1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,083 NARRATOR: Ancient mystery schools 2 00:00:03,250 --> 00:00:05,625 connected to otherworldly beings, 3 00:00:05,833 --> 00:00:07,458 hidden orders 4 00:00:07,667 --> 00:00:11,958 initiated through sacred rites and symbols... 5 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,167 ...and secret societies 6 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:18,958 bound by oaths to an alien brotherhood. 7 00:00:21,042 --> 00:00:22,833 For nearly two decades, 8 00:00:23,042 --> 00:00:25,125 Ancient Aliens has traveled the globe 9 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:28,417 exploring towering megalithic structures, 10 00:00:28,583 --> 00:00:30,208 mysterious artifacts 11 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:33,375 and stories of otherworldly beings 12 00:00:33,542 --> 00:00:36,875 in a quest for evidence that might reveal the truth 13 00:00:37,083 --> 00:00:40,333 of our extraterrestrial origins. 14 00:00:40,417 --> 00:00:43,792 Not all stories of brotherhoods and secret codes 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,708 are found in ancient times. 16 00:00:45,917 --> 00:00:48,583 We have a lot of this today. 17 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:50,833 NARRATOR: Now we take a look back 18 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:53,167 through the Ancient Aliens archives 19 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:56,000 to the show's very origins 20 00:00:56,125 --> 00:01:00,042 to examine the evidence that we are not alone, 21 00:01:00,208 --> 00:01:03,125 we have never been alone. 22 00:01:10,125 --> 00:01:13,500 In the ancient world, we have many examples 23 00:01:13,625 --> 00:01:16,167 of secret societies or brotherhoods 24 00:01:16,375 --> 00:01:19,792 in which secret or sacred teachings 25 00:01:19,958 --> 00:01:21,625 were shared, and it is often said 26 00:01:21,792 --> 00:01:25,333 that these secret teachings were brought by 27 00:01:25,458 --> 00:01:28,083 -otherworldly beings. -WILLIAM HENRY: Right, 28 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:29,958 like the ancient Egyptian mystery schools, 29 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:32,167 where select initiates learned 30 00:01:32,375 --> 00:01:33,875 the wisdom of the gods. 31 00:01:34,042 --> 00:01:36,333 The ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras 32 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:38,875 was taught at one of these schools. 33 00:01:39,042 --> 00:01:40,208 Yeah, which is interesting, 34 00:01:40,375 --> 00:01:42,167 because a lot of ancient architecture 35 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:44,958 contains mathematical patterns 36 00:01:45,083 --> 00:01:46,333 as if there's some kind of 37 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,375 secret knowledge encoded in them. 38 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:51,000 We talked about this in a 2013 episode 39 00:01:51,167 --> 00:01:54,458 of Ancient Aliens called "The Power of Three." 40 00:01:55,542 --> 00:01:57,625 NARRATOR: Newgrange, Ireland. 41 00:01:59,625 --> 00:02:02,792 The walls of this 5,000-year-old passage tomb 42 00:02:02,917 --> 00:02:05,792 are decorated with mysterious designs 43 00:02:05,917 --> 00:02:09,500 made up of three connected spirals. 44 00:02:09,667 --> 00:02:12,542 Yunnan Province, China. 45 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:16,250 Three 1,100-year-old Buddhist temples 46 00:02:16,375 --> 00:02:19,000 known as the Three Pagodas 47 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:22,167 form a triangle thought to protect the population 48 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:24,500 from natural disasters. 49 00:02:25,833 --> 00:02:27,625 Ancient Greece. 50 00:02:27,792 --> 00:02:31,333 According to myth, the destiny of gods and men 51 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:33,917 is controlled by all-powerful beings 52 00:02:34,083 --> 00:02:37,167 known as the Three Fates. 53 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,208 Various cultures across the world 54 00:02:41,375 --> 00:02:44,500 have long shared a belief that the number three 55 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:50,125 represents something sacred, mystical, even divine. 56 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:53,833 All human beings understand numbers, 57 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,500 all of us live in a physical universe 58 00:02:55,708 --> 00:02:57,333 where things come in different numbers... 59 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,125 ...and so, different cultures will highlight different numbers 60 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,500 as particularly important, ritualize them 61 00:03:03,667 --> 00:03:05,875 and make them culturally important. 62 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:09,167 We see widespread use of the number three 63 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:11,250 in European traditions. 64 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:13,208 But also, we see it in selected traditions 65 00:03:13,375 --> 00:03:15,250 around the world, too. 66 00:03:15,417 --> 00:03:17,083 These number traditions can become 67 00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:20,208 very, very powerful and connect cultures together. 68 00:03:21,417 --> 00:03:23,708 NARRATOR: The unique reverence for the number three 69 00:03:23,875 --> 00:03:26,083 dates back thousands of years 70 00:03:26,250 --> 00:03:28,250 and can still be found today 71 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:31,125 in art, architecture, 72 00:03:31,292 --> 00:03:34,375 mythology, literature, 73 00:03:34,542 --> 00:03:37,792 science and religion. 74 00:03:37,958 --> 00:03:39,417 But why? 75 00:03:40,417 --> 00:03:42,667 What is it about this number that has continued 76 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:46,167 to hold such significance for mankind? 77 00:03:48,208 --> 00:03:49,500 If you think of our lives, 78 00:03:49,667 --> 00:03:52,167 we have a past, a present and a future. 79 00:03:52,292 --> 00:03:55,208 Our story falls neatly into three. 80 00:03:56,708 --> 00:03:58,292 Throughout folklore and mythology, 81 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:00,750 we find the number three. 82 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:04,167 Something about three is trying to get our attention, 83 00:04:04,333 --> 00:04:05,875 trying to tell us something. 84 00:04:07,625 --> 00:04:08,958 MICHAEL CARTER: The number three 85 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:12,083 comes up many, many times 86 00:04:12,250 --> 00:04:14,542 in Judeo-Christian scriptures. 87 00:04:14,708 --> 00:04:18,875 Jonah is in the belly of the whale for three days. 88 00:04:19,042 --> 00:04:21,833 In Genesis, the waters are separated 89 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,625 from the earth after three days. 90 00:04:24,792 --> 00:04:28,333 In the New Testament, Jesus in the tomb for three days. 91 00:04:28,542 --> 00:04:31,750 There's just a special significance there. 92 00:04:33,083 --> 00:04:36,417 KATHLEEN McGOWAN: We see the number three in sacred texts. 93 00:04:37,417 --> 00:04:39,917 And why is that? Is there something within us 94 00:04:40,083 --> 00:04:42,542 that is hardwired to understand 95 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:46,000 that three is a sacred number, and where does this come from? 96 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,875 NARRATOR: The Giza Plateau, Egypt. 97 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:57,000 Three great pyramids line the desert 98 00:04:57,167 --> 00:04:59,375 just outside of Cairo. 99 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:03,208 Constructed more than 4,000 years ago, 100 00:05:03,375 --> 00:05:06,542 this unique trio of monuments is arguably 101 00:05:06,708 --> 00:05:09,667 the most recognizable in all the world. 102 00:05:10,875 --> 00:05:14,333 The pyramids also employ the most magnificent use 103 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:16,917 of triangles in architecture. 104 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:19,792 JEFFREY MISHLOVE: You had in ancient Egypt what we might think of 105 00:05:19,875 --> 00:05:21,958 as a Masonic tradition. 106 00:05:22,083 --> 00:05:24,292 There were the builders themselves 107 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:26,500 who embodied the knowledge of geometry, 108 00:05:26,667 --> 00:05:28,667 the knowledge of toolmaking, 109 00:05:28,792 --> 00:05:30,917 and how to put buildings together, 110 00:05:31,125 --> 00:05:34,167 and especially how to create buildings, 111 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:36,833 uh, that were themselves the vehicles 112 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,583 for initiating, or inducing, higher consciousness. 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,792 ROBERT SCHOCH: The Giza pyramids are very interesting 114 00:05:44,958 --> 00:05:47,208 in that you have three major pyramids. 115 00:05:47,375 --> 00:05:49,333 Their sides are triangles. 116 00:05:49,542 --> 00:05:51,833 Think of the triangle, 117 00:05:51,917 --> 00:05:54,917 the simplest, most perfect geometric form. 118 00:05:56,958 --> 00:06:00,125 NICK POPE: The ancients were certainly intrigued 119 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:03,792 by geometry, indeed sacred geometry. 120 00:06:03,958 --> 00:06:06,208 And certainly, a triangle 121 00:06:06,375 --> 00:06:10,000 is one of those basic archetypal shapes 122 00:06:10,167 --> 00:06:13,167 that perhaps is hardwired into the human consciousness, 123 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:16,500 and this may, uh, find, uh, expression 124 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:19,083 in monuments such as the pyramids. 125 00:06:20,708 --> 00:06:23,500 MARIE JONES: You've got that progress towards perfection 126 00:06:23,708 --> 00:06:25,750 towards the top of the triangle. 127 00:06:25,875 --> 00:06:29,000 It's a very upward directed, higher directed shape, 128 00:06:29,125 --> 00:06:31,875 and I think we kind of get that on a subconscious level. 129 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:36,458 MISHLOVE: So, there is a sense in which the-the number three 130 00:06:36,625 --> 00:06:38,750 in the form of the triangle, 131 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:41,792 in the form of the apex of the pyramid, 132 00:06:41,917 --> 00:06:45,083 represents a portal, 133 00:06:45,292 --> 00:06:48,375 a gateway, into another realm. 134 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:51,125 You might say it's a realm of the gods. 135 00:06:52,625 --> 00:06:54,667 NARRATOR: Do the three pyramids of Giza 136 00:06:54,833 --> 00:06:58,667 really represent some sort of portal to a divine realm? 137 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:01,833 Perhaps more clues about the sacred nature 138 00:07:02,042 --> 00:07:05,458 of the triangle can be found by examining the work 139 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:09,667 of one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time. 140 00:07:12,458 --> 00:07:14,125 Samos, Greece. 141 00:07:14,292 --> 00:07:16,625 Sixth century BC. 142 00:07:16,792 --> 00:07:20,250 Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras 143 00:07:20,458 --> 00:07:22,708 introduces his famous theorem: 144 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:27,625 A squared plus B squared equals C squared. 145 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:30,708 The formula explains the mathematical relationship 146 00:07:30,875 --> 00:07:34,292 between the three sides of right triangles, 147 00:07:34,417 --> 00:07:36,708 and some believe it was originally based 148 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:40,167 on the design of the Egyptian pyramids. 149 00:07:41,542 --> 00:07:44,500 MISHLOVE: Pythagoras lived 2,500 years ago. 150 00:07:44,708 --> 00:07:47,333 It is said that he studied 151 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,625 with the great teachers of Egypt, 152 00:07:49,833 --> 00:07:52,917 and he brought the wisdom of Egypt back to Greece. 153 00:07:53,042 --> 00:07:57,000 That, in effect, was the birth of Greek philosophy. 154 00:07:57,167 --> 00:08:00,333 RICHARD RADER: For Pythagoras and for a lot of ancient philosophers, 155 00:08:00,542 --> 00:08:04,167 mathematics was a kind of more precise description 156 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:05,917 of the supernatural. 157 00:08:06,083 --> 00:08:08,875 They're coming to terms with man's place on this Earth, 158 00:08:09,042 --> 00:08:11,417 and one of the ways you do that is by measurements, 159 00:08:11,542 --> 00:08:12,833 and measurements have to develop, 160 00:08:13,042 --> 00:08:14,333 and when they develop, 161 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:16,583 they develop more complex mathematics. 162 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:19,167 And Pythagoras is one of the very early philosophers 163 00:08:19,375 --> 00:08:21,708 to develop this stuff. 164 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:24,458 Pythagoras taught that everything 165 00:08:24,583 --> 00:08:27,125 in the universe has a three-part structure. 166 00:08:28,750 --> 00:08:30,292 And every problem in the universe 167 00:08:30,417 --> 00:08:34,000 can be reduced diagrammatically to a triangle. 168 00:08:34,167 --> 00:08:35,417 To Pythagoras and his followers, 169 00:08:35,625 --> 00:08:37,833 the triangle represented ascension, 170 00:08:37,958 --> 00:08:39,875 and the triangle itself and the number three 171 00:08:40,042 --> 00:08:43,667 was the key to all the hidden mysteries. 172 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:48,000 CHILDRESS: In Carnac, France, there are thousands 173 00:08:48,167 --> 00:08:52,833 of megalithic standing stones that are over 6,000 years old, 174 00:08:53,042 --> 00:08:55,583 and many of them are 175 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:58,417 in the form of a right triangle, 176 00:08:58,542 --> 00:09:00,667 or a Pythagorean triangle. 177 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:03,333 And they were built many thousands of years 178 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:05,042 before Pythagoras. 179 00:09:06,833 --> 00:09:09,667 These same geometric relationships 180 00:09:09,875 --> 00:09:12,500 of the right triangle have also been found 181 00:09:12,625 --> 00:09:16,167 at Avebury and-and Stonehenge. 182 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:17,917 And you have to ask yourself: 183 00:09:18,083 --> 00:09:20,833 Does the Pythagorean triangle represent 184 00:09:20,958 --> 00:09:25,292 some kind of special extraterrestrial geometry? 185 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,750 A geometry of threes? 186 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:34,958 TSOUKALOS: The bottom line is that "A squared plus B squared 187 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:39,667 equals C squared" applies to the entire universe. 188 00:09:40,708 --> 00:09:43,208 And so, for Pythagoras to come up with this, 189 00:09:43,375 --> 00:09:48,750 of course, is extraordinary, but he was not the first. 