1 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:04,272 >> NARRATOR: Rockets... 2 00:00:04,272 --> 00:00:06,707 hurling space probes deep into 3 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:10,478 the cosmos. 4 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:13,314 Sound waves... compelling solid 5 00:00:13,314 --> 00:00:16,950 objects to float in midair. 6 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:20,588 Laser beams... vaporizing 7 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:23,457 targets with pinpoint accuracy. 8 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:26,127 Are these stunning examples of 9 00:00:26,127 --> 00:00:29,163 mankind's modern technology? 10 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:31,799 Or are they merely recent 11 00:00:31,799 --> 00:00:34,368 incarnations of scientific 12 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:36,104 achievements that have roots 13 00:00:36,104 --> 00:00:37,838 stretching back to the ancient 14 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:39,006 past? 15 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:40,074 >> JASON MARTELL: We have 16 00:00:40,074 --> 00:00:41,775 several cultures who depict 17 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:44,112 modern technology being used 18 00:00:44,112 --> 00:00:45,513 thousands of years ago. 19 00:00:45,513 --> 00:00:46,647 >> PHILIP COPPENS: They were 20 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:48,082 working with technology that 21 00:00:48,082 --> 00:00:49,583 could literally break the Earth 22 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,051 in two. 23 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,586 >> DAVID CHILDRESS: How could 24 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:54,322 they have had these advanced 25 00:00:54,322 --> 00:00:57,024 weapons that we've only just 26 00:00:57,024 --> 00:00:59,493 acquired ourselves today? 27 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,795 >> GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Something 28 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:05,466 in our past has been lost, and 29 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:09,203 we're looking for that answer. 30 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:11,172 >> NARRATOR: Millions of people 31 00:01:11,172 --> 00:01:13,141 around the world believe we have 32 00:01:13,141 --> 00:01:14,742 been visited in the past by 33 00:01:14,742 --> 00:01:16,944 extraterrestrial beings. 34 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,613 What if it were true? 35 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:21,649 Did ancient aliens really help 36 00:01:21,649 --> 00:01:24,618 to shape our history? 37 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:27,121 And did mankind's cutting-edge 38 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:29,089 technology spring from our 39 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:31,392 imagination, or could it have 40 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:33,761 come from a source much farther 41 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:35,629 away? 42 00:02:06,827 --> 00:02:08,629 >> NARRATOR: In the early 43 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,598 morning hours of November 5, 44 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:13,967 2005, the luxury cruise ship 45 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:16,069 the Seabourn Spirit found 46 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,539 itself under attack by pirates 47 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:20,841 in the waters off the coast 48 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:22,576 of Somalia. 49 00:02:22,576 --> 00:02:24,712 But the Somali bandits were 50 00:02:24,712 --> 00:02:26,747 successfully repelled by a 51 00:02:26,747 --> 00:02:28,416 relatively new and formidable 52 00:02:28,416 --> 00:02:31,852 defensive weapon: a Long Range 53 00:02:31,852 --> 00:02:35,623 Acoustic Device or LRAD. 54 00:02:35,623 --> 00:02:38,125 Manufactured by the LRAD 55 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:40,794 Corporation, this sonic device 56 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:43,531 can, when focused on a target, 57 00:02:43,531 --> 00:02:46,234 produce a piercing sound that 58 00:02:46,234 --> 00:02:49,270 can exceed 150 decibels-- enough 59 00:02:49,270 --> 00:02:51,939 to cause temporary blindness, 60 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:53,274 nausea and permanent hearing 61 00:02:53,274 --> 00:02:55,276 loss. 62 00:02:55,309 --> 00:02:57,278 >> CHILDRESS: The U.S. Army used 63 00:02:57,278 --> 00:02:58,979 sonic weapons in Iraq. 64 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:01,215 They're used in crowd control. 65 00:03:01,215 --> 00:03:03,083 There are certain types of low 66 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:04,752 rumbles and signals that will 67 00:03:04,752 --> 00:03:06,487 affect a person. 68 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:08,689 They make you feel sick. 69 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:10,791 >> NARRATOR: The LRAD is 70 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,059 currently used by law 71 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:14,194 enforcement, the military and 72 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:16,630 private security, and is 73 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:18,366 considered the ultimate in 74 00:03:18,366 --> 00:03:19,667 sonic weaponry. 75 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:21,935 (high-pitched ringing) 76 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:24,137 But is the LRAD really a 77 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:26,474 21st-century invention? 78 00:03:26,474 --> 00:03:28,276 Or is there evidence that 79 00:03:28,276 --> 00:03:30,177 similar audio weapons existed 80 00:03:30,177 --> 00:03:34,315 in ancient times? 81 00:03:34,315 --> 00:03:37,217 Approximately 17 miles northeast 82 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:39,987 of Jerusalem lies the ancient 83 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:42,723 ruins of the city of Jericho. 84 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:45,426 Here, archaeologists have 85 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:46,960 uncovered evidence of 86 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,296 settlements dating back 87 00:03:48,296 --> 00:03:50,364 to 9000 BC. 88 00:03:50,364 --> 00:03:53,000 According to the Hebrew Bible, 89 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,068 Jericho is believed to be 90 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,970 where God spoke to Joshua, 91 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,839 the successor to Moses, 92 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,908 and instructed him to march 93 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:02,876 around the walled city once 94 00:04:02,876 --> 00:04:05,078 every six days with seven 95 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:07,247 priests carrying rams' horns 96 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:09,249 and followed by the Ark of the 97 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,118 Covenant, the golden chest 98 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:15,155 containing the Ten Commandments. 99 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:17,825 Then, on the seventh day, under 100 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:20,728 orders by God, Joshua and the 101 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:22,530 Israelites marched around the 102 00:04:22,530 --> 00:04:24,097 perimeter of the city one last 103 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:25,333 time. 104 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:26,834 (horns blowing) 105 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:28,669 But this time, they blew the 106 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:30,804 rams' horns. 107 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:35,175 The walls of Jericho fell... 108 00:04:35,175 --> 00:04:38,011 and the city was sacked. 109 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,017 >> DAVID WILCOCK: In the Old 110 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:45,486 Testament, you see very clear 111 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:48,489 descriptions in Joshua 6 about 112 00:04:48,489 --> 00:04:50,791 the shofar, which is described 113 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:52,360 as a trumpet that was used in 114 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,027 the Battle of Jericho to 115 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,830 actually bring the walls down. 116 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:00,300 >> NARRATOR: To religious 117 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,702 scholars, the collapse of 118 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:04,037 Jericho's walls was a miracle. 119 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:06,340 To most modern day scientists 120 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:08,676 and historians, the destruction 121 00:05:08,676 --> 00:05:10,378 was most probably caused by 122 00:05:10,378 --> 00:05:11,945 an earthquake. 123 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,447 But could it have been 124 00:05:13,447 --> 00:05:15,516 something else? 125 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:17,485 Could the Israelites have 126 00:05:17,485 --> 00:05:19,286 possessed advanced sound wave 127 00:05:19,286 --> 00:05:21,188 technology? 128 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:23,791 If so, where did it come from? 129 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,493 >> JONATHAN YOUNG: In the 130 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:26,494 scriptures, we have a 131 00:05:26,494 --> 00:05:27,861 fascinating story about the 132 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:29,463 fall of the walls of Jericho. 133 00:05:29,463 --> 00:05:31,532 The armies were told to circle 134 00:05:31,532 --> 00:05:33,066 the wall repeatedly, and then 135 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,535 finally blow their horns, and 136 00:05:34,535 --> 00:05:36,069 down came the walls. 137 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:37,204 And we know there was a 138 00:05:37,204 --> 00:05:38,672 powerful presence. 139 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,173 The Ark of the Covenant, this 140 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,510 mysterious, sacred item, was 141 00:05:42,510 --> 00:05:44,144 with them at all times, which, 142 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:45,979 of course, was part of the event 143 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:47,515 and part of the fall of the 144 00:05:47,515 --> 00:05:50,518 walls of Jericho. 145 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,520 >> CHILDRESS: The idea that 146 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,756 some kind of sonic weapon was 147 00:05:55,756 --> 00:05:58,992 used to destroy these huge, 148 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:01,028 thick, ancient walls to allow 149 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:02,830 the Israelites to basically 150 00:06:02,830 --> 00:06:04,297 take over that city is a 151 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:05,666 fascinating one. 152 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:07,134 So what kind of technology were 153 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:08,536 they using? 154 00:06:08,536 --> 00:06:11,772 It sounds utterly fantastic to 155 00:06:11,772 --> 00:06:13,206 us that they could have had some 156 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,708 kind of advanced alien 157 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,109 technology. 158 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:17,310 It's clearly what they're 159 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,312 describing. 160 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:21,314 >> TUDOR PARFITT: There is 161 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,417 little doubt that the Ark of 162 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:25,553 the Covenant was a weapon. 