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[thunder roaring]

NARRATOR: Powerful monarchs.

Ramesses felt that he
should have absolute control

over everything.

NARRATOR: Ruling
by divine right.

Tracing royal lineage back to a god

implies great wisdom,
almost celestial power.

NARRATOR: Centuries-old
dynasties.

Amassing enormous wealth.

The royal family is one of the
most successful organizations

in the world.

NARRATOR: And legendary leaders
wielding powerful weapons

of mass destruction.

What we're being told that this was

extraterrestrial technology.

NARRATOR: Did the
power and authority

of the world's great kings
come from mortal deeds?

Or was it granted from
otherworldly sources?

The rulers saw themselves
as direct descendants of gods.

And those gods, apparently,
were extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Millions of
people around the world

believe we have been visited in the past

by extraterrestrial beings.

What if it were true?

Did ancient aliens really
help to shape our history?

And if so, might they have
guided us through our emperors,

kings, and pharaohs?

[music playing]

[trumpet playing]

NARRATOR: Westminster
Abbey, London.

June 2, 1953.

27-year-old Elizabeth Alexandra Mary

is crowned Queen Elizabeth II of England.

She has inherited the British
throne following the death

of her father, King George VI.

During the coronation
ceremony the young monarch

swears to uphold the laws of God and is

anointed with sacred oil.

It is an initiation ritual
that has remained unchanged

for more than a thousand years.

DAVID WILCOCK: There is a
very interesting connection

between the Bible and
the British monarchy.

So when you actually examine
the oath that the family would

swear to, it describes the
Bible as the oracles of God.

It is said in the divine right of kings

that God chose and
appointed these rulers.

NARRATOR: Throughout
human history,

powerful monarchs have created laws,

fought wars, and explored
vast regions of the globe.

They have also used the
wealth of their lands

to wield enormous power.

And all while claiming that
they received their authority

from an even higher otherworldly origin.

TOK THOMPSON: This is something
we see a lot in highly

stratified societies.

This belief that the royalty
actually was a different sort

of person than the common man.

And that, therefore, this somehow

justified their position at
the top of the hierarchy.

And this is usually done religiously

to say that in a sense
the kings, or the rulers,

or the pharaohs, or whoever,
were to some degree divine.

ANDREW COLLINS: But there is no
question that those in control

believed that they had the
connection with the divine,

they had the connection with the gods,

they had the connection
with the other world.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that
ancient rulers were, in fact,

connected to divine, or some would

say extraterrestrial forces?

And if so, how?

And what was their purpose?

According to ancient astronaut
theorists, part of the answer

can be found by looking into
the extraordinary origins

of the Egyptian pharaohs.

Abu Simbel, Egypt.

Here on the western bank of Lake Nasser

are two massive rock temples.

Carved out of the mountainside, they

were built during the
reign of Pharaoh Ramesses.

II in the 13th century BC.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
Ramesses II, also known

as Ramesses the Great, was probably

the greatest of the builders of
the ancient Egyptian pharaohs.

He did this basically to impress
upon everybody just how great

he was.

[music playing]

ANDREW COLLINS: What he created
was a series of absolutely

gigantic statues of
himself and certain gods,

which formed the entrance into a rock

cut series of inner
temples, shrines, and rooms.

[music playing]

ROBERT BAUVAL: Ramesses
is forever here.

When one comes here, you
almost feel him around.

He leaves this great temple
here so that he could constantly

communicate with his cosmic after-world

and his earthly domain.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Within the
main temple of Abu.

Simbel are statues of Ramesses depicted

not just as a mortal king and warrior,

but as the Egyptian god
of the afterlife, Osiris.

According to the Pyramid Texts,
ancient Egyptian religious

writings that date back
to the 24th century BC,

Osiris was the offspring of
the earth god, Geb, and the sky

goddess, Nut, and often
portrayed as green-skinned.

He was considered to be a
wise and beloved ruler who

married his sister,
Isis, and was murdered

by his brother, Set.

ROBERT BAUVAL: Osiris
and Set were in conflict.

The story goes that Set, being
jealous of his more successful

brother, kills him.

And cuts his body into 14 pieces.

