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NARRATOR: Mysterious objects
arriving from space.
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JOHN BRANDENBURG:
Not only was it interstellar,
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but it was exotic.
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It's a riddle wrapped
in an enigma.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
The meteorite weighs 15 tons,
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and there was no crater.
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Where did it come from?
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NARRATOR:
Sacred stones,
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sent by the gods.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
Was this Black Stone supposed to
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interact with humans on Earth?
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WILLIAM HENRY: Perhaps
it's through these meteorites
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that we're gonna learn
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of our cosmic origins,
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and more about these
extraterrestrial beings.
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NARRATOR: Are meteorites
simply falling rocks,
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or could they be examples
of alien technology?
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And if so,
why were they sent here?
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This is the kind of meteorite
that has everything in it
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to start life.
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NARRATOR:
Winslow, Arizona,
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located in the northern Arizona
desert of the United States.
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Here, at an elevation
of 5,700 feet above sea level,
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is located the largest crater
in North America.
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Formed by an enormous meteor
that fell to Earth
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an estimated 50,000 years ago,
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the Barringer Crater measures
some 3,900 feet in diameter
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and is approximately
560 feet deep.
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Each year, literally thousands
of asteroids
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make their way to our planet
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through the vast regions
of space.
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Most are burned up while
entering our atmosphere,
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while those that make it through
are known as meteors.
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And while most of these
are tiny,
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or fall largely unnoticed
into the oceans,
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there are a handful that succeed
in ending their journey
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on dry land.
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And when they do,
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they are capable of
having an impact
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more environmentally devastating
then any bomb devised by man.
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Everybody is kind of aware
of the general effects
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of a meteorite impact.
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It creates a hole in the ground,
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it might throw up
some dust in the air,
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and if it's big enough,
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it could cause
some weather changes.
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But what else might it do?
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If it had certain
chemicals in it,
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or certain biological agents
in there,
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it could actually change
the environment.
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It could be used, in a way,
to terraform an environment.
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NARRATOR:
Terraform?
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The process
of artificially making
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an otherwise uninhabitable
planet
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capable of supporting
human life?
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Could such an audacious notion
be possible?
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April 7, 2016.
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NASA announces funding
for a bold new initiative,
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one that will define the future
of interstellar transportation.
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Called "RAMA," the program will
focus on repurposing asteroids
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for space exploration.
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NASA is currently working on
this project called RAMA:
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"reconstituting asteroids
for mechanical automata."
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The idea is to take an asteroid,
and turn it into a probe
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that we would then send
to another star system.
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NARRATOR: If the RAMA program
is successful,
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it is NASA's belief that
asteroids will not only become
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useful tools
in the exploration of space,
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but also in the terraforming
of other planets.
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But why would
an advanced society
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choose to explore
and colonize the cosmos
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by using asteroids?
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A rocket is very expensive
to launch from the Earth,
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and what you really
want to do is
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take something very small
and light,
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like a few key robots--
not a heavy payload--
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get it out into space,
and then use
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the raw materials in space to,
from scratch, build a rocket.
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And once it's out there,
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it's got all the raw materials
it needs
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to actually build
another spaceship
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that's viable for space travel.
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NARRATOR: While the idea
of using asteroids
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as a method of space travel
does seem far-fetched,
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it is far less so when taking
into consideration
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what many asteroids are made of:
minerals.
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There is a bodacious
amount of resources.
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In fact, meteors
and our meteor samples
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show us that the asteroid belt
contains organics,
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it has metals,
it has refractories...
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everything we could
possibly want
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to build a space program.
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TAYLOR:
Meteors are made of
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a very strong material,
like iron and nickel and cobalt.
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Things like that.
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These are alien objects,
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and we really don't understand
everything about them.
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NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists are convinced
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that the notion
of using asteroids
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as a form of spacecraft
is not only possible,
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but that it has been happening
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and affecting the history
of our planet
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for thousands of years.
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West Linn, Oregon, 1902.
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Walking home after a day's work,
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pioneer Ellis Hughes spots
an enormous
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and unusually shaped boulder
hidden in the woods.
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Curious, he pulls out his hammer
and strikes the rock.
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He jumps, startled,
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as it rings loudly,
like a bell.
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Over the next several days,
Hughes digs tirelessly
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to uncover a historic treasure:
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the largest meteorite ever found
in North America,
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the Willamette Meteorite.
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JONATHAN YOUNG: The Willamette
meteor is enormous.
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The actual shape of the meteor
has changed over time.
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It now looks something like
a piece of modern art.
