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JONATHAN YOUNG:
To devout Hindus,

Shiva is a real being
who walked among us.

ERICH VON DANIKEN:
Shiva came down

from these cities
on the firmament.

He's the leader of a group
of extraterrestrials.

Shiva was a force
for incredible good,

but also a force for
incredible destruction.

And he is said
to have this trident

which could annihilate
anything in its path.

DAVID WILCOCK:
In the Hindu tradition,

you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.

And it may be
that Shiva will determine

the future of the human race.

NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,

mankind has credited
its origins to gods

and other visitors
from the stars.

What if it were true?

Did extraterrestrial beings

really help
to shape our history?

And if so, might humanity's fate

be determined
by Shiva the Destroyer?

NARRATOR:
India.

Covering over
1.2 million square miles,

it is the world's
seventh-largest country.

And with 1.3 billion people,

it is the second most populated.

Roughly 80% of the Indian
population practices Hinduism,

the world's oldest
surviving religion

that dates back
to at least 2000 BC.

And for the Hindu faithful,
their gods are not mythological,

but are real beings

that have, at times,
been present here on Earth.

YOUNG: These many gods and
goddesses have different stories

and different energies

and different principles
that they represent.

For many of the Hindu faithful,
the gods are absolutely real.

They exist physically,

although they may not
always be visible.

In general, compared
to Western belief systems,

the tangible reality of the gods
is much stronger in India.

I've grown up as a Hindu
in a strict Hindu family,

so I know
all the Vedas and epics.

You know, I've read them
hundreds of times.

Hindus believe that the gods
came down from the sky.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Hindus believe that

these stories are
not simply myth.

They are historical records,

because they are
actually called itihasa--

itihasa meaning "history."

NARRATOR: Thousands of
depictions of the Hindu gods

can be found throughout India,

carved into temples,

painted on ancient rock walls,

and in the form of giant statues
that dominate the landscape.

And even greater is the sheer
number of these sky gods

that make up the Hindu pantheon.

There are 333 million gods
in Hinduism.

They are divided
into two realms:

a higher realm

and then the lower realm.

And the devas are not
immortal beings.

You obviously
have a lot of power,

more power than
ordinary human beings.

NARRATOR: While in
the Judeo-Christian tradition,

God is depicted as
an all-powerful being,

in the Vedic texts,

Hindu gods often rely
on the use of technology.

This has led ancient astronaut
theorists to pose the question:

is it possible
that these religious texts

describe not only
encounters with the divine,

but also with
extraterrestrial beings?

The Western mindset
is different from that of India,

where they accept the idea
of extraterrestrial beings.

The Hindu story
of the Mahabharata

is loaded with references

to what seems to be
extraterrestrial technology.

You've got flying vehicles.

You've got weapons
that are voice-activated.

And you have destructions
of civilizations

by what seems like
nuclear detonation.

VON DANIKEN:
In the Mahabharata,

there they write that one day

gigantic cities
surrounded the Earth.

They did not have a word for
"spaceship" at that time.

They say "cities."

And they make clear difference

that these cities were in
the firmament, not in heaven.

And small vehicles came down

from these cities
of the firmament.

The old Indians called
these vehicles vimanas.

And out of the vimanas,
the teachers came out.

No doubt we were visited
by extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR:
Is the Hindu tradition

a story of
extraterrestrial visitation?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and suggest that
this was orchestrated

by an otherworldly being
known in Hinduism as Lord Shiva.

Shiva is a member of the Hindu
trinity of major gods:

Shiva is also called Mahadeva.

Mahadeva means "great god."

So he is god of gods.

He's the head of all gods,

and he's also
the most powerful god.

Shiva has a dual function.

One of his functions
is destruction.

The other one is creation.

Without destruction,
there is no creation.

NARRATOR:
Depictions of Shiva embody

this idea of
destruction and creation.

Shiva is most often shown
holding a drum called a damaru,

which he used
to create the universe.

Around his neck is a cobra
poised to strike.

In one hand, Shiva holds
a powerful trident-like

weapon of destruction
called the trishula,

and in the center of his
forehead, he has a third eye.

Shiva is the only god
that has a...

depicted with third eye.

If his third eye opens,

a very powerful light, uh,
fire emits from his third eye,

and anything that it sees,
it destroys totally.

Usually, when you talk
about the third eye,

it's about enlightenment.

