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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,964 --> 00:00:06,698 We're so excited to be able to see this. 2 00:00:06,884 --> 00:00:10,263 So this is it. - It's-it's very heavy. 3 00:00:10,264 --> 00:00:11,923 - It's heavy. - Wow. 4 00:00:12,124 --> 00:00:13,673 Could physical evidence 5 00:00:13,674 --> 00:00:17,723 of alien visitation have been hiding in plain sight? 6 00:00:18,124 --> 00:00:20,383 This is a very strange piece. 7 00:00:20,384 --> 00:00:22,593 It is a strange piece for us as well. 8 00:00:24,056 --> 00:00:27,370 Did part of an alien craft fall from space? 9 00:00:28,174 --> 00:00:32,013 We acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating 10 00:00:32,014 --> 00:00:34,843 - and its composition. - So we have a real mystery here. 11 00:00:34,844 --> 00:00:38,053 Or are we looking at alien technology 12 00:00:38,054 --> 00:00:40,533 made right here on Earth? 13 00:00:40,884 --> 00:00:43,923 This defies everything we know. 14 00:00:43,924 --> 00:00:44,964 Definitely. 15 00:01:04,772 --> 00:01:07,326 Ancient Aliens 12x02 16 00:01:07,916 --> 00:01:13,556 Forged by the Gods 17 00:01:18,330 --> 00:01:22,929 Tuy�n Quang Province, Northern Vietnam. 18 00:01:24,669 --> 00:01:28,548 January 2, 2016. 19 00:01:28,549 --> 00:01:31,798 During the early morning hours, 20 00:01:31,799 --> 00:01:35,509 three strange metal spheres are seen falling from the sky. 21 00:01:37,709 --> 00:01:40,168 Witnesses report 22 00:01:40,169 --> 00:01:42,508 that one of the spheres seemed to be flying 23 00:01:42,509 --> 00:01:45,508 in a mysterious pattern before crashing to Earth 24 00:01:45,509 --> 00:01:47,919 and making a loud "thunder-like" sound. 25 00:01:50,419 --> 00:01:56,048 Witnesses saw these spherical-shaped metallic balls, 26 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:59,968 which were recovered by the Vietnamese military. 27 00:01:59,969 --> 00:02:02,378 We have photographs of them, 28 00:02:02,379 --> 00:02:06,128 but we don't have whatever the objects were. 29 00:02:06,129 --> 00:02:08,838 Now, of course, the big question is: 30 00:02:08,839 --> 00:02:11,918 could they be connected to the UFO phenomenon? 31 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,968 Numerous similar spheres were seen in Spain in 2015 32 00:02:17,969 --> 00:02:22,548 and in Africa in 2011. 33 00:02:22,549 --> 00:02:25,298 The skeptic would argue that this is just simply 34 00:02:25,299 --> 00:02:28,588 space debris and nothing else. 35 00:02:28,589 --> 00:02:30,628 But what's particularly intriguing is that, 36 00:02:30,629 --> 00:02:34,668 in March 1974, a very strange sphere was found 37 00:02:34,669 --> 00:02:36,668 at Fort George Island in Florida. 38 00:02:36,669 --> 00:02:38,708 It was found by the Betz family. 39 00:02:38,709 --> 00:02:42,628 On March 26, 1974, 40 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:47,048 on a remote piece of land in Ft. George Island, Florida, 41 00:02:47,049 --> 00:02:50,128 owned by Gerri and Antoine Betz, 42 00:02:50,129 --> 00:02:53,668 a wildfire broke out in the middle of the night, 43 00:02:53,669 --> 00:02:55,919 burning acres of brush. 44 00:02:58,549 --> 00:03:01,258 The cause of the fire is unknown. 45 00:03:01,259 --> 00:03:05,838 But the next day, as the family was investigating the damage, 46 00:03:05,839 --> 00:03:08,548 they came upon a strange object: 47 00:03:08,549 --> 00:03:12,708 a metal sphere. 48 00:03:12,709 --> 00:03:16,468 Gerri Betz and her son Terry went out there, 49 00:03:16,469 --> 00:03:20,208 and Terry sees this metallic-looking ball 50 00:03:20,209 --> 00:03:21,878 in the ground there. 51 00:03:21,879 --> 00:03:24,588 And he picks it up and shows it to his mother, 52 00:03:24,589 --> 00:03:27,588 and they take it back to the house. 53 00:03:27,589 --> 00:03:30,758 And a couple of weeks went by, 54 00:03:30,759 --> 00:03:36,168 and Terry had the ball on a table next to his bed. 55 00:03:36,169 --> 00:03:38,918 And he took his guitar out. 56 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:40,508 He started strumming it. 57 00:03:40,509 --> 00:03:43,169 And the ball started vibrating. 58 00:03:45,209 --> 00:03:47,258 I was about ten or 11, 59 00:03:47,259 --> 00:03:49,838 and one night they pulled it out. 60 00:03:49,839 --> 00:03:52,338 We got I think it was a mayonnaise lid out, 61 00:03:52,339 --> 00:03:54,168 and we were holding it in different places 62 00:03:54,169 --> 00:03:55,758 on the, on the sphere. 63 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:57,798 And it would be magnetized 64 00:03:57,799 --> 00:04:00,298 and stick in some areas and not in others. 65 00:04:00,299 --> 00:04:02,508 I can't remember 66 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:05,338 which household member said, "Well, watch this." 67 00:04:05,339 --> 00:04:08,508 And they walked past it, it was sitting on the carpeted floor, 68 00:04:08,509 --> 00:04:10,968 and it followed them and moved as they did. 69 00:04:10,969 --> 00:04:12,918 They took a few steps and turned, 70 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,878 and it rolled right behind them and to a stop. 71 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:19,798 I had never seen anything like it before. 72 00:04:19,799 --> 00:04:22,628 The Betz sphere began to make headlines 73 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:25,418 in April of 1974. 74 00:04:25,419 --> 00:04:27,298 One of the first to break the story 75 00:04:27,299 --> 00:04:30,968 was a young reporter named Ron Kivett, 76 00:04:30,969 --> 00:04:34,378 who conducted an exclusive interview with Gerri Betz 77 00:04:34,379 --> 00:04:37,469 just after she had made her amazing discovery. 78 00:05:06,009 --> 00:05:10,878 In February of 2017, 79 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:13,338 investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe 80 00:05:13,339 --> 00:05:15,918 traveled to Jacksonville, Florida, 81 00:05:15,919 --> 00:05:18,758 just 20 miles from the site where the Betz family 82 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:20,838 made their incredible discovery. 83 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,668 - Hi, Ron. - Hi, Linda. 84 00:05:22,669 --> 00:05:24,668 - Nice to meet you. - It's good to meet you. 85 00:05:24,669 --> 00:05:26,798 - Come on in. - Yes. Thank you. 86 00:05:26,799 --> 00:05:29,508 She arranged to meet with Ron Kivett 87 00:05:29,509 --> 00:05:31,418 to get a firsthand account 88 00:05:31,419 --> 00:05:34,378 of his experience with this bizarre object. 89 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:36,418 You've actually held this silver sphere. 90 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,878 I have actually held the ball, right. 91 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:41,838 Talk about what happened. I'm so curious. 92 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,708 You get to their house. 93 00:05:44,709 --> 00:05:47,168 How was the Betz sphere introduced? 94 00:05:47,169 --> 00:05:50,468 - How did they show you? - Um... 95 00:05:50,469 --> 00:05:55,508 The ball was on a coffee table, a glass-topped coffee table 96 00:05:55,509 --> 00:05:57,508 in a foyer much like this, a little bit larger, 97 00:05:57,509 --> 00:05:59,258 but it was windows 98 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:01,668 all the way around, almost like an atrium. 