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throughout the world,

there is a number that is considered divine.

AMIR HUSSAIN: In the Bible, there's 12 tribes

of Israel. There's 12 apostles for Jesus.

NARRATOR: It is embedded

in dozens of ancient structures...

At Gobekli Tepe, there are 12 stones

focused around two huge monoliths.

NARRATOR: ...and found in the latest scientific principles.

MICHIO KAKU: The universe is a symphony of strings.

And that music is divided into 12 notes.

NARRATOR: Is the recurrence of the number 12

merely chance?

Or could it hold a clue

about humanity's extraterrestrial past?

RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:The number 12 contains within it

the code of the power of God.

The ancient secret of tapping into something greater

and higher, something very possibly extraterrestrial.

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.

NARRATOR: Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1914.

William James Sidis, a 16-year-old child prodigy,

becomes the youngest person to receive a degree

from Harvard University.

Six years after his graduation,

he publishes his first book,

The Animate and the Inanimate.

In the work, he introduces forward-thinking concepts

in theoretical physics, including the existence

of dark matterand the behavior of black holes.

MICHAEL DE VLIEGER: William James Sidis

is a child prodigy, a genius,

who describes, in what he calls black bodies,

essentially the way black holes would behave.

They would be invisible because they are taking in energy.

NARRATOR: Astrophysicists have only recently begun

to come to an understanding of black holes

that Sidis demonstrated a century ago.

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But how did he come to have such extraordinary insight?

Some researchers attributeSidis's obsession with a base 12

or duodecimal for his revolutionary thinking.

The duodecimal system

is the number system based on 12rather than ten.

So, instead of counting to ten,

we count to 12,

but we don't use the word "12." We'll say "a dozen."

For 13, we'll say "one dozen one,

one dozen two, one dozen three."

ERIC RANKIN: 12 seems like an organic number to us.

One, as opposed to, say, dividing our math

into the ten-based metric system,

when we stay with 12,

it's more easily divided into more fractions

that stay in round, even numbers.

That's why it's beautiful on a clock hand,

that a quarter of an hour is an even 15.

Half an hour is an even 30.

If it was based on tens,

it would start getting wonky pretty quick

and requiring decimal points behind it.

JULYE BIDMEAD: The Mesopotamians

divided their year into 12 months.

The ancient Hebrews took those exact months

and the exact names of the months

and developed the Hebrew calendar.

CAROLINE CORY: We also see the 12 signs of the zodiac,

and they're basically associated

with the 12 lunar cycles.

Even in biology, we find that the human body

has 12 systems,

12 meridians, 12 chakras.

In science, we know

that we have 12 cranial nerves.

The number 12 is also very important

in the planetary grid theory,

where you find exactly 12 points

around the globe

that are called vortices

that have very mysterious qualities.

For example, the Bermuda Triangle

or the South Atlantic Anomaly.

These specific 12 points

are the entry and exit points

from the Earth to the rest of the cosmos.

The number 12

is prevalent in many cultures in society.

It is symbolic for perfection, for completion.

Maybe even the mastery of the human condition.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that William Sidis's obsession with the number 12

allowed him unprecedented insight

into some of the greatest mysteries of our universe?

In 1976,

theoretical physicist Burkhard Heim,

known to many in the scientific community

as the German Stephen Hawking,

introduced further groundbreaking work

centered on the number 12.

He developed a revolutionary grand unified theory

that consisted of a 12-dimensional worldview.

His theory incorporates

not only our material realities but philosophical ones,

such as how the universe began,

the nature of consciousness and even why we are here.

KAKU: In the beginning, there was one equation.

One equation which, when solved,

gave us the expanding universe,

the formation of galaxies, the planet Earth,

people, maybe even love.

We find that three dimensions

is simply too small. [chuckles]

You can't cram all the forces into three dimensions.

Maybe 12.

But this is one of the hottest topics in all of physics.

NARRATOR: For many outside the scientific community,

the significance of the number 12 in mathematics

and theoretical physics is, at best,

a vaguely understood piece of trivia.

