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This was the language of the
Gods.
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NARRATOR:
Did extraterrestrial beings
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leave behind coded messages?
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We may find information
that is vital to mankind.
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NARRATOR: Messages that
are carved in stone
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and found all over the world?
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PAUL BAHN:
There has been an explosion
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in new discoveries of geoglyphs
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that we didn't
know about before.
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NARRATOR:
But once deciphered,
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will they reveal
a message of hope...
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Many of
the geoglyphs were created
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in order to contact
someone up there.
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NARRATOR:
...or a deadly warning?
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WILLIAM HENRY: Just imagine
if we don't get that message.
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Humanity could be
in the balance.
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR:
Saudi Arabia. 2004.
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While exploring the ancient
lava fields of Harrat Khaybar,
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amateur archaeologist
Dr. Abdullah Al-Saeed
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comes upon a number of
what appear to be stone walls,
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each approximately
three feet high.
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From the ground level,
Dr. Al-Saeed concludes
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that the structures have no
discernable pattern or purpose.
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That is,
not until four years later,
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when he obtains satellite photos
of the very same area.
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What he sees astounds him.
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There, detectable from the sky
are a vast collection
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of more than 400
stone enclosures.
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Known to the local Bedouin
as the Works of the Old Men,
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these mysterious structures
are quickly examined
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and are revealed to stretch
for hundreds of miles.
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ANDREW COLLINS: They were within
what's referred to
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as-as a lava field of activity.
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They're generally described
either as kites
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or as gates,
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which are more rectilinear forms
of them.
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And there are literally hundreds
of these.
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In fact, they stretch
all the way from Saudi Arabia
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right away across to Jordan
and into Syria.
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HUGH NEWMAN: They're kind of
like angular pyramids
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almost going off
into the distance like runways,
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widening at one end to being
short at the other end.
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NARRATOR:
Although no record exists
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indicating when these structures
were built,
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who built them or why,
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the predominant theory
among mainstream archaeologists
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is that they were constructed
for hunting purposes
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many thousands of years ago.
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What we think they are
are prehistoric hunting sites
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where gazelle and other animals
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would be driven
into the enclosure,
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and then on the outsides
of the enclosure, pits were dug
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and the animals
would fall into the pits.
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The kites, when you visit them
on the ground,
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are really hard to find.
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In the air you get
the whole pattern.
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There are literally thousands
of them.
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And they must have been in use
for thousands of years.
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And why did they
fall into disuse?
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That's an answer
we haven't yet got.
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NARRATOR: Although the theory
that the stone structures
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were used for hunting purposes
is compelling,
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ancient astronaut theorists
argue that if these structures
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were really used
for hunting gazelle,
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the walls would have needed
to be more than three feet high
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since a gazelle can leap more
than ten feet into the air.
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Instead, they suggest
that because the structures
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are only viewable from the air,
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they should be considered
geoglyphs.
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BAHN:
A geoglyph is just basically
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a drawing on the landscape,
usually quite large scale.
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Most geoglyphs are in deserts,
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and in deserts
you get a phenomenon
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which we call desert varnish.
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It's just a natural dark patina
that builds up on the surface.
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So if you move the dark parts
to one side,
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expose the lighter soil
or sand underneath,
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that is one way
of making a drawing.
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The second basic technique
is to use the dark stones
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and pile them together
to make shapes.
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Geometric shapes, animal shapes
or whatever.
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And the third basic technique is
simply a combination of the two.
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You move things to one side
to expose lightness,
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you use the dark stones
to make patterns.
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So, you get very nice
combination of the two.
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In recent years,
thanks to modern technology,
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and particularly
satellite photographs,
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uh, there has been an explosion
in new discoveries
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of-of geoglyphs that we didn't
know about before.
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COLLINS: The interesting fact
about all of these
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is that they point
towards the sky.
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And what might this tell us?
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Well, the first thing is
that many of the geoglyphs
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that we know today
were only discovered
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once aerial survey
started in around the 1920s.
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All of them were
only really revealed
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once aircraft got up
into the air.
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And this tells us something
very, very important.
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BAHN: Most geoglyphs really
only make sense from above.
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It therefore seems
that they would be messages
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to something nonhuman,
something up there.
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NARRATOR: When the now legendary
Nazca Lines of Peru
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were first discovered in 1927,
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they were considered
a unique phenomenon.
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But now, with the benefit
of satellite imagery,
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thousands of ancient geoglyphs
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are being found
all over the world:
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in Kazakhstan, in the
Southwestern United States,
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in the Atacama Desert of Chile
and in Bolivia.
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COLLINS: Almost everywhere
around the world,
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we find what are known
as geoglyphs.
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Whether they be
the Nazca Lines in Peru,
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British geoglyphs to those
in the Middle East,
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they're something that are
virtually universal
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around the world
and they've been appearing
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for many hundreds of years.
