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[Narrator] Ancient tales
of a war in heaven...

Across continents and millennia,

civilizations have told
of cosmic battles

in the skies above the Earth.

[Narrator] ...gods who wield
extraordinary weapons.

In the Vedic texts,

they describe a weapon
that can destroy

anything in its path.

[Narrator] ...and
archaeological evidence

of extreme devastation.

[Andrew Collins] Human bodies
were discovered

that looked like

they had been killed
very suddenly.

[Narrator] Could ancient ruins
bear the scars

of devastating battles

fought by extraterrestrials?

[David Childress] What
the archaeological record

tends to indicate
and what the ancient texts

talk about are powerful beings

fighting these horrific wars.

♪ ♪

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

Eight miles north
of the Dead Sea,

an artificial hill
rises from the landscape.

It stands at the center
of the ruins of an ancient city

that thrived
more than 3,500 years ago,

known today as Tell el-Hammam.

The Bronze Age culture
of Tell el-Hammam

dates back to around 1650 BC,

and it housed thousands
of people at one time.

[Narrator] Archaeologists
believe Tell el-Hammam

was once a thriving city
of 50,000 residents.

What it was called
and who lived there

has been lost to history.

But in recent years,
some archaeologists

have suggested
that Tell el-Hammam

might be the ruins
of the biblical city of Sodom.

You have these cities,
Sodom and Gomorrah,

and there's wickedness,
there's inequity,

and God wants to destroy
these cities.

[Michael Carter] In orthodox
Christianity,

the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

are examples of what will happen

when there are no morals at all.

They were godless cities,

and so they had to be destroyed.

God tells the people of Sodom,

"You're not living
the right way."

Angels come down

and tell inhabitants,
including Abraham's nephew Lot,

that, "You need to leave now."

And sure enough,
that whole civilization

is completely decimated.

[Robert Cargill] God rains down
fire and sulfur,

fire and brimstone,
right, from the heavens,

to destroy everything.

[Narrator] Until recently,
many scholars thought

the destruction of Sodom
and Gomorrah was only a myth.

So, why do some experts
now believe

that Tell el-Hammam
could be the ruins of Sodom?

[Collins] In the early 2000s,
archaeological work

revealed something
very, very peculiar.

And that was evidence

that this ancient city
had been struck,

possibly by
a very, very large meteorite,

around 1650 BC.

And the evidence of this

was a layer of ash
that contained

fractured quartz,
so-called spherules,

which are melted glass

which can only be created
in temperatures

in excess of around
1,500 degrees centigrade.

[Hugh Newman] They've
actually found

what looks like molten glass,

and different artifacts
have been melted

to an extremely high degree.

There's also blistered bricks
and other evidence

that extreme heat
took place at the site.

[Narrator] Along with
the physical evidence,

archaeologists also matched
the location of Tell el-Hammam

with descriptions of Sodom
from the Bible.

In 2021, an archaeological paper
was written that suggested

that Tell el-Hammam
was actually the site

of Sodom of the Bible.

[Narrator] Could the ruins
of Tell el-Hammam

provide evidence that the story
of Sodom and Gomorrah

was based on a real event?

One of the first to suggest
this audacious notion

was Swiss author
Erich von Däniken

in his 1968 book
Chariots of the Gods?

The controversial work
that popularized

the ancient astronaut theory

proposed that the story
of Sodom and Gomorrah,

and many other events
described in the Bible,

could have
an extraterrestrial explanation.

[Erich von Däniken] I was
educated as a Christian,

and when I was a boy,
I was told,

"If we live correctly,

then, when we die,
we will go to heaven."

I was told heaven is the place
of absolute happiness.

Heaven is the place of peace.

But then, I learned
that there was a war in heaven.

And angels were killers.

They destroyed,
in the second Book of the Kings,

185,000 Assyrians.

So, what kind of angels
are this?

Change the word "angel" into
the word "extraterrestrial."

[Narrator] Could biblical
stories of war and devastation

be based on encounters
that were not divine

but extraterrestrial?

