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NARRATOR:
A mystical Jewish tradition

that speaks
of underground realms

inhabited by strange creatures.

RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
It is believed and taught

that we are not alone

as intelligent beings
upon our own Earth.

NARRATOR:
A Buddhist legend

that tells
of a lost civilization

surviving in vast
underground canyons.

DAVID CHILDRESS:
Shambhala is
a secret city underground.

It's ruled by kings

who live for hundreds of years.

NARRATOR:
Modern accounts

of humanlike entities
beneath the earth.

WILLIAM HENRY:
Local residents described seeing

reptilian-type humanoid beings

deep inside this cave.

NARRATOR:
Could it be that other
intelligent beings exist

right here on our own planet?

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Someone may be here

underneath the surface
of the Earth.

And what if these entities
have been here

for thousands of years?

NARRATOR:
There is a doorway

in the universe.

Beyond it is
the promise of truth.

It demands
we question everything

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.

NARRATOR:
This historic mountain village
in Upper Galilee is home

to a sacred cave that is the
second most visited Jewish site

in the world
after the Western Wall,

with as many
as two million annual visitors.

According to Hebrew tradition,

this cave served as the home
of the famous rabbi

Shimon Bar Yochai
in the second century AD

when Jerusalem was under
the rule of the Roman empire.

HENRY:
Rabbi Shimon Yochai

lived during a very difficult
time for the Jewish people

living in the kingdom
of-of Israel.

The Emperor Hadrian had been
violently persecuting the Jews.

They forbade them
from studying the Torah.

They forbade them, under penalty
of death, from even

initiating new students
in the Torah.

TZADOK:
Shimon Bar Yochai was one

who spoke out
against the empire.

This caused the Romans
to brand him a criminal

and to hunt him to death.

HENRY:
Rabbi Yochai fled
to Northern Israel

into the Galilee where he hid

in a cave
for as long as 13 years.

TZADOK:
When he was concealed
in the cave,

he received a tremendous amount

of profound, sacred wisdom,

secrets that were revealed
to him in the cave

by none less than the immortal
prophet himself, Elijah.

NARRATOR:
If Rabbi Bar Yochai
truly encountered

the prophet Elijah as he
claimed, it would be a miracle,

because Elijah lived in Judea
almost a thousand years earlier.

DANIEL MATT:
According
to Jewish tradition, Elijah

never died.

So he appears
and he enlightens people,

he helps people
who are in trouble.

TZADOK:
So, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

communed with Elijah.

He received secrets

of the universe.

NARRATOR:
Rabbi Bar Yochai
understood the teachings

he received
from this immortal messenger

to be of great importance

but also felt
that they should only be shared

with a trusted few and not
yet revealed to the public.

TZADOK:
After he

came out of the cave,

after the Romans
forgot about him,

he gathered together
his students

and taught them the secrets

that were revealed to him
in the cave.

HENRY:
This knowledge was then
written down

or transmitted orally

for centuries
for a thousand years

until a Spanish rabbi

acquired this knowledge that
he then shared with humankind.

NARRATOR:
In the late 13th century,

the secret writings
of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

were finally published
as the Zohar--

a text
that is still held as sacred

by millions of people
around the world.

It is considered fundamental

to the Jewish tradition
of kabbalah.

MATT:
People often confuse kabbalah

and Zohar.

There's no book
called the Kabbalah.

The Zohar is the major text
of the kabbalah.

So if someone says
they're studying kabbalah,

they probably mean that
they're studying the Zohar.

NARRATOR:
According to practitioners
of kabbalah,

the teachings
include ancient knowledge

that was far ahead of its time,

such as information related
to modern atomic theory,

the spherical shape
of the Earth,

and the existence
of other solar systems.

But of all the teachings
of kabbalah,

many believe the most profound
comes from a passage found

in the Zohar-- one that says
there are seven earths.

TSOUKALOS:
Kabbalistic texts teach
that there are

multiple worlds out there.

In fact, there are seven earths.

And they give the name
of each of them,

and when I hear that
then I wonder,

well, could it be possible
that what we have here

is a reference that there are
six other inhabited planets

in the rest of our galaxy?

