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the unknown,

the unthinkable.

We're here because we want to know the real story.

This is the one.

The first stones were put in place around 2500 bc.

Local folk though assess the stones were carried bodily

on the orders of the wizard Merlin,

but, in fact, no one is sure how the stones were moved

or how they came to be located at this site.

Stonehenge was more than a temple.

It was an astronomical calculator aligned on the axis

of the summer and winter solstice.

Who built it remains a mystery,

as well as how any ancient civilization

could have moved these massive stones,

some weighing as much as 50 tones.

Oh, oh.

Oh my God.

Hey, look at the altar stone.

I'm Dr. Jacob Glaser and you're listening to the real story.

So, friends, I have something pretty big

to start us off with today.

I picked up an unbelievably strong electromagnetic burst

on the earth's energy grid running all the way

from Maine to England.

Has anyone else picked that up?

Because it's kinda freaky and shockingly I haven't heard

anything from our government's so-called scientists.

Something is rotten in Denmark, my friends.

Alright, let's go to the switchboard.

What's on your mind, caller?

I wanna know why crackpots like you pick on the space agency,

accusing them of lies and deception.

Do you have any proof that they covered up the discovery

of aliens on the moon?

Oh, crackpots. Ouch.

First of all, buddy,

I never said they found aliens on the moon.

It was a robot head.

And second, no, I don't have any proof

because the president classified it

as a national security issue.

What's on your mind, caller?

Hey, Jacob, I think Stonehenge moved.

Really?

Where did it go? Pittsburgh?

Dude, I'm serious.

I mean, the whole thing is totally--.

It's going to be one of those nights, isn't it?

Hi, caller.

What's on your mind?

That caller was right.

The stones at Stonehenge moved.

Soldiers kicked me out of my own house and took over

the local middle school.

I've never seen anything like it.

Really?

There's soldiers at Stonehenge?

They've set up roadblocks and closed off the whole area.

They said something about government excavation, Jacob.

You know that rubbish.

That does sound like a picture hung crooked.

Dude, some tourists got killed.

Figured you'd know the truth.

Not yet.

But rest assured I will get the real story.

Huh.

Here's something.

I'm going to sign off for a minute.

You were listening to the real story

with Dr. Jacob Glaser.

You have reached the voicemail of Dr. Joseph Leshem.

Joseph, it's Jacob.

Call me asap.

It's important.

You have reached the voicemail of Dr. Joseph Leshem.

Dammit.

Hello?

You've been trying to reach me I see.

Joseph, finally.

You're a hard man to reach.

I'm a busy man, Jacob.

What's so urgent?

Don't play dumb.

Just tell me what you know.

You're being your usual cryptic self, my friend.

Know about what?

That massive EM surge that struck the energy grid.

It looks like it hit Stonehenge.

So, still chasing ghosts, huh?

Or is it druids this time?

Joseph, this is real.

Stonehenge is under some kind of secret quarantine.

Then why aren't you on a plane to England right now?

What do you think I'm doing?

Listen, I want you to meet me at the airport.

We'll go investigate this together.

I can't, my friend.

I've got a puzzle of my own to solve.

What puzzle?

I found something Jacob, something big.

Listen, Joseph, there's been a massive

electromagnetic disturbance at an archaeological site.

This is just like you predicted.

It can validate your interpretation

of the ancient text.

Ah, you flatter me, my friend,

but at this point do you really think I care

what a bunch of academics and bureaucrats think about me?

It's not just about you, Joseph.

It's about us.

You, me and everyone else they call crazy.

Well then go to Stonehenge.

Go now.

It may be your last chance.

What do you mean my last chance?

Good luck, Jacob.

Jo--.

Come on.

Welcome, Dr. Trousdale.

Major Peatman.

Where's Dr. Leeds?

Follow me, sir.

Looks like radio waves.

They are.

And these particular waves are only between the stones.

They're not part of the electromagnetic interference?

No.

These wavelengths are structured.

That's strange.

She's here, sir.

Dr. Leeds.

John.

You call this a report?

There's not a shred of data in here that could explain

how seven people could be burnt to a cinder

by a tourist attraction.

