 began finding human remains. 805 00:30:16,510 --> 00:30:20,644 They found up to 40 or 50 people 806 00:30:20,644 --> 00:30:24,257 inside this cave. 807 00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:26,781 One was allegedly seven feet, 808 00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:29,523 seven inches tall. 809 00:30:29,523 --> 00:30:33,179 They all had long, red hair and 810 00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:35,007 They all had long, red hair and were literal giants. 811 00:30:35,007 --> 00:30:37,313 were literal giants. 812 00:30:37,313 --> 00:30:38,706 >> NARRATOR: If these skeletons 813 00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:40,490 were the remains of the 814 00:30:40,490 --> 00:30:42,188 legendary red-haired giants, 815 00:30:42,188 --> 00:30:44,146 were they visitors from distant 816 00:30:44,146 --> 00:30:46,192 continents? 817 00:30:46,192 --> 00:30:47,454 >> CHILDRESS: Throughout the 818 00:30:47,454 --> 00:30:49,456 19th century, many giant 819 00:30:49,456 --> 00:30:50,718 skeletons were allegedly 820 00:30:50,718 --> 00:30:53,329 discovered in the Midwest, also 821 00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:55,418 in parts of California and 822 00:30:55,418 --> 00:30:56,680 around Death Valley. 823 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,466 And the skeletons here, found at 824 00:30:59,466 --> 00:31:02,077 Lovelock, are one of the few 825 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:04,471 that were really excavated by 826 00:31:04,471 --> 00:31:07,387 an accredited university. 827 00:31:07,387 --> 00:31:08,562 >> NARRATOR: Archaeologists from 828 00:31:08,562 --> 00:31:10,216 the Nevada Historical Society 829 00:31:10,216 --> 00:31:11,478 and the University of 830 00:31:11,478 --> 00:31:13,654 California believe the cave was 831 00:31:13,654 --> 00:31:15,482 occupied from approximately 832 00:31:15,482 --> 00:31:18,441 1500 BC until a few hundred 833 00:31:18,441 --> 00:31:20,704 years before white men appeared 834 00:31:20,704 --> 00:31:24,317 in the Nevada territory. 835 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:27,407 75 miles from the cave site, 836 00:31:27,407 --> 00:31:29,539 a local museum has preserved 837 00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:31,237 several skulls that some 838 00:31:31,237 --> 00:31:33,065 believe are recovered remains 839 00:31:33,065 --> 00:31:36,242 of the giants. 840 00:31:36,242 --> 00:31:38,113 >> CHILDRESS: Inside this 841 00:31:38,113 --> 00:31:41,247 cabinet here, are three skulls 842 00:31:41,247 --> 00:31:44,250 from the Lovelock caves. 843 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:47,253 When you first see these skulls, 844 00:31:47,253 --> 00:31:50,082 they seem to be pretty much 845 00:31:50,082 --> 00:31:53,172 normal-looking skulls. 846 00:31:53,172 --> 00:31:56,305 However, it's when we really 847 00:31:56,305 --> 00:31:59,482 start to compare the jawbones 848 00:31:59,482 --> 00:32:02,572 with this modern dental 849 00:32:02,572 --> 00:32:05,532 impression of a normal adult 850 00:32:05,532 --> 00:32:09,492 male, that we see that these 851 00:32:09,492 --> 00:32:12,582 jawbones are unusually large. 852 00:32:12,582 --> 00:32:15,237 And these are, really, the 853 00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:18,675 skulls of giant people who were 854 00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:20,590 perhaps seven, even eight feet 855 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:22,549 tall. 856 00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:25,508 One of the odd things with these 857 00:32:25,508 --> 00:32:27,467 skulls is that they're not 858 00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:29,556 actually put on display here at 859 00:32:29,556 --> 00:32:30,470 the museum. 860 00:32:30,470 --> 00:32:31,471 And they're kept hidden in this 861 00:32:31,471 --> 00:32:33,516 cabinet. 862 00:32:33,516 --> 00:32:35,127 Now, we don't know if that's 863 00:32:35,127 --> 00:32:36,606 really, uh, just out of, um, 864 00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:39,522 respect for, uh, Native 865 00:32:39,522 --> 00:32:41,220 Americans, or whether there's 866 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:42,656 really something unusual about 867 00:32:42,656 --> 00:32:44,571 these giant skulls that they 868 00:32:44,571 --> 00:32:47,400 don't want them to display. 869 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,575 >> NARRATOR: Are the Nevada 870 00:32:48,575 --> 00:32:50,403 bones evidence of a race of 871 00:32:50,403 --> 00:32:51,926 giants that existed all through 872 00:32:51,926 --> 00:32:55,060 early human history? 