But researchers suggest this number can be found

in nearly every aspect of life,

appearing in patterns

that seem to repeat over and over.

For example, in many ancient traditions,

there exists a group of divinely appointed advisors

nearly always numbering 12.

JONATHAN YOUNG: There's a fascinating pattern of 12s.

It's interesting how this number

comes up again and again throughout history.

You've got the Arthurian legend,

the 12 knights of the Round Table.

In the Greek stories, 12 Olympians

went to war with 12 Titans.

HUSSAIN: In the Bible, you have 12

as being this important number.

There's 12 tribes of Israel.

There's 12 apostles for Jesus.

In the Islamic tradition, the largest Shia sect

is called the Twelvers because they have 12 imams.

So, you have to wonder,what is it behind the number 12?

Is it all coincidence?

Or could there be a higher meaning behind it?

NARRATOR: The importance of the number 12

is reinforced in the New Testament's Book of Acts,

which tells of the founding of the Christian church

after the crucifixion of Jesus

and after the apostle Judas

took his own life.

BIDMEAD: The apostles,

which were now down to 11-- not quite 12 yet--

had gotten together in Jerusalemto celebrate the Shavuot,

a Jewish harvest festival that occurs,

um, 50 days after the Passover.

Jesus had promised them before

that revelation would come to them.

However, they were not yet 12.

They needed a replacement for 12before the revelation.

NARRATOR: During this celebration,

which came to be known as the Pentecost,

the apostle Matthias is chosen to replace Judas.

Only then is divine contact made.

MICHAEL CARTER: The disciples are awaiting

their marching orders.

They're in a home, and a violent wind

comes through the house

and shakes the house to its foundations,

and the disciples are startled.

And then fire

descends from out of the sky.

And these tongues of fire attach themselves

to each of the disciples.

YOUNG: The 12 apostles gained some kind of access

to special knowledge, special power.

But only because they met as 12.

TZADOK: We find the number 12

as having ancient mystical significance.

It contains within it

the code of the power of God,

the ancient secret

of tapping into something greater and higher,

something very possibly extraterrestrial.

NARRATOR: Could it be that Jesus's 12 disciples

were, in effect, wisdom keepers,

men who were entrusted with divine,

perhaps even extraterrestrial secrets?

And if so, does it further illustrate

that there is some sort of cosmic significance

to the number 12?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

some of the oldest stone structures on Earth

that all feature a pattern of 12.

We find that there are 12 T-shaped stones.

According to mainstream archaeologists,

this ancient stone complex

contains the world's oldest known megalithic structures,

dating back at least 11,500 years.

Prior to the discovery,

the people of this time period

were thought to be hunter-gatherers

and nowhere near advanced enoughto achieve

such an impressive feat of engineering.

And as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

just as remarkable

is the fact that these ancient structures

once again point to the importance

of the number 12.

This is the oldest stone circle complex in the world.

If we look at the most sophisticated

of the stone enclosures,

we find that there are 12 T-shaped stones

focused around two huge gateway-like monoliths

in the center.

We have to ask ourselves,

why 12?

NARRATOR: Is there something to be learned from the fact

that the oldest known megalithic structures on Earth

incorporate the number 12?

Researchers point out that the number 12

turns up at many other archaeological sites

around the world.

HUGH NEWMAN: Other ancient sitesthat encode number 12

include the Stones of Stenness on the Orkney Islands,

which dates back to at least 3100 BC.

Only a few stones still remain,

but, originally, there were 12.

We also have the Twelve Apostlesof Ilkley Moor

up in Yorkshire, where, strangely,

many UFO sightings and strange lights have been recorded.

Other sites with the number 12 include Callanish,

which is up in the Outer Hebrides.

This is a remarkable megalithic construction.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that a similar appearance of 12 stones

in the stories of the Hebrew Bible

reveals the significance of the number is not merely symbolic.

