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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,349 --> 00:00:03,224 NARRATOR: Gateways to other dimensions. 2 00:00:04,024 --> 00:00:08,357 LOGAN HAWKES: To the Mayans, this represented the passageway to another world. 3 00:00:08,477 --> 00:00:11,468 NARRATOR: Hidden dwellings for strange beings. 4 00:00:12,074 --> 00:00:15,652 TIM R. SWARTZ: They were the first inhabitants of Planet Earth. 5 00:00:15,984 --> 00:00:19,517 NARRATOR: Secret vaults of cosmic knowledge. 6 00:00:19,637 --> 00:00:22,489 KEN JEREMIAH: It's almost as though they're opening a doorway 7 00:00:22,609 --> 00:00:25,919 to communicate with these divine beings. 8 00:00:26,696 --> 00:00:32,321 NARRATOR: Since the dawn of man, caves have been a source of great mystery. 9 00:00:32,573 --> 00:00:35,706 But could the darkest recesses of our planet 10 00:00:35,774 --> 00:00:38,872 really be hiding some mysterious power? 11 00:00:39,283 --> 00:00:41,639 And within their depths, 12 00:00:41,650 --> 00:00:45,994 might we find evidence of extraterrestrial visitors? 13 00:00:46,114 --> 00:00:51,070 DAVID CHILDRESS: In some ways, exploring the underground cavern world of Planet Earth 14 00:00:51,939 --> 00:00:54,592 is the final frontier. 15 00:00:54,889 --> 00:00:57,312 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world 16 00:00:57,335 --> 00:01:02,262 believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 17 00:01:02,263 --> 00:01:04,538 What if it were true? 18 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:10,071 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 19 00:01:10,191 --> 00:01:13,169 And if so, might there be a connection 20 00:01:13,170 --> 00:01:17,491 between aliens and the earth's forbidden caves? 21 00:01:30,502 --> 00:01:37,454 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 22 00:01:49,675 --> 00:01:54,385 Central India. July, 2014. 23 00:01:55,357 --> 00:01:58,844 While exploring caves in the region of Charama... 24 00:01:58,964 --> 00:02:05,121 which are known to contain prehistoric artwork dating as far back as 10,000 years... 25 00:02:05,453 --> 00:02:10,769 an Indian archaeologist, J.R. Bhagat, makes a stunning discovery. 26 00:02:12,518 --> 00:02:16,737 CHILDRESS: The Indian government and Times of India had a major story 27 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,470 about rock paintings found recently in Central India 28 00:02:21,481 --> 00:02:24,694 that seem to show these tall beings, 29 00:02:24,814 --> 00:02:27,712 and they do not seem to have a nose or a mouth, 30 00:02:27,723 --> 00:02:31,714 and nearby is this three-legged disk. 31 00:02:34,218 --> 00:02:36,161 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: The Times of India 32 00:02:36,173 --> 00:02:38,413 actually proposed the idea, 33 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:41,020 what if what we have depicted here 34 00:02:41,140 --> 00:02:43,785 are some type of extraterrestrials 35 00:02:43,786 --> 00:02:46,484 or at least some type of flying craft, 36 00:02:46,485 --> 00:02:52,632 because it's the basis for much of the Hindu pantheon of gods. 37 00:02:54,683 --> 00:02:57,586 NARRATOR: Ancient Hindu texts like the Vedas 38 00:02:57,587 --> 00:03:03,680 and the Puranas record stories about extraterrestrials existing on other planets, 39 00:03:04,606 --> 00:03:06,470 and the Mahabharata... 40 00:03:06,481 --> 00:03:09,740 one of ancient India's two major Sanskrit epics... 41 00:03:09,762 --> 00:03:14,919 contains stories about gods coming to Earth in flying machines. 42 00:03:16,646 --> 00:03:19,550 Even the legends specific to this region 43 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:23,540 tell of a mysterious race of beings known as the "rohela" 44 00:03:24,774 --> 00:03:29,725 who descended from the sky and abducted local villagers. 45 00:03:30,994 --> 00:03:34,652 Could the newly unearthed cave art be a visual record 46 00:03:34,675 --> 00:03:37,922 that extraterrestrials really visited here? 47 00:03:39,911 --> 00:03:43,363 GEORGE NOORY: There was an obsession of ancient human beings 48 00:03:43,387 --> 00:03:45,983 to depict things that they saw, 49 00:03:46,005 --> 00:03:49,424 and I think they did it with carvings on caves 50 00:03:49,446 --> 00:03:52,945 because that's what they saw. 51 00:03:55,175 --> 00:03:56,992 NARRATOR: But what is it about caves 52 00:03:57,004 --> 00:03:59,277 that made them the ideal canvases 53 00:03:59,278 --> 00:04:02,788 for ancient peoples to chronicle their experiences? 54 00:04:03,554 --> 00:04:08,492 WILLIAM HENRY: Caves are hugely significant in ancient mythology and legends, 55 00:04:08,493 --> 00:04:10,802 especially about the gods. 56 00:04:10,825 --> 00:04:14,608 They seem to be a kind of a luminal point, a boundary place 57 00:04:14,609 --> 00:04:16,507 where the gods and humans can meet. 58 00:04:18,885 --> 00:04:25,070 CHILDRESS: There is a whole hidden underground world of Planet Earth 59 00:04:25,081 --> 00:04:29,106 that we're only just now beginning to discover, 60 00:04:30,033 --> 00:04:32,102 and we don't know what's there. 61 00:04:32,222 --> 00:04:36,070 We could be discovering all kinds of amazing things, 62 00:04:36,081 --> 00:04:42,277 and it's possible that there are entire cities under the earth. 63 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:49,548 Whole cavern metropolises that are talked about in legends. 64 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:53,984 NARRATOR: But while ancient cave art 65 00:04:54,007 --> 00:04:58,351 often reveals the type of animals our earliest ancestors encountered 66 00:04:58,363 --> 00:05:00,180 and their means for hunting them, 67 00:05:00,226 --> 00:05:05,037 there is a surprising number of depictions of strange-looking figures and objects 68 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:09,371 that defy any conventional explanation. 69 00:05:11,258 --> 00:05:13,956 NICK REDFERN: In Australia, the Wondjina people, 70 00:05:13,967 --> 00:05:16,255 they painted images on their caves 71 00:05:16,529 --> 00:05:22,566 which eerily looks like the so-called Greys of alien abduction lore today. 72 00:05:24,339 --> 00:05:30,867 CHILDRESS: You have the strange petroglyphs in the Hoggar Mountains of Southern Algeria. 73 00:05:30,987 --> 00:05:35,083 You've got strange rock art, too, in the American Southwest, 74 00:05:35,203 --> 00:05:38,547 and when you look at it, and even have the natives explain it to you, 75 00:05:38,559 --> 00:05:41,680 they say things like, "Oh, yes, he's Martian god," or, 76 00:05:41,703 --> 00:05:45,213 "These are the star people coming from the sky." 77 00:05:49,774 --> 00:05:53,444 NARRATOR: How do we explain so many different cultures 78 00:05:53,467 --> 00:05:57,331 across thousands of years and thousands of miles 79 00:05:57,354 --> 00:06:01,321 producing such consistent visual representations? 