Isis, in despair, collects the bodies

and performs the first magical
ritual of resurrection.

JONATHAN YOUNG: Isis,
the wife and sister,

finds a way to revive
Osiris briefly and conceive

a son, the son as a god, the god Horus.

ROBERT BAUVAL: Horus goes
up and avenges his father,

defeats Set, and becomes the first Horus.

King of the land of Egypt,
the cosmic land of Egypt,

the land of the gods.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that
Ramesses II was, as he claimed,

an actual physical descendant of Osiris?

And if the legends are to be believed,

does this lineage suggest
that Ramesses was, in fact,

an extra terrestrial hybrid...

Part human, part so-called god?

ROBERT SCHOCH: As pharaoh,
Ramesses considered himself

the embodiment of Horus.

Essentially the sun god on
Earth during his lifetime.

And then once he passed
on to the afterlife,

he became essentially one with the gods,

forming his rightful place
in the everlasting pantheons

of the gods.

JONATHAN YOUNG:
The myth of Osiris

was extremely important
in the credibility

of the rulers of Egypt.

Every pharaoh saw himself as
a reincarnation of Horus...

The god of the daylight,
the god of life...

And a personification of
Osiris, the god of the unseen

and the underworld the afterlife.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS: And so
consequently the reason

in ancient Egypt that
the pharaoh had the right

to tell you exactly what to do and you

had to obey him was because he was

a direct descendant of a god.

In fact, a demigod himself.

NARRATOR: Was Ramesses II's
otherworldly connection

the reason he became one of
the most powerful pharaohs

in ancient Egypt?

And what does this say about
Egypt's other legendary rulers?

Could they have been,
as their legends claim,

actual descendants of
extraterrestrial beings?

According to researchers,
additional evidence

can be found in the design and
construction of the Abu Simbel

temples.

ROBERT BAUVAL: We're in
the [inaudible] hall.

Amazing how they carve this
out of the living rock.

Slowly cutting, slowly fashioning.

And they produced this.

It's extraordinary.

NARRATOR: The
temple at Abu Simbel

was built with astonishing precision.

Twice a year, light from the
morning sun travelled down

the entire expanse of the temple
cave to the very back wall,

illuminating the statue
of Ramesses seated amongst

the gods.

ANDREW COLLINS: Ramesses
saw himself as a living god.

And because of this, he felt that he

should have this absolute
control over everything.

That he himself could even get the sun

to shine in this way as if the sun

itself was working on behalf of him.

NARRATOR: But how and why
did Ramesses design and build

such a sophisticated structure
more than 3,000 years ago?

Was it designed to channel some
cosmic or otherworldly power?

JONATHAN YOUNG: The world of the
spirit and the world of matter

seemed divided at times.

But a great leader like Ramesses II

understands that the
mysteries need to be concrete.

There is a need for building.

And in these monuments and
palaces and other structures

that Ramesses built, there
will be depictions of himself

as a god or in the
company of gods showing

a divine connection to his
rule and to the people.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: There are
stories in which Ramesses

himself claims that he
was in direct contact

with the guardians of the sky.

Now, who were these guardians of the sky?

Were they just fantasy,
or did they really exist?

DAVID CHILDRESS: Ramesses II
and all the Egyptian pharaohs,

I mean, they saw themselves
as direct descendants of gods.

And their genetic
material and their blood

was the same blood that
was coming from the gods.

And those gods apparently
were extraterrestrials.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Is it possible, as
ancient astronaut theorists

suggest, that the legends
and stories of Osiris,

along with the architectural
wonders like the temples of Abu.

Simbel, provide evidence that
the pharaohs of ancient Egypt

had, in fact, otherworldly origins?

And if so, might similar
legends of divine

rulers throughout the world reveal

extraterrestrial connections?

Perhaps the answers can
be found by examining

the celestial origins of some
of Asia's greatest emperors.

Xinzheng, China.

It was here that Huangdi, a
mythical ancient leader known

as the Yellow Emperor, is
believed to have reigned

throughout the 27th century BC.

Viewed by many as the
Father of Chinese Culture,

the Yellow Emperor has been credited

with creating traditional
Chinese medicine

such as acupuncture, and
introducing advancements

like wooden houses, the bow
and arrow, bronze coins,

and a written language.

