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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,964 --> 00:00:06,883 We're so excited to be able to see this. 2 00:00:06,884 --> 00:00:10,263 So this is it. - It's-it's very heavy. 3 00:00:10,264 --> 00:00:11,923 - It's heavy. - Wow. 4 00:00:11,924 --> 00:00:13,673 Could physical evidence 5 00:00:13,674 --> 00:00:17,723 of alien visitation have been hiding in plain sight? 6 00:00:17,724 --> 00:00:20,383 This is a very strange piece. 7 00:00:20,384 --> 00:00:22,593 It is a strange piece for us as well. 8 00:00:22,594 --> 00:00:28,173 Did part of an alien craft fall from space? 9 00:00:28,174 --> 00:00:32,013 We acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating 10 00:00:32,014 --> 00:00:34,843 - and its composition. - So we have a real mystery here. 11 00:00:34,844 --> 00:00:38,053 Or are we looking at alien technology 12 00:00:38,054 --> 00:00:40,883 made right here on Earth? 13 00:00:40,884 --> 00:00:43,923 This defies everything we know. 14 00:00:43,924 --> 00:00:44,964 Definitely. 15 00:01:18,451 --> 00:01:23,871 Tuy?n Quang Province, Northern Vietnam. 16 00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:28,669 January 2, 2016. 17 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:31,919 During the early morning hours, 18 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,630 three strange metal spheres are seen falling from the sky. 19 00:01:37,830 --> 00:01:40,289 Witnesses report 20 00:01:40,290 --> 00:01:42,629 that one of the spheres seemed to be flying 21 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:45,629 in a mysterious pattern before crashing to Earth 22 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:48,040 and making a loud "thunder-like" sound. 23 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:56,169 Witnesses saw these spherical-shaped metallic balls, 24 00:01:56,170 --> 00:02:00,089 which were recovered by the Vietnamese military. 25 00:02:00,090 --> 00:02:02,499 We have photographs of them, 26 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:06,249 but we don't have whatever the objects were. 27 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,959 Now, of course, the big question is: 28 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,039 could they be connected to the UFO phenomenon? 29 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:18,089 Numerous similar spheres were seen in Spain in 2015 30 00:02:18,090 --> 00:02:22,669 and in Africa in 2011. 31 00:02:22,670 --> 00:02:25,419 The skeptic would argue that this is just simply 32 00:02:25,420 --> 00:02:28,709 space debris and nothing else. 33 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:30,749 But what's particularly intriguing is that, 34 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:34,789 in March 1974, a very strange sphere was found 35 00:02:34,790 --> 00:02:36,789 at Fort George Island in Florida. 36 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,829 It was found by the Betz family. 37 00:02:38,830 --> 00:02:42,749 On March 26, 1974, 38 00:02:42,750 --> 00:02:47,169 on a remote piece of land in Ft. George Island, Florida, 39 00:02:47,170 --> 00:02:50,249 owned by Gerri and Antoine Betz, 40 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:53,789 a wildfire broke out in the middle of the night, 41 00:02:53,790 --> 00:02:56,040 burning acres of brush. 42 00:02:58,670 --> 00:03:01,379 The cause of the fire is unknown. 43 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:05,959 But the next day, as the family was investigating the damage, 44 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,669 they came upon a strange object: 45 00:03:08,670 --> 00:03:12,829 a metal sphere. 46 00:03:12,830 --> 00:03:16,589 Gerri Betz and her son Terry went out there, 47 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:20,329 and Terry sees this metallic-looking ball 48 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:21,999 in the ground there. 49 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,709 And he picks it up and shows it to his mother, 50 00:03:24,710 --> 00:03:27,709 and they take it back to the house. 51 00:03:27,710 --> 00:03:30,879 And a couple of weeks went by, 52 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:36,289 and Terry had the ball on a table next to his bed. 53 00:03:36,290 --> 00:03:39,039 And he took his guitar out. 54 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,629 He started strumming it. 55 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:43,290 And the ball started vibrating. 56 00:03:45,330 --> 00:03:47,379 I was about ten or 11, 57 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:49,959 and one night they pulled it out. 58 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,459 We got I think it was a mayonnaise lid out, 59 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:54,289 and we were holding it in different places 60 00:03:54,290 --> 00:03:55,879 on the, on the sphere. 61 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,919 And it would be magnetized 62 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,419 and stick in some areas and not in others. 63 00:04:00,420 --> 00:04:02,629 I can't remember 64 00:04:02,630 --> 00:04:05,459 which household member said, "Well, watch this." 65 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:08,629 And they walked past it, it was sitting on the carpeted floor, 66 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:11,089 and it followed them and moved as they did. 67 00:04:11,090 --> 00:04:13,039 They took a few steps and turned, 68 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,999 and it rolled right behind them and to a stop. 69 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,919 I had never seen anything like it before. 70 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,749 The Betz sphere began to make headlines 71 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:25,539 in April of 1974. 72 00:04:25,540 --> 00:04:27,419 One of the first to break the story 73 00:04:27,420 --> 00:04:31,089 was a young reporter named Ron Kivett, 74 00:04:31,090 --> 00:04:34,499 who conducted an exclusive interview with Gerri Betz 75 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:37,590 just after she had made her amazing discovery. 76 00:05:06,130 --> 00:05:10,999 In February of 2017, 77 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,459 investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe 78 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:16,039 traveled to Jacksonville, Florida, 79 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,879 just 20 miles from the site where the Betz family 80 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,959 made their incredible discovery. 81 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,789 - Hi, Ron. - Hi, Linda. 82 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:24,789 - Nice to meet you. - It's good to meet you. 83 00:05:24,790 --> 00:05:26,919 - Come on in. - Yes. Thank you. 84 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,629 She arranged to meet with Ron Kivett 85 00:05:29,630 --> 00:05:31,539 to get a firsthand account 86 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:34,499 of his experience with this bizarre object. 87 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,539 You've actually held this silver sphere. 88 00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:38,999 I have actually held the ball, right. 89 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,959 Talk about what happened. I'm so curious. 90 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,829 You get to their house. 91 00:05:44,830 --> 00:05:47,289 How was the Betz sphere introduced? 