All language subtitles for Ancient Aliens SP s01e09 Aliens and the Superhuman Mind.eng

NARRATOR:
The extraordinary ability

to catch glimpses
of a distant future.

to catch glimpses
of a distant future. GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Nostradamus said we'll have to live elsewhere.

What does a man
from 500 years ago

know about
leaving planet Earth?

NARRATOR:
Amazing minds capable of bringing

once unimaginable technology
into fruition.

MARC SEIFER:
Tesla felt that we were receivers,

that we were, in a sense,
self-propelled robots.

NARRATOR:
And visionaries

compelled to launch
humanity into a new age.

DAVID WILCOCK:
Wernher von Braun saw

where we needed to go
as a civilization,

and that vision
of a new tomorrow

is what fueled him.

NARRATOR:
Could history's greatest minds

have been empowered
by otherworldly beings

to access
a secret realm of knowledge

in order to steer
the course of humanity

in order to steer
the course of humanity towards an alien agenda?

towards an alien agenda?

DAVID CHILDRESS:
These visionaries think differently.

So you have to wonder
if these people

are tapping into some kind
of universal mind

are tapping into some kind
of universal mind where extraterrestrials

where extraterrestrials

are giving them information.

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.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

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NARRATOR: Paris, France.

June 30, 1559.

In a freak accident,

French King Henry II
is mortally wounded

French King Henry II is mortally wounded
while jousting in a tournament.

while jousting
in a tournament.

(horse neighs)

Ten days later, he dies.

The news shocks
the French people,

except for one man,

the seer Michel de Nostradamus.

Years earlier,
Nostradamus foretold the death

of King Henry
in Les Proph�ties.

A collection
of 942 predictions

about the future.

Now his macabre vision
has been realized

with startling clarity.

Nostradamus's fame as a prophet

starts with the prophecy

that King Henry II would die
in a jousting accident.

He died, as the prophecy said,
a cruel death.

The reaction to this
positively accurate prediction

The reaction to this
positively accurate prediction was masses of people

was masses of people

was masses of people
burning Nostradamus in effigy.

burning Nostradamus in effigy.

NARRATOR:
Long after his death in 1566,

Nostradamus's
most chilling prophecies

Nostradamus's
most chilling prophecies became known around the world.

became known around the world.

WILLIAM HENRY: He's famous
today because in 1555,

he predicted
the rise of Napoleon,

of Adolf Hitler, of the death
of Princess Diana.

MITCH HOROWITZ: Nostradamus is
perhaps the most enduring name

MITCH HOROWITZ: Nostradamus is
perhaps the most enduring name in postbiblical prophecy,

in postbiblical prophecy,

and people continue to feel
that they can learn

what's around the next corner
by studying his quatrains.

HOGUE:
His prophecies are foggy, cloudy, cryptic,

HOGUE:
His prophecies are foggy, cloudy, cryptic,

full of wordplays
called anagrams.

He was trying
to create a difficult verse

He was trying to create a difficult verse
to avoid the church justices burning him.

to avoid the church justices
burning him.

NARRATOR:
Nostradamus did not claim to have been born

with the ability
to see the future.

He said that this gift
came to him suddenly

in his mid-40s,

when he traveled
Southern Europe

as a physician and chemist
fighting the plague.

But just what or who

But just what or who
gave him the incredible ability

gave him
the incredible ability

to see the future
was a mystery even to him.

HOGUE:
He was singlehandedly fighting the plague,

and his wife
and his two children died.

He packed up his mule,

and literally,
in one night, left everything.

And disappeared
from the historical chronicles

for about six years.

The shock,
the grief, the shattering

of what had happened to him
had awakened the family gift.

He had an awakening experience

that somehow
opened up his psychic ability.

It's quite possible
that his brain itself

It's quite possible
that his brain itself was somehow altered.

was somehow altered.

A switch was flipped,
and when he came back,

he had the ability
to see into the future

and to make prophecies.

NARRATOR:
A psychic awakening?

Is it possible
that Nostradamus's ability

to predict the future
was somehow activated

by the trauma he experienced?

Many researchers
of extrasensory abilities

believe the human brain
contains incredible potential

that scientists
have not yet discovered

and which are sometimes

switched on
by traumatic events.

Evidence of this can be found

not only
in the life of Nostradamus

not only
in the life of Nostradamus but also extraordinary cases

but also extraordinary cases

but also extraordinary cases
documented in modern times.

documented in modern times.

Melbourne, Australia.

February 2012.

21-year-old college student
Ben McMahon

is driving home one afternoon

when a semitruck
runs a red light...

(tires screeching)

...and broadsides his car.

The accident
leaves McMahon in a coma.

When he awakens a week later,

McMahon shocks everyone
by speaking in fluent Mandarin,

a language
he only casually studied

a language
he only casually studied in high school.

in high school.

Doctors say McMahon suffers

Doctors say McMahon suffers
from foreign language syndrome,

from foreign language syndrome,

from foreign language syndrome,
a rare condition that occurs

a rare condition that occurs

after a traumatic
brain injury.

There have been
certain circumstances

where people have had
an injury of the brain

and then suddenly developed
some completely new ability.

It's a little bit
like the savant phenomenon,

It's a little bit
like the savant phenomenon, where somebody has

where somebody has

just these
unbelievable abilities

in a given domain
that are kind of unexplainable.

The brain is a compilation
of billions of nerve cells

that work together
to help us have our thoughts,

feelings and experiences.

Almost everything is still
mysterious about the brain.

I mean, we understand
the basics of how things work,

but when it comes
to our actual feelings,

our thought, our emotions,
our consciousness,

we really
don't have a good answer

we really
don't have a good answer as to how the brain helps us

as to how the brain helps us

to have those
different experiences.

NARRATOR:
People who have suffered

traumatic brain injuries

have developed
incredible skills,

have developed
incredible skills, such as perfect recall

such as perfect recall

and advanced understanding
of mathematical concepts

and the instantaneous mastery
of musical instruments.

But is it possible
that the human brain

contains
even more incredible abilities

just waiting to be unlocked?

The untapped potentials
of the brain

are barely researched yet.

Those researching
creative people

assume that most
of the work that is done

that is truly innovative,
new, original and valuable

is done by the part
of the brain we can't track,

the part
that is barely understood.

CAROLINE CORY: The difference
between the average human

and the prophets and the seers

is not that the prophets
and seers have a different DNA.

is not that the prophets
and seers have a different DNA. It is simply that they allow

It is simply that they allow

their extrasensory perception

and their abilities
to be enhanced.

and their abilities
to be enhanced. And that is the reason

And that is the reason

why they receive
messages from the beyond.

HENRY:
This speaks to the enormous hidden capacity of the brain

and even opens up questions

of whether or not
our brain capacity

of whether or not
our brain capacity is in the brain itself.

is in the brain itself.

Or maybe
it's outside of the brain,

and somehow we're able to tap

into these other abilities
outside the brain.

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

contains a large neocortex,

the region
responsible for language,

logical reasoning
and consciousness.

Many believe
it is also the seat

of psychic abilities.

In 2015,
researchers in Germany

determined
that the human neocortex

only developed
after it was activated

by a single gene.

Around 200,000 years ago,

Around 200,000 years ago,
say neuroscientists,

say neuroscientists,

our neocortex
was mysteriously switched on,

our neocortex
was mysteriously switched on, and nobody knows how.

and nobody knows how.

Of course,
ancient astronaut theory says

it's extraterrestrials,

that beings
came from elsewhere,

that beings
came from elsewhere, and tweaked our DNA.

and tweaked our DNA.

This is very important
because within the neocortex,

we now know,
are precognitive abilities,

psychic abilities.

CHILDRESS: If we're actually
genetically engineered

by extraterrestrials,

and they want us to have
a certain kind of a brain,

you have to wonder if,
ultimately,

what the goal is
with extraterrestrials

is to activate, really,

is to activate, really,
all the humans on this planet

all the humans on this planet

so that we're using
our brain power

and our psychic abilities.