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NARRATOR:
But why would ancient people
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in so many different locations
around the world
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all be making signs that can
only be seen from above?
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We don't know for sure
what ancient peoples
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were trying to communicate
through geoglyphs,
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but the most important thing is
the amount of time and effort
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that went into building them.
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They're not quick sketches.
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They're, many of them,
whole community projects.
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And the time that you spend
working on them
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is time not spent
gathering food,
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not spent defending your land.
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It's time not spent
looking after your children.
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So, the first thing
that they communicate
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is to the community itself what
is important to the community.
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NARRATOR:
But could there be another
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even more incredible
explanation?
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Is it possible that these
ancient geoglyphs were created
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not for a terrestrial purpose,
but for an extraterrestrial one?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest further clues
can be found
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by examining similar shapes
and symbols
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that occur
on a much smaller scale.
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Geoglyphs are
gigantic-sized versions
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of what we know as petroglyphs,
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the most obvious being
the rock art that we'd see
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on surfaces of stone rock
around the world
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that date back many, many
thousands of years.
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Petroglyphs are images
carved into stones or incised
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or hammered away.
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They occur all over the world
from Australia up through Asia,
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Europe, Africa,
through the Americas.
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NARRATOR:
Perhaps more intriguing
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than the petroglyphs themselves
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are the eerie similarities
between them
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and their geoglyphic siblings.
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We see certain symbols
recurring again and again.
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There are many geometric forms.
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These take the form
of, uh, spirals,
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of concentric rings
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and other more rectilinear
or abstract designs.
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They're something that
are virtually universal
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around the world.
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One of the most interesting
geoglyphs that you have at Nazca
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is the sun, star,
cross geoglyph,
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which is really a very
complicated huge mandala
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of interconnected stars
and triangles.
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And it's something we see
all over the world
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and in Tibet and India
as mandalas and even yantras.
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So, things like this that are
so geometrically complicated
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and are found all over the world
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indicates that there was
some kind of worldwide
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symbolic language
that was brought here
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by a higher intelligence,
probably extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the thousands
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of mysterious petroglyphs
and geoglyphs
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found throughout the world
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were intended to be
a form of communication
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between early humans
and extraterrestrial visitors?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe that proof
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of such a profound idea
does exist
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and it can be found
by examining an ancient story
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associated with one of
the oldest petroglyphs
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ever discovered.
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Northwest Nevada. 2013.
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In the dried-up bed of what was
once Winnemucca Lake,
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researchers take
carbonate samples
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from a series of recently
discovered limestone boulders.
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They are covered with what
appears to be ancient carvings.
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Some of the petroglyphs
are believed to be depictions
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of ancient shipping techniques,
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but others are much more
difficult to identify.
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Even more mysterious is the fact
that the local Paiute people
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say the petroglyphs were not
created by their ancestors,
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but by a race of giants.
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HEGG:
The Paiutes said that
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initially they did not
create petroglyphs,
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that an ancient race
called the Si-Te-Cah did.
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The Si-Te-Cah was
a race of giants
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that was said to have been
white-complected,
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having red hair, and well over
seven-foot tall.
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The Paiutes explained that
these giants lived on the lake...
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In Pyramid Lake,
on floating cities.
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And each Paiute legend has
their own versions
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of how petroglyphs were
originally created.
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But they remain, to this day,
unaware now of what
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a lot of that language was,
like most tribes in the world.
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NARRATOR: Samples of
the petroglyphs were taken
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to the University of Colorado
at Boulder,
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where scientists performed
a series of radiocarbon tests
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to determine their age.
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The results are astonishing,
and reveal the petroglyphs
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were etched between 10,500
and 14,800 years ago,
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making them
the oldest petroglyphs
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ever found in North America.
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HENRY:
When we look at petroglyphs,
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with their incredible spirals,
the doorways,
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the strange beings
that are featured,
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the stories that are told,
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it suggests that they all
have an origin
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with extraterrestrials
themselves.
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NARRATOR:
Could the petroglyphs found
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at Winnemucca Lake
really have been created
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by an ancient race of
extraterrestrial giants?
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If so, what were they intended
to represent?
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A map indicating
their planet of origin?
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Or was it an alien form
of hieroglyphics which,
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when deciphered,
could teach us profound lessons
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about mankind's past?
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Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining geoglyphs
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that some believe are depictions
of actual alien beings.
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(wind whistling softly)
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NARRATOR:
The Atacama Desert, Chile.
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Located on the western side
of a hill called Cerro Unitas
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is an enormous geoglyph
of a human-like figure
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known as the Atacama Giant.
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Although its origins
remain a mystery,
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some have estimated it to be
as much as 10,000 years old.
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The Atacama Giant
is one of about
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500 petroglyphs
in the Atacama Desert
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that span a huge area of about
15,000 square kilometers,
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produced over about
a millennium of time,
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and linking cultures
from the Incas
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all the way up to
the early Christianization
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of South America.
