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NARRATOR: Dramatic and unexplainable leaps in human evolution.

DAVID CHILDRESS: We don't have the step-by-step changes

DAVID CHILDRESS: We don't have the step-by-step changes that we were expecting to find.

that we were expecting to find.

It's like humans are straight out of the incubator.

NARRATOR: Evidence of tampering in the genetic code.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: We became humans not due to an accident

but a deliberate, artificial change of our DNA.

NARRATOR: And new generations being born with supernatural abilities.

NARRATOR: And new generations being born with supernatural abilities.

There is genetic evidence to prove

that humans are evolving at a rapid rate of speed.

NARRTOR: Has mankind's development been orchestrated

by an extraterrestrial hand?

If so, what evolutionary upgrades

If so, what evolutionary upgrades may be next for the human race?

may be next for the human race?

TRAVIS TAYLOR: What humanity might become for spacefaring purposes

is more like these gray aliens.

NARRATOR: There is a doorway in the universe.

Beyond it is the promise of truth.

It demands we question everything

It demands we question everything we have ever been taught.

we have ever been taught.

The evidence is all around us.

The future is right before our eyes.

The future is right before our eyes. We are not alone.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

Temple University, Philadelphia.

1992.

History professor Dr. David Jacobs

releases his book Secret Life.

After over 30 years of collecting research data

and interviewing hundreds of individuals claiming

to have been abducted by extraterrestrials,

Jacobs became convinced that aliens were using Earth

as a genetic laboratory

to create a new species of alien-human hybrids.

I've looked at about 1,150,

1,175 different abduction events.

And I became convinced that this was the real item,

that the people actually were being abducted.

And they all say the same thing, and it's global.

They're put on a table.

There are procedures that are applied to them.

Men have sperm taken from them.

Women have eggs taken from them.

Very often, they're taken into other rooms

Very often, they're taken into other rooms where they see babies who look odd.

where they see babies who look odd.

They look sort of like a cross between human and alien babies.

The question is: Are humans being manipulated

The question is: Are humans being manipulated to become a hybrid species themselves?

to become a hybrid species themselves?

NARRATOR: Although critics acknowledge that

Dr. Jacobs' research is meticulous and methodical,

they continue to dismiss the abduction phenomenon entirely.

But could it be that extraterrestrials are actually

using human DNA to add a new branch to the evolutionary tree?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and suggest that

alien intervention in human development

has been happening since the beginning of mankind.

And clues may be found in other humanlike species

with whom we once shared the Earth.

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Recreational spelunkers unearth a trove of humanlike fossils

deposited deep inside a cavern

known as the Rising Star cave.

Paleoanthropologists determine that the bones are remarkably

distinctive from any previously found early human remains

and, upon further examination,

decide that they are actually not human at all,

adding a startling new piece to the evolutionary puzzle.

They call this new species Homo naledi to correspond

with the Dinaledi chamber it was discovered in,

which translates to "chamber of stars."

What is remarkable about these hominids

is that they are a distinctive mix of both primitive

and more advanced hominid characteristics.

So there are some elements of Homo naledi,

like the shape of the skull, the size of the teeth,

the feet, the ankles, that are very humanlike.

There are other characteristics, like the brain size, only about

500 CCs, so about a third of modern human brain size,

and also aspects of the shoulder and the trunk

and also aspects of the shoulder and the trunk that are much more primitive,

that are much more primitive,

much more similar to our earlier hominid ancestors.

PETER WARD: The original thought is this might be really

the first humans of Africa,

seven to three million years ago.

seven to three million years ago. But this cave seemed newer.

But this cave seemed newer.

The way the bodies were placed seemed almost too regular.

It looked as if there was at least ceremony

to what was being done.

And that of course suggests this would be a fairly well-on

evolutionary advanced creature.

NARRATOR: Finding the Homo naledi bones is considered

the most astonishing human fossil discovery

of the last 50 years,

as it adds a baffling new branch to the human family tree.

This is a tremendously exciting time.

Both the fossil and the genetic evidence

really underscore that there is

much more diversity in human forms

in our evolutionary past than we previously recognized.

NARRATOR: The hominin, or hominid,

NARRATOR: The hominin, or hominid, branch of the evolutionary tree

branch of the evolutionary tree

includes modern humans as well as the extinct

human predecessors, such as Neanderthal,

Homo habilis, Homo erectus,

and other early, intelligent standing primates

that have long since vanished.

And despite many years of thinking otherwise,

scientists are now discovering

that many of these species coexisted.

What we're seeing, really, is something, like, out of

The Lord of the Rings, where we have all kinds

of different humanoids

who are tall and short,

who have different color skins,

who have different color skins, different types of hair; even their brains

different types of hair; even their brains

are slightly different.

Some are more animals or apes.

Some are more animals or apes. Others are more refined.

Others are more refined.

NARRATOR: Some researchers suggest

that these recent discoveries

may require a retooling of Darwin's theory of evolution,

which was first proposed in 1859.

In his work, On the Origin of Species,

Darwin laid out the foundation for evolutionary theory

by proposing that gradual multigenerational changes,

occurring due to natural selection,

would result in the modification of existing species.

If the theory of evolution is correct,

we should see a steady, slow progression.

We're actually not seeing that.

We're seeing the sudden surfacing

of early humans who are actually

very highly evolved.

The scientific community explains everything away

by nothing else but natural selection and coincidence.

by nothing else but natural selection and coincidence. And the intelligent design camp

And the intelligent design camp

suggests everything was done by God.

What if this external force did in fact exist?

But it may have been an extraterrestrial.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the evolution of humans,

and even prehuman hominin,

might not be entirely what Darwin proposed?

Might there be an even more profound explanation

for the different species of intelligent hominin

for the different species of intelligent hominin that once existed on Earth?

that once existed on Earth?

that once existed on Earth? Perhaps clues can be found by exploring

Perhaps clues can be found by exploring

the details contained within some of

humanity's earliest stories of our creation.

We have this notion that the people

that were the earliest examples of a civilization

were not the first attempts.

That there were failures that came before,

and finally they would come up with something better,

and that would be the prototype that became the people.

Sumerian texts speak of deformed humans created by

Enki and the mother goddess Ninkhursag in the course

of their efforts to fashion a perfect person.

In all six, protohumans were made before

they came up with what they wanted.

In the Mayan text the Popol Vuh, the book of the people,

it is said that there were three attempts to make people.

NARRATOR: Could the stories of gods creating

NARRATOR: Could the stories of gods creating multiple versions of man,

multiple versions of man,

which can be found in the Mayan Popol Vuh,

the ancient Sumerian texts and other writings,

be accounts of what actually happened on Earth

be accounts of what actually happened on Earth in the distant past?

in the distant past?

And if so, just who were these gods?

There's a very good chance that early humans were possibly

genetically manipulated by advanced extraterrestrials

trying to formulate and create the ultimate human species.

What if, at the heart of it,

is the concept

that the planet itself has been

an experimental lab, an experimental garden,

an experimental lab, an experimental garden, and that all of these different models getting to Homo sapien,

and that all of these different models getting to Homo sapien,

that there had been all kinds of models,

all for different reasons, all part of tests,

all done by DNA manipulation

by nonhumans in the extraterrestrial category?

