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Wow.
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It's gigantic.
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The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.
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Wow.
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You want to just
look down below here.
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That's amazing.
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It's hovering above the water.
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This monolith is said to be
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related to one of the first gods
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that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
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and he traveled over the country
on a sky ship
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made out of a giant rock.
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So what you're
telling me is that there is
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a deity flying around in the sky
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with a gigantic vehicle
made of stone?
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Absolutely.
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Tokyo, Japan.
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May 2017.
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The University of Tokyo reveals
designs for electric vehicles
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that are able to charge while
driving on powered roadways,
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enabling the Japanese to travel
freely with unlimited mileage
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throughout the country.
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This same month,
the Japanese government,
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in cooperation
with private companies,
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unveils plans to unleash
a countrywide drone
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delivery system by 2020,
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with self-driving trucks
to follow in 2022.
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And Inami Hiyama Laboratory
brings to market
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a new prosthetic device
called MetaLimbs,
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a pair of wearable robotic arms
controlled by the legs and feet,
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giving the user two additional
hands to work with.
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These are just a few
of the scientific innovations
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introduced by the Japanese
in a single month.
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And they,
along with numerous others,
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have helped accelerate mankind's
technological advancement
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at a breathtaking pace.
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Yet, in the midst of this
cutting-edge technology
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are antiquated teahouses,
palaces
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and shrines dating back
thousands of years
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that create a stark contrast
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between the old and the new.
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Japan can be a puzzle
to a Westerner.
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On one hand,
you have this modern culture
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with trains that are going
250 miles an hour.
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Robots can serve you
in the home,
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can help people
with handicaps walk.
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They can be a robotic pet.
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They have parking garages
in which the cars,
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uh, park themselves.
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So, Japan is always
on the cutting edge
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of technological development
and innovation.
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Yet, at the same time,
it cherishes and looks back
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at its age-old traditions,
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some of them going back
several millennia, in fact.
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While Japan is a nation
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where old world traditions
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and new world technology
collide,
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ancient astronaut theorists
suggest the two
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are not as disconnected
as they may seem
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and that the secrets
of ancient Japan
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help explain why they are at the
forefront of technology today,
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secrets that are connected
to extraterrestrial visitation.
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December 18, 2007.
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Ryuji Yamane of the
Democratic Party of Japan,
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under increasing pressure
from his constituents,
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publicly demands a response
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from the prime minister
and his cabinet
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to address the surge
of UFO activity over Japan,
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totaling more than 300
reported sightings per month.
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The cabinet's official statement
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is that it "has not confirmed
the existence
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of unidentified flying objects
from outer space."
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But within a few hours,
everything changes.
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Just hours after this meeting,
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the Chief Cabinet Secretary
Nobutaka Machimura
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announced on live television
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that regarding the question
of extraterrestrials,
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he definitely thinks they exist.
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Then, a week later, the Japanese
Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba
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revealed that he had been
carefully considering
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different response scenarios
for an alien invasion.
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And what he said is incredible.
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He said, and I quote,
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"There are no grounds
for us to deny
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"that there are
unidentified flying objects
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and some life forms
that controls them."
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Two years later,
the wife of the prime minister
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came out with an extraordinary
series of statements,
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in which she claimed that she
had been abducted by aliens,
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that she had traveled on a UFO.
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For the wife of the
prime minister to come out
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and make a statement like that
was absolutely unprecedented.
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I think the only reason
this isn't on the front page
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of every newspaper
in the world is that,
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certainly in the United States,
we do tend to be
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rather heavily focused on
English-speaking countries,
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and, indeed, very U.S.-centric
in our outlook.
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If the statements
being made in Japan
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were being made in America,
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it would be on every major
news network 24-7.
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Could these profound statements
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coming from top Japanese
government officials reveal
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that they have knowledge
of alien visitation?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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evidence of alien contact
on these islands
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dates back thousands of years,
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and can be found within
the teachings of Shintoism.
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Shintoism is
the primary religion of Japan,
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with over 107 million followers,
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and is designed
around a set of ritual practices
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that connect present-day Japan
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to its ancient mystical past.
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At its center
are celestial beings
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that, according
to the Japanese people,
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still roam their islands
to this day.
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The term "Shinto" translates
as "the way of the kami,"
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or, uh, "the way of the gods."
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It's a tradition
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that has a millennia-long
history in Japan.
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There are
over eight million kamis,
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according
to the Shinto tradition,
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and each one of them has
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its own particular
personality traits, if you will.
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So, in that sense,
they are quite different
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from the notion
of monotheistic God that we have
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in traditions that are
most widespread in the West.
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The kami are
these celestial beings
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that are able
to inhabit basically anything,
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from a human being
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to an animal,
and even inanimate objects.
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So on the one hand, they're
these multi-dimensional beings,
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but then,
they also describe them
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as having come down from their
celestial palace in the sky,
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which is called Takamagahara.
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The celestial kami will come
into the terrestrial world,
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our world, and they need a home,
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so they have these major shrines
for these kami
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when they come into the world,
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so that they can feel at home
in the terrestrial world.
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The Japanese archipelago is
dotted with over 81,000 shrines
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that are devoted
to the kami gods,
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and it's believed
that these are houses or places
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where these extraterrestrial
beings come to live
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when they're on Earth.
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The Japanese people will visit
the shrines of the kami
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with the belief
that they are actually praying
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to an extraterrestrial being
who can fulfill their blessings.