And then there is
this other third eye,

this third eye that was able
to annihilate things.

I don't think
they're the same thing.

So the question is: What was it?

And what was Shiva?

Shiva appeared
at a very crucial time

when, uh, two gods--

Brahma is the creator,
and Vishnu, the preserver--

were debating who is greater.

All of a sudden, this blinding
light, shaft of light,

appeared that has
no end or beginning.

And then this voice
came out of this light,

said that, "I am the greatest.

I am the greatest god there is."

TSOUKALOS: Shiva is
almost always surrounded

by some type of a circular
structure with flames.

Now, what did our human ancestor
artists try to depict here?

Was he perhaps inside
some type of a fiery craft?

It is possible that Shiva
is the same extraterrestrial

that other cultures
call by different names.

Enki, Odin, Zeus,

Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl,
Kukulkan.

NARRATOR:
The earliest Vedic texts

were first written
roughly 4,000 years ago,

but Hindus claim
that the stories originated

hundreds and perhaps even
thousands of years earlier,

existing as part of
an oral tradition

passed down from one generation
to the next.

And ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

that Shiva first arrived
here on Earth

at a time before the existence
of modern humans,

and before the event known,
in the Biblical tradition,

as the Great Flood.

Every culture around the world

that has any type
of ancient writings

or documents
or even oral traditions,

they always talk about
some kind of great flood...

...that had a massive
catastrophic effect,

and utterly wiped out

much of life on Earth
in a single day.

What I find interesting
about this

is that Shiva is
the god of destruction.

In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction

in order to have creation.

Is there a connection there?

(speaking Russian)

TRANSLATOR: Tibetan lamas
claim that, after the Flood,

when the whole Earth flooded,

and the waters
gradually receded,

man was created anew

by means of the seed
that was guarded by Shiva.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible

that Shiva was
an extraterrestrial visitor

that was responsible for both
the creation and destruction

of an earlier race
of Earthlings?

And if so, did he do this

to clear the way
for modern humans?

Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

further clues can be found
by examining a mysterious temple

in northern India
and what might lie beneath it.

NARRATOR:
Aurangabad, India.

200 miles northeast of Mumbai

stands a monolithic
temple complex

known as the Ellora Caves.

These 34 sites of worship,
extending over a mile,

were carved out of a high cliff,

and are believed to date back
to between 600 and 1000 AD.

Cave 16,
known as Kailasa Temple,

is a massive shrine
to Lord Shiva.

At three stories high,
it stands twice as tall

as the Parthenon in Athens,

and archaeologists believe it
was chiseled out of the hillside

starting at the top
and ending at the bottom.

Some historians estimate
that construction of the temple

required the removal of
over 400,000 tons of rock,

but even more incredible is
that mainstream archaeologists

propose that this feat was
accomplished in just 18 years.

If people worked every day
for that 18 years,

for 12 hours straight
with no breaks,

then they would have
to have removed

five tons of rock every hour.

This is ten thousand pounds
of rock every hour.

In reality, such a feat
is not even possible today

with modern technology.

If it happened in 18 years,

it is very hard
to account for...

Another baffling fact
is that if they removed

400,000 tons of rocks,

they have to be
thrown away somewhere.

But we do not find any evidence
of rocks being piled up nearby.

Uh, it hasn't been used
to build any other temples

or any other structure.

Where did all that rock go?

NARRATOR: Could humans
living over 1,000 years ago

really have constructed
Kailasa Temple

in only 18 years?

And if so, how is it that all
the rock that was excavated

has simply disappeared?

Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining

a powerful device described
in the ancient Vedic texts.

Interestingly, there is
a device called Bhaumastra

mentioned in
the ancient Vedic texts.

This high-tech machine
would be able to quickly drill

into the rock
and basically vaporize them.

This could basically
change the rock into air.

This device was mentioned
multiple times

in ancient Vedic texts,
which was used to mine

for precious stones and metals.

Could this be how
Kailasa Temple was built?

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Bhaumastra machine

described in the Vedic texts

was really
a technological device

that existed on Earth
thousands of years ago?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

but suggest it was used
not to build Kailasa Temple

from the top down,
as mainstream scholars propose,

but carved out the structure
from the bottom up.

One of the more
mysterious aspects

of the site of Ellora

are the tunnels that seem
to go nowhere at the site.

Some of them turn at odd angles.

Some go as deep as 40 feet.

