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DAVID CHILDRESS: This gigantic
pyramid in Antarctica
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would be the oldest
pyramid on our planet.
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WILLIAM HENRY: It's possible
that underneath the ice
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will be keys for us
to reclaim our ancient past.
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GEORGE NOORY: The Nazis were
particularly interested
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in Antarctica.
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DAVID WILCOCK: Saucers were
coming up out of the water
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and were shooting them
with some sort of beam,
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literally cutting ships in half.
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Antarctica
may hold lost remnants
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of an extraterrestrial
civilization
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that existed there, thousands
and thousands of years ago.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so, might
the ultimate proof be found
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when we uncover the pyramids
of Antarctica?
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NARRATOR: Stretching over
five million square miles,
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across the southernmost
reaches of the Earth,
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lies the coldest and most
isolated continent in the world,
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Antarctica.
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Because of its hostile climate,
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including average
daily temperatures
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of minus 49 degrees Fahrenheit
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and wind speeds of
over 200 miles per hour,
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Antarctica remains
largely untouched
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by mankind.
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According to historical records,
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modern man did not even
set foot on the continent
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until 1853,
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when ship captain
Mercator Cooper landed
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on what is now known as
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the Oates Coast
of Victoria Land.
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Today, anywhere from
1,000 to 5,000 people
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reside at the research stations
scattered across the continent,
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braving the extreme conditions
in hopes of learning more
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about this mysterious landscape.
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ANDREW COLLINS:
The thing about Antarctica
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is that as much as 98% of it
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is covered in ice.
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And just occasionally,
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there are little areas
that stick out‐‐
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mountaintops, ridges, peaks.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
Antarctica is the least explored
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of the continents.
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Even the North Pole,
which is just ice,
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has been explored more.
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It is a mystery, and it's
right here on the Earth.
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It's perhaps the last big
unexplored part
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of our home planet.
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CHILDRESS: Antarctica
is a vast, frozen world
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and we know
very little about it.
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And, in fact,
the ice in Antarctica
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is up to three miles thick
in certain places.
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And what's beneath the ice
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is still largely a mystery
to scientists.
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TSOUKALOS:
You just have to imagine this.
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The Sears Tower is a little less
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under a third of a mile tall,
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so you have to imagine
that you can stack
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nine Sears Towers
on top of each other
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and they would still
not peek out
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from that ice sheet.
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NARRATOR:
Most geologists believe
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Antarctica has been
completely frozen
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and uninhabited
for over 12 million years.
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But in 2012, new photographs
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revealed formations
in the landscape
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that challenge this notion:
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Mysterious pyramid structures
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emerging from
the now‐melting ice.
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Recently there have been
a number of reports
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of pyramids being found
on Antarctica.
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There are various photographs
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that show what appear to be
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perfect four‐sided pyramids,
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very similar in design
to those at Giza, Egypt,
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and perhaps other places
around the world.
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NARRATOR: While the photos
were explained away
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by mainstream scientists
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as nothing more than natural
land formations...
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satellite imagery analysts
like Joseph White
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are not entirely convinced.
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In March of 2013,
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he uncovered
what he believes is evidence
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of yet another pyramid,
located just south
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of Antarctica's remote
Shackleton mountain range.
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JOSEPH WHITE:
I initially found the structure
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whilst looking on Google Earth.
I was in fact looking
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at some of the ra‐rather strange
blank spots that you get
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in Antarctica, when I stumbled
on... upon this very large
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square structure which seems
to be some kind of building
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or perhaps even a pyramid,
but certainly,
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very large and very square.
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It actually lines up perfectly
with the coordinates
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of the compass: north,
south, east and west.
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And, uh, this dictates to me
that it's probably
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an intelligent structure,
because, uh, random structures,
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like mountains,
are not aligned to the compass.
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And another way we know
that, uh, a structure
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is not naturally occurring
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is generally
to look for symmetry‐‐
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things like right angles
and equilateral triangles
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and shapes that you would not
normally find in nature.
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This structure is‐is exactly,
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uh, two kilometers square.
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And, uh, this corner
to this corner
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is two kilometers
and this corner to this corner
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is also exactly two kilometers,
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which would make this
more than double the size
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of any pyramid
thus far found on Earth.
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NARRATOR:
While it may seem unthinkable
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that pyramids
could exist in Antarctica,
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in recent years, archaeologists
have found pyramids
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all over the world
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that had been lost
for centuries,
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mistaken as natural formations
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or hidden
in the most unlikely places.
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They have been discovered
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in the plains of northern Peru;
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buried beneath dirt
and rubble in Indonesia;
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and one may even exist
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in Los Angeles, California.
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All the way round the world
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we find evidence
of pyramid structures.
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We should start
looking at the possibility
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that there was habitation
on Antarctica.
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Was it a lost civilization?
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Could it be ancient astronauts?
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And just maybe
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the earliest monuments
of our own civilization
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came originally from Antarctica.
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CHILDRESS: If this gigantic
pyramid in Antarctica
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is an artificial structure,
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it would probably be the oldest
pyramid on our planet.
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And, in fact, it might be
the master pyramid
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that all the other pyramids
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on planet Earth were designed,
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uh, to‐to look like.
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MICHAEL SALLA: There has been
extensive research done
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on pyramids
throughout the world,
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in terms of their structure and
what it is that they really are.
