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and most mysterious desert.

We have huge, giant figures
carved into the desert.

ERICH VON DANIKEN:
On the ground
are gigantic stone plates,

really gigantic.

NARRATOR:
It has ancient traditions

of visitors from the sky.

NICOLAS BERASAIN:
Our ancestors

used to tell stories
about beings

who came from outer space.

NARRATOR:
And it is considered
a hotbed of modern UFO reports.

GEORGE NOORY:
Chile has one of the highest
rates of UFO sightings

in the world.

You got two hot spots,
and they're separated.

It's probably very large,
because this is 35 miles away.

I've never seen anything
like this in my life.

NARRATOR:
Now that the Chilean government

is openly examining UFOs,

could they uncover
an extraterrestrial presence

that has been interacting
with our planet

for thousands of years?

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
Extraterrestrial visitation

to Chile never ended.

That's one
of the most amazing things

‐I've ever seen in my life.
‐It is truly amazing.

These are the cases
where I think

‐there's really something
to the ancient astronaut theory.
‐I do, too.

NARRATOR:
There is a doorway

in the universe.

Beyond it is
the promise of truth.

It demands
we question everything

we have ever been taught.

The evidence is all around us.

The future is
right before our eyes.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

The Atacama Desert, Chile.

2013.

An autonomous rover

traverses the barren landscape,

carrying out
a two‐week NASA‐funded mission

to collect soil samples
from below the surface

of the parched desert floor.

This region of Chile

is the driest place
on the planet.

Some parts
have not experienced rainfall

for centuries, making it

one of the few locations
on Earth

that mimics conditions on Mars.

MICHAEL MASTERS:
Because the Atacama Desert

is so similar
to the landscape seen on Mars,

it's a very useful research tool
for astrobiologists,

those interested in studying
how life exists

in such difficult environments

and how it relates
to the Mars landscape.

NARRATOR:
On February 28, 2019,

the results of the mission
are finally published.

While surveying
this seemingly lifeless terrain,

the rover discovered evidence
of microbial life

thriving just below the surface.

MASTERS:
Microbial life

in the Atacama is very unique,

and life has existed
where it really shouldn't be.

Anybody who's been
to the Atacama Desert of Chile

knows that it's pretty unusual.

There's some very old
life‐forms there

you don't find so easily
in other parts of the world.

(whooshing)

NARRATOR:
Scientists believe

that future subsoil sampling
on Mars

could reveal similar and
perhaps even identical microbes.

Is it possible that there is
life in the Atacama Desert

that matches life on a planet

140 million miles from Earth?

As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

the desert soil
contains evidence

of a more profound
extraterrestrial connection.

We have figures that have been
carved into the desert

similar to what we see
in Nazca in Peru.

And they're huge, giant figures

to be seen from the sky.

NARRATOR:
The Nazca Lines in Peru

lie just 500 miles north
of the Atacama Desert.

They are the most famous
geoglyphs on Earth,

with over 1,100 glyphs

spread across 155 square miles.

But few people are aware
that Chile's Atacama Desert

is home to nearly five times
as many geoglyphs as Nazca,

with more than 5,000
covering an area

of 90,000 square miles.

MICHAEL BRADBURY:
The Atacama Desert
has one of the most,

if not the most, harsh
environments on the planet.

So, for civilizations years ago,

these glyphs that were engraved
into the ground,

you know
that was not an easy task.

TSOUKALOS:
There is no way

that anyone
would go through this effort

unless something very compelling

and something very real

happened to our ancestors.

And so I think it's time
that we pay closer attention

to what our ancestors
really tried to describe.

NARRATOR:
Of the thousands of geoglyphs
in Chile,

one towers above the rest.

The Atacama Giant
measures 390 feet,

30 feet longer
than a football field.

It sits on an ancient hillside
known as Cerro Unitas.

VICTOR HIDALGO:
When you walk by this,

you cannot really see the shape.

This has been designed,
constructed,

you know,
to be seen from above.

CHILDRESS:
And like at Nazca,

seems to be a signal
to the sky gods

and those who are flying
above the desert.

So, who are they signaling?

It would seem to be
extraterrestrials.