NARRATOR: Could the widespread mythologies about the creation

of various human prototypes be real accounts

of an extraterrestrial experiment,

an experiment that continues to this day?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

the fossil discovery of real-life hobbits.

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NARRATOR: The Indonesian island of Flores,

just north of Australia.

September 6, 2003.

Archaeologists seeking evidence for the first

Homo sapiens migration to Indonesia

come upon what they believe

is the skull of a human child embedded in the earth

20 feet beneath the surface of Liang Bua cave.

After several days of careful excavation,

enough of the cranium and mandible are exposed

to reveal that the teeth

belonged not to a child but to a fully-grown adult.

The skull, along with the skeletal remains

that were recovered weeks later, belong to an ancient hominin

that stood only three and a half feet tall.

Scientists name the species Homo floresiensis,

but they are more commonly referred to as "the Hobbits."

The Flores hominids date to

The Flores hominids date to 16,000 to 18,000 years ago,

16,000 to 18,000 years ago,

a time period when we thought

only anatomically modern humans existed.

What is remarkable about the Flores remains

is their tiny, tiny body size.

And, as well, at least one of the specimens has a brain size

that is only about the size of a chimpanzee,

that is only about the size of a chimpanzee, 300 to 400 ccs.

300 to 400 ccs.

And yet, you have tools that are consistent

with anatomically modern humans.

How to reconcile that is still an open question.

CHILDRESS: The recent discoveries of these Hobbits

on the island of Flores in Indonesia

has really rocked the anthropological world.

has really rocked the anthropological world. And anthropologists were really not aware

And anthropologists were really not aware

and didn't think that there would be

this miniature type of person,

who's a distinct species from Homo sapiens.

NARRATOR: Prehistoric stone tools found on the island of Flores

suggest that these so-called Hobbits

may have arrived there 800,000 years prior.

How did this species get to the island?

So, there are two options how this could've happened.

So, there are two options how this could've happened. One is that these Hobbit people

One is that these Hobbit people

arrived there on boats or they were planted there

by extraterrestrials in the remote past.

Some people even have suggested that this island

served as some type of a petri dish because of its isolation.

NARRATOR: Seven years after the initial Flores discovery,

archaeologists stumble across yet another new species,

8,000 miles away in the remote Altai Mountains

of Siberia.

Isolated in a cave at an elevation

over 2,400 feet above sea level,

scientists discover a finger bone fragment

and tooth of a previously unknown prehuman

that existed at least 40,000 years ago.

They name the species Denisovan after the name

of the cave that the bones were found in.

It's particularly fascinating that, when we look at

the geographical distribution of the early humans,

they're in different parts of the world.

We have the Denisovans in Siberia and Russia.

We have Homo floresiensis on the island

of Flores, and the list goes on.

It begs the question: How would that happen?

Why would it not be the case that multiple

different types of human would appear in multiple areas?

But they had their own geographical locations.

NARRATOR: Discoveries made in just the last two decades

paint a picture of at least four distinct groups of

intelligent hominins existing in isolated pockets of the world.

Homo floresiensis isolated on the island of Flores,

Denisovans being found in the Altai Mountains of Siberia,

Neanderthal found occupying Western Europe,

and anatomically modern humans evolving in Africa.

Scientists don't entirely understand

the role of geographic isolation,

but what we know from studies of island populations

of both humans and nonhuman species today is that

isolated environments are fertile ground

for producing unique and distinctive adaptations

and also extremes in body size.

NARRATOR: In 1972,

renowned evolutionary theorist Dr. Stephen Jay Gould

proposed a modification

to the standard model of evolution.

His punctuated equilibrium theory addressed evidence

that changes in the fossil record came not as

a steady process of gradual evolution,

as proposed by Darwin,

as proposed by Darwin, but rather in fits and starts.

but rather in fits and starts.

And these rapid changes seemed to primarily occur

And these rapid changes seemed to primarily occur in situations of isolation.

in situations of isolation.

His theory continues to be considered controversial,

as it also suggested that there must have been

an unknown mechanism at play,

but his research stops short

of defining what this could have been.

CHILDRESS: We don't have the step-by-step changes

that we were expecting to find.

So, we have to ask ourselves: Is there really this slow,

random evolution,

or are there sudden leaps,

where suddenly there is a new kind of species

that's just come straight out of the incubator?

And so, it's like we have these different species of humans

And so, it's like we have these different species of humans that are being developed in isolation

that are being developed in isolation

in different parts of the world.

GEORGE NOORY: I've always said that Earth is a planet of experimentation.

I keep thinking of The Island of Doctor Moreau,

where you're sequestered in a certain area,

and you can conduct your work in quiet and in privacy.

And there would be no reason why they wouldn't want

to do this same thing here,

rather than just simply take people

and take them to a different planet

and play around, which I think they do.

Extraterrestrials would use islands

for one experiment,

tops of mountains for another experiment.

But they would control what they were doing by keeping

their different experiments separated from each other.

their different experiments separated from each other. Oceans, mountains,

Oceans, mountains,

islands, peninsulas.

TSOUKALOS: If you subscribe to the zoo hypothesis,

which suggests that this entire planet

is nothing else but an experiment

for extraterrestrial entities, then one has to wonder:

Could this be an experiment by extraterrestrials where,

in the end, only Homo sapiens survived?

NARRATOR: Could Earth have really served as an extraterrestrial

incubation site for the development of early man?

If so, was it limited to the creation of species?

Or did the experimentation continue?

Perhaps further clues can be found by taking a closer look

at curious evolutionary leaps that further shaped

the human race.

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A Stanford University study published in the journal eLife

reveals a remarkable finding that dramatically changes

our understanding of human evolution.

The study reports that, since modern humans first emerged

from earlier primates, roughly one-third of

their evolutionary adaptations have been caused

not by means of natural selection but by viruses.

KIRSTEN FISHER: We have genes in our own genome

that were derived from a retrovirus

at some point in our history.

And some actually have important functions

for our development as humans.

This suggests that there has been some kind of

symbiotic relationship with viruses

since the beginning of life itself.

Sometimes viruses help human evolution.

NARRATOR: According to another study,

one important human adaptation that resulted from a virus

is a special layer of the human placenta

that prevents a fetus from being rejected by the mother's body.

The genes that create this tissue are called syncytins,

and they were not originally found in human ancestors.

FISHER: They were acquired at a couple different points

in our history, about 25 and 40 million years ago.

And they're important for the connection

between the mother and the fetus.

NARRATOR: Some scientists now believe that viral genes like this

were as important for human evolution as natural selection.

RICHARD HOOVER: I think that horizontal gene transfer

being carried out by viruses or phages

was probably the primary mechanism whereby changes

in species and major changes within a species occurred.

NARRATOR: Was it by pure chance that viruses helped to create

a species as sophisticated as humans,

or might this viral evolution

have been intelligently directed by beings from outer space?

Anthropologists are telling us that humans evolved

Anthropologists are telling us that humans evolved over time out of Africa,

over time out of Africa,

and that we had certain, uh, genetic leaps

where we were suddenly smarter,

our communication skills, uh, became greater.