JUDY CHUNGWA: The Yellow Emperor
is, according to most Chinese,

a legendary figure.

He is a cultural hero as well as a ruler.

But at the same time, he is also believed

to be actually the founder
of Chinese civilization.

In fact, just about
everything they do, I think,

as the basic elements of civilization,

is somehow associated
with the Yellow Emperor.

[oriental music playing]

NARRATOR: According
to some researchers,

the Yellow Emperor, like
other ancient rulers,

possessed otherworldly power.

And they believe the proof can be found

by looking at the celestial origins

of this mysterious leader.

Like the Egyptians, the ancient Chinese

believed their emperors received
their powers and abilities

from the heavens.

JUDY CHUNGWA: The Chinese
emperor is actually

called son of heaven.

What that means is that
the emperor earns his right

to rule people because he
received a certain guidance

from heaven to rule.

Heaven is always sending
down these messages,

telling the emperor when is
the best time to harvest,

when is best time to sow seeds,
when to actually wage a war.

So it's very important for the
emperor then to read the signs.

[drum playing]

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: According
to ancient Chinese legends,

the Yellow Emperor was
floating through space.

He saw that the people of
Earth were sad and poor.

But he saw potential.

So in order to help the people,
he descended from the sky...

[magical music playing]

And taught those people
different scientific

disciplines.

JONATHAN YOUNG:
The Yellow Emperor

comes down to bring comfort,
order, and leadership

to his people.

So there is a direct connection
between the divine realms

and the beginnings of our
personality, our identity,

our nation.

NARRATOR: According to legend,
after ruling for 100 years,

the Yellow Emperor made preparations

to leave his earthly kingdom.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
After Huangdi's work

was done on planet Earth,
he returned to the stars.

And he did this by doing
something very specific.

He installed a cauldron and the moment

he installed that thing, according

to the ancient legends,
the heavens opened.

[explosion]

[thrilling music playing]

JONATHAN YOUNG: A yellow dragon
comes down from the heavens.

And he rides the dragon
out into the stars

and becomes stars himself.

[music fading]

NARRATOR: Mysterious cauldrons.

Flying dragons.

Could these fantastic notions really

have played a part in the fate
of China's Yellow Emperor?

Or is there another perhaps
more plausible explanation?

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Are
we really just talking

about folklore here?

Or did something actually
happen in real life?

And of course, the answer is...

[light igniting sound]

That something was
witnessed by our ancestors

that they could best describe
with the vocabulary that was

available to them at the time.

JASON MARTELL: When we look at
the story of the Yellow Emperor

ascending into heaven, this to me

sounds like a description of
some type of UFO encounter.

It's very possible that the
Yellow Emperor was actually

traveling on a UFO.

NARRATOR: Is it possible the
Yellow Emperor was in fact

an extraterrestrial being, the one that

traveled to and from Earth
by means of a spacecraft?

If so, might there be
similar descriptions

of close encounters found in
historical accounts of other,

perhaps, even more mysterious
far eastern emperors?

[bell clanking]

Japan.

660 B.C.

Emperor Jimmu becomes the first
ruler of the island nation's

imperial family.

According to legend, the
ancient Japanese also

believe Jimmu was the direct
descendant of the sun goddess,

Amaterasu.

WILLIAM HENRY: The
Japanese people

worshipped a deity named
Amaterasu who is believed

to shine like the sun.

She sent her descendants
to Earth in order

to bring order out of chaos.

Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, directly

connected himself is a
descendant of Amaterasu.

Therefore, setting up his
lineage and connection to this

divinity.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
He was the man who

united the island of
Japan's various warring

factions into one country.

And all emperors since Jimmu
have all claimed descent

from the sun goddess.

And the reason why the Japanese
flag has this rising sun

is that it represents the
descent from the sun goddess.

[oriental music playing]

NARRATOR: According to legend,
the sun goddess Amaterasu

gave three gifts to Jimmu...

A mirror, a jewel, and a sword.

Known as the Imperial Regalia of Japan,

it is believed that with
these divine artifacts,

Jimmu was able to control his empire.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS:
Apart from the emperor

and a few elite priests, no
one's ever allowed to see them.