CHILDRESS:
When you look at these

kabbalistic texts,
and they're talking

about there being
six other earths

besides the one that we're on,

and they're not just
some allegory, uh,

or talking about, you know,

seven continents
or something like that,

well, you have to ask yourself,

is it possible that
these are actual other planets

and they're inhabited?

NARRATOR:
While seven earths may sound

like a reference
to seven planets,

according to those
who study kabbalah,

this concept has another,
even more profound meaning.

Many people have this idea

that the concept of seven earths

has something to do
with some other place.

It's not some other place,
and in fact,

according to Zoharic literature,
it's inside the earth.

There are seven lands,
one above the other.

One of the lands is
actually the Outer Earth,

which is the one
that we're walking on right now.

According to Zohar as well as
Jewish religious interpretation,

the six other earths
are physical locations

that are subterranean
to our present reality.

Even more compelling is
that it also teaches

that each of the six
other earths are inhabited

by intelligent creatures.

There could be
this multiplicity of beings.

They exist in other realms

but are always kept hidden
in the Inner Earth.

TZADOK:
One of the profound teachings

of the oral Torah tradition

is that we human beings

are not the only
intelligent species

indigenous to our Earth.

And within this Earth live
other types of entities.

TSOUKALOS:
Of course, the notion
of a hollow Earth is absurd.

The Earth is not hollow.

However, if you change
the word "hollow" to "inner,"

then I even have to say
there could be an argument made

that someone may be here

underneath the surface
of the Earth.

Because it is a geological fact

that there are gigantic chambers
underneath the Earth's crust,

some of which
even contain water

that are larger
than the world's oceans.

So, you know,
you have to wonder

if it's at all possible
that somebody is down there.

And what if these entities
have been here

for thousands of years?

NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that Earth is home

to other intelligent beings that
exist deep beneath the surface?

And if so, how long have
they been on this planet?

According to the teachings
of kabbalah,

some of the beings of Inner
Earth once lived on the surface

long before the time of humans.

NARRATOR:
In the Hebrew Bible's

Book of Ecclesiastes
is the well-known saying,

"There's nothing new
under the sun."

But according
to practitioners of kabbalah,

this seemingly
philosophical verse,

which continues with the phrase

"No one remembers
the former generations,"

also has a very literal meaning.

The kabbalah teaches that
there were pre-Adamic races.

In the Book of Genesis,
Adam is the first man.

So, what the kabbalah
is saying is that,

before Adam, there were
other races of beings

and previous civilizations.

TZADOK:
It is believed and taught

that we have had civilization
upon our Earth

for tens of thousands of years,

possibly much longer,

prior to Adam spoken of
in the Bible.

NARRATOR:
According
to the kabbalah teachings,

some of the beings
that inhabit Inner Earth lived

on the surface
long before the time of humans.

And kabbalah is not
the only ancient tradition

that speaks
of prehuman civilizations.

BIRNES:
All across the planet,
there are stories

of a highly technical,
highly sophisticated,

brilliant civilization
that's no longer here.

The story of Lemuria
is the story

of an ancient civilization,
a brilliant civilization

that reached high points,

but dreadful climate
wiped it out.

The story of Atlantis
is the same thing.

It's in the Bible,

as well as Gilgamesh.

HENRY:
This corresponds
with Greek thought

that there were five ages.

The Hindus teach
about the yugas

and the rise and fall
of civilization,

where civilization advances
to a very high place

and then descends
and then reascends.

JONATHAN YOUNG:
In Hinduism, there are cycles

of destruction and rebirth,

and we're in the fourth now.

Three entire stages
have come before now.

In the Hopi Native American
Indigenous teaching,

there are a number of worlds,

and we are
on the fourth reality.

NARRATOR:
If Earth was inhabited
by prehuman civilizations,

could there be physical evidence
of their existence?

Incredibly, scientists have
recently identified anomalies

in Earth's geological record

that could be markers
of an advanced civilization

that existed millions
of years ago.

HENRY:
Today, modern science is looking

into our ancient geological past

in a concept
they call techno signatures.