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It is fascinating and enormous;
the thing's the size of a car.
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TAYLOR: If we look at the makeup
of the Willamette Meteorite,
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it's got iridium, germanium,
gallium and nickel.
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It weighs about 15 tons.
A very large object.
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BRANDENBURG: The nickel actually
helps it from not corroding.
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And it, of course,
shows evidence
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of having gone through
the atmosphere.
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You know, it's pitted.
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And what's interesting,
it landed intact
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and didn't break into
a billion pieces.
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So it's a quite remarkable
meteorite.
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The Willamette Meteorite
is an example
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not only of a strange
meteorite arriving intact,
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but also that it had a profound
effect on the local people.
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It became kind of a shrine to
them, a message from the gods.
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NARRATOR:
Long before Ellis Hughes
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discovered the meteorite
in 1902,
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a Native American tribe
called the Clackamas,
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who've inhabited western Oregon
for centuries,
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were aware of this
extraterrestrial object.
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They also believed
it had special powers.
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RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
The Clackamas tribe,
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they had a long, long history
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of interaction with this rock.
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They would look at this rock
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as a gift, a conduit
which united
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heaven, Earth, and with water.
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Within the stone itself,
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there are holes in there
from erosion and the like,
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which gathered pools of water.
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Now, this water was used for
healing purposes, for blessing.
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In other words,
there was something in the water
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which was gathered from this
meteor that had energetic power.
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YOUNG:
They would dip their arrowheads
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and their spear tips
into the water,
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thinking that this ritual
would sharpen the blades
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and help them in their hunt.
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HENRY: The Clackamas named
the meteorite Tomanowos,
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and believed that it was in fact
a messenger of their sky god.
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This is hugely significant
because it tells us that,
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in fact, that rock
is not just a rock,
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it's an actual link
to an extraterrestrial being.
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We're talking about a 15-ton
meteorite that crash-landed,
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but yet there's
no evidence of an impact.
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I think we have to go back
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to the original
Clackamas connection
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that says that, perhaps,
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there's extraterrestrial
intervention involved
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in the positioning
of this meteorite.
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JASON MARTELL:
They firmly believed
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it was brought here
by someone intentionally.
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They actually thought
that it came from the gods,
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not by chance that it fell
from the sky.
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NARRATOR:
But how did the Clackamas people
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believe the Willamette Meteorite
came from the sky,
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considering that it is believed
to have fallen to Earth
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thousands of years ago?
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Is it possible that
it once possessed powers,
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not of a spiritual,
but of a technological kind?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes
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and suggest that
the strange holes
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found in this giant metal object
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may once have held
technological apparatus
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that burned up in the atmosphere
as it fell to Earth,
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the same kind of apparatus
that NASA is planning to install
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on asteroids being harnessed
for space travel.
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So now you have to look
at NASA's RAMA initiative
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and how they are planning
to take asteroids,
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hollow them out,
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make them into
self-powered spacecraft,
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pack them with DNA
and technology
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and send them to other planets.
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And so you have to wonder,
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are we just perpetuating
this cycle where, eons ago,
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extraterrestrials
sent meteorites here
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and the Clackamas
discovered the remains
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of a highly technical
little spaceship
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that has been sent as
a space probe to other planets?
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Meteorites do have
a lot of unanswered questions
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about their origins,
their composition,
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and why is it exactly that
they arrive here on Earth.
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Is there some type of
intelligent design?
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Are these meteorites
being harnessed,
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infused with information
and then sent to Earth?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that some of the asteroids
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that reach our planet
are essentially "Trojan horses,"
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used to hide
extraterrestrial cargo
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that has profound ramifications
for humankind?
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And, if so, could they
have even been used
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to bring alien life to Earth?
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NARRATOR:
May 2018.
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A group of 33 researchers
and scientists
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publish a groundbreaking article
in the scientific journal
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Progress in Biophysics
and Molecular Biology.
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They claim that octopuses are,
in fact, alien beings.
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The octopus has no evolutionary
bridge to anything.
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It defies all theories
of how the genome grew
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to form, from simple creatures,
more complex creatures.
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Suddenly you get
an incredibly gifted predator.
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Big brain, excellent eyes...
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strategies.
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It likes to collect
bright shiny things.
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It will be fascinated
by its own reflection,
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almost as if it is conscious.
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And it learns very quickly.
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By the conclusion
of that article,
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all I could think about was:
well,
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how come those scientists
cannot apply
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the same theory
to our own origins?