In the Book of Exodus,

Moses erected 12 standing stones

at the foot of Mount Sinai

after receiving the Ten Commandments.

And in the Book of Joshua,

after the Jordan River parted

to allow the Israelites to pass,

Joshua had 12 stones placed

where the priests had been standing

who carried the Ark of the Covenant.

But perhaps the most extraordinary example

can be found in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Kings,

when the prophet Elijah confronts the worshippers

of the pagan god Baal

and challenges them to provide proof of their god's existence

by making a sacrificial offering.

Elijah has this bizarre life,

where there are these multiple episodes

where he is in contact with someone up in the sky.

HUSSAIN: Elijah builds an altar with 12 stones.

He puts the offering, the bull, on the altar.

And, of course, God, with God's divine fire,

sends the fire down to burn this offering.

WILLIAM HENRY: Why 12 stones?

Was it one stone eachfor the Twelve Tribes of Israel?

That's the common explanation.

But is there something more?

Is it that Elijah is pointing to the power of 12

and its connection with the divine light or the divine fire

that he's about to call down?

NARRATOR: Elijah,

Moses,

Joshua--

all instructed by God to erect exactly 12 stones.

But regardless of whether or notthese stories reflect

actual historical accounts,

is there a profound message

contained within this repeated pattern?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest it could reflect important knowledge

our ancestors possessed

about the very nature of the universe.

Canton, New York.

2003.

Mathematician Dr. Jeffrey Weeks and his colleagues

suggest, based on analysis of maps of the big bang,

that the universe takes the 12-sided shape

of a dodecahedron.

A team of scientists headed by Jeffrey Weeks

made a re-remarkable deduction about the universe.

They believe, based on cosmic radiation data they've accrued,

that the universe may in fact bea dodecahedron-shaped system,

which is quite incredible.

So, again, we have this number 12,

and we have leading scientists saying,

"Hey, yes, this may well be the actual shape of our reality."

HENRY:So this discovery shows us that,

from the macro level,

the universe level,

down to the societal level

that the number 12 seems to be

the ruling mystical number of the universe.

NARRATOR: Curiously,

the idea that the universe takesthe shape of a dodecahedron

was also theorized by the Greek philosopher Plato

more than 2,000 years earlier.

Plato describes an early image of the Earth

i-in something called the Phaedo,

as a dodecahedron that is 12 panels.

This shape represents the ether,

the life-sustaining life force that animates everything.

KAKU: The Greeks were masters of geometry.

And Plato and many of the Greeks thought

that this was the key to the universe,

that the universe obey what are called magic numbers,

magic numbers encoded in the laws of geometry,

numbers which seem to be the basis of reality,

numbers created by the gods

that were talking to us through numbers.

HENRY: What Plato described is

the view that is seen by the gods

or by advanced souls

who are able to escape the physical

and enter into the metaphysical realm.

Where did Plato get that knowledge?

It's quite possible that he came into contact

with some higher intelligence,

maybe even extraterrestrials that want to see us

ultimately fulfill our destiny.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that special knowledge was imparted to Plato

so that future generations of humans would take notice

and seek to better understand the cosmic significance

of the number 12?

And, if so,

could this also be why the number 12 was incorporated

in so many ancient structures?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining curious anomalies within our own human DNA.

HENRY: An immunologist found that these people had

New York.

Within a collection held by the institute

is an ancient Mesopotamian tablet

known as Plimpton 322.

Dated to roughly 1800 BC,

it contains insight into the mathematical system

of the ancient Sumerians.

RANKIN: Modern culture and civilization started in Sumeria

6,000 years ago.

Almost the world's first modern city

and the world's first useof technology that we use today.

The wheeled and axled vehicle;

a plow; the arch;

the world's first ziggurat, a pyramidal structure;

writing system, cuneiform;

and this math system based on 12s and 60s.

DE VLIEGER: Some of their mathematics

still fascinate us today.

Um, they were able to achieve a lot with their system

because it was based on 60.

60 is five times 12.