163 00:06:25,553 --> 00:06:27,855 It was described as a weapon, 164 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:30,157 famously, when the Israelites 165 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:32,225 crossed over into Canaan and 166 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:35,729 they had to pass by Jericho. 167 00:06:35,763 --> 00:06:38,265 And it could be that there was 168 00:06:38,265 --> 00:06:40,568 some technology. 169 00:06:40,568 --> 00:06:42,936 We do not know what that 170 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:44,505 technology was, but there was 171 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:46,474 clearly an association between 172 00:06:46,474 --> 00:06:48,308 the Ark and the falling down of 173 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:50,410 the walls, and that's the reason 174 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,646 that the Ark was sent around 175 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:55,716 the periphery of the city. 176 00:06:59,853 --> 00:07:01,822 >> NARRATOR: According to many 177 00:07:01,822 --> 00:07:03,757 ancient astronaut theorists, 178 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:05,626 Moses and the Israelites 179 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,861 acquired a supernatural source 180 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:10,030 of energy at Mount Sinai. 181 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:12,500 This powerful energy source was 182 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,535 later contained in the Ark of 183 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:16,403 the Covenant, and would have 184 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:17,805 provided the kind of power 185 00:07:17,805 --> 00:07:19,907 necessary to amplify Joshua's 186 00:07:19,907 --> 00:07:22,109 horns and make them into a 187 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:24,778 powerful sonic weapon. 188 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:26,480 >> WILCOCK: What's interesting 189 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,248 about the Battle of Jericho is 190 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:29,983 that this particular use of the 191 00:07:29,983 --> 00:07:32,319 shofar clearly seems to be the 192 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:33,721 same thing that we're seeing 193 00:07:33,721 --> 00:07:35,856 with particle beam technology, 194 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:37,958 death ray technology, 195 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:39,793 thunderbolt technology. 196 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,895 It very clearly seems that once 197 00:07:41,895 --> 00:07:43,096 again we have an 198 00:07:43,096 --> 00:07:44,464 extraterrestrial technology 199 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,033 that the ancient people had at 200 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:47,701 the ready that they could use 201 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:49,436 when needed for military 202 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:52,706 campaigns. 203 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:54,775 >> NARRATOR: But even if the 204 00:07:54,775 --> 00:07:56,844 Israelites possessed some sort 205 00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:58,712 of advanced extraterrestrial 206 00:07:58,712 --> 00:08:01,181 technology, could the amplified 207 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:03,450 sound of rams' horns really 208 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:05,953 bring down stone walls? 209 00:08:05,953 --> 00:08:08,355 According to scientist and 210 00:08:08,355 --> 00:08:09,990 former astronaut Professor 211 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,593 Taylor Wang, recent research 212 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:14,361 into the field of physical 213 00:08:14,361 --> 00:08:16,664 acoustics suggests it is a 214 00:08:16,664 --> 00:08:18,766 distinct possibility. 215 00:08:18,799 --> 00:08:20,834 >> TAYLOR WANG: Jericho's wall 216 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,836 breaking apart-- if you said it 217 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:24,504 has happened, caused by 218 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:27,808 acoustics, caused by sound... 219 00:08:27,808 --> 00:08:30,477 well, the possibility has to be 220 00:08:30,477 --> 00:08:32,312 somehow a resonance is built 221 00:08:32,312 --> 00:08:34,381 in that wall. 222 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:35,783 It may not be the whole wall-- 223 00:08:35,783 --> 00:08:36,784 maybe some of the structure 224 00:08:36,784 --> 00:08:37,785 material. 225 00:08:37,785 --> 00:08:39,286 When that resonance happens, 226 00:08:39,286 --> 00:08:40,888 amplitude gets large enough, 227 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:42,723 yes, it could destroy almost 228 00:08:42,723 --> 00:08:44,592 anything, because what the 229 00:08:44,592 --> 00:08:46,426 resonance does is store 230 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:47,895 an enormous amount of energy. 231 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:49,096 So you keep on, keep on feeding 232 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:51,264 it, eventually it shatters 233 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,634 everything. 234 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:55,936 >> MICHAEL DENNIN: When you want 235 00:08:55,936 --> 00:08:57,504 to know how powerful sound is, 236 00:08:57,504 --> 00:08:58,639 you have to realize that the 237 00:08:58,639 --> 00:08:59,907 basic thing that sound is, is a 238 00:08:59,907 --> 00:09:01,508 pressure wave, and it will come 239 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:02,810 down to the amount of energy you 240 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:04,544 put into your sound wave and 241 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:06,614 whether or not that particular 242 00:09:06,614 --> 00:09:08,548 pressure wave you generate will 243 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,083 couple or impact the thing 244 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:13,053 you're trying to destroy. 245 00:09:15,088 --> 00:09:16,790 You can make it quite powerful, 246 00:09:16,790 --> 00:09:18,291 'cause you can make a very high 247 00:09:18,291 --> 00:09:19,159 amplitude, very large pressures 248 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,293 in the sound. 249 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,729 It might be at a frequency or 250 00:09:21,729 --> 00:09:22,730 amplitude where we no longer 251 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:24,164 hear it as sound, but from a 252 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:25,498 physics point of view, it is 253 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:26,667 still sound because it's a 254 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:27,768 pressure wave in the air. 255 00:09:27,768 --> 00:09:29,069 So it can get quite destructive, 256 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:30,203 if you put enough energy 257 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:33,741 into it. 258 00:09:33,741 --> 00:09:35,709 You could also think of it as a 259 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:36,710 particle weapon because you're 260 00:09:36,710 --> 00:09:38,045 moving air around, and you would 261 00:09:38,045 --> 00:09:39,312 just need something to focus 262 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:40,614 the sound which we know 263 00:09:40,614 --> 00:09:41,448 how to do. 264 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:42,950 So that would give you a 265 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:44,584 directed energy beam with sound. 266 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:48,021 >> NARRATOR: But if, as ancient 267 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:49,623 astronaut theorists suggest, 268 00:09:49,623 --> 00:09:51,458 early civilizations had been 269 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:52,860 able to harness the power of 270 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:57,097 sound for destructive purposes, 271 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:58,632 could there be evidence that 272 00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:00,734 such technology might also have 273 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:02,202 been used for a more 274 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:04,204 constructive purpose? 275 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:06,039 Might it help to explain the 276 00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:08,809 existence of mammoth stone 277 00:10:08,809 --> 00:10:11,311 structures whose construction 278 00:10:11,311 --> 00:10:13,313 has baffled modern scientists 279 00:10:13,313 --> 00:10:15,248 for centuries? 280 00:10:19,887 --> 00:10:21,722 >> NARRATOR: Mycenae. 281 00:10:21,722 --> 00:10:23,924 In the second millennium B.C., 282 00:10:23,924 --> 00:10:26,326 this ancient fortress city 283 00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:27,327 dominated much of 284 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:30,698 southern Greece. 285 00:10:30,698 --> 00:10:33,533 Here, fortifications were built 286 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:35,002 in a style known as 287 00:10:35,002 --> 00:10:37,204 "cyclopean masonry," 288 00:10:37,204 --> 00:10:38,672 where huge limestone 289 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:40,273 boulders were fitted tightly 290 00:10:40,273 --> 00:10:42,009 together without the use 291 00:10:42,009 --> 00:10:44,111 of mortar. 292 00:10:46,213 --> 00:10:48,481 The term "cyclopean" refers to 293 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:50,884 the fact that-- according to 294 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:51,685 ancient myths-- these 295 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:53,420 Mycenaean fortifications were 296 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:55,255 thought to be the work of a 297 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:57,224 strong, one-eyed race of giants 298 00:10:57,224 --> 00:11:00,928 known as the Cyclopes. 299 00:11:00,928 --> 00:11:02,595 >> PHILIP COPPENS: When you look 300 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:03,897 at Mycenae in Greece, you're 301 00:11:03,897 --> 00:11:05,966 confronted with an anomalous 302 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:07,300 civilization, really. 303 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,402 It is a city which people who 304 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,705 looked at it said, "Only the 305 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:13,106 Cyclops could have built this." 306 00:11:13,106 --> 00:11:15,508 The Cyclops is, perhaps not by 307 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:16,509 coincidence, a mythical 308 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:18,511 creature. 309 00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:20,013 So we really are confronted 310 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:21,681 with the fact that people are 311 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,116 saying mankind could not have 312 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,684 built this. 313 00:11:24,718 --> 00:11:26,419 It has to have been something 314 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:28,455 above, or other than man, who 315 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:29,622 has constructed these walls. 316 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,291 And when you look at the fact 317 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:33,126 that tons and tons and tons of 318 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:35,262 stones have been used in a way 319 00:11:35,262 --> 00:11:36,997 that really defies, 320 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,766 almost, gravity... 