190 00:09:48,958 --> 00:09:51,083 PHILIP COPPENS: So, we know that Pythagoras 191 00:09:51,208 --> 00:09:53,500 got this information from ancient Egypt. 192 00:09:53,667 --> 00:09:55,583 And the ancient Egyptians themselves say 193 00:09:55,792 --> 00:09:58,500 that this was knowledge from the gods. 194 00:09:58,625 --> 00:10:00,792 So, what we have is a situation whereby 195 00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,000 the ancient Egyptians got this information 196 00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:07,042 from a nonhuman intelligence, from an extraterrestrial source, 197 00:10:07,208 --> 00:10:10,708 preserved it in secret for thousands of years. 198 00:10:10,833 --> 00:10:12,833 And Pythagoras is really the first one 199 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 to take it outside of Egypt 200 00:10:15,208 --> 00:10:19,208 and basically begin to speak to the world about what it is, 201 00:10:19,375 --> 00:10:24,000 what the ancient Egyptians knew about this divine information. 202 00:10:27,208 --> 00:10:30,667 NARRATOR: Did Pythagoras really get his knowledge of geometry 203 00:10:30,833 --> 00:10:33,625 and its profound connection to the universe 204 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,042 from an otherworldly source? 205 00:10:36,958 --> 00:10:39,875 Pythagorean triangle may contain 206 00:10:40,042 --> 00:10:42,833 wisdom that we still haven't understood 207 00:10:42,958 --> 00:10:46,250 in terms of how physical, terrestrial geometry 208 00:10:46,417 --> 00:10:48,917 connects to extraterrestrial domains 209 00:10:49,083 --> 00:10:51,625 that may coexist with our own. 210 00:10:52,750 --> 00:10:56,417 NARRATOR: Did extraterrestrial visitors provide early humans 211 00:10:56,583 --> 00:10:59,708 with advanced mathematical information? 212 00:11:00,708 --> 00:11:03,833 Information encoded into temples, monuments 213 00:11:04,042 --> 00:11:06,333 and other sacred architecture? 214 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:09,708 Could that explain the repeating patterns 215 00:11:09,917 --> 00:11:13,250 of numbers and shapes found across the world? 216 00:11:14,208 --> 00:11:17,292 And if so, was this esoteric knowledge 217 00:11:17,458 --> 00:11:21,000 preserved by secret brotherhoods through the ages? 218 00:11:21,958 --> 00:11:24,792 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 219 00:11:24,917 --> 00:11:27,667 and believe further evidence can be found 220 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,458 in a mysterious manuscript 221 00:11:30,625 --> 00:11:33,458 said to hold the secrets of alchemy. 222 00:11:43,208 --> 00:11:46,250 NARRATOR: Cambridge University, England. 223 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:52,500 Here, in the library of this 800-year-old institution 224 00:11:52,708 --> 00:11:56,500 are the research papers of Sir Isaac Newton. 225 00:11:57,458 --> 00:12:01,250 One of the most influential scientists of the 17th century, 226 00:12:01,375 --> 00:12:03,667 Newton introduced what became the basis 227 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:07,167 of all modern physics: 228 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:09,500 the three laws of motion. 229 00:12:10,542 --> 00:12:12,333 MICHAEL DENNIN: One of the things I think we often forget 230 00:12:12,542 --> 00:12:13,708 about people like Newton, 231 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:16,167 he was also very much into alchemy, 232 00:12:16,292 --> 00:12:18,833 and he was very much a mystic himself. 233 00:12:19,833 --> 00:12:21,667 In mystical circles and in alchemy, 234 00:12:21,792 --> 00:12:24,292 three is considered a powerful number. 235 00:12:24,458 --> 00:12:25,833 So, it was natural for people 236 00:12:26,042 --> 00:12:27,625 to try and write things in threes 237 00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:29,208 and break it down into threes, 238 00:12:29,375 --> 00:12:32,667 and use that principle to communicate information. 239 00:12:33,708 --> 00:12:39,000 TOK THOMPSON: Alchemy was a hope of early magicians, or chemists. 240 00:12:39,167 --> 00:12:41,000 The idea was that maybe if they could just figure out 241 00:12:41,167 --> 00:12:42,875 how to combine different materials together, 242 00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:45,083 they could wind up with something precious. 243 00:12:46,083 --> 00:12:47,750 There was a long-standing interest in it, 244 00:12:47,917 --> 00:12:49,833 and a lot of the sort of early scientific developments 245 00:12:50,042 --> 00:12:54,292 and even ideas of chemistry, uh, came from this practice. 246 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:59,917 NARRATOR: Included among Newton's writings on philosophy, 247 00:13:00,042 --> 00:13:03,083 astronomy and mathematics 248 00:13:03,292 --> 00:13:06,333 is a cryptic translation of an ancient document 249 00:13:06,542 --> 00:13:10,042 that has fascinated alchemists for centuries... 250 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,167 ...an Emerald Tablet. 251 00:13:14,375 --> 00:13:16,167 Carved on green crystal, 252 00:13:16,375 --> 00:13:19,833 the tablet is believed to be one of several that contained 253 00:13:20,042 --> 00:13:23,583 not only information on the practice of alchemy 254 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:26,208 but the secrets of the universe. 255 00:13:28,458 --> 00:13:30,833 But although it is referenced by Newton 256 00:13:31,042 --> 00:13:34,750 and written about in numerous other ancient texts, 257 00:13:34,917 --> 00:13:37,667 the existence of the so-called Emerald Tablets 258 00:13:37,833 --> 00:13:40,917 is largely thought to be a myth. 259 00:13:43,208 --> 00:13:45,458 SCHOCH: The Emerald Tablet, or tablets, 260 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:49,958 contained perhaps the most fundamental ancient wisdom. 261 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:54,208 The ancient wisdom of transmutation... 262 00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:57,833 ...the secrets of longevity... 263 00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:01,958 ...the secrets of the cosmos. 264 00:14:02,917 --> 00:14:04,958 And there are many different legends 265 00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:06,958 about this tablet or tablets. 266 00:14:07,125 --> 00:14:09,875 Some people say that they were, uh, 267 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:13,833 found in the Great Pyramid thousands of years ago. 268 00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:18,000 ANDREW COLLINS: The so-called Emerald Tablets 269 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:20,083 had the secrets of alchemy. 270 00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:24,208 And alchemy itself wasn't just about the transmutation 271 00:14:24,375 --> 00:14:27,875 of base matter into a pure state, into gold... 272 00:14:29,750 --> 00:14:32,125 ...but it was about the knowledge 273 00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:34,458 of the secrets of the universe. 274 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:39,500 About how we ourselves could transform our self 275 00:14:39,667 --> 00:14:43,375 and become at one with the universe as a whole. 276 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:47,125 The Emerald Tablets have a very interesting phrase: 277 00:14:47,292 --> 00:14:50,417 "Three is the great mystery come from the great one." 278 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:53,917 It says that three is the great mystery 279 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:56,042 that unifies the universe. 280 00:14:56,208 --> 00:14:59,667 It says that power, wisdom, awareness all arises 281 00:14:59,875 --> 00:15:03,167 from this interplay of three. 282 00:15:04,375 --> 00:15:06,208 COPPENS: What we're being confronted with in the Emerald Tablets 283 00:15:06,417 --> 00:15:09,875 is basically this notion that if we take two substances, 284 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,917 we can make a third substance out of this. 285 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:15,667 Three as such is always the power of transformation. 286 00:15:15,875 --> 00:15:17,875 It is the end result for the alchemist, 287 00:15:18,083 --> 00:15:20,500 basically saying, "I took certain things 288 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:22,750 and I created something new," 289 00:15:22,917 --> 00:15:25,917 and that is represented by the third element. 290 00:15:27,917 --> 00:15:29,375 The information was written down, 291 00:15:29,542 --> 00:15:31,000 which basically detailed 292 00:15:31,208 --> 00:15:33,167 that if anybody were to possess this knowledge, 293 00:15:33,292 --> 00:15:37,667 he would become a master of life, a master over death. 294 00:15:38,792 --> 00:15:43,167 An almost supernatural being who could do anything at will. 295 00:15:45,708 --> 00:15:48,333 NARRATOR: Were early scientists like Isaac Newton 296 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:51,333 seeking extraterrestrial knowledge? 297 00:15:53,458 --> 00:15:56,000 And was that knowledge based, in part, 298 00:15:56,208 --> 00:15:59,625 on a unique power inherent in the number three? 299 00:16:02,708 --> 00:16:06,542 Perhaps answers can be found by taking a closer look 300 00:16:06,708 --> 00:16:08,167 at the man many believe 301 00:16:08,292 --> 00:16:10,708 to be the author of the Emerald Tablets, 302 00:16:10,917 --> 00:16:14,250 Hermes Trismegistus. 303 00:16:15,917 --> 00:16:18,042 RADER: Starting in the fourth century BC, 304 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:22,042 a character develops called Hermes Trismegistus. 305 00:16:22,208 --> 00:16:25,083 And his name just means "Hermes Thrice Great." 306 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:28,500 So, Hermes Trismegistus is the Hellenistic Egyptian version 307 00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:30,375 of the Greek Hermes, 308 00:16:30,542 --> 00:16:34,208 and he's associated with the Egyptian god Thoth. 309 00:16:35,917 --> 00:16:37,625 And so, for that reason primarily, 310 00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,250 he becomes associated with 311 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,167 the magical practices of theurgy, 312 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:43,417 which is doing the works of the gods, 313 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:45,250 influencing the world. 314 00:16:47,958 --> 00:16:51,000 MISHLOVE: At some point, as the Greeks moved into Egypt 315 00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:53,167 and the Romans moved into Egypt, 316 00:16:53,292 --> 00:16:55,708 there was an endeavor to correlate 317 00:16:55,875 --> 00:16:59,375 the Egyptian traditions with the Greek and Roman traditions. 318 00:16:59,542 --> 00:17:04,250 And so, you had this connection between Thoth and Hermes. 319 00:17:05,708 --> 00:17:09,375 And the idea in both cases is, this is the deity 320 00:17:09,542 --> 00:17:11,833 that is the messenger, 321 00:17:11,958 --> 00:17:15,167 or the link, between our human realm 322 00:17:15,375 --> 00:17:17,708 and the higher realm of the gods. 323 00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:21,667 SCHOCH: According to some legends, 324 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:24,292 he was a reincarnation of Thoth, 325 00:17:24,417 --> 00:17:28,458 the ancient scribe of Egypt, the scribe of the gods. 326 00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:33,125 He was an individual who brought knowledge, 327 00:17:33,250 --> 00:17:34,792 who brought wisdom. 328 00:17:34,958 --> 00:17:36,833 He was considered thrice-great. 329 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,042 Three times great. 330 00:17:40,958 --> 00:17:44,083 Hermes descended from the sky 331 00:17:44,250 --> 00:17:46,792 in what was considered to be 332 00:17:46,875 --> 00:17:49,125 a flying ship. 333 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:53,833 And we have the exact same story in ancient Egypt with Thoth 334 00:17:54,042 --> 00:17:56,958 also having descended from the sky. 335 00:17:57,125 --> 00:18:00,750 And his whole premise was to teach the people 336 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:03,208 in scientific disciplines. 337 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:07,542 NARRATOR: Was Hermes Trismegistus 338 00:18:07,708 --> 00:18:11,292 really the reincarnation of the Egyptian god Thoth? 339 00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:15,583 And if so, did he serve as a messenger 340 00:18:15,708 --> 00:18:17,750 between man and the gods, 341 00:18:17,917 --> 00:18:20,917 as the ancient Greeks believed? 342 00:18:21,042 --> 00:18:22,500 Or might he have been, 343 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,500 as ancient astronaut theorists contend, 344 00:18:25,708 --> 00:18:28,250 an extraterrestrial being? 345 00:18:28,417 --> 00:18:31,000 One who brought mankind the knowledge of the universe 346 00:18:31,167 --> 00:18:34,458 in the form of Emerald Tablets? 347 00:18:34,625 --> 00:18:38,542 WILCOCK: The Emerald Tablets are a fascinating body of knowledge. 348 00:18:38,708 --> 00:18:41,917 It gives rise to the idea that many different systems-- 349 00:18:42,083 --> 00:18:44,958 whether we're dealing with physics systems 350 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:46,542 or systems of consciousness, 351 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:49,958 systems of philosophy, systems of religion-- 352 00:18:50,125 --> 00:18:52,000 will always be underlined 353 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:55,458 by this prevalence of the number three. 354 00:18:56,458 --> 00:18:58,625 CHILDRESS: So, you have to ask yourself: 355 00:18:58,792 --> 00:19:01,333 Is the Emerald Tablet 356 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:04,167 some kind of extraterrestrial knowledge 357 00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:07,542 that's been handed down to us? 358 00:19:08,792 --> 00:19:11,208 So, maybe the key to immortality 359 00:19:11,375 --> 00:19:15,833 is written in the Emerald Tablet in a code of threes. 360 00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,375 NARRATOR: Did extraterrestrial messengers 361 00:19:21,542 --> 00:19:24,542 really give mankind the secrets of the universe, 362 00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:27,708 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 363 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,333 And if so, was this sacred knowledge 364 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:33,792 deliberately hidden from the public, 365 00:19:33,958 --> 00:19:36,708 shared only with a select few? 366 00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:39,375 Perhaps further clues can be found 367 00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:41,917 in the legend of a great king 368 00:19:42,083 --> 00:19:46,583 initiated into the mysteries of the magi. 369 00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:54,500 One of the most compelling examples of the sharing 370 00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:56,917 of cosmic secrets is the story of King Antiochus, 371 00:19:57,042 --> 00:19:59,000 who ruled the Middle East nearly 2,000 years ago. 372 00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:01,500 He was a member of a secret society, 373 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:05,542 and he had incredibly advanced knowledge of astronomy. 