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Because that is what the ancient
astronaut theory suggests:
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that at some point,
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our genetic makeup was changed
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due to
an extraterrestrial event.
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So I say that it won't be long
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until a similar type article
will be published,
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but the main focus will be
the origin of human beings.
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NARRATOR: But if octopuses
are not a product
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of Earth evolution,
how did they get here?
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And could the answer
reveal the truth
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about mankind's own
extraterrestrial origins?
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Could extraterrestrials have
sent asteroids to our planet
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in order to speed up--
or even initiate--
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Earth's biological evolution?
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In 2011, former NASA
astrobiologist Richard Hoover
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published an article
in the Journal of Cosmology
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revealing nine
separate meteorites
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that contain microfossils
of bacteria.
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So you have to ask the question
of where did life start?
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And one idea you could imagine
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is the actual chemical basis
of life
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first started somewhere else,
not on Earth.
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And then you have to ask:
well, how did
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those chemicals get here?
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And the obvious candidate
for that is a meteorite.
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An asteroid of some type
broke off,
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maybe from a planet that had
life, it traveled through space,
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and it entered the Earth's
atmosphere as a meteorite.
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And then upon impact,
chemicals would survive
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and interact with
the chemistry of the Earth.
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And perhaps that was
the starting point
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for life as we know it here.
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WARD: So, when people
talk about meteorites
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that could bring life to Earth,
or could change life
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here on Earth, this is the kind
of meteorite that can do that.
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It first fell in Murchison,
Australia in 1969.
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And inside it is just
a plethora of organic compounds.
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There's all the building blocks
for DNA, RNA.
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This has everything in it
to start life.
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CHILDRESS:
This whole concept of meteorites
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that could be filled with DNA
is a theory that's very sound.
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So you have to ask yourself:
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would extraterrestrials actually
use meteorites as projectiles
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in order to seed life
on other planets?
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TSOUKALOS:
Now the question is:
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if some extraterrestrial culture
sent out probes filled with DNA
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and the building blocks for life
throughout the entire universe,
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are they our forefathers?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that extraterrestrials
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used meteors
in the distant past
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as a means of sending
the building blocks of life
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to Earth?
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Although ancient
astronaut theorists agree
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that such a profound notion
does seem farfetched,
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they point to the fact
that some of today's scientists
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are planning to implement
this very same idea
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with regard to other planets.
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In 2016, German physicist
Dr. Claudius Gros
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proposed "The Genesis Project,"
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which would use probes
to seed life
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on distant stars
within our galaxy.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Gros and
other scientists have suggested
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that after jump-starting life,
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humans would
follow these probes,
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conveyed by larger asteroids,
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and further alter life
for their own purposes.
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And according to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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this is exactly what happened
on Earth thousands of years ago.
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TZADOK: We find
in the Aztec tradition
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a very interesting story
about how the Mother God
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and Father God bonded together
and gave birth to what's called
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a flint stone,
a knife of some kind,
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which terrified them
to such a point
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that they actually cast it down
to the Earth,
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from which came forth many gods.
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And these many gods sought
to create man and woman.
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What we also find
are similar stories
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from halfway around the world--
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from the biblical tradition,
the Babylonian tradition,
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and the early
Sumerian traditions.
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CHILDRESS:
Is this really an analogy
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of some huge rock meteorite
in the sky
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that extraterrestrials--
gods from outer space--
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sent here to the Earth
and created humans,
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the humans that we are today?
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NARRATOR: Are meteorites more
than simply space debris
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that randomly arrives on Earth?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
insist
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that the answer
is a profound yes, and believe
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that not only could asteroids
have been the method used
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to bring life to our planet,
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they could also have been
instrumental in providing
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a direct means of
extraterrestrial communication,
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a communication
that continues to this day.
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NARRATOR:
Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Each year, millions of Muslims
travel from all over the world
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to take part in a holy
pilgrimage known as the hajj.
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It is meant to demonstrate
both solidarity
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and submission
to the will of Allah.
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The climax of the pilgrimage
is the Tawaf,
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whereby each Muslim must walk
counterclockwise seven times
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around a large square structure
called the Kaaba,
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known to Muslims
as the "House of God."
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And it is here, embedded in
the wall of the eastern corner
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of the this 4,000-year-old
cube-shaped granite structure,
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that a sacred relic,
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simply known as
"the Black Rock,"
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is set within
a pure silver frame.
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It is believed to date back
to the time of Adam and Eve.
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It is also believed by many
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to have come to Earth
from outer space.
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Academics believe there is no
question that it's a meteorite.
