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NARRATOR:
Mysterious ancient stones
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shaped into perfect spheres.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
From Kansas to Kazakhstan,
we find these stone spheres.
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Some of them are massive,
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and they bring with them
this incredible mystery.
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NARRATOR:
Many show clear evidence
of being man-made.
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HUGH NEWMAN:
Some have carvings on,
like spirals,
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and they look like
they're created in a machine.
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NARRATOR:
And some of them
completely defy explanation.
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The sphere was made of
elements that shouldn't
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be there naturally.
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NARRATOR:
Why is it that these
strange artifacts
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are found in all corners
of the globe?
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And might there be
an otherworldly explanation?
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
Is it possible that there is
a connection between
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those spheres
and the extraterrestrials
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who visited us
thousands of years ago?
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Across the ancient world are
mysterious monolithic monuments
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carved of solid stone,
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like the obelisks
of ancient Egypt,
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the Carnac alignments
in Northern France,
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and the Moai statues
of Easter Island.
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What purpose they served
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has been the subject
of much speculation.
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But perhaps the most
mystifying monoliths of all
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are those that are in
the shape of perfect spheres.
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Stone spheres are found
all around the world,
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on every continent
except maybe Antarctica.
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But it's important to note
that geologists are still really
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very much in debate about
how geological spheres form.
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ED BARNHART:
Some of them are taller
than a man.
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And many of them,
they're so perfectly shaped,
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they must have been
shaped by the hands of man.
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HENRY:
From Kansas to Kazakhstan,
we find these stone spheres.
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Some of them are massive,
and the key thing that links
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all of them is this
incredible mystery about
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how were they created,
why were they created?
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And ultimately,
what is their purpose?
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NARRATOR:
While ancient stone spheres
have been found
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that are of
enormous proportions,
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they exist
in a vast range of sizes,
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and geologists remain divided
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about just how they were formed.
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Some are clearly
natural formations,
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but experts agree
that many spheres show evidence
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of having been
artificially shaped.
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The question is,
what purpose did they serve?
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I think that one of
the reasons they might
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have been constructing
these spheres is
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to mimic what they see
in nature.
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DOMINIC STEAVU:
There's a geometrical perfection
that comes with the sphere.
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It might be, perhaps,
a connection to planets.
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Sun, the Moon, the stars.
All of these are spherical.
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And if you look deeper,
at the microscopic level,
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at the atomic level,
you have the same patterns
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of spheres as very important
building blocks.
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So, this fascination
with spheres
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might be a reflection of this.
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NARRATOR:
What could explain
why ancient people
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all over the world
fashioned spheres out of stone?
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Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining a discovery
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made deep in the jungles
of Central America
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that defies explanation.
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Southwest Costa Rica, 1939.
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Workers with
the United Fruit Company
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begin clearing the rainforest
near the Diquis Delta
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for a new banana plantation.
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While making their way
through the dense vegetation,
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the workmen find dozens
of giant stone spheres.
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They started to find
these massive stone spheres
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that they had no clue
why they were there.
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The instruction for them was, if
you find anything, just move it.
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And they just started
to move them.
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But they just kept appearing.
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NARRATOR:
In 1943, the archeological
journal American Antiquity
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published photos
of the mysterious spheres,
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which caught the attention
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of American archaeologist
Dr. Samuel Lothrop.
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Five years later, Dr. Lothrop
led an excavation of the area
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and discovered hundreds
of stone spheres.
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They range in size from
just a few inches
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to more than six feet
in diameter,
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and weigh up to 15 tons.
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Archeologists soon
discovered stone spheres
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throughout the Diquis Delta,
and on the nearby Isla del Caรฑo.
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Many were found
with artifacts from
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the ancient Indigenous
Diquis culture,
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and are believed to be
at least a thousand years old.
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About 300 have been
discovered so far.
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Some of them are fairly small,
like the size of footballs.
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Others are huge,
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between eight and nine feet
tall and wide.
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Some have carvings on,
like spirals...
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...and what looks like boats
or ships.
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They look like
they're created in a machine.
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NARRATOR:
Researchers believe the stone
that the spheres are carved from
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is not local
to the Diquis Delta,
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but was transported
from a quarry
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that was located
more than 50 miles away.
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CARRANZA:
The quarries of this material
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are allegedly found at least
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a few dozen kilometers
from the site
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where the spheres are located.
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So that brings us
questions of transportation.
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Walking around the rainforest
is not an easy task.
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You have creeks, you have
mountains, you have hills,
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you have branches,
you have tree roots.
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So how were they moved?
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NARRATOR:
Just as puzzling as how
the massive objects were moved
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is how they were made.
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Archeologists believe
that the Diquis civilization
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carved the spheres
with simple stone tools.
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But some researchers argue
that creating
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such a precise shape would
be difficult to achieve,
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even with today's technology.
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WHITEHILL:
It's important to note
that these are,
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in some reports, granitic,
which are very,
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very hard rocks to shape,
to form, to move,
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and to quarry in any capacity.
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If we wanted
to make these same spheres,
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we would need something
harder than granite.
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And there are very few
substances that are harder.
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JIM VIEIRA:
What's noteworthy is
some of them are
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almost perfectly spherical.
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And that's a very tall task
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to create that with
the tools of the time.
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As a stonemason,
I would use diamond saws,
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I would use polishing items.