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If what Shinto
followers call "the kami"
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really are otherworldly beings
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that have been visiting Japan
since ancient times,
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are they still being encountered
today in the form of UFOs?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining ancient
Japanese structures
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that defy explanation.
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There are
thousands of these statuettes
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Honshu, Japan. April 2017.
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Near the modern-day city
of Osaka,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
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with fellow ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami
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to investigate one
of the oldest and holiest sites
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in the country...
The Ishi-no-Hoden megalith,
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a Shinto shrine said
to be inhabited
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by an otherworldly being.
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Wow.
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It's gigantic.
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This is...
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I had no idea.
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I mean, it is massive.
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The rock itself
is said to weigh about 500 tons.
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- 500 tons?
- Yes.
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Wow!
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This is said
to have the soul of a god,
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or kami, inside it.
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Okay, so to this day,
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this is the belief,
that some type of spirit
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lives in this,
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or that the rock itself
has spirit.
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The spirit of a god is inside,
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and the stone carries
a special spiritual meaning now.
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Okay. That's amazing.
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I want to...
I need to walk around.
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I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.
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So, do you want
to just look down below here?
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It looks like
it's floating over the water.
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It really does.
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Oh.
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The name
for this rock is Ame-no-kishi,
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or the Floating Rock
from the Heavens.
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So this monolith
is said to be related
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to one of the first gods
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that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
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and he is said to have traveled
over the country
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on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,
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which was called Ama no Iwafune,
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which is the Heavenly Rock Ship.
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So what you're telling me
is that there is
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an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity
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flying around in the sky
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with a gigantic vehicle
made of stone?
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Absolutely.
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So, do you think
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that is the reason
why it was called
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a vehicle made of stone, because
it was so powerful and strong
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and virtually indestructible
that the story became
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it's a vehicle made of stone?
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You're absolutely right,
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because the gods were...
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flying over the land
on a giant ship.
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It wasn't a plane,
because it didn't have wings.
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It looked like a ship
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made out of very hard material
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that was like a very hard stone,
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and they would descend from the
heavens and down onto the land,
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and thus, they would travel
around the country.
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According to the Japanese,
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otherworldly beings
had been visiting their islands
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for over 12,000 years.
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The earliest culture
that we can identify in Japan
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is the Jomon,
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which is originally
a Stone Age culture
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running roughly
from 10,000 BCE to 300 BCE.
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It is a culture that we
don't know an awful lot about,
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because they had
no writing system.
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All we have is artifacts.
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The little that
we do know about the Jomon
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comes from
archaeological evidence.
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And... one of the most
representative, uh,
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artifacts that is tied
to the Jomon
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is the Dogu statue.
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Approximately
15,000 Dogu figurines
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resembling strange,
humanoid beings
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have been found
throughout the Japanese islands.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest these figurines
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represent the very kami
the Japanese believe descended
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to this world
in the ancient past.
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There are thousands
of these statuettes
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that have been recovered,
and these figures have
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goggle-type eyes, and they
have rivets all over their body,
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indicating that they're wearing
some kind of a space suit
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or technological armor.
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So you have to ask yourself,
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were these statues sky beings
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who came and directed
the Japanese
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to have their civilization and
culture, and that ultimately,
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these sky gods
are their ancestors?
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Do the Dogu figures
represent extraterrestrials
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that visited Japan
thousands of years ago?
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And could they
have descended in a craft
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that resembled the monolith
called Ishi-no-Hoden,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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in Japan's official
historical texts,
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which describe the islands
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as inhabited
by otherworldly beings.
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Ise, Japan.
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In the center
of this remote coastal city
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is a massive complex
of 125 individual shrines
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erected 2,000 years ago,
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dedicated to the supreme goddess
of Shintoism...
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Amaterasu.
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When Amaterasu is residing
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in the terrestrial plane,
instead of the celestial plane,
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her home is
the Grand Shrine at Ise,
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which is built
without any nails,
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any metal fastenings whatsoever.
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It's also architecturally unlike
any other shrine in Japan.
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Modern architects
still have difficulty
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comprehending
how this palace was built.
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It is the most important shrine
in Shintoism,
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and has been visited by hundreds
of millions of pilgrims
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over thousands of years.
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Now, allegedly,
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the shrine contains something
called the Sacred Mirror,
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one of Japan's
three most sacred artifacts,
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which are collectively known
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as the Imperial Regalia
of Japan.
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They were given by Amaterasu
to Emperor Jimmu,
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the first emperor of Japan.
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And they have only been seen
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by the emperors
and high priests of Japan.
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But what were they?
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And why is the public
not allowed to see them?
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If these are items
that are brought to Earth
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by celestial beings,
then by definition,
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that would make them
of extraterrestrial origin.
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Is it possible
that the Ishi-no-Hoden megalith
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and the Ise Grand Shrine
are physical evidence
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of extraterrestrial visitations
in Japan's ancient past?
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And might the prime minister
of Japan and his cabinet
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still have connections
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to these same
otherworldly beings?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by more closely examining
Emperor Jimmu,
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and the stories
that he was guided
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by an intelligence
that spoke to him...
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from the sky.
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Why would they label a boat.
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Osaka, Japan.
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In the middle
of this modern metropolis
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lies the Daisen Kofun,
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a tomb for one of Japan's
long line of divine emperors.