It allowed them to avoid the messiness of fractions.

RANKIN:Why would they not count by tens

when they have ten digits on our feet and hands

and seems very easy?

Ten, 20, 30.

That's not the way those early ancestors of ours

living in Sumeria of the day were taught to count.

They were taught to countby using the thumb as a counter,

counting the knuckles or the pads on one hand.

So you had one, two, three, four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12.

NARRATOR: Where did the ancient Sumerians learn to count

using their knuckles as an extra digit?

According to their texts,

this knowledge was given to them

by visitors who came down from the sky.

RANKIN: We're able to read cuneiform.

And the people of the day said, "We did not create this.

"They were gifted to us by these sky visitors

that we ended up calling the Anunnaki."

NARRATOR: While the Sumerians learned to count in units of 12

by using their knuckles,

in many other ancient cultures,

they actually depicted their gods

as having six fingers and six toes.

Sacred texts and mythologies around the world

often reference six-fingered gods or gods with six toes.

In the Bible, we learn of Goliath,

who had six fingers and six toes.

In other traditions, for example,

in America, in Chaco Canyon,

we see depictions in petroglyphs of anthropomorphic beings

with six fingers and six toes.

Newspaper Rock in Utah-- same thing.

NARRATOR: Did our ancestors encounter otherworldly beings

with 12 fingers and 12 toes?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest evidence

that such stories are true

and that these beings even mated with humans

still exists in our own DNA.

Yasuni National Forest,

Ecuador.

1958.

[insects trilling]

Deep in the Amazon basin,

American missionaries discover

a previously unknown indigenous tribe

centuries removed from human civilization.

Incredibly, the Waorani people

nearly all possess 12 fingers and 12 toes.

In 1983, The New York Timesreported

on the work of a medical doctor,an immunologist,

who did a study on the Waorani tribe of Ecuador

and found that these people had extraordinary health benefits.

KIRSTEN FISHER: One interesting thing that came out of the study was that

the operation of the extra digitwas essentially hardwired

into its own unique part of the brain,

in terms of the motor control.

So it wasn't like it was stealing

from another part of the brain

in order to operate that extra digit.

It was fully integrated

into the, sort of, the neurological system.

NARRATOR: The medical term for the condition

of having extra digits is polydactyly.

The recessive trait actually occurs in nearly one

in 1,000 live births,

suggesting that it may, in fact,

be part of the early human genome.

And the occurrence of polydactyly

is not entirely random--

there are certain lineages where this trait

is strikingly prevalent.

Brasilia, Brazil.

October 13, 2017.

Alessandro De Silva and his wife Katia

welcome the birth of a healthy baby boy.

Vinicius is the 14th member of the extended family

to be born with a distinctive trait:

12 fingers and 12 toes.

CHILDRESS: A lot of times when people have six fingers,

they can't use all their digits very well,

but the De Silva family is-is quite good at it

and-and they use that extra digit.

You have to wonder, is it some extraterrestrial gene

that ultimately, we should all have?

It's an amazing thought.

NARRATOR: According to some ancient astronaut theorists,

there may be an even more profound explanation

for the rare occurrence of extra digits in humans.

They suggest this anomaly could be encoded into our DNA,

and designed to draw attention to the number 12.

-But why 12? -GEORGE NOORY: Again,

here we have the number 12, and its sig-significance

is tied into just about everything.

CHILDRESS: You have to wonder if the number 12

isn't some code that has been put there in the past

for us to decipher.

And it's still waiting for us.

NARRATOR: A code?

Could there really be an extraterrestrial connection

to the ubiquity of the number 12

in mankind's history and culture?

Ancient astronaut theorists are convinced

the answer is a profound yes,

and suggest that further clues can be found

by examining a group of 20th century scientists

who were assembled to investigate--

and possibly communicate with-- UFOs:

The Majestic 12.

Truman assembled a group of scientist

October 25, 1988.

The Dallas field office

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

receives a copy of an alleged

"top secret" government document.