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But when you look at
Indigenous people
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that were purported
to have made them,
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did they have those machines,
did they have that equipment,
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did they have that technology?
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NARRATOR:
How could a culture
that only had access
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to stone chisels and
rudimentary tools have carved
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and transported
such enormous stone spheres?
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And what could have
been their reason for doing so?
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CARRANZA:
Since the United Fruit Company
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started moving the spheres,
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we do not know the original
location of most of them.
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You start to wonder, what if
we could go back in time
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and see the exact location
of all the spheres?
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What would they show?
Would they show a pattern?
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Would they show
a constellation map?
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Would they be like
the Nazca lines?
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Like a pattern that you could
only see from above?
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NARRATOR:
Although documentation
to explain the spheres
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does not exist,
according to local legend,
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they were created by the gods.
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HENRY:
One very interesting explanation
for the Costa Rica spheres is
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that they were created by Tara,
the god of thunder,
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who used some sort of a blowpipe
to shoot these spheres
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out of the pipe in order
to push back hurricanes.
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Ancient astronaut theory says
that within legends like this,
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there's often a kernel of truth.
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And so you have to wonder,
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is this a calling card
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from some
extraterrestrial entity,
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a sky god, Tara,
with some sort of message?
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TSOUKALOS:
To me, the ancient legend of
the god of thunder illustrates
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an example of
misunderstood technology.
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Clearly those spheres themselves
never descended from the sky.
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But maybe our ancestors saw
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the appearance of a spherical
craft by the extraterrestrials
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who visited us
thousands of years ago.
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NARRATOR:
Was the creation of
the mysterious stone spheres
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found in Costa Rica inspired
by an extraterrestrial event,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists propose?
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And if so, just what, exactly,
do they represent?
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Perhaps further clues can
be found by examining
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the largest stone spheres
ever discovered.
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NARRATOR:
Zavidovici, Bosnia, 1999.
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Archaeologist Dr. Sam Osmanagich
and a small team of researchers
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are hiking along the Bosna River
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when they come upon
an astonishing sight.
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In the midst of the dense forest
are massive boulders
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that do not appear to be
part of the natural landscape.
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We discovered
six of them intact,
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perfectly preserved
and perfectly spherical.
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NARRATOR:
To Dr. Osmanagich,
the near-perfect shape
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of the objects is compelling.
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And he begins to comb
the region in search
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of other stone spheres.
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OSMANAGICH:
We have been researching
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the stone spheres
in Bosnia for 25 years,
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and we have discovered
20 different locations.
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The stone spheres in Bosnia come
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in four different materials.
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Granite, volcanic stone,
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sandstone and limestone.
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And different sizes, also.
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In most cases,
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they are over one ton.
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NARRATOR: After his initial
discovery of the stone spheres,
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Dr. Osmanagich expanded
his search.
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And in 2016, he spotted
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the most enormous stone sphere
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he had ever seen hidden
in the forest floor.
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OSMANAGICH: We could see that
the small part of the sphere
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was sticking out.
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We started clearing it,
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realizing that it was huge.
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Monumental in size.
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Once we cleared
almost all of it,
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we've done the measurements.
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It is more
than three meters in diameter.
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The specific weight: 37 tons.
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So, this was the largest
stone sphere discovery
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in the world.
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NARRATOR:
How the Bosnian stone spheres
were created
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remains a mystery.
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Some geologists suggest
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they were shaped
through erosion.
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But others believe the spheres
are simply too perfect
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to have been formed naturally.
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There is a process
called "spherical"
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or "spheroidal" weathering
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that is very, very common.
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We see them
on the landscape in Arizona,
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everywhere, called hoodoos.
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You can see them
out in Alabama Hills,
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out in Owens Valley.
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There's a lot of examples of
this sort of sphere weathering.
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But rarely
are they perfect spheres.
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And so it could be that some
of these stones started out
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mostly spheroidal,
and then were worked
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into a...
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more perfect sphere.
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The one in particular
that I'm thinking of,
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Bosnia, that's been,
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um, in the headlines lately
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has evidence of heat treating
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to help facilitate polishing.
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McGOWAN:
These are not just round stones.
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They are 96% perfect
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in their spherical form.
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That's not something
that's created by the Earth.
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NARRATOR:
The near-perfect measurements
of the stone spheres
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convinced Dr. Osmanagich
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that they were carved
by artificial means.
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And in 2016,
he sparked controversy
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when he announced
that he believed
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they originated
with some unknown civilization.
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OSMANAGICH:
Who made them?
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We don't have precise answer,
but we know
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that they were made
by ancient builders.
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Why?
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Granite never comes
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in spherical shape in nature.
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NARRATOR:
If the stone spheres
are not naturally formed,
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as Dr. Osmanagich suggests,
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when were they made?
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Many of the spheres
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are impossible
to scientifically date,
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but based on the layers of soil
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where the largest stone sphere
was discovered,
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Dr. Osmanagich believes it is
up to 100,000 years old.
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We don't have
very specific time,
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but what we do know,
extremely old.
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How do we know that?
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The Bosnian stones sphere,
the biggest one,
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is discovered below the tree--
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50 years--
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dark soil-- 100 years--
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light soil--
couple of hundred years.
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We have light clay.
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Almost 1,000 years.
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We have dark clay,
we have gray clay.
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Tens of thousands of years.