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Covering over 400,000
square meters, the Daisen Kofun
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is considered the largest tomb
by area in the world.
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There are more
than 160,000 kofun
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dotting
the Japanese archipelago,
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all of which contain the remains
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of emperors
or their royal families.
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There are burial mounds
throughout the world.
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However, there's one specific
shape that exists only in Japan,
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and this is the Keyhole Kofun.
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Most of these
can only be seen from the sky.
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This raises the question as
to why emperors would be buried
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in such a way that they
are actually being memorialized
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and being seen from the sky.
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The Japanese
believed that the royal family
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was descended from gods
that came from the sky.
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So we have to wonder,
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is this a way
for the extraterrestrials
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to identify the tombs
of their ancestors?
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Could the thousands of kofun
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dotting the Japanese islands
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contain the bodies
of extraterrestrial beings?
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Curiously, in 2016,
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researchers studying
high-resolution photos
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of the surface of Mars
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spotted an eerily similar
keyhole-shaped mound.
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Is this possibly
a kofun found on Mars,
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burying some lost
extraterrestrial god?
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If so, we can see that there's
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definitely a connection between
what we're seeing on Mars,
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as some type
of kofun burial site,
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and over 160,000
of these found all over Japan.
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Could the kofuns in Japan,
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and the alleged structure
on Mars,
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contain definitive proof
of a link
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00:20:03,050 --> 00:20:06,053
to beings
from outside our world?
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00:20:09,432 --> 00:20:11,725
To investigate
this theory further,
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00:20:11,726 --> 00:20:15,103
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Takeharu Mikami
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00:20:15,104 --> 00:20:19,900
were granted special access to
one of Japan's oldest tombs...
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00:20:19,901 --> 00:20:22,737
the Ishibutai Kofun.
342
00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:26,323
Oh, man, it's gigantic.
343
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It's a megalith
from sixth century AD.
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Okay.
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The largest rock on this tumulus
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weighs about 77 tons.
347
00:20:40,505 --> 00:20:44,425
Have they calculated the weight
of all the rocks combined?
348
00:20:47,428 --> 00:20:50,514
All together, this would weigh
about 2,300 tons.
349
00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:51,848
Wow!
350
00:20:51,849 --> 00:20:54,351
That's incredible.
351
00:20:54,352 --> 00:20:55,644
Can we go inside?
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- Yes.
- All right.
353
00:21:08,950 --> 00:21:10,952
Wow.
354
00:21:12,703 --> 00:21:14,287
So I presume one
of these rocks up there
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is the one that's 77 tons.
356
00:21:16,290 --> 00:21:20,293
We would have great difficulty
achieving that today.
357
00:21:20,294 --> 00:21:21,962
And I'm not saying
we can't do it.
358
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Of course we can do it.
359
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,508
But we would use sophisticated,
360
00:21:26,509 --> 00:21:29,177
high-tech, heavy machinery.
361
00:21:29,178 --> 00:21:33,974
Excavation visitors
have found wooden sleds
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00:21:33,975 --> 00:21:36,226
that are said
to have been the tools
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00:21:36,227 --> 00:21:38,520
they used to drag and carry
364
00:21:38,521 --> 00:21:41,815
these large rocks
across the fields.
365
00:21:41,816 --> 00:21:44,651
However, we don't know
exactly how and from where
366
00:21:44,652 --> 00:21:47,195
these rocks were carried from.
367
00:21:47,196 --> 00:21:49,698
Yeah, I completely and utterly
disagree with that notion.
368
00:21:49,699 --> 00:21:52,158
You put 77 tons on wood,
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00:21:52,159 --> 00:21:54,828
it crushes into dust.
370
00:21:54,829 --> 00:21:58,999
So that's wonderful
that these sleds were found,
371
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,668
but I highly doubt
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that 77 tons were
on wooden sleds.
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Because I've once seen
a five-ton block being placed
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00:22:10,261 --> 00:22:11,595
on wooden rollers,
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00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:14,347
and it got crushed
into oblivion.
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00:22:14,348 --> 00:22:15,849
This area here,
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00:22:15,850 --> 00:22:19,185
it's very hilly,
uh, mountainous.
378
00:22:19,186 --> 00:22:21,354
So in those ancient texts,
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does it say how these stones
were moved into position?
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00:22:27,528 --> 00:22:30,238
Traditionally,
there were a group
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00:22:30,239 --> 00:22:33,533
of very skilled artisans
or architects
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00:22:33,534 --> 00:22:37,621
who held a lot of, uh,
secret skills and technology
383
00:22:37,622 --> 00:22:39,164
that was only kept to them.
384
00:22:39,165 --> 00:22:40,749
But, unfortunately,
385
00:22:40,750 --> 00:22:44,711
we don't know what exactly those
skills and technologies were.
386
00:22:44,712 --> 00:22:47,213
I agree that
there was engineering knowledge
387
00:22:47,214 --> 00:22:48,840
that has been lost.
388
00:22:48,841 --> 00:22:51,384
And to build something
like this,
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00:22:51,385 --> 00:22:54,596
does he presume
that this knowledge
390
00:22:54,597 --> 00:22:58,475
may have come from some of
those kamis or celestial beings
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00:22:58,476 --> 00:23:01,938
that are
in Japanese mythologies?