If so, might this explain
what happened to Sodom?

Perhaps further clues can be
found by more closely examining

the story
of the city's destruction.

[Cargill] The story
of Sodom and Gomorrah

picks up in Genesis 19,

where you have these two angels
that look like men

who travel down to visit Lot,
who's living down in Sodom.

They want to rescue Lot
and his family from Sodom.

So, the angels
grab Lot and his family,

and they say, "We got to go now.

We got to leave because God's
going to destroy this city."

And as they're leaving,
he gives them the command,

"Don't even look back.

"You don't want anything
to do with this city.

Just leave."

And Lot's wife turned
and looked back at the city,

and she turns
into a pillar of salt.

[Narrator] To ancient
astronaut theorists,

this account
sounds like a description

of advanced technology.

All we have to do
is read the old books

with our modern feeling,
with our modern knowledge.

Before Sodom and Gomorrah
are destroyed,

something like a countdown
was running,

because without the countdown,

the two angels
would not have said,

"We can do nothing if you don't
leave the city now."

Someone started the countdown,

and the two angels
were helpless.

Now definitely,
this was technology.

With our modern knowledge,
we know what they meant.

No doubt, we were visited

thousands of years
by extraterrestrials.

[Narrator] Could
the archaeological findings

at Tell el-Hammam
provide physical proof

that the story
of Sodom and Gomorrah

is a real account
of a city destroyed

by advanced alien technology?

And if so, can evidence
of extraterrestrial conflicts

be found at other ancient ruins
around the world?

be found at other ancient ruins
around the world?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and point to a site in India
where signs of devastation

may corroborate accounts
of a powerful weapon...

...deployed by the gods.

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

Today, this region,

located on the border
of India and Pakistan,

is largely uninhabited desert

and considered one of the most
inhospitable places on Earth.

But for centuries,
this arid landscape

concealed an extraordinary
chapter of human history.

In 1922,
archaeologists discovered

the vast 4,500-year-old ruins
of Mohenjo-daro,

an ancient city that was built

with a remarkably
modern urban design.

[Newman] When Mohenjo-daro
was officially discovered

in the 1920s,

it did cause quite a sensation,
because it showed

a level of sophistication

on par with ancient Egypt
and Mesopotamia.

Very advanced,
very sophisticated culture

existing in an area
where people didn't realize

there was anything
quite like that.

[Collins] Mohenjo-daro
had this incredible grid plan.

Architecture was
incredibly advanced.

There was underground
water systems, drainage.

They were incredibly advanced
in metalwork

and in their art and design.

And yet, this civilization

was destroyed,

strangely,
probably around 1900 BC.

[Narrator] While excavating
Mohenjo-daro,

archaeologists not only found
a sophisticated city

but also evidence
of its destruction.

Strewn among the ruins
were the remains of people

who appeared to have been
desperately fleeing

some horrific event.

[Collins] Human bodies
were discovered

either in the streets

or trying to escape upstairs

or in mass pits...

...that looked like they had
been killed very suddenly.

[Childress] It's like some doom
had taken over this city.

And then, on top of that,

there were also bricks
and clay pots that were melted,

and they couldn't explain
that either.

[Narrator] What could have
caused the sudden devastation

that seemingly occurred
at Mohenjo-daro?

It's a question that has divided
archaeologists for decades.

But in 1977,

British researcher
David Davenport

made a curious discovery

that may point
to an extraordinary answer.

[Collins] David Davenport

spent 12 years at Mohenjo-daro,

researching it,
working with the excavators,

asking all the right questions,

looking at the artifacts
that were discovered,

going around
the remains of the streets.

And what he discovered was that

there seemed to be absolute
evidence of intense heat,

that some buildings
seem to be virtually vitrified.

[Narrator] In 1979,
Davenport published evidence

of what he believed
to be a visible

50-yard epicenter of destruction
at Mohenjo-daro.

And according to his research,
the source of this devastation

was truly incredible.

Davenport suggested that

Mohenjo-daro had been destroyed
by an atomic bomb.

