1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,592 NARRATOR: Throughout the ancient world, 2 00:00:02,593 --> 00:00:02,626 NARRATOR: Throughout the ancient world, there were tales of mortals 3 00:00:02,627 --> 00:00:05,031 there were tales of mortals 4 00:00:05,231 --> 00:00:06,733 and immortals. 5 00:00:06,734 --> 00:00:06,834 and immortals. AMIR HUSSAIN: In Christian traditions, 6 00:00:06,835 --> 00:00:08,604 AMIR HUSSAIN: In Christian traditions, 7 00:00:08,605 --> 00:00:09,908 in Islamic traditions, 8 00:00:10,074 --> 00:00:11,510 and Hindu traditions, 9 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:13,961 you have these divine beings who live forever. 10 00:00:14,049 --> 00:00:17,824 NARRATOR: Could these stories be accounts of alien visitors 11 00:00:18,090 --> 00:00:22,232 who traveled to Earth from thousands of lightyears away? 12 00:00:22,332 --> 00:00:24,971 TRAVIS TAYLOR: Imagine an advanced civilization 13 00:00:25,104 --> 00:00:26,773 that has interstellar travel. 14 00:00:26,774 --> 00:00:30,148 If they can travel through the stars, they could 15 00:00:30,247 --> 00:00:33,388 stretch their longevity maybe even to centuries. 16 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,160 NARRATOR: And if humans are to one day 17 00:00:36,326 --> 00:00:37,762 colonize other planets, 18 00:00:37,763 --> 00:00:37,829 colonize other planets, will we too need to discover 19 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:39,733 will we too need to discover 20 00:00:39,734 --> 00:00:39,766 will we too need to discover the key to immortality? 21 00:00:39,767 --> 00:00:42,471 the key to immortality? 22 00:00:42,472 --> 00:00:44,777 DAVID CHILDRESS: What our extraterrestrial ancestors 23 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:46,479 have wanted us to do 24 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:48,651 is be like them. 25 00:00:48,652 --> 00:00:52,126 They want us to be a spacefaring race that goes to the stars. 26 00:00:52,258 --> 00:00:55,365 And to live these extended lives where 27 00:00:55,532 --> 00:00:57,569 we become essentially immortal. 28 00:01:00,542 --> 00:01:02,245 NARRATOR: There is a doorway 29 00:01:02,445 --> 00:01:05,051 in the universe. 30 00:01:05,151 --> 00:01:08,324 Beyond it is the promise of truth. 31 00:01:09,492 --> 00:01:12,031 It demands we question everything 32 00:01:12,198 --> 00:01:14,502 we have ever been taught. 33 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:18,144 The evidence is all around us. 34 00:01:18,277 --> 00:01:22,052 The future is right before our eyes. 35 00:01:22,251 --> 00:01:24,789 We are not alone. 36 00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:24,823 We are not alone. We have never been alone. 37 00:01:24,824 --> 00:01:28,130 We have never been alone. 38 00:01:38,317 --> 00:01:41,591 The Ashmolean Museum of art and archaeology. 39 00:01:42,793 --> 00:01:46,300 Among the hundreds of historic artifacts on display 40 00:01:46,433 --> 00:01:49,540 is an ancient Sumerian cuneiform text. 41 00:01:49,674 --> 00:01:53,214 Dating back to at least 2000 BC, 42 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:56,720 the four-sided clay document is a list of kings 43 00:01:56,721 --> 00:02:00,595 who lived far longer than the average human life span. 44 00:02:01,864 --> 00:02:04,169 In the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, 45 00:02:04,335 --> 00:02:06,006 there's an astounding artifact. 46 00:02:06,173 --> 00:02:08,411 It's referred to as WB44, 47 00:02:08,611 --> 00:02:10,481 the Sumerian Kings List. 48 00:02:11,851 --> 00:02:15,457 On one panel, it tells us about eight kings 49 00:02:15,458 --> 00:02:19,099 that ruled over five cities, and what's astounding about this 50 00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:22,337 is the length of the reigns of these kings. 51 00:02:22,338 --> 00:02:26,615 One king is said to have ruled for 43,200 years. 52 00:02:26,748 --> 00:02:30,588 Another king rules for 28,000 years. 53 00:02:30,589 --> 00:02:32,191 It's astounding. 54 00:02:33,293 --> 00:02:35,898 NARRATOR: Curiously, the Sumerian Kings List 55 00:02:35,899 --> 00:02:35,998 NARRATOR: Curiously, the Sumerian Kings List 56 00:02:35,999 --> 00:02:38,304 is not the only ancient record of rulers 57 00:02:38,504 --> 00:02:40,676 who lived for centuries. 58 00:02:40,776 --> 00:02:44,149 A curious document was found in a tomb 59 00:02:44,382 --> 00:02:45,786 in Luxor, 60 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,426 and it's called the, uh, Turin Kings List. 61 00:02:51,196 --> 00:02:54,203 We only have fragments of this document, 62 00:02:54,369 --> 00:02:57,075 but what this document lays out 63 00:02:57,241 --> 00:03:00,081 is that many of the really early 64 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:03,086 Egyptian pharaohs had lives 65 00:03:03,220 --> 00:03:05,593 that were many hundreds of years, 66 00:03:05,692 --> 00:03:08,797 and that some of these pharaohs lived 67 00:03:08,798 --> 00:03:08,831 and that some of these pharaohs lived for 700, 800, 900 years. 68 00:03:08,832 --> 00:03:12,238 for 700, 800, 900 years. 69 00:03:13,373 --> 00:03:16,947 We have a similar story in the Bible of Methuselah 70 00:03:16,948 --> 00:03:16,980 We have a similar story in the Bible of Methuselah and that he's said to have lived 71 00:03:16,981 --> 00:03:18,650 and that he's said to have lived 72 00:03:18,651 --> 00:03:22,125 for 969 years. 73 00:03:22,258 --> 00:03:25,798 So, how is it that people are able 74 00:03:25,799 --> 00:03:28,738 to live such great ages? 75 00:03:30,374 --> 00:03:32,278 NARRATOR: Is it merely coincidence 76 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:35,251 that in three different ancient traditions 77 00:03:35,252 --> 00:03:37,555 there are records of their earliest leaders 78 00:03:37,556 --> 00:03:39,761 living impossibly long lives? 79 00:03:40,729 --> 00:03:44,803 Curiously, in all three cultures, it was 80 00:03:44,804 --> 00:03:47,743 also recorded that, during the time when people lived 81 00:03:47,843 --> 00:03:51,216 to these incredible ages, humans shared the Earth 82 00:03:51,316 --> 00:03:54,055 with beings who came down from the sky. 83 00:03:55,559 --> 00:03:57,530 The ancient Egyptians referred to 84 00:03:57,696 --> 00:04:00,135 a-a time called the first time, 85 00:04:00,301 --> 00:04:03,474 when the gods walked among men. 86 00:04:04,710 --> 00:04:08,184 Ancient Egyptian creation mythology tells us that these 87 00:04:08,283 --> 00:04:12,058 original god beings came from the stars. 88 00:04:12,059 --> 00:04:14,863 This sounds very much like the arrival of the Anunnaki, 89 00:04:14,864 --> 00:04:18,002 the divine lords of light of the Sumerian tradition 90 00:04:18,003 --> 00:04:18,103 the divine lords of light of the Sumerian tradition when they arrived 91 00:04:18,104 --> 00:04:22,010 when they arrived atop Mount Kerzok. 92 00:04:22,011 --> 00:04:25,184 It's also virtually identical to the arrival of the Watchers. 93 00:04:25,351 --> 00:04:28,858 The Watchers are the angels 94 00:04:28,859 --> 00:04:30,529 of the Old Testament. 95 00:04:30,695 --> 00:04:33,768 They are the fallen angels 96 00:04:33,769 --> 00:04:35,171 who came to Earth 97 00:04:35,337 --> 00:04:37,676 and intermingled with humans. 98 00:04:38,326 --> 00:04:42,885 NARRATOR: The Watchers, like divine beings 99 00:04:42,886 --> 00:04:44,757 in many other ancient cultures, 100 00:04:44,857 --> 00:04:48,462 were referred to as immortals, but often 101 00:04:48,463 --> 00:04:51,938 they were described as having very humanlike traits. 102 00:04:52,773 --> 00:04:54,577 There were 200 of these Watchers, 103 00:04:54,743 --> 00:04:57,215 and they were led by, uh, 104 00:04:57,381 --> 00:04:59,185 an individual named Samyaza. 105 00:04:59,385 --> 00:05:01,323 They shone. 106 00:05:01,456 --> 00:05:03,093 There was a translucence. 107 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,900 There was an aura about them that was as bright as the Sun. 108 00:05:06,901 --> 00:05:10,776 But they seem to be more human in their appetites 109 00:05:10,909 --> 00:05:13,313 than one would like to believe. 110 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,049 They're hungry, they eat, 111 00:05:15,050 --> 00:05:15,083 They're hungry, they eat, they want affection, they lust. 112 00:05:15,084 --> 00:05:16,854 they want affection, they lust. 113 00:05:18,390 --> 00:05:21,731 I think that the Watchers most definitely 114 00:05:21,831 --> 00:05:24,671 are extraterrestrials who came to Earth. 115 00:05:24,803 --> 00:05:28,410 Countless ancient, original cultures 116 00:05:28,544 --> 00:05:31,483 speak of a time when the gods 117 00:05:31,684 --> 00:05:33,587 descended from the sky 118 00:05:33,588 --> 00:05:36,961 and mingled with people to impart their knowledge. 