They're looking
at our civilization and saying

that one day
everything that we see around us

on the Earth
will be reduced to rock.

It'll be a thin layer of rock
in our geological record.

And some future species
will be able to look back

and see that we were
a technological civilization

because we have left residue.

We have left
chlorofluorocarbons.

And what they're doing now
is looking back

into the geological record.

They have actually found a seam
or a line of rock

that's 56 million years old
that reveals that at that time

there was more carbon
in the sediment

than is supposed to be there,
and suddenly

there is an ecological collapse.

How do you explain this,

other than
there must have been some kind

of a nonhuman civilization
that caused this?

The evidence is there.

NARRATOR:
Some archaeologists
and geologists also point

to the discovery
of extremely ancient artifacts

as further evidence
that civilizations

existed on Earth
long before humans.

One such artifact is an object
called the London Hammer

that was discovered
in Texas in 1936.

It was a prehistoric hammer,
if you will,

with part of the handle
still in place,

inside some very old rock.

The hammer itself was found
in the Travis formation.

It's a concretion
of sandstone.

And it usually takes
about 140 million years

for this to form.

That would put the hammer
at 140 million years old.

Where did it come from?

Who was here
140 million years ago?

There's been many fossils
and artifacts

that have been found
that defies our timeline.

Some of them have been found
in Antelope Valley, in Utah,

which was a shoe print,
which was 200 million years old.

We're constantly finding
new relics, new pieces,

new evidence that suggests
there's probably civilizations

that were here
long before we have been here.

If we are essentially due
to a cataclysm,

whether this is the tilting
of the Earth's axis,

or if it's through a solar flare
or something like this,

or-or even a war or something

that there's
virtually nobody left,

after three or four generations,

nobody will remember what
was here a hundred years ago.

It's quite possible
that something like us

already existed
and there's nothing left.

BIRNES:
So, history,

archaeology themselves point

to life-forms on this planet
long before human beings.

The question is,
where are they from?

I believe we've been visited

by lots
of extraterrestrial races.

Some took, some didn't.

Some stayed, some left.

Some are on land,
some are underwater.

We're a colony.

NARRATOR:
Could it be
that long before the time

of modern humans,
other intelligent species--

possibly even from other
planets-- populated the Earth?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and point to the teachings
of kabbalah

for evidence
that some of these species

that predated humans
also coexisted with them.

One example can be found
in the Bible's Book of Genesis

and the creature described
in the Garden of Eden

as the serpent.

TZADOK:
The serpent not only spoke

but stood erect,

had arms and legs

and, clearly, intelligence.

We're describing

a pre-Adamic,

Earth-based reptilian.

And this we find echoed
in legends

and teachings from cultures
around the world.

So, one of the great
pre-Adamic civilizations

clearly was
a reptilian humanoid.

And these are referred to
as seraphim.

NARRATOR:
If a prehuman race
is represented

in the Garden of Eden,

does that mean that it continued
to inhabit the Earth

after the time
of the first humans?

BIRNES:
It could well be

that there was a whole
evolving race of reptilians--

call them seraphim, call them
anything you want to--

that basically were,
in their own way,

civilizing this planet,
organizing life on this planet.

And then human beings came
to this planet,

and they realized
we couldn't live together

and they went underground.

NARRATOR:
Could ancient stories
of other intelligent species

sharing the planet with humans

and then migrating
to subterranean realms be true?

As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

the evidence can be found

in numerous ancient traditions

that describe
not only underground worlds

but also the many strange beings

that reside within them.

NARRATOR:
For centuries,

the Jewish mystical text
called the Zohar

has been a source of sacred
teachings and esoteric wisdom.

But the idea
that there are inhabited realms

within the earth is not
exclusive to the Zohar alone.

This concept can also be found
in ancient texts

from numerous cultures
around the world,

like the Vishnu Purana of India.

Written roughly 2,000 years ago,

the Vishnu Purana describes
multiple domains

that exist deep underground.

HENRY:
In India, we learn
of a place called Patala,

which is beneath
the surface of the Earth.