The memo, dated November 18, 1952,

purports to be a preliminary briefing

to President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower.

It details information relating to a secret committee

to investigate and cover up extraterrestrial encounters.

BIRNES: They prepared a manual, basically briefing documents,

for the incoming administration.

According to these documents,

as Truman was preparing for the 1948 election,

he assembled a group of scientists.

And they were called Majestic 12, MJ-12,

and they were studying UFOs.

NARRATOR: Since the first memo surfaced,

the authenticity of the MJ-12 documents

has been hotly debated.

But for some researchers,

an equally intriguing question

is if the group truly existed, why did Truman choose 12?

TZADOK: Harry Truman put together Majestic 12.

Why not Majestic 11? Why not Majestic 24?

Was the choosing of the number 12 for the MJ-12 a coincidence

or something much more significant?

Are they an echoback to the 12 apostles of Jesus

in the Christian tradition

or are they 12 sons of Jacob in the Jewish tradition?

NARRATOR: If there really was a top secret group

assembled to investigate the UFO phenomenon,

does the fact that President Truman selected exactly 12 men

indicate that he-- or someone on his team--

was aware of the significance of this number?

Could it have been meant to signal

to the extraterrestrials they were investigating

that they were aware of the existence of some kind of code?

According to the documents that surfaced,

the men who made up the Majestic 12

included top scientists, government officials

and high-ranking military personnel,

led by Vannevar Bush.

During World War II, Bush headed

the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development,

through which almost all wartimemilitary R&D was carried out.

The MJ-12 documents also detail actual contact

that this group made with alien entities.

LINDA MOULTON HOWE: The most important document

is "The Restricted SOM1-01,

Majestic-12 Group Special Operations Manual."

And when you go to page 11,

there is an extraterrestrialtechnology classification table,

and this is solid confirmation that our government knew,

and was dealing with extraterrestrial entities

and technology in the '40s.

And if we are on a planet

where there are nonhumans cohabiting with us,

have they finally seen that the time has come,

that we need to be released from the idea

that we're alone in the universe?

CHILDRESS: Here we have MJ-12,

who are entrusted with this special knowledge.

You have to ask yourself, were they

signaling extraterrestrials?

And this was really the first

official government-style welcoming

and they were basically saying, "We're ready for you."

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that the formation of the Majestic 12

was an attempt to signal to a higher intelligence

that humankind now graspedthe significance of this number?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

MJ-12 represented an important first step

towards a reconnection with our extraterrestrial ancestors

and they suggest that humanity may be on the verge

of entering into a new age that was foretold in the Bible.

Patmos island, Greece.

60 AD.

In a mountaintop cavern known as the Cave of the Apocalypse,

St. John the Theologian wrote the last book

of the Christian New Testament: The Book of Revelation.

In the 12th chapter,

it describes a heavenly realm called the "New Jerusalem."

HUSSEIN: The Book of Revelation talks about

the unveiling of a new world.

And so, there's the earthly Jerusalem.

This was a new Jerusalem.

DE VLIEGER: The New Jerusalem had 12 gates--

three facing north, three facing south,

three facing east, three facing west--

one for each of the 12 tribes of Israel.

The city also had measurements that were multiples of 12.

That's very interesting.

It connects with that divine 12

and then the ability to divide 12

into four sets of three. Very practical number.

NARRATOR: While many take the Book of Revelation to be symbolic,

there is one curious aspect which leads some to believe

it was inspired by an otherworldly encounter.

In Revelation this city descends from out of the sky,

which leads to question,

could the New Jerusalem have been a mothership or, uh,

a city that descends from the ship?

NARRATOR: If the Book of Revelation

was inspired by an extraterrestrial event--

one where John the Theologian

witnessed a spaceship descending to Earth--

might this explain how John had been taught

about the New Jerusalem

and the cosmic importance of the number 12?

The word "angel" is used 12 times

in the Book of Revelations.