80 00:06:02,156 --> 00:06:07,210 TSOUKALOS: The ones that were discovered in some of the African caves, 81 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:13,119 it's too similar to what has been discovered on every continent 82 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,567 for it to be complete coincidence. 83 00:06:15,590 --> 00:06:21,158 So, it's this whole idea of the spark of initial inspiration. 84 00:06:21,169 --> 00:06:22,885 What is it that they witnessed, 85 00:06:23,005 --> 00:06:29,150 and could it be that they witnessed extraterrestrials? 86 00:06:29,916 --> 00:06:32,637 REDFERN: One of the more intriguing aspects 87 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:35,724 of the cave paintings that seem to show aliens, 88 00:06:35,747 --> 00:06:38,525 is why are they inside caves? 89 00:06:38,548 --> 00:06:43,029 This has sort of given rise to the theory that maybe these aliens, 90 00:06:43,149 --> 00:06:47,442 perhaps, have permanent bases on the planet underground. 91 00:06:47,465 --> 00:06:51,923 Maybe ancient man saw them coming out of some of these caves and caverns 92 00:06:51,924 --> 00:06:58,293 and then realized there was a relationship between the aliens and the caves. 93 00:07:04,250 --> 00:07:07,932 NARRATOR: In ancient times, caves were places of shelter, 94 00:07:07,943 --> 00:07:11,934 but is it possible our ancestors were also using caves 95 00:07:11,957 --> 00:07:14,391 to record and protect information 96 00:07:14,511 --> 00:07:20,004 about extraterrestrial beings who played a role in our existence? 97 00:07:22,269 --> 00:07:29,895 Perhaps the answer can be found halfway around the world, in the American Southwest. 98 00:07:33,416 --> 00:07:35,394 The Grand Canyon. 99 00:07:35,623 --> 00:07:40,459 This epic, 277-mile-long, one-mile-deep fissure, 100 00:07:40,579 --> 00:07:44,952 exposes millions of years of geologic strata. 101 00:07:45,844 --> 00:07:48,691 Imprinted onto this dramatic landscape 102 00:07:48,714 --> 00:07:51,538 are petroglyphs that depict everyday life 103 00:07:51,549 --> 00:07:55,254 as experienced by the first inhabitants of the region. 104 00:07:56,249 --> 00:07:59,370 But in one of the most remote corners of the canyon 105 00:07:59,490 --> 00:08:04,663 is a small cave covered with artwork that mystifies experts. 106 00:08:05,155 --> 00:08:08,688 Some refer to it as the "Shaman's Panel" 107 00:08:08,808 --> 00:08:13,238 because it appears to depict scenes of the supernatural. 108 00:08:15,742 --> 00:08:21,825 CHILDRESS: All around the Grand Canyon are unusual sites and sacred sites, 109 00:08:22,648 --> 00:08:26,980 and then you have the Shaman's Panel there in the Grand Canyon, 110 00:08:26,992 --> 00:08:33,360 which seems to show these long, tall extraterrestrial type figures. 111 00:08:34,950 --> 00:08:39,716 NARRATOR: Like the strange looking beings found in the cave in Charama, India, 112 00:08:39,717 --> 00:08:42,380 the figures depicted on the Shaman's Panel 113 00:08:42,381 --> 00:08:46,371 are oddly elongated and are also thought to have been created 114 00:08:46,383 --> 00:08:49,663 as many as 10,000 years ago. 115 00:08:50,269 --> 00:08:54,305 And just as in Charama, the native Hopi people here 116 00:08:54,328 --> 00:08:59,690 also have detailed accounts of extraterrestrials who came down to Earth. 117 00:09:02,617 --> 00:09:05,177 CHILDRESS: In the Southwest, the Pueblo Indians, 118 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:07,396 such as the Zuni and... and the Hopi, 119 00:09:07,516 --> 00:09:12,175 believe that there is an entrance into an underground world 120 00:09:12,198 --> 00:09:15,045 and it is located in the Grand Canyon. 121 00:09:15,165 --> 00:09:18,418 And it's this mythological underworld, 122 00:09:18,441 --> 00:09:23,986 uh, of caves and extraterrestrials, the ant people. 123 00:09:26,215 --> 00:09:30,080 GARY A. DAVID: The Hopi have this concept of the ant people. 124 00:09:30,708 --> 00:09:36,242 The ant people are very thin. They have elongated heads. 125 00:09:37,579 --> 00:09:40,609 And the ancestral Hopi people 126 00:09:40,621 --> 00:09:43,673 did make pictures of these ant people 127 00:09:43,685 --> 00:09:46,406 which still survive today. 128 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:53,551 NARRATOR: Is it possible the rock art found here and elsewhere around the world 129 00:09:53,871 --> 00:09:57,656 is evidence that the earth's first inhabitants had contact 130 00:09:57,668 --> 00:10:00,114 with otherworldly beings? 131 00:10:00,377 --> 00:10:03,795 And if so, might there be some significance to the fact 132 00:10:03,806 --> 00:10:08,688 that many of these strange petroglyphs are found in and around caves? 133 00:10:09,191 --> 00:10:12,198 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 134 00:10:12,210 --> 00:10:14,599 and suggest further evidence can be found 135 00:10:14,719 --> 00:10:17,537 by examining the ritualistic practices 136 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:22,476 that continue to be performed inside caves even to this day. 137 00:10:27,940 --> 00:10:31,873 NARRATOR: The Himalayas, Northern India. 138 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:39,381 Every summer, hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims 139 00:10:39,418 --> 00:10:41,540 brave an arduous journey. 140 00:10:43,534 --> 00:10:46,482 They cross many miles of deadly terrain 141 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,885 to reach the Amarnath Cave... 142 00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:53,333 a place of worship for thousands of years. 143 00:10:56,924 --> 00:11:00,679 DAVID WILCOCK: 12,756 feet above sea level, 144 00:11:00,704 --> 00:11:01,950 in the Himalayas, 145 00:11:03,171 --> 00:11:06,475 is the most revered holy pilgrimage site 146 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,205 for all of the people who follow the Hindu faith. 147 00:11:13,016 --> 00:11:16,400 DK SHIMKHADA: People die because of high altitude sickness. 148 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:18,912 Others simply fall off the cliff. 149 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:22,176 And still people go there because 150 00:11:22,296 --> 00:11:26,736 it is considered to be the most holiest shrine. 151 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:32,042 NARRATOR: According to local lore, this massive cave 152 00:11:32,162 --> 00:11:35,901 is where the god Shiva realed the secrets of immortality 153 00:11:36,151 --> 00:11:39,704 and the creation of the universe to his wife Parvati. 154 00:11:40,215 --> 00:11:41,801 (crowd clamoring) 155 00:11:41,996 --> 00:11:43,563 To honor Shiva, 156 00:11:43,653 --> 00:11:47,431 worshippers pay their respects to a sacred relic inside, 157 00:11:48,822 --> 00:11:50,448 an ice lingam, 158 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:51,780 which they believe 159 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:55,524 is a physical manifestation of his generative power. 