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(door creaks)
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GIORGIO A TSOUKALOS: We're so
excited to be able to see this.
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ANA GRUIA:
So this is it.
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It's‐it's very heavy.
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‐It's heavy.
‐Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Could physical evidence
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of alien visitation
have been hiding in plain sight?
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TSOUKALOS:
This is a very strange piece.
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It is a strange piece
for us as well.
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NARRATOR:
Did part of an alien craft
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fall from space?
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GRUIA: We acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating
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‐and its composition.
‐So we have a real mystery here.
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NARRATOR: Or are we looking at
alien technology
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made right here on Earth?
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This defies everything we know.
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Definitely.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR:
Tuyên Quang Province,
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Northern Vietnam.
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January 2, 2016.
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During the early morning hours,
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three strange metal spheres
are seen falling from the sky.
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‐(people screaming)
‐Witnesses report
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that one of the spheres
seemed to be flying
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in a mysterious pattern
before crashing to Earth
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and making a loud
"thunder‐like" sound.
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Witnesses saw these
spherical‐shaped metallic balls,
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which were recovered by
the Vietnamese military.
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We have photographs of them,
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but we don't have
whatever the objects were.
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Now, of course,
the big question is:
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could they be connected
to the UFO phenomenon?
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Numerous similar spheres
were seen in Spain in 2015
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and in Africa in 2011.
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The skeptic would argue
that this is just simply
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space debris and nothing else.
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But what's particularly
intriguing is that,
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in March 1974,
a very strange sphere was found
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at Fort George Island
in Florida.
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It was found by the Betz family.
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NARRATOR:
On March 26, 1974,
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on a remote piece of land
in Ft. George Island, Florida,
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owned by Gerri and Antoine Betz,
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a wildfire broke out
in the middle of the night,
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burning acres of brush.
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The cause of the fire
is unknown.
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But the next day, as the family
was investigating the damage,
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they came upon a strange object:
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a metal sphere.
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DICK BURNETT: Gerri Betz and
her son Terry went out there,
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and Terry sees this
metallic‐looking ball
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in the ground there.
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And he picks it up
and shows it to his mother,
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and they take it
back to the house.
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And a couple of weeks went by,
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and Terry had the ball
on a table next to his bed.
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And he took his guitar out.
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He started strumming it.
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And the ball started vibrating.
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TOM BURNETT:
I was about ten or 11,
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and one night
they pulled it out.
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We got I think it was
a mayonnaise lid out,
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and we were holding it
in different places
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on the, on the sphere.
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And it would be magnetized
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and stick in some areas
and not in others.
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I can't remember
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which household member said,
"Well, watch this."
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And they walked past it, it was
sitting on the carpeted floor,
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and it followed them
and moved as they did.
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They took a few steps
and turned,
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and it rolled right behind them
and to a stop.
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I had never seen
anything like it before.
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NARRATOR: The Betz sphere
began to make headlines
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in April of 1974.
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One of the first
to break the story
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was a young reporter
named Ron Kivett,
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who conducted an exclusive
interview with Gerri Betz
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just after she had made
her amazing discovery.
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(birds squawking)
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NARRATOR:
In February of 2017,
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investigative journalist
Linda Moulton Howe
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traveled to
Jacksonville, Florida,
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just 20 miles from the site
where the Betz family
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made their incredible discovery.
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‐Hi, Ron.
‐Hi, Linda.
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‐Nice to meet you.
‐It's good to meet you.
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‐Come on in.
‐Yes. Thank you.
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NARRATOR: She arranged to meet
with Ron Kivett
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to get a firsthand account
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of his experience
with this bizarre object.
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You've actually held
this silver sphere.
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I have actually
held the ball, right.
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Talk about what happened.
I'm so curious.
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You get to their house.
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How was the Betz sphere
introduced?
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‐How did they show you?
‐Um...
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The ball was on a coffee table,
a glass‐topped coffee table
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in a foyer much like this,
a little bit larger,
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but it was windows
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all the way around,
almost like an atrium.
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And, uh, I said, you know,
"Can I pick it up?"
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Gerri said, "Oh, sure."
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So I‐I picked it up,
and it was heavier
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than I anticipated it to be.
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About 20 pounds, right?
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That's what they say, yeah,
about 20 pounds.
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The ball had a much rougher
texture to it
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than I anticipated.
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And if you moved it,
you could hear
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a very faint tinkling inside it.
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(faint tinkling)
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It wasn't a hum or a buzz,
it was that tink, tink, tink.
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Terry had the ball in his room,
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and he began to notice that even
when the ball wasn't moving,
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he could hear
this tinkling sound.
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Well, it would suggest
it was conscious,
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or was downloading,
uploading information
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from something that
it was involved with.