92 00:05:47,290 --> 00:05:50,589 - How did they show you? - Um... 93 00:05:50,590 --> 00:05:55,629 The ball was on a coffee table, a glass-topped coffee table 94 00:05:55,630 --> 00:05:57,629 in a foyer much like this, a little bit larger, 95 00:05:57,630 --> 00:05:59,379 but it was windows 96 00:05:59,380 --> 00:06:01,789 all the way around, almost like an atrium. 97 00:06:01,790 --> 00:06:04,709 And, uh, I said, you know, "Can I pick it up?" 98 00:06:04,710 --> 00:06:06,289 Gerri said, "Oh, sure." 99 00:06:06,290 --> 00:06:09,169 So I-I picked it up, and it was heavier 100 00:06:09,170 --> 00:06:11,419 than I anticipated it to be. 101 00:06:11,420 --> 00:06:13,329 About 20 pounds, right? 102 00:06:13,330 --> 00:06:15,089 That's what they say, yeah, about 20 pounds. 103 00:06:15,090 --> 00:06:17,499 The ball had a much rougher texture to it 104 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,539 than I anticipated. 105 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:21,539 And if you moved it, you could hear 106 00:06:21,540 --> 00:06:24,210 a very faint tinkling inside it. 107 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:31,749 It wasn't a hum or a buzz, it was that tink, tink, tink. 108 00:06:31,750 --> 00:06:33,879 Terry had the ball in his room, 109 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,669 and he began to notice that even when the ball wasn't moving, 110 00:06:37,670 --> 00:06:40,829 he could hear this tinkling sound. 111 00:06:40,830 --> 00:06:43,539 Well, it would suggest it was conscious, 112 00:06:43,540 --> 00:06:46,589 or was downloading, uploading information 113 00:06:46,590 --> 00:06:49,879 from something that it was involved with. 114 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,669 Well, the consciousness of it. 115 00:06:51,670 --> 00:06:54,289 I decided I wanted to take the ball outside 116 00:06:54,290 --> 00:06:56,379 and get some pictures with natural light. 117 00:06:56,380 --> 00:06:59,169 The ball was back on the table. 118 00:06:59,170 --> 00:07:02,329 So we all get up to leave to go find a spot to shoot it in, 119 00:07:02,330 --> 00:07:04,919 and the ball rolled 120 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,709 all the way to the edge and stopped. 121 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:11,169 And it was just like, "Don't forget me." 122 00:07:11,170 --> 00:07:13,459 That's when the hair stood up on my arms. 123 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:17,289 After observing the strange behavior 124 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:19,089 of the sphere for several weeks, 125 00:07:19,090 --> 00:07:22,039 the Betz family decided to submit it 126 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,039 to the military for examination. 127 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,039 It got interest from the Navy. 128 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,379 It got interest from the United States government. 129 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:31,919 And during the testing of it, 130 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,829 they found it was made of a stainless steel metallic alloy, 131 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:39,789 specifically the ferrous alloy number 431. 132 00:07:39,790 --> 00:07:44,669 And then when it was analyzed with X-ray spectography, 133 00:07:44,670 --> 00:07:48,419 the interior of the sphere was hollow 134 00:07:48,420 --> 00:07:51,829 and had smaller spherical objects, 135 00:07:51,830 --> 00:07:57,499 which were analyzed to have an atomic weight of 140. 136 00:07:57,500 --> 00:08:01,749 Now, the largest atomic weight that we see in nature 137 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:04,249 is uranium, which is a 92. 138 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:06,789 So these smaller, 139 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:09,129 super heavy balls that were inside, 140 00:08:09,130 --> 00:08:11,419 with an atomic weight of 140, 141 00:08:11,420 --> 00:08:13,999 caused certain scientists to speculate 142 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,959 that if anyone actually tried to drill inside the sphere, 143 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,879 that it could be the equivalent of a thermonuclear weapon, 144 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,169 that those elements could go into criticality 145 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:24,920 and create a massive explosion. 146 00:08:29,590 --> 00:08:34,499 So the point is, this sphere has very peculiar properties 147 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:37,039 that suggest that it is in fact 148 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,750 some sort of artificially intelligent technology. 149 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,959 Do you think that it is a viable hypothesis 150 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,419 that at least the Navy, from the work that they did, 151 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:53,089 - knew this is not terrestrial? - Oh, absolutely. 152 00:08:53,090 --> 00:08:57,959 And it was after the Navy examination... Right. 153 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,919 That everything seemed to basically come to a halt. 154 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,039 Correct. 155 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,749 I never got a real clarification on what happened, you know. 156 00:09:07,750 --> 00:09:12,539 But now the ball has disappeared. 157 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:16,169 Is it possible the Navy discovered evidence 158 00:09:16,170 --> 00:09:20,709 that the Betz sphere is of extraterrestrial origin, 159 00:09:20,710 --> 00:09:24,290 and secretly confiscated it for further examination? 160 00:09:26,630 --> 00:09:29,589 Gerri and her family are not interested 161 00:09:29,590 --> 00:09:32,209 in talking about the sphere anymore. 162 00:09:32,210 --> 00:09:36,329 They just don't want to discuss what happened with it. 163 00:09:36,330 --> 00:09:38,669 Maybe nobody will ever see it again. 164 00:09:38,670 --> 00:09:40,459 That's a possibility, you know? 165 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:41,999 I don't know. 166 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,589 To date, no one has been able to locate the sphere 167 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:49,249 or explain what it was. 168 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:52,999 But perhaps further clues may be found 169 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,249 by returning to the very site where the mysterious Betz sphere 170 00:09:57,250 --> 00:09:59,090 was first discovered. 171 00:10:08,178 --> 00:10:10,387 Talking with the Betz Family, 172 00:10:10,388 --> 00:10:13,967 you thought you're dealing with really honest people 173 00:10:13,968 --> 00:10:16,137 who are very puzzled about what this sphere is. 174 00:10:16,138 --> 00:10:20,297 When I first talked to them, I was convinced 175 00:10:20,298 --> 00:10:22,927 that all of them were telling me the truth. 176 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:30,109 Fort George Island, Florida. February 3, 2017. 177 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:33,569 Investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe 178 00:10:33,570 --> 00:10:36,239 is traveling with reporter Ron Kivett 179 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,239 to the site where a mysterious metal sphere 180 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,949 that displayed the uncanny ability 181 00:10:41,950 --> 00:10:44,859 to move on its own was first discovered 182 00:10:44,860 --> 00:10:47,659 in 1974 by the Betz family, 183 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:50,489 following a wildfire on their property. 