It's been hard to collect reliable data.

The entire site is awash with heavy interference.

Any type of recurrence, aftershocks?

No, but we did just find something else abnormal.

Radio waves oscillating inside Stonehenge.

What's the source?

I'm not sure.

They're propagating through the stones,

so they might be originating underground.

Marla, radio physics officer.

Run an audio representation, will you?

Alright.

Well that sounds creepy.

Where is it coming from?

Stonehenge.

David, Dr. Trousdale, head of the task force.

David, geophysics.

So what are we looking at?

Seismic eruption?

Formation of a new fault line?

What?

We can't say with certainty, sir.

The electromagnetic interference

is making seismic surveys impossible.

Uh, but we did find this anomaly.

What's this?

It's a scan of the altar stone showing

an electromagnetic field inside the stone.

Well we need to figure this out quickly.

Russians are already making accusations

that this was a nuclear test.

There you are, mate.

This is as far as I can take you.

Unbelievable.

Amazing.

This is Dr. Jacob Glaser reporting from Stonehenge.

Believe me when I tell you I'm not making this up.

I can see that the stones have moved.

The big question is how and why the government

has quarantined the area.

Dennis.

I'm reading unusually strong electromagnetic currents.

Put a light on this, please.

That's odd.

The soil is discolored.

I'm on top of a subterranean current

that's flowing directly in to Stonehenge.

There's something in the stone.

John, are you seeing this?

What is that?

It's some kind of electromagnetic field

in the stone.

Whoa.

EM levels are really strengthening now.

Sir, EM interference is rising.

Hey!

Get out of there!

You're in danger!

Security breach.

Trespasser on the field.

I want security out there right now.

E.M. Interference?

Climbing fast, to 100 gigahertz.

Kaycee, evacuate immediately.

Everyone out of here.

The stones are moving.

Oh my God.

Unbelievable.

Go!

Everyone go!

EMI is at 200 gigahertz, nearing radioactive levels.

Secondary wave coming in.

There's someone still in there.

Energy from the blast was channeled deep underground.

Seismic readings look like a thousand Hiroshima's

went off down there.

We're getting it now.

Oh my God.

John, come see this.

Find the source of that discharge.

How?

The discharge fried all the subsurface sensors.

Try aerial imaging.

Dr. Trousdale,

we've still got an intruder on the grounds.

I'm aware of that, major.

Go find him.

We've got a much bigger problem than we thought.

Right after Stonehenge erupted,

Mexico was devastated by a volcanic eruption in Yucatan.

Holy cow.

Alright, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

We still have a lot of data to analyze

before we can even consider whether this is connected.

You don't think a simultaneous volcanic eruption is connected?

We need to find out what's going on right here

beneath our feet, not 5,000 Miles away.

Everyone, listen up!

Alright, 50 tone stones do not move by themselves.

Something has to move them.

Now we know we have a massive field of energy at play here.

I don't think it's Merlin waving his magic wand,

so let's come up with some answers, shall we?

Back to work.

Now, we are here.

The chamber of the sun is this way... here.

Right.

Our salvation depends on finding this chamber.

Do you understand?

I understand.

Good.

We found our bloody intruder.

Get a unit out there.

Tell me what you think this is.

It looks like genera of thermopile.

This was in the soil sample?

Exciting, isn't it?

Halt.

Put your hands in the air!

Top of the morning, fellas.

I thought these microbes only lived in extreme environments.

That's what's so incredible.

Pyrodictium cells

are one of the oldest organisms on the planet,

normally formed in volcanoes.

Yet, here they are, reproducing in soil under the stones.

Well how is that possible?

The electromagnetic activity is so intense;

it's changing the molecular structure

of organic matter in the soil,

similar to how life on earth was formed.

Well it's an intriguing development to say the least,

but let's just concentrate on the geomagnetic data,

shall we?

Dr. Trousdale,

please report to the situation room immediately.

Let's go.

You guys aren't listening.

The public is in danger

and they have the right to know the truth.

Caught our trespasser, doctor.

Who's in charge?

Are you in charge?

I need to speak with someone in charge.