321 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:40,500 and I think that's why we have 322 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,135 to say that Mycenae is 323 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:43,636 definitely beyond human 324 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,338 capability of that specific 325 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:46,874 time and that specific period 326 00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:49,442 in Greek history. 327 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:53,213 >> TSOUKALOS: In Mycenae, Greece 328 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,782 there is what's called the 329 00:11:54,782 --> 00:11:57,450 "Treasury of Atreus." 330 00:11:57,450 --> 00:12:00,187 And right in there, there is 331 00:12:00,187 --> 00:12:01,955 one stone that has been hoisted 332 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:03,723 over the entrance of that 333 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:06,259 treasury, and it weighs an 334 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:10,497 estimated 250 tons. 335 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:12,966 It is perfect. 336 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:15,168 Just unbelievable. 337 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,404 Now, we would have difficulties 338 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:20,273 today moving that stuff around. 339 00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:21,842 Now, I'm not saying that we 340 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:24,077 today cannot do it. 341 00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:25,879 I'm not saying that, but if 342 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:29,349 we're struggling with our 343 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:31,684 modern technology, is it really 344 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:34,087 logical to suggest that our 345 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:36,990 ancestors did this with pivots, 346 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,626 and with little ropes, and with 347 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:42,162 wooden rollers? 348 00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:43,864 >> MICHAEL BARA: You look at all 349 00:12:43,864 --> 00:12:45,332 these ancient structures all 350 00:12:45,332 --> 00:12:47,134 over the world: Mayan 351 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:49,602 structures, pyramids, 352 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:50,437 Greek temples. 353 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:51,771 You see all of these... these 354 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,240 blocks that are not only 355 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,174 enormous, it would be 356 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:55,408 impossible to move them around 357 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:57,510 with anything but even our best 358 00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:00,180 technology today. 359 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:01,414 >> CHILDRESS: One of the great 360 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:02,715 enigmas of the megalithic 361 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:03,984 buildings around the world is 362 00:13:03,984 --> 00:13:05,318 that in many cases they're 363 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,988 built with such large and heavy 364 00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:10,723 granite or basalt stones. 365 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:13,927 Even giant cranes would barely 366 00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:16,396 be useful to lift some of these 367 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:19,166 really large stones, such as 368 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,767 the stones at Baalbek in 369 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:22,936 Lebanon, where you have just 370 00:13:22,936 --> 00:13:26,173 mind-bogglingly huge stones 371 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:28,708 that weigh, in some cases, over 372 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:31,578 a thousand tons. 373 00:13:31,578 --> 00:13:33,914 >> NARRATOR: But just how could 374 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:36,183 ancient man have built such 375 00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:38,151 colossal structures? 376 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,854 Were the stones really moved by 377 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:44,557 beings with superhuman strength? 378 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:46,960 Or might the builders have had 379 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,162 access to an advanced-- perhaps 380 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:51,798 alien-- technology? 381 00:13:51,798 --> 00:13:54,234 For ancient astronaut 382 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:56,236 theorists, the key might be 383 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,238 found not by studying the 384 00:13:58,238 --> 00:14:00,040 laws of physics, but by 385 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,042 exploring the interdisciplinary 386 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:04,077 science of acoustics and the 387 00:14:04,077 --> 00:14:05,812 principle of acoustic 388 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,547 levitation. 389 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:09,082 >> THOMAS VALONE: Acoustic 390 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:11,184 levitation is another way that 391 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:12,585 alien civilizations may have 392 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:14,721 influenced our history. 393 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:16,789 And there is some evidence for 394 00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:18,525 that, especially when you look 395 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,193 at some of the research that's 396 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:21,929 been done in acoustic 397 00:14:21,929 --> 00:14:25,032 levitation here in laboratories. 398 00:14:25,032 --> 00:14:27,567 (steady, high-pitched tone) 399 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,274 >> WANG: This system is a 400 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,743 acoustic positioning device, and 401 00:14:36,743 --> 00:14:38,711 what happens inside, we create 402 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,915 an acoustic force field. 403 00:14:41,949 --> 00:14:43,150 The force field is pushing 404 00:14:43,150 --> 00:14:44,851 everything toward the center. 405 00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:46,619 And the force field can rotate, 406 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,388 the force field can oscillate. 407 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:50,090 This ball is fairly light 408 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,258 material. 409 00:14:51,258 --> 00:14:53,893 It's about ten grams, no more. 410 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:55,628 It's meant to be light. 411 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,030 But if you want to move the 412 00:14:57,030 --> 00:14:58,698 very heavy object, a large 413 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,000 object, what you really have to 414 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,834 develop in conjunction with the 415 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,571 acoustic positioning device, is 416 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,039 antigravity device. 417 00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:08,208 Because acoustic position 418 00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:10,110 device, really meant to fine 419 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:13,080 tuning of the force field, but 420 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,148 the system must be force-free, 421 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:18,952 otherwise it won't be budged. 422 00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:20,487 >> NARRATOR: But is it possible 423 00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,755 that early builders had access 424 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:24,157 to the kind of acoustic 425 00:15:24,157 --> 00:15:27,260 technology that would allow for 426 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:28,828 the transportation and careful 427 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:31,398 placement of mega-ton boulders 428 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:34,434 and stone blocks? 429 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,136 Ancient astronaut theorists 430 00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,405 believe clues can be found in 431 00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:39,872 the myths and tales of magic 432 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,642 handed down throughout time. 433 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:43,977 >> TSOUKALOS: There are many 434 00:15:43,977 --> 00:15:45,145 ancient legends which suggest 435 00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:47,380 that some of the monuments were 436 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,082 built with the help of acoustic 437 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:51,084 levitation. 438 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:54,021 What the local legend of 439 00:15:54,021 --> 00:15:57,724 Stonehenge talks about is that 440 00:15:57,724 --> 00:15:58,992 those big stones were 441 00:15:58,992 --> 00:16:02,195 transported by way of 442 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:04,597 levitation by none other than 443 00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:07,067 Merlin the wizard. 444 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:09,036 And he had a magical rod with 445 00:16:09,036 --> 00:16:12,239 which he pointed at the stones, 446 00:16:12,239 --> 00:16:14,541 and they would levitate and 447 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:16,376 position into place. 448 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:18,345 It's a very fascinating 449 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,479 story, because we know 450 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:21,081 that some of these stones 451 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:22,515 have been transported there 452 00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:25,518 from as far away as 200 miles. 453 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:29,922 And ancient legends are a 454 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:34,561 bridge to finding what truly 455 00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:37,530 happened in our past. 456 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,032 >> BARA: There are lots of 457 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:40,133 stories of stones being 458 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:41,301 levitated, all using the power 459 00:16:41,301 --> 00:16:43,303 of sound. 460 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:44,371 It's interesting as 461 00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:46,639 you read these stories of magic, 462 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,208 that you see that they have to 463 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:49,376 use the chanting. 464 00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:50,843 They have to chant certain 465 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:53,246 spells, certain words. 466 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,082 Certain vibrational frequencies 467 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:56,883 seem to create certain effects 468 00:16:56,883 --> 00:16:58,618 in the physical realm. 