WILLIAM HENRY:
The Atacama Giant has
these lines coming out

of the top of his head.

We have to ask the question.

Are these the beings
that the geoglyph makers

were trying to communicate with?

NARRATOR:
Could the figures depicted
in the Atacama

and at Nazca represent
extraterrestrial visitors,

as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?

And if so,

could both the Nazca Lines

and the Atacama glyphs
serve a larger,

more interconnected purpose,

having been made long before
any national borders existed?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest they could mark
an ancient flight path.

CHILDRESS: So, when you look
at all of these glyphs in Peru

and Chile
and the vast desert spaces

and all
of the UFO activity there,

is it possible that Chile
is really this UFO avenue?

Is it possible that Chile
is this flight path

for extraterrestrials,

an alien alley?

BILL BIRNES:
It's interesting

when you look at the Nazca Lines

and the Atacama geoglyphs
together.

These are symbols

that are best observed
from the sky,

and they explode in numbers

as you move south
to the Atacama.

Could this suggest
that these symbols

were some sort of aerial guide,

guiding ancient aliens
on their way into Chile?

And if so,

this is exactly how
the runway lights work

on modern airports.

(translated):
I think what we are seeing today

is what was seen in the past.

Because Chile is honestly like
a kind of arrival point.

NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,

what makes the Atacama geoglyphs
even more compelling

is the fact
that Chile also boasts

the highest number of reported
UFO sightings in the world.

(translated):
There is a huge wave,

a large quantity
of UFO sightings.

Quite simply,
there is not one family in Chile

whose member has not had
a UFO experience.

For some reason, Chile has one
of the highest rates

of UFO sightings in the world.

Nobody really understands why,

but it seems to be in a region

that there's a cluster
of UFO sightings.

NICK POPE:
Chile is such a vast country.

It encompasses a wide range
of different climates.

There are jungles,
there are deserts,

there are forests.

There's huge biodiversity, too,

and diversity
in human populations.

There are modern,
first world cities

and indigenous peoples.

If we're being visited,

everything that you would want
to see on planet Earth

is there in one nation.

NARRATOR:
Could there be

a link between Chile's
high number of UFO reports

and the ancient geoglyphs
found in the Atacama Desert?

Incredibly,

the Chilean government itself
has suggested

a connection
between the country's ancient

and modern mysteries.

Chile's national tourism board

establishes
a designated UFO trail,

a 19‐mile route

through one of the most infamous
UFO hot spots in the country,

and it leads
to an enigmatic site

known as El Enladrillado.

This megalithic platform
was constructed

from 233 volcanic blocks,

each weighing upwards
of ten tons.

HIDALGO:
Now, the Enladrillado
is a plateau

about 800 meters in diameter.

It is not a place
of easy access.

You have to go on horseback
for a couple days

in order to get there.

There is the belief that
it was related to UFO landing.

VON DANIKEN:
Also on the ground

are gigantic stone plates,

really gigantic,
and it might very well be that

Enladrillado was something
like a space port

of the extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR:
Is there both ancient
and modern evidence

that Chile has been visited
by extraterrestrials

for thousands of years?

And if so, why?

Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining

an indigenous tribe
that once existed

in the southernmost reaches
of the country

and their mysterious rituals.

The creator gods of the Selk'nam
NARRATOR:
German missionary
turned anthropologist

Martin Gusinde

arrives in Chile's
southernmost outpost

just 200 miles north
of Antarctica.

He is met by native islanders

known as the Selk'nam.

But by the time
of Gusinde's arrival,

the once thriving tribe had been
almost completely wiped out.

...pre‐Columbian people...

HIDALGO:
Something else
that happens to them

is that many of them
were taken back to Europe

to be displayed
in what was called human zoos.

So, unfortunately,
it was a genocide.

It was a genocide
against this tribe.

NARRATOR:
Before the tribe's

tragic
and complete annihilation,

Gusinde took a remarkable series
of photos of these people.

In 2015,
his work was finally published

in The Lost Tribes
of Tierra del Fuego,

documenting the Selk'nam's
unique ceremonies and rituals.

(Fuenzalida speaking Spanish)

(translated): The Selk'nam
were a marvelous culture.