99 00:06:01,669 --> 00:06:04,588 And, uh, I said, you know, "Can I pick it up?" 100 00:06:04,589 --> 00:06:06,168 Gerri said, "Oh, sure." 101 00:06:06,169 --> 00:06:09,048 So I-I picked it up, and it was heavier 102 00:06:09,049 --> 00:06:11,298 than I anticipated it to be. 103 00:06:11,299 --> 00:06:13,208 About 20 pounds, right? 104 00:06:13,209 --> 00:06:14,968 That's what they say, yeah, about 20 pounds. 105 00:06:14,969 --> 00:06:17,378 The ball had a much rougher texture to it 106 00:06:17,379 --> 00:06:19,418 than I anticipated. 107 00:06:19,419 --> 00:06:21,418 And if you moved it, you could hear 108 00:06:21,419 --> 00:06:24,089 a very faint tinkling inside it. 109 00:06:27,209 --> 00:06:31,628 It wasn't a hum or a buzz, it was that tink, tink, tink. 110 00:06:31,629 --> 00:06:33,758 Terry had the ball in his room, 111 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:37,548 and he began to notice that even when the ball wasn't moving, 112 00:06:37,549 --> 00:06:40,708 he could hear this tinkling sound. 113 00:06:40,709 --> 00:06:43,418 Well, it would suggest it was conscious, 114 00:06:43,419 --> 00:06:46,468 or was downloading, uploading information 115 00:06:46,469 --> 00:06:49,758 from something that it was involved with. 116 00:06:49,759 --> 00:06:51,548 Well, the consciousness of it. 117 00:06:51,549 --> 00:06:54,168 I decided I wanted to take the ball outside 118 00:06:54,169 --> 00:06:56,258 and get some pictures with natural light. 119 00:06:56,259 --> 00:06:59,048 The ball was back on the table. 120 00:06:59,049 --> 00:07:02,208 So we all get up to leave to go find a spot to shoot it in, 121 00:07:02,209 --> 00:07:04,798 and the ball rolled 122 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:07,588 all the way to the edge and stopped. 123 00:07:07,589 --> 00:07:11,048 And it was just like, "Don't forget me." 124 00:07:11,049 --> 00:07:13,338 That's when the hair stood up on my arms. 125 00:07:13,339 --> 00:07:17,168 After observing the strange behavior 126 00:07:17,169 --> 00:07:18,968 of the sphere for several weeks, 127 00:07:18,969 --> 00:07:21,918 the Betz family decided to submit it 128 00:07:21,919 --> 00:07:24,918 to the military for examination. 129 00:07:24,919 --> 00:07:26,918 It got interest from the Navy. 130 00:07:26,919 --> 00:07:29,258 It got interest from the United States government. 131 00:07:29,259 --> 00:07:31,798 And during the testing of it, 132 00:07:31,799 --> 00:07:35,708 they found it was made of a stainless steel metallic alloy, 133 00:07:35,709 --> 00:07:39,668 specifically the ferrous alloy number 431. 134 00:07:39,669 --> 00:07:44,548 And then when it was analyzed with X-ray spectography, 135 00:07:44,549 --> 00:07:48,298 the interior of the sphere was hollow 136 00:07:48,299 --> 00:07:51,708 and had smaller spherical objects, 137 00:07:51,709 --> 00:07:57,378 which were analyzed to have an atomic weight of 140. 138 00:07:57,379 --> 00:08:01,628 Now, the largest atomic weight that we see in nature 139 00:08:01,629 --> 00:08:04,128 is uranium, which is a 92. 140 00:08:04,129 --> 00:08:06,668 So these smaller, 141 00:08:06,669 --> 00:08:09,008 super heavy balls that were inside, 142 00:08:09,009 --> 00:08:11,298 with an atomic weight of 140, 143 00:08:11,299 --> 00:08:13,878 caused certain scientists to speculate 144 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:16,838 that if anyone actually tried to drill inside the sphere, 145 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:19,758 that it could be the equivalent of a thermonuclear weapon, 146 00:08:19,759 --> 00:08:23,048 that those elements could go into criticality 147 00:08:23,049 --> 00:08:24,799 and create a massive explosion. 148 00:08:29,469 --> 00:08:34,378 So the point is, this sphere has very peculiar properties 149 00:08:34,379 --> 00:08:36,918 that suggest that it is in fact 150 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:39,629 some sort of artificially intelligent technology. 151 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:45,838 Do you think that it is a viable hypothesis 152 00:08:45,839 --> 00:08:50,298 that at least the Navy, from the work that they did, 153 00:08:50,299 --> 00:08:52,968 - knew this is not terrestrial? - Oh, absolutely. 154 00:08:52,969 --> 00:08:57,838 And it was after the Navy examination... Right. 155 00:08:57,839 --> 00:09:00,798 That everything seemed to basically come to a halt. 156 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:02,918 Correct. 157 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:07,628 I never got a real clarification on what happened, you know. 158 00:09:07,629 --> 00:09:12,418 But now the ball has disappeared. 159 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:16,048 Is it possible the Navy discovered evidence 160 00:09:16,049 --> 00:09:20,588 that the Betz sphere is of extraterrestrial origin, 161 00:09:20,589 --> 00:09:24,169 and secretly confiscated it for further examination? 162 00:09:26,509 --> 00:09:29,468 Gerri and her family are not interested 163 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:32,088 in talking about the sphere anymore. 164 00:09:32,089 --> 00:09:36,208 They just don't want to discuss what happened with it. 165 00:09:36,209 --> 00:09:38,548 Maybe nobody will ever see it again. 166 00:09:38,549 --> 00:09:40,338 That's a possibility, you know? 167 00:09:40,339 --> 00:09:41,878 I don't know. 168 00:09:41,879 --> 00:09:46,468 To date, no one has been able to locate the sphere 169 00:09:46,469 --> 00:09:49,128 or explain what it was. 170 00:09:49,129 --> 00:09:52,878 But perhaps further clues may be found 171 00:09:52,879 --> 00:09:57,128 by returning to the very site where the mysterious Betz sphere 172 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:58,969 was first discovered. 173 00:10:08,057 --> 00:10:10,266 Talking with the Betz Family, 174 00:10:10,267 --> 00:10:13,846 you thought you're dealing with really honest people 175 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,016 who are very puzzled about what this sphere is. 176 00:10:16,017 --> 00:10:20,176 When I first talked to them, I was convinced 177 00:10:20,177 --> 00:10:22,806 that all of them were telling me the truth. 178 00:10:23,869 --> 00:10:29,988 Fort George Island, Florida. February 3, 2017. 179 00:10:29,989 --> 00:10:33,448 Investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe 180 00:10:33,449 --> 00:10:36,118 is traveling with reporter Ron Kivett 181 00:10:36,119 --> 00:10:39,118 to the site where a mysterious metal sphere 182 00:10:39,119 --> 00:10:41,828 that displayed the uncanny ability 183 00:10:41,829 --> 00:10:44,738 to move on its own was first discovered 184 00:10:44,739 --> 00:10:47,538 in 1974 by the Betz family, 185 00:10:47,539 --> 00:10:50,368 following a wildfire on their property. 186 00:10:50,369 --> 00:10:53,908 This would have been an area where the fire would have been. 187 00:10:53,909 --> 00:10:55,988 We're getting closer. 188 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:59,368 Now, this is the kind of woods 189 00:10:59,369 --> 00:11:01,618 they would have found it in. 190 00:11:01,619 --> 00:11:03,868 All of this here, you can see where the-the palmettos. 191 00:11:03,869 --> 00:11:05,198 - Yeah. - It's thick. 192 00:11:05,199 --> 00:11:06,948 It's hard to go through. 193 00:11:06,949 --> 00:11:09,238 In fact, it's almost amazing. 