More walking, less talking.

Easy.

Listen, I'm a scientist.

I can help you people.

Piss off.

Nice.

Hey.

There's a shortening sequential pattern

inside the radio waves that's reducing itself

as the waves recycle.

How long before it recycles to extinction?

Put up a path loss projection.

It's counting down.

To what?

Whatever it is,

we have 37 hours to find out.

Excuse me, doctor.

That fellow we just brought in,

he had some documents on him that I think you should see.

Oh, not now, major.

Very good, sir.

Uh, major, what've you got?

Dr. Trousdale, maybe you should look at this.

It's some sort of planetary energy grid.

So what?

That stuff's pseudoscience.

Hang on a minute.

Look at how he's connected Stonehenge

to the coast of Maine.

Now there was a detection of an electromagnetic surge

on this same trajectory

just before the tourists were electrocuted.

And look at this.

It's a direct line from Yucatan to Stonehenge.

What was this man's name, major?

Glaser, sir.

Dr. Jacob Glaser.

You're kidding me.

No, sir.

He claims he's a scientist, sir.

Scientist my aunt Fanny.

The guy's a nutcase.

This is a man who claims the US space agency covered up

the discovery of aliens on the moon.

I wouldn't write him off so fast.

I mean, this guy was the youngest ever recipient

of Prelovich award for astrophysics.

This guy was a prodigy.

Yes, that was before his brain went pear shaped

and he started a ufo talk show.

Well he obviously knew something was going

to happen out there.

Perhaps he knows something we can use.

Like what?

Is an alien invasion coming?

Glaser!

Come with me.

Dr. Glaser, I'm Dr. Leeds,

senior adviser of this operation.

I saw what happened.

You cannot cover this one up.

Have a seat, please.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Do you understand that we could be on the verge

of a global catastrophe here?

Sit.

Explain this to me, please.

You're kidding me.

You don't know that there are electromagnetic currents

generated by the poles that crisscross

under the earth's crust and intersect

at points of concentration?

I'm referring to the pyramids icons,

such as the one here in Mexico.

Ancient civilizations,

they knew about the energy grid.

They built architectural structures on the power points.

They did it in Mexico, in Egypt, Indonesia,

and Stonehenge.

And why did you highlight a line between Stonehenge

and a grid point in Maine?

I picked up an EM surge along that line.

It's probably what triggered the disturbance here.

You said your grid points fall on ancient sites.

I don't know of any ancient sites in Maine.

Do you?

That's just because no one's discovered it yet.

Have you ever heard of an EM surge

causing a volcanic eruption?

Is that what happened?

Dr. Leeds will ask the questions.

Here's a question for you.

Why is the soil around the stones turning purple?

That's the sign of a bacterial infestation.

Very good, Dr. Glaser.

I see you know your ecology.

Yeah, I know a lot of things.

Are you aware that there is a weird EM field

in the altar stone?

Yes I am.

We've seen it.

I have too, somewhere else.

It could be the missing piece to the puzzle.

And where did you see this missing piece to the puzzle?

Get me a computer.

I'll show you.

I'll let her know.

Dr. Leeds, they want you back for the aerial imaging.

Alright.

We'll finish this later.

Great, I'll just wait here.

This is recon one.

Elevation over target is 200 feet.

Recon one, hold your position.

Let's have a look.

Radar dish is online.

What are we seeing?

No subsurface readings whatsoever.

Increase pulse bounce.

Nothing.

We need more depth.

Recon one, lower to 100 feet.

Roger, control.

Increase pulse bounce.

Pulse bounce at four CPS.

Three.

Okay, hold on.

The return signals are amplifying.

It's getting something.

Keep going, David.

It's working.

No, sir.

There's something causing the return signal

to bounce back too strongly.

It's overloading the radar.

I don't care if it fries the radar.

I want to see what's going on down there.

Pulse bounce at two.

What's that?

Access to the red zone

is strictly for authorized personnel only.

A-ten-hut!

General Forshaw.

What the devil is going on, doctor?

Stonehenge took out one of our choppers?

We've run into a spot of bother.

Tell that to the families of the servicemen

who were just killed.