Now the reasons for this are,
for the most part, unknown.

This is one of the tunnels

leading underground
at the Kailasa Temple.

You can see that
the local authorities

have fenced this off.

But if you look
through this hole,

you can see that this tunnel
goes vertically down.

Local authorities believe
that tunnels like these

lead to a vast underground city
under Kailasa Temple.

NARRATOR:
What could be the purpose

for these tunnels
below Kailasa Temple?

And why are they fenced off
from the public?

In 1876,
renowned English spiritualist

Emma Hardinge Britten
published Ghost Land,

in which she writes
of hidden tunnels

beneath the Ellora Caves

and the meetings of
a secret cabal of mystics

in an underground city.

Britten tells of spiritually
contacting a mysterious figure

named Cavalier Louie,

who witnessed
the clandestine society.

LITTLE: Cavalier Louie states
that he was taken

into the site of Ellora,
where he was led through

a secret passageway into
an underground chamber.

The underground chamber opened
up into a huge amphitheater,

and there were these wondrous
metallic thrones

that were being charged with
powerful galvanic batteries

that rose up into the air.

And seated on these thrones

were seven mysterious
hooded figures.

But the most interesting one

was the one in the center
who spoke,

and yet was not always there.

His body shimmered in and out
of physical space and time.

NARRATOR: But why would
vast rooms and tunnels exist

deep underground
beneath Kailasa Temple?

Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

this could be further evidence
that Lord Shiva

has a connection with
the Great Flood.

CHILDRESS:
We have a great deluge

that changed
the face of the Earth

and forced people underground.

So you have to wonder,

is this some kind
of ancient city,

many thousands of years old,

that was once some kind
of extraterrestrial base?

And as the water receded,

they create this temple
from underground.

Presently, archaeologists date
the Kailasa Temple

from the fifth
to the tenth century AD.

But there is nothing
in the temple

that really gives it a date.

And, in fact, like many things
in ancient India,

and-and around the world,

uh, these temples may be
much, much older

than the mainstream
archeologists are saying.

NARRATOR: Could it be that
hidden beneath Kailasa Temple

is an underground alien city?

And if so, would this prove
that the being Hindus call Shiva

was really
an extraterrestrial visitor

who gave technology
to an earlier race of humans

and ultimately destroyed them?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining a sacred icon

believed to hold
extraordinary power.

NARRATOR
Sirsi, India.

Ten miles outside of this city,

in the southwestern state
of Karnataka,

within the river Shalmala,

is one of the country's
most popular pilgrimage sites,

Sahasralinga.

Hidden under these waters
for most of the year

lie stone sculptures
known as Shiva Lingams.

These sacred idols
are representations

of the god Shiva,

and are visible to thousands
of pilgrims once a year

at the festival
of Maha Shivaratri.

Maha Shivaratri is a festival

where Shiva is worshipped
for his great nature.

Maha Shivaratri is usually
held in the end of February

or beginning of March.

During that month,

the water level of
the Shalmala River drops down

so that all the Shiva Lingas
are exposed.

LITTLE: Shiva's depicted
as the Shiva Linga,

as kind of a spherical column,

the flaming pillar that is
the cosmic axis of the universe.

Every Shiva Linga that's in
worship is set into a yoni.

This is a-a special base,

and it actually serves
kind of a utility of function.

It's a spout so that
when you pour offerings

over the surface of the linga,
they wash over the sacred body.

Images of the Shiva Linga are
found throughout Southeast Asia,

even in parts of East Asia.

Sometimes images of Shiva
as the lingam

also made its way into China
and into Japan.

NARRATOR: The Shiva Lingam first
appeared over 2,000 years ago,

and there is still debate
over what this shape

was originally
meant to symbolize.

But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

that the icon may represent

an incredibly powerful
technological device.

Paris, France.

1900.

At the Paris Congress of History
of Religions,

Swami Vivekananda,
a scientist and monk

credited with popularizing
Hinduism in the West,

gives a lecture addressing
the meaning of the Shiva Lingam.

HENRY: For centuries,
Western scholars have assumed

that the Shiva Linga has purely
a sexual connotation.

The cylinder is
the male phallic symbol

and the yoni is
the complimentary female symbol.

Then in 1900, the Hindu scholar
Swami Vivekananda

came to Paris to deliver
a major lecture

about Hinduism and symbolism.