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The Atacama Giant itself
is about 100 meters tall,
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and it's a hugely
impressive figure.
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It's got the most amazing
symmetry and geometry,
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which would have required
the most exquisite planning.
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Because once you're up there
digging away,
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you can't see exactly
the proportions.
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It's clearly a focal point
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of the culture of the people
who made it.
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COLLINS:
It has these very strange
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horizontal and vertical lines
coming out of its head.
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Archaeoastronomers have
suggested that
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every part of this figure
was actually used
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for astronomical purposes.
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It marked the different cycles
of the moon in every year.
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If you ask the local elders
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what the Atacama Giant
represents,
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they will say that it represents
sacred space,
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and that actually entering
inside them
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allowed you communication
with the sky gods.
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Given that these geoglyphs
have multiple layers of meaning
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and much knowledge
encoded with them,
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we have to ask if maybe
it's also a device
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to tell the locals when the
extraterrestrials would return.
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NARRATOR: Although the
Atacama Giant is extraordinary,
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it is by no means unique,
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as similar geoglyphs
can be found
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in many parts of the world.
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Blythe, California.
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Located in the desert,
just west of the Arizona border,
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an estimated 300 gigantic
figures can be seen etched
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in the arid ground.
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Known as the Blythe Intaglios,
these ancient carvings depict
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animals, spirals,
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and, perhaps
most significantly,
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gigantic humanoid figures.
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These intaglios are unique
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in that they're always found
on the shorelines
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of ancient lakes that existed
12,500 years ago and prior.
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NARRATOR:
In April 2018,
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author and ancient astronaut
researcher David Childress
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traveled to Blythe to meet with
Alfredo Figueroa,
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an elder of the local
Chemehuevi tribe.
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He is also known
to many in the region
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as The Guardian of the Glyphs.
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David was eager to see firsthand
whether the legends
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surrounding these unique
geoglyphs could be true.
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They can only be seen
from the air, really, right?
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Well, they can be seen
from the ground,
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but you can see it over intact.
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PATRICIA ROBLES:
If you're walking on it,
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you really don't know
what you're walking on.
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Exactly, yeah, right.
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We'll be able to see it
with the drone, I think.
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Oh, that's excellent.
You got a drone?
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- Yes, we've got it.
- Oh, that's wonderful.
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- Let me get the drone out.
- That's the best way.
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- Okay, let me get it.
- Thank you.
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CHILDRESS:
Who builds this, and-and why?
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FIGUEROA: The original tribes
here were the Aztecas.
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- CHILDRESS: The Aztecs.
- Right.
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Okay. Here we go.
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(drone buzzing)
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CHILDRESS:
Wow.
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That's pretty interesting.
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NARRATOR:
With the drone camera,
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David and Alfredo
are able to see
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the Blythe Intaglios
from a vantage point
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that their creators
never could have,
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at least not without the aid
of some form of aircraft.
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But if this is true,
then why were they created?
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And for whom?
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CHILDRESS:
All right, this is...
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FIGUEROA:
Is Omecihuatl.
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"Cihuatl" means "woman."
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And she is pregnant,
right here, see?
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CHILDRESS: She's, like,
having a baby, then.
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Ah, okay.
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And right next to her
is the ocelot.
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Ocelot is the jaguar.
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CHILDRESS:
Okay, so you can see it's a cat
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because it has
a very long tail, huh?
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Well, the tail is supposed to be
like a "U,"
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and in the cosmos,
it represents the Big Dipper.
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ROBLES: Here in this place,
they came down.
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And because they descended
from the cosmos,
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our ancestors created
these images
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and aligned them with
the constellations
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so that we would understand
that story.
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NARRATOR:
But of all the Blythe Intaglios,
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the one Alfredo is
most eager to show David
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are the ones
that are the largest
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and arguably the most dramatic.
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CHILDRESS:
This is big. This thing is huge.
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FIGUEROA:
That's right.
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NARRATOR:
They are the ones representing
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the Aztec gods, Kokopelli...
Better known as Quetzalcoatl...
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And Cicimitl,
the Aztec star god.
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CHILDRESS:
Which glyph is this one?
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What we're seeing here
is Kokopelli,
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and he represents Quetzalcoatl.
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CHILDRESS:
The Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl.
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- So, this one is...
- ROBLES: Cicimitl.
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CHILDRESS:
Cicimitl.
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His face there...
You see his nose.
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I mean, he's not like
a normal person, is he?
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No, he looks just like a...
a E.T.
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He looks like an
extraterrestrial. Uh-huh, yeah.
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NARRATOR:
An extraterrestrial?
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Is it possible that these
incredible geoglyphs represent
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not just mythological gods,
but actual alien beings,
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whose arrival on Earth was
witnessed by the Azteca people?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and Alfredo Figueroa is
convinced that it was here...