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And one of the theories is that
pyramids are power generators.
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And so, if you have these
pyramids strategically placed
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around the world,
generating this charge,
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it's possible to create
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a general standing wave
around the world
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that is basically a wireless
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transmission of energy.
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CHILDRESS: It's been theorized
that ancient ships,
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extraterrestrials
and those with high technology
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could use this interconnected
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wireless energy system
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to navigate around the planet
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and it makes sense that,
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if there was
some kind of worldwide
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pyramid power grid like this,
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that Antarctica
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would have pyramids as well.
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TSOUKALOS: The whole idea
of these pyramidal structures‐‐
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where did it come from?
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'Cause it's not
an arbitrary thing.
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And these structures,
they exist worldwide.
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So, you know, what was the
impetus?
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What's the origin?
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And, even more fascinating,
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did they originate
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on the Antarctic continent?
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NARRATOR:
Might the pyramid
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Joseph White claims
to have discovered
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near the Shackleton
Mountain Range
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and other
pyramid‐shaped formations
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recently photographed
in Antarctica
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provide evidence
of extraterrestrial visitation
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to our planet
in the remote past?
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And if they are actually
man‐made structures,
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how is such a thing
even possible
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in a place that has been buried
beneath the ice
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for over 12 million years?
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According
to ancient astronaut theorists,
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Antarctica may not have been
a frozen continent
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for as long as mainstream
scientists suggest.
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And they say proof can be found
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by examining a 500‐year‐old map
depicting the continent...
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without any ice.
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NARRATOR:
Siberia, 2013.
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A wooly mammoth is discovered
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flash frozen
in the glacial ice,
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engulfed so quickly
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that its blood and muscle tissue
are perfectly preserved.
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It is just one of dozens
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that have been found
within the Siberian ice
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since the turn
of the 20th century.
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Many seemingly caught
in suspended animation,
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some with food in their mouths
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and vegetation
in their stomachs
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that would only grow
in a much warmer climate.
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MICHAEL DENNIN: The discovery
of a woolly mammoth
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that was flash frozen
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raises some interesting
scientific questions.
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Did something happen very
locally to the woolly mammoth
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that it froze very fast?
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But it does also
raise the question
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of how quickly can climate
really change.
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And does it take some sort
of cataclysm?
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One that's sudden
and unexpected?
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NARRATOR:
In 1958,
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Charles Hapgood,
a Harvard‐educated scientist,
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published the book,
Earth's Shifting Crust.
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In it, he proposed that portions
of the Earth's crust
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experienced violent
and sudden shifts
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during Earth's
geological history.
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His theory,
known as Crustal Displacement,
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posited that both Siberia
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and the continent
of Antarctica were located
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in slightly more
temperate climates
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prior to the end
of the last Ice Age,
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approximately 12,000 years ago.
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But then, some unknown
catastrophe plunged them
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into their current positions.
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COLLINS: Professor Hapgood
came up with the idea
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that the previous
North Pole position had been
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in the area of the Hudson Bay.
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And then it shifted
to where the pole is today.
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And at the southern pole,
he believes
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that the area of Antarctica
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had previously also experienced
a temperate climate,
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and that this was
suddenly now thrust...
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into this deep ice and
this harsh, freezing climate.
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He believed the last time
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that this had actually
taken place
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was approximately
12,000 years ago.
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When we think about
Earth crust displacement theory
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and plate tectonics,
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you want to think of the crust
basically floating on the magna
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and being able to shift
and move around on top of it.
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The Earth's crust
is not one solid piece.
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We know it's made
of individual pieces.
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So, you could look and see
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how the continents probably
used to fit together
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and where they've moved,
and how they move apart
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over a long period of time.
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But the question is, you know,
would something the size
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of Antarctica shift suddenly,
or is that too big?
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SALLA: These crustal shifts,
according to Hapgood,
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actually could happen
over a period of even days.
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And so, if you had
a thriving civilization,
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this crustal displacement could
have hit it very, very quickly,
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and so, it could have
actually been frozen
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over a very short period
of time.
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NARRATOR: Although
Hapgood's theory of sudden,
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large‐scale shifts
of the Earth's crust
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was not widely accepted,
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renowned physicist
Albert Einstein
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was "electrified" by it,
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and even wrote the foreword
of Hapgood's book.
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Hapgood would also find
additional support
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for his theory when, in 1960,
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while combing through the
Library of Congress archives,
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he unearthed an unusual map,
published in 1531.
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The map, credited
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to mathematician and
cartographer Oronteus Finaeus
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appears to depict
an ice‐free continent
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remarkably similar
to today's maps of Antarctica.
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COLLINS: It was not until
as late as 1820
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that we had any real idea
of what Antarctica looked like.
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Yet, here, on the Oronteus
Finaeus map from 1531,
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here was Antarctica.
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How the hell is it possible
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that it could appear
on this map?
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NARRATOR:
Researchers are baffled
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as to how
the Oronteus Finaeus map
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could include a continent
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that was not discovered
until over 300 years later,
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and are even more perplexed
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by the fact that it depicts
Antarctica free of ice.
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If explorers somehow discovered
Antarctica in the 1500s,
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it would have been
completely frozen over.
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Remarkably,
the Finaeus map shows not only
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a detailed coastline
free of ice,
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but the entire continent,
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including interior features
such as rivers,
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valleys and mountains.