374 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:08,333 Yeah, and it's said that he studied with the magi, 375 00:20:08,542 --> 00:20:10,458 who were these priests who supposedly 376 00:20:10,583 --> 00:20:13,792 could predict the future and had special powers. 377 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,625 TSOUKALOS: Right, and there's even a stone carving that shows him 378 00:20:16,792 --> 00:20:19,667 shaking hands with the so-called gods. 379 00:20:19,875 --> 00:20:22,625 I mean, it's as if we have a permanent record of him 380 00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:26,333 making contact with otherworldly beings. 381 00:20:28,208 --> 00:20:30,583 NARRATOR: Southeastern Turkey. 382 00:20:30,708 --> 00:20:33,958 7,000 feet high atop a barren mountain 383 00:20:34,125 --> 00:20:37,375 called Nemrut Dag lie the ruins 384 00:20:37,542 --> 00:20:40,333 of the lost kingdom of Commagene. 385 00:20:41,167 --> 00:20:44,083 Here, in 62 BC, 386 00:20:44,292 --> 00:20:46,875 a mysterious royal sanctuary was built 387 00:20:47,042 --> 00:20:49,500 by King Antiochus I. 388 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:55,792 Colossal statues were created of lions and eagles, 389 00:20:55,958 --> 00:20:59,333 and Persian and Greek gods, 390 00:20:59,417 --> 00:21:04,042 as well as two massive sculptures of the king himself. 391 00:21:06,083 --> 00:21:08,125 ADRIAN GILBERT: Now, what Antiochus was trying to do 392 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:10,292 was to produce a synthesis, 393 00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:13,750 a new version of the old religions. 394 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,208 And what he basically did was to take the Persian gods 395 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:19,792 and put them into Greek dress. 396 00:21:21,083 --> 00:21:23,333 So, you've got a synthesis happening 397 00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:26,625 of the Persian gods with their Greek equivalents. 398 00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:33,708 DONALD SANDERS: The reason he built a colossal statue of himself among the gods 399 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:35,958 was, I guess, a presumption on his part 400 00:21:36,167 --> 00:21:37,417 that he would indeed ascend to heaven 401 00:21:37,583 --> 00:21:39,375 and eventually be among them. 402 00:21:41,042 --> 00:21:43,000 NARRATOR: The conical peak was the highest point 403 00:21:43,208 --> 00:21:45,292 in the kingdom of King Antiochus. 404 00:21:46,292 --> 00:21:50,958 Measuring 150 feet high and 500 feet wide, 405 00:21:51,083 --> 00:21:55,833 it is man-made with countless small limestone rocks 406 00:21:55,958 --> 00:22:00,458 and was said to be the location of the king's royal tomb. 407 00:22:01,458 --> 00:22:03,500 Researchers believe the memorial 408 00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:06,583 was originally built as two large plazas. 409 00:22:06,708 --> 00:22:09,292 The one on the east side was used to celebrate 410 00:22:09,417 --> 00:22:11,292 the birthday of King Antiochus. 411 00:22:11,458 --> 00:22:13,500 The one on the west side 412 00:22:13,708 --> 00:22:16,875 was used to commemorate the day in 62 BC 413 00:22:17,083 --> 00:22:21,042 when Antiochus became the leader of a secret society. 414 00:22:21,208 --> 00:22:24,167 GILBERT: I think it's meant to symbolize Mount Olympus, 415 00:22:24,333 --> 00:22:26,333 the home of the gods... 416 00:22:28,958 --> 00:22:30,708 ...'cause you've got the gods seated round it 417 00:22:30,875 --> 00:22:32,625 and then you've got a peak above them. 418 00:22:32,792 --> 00:22:34,625 I think this is all very symbolic. 419 00:22:34,792 --> 00:22:37,000 It's a stage for carrying out 420 00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:39,917 certain rituals and performances. 421 00:22:40,958 --> 00:22:44,750 SANDERS: And he also shows himself in the relief stelae 422 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:48,375 shaking hands to all the gods, as if the gods 423 00:22:48,542 --> 00:22:50,583 recognize him as one of their own 424 00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:52,625 and are welcoming him into heaven. 425 00:22:54,667 --> 00:22:58,333 NARRATOR: Mysteriously, both the site and the kingdom 426 00:22:58,458 --> 00:23:01,542 were abandoned in the first century AD. 427 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:05,167 And so far, the king's legendary burial chamber 428 00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:07,375 has never been found. 429 00:23:08,917 --> 00:23:11,792 But another question still remains. 430 00:23:12,708 --> 00:23:15,000 Just why did King Antiochus 431 00:23:15,083 --> 00:23:19,625 build this mysterious and massive monumental sanctuary? 432 00:23:23,208 --> 00:23:27,375 According to researchers, evidence found at Nemrut Dag 433 00:23:27,542 --> 00:23:30,750 suggests the king had a profound interest in 434 00:23:30,917 --> 00:23:34,875 and understanding of star sciences. 435 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:38,917 One example of the advanced knowledge of astronomy 436 00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:41,375 that they had is actually the lion horoscope, 437 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:44,125 which gives us a very precise date. 438 00:23:45,125 --> 00:23:48,583 We know that the position of the stars on the lion's body, 439 00:23:48,750 --> 00:23:52,250 um, fits with the positions of stars of Leo 440 00:23:52,417 --> 00:23:55,250 given in a book of Eratosthenes, 441 00:23:55,375 --> 00:23:58,167 who was a Greek astronomer from Alexandria 442 00:23:58,375 --> 00:24:00,583 who wrote a book about the stars. 443 00:24:03,083 --> 00:24:06,458 NARRATOR: The arrangement of stars on the lion horoscope 444 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:09,250 represented the constellation of Leo 445 00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:13,667 as seen in the sky in July 62 BC, 446 00:24:13,833 --> 00:24:17,000 a configuration that wouldn't be visible again 447 00:24:17,167 --> 00:24:19,833 for 25,000 years. 448 00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:23,875 Further evidence of the exceptional knowledge 449 00:24:24,042 --> 00:24:28,333 of the stars was found in a nearby shaft 450 00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:31,125 that Antiochus built into the mountain. 451 00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:37,583 GILBERT: The shaft runs into the mountainside there, 452 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:41,500 uh, at an angle of 35 degrees to the horizontal, 453 00:24:41,667 --> 00:24:44,208 and it's about 150 meters long, 454 00:24:44,375 --> 00:24:46,458 and there's nothing at the bottom. 455 00:24:47,958 --> 00:24:52,000 NARRATOR: Computer analysis reveals that on two days of the year, 456 00:24:52,167 --> 00:24:56,000 the Sun's rays would illuminate the bottom of the shaft... 457 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,292 ...once when in line with the constellation of Leo 458 00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:03,292 and once when in line with Orion. 459 00:25:04,417 --> 00:25:07,292 GILBERT: Now, that is a very interesting point in the sky 460 00:25:07,458 --> 00:25:09,667 because it's the path where the Sun 461 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,667 crosses over the Milky Way, our galaxy, 462 00:25:12,833 --> 00:25:17,042 and that, to the ancient world, was known as a gate of heaven. 463 00:25:17,208 --> 00:25:19,333 And there were two of these, one where they cross 464 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,500 in the north and the other where they cross in the south. 465 00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:23,667 There were two gates to heaven. 466 00:25:25,083 --> 00:25:27,667 So, we can understand that 467 00:25:27,875 --> 00:25:31,250 that gateway would be where the soul of the king 468 00:25:31,458 --> 00:25:35,042 is going back to heaven through heaven's gate. 469 00:25:36,417 --> 00:25:39,375 NARRATOR: Given the fact that neither Antiochus's tomb 470 00:25:39,542 --> 00:25:41,708 or remains have been found, 471 00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:46,042 is it possible that the king actually journeyed to the stars 472 00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:47,750 through a heavenly gate, 473 00:25:47,958 --> 00:25:51,208 as ancient astronaut theorists contend? 474 00:25:57,625 --> 00:25:59,875 During his life, researchers believe 475 00:26:00,042 --> 00:26:02,500 Antiochus studied with a priestly sect 476 00:26:02,708 --> 00:26:06,333 of eastern astrologers called the magi, 477 00:26:06,542 --> 00:26:08,542 who were thought to be able to predict 478 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:10,458 and even manipulate events 479 00:26:10,625 --> 00:26:13,667 based on their knowledge of the stars. 480 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:19,833 The magi were renowned priests from the far Near East 481 00:26:19,958 --> 00:26:22,500 who had advanced astronomical knowledge. 482 00:26:22,667 --> 00:26:25,167 And it's well-known that most of the astronomers 483 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:26,667 from the Near East, 484 00:26:26,833 --> 00:26:29,042 specifically ancient Iraq-- Sumer-- 485 00:26:29,208 --> 00:26:32,000 recorded series of events happening in the heavens 486 00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:34,167 over hundreds of thousands of years. 487 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:37,250 This information was kept on stone tablets, 488 00:26:37,417 --> 00:26:42,208 held very sacredly and only passed down to the high priests. 489 00:26:44,208 --> 00:26:47,792 NARRATOR: According to the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, 490 00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:51,750 it was three of these magi who followed celestial signs 491 00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:56,375 and stars to the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem. 492 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:58,125 A coincidence? 493 00:26:59,875 --> 00:27:01,167 MARTELL: What's interesting about this story 494 00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:02,625 is that the Star of Bethlehem 495 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:04,750 wasn't used as a navigation point. 496 00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:08,000 It is clearly stated as it guided the wise men 497 00:27:08,208 --> 00:27:10,125 to the place of Christ. 498 00:27:11,375 --> 00:27:12,958 A star cannot guide someone. 499 00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:15,042 It can only be used as a navigation point. 500 00:27:15,208 --> 00:27:17,458 So, this brings up the idea that the star 501 00:27:17,625 --> 00:27:19,417 was possibly a UFO. 502 00:27:21,958 --> 00:27:25,708 Today, we think that the magi were magicians, 503 00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:29,833 and that is actually why we have the word "magic" today. 504 00:27:29,958 --> 00:27:33,625 But when I hear about magical powers, 505 00:27:33,792 --> 00:27:35,333 that raises a flag, 506 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:40,792 because magic as such does not exist. 507 00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:47,583 So, were these magi, in fact, in possession of some type 508 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,833 of an extraterrestrial technology? 509 00:27:51,042 --> 00:27:54,375 Because according to the ancient texts, 510 00:27:54,542 --> 00:27:56,750 it was the initiates of each culture 511 00:27:56,958 --> 00:28:00,333 who were in touch with extraterrestrials, 512 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:01,917 and it was the initiates 513 00:28:02,042 --> 00:28:05,917 who later became priests, or magi. 514 00:28:08,083 --> 00:28:13,000 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Antiochus was, in fact, a magi, 515 00:28:13,167 --> 00:28:14,958 one who learned celestial knowledge 516 00:28:15,125 --> 00:28:17,958 from extraterrestrial sources? 517 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,375 If so, might the monumental sanctuary at Nemrut Dag 518 00:28:24,542 --> 00:28:29,292 have been built as a place to contact star travelers? 519 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:35,750 The answer may have been found among the ruins of Nemrut Dag. 520 00:28:35,958 --> 00:28:39,000 The head of Antiochus is placed on the statue 521 00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:41,625 which is appropriate for Mercury, and that's because 522 00:28:41,792 --> 00:28:45,750 Mercury is the planet of initiation for priests, 523 00:28:45,917 --> 00:28:49,750 and he's one himself, so he models it on himself. 524 00:28:49,917 --> 00:28:51,458 And people think this is him being boastful 525 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:53,458 sitting among the gods. It's not. 526 00:28:53,625 --> 00:28:56,958 It's actually a code to say that he's one of the priests. 527 00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:02,333 NARRATOR: Eventually annexed by the Romans 528 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:04,667 in the first century AD, 529 00:29:04,792 --> 00:29:06,708 King Antiochus and his court 530 00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:09,208 became scattered throughout the region. 531 00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:13,500 But what became of their hidden knowledge? 532 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:17,042 Perhaps it was safeguarded in secrecy, 533 00:29:17,208 --> 00:29:20,000 only to resurface centuries later 534 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:25,167 through a secret order known as the Knights Templar. 535 00:29:30,917 --> 00:29:32,333 According to Hebrew tradition, 536 00:29:32,417 --> 00:29:34,583 King Solomon was given a special signet ring 537 00:29:34,708 --> 00:29:38,250 by the archangel Michael which had a mysterious symbol on it, 538 00:29:38,417 --> 00:29:40,833 which seemed like some kind of ancient code. 539 00:29:40,917 --> 00:29:42,833 TSOUKALOS: Right, and it is this ring 540 00:29:42,958 --> 00:29:46,125 that allowed King Solomon to build his temple. 541 00:29:46,417 --> 00:29:49,750 And later, the Knights Templar allegedly rediscovered 542 00:29:49,917 --> 00:29:51,667 that ring, and guess what, 543 00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:54,792 it apparently gave them special powers. 544 00:29:54,917 --> 00:29:56,958 Yeah, and according to that legend, 545 00:29:57,125 --> 00:30:00,250 the symbol on that ring was a keyhole shape, 546 00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:02,250 which is fascinating, because the Templars built 547 00:30:02,417 --> 00:30:05,500 a lot of their churches in the shape of a keyhole. 