[Narrator] An atom bomb dropped
more than 4,000 years ago?

While the idea strikes many
as far-fetched,

Davenport reached his conclusion

after studying the ancient
Sanskrit epics of India

and coming across passages

that described battles
between the gods.

[Childress] There were
these horrific wars

that are talked about
called the Kurukshetra Wars.

And they were
using powerful weapons

that create massive explosions.

[Deepak Shimkhada] In the
Mahabharata,

there are listed

47 different types of weapons.

We're not talking about
the bow and arrow

or, you know, sword or dagger.

They were all divine weapons
given by gods.

Brahmastra is the most
lethal weapon there is.

Brahmastra explodes like a bomb.

And total devastation.

It causes extreme heat

and a wind
that it causes to blow.

[Giorgio A. Tsoukalos] In the
Mahabharata,

after these Brahmastra weapons
were deployed,

people would have boils
on their hands

and their nails
started to fall out.

Well, only one thing does that,

and that's radiation poisoning.

And so, perhaps the Brahmastra
was some type of nuclear weapon.

[Henry] David Davenport

realizes that the effects
of what he sees in Mohenjo-daro

precisely match
what is told in this epic

about this blinding
flash of light

that destroys this civilization.

And suddenly, it's as if
there's a perfect match here

between what is told
in this epic story

and the evidence on the ground
in Mohenjo-daro.

[Narrator] Is it possible that,
thousands of years ago,

our ancestors witnessed
a nuclear war

waged between visitors
from other worlds?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and claim that the evidence
lies not only

in the Sanskrit texts

but can also be found
in many other ancient cultures.

Across continents and millennia,

civilizations have told
a common story.

There are cosmic battles
in the skies above the Earth

that involve godlike beings,

what we would today think of
as extraterrestrials.

They fight in craft.

They have enormously
powerful weapons.

In Sumerian mythology,
it's riddled

with lots of aerial battles
between the gods.

You have different factions
that are warring over

some type of control over Earth.

Also, the Mayans
had the epic story

of these hero twins
who descend into Xibalba

and conquer the forces
of darkness.

Xibalba is now identified
as the Milky Way.

This becomes a cosmic battle
where the hero twins

journeyed into
the Milky Way Galaxy itself.

In Egyptian mythology,

Osiris comes from
the star system Orion.

He's here to lift humanity
even to the level of the gods,

and he's challenged at every
step for his kingship by Set.

This is a battle
between two forces

for control of the Earth

and ultimately
the destiny of humanity.

[Tsoukalos] You have to ask
the question:

was that all a figment

of our ancestors' imagination,

or did they witness something?

Well, in the case of
Mohenjo-daro and Tell el-Hammam,

you have the signature
of the events.

[Narrator] Do ruins
around the world

hold evidence of ancient
extraterrestrial conflicts?

And were descriptions
of incredible high-tech weaponry

documented by our ancestors?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining a mysterious
megalithic structure in Greece

that, according
to local mythology,

was built by a god.

♪ ♪

[Narrator] Euboea, Greece.

Towering above this small
Greek island stands Mount Ochi.

This rocky peak
rises to an elevation

of nearly 5,000 feet.

And dotting its slopes
are ancient buildings

referred to as Drakospita,
or dragon houses.

[Robert Stephan] The Drakospita
are these very large

stone structures.

And as a result of this style
of construction,

they're incredibly difficult
to kind of figure out

the actual purpose
of these things.

Most people today
think that the Drakospita

date to around
the fifth century BC,

so right in the heart
of ancient Greek culture.

But there's still
quite a bit of debate

on the side of scholars

as to the actual use
in Greek antiquity.

[Narrator] While more than
20 Drakospita

dot this rugged landscape,

of particular interest
to ancient astronaut theorists

is the one located
at the mountain's summit.

[Tsoukalos] The Drakospita

is at the very top
of Mount Ochi...

...and it is one of the largest
megalithic structures

in all of Greece.

Archaeologists to this day
have a hard time explaining

why it was even built there.

