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Wow.
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It's gigantic.
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The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.
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Wow.
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You want to just
look down below here.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
That's amazing.
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It's hovering above the water.
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NIKKI TSUKAMOTO:
This monolith is said to be
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related to one of the first gods
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that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
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and he traveled over the country
on a sky ship
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made out of a giant rock.
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TSOUKALOS: So what you're
telling me is that there is
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a deity flying around in the sky
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with a gigantic vehicle
made of stone?
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(speaks Japanese)
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Absolutely.
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NARRATOR:
Tokyo, Japan.
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May 2017.
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The University of Tokyo reveals
designs for electric vehicles
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that are able to charge while
driving on powered roadways,
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enabling the Japanese to travel
freely with unlimited mileage
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throughout the country.
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This same month,
the Japanese government,
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in cooperation
with private companies,
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unveils plans to unleash
a countrywide drone
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delivery system by 2020,
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with self‐driving trucks
to follow in 2022.
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And Inami Hiyama Laboratory
brings to market
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a new prosthetic device
called MetaLimbs,
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a pair of wearable robotic arms
controlled by the legs and feet,
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giving the user two additional
hands to work with.
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These are just a few
of the scientific innovations
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introduced by the Japanese
in a single month.
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And they,
along with numerous others,
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have helped accelerate mankind's
technological advancement
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at a breathtaking pace.
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Yet, in the midst of this
cutting‐edge technology
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are antiquated teahouses,
palaces
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and shrines dating back
thousands of years
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that create a stark contrast
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between the old and the new.
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Japan can be a puzzle
to a Westerner.
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On one hand,
you have this modern culture
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with trains that are going
250 miles an hour.
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Robots can serve you
in the home,
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can help people
with handicaps walk.
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They can be a robotic pet.
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They have parking garages
in which the cars,
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uh, park themselves.
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So, Japan is always
on the cutting edge
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of technological development
and innovation.
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Yet, at the same time,
it cherishes and looks back
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at its age‐old traditions,
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some of them going back
several millennia, in fact.
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NARRATOR:
While Japan is a nation
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where old world traditions
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and new world technology
collide,
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ancient astronaut theorists
suggest the two
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are not as disconnected
as they may seem
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and that the secrets
of ancient Japan
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help explain why they are at the
forefront of technology today,
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secrets that are connected
to extraterrestrial visitation.
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December 18, 2007.
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Ryuji Yamane of the
Democratic Party of Japan,
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under increasing pressure
from his constituents,
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publicly demands a response
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from the prime minister
and his cabinet
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to address the surge
of UFO activity over Japan,
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totaling more than 300
reported sightings per month.
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The cabinet's official statement
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is that it "has not confirmed
the existence
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of unidentified flying objects
from outer space."
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But within a few hours,
everything changes.
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Just hours after this meeting,
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the Chief Cabinet Secretary
Nobutaka Machimura
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announced on live television
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that regarding the question
of extraterrestrials,
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he definitely thinks they exist.
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Then, a week later, the Japanese
Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba
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revealed that he had been
carefully considering
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different response scenarios
for an alien invasion.
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And what he said is incredible.
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He said, and I quote,
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"There are no grounds
for us to deny
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"that there are
unidentified flying objects
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and some life forms
that controls them."
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Two years later,
the wife of the prime minister
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came out with an extraordinary
series of statements,
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in which she claimed that she
had been abducted by aliens,
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that she had traveled on a UFO.
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For the wife of the
prime minister to come out
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and make a statement like that
was absolutely unprecedented.
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I think the only reason
this isn't on the front page
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of every newspaper
in the world is that,
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certainly in the United States,
we do tend to be
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rather heavily focused on
English‐speaking countries,
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and, indeed, very U. S.‐centric
in our outlook.
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If the statements
being made in Japan
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were being made in America,
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it would be on every major
news network 24‐7.
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NARRATOR:
Could these profound statements
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coming from top Japanese
government officials reveal
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that they have knowledge
of alien visitation?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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evidence of alien contact
on these islands
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dates back thousands of years,
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and can be found within
the teachings of Shintoism.
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Shintoism is
the primary religion of Japan,
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with over 107 million followers,
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and is designed
around a set of ritual practices
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that connect present‐day Japan
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to its ancient mystical past.
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At its center
are celestial beings
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that, according
to the Japanese people,
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still roam their islands
to this day.
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The term "Shinto" translates
as "the way of the kami,"
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or, uh, "the way of the gods."
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It's a tradition
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that has a millennia‐long
history in Japan.
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There are
over eight million kamis,
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according
to the Shinto tradition,
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and each one of them has
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its own particular
personality traits, if you will.
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So, in that sense,
they are quite different
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from the notion
of monotheistic God that we have
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in traditions that are
most widespread in the West.
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The kami are
these celestial beings
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that are able
to inhabit basically anything,
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from a human being
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to an animal,
and even inanimate objects.