184 00:10:50,490 --> 00:10:54,029 This would have been an area where the fire would have been. 185 00:10:54,030 --> 00:10:56,109 We're getting closer. 186 00:10:56,110 --> 00:10:59,489 Now, this is the kind of woods 187 00:10:59,490 --> 00:11:01,739 they would have found it in. 188 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:03,989 All of this here, you can see where the-the palmettos. 189 00:11:03,990 --> 00:11:05,319 - Yeah. - It's thick. 190 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,069 It's hard to go through. 191 00:11:07,070 --> 00:11:09,359 In fact, it's almost amazing. 192 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,399 Without the fire... -Without the fire, they probably... 193 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,069 They would never have found it. 194 00:11:13,070 --> 00:11:14,609 Gosh. 195 00:11:14,610 --> 00:11:16,659 So, the mys... There's the mystery 196 00:11:16,660 --> 00:11:18,659 - of what caused the fire... - Right. 197 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:21,069 How long it had been there, and... 198 00:11:21,070 --> 00:11:22,569 Was it intended to be found? 199 00:11:22,570 --> 00:11:24,279 Wow. 200 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,779 Skeptics of the Betz sphere story 201 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:29,279 claim it was part of a sculpture 202 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,159 that fell from an artist's truck. 203 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,529 So this is what it would have all looked like 204 00:11:33,530 --> 00:11:35,319 before the fire. 205 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,319 But Ron Kivett says this is impossible, 206 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:39,819 since the sphere was discovered 207 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:43,199 in the middle of a densely forested area 208 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,529 20 miles from any stretch of main highway. 209 00:11:47,530 --> 00:11:49,569 You know, now that I'm here 210 00:11:49,570 --> 00:11:52,279 where the Betz family found that sphere, 211 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,159 it's just so clear that any of the stories 212 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,319 about an artist over on the road having something falling 213 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,319 off a truck and rolling 214 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,699 through all of this thick palmetto... -It's impossible. 215 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:05,529 Impossible. 216 00:12:05,530 --> 00:12:08,659 And the whole idea 217 00:12:08,660 --> 00:12:10,069 that they would never have found it 218 00:12:10,070 --> 00:12:11,819 if there had not been a fire... -No. 219 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:13,989 The fire was integral to finding the ball. 220 00:12:13,990 --> 00:12:18,529 What do you think, talking with Terry and Gerri? 221 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:19,949 I know they found it. 222 00:12:19,950 --> 00:12:22,279 I know how they... how they found it. 223 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,779 They knew right away, you know, 224 00:12:23,780 --> 00:12:25,359 after that-that first incident or so, 225 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:26,949 that they had something special. 226 00:12:26,950 --> 00:12:30,659 If it was a hoax, somebody put it there. 227 00:12:30,660 --> 00:12:34,029 If it was not a hoax, somebody put it there. 228 00:12:34,030 --> 00:12:35,569 - It's... - Or something. 229 00:12:35,570 --> 00:12:36,989 Or something. 230 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,779 If this mysterious sphere 231 00:12:39,780 --> 00:12:42,359 was of extraterrestrial origin, 232 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,319 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 233 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,239 might it have been intentionally placed 234 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,199 on the Betz's property and even have started the fire 235 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,660 that resulted in its discovery? 236 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,739 Throughout history, 237 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:01,449 similar spheres have appeared in artwork 238 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:03,609 that dates back hundreds of years 239 00:13:03,610 --> 00:13:07,609 and are often depicted as coming from the heavens. 240 00:13:07,210 --> 00:13:09,419 In Christian art, you'll see 241 00:13:09,420 --> 00:13:10,999 these incredible examples 242 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,839 of angels holding bowling ball-size spheres 243 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:14,999 in their hands. 244 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,209 In other examples, 245 00:13:17,210 --> 00:13:20,879 Jesus himself holds a metallic sphere. 246 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:26,089 God is portrayed holding a sphere. 247 00:13:26,090 --> 00:13:28,959 So when you go back to the Betz family 248 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,879 and compare it with what we know 249 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,129 about these spheres and Christian mythology, 250 00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:34,799 you have to ask, 251 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,709 are-are we dealing with something of ancient origin 252 00:13:37,710 --> 00:13:40,460 or possibly of extraterrestrial origin? 253 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:46,499 Where is that sphere today? 254 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:48,499 My wager? 255 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:52,799 One of our government agencies has this Betz sphere, 256 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,549 and our government has probably learned a great deal 257 00:13:56,550 --> 00:14:00,669 about a sphere that has self-activating software 258 00:14:00,670 --> 00:14:05,299 and maybe has been sending and receiving the whole time. 259 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:09,419 The concept of a self-activating metal sphere 260 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:11,339 with the ability to communicate 261 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:14,499 is not as farfetched as it may sound. 262 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:18,299 In fact, science is on the verge of discovering 263 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:20,759 a similar technology today. 264 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,209 Beijing, China. 265 00:14:23,210 --> 00:14:25,799 March 2015. 266 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,549 Here at Tsinghua University, 267 00:14:29,550 --> 00:14:34,209 scientists announce the creation of a self-fueled robot 268 00:14:34,210 --> 00:14:37,459 in the form of a small liquid metal sphere 269 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:40,629 that is capable of shape-shifting. 270 00:14:40,630 --> 00:14:44,299 When energy is applied from the outside, 271 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,589 externally, the metal would change shape. 272 00:14:46,590 --> 00:14:49,549 But they also noticed that it could also produce 273 00:14:49,550 --> 00:14:51,799 its own power supply for about an hour, 274 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,709 and because of this action, it would move, too. 275 00:14:56,710 --> 00:14:59,129 And, of course, most people are considering using it 276 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:00,709 in the field of robotics. 