1 00:00:02,219 --> 00:00:03,264 >> NARRATOR: Ancient stone 2 00:00:03,264 --> 00:00:06,267 fingers reaching for the sky, 3 00:00:06,267 --> 00:00:08,747 and stretching out over several 4 00:00:08,747 --> 00:00:10,749 miles. 5 00:00:10,749 --> 00:00:12,751 >> DAVID CHILDRESS: People who 6 00:00:12,751 --> 00:00:14,927 were basically one step removed 7 00:00:14,927 --> 00:00:16,929 from cavemen were quarrying 8 00:00:16,929 --> 00:00:18,279 these giant stones, some of them 9 00:00:18,279 --> 00:00:21,021 weighing 100, 200 tons-- even up 10 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,806 to 350 tons. 11 00:00:23,806 --> 00:00:25,764 >> NARRATOR: A complex of stone 12 00:00:25,764 --> 00:00:28,115 structures dating back more than 13 00:00:28,115 --> 00:00:29,725 10,000 years. 14 00:00:29,725 --> 00:00:30,726 >> GRAHAM HANCOCK: It just 15 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:32,423 stands there, asking us to go 16 00:00:32,423 --> 00:00:34,382 figure, "How was this done?" 17 00:00:34,382 --> 00:00:35,818 "What's the background to this?" 18 00:00:35,818 --> 00:00:36,819 >> JASON MARTELL: Were they 19 00:00:36,819 --> 00:00:38,342 meant to be seen by people in 20 00:00:38,342 --> 00:00:39,343 the sky? 21 00:00:39,343 --> 00:00:40,779 Who could have been flying at 22 00:00:40,779 --> 00:00:42,129 that time other than 23 00:00:42,129 --> 00:00:43,347 extraterrestrials? 24 00:00:43,347 --> 00:00:44,609 >> NARRATOR: And the remains of 25 00:00:44,609 --> 00:00:46,959 an Incan temple, reported to 26 00:00:46,959 --> 00:00:49,440 have otherworldly origins. 27 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:50,746 >> ERICH VON DANIKEN: They 28 00:00:50,746 --> 00:00:52,965 wanted that in the far future, a 29 00:00:52,965 --> 00:00:55,490 question comes up: "Have you 30 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:57,361 been visited by outer space?" 31 00:00:57,361 --> 00:00:58,754 >> NARRATOR: Millions of people 32 00:00:58,754 --> 00:01:00,799 around the world believe we have 33 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:02,366 been visited in the past by 34 00:01:02,366 --> 00:01:04,455 extraterrestrial beings. 35 00:01:04,455 --> 00:01:07,458 What if it were true? 36 00:01:07,458 --> 00:01:09,765 Did ancient aliens really help 37 00:01:09,765 --> 00:01:12,072 to shape our history? 38 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,552 And if so, is there an 39 00:01:14,552 --> 00:01:17,207 extraterrestrial explanation for 40 00:01:17,207 --> 00:01:19,209 the earth's most mysterious, 41 00:01:19,209 --> 00:01:21,733 the earth's most mysterious, unexplained structures? 42 00:01:21,733 --> 00:01:52,460 unexplained structures? 43 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:53,678 >> NARRATOR: Located more than 44 00:01:53,678 --> 00:01:55,985 500 miles away from the crowded 45 00:01:55,985 --> 00:01:59,423 streets of Istanbul is Sanliurfa 46 00:01:59,423 --> 00:02:03,688 in Southeastern Turkey. 47 00:02:03,688 --> 00:02:07,997 There, in 1994, on a dusty 48 00:02:07,997 --> 00:02:10,521 hilltop, a local shepherd 49 00:02:10,521 --> 00:02:12,784 noticed the tip of a stone 50 00:02:12,784 --> 00:02:15,483 sticking out of his field. 51 00:02:15,483 --> 00:02:18,225 He began to dig, eventually 52 00:02:18,225 --> 00:02:21,793 unearthing a 19-foot pillar. 53 00:02:21,793 --> 00:02:24,405 Its edges were precise, and 54 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:26,494 rising from its center was a 55 00:02:26,494 --> 00:02:28,713 relief carving of a strange 56 00:02:28,713 --> 00:02:30,193 animal. 57 00:02:30,193 --> 00:02:32,543 Upon closer examination, it 58 00:02:32,543 --> 00:02:33,849 appeared that the 59 00:02:33,849 --> 00:02:35,894 finely-chiseled stone had been 60 00:02:35,894 --> 00:02:37,200 fashioned by talented 61 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,420 stonemasons, working with 62 00:02:39,420 --> 00:02:40,812 advanced tools. 63 00:02:40,812 --> 00:02:42,814 When word of the discovery 64 00:02:42,814 --> 00:02:43,902 reached the scientific 65 00:02:43,902 --> 00:02:45,861 community, one fact became 66 00:02:45,861 --> 00:02:47,297 obvious. 67 00:02:47,297 --> 00:02:49,691 A Kurdish shepherd had stumbled 68 00:02:49,691 --> 00:02:51,606 upon what is perhaps the most 69 00:02:51,606 --> 00:02:53,695 astonishing archeological 70 00:02:53,695 --> 00:02:56,437 discovery in modern times, 71 00:02:56,437 --> 00:03:02,660 a site known as Gobekli Tepe. 72 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:03,705 >> LINDA MOULTON HOWE: For 13 73 00:03:03,705 --> 00:03:05,794 years, a German archeology team 74 00:03:05,794 --> 00:03:09,493 has been meticulously going into 75 00:03:09,493 --> 00:03:13,193 a hill, and they have been doing 76 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:15,282 carbon dating as deep as they 77 00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:17,719 go. 78 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:20,330 And it has taken them 13 years 79 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:23,812 to uncover only five percent of 80 00:03:23,812 --> 00:03:27,598 a gigantic civilization. 81 00:03:27,598 --> 00:03:28,817 They know what's under the 82 00:03:28,817 --> 00:03:30,427 ground. 83 00:03:30,427 --> 00:03:32,690 Circles upon circles upon 84 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,518 circles. 85 00:03:34,518 --> 00:03:36,128 Perfect circles in stone. 86 00:03:36,128 --> 00:03:38,522 And rising up out of those 87 00:03:38,522 --> 00:03:42,222 stone circles are huge, sculpted 88 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:46,226 columns, 19 feet high, 15 tons 89 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:48,706 per column. 90 00:03:48,706 --> 00:03:49,881 >> NARRATOR: Test results have 91 00:03:49,881 --> 00:03:52,667 supported the idea that Gobekli 92 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:55,496 Tepe is nearly 12,000 years old, 93 00:03:55,496 --> 00:03:58,455 almost 7,000 years older than 94 00:03:58,455 --> 00:04:00,501 Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent, 95 00:04:00,501 --> 00:04:02,459 long heralded as the cradle of 96 00:04:02,459 --> 00:04:04,635 civilization. 97 00:04:04,635 --> 00:04:06,463 >> HOWE: Gobekli Tepe, the 98 00:04:06,463 --> 00:04:09,466 oldest advanced site now on our 99 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:10,511 planet. 100 00:04:10,511 --> 00:04:12,077 We know of no other site that is 101 00:04:12,077 --> 00:04:16,212 this advanced. 102 00:04:16,212 --> 00:04:18,258 It has now doubled the history 103 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,260 of humanity. 104 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:21,652 >> GRAHAM HANCOCK: And right 105 00:04:21,652 --> 00:04:23,915 there is this gigantic site with 106 00:04:23,915 --> 00:04:25,700 huge, megalithic, circular 107 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:26,831 structures. 108 00:04:26,831 --> 00:04:28,703 It just stands there, a mystery, 109 00:04:28,703 --> 00:04:30,444 asking us to go figure, "How 110 00:04:30,444 --> 00:04:31,488 was this done?" 111 00:04:31,488 --> 00:04:33,316 "What's the background to this?" 112 00:04:33,316 --> 00:04:35,362 We don't know who made them. 113 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:36,537 They just come out of the 114 00:04:36,537 --> 00:04:38,539 darkness of the last Ice Age, 115 00:04:38,539 --> 00:04:40,541 where we know nothing, and enter 116 00:04:40,541 --> 00:04:42,630 the stage of history, already 117 00:04:42,630 --> 00:04:45,546 fully formed. 118 00:04:45,546 --> 00:04:47,112 And to my mind, this is 119 00:04:47,112 --> 00:04:49,941 indicative of a major forgotten 120 00:04:49,941 --> 00:04:52,335 episode in human history. 121 00:04:52,335 --> 00:04:53,902 >> NARRATOR: Could the discovery 122 00:04:53,902 --> 00:04:56,731 of Gobekli Tepe radically change 123 00:04:56,731 --> 00:04:58,472 our understanding of human 124 00:04:58,472 --> 00:04:59,908 history? 125 00:04:59,908 --> 00:05:01,692 And might proof of an ancient 126 00:05:01,692 --> 00:05:03,999 civilization provide evidence 127 00:05:03,999 --> 00:05:06,175 that mankind's most puzzling 128 00:05:06,175 --> 00:05:08,133 myths might actually be based in 129 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:11,006 fact? 130 00:05:11,006 --> 00:05:12,486 >> ROBERT M. SCHOCH: A lot of 131 00:05:12,486 --> 00:05:15,619 myths, a lot of legends suggest 132 00:05:15,619 --> 00:05:17,099 that there were past 133 00:05:17,099 --> 00:05:20,363 civilizations of astounding 134 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:23,627 sophistication at incredibly 135 00:05:23,627 --> 00:05:25,150 early periods. 136 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:26,717 I think we have little glimmers, 137 00:05:26,717 --> 00:05:28,110 little suggestions around the 138 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:29,938 world that there was something 139 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:32,244 going on, much higher, much more 140 00:05:32,244 --> 00:05:34,377 sophisticated at a much earlier 141 00:05:34,377 --> 00:05:37,728 period of time. 142 00:05:37,728 --> 00:05:38,729 >> ANDREW COLLINS: To put things 143 00:05:38,729 --> 00:05:41,515 into perspective, Gobekli Tepe 144 00:05:41,515 --> 00:05:45,823 is 12,000 years old. 145 00:05:45,823 --> 00:05:49,044 That is several thousand years 146 00:05:49,044 --> 00:05:52,134 earlier in age than Stonehenge 147 00:05:52,134 --> 00:05:55,833 and the Great Pyramid. 148 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:58,096 And indeed, according to 149 00:05:58,096 --> 00:06:00,011 biblical tradition, the world 150 00:06:00,011 --> 00:06:02,797 really began in 4000 B.C. 151 00:06:02,797 --> 00:06:04,973 And yet, that is 8,000 years 152 00:06:04,973 --> 00:06:08,542 later than the foundation of 153 00:06:08,542 --> 00:06:11,066 Gobekli Tepe. 154 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:12,981 So, clearly, we have here 155 00:06:12,981 --> 00:06:15,810 something that contradicts our 156 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:17,899 normal understanding of the 157 00:06:17,899 --> 00:06:21,511 evolution of civilization. 158 00:06:21,511 --> 00:06:23,731 >> NARRATOR: Curiously, after 13 159 00:06:23,731 --> 00:06:26,342 years of digging, archeologists 160 00:06:26,342 --> 00:06:28,562 investigating the ancient site 161 00:06:28,562 --> 00:06:30,651 have failed to recover a single 162 00:06:30,651 --> 00:06:31,782 stonecutting tool. 163 00:06:31,782 --> 00:06:33,523 Nor have they found any 164 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:36,439 agricultural implements. 