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NARRATOR: Thousands of remote islands

with an incredible and mysterious past.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: That entire region of islands is a treasure chest

for ancient mysteries and mythologies.

NARRATOR: The Pacific Islands boast dozens of towering stone structures.

HUGH NEWMAN: It is fascinating that there's so little landmass,

and yet cultures were building gigantic megalithic sites.

NARRATOR: And countless local legends tell of otherworldly visitors.

The Pacific Islands are littered with rock art

of giant beings with enormous hands and feet that have

six fingers and six toes.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the islands of the Pacific

hold the remnants of a lost alien civilization?

DAVID CHILDRESS: We have to wonder if there were extraterrestrials

on some of these islands.

? ?

NARRATOR: In the western Pacific Ocean, spread out

over three and a half million square miles,

is a vast region of more than 10,000 islands.

Often referred to as Oceania,

these remote islands are separated by great distances

and inhabited by a diverse group of people

descended from various parts of East Asia and South America.

While unique in many ways,

the islanders share many of the same traditions

and cultural practices that go back thousands of years.

ANDREW COLLINS: Oceania includes the areas of Austronesia,

Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia,

This is made up of not just hundreds

but thousands of islands, all of which are interlinked

by peoples who could navigate

from one corner of it to the other and back again.

And this tells us that there was a maritime culture

that existed possibly as much as 5,000 years ago.

Traditionally, in archaeological terms,

it's said that people came, possibly, from the Americas.

Other people say they came over from various parts of Asia.

But what's interesting is that these islands share

connections going back tens of thousands of years,

which suggests, somehow, they had contact with each other.

DAVID PALAITA: In Oceania, we have what we might call this ocean lens.

This ocean lens we call va sa.

"Va" meaning "the space that relates."

We're talking about interconnections between people.

Between people and land.

Between people and the cosmos.

Between people and inanimate objects,

like stones or monoliths.

Those, too, are living entities

that are part of our cultural world.

The concept is an ancient one.

Something that our communities

across this region have lived by for so many centuries.

NARRATOR: For the people of Oceania,

integral to their history and cultural identity

are the massive stone monoliths and megalithic structures

that can be found on many of the islands.

While mainstream archaeologists believe

most of these structures were built

within the past 2,000 years,

the indigenous people suggest

the megaliths are from a much earlier time,

when legends say their ancestors shared

these islands with non-human entities.

An example can be found on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Located in the northeast corner of Oceania,

this popular tourist destination

features one of the largest ancient megalithic structures

in the Pacific Islands.

Called Pi'ilanihale Heiau,

this massive temple on Maui's east coast

covers an area of more than 130,000 square feet.

Pi'ilanihale Heiau is 341 feet wide.

It's up to 50 feet high. It has different levels.

And it's almost like a pyramid platform type structure.

NARRATOR: While many scholars date the construction of this temple

to the 13th century AD,

Hawaiian oral traditions suggest Pi'ilanihale Heiau

is many centuries older.

But why would the ancient people of Hawaii

build such a massive stone structure?

One capable of withstanding the earthquakes

that occur frequently on these volcanic islands?

WILLIAM HENRY: One thing that's interesting about this temple in Maui

is that it was where the indigenous people went

to meet and greet the gods.

What's further intriguing about this is that,

scattered all across Oceania, are sites just like this.

TSOUKALOS: These structures are connected to so-called sky gods,

celestial deities, interacting with the local people.

Gods that have risen from the sea

and descended from the sky.

NARRATOR: Today, only a few dozen heiau,

like Pi'ilanihale, still stand,

but experts say that there were once thousands

of these temple structures throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

And what ancient astronaut theorists

find intriguing is that the native Hawaiians

say the architects of these temples were not humans.

COLLINS: What's so interesting is that,

according to local tradition on Hawaii,

the builders of these temples,

these heiaus, were actually

a race of dwarves referred to as the Menehune.

NARRATOR: The ancient legends of Hawaii say that beings of small stature

called the Menehune inhabited these islands

long before the first human settlers.

The Menehune were created by the gods

to serve as their messengers and to perform tasks.