392
00:23:04,941 --> 00:23:07,067
So the further back
in history we go,
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00:23:07,068 --> 00:23:10,236
the greater these monuments
become. - Yes.
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00:23:10,237 --> 00:23:13,239
So the technology was there
from the very beginning.
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00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,741
And if we go back in time
396
00:23:14,742 --> 00:23:17,911
to follow these roots
of these beings, we will go back
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00:23:17,912 --> 00:23:21,581
to prehistoric times
of the-the era, the age
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00:23:21,582 --> 00:23:24,167
of the kamis or the deities.
399
00:23:24,168 --> 00:23:26,419
Ancient Japanese Shintos believe
400
00:23:26,420 --> 00:23:30,048
that once you die,
you would be put into a coffin
401
00:23:30,049 --> 00:23:31,383
that was shaped like a boat
402
00:23:31,384 --> 00:23:34,762
and then travel
to the land of the gods.
403
00:23:36,097 --> 00:23:39,099
You know, that's so fascinating,
because...
404
00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:43,269
there are stories
of flying boats
405
00:23:43,270 --> 00:23:44,604
all around the world.
406
00:23:44,605 --> 00:23:46,439
In ancient Egypt,
407
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,819
you have the sun barges
descending from the sky.
408
00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:52,612
In Native American cultures,
409
00:23:52,613 --> 00:23:56,116
you have the flying canoes.
410
00:23:56,117 --> 00:24:00,036
Why would they label a boat
a flying boat?
411
00:24:00,037 --> 00:24:03,039
Well, could it be perhaps
because they didn't have
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00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,792
the vocabulary to say
"airplane"?
413
00:24:05,793 --> 00:24:08,336
I don't think our ancestors
pulled this
414
00:24:08,337 --> 00:24:10,005
out of their own imagination.
415
00:24:10,006 --> 00:24:13,299
I think
they actually saw flying boats,
416
00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:16,971
and thus the legends were born.
417
00:24:18,848 --> 00:24:21,850
Might the Ishibutai
Kofun have been built
418
00:24:21,851 --> 00:24:25,311
with the help
of extraterrestrial beings,
419
00:24:25,312 --> 00:24:30,608
beings that were also present
on Mars in the distant past?
420
00:24:30,609 --> 00:24:34,487
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
421
00:24:34,488 --> 00:24:36,656
and suggest further clues
can be found
422
00:24:36,657 --> 00:24:40,744
by examining another mysterious
megalithic structure,
423
00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:45,331
one that some believe represents
the so-called flying boats
424
00:24:45,332 --> 00:24:48,835
that, according
to the ancient Japanese stories,
425
00:24:48,836 --> 00:24:52,506
were used to travel
to the land of the gods.
426
00:24:58,012 --> 00:25:00,014
So this could be
some type of representation
427
00:24:59,817 --> 00:25:03,290
of one of those flying vehicles that
our ancestors witnessed.
428
00:25:15,450 --> 00:25:19,104
Hitachi Province, Japan.
1803.
429
00:25:22,441 --> 00:25:25,651
Local fishermen
on the Harayadori shore
430
00:25:25,652 --> 00:25:29,989
spot an unusual craft drifting
in the distance.
431
00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:32,408
When the vessel washes ashore,
432
00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:35,579
they are astonished
by what they witness.
433
00:25:38,832 --> 00:25:41,459
This craft was
likened to the shape
434
00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:43,461
of a Japanese incense burner.
435
00:25:43,462 --> 00:25:46,255
It is almost literally
a flying disk,
436
00:25:46,256 --> 00:25:48,674
a flying saucer.
437
00:25:48,675 --> 00:25:51,010
On the outside of this craft
438
00:25:51,011 --> 00:25:54,847
were multiple
small metal plates,
439
00:25:54,848 --> 00:25:58,184
uh, not too dissimilar
to heat-resistant tiles
440
00:25:58,185 --> 00:26:01,313
that you'd find, say,
on a space shuttle.
441
00:26:04,608 --> 00:26:06,525
A hatch opened,
442
00:26:06,526 --> 00:26:09,195
and a young woman came out
of the craft
443
00:26:09,196 --> 00:26:13,407
dressed in clothes
that had never been seen before
444
00:26:13,408 --> 00:26:16,410
and speaking a language
that nobody understood
445
00:26:16,411 --> 00:26:17,787
in the slightest.
446
00:26:17,788 --> 00:26:20,665
When they looked
inside the craft,
447
00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:23,209
they could see hieroglyphs
448
00:26:23,210 --> 00:26:26,545
and strange writing
all inside of the craft.
449
00:26:26,546 --> 00:26:30,424
The story
of the strange Utsuro Bune craft
450
00:26:30,425 --> 00:26:34,762
appears in
three different Japanese texts.
451
00:26:34,763 --> 00:26:39,308
Even today, modern historians,
uh, struggle to understand
452
00:26:39,309 --> 00:26:42,103
what this means.
453
00:26:42,104 --> 00:26:45,065
Nobody can really decipher this.
454
00:26:48,213 --> 00:26:52,091
Japanese today are
very familiar with this story.
455
00:26:52,092 --> 00:26:55,136
And to them,
this is a curious story
456
00:26:55,137 --> 00:26:59,765
of one of the gods
of their ancestry
457
00:26:59,766 --> 00:27:03,436
who had somehow arrived there
on the island
458
00:27:03,437 --> 00:27:05,396
in this mysterious craft
459
00:27:05,397 --> 00:27:08,567
and then departed.