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The location of the Aztecs'
legendary home of Aztlan...
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Where extraterrestrial visitors
came down from the sky.
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CHILDRESS: Aztlan is very
important in Aztec mythology.
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It was a place where the gods
came down to give them
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the information and prophecies
that the Aztecs had.
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I mean, you're maintaining
that this whole area here,
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around Blythe
and the Colorado River,
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is an ancient homeland
of-of the Aztecs
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- and-and the gods, too?
- Yes.
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The geoglyphs were made by
the Nahuatl people.
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The Nahuatl are the origin of
the Aztecas and the Mexicas.
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So, they're the ones
that made 'em at first.
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And then the Nahuatl people
made these geoglyphs to...
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to honor, uh, the creator gods.
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Right. And to not forget
where we came from.
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Where we came from.
That's right.
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NARRATOR: Could it be
that Blythe, California,
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really was the ancestral home
of the Aztec people,
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and that more than
1,000 years ago,
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the area was visited by
extraterrestrial beings?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the answers
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may be found by examining
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the most mysterious geoglyphs
of all,
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incredible markings that are
invisible to the naked eye.
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NARRATOR:
Palpa, Peru.
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December 2017.
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Researchers use state-of-the-art
drones to photograph
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the famous Nazca Lines
with high-resolution cameras.
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COLLINS: This is new technology
being employed
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to search the landscape,
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and to try and find
what the human eye
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has not been able to notice
and not even from airplanes.
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NARRATOR: What the researchers
find amazes them,
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as the HD camera reveals dozens
of additional geoglyphs
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that had never been seen before.
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COLLINS:
They include a huge serpent,
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and also a giant fish,
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both of which
are cosmic symbols.
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NEWMAN: The thing is, with some
of the figures found in Palpa,
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they think they could be older
than some of the Nazca figures,
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because they're on hillsides,
and it's known
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that the Paracas culture, who
were around before the Nazca,
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going back to probably 800 BC,
or even earlier.
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It does suggest
that there was more cultures
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than just
the Nazca people creating
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these effigies and lines in that
part of the whole Nazca region.
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NARRATOR:
More geoglyphs,
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created by cultures stretching
back nearly 3,000 years?
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But who were they?
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What were they trying
to communicate?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
One has to wonder,
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why did our ancestors
create these things
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if they can only be appreciated
from the air?
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Because here is the thing:
sometimes it has been proposed
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that the Nazca Lines were crests
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of different tribes,
of different societies.
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But if I were a society leader,
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and I had my crest created
on the ground,
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but I could not see it, I would
not be very happy with that.
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That many of them can
only be seen from the air,
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that suggests to me that many
of the geoglyphs were in fact
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created in order to contact
someone up there.
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COLLINS: The ancients were
trying to represent
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that which they believed
was coming from the cosmos,
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and that they themselves
were trying to communicate
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or make the link
with these cosmic beings.
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NARRATOR: For ancient
astronaut theorists,
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the link between the Nazca Lines
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and extraterrestrial
communication is an obvious one.
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They believe ancient man
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would have no reason
to make such detailed
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and elaborate representations
of life on Earth
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unless they were trying
to communicate with someone.
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They also cite recent images
recorded on Mars
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as evidence
which supports their claims.
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Certainly, the photographs
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that have been taken
by the Mars orbiters
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and the landers and the rovers
would suggest
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there are actually
geoglyphs on Mars.
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These geoglyphic formations
are structural,
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like we see
with the American Indians,
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the Mound Builders,
those type of formations.
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We're also finding pictographic
images like the face on Mars,
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which have facial features.
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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
We have wonderful pictures
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of the surface of Mars,
and definitely
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on the surface of Mars,
we have some stone circles.
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Nature does not
create stone circle.
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Nature could make
one stone circle,
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but not three or four
put together.
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NARRATOR: Of particular
interest to researchers
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is a recently discovered
geological anomaly
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that strongly resembles
a species of bird.
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In 2002, a member of
the Cydonia Institute discovered
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a parrot formation in
the Argyre basin area of Mars.
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After two geologists
and three veterinarians...
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One being an avian specialist...
Examined the formation,
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they confirmed that the parrot
formation had over 17 points
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of anatomical correctness, all
adhering to the proper shape,
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size and orientation
to a real parrot.
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The same motif can be
seen on a copper plate
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produced by the Hopewell Indians
that features the same type
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of parrot formation
with an upraised wing.
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NARRATOR: Could the mysterious
parrot-shaped formation
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on the surface of Mars
really offer a link
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to the thousands of geoglyphs
found here on Earth?
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And, if so, does it offer
evidence that extraterrestrials
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have been using them as a form
of communication with humans
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00:25:06,806 --> 00:25:10,173
for thousands of years?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and believe
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that the various geoglyphic
depictions of animals,
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humans and birds may not have
been intended as mere artwork,
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but as a form of language,
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whose message for mankind
has yet to be decoded.