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The map shows mountain ranges
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that have rivers coming out
of the mountain ranges.
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How could that be?
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It's frozen. It's ice.
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There's a NASA image of
the continent of Antarctica
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using radar so that
mountain ranges come through
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and can be seen.
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And you can see a mountain range
on one photograph,
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and on the Oronteus Finaeus map,
it's right there, too.
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It's the same mountain range.
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NARRATOR:
According to climatologists,
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the estimates of when this
feature would have been free
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from ice cover was
at least 6,000 years ago.
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So how is it possible
that this map exists?
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Did Finaeus have access
to an older map?
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One dating back
thousands of years?
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Perhaps more confounding,
U. S. Air Force cartographers
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that were sent the maps
in the 1960s
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concluded that they were drawn
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using advanced
spherical trigonometry
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with remarkable precision,
especially when considering
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the maps were made
hundreds of years ago.
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TSOUKALOS: The fact
that we find something that's
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a reference to modern‐day
technology on a map
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that dates back
to the 16th century,
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makes me think: is it possible
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that some type of advanced radar
technology was used?
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Because in order
to produce a map
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that would outline
the areas we see,
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you would have to be
at an altitude of 80 miles.
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So, how was that possible?
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Could it be that the basis
for these maps was gleaned
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from maps
that were cartographed
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by extraterrestrial
land surveyors?
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The implications of all this‐‐
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and if you now are able
to add things like pyramids‐‐
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this would really indicate
that there was some kind
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of ancient civilization
in Antarctica.
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And that it would have been over
12,000 years ago.
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And you've got to wonder what
kind of civilization this was.
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Is it possible
that it was extraterrestrials?
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NARRATOR: Could Antarctica
have been inhabited
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by extraterrestrials
in the distant past?
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Did they study this continent
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and leave behind
detailed information
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about its landscape?
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If so, just what happened
to these otherworldly visitors?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
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more clues can be found
in Egyptian stories
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describing
an Earth‐altering catastrophe.
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NARRATOR:
Edfu, Egypt.
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Located on the western bank
of the Nile,
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the Temple of Edfu
is one of the largest
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and most well preserved temples
of the ancient kingdom,
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dating back to 237 BC.
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The Edfu Temple
is of tremendous importance.
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As you enter the temple, it's
like you're going inside a book.
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It's literally full of texts‐‐
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every wall, every column,
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every room, every chamber
is filled with text.
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They're known collectively
as the Edfu Texts.
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What is very interesting is that
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the majority of these texts
speak about the creation
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of the world.
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NARRATOR:
According to the texts,
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the Earth was created
by powerful gods
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who came down from the sky,
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and these gods first established
a place known
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as the Island of the Egg.
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RAMY ROMANY:
Two gods,
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they created an island in
the middle of the eternal lake.
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Creation started
with that island.
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BAUVAL: The occupants
of this so‐called primordial,
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mythical world‐‐
very strange creatures.
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There seems to be three groups
of people:
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one called the sages,
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one called the builders,
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and the other called
the Shebtiu.
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Nobody knows who they are.
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These are the ones
that are very mysterious
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because they are said
to emerge from the water.
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Then the Egyptians believed
a series of gods came
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and built the first temples.
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It says that here the first
temples were‐were built,
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the first ones ever
in the world.
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And that these became
the blueprint
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for every temple in Egypt.
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Once all the creator gods
have done their job
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with creating the world,
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they would meet with their big
bird and ascend to the sky.
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Ancient Egyptians believed
with all their heart
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that everything listed
and inscribed on these walls
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are true, true, true.
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If the walls say there's an
island in the middle of nowhere
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where gods would go
and ascend to the sky,
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then ancient Egyptians,
the devoted ones,
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would believe
that island exists.
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NARRATOR:
According to the Edfu Texts,
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not all of the occupants left.
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And after many generations,
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the island suffered
a terrible fate.
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BAUVAL:
The texts are very different
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as to what happens to the
occupants, these strange gods.
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They seem to...
once they have set the scene,
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once they have built
the temples,
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they hand over their work
to the historical lineage,
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and then they depart.
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We don't know where they go.
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There seems to be something
very interesting here.
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There seems to be a war
going on.
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The armies of these divinities
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is led by this falcon god.
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And he battles a kind of enemy
represented by a snake.
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In the skies appeared what
was known as the enemy snake.
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It had a name. It was called
the Great Leaping One.
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It was said
that immediately it appeared,
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there was a time of darkness.
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And there were suddenly floods
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that destroyed
this sacred island.
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And when the waters receded,
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these original beings, who were
known as the Ancient Ones
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or the Elder Ones,
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were now no longer there.
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Perhaps the Great Leaping One,
this enemy snake,
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was the memory of the comet
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that entered
into our inner solar system,
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broke up,
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causing devastation
and destruction.
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NARRATOR: Might the account
of this ancient catastrophe
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inscribed on the walls
of the Edfu Temple
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be describing a natural event?
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Or was it a deliberate attack,
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an attack targeting
an otherworldly civilization
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existing on what we now know
as the Antarctic continent?
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HENRY:
We need to take a second look
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at the Edfu Texts and the story
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of the Island of the Egg because
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it's the source material
for Plato's story.
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In his story of Atlantis, he
gives a very important detail.
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He describes it
as an immense island
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the size of Libya
and North Africa combined.
