All language subtitles for Ancient Aliens Ultimate Evidence s01e02 The Monoliths.eng

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
I first heard about

the ancient astronaut theory
from my grandmother

when I was only six years old.

Ever since then, I've been
fascinated by the idea

that extraterrestrials visited
our planet in the distant past.

But whenever someone
challenges me to prove it,

I think the ultimate evidence
can be found by examining

the world's great monoliths.

From Baalbek in Lebanon

and Stonehenge in England

to Easter Island
in the South Pacific,

some of these massive stones
weigh hundreds

of thousands of pounds.

To move even the smallest
of them would require today's

ultra-sophisticated technology.

And we are told
by conventional scholars

that our ancestors erected them
with nothing more

than a few logs, some rope
and sheer manpower.

To that, I say nonsense.

And I challenge anyone
to watch this next hour

and not come away convinced
that we are definitely...

not alone.

TSOUKALOS: On a recent trip
to the Mediterranean islands

of Malta, I came across

an ancient standing stone
at the temple

of Hagar Qim that weighs
in excess of 40,000 pounds.

Check this out--
this is huge!

-Yes, uh...
-Wow.

...three meters high
by six meters, 50 wide

and about another meter thick.

That makes about 20... odd tons.

-Minimum?
-Minimum, yes.

TSOUKALOS: According
to mainstream scholars,

it was rolled here
on spherical stones

that have been found nearby.

But these stones are made of the
same limestone as the monolith,

and would almost certainly have
been crushed under its weight.

And how did they erect it

even if they were able
to get it here?

It is a feat
that defies explanation.

Yet there are dozens
just like it or even bigger

found all over the world.

NARRATOR:
The Washington Monument.

Built in the 19th century

to commemorate the first
president of the United States,

it towers more than 555 feet

above America's capital city.

Its pinnacle fashioned into
a distinctive pyramid shape,

the monument is considered to be

the tallest stone obelisk
in the world.

MICHAEL DENNIN: Obelisk is
a generic phrase used for

the rectangular pillars that are
a little pointy at the top

that you find in ancient Egypt,
ancient Rome.

They would have writing on them.

They were used often to record
battles, special events,

record the entire reign
of a particular king or ruler.

CHILDRESS: And so now,
here in the United States,

we've done a similar thing.

The Washington Monument,

a symbol of the United States

and of... and of the power
in Washington D.C.

The Washington Monument is
built out of blocks of stone,

but then it looks identical
to an Egyptian obelisk,

but those obelisks
are different.

They are one solid stone.

NARRATOR:
Single standing massive stones

are known as monoliths,

and millions of them were
used to construct monuments

all across the ancient world,

including locations
such as Turkey,

Peru

and Ethiopia.

But why did ancient man
begin to create

these massive,
monolithic structures?

Could there be something
inherent in the quality of stone

that might hold some sort of
influence or power over mankind?

Perhaps the answer can be found

at a location
90 miles west of London

in the English countryside.

Stonehenge, England.

Here, on the Salisbury plain

in the county of Wiltshire,

stands the most sophisticated

prehistoric stone circle
in the world.

According to radiocarbon dating,

this striking arrangement
of monoliths was placed

on this wide plain
in Southern England

more than 4,000 years ago.

Consisting of more
than 100 stone blocks,

the monoliths create
a larger structure

known as a megalith.

There is a period in time,
several thousand years ago,

which is known
as the megalithic time.

And it is defined by the fact
that our ancestors,

pretty much in every part
of civilization,

began to build
with gigantic stones.

ALAN BUTLER: These cultures,
which were known

as megalithic cultures, are
something of a mystery to us.

We have to ask ourselves why,
all of a sudden, virtually,

human beings across a-a broad
stretch of Europe and Asia

suddenly started to prize
large pieces of rock free,

drag them around the landscape,

and then piling them up in very
exotic and unusual ways.

NARRATOR: Stonehenge,
the world's most famous

megalithic structure, derives
its name from the material

used to construct it,
and also from the term "henge,"

which refers to a circular

or oval-shaped bank that
surrounds a central flat area.