194 00:11:09,239 --> 00:11:11,278 Without the fire... -Without the fire, they probably... 195 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:12,948 They would never have found it. 196 00:11:12,949 --> 00:11:14,488 Gosh. 197 00:11:14,489 --> 00:11:16,538 So, the mys... There's the mystery 198 00:11:16,539 --> 00:11:18,538 - of what caused the fire... - Right. 199 00:11:18,539 --> 00:11:20,948 How long it had been there, and... 200 00:11:20,949 --> 00:11:22,448 Was it intended to be found? 201 00:11:22,449 --> 00:11:24,158 Wow. 202 00:11:24,159 --> 00:11:26,658 Skeptics of the Betz sphere story 203 00:11:26,659 --> 00:11:29,158 claim it was part of a sculpture 204 00:11:29,159 --> 00:11:31,038 that fell from an artist's truck. 205 00:11:31,039 --> 00:11:33,408 So this is what it would have all looked like 206 00:11:33,409 --> 00:11:35,198 before the fire. 207 00:11:35,199 --> 00:11:38,198 But Ron Kivett says this is impossible, 208 00:11:38,199 --> 00:11:39,698 since the sphere was discovered 209 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:43,078 in the middle of a densely forested area 210 00:11:43,079 --> 00:11:47,408 20 miles from any stretch of main highway. 211 00:11:47,409 --> 00:11:49,448 You know, now that I'm here 212 00:11:49,449 --> 00:11:52,158 where the Betz family found that sphere, 213 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:56,038 it's just so clear that any of the stories 214 00:11:56,039 --> 00:11:59,198 about an artist over on the road having something falling 215 00:11:59,199 --> 00:12:01,198 off a truck and rolling 216 00:12:01,199 --> 00:12:03,578 through all of this thick palmetto... -It's impossible. 217 00:12:03,579 --> 00:12:05,408 Impossible. 218 00:12:05,409 --> 00:12:08,538 And the whole idea 219 00:12:08,539 --> 00:12:09,948 that they would never have found it 220 00:12:09,949 --> 00:12:11,698 if there had not been a fire... -No. 221 00:12:11,699 --> 00:12:13,868 The fire was integral to finding the ball. 222 00:12:13,869 --> 00:12:18,408 What do you think, talking with Terry and Gerri? 223 00:12:18,409 --> 00:12:19,828 I know they found it. 224 00:12:19,829 --> 00:12:22,158 I know how they... how they found it. 225 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:23,658 They knew right away, you know, 226 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:25,238 after that-that first incident or so, 227 00:12:25,239 --> 00:12:26,828 that they had something special. 228 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:30,538 If it was a hoax, somebody put it there. 229 00:12:30,539 --> 00:12:33,908 If it was not a hoax, somebody put it there. 230 00:12:33,909 --> 00:12:35,448 - It's... - Or something. 231 00:12:35,449 --> 00:12:36,868 Or something. 232 00:12:36,869 --> 00:12:39,658 If this mysterious sphere 233 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:42,238 was of extraterrestrial origin, 234 00:12:42,239 --> 00:12:45,198 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 235 00:12:45,199 --> 00:12:48,118 might it have been intentionally placed 236 00:12:48,119 --> 00:12:52,078 on the Betz's property and even have started the fire 237 00:12:52,079 --> 00:12:54,539 that resulted in its discovery? 238 00:12:56,119 --> 00:12:58,618 Throughout history, 239 00:12:58,619 --> 00:13:01,328 similar spheres have appeared in artwork 240 00:13:01,329 --> 00:13:03,488 that dates back hundreds of years 241 00:13:03,489 --> 00:13:07,488 and are often depicted as coming from the heavens. 242 00:13:07,523 --> 00:13:09,298 In Christian art, you'll see 243 00:13:09,299 --> 00:13:10,878 these incredible examples 244 00:13:10,879 --> 00:13:13,718 of angels holding bowling ball-size spheres 245 00:13:13,719 --> 00:13:14,878 in their hands. 246 00:13:14,879 --> 00:13:17,088 In other examples, 247 00:13:17,089 --> 00:13:20,758 Jesus himself holds a metallic sphere. 248 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:25,968 God is portrayed holding a sphere. 249 00:13:25,969 --> 00:13:28,838 So when you go back to the Betz family 250 00:13:28,839 --> 00:13:30,758 and compare it with what we know 251 00:13:30,759 --> 00:13:33,008 about these spheres and Christian mythology, 252 00:13:33,009 --> 00:13:34,678 you have to ask, 253 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,588 are-are we dealing with something of ancient origin 254 00:13:37,589 --> 00:13:40,339 or possibly of extraterrestrial origin? 255 00:13:43,339 --> 00:13:46,378 Where is that sphere today? 256 00:13:46,379 --> 00:13:48,378 My wager? 257 00:13:48,379 --> 00:13:52,678 One of our government agencies has this Betz sphere, 258 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,428 and our government has probably learned a great deal 259 00:13:56,429 --> 00:14:00,548 about a sphere that has self-activating software 260 00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:05,178 and maybe has been sending and receiving the whole time. 261 00:14:05,179 --> 00:14:09,298 The concept of a self-activating metal sphere 262 00:14:09,299 --> 00:14:11,218 with the ability to communicate 263 00:14:11,219 --> 00:14:14,378 is not as farfetched as it may sound. 264 00:14:14,379 --> 00:14:18,178 In fact, science is on the verge of discovering 265 00:14:18,179 --> 00:14:20,638 a similar technology today. 266 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:23,088 Beijing, China. 267 00:14:23,089 --> 00:14:25,678 March 2015. 268 00:14:25,679 --> 00:14:29,428 Here at Tsinghua University, 269 00:14:29,429 --> 00:14:34,088 scientists announce the creation of a self-fueled robot 270 00:14:34,089 --> 00:14:37,338 in the form of a small liquid metal sphere 271 00:14:37,339 --> 00:14:40,508 that is capable of shape-shifting. 272 00:14:40,509 --> 00:14:44,178 When energy is applied from the outside, 273 00:14:44,179 --> 00:14:46,468 externally, the metal would change shape. 274 00:14:46,469 --> 00:14:49,428 But they also noticed that it could also produce 275 00:14:49,429 --> 00:14:51,678 its own power supply for about an hour, 276 00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:56,588 and because of this action, it would move, too. 277 00:14:56,589 --> 00:14:59,008 And, of course, most people are considering using it 278 00:14:59,009 --> 00:15:00,588 in the field of robotics. 279 00:15:00,589 --> 00:15:02,589 Just imagine where that can go. 280 00:15:04,839 --> 00:15:08,298 We're seeing the first steps that we are making 281 00:15:08,299 --> 00:15:12,178 towards having these types of exotic alloys 282 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:16,088 that could, in the future, give us the ability to emulate 283 00:15:16,089 --> 00:15:17,838 the type of extraterrestrial technology 284 00:15:17,839 --> 00:15:21,378 that we already see in out-of-place artifacts. 285 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:24,968 In addition to creating shape-shifting robots, 286 00:15:24,969 --> 00:15:28,798 this new technology may be used by doctors 287 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:33,428 to make repairs inside the body without performing surgery. 288 00:15:33,429 --> 00:15:37,678 It could also lead to fully flexible electronics, 289 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:42,798 as well as major advances in artificial intelligence. 290 00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:45,798 Some ancient astronaut theorists propose 291 00:15:45,799 --> 00:15:49,468 that it was a similar technology that powered the Betz sphere. 