548 00:30:05,667 --> 00:30:07,750 We discussed this in a 2020 episode 549 00:30:07,958 --> 00:30:11,042 of Ancient Aliens called "The Galactic Keyhole." 550 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:14,708 NARRATOR: Jerusalem. 551 00:30:14,875 --> 00:30:17,125 The tenth century BC. 552 00:30:18,125 --> 00:30:21,250 King Solomon of the United Kingdom of Israel 553 00:30:21,458 --> 00:30:23,667 begins construction on a great temple 554 00:30:23,792 --> 00:30:25,833 to house the Ark of the Covenant. 555 00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:28,583 According to the Hebrew Bible, 556 00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:32,000 this sacred chest was built to carry the stone tablets 557 00:30:32,208 --> 00:30:34,708 on which the Ten Commandments were written... 558 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:39,917 ...and also facilitated direct communication with God. 559 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:43,375 There's an ancient legend, 560 00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:46,333 recorded in, of all places, the Talmud... 561 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:51,667 ...wherein which it is said that there were specific needs 562 00:30:51,875 --> 00:30:54,000 for building Solomon's Temple 563 00:30:54,083 --> 00:30:57,000 that no human being could provide. 564 00:30:57,167 --> 00:31:00,625 HENRY: In the story, Solomon prays to God, 565 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:03,333 and instantly, the archangel Michael manifests, 566 00:31:03,542 --> 00:31:04,917 as if out of thin air. 567 00:31:05,958 --> 00:31:08,792 And Michael says that he's going to give Solomon 568 00:31:08,958 --> 00:31:11,750 a power that has never before been seen on Earth 569 00:31:11,875 --> 00:31:14,042 and never again shall be. 570 00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:17,542 And he produces for him a golden ring 571 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,417 with a signet seal. 572 00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:24,458 LAYNE LITTLE: This is known as the secret Seal of Solomon, 573 00:31:24,625 --> 00:31:28,375 and it is a magical sign... 574 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:33,833 ...which has that interesting shape like a keyhole. 575 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,833 COLLINS: This ring was used 576 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,042 to command a legion of 72 jinn. 577 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:44,792 These are fire spirits, uh, in Arabian tradition. 578 00:31:44,958 --> 00:31:47,917 And once they were under his control, 579 00:31:48,083 --> 00:31:51,042 he used them to build monuments, 580 00:31:51,250 --> 00:31:54,250 including Solomon's Temple itself. 581 00:31:56,167 --> 00:31:57,500 NARRATOR: According to the Talmud, 582 00:31:57,625 --> 00:32:00,292 these otherworldly beings that Solomon was able 583 00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:02,917 to rule with his divine keyhole-shaped seal 584 00:32:03,125 --> 00:32:06,167 were led by a jinn named Ashmedai. 585 00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:09,500 In constructing Solomon's Temple, 586 00:32:09,667 --> 00:32:12,792 Ashmedai not only oversaw the building of the tabernacle 587 00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:14,500 to hold the Ark of the Covenant 588 00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:19,125 but also a number of underground hidden chambers. 589 00:32:19,292 --> 00:32:22,000 TZADOK: Ashmedai brought with him an army 590 00:32:22,167 --> 00:32:26,625 of his followers, who built those places of the temple 591 00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:30,875 which no human being was allowed to even know existed. 592 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,833 So, these legends come down to us to this day 593 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,542 that this temple of Solomon, 594 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:38,542 the parts that were subterranean, 595 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,458 were not built by human hands 596 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:44,333 and, therefore, secret to this day to the human eye. 597 00:32:45,375 --> 00:32:49,000 CHILDRESS: They built all kinds of tunnels and chambers. 598 00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:52,667 And you have to wonder if it might have something to do 599 00:32:52,875 --> 00:32:55,458 with this high technology that they put 600 00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:59,250 into some very safe place for keeping the Ark. 601 00:33:01,583 --> 00:33:04,500 NARRATOR: Could it be that the technology Solomon was given 602 00:33:04,625 --> 00:33:08,583 to build his temple was hidden somewhere beneath it? 603 00:33:08,750 --> 00:33:10,417 Solomon's Temple was destroyed 604 00:33:10,583 --> 00:33:15,750 by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II in 587 BC. 605 00:33:15,917 --> 00:33:20,167 But nearly 1,700 years later, the site where it stood-- 606 00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:23,667 known today as Temple Mount-- was excavated 607 00:33:23,792 --> 00:33:25,292 by a group of warrior monks 608 00:33:25,417 --> 00:33:28,000 called The Order of Solomon's Temple, 609 00:33:28,208 --> 00:33:31,167 also known as the Knights Templar. 610 00:33:31,375 --> 00:33:34,833 And many believe that they did not leave empty-handed. 611 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,292 (horse neighing) 612 00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:40,958 The Knights Templars got a commission from the pope 613 00:33:41,083 --> 00:33:44,125 to actually do excavations at Solomon's Temple. 614 00:33:44,292 --> 00:33:46,042 And the story there goes 615 00:33:46,208 --> 00:33:48,833 that the Templars actually discovered 616 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,833 a secret chamber beneath the temple. 617 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 NARRATOR: While it remains unknown 618 00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:57,708 just what the Knights Templar may have uncovered, 619 00:33:57,833 --> 00:33:59,417 researchers note 620 00:33:59,583 --> 00:34:03,042 that they would go on to display incredible building prowess, 621 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:05,792 much like that of the jinn that legend credits 622 00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:08,542 with building Solomon's Temple. 623 00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:11,708 The Knights Templars had very advanced knowledge of geometry, 624 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:13,208 mathematics, 625 00:34:13,375 --> 00:34:16,000 architecture and of working with stone. 626 00:34:16,167 --> 00:34:18,083 Some of the early constructions 627 00:34:18,208 --> 00:34:20,333 include the gothic cathedrals of Europe, 628 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:23,250 and they show remarkable technology. 629 00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:25,083 The way they worked with stone, 630 00:34:25,208 --> 00:34:27,958 the hidden geometry, the mathematics, 631 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:30,167 and the sort of spiritual dimensions 632 00:34:30,292 --> 00:34:33,708 that these elements create are quite remarkable. 633 00:34:34,875 --> 00:34:37,250 NARRATOR: Curiously, nearly every Templar church 634 00:34:37,458 --> 00:34:41,000 was built in the shape of a keyhole when viewed from above. 635 00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:44,417 But perhaps most notable of all is 636 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:46,167 that at a former Templar stronghold in France 637 00:34:46,292 --> 00:34:48,167 called Rennes-Le-Château, 638 00:34:48,333 --> 00:34:51,417 there is a statue of Ashmedai, 639 00:34:51,542 --> 00:34:55,625 the king of the jinn that helped Solomon to build his temple. 640 00:34:56,792 --> 00:34:58,208 TZADOK: Rumor has it 641 00:34:58,375 --> 00:35:02,417 that the Templar Knights endeavored to communicate 642 00:35:02,583 --> 00:35:06,167 with Ashmedai, the king of the shedim, the jinn, 643 00:35:06,292 --> 00:35:09,333 who built the temple to serve Solomon. 644 00:35:10,750 --> 00:35:13,500 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Knights Templar came 645 00:35:13,667 --> 00:35:17,167 into possession of secret, otherworldly knowledge? 646 00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:20,583 Knowledge tracing not only back 647 00:35:20,708 --> 00:35:23,667 to the time of the building of Solomon's Temple 648 00:35:23,792 --> 00:35:28,167 but even to the time of the ancient pyramid builders? 649 00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:30,667 Might this explain their drive 650 00:35:30,833 --> 00:35:34,542 to construct structures encoded with hidden meanings? 651 00:35:36,083 --> 00:35:38,667 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 652 00:35:38,792 --> 00:35:43,375 and they suggest that even after the Templar brotherhood fell, 653 00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:46,208 their Masonic tradition endured, 654 00:35:46,375 --> 00:35:51,792 shaping the very foundations of the United States. 655 00:35:56,792 --> 00:36:00,333 Not all stories of brotherhoods and secret codes 656 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,125 are found in ancient times. 657 00:36:02,292 --> 00:36:03,625 We have a lot of this 658 00:36:03,792 --> 00:36:05,792 -in the founding of the United States. -HENRY: Right. 659 00:36:05,917 --> 00:36:08,167 And many of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons, 660 00:36:08,292 --> 00:36:09,833 and many of the Masonic symbols 661 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:13,000 -come from ancient Greece and Egypt. -CHILDRESS: Yeah. 662 00:36:13,167 --> 00:36:16,333 And you have to wonder if some of this ancient cosmic wisdom 663 00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:19,542 wasn't involved in the formation of the United States. 664 00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:28,875 NARRATOR: Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1752. 665 00:36:30,375 --> 00:36:33,333 20-year-old George Washington is initiated 666 00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:36,958 into a secret society, the Freemasons. 667 00:36:39,375 --> 00:36:43,500 Among his fellow members are many other Founding Fathers, 668 00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:48,458 like Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock and Paul Revere. 669 00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:53,833 But what is Freemasonry? 670 00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:57,750 What role did it play in the founding of the United States? 671 00:36:59,083 --> 00:37:03,917 And what meanings lie behind their many mysterious symbols? 672 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:09,667 AKRAM ELIAS: There are a lot of theories 673 00:37:09,833 --> 00:37:13,083 about the true origins of Freemasonry. 674 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:14,583 What we know for a fact is 675 00:37:14,750 --> 00:37:16,958 that definitely with the Age of the Renaissance, 676 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:19,750 this is when people decided 677 00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:23,333 to start studying ancient civilizations 678 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,167 and see was there any knowledge 679 00:37:26,375 --> 00:37:29,625 in those civilizations that was lost. 680 00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:36,208 NARRATOR: According to experts, the Freemasons believe 681 00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:38,417 in the idea of acquiring knowledge 682 00:37:38,542 --> 00:37:43,208 through largely scientific as well as spiritual means. 683 00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:46,208 In the Age of Enlightenment, 684 00:37:46,375 --> 00:37:49,167 this included examining the possibility 685 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:52,458 of extraterrestrial life. 686 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,500 ELIAS: Freemasonry was like a main vehicle, 687 00:37:54,708 --> 00:37:58,333 if you want, that brought these ideas and principles 688 00:37:58,542 --> 00:38:01,042 of the Enlightenment into the new world. 689 00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:05,708 KOLTKO-RIVERA: You had the most prominent citizens 690 00:38:05,875 --> 00:38:07,583 of the community becoming Freemasons 691 00:38:07,708 --> 00:38:09,667 and then associating with one another. 692 00:38:09,875 --> 00:38:13,542 They would be discussing the major issues of the day 693 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:18,542 and certainly the speculations about the plurality of worlds. 694 00:38:19,542 --> 00:38:22,333 NARRATOR: Could the growing belief in the possibility 695 00:38:22,458 --> 00:38:24,333 of extraterrestrial life 696 00:38:24,542 --> 00:38:28,000 have influenced the Founding Fathers' vision for America? 697 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:32,000 In terms of the Declaration of Independence, 698 00:38:32,167 --> 00:38:35,458 there were 56 signers. 699 00:38:36,625 --> 00:38:40,583 Of those, nine were definitely Freemasons. 700 00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:45,542 Concerning the signers of the Constitution, 701 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:48,792 there were 39 signers. 702 00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:53,833 13 of them, a clear third, were Freemasons. 703 00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:57,000 NARRATOR: But does the influence of Freemasonry 704 00:38:57,167 --> 00:39:01,292 explain why Masonic values are woven into the principles 705 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:05,292 behind America's most important documents? 706 00:39:05,417 --> 00:39:07,333 And could this also explain 707 00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:11,375 how and why Masonic symbols can be found on 708 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:15,167 much of the nation's monuments and architecture? 709 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:16,917 ELIAS: In the design of Washington, 710 00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:19,417 the language of symbols is very important, 711 00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:22,750 and that's where we see connections with Freemasonry. 712 00:39:22,917 --> 00:39:25,375 The original universal symbol of Freemasonry 713 00:39:25,542 --> 00:39:28,333 is the square and compass. 714 00:39:28,542 --> 00:39:32,333 The compass is the main tool of the individual. 715 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:34,667 You are at the point, and the idea in Freemasonry 716 00:39:34,792 --> 00:39:36,667 is that the individual is sovereign. 717 00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:39,958 You draw a circle using the compasses around you. 718 00:39:40,167 --> 00:39:42,542 If you go beyond the perimeter, 719 00:39:42,708 --> 00:39:46,542 that's when you start going into knowledge and light. 