SAM OSMANAGICH:
Stonehenge--

it's just 25%
of the original monument.

75% has been destroyed forever.

Originally they had
60 huge blocks

that formed a perfect circle.

The question is:
Who was able to move them,

and what was the purpose?

HUGH NEWMAN:
It's now believed

the very first
part of Stonehenge

is three great wooden postholes,

which are now in the car park

and there's blobs
of paint on them.

These are dated
to at least 10,000 years old.

The next phase of construction
at Stonehenge was

around 3200 to 3400 B.C.,

where they built
a great earthen henge

and there was just
a couple of stones there.

Then a few hundred years later,
they brought in the blue stones.

And these are the ones
that were brought

over 100 miles away from
the Preseli Mountains in Wales.

The major monoliths there,
the great Sarsen stones,

they were brought from much
closer, about 20 miles away.

But then some of them
weigh up to 50 tons.

NARRATOR: Multiton stones
being carved from the landscape

and transported distances
of up to 100 miles.

Is it really possible
that a prehistoric people

could accomplish
such an enormous

and seemingly impossible task?

NEWMAN:
The theories really range

from they either used
rollers and tree trunks,

which is kind of unlikely
when you look at some

of the terrain they would
have had to go through.

There have been teams of Brits
who have tried

to recapitulate these things.

How did they get them
across the rivers

between Wales and Stonehenge?

How did they go up and down
through valleys and over hills?

BUTLER: One explanation
associated with Stonehenge

dates back
to the Arthurian legend,

and the legend says that, um,
the stones at Stonehenge

were brought from Ireland
by Merlin,

who was King Arthur's magician.

NEWMAN: Merlin was said
to transport the stones

by levitating them
and pushing them along,

just with his bare hands,

all the way across the landscape
from Wales to Stonehenge.

The great 20th century
French philosopher

and historian, Jean Marcel,
wrote over 40 books

on the life of Merlin and Arthur
and the Celtic traditions.

And Marcel was adamant
that Merlin was a real person.

He was also adamant that Merlin
was an incredibly powerful

otherworldly being
who was here to teach us

to move beyond the human
restrictions and boundaries.

NARRATOR: Could the legend
of Merlin really be proof

of contact
with extraterrestrial entities

in the ancient past?

And that they provided
advanced technology

to help transport
and place the monoliths?

If so, why would stone be
the ideal material

needed to construct the site?

The properties of those stones
had been found to have

effects on the human body,

to impart vibration
and beneficial effects

to the holder of those stones,

to have healing properties.

CHILDRESS: And, in fact, it's
often been said Stonehenge was

some healing place
where people came,

and, uh, with their ailments
to be cured.

NARRATOR: For some researchers,
further clues

to Stonehenge's
extraterrestrial connection

can be found in one of the
site's most striking features:

the precise position
and alignment

of each stone
that makes up the megalith.

TSOUKALOS: Seen from the air,
Stonehenge is actually

a replica of our solar system.

All those concentric circles,
they all represent

one planet in our solar system.

How did they know this?

And according
to the ancient texts

and the ancient traditions,

this knowledge was given
to our ancestors

by none other
than extraterrestrials,

by the gods.

MIKE BARA: Some people think
Stonehenge was some sort

of calendar marker so that
ancient cultures could know

when was the right time
to plant.

Other people think
that it actually was, uh,

a celestial calendar
that was designed to show

when we would
pass through certain

very, very intense
meteor streams.

OSMANAGICH: We know that,
through the position

of different monoliths,
they were able to watch

the summer solstice,
the winter solstice,

even the movement
of some star systems.

CHILDRESS:
So, who was it, then,

who needed these
astronomical calculations?

Would it be
the extraterrestrials?

Or rather the priestly groups

that the extraterrestrials
were cultivating here on Earth,

and training them
to monitor the stars

and the heavens and the moon
and the eclipses?

NARRATOR:
Is it really possible

that otherworldly beings

designed Stonehenge
so ancient man could gather

data about the stars?