Perhaps what
the extraterrestrials did

when they fashioned our DNA
and activated our neocortex

when they fashioned our DNA
and activated our neocortex was cosmic consciousness,

was cosmic consciousness,

cosmic awareness
and psychic abilities

that could potentially
link us to extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR:
If human DNA was fashioned by extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut
theorists propose,

is it possible
that humans have the potential

is it possible that humans have the potential
to tap into a field of information

to tap into a field
of information

that exists
in an unseen realm?

Might this help
to explain why certain people

Might this help
to explain why certain people appear to have psychic

appear to have psychic

and other
extrasensory abilities?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest
further evidence can be found

by examining
Hindu accounts of a sage

who is said to possess
the wisdom of the universe.

NARRATOR:
Although completely invisible to the naked eye,

a virtual universe
of electromagnetic waves

permeates our entire world.

And this vast
network of impulses

carries within it
information and data

that we have come to depend on
in our digital age.

It is the backbone of what
is otherwise referred to

as the cloud,
which remotely stores

billions of gigabytes of data.

When we think about the cloud,

what we're really talking about
is data transfer,

information transfer.

You're sending bits
of information through the air,

wirelessly, up to satellites,
down to servers,

back again into your computer,
into your phone,

and there's
close to seven billion people

using cloud computing now.

So you can imagine that

pretty much
anywhere on the planet

pretty much
anywhere on the planet that has Internet access,

that has Internet access,

you're going to find

these hidden sort of
secret patterns and codes

that are floating around us.

NARRATOR:
According to historians,

the concept of an
intergalactic computer network

was first proposed
by scientist J.C.R. Licklider

in the 1960s.

However, ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

that the idea
may actually trace

all the way back
to our ancient past.

Korva Island, Raichur, India.

Religious pilgrims
seeking enlightened wisdom

travel here to a temple

dedicated to
the celestial sage Narada.

According
to the Hindu scriptures,

According to the Hindu scriptures,
Narada had the supernatural ability

Narada had
the supernatural ability

to gain access
to a hidden domain

that most humans
are completely unaware of,

the realm of cosmic knowledge.

Tales about Narada appear
in the Mahabharata,

in the Ramayana,
in the Puranas.

Tradition has it that Narada
transcended consciousness

Tradition has it that Narada
transcended consciousness to gather his stories

to gather his stories

to gather his stories
and give teachings of great wisdom.

and give teachings
of great wisdom.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Narada is called Narada Rishi.

Rishis are like sages

in Western concept.

So they have gained
this ability

to be able to tap
into the knowledge,

access that knowledge
directly from the cosmos.

Narada is interesting

specifically, that he clearly
had access

specifically, that he clearly
had access to an essential knowledge

to an essential knowledge

that is at the fabric
of the divine cosmic order.

NARRATOR:
This idea of an otherworldly repository

NARRATOR: This idea of
an otherworldly repository of cosmic information

of cosmic information

is most commonly
referred to today

as the Akashic record.

The term was coined in 1883

by author Alfred Percy Sinnett

in his book Esoteric Buddhism.

In it, he describes

how, according
to Eastern philosophy,

how, according to Eastern philosophy,
universal records physically exist

universal records
physically exist

in the ever pervasive realm
known as the Akasha,

which can be accessed
by enlightened individuals.

SHIMKHADA:
"Akashic" is the Sanskrit word.

It means "sky."

So Akashic records can be
considered as cosmic knowledge.

So it is belonging
to the cosmos.

Everything
is written in the sky.

It's not belonging
to human beings.

It's not belonging to human beings.
You simply cannot go and bring it

You simply
cannot go and bring it

in its tangible form.

It's something
that can be accessed

through your mind,
through your brain power,

through
your spiritual wavelength.

TSOUKALOS: The Akashic record
is a concept that suggests

that the entire knowledge
of the universe

is contained
in one unified field.

This realm of knowledge
is timeless.

There was never a beginning.
There never will be an end.

It's just
this all-encompassing field

that contains all the knowledge
of the universe.

I have always called the
universe the wireless network

I have always called the
universe the wireless network where information is just

where information is just

where information is just
out there and stored

out there and stored

from all our minds and memories

from every creature
living in this universe.

This bank of knowledge
has been with us

since the formation
of the universe.

SCOTT:
The idea of the Akashic record,

it's where
inventions come from.

it's where
inventions come from. It's where art comes from.

It's where art comes from.

It's where science comes from.

You can call it
whatever you want.

It's something that's
in the substrate, right?

It's something
that you can access,

and sort of find information
that's been hidden.

Not even hidden,

I mean, it's available to us
all the time,

it's just that certain people
who tune into it

can unlock it.

This Akashic record
may be something

that every biological entity
in the universe

can gain access to.

I believe it's something

that even extraterrestrials
would tap into.

NARRATOR:
Throughout history,

countless prophets
and visionaries

have alluded
to accessing such a realm.

And spiritual practitioners
the world over

claim that through deep prayer
and meditation,

claim that through deep prayer and meditation,
an individual may be granted glimpses

an individual
may be granted glimpses

into this divine domain.

This repository

of the great wisdom
of all time,

of the great wisdom of all time,
such a place is beyond time and space.

such a place
is beyond time and space.

And so, if one is devout,

And so, if one is devout,
if one learns the right meditation,

if one learns
the right meditation,

if one learns
astral projection,

if one learns
astral projection, whatever it takes,

whatever it takes,

one can go read
from the great book,

the book of all things,

the book of all things,
then can know important wisdom

then can know important wisdom

or perhaps the future.

NARRATOR:
But if a cosmic realm of information truly exists,

could there really be a way
for all humans to access it?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes

and suggest
further clues can be found

by examining shocking claims

made by one
of the greatest visionaries

of the 20th century,
Nikola Tesla.

NARRATOR:
New York City, 1922.

Two Columbia University
sociologists,

William Ogburn
and Dorothy Thomas,

publish a paper in the Academy
of Political Science journal

entitled
"Are Inventions Inevitable?"

In it, they cite 148 instances

In it, they cite 148 instances
of simultaneous inventions

of simultaneous inventions

of simultaneous inventions
where two or more individuals,

where two or more individuals,

each operating without
knowledge of the other's work,

came up with the same
groundbreaking innovation

or theory at the same time.

How is it that people
in different continents,

different cultures,

different cultures,
can come up with the same idea

can come up with the same idea

at almost exactly
the same time,

at almost exactly the same time,
and it's seen throughout history?

and it's seen
throughout history?

Albert Einstein says

that he came up with the idea
for relativity

in a few moments, it suddenly
came into his mind.

Einstein's
discovery of relativity

was preceded
almost simultaneously

by a theoretical physicist,

a Frenchman named Poincar�.

CHILDRESS:
You have the radio

being developed
by both Nikola Tesla

and Guglielmo Marconi
at the same time.

You have the telephone

also being developed
at the same time.

There's many incidences
in history like this.

NARRATOR:
During World War II,

British engineer
Sir Frank Whittle

and a German physicist
Hans von Ohain

both invented
the first jet engine.

The designs
were strikingly similar,

and because they were serving
on different sides of the war,

neither had any knowledge
of the other's work.

TSOUKALOS:
More recently, a revolutionary discovery

was made by two scientists

independent of each other.

In fact, they were
thousands of miles apart,

and they came up
with the same discovery

that neutrinos have mass.

And one has to wonder

if this can be attributed
to coincidence

or if both scientists
tapped into what is known

or if both scientists
tapped into what is known as the Akashic record.

as the Akashic record.

SCOTT:
There have been discoveries

that have shown up
around the planet

at the exact same time.

People that aren't connected,

people that have no influence
upon each other.

people that have no influence
upon each other. And those are the things

And those are the things

that start
to emerge simultaneously

around the planet.

Here's the interesting thing.

This goes back to the idea that

we find information

in the substrate
of the physical world.

It may just be
that every single discovery

that we ever wanted to discover

that we ever wanted to discover
is already in the room right now.

is already in the room
right now.

It isn't that
the information is not there.

It's that our brains
are not evolved yet

It's that our brains
are not evolved yet to see the information.

to see the information.

Now, not everybody
is on the same wavelength.

Not everybody
has evolved at the same rate.

That's also true.

So there are
people throughout history

that could access
that information.

WILCOCK:
Scientists try to explain it,

and they think people have

a certain level of technology
at a certain time,

and they have the tools
in front of them

to be able to
make breakthroughs.