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Well, the consciousness of it.
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I decided I wanted
to take the ball outside
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and get some pictures
with natural light.
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The ball was back on the table.
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So we all get up to leave to go
find a spot to shoot it in,
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and the ball rolled
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all the way to the edge
and stopped.
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And it was just like,
"Don't forget me."
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That's when the hair
stood up on my arms.
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NARRATOR: After observing
the strange behavior
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of the sphere for several weeks,
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the Betz family decided
to submit it
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to the military for examination.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
It got interest from the Navy.
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It got interest from
the United States government.
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And during the testing of it,
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they found it was made of a
stainless steel metallic alloy,
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specifically the ferrous alloy
number 431.
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And then when it was analyzed
with X‐ray spectography,
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the interior of the sphere
was hollow
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and had smaller
spherical objects,
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which were analyzed to have
an atomic weight of 140.
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Now, the largest atomic weight
that we see in nature
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is uranium, which is a 92.
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So these smaller,
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super heavy balls
that were inside,
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with an atomic weight of 140,
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caused certain scientists
to speculate
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that if anyone actually tried
to drill inside the sphere,
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that it could be the equivalent
of a thermonuclear weapon,
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that those elements
could go into criticality
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and create a massive explosion.
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So the point is, this sphere
has very peculiar properties
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that suggest that it is in fact
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some sort of artificially
intelligent technology.
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Do you think that it is
a viable hypothesis
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that at least the Navy,
from the work that they did,
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‐knew this is not terrestrial?
‐Oh, absolutely.
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And it was after
the Navy examination...
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Right.
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...that everything seemed
to basically come to a halt.
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Correct.
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I never got a real clarification
on what happened, you know.
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But now the ball
has disappeared.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
the Navy discovered evidence
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that the Betz sphere is of
extraterrestrial origin,
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and secretly confiscated it
for further examination?
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DICK BURNETT: Gerri and
her family are not interested
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in talking about
the sphere anymore.
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They just don't want to discuss
what happened with it.
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Maybe nobody
will ever see it again.
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That's a possibility, you know?
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I don't know.
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NARRATOR:
To date,
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no one has been able
to locate the sphere
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or explain what it was.
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But perhaps further clues
may be found
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by returning to the very site
where the mysterious Betz sphere
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was first discovered.
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HOWE:
Talking with the Betz Family,
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you thought you're dealing
with really honest people
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who are very puzzled about
what this sphere is.
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When I first talked to them,
I was convinced
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that all of them
were telling me the truth.
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NARRATOR:
Fort George Island, Florida.
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February 3, 2017.
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Investigative journalist
Linda Moulton Howe
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is traveling
with reporter Ron Kivett
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to the site
where a mysterious metal sphere
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that displayed
the uncanny ability
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to move on its own
was first discovered
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in 1974 by the Betz family,
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following a wildfire
on their property.
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This would have been an area
where the fire would have been.
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We're getting closer.
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KIVETT:
Now, this is the kind of woods
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they would have found it in.
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All of this here, you can see
where the‐the palmettos.
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‐Yeah.
‐It's thick.
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It's hard to go through.
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In fact, it's almost amazing.
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‐Without the fire... ‐Without
the fire, they probably...
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They would never have found it.
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Gosh.
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So, the mys...
There's the mystery
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‐of what caused the fire...
‐Right.
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...how long it had
been there, and...
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Was it intended to be found?
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Wow.
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NARRATOR: Skeptics of
the Betz sphere story
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claim it was part of a sculpture
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that fell from
an artist's truck.
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KIVETT: So this is what
it would have all looked like
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before the fire.
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NARRATOR: But Ron Kivett
says this is impossible,
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since the sphere was discovered
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in the middle
of a densely forested area
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20 miles from any stretch
of main highway.
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You know, now that I'm here
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where the Betz family
found that sphere,
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it's just so clear
that any of the stories
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about an artist over on the road
having something falling
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off a truck and rolling
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‐through all of this thick
palmetto... ‐It's impossible.
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Impossible.
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And the whole idea
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that they would
never have found it
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‐if there had not been
a fire... ‐No.
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The fire was integral
to finding the ball.
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What do you think,
talking with Terry and Gerri?
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I know they found it.
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I know how they...
how they found it.
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They knew right away, you know,
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after that‐that
first incident or so,
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that they had something special.
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If it was a hoax,
somebody put it there.
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If it was not a hoax,
somebody put it there.
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‐It's...
‐Or something.
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Or something.
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NARRATOR:
If this mysterious sphere
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was of extraterrestrial origin,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest,
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might it have been
intentionally placed
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on the Betz's property
and even have started the fire
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that resulted in its discovery?