During this lecture,
he said that the Shiva Linga

actually symbolizes
the coming in or going out

of the divine manifesting energy
of Shiva.

SHIMKHADA:
It stands for energy.

And it has often been
misrepresented in the West

that it is simply
a phallic symbol of Shiva,

which is not the case.

It is obviously a pillar.

"Linga" means a pillar.

Modern Hindu scholars
have theorized

that the Shiva Linga stone

actually represents
atomic energy.

When we think about this idea
of what atomic energy can do,

how it can be used for good
but it can be

extraordinarily destructive,

this certainly pertains
to the mythology of Shiva,

who is chaotic energy, who is
a force for incredible good,

but also a force
for incredible destruction.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that
this symbol of Shiva's power

actually represents
atomic energy?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and suggest the proof
can be found

by examining
this mysterious shape.

MOHAN: The cylindrical structure
of the Shiva Linga

is similar or almost identical
to a modern-day nuclear reactor.

And the groove
that surrounds the base

represents the structures

built to dispose
of the polluted water.

In ancient times and even today,

Hindus pour water
or milk on top of Shiva Linga

as a ritual.

Today we pour water over the top
of nuclear reactor to cool it.

And interestingly,
most Shiva temples

are always found
near water bodies,

like rivers or lakes,
just like nuclear power plants.

So is it possible
that Shiva Linga

actually represents
an ancient nuclear power plant?

HENRY: In the story of Shiva
and the Shiva Linga,

we're obviously dealing
with some kind of a universal

or cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand

until the 20th century,

with the discovery of nuclear
power and nuclear fission.

These discoveries
that predate modern man

are completely changing our
conception of the ancient past

and connecting us
to the true history of humanity,

all before the time
of the flood.

NARRATOR:
Does the Shiva Lingam symbolize

an extraterrestrial technology

that existed on Earth
before the Great Flood?

Could it be a message
left for us

by our ancestors that
an advanced society of humans

existed long ago
and suffered a terrible fate?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining
a 4,000-year-old text

that describes
how to harness electricity.

NARRATOR:
Ujjain, India.

1924.

Lost pages from
an ancient Sanskrit text

called the Agastya Samhita

are discovered
in the city's royal library.

While the exact age of this text
is not known,

some Hindu scholars believe
it could date back

more than 4,000 years.

In it are the collected works
of Sage Agastya,

a disciple of Shiva and the
first in a line of Hindu saints

known as siddhas.

LITTLE:
"Siddha" means a perfected one,

or an accomplished one.

These are people who have powers

like shrinking to a small size,
growing very large,

flying through the air.

Shiva is generally regarded
as being the ultimate siddha,

the first and primordial siddha.

NARRATOR:
According to Hindu texts,

the ancient siddhas wielded
highly advanced technology.

The siddhas
are masters of creation.

The Siddha Bhogar
has been credited

with many wondrous technologies

that he is thought
to have created

long before the advent
of modern industry.

He is credited with building
a steamship,

a telescope,

a parachute,

a locomotive,

and also various devices
to fly through the sky.

Sage Agastya is very important
for siddha tradition as well.

He is said to have brought
the secret culture

and secret science to India.

WILCOCK:
When you read the legends

about how Sage Agastya
got his knowledge,

we hear that he was
directly trained

by extraterrestrials himself.

NARRATOR:
Dr. Varam R. Kokatnur,

a chemist and avid researcher
of hieroglyphics,

studied the lost pages
of the Agastya Samhita

that were discovered in 1924.

What he found fascinated him
to such an extent

that, in 1927,
he read the translated pages

before the American Chemical
Society in Detroit, Michigan.

The chemists were astonished,

and reached the same conclusion
as Dr. Kokatnur had:

that this ancient manuscript
provides accurate instructions

for how to make
a dry electric battery.

WILCOCK:
The battery doesn't show up

in our conventional technology
until the 19th century.

What the heck is it doing
in the Agastya Samhita--

the sacred text that was
Agastya's personal writings?

If Agastya knew
how to build a battery,

then how can we rule out all of
the other marvelous technology

that is described
in the same document?

NARRATOR:
On March 31, 2016,

author and researcher
David Childress

met with physics professor
Dr. Michael Dennin

at the University of California,
Irvine,

to put Sage Agastya's
centuries-old instructions

for building a battery
to the test.

So we need a well-cleaned
copper plate.

DENNIN: Okay, so that's
the copper plate here.