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According to Islamic legend,
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this was a meteorite that was
actually brought to Earth
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by the archangel Gabriel,
and given to Abraham
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during the building
of the Kaaba.
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Muslims circumnavigate
the Kaaba,
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making a seven-circuit circle
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to ultimately
connect themselves to Allah,
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to create a moment
of divine unity.
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And, in the process,
they go into a sort of
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a trancelike state
that takes them
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into this transcendental realm.
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In Islamic tradition,
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it is believed that the Kaaba
was originally built by Abraham.
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And it was built on this site by
a higher spiritual direction.
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An angel of God is by every
definition extraterrestrial.
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So even within
the Islamic culture,
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we must recognize that
the source of the Kaaba stone
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is extraterrestrial,
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and as such, has a significance
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far beyond that of just its
cultural or historic origins.
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When Muslims pray,
they're not just praying
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in the direction of Mecca.
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They are specifically praying
in connection with the Kaaba.
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Presently, there are over 1.5
billion Muslims in the world.
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That's today,
but since 600 AD,
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when Muhammad founded Islam,
there have been billions more.
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What we're witnessing here
is an extraordinary story
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of an otherworldly or
extraterrestrial being, Gabriel,
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bringing this stone to Earth,
and it having a tremendous--
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in fact, incalculable influence
on human affairs.
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NARRATOR: In the hadith,
a collection of traditions
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that supplement the Qur'an,
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there is a passage
which describes the Black Stone
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speaking directly
to the Prophet Muhammad.
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Throughout history, there have
been countless numbers
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of people who
have been influenced
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by the-the Black Stone
at the Kaaba.
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And so was there some intent
by extraterrestrials
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that this Black Stone
was to interact
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with humans on Earth?
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It would seem to be the case.
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At Judgment Day,
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all who have touched the
Black Stone with a sincere heart
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will be given speech
and expanded sight.
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Perhaps the hope and promise
for all of us is that,
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through communication
with extraterrestrials
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through these meteorites
and otherworldly rocks,
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that we, too,
will receive cosmic wisdom.
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NARRATOR: But other than
the Black Stone of Islam
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and the Willamette Meteorite
of the Clackamas Indians,
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are there other
ancient meteorites
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that are believed
to have mystical powers?
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According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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there are hundreds of them,
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and together they form a network
of so-called sacred stones,
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which are often used by humans
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to facilitate
a direct communication
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with otherworldly beings.
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Camp Verde, Arizona. 1915.
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A large meteorite is found,
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wrapped in a feather blanket,
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and buried inside
an ancient ruin.
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YOUNG:
A fellow named George Dawson
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found something that looked like
a possible grave,
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and sure enough,
something was buried there.
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It turns out to be
a fragment of a meteorite,
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135 pounds of nickel and iron,
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wrapped as if it were
a human burial,
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as if the people
doing the ceremony
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were in some kind of
relationship with this object.
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NARRATOR:
In Ancient Greece,
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the Temple of Apollo
is constructed to honor
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the site where a meteorite
fell to Earth--
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a meteorite that is believed to
contain the power of the gods.
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YOUNG: Zeus, the great god
of the Olympians,
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took a stone
and threw it down there
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to mark the place of origin
for all humans
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and the center of things.
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This was a particularly
sacred spot.
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The stone itself, the omphalos,
came from the heavens to Earth.
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It was a transmission,
it was from Zeus to the people.
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CHILDRESS: For them,
that meteorite, that stone,
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was a power that radiated
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to all points of the Earth from
Delphi, from this meteorite.
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And this omphalos stone was also
supposed to be a vehicle
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for communicating with the gods.
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So you have to wonder,
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was this rock sent by Zeus,
one of the gods?
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Was it really, uh,
some special stone
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that could help
people communicate
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with extraterrestrials?
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NARRATOR: Are ancient accounts
of meteorites
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that communicate with humans
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simply mythological tales?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists insist
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the answer is a profound no
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and believe that proof that many
have been sent here deliberately
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can be found by re-examining
what Muslims believe
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to be the origins
of the sacred meteorite
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they call the Black Stone.
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CHILDRESS:
Tradition with the Black Stone
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says that it was to be an altar
used by Adam, the first man,
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and that, later, the angel
Gabriel gave it to Abraham
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and that Abraham and Ishmael
then placed the Black Stone
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in the Kaaba at Mecca
where it is today.
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So you have to wonder,
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were extraterrestrials
purposely giving this stone
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to Abraham in order to
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move mankind forward
on Planet Earth?