469 00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,420 To me, it makes complete sense 470 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:02,355 that the use of a technology, 471 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:03,990 say, a magic wand of some kind, 472 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:07,094 would be some sort of amplifier. 473 00:17:08,728 --> 00:17:09,929 >> GEORGE NOORY: I mean, there's 474 00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:12,865 no way that human beings, even 475 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:14,167 a hundred thousand of them, 476 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:16,169 could pull these things. 477 00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:18,171 They've done experiments by 478 00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:20,940 putting hands around blocks. 479 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,875 You can't get enough hands 480 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:23,510 in there. 481 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:25,112 You can't get 200,000 hands to 482 00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:27,114 lift a block. 483 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:28,848 And once you roll it with all 484 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,317 these people, how do you 485 00:17:30,317 --> 00:17:32,419 move it? 486 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:33,986 I think the technology had to 487 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,123 do with some kind of sound, and 488 00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:38,091 they were able to just come up 489 00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:40,660 with some antigravity, and just 490 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,995 move 'em into place. 491 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:43,863 >> NARRATOR: But did ancient 492 00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:46,433 aliens, using antigravity and 493 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:48,568 sonic levitation technology, 494 00:17:48,568 --> 00:17:50,670 help early humans build the 495 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,072 ancient wonders of the world? 496 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,006 >> WANG: Well, everything's 497 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:55,007 possible. 498 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:57,244 We have no way to rule in or 499 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,779 rule out aliens, because human 500 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,614 technology is very primitive 501 00:18:01,614 --> 00:18:02,715 at this stage. 502 00:18:02,715 --> 00:18:04,784 And you look at Earth-- has 503 00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,186 only survived four billion 504 00:18:06,186 --> 00:18:08,755 years, but there are planets 505 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:10,089 billions and billions of years 506 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,057 ahead of us. 507 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:12,592 Their technology and their 508 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,561 knowledge, it can be so far 509 00:18:14,561 --> 00:18:15,895 ahead of us, we can't even 510 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:18,865 imagine. 511 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:20,233 >> NARRATOR: But if early 512 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:22,235 civilizations did possess the 513 00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:24,271 ability to levitate large solid 514 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:26,739 objects, might they have also 515 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:28,475 possessed another even greater 516 00:18:28,475 --> 00:18:29,876 ability? 517 00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:31,578 Might they have also mastered 518 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,513 the power of flight? 519 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:39,952 >> NARRATOR: Flying saucers. 520 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,921 UFOs. 521 00:18:44,324 --> 00:18:46,326 Mainstream historians claim 522 00:18:46,326 --> 00:18:47,827 sightings of these mysterious 523 00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:50,830 craft are mostly a 20th-century 524 00:18:50,830 --> 00:18:53,300 phenomenon. 525 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:54,867 But according to ancient 526 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,803 astronaut theorists, 527 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,838 unidentified flying objects 528 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:00,473 have been appearing in Earth's 529 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,875 skies since the dawn of man. 530 00:19:04,911 --> 00:19:06,246 >> CHILDRESS: Depictions of 531 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:08,248 flying saucers and what seems 532 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:09,516 to be some kind of ancient 533 00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:11,984 spacecraft go back to some of 534 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,853 the earliest cave paintings 535 00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:15,822 that we know of. 536 00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:17,257 Scientists date these cave 537 00:19:17,257 --> 00:19:19,392 paintings back to 20, 30,000 538 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:21,194 B.C. 539 00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:22,829 And these cave paintings are in 540 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:26,833 Russia, China, Africa, South 541 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,068 America and other areas. 542 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:31,571 And they appear to be some kind 543 00:19:31,571 --> 00:19:33,540 of a spacecraft. 544 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:38,345 >> WILCOCK: You can go back to 545 00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:40,747 ancient Sumerian inscriptions 546 00:19:40,747 --> 00:19:42,715 from Babylon, and you actually 547 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,751 see these discs with wings 548 00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:48,355 around them and depictions of 549 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:51,758 people flying in them. 550 00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:53,293 And you see the same thing in 551 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:55,428 Egypt where you see round discs 552 00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:58,865 that have wings coming off them. 553 00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:01,133 What you're dealing with is, 554 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:02,735 most likely, actually a flying 555 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:04,103 saucer that's being seen up in 556 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,738 space. 557 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:10,877 >> NARRATOR: Guatemala, Central 558 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,479 America. 559 00:20:12,479 --> 00:20:14,080 According to most mainstream 560 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,316 scholars and archaeologists, 561 00:20:16,316 --> 00:20:18,285 the earliest human settlements 562 00:20:18,285 --> 00:20:20,587 in this region date back over 563 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:23,290 14,000 years. 564 00:20:23,290 --> 00:20:24,824 Here can be found numerous 565 00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:27,294 ancient artifacts, and among 566 00:20:27,294 --> 00:20:30,563 them is this one: the figure of 567 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:33,266 a man lying inside what appears 568 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:35,902 to be the shell of a turtle. 569 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,304 >> TSOUKALOS: And when I asked 570 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:39,606 the local archaeologist there, 571 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:42,509 "What is this?" they said, 572 00:20:42,509 --> 00:20:44,143 without the flinching of an eye, 573 00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:45,978 "Well, this is, according to 574 00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:50,617 legend, the giant flying turtles 575 00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:54,587 which flew around in Guatemala." 576 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:56,789 The entire body is 577 00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:59,359 aerodynamically fashioned. 578 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,028 The extremities are pressed in 579 00:21:02,028 --> 00:21:04,497 an aerodynamic fashion against 580 00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:07,600 the body of this turtle. 581 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,270 And if you look closely, it's 582 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,772 as if there's some modern day 583 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,707 fighter pilot glasses or 584 00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:16,676 goggles. 585 00:21:19,178 --> 00:21:21,213 This right here is from the 586 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:22,715 same culture, from the same 587 00:21:22,715 --> 00:21:25,652 region where they created the 588 00:21:25,652 --> 00:21:27,019 turtle in clay. 589 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,988 So they knew exactly what a 590 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,156 turtle looked like. 591 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:32,959 It looks like a snapping turtle. 592 00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:36,162 And what we have here-- that is 593 00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,531 everything but a turtle. 594 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:42,001 It's something else. 595 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:44,136 In their frame of reference, 596 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,805 they were able to use the 597 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:49,241 turtle as the best example of 598 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,378 what they might have seen that 599 00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:54,614 the gods used to fly around in. 600 00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:58,551 >> NARRATOR: Halfway around the 601 00:21:58,551 --> 00:22:01,821 world, in 329 B.C., the Greek 602 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,890 ruler Alexander the Great 603 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:06,893 planned the invasion of India. 604 00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:08,895 But according to ancient texts, 605 00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:10,530 his army was supposedly 606 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:12,765 thwarted by a strange attack 607 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:14,667 from the skies. 608 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,068 >> CHILDRESS: As Alexander's 609 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,104 army was getting ready to cross 610 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:20,006 the Indus and invade India, 611 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,675 suddenly in the sky appeared 612 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:25,778 these flying discs. 613 00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:29,115 And they began dive-bombing at 614 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:32,084 the war elephants that were 615 00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:34,086 part of Alexander's army. 616 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:37,023 And what these flying discs did 617 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:40,059 was cause stampedes within 618 00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:43,062 Alexander's own war elephants, 619 00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:44,631 who then ran amok throughout 620 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:47,033 his army, tearing up the camps 621 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:48,034 and everything. 