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NARRATOR:
Elkab, Egypt.
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June 2017.
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A team of researchers
from Yale University
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and the Royal Museums
of Art and History in Brussels
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make an historic find.
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While exploring this ancient
city, they discover a number
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of rock art carvings,
which after closer examination,
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date back
an estimated 5,200 years,
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making them the oldest
monumental Egyptian hieroglyphs
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ever discovered.
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Using combinations of
various shapes and symbols,
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including representations
of humans and animals,
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hieroglyphics is regarded
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as a highly sophisticated
writing system,
484
00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:21,244
where every symbol
and combination of symbols
485
00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:24,682
has a specific meaning.
486
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:28,719
When we look at the hieroglyphs
of ancient Egypt,
487
00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,665
they seem to have come
from nowhere.
488
00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:33,590
No one knows
where they came from,
489
00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:36,660
no one knows who they really
were designed for,
490
00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,162
or for their purpose, they just
appeared out of nowhere.
491
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,830
So where did these come from?
492
00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:43,567
Were they sort of
just divinely inspired?
493
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:45,201
Was it some other reason,
494
00:26:45,304 --> 00:26:47,904
was it some gods that emerged
and arrived
495
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:50,374
and presented them
with this information?
496
00:26:50,476 --> 00:26:53,376
NARRATOR:
The term "hieroglyphics"
497
00:26:53,479 --> 00:26:57,714
literally means "holy writing,"
and ancient Egyptian texts say
498
00:26:57,817 --> 00:27:02,152
it was a gift given to them
from the god Thoth.
499
00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:07,857
There are legends from
all over the world that sky gods
500
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,229
have come down to Earth
and given information
501
00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:16,933
of science and learning,
and also communication
502
00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:18,902
and of language to people.
503
00:27:19,005 --> 00:27:24,907
And early language and alphabets
are these symbols.
504
00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,310
(birds chirping)
505
00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,880
ROMANY:
We're here in Luxor Temple,
506
00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:35,085
and the hieroglyphs here...
507
00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:36,920
are so interesting.
508
00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:39,455
Most people would think that
ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
509
00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:44,494
is more like emojis, and symbols
where the sun and a cow
510
00:27:44,596 --> 00:27:47,131
would meet the sky, and you have
this picture of the sky...
511
00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:49,298
It's not pictures
next to each other.
512
00:27:49,402 --> 00:27:51,969
It's a proper language.
513
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:54,605
It's a language
that has such precision
514
00:27:54,707 --> 00:27:57,074
that people
from all over the world
515
00:27:57,175 --> 00:28:01,679
can translate it
with the same exact meaning.
516
00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:06,115
All this language
was from the god of knowledge.
517
00:28:06,218 --> 00:28:07,796
That's what ancient
Egyptians believed,
518
00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:12,588
that god Thoth gave them
the language, with all it has.
519
00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:14,458
And the kings then used it
520
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,626
to also communicate
with their gods.
521
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:19,762
Ancient Egyptian kings knew
for a fact that their gods
522
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,532
understood hieroglyphs.
523
00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:26,636
NARRATOR: As described
in the Pyramid Texts,
524
00:28:26,739 --> 00:28:29,506
ancient Egyptian religious texts
that date back
525
00:28:29,607 --> 00:28:31,775
more than 4,000 years,
526
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:35,511
a meteoric iron object
called the Benben stone
527
00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:38,816
was reported as having descended
from the heavens
528
00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:40,683
like a firebird.
529
00:28:40,786 --> 00:28:42,318
(explosion)
530
00:28:42,421 --> 00:28:47,624
Even Egyptologists agree
that this type of a shape
531
00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:50,059
descended from the sky...
532
00:28:52,131 --> 00:28:54,698
...and made
a controlled landing.
533
00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:58,902
The Benben stone opened,
and people walked out,
534
00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:01,672
the first creator gods.
535
00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:06,175
Now, when I hear a story
like this, I wonder
536
00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:09,813
if this thing may have been
some type of a craft,
537
00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:11,781
because it is very reminiscent
538
00:29:11,884 --> 00:29:16,319
of the top module
of an Apollo rocket.
539
00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:20,656
The Benben came with
hieroglyphic inscriptions on it,
540
00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,027
and it was the first form
of hieroglyphic language,
541
00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:25,996
the gift from the gods.
542
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:29,432
This was the language
of the gods.
543
00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:32,869
NARRATOR:
Did an otherworldly spacecraft
544
00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:35,739
bring the language of
hieroglyphics to the people
545
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,443
of ancient Egypt
thousands of years ago?
546
00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:43,780
And, if so, could there be
a connection between hieroglyphs
547
00:29:43,883 --> 00:29:47,617
and the various individual
figures of animals,
548
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,887
shapes and symbols found
in the world's
549
00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:53,624
petroglyphs and geoglyphs?