292 00:15:49,469 --> 00:15:53,048 This is a possible explanation 293 00:15:53,049 --> 00:15:57,138 for what could be going on with the super heavy balls 294 00:15:57,139 --> 00:15:59,378 inside the Betz sphere. 295 00:15:59,379 --> 00:16:03,548 They may be using some sort of similar technology 296 00:16:03,549 --> 00:16:06,638 in order to roll themselves around inside, 297 00:16:06,639 --> 00:16:09,878 which then allows the ball to be able to roll around, 298 00:16:09,879 --> 00:16:12,548 much like a self-propelled bowling ball. 299 00:16:12,549 --> 00:16:14,468 So with these new discoveries, 300 00:16:14,469 --> 00:16:16,298 we now have a plausible explanation 301 00:16:16,299 --> 00:16:18,969 for how the Betz sphere was able to roll around. 302 00:16:21,179 --> 00:16:24,048 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 303 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,378 we have to wonder if these artifacts, 304 00:16:26,379 --> 00:16:30,008 like the Betz sphere, they are 305 00:16:30,009 --> 00:16:35,508 perhaps there for us to examine and retro-engineer 306 00:16:35,509 --> 00:16:38,468 and use and create for ourselves 307 00:16:38,469 --> 00:16:40,639 and our own space industry. 308 00:16:42,879 --> 00:16:45,378 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 309 00:16:45,379 --> 00:16:48,588 that objects like the Betz sphere 310 00:16:48,589 --> 00:16:51,428 have been purposely left behind by extraterrestrials 311 00:16:51,429 --> 00:16:53,088 for thousands of years 312 00:16:53,089 --> 00:16:55,138 in order to help in the development 313 00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:57,678 of mankind's technological evolution. 314 00:16:57,679 --> 00:17:00,468 As further proof, 315 00:17:00,469 --> 00:17:03,548 they point to mysterious metal ingots 316 00:17:03,549 --> 00:17:05,298 recently recovered from a shipwreck 317 00:17:05,299 --> 00:17:08,338 off the coast of Sicily that are unlike 318 00:17:08,339 --> 00:17:11,929 any other metal known to exist on Earth. 319 00:17:17,205 --> 00:17:20,325 Sicily. 2015. 320 00:17:21,726 --> 00:17:26,055 Archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa excavates a shipwreck 321 00:17:26,056 --> 00:17:28,855 less than a mile off the coast, 322 00:17:28,856 --> 00:17:33,395 which has remained undisturbed for more than 2,600 years. 323 00:17:33,396 --> 00:17:35,645 His team dredges up 324 00:17:35,646 --> 00:17:38,896 an ancient payload of 39 metal ingots. 325 00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:43,355 Interestingly, spectrographic analysis 326 00:17:43,356 --> 00:17:47,725 of the recovered alloy reveals the compound is unlike 327 00:17:47,726 --> 00:17:51,106 anything ever found in the ancient or modern world. 328 00:17:53,356 --> 00:17:55,605 The interesting part about this 329 00:17:55,606 --> 00:17:58,145 is the composition of the ingots that they found. 330 00:17:58,146 --> 00:18:03,855 The metal is 80% copper and 20% zinc. 331 00:18:03,856 --> 00:18:05,605 There was other things found in it, 332 00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:08,515 but that's the majority of the composition. 333 00:18:08,516 --> 00:18:13,185 Now, zinc only occurs in nature as sphalerite. 334 00:18:13,186 --> 00:18:16,145 It's a zinc sulfur complex. 335 00:18:16,146 --> 00:18:18,225 In order to create zinc, 336 00:18:18,226 --> 00:18:20,475 which didn't come around till about a thousand years ago, 337 00:18:20,476 --> 00:18:25,815 you have to actually process the zinc out of this sulfide. 338 00:18:25,816 --> 00:18:27,515 They didn't have that technology back then. 339 00:18:27,516 --> 00:18:31,395 What was someone doing 340 00:18:31,396 --> 00:18:36,685 blending together copper, zinc, lead, nickel, iron? 341 00:18:36,686 --> 00:18:38,725 This is a complex alloy. 342 00:18:38,726 --> 00:18:40,765 This is nothing easy to do. 343 00:18:40,766 --> 00:18:43,145 It suggests the possibility 344 00:18:43,146 --> 00:18:45,515 that it could have special electrical 345 00:18:45,516 --> 00:18:48,105 or energetic properties that we don't even know about. 346 00:18:48,106 --> 00:18:50,815 People would not be expected 347 00:18:50,816 --> 00:18:53,895 to be making such a complex alloy back then. 348 00:18:53,896 --> 00:18:57,935 How is it possible that such an advanced alloy 349 00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:01,935 was manufactured over 2,600 years ago, 350 00:19:01,936 --> 00:19:04,555 centuries before man had the technology 351 00:19:04,556 --> 00:19:08,475 to manipulate elements like zinc into metals? 352 00:19:08,476 --> 00:19:11,935 And what was its purpose? 353 00:19:11,936 --> 00:19:15,145 Based on the composition of this alloy, 354 00:19:15,146 --> 00:19:17,105 scientists believe what they have found 355 00:19:17,106 --> 00:19:20,145 is orichalcum, a metal associated 356 00:19:20,146 --> 00:19:22,556 with the legendary continent of Atlantis. 357 00:19:24,816 --> 00:19:28,265 According to Plato's fourth century dialogues, 358 00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:30,645 the Timaeus and Critias, 359 00:19:30,646 --> 00:19:33,515 Atlantis possessed a power and technology 360 00:19:33,516 --> 00:19:37,435 greater than any other civilization on Earth. 361 00:19:37,436 --> 00:19:42,225 It was founded and ruled over by the Greek god Poseidon, 362 00:19:42,226 --> 00:19:45,055 whose temple was covered in a precious metal 363 00:19:45,056 --> 00:19:46,815 called orichalcum, 364 00:19:46,816 --> 00:19:50,185 which translates to "mountain copper." 365 00:19:50,186 --> 00:19:55,645 The composition of the alloy is not specified by Plato, 366 00:19:55,646 --> 00:19:59,815 but based on its electrical properties, color and luster, 367 00:19:59,816 --> 00:20:03,725 scientists suggest that if it really did exist, 368 00:20:03,726 --> 00:20:05,935 it most likely consisted of copper 369 00:20:05,936 --> 00:20:08,225 mixed primarily with zinc, 370 00:20:08,226 --> 00:20:12,435 just like the metal found in the shipwreck. 371 00:20:12,436 --> 00:20:16,815 It was said that the temple of Poseidon on Atlantis 372 00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:21,185 flashed with the red light of orichalcum. 373 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:25,355 The copper tint of this metal caught the attention 374 00:20:25,356 --> 00:20:28,515 of the seekers that came to this sacred place. 375 00:20:28,516 --> 00:20:30,855 This is not just an attractive color. 376 00:20:30,856 --> 00:20:33,185 This has spiritual implications. 377 00:20:33,186 --> 00:20:35,265 There was something about this metal 378 00:20:35,266 --> 00:20:38,185 that was said to resonate with the divine. 379 00:20:38,186 --> 00:20:42,145 Perhaps it was its origin, that it had come from heaven, 380 00:20:42,146 --> 00:20:43,856 it fell out of the sky. 381 00:20:46,146 --> 00:20:48,475 According to Plato's story, 382 00:20:48,476 --> 00:20:51,895 the Greek god Cadmus, son of Poseidon, 383 00:20:51,896 --> 00:20:54,185 came down from Mount Olympus 384 00:20:54,186 --> 00:20:58,225 and gave orichalcum to the people of Atlantis. 385 00:20:58,226 --> 00:21:01,105 An important figure in early Greek mythology 386 00:21:01,106 --> 00:21:03,895 was Cadmus, a divine character, 387 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:07,435 the first hero, fifth in the lineage from Zeus 388 00:21:07,436 --> 00:21:09,685 of the Greek gods. 389 00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:13,555 It was Cadmus that brought the making of bronze. 