Good God.

How do you explain a stone monument shifting like that?

Those stones have become the focal point

of an unprecedented geomagnetic disturbance.

And what caused this disturbance?

That's what we're trying to establish,

but most likely a cataclysmic event under the earth's crust,

maybe a massive collapse of the mantle.

What about this countdown?

It's a shortening sequential pattern in the radio waves

reflecting between the stones.

Doctor, in my world if something is counting down

it usually ends with a boom.

It may simply be a pattern of attenuation.

But that monument has already caused

the deaths of ten people.

Heaven help us if it's related to the disaster in Mexico.

We haven't made that connection.

Regardless, Stonehenge has become a destructive force.

It's a security threat and must be treated as such.

General, we must be certain of the properties of this anomaly

before we take any further action.

I've spoken with world leaders who think otherwise.

We're going to demolish it, John.

Explosives are set for detonation.

We're clearing the area.

Explosives, are they nuts?

Hey!

Hey, hey.

I need to talk to Dr. Leeds.

Can you get Dr. Leeds, please?

Are you listening to me?

I need to talk to Dr. Leeds.

EMI holding steady.

The area is clear, sir.

Go ahead, major.

Detonate.

I'm getting a magnetic surge from the stones.

It's impossible.

What the devil just happened?

A surface magnetic field just repelled the blast.

What were the readings on that, David?

Off the charts.

How do we neutralize it, doctor?

Well we need to analyze the data.

We don't have time for that.

Does anyone have an idea how to neutralize this?

Anyone?

Sir,

there may be someone.

Magnificent.

It's the prophecy.

Yes.

Scan the stone.

There's something there.

It's the symbol on the scroll.

Yes, yes.

There.

There it is.

It's the power source needed to energize the stone.

The primordial hill.

This is the key.

Let's go.

He's here.

There's your computer, Jacob.

Hi, I'm David.

It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Glaser.

This is it.

The Antikythera Mechanism.

It was found at the bottom of the Aegean Sea in 1900.

Where is it now?

The American foundation for archeology in New York.

Can you hold that?

So this is the image that I picked up of the EM field

in the altar stone.

They're identical.

What does this mean?

My guess is the mechanism

is some sort of electromagnetic key.

Electromagnetic key?

The thing looks like a piece of corroded scrap metal.

Radiocarbon dating shows

the mechanism is thousands of years old,

yet the metal is machined in a way

that would have required advanced technology.

So you're saying that this is a key to turn off Stonehenge?

Yeah.

So in your mind, Mr. Glaser, Stonehenge is a machine

that you turn on and off with a key,

rather like an automobile.

I wouldn't call it a car.

It's a highly complex device.

It transcends our knowledge of physics.

I see.

And, uh, who created this marvelous invention?

Our predecessors on the planet.

Alright, we don't have time for this.

Get him out of here.

Let's go, come on.

You know there's never been a plausible explanation

for how Stonehenge was built, or by whom.

Says the man who accused the space agency

of covering up finding aliens on the moon.

I never said they found aliens on the moon.

It was a robot head.

Come on!

John.

Everyone stay at your posts.

The mechanism will stop it!

Primary wave coming in.

EMI starting to climb to 400 gigahertz.

The stones are going to turn again.

John, look at the countdown.

It's been exactly ten hours since the last discharge.

Volcanic eruption reported in Java.

Indonesia?

Oh my God.

Indonesia has been flattened.

What?

This ends the debate on whether or not Stonehenge

is causing disasters.

We have a planetary emergency on our hands.

This requires a global military response.

With an expected death toll in the millions,

the eruption of a massive volcano in Java

has triggered earthquakes across the Southern hemisphere.

Tsunami warnings have been issued throughout the region.

Massive amounts of smoke and ash

continue to spew into the atmosphere

as ongoing evacuations continue throughout Southern Asia.

After the break we'll take a look--

alright, doll, what's on your mind?

Trousdale is lost.

He has no idea what's happening.

None of us do.

Well that's bloody scary

when none of you geniuses have a clue.

Exactly.

That's why I want to go with this man Jacob

and bring back this mechanism.