And Patala has many subterranean
realms that are believed

to be inhabited
by intelligent creatures.

In fact,
myth and folklore are filled

with stories
of Inner Earth civilizations,

the same as the Zohar.

The Greeks believed
the same thing.

CHILDRESS:
This is very similar
to the story

of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

And ancient Irish texts talk

about the Tuatha Dé Danann as

arriving in shadowy airships,

coming from the sky,
they're enveloped in mist.

They had all kinds
of tremendous technology.

And they were the rulers,
allegedly, of Ireland

for quite a long time until
modern Irish came to Ireland,

and they made a pact

with the Tuatha Dé Danann.

The Tuatha Dé Danann,
according to the legend,

go underground in Ireland,

and now are living
in the underground world.

AMIR HUSSAIN:
You've got, you know,
the similar kind of story

with the Sumerian texts.

The Anunnaki literally
are the sky gods.

But then, as you get into
later versions of the stories,

one of them, Inanna,
goes into the netherworld.

And so, you have these gods
that start up in the sky

but then come down not just
to Earth but into the earth.

And you see this
across different cultures.

NARRATOR:
Many ancient cultures taught

that beings living
inside the earth are not

of the same physical nature
as humans

but have the ability
to effortlessly travel

between our realm and theirs.

YOUNG:
In Islamic culture,

there is the idea of the djinn,

from which we get
our word "genie,"

and this was not
an angelic presence.

It had a category of its own.

It wasn't human,
it wasn't exactly godlike.

It was in between.

It could travel from this world
to another and back.

And sometimes
they cause trouble.

Sometimes they help people.

TZADOK:
It is known
that they are indigenous

to the domains of Inner Earth.

And these djinn are said
to have bodies

only of fire and air.

And we might think,
"Well, they're all spiritual,"

but our traditions teach
that's not so.

Like human beings, it is said
they eat and they drink,

they sexually procreate,

and they die.

And yet they can be invisible.

NARRATOR:
While many traditions talk

of humanlike beings inhabiting
Earth's inner realms,

the Zohar teaches
that all kinds of entities

reside below the surface.

And some are even hybrids
of different creatures.

TZADOK:
The Zohar tells us
that there are hybrid beings

who live there.

Some of whom are half human,
half animal.

There are beings

that have the bodies
of human beings

with the heads of lions
or the heads of bulls.

And this sounds
very familiar to us

from ancient mythologies
and legends.

NARRATOR:
The hybrid beings

that the Zohar describes
as having descended

to Inner Earth also appear

in other ancient traditions

as creatures that once lived
on the surface.

The ancient Egyptians
recorded evidence

of-of hybrid beings,

including Thoth the birdman,

Sekhmet the lion goddess,

as well as Anubis, who's
a humanoid with a canine head.

We have the satyrs
of Greek mythology

that are part human, part goat.

In Sumeria,
we have mermen and mermaids.

We have beings that are
half human and half serpent.

In India,
the most popular God is Ganesh,

who's half human, half elephant.

NARRATOR:
In addition to hybrid beings,

Inner Earth is also said
to be home

to fantastical creatures
that are described

in myths and legends
throughout the world.

TZADOK:
According
to the ancient teachings,

in Inner Earth
there do live real dragons,

spoken of in the Book of Job.

The phoenix, which burns itself
to ashes in its nest

and then resurrects itself

just as the Book of Job teaches,

also live in Inner Earth.

And it is taught
that unicorns, real ones,

are alive today in Inner Earth.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible

that these Inner Earth entities
that come up

in tradition after tradition

were actually witnessed
by our ancestors

thousands of years ago?

TSOUKALOS:
So, all around the world

we have these depictions

in ancient carvings,
in ancient paintings,

figurines, everything.

It doesn't matter
what ancient culture you go to.

We have the same stories
worldwide.

And the further
you go back in time,

the more similar
these stories become.

HENRY:
Ancient cultures

must have experienced
these types of beings,

or why else would humans
have been making depictions

from virtually the beginning
of recorded history?