622 00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:50,603 And after that, Alexander's 623 00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:52,271 generals met with him, and they 624 00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:55,908 said, "No, we're not going into 625 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:56,576 India. 626 00:22:56,576 --> 00:22:57,977 This is it. 627 00:22:57,977 --> 00:22:59,111 We're gonna turn back." 628 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,147 And that was the end of that war 629 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:02,949 campaign. 630 00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:03,883 >> NARRATOR: But whether in 631 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:05,418 ancient times or much more 632 00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:07,654 recently, so-called flying 633 00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:09,656 saucers are often described as 634 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:11,624 being unaffected by gravity or 635 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,660 the basic laws of physics. 636 00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:15,227 >> STEVEN GREER: You know, I 637 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,963 know that people who have, who 638 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:18,431 have seen, uh, extraterrestrial 639 00:23:18,431 --> 00:23:20,232 vehicles in modern times have 640 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,934 said, "How in the world could it 641 00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:23,302 be doing that?" 642 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:25,137 For example, it's moving 643 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,139 through the sky, and it's going 644 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,241 20,000 miles per hour, and makes 645 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,309 a right-hand turn without 646 00:23:30,309 --> 00:23:32,311 decelerating-- that isn't 647 00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:34,781 possible using normal 648 00:23:34,781 --> 00:23:37,684 aerodynamics. 649 00:23:37,684 --> 00:23:39,686 >> CHILDRESS: When jets have 650 00:23:39,686 --> 00:23:41,754 been scrambled after flying 651 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:43,289 saucers, the saucers are 652 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,191 described as suddenly turning 653 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,594 at right angles at super speeds 654 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,929 and just zipping off in what 655 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:52,832 seems like impossible aerobatic 656 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:54,300 maneuvers. 657 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,302 And this can be explained as 658 00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:58,505 the kind of technology they're 659 00:23:58,505 --> 00:24:00,940 using which is a gravity 660 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:03,142 control. 661 00:24:03,142 --> 00:24:05,612 It's artificial gravity. 662 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,847 So when you're inside of a 663 00:24:07,847 --> 00:24:09,281 gravitational field that you're 664 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,551 creating yourself around your 665 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:15,154 craft, the gravity of the Earth 666 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:17,524 doesn't have a force on you. 667 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:20,627 >> NARRATOR: But although 668 00:24:20,627 --> 00:24:22,662 aircraft propulsion by means of 669 00:24:22,662 --> 00:24:24,864 gravity manipulation is beyond 670 00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:26,065 the limits of current 671 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:28,535 technology, many scientists 672 00:24:28,535 --> 00:24:30,637 claim it is theoretically 673 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:32,605 possible. 674 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:37,309 In Davis, California, 675 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,311 Canadian-born inventor Dr. 676 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:41,213 Paul Moller tests the 677 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:43,382 boundaries of real-life science 678 00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:44,984 with a recreational flying 679 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,720 vehicle called the Neuera. 680 00:24:51,558 --> 00:24:53,726 >> MOLLER: The Neuera is a very 681 00:24:53,726 --> 00:24:56,262 simple device to fly. 682 00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:01,433 It has eight lifting ducted 683 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:04,036 fans, as we call them, each one 684 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:07,406 driven by its own engine. 685 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,542 One of the big advantages of 686 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,377 this kind of round shape is 687 00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:13,245 that you end up with the 688 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:15,047 strength in the skin of the 689 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:16,583 vehicle itself, much like the 690 00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:18,050 shell of a beetle. 691 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:19,619 And that gets you a very, very 692 00:25:19,619 --> 00:25:20,352 strong design. 693 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:21,788 This-- air frames you see over 694 00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:23,089 here next to this vehicle which 695 00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:24,757 are similar to this, weigh only 696 00:25:24,757 --> 00:25:26,192 75 pounds apiece, which is 697 00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:27,093 incredible. 698 00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:28,360 You get a complete airframe 699 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,296 that's capable of lifting 1,500 700 00:25:30,296 --> 00:25:34,266 pounds with a 75-pound shell. 701 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:35,735 >> NARRATOR: But could the 702 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,303 inherent design strength of a 703 00:25:37,303 --> 00:25:39,906 disc-shaped object be the key 704 00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:41,608 to overcoming the forces of 705 00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:43,209 gravity? 706 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,944 And does the prevalence of 707 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,146 flying saucer sightings suggest 708 00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:48,715 a connection between 709 00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:50,983 antigravity technology and 710 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:54,420 extraterrestrial visitations? 711 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:55,554 >> MOLLER: Gravity is one of 712 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:56,889 the most unknown forces in 713 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,058 physics today, and when we do 714 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,827 understand it, we'll be able to 715 00:26:00,827 --> 00:26:02,328 find out a way to shield 716 00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:04,230 ourselves from it or to 717 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:05,998 provide a device, a method, 718 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:08,635 electromagnetically, but with 719 00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:10,136 some much greater knowledge 720 00:26:10,136 --> 00:26:11,437 than we have today, where we 721 00:26:11,437 --> 00:26:12,605 eliminate it within the 722 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:16,008 vehicles' operations. 723 00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:16,709 >> NARRATOR: Although 724 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:18,044 antigravity devices in the 725 00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:20,079 form of flying saucers may help 726 00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:21,113 to explain how 727 00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:22,448 extraterrestrials might have 728 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:24,050 been able to travel at 729 00:26:24,050 --> 00:26:27,086 ultrahigh speeds, there is in 730 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,554 fact another means of 731 00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:30,589 interplanetary transportation. 732 00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,391 And it is one that humans, and 733 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:34,460 perhaps aliens, have been able 734 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:37,196 to use for centuries: the brute 735 00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:39,699 force of rockets. 736 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:43,102 >> NARRATOR: Merritt Island, 737 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:44,603 Florida. 738 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:47,606 The Kennedy Space Center. 739 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:49,942 Six Earth astronauts sit atop 740 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:52,044 NASA's Endeavor Space Shuttle 741 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,446 headed for orbit. 742 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,783 After countdown, three main 743 00:26:56,783 --> 00:26:58,517 engines, together with two 744 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:00,720 solid rocket boosters, provide 745 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,454 the thrust to lift the orbiter 746 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,858 off the ground for its ascent. 747 00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:07,559 >> And liftoff of Shuttle 748 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:09,528 Endeavor. 749 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:14,701 >> TSOUKALOS: I urge everyone 750 00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:16,035 to be part one day of a 751 00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:18,070 rocket launch, because it is a 752 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:20,006 life-altering moment. 753 00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:21,708 When you stand there, a few 754 00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:24,744 miles away, you can still feel 755 00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:27,346 the power as that rocket takes 756 00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:30,016 off into space. 757 00:27:30,016 --> 00:27:32,051 A grumbling in your stomach, 758 00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:33,485 the vibrations, and you can 759 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:34,854 hear the noise. 760 00:27:34,854 --> 00:27:37,223 And it's a truly magnificent 761 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,760 sight and awe-inspiring. 762 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,061 >> NARRATOR: But are manned 763 00:27:42,061 --> 00:27:43,863 space flights really a recent 764 00:27:43,863 --> 00:27:45,597 phenomenon? 765 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:48,267 Or could our ancient ancestors 766 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:52,638 have witnessed similar events? 