Are you having a laugh?

He's the only person here with any semblance of an answer

for what's actually happening.

Well I think you're mad, but don't let me stop you.

I don't have authority to use military transport, major.

I need you to take us.

Whoa, doc.

You need to get clearance.

Come on.

You heard how he was mocked.

They'll never authorize it.

You need to help me, major.

Dr. Leeds, I could be court-martialed.

This is a global catastrophe.

Think about your family.

We have to do whatever it takes, and now.

What if this bloke turns out to be a total wacko?

Well then we live with it, but if we sit on our hands

and do nothing as Stonehenge destroys the world,

no one lives.

Open the gate.

Glaser!

Let's go!

What now?

We're getting the mechanism.

Tally-ho.

I pray you're right about this.

Me too.

Pretty soon there'll be another occurrence

at the twenty and ten hour marks.

Then you better come up with something fast,

because I guarantee the joint council

will order directive ten-fifteen.

You're going to nuke Stonehenge?

Are you joking?

Do I look like I'm joking, doctor?

I've been thinking.

We need to try to disrupt the electromagnetic field.

Jam the radio waves?

Exactly.

If we can disrupt the waves

it should take the oxygen out of this thing.

Now we'll need a high-powered transmitter

that can generate a concentrated magnetic field.

Radio telescope.

There is one just South of here.

Great, get on it.

Where's Kaycee?

She was outside a few moments ago.

Go find her.

The stones turned and discharged again

after exactly ten hours,

followed by a super volcano in Java

which has wiped out Indonesia.

Millions are dead.

My God.

And there was another volcano.

Ten hours before?

In Mexico, both are grid points on your map.

This is going to sound so crazy.

Great.

If you think it sounds crazy...

What was the bacteria growing in the soil?

Pyrodictium.

Pyrodictium?

Are you sure?

Yes.

Why?

I think the planet is being terraformed.

Terraformed?

You're right.

That's crazy.

No, listen.

Pyrodictium is one of the ancient organisms

that first oxygenated our atmosphere, right?

Everything that Stonehenge is doing --

the volcanoes, the quakes, the bacteria --

that's how you create a life-sustaining environment.

I'm no muckety-muck scientist,

but I thought our environment was life sustaining.

It's a machine.

It doesn't know.

What once created life on this planet

is about to wipe it out.

Radio telescope is online.

Guards say Dr. Leeds left with Jacob and Peatman.

God's sake.

Didn't anyone try to stop them?

No, they said it was a prisoner transport.

Jamming frequency locked on target.

Transmit jamming signal.

It's having an effect.

The stones are shortening their wavelength

to evade the jamming frequency.

Defensive measure?

Shorten the jamming signal's wavelength

to the same frequency.

The stones wavelength shortened again.

Shorten the jamming signal.

Stay with the stones, Marla.

It stopped.

It's out of hearing range.

Are you still with the stones?

I'm trying to catch up, but they're changing so fast.

The stones' wavelength is approaching visible light.

Accelerating jamming signal frequency to visible light.

Stonehenge's wavelength is going gamma.

Electromagnetic radiation is over 100 R’s.

Shut it down.

What do you mean, shut it down?

Gamma waves are atomic, general.

Pushing the wavelengths this short

is turning Stonehenge into a nuclear reactor.

Well done.

So the world is on the brink of disaster

and the government sends you here to view a museum piece.

It might have some relevance.

Follow me, come on.

Where is it?

Straight ahead.

This bloody thing is going to save the world?

Look, I'm getting a reading.

It's generating a current.

How can an ancient relic generate current?

Where's the power coming from?

It's like the stones.

It's pulling power from the energy grid.

Incredible.

Open the case.

We're taking this with us.

Get out of here!

Come here.

Hide in here.

No!

Just hide in here.

Wait until me or Peatman get back.

Just stay low.

Ah!

Peatman! Peatman! Peatman!!

Hello, my friend.

Joseph.

What are you doing?

I'm doing what's become necessary to survive,

just as you are.

I'm not killing anyone over some ancient relic.

Is this your big discovery, the Antikythera Mechanism?