277 00:15:00,710 --> 00:15:02,710 Just imagine where that can go. 278 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,419 We're seeing the first steps that we are making 279 00:15:08,420 --> 00:15:12,299 towards having these types of exotic alloys 280 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:16,209 that could, in the future, give us the ability to emulate 281 00:15:16,210 --> 00:15:17,959 the type of extraterrestrial technology 282 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,499 that we already see in out-of-place artifacts. 283 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:25,089 In addition to creating shape-shifting robots, 284 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:28,919 this new technology may be used by doctors 285 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:33,549 to make repairs inside the body without performing surgery. 286 00:15:33,550 --> 00:15:37,799 It could also lead to fully flexible electronics, 287 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:42,919 as well as major advances in artificial intelligence. 288 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,919 Some ancient astronaut theorists propose 289 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,589 that it was a similar technology that powered the Betz sphere. 290 00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:53,169 This is a possible explanation 291 00:15:53,170 --> 00:15:57,259 for what could be going on with the super heavy balls 292 00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:59,499 inside the Betz sphere. 293 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:03,669 They may be using some sort of similar technology 294 00:16:03,670 --> 00:16:06,759 in order to roll themselves around inside, 295 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,999 which then allows the ball to be able to roll around, 296 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,669 much like a self-propelled bowling ball. 297 00:16:12,670 --> 00:16:14,589 So with these new discoveries, 298 00:16:14,590 --> 00:16:16,419 we now have a plausible explanation 299 00:16:16,420 --> 00:16:19,090 for how the Betz sphere was able to roll around. 300 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:24,169 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 301 00:16:24,170 --> 00:16:26,499 we have to wonder if these artifacts, 302 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:30,129 like the Betz sphere, they are 303 00:16:30,130 --> 00:16:35,629 perhaps there for us to examine and retro-engineer 304 00:16:35,630 --> 00:16:38,589 and use and create for ourselves 305 00:16:38,590 --> 00:16:40,760 and our own space industry. 306 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,499 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 307 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:48,709 that objects like the Betz sphere 308 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:51,549 have been purposely left behind by extraterrestrials 309 00:16:51,550 --> 00:16:53,209 for thousands of years 310 00:16:53,210 --> 00:16:55,259 in order to help in the development 311 00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:57,799 of mankind's technological evolution. 312 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,589 As further proof, 313 00:17:00,590 --> 00:17:03,669 they point to mysterious metal ingots 314 00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:05,419 recently recovered from a shipwreck 315 00:17:05,420 --> 00:17:08,459 off the coast of Sicily that are unlike 316 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:12,050 any other metal known to exist on Earth. 317 00:17:17,326 --> 00:17:20,446 Sicily. 2015. 318 00:17:21,847 --> 00:17:26,176 Archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa excavates a shipwreck 319 00:17:26,177 --> 00:17:28,976 less than a mile off the coast, 320 00:17:28,977 --> 00:17:33,516 which has remained undisturbed for more than 2,600 years. 321 00:17:33,517 --> 00:17:35,766 His team dredges up 322 00:17:35,767 --> 00:17:39,017 an ancient payload of 39 metal ingots. 323 00:17:41,347 --> 00:17:43,476 Interestingly, spectrographic analysis 324 00:17:43,477 --> 00:17:47,846 of the recovered alloy reveals the compound is unlike 325 00:17:47,847 --> 00:17:51,227 anything ever found in the ancient or modern world. 326 00:17:53,477 --> 00:17:55,726 The interesting part about this 327 00:17:55,727 --> 00:17:58,266 is the composition of the ingots that they found. 328 00:17:58,267 --> 00:18:03,976 The metal is 80% copper and 20% zinc. 329 00:18:03,977 --> 00:18:05,726 There was other things found in it, 330 00:18:05,727 --> 00:18:08,636 but that's the majority of the composition. 331 00:18:08,637 --> 00:18:13,306 Now, zinc only occurs in nature as sphalerite. 332 00:18:13,307 --> 00:18:16,266 It's a zinc sulfur complex. 333 00:18:16,267 --> 00:18:18,346 In order to create zinc, 334 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:20,596 which didn't come around till about a thousand years ago, 335 00:18:20,597 --> 00:18:25,936 you have to actually process the zinc out of this sulfide. 336 00:18:25,937 --> 00:18:27,636 They didn't have that technology back then. 337 00:18:27,637 --> 00:18:31,516 What was someone doing 338 00:18:31,517 --> 00:18:36,806 blending together copper, zinc, lead, nickel, iron? 339 00:18:36,807 --> 00:18:38,846 This is a complex alloy. 340 00:18:38,847 --> 00:18:40,886 This is nothing easy to do. 341 00:18:40,887 --> 00:18:43,266 It suggests the possibility 342 00:18:43,267 --> 00:18:45,636 that it could have special electrical 343 00:18:45,637 --> 00:18:48,226 or energetic properties that we don't even know about. 344 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,936 People would not be expected 345 00:18:50,937 --> 00:18:54,016 to be making such a complex alloy back then. 346 00:18:54,017 --> 00:18:58,056 How is it possible that such an advanced alloy 347 00:18:58,057 --> 00:19:02,056 was manufactured over 2,600 years ago, 348 00:19:02,057 --> 00:19:04,676 centuries before man had the technology 349 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:08,596 to manipulate elements like zinc into metals? 350 00:19:08,597 --> 00:19:12,056 And what was its purpose? 351 00:19:12,057 --> 00:19:15,266 Based on the composition of this alloy, 352 00:19:15,267 --> 00:19:17,226 scientists believe what they have found 353 00:19:17,227 --> 00:19:20,266 is orichalcum, a metal associated 354 00:19:20,267 --> 00:19:22,677 with the legendary continent of Atlantis. 355 00:19:24,937 --> 00:19:28,386 According to Plato's fourth century dialogues, 356 00:19:28,387 --> 00:19:30,766 the Timaeus and Critias, 357 00:19:30,767 --> 00:19:33,636 Atlantis possessed a power and technology 358 00:19:33,637 --> 00:19:37,556 greater than any other civilization on Earth. 359 00:19:37,557 --> 00:19:42,346 It was founded and ruled over by the Greek god Poseidon, 360 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:45,176 whose temple was covered in a precious metal 361 00:19:45,177 --> 00:19:46,936 called orichalcum, 362 00:19:46,937 --> 00:19:50,306 which translates to "mountain copper." 363 00:19:50,307 --> 00:19:55,766 The composition of the alloy is not specified by Plato, 364 00:19:55,767 --> 00:19:59,936 but based on its electrical properties, color and luster, 365 00:19:59,937 --> 00:20:03,846 scientists suggest that if it really did exist, 366 00:20:03,847 --> 00:20:06,056 it most likely consisted of copper 367 00:20:06,057 --> 00:20:08,346 mixed primarily with zinc, 368 00:20:08,347 --> 00:20:12,556 just like the metal found in the shipwreck. 369 00:20:12,557 --> 00:20:16,936 It was said that the temple of Poseidon on Atlantis 370 00:20:16,937 --> 00:20:21,306 flashed with the red light of orichalcum. 371 00:20:21,307 --> 00:20:25,476 The copper tint of this metal caught the attention 372 00:20:25,477 --> 00:20:28,636 of the seekers that came to this sacred place. 