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NARRATOR:
Battles waged in the sky.

DAVID WILCOCK: The scripture
says that Lord Salva's

flying craft crashes
to the Earth.

NARRATOR:
Weapons with unimaginable power.

WILLIAM HENRY:
According to the Sumerian myths,

one planet
was completely destroyed.

NARRATOR: And evidence
of advanced technology thousands

of years ago.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
The structures themselves,

they're replicas of the machines

that our ancestors witnessed.

NARRATOR:
Accounts of wars among the gods

can be found in ancient legends
throughout the world.

Might these stories

really describe battles
between alien beings?

And if so, are they
still being waged today?

GEORGE NOORY: I think
there's no question that there's

a warring faction here
on this planet

between extraterrestrials.

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 Earth have been the site

of alien wars?

NARRATOR:
London, England.

March 19, 2002.

Officers with the British
National Hi‐Tech Crime Unit

arrest 34‐year‐old
Scottish systems administrator

Gary McKinnon,

charging him with hacking
into top‐secret Pentagon

and NASA computers
over a 13‐month period.

In response,
McKinnon goes public,

claiming he was searching

for government‐suppressed
information

on UFOs and alternative energy.

But he says
that what he found instead

is evidence
of an even greater conspiracy.

Without doubt,
the most fascinating discovery

that McKinnon said he made
were files

that referenced something
called non‐terrestrial officers.

McKinnon talked
about how these officers

were supposedly assigned
to certain ships

that began
with the designation USSS,

suggesting
United States Space Ships.

In McKinnon's mind, he uncovered
nothing less than firm proof

of a clandestine,
highly classified

U. S. military space program

that ran alongside
NASA's regular space program.

NARRATOR:
Might the United States military

really have
a secret space program?

But if so, why?

Are they preparing
for a space‐based war

with other nations

or other species?

According to former Canadian
Defense Minister Paul Hellyer,

U. S. officials
are withholding information

about their contact
with alien beings.

PAUL HELLYER:
I was privy to a lot of things

and some of it, for me,
very frightening,

very disturbing.

UFOs are real.

The United States government
had been in contact with them.

NARRATOR:
In September of 2005,

Hellyer made headlines
by publicly announcing

that UFOs do, in fact, exist.

He would later state
that it is not just one race

of alien beings
that is visiting Earth but many,

a claim that is supported
by astronaut Edgar Mitchell,

the sixth person
ever to walk on the moon.

HELLYER:
When Apollo astronaut

Ed Mitchell came to Toronto
soon after I went public,

we invited him to dinner.
His question

to me was, "How many species
do you think there are?"

And I said,
"Somewhere between two and 12."

And he said,
"Yes, that's what I think, too."

What has happened
in the intervening years

is that the number
keeps growing.

TSOUKALOS: I think that, just
like there's multiple species

here on Earth, there are
multiple species out there.

WILCOCK: I've had insiders that
have told me this to my face‐‐

that we already have diplomatic
relationships with a variety

of extraterrestrial species
and cultures.

HELLYER:
I know, for example,

that they have two
or three species of Greys.

We know that there are
the praying mantis

and reptilians of various sorts.

And so these are the...
sort of the principal ones

that we talk about,
because it's something

you can get your mind around.

NARRATOR: Could there
really be numerous races

of extraterrestrial beings
visiting Earth?

And if so, are they all part
of a unified confederation?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say no,

and some government insiders
like Paul Hellyer claim

that these different alien
species have competing agendas,

agendas that are
not always favorable for humans.

HELLYER: I think
there is a worrisome situation

that we have to look at,
uh, very quickly

and that is whether or not
one or two of them

might covet some
of our territory

and might, as a result of that,

want to reduce
the human population.

Are they interested
in our best interests,

or are they interested
in their best interests?

In which case we should find out
about it before it's too late.

NARRATOR:
Could the assertions

that extraterrestrial beings
are at war

over the control of planet Earth
actually be true?

According to
ancient astronaut theorists,

evidence of such a conflict
does exist,

and it has been going on
for thousands of years.

Mumbai, India.

January 4, 2015.

The 102nd
Indian Science Congress,

along with
the University of Mumbai,

hosts a symposium titled

"Ancient Sciences
through Sanskrit."

The Sanskrit texts

that are the focus
of the symposium

are Hinduism's
most ancient writings.