They had various rituals,

and a pantheon of gods

would make them perform
a series of ceremonies

where they would dress up

representing these gods
from the sky.

The creator gods of the Selk'nam

actually descended from the sky

and gave knowledge
to the local population.

These pictures were taken
in black and white,

but in real life,
the entire body is covered

in bright red and white,

and it is signifying
the fire of heaven

according to the traditions.

So you have to wonder
what it means,

the fire of heaven
that descended from the sky.

Now, you combine this

with the representations
of the elongated skulls

and the very strange‐looking
costumes that they have,

and right there
you have a connection

to extraterrestrial visitation.

(Fuenzalida speaking Spanish)

(translated):
Where the Selk'nam are located,

there have been records of UFOs
in that whole area.

And if that area is active
in UFO sightings,

then it is possible
that we are thinking

what the Selk'nam must have been
thinking in that time.

LUKES:
They were
definitely communicating

with other worlds,

with mythological creatures
and things.

And so there very well
could have been a component

of them having had
extraterrestrial encounters

and now trying to communicate
and continue that communication.

NARRATOR:
Could the clothing,
body paint and rituals

of the Selk'nam people
have been inspired

by interaction
with extraterrestrial visitors?

CHILDRESS:
They dressed in all kinds

of strange costumes.

They had very specific rituals

that tied them to the land
and to the stars.

When you look at some
of these strange costumes

with‐with strange antennas

coming out of the side
of their head,

you have to wonder,

are they imitating
extraterrestrials

with their costumes?

NARRATOR:
As far as
ancient astronaut theorists

are concerned,

compelling evidence exists

that alien visitation occurred
in this part of the world

not only in the distant past

but continues even today.

Sábado Gigante,

the longest running variety show

in television history,

interrupts
its scheduled broadcast

with an urgent report.

At about 2:00 p. m.
or something like that,

Sábado Gigante
cuts the transmissions,

take the cameras outside
to the parking spot,

and they spot
this incredible object

in the sky, clear blue sky.

We're talking
about a silver‐looking object.

NARRATOR:
The Santiago UFO,

as it became known, was seen

from Antofagasta to Concepción,

a distance of about 1,200 miles

or almost half
of the country's coastline.

I was perhaps ten years old
at the time that we saw it.

And you could hear on the radio,

you know,
broadcast from the navy

telling you that they have not
been able to identify.

They don't know what it was.

It was one of those cases
that really make you wonder,

could it be an extraterrestrial?

Yes, it could have been.

NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists

point out that
this mass sighting was reported

along what could be
a specific flight path

that has been documented
since antiquity.

A route marked
by Peru's Nazca Lines,

the geoglyphs of the Atacama,

the megalithic platform
of El Enladrillado,

and reaching as far south
as Tierra del Fuego,

the homeland
of the Selk'nam people.

The indications
are that this UFO activity

has been going on in Chile

for‐for centuries
if not thousands of years.

NARRATOR:
The Santiago UFO incident

is only the tip
of a massive iceberg

of well‐documented reports

regarding
inexplicable aerial phenomena

observed in Chile.

But if these sightings represent
otherworldly encounters,

do extraterrestrials have
a special interest in this area

that some now call Alien Alley?

NARRATOR:
We see an 4:15 a.m.nary range

Corporal Armando Valdes
patrols the northern desert

with a seven‐man military unit.

Suddenly,
their lookout bursts into camp.

He has just witnessed
two bright violet lights

descend from the sky
and land 500 yards away.

Corporal Valdes was the leader
of this patrol,

and he approached these objects.

What happened next

is shrouded in confusion
and mystery.

His men saw him almost disappear

into the light.

He recalls getting disoriented,

confused, perhaps passing out.

And next thing he knew,

he reappeared again.

But the strange thing was

that he had five days' growth
of beard.

And his watch showed a date

five days into the future.

Had he somehow been gone
five days,

and yet to all the rest
of the people in the patrol,

it was just perceived
as a few minutes?

(speaking Spanish)

(translated): We were able
to interview four members

of Valdes's squad.

We interviewed Armando Valdes,
and everyone corroborated

that his experience
had actually occurred.