119 00:05:38,030 --> 00:05:39,365 Ancient Egypt, 120 00:05:39,567 --> 00:05:41,169 ancient China, 121 00:05:41,369 --> 00:05:43,039 ancient Sumeria, 122 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,776 ancient Japan, 123 00:05:44,777 --> 00:05:46,548 ancient Greece. 124 00:05:46,681 --> 00:05:48,819 And so, I think the different cultures 125 00:05:48,952 --> 00:05:51,558 were visited by the same teachers, 126 00:05:51,691 --> 00:05:53,227 who were extraterrestrials. 127 00:05:53,393 --> 00:05:54,964 NARRATOR: Could it be 128 00:05:55,097 --> 00:05:57,668 that the earliest human civilizations 129 00:05:57,669 --> 00:06:01,109 shared the Earth with visitors from another world? 130 00:06:01,110 --> 00:06:02,613 And if so, 131 00:06:02,713 --> 00:06:05,243 is this somehow connected to the ancient records 132 00:06:05,451 --> 00:06:09,192 of people who lived extraordinarily long lives? 133 00:06:10,562 --> 00:06:13,668 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest an important clue 134 00:06:13,835 --> 00:06:15,873 can be found in a famous verse 135 00:06:15,972 --> 00:06:19,145 from the Bible that is often mistranslated. 136 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:22,285 In many English versions of the Book of Genesis, 137 00:06:22,451 --> 00:06:24,857 chapter one, verse 27 states 138 00:06:24,957 --> 00:06:28,430 that "God created man in his own image." 139 00:06:28,598 --> 00:06:30,636 But in the original Hebrew, 140 00:06:30,735 --> 00:06:34,175 instead of "his" image, it says "our" image. 141 00:06:35,477 --> 00:06:38,952 God says in Genesis, "Let us make man in our image." 142 00:06:39,052 --> 00:06:41,490 Well, you have to say, "Well, who is 'our'? 143 00:06:41,590 --> 00:06:43,520 Who-who are the other people there?" 144 00:06:44,429 --> 00:06:48,135 Well, the word "God" in Hebrew is "Elohim," 145 00:06:48,136 --> 00:06:48,170 Well, the word "God" in Hebrew is "Elohim," and that is plural. 146 00:06:48,171 --> 00:06:50,642 and that is plural. 147 00:06:50,742 --> 00:06:53,481 TSOUKALOS: If you look at the original Hebrew 148 00:06:53,614 --> 00:06:55,886 in which the sentence was written, 149 00:06:56,019 --> 00:06:59,192 all of a sudden you have the truth 150 00:06:59,193 --> 00:07:02,130 because, according to the ancient astronaut theory, 151 00:07:02,131 --> 00:07:05,539 someone came and someone altered our DNA 152 00:07:05,739 --> 00:07:07,274 in order for us 153 00:07:07,475 --> 00:07:08,912 to become humans 154 00:07:09,012 --> 00:07:12,552 and essentially gave us more intelligence. 155 00:07:12,553 --> 00:07:16,158 ERICH VON D�NIKEN: Practically every culture, 156 00:07:16,159 --> 00:07:18,865 including our Bible, says, "In the beginning, 157 00:07:19,032 --> 00:07:20,869 God," in the plurals, "created 158 00:07:21,002 --> 00:07:24,744 humans according their own image." 159 00:07:24,910 --> 00:07:26,747 I'm a deep believer in God, 160 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:29,352 but God is something gigantic, 161 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:31,791 spiritual, not explainable. 162 00:07:31,924 --> 00:07:34,797 In my opinion, when you read the Bible, 163 00:07:34,930 --> 00:07:38,370 it's all about extraterrestrials. 164 00:07:38,538 --> 00:07:40,374 Part of ancient astronaut theory 165 00:07:40,507 --> 00:07:43,548 is that what our extraterrestrial 166 00:07:43,681 --> 00:07:45,918 ancestors have wanted us to do 167 00:07:45,919 --> 00:07:47,823 is be like them. 168 00:07:49,158 --> 00:07:51,062 They want us to achieve 169 00:07:51,196 --> 00:07:53,968 the same things that they achieved. 170 00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:58,209 The goal was, some thousands of years 171 00:07:58,210 --> 00:07:59,946 in the far future, 172 00:07:59,947 --> 00:08:03,555 this humanity should be able to construct spaceships 173 00:08:03,688 --> 00:08:06,059 to spread out in the universe again. 174 00:08:09,867 --> 00:08:12,973 NARRATOR: If Homo sapiens were genetically engineered 175 00:08:13,106 --> 00:08:15,411 by extraterrestrial space travelers 176 00:08:15,578 --> 00:08:16,981 to one day become like them 177 00:08:17,114 --> 00:08:19,986 and seed life on other planets, 178 00:08:19,987 --> 00:08:23,927 what might this mean for the future of the human race? 179 00:08:23,928 --> 00:08:27,769 Some experts have suggested that interstellar travel 180 00:08:27,869 --> 00:08:31,509 will only be possible when science finds a way 181 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:34,950 to dramatically extend the human life span. 182 00:08:35,084 --> 00:08:37,489 TAYLOR: Maybe our generation, 183 00:08:37,490 --> 00:08:39,592 with new developments in technologies, 184 00:08:39,593 --> 00:08:42,465 will be living to the mid-100s, 150, 185 00:08:42,566 --> 00:08:45,437 maybe even up to 200 in the next few decades. 186 00:08:45,572 --> 00:08:48,477 So, imagine an advanced civilization 187 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:50,648 that has interstellar travel. 188 00:08:50,748 --> 00:08:53,622 Certainly, if they can travel through the stars, 189 00:08:53,754 --> 00:08:57,261 they could stretch their longevity 190 00:08:57,262 --> 00:08:59,198 maybe even to centuries. 191 00:09:01,002 --> 00:09:03,875 NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient people 192 00:09:04,008 --> 00:09:06,046 referred to the gods as "immortals" 193 00:09:06,047 --> 00:09:08,282 because they encountered space travelers 194 00:09:08,283 --> 00:09:08,349 because they encountered space travelers who lived 195 00:09:08,350 --> 00:09:10,556 who lived for thousands of years? 196 00:09:10,755 --> 00:09:12,759 And if so, 197 00:09:12,893 --> 00:09:14,897 is it possible that there are records 198 00:09:15,030 --> 00:09:17,368 of early rulers living for centuries 199 00:09:17,636 --> 00:09:21,911 because these visitors somehow extended their life spans? 200 00:09:22,979 --> 00:09:25,552 RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK: It was natural for people 201 00:09:25,752 --> 00:09:27,188 in those days 202 00:09:27,288 --> 00:09:31,196 to live a life close to a thousand years, 203 00:09:31,296 --> 00:09:34,737 but we're talking about those who interacted 204 00:09:34,870 --> 00:09:38,175 with these beings from the stars. 205 00:09:38,176 --> 00:09:38,209 with these beings from the stars. Are these things connected? 206 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:41,181 Are these things connected? 207 00:09:41,182 --> 00:09:44,321 HENRY: We're talking about an age in which otherworldly beings 208 00:09:44,322 --> 00:09:44,354 HENRY: We're talking about an age in which otherworldly beings 209 00:09:44,355 --> 00:09:46,594 assist humankind in becoming 210 00:09:46,794 --> 00:09:49,733 very much like the gods. 211 00:09:50,935 --> 00:09:54,207 NARRATOR: But if our ancestors from deep antiquity 212 00:09:54,208 --> 00:09:58,250 were so close to becoming like their extraterrestrial creators, 213 00:09:58,350 --> 00:10:00,989 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 214 00:10:01,089 --> 00:10:04,697 what kept them from realizing this destiny? 215 00:10:04,796 --> 00:10:08,335 And are humans today still on the same path? 216 00:10:08,336 --> 00:10:08,403 And are humans today still on the same path? Perhaps further clues 217 00:10:08,404 --> 00:10:10,842 Perhaps further clues can be found 218 00:10:10,942 --> 00:10:13,749 by examining a story shared by different cultures 219 00:10:13,948 --> 00:10:15,652 all over the world, 220 00:10:15,818 --> 00:10:18,691 the story of the Great Flood. 221 00:10:22,699 --> 00:10:24,704 NARRATOR: The Bible's Book of Genesis. 222 00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:27,373 In chapter six, verse nine 223 00:10:27,374 --> 00:10:27,474 In chapter six, verse nine begins the story of Noah and the flood, 224 00:10:27,475 --> 00:10:30,080 begins the story of Noah and the flood, 225 00:10:30,214 --> 00:10:33,820 in which God sends a great deluge 226 00:10:33,821 --> 00:10:37,361 to cleanse the Earth, which has become overrun by sin. 227 00:10:38,698 --> 00:10:41,704 It is one of the most well-known tales from the Bible, 228 00:10:41,837 --> 00:10:44,977 but, curiously, nearly identical stories 229 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:48,350 exist in dozens of other ancient traditions. 230 00:10:49,352 --> 00:10:52,123 BILL BIRNES: We've heard about the flood of Noah, 231 00:10:52,124 --> 00:10:55,263 which wiped out that whole generation and brought 232 00:10:55,264 --> 00:10:58,503 about a new generation of descendants of Noah. 233 00:10:58,738 --> 00:10:59,940 The fact is, 234 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,046 there's all these stories of the Great Flood 235 00:11:03,179 --> 00:11:05,484 in all countries across the world. 236 00:11:06,754 --> 00:11:09,258 Plato talked about Atlantis. 237 00:11:09,392 --> 00:11:12,264 He talked about a whole civilization 238 00:11:12,265 --> 00:11:14,703 destroyed by floods. 