720 00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:52,000 The square is considered a symbol of wisdom. 721 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:54,208 And the letter "G" stands for 722 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:56,667 the grand architect of the universe. 723 00:40:01,583 --> 00:40:04,792 KOLTKO-RIVERA: The same people who were involved 724 00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:06,667 in the development of Freemasonry 725 00:40:06,792 --> 00:40:09,500 were very interested in Egypt. 726 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:13,083 They were inspired by the idea of ancient wisdom. 727 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:18,583 NARRATOR: Other Masonic symbols found in Washington, D.C., 728 00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:22,417 are eerily similar to the icons of ancient Egypt: 729 00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:29,250 the Sphinx, the obelisk, the pyramid 730 00:40:29,375 --> 00:40:31,708 and the All-Seeing Eye. 731 00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:39,667 CHILDRESS: If you were to pull out a dollar bill right now 732 00:40:39,875 --> 00:40:44,542 and look at it, you would see that on one side is a depiction 733 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:47,625 of the Great Pyramid of Egypt 734 00:40:47,792 --> 00:40:51,833 with an All-Seeing Eye at its apex. 735 00:40:52,833 --> 00:40:56,917 This is the Great Seal of the United States, and it's a... 736 00:40:57,125 --> 00:41:00,167 it's an awesome, mystical symbol of... 737 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:03,875 of the eye of God watching us, 738 00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:05,583 and also, 739 00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:10,458 how ancient civilizations were divine in nature, 740 00:41:10,625 --> 00:41:14,333 and that the Founding Fathers were to recreate that 741 00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:17,083 here in the United States. 742 00:41:18,292 --> 00:41:19,667 ELIAS: The idea is 743 00:41:19,792 --> 00:41:23,667 we need a source of light 744 00:41:23,875 --> 00:41:26,458 in order to help us become enlightened. 745 00:41:26,625 --> 00:41:28,667 We cannot do it alone. 746 00:41:28,833 --> 00:41:31,708 Now, that, to the Founding Fathers, 747 00:41:31,875 --> 00:41:34,875 is whatever is out there that is keeping an eye. 748 00:41:35,042 --> 00:41:36,542 And there is a belief 749 00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:41,167 that this experiment did not just happen. 750 00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:42,833 It was necessary 751 00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:46,708 to help the human condition make a major leap. 752 00:41:46,875 --> 00:41:49,000 It's like the alignment of the stars. 753 00:41:49,125 --> 00:41:52,625 Providence was there watching and interacting. 754 00:41:55,333 --> 00:41:58,167 NARRATOR: Why did this group of 18th century men, 755 00:41:58,333 --> 00:41:59,792 who set out to build a nation 756 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:03,542 based on principles of logic and reason, 757 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:06,208 attach such importance to pre-Christian symbols 758 00:42:06,375 --> 00:42:10,000 and ancient mysticism? 759 00:42:10,167 --> 00:42:11,833 And who, or what, 760 00:42:12,042 --> 00:42:14,458 did they believe was watching over them? 761 00:42:14,583 --> 00:42:18,208 God... or something else? 762 00:42:20,542 --> 00:42:23,083 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 763 00:42:23,292 --> 00:42:24,708 the answer can be found 764 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:28,500 in an 1866 lithograph of George Washington 765 00:42:28,667 --> 00:42:31,500 that resides in the Library of Congress. 766 00:42:31,667 --> 00:42:33,333 CHILDRESS: There's a famous painting 767 00:42:33,458 --> 00:42:36,000 of George Washington as a Freemason. 768 00:42:36,208 --> 00:42:39,833 And over his right shoulder is an unusual scene 769 00:42:40,042 --> 00:42:42,375 of Jacob's ladder ascending to heaven 770 00:42:42,542 --> 00:42:43,958 and what seems to be 771 00:42:44,042 --> 00:42:47,875 some kind of spaceship there in the sky. 772 00:42:51,250 --> 00:42:54,792 NARRATOR: In the biblical story of Jacob from Genesis 28, 773 00:42:54,958 --> 00:42:57,333 Jacob witnesses angels ascending 774 00:42:57,542 --> 00:43:00,375 and descending a ladder from heaven. 775 00:43:00,542 --> 00:43:02,333 But in this painting, 776 00:43:02,458 --> 00:43:05,208 the ladder comes not from heaven 777 00:43:05,375 --> 00:43:10,167 but out of a dark, round object emitting multicolored lights. 778 00:43:11,333 --> 00:43:15,792 Although Jacob's ladder is a popular symbol of Freemasonry, 779 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,792 is it possible that this image is attempting 780 00:43:18,958 --> 00:43:21,042 to depict something else? 781 00:43:21,208 --> 00:43:25,208 Something of an extraterrestrial origin? 782 00:43:25,375 --> 00:43:28,542 TSOUKALOS: According to the ancient astronaut ideas, 783 00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:33,042 Jacob's ladder was nothing else but a ramp or a device 784 00:43:33,208 --> 00:43:36,833 with which to reach the realm of the gods. 785 00:43:37,042 --> 00:43:40,667 And the gods were extraterrestrials. 786 00:43:41,708 --> 00:43:43,458 NARRATOR: The square and compass. 787 00:43:43,625 --> 00:43:45,708 The All-Seeing Eye. 788 00:43:45,875 --> 00:43:48,000 Jacob's ladder. 789 00:43:48,208 --> 00:43:52,000 What do all these symbols reveal about the true origins 790 00:43:52,167 --> 00:43:54,417 of the United States of America? 791 00:43:56,708 --> 00:43:59,625 Ancient astronaut theorists don't only point 792 00:43:59,792 --> 00:44:01,667 to the presence of Masonic symbols 793 00:44:01,875 --> 00:44:04,708 and pre-Christian influences as evidence 794 00:44:04,917 --> 00:44:08,250 of the Founding Fathers' extraterrestrial connections. 795 00:44:08,417 --> 00:44:11,167 They also find proof in the fact 796 00:44:11,375 --> 00:44:14,667 that even the very layout of Washington, D.C., 797 00:44:14,792 --> 00:44:17,833 points to the stars. 798 00:44:22,875 --> 00:44:24,292 You know, if you're looking for evidence 799 00:44:24,417 --> 00:44:26,458 that Freemasonry inspired the Founding Fathers, 800 00:44:26,583 --> 00:44:27,833 all you have to do is look 801 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,833 -at the layout of our nation's capital. -HENRY: Right. 802 00:44:29,958 --> 00:44:31,500 Because when you look at Washington, D.C., 803 00:44:31,708 --> 00:44:33,750 from above, all you see 804 00:44:33,917 --> 00:44:35,792 are Masonic codes and symbols. 805 00:44:35,958 --> 00:44:37,458 And we're not talking about finding images 806 00:44:37,583 --> 00:44:38,875 in the clouds or something. 807 00:44:39,042 --> 00:44:41,667 This is 100% intentional. 808 00:44:41,833 --> 00:44:43,500 Oh, absolutely. And let's not forget 809 00:44:43,708 --> 00:44:47,292 that the Washington Monument is a giant, 810 00:44:47,375 --> 00:44:49,833 Egyptian-inspired obelisk 811 00:44:50,042 --> 00:44:52,125 that stands in the heart of the city. 812 00:44:53,625 --> 00:44:57,958 NARRATOR: Alexandria, Virginia. 1791. 813 00:44:58,083 --> 00:45:02,958 In a full Masonic ceremony on the edge of the Potomac River, 814 00:45:03,125 --> 00:45:05,625 George Washington lays the first cornerstone 815 00:45:05,750 --> 00:45:07,292 marking the southern boundary 816 00:45:07,458 --> 00:45:10,750 for what will become the District of Columbia. 817 00:45:12,333 --> 00:45:14,792 ELIAS: What happens in the laying of the cornerstone? 818 00:45:14,958 --> 00:45:16,625 And Washington scattered corn. 819 00:45:16,708 --> 00:45:19,458 You pour wine and pour oil. 820 00:45:20,667 --> 00:45:23,542 Now, corn stands for prosperity, 821 00:45:23,708 --> 00:45:26,083 oil stands for peace, 822 00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:28,458 and wine stands for happiness. 823 00:45:30,042 --> 00:45:32,125 STEVEN C. BULLOCK: You have Masons chanting 824 00:45:32,292 --> 00:45:33,542 in response to it. 825 00:45:33,750 --> 00:45:35,125 You have an oration afterwards, 826 00:45:35,292 --> 00:45:37,792 in which artillery is fired during... 827 00:45:37,958 --> 00:45:39,500 during the-the oration. 828 00:45:39,708 --> 00:45:41,208 So it's an extraordinary kind of ceremony. 829 00:45:42,208 --> 00:45:43,833 NARRATOR: According to scholars, 830 00:45:43,958 --> 00:45:45,875 the nation's capital has been steeped 831 00:45:46,042 --> 00:45:48,958 in ancient symbolism since its inception. 832 00:45:51,042 --> 00:45:53,750 And ancient astronaut theorists point 833 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:56,958 to the city's tallest structure, the Washington Monument, 834 00:45:57,167 --> 00:46:00,000 as proof that the American capital was built 835 00:46:00,208 --> 00:46:03,208 with a deliberate eye to the stars. 836 00:46:04,833 --> 00:46:08,250 Although construction began in 1848, 837 00:46:08,375 --> 00:46:11,833 nearly 50 years after George Washington's death, 838 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,083 the Freemasons built the Egyptian-style monument 839 00:46:15,208 --> 00:46:18,000 so that the constellation Pleiades would be visible 840 00:46:18,125 --> 00:46:20,375 directly over the giant obelisk. 841 00:46:23,792 --> 00:46:27,125 DERRICK PITTS: The Pleiades is a group of seven bright stars. 842 00:46:27,292 --> 00:46:29,958 For the Egyptians, they would use these stars 843 00:46:30,083 --> 00:46:33,500 as a way to figure out all sorts of, uh, 844 00:46:33,667 --> 00:46:37,333 judgments that needed to be made in many different things. 845 00:46:38,375 --> 00:46:41,667 TSOUKALOS: I find it fascinating that in the ancient world 846 00:46:41,833 --> 00:46:44,292 in places of great power 847 00:46:44,375 --> 00:46:49,000 and great influence, they built monuments 848 00:46:49,208 --> 00:46:51,333 aligned with the Pleiades. 849 00:46:51,458 --> 00:46:55,792 So the fact that we find the Washington Monument 850 00:46:55,958 --> 00:46:59,750 also aligning with the Pleiades, 851 00:46:59,917 --> 00:47:01,542 is that coincidence? 852 00:47:04,458 --> 00:47:07,500 NARRATOR: In a city largely built to evoke ancient cities 853 00:47:07,667 --> 00:47:09,625 like Athens and Rome, 854 00:47:09,750 --> 00:47:11,583 is the dominant architectural structure 855 00:47:11,708 --> 00:47:14,667 based on an icon of ancient Egypt? 856 00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:21,417 It is the largest obelisk in the world, 555 feet high. 857 00:47:22,458 --> 00:47:26,583 It draws the eye, and it draws the eye up. 858 00:47:27,667 --> 00:47:29,167 We have to ask, 859 00:47:29,333 --> 00:47:33,292 what did the Founding Fathers want us to see? 860 00:47:35,417 --> 00:47:38,667 HENRY: The idea of the obelisk is that it's frozen sunlight. 861 00:47:40,083 --> 00:47:41,333 They believe that the energy 862 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:44,167 of the god Ra literally came through 863 00:47:44,375 --> 00:47:45,833 that antenna. 864 00:47:46,042 --> 00:47:47,542 The same concept is shown here in Washington, D.C., 865 00:47:47,708 --> 00:47:50,333 with the obelisk sitting in the center of Washington, 866 00:47:50,542 --> 00:47:51,958 or near the center of Washington, 867 00:47:52,125 --> 00:47:54,167 bringing that energy in from the stars 868 00:47:54,375 --> 00:47:57,167 and radiating it outward into the sacred precinct. 869 00:47:58,250 --> 00:48:00,167 ELIAS: They have a reflecting pool. 870 00:48:00,333 --> 00:48:03,917 Why? To reflect the obelisk. 871 00:48:04,083 --> 00:48:07,083 Washington's Monument points to the heavens. 872 00:48:07,250 --> 00:48:10,625 With the reflecting pool, it points below. 873 00:48:12,083 --> 00:48:14,375 There is a direct correlation 874 00:48:14,542 --> 00:48:17,208 between what happens here below and what's happening up there. 875 00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:22,000 NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists, 876 00:48:22,125 --> 00:48:25,083 it's not just the placement of the Washington Monument 877 00:48:25,250 --> 00:48:27,792 and the Capitol building that point to the stars 878 00:48:27,917 --> 00:48:30,250 but the layout of the entire city, 879 00:48:30,458 --> 00:48:33,625 which harkens back to ancient places, 880 00:48:33,750 --> 00:48:37,208 like Egypt, Greece and Rome. 881 00:48:38,208 --> 00:48:41,208 KOLTKO-RIVERA: Washington, D.C., is laid out 882 00:48:41,375 --> 00:48:43,500 perfectly straight lines, 883 00:48:43,625 --> 00:48:48,583 radiating from different little hubs around the city. 884 00:48:48,750 --> 00:48:52,500 They converge on places like the Capitol building, 885 00:48:52,708 --> 00:48:54,125 the White House. 886 00:48:54,292 --> 00:48:57,917 It is a revelation of clarity 887 00:48:58,083 --> 00:49:01,917 that highlights the cornerstones of American democracy. 888 00:49:02,083 --> 00:49:04,333 HENRY: Washington, D.C., was conceived 889 00:49:04,542 --> 00:49:06,250 from the very beginning as a sacred space. 890 00:49:06,417 --> 00:49:10,167 In fact, it is a ten-by-ten square-mile diamond matrix 891 00:49:10,375 --> 00:49:11,917 into which the Founding Fathers believed 892 00:49:12,083 --> 00:49:14,042 they could pour all their enlightenment teachings 893 00:49:14,208 --> 00:49:16,375 and bring them to life within its capitols 894 00:49:16,542 --> 00:49:18,417 and its other buildings. 895 00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:23,708 NARRATOR: Another Freemason, Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, 896 00:49:23,875 --> 00:49:26,125 was selected by President Washington 897 00:49:26,250 --> 00:49:27,792 to create a layout of the city 898 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:32,417 within the ten-mile diamond of the District of Columbia. 899 00:49:32,583 --> 00:49:35,333 He began by aligning the corners of the square 900 00:49:35,542 --> 00:49:37,625 with the four cardinal directions-- 901 00:49:37,792 --> 00:49:42,167 north, south, east and west. 902 00:49:44,042 --> 00:49:45,792 ELIAS: It is not by coincidence. 903 00:49:45,958 --> 00:49:48,250 There is a scientific, rational way 904 00:49:48,417 --> 00:49:50,125 of developing the city of Washington 905 00:49:50,292 --> 00:49:51,833 with geometric shapes-- 906 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,125 circles, rectangles, triangles, 907 00:49:55,292 --> 00:49:59,458 and this is to emphasize that this new form of government 908 00:49:59,583 --> 00:50:02,583 was not going to rely on religion... 909 00:50:04,583 --> 00:50:09,458 ...but we're going to rely on reason and scientific discovery. 910 00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:13,417 And the design of the city reflects that. 911 00:50:13,583 --> 00:50:17,083 And there is absolutely no other capital city 912 00:50:17,208 --> 00:50:18,750 in the world that was designed like this. 913 00:50:20,208 --> 00:50:23,667 There is no question that the main triangle 914 00:50:23,875 --> 00:50:25,875 at the heart of the city was very key 915 00:50:26,042 --> 00:50:28,333 and connecting the Capitol to... 916 00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:32,500 to the White House and then to the Washington Monument. 