Included within them‐‐
along with poetry,

drama, science, and philosophy‐‐

are accounts of great wars

between powerful gods
who came from the sky.

The great Hindu texts,
the Mahabharata,

the Ramayana and the Vedas,

are the ancient wisdom stories
of the continent.

The stories are vivid
and gripping.

Many of them have to do
with great conflicts and wars.

The gods are forever in battle
with each other,

using extraordinary equipment.

LAYNE LITTLE: For the most part,
these stories

are, like the epics,
filled with cosmic battles.

Battles between the gods

in the celestial realm dominate
Hindu mythos.

NARRATOR:
At the Indian Science Congress,

a number of scientists
and scholars

make a highly controversial
proposal.

That these ancient Hindu texts‐‐
dating as far back

as 1700 B. C.‐‐

are not simply mythology,
but are accounts

of real historical characters
and events,

and depict advanced technology

that truly existed
thousands of years ago.

Could it be true?

It is a question
that has been debated

by both Hindu scholars

and ancient astronaut
theorists alike.

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,

you have destructions
of civilizations by what seems

like nuclear detonation.

DEEPAK SHIMKHAD:
Hindus believe

that these stories
are not simply myth.

They are historical records

because Mahabharata and the
Ramayana are not called myth.

They are actually
called "Itihasas."

"Itihasas" meaning history.

For Hindus, these texts stand

as historical records
of past kings

and past happenings

that happened long,
long, long time ago.

NARRATOR:
Could the Sanskrit texts

really contain
historical accounts

of warfare waged between gods

that were physically present
here on Earth,

as many Hindus believe?

And if so, are these same beings
in conflict

over the fate of planet Earth
even today?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and suggest physical evidence
can be found in India

that proves these accounts
are not simply mythology.

DAVID CHILDRESS: Archeologists
found that there was basically

a sunken city there.

ROBERT SCHOCH:
It seems to confirm

the ancient legends‐‐

they have a basis in reality.

NARRATOR:
Dwarka, Northwest India. 1983.

Marine archeologist
Dr. S. R. Rao begins

a ten‐year underwater
exploration just off the coast

of this ancient fishing town,

and what he finds is stunning.

Starting at 20 feet beneath
the surface of the ocean

are sandstone walls,

cobblestone streets,
and further evidence

of what once was
a prosperous seaport.

At Dwarka, what has been found
so far under the ocean

is incredibly tantalizing.

For instance,
there's this huge wall,

estimated about 580 meters long.

So, this is not insignificant,
and this would suggest

that this was
a sophisticated dwelling area.

NARRATOR:
Further underwater excavations

and geological evidence indicate
the ruins are part of a city

that suddenly became submerged
in 1443 B. C.

The discovery of these ruins is
a major archeological find,

but for some,
even more significant is

where the ruins were found.

For centuries,

the modern day city of Dwarka
was thought by many Hindus

to be the Dwarka described
in the Mahabharata

as the ancient kingdom
of the god Krishna.

According to the text,

during the Kurukshetra war,

a rival to Krishna‐‐
Lord Salva‐‐

attacked Dwarka
from a flying chariot,

raining down weapons
of mass destruction

that lit up the sky.

He actually flew over Dwarka

using his chariot,

and he started bombarding
the city of Dwarka,

throwing down
all kinds of weapons.

Finally, Krishna employs his own
incredible weapon and blows

the thing out of the sky.

(whirring, explosion)

It says in the scripture

that Lord Salva's
flying craft itself

comes smoldering out of the sky
and crashes to the earth.

This suggests that there was
machines involved in the war,

machines that could fly.

Shortly after the great war,
Krishna is killed,

and the city,
this magnificent city

built on land
that came out of the sea,

sank back into the ocean again.

It only existed during the time
that Krishna lived there.

NARRATOR: Most historians
dismiss this war of the gods

as folklore.

But could these underwater ruins
be evidence

that the ancient Hindu texts
are based in actual history?

It seems to confirm the ancient
myths, the ancient legends‐‐

they have a basis in reality.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest

further evidence can be found
at Mahabalipuram,

an ancient port city located

along India's
southeastern coast.

According to ancient stories,

six of seven pagodas
that once stood at Mahabalipuram

were lost due to a great deluge

sent to destroy the city
by the Hindu god Indra.

Just as in the case of Dwarka,

historians and archeologists
dismissed the story

of the missing six temples
as myth.