165 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:38,136 >> HOWE: How in the world can 166 00:06:38,136 --> 00:06:41,401 you contemplate 19-foot-tall, 167 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:44,752 perfectly-sculpted columns that 168 00:06:44,752 --> 00:06:47,407 are 11,000 to 12,000 years old, 169 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,670 and no tools? 170 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:50,758 >> NARRATOR: The mystery of 171 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:52,847 Gobekli Tepe is further 172 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:54,283 compounded by the ancient stone 173 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:55,806 carvings found throughout the 174 00:06:55,806 --> 00:06:57,808 site. 175 00:06:57,808 --> 00:06:59,549 They depict creatures like 176 00:06:59,549 --> 00:07:03,205 armadillos, wild boars and 177 00:07:03,205 --> 00:07:05,773 geese-- animals not indigenous 178 00:07:05,773 --> 00:07:07,949 to the region. 179 00:07:07,949 --> 00:07:09,167 >> COLLINS: We see various types 180 00:07:09,167 --> 00:07:11,735 of creatures, different animals, 181 00:07:11,735 --> 00:07:15,478 birds, insects, and even 182 00:07:15,478 --> 00:07:18,699 abstract human forms that seem 183 00:07:18,699 --> 00:07:21,528 to come together to create this 184 00:07:21,528 --> 00:07:24,139 very weird menagerie which has 185 00:07:24,139 --> 00:07:26,184 totally baffled the 186 00:07:26,184 --> 00:07:28,448 archeologists who have uncovered 187 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,927 this site. 188 00:07:29,927 --> 00:07:31,755 Now what they represent is a 189 00:07:31,755 --> 00:07:33,888 matter of speculation, but it's 190 00:07:33,888 --> 00:07:35,977 my intuition that they may even 191 00:07:35,977 --> 00:07:40,024 represent an ark in stone. 192 00:07:40,024 --> 00:07:42,287 >> NARRATOR: Located less than 193 00:07:42,287 --> 00:07:45,377 350 miles from Mount Ararat, the 194 00:07:45,377 --> 00:07:46,857 site many biblical scholars 195 00:07:46,857 --> 00:07:48,555 believe to be the resting place 196 00:07:48,555 --> 00:07:50,905 of Noah's Ark, the animal 197 00:07:50,905 --> 00:07:53,690 carvings of Gobekli Tepe suggest 198 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:56,040 a time in the region's history 199 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,433 when the indigenous animal 200 00:07:57,433 --> 00:07:59,087 population may have been of a 201 00:07:59,087 --> 00:08:00,480 totally different 202 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,743 anthropological origin. 203 00:08:02,743 --> 00:08:05,267 But do these carvings actually 204 00:08:05,267 --> 00:08:06,964 provide historical proof of the 205 00:08:06,964 --> 00:08:08,575 great flood that was described 206 00:08:08,575 --> 00:08:10,402 in the Bible? 207 00:08:10,402 --> 00:08:11,621 >> HANCOCK: Archeologists are 208 00:08:11,621 --> 00:08:13,580 aware that there are more than 209 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:16,887 2,000 myths of a great flood 210 00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:18,802 which destroyed an earlier 211 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:20,064 civilization. 212 00:08:20,064 --> 00:08:21,065 >> NARRATOR: Some researchers 213 00:08:21,065 --> 00:08:23,067 theorize that the events of a 214 00:08:23,067 --> 00:08:25,896 cataclysmic flood and a story 215 00:08:25,896 --> 00:08:27,637 similar to that told of Noah's 216 00:08:27,637 --> 00:08:29,900 Ark was recorded on the stone 217 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:31,859 pillars of Gobekli Tepe. 218 00:08:31,859 --> 00:08:34,426 If true, that would push the 219 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:36,646 date of the great flood back to 220 00:08:36,646 --> 00:08:38,300 the end of the last Ice Age, far 221 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:39,301 earlier than the biblical 222 00:08:39,301 --> 00:08:41,346 period. 223 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:42,347 >> COLLINS: There is evidence 224 00:08:42,347 --> 00:08:44,611 that this may have ended quite 225 00:08:44,611 --> 00:08:46,961 catastrophically. 226 00:08:46,961 --> 00:08:48,092 There was a lot of things 227 00:08:48,092 --> 00:08:49,180 happening. 228 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:50,834 Um, a lot of migrations. 229 00:08:50,834 --> 00:08:52,706 Possibly waters rising up very 230 00:08:52,706 --> 00:08:53,924 quickly. 231 00:08:53,924 --> 00:08:55,752 A lot of rapid changes in 232 00:08:55,752 --> 00:08:58,668 lifestyles. 233 00:08:58,668 --> 00:09:00,931 >> NARRATOR: But another, 234 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:02,803 perhaps even more profound, 235 00:09:02,803 --> 00:09:04,631 question remains. 236 00:09:04,631 --> 00:09:07,242 Who built Gobekli Tepe? 237 00:09:07,242 --> 00:09:09,287 For what purpose? 238 00:09:09,287 --> 00:09:11,855 And how did such an ancient site 239 00:09:11,855 --> 00:09:13,509 remain in nearly pristine 240 00:09:13,509 --> 00:09:14,989 condition for more than 10,000 241 00:09:14,989 --> 00:09:17,034 years? 242 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:18,209 >> PHILIP COPPENS: In the case 243 00:09:18,209 --> 00:09:19,559 of Gobekli Tepe, we find that 244 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,822 the site was carefully placed 245 00:09:21,822 --> 00:09:23,432 underneath sand. 246 00:09:23,432 --> 00:09:27,088 This site was buried. 247 00:09:27,088 --> 00:09:28,872 It appears as if somehow the 248 00:09:28,872 --> 00:09:31,701 usage of Gobekli Tepe was no 249 00:09:31,701 --> 00:09:33,094 longer there, and that people 250 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:34,965 moved on, but had such a 251 00:09:34,965 --> 00:09:36,837 reverence to this important site 252 00:09:36,837 --> 00:09:38,534 that rather than destroy it, 253 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:40,623 they put it to peace by burying 254 00:09:40,623 --> 00:09:42,799 it. 255 00:09:42,799 --> 00:09:43,800 >> NARRATOR: But why would the 256 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,759 area's inhabitants carefully 257 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:47,064 bury their monuments under 20 258 00:09:47,064 --> 00:09:49,371 feet of sand? 259 00:09:49,371 --> 00:09:51,939 Is it possible that Gobekli Tepe 260 00:09:51,939 --> 00:09:54,245 was deliberately buried in 261 00:09:54,245 --> 00:09:55,638 order to protect it from 262 00:09:55,638 --> 00:09:57,031 invaders? 263 00:09:57,031 --> 00:09:58,467 Or might the intention have 264 00:09:58,467 --> 00:10:00,774 been to preserve it, in hope, 265 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:03,254 someday, to return? 266 00:10:03,254 --> 00:10:04,908 >> CHILDRESS: You have to ask 267 00:10:04,908 --> 00:10:07,302 yourself, why is someone 268 00:10:07,302 --> 00:10:09,130 building these massive 269 00:10:09,130 --> 00:10:11,262 structures all over the world? 270 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:12,481 And many of them are very 271 00:10:12,481 --> 00:10:13,700 similar. 272 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:16,137 It leaves us to think that there 273 00:10:16,137 --> 00:10:19,706 is some connection between all 274 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:21,490 these ancient sites... 275 00:10:21,490 --> 00:10:23,318 that the builders were all doing 276 00:10:23,318 --> 00:10:25,450 it for a similar purpose. 277 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:27,104 >> MARTELL: I do see a 278 00:10:27,104 --> 00:10:28,628 similarity across the globe 279 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,238 from megalithic sites where 280 00:10:30,238 --> 00:10:32,283 these past cultures explain that 281 00:10:32,283 --> 00:10:34,634 they were built by the gods. 282 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:36,331 But were they really gods? 283 00:10:36,331 --> 00:10:38,289 Or could they have been 284 00:10:38,289 --> 00:10:40,640 extraterrestrials? 285 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:41,989 >> NARRATOR: Perhaps the answers 286 00:10:41,989 --> 00:10:44,078 can be found by examining 287 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:47,081 another ancient site, one 288 00:10:47,081 --> 00:10:50,258 located half a world away in 289 00:10:50,258 --> 00:10:53,478 located half a world away in the mountains of Peru. 290 00:10:53,478 --> 00:10:56,481 the mountains of Peru. 291 00:10:56,481 --> 00:10:57,874 >> NARRATOR: Peru, home of the 292 00:10:57,874 --> 00:10:59,876 world's longest mountain range, 293 00:10:59,876 --> 00:11:02,923 the Andes, the spine of 294 00:11:02,923 --> 00:11:04,664 South America. 295 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:07,579 Here in a high river valley, 296 00:11:07,579 --> 00:11:10,278 among peaks towering over 20,000 297 00:11:10,278 --> 00:11:13,281 feet, the Inca established their 298 00:11:13,281 --> 00:11:16,501 capital city of Cuzco, which 299 00:11:16,501 --> 00:11:20,505 thrived for over 300 years... 300 00:11:20,505 --> 00:11:23,595 until Spanish conquistadors 301 00:11:23,595 --> 00:11:25,946 arrived in the 16th century. 302 00:11:25,946 --> 00:11:29,950 Above Cuzco, at an elevation of 303 00:11:29,950 --> 00:11:34,084 more than 12,000 feet, looms the 304 00:11:34,084 --> 00:11:34,955 ancient fortress of 305 00:11:34,955 --> 00:11:38,219 Sacsayhuamán, whose immense 306 00:11:38,219 --> 00:11:39,960 stone walls may hold secrets 307 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,309 which predate the Inca 308 00:11:41,309 --> 00:11:43,833 themselves. 309 00:11:43,833 --> 00:11:46,140 >> HANCOCK: My feeling, very 310 00:11:46,140 --> 00:11:47,794 strong feeling, is that we're 311 00:11:47,794 --> 00:11:49,796 looking at a two-phase 312 00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:51,188 construction site in many of the 313 00:11:51,188 --> 00:11:54,104 so-called Inca stone monuments. 