550
00:29:53,726 --> 00:29:56,692
CHILDRESS: It would seem that
these petroglyphs and geoglyphs
551
00:29:56,796 --> 00:30:00,096
are ultimately part
of this universal language
552
00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:01,632
that's the forerunner
553
00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:04,768
of hieroglyphic and pictographic
languages, too,
554
00:30:04,869 --> 00:30:06,569
like the Chinese for example.
555
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:08,905
When we're really able
to understand
556
00:30:09,008 --> 00:30:10,907
these geoglyphs or petroglyphs,
557
00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:13,876
we may find
that there is a message for us
558
00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:16,547
that we have been missing
all this time.
559
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:19,549
One day, hopefully,
we will find that knowledge
560
00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:22,885
and know that message.
561
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:25,788
NARRATOR: If hieroglyphs
actually represent
562
00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:28,724
a type of
ancient alien language,
563
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,728
could their earliest examples
exist carved into rocks
564
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:34,431
and etched in desert sands?
565
00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:37,768
Could they be trying to tell us
that Earth's history
566
00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:41,337
is very different
than the one we've been taught?
567
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,308
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
568
00:30:45,411 --> 00:30:47,978
and suggest that instead
of viewing them as symbols
569
00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:50,480
of mankind's ancient past,
570
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:55,419
we should start to look at them
as part of mankind's future.
571
00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:05,895
NARRATOR: Kanda,
the Republic of Macedonia.
572
00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:10,901
There, isolated on a hill
in the middle of a vast steppe,
573
00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:14,136
sits a giant geoglyph
depicting a symbol
574
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,441
known as the cosmic egg.
575
00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:20,410
According to ancient mythology,
576
00:31:20,511 --> 00:31:22,778
it is the great egg
of the universe
577
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:28,285
from which a powerful deity
is often hatched or born.
578
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:32,455
COLLINS: The concept
of the cosmic egg is universal.
579
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:35,992
But what's so interesting
is that a multinational team
580
00:31:36,095 --> 00:31:39,028
who have been
investigating this site
581
00:31:39,131 --> 00:31:43,767
have come to the conclusion
that it's orientated
582
00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:47,304
towards the constellation
of Cassiopeia.
583
00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:51,875
Cassiopeia represents
the queen of Heaven.
584
00:31:51,977 --> 00:31:53,788
NARRATOR:
In addition to the alignment
585
00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:56,980
of the egg with
the Cassiopeia constellation,
586
00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:58,993
many scholars believe
that the symbol
587
00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:03,353
contained in the egg represents
that of the cosmic god Se.
588
00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:08,724
HENRY: He represents
the all-seeing god.
589
00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:11,862
Macedonian myth
says that the god Se
590
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,564
was the child
of the great cosmic mother
591
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,299
and the supreme god father.
592
00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:18,969
NARRATOR:
While there are various theories
593
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:22,538
as to who made the cosmic egg
geoglyph and why,
594
00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:25,976
ancient astronaut theorists
agree on one point,
595
00:32:26,077 --> 00:32:28,211
that this geoglyph,
596
00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:32,214
like the thousands of others
found all across the world,
597
00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:34,984
was intended to be more than
simply a work of art
598
00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:37,487
or indicate a place of worship.
599
00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:41,657
It was intended to communicate
something of great,
600
00:32:41,759 --> 00:32:45,061
possibly intergalactic,
importance.
601
00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:47,029
CHILDRESS:
It would seem that
602
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:49,766
extraterrestrials
arrived on Earth,
603
00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:53,336
and then taught humans
the meanings of these symbols.
604
00:32:53,439 --> 00:32:57,007
And then humans
then used these symbols
605
00:32:57,108 --> 00:32:59,186
to try and contact the
extraterrestrials themselves,
606
00:32:59,211 --> 00:33:03,579
either as giant geoglyphs
on the ground
607
00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,115
to even just petroglyphs
on the rocks.
608
00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:14,357
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
609
00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:17,294
that the notion that
petroglyphs and geoglyphs
610
00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:19,563
could represent
a form of communication
611
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,542
taught to humans
by alien visitors
612
00:33:21,567 --> 00:33:25,402
is supported by our own
relatively modern science
613
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:28,105
of semiotics.
614
00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:31,575
It is the study
of signs and symbols
615
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:34,911
mankind will need to use
when trying to communicate,
616
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,314
not only with
future generations,
617
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,782
but with extraterrestrials.
618
00:33:39,884 --> 00:33:41,395
EDGAR GARCIA:
Pictographs are more than
619
00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:42,818
pretty simplistic pictures.
620
00:33:42,921 --> 00:33:45,922
They are, in fact, another way
of communicating entirely,
621
00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:49,960
not only on Earth, but in
a spacecraft sent to deep space
622
00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:52,895
to communicate
perhaps with beings
623
00:33:52,998 --> 00:33:55,398
we have no idea about
how they speak, write,
624
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,035
or make signification.