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NARRATOR: Is the connection
between the Black Stone
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of the Kaaba and the biblical
story of Adam and Eve
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further evidence that meteors
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may have been used
by extraterrestrials
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to seed life here
on planet Earth?
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And if meteorites
can contain energy
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capable of influencing
the human mind,
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is it possible that
they may have
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other metaphysical capabilities?
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Capabilities that we are only
just beginning to comprehend?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answers to these questions
must be looked for
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at the place where these
meteorites first originate.
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A region in our solar system
that may exist
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very near our planet
or in a solar system
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very distant from our own.
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HENRY:
According to lore,
NARRATOR:
According to mainstream
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scientists and astronomers,
virtually all of the asteroids
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that enter the Earth's
atmosphere have come
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from a circular region of space,
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located between the planets
Mars and Jupiter,
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known as the asteroid belt.
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First discovered
by astronomers in 1801,
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the asteroid belt contains an
estimated two million asteroids.
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Although most are tiny,
irregular-shaped fragments
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of mineral-infused rock,
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some are much larger,
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giving them the status of what
are called, "dwarf planets."
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But while the origins of the
asteroid belt remain unknown,
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there are many who believe
that it was formed
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after the destruction
of a small planet,
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and that the asteroids
are simply the debris
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from that planet
that has remained in orbit
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around the sun.
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There's a curious history
behind attempts to understand
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the distribution of planets
in our solar system
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'cause it does seem
that planets are spaced out
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in a rather regular way,
and then there's this big gap
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between Mars and Jupiter and...
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Almost as if there should be
a planet there and isn't.
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Then, of course,
it was discovered
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there's this asteroid belt
with a lot of debris
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and so some early speculation
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was that maybe there was
a planet there
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and it got destroyed
by some sort of collision
494
00:27:58,385 --> 00:27:59,970
and that what we're seeing
495
00:27:59,970 --> 00:28:03,640
is all the fragments
of that planet.
496
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,976
NARRATOR:
If the asteroid belt
497
00:28:05,976 --> 00:28:08,103
contains the remnants
of a planet,
498
00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,856
what lead to its destruction?
499
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:14,151
Was it due to a natural
catastrophic event
500
00:28:14,151 --> 00:28:15,611
or is there, perhaps,
501
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:18,447
an even more
incredible explanation?
502
00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:22,618
According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
503
00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,536
the answers can be found
504
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:28,707
in some of the earliest recorded
stories from the ancient world.
505
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:32,336
According to Sumerian
and Babylonian lore,
506
00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:37,299
there was this phenomenal
cosmic battle,
507
00:28:37,299 --> 00:28:41,219
that the gods fought amongst
themselves across the cosmos.
508
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:43,221
One planet fighting
another planet.
509
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,767
And that, in fact, one planet
was completely destroyed
510
00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:48,936
during this cosmic battle.
511
00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:54,816
And as a result of that,
they destroyed their home world
512
00:28:54,816 --> 00:29:00,280
and had to re-establish
civilization on a new planet:
513
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,823
our planet, Earth.
514
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:08,080
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
an extraterrestrial space battle
515
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,249
was responsible for creating
the asteroid belt
516
00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:13,210
thousands of years ago?
517
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:16,588
And if so, could that suggest
518
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:19,132
that some of the meteorites
that have come to Earth
519
00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:21,593
are not only from
the asteroid belt,
520
00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:25,347
but also from galaxies
far, far, away
521
00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:30,560
and still contain evidence
of alien civilizations?
522
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,896
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
523
00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:36,316
and also suggest
that such a meteoric event
524
00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:38,318
might not be accidental,
525
00:29:38,318 --> 00:29:42,322
but part of an incredible
extraterrestrial agenda.
526
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:51,748
Johannesburg, South Africa.
February, 2018.
527
00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:56,336
Geologists from the University
of Johannesburg announce
528
00:29:56,336 --> 00:29:58,213
that they have
discovered a meteorite
529
00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:01,466
that is unlike any known to man.
530
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,219
According to them,
the meteorite,
531
00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:06,930
referred to as
"the Hypatia stone,"
532
00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:09,474
did not come from
the asteroid belt
533
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:13,437
or from anywhere
inside our solar system.
534
00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:17,107
It came from somewhere else
in the galaxy.
535
00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:20,068
DENNIN: The Hypatia stone has
a number of interesting features
536
00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:22,237
because you can look
at asteroids in our solar system
537
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:24,656
and they have a very
definitive composition.
538
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:26,533
This composition
is radically different.