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So on the one hand, they're
these multi‐dimensional beings,
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but then,
they also describe them
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as having come down from their
celestial palace in the sky,
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which is called Takamagahara.
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The celestial kami will come
into the terrestrial world,
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our world, and they need a home,
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so they have these major shrines
for these kami
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when they come into the world,
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so that they can feel at home
in the terrestrial world.
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The Japanese archipelago is
dotted with over 81,000 shrines
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that are devoted
to the kami gods,
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and it's believed
that these are houses or places
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where these extraterrestrial
beings come to live
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when they're on Earth.
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The Japanese people will visit
the shrines of the kami
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with the belief
that they are actually praying
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to an extraterrestrial being
who can fulfill their blessings.
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NARRATOR: If what Shinto
followers call "the kami"
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really are otherworldly beings
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that have been visiting Japan
since ancient times,
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are they still being encountered
today in the form of UFOs?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining ancient
Japanese structures
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that defy explanation.
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WILLIAM HENRY: There are
thousands of these statuettes
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Near the modern‐day city
of Osaka,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
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with fellow ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami
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to investigate one
of the oldest and holiest sites
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in the country‐‐
the Ishi‐no‐Hoden megalith,
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a Shinto shrine said
to be inhabited
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by an otherworldly being.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSOUKALOS:
Wow.
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It's gigantic.
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This is...
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I had no idea.
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I mean, it is massive.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: The rock itself
is said to weigh about 500 tons.
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‐500 tons?
‐Yes.
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Wow!
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: This is said
to have the soul of a god,
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or kami, inside it.
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Okay, so to this day,
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this is the belief,
that some type of spirit
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lives in this,
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or that the rock itself
has spirit.
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
The spirit of a god is inside,
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and the stone carries
a special spiritual meaning now.
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TSOUKALOS:
Okay. That's amazing.
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I want to...
I need to walk around.
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I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.
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(Mikami speaks Japanese)
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(Tsoukalos speaks Japanese)
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So, do you want
to just look down below here?
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: It looks like
it's floating over the water.
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TSOUKALOS:
It really does.
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‐Oh.
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TSUKAMOTO: The name
for this rock is Ame‐no‐kishi,
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or the Floating Rock
from the Heavens.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: So this monolith
is said to be related
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to one of the first gods
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that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
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and he is said to have traveled
over the country
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on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,
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which was called Ama no Iwafune,
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which is
the Heavenly Rock Ship.
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So what you're telling me
is that there is
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an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity
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flying around in the sky
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with a gigantic vehicle
made of stone?
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‐(speaks Japanese)
‐Absolutely.
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(chuckles)
So, do you think
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that is the reason
why it was called
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a vehicle made of stone, because
it was so powerful and strong
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and virtually indestructible
that the story became
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it's a vehicle made of stone?
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
You're absolutely right,
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because the gods were...
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flying over the land
on a giant ship.
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It wasn't a plane,
because it didn't have wings.
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It looked like a ship
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made out of very hard material
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that was like a very hard stone,
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and they would descend from the
heavens and down onto the land,
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and thus, they would travel
around the country.
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TSOUKALOS:
Another name for Ishi‐no‐Hoden
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is Floating Stone.
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So what did they mean by that?
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The way that this
is constructed here,
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it seems as if it's hovering.
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So did they perhaps try
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to recreate one of those
hovering or flying sky ships
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that they themselves witnessed?
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And what's so interesting to me
about this massive monolith
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is that there are
no apparent toolmarks
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to be found at any place
across the stone.
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How did ancient people possibly
quarry and form this rock
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to such exacting precision
without sophisticated tools?
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NARRATOR:
According to the Japanese,
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otherworldly beings
had been visiting their islands
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for over 12,000 years.
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The earliest culture
that we can identify in Japan
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is the Jomon,
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which is originally
a Stone Age culture
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running roughly
from 10,000 BCE to 300 BCE.
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It is a culture that we
don't know an awful lot about,
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because they had
no writing system.
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All we have is artifacts.
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DOMINIC STEAVU: The little that
we do know about the Jomon
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comes from
archaeological evidence.
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And... one of the most
representative, uh,
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artifacts that is tied
to the Jomon
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is the Dogu statue.
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NARRATOR: Approximately
15,000 Dogu figurines
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resembling strange,
humanoid beings
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have been found
throughout the Japanese islands.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest these figurines
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represent the very kami
the Japanese believe descended
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to this world
in the ancient past.
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HENRY: There are thousands
of these statuettes
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that have been recovered,
and these figures have
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goggle‐type eyes, and they
have rivets all over their body,
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indicating that they're wearing
some kind of a space suit
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or technological armor.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
So you have to ask yourself,
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were these statues sky beings
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who came and directed
the Japanese
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to have their civilization and
culture, and that ultimately,
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these sky gods
are their ancestors?
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NARRATOR: Do the Dogu figures
represent extraterrestrials
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that visited Japan
thousands of years ago?