160 00:11:56,715 --> 00:12:00,224 WILCOCK: To reveal the secret to transcending the flesh, 161 00:12:00,434 --> 00:12:02,516 the secret to true immortality, 162 00:12:03,418 --> 00:12:08,859 makes that site of extreme importance to the people in the Hindu faith. 163 00:12:12,714 --> 00:12:17,279 NARRATOR: To the Hindu faithful who risk life and limb to reach the Amarnath Cave, 164 00:12:17,502 --> 00:12:20,202 this story is a real account 165 00:12:20,387 --> 00:12:22,244 of an otherworldly being 166 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:25,693 who was at this exact location here on Earth. 167 00:12:26,974 --> 00:12:28,637 But why would Lord Shiva 168 00:12:28,642 --> 00:12:31,599 choose to divulge his divine secrets in a cave? 169 00:12:33,556 --> 00:12:36,119 Could caves really hold special properties 170 00:12:36,174 --> 00:12:39,890 that have made them places of worship throughout history? 171 00:12:42,241 --> 00:12:44,769 Interestingly, the Amarnath Cave 172 00:12:44,829 --> 00:12:47,957 is only one of hundreds of caves around the world 173 00:12:48,077 --> 00:12:50,920 that have been at one time considered sacred. 174 00:12:52,131 --> 00:12:53,938 Archaeologists believe 175 00:12:54,008 --> 00:12:56,596 a 20-foot-long spentine rock carving 176 00:12:56,621 --> 00:12:58,573 in Botswana's Rhino Cave 177 00:12:58,693 --> 00:13:00,930 was the focus of religious ritual 178 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:04,153 as far back as 70,000 years ago. 179 00:13:05,865 --> 00:13:08,888 And cave monasteries can be found in France... 180 00:13:09,704 --> 00:13:10,765 Russia... 181 00:13:11,951 --> 00:13:13,228 Thailand... 182 00:13:14,063 --> 00:13:15,260 Ethiopia... 183 00:13:16,711 --> 00:13:17,682 and Hungary, 184 00:13:18,048 --> 00:13:19,404 just to name a few. 185 00:13:23,668 --> 00:13:25,580 REVEREND MICHAEL J.S. CARTER: I don't think that this is a coincidence 186 00:13:25,645 --> 00:13:29,533 that places of refuge, spiritual refuge, are inside caves. 187 00:13:29,653 --> 00:13:34,098 This is where one can contemplate, 188 00:13:34,218 --> 00:13:38,217 one can hear one's inner voice 189 00:13:38,337 --> 00:13:40,569 without the distractions of the day. 190 00:13:42,221 --> 00:13:44,528 JONATHAN YOUNG: One thing about caves is they're underground; 191 00:13:44,568 --> 00:13:46,450 they're unseen. Well, 192 00:13:46,490 --> 00:13:49,088 religion is about unseen things. 193 00:13:49,108 --> 00:13:52,256 Going into a cave is going into holy ground. 194 00:13:56,205 --> 00:13:58,673 NARRATOR: Is the mysterious nature of caves 195 00:13:58,693 --> 00:14:00,310 enough to explain 196 00:14:00,345 --> 00:14:03,193 why they have been revered as sacred places 197 00:14:03,228 --> 00:14:06,747 by different cultures and religions all over the world? 198 00:14:07,727 --> 00:14:10,070 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 199 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:12,357 there may be a more profound reason, 200 00:14:12,617 --> 00:14:13,773 which can be found 201 00:14:13,788 --> 00:14:17,462 by examining the stories behind our ancestors' rituals. 202 00:14:25,911 --> 00:14:28,934 Yucat�n, Mexico, 2008. 203 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:35,957 Mexican archaeologists exploring just outside the capital of Merida 204 00:14:36,197 --> 00:14:38,279 make an historic discovery: 205 00:14:38,504 --> 00:14:40,241 an aquatic underworld 206 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:44,271 full of mysterious offerings to the Mayan gods, including 207 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:46,284 human sacrifices. 208 00:14:48,256 --> 00:14:51,605 CHILDRESS: What they found was a system of 14 caves, 209 00:14:51,623 --> 00:14:54,818 and in them were stone temples, 210 00:14:54,873 --> 00:14:56,644 and they were all linked together. 211 00:14:56,764 --> 00:14:59,853 And it was thought that what they had discovered 212 00:14:59,878 --> 00:15:03,877 was the Mayan underworld known as Xibalba. 213 00:15:05,694 --> 00:15:08,872 YOUNG: Some of this work is underwater. Divers would have had to hold their breath 214 00:15:08,897 --> 00:15:12,000 and go down and do carving underwater to make this possible. 215 00:15:12,260 --> 00:15:14,633 They were very devout to be sure. 216 00:15:20,238 --> 00:15:23,267 NARRATOR: Central to the heavily Mayan ritualistic society 217 00:15:23,547 --> 00:15:28,062 was the belief that in order for them to rejoin the gods in the next life, 218 00:15:28,182 --> 00:15:32,381 the dead must make their way through a dark and *** journey. 219 00:15:33,002 --> 00:15:34,633 TSOUKALOS: In the mythology of the Maya, 220 00:15:34,658 --> 00:15:38,032 we have these incredible references to Xibalba, 221 00:15:38,082 --> 00:15:41,361 which means "the underworld." 222 00:15:42,727 --> 00:15:45,481 And we can read about it in the Popol Vuh, 223 00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:48,469 which is the book of the Jaguar priests. 224 00:15:53,629 --> 00:15:55,421 NARRATOR: Some historians believe 225 00:15:55,486 --> 00:15:58,044 that the caves discovered in 2008 226 00:15:58,229 --> 00:16:01,423 are indeed those caves that represented for the Maya 227 00:16:01,433 --> 00:16:04,867 the passageway to Xibalba... the underworld. 228 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,995 But ancient astronaut theorists propose 229 00:16:08,115 --> 00:16:11,158 Xibalba has a more cosmic connection. 230 00:16:12,410 --> 00:16:16,288 TSOUKALOS: One of the most famous code breakers... 231 00:16:16,604 --> 00:16:19,567 her name was Dr. Linda Schele. 232 00:16:21,574 --> 00:16:25,407 She dealt with the Maya language all her life. 233 00:16:25,527 --> 00:16:28,936 She is actually one of the people who have suggested 234 00:16:29,943 --> 00:16:33,636 that there is another meaning for Xibalba, 235 00:16:34,087 --> 00:16:35,844 and that's "the Milky Way." 236 00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:40,194 HAWKES: To the Mayans, who were very good astronomers, 237 00:16:40,239 --> 00:16:44,829 this represented the passageway to another world, Xibalba... 238 00:16:46,296 --> 00:16:49,024 the middle of the Milky Way. 239 00:16:51,512 --> 00:16:55,316 So when they refer to the underworld, they're actually referring 240 00:16:55,556 --> 00:16:57,113 to the sky above. 241 00:16:59,155 --> 00:17:03,099 WILCOCK: This suggests that the cave could be a portal, 242 00:17:04,841 --> 00:17:07,047 in which extraterrestrials 243 00:17:07,112 --> 00:17:10,075 are actually able to come and go freely 244 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,889 from their plane of existence to our own. 245 00:17:17,593 --> 00:17:20,876 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Mayan stories of Xibalba 246 00:17:20,996 --> 00:17:24,079 were not describing a passageway to the afterlife, 247 00:17:24,199 --> 00:17:27,313 but a portal to another part of the universe? 