539
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:28,410
It's not chondritic,
540
00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:31,955
that's a key element
of most meteorites or asteroids.
541
00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:34,541
BRANDENBURG:
The standard composition
542
00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:38,086
for the meteorites we find
is called chondritic.
543
00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:42,424
And that matches almost exactly
the composition of the Sun.
544
00:30:42,424 --> 00:30:44,134
So these are part of the
545
00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:48,180
congealed early
solar system nebula.
546
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,640
They're four and a half
billion years old.
547
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,894
It's the original dust
of the solar system.
548
00:30:53,894 --> 00:30:55,562
Why wouldn't Hypatia
549
00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:59,191
fit that model
from another star system?
550
00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,777
It suggests not only
was it interstellar,
551
00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:04,488
but it was exotic
from wherever it came.
552
00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:10,118
So Hypatia is just a riddle
wrapped in an enigma.
553
00:31:13,497 --> 00:31:16,541
NARRATOR: Prior to the discovery
of the Hypatia Stone,
554
00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:18,960
most scientists insisted
that it would be
555
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,171
virtually impossible
for meteorites
556
00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:26,009
from outside our solar system
to arrive naturally on Earth.
557
00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:28,261
They would not be able
to make the long journey
558
00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:30,222
through interstellar space.
559
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:33,475
There's, like, 400 billion stars
in our galaxy.
560
00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:37,354
Then what are the odds of it
coming from one of those stars
561
00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:39,815
and finding our solar system?
562
00:31:39,815 --> 00:31:43,151
And then it was on
the right trajectory
563
00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,695
to get captured by the gravity
of our planet.
564
00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:49,491
Why did this stone not get
captured by Jupiter or Saturn,
565
00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:51,618
one of the big gravity wells?
566
00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:54,371
Instead it was
just perfect to match
567
00:31:54,371 --> 00:31:56,998
with the Earth's gravity well
and to crash here.
568
00:31:56,998 --> 00:31:58,959
The odds of that are staggering.
569
00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:01,419
They're infinitesimal.
570
00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:04,923
There's always the possibility
that this Hypatia stone
571
00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,843
had its trajectory manipulated,
572
00:32:07,843 --> 00:32:09,678
meaning it had
course corrections
573
00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:11,429
so that it would get
to the destination
574
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:15,225
that it was going to.
575
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:18,520
When you think
about the chances of some
576
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,524
probably relatively small
meteorite coming here
577
00:32:22,524 --> 00:32:26,528
from the vast reaches of space
and then hitting Earth,
578
00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:29,281
it makes you think,
was this meteorite
579
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:33,660
sent here deliberately
to target Earth?
580
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:36,705
And if this meteorite
was sent here to Earth,
581
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:40,000
you have to wonder, why would
extraterrestrials do this?
582
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,712
NARRATOR: Was the Hypatia stone
intentionally sent to Earth
583
00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:47,299
by an advanced
alien civilization?
584
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,301
Ancient astronaut
theorists believe
585
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:53,305
such an audacious concept
is possible
586
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:57,184
and also believe that evidence
to support their theory
587
00:32:57,184 --> 00:33:00,187
can be found by examining
a number of meteorites
588
00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:01,569
that can levitate.
589
00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:10,697
NARRATOR:
San Diego, California.
590
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:13,491
March 7, 2018.
591
00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:18,246
Physicists at the University
of California, San Diego,
592
00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:21,833
examine
the Mundrabilla Meteorite,
593
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:26,004
a 22-ton chunk of iron
unearthed in Western Australia.
594
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:30,217
After exposing
fragments of the rock
595
00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:32,677
to extreme heat and pressure,
596
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:35,639
they discover that
it contains exotic materials
597
00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:37,974
known as superconductors,
598
00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:42,520
which are capable of harnessing
magnetic force to levitate.
599
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,023
When a material
becomes superconducting
600
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:49,110
it wants to repel the magnetic
field outside of its surface.
601
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:52,155
There's a force created as it
repels the magnetic field.
602
00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:54,282
And so it raises up.
603
00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:56,326
And you can change
the magnetic field
604
00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:59,913
and it will change the position
of the levitated superconductor.
605
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:02,165
This is kind of what's important
606
00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:03,750
from a perspective
of using it for propulsion.
607
00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:10,423
NARRATOR:
Over the last few years,
608
00:34:10,423 --> 00:34:13,677
NASA has awarded millions
of dollars in contracts
609
00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:17,722
to develop new superconductive
thrust systems for spacecraft.