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And could they
have descended in a craft
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that resembled the monolith
called Ishi‐no‐Hoden,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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in Japan's official
historical texts,
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which describe the islands
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as inhabited
by otherworldly beings.
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Ise, Japan.
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In the center
of this remote coastal city
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is a massive complex
of 125 individual shrines
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erected 2,000 years ago,
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dedicated to the supreme goddess
of Shintoism‐‐
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Amaterasu.
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THOMAS KASULIS:
When Amaterasu is residing
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in the terrestrial plane,
instead of the celestial plane,
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her home is
the Grand Shrine at Ise,
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which is built
without any nails,
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any metal fastenings whatsoever.
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It's also architecturally unlike
any other shrine in Japan.
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TSOUKALOS: Modern architects
still have difficulty
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comprehending
how this palace was built.
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It is the most important shrine
in Shintoism,
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and has been visited by hundreds
of millions of pilgrims
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over thousands of years.
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Now, allegedly,
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the shrine contains something
called the Sacred Mirror,
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one of Japan's
three most sacred artifacts,
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which are collectively known
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as the Imperial Regalia
of Japan.
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They were given by Amaterasu
to Emperor Jimmu,
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the first emperor of Japan.
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And they have only been seen
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by the emperors
and high priests of Japan.
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But what were they?
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And why is the public
not allowed to see them?
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If these are items
that are brought to Earth
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by celestial beings,
then by definition,
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that would make them
of extraterrestrial origin.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Ishi‐no‐Hoden megalith
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and the Ise Grand Shrine
are physical evidence
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of extraterrestrial visitations
in Japan's ancient past?
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And might the prime minister
of Japan and his cabinet
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still have connections
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to these same
otherworldly beings?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by more closely examining
Emperor Jimmu,
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and the stories
that he was guided
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by an intelligence
that spoke to him...
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from the sky.
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In the middle
of this modern metropolis
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lies the Daisen Kofun,
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a tomb for one of Japan's
long line of divine emperors.
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Covering over 400,000
square meters, the Daisen Kofun
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is considered the largest tomb
by area in the world.
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There are more
than 160,000 kofun
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dotting
the Japanese archipelago,
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all of which contain the remains
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of emperors
or their royal families.
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STEAVU: There are burial mounds
throughout the world.
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However, there's one specific
shape that exists only in Japan,
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and this is the Keyhole Kofun.
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JASON MARTELL: Most of these
can only be seen from the sky.
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This raises the question as
to why emperors would be buried
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in such a way that they
are actually being memorialized
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and being seen from the sky.
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CHILDRESS: The Japanese
believed that the royal family
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was descended from gods
that came from the sky.
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So we have to wonder,
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is this a way
for the extraterrestrials
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to identify the tombs
of their ancestors?
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NARRATOR:
Could the thousands of kofun
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dotting the Japanese islands
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contain the bodies
of extraterrestrial beings?
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Curiously, in 2016,
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researchers studying
high‐resolution photos
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of the surface of Mars
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spotted an eerily similar
keyhole‐shaped mound.
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JASON MARTELL: Is this possibly
a kofun found on Mars,
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burying some lost
extraterrestrial god?
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If so, we can see that there's
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definitely a connection between
what we're seeing on Mars,
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as some type
of kofun burial site,
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and over 160,000
of these found all over Japan.
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NARRATOR:
Could the kofuns in Japan,
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and the alleged structure
on Mars,
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contain definitive proof
of a link
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to beings
from outside our world?
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To investigate
this theory further,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Takeharu Mikami
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were granted special access to
one of Japan's oldest tombs...
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the Ishibutai Kofun.
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TSOUKALOS:
Oh, man, it's gigantic.
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TSUKAMOTO: It's a megalith
from sixth century AD.
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Okay.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
The largest rock on this tumulus
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weighs about 77 tons.
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Have they calculated the weight
of all the rocks combined?
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(speaking Japanese)
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All together, this would weigh
about 2,300 tons.
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TSOUKALOS:
Wow!
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That's incredible.
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Can we go inside?
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‐Yes.
‐All right.
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Wow.
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So I presume one
of these rocks up there
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is the one that's 77 tons.
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We would have great difficulty
achieving that today.
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And I'm not saying
we can't do it.
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Of course we can do it.
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But we would use sophisticated,
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high‐tech, heavy machinery.
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TSUKAMOTO: Excavation visitors
have found wooden sleds
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that are said
to have been the tools
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they used to drag and carry
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these large rocks
across the fields.
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However, we don't know
exactly how and from where
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these rocks were carried from.
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Yeah, I completely and utterly
disagree with that notion.
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You put 77 tons on wood,
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it crushes into dust.
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So that's wonderful
that these sleds were found,
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but I highly doubt
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that 77 tons were
on wooden sleds.
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Because I've once seen
a five‐ton block being placed
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on wooden rollers,
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and it got crushed
into oblivion.
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This area here,
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it's very hilly,
uh, mountainous.
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So in those ancient texts,
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does it say how these stones
were moved into position?