390 00:21:13,556 --> 00:21:17,475 He knew how to make alloys, special metals, which, 391 00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:19,315 in the early days of civilization, 392 00:21:19,316 --> 00:21:22,605 was the beginning of technology. 393 00:21:22,606 --> 00:21:25,355 So Cadmus is the one who shows us 394 00:21:25,356 --> 00:21:28,265 the divine nature of metalwork 395 00:21:28,266 --> 00:21:31,516 and gives this as a gift to the generations. 396 00:21:33,266 --> 00:21:35,605 Why are we so quick to dismiss 397 00:21:35,606 --> 00:21:39,145 the underlying stories in those myths? 398 00:21:39,146 --> 00:21:41,105 Those stories talk about extraterrestrials 399 00:21:41,106 --> 00:21:42,975 coming and visiting our culture. 400 00:21:42,976 --> 00:21:46,645 They talk about gods that walked among us 401 00:21:46,646 --> 00:21:50,605 and interacted with humans but with a severely advanced 402 00:21:50,606 --> 00:21:54,145 technology beyond anything that we have today. 403 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:57,105 Ancient astronaut theory says that the legends 404 00:21:57,106 --> 00:22:00,055 of these Greek gods are not just mythological, 405 00:22:00,056 --> 00:22:03,646 but they're actually rooted in actual events. 406 00:22:05,436 --> 00:22:09,015 Is it possible that the Greek gods 407 00:22:09,016 --> 00:22:12,435 were extraterrestrial beings our ancestors witnessed 408 00:22:12,436 --> 00:22:14,515 descending from the sky, 409 00:22:14,516 --> 00:22:18,015 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 410 00:22:18,016 --> 00:22:21,395 And does the discovery of orichalcum 411 00:22:21,396 --> 00:22:23,355 provide physical evidence 412 00:22:23,356 --> 00:22:27,185 that the legendary continent of Atlantis truly existed? 413 00:22:27,186 --> 00:22:31,975 These artifacts could allow you to conclude 414 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:35,435 that the continent of Atlantis was real, 415 00:22:35,436 --> 00:22:38,975 that it sank, 416 00:22:38,976 --> 00:22:43,315 and that it possessed high technology 417 00:22:43,316 --> 00:22:46,975 before it met its tragic fate. 418 00:22:46,976 --> 00:22:49,725 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 419 00:22:49,726 --> 00:22:52,515 discoveries like the metal ingots 420 00:22:52,516 --> 00:22:54,555 found off the coast of Sicily 421 00:22:54,556 --> 00:22:57,765 provide evidence that extraterrestrials 422 00:22:57,766 --> 00:23:00,855 have been fostering mankind's technological evolution 423 00:23:00,856 --> 00:23:04,055 for thousands of years. 424 00:23:04,056 --> 00:23:07,105 And they suggest that even more compelling evidence 425 00:23:07,106 --> 00:23:11,475 can be found by examining a mysterious artifact 426 00:23:11,476 --> 00:23:14,896 discovered in the tomb of King Tut. 427 00:23:19,743 --> 00:23:21,652 Cairo, Egypt. 428 00:23:21,653 --> 00:23:25,202 At the Egyptian Museum, 429 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:28,612 an entire floor is dedicated to the incredible treasures 430 00:23:28,613 --> 00:23:32,032 found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen. 431 00:23:32,033 --> 00:23:35,652 Among them is a metal dagger 432 00:23:35,653 --> 00:23:39,112 that has baffled both scientists and archaeologists 433 00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:41,572 because it appears to be made of iron, 434 00:23:41,573 --> 00:23:45,862 but dates back to at least 1322 B.C., 435 00:23:45,863 --> 00:23:49,742 more than a century before Egypt's Iron Age. 436 00:23:49,743 --> 00:23:53,822 On May 20, 2016, 437 00:23:53,823 --> 00:23:56,912 a new layer was added to the mystery. 438 00:23:56,913 --> 00:23:58,742 Researchers from 439 00:23:58,743 --> 00:24:01,322 the Journal of Meteorics and Planetary Science 440 00:24:01,323 --> 00:24:03,862 announced that they had finally determined 441 00:24:03,863 --> 00:24:07,282 the composition of King Tut's dagger. 442 00:24:07,283 --> 00:24:09,862 After detailed analysis, 443 00:24:09,863 --> 00:24:13,032 it was confirmed that the blade is indeed iron, 444 00:24:13,033 --> 00:24:16,532 forged from metal that originated not on Earth 445 00:24:16,533 --> 00:24:18,823 but in the stars. 446 00:24:22,573 --> 00:24:26,992 Meteorites are very difficult, uh, to fashion into objects. 447 00:24:26,993 --> 00:24:29,702 Anybody, even today, 448 00:24:29,703 --> 00:24:31,572 who's ever worked with a meteorite will tell you 449 00:24:31,573 --> 00:24:33,742 that because of the high nickel content, 450 00:24:33,743 --> 00:24:37,242 they're very, very brittle and very difficult to work with. 451 00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:39,362 Considering the difficulties 452 00:24:39,363 --> 00:24:44,072 of working with meteoric metal... Even with today's technology... 453 00:24:44,073 --> 00:24:47,242 How did metallurgists 3,300 years ago 454 00:24:47,243 --> 00:24:49,612 perform such tasks? 455 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:52,652 This dagger is completely out of place 456 00:24:52,653 --> 00:24:54,152 in the fact that... 457 00:24:54,153 --> 00:24:56,322 Unlike simple objects, like beads, 458 00:24:56,323 --> 00:24:58,992 that can be simply hammered out and rolled... 459 00:24:58,993 --> 00:25:02,612 This has been perfected to a point where 460 00:25:02,613 --> 00:25:05,202 it has no hammer marks on it, it's completely smooth, 461 00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:08,152 it has a nice edge all the way around on it. 462 00:25:08,153 --> 00:25:11,282 It almost looks as if it had been cast. 463 00:25:11,283 --> 00:25:13,412 But in order to achieve that, 464 00:25:13,413 --> 00:25:16,492 you would have to reach temperatures of 3,000 degrees 465 00:25:16,493 --> 00:25:19,152 in order to melt that meteorite, 466 00:25:19,153 --> 00:25:21,782 and then, of course, add the necessary fluxes 467 00:25:21,783 --> 00:25:25,032 to get the impurities out and then cast the blade, 468 00:25:25,033 --> 00:25:28,822 which brings up even more questions for the researchers. 469 00:25:28,823 --> 00:25:30,652 If they were smelting iron, 470 00:25:30,653 --> 00:25:33,863 it would change our whole outlook on Egyptian history. 471 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:37,862 What could explain the presence 472 00:25:37,863 --> 00:25:41,112 of this mysterious metal dagger in King Tut's tomb 473 00:25:41,113 --> 00:25:44,952 when no other similar artifacts have been found in Egypt 474 00:25:44,953 --> 00:25:47,412 dating back to this period? 475 00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:50,862 Might Egyptian metallurgists have had help 476 00:25:50,863 --> 00:25:53,033 working with this difficult compound? 477 00:25:54,533 --> 00:25:58,532 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 478 00:25:58,533 --> 00:26:01,862 and suggest stories found throughout the ancient world 479 00:26:01,863 --> 00:26:05,912 reveal that extraterrestrials taught our ancestors 480 00:26:05,913 --> 00:26:07,782 the secrets of metallurgy 481 00:26:07,783 --> 00:26:10,572 in order to help move society forward. 