NARRATOR:
Immediately following
the incident,

Corporal Valdes
returned to his men

on the verge of collapse

and uttered an ominous phrase:

"You don't know who we are
or where we come from,

but we will be back soon."

Based on the growing number
of reports

since this mysterious encounter,

many believe that they were
true to their word.

There are so many UFO sightings
in Chile.

It's a hotbed of UFO activity.

And even just
in the last eight years,

there have been
some significant UFO sightings

that the Chilean government
has actually admitted to.

2012.

The Chilean Air Force documented

five lights forming
strange, geometric patterns

in the night sky.

And then in 2015,
eight mysterious orbs

flew in an oval formation
above Santiago.

Just recently in 2019,

several bright red objects
were seen

streaking over the skies
of southern Chile.

Chile is a place where
there's a tremendous amount

of UFO activity,

and fortunately,
the Chilean government

is totally aboveboard
on these sightings.

We see an extraordinary
range of cases in Chile,

from close encounters, through
to pilot encounters with UFOs.

NARRATOR:
Why have UFO sightings
persisted in Chile

in such abundance for hundreds,
if not thousands of years,

as ancient astronaut theorists
believe?

I think the reason
why Chile to this day

is considered
a hot spot of UFO activity

is because Chile features
one of the biggest

uninhabited geographical
locations on Earth.

CHILDRESS:
The northern part
is desolate desert

that's virtually unpopulated.

And the southern part of Chile
is fjords and glaciers.

It's also hardly
populated down there, too.

There are all kinds
of hiding spots.

Vacant places on the map

where absolutely no one goes.

It's an ideal place to hide.

It'd be an ideal place
for an underground base.

(speaking Spanish)

(translated): Anything that
enters our territory can hide.

Centuries can pass
and no one will discover it.

NARRATOR:
Are extraterrestrials hiding in,

or even below, the uninhabited
regions of Chile?

And if so, is it their intention

to merely observe humanity

or could there be
something more tangible

attracting them
to this part of the world?

Even highly advanced
extraterrestrial civilizations

will have resource needs.

With Chile, one wonders
if it isn't copper.

They have the biggest reserves
anywhere on the planet.

There are also
vast supplies of lithium

and staggering amounts
of natural resources, too.

TSOUKALOS:
It is not surprising to me
that this whole strip

that's present‐day Chile,

that just goes
3,000 miles straight,

that this would be
a hotbed of UFOs,

because that area of the planet

is huge with raw materials
and resources.

So, if any extraterrestrials
would arrive on planet Earth,

that area of the planet would
be blinking on their instruments

with, "Hey, come here, check out
this area of the planet."

(speaking Spanish)

(translated):
We have data, concrete data

of UFO appearances in mines,

in hydroelectric power plants,

including such cases
as in Lake Colbún

in the area of San Clemente.

The UFO landing and takeover
of the hydroelectric power plant

caused a vast quantity
of blackouts.

When these lights would appear,
the locals and the farmers

would call them
the "light robbers"‐‐ why?

Because supposedly
the locals would attribute

the blackouts to these UFOs.

NARRATOR:
Have extraterrestrials mined
this region's vast deposits

of natural resources
since antiquity?

Or more recently,
tapped into energy generated

from Chilean power plants?

Perhaps definitive answers
are just over the horizon.

With more and more
unidentified flying objects

invading the country's
airspace every year,

unlike the United States,
the Chilean government

is actively and openly

searching for answers.

HIDALGO: I do believe
it's our right to know exactly
NARRATOR:
After a 17‐year rule,
Chilean dictator

Augusto Pinochet steps down,

ushering in a period
of reform across the country.

With a new spirit of government
transparency and social freedom,

the media, as well
as military personnel,

begin to openly investigate
Chile's unrivaled UFO phenomena.

HIDALGO:
Now, when it came to UFOs,

this is not something
new in Chile.

In Chile, we have had sightings
long before Pinochet.

So, after Pinochet,

when the democracy comes back,

the military forces
were making an effort

to change the public opinion
about them.

NARRATOR:
Following the country's

newfound openness
to UFO sightings,

control tower personnel
observed a flurry

of mysterious aerial activity
in Chilean airspace.