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And, finally,
we have sandstone plate.
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100,000-plus years.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the stone spheres in Bosnia
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were created
by some unknown culture
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tens of thousands of years ago?
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And if so, how?
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OSMANAGICH: According
to the mainstream archeologists,
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until a couple
of thousands of years back,
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the only tools
were copper tools.
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Copper is soft material.
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You cannot use copper tools
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to shape granite stones.
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Of course this is us,
21st-century civilization.
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What did they use?
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NARRATOR:
To try and understand
how these artifacts were shaped,
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Dr. Osmanagich had several
samples taken from the spheres
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analyzed in a lab
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at the University
of Belgrade in Serbia.
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We realized
that there is a difference
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between their physical
and chemical properties
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and natural stone materials.
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McGOWAN:
There is a chemical component
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that was found
within the spheres.
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And this chemical has
not been able to be identified.
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NARRATOR:
If the giant stone spheres
in Bosnia
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were created
by an ancient civilization,
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what purpose did they serve?
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The precise engineering
of the monoliths,
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and the fact
that many are made of granite,
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has convinced Dr. Osmanagich
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that the stone spheres'
true purpose was to transmit
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Earth energy
that occurs in the region.
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It seems that they had
multi-layer purpose.
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According to the new science,
bio-geometry,
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three most powerful
geometrical shapes
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when it comes to the energy,
are:
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four-sided pyramid,
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conical shape,
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and the third one is the sphere.
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Those three geometrical shapes
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amplify the energies.
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Most of the stone balls
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have quartz crystal.
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Quartz crystal has the ability
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to amplify the energy.
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McGOWAN: Dr. Semir Osmanagich
talks about
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the use of these spheres
as, potentially,
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small power supplies.
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And this makes sense
when you look at them
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in context
with the rest of Bosnia.
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When you're sitting
in this creek bed,
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surrounded by these spheres,
it's hard to describe,
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but it does feel powerful.
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It feels like
it is generating energy.
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NARRATOR: Did the giant
stone spheres in Bosnia
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once serve
a technological function?
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And if so,
might other stone spheres
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have a similar purpose?
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Perhaps answers can be found
by examining
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hundreds of stone spheres
in Mexico
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that were hidden for centuries.
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NARRATOR:
Teotihuacan, Mexico.
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This ancient pyramid site
was once home
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to a mysterious civilization
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dating back
to the first century AD.
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A time long before the Aztec
arrived in this region.
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Since the early 1990s,
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archaeologists
have been exploring
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the dozens of subterranean
rooms, tunnels, and pathways
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that lie below
this eight-square-mile complex.
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They've been doing a lot
of excavations to understand
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the nature and the relationship
of the different pyramids.
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And they're exploring underneath
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the Temple
of the Feathered Serpent.
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And so they've made
some really nice maps
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of the pathways and such
that are underneath the temple
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and exposed caverns in areas
that they didn't know existed.
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NARRATOR:
In May of 2013,
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researchers working beneath the
Temple of the Feathered Serpent
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employed a small robot
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called Tlaloc II-TC
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to explore
the recently uncovered area.
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Inside one chamber,
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archeologists made
a curious discovery.
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They found more than 100
gold-colored metallic spheres.
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COLLINS:
These tiny balls
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are probably anything between
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an inch to about
five inches in diameter.
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And what we can say is that
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when they were
actually put in place,
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uh, probably
about 2,000 years ago,
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you would've had this incredible
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shining gallery of lights
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as you went down it.
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WHITEHILL: They appear gold,
but when you look at them
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under chemical inspection,
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it appears that that gold color
is the mineral pyrite.
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The Mexican archeologists
are completely perplexed.
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They haven't seen anything
like this before.
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They haven't
seen anything like this
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in their explorations
of the other temples.
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So there's lots of questions
to be answered still.
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NARRATOR:
Archeologists retrieved
several spheres
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from the chamber,
and when they analyzed them,
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they were amazed
by what they found.
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BARNHART: The sparkly spheres
that were found
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in Teotihuacan
really are an enigma.
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As far as how they were made,
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men definitely made them.
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We have looked at those spheres.
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And they are clay.
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They are, like, sunbaked clay
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that was then rolled
in pyrite dust.
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That's why they have
that kind of yellow color.
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Why they did it... I don't know.
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HENRY: Nobody knows
the purpose of them,
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why they were made,
or even who made them,
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but the fact that they're there
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tells us they are
of utmost importance
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to what went on at the temple.
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NARRATOR:
The golden spheres found
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under the Temple
of the Feathered Serpent
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are a mystery to archaeologists,
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but some believe
they may be representations
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of celestial bodies
observed in the night sky.
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But ancient astronaut theorists
suggest the mysterious spheres
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could have served
a more profound purpose,
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and point to another discovery
made in 1906.
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COLLINS:
At Teotihuacan,
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huge mica sheets have been found
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beneath a layer
of stone flooring
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that were 90 feet square,
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and they were placed directly
on top of each other,
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and yet, you couldn't see them.
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So, they clearly weren't
decorative or aesthetic,
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they were clearly functional
in their use.
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So what were they doing there?
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TSOUKALOS:
We use mica today
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in spacefaring technology.
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It's a heat shield
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for high,
very, very high temperatures.
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What is it doing at Teotihuacan?
