1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,352 NARRATOR: Powerful monarchs... 2 00:00:03,404 --> 00:00:06,422 ANDREW COLLINS: Ramses felt that he should have absolute 3 00:00:06,424 --> 00:00:09,491 control over everything. NARRATOR: ...ruling by 4 00:00:09,493 --> 00:00:12,428 divine right. JONATHAN YOUNG: Tracing royal 5 00:00:12,430 --> 00:00:16,081 lineage back to a god implies great wisdom, almost celestial 6 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:19,535 power. NARRATOR: Centuries old 7 00:00:19,537 --> 00:00:23,272 dynasties amassing enormous wealth. 8 00:00:23,274 --> 00:00:25,441 CHARLES MOSLEY: The royal family is one of the most 9 00:00:25,443 --> 00:00:27,443 successful organizations in the world. 10 00:00:27,445 --> 00:00:30,879 NARRATOR: And legendary leaders wielding powerful 11 00:00:30,881 --> 00:00:35,784 weapons of mass destruction. PHILIP COPPENS: What we're 12 00:00:35,786 --> 00:00:38,454 being told is that this was extraterrestrial technology. 13 00:00:38,456 --> 00:00:41,774 NARRATOR: Did the power and authority of the world's great 14 00:00:41,776 --> 00:00:46,278 kings come from mortal deeds? Or was it granted from 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,298 otherworldly sources? DAVID CHILDRESS: The rulers 16 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:52,468 saw themselves as direct descendents of gods, 17 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:56,038 and those gods, apparently, were extraterrestrials. 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,808 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world believe we have 19 00:00:59,810 --> 00:01:04,146 been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 20 00:01:04,148 --> 00:01:08,484 What if it were true? Did ancient aliens really help 21 00:01:08,486 --> 00:01:14,223 to shape our history? And if so, might they have 22 00:01:14,225 --> 00:01:19,094 guided us through our emperors, kings and pharaohs? 23 00:01:19,096 --> 00:01:59,768 Westminster Abbey, London. June 2, 1953. 24 00:01:59,770 --> 00:02:05,707 27 year old Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is crowned Queen Elizabeth 25 00:02:05,709 --> 00:02:08,977 II of England. She has inherited the British 26 00:02:08,979 --> 00:02:15,217 throne following the death of her father, King George VI. 27 00:02:15,219 --> 00:02:20,656 During the coronation ceremony, the young monarch swears to 28 00:02:20,658 --> 00:02:25,661 uphold the laws of God and is anointed with sacred oil. 29 00:02:25,663 --> 00:02:29,832 It is an initiation ritual that has remained unchanged for more 30 00:02:29,834 --> 00:02:31,900 than a thousand years. 31 00:02:31,902 --> 00:02:35,137 DAVID WILCOCK: There's a very interesting connection between 32 00:02:35,139 --> 00:02:39,575 the Bible and the British monarchy. 33 00:02:39,577 --> 00:02:44,413 So when you've actually examined the oath that the family would 34 00:02:44,415 --> 00:02:50,853 swear to, it describes the Bible as the "Oracles of God." 35 00:02:50,855 --> 00:02:55,741 It is said in the Divine Right of Kings that God chose and 36 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:58,110 appointed these rulers. 37 00:02:58,112 --> 00:03:03,098 NARRATOR: Throughout human history, powerful monarchs have 38 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:08,670 created laws, fought wars and explored vast regions of the 39 00:03:08,672 --> 00:03:13,008 globe. They have also used the wealth 40 00:03:13,010 --> 00:03:16,712 of their lands to wield enormous power, and all while 41 00:03:16,714 --> 00:03:20,265 claiming that they have received their authority from an even 42 00:03:20,267 --> 00:03:24,052 higher, otherworldly origin. TOK THOMPSON: This is 43 00:03:24,054 --> 00:03:27,055 something we see a lot in highly stratified societies, 44 00:03:27,057 --> 00:03:30,359 this belief that the royalty actually was a different sort of 45 00:03:30,361 --> 00:03:32,861 person than the common man. 46 00:03:32,863 --> 00:03:35,614 And that therefore this somehow justified their position at the 47 00:03:35,616 --> 00:03:38,033 top of the hierarchy. And this is usually done 48 00:03:38,035 --> 00:03:41,286 religiously, to say that, in a sense, the kings or the rulers 49 00:03:41,288 --> 00:03:45,624 or the pharaohs or whoever, were to some degree, divine. 50 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:48,744 COLLINS: There's no question that those in control believed 51 00:03:48,746 --> 00:03:53,815 that they had the connection with the divine, they had the 52 00:03:53,817 --> 00:03:57,252 connection with the gods, they had the connection 53 00:03:57,254 --> 00:04:00,489 with the other world. 54 00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:04,927 NARRATOR: Is it possible that ancient rulers were, in fact, 55 00:04:04,929 --> 00:04:08,480 connected to divine or, some would say, extraterrestrial 56 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:14,670 forces? And if so, how? 57 00:04:14,672 --> 00:04:18,991 And what was their purpose? According to ancient astronaut 58 00:04:18,993 --> 00:04:23,111 theorists, part of the answer can be found by looking into the 59 00:04:23,113 --> 00:04:27,416 extraordinary origins of the Egyptian pharaohs. 60 00:04:27,418 --> 00:04:37,676 Abu Simbel, Egypt. Here on the western bank of Lake 61 00:04:37,678 --> 00:04:41,463 Nasser, are two massive rock temples. 62 00:04:41,465 --> 00:04:45,133 Carved out of the mountainside, they were built during the reign 63 00:04:45,135 --> 00:04:49,304 of Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC. 64 00:04:49,306 --> 00:04:53,775 GRAHAM PHILLIPS: Ramses II, also known as Ramses The Great, 65 00:04:53,777 --> 00:04:57,646 was probably the greatest of the builders of the ancient Egyptian 66 00:04:57,648 --> 00:04:59,982 pharaohs. 67 00:04:59,984 --> 00:05:04,052 He did this, basically, to impress upon everybody just how 68 00:05:04,054 --> 00:05:09,041 great he was. COLLINS: What he created 69 00:05:09,043 --> 00:05:13,895 was a series of absolutely gigantic statues of himself, 70 00:05:13,897 --> 00:05:19,668 and certain gods which formed the entrance into a rock cut 71 00:05:19,670 --> 00:05:26,675 series of inner temples, shrines, and ruins. 72 00:05:26,677 --> 00:05:30,479 ROBERT BAUVAL: Ramses is forever here. 73 00:05:30,481 --> 00:05:34,016 When one comes here, you almost feel him around. 74 00:05:34,018 --> 00:05:37,252 He leaves this great temple here, so that he could 75 00:05:37,254 --> 00:05:41,523 constantly communicate with his cosmic afterworld and his 76 00:05:41,525 --> 00:05:44,393 earthly domain. 77 00:05:46,829 --> 00:05:50,165 NARRATOR: Within the main temple of Abu Simbel are statues 78 00:05:50,167 --> 00:05:54,703 of Ramses depicted, not just as a mortal king and warrior, 79 00:05:54,705 --> 00:05:59,174 but as the Egyptian god of the afterlife, Osiris. 80 00:05:59,176 --> 00:06:03,378 According to the Pyramid Texts, ancient Egyptian religious 81 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:07,716 writings that date back to the 24th century BC, Osiris was 82 00:06:07,718 --> 00:06:13,555 the offspring of the Earth god Geb, and the sky goddess, Nut, 83 00:06:13,557 --> 00:06:17,559 and often portrayed as green skinned. 84 00:06:17,561 --> 00:06:21,029 He was considered to be a wise and beloved ruler who married 85 00:06:21,031 --> 00:06:25,734 his sister Isis, and was murdered by his brother Set. 86 00:06:25,736 --> 00:06:30,572 BAUVAL: Osiris and Set were in conflict. 