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[Narrator]
A mathematical message

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encoded on opposite sides
of the globe.

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Complex crop circles

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designed to convey
sound frequencies.

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And colossal figures

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that can only be seen
from the sky.

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When author and ancient
astronaut theorist

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Erich von Däniken wrote
Chariots of the Gods?

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he presented
a groundbreaking theory.

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He suggested
that extraterrestrials

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not only came to Earth
in the distant past,

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but that they left hidden
messages for us to discover

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once we had developed the right
technology to decipher them.

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One compelling example
are geoglyphs,

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massive shapes and figures
carved into the landscape

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that are only fully visible
from the sky.

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[Narrator] Saudi Arabia. 2004.

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While exploring the ancient
lava fields of Harrat Khaybar,

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amateur archaeologist
Dr. Abdullah Al-Saeed

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comes upon a number of
what appear to be stone walls,

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each approximately
three feet high.

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From the ground level,
Dr. Al-Saeed concludes

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that the structures have no
discernable pattern or purpose.

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That is,
not until four years later,

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when he obtains satellite photos
of the very same area.

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What he sees astounds him.

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There, detectable from the sky,

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are a vast collection of
more than 400 stone enclosures.

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Known to the local Bedouin as
"The Works of the Old Men,"

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these mysterious structures
are quickly examined

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and are revealed to stretch
for hundreds of miles.

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[Andrew Collins] They were
within what's referred to as--

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as a lava field of activity.

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And are generally described

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either as kites...

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...or as gates,

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which are more
rectilinear forms of them.

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And there are literally
hundreds of these.

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In fact, they stretch
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right away across to Jordan

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and into Syria.

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[Hugh Newman] They're kind of
like angular pyramids, almost,

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going off into
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widening at one end to
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[Narrator]
Although no record exists

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indicating when
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who built them, or why,

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the predominant theory
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is that they were constructed
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many thousands of years ago.

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What we think they are,
are prehistoric hunting sites,

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where gazelle and other animals

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would be driven
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and then, on the outsides
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pits were dug, and the animals
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The kites, when you visit them
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are really hard to find.

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In the air,
you get the whole pattern.

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There are literally
thousands of them.

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And they must have been in use
for thousands of years.

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And why did
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That's an answer
we haven't yet got.

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[Narrator]
Although the theory that

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the stone structures were used

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for hunting purposes
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ancient astronaut
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that if these structures
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for hunting gazelle,

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the walls would have needed to
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since a gazelle can leap more
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Instead, they suggest

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that because the structures
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they should be
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[Paul Bahn]
A geoglyph is just, basically,

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a drawing on the landscape.

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Most geoglyphs are in deserts,

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and in deserts
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which we call desert varnish.

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It's just a natural dark patina
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And so, if you move
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expose the lighter soil
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that is one way
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The second basic technique

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is to use the dark stones

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and pile them together
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geometric shapes,
animal shapes or whatever.

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is simply a combination
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You move things to one side
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you use the dark stones
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So you get very nice
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In recent years,
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and particularly
satellite photographs,

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there has been an explosion
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of-of geoglyphs that
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[Collins] The interesting fact
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is that they point
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And what might this tell us?

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Well, the first thing is
that many of the geoglyphs

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that we know today
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once aerial survey started
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All of them were
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once aircraft got up
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And this tells us something
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[Bahn] Most geoglyphs really
only make sense from above.

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It therefore seems that
they would be messages

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to something non-human,
something up there.

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[Narrator] When the
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of Peru were first
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they were considered
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But now, with the benefit
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thousands of ancient geoglyphs
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all over the world:

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in Kazakhstan,

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in the southwestern
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in the Atacama Desert of Chile

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and in Bolivia.

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[Collins] Almost everywhere
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we find what are known
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whether they be
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British geoglyphs,

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to those in the Middle East,

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they're something
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around the world,

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and they've been appearing
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[Narrator]
But why would ancient people

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in so many different locations
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all be making signs that can
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We don't know for sure what

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ancient peoples were trying to
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but the most important thing is

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the amount of time and effort
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They're not quick sketches.

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They're, many of them,
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And the time that
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is time
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not spent defending your land.

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It's time not spent
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So, the first thing
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is to the community itself,

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what is important
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[Narrator]
But could there be another,

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even more incredible
explanation?

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Is it possible that
these ancient geoglyphs

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were created
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but for an extraterrestrial one?