239 00:11:14,903 --> 00:11:16,105 In the Bible, 240 00:11:16,106 --> 00:11:18,745 Turkey, in Egypt, 241 00:11:18,878 --> 00:11:20,649 among the Native Americans, 242 00:11:20,848 --> 00:11:22,417 there's a story 243 00:11:22,418 --> 00:11:25,825 that the Great Flood wrapped around the entire planet. 244 00:11:25,992 --> 00:11:28,163 All life was destroyed. 245 00:11:28,164 --> 00:11:30,299 The connection between the biblical story 246 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:33,439 of the Great Flood and the destruction 247 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:33,506 of the Great Flood and the destruction of other societies 248 00:11:33,507 --> 00:11:37,447 of other societies around the world 249 00:11:37,448 --> 00:11:37,513 of other societies around the world through floods 250 00:11:37,514 --> 00:11:40,153 through floods tell us one thing. 251 00:11:40,287 --> 00:11:41,991 There actually was a Great Flood 252 00:11:42,157 --> 00:11:44,596 and that, at one point 253 00:11:44,763 --> 00:11:46,432 in the history of this planet, 254 00:11:46,433 --> 00:11:48,772 all life was wiped out 255 00:11:48,904 --> 00:11:52,912 as the Earth was covered in water. 256 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:57,420 VON D�NIKEN: In all mythologies, including the Bible, 257 00:11:57,421 --> 00:11:57,453 VON D�NIKEN: In all mythologies, including the Bible, 258 00:11:57,454 --> 00:11:59,457 some gods are coming down 259 00:11:59,458 --> 00:11:59,559 some gods are coming down and teach the human a great flood 260 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:01,898 and teach the human a great flood 261 00:12:02,064 --> 00:12:03,333 will come and destroy you. 262 00:12:03,466 --> 00:12:07,340 And these god, they knew it long before, 263 00:12:07,341 --> 00:12:09,379 and they knew it because 264 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:12,518 they themselves made the Great Flood. 265 00:12:13,954 --> 00:12:18,096 The Great Flood was created by extraterrestrials on purpose. 266 00:12:18,097 --> 00:12:21,335 NARRATOR: Could the story of the Great Flood 267 00:12:21,336 --> 00:12:23,741 be a historical record of a real event 268 00:12:23,841 --> 00:12:27,114 that was brought on by extraterrestrials? 269 00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:30,722 But if the ancient astronaut theory is correct, 270 00:12:30,822 --> 00:12:34,596 and aliens genetically engineered humankind, 271 00:12:34,863 --> 00:12:38,370 why would they then destroy their greatest creation? 272 00:12:39,906 --> 00:12:43,036 TZADOK: We have the records, as described in the Book of Enoch 273 00:12:43,113 --> 00:12:44,415 and other literature, 274 00:12:44,515 --> 00:12:47,622 that the Watchers led to the moral corruption 275 00:12:47,789 --> 00:12:49,491 of all humanity, 276 00:12:49,492 --> 00:12:52,966 which led to the destruction of the face of the Earth. 277 00:12:53,066 --> 00:12:56,505 They were introducing hidden technologies 278 00:12:56,506 --> 00:12:59,511 centuries before they were meant to be introduced. 279 00:12:59,512 --> 00:12:59,612 centuries before they were meant to be introduced. They corrupted 280 00:12:59,613 --> 00:13:02,383 They corrupted the human gene pool. 281 00:13:02,384 --> 00:13:02,450 They corrupted the human gene pool. CARTER: 282 00:13:02,451 --> 00:13:05,090 CARTER: In Genesis six, 283 00:13:05,257 --> 00:13:07,528 we hear about the sons of God. 284 00:13:07,529 --> 00:13:07,561 we hear about the sons of God. They see the daughters of men, 285 00:13:07,562 --> 00:13:09,800 They see the daughters of men, 286 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:12,706 and they lust after them, and they come down, 287 00:13:12,872 --> 00:13:16,144 and they take them as wives. 288 00:13:16,145 --> 00:13:20,252 And then they create a hybrid race called the Nephilim. 289 00:13:20,253 --> 00:13:23,761 You weren't supposed to fraternize with the natives, 290 00:13:23,861 --> 00:13:27,134 but this is what we are told in the Bible. 291 00:13:27,267 --> 00:13:29,272 Now, what are we to make of these texts? 292 00:13:29,372 --> 00:13:32,145 Are we to say, "Well, maybe these angels, 293 00:13:32,146 --> 00:13:33,913 "these sons of God, did they have sex 294 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:35,550 the old-fashioned way?" 295 00:13:35,551 --> 00:13:35,618 the old-fashioned way?" We don't know, but we need to start 296 00:13:35,619 --> 00:13:37,589 We don't know, but we need to start 297 00:13:37,856 --> 00:13:42,198 looking at these stories from a 21st century perspective. 298 00:13:43,299 --> 00:13:47,041 With the technology that we have with genetic engineering 299 00:13:47,042 --> 00:13:49,010 and splicing genes and what have you, 300 00:13:49,011 --> 00:13:51,784 maybe we can revisit this story and look 301 00:13:51,917 --> 00:13:54,288 at it from maybe an extraterrestrial, 302 00:13:54,455 --> 00:13:56,293 uh, hypothesis or point of view. 303 00:13:56,426 --> 00:13:59,800 They're creating a hybrid race. 304 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:02,673 The DNA of the off-world intelligence 305 00:14:02,872 --> 00:14:04,142 and the human DNA 306 00:14:04,275 --> 00:14:06,780 creates this hybrid race, and most 307 00:14:06,914 --> 00:14:10,187 of these beings, for better or for worse, 308 00:14:10,287 --> 00:14:13,527 had what we could call superhuman powers. 309 00:14:13,528 --> 00:14:17,033 NARRATOR: As far as ancient astronaut theorists 310 00:14:17,034 --> 00:14:20,473 are concerned, a genetic upgrade occurred. 311 00:14:20,474 --> 00:14:24,382 One that closed the gap between mortals and immortals 312 00:14:24,482 --> 00:14:26,954 far more quickly than was intended. 313 00:14:27,087 --> 00:14:30,160 And it is a story that, once again, 314 00:14:30,327 --> 00:14:33,166 was told across many cultures. 315 00:14:34,101 --> 00:14:36,506 When the sons of God procreated with 316 00:14:36,507 --> 00:14:38,476 the daughters of men, it is said that 317 00:14:38,477 --> 00:14:41,249 mighty ones were born. 318 00:14:41,349 --> 00:14:44,221 They had a longer life span as well, 319 00:14:44,388 --> 00:14:46,192 dating maybe centuries, 320 00:14:46,325 --> 00:14:48,963 up to a thousand years- not immortal 321 00:14:48,964 --> 00:14:52,304 but a life span much, much longer than ours. 322 00:14:52,305 --> 00:14:56,979 CHILDRESS: When you look back at ancient Egyptian history, 323 00:14:56,980 --> 00:15:00,187 the pharaohs themselves were said to be demigods. 324 00:15:01,657 --> 00:15:04,494 Part-god, part-human. 325 00:15:04,495 --> 00:15:07,668 JONATHAN YOUNG: This was present in the Greek imagination. 326 00:15:07,669 --> 00:15:10,607 The Olympians were known to get involved in the world 327 00:15:10,608 --> 00:15:13,078 of the mortals, and they would intervene sometimes. 328 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,518 Sometimes they would get attracted to a mortal 329 00:15:15,651 --> 00:15:18,355 and children would come. Hercules, Perseus. 330 00:15:18,356 --> 00:15:22,230 These are the offspring, demigods, half-god, half-human. 331 00:15:22,231 --> 00:15:25,402 NARRATOR: But in many of the ancient stories, 332 00:15:25,403 --> 00:15:28,778 the gods who were responsible for this upgrade of humanity 333 00:15:29,044 --> 00:15:32,551 were acting against the wishes of their superiors. 334 00:15:32,552 --> 00:15:36,359 They were not just helping to jumpstart human civilization 335 00:15:36,492 --> 00:15:40,033 but creating a new race of immortals. 336 00:15:40,133 --> 00:15:43,708 CARTER: Enoch, who's the scribe of God, 337 00:15:43,974 --> 00:15:47,950 says that these angels went against the will of God. 338 00:15:48,049 --> 00:15:51,156 Now, you can imagine those angels were 339 00:15:51,289 --> 00:15:53,594 extraterrestrial in origin. 340 00:15:53,694 --> 00:15:56,233 If there was a prime directive, they violated it. 341 00:15:56,432 --> 00:15:58,904 They gave us gifts, 342 00:15:59,038 --> 00:16:02,011 and we weren't ready for those gifts. 343 00:16:02,177 --> 00:16:04,315 It's like giving a gun to a baby. 344 00:16:04,481 --> 00:16:05,919 Nothing good will happen. 345 00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:08,056 HENRY: Maybe the extraterrestrials 346 00:16:08,189 --> 00:16:09,593 were protecting humanity, 347 00:16:09,693 --> 00:16:12,430 and humanity is considered a sacred project, 348 00:16:12,431 --> 00:16:16,171 and they know that, while they begun it thousands of years ago, 349 00:16:16,172 --> 00:16:19,310 it would take thousands or perhaps tens of thousands 350 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:22,718 of years for humanity to reach its ultimate fulfillment, 351 00:16:22,719 --> 00:16:22,785 of years for humanity to reach its ultimate fulfillment, but they were 352 00:16:22,786 --> 00:16:24,656 but they were committed ultimately 353 00:16:24,723 --> 00:16:27,495 to the sacredness or the fulfillment of the project. 