87 00:06:30,574 --> 00:06:34,743 The story goes that Set, being jealous of his more successful 88 00:06:34,745 --> 00:06:42,918 brother, kills him and cuts his body into 14 pieces. 89 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:48,590 Isis, in despair, collects the bodies and performs the first 90 00:06:48,592 --> 00:06:52,094 magical ritual of resurrection. 91 00:06:52,096 --> 00:06:55,430 YOUNG: Isis, the wife and sister, finds a way to revive 92 00:06:55,432 --> 00:06:58,266 Osiris briefly and conceive a son. 93 00:06:58,268 --> 00:07:01,269 The son is a god; the god Horus. 94 00:07:01,271 --> 00:07:06,274 BAUVAL: Horus grows up and avenges his father, 95 00:07:06,276 --> 00:07:12,681 defeats Set, and becomes the first Horus king of the land of 96 00:07:12,683 --> 00:07:16,451 Egypt, the cosmic land of Egypt, the land of the gods. 97 00:07:16,453 --> 00:07:22,624 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Ramses II was, as he claimed, 98 00:07:22,626 --> 00:07:27,295 an actual physical descendant of Osiris? 99 00:07:27,297 --> 00:07:30,699 And if the legends are to be believed, does this lineage 100 00:07:30,701 --> 00:07:34,603 suggest that Ramses was, in fact, an extraterrestrial 101 00:07:34,605 --> 00:07:41,143 hybrid part human, part so called god? 102 00:07:41,145 --> 00:07:43,879 ROBERT SCHOCH: As pharaoh, Ramses considered himself the 103 00:07:43,881 --> 00:07:46,248 embodiment of Horus... 104 00:07:46,250 --> 00:07:54,156 ...essentially, the sun god on Earth during his lifetime, and 105 00:07:54,158 --> 00:07:59,327 then once he passed on to the afterlife, he became essentially 106 00:07:59,329 --> 00:08:03,331 one with the gods, forming his rightful place in the 107 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:07,068 everlasting pantheons of the gods. 108 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:10,172 YOUNG: The myth of Osiris was extremely important 109 00:08:10,174 --> 00:08:14,509 in the credibility of the rulers of Egypt. 110 00:08:14,511 --> 00:08:18,346 Every pharaoh saw himself as a reincarnation of Horus, the god 111 00:08:18,348 --> 00:08:21,149 of the daylight, the god of life, and the personification 112 00:08:21,151 --> 00:08:24,653 of Osiris, the god of the unseen and the 113 00:08:24,655 --> 00:08:28,073 underworld, the afterlife. PHILLIPS: And so, 114 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:32,694 consequently, the reason in ancient Egypt that the pharaoh 115 00:08:32,696 --> 00:08:35,864 had the right to tell you exactly what to do and you had 116 00:08:35,866 --> 00:08:41,036 to obey him was because he was a direct descendant of a god, in 117 00:08:41,038 --> 00:08:46,258 fact, a demigod himself. NARRATOR: Was Ramses II's 118 00:08:46,260 --> 00:08:49,878 otherworldly connection the reason he became one of the most 119 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,215 powerful pharaohs in ancient Egypt? 120 00:08:53,217 --> 00:08:57,552 And what does this say about Egypt's other legendary rulers? 121 00:08:57,554 --> 00:09:01,389 Could they have been, as their legends claim, 122 00:09:01,391 --> 00:09:06,394 actual descendants of extraterrestrial beings? 123 00:09:06,396 --> 00:09:10,065 According to researchers, additional evidence can be found 124 00:09:10,067 --> 00:09:15,704 in the design and construction of the Abu Simbel temples. 125 00:09:15,706 --> 00:09:18,073 BAUVAL: We're in the Osirian hall. 126 00:09:18,075 --> 00:09:21,910 Amazing how they carved this out of the living rock, slowly 127 00:09:21,912 --> 00:09:25,580 cutting, slowly fashioning, and they produced this. 128 00:09:25,582 --> 00:09:29,751 It's extraordinary. NARRATOR: The temple at Abu 129 00:09:29,753 --> 00:09:33,088 Simbel was built with astonishing precision. 130 00:09:33,090 --> 00:09:37,092 Twice a year, light from the morning sun traveled down the 131 00:09:37,094 --> 00:09:41,429 entire expanse of the temple cave to the very back wall, 132 00:09:41,431 --> 00:09:46,234 illuminating the statue of Ramses seated amongst the gods. 133 00:09:46,236 --> 00:09:50,605 COLLINS: Ramses saw himself as a living god, and 134 00:09:50,607 --> 00:09:54,776 because of this, he felt that he should have this absolute 135 00:09:54,778 --> 00:09:59,247 control over everything, that he himself could even get 136 00:09:59,249 --> 00:10:04,286 the sun to shine in this way, as if the sun itself was 137 00:10:04,288 --> 00:10:10,125 working on behalf of him. NARRATOR: But how and why 138 00:10:10,127 --> 00:10:15,764 did Ramses design and build such a sophisticated structure more 139 00:10:15,766 --> 00:10:20,635 than 3,000 years ago? Was it designed to channel some 140 00:10:20,637 --> 00:10:25,974 cosmic or otherworldly power? YOUNG: The world of the 141 00:10:25,976 --> 00:10:29,311 spirit and the world of matter seem divided at times. 142 00:10:29,313 --> 00:10:33,982 But a great leader, like Ramses II, understands that the 143 00:10:33,984 --> 00:10:37,485 mysteries need to be concrete. There's a need for building, 144 00:10:37,487 --> 00:10:41,156 and in these monuments and palaces and other structures 145 00:10:41,158 --> 00:10:43,825 that Ramses built, there will be depictions of 146 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:46,995 himself as a god, or in the company of gods, showing a 147 00:10:46,997 --> 00:10:51,666 divine connection to his rule and to the people. 148 00:10:51,668 --> 00:10:55,170 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: There are stories in which Ramses himself 149 00:10:55,172 --> 00:11:00,508 claims that he was in direct contact with the guardians of 150 00:11:00,510 --> 00:11:02,677 the sky. 151 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,513 Now, who were these guardians of the sky? 152 00:11:05,515 --> 00:11:10,318 Were they just fantasy or did they really exist? 153 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,689 CHILDRESS: Ramses II and all the Egyptian pharaohs, I 154 00:11:14,691 --> 00:11:18,860 mean, they saw themselves as direct descendants of gods, 155 00:11:18,862 --> 00:11:24,366 and their genetic material and their blood was the same blood 156 00:11:24,368 --> 00:11:29,537 that was coming from the gods... and those gods, apparently, 157 00:11:29,539 --> 00:11:32,040 were extraterrestrials. 158 00:11:32,042 --> 00:11:36,711 NARRATOR: Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists 159 00:11:36,713 --> 00:11:41,049 suggest, that the legends and stories of Osiris, along with 160 00:11:41,051 --> 00:11:45,720 the architectural wonders like the temples of Abu Simbel, 161 00:11:45,722 --> 00:11:49,724 provide evidence that the pharaohs of ancient Egypt had, 162 00:11:49,726 --> 00:11:55,397 in fact, otherworldly origins? And if so, might similar 163 00:11:55,399 --> 00:11:59,200 legends of divine rulers throughout the world reveal 164 00:11:59,202 --> 00:12:05,240 extraterrestrial connections? Perhaps the answers can be found 165 00:12:05,242 --> 00:12:09,411 by examining the celestial origins of some of Asia's 166 00:12:09,413 --> 00:12:11,546 greatest emperors. 167 00:12:11,548 --> 00:12:24,609 NARRATOR: Xinzheng, China. It was here that Huangdi, a 168 00:12:24,611 --> 00:12:28,613 mythical ancient leader known as the Yellow Emperor, is believed 169 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:33,418 to have reigned throughout the 27th century B.C. 170 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:37,288 Viewed by many as the father of Chinese culture, the Yellow 171 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:40,625 Emperor has been credited with creating traditional Chinese 172 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:44,796 medicine such as acupuncture, and introducing advancements 173 00:12:44,798 --> 00:12:51,136 like wooden houses, the bow and arrow, bronze coins, and a 174 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:56,007 written language. JUDY HO: The Yellow Emperor 175 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:59,310 is, according to most Chinese, a legendary figure. 