373 00:20:28,637 --> 00:20:30,976 This is not just an attractive color. 374 00:20:30,977 --> 00:20:33,306 This has spiritual implications. 375 00:20:33,307 --> 00:20:35,386 There was something about this metal 376 00:20:35,387 --> 00:20:38,306 that was said to resonate with the divine. 377 00:20:38,307 --> 00:20:42,266 Perhaps it was its origin, that it had come from heaven, 378 00:20:42,267 --> 00:20:43,977 it fell out of the sky. 379 00:20:46,267 --> 00:20:48,596 According to Plato's story, 380 00:20:48,597 --> 00:20:52,016 the Greek god Cadmus, son of Poseidon, 381 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:54,306 came down from Mount Olympus 382 00:20:54,307 --> 00:20:58,346 and gave orichalcum to the people of Atlantis. 383 00:20:58,347 --> 00:21:01,226 An important figure in early Greek mythology 384 00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:04,016 was Cadmus, a divine character, 385 00:21:04,017 --> 00:21:07,556 the first hero, fifth in the lineage from Zeus 386 00:21:07,557 --> 00:21:09,806 of the Greek gods. 387 00:21:09,807 --> 00:21:13,676 It was Cadmus that brought the making of bronze. 388 00:21:13,677 --> 00:21:17,596 He knew how to make alloys, special metals, which, 389 00:21:17,597 --> 00:21:19,436 in the early days of civilization, 390 00:21:19,437 --> 00:21:22,726 was the beginning of technology. 391 00:21:22,727 --> 00:21:25,476 So Cadmus is the one who shows us 392 00:21:25,477 --> 00:21:28,386 the divine nature of metalwork 393 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:31,637 and gives this as a gift to the generations. 394 00:21:33,387 --> 00:21:35,726 Why are we so quick to dismiss 395 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:39,266 the underlying stories in those myths? 396 00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:41,226 Those stories talk about extraterrestrials 397 00:21:41,227 --> 00:21:43,096 coming and visiting our culture. 398 00:21:43,097 --> 00:21:46,766 They talk about gods that walked among us 399 00:21:46,767 --> 00:21:50,726 and interacted with humans but with a severely advanced 400 00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:54,266 technology beyond anything that we have today. 401 00:21:54,267 --> 00:21:57,226 Ancient astronaut theory says that the legends 402 00:21:57,227 --> 00:22:00,176 of these Greek gods are not just mythological, 403 00:22:00,177 --> 00:22:03,767 but they're actually rooted in actual events. 404 00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:09,136 Is it possible that the Greek gods 405 00:22:09,137 --> 00:22:12,556 were extraterrestrial beings our ancestors witnessed 406 00:22:12,557 --> 00:22:14,636 descending from the sky, 407 00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:18,136 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 408 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:21,516 And does the discovery of orichalcum 409 00:22:21,517 --> 00:22:23,476 provide physical evidence 410 00:22:23,477 --> 00:22:27,306 that the legendary continent of Atlantis truly existed? 411 00:22:27,307 --> 00:22:32,096 These artifacts could allow you to conclude 412 00:22:32,097 --> 00:22:35,556 that the continent of Atlantis was real, 413 00:22:35,557 --> 00:22:39,096 that it sank, 414 00:22:39,097 --> 00:22:43,436 and that it possessed high technology 415 00:22:43,437 --> 00:22:47,096 before it met its tragic fate. 416 00:22:47,097 --> 00:22:49,846 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 417 00:22:49,847 --> 00:22:52,636 discoveries like the metal ingots 418 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:54,676 found off the coast of Sicily 419 00:22:54,677 --> 00:22:57,886 provide evidence that extraterrestrials 420 00:22:57,887 --> 00:23:00,976 have been fostering mankind's technological evolution 421 00:23:00,977 --> 00:23:04,176 for thousands of years. 422 00:23:04,177 --> 00:23:07,226 And they suggest that even more compelling evidence 423 00:23:07,227 --> 00:23:11,596 can be found by examining a mysterious artifact 424 00:23:11,597 --> 00:23:15,017 discovered in the tomb of King Tut. 425 00:23:19,864 --> 00:23:21,773 Cairo, Egypt. 426 00:23:21,774 --> 00:23:25,323 At the Egyptian Museum, 427 00:23:25,324 --> 00:23:28,733 an entire floor is dedicated to the incredible treasures 428 00:23:28,734 --> 00:23:32,153 found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen. 429 00:23:32,154 --> 00:23:35,773 Among them is a metal dagger 430 00:23:35,774 --> 00:23:39,233 that has baffled both scientists and archaeologists 431 00:23:39,234 --> 00:23:41,693 because it appears to be made of iron, 432 00:23:41,694 --> 00:23:45,983 but dates back to at least 1322 B.C., 433 00:23:45,984 --> 00:23:49,863 more than a century before Egypt's Iron Age. 434 00:23:49,864 --> 00:23:53,943 On May 20, 2016, 435 00:23:53,944 --> 00:23:57,033 a new layer was added to the mystery. 436 00:23:57,034 --> 00:23:58,863 Researchers from 437 00:23:58,864 --> 00:24:01,443 the Journal of Meteorics and Planetary Science 438 00:24:01,444 --> 00:24:03,983 announced that they had finally determined 439 00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:07,403 the composition of King Tut's dagger. 440 00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:09,983 After detailed analysis, 441 00:24:09,984 --> 00:24:13,153 it was confirmed that the blade is indeed iron, 442 00:24:13,154 --> 00:24:16,653 forged from metal that originated not on Earth 443 00:24:16,654 --> 00:24:18,944 but in the stars. 444 00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:27,113 Meteorites are very difficult, uh, to fashion into objects. 445 00:24:27,114 --> 00:24:29,823 Anybody, even today, 446 00:24:29,824 --> 00:24:31,693 who's ever worked with a meteorite will tell you 447 00:24:31,694 --> 00:24:33,863 that because of the high nickel content, 448 00:24:33,864 --> 00:24:37,363 they're very, very brittle and very difficult to work with. 449 00:24:37,364 --> 00:24:39,483 Considering the difficulties 450 00:24:39,484 --> 00:24:44,193 of working with meteoric metal... Even with today's technology... 451 00:24:44,194 --> 00:24:47,363 How did metallurgists 3,300 years ago 452 00:24:47,364 --> 00:24:49,733 perform such tasks? 453 00:24:49,734 --> 00:24:52,773 This dagger is completely out of place 454 00:24:52,774 --> 00:24:54,273 in the fact that... 455 00:24:54,274 --> 00:24:56,443 Unlike simple objects, like beads, 456 00:24:56,444 --> 00:24:59,113 that can be simply hammered out and rolled... 457 00:24:59,114 --> 00:25:02,733 This has been perfected to a point where 458 00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,323 it has no hammer marks on it, it's completely smooth, 459 00:25:05,324 --> 00:25:08,273 it has a nice edge all the way around on it. 460 00:25:08,274 --> 00:25:11,403 It almost looks as if it had been cast. 461 00:25:11,404 --> 00:25:13,533 But in order to achieve that, 462 00:25:13,534 --> 00:25:16,613 you would have to reach temperatures of 3,000 degrees 463 00:25:16,614 --> 00:25:19,273 in order to melt that meteorite, 464 00:25:19,274 --> 00:25:21,903 and then, of course, add the necessary fluxes 465 00:25:21,904 --> 00:25:25,153 to get the impurities out and then cast the blade, 466 00:25:25,154 --> 00:25:28,943 which brings up even more questions for the researchers. 467 00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:30,773 If they were smelting iron, 468 00:25:30,774 --> 00:25:33,984 it would change our whole outlook on Egyptian history. 469 00:25:36,364 --> 00:25:37,983 What could explain the presence 470 00:25:37,984 --> 00:25:41,233 of this mysterious metal dagger in King Tut's tomb 471 00:25:41,234 --> 00:25:45,073 when no other similar artifacts have been found in Egypt 472 00:25:45,074 --> 00:25:47,533 dating back to this period? 