But on December 26, 2004,

a massive tsunami caused water
levels to temporarily drop,

exposing a number
of mysterious‐looking formations

along the shoreline.

Upon closer inspection,

they were found
to be manmade structures,

and quite possibly the ruins

of the lost pagodas
of Mahabalipuram.

Archeologists went diving
into this area,

and also found that there was
basically a sunken city there.

And so, this would indicate

that the legends are really
correct about this place.

That, in fact, it was destroyed

in some kind of a flood,
just as the legends said.

NARRATOR: If recent
archeological finds have proven

that the City of Krishna

and the Seven Pagodas of
Mahabalipuram really did exist,

then might that mean
that the stories of these sites

being attacked
from the sky are true, as well?

Perhaps the answer can be found

by examining the many
ancient stone structures

of Mahabalipuram
called "rathas."

TSOUKALOS:
All over Mahabalipuram,

there are these
tower‐like structures

that are called "rathas."

Rathas can be translated
with "sky city,"

"house of the gods,"
or even "sky ship."

LITTLE:
These are temples,

but simultaneously,
they are seen as being

movable vehicles
in which gods...

the gods can come to Earth,

can come to the presence
of the worshippers.

You'll see that
there are all these little...

They're called "kudo."

There are little windows
that are shaped like horseshoes.

And even
in those little windows,

you'll see peering out
the faces of the gods.

In many temples
throughout India,

you'll actually see
gigantic wheels

added as a motif
on the base of these temples,

just to remind the worshippers
that these are moving chariots.

They were the vimanas
of the gods.

The stone structures themselves
are replicas

of the machines
that our ancestors witnessed.

NARRATOR: Do the ruins
off the coast of Dwarka

and Mahabalipuram,

along with the stone temples
and carvings

found throughout India

provide a physical record
of the advanced warfare

described in
the ancient Hindu texts?

And if so, were these wars
waged between opposing factions

of extraterrestrial beings?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining
the historical records

of ancient Mesopotamia.

HENRY: One planet
was completely destroyed

during this cosmic battle.

JASON MARTELL: Instead of
looking at the creation myths

from Sumer as mythology,

maybe this is scientific data
that we should be revisiting.

NARRATOR:
Wittenberg, Germany.

1766.

Astronomer Johann Daniel Titius

proposes that
there is a consistent pattern

in the layout of the planets
of our solar system...

except for one
highly unusual anomaly.

The distribution of the planets
in the solar system

has always been a puzzle.

They seem to be spaced out

according to some sort of
mathematical arrangement.

But there's a big gap
between Mars and Jupiter,

and when you look there today,
what we see is the asteroids,

lots and lots
of rocky fragments.

NARRATOR: The discovery
led astronomers to conclude

that there had to at one time
have been a planet

between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter.

And what lies
within this gap now

is an asteroid belt.

Many scientists speculate
that these asteroids

are the remnants of a world
that was destroyed

thousands of years ago
by some cosmic collision.

But according to ancient
astronaut theorist

Zecharia Sitchin,
the destruction

of this lost planet
may not have been

due to natural causes.

As evidence,
he cited the stories

of the oldest known
civilization‐‐

the Sumerians.

The Sumerian myths
point to the idea

that there was this phenomenal
cosmic battle.

That the gods
fought amongst themselves

across the cosmos,

one planet
fighting another planet.

And that, in fact, one planet
was completely destroyed

during this cosmic battle.
And as a result of that,

they destroyed their home world

and had to reestablish
civilization

on a new planet.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there was once a planet

between Mars and Jupiter

that was home
to intelligent life?

And if so,
might its destruction

have come as the result
of an alien war?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,

and suggest that
a recent NASA discovery

may provide evidence that
the survivors of this conflict

took refuge on a celestial body

located within
the asteroid belt.

On February 19, 2015,

NASA's Dawn spacecraft
sent back to Earth

images of mysterious
bright lights

reflecting off the surface
of a dwarf planet called Ceres.

While some scientists
have suggested

that the lights are the result
of something natural,

like an ice field
or escaping gas,

higher resolution images
have failed to uncover

the true cause
of the reflections.

Four months later, in June,

the Dawn spacecraft captured
even more incredible images‐‐

images that reveal
what looks like

a three‐mile‐tall pyramid.

MARTELL: These are possibly
technological structures.