PAMELA SMITH: According to ancient Hawaiian stories,

the Menehune were said to have had magical abilities,

and that they created a lot of the megalithic structures there.

And it's thought that they came from somewhere else

and they were there before the humans.

The Menehune worked at night

because they didn't want to be seen.

They built canals and gulfs and roads overnight.

While skeptics think that the Menehune

are just fictional, there was, in 1820,

a census done in Hawaii,

and 65 people claimed to be Menehune.

PALAITA: There are many oral traditions across different villages

that talk about Menehune that are able

to actually travel into the underworld.

And there are interconnected cave systems below the sea

in which these folks appear in another place across Oceania.

HENRY: The Menehune are interesting because we find

similar stories spread throughout Oceania

of small people helping to build these megalithic temples.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the ancient Hawaiian traditions are true,

and that the megalithic temples found throughout the islands

were built by non-human entities?

And if so, could they have been more

than simply places of worship?

According to ancient astronaut theorists,

their platform shape might offer an important clue.

JASON MARTELL: Many of the megalithic platforms

almost look as if they're built as a large landing platform.

And it really makes you wonder

if a lot of these ancient platforms

were built for beings that have the power of flight.

HENRY: Local legend says that they're essentially platforms

where people would go to meet visitors.

So, we have to be open to the possibility that these were

places where actual visitors from the stars came down.

They were landing places where people went

to meet extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Could it be that Pi'ilanihale Heiau

and other platform structures like it

that exist throughout Oceania

once functioned as landing pads for otherworldly visitors?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

it's a distinct possibility,

and they suggest

further evidence of alien contact in Oceania

can be found by examining the remote Marquesas Islands

and the story behind their mysterious tiki statues.

NARRATOR: 2,300 miles south of Hawaii

lie 12 islands that make up the Marquesas,

one of the most remote island groups in the world.

Today, this archipelago is home to just over 9,000 inhabitants,

but centuries ago, the Marquesas boasted

ten times as many people.

NARRATOR: With the population decimated, dense vegetation has overtaken

many of the ancient sites on these islands,

making them a treasure trove for new discoveries.

One such example is the archaeological site

of Kamuihei on the island of Nuku Hiva,

first excavated in the 1990s.

NARRATOR: Two large stones at the ancient site of Kamuihei

are covered in petroglyphs depicting human figures, canoes,

concentric circles, fish, and various animals,

the most significant of which are three turtles.

To the people of the Marquesas, the turtle is a powerful symbol.

TSOUKALOS: Now, what's so interesting

is that many of the ancient creation stories talk about

that life originated by a cosmic turtle flying through space.

All of First Nations people here of the Americas

talk about this cosmic turtle.

Japanese culture talks that the entire universe

rests on the back of a cosmic turtle.

In Guatemala, there are carvings

of so-called giant flying turtles

that once existed there.

Now, if you look at some of these artifacts

that were found there, they look like turtles,

but they're not, because the head of that turtle

is a guy's face inside a turtle's head with goggles.

To me, that's another example of misunderstood technology,

because whatever our ancestors witnessed up in the sky

could best be compared to a turtle.

And if you look at modern-day UFOs or UAPs,

they have that weird,

whether it's a disc shape or an oval shape,

if you know nothing about technology,

well, what's that closest to? A turtle body.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient people of the Marquesas

associated turtles with the realm of the gods

because they witnessed turtle-shaped craft

descending from the sky?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining figures

that the Marquesas share in common

with numerous other Polynesian Islands: the tiki.

You find tikis in Aotearoa in New Zealand.

Maori people carved them.

Uh, Hawaiians carved them as well.

You might find them in Micronesia, Tonga, or in Samoa.

You have different variations.

It's thought that the tiki statues

originated in the Marquesas Islands.

It was part of their tradition, part of their culture.

These are thought to be the deified ancestors

of the people of this area.

They're almost like living beings.

COLLINS: Tiki statues are on the edges of sacred enclosures,

generally facing outwards to install fear

in anybody that looks upon them.

The reason for this is to say,

if you are entering inside these sacred enclosures,

you know, respect the place.

NARRATOR: While explanations for who the tikis represent

can differ from one island group to the next,

they are most often associated with ancient ancestors

and various deities.