482 00:26:10,573 --> 00:26:14,532 True metallurgy, in the sense of 483 00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:17,242 putting different metals together as alloys, 484 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:20,702 dates back to maybe 3800 B.C., 485 00:26:20,703 --> 00:26:25,412 when bronze was first discovered as an alloy of tin and copper. 486 00:26:25,413 --> 00:26:29,362 Maybe the second most important development 487 00:26:29,363 --> 00:26:30,743 after the harnessing of fire. 488 00:26:32,413 --> 00:26:34,072 As we think of modern times 489 00:26:34,073 --> 00:26:35,822 and our emphasis on technology, 490 00:26:35,823 --> 00:26:38,702 here is the sacred roots to all of that. 491 00:26:38,703 --> 00:26:42,492 Stories emerged out of all the religious systems 492 00:26:42,493 --> 00:26:45,822 about the gods as metalworkers. 493 00:26:45,823 --> 00:26:48,532 Hephaestus, in the Greek imagination, 494 00:26:48,533 --> 00:26:52,782 made weapons and the armor for the gods. 495 00:26:52,783 --> 00:26:56,492 In the Celtic imagination, it was the great goddess Brigid 496 00:26:56,493 --> 00:27:01,452 who made beautiful and wonderful and powerful things into metal 497 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:04,242 and then into fabricated form. 498 00:27:04,243 --> 00:27:08,072 In Japanese lore, Canayago came to Earth 499 00:27:08,073 --> 00:27:10,912 to teach the people metalworking. 500 00:27:10,913 --> 00:27:13,822 There seems to be a- a ubiquitous understanding 501 00:27:13,823 --> 00:27:16,242 from ancient cultures that metallurgy 502 00:27:16,243 --> 00:27:18,782 is from the heavens. 503 00:27:18,783 --> 00:27:22,112 Could there be some tie that, in the past, 504 00:27:22,113 --> 00:27:25,862 certain abilities were originally brought to man, 505 00:27:25,863 --> 00:27:28,032 possibly by extraterrestrials, 506 00:27:28,033 --> 00:27:30,362 and things we would create had a certain energy 507 00:27:30,363 --> 00:27:33,782 or myth about them that still is alive today? 508 00:27:33,783 --> 00:27:37,242 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 509 00:27:37,243 --> 00:27:39,322 the most compelling of these stories 510 00:27:39,323 --> 00:27:43,912 originates in the same place as King Tut's mysterious dagger: 511 00:27:43,913 --> 00:27:47,412 Egypt, where they worshipped a sacred object 512 00:27:47,413 --> 00:27:49,323 called the Benben stone. 513 00:27:51,493 --> 00:27:54,782 Ancient Egyptian texts describe the Benben stone 514 00:27:54,783 --> 00:28:00,572 as a meteoric iron object that belongs to the heavens. 515 00:28:00,573 --> 00:28:05,822 The original Benben stone mysteriously disappeared, 516 00:28:05,823 --> 00:28:09,113 but many ancient depictions of it remain. 517 00:28:11,533 --> 00:28:15,533 The Benben stone has a very strange origin. 518 00:28:17,703 --> 00:28:19,912 It is thought that the Benben stone 519 00:28:19,913 --> 00:28:22,743 descended from the sky like a firebird. 520 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:27,202 If you look at the Benben stone, 521 00:28:27,203 --> 00:28:30,532 sometimes it is described or depicted 522 00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:34,202 with people coming out of this stone. 523 00:28:34,203 --> 00:28:37,072 Now, to me, this looks very similar 524 00:28:37,073 --> 00:28:39,862 to a lunar module. 525 00:28:39,863 --> 00:28:42,152 If you have the idea that this firebird 526 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:46,072 is descending from the sky with fire and smoke, 527 00:28:46,073 --> 00:28:48,202 well, if you look at a rocket descending, 528 00:28:48,203 --> 00:28:50,862 these are firebirds. 529 00:28:50,863 --> 00:28:53,912 So our ancestors perhaps witnessed 530 00:28:53,913 --> 00:28:57,862 some type of a craft descending from the sky, 531 00:28:57,863 --> 00:29:00,652 out of which these extraterrestrials came, 532 00:29:00,653 --> 00:29:05,912 which set in motion our technological evolution. 533 00:29:05,913 --> 00:29:08,782 According to Egyptian texts, 534 00:29:08,783 --> 00:29:11,612 their gods were extraterrestrial beings 535 00:29:11,613 --> 00:29:13,452 that came to Earth 536 00:29:13,453 --> 00:29:17,202 and taught our ancestors the secrets of metalwork. 537 00:29:17,203 --> 00:29:21,652 If true, might this be why we find isolated examples 538 00:29:21,653 --> 00:29:24,532 of advanced and sacred metallurgy 539 00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:27,112 occurring long before mankind was known 540 00:29:27,113 --> 00:29:29,782 to have grasped such technology? 541 00:29:29,783 --> 00:29:33,242 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 542 00:29:33,243 --> 00:29:37,152 and suggest that hidden away in the storage area 543 00:29:37,153 --> 00:29:39,822 of a small museum in Eastern Europe 544 00:29:39,823 --> 00:29:42,952 is even more astounding evidence: 545 00:29:42,953 --> 00:29:48,242 the remnants of what might be an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 546 00:29:48,243 --> 00:29:51,742 Transylvania, Romania. 547 00:29:51,743 --> 00:29:54,572 1970. 548 00:29:54,573 --> 00:29:58,032 Workers digging a trench along the banks 549 00:29:58,033 --> 00:30:01,822 of the Mures River unearth two giant bones, 550 00:30:01,823 --> 00:30:05,822 and, with them, a mysterious metal object 551 00:30:05,823 --> 00:30:09,782 buried 35 feet beneath the surface. 552 00:30:09,783 --> 00:30:13,652 The discovery brings the project to a halt, 553 00:30:13,653 --> 00:30:18,072 as the crew takes their findings to a nearby museum. 554 00:30:18,073 --> 00:30:19,822 This strange object, 555 00:30:19,823 --> 00:30:22,702 known today as the Wedge of Aiud, 556 00:30:22,703 --> 00:30:25,532 continues to baffle archaeologists 557 00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:27,742 because it is an aluminum alloy 558 00:30:27,743 --> 00:30:30,992 that appears to have been made thousands of years before 559 00:30:30,993 --> 00:30:34,742 humans were able to smelt or fabricate metal. 560 00:30:34,743 --> 00:30:40,702 It was ten meters in depth, uh, associated with some bones, 561 00:30:40,703 --> 00:30:44,652 which they later identified as woolly mammoth bones. 562 00:30:44,653 --> 00:30:47,862 If they were contemporary, all of them, 563 00:30:47,863 --> 00:30:51,612 then they were in use sometime in the period when Neanderthals 564 00:30:51,613 --> 00:30:55,652 roamed the earth, so they were extinct 40,000 years ago, 565 00:30:55,653 --> 00:30:57,782 so they must be older than that. 566 00:30:57,783 --> 00:31:03,112 The wedge was analyzed three times, to my knowledge. 567 00:31:03,113 --> 00:31:07,362 The main, uh, metal in its composition is aluminum. 568 00:31:07,363 --> 00:31:09,572 Humans didn't really start working 569 00:31:09,573 --> 00:31:12,112 with aluminum until well into the 1800s. 570 00:31:12,113 --> 00:31:15,492 So when you look at this wedge and you analyze it, 571 00:31:15,493 --> 00:31:17,652 it really has most of the modern properties 572 00:31:17,653 --> 00:31:19,742 we would associate with aluminum. 573 00:31:19,743 --> 00:31:23,612 This incredible metal artifact was discovered 574 00:31:23,613 --> 00:31:27,282 at a time when Romania was behind the Iron Curtain 575 00:31:27,283 --> 00:31:29,652 of the former Soviet Union. 