176 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:03,648 He's a cultural hero as well as a ruler, but at the same 177 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:07,485 time, he's also believed to be, actually, the founder 178 00:13:07,487 --> 00:13:09,154 of Chinese civilization. 179 00:13:09,156 --> 00:13:12,824 In fact, just about everything that you would think as the 180 00:13:12,826 --> 00:13:17,328 basic elements of civilization is somehow associated with the 181 00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:19,297 Yellow Emperor. 182 00:13:23,002 --> 00:13:25,670 NARRATOR: According to some researchers, the Yellow Emperor, 183 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:30,175 like other ancient rulers, possessed otherworldly power, 184 00:13:30,177 --> 00:13:34,012 and they believe the proof can be found by looking at the 185 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:38,683 celestial origins of this mysterious leader. 186 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:43,354 Like the Egyptians, the ancient Chinese believed their emperors 187 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:47,525 received their powers and abilities from the heavens. 188 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:50,862 HO: The Chinese emperor is actually called "son of heaven." 189 00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:56,034 What that means is that the emperor earns his right to rule 190 00:13:56,036 --> 00:14:00,872 people because he received a certain guidance from heaven to 191 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:03,875 rule. Heaven is always sending down 192 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:08,379 these messages telling the emperor when is the best time to 193 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:11,716 harvest, when is the best time to sow seeds, when to actually 194 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:15,053 wage a war. So, um, it's very important for 195 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:20,058 the emperor, then, to read the signs. 196 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:24,062 TSOUKALOS: According to ancient Chinese legends, the 197 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:28,399 Yellow Emperor was floating through space. 198 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:33,238 He saw that the people of Earth were sad and poor, 199 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,909 but he saw potential. So in order to help the people, 200 00:14:37,911 --> 00:14:41,546 he descended from the sky... 201 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:47,719 ...and taught those people different scientific 202 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:49,721 disciplines. 203 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,590 YOUNG: The Yellow Emperor comes down to bring 204 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:55,593 comfort, order and leadership to his people. 205 00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:58,263 So there's a direct connection between the divine realms and 206 00:14:58,265 --> 00:15:01,566 the beginnings of our personality, our identity, 207 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,102 our nation. 208 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:07,906 NARRATOR: According to legend, after ruling for 100 209 00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:11,409 years, the Yellow Emperor made preparations to 210 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:16,114 leave his earthly kingdom. TSOUKALOS: After Huangdi's 211 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:20,251 work was done on planet Earth, he returned to the stars, 212 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:27,125 and he did this by doing something very specific. 213 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:31,296 He installed a cauldron, and the moment he installed 214 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:34,799 that thing, according to the ancient legends, the heavens 215 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,768 opened. 216 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:43,308 YOUNG: A yellow dragon comes down from the heavens, and he 217 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:48,396 rides the dragon out into the stars and becomes stars himself. 218 00:15:48,398 --> 00:15:55,987 NARRATOR: Mysterious cauldrons? 219 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:59,958 Flying dragons? Could these fantastic notions 220 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:04,662 really have played a part in the fate of China's Yellow Emperor? 221 00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:10,001 Or is there another, perhaps more plausible, explanation? 222 00:16:10,003 --> 00:16:13,671 TSOUKALOS: Are we really just talking about folklore 223 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:16,975 here? Or did something actually happen 224 00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:22,313 in real life? And of course, the answer is 225 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:25,650 that something was witnessed by our ancestors that they could 226 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:30,655 best describe with the vocabulary that was available to 227 00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:34,192 them at the time. 228 00:16:34,194 --> 00:16:36,527 JASON MARTELL: When we look at the story of the Yellow 229 00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:39,530 Emperor ascending into heaven, this to me sounds like the 230 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:42,700 description of some type of UFO encounter. 231 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:45,536 It's very possible that the Yellow Emperor was actually 232 00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:47,839 traveling on a UFO. 233 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:54,512 NARRATOR: Is it possible the Yellow Emperor was, in fact, an 234 00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:58,683 extraterrestrial being one that traveled to and from 235 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:04,389 Earth by means of a spacecraft? If so, might there be similar 236 00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:08,726 descriptions of close encounters found in the historical accounts 237 00:17:08,728 --> 00:17:12,397 of other, perhaps even more mysterious, Far Eastern 238 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:14,816 emperors? 239 00:17:14,818 --> 00:17:21,239 Japan. 660 BC. 240 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:25,910 Emperor Jimmu becomes the first ruler of the island nation's 241 00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:30,415 imperial family. According to legend, the ancient 242 00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:35,386 Japanese also believed Jimmu was the direct descendent of the sun 243 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:38,890 goddess Amaterasu. 