That doesn't explain
why it happens so precisely

that in many cases
it is literally simultaneous.

We have to look
at the possibility

that extraterrestrials could
be introducing ideas

into this information field.

Sort of as if something
has been uploaded

Sort of as if something
has been uploaded into the cloud.

into the cloud.

NARRATOR:
Curious statements made by one of history's

greatest visionaries,
Nikola Tesla,

seem to point
to some sort of influence

from an otherworldly realm
of information.

Tesla was most notably
responsible

for the practical application
of alternating current,

the foundation
of our modern electrical grid.

SEIFER:
In his autobiography,

SEIFER:
In his autobiography, Tesla talked about the day

Tesla talked about the day

that he had the revelation

of how to harness
alternating current.

Right before that,
he had a serious flu.

But he said that he felt

that he could detect light
from his forehead,

and that he was able
to receive information

from other sources,

and that this other source
entered his consciousness.

And he was then enabled
to come up with this invention

And he was then enabled
to come up with this invention which changed the world.

which changed the world.

Tesla felt
that we were receivers,

that all impulses
came from the outside,

and that we worked
on these impulses.

So he doesn't believe

that they come
from dreams or inner visions.

He really felt
that we were, in a sense,

He really felt
that we were, in a sense, self-propelled robots.

self-propelled robots.

WILCOCK:
It appears that Tesla got more information

than anyone rightfully
should have been able to get

than anyone rightfully
should have been able to get for his time in history,

for his time in history,

where he was and when he was.

It could be the result
of outside influence

from the Akashic field,
steering us along a path

from the Akashic field, steering us along a path
to make sure that we have reached

to make sure
that we have reached

a certain level
of technological sophistication

within a certain
prescribed time window.

(engine powering up)

NARRATOR:
Could the nature of genius

lie in the ability
of visionaries

to tap into an otherworldly
realm of knowledge?

If the information
contained within this field

was uploaded
by extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut
theorists propose...

...does this suggest

that humans are
on a predetermined path?

And if so, what are we
being guided to do?

NARRATOR:
Houston, Texas.

July 20, 1969.

At NASA
Mission Control Center,

the massive IBM System

360 Model 75 computer,

which boasts processing power

of 16.6 million
instructions per second

and up to eight megabytes
of main memory,

and up to eight megabytes
of main memory, is employed to accomplish

is employed to accomplish

the greatest feat
in human history.

Putting a man on the Moon.

NEIL ARMSTRONG:
Houston, uh...

NEIL ARMSTRONG:
Houston, uh... Tranquility Base here.

Tranquility Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

NARRATOR:
People across the world

marveled at this
technological achievement.

But incredibly,
only six decades later,

a handheld device

weighing less
than half a pound

weighing less
than half a pound dwarfs the total technology

dwarfs the total technology

NASA possessed in 1969.

Today's smartphone contains
a staggering

one million times
the computing power

used to carry out
the Moon landing.

What we had when they went
to the Moon

is like nothing
compared to what

an average teenager
carries around now.

I mean,
the kind of computing power,

the ability
to access information,

the ability
to access information, the ability to reach people

the ability to reach people

is an astonishing
technological achievement.

You can only imagine
what's going to happen

in 30 years from now.

What we think is so advanced
is going to be so not advanced.

NARRATOR:
How is it that mankind's technology

has advanced so rapidly?

According to ancient astronaut
theorists,

at specific points in history,

extraterrestrials
have influenced

certain individuals

to allow humanity
to make major leaps forward.

And they propose
that this is continued

up until modern times.

As evidence,
they point to the visionary

who jumpstarted
the microcomputer revolution.

Steve Jobs.

San Francisco, California.

January 9, 2007.

Apple's annual
Macworld conference and expo.

JOBS:
Thank you for coming.

NARRATOR:
At the center of a worldwide media frenzy,

Apple cofounder and CEO
Steve Jobs

Apple cofounder and CEO
Steve Jobs takes the stage to announce

takes the stage to announce

a revolutionary new product.

The iPhone.

What we want to do
is make a leapfrog product

that is way smarter

than any mobile device
has ever been

and super easy to use.

and super easy to use.
(audience cheering)

(audience cheering)

And we are calling it iPhone.

And we are calling it iPhone.
(audience cheering)

(audience cheering)

SWISHER:
Steve Jobs was one of the greatest visionaries

in Silicon Valley.

The idea of what he was doing

is how
you popularize computing.

A lot of people
who were in early computing

didn't think
about people using them.

And he managed to deliver
into the hands of consumers

And he managed to deliver
into the hands of consumers a device that was usable,

a device that was usable,

it was intuitive,
it was easy to use,

it was easy to understand.

it was easy to understand.
And that is not a small thing.

And that is not a small thing.

In the simplicity
and the beauty of it,

he made something that was,
um, just perfect.

NARRATOR:
Steve Jobs and his team of engineers at Apple

harnessed technology

that connected
society digitally

and put
all the world's knowledge

and put all the world's knowledge
literally at mankind's fingertips.

literally
at mankind's fingertips.

But the seeds of this
technological revolution

were planted in 1973,

when the 19-year-old
college student

dropped out of school.

Jobs was attending

Jobs was attending
Reed College in Portland, Oregon,

Reed College
in Portland, Oregon,

when he, along with one
of Apple's first employees,

Daniel Kottke, made a decision

that would change not only
the course of their lives

but ultimately
the course of humanity.

KOTTKE:
I met Steve at Reed College the first month,

but our friendship developed

but our friendship developed
because a week or two later,

because a week or two later,

I must have been walking around
with a copy of Be Here Now,

and I was eager
to talk about it,

and Steve was familiar with it.

That book quickly led
to Autobiography of a Yogi,

and then led to Ramakrishna
and His Disciples.

NARRATOR:
Like many of his generation,

Jobs became caught up

in the spiritual
enlightenment movement

that was sweeping
through America in the 1970s.

And according to those
who knew him best,

he considered it
not just a passing interest

but a calling.

Steve got ahold of the book
Cosmic Consciousness.

That's probably
what pushed him over the edge.

It had chapters about
great geniuses through history

and how they were enlightened,
and that was his whole thesis.

That's how we ended up in India.

NARRATOR:
Fueled by his desire

to find
spiritual enlightenment,

Steve Jobs traveled to India

with Daniel following
a few months later.

Together,
they discovered a Hindu guru

known as Haidakhan Baba.

LITTLE:
He was discovered at about the age of 18

doing yoga in a cave.

But there are legends
going back that the same figure

had appeared all the way back
into the 1800s.

NARRATOR:
Haidakhan Baba claimed that he had no mother or father.

But who was this character
who had no known history

before the age of 18...

...and was said to have
manifested out of thin air?

He professed that
he was an immortal being

known in Hinduism
as Mahavatar Babaji.

Mahavatar means
"the Great Avatar."

The great incarnated being.

Mahavatar is eternal,

and he can appear
anytime, anywhere,

taking forms
of another human being.

So he was here to change

the humanity in a better path,

you know,
in a path of understanding,

path of greatness.

LITTLE:
Steve Jobs did spend some time with him.

Haidakhan Baba actually
gave him an initiation

by giving him a spiritual name.

This is a traditional
kind of initiation,

so they were formally
initiated by this guru.

Babaji had said

that he was a celestial being

who had come to Earth
to help enlighten our planet

and to advance us forward.

and to advance us forward.
And we have to wonder,

And we have to wonder,

is it possible that Steven Jobs

was being influenced
telepathically

by an extraterrestrial entity
named Babaji?

NARRATOR:
Haidakhan Baba claimed

that he had come
to guide humanity

to a higher path

to a higher path
and referred to himself

and referred to himself

as the messenger
of the revolution.

Shortly after returning
to the United States,

Steve Jobs embarked
on a revolution himself

the development
of the microcomputer,

along with Apple cofounder
Steve Wozniak.

Steve was not in it for money.

He was in it for the mission
of transforming the world.

The Apple II was the first

mass-market personal computer.

Woz, of course,
was the all-around genius

who created the whole design
and all the software.