576 00:31:29,653 --> 00:31:31,952 For decades, 577 00:31:31,953 --> 00:31:34,242 government officials refused to reveal 578 00:31:34,243 --> 00:31:36,413 where the Wedge of Aiud was being held... 579 00:31:38,743 --> 00:31:41,153 even after the fall of the USSR. 580 00:31:44,823 --> 00:31:48,912 But its location has recently come to light, 581 00:31:48,913 --> 00:31:51,612 and in January of 2017, 582 00:31:51,613 --> 00:31:55,702 ancient astronaut theory pioneer Erich von Daniken 583 00:31:55,703 --> 00:31:58,952 and his prot�g� Giorgio Tsoukalos 584 00:31:58,953 --> 00:32:01,913 sought out the wedge to see it for themselves. 585 00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:09,876 On January 18, 2017, 586 00:32:09,877 --> 00:32:14,876 at the National History Museum of Transylvania, 587 00:32:14,877 --> 00:32:17,956 ancient astronaut theorists Giorgio Tsoukalos 588 00:32:17,957 --> 00:32:21,046 and Erich von Daniken were offered a rare opportunity 589 00:32:21,047 --> 00:32:23,956 to get a firsthand look at the Wedge of Aiud. 590 00:32:23,957 --> 00:32:27,296 Museum curator Ana Gruia 591 00:32:27,297 --> 00:32:29,376 has taken it out of a storage locker 592 00:32:29,377 --> 00:32:31,756 where it has been deliberately hidden from the public 593 00:32:31,757 --> 00:32:34,256 since the early 1970s. 594 00:32:34,257 --> 00:32:36,416 This is exciting. 595 00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:38,666 Okay, I'm just going to put my gloves on. 596 00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:40,297 This is great. 597 00:32:42,337 --> 00:32:44,666 So this is it. 598 00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:46,916 - Oh, wow. - Okay. 599 00:32:46,917 --> 00:32:48,917 - This is the wedge. - This is strange. 600 00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:53,796 It's-it's very heavy. 601 00:32:53,797 --> 00:32:55,666 - Giorgio, take it. - This is crazy. 602 00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:58,836 - It's heavy. - Wow. 603 00:32:58,837 --> 00:33:01,916 This was found at a depth of ten meters, 604 00:33:01,917 --> 00:33:04,546 which is about 30 feet, in the ground. 605 00:33:04,547 --> 00:33:06,416 - Yes. - Yes, and here, this is the... 606 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,086 where they took the sample out... - Yeah. 607 00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:09,666 And here to make the analysis. 608 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:11,586 And here you see two pieces that are 609 00:33:11,587 --> 00:33:16,126 broken off, sort of, so maybe it was attached or something. 610 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,126 But very strange. 611 00:33:18,127 --> 00:33:20,546 So what does the museum have to say about this? 612 00:33:20,547 --> 00:33:22,496 This is a very strange piece. 613 00:33:22,497 --> 00:33:25,996 It is. It is a strange piece for us, as well. 614 00:33:25,997 --> 00:33:30,496 As historians, we do not consider it a historical object 615 00:33:30,497 --> 00:33:32,416 that we're used to. 616 00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:34,666 We don't know what it was used for, 617 00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:39,496 and we acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating, 618 00:33:39,497 --> 00:33:41,586 and its composition, as well. 619 00:33:41,587 --> 00:33:45,086 So, for what can you use this? 620 00:33:45,087 --> 00:33:47,956 It looks like a hammer or a shovel, but, 621 00:33:47,957 --> 00:33:50,127 Giorgio, what is the word of... in English...? 622 00:33:51,587 --> 00:33:53,126 Oh, an excavator tooth. 623 00:33:53,127 --> 00:33:55,586 Well, it looks like this. 624 00:33:55,587 --> 00:33:57,416 It could have been something like it. -Yeah. 625 00:33:57,417 --> 00:33:59,086 But these excavator tooths 626 00:33:59,087 --> 00:34:00,456 are never made out of aluminum. 627 00:34:00,457 --> 00:34:02,126 No, it's too weak. 628 00:34:02,127 --> 00:34:03,416 Aluminum is too soft. -Yeah. 629 00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:05,496 They are made out of steel, 630 00:34:05,497 --> 00:34:08,296 especially hard steel, so it... it could not be that. 631 00:34:08,297 --> 00:34:10,666 So we have a real mystery here. 632 00:34:10,667 --> 00:34:15,086 But you see this patina over this whole object? 633 00:34:15,087 --> 00:34:17,836 And this creates another problem. 634 00:34:17,837 --> 00:34:20,706 Yes, because you cannot fake a patina. 635 00:34:20,707 --> 00:34:25,456 It's impossible to artificially create a patina. 636 00:34:25,457 --> 00:34:28,586 The patina is a thin coating 637 00:34:28,587 --> 00:34:30,876 of various metal compounds that forms 638 00:34:30,877 --> 00:34:32,796 on the surface of the metal 639 00:34:32,797 --> 00:34:35,546 during exposure to atmospheric elements. 640 00:34:35,547 --> 00:34:37,756 The older the object, 641 00:34:37,757 --> 00:34:40,087 the thicker the patina layer will be. 642 00:34:41,877 --> 00:34:45,706 It takes hundreds, if not thousands of years 643 00:34:45,707 --> 00:34:47,996 for a thick layer of patina, 644 00:34:47,997 --> 00:34:51,706 as this apparently is, for it to develop. 645 00:34:51,707 --> 00:34:53,956 Yes, we agree there are two basic problems. 646 00:34:53,957 --> 00:34:56,336 One, that aluminum was not invented 647 00:34:56,337 --> 00:35:00,256 at the age when we presume this was in use. 648 00:35:00,257 --> 00:35:02,256 And second, it's the patina, as you noted. 649 00:35:02,257 --> 00:35:04,166 Which speaks for the date for the... 650 00:35:04,167 --> 00:35:05,796 - Yes. - For the age of it. 651 00:35:05,797 --> 00:35:09,586 So we still have a mystery here. 652 00:35:09,587 --> 00:35:12,916 Thank you very much for, uh, showing us this object, 653 00:35:12,917 --> 00:35:15,416 because I know that there was a time, uh, 654 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:20,206 when nobody knew where it was... Somewhere in a box in the back. 655 00:35:20,207 --> 00:35:23,336 Which means present-day archeology has a problem. 656 00:35:23,337 --> 00:35:26,046 And they're doing magnificent work. 657 00:35:26,047 --> 00:35:28,756 But when something like this comes along, you know, 658 00:35:28,757 --> 00:35:33,336 we should investigate this and not put it in a box in the back. 659 00:35:33,337 --> 00:35:35,586 It did depend on mentalities 660 00:35:35,587 --> 00:35:37,376 - in official position. - Yes. 661 00:35:37,377 --> 00:35:40,626 It isn't currently exhibited, uh, 662 00:35:40,627 --> 00:35:43,546 because we have to admit, as historians, 663 00:35:43,547 --> 00:35:48,296 that we do not know more details about it. 664 00:35:48,297 --> 00:35:51,416 For us, it's just baffling at this point. 665 00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:54,496 But taking the-the logic further, uh, 666 00:35:54,497 --> 00:35:58,376 this conflicting information could have just two solutions 667 00:35:58,377 --> 00:36:00,336 so far. 668 00:36:00,337 --> 00:36:02,666 One, that it is really not so old, 669 00:36:02,667 --> 00:36:04,416 and the context is irrelevant, 670 00:36:04,417 --> 00:36:06,836 and the patina was somehow produced 671 00:36:06,837 --> 00:36:09,996 in special circumstances. 672 00:36:09,997 --> 00:36:12,916 So it's a new object, strangely preserved, let's say. 673 00:36:12,917 --> 00:36:15,586 And the second option is, of course, 674 00:36:15,587 --> 00:36:18,876 that it's not of terrestrial origin. 675 00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:22,546 In all of your adventures, how does this compare 676 00:36:22,547 --> 00:36:26,206 to some of the other things that are inexplicable? 