244 00:17:38,892 --> 00:17:42,927 WILLIAM HENRY: The Japanese people worshipped a deity named 245 00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:47,432 Amaterasu who was believed to shine like the sun. 246 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:50,735 She sent her descendants to Earth in order to bring order 247 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:53,771 out of chaos. Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, 248 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:58,609 directly connected himself as a descendant of Amaterasu, 249 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:01,279 therefore setting up his lineage in connection to this 250 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:03,614 divinity. 251 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:08,953 PHILLIPS: He was the man who united the island of Japan's 252 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:13,958 various warring factions into, into one country. 253 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,296 And all emperors since Jimmu have all claimed descent from 254 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:21,466 the sun goddess. And the reason why the 255 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:26,304 Japanese flag has this rising sun is that it 256 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:30,975 represents the descent from the sun goddess. 257 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:35,646 NARRATOR: According to legend, the sun goddess, 258 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:39,817 Amaterasu, gave three gifts to Jimmu: 259 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:43,821 a mirror... a jewel... 260 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:47,158 and a sword. Known as the Imperial Regalia 261 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,496 of Japan, it is believed that, with these divine artifacts, 262 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:54,832 Jimmu was able to control his empire. 263 00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:57,468 PHILLIPS: Apart from the emperor and a few elite priests, 264 00:18:57,470 --> 00:19:01,172 no one is ever allowed to see them. 265 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:05,510 So where they are, nobody knows, but it is said that in three 266 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:10,348 separate shrines in Japan, which are also tourist attractions, 267 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:13,351 somewhere deep inside them, the priesthood keeps these secret 268 00:19:13,353 --> 00:19:18,656 crown jewels that no one is ever allowed to see. 269 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:23,861 NARRATOR: But what unique powers might these three divine 270 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:27,865 gifts have possessed? Might they have been not 271 00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:31,369 merely symbols of power, but examples of highly advanced 272 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:36,040 extraterrestrial technology? TSOUKALOS: According to 273 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,710 legend, this mirror was quite extraordinary. 274 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:42,547 ERICH VON DANIKEN: They say in this mirror he could see what 275 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:46,851 happened at every minute around all the islands in the Pacific 276 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,720 Ocean. 277 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:52,223 At every minute! So what is this mirror, 278 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:57,061 some technical device? TSOUKALOS: So what is it 279 00:19:57,063 --> 00:20:00,565 that we're looking at here? Well, if you look at it from a 280 00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:05,236 perspective of misunderstood technology, then next time you 281 00:20:05,238 --> 00:20:08,739 look at your computer monitor and you're looking at a YouTube 282 00:20:08,741 --> 00:20:12,743 clip from, let's say, the Iguazu Falls, then you are looking at a 283 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:16,714 magic mirror that shows you everything in the world. 284 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:19,083 CHILDRESS: You have to wonder here, whether these 285 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:24,422 objects had more power than just an ordinary thing. 286 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:28,259 And perhaps they were actually highly technical objects, given 287 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:34,232 to him by extraterrestrials, by the gods, to help him as the 288 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:36,434 first emperor. 289 00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:39,604 NARRATOR: Might Jimmu's mirror really have been a 290 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:43,908 technological device, given to the emperor in an effort to help 291 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:47,945 him rule his people? Does it suggest the emperor was 292 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:54,619 actually an alien being? Or was he a human messenger 293 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:59,123 employed by the gods to impose order and propagate the notion 294 00:20:59,125 --> 00:21:03,127 that otherworldly visitors were to be regarded by humans as 295 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:07,465 gods? Perhaps the proof can be found 296 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:12,136 by examining the legends of other ancient kings and rulers 297 00:21:12,138 --> 00:21:16,807 rulers who some believe had even more powerful and deadly 298 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:20,444 extraterrestrial technology. 299 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:32,890 NARRATOR: November 13, 2012. Every fall, Hindus throughout 300 00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:36,093 the world celebrate in a festival of lights called 301 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:38,429 Diwali. 302 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:42,733 WILCOCK: Diwali is a five day festival of lights, 303 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:46,270 which is as important to the Hindus as Christmas is to 304 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,105 Christians. 305 00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:52,276 The Hindus celebrate this festival with great reverence. 306 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:55,446 NARRATOR: The festival commemorates King Rama, one of 307 00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:58,783 the most popular figures of Hinduism. 