No, I must give you the credit for that.

In fact, I must thank you for finding

this missing piece to the puzzle.

How do you know that?

Come on, figure it out, Jacob.

That's what you're good at.

My discovery is where that mechanism belongs.

Some might say it's the primordial hill.

Are you saying that you have found the buried pyramid?

Would you like to see it?

No thanks.

What do you mean, this belongs there?

Just as you figured out,

that mechanism is an electromagnetic key

that can energize the ancient sanctuary

that will provide shelter from the apocalypse.

Have you completely lost your mind, Joseph?

The ancient texts corroborate

the scrolls I found in Egypt.

So, as you can see,

I need that.

This?

This is the only thing that can save us.

Jacob, mankind does not deserve to be saved.

What happened to you, Joseph?

Where is your humanity?

The world is dying here.

No, no, not dying.

Changing.

I want you to be a part of this new beginning.

You want me to come live with you

and a bunch of lunatics in a pyramid?

Jacob, trust me when I tell you

that it will be the only shelter.

And when a new dawn rises, the skies will be so clear again.

The air we breathe, the water we drink will be fresh.

This is the new cycle of creation.

I think I'm going to stick with this old, dirty, stinky world...

Don't walk away, please.

...just the way it is.

Ugh!!!

Jacob.

Thank God.

Where is the major?

He's dead.

I'm sorry.

There's a rat at Stonehenge.

Someone is feeding them information.

Who?

I don't know.

How can you make such an accusation?

You think someone there is a spy?

For whom?

Why?

Joseph.

He was the one who knew that I made the connection

to the mechanism.

Who is Joseph?

He's an old colleague.

How could this be real?

Sir?

Overlay this on the em tracking screen.

Seriously?

Just do it.

Joseph has this apocalyptic view that the world

goes through these cycles of creation and destruction

and that the next cycle is beginning at Stonehenge.

Why would he murder for the mechanism?

Apparently Stonehenge isn't the only ancient site

that the mechanism is a key for.

We have to get to Maine.

Maine?

Remember when you asked why there wasn't an

archeological site on the grid points in Maine?

He found it.

Energy amassed by the stones has increased exponentially.

This is going to be a bigger bang.

I've overlaid that, sir.

Thank you.

What do pyramids have to do with anything?

One minute to go.

Unbelievable.

Multiple eruptions in giza.

North Africa is being torn apart by volcanic tremors.

The middle east is in a state of emergency.

Oh my God.

What now?

The Mediterranean Sea is flooding in to Egypt.

You need to send emergency alerts to every coordinate

with a pyramid.

These areas need to be evacuated right away.

And you should get authorization

for a nuclear strike on Stonehenge.

The multiple eruptions in Egypt have religious groups

claiming it is the end of the world.

It won't be long before volcanic ash starts

blocking out the sun.

Dammit.

The military red lines are jammed.

Heads of state are meeting in emergency sessions

to deal with the worst series of disasters

in recorded history.

At what point would it be too late to do anything?

I don't know, but if we don't find Joseph's pyramid--.

Wait, I got through.

Sir, emergency call from Dr. Leeds.

Thank you.

What do you think you're doing?

John, I saw the Antikythera Mechanism.

Jacob was right.

It is an electromagnetic device.

Do you have it?

No.

A group of fanatics stole it.

Someone from our team told them we were coming.

That's ridiculous.

What would they want with that artifact?

To activate a pyramid they found.

Great.

Another pyramid.

What does that mean?

All the volcanic eruptions occurred at pyramid sites.

That proves everything that Jacob's been saying.

What does?

They've confirmed all the volcanic eruptions

have occurred on pyramid sites.

You don't say.

So where are you now?

We're driving to Maine to retrieve the mechanism.

You won't have time.

I've recommended directive ten-fifteen.

You're nuking Stonehenge?

Are you kidding me?!!

Give me that!

Are you insane?

The stones are tapping into the earth's energy grid.

If you nuke Stonehenge you will disperse radiation

across the globe.

That is an entirely hypothetical scenario

and frankly we are out of options.

Did you hear a word Dr. Leeds just said

about the mechanism?