354 00:16:27,595 --> 00:16:31,269 And this is why they restarted civilization. 355 00:16:32,304 --> 00:16:35,143 NARRATOR: As far as ancient astronaut theorists 356 00:16:35,243 --> 00:16:38,616 are concerned, the story of Noah and his family 357 00:16:38,617 --> 00:16:38,650 are concerned, the story of Noah and his family being saved from the flood 358 00:16:38,651 --> 00:16:40,220 being saved from the flood 359 00:16:40,353 --> 00:16:42,724 shows that Earth's extraterrestrial 360 00:16:42,725 --> 00:16:47,100 visitors did not abandon their plan for humankind. 361 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,207 As further evidence, they cite a 2,000-year-old text 362 00:16:51,208 --> 00:16:54,515 called the Zohar, that continues the Biblical 363 00:16:54,616 --> 00:16:57,355 story of the Watchers after the cataclysm 364 00:16:57,487 --> 00:17:00,225 that ended the previous age of humans. 365 00:17:00,226 --> 00:17:02,229 TZADOK: The Zohar says that there's a great secret 366 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:05,671 about the angels who walked with us on Earth. 367 00:17:06,740 --> 00:17:08,776 The Watchers. 368 00:17:08,777 --> 00:17:08,810 The Watchers. They ascended to the stars, 369 00:17:08,811 --> 00:17:12,050 They ascended to the stars, 370 00:17:12,217 --> 00:17:13,753 and they are the ones who 371 00:17:13,754 --> 00:17:13,787 and they are the ones who come back and shepherd us, 372 00:17:13,788 --> 00:17:16,726 come back and shepherd us, 373 00:17:16,727 --> 00:17:18,630 watch over us. 374 00:17:18,631 --> 00:17:18,663 watch over us. They watch over humanity 375 00:17:18,664 --> 00:17:21,035 They watch over humanity 376 00:17:21,135 --> 00:17:24,676 and direct the course of our civilization. 377 00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:27,614 TSOUKALOS: I think that the extraterrestrials 378 00:17:27,615 --> 00:17:29,552 never left. Why? 379 00:17:29,653 --> 00:17:32,758 Because, according to the ancient astronaut theory, 380 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:32,791 Because, according to the ancient astronaut theory, we are their offspring. 381 00:17:32,792 --> 00:17:35,396 we are their offspring. 382 00:17:35,397 --> 00:17:38,971 They made us Homo sapiens sapiens, what we are today. 383 00:17:39,138 --> 00:17:41,176 If you have such a creation, 384 00:17:41,275 --> 00:17:44,682 I don't think you would just abandon that. 385 00:17:44,683 --> 00:17:44,715 I don't think you would just abandon that. We are a long-term project. 386 00:17:44,716 --> 00:17:48,089 We are a long-term project. 387 00:17:48,090 --> 00:17:52,664 NARRATOR: If the first humans shared the planet with alien visitors, 388 00:17:52,665 --> 00:17:55,337 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 389 00:17:55,538 --> 00:17:57,440 is it possible that 390 00:17:57,441 --> 00:18:00,881 these otherworldly beings have remained on Earth for thousands 391 00:18:01,148 --> 00:18:05,290 of years, continuing to direct the course of humanity? 392 00:18:05,390 --> 00:18:08,463 And if humans were designed to ultimately 393 00:18:08,564 --> 00:18:12,605 achieve immortality, just how will that happen? 394 00:18:13,674 --> 00:18:16,712 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining 395 00:18:16,713 --> 00:18:16,779 Perhaps further clues can be found by examining a strange substance discovered 396 00:18:16,780 --> 00:18:18,850 a strange substance discovered 397 00:18:18,851 --> 00:18:21,857 on Easter Island. 398 00:18:26,733 --> 00:18:30,406 NARRATOR: Lying over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, 399 00:18:30,407 --> 00:18:34,114 this remote landmass is famous for the nearly 1,000 400 00:18:34,248 --> 00:18:36,919 monolithic stone statues called moai 401 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:36,953 monolithic stone statues called moai found along its coastline. 402 00:18:36,954 --> 00:18:39,291 found along its coastline. 403 00:18:39,458 --> 00:18:41,262 For ancient astronaut theorists, 404 00:18:41,462 --> 00:18:43,199 the enormous statues, 405 00:18:43,332 --> 00:18:45,304 along with the local legends that say 406 00:18:45,470 --> 00:18:47,339 they represent giant beings 407 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:50,180 who came down from the sky, present a compelling case 408 00:18:50,346 --> 00:18:52,051 for Easter Island being a place 409 00:18:52,217 --> 00:18:55,790 of extraterrestrial visitation. 410 00:18:55,791 --> 00:18:58,596 And what has made this notion even more 411 00:18:58,597 --> 00:19:02,204 intriguing is the discovery that the island's soil 412 00:19:02,337 --> 00:19:05,377 contains a substance called rapamycin 413 00:19:05,477 --> 00:19:09,251 that might be able to extend the human life span. 414 00:19:10,621 --> 00:19:12,591 In 1968, a remarkable 415 00:19:12,592 --> 00:19:15,532 substance was found, a kind of bacterial substance 416 00:19:15,533 --> 00:19:17,768 called rapamycin, and it was given that name 417 00:19:17,769 --> 00:19:20,239 because it was found on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, 418 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,377 which in itself is very interesting. 419 00:19:23,513 --> 00:19:26,219 And what they found was it could actually help 420 00:19:26,352 --> 00:19:28,756 when people had organ transplants 421 00:19:28,757 --> 00:19:28,790 when people had organ transplants to stop them rejecting them, 422 00:19:28,791 --> 00:19:30,860 to stop them rejecting them, 423 00:19:30,861 --> 00:19:33,900 but it could also help in cancer therapies as well. 424 00:19:33,901 --> 00:19:36,739 Then they found that it had very strong anti-aging properties. 425 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:41,516 It would almost reverse aging in certain medical situations. 426 00:19:41,650 --> 00:19:44,689 NARRATOR: Rapamycin has already been shown 427 00:19:44,789 --> 00:19:48,029 to extend life span and improve health in mice, 428 00:19:48,262 --> 00:19:50,200 and in 2018, 429 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,404 researchers at Texas AandM 430 00:19:52,538 --> 00:19:55,509 began testing the substance on dogs. 431 00:19:55,510 --> 00:19:58,160 While there is still much to learn about the effects 432 00:19:58,249 --> 00:19:59,384 of rapamycin, 433 00:19:59,552 --> 00:20:01,423 scientists are hopeful that it 434 00:20:01,556 --> 00:20:03,659 could prove to actually reverse aging 435 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:03,694 could prove to actually reverse aging on a cellular level. 436 00:20:03,695 --> 00:20:05,397 on a cellular level. 437 00:20:05,531 --> 00:20:07,801 Is it a coincidence that rapamycin 438 00:20:07,802 --> 00:20:07,835 Is it a coincidence that rapamycin was found on Easter Island? 439 00:20:07,836 --> 00:20:09,706 was found on Easter Island? 440 00:20:09,806 --> 00:20:12,677 Where there's possible alien visitations? 441 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:15,217 We don't know. In fact, one question to ask is, what 442 00:20:15,416 --> 00:20:17,687 do the aliens do to live 443 00:20:17,688 --> 00:20:20,794 very long lives themselves? Do they take certain substances? 444 00:20:20,795 --> 00:20:24,935 NARRATOR: Could it be that the anti-aging substance found 445 00:20:24,936 --> 00:20:28,744 on Easter Island was left behind by alien visitors 446 00:20:28,844 --> 00:20:32,984 who used it as a way to extend their life spans? 447 00:20:32,985 --> 00:20:33,018 who used it as a way to extend their life spans? In numerous ancient traditions, 448 00:20:33,019 --> 00:20:35,557 In numerous ancient traditions, 449 00:20:35,558 --> 00:20:38,329 there are stories of the gods possessing elixirs 450 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:39,833 of immortality 451 00:20:39,966 --> 00:20:43,674 and sometimes sharing them with humans. 452 00:20:44,508 --> 00:20:47,380 There are many ancient cultures 453 00:20:47,514 --> 00:20:51,288 that had their own food and drink 454 00:20:51,455 --> 00:20:53,960 that could bring immortality. 455 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:53,993 that could bring immortality. For instance, in China, 456 00:20:53,994 --> 00:20:56,332 For instance, in China, 457 00:20:56,465 --> 00:20:59,372 there was the peaches of immortality 458 00:20:59,471 --> 00:21:03,313 that were given out by the goddess known as 459 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:05,752 the Old Mother of the West. 460 00:21:05,885 --> 00:21:09,592 These were given to the immortals of China 461 00:21:09,726 --> 00:21:12,864 to quite literally allow them to live 462 00:21:12,865 --> 00:21:15,603 for eternity. 