Because we are talking
of an altitude

of almost 5,000 feet,

we are above
the natural timberline

and there is nothing up there.

So, anything and everything,
construction materials,

had to be brought
from down below up.

[Stephan] The location
of Drakospita

is one of the most
interesting aspects.

These are massive stones.

In addition to

actually having
to quarry those stones,

or get them out of the ground,

now you've got to get them
up the mountain

and articulate them
to actually form the structure.

[Narrator] But what's
most intriguing

to ancient astronaut theorists

is that the largest blocks
in the dragon house

were used for the ceiling.

[Tsoukalos] We have
this gigantic

megalithic ceiling
that contains blocks

that are up to ten feet long,

two feet thick.

How was that done?

[Childress] Most megalithic
structures have giant walls,

but the dragon house
at the top of Mount Ochi

has these massive slabs
for the ceilings.

Moving these giant stones
and actually lifting them up

and then placing them across
the walls would be difficult.

And so, you have to wonder,
you know,

why they're using such
large stones for the ceiling.

[Narrator] Some mainstream
historians suggest

the dragon house
at the top of Mount Ochi

was built as a hut

-for shepherds.
-[sheep bleats]

But could shepherds
living in the fifth century BC

transport megalithic blocks
that weigh up to ten tons each

to the top of a mountain?

And if so,
what would be the purpose

of building
a massive stone shelter

in such a remote
and desolate location?

Ancient astronaut theorists
believe that instead,

the true origins
of the Drakospita

can be found in Greek mythology.

[Tsoukalos] Mount Ochi
comes from the word "ochevare,"

which means to descend
and to drive.

And so, this is interesting
because, according to legend,

the reason why the dragon house
exists at the top of Mount Ochi

is because Zeus allegedly
descended from the heavens

on top of that mountain.

[Narrator] Zeus,
the god of thunder,

was the most powerful figure
in the Greek pantheon.

Like many of the Greek gods,

he often came down from the sky
and intermingled with humans.

[Tsoukalos] The Greek pantheon
of gods were not gods

as we think of them today.

They descended from the sky

and interacted
with our ancestors.

They were incredibly human.

They had human tendencies,

they were lusting
after earthly women.

They committed heinous crimes.

So, are we really
talking about bona fide gods

in ancient Greece?

I think it had something to do

with extraterrestrial
visitations in the remote past.

You have to wonder
if the Drakospita of Mount Ochi

were places of contact
back in the day.

[Narrator] In ancient Greece,
the word "dragon,"

or "drako," referred not
to winged, fire-breathing beasts

but giants
and other humanlike beings

with superhuman powers.

Legend has it that a drako
built the megalithic structure

at the top of Mount Ochi
for Zeus.

But if so, for what purpose?

Ancient astronaut
theorists believe

it may have been built
as a fortification during a war

described in Greek mythology
as the Titanomachy.

[Stephan] The Titanomachy was
one of these primordial battles

for the ancient Greek cosmos.

Essentially, this was
the battle between the Titans

and their own children,
the Olympians.

[Narrator] The Olympians were
12 powerful gods led by Zeus.

According to the story,
after a ten-year war,

the Olympians
defeated the Titans

using a vast arsenal
of devastating weapons.

[Stephan] Zeus's thunderbolt
is one of the most

powerful weapons
in all of Greek mythology.

Not only does it have
the power to shake something

with the force of thunder,

but it then has
the lightning aspect as well,

which is able
to burn its enemies.

[Tsoukalos] Poseidon's trident
was able to vanquish

entire fleets
with just one single zap.

Now, when I hear stories
like that, I wonder

if the Olympians had access
to some type of technology.

[Narrator] Were the Titans and
the Olympians not mythical gods

but warring factions
of extraterrestrials?

Could the dragon house
have been built as a fortress

to protect against
aerial attacks?

And if so, might there be
other ancient sites

that served the same purpose?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining an astonishing city
in central Turkey

that is entirely underground.

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

In the small town of Derinkuyu,

a local man
performing home renovations

knocks down a basement wall
and discovers a hidden tunnel.