And so, these genetic leaps throughout

evolutionary history might have just been a-a natural thing,

but they could've been engineered as well.

TSOUKALOS: There is no doubt in my mind that

viruses that have originated from space

somehow had to do with our development here on Earth.

However, it is very clear

that the ancient astronaut theory proposes

that the one reason why we became

humans as we are today is not due to an accident

by some natural virus from outer space,

but a deliberate, artificial change of our DNA.

NARRATOR: Could humans be the subject of a bioengineering project

by extraterrestrials, who use viruses from space

to alter our evolution?

And if so, could those viruses

have been delivered to Earth in comets?

Ancient astronaut theorists point to a curious event

Ancient astronaut theorists point to a curious event in our evolutionary history,

in our evolutionary history,

the moment humans almost went extinct.

Around 75,000 years ago,

there was a bottleneck in human evolution.

It's suggested that the human population

actually went down from millions

down to just a few thousand.

This is certainly something that genetics backs up.

And we have to ask ourselves: What was going on at this time?

PHIL IMBROGNO: Originally, geologists believe that

that bottleneck of humanity

was caused by the super volcano in Sumatra exploding.

Now, recent finds have indicated

that's not the case, and they're leaning more towards

a virus, a plague that was genetically programed

for early humans, wipe them out.

NARRATOR: One controversial theory is that the cause

of this bottleneck event was not just a virus

but a virus that was brought to Earth on a comet.

According to this theory, a comet slammed into the planet

with such devastating force

that it created a nuclear winter,

killing almost all human life on Earth.

Almost, because those that could survive

both the nuclear winter and the alien virus emerged

as a profoundly altered and improved species.

It was immediately following this event

that humans first began to leave evidence of symbolic thinking:

art, music and advanced language.

Somehow, human beings reached

another stage of evolution.

It was the transformation of the human brain.

Could it be-- and we believe it did happen--

that alien viruses infected planet Earth

at this inflection point

of the extinction of the human species?

They implanted viruses in the human species

They implanted viruses in the human species that changed the brain.

that changed the brain.

NARRATOR: The human brain, unlike the brains of animals,

contains a large neocortex, the region responsible

for language, logical reasoning and consciousness.

In 2015, researchers in Germany determined that

the human neocortex only developed

after it was activated by a single gene.

Our neocortex was mysteriously switched on,

and nobody knows how.

Of course, ancient astronaut theory

says it's extraterrestrials.

That beings came from elsewhere and tweaked our DNA.

NARRATOR: If microbes from outer space were responsible

for this profound change in human evolution,

could it be that it was

could it be that it was a deliberately orchestrated event,

a deliberately orchestrated event,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

the ingenuity of our nearest evolutionary cousin,

the Neanderthal.

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NARRATOR: Archaeologists unearth a prehistoric grave

containing three individuals

buried side-by-side with their arms folded

in a ritualistic fashion.

Because of the manner of their burial,

the archaeologists assume the remains are human,

but are surprised to discover that they are

actually our evolutionary cousin, Neanderthal.

It takes a good deal of imagination to prepare the dead.

It suggests some kind of notion of an afterlife.

If there is that, there is usually a notion

of a deity of some kind.

That is fairly complicated religious thinking,

suggesting that the Neanderthals had a capacity

for symbolic reasoning and the formation of culture.

This suggests a level of civilization,

or at least the proto-culture,

that is further along than we used to think.

Neanderthals, unfortunately, because of early discoveries

that made them look like a brutish caveman;

not intelligent, that they're very, very different from us.

They were shorter and stockier, but they had huge brains.

They clearly had clothing.

They cared for their sick and elderly.

They were very intelligent.

NARRATOR: In 2014,

scientists analyzed materials

from 40 different archaeological sites to determine a reliable

from 40 different archaeological sites to determine a reliable extinction date for Neanderthals.

extinction date for Neanderthals.

The date they came up with is 40,000 years ago,

suggesting they coexisted with Homo sapiens

suggesting they coexisted with Homo sapiens for at least 1,000 years.

for at least 1,000 years.

for at least 1,000 years. But just why did they die off?

But just why did they die off?

At this point, we don't know exactly why

these other species died off.

Certainly, it does broadly coincide with

the expansion of anatomically modern humans

to all parts of the globe.

But contrary to our notions from the past,

it doesn't look like it was

a lack of intelligence that led to

the demise of Neanderthals.

NARRATOR: Although Neanderthals are long extinct,

in 2013, evolutionary geneticists

discovered select modern human populations

carry genomes from both Neanderthal and Denisovans,

suggesting that, at some point, interbreeding occurred.

Neanderthal genetic markers are concentrated in

populations in Europe and parts of the Middle East.

populations in Europe and parts of the Middle East. Denisovan markers can be found in

Denisovan markers can be found in

the mainland Asian populations, as well as Pacific Islanders,

New Guineans and Australian Aborigines.

According to some ancient astronaut theorists,

this interbreeding may have led to the early demise

of an extraterrestrial experiment with protohumans,

leaving only Homo sapiens as the sole survivors.

Consider the possibility

that these different hominid strains were meant

to be kept geologically separated from each other,

across tracts of land that were considered to be too vast

for them to ultimately come into contact with one another.

Is it possible that interbreeding was frowned upon,

and that once interbreeding

with Neanderthals started to take place,

it was damaging the very essence of the experiment?

And because of that, Neanderthal strain had to be terminated

or removed from the planet to stop this from happening.

REDFERN: When we look at ancient texts,

particularly religious texts, from millennia ago,

what we find is the idea of the gods, or a god,

wanting to create a human that was pure,

sort of physically and morally.

What we also find are accounts where

the wrath of God or the wrath of the gods hammered down on us

for essentially going off the rails, so to speak.

And we could make a case that this was some example of

extraterrestrial intervention to essentially try

and purify again the species, and that might have involved

and purify again the species, and that might have involved wiping out significant portions

wiping out significant portions

of early humans and starting over.

NARRATOR: Could interbreeding between different groups of early man

have disrupted an alien experiment with human evolution?

And if so, did extraterrestrials have

a hand in choosing which species would survive?

Ancient astronaut theorists say it's plausible

Ancient astronaut theorists say it's plausible and point to stories of

and point to stories of

unexpected interbreeding of humans and nonhumans

unexpected interbreeding of humans and nonhumans that can be found in sacred texts

that can be found in sacred texts

that describe a time when humans shared the Earth with giants.

Stories of giants can be found in the traditions

of ancient cultures throughout the world.

Native tribes of the American Southwest

told of a race of red-haired giants,

curiously similar to the accounts of

the Celtic people of Europe,

who described red-haired giants called the Tuatha D� Danann.

In India, early Sanskrit texts

portray Buddha as a nine-foot-tall

blue-skinned giant.

And on Easter Island, local traditions have it that

the enormous stone moai statues were erected by giants.

In the Book of Genesis, it says that the sons of God

came into the daughters of men.

They created a hybrid offspring

who are called the Nephilim, or the fallen ones.

They're referred to as the giants

or the mighty ones, and some believed

they were between eight and 15 feet tall.

they were between eight and 15 feet tall. ERICH VON D�NIKEN:

ERICH VON D�NIKEN: This is handed down not only in the Bible.