Unidentified objects were
flying dangerously close

to Chilean aircraft.

I do believe it's
our right to know exactly

what we are seeing,
what our military is seeing

all over the world.

NARRATOR:
Several notorious
near‐miss incidents

elevated Chile's UFO activity

from harmless curiosity to
an issue of national security.

As a result, in 1997,

the Chilean government
instituted

the Committee on Studies
of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena,

or CEFAA.

CEFAA started as a result
of pilot sightings.

Pilots, navigators,
radar operators

were reporting UFOs.

Some of these objects came
dangerously close to aircraft.

The Chilean government
decided to act.

So, this is unique.

It's government, it's military,
and importantly,

it's the scientific community
as well.

All working together
with one common aim‐‐

find out what
these sightings are.

Who's responsible?

What's going on?

(speaking Spanish)

(translated):
CEFAA gets reports

from all citizens from the
far north down to Antarctica.

And these reports
are made via our website.

In the last 22 years
of investigation,

we have received
almost 900 reports.

Our process
and our manner of looking

at these phenomena
has been very rigorous

because we owe it
to our community.

Instead of secrecy and cover‐ups
and conspiracies,

we have an atmosphere
of openness

where people are almost
encouraged

to come forward and report.

The default position of CEFAA

after their investigations is
to publish,

release the case files,

tell the people
what you've discovered.

This is astonishing

and refreshing.

NARRATOR:
CEFAA insists that governments

around the world should take
a similar approach

to accelerate our understanding
of these aerial anomalies

and reveal their true origin.

(speaking Spanish)

(translated):
To us, it is important

that more organizations
or institutions

or countries get involved
in the study of this phenomena.

The phenomenon clearly exists.

We don't know exactly
if there is only

one explanation for its origin.

Without a doubt, however,
when other countries

or other states create
institutions like ours,

they contribute to the security
of airspace operations.

We have more good,

documented video evidence
out of Chile

than almost any other nation
I can think of.

NARRATOR:
On March 13, 2012,

the Chilean government
unveiled footage

of a curious event
caught on camera

above the prestigious El Bosque
Air Force Base in Santiago.

Crowds were gathered
to celebrate the change

of Chilean Air Force command
in 2010,

recording fighter jets

performing acrobatic maneuvers
overhead.

After investigating the footage,

CEFAA concluded
that the jets were not alone.

The El Bosque was one that
CEFAA was very excited about.

And when
they slowed down the videos,

you could see these objects
zipping by at incredible speeds.

(speaking Spanish)

(translated):
This case acquired notoriety

once the videos were viewed.

In these videos,
there was a dark object

that crossed the lines of flight
of these squadron formations.

POPE:
Now this is where

it gets really intriguing,

because the official conclusion

was that this UFO was traveling

at a speed
of around 4,000 miles an hour.

NARRATOR:
Since the objects
in the El Bosque footage

only reveal themselves
for a brief moment,

definitive answers
remain elusive to investigators.

But just a few years later,

the Chilean government
would release

an even more incredible video.

Just outside of Santiago,

Chilean Navy officers aboard
an Airbus Cougar helicopter

are testing an infrared FLIR
high‐definition camera.

Suddenly, the camera captures
a strange object

flying alongside them
at an altitude of 4,500 feet.

After tracking it for
several minutes, they witness

what appears to be some sort of
discharge coming from the craft.

The Cougar case was a military
helicopter back in 2014

that produced footage
in an infrared camera.

And we're talking
about military equipment.

We're talking about millions
of dollars in equipment.

TAYLOR:
It's nine minutes long

that they have
continuous infrared footage

of this phenomena.

That's really unprecedented.

And if this phenomena
is going on for nine minutes,

we can do analysis on it.

NARRATOR:
UFO researchers consider this

to be one of the most baffling
incidents ever recorded.

Could a deeper analysis
of the footage

provide undeniable proof

that what the Chilean Navy
officers caught on camera

was, in fact...

an alien aircraft?

TNARRATOR:t
For more than a decade,

image analyst Michael Bradbury

has examined videos
of alleged UFOs,

looking for any signs
that they could be

something other
than man‐made aircraft.