460
00:27:10,652 --> 00:27:13,654
Could the Utsuro Bune incident
461
00:27:13,655 --> 00:27:16,824
have marked the return
of extraterrestrial beings
462
00:27:16,825 --> 00:27:21,245
that were present in Japan
in the distant past?
463
00:27:21,246 --> 00:27:24,623
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
464
00:27:24,624 --> 00:27:27,585
and claim further evidence
can be found
465
00:27:27,586 --> 00:27:30,421
by examining
a strange monolithic stone
466
00:27:30,422 --> 00:27:33,674
that many believe was carved
to resemble the very craft
467
00:27:33,675 --> 00:27:38,680
that have been visiting Japan
for thousands of years.
468
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,938
Asuka Park, Japan.
469
00:27:47,939 --> 00:27:50,941
April 2017.
470
00:27:50,942 --> 00:27:52,776
Does that say "rock ship"?
471
00:27:52,777 --> 00:27:55,113
- "Masuda Rock Ship, this way."
- Oh, all right.
472
00:27:56,865 --> 00:27:58,491
Giorgio Tsoukalos
473
00:27:58,492 --> 00:28:02,161
and ancient astronaut theorist
Takeharu Mikami
474
00:28:02,162 --> 00:28:05,372
set out to examine
Masuda-no-Iwafune,
475
00:28:05,373 --> 00:28:08,125
an 800-ton rock structure
476
00:28:08,126 --> 00:28:11,462
that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles
477
00:28:11,463 --> 00:28:14,340
no other architecture in Japan.
478
00:28:14,829 --> 00:28:17,664
Oh, man.
Whoa.
479
00:28:17,665 --> 00:28:20,501
Wow. That is...
480
00:28:20,502 --> 00:28:22,002
I mean,
481
00:28:22,003 --> 00:28:25,381
I've never seen anything
like it.
482
00:28:25,382 --> 00:28:28,008
While some researchers believe
483
00:28:28,009 --> 00:28:31,261
the Masuda-no-Iwafune megalith
is a tomb,
484
00:28:31,262 --> 00:28:34,932
others claim it is meant
to depict the sky boats
485
00:28:34,933 --> 00:28:39,019
that are described
in ancient Japanese stories.
486
00:28:39,020 --> 00:28:43,023
So, the idea is
that this was the entrance
487
00:28:43,024 --> 00:28:44,483
to a Buddhist temple.
What do they mean by that?
488
00:28:44,484 --> 00:28:45,943
Inside... I mean, where?
489
00:28:45,944 --> 00:28:49,363
It would actually
predate Buddhism in Japan,
490
00:28:49,364 --> 00:28:51,740
so it wouldn't have anything
to do with Buddhist temples.
491
00:28:51,741 --> 00:28:53,158
Right. So,
492
00:28:53,159 --> 00:28:56,704
what is the actual translation
of "Masuda-no-Iwafune"?
493
00:28:59,457 --> 00:29:01,875
"Masuda" is the name
of the region,
494
00:29:01,876 --> 00:29:03,544
and "iwafune" literally means
495
00:29:03,545 --> 00:29:05,879
"stone ship" or "rock ship."
496
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:06,923
Okay.
497
00:29:11,052 --> 00:29:13,637
Yes, it's...
naturally, the iwafune
498
00:29:13,638 --> 00:29:15,556
or the rock ship
499
00:29:15,557 --> 00:29:16,932
would have come down
from the heavens
500
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:19,309
as a vehicle for the gods
501
00:29:19,310 --> 00:29:20,894
to descend upon Earth.
502
00:29:20,895 --> 00:29:24,815
So, I guess with the
combination of the mythologies
503
00:29:24,816 --> 00:29:27,067
of celestial beings,
this could be
504
00:29:27,068 --> 00:29:29,987
some type of representation
of one
505
00:29:29,988 --> 00:29:32,990
of those flying vehicles
that our ancestors
506
00:29:32,991 --> 00:29:34,742
perhaps witnessed.
507
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:40,372
Could the Masuda-no-Iwafune
508
00:29:40,373 --> 00:29:43,625
have been carved to resemble
the so-called flying boats
509
00:29:43,626 --> 00:29:47,671
that were referred to
in ancient Japanese texts?
510
00:29:47,672 --> 00:29:51,008
And was a similar alien craft
witnessed
511
00:29:51,009 --> 00:29:55,095
by Japanese fishermen in 1803?
512
00:29:55,096 --> 00:29:58,098
Perhaps further clues
can be found
513
00:29:58,099 --> 00:30:02,269
by examining
much more recent UFO sightings
514
00:30:02,270 --> 00:30:06,148
and the long-held belief
that Japan's imperial family
515
00:30:06,149 --> 00:30:10,487
has a connection
to otherworldly beings.
516
00:30:14,991 --> 00:30:16,993
Coming up...
517
00:30:32,985 --> 00:30:35,445
Kyushu, Japan.
518
00:30:35,446 --> 00:30:39,616
The seventh century BC.
519
00:30:39,617 --> 00:30:44,037
According to Japan's earliest
known historical texts,
520
00:30:44,038 --> 00:30:48,333
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki,
it is from this point
521
00:30:48,334 --> 00:30:50,710
that the country's first ruler,
522
00:30:50,711 --> 00:30:53,088
Emperor Jimmu,
set out to conquer
523
00:30:53,089 --> 00:30:55,924
and unify the Japanese islands.