This is also handed down in Sumerian languages

that some of the gods had sex with humans,

and the offsprings were giants.

Mythology is full of giants,

and we have to look at these old myths with modern languages,

change the word of "angel" into "extraterrestrial."

In the beginning of time,

In the beginning of time, extraterrestrials had sex with humans,

extraterrestrials had sex with humans,

and the product of this sexual contact were giants.

NARRATOR: According to the Book of Enoch,

NARRATOR: According to the Book of Enoch, these hybrid offspring

these hybrid offspring

built a glittering high-tech civilization.

But God considered them an abomination

and sent a great flood to wipe them out.

REV. BARRY H. DOWNING: When God makes plans to wipe out humanity,

what he's wiping out is

the extraterrestrial dimension of humanity

that has come about through the pollution of human genetics.

HENRY: Going back 5,000 years,

we have sacred texts that tell us

there was an antediluvian civilization.

There was a great flood, and that there were survivors.

The Mesopotamians speak of this in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The Egyptians speak of this in the Edfu Creation text.

According to some traditions,

some of the Nephilim survived the flood.

These hybrid children still knew how to build

megalithic monuments aligned with the stars,

megalithic monuments aligned with the stars, and that's what they did.

and that's what they did.

CHILDRESS: We have to ask ourselves:

Is it possible that the Nephilim were

the actual builders of Stonehenge and other megaliths?

And, in fact, uh, that may well have been the case.

NARRATOR: Could a race of giant hybrid beings

have once roamed the Earth, as described in the ancient texts?

And might evidence of these giants be found among

the massive stone constructions whose origins remain a mystery?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

a startling new genetic study indicating that

a startling new genetic study indicating that almost immediately after

almost immediately after

one ancient megalithic site was constructed,

its builders suddenly and mysteriously vanished.

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NARRATOR: In a groundbreaking genetic study published

in the journal Nature, Harvard researchers announce

a stunning discovery about ancient human DNA.

It reveals that, immediately after

Stonehenge was built, the people who built it,

Stonehenge was built, the people who built it, the ancient inhabitants of Britain,

the ancient inhabitants of Britain,

suddenly and almost totally vanished from the British Isles.

suddenly and almost totally vanished from the British Isles. They left behind virtually no DNA

They left behind virtually no DNA

in the modern British population.

What the 2018 study suggests is that the genetic signature of

the Neolithic inhabitants of the British Isles,

it vanishes shortly after

the period in which they built Stonehenge

and is largely replaced by an entirely new

human culture in a very short amount of time.

The Harvard study is an absolute bombshell.

An entire civilization just disappears

without a trace, vanishes into thin air?

It's easily the most surprising

and most shocking conclusion you can imagine.

NARRATOR: The study used a revolutionary new technique

that samples DNA from ancient human bones

and then compares it to the DNA

of modern people in the same place.

of modern people in the same place. Scientists then determine what percentage of

Scientists then determine what percentage of

the modern population is descended

from the ancient group.

So, the new genetic data are really

providing an example of population replacement,

in which the genetic markers that characterize one population

is almost entirely replaced in a relatively short

amount of time by the genetic signature that characterizes

another population from a different part of the world.

NARRATOR: The strange disappearance of the Stonehenge builders

NARRATOR: The strange disappearance of the Stonehenge builders

remains a profound historical mystery.

Might it point to a deliberate cleansing

of the human genetic line, as ancient astronaut theorists

and the flood myths found worldwide suggest?

Perhaps further evidence of this can be found

with the recent discovery of a confounding genetic lineage

that has proven nearly impossible to trace.

Emory University.

Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia. 1998.

Atlanta, Georgia. 1998.

Researchers analyze DNA data collected

from various Native American populations

in an effort to trace back their ancestral descent

in an effort to trace back their ancestral descent through the Bering Strait.

through the Bering Strait.

The lineages are categorized

The lineages are categorized into four haplogroups: A, B, C or D.

into four haplogroups: A, B, C or D.

Each line representing a different migration

off the Asian continent between 20,000 to 30,000 years ago.

But what they also find is that a small portion

of the Native population

falls completely outside any previously known genetic group.

They can trace the ancestry back 36,000 years,

but not to the Bering Strait.

Scientists dub it the X lineage.

Among human haplogroups, one stands out, the X lineage,

Among human haplogroups, one stands out, the X lineage, which is found in about 2.5% of some

which is found in about 2.5% of some

Native American groups, and also in a small population

of northern Europeans and the Middle East.

And there's no connection between these groups.

We couldn't understand why they're so different,

We couldn't understand why they're so different, the-these X haplogroups.

the-these X haplogroups.

NOORY: Isn't it amazing that you have a group of people

indigenous, we think, to this planet,

and you really can't trace what their ancestry was?

Scientists throw up their hands, and they simply say,

Scientists throw up their hands, and they simply say, "I don't know how this can be."

"I don't know how this can be."

Because these people aren't somehow related to these people.

How can this be?

NARRATOR: While the source of this X lineage remains a mystery,

some ancient astronaut theorists believe it might be connected

to a lost race of people that were said to have existed

throughout the world, including North America.

CHILDRESS: It's possible that

this X lineage gene is related to the giants

that were reported throughout the world.

Starting in the mid-1800s in America,

archaeologists began excavating skeletons

of giants who were seven to eight feet tall in many cases.

NARRATOR: In the 1800s, Smithsonian archaeologists unearthed

dozens of oversized skeletons contained

within the burial mounds of the ancient Adena Indian tribe.

The highest concentration of which were found

The highest concentration of which were found in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia,

in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia,

an area known to researchers as the "Valley of the Giants."

Author and researcher William Henry

is meeting up with a local Adena Indian researcher,

Jason Jarrell,

to have a look at one of these ancient earthworks.

This is the Criel Mound, and this mound was excavated

by the Smithsonian Institution in November of 1883.

The Smithsonian sank a circular shaft from the top of this mound

down through the center to the bottom.

Wow.

JARRELL: And that's where they found an elaborate tomb.

This structure contained 11 burials.

Ten of these burials were arranged

in a semicircular fashion around a central personage.

So, you have ten people around a central figure.

What was significant about this central figure?

What was significant about this central figure? According to A.R. Sines,

According to A.R. Sines,

who assisted in the excavation of this mound,

the central burial, when measured in the tomb,

was six-foot-eight and three quarters.

Now, the skull had been pulverized by the excavation,

so a complete measurement wasn't possible.

So, in all likelihood, this individual

was probably around seven feet tall.

- That's a giant. - It's a gigantic humanoid.

HENRY: So, we're saying the Smithsonian came here in 1883

and discovered a giant?

That's correct. In fact, they discovered giants

in many of the mounds here in Charleston.

- There were originally 50 burial mounds in this valley. - Wow.

And I've actually got some documentation

- here to show you. - Let's see.

- here to show you. - Let's see. This is the manuscript of the agent

This is the manuscript of the agent

of the Smithsonian who excavated these mounds,

and this represents his day-to-day journal

and this represents his day-to-day journal of his excavations,

of his excavations,

including the one that's mentioned on this page,

which is measured as seven foot six inches in length.