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Ancient astronaut
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and suggest
further clues can be found

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by examining similar
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that occur
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Geoglyphs are
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what we know as petroglyphs,

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the most obvious being
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on surfaces of stone rock
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that date back many,
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Petroglyphs are images
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or incised or hammered away.

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They occur all over the world,

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from Australia up through Asia,

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Europe, Africa,
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[Narrator]
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than the petroglyphs themselves

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are the eerie similarities
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and their geoglyphic siblings.

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We see certain symbols
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There are many geometric forms.

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These take the form of spirals,

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of concentric rings,

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and other more rectilinear
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They're something
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universal around the world.

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One of the most
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that you have at Nazca is
the Sun, Star, Cross geoglyph,

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which is really
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huge mandala of interconnected
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and in Tibet and India
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that are so
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and are found
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indicates that
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worldwide symbolic language

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that was brought here
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probably extraterrestrials.

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In 2005, an unusual feature

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was discovered in central Canada

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that some believe
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of a hidden message left
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It's a colossal geoglyph
that has become known

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as the Badlands Guardian.

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[Narrator] Gravelbourg,
Saskatchewan.

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2005.

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53-year-old grandmother
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is scanning GPS driving
directions to a local museum

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on satellite view
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a geographical feature that
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to a human face.

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It looks so much like
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that she posts the image
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Almost overnight,
the image goes viral

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and becomes known
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as "the Badlands Guardian."

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It is quite striking.

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It is clearly a face.

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The brow, the nose, the lips,
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The headdress, a little less so,

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but clearly could
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The Badlands Guardian
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a huge geoglyph
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And to see it from Google Earth
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you would think it was created
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[William Saunders]
Badlands Guardian is a bust,

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or a head and shoulders
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of a male Indigenous person.

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It is so striking
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the Indigenous people
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It doesn't look like
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doesn't look like
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it looks like an Indigenous,
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[Narrator] Is it possible that
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naturally formed in the earth?

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Many who have examined
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suggest that, based on the
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this is highly unlikely.

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When the mainstream
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at the Badlands Guardian,

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their first explanation is that

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it was created by weathering,
rain and water runoff.

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But there's just so much detail

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that we're seeing
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that it goes way beyond
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It not only has
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it has secondary facial
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The only thing missing from

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the Badlands Guardian
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Now, the interesting thing
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the local government in Canada,

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they had found
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Right where the ear should be.

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There might have been an ear
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but now, because they put
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and they built this gas feature,
that was all erased.

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Archaeologists are often
mistaken about ancient sites.

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And what is actually a pyramid

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that's now, say,
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and has a forest on it

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can be mistaken
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This has happened in...
in South America, in China.

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Archaeologists are continually

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finding that things
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are actually artificial.

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[Narrator]
Some of the geoglyphs found

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around the world were formed

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simply by removing
the top layer of soil

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to expose the lighter-colored
dirt underneath.

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But if the Badlands Guardian
is also a geoglyph,

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creating it would have been
an enormous undertaking.

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The massive, concave formation

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is almost half a mile long,

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and is over 1,100 feet wide.

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For comparison, the Mount
Rushmore National Monument

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in South Dakota,
which was completed in 1941,

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is approximately 80 feet tall
and 200 feet wide.

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And while it is only
a fraction of the size

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of the Badlands Guardian,
constructing it required

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an enormous amount of work,

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even with modern technology.

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The carving officially started
in 1927,

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and it was considered
complete in 1941.

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My grandfather was
on the mountain

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approximately
from 1933 to 1941.

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He was chief carver
on Mount Rushmore.

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It took about 400 workers.

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It took 14 years.

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And when I think about
the amount of time and effort

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that it took
for people in the '30s

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to create Mount Rushmore,

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I can't even begin to imagine

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what the person
or persons had to do

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working on something the size
of the Badlands Guardian.

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I-I can't even
wrap my head around it.

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How was it possible that
the people that carved these,

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thousands of years ago,

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were able to see
what they were doing

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or know what they were doing?

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They must have had assistance
by extraterrestrial beings.

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[Tsoukalos] The Badlands
Guardian can only be

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fully appreciated from the sky.

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So you have to wonder: why?

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Well, then, the answer is
people on the ground

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wanted to signal
someone up in the sky.