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: Traditionally,
there were a group
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of very skilled artisans
or architects
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who held a lot of, uh,
secret skills and technology
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that was only kept to them.
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But, unfortunately,
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we don't know what exactly those
skills and technologies were.
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TSOUKALOS: I agree that
there was engineering knowledge
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that has been lost.
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And to build something
like this,
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does he presume
that this knowledge
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may have come from some of
those kamis or celestial beings
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that are
in Japanese mythologies?
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO: So the further back
in history we go,
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‐the greater these monuments
become. ‐TSOUKALOS: Yes.
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So the technology was there
from the very beginning.
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And if we go back in time
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to follow these roots
of these beings, we will go back
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to prehistoric times
of the‐the era, the age
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of the kamis or the deities.
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Ancient Japanese Shintos believe
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that once you die,
you would be put into a coffin
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that was shaped like a boat
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and then travel
to the land of the gods.
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You know, that's so fascinating,
because...
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there are stories
of flying boats
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all around the world.
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In ancient Egypt,
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you have the sun barges
descending from the sky.
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In Native American cultures,
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you have the flying canoes.
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Why would they label a boat
a flying boat?
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Well, could it be perhaps
because they didn't have
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the vocabulary to say
"airplane"?
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I don't think our ancestors
pulled this
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out of their own imagination.
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I think
they actually saw flying boats,
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and thus the legends were born.
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NARRATOR: Might the Ishibutai
Kofun have been built
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with the help
of extraterrestrial beings,
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beings that were also present
on Mars in the distant past?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest further clues
can be found
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by examining another mysterious
megalithic structure,
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one that some believe represents
the so‐called flying boats
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that, according
to the ancient Japanese stories,
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were used to travel
to the land of the gods.
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NARRATOR:
Hitachi Province, Japan.
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1803.
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Local fishermen
on the Harayadori shore
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spot an unusual craft drifting
in the distance.
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When the vessel washes ashore,
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they are astonished
by what they witness.
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NICK POPE: This craft was
likened to the shape
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of a Japanese incense burner.
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It is almost literally
a flying disk,
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a flying saucer.
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On the outside of this craft
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were multiple
small metal plates,
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uh, not too dissimilar
to heat‐resistant tiles
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that you'd find, say,
on a space shuttle.
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NICK REDFERN:
A hatch opened,
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and a young woman came out
of the craft
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dressed in clothes
that had never been seen before
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and speaking a language
that nobody understood
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in the slightest.
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CHILDRESS: When they looked
inside the craft,
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they could see hieroglyphs
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and strange writing
all inside of the craft.
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POPE: The story
of the strange Utsuro Bune craft
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appears in
three different Japanese texts.
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Even today, modern historians,
uh, struggle to understand
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what this means.
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Nobody can really decipher this.
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CHILDRESS: Japanese today are
very familiar with this story.
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And to them,
this is a curious story
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of one of the gods
of their ancestry
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who had somehow arrived there
on the island
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in this mysterious craft
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and then departed.
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NARRATOR:
Could the Utsuro Bune incident
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have marked the return
of extraterrestrial beings
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that were present in Japan
in the distant past?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and claim further evidence
can be found
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by examining
a strange monolithic stone
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that many believe was carved
to resemble the very craft
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that have been visiting Japan
for thousands of years.
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Asuka Park, Japan.
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April 2017.
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Does that say "rock ship"?
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‐"Masuda Rock Ship, this way."
‐Oh, all right.
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NARRATOR:
Giorgio Tsoukalos
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and ancient astronaut theorist
Takeharu Mikami
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00:28:01,353 --> 00:28:04,523
set out to examine
Masuda‐no‐Iwafune,
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an 800‐ton rock structure
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that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles
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no other architecture in Japan.
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00:28:13,615 --> 00:28:17,119
Hey, check out this‐this
square grid on the sides.
503
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,913
I mean, this is something that
I've seen before in India,
504
00:28:19,913 --> 00:28:21,706
in Mahabalipuram,
505
00:28:21,706 --> 00:28:25,877
and they had something
very similar on the side
506
00:28:25,877 --> 00:28:27,087
of some of their rocks as well.
507
00:28:27,087 --> 00:28:29,464
‐Mm‐hmm.
‐I can't wait to see the top.
508
00:28:29,464 --> 00:28:31,758
Amazing.
509
00:28:36,054 --> 00:28:37,722
Oh, man.
510
00:28:37,722 --> 00:28:39,057
‐TSUKAMOTO: Whoa.
‐(chuckles)
511
00:28:39,057 --> 00:28:41,810
‐Wow. That is...
‐(Tsukamoto speaks Japanese)
512
00:28:41,810 --> 00:28:43,353
(chuckles)
I mean,
513
00:28:43,353 --> 00:28:46,731
I've never seen anything
like it.