NARRATOR:
The Zohar and other traditions

that speak of intelligent beings

and fantastical creatures
occupying Inner Earth

were written many centuries ago.

If these stories are more
than mere mythology,

are there still entities
living within the earth today?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining modern-day reports

of encounters
with strange beings

emerging from caves.

NARRATOR:
Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.

1991.

Logger Ho Khanh discovers
a mysterious entrance

to a hidden mountain cave

obscured
by dense jungle overgrowth.

The cliffs leading down
to the entrance are so steep,

he cannot explore it further,
but he notes its location.

Nearly two decades later,

the British Cave
Research Association

finally explores the cave.

What the team discovers
is astounding.

It is the largest
underground chamber

on the planet.

It's not just a cave.

It's an actual world in Vietnam.

Inside this cave,
it's 40 stories high.

There's actually
an ancient forest.

It's got flowing water.

Not just a puddle or a stream
but an actual river.

Inside the cave is
an entire growing ecosystem.

And it's so deep that
it looks like it's an entrance

to a whole other reality.

NARRATOR:
This incredible
subterranean realm,

called the Son Doong Cave,

is estimated to be roughly
three million years old.

It runs through the earth
for nearly six miles,

and numerous areas where
the cave ceiling has collapsed

allow sunlight to enter,
resulting in the growth

of trees and other vegetation.

But according to area residents,

what's most notable
about Son Doong Cave

are the strange creatures that
are believed to dwell within it.

HENRY:
Local residents described seeing

reptilian-type
humanoid beings emerging

from the Son Doong Cave.

And they believe
that they actually live

deep inside this cave.

What's fascinating about this is

that these reptilian-type
humanoid beings

are similar to the seraphim,

or the winged serpents
in kabbalistic tradition.

The seraphim are said
to have gone and lived

in the Inner Earth, according
to kabbalistic teaching.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that reports

of reptilians at Son Doong Cave

are encounters with beings
from Inner Earth?

While it may sound
too incredible to be true,

there have been reports
that during the Vietnam War

in the 1970s,
U.S. soldiers encountered

what they described as "upright
lizards" inhabiting caves.

And accounts of reptilian beings
existing in underground caverns

can be found
all across the globe,

even on the other side
of the world in Cuzco, Peru.

CHILDRESS:
Throughout Peru and

around Cuzco, particularly,

there are many, many stories
of a tunnel system

that has something to do
with serpent deities,

which they call the Amaru there.

The Peruvian authorities
themselves decided

it was too dangerous for people
to go into these tunnels.

So, they looked for all
of the entrances they could

around Cuzco,
and they sealed them up.

And this is a well-known story
within Peruvian history.

NARRATOR:
While there have been
many reports

from around the world
of humanlike reptilians,

there is another Inner Earth
entity described in the Zohar

that is even more commonly
witnessed in modern times.

SALOFF:
According to Zoharic literature,

there are beings
inside the earth

having large black eyes

and a nose that is only
two darks holes on the face.

Now, that corresponds to things
that we've seen about,

heard about these, uh,
for lack of a better word, ETs.

There is a lot of evidence
that these beings

that we think are coming
from another planet

are not coming
from another planet.

They're coming
from inside our own Earth.

NARRATOR:
The black-eyed entities,

commonly referred to
as Greys by ufologists,

are the beings
most often reported

by alleged alien abductees,

many of whom claim

to have been taken aboard
saucer-shaped craft.

Could it be that
the so-called flying saucers

so often reported
in modern times

are not coming from outer space
but Inner Earth?

According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,

this notion is supported
by numerous accounts of UFOs

that are seen disappearing
into the landscape

and sometimes even flying
directly into mountains.

In fact, one of the first
UFO sightings on record involves

an entire squadron of vehicles

that appeared
to enter a volcano.

One of the first modern
UFO sightings was recorded

in June of 1947
by Kenneth Arnold.

He was flying his private plane
near Mount Rainier in Washington

when he catches sight
of some flashes of light.

And soon he discovers
that this is actually

a squadron of what he described
as flying saucers

skipping across the sky.

He follows them

as they disappear
into the direction

of nearby Mount Adams,
a volcano,

which is the sight
of many modern UFO sightings.