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[Narrator] For ancient
astronaut theorists,

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the Badlands Guardian
could offer

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some of the most compelling
new evidence

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that extraterrestrial
intervention

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occurred on Earth
in the distant past...

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that is, if it really is
an artificial structure.

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Boston, Massachusetts.

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February 2019.

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Aerospace engineer and satellite
imaging expert Mark Carlotto

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has spent countless hours
examining

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the Badlands Guardian to see
if he can determine for certain

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whether it is something other
than a natural formation.

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[Mark Carlotto] The image of
the Badlands Guardian is

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very striking as this
Native American figure,

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and some properties
that are unusual.

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So I did some analysis, uh,
using some imaging software

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and the height map
of the feature.

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So we'll start with
an overview of

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the Badlands Guardian
image here.

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We see the figure in
the middle of the image here.

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And notice
the surrounding landform

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is very similar in morphology.

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So now what we'll do is
we'll zoom up on the figure.

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You can see it a little bit
more clearly, the, um...

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this iconic face.

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So what can we do to bring out,
you know, some information?

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So, we ran a program
that extracts the height

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or elevation from the figure.

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And the way
it's depicted here is...

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is dark is low
and bright is high.

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So now, when we've--
after we've taken the image

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and texture-mapped it
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we can view it in 3D.

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And, um,
now I'm moving around it

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and viewing it like
we might see it in a drone.

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And as you can see,
when you're looking

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straight down
on the Badlands Guardian,

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it's, uh, this
uncanny resemblance

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to a Native American.

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But as we look off-angle

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and as we look at it
from ground level,

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simulated ground level,

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you see the illusion disappears.

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So, clearly, this feature,
if it was created,

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was meant to be viewed
from above.

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[Travis Taylor]
To me, the Badlands Guardian

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looks artificial.

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It doesn't look like
a trick of nature

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and that I'm suffering
from apophenia.

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All humans do have apophenia,

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meaning they see patterns
where patterns are not.

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That's why we see Mickey Mouse
in the clouds and so on.

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But this looks
too specifically like

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some type of Native person
with a headdress on.

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Looking at this picture,

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you can see the natural
patterns of erosion.

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So, it's clear to me
from this picture

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that this is
an artificial structure.

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High in the arid desert of Peru

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is a strange,
mile-long earthwork

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made up of over 5,000
shallow holes

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dug out of the dirt.

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What purpose
this Band of Holes served

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and why it was created
remains a mystery.

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But some researchers believe

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that the pattern there
contains a hidden message

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and point to
a nearly identical design

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found thousands of miles
to the east,

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in France.

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[Narrator] Central Peru.

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Just outside of Pisco,

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at an elevation of
11,000 feet,

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stretches an arid desert

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known as
the Cajamarquilla Plain.

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Here, thousands of holes of
varying dimensions and depths

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have been dug
into a mountain range

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in a pattern that runs north
and south for almost two miles.

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This mysterious formation

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has baffled archeologists
for decades,

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and, like the Nazca Lines,

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the holes can only be
appreciated in their entirety

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from high above the ground.

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[Tsoukalos]
In the mountains of Peru,

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we have what's commonly referred
to as the Band of Holes.

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It is one of the coolest places

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in relation to
the ancient astronaut theory,

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because who in their right mind

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would go ahead
and dig all these holes?

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For what?

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They're a incredible mystery,

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a very long-lived mystery.

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Some people think it looks like
some kind of machine

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was running over the territory.

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Some people think
it was some kind of

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systematic mining operation.

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Some people say it was
just pot-hunters,

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you know, looting,
looking for burials.

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None of the explanations
make good sense.

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[Narrator]
While the Band of Holes

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continues to defy explanation,

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some ancient astronaut
theorists believe

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it may represent
a type of message,

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a message
that can also be found

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at another site
6,000 miles away.

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The northwest coast of France.

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Here, just south of Brittany,

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lie the legendary
Carnac stones...

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...an arrangement of
over 3,000 megalithic rocks

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that stretch for more than two
miles across the countryside.

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The megaliths of Carnac
in Brittany are just amazing.

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Some of them stand
about 30 or 40 feet tall.

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There are multiple avenues of
stones going right over hills.

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And no one's really worked out
exactly what their purpose is.

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[Narrator]
Like the Band of Holes in Peru,

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the Carnac stones continue
to defy explanation.

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But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

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that the clue to understanding
both mysterious sites

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might be found
by comparing them side by side.