463 00:21:15,604 --> 00:21:19,010 HUSSAIN: For the Greeks, it's this nectar ambrosia, 464 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:22,284 literally the food of the gods, that, if you consume that, 465 00:21:22,417 --> 00:21:25,223 then you yourself will be divine. 466 00:21:25,224 --> 00:21:26,759 In the Vedas, you have this drink- 467 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,198 uh, soma- and the same idea, 468 00:21:29,364 --> 00:21:31,034 that this is what feeds the gods 469 00:21:31,035 --> 00:21:31,101 that this is what feeds the gods and keeps them alive and immortal. 470 00:21:31,102 --> 00:21:33,439 and keeps them alive and immortal. 471 00:21:33,574 --> 00:21:35,945 Then, if we humans eat that food, 472 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:39,117 these substances will keep us alive forever. 473 00:21:40,486 --> 00:21:44,561 NARRATOR: If these gods were, in fact, alien visitors, 474 00:21:44,562 --> 00:21:47,668 could it be that they were able to achieve immortality 475 00:21:47,768 --> 00:21:51,842 simply by ingesting some type of plant or drug? 476 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:56,485 Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest that substances, 477 00:21:56,586 --> 00:21:59,758 like ambrosia, were merely symbolic devices 478 00:21:59,759 --> 00:22:03,031 representing the gods' ability to extend their lives. 479 00:22:03,032 --> 00:22:07,107 And they believe this was accomplished using the same 480 00:22:07,407 --> 00:22:10,914 technology that scientists are developing today, 481 00:22:10,915 --> 00:22:12,718 gene splicing. 482 00:22:20,634 --> 00:22:24,643 A team of scientists working with a gene-manipulating 483 00:22:24,809 --> 00:22:26,847 technology known as CRISPR 484 00:22:26,947 --> 00:22:30,253 at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT 485 00:22:30,254 --> 00:22:32,056 makes a groundbreaking discovery. 486 00:22:32,057 --> 00:22:32,123 makes a groundbreaking discovery. By editing specific genes 487 00:22:32,124 --> 00:22:35,363 By editing specific genes in mice, 488 00:22:35,531 --> 00:22:37,602 the researchers were able 489 00:22:37,702 --> 00:22:40,808 to double the life spans of their test subjects. 490 00:22:40,975 --> 00:22:42,945 CRISPR, you can think of it like 491 00:22:43,045 --> 00:22:46,586 we can cut and snip out pieces of our DNA. 492 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,626 And if we can discover, for example, 493 00:22:49,826 --> 00:22:52,162 part of our genetic code 494 00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:52,197 part of our genetic code that has to do with aging, 495 00:22:52,198 --> 00:22:54,100 that has to do with aging, 496 00:22:54,101 --> 00:22:56,071 we can maybe cut it out, 497 00:22:56,171 --> 00:22:59,245 or we can add things into the genetic code 498 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:01,382 that might extend life 499 00:23:01,583 --> 00:23:04,120 to potentially create 500 00:23:04,121 --> 00:23:04,186 to potentially create a human that could live forever. 501 00:23:04,187 --> 00:23:07,127 a human that could live forever. 502 00:23:08,597 --> 00:23:11,703 If we could rewrite the DNA code, 503 00:23:11,836 --> 00:23:15,510 in principle we can live forever. 504 00:23:16,746 --> 00:23:20,621 Already we've been able to slice and dice that for a mouse, 505 00:23:20,754 --> 00:23:23,660 and eventually we'll do it for a human. 506 00:23:24,963 --> 00:23:28,770 NARRATOR: While it remains to be seen if CRISPR technology 507 00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:31,943 will succeed in increasing the human life span... 508 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,855 ...some scientists believe the key to immortality 509 00:23:37,955 --> 00:23:41,362 may be found by studying a strange sea creature 510 00:23:41,495 --> 00:23:44,234 that has the ability to live forever. 511 00:23:45,637 --> 00:23:47,507 So, one thing in nature that seems 512 00:23:47,608 --> 00:23:49,812 to be immortal is the immortal jellyfish, 513 00:23:49,912 --> 00:23:53,018 where it can actually revert to an earlier state 514 00:23:53,019 --> 00:23:53,051 where it can actually revert to an earlier state when damaged or at risk 515 00:23:53,052 --> 00:23:55,023 when damaged or at risk 516 00:23:55,123 --> 00:23:57,695 and then regrow back into the adult state. 517 00:23:59,632 --> 00:24:02,805 NARRATOR: The cells of all animals begin as stem cells, 518 00:24:02,905 --> 00:24:06,513 which then develop into organs, muscles, bones, 519 00:24:06,646 --> 00:24:08,818 and whatever else the organism needs. 520 00:24:08,917 --> 00:24:12,625 The jellyfish species Turritopsis dohrnii, 521 00:24:12,725 --> 00:24:15,363 commonly known as the immortal jellyfish, 522 00:24:15,531 --> 00:24:17,199 can take mature adult cells 523 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:17,266 can take mature adult cells and turn them back into stem cells, 524 00:24:17,267 --> 00:24:20,073 and turn them back into stem cells, 525 00:24:20,206 --> 00:24:22,912 allowing the jellyfish to, in effect, 526 00:24:23,079 --> 00:24:25,951 start its development all over. 527 00:24:26,085 --> 00:24:28,923 So you're really reversing the biological 528 00:24:28,924 --> 00:24:31,830 timeline and then resetting it going forward, 529 00:24:31,831 --> 00:24:33,799 so that you're actually not only living longer 530 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,202 but you're also younger. 531 00:24:35,203 --> 00:24:35,269 but you're also younger. And thinking about how these things 532 00:24:35,270 --> 00:24:38,109 And thinking about how these things 533 00:24:38,209 --> 00:24:40,715 get reversed, to me, is an intriguing way 534 00:24:40,814 --> 00:24:44,254 to approach the biology and the immortality. 535 00:24:44,255 --> 00:24:46,959 NARRATOR: By understanding species 536 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,797 like the immortal jellyfish 537 00:24:48,897 --> 00:24:51,603 and through the technology of gene editing, 538 00:24:51,703 --> 00:24:54,876 might we greatly extend the human life span? 539 00:24:55,844 --> 00:24:58,851 And could extraterrestrials have used 540 00:24:58,984 --> 00:25:01,321 similar means to achieve immortality, 541 00:25:01,589 --> 00:25:05,295 allowing them to travel great distances through space? 542 00:25:05,296 --> 00:25:05,362 allowing them to travel great distances through space? TSOUKALOS: 543 00:25:05,363 --> 00:25:07,501 TSOUKALOS: It often seems to me 544 00:25:07,701 --> 00:25:09,371 that we live in a time 545 00:25:09,572 --> 00:25:10,941 of rediscovery, 546 00:25:11,108 --> 00:25:14,716 meaning that the fact that we 547 00:25:14,816 --> 00:25:17,521 come up with ways with which to improve 548 00:25:17,721 --> 00:25:19,892 and prolong our lives, 549 00:25:19,992 --> 00:25:24,969 extraterrestrials have figured that out long ago. 550 00:25:26,271 --> 00:25:29,878 NARRATOR: But while scientists are optimistic that the human 551 00:25:29,879 --> 00:25:33,319 life span can be lengthened through genetic engineering, 552 00:25:33,620 --> 00:25:36,826 many aerospace experts believe that biological 553 00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:39,031 bodies are simply not equipped 554 00:25:39,131 --> 00:25:43,004 to withstand the rigors of extended space travel. 555 00:25:43,005 --> 00:25:45,010 They suggest that, 556 00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:47,047 if humans are to one day colonize 557 00:25:47,147 --> 00:25:50,386 other planets, it will require merging man 558 00:25:50,621 --> 00:25:52,892 and machine. 559 00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:06,317 NARRATOR: In a press conference organized by a UFO investigative group 560 00:26:06,318 --> 00:26:06,350 NARRATOR: In a press conference organized by a UFO investigative group 561 00:26:06,351 --> 00:26:08,857 called the Disclosure Project, 562 00:26:08,957 --> 00:26:11,327 former Army Sergeant Clifford Stone 563 00:26:11,328 --> 00:26:11,394 former Army Sergeant Clifford Stone makes a shocking announcement. 564 00:26:11,395 --> 00:26:13,198 makes a shocking announcement. 565 00:26:13,199 --> 00:26:17,339 He claims to be part of a top secret military unit 566 00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:20,110 once tasked with recovering extraterrestrial craft 567 00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:23,285 and their pilots for the U.S. government. 568 00:26:24,387 --> 00:26:27,360 I was involved in situations where we actually 569 00:26:27,661 --> 00:26:31,001 did recoveries of crashed, of crashed saucers, 570 00:26:31,101 --> 00:26:33,740 for lack of a better term, debris thereof. 571 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,010 There were bodies that were involved with 572 00:26:36,078 --> 00:26:39,619 some of these crashes. Also, some were alive. 