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throughout the world,
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there is a number
that is considered divine.
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AMIR HUSSAIN:
In the Bible, there's 12 tribes
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of Israel.
There's 12 apostles for Jesus.
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NARRATOR:
It is embedded
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in dozens
of ancient structures...
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At Gobekli Tepe,
there are 12 stones
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focused
around two huge monoliths.
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NARRATOR:
...and found in the latest
scientific principles.
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MICHIO KAKU:
The universe is a symphony
of strings.
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And that music is divided
into 12 notes.
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NARRATOR:
Is the recurrence
of the number 12
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merely chance?
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Or could it hold a clue
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about humanity's
extraterrestrial past?
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RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:The number 12 contains within it
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the code of the power of God.
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The ancient secret of
tapping into something greater
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and higher, something
very possibly extraterrestrial.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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1914.
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William James Sidis,
a 16-year-old child prodigy,
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becomes the youngest person
to receive a degree
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from Harvard University.
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Six years after his graduation,
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he publishes his first book,
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The Animate and the Inanimate.
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In the work, he introduces
forward-thinking concepts
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in theoretical physics,
including the existence
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of dark matterand the behavior of black holes.
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MICHAEL DE VLIEGER:
William James Sidis
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is a child prodigy, a genius,
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who describes,
in what he calls black bodies,
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essentially the way
black holes would behave.
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They would be invisible because
they are taking in energy.
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NARRATOR:
Astrophysicists
have only recently begun
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to come to an understanding
of black holes
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that Sidis demonstrated
a century ago.
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♪
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But how did he come to have
such extraordinary insight?
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Some researchers attributeSidis's obsession with a base 12
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or duodecimal
for his revolutionary thinking.
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The duodecimal system
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is the number system based on 12rather than ten.
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So, instead of counting to ten,
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we count to 12,
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but we don't use the word "12."
We'll say "a dozen."
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For 13,
we'll say "one dozen one,
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one dozen two, one dozen three."
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ERIC RANKIN:
12 seems like
an organic number to us.
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One, as opposed to, say,
dividing our math
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into the ten-based
metric system,
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when we stay with 12,
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it's more easily divided
into more fractions
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that stay in round,
even numbers.
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That's why it's beautiful
on a clock hand,
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that a quarter of an hour
is an even 15.
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Half an hour is an even 30.
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If it was based on tens,
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it would start
getting wonky pretty quick
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and requiring decimal points
behind it.
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JULYE BIDMEAD:
The Mesopotamians
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divided their year
into 12 months.
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The ancient Hebrews
took those exact months
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and the exact names
of the months
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and developed
the Hebrew calendar.
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CAROLINE CORY:
We also see the 12 signs
of the zodiac,
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and they're basically associated
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with the 12 lunar cycles.
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Even in biology,
we find that the human body
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has 12 systems,
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12 meridians, 12 chakras.
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In science, we know
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that we have 12 cranial nerves.
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The number 12
is also very important
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in the planetary grid theory,
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where you find exactly 12 points
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around the globe
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that are called vortices
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that have
very mysterious qualities.
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For example,
the Bermuda Triangle
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or the South Atlantic Anomaly.
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These specific 12 points
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are the entry and exit points
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from the Earth
to the rest of the cosmos.
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The number 12
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is prevalent
in many cultures in society.
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It is symbolic for perfection,
for completion.
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Maybe even the mastery
of the human condition.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that William Sidis's obsession
with the number 12
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allowed him
unprecedented insight
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into some of the greatest
mysteries of our universe?
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In 1976,
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theoretical physicist
Burkhard Heim,
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known to many
in the scientific community
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as the German Stephen Hawking,
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introduced
further groundbreaking work
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centered on the number 12.
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He developed a revolutionary
grand unified theory
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that consisted
of a 12-dimensional worldview.
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His theory incorporates
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not only our material realities
but philosophical ones,
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such as how the universe began,
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the nature of consciousness
and even why we are here.
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KAKU:
In the beginning,
there was one equation.
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One equation which, when solved,
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gave us the expanding universe,
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the formation of galaxies,
the planet Earth,
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people, maybe even love.
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We find that three dimensions
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is simply too small.
[chuckles]
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You can't cram all the forces
into three dimensions.
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Maybe 12.
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But this is one of the hottest
topics in all of physics.