314 00:11:54,104 --> 00:11:56,890 And that the Inca structures sit 315 00:11:56,890 --> 00:11:58,892 on top of much more ancient 316 00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:00,110 rock-cut structures and 317 00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:01,285 megalithic structures that we 318 00:12:01,285 --> 00:12:03,070 just don't know who built them. 319 00:12:03,070 --> 00:12:04,419 And this actually fits with the 320 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:07,335 And this actually fits with the Incas' own view. 321 00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:09,206 Incas' own view. 322 00:12:09,206 --> 00:12:10,599 >> NARRATOR: Like many Inca 323 00:12:10,599 --> 00:12:13,210 sites, Sacsayhuamán features 324 00:12:13,210 --> 00:12:16,126 astonishing stonework... 325 00:12:16,126 --> 00:12:17,954 but not all of it credited to 326 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:21,001 the Inca. 327 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:22,306 According to conventional 328 00:12:22,306 --> 00:12:24,526 archeology, the Killke 329 00:12:24,526 --> 00:12:26,658 culture built the older sections 330 00:12:26,658 --> 00:12:28,748 of the site approximately 1,000 331 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,793 years ago. 332 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:32,534 But the Inca themselves believed 333 00:12:32,534 --> 00:12:34,579 the site was constructed by an 334 00:12:34,579 --> 00:12:36,146 earlier unnamed race of 335 00:12:36,146 --> 00:12:39,584 people, led by a powerful god 336 00:12:39,584 --> 00:12:42,762 who descended from the skies. 337 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,807 >> MARTELL: Throughout time 338 00:12:44,807 --> 00:12:46,853 there has been witness to a god 339 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:48,811 named Virococha that visited the 340 00:12:48,811 --> 00:12:50,030 South American people and 341 00:12:50,030 --> 00:12:51,771 blessed them and gave them all 342 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:54,121 types of technology. 343 00:12:54,121 --> 00:12:55,122 And some of his physical 344 00:12:55,122 --> 00:12:57,211 characteristics make him stand 345 00:12:57,211 --> 00:12:58,255 out from the indigenous 346 00:12:58,255 --> 00:12:59,691 population, because he was a 347 00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:01,563 very tall, pale-skinned, 348 00:13:01,563 --> 00:13:04,174 white-haired being. 349 00:13:04,174 --> 00:13:05,785 >> NARRATOR: But did this god 350 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:08,265 Virococha actually exist? 351 00:13:08,265 --> 00:13:09,876 Could he have been, as ancient 352 00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:12,226 astronaut theorists suggest, a 353 00:13:12,226 --> 00:13:15,446 visitor from an alien world? 354 00:13:15,446 --> 00:13:18,754 If so, it might help to explain 355 00:13:18,754 --> 00:13:20,974 just how the ancient site was 356 00:13:20,974 --> 00:13:24,325 constructed. 357 00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:25,413 >> JOHN BRANDENBURG: This rock 358 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:26,936 weighs about 20 tons. 359 00:13:26,936 --> 00:13:28,111 This is miniscule compared to 360 00:13:28,111 --> 00:13:29,373 many of the rocks at 361 00:13:29,373 --> 00:13:31,419 Sacsayhuamán. 362 00:13:31,419 --> 00:13:33,203 Today we have heavy machinery to 363 00:13:33,203 --> 00:13:34,857 move such stones. 364 00:13:34,857 --> 00:13:36,685 But in the ancient times, 365 00:13:36,685 --> 00:13:38,034 especially the Inca, they would 366 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:40,123 have used massive human 367 00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,777 workforces working for massive 368 00:13:41,777 --> 00:13:43,561 amounts of time. 369 00:13:43,561 --> 00:13:46,129 A rule of thumb is it takes 370 00:13:46,129 --> 00:13:48,349 about ten to 20 men to move a 371 00:13:48,349 --> 00:13:50,438 one-ton rock. 372 00:13:50,438 --> 00:13:51,656 So when you're talking hundreds 373 00:13:51,656 --> 00:13:53,180 of tons, you're talking 374 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:55,095 of tons, you're talking thousands of men. 375 00:13:55,095 --> 00:13:57,053 thousands of men. 376 00:13:57,053 --> 00:13:59,795 >> CHILDRESS: What we see is a 377 00:13:59,795 --> 00:14:02,276 culture who have got the 378 00:14:02,276 --> 00:14:05,279 technology to quarry giant 379 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:08,848 blocks of stone-- move them to 380 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,458 the site where they want to 381 00:14:10,458 --> 00:14:15,202 build and then to stack and cut 382 00:14:15,202 --> 00:14:17,247 and articulate these massive 383 00:14:17,247 --> 00:14:19,510 blocks into, in some cases, 384 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:23,427 almost indestructible structure. 385 00:14:23,427 --> 00:14:24,994 >> CHRISTOPHER DUNN: You talk 386 00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:26,256 about granite, you're talking 387 00:14:26,256 --> 00:14:28,432 about a composition of feldspar, 388 00:14:28,432 --> 00:14:30,478 mica and quartz. 389 00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:33,002 So you'd need diamond to 390 00:14:33,002 --> 00:14:35,178 actually abrade it or cut it. 391 00:14:35,178 --> 00:14:36,876 We would use diamond today to 392 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,138 cut granite. 393 00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:39,356 Those are the kind of 394 00:14:39,356 --> 00:14:41,358 discoveries that lead one to 395 00:14:41,358 --> 00:14:43,665 question whether they were 396 00:14:43,665 --> 00:14:46,798 really using the tools in the 397 00:14:46,798 --> 00:14:48,365 ancient toolbox, or whether 398 00:14:48,365 --> 00:14:50,411 there was something else at 399 00:14:50,411 --> 00:14:52,326 there was something else at work. 400 00:14:52,326 --> 00:14:55,155 work. 401 00:14:55,155 --> 00:14:56,983 >> NARRATOR: Shaman Jorge 402 00:14:56,983 --> 00:14:58,898 Delgado has spent most of his 403 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:01,204 life studying the mysterious 404 00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:03,206 structures of Peru... 405 00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:05,513 many built prior to the rise of 406 00:15:05,513 --> 00:15:07,428 many built prior to the rise of the Inca Empire. 407 00:15:07,428 --> 00:15:09,778 the Inca Empire. 408 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:10,735 >> JORGE DELGADO MAMANI: It's 409 00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:12,999 amazing-- all the weight of the 410 00:15:12,999 --> 00:15:14,087 stones. 411 00:15:14,087 --> 00:15:16,350 You know, it's difficult, 412 00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:17,873 definitely, for any human to 413 00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:19,919 move, even in groups. 414 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,921 And the other aspect is how it's 415 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,748 put together. 416 00:15:23,748 --> 00:15:26,012 In some stones, we will see, 417 00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:27,448 still now there is like some 418 00:15:27,448 --> 00:15:29,102 marks that it seems that it 419 00:15:29,102 --> 00:15:31,234 was dissolved. 420 00:15:31,234 --> 00:15:33,497 >> HANCOCK: The walls are put 421 00:15:33,497 --> 00:15:36,022 together with blocks of stone 422 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,633 weighing 50 or 100 tons, cut 423 00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:40,765 and shaped like the pieces 424 00:15:40,765 --> 00:15:42,506 of a jigsaw puzzle, so that they 425 00:15:42,506 --> 00:15:44,247 lock together so tightly that 426 00:15:44,247 --> 00:15:46,075 you can't even get a sheet of 427 00:15:46,075 --> 00:15:47,947 paper between them. 428 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,296 >> MARTELL: There are signs in 429 00:15:49,296 --> 00:15:50,645 many of these stones that show 430 00:15:50,645 --> 00:15:52,342 very large amounts of thermal 431 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:55,258 heat have been applied to mold 432 00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:56,694 the stones in such a way that 433 00:15:56,694 --> 00:15:58,044 they fit perfectly. 434 00:15:58,044 --> 00:15:59,045 And so it really does raise a 435 00:15:59,045 --> 00:16:00,872 lot of questions. 436 00:16:00,872 --> 00:16:02,265 >> GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: If you 437 00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:03,353 look at the style the 438 00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:05,051 Sacsayhuamán wall was built, 439 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:07,227 the blocks look as if they've 440 00:16:07,227 --> 00:16:10,404 been molded like putty. 441 00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:11,753 If you can mold stone into 442 00:16:11,753 --> 00:16:14,016 place, then all of a sudden, as 443 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:16,932 crazy as this sounds, it makes 444 00:16:16,932 --> 00:16:20,240 more sense because there is no 445 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,199 more sense because there is no mortar that has been used. 446 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:25,332 mortar that has been used. 447 00:16:25,332 --> 00:16:26,202 >> NARRATOR: According to local 448 00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:28,988 legend, a bird was responsible 449 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:31,642 for the seamless construction. 450 00:16:31,642 --> 00:16:33,557 Legends say the winged creature 451 00:16:33,557 --> 00:16:35,864 carried a powerful chemical in 452 00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:38,780 its beak-- a substance capable 453 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:42,044 of melting stone. 454 00:16:42,044 --> 00:16:43,350 >> MAMANI: Sacsayhuamán means 455 00:16:43,350 --> 00:16:46,440 "the head of the falcon," 456 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,268 falcon's head. 457 00:16:48,268 --> 00:16:51,184 But maybe it was some falcons or 458 00:16:51,184 --> 00:16:53,882 maybe some bird people who could 459 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:57,103 connect with the place. 