So where they are nobody knows.

But it is said that in three
separate shrines in Japan,

which are also tourist
attractions, somewhere,

deep inside them, the priesthood
keeps these secret crown jewels

that no one is ever allowed to see.

NARRATOR: But what unique powers
might these three divine gifts

have possessed?

Might they have been not
merely symbols of power

but examples of highly advanced
extraterrestrial technology?

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
According to legend,

this mirror was quite extraordinary.

ERICH VON DANIKEN: They
say in this mirror,

he could see what happened every
minute around all the islands

in the Pacific Ocean.

At every minute.

So what is this mirror,
some technical device?

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: So what is
it that we're looking at here?

Well, if you look at
it from a perspective

of misunderstood technology,
then next time you

look at your computer monitor,
and you look at a YouTube clip

from, let's say, the Iguazu Falls,

then you are looking at
a magic mirror that shows

you everything in the world.

DAVID CHILDRESS: And you
kind of have to wonder here

whether these objects
had more power than just

the ordinary thing.

And perhaps they were actually
highly technical objects

given to him by
extraterrestrials, by the gods,

to help him as the first emperor.

NARRATOR: Might
Jimmu's mirror really

have been a technological device given

to the emperor in an effort
to help him rule his people?

Does it suggest the emperor
was actually an alien being?

Or was he a human messenger
employed by the gods

to impose order and propagate the notion

that otherworldly visitors
were to be regarded by humans

as gods?

Perhaps the proof can
be found by examining

the legends of other
ancient kings and rulers.

Rulers who some believe had
even more powerful and deadly

extraterrestrial technology.

[big explosion]

[fireworks crackling]

NARRATOR: November 13, 2012.

Every fall Hindus throughout the world

celebrate in a festival
of lights called Diwali.

[fireworks crackling]

DAVID WILCOCK: Diwali is a
five-day festival of lights

which is as important to the Hindus

as Christmas is to Christians.

The Hindus celebrate this
festival with great reverence.

NARRATOR: The festival
commemorates King Rama, one

of the most popular figures of Hinduism.

But just who was King Rama?

And why is this ancient leader
so revered even to this day?

GRAHAM PHILLIPS: Hindus believe
that Rama was a real physically

historical king who
lived 7,000 years ago.

Now, Rama was supposed to
bring writing and enlightenment

and philosophy and all sorts
of various other engineering

skills to humanity.

DAVID WILCOCK: In
Hindu mythology,

Rama is described as
the embodiment of truth

and goodness.

And it is said that
he was a reincarnation

of the blue skinned god Vishnu.

NARRATOR: According to the Hindu
texts, Rama's rise to power

began after a battle he waged with a 10

headed demon king named Ravana
who had kidnapped his wife.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Rama
goes in search of his wife

who was kidnapped by Ravana.

There was a long battle between
Ravana and Rama and his army.

[explosion]

NARRATOR: Rama used an
incredibly sophisticated device

called the Brahmastra
to kill the demon king

and rescue his wife.

[big explosion]

Known to cause severe
damage, it was a weapon

for which there was no defense.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Brahmastra is
the most deadliest weapon ever

conceived, ever produced in Hinduism.

And Brahmastra obviously
as the name suggests,

it was created by god Brahma himself.

ANDREW COLLINS: It was a weapon
that was so powerful that when

it was used it would
absolutely annihilate

the enemy completely.

[big explosion]

And would also make the whole environment

around where the weapon was
used completely desolate.

[boom]

What this sounds like is something

that we would create today.

I mean, it actually sounds like
the effects of a nuclear bomb.

[boom]

[fire crackling]

NARRATOR: Might the
Brahmastra, as described

in ancient Indian texts,
really have existed?

And if so, where did it come from?

Might it have been something
like a nuclear weapon, one

created by the gods and used
by Rama thousands of years ago?

PHILIP COPPENS: In the case
of the ancient Indian epics

what we are being told is
that this was technology

of the gods.

That this was extraterrestrial
technology, which was somehow

used, or at least could
be used on planet Earth

and which could result in
the complete destruction

or annihilation of the human species.