473 00:25:47,534 --> 00:25:50,983 Might Egyptian metallurgists have had help 474 00:25:50,984 --> 00:25:53,154 working with this difficult compound? 475 00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:58,653 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 476 00:25:58,654 --> 00:26:01,983 and suggest stories found throughout the ancient world 477 00:26:01,984 --> 00:26:06,033 reveal that extraterrestrials taught our ancestors 478 00:26:06,034 --> 00:26:07,903 the secrets of metallurgy 479 00:26:07,904 --> 00:26:10,693 in order to help move society forward. 480 00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:14,653 True metallurgy, in the sense of 481 00:26:14,654 --> 00:26:17,363 putting different metals together as alloys, 482 00:26:17,364 --> 00:26:20,823 dates back to maybe 3800 B.C., 483 00:26:20,824 --> 00:26:25,533 when bronze was first discovered as an alloy of tin and copper. 484 00:26:25,534 --> 00:26:29,483 Maybe the second most important development 485 00:26:29,484 --> 00:26:30,864 after the harnessing of fire. 486 00:26:32,534 --> 00:26:34,193 As we think of modern times 487 00:26:34,194 --> 00:26:35,943 and our emphasis on technology, 488 00:26:35,944 --> 00:26:38,823 here is the sacred roots to all of that. 489 00:26:38,824 --> 00:26:42,613 Stories emerged out of all the religious systems 490 00:26:42,614 --> 00:26:45,943 about the gods as metalworkers. 491 00:26:45,944 --> 00:26:48,653 Hephaestus, in the Greek imagination, 492 00:26:48,654 --> 00:26:52,903 made weapons and the armor for the gods. 493 00:26:52,904 --> 00:26:56,613 In the Celtic imagination, it was the great goddess Brigid 494 00:26:56,614 --> 00:27:01,573 who made beautiful and wonderful and powerful things into metal 495 00:27:01,574 --> 00:27:04,363 and then into fabricated form. 496 00:27:04,364 --> 00:27:08,193 In Japanese lore, Canayago came to Earth 497 00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:11,033 to teach the people metalworking. 498 00:27:11,034 --> 00:27:13,943 There seems to be a-a ubiquitous understanding 499 00:27:13,944 --> 00:27:16,363 from ancient cultures that metallurgy 500 00:27:16,364 --> 00:27:18,903 is from the heavens. 501 00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:22,233 Could there be some tie that, in the past, 502 00:27:22,234 --> 00:27:25,983 certain abilities were originally brought to man, 503 00:27:25,984 --> 00:27:28,153 possibly by extraterrestrials, 504 00:27:28,154 --> 00:27:30,483 and things we would create had a certain energy 505 00:27:30,484 --> 00:27:33,903 or myth about them that still is alive today? 506 00:27:33,904 --> 00:27:37,363 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 507 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,443 the most compelling of these stories 508 00:27:39,444 --> 00:27:44,033 originates in the same place as King Tut's mysterious dagger: 509 00:27:44,034 --> 00:27:47,533 Egypt, where they worshipped a sacred object 510 00:27:47,534 --> 00:27:49,444 called the Benben stone. 511 00:27:51,614 --> 00:27:54,903 Ancient Egyptian texts describe the Benben stone 512 00:27:54,904 --> 00:28:00,693 as a meteoric iron object that belongs to the heavens. 513 00:28:00,694 --> 00:28:05,943 The original Benben stone mysteriously disappeared, 514 00:28:05,944 --> 00:28:09,234 but many ancient depictions of it remain. 515 00:28:11,654 --> 00:28:15,654 The Benben stone has a very strange origin. 516 00:28:17,824 --> 00:28:20,033 It is thought that the Benben stone 517 00:28:20,034 --> 00:28:22,864 descended from the sky like a firebird. 518 00:28:25,074 --> 00:28:27,323 If you look at the Benben stone, 519 00:28:27,324 --> 00:28:30,653 sometimes it is described or depicted 520 00:28:30,654 --> 00:28:34,323 with people coming out of this stone. 521 00:28:34,324 --> 00:28:37,193 Now, to me, this looks very similar 522 00:28:37,194 --> 00:28:39,983 to a lunar module. 523 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:42,273 If you have the idea that this firebird 524 00:28:42,274 --> 00:28:46,193 is descending from the sky with fire and smoke, 525 00:28:46,194 --> 00:28:48,323 well, if you look at a rocket descending, 526 00:28:48,324 --> 00:28:50,983 these are firebirds. 527 00:28:50,984 --> 00:28:54,033 So our ancestors perhaps witnessed 528 00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:57,983 some type of a craft descending from the sky, 529 00:28:57,984 --> 00:29:00,773 out of which these extraterrestrials came, 530 00:29:00,774 --> 00:29:06,033 which set in motion our technological evolution. 531 00:29:06,034 --> 00:29:08,903 According to Egyptian texts, 532 00:29:08,904 --> 00:29:11,733 their gods were extraterrestrial beings 533 00:29:11,734 --> 00:29:13,573 that came to Earth 534 00:29:13,574 --> 00:29:17,323 and taught our ancestors the secrets of metalwork. 535 00:29:17,324 --> 00:29:21,773 If true, might this be why we find isolated examples 536 00:29:21,774 --> 00:29:24,653 of advanced and sacred metallurgy 537 00:29:24,654 --> 00:29:27,233 occurring long before mankind was known 538 00:29:27,234 --> 00:29:29,903 to have grasped such technology? 539 00:29:29,904 --> 00:29:33,363 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 540 00:29:33,364 --> 00:29:37,273 and suggest that hidden away in the storage area 541 00:29:37,274 --> 00:29:39,943 of a small museum in Eastern Europe 542 00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:43,073 is even more astounding evidence: 543 00:29:43,074 --> 00:29:48,363 the remnants of what might be an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 544 00:29:48,364 --> 00:29:51,863 Transylvania, Romania. 545 00:29:51,864 --> 00:29:54,693 1970. 546 00:29:54,694 --> 00:29:58,153 Workers digging a trench along the banks 547 00:29:58,154 --> 00:30:01,943 of the Mures River unearth two giant bones, 548 00:30:01,944 --> 00:30:05,943 and, with them, a mysterious metal object 549 00:30:05,944 --> 00:30:09,903 buried 35 feet beneath the surface. 550 00:30:09,904 --> 00:30:13,773 The discovery brings the project to a halt, 551 00:30:13,774 --> 00:30:18,193 as the crew takes their findings to a nearby museum. 552 00:30:18,194 --> 00:30:19,943 This strange object, 553 00:30:19,944 --> 00:30:22,823 known today as the Wedge of Aiud, 554 00:30:22,824 --> 00:30:25,653 continues to baffle archaeologists 555 00:30:25,654 --> 00:30:27,863 because it is an aluminum alloy 556 00:30:27,864 --> 00:30:31,113 that appears to have been made thousands of years before 557 00:30:31,114 --> 00:30:34,863 humans were able to smelt or fabricate metal. 558 00:30:34,864 --> 00:30:40,823 It was ten meters in depth, uh, associated with some bones, 559 00:30:40,824 --> 00:30:44,773 which they later identified as woolly mammoth bones. 560 00:30:44,774 --> 00:30:47,983 If they were contemporary, all of them, 561 00:30:47,984 --> 00:30:51,733 then they were in use sometime in the period when Neanderthals 562 00:30:51,734 --> 00:30:55,773 roamed the earth, so they were extinct 40,000 years ago, 563 00:30:55,774 --> 00:30:57,903 so they must be older than that. 564 00:30:57,904 --> 00:31:03,233 The wedge was analyzed three times, to my knowledge. 565 00:31:03,234 --> 00:31:07,483 The main, uh, metal in its composition is aluminum. 566 00:31:07,484 --> 00:31:09,693 Humans didn't really start working 567 00:31:09,694 --> 00:31:12,233 with aluminum until well into the 1800s. 568 00:31:12,234 --> 00:31:15,613 So when you look at this wedge and you analyze it, 569 00:31:15,614 --> 00:31:17,773 it really has most of the modern properties 570 00:31:17,774 --> 00:31:19,863 we would associate with aluminum. 571 00:31:19,864 --> 00:31:23,733 This incredible metal artifact was discovered 572 00:31:23,734 --> 00:31:27,403 at a time when Romania was behind the Iron Curtain 573 00:31:27,404 --> 00:31:29,773 of the former Soviet Union. 