If so, why?

And what was the ultimate
purpose behind obtaining

this celestial knowledge?

Ancient astronaut theorists
believe

further clues can be found

by traveling deeper
into the English countryside

to another monolithic site

that is 16 times
larger than Stonehenge

and even more... mysterious.

TSOUKALOS: Hagar Qim is just
one of seven megalithic sites

on the islands of Malta,

and on my recent trip,
I also visited

the equally impressive
temples of Mnajdra.

In 1992, Maltese investigator
Paul Micallef

came to the shocking conclusion

that the structures here
were built

around 10,200 B.C.

He determined that,
based on the tilt of the Earth

at this date and time on the
morning of the summer solstice,

a beam of light would have come
through the main entrance

of the temple
and been cast directly

on the center of an altar stone.

This could only be achieved
if the monolith was placed

precisely with the end effect
in mind.

And, incredibly, there are
many other megalithic sites

around the world made
to align with the stars.

NARRATOR:
Southwest England.

Here, just 17 miles
north of Stonehenge,

is Avebury...

the largest megalithic
stone circle in the world.

Originally constructed
with hundreds of monoliths,

some experts believe
this immense site

was once a major center

of religious ritual
in Great Britain.

BUTLER:
Avebury is probably the most

significant, uh,
and most interesting

megalithic site
in Great Britain,

partly because it's the largest.

NEWMAN:
And just imagine the magnitude

of what we're dealing with here.

There's now been a whole village
built inside it

because it's so large.

The stones are huge--
they're probably

between 20 and 50 tons each.

They're rough-hewn stones
in a great circle.

And there were even two stone
circles within Avebury itself.

And these were roughly the same
size of Stonehenge each.

BUTLER: Old antiquarians
once said that Stonehenge was

like a parish church
compared to Avebury,

which was like
a-a great cathedral.

NARRATOR:
Encompassing more than 28 acres,

mainstream historians believe
Avebury was constructed

from 2850 B.C. to 2200 B.C.
by Neolithic Britons,

and like Stonehenge,
was used during sacred rituals.

COLLINS: They were celebrating
the different cycles

of the years,
the changing of the seasons.

It seems as if this was
necessary within their society

to show that there was some kind

of rhythm and cycle
within nature

that was not only understood,

but could be controlled
in some manner.

By creating something like this,

there is stability in the world.

Chaos and disorder cannot reign.

BUTLER: Avebury was considered
to be a meeting point.

It's significant
to the solstices

at the midsummer
and the midwinter.

But exactly
what took place there

and exactly what the people
who built it believe,

we don't know.

NARRATOR:
According to some researchers,

there may be a profound purpose

for this circular alignment
of stones at Avebury,

one perhaps
connecting the monoliths

to celestial beings that visited

the site thousands of years ago.

The mythologies
in conjunction with Avebury

always point to the sky,
to some celestial beings--

the "shining ones,"
as they were called,

descending from the sky
and educating people

in various disciplines:

agriculture, mathematics,
geometry, engineering.

CHILDRESS:
In many cases with Avebury

and other giant megaliths,
it's as if they are set up

by some ancient people.

It is pretty clear
that in Avebury you have

this fenced-off environment

whereby probably only
certain people were able to come

because the stones
somehow embodied the deities.

Maybe they thought that they
could communicate

with the deities
through these monolithic stones.

And we're once again to this
time frame of a civilization

who said that
at one point in time,

the deities were
physically present.

NARRATOR: Could Avebury's
location and building materials

really have been chosen
in order to enable communication

with extraterrestrials?

And if so, might this explain
why man has been drawn

to stone structures throughout
the world since ancient times?

Perhaps the answers can be found

at another mysterious city,

one that was built
on top of a giant rock.

NARRATOR:
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

Known as Lion's Rock,

this natural monolith
towers 600 feet

over the surrounding landscape.

CHILDRESS:
It was discovered

in 1831 by a British Army
officer named Jonathan Forbes.

What he found there
was a natural monolith,

a giant cliff rock,

and stairs had been cut into it,

and then a palace
had been built on top.