NARRATOR: Did King Rama possess
a deadly perhaps nuclear power?

[big explosion]

If so, do the stories of the Brahmastra

help to prove that Rama
and other ancient rulers

like him descended from
extraterrestrial beings?

Sanchi, India.

Here, 400 miles south of New Delhi,

lies the Great Stupa, a
dome-shaped Buddhist shrine.

This incredible structure
was first commissioned

in the third century BC by Ashoka

the Great, an emperor who ruled
over most of India by 263 BC.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Ashoka the Great,

he was intent in conquering all of India,

so there was one place that he
had not been able to conquer.

And he finally mounts this attack.

It is said that many thousands of people

were killed... soldiers...
from both sides.

When he went to the battleground,

he became very, very moved
by this horrendous scene.

And then he became a changed man.

And he devoted all of
his time in propagating

the peaceful message of the Buddha.

NARRATOR: But according to the
second century Sanskrit text

called the Ashokavadana,
there is another even more

profound tale describing
Ashoka's transformation

from brutal tyrant to religious leader...

One that some believe provides evidence

of an otherworldly influence.

DAVID WILCOCK: A wandering
monk was imprisoned by Ashoka.

He throws this man into a cauldron

and wants to boil him alive.

At this point, the monk
levitates up into the air.

The eyewitness reports say that
the monk's body was half fire

and half flowing water.

Ashoka was so amazed by what
he saw that he completely

shut down the torture prisons.

After Ashoka's conversion, he
gets so engaged in the Buddhist

tradition that he begins
building stupas, most notably

the one at Sanchi.

NARRATOR: Like other
stupas throughout Asia,

Ashoka's great monument has become

one of the most important
places of Buddhist pilgrimage.

WILLIAM HENRY: Pilgrims would
make a visit to the stupa

in order to receive
blessings and prayer energy.

Ashoka built stupas and other structures

throughout Asia that were
inscribed with his teachings,

and from this we get the
idea that he was trying

to communicate through
stone throughout time

and generations.

NARRATOR: But just what was
Ashoka trying to communicate?

Is it possible, as some
researchers believe,

that Ashoka had experienced
an extraterrestrial encounter?

And if so, might stupas
actually represent something

much more technological and
with origins even more out

of this world?

DAVID WILCOCK: When you look at
the structure of these stupas

it certainly appears as if there
may be some reference being

made in their shape to actual
extraterrestrial piloted

vehicles.

This may be related to the
Hindu legend of the Vimana,

which is allegedly a noiseless
wingless aircraft that

flies through the air.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Vimanas are
described in the Hindu epics.

And their mission is to
transport gods primarily.

And the gods are the
owners of these vehicles

because they are worthy of
traveling through space very

fast.

PHILIP COPPENS:
These people built,

in stone, objects which they seem

to have seen in the sky in
flight at some point, no doubt,

landed on the surface
of the Earth as well.

When these objects left they
began to build them in stone

so that they would have reminders

that this was the instruments
in which the gods came to them.

NARRATOR: Might the
Great Stupa really

have been built to symbolize Vimanas,

the mythological flying machines
described in ancient Hindu

texts?

And if so, might this provide
even more compelling proof

that powerful leaders like
Rama and Ashoka the Great

were in direct contact with
extraterrestrial beings?

Perhaps additional evidence can be

found by looking at the
extraordinary bloodline of one

of the most powerful and
enduring royal families

in human history.

[music playing]

London, England.

June, 2012.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates
her diamond jubilee

commemorating 60 years
on the British throne.

The 87-year-old monarch presides
over the United Kingdom and 15

commonwealth realms with a
combined population of more

than 134 million people.

Her grandsons, Prince
William and Prince Harry,

are heirs to the throne
in the line of succession

after their father Prince Charles.

But from where does the British
monarchy claim its authority?

And what are the origins of its
vast wealth and symbolic power?

CHARLES MOSLEY:
Queen Elizabeth II

has sat on the throne since 1952.

And she has huge prestige
because the royal family

in this country is one of the
most successful organizations,

institutions in the world.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS: One of the most
important things for any leader

is their bloodline to be continued.