514
00:28:46,731 --> 00:28:49,401
NARRATOR:
While some researchers believe
515
00:28:49,401 --> 00:28:52,696
the Masuda‐no‐Iwafune megalith
is a tomb,
516
00:28:52,696 --> 00:28:56,366
others claim it is meant
to depict the sky boats
517
00:28:56,366 --> 00:29:00,495
that are described
in ancient Japanese stories.
518
00:29:00,495 --> 00:29:04,458
TSOUKALOS: So, the idea is
that this was the entrance
519
00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:05,750
to a Buddhist temple.
What do they mean by that?
520
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:07,377
Inside... I mean, where?
521
00:29:07,377 --> 00:29:10,881
TSUKAMOTO: It would actually
predate Buddhism in Japan,
522
00:29:10,881 --> 00:29:12,966
so it wouldn't have anything
to do with Buddhist temples.
523
00:29:12,966 --> 00:29:14,593
Right. So,
524
00:29:14,593 --> 00:29:18,013
what is the actual translation
of "Masuda‐no‐Iwafune"?
525
00:29:18,013 --> 00:29:20,807
(speaking Japanese)
526
00:29:20,807 --> 00:29:23,226
"Masuda" is the name
of the region,
527
00:29:23,226 --> 00:29:24,853
and "iwafune" literally means
528
00:29:24,853 --> 00:29:27,105
"stone ship" or "rock ship."
529
00:29:27,105 --> 00:29:28,231
Okay.
530
00:29:28,231 --> 00:29:30,066
(Mikami speaking Japanese)
531
00:29:32,486 --> 00:29:34,946
TSUKAMOTO: Yes, it's...
naturally, the iwafune
532
00:29:34,946 --> 00:29:36,948
or the rock ship
533
00:29:36,948 --> 00:29:38,283
would have come down
from the heavens
534
00:29:38,283 --> 00:29:40,619
as a vehicle for the gods
535
00:29:40,619 --> 00:29:42,412
to descend upon Earth.
536
00:29:42,412 --> 00:29:46,166
TSOUKALOS: So, I guess with the
combination of the mythologies
537
00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,418
of celestial beings,
this could be
538
00:29:48,418 --> 00:29:51,421
some type of representation
of one
539
00:29:51,421 --> 00:29:54,299
of those flying vehicles
that our ancestors
540
00:29:54,299 --> 00:29:55,884
perhaps witnessed.
541
00:29:59,429 --> 00:30:01,806
NARRATOR:
Could the Masuda‐no‐Iwafune
542
00:30:01,806 --> 00:30:05,060
have been carved to resemble
the so‐called flying boats
543
00:30:05,060 --> 00:30:09,064
that were referred to
in ancient Japanese texts?
544
00:30:09,064 --> 00:30:12,317
And was a similar alien craft
witnessed
545
00:30:12,317 --> 00:30:16,488
by Japanese fishermen in 1803?
546
00:30:16,488 --> 00:30:19,533
Perhaps further clues
can be found
547
00:30:19,533 --> 00:30:23,703
by examining
much more recent UFO sightings
548
00:30:23,703 --> 00:30:27,499
and the long‐held belief
that Japan's imperial family
549
00:30:27,499 --> 00:30:31,628
has a connection
to otherworldly beings.
550
00:30:40,845 --> 00:30:43,265
NARRATOR:
Kyushu, Japan.
551
00:30:43,265 --> 00:30:47,602
The seventh century BC.
552
00:30:47,602 --> 00:30:51,982
According to Japan's earliest
known historical texts,
553
00:30:51,982 --> 00:30:56,236
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki,
it is from this point
554
00:30:56,236 --> 00:30:58,655
that the country's first ruler,
555
00:30:58,655 --> 00:31:01,032
Emperor Jimmu,
set out to conquer
556
00:31:01,032 --> 00:31:03,910
and unify
the Japanese islands.
557
00:31:03,910 --> 00:31:05,662
KASULIS: He seems
to have come out of Kyushu,
558
00:31:05,662 --> 00:31:07,330
the southern island,
559
00:31:07,330 --> 00:31:10,417
and moved across Japan
to find a better place
560
00:31:10,417 --> 00:31:12,502
to center the government
and center his realm,
561
00:31:12,502 --> 00:31:15,422
conquering people along the way,
562
00:31:15,422 --> 00:31:18,800
and eventually he settles
in the Yamato region.
563
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,636
And that becomes the center
of Japan's government,
564
00:31:21,636 --> 00:31:25,181
all the way until it moves
to Tokyo in 1868.
565
00:31:28,727 --> 00:31:31,771
STEAVU: As he was working
his way northwards,
566
00:31:31,771 --> 00:31:35,400
he was actually assisted
567
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,111
by a divine crow.
568
00:31:38,111 --> 00:31:41,740
A three‐legged crow,
known as Yatagarasu.
569
00:31:41,740 --> 00:31:44,492
"Yatagarasu" loosely translates
570
00:31:44,492 --> 00:31:45,952
to "eight span crow."
571
00:31:45,952 --> 00:31:47,662
So, we can imagine
572
00:31:47,662 --> 00:31:49,664
that this crow would have been
extremely large.