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Now, the thing about it is,
is that there's only one island
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on the planet that's out
in the middle of the ocean
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that matches that description,
and that's Antarctica.
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NARRATOR: Curiously,
the island continent depicted
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on the Oronteus Finaeus map
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reveals a shift
of the South Pole
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of seven and a half degrees,
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or nearly 1,000 miles
from what it is today.
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Might this shift corroborate
the accounts
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of a major catastrophic event
in the remote past?
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If so, could the creation myth
recorded at Edfu
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be describing something more
than mythology?
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The cataclysm which would have
shifted Antarctica,
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this would have destroyed
the civilization that was there.
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And then, over time,
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whatever buildings and pyramids
that were there
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would be covered with ice.
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So the whole idea
that Antarctica is hiding,
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beneath its ice,
some ancient civilization
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is a very intriguing idea
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and one
that may very well be true.
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NARRATOR:
Might there actually be evidence
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of an ancient extraterrestrial
civilization
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buried under the ice
of Antarctica?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and believe
that this long history
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of an alien presence there
is precisely what brought
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another occupying force
to its frozen shores‐‐
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the Nazis.
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NARRATOR: Hamburg, Germany.
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December, 1938.
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Four years into Adolf Hitler's
reign as Fuhrer,
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he is beginning to establish
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his total dictatorship
by taking direct control
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of the German military.
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(speaking German)
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(cheering)
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NARRATOR: But on the brink
of World War II,
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Hitler is also involved
in much stranger endeavors
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that are hidden to the public.
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He is committing
every remaining resource
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to searching for ancient relics
that he believes
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could hold incredible powers.
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On December 17,
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the German freighter
MS Schwabenland
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sets out on one
of these top secret missions.
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Its 33‐member team is rumored
to include scientists,
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military experts,
construction crews,
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and key members
of the Thule Society,
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an elite group associated
with the Nazis
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that focused on mysticism
and the occult.
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32 days later, they arrive
at their destination,
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Antarctica.
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CHILDRESS: The Nazis themselves
were fascinated
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by ancient civilizations
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and legends
of vanished super races.
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They were searching for
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this lost Arctic home
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that they thought that
the Aryans had come from.
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They were looking
all over the world,
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and that included Antarctica.
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SALLA: The Thule Society
actually believed
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that they were mystics,
or channels, who were able
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to communicate with these beings
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who claimed to be either
extraterrestrial in origin
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or claimed to belong
to this, uh, civilization
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that lived in Earth's interior.
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They gave a lot of information
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about the building of advanced
aerospace vehicles,
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flying saucers,
and I think this is where,
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uh, Hitler's Nazi party
got a lot of its information
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about Antarctica‐‐
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that, uh, in Antarctica there is
this ancient civilization,
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or bases where they could find
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a lot of these
advanced technologies.
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NARRATOR:
During their time in Antarctica,
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the Nazis were believed
to have mapped
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huge swaths
of the icy landscape by air.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe they also established
509
00:27:32,111 --> 00:27:34,655
an elaborate
underground headquarters
510
00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:38,409
known as Base 211.
511
00:27:38,409 --> 00:27:40,078
NOORY:
Hitler and the Nazis
512
00:27:40,078 --> 00:27:43,206
were particularly interested
in Antarctica.
513
00:27:43,206 --> 00:27:45,583
I think they really believed
that there were things going on
514
00:27:45,583 --> 00:27:47,543
deep under the ice.
515
00:27:47,543 --> 00:27:50,004
And there have always been
rumors that the Nazis,
516
00:27:50,004 --> 00:27:53,424
with their submarines,
have underwater caverns,
517
00:27:53,424 --> 00:27:56,427
small cities;
that they escaped there
518
00:27:56,427 --> 00:27:59,430
after World War II.
519
00:27:59,430 --> 00:28:02,266
WILCOCK: When the Germans
got to Antarctica
520
00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:04,143
what they found were
521
00:28:04,143 --> 00:28:06,229
massive cities
522
00:28:06,229 --> 00:28:08,898
that were highly technological.
523
00:28:08,898 --> 00:28:12,318
And these buildings
were not just on the surface‐‐
524
00:28:12,318 --> 00:28:14,904
they went deep down underground.
525
00:28:14,904 --> 00:28:17,949
So, they began relocating
a massive amount of equipment
526
00:28:17,949 --> 00:28:21,077
and personnel to Antarctica,
527
00:28:21,077 --> 00:28:24,122
repressurizing
these ancient facilities
528
00:28:24,122 --> 00:28:25,915
and reoccupying them.
529
00:28:29,502 --> 00:28:31,712
NARRATOR:
In 1946,
530
00:28:31,712 --> 00:28:35,174
one year after
the end of World War II,
531
00:28:35,174 --> 00:28:37,677
the U. S. government
launched its own
532
00:28:37,677 --> 00:28:40,596
large‐scale mission
to Antarctica.
533
00:28:40,596 --> 00:28:44,392
Operation Highjump
deployed 4,700 troops,
534
00:28:44,392 --> 00:28:47,562
13 ships, an aircraft carrier,
535
00:28:47,562 --> 00:28:51,399
and a number of seaplanes
to Antarctica.