248 00:17:28,995 --> 00:17:31,488 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 249 00:17:31,558 --> 00:17:34,170 that caves have become places of ritual 250 00:17:34,290 --> 00:17:38,100 because they have a direct connection to extraterrestrials, 251 00:17:38,370 --> 00:17:41,233 and claim that further proof can be found 252 00:17:41,403 --> 00:17:46,213 by examining the mysterious Sky Caves of Nepal. 253 00:17:49,943 --> 00:17:53,009 NARRATOR: Shikoku Island, Japan. 254 00:17:53,129 --> 00:17:55,267 The eighth century AD. 255 00:17:57,164 --> 00:17:59,626 A young monk named Saeki Mao 256 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:02,384 was deep in the mountains doing his spiritual training 257 00:18:02,629 --> 00:18:07,764 when he decided to enter a small cave called Mikurodo and meditate. 258 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:10,828 While inside, he had an encounter 259 00:18:10,846 --> 00:18:13,812 that he would later credit with bringing him enlightenment, 260 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,954 and he emerged from the cave as Kukai... 261 00:18:18,074 --> 00:18:19,271 a high priest 262 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:23,070 who would become one of Japan's most important historical figures. 263 00:18:26,068 --> 00:18:30,503 JEREMIAH: Many Buddhists have reported enlightening experiences in caves. 264 00:18:30,568 --> 00:18:34,016 And one of the most famous stories involved the monk Kukai. 265 00:18:34,873 --> 00:18:37,745 He is the individual who brought esoteric Buddhism, 266 00:18:37,764 --> 00:18:40,304 Shingon Buddhism, to Japan from China, 267 00:18:40,523 --> 00:18:42,789 and according to his autobiography, 268 00:18:42,909 --> 00:18:46,092 he was meditating in a cave at Cape Muroto. 269 00:18:46,148 --> 00:18:48,907 And he had fixed his eyes on the morning star. 270 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:51,378 The morning star flew towards him, 271 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:53,706 entered his mouth 272 00:18:54,207 --> 00:18:56,684 and in front of him he saw an image 273 00:18:56,734 --> 00:18:59,005 of the Bodhisattva Akasagarbha. 274 00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:03,178 And Akasagarbha, in Japanese, is known as Kokuzo Bosatsu. 275 00:19:04,424 --> 00:19:08,121 So we have this spiritual being, surrounded by light... 276 00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:12,370 Perhaps he even used the light to travel there. 277 00:19:17,319 --> 00:19:18,739 NARRATOR: After this encounter, 278 00:19:18,859 --> 00:19:21,611 Kukai suddenly had great wisdom, 279 00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:24,121 including the ability to comprehend 280 00:19:24,140 --> 00:19:26,874 85,000 Buddhist texts. 281 00:19:27,130 --> 00:19:30,083 But what happened inside Mikurodo Cave 282 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:33,487 that allowed Kukai to enter this enlightened state? 283 00:19:34,132 --> 00:19:37,171 WM. MICHAEL MOTT: Kokuzo appeared to Kukai in the cave 284 00:19:37,291 --> 00:19:40,969 when he was in his trance and basically informed him that 285 00:19:41,019 --> 00:19:43,821 he was a conduit to the universe. 286 00:19:43,846 --> 00:19:47,031 And it channeled through his body and he could tell you anything about the stars, 287 00:19:47,151 --> 00:19:51,568 the planets. It's almost as if he were tapped into a database. 288 00:19:53,633 --> 00:19:56,955 JEREMIAH: Some even perceive that the cave is similar to a womb. 289 00:19:57,022 --> 00:19:59,915 So a human being enters as a normal mortal. 290 00:20:00,035 --> 00:20:03,756 They engage in ascetic or meditative discipline within the cave. 291 00:20:04,595 --> 00:20:07,998 And when they exit the cave, they're no longer a typical mortal, 292 00:20:08,029 --> 00:20:10,294 but they're more akin to a saint. 293 00:20:11,308 --> 00:20:13,304 Or even a Buddha. 294 00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:22,287 NARRATOR: But could the enlightenment found inside caves 295 00:20:22,494 --> 00:20:26,317 be coming from an extraterrestrial source inside the earth? 296 00:20:27,681 --> 00:20:30,753 Some ancient astronaut theorists say yes 297 00:20:30,873 --> 00:20:32,980 and suggest evidence of this 298 00:20:33,061 --> 00:20:37,015 might be found in the fabled nirvana known as Shambhala 299 00:20:37,384 --> 00:20:40,350 and the Sky Caves of Mustang in Nepal. 300 00:20:43,022 --> 00:20:46,100 JEREMIAH: Some say Shambhala is a mythical city 301 00:20:46,137 --> 00:20:49,065 that's located somewhere in the mountains in the Himalayas. 302 00:20:50,648 --> 00:20:53,620 Its inhabitants are supposed to be fully enlightened beings 303 00:20:53,833 --> 00:20:57,137 who have access to a great amount of technology, 304 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,896 which comes from the enlightenment itself. 305 00:21:02,146 --> 00:21:05,192 MOTT: Buddhism has always seen caves as more or less a conduit 306 00:21:05,248 --> 00:21:07,257 to altered states of consciousness. 307 00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:11,592 To other civilizations that may exist inside the earth. 308 00:21:15,027 --> 00:21:16,998 JEREMIAH: The Sky Caves in Mustang 309 00:21:17,118 --> 00:21:19,807 are interesting because they're a hundred 310 00:21:19,927 --> 00:21:22,060 or so man-made caves 311 00:21:22,097 --> 00:21:24,562 carved into the faces of cliffs. 312 00:21:24,869 --> 00:21:29,085 And are only accessible by these huge vertical shafts. 313 00:21:30,018 --> 00:21:32,201 And inside these caves, we have, 314 00:21:32,232 --> 00:21:34,903 huge statues of Buddhas, bodhisattvas. 315 00:21:41,804 --> 00:21:44,482 NARRATOR: And Buddhists are not alone in this belief. 316 00:21:45,158 --> 00:21:47,611 Hindus also revere caves 317 00:21:47,617 --> 00:21:50,651 as places where monks can go to find wisdom. 318 00:21:51,771 --> 00:21:55,237 MOTT: The Sadhu are Indian holy men who, basically, 319 00:21:55,294 --> 00:21:57,615 lead a life of depravation, 320 00:21:57,735 --> 00:21:59,879 self-imposed exile in caves 321 00:21:59,923 --> 00:22:03,432 so that they can enter these altered states of consciousness. 322 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:07,644 They definitely believe that caves are a conduit 323 00:22:07,713 --> 00:22:10,929 to communicating with non-human entities. 324 00:22:11,049 --> 00:22:13,763 JEREMIAH: It's almost as though they're opening a doorway 325 00:22:13,788 --> 00:22:17,555 into a spiritual consciousness in which they are able to communicate 326 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:21,953 with these divine beings and hopefully become divine themselves. 327 00:22:27,316 --> 00:22:29,649 NARRATOR: Other important figures throughout history 328 00:22:29,755 --> 00:22:32,458 also attribute their life-altering epiphanies 329 00:22:32,508 --> 00:22:35,993 to mysterious encounters that happened in caves. 