And it's extremely remote area

and high up vertical cliffs.

Sigiriya was certainly
a Buddhist monastery, um,

from the first millennium B.C.

And then, around 500 A.D.,

it actually became a fortress
and a palace for a local king.

There are gardens, palaces

on the very top of the rock.

Then there's various caves,

and within these caves
are different murals.

NARRATOR: These fresco paintings
feature portraits of women

that some researchers
believe represent

ladies of the king's court,

while others suggest the women
are religious figures.

But according to
ancient astronaut theorists,

the images reveal more evidence

of extraterrestrial contact
in the distant past.

We find some
of the most amazing paintings

of people emerging
out of the clouds.

And they're actually
floating in midair.

And you have to wonder,
what did our ancestors

try to depict here?

According to the local myths
and legends,

Sigiriya was created
with the help of the gods

who descended from the sky.

What a beautiful, poetic way
to depict something

that they might have witnessed.

It was a complete
misunderstanding of a visitation

by technologically advanced
space travelers.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
these paintings depict

actual sky beings
descending to Earth,

as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?

And if so,
might there be another,

more profound reason
why ancient man

built a city on top
of this massive monolith?

The very concept of a monolith

can be very important,
very sacred to a people.

Also, the concept of
the mountain reaching to Heaven.

It makes me think
of the celestial

or the cosmic Mount Meru.

RICHARD LEVITON: Mount Meru is
a name used in Buddhist cultures

to describe a cosmic mountain.

It's actually described
in ancient literature as a mass

of golden light,
like a golden blazing fire

in the shape of a mountain.

It's at the center
of the universe,

and it exists
at many levels from there,

not in a physical sense,
but in an energy sense.

The gods live
on the slopes of it.

They all have
palaces and cities.

COPPENS:
Sigiriya is basically

the small-scale replica
of Mount Meru.

Our ancestors took to this rock

and began to build
on top of that.

It is saying, "This is the rock
we have in this specific place.

"So we're going to use it
in order to establish

an uplink and a downlink
to the gods in the sky."

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that Sigiriya was built

in order to honor and connect
with extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut theorists
believe?

If so, might other monoliths

reveal more evidence

of these ancient
space visitations?

Perhaps the ultimate proof
can be found carved in stones

buried half a world away.

NARRATOR:
Easter Island.

Isolated in the Pacific Ocean
more than 2,000 miles

west of Chile,
this tiny landmass is home

to nearly 900 monolithic
stone statues.

On Easter Island, we have
these huge heads and torsos

that are carved out
of the volcanic rock.

They are called the moai.

Some of them that have been
erected are 30 feet or so tall,

weighing up to 75 tons.

You don't realize
that they're really buried

right up to their chest...

...and that these statues
are two or three times

as large as we can see,

because most of them
is belowground.

Many of the statues are
oftentimes sort of sideways,

looking up.

They look inward toward
the center of the island.

They also seem to look up
toward the skies.

So I think there's
a deeper significance,

and it has to do
with the heavens.

It has to do with things
that were happening in the sky

that were very important
to the people

and that they are recording
in these moai

and pointing to look upward.

There is something
going on there.

NARRATOR:
According to archaeologists,

the native Polynesian
inhabitants of Easter Island--

known as the Rapa Nui people--

constructed the moai
between the 12th

and 18th centuries A.D.
to honor their ancestors.

But recent archaeological
excavations have revealed

that the figures were naturally
buried over thousands of years,

making them much older
than originally believed.

SCHOCH:
From a geological perspective,

to bury the moai in 20 feet
or more of sediment suggests

that they are potentially
thousands of years old,

much older than traditional
archaeologists have suggested.

SMANAGICH: The idea that
they were built 1,000 or 1,500

or 700 years ago, not realistic.

They were built much,
much before that.

It seemed that certain
guests came, built them.

And probably those heads
do represent

their original builders.

NARRATOR:
If the moai are older

than previously recognized,

who really built them and why?