767 00:27:52,638 --> 00:27:54,373 >> NOORY: There is no doubt 768 00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:55,708 that if we thoroughly 769 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,676 investigate this planet, they 770 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,212 will find that this planet may 771 00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:01,613 have already been to the moon 772 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:03,950 way before we went to the moon 773 00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:07,619 with a man in 1969. 774 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:08,921 >> TSOUKALOS: The interesting 775 00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:11,357 thing is that we have the exact 776 00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:13,860 same descriptions in ancient 777 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:15,561 texts and also in oral 778 00:28:15,561 --> 00:28:18,364 traditions, where whenever 779 00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:20,767 those quote, unquote "gods" 780 00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:22,568 appeared, there was a lot of 781 00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:25,471 smoke, a lot of fire, a lot of 782 00:28:25,471 --> 00:28:28,107 noise, and the trembling of the 783 00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:29,876 ground. 784 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,410 >> CHILDRESS: When rockets are 785 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:33,612 taking off, it's best to stand 786 00:28:33,612 --> 00:28:36,548 back and get out of the way. 787 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:37,884 And that's a lot of what the 788 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:39,618 ancient legends are about, too. 789 00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,754 When the gods came and went, it 790 00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:43,455 may well have been just these 791 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:45,557 rockets or other aerospace 792 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:47,393 vehicles landing and taking off 793 00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:48,995 and making a lot of smoke and 794 00:28:48,995 --> 00:28:51,463 noise. 795 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:52,664 >> NARRATOR: But could early 796 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,666 man really have had knowledge 797 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,637 of rocket technology? 798 00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:00,606 To make their case, ancient 799 00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:02,574 astronaut theorists point to 800 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:03,843 numerous and consistent 801 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,744 descriptions of rockets found 802 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,279 throughout many cultures of the 803 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:08,414 ancient world. 804 00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:09,415 >> GREER: When you're dealing 805 00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:10,582 with this subject and you look 806 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,184 at the ancient literature, you 807 00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:13,820 have to look at it through the 808 00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:15,754 lens of how is it being 809 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,958 experienced by a civilization 810 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,259 with no foundation for 811 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:21,627 understanding the science, the 812 00:29:21,627 --> 00:29:22,829 technology. 813 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:23,996 And so I think, in ancient 814 00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,297 times, there were people who had 815 00:29:25,297 --> 00:29:26,432 encounters. 816 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:27,967 However, I think the way they 817 00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:29,135 might have been reported 818 00:29:29,135 --> 00:29:31,603 would've been in metaphors, in 819 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,771 ways that would have made sense 820 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:36,042 to them. 821 00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:37,676 >> CHILDRESS: In China, you have 822 00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:40,612 these stories of dragons flying 823 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:42,882 through the air. 824 00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:44,716 They make a lot of noise and 825 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:46,618 smoke comes out of them and 826 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,421 fire, just like a rocket. 827 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:52,992 >> TSOUKALOS: The first emperor 828 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,727 of China descended in a fiery 829 00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:59,465 dragon, with smoke and fire, and 830 00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:01,733 whenever that dragon appeared, 831 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:03,735 the earth was quaking and 832 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:06,372 everyone was afraid and-and 833 00:30:06,372 --> 00:30:08,674 threw themselves to the ground. 834 00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:10,509 Now, of course it wasn't a 835 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:13,079 dragon in a biological nature, 836 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:14,713 a living being. 837 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:16,315 But it was a misinterpreted 838 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:18,885 machine. 839 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:22,588 >> BARA: If you look at the 840 00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:24,156 Greek gods, they were all 841 00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:25,657 described as flying in on 842 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:27,526 chariots of fire. 843 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,361 Well, a chariot of fire, to me, 844 00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:30,997 seems very clearly like it's 845 00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:32,698 some sort of rocket, probably 846 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:35,234 burning its retros as it lands 847 00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:38,237 somewhere in ancient Greece. 848 00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:39,771 >> TSOUKALOS: In the Old 849 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:42,408 Testament, we can read about a 850 00:30:42,408 --> 00:30:45,711 glowing furnace that descended 851 00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:46,913 from the sky. 852 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:48,114 And sometimes this glowing 853 00:30:48,114 --> 00:30:50,049 furnace is described as a 854 00:30:50,049 --> 00:30:53,852 chariot of fire or as the glory 855 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,554 of the Lord. 856 00:30:55,554 --> 00:30:57,389 So there are all these different 857 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:59,091 descriptions, which in the 858 00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:01,393 ancient astronaut opinion 859 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:04,163 describe ancient rocketry. 860 00:31:06,265 --> 00:31:08,300 >> NARRATOR: From 5000 to 2000 861 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,870 B.C., southern Mesopotamia was 862 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,640 home to the Sumerians, a highly 863 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,942 advanced civilization 864 00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:17,309 considered to be among the 865 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:19,478 first astronomers. 866 00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:21,547 Regarded as one of the oldest 867 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:23,749 written stories in history, The 868 00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:26,318 Epic of Gilgamesh told of a 869 00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:28,620 man's journey to the heavens to 870 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:30,622 meet the god Anu. 871 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:31,623 >> ERICH VON DANIKEN: The 872 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:33,759 Gilgamesh epic, which goes back 873 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:36,195 to the Sumerian, that's a piece 874 00:31:36,195 --> 00:31:39,231 where the hero, Gilgamesh, flies 875 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:41,500 over the Earth. 876 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:43,002 And he describes how the Earth 877 00:31:43,002 --> 00:31:44,803 looks from above. Fascinating. 878 00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:45,904 An old story of the first 879 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,573 flight. 880 00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:48,440 >> MARTELL: The most ancient 881 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,608 civilization that we have on 882 00:31:49,608 --> 00:31:51,143 record, the Sumerian culture, 883 00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:53,112 has left us evidence of what's 884 00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:54,913 called a shem. 885 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,615 And this object looks very 886 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,317 similar to a modern-day space 887 00:31:58,317 --> 00:32:00,452 capsule that we place on top of 888 00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,921 a rocket. 889 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,923 And this shem is where priests 890 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,758 would go into the shem to 891 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,427 interact with the gods, or 892 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:10,429 anytime man was ascending or 893 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:11,830 descending into heaven. 894 00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:13,765 So it's a very interesting term 895 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,434 used from a culture dating back 896 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:18,770 to 3800 B.C. and very clearly 897 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,139 matches the descriptions of a 898 00:32:20,139 --> 00:32:22,774 modern-day rocket. 899 00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:24,276 >> NARRATOR: Could early man 900 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:26,045 have actually possessed a 901 00:32:26,045 --> 00:32:27,679 surprisingly sophisticated 902 00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:29,515 understanding of what we now 903 00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:32,151 call rocket propulsion? 904 00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:38,657 In the first century A.D., 905 00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,659 nearly 2,000 years before the 906 00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:43,229 industrial revolution, a Greek 907 00:32:43,229 --> 00:32:44,896 mathematician and engineer 908 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:47,199 named Hero created a 909 00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:49,068 steam-powered engine he called 910 00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:51,203 an aeolipile. 911 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:52,138 >> CHILDRESS: One of the great 912 00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:53,905 inventors of the ancient world 913 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:56,175 was the famous Hero of 914 00:32:56,175 --> 00:32:57,243 Alexandria. 