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What's also fascinating
is that, throughout Teotihuacan,
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you see burn marks on the walls.
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So, at some point, Teotihuacan
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underwent a gigantic fire.
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Or was it something else?
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Was it some type of a blast?
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Was it some type of an exhaust?
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NARRATOR:
Curiously,
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mica wasn't
the only unusual substance
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found within
the ancient structure.
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NEWMAN:
They actually found mercury
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under some
of the pyramids as well.
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So what does this all mean?
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Well, mercury is used
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in different
electrical components,
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and it conducts electricity.
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So, can we suggest
that they were
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using this for some advanced
technological purpose?
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Mercury itself
is-is very special.
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It's a metal, it's a liquid,
it's an electrical conductor.
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Mercury can be used
for many, many devices,
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all of which are high-tech.
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So you have to wonder, what is
going on here at Teotihuacan?
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Do these small balls
and the mica
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and the mercury
and other facets of the pyramid,
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are they all working together
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to create some kind
of electrical device
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that's doing something?
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That would seem to be the case.
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NARRATOR:
Does the discovery
at Teotihuacan
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of both mica and mercury,
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two substances
with high-tech applications,
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indicate that
an advanced technology
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once existed in this
ancient Mesoamerican city?
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One that involved
the mysterious spheres
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found under the Temple
of the Feathered Serpent?
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We've often suggested
that ancient structures
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may have been used as some type
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of energy capacitor.
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An aeronautics engineer
has suggested
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that the Great Pyramid of Egypt,
or the whole Giza complex,
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may have been some type
of a giant power plant.
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Well, what if Egypt
is not the only place
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where they had something
like this?
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NARRATOR:
Are the small golden spheres
discovered at Teotihuacan
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evidence of
an extraterrestrial presence
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on Earth centuries ago?
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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 mysterious spheres
that are not from this planet.
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NARRATOR:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2019.
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Harvard astrophysicist
Dr. Avi Loeb
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learns of a meteorite
that exploded
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over the Pacific Ocean
five years earlier.
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AVI LOEB:
I came across a meteor catalog
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that the government compiled
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using its missile
warning system.
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The meteor, uh, burned up
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about 100 miles off the coast
of Papua New Guinea,
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and it released a few percent
of the energy
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of the Hiroshima bomb
when it exploded.
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From that, we inferred
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it was about half a meter
in size when it exploded.
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NARRATOR:
What intrigued Dr. Loeb the most
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wasn't the object's size
but where it came from.
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LOEB:
The meteor was actually moving
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at 60 kilometers per second,
clearly unbound to the Sun.
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It must have originated
from outside the solar system.
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NARRATOR:
This revelation
is the first time
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astronomers have identified
an interstellar object
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that entered
the Earth's atmosphere.
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Excited by the discovery,
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Dr. Loeb closely
examined the data
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captured by
the military satellites,
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and he noticed
something extraordinary.
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LOEB:
The government released data
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of the explosion and from that,
we inferred that the object
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has material strength
that is very unusual.
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It's made of some alloy
that is much tougher
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than iron meteorites.
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So, not only was this object
the first interstellar meteor
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but it was also tougher
than all other meteors
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detected by the government
in that catalog.
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And that raises the possibility
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that it may have been
a spacecraft.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that an extraterrestrial
spacecraft
506
00:26:32,797 --> 00:26:35,005
crashed into the Pacific Ocean?
507
00:26:35,213 --> 00:26:38,630
To find out, Dr. Loeb
and a team of scientists
508
00:26:38,838 --> 00:26:41,547
set out in June 2023
509
00:26:41,713 --> 00:26:45,005
to attempt to retrieve
any debris of the event.
510
00:26:45,130 --> 00:26:48,713
COLLINS:
Avi Loeb initiated
this expedition
511
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,130
off the coast
of Papua New Guinea
512
00:26:51,255 --> 00:26:54,880
to try and retrieve
the fragments of this meteor,
513
00:26:55,047 --> 00:26:59,838
which was now known
under the name IM1.
514
00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:04,672
And this expedition
was incredibly successful.
515
00:27:04,838 --> 00:27:08,672
What they managed to do,
using a magnetic sledge,
516
00:27:08,838 --> 00:27:15,255
was to retrieve around
700 very tiny spherules.
517
00:27:16,547 --> 00:27:18,005
NEWMAN:
The samples were sent
518
00:27:18,213 --> 00:27:21,505
to Harvard College Observatory
for further study,
519
00:27:21,713 --> 00:27:24,630
because no one knows, really,
where they came from
520
00:27:24,755 --> 00:27:26,630
and what they're made of.
521
00:27:26,755 --> 00:27:28,213
NARRATOR:
Remarkably,
522
00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,172
the material recovered
by the magnetic sled,
523
00:27:31,297 --> 00:27:34,047
containing microscopic
metal spherules,
524
00:27:34,213 --> 00:27:38,838
was unlike anything
the scientists had ever seen.
525
00:27:40,005 --> 00:27:42,588
COLLINS:
Probably about 50 to 60 so far
526
00:27:42,755 --> 00:27:44,880
have been properly studied.
527
00:27:45,047 --> 00:27:50,172
And these show elements
that could not have been
528
00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:53,880
from the solar system itself,
or not primarily.
529
00:27:54,088 --> 00:27:57,630
They must have come in
from another star system.