So this brings up the question,

is it possible that these were
built by extraterrestrials?

Instead of looking
at the creation myths

from Sumer as mythology,

maybe this is scientific data
that we should be revisiting.

NARRATOR: Might further
exploration of Ceres

reveal evidence that
it once served as refuge

for the survivors
of an alien war?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,

and claim that according
to the Sumerian texts,

these warring
extraterrestrial factions

also took refuge
on another planet‐‐ Earth.

And they propose that stories
found throughout the world

of gods waging battle
in the skies

suggest that this
otherworldly conflict continued

once the survivors reached
their new home planet.

All over the world,
we're seeing evidence

of these ancient wars
that took place.

They took place in Greece,

they took place
in Norse mythology,

all throughout
Mesoamerican symbolism...

And, consistently,
what we're seeing

is some sort of battle
for control over the Earth.

When you look at many
of these ancient tales,

it would seem to be
that the gods

are warring amongst themselves
over us.

WILCOCK: This lends to
an intriguing possibility,

that we are the descendants
of the winners.

And that there are certain
groups that are pushing for us,

and really rallying,

because, in fact, we are
their direct descendants,

they created us through some
sort of genetic engineering.

And then there's other factions

that want to wipe us off the
face of the Earth completely.

And those wars may still be
being fought, right now.

NARRATOR:
Are humans the descendents

of a race of alien beings

whose home planet was destroyed
thousands of years ago?

Might the ancient stories
of warring gods

really be accounts of separate
extraterrestrial factions

that were fighting
for control of the Earth

and may still be fighting
for it today?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining accounts
of modern‐day UFOs

appearing over nuclear
facilities?

One of the missiles
suddenly went offline.

REDFERN: In the event
that UFOs one day

become hostile,
our entire atomic arsenal

may become
completely inoperable.

NARRATOR:
Sultanabad, Iran.

November, 2004.

The Iranian Air Force
scrambles an F‐14 fighter jet

in response
to an unknown aircraft

rapidly approaching the IB‐40
heavy water nuclear facility.

As they close in,

the pilots report seeing
a luminous object

unlike any
they have ever encountered:

it is spherical
and emits a green afterburner.

When they try
to lock on their missiles,

their radar is disrupted

by large amounts
of magnetic radiation

emitting from the craft.

What it was, nobody knew.

It was a definitive UFO

and exited the area
at high speed.

What's particularly
fascinating‐‐

and also intriguing
and a bit disturbing‐‐

is why the UFO took such
an interest in an atomic plant.

NARRATOR:
UFOs have also been reported

over nuclear missile bases
in England and America.

REDFERN:
In March 1967,

Malmstrom Air Force Base
in Montana

was the site of one
of the most profound,

amazing, and disturbing

UFO encounters of all time.

Security personnel described
seeing bright lights,

flying saucers...
definitive UFOs.

One of the missiles
suddenly went off‐line.

And then another and another.

Until the whole
flight of missiles

was somehow
mysteriously deactivated.

This is highly disturbing,
because it suggests

in the event that UFOs
one day become hostile,

our entire atomic arsenal

may become
completely inoperable.

NARRATOR: Could it be
that extraterrestrial beings

are monitoring
nuclear facilities

here on Earth?

But if so, why?

REDFERN: There are
two reasons why UFO's

might take an interest
in atomic installations.

One might be
that they're concerned

that we're gonna
destroy ourselves.

They have a vested interest

in keeping the human race alive.

Or perhaps it's personal reasons
and it's the planet they want.

The other possibility
is they're fearful

that we may develop far more
advanced atomic weaponry

and that one day,
we will be their rival.

POPE:
Nuclear weapons might represent

the only technology

humans have
which would be capable

of posing a threat to them.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
the technology of modern man

has advanced to the point that
humans are considered a threat

by alien factions
watching over the planet?

Some ancient astronaut theorists
are convinced

that this is the case,

and suggest there is evidence
that extraterrestrials

used similar nuclear weapons
right here on Earth

thousands of years ago.

The Great Sand Sea,
North Africa.

In the remote corner of
the eastern Saharan desert,

along the border
between Egypt and Libya,

translucent pieces
of a pale yellow‐green glass

lay scattered about
for miles in every direction.

This rare silicate compound‐‐
called Libyan Desert Glass‐‐

can only be formed
by exposing the sand

to extreme heat and pressure,

like that generated
by a meteor strike.