Is it possible
that Mount Rainier

and Mount Adams are perhaps
entranceways utilized

by these craft
into other realms?

If these craft did enter
into Mount Rainier

and/or Mount Adams, it would
not seem unusual to UFO experts.

Mountains around the world,
like Bugarach in Southern France

and Musinè in Northern Italy,
are often sites

where UFOs are reported actually
entering into the mountains.

NARRATOR:
Mountains are often cited
in ancient traditions

as entrances
to Inner Earth realms.

The most well-known is
the legendary land of Shambhala

that Buddhists
and Hindus identify

as the home of the gods.

Many believe that the entrance
to this subterranean realm

exists among the ruins
of the lost Kingdom of Gu-ge

on top of Mount Kailash
in Tibet.

CHILDRESS:
Shambhala is said
to be underground.

It's ruled by kings
who live for hundreds of years.

They have wonderful technology.

There's electricity,
there's airships.

And also, part of the tradition
of Shambhala is

that they are guiding mankind.

Very much as we often think that
extraterrestrials are doing.

A number of people have
suggested that Shambhala,

the hidden city, is
at Mount Kailash or very nearby.

Gu-ge, right near Mount Kailash,
is a very strange fortress

built on the top
of a pyramidal mountain.

And the fortress of Gu-ge had
all kinds of tunnels

and hidden staircases

that went underground
and went inside this mountain.

So, when archaeologists went
there, they were astounded

that this city of Gu-ge
apparently led inside the earth.

What people seemed
to believe was that

if you were to follow
these tunnels far enough

into the earth,
you would eventually come

to that hidden city
of Shambhala,

an active city
full of light and-and power.

NARRATOR:
While there have been
numerous reports

of UFOs at Mount Kailash,

explorers have yet to find

the legendary subterranean
realm of Shambhala.

But according
to the secret diary

of one of the United States'
most celebrated naval officers,

a hidden entrance
to Inner Earth can be found

thousands of miles to the south

-in Antarctica.
-(wind whistling)

NARRATOR: Esteemed U.S.
naval officer and explorer

Admiral Richard Byrd,
one of the first pilots

to fly over both
the North and South Poles,

organizes Operation Highjump,

the largest expedition ever
to travel to Antarctica,

with 13 ships, 23 aircraft,

and over 4,700
military personnel.

LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
This was very important

that after the conclusion
of World War II,

Admiral Byrd was asked
if he would mount

a large armada
and go for four months.

It was supposed to be
that they would go in December,

January, February and March,
and there was a list

of military goals
that they were to achieve, but

by the end of February,
something happened.

NARRATOR:
One of the mission's
official goals

was investigating sites
for potential military bases

in Antarctica.

But during his explorations,

Admiral Byrd allegedly came upon
something highly unexpected.

YOUNG:
This story

is said to come
from his diaries,

not his published account
of the trip,

but something he held back

and then later was suppressed
by government authorities

that found it frightening.

HENRY:
In his diary,

which was discovered
by his son after his death,

Admiral Byrd tells
an extraordinary story.

BIRNES:
Admiral Byrd heard
there was an entrance

to the center of the Earth
through the South Pole,

and he took planes into the
South... under the South Pole.

And when he did that,
he discovered

that as he flew over the Pole,

suddenly he's looking at things
that shouldn't be there.

I mean, it was temperate.

He and a squadron flew
under the earth, into the earth.

HENRY:
It turns into this lush
and green area,

and he can't even
believe his eyes.

But that's just the beginning
of his extraordinary story.

He tells how, all of a sudden,
he starts

to see a shimmering rainbow
city that's made of crystal.

His airplane is taken control of

when he suddenly sees
these flying disk-shaped objects

around him
that lead him to the ground...

...whereupon he's escorted
into a cavernous type of an area

where he meets a being he refers
to as "The Master" in his diary.

The Master tells him
that they're highly disappointed

in what humans are doing
with nuclear weapons

and how they recently destroyed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

and they really are concerned
about what is going on

on the surface of the planet.