We want the best for our own
children, our own offspring,

as if it's some form of immortality.

The succession of power
in ancient civilizations

depended very much on bloodlines.

[rocketing sound]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Like other
European monarchies,

the British royal family has fiercely

protected the integrity of its bloodlines

for thousands of years.

But why?

What exactly is so unique or significant

about royal bloodlines?

PHILIP COPPENS: Various
leaders of ancient cultures

went to considerable lengths to make sure

that their own bloodline
continued as the ruling elite.

For example, the pharaohs of Egypt

married their own sisters or mothers.

The famous Tutankhamun was
married to his own sister

and previous to that he was
married to his own grandmother

so that they could keep the
blood within the same family.

CHARLES MOSLEY: So if you
were of the same blood...

Osiris, Ramesses, Alexander
II, Leonidas of Sparta...

You had some kind of
claim to recognition.

In the ancient world, it was
seen as extending to the right

to rule.

It gave legitimacy.

It gave continuity.

It gave certainty.

That is still recognized
in some respects now.

We have had, for instance,
father and son presidents

of United States.

We've had a series of members of
the same family running India.

We have even had tyrannies...

North Korea, father-son inheritance.

It's extraordinary the extent
to which this still exists.

JONATHAN YOUNG: It is
important for people

to feel their leaders are
extraordinary, not common.

So much is focused on the bloodlines.

Have they descended from the gods?

Have they descended from rulers that

were unusually exceptional?

ANDREW COLLINS: And
it was something

that they would obviously pass on

into the successive generations.

So that if you had that blood, you also

had that power of
connection with the gods.

NARRATOR: According
to some researchers,

the bloodline of Queen Elizabeth II

can be traced all the way back
to that of a mythical deity

named Woden.

JONATHAN YOUNG: If
we look closely,

the current monarch Queen Elizabeth II

could trace lineage to Woden
through the kings of Wessex.

Woden is supposedly an ancient king.

He is obviously a
variation on the Norse god

Odin or the German Wotan.

But he is a mighty, powerful,
furious leader, a semi-god

or a god in his own right.

He is also a warrior leader.

So he has a very
exciting, ecstatic energy.

GRAHAM PHILLIPS: Now,
interestingly, the legends

associated with this god, Woden, was

that usually around midwinter
the god Woden would lead

a great hunt across the skies.

[thunder and explosion]

All these horsemen would be
seen flying across the sky.

JASON MARTELL: It's described
that when Woden would pass

overhead that people would
witness seeing strong winds

and hearing thunderous claps of sound.

[thunder roaring]

GRAHAM PHILLIPS: And
Woden, in some legends,

was said to have been seen
riding an eight-legged horse.

[horse whining]

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: In
ancient English legends,

Woden was known as the god of
wind and whenever he appeared,

he flew across the sky in
a fiery eight-legged horse.

Now, what does that mean?

Whatever it was they encountered,

that they witnessed up in the sky,

could best be described
as an eight-legged horse,

because they didn't have the
vocabulary for spacecraft.

NARRATOR: But did, as
mainstream scholars suggest,

Queen Elizabeth's ancestors
simply claim a blood connection

to Woden in an effort to
strengthen and legitimize

their reign?

Or is it possible that
the British monarch

is an actual flesh and blood descendant

of otherworldly beings?

JONATHAN YOUNG: Tracing
royal lineage back to a god

implies great wisdom almost
celestial power, a connection

to the divine truly making
the gods on our side.

[explosion]

[music playing]

DAVID CHILDRESS: Kings and
queens all over the world,

particularly in Europe, they
are from a special bloodline

and they make a big deal about it.

So you have to ask yourself,
what is it about their blood as

opposed to other people's
blood that's so special?

NARRATOR: Might
ancient royalties

possible extra terrestrial origins

explain why monarchs have
protected their bloodlines

for centuries?

Or might there be another
even more biological reason?

What if the proof could be
seen with the naked eye,

not in ancient monuments
or deciphered texts,

but in our own DNA?

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The Mongol Empire in the 13th century AD.

This massive kingdom, one that
stretched from the Caspian Sea

to the Sea of Japan, was forged
by the emperor Genghis Khan.