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Throughout history,
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similar spheres
have appeared in artwork
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that dates back
hundreds of years
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and are often depicted
as coming from the heavens.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
In Christian art, you'll see
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these incredible examples
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of angels holding
bowling ball‐size spheres
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in their hands.
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In other examples,
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Jesus himself
holds a metallic sphere.
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God is portrayed
holding a sphere.
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So when you go back
to the Betz family
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and compare it with what we know
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about these spheres
and Christian mythology,
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you have to ask,
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are‐are we dealing
with something of ancient origin
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or possibly of
extraterrestrial origin?
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(faint tinkling)
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HOWE:
Where is that sphere today?
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My wager?
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One of our government agencies
has this Betz sphere,
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and our government has probably
learned a great deal
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about a sphere that has
self‐activating software
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and maybe has been sending
and receiving the whole time.
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NARRATOR: The concept of
a self‐activating metal sphere
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with the ability to communicate
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is not as farfetched
as it may sound.
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In fact, science is
on the verge of discovering
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a similar technology today.
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Beijing, China.
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March 2015.
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Here at Tsinghua University,
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scientists announce the creation
of a self‐fueled robot
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in the form
of a small liquid metal sphere
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that is capable
of shape‐shifting.
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JEFF WILLIAMS: When energy
is applied from the outside,
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externally, the metal
would change shape.
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But they also noticed
that it could also produce
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its own power supply
for about an hour,
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and because of this action,
it would move, too.
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And, of course, most people
are considering using it
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in the field of robotics.
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Just imagine where that can go.
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WILCOCK: We're seeing the
first steps that we are making
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towards having these types
of exotic alloys
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that could, in the future,
give us the ability to emulate
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the type of
extraterrestrial technology
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that we already see
in out‐of‐place artifacts.
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NARRATOR: In addition to
creating shape‐shifting robots,
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this new technology
may be used by doctors
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to make repairs inside the body
without performing surgery.
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It could also lead
to fully flexible electronics,
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as well as major advances
in artificial intelligence.
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose
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that it was a similar technology
that powered the Betz sphere.
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This is a possible explanation
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for what could be going on
with the super heavy balls
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inside the Betz sphere.
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They may be using some
sort of similar technology
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in order to roll themselves
around inside,
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which then allows the ball
to be able to roll around,
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much like a self‐propelled
bowling ball.
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So with these new discoveries,
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we now have
a plausible explanation
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for how the Betz sphere
was able to roll around.
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DAVID CHILDRESS: As modern
scientists develop new alloys,
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we have to wonder
if these artifacts,
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like the Betz sphere, they are
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perhaps there for us to examine
and retro‐engineer
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and use and create for ourselves
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and our own space industry.
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NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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that objects
like the Betz sphere
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have been purposely left behind
by extraterrestrials
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for thousands of years
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in order to help
in the development
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of mankind's
technological evolution.
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As further proof,
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they point
to mysterious metal ingots
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recently recovered
from a shipwreck
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off the coast of Sicily
that are unlike
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any other metal
known to exist on Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Sicily. 2015.
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Archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa
excavates a shipwreck
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less than a mile off the coast,
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which has remained undisturbed
for more than 2,600 years.
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His team dredges up
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an ancient payload
of 39 metal ingots.
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Interestingly,
spectrographic analysis
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of the recovered alloy
reveals the compound is unlike
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anything ever found
in the ancient or modern world.
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The interesting part about this
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is the composition
of the ingots that they found.
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The metal is 80% copper
and 20% zinc.
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There was other things
found in it,
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but that's the majority
of the composition.
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Now, zinc only occurs in nature
as sphalerite.
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It's a zinc sulfur complex.
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In order to create zinc,
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which didn't come around till
about a thousand years ago,
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you have to actually
process the zinc out
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of this sulfide.
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They didn't have
that technology back then.
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WILCOCK:
What was someone doing
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blending together copper, zinc,
lead, nickel, iron?
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This is a complex alloy.
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This is nothing easy to do.
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It suggests the possibility
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that it could have
special electrical
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or energetic properties
that we don't even know about.
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People would not be expected
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to be making
such a complex alloy back then.
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NARRATOR: How is it possible
that such an advanced alloy
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was manufactured
over 2,600 years ago,
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centuries before
man had the technology
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to manipulate elements
like zinc into metals?
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And what was its purpose?
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Based on the composition
of this alloy,
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scientists believe
what they have found
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is orichalcum,
a metal associated
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with the legendary continent
of Atlantis.
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According to Plato's
fourth century dialogues,
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the Timaeus and Critias,
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Atlantis possessed
a power and technology
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greater than
any other civilization on Earth.
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It was founded and ruled over
by the Greek god Poseidon,
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whose temple was covered
in a precious metal
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called orichalcum,
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which translates
to "mountain copper."