917 00:50:34,375 --> 00:50:37,042 NARRATOR: Some historians believe that the triangle found 918 00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:40,333 in the center of Washington, D.C., 919 00:50:40,500 --> 00:50:44,958 represents the Masonic symbol of the square and compass, 920 00:50:45,083 --> 00:50:47,500 symbolizing the Founding Fathers' search 921 00:50:47,583 --> 00:50:50,125 for enlightenment from above. 922 00:50:51,167 --> 00:50:52,917 But ancient astronaut theorists 923 00:50:53,125 --> 00:50:55,833 claim that beyond this triangle lies 924 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,958 an even more significant geometric shape, 925 00:50:59,125 --> 00:51:01,500 the shape of a pentagram. 926 00:51:02,792 --> 00:51:05,333 The interesting thing about Jefferson's influence 927 00:51:05,500 --> 00:51:07,500 on the design of Washington, D.C., 928 00:51:07,708 --> 00:51:09,542 was the star. 929 00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:15,000 With rows emanating in all directions from the star 930 00:51:15,167 --> 00:51:19,167 that seemed to be a mirror of the heavens, 931 00:51:19,375 --> 00:51:22,458 because Jefferson did believe that the heavens were inhabited, 932 00:51:22,625 --> 00:51:26,292 and he wanted Washington, D.C., not just to be the capital 933 00:51:26,417 --> 00:51:31,250 of the United States of America but the capital of the universe. 934 00:51:32,917 --> 00:51:35,167 NARRATOR: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson 935 00:51:35,292 --> 00:51:38,333 were both expert surveyors and mapmakers, 936 00:51:38,500 --> 00:51:43,708 and were hands-on in the layout and design of the new capital. 937 00:51:43,875 --> 00:51:45,333 BIRNES: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, 938 00:51:45,542 --> 00:51:47,333 who was an architect that built Monticello, 939 00:51:47,458 --> 00:51:49,833 laid out Washington, D.C., 940 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:51,667 with the expectation that somehow, 941 00:51:51,875 --> 00:51:54,000 if there were extraterrestrials, 942 00:51:54,167 --> 00:51:55,875 they would see the image of the star 943 00:51:56,042 --> 00:52:00,208 at the center of the city and know this was a sign 944 00:52:00,375 --> 00:52:04,167 that we respected extraterrestrial life. 945 00:52:06,792 --> 00:52:09,000 NARRATOR: Did the design and placement 946 00:52:09,125 --> 00:52:10,917 of the Washington Monument, 947 00:52:11,083 --> 00:52:13,708 Capitol Hill and the National Mall 948 00:52:13,875 --> 00:52:16,708 really reflect the Founding Fathers' belief 949 00:52:16,875 --> 00:52:19,500 in extraterrestrial forces? 950 00:52:20,542 --> 00:52:24,167 Perhaps the answer can be found by a close examination 951 00:52:24,292 --> 00:52:26,417 of the Capitol building itself 952 00:52:26,583 --> 00:52:28,500 and the strange connection 953 00:52:28,708 --> 00:52:32,958 to other worlds that can be found inside. 954 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:42,583 NARRATOR: Washington, D.C. 1791. 955 00:52:42,708 --> 00:52:45,000 Jenkins Hill. 956 00:52:45,542 --> 00:52:48,292 Pierre L'Enfant declares this location 957 00:52:48,458 --> 00:52:51,208 "a pedestal waiting for a monument." 958 00:52:52,167 --> 00:52:54,208 For the next two years, 959 00:52:54,375 --> 00:52:56,333 he works closely with George Washington 960 00:52:56,500 --> 00:52:58,917 and Thomas Jefferson, designing the building 961 00:52:59,125 --> 00:53:01,167 that will sit at the top of this hill 962 00:53:01,333 --> 00:53:04,375 and house the United States Congress. 963 00:53:06,292 --> 00:53:09,333 On September 18, 1793, 964 00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:11,958 the day of the autumn equinox, 965 00:53:12,042 --> 00:53:15,417 Washington lays the cornerstone for the Capitol building 966 00:53:15,583 --> 00:53:19,292 and Jenkins Hill officially becomes Capitol Hill, 967 00:53:19,458 --> 00:53:22,625 the heart of the new democracy. 968 00:53:23,875 --> 00:53:25,417 The concept of the ancient 969 00:53:25,583 --> 00:53:27,333 and sacred hill was deeply in the minds 970 00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:28,958 of the Founding Fathers. 971 00:53:29,083 --> 00:53:32,333 In Boston, we have high hills that were important. 972 00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:34,333 We have Monticello being built on a hill. 973 00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:36,583 We have Capitol Hill. 974 00:53:36,750 --> 00:53:39,333 So the Founding Fathers clearly understood the importance 975 00:53:39,458 --> 00:53:41,958 of the Temple Mount concept. 976 00:53:43,333 --> 00:53:45,333 NARRATOR: But was the design and placement 977 00:53:45,417 --> 00:53:48,208 of the Capitol building directly influenced 978 00:53:48,375 --> 00:53:51,000 by Washington and Jefferson's reported contact 979 00:53:51,167 --> 00:53:53,417 with alien beings? 980 00:53:55,708 --> 00:53:58,458 Ancient astronaut theorists point to evidence 981 00:53:58,583 --> 00:54:00,208 in the form of the statue 982 00:54:00,375 --> 00:54:03,958 that still sits atop the Capitol dome, 983 00:54:04,125 --> 00:54:07,833 placed there after the current dome was completed 984 00:54:07,917 --> 00:54:09,958 in 1866. 985 00:54:12,125 --> 00:54:16,333 HENRY: The Freedom Statue is a 19-and-a-half-foot-tall statue 986 00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:20,583 of a goddess who actually is morphing into an eagle. 987 00:54:23,250 --> 00:54:25,333 This is very important in ancient alien theory 988 00:54:25,458 --> 00:54:28,583 because the ancient gods were portrayed as eagle-headed. 989 00:54:28,708 --> 00:54:31,167 So it looks like Freedom is being referenced here 990 00:54:31,333 --> 00:54:32,875 as a star being. 991 00:54:35,917 --> 00:54:38,042 NARRATOR: Inside the dome, 992 00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:40,500 directly in line with the Freedom Statue, 993 00:54:40,708 --> 00:54:43,583 is an empty tomb that had been designed 994 00:54:43,708 --> 00:54:46,333 to hold the remains of George Washington. 995 00:54:48,125 --> 00:54:51,333 One floor above it is the crypt... 996 00:54:52,542 --> 00:54:54,958 ...then the Capitol Rotunda, 997 00:54:55,125 --> 00:55:00,208 and soaring 180 feet above that is a painting of Washington, 998 00:55:00,375 --> 00:55:03,500 looking very much like an ancient god. 999 00:55:04,708 --> 00:55:06,833 PITTS: If one goes to the Capitol Rotunda 1000 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,708 and looks at the artwork on the ceiling, 1001 00:55:08,875 --> 00:55:12,000 you see what's called the Apotheosis of Washington. 1002 00:55:15,375 --> 00:55:17,083 It's an enormous painting 1003 00:55:17,208 --> 00:55:20,625 that depicts Washington in a very interesting setting. 1004 00:55:23,833 --> 00:55:25,167 HENRY: The painting was completed 1005 00:55:25,375 --> 00:55:28,500 by Constantino Brumidi in 1865. 1006 00:55:28,667 --> 00:55:30,667 The word "apotheosis" is a Greek word 1007 00:55:30,833 --> 00:55:34,792 that means to deify, to raise from a man to a god man. 1008 00:55:38,333 --> 00:55:42,583 PITTS: You see him depicted as you would see a god depicted. 1009 00:55:42,750 --> 00:55:46,625 He sits in a... a setting of clouds 1010 00:55:46,792 --> 00:55:50,000 with what look like angels immediately surrounding him, 1011 00:55:50,167 --> 00:55:53,667 uh, with a big rainbow that runs right underneath his feet. 1012 00:55:56,708 --> 00:56:01,292 When we're in the Rotunda, the dome of the U.S. Capitol, 1013 00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:04,083 we are literally in a vortex of energy. 1014 00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:08,750 Domes are places where Heaven and Earth meet. 1015 00:56:08,917 --> 00:56:11,417 They literally are considered to be portals 1016 00:56:11,583 --> 00:56:13,708 or gateways to the stars. 1017 00:56:21,875 --> 00:56:24,167 NARRATOR: There is another depiction of Washington 1018 00:56:24,292 --> 00:56:27,708 that specifically represents him as a divine figure. 1019 00:56:30,042 --> 00:56:32,250 Congress authorized an incredible statue 1020 00:56:32,417 --> 00:56:34,333 of George Washington by Greenough, 1021 00:56:34,417 --> 00:56:38,083 in which he's depicted as Zeus, or Jupiter. 1022 00:56:38,208 --> 00:56:40,542 HENRY: The statue had several key features 1023 00:56:40,750 --> 00:56:42,833 that identified him as a man of peace 1024 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,917 and a conductor of Heaven and Earth. 1025 00:56:45,042 --> 00:56:48,125 His sword is offered to the viewer of the statue, 1026 00:56:48,292 --> 00:56:49,750 indicating he's here in peace. 1027 00:56:49,875 --> 00:56:51,917 And then, on the sides of the statue, 1028 00:56:52,083 --> 00:56:56,167 you have a very important representation of the god Apollo 1029 00:56:56,333 --> 00:56:58,625 riding his sun chariot, or star chariot. 1030 00:56:58,708 --> 00:57:00,500 So the idea that we get from all of this is 1031 00:57:00,708 --> 00:57:02,792 that Washington is a cosmic being 1032 00:57:02,958 --> 00:57:04,500 who is riding through the heavens 1033 00:57:04,708 --> 00:57:06,750 on his own star chariot. 1034 00:57:08,458 --> 00:57:10,375 NARRATOR: Could the symbols, monuments 1035 00:57:10,542 --> 00:57:13,833 and alignments found throughout Washington, D.C., 1036 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,667 be evidence that the Founding Fathers 1037 00:57:16,792 --> 00:57:19,500 actually believed that otherworldly beings 1038 00:57:19,667 --> 00:57:22,500 were instrumental if the new American experiment 1039 00:57:22,708 --> 00:57:26,292 in government were to survive and prosper? 1040 00:57:26,458 --> 00:57:28,875 Was their interest in the stars 1041 00:57:29,042 --> 00:57:31,125 and their belief in the possibility 1042 00:57:31,292 --> 00:57:34,667 that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe 1043 00:57:34,833 --> 00:57:37,333 based on knowledge passed down 1044 00:57:37,542 --> 00:57:40,833 through secret societies and brotherhoods? 1045 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:44,125 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 1046 00:57:44,333 --> 00:57:46,292 that not only is this the case 1047 00:57:46,458 --> 00:57:49,250 but there is also compelling evidence 1048 00:57:49,417 --> 00:57:53,583 that initiation into this ancient, otherworldly tradition 1049 00:57:53,750 --> 00:57:57,917 continued well into the space age. 1050 00:58:03,792 --> 00:58:05,250 When you're talking about societies 1051 00:58:05,375 --> 00:58:06,250 with special knowledge, 1052 00:58:06,458 --> 00:58:07,667 it doesn't get much more exclusive 1053 00:58:07,792 --> 00:58:09,583 than the men and women who have traveled into space. 1054 00:58:09,750 --> 00:58:11,833 And what's interesting is that 1055 00:58:11,958 --> 00:58:16,833 NASA has very strong connections to Freemasonry. 1056 00:58:16,958 --> 00:58:19,167 Oh, absolutely. In fact, many of the people 1057 00:58:19,292 --> 00:58:21,500 in the early days of NASA 1058 00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:23,542 were Freemasons, 1059 00:58:23,708 --> 00:58:24,833 and it's also interesting to note 1060 00:58:25,042 --> 00:58:27,667 that the Project Apollo insignia 1061 00:58:27,792 --> 00:58:31,583 seemed to have been encoded with connections to ancient Egypt. 1062 00:58:31,750 --> 00:58:32,917 CHILDRESS: Yeah. I mean, 1063 00:58:33,042 --> 00:58:34,417 the belt stars of Orion are featured 1064 00:58:34,583 --> 00:58:36,167 right in the center of it, 1065 00:58:36,333 --> 00:58:39,583 which is where the Egyptian god Osiris came from. 1066 00:58:39,708 --> 00:58:42,167 We discussed this in a 2012 episode of Ancient Aliens 1067 00:58:42,333 --> 00:58:44,250 called "The NASA Connection." 1068 00:58:51,375 --> 00:58:54,667 NARRATOR: July 20, 1969. 1069 00:58:54,833 --> 00:58:56,583 ALDRIN: Contact light. Okay, engine stop. 1070 00:58:56,708 --> 00:58:59,250 CAPCOM: We copy you down, Eagle. 1071 00:58:59,375 --> 00:59:01,042 ARMSTRONG: Tranquility Base here. 1072 00:59:01,208 --> 00:59:02,875 The Eagle has landed. 1073 00:59:03,042 --> 00:59:05,500 NARRATOR: American astronauts Neil Armstrong 1074 00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:07,625 and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin 1075 00:59:07,708 --> 00:59:11,375 become the first humans to land on the Moon. 1076 00:59:11,542 --> 00:59:14,333 ARMSTRONG: That's one small step for man, 1077 00:59:14,542 --> 00:59:17,875 one giant leap for mankind. 1078 00:59:19,708 --> 00:59:21,417 ALDRIN: We aliens 1079 00:59:21,583 --> 00:59:23,167 who happened to... 1080 00:59:24,792 --> 00:59:28,917 ...go down the ladder on July 20, 1969, 1081 00:59:29,083 --> 00:59:32,958 were certainly part of a magnificent race 1082 00:59:33,083 --> 00:59:37,333 that was able to all of a sudden appear 1083 00:59:37,542 --> 00:59:39,250 in the Garden of Eden. 1084 00:59:42,083 --> 00:59:45,250 Landing on the Moon happened because of courage. 1085 00:59:45,417 --> 00:59:47,250 We had the courage. We were willing to take the risk. 1086 00:59:47,458 --> 00:59:48,583 We had a president who was behind us 1087 00:59:48,708 --> 00:59:49,792 and said, "You're gonna do it." 1088 00:59:53,208 --> 00:59:56,917 DAVID MORRISON: I look at those people from the Apollo era as heroes-- 1089 00:59:57,083 --> 00:59:59,125 not just the astronauts that went 1090 00:59:59,292 --> 01:00:02,333 but the 100,000 people on the ground 1091 01:00:02,458 --> 01:00:03,667 that made it possible. 1092 01:00:06,542 --> 01:00:09,292 They worked on an exact plan. 1093 01:00:09,417 --> 01:00:10,583 They knew where they wanted to go. 1094 01:00:10,792 --> 01:00:12,333 They developed the technology. 1095 01:00:12,500 --> 01:00:14,917 And, by golly, they pulled it off. 1096 01:00:17,750 --> 01:00:20,208 It was a tremendous accomplishment, 1097 01:00:20,417 --> 01:00:24,000 perhaps the greatest scientific technical accomplishment 1098 01:00:24,167 --> 01:00:25,208 in human history. 1099 01:00:28,125 --> 01:00:30,000 ARMSTRONG: Houston, this is Tranquility. How do you read? 1100 01:00:30,208 --> 01:00:31,792 CAPCOM: Tranquility Base, this is Houston. 1101 01:00:31,958 --> 01:00:33,875 Loud and clear. How us? 1102 01:00:34,042 --> 01:00:36,000 NARRATOR: For more than two and a half hours, 1103 01:00:36,208 --> 01:00:40,250 Armstrong and Aldrin stood on the surface of the Moon. 1104 01:00:41,250 --> 01:00:43,750 Video transmissions showed the two astronauts 1105 01:00:43,958 --> 01:00:45,667 collecting rock samples, 1106 01:00:45,792 --> 01:00:47,333 taking photographs, 1107 01:00:47,500 --> 01:00:50,958 and planting an American flag in the lunar soil. 1108 01:00:53,042 --> 01:00:56,167 But what might these men have done away from the camera? 1109 01:00:56,375 --> 01:01:00,417 Could there have been another, perhaps top secret mission, 1110 01:01:00,625 --> 01:01:03,083 as ancient astronaut theorists believe? 1111 01:01:06,875 --> 01:01:08,958 CHILDRESS: When Apollo 11 1112 01:01:09,125 --> 01:01:11,333 first landed on the Moon, 1113 01:01:11,542 --> 01:01:14,333 there were certain sites that they were to look at. 1114 01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:16,667 And even as they orbited the Moon, 1115 01:01:16,792 --> 01:01:18,208 there were certain areas of the Moon 1116 01:01:18,375 --> 01:01:22,000 that they were to examine carefully and photograph. 