573 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:41,722 While we were doing all this, we were telling 574 00:26:41,723 --> 00:26:43,692 the American public there was nothing to it. 575 00:26:43,693 --> 00:26:46,163 We were telling the world there was nothing to it. 576 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,570 NARRATOR: Sergeant Stone would later describe 577 00:26:49,805 --> 00:26:52,777 a specific mission in which he learned that the pilot of 578 00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:57,053 an extraterrestrial craft was "a biological robot." 579 00:26:57,054 --> 00:27:00,025 NEWMAN: So, what he found was, is that these so-called 580 00:27:00,026 --> 00:27:02,765 Grey aliens with the skinny bodies and giant 581 00:27:02,898 --> 00:27:04,969 heads were like biological robots. 582 00:27:05,136 --> 00:27:06,540 They-they had few organs. 583 00:27:06,706 --> 00:27:08,274 They had all this machinery 584 00:27:08,275 --> 00:27:08,308 They had all this machinery and computing inside them, 585 00:27:08,309 --> 00:27:10,948 and computing inside them, 586 00:27:10,949 --> 00:27:13,017 and he really questioned what this was all about. 587 00:27:13,018 --> 00:27:16,190 And the conclusion was that they must have been created 588 00:27:16,191 --> 00:27:19,933 to travel huge distances from their planet to this planet 589 00:27:20,032 --> 00:27:23,404 because, if they were just a biological entity, 590 00:27:23,405 --> 00:27:23,471 because, if they were just a biological entity, they simply 591 00:27:23,472 --> 00:27:26,210 they simply would not have survived. 592 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:29,184 NARRATOR: Could it be that Earth is being visited 593 00:27:29,284 --> 00:27:32,524 by alien entities that are part machine? 594 00:27:32,791 --> 00:27:36,800 Is this why the ancient people referred to the gods as 595 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:39,371 immortals, because they were not entirely 596 00:27:39,471 --> 00:27:43,478 biological beings and appeared to never age? 597 00:27:43,479 --> 00:27:43,546 biological beings and appeared to never age? As further support 598 00:27:43,547 --> 00:27:47,419 As further support for this notion, 599 00:27:47,420 --> 00:27:47,453 As further support for this notion, ancient astronaut theorists 600 00:27:47,454 --> 00:27:49,290 ancient astronaut theorists 601 00:27:49,291 --> 00:27:53,199 point to a strange figure that appears in 18th century France, 602 00:27:53,299 --> 00:27:57,809 the mysterious Count de Saint-Germain. 603 00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,811 COLLINS: The Count de Saint-Germain is 604 00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:01,917 probably one of the most enigmatic 605 00:28:02,083 --> 00:28:04,254 gentlemen of human history. 606 00:28:04,354 --> 00:28:07,493 He was an adventurer, he was a scientist, 607 00:28:07,494 --> 00:28:09,699 he was a composer. 608 00:28:09,865 --> 00:28:11,903 He knew several languages, 609 00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:15,342 yet, strangely, he always 610 00:28:15,343 --> 00:28:17,046 was the same age 611 00:28:17,213 --> 00:28:19,216 whenever anybody saw him. 612 00:28:19,217 --> 00:28:21,955 ETTINGTON: One of the most interesting stories 613 00:28:21,956 --> 00:28:25,397 about the count was that when he was at a social gathering 614 00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:28,334 he met an old woman, and the old woman said, 615 00:28:28,335 --> 00:28:32,209 "I met you 60 years ago when I was a young woman, 616 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:35,349 and you looked in your 40s then, same as you do now." 617 00:28:35,350 --> 00:28:36,953 He hadn't aged. 618 00:28:38,088 --> 00:28:40,761 Another thing that people talk about was that he had 619 00:28:40,861 --> 00:28:44,267 so much knowledge of history and of science. 620 00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:47,005 He knew a lot of the leaders and kings. 621 00:28:47,006 --> 00:28:49,776 NARRATOR: Throughout his reportedly very long life, 622 00:28:49,845 --> 00:28:53,117 the Count de Saint-Germain befriended many noblemen 623 00:28:53,118 --> 00:28:57,060 and rulers, who he was believed to have great influence over. 624 00:28:57,226 --> 00:29:00,066 ETTINGTON: In the mid-1700s 625 00:29:00,199 --> 00:29:02,671 he was a diplomat for King Louis XV, 626 00:29:02,871 --> 00:29:05,945 and in the 1760s 627 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:07,748 he traveled to Russia 628 00:29:07,848 --> 00:29:11,120 and he was complicit in the overthrow 629 00:29:11,121 --> 00:29:15,261 that put Catherine the Great in place as the czar of Russia. 630 00:29:15,262 --> 00:29:16,999 HENRY: It was rumored that he later advised 631 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,503 the Russian imperial commander in the war against 632 00:29:19,504 --> 00:29:21,854 the Turks, which the Russians ultimately won. 633 00:29:21,855 --> 00:29:24,881 COLLINS: He's supposed to have died 634 00:29:24,882 --> 00:29:27,553 in 1784, but there were 635 00:29:27,554 --> 00:29:30,293 reported sightings of him just the following year 636 00:29:30,393 --> 00:29:34,266 entering into a Masonic lodge in France, 637 00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:37,473 where his name was actually noted there and then. 638 00:29:38,342 --> 00:29:41,983 He was reportedly at the beheading 639 00:29:42,083 --> 00:29:45,691 of Marie Antoinette several years later. 640 00:29:45,857 --> 00:29:47,895 And there are many other reports 641 00:29:48,095 --> 00:29:49,899 of his presence 642 00:29:49,999 --> 00:29:53,438 all the way around the world in the 19th century. 643 00:29:53,439 --> 00:29:57,681 NARRATOR: In addition to appearing in historical records long after he 644 00:29:57,948 --> 00:30:01,320 was alleged to have died, it was said by many who knew 645 00:30:01,321 --> 00:30:04,328 the Count de Saint-Germain that he had odd habits 646 00:30:04,461 --> 00:30:08,034 and possessed extraordinary abilities. 647 00:30:08,035 --> 00:30:11,208 One of the strange things about him were his dietary habits. 648 00:30:12,176 --> 00:30:14,166 He'd sit with other people as they ate, 649 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,485 but he wouldn't eat with them. 650 00:30:17,453 --> 00:30:20,694 One of Count Saint-Germain's contacts in the 18th century was 651 00:30:20,961 --> 00:30:24,769 Casanova, who said he had an ability to melt diamonds, 652 00:30:24,869 --> 00:30:27,240 that he had amazing abilities and powers. 653 00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:29,510 He thought that he was an incredible 654 00:30:29,511 --> 00:30:29,545 He thought that he was an incredible superhuman type of person. 655 00:30:29,546 --> 00:30:31,048 superhuman type of person. 656 00:30:31,214 --> 00:30:33,787 So, if Saint-Germain 657 00:30:33,953 --> 00:30:35,656 had lived centuries, 658 00:30:35,657 --> 00:30:35,723 had lived centuries, and he was an alien from the past, 659 00:30:35,724 --> 00:30:39,364 and he was an alien from the past, 660 00:30:39,497 --> 00:30:41,335 certainly when you look at aliens, 661 00:30:41,435 --> 00:30:44,473 who are thousands of years in advance of us, 662 00:30:44,474 --> 00:30:48,149 they could have had alterations genetically or mechanically 663 00:30:48,150 --> 00:30:50,351 that would allow them to live a very long time. 664 00:30:50,352 --> 00:30:54,359 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Count de Saint-Germain 665 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,234 was an extraterrestrial entity that was part robotic, 666 00:30:58,235 --> 00:31:01,373 much like the Grey alien that Sergeant Clifford Stone 667 00:31:01,374 --> 00:31:01,407 much like the Grey alien that Sergeant Clifford Stone claims to have examined? 668 00:31:01,408 --> 00:31:03,244 claims to have examined? 669 00:31:03,245 --> 00:31:07,187 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that such a scenario 670 00:31:07,286 --> 00:31:11,061 is not so far-fetched considering that today 671 00:31:11,161 --> 00:31:13,533 we are already creating robots that are 672 00:31:13,633 --> 00:31:16,538 incredibly humanlike in their appearance. 673 00:31:16,539 --> 00:31:16,572 incredibly humanlike in their appearance. One of the most cutting-edge 674 00:31:16,573 --> 00:31:18,576 One of the most cutting-edge 675 00:31:18,676 --> 00:31:22,150 is a Hanson Robotics creation named Sophia. 676 00:31:22,283 --> 00:31:24,555 HENRY: What is absolutely mind-blowing 677 00:31:24,655 --> 00:31:27,160 about Sophia and other robotic entities is, 678 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:29,396 it's not hard to imagine a population 679 00:31:29,397 --> 00:31:32,905 of extraterrestrials creating humanoid robots 680 00:31:32,906 --> 00:31:34,974 like the ones that we're building today. 681 00:31:34,975 --> 00:31:37,848 Probably even more advanced. 