Upon further exploration,

he learns
that this man-made tunnel

leads to more tunnels,
and chambers,

that are all part
of a vast underground city,

one that is
thousands of years old

and extends nearly
280 feet beneath the earth.

[Childress] I've been
to Derinkuyu

a number of times,
and it's-it's very impressive.

I mean, it's going
12 stories underground

with all of these rooms
and passages.

It had huge wheels as doors
which were made out of stone

so they could seal themselves
off from the outside world.

There were ventilation shafts
that brought fresh air

even down to the very bottom,
basement part of this city.

[Narrator] Archaeologists
concluded

that the structure could support
as many as 20,000 people.

Inside, they found evidence
of storerooms,

religious centers,

winepresses

and stables for livestock.

At Derinkuyu, you really had
everything you need to survive

for weeks or months underground.

It was like
an ancient bomb shelter.

[Collins] One Turkish
archaeologist

by the name of Ömer Demir,

who was actually
a curator of Derinkuyu

found artifacts
that accurately dated

to around 10,800 BC.

The importance
of this information

is that it tells us

that there were
technologies that we had,

that are now completely lost,

to create these structures.

[Narrator] Just who built
this massive underground city?

And what mysterious force

compelled them
to live underground?

While archaeologists
haven't been able to determine

when the structure was built...

...ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

clues about its age can be found

in the ancient scriptures
of Zoroastrianism,

one of the world's
first religions.

[Henry] Zoroastrianism
is the religion

of ancient Persia.

It was founded around
the sixth century BC

by a prophet named Zoroaster.

It's basically the worship
of the god of light Ahura Mazda.

[Narrator] According
to Zoroastrian scripture,

Ahura Mazda warned
a young priest named Yima

about a cataclysmic event
that was soon to come.

Yima is told
to build an underground city

and to take, uh,
two of every animal,

and to take, you know,
seeds and things like that

and a select group of people
into this underground city

to live there for 100 years.

[Henry] This story sounds
very much like what we find

in the biblical book of Genesis
and the story of Noah,

only here,
instead of building an ark,

he's told to go underground.

[Childress] When we look
at the story of Yima

and his underground city,
and it seems so fantastic

and almost unbelievable,

but yet, here we have Derinkuyu,

and it's totally real,

and it completely matches
the story of Yima.

So, here we have
ancient legend...

...being proven by a real place.

[Narrator] Is it possible
that Derinkuyu is, in fact,

the underground city that Yima
was instructed to build?

And if so, then who or what
was the god Ahura Mazda?

[Henry] When we see depictions
of Ahura Mazda

at places like Persepolis
and elsewhere,

he's easily identifiable
because he's the one

that's flying around
in a winged ring,

and it's very clear
to modern eyes

that he's in
some sort of a craft.

[Narrator] Could it be
that the story of Ahura Mazda

is a real account
of an alien visitor

who instructed humans to build
an underground shelter?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest further clues can
be found in cuneiform tablets

that describe
an otherworldly conflict.

In 2014, Dr. Irving Finkel
of the British Museum

published a translation
of a Sumerian tablet

that describes a great flood.

Now, anybody who's ever read
the Book of Genesis

and knows about the flood there,
with an ark and Noah,

is astonished when they read
the Sumerian text

for the first time
because they are the same story.

But this tablet is at least
1,000 years older

than the story in the Bible.

[Narrator] But while
the great flood of the Bible

was caused by an almighty God
wanting to rid the world of sin,

the Sumerian texts
say the cataclysm

was the result of a fight
between celestial beings

known as the Anunnaki.

[Henry] The Sumerian stories

tell us about two gods,

half brothers Enki and Enlil,

who are constantly
in conflict with one another.

Enlil is anti-human.

Enki is an advocate for
the advancement of humankind.

The battles escalate.

They're hurling stones
that boil waters.

They have weapons that are
described as thunderous,

that emit these bright lights.

To destroy humanity,
Enlil sends a massive flood.

But Enki takes aside
one of the human beings

and tells him to build an ark

and to take his family
and take them to safety.