1117 01:01:23,375 --> 01:01:25,000 And you have to ask yourself 1118 01:01:25,208 --> 01:01:30,667 if NASA already had certain parts of the Moon picked out. 1119 01:01:30,875 --> 01:01:33,292 And the reason they had picked out these areas 1120 01:01:33,417 --> 01:01:38,250 was because there was artificial structures on the Moon 1121 01:01:38,375 --> 01:01:39,875 and they knew it. 1122 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:46,917 NARRATOR: According to NASA records, 1123 01:01:47,042 --> 01:01:50,000 the area of the Moon called the Sea of Tranquility 1124 01:01:50,167 --> 01:01:52,625 was chosen for the first lunar landing 1125 01:01:52,750 --> 01:01:54,542 based on its flat surface. 1126 01:01:56,542 --> 01:01:58,667 But some researchers suggest 1127 01:01:58,875 --> 01:02:01,333 this site was chosen because, on that date, 1128 01:02:01,417 --> 01:02:05,333 its coordinates lined up directly under Orion's Belt. 1129 01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:10,708 The way they picked the landing sites was that they first chose 1130 01:02:10,917 --> 01:02:14,083 the specific date, the specific latitude and longitude, 1131 01:02:14,208 --> 01:02:16,667 the specific time that they would land. 1132 01:02:16,875 --> 01:02:18,583 And then you have to work your way back from that 1133 01:02:18,792 --> 01:02:20,833 to create what's called the launch window. 1134 01:02:21,875 --> 01:02:25,500 The person who picked all of the Apollo landing dates 1135 01:02:25,667 --> 01:02:26,833 and landing times, 1136 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:28,833 including the mission for Apollo 11, 1137 01:02:29,042 --> 01:02:32,167 was a man named Farouk El-Baz. 1138 01:02:32,333 --> 01:02:35,000 His father just happened to be an expert 1139 01:02:35,208 --> 01:02:38,208 on the ancient Egyptian stellar religion. 1140 01:02:41,042 --> 01:02:43,833 NARRATOR: According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, 1141 01:02:44,042 --> 01:02:47,375 ceremonies performed directly under Orion's Belt 1142 01:02:47,542 --> 01:02:49,458 produce a sacred alignment... 1143 01:02:51,042 --> 01:02:54,833 ...one through which humans could communicate with Osiris. 1144 01:02:56,042 --> 01:02:57,625 BARA: To the ancient Egyptians, 1145 01:02:57,792 --> 01:03:00,792 that constellation actually was a literal living embodiment 1146 01:03:00,958 --> 01:03:02,500 of the great god Osiris. 1147 01:03:02,708 --> 01:03:04,792 Sirius was the same representation 1148 01:03:04,958 --> 01:03:07,875 of his wife, sister, and consort Isis. 1149 01:03:08,042 --> 01:03:11,333 Together, those two essentially ruled the skies, 1150 01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:14,125 and the life of the Egyptian people themselves 1151 01:03:14,333 --> 01:03:17,292 was dictated by the rotation, the movement, 1152 01:03:17,458 --> 01:03:20,250 and the placement of those two celestial objects 1153 01:03:20,417 --> 01:03:22,000 in the heavens. 1154 01:03:23,750 --> 01:03:26,000 Apollo 11 had landed at a specific date 1155 01:03:26,167 --> 01:03:27,917 and a specific time 1156 01:03:28,125 --> 01:03:31,708 where the three belt stars of Orion were on the horizon. 1157 01:03:31,875 --> 01:03:35,042 At that time, 33 minutes after landing... 1158 01:03:36,083 --> 01:03:38,583 ...Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, 1159 01:03:38,792 --> 01:03:40,917 a 33-degree Scottish Rite Freemason, 1160 01:03:41,083 --> 01:03:44,042 was in fact performing a ceremony 1161 01:03:44,167 --> 01:03:47,542 on board the lunar module with Neil Armstrong. 1162 01:03:49,042 --> 01:03:52,042 What they were doing was pouring wine into chalices, 1163 01:03:52,208 --> 01:03:54,625 breaking bread, and doing what essentially is called 1164 01:03:54,792 --> 01:03:56,167 a communion ceremony. 1165 01:03:57,208 --> 01:03:59,083 Now, the interesting thing about the communion ceremony 1166 01:03:59,250 --> 01:04:00,667 is that, although it's Catholic, 1167 01:04:00,792 --> 01:04:02,000 it actually has its origins 1168 01:04:02,208 --> 01:04:05,333 in a much deeper, farther back ritual, 1169 01:04:05,500 --> 01:04:08,500 which was an offering to the god Osiris himself. 1170 01:04:08,667 --> 01:04:11,583 So they are performing, essentially, an offering 1171 01:04:11,750 --> 01:04:13,250 to Osiris himself. 1172 01:04:13,375 --> 01:04:15,458 So I think that's why that they landed on the Moon 1173 01:04:15,625 --> 01:04:17,292 at that date and time. 1174 01:04:18,625 --> 01:04:20,417 COPPENS: Certain rituals have to be performed 1175 01:04:20,542 --> 01:04:22,125 at certain moments in time 1176 01:04:22,292 --> 01:04:25,167 whereby this link with this nonhuman intelligence 1177 01:04:25,333 --> 01:04:26,875 will happen. 1178 01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,417 The priestly class of our ancestors, 1179 01:04:29,583 --> 01:04:32,917 either through technology or through certain means, 1180 01:04:33,042 --> 01:04:36,458 really were very much the class which sought out contact 1181 01:04:36,625 --> 01:04:38,250 with this nonhuman intelligence. 1182 01:04:38,417 --> 01:04:40,792 And they were the ones who were trained to do this, 1183 01:04:40,917 --> 01:04:42,917 very much like the scientists of today, 1184 01:04:43,083 --> 01:04:45,000 which we have trained to be 1185 01:04:45,208 --> 01:04:48,625 the people who are going to go into outer space. 1186 01:04:55,375 --> 01:04:57,083 NARRATOR: Left behind on the Moon 1187 01:04:57,250 --> 01:04:59,375 were scientific instruments, 1188 01:04:59,542 --> 01:05:02,167 an American flag, 1189 01:05:02,250 --> 01:05:06,083 and a small plaque commemorating the Apollo 11 mission. 1190 01:05:07,208 --> 01:05:10,333 But there were other items left as well-- 1191 01:05:10,542 --> 01:05:14,583 a bag containing a gold replica of an olive branch 1192 01:05:14,750 --> 01:05:19,333 and a silicon disk with recorded messages of peace and goodwill 1193 01:05:19,542 --> 01:05:22,500 from 73 world leaders. 1194 01:05:22,667 --> 01:05:27,000 Why were these symbolic messages sent up into space? 1195 01:05:27,208 --> 01:05:31,333 Who was NASA expecting to meet on the Moon? 1196 01:05:31,542 --> 01:05:33,833 LOGAN HAWKES: When we talk about the Apollo Moon missions, 1197 01:05:34,042 --> 01:05:35,833 there's some theory that suggests 1198 01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,125 that massive cities may exist on the dark side of the Moon, 1199 01:05:39,250 --> 01:05:41,417 cities that NASA was aware of... 1200 01:05:44,167 --> 01:05:46,458 ...that the Moon missions were all about 1201 01:05:46,667 --> 01:05:49,667 and that artifacts from these ancient ruin sites 1202 01:05:49,833 --> 01:05:51,500 have been brought back to Earth. 1203 01:05:51,708 --> 01:05:54,167 Is it possible that it wasn't Moon rocks we were picking up 1204 01:05:54,375 --> 01:05:56,125 and bringing back as specimens 1205 01:05:56,250 --> 01:05:59,500 but perhaps alien technology? 1206 01:06:01,042 --> 01:06:03,125 If extraterrestrials were here on planet-- 1207 01:06:03,292 --> 01:06:04,750 I'm sure they were here-- 1208 01:06:04,917 --> 01:06:07,542 we should also find evidence on the Moon. 1209 01:06:09,292 --> 01:06:12,250 Because the Moon is the place for a stopover. 1210 01:06:12,417 --> 01:06:13,750 You have a mother spaceship. 1211 01:06:13,917 --> 01:06:16,125 You need some sort of refuel, 1212 01:06:16,292 --> 01:06:17,458 whatever this refuel is-- 1213 01:06:17,625 --> 01:06:18,750 could be raw material, 1214 01:06:18,958 --> 01:06:20,750 could be stone, could be uranium, 1215 01:06:20,917 --> 01:06:23,125 could be whatever is-is in the surface of the Moon. 1216 01:06:23,292 --> 01:06:25,375 So it would make sense 1217 01:06:25,542 --> 01:06:28,667 that we find some indications on the Moon, 1218 01:06:28,792 --> 01:06:30,000 technological indications, 1219 01:06:30,167 --> 01:06:31,458 that somebody was here. 1220 01:06:34,708 --> 01:06:36,917 NARRATOR: Over the past several years, 1221 01:06:37,042 --> 01:06:39,500 officials with NASA's space program 1222 01:06:39,667 --> 01:06:42,792 have admitted to misplacing original recordings 1223 01:06:42,958 --> 01:06:44,708 of some Moon landings... 1224 01:06:45,750 --> 01:06:49,583 ...and losing rocks collected from the lunar surface. 1225 01:06:49,750 --> 01:06:53,500 Could this be, as ancient astronaut theorists believe, 1226 01:06:53,708 --> 01:06:57,333 lost evidence of possible alien contact? 1227 01:06:57,458 --> 01:06:59,167 BARA: There are some people that think 1228 01:06:59,333 --> 01:07:01,083 that, with the Roswell crash, 1229 01:07:01,208 --> 01:07:03,000 that the U.S. government established communications 1230 01:07:03,167 --> 01:07:04,750 with extraterrestrial beings. 1231 01:07:04,958 --> 01:07:06,958 And there are other people who think 1232 01:07:07,083 --> 01:07:09,167 that we really don't have any direct contact 1233 01:07:09,375 --> 01:07:11,167 with extraterrestrial species. 1234 01:07:12,375 --> 01:07:15,417 My personal belief is that, at some point along the way, 1235 01:07:15,583 --> 01:07:19,750 NASA did have a direct pipeline to the E.T.s. 1236 01:07:21,792 --> 01:07:23,875 NARRATOR: But if NASA has possessed evidence 1237 01:07:24,042 --> 01:07:26,000 of extraterrestrial life, 1238 01:07:26,167 --> 01:07:28,667 as ancient astronaut theorists believe, 1239 01:07:28,833 --> 01:07:30,792 what are they hiding? 1240 01:07:41,667 --> 01:07:44,500 NARRATOR: Might NASA really have found evidence 1241 01:07:44,667 --> 01:07:47,333 of the existence of extraterrestrial life 1242 01:07:47,542 --> 01:07:48,583 on the Moon? 1243 01:07:49,625 --> 01:07:53,458 And if so, might insiders within the organization 1244 01:07:53,667 --> 01:07:57,792 know more about otherworldly involvement with Earth 1245 01:07:57,958 --> 01:08:00,125 than they are willing to reveal? 1246 01:08:01,042 --> 01:08:03,042 Perhaps further proof can be found 1247 01:08:03,208 --> 01:08:07,625 by examining NASA's Masonic origins. 1248 01:08:13,792 --> 01:08:17,250 NARRATOR: July 29, 1958. 1249 01:08:17,417 --> 01:08:20,208 Responding to the successful launch 1250 01:08:20,375 --> 01:08:23,208 of the Soviet space satellite Sputnik, 1251 01:08:23,375 --> 01:08:25,375 President Dwight Eisenhower signs 1252 01:08:25,542 --> 01:08:28,375 the National Aeronautics and Space Act, 1253 01:08:28,542 --> 01:08:30,542 officially establishing NASA. 1254 01:08:32,292 --> 01:08:36,542 MORRISON: NASA was formed in 1958 1255 01:08:36,708 --> 01:08:39,833 partly out of a previously existing government agency 1256 01:08:40,042 --> 01:08:40,833 called NACA... 1257 01:08:42,042 --> 01:08:44,083 ...that just dealt with aeronautics 1258 01:08:44,250 --> 01:08:47,417 and then with the early space program 1259 01:08:47,583 --> 01:08:51,042 that was being developed by the Army and the Air Force. 1260 01:08:51,250 --> 01:08:55,750 EDGAR MITCHELL: NASA was established to take the United States into space 1261 01:08:55,917 --> 01:08:58,917 and to be a contender in the new direction 1262 01:08:59,125 --> 01:09:00,500 that humanity was moving 1263 01:09:00,667 --> 01:09:05,208 of exploring space and out into our solar system. 1264 01:09:08,375 --> 01:09:11,000 NARRATOR: The president and Congress established NASA 1265 01:09:11,208 --> 01:09:13,958 as part of the Department of Defense. 1266 01:09:14,125 --> 01:09:16,500 The official reason was to prevent 1267 01:09:16,708 --> 01:09:19,583 the Soviets from stealing U.S. technology. 1268 01:09:20,625 --> 01:09:24,167 But some believe the real motive for this classification 1269 01:09:24,333 --> 01:09:27,667 was not to hide information from the Soviets 1270 01:09:27,833 --> 01:09:31,500 but to hide it from the American public. 1271 01:09:33,125 --> 01:09:34,583 A lot of people have the idea 1272 01:09:34,750 --> 01:09:37,500 that NASA's a civilian science agency, and it's not. 1273 01:09:39,667 --> 01:09:42,458 It says right there in the act of Congress that created it-- 1274 01:09:42,583 --> 01:09:45,542 anything that they discover is subject to classification 1275 01:09:45,708 --> 01:09:49,250 and being kept secret and being kept from the American people. 1276 01:09:50,250 --> 01:09:52,000 The Brookings Report, 1277 01:09:52,167 --> 01:09:53,875 which was commissioned by NASA 1278 01:09:54,042 --> 01:09:56,500 right after NASA itself was created, 1279 01:09:56,708 --> 01:09:59,125 essentially was commissioned for the purpose of deciding 1280 01:09:59,292 --> 01:10:01,000 what NASA should do 1281 01:10:01,125 --> 01:10:04,542 if in fact they made some sort of extraterrestrial contact. 1282 01:10:06,833 --> 01:10:09,500 If they either found artifacts on the Moon or on Mars 1283 01:10:09,708 --> 01:10:12,958 or if they had direct contact with a superior intelligence, 1284 01:10:13,083 --> 01:10:14,458 what they should do. 1285 01:10:14,583 --> 01:10:16,500 And the Brookings Report says very specifically, 1286 01:10:16,625 --> 01:10:18,833 number one, don't tell anybody. 1287 01:10:19,042 --> 01:10:20,458 If you tell anybody, 1288 01:10:20,583 --> 01:10:22,375 it will shatter the fabric of our civilization. 1289 01:10:22,542 --> 01:10:24,500 It will destroy us. 1290 01:10:29,542 --> 01:10:31,542 NARRATOR: Some researchers believe 1291 01:10:31,708 --> 01:10:34,750 the evidence of NASA's hidden agenda can be found 1292 01:10:34,917 --> 01:10:38,083 in the close ties between its founding scientists 1293 01:10:38,208 --> 01:10:40,708 and secret societies. 1294 01:10:41,958 --> 01:10:44,750 These secret societies had at their core 1295 01:10:44,875 --> 01:10:47,500 essentially a belief that they were directly descended 1296 01:10:47,667 --> 01:10:50,167 from these great gods of ancient Egypt-- 1297 01:10:50,375 --> 01:10:52,333 Isis, Osiris, and Horus. 1298 01:10:52,500 --> 01:10:53,833 And they considered these gods 1299 01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:57,292 to be truly the source of their bloodline 1300 01:10:57,417 --> 01:11:01,333 but also that these gods themselves came from space. 1301 01:11:02,417 --> 01:11:05,917 At the very top, you had the Freemasons. 1302 01:11:06,083 --> 01:11:08,708 You had James Webb, who was the director of NASA. 1303 01:11:10,208 --> 01:11:12,167 You had a man named Kenneth Kleinknecht, 1304 01:11:12,333 --> 01:11:14,083 who was the head of the Mercury program, 1305 01:11:14,250 --> 01:11:16,333 the Apollo program, the Gemini program. 1306 01:11:16,542 --> 01:11:19,333 He was a 33rd-degree Scottish Rite Freemason. 1307 01:11:19,500 --> 01:11:22,042 Below them, you had the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 1308 01:11:22,208 --> 01:11:24,500 or-or followers of Aleister Crowley. 1309 01:11:24,708 --> 01:11:28,292 People like Jack Parsons out at JPL were all put together, 1310 01:11:28,458 --> 01:11:30,708 and so they all ended up under the very same roof 1311 01:11:30,875 --> 01:11:34,875 with the very same agenda and the very same belief system. 1312 01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:38,250 We see this practice 1313 01:11:38,417 --> 01:11:40,792 of passing knowledge down through a secret society 1314 01:11:40,958 --> 01:11:44,875 go back all the way to the days of the Illuminati... 1315 01:11:47,417 --> 01:11:51,042 ...who believed that a select few of the elite 1316 01:11:51,208 --> 01:11:52,458 were smart enough, 1317 01:11:52,583 --> 01:11:55,000 were capable of handling this secret knowledge 1318 01:11:55,167 --> 01:11:57,333 but not the population at large. 