Incredible. So, wait a minute, this is a government worker...

- (laughs) who's out doing a job... - Correct.

...excavating a mound, and he discovers giants?

...excavating a mound, and he discovers giants? Multiple gigantic skeletons.

Multiple gigantic skeletons.

Multiple gigantic skeletons. The ones in this valley being between

The ones in this valley being between

The ones in this valley being between seven and eight feet tall.

seven and eight feet tall.

seven and eight feet tall. That is incredible.

That is incredible.

So, why don't we all know about it?

So, why don't we all know about it? How come it's not in history books?

How come it's not in history books?

Well, the policy of denial of the discovery

of gigantic human skeletons actually

wasn't enacted until about 1920.

wasn't enacted until about 1920. Uh, before that time period,

Uh, before that time period,

the Smithsonian acknowledged these giants

- in their own reports. - Absolutely amazing.

For years, I've been hearing stories,

Native American legends about giants.

It appears that we've unearthed evidence,

proof of their existence here in West Virginia,

but, for whatever reason, that proof was suppressed.

It probably has to do with the fact that it doesn't fit

with our model of human evolution.

We have to ask: Is there an extraterrestrial connection?

CHILDRESS: You have these biblical stories of the Watchers

and the Sons of God coming to Earth,

breeding with humans to create this new race of giants,

the Nephilim.

These giant skeletons seem to be evidence of-of

the Watchers and the Nephilim.

We have to ask ourselves who these

seven-, eight-foot giants were.

Were they somehow the vestiges of these giants of the Bible?

It's a mystery that archeologists have yet to solve.

And part of the answer may be extraterrestrial DNA

And part of the answer may be extraterrestrial DNA that's part of these giants.

that's part of these giants.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the remains of a giant-sized population

were discovered on the North American continent

were discovered on the North American continent over 100 years ago?

over 100 years ago?

If so, were these beings a variation of Homo sapiens,

If so, were these beings a variation of Homo sapiens, an ancient intelligent hominin

an ancient intelligent hominin

or an otherworldly species altogether?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining the rarest

and most mysterious human blood type on Earth.

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NARRATOR: Houston, Texas. 2010.

Doctors at the Texas Heart Institute

examine a 59-year-old man complaining of chest pains

and make an astounding discovery.

The patient has a three-chambered heart,

similar to that of a reptile.

Researchers attributed the rare condition

to an evolutionary phenomenon called atavism,

when a lost trait of a distant ancestor

reemerges in a modern organism.

GAGE CRUMP: So, the idea is if you look at where we evolve from,

GAGE CRUMP: So, the idea is if you look at where we evolve from, we were first fish.

we were first fish.

Fish have a two-chambered heart, and then we came on land.

We're more like a reptile that has a three-chambered heart.

And then, eventually, a four-chambered heart

as we became mammals and then humans.

So, interestingly, during development,

that same sequence of evolution is played out again as embryos.

So, if there's any sort of defect in the embryo

along the way, it could get stalled out

at that earlier state.

And now this man has a heart that's more typical

of our distant ancestors,

the reptiles.

NARRATOR: While the discovery of a human with a reptilian heart

is incredibly rare, other genetic conditions

have been found that suggest a link with reptiles.

have been found that suggest a link with reptiles. Since the 1800s, over 100 cases

Since the 1800s, over 100 cases

of human tails have been reported in medical journals.

People with the disease ichthyosis

have dry, scaly skin.

And people with the diseases called syndactyly

and ectrodactyly have fused fingers and clawlike hands.

But if such anatomical irregularities are a link

to our ancient ancestors, as some scientists suggest,

could it be that they are not the remnants of

a reptilian stage in human development, but instead

reveal that the human genome was comingled with

that of the so-called reptilians.

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe that proof

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe that proof of alien hybrid experimentation can also

of alien hybrid experimentation can also

be found in other unusual anomalies that appear to mirror

the descriptions of divine beings from ancient texts.

Millions of infants are born with blue patches of skin

Millions of infants are born with blue patches of skin called Mongolian spots,

called Mongolian spots,

evoking the blue-skinned gods common to India and Egypt.

There have also been many cases of gigantism throughout history,

bringing to mind biblical stories of the Nephilim,

giants that were said to be the hybrid offspring

of humans and divine beings called the Watchers.

Within us is the whole evolutionary development

of humankind, as well as the other species

that humans developed from: reptiles, fish and so forth.

Extrapolating this idea, if extraterrestrials

had a hand in retooling our DNA,

had a hand in retooling our DNA, then do we also carry

then do we also carry

their genetic makeup within us, as we would?

JASON MARTELL: We know today that our DNA contains

a lot of junk DNA that we still don't understand.

So, when we see these genetic anomalies surface

in physical form in children,

it could be that it's not an anomaly.

It's actually a lost extraterrestrial gene,

a marker that's now resurfacing at the right time.

NARRATOR: Could there be extraterrestrial genes

NARRATOR: Could there be extraterrestrial genes lying dormant in human DNA,

lying dormant in human DNA,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?

And if so, might a closer examination of bloodlines,

passed down from our earliest ancestors,

provide further evidence of this connection?

Located between the border of Spain and France

is the Pyrenees mountain range.

The people that occupy this isolated region

are known as the Basque,

and they have long confounded anthropologists and historians.

The language spoken by the enclave is not related

to any other in that part of the world.

And the population also has the highest concentration

And the population also has the highest concentration of Rh negative blood type on Earth.

of Rh negative blood type on Earth.

Up to 35% of Basque people have Rh negative blood.

And Rh negative blood is one of the most unusual blood types.

And it's the one blood type that is least likely to mutate

or interact with other blood types.

NARRATOR: Human blood types are grouped into four distinct designations

that include O, A, B and AB.

Additionally, there is another variance

between blood types known as the Rh factor,

or Rhesus factor, which is a measure

of rhesus-based antigens in the blood.

of rhesus-based antigens in the blood. The name comes from a monkey from India

The name comes from a monkey from India

and other parts of Asia, which is the rhesus macaque.

and other parts of Asia, which is the rhesus macaque. And this monkey was used in experiments

And this monkey was used in experiments

looking at blood transfusions.

How blood was received from recipients varied.

And it was discovered that

the Rhesus factor could be positive or negative.

Most humans in the world are Rhesus positive.

NARRATOR: 85% of humans in the world

are Rh positive and have no issues receiving blood

are Rh positive and have no issues receiving blood from positive or negative donors.

from positive or negative donors.

But for the Rh negative population,

receiving Rh positive blood may be fatal,

as the body will try to destroy the foreign antigens.

And for women that are Rh negative,

mating with an Rh positive partner

could be detrimental to the fetus.

If a Rhesus positive and a Rhesus negative, uh, parents

were to have an offspring, there is a potential danger

to the offspring because these two blood types

can't interbreed, basically.

can't interbreed, basically. Medical intervention is needed.

Medical intervention is needed.

It's why, actually, in the past, people had to have

a blood test before they were allowed to get married.

REDFERN: The very fact that an Rh negative mother,

her body would actually try to kill an Rh positive baby

generates bizarre scenarios.

How on earth could this happen?