All over the world, we have
ancient stories of cataclysms.

But if we look
at the Sumerian version,

it seems to be the oldest
of all of these flood myths.

Therefore, it's probably
the most accurate as well.

So, you know, it's possible
that there was a cosmic battle

going on between the gods.

[Narrator] Could it be that
a 3,700-year-old Sumerian text

describes a war
waged by otherworldly beings

with advanced technology?

And if so, might the vast
underground city in Turkey

have served as a shelter

for the humans
who witnessed this event?

Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest further evidence

of an alien conflict
can be found by looking

at mysterious anomalies
that exist not on Earth

but in the nearby cosmos.

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

After a five-and-a-half-month
journey,

the Mariner 9 spacecraft

successfully enters orbit
around Mars.

Its mission is to create

the world's first comprehensive
map of the Red Planet.

When scientists begin receiving
images from the Mariner,

they make
an unexpected discovery.

Cutting across
the Martian surface

is an enormous canyon

that is four miles deep
and over 2,500 miles long.

They name it Valles Marineris.

[Brandenburg] The Valles
Marineris stretches

the same distance
from New York to, like, L.A.

It's an enormous scar
in the Martian surface.

[Michio Kaku] Most geologists
would say that, well,

on Earth
we have tectonic activity

that could go across
thousands of miles.

Maybe something like that

has created
the Grand Canyon of Mars.

But in the entire
solar system of planets,

we don't see anything like that

anywhere else but on Mars.

[Brandenburg] There are
many hypotheses

as to how this formed.

One of the very interesting ones
is that there was some kind of

lightning bolt
that struck Mars...

...and created this scar.

[Kaku] Maybe a thunderbolt,
a cosmic thunderbolt

from outer space caused it.

But I personally don't think so,
because thunderbolts are

localized, they're small.

[Narrator] If Valles Marineris

was not caused
by tectonic activity

or a lightning strike,

just what could have created
this massive chasm?

In recent years, scientists
have found compelling evidence

that life once thrived on Mars
in the distant past,

and some researchers wonder
if Valles Marineris was formed

not by a natural event
but by alien technology.

[Tsoukalos] Some have proposed
that long ago,

there was an earthlike-type
atmosphere on Mars

and a highly advanced
civilization.

And that, you know,
gash on Mars is the result

of some sort of energy weapon
or something like that,

which I find highly fascinating.

Ancient texts talk about weapons
capable of something like this.

For example, in ancient Greece,

there's Zeus
with his thunderbolt.

In the Vedic texts,

they describe a weapon
called the Vajra

which projects a lightning bolt

that can destroy anything
in its path.

Was this some sort
of technology?

Maybe this is exactly
what happened on Mars.

[Narrator] Was the Valles
Marineris

actually created
by an extraterrestrial weapon?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and point
to a compelling discovery

made by Dr. John Brandenburg
in 2014.

Writing in
the Journal of Cosmology,

Brandenburg noted
something unusual

in the thin atmosphere
of the Red Planet.

[Brandenburg] The Martian
atmosphere shows

a very strong component
of a-a special isotope

called xenon-129.

The only place you find
xenon-129 in such levels

is supernova explosions...

...or hydrogen bomb explosions.

So this is strong evidence

that indicate probably
about 300 million years ago,

Mars was racked

by two enormous
thermonuclear explosions.

Imagine

hydrogen bombs as big
as the Empire State Building

dropped from space
and exploding.

[Narrator] Could the mysterious
radiation signature on Mars

be the result
of an extraterrestrial conflict

that occurred
in the distant past?

Does this suggest
that powerful alien adversaries

were locked in a battle
that spanned multiple worlds?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining another
intriguing celestial anomaly.

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

Johann Daniel Titius,
a professor of physics

at the University of Wittenberg,
is studying the planets

when he makes
an intriguing observation.

He notes that the distances
of each planet from the Sun

can be measured with
a simple mathematical formula,

with one notable exception.