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The Band of Holes runs
for approximately two miles.

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So do the Carnac stones.

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The width of the Band of Holes
measures eight holes across,

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occasionally deviating
by one or two holes.

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This, too, is often the case
with the Carnac stones.

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And when viewed from high above,

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the layout of the two sites
is eerily similar.

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[Childress]
It would appear, in my mind,

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that there's some connection

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that's between Carnac, France
and Peru,

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and a special code
put there for us

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to find at a--
at a future time

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when we could understand
these codes.

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[Narrator]
Some ancient astronaut theorists

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have even gone so far

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as to suggest
that the Band of Holes

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may have once held
some sort of standing totems...

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...similar to what is
believed to have existed

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at Stonehenge,

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and that those totems
may have disappeared

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because they were made of wood.

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There are a series of postholes
that were found

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all around Stonehenge

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in which you can stick
sticks in the holes.

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But they degraded over time

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and it gradually crumbled away,

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and perhaps
the same thing happened

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in the Nazca Plain in Peru
with these holes.

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[Narrator] Could there
really be a connection

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between the Carnac stones
in France

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and the Band of Holes in Peru,

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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?

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And if so, is it meant
to convey a message?

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[Wilcock] If you look at
the stones at Carnac,

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you see curious alignments.

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And these alignments
actually duplicate

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the Pythagorean triangle.

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This appears to have happened
as much as 3,000 years before

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Pythagoras allegedly invented
the Pythagorean triangle.

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What you're seeing is remarkable
mathematical symbolism

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and encoding messages

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that seem to suggest
somebody wanted us to know

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it was built with technology

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far in excess
of what we have now.

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[Erich von Däniken] Some
thousands of years in the past,

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the extraterrestrials
who visited our planet

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left a proof behind.

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They knew that
in the far future

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the humans will see
these stone patterns.

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They will realize
that this is high geometry.

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And sooner or later
the questions comes up,

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"Have we maybe been visited
by beings from outer space?"

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[Narrator] Is it possible
that these two ancient sites

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are both conveying a message

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left behind
by extraterrestrials?

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And was it their intention

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that it would one day
be deciphered by mankind?

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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,

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and claim that further clues
can be found

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by investigating
magnetic anomalies

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within mysterious,
colossal stone heads

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unearthed in the jungles
of Central America.

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A key tenet of the ancient
astronaut theory is

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that extraterrestrials
left information for us

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00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:08,530
within megalithic structures
and monuments.

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00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:11,033
And a recent breakthrough
suggests

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that some of
the largest statues ever built

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could possibly be

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ancient hard drives.

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[Narrator] La Democracia,
Guatemala.

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June 2019.

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A team of researchers from MIT,
Harvard, and Yale announce

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that they have discovered
unusual magnetic anomalies

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within the colossal stone heads
attributed to the Monte Alto,

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00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:42,147
a Mesoamerican civilization

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that emerged around 1800 BC.

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[Childress]
Some of these statues

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have very strong
magnetic fields.

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The creators of these statues

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were totally aware

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of these magnetic fields.

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And that is something that
shocked modern archaeologists,

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that this rather primitive
culture, they thought,

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was aware of magnetism

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and that they actually chose
certain rocks

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because of the magnetic field.

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[Narrator]
In Mexico, similar statues

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created by
the Olmec civilization

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were also found to emit
magnetic anomalies.

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These intricately carved heads

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00:25:23,981 --> 00:25:26,316
vary in height
from nearly five feet

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00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:29,069
to over 11 feet tall,

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the largest weighing
approximately 50 tons.

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Like the Monte Alto sculptures,

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most of these heads were
made from basalt.

507
00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:41,749
Basalt has large quantities

508
00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:44,168
of-of iron and magnesium in 'em.

509
00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:47,337
The Olmec were so precise

510
00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:50,132
with knowing where
the magnetic fields were

511
00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:51,842
that they actually
carved the structure

512
00:25:52,009 --> 00:25:53,635
around these anomalies.

513
00:25:53,802 --> 00:25:56,889
So, when scientists use
a magnetometer

514
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,891
around the stone statue,

515
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:01,935
they notice the nose
or the cheeks,

516
00:26:02,102 --> 00:26:05,647
around the chin, the magnetic
fields are strongest there.

517
00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:10,027
[Collins] The great heads of
the Olmec are made of basalt.