It suggests, somewhere in our lineage,

that the Rh negatives and the Rh positives

are perceived as being profoundly different.

And also, studies of Rh negatives suggest

that they have lower than normal blood pressure,

lower than normal pulse, in a number of cases,

they have an extra vertebra in their back.

WILL HART: Rh negative is very rare.

WILL HART: Rh negative is very rare. Most of the world didn't have it

Most of the world didn't have it

until colonization started in the 15th century.

Rh negative didn't exist in the Americas,

and it didn't exist in-in southern Africa.

It didn't exist in Asia.

It was only in Europe, so it spread out from there.

Out of Africa, that theory has it that

all human beings originated in Africa, southern Africa,

sub-Sahara, they're all Rh positive.

They don't have any Rh negative.

Where did Rh negative evolve, then?

NOORY: 15% of the humans have Rh negative blood.

Fifteen percent.

And scientists have no idea where it came from.

What they do believe is that, if you have that, you may have been

evolved from a different kind of species on this planet.

Now, was that species put here, genetically altered?

Or was it just a natural formation

of the planet in its evolutionary stage?

Who knows?

Who knows? But the fact is that Rh negative people--

But the fact is that Rh negative people--

and again, there's 15% of them on this planet--

may have come from outside sources.

NARRATOR: Could the Rh negative blood type

offer evidence of a vastly different prehuman evolution

than what we are led to believe in our history books?

Might it offer indisputable proof

of extraterrestrial intervention in the remote past?

But, if so, is the experimentation

with intelligent hominin over,

or is it still taking place?

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NARRATOR: A decade and a half after Dr. David Jacobs wrote his book

proposing that aliens are experimenting on humans,

anthropologist Dr. John Hawks publishes

research suggesting that humans have inexplicably

experienced an accelerated evolution in recent history.

Humanity entered into a supercharged

Humanity entered into a supercharged period of evolution.

period of evolution.

If you look at DNA from a human walking around

in 3,000 B.C., and you compare it to what we have today,

it is seven percent different.

What is this telling us?

It could be that extraterrestrials are

involved in that process,

shepherding our genetic change through contact,

through genetic work that they are doing.

NOORY: Millions of people report being abducted.

NOORY: Millions of people report being abducted. They can't all be wrong.

They can't all be wrong.

Something is happening to these people.

And if you assume for a moment that we may be

the test tube of the universe,

where they experiment and genetically manipulate

where they experiment and genetically manipulate and change things,

and change things,

it's very possible that the experiment continues.

NARRATOR: Throughout the world, there are children who possess

NARRATOR: Throughout the world, there are children who possess astonishing abilities.

astonishing abilities.

In 2002, Sho Yano graduated summa cum laude

from Loyola University Chicago at the age of 12.

Six years later, he received a PhD

in molecular genetics and cell biology.

In 2006, six-year-old Ainan Celeste Cawley

of Singapore, who spoke his first words at two weeks old,

gave a science lecture about acid and alkaloids.

And in 2013, Adam Kirby became the youngest member

of British Mensa at just two years old,

scoring 141 on an IQ test and reading books

by the age of ten months.

Highly gifted children often

know things that they shouldn't know.

They often surprise us

with the things they're able to understand at very young ages.

And they're able to bring together disparate pieces

of information from history, scientific discovery,

and their own experiences and heightened intuitive sense.

NARRATOR: Throughout human history,

there have been children who stand out

for their advanced knowledge and incredible abilities.

But are these uniquely talented and intelligent children

simply the product of good genetics?

Or could there be another explanation for why

some children display abilities far beyond their years?

Some ancient astronaut theorists

believe there are children born here on Earth

who have a connection to beings from beyond our world.

They call them Star Children.

When we see these Star Children, these children who are gifted

with extraordinary human function,

born seeming to know things already,

show that there is some sort of interaction going on

with a nonphysical intelligence.

DAVID WEATHERLY: The concept is that children are being born with

a higher level of awareness.

a higher level of awareness. These kids, many people believe,

These kids, many people believe,

are being born in order to help usher in a true new age,

a time of peace, a time of greater consciousness

and greater prosperity for the planet.

What is commonly termed the Star Children has always been

with the American Indian people throughout the ages.

And, uh, these are special children.

They're the ones that can heal with their hands.

These Star Children are said to have lots of special qualities.

Their psychic abilities are quite enhanced.

And so, these Star Children, in a way, are some new race

that's living amongst us right now.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that some of the world's most gifted children

really have an otherworldly connection,

a connection that endows them with special gifts

and the power to transform society?

Today, there is evidence that a higher number

of unusually gifted children are being born than ever before.

WILCOCK: There is genetic evidence to prove that

humans are evolving at a rapid rate of speed.

Every decade, we're getting smarter and smarter and smarter.

NARRATOR: But those who have studied the Star Children phenomenon

say that these unusually gifted children

display more than just superior intelligence.

RICHARD BOYLAN: Star kids are advanced in several departments.

These kids are much brighter than

the old school child of a previous generation.

They are very sensitive.

They are compassionate. They have a mission sense.

They're using, uh, special gifts they have as advanced Star Kids.

For example, in the area of telepathy.

They can pick up on things

that somebody else is thinking or sensing.

Parents of Star Children

know that their children are different.

Maybe their child is psychic and talking about

Maybe their child is psychic and talking about seeing things that other people can't see

seeing things that other people can't see

or hearing things other people can't hear

or knowing things that other people don't know.

Some of the Star Children have very high energy.

They can go long periods without sleeping, without eating.

It's just not your normal, typical child.

NARRATOR: According to Nikki Pattillo,

her daughter Maddy has told her that her home

is in the sky

and has displayed numerous astonishing abilities,

like telekinesis and psychic visions.

But could ten-year-old Maddy Pattillo

really have superhuman abilities?

In 1982, the Chinese government launched a nationwide search

for children with extraordinary abilities.

Some of the talents they looked for were psychic powers,

telekinesis and the ability to manipulate time and space.

There was one girl who could wave her hands over a bush

that had buds of flowers on it and spontaneously

accelerate time so that the flower buds

popped open right in front of everyone's eyes.

YOUNG: Some could read while blindfolded.

Some could move objects telepathically.

We don't know what became of these children

because this was some years ago now.

BARA: The question then becomes:

Where does this extra human function come from?

Is it some part of our extraterrestrial DNA that's been

activated by the process that the Chinese put them through?

Could we actually see a new higher functioning,

more advanced, superior human being in our future?

NARRATOR: In total, the Chinese identified

more than 100,000 children who had

what researchers refer to as extra human function, or EHF.

Is it possible, as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

that this is evidence

that the Star Children phenomenon is real?

A lot of people believe that these Star Children that

are coming into our world actually vibrate

at a higher level of existence than most humans do.

It's a higher level of connectivity, a higher level

of sensitivity that allows them to connect into

the collective consciousness in a way

that most of us have forgotten how to do.

The potential of these children is exciting,

and the possibilities are unlimited.

NARRATOR: There are those who believe

NARRATOR: There are those who believe that human beings are going through

that human beings are going through

an evolutionary leap, and that some children

are being born today with special abilities

that future generations will eventually all possess.