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NARRATOR:
For many outside
the scientific community,
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the significance
of the number 12 in mathematics
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and theoretical physics is,
at best,
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a vaguely understood piece
of trivia.
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But researchers suggest
this number can be found
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in nearly every aspect of life,
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appearing in patterns
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that seem to repeat
over and over.
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For example,
in many ancient traditions,
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there exists a group
of divinely appointed advisors
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nearly always numbering 12.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
There's a fascinating pattern
of 12s.
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It's interesting how this number
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comes up again and again
throughout history.
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You've got the Arthurian legend,
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the 12 knights
of the Round Table.
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In the Greek stories,
12 Olympians
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went to war with 12 Titans.
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HUSSAIN:
In the Bible, you have 12
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as being this important number.
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There's 12 tribes of Israel.
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There's 12 apostles for Jesus.
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In the Islamic tradition,
the largest Shia sect
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is called the Twelvers
because they have 12 imams.
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So, you have to wonder,what is it behind the number 12?
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Is it all coincidence?
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Or could there be
a higher meaning behind it?
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NARRATOR:
The importance of the number 12
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is reinforced in the
New Testament's Book of Acts,
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which tells of the founding
of the Christian church
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after the crucifixion of Jesus
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and after the apostle Judas
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took his own life.
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BIDMEAD:
The apostles,
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which were now down to 11--
not quite 12 yet--
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had gotten together in Jerusalemto celebrate the Shavuot,
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a Jewish harvest festival
that occurs,
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um, 50 days after the Passover.
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Jesus had promised them before
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that revelation
would come to them.
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However, they were not yet 12.
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They needed a replacement for 12before the revelation.
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NARRATOR:
During this celebration,
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which came to be known
as the Pentecost,
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the apostle Matthias
is chosen to replace Judas.
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Only then
is divine contact made.
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MICHAEL CARTER:
The disciples are awaiting
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their marching orders.
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They're in a home,
and a violent wind
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comes through the house
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and shakes the house
to its foundations,
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and the disciples are startled.
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And then fire
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descends from out of the sky.
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And these tongues of fire
attach themselves
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to each of the disciples.
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YOUNG:
The 12 apostles
gained some kind of access
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to special knowledge,
special power.
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But only because they met as 12.
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TZADOK:
We find the number 12
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as having
ancient mystical significance.
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It contains within it
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the code of the power of God,
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the ancient secret
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of tapping into something
greater and higher,
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something very possibly
extraterrestrial.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that Jesus's 12 disciples
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were, in effect, wisdom keepers,
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men who were entrusted
with divine,
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perhaps even
extraterrestrial secrets?
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And if so,
does it further illustrate
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that there is some sort
of cosmic significance
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to the number 12?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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some of the oldest
stone structures on Earth
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that all feature
a pattern of 12.
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We find that there are
12 T-shaped stones.
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According to
mainstream archaeologists,
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this ancient stone complex
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contains the world's oldest
known megalithic structures,
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dating back
at least 11,500 years.
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Prior to the discovery,
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the people of this time period
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were thought
to be hunter-gatherers
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and nowhere near advanced enoughto achieve
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such an impressive feat
of engineering.
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And as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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just as remarkable
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is the fact
that these ancient structures
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once again
point to the importance
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of the number 12.
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This is the oldest stone circle
complex in the world.
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If we look
at the most sophisticated
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of the stone enclosures,
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we find that there are
12 T-shaped stones
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focused around two huge
gateway-like monoliths
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in the center.
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We have to ask ourselves,
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why 12?
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NARRATOR:
Is there something
to be learned from the fact
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that the oldest known
megalithic structures on Earth
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incorporate the number 12?
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Researchers point out
that the number 12
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turns up at many other
archaeological sites
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around the world.
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HUGH NEWMAN: Other ancient sitesthat encode number 12
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include the Stones of Stenness
on the Orkney Islands,
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which dates back
to at least 3100 BC.
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Only a few stones still remain,
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but, originally, there were 12.
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We also have the Twelve Apostlesof Ilkley Moor
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up in Yorkshire,
where, strangely,
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many UFO sightings and strange
lights have been recorded.
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Other sites with the number 12
include Callanish,
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which is up
in the Outer Hebrides.
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This is a remarkable
megalithic construction.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that a similar appearance
of 12 stones
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in the stories
of the Hebrew Bible
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reveals the significance of the
number is not merely symbolic.
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In the Book