610
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:22,310
However, since the process
to manufacture a superconductor
611
00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:24,938
is extremely precise
and difficult,
612
00:34:24,938 --> 00:34:26,564
ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
613
00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,276
that the Mundrabilla Meteorite
614
00:34:29,276 --> 00:34:32,237
may have been
artificially fashioned.
615
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:36,408
TAYLOR: This was
an amazing roll of the dice
616
00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:39,536
that the Mundrabilla Meteorite
formed in just a way
617
00:34:39,536 --> 00:34:41,871
that it was the right recipe
to be a superconductor.
618
00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:45,667
There is a possibility
that it wasn't created
619
00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:47,627
by the randomness of nature.
620
00:34:47,627 --> 00:34:50,380
Is it possible that these
are fragments left over
621
00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:53,633
from an artificial craft
and that the superconductivity
622
00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:56,428
in the fragments
wasn't there by nature,
623
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:58,722
it was put there on purpose?
624
00:34:58,722 --> 00:35:02,183
Maybe it was
the propulsion system.
625
00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,103
This meteorite
could be directing itself
626
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:08,273
in order to target Planet Earth.
627
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,484
Perhaps we need to view it
not as a meteorite
628
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:15,947
but as a highly technical,
extraterrestrial spaceship
629
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:19,951
that has been sent
as a probe to other planets.
630
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:23,330
NARRATOR:
Could the Mundrabilla Meteorite
631
00:35:23,330 --> 00:35:27,334
really be a fragment of a probe
sent by alien beings,
632
00:35:27,334 --> 00:35:29,753
as ancient astronaut
theorists claim?
633
00:35:29,753 --> 00:35:33,256
And if so, might there be
extraterrestrial technology
634
00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:35,717
in meteorites that is
even more advanced
635
00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:39,137
than we can
currently understand?
636
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,723
Khatyrka, Russia.
637
00:35:41,723 --> 00:35:44,684
December 8, 2016.
638
00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:48,897
At the northeastern tip
of the Siberian tundra
639
00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:52,609
geologists are panning through
one and a half tons of clay
640
00:35:52,609 --> 00:35:55,737
when they spot
a miniscule grain of meteorite
641
00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:57,781
that defies
the laws of chemistry.
642
00:35:57,781 --> 00:36:01,076
The granule contains
a new type of mineral
643
00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:03,703
called a quasicrystal,
644
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:07,666
a crystalline formation
that never repeats itself.
645
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:09,834
DENNIN:
A quasicrystal is very ordered.
646
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:12,003
Looks like it
might be a crystal
647
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,090
when you first look at it,
'cause of its regular structure.
648
00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:17,801
But no matter
how much you shift it
649
00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:19,344
or what direction you shift it,
650
00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:22,055
it will never exactly
reproduce itself.
651
00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:25,058
So, that feature of a crystal
is fundamentally missing,
652
00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:27,560
but there's a really
high level of order,
653
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,187
hence the name quasicrystal.
654
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:34,359
NARRATOR:
In 1982, scientist Dan Shechtman
655
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:36,486
was the first
to theorize the existence
656
00:36:36,486 --> 00:36:39,364
of what he called
"quasicrystals."
657
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:42,867
He also described them
as having what he referred to
658
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:48,248
as "forbidden symmetry" because
they should not exist in nature.
659
00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:51,251
WARD: There was this
20-sided quasicrystal
660
00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:53,253
found inside
the meteorite's matrix.
661
00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:54,838
And the fascinating part
about this is
662
00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:56,673
we only thought
it could be formed in labs.
663
00:36:56,673 --> 00:37:00,802
I mean,
the immense amount of energy
664
00:37:00,802 --> 00:37:02,846
and pressure to create that,
665
00:37:02,846 --> 00:37:04,723
it's hard to believe
that such a complex structure
666
00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:07,058
could be created
in the natural world.
667
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:12,063
So the question, then, is that
is this meteorite artificial?
668
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:16,943
Are these quasicrystals inside
it also artificially created?
669
00:37:16,943 --> 00:37:20,697
And if so,
what is their purpose?
670
00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:25,076
We know that quartz crystals
are used to store information.
671
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:28,872
So, each of these quasicrystals,
like a computer disk,
672
00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:32,417
could be holding huge amounts
of information.
673
00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:35,795
Maybe there will be future uses
of these quasicrystals
674
00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:37,630
that we haven't thought of yet.