873 00:32:55,060 --> 00:32:58,193 If so, could the giants be the 874 00:32:58,193 --> 00:32:59,325 descendants of 875 00:32:59,325 --> 00:33:01,240 extraterrestrials? 876 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,981 According to the Hebrew 877 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,287 Testament, one such giant 878 00:33:05,287 --> 00:33:07,681 appeared in the valley of Elah 879 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:10,205 2,500 years ago. 880 00:33:10,205 --> 00:33:13,382 Each morning, for 40 days, a 881 00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:15,645 Philistine giant over nine feet 882 00:33:15,645 --> 00:33:17,430 tall challenged the Israelites 883 00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:20,607 to a fight. 884 00:33:20,607 --> 00:33:22,435 to a fight. His name was Goliath. 885 00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:25,090 His name was Goliath. 886 00:33:25,090 --> 00:33:26,221 >> COPPENS: David and Goliath 887 00:33:26,221 --> 00:33:27,222 is one of those episodes 888 00:33:27,222 --> 00:33:29,050 in the Bible where you 889 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:31,226 wonder what is going on. 890 00:33:31,226 --> 00:33:34,099 Is it just a metaphor or are we 891 00:33:34,099 --> 00:33:35,535 dealing with a fundamental 892 00:33:35,535 --> 00:33:37,015 interpretation? 893 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,581 And in that sense, Goliath has 894 00:33:38,581 --> 00:33:40,975 to be a giant creature. 895 00:33:40,975 --> 00:33:43,543 The question then is: "He cannot 896 00:33:43,543 --> 00:33:45,371 The question then is: "He cannot be human. What is he?" 897 00:33:45,371 --> 00:33:46,894 be human. What is he?" 898 00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:48,461 >> NARRATOR: David's stunning 899 00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:50,637 triumph over Goliath was 900 00:33:50,637 --> 00:33:52,987 considered a mere fable, 901 00:33:52,987 --> 00:33:54,467 until archaeologists turned up 902 00:33:54,467 --> 00:33:56,469 evidence that suggests this 903 00:33:56,469 --> 00:34:00,255 confrontation really did happen. 904 00:34:00,255 --> 00:34:02,257 On the outskirts of 905 00:34:02,257 --> 00:34:04,520 Tell Es-Safi, Israel, scientists 906 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,305 discovered a moat that may have 907 00:34:06,305 --> 00:34:07,654 once protected the Philistine 908 00:34:07,654 --> 00:34:09,395 fortress. 909 00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:11,484 Nearby, they found shards of 910 00:34:11,484 --> 00:34:14,052 pottery inscribed with the name 911 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:16,141 Goliath. 912 00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:19,057 Tests indicate the pottery is 913 00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,928 from the same time period as 914 00:34:20,928 --> 00:34:22,930 described in the Bible. 915 00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:25,280 Ancient astronaut theorists 916 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,195 claim this is unmistakable 917 00:34:27,195 --> 00:34:29,589 evidence of extraterrestrial 918 00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:32,635 giants in biblical times. 919 00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:35,421 giants in biblical times. And they say there is much more. 920 00:34:35,421 --> 00:34:39,990 And they say there is much more. 921 00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:41,514 The most common megalithic 922 00:34:41,514 --> 00:34:43,081 construction known is the 923 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,473 dolmen. 924 00:34:44,473 --> 00:34:46,171 Believed to be burial chambers, 925 00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:47,520 they are found throughout 926 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,391 Europe, the Middle East, South 927 00:34:49,391 --> 00:34:51,611 America, and Asia. 928 00:34:51,611 --> 00:34:54,179 Could these mega structures be 929 00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:56,050 Could these mega structures be the ruins of giants? 930 00:34:56,050 --> 00:34:57,399 the ruins of giants? 931 00:34:57,399 --> 00:34:59,227 >> COPPENS: Archaeology likes 932 00:34:59,227 --> 00:35:01,099 to use the word "dolmen," but 933 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,404 they were formerly known in 934 00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:04,450 folklore as "giant's graves." 