460 00:16:57,103 --> 00:16:58,669 >> NARRATOR: But is it possible, 461 00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:00,715 as ancient astronaut theorists 462 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:03,109 suggest, that the mythical bird 463 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:04,893 might actually have been a 464 00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:07,591 spacecraft piloted by alien 465 00:17:07,591 --> 00:17:09,767 visitors known to the locals as 466 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:11,900 space brothers? 467 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:14,468 >> MAMANI: I believe that it's a 468 00:17:14,468 --> 00:17:16,774 combination of the space 469 00:17:16,774 --> 00:17:19,473 brothers' technology with other 470 00:17:19,473 --> 00:17:22,345 kind of possibilities. 471 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:24,434 Nowadays we know, well, 472 00:17:24,434 --> 00:17:25,827 different kind of tools. 473 00:17:25,827 --> 00:17:27,089 We didn't have before these 474 00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:28,308 kind of tools. 475 00:17:28,308 --> 00:17:29,265 Or maybe we had more 476 00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:30,745 sophisticated. 477 00:17:30,745 --> 00:17:32,964 So the thing is that this place, 478 00:17:32,964 --> 00:17:34,749 Sacsayhuamán, it continues as a 479 00:17:34,749 --> 00:17:38,274 mystery. 480 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:39,667 >> MARTELL: So looking at all 481 00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:40,972 these sites with these perfectly 482 00:17:40,972 --> 00:17:42,670 stacked stones, we're looking at 483 00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:44,280 a type of technology that's not 484 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,108 used anywhere else on Earth. 485 00:17:46,108 --> 00:17:48,067 I don't discount human 486 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,329 ingenuity, but that type of 487 00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:51,505 engineering that we still can't 488 00:17:51,505 --> 00:17:53,681 duplicate today must raise a 489 00:17:53,681 --> 00:17:56,205 flag for further consideration. 490 00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:58,033 It's almost extraterrestrial, 491 00:17:58,033 --> 00:17:59,165 in a sense. 492 00:17:59,165 --> 00:18:00,470 Someone had to have taught them 493 00:18:00,470 --> 00:18:02,472 these techniques. 494 00:18:02,472 --> 00:18:04,083 >> NARRATOR: But whether the 495 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,997 process of forming the large 496 00:18:05,997 --> 00:18:08,304 megalithic stones involve the 497 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:10,524 use of thermal energy or a 498 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:12,917 mysterious chemical, one thing 499 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:16,704 is certain: the ancient builders 500 00:18:16,704 --> 00:18:18,401 used the technique on 501 00:18:18,401 --> 00:18:20,316 a vast scale. 502 00:18:20,316 --> 00:18:21,970 But why? 503 00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:23,754 What was the intended purpose 504 00:18:23,754 --> 00:18:25,713 of creating such intricately 505 00:18:25,713 --> 00:18:30,152 built stone structures? 506 00:18:30,152 --> 00:18:31,545 >> MARTELL: So we can't really 507 00:18:31,545 --> 00:18:33,547 give an answer as to what they 508 00:18:33,547 --> 00:18:35,114 were being used for other than 509 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,027 we know that the 510 00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:36,767 extraterrestrials more than 511 00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:38,117 likely are the source of what 512 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:38,987 they call "gods." 513 00:18:38,987 --> 00:18:40,206 How did they get here? 514 00:18:40,206 --> 00:18:41,729 More than likely in some type 515 00:18:41,729 --> 00:18:43,339 of craft, and very possibly, 516 00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:44,775 they could have been using these 517 00:18:44,775 --> 00:18:45,994 large megaliths as platforms 518 00:18:45,994 --> 00:18:48,649 to land on. 519 00:18:48,649 --> 00:18:50,433 >> NARRATOR: But if Sacsayhuamán 520 00:18:50,433 --> 00:18:54,350 was in fact constructed by alien 521 00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:55,830 visitors, might there be 522 00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:57,092 additional evidence of their 523 00:18:57,092 --> 00:18:58,789 time on Earth at other 524 00:18:58,789 --> 00:19:01,575 ancient sites around the world? 525 00:19:01,575 --> 00:19:05,361 Perhaps there is. 526 00:19:05,361 --> 00:19:07,320 And the path to that evidence 527 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,324 And the path to that evidence is clearly marked in stones. 528 00:19:11,324 --> 00:19:16,938 is clearly marked in stones. 529 00:19:16,938 --> 00:19:18,722 >> NARRATOR: Few sites on Earth 530 00:19:18,722 --> 00:19:20,507 are as majestic or as 531 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:22,813 treacherous as the jagged region 532 00:19:22,813 --> 00:19:24,554 of Brittany located on the 533 00:19:24,554 --> 00:19:27,949 northwest coastline of France. 534 00:19:27,949 --> 00:19:29,864 Here can be found the legendary 535 00:19:29,864 --> 00:19:33,433 Carnac stones-- a collection of 536 00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:36,175 over 3,000 massive rocks 537 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,569 arranged in rows and other 538 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:41,528 shapes and spreading across 539 00:19:41,528 --> 00:19:43,399 more than two miles of French 540 00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:46,446 countryside. 541 00:19:46,446 --> 00:19:47,621 >> SCHOCH: You're talking 542 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:48,839 thousands of stones that are 543 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:53,017 aligned in straight rows, 544 00:19:53,017 --> 00:19:55,194 aligned in circles, aligned in 545 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,631 squares and rectangles. 546 00:19:57,631 --> 00:19:59,807 Why are people doing this? 547 00:19:59,807 --> 00:20:01,591 Why are they putting so much 548 00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:03,767 time and energy into something? 549 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,640 And the short answer, I believe, 550 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,643 is that we really don't know. 551 00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:10,470 >> NARRATOR: According to local 552 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,863 legend, the megaliths were 553 00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:14,256 originally invading Roman 554 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:16,432 soldiers turned to stone by 555 00:20:16,432 --> 00:20:19,000 Merlin the magician. 556 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,394 But if it wasn't magic that 557 00:20:21,394 --> 00:20:23,918 created this forest of stones, 558 00:20:23,918 --> 00:20:27,443 who or what did? 559 00:20:27,443 --> 00:20:28,966 >> CHILDRESS: Modern 560 00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:30,490 archaeologists would say that 561 00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:32,753 people who were one step removed 562 00:20:32,753 --> 00:20:34,755 from cavemen were quarrying 563 00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:37,410 these giant stones, some of 564 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:40,543 them weighing 100, 200 tons-- 565 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:43,590 even up to 350 tons-- and then 566 00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:47,637 somehow moving them into place. 567 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:49,596 When you first look at the 568 00:20:49,596 --> 00:20:51,641 stones here at Carnac, they seem 569 00:20:51,641 --> 00:20:53,904 to be in haphazard shapes, but 570 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:57,386 on closer examination we can see 571 00:20:57,386 --> 00:20:59,649 that most of the stones have 572 00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:02,565 been cut on one side or another. 573 00:21:02,565 --> 00:21:05,873 And in fact, these granite 574 00:21:05,873 --> 00:21:07,875 megaliths are magnetized with 575 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:10,094 the Earth, and nearly all of 576 00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:12,619 them come to a point. 577 00:21:12,619 --> 00:21:14,403 >> NARRATOR: Stone magnets? 578 00:21:14,403 --> 00:21:16,666 Is it possible that these stones 579 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:19,539 were really cut in position in 580 00:21:19,539 --> 00:21:21,280 such a way as to create some 581 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,239 sort of geomagnetic field? 582 00:21:24,239 --> 00:21:26,023 But why? 583 00:21:26,023 --> 00:21:27,155 >> CHILDRESS: Carnac as a 584 00:21:27,155 --> 00:21:28,591 place is highly charged with 585 00:21:28,591 --> 00:21:29,897 energy. 586 00:21:29,897 --> 00:21:31,812 As you walk down these stone 587 00:21:31,812 --> 00:21:33,727 corridors, you can feel 588 00:21:33,727 --> 00:21:35,946 this charge. 589 00:21:35,946 --> 00:21:37,861 Many tourists who come here also 590 00:21:37,861 --> 00:21:40,429 like to touch the stones and 591 00:21:40,429 --> 00:21:41,474 feel the energy coming 592 00:21:41,474 --> 00:21:43,911 off of it. 593 00:21:43,911 --> 00:21:46,174 The people who built Carnac must 594 00:21:46,174 --> 00:21:48,263 have been highly knowledgeable 595 00:21:48,263 --> 00:21:50,439 of the Earth's energy fields. 596 00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:51,527 >> NARRATOR: According to a 597 00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:53,660 concept known as the "World Grid 598 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,575 Theory," certain places on our 599 00:21:55,575 --> 00:21:57,620 planet contain higher magnetic 600 00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,666 forces than others. 