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The composition of the alloy
is not specified by Plato,
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but based on its electrical
properties, color and luster,
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scientists suggest
that if it really did exist,
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it most likely
consisted of copper
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mixed primarily with zinc,
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just like the metal
found in the shipwreck.
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It was said that the temple
of Poseidon on Atlantis
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flashed with the red light
of orichalcum.
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The copper tint of this metal
caught the attention
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of the seekers
that came to this sacred place.
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This is not just
an attractive color.
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This has spiritual implications.
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There was something
about this metal
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that was said to resonate
with the divine.
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Perhaps it was its origin,
that it had come from heaven,
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it fell out of the sky.
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NARRATOR:
According to Plato's story,
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the Greek god Cadmus,
son of Poseidon,
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came down from Mount Olympus
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and gave orichalcum
to the people of Atlantis.
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An important figure
in early Greek mythology
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was Cadmus, a divine character,
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the first hero,
fifth in the lineage from Zeus
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of the Greek gods.
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It was Cadmus that brought
the making of bronze.
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He knew how to make alloys,
special metals, which,
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in the early days
of civilization,
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was the beginning of technology.
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So Cadmus is the one
who shows us
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the divine nature of metalwork
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and gives this as a gift
to the generations.
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WILCOCK:
Why are we so quick to dismiss
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the underlying stories
in those myths?
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Those stories
talk about extraterrestrials
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coming and visiting our culture.
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They talk about gods
that walked among us
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and interacted with humans
but with a severely advanced
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technology beyond anything
that we have today.
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Ancient astronaut theory says
that the legends
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of these Greek gods
are not just mythological,
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but they're actually rooted
in actual events.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Greek gods
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were extraterrestrial beings
our ancestors witnessed
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descending from the sky,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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And does the discovery
of orichalcum
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provide physical evidence
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that the legendary continent
of Atlantis truly existed?
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GEORGE NOORY:
These artifacts
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could allow you to conclude
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that the continent of Atlantis
was real,
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that it sank,
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and that it possessed
high technology
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before it met its tragic fate.
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NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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discoveries like
the metal ingots
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found off the coast of Sicily
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provide evidence
that extraterrestrials
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have been fostering mankind's
technological evolution
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for thousands of years.
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And they suggest that even more
compelling evidence
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can be found by examining
a mysterious artifact
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discovered in the tomb
of King Tut.
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NARRATOR:
Cairo, Egypt.
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At the Egyptian Museum,
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an entire floor is dedicated
to the incredible treasures
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found in the tomb
of King Tutankhamen.
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Among them is a metal dagger
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that has baffled both scientists
and archaeologists
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because it appears
to be made of iron,
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but dates back
to at least 1322 B. C.,
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more than a century
before Egypt's Iron Age.
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On May 20, 2016,
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a new layer
was added to the mystery.
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Researchers from
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the Journal of Meteoricsand Planetary Science
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announced that
they had finally determined
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the composition
of King Tut's dagger.
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After detailed analysis,
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it was confirmed
that the blade is indeed iron,
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forged from metal
that originated not on Earth
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but in the stars.
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Meteorites are very difficult,
uh, to fashion into objects.
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Anybody, even today,
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who's ever worked with
a meteorite will tell you
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that because
of the high nickel content,
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they're very, very brittle
and very difficult to work with.
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NARRATOR:
Considering the difficulties
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of working with meteoric metal‐‐
even with today's technology‐‐
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how did metallurgists
3,300 years ago
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perform such tasks?
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WILLIAMS: This dagger is
completely out of place
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in the fact that‐‐
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unlike simple objects,
like beads,
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that can be simply hammered out
and rolled‐‐
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this has been perfected
to a point where
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it has no hammer marks on it,
it's completely smooth,
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it has a nice edge
all the way around on it.
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It almost looks
as if it had been cast.
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But in order to achieve that,
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you would have to reach
temperatures of 3,000 degrees
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in order to melt that meteorite,
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and then, of course,
add the necessary fluxes
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to get the impurities out
and then cast the blade,
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which brings up even more
questions for the researchers.
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If they were smelting iron,
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it would change our whole
outlook on Egyptian history.
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NARRATOR:
What could explain the presence
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of this mysterious metal dagger
in King Tut's tomb
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when no other similar artifacts
have been found in Egypt
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dating back to this period?
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Might Egyptian metallurgists
have had help
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working with this
difficult compound?
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(man shouting
in foreign language)
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest stories found
throughout the ancient world
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reveal that extraterrestrials
taught our ancestors
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the secrets of metallurgy
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in order to help
move society forward.