574 00:31:29,774 --> 00:31:32,073 For decades, 575 00:31:32,074 --> 00:31:34,363 government officials refused to reveal 576 00:31:34,364 --> 00:31:36,534 where the Wedge of Aiud was being held... 577 00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:41,274 even after the fall of the USSR. 578 00:31:44,944 --> 00:31:49,033 But its location has recently come to light, 579 00:31:49,034 --> 00:31:51,733 and in January of 2017, 580 00:31:51,734 --> 00:31:55,823 ancient astronaut theory pioneer Erich von Daniken 581 00:31:55,824 --> 00:31:59,073 and his prot?g? Giorgio Tsoukalos 582 00:31:59,074 --> 00:32:02,034 sought out the wedge to see it for themselves. 583 00:32:06,788 --> 00:32:09,997 On January 18, 2017, 584 00:32:09,998 --> 00:32:14,997 at the National History Museum of Transylvania, 585 00:32:14,998 --> 00:32:18,077 ancient astronaut theorists Giorgio Tsoukalos 586 00:32:18,078 --> 00:32:21,167 and Erich von Daniken were offered a rare opportunity 587 00:32:21,168 --> 00:32:24,077 to get a firsthand look at the Wedge of Aiud. 588 00:32:24,078 --> 00:32:27,417 Museum curator Ana Gruia 589 00:32:27,418 --> 00:32:29,497 has taken it out of a storage locker 590 00:32:29,498 --> 00:32:31,877 where it has been deliberately hidden from the public 591 00:32:31,878 --> 00:32:34,377 since the early 1970s. 592 00:32:34,378 --> 00:32:36,537 This is exciting. 593 00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:38,787 Okay, I'm just going to put my gloves on. 594 00:32:38,788 --> 00:32:40,418 This is great. 595 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:44,787 So this is it. 596 00:32:44,788 --> 00:32:47,037 - Oh, wow. - Okay. 597 00:32:47,038 --> 00:32:49,038 - This is the wedge. - This is strange. 598 00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:53,917 It's-it's very heavy. 599 00:32:53,918 --> 00:32:55,787 - Giorgio, take it. - This is crazy. 600 00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:58,957 - It's heavy. - Wow. 601 00:32:58,958 --> 00:33:02,037 This was found at a depth of ten meters, 602 00:33:02,038 --> 00:33:04,667 which is about 30 feet, in the ground. 603 00:33:04,668 --> 00:33:06,537 - Yes. - Yes, and here, this is the... 604 00:33:06,538 --> 00:33:08,207 where they took the sample out... - Yeah. 605 00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:09,787 And here to make the analysis. 606 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:11,707 And here you see two pieces that are 607 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:16,247 broken off, sort of, so maybe it was attached or something. 608 00:33:16,248 --> 00:33:18,247 But very strange. 609 00:33:18,248 --> 00:33:20,667 So what does the museum have to say about this? 610 00:33:20,668 --> 00:33:22,617 This is a very strange piece. 611 00:33:22,618 --> 00:33:26,117 It is. It is a strange piece for us, as well. 612 00:33:26,118 --> 00:33:30,617 As historians, we do not consider it a historical object 613 00:33:30,618 --> 00:33:32,537 that we're used to. 614 00:33:32,538 --> 00:33:34,787 We don't know what it was used for, 615 00:33:34,788 --> 00:33:39,617 and we acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating, 616 00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:41,707 and its composition, as well. 617 00:33:41,708 --> 00:33:45,207 So, for what can you use this? 618 00:33:45,208 --> 00:33:48,077 It looks like a hammer or a shovel, but, 619 00:33:48,078 --> 00:33:50,248 Giorgio, what is the word of... in English...? 620 00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:53,247 Oh, an excavator tooth. 621 00:33:53,248 --> 00:33:55,707 Well, it looks like this. 622 00:33:55,708 --> 00:33:57,537 It could have been something like it. -Yeah. 623 00:33:57,538 --> 00:33:59,207 But these excavator tooths 624 00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:00,577 are never made out of aluminum. 625 00:34:00,578 --> 00:34:02,247 No, it's too weak. 626 00:34:02,248 --> 00:34:03,537 Aluminum is too soft. -Yeah. 627 00:34:03,538 --> 00:34:05,617 They are made out of steel, 628 00:34:05,618 --> 00:34:08,417 especially hard steel, so it... it could not be that. 629 00:34:08,418 --> 00:34:10,787 So we have a real mystery here. 630 00:34:10,788 --> 00:34:15,207 But you see this patina over this whole object? 631 00:34:15,208 --> 00:34:17,957 And this creates another problem. 632 00:34:17,958 --> 00:34:20,827 Yes, because you cannot fake a patina. 633 00:34:20,828 --> 00:34:25,577 It's impossible to artificially create a patina. 634 00:34:25,578 --> 00:34:28,707 The patina is a thin coating 635 00:34:28,708 --> 00:34:30,997 of various metal compounds that forms 636 00:34:30,998 --> 00:34:32,917 on the surface of the metal 637 00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:35,667 during exposure to atmospheric elements. 638 00:34:35,668 --> 00:34:37,877 The older the object, 639 00:34:37,878 --> 00:34:40,208 the thicker the patina layer will be. 640 00:34:41,998 --> 00:34:45,827 It takes hundreds, if not thousands of years 641 00:34:45,828 --> 00:34:48,117 for a thick layer of patina, 642 00:34:48,118 --> 00:34:51,827 as this apparently is, for it to develop. 643 00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:54,077 Yes, we agree there are two basic problems. 644 00:34:54,078 --> 00:34:56,457 One, that aluminum was not invented 645 00:34:56,458 --> 00:35:00,377 at the age when we presume this was in use. 646 00:35:00,378 --> 00:35:02,377 And second, it's the patina, as you noted. 647 00:35:02,378 --> 00:35:04,287 Which speaks for the date for the... 648 00:35:04,288 --> 00:35:05,917 - Yes. - For the age of it. 649 00:35:05,918 --> 00:35:09,707 So we still have a mystery here. 650 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:13,037 Thank you very much for, uh, showing us this object, 651 00:35:13,038 --> 00:35:15,537 because I know that there was a time, uh, 652 00:35:15,538 --> 00:35:20,327 when nobody knew where it was... Somewhere in a box in the back. 653 00:35:20,328 --> 00:35:23,457 Which means present-day archeology has a problem. 654 00:35:23,458 --> 00:35:26,167 And they're doing magnificent work. 655 00:35:26,168 --> 00:35:28,877 But when something like this comes along, you know, 656 00:35:28,878 --> 00:35:33,457 we should investigate this and not put it in a box in the back. 657 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:35,707 It did depend on mentalities 658 00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,497 - in official position. - Yes. 659 00:35:37,498 --> 00:35:40,747 It isn't currently exhibited, uh, 660 00:35:40,748 --> 00:35:43,667 because we have to admit, as historians, 661 00:35:43,668 --> 00:35:48,417 that we do not know more details about it. 662 00:35:48,418 --> 00:35:51,537 For us, it's just baffling at this point. 663 00:35:51,538 --> 00:35:54,617 But taking the-the logic further, uh, 664 00:35:54,618 --> 00:35:58,497 this conflicting information could have just two solutions 665 00:35:58,498 --> 00:36:00,457 so far. 666 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,787 One, that it is really not so old, 667 00:36:02,788 --> 00:36:04,537 and the context is irrelevant, 668 00:36:04,538 --> 00:36:06,957 and the patina was somehow produced 669 00:36:06,958 --> 00:36:10,117 in special circumstances. 670 00:36:10,118 --> 00:36:13,037 So it's a new object, strangely preserved, let's say. 671 00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:15,707 And the second option is, of course, 672 00:36:15,708 --> 00:36:18,997 that it's not of terrestrial origin. 673 00:36:18,998 --> 00:36:22,667 In all of your adventures, how does this compare 674 00:36:22,668 --> 00:36:26,327 to some of the other things that are inexplicable? 675 00:36:26,328 --> 00:36:28,667 I am helpless. I have no idea. 676 00:36:28,668 --> 00:36:31,247 That says it all right there. 677 00:36:31,248 --> 00:36:33,917 Very bizarre. Bizarre. 678 00:36:33,918 --> 00:36:40,667 I've known about this thing since the early 1990s, 679 00:36:40,668 --> 00:36:44,497 and I have to tell you that looking at it 680 00:36:44,498 --> 00:36:48,537 in person was a dream come true. 681 00:36:48,538 --> 00:36:52,997 And it's a very strange thing. 