Most of the time,

these angels are telling the future,

they're prophesying about some end-time event.

In the Jewish, the Christian, the Muslim traditions,

there is this idea of the world to come,

that this world isn't the be-all and end-all.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the Revelation prophecy

isn't about a physical event,

but rather the ushering in of a new age for mankind?

And if so, might the formation of the Majestic 12

have set humanity on a path towards what is referred to

in the Bible as the "New Jerusalem"?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest that according to traditions

from the other side of the world,

the time of Revelation doesn't lie in the far future,

but is happening right now.

HENRY: Astronomers observed this

December 21, 2012.

Thousands of people congregate at the ruins of Tikal--

one of the largest archaeological sites

of the Maya civilization

that thrived in the area of Central America

for more than 2,000 years.

The Maya were known for being incredibly accurate

at tracking time by tracing the movement of celestial bodies,

and it is on this exact day

that the famous Mayan long-countcalendar comes to an abrupt end.

Those gathered at Tikal

and other important sites around the world

are anticipating some Earth-changing event,

possibly even the end of the world.

RANKIN: So, the Mayans had this prophecy--

what we would call 2012--

and they were talking about a coming new age

or a coming new thing.

The best analogy I ever heard about the end

of the Mayan calendar was like it was an odometer.

It wasn't the end of the world--

it was the end of a system

and then the beginning of a new system.

BRUCE FENTON: I find it quite fascinating

that the Mayan calendar system contains

this period of time, 144,000 days,

which, again, a multiple of 12.

So there's something very strange going on there,

you know, with this number 12 recurring.

NARRATOR: Was the end of the Mayan calendar

signaling not the end of the world

but a turning point for humankind?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

the answer is yes.

And if the number 12 is some kind of alien code,

it is profoundly linked to everything

from the formation of the Majestic 12

to the events of 12/21/2012.

Many people were expecting,

uh, possibly some big cataclysm.

It was the end of the Mayan calendar.

But instead, uh, what happened in 2012

was a turning point in history.

NARRATOR: Geneva, Switzerland.

July 4, 2012.

In the final year of the Mayan calendar,

scientists working at the CERN Large Hadron Collider,

the most complex machine ever created,

announce the LHC's first major finding.

The particle accelerator has uncovered

a tiny bit of matter called the Higgs boson,

an elementary force that allows particles to acquire mass

to form matter that makes up our world.

The confirmation of the God particle, as it became known,

validated the standard model of physics,

which proposes there are 12 fundamental particles.

The God particle,

discovered in 2012,

is the 12th.

This is a very momentousoccasion in the following sense,

that, for 40 years now,people have been looking for it.

And it really is the particle that brings together

what's called the standard model of physics

and explains why particle and-and matter has mass.

NARRATOR: With this 12th

and final fundamental particle discovered,

scientists believethey now have a complete picture

of the basic building blocks of our universe.

FENTON: We now are in a-a very different world

to the world we were pre-2012,

with all kinds of revelations in science.

You know, things have really changed very fast since then.

DENNIN: Now that we've discovered the Higgs boson,

we can actually explore what that implication is

for lots of other things we knowabout the physical universe,

including things like dark matter,

matter that doesn't really interact with light

and we can't see, dark energy,

whatever it is that's causing the universe to accelerate.

'Cause we know it's accelerating,

but we don't know why.

So, a lot of these other features of physics,

we now may be able to get a better handle on.

CHILDRESS: Along with this God particle,

perhaps humans on Earth are discovering exactly,

you know, who we are,

where we've come from and where we're going.

NARRATOR: Has humanity entered a new age of understanding,

one shepherded in by the discovery

of the 12th fundamental particle,

the so-called God particle?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and point to another extraordinary occurrence

in 2012,

one that happened just one month before the end

of the Mayan calendar.

In November 2012,

astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

observed this blinding flash of light

that kept repeating itself.

They had no idea what it was

or, actually, where it was coming from.

They continued researching it,

and they discovered that this bright flash was so bright

that it had the power of 500 million suns.