But the thing
that Steve gets huge credit for

But the thing
that Steve gets huge credit for is having enough passion

is having enough passion

for what he saw
the future bringing

that he just did not give up.

And the iPhone,
of course, is the computer now

that has taken over
all our lives,

transformed
everything, everything.

NARRATOR:
Steve Jobs continued to practice meditation

throughout
the rest of his life,

often finding refuge

often finding refuge
at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

at Tassajara
Zen Mountain Center

in California's
Los Padres National Forest.

It was here,
while deep in meditation,

that Jobs thought he received
much of the inspiration

that transformed
the modern world.

SHIMKHADA:
Meditation does help to connect with a higher source,

SHIMKHADA: Meditation does help to connect
with a higher source, a higher force,

a higher force,

because then one
becomes one with the divine.

So they could,
you know, in a sense,

download the knowledge,
wisdom directly from them.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Steve Jobs

received guidance
from an otherworldly source?

And if so, could it be
that he was just one

of a number of key visionaries

who were chosen
by extraterrestrials

who were chosen by extraterrestrials
to lead humanity into the future,

to lead humanity
into the future,

as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?

Perhaps further answers
can be found

by examining
an Indian mathematician

who was decades ahead
of his time.

NARRATOR:
Emory University.

Atlanta, Georgia.
December 2012.

After years of work,

mathematician Ken Ono
and two of his former students

come up with a groundbreaking
mathematical formula

that will allow scientists
to study black holes

that will allow scientists
to study black holes in an entirely new way.

in an entirely new way.

Incredibly,
they achieved this feat

Incredibly,
they achieved this feat by studying a single paragraph

by studying a single paragraph

written by
an Indian mathematician

written by
an Indian mathematician over nine decades earlier,

over nine decades earlier,

Srinivasa Ramanujan.

WILCOCK:
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician

who is unlike any other genius
in world history.

Ramanujan's work has now formed

the basis
for superstring theory

and multidimensional physics.

and multidimensional physics.
Some of the most advanced math

Some of the most advanced math

that all
the high-end scientists

are still using today
is called modular functions,

which could lead
to time travel,

antigravity,
limitless free energy.

All of this
futuristic technology.

He was able to take
a little that he knew

farther than
most mathematicians

would be able to take them.

He had the vision to see
what was important.

There are just so many
beautiful ideas that he had,

some of which are just
waiting to be developed.

NARRATOR:
Ramanujan made breakthroughs

in integral calculus,

which can be used to determine

the drag force
buffeting a wing

as it slides through the air,

or the gravitational effects
of the Earth

or the gravitational effects
of the Earth on a man-made satellite.

on a man-made satellite.

But perhaps
what is most noteworthy

is that Ramanujan insisted

these baffling theorems
were not simply the product

of his own genius.

He claimed
they were communicated to him

by an otherworldly being.

Srinivasa Ramanujan
was born in Erode, India

on December 22, 1887,

on December 22, 1887,
and was considered a miracle child

and was considered
a miracle child

because he was the only one
of his mother's four children

because he was the only one
of his mother's four children to survive infancy.

to survive infancy.

Even as a young boy,
he was obsessed with numbers.

From a very early age,
just instinctively,

From a very early age,
just instinctively, he was thinking about numbers.

he was thinking about numbers.

he was thinking about numbers.
He was calculating.

He was calculating.

He was fascinated by numbers.

Numbers, he said,
had personalities for him.

They had
a kind of life for him.

There are a lot
of stories about how

he was so focused
on mathematics

that he would ignore
a lot of his other subjects.

NARRATOR:
Ramanujan grew up in the town of Kumbakonam,

in a house within view

of the impressive
Sarangapani Temple.

The mathematical prodigy
spent much of his childhood

at the temple
among thousands of carvings

of Hindu gods.

According to
Ramanujan's childhood friend,

he would often go to the temple

and work on mathematics.

The friend had a memory
of coming into the temple

and finding Ramanujan with

all these inexplicable figures
surrounding him.

NARRATOR:
The figures that surrounded Ramanujan

were, in fact,
complex mathematical equations

that he had written in chalk

on the stone slabs
of the temple floor.

He would often say

that they were communicated
to him in his dreams

by the Hindu goddess
Namagiri Thayar.

He always insisted,

and he was very adamant
about this,

that the mathematical
discoveries he made

came to him
in dreams and visions

provided by
the goddess Namagiri.

In these visions, he would see

these fantastic,
beautiful mathematical formulae

these fantastic,
beautiful mathematical formulae unscrolling before him.

unscrolling before him.

WILCOCK:
There is abundant evidence

of extraterrestrial
intervention

of extraterrestrial
intervention that is involved in many

that is involved in many

of the most significant
technological breakthroughs

of the most significant
technological breakthroughs that we see in our world.

that we see in our world.

And these could come
through the form of dreams

or actual contact

with some sort
of intelligent beings.

NARRATOR:
Could Srinivasa Ramanujan,

who practiced meditation
and studied Hinduism,

much like Steve Jobs,

much like Steve Jobs,
have received guidance

have received guidance

from otherworldly beings
that have been directing

the course of humanity
for thousands of years?

Is this why he was able to
devise theorems so complex

that the world's
greatest mathematicians

are still struggling
to understand them

100 years later?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest
further evidence can be found

and suggest
further evidence can be found by examining the man

by examining the man

who helped bring about
the end of World War II.

London, England.

June 23, 1912.

In the residential district
of Maida Vale,

Alan Turing is born.

By the age of six,

his teachers
identify him as a genius.

By 16, he is studying

the most advanced work
of Albert Einstein.

And much like
the Indian mathematical genius

And much like
the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan,

Srinivasa Ramanujan,

Srinivasa Ramanujan,
he has a single-minded focus

he has a single-minded focus

and thinks differently
from his peers.

LEAVITT:
Alan Turing was, in my opinion,

the other
great mathematical genius

of the 20th century,

but of a completely
different stripe

than Srinivasa Ramanujan.

His vision was born

out of an extraordinary
literal-mindedness.

By taking things literally,

By taking things literally,
he was able to go places

he was able to go places

that people
who were less literal-minded

would never be able to go.

NARRATOR:
In fact, Alan Turing was so literal-minded

that there has even been
speculation

that there has even been
speculation he had Asperger's syndrome.

he had Asperger's syndrome.

But some ancient astronaut
theorists propose

his unique intellect

may reveal
an otherworldly influence.

One that intervened

during mankind's
deadliest conflict.

Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire, England.

Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire, England. March 18, 1940.

March 18, 1940.

(bombs whistling)

Six months
into the Second World War,

British military intelligence
sets up a top secret base

in Bletchley Park,
50 miles northwest of London.

Known as Station X,

it is home to a handpicked team

of mathematicians,
led by Alan Turing,

of mathematicians,
led by Alan Turing, that work tirelessly

that work tirelessly

to crack the infamous
Nazi encoding device

to crack the infamous
Nazi encoding device called the Enigma machine.

called the Enigma machine.

LEAVITT:
The Enigma machine was an encryption machine

that worked very simply,

at least for
the person operating it.

You would have
a message to convey,

and you would type
the first letter.

Its gears would turn...

...and then
a light would illuminate

with another letter,

and that letter
you would write down.

The machine
was putting the letter

through a huge range

through a huge range
of substitutions.

of substitutions.

NARRATOR:
In 1940, Turing accomplished

what nearly
every expert at the time

had deemed impossible.

He solved the Enigma code.

PAUL E. CERUZZI:
At Bletchley Park, Turing conceived of a way

of reverse engineering
an Enigma to run it backwards.

It wasn't easy, but they built

this very complicated machine
called the Bombe.

If you could
separate out the hardware

from the sequences
of operations,

from the sequences
of operations, what we now call software,

what we now call software,

you could create a machine
that could decode messages,

but it could also do other
things, including mathematics.

And I think that he realized

that this machine
could be made into something

that was quite
a bit more capable.

NARRATOR:
In the process of creating this machine,

Turing also
developed a technology

Turing also
developed a technology far more significant

far more significant

than anyone at the time
could have imagined,

the world's first computer.

CHILDRESS:
It's particularly interesting

how some of these visionaries
think differently.

So you have to wonder
if these people are tapping

into some kind of
universal mind.