625
00:34:00,739 --> 00:34:02,939
NARRATOR:
In 1991,
626
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,107
the United States
Department of Energy
627
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:07,243
assigned two teams of experts
628
00:34:07,346 --> 00:34:10,079
to the task of devising
a marking system
629
00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:13,583
for the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant, or WIPP,
630
00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:16,186
a nuclear waste facility
631
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:18,989
located in the salt beds
of the Delaware Basin,
632
00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:22,858
26 miles east
of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
633
00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:28,097
The project attempted
to find ways of communicating
634
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,032
the hazard of the plant
635
00:34:30,135 --> 00:34:32,369
to humans living
in the distant future,
636
00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:36,306
humans who may have developed
entirely new languages
637
00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:39,608
or other forms of communication.
638
00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:45,114
One prominent member
of the project
639
00:34:45,217 --> 00:34:48,684
was space artist and science
journalist Jon Lomberg.
640
00:34:50,688 --> 00:34:56,460
Lomberg had previously worked on
NASA's 1977 Voyager mission,
641
00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:58,606
helping to determine
what sounds and images
642
00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:01,465
should be included
on a pair of golden discs
643
00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:03,632
being sent into deep space.
644
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,003
They put together
a panel of people
645
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:10,106
from a wide variety
of backgrounds,
646
00:35:10,175 --> 00:35:13,143
including me as an artist
647
00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:15,123
and as somebody
who had experience
648
00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:17,746
trying to communicate
with extraterrestrials.
649
00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:20,916
The idea being was,
if we can come up with a way
650
00:35:21,018 --> 00:35:23,987
of communicating
with extraterrestrials,
651
00:35:24,088 --> 00:35:27,023
then communicating with humans
10,000 years
652
00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:31,161
or a half a million years away
should be a piece of cake.
653
00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:35,731
NARRATOR: Through their
research, the teams determined
654
00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:39,168
that simple images are
the most universally recognized.
655
00:35:39,271 --> 00:35:45,108
But some can only be understood
when paired with other images.
656
00:35:45,210 --> 00:35:47,777
We knew that there were
certain elements of human art
657
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,614
that had appeared so widely
658
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,594
that you could assume
everybody would understand them.
659
00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,251
And they were: the comic strip.
660
00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:58,855
The idea of a series of images
where first this happens,
661
00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:01,190
and then this happens,
and then this happens,
662
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:02,791
you find that all over,
663
00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:06,896
from ancient Egypt
to the plains tribes
664
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:09,032
to the Bayeux Tapestry.
665
00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:11,012
The idea of telling
a story with pictures
666
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,269
seems to be something
that everybody knows.
667
00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:17,974
So we used the linear story
and the stick figure
668
00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:21,043
to try to explain
the meaning of symbols
669
00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:25,748
like the poison symbol
or the nuclear radiation trefoil
670
00:36:25,851 --> 00:36:27,983
or the "do not" sign.
671
00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:30,253
None of these are universal,
672
00:36:30,355 --> 00:36:33,222
but they're easily explained
with a little comic strip.
673
00:36:34,992 --> 00:36:38,394
The whole of written human
history is only 5,000 years old.
674
00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:41,398
It's only by the most
incredible efforts
675
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:44,233
that we're able to read
the earliest human languages.
676
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,815
So trying to guess how people
are going to understand things
677
00:36:46,905 --> 00:36:50,840
10,000 years from now requires
incredibly imaginative thinking.
678
00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:54,476
COLLINS:
Symbols are universal, and thus,
679
00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:56,612
when we're looking
at hieroglyphs
680
00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,849
or petroglyphs on rock
681
00:36:59,952 --> 00:37:02,619
or geoglyphs,
682
00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:05,655
we have to also recognize
683
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:07,757
that there are
universal symbols.
684
00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:11,494
We may look at them today
and not be aware
685
00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:13,963
of exactly what they mean.
686
00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:16,900
Just possibly some of them
687
00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:21,605
could have been influenced
by external sources,
688
00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:25,007
non-terrestrial intelligences,
689
00:37:25,110 --> 00:37:28,445
perhaps even extraterrestrials.
690
00:37:28,547 --> 00:37:31,981
These messages
potentially contain
691
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,043
tremendous knowledge
for humanity.
692
00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:36,079
It could be something
very simple
693
00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:38,855
like "point yourselves
at this particular star system"
694
00:37:38,956 --> 00:37:42,192
or "meet us at this
particular time and place."
695
00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:44,827
And just imagine if
we don't get that message
696
00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,563
and don't make that meeting,
697
00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,699
or don't look to that
particular star system.
698
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,268
Humanity could be
in the balance.