536
00:28:51,399 --> 00:28:54,402
Although the government
denied it at the time,
537
00:28:54,402 --> 00:28:56,946
it would later become known that
538
00:28:56,946 --> 00:28:59,866
one of the operation's
primary objectives was
539
00:28:59,866 --> 00:29:03,703
"extending the United States'
sovereignty over the largest
540
00:29:03,703 --> 00:29:07,123
practicable area
of the Antarctic continent."
541
00:29:09,292 --> 00:29:12,795
The U. S. Navy, then,
sent what was basically
542
00:29:12,795 --> 00:29:16,549
a flotilla of armed ships
to Antarctica.
543
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:18,801
In Operation Highjump,
544
00:29:18,801 --> 00:29:21,596
there were stories
that were quite strange,
545
00:29:21,596 --> 00:29:24,223
that ultimately
came out of that expedition,
546
00:29:24,223 --> 00:29:26,142
which‐which ended quite early.
547
00:29:26,142 --> 00:29:29,562
There were stories
of craft coming up
548
00:29:29,562 --> 00:29:32,190
out of the water,
around the ships,
549
00:29:32,190 --> 00:29:35,443
and of flying saucer‐type
vehicles.
550
00:29:35,443 --> 00:29:39,113
WILCOCK: Saucers were coming up
out of the water,
551
00:29:39,113 --> 00:29:42,867
and were shooting them
with some sort of beam,
552
00:29:42,867 --> 00:29:45,244
literally cutting ships in half.
553
00:29:45,244 --> 00:29:47,788
They were shooting planes
out of the sky.
554
00:29:47,788 --> 00:29:49,707
And they traveled so fast,
555
00:29:49,707 --> 00:29:51,709
that it was almost impossible
556
00:29:51,709 --> 00:29:53,878
to visually reference
557
00:29:53,878 --> 00:29:56,130
where the disk was going.
558
00:29:56,130 --> 00:29:58,591
So, the American fleet
559
00:29:58,591 --> 00:30:01,552
had to limp back
to the United States,
560
00:30:01,552 --> 00:30:03,179
totally broken and destroyed.
561
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:05,806
CHILDRESS:
It's still a mystery,
562
00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:07,266
all of the activities
563
00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:08,809
that were going on
in Antarctica.
564
00:30:08,809 --> 00:30:11,354
You have to wonder
if the American military,
565
00:30:11,354 --> 00:30:13,064
and other governments, too,
566
00:30:13,064 --> 00:30:15,608
are aware of structures
under the ice,
567
00:30:15,608 --> 00:30:19,362
of pyramids beneath the ice;
and perhaps they know
568
00:30:19,362 --> 00:30:22,657
that there's some kind
of ancient civilization
569
00:30:22,657 --> 00:30:25,535
frozen beneath the ice
of Antarctica.
570
00:30:28,371 --> 00:30:30,748
NARRATOR: If, in fact,
the Nazis were seeking
571
00:30:30,748 --> 00:30:33,918
extraterrestrial technology
in Antarctica,
572
00:30:33,918 --> 00:30:37,505
is it possible that they
actually discovered it?
573
00:30:37,505 --> 00:30:40,633
And might the U. S. military
have encountered
574
00:30:40,633 --> 00:30:43,719
this powerful technology
years later,
575
00:30:43,719 --> 00:30:46,722
during Operation Highjump?
576
00:30:46,722 --> 00:30:49,392
Ancient astronaut
theorists believe
577
00:30:49,392 --> 00:30:53,145
that further proof of an
alien presence in Antarctica
578
00:30:53,145 --> 00:30:56,148
may be found
in a prehistoric lake
579
00:30:56,148 --> 00:30:59,860
buried under two miles of ice.
580
00:31:09,620 --> 00:31:11,706
NARRATOR: Lake Vostok,
Antarctica.
581
00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:16,544
Buried under two miles of ice
582
00:31:16,544 --> 00:31:20,131
is a 4,800‐square‐mile
body of water.
583
00:31:20,131 --> 00:31:22,508
It is by far the largest
584
00:31:22,508 --> 00:31:24,885
of the continent's
nearly 400 lakes
585
00:31:24,885 --> 00:31:28,097
that are entirely
covered by ice.
586
00:31:28,097 --> 00:31:30,641
In 2001,
587
00:31:30,641 --> 00:31:34,228
pilots collecting data here
recorded unusual
588
00:31:34,228 --> 00:31:37,523
and extreme irregularities
in the magnetic field
589
00:31:37,523 --> 00:31:40,318
at the southeastern corner
of the lake.
590
00:31:40,318 --> 00:31:43,029
Spanning a remarkable
591
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:46,032
65 by 46 miles,
592
00:31:46,032 --> 00:31:48,701
the anomalous area is producing
593
00:31:48,701 --> 00:31:52,663
an unusually high level
of magnetic energy.
594
00:31:52,663 --> 00:31:56,500
SALLA: This anomaly was roughly,
uh, 50 miles in diameter
595
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:58,878
and was something that would be
596
00:31:58,878 --> 00:32:01,756
commensurate with
the magnetic field
597
00:32:01,756 --> 00:32:03,716
being generated by a city.
598
00:32:06,302 --> 00:32:09,472
CHRISTOPHER CHICON: I have been
to Lake Vostok several times,
599
00:32:09,472 --> 00:32:11,557
as part of expedition research.
And when we were
600
00:32:11,557 --> 00:32:14,769
in the area, we did pick up
this magnetic anomaly.