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ROBERT SCHOCH:
True metallurgy,
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in the sense of
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putting different metals
together as alloys,
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dates back to maybe 3800 B. C.,
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when bronze was first discovered
as an alloy of tin and copper.
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Maybe the second most
important development
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after the harnessing of fire.
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YOUNG:
As we think of modern times
503
00:26:40,474 --> 00:26:42,142
and our emphasis on technology,
504
00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:44,978
here is the sacred roots
to all of that.
505
00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:48,816
Stories emerged
out of all the religious systems
506
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:52,194
about the gods as metalworkers.
507
00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:54,905
Hephaestus,
in the Greek imagination,
508
00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:59,118
made weapons and the armor
for the gods.
509
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:02,955
In the Celtic imagination,
it was the great goddess Brigid
510
00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:07,835
who made beautiful and wonderful
and powerful things into metal
511
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:10,712
and then into fabricated form.
512
00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:14,508
In Japanese lore,
Canayago came to Earth
513
00:27:14,508 --> 00:27:17,302
to teach the people
metalworking.
514
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:20,222
JASON MARTELL: There seems to be
a‐a ubiquitous understanding
515
00:27:20,222 --> 00:27:22,641
from ancient cultures
that metallurgy
516
00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:25,102
is from the heavens.
517
00:27:25,102 --> 00:27:28,480
Could there be some tie
that, in the past,
518
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,192
certain abilities were
originally brought to man,
519
00:27:32,192 --> 00:27:34,444
possibly by extraterrestrials,
520
00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:36,738
and things we would create
had a certain energy
521
00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:40,158
or myth about them
that still is alive today?
522
00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:43,620
NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
523
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:45,747
the most compelling
of these stories
524
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:50,335
originates in the same place
as King Tut's mysterious dagger:
525
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:53,881
Egypt, where they worshipped
a sacred object
526
00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:55,757
called the Benben stone.
527
00:27:57,968 --> 00:28:01,221
Ancient Egyptian texts
describe the Benben stone
528
00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:06,894
as a meteoric iron object
that belongs to the heavens.
529
00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:12,190
The original Benben stone
mysteriously disappeared,
530
00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:15,485
but many ancient depictions
of it remain.
531
00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:21,909
The Benben stone
has a very strange origin.
532
00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:26,371
It is thought
that the Benben stone
533
00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:29,207
descended from the sky
like a firebird.
534
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,670
If you look at the Benben stone,
535
00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:37,007
sometimes it is
described or depicted
536
00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:40,677
with people
coming out of this stone.
537
00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:43,513
Now, to me,
this looks very similar
538
00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:46,350
to a lunar module.
539
00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:48,477
If you have the idea
that this firebird
540
00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:52,439
is descending from the sky
with fire and smoke,
541
00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:54,566
well, if you look
at a rocket descending,
542
00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:57,235
these are firebirds.
543
00:28:57,235 --> 00:29:00,280
So our ancestors
perhaps witnessed
544
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,242
some type of a craft
descending from the sky,
545
00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:07,037
out of which these
extraterrestrials came,
546
00:29:07,037 --> 00:29:12,334
which set in motion
our technological evolution.
547
00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:15,170
NARRATOR:
According to Egyptian texts,
548
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:18,048
their gods were
extraterrestrial beings
549
00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:19,883
that came to Earth
550
00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:23,637
and taught our ancestors
the secrets of metalwork.
551
00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:28,100
If true, might this be why
we find isolated examples
552
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,811
of advanced and sacred
metallurgy
553
00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:33,480
occurring long before
mankind was known
554
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,149
to have grasped such technology?
555
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:39,569
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
556
00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:43,532
and suggest that hidden away
in the storage area
557
00:29:43,532 --> 00:29:46,201
of a small museum
in Eastern Europe
558
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:49,329
is even more
astounding evidence:
559
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:54,626
the remnants of what might be
an extraterrestrial spacecraft.
560
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:58,171
Transylvania, Romania.
561
00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:01,049
1970.
562
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:04,428
Workers digging a trench
along the banks
563
00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:08,265
of the Mures River
unearth two giant bones,
564
00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:12,185
and, with them,
a mysterious metal object
565
00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:16,148
buried 35 feet
beneath the surface.
566
00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:20,027
The discovery
brings the project to a halt,
567
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:24,489
as the crew takes their findings
to a nearby museum.
568
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,199
This strange object,
569
00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:29,077
known today
as the Wedge of Aiud,
570
00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:31,913
continues to baffle
archaeologists
571
00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:34,166
because it is an aluminum alloy
572
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:37,419
that appears to have been made
thousands of years before
573
00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:41,214
humans were able
to smelt or fabricate metal.
574
00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:47,179
It was ten meters in depth,
uh, associated with some bones,
575
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:51,141
which they later identified
as woolly mammoth bones.