699
00:37:54,306 --> 00:37:56,550
NARRATOR: Could it be that
the petroglyphs and geoglyphs
700
00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:58,307
found all over the world
701
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:00,976
are not only examples
of how early humans
702
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,911
communicated with each other,
703
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:07,050
but their attempt to replicate
a more sophisticated form
704
00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:09,152
of extraterrestrial language?
705
00:38:11,188 --> 00:38:13,556
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
706
00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:16,425
and believe the evidence
can be found
707
00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:19,596
by investigating UFO encounters
in which witnesses
708
00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:22,197
reported seeing
hieroglyphic writing
709
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,300
on alien spacecraft.
710
00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:30,217
NARRATOR:
Rendlesham Forest.
711
00:38:30,242 --> 00:38:32,375
Suffolk County, England.
712
00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:35,945
December 26, 1980.
713
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:40,215
Near an airbase leased
to the United States Air Force
714
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,885
by the R.A.F.,
715
00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:45,655
strange lights are reported
on the horizon.
716
00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:49,659
Two U.S. servicemen
are dispatched to the site
717
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,661
to investigate what they believe
718
00:38:51,762 --> 00:38:55,197
could be a possible
downed aircraft.
719
00:38:55,300 --> 00:39:00,170
Some U.S. servicemen
at a base called Woodbridge
720
00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,239
saw a strange light
over the forest
721
00:39:03,342 --> 00:39:05,275
and went to investigate,
722
00:39:05,376 --> 00:39:11,114
and in a clearing
came across this landed craft.
723
00:39:11,215 --> 00:39:15,985
One of them saw these
strange sequence of symbols
724
00:39:16,088 --> 00:39:18,355
upon the side of it.
725
00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:24,393
The object then rose up
and disappeared out of sight.
726
00:39:26,431 --> 00:39:28,697
What were these hieroglyphs?
727
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,001
Were we meant to see them?
Were we meant to record them?
728
00:39:33,105 --> 00:39:36,739
There are some very famous cases
729
00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:40,909
of hieroglyphs being seen
on the side
730
00:39:41,012 --> 00:39:45,280
of what appeared to be
flying saucers or UFOs.
731
00:39:45,384 --> 00:39:47,516
Another UFO incident
732
00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:51,987
where hieroglyphs were seen
on the side of a strange craft
733
00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:55,992
took place at Kecksburg,
in Pennsylvania.
734
00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:01,764
On December 9, 1965,
a fireball was seen
735
00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:05,101
streaking through the skies
of-of Michigan and Ontario
736
00:40:05,202 --> 00:40:09,371
and then crashing
in Pennsylvania.
737
00:40:09,474 --> 00:40:13,108
And this became known as
the Kecksburg UFO.
738
00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:15,711
But what they said
that they found
739
00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:19,148
on this bell-shaped object
740
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:24,052
were strange hieroglyphic
writing all along the base,
741
00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:28,891
very similar to the early
pictographs and petroglyphs
742
00:40:28,994 --> 00:40:31,561
and geoglyphs that we find
all over the world.
743
00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:35,632
NARRATOR: Could the details
of these and other UFO reports
744
00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:39,402
provide proof that
the geoglyphs and petroglyphs
745
00:40:39,503 --> 00:40:41,438
found all across the world
746
00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:45,974
were actually inspired by alien
encounters in the distant past?
747
00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:50,358
HEGG: I believe that
one day we will break
748
00:40:50,382 --> 00:40:53,916
the entire code of the
ancient language locked away
749
00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:57,853
in the petroglyphs, geoglyphs,
and even megaliths of the world.
750
00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,356
And in it, we may
find information
751
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,659
that is vital to mankind.
752
00:41:03,762 --> 00:41:05,862
When we're really
able to understand
753
00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:07,362
these geoglyphs and petroglyphs,
754
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:10,699
we may find that there is
a message for us
755
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:13,335
that we have been
missing all this time.
756
00:41:13,438 --> 00:41:14,971
One day, hopefully,
757
00:41:15,072 --> 00:41:19,275
we will find that knowledge
and know that message.
758
00:41:19,376 --> 00:41:22,445
It may be that there's a sort of
metaphysical time lock
759
00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:24,880
or a timeline for the decoding
760
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,594
of the petroglyphs
and geoglyphs.
761
00:41:26,617 --> 00:41:27,983
Maybe now is the time
762
00:41:28,085 --> 00:41:31,221
for us to fully understand
what those messages are.
763
00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:35,391
NARRATOR: Perhaps the keys
to breaking the alien code
764
00:41:35,494 --> 00:41:39,027
are all around us, and have been
hiding in plain sight
765
00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:41,965
for thousands of years.
766
00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:46,001
All we need to do to unlock
their mystery is to see them
767
00:41:46,103 --> 00:41:50,672
from the same perspective as
our extraterrestrial ancestors.
768
00:41:50,775 --> 00:41:53,809
We must look at them
from the sky.
62602
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