And even
that somehow telepathically

extraterrestrials
are giving them information

so that they can see
these universal truths.

NARRATOR:
Curiously, in one of his papers,

Turing wrote that telekinesis
and extrasensory perception

should be taken seriously

and questioned
the existence of free will.

Is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,

that he wrote this
because he himself

was somehow in contact with
extraterrestrial intelligence?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining a meeting
Turing had before the war

with another
mathematical genius,

John von Neumann.

NARRATOR:
Directors of the Institute for Advanced Study

NARRATOR: Directors of the Institute
for Advanced Study at Princeton University

at Princeton University

set out to recruit the world's
greatest scientific minds,

promising them a faculty
appointment and an endowment

to pursue
their desired field of study.

Among those who accept
the prestigious invitation

Among those who accept the prestigious invitation
were famed physicist Albert Einstein

were famed physicist
Albert Einstein

and genius mathematician
John von Neumann.

Although lesser known
than Einstein,

John von Neumann
had a staggering intellect,

possessing
a photographic memory...

possessing
a photographic memory... (camera shutter clicking)

(camera shutter clicking)

...and an uncanny ability

to calculate complex
mathematics in his head

at lightning-fast speeds.

Von Neumann was
a Hungarian mathematician

who emigrated
to the United States

and took a position
at Princeton University.

He had an incredible talent

for mathematics and physics
in all kinds of fields.

NARRATOR:
Like his fellow mathematician Alan Turing,

Von Neumann contributed
to ending World War II

through the development
of technology.

He came up with a way
to use machine calculation

to determine how to compress
plutonium for the atomic bomb.

This technology was essential
to the success of the project,

This technology was essential to the success of the project,
and it might never have been realized

and it might never
have been realized

had Von Neumann not crossed
paths with Alan Turing.

CERUZZI:
We know that Alan Turing

met John von Neumann
at Princeton.

Von Neumann was familiar with
Turing's theoretical papers.

What we don't know
is the substance

What we don't know
is the substance of their conversations.

of their conversations.

A lot of that
was very highly classified.

Very, very little
information ever leaked out.

It has been argued by some
historians of computing

that John von Neumann absorbed
the fundamental idea

of the universal machine
from Alan Turing.

NARRATOR:
According to historians,

Turing and Von Neumann
were largely responsible

for inventing
the first computers

and accelerating
the advancement of technology

exponentially.

But is it possible the meeting
of these two geniuses

But is it possible the meeting
of these two geniuses was more than mere chance?

was more than mere chance?

WILCOCK:
It could very well be

that extraterrestrial
intelligence was involved

in making sure
that Von Neumann and Turing

in making sure
that Von Neumann and Turing met each other in 1935

met each other in 1935

and steered their development
to ensure

that the computer would be
brought out on schedule

at the right time,

which is exactly what we see.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that extraterrestrials

brought together
Turing and Von Neumann

to accelerate the development
of computer technology?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes

and suggest
that at the same time,

aliens were helping mankind

to develop
another important technology.

A rocket
that would reach the stars.

Kaluga, Russia, December 1903.

Russian scientist
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

publishes the article

"Exploration of Outer Space
by Means of Rocket Devices."

Most scientists of the time

considered the topic
of space exploration

highly speculative
and even far-fetched,

considering the Wright
brothers had just achieved

the first powered flight
that same month.

But many of the major
points contained

in Tsiolkovsky's article,
such as the proposal

that the speed required
for orbit around the Earth

that the speed required
for orbit around the Earth is five miles per second

is five miles per second

is five miles per second
and that this could be achieved

and that this
could be achieved

by means
of a multistage rocket,

would be proven
to be incredibly accurate.

ANDREW JENKS:
He's a fascinating character

ANDREW JENKS: He's a fascinating character
and the father of Soviet rocketry

and the father
of Soviet rocketry

who actually designed
the rockets

that put the first man
into space,

that put the first dog
into space,

that put the first dog
into space, that launched Sputnik,

that launched Sputnik,

the first satellite,
into space in 1957.

NARRATOR:
Tsiolkovsky's main source of inspiration

was his friend and mentor
Nikolai Fyodorov,

a Russian Orthodox
Christian philosopher.

Fyodorov was one
of the founders of cosmism,

which was a precursor
to ancient astronaut theory.

JENKS:
The cosmists began with Nikolai Fyodorov

JENKS: The cosmists began
with Nikolai Fyodorov in the 1870s and 1880s,

in the 1870s and 1880s,

and they believed
that human civilization

actually had origins
in outer space

and that it was
our destiny as human beings

to move back into space,

and we would go back
to our origins

and we would go back
to our origins from whence we came.

from whence we came.

NARRATOR:
Like Fyodorov,

Tsiolkovsky came
to be a cosmist himself.

And he not only inspired
Soviet rocket scientists

but also the genius responsible

but also the genius responsible
for putting the first man on the Moon,

for putting the first man
on the Moon,

Wernher von Braun.

Germany, May 1945.

After six years

of the deadliest warfare
the world has ever seen,

the Nazis surrender
to the Allied powers.

Germany's top rocket
scientist Wernher von Braun

predicted the defeat
months earlier,

and by deceiving
his superiors,

has managed to move
his team of scientists

south into Austria

south into Austria
to surrender to the American forces.

to surrender
to the American forces.

The U.S. received
valuable military intelligence

by taking custody
of Von Braun.

His work in rocketry
was so important

that the Soviets scoured
his former headquarters

at Pennemunde
Army Research Center

in search of any information
he may have left behind.

What they discovered

were the writings
of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky,

and found
that almost every page

was embellished by Von Braun's
comments and notes.

DAVID WHITEHEAD:
Wernher von Braun

was heavily influenced
by Tsiolkovsky.

Tsiolkovsky himself
had this concept

of human beings
being birthed in the stars.

And if you really
think about it,

could it be
that these scientists

could it be
that these scientists coming out of Russia

coming out of Russia

had some kind of
advanced knowledge?

Could they have
been communicating

with some form of advanced
extraterrestrial intelligence

that was influencing
the space race

that was influencing
the space race and influencing this push

and influencing this push

to get humanity
to go back to the stars?

NARRATOR:
As a young boy,

Wernher von Braun
was fascinated

with the science fiction of
Jules Verne and H.G. Wells

and was convinced
that he could make

their visions
of space travel a reality,

even going so far
as to tell his mother

that he would
build a machine

that would take man
to the Moon.

(radio chatter)

But when Von Braun actually
achieved this in 1969,

it was such an extraordinary
technological leap

that some people believed,
like Tsiolkovsky,

he, too, was guided
by extraterrestrial beings.

Wernher von Braun
was utterly captivated

by the idea
that we belong in the stars.

by the idea
that we belong in the stars. It's as if the Earth is a seed,

It's as if the Earth is a seed,

and if that seed
never germinates,

and if that seed
never germinates, then it could just die.

then it could just die.

We need
to go out into space.

And that vision
of a new tomorrow

is what fueled him to want
to succeed even further.

That leads me
to suggest the possibility

that some sort of
extraterrestrial contact

might have happened
with Wernher von Braun.

Something or someone
might have reached him

and saw where we needed
to go as a civilization

and gave him the tools
and the insights that he needed

to be able to build
our way out into space.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible,

NARRATOR: Is it possible,
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,

that great minds
like Nikola Tesla,

Alan Turing,
John von Neumann,

Wernher von Braun,
and other visionaries,

were somehow aided
by extraterrestrial beings?

Could their brains have really
functioned as radio receivers

for intelligence
from otherworldly realms?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining not only
claims of clairvoyance

but the incredible
capability to move objects

with the mind.

NARRATOR:
Durham, North Carolina.

1935.

Duke University
parapsychologist

Joseph Banks Rhine
publishes a study

that ignites
a firestorm of controversy

in the scientific community.

Rhine claims the brain
has psychic abilities

he calls extrasensory
perception, or ESP.

Parapsychology consists of five
very distinct characteristics

that we study.

One is telepathy...

...which is mind-to-mind
communication.

Clairvoyance,
it's getting information

about objects or events
from a distance,

whether it be something that'd
be in a drawer in another room

or even something
halfway around the world.