601
00:32:14,769 --> 00:32:16,854
But we also found
other magnetic anomalies
602
00:32:16,854 --> 00:32:18,522
which were actually
transitioning from
603
00:32:18,522 --> 00:32:20,316
one place to another.
They were moving.
604
00:32:20,316 --> 00:32:22,401
Highly rare
and extremely unusual.
605
00:32:22,401 --> 00:32:24,320
We weren't able
to determine what was
606
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,738
causing these anomalies.
607
00:32:27,698 --> 00:32:29,867
COLLINS: It's totally
inexplicable.
608
00:32:29,867 --> 00:32:32,328
And of course,
this has given rise
609
00:32:32,328 --> 00:32:34,830
to theories that perhaps
610
00:32:34,830 --> 00:32:36,666
there is something else here.
611
00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:39,293
Perhaps it's a UFO...
612
00:32:39,293 --> 00:32:41,962
some kind of alien base;
perhaps even the remnants
613
00:32:41,962 --> 00:32:44,131
of a lost civilization.
614
00:32:44,131 --> 00:32:46,676
And now the NSA themself
615
00:32:46,676 --> 00:32:49,053
have almost put a blanket
616
00:32:49,053 --> 00:32:50,763
over any further research,
617
00:32:50,763 --> 00:32:53,474
and it's almost become
a no‐go area.
618
00:32:55,059 --> 00:32:57,853
NARRATOR:
Vostok is not the only site
619
00:32:57,853 --> 00:33:00,356
with limited outside access.
620
00:33:00,356 --> 00:33:02,358
Seven different countries
621
00:33:02,358 --> 00:33:05,194
have claimed territories
in Antarctica,
622
00:33:05,194 --> 00:33:08,322
yet it remains one of
the most restricted locations
623
00:33:08,322 --> 00:33:10,533
in the world.
624
00:33:10,533 --> 00:33:12,076
Currently, there are 68
625
00:33:12,076 --> 00:33:14,036
international bases here,
626
00:33:14,036 --> 00:33:16,080
many of which require permits
627
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,624
or special permissions to visit.
628
00:33:18,624 --> 00:33:22,169
They are manned
not just with scientists
629
00:33:22,169 --> 00:33:24,547
but also military personnel.
630
00:33:24,547 --> 00:33:27,508
But why is it so restricted?
631
00:33:29,969 --> 00:33:33,347
McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
632
00:33:33,347 --> 00:33:37,226
Located on a southern peninsula
of Ross Island,
633
00:33:37,226 --> 00:33:41,105
this is the largest research
station on the continent.
634
00:33:41,105 --> 00:33:44,108
It was opened
by the U. S. government
635
00:33:44,108 --> 00:33:47,069
in 1956 and houses
636
00:33:47,069 --> 00:33:50,531
up to as many as 1,200
residents at a time.
637
00:33:52,116 --> 00:33:54,910
In January of 2015
638
00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:57,204
a U. S. Navy flight engineer,
639
00:33:57,204 --> 00:33:59,790
who served with the
Antarctic Development Squadron
640
00:33:59,790 --> 00:34:02,293
at McMurdo for 14 years,
641
00:34:02,293 --> 00:34:05,755
came forward to investigative
reporter Linda Moulton Howe
642
00:34:05,755 --> 00:34:09,133
with bizarre accounts
of his time in Antarctica.
643
00:34:09,133 --> 00:34:12,136
HOWE:
In January of 2015,
644
00:34:12,136 --> 00:34:15,264
I got an e‐mail from a retired
645
00:34:15,264 --> 00:34:17,057
naval flight engineer.
646
00:34:17,057 --> 00:34:19,769
He's asked me to call him
only Brian
647
00:34:19,769 --> 00:34:21,937
in the world public.
648
00:34:21,937 --> 00:34:24,732
And this is what he told me:
649
00:34:24,732 --> 00:34:28,402
From about 1983,
to when he retired
650
00:34:28,402 --> 00:34:31,238
from the Navy in 1997,
651
00:34:31,238 --> 00:34:34,074
he was in all kinds
652
00:34:34,074 --> 00:34:37,787
of what they call Antarctic
squadron expedition missions,
653
00:34:37,787 --> 00:34:40,456
that included rescuing people
654
00:34:40,456 --> 00:34:42,750
in and out of various places.
655
00:34:42,750 --> 00:34:47,004
In all these trips, nothing of
a high strangeness had occurred.
656
00:34:47,004 --> 00:34:50,090
And then, all of a sudden,
it was one thing after another.
657
00:34:50,090 --> 00:34:53,928
During a squadron mission
in the Transantarctic Mountains,
658
00:34:53,928 --> 00:34:59,433
the whole crew saw a whole bunch
of silver darting objects.
659
00:34:59,433 --> 00:35:01,560
And they are round.
660
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,021
And he says they're doing
the strangest thing.
661
00:35:04,021 --> 00:35:07,233
They're going, like,
to this peak in a group,
662
00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:09,985
to this peak in a group,
to this peak in a group.
663
00:35:09,985 --> 00:35:12,446
And then they'd all take off.
664
00:35:12,446 --> 00:35:17,034
And not only did this happen
once, it happened over and over.
665
00:35:17,034 --> 00:35:19,495
NARRATOR:
According to the informant,
666
00:35:19,495 --> 00:35:21,205
this was just one
667
00:35:21,205 --> 00:35:23,249
of many strange mysteries
on the continent
668
00:35:23,249 --> 00:35:26,127
that he witnessed
during his time there.