But in the Marquesas, the carvings are all meant

to depict one specific figure.

The lore has it that tiki was the primary

ancestor and creator of Nuku Hiva.

He was created in the image of the sky god.

And so, the local people made statues in honor

of their creator god, tiki, and used them in worship.

TSOUKALOS: What's so fascinating about these statues is that you have

these giant goggle eyes

and gigantic heads.

They're very similar with depictions today

that some people report with the so-called Greys.

We are looking at the otherworldly beings.

They're right in front of our eyes.

NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists,

another curious aspect of the tikis

is the idea that they possess a mysterious power called mana.

COLLINS: Mana is like a sort of life force.

But it was also something that was seen

to have, like, a consciousness in its own right

and that only the rocks in certain regions

were said to have this power.

So if you transferred this rock

to where you were gonna build your temple,

then you would be transferring

divine power from one place to another.

TSOUKALOS: This concept of mana is something that permeates

all of Polynesian culture.

It doesn't matter what culture you go to-

they all speak of this mana power.

And the question I have is

is it rooted in some type of technology

that our ancestors didn't quite comprehend?

NARRATOR: Does the story behind the tikis,

along with their unusual appearance,

provide further evidence that the islands of the Pacific

were a place of ancient extraterrestrial visitation?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining another location

that has profound ties to the Marquesas:

Easter Island.

NARRATOR: On the far eastern edge

of the vast region known as Oceania

lies the island of Rapa Nui.

More commonly known as Easter Island,

this remote location has become famous around the world

for its iconic moai statues.

Like the tiki found on other Pacific Islands,

the moai are thought to be imbued

with the mysterious power known as mana.

Nearly a thousand of these strange sculptures

dot the coastline,

some standing over 30 feet high.

NEWMAN: The moai statues have

a specific style of these kind of long faces...

...with bellies with hands going around the side,

touching the navel,

often with elongated fingers.

And some of them are beautifully carved

and have intricate, almost, like, tattoo-like carvings

down the back of them.

PALAITA: There have been archaeological, anthropological debates over

how they were constructed, how they got there,

and the function.

And as someone that's also navigated the seas,

in many different voyaging societies across Oceania,

the moai, to us, were sort of a way

to help us navigate across the ocean.

So Rapa Nui is the very end of Oceania.

And so canoes coming in from, say, South America,

moai, you could see from far away

at the time that we're coming in and out of the region.

NARRATOR: While the moai have served practical purposes

for people navigating the open ocean,

just who or what they represent is largely a mystery.

But according to the local Rapa Nui legends,

the moai depict strange visitors

who inhabited the islands long ago.

VIEIRA: The moai are believed to represent these ancestors...

...that the ancient people encountered.

The traditions clearly state in Easter Island

that giants are the royal class.

The priestly class of Easter Island in ancient times.

NARRATOR: Could the moai have been inspired by giants?

And if so, where did they come from?

According to the ancient stories of Easter Island,

the answer is provided by seven moai

that stand on a sacred platform known as Ahu Akivi.

YOUNG: The moai at Ahu Akivi are the only ones

that are facing toward the sea out of the 887

on the island.

Those seven are thought to represent

the seven brave explorers who came to discover

this new homeland for the people.

NARRATOR: The seven moai on the Ahu Akivi platform

face directly toward the Marquesas Islands,

roughly 2,300 miles away.

It was said that they represented divine ancestors...

...that came from the island of Hiva.

And this we can connect with the Marquesas Islands.

So what exactly was going on in the Marquesas Islands

before the creation of the first moai statues?

NARRATOR: Is it possible that strange giant beings

once inhabited the Marquesas Islands

and migrated to Easter Island?

Could this be what the moai are commemorating?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest the story of the moai

may also shed light on the power of mana.

COLLINS: The energy

of the mana

was said to have been transferred to Easter Island

from Hiva.

And this divine force that was seen to embody

these moai statues with an energy

that was said to bring alive the statues.

It was said to give them consciousness.

YOUNG: One of the ancient names of Easter Island

is "Eyes Looking to the Sky."

And this refers to the pupils

in those great stone statues,

which were put in place of obsidian

or coral or red scoria.