Considering the Rapa Nui
are thought to have arrived

on Easter Island
no earlier than 300 A.D.,

is it possible that
celestial beings visited here

thousands of years before?

Ancient astronaut
theorists believe

these monolithic figures
provide clues

that the Rapa Nui ancestors
may have actually been

space travelers.

VON DANIKEN:
You cannot exclude

that they are representation

of celestial ancestors.

We have all these statues,
and the faces

of the statues do not look
like the Easter Islanders.

The statues they created,
they look like robots...

...with long, narrow noses,
with narrow lips.

They have nothing which compares

the Easter Island people.

So what do they represent?

CHILDRESS:
They are elongated heads.

They are also these cone heads

that we see at Nazca and Egypt
and other areas of the world.

Who are these people?

LEVITON: One possible
explanation for why these heads

of the Easter Island
stone figures face the heavens.

It's as if they were pointing a
finger to their place of origin,

but not to... not because they
forgot where they came from,

but so the humans
could remember.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
the moai heads represent

extraterrestrial beings,

nodding toward
their otherworldly origin?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes

and point to similar
stone figures

thousands of miles away
in Southeast Asia as proof.

TSOUKALOS:
I've seen the monolithic statues

at Easter Island up close,

and they are truly mind-blowing.

But just as incredible
is the fact

that we find similar
elongated faces

in other parts of the world.

-Clifford.
-Hey, Giorgio.

TSOUKALOS: So great to see you.
How are you?

-Welcome to Zuni.
-Pleasure.

-Welcome to my home.
-Absolutely.

TSOUKALOS:
When I recently visited

Zuni elder Clifford Mahooty
in New Mexico,

he showed me black-and-white
photos from 1904,

taken in a part
of the Zuni territory

that outsiders are
not allowed to access.

These are the twin gods.

Wow.

And I was shocked to see
totems with faces

that are strikingly similar
to the moai of Easter Island.

To me, this is not
a coincidence.

These could be the depictions

of possibly real
extraterrestrial beings

that these people encountered.

And they are not the only ones.

NARRATOR:
Bada Valley, Indonesia.

[birds chirp]

Hidden in the isolated mountains

of the island of Sulawesi...

...more than 20 monoliths
are scattered

in the fields
of this farming region.

Mainstream historians
date the statues

to the first millennium B.C.,

although the actual date
of their creation

has not been determined.

CHILDRESS: Much of the valley
has rice terraces,

which are familiar throughout
Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

But then in the middle
of these rice paddies

are these statues,
and they're just sitting there.

And when you look at it,
uh, you're baffled.

The stones are coming
from these deep river valleys

that are some miles away

where there are giant boulders
weighing 100 tons.

But then to haul those giant
boulders up into the valley

and then erect it,

then carve it into
this giant 15-foot statue.

And you don't know
why they would do it or how.

The Bada Valley
in Indonesia features

some of the most magnificent
megalithic structures

that we-we can find.

Giant statues
that are very reminiscent

to the statues that we can find,
for example, on Easter Island.

NARRATOR:
But how is it

that monoliths halfway
around the world

can bear such a close
resemblance to each other?

Some researchers believe
the inspiration came

from the same
celestial visitors.

You get similar-style carvings

of these very strange
sort of alien-looking faces,

which are very symmetrical,
very beautifully carved,

that have intricate kind of
craftsmanship built into them.

They wanted
to make them resemble

what, in my opinion,
was a depiction

of the ancestors, the gods...

...which somehow these stones
were allowing to commemorate

or communicate
with these entities.

They're basically telling us--
this is a memorial to our gods,

the deities
who were once present

and who have left since.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible,

as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,

that these monoliths
were created by mankind

to pay homage to actual
otherworldly beings

who visited Earth
in the distant past?

And if so, might monoliths
throughout the world

have an even more profound
connection to each other?

Some researchers believe

the answers can be found
by taking a closer look

at sphere-shaped stones hidden

in the jungles of Costa Rica.

One of the strangest
monolithic rocks I've ever seen

is in the city
of Mahabalipuram in India,

and it's this giant
250-ton boulder,

perched precariously on a hill.