669
00:35:26,127 --> 00:35:30,256
HOWE: They get an assignment
not long after.
670
00:35:30,256 --> 00:35:32,216
There's a medical emergency.
671
00:35:32,216 --> 00:35:35,010
They are now under the gun,
the clock is ticking,
672
00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:37,429
and a decision was made:
673
00:35:37,429 --> 00:35:39,598
They're going o...
through the no‐fly zone
674
00:35:39,598 --> 00:35:41,350
because
it's a medical emergency.
675
00:35:41,350 --> 00:35:43,644
And what do they see?
676
00:35:43,644 --> 00:35:46,188
In the ice,
677
00:35:46,188 --> 00:35:49,942
like, a huge entrance to a cave
678
00:35:49,942 --> 00:35:53,362
but slanted going down.
And he said,
679
00:35:53,362 --> 00:35:55,865
"I think it was at least, Linda,
200 feet in diameter,
680
00:35:55,865 --> 00:35:57,825
a big hole in the ice."
681
00:35:57,825 --> 00:36:01,328
And he said, "Our instruments
are not operating.
682
00:36:01,328 --> 00:36:04,331
"We were losing electricity.
We had magnetic anomalies.
683
00:36:04,331 --> 00:36:07,918
"And we concluded there's
something about this hole
684
00:36:07,918 --> 00:36:10,921
that is now causing
these problems."
685
00:36:10,921 --> 00:36:15,217
They do their medical recovery.
686
00:36:15,217 --> 00:36:17,553
And the next thing they know,
687
00:36:17,553 --> 00:36:19,638
they're all being chewed out
688
00:36:19,638 --> 00:36:21,932
by men in suits
689
00:36:21,932 --> 00:36:25,603
that are not from McMurdo.
690
00:36:25,603 --> 00:36:28,397
They appear to be
from Washington, DC.
691
00:36:28,397 --> 00:36:29,815
And he‐he said,
692
00:36:29,815 --> 00:36:32,818
"They told us
that we are never, ever
693
00:36:32,818 --> 00:36:35,321
"to fly over that hole.
694
00:36:35,321 --> 00:36:37,406
And we are never
to discuss it again."
695
00:36:37,406 --> 00:36:39,200
What is that about?
696
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,368
And does that
have anything to do
697
00:36:41,368 --> 00:36:44,079
with all these other pieces
that keep emerging
698
00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:47,124
that there might be
something archaeological
699
00:36:47,124 --> 00:36:48,959
in Antarctica?
700
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,088
NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
701
00:36:53,088 --> 00:36:56,759
this was not the first time
a massive hole has been spotted
702
00:36:56,759 --> 00:36:59,762
in the ice of Antarctica.
703
00:36:59,762 --> 00:37:01,263
Famous polar explorer
704
00:37:01,263 --> 00:37:02,556
Admiral Richard Byrd
705
00:37:02,556 --> 00:37:04,433
allegedly reported
706
00:37:04,433 --> 00:37:07,519
seeing a massive entrance
to an underground world
707
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:12,441
during his 1947 expedition
to the South Pole.
708
00:37:12,441 --> 00:37:16,320
CHILDRESS: Admiral Byrd made
a lot of unusual statements,
709
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,741
allegedly talking about a large
opening at the South Pole,
710
00:37:20,741 --> 00:37:24,203
that went deep inside
the Earth, ice‐free,
711
00:37:24,203 --> 00:37:26,622
and was inhabited
712
00:37:26,622 --> 00:37:31,043
by various sorts of aliens.
713
00:37:31,043 --> 00:37:33,504
And when Byrd got back
to the United States,
714
00:37:33,504 --> 00:37:35,756
he was brought back
to Washington,
715
00:37:35,756 --> 00:37:39,426
where he was questioned very
heavily about his statements.
716
00:37:39,426 --> 00:37:44,181
And, allegedly, he was told
to stop talking about this.
717
00:37:44,181 --> 00:37:46,600
You have to wonder,
is the South Pole
718
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:50,604
some kind
of extraterrestrial entry zone,
719
00:37:50,604 --> 00:37:53,565
some kind of portal
that's so important
720
00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:57,444
that it has to be controlled
by the military?
721
00:37:57,444 --> 00:38:01,073
NARRATOR: Is the United States
government covering up
722
00:38:01,073 --> 00:38:04,868
an extraterrestrial presence
in Antarctica?
723
00:38:04,868 --> 00:38:09,123
And if so, could they be
the same otherworldly beings
724
00:38:09,123 --> 00:38:13,419
that once occupied the continent
thousands of years ago?
725
00:38:13,419 --> 00:38:15,921
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
726
00:38:15,921 --> 00:38:17,840
the truth may be revealed
727
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,844
when Antarctica's ice
finally disappears.
728
00:38:26,598 --> 00:38:28,809
♪ ♪
729
00:38:28,809 --> 00:38:31,478
NARRATOR: East Antarctica.
730
00:38:31,478 --> 00:38:35,190
October, 2015.
731
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:37,735
Scientists at NASA announce
732
00:38:37,735 --> 00:38:41,030
that despite years
of thinking otherwise,
733
00:38:41,030 --> 00:38:43,699
they are now finding
that the ice in this region
734
00:38:43,699 --> 00:38:45,659
is actually growing,
735
00:38:45,659 --> 00:38:49,330
averaging 82 billion tons
a year.