530
00:27:59,213 --> 00:28:01,755
NARRATOR:
To Dr. Loeb,
the discovery is evidence
531
00:28:01,963 --> 00:28:04,963
that he has found remnants
of the interstellar meteorite.
532
00:28:05,088 --> 00:28:08,797
But the most remarkable find
was still to come.
533
00:28:08,922 --> 00:28:12,255
Further scientific testing
of the mysterious objects
534
00:28:12,422 --> 00:28:15,963
revealed a composition
that led Dr. Loeb to believe
535
00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:20,797
they could be fragments
of extraterrestrial technology.
536
00:28:20,963 --> 00:28:22,963
The spheres were found
to contain
537
00:28:23,130 --> 00:28:25,672
extremely high levels
of beryllium,
538
00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:28,172
lanthanum and uranium,
539
00:28:28,380 --> 00:28:33,255
making a never-before-seen
compound known as "BeLaU."
540
00:28:33,422 --> 00:28:35,797
WHITEHILL:
That BeLaU composition
does not exist
541
00:28:35,963 --> 00:28:38,922
in any known mineral or rock
that we know of.
542
00:28:39,047 --> 00:28:41,547
And so this does speak
to his hypothesis
543
00:28:41,713 --> 00:28:44,838
that they're manufactured
extraterrestrially.
544
00:28:45,047 --> 00:28:48,130
TSOUKALOS:
Dr. Avi Loeb proposes
545
00:28:48,213 --> 00:28:54,880
that these spherules may be part
of some type of E.T. technology.
546
00:28:55,047 --> 00:28:59,297
What exactly he means by that,
I don't know.
547
00:28:59,463 --> 00:29:02,838
Could that really be a remnant
548
00:29:02,963 --> 00:29:07,338
of a far, far distant
extraterrestrial civilization?
549
00:29:07,505 --> 00:29:12,588
NARRATOR:
Word of Dr. Loeb's discovery
made headlines across the globe
550
00:29:12,713 --> 00:29:16,005
and stirred up controversy
among his peers.
551
00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:17,672
Within academia,
there is still resistance
552
00:29:17,838 --> 00:29:20,172
to discussing
this subject openly.
553
00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:25,338
However, if we do not invest
in getting better data,
554
00:29:25,547 --> 00:29:29,838
we will never be able to figure
out the nature of these objects.
555
00:29:30,005 --> 00:29:33,213
Unless you search, you will
never find this evidence.
556
00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:36,755
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the mysterious alloy
557
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,630
is a material created
by extraterrestrial beings?
558
00:29:40,797 --> 00:29:43,755
Dr. Loeb's research is ongoing.
559
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,338
But if true,
the spheres he discovered
560
00:29:46,505 --> 00:29:51,172
will upend humanity's place
in the universe.
561
00:29:51,338 --> 00:29:53,172
LOEB:
We will publish our results
562
00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:55,005
in peer-reviewed journals
563
00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:59,380
and make them available
for anyone to see.
564
00:29:59,505 --> 00:30:02,755
If we end up concluding that
it was artificial in origin,
565
00:30:02,963 --> 00:30:04,672
perhaps a spacecraft,
566
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,755
that would be the first time
that we found evidence
567
00:30:08,963 --> 00:30:13,255
for an object that originated
from another civilization.
568
00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:16,338
NARRATOR:
Avi Loeb's suggestion
569
00:30:16,505 --> 00:30:17,922
that the spheres may have come
570
00:30:18,047 --> 00:30:20,213
from an extraterrestrial
spacecraft
571
00:30:20,422 --> 00:30:24,005
has been hotly debated
in the scientific community...
572
00:30:24,172 --> 00:30:26,213
-Got filaments here.
-NARRATOR: ...but incredibly,
573
00:30:26,422 --> 00:30:30,672
another scientist has also
recovered tiny metal spheres
574
00:30:30,755 --> 00:30:35,047
that he is convinced
are of alien origin.
575
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,755
NARRATOR: The University
of Sheffield, England, 2015.
576
00:30:43,922 --> 00:30:45,713
SCIENTIST:
Andre, on you.
Countdown, please.
577
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,755
NARRATOR:
Astrobiologist
Dr. Milton Wainwright
578
00:30:47,922 --> 00:30:50,713
-and his research team...
-Three, two, one.
579
00:30:50,922 --> 00:30:52,422
NARRATOR:
...release scientific balloons
580
00:30:52,588 --> 00:30:55,130
25 miles up into the sky.
581
00:30:55,297 --> 00:30:58,172
Once a balloon reaches
its target altitude,
582
00:30:58,380 --> 00:31:01,672
a capture mechanism
will collect samples of material
583
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,713
within the Earth's stratosphere.
584
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,088
After the sampling is complete,
the balloon bursts,
585
00:31:08,255 --> 00:31:11,505
and the capture mechanism
descends back to Earth
586
00:31:11,672 --> 00:31:15,130
under the safety of a parachute.
587
00:31:15,338 --> 00:31:19,255
COLLINS:
In 2015, Dr. Milton Wainwright,
588
00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:22,672
sent one of these balloons up,
and it was hit
589
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,672
at an incredible rate,
uh, by something
590
00:31:25,838 --> 00:31:29,172
that left behind a small crater.
591
00:31:29,380 --> 00:31:33,088
And when they actually dug
into this crater
592
00:31:33,213 --> 00:31:38,338
to see what it was,
it was a tiny sphere.