And when the statues had pupils,

they came to life,

imbued with mana to have supernatural powers.

NARRATOR: According to the ancient stories of the Rapa Nui,

the power of mana was even used

to move the giant statues into place.

YOUNG: Legend holds that a great king,

Tuu Ku Ihu,

was given the gift of mana from the great creator god,

and used the power of mana

to command that the great stone statues walk.

TSOUKALOS: Since the dawn of time,

the people of Rapa Nui have maintained

that the way with which the moai were moved around

was through a power called mana.

However, according to the ancient astronaut theory,

the idea is that mana was a misunderstood technology.

Because the fact that we have stories

where these gigantic blocks were not dragged across the soil

but flown through the air,

to me, indicates that there had to have been

some type of a technology behind it

that our ancestors witnessed

and thought that it was magic.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient concept of mana

was inspired by some type of advanced technology

that was witnessed by people throughout the Pacific Islands

thousands of years ago?

Was this region once the home

of an extraterrestrial civilization on Earth?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining the Pacific Islands' most mysterious

and astonishing megalithic site.

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NARRATOR: The island of Pohnpei,

Micronesia.

Here, just off the island's southeastern shore,

the ruins of an ancient civilization

rise from the ocean.

This complex known as Nan Madol covers 19 square miles

and is built from hundreds of megalithic basalt columns

that are stacked nearly 30 feet high.

Nan Madol is sometimes called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

It is a gigantic area built into the ocean

of about 100 artificial islands.

And those artificial islands are created

by taking huge pillars of basalt.

The largest of these big basalt logs and rocks

is said to weigh 80 tons.

And they pile these up

and then they make these, like, Lincoln Log structures there.

And some of them are 30 feet high.

NARRATOR: The island city was once a hub for the Saudeleur dynasty,

which ruled the region from 1100 to 1628 AD.

THOMPSON: Nan Madol seemed to have been

a major center for the Saudeleur dynasty,

which is a major trading network and empire.

On the other hand, we have evidence of,

a thousand years earlier or more,

people living in this site and working this site.

We know very, very little about the origins of Nan Madol.

First thing that anybody would think about

is why do they build it there.

NARRATOR: What purpose Nan Madol served remains unknown.

And equally mysterious are the questions

of who built the towering stone structures

and how did they accomplish such an astonishing feat.

To say that Nan Madol was not an easy thing to build

would be an understatement,

especially when you consider

that they would have been dependent upon canoes

for transport of things.

And access to the only known source of these columns

is very remote. It's very high up.

It's very difficult to get to the columns themselves.

And transporting them would have been difficult,

stacking them, building with them-

every aspect of it would have been incredibly difficult.

TSOUKALOS: It is said that

the basalt columns that were used at Nan Madol

were brought in from the other side of Pohnpei Island.

Now, when you ask the local population

how did Nan Madol come into existence,

they immediately go to an ancient mythology

that speaks of these two brothers

who descended from the sky,

Olosohpa and Olisihpa,

who allegedly built Nan Madol.

CHILDRESS: The islanders say that all

of this 250 million tons of basalt

was flown across the island

and then put into place.

You know, you have to wonder, you know,

is this all connected to extraterrestrials?

NARRATOR: Could Nan Madol's unique construction be evidence

of extraterrestrial technology,

as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining another local legend.

This one says that hidden beneath Nan Madol

is an even older megalithic site.

A fascinating legend says that Nan Madol is built on top

of a former city that was there called Kanamwayso.

And the legend says that Kanamwayso existed

thousands of years ago.

It was inhabited by an advanced race

that had spectacular engineering skills,

advanced engineering skills,

and that they ultimately built Nan Madol.

NEWMAN: Some scuba diving that was done there found

that, quite deep under the water,

there's evidence of these columns being stacked

and placed in certain areas.

So it's highly probable

that the whole complex was much larger

and stretched further off the island

and now is submerged under the sea in the same location.

NARRATOR: Numerous ancient cultures around the world

recorded accounts of lost civilizations,

like the famous lost continent of Atlantis

that the Greek philosopher Plato wrote about

in the fourth century BC.