677 00:36:26,207 --> 00:36:28,546 I am helpless. I have no idea. 678 00:36:28,547 --> 00:36:31,126 That says it all right there. 679 00:36:31,127 --> 00:36:33,796 Very bizarre. Bizarre. 680 00:36:33,797 --> 00:36:40,546 I've known about this thing since the early 1990s, 681 00:36:40,547 --> 00:36:44,376 and I have to tell you that looking at it 682 00:36:44,377 --> 00:36:48,416 in person was a dream come true. 683 00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:52,876 And it's a very strange thing. 684 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,876 I mean, how do you explain this? 685 00:36:54,877 --> 00:37:01,166 It certainly looks as if it was part of a larger object. 686 00:37:01,167 --> 00:37:06,666 Was it a component of a device? 687 00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:09,256 Was it a component of something larger? 688 00:37:09,257 --> 00:37:12,296 If the Wedge of Aiud 689 00:37:12,297 --> 00:37:15,666 really is over 40,000 years old, 690 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:19,126 then who made it, and what was it used for? 691 00:37:19,127 --> 00:37:22,586 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe 692 00:37:22,587 --> 00:37:25,376 they may have the answer. 693 00:37:25,377 --> 00:37:27,376 An aeronautical engineer 694 00:37:27,377 --> 00:37:30,206 who saw the Aiud Wedge looked at that and said, 695 00:37:30,207 --> 00:37:32,376 "That's a piece of a landing gear 696 00:37:32,377 --> 00:37:35,796 for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft." 697 00:37:35,797 --> 00:37:38,996 Ancient astronaut theorists have also looked at this wedge 698 00:37:38,997 --> 00:37:40,956 and surmised that it's possible 699 00:37:40,957 --> 00:37:44,376 that it's part of a crashed extraterrestrial craft. 700 00:37:44,377 --> 00:37:48,836 Could the Wedge of Aiud really be a remnant 701 00:37:48,837 --> 00:37:51,336 of an extraterrestrial craft, 702 00:37:51,337 --> 00:37:53,876 perhaps similar to the one some say 703 00:37:53,877 --> 00:37:57,296 the Egyptians represented with the Benben stone? 704 00:37:57,297 --> 00:38:00,546 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 705 00:38:00,547 --> 00:38:03,296 and suggest evidence recently recovered 706 00:38:03,297 --> 00:38:05,086 from a meteorite in Russia 707 00:38:05,087 --> 00:38:09,376 may be another gift from our alien ancestors, 708 00:38:09,377 --> 00:38:13,707 one that propels us towards the next great technological leap. 709 00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:22,868 Siberia, Russia. 1979. 710 00:38:22,869 --> 00:38:27,078 A meteorite crashes into the Koryak Mountains. 711 00:38:27,079 --> 00:38:32,908 Nearly four decades later, in December 2016, 712 00:38:32,909 --> 00:38:35,788 researchers studying pieces of the meteorite 713 00:38:35,789 --> 00:38:41,198 at the University of Florence, Caltech and Princeton announce 714 00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:44,748 that it has brought with it an incredible, rare metal formation 715 00:38:44,749 --> 00:38:47,658 called a "quasicrystal." 716 00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:53,408 This quasicrystal features 60 points of rotational symmetry, 717 00:38:53,409 --> 00:38:57,618 made up of aluminum, copper and iron. 718 00:38:57,619 --> 00:39:00,038 It is an exotic pattern 719 00:39:00,039 --> 00:39:02,618 that has never before been found in nature, 720 00:39:02,619 --> 00:39:08,578 and could lead to the next major technological leap. 721 00:39:08,579 --> 00:39:11,248 This thing should not exist, 722 00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,958 and yet there it is on this meteorite. 723 00:39:13,959 --> 00:39:17,408 Now, quasicrystal alloys 724 00:39:17,409 --> 00:39:20,748 violate the known laws of physics completely, 725 00:39:20,749 --> 00:39:24,198 but what we have heard from whistleblowers is that 726 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:26,288 the surfaces of extraterrestrial vehicles, 727 00:39:26,289 --> 00:39:28,658 such as the one that crashed in Roswell, 728 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:31,458 are made of quasicrystal alloys. 729 00:39:31,459 --> 00:39:34,158 And certain quasicrystal alloys, 730 00:39:34,159 --> 00:39:37,698 when electrified, generate antigravity. 731 00:39:37,699 --> 00:39:40,958 Extraterrestrial intelligences may have been wanting us 732 00:39:40,959 --> 00:39:43,198 to find the quasicrystals, 733 00:39:43,199 --> 00:39:46,788 and it shows that there could be a whole new world of technology 734 00:39:46,789 --> 00:39:48,908 waiting for us to unlock. 735 00:39:48,909 --> 00:39:51,828 And what we're looking at is a very likely possibility 736 00:39:51,829 --> 00:39:54,618 that these out-of-place artifacts 737 00:39:54,619 --> 00:39:57,248 are just some of the table scraps 738 00:39:57,249 --> 00:39:59,328 from an extraterrestrial civilization 739 00:39:59,329 --> 00:40:01,749 that had way more advanced stuff than that. 740 00:40:05,579 --> 00:40:08,868 Are extraterrestrials giving mankind the tools needed 741 00:40:08,869 --> 00:40:13,788 to reach the next level in our technological evolution? 742 00:40:13,789 --> 00:40:18,748 And if so, where are they leading us? 743 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:24,248 The stories of these very powerful ancient alloys suggest 744 00:40:24,249 --> 00:40:27,868 that these are pathways back to our origins. 745 00:40:27,869 --> 00:40:30,498 That these are ways that we can connect 746 00:40:30,499 --> 00:40:33,908 with our original extraterrestrial visitors, 747 00:40:33,909 --> 00:40:36,078 and also point a way forward for us, 748 00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:40,158 because as we begin to understand these technologies, 749 00:40:40,159 --> 00:40:43,698 perhaps one day we'll even be able to duplicate them. 750 00:40:43,699 --> 00:40:47,368 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 751 00:40:47,369 --> 00:40:51,408 we have to wonder if these ancient artifacts 752 00:40:51,409 --> 00:40:56,118 of strange alloys aren't extraterrestrial artifacts 753 00:40:56,119 --> 00:41:02,578 that are perhaps there for us to examine and retro-engineer, 754 00:41:02,579 --> 00:41:07,748 and use and create for ourselves and our own space industry. 755 00:41:07,749 --> 00:41:10,618 There is no question 756 00:41:10,619 --> 00:41:14,118 that we are getting closer and closer 757 00:41:14,119 --> 00:41:17,658 to whatever technology the extraterrestrials possessed. 758 00:41:17,659 --> 00:41:19,908 Are the unexplained metal artifacts 759 00:41:19,909 --> 00:41:23,368 found all over the world proof 760 00:41:23,369 --> 00:41:27,288 that we have been visited by otherworldly beings? 761 00:41:27,289 --> 00:41:31,038 And did extraterrestrials teach our ancestors 762 00:41:31,039 --> 00:41:34,288 secrets of metallurgy that we are 763 00:41:34,289 --> 00:41:40,328 just now beginning to develop and reproduce? 764 00:41:40,329 --> 00:41:44,498 Perhaps by examining these strange metal objects, 765 00:41:44,499 --> 00:41:48,368 we will begin to not only understand our past, 766 00:41:48,369 --> 00:41:53,458 but also be better prepared to face... 767 00:41:53,459 --> 00:41:55,748 our ultimate destiny. 768 00:41:55,848 --> 00:41:59,000 Ancient Aliens 12x0260421

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