593
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:42,255
And when they actually examined
what the sphere was made of,
594
00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:47,338
it was found to be
of titanium and vanadium.
595
00:31:47,547 --> 00:31:50,047
And these are elements
596
00:31:50,213 --> 00:31:52,463
that shouldn't
be there naturally
597
00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:54,505
out in the lower atmosphere.
598
00:31:55,463 --> 00:31:58,838
There's no Earth material
associated with them.
599
00:31:58,963 --> 00:32:02,297
And they're too large
to be carried from Earth
600
00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:03,672
to these altitudes.
601
00:32:03,838 --> 00:32:06,463
They must be incoming
from space.
602
00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:09,172
Where are they coming from?
We just don't know.
603
00:32:10,213 --> 00:32:12,005
NARRATOR:
Upon closer examination,
604
00:32:12,172 --> 00:32:15,213
Dr. Wainwright noticed
the small sphere
605
00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:18,463
contained something
completely unexpected.
606
00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:21,088
COLLINS:
This tiny sphere,
when they studied it
607
00:32:21,213 --> 00:32:23,547
under electron microscope,
608
00:32:23,755 --> 00:32:25,838
saw that it was actually a shell
609
00:32:25,963 --> 00:32:27,338
that had now broken,
610
00:32:27,547 --> 00:32:29,797
and coming out of it
611
00:32:29,922 --> 00:32:33,047
was this strange ooze
that they felt
612
00:32:33,213 --> 00:32:35,672
was biological in nature.
613
00:32:36,797 --> 00:32:40,213
WAINWRIGHT:
The characteristics of these
organisms is very interesting.
614
00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:42,672
They're made
of carbon and oxygen,
615
00:32:42,838 --> 00:32:44,672
so we know they're life-forms.
616
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,338
They don't contain silicon, so
they're not bits of cosmic dust.
617
00:32:48,505 --> 00:32:50,172
They're very unusual.
618
00:32:50,338 --> 00:32:51,963
When I see the shapes
of these things, I'm amazed,
619
00:32:52,172 --> 00:32:54,047
'cause I've never seen
anything like them on Earth.
620
00:32:54,213 --> 00:32:58,047
There's no textbook version of
the pictures we've been seeing.
621
00:32:59,088 --> 00:33:00,672
NARRATOR:
Although it is still unknown
622
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,005
just where these spheres
come from,
623
00:33:03,172 --> 00:33:06,005
Dr. Wainwright believes
they are being used
624
00:33:06,130 --> 00:33:08,838
to introduce
new life-forms on Earth.
625
00:33:08,963 --> 00:33:12,672
This concept is known
as panspermia.
626
00:33:12,797 --> 00:33:15,672
The question,
how life ever got here,
627
00:33:15,838 --> 00:33:19,713
to astronomers
and to astrobiologists,
628
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,463
is still a gigantic
question mark
629
00:33:22,588 --> 00:33:24,005
and a huge debate
630
00:33:24,213 --> 00:33:27,630
because, at some point,
our planet
631
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:32,297
was just a rock with rocks
and water. That's it.
632
00:33:32,422 --> 00:33:34,338
And so, how did it all begin?
633
00:33:34,505 --> 00:33:37,297
And so, there's two ways.
One is panspermia.
634
00:33:37,463 --> 00:33:41,005
Panspermia suggests
that life was carried
635
00:33:41,172 --> 00:33:45,130
on the backs of comets
throughout the universe.
636
00:33:45,297 --> 00:33:48,713
So, it's a natural seeding
of the planets.
637
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,172
The other one
is directed panspermia,
638
00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:54,338
and direct panspermia dictates
639
00:33:54,547 --> 00:33:59,005
that an intelligent
extraterrestrial civilization
640
00:33:59,172 --> 00:34:01,797
that's much, much older
than ours
641
00:34:01,922 --> 00:34:05,672
sent probes out
to seed the planet
642
00:34:05,797 --> 00:34:08,130
with their own DNA.
643
00:34:09,463 --> 00:34:12,338
Directed panspermia
is an idea first suggested
644
00:34:12,505 --> 00:34:17,172
by the famous DNA pioneer
Francis Crick.
645
00:34:17,297 --> 00:34:20,463
And, basically,
the idea is that maybe
646
00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:22,672
aliens sent life to Earth.
647
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,505
COLLINS:
This is the idea that
an alien civilization
648
00:34:26,713 --> 00:34:29,380
would send out these seeds
649
00:34:29,547 --> 00:34:32,380
into different parts
of the galaxy
650
00:34:32,588 --> 00:34:35,963
that would come into
the atmospheres of planets
651
00:34:36,088 --> 00:34:38,797
and eventually
reach the surface.
652
00:34:38,963 --> 00:34:42,713
And this biological ooze
would then create
653
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,672
the beginnings of life itself.
654
00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:49,797
CHILDRESS:
With Dr. Wainwright's
small metal sphere,
655
00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:55,463
you have to wonder, is this
protein ooze that's inside it
656
00:34:55,588 --> 00:35:00,297
something to seed
the planet with life?
657
00:35:00,463 --> 00:35:03,005
And to me,
that's a fascinating idea.