601 00:21:59,666 --> 00:22:01,102 >> MARTELL: An interesting 602 00:22:01,102 --> 00:22:02,408 coincidence for all the 603 00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:03,757 megalithic structures we have 604 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:05,019 around the Earth is that they're 605 00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:06,760 placed at specific points that 606 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,066 could be harnessing an ancient 607 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:10,851 world energy grid. 608 00:22:10,851 --> 00:22:12,026 >> SCHOCH: There are certain 609 00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:13,723 spots around the world which 610 00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:15,334 have traditionally been 611 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:18,728 sacred, hallowed, vortexes. 612 00:22:18,728 --> 00:22:24,081 Energy feels different there. 613 00:22:24,081 --> 00:22:25,648 >> WILCOCK: The ancient stone 614 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:27,433 monuments were built to harness 615 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:29,652 that force and that potential to 616 00:22:29,652 --> 00:22:32,873 create a funnel-like vortex. 617 00:22:32,873 --> 00:22:34,440 >> MARTELL: When we look at 618 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,833 things like the Giza Pyramids or 619 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:39,270 Machu Picchu or Baalbek in 620 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:40,620 Lebanon, all of these are placed 621 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:42,883 at specific geo-coded locations 622 00:22:42,883 --> 00:22:44,363 which relate to this World 623 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,060 Energy Grid. 624 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:49,106 >> NARRATOR: Could Carnac be one 625 00:22:49,106 --> 00:22:52,109 of these locations? 626 00:22:52,109 --> 00:22:53,720 And might the combination of 627 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,288 geomagnetic properties and the 628 00:22:57,288 --> 00:22:58,464 unique shapes of the stones 629 00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:01,467 themselves have allowed ancient 630 00:23:01,467 --> 00:23:02,598 builders to actually 631 00:23:02,598 --> 00:23:04,600 manipulate gravity? 632 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,908 If so, where did this knowledge 633 00:23:07,908 --> 00:23:09,866 come from? 634 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:11,738 And what ultimate purpose did 635 00:23:11,738 --> 00:23:13,696 it serve? 636 00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:14,828 >> CHILDRESS: It wasn't until we 637 00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:16,699 were able to see these stones 638 00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:19,485 from above, in a helicopter, 639 00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:21,835 that we realized that Carnac was 640 00:23:21,835 --> 00:23:25,099 meant to be seen from the sky 641 00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:28,145 above us. 642 00:23:28,145 --> 00:23:30,670 >> TSOUKALOS: And that is one of 643 00:23:30,670 --> 00:23:32,498 only three things that you can 644 00:23:32,498 --> 00:23:34,587 see from outer space. 645 00:23:34,587 --> 00:23:36,632 That's Nazca, the Great Wall in 646 00:23:36,632 --> 00:23:40,767 China and Carnac. 647 00:23:40,767 --> 00:23:42,464 >> MARTELL: Were they meant to 648 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:43,987 be seen by people in the sky? 649 00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:45,554 And who could've been flying at 650 00:23:45,554 --> 00:23:46,599 that time other than 651 00:23:46,599 --> 00:23:50,341 extraterrestrials? 652 00:23:50,341 --> 00:23:52,561 >> NARRATOR: At one end of the 653 00:23:52,561 --> 00:23:54,084 Carnac alignment, aerial 654 00:23:54,084 --> 00:23:56,304 researchers identified a stone 655 00:23:56,304 --> 00:23:58,349 circle similar to the one 656 00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:00,874 found at Stonehenge. 657 00:24:00,874 --> 00:24:03,311 At the other end, investigators 658 00:24:03,311 --> 00:24:04,878 on the ground discovered a 659 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:07,837 rectangle of stones, one that 660 00:24:07,837 --> 00:24:10,492 had been buried for centuries. 661 00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:12,320 Both groupings appeared 662 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,540 precisely placed to predict 663 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:15,845 both the summer and the 664 00:24:15,845 --> 00:24:17,499 winter solstice. 665 00:24:17,499 --> 00:24:19,240 And when even more closely 666 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,111 examined from above, the 667 00:24:21,111 --> 00:24:23,200 solstice points and the 668 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,811 alignment of Carnac's many rows 669 00:24:24,811 --> 00:24:27,248 of stones reveal yet another 670 00:24:27,248 --> 00:24:30,817 geometric phenomenon: the shape 671 00:24:30,817 --> 00:24:32,993 of a Pythagorean, or right 672 00:24:32,993 --> 00:24:36,387 triangle, covering many square 673 00:24:36,387 --> 00:24:38,868 miles. 674 00:24:38,868 --> 00:24:41,218 But how could the builders of 675 00:24:41,218 --> 00:24:43,177 Carnac have had knowledge of a 676 00:24:43,177 --> 00:24:44,526 sophisticated mathematical 677 00:24:44,526 --> 00:24:47,181 theorem approximately 2,000 678 00:24:47,181 --> 00:24:48,791 years before its 679 00:24:48,791 --> 00:24:50,184 discovery by the Greek 680 00:24:50,184 --> 00:24:53,622 mathematician Pythagoras? 681 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:55,319 >> TSOUKALOS: These conclusions 682 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:56,712 about the Pythagorean Theorem 683 00:24:56,712 --> 00:24:58,888 doesn't come from me; it 684 00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:01,021 actually comes from quite 685 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:02,892 advanced mathematicians who have 686 00:25:02,892 --> 00:25:04,720 looked at these alignments and 687 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,244 made the calculations. 688 00:25:07,244 --> 00:25:11,553 We're talking Stone Age time, 689 00:25:11,553 --> 00:25:13,424 and they knew about A squared 690 00:25:13,424 --> 00:25:16,166 plus B squared equals C squared? 691 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:17,646 They knew about it, 692 00:25:17,646 --> 00:25:20,867 yes, but why? 693 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,870 Who told them this? 694 00:25:23,870 --> 00:25:26,960 At the time, extraterrestrials 695 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,049 told our ancestors, "Put this 696 00:25:29,049 --> 00:25:30,920 stone here, put this stone 697 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,749 there," with the idea that a 698 00:25:33,749 --> 00:25:35,925 future generation would have to 699 00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:37,797 stumble across this 700 00:25:37,797 --> 00:25:40,190 mathematical riddle, that 701 00:25:40,190 --> 00:25:42,758 somebody would say, 702 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:43,759 "Hold on a second. 703 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,631 This was erected during the 704 00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:48,068 Stone Age, yet here we have 705 00:25:48,068 --> 00:25:49,896 advanced mathematics. 706 00:25:49,896 --> 00:25:52,507 How is this possible?" 707 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:53,769 >> VON DANIKEN: Now these 708 00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:54,944 extraterrestrials, they ask 709 00:25:54,944 --> 00:25:56,598 themself, "How could we give 710 00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:58,687 them a sign?" 711 00:25:58,687 --> 00:26:00,776 And there was a suggestion made 712 00:26:00,776 --> 00:26:03,170 in French Brittany-- kilometers 713 00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:04,867 of stone lines in the form 714 00:26:04,867 --> 00:26:06,434 of a triangle. 715 00:26:06,434 --> 00:26:07,870 Gigantic triangle. 716 00:26:07,870 --> 00:26:09,393 So we have the sign. 717 00:26:09,393 --> 00:26:10,873 We have the information. 718 00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:12,962 But nobody looks at it. 719 00:26:12,962 --> 00:26:14,834 It's time to change our attitude 720 00:26:14,834 --> 00:26:18,751 to these things. 721 00:26:18,751 --> 00:26:20,013 >> CHILDRESS: I think that these 722 00:26:20,013 --> 00:26:22,972 stones are transmitting energy 723 00:26:22,972 --> 00:26:25,888 that extraterrestrials or others 724 00:26:25,888 --> 00:26:28,369 in airships could pick up this 725 00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:30,850 energy like a GPS system or 726 00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:34,157 some kind of airport beacon 727 00:26:34,157 --> 00:26:36,856 and use it for navigating 728 00:26:36,856 --> 00:26:39,772 the entire planet. 729 00:26:39,772 --> 00:26:41,861 >> NARRATOR: Gigantic triangles 730 00:26:41,861 --> 00:26:44,515 made of stone. 731 00:26:44,515 --> 00:26:47,475 Geomagnetic phenomenon. 732 00:26:47,475 --> 00:26:49,695 The possibility of an 733 00:26:49,695 --> 00:26:51,827 extraterrestrial encounter with 734 00:26:51,827 --> 00:26:55,004 humans thousands of years ago. 735 00:26:55,004 --> 00:26:57,616 But if alien visitors did touch 736 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,010 down at Carnac, where else did 737 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:02,969 they land? 738 00:27:02,969 --> 00:27:05,624 And where did they come from? 739 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,626 Perhaps a recently discovered 740 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,802 archaeological site in Armenia 741 00:27:09,802 --> 00:27:12,718 archaeological site in Armenia will provide the answer. 742 00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:25,034 will provide the answer. 743 00:27:25,034 --> 00:27:26,645 >> NARRATOR: The Syunik 744 00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:29,648 province, southern Armenia. 745 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,128 Approximately 140 miles 746 00:27:32,128 --> 00:27:34,043 southeast of the nation's 747 00:27:34,043 --> 00:27:36,219 capital, Yerevan, lies the 748 00:27:36,219 --> 00:27:40,049 city of Sisian. 