But could they have also been sent here with a profound plan,

perhaps one where we take over the task of preparing ourselves

for our own extraterrestrial future?

VALLE: All right, you want to go to Mars?

TAYLOR: Sure, let's go to Mars.

NARRATOR: At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,

aerospace engineer Dr. Travis Taylor

meets with Paul Valle, the project manager for

the Active Response Gravity Offload System,

otherwise known as ARGOS.

Travis is eager to experience firsthand

how space colonists will be trained in order to survive

in reduced gravity environments.

- And now you are on Mars. - So this is what Mars is like?

- And now you are on Mars. - So this is what Mars is like? - Yep. - I can jump--

- Yep. - I can jump--

oh!-- a lot higher.

So if I were gonna try and walk across Mars...

TAYLOR: The ARGOS simulator is amazing in giving me

some insight and realizing it's not easy to work on

a planet that isn't the planet I came from.

If I was on Mars or the moon or anywhere else,

I'd have to completely retrain my mind

- and body for working there. - Yeah.

- and body for working there. - Yeah. - (laughs) - Wow.

- (laughs) - Wow.

Whoa. Getting up is the hard part.

- (both laugh) - TAYLOR: So if any civilizations

have done that, they would've

had to do the same type of training,

or when they got here, they'd be extremely clumsy.

or when they got here, they'd be extremely clumsy. NARRATOR: March 2, 2016.

NARRATOR: March 2, 2016.

Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan. American astronaut Scott Kelly

American astronaut Scott Kelly

returns to Earth after a record-setting

360-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

The duration of the mission was intended to help researchers

understand how prolonged periods of time

in zero-gravity can affect the human body.

Scott's identical twin brother, Mark,

also an astronaut, served as a control subject.

Because of his twin's DNA, which is, in theory,

Because of his twin's DNA, which is, in theory, identical to his, they could then determine

identical to his, they could then determine

what kind of DNA changes had happened to him.

And what they discovered was that

about seven percent of his DNA had been altered.

NARRATOR: Extensive post-mission lab tests

confirmed the astonishing changes that had taken place.

Genes related to Scott Kelly's immune system,

DNA repair,

bone formation networks, his bloodstream

and numerous other systems have all been altered.

The startling results prompt scientists

around the world to ask: What are the implications for

humans who leave Earth permanently?

The University of Tennessee.

2012.

Forensic anthropologists examining human skulls

dating from the mid-1800s to the mid-1980s find that,

in the past 100 years, human skulls have become larger,

taller and narrower.

Although exactly why these changes have occurred

is still being debated, many scientists believe that

even more rapid changes will take place when future humans

spend more and more of their lives

living in outer space.

According to them, the human head will continue

to grow wider as brain mass increases.

Decreased access to sunlight could lead to

the development of larger eyes.

And nostrils might elongate, in order to facilitate breathing

in dusty environments, like that of Mars.

Scientists have suggested that, if beings like us were to

go into space and spend long periods in space,

without normal gravity and such,

that our muscles would begin to atrophy.

Uh, we would have much more longer spindly arms.

And this is how, sometimes,

extraterrestrials are described as well.

If I say that, somehow or other, life on Earth came

from an extraterrestrial source, your first thought

is immediately, "Oh, little green men

or little Grey aliens with big bug eyes or whatever did that."

But it's an interesting parallel

when you hear people talk about humans' evolution.

Is it possible that that's what humanity might become,

for spacefaring purposes, is more like these Grey aliens?

NARRATOR: As humanity sets off

to explore the universe,

might we become a true spacefaring race?

And if so, could it ultimately result

in another leap for Homo sapiens,

one that is both evolutionary and self-directed?

I did a lot of my early medical work and medical research on

how the human body adopts to space as you go up into orbit.

So, we are gonna begin to speciate and form subspecies

of humans as we head off towards the stars.

Perhaps we should genetically modify ourselves

to thrive in outer space.

to thrive in outer space. We're gonna have to modify ourselves

We're gonna have to modify ourselves

to adjust to different atmospheres,

cosmic rays, radiation, you name it.

DIAMANDIS: Do we want to use gene editing technology to evolve ourselves

and modify our DNA, modify our bodies to meet

and modify our DNA, modify our bodies to meet the needs of space as the human race

the needs of space as the human race

is moving irreversibly off the planet?

NARRATOR: Maverick geneticist Dr. George Church

of Harvard University makes an announcement

that sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie.

Using a genome editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9,

he and his team have combined DNA from an Asian elephant

with genetic material from a species

that's been extinct for nearly 4,000 years.

With the substitution of 45 sections of

the elephant's genome with the DNA of a woolly mammoth,

they insist that a creature from ancient times

could soon be, once again, walking the Earth.

Once you have the technology to completely decode DNA

and-and recode it, you also have the technology then

to genetically alter

any human being or any animal or plant.

And so, therefore, you're able to genetically engineer

a humanoid species that will be better adapted to space travel,

better adapted to life on a different planet.

Extraterrestrials coming here in the ancient past

could've easily have done exactly the same thing.

NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials,

in possession of this same DNA-altering knowledge,

have used it to aid their colonization efforts

here on Earth thousands of years ago?

An idea which once seemed absurd now seems

remarkably and eerily plausible.

TAYLOR: Could you go back in time and look at something like

the prehuman creatures and genetically modify them

and create what has become Homo sapiens?

and create what has become Homo sapiens? With our technology today,

With our technology today,

we could pick a near-sentient creature

and start doing genetic modifications on it

and create a new sentient race.

NARRATOR: Has the evolution of Homo sapiens from

primitive hominids to modern humans

been directed by otherworldly beings?

While many scientists find it curious

that humans have become so much more sophisticated

than any other creature in the animal kingdom,

perhaps even more mysterious

is that from, a physiological standpoint,

we are not ideally suited for conditions on Earth.

And according to some researchers, it actually appears

that the human race was designed to thrive

in an environment similar to conditions that once existed

on Mars.

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NARRATOR: Noted ecologist Dr. Ellis Silver publishes

his book Humans Are Not From Earth.

In it, he proposes that humans possess a multitude of

physical vulnerabilities, such as slower childhood development,

a heightened susceptibility to illness,

spinal problems and difficulty giving birth.

He concludes that they most likely evolved

on another planet.

There are a lot of indications that mankind

and the human race actually did not evolve on the planet Earth.

For one thing, you know, if we go out

in the sun too long, we get sunburned.

And that doesn't make a lot of sense

unless the conditions on planet Earth have changed

very dramatically in the last few thousand years.

You have to wear sunglasses outdoors.

That also indicates that our eyes are not

That also indicates that our eyes are not properly adapted to the planet.

properly adapted to the planet.

Some recent studies in sports medicine have shown us

that the human body creates two types of fat.

One isn't a good type of fat, and the other one is.

And, interestingly enough, studies show that if you bring

the temperature down to about 67 degrees Fahrenheit,

you create the good fat and not the bad fat.

Near the equator on Mars in the summertime,

it's about 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now, that's Mars today with very little atmosphere.

Imagine in the past where Mars had an atmosphere,

the average temperature on the surface

might be around 67 degrees.