Uniting the nomadic
tribes of Northeast Asia,

historians believe that by
the time of his death in 1227,

Genghis Khan ruled over as
many as 100 million people.

JONATHAN YOUNG: Many people
think of the great empires

of the world, such as the Roman Empire,

the empire of Alexander the
Great, or the British Empire,

the greatest in land mass
area the world has ever seen

was the empire of Genghis Khan.

He and his immediate descendants
conquered all of China,

conquered most of what is now
Russia, and half of Europe.

It was an astonishing empire, and built

by people who had had really
no proper civilization

before that.

NARRATOR: Although
generally believed

to be a brutal and bloody conqueror,

Genghis Khan also brought
communication, technology,

justice and prosperity to his people.

He attributed his success
to Tengri, the god

of the eternal blue sky.

WILLIAM HENRY: Genghis Khan
was known to disappear for days

and climb the most
sacred mountain of Asia

in order to commune with
Tengri, who imparted to him not

only battle plans but spiritual
capability that made him

the amazing leader that he was.

Genghis Khan believed
Tengri to be his sky father,

and claimed that he had a direct
genetic connection with Tengri.

He even referred to himself
as a man from the sky.

Now, if this is actually the case,

Genghis Khan might have some type

of extraterrestrial component to him.

We know that scientifically
today 1 in 200 people

can actually be traced
back to Genghis Khan.

So if Genghis Khan does have
any extraterrestrial genetics

to him, it's possible that
over 16 million people now

share this same gene.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that Ghenghis Khan

did in fact have extra
terrestrial ancestry as he

himself claimed?

And if so, might evidence
of that alien biology

appear in certain bloodlines even today?

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London, England.

January, 2013.

Researchers at the
University College London

announced their discovery
of a unique DNA sequence...

One that suggests that
some people may, in fact,

be born to lead.

Comparing DNA samples
taken from sets of twins,

both fraternal and identical, scientists

were able to determine
that as much as 24%

of leadership behavior could
be attributed to genetics.

KLEMENS HERTEL: These are
classical twin studies.

The identical twins are
genetically identical,

nonidentical twins are
basically like siblings.

The kids were asked whether in their job

they supervised someone or
they did not supervise one.

And this was the question
the research team associated

with leadership quality, yes or no.

Minor changes in the genetic composition

were then correlated with the incidence

of having a leadership or not
having the leadership based

on the answer to the question.

And it was demonstrated that one
particular genotype associates

with having a leadership role.

WILLIAM HENRY: Before this it
was assumed that leadership was

learned.

But now we know that leadership
has a direct genetic component

to it and it can in fact be inherited.

NARRATOR: But is
it really possible

that the world's legendary
leaders might have shared

a common genetic trait, a
so-called leadership gene?

And might this gene
have been not a product

of genetic evolution
but inherited by mankind

from some otherworldly source?

ERICH VON DANIKEN: Long,
long time ago, the gods

from outer space were on
earth and they definitely

made a genetical change
with some of our humans.

These humans obviously are
of a little higher level

than the rest of mankind.

DAVID CHILDRESS:
Just like today, we

want to view our leaders as
being special, smarter than us,

more capable.

And it's the same thing
in ancient times, too.

The rulers were special.

They somehow had god in their bloods.

They were descendents of the gods.

They had special DNA.

PHILIP COPPENS: One
thing is certain

and that is if it wasn't for
these ancient peoples believing

that their kings and
emperors were divine,

there is very little to have
held these early civilizations

together.

And believing that your
leader was somehow a god,

or descended from a god,
kept people together.

And so it's a part of
survival of the human race.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Many
of our greatest rulers

were guided or influenced
directly, according to what

they say, by celestial beings.

Perhaps it is that this influence

that gave some of these
rulers the capacity

to change human history.

NARRATOR: Were there really
extraterrestrial influences

steering the emperors,
kings, and pharaohs

of the ancient world?

And if so, does this mean that
the blood of the so-called gods

doesn't only flow throughout
the veins of today's monarchs,

but in the DNA of
millions of people living

throughout the world?

The implications are both
astonishing and profound.

Because it may not be that we need

to wait for Earth's alien
ancestors to return,

it may be they are already here.