But while most researchers suggest

that Atlantis would have been located somewhere

in the Atlantic Ocean,

another lost civilization is said to have existed

in the Pacific that is known as Lemuria.

CHILDRESS: The idea of Lemuria is that,

12,000 years ago,

when, uh, the ocean levels were 300 to 400 feet down,

many of these island groups,

rather than being many different islands,

it would have been one continent.

VIEIRA: The traditions tell us

that there was so much megalithic building

around the Pacific Islands

because it is a transfer of tradition

from a lost continent, Lemuria.

So you have this ancient idea of a lost continent.

And they transfer the know-how

and the ritual of megalithic building

to all these cultures in the Pacific Islands.

HENRY: If Lemuria did exist in ancient Oceania,

then perhaps this is a place where we're gonna find evidence

of extraterrestrials on Earth.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the remote islands of the Pacific

are in fact the last remnants

of the lost continent of Lemuria?

While ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that this region of the world was home

to an advanced extraterrestrial civilization

many thousands of years ago,

curiously, there is one group of Pacific Islands

where all manner of strange phenomena

are still reported today.

NARRATOR: Roughly 1,300 miles northeast of Australia

lie the Solomon Islands.

This archipelago spans over 11,000 square miles

and is made up of more than 900 islands,

the largest of which is Guadalcanal.

During the 1940s,

this island became known as the location

of one of the fiercest battles of World War II.

But for locals, Guadalcanal is famous as the site

for all sorts of unexplained phenomena,

including orbs of light,

UFOs, and strange beings.

There are mysterious legends all over the Solomons, actually.

There is always a reference

to beings other than human beings,

that, in this world,

human beings are only one type of being

that live along with other kinds of beings,

like little people or small people

or people who are both human beings

as well as taking the form of animals as well

and that there is always an interaction

between human beings and these other beings.

A lot of the stories from Guadalcanal

tend to talk about giants.

Giants are often portrayed in different ways.

Sometimes they are benevolent giants.

They help people.

They look after people.

But there are stories about giants killing people

and taking over things.

So, giant is a major character

in a lot of the Guadalcanal stories.

VIEIRA: The legends of the Solomon Islands

for centuries have been that there were giants

in these dense jungles and mountain regions.

These giants are reported to be from ten to 15 foot tall.

They have strange supernatural abilities and strength,

and the islanders report a malevolent side to them.

KABUTAULAKA: The giants are described

as beings with long hair and big foot.

But they have special power in that they can move fast.

They can fly through the air as well.

People talk about this not only as just stories-

they think that giants actually exist.

NARRATOR: Could Guadalcanal really be home to giants?

And if so, where did they come from?

Some residents believe

the reports of giants on the Solomon Islands

are related to the frequent appearance of mysterious lights

flying around Guadalcanal's largest volcano.

The Solomon Islands are famous for UFO activity,

and it centers around a mountain

in the middle of the island

that's remote, where no one lives.

But people claim to see UFOs

coming in and out of that mountain.

TIM SWARTZ: The local people have seen for centuries

a glowing object that is seen to come from a nearby mountain

and then enter the ocean.

They refer to this as a dragon snake.

These objects are seen to enter the waters around this area

and then come back out again

and then disappear into the nearby mountain.

KABUTAULAKA: I've heard a lot of people talk about seeing lights

that they cannot describe,

that it either flies overhead

or they see lights in the ocean coming out of the ocean

and then flying overhead.

NARRATOR: While many reports of strange encounters

on the Solomon Islands date back decades,

even today it remains

one of the world's most active UFO hot spots.

SWARTZ: There's been so many sightings of UFOs around the Solomons

that in 2024 there was a UFO information and research center

set up to compile all of these reports.

There is a possibility that UFO activity

occurs around the Solomons

because they are so remote.

VIEIRA: These are isolated Pacific Islands.

And, in fact, 70% of the Solomon Islands is virgin rainforest,

which is where most of the encounters come from.

NARRATOR: Do the many accounts of giants,

mysterious lights, UFOs,

and other strange phenomena

reveal that the Solomon Islands

have long been a site of extraterrestrial visitation?

And if so, why here?

Perhaps clues can be found in the region's unique geology.