576
00:30:51,141 --> 00:30:54,227
If they were contemporary,
all of them,
577
00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:57,981
then they were in use sometime
in the period when Neanderthals
578
00:30:57,981 --> 00:31:02,027
roamed the earth, so they were
extinct 40,000 years ago,
579
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:04,154
so they must be older than that.
580
00:31:04,154 --> 00:31:09,493
The wedge was analyzed
three times, to my knowledge.
581
00:31:09,493 --> 00:31:13,747
The main, uh, metal
in its composition is aluminum.
582
00:31:13,747 --> 00:31:16,083
MICHAEL DENNIN: Humans didn't
really start working
583
00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,543
with aluminum
until well into the 1800s.
584
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:21,922
So when you look at this wedge
and you analyze it,
585
00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:24,091
it really has most
of the modern properties
586
00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:26,176
we would associate
with aluminum.
587
00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:30,055
NARRATOR: This incredible
metal artifact was discovered
588
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,725
at a time when Romania
was behind the Iron Curtain
589
00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:35,977
of the former Soviet Union.
590
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:38,313
For decades,
591
00:31:38,313 --> 00:31:40,607
government officials
refused to reveal
592
00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,818
where the Wedge of Aiud
was being held...
593
00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:45,112
(men shouting, gunfire)
594
00:31:45,112 --> 00:31:47,531
...even after the fall
of the USSR.
595
00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:51,201
(crowd cheering)
596
00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:55,247
But its location
has recently come to light,
597
00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:58,041
and in January of 2017,
598
00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:02,129
ancient astronaut theory pioneer
Erich von Daniken
599
00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:05,382
and his protégé
Giorgio Tsoukalos
600
00:32:05,382 --> 00:32:08,343
sought out the wedge
to see it for themselves.
601
00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:18,103
NARRATOR:
On January 18, 2017,
602
00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:23,108
at the National History Museum
of Transylvania,
603
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:26,236
ancient astronaut theorists
Giorgio Tsoukalos
604
00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:29,281
and Erich von Daniken
were offered a rare opportunity
605
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,242
to get a firsthand look
at the Wedge of Aiud.
606
00:32:32,242 --> 00:32:35,537
Museum curator Ana Gruia
607
00:32:35,537 --> 00:32:37,622
has taken it out
of a storage locker
608
00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:40,000
where it has been deliberately
hidden from the public
609
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,460
since the early 1970s.
610
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:44,588
This is exciting.
611
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:46,882
Okay, I'm just going
to put my gloves on.
612
00:32:46,882 --> 00:32:48,508
TSOUKALOS:
This is great.
613
00:32:50,510 --> 00:32:52,929
GRUIA:
So this is it.
614
00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,056
‐TSOUKALOS: Oh, wow.
‐VON DANIKEN: Okay.
615
00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:57,142
‐This is the wedge.
‐This is strange.
616
00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:02,022
It's‐it's very heavy.
617
00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:03,857
‐Giorgio, take it.
‐This is crazy.
618
00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:07,110
‐It's heavy.
‐Wow.
619
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:10,155
This was found
at a depth of ten meters,
620
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:12,782
which is about 30 feet,
in the ground.
621
00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:14,659
‐GRUIA: Yes.
‐Yes, and here, this is the...
622
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,369
‐where they took the sample
out... ‐VON DANIKEN: Yeah.
623
00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:17,913
...and here
to make the analysis.
624
00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:19,915
And here you see
two pieces that are
625
00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:24,336
broken off, sort of, so maybe
it was attached or something.
626
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:26,338
But very strange.
627
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,757
So what does the museum
have to say about this?
628
00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:30,717
This is a very strange piece.
629
00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:34,221
It is. It is a strange piece
for us, as well.
630
00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:38,725
As historians, we do not
consider it a historical object
631
00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:40,602
that we're used to.
632
00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:42,896
We don't know
what it was used for,
633
00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:47,776
and we acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating,
634
00:33:47,776 --> 00:33:49,819
and its composition, as well.
635
00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:53,365
VON DANIKEN:
So, for what can you use this?
636
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:56,243
It looks like a hammer
or a shovel, but,
637
00:33:56,243 --> 00:33:58,411
Giorgio, what is the word of...
in English...?
638
00:33:58,411 --> 00:33:59,829
(speaks foreign language)
639
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:01,414
Oh, an excavator tooth.
640
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,917
Well, it looks like this.
641
00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:05,669
‐It could have been
something like it. ‐Yeah.
642
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,337
VON DANIKEN:
But these excavator tooths
643
00:34:07,337 --> 00:34:08,672
are never made out of aluminum.
644
00:34:08,672 --> 00:34:10,382
TSOUKALOS:
No, it's too weak.