BARA: Another factor is that

when astronauts actually go into space,

when astronauts actually go into space, their circadian rhythms, their body clocks,

their circadian rhythms, their body clocks,

change from 24-hour days to a 24.9-hour day,

and that happens to be the exact rotational period

of a single day on the planet Mars.

Given the fact that our body clocks are tuned

to the planet Mars, not to the planet Earth,

that indicates to me that we actually came here from there.

NARRATOR: While the notion that humans could've originated

on the lifeless, barren surface of Mars may sound farfetched,

scientists are now certain that,

in the distant past, the Red Planet was once blue

in the distant past, the Red Planet was once blue and boasting a more robust atmosphere.

and boasting a more robust atmosphere.

One of the most fantastic things that we've discovered with

our orbiters and our rovers on Mars is about its history.

And a number of really spectacular surprises

have come out.

The first one is that Mars,

at one time in its past, looked more like the Earth.

at one time in its past, looked more like the Earth. It was a blue ocean world

It was a blue ocean world

with a significant amount of water.

We know for a fact that, billions of years ago,

when we were first getting started here on Earth,

then Mars was a much more clement place.

We know that it had a thick atmosphere

to shield and blanket the planet.

And it would've had organic molecules,

the building blocks of all life as we know it.

So, it stands to reason that maybe Mars had

its own genesis, its own origin of life.

NARRATOR: If the human species was

genetically engineered by extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

is it possible that it was designed

for the environmental conditions of its original home on Mars?

for the environmental conditions of its original home on Mars? And if so, what might've caused

And if so, what might've caused

our ancient ancestors to come to Earth so many years ago?

At some point, billions of years ago, Mars...

it suffered a kind of environmental catastrophe.

Its atmosphere started bleeding away into outer space

'cause it had no magnetic field to help shield the planet.

Some have suggested that, at some point,

Some have suggested that, at some point, Mars had an atmosphere,

Mars had an atmosphere,

and due to some cataclysmic events on Mars,

the Martians had to find a new home within our solar system,

and they came to Earth.

and they came to Earth. So, what if we are the Martians?

So, what if we are the Martians?

NARRATOR: In 1976,

author and researcher Zecharia Sitchin

proposed that a 12th planet once existed in our solar system

just beyond Mars that was somehow destroyed.

Although his declaration was based on his study of

ancient Sumerian texts, it was largely dismissed by

the academic community, who thought the idea absurd.

But recent physical evidence has come to light that may prove

Sitchin more correct than even he believed possible.

An 80-ton asteroid enters the Earth's atmosphere

and explodes 23 miles above the Nubian Desert in Sudan.

That day, an estimated 600 meteorites

That day, an estimated 600 meteorites literally showered the landscape.

literally showered the landscape.

But when examined, the meteorites were found

to contain something incredible: diamonds.

They also contained something else:

evidence that they came from what scientists now believe

to have been a lost planet in our solar system,

one which was destroyed thousands of years ago.

The asteroid belt in our solar system,

it's a strange thing.

And some have suggested that these are the remnants

of a planet that exploded at some point.

And the inhabitants of that planet either went to Mars

or they came to Earth.

I am convinced that the reason why there's

such a huge fascination with space travel is because

that's where we come from.

NARRATOR: If there really were an additional planet

in our solar system that was destroyed by a cosmic collision,

as Zecharia Sitchin suggested,

could its displacement have had a calamitous effect

on other nearby planets, perhaps Mars?

And how would the ancient Sumerians have known about it?

Between Mars and Jupiter today

we have the asteroid belt, and the asteroid belt,

in my opinion, was once a planet which exploded.

Which exploded because there was a war.

There was a war in space, a war in heaven.

Many mythologies speak about this war in heaven,

including our Christian religion,

where they speak that the archangel Lucifer

fighted against the archangel Michael.

Greek mythology, every mythology around the world

begins with the war in space, the war in heaven.

In my opinion, Mars was inhabited.

NARRATOR: Could the human race actually be populated

by the descendants of refugees from Mars?

And if so, have extraterrestrials

continued to direct the course of our evolution,

so that we are prepared for the day

when we may need to seek out a new home once again?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and suggest

recent scientific developments indicate that humankind

is on the cusp of taking the next great leap

to the stars.

NARRATOR: Beijing, China.

November 5, 2017.

During a video presentation at the Tencent WE Summit,

Dr. Stephen Hawking warns that, in order to ensure

the survival of the human race,

we must work to develop the means to leave planet Earth.

But ancient astronaut theorists ask: Is it possible

that the evolution of mankind has been directed

toward this goal from the very beginning?

And if so, has the genetic upgrade of humanity

continued to this day in preparation

for a future existence on another planet?

for a future existence on another planet? We're constantly discovering

We're constantly discovering

We're constantly discovering new ancestors to-to humans.

new ancestors to-to humans.

Just when we think we've got it all figured out

and who our early ancestors are, they find somebody new.

And you have to wonder just why are there so many

different ancestors of humans,

and are we being genetically engineered ultimately

and are we being genetically engineered ultimately until the perfect vehicle

until the perfect vehicle

that the extraterrestrials want has been created.

So, in theory, then we'll be ready to be

a spacefaring race,

ready to go into the stars,

to return to the stars and to join

these other extraterrestrial races

that are watching us right now.

NARRATOR: From an ancient past, when multiple intelligent hominins

competed for survival,

to alien viruses dramatically altering

the course of human development,

to the sudden emergence of new blood types

and highly gifted children,

could it be that every point in our evolution

has been directed towards one day leaving planet Earth

has been directed towards one day leaving planet Earth and becoming like our alien creators?

and becoming like our alien creators?

HENRY: In the creation mythologies,

there's a-a plan that emerges,

and this plan is for people to become more like the gods,

so that we could be reunited with them in the stars.

We are on the cusp of,

or perhaps even in the middle of right now,

this tremendous transformation

that will connect us with extraterrestrial beings.

HOWE: A Gallup poll was done to ask questions of

the populations that would

indicate whether or not they had had interactions with

biological entities that were not human.

And that Gallup poll

came to the conclusion that three to four percent

of the current population

of our planet have had an interaction

with something that's in the nonhuman category.

So, are the nonhumans waiting for a specific moment

in which they will say the human experiment

is beginning to grow up?

We want to go out and explore.

We want to go out and explore. And we think it's the beginning.

And we think it's the beginning.

It's not the beginning.

HENRY: I don't think it's coincidental that, at this moment,

we are recording mass sightings of extraterrestrial craft,

we're understanding the ancient world

and how they interacted with extraterrestrials,

science is advancing to understand this,

communications are being put in place.

I think all of this is leading to this moment

where we're gonna peak, where we're gonna experience

this disclosure, this convergence, this return,

and it will forever change humanity.

NARRATOR: Is the human species the result of a directed evolution,

one that is part of an extraterrestrial experiment

that continues to this very day?

Have we been genetically manipulated and steered toward

a future that will give rise to a new version of humankind?

Perhaps it has always been our destiny to continually evolve

in order to assure not only our survival on Earth

in order to assure not only our survival on Earth but also that we will be perfectly suited

but also that we will be perfectly suited

to join our alien ancestors in the stars.

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