935 00:35:04,450 --> 00:35:05,929 >> FATHER WILLIAM FULCO: A 936 00:35:05,929 --> 00:35:08,149 dolmen is shaped like the Greek 937 00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:10,020 letter "pi" with the top on it. 938 00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:11,283 And they're made of enormous 939 00:35:11,283 --> 00:35:13,894 blocks of limestone. 940 00:35:13,894 --> 00:35:16,114 And even today, it's... 941 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,202 We are marveled that anyone 942 00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:18,333 could construct those things, 943 00:35:18,333 --> 00:35:20,205 and wonder how they got the top 944 00:35:20,205 --> 00:35:21,728 on top of the uprights. 945 00:35:21,728 --> 00:35:23,425 And those were built during the 946 00:35:23,425 --> 00:35:24,557 Middle Bronze Period, which is 947 00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:27,603 roughly 2000 to 1500 before the 948 00:35:27,603 --> 00:35:28,691 common era. 949 00:35:28,691 --> 00:35:30,128 So seeing things like that, 950 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:31,520 people questioned, those 951 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,521 must've been made by giants. 952 00:35:32,521 --> 00:35:33,914 I mean, ordinary people could 953 00:35:33,914 --> 00:35:35,133 not have done that. 954 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,047 >> COPPENS: Are we dealing with 955 00:35:37,047 --> 00:35:38,397 metaphors or are we dealing 956 00:35:38,397 --> 00:35:40,573 with hard evidence? 957 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:41,922 Are these physical creatures 958 00:35:41,922 --> 00:35:43,576 which somehow roamed the earth? 959 00:35:43,576 --> 00:35:45,752 And I think, on volume, we have 960 00:35:45,752 --> 00:35:47,797 to accept that some of these 961 00:35:47,797 --> 00:35:49,016 were real. 962 00:35:49,016 --> 00:35:50,800 The question, then, is how did 963 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,628 The question, then, is how did these genetic freaks come about? 964 00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:53,803 these genetic freaks come about? 965 00:35:53,803 --> 00:35:55,588 >> TSOUKALOS: One of the main 966 00:35:55,588 --> 00:35:56,806 tenets of ancient astronaut 967 00:35:56,806 --> 00:35:58,547 theory suggests that a long 968 00:35:58,547 --> 00:36:00,984 time ago, extraterrestrials 969 00:36:00,984 --> 00:36:03,770 changed our genetic makeup 970 00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:06,468 through a targeted mutation of 971 00:36:06,468 --> 00:36:08,688 our genes, essentially in the 972 00:36:08,688 --> 00:36:10,733 lab. 973 00:36:10,733 --> 00:36:13,040 So they took a couple of human 974 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,522 beings, altered their DNA, then 975 00:36:16,522 --> 00:36:19,177 reinserted those people back 976 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,831 into the population, so through 977 00:36:21,831 --> 00:36:24,138 procreation, those people would 978 00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:25,835 pass on those new genetic 979 00:36:25,835 --> 00:36:27,837 alterations to the entire 980 00:36:27,837 --> 00:36:29,796 population. 981 00:36:29,796 --> 00:36:30,971 >> NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut 982 00:36:30,971 --> 00:36:32,929 theorists suggest the evidence 983 00:36:32,929 --> 00:36:35,149 points to one conclusion, that 984 00:36:35,149 --> 00:36:37,717 aliens changed the genetics of 985 00:36:37,717 --> 00:36:40,502 early human DNA. 986 00:36:40,502 --> 00:36:42,461 >> COPPENS: For an alien being 987 00:36:42,461 --> 00:36:45,420 to work with DNA is so easy 988 00:36:45,420 --> 00:36:47,727 that just creating a new type 989 00:36:47,727 --> 00:36:50,077 is not at all that difficult. 990 00:36:50,077 --> 00:36:51,731 Even today, we have the 991 00:36:51,731 --> 00:36:53,472 capability to create new types 992 00:36:53,472 --> 00:36:55,474 of animals. 993 00:36:55,474 --> 00:36:57,476 The question is, were we 994 00:36:57,476 --> 00:37:00,392 created as such, as well? 995 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:01,741 >> NARRATOR: But what reason 996 00:37:01,741 --> 00:37:03,612 could extraterrestrial visitors 997 00:37:03,612 --> 00:37:05,223 have had for populating the 998 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:06,920 Earth with mixed species and 999 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,009 monstrous hybrids? 1000 00:37:09,009 --> 00:37:11,054 Were they the result of some 1001 00:37:11,054 --> 00:37:12,926 kind of scientific experiment 1002 00:37:12,926 --> 00:37:14,754 kind of scientific experiment gone terribly wrong? 