658
00:35:03,172 --> 00:35:06,088
And if this is the case, then
659
00:35:06,255 --> 00:35:07,880
perhaps the extraterrestrials
660
00:35:08,047 --> 00:35:11,088
are using these
metallic spheres,
661
00:35:11,213 --> 00:35:15,005
which are full
of some protein liquid
662
00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:18,672
that will jump-start
life on the planet.
663
00:35:19,713 --> 00:35:23,088
NARRATOR:
Could the tiny metal spheres
found in our atmosphere
664
00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:25,630
really be designed
to seed life on Earth?
665
00:35:25,713 --> 00:35:28,547
For Dr. Wainwright,
the distinct shape
666
00:35:28,672 --> 00:35:33,297
of the microscopic objects
presents a compelling argument.
667
00:35:33,463 --> 00:35:34,838
WAINWRIGHT:
The reason I'm suggesting
668
00:35:35,047 --> 00:35:36,588
it might be
artificial engineering,
669
00:35:36,755 --> 00:35:39,505
it's pretty obvious that,
if you're looking for a vehicle
670
00:35:39,630 --> 00:35:43,130
of directed panspermia,
this is what you would pick.
671
00:35:43,255 --> 00:35:46,505
Instead of sending one rocket,
you know, to California
672
00:35:46,713 --> 00:35:48,713
or to Sheffield,
what you want to do
673
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:53,255
is to completely cover the globe
in minute balls of life.
674
00:35:53,422 --> 00:35:56,672
And this would absolutely
fit the bill.
675
00:35:57,755 --> 00:36:01,463
HENRY:
To Dr. Wainwright, this
was evidence of cosmic seeding.
676
00:36:01,630 --> 00:36:04,422
He believed that the spheres
were, in fact, a technology--
677
00:36:04,588 --> 00:36:07,005
a seed, if you will--
that were sent deliberately
678
00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:10,505
to Earth by some unknown
advanced civilization.
679
00:36:10,588 --> 00:36:12,588
This would certainly be one way
680
00:36:12,755 --> 00:36:15,422
of accelerating
evolution on Earth.
681
00:36:16,713 --> 00:36:19,797
NARRATOR:
Dr. Wainwright awaits
additional funding
682
00:36:19,922 --> 00:36:22,088
to continue his experiments,
683
00:36:22,255 --> 00:36:25,338
and as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
684
00:36:25,505 --> 00:36:29,005
the questions raised
by his research
685
00:36:29,213 --> 00:36:31,672
merit further examination.
686
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,172
TSOUKALOS:
This oozing liquid
that's inside these spherules
687
00:36:35,338 --> 00:36:39,005
is something that has never been
discovered elsewhere.
688
00:36:39,172 --> 00:36:40,172
So what is it?
689
00:36:41,213 --> 00:36:45,422
Could it be that this is a part
690
00:36:45,588 --> 00:36:49,005
of a directed panspermia project
691
00:36:49,172 --> 00:36:52,630
that was used
by extraterrestrials,
692
00:36:52,797 --> 00:36:57,505
and we just happen to have found
the evidence for it?
693
00:36:57,630 --> 00:37:01,213
I think what
Dr. Wainwright discovered
694
00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:04,088
is crucial in figuring out
695
00:37:04,255 --> 00:37:08,047
the larger picture
that our origins
696
00:37:08,213 --> 00:37:11,630
is not down here on Earth,
but out there.
697
00:37:13,047 --> 00:37:16,255
NARRATOR:
Do the microscopic spheres
found in the upper atmosphere
698
00:37:16,422 --> 00:37:19,255
provide proof
that extraterrestrials
699
00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:21,547
seeded life on Earth?
700
00:37:21,713 --> 00:37:25,005
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
701
00:37:25,172 --> 00:37:27,172
it's an intriguing possibility.
702
00:37:27,338 --> 00:37:31,172
And they suggest further
evidence of a connection
703
00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:33,505
between the planet's
mysterious spheres
704
00:37:33,672 --> 00:37:37,463
and alien visitation
can be found by examining
705
00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:40,505
hundreds of stone orbs
discovered in Scotland
706
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:44,755
that were used to communicate
with the gods.
707
00:37:53,297 --> 00:37:55,922
NARRATOR:
The Orkney Islands, Scotland.
708
00:37:57,005 --> 00:37:59,338
In the 19th century,
709
00:37:59,547 --> 00:38:03,088
archeologists excavating
a neolithic settlement here
710
00:38:03,213 --> 00:38:06,130
discovered five small
stone spheres.
711
00:38:06,297 --> 00:38:08,422
Over the years, more than 500
712
00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:11,505
have been unearthed
throughout the region.
713
00:38:11,713 --> 00:38:15,172
The petrospheres in Scotland
are very, very interesting.
714
00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:19,172
They appear to be
of neolithic origin.
715
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,338
So, we're going back
to 12,000 BC to about 4500 BC.
716
00:38:23,547 --> 00:38:26,672
They're small, almost the size
of ball bearings or something.
717
00:38:27,713 --> 00:38:30,463
VIEIRA:
They have geometric
forms and spirals,
718
00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:34,505
and it is obvious that
they were produced by humans.
719
00:38:34,672 --> 00:38:36,297
The question is,
why were they produced
720
00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,797
and what do
all the symbols mean?