682 00:31:38,115 --> 00:31:42,190 And it makes a lot of sense for us to send robots into space 683 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:44,026 instead of flesh-and-blood bodies. 684 00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:45,897 If it makes sense for us, it probably 685 00:31:45,997 --> 00:31:48,402 makes sense for extraterrestrials as well. 686 00:31:50,206 --> 00:31:53,211 NARRATOR: If the ancient astronaut theory is correct 687 00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:56,185 and humankind was created to follow in the footsteps 688 00:31:56,318 --> 00:31:58,689 of its extraterrestrial creators, 689 00:31:58,690 --> 00:31:58,790 of its extraterrestrial creators, will that mean merging 690 00:31:58,791 --> 00:32:02,363 will that mean merging man and machine? 691 00:32:02,531 --> 00:32:05,102 According to some scientists, 692 00:32:05,236 --> 00:32:09,244 that process is already underway. 693 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,190 NARRATOR: Located just four miles west of the Pentagon 694 00:32:20,266 --> 00:32:21,668 is the headquarters 695 00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:24,809 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 696 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:26,645 better known as DARPA. 697 00:32:26,646 --> 00:32:26,679 better known as DARPA. Since 2002, DARPA has been 698 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:30,186 Since 2002, DARPA has been 699 00:32:30,187 --> 00:32:32,690 investing hundreds of millions of dollars in its 700 00:32:32,691 --> 00:32:36,298 brain-machine interface program for the U.S. military. 701 00:32:36,431 --> 00:32:39,438 The technologies they're developing allow 702 00:32:39,572 --> 00:32:41,642 humans to control mechanical devices 703 00:32:41,643 --> 00:32:43,914 with their minds. 704 00:32:43,915 --> 00:32:45,783 BERLIN: There are these brain-computer 705 00:32:45,784 --> 00:32:49,156 interfaces where we can implant electrodes in the brain. 706 00:32:49,157 --> 00:32:51,863 And, for example, you can control a prosthetic limb 707 00:32:52,029 --> 00:32:53,409 by just using your thoughts 708 00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:55,435 with these brain-computer interfaces. 709 00:32:55,436 --> 00:32:58,075 The chip records activation in your brain. 710 00:32:58,175 --> 00:33:01,180 It sends that information to a computer, which then 711 00:33:01,181 --> 00:33:04,488 sends that to, let's say, a prosthetic limb to control it. 712 00:33:04,588 --> 00:33:07,292 This is certainly a good way to extend lives 713 00:33:07,293 --> 00:33:09,933 when the brain is not the part that's failing, but 714 00:33:09,934 --> 00:33:11,534 it's the rest of the body that's failing. 715 00:33:11,535 --> 00:33:14,741 'Cause you can actually now imagine human, 716 00:33:14,742 --> 00:33:14,774 'Cause you can actually now imagine human, sort of metal robotic cyborg 717 00:33:14,775 --> 00:33:16,913 sort of metal robotic cyborg 718 00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:19,449 combinations where your brain is 719 00:33:19,450 --> 00:33:22,160 now not just controlling maybe your biological body 720 00:33:22,223 --> 00:33:24,895 but something artificial and man-made. 721 00:33:25,062 --> 00:33:26,966 You give this technology another 722 00:33:27,066 --> 00:33:30,338 50 years, and we will appear as god beings 723 00:33:30,339 --> 00:33:33,245 to a person living at the beginning of the 20th century. 724 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,254 So, let's now look back at the extraterrestrial 725 00:33:37,420 --> 00:33:39,757 gods of the ancient world. 726 00:33:39,758 --> 00:33:42,763 They must have had at least the level of technological 727 00:33:42,764 --> 00:33:46,071 sophistication that we are enjoying and experiencing today, 728 00:33:46,237 --> 00:33:48,308 probably even more advanced. 729 00:33:48,442 --> 00:33:50,947 I think it's fascinating where we are 730 00:33:51,114 --> 00:33:53,085 in this moment in time because 731 00:33:53,251 --> 00:33:56,058 what if, one day, we can create 732 00:33:56,224 --> 00:33:58,061 artificial human beings? 733 00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:02,237 And, in fact, we are merely rediscovering 734 00:34:02,370 --> 00:34:05,776 what has happened already a long time ago. 735 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:08,514 NARRATOR: As far as some ancient astronaut theorists 736 00:34:08,515 --> 00:34:11,422 are concerned, merging biology and 737 00:34:11,589 --> 00:34:13,292 technology is an important 738 00:34:13,392 --> 00:34:16,700 first step in becoming like our alien ancestors. 739 00:34:16,799 --> 00:34:21,041 But they believe the extraterrestrial beings 740 00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:23,545 that people have reported encountering on Earth 741 00:34:23,546 --> 00:34:25,951 may be merely avatars, 742 00:34:26,117 --> 00:34:28,055 vessels for intelligences 743 00:34:28,155 --> 00:34:31,261 that can move from one body to another. 744 00:34:31,394 --> 00:34:33,533 HENRY: What if they're digital beings? 745 00:34:33,666 --> 00:34:36,540 Or light beings? We have numerous stories 746 00:34:36,672 --> 00:34:39,677 that tell us that the god beings were 747 00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:43,419 originally light beings that could then phase into a physical 748 00:34:43,518 --> 00:34:45,928 flesh-and-blood form and then phase back into 749 00:34:45,929 --> 00:34:48,795 their light body form when they want to travel the stars. 750 00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:48,862 their light body form when they want to travel the stars. We hear the story 751 00:34:48,863 --> 00:34:51,568 We hear the story of the Anunnaki, 752 00:34:51,569 --> 00:34:54,608 the divine lords of light of the Sumerian tradition... 753 00:34:55,476 --> 00:34:57,748 ...or the arrival of the Watchers, 754 00:34:57,848 --> 00:35:00,754 the lords of light who descended upon Mount Hermon. 755 00:35:01,922 --> 00:35:05,763 TAYLOR: The stories of Vishnu actually describe Vishnu 756 00:35:05,764 --> 00:35:09,203 having many manifestations of himself as other gods. 757 00:35:09,303 --> 00:35:12,077 He would come to our reality as a different god. 758 00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,615 He came to Earth many different times as many 759 00:35:14,715 --> 00:35:17,452 different people and had adventures and activities 760 00:35:17,453 --> 00:35:20,059 and then he would go back into the heavens as Vishnu. 761 00:35:20,192 --> 00:35:23,499 KAKU: The aliens could be avatars. 762 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,237 They can withstand all the rigors of outer space 763 00:35:26,337 --> 00:35:29,110 because they are part biological and part mechanical 764 00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:33,052 but controlled by an alien consciousness 765 00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:35,455 in a different star system. 766 00:35:35,456 --> 00:35:38,595 NARRATOR: While the notion of a conscious being that 767 00:35:38,596 --> 00:35:42,303 can move from one body to another may sound far-fetched, 768 00:35:42,470 --> 00:35:44,307 humankind is working towards 769 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,612 realizing this technology right now 770 00:35:46,746 --> 00:35:49,752 by attempting to map the human brain. 771 00:35:49,885 --> 00:35:53,259 Whole brain emulation is the ability 772 00:35:53,358 --> 00:35:57,633 to create a carbon copy of the brain itself. 773 00:35:57,634 --> 00:36:01,809 Already, by slicing and dicing the brain of a fruit fly, 774 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:04,915 we've been able to catalog all the connections 775 00:36:04,916 --> 00:36:06,451 of a fruit fly's brain 776 00:36:06,652 --> 00:36:10,324 up to 100,000 neurons. 777 00:36:10,325 --> 00:36:14,368 Think about that- every single connection of the brain 778 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:17,239 of a fruit fly mapped using computers 779 00:36:17,373 --> 00:36:19,812 by slicing and dicing the brain. 780 00:36:19,912 --> 00:36:22,883 Now, the human brain is much more complicated. 781 00:36:22,884 --> 00:36:22,917 Now, the human brain is much more complicated. A hundred billion neurons, 782 00:36:22,918 --> 00:36:25,489 A hundred billion neurons, 783 00:36:25,657 --> 00:36:28,129 with each neuron connected to 784 00:36:28,261 --> 00:36:31,703 10,000 other neurons, but in principle 785 00:36:31,802 --> 00:36:34,809 that's also possible to create an exact copy 786 00:36:34,908 --> 00:36:38,949 of the brain to map every single neuron 787 00:36:38,950 --> 00:36:40,420 of the brain 788 00:36:40,553 --> 00:36:44,227 using transistors rather than neurons. 