915 00:32:57,243 --> 00:32:58,910 He invented all kinds of stuff. 916 00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:00,979 He actually invented what we 917 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,082 would describe as a rocket-type 918 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:05,651 motor. 919 00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:07,153 And really, something like this 920 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:09,255 is the beginnings of rocket 921 00:33:09,255 --> 00:33:10,822 technology. 922 00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:12,891 And we don't know where Hero got 923 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,760 many of his ideas, but it may 924 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,995 well have come from aliens. 925 00:33:20,966 --> 00:33:22,534 >> NARRATOR: John Robert 926 00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:24,336 Tindall, founder of Tindall 927 00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:25,837 Vision Laboratories, 928 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:27,273 demonstrates a small-scale 929 00:33:27,273 --> 00:33:29,575 replica of Hero's aeolipile. 930 00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:30,542 >> TINDALL: Now, a conventional 931 00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,178 steam engine that we think of 932 00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:34,180 has pistons that get its power, 933 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:37,949 but aeolipile uses these 934 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,519 opposing jets, so it's creating 935 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:41,620 thrust. 936 00:33:41,653 --> 00:33:43,355 And rather than a thrust in... 937 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:44,423 like, a rocket would use it in 938 00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:45,357 a linear fashion, 939 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:46,425 this is causing a rotational 940 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:48,927 effect, and there's your steam 941 00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,796 turbine, really, working off of 942 00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:51,530 thrust. 943 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:52,731 Now this is operating much as 944 00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:55,867 it did in the first century A.D. 945 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,769 This is generally considered to 946 00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:59,405 be the first working steam 947 00:33:59,405 --> 00:34:00,038 engine. 948 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,640 It works more like a turbine 949 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,874 than a classic steam engine 950 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,210 with pistons, but it's very 951 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:05,944 significant because it really 952 00:34:05,944 --> 00:34:08,647 is taking-- whoa!-- a compressed 953 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:11,383 gas (chuckles) and turning it 954 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:12,318 into energy. 955 00:34:12,318 --> 00:34:13,385 Wow! 956 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:16,088 That has a lot of energy, steam. 957 00:34:19,158 --> 00:34:20,292 >> NARRATOR: The name for 958 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:21,927 Hero's steam rocket engine, 959 00:34:21,927 --> 00:34:24,430 "aeolipile," translates to "the 960 00:34:24,430 --> 00:34:26,432 ball of Aeolus." 961 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,900 In Greek mythology, Aeolus was 962 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,570 the god of the winds. 963 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:34,005 Is it possible that Hero drew 964 00:34:34,005 --> 00:34:35,907 inspiration for his invention 965 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,076 from the stories of the gods, 966 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,611 such as those found in Homer's 967 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:42,614 The Odyssey? 968 00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:45,784 Or might he have had help from 969 00:34:45,784 --> 00:34:47,586 the gods themselves? 970 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:48,320 >> TSOUKALOS: Some have 971 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,688 suggested that it was alien 972 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:51,190 intervention, that aliens 973 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:53,091 taught him how to build this 974 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:54,593 machine. 975 00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:56,762 However, I'm leaning more 976 00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:59,365 towards the idea that he looked 977 00:34:59,365 --> 00:35:02,134 at older texts from previous 978 00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:05,337 generations and that the source 979 00:35:05,337 --> 00:35:08,274 of the idea of how to build 980 00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:10,276 this did come from 981 00:35:10,276 --> 00:35:12,844 extraterrestrials, but from way 982 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:15,147 before he was alive, and he 983 00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:18,350 just came across those texts. 984 00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:20,018 >> NARRATOR: But do the 985 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:21,119 descriptions of rockets and 986 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,389 otherworldly devices found in 987 00:35:23,389 --> 00:35:25,557 ancient texts and legends 988 00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:27,493 provide evidence of 989 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:29,495 extraterrestrial encounters in 990 00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:32,264 the distant past? 991 00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:33,365 Perhaps the answer 992 00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:34,433 will be discovered in an 993 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:37,636 unlikely place... in the hands 994 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,971 of the U.S. military. 995 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:45,211 >> NARRATOR: May 2010... off the 996 00:35:45,211 --> 00:35:47,045 coast of California. 997 00:35:47,045 --> 00:35:49,381 A powerful new weapon shoots 998 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:51,683 down unmanned aerial drones 999 00:35:51,683 --> 00:35:53,219 during secret testing carried 1000 00:35:53,219 --> 00:35:55,621 out by the U.S. Navy. 1001 00:35:55,621 --> 00:35:59,090 Firing from a warship at a 1002 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,026 distance of nearly two miles, 1003 00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:03,229 a ray of intense laser energy 1004 00:36:03,229 --> 00:36:05,096 burns through targets traveling 1005 00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:06,965 at speeds of more than 300 1006 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:09,535 miles per hour. 1007 00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:11,937 But is it possible that such 1008 00:36:11,937 --> 00:36:14,273 so-called "death rays" could 1009 00:36:14,273 --> 00:36:16,007 have been used before? 1010 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:19,077 Perhaps in ancient times? 1011 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,579 >> GREER: I'm quite convinced 1012 00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:22,781 that there have been in the past 1013 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:24,850 advanced civilizations on Earth 1014 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:26,218 that did have such things as 1015 00:36:26,218 --> 00:36:29,020 the so-called death ray. 1016 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:30,622 Whether it was used as a 1017 00:36:30,622 --> 00:36:32,023 weapon, or whether it was just 1018 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:34,360 observed being used is a very, 1019 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,562 very open question. 1020 00:36:36,562 --> 00:36:40,266 >> NARRATOR: In 214 B.C., Greeks 1021 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:42,568 living in the Sicilian city of 1022 00:36:42,568 --> 00:36:45,237 Syracuse prepared for an attack 1023 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:47,973 by a fleet of Roman warships. 1024 00:36:47,973 --> 00:36:49,408 Though outnumbered by a 1025 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:51,343 superior military force, 1026 00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:53,545 ancient texts suggest that 1027 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,947 Syracuse was well-defended by a 1028 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:58,350 mysterious and powerful new 1029 00:36:58,350 --> 00:37:01,186 weapon. 1030 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:02,087 >> CHILDRESS: Probably the most 1031 00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:04,856 famous ancient death ray was 1032 00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,592 the one that was built by the 1033 00:37:06,592 --> 00:37:09,027 Greek inventor Archimedes. 1034 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,562 He was able to create this 1035 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:14,966 giant mirror and parabolic disc, 1036 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:18,236 and focus the sun's rays on the 1037 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:19,938 fleet and set these ships 1038 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:22,941 on fire. 1039 00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:24,943 So here we have what would be a 1040 00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:27,446 primitive kind of death ray 1041 00:37:27,446 --> 00:37:29,915 that really worked. 1042 00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:33,184 >> NARRATOR: But how could 1043 00:37:33,184 --> 00:37:35,186 Archimedes have conceived such 1044 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:37,155 a formidable weapon? 1045 00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:38,890 One far in advance of any 1046 00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:41,259 known at the time? 1047 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,261 Researchers suggest the 1048 00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:44,796 inventor may have drawn 1049 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:46,632 inspiration from Greek myths 1050 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,734 written nearly 600 years before 1051 00:37:48,734 --> 00:37:51,403 the Battle of Syracuse. 1052 00:37:51,403 --> 00:37:53,805 Myths that told the stories of 1053 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,106 gods that brandished cosmic 1054 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,075 weapons of incredible 1055 00:37:57,075 --> 00:38:00,278 destructive force. 1056 00:38:00,312 --> 00:38:02,147 >> WILCOCK If you look in the 1057 00:38:02,147 --> 00:38:04,149 Greek tradition they have a 1058 00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:05,851 very clear description of Zeus' 1059 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:08,720 thunderbolt, which he was able 1060 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,756 to point at people or at other 1061 00:38:10,756 --> 00:38:12,491 things that he wanted to 1062 00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:14,826 explode, hit the button, and 1063 00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:16,328 what they described as 1064 00:38:16,328 --> 00:38:17,563 lightning would come out and 1065 00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:18,930 create a fierce and terrible 1066 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:20,566 explosion. 