330 00:22:36,850 --> 00:22:41,292 YOUNG: In the life of the great artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, 331 00:22:41,854 --> 00:22:47,284 he had some unusual but important experience at the mouth of a cave. 332 00:22:47,709 --> 00:22:50,237 Right after that, he disappeared for two years. 333 00:22:50,819 --> 00:22:56,306 And right after that, he began this spurt of creativity that was awesome. 334 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:03,164 In art and in science, he invented the first self-propelled vehicle and imagined flying machines. 335 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,818 ERICH VON DANIKEN: Joseph Smith wrote that an angel appeared to him 336 00:23:07,938 --> 00:23:12,035 with the name of Moroni in the year 1827. 337 00:23:12,604 --> 00:23:16,735 Told to Joseph Smith he should go to a certain little hill. 338 00:23:16,752 --> 00:23:19,180 He should pull the stone plate away, 339 00:23:19,368 --> 00:23:21,721 and inside he would find a cave. 340 00:23:21,841 --> 00:23:25,206 And in the cave he would find unknown writings. 341 00:23:26,007 --> 00:23:28,047 MOTT: As all good Mormons know, 342 00:23:28,309 --> 00:23:31,531 he found the golden tablets, which contained a vast amount of data. 343 00:23:37,595 --> 00:23:40,066 NARRATOR: Why are there so many accounts of humans 344 00:23:40,097 --> 00:23:43,676 having enlightening experiences inside caves? 345 00:23:44,915 --> 00:23:47,305 Is there something about caves themselves 346 00:23:47,361 --> 00:23:51,009 that facilitate such extraordinary experiences? 347 00:23:51,804 --> 00:23:53,574 Could it be that these people 348 00:23:53,643 --> 00:23:57,660 are coming into contact with an extraterrestrial presence? 349 00:23:58,417 --> 00:24:00,907 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 350 00:24:00,969 --> 00:24:06,075 that cosmic knowledge may be stored in the very walls of these caves themselves, 351 00:24:06,369 --> 00:24:10,104 and that the proof can be found in Central America 352 00:24:10,285 --> 00:24:13,163 1,000 feet underground. 353 00:24:21,385 --> 00:24:25,169 NARRATOR: Chihuahua, Mexico. April, 2000. 354 00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:31,707 Miners excavating 1,000 feet below the mineral-rich town of Naica 355 00:24:32,858 --> 00:24:36,786 drill through a cave wall and make a stunning discovery: 356 00:24:38,507 --> 00:24:41,872 a glittering cavern full of giant crystals 357 00:24:41,992 --> 00:24:44,193 that are half a million years old. 358 00:24:48,742 --> 00:24:50,825 HAWKES: The Cuevas des Cristales... 359 00:24:50,863 --> 00:24:54,254 or the Crystal Cave of Northern Mexico... is a very unique site. 360 00:24:55,211 --> 00:24:57,976 And we're talking crystals as big around as a car 361 00:24:57,989 --> 00:25:00,755 that stretched from the floor to the ceiling of the cavern. 362 00:25:01,605 --> 00:25:03,708 It's a remarkable thing to see. 363 00:25:05,197 --> 00:25:08,294 CHILDRESS: The incredible Cave of the Crystals in Mexico 364 00:25:08,362 --> 00:25:11,022 was just accidentally found, 365 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:15,645 and the discoverers were completely astounded 366 00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:18,711 with these giant gypsum crystals. 367 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,807 It's fantastic and reminds a person 368 00:25:25,838 --> 00:25:28,428 of the Fortress of Solitude of Superman, 369 00:25:28,441 --> 00:25:33,077 where all this information is encoded into these giant crystals. H 370 00:25:35,104 --> 00:25:36,981 AWKES: Now, the significance of this 371 00:25:37,006 --> 00:25:39,696 is extremely important to the indigenous people 372 00:25:39,759 --> 00:25:42,824 of Northern Mexico... in fact, all of Mesoamerica... 373 00:25:42,944 --> 00:25:46,384 in that the crystals themselves were considered sacred. 374 00:25:48,023 --> 00:25:49,393 They vibrated. 375 00:25:49,775 --> 00:25:53,297 And they believed there was also some properties involved in crystals 376 00:25:53,347 --> 00:25:56,369 that would provide them a way to communicate with the gods. 377 00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:01,925 MOTT: Many ancient myths tell us that there are magical apparatus 378 00:26:01,944 --> 00:26:04,021 that are made out of rock or stone or crystal. 379 00:26:06,061 --> 00:26:08,883 JASON MARTELL: If we look at the properties of many of the caverns and caves, 380 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,949 we see that there's usually some type of lining of crystal or quartz, 381 00:26:12,981 --> 00:26:17,366 and we know that crystal has a vast ability to store information. 382 00:26:17,522 --> 00:26:20,463 Maybe some of these caves are actually storing information 383 00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:23,566 and that ancient people who meditate in caverns 384 00:26:23,597 --> 00:26:26,025 are tapping into this knowledge. 385 00:26:29,084 --> 00:26:31,693 NARRATOR: Might caves that are rich in quartz or crystal 386 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:36,304 really possess some special power that our ancestors were aware of? 387 00:26:37,154 --> 00:26:39,595 Ancient astronaut theorists point out 388 00:26:40,321 --> 00:26:41,890 that the scientists today 389 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:47,184 are discovering that crystals do, in fact, have very unique properties. 390 00:26:48,979 --> 00:26:51,557 MICHAEL DENNIN: Quartz and other crystalline structures 391 00:26:51,677 --> 00:26:54,340 oscillate on incredibly well-defined frequencies 392 00:26:54,372 --> 00:26:56,161 when you hit them mechanically, 393 00:26:56,211 --> 00:26:58,389 and they can be activated 394 00:26:58,407 --> 00:27:02,024 electrically through an effect known as the piezoelectric effect. 395 00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:03,825 So you can put quartz in a watch 396 00:27:03,857 --> 00:27:07,516 and use it as a very accurate timekeeping device. 397 00:27:07,998 --> 00:27:12,566 So quartz could be used in conducting or communicating certain signals. 398 00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:16,126 NARRATOR: In the Silicon Valley of California, 399 00:27:16,246 --> 00:27:19,880 quartz is used to manufacture the small integrated circuits 400 00:27:19,897 --> 00:27:21,412 found in computers 401 00:27:21,532 --> 00:27:24,415 because of its strong semiconducting properties. 402 00:27:25,517 --> 00:27:30,146 Computer chips are also made with a form of the mineral quartzite, 403 00:27:30,183 --> 00:27:32,605 which is a highly-condensed form of quartz. 404 00:27:33,725 --> 00:27:36,214 Today, computer engineers 405 00:27:36,233 --> 00:27:39,092 are working on how to physically manipulate crystals 406 00:27:39,116 --> 00:27:42,652 so that digital data can be stored inside them forever. 