573
00:31:49,664 --> 00:31:51,291
(crow screeches)
574
00:31:51,291 --> 00:31:55,545
In some instances,
Yatagarasu is also depicted
575
00:31:55,545 --> 00:32:00,342
within a fiery orb in the sky.
576
00:32:00,342 --> 00:32:02,510
TSOUKALOS:
This so‐called "crow"
577
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:04,888
guided him on his journey
578
00:32:04,888 --> 00:32:08,767
and advised him in military
matters to ensure his success.
579
00:32:08,767 --> 00:32:11,686
And, when you look at ancient
depictions of this crow,
580
00:32:11,686 --> 00:32:15,106
it is often depicted inside
some kind of an orb,
581
00:32:15,106 --> 00:32:17,150
this circular disc.
582
00:32:17,150 --> 00:32:20,028
So if you look at that,
you have to ask,
583
00:32:20,028 --> 00:32:24,491
what exactly were the ancient
Japanese talking about here?
584
00:32:24,491 --> 00:32:28,328
Because this, to me, sounds more
585
00:32:28,328 --> 00:32:32,624
like he was being guided
by some kind of a flying craft
586
00:32:32,624 --> 00:32:36,044
than an actual crow.
587
00:32:36,044 --> 00:32:40,256
NARRATOR: Could Japan's
first Emperor, Jimmu,
588
00:32:40,256 --> 00:32:42,550
and the imperial family today,
589
00:32:42,550 --> 00:32:47,013
be direct descendants
of extraterrestrials?
590
00:32:47,013 --> 00:32:50,350
And might the three‐legged crow,
Yatagarasu,
591
00:32:50,350 --> 00:32:54,437
really have been an alien craft?
592
00:32:54,437 --> 00:32:57,107
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
593
00:32:57,107 --> 00:33:00,402
and suggest further evidence
can be found
594
00:33:00,402 --> 00:33:04,406
by examining a military coup
designed to cover up
595
00:33:04,406 --> 00:33:07,367
this extraterrestrial heritage.
596
00:33:13,498 --> 00:33:17,836
Kyoto, Japan. 1183.
597
00:33:17,836 --> 00:33:23,383
Military general
Minamoto no Yoritomo
598
00:33:23,383 --> 00:33:26,010
besieges the capital city
of Japan,
599
00:33:26,010 --> 00:33:28,805
forcing the current
Emperor Antoku
600
00:33:28,805 --> 00:33:31,349
and his bodyguard to flee.
601
00:33:31,349 --> 00:33:35,019
For nearly 700 years after,
602
00:33:35,019 --> 00:33:38,148
military dictatorships
known as shogunates
603
00:33:38,148 --> 00:33:41,067
maintained strict control
over Japan.
604
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:45,488
Isolationist policies
allowed few to enter
605
00:33:45,488 --> 00:33:49,325
or exit the islands, with death
as the ultimate penalty.
606
00:33:51,494 --> 00:33:56,207
Only in 1867 did shogun
Tokugawa Yoshinobu,
607
00:33:56,207 --> 00:34:00,420
facing a revolt
from the Japanese people,
608
00:34:00,420 --> 00:34:05,175
relinquish control of the
government back to the emperor.
609
00:34:05,175 --> 00:34:07,677
STEAVU: The Meiji Emperor was
the first of the emperors
610
00:34:07,677 --> 00:34:09,429
after the restoration.
611
00:34:09,429 --> 00:34:11,806
Made a point
of tracing his lineage
612
00:34:11,806 --> 00:34:14,142
all the way back
to Emperor Jimmu...
613
00:34:16,561 --> 00:34:19,856
...and to Amaterasu, as well.
614
00:34:19,856 --> 00:34:23,485
So, this notion
of a divine emperor,
615
00:34:23,485 --> 00:34:28,490
of a living kami at the head
of Japan, was resuscitated.
616
00:34:30,158 --> 00:34:33,495
They wanted to return to
the original Japanese empire,
617
00:34:33,495 --> 00:34:35,747
the one founded by Jimmu,
618
00:34:35,747 --> 00:34:38,291
and his connection with
the extraterrestrial beings.
619
00:34:38,291 --> 00:34:41,085
What happened after this
is extraordinary.
620
00:34:41,085 --> 00:34:43,338
Suddenly Japan takes off.
621
00:34:43,338 --> 00:34:46,800
It starts accelerating
in its technological ability.
622
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,513
It suddenly becomes
a world‐conquering nation.
623
00:34:51,513 --> 00:34:55,683
By the early twentieth century,
Japan was a superpower
624
00:34:55,683 --> 00:35:00,146
and it had amassed
a vast colonial empire,
625
00:35:00,146 --> 00:35:04,400
rivaling that of the greatest
Western colonial empires.
626
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,779
And what Japan accomplished
in modernization
627
00:35:07,779 --> 00:35:10,448
in the span of 20 years,
628
00:35:10,448 --> 00:35:12,492
it took most European nations
629
00:35:12,492 --> 00:35:15,870
about 200 or even 300 years
to accomplish.