749 00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:43,226 Nearby sits a high plateau where 750 00:27:43,226 --> 00:27:45,751 hundreds of ancient stones, some 751 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:48,101 weighing more than 50 tons, 752 00:27:48,101 --> 00:27:51,800 stretch over a third of a mile. 753 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,238 This is Carahunge, also known as 754 00:27:55,238 --> 00:27:58,328 This is Carahunge, also known as the Armenian Stonehenge. 755 00:27:58,328 --> 00:28:01,288 the Armenian Stonehenge. 756 00:28:01,288 --> 00:28:04,073 Estimated to be approximately 757 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:07,555 7,500 years old, Carahunge 758 00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:09,818 predates the British Stonehenge 759 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:13,822 by more than 4,500 years. 760 00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:17,304 The site is made of 203 slabs 761 00:28:17,304 --> 00:28:20,133 of basalt. 762 00:28:20,133 --> 00:28:22,918 At the structure's center stands 763 00:28:22,918 --> 00:28:27,575 the stone circle, or henge. 764 00:28:27,575 --> 00:28:29,533 >> NICHOLAS HOWARTH: When most 765 00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:30,926 people hear of stone henges, 766 00:28:30,926 --> 00:28:32,711 they think of theStonehenge 767 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:33,712 in England. 768 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,017 But there are hundreds of these, 769 00:28:35,017 --> 00:28:37,454 uh, henges, or stone circles, 770 00:28:37,454 --> 00:28:40,240 scattered all across Europe. 771 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,722 What they were and how they 772 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:47,247 were used is still a mystery. 773 00:28:47,247 --> 00:28:48,944 >> TSOUKALOS: Mainstream 774 00:28:48,944 --> 00:28:51,730 archaeology still doesn't agree 775 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,863 on who lived there or who the 776 00:28:54,863 --> 00:28:58,867 builders were of that site. 777 00:28:58,867 --> 00:29:02,131 What we do know, though, is that 778 00:29:02,131 --> 00:29:04,351 the entire site is definitely 779 00:29:04,351 --> 00:29:06,483 a part of some type of an 780 00:29:06,483 --> 00:29:08,529 astronomical model. 781 00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,487 >> NARRATOR: But how could this 782 00:29:10,487 --> 00:29:12,489 simple circular array of stones 783 00:29:12,489 --> 00:29:14,970 have given early man information 784 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:17,320 about the stars? 785 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,453 Is it possible that Carahunge 786 00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:21,324 might be the world's oldest 787 00:29:21,324 --> 00:29:23,457 observatory? 788 00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:26,982 In September of 2010, England's 789 00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:29,593 Oxford University sent an 790 00:29:29,593 --> 00:29:33,119 expedition to investigate. 791 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:35,121 >> HOWARTH: What makes this 792 00:29:35,121 --> 00:29:36,949 exceptional megalithic monument 793 00:29:36,949 --> 00:29:39,690 unique are the small holes, 794 00:29:39,690 --> 00:29:41,780 which have been bored into the 795 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:46,349 rock at different angles. 796 00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:50,179 There are 85 stones with holes. 797 00:29:50,179 --> 00:29:53,530 They're like telescopes. 798 00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:56,098 What we see with these holes is 799 00:29:56,098 --> 00:29:58,100 that they are pointed at 800 00:29:58,100 --> 00:29:59,798 different alignments to 801 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:03,105 positions, uh, on the horizon or 802 00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:05,238 into the night sky. 803 00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:07,066 Uh, what they're pointing at is 804 00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:09,982 Uh, what they're pointing at is still a mystery to us. 805 00:30:09,982 --> 00:30:12,723 still a mystery to us. 806 00:30:12,723 --> 00:30:15,901 But we can say with certainty 807 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,250 from the archaeological 808 00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:18,817 evidence that they were some 809 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,775 sort of way to connect man and 810 00:30:20,775 --> 00:30:23,299 his life on Earth to the 811 00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:26,302 heavens above. 812 00:30:26,302 --> 00:30:29,001 And this would be the first time 813 00:30:29,001 --> 00:30:31,612 that we can say that people were 814 00:30:31,612 --> 00:30:33,744 systematically trying to 815 00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:35,398 understand their place in the 816 00:30:35,398 --> 00:30:37,966 solar system. 817 00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:39,925 >> WILCOCK: This site is also 818 00:30:39,925 --> 00:30:41,840 called the Zorats Karer, which 819 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,189 means "The Stones of the 820 00:30:43,189 --> 00:30:44,494 Powerful." 821 00:30:44,494 --> 00:30:46,061 And what has been determined is 822 00:30:46,061 --> 00:30:48,107 that the outline of these stones 823 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:50,065 actually does correspond to the 824 00:30:50,065 --> 00:30:52,154 constellation known as Cygnus, 825 00:30:52,154 --> 00:30:55,114 or the Swan... 826 00:30:55,114 --> 00:30:57,420 which, in certain cultures, is 827 00:30:57,420 --> 00:31:01,294 also referred to as the Vulture. 828 00:31:01,294 --> 00:31:03,383 >> COLLINS: Cygnus has always 829 00:31:03,383 --> 00:31:05,211 been seen among cultures around 830 00:31:05,211 --> 00:31:07,213 the world for many, many 831 00:31:07,213 --> 00:31:08,910 thousands of years as a point 832 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:12,174 of entry and exit into the 833 00:31:12,174 --> 00:31:14,524 sky world-- this belief in a 834 00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:16,787 power in the stars, the idea 835 00:31:16,787 --> 00:31:18,789 that we come from the stars and 836 00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:21,880 that we come from the stars and actually return there in death. 837 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,533 actually return there in death. 838 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:24,926 >> NARRATOR: The early Greeks, 839 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:27,320 Chinese and others also believed 840 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,670 that Cygnus had a special power 841 00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:31,890 or unique significance. 842 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,152 But why? 843 00:31:33,152 --> 00:31:34,675 Why would so many ancient 844 00:31:34,675 --> 00:31:36,416 cultures around the world have 845 00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:38,070 similar myths about the same 846 00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:39,854 constellation? 847 00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:41,290 >> TSOUKALOS: The only reason 848 00:31:41,290 --> 00:31:42,944 why I would do this, if I were 849 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:45,555 on a foreign planet, is to give 850 00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:47,993 a message to future generations 851 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:51,257 to say, "Hey. Nudge, nudge. 852 00:31:51,257 --> 00:31:55,261 This is where we came from." 853 00:31:55,261 --> 00:31:57,263 >> NARRATOR: Although, today, it 854 00:31:57,263 --> 00:31:58,917 is no longer possible to see 855 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,353 Cygnus through the notches of 856 00:32:00,353 --> 00:32:02,833 Carahunge, many theories exist 857 00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:04,879 as to why the position of the 858 00:32:04,879 --> 00:32:06,707 constellation has changed so 859 00:32:06,707 --> 00:32:08,578 drastically. 860 00:32:08,578 --> 00:32:10,754 >> WILCOCK: This site dates back 861 00:32:10,754 --> 00:32:12,756 to antiquity, where the Earth's 862 00:32:12,756 --> 00:32:13,932 axis was in a different 863 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,194 position. 864 00:32:15,194 --> 00:32:17,544 And you had the constellation 865 00:32:17,544 --> 00:32:19,198 visible in the sky at that time 866 00:32:19,198 --> 00:32:21,156 because of the fact that the 867 00:32:21,156 --> 00:32:24,203 Earth was on a different tilt of 868 00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,248 its axis entirely. 869 00:32:26,248 --> 00:32:27,597 >> NARRATOR: Mainstream 870 00:32:27,597 --> 00:32:29,686 scientists have calculated that 871 00:32:29,686 --> 00:32:32,385 the Earth's axis slowly changes, 872 00:32:32,385 --> 00:32:34,691 or wobbles, over a 26,000-year 873 00:32:34,691 --> 00:32:36,041 period. 874 00:32:36,041 --> 00:32:38,043 But there are other researchers 875 00:32:38,043 --> 00:32:39,827 who believe these shifts happen 876 00:32:39,827 --> 00:32:43,178 more suddenly and dramatically. 877 00:32:43,178 --> 00:32:45,224 They claim that when these 878 00:32:45,224 --> 00:32:47,313 events occur, they cause major 879 00:32:47,313 --> 00:32:50,577 climate changes... 880 00:32:50,577 --> 00:32:51,970 flooding of biblical 881 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,234 proportion... and the widespread 882 00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:58,280 proportion... and the widespread destruction of life. 883 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,197 destruction of life. 884 00:33:02,197 --> 00:33:04,373 But if these rapid shifts did 885 00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:07,333 occur, might Carahunge have been 886 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:08,899 designed to provide something 887 00:33:08,899 --> 00:33:10,379 of a warning? 