HENRY: The Solomon Islands are located in the famous Ring of Fire,

which is noted for having high levels of electromagnetism

and strange phenomena occurring.

And now we have frequent reports of these light objects

or even craft that are emerging from within the ocean.

And it tells us there's something going on

in this region

and that perhaps this is

where we want to really start looking for evidence

of extraterrestrial activity.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the tectonic activity

around the Pacific Islands

have attracted extraterrestrial visitors for millennia?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that examining modern-day encounters

alongside prehistoric mysteries

may reveal that the Pacific Islands

are not simply a destination for otherworldly beings

but a home base.

NARRATOR: In the Southwest Pacific Ocean,

1,100 miles north of New Zealand,

lies the Kingdom of Tonga.

Most of Tonga's 170 islands are uninhabited,

but the main island of Tongatapu

is home to more than 74,000 people

and has become a popular tourist destination.

But while Tongatapu has become more strongly connected

to the modern world,

it is best known

for a mysterious ancient megalithic structure

called Ha'amonga 'a Maui.

ROBERT SCHOCH: Ha'amonga 'a Maui is this wonderful

stone trilithon in Tonga.

"Trilithon" means that it's made out of three huge stone blocks.

These are carved from the local coral limestone.

Each of these blocks weighs an estimated 30 or 40 tons.

So this is an incredible engineering feat

that's found on Tonga,

and we don't know that much about it.

For the Tongans, it is like the symbol of their island.

And it's unique on the island, too.

It's just the one trilithon.

NARRATOR: While Ha'amonga 'a Maui

is the only megalithic trilithon in Tonga,

similar trilithons can be found in Greece,

Malta,

Egypt,

and, most famously, at Stonehenge in England.

WHITEHILL: The trilithon has been referred to

as the Stonehenge of the Pacific

because of the massive stones

that were used to construct this thing

and because of their celestial orientation.

NARRATOR: Tongan legends say that this trilithon

points in the direction of Pulotu,

the place of the gods.

And while Western scholars believe

the structure was erected by a Tongan king around 1200 AD,

the locals say it was built by Maui,

a giant demigod

who transported the stones from Wallis Island,

roughly 500 miles north of Tongatapu.

PALAITA: Ha'amonga is the stone monolith structure

that identifies our connection to Maui.

Maui is considered a demigod.

Maui is revered as someone that was able to bend the wind.

SMITH: How Maui brought

these huge monolithic stones there,

the stories vary.

Sometimes he magically flew them there.

Sometimes he put them in a really big boat

and rowed them there.

HENRY: When talking about evidence

for an advanced extraterrestrial civilization,

we can point to the trilithon.

This is supposed to have been created with an advanced race

that has an ability to manipulate stone

where they can levitate them and place them wherever they like.

NARRATOR: Is the megalithic trilithon on Tongatapu

a physical remnant of an extraterrestrial civilization

that inhabited the region of Oceania thousands of years ago?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and they suggest that what makes this small Pacific Island

even more intriguing is that it is known today

as a UFO hot spot.

I was on Tonga, uh, one New Year's Eve

where people also described huge cigar-shaped airships

hovering west of the island for hours.

And everyone on the island saw it.

So you have to wonder,

is this all connected to extraterrestrials

and the gods that are coming down?

It would seem to be something like that.

TSOUKALOS: Oceania is filled with ancient legends

of strange-looking tikis,

levitation technology,

and gods interacting with the local people-

gods that have risen from the sea

and descended from the sky.

You have to ask yourself the question-

what was the inspiration for this?

We say, "Oh, it's just all fantasy

because our ancestors were great storytellers."

Yes, they were.

But every story begins with a kernel of truth.

And the kernel of truth was

a misunderstood physical visitation

by flesh and blood extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Are the remote islands of Oceania,

with their long history of unusual phenomena,

a hub of otherworldly activity?

Did visitors from another planet

descend on the region thousands of years ago

and use a power known as mana

to erect megalithic structures?

And if so, might the statuary found throughout Oceania

depict these alien beings?

Perhaps each island in the Pacific

is a piece of a gigantic puzzle

that, when fit together,

will reveal the truth

of our extraterrestrial origins.

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