Today, it is known
as Krishna's Butter Ball,

but its original name
is "Stone of the Sky God,"

and some archaeologists say
it is unlikely

that it is a natural formation,

as there are no other large
rocks like it in the area

and the shape does not appear
to be the result of erosion.

But how could
ancient people have moved

a 250-ton rock uphill?

Incredibly, there are
similar stone spheres

that have been found on
the opposite side of the globe.

NARRATOR:
Palmar Sur, Costa Rica.

While clearing
the jungles in the 1930s,

crews discover hundreds
of monolithic stone spheres.

CHILDRESS:
Many of them are huge.

I mean, they're...
they're ten feet in diameter.

They're gigantically huge.

Others are much smaller,

the size of a basketball

or of a car tire
or something like that.

NARRATOR: To date, over 300
stone spheres have been found

at archaeological sites
across the region.

And Las Bolas,
as they are called, are some

of the most precise stone
carvings in the ancient world.

Some experts believe

these mysterious
stone balls could be

96% completely spherical.

SCHOCH:
We can only imagine

how they may have been able
to make such perfect spheres.

These spheres are carved out
of granites and granodiorites.

These are very hard igneous
rocks, difficult to work.

OSMANAGICH:
Granodiorite is one of

the hardest natural materials.

It never comes free in nature
in the shape of the sphere.

So obviously
somebody shaped them.

Today, we would need to use
diamond tools and laser

to shape the spheres.

TSOUKALOS: According to
the legends of Costa Rica,

those stone spheres
were used as cannonballs

by the god of thunder
to drive away

the god of wind and hurricanes.

Now, these are all
wonderful ideas of a story,

but as we all know,
every story has a core of truth,

and the question is:
What is that core?

NARRATOR: Are the legends
of gods battling storms

really a description of ancient
astronaut machinery at work,

as some researchers suggest?

And if so, might the discovery
of stone spheres

reveal the ultimate purpose
for monoliths?

Bosnia-Herzegovina.

2004.

A team of archaeologists
discovers stone spheres

in forests and creek beds
near the town of Banja Luka.

CHILDRESS: If you go into
that area, it's a ravine

in a mountainside
that's been cut by a stream,

and in it are all
of these stone balls.

Very similar to the ones
in Costa Rica.

They're half buried
in this mountainside,

and some are exposed.

It is a tourist area,
and, in fact, Bosnia has

four or five areas where
these stone balls can be seen.

The tree... the tree was
standing there,

but in the last storm,
the tree fell

and, you know, all this,
you know, dirt,

all this material covered
the stone sphere which is here.

Right here.

The biggest source
of Bosnian stone spheres

is the central Bosnian town
of Zavidovici.

We took samples from four
different stone spheres

and samples of natural stone
that we found nearby,

and then we did
chemical analysis,

and the conclusion was:

those stone spheres were made.

From the liquid state,
they would melt them.

They were adding
certain additives

to get the better properties
of material,

and then when they got dry
in certain molds...

...they were getting
a perfect shape of the sphere.

NARRATOR:
Like most other monoliths,

researchers believe
the spheres were likely used

for ceremonial rituals,

but is it possible
that these monoliths,

like the stone spheres
in Costa Rica,

helped create a connection
to celestial beings,

as ancient astronaut
theorists contend?

Another theory of
the stone balls is that

they were somehow
used as star maps,

and that they were
rolled around,

and they would show
where stars were

and their relationship
to other areas,

very much like
some extraterrestrial map.

COPPENS: It's also said
that these stone balls

were there
to concentrate thought,

that they were somehow
physical devices,

that somehow by touching
or working with these stones,

we were able to establish
a bridge to another dimension.

And so we might actually
be looking

at a civilization who realized

that the places where these
stone spheres were located

were somehow power spots,

that somehow there was
some form of energy,

whereby if we were able
to concentrate,

we would indeed be
transported to a world

where we could communicate
with the gods.

And that might be
why these stone spheres

are located
in the places they are.