That's gonna make one end
of our battery.

All right.

And we need
an earthenware vessel.

We've actually chosen
to substitute that

with a plastic petri dish.

All that vessel is is an
insulator to hold our battery.

These are transparent,
so we can look inside

while we do our test.

And then we need copper sulfate.

So I've got some copper sulfate
solution here.

It's a liquid and it's blue.

That tells you
about the copper inside.

Okay, and we need moist sawdust.

We're gonna actually start with
dry sawdust,

and when we add the copper
sulfate in our battery,

it'll become our moist sawdust.

Okay, and then we need
a zinc plate.

So finally
the silver-looking plates,

those are our zinc plates.

That makes the other end
of the battery.

All right, let's see
how this works, then.

Okay, so we start
with the copper plate.

As I said, you put that
at the bottom.

And then we add the sawdust.

Okay, and what does
the sawdust do?

Well, one of the important
things in the battery

is to make sure the two metals
don't touch each other.

They have to stay separated
or the battery is shorted out.

Now we're gonna add zinc on top.

Now we're gonna add
the copper sulfate.

CHILDRESS:
What does that do?

DENNIN: So this is
our electrolyte solution.

It's a key element
to the battery.

It's gonna cause the chemical
reaction that'll take electrons

from one of the metals and allow
them to flow to the other metal,

and that'll give us
our current and our battery.

Now we're gonna take our volt
meter and we're gonna check

and see what sort of voltage

we're getting out
of this battery.

And as you can see, we've got
one volt on the volt meter.

So our battery is actually
working and running.

Wow, and this really validates
this ancient text.

So what can you do
with one volt?

DENNIN:
Well, with one volt

and a typical single battery
like this,

the cool thing is
you have enough energy content

that you could lift a person,
say a 200-pound person,

about ten meters into the air,
if you had the right machinery

to hook this battery up to.

CHILDRESS:
Wow.

NARRATOR:
A battery with enough power

to lift a person off the ground?

Could the technology described
by Sage Agastya

be connected
to the floating thrones

that were allegedly witnessed
in the chamber

beneath Kailasa Temple?

Is this further evidence
of an advanced society

that arose
thousands of years ago,

during a time
when extraterrestrials

coexisted with mankind?

But if so,
what happened to Shiva

and the devices
he brought to Earth?

Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

the answers may lie hidden high
on a Himalayan mountain peak

that is forbidden to climbers.

NARRATOR
The Tibetan Himalayas.

In this harsh desolate region
of the world

stands a mountain
sacred to billions of people,

the distinctive peak
of Mount Kailash.

YOUNG: Mount Kailash in Western
Tibet is a remarkable peak.

It rises some 22,000 feet
pretty much straight up.

It's seen somewhat conical
from one side,

more like a pyramid
from another.

It is the origins of four
of the world's great religions:

Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Daoism.

SHIMKHADA:
Mount Kailash is believed to be

home of Shiva.

He's supposed to reside
on top of Mount Kailash.

Because of that, it is sacred.

NARRATOR:
Dr. Ernst Muldashev,

a prominent Russian eye surgeon,
has led 21 expeditions

examining some of the most
remote regions on the planet.

In 1999, he spent a month
at Mount Kailash

studying its structure.

What he found led him to put
forth a controversial theory,

one that suggests
Mount Kailash may be much more

than just the mythological home
of Shiva.

Dr. Ernst Muldashev
led an expedition

of Russian scientists
to Mount Kailash.

And he observed that its apex,
its peak, highly resembles

a man-made pyramid
and began to develop the theory

that, in fact, the apex
of Kailash is man-made

or perhaps made
by extraterrestrials

as the home of Shiva.

(speaking Russian)

TRANSLATOR:
This is a huge pyramid,

the largest pyramid
in the world.

It is, in fact, very similar
to a step pyramid.

NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash really

contain an artificial structure
that is home to Shiva?

According to all religions
that revere the mountain,

setting foot on its slopes
is a dire sin,

and it is claimed that many
who ventured to defy the taboo

died in the process.

This, along with the fact
that China prohibits

climbing Mount Kailash,

has made examination
of the peak impossible.

But curiously,
many who visit the mountain

have reported
strange happenings.

Almost every pilgrim
who goes to Mount Kailash

reports unusual experiences
along the way.

A lot of people report rapid
aging if they stay in the area.

Fingernails grow faster,
hair grows faster.