But there are no visible signs
of a suitable impact crater,

nor can any be found

using satellite
imaging technology.

DENNIN: Libyan Desert glass
is thousands of years old

and one of the challenges
is figuring

how that glass was formed.

We know you need high heat,

high temperatures,
high pressure.

HENRY:
This yellowish green glass

looks vitrified.

In fact,
it's strikingly similar

to Trinitite,
the quartz‐like glass

that was created
after the atomic explosion

at the Trinity test site
in New Mexico.

And one wonders
if the Libyan glass

is also a remnant
from a nuclear explosion.

DENNIN:
It is possible

that nuclear blast
would have done it,

but that would assume
you had someone around

with nuclear weapons.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Libyan Desert Glass

was formed by the detonation
of a nuclear weapon

thousands of years ago?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and claim evidence

of such a powerful weapon
being used

is written in the texts
of ancient Egypt.

HENRY:
In the Ancient Egyptian story,

in which Horace avenges
his brother Osiris's death,

he flies up into the heavens
in a winged disc.

And in the heavens,

he encounters
the enemies of Osiris,

and he chases them.

And then Horace releases some
kind of a terrible weapon

that causes his enemies
to first go blind,

and then death.

This sounds like
some devastating weapon

that Horace unleashed.

Is it possible
that it was some kind

of a nuclear weapon
that he unleashed on them?

NARRATOR: Could ancient Egypt
really have been

the site of nuclear warfare

waged by
extraterrestrial beings?

And if so,

might this explain
why there have been

so many UFO sightings around
nuclear missile facilities?

Ancient astronaut theorists

say that while it may be unclear

whether extraterrestrials
are concerned about

protecting humans
or protecting themselves,

recent NASA findings
provide evidence

that planet Earth
is being shielded

from above.

HENRY:
The Van Allen radiation belt

is changing and mutating

as if it's
intelligently directed.

WILCOCK:
The Van Allen belts may be

protecting the Earth
from extraterrestrial weapons.

MAN:
Five, four, three, two, one.

Ignition sequence start

and lift off!

NARRATOR: Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida.

August 30, 2012.

NASA launches
two probes into space

in order to study
the Van Allen radiation belts‐‐

a pair of donut‐shaped
particle zones

that surround the Earth.

After two years
of collecting data,

NASA scientists discover
a surprising phenomenon.

The Van Allen Belts
are operating

as a protective dome
shielding the Earth

from dangerous radiation.

Our planet is constantly flooded
with particles from space

that are charged that if they
made it through the atmosphere

would actually be quite
damaging radiation to life.

But because of the Van Allen
belts and the combination

of magnetic fields and charged
particles already there,

incoming charged particles
are sent on curved paths

that safely protect the Earth
and we don't get hit by them.

The Van Allen radiation belt

is one of the most phenomenal
scientific phenomena

to be discovered
in recent times.

One of the things
that's so shocking about it

is that it's
changing and mutating

as if it's
intelligently directed.

The Van Allen belts may be
an advanced technology

that we still don't
really understand.

A technology that
actually is blocking,

not just natural
cosmic particles

from the sun from coming in,

but potentially
protecting the Earth

from extraterrestrial weapons
that might use

some sort of particle beam
technology,

from ever being able
to make its way in here.

Were the Van Allen Belts
designed

by extraterrestrial beings
to protect mankind

from other hostile
alien factions?

Might there really be

an extraterrestrial
defense system

protecting the Earth
from attack?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and suggest further evidence
that there is an alien faction

policing Earth's airspace

can be found by examining
modern day UFO crashes.

NARRATOR: In 2005,
UFO researcher Ryan Wood

published a book
chronicling 74 instances

of strange objects

falling from the sky
dating back to 1897.

As proof that these crashes
took place,

he sites official documents,
eyewitness reports,

and even physical evidence.

PAUL HELLYER: Ryan Woods' book
Majic Eyes Only,

he lists all of these crashes.

And I think the‐the U. S. has
been involved in the retrieval

of the vast majority,
doesn't matter where they are.

We had one crash north of
Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada,

and our regular people that go
and investigate aerial crashes

went out there and were greeted
with American troops,

uh, pointing guns at them.

And they contacted Ottawa
and were told,

"Well, let the Americans
have it."

NOORY: We've had some great
stories of crashes‐‐

Roswell, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri.