518
00:26:10,194 --> 00:26:13,906
Basalt is a volcanic substance.

519
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:17,826
And the closest source
to many of these heads

520
00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:20,704
is anything up to
a hundred miles away.

521
00:26:20,871 --> 00:26:22,790
Now, this is interesting,

522
00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:25,501
because I don't think
it's simply the case

523
00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,587
that the basalt
was easy to sculpt

524
00:26:28,754 --> 00:26:31,298
into the forms of heads.

525
00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:33,217
[Williams]
Basalt is dense.

526
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,719
It's very, very heavy,
thick rock

527
00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:37,763
and it's very difficult
to work with,

528
00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:40,599
let alone carve
with rudimentary tools

529
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:42,351
like flint.

530
00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:45,187
Because they range higher
on Mohs test

531
00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:47,272
as far as density.

532
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:51,485
And flint is a much
softer material than basalt.

533
00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:54,530
So, it's difficult
to understand how

534
00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:56,115
they carved these things.

535
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,909
And the intricate detail
on some of them

536
00:26:59,076 --> 00:27:01,203
is just incredible.

537
00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:05,124
[Newman]
With these stone giants,

538
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,584
it really is a question
as to why they chose

539
00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:09,378
these specific types of rock.

540
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,381
Like granite we find,
it's very crystalline.

541
00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,716
It's also electrically
conductive.

542
00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:16,718
We find basalt,
which is volcanic.

543
00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:18,428
Again, this is very magnetic.

544
00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:20,806
And so, again,
it can be conductive

545
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:22,432
for various different purposes.

546
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,601
And so what's going on here?

547
00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:26,436
Were they
specifically choosing

548
00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:27,771
certain types of rock

549
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:31,275
for technological reasons?

550
00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,778
[Childress] When we look at
how the ancients were selecting

551
00:27:34,945 --> 00:27:36,363
certain stones
that were magnetic

552
00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:38,031
or had certain energies,

553
00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:41,326
we wonder how they could know

554
00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:45,998
about all of the-the properties
of these stones.

555
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:49,167
Are they getting
this information

556
00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:51,044
from extraterrestrials?

557
00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:55,257
[Narrator]
Extraterrestrials?

558
00:27:55,465 --> 00:27:58,510
Is it possible that the ancient
people of Mesoamerica

559
00:27:58,677 --> 00:27:59,970
were given instructions

560
00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:02,139
to sculpt
these giant basalt heads

561
00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,099
by alien visitors?

562
00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,227
But if so, why?

563
00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:11,815
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

564
00:28:11,982 --> 00:28:14,192
the answer is simple:

565
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,404
they were intended to be used
for data storage.

566
00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:24,369
In 2017, IBM made a huge
breakthrough in data storage.

567
00:28:24,912 --> 00:28:26,496
They figured out how to store

568
00:28:26,663 --> 00:28:30,542
201 gigabytes of data
on a square inch of tape.

569
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,419
That means a magnetic tape reel,

570
00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:34,171
the size of
the palm of your hand,

571
00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:36,256
can hold as much data
as you would have

572
00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:38,467
in 330 laptops.

573
00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:40,719
[Williams]
Mag tape, mag stripe tape,

574
00:28:40,844 --> 00:28:42,387
is made out of, basically,

575
00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,390
very, very tiny
magnetic particles.

576
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:47,726
And what they do is
they-they adhere them

577
00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:49,770
to the back of a-a thin strip.

578
00:28:50,812 --> 00:28:52,606
And the way it works is

579
00:28:52,773 --> 00:28:55,108
the little metal filings,
which are very microscopic,

580
00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:57,444
they would all align
in a certain pattern,

581
00:28:57,611 --> 00:28:59,571
kind of like the grooves
on a record player.

582
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,074
And it would take
another piece of equipment,

583
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,368
similar to the one
that actually aligned them,

584
00:29:04,534 --> 00:29:07,955
to interpret how
those particles are lined up.

585
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:12,209
And we still use it to this day
for backup data storage.

586
00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:15,045
[Childress]
And so, once again,

587
00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:17,631
we have to ask ourself
if these statues...

588
00:29:17,798 --> 00:29:19,424
were in fact devices

589
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,511
that had recorded information.

590
00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:26,056
And information could be
extracted from them.

591
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:29,685
Like a computer hard drive
or something like that.