888 00:33:10,379 --> 00:33:11,467 >> WILCOCK: It's possible that 889 00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:13,600 the Armenian Stonehenge was one 890 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,211 of the initial sites where ETs 891 00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:17,517 came to visit. 892 00:33:17,517 --> 00:33:19,388 And if there had been some sort 893 00:33:19,388 --> 00:33:21,608 of shift on the Earth's axis 894 00:33:21,608 --> 00:33:23,218 before, if there were periodic 895 00:33:23,218 --> 00:33:25,655 cataclysms, then maybe there is 896 00:33:25,655 --> 00:33:27,266 a time cycle in which those 897 00:33:27,266 --> 00:33:29,050 cataclysms happen. 898 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,660 And maybe these ancients were 899 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:32,271 very concerned about watching 900 00:33:32,271 --> 00:33:33,402 the astronomical alignments 901 00:33:33,402 --> 00:33:34,969 because they wanted to make 902 00:33:34,969 --> 00:33:37,015 sure that this wasn't going to 903 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:40,453 happen again. 904 00:33:40,453 --> 00:33:42,629 >> NARRATOR: But could alien 905 00:33:42,629 --> 00:33:44,587 visitors from other worlds have 906 00:33:44,587 --> 00:33:47,112 come to this spot even before 907 00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:50,463 Carahunge was built? 908 00:33:50,463 --> 00:33:52,508 Perhaps petroglyphs in the 909 00:33:52,508 --> 00:33:54,815 area-- much older than the 910 00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:56,686 standing stones-- offer even 911 00:33:56,686 --> 00:33:58,427 more clues. 912 00:33:58,427 --> 00:34:00,038 >> HOWARTH: The petroglyphs go 913 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,865 back to a much earlier time, 914 00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:03,476 so I think my first point is 915 00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:05,521 not to confuse the petroglyphs, 916 00:34:05,521 --> 00:34:08,220 which are from 10,000 years 917 00:34:08,220 --> 00:34:09,612 before Christ, with 918 00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:11,440 Carahunge itself. 919 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,051 When the stones went up, it was 920 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,487 probably 3,000 to 2,000 years 921 00:34:14,487 --> 00:34:16,358 before Christ. 922 00:34:16,358 --> 00:34:18,404 There are thousands, if not 923 00:34:18,404 --> 00:34:21,233 hundreds of thousands, of images 924 00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:24,453 of humanoid figures on the site. 925 00:34:24,453 --> 00:34:25,889 Some of them are quite distorted 926 00:34:25,889 --> 00:34:27,630 and difficult to understand 927 00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:30,068 and interpret. 928 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,070 >> MARTELL: The Armenian 929 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,462 Stonehenge also has some 930 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:35,116 interesting carved wall reliefs 931 00:34:35,116 --> 00:34:36,639 that show humanoid-looking 932 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:37,988 beings. 933 00:34:37,988 --> 00:34:39,512 Now, many people have speculated 934 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:40,991 that these could be possibly 935 00:34:40,991 --> 00:34:43,037 extraterrestrial. 936 00:34:43,037 --> 00:34:44,995 We look at the very bulbous 937 00:34:44,995 --> 00:34:50,088 shaped heads, slanted eyes. 938 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,350 Very similar to what we see in 939 00:34:51,350 --> 00:34:53,265 Very similar to what we see in a modern-day gray alien. 940 00:34:53,265 --> 00:34:55,658 a modern-day gray alien. 941 00:34:55,658 --> 00:34:57,965 >> TSOUKALOS: Look at the eyes, 942 00:34:57,965 --> 00:35:00,402 >> TSOUKALOS: Look at the eyes, look at the shape of the head. 943 00:35:00,402 --> 00:35:02,491 look at the shape of the head. 944 00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:03,362 What's interesting in this 945 00:35:03,362 --> 00:35:05,625 carving right here, those 946 00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:07,235 extraterrestrials are holding 947 00:35:07,235 --> 00:35:10,543 some type of a disc. 948 00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:13,633 You've got this sphere that's 949 00:35:13,633 --> 00:35:15,113 sort of just floating there in 950 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:18,246 midair. 951 00:35:18,246 --> 00:35:20,335 Is it possible that these here 952 00:35:20,335 --> 00:35:21,858 represent flying discs? 953 00:35:21,858 --> 00:35:23,860 And the answer is yes, because 954 00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:27,125 again, this is a human rendering 955 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,909 of something that they 956 00:35:28,909 --> 00:35:31,999 witnessed a long time ago. 957 00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:33,305 And it had to have been 958 00:35:33,305 --> 00:35:36,134 compelling enough for them to 959 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:39,398 compelling enough for them to carve this into stone. 960 00:35:39,398 --> 00:35:42,357 carve this into stone. 961 00:35:42,357 --> 00:35:43,706 >> NARRATOR: Could these 962 00:35:43,706 --> 00:35:46,100 ancient stone carvings actually 963 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:47,667 be primitive portraits of 964 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,582 be primitive portraits of visitors from the sky? 965 00:35:49,582 --> 00:35:52,106 visitors from the sky? 966 00:35:52,106 --> 00:35:54,152 Did ancient astronauts really 967 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,328 use Carahunge as some sort of 968 00:35:56,328 --> 00:36:00,332 landing site or early portal? 969 00:36:00,332 --> 00:36:03,552 If so, what secrets did they 970 00:36:03,552 --> 00:36:06,686 leave behind? 971 00:36:06,686 --> 00:36:08,601 And could they still be helping 972 00:36:08,601 --> 00:36:12,170 to create stone monoliths, even 973 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,476 to create stone monoliths, even in our own time? 974 00:36:14,476 --> 00:36:16,696 in our own time? 975 00:36:16,696 --> 00:36:19,351 >> NARRATOR: Homestead, Florida, 976 00:36:19,351 --> 00:36:21,701 >> NARRATOR: Homestead, Florida, 30 miles south of Miami. 977 00:36:21,701 --> 00:36:23,485 30 miles south of Miami. 978 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:25,705 This former agricultural town 979 00:36:25,705 --> 00:36:27,489 is home to one of the most 980 00:36:27,489 --> 00:36:29,274 mysterious structures in North 981 00:36:29,274 --> 00:36:32,886 America: a stone garden made of 982 00:36:32,886 --> 00:36:34,496 sculpted blocks of ancient 983 00:36:34,496 --> 00:36:38,457 coral, some weighing 30 tons. 984 00:36:38,457 --> 00:36:41,764 coral, some weighing 30 tons. It's called the Coral Castle. 985 00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:44,071 It's called the Coral Castle. 986 00:36:44,071 --> 00:36:46,856 Spread over several acres, the 987 00:36:46,856 --> 00:36:48,554 complex formations and 988 00:36:48,554 --> 00:36:50,208 intricate designs of the stone 989 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,253 walls and sculptures marvel 990 00:36:52,253 --> 00:36:53,646 tourists. 991 00:36:53,646 --> 00:36:55,082 But unlike other great 992 00:36:55,082 --> 00:36:57,258 structures around the world, 993 00:36:57,258 --> 00:37:00,305 this site is not ancient. 994 00:37:00,305 --> 00:37:01,393 >> CHILDRESS: Coral Castle in 995 00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:03,525 Florida is often said to be, 996 00:37:03,525 --> 00:37:07,181 uh, the only modern megalithic 997 00:37:07,181 --> 00:37:10,532 structure ever built. 998 00:37:10,532 --> 00:37:12,665 >> NARRATOR: In 1923, Ed 999 00:37:12,665 --> 00:37:14,449 Leedskalnin, a Latvian 1000 00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:15,885 immigrant, began building what 1001 00:37:15,885 --> 00:37:17,757 he originally called Rock Gate 1002 00:37:17,757 --> 00:37:18,801 Park. 1003 00:37:18,801 --> 00:37:20,455 But believe it or not, 1004 00:37:20,455 --> 00:37:22,544 Leedskalnin insisted that he 1005 00:37:22,544 --> 00:37:24,546 was not using modern machinery 1006 00:37:24,546 --> 00:37:25,808 to build the impressive 1007 00:37:25,808 --> 00:37:26,896 structure. 1008 00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:28,507 He also claimed that he was 1009 00:37:28,507 --> 00:37:29,899 working alone. 1010 00:37:29,899 --> 00:37:30,987 >> RUSTY McCLURE: Well, Ed was a 1011 00:37:30,987 --> 00:37:34,382 hermit, and Ed was a loner. 1012 00:37:34,382 --> 00:37:36,428 And he was a foreigner. 1013 00:37:36,428 --> 00:37:38,430 And he was a recluse. 1014 00:37:38,430 --> 00:37:40,432 And a scientist. 1015 00:37:40,432 --> 00:37:41,911 >> GEORGE NOORY: He was in love 1016 00:37:41,911 --> 00:37:43,478 with a woman and he wanted to 1017 00:37:43,478 --> 00:37:45,306 build this facility in memory of 1018 00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:46,307 her. 1019 00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:47,917 And he waited for her to come 1020 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:49,789 from Europe, and he waited and 1021 00:37:49,789 --> 00:37:52,487 he waited, and she never did. 1022 00:37:52,487 --> 00:37:54,794 But the big question is, is how 1023 00:37:54,794 --> 00:37:58,493 did this frail little man move 1024 00:37:58,493 --> 00:38:00,887 these thousands of pounds of 1025 00:38:00,887 --> 00:38:04,760 block by himself? 1026 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,022 >> NARRATOR: Barely over five 1027 00:38:06,022 --> 00:38:07,981 feet tall and weighing just 1028 00:38:07,981 --> 00:38:11,245 100 pounds, Leedskalnin is said 1029 00:38:11,245 --> 00:38:12,942 to have carved, moved and 1030 00:38:12,942 --> 00:38:15,684 hoisted huge multi-ton stones 1031 00:38:15,684 --> 00:38:18,731 using only a makeshift tripod. 1032 00:38:18,731 --> 00:38:20,515 >> McCLURE: He has a tripod-- 1033 00:38:20,515 --> 00:38:22,561 three pieces of Florida pine-- 1034 00:38:22,561 --> 00:38:24,432 and he's got some chains. 1035 00:38:24,432 --> 00:38:27,392 And he's now gonna lift 30 tons, 1036 00:38:27,392 --> 00:38:29,568 ten tons of rock. 1037 00:38:29,568 --> 00:38:30,569 Can't be done. 1038 00:38:30,569 --> 00:38:31,700 No one could do that. 1039 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:32,571 >> NOORY: He would work at 1040 00:38:32,571 --> 00:38:33,572 night. 