Precognition, which is getting
information through time,

usually from the future
but sometimes from the past.

We also study psychokinesis,
or mind-matter interaction.

HOROWITZ:
ESP is really just the ability,

or at least evidence
of the ability,

to glean information
in an extrasensory manner.

to glean information in an extrasensory manner.
So we're left with a question--

So we're left
with a question--

how is this information
being exchanged?

NEWBERG:
From a neuroscience perspective,

there's a lot of controversy

as to whether something
like ESP exists.

as to whether something
like ESP exists. Is there some sensory process

Is there some sensory process

that our brain is able
to tap into?

Is our brain able to get
to some more basic level

of how the universe works

and can pick up

what other people
are thinking or feeling?

There are studies
that purport to be able

to show these kinds of
phenomena as being real,

and I think they need
to be taken seriously.

NARRATOR:
While working

within the British
Ministry of Defence,

Nick Pope became aware that
numerous world governments

have devoted a significant
amount of time and money

to studying
and even employing people

claiming to have
psychic abilities.

In August 2019, he traveled
to Durham, North Carolina,

to visit the Rhine
Research Center.

- Hello.
- Hi. I'm John Kruth,

the executive director
of the Rhine.

- I'm Nick.
- Nice to meet you, Nick.

Come on in with me. I have
someone I'd like you to meet.

Great. Thank you.

NARRATOR:
John has been developing a new method

to detect and measure
psychic abilities.

- Nick. This is Edd Edwards.
- Hi. Great to meet you.

Good to meet you, Nick.

Good to meet you, Nick.
POPE: Talk me through this.

POPE:
Talk me through this.

What are we looking at here,

What are we looking at here,
and what are you going to do, Edd?

and what are you
going to do, Edd?

Okay, this equipment here,
what it does

is pick up the electrical
energy I generate in my brain,

and I'm able to control it.

and I'm able to control it.
How do you do that?

How do you do that?

I mean, talk me through
what you actually think.

I can feel

the different electrical
sensations in my head

that I consciously control.

- Like a tingling or...?
- EDWARDS: Yeah.

- Like a tingling or...?
- EDWARDS: Yeah. Tingling, magnetics,

Tingling, magnetics,

Tingling, magnetics,
electrical sensations.

electrical sensations.

And then out on my own,
I've learned to generate

And then out on my own, I've learned to generate
these high energies in my hands.

these high energies
in my hands.

And, for example,
you know what neuropathy

is in people--
feet go numb and everything.

I can apply
this energy to that,

and the neuropathy will
clear up in about four minutes,

in about
eight out of ten people.

So it's like you're
activating something.

Correct.

KRUTH:
Edd talks about helping people

to activate
their immune systems,

helping them to deal
with physical problems.

And I'm wondering,
what is the mechanism

behind this healing?

And that's what we're going
to be testing here, right?

This is something
I can demonstrate

that really
most other people can't.

All right,
I'd love to see this.

Okay, well, let me turn it on.

Okay, now I'm gonna hold
these two units right here,

and all they're doing
is picking up

the electrical energy
in my body.

KRUTH:
So, from a scientific perspective,

this machine measures static
electricity in static fields,

and Edd is apparently
generating static fields.

So if I want that thing
to go to the right,

I pull on
the right side of my brain.

If I want it to go on the left,

I pull it
on the left side of my brain.

You tell me when, I'll pull it
back to the right.

So if I was to say right,
you would--

And left and right again.

Without these controls,

just to be clear,
this doesn't move at all.

If there's any ambient
static fields in the area,

it'll wiggle around
a little bit.

One of the things we thought
is, maybe it has to do

with pressure
he's exerting on it.

As he increases pressure
on one side,

it moves one way
or the other.

But as you can see,
he can also have this effect

without touching the poles.

EDWARDS:
Without touching it. I can hold it over there.

I can pull it back there.

Mentally, I'm just changing
polarity in my head

or going from one side
to the other.

NARRATOR:
Removing any physical contact

with the machine,

Edd has just
demonstrated something

many would
consider impossible.

many would
consider impossible. He moved the toggle

He moved the toggle

using only the power
of his mind.

Sounds like you're
at the real forefront

of some cutting-edge
research here.

Well, it's difficult
to find people

who are able to consistently
have these sorts of effects.

And the fact that Edd
has consistent effects

allows us
to explore the phenomenon

in a lot more detail.

Now, at the UVA studies,

they do the extensive
EEG brain mapping on me.

they do the extensive EEG brain mapping on me.
And what they've learned about my brain

And what they've learned
about my brain

compared to
all the other EEGs

is just freaking
them out up there.

My brain is operating
on all levels of consciousness

My brain is operating
on all levels of consciousness all at the same time.

all at the same time.

NARRATOR:
Typically, the human brain

generates specific brain waves

while in different states
of consciousness.

But neuroscientists
who have studied Edd's brain

But neuroscientists who have studied Edd's brain
claim it is capable of generating

claim it is capable
of generating

all of these separate
brain waves simultaneously.

NEWBERG:
When it comes

to the brain waves
that our brain has,

we have denoted them
alpha waves,

beta waves,
theta waves, and so forth.

These are essentially
different frequencies.

Certain types are associated

with sleep patterns
and things like that.

with sleep patterns and things like that.
But it's always been a little difficult

But it's always been
a little difficult

to know exactly
how to interpret

all the different types
of brain waves that we have.

TSOUKALOS:
An argument can be made

that ESP or psychokinesis
or precognition

could be where the brain
reaches a level

that we are unfamiliar with,

not because it doesn't exist

but because the great majority
of people

have not learned how to harness
that side of the brain.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that abilities

like telepathy and psychokinesis

like telepathy and psychokinesis
are just waiting to be developed?

are just waiting
to be developed?

If so, is ESP something
that anyone can master?

ESP is something that everyone
has to some extent,

just like any other skill
or talent you might have,

whether it be a musical talent,
whether it be a sports talent.

Everyone has a bit
of natural abilities.

But there are some people
who practice really hard,

and they get better at it,

whether they have
the natural ability or not.

CORY:
Everyone has the ability

to develop
their extrasensory perception.

It is because it is
part of our DNA.

It is innate
in the human nature

to be able to tap
into other realities

beyond our normal human senses.

NARRATOR:
Tap into other realities?

Could it be that harnessing
extrasensory abilities

is the key to connecting
with extraterrestrial beings?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining the discovery
of an energy field

that may hold the entire
knowledge of the universe.

NARRATOR:
Durham, North Carolina.

August 2019.

Nick Pope is meeting with
parapsychologist John G. Kruth

to observe an experiment
with Edd Edwards,

a man who has demonstrated
psychokinetic abilities.

John has brought Edd and Nick
to a dark room.

Here, he intends to study
Edd's abilities with a device

that measures individual light
particles called photons.

We have a very sensitive
piece of equipment here.

We have a very sensitive piece of equipment here.
It's called a photomultiplier tube.

It's called
a photomultiplier tube.

The photomultiplier tube
will measure a single photon

of ultraviolet light
every half second.

It's one of the most
sensitive instruments

It's one of the most
sensitive instruments for measuring light that exists.

for measuring light that exists.

It's used in standard
physics experiments

and laser technology.

The reason
we have that in here

is because we're trying
to measure light

is because we're trying to measure light
that comes from the human body.

that comes
from the human body.

CORY: The human body
naturally emits light.

The average person emits

14 to 20 photons

by centimeter square
per second.

by centimeter square
per second. This is very, very low.

This is very, very low.

So today what we're gonna do

is, we're gonna have Edd
just sit like he is right now,

and we're going to take
a baseline reading from him.

Once we take
a baseline from him,

then I'm going to ask Edd
to start doing the exercises

that we were seeing downstairs

to see if there's any change
in our photon readings.

NARRATOR:
In the control room,

Nick and John will observe
the experiment on computers

that record the amount
of light Edd produces

in the dark room.

So what are you actually
hoping to observe here?

And how will this tie in

with ESP and parapsychology
more generally?

The emission of light, if
it's being projected from him,

would be a type
of PK, or psychokinesis.

It may be a mechanism
that might enable ESP.

And how would this tie in with
telepathy and clairvoyance?