592
00:29:31,395 --> 00:29:32,938
[Nova Spivak] We've been
looking at these objects

593
00:29:33,146 --> 00:29:34,773
primarily at
the macroscopic level.

594
00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:36,400
What do they look like?

595
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,028
But maybe there's
information inside them,

596
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:42,698
encoded using nanotechnology.

597
00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:44,449
Why is that likely?

598
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,160
Because we ourselves are
doing the same thing.

599
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,871
By trying to store information

600
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,833
for thousands
or millions of years,

601
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,626
you end up going to

602
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,546
the same physical materials
and solutions

603
00:29:57,713 --> 00:30:01,675
that the hypothetical
ancient aliens may have also

604
00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:03,802
figured out how to use.

605
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,474
Across the globe,

606
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:12,561
farmers have discovered
massive images in their crops.

607
00:30:12,686 --> 00:30:16,106
These formations,
known as crop circles,

608
00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:18,108
often appear overnight

609
00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:22,070
and look like they were created
by an otherworldly force.

610
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:25,032
Curiously,
some researchers believe

611
00:30:25,198 --> 00:30:29,202
that these complex patterns
contain hidden messages

612
00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:32,956
that are encoded as sounds.

613
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,420
[Narrator] Yarnbury Castle.
Wiltshire, England.

614
00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:41,256
July 26, 2020.

615
00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:45,177
An intricate formation
of concentric circles,

616
00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:48,013
featuring a number of
smaller semi-circles,

617
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:49,973
appears in a field of wheat.

618
00:30:51,725 --> 00:30:53,977
While the design
may seem random,

619
00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:57,147
some researchers believe
it contains a message

620
00:30:57,314 --> 00:30:59,399
that can be both seen
and heard...

621
00:31:00,442 --> 00:31:02,027
...because it is a perfect match

622
00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:05,614
for what is known
as a cymatic pattern.

623
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:09,201
When we talk about
cymatic patterns,

624
00:31:09,326 --> 00:31:11,870
we're talking about a frequency

625
00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:15,791
that will create a image
that has a complexity to it.

626
00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:20,253
So, specific frequencies
relate to specific patterns.

627
00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:25,467
[Narrator]
The origins of cymatics

628
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:27,636
among human civilizations

629
00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:31,765
can be traced back more than
ten centuries to West Africa.

630
00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:34,101
There, tribal rituals

631
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:36,269
involved sprinkling
grains of sand

632
00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:38,438
on the surface of drums.

633
00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:41,399
Striking the drums created
specific audio tones,

634
00:31:41,525 --> 00:31:44,444
causing the sand
to be instantly shaped

635
00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:47,197
into distinct formations.

636
00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:50,075
From the resulting formations
on the drum's surface,

637
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:52,702
tribal elders believed
it was possible

638
00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:54,871
to predict future events.

639
00:31:56,748 --> 00:32:00,001
[Childress] With cymatics,
you have these patterns

640
00:32:00,127 --> 00:32:02,045
that are a visualization,
really,

641
00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:04,714
of-of sound and vibration.

642
00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:07,134
And physicists tell us

643
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,761
that the entire universe
comes down

644
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,722
to vibration and sound patterns,

645
00:32:12,848 --> 00:32:16,017
and these patterns
that can be visualized.

646
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,729
[Narrator]
In 1787,

647
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:23,066
German physicist
and musician Ernst Chladni

648
00:32:23,233 --> 00:32:24,985
offered a breakthrough
on the subject

649
00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:28,655
when he published "Discoveries
in the Theory of Sound."

650
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,200
In the writing,
Chladni revealed

651
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:34,786
that specific tones
consistently create

652
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:36,538
the same visual pattern.

653
00:32:37,831 --> 00:32:41,918
By applying sound vibrations to
metal plates covered in sand,

654
00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:43,920
he identified
the images produced

655
00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:46,214
by various frequencies.

656
00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:50,552
[Henry] When we look at
so many crop circles,

657
00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:54,014
they're consistent with what
we see in research on cymatics.

658
00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:55,807
We find the same shapes

659
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,684
that are created
on Chladni plates.

660
00:32:57,851 --> 00:32:59,227
We find the same shapes

661
00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,646
that are created
in sound experiments.

662
00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:03,440
So, there's
a very key connection

663
00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,025
that is to be made here.

664
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,029
[Narrator]
But why would cymatic patterns

665
00:33:09,196 --> 00:33:11,364
appear in crop circles?