682 00:36:52,998 --> 00:36:54,997 I mean, how do you explain this? 683 00:36:54,998 --> 00:37:01,287 It certainly looks as if it was part of a larger object. 684 00:37:01,288 --> 00:37:06,787 Was it a component of a device? 685 00:37:06,788 --> 00:37:09,377 Was it a component of something larger? 686 00:37:09,378 --> 00:37:12,417 If the Wedge of Aiud 687 00:37:12,418 --> 00:37:15,787 really is over 40,000 years old, 688 00:37:15,788 --> 00:37:19,247 then who made it, and what was it used for? 689 00:37:19,248 --> 00:37:22,707 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe 690 00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:25,497 they may have the answer. 691 00:37:25,498 --> 00:37:27,497 An aeronautical engineer 692 00:37:27,498 --> 00:37:30,327 who saw the Aiud Wedge looked at that and said, 693 00:37:30,328 --> 00:37:32,497 "That's a piece of a landing gear 694 00:37:32,498 --> 00:37:35,917 for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft." 695 00:37:35,918 --> 00:37:39,117 Ancient astronaut theorists have also looked at this wedge 696 00:37:39,118 --> 00:37:41,077 and surmised that it's possible 697 00:37:41,078 --> 00:37:44,497 that it's part of a crashed extraterrestrial craft. 698 00:37:44,498 --> 00:37:48,957 Could the Wedge of Aiud really be a remnant 699 00:37:48,958 --> 00:37:51,457 of an extraterrestrial craft, 700 00:37:51,458 --> 00:37:53,997 perhaps similar to the one some say 701 00:37:53,998 --> 00:37:57,417 the Egyptians represented with the Benben stone? 702 00:37:57,418 --> 00:38:00,667 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 703 00:38:00,668 --> 00:38:03,417 and suggest evidence recently recovered 704 00:38:03,418 --> 00:38:05,207 from a meteorite in Russia 705 00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:09,497 may be another gift from our alien ancestors, 706 00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:13,828 one that propels us towards the next great technological leap. 707 00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:22,989 Siberia, Russia. 1979. 708 00:38:22,990 --> 00:38:27,199 A meteorite crashes into the Koryak Mountains. 709 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:33,029 Nearly four decades later, in December 2016, 710 00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:35,909 researchers studying pieces of the meteorite 711 00:38:35,910 --> 00:38:41,319 at the University of Florence, Caltech and Princeton announce 712 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,869 that it has brought with it an incredible, rare metal formation 713 00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:47,779 called a "quasicrystal." 714 00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:53,529 This quasicrystal features 60 points of rotational symmetry, 715 00:38:53,530 --> 00:38:57,739 made up of aluminum, copper and iron. 716 00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:00,159 It is an exotic pattern 717 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,739 that has never before been found in nature, 718 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:08,699 and could lead to the next major technological leap. 719 00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:11,369 This thing should not exist, 720 00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:14,079 and yet there it is on this meteorite. 721 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,529 Now, quasicrystal alloys 722 00:39:17,530 --> 00:39:20,869 violate the known laws of physics completely, 723 00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:24,319 but what we have heard from whistleblowers is that 724 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,409 the surfaces of extraterrestrial vehicles, 725 00:39:26,410 --> 00:39:28,779 such as the one that crashed in Roswell, 726 00:39:28,780 --> 00:39:31,579 are made of quasicrystal alloys. 727 00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:34,279 And certain quasicrystal alloys, 728 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,819 when electrified, generate antigravity. 729 00:39:37,820 --> 00:39:41,079 Extraterrestrial intelligences may have been wanting us 730 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,319 to find the quasicrystals, 731 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,909 and it shows that there could be a whole new world of technology 732 00:39:46,910 --> 00:39:49,029 waiting for us to unlock. 733 00:39:49,030 --> 00:39:51,949 And what we're looking at is a very likely possibility 734 00:39:51,950 --> 00:39:54,739 that these out-of-place artifacts 735 00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:57,369 are just some of the table scraps 736 00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:59,449 from an extraterrestrial civilization 737 00:39:59,450 --> 00:40:01,870 that had way more advanced stuff than that. 738 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,989 Are extraterrestrials giving mankind the tools needed 739 00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:13,909 to reach the next level in our technological evolution? 740 00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:18,869 And if so, where are they leading us? 741 00:40:18,870 --> 00:40:24,369 The stories of these very powerful ancient alloys suggest 742 00:40:24,370 --> 00:40:27,989 that these are pathways back to our origins. 743 00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:30,619 That these are ways that we can connect 744 00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:34,029 with our original extraterrestrial visitors, 745 00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:36,199 and also point a way forward for us, 746 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,279 because as we begin to understand these technologies, 747 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,819 perhaps one day we'll even be able to duplicate them. 748 00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:47,489 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 749 00:40:47,490 --> 00:40:51,529 we have to wonder if these ancient artifacts 750 00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:56,239 of strange alloys aren't extraterrestrial artifacts 751 00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:02,699 that are perhaps there for us to examine and retro-engineer, 752 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:07,869 and use and create for ourselves and our own space industry. 753 00:41:07,870 --> 00:41:10,739 There is no question 754 00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:14,239 that we are getting closer and closer 755 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:17,779 to whatever technology the extraterrestrials possessed. 756 00:41:17,780 --> 00:41:20,029 Are the unexplained metal artifacts 757 00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:23,489 found all over the world proof 758 00:41:23,490 --> 00:41:27,409 that we have been visited by otherworldly beings? 759 00:41:27,410 --> 00:41:31,159 And did extraterrestrials teach our ancestors 760 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,409 secrets of metallurgy that we are 761 00:41:34,410 --> 00:41:40,449 just now beginning to develop and reproduce? 762 00:41:40,450 --> 00:41:44,619 Perhaps by examining these strange metal objects, 763 00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:48,489 we will begin to not only understand our past, 764 00:41:48,490 --> 00:41:53,579 but also be better prepared to face... 765 00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,869 our ultimate destiny. 766 00:41:55,919 --> 00:42:00,469 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 60360

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