1003 00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:17,235 gone terribly wrong? 1004 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,237 Did ancient aliens have some 1005 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,195 reason to experiment with human 1006 00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,023 reason to experiment with human DNA? 1007 00:37:23,023 --> 00:37:31,597 DNA? 1008 00:37:31,597 --> 00:37:32,685 >> NARRATOR: The Galapagos 1009 00:37:32,685 --> 00:37:34,687 Islands, off the coast of South 1010 00:37:34,687 --> 00:37:36,515 America, are known for their 1011 00:37:36,515 --> 00:37:38,343 America, are known for their unique biodiversity. 1012 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:40,693 unique biodiversity. 1013 00:37:40,693 --> 00:37:43,435 In 1832, a naturalist named 1014 00:37:43,435 --> 00:37:45,437 Charles Darwin came to these 1015 00:37:45,437 --> 00:37:47,265 islands to observe and record 1016 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,615 several species of animals not 1017 00:37:49,615 --> 00:37:51,356 seen before. 1018 00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:53,358 The result of his studies 1019 00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:54,707 formed the basis for his 1020 00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:56,752 controversial book, The Origin 1021 00:37:56,752 --> 00:37:58,450 of Species. 1022 00:37:58,450 --> 00:38:00,669 In it, Darwin proposed his 1023 00:38:00,669 --> 00:38:02,584 theory of evolution, which 1024 00:38:02,584 --> 00:38:04,673 held that all life evolved over 1025 00:38:04,673 --> 00:38:06,327 time, through a process of 1026 00:38:06,327 --> 00:38:08,764 natural selection. 1027 00:38:08,764 --> 00:38:11,463 But even Darwin's theories 1028 00:38:11,463 --> 00:38:12,681 could not explain the 1029 00:38:12,681 --> 00:38:14,422 developmental gap between apes 1030 00:38:14,422 --> 00:38:16,468 and man. 1031 00:38:16,468 --> 00:38:19,514 There was, it was believed, 1032 00:38:19,514 --> 00:38:21,647 a transitional species that had 1033 00:38:21,647 --> 00:38:23,692 to exist, one which became 1034 00:38:23,692 --> 00:38:25,346 referred to as, "the missing 1035 00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:27,566 link." 1036 00:38:27,566 --> 00:38:30,133 >> TSOUKALOS: Homo sapiens have 1037 00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:33,528 been around for 300,000 years. 1038 00:38:33,528 --> 00:38:36,531 And only in a few thousand 1039 00:38:36,531 --> 00:38:39,665 years, our brain size 1040 00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:41,493 years, our brain size essentially tripled. 1041 00:38:41,493 --> 00:38:43,495 essentially tripled. 1042 00:38:43,495 --> 00:38:46,454 Now, that does not jive with 1043 00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:47,673 ordinary evolution. 1044 00:38:47,673 --> 00:38:49,675 You need time. 1045 00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:52,678 A very long time. 1046 00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:55,420 However, today, biologists 1047 00:38:55,420 --> 00:38:58,118 cannot quite put a finger on 1048 00:38:58,118 --> 00:39:01,426 how our brain volume tripled in 1049 00:39:01,426 --> 00:39:04,603 a very short time period. 1050 00:39:04,603 --> 00:39:07,127 a very short time period. That is still a mystery. 1051 00:39:07,127 --> 00:39:08,607 That is still a mystery. 1052 00:39:08,607 --> 00:39:11,174 >> NARRATOR: Could it be, as 1053 00:39:11,174 --> 00:39:12,306 many ancient astronaut 1054 00:39:12,306 --> 00:39:14,613 theorists believe, that ancient 1055 00:39:14,613 --> 00:39:16,354 aliens had a hand in 1056 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,616 jump-starting human evolution 1057 00:39:17,616 --> 00:39:20,575 on our planet? 1058 00:39:20,575 --> 00:39:21,489 >> COPPENS: Science has been 1059 00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:23,578 unable to find the missing link, 1060 00:39:23,578 --> 00:39:25,493 and maybe that's simply because 1061 00:39:25,493 --> 00:39:27,103 Earth is unable to offer that 1062 00:39:27,103 --> 00:39:28,278 missing link. 1063 00:39:28,278 --> 00:39:29,497 Maybe the missing link is not 1064 00:39:29,497 --> 00:39:30,455 of this Earth. 1065 00:39:30,455 --> 00:39:31,673 Maybe the missing link is 1066 00:39:31,673 --> 00:39:33,458 somewhere outside, 1067 00:39:33,458 --> 00:39:36,330 extraterrestrial. 1068 00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:39,420 >> NARRATOR: In 1996, medical 1069 00:39:39,420 --> 00:39:40,552 science took a giant step 1070 00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:42,510 forward when geneticists 1071 00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:44,512 successfully cloned a sheep. 