Intrigued by
the recently released video shot

from a Chilean Navy helicopter,

he has invited astrophysicist
Dr. Travis Taylor

to join him
and lend his expert opinion

in examining the footage.

TAYLOR:
The Chilean helicopter video

is really intriguing
and fascinating, because...

you have this vehicle,
or phenomena, whatever it is,

and then it starts releasing
some type of material behind it.

So we absolutely need
to understand

what this phenomena is.

All right, here we go.

I'm not going into it
with a belief

that it is or isn't something.

‐No.
‐So let's apply
our knowledge to it

and see what
we can come up with.

Everything I look at,
I look at open‐mindedly,

you know,
from a standpoint of...

we could be seeing something
special here, you know.

And then again, it could be
a possible bird or a bug.

That's always an option inside
the atmosphere of planet Earth.

‐That's just the way it is.
‐So this is from the,

uh, helicopter
not far from Santiago.

‐Not far. Uh, November of 2014.
‐Okay.

There's the object,
and it's only visible

in infrared format.

That's really intriguing.

The high‐def video,
it's like it's not even there.

BRADBURY:
Two ground radar didn't see it.

The radar on the helicopter
could not pick it up.

So super‐unique
circumstances here.

You got two hot spots,
and they're separated.

‐You know, that's intriguing.
‐Well...

it's probably very large,
because this is 35 miles away.

TAYLOR:
Now, how do we know
for sure it's 35 miles away?

Based off of the captain
that was flying the...

‐Okay.
‐helicopter.

That was his estimate.

I've never seen anything
like this in my life.

NARRATOR:
Michael inverts the image,

so they can examine
the object's shape more closely.

BRADBURY:
What I've done here

is taken the basic infrared,

and I've just kind of flipped it
and adjusted it a little better

‐for clarity purposes.
‐You can clearly see the shape

‐of the vehicle...
‐Right.

or whatever the thing is.

It's peanut‐shaped.
Why is it peanut‐shaped?

BRADBURY:
The pilot,

his description was...

it had a flat body with...

these two, like...

‐bright lenses or something.
‐You know, it kind of

does look like two jet engines,

if you're looking at it
from the back, but...

the motion on it looks
like it's moving side to side,

and the aspect ratio
doesn't change on the circles.

It's not going into the page...

‐No.
‐as it should be.

There's no other structure.

‐That's the thing.
‐Yeah.

You would see...

wings, a nose cone.

‐Right.
‐You wouldn't just see
the engine.

You can look at a aircraft
with a infrared camera,

‐and you see the structure,
because it's hot.
‐Right.

‐You got sun shining on it.
You got, you know, the engine...
‐Exactly.

just the mechanics of it
make it hot.

That's what
I'm looking for here is

reflectivity
off of the physical structure,

‐and it's not there.
‐And there's nothing.

That kind of throws
that idea out.

NARRATOR:
After isolating the object,

Michael applies color filters

to better define the object's
unique heat signature

for closer analysis.

TAYLOR:
Now, this one
is really interesting.

BRADBURY:
This is adjusted, not altered.

TAYLOR:
Sure, I got it.

So you got black is hot here.

‐Green is an ambient
temperature, I'm assuming.
‐Yes.

‐And white is cold.
‐Correct.

So here's the thing.
There's clearly a field

of cold air around this thing.
That's, uh...

that's baffling.

‐Baffling.
‐This thing, it's hot,

‐and then instantly...
‐Instantly cold.

...it's cold.

And in nature,
that's not how things work.

No.

There is a different
temperature bubble

around the vehicle than there is

‐around normal vehicles.
‐Exactly.

Which suggests
some type of a field,

whatever that means.

Could be, you know, electrical,
magnetic, gravitational.

We just don't know what it is,
but there is some sort of

clear anomaly and some sort
of field around this craft.

The most amazing thing,
from a scientific standpoint,

is some sort of low pressure
or cold area

immediately around whatever
this phenomena is.

And, from a physics standpoint,

we can't really explain
what's causing that.

So, when does it start releasing
the particulates?

It does at about five minutes
into the video.

‐TAYLOR: So right there.
Now, that's really interesting.
‐Right here.

TAYLOR:
So it's very hot. Right?

It's saturated black.
Very hot.