1067 00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:22,267 >> CHILDRESS: When these ancient 1068 00:38:22,267 --> 00:38:24,436 gods, like Zeus, were to come 1069 00:38:24,436 --> 00:38:27,506 down from the sky in this 1070 00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:30,108 flurry of thunder and 1071 00:38:30,108 --> 00:38:31,410 lightning, and then get out of 1072 00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:33,111 their spacecraft, they were 1073 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:35,814 perceived as gods. 1074 00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:39,885 These ancient aliens had 1075 00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:41,453 fantastic technology available 1076 00:38:41,453 --> 00:38:43,722 to them, a technology that 1077 00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:45,056 would've seemed like magic to 1078 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:47,926 our primitive ancestors. 1079 00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:49,695 So when these people came down 1080 00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:51,196 from the sky, and they had 1081 00:38:51,196 --> 00:38:53,732 advanced energy weapons, they 1082 00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:55,834 were like gods to our ancient 1083 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,603 ancestors. 1084 00:38:57,603 --> 00:38:58,770 >> TSOUKALOS It doesn't matter 1085 00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:00,772 where you go, but the gods were 1086 00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:04,510 always able to create thunder, 1087 00:39:04,510 --> 00:39:06,445 create lightning in a 1088 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:10,649 controlled way. 1089 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:12,584 In ancient India we have the 1090 00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:14,052 gods holding the dorje 1091 00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:15,987 sometimes like this, and it 1092 00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:18,056 looks as if some type of a 1093 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:19,525 directed energy beam comes 1094 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:22,193 directly out of the front to 1095 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:23,495 vanquish the enemy, to destroy 1096 00:39:23,495 --> 00:39:26,465 him, to incinerate him. 1097 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:30,436 >> NARRATOR: But if death ray- 1098 00:39:30,436 --> 00:39:33,204 type weapons had been used in 1099 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:34,706 ancient times, might there be 1100 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:37,208 some sort of tangible proof? 1101 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,412 Perhaps there is. 1102 00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:42,548 Here, scattered throughout 1103 00:39:42,548 --> 00:39:44,149 the Scottish countryside, can 1104 00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:46,652 be found numerous ancient ruins. 1105 00:39:46,652 --> 00:39:48,620 Many appear to have been forts 1106 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,589 or other enclosures dating 1107 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:53,158 back thousands of years. 1108 00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:55,794 Remarkably, they also appear to 1109 00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:57,929 have been subjected to fire and 1110 00:39:57,929 --> 00:40:00,466 heat so intense it practically 1111 00:40:00,466 --> 00:40:02,501 turned the stone structures 1112 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:04,335 into glass. 1113 00:40:04,335 --> 00:40:06,204 It's a process more 1114 00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:06,938 scientifically known as 1115 00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:10,275 "vitrification." 1116 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:12,143 >> WILCOCK: Here you have these 1117 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:13,479 stone buildings in which an 1118 00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:15,146 analysis of the outside comes 1119 00:40:15,146 --> 00:40:17,382 to the conclusion that they 1120 00:40:17,382 --> 00:40:20,018 were heated to over a thousand 1121 00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:21,953 degrees Celsius in temperature. 1122 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:23,789 Conventional fire could not 1123 00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:25,056 have reached this heat. 1124 00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:26,992 You needed a sustained burn at 1125 00:40:26,992 --> 00:40:29,327 a thousand degrees Celsius for a 1126 00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:30,395 long period of time. 1127 00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:32,898 Why is it that it's only these 1128 00:40:32,898 --> 00:40:34,866 forts that have this type of 1129 00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:36,602 charring where they're actually 1130 00:40:36,602 --> 00:40:38,069 glazed like pottery on 1131 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:39,370 the outside? 1132 00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:41,272 Why is it that you don't see it 1133 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:42,641 on the stones in the 1134 00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:43,174 surrounding area? 1135 00:40:43,174 --> 00:40:44,209 And even more interestingly, why 1136 00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:45,877 is it that so many of 'em are 1137 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:46,945 concentrated into this one 1138 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:48,480 little area in northern 1139 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:49,447 Scotland? 1140 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,349 I believe this is very clear 1141 00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:52,684 evidence of death rays 1142 00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:55,687 being used. 1143 00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,023 >> NARRATOR: According to Celtic 1144 00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:00,125 legend, there once was a god 1145 00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:03,461 named Lugh, also known as 1146 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:05,731 "The Shining One," the sun god, 1147 00:41:05,731 --> 00:41:08,800 and the god of war. 1148 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,638 Like the Greek god Zeus, Lugh 1149 00:41:12,638 --> 00:41:14,039 was said to wield a mighty 1150 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,241 "magic spear" not unlike the 1151 00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:17,776 thunderbolts of his Greek 1152 00:41:17,776 --> 00:41:19,978 counterpart. 1153 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:21,547 >> YOUNG: We have many stories 1154 00:41:21,547 --> 00:41:22,914 of divinities who were powerful 1155 00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,983 figures who had weapons that 1156 00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:25,717 seemed extraordinary for 1157 00:41:25,717 --> 00:41:27,719 their time. 1158 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,387 One was the great Celtic 1159 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:30,756 divinity Lugh, who had a spear 1160 00:41:30,756 --> 00:41:32,758 that could spit fire and 1161 00:41:32,758 --> 00:41:34,192 lightning and do great damage. 1162 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:35,460 It was an extraordinary weapon. 1163 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:37,028 We don't have a great deal of 1164 00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:38,396 detail about it, but it clearly 1165 00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:39,430 could dominate any situation 1166 00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:40,431 he got into. 1167 00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:41,299 >> TSOUKALOS: When battle was 1168 00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:43,401 near, Lugh would draw out his 1169 00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:46,171 spear, and it roared, and then 1170 00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:49,140 flashes of fire came out of it, 1171 00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:53,044 and it tore through the ranks of 1172 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:54,646 the enemy. 1173 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,114 Never tired of 1174 00:41:56,114 --> 00:41:59,017 killing and slaying. 1175 00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:03,589 It was one amazing weapon. 1176 00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:06,758 I mean, how else can we explain 1177 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:08,393 all those numerous vitrified 1178 00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:11,262 forts where the surface of the 1179 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:14,866 stone is as smooth as glass? 1180 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:17,769 And these spots can only be 1181 00:42:17,769 --> 00:42:20,171 found in very concentrated 1182 00:42:20,171 --> 00:42:23,875 areas through northern Scotland. 1183 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:25,410 >> NARRATOR: Is it possible that 1184 00:42:25,410 --> 00:42:26,812 what the Celtic legends are 1185 00:42:26,812 --> 00:42:29,848 describing as Lugh is, in fact, 1186 00:42:29,848 --> 00:42:31,983 an alien general or other kind 1187 00:42:31,983 --> 00:42:34,052 of extraterrestrial leader in 1188 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:35,621 possession of a devastating 1189 00:42:35,621 --> 00:42:37,222 weapon? 1190 00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:38,757 >> TSOUKALOS: All these 1191 00:42:38,757 --> 00:42:40,759 descriptions of sophisticated 1192 00:42:40,759 --> 00:42:43,028 weaponry sounds almost like 1193 00:42:43,028 --> 00:42:44,663 science fiction. 1194 00:42:44,663 --> 00:42:46,698 But is it, really? 1195 00:42:46,698 --> 00:42:47,933 Because we have those weapons 1196 00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:49,534 today! 1197 00:42:49,534 --> 00:42:51,703 (loud buzzing) 1198 00:42:51,703 --> 00:42:53,772 And I think it is merely 1199 00:42:53,772 --> 00:42:57,242 a reinvention of history; that 1200 00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:58,844 all the stuff that we have 1201 00:42:58,844 --> 00:43:01,279 today has been around before, 1202 00:43:01,279 --> 00:43:02,814 and that our past is not 1203 00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:05,083 science fiction, but science 1204 00:43:05,083 --> 00:43:07,052 fact. 1205 00:43:08,687 --> 00:43:09,955 >> NARRATOR: Deadly laser 1206 00:43:09,955 --> 00:43:11,556 beams... 1207 00:43:11,556 --> 00:43:15,293 acoustic levitation... 1208 00:43:15,293 --> 00:43:17,663 antigravity. 1209 00:43:17,663 --> 00:43:19,631 Could these be technologies 1210 00:43:19,631 --> 00:43:21,199 that were witnessed 1211 00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:22,400 and even used by 1212 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,436 ancient civilizations? 1213 00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:28,173 If so, were they conceived in 1214 00:43:28,173 --> 00:43:31,276 the minds of early man? 1215 00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:33,278 Or did they have different-- 1216 00:43:33,278 --> 00:43:36,347 perhaps otherworldly-- origins? 1217 00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:38,016 Might unlocking the secrets of 1218 00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:39,851 these inventions be the key to 1219 00:43:39,851 --> 00:43:44,155 discovering our ancient past? 1220 00:43:44,155 --> 00:43:46,091 Or by rediscovering lost 1221 00:43:46,091 --> 00:43:48,593 technology, might we clear the 1222 00:43:48,593 --> 00:43:51,329 path to our own future and to 1223 00:43:51,329 --> 00:43:53,064 the limitless potential 1224 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:54,632 of the universe beyond?