308 00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:02,787 But just who was King Rama? And why is this ancient leader 309 00:22:02,789 --> 00:22:05,923 so revered, even to this day? 310 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:11,629 PHILLIPS: Hindus believe that Rama was a real physically 311 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:16,967 historical king who lived 7,000 years ago. 312 00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:22,139 Now, Rama was supposed to bring writing and enlightenment 313 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:26,977 and philosophy and all sorts of various other engineering skills 314 00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:31,615 to humanity. WILCOCK: In Hindu mythology, 315 00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:35,286 Rama is described as the embodiment of truth and 316 00:22:35,288 --> 00:22:39,490 goodness, and it is said that he was a reincarnation of the 317 00:22:39,492 --> 00:22:43,994 blue skinned god Vishnu. NARRATOR: According to the 318 00:22:43,996 --> 00:22:48,799 Hindu texts, Rama's rise to power began after a battle he 319 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:52,670 waged with a ten headed demon king named Ravana who had 320 00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:54,972 kidnapped his wife. 321 00:22:54,974 --> 00:23:01,011 DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Rama goes in search of his wife who was 322 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:02,513 kidnapped by Ravana. 323 00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:07,651 There's a long battle between Ravana and Rama and his army. 324 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:12,990 NARRATOR: Rama used an incredibly sophisticated device 325 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:17,661 called the Brahmastra to kill the demon king and rescue his 326 00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:21,165 wife. 327 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:29,340 Known to cause severe damage, it was a weapon for 328 00:23:29,342 --> 00:23:34,044 which there was no defense. SHIMKHADA: Brahmastra is 329 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:37,882 the most deadliest weapon ever conceived or ever produced in 330 00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:42,386 Hinduism, and Brahmastra, obviously, as the name suggest, 331 00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:47,224 it was created by god Brahma himself. 332 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:50,561 COLLINS: It was a weapon that was so powerful that when 333 00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:54,031 it was used, it would absolutely annihilate the enemy 334 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:57,034 completely... 335 00:23:57,036 --> 00:24:04,241 ...and would also make the whole environment around where the 336 00:24:04,243 --> 00:24:08,579 weapon was used completely desolate. 337 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:12,583 What this sounds like is something that we would create 338 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:14,752 today. It actually sounds like the 339 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:18,389 effects of a nuclear bomb. 340 00:24:18,391 --> 00:24:25,763 NARRATOR: Might the Brahmastra, as described in 341 00:24:25,765 --> 00:24:29,600 ancient Indian texts, really have existed? 342 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:33,437 And if so, where did it come from? 343 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:37,441 Might it have been something like a nuclear weapon one 344 00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:42,780 created by the gods and used by Rama, thousands of years ago? 345 00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:45,783 COPPENS: In the case of the ancient Indian epics, what we're 346 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:48,953 being told is that this was technology of the gods, that 347 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:52,289 this was extraterrestrial technology which was somehow 348 00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:55,459 used or at least could be used on planet Earth and which could 349 00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:58,963 result in the complete destruction or annihilation of 350 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:02,099 the human species. 351 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:05,302 NARRATOR: Did King Rama possess a deadly, perhaps 352 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:07,605 nuclear, power? 353 00:25:07,607 --> 00:25:14,778 If so, do the stories of the Brahmastra help to prove that 354 00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:18,649 Rama and other ancient rulers like him descended from 355 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:21,118 extraterrestrial beings? 356 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:29,827 Sanchi, India. Here, 400 miles south of New 357 00:25:29,829 --> 00:25:36,000 Delhi, lies the Great Stupa, a dome shaped Buddhist shrine. 358 00:25:36,002 --> 00:25:40,838 This incredible structure was first commissioned in the third 359 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,509 century BC by Ashoka the Great, an emperor who ruled 360 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:51,682 over most of India by 263 BC. SHIMKHADA: Ashoka the Great 361 00:25:51,684 --> 00:25:54,518 was intent in conquering all of India. 362 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,521 So there was one place that he had not been able to conquer, 363 00:25:57,523 --> 00:26:00,524 and he finally mounts this attack. 364 00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:04,528 It is said that many thousands of people were killed 365 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:08,032 soldiers from both sides. When he went to the 366 00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:11,702 battleground, he became very, very moved by this horrendous 367 00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:16,173 scene, and then he became a changed man and he devoted all 368 00:26:16,175 --> 00:26:19,710 of his time in propagating the peaceful message of the Buddha. 369 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:24,348 NARRATOR: But according to the second century Sanskrit text 370 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:29,053 called the Ashokavadana, there is another, even more profound, 371 00:26:29,055 --> 00:26:32,723 tale describing Ashoka's transformation from brutal 372 00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:37,728 tyrant to religious leader, one that some believe provides 373 00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:42,066 evidence of an otherworldly influence. 374 00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:46,570 WILCOCK: A wandering monk was imprisoned by Ashoka. 375 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:50,741 He throws this man into a cauldron and wants to boil him 376 00:26:50,743 --> 00:26:52,710 alive. 377 00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:57,748 At this point, the monk levitates up into the air. 378 00:26:57,750 --> 00:27:04,755 The eyewitness reports say that the monk's body was half fire, 379 00:27:04,757 --> 00:27:09,259 and half flowing water. Ashoka was so amazed by what he 380 00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:13,764 saw that he completely shut down the torture prisons. 