BRADBURY:
So, again, in hi‐def,
you can't see it.

TAYLOR:
That means
it's a temperature plume.

It's not necessarily
a particulate plume.

Like, if you spray out jet fuel
from the back of a plane,

it starts cooling off
almost immediately,

and you even get
ice crystals in it, right?

Absolutely, because it's
affected by the atmosphere.

‐This thing stays hot.
‐And it holds its shape.

Which, in itself,
is highly unusual.

‐It doesn't follow
standard fluid mechanics.
‐No.

TAYLOR:
You could try to debunk this
as just an earthly vehicle

all you want to, but I've never
seen any earthly vehicle

that is explained this way.

What on earth
could this thing be?

NARRATOR:
The video analysis suggests
to Travis

that this craft possesses
technology that is more advanced

than anything that can be
found on Earth.

TAYLOR:
That's really interesting.

NARRATOR:
Michael completes the analysis

using a variety of metrics.

BRADBURY:
This is inverted infrared,
full gamma reduction,

and you've still got
two hot spots.

So, clearly you've got
two hot spots

in your peanut shape,
and they're separated.

You know,
that‐that's... intriguing.

Looks like a diamond
shape around...

BRADBURY:
Looks like a diamond at times.

Clearer in some formats

but not visible
to the naked eye.

Yeah, it could be, like,
two hexagons or two diamonds,

whatever it ends up being.

NARRATOR:
Finally, Michael has
one more thing to show Travis

that he feels makes this footage
even more extraordinary.

There's a good look at it
right there.

That is‐‐ that's insane.

NARRATOR:
In 2017, the Chilean government
released astonishing footage

of a UFO caught on infrared
camera near Santiago.

After new analysis,
astrophysicist Dr. Travis Taylor

has concluded that this strange
aerial object possesses

capabilities that are
not consistent

with any known human technology.

But as far as image analyst
Michael Bradbury is concerned,

perhaps most incredible of all

is an image that appears
not in the video...

but etched into
the desert floor.

There is a glyph on the ground
that was found in the desert

that has two diamond‐shaped,
like, objects

with a plume coming out
behind it

that has a line
in the center of it.

‐TAYLOR: No kidding.
‐BRADBURY: Yeah.

That is very intriguing.

BRADBURY:
And you see that same structure

that was seen
by the Chilean Navy.

They match nearly perfectly.

‐Just like the phenomena caught
by this Chilean helicopter.
‐Yes.

Like the diamond things we were
seeing on the, on the infrared.

That's a phenomena right now
we're seeing with our own eyes.

And‐and we, we see that
somebody else saw it somehow.

How old is the glyph?

Several hundred‐‐ if not
thousands‐‐ of years old.

So that's really exciting.

BRADBURY:
It's no coincidence
that that was found

in the same geographical part
of the world.

TAYLOR:
That's, that's one of the most
amazing things

I've ever seen in my life.

It is truly amazing.

These are the cases where
I think there's really

something to the ancient
astronaut theory.

I do, too.

TSOUKALOS: Just because,
thousands of years ago,

people did not have
video cameras

doesn't mean these things
did not exist.

These diamond‐shaped wedges have
the exact same trail

as we can see in the UFO video.

So is there a connection?

And in my opinion,
as far as Chile is concerned,

there is a connection
between modern UFOs

and ancient craft.

NARRATOR:
Could the striking similarity
between an ancient geoglyph

and a craft captured
on an infrared camera

provide compelling evidence
that extraterrestrials

have been present on Earth
for thousands of years?

And if so,
has an alien flight path

been positively identified
in South America?

POPE:
There are UFO reports from the
modern industrialized cities,

and there are reports
from the indigenous peoples.

Now, when two completely
different groups see and report

the same thing, this tells me
they're reporting

something tangible and real.

...the contemporary UFOs
and the mythological UFOs.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the vast desert landscape

stretching through Chile
and Peru

is an extraterrestrial outpost
on Earth?

Do the incredible sightings,
curious rituals,

and strange geoglyphs
tell a story

of ongoing alien visitation?

Perhaps as more incredible
footage continues to surface,

it will be revealed
that our alien ancestors

have been among us... all along.

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