407 00:27:43,947 --> 00:27:46,969 The media has dubbed these hard drives of the future 408 00:27:47,089 --> 00:27:49,534 "Superman memory crystals." 409 00:27:52,156 --> 00:27:54,896 DENNIN: So, Superman is one of our superheroes 410 00:27:54,927 --> 00:27:57,543 who came from outer space. He came from the planet Krypton. 411 00:27:57,549 --> 00:28:00,309 It was in the process of being destroyed, so his parents 412 00:28:00,334 --> 00:28:03,368 saved him and sent him in a spaceship to our planet. 413 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,559 One of the interesting things in the Superman story 414 00:28:06,577 --> 00:28:09,925 is that his father was able to program a crystal 415 00:28:09,963 --> 00:28:11,614 that traveled with him 416 00:28:11,627 --> 00:28:15,086 that he was able to use to construct the Fortress of Solitude. 417 00:28:15,111 --> 00:28:17,420 And it was basically a crystal structure, 418 00:28:17,476 --> 00:28:21,311 essentially a cave, where he could both get away from things 419 00:28:21,355 --> 00:28:25,360 and he could use the crystals in there to get information. 420 00:28:25,641 --> 00:28:29,239 So one of the things that's interesting in the Fortress of Solitude 421 00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:32,311 is the way that the quartz technology, 422 00:28:32,323 --> 00:28:35,364 or the crystal technology, seems to be underlying everything. 423 00:28:35,395 --> 00:28:39,531 And so a future that we're looking at is using light in computing. 424 00:28:39,975 --> 00:28:42,409 You have to figure out ways to trap light 425 00:28:42,453 --> 00:28:45,324 and to store it, basically to create bits on and off 426 00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:47,577 and have the light last long enough t 427 00:28:47,608 --> 00:28:50,317 hat the signal stays there and the memory is stored. 428 00:28:55,391 --> 00:28:57,425 NARRATOR: Was the power of crystals 429 00:28:57,669 --> 00:29:00,384 something the ancients not only knew about 430 00:29:00,452 --> 00:29:05,195 but utilized by building structures that would harness and transmit it? 431 00:29:05,601 --> 00:29:10,587 MARTELL: A lot of the pyramids had either granite or some type of crystal-lined surface. 432 00:29:10,656 --> 00:29:12,928 For instance, Giza, those great pyramids were 433 00:29:12,946 --> 00:29:17,050 topped with an obelisk made of shiny granite crystal. 434 00:29:18,796 --> 00:29:22,781 And when we look at an obelisk, it very much resembles some type of power rod, 435 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,651 maybe a Tesla coil. 436 00:29:27,929 --> 00:29:31,007 Ancient times, the obelisk was always a symbol of power. 437 00:29:31,076 --> 00:29:33,992 Maybe this wasn't just emotional power but actual 438 00:29:34,035 --> 00:29:38,133 physical power that was being harnessed by these objects. 439 00:29:40,692 --> 00:29:42,453 HENRY: Crystals are transformers. 440 00:29:42,468 --> 00:29:44,101 They hold energy. 441 00:29:44,289 --> 00:29:47,660 And, indeed, caves are thought of as "hot spots," 442 00:29:47,685 --> 00:29:51,433 where you have Earth energy emerging from the planet. 443 00:29:56,383 --> 00:29:58,071 NARRATOR: If scientists today 444 00:29:58,103 --> 00:30:01,105 are looking into the technological uses for crystal, 445 00:30:01,325 --> 00:30:05,367 is it possible that there are extraterrestrial civilizations 446 00:30:05,410 --> 00:30:07,963 that have already mastered this technology? 447 00:30:10,027 --> 00:30:12,774 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 448 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:15,827 and that the mineral properties found inside caves 449 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:20,200 have enabled some of the world's most astounding miracles. 450 00:30:27,777 --> 00:30:29,172 NARRATOR: Bethlehem. 451 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,048 The Church of the Nativity, built around 330 AD 452 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,952 by the first Christian Roman emperor Constantine, 453 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:43,874 is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, 454 00:30:46,677 --> 00:30:50,231 having survived invasions, regime changes, 455 00:30:50,256 --> 00:30:52,552 fires, and earthquakes. 456 00:30:54,698 --> 00:30:59,227 Many claim that the church is protected by a higher power, 457 00:30:59,715 --> 00:31:03,795 because it sits above a cave that some Bible scholars believe 458 00:31:03,915 --> 00:31:07,661 to be the true birthplace of Jesus Christ. 459 00:31:09,732 --> 00:31:12,204 MICHAEL GERVERS: There are many books about the story of Christ's life, 460 00:31:12,222 --> 00:31:13,623 Jesus' life, 461 00:31:13,823 --> 00:31:16,013 which never made their way into the Bible, 462 00:31:16,063 --> 00:31:18,906 and one of them was called the Protoevangelium of James. 463 00:31:20,038 --> 00:31:23,166 And in that story, Joseph and Mary are approaching Bethlehem, 464 00:31:23,191 --> 00:31:25,199 and Mary says, "I'm going to give birth." 465 00:31:25,212 --> 00:31:28,628 And he thinks for a minute. He said, "Ah, I know a cave near here." 466 00:31:29,060 --> 00:31:33,007 And they're met at the entrance to the cave by a brilliant light. 467 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:38,363 And when the light dissipates, there is Mary holding Christ in her arms. 468 00:31:39,527 --> 00:31:41,635 And if you look at Byzantine painting, 469 00:31:41,679 --> 00:31:45,251 the Nativity is always represented in a cave. 470 00:31:46,878 --> 00:31:49,124 NARRATOR: According to the Gospel of Luke, 471 00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:53,053 Mary gives birth and places the baby Jesus in a manger, 472 00:31:53,260 --> 00:31:56,632 but no actual location for the Nativity is given. 473 00:31:57,795 --> 00:31:59,415 It is known, however, 474 00:31:59,535 --> 00:32:03,920 that caves at the time were commonly used as shelter for livestock. 475 00:32:06,679 --> 00:32:08,626 HENRY: Going back to the third century, they... 476 00:32:08,663 --> 00:32:11,798 they started this idea that he was actually born in a cave. 477 00:32:13,330 --> 00:32:17,789 But then they also describe the tomb of resurrection as a cave, 478 00:32:17,909 --> 00:32:20,118 as a simple hollowed-out room 479 00:32:20,143 --> 00:32:23,165 that had this circular stone at the entranceway. 480 00:32:23,634 --> 00:32:26,906 GERVERS: The Bible does make a point that when Christ was taken from the cross, 481 00:32:26,956 --> 00:32:29,928 then he's buried in a rock-cut tomb. 482 00:32:30,153 --> 00:32:34,019 KATHLEEN McGOWAN COPPENS: There does seem to be a mystical environment here, 483 00:32:34,063 --> 00:32:36,559 this idea of a cave being a place 484 00:32:36,578 --> 00:32:39,111 where someone who is of divinity comes 485 00:32:39,231 --> 00:32:41,520 and someone who is of divinity leaves. 