666
00:33:11,531 --> 00:33:14,576
Could extraterrestrials
be using audio frequencies

667
00:33:14,743 --> 00:33:17,037
as a method of communication?

668
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:20,248
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

669
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:23,501
further clues can be found
by examining the teachings

670
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:25,712
found in ancient
Hindu religious texts

671
00:33:25,879 --> 00:33:28,131
known as Vedas.

672
00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:31,009
[Dominic Steavu]
The word "veda" means

673
00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:33,136
"knowledge" in Sanskrit.

674
00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:35,347
There is this
close association with

675
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:38,558
a special type of
wisdom or knowledge

676
00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:40,602
that is transmitted
through the Vedas.

677
00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:45,440
Now, originally, the Vedas
were revealed by the gods

678
00:33:45,565 --> 00:33:49,069
to a certain class
of spiritual elect.

679
00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:53,907
And they contain, again,
these primordial sounds

680
00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:55,992
that are associated
with the creation

681
00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,745
of the universe
and its proper functioning.

682
00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:02,958
[Narrator]
In the Vedic texts, it is said

683
00:34:03,124 --> 00:34:07,003
that the gods gave humankind
a visual guide to sacred sounds

684
00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:10,840
in the form of elaborate
patterns called "mandalas."

685
00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,677
Like Chladni's experiments,

686
00:34:13,842 --> 00:34:17,554
the mandalas translate sound
into visual patterns,

687
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:20,934
but for a profound
and otherworldly purpose.

688
00:34:21,935 --> 00:34:24,603
In Hinduism,
mandalas are considered to be

689
00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:28,650
visual translations
of primordial sounds.

690
00:34:30,025 --> 00:34:31,777
And these are the sounds

691
00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:34,406
that gave rise to the universe,

692
00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:36,283
and to the very nature
of reality.

693
00:34:37,324 --> 00:34:39,577
They are divine,

694
00:34:39,786 --> 00:34:42,914
they were uttered cosmically

695
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,875
by supernatural beings, by gods.

696
00:34:47,252 --> 00:34:48,837
[Henry]
The Vedas tell us

697
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:51,547
that the gods taught humans
how to chant.

698
00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:53,757
How to pray and to sing

699
00:34:53,882 --> 00:34:56,428
in order to communicate
with the gods.

700
00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:00,265
[Narrator]
The most powerful Hindu mantra

701
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:02,726
is the sound "Om,"

702
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:05,937
which is visually represented
by a simple circle

703
00:35:06,146 --> 00:35:08,356
with a dot in the middle...

704
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:11,318
the fundamental element
of a mandala.

705
00:35:12,569 --> 00:35:15,113
Incredibly,
when the "Om" frequency

706
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,365
is applied to a Chladni plate,

707
00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:20,076
the exact same pattern emerges.

708
00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:26,333
Higher-toned frequencies result
in more complex arrangements...

709
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,502
...that also identically match

710
00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:31,796
the ancient mandala symbols.

711
00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:35,050
[Collins]
Is it conceivable

712
00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:38,803
that the writers of
the ancient Vedic texts

713
00:35:38,928 --> 00:35:41,264
were given advanced knowledge

714
00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:43,808
on how sound frequencies

715
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:47,562
can be converted
into visual patterns?

716
00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,982
Some of the crop circle designs

717
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,193
are very clearly

718
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,654
reflections of sound.

719
00:35:56,946 --> 00:35:58,990
Is it therefore possible

720
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:02,369
that what we are looking at
is sound signatures,

721
00:36:02,535 --> 00:36:06,665
communication with
such higher intelligences?

722
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:10,627
[Narrator]
Many cultures around the world

723
00:36:10,794 --> 00:36:13,630
believe it is possible
to commune with a higher realm

724
00:36:13,797 --> 00:36:15,590
through ritualistic chanting,

725
00:36:15,757 --> 00:36:17,467
singing, and prayer.

726
00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:21,638
Like mandalas,
could crop circles contain

727
00:36:21,805 --> 00:36:24,140
an otherworldly message
for humanity,

728
00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:27,185
one that is based
on sacred sounds?

729
00:36:28,603 --> 00:36:30,105
[Tsoukalos]
I certainly think that

730
00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:33,525
crop circles are messages by...

731
00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:36,945
other beings who are trying to

732
00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:38,988
make contact with us,

733
00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:42,701
or at least letting us know
they're there.