And how would this tie in with telepathy and clairvoyance?
Well, when we're talking about light,

Well, when we're
talking about light,

we're talking about
information carrier system.

If you think
about fiber optics,

how the entire Internet works,

it's all done using light

in different frequencies
and different patterns.

And this is
what we're measuring in here.

And this is
what we're measuring in here. We're measuring light.

We're measuring light.

So it's possible
that the light being modulated

can be what
the carrier signal could be

for the information
being transferred in ESP.

All right? About ready?

- All right? About ready?
- POPE: Yes. - KRUTH: Okay.

- POPE: Yes.
- KRUTH: Okay.

- Hey, Edd?
- EDWARDS: Yeah.

All right, I'm going
to turn the lights off

so we can start to study.

EDWARDS:
Okay.

NARRATOR:
John kills the lights

and begins the experiment.

Edd is going to attempt to
generate energy with his mind.

But first, John will record
a baseline measurement.

KRUTH:
And you can see we're starting to take readings now.

Typically,
what would you expect

Typically,
what would you expect to see in this experiment?

to see in this experiment?

So, what we typically see is,
we'll see a baseline,

which kind of wiggles around
a little bit.

It will usually be
between 12 and 20 photons

that we'll see it
moving back and forth.

If we get it to go
beyond it to a point

where it's two times
the baseline or higher,

then that's
extremely significant.

- So that's what
we're looking for. - Okay.

NARRATOR:
With their baseline readings complete,

John starts the next phase
of the experiment.

Okay, Edd, you can start
your sitting session.

EDWARDS:
Okay.

NARRATOR: Edd begins his
process to generate energy,

and almost immediately
the computer readings change.

- Oh, look.
That one jumped up to 156. - Oh, wow.

- Oh, look. That one jumped up to 156.
- Oh, wow. Now we're seeing 105.

Now we're seeing 105.

And you can see it's
consistently at a higher level

And you can see it's
consistently at a higher level than it was during the baseline.

than it was during the baseline.

- And this is what we look for.
- POPE: Right.

We've had nothing
on this scale

- before he started
to produce something. - Nothing close to that.

We just got a very big spike
into the 500s.

Oh, wow.

NARRATOR: The sudden change
on the computer screen

NARRATOR: The sudden change on the computer screen
suggests something extraordinary,

suggests something
extraordinary,

that Edd can consciously
manipulate energy

with his mind.

with his mind.
POPE: Up until this point,

POPE: Up until this point,

I think psychic talk
was just that, it was talk.

But even I can see that that
is statistically significant.

You don't need statistics
to know

- that there's something
unusual going on here. - Sure.

NARRATOR:
John's experiment may show that the human brain

has far more potential
than previously thought.

has far more potential
than previously thought. But could these abilities

But could these abilities

stem from
an extraterrestrial origin?

After years
of studying the nature

of electromagnetic
and gravitational fields,

celebrated futurist
and Nobel Prize nominee

celebrated futurist
and Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo announces

Dr. Ervin Laszlo announces

that he has found evidence
of the "A," or Akashic, field.

BRANDENBURG: Dr. Laszlo took
work from the discovery

of the quantum
zero-point energy,

which is a radiation field

that exists all around us
that we can't perceive,

but we can detect it indirectly.

It's very solid theoretically.

It's very solid theoretically.
It was first discovered by Einstein.

It was first discovered
by Einstein.

So we know that
the zero-point energy exists

So we know that the zero-point energy exists
and it carries a lot of information

and it carries
a lot of information

about the universe in it.

Laszlo proposed
that this didn't carry

Laszlo proposed
that this didn't carry just a physical information

just a physical information

about the physics
of the universe,

but also it contained
intellectual information.

NARRATOR:
According to theoretical physicists,

NARRATOR: According to
theoretical physicists, zero-point energy

zero-point energy

is an all-pervasive sea
of quantum energy waves

that is invisible but exists
throughout the universe.

The fabric of space itself

is made of energy
and information.

And the way
this information propagates

through the universe
is through waves.

We call that "quantum waves."

And so the Akashic field
is made of quantum waves

that are common
to all intelligent life.

This means
that all human brains,

extraterrestrial brains,
any sort of otherworldly beings

also are tapping
into similar quantum waves.

WILCOCK: This idea of an
intelligent informational field

that we can access
with our consciousness

is not pseudoscience.

is not pseudoscience.
It's not superstition.

It's not superstition.

It is a basic fact

that our scientists
are finding out is really true.

NARRATOR:
Nearly two decades prior to Laszlo's discovery,

Nobel Prize winning
physicist Richard Feynman

published his groundbreaking
work in quantum physics,

The Strange Theory
of Light and Matter.

In it, he explored the idea

that electrons in our brains

can be activated and informed
by quantum waves

affecting our thoughts
and subconscious.

SCOTT:
So, Richard Feynman talked

about the quantum
entanglement theory

and the idea that you could
have subatomic particles

at any distance whatsoever,

and they could
affect each other,

where information can be sent

at great speeds
instantaneously, actually.

BRANDENBURG:
The human brain is full of electrical activity

that creates radiation

that a very sensitive
radio receiver could pick up,

and other minds other places

would also be able
to send such waves.

Feynman found from the idea

of a quantum field
of information

an electron moving
in our brains

could be receiving
radio signals from the past.

But to compensate, it must also
receive waves from the future.

Now, this means
that every electron

in our brains
is actually a receiver.

WILCOCK:
Information could traverse

to any part of
the universe instantaneously.

This could mean
that intelligent civilizations

could send
complex information to us

by quantum wave propagation
or other means.

They could very much
be nudging society along

through people
having apparent visions,

which could be nothing more
complex than a radio broadcast,

some sort
of thought transference

some sort
of thought transference through the Akashic record.

through the Akashic record.

NARRATOR:
Could the human brain act as a receiver,

picking up signals from
a quantum field of information?

And might those
with extrasensory abilities

be able to readily access this
realm of cosmic knowledge?

While it may sound
like fringe science,

for decades
the United States government

has employed the services

of psychic spies.

NARRATOR:
Washington, D.C.

1995.

The U.S. government declassifies
the Stargate Project,

a secret army unit
that employed people

with psychic abilities
as spies.

The clandestine unit
gathered intelligence

about persons,
places, and events

from great distances
by sensing with their mind,

from great distances by sensing with their mind,
a practice called remote viewing.

a practice
called remote viewing.

During the 1970s, President
Jimmy Carter's administration

used remote viewers

to locate a downed
Russian spy plane in Africa.

You talk to any
of the old remote viewers,

the ones
from the Stargate program,

they'll tell you how accurate
and how important

and how relevant
their information was.

NARRATOR:
John Vivanco

has been a remote viewer
for over 20 years.

VIVANCO:
I worked with corporations

as a professional remote viewer
on these projects.

as a professional remote viewer
on these projects. Corporations, intelligence,

Corporations, intelligence,

counterterror
for the FBI after 9/11.

Remote viewing fits into ESP.

But remote viewing
is also kind of like

the Swiss Army knife
of psychic functioning

the Swiss Army knife
of psychic functioning because it kind of uses

because it kind of uses

all of these
different aspects of ESP

in order to get
information on things.

NARRATOR:
A key part of remote viewing

involves entering
a trancelike state,

which John does by listening
to specific sounds.

We have brain waves,

and in the thinking
monkey mind state

that we're normally in,
that is beta.

If you think about an EEG,

it has very high peaks
and valleys... (imitates EEG)

moving fast.

That's not a very good place
to remote-view from.

So when we listen
to the binaural beats,

they move us down into alpha,

which is a little bit
slower and meditative,

and also down into theta.

And we like to stay

in the alpha
to the theta zone

using that tool

using that tool
in order to get the best information.

in order to get
the best information.

CORY:
During a trance state,

CORY:
During a trance state, the brain begins to relax,

the brain begins to relax,

going down from beta
to theta to alpha state,

going down from beta to theta to alpha state,
which is between four and eight hertz.

which is between
four and eight hertz.

Prophets and seers

tap into the theta layer
of reality,

tap into the theta layer of reality,
where they are extremely relaxed,

where they are
extremely relaxed,

which allows them to receive
visions and imagery

beyond the normal
human perception.