524
00:30:55,925 --> 00:30:57,842
He seems
to have come out of Kyushu,
525
00:30:57,843 --> 00:30:59,386
the southern island,
526
00:30:59,387 --> 00:31:02,472
and moved across Japan
to find a better place
527
00:31:02,473 --> 00:31:04,641
to center the government
and center his realm,
528
00:31:04,642 --> 00:31:07,394
conquering people along the way,
529
00:31:07,395 --> 00:31:10,855
and eventually he settles
in the Yamato region.
530
00:31:10,856 --> 00:31:13,692
And that becomes the center
of Japan's government,
531
00:31:13,693 --> 00:31:17,488
all the way until it moves
to Tokyo in 1868.
532
00:31:20,783 --> 00:31:23,910
As he was working
his way northwards,
533
00:31:23,911 --> 00:31:27,580
he was actually assisted
534
00:31:27,581 --> 00:31:30,166
by a divine crow.
535
00:31:30,167 --> 00:31:33,837
A three-legged crow,
known as Yatagarasu.
536
00:31:33,838 --> 00:31:36,589
"Yatagarasu" loosely translates
537
00:31:36,590 --> 00:31:38,091
to "eight span crow."
538
00:31:38,092 --> 00:31:39,718
So, we can imagine
539
00:31:39,719 --> 00:31:41,846
that this crow would have been
extremely large.
540
00:31:43,347 --> 00:31:47,642
In some instances,
Yatagarasu is also depicted
541
00:31:47,643 --> 00:31:52,439
within a fiery orb in the sky.
542
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,649
This so-called "crow"
543
00:31:54,650 --> 00:31:56,860
guided him on his journey
544
00:31:56,861 --> 00:32:00,780
and advised him in military
matters to ensure his success.
545
00:32:00,781 --> 00:32:03,700
And, when you look at ancient
depictions of this crow,
546
00:32:03,701 --> 00:32:07,287
it is often depicted inside
some kind of an orb,
547
00:32:07,288 --> 00:32:09,205
this circular disc.
548
00:32:09,206 --> 00:32:12,000
So if you look at that,
you have to ask,
549
00:32:12,001 --> 00:32:16,588
what exactly were the ancient
Japanese talking about here?
550
00:32:16,589 --> 00:32:20,300
Because this, to me, sounds more
551
00:32:20,301 --> 00:32:24,804
like he was being guided
by some kind of a flying craft
552
00:32:24,805 --> 00:32:28,058
than an actual crow.
553
00:32:28,059 --> 00:32:32,353
Could Japan's
first Emperor, Jimmu,
554
00:32:32,354 --> 00:32:34,606
and the imperial family today,
555
00:32:34,607 --> 00:32:39,069
be direct descendants
of extraterrestrials?
556
00:32:39,070 --> 00:32:42,489
And might the three-legged crow,
Yatagarasu,
557
00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:46,534
really have been an alien craft?
558
00:32:46,535 --> 00:32:49,162
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
559
00:32:49,163 --> 00:32:52,415
and suggest further evidence
can be found
560
00:32:52,416 --> 00:32:56,461
by examining a military coup
designed to cover up
561
00:32:56,462 --> 00:32:59,632
this extraterrestrial heritage.
562
00:33:05,638 --> 00:33:09,933
Kyoto, Japan. 1183.
563
00:33:09,934 --> 00:33:15,438
Military general
Minamoto no Yoritomo
564
00:33:15,439 --> 00:33:18,108
besieges the capital city
of Japan,
565
00:33:18,109 --> 00:33:20,944
forcing the current
Emperor Antoku
566
00:33:20,945 --> 00:33:23,488
and his bodyguard to flee.
567
00:33:23,489 --> 00:33:27,075
For nearly 700 years after,
568
00:33:27,076 --> 00:33:30,245
military dictatorships
known as shogunates
569
00:33:30,246 --> 00:33:33,123
maintained strict control
over Japan.
570
00:33:33,124 --> 00:33:37,460
Isolationist policies
allowed few to enter
571
00:33:37,461 --> 00:33:41,590
or exit the islands, with death
as the ultimate penalty.
572
00:33:43,551 --> 00:33:48,263
Only in 1867 did shogun
Tokugawa Yoshinobu,
573
00:33:48,264 --> 00:33:52,392
facing a revolt
from the Japanese people,
574
00:33:52,393 --> 00:33:57,188
relinquish control of the
government back to the emperor.
575
00:33:57,189 --> 00:33:59,858
The Meiji Emperor was
the first of the emperors
576
00:33:59,859 --> 00:34:01,526
after the restoration.
577
00:34:01,527 --> 00:34:03,903
Made a point
of tracing his lineage
578
00:34:03,904 --> 00:34:06,448
all the way back
to Emperor Jimmu...
579
00:34:08,701 --> 00:34:11,911
and to Amaterasu, as well.
580
00:34:11,912 --> 00:34:15,456
So, this notion
of a divine emperor,
581
00:34:15,457 --> 00:34:20,754
of a living kami at the head
of Japan, was resuscitated.
582
00:34:22,131 --> 00:34:25,633
They wanted to return to
the original Japanese empire,
583
00:34:25,634 --> 00:34:27,760
the one founded by Jimmu,
584
00:34:27,761 --> 00:34:30,346
and his connection with
the extraterrestrial beings.