381 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:18,268 After Ashoka's conversion, he gets so engaged in the Buddhist 382 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:22,406 tradition that he begins building stupas, 383 00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:26,777 most notably the one at Sanchi. NARRATOR: Like other stupas 384 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:30,914 throughout Asia, Ashoka's great monument has become one of the 385 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:34,952 most important places of Buddhist pilgrimage. 386 00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:38,956 HENRY: Pilgrims would make a visit to the stupa in order 387 00:27:38,958 --> 00:27:42,126 to receive blessings and prayer energy. 388 00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:45,429 Ashoka built stupas and other structures throughout Asia that 389 00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:48,799 were inscribed with his teachings, and from this, 390 00:27:48,801 --> 00:27:51,602 we get the idea that he was trying to communicate through 391 00:27:51,604 --> 00:27:55,105 stone throughout time and generations. 392 00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:58,108 NARRATOR: But just what was Ashoka trying to communicate? 393 00:27:58,110 --> 00:28:01,812 Is it possible, as some researchers believe, that Ashoka 394 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:07,651 had experienced an extraterrestrial encounter? 395 00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:13,624 And if so, might stupas actually represent something much more 396 00:28:13,626 --> 00:28:20,330 technological and with origins even more out of this world? 397 00:28:20,332 --> 00:28:24,334 WILCOCK: When you look at the structure of these 398 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:28,505 stupas, it certainly appears as if there may be some reference 399 00:28:28,507 --> 00:28:33,143 being made in their shape, to actual extraterrestrial piloted 400 00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:36,180 vehicles. This may be related to the Hindu 401 00:28:36,182 --> 00:28:40,317 legend of the vimana, which is allegedly a noiseless, wingless 402 00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:43,654 aircraft that flies through the air. 403 00:28:43,656 --> 00:28:48,525 SHIMKHADA: Vimanas are described in the Hindu epics, 404 00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:52,663 and their mission is to transport gods, primarily, and 405 00:28:52,665 --> 00:28:57,034 the gods are the owners of these vehicles because they are worthy 406 00:28:57,036 --> 00:29:01,638 of traveling through space very fast. 407 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:07,177 COPPENS: These people built, in stone, objects which 408 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:10,881 they seem to have seen in the sky, in flight, at some point, 409 00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:14,218 no doubt, landed on the surface of the Earth as well. 410 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:19,356 When these objects left, they began to build them in stone so 411 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:22,559 that they would have reminders that this was the instruments 412 00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:27,064 in which the gods came to them. NARRATOR: Might the Great 413 00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:31,568 Stupa really have been built to symbolize vimanas, the 414 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:34,571 mythological flying machines described in ancient Hindu 415 00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:37,574 texts? And if so, might this provide 416 00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:42,246 even more compelling proof that powerful leaders like 417 00:29:42,248 --> 00:29:45,916 Rama and Ashoka the Great were in direct contact with 418 00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:51,421 extraterrestrial beings? Perhaps additional evidence can 419 00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:55,926 be found by looking at the extraordinary bloodline of one 420 00:29:55,928 --> 00:29:59,930 of the most powerful and enduring royal families 421 00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:02,232 in human history. 422 00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:12,392 NARRATOR: London, England. June, 2012. 423 00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:17,030 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, 424 00:30:17,032 --> 00:30:21,001 commemorating 60 years on the British throne. 425 00:30:21,003 --> 00:30:27,174 The 87 year old monarch presides over the United Kingdom and 426 00:30:27,176 --> 00:30:32,546 15 commonwealth realms with a combined population of 427 00:30:32,548 --> 00:30:37,551 more than 134 million people. Her grandsons, Prince William 428 00:30:37,553 --> 00:30:42,189 and Prince Harry, are heirs to the throne, in the line of 429 00:30:42,191 --> 00:30:46,393 succession after their father, Prince Charles. 430 00:30:46,395 --> 00:30:51,064 But from where does the British monarchy claim its authority? 431 00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:58,038 And what are the origins of its vast wealth and symbolic power? 432 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,208 MOSLEY: Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the throne 433 00:31:01,210 --> 00:31:03,210 since 1952. 434 00:31:03,212 --> 00:31:07,247 And she has huge prestige because the royal family in 435 00:31:07,249 --> 00:31:09,917 this country is one of the most successful 436 00:31:09,919 --> 00:31:12,719 organizations, institutions in the world. 437 00:31:16,090 --> 00:31:18,592 PHILLIPS: One of the most important things for any leader 438 00:31:18,594 --> 00:31:21,762 is their bloodline to be continued. 439 00:31:21,764 --> 00:31:25,933 We want the best for our own children, our own offspring, 440 00:31:25,935 --> 00:31:29,403 as if it's some form of immortality. 441 00:31:29,405 --> 00:31:33,740 The succession of power in ancient civilizations depended 442 00:31:33,742 --> 00:31:37,244 very much on bloodlines. 443 00:31:37,246 --> 00:31:46,753 NARRATOR: Like other European monarchies, the British royal 444 00:31:46,755 --> 00:31:50,624 family has fiercely protected the integrity of its bloodlines 445 00:31:50,626 --> 00:31:56,263 for thousands of years, but why? What exactly is so unique 446 00:31:56,265 --> 00:32:01,468 or significant about royal bloodlines? 447 00:32:01,470 --> 00:32:04,471 PHILLIPS: Various leaders of ancient cultures went to 448 00:32:04,473 --> 00:32:07,307 considerable lengths to make sure that their own bloodline 449 00:32:07,309 --> 00:32:12,145 continued as the, uh, the ruling elite. 450 00:32:12,147 --> 00:32:15,616 For example, the pharaohs of Egypt married their own 451 00:32:15,618 --> 00:32:19,319 sisters or mothers. The famous Tutankhamen was 452 00:32:19,321 --> 00:32:23,290 married to his own sister, and previous to that he was married 453 00:32:23,292 --> 00:32:26,493 to his own grandmother, so that they could keep the blood within 454 00:32:26,495 --> 00:32:28,962 the same family. 455 00:32:28,964 --> 00:32:34,501 MOSLEY: So if you were of the same blood as Cyrus, Ramses, 456 00:32:34,503 --> 00:32:38,005 Alexander the II, Leonidas of Sparta, you had some kind 457 00:32:38,007 --> 00:32:42,476 of claim to recognition. In the ancient world, it was 458 00:32:42,478 --> 00:32:45,545 seen as extending to the right to rule. 459 00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:48,315 It gave legitimacy. It gave continuity. 