630
00:35:18,289 --> 00:35:21,668
CHILDRESS:
So you have to wonder
631
00:35:21,668 --> 00:35:24,212
with the reinstating
of the royal family,
632
00:35:24,212 --> 00:35:28,091
was this also a reconnection
633
00:35:28,091 --> 00:35:31,845
to the technical and
extraterrestrial past
634
00:35:31,845 --> 00:35:36,266
that had begun centuries ago
in Japan,
635
00:35:36,266 --> 00:35:39,102
and is now continuing today,
636
00:35:39,102 --> 00:35:42,063
possibly with the guidance
of extraterrestrials?
637
00:35:46,901 --> 00:35:50,488
NARRATOR: Could Japan's
meteoric rise to power
638
00:35:50,488 --> 00:35:53,616
be a direct result of
reinstating the "divine,"
639
00:35:53,616 --> 00:35:56,494
perhaps extraterrestrial,
dynasty
640
00:35:56,494 --> 00:35:59,747
originally established
by Emperor Jimmu?
641
00:35:59,747 --> 00:36:04,252
And is this why some of Japan's
top government officials
642
00:36:04,252 --> 00:36:07,422
have recently made statements
supporting the notion
643
00:36:07,422 --> 00:36:10,550
that alien visitation is real?
644
00:36:10,550 --> 00:36:15,013
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
645
00:36:15,013 --> 00:36:20,435
and suggest further evidence of
an alien presence in Japan today
646
00:36:20,435 --> 00:36:25,148
can be found by examining
a recent mass UFO sighting.
647
00:36:27,984 --> 00:36:34,324
In July 2015, multiple witnesses
in and around the city of Osaka
648
00:36:34,324 --> 00:36:38,578
sighted a fleet of UFOs
649
00:36:38,578 --> 00:36:41,706
moving in a quite
extraordinary fashion
650
00:36:41,706 --> 00:36:45,418
in broad daylight
right over the city.
651
00:36:45,418 --> 00:36:49,464
And various people caught them
from different angles on camera.
652
00:36:49,464 --> 00:36:53,009
Now, the government was quick
to dismiss them as candles
653
00:36:53,009 --> 00:36:55,428
or lanterns in the sky.
654
00:36:55,428 --> 00:36:58,014
But the erratic movements
and patterns suggested
655
00:36:58,014 --> 00:36:59,974
that they were technological
in nature.
656
00:37:04,187 --> 00:37:06,272
NARRATOR:
Similar white orbs
657
00:37:06,272 --> 00:37:08,316
were reported
four years earlier,
658
00:37:08,316 --> 00:37:10,860
during one of the worst
environmental disasters
659
00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:13,112
in mankind's history.
660
00:37:13,112 --> 00:37:17,533
On March 26, 2011,
661
00:37:17,533 --> 00:37:20,745
two weeks after the meltdown
of the Fukushima Daiichi
662
00:37:20,745 --> 00:37:23,039
nuclear power plant
in Okuma, Japan,
663
00:37:23,039 --> 00:37:25,583
a fleet of white orbs
664
00:37:25,583 --> 00:37:30,755
was recorded
hovering over the site.
665
00:37:30,755 --> 00:37:34,926
If we go back and look at the
history of the UFO subject,
666
00:37:34,926 --> 00:37:37,470
we find a great deal
of interest with,
667
00:37:37,470 --> 00:37:40,723
for example,
our atomic energy plants,
668
00:37:40,723 --> 00:37:44,727
our nuclear missile silos.
669
00:37:44,727 --> 00:37:48,231
And it suggests to me that maybe
670
00:37:48,231 --> 00:37:51,776
we're seeing alien entities
who are deeply concerned
671
00:37:51,776 --> 00:37:55,446
by our usage of atomic power.
672
00:38:00,034 --> 00:38:04,163
NARRATOR: Could the white orbs
witnessed above Osaka
673
00:38:04,163 --> 00:38:08,126
and Fukushima
be alien craft belonging
674
00:38:08,126 --> 00:38:11,462
to the same celestial beings
the Japanese trace back
675
00:38:11,462 --> 00:38:13,798
to their very origins?
676
00:38:13,798 --> 00:38:17,302
Perhaps further clues
can be found
677
00:38:17,302 --> 00:38:21,764
by examining recent attempts
by Japanese astronomers
678
00:38:21,764 --> 00:38:25,518
to make contact with
extraterrestrial beings.
679
00:38:34,569 --> 00:38:38,197
July 1983.
680
00:38:38,197 --> 00:38:43,119
At the University of Tokyo
Astronomical Observatory,
681
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:47,999
astronomers Hisashi Hirabayashi
and Masaki Morimoto
682
00:38:47,999 --> 00:38:51,544
target a telescope
towards the star Altair.