675
00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:40,842
If I were gonna be
in an organization
676
00:37:40,842 --> 00:37:43,261
that was studying UFOs
or crashed UFOs,
677
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:46,765
trying to reverse engineer
advanced technologies,
678
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,559
I would certainly go
to all of these meteor impacts
679
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:53,521
and study the materials in the
craters because we don't know
680
00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:56,024
that they are
just rocks in space
681
00:37:56,024 --> 00:37:57,776
or could they have come
from spacecraft?
682
00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:04,282
NARRATOR: Does the presence
of unusual and potent materials
683
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:07,118
in meteorites,
such as superconductors
684
00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:10,246
and quasicrystals,
provide further evidence
685
00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:13,666
that asteroids and meteors
could, in fact,
686
00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:17,170
be sophisticated,
interplanetary delivery systems
687
00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:21,633
sent to Earth by highly advanced
extraterrestrial beings?
688
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:24,844
And if so,
where are they coming from?
689
00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:31,476
And how are they planning to
influence the future of mankind?
690
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:42,111
NARRATOR: In the late 1940s,
Hungarian mathematician
691
00:38:42,111 --> 00:38:44,739
and computer scientist
John von Neumann
692
00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:48,076
theorized that the best way
to colonize space
693
00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:51,371
was through what he called
self-replicating robots--
694
00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,748
artificially
intelligent machines
695
00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:55,708
that can replicate themselves
696
00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:58,837
using the materials
they find in space.
697
00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:03,842
He had this idea that if
you wanted to travel the galaxy
698
00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:05,927
and explore the galaxy,
the best way to do it
699
00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:10,223
would be to create small,
self-replicating robots
700
00:39:10,223 --> 00:39:15,228
and propel them to the star
system you want to go to.
701
00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:17,689
And they would start building
things that would be needed
702
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,858
so that when their masters
finally got there
703
00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:23,528
everything would be there
that they wanted.
704
00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:26,906
NARRATOR: But while von Neumann
imagined self-replicating robots
705
00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:28,783
that were mechanical in nature,
706
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:31,661
ancient astronaut
theorists propose
707
00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:35,248
that extraterrestrials may have
used more organic materials
708
00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:40,587
as a means to achieve
the same purpose centuries ago.
709
00:39:40,587 --> 00:39:44,549
Von Neumann proposed that
you could send a machine
710
00:39:44,549 --> 00:39:49,220
to another planet, and it would
start making copies of itself
711
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:54,434
and, in fact, perhaps evolve
from just the original copy
712
00:39:54,434 --> 00:39:57,270
to something more complex.
713
00:39:57,270 --> 00:40:01,274
And perhaps this is what DNA is:
714
00:40:01,274 --> 00:40:06,696
a von Neumann machine that then
replicates and then evolves
715
00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:11,618
and finally forms
something similar to the thing
716
00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:13,745
that created it
in the first place.
717
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:19,000
So, in a sense, we ourselves
718
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,586
are these
self-replicating robots.
719
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:26,841
We are manipulated
by extraterrestrial DNA.
720
00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:30,345
The extraterrestrials
manipulate our civilization,
721
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,264
help us move
technologically forward
722
00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:37,393
and now we're ready
to meet our creators.
723
00:40:37,393 --> 00:40:41,022
TAYLOR: If you think about
the von Neumann probe concept,
724
00:40:41,022 --> 00:40:44,233
if that were to be the case,
725
00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,861
then all these other things
about meteorites,
726
00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,696
about them being able
to store information,
727
00:40:48,696 --> 00:40:51,366
about them being able
to send organic material
728
00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:53,368
that could change an ecosystem,
729
00:40:53,368 --> 00:40:57,288
about them being able
to be, perhaps,
730
00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,582
transceivers of information
731
00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:03,419
and maybe even vessels that
are spacecraft themselves,
732
00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:06,881
all of this makes perfect sense
from that perspective.
733
00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:11,135
Here we are on the verge
of taking asteroids,
734
00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:14,681
turning them
into self-propelled meteorites,
735
00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:17,558
sending them to other planets
736
00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:21,604
and this is perhaps really
the theme of the universe,
737
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:25,775
that life is seeded
in special planets.
738
00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:28,820
It's nurtured
until we, ourselves, can do
739
00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:32,115
what the ancient
extraterrestrials did to us
740
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and that is seed life
on other planets.
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NARRATOR: By using asteroids
to spread the seeds of humanity
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throughout the universe, are
we on the verge of replicating
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the means of our own creation?
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00:41:46,713 --> 00:41:50,717
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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as mankind continues
to explore the galaxy,
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meteors may still contain
important clues
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not only to our origins,
but to destinations
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that are as infinite
as the stars.
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