Between Mars and Jupiter,

where the formula shows
there should be a planet,

there is an enormous gap
millions of miles wide.

It's a very simple
mathematical sequence,

and it predicts
the planets' orbits

all the way out to Uranus
with astonishing accuracy.

The main mystery
of the solar system

is the big gap
between Mars and Jupiter.

Using this sequence,
there should be

a planet there, but there isn't.

[Narrator] It wasn't
until the 1850s

that astronomers
discovered the asteroid belt

in the region Titius predicted
a planet should be.

[Henry] Where did all
this debris come from,

and why is there not
a planet here?

It may very well be
that there was a planet here

and it was destroyed
by the same kind of weapons

that created
Valles Marineris on Mars

and the destruction we see
at ancient sites on Earth.

But in this case,

the extraterrestrials
were successful

in destroying an entire planet.

[Narrator] Could it be
that the asteroid belt,

along with the massive tear
on the surface of Mars,

are the results of battles

between highly advanced
alien races?

And if so, what might this mean
for planet Earth?

Perhaps clues can be found

in alarming footage
that shows the U.S. military

engage with a UAP.

[Narrator reads on-screen text]

During a congressional hearing

on sightings of unidentified
aerial phenomena,

Congressman Eric Burlison
of Missouri

presents an extraordinary video.

The footage, captured
by an MQ-9 Reaper drone,

shows U.S. forces
engaging a UAP.

[Nick Pope] This was genuine

U.S. military footage
showing an object--

UAP-- and a Hellfire missile
is fired at this thing,

and apparently
it didn't destroy it.

[Travis Taylor] In fact, the
missile goes through the object,

doesn't explode,

and then the object
just continues along.

Now, it was moving
too fast to be a balloon.

I'm not saying it wasn't
a balloon, I'm not saying

it wasn't an alien spacecraft.

There is not enough data

to tell us exactly
what this object was.

Whatever it was,

it was state-of-the-art
technologies or beyond.

Is it something that
somebody here on this planet

has generated,
or is it from somewhere else?

[Representative Anna Paulina
Luna] Every single individual

of the military
that has seen that footage

cannot explain what that is.

This tech is not any tech

that any government
has currently.

[Narrator] For ancient
astronaut theorists,

the sensational video
raises an intriguing question.

If we are seeing things
in our skies today

that we can't explain,

is it not also possible
that ancient people

witnessed similarly
strange phenomena

and perhaps even beings

and tried to explain these
encounters through mythology?

[Von Däniken] Our ancestors,
at that time,

were Stone Age people,
primitives.

They could not understand
what was going on.

So they believed erroneously

that these beings are gods.

And they worshiped the gods,
they adored the gods,

they did everything
from the gods.

[Carter] Our ancestors

are telling us,
in oral narratives

and in written narratives,
what it was like

to share this planet

with beings from another world.

To worship them,
to fight for them

and possibly against them.

That's what these stories
are telling us.

[Narrator] Could it be
that with the recent uptick

in UAP sightings,

we are entering an age
in which we will once again

share the planet
with extraterrestrials?

And if so, will we find
that there are, in fact,

multiple alien races
with competing agendas

concerning the fate
of our planet

and the future of humankind?

[Henry] When we look

at the ancient stories

of extraterrestrial involvement
in human affairs,

even if they're described
as myths,

it's very clear
that Earth is contested.

And if there were
opposing factions or ETs

battling over the fate
of the Earth and humankind,

it begs the question: could this
conflict be ongoing even today?

[Tsoukalos] Perhaps we are not
the landlords of planet Earth.

Maybe somebody else
is in charge.

Yet we are still here,
and I ask the question: Why?

And the answer to that is:

someone ensured our survival.

[Narrator] Has planet Earth
been a battleground

for warring factions
of extraterrestrials

going back thousands of years?

And if so,

could it be that at the heart
of this conflict

is the human race?

Perhaps one day soon
we will learn

that ancient stories
about a war in heaven

are not merely fanciful tales

but accounts
of a very real fight

over the fate of humanity

that is rapidly approaching
its conclusion.

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