486 00:32:41,733 --> 00:32:45,430 So it's almost as if passages are happening in caves. 487 00:32:45,950 --> 00:32:49,866 ROBERT MULLINS: Constantine's building program of churches in the Holy Land 488 00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:53,506 began by building churches over caves 489 00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:56,046 associated with key mysteries of the faith. 490 00:32:56,115 --> 00:33:00,495 He built a church over the site of Jesus' birth. 491 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,662 He built a church over the site of Jesus' crucifixion, 492 00:33:04,694 --> 00:33:07,584 where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands today. 493 00:33:07,772 --> 00:33:10,500 And he built a church on the Mount of Olives 494 00:33:10,544 --> 00:33:15,668 over a cave associated with the site of his ascension into heaven. 495 00:33:20,154 --> 00:33:24,452 NARRATOR: Is there some significance to the fact that both Jesus' birthplace 496 00:33:24,476 --> 00:33:28,294 and resurrection may have occurred inside caves? 497 00:33:29,063 --> 00:33:32,341 Some ancient astronaut theorists say yes 498 00:33:32,404 --> 00:33:35,463 and claim there may even be physical evidence 499 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:37,640 that what happened within these caves 500 00:33:37,678 --> 00:33:40,418 was something other than miraculous. 501 00:33:40,538 --> 00:33:43,302 McGOWAN: The Shroud of Turin is certainly the most important 502 00:33:43,315 --> 00:33:44,860 relic of the Resurrection, 503 00:33:44,897 --> 00:33:49,290 this extraordinary imprint of the crucified body on this cloth 504 00:33:49,302 --> 00:33:53,081 that no one has ever been able to accurately explain or reproduce. 505 00:33:53,201 --> 00:33:55,270 MOTT: Jesus was in the tomb, and 506 00:33:55,295 --> 00:33:57,798 some believe there was an intense burst of energy 507 00:33:57,918 --> 00:34:00,833 which created what we now call the Shroud of Turin, 508 00:34:01,515 --> 00:34:04,806 some form of radiation which was very intense and powerful. 509 00:34:05,450 --> 00:34:07,783 McGOWAN: We know with 21st century technology 510 00:34:07,802 --> 00:34:10,999 that the Shroud of Turin is a first century garment. 511 00:34:11,287 --> 00:34:13,471 And we know beyond a shadow of a doubt 512 00:34:13,509 --> 00:34:16,612 that it could not have been painted or in any way created. 513 00:34:16,668 --> 00:34:20,228 So the Shroud of Turin gives us this exceptional piece of evidence 514 00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:23,851 that something powerful happened in that tomb. 515 00:34:24,364 --> 00:34:26,698 MOTT: And when people came to see him the next day 516 00:34:26,723 --> 00:34:28,950 to view his body, he was gone. 517 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:33,366 Two shining beings, nonhuman beings, 518 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,919 met these two witnesses outside the tomb 519 00:34:35,950 --> 00:34:38,546 and informed them that Christ had arisen 520 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:40,348 and that he had departed. 521 00:34:40,986 --> 00:34:44,008 HENRY: It's possible that that cave was acting as a sort of a 522 00:34:44,014 --> 00:34:46,485 gateway or a portal, because 523 00:34:46,510 --> 00:34:51,096 in many of these stories, the caves link earth and heaven. 524 00:34:58,823 --> 00:35:00,525 NARRATOR: Could the Shroud of Turin 525 00:35:00,569 --> 00:35:04,198 really be evidence that something of a technological 526 00:35:04,223 --> 00:35:08,014 as well as a spiritual nature took place in the cave 527 00:35:08,027 --> 00:35:11,068 where many believe Jesus was resurrected? 528 00:35:15,153 --> 00:35:17,900 Reports of humans encountering the divine 529 00:35:17,919 --> 00:35:21,472 in or near caves come from all corners of the globe 530 00:35:21,516 --> 00:35:23,800 going back thousands of years. 531 00:35:26,339 --> 00:35:30,018 CARTER: We look at the prophet Mohammad at Mount Hira. 532 00:35:30,081 --> 00:35:33,772 He's in a mountain in a cave. He's praying and meditating. 533 00:35:33,892 --> 00:35:35,824 He hears the voice of Gabriel. 534 00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:41,511 "Iqra, Iqra," which means "to "recite, recite." And so, 535 00:35:41,768 --> 00:35:43,576 he recites the Koran. 536 00:35:44,677 --> 00:35:48,668 According to the Hebrew tradition the prophet Elijah, 537 00:35:48,706 --> 00:35:54,487 who existed around nine BCE, lived in a cave. 538 00:35:58,453 --> 00:36:01,064 ROBERT CARGILL: According to Greek mythology, Zeus was born 539 00:36:01,132 --> 00:36:02,801 in a cave. 540 00:36:05,704 --> 00:36:09,814 And caves are often understood, in religious traditions, 541 00:36:09,858 --> 00:36:12,117 to be gateways to the underworld. 542 00:36:12,779 --> 00:36:17,434 So, caves are worshipped throughout the Mediterranean, 543 00:36:17,715 --> 00:36:21,263 usually because a god is associated with that cave. 544 00:36:21,288 --> 00:36:24,666 A god is worshipped in a cave or in a grotto. 545 00:36:29,559 --> 00:36:31,536 NARRATOR: Could the stories of Zeus, 546 00:36:31,549 --> 00:36:34,320 Muhammad, and even Jesus 547 00:36:34,683 --> 00:36:38,336 be evidence that the world's subterranean caverns 548 00:36:38,543 --> 00:36:42,071 might be portals that connect us to other realms, 549 00:36:42,109 --> 00:36:45,117 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 550 00:36:46,143 --> 00:36:48,251 Perhaps the answer will be found 551 00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:50,822 with new cutting-edge technology 552 00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:53,832 designed to uncover secrets in cave walls 553 00:36:53,869 --> 00:36:56,984 not visible to the naked eye. 554 00:37:02,051 --> 00:37:06,337 NARRATOR: Santa Monica, California, 2014. 555 00:37:06,775 --> 00:37:09,033 Here at xRez Studio, 556 00:37:09,153 --> 00:37:12,894 visualization artists Greg Downing and Eric Hanson 557 00:37:12,950 --> 00:37:15,765 are pioneering the use of photogrammetry 558 00:37:15,885 --> 00:37:17,886 and special effects software 559 00:37:18,161 --> 00:37:23,861 to assist archaeologists in the global effort to decipher ancient cave art. 560 00:37:27,014 --> 00:37:29,217 GREG DOWNING: We use a combination of technues 561 00:37:29,229 --> 00:37:31,569 from the fields of computational photography 562 00:37:31,594 --> 00:37:35,304 and graphics in order to help the archaeologists reveal 563 00:37:35,317 --> 00:37:38,883 information difficult to see just with basic vision when you're there. 564 00:37:39,214 --> 00:37:42,700 NARRATOR: The team recently traveled to the Grand Canyon 565 00:37:42,731 --> 00:37:47,092 to compile a massive, in-depth photographic compilation 566 00:37:47,161 --> 00:37:49,776 of the collection of strange petroglyphs known 567 00:37:49,795 --> 00:37:51,553 as the Shaman's Panel. 