NARRATOR:
Could it really be

that these round monoliths
were placed throughout the world

to create a greater
cosmic energy grid,

as some researchers believe?

If so,

might stone spheres
and other monoliths

be celestial travel tools
placed in power spots...

...portals for star travelers
visiting Earth?

And is it possible
these advanced beings

have left behind more evidence,

perhaps not on Earth

but approximately
140 million miles away?

NARRATOR:
1998.

The Mars Global Surveyor
snaps photos

of what appears to be
a monolith on Phobos,

one of the two moons
that orbit the planet Mars.

On the moon of Mars, Phobos,

there's a very, very interesting
obelisk or monolith there.

They call it
the Phobos Monolith.

Buzz Aldrin, the second man
to walk on the moon,

made a really big deal
out of this

and basically claimed
that it was artificial,

and when we got there
and studied it,

it would change everything

in terms of how we looked
at our history.

NARRATOR:
Is it really possible there is

an obelisk on a moon of Mars,

one that is not
a natural occurrence

but was, in fact, put there
by otherworldly beings?

If so, might they have created
similar structures

on other planets
and celestial bodies,

perhaps even Earth,
as some researchers suggest?

Egypt has a number
of obelisks in it,

and those obelisks
are 4,000 or 5,000 years old.

And the obelisks in Ethiopia
may be that old, too.

Obelisks, they're a piece
of crystalline granite,

and within the granite
is quartz crystal.

So obelisks themselves are,
in a sense,

a crystal tower with all
of the properties

that quartz crystal brings
to technology.

It's an antenna,

and any antenna
can receive a broadcast

and it can give a broadcast.

And then we have
these ancient obelisks

that were at one point,
apparently,

all around the world.

It would seem that
there was a worldwide system,

similar to a wireless
broadcasting system.

These obelisks would broadcast
power into the atmosphere...

...and remote locations around
the world could pick up

that power, much like a radio
today, or a television set,

a satellite phone or a computer.

This seems to be the system
that was set up

by extraterrestrials thousands
of years ago on this planet,

and incredibly, they didn't
just do it on planet Earth.

So we may well find
that when we go to Mars,

we'll find obelisks there.

NARRATOR: Is it really possible,
as some researchers believe,

that monoliths on Earth
have a cosmic connection

to the obelisk on Phobos,

and that, at one time,

many of the monolithic sites
seen around the world

were part of an advanced system

that would help to receive
and distribute energy?

You have to realize

that there is more than
just the stones involved.

There's a kind of energy field
around them,

and it works through the stones
by way of their placement.

When put in a circle,
or in rows,

or standing singly, they would
ground celestial energy,

transmit it and download it
into the local landscape.

It was meant to be a kind
of passive, continuous input

to the Earth from the celestial
and galactic realms.

OSMANAGICH: For example,
Stonehenge, we now know

that those stones
were positioned

above the underground
water flows.

The water moves,
generates energy,

the stones receive the energy
and slowly release it.

The ancient people, they would
be around those monoliths,

keeping their hands
on the stones,

receiving the energy.

COPPENS:
Throughout the world,

whether they are
stone spheres in Bosnia

or megalithic monuments
in Avebury,

what we're seeing is that
our ancestors are saying

that these stones are able
to hold energy,

a soul, a spirit,
of our ancestors, of the gods.

And so what we see throughout
the world is these monoliths,

because throughout the world
we are trying to establish

this link between us, mankind
and the world of the gods.

In December of 2014,

an ancient monolithic
stone block was discovered

at Baalbek in Lebanon

that was of unprecedented
proportions,

even by Baalbek standards.

The granite block
is over 64 feet long

and weighs an astonishing
1,650 tons,

making it the largest man-made
monolith ever discovered.

It lies in a quarry
alongside two similar monoliths

that also weigh
over 1,000 tons each.

How old these monoliths are

and who or what carved them
remains a mystery.

But it begs the question:

Could they truly provide
important clues

to understanding our
extraterrestrial ancestors?

And to that,

the answer is a resounding yes.

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