789 00:36:44,393 --> 00:36:46,231 And it would, in principle, 790 00:36:46,397 --> 00:36:48,903 be identical to who you are. 791 00:36:49,003 --> 00:36:51,642 It would have access to all your memories, 792 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:54,481 all your dreams, all your foibles, 793 00:36:54,681 --> 00:36:56,552 all your mannerisms. 794 00:36:56,685 --> 00:36:58,688 It'll take, of course, decades 795 00:36:58,689 --> 00:37:02,597 to give you that kind of accuracy, but it is doable. 796 00:37:03,866 --> 00:37:07,296 NARRATOR: Once scientists can completely replicate a human brain 797 00:37:07,306 --> 00:37:09,110 through whole brain emulation, 798 00:37:09,377 --> 00:37:12,752 then that information can be uploaded to a computer 799 00:37:12,851 --> 00:37:16,691 to digitally represent a person's consciousness. 800 00:37:16,692 --> 00:37:20,466 Could it be that extraterrestrials who already 801 00:37:20,567 --> 00:37:23,572 possess this capability have come to Earth 802 00:37:23,573 --> 00:37:27,714 by uploading their consciousness into artificial bodies? 803 00:37:27,848 --> 00:37:30,687 There are some theoretical physicists 804 00:37:30,854 --> 00:37:33,592 who say not only is this possible 805 00:37:33,593 --> 00:37:37,266 but that this is how humans will eventually leave the planet 806 00:37:37,466 --> 00:37:40,773 and travel the stars. 807 00:37:49,691 --> 00:37:53,566 NARRATOR: August 27, 2019. 808 00:37:55,603 --> 00:37:59,009 Space X announces the successful test flight 809 00:37:59,010 --> 00:37:59,109 Space X announces the successful test flight of its starship prototype 810 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:02,383 of its starship prototype Starhopper. 811 00:38:02,483 --> 00:38:05,622 The founder of the private aerospace company, 812 00:38:05,623 --> 00:38:09,197 billionaire Elon Musk, has also been at the forefront 813 00:38:09,363 --> 00:38:12,537 of efforts to upgrade humankind. 814 00:38:12,637 --> 00:38:15,778 It is his belief that both pursuits are critical 815 00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:18,716 to ensuring the survival of the human race. 816 00:38:19,517 --> 00:38:21,888 It's interesting that, today, 817 00:38:21,889 --> 00:38:26,064 we have these adventurer billionaires like Elon Musk, 818 00:38:26,331 --> 00:38:30,641 and they want to put computer chips in our brains, 819 00:38:30,773 --> 00:38:34,414 even map our own consciousness and put 820 00:38:34,581 --> 00:38:36,651 that in a robot or cyborg, 821 00:38:36,652 --> 00:38:40,025 and they're wanting to go into space at the same time. 822 00:38:40,026 --> 00:38:41,861 So, in many ways, 823 00:38:41,862 --> 00:38:43,399 they're like the 824 00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:45,001 alien explorers 825 00:38:45,002 --> 00:38:45,035 alien explorers who came here in the past. 826 00:38:45,036 --> 00:38:47,641 who came here in the past. 827 00:38:47,642 --> 00:38:51,413 KAKU: I think with known technologies, 828 00:38:51,414 --> 00:38:55,054 we can theorize, that is, within 100, within 200 years, 829 00:38:55,055 --> 00:38:58,262 we're talking about fusion rockets and antimatter 830 00:38:58,395 --> 00:39:01,368 rockets capable of reaching the stars. 831 00:39:01,535 --> 00:39:03,772 And then I think we'll be sending 832 00:39:03,773 --> 00:39:07,947 robots into outer space that are actually avatars. 833 00:39:07,948 --> 00:39:11,589 I personally think this is the future of the space program, 834 00:39:11,689 --> 00:39:15,094 and I think we will do this using laser beams. 835 00:39:15,095 --> 00:39:15,161 and I think we will do this using laser beams. If we can digitize 836 00:39:15,162 --> 00:39:18,302 If we can digitize the human brain, 837 00:39:18,435 --> 00:39:21,374 we can put that knowledge on a laser beam 838 00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:22,843 and shoot it to the Moon. 839 00:39:22,844 --> 00:39:24,649 In one second, 840 00:39:24,848 --> 00:39:26,852 you are on the Moon. 841 00:39:26,986 --> 00:39:29,725 In 20 minutes, you could be on Mars. 842 00:39:29,825 --> 00:39:32,531 In four years, at the speed of light, 843 00:39:32,664 --> 00:39:35,101 you could reach the nearby stars. 844 00:39:35,102 --> 00:39:36,471 And what would you do? 845 00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:38,107 If that laser beam goes 846 00:39:38,108 --> 00:39:38,141 If that laser beam goes to the Moon, is then downloaded 847 00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,446 to the Moon, is then downloaded 848 00:39:40,647 --> 00:39:42,350 into an avatar, 849 00:39:42,449 --> 00:39:45,522 that avatar could withstand gravity fields, 850 00:39:45,723 --> 00:39:47,191 poisonous gases, 851 00:39:47,192 --> 00:39:47,225 poisonous gases, radiation from the Sun. 852 00:39:47,226 --> 00:39:48,729 radiation from the Sun. 853 00:39:48,863 --> 00:39:51,434 And in fact, I'll stick my neck out. 854 00:39:51,602 --> 00:39:53,405 I think this already exists. 855 00:39:53,539 --> 00:39:55,876 I think this is the preferred way 856 00:39:55,877 --> 00:39:59,552 for an advanced alien species to explore the universe. 857 00:39:59,751 --> 00:40:01,454 In fact, near the Earth, 858 00:40:01,455 --> 00:40:03,157 there could be a digital highway 859 00:40:03,158 --> 00:40:04,994 with the digitized souls 860 00:40:04,995 --> 00:40:09,170 of billions of aliens going across the Milky Way Galaxy. 861 00:40:09,470 --> 00:40:12,475 So I think when we meet aliens from outer space, 862 00:40:12,476 --> 00:40:15,147 we should not be surprised if they're actually 863 00:40:15,148 --> 00:40:15,181 we should not be surprised if they're actually avatars that are controlled by 864 00:40:15,182 --> 00:40:18,120 avatars that are controlled by 865 00:40:18,121 --> 00:40:18,187 avatars that are controlled by the aliens in a distant star system. 866 00:40:18,188 --> 00:40:20,661 the aliens in a distant star system. 867 00:40:20,827 --> 00:40:22,898 NARRATOR: As entrepreneurs 868 00:40:23,031 --> 00:40:25,537 continue to invest billions in pursuit 869 00:40:25,636 --> 00:40:28,708 of both space travel and whole brain emulation, 870 00:40:28,709 --> 00:40:31,815 are we getting closer to becoming like the immortals 871 00:40:31,915 --> 00:40:35,922 our ancestors described thousands of years ago? 872 00:40:35,923 --> 00:40:39,297 And if these immortals were responsible for the creation 873 00:40:39,497 --> 00:40:40,767 of the human race, 874 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:43,606 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 875 00:40:43,773 --> 00:40:46,913 could this evolution be exactly 876 00:40:47,046 --> 00:40:50,085 what they intended for humankind all along? 877 00:40:51,855 --> 00:40:54,159 Why would extraterrestrials come to Earth 878 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:54,193 Why would extraterrestrials come to Earth and start a human project, 879 00:40:54,194 --> 00:40:56,097 and start a human project, 880 00:40:56,197 --> 00:40:58,547 knowing that it would take thousands of years 881 00:40:58,669 --> 00:41:00,106 for us to, to develop? 882 00:41:00,205 --> 00:41:02,795 Well, it could perhaps be that extraterrestrials 883 00:41:02,811 --> 00:41:06,885 have a different perspective of time than we do. 884 00:41:07,019 --> 00:41:09,390 If we think of the extraterrestrials 885 00:41:09,524 --> 00:41:11,829 as immortal, time is irrelevant. 886 00:41:11,929 --> 00:41:15,201 And their goal is to assist humanity 887 00:41:15,202 --> 00:41:15,234 And their goal is to assist humanity to become more like them. 888 00:41:15,235 --> 00:41:17,941 to become more like them. 889 00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:22,551 TAYLOR: There's a potential that humanity is going to become 890 00:41:22,684 --> 00:41:25,822 a starfaring nation that has long life 891 00:41:25,823 --> 00:41:27,893 because you're gonna need that for some of these long journeys. 892 00:41:27,894 --> 00:41:31,300 And we might become more like the gods that seemed to 893 00:41:31,568 --> 00:41:35,075 live for thousands of years and traveled the heavens. 894 00:41:37,179 --> 00:41:39,684 NARRATOR: Is humanity on the verge of becoming 895 00:41:39,851 --> 00:41:41,822 an intergalactic civilization? 896 00:41:41,955 --> 00:41:45,161 And if so, is it possible that we 897 00:41:45,162 --> 00:41:48,569 were set on this path by an extraterrestrial race 898 00:41:48,669 --> 00:41:51,675 that visited Earth thousands of years ago? 899 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:54,548 Perhaps one day, the immortal gods 900 00:41:54,714 --> 00:41:57,118 seen descending from the sky 901 00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:59,490 on a distant planet... 902 00:41:59,724 --> 00:42:01,461 will be us. 903 00:42:01,595 --> 00:42:04,133 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS 904 00:42:04,183 --> 00:42:08,733 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0