NARRATOR:
While working as a remote viewer,

NARRATOR:
While working as a remote viewer,

Vivanco claims
to have gathered more

than just information.

He has also encountered
otherworldly beings.

I'm at home,

and I'm having
this crazy dream.

So I open my eyes,

I sit up,
and there's this thing.

I'd say
like six feet away from me.

It's got a head

shaped like a football
on its side, two eyes.

It's got these
sort of spindly legs.

So I start backing up

and I'm starting to go,
"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

And it telepathically
communicated with me,

and they said,
"We are here to help you,

and they said,
"We are here to help you, and we want you to help us."

and we want you to help us."

NARRATOR:
John was not the only remote viewer

on his team
to have such an experience.

Now, the other viewers started
to experience the same thing.

And so that's
when we started to, "Okay,

now, you know,
I'm not hallucinating."

NARRATOR:
It is not only remote viewers

who have reported
telepathic communication

with otherworldly beings.

In the ancient world,

priests and seers
developed various methods

to enter an altered state
of consciousness

to connect
with their gods.

In Ireland, Celtic shaman
rhythmically banged on drums.

The famous Greek seer
the Oracle of Delphi

would inhale a noxious gas
and go into an ecstatic dance.

Perhaps the most curious
tale comes from ancient China,

where Taoist priests
would practice

a mystic dance ritual
called the Pace of Yu.

DOMINIC STEAVU: The Pace of Yu
is a mediumistic trance

that enables practitioners
to escape

the normal confines
of time and space

the normal confines
of time and space and travel to the stars

and travel to the stars

in order to communicate

with the divine beings
that inhabit them.

And there they would interact
with various astral deities

and stellar powers
or stellar divinities

in order
to directly ask them

for advice
about future events.

NARRATOR:
Astral deities with stellar powers?

Might the priests
have been communicating

with extraterrestrials?

CHILDRESS:
With these trancelike states,

the whole idea
is to really contact

the gods and higher beings.

And are you perhaps
contacting extraterrestrials?

NARRATOR:
In modern times, powerful leaders

from Winston Churchill
to Ronald Reagan

sought counsel from people
with psychic abilities

for all types of decisions.

What leader wouldn't benefit
from knowing

what lies around the corner,

whether it's good news
or bad news,

whether it's good news or bad news,
and perhaps have the opportunity

and perhaps have
the opportunity

to try to prevent
something catastrophic

to try to prevent something catastrophic
from happening on their watch?

from happening
on their watch?

So I think this is just
a continuation of something

that has been with us
since the dawn of civilization.

NARRATOR:
If psychics have been steering

the highest affairs
of a nation,

might they also be part
of an extraterrestrial agenda

might they also be part of an extraterrestrial agenda
to direct the course of life on Earth?

to direct the course
of life on Earth?

But if so,

how could otherworldly beings
know the future?

TSOUKALOS: In the 1970s,
this French philosopher

by the name of Dr. Jean Charon

proposed that each
and every single particle

that's in existence throughout
the entire universe...

...contains the entire knowledge
of the universe.

He called that
the Eternal Spirit.

And he said,

and this is my favorite quote
of the entire book,

that "the brain
is the last untamed beast

in the universe."

NARRATOR:
Is it possible

that the next step
in human evolution

depends not on
our mastery of technology

but on the mastery
of our own minds?

Will our ascension
into the stars

come not through physics,
but something more?

We think
that we need a machine

We think
that we need a machine to make us more intelligent,

to make us more intelligent,

to make us more superior
and enhance our ability.

But you have access to
certain powers and capabilities

But you have access to
certain powers and capabilities way beyond the machinery.

way beyond the machinery.

The human brain
has the ability

to communicate
with other beings,

other dimensions
and realities.

Some people believe
that the prophets and seers

Some people believe that the prophets and seers
may have a hybrid extraterrestrial lineage.

may have a hybrid
extraterrestrial lineage.

But I believe that everyone
has this capability.

The way to evolve
is through consciousness.

Consciousness is more powerful
and more important

Consciousness is more powerful
and more important than machinery and AI.

than machinery and AI.

NARRATOR:
Is it humanity's destiny

NARRATOR:
Is it humanity's destiny to master psychic abilities

to master psychic abilities

that could put us in contact
with other intelligent beings

and lead to our ascension
from Earth?

There are some who believe

that a man who harnessed
these abilities centuries ago,

Michel de Nostradamus,

left a warning
for future generations

left a warning for future generations
that this extrasensory evolution

that this
extrasensory evolution

may be critical
to the survival...

...of humankind.

NARRATOR:
A solar flare erupts from a powerful storm

on the surface of the Sun
and hurdles towards Earth.

Due to the tilt of the planet
on this particular day,

we barely miss bombardment
by the apocalyptic flame.

Had it happened
one week earlier...

...humans would have faced
a global catastrophe.

Now scientists say
it could happen again.

And next time a solar flare
could strike a fatal blow.

Remarkably,
over five centuries ago,

Remarkably, over five centuries ago,
Michel de Nostradamus made a prediction

Michel de Nostradamus
made a prediction

Michel de Nostradamus made a prediction
about the end of life on Earth

about the end
of life on Earth

that, to many,
sounds eerily similar

to the potential effects
of a solar flare.

Nostradamus has made
one of the farthest

future-dated prophecies
in history.

The fire sears
and dries out and destroys

and desiccates
the surface of the Earth,

destroying all life
on its surface.

But then he gives some hope.

He says, "But the races
of humanity will go on."

And then he makes a statement

that he never has made
in any of his utterances.

He starts using
astrological identifications

He starts using astrological identifications
for places in space as locations.

for places
in space as locations.

But he says, "Some will go
to Aquarius for a few years.

Others will go
to the constellation of Cancer."

It's a hint of a man
from the 16th century

trying to grasp the concept

of the galactic stage
of human civilization.

TSOUKALOS:
The idea that somebody from around 500 years ago

said that we'll have
to leave planet Earth

in order to live elsewhere,
to continue life,

that's incredibly fascinating,

because what does a man
from 500 years ago

know about
leaving planet Earth?

NARRATOR:
Could Nostradamus have been warned

about a future catastrophe
by otherworldly beings

through the use of the
quantum field of information,

or the Akashic field?

And if so, could extrasensory
contact have been used

And if so, could extrasensory contact have been used
to influence humanity's greatest minds

to influence humanity's
greatest minds

and advance society

to our current
technological age?

Today the theorems
of Srinivasa Ramanujan

are being applied
in branches of physics

that may allow us to unlock
the greatest mysteries

of the cosmos.

The computer models

established by Alan Turing
and John von Neumann

have advanced human technology
by leaps and bounds.

The advances in rocketry

made by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
and Wernher von Braun

have allowed for greater
exploration of space.

And Steve Jobs' contributions

to the
microcomputer revolution

have put all of the world's
collective knowledge

at our fingertips.

But has the work of
these visionaries and others

But has the work of
these visionaries and others really been directed

really been directed

by an extraterrestrial
intelligence?

And might they be
shepherding humanity

through psychics
and visionaries

until we unlock the full
potential of our brains?

There have been a number
of studies that have shown

that consciousness seems
to be able to go beyond

just what is
in the human brain.

And that is something
that I think

all of us need
to think about.

What the future holds
remains to be seen.

But one argument

is that the development
of psychic abilities

is going to be the next step
of human evolution,

that unlocking
these abilities

that perhaps lie dormant
within all of us

is going to be the key

to upgrading humanity
to the next level.

It seems quite possible
that as we evolve,

our psychic abilities
will also evolve

our psychic abilities will also evolve
and that maybe our ultimate destiny

and that maybe
our ultimate destiny

and that maybe our ultimate destiny
is to become telepathic beings

is to become
telepathic beings

like what we see
with these extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR:
Could it be that one day soon

all humans will be able to tap
into incredible abilities

that lie dormant
within the brain?

And like the minds of
great seers and visionaries

throughout history,
will we, too,

be able to readily access
a realm of untold information?

Perhaps it will be
in this cosmic plane

that we will learn the full
truth of our alien past

and finally come face-to-face

with our
extraterrestrial creators.

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