1072 00:39:44,512 --> 00:39:47,515 This revolutionary technology 1073 00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:49,561 marked a significant 1074 00:39:49,561 --> 00:39:50,518 advancement in our 1075 00:39:50,518 --> 00:39:53,608 understanding of DNA. 1076 00:39:53,608 --> 00:39:56,263 But could extraterrestrial 1077 00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:58,483 visitors have also possessed 1078 00:39:58,483 --> 00:40:00,354 visitors have also possessed knowledge of genetics? 1079 00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:02,400 knowledge of genetics? 1080 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,010 >> MARTELL: In the Sumerian 1081 00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:05,707 records of mythology, they 1082 00:40:05,707 --> 00:40:07,187 explain how they genetically 1083 00:40:07,187 --> 00:40:08,623 engineered the first human 1084 00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:10,059 being. 1085 00:40:10,059 --> 00:40:11,626 And so, it's very possible that 1086 00:40:11,626 --> 00:40:12,366 extraterrestrials did 1087 00:40:12,366 --> 00:40:14,412 genetically engineer us. 1088 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:15,500 >> COPPENS: More and more 1089 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,197 creatures are being discovered, 1090 00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,503 as science goes along, in 1091 00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:19,634 little caves, or on little 1092 00:40:19,634 --> 00:40:21,723 islands, whereby DNA evidence 1093 00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:23,421 clearly shows that something 1094 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:24,291 else has been happening. 1095 00:40:24,291 --> 00:40:25,292 We're probably gonna get to 1096 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:27,425 hard scientific fact that 1097 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,644 something interbred with humans, 1098 00:40:29,644 --> 00:40:31,559 on certain occasions, certain 1099 00:40:31,559 --> 00:40:33,431 on certain occasions, certain moments in time. 1100 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,433 moments in time. 1101 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:36,477 >> NARRATOR: Could the giants 1102 00:40:36,477 --> 00:40:38,523 and monsters described in the 1103 00:40:38,523 --> 00:40:40,699 ancient myths be examples of 1104 00:40:40,699 --> 00:40:42,396 genetic mutations? 1105 00:40:42,396 --> 00:40:44,311 And if so, what purpose might 1106 00:40:44,311 --> 00:40:46,618 they have served? 1107 00:40:46,618 --> 00:40:48,141 >> CREMO: There are actually 1108 00:40:48,141 --> 00:40:49,621 accounts in the ancient 1109 00:40:49,621 --> 00:40:52,145 Sanskrit writings of India of 1110 00:40:52,145 --> 00:40:55,278 how, in their original attempts 1111 00:40:55,278 --> 00:40:58,412 to produce... 1112 00:40:58,412 --> 00:41:01,241 living things in the universe, 1113 00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:03,461 the gods, or the 1114 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:05,506 extraterrestrial beings, made 1115 00:41:05,506 --> 00:41:09,292 mistakes and produced different 1116 00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:14,472 types of monsters and giants 1117 00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,475 and things like that. 1118 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,433 >> VON DANIKEN: Why should the 1119 00:41:19,433 --> 00:41:21,522 so-called "gods" first make such 1120 00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:22,915 mixed creatures? 1121 00:41:22,915 --> 00:41:25,134 What's the purpose of it? 1122 00:41:25,134 --> 00:41:28,050 Did they observe a lion, and 1123 00:41:28,050 --> 00:41:30,662 they say to themself, "Why don't 1124 00:41:30,662 --> 00:41:32,838 we mix the strongness of the 1125 00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:35,884 muscle of the one animal with 1126 00:41:35,884 --> 00:41:40,062 the heat expellant, uh, skin of 1127 00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:42,543 the other animal, to use it at 1128 00:41:42,543 --> 00:41:44,414 some other planet, which is 1129 00:41:44,414 --> 00:41:45,372 different to Earth?" 1130 00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:47,853 So they start to make breedings. 1131 00:41:47,853 --> 00:41:50,508 They start to make mixed 1132 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:53,380 creatures. 