You need to help us get it.

Alright, what do you need?

A small unit of heavily armed cops

and transportation to waterside, Maine.

Alright.

Anything?

No.

Let me get this straight.

The fate of the world depends on us driving around

until you pick it up on your little meter there?

They say you were a brilliant scientist,

a prodigy I heard.

Didn't you care when they started calling you crazy?

It put me in good company.

How's that?

You know, Copernicus, Galileo.

Right.

Hey.

Yeah, I got something.

I've got it.

Go east, east.

Go east.

You are the chosen few

who will see this earth

with a pure spirit.

Are you ready for the new dawn?

Yeah!

Bring all of them to the underground chamber.

Then I will seal our sanctuary.

This way.

Hurry.

Hurry!

Wait! Stop, stop!!!

Go back.

Let's head down there.

Whoa.

Something's happening.

Do you feel that?

Holy crap!

Oh my God!

Hey! Look out!

Go faster! Faster!

What on earth is that?

The primordial hill.

You call that a hill?

In ancient text it was always depicted as a pyramid.

It's written that during creation

it would rise out of the chaos

and provide a sanctuary.

The strike has been authorized.

Everyone needs to evacuate.

General, I have to be honest.

Nuking Stonehenge,

there's a chance it may backfire on us.

Now you tell me that?

This was your idea.

And it was logical,

but I didn't really have time to think it through.

Jacob's concerns have merit.

The brightest minds in this world

have reviewed your proposal and they think

it's a good idea,

so I'm going with your first instinct.

Sergeant, order your men to evacuate everyone

within 100 mile radius.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is now a hot zone.

Back! Get back!

Get back. Get back.

What's happening?

Those doors are electromagnetically sealed.

Then let's unseal them.

Nice.

Stun grenade.

Stay close.

Leshem, where is he?

Where is leshem?

Jacob, it looks like an altar stone.

He's taken it.

He's got the mechanism.

Joseph!

Dammit!

Can't you track him with your meter?

He's in the woods.

We've hit the ten hour mark.

Why aren't the stones moving?

Do you see that?

The whole altar stone is glowing.

It's this way.

Come on, the signal is getting stronger.

This way.

Doctor, look at the energy grid.

What's happening?

The stones are siphoning the earth's energy grid,

sucking up the entire planet's electromagnetic energy.

Which means what?

Which means when the countdown hits zero

you'll get your boom.

The death blow.

Everyone out!

We're evacuating!

What?

Let's go.

Alright! Move out!

He's close.

Ahhhh!

Kaycee!

Hang on.

Hang on, you're going to be okay.

Hold this tight.

Damn you, Joseph!

You disappoint me, Jacob.

Give me the mechanism.

Look around.

Stonehenge is destroying the world.

It's not creating some utopian paradise for you

and your so-called pure spirits.

The only thing we know for sure is that Stonehenge

is a terraforming device that was left behind

by beings from another time.

Exactly.

And this is exactly how our forbearers planned it.

Civilization as we know it is a failed experiment.

It's time for a clean slate.

I know you, Joseph.

I know there's compassion in you.

Please, just give me the device

and let mankind survive.

Jacob, only the chosen will be saved.

And I'm sorry, my friend, that you are not among us.

Freeze!

I need to get to an airbase.

Dr. Trousdale!

Urgent call from Dr. Leeds.

Kaycee, what's your status?

We have the mechanism

and need immediate transport to Stonehenge.

They have the mechanism.

It's too late.

Uh... how do you put this on speaker?

Kaycee, you're on speaker.

I have the general with me.

Tell us your situation?

The cult leader is dead.

We are in possession of the Antikythera Mechanism

and on route to Gilboy air base.

Dr. Leeds, directive ten-fifteen is in effect.

No! No, general.

Trust me.

The mechanism is a real device.

You have to cancel the strike.

Out of the question.

General, a nuclear strike on Stonehenge

will destroy the entire planet.

I will not gamble the fate of this entire world

on a museum piece.

Come on, general.

You cannot deny that there are forces at play here

which we just do not understand.

Please, just get me on a supersonic.

I am begging you.

General, there is nothing to lose by trying.