568 00:37:51,673 --> 00:37:54,480 ERIC HANSON: We were drawn to the panel for two primary aspects. 569 00:37:54,512 --> 00:37:56,107 One was the rich layering 570 00:37:56,176 --> 00:37:58,403 of the anthropomorphic figures. 571 00:37:58,428 --> 00:38:00,405 And two is the kind of evocative, 572 00:38:00,525 --> 00:38:03,171 surreal nature of their composition. 573 00:38:05,348 --> 00:38:08,858 DOWNING: This cave is maybe, like, five or six feet deep. 574 00:38:08,864 --> 00:38:11,535 So, by using a photogrammetric technique, 575 00:38:11,578 --> 00:38:14,838 we were able to get the detail across the entire painting. 576 00:38:17,516 --> 00:38:19,850 HANSON: The nice thing about this technique is, 577 00:38:19,856 --> 00:38:23,185 we can separate the different dyes and minerals that are used. 578 00:38:23,203 --> 00:38:26,751 And in this case, now we can kind of see the layering expressed, 579 00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:31,237 we can see figures that are simply lost by the naked eye. 580 00:38:34,672 --> 00:38:36,462 DOWNING: Yeah, that brings it out. 581 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:39,402 Yeah, it's a complete difference. 582 00:38:45,358 --> 00:38:48,418 NARRATOR: Could modern techniques one day uncover 583 00:38:48,468 --> 00:38:52,291 even more details about what ancient people really saw 584 00:38:52,309 --> 00:38:55,137 and hoped to communicate with rock art? 585 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,986 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe 586 00:38:59,029 --> 00:39:03,290 one compelling clue that modern researchers might be on the right track 587 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:05,486 can be found, oddly enough, 588 00:39:05,606 --> 00:39:07,757 in contemporary America. 589 00:39:11,643 --> 00:39:14,639 "March, 1945. 590 00:39:15,071 --> 00:39:19,113 Amazing Stories magazine publishes an article entitled 591 00:39:19,131 --> 00:39:21,021 "I Remember Lemuria!" 592 00:39:21,978 --> 00:39:26,733 But according to the author, this is the first piece to appear in the science fiction magazine 593 00:39:26,853 --> 00:39:29,305 that is not fiction at all 594 00:39:29,956 --> 00:39:35,055 but an actual account of his own alien abduction. 595 00:39:36,688 --> 00:39:40,223 REDFERN: Richard Shaver was a man who surfaced decades ago 596 00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:43,789 with a story of underground entities 597 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:46,229 that were very hostile to the human race. 598 00:39:47,174 --> 00:39:51,849 Terrible creatures that would kidnap and kill members of the human race. 599 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:55,220 SWARTZ: They were the first inhabitants of Planet Earth. 600 00:39:55,232 --> 00:39:58,104 When the sun became radioactive, 601 00:39:58,454 --> 00:40:01,683 these people could no longer live on the surface. 602 00:40:02,365 --> 00:40:04,911 Some left in their spaceships. 603 00:40:04,930 --> 00:40:07,020 Others went underground. 604 00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:14,515 NARRATOR: Could Richard Shaver's account 605 00:40:14,540 --> 00:40:18,938 of underground extraterrestrials abducting humans be true? 606 00:40:19,778 --> 00:40:24,218 Shaver proposed that the alien race that once populated the earth 607 00:40:24,249 --> 00:40:27,152 had developed highly-specialized equipment 608 00:40:27,272 --> 00:40:30,530 that allowed them to embed multifaceted imagery 609 00:40:30,536 --> 00:40:31,788 into stones. 610 00:40:33,471 --> 00:40:37,475 BRIAN TUCKER: Richard Shaver believed that he had made the greatest discovery 611 00:40:37,494 --> 00:40:39,346 in the history of mankind 612 00:40:39,371 --> 00:40:42,687 about the true nature of intelligent life on Earth. 613 00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:52,522 So, this is an original Shaver photograph of a rock book. 614 00:40:53,029 --> 00:40:55,556 And this multidimensional way 615 00:40:55,575 --> 00:40:59,304 of making images in the rock books was something that Shaver saw 616 00:40:59,329 --> 00:41:04,309 as a real sign of the superior intelligence of the ancient races. 617 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,521 Shaver believed that these weren't mere rocks with random patterns, 618 00:41:09,546 --> 00:41:13,819 that these were actually deliberately manufactured artifacts 619 00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:17,660 by the ancient races who had been here 620 00:41:17,673 --> 00:41:22,158 30,000, 100,000, who knows how many years ago. 621 00:41:22,834 --> 00:41:26,037 NARRATOR: Might Richard Shaver have actually discovered 622 00:41:26,157 --> 00:41:31,499 real physical evidence that extraterrestrials have been here on Planet Earth 623 00:41:31,619 --> 00:41:34,265 and might still be here today? 624 00:41:35,297 --> 00:41:38,613 SWARTZ: Whether or not Richard Shaver's stories are true, 625 00:41:38,733 --> 00:41:42,523 it does dovetail with legends across this planet 626 00:41:42,554 --> 00:41:46,834 of a race of beings that either created humankind, 627 00:41:46,954 --> 00:41:50,275 or were, at least, our ancestors 628 00:41:50,306 --> 00:41:53,428 that had a superior technology. 629 00:41:54,535 --> 00:41:57,307 REDFERN: If we're looking for extraterrestrials, 630 00:41:57,427 --> 00:42:01,042 ironically, the heavens above might not be the best place to look. 631 00:42:01,054 --> 00:42:04,470 We should perhaps even be looking deep below our feet. 632 00:42:04,590 --> 00:42:05,922 CHILDRESS: In some ways, 633 00:42:06,042 --> 00:42:12,016 exploring the underground cavern world of Planet Earth is the final frontier. 634 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,502 NARRATOR: Is it possible 635 00:42:16,539 --> 00:42:19,517 that some of the world's most mysterious caves 636 00:42:19,580 --> 00:42:22,990 really are home to extraterrestrial beings? 637 00:42:24,304 --> 00:42:27,107 Could it be that the knowledge of the universe 638 00:42:27,132 --> 00:42:31,181 has been left for us to discover right here on Earth, 639 00:42:31,206 --> 00:42:33,965 once we have the technology to unlock it? 640 00:42:34,297 --> 00:42:37,507 And might the crystals found within cave walls 641 00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:40,535 not only tell us where we came from, 642 00:42:41,035 --> 00:42:43,113 but even provide the technology 643 00:42:43,138 --> 00:42:46,942 to access the most distant corners of the universe? 644 00:42:47,130 --> 00:42:49,651 Perhaps one day we will find proof 645 00:42:49,676 --> 00:42:52,366 that there is life beyond our planet 646 00:42:52,569 --> 00:42:55,572 by searching deep within it. 647 00:42:55,692 --> 00:42:58,944 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 648 00:42:58,994 --> 00:43:03,544 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 56353

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