NARRATOR: What the astronomers were witnessing

was a fast radio burst, or FRB,

a transient radio pulse

caused by some high-energy astrophysical process

not yet understood.

They would label this burst for the year, month and day

it was discovered,

FRB 12-11-02.

What makes FRB 121102 really interesting

was that it didn't happen once--

it actually repeated.

After the original pulse detected in November of 2012,

it flashed again in May of 2015

and then again in June,

multiple times each time,

which led some scientists to speculate

maybe it's not just a random occurrence.

Maybe this is actually a strong signal

being sent out deliberately

by some alien civilization trying to contact us.

We have another coincidence with 12

with the FRB 121102 bursts of information

that are coming to us.

And it seems to be an intelligent signal

aimed at planet Earth.

NARRATOR: Could the extraordinary discoveries

of the God particle and fast radio bursts

provide evidence that 2012 really did mark

a major turning point,

one in which humanity will awaken

to a profound new reality?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that we are on the brink of deciphering

the final part of this alien code

and that the key might actually be found

not by means of mathematics

but with music.

NARRATOR: Samos, Greece.

535 BC.

35-year-old mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras

leaves his home to travel to Egypt

and study the esoteric arts.

He becomes initiated into the Egyptian priesthood

and eventually founds a school

where his pupils are sworn to secrecy.

Despite his mysterious nature,

Pythagoras would share with the world

groundbreaking mathematical concepts.

And he believed that through his study of both music

and the movement of the planets,

he had uncoveredthe sacred code of the universe.

KAKU: The ancients realized that there were wandering objects

called planets.

And because they moved,

perhaps, encoded in the motion of these planets

was our destiny, the future,

that there was a rhyme and reason

to the radii of the orbits of the planets,

the music of the spheres--

that these spheres, when they rotate,

create music according to certain ratios found in music.

The person who first understood

the laws of music was Pythagoras.

He worked out the laws of music,

that music is divided into 12 notes.

Pythagoras had this notion that the music of the spheres,

that the harmony,

the sound that moved the planets around

was also the sound

that would keep the body in alignment.

So above, as below,

that we would be in sync

with the movements of our own galaxy

because of this musical pattern that suffused everything.

There are 12 tones in the musical system.

So there's a twelveness to theway the galaxies are harmonized,

to the way our bodies might be in sync with everything,

all through the 12 tones of the musical scale.

KAKU: An octave has 12 steps to it,

and that became the origin of the mathematics of music.

Well, today, we believe that string theory,

which is what I do for a living,

is based on the harmonies of vibrating strings.

We now believethat all the subatomic particles

in the universe--

neutrons, protons, quarks--

are nothing but different vibrations

of a tiny rubber band.

And so what is the universe?

The universe is a symphony of strings.

And, therefore, what is the mind of God

that Albert Einstein wrote about so eloquently

for the last 30 years of his life?

According to string theory,

the mind of God would be cosmic music

resonating through hyperspace.

That is the mind of God.

NARRATOR: Is humanity's modern understanding

of the physics of the universe just now allowing us

to understand the esoteric knowledge of our ancestors,

knowledge that was perhaps given to them

by extraterrestrials

for future generations to rediscover?

TZADOK: So if the number 12

is sacred to the physical world,

we should question why.

And in modern science,

we're beginning to have an answer

and to ultimately receive the revelation

of the wisdom of God

symbolized by the number 12.

So, the number 12 is out there,

but it can only be comprehended when the mind contemplates

the reality of the physical world.

And then by doing thatthrough the power of perception,

the power of perception influences space and time

and therefore changes the whole physical world as we know it.

NARRATOR: Might the repeated occurrence of the number 12

found throughout our ancient world

in groups of wisdom keepers,

sacred formations,

and even DNA

all be part of a code

left by humanity's extraterrestrial creators?

Perhaps once we understand how to harness the power

of this divine number,

we will no longer simply be the people of Earth

but the people of the universe.

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