645
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:11,591
‐VON DANIKEN: Aluminum is
too soft. ‐Yeah.
646
00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:13,718
They are made out of steel,
647
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,513
especially hard steel,
so it... it could not be that.
648
00:34:16,513 --> 00:34:18,890
So we have a real mystery here.
649
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:23,311
But you see this patina
over this whole object?
650
00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:26,022
And this creates
another problem.
651
00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:28,942
TSOUKALOS: Yes, because
you cannot fake a patina.
652
00:34:28,942 --> 00:34:33,738
It's impossible
to artificially create a patina.
653
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,908
NARRATOR:
The patina is a thin coating
654
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:39,160
of various metal compounds
that forms
655
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,121
on the surface of the metal
656
00:34:41,121 --> 00:34:43,873
during exposure
to atmospheric elements.
657
00:34:43,873 --> 00:34:46,001
The older the object,
658
00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:48,295
the thicker
the patina layer will be.
659
00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:53,925
It takes hundreds,
if not thousands of years
660
00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,177
for a thick layer of patina,
661
00:34:56,177 --> 00:34:59,889
as this apparently is,
for it to develop.
662
00:34:59,889 --> 00:35:02,183
Yes, we agree
there are two basic problems.
663
00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:04,519
One, that aluminum
was not invented
664
00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:08,481
at the age when we presume
this was in use.
665
00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,525
And second,
it's the patina, as you noted.
666
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,360
VON DANIKEN: Which speaks
for the date for the...
667
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,112
‐TSOUKALOS: Yes.
‐...for the age of it.
668
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:17,866
So we still have a mystery here.
669
00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:21,202
Thank you very much
for, uh, showing us this object,
670
00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:23,663
because I know
that there was a time, uh,
671
00:35:23,663 --> 00:35:28,418
when nobody knew where it was‐‐
somewhere in a box in the back.
672
00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:31,546
Which means present‐day
archeology has a problem.
673
00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:34,299
And they're doing
magnificent work.
674
00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,968
But when something like this
comes along, you know,
675
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:41,556
we should investigate this and
not put it in a box in the back.
676
00:35:41,556 --> 00:35:43,767
‐Definitely. ‐GRUIA:
It did depend on mentalities
677
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,518
‐in official position.
‐Yes. ‐(laughs)
678
00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:48,897
It isn't
currently exhibited, uh,
679
00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:51,775
because we have to admit,
as historians,
680
00:35:51,775 --> 00:35:56,571
that we do not know
more details about it.
681
00:35:56,571 --> 00:35:59,658
For us, it's just baffling
at this point.
682
00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:02,744
But taking
the‐the logic further, uh,
683
00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:06,623
this conflicting information
could have just two solutions
684
00:36:06,623 --> 00:36:08,625
so far.
685
00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:10,919
One, that it is really
not so old,
686
00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:12,587
and the context is irrelevant,
687
00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:15,090
and the patina
was somehow produced
688
00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:18,176
in special circumstances.
689
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:21,137
So it's a new object,
strangely preserved, let's say.
690
00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:23,765
And the second option is,
of course,
691
00:36:23,765 --> 00:36:27,060
that it's not
of terrestrial origin.
692
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:30,772
In all of your adventures,
how does this compare
693
00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:34,484
to some of the other things
that are inexplicable?
694
00:36:34,484 --> 00:36:36,820
I am helpless. I have no idea.
695
00:36:36,820 --> 00:36:39,447
‐That says it all right there.
‐(laughs)
696
00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:42,117
Very bizarre. Bizarre.
697
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:48,832
I've known about this thing
since the early 1990s,
698
00:36:48,832 --> 00:36:52,627
and I have to tell you
that looking at it
699
00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:56,631
in person was
a dream come true.
700
00:36:56,631 --> 00:37:01,052
And it's a very strange thing.
701
00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,096
I mean,
how do you explain this?
702
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:09,394
It certainly looks as if
it was part of a larger object.
703
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:14,941
The question is:
was it a component of a device?
704
00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,444
Was it a component
of something larger?
705
00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:20,572
NARRATOR:
If the Wedge of Aiud
706
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:23,950
really is
over 40,000 years old,
707
00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:27,454
then who made it,
and what was it used for?
708
00:37:27,454 --> 00:37:30,915
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
709
00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:33,710
they may have the answer.
710
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:35,545
An aeronautical engineer
711
00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:38,423
who saw the Aiud Wedge
looked at that and said,
712
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:40,550
"That's a piece
of a landing gear
713
00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:44,012
for a vertical take‐off
and landing aircraft."
714
00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:47,265
Ancient astronaut theorists
have also looked at this wedge
715
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,184
and surmised that it's possible
716
00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:52,604
that it's part of a crashed
extraterrestrial craft.