1041 00:38:33,572 --> 00:38:34,747 He wouldn't let anybody watch 1042 00:38:34,747 --> 00:38:35,530 him. 1043 00:38:35,530 --> 00:38:37,793 And he said that he knew the 1044 00:38:37,793 --> 00:38:40,927 secrets of the pyramids. 1045 00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:42,320 >> NARRATOR: But what exactly 1046 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,931 was Leedskalnin referring to? 1047 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,976 Had he rediscovered the same 1048 00:38:46,976 --> 00:38:49,196 advanced technology used to 1049 00:38:49,196 --> 00:38:50,937 build megalithic structures 1050 00:38:50,937 --> 00:38:54,419 like Carnac and Sacsayhuamán? 1051 00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:55,637 >> McCLURE: Ed over and over 1052 00:38:55,637 --> 00:38:57,813 again would tell people that he 1053 00:38:57,813 --> 00:38:59,946 knew the secrets that helped 1054 00:38:59,946 --> 00:39:01,164 the Egyptians build the 1055 00:39:01,164 --> 00:39:01,774 pyramids. 1056 00:39:01,774 --> 00:39:02,862 What was he talking about? 1057 00:39:02,862 --> 00:39:04,820 Why was he constantly harking 1058 00:39:04,820 --> 00:39:06,169 back to the Egyptians? 1059 00:39:06,169 --> 00:39:07,954 We don't know. 1060 00:39:07,954 --> 00:39:08,998 >> NARRATOR: Leedskalnin 1061 00:39:08,998 --> 00:39:10,609 continued work on the Coral 1062 00:39:10,609 --> 00:39:14,569 Castle until his death in 1951. 1063 00:39:14,569 --> 00:39:17,572 In the journals he left behind, 1064 00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:19,618 the builder explained that he 1065 00:39:19,618 --> 00:39:21,315 had discovered the ancient 1066 00:39:21,315 --> 00:39:23,622 secret of transforming stones 1067 00:39:23,622 --> 00:39:26,973 into weightless objects. 1068 00:39:26,973 --> 00:39:28,191 >> McCLURE: Ed says this in his 1069 00:39:28,191 --> 00:39:29,715 pamphlet "Magnetic Current," 1070 00:39:29,715 --> 00:39:32,631 that real gravity is actually 1071 00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:34,676 real magnet. 1072 00:39:34,676 --> 00:39:36,548 So if you reverse the magnet 1073 00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:38,985 forces with a force of some 1074 00:39:38,985 --> 00:39:42,423 kind of electromagnetic radio, 1075 00:39:42,423 --> 00:39:45,165 perhaps, frequency, you can then 1076 00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:48,429 make these rocks not as heavy 1077 00:39:48,429 --> 00:39:49,735 as they seem otherwise. 1078 00:39:49,735 --> 00:39:53,391 And therefore you can lift them. 1079 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:54,827 >> NARRATOR: But if Leedskalnin 1080 00:39:54,827 --> 00:39:56,655 had developed a device that 1081 00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:59,788 could modify gravity, what was 1082 00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:01,311 his secret? 1083 00:40:01,311 --> 00:40:03,618 Some suggest the answer lies in 1084 00:40:03,618 --> 00:40:05,751 a mysterious black box that can 1085 00:40:05,751 --> 00:40:08,101 a mysterious black box that can be seen in various photographs. 1086 00:40:08,101 --> 00:40:10,408 be seen in various photographs. 1087 00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,192 A box that has since 1088 00:40:12,192 --> 00:40:14,586 A box that has since disappeared. 1089 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:17,197 disappeared. 1090 00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,198 >> McCLURE: The black box 1091 00:40:18,198 --> 00:40:20,461 sitting on top is the element 1092 00:40:20,461 --> 00:40:22,768 that no one has ever seen, 1093 00:40:22,768 --> 00:40:25,205 except in those pictures, and no 1094 00:40:25,205 --> 00:40:26,424 one has today. 1095 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:28,730 We believe that black box has 1096 00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:30,863 something to do with how he got 1097 00:40:30,863 --> 00:40:34,780 these massive, heavy, brittle 1098 00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:37,739 pieces of rock up in the air in 1099 00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:40,046 a way that no one can duplicate. 1100 00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:42,004 >> NOORY: He had some kind of 1101 00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,789 magnetic machine down in one of 1102 00:40:43,789 --> 00:40:45,791 his other house areas that 1103 00:40:45,791 --> 00:40:47,619 has since been dismantled. 1104 00:40:47,619 --> 00:40:49,838 But it had a revolving ability. 1105 00:40:49,838 --> 00:40:51,144 He may have been having that 1106 00:40:51,144 --> 00:40:51,797 thing spin. 1107 00:40:51,797 --> 00:40:53,015 The whole place could have been 1108 00:40:53,015 --> 00:40:54,843 anti-gravity. 1109 00:40:54,843 --> 00:40:56,410 Probably just pushed these 1110 00:40:56,410 --> 00:40:58,412 into place. 1111 00:40:58,412 --> 00:40:59,892 >> SARA SEAGER: Levitation is 1112 00:40:59,892 --> 00:41:01,023 the only way that I know of to 1113 00:41:01,023 --> 00:41:02,851 hold up very heavy objects. 1114 00:41:02,851 --> 00:41:04,810 Very, very high-speed trains 1115 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,986 are magnetically levitated. 1116 00:41:06,986 --> 00:41:09,641 [train whistle blows] 1117 00:41:09,641 --> 00:41:11,469 These high-speed trains don't 1118 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:12,426 have wheels that touch any 1119 00:41:12,426 --> 00:41:12,905 tracks. 1120 00:41:12,905 --> 00:41:14,210 They're literally suspended 1121 00:41:14,210 --> 00:41:16,430 above the track using magnetic 1122 00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:18,432 forces. 1123 00:41:18,432 --> 00:41:19,433 >> BRANDENBURG: We can 1124 00:41:19,433 --> 00:41:21,783 speculate at this time that 1125 00:41:21,783 --> 00:41:24,612 there are techniques for using 1126 00:41:24,612 --> 00:41:26,527 electromagnetism to nullify 1127 00:41:26,527 --> 00:41:28,486 gravity. 1128 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,704 This was the great quest of 1129 00:41:29,704 --> 00:41:31,750 Einstein. 1130 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:33,447 The motivation for such 1131 00:41:33,447 --> 00:41:34,535 technologies, of course, is to 1132 00:41:34,535 --> 00:41:36,145 lift a large spaceship out into 1133 00:41:36,145 --> 00:41:38,844 space and across space. 1134 00:41:38,844 --> 00:41:40,802 space and across space. [indistinct radio chatter] 1135 00:41:40,802 --> 00:41:44,893 [indistinct radio chatter] 1136 00:41:44,893 --> 00:41:45,938 >> NARRATOR: Could it be that 1137 00:41:45,938 --> 00:41:47,809 Ed Leedskalnin utilized 1138 00:41:47,809 --> 00:41:50,290 anti-gravity to levitate and 1139 00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:52,118 distribute the enormous rocks 1140 00:41:52,118 --> 00:41:54,903 used to build Coral Castle? 1141 00:41:54,903 --> 00:41:57,471 If so, where did this incredible 1142 00:41:57,471 --> 00:42:00,169 knowledge come from? 1143 00:42:00,169 --> 00:42:01,867 >> COPPENS: And he died, taking 1144 00:42:01,867 --> 00:42:03,390 this secret to his grave. 1145 00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:04,870 The question is: did he invent 1146 00:42:04,870 --> 00:42:07,525 it, or did he himself somehow 1147 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,483 inherit it or learn it from a 1148 00:42:09,483 --> 00:42:11,485 tradition, or maybe from some 1149 00:42:11,485 --> 00:42:14,532 visitor from another realm? 1150 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:15,794 >> McCLURE: The only thing that 1151 00:42:15,794 --> 00:42:18,840 is explainable is that someone 1152 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,452 with a higher form of physics 1153 00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:24,759 and understanding of gravity 1154 00:42:24,759 --> 00:42:26,718 has created the ability of one 1155 00:42:26,718 --> 00:42:28,937 person to lift stones that 1156 00:42:28,937 --> 00:42:31,853 modern technology could not do 1157 00:42:31,853 --> 00:42:32,898 the way he did it. 1158 00:42:32,898 --> 00:42:34,726 It had to come from a different 1159 00:42:34,726 --> 00:42:37,250 It had to come from a different place in this galaxy. 1160 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:44,866 place in this galaxy. 1161 00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:46,346 >> TSOUKALOS: The fact that one 1162 00:42:46,346 --> 00:42:49,567 guy created these massive 1163 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,091 structures is absolutely 1164 00:42:52,091 --> 00:42:53,309 fascinating. 1165 00:42:53,309 --> 00:42:55,877 Am I suggesting that he did 1166 00:42:55,877 --> 00:42:56,835 this with extraterrestrial 1167 00:42:56,835 --> 00:42:58,663 technology? 1168 00:42:58,663 --> 00:43:01,274 No, because I don't know. 1169 00:43:01,274 --> 00:43:03,972 Am I excluding that possibility? 1170 00:43:03,972 --> 00:43:05,887 No. 1171 00:43:05,887 --> 00:43:07,106 >> NARRATOR: If aliens visited 1172 00:43:07,106 --> 00:43:10,196 Earth in ancient times, perhaps 1173 00:43:10,196 --> 00:43:11,589 the world's unexplained 1174 00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:13,895 structures provide clues to 1175 00:43:13,895 --> 00:43:16,289 unlocking not only the secrets 1176 00:43:16,289 --> 00:43:19,292 of our past... 1177 00:43:19,292 --> 00:43:21,990 but a glimpse into our future. 1178 00:43:21,990 --> 00:43:23,296 >> VON DANIKEN: I think that 1179 00:43:23,296 --> 00:43:24,427 extraterrestrials would not 1180 00:43:24,427 --> 00:43:26,908 have left our solar system some 1181 00:43:26,908 --> 00:43:28,344 thousands of years ago without 1182 00:43:28,344 --> 00:43:29,563 any proof. 1183 00:43:29,563 --> 00:43:31,347 They wanted that in the far 1184 00:43:31,347 --> 00:43:33,959 future we start to reflect-- 1185 00:43:33,959 --> 00:43:35,177 have we been visited by outer 1186 00:43:35,177 --> 00:43:37,527 space? 1187 00:43:37,527 --> 00:43:38,790 >> NARRATOR: Perhaps additional 1188 00:43:38,790 --> 00:43:41,706 clues still lie hidden, etched 1189 00:43:41,706 --> 00:43:45,623 on even more massive stones... 1190 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:48,103 and waiting to be discovered, 1191 00:43:48,103 --> 00:43:49,801 and waiting to be discovered, right before our eyes.