683
00:38:51,544 --> 00:38:57,258
Using radio waves, they transmit
a short, binary‐encoded message
684
00:38:57,258 --> 00:39:00,970
in an attempt to contact
extraterrestrial life.
685
00:39:03,306 --> 00:39:06,684
This was a groundbreaking
piece of history
686
00:39:06,684 --> 00:39:09,520
in terms of the search
for extraterrestrial life.
687
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,816
This message basically
told information
688
00:39:13,816 --> 00:39:17,695
regarding human life,
human history, DNA,
689
00:39:17,695 --> 00:39:20,782
and also the location
of the Earth itself.
690
00:39:20,782 --> 00:39:23,785
So, any potential
extraterrestrials
691
00:39:23,785 --> 00:39:26,579
living in the vicinity of Altair
692
00:39:26,579 --> 00:39:29,999
would potentially know
where we're coming from.
693
00:39:29,999 --> 00:39:34,128
CHILDRESS: The star of Altair is
16 light‐years away from Earth,
694
00:39:34,128 --> 00:39:36,547
and so it was expected
695
00:39:36,547 --> 00:39:38,966
that the binary message
would reach that star
696
00:39:38,966 --> 00:39:41,761
by around 1999.
697
00:39:41,761 --> 00:39:45,681
And now, from 2015 on,
698
00:39:45,681 --> 00:39:50,895
the Japanese are expecting some
kind of reply from their signal.
699
00:39:50,895 --> 00:39:53,564
REDFERN: Now, what's
particularly intriguing
700
00:39:53,564 --> 00:39:56,234
is that Altair
actually represents
701
00:39:56,234 --> 00:39:59,112
one of the ancient
Japanese gods.
702
00:39:59,112 --> 00:40:02,323
This makes me wonder
if the scientific community
703
00:40:02,323 --> 00:40:04,784
had come to a conclusion
that perhaps
704
00:40:04,784 --> 00:40:08,579
their ancient god,
represented by Altair,
705
00:40:08,579 --> 00:40:10,623
may not have been a god
after all.
706
00:40:10,623 --> 00:40:13,543
CHILDRESS:
So you have to wonder here,
707
00:40:13,543 --> 00:40:15,795
are these Japanese astronomers
708
00:40:15,795 --> 00:40:19,173
trying to contact
the extraterrestrial gods
709
00:40:19,173 --> 00:40:21,384
that they believe
710
00:40:21,384 --> 00:40:24,679
came to Earth and started
the Japanese civilization?
711
00:40:24,679 --> 00:40:26,097
It would seem so.
712
00:40:28,349 --> 00:40:33,479
NARRATOR: In 2010, JAXA,
Japan's national space program,
713
00:40:33,479 --> 00:40:36,566
announced plans to establish
a base on the moon
714
00:40:36,566 --> 00:40:38,860
by the year 2020.
715
00:40:38,860 --> 00:40:44,198
And recently, the Shimizu
Corporation unveiled designs
716
00:40:44,198 --> 00:40:46,617
for their LUNAR RING project,
717
00:40:46,617 --> 00:40:50,121
a massive band of solar panels
surrounding the moon
718
00:40:50,121 --> 00:40:55,751
that would beam limitless
clean power back to Earth.
719
00:40:55,751 --> 00:40:57,920
When you look at
all this together,
720
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,548
you can't help but wonder
what's going on here?
721
00:41:00,548 --> 00:41:05,511
Is it about reaching out
to extraterrestrials,
722
00:41:05,511 --> 00:41:08,514
or is it perhaps about using
723
00:41:08,514 --> 00:41:11,642
extraterrestrial knowledge
and technology
724
00:41:11,642 --> 00:41:14,103
that the Japanese already have?
725
00:41:14,103 --> 00:41:18,608
HENRY: This suggests that the
Japanese people are serious
726
00:41:18,608 --> 00:41:21,194
about colonizing space
727
00:41:21,194 --> 00:41:23,196
and may be working with
extraterrestrials
728
00:41:23,196 --> 00:41:26,115
on developing this enormously
advanced technology.
729
00:41:26,115 --> 00:41:30,036
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there is a link
730
00:41:30,036 --> 00:41:32,497
between Japan's
technological advancements
731
00:41:32,497 --> 00:41:37,001
and the country's connection
to extraterrestrial beings?
732
00:41:37,001 --> 00:41:42,215
And are these beings the same
otherworldly entities
733
00:41:42,215 --> 00:41:44,884
that have been influencing the
development of Japanese culture
734
00:41:44,884 --> 00:41:47,094
for thousands of years?
735
00:41:47,094 --> 00:41:50,556
Ancient astronaut theorists
say, yes,
736
00:41:50,556 --> 00:41:54,685
and believe the proof lies
not only at various locations
737
00:41:54,685 --> 00:41:57,355
found throughout
the Japanese landscape,
738
00:41:57,355 --> 00:42:00,233
but also on Earth's
neighboring planets...
739
00:42:00,233 --> 00:42:02,360
and one in particular...
740
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,174
soon to be explored.
58443
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