They tell Admiral Byrd that

they hope that humanity
will ultimately stop this.

NARRATOR:
For UFO researchers,

this account
from Admiral Byrd's diary

is particularly significant

due to the fact
that the modern UFO era began

right after World War II

and the detonation
of the first atomic bombs.

It has also been noted

that a high number
of UFO sightings

have been reported
in the vicinity

of nuclear missile silos.

Admiral Byrd's story is
congruent with the stories

that we hear
from numerous accounts

of angelic
or extraterrestrial-type beings

that are very concerned
about what humanity is doing

with nuclear weapons.

Just ask the Air Force officers
at the U.S. missile silos,

the nuclear missile silos
that have seen their silos

and their nuclear arms disarmed

by what are perceived
to be extraterrestrial beings.

They are very concerned
that we are ultimately

not just going
to destroy ourselves

but could harm our planet,
which is their world as well.

NARRATOR:
If Admiral Byrd's
secret diary is authentic,

does it reveal not only

that there are highly
advanced beings

living inside the earth but also

that they are monitoring
what happens on the surface?

According to the diary,
after this incredible encounter,

Admiral Byrd was eager
to share his story

but was ordered
to remain silent.

HENRY:
Byrd comes back
after this experience.

He is taken
to a government compound

where he is told that he is
never to speak of this publicly

and that everything
he says is-is classified.

NARRATOR:
Could Admiral Byrd's story point

to a profound connection

between the ancient traditions

of strange beings
living inside the earth

and the modern-day
UFO phenomenon?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and believe we may be
fast approaching the time

when we will
find ourselves face-to-face

with the beings of Inner Earth.

NARRATOR: According
to the teachings of kabbalah,

on this date,
which marks the beginning

of the seventh millennium
on the Judaic calendar,

humankind will be introduced
to a profound new reality.

According to the Zohar,

at the beginning
of the seventh millennium,

the gates of wisdom
will open on the Earth.

That seems like a long way off.

However, the Zohar also tells us

that there will be
preliminary stages

of the opening of this wisdom.

Those stages, the kabbalists
teach, began around 1840.

That's the beginning
of the Industrial Revolution,

when suddenly humans are
taking control of nature.

After that, we enter into
the technological revolution

of the 1950s--
the invention of the computer,

the transistor, and
other technologies like that.

Now we're moving
into the nanotechnology,

the artificial intelligence era.

These are all believed
to be signs

that we are ultimately
moving into this new era

when immense wellsprings
of wisdom will open up.

BIRNES:
At that point, there will be
an age of enlightenment

that will come upon the planet

and come upon all the life
on this planet.

Now, isn't this fascinating,

that the three Adamic religions

all talk about the same thing?

In Christianity, it is the
Second Coming and the Rapture.

-MAN: Allahu Akbar...
-In Islam, it is
the Twelfth Imam.

-(call to prayer)
-In Judaism,

it is the Messiah who will come,

and there will be
a whole new life on this planet.

TZADOK:
When it comes time
for the Messiah to come,

the Messiah will not come
from the skies,

but rather the Messiah
and his army

will come from Inner Earth.

And there is Midrashic legend
that states in the

"world to come,"
we will have first contact

with those races in Inner Earth.

NARRATOR:
Do the prophecies
of kabbalah confirm

that even to this day,
humankind continues

to share the planet
with other intelligent beings

that occupy hidden realms?

SALOFF:
There are many different
species, races of beings.

Some of them came
from earlier times,

and some of them come from now
but in just a different place.

There's not only one or two.

There are many,
many different races.

And coming in contact
with other races or beings

is coming in the next epoch.

TZADOK:
The purpose of the teachings

of the mystical traditions

is to provide light
and redirection back

to communion
with the higher domains.

We are not alone

as intelligent beings
upon our own Earth.

NARRATOR: Is humanity
rapidly approaching the day

when the secrets
of Inner Earth will be revealed?

Have we been sharing the planet

with other
intelligent life-forms

for thousands of years?

Perhaps it will be below
rather than above

where we will
ultimately discover

the truth about our past,

our future,
and our alien ancestors.

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