460 00:32:48,317 --> 00:32:53,687 It gave certainty. That is still recognized in some 461 00:32:53,689 --> 00:32:56,490 respects now. We have had, for instance, 462 00:32:56,492 --> 00:32:59,192 father and son presidents of the United States. 463 00:32:59,194 --> 00:33:02,829 We've had a series of members of the same family running India. 464 00:33:02,831 --> 00:33:07,334 We have even had tyrannies in North Korea, father son 465 00:33:07,336 --> 00:33:10,704 inheritance. It's extraordinary the extent to 466 00:33:10,706 --> 00:33:15,709 which this still exists. YOUNG: It is important for 467 00:33:15,711 --> 00:33:18,545 people to feel their leaders are extraordinary, 468 00:33:18,547 --> 00:33:19,846 not common. 469 00:33:19,848 --> 00:33:22,516 So much is focused on the bloodlines. 470 00:33:22,518 --> 00:33:25,052 Have they descended from the gods? 471 00:33:25,054 --> 00:33:29,056 Have they descended from rulers that were unusually exceptional? 472 00:33:29,058 --> 00:33:31,892 COLLINS: And it was something that they would 473 00:33:31,894 --> 00:33:35,195 obviously pass on into the successive generations, so that 474 00:33:35,197 --> 00:33:39,900 if you had that blood, you also had that power of connection 475 00:33:39,902 --> 00:33:41,735 with the gods. 476 00:33:41,737 --> 00:33:46,573 NARRATOR: According to some researchers, the bloodline of 477 00:33:46,575 --> 00:33:51,545 Queen Elizabeth II can be traced all the way back to that of a 478 00:33:51,547 --> 00:33:57,718 mythical deity named Woden. YOUNG: If we look closely, 479 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,088 the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, could trace 480 00:34:01,090 --> 00:34:04,591 lineage to Woden through the kings of Wessex. 481 00:34:04,593 --> 00:34:08,261 Woden is supposedly an ancient king. 482 00:34:08,263 --> 00:34:11,598 He is obviously a variation on the Norse god Odin 483 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:16,737 or the German Wotan, but he is a mighty, powerful, 484 00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:20,941 furious leader, a semi god or a god 485 00:34:20,943 --> 00:34:24,244 in his own right. He is also a warrior leader, 486 00:34:24,246 --> 00:34:28,081 so he is a very exciting, ecstatic energy. 487 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:35,622 PHILLIPS: Now interestingly, the legends associated with 488 00:34:35,624 --> 00:34:42,295 this god, Woden, was that usually, around midwinter, 489 00:34:42,297 --> 00:34:47,634 the god Woden would lead a great hunt across the skies. 490 00:34:47,636 --> 00:34:54,307 All these horsemen would be seen flying across the skies. 491 00:34:54,309 --> 00:34:56,810 MARTELL: It's described that when Woden would pass 492 00:34:56,812 --> 00:34:59,980 overhead, that people would witness seeing strong winds and 493 00:34:59,982 --> 00:35:02,816 hearing thunderous claps of sound. 494 00:35:02,818 --> 00:35:05,452 (thunder booms) 495 00:35:05,454 --> 00:35:08,321 PHILLIPS: And Woden, in some legends, was said to have been 496 00:35:08,323 --> 00:35:11,591 seen riding an eight legged horse. 497 00:35:13,628 --> 00:35:16,496 TSOUKALOS: In ancient English legends, Woden was known 498 00:35:16,498 --> 00:35:20,834 as the god of wind, and whenever he appeared, he 499 00:35:20,836 --> 00:35:26,173 flew across the sky in a fiery eight legged horse. 500 00:35:26,175 --> 00:35:31,311 Now, what does that mean? Whatever it was they 501 00:35:31,313 --> 00:35:35,515 encountered, that they witnessed up in the sky could best be 502 00:35:35,517 --> 00:35:39,653 described as an eight legged horse because they didn't have 503 00:35:39,655 --> 00:35:42,823 the vocabulary for spacecraft. 504 00:35:42,825 --> 00:35:49,529 NARRATOR: But did, as mainstream scholars suggest, 505 00:35:49,531 --> 00:35:54,367 Queen Elizabeth's ancestors simply claim a blood connection 506 00:35:54,369 --> 00:35:58,038 to Woden, in an effort to strengthen and legitimize their 507 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,041 reign? Or is it possible that the 508 00:36:01,043 --> 00:36:05,011 British monarch is an actual flesh and blood descendant of 509 00:36:05,013 --> 00:36:10,383 otherworldly beings? YOUNG: Tracing royal lineage 510 00:36:10,385 --> 00:36:15,355 back to a god implies great wisdom, almost celestial power, 511 00:36:15,357 --> 00:36:20,560 a connection to the divine, truly making the gods on our 512 00:36:20,562 --> 00:36:22,996 side. 513 00:36:27,535 --> 00:36:29,569 .CHILDRESS: Kings and queens all over the world, particularly 514 00:36:29,571 --> 00:36:32,372 in Europe, they are from a special bloodline and they make 515 00:36:32,374 --> 00:36:36,042 a big deal of that.. 516 00:36:36,044 --> 00:36:40,380 So you have to ask yourself, what is it about their blood, as 517 00:36:40,382 --> 00:36:46,052 opposed to other people's blood, that's so special? 518 00:36:46,054 --> 00:36:48,889 NARRATOR: Might ancient royalty's possible 519 00:36:48,891 --> 00:36:52,592 extraterrestrial origins explain why monarchs have protected 520 00:36:52,594 --> 00:36:56,930 their bloodlines for centuries? Or might there be another even 521 00:36:56,932 --> 00:37:00,233 more biological reason? 522 00:37:00,235 --> 00:37:05,272 What if the proof could be seen with the naked eye? 523 00:37:05,274 --> 00:37:08,909 Not in ancient monuments or deciphered texts, 524 00:37:08,911 --> 00:37:12,362 but in our own DNA? 525 00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:23,273 NARRATOR: The Mongol Empire in the 13th century AD. 526 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:28,411 This massive kingdom, one that stretched from the Caspian Sea 527 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:32,916 to the Sea of Japan, was forged by the emperor 528 00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:38,071 Genghis Khan. Uniting the nomadic tribes of 529 00:37:38,073 --> 00:37:41,574 Northeast Asia, historians believe that by the time of his 530 00:37:41,576 --> 00:37:46,579 death in 1227, Genghis Khan ruled over as many as 100 531 00:37:46,581 --> 00:37:49,299 million people. 532 00:37:49,301 --> 00:37:53,119 PHILLIPS: Many people think of the great empires of the 533 00:37:53,121 --> 00:37:55,939 world, such as the Roman Empire, the empire of Alexander 534 00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:58,942 the Great, or the British Empire, but the greatest in 535 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,978 landmass area the world has ever seen was 536 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:05,615 the empire of Genghis Khan. 537 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:09,102 He and his immediate descendants conquered all of China, 538 00:38:09,104 --> 00:38:13,606 conquered most of what's now Russia and half of Europe. 539 00:38:13,608 --> 00:38:17,944 It was an astonishing empire and built by people who had had 540 00:38:17,946 --> 00:38:22,632 really no proper civilization before that. 541 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,568 NARRATOR: Although generally believed to be a brutal and 542 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:30,006 bloody conqueror, Genghis Khan also brought communication, 543 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:35,345 technology, justice, and prosperity to his people. 