They're all over the place.

And you say to yourself,

"How could they crash when they
have that kind of technology?"

CHILDRESS: You've got
to wonder how extraterrestrials

with all of their advanced
super technology

would then just crash.

It would seem that something
else is really going on here.

Perhaps we have the
extraterrestrials themselves

battling it out over our skies.

WILCOCK: Is it possible
that even now warring factions

of extraterrestrial
so‐called "gods"

are in fact duking it out
over what happens on Earth?

And wars that we see
in ancient texts

like the Mahabharata
or the Bible

could be still playing out
in our skies as we speak.

NARRATOR: Could we really
be at the center

of an extraterrestrial conflict
that dates back

to before the dawn
of human civilization on Earth?

Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes

and suggest that our survival
may be dependent

upon an ancient defense system

that has existed for thousands
of years right beneath our feet.

NARRATOR:
Yakutia, Russia.

1854.

In a desolate region of Siberia

known as the "Valley of Death,"

geographer and natural scientist
Richard Karl Maak

leads a scientific expedition of
the Russian Geographical Society

into the Vilyuy River basin.

In his journal, Maak writes
that he and his team

encountered several large
and mysterious metallic objects

embedded in the earth

that the local hunters referred
to as "cauldrons."

Additional accounts
were reported

throughout the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.

According to descriptions,

these large metallic domes
that protrude from the ground

each measure between 20
and 30 feet in diameter.

Their existence is
also supported

by the legends
of the local Yakut people,

who say that over the years

the cauldrons would
periodically open up

and send fireballs into the sky.

PAUL STONEHILL:
What happens is that

an object would fly out
from under the ground

and intercept
an incoming celestial body...

...be it a bolide, meteor,

anything that can really
damage our planet.

It's like somebody put in
an automatic station

programmed to take out
a celestial body

that can cause us
tremendous damage

and maybe to end life on Earth.

NARRATOR:
On June 30, 1908,

a fireball was seen
streaking across the sky

over the Tunguska River
in rural Siberia,

followed by a massive explosion.

It was the same area where these
mysterious sunken cauldrons

are said to be located.

20 years later,

when the Soviet military
examined the area,

they reported finding
flattened trees

for miles around the blast site,

but no crater.

STONEHILL: A Soviet military
officer came up with an idea,

Alexander Kazantsev, in 1940s,

that this was
an alien ship, a UFO

that came into the atmosphere
of our planet and exploded.

Others took up this idea.

But where he came up with it,
it's very hard to say,

because secrecy is
all over Russia.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
the cauldrons serve as a type

of antiaircraft weapon
against space‐based threats?

It's possible that the Earth
has been equipped with some sort

of hyper‐advanced technology

that is actually
keeping us all safe,

and that whoever won these
ancient extraterrestrial wars,

who may in fact be
our progenitors,

put that there so that their
offspring would be protected

from whoever
their enemies had been

many thousands of years ago.

NARRATOR: Some ancient
astronaut theorists suggest

that if there is

an extraterrestrial
conflict over humanity,

it may be due to the fact

that certain alien factions
consider humans a threat.

They propose that the point
mankind has reached today

is predicted in the same
Sanskrit texts

that documented
these ancient alien wars.

CHILDRESS: The ancient
Hindu texts tell us

that we are in the very last

of four stages of the planet...

... and that stage
is called Kali Yuga.

And Kali Yuga is
a time of strife

and, uh, terrible
activities and of evil.

And it may be that
the extraterrestrials

are really monitoring us

to see how we can handle
this very stressful period.

HELLYER: There are conflicts
in the skies.

There are different species
with different agendas.

I'm sure that we are regarded
as a potential threat.

They would assume

that eventually we'll
be traveling around the cosmos,

and it's something that must go
through their collective minds:

that these are war‐like people,

and consequently we're gonna
have to keep an eye on them.

Now for the first time

I think that the future
of the species is at stake.

That's how deeply I feel.

There are lessons to be learned.

And we have to learn 'em now.

We have to learn 'em
very, very quickly.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that extraterrestrial beings

have been fighting
for control of planet Earth

for thousands of years?

And could the outcome of this
dispute ultimately be determined

not by alien combatants,
but by humans?

Perhaps we are
on the verge of reaching

a defining moment
in our evolution,

a turning point that will lead

either to our ascension
or our extermination.

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