1133 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:55,077 >> NARRATOR: Scholars and 1134 00:41:55,077 --> 00:41:57,427 archaeologists generally agree 1135 00:41:57,427 --> 00:41:59,952 that sometime around 3000 BC, 1136 00:41:59,952 --> 00:42:01,867 during the Megalithic Era, 1137 00:42:01,867 --> 00:42:04,043 mankind took a quantum leap 1138 00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:05,523 forward with regard to 1139 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:06,915 civilization and use of 1140 00:42:06,915 --> 00:42:08,438 technology. 1141 00:42:08,438 --> 00:42:10,440 According to myths and legends, 1142 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,181 human beings gave credit to 1143 00:42:12,181 --> 00:42:13,487 their gods for giving them 1144 00:42:13,487 --> 00:42:15,184 this knowledge. 1145 00:42:15,184 --> 00:42:17,535 But if the gods were, in fact, 1146 00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,363 alien visitors, might mankind's 1147 00:42:20,363 --> 00:42:22,104 quantum leap forward have had a 1148 00:42:22,104 --> 00:42:24,759 more intergalactic origin? 1149 00:42:24,759 --> 00:42:26,587 >> COPPENS: It is clear that 1150 00:42:26,587 --> 00:42:28,458 something affected multiple 1151 00:42:28,458 --> 00:42:30,460 continents on this planet 1152 00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:32,201 around 3000 BC. 1153 00:42:32,201 --> 00:42:33,942 The pyramids began to be built 1154 00:42:33,942 --> 00:42:35,770 at that moment in time. 1155 00:42:35,770 --> 00:42:37,293 Why? 1156 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:39,382 What was that imperative? 1157 00:42:39,382 --> 00:42:41,167 Was it a global imperative? 1158 00:42:41,167 --> 00:42:42,168 Yes. 1159 00:42:42,168 --> 00:42:43,604 Was it an imperative which came 1160 00:42:43,604 --> 00:42:44,866 from outside of this world? 1161 00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:46,128 Yes. 1162 00:42:46,128 --> 00:42:47,216 >> NARRATOR: If aliens 1163 00:42:47,216 --> 00:42:48,478 intervened to speed the 1164 00:42:48,478 --> 00:42:50,480 advancement of human beings, is 1165 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,613 it also possible that they have 1166 00:42:52,613 --> 00:42:54,354 influenced mankind at other 1167 00:42:54,354 --> 00:42:56,574 critical junctures in history? 1168 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,488 And, if so, could they have 1169 00:42:58,488 --> 00:43:00,490 continued to monitor us, 1170 00:43:00,490 --> 00:43:01,927 even today? 1171 00:43:01,927 --> 00:43:02,928 >> MARTELL: It's very possible 1172 00:43:02,928 --> 00:43:04,582 that, if there was some type of 1173 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:05,583 genetic intervention, 1174 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,106 by an extraterrestrial race, 1175 00:43:07,106 --> 00:43:08,847 on humanity, they would be very 1176 00:43:08,847 --> 00:43:10,588 interested to see their 1177 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:12,415 interested to see their experiment progress. 1178 00:43:12,415 --> 00:43:14,461 experiment progress. 1179 00:43:14,461 --> 00:43:16,071 >> VON DANIKEN: I am often 1180 00:43:16,071 --> 00:43:18,291 asked the question, "Is it not 1181 00:43:18,291 --> 00:43:19,379 ridiculous to believe that 1182 00:43:19,379 --> 00:43:20,598 extraterrestrials should, in a 1183 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,600 way or other, look similar to 1184 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,384 us, or even think similar 1185 00:43:24,384 --> 00:43:25,385 to us?" 1186 00:43:25,385 --> 00:43:26,516 No. 1187 00:43:26,516 --> 00:43:27,866 The question is wrong. 1188 00:43:27,866 --> 00:43:29,563 They are not, by coincidence, 1189 00:43:29,563 --> 00:43:31,347 similar to us, but we are 1190 00:43:31,347 --> 00:43:34,133 similar to them, because we are 1191 00:43:34,133 --> 00:43:36,614 the product. 1192 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:38,441 >> NARRATOR: But if alien 1193 00:43:38,441 --> 00:43:40,182 beings did interbreed with 1194 00:43:40,182 --> 00:43:42,141 humans, why? 1195 00:43:42,141 --> 00:43:43,969 Was it to save their own 1196 00:43:43,969 --> 00:43:45,448 species? 1197 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:47,363 Or, perhaps, hide the genetic 1198 00:43:47,363 --> 00:43:48,626 traces of their presence here 1199 00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:49,235 on Earth? 1200 00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:49,931 Could there even be aliens 1201 00:43:49,931 --> 00:43:50,540 Could there even be aliens living among us