734
00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:47,163
And the entire basis
of the universe is vibration,

735
00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:49,916
and sound is vibration.

736
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,128
When we talk
about different ways

737
00:36:53,294 --> 00:36:56,256
with which to communicate
with different civilizations,

738
00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,675
scientists have proposed

739
00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:02,387
that can be achieved
with sound frequencies.

740
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:04,139
[Childress]
What they're doing is

741
00:37:04,347 --> 00:37:05,849
putting sound and vibration

742
00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:09,602
into a communication device
of some sort,

743
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,605
but exactly what they're trying
to communicate to us

744
00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,315
is the big question.

745
00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:22,615
The idea that
an alien civilization

746
00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:24,534
has left us hidden messages

747
00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:26,369
may strike some
as sounding more like

748
00:37:26,536 --> 00:37:29,038
science fiction than fact.

749
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:33,042
But in 2001, a crop circle
appeared in England

750
00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:35,420
that many believe was sent

751
00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:37,714
by extraterrestrials.

752
00:37:42,135 --> 00:37:45,680
[Narrator] Arecibo Observatory,
Puerto Rico.

753
00:37:45,847 --> 00:37:49,642
November 16, 1974.

754
00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:54,230
Scientists, dignitaries
and other public officials

755
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:57,275
gather to watch
as astronomers send out

756
00:37:57,442 --> 00:37:59,778
the first official
radio communication

757
00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:02,530
directed to extraterrestrials,

758
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,491
using the largest,

759
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:07,994
most powerful telescope
in the world.

760
00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,121
[Seth Shostack]
The message was just a series

761
00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:12,791
of, you know,
dots and dashes, if you will,

762
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,210
but you could order them
into a-a matrix

763
00:38:15,376 --> 00:38:17,045
and actually get a picture.

764
00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:18,588
It's a way of sending

765
00:38:18,755 --> 00:38:20,715
a greeting card, if you will,
from Earth.

766
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,176
[Narrator]
Designed by renowned scientists

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like Carl Sagan and Frank Drake,

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the Arecibo message contains
binary encoded information

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including the numbers
one through ten,

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an image of human DNA,

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a human figure,

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and a graphic
of the solar system,

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highlighting
the position of Earth.

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[Nick Pope] This was a calling
card from Planet Earth.

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It was really reaching out
across the galaxy

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and saying, "We're here."

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Now, some scientists
condemned it,

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and, in fact, SETI has been
very controversial

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when it moves into active--
what's called METI,

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messaging to extraterrestrial
intelligence.

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Some people have said it's like
a suicide note to the universe,

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because if there's a super
predator species out there,

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you were saying,
"Come and get us."

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Now, SETI scientists say,
"Well, it's too late.

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We've been a detectable
civilization for decades

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because of our radio
and television broadcasts,"

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but it's still controversial.

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[Narrator]
In August 2001,

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almost three decades after
the Arecibo message was sent,

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there was
an extraordinary development.

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Workers at
the Chilbolton Observatory

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in Hampshire, England

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discovered a mysterious
crop circle in a nearby field

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that was
an almost exact replica

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of the Arecibo message.

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It's actually called,
sometimes, the Arecibo reply,

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because it-it's
essentially very similar

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to the Arecibo message,
but with some subtle changes.

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For example, the DNA swaps
out carbon for silicon,

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and also there's
a-a representation of a figure,

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but it's not a human.

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It looks like an alien.

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Instantly, the astronomers
proclaimed this a hoax.

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And as people started
to investigate this,

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they realized that
maybe it was possible

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that it came
from extraterrestrials.

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One reason why was that
the message was so perfect.

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How likely is it that
some crop circle hoaxer

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could have duplicated
that message in a crop circle?

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Crop circles are
a very important

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potential way that
an extraterrestrial intelligence

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could use
to communicate with us.

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They're very public,

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and they have caught
the curiosity of humanity.

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Was the so-called
"Arecibo reply" sent to Earth

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by an alien civilization?

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It's entirely possible.

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But perhaps
the better question is,

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are we ready to receive
the information contained

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in these hidden messages
that are all around us?

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One thing is clear:

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whether they are
massive geoglyphs...

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towering monoliths...

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or elaborate crop circles...

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once these extraordinary
sites are decoded,

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we may be one step closer
to learning the truth

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of our extraterrestrial past.

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