(Muldashev speaking Russian)

TRANSLATOR:
Pilgrims go to Kailash

to absorb the energy
of the mountain.

What I personally felt
near Mount Kailash?

I felt some energy.

I usually do not feel energy.

I do not have psychic powers,
but I felt it.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there really is

some sort of energy
emanating from Mount Kailash?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest that, considering
the strange anomalies

and the legends that warn
against ascending the peak,

Mount Kailash
may be radioactive.

As further evidence,
they point to a drawing

that was discovered in the
Mogao Caves of Western China,

approximately 600 miles north
of Mount Kailash.

Between 500 BC and 1500 AD,

Buddhists stashed away
over 50,000 manuscripts

in the Mogao Cave system.

These went undiscovered
until Aurel Stein,

a Hungarian-born British
researcher, came there in 1907

and rediscovered the cave.

Hidden among these manuscripts
was an incredible diagram.

It's from
a second-century manuscript,

and it's of Mount Meru,
the cosmic access,

or stairway to heaven, of the
Buddhist and Hindu tradition.

Mount Meru is readily identified

as a representation
of Mount Kailash.

The thing about this diagram

is that it appears to be
highly technological.

NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists

suggest that this diagram
appears incredibly similar

to a modern-day
particle accelerator,

the type used to power
a nuclear reactor.

And some propose that
just before the time

of the Great Flood,
the remote mountain peak

provided the perfect location
for extraterrestrials to dispose

of their nuclear technology,

much like Yucca Mountain
in Nevada is used

to store nuclear waste today.

Is it possible that
Mount Kailash in Tibet

is some kind of
hollowed-out mountain,

hollowed out
thousands of years ago,

perhaps by extraterrestrials,

and could be completely poisoned
by radiation?

NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash contain

the ultimate physical evidence

of an earlier advanced
civilization here on Earth?

One that had
nuclear capabilities,

which were given to them
by extraterrestrials

represented in the form
of the Hindu gods?

Ancient astronaut theorists

suggest that the truth
about our past

may be uncovered by taking
a closer examination of Shiva

and what he truly represents.

NARRATOR:
August 5, 1927.

Russian philosopher

and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Nicholas Roerich

is exploring the
Himalayan Mountains when he sees

a giant oval
moving at a high speed

and glowing like the sun.

Changing directions
from south to southwest,

it disappears into the sky.

Many of these UFO sightings are
reported by Hindu pilgrims...

...who move towards
Mount Kailash.

They've also reported
UFOs around Mount Kailash

sometimes appearing to go
directly into the mountain.

And some people even claim there
is an underground UFO base,

as there have been reports
of UFOs coming from the sky

and disappearing
at ground level.

NARRATOR: If Mount Kailash
was once radioactive,

as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,

could the presence of UFOs
in the area be a sign

that it is once again
safe to access?

Or could it still contain
working technology

that extraterrestrials continue
to utilize to this day?

Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose the answer may be found

by taking another look at Shiva,

and the possibility that he is
not just the bringer of energy,

but is energy itself.

When J. Robert Oppenheimer,
the father of the atomic bomb,

observed the first
atomic explosion

at the Trinity test site,

he cited a line
from the Bhagavad Gita.

"I have become death,
destroyer of worlds."

That's the title of Shiva.

Perhaps we should listen
and look at these stories

from a new perspective.

What is the description about?

Could it be that Shiva
was some type of energy?

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Shiva

is a representation of some
incredible cataclysmic event

that happened thousands
of years ago?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, but also insist

that another demonstration
of Shiva's destructive powers

is not only possible
but inevitable.

We are approaching

the beginning of a new future
for mankind.

So, in a sense,
it's the end of an era

and the turning of a new page.

Even though Shiva's function
is to destroy,

and he's given that title,

god of destruction,
at the same time

he makes it possible to create.

So, destruction
is part of creation.

TSOUKALOS: The extraterrestrials
will come back,

and it will be the most amazing
chapter in human history.

NARRATOR:
Is Shiva really nothing more

than a mythical Hindu god?

One that offered early humans
a way of describing

some incredible
catastrophic event?

Or is he something more?

Something of
extraterrestrial origin?

Perhaps the answer lies
not in the images

carved upon the walls
of a temple

or in the words found
written in sacred texts,

but in the awesome power
of energy

and mankind's increasing ability
to harness it,

as we make our journey
back to the stars.

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