He might make it.

I'll get you back here, Mr. Glaser,

but then you're on your own.

I'm putting my men at risk.

When the time is up the bomb drops,

even if it lands on your head.

Thank you, sir.

I'm going with you.

No.

We have to get you to a hospital.

I'm going back.

You realize the risk you'll be taking.

I have no choice but to drop the bomb the moment

the hot zone is completely evacuated.

General, the way I see it, either way this plays out

there's not going to be much of a world left.

The least I can do is try to help save it.

I'm coming.

Me too.

You're all crazy.

Gunner, you're with me.

You take this vehicle.

Thank you, general.

John, God be with you.

Yeah.

I want you to have this.

Your Prelovich award?

I can't take it.

Relax, it's not a proposal or anything.

Just take it.

Why?

You know the trust that you've placed in me,

it's validated my work, maybe my life.

I'll hold on to it until you get back.

Deal?

Deal.

There's got to be something we can do.

Yeah.

Dr. Glaser just landed, sir.

I doubt he'll make it in time,

but get him moving

and then get out of there.

Tell him Trousdale is waiting for him.

Dr. Trousdale is waiting for you, sir.

Good luck.

Images continue to flood in from around the globe

like scenes ripped from the pages of revelations.

Reports remain unconfirmed that these events

are somehow triggered by an unknown phenomenon

emanating from the Salisbury plains

and the monolithic stones that have stood there for ages.

Awe-inspiring destruction and a persistent silence

from the collective governments of the world

leave us with little do but wait for some word,

some hope that there may be a reprieve,

as we stand on the brink

of a veritable Stonehenge apocalypse.

Joseph Leshem's colleagues once laughed at him

when he said the planet had been terraformed

into a habitable planet by other beings.

I guess they're not laughing now.

What do you know about Joseph Leshem?

I know his prophecy has come true.

As we speak,

an extraterrestrial apparatus is amassing

the entire planet's electromagnetic energy.

And when that countdown hits zero,

unimaginable power will be unleashed.

The death of the this world will be the dawn of the next.

David.

You son of a bitch.

You tipped off those murderers.

My brothers aren't murderers, John.

You are not a scientist.

I don't know what you are, but you don't belong here.

Get out!

Actually, uh, my orders are to stay.

Don't you care that we are on the brink of extinction here?

It is necessary for the rebirth of the human race.

David, you can't possibly believe that.

I believe that now more than ever.

The prophecy has come true.

And your prophet, he's dead.

Yes.

And now it's up to me to see this through.

I will kill Jacob Glaser the moment he arrives.

Hot zone is clear.

Do it.

Forgive me, doctor.

Eagle one, hot zone is clear.

Proceed to target.

Roger.

Proceeding to target.

Relax.

We've got a front row seat to the planet's rebirth.

This is going to be the thrill of a lifetime.

You think this horror show is thrilling.

Oh, David, you are insane.

Well, if that's the way you feel.

Marla, you shouldn't have come back.

Let's go. I've got it!

Where is it, Jacob?

He's got a gun!

This is Eagle one.

Approaching target.

Confirm authorization to arm missile.

Roger, Eagle one.

Arm missile.

Missile armed.

Thirty seconds to target.

Ten seconds to target.

Locking in on target.

I'm getting hit with electromagnetic shockwaves.

The system is fried.

I'll have to drop this puppy the old fashioned way.

Ugh! Oh!

What's going on, colonel?

Has the missile been released?

No, sir.

The pilot reported losing precision guidance

due to magnetic interference from the target.

He's switching to manual release.

We've only got one minute.

Just tell him to drop the damn bomb.

I've got visual on the target.

Releasing missile.

Ahhhh!

You're cutting it awfully close, Jacob.

I must admit, your tenacity is admirable,

but surprisingly misguided for someone who believes

that the space agency found aliens on the moon.

It was a robot head!

Reports from around the world indicate

that volcanic eruptions and tremors have stopped.

Climatologists say it will take years

for ash to clear from the atmosphere.

We're here because we want to know the real story.

I'm Dr. Kaycee Leeds

and you are listening to the real story.