585
00:34:30,347 --> 00:34:33,266
What happened after this
is extraordinary.
586
00:34:33,267 --> 00:34:35,351
Suddenly Japan takes off.
587
00:34:35,352 --> 00:34:38,855
It starts accelerating
in its technological ability.
588
00:34:38,856 --> 00:34:43,526
It suddenly becomes
a world-conquering nation.
589
00:34:43,527 --> 00:34:47,739
By the early twentieth century,
Japan was a superpower
590
00:34:47,740 --> 00:34:52,160
and it had amassed
a vast colonial empire,
591
00:34:52,161 --> 00:34:56,456
rivaling that of the greatest
Western colonial empires.
592
00:34:56,457 --> 00:34:59,918
And what Japan accomplished
in modernization
593
00:34:59,919 --> 00:35:02,503
in the span of 20 years,
594
00:35:02,504 --> 00:35:04,505
it took most European nations
595
00:35:04,506 --> 00:35:08,177
about 200 or even 300 years
to accomplish.
596
00:35:10,387 --> 00:35:13,723
So you have to wonder
597
00:35:13,724 --> 00:35:16,351
with the reinstating
of the royal family,
598
00:35:16,352 --> 00:35:20,104
was this also a reconnection
599
00:35:20,105 --> 00:35:23,900
to the technical and
extraterrestrial past
600
00:35:23,901 --> 00:35:28,404
that had begun centuries ago
in Japan,
601
00:35:28,405 --> 00:35:31,157
and is now continuing today,
602
00:35:31,158 --> 00:35:34,370
possibly with the guidance
of extraterrestrials?
603
00:35:38,958 --> 00:35:42,502
Could Japan's
meteoric rise to power
604
00:35:42,503 --> 00:35:45,672
be a direct result of
reinstating the "divine,"
605
00:35:45,673 --> 00:35:48,591
perhaps extraterrestrial,
dynasty
606
00:35:48,592 --> 00:35:51,761
originally established
by Emperor Jimmu?
607
00:35:51,762 --> 00:35:56,266
And is this why some of Japan's
top government officials
608
00:35:56,267 --> 00:35:59,560
have recently made statements
supporting the notion
609
00:35:59,561 --> 00:36:02,647
that alien visitation is real?
610
00:36:02,648 --> 00:36:06,985
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
611
00:36:06,986 --> 00:36:12,448
and suggest further evidence of
an alien presence in Japan today
612
00:36:12,449 --> 00:36:17,454
can be found by examining
a recent mass UFO sighting.
613
00:36:19,957 --> 00:36:26,462
In July 2015, multiple witnesses
in and around the city of Osaka
614
00:36:26,463 --> 00:36:30,675
sighted a fleet of UFOs
615
00:36:30,676 --> 00:36:33,803
moving in a quite
extraordinary fashion
616
00:36:33,804 --> 00:36:37,390
in broad daylight
right over the city.
617
00:36:37,391 --> 00:36:41,477
And various people caught them
from different angles on camera.
618
00:36:41,478 --> 00:36:45,189
Now, the government was quick
to dismiss them as candles
619
00:36:45,190 --> 00:36:47,483
or lanterns in the sky.
620
00:36:47,484 --> 00:36:50,069
But the erratic movements
and patterns suggested
621
00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:52,281
that they were technological
in nature.
622
00:36:56,327 --> 00:36:58,369
Similar white orbs
623
00:36:58,370 --> 00:37:00,371
were reported
four years earlier,
624
00:37:00,372 --> 00:37:03,041
during one of the worst
environmental disasters
625
00:37:03,042 --> 00:37:05,251
in mankind's history.
626
00:37:05,252 --> 00:37:09,505
On March 26, 2011,
627
00:37:09,506 --> 00:37:12,842
two weeks after the meltdown
of the Fukushima Daiichi
628
00:37:12,843 --> 00:37:15,178
nuclear power plant
in Okuma, Japan,
629
00:37:15,179 --> 00:37:17,638
a fleet of white orbs
630
00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:22,769
was recorded
hovering over the site.
631
00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:27,023
If we go back and look at the
history of the UFO subject,
632
00:37:27,024 --> 00:37:29,567
we find a great deal
of interest with,
633
00:37:29,568 --> 00:37:32,862
for example,
our atomic energy plants,
634
00:37:32,863 --> 00:37:36,866
our nuclear missile silos.
635
00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:40,286
And it suggests to me that maybe
636
00:37:40,287 --> 00:37:43,915
we're seeing alien entities
who are deeply concerned
637
00:37:43,916 --> 00:37:47,711
by our usage of atomic power.
638
00:37:52,049 --> 00:37:56,219
Could the white orbs
witnessed above Osaka
639
00:37:56,220 --> 00:38:00,139
and Fukushima
be alien craft belonging
640
00:38:00,140 --> 00:38:03,601
to the same celestial beings
the Japanese trace back
641
00:38:03,602 --> 00:38:05,895
to their very origins?
642
00:38:05,896 --> 00:38:09,315
Perhaps further clues
can be found
643
00:38:09,316 --> 00:38:13,820
by examining recent attempts
by Japanese astronomers
644
00:38:13,821 --> 00:38:17,825
to make contact with
extraterrestrial beings.