717
00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:57,108
NARRATOR: Could the Wedge
of Aiud really be a remnant
718
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,569
of an extraterrestrial craft,
719
00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:02,197
perhaps similar
to the one some say
720
00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:05,533
the Egyptians represented
with the Benben stone?
721
00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,828
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
722
00:38:08,828 --> 00:38:11,581
and suggest evidence
recently recovered
723
00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:13,374
from a meteorite in Russia
724
00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:17,587
may be another gift
from our alien ancestors,
725
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:21,925
one that propels us towards the
next great technological leap.
726
00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:32,894
NARRATOR:
Siberia, Russia. 1979.
727
00:38:32,894 --> 00:38:37,148
A meteorite crashes
into the Koryak Mountains.
728
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:42,987
Nearly four decades later,
in December 2016,
729
00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:45,865
researchers studying pieces
of the meteorite
730
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:51,246
at the University of Florence,
Caltech and Princeton announce
731
00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:54,833
that it has brought with it an
incredible, rare metal formation
732
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,710
called a "quasicrystal."
733
00:38:57,710 --> 00:39:03,424
This quasicrystal features 60
points of rotational symmetry,
734
00:39:03,424 --> 00:39:07,595
made up of aluminum,
copper and iron.
735
00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:10,056
It is an exotic pattern
736
00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:12,642
that has never before
been found in nature,
737
00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:18,648
and could lead to the next
major technological leap.
738
00:39:18,648 --> 00:39:21,359
This thing should not exist,
739
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,987
and yet there it is
on this meteorite.
740
00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:27,490
Now, quasicrystal alloys
741
00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:30,785
violate the known laws
of physics completely,
742
00:39:30,785 --> 00:39:34,289
but what we have heard
from whistleblowers is that
743
00:39:34,289 --> 00:39:36,374
the surfaces
of extraterrestrial vehicles,
744
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,710
such as the one
that crashed in Roswell,
745
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:41,462
are made of quasicrystal alloys.
746
00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:44,215
And certain quasicrystal alloys,
747
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:47,719
when electrified,
generate antigravity.
748
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,930
Extraterrestrial intelligences
may have been wanting us
749
00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:53,224
to find the quasicrystals,
750
00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:56,769
and it shows that there could be
a whole new world of technology
751
00:39:56,769 --> 00:39:58,938
waiting for us to unlock.
752
00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:01,816
And what we're looking at
is a very likely possibility
753
00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:04,694
that these
out‐of‐place artifacts
754
00:40:04,694 --> 00:40:07,322
are just some
of the table scraps
755
00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:09,324
from an extraterrestrial
civilization
756
00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:11,826
that had way more advanced stuff
than that.
757
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:19,000
NARRATOR: Are extraterrestrials
giving mankind the tools needed
758
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,796
to reach the next level
in our technological evolution?
759
00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:28,760
And if so,
where are they leading us?
760
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:34,265
HENRY: The stories of these very
powerful ancient alloys suggest
761
00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,852
that these are pathways
back to our origins.
762
00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:40,563
That these are ways
that we can connect
763
00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:43,983
with our original
extraterrestrial visitors,
764
00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:46,152
and also point a way forward
for us,
765
00:40:46,152 --> 00:40:50,239
because as we begin to
understand these technologies,
766
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,743
perhaps one day we'll even
be able to duplicate them.
767
00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:57,413
As modern scientists
develop new alloys,
768
00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:01,417
we have to wonder
if these ancient artifacts
769
00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:06,172
of strange alloys aren't
extraterrestrial artifacts
770
00:41:06,172 --> 00:41:12,595
that are perhaps there for us
to examine and retro‐engineer,
771
00:41:12,595 --> 00:41:17,725
and use and create for ourselves
and our own space industry.
772
00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:20,687
NOORY:
There is no question
773
00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:24,190
that we are getting closer
and closer
774
00:41:24,190 --> 00:41:27,777
to whatever technology
the extraterrestrials possessed.
775
00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:29,946
NARRATOR: Are the unexplained
metal artifacts
776
00:41:29,946 --> 00:41:33,449
found all over the world proof
777
00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:37,370
that we have been visited
by otherworldly beings?
778
00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:41,124
And did extraterrestrials
teach our ancestors
779
00:41:41,124 --> 00:41:44,293
secrets of metallurgy
that we are
780
00:41:44,293 --> 00:41:50,341
just now beginning
to develop and reproduce?
781
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:54,512
Perhaps by examining
these strange metal objects,
782
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,349
we will begin to not only
understand our past,
783
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:03,438
but also be
better prepared to face...
784
00:42:03,438 --> 00:42:07,775
our ultimate destiny.
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