736
00:38:49,330 --> 00:38:53,667
Snowfall is currently adding ice
to most of the continent.
737
00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:57,963
But at the same time,
glaciers are rapidly melting
738
00:38:57,963 --> 00:39:01,800
along the coast
of Western Antarctica.
739
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:05,637
Scientists calculate
that, since 2009,
740
00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:08,682
as much as 60 cubic kilometers
of ice,
741
00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:12,519
the equivalent of
70,000 Empire State Buildings,
742
00:39:12,519 --> 00:39:16,065
is disappearing into the ocean
each year.
743
00:39:16,065 --> 00:39:18,525
But why is the ice here melting,
744
00:39:18,525 --> 00:39:20,444
when it is growing
throughout much
745
00:39:20,444 --> 00:39:24,031
of the rest of the continent?
746
00:39:24,031 --> 00:39:28,202
COLLINS: We see the graphic
pictures on television
747
00:39:28,202 --> 00:39:32,998
of the ice caps melting
and falling into the sea.
748
00:39:32,998 --> 00:39:36,377
But it's actually only
in some areas
749
00:39:36,377 --> 00:39:39,088
that the ice caps
are actually melting.
750
00:39:39,088 --> 00:39:41,590
What's so strange is that,
751
00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:46,887
through various factors,
that the ice in Antarctica
752
00:39:46,887 --> 00:39:49,807
might actually be growing
and extending.
753
00:39:49,807 --> 00:39:52,893
This is very strange.
754
00:39:52,893 --> 00:39:55,312
We can't rule out
the possibility
755
00:39:55,312 --> 00:39:59,441
that, in certain cases,
there could be entire cities
756
00:39:59,441 --> 00:40:01,235
that are built underground
757
00:40:01,235 --> 00:40:03,195
that may even be
actively maintained
758
00:40:03,195 --> 00:40:05,072
by extraterrestrials now,
759
00:40:05,072 --> 00:40:07,741
and that as those cities
are powered up
760
00:40:07,741 --> 00:40:12,413
or expanded in size that they
are giving off some kind of heat
761
00:40:12,413 --> 00:40:17,042
and that heat, in turn,
is melting the ice above them.
762
00:40:17,042 --> 00:40:21,588
If there are things buried under
the miles of ice at Antarctica,
763
00:40:21,588 --> 00:40:23,882
then that would mean
that had to have happened
764
00:40:23,882 --> 00:40:25,717
before the last Ice Age.
765
00:40:25,717 --> 00:40:28,053
So who knows
what we'll find there?
766
00:40:28,053 --> 00:40:30,305
Remnants of a lost civilization,
767
00:40:30,305 --> 00:40:34,476
perhaps even tools with which
these civilizations were built.
768
00:40:36,854 --> 00:40:40,441
It's possible that underneath
the ice will be keys for us
769
00:40:40,441 --> 00:40:43,444
to actually save ourselves
770
00:40:43,444 --> 00:40:46,655
and reclaim our ancient past.
771
00:40:46,655 --> 00:40:49,074
WILCOCK:
We may end up in a situation
772
00:40:49,074 --> 00:40:51,535
where this can't
be covered up anymore,
773
00:40:51,535 --> 00:40:54,246
where visible ruins‐‐
gigantic pyramids,
774
00:40:54,246 --> 00:40:56,123
gigantic obelisks‐‐
775
00:40:56,123 --> 00:41:00,002
start to peek through the ice.
776
00:41:00,002 --> 00:41:02,045
And, at that point,
it's game over.
777
00:41:02,045 --> 00:41:04,798
No longer can this be swept
under the rug.
778
00:41:04,798 --> 00:41:08,677
NOORY: There's no question that
under the ice of Antarctica
779
00:41:08,677 --> 00:41:11,180
there could be
extraterrestrial craft.
780
00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:13,307
There could be cities
down there.
781
00:41:13,307 --> 00:41:15,309
Bottom line is,
782
00:41:15,309 --> 00:41:19,271
it will shock the entire
belief system of humankind.
783
00:41:19,271 --> 00:41:22,608
It will just change
everything we know.
784
00:41:22,608 --> 00:41:25,736
NARRATOR:
What really lies beneath
785
00:41:25,736 --> 00:41:28,906
the ice and snow in Antarctica?
786
00:41:28,906 --> 00:41:34,161
Was this frozen continent once
covered with lush vegetation,
787
00:41:34,161 --> 00:41:38,999
as well as pyramids
that predate those in Egypt?
788
00:41:38,999 --> 00:41:43,504
And if extraterrestrials
truly did inhabit Antarctica,
789
00:41:43,504 --> 00:41:45,756
could these
otherworldly visitors
790
00:41:45,756 --> 00:41:49,384
still be hiding out there today?
791
00:41:49,384 --> 00:41:52,179
Perhaps, one day soon,
792
00:41:52,179 --> 00:41:55,474
we will discover what the ice
of Antarctica
793
00:41:55,474 --> 00:41:58,101
has hidden
for thousands of years,
794
00:41:58,101 --> 00:42:01,772
and it will finally expose
the truth
795
00:42:01,772 --> 00:42:04,241
about our alien past.
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