645
00:38:23,674 --> 00:38:27,051
Tokyo, Japan. July 1983.
646
00:38:27,052 --> 00:38:32,015
At the University of Tokyo
Astronomical Observatory,
647
00:38:32,016 --> 00:38:36,978
astronomers Hisashi Hirabayashi
and Masaki Morimoto
648
00:38:36,979 --> 00:38:40,398
target a telescope
towards the star Altair.
649
00:38:40,399 --> 00:38:46,195
Using radio waves, they transmit
a short, binary-encoded message
650
00:38:46,196 --> 00:38:50,159
in an attempt to contact
extraterrestrial life.
651
00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:55,580
This was a groundbreaking
piece of history
652
00:38:55,581 --> 00:38:58,499
in terms of the search
for extraterrestrial life.
653
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:02,754
This message basically
told information
654
00:39:02,755 --> 00:39:06,591
regarding human life,
human history, DNA,
655
00:39:06,592 --> 00:39:09,719
and also the location
of the Earth itself.
656
00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:12,805
So, any potential
extraterrestrials
657
00:39:12,806 --> 00:39:15,516
living in the vicinity of Altair
658
00:39:15,517 --> 00:39:18,853
would potentially know
where we're coming from.
659
00:39:18,854 --> 00:39:23,149
The star of Altair is
16 light-years away from Earth,
660
00:39:23,150 --> 00:39:25,485
and so it was expected
661
00:39:25,486 --> 00:39:28,029
that the binary message
would reach that star
662
00:39:28,030 --> 00:39:30,782
by around 1999.
663
00:39:30,783 --> 00:39:34,535
And now, from 2015 on,
664
00:39:34,536 --> 00:39:39,832
the Japanese are expecting some
kind of reply from their signal.
665
00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:42,543
Now, what's
particularly intriguing
666
00:39:42,544 --> 00:39:45,213
is that Altair
actually represents
667
00:39:45,214 --> 00:39:48,049
one of the ancient
Japanese gods.
668
00:39:48,050 --> 00:39:51,260
This makes me wonder
if the scientific community
669
00:39:51,261 --> 00:39:53,721
had come to a conclusion
that perhaps
670
00:39:53,722 --> 00:39:57,558
their ancient god,
represented by Altair,
671
00:39:57,559 --> 00:39:59,560
may not have been a god
after all.
672
00:39:59,561 --> 00:40:02,563
So you have to wonder here,
673
00:40:02,564 --> 00:40:04,732
are these Japanese astronomers
674
00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:08,236
trying to contact
the extraterrestrial gods
675
00:40:08,237 --> 00:40:10,279
that they believe
676
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,741
came to Earth and started
the Japanese civilization?
677
00:40:13,742 --> 00:40:15,285
It would seem so.
678
00:40:17,246 --> 00:40:22,417
In 2010, JAXA,
Japan's national space program,
679
00:40:22,418 --> 00:40:25,628
announced plans to establish
a base on the moon
680
00:40:25,629 --> 00:40:27,755
by the year 2020.
681
00:40:27,756 --> 00:40:33,177
And recently, the Shimizu
Corporation unveiled designs
682
00:40:33,178 --> 00:40:35,555
for their LUNAR RING project,
683
00:40:35,556 --> 00:40:39,016
a massive band of solar panels
surrounding the moon
684
00:40:39,017 --> 00:40:44,730
that would beam limitless
clean power back to Earth.
685
00:40:44,731 --> 00:40:46,858
When you look at
all this together,
686
00:40:46,859 --> 00:40:49,485
you can't help but wonder
what's going on here?
687
00:40:49,486 --> 00:40:54,532
Is it about reaching out
to extraterrestrials,
688
00:40:54,533 --> 00:40:57,452
or is it perhaps about using
689
00:40:57,453 --> 00:41:00,621
extraterrestrial knowledge
and technology
690
00:41:00,622 --> 00:41:02,957
that the Japanese already have?
691
00:41:02,958 --> 00:41:07,628
This suggests that the
Japanese people are serious
692
00:41:07,629 --> 00:41:10,131
about colonizing space
693
00:41:10,132 --> 00:41:12,091
and may be working with
extraterrestrials
694
00:41:12,092 --> 00:41:15,011
on developing this enormously
advanced technology.
695
00:41:15,012 --> 00:41:18,973
Is it possible
that there is a link
696
00:41:18,974 --> 00:41:21,350
between Japan's
technological advancements
697
00:41:21,351 --> 00:41:25,897
and the country's connection
to extraterrestrial beings?
698
00:41:25,898 --> 00:41:31,068
And are these beings the same
otherworldly entities
699
00:41:31,069 --> 00:41:33,905
that have been influencing the
development of Japanese culture
700
00:41:33,906 --> 00:41:36,032
for thousands of years?
701
00:41:36,033 --> 00:41:39,452
Ancient astronaut theorists
say, yes,
702
00:41:39,453 --> 00:41:43,664
and believe the proof lies
not only at various locations
703
00:41:43,665 --> 00:41:46,292
found throughout
the Japanese landscape,
704
00:41:46,293 --> 00:41:49,253
but also on Earth's
neighboring planets...
705
00:41:49,254 --> 00:41:51,422
and one in particular...
706
00:41:51,423 --> 00:41:54,300
soon to be explored.
707
00:41:54,301 --> 00:41:57,304
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