721
00:38:39,172 --> 00:38:40,838
NARRATOR:
While mainstream archaeologists
722
00:38:41,005 --> 00:38:44,005
have yet to identify
the purpose of these stones,
723
00:38:44,172 --> 00:38:46,672
ancient astronaut
theorists believe
724
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,547
the answer can be found
in local legends,
725
00:38:49,713 --> 00:38:52,255
which claim they were used
to communicate
726
00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:54,963
with otherworldly beings.
727
00:38:56,005 --> 00:38:58,630
HENRY:
Legend says that they could
be used as oracle stones,
728
00:38:58,797 --> 00:39:00,963
that a person
would ask a question,
729
00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:03,005
throw the stone on the ground,
730
00:39:03,213 --> 00:39:05,672
and they would get
some sort of an answer.
731
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,755
And that makes me wonder
if it's possible that these
732
00:39:07,963 --> 00:39:10,838
smaller handheld stones
are somehow connected
733
00:39:10,963 --> 00:39:12,672
to the larger stone spheres,
734
00:39:12,838 --> 00:39:15,588
and they're perhaps
amplifiers or transmitters
735
00:39:15,755 --> 00:39:17,588
of Earth's energy,
and that they all have
736
00:39:17,797 --> 00:39:20,338
some sort
of an energetic function.
737
00:39:23,005 --> 00:39:25,380
NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the ancient stone spheres
738
00:39:25,547 --> 00:39:28,672
found around the world
were intended to amplify
739
00:39:28,838 --> 00:39:32,922
the energy of the Earth for a
purpose we have yet to discover?
740
00:39:33,088 --> 00:39:36,547
Or is our fascination
with spheres simply inspired
741
00:39:36,713 --> 00:39:39,755
by the connection we feel
to the spherical bodies
742
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,130
we see in the heavens?
743
00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,047
Perhaps the explanation
is more profound
744
00:39:45,255 --> 00:39:47,672
than we can even imagine.
745
00:39:48,713 --> 00:39:50,172
As a stonemason,
I'm very interested
746
00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:51,713
in this mystery
of the stone spheres.
747
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,005
I think it's, uh,
a very enigmatic mystery.
748
00:39:55,172 --> 00:39:57,672
It's a mixture
of science, geology,
749
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,338
actual human manufacture,
and legends of gods.
750
00:40:01,505 --> 00:40:04,630
And I feel that more
and more objects like this
751
00:40:04,797 --> 00:40:06,505
may emerge because
I think people are keen
752
00:40:06,713 --> 00:40:08,630
on looking at our past
like never before.
753
00:40:10,338 --> 00:40:13,838
In my experience,
stone speaks to humans.
754
00:40:14,047 --> 00:40:15,630
Stone has a story to tell.
755
00:40:15,755 --> 00:40:20,005
Stone is placed in specific ways
with specific properties
756
00:40:20,213 --> 00:40:23,047
to emit some message,
757
00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:24,672
communication devices, maybe...
758
00:40:24,838 --> 00:40:26,422
It-it's a very
interesting medium.
759
00:40:26,588 --> 00:40:30,463
And I really believe
there is an understanding here
760
00:40:30,588 --> 00:40:33,797
of something larger that the
stone is trying to convey to us.
761
00:40:34,755 --> 00:40:37,838
Our fascination
with stone spheres,
762
00:40:38,047 --> 00:40:40,505
whether they be tiny,
763
00:40:40,713 --> 00:40:43,963
handheld, or massive,
764
00:40:44,130 --> 00:40:48,005
is something that is associated
765
00:40:48,088 --> 00:40:51,505
with connections
with otherworldly environments,
766
00:40:51,672 --> 00:40:54,838
that we see spheres
767
00:40:55,047 --> 00:40:58,838
as points of communication
with the other world.
768
00:41:00,797 --> 00:41:05,963
TSOUKALOS:
Clearly, the sphere has
played a crucial part
769
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,547
in all of our ancient cultures.
770
00:41:08,672 --> 00:41:11,755
And you have
to ask yourself, why?
771
00:41:11,922 --> 00:41:13,838
Could there be more behind it?
772
00:41:16,005 --> 00:41:18,255
HENRY:
What was the purpose
of creating the spheres?
773
00:41:18,380 --> 00:41:20,172
Is it indeed communication?
774
00:41:20,297 --> 00:41:22,338
Are they information
storage devices?
775
00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:26,922
A commemoration of the original
seeding of the planet?
776
00:41:27,088 --> 00:41:28,838
We still don't know.
777
00:41:28,963 --> 00:41:30,672
And that just adds
to the mystery.
778
00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:34,963
NARRATOR:
Do the stone spheres
found throughout the globe
779
00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:38,505
serve as testament
to extraterrestrial visitation
780
00:41:38,672 --> 00:41:40,422
in the distant past?
781
00:41:40,588 --> 00:41:45,172
Are they commemorating
the origins of life on Earth?
782
00:41:45,380 --> 00:41:49,463
Some profound technology
witnessed by our ancestors?
783
00:41:49,630 --> 00:41:52,172
Or could they even have served
784
00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:54,505
a technological function
themselves
785
00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:57,588
that we might
one day reactivate?
786
00:41:57,713 --> 00:42:00,588
Perhaps the mystery
of the stone spheres
787
00:42:00,713 --> 00:42:03,547
will only be solved
once we are reunited
788
00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:06,463
with our alien ancestors.
789
00:42:06,588 --> 00:42:08,172
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