1319 01:11:57,542 --> 01:11:59,083 So the question remains, 1320 01:11:59,250 --> 01:12:00,750 has this knowledge been passed down 1321 01:12:00,917 --> 01:12:04,000 through secret societies for generations? 1322 01:12:04,167 --> 01:12:05,833 And this may predate 1323 01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,833 the secret societies that we know about in modern times 1324 01:12:09,000 --> 01:12:11,667 all the way back to the days of the pharaohs. 1325 01:12:15,250 --> 01:12:16,792 NARRATOR: Like the ancient Egyptians, 1326 01:12:16,917 --> 01:12:20,542 could NASA's founding fathers have shared the belief 1327 01:12:20,708 --> 01:12:24,625 that humans descended from extraterrestrial beings? 1328 01:12:26,875 --> 01:12:29,792 What did the members of these secret societies know 1329 01:12:29,958 --> 01:12:31,667 about space travel? 1330 01:12:36,500 --> 01:12:40,625 And how did the ancient past influence their work? 1331 01:12:41,625 --> 01:12:43,833 Those who suspect these NASA officials 1332 01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,000 operated a hidden agenda 1333 01:12:46,167 --> 01:12:49,917 point to the repeated use of the number 33, 1334 01:12:50,083 --> 01:12:55,292 an extremely important symbolic figure in secret societies. 1335 01:12:55,458 --> 01:13:00,417 BARA: If you look at the very first landing strip at Cape Canaveral, 1336 01:13:00,542 --> 01:13:02,375 where we would be landing aircraft 1337 01:13:02,542 --> 01:13:04,292 and eventually bringing the space shuttle back, 1338 01:13:04,458 --> 01:13:06,833 it was Runway 33. 1339 01:13:07,042 --> 01:13:10,417 If you look at the launch pad at White Sands, New Mexico, 1340 01:13:10,542 --> 01:13:14,708 the only launch pad is launch pad number 33. 1341 01:13:16,542 --> 01:13:19,333 So it seems to permeate throughout NASA, 1342 01:13:19,417 --> 01:13:21,500 this number 33 over and over again. 1343 01:13:21,708 --> 01:13:24,250 And the fact that it's connected to Freemasonry 1344 01:13:24,375 --> 01:13:26,042 makes you kind of wonder 1345 01:13:26,167 --> 01:13:28,750 if maybe there was some other deeper symbolism working. 1346 01:13:28,917 --> 01:13:31,583 CAPCOM: Houston, you are go for landing. Over. 1347 01:13:31,708 --> 01:13:34,583 ALDRIN: 700 feet, 21 down, 33 degrees. 1348 01:13:38,917 --> 01:13:40,333 NARRATOR: Researchers believe the connection 1349 01:13:40,500 --> 01:13:42,542 to ancient Egyptian beliefs 1350 01:13:42,708 --> 01:13:46,708 can also be found in the emblem of NASA's Apollo space program. 1351 01:13:47,708 --> 01:13:50,792 They claim that the large "A" in the star field 1352 01:13:50,958 --> 01:13:53,375 stands not for the Greek god Apollo 1353 01:13:53,542 --> 01:13:55,000 but for Asar, 1354 01:13:55,167 --> 01:13:59,792 the Egyptian god more commonly known as Osiris. 1355 01:13:59,958 --> 01:14:02,708 This is indicated by the cluster of three stars 1356 01:14:02,875 --> 01:14:04,375 in the center of the "A," 1357 01:14:04,542 --> 01:14:07,917 which represent the stars of Orion's Belt. 1358 01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:13,792 CHILDRESS: You have to wonder if stars like Orion and Sirius 1359 01:14:13,917 --> 01:14:15,542 are very important to NASA, 1360 01:14:15,708 --> 01:14:18,375 because this is where 1361 01:14:18,542 --> 01:14:21,542 the ancient traditions, including Egyptian, 1362 01:14:21,708 --> 01:14:24,583 have said that the space gods came from. 1363 01:14:24,708 --> 01:14:26,167 This is our origins. 1364 01:14:28,458 --> 01:14:30,833 NARRATOR: Similarly, researchers point out 1365 01:14:31,042 --> 01:14:33,750 that the symbol on the Mercury mission patches 1366 01:14:33,917 --> 01:14:38,167 is nearly identical to a major icon of ancient Egypt. 1367 01:14:39,583 --> 01:14:41,167 BARA: If you look at the mission patches, 1368 01:14:41,292 --> 01:14:44,250 the symbol for Mercury is really similar to the Egyptian ankh, 1369 01:14:44,375 --> 01:14:45,750 and it's kind of ironic 1370 01:14:45,917 --> 01:14:47,833 that you have this sort of Egyptian symbolism 1371 01:14:47,958 --> 01:14:50,000 in what's supposed to be a representation 1372 01:14:50,167 --> 01:14:51,792 of Mercury the messenger. It's supposed to be 1373 01:14:51,917 --> 01:14:55,208 a Greek mythology rather than an Egyptian mythology. 1374 01:14:58,208 --> 01:15:01,750 NARRATOR: Is it possible that, like ancient astronaut theorists, 1375 01:15:01,875 --> 01:15:05,583 NASA scientists believe extraterrestrials visited Earth 1376 01:15:05,750 --> 01:15:07,708 in the distant past? 1377 01:15:09,667 --> 01:15:11,958 Could their ties to ancient brotherhoods 1378 01:15:12,167 --> 01:15:16,500 explain why Egyptian and Greek motifs appear so prominently 1379 01:15:16,667 --> 01:15:19,083 in the agency's designs? 1380 01:15:20,083 --> 01:15:23,708 And if so, perhaps the use of ancient symbols 1381 01:15:23,917 --> 01:15:28,958 may expose the presence of other initiates among us. 1382 01:15:34,708 --> 01:15:37,208 One ancient code that everyone is familiar with 1383 01:15:37,375 --> 01:15:39,042 is that of the All-Seeing Eye 1384 01:15:39,208 --> 01:15:42,125 because it's printed on every dollar bill. 1385 01:15:42,208 --> 01:15:43,958 But that symbol dates back 1386 01:15:44,125 --> 01:15:46,958 -all the way to ancient Egypt. -HENRY: Right. 1387 01:15:47,125 --> 01:15:49,458 And it's thought to represent an intelligence 1388 01:15:49,625 --> 01:15:51,250 that is watching over us. 1389 01:15:51,417 --> 01:15:54,125 Some even associate it with the biblical figures 1390 01:15:54,292 --> 01:15:55,208 called the Watchers, 1391 01:15:55,375 --> 01:15:56,500 who came down from heaven 1392 01:15:56,708 --> 01:15:57,792 -to Earth. -CHILDRESS: Yeah. 1393 01:15:58,000 --> 01:15:59,667 And you have to ask yourself, 1394 01:15:59,792 --> 01:16:02,500 is the dollar bill encoded with some kind of ancient symbol 1395 01:16:02,708 --> 01:16:05,250 that's about alien visitations? 1396 01:16:09,375 --> 01:16:11,167 NARRATOR: The Netherlands. 1397 01:16:12,292 --> 01:16:15,750 March 24, 2014. 1398 01:16:16,917 --> 01:16:19,917 58 world leaders gather at the World Forum in The Hague 1399 01:16:20,083 --> 01:16:24,042 for the third biannual Nuclear Security Summit. 1400 01:16:25,375 --> 01:16:26,750 In the center of the room 1401 01:16:26,875 --> 01:16:30,500 is a giant spinning hologram of a pyramid 1402 01:16:30,667 --> 01:16:34,167 with three smaller upside-down pyramids inside it. 1403 01:16:35,208 --> 01:16:38,625 This symbol, which is also worn as a pin by the delegates, 1404 01:16:38,750 --> 01:16:41,917 is the summit's official logo. 1405 01:16:42,125 --> 01:16:46,083 But there are some who claim it represents something else-- 1406 01:16:46,250 --> 01:16:50,083 the All-Seeing Eye of the Illuminati. 1407 01:16:52,417 --> 01:16:54,417 Conspiracy theorists suggest 1408 01:16:54,583 --> 01:16:57,042 that this centuries-old secret society 1409 01:16:57,208 --> 01:17:00,833 is alive and well in the 21st century, 1410 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:04,958 as evidenced by symbols flashed by celebrities, 1411 01:17:05,083 --> 01:17:06,500 industry moguls, 1412 01:17:06,625 --> 01:17:09,458 and even heads of state. 1413 01:17:09,583 --> 01:17:10,958 The modern-day Illuminati 1414 01:17:11,083 --> 01:17:13,208 was organized by Adam Weishaupt in Germany. 1415 01:17:14,708 --> 01:17:16,542 And he formulated plans 1416 01:17:16,667 --> 01:17:18,000 so that his group could infiltrate 1417 01:17:18,167 --> 01:17:20,000 all the key powers of society-- 1418 01:17:20,208 --> 01:17:22,083 the political sphere, the banking sphere, 1419 01:17:22,208 --> 01:17:26,083 the media sphere-- back in the late 1700s. 1420 01:17:26,250 --> 01:17:28,458 When we're talking about the Illuminati today, 1421 01:17:28,625 --> 01:17:30,000 we're talking about, 1422 01:17:30,208 --> 01:17:32,083 essentially, the most powerful secret society. 1423 01:17:34,292 --> 01:17:35,500 (shouting) 1424 01:17:35,708 --> 01:17:37,125 These are the people 1425 01:17:37,250 --> 01:17:39,250 that pull the strings from behind the scenes. 1426 01:17:43,875 --> 01:17:45,833 NARRATOR: Is this just paranoia? 1427 01:17:45,958 --> 01:17:49,958 Or might the Illuminati still be around today, 1428 01:17:50,083 --> 01:17:53,500 embedded in the highest levels of society? 1429 01:17:53,625 --> 01:17:54,708 And if so, 1430 01:17:54,875 --> 01:17:57,250 what is their agenda? 1431 01:17:59,667 --> 01:18:01,500 Some say the answer can be found 1432 01:18:01,625 --> 01:18:04,208 with a much older secret society, 1433 01:18:04,375 --> 01:18:07,375 which may have been the precursor to the Illuminati, 1434 01:18:07,500 --> 01:18:09,333 the Knights Templar. 1435 01:18:10,792 --> 01:18:15,125 This band of warrior monks was formed in 1118 AD 1436 01:18:15,250 --> 01:18:18,875 to protect pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem during the Crusades. 1437 01:18:22,208 --> 01:18:25,125 But many claim that their true purpose was 1438 01:18:25,292 --> 01:18:28,917 to find lost religious relics hidden at the Temple Mount. 1439 01:18:31,083 --> 01:18:33,000 And during their time in Jerusalem, 1440 01:18:33,208 --> 01:18:35,583 they rose from relative obscurity 1441 01:18:35,750 --> 01:18:39,167 to being the most powerful order of the Crusades. 1442 01:18:39,375 --> 01:18:41,667 So far-reaching was their influence 1443 01:18:41,792 --> 01:18:46,667 that it became widely rumored they were in league with demons. 1444 01:18:46,833 --> 01:18:48,500 YOUNG: Jacques de Molay, 1445 01:18:48,667 --> 01:18:52,333 the leading figure in the history of the Knights Templar, 1446 01:18:52,500 --> 01:18:55,000 was brought up on charges of treason and heresy 1447 01:18:55,167 --> 01:18:57,042 for something like devil worship. 1448 01:18:58,708 --> 01:19:02,125 Somehow worshipping the dark side. 1449 01:19:02,208 --> 01:19:05,583 This was the charge brought against not only De Molay 1450 01:19:05,708 --> 01:19:09,333 but the Knights Templars in general. 1451 01:19:12,875 --> 01:19:16,625 NARRATOR: Is it possible the Knights Templar really were in contact 1452 01:19:16,750 --> 01:19:21,333 with otherworldly entities they encountered at the Temple Mount? 1453 01:19:22,375 --> 01:19:26,833 And if so, just what were these so-called demons? 1454 01:19:26,958 --> 01:19:30,000 TZADOK: We are taught that these shedim, 1455 01:19:30,125 --> 01:19:32,750 demons, in many ways they're like human beings. 1456 01:19:32,958 --> 01:19:34,333 And in many ways they're like the angels. 1457 01:19:34,542 --> 01:19:36,625 Some are evil. 1458 01:19:36,833 --> 01:19:38,125 Many are good. 1459 01:19:38,250 --> 01:19:41,167 Rumor has it that the Templar Knights 1460 01:19:41,292 --> 01:19:45,958 endeavored to communicate with these spiritual entities. 1461 01:19:47,208 --> 01:19:49,000 McGOWAN: This concept of demons 1462 01:19:49,125 --> 01:19:50,875 is very different from the way we think of demons today. 1463 01:19:51,042 --> 01:19:54,000 Essentially, what a demon was was an otherworldly being. 1464 01:19:55,042 --> 01:19:57,542 A being that was not of this earth, 1465 01:19:57,708 --> 01:20:00,500 potentially an extraterrestrial being, 1466 01:20:00,667 --> 01:20:04,250 with the word "extraterrestrial" meaning "not of this earth." 1467 01:20:08,542 --> 01:20:11,167 NARRATOR: Could the Templars really have been influenced 1468 01:20:11,333 --> 01:20:13,500 by aliens that they misinterpreted 1469 01:20:13,667 --> 01:20:15,917 as spiritual beings? 1470 01:20:16,042 --> 01:20:18,583 Some ancient astronaut theorists say 1471 01:20:18,750 --> 01:20:21,000 that the Knights Templar were in contact 1472 01:20:21,125 --> 01:20:23,125 with the same extraterrestrials 1473 01:20:23,292 --> 01:20:27,042 that were known in biblical times as the Watchers. 1474 01:20:27,208 --> 01:20:29,083 And as evidence, they point 1475 01:20:29,250 --> 01:20:32,333 to one of the Templars' most prominent symbols, 1476 01:20:32,542 --> 01:20:36,042 the same symbol that some say was virtually present 1477 01:20:36,250 --> 01:20:38,458 at the Nuclear Security Summit, 1478 01:20:38,583 --> 01:20:40,375 the All-Seeing Eye. 1479 01:20:41,833 --> 01:20:44,667 This symbol, which is sometimes just an eye 1480 01:20:44,750 --> 01:20:47,000 but often an eye within a pyramid, 1481 01:20:47,208 --> 01:20:50,000 was used by the ancient Egyptians, 1482 01:20:50,125 --> 01:20:52,375 the Knights Templar, 1483 01:20:52,542 --> 01:20:54,667 the Rosicrucians, 1484 01:20:54,833 --> 01:20:57,167 the Freemasons, 1485 01:20:57,375 --> 01:20:59,458 the Illuminati, 1486 01:20:59,625 --> 01:21:01,667 and is even incorporated 1487 01:21:01,875 --> 01:21:05,292 into the Great Seal of the United States. 1488 01:21:05,458 --> 01:21:08,833 It is a symbol that is most commonly interpreted to mean 1489 01:21:09,042 --> 01:21:13,125 that someone or something is watching us. 1490 01:21:13,292 --> 01:21:15,458 The Eye of Providence symbolizes 1491 01:21:15,625 --> 01:21:18,958 the idea of an omniscient intelligent universe 1492 01:21:19,083 --> 01:21:21,625 that is overseeing all of the affairs 1493 01:21:21,792 --> 01:21:23,958 that we have here on Earth. 1494 01:21:24,083 --> 01:21:25,958 MARTELL: For many, the Eye of Providence was a symbol 1495 01:21:26,167 --> 01:21:27,875 that God was watching over us. 1496 01:21:28,042 --> 01:21:30,417 But others believed that it had a much deeper meaning 1497 01:21:30,542 --> 01:21:33,417 and actually extended well beyond many other cultures. 1498 01:21:34,458 --> 01:21:37,583 Possibly even connected to extraterrestrials. 1499 01:21:41,583 --> 01:21:44,042 NARRATOR: Could the symbol of the All-Seeing Eye 1500 01:21:44,167 --> 01:21:45,958 be secretly telling us 1501 01:21:46,125 --> 01:21:49,250 that the Watchers are still here on Earth, 1502 01:21:49,417 --> 01:21:52,250 working behind the scenes in secret societies 1503 01:21:52,417 --> 01:21:56,083 and even the top levels of government? 1504 01:21:58,875 --> 01:22:01,250 These secret societies represent 1505 01:22:01,417 --> 01:22:05,083 a truly significant through line in human history. 1506 01:22:05,250 --> 01:22:08,667 I mean, from the time of King Antiochus to Solomon, 1507 01:22:08,833 --> 01:22:11,125 the Freemasons, all the way up to the Founding Fathers 1508 01:22:11,333 --> 01:22:12,208 to NASA, 1509 01:22:12,375 --> 01:22:14,500 there's been a continuous line 1510 01:22:14,667 --> 01:22:17,875 linking humanity with otherworldly intelligences. 1511 01:22:18,083 --> 01:22:19,250 CHILDRESS: Yeah. You know, these, uh, 1512 01:22:19,375 --> 01:22:21,417 secret societies and brotherhoods 1513 01:22:21,583 --> 01:22:24,083 that were so popular in ancient times 1514 01:22:24,250 --> 01:22:28,000 and right up to modern times have almost disappeared. 1515 01:22:28,167 --> 01:22:29,292 It's like we don't really need 1516 01:22:29,458 --> 01:22:30,708 these ancient brotherhoods anymore 1517 01:22:30,875 --> 01:22:32,833 because we've moved past all that. 1518 01:22:32,958 --> 01:22:35,625 Yeah, the knowledge is now an open secret. 1519 01:22:35,792 --> 01:22:36,833 But is it? 1520 01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:39,250 Because, clearly, 1521 01:22:39,417 --> 01:22:44,000 there are encoded messages having to do with our history. 1522 01:22:45,125 --> 01:22:48,208 And while we seem to recognize these codes, 1523 01:22:48,375 --> 01:22:51,625 the mainstream is not yet accepting 1524 01:22:51,792 --> 01:22:54,208 of these so-called facts. 1525 01:22:54,375 --> 01:22:58,042 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A E NETWORKS