544 00:38:35,347 --> 00:38:40,150 He attributed his success to Tengri, the god of the eternal 545 00:38:40,152 --> 00:38:42,469 blue sky. 546 00:38:42,471 --> 00:38:45,755 HENRY: Genghis Khan was known to disappear for days 547 00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:49,359 and climb the most sacred mountain of Asia in order to 548 00:38:49,361 --> 00:38:53,363 commune with Tengri, who imparted to him not only battle 549 00:38:53,365 --> 00:38:57,033 plans but spiritual capability that made him the amazing leader 550 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:59,035 that he was. 551 00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:03,523 Genghis Khan believed Tengri to be his sky father and claimed 552 00:39:03,525 --> 00:39:07,210 that he had a direct genetic connection with Tengri. 553 00:39:07,212 --> 00:39:11,381 He even referred to himself as a man from the sky. 554 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:15,035 MARTELL: Now if this is actually the case, Genghis Khan 555 00:39:15,037 --> 00:39:18,171 might have some type of extraterrestrial component 556 00:39:18,173 --> 00:39:20,690 to him. We know that scientifically 557 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:23,860 today, one in 200 people can actually be traced back to 558 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,528 Genghis Khan. 559 00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:29,733 So if Genghis Khan does have any extraterrestrial genetics to 560 00:39:29,735 --> 00:39:34,187 him, it's possible that over 16 million people now share this 561 00:39:34,189 --> 00:39:36,172 same gene. 562 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:41,411 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Genghis Kahn did, in fact, have 563 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:46,232 extraterrestrial ancestry as he himself claimed? 564 00:39:46,234 --> 00:39:51,037 And if so, might evidence of that alien biology appear in 565 00:39:51,039 --> 00:39:54,491 certain bloodlines, even today? 566 00:39:54,493 --> 00:40:02,415 London, England. January, 2013. 567 00:40:02,417 --> 00:40:06,086 Researchers at the University College London announce their 568 00:40:06,088 --> 00:40:11,091 discovery of a unique DNA sequence, one that suggests 569 00:40:11,093 --> 00:40:16,279 that some people may, in fact, be born to lead. 570 00:40:16,281 --> 00:40:20,934 Comparing DNA samples taken from sets of twins, both fraternal 571 00:40:20,936 --> 00:40:26,623 and identical, scientists were able to determine that as 572 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:30,360 much as 24% of leadership behavior could be attributed 573 00:40:30,362 --> 00:40:32,445 to genetics. 574 00:40:32,447 --> 00:40:35,365 KLEMENS HERTEL: These are classical twin studies. 575 00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:39,602 The identical twins are genetically identical, 576 00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:42,806 non identical twins are, basically, like siblings. 577 00:40:42,808 --> 00:40:47,961 The kids were asked whether, in their job, they supervised 578 00:40:47,963 --> 00:40:50,947 someone or they did not supervise one. 579 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,883 This was the question that the research team associated with 580 00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:59,139 leadership quality, yes or no. Minor changes in the genetic 581 00:40:59,141 --> 00:41:04,627 composition were then correlated with the incidence of having a 582 00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:08,631 leadership or not having a leadership based on the answer 583 00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:11,784 to the question, and it was demonstrated that 584 00:41:11,786 --> 00:41:15,155 one particular genotype associates with having a 585 00:41:15,157 --> 00:41:19,976 leadership role. HENRY: Before this, it was 586 00:41:19,978 --> 00:41:22,679 assumed that leadership was learned, but now we know 587 00:41:22,681 --> 00:41:25,515 that leadership has a direct genetic component to it, 588 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:29,986 and it can, in fact, be inherited. 589 00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:33,590 NARRATOR: But is it really possible that the world's 590 00:41:33,592 --> 00:41:37,177 legendary leaders might have shared a common genetic trait? 591 00:41:37,179 --> 00:41:42,182 A so called leadership gene? And might this gene have been 592 00:41:42,184 --> 00:41:46,019 not a product of genetic evolution, but inherited by 593 00:41:46,021 --> 00:41:49,439 mankind from some otherworldly source? 594 00:41:49,441 --> 00:41:53,042 VON DANIKEN: A long, long time ago, the gods from outer 595 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:56,179 space were on Earth, and they definitely made a 596 00:41:56,181 --> 00:41:59,382 genetical change with some of our humans. 597 00:41:59,384 --> 00:42:04,187 These humans obviously are of a little higher level than 598 00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:06,623 the rest of mankind. 599 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:09,626 CHILDRESS: Just like today, we want to view our leaders as 600 00:42:09,628 --> 00:42:14,864 being special, smarter than us, more capable, and it's the same 601 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:17,367 thing in ancient times, too. 602 00:42:17,369 --> 00:42:22,138 The rulers were special. They somehow had God in their 603 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,224 bloods. They were descendants 604 00:42:24,226 --> 00:42:27,193 of the gods. They had special DNA. 605 00:42:27,195 --> 00:42:30,380 PHILLIPS: One thing is certain and that is if it wasn't 606 00:42:30,382 --> 00:42:33,900 for these ancient peoples believing that their kings and 607 00:42:33,902 --> 00:42:37,654 emperors were divine, there is very little to have held these 608 00:42:37,656 --> 00:42:42,091 early civilizations together, and believing that your leader 609 00:42:42,093 --> 00:42:45,395 was somehow a god or descended from a god, kept people 610 00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:51,234 together, and so it's a part of survival of the human race. 611 00:42:51,236 --> 00:42:55,905 TSOUKALOS: Many of our greatest rulers were guided or 612 00:42:55,907 --> 00:43:00,109 influenced directly, according to what they say, by celestial 613 00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:02,095 beings. 614 00:43:02,097 --> 00:43:07,450 Perhaps it is this influence that gave some of these rulers 615 00:43:07,452 --> 00:43:12,088 the capacity to change human history. 616 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:17,610 NARRATOR: Were there really extraterrestrial influences 617 00:43:17,612 --> 00:43:22,532 steering the emperors, kings and pharaohs of the ancient world? 618 00:43:22,534 --> 00:43:27,253 And if so, does this mean that the blood of the so called gods 619 00:43:27,255 --> 00:43:31,758 doesn't only flow throughout the veins of today's monarchs, but 620 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:37,280 in the DNA of millions of people living throughout the world? 621 00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:41,818 The implications are both astonishing and profound, 622 00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:47,290 because it may not be that we need to wait for Earth's alien 623 00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:51,761 ancestors to return. may be they are already here. 624 00:43:51,763 --> 00:43:53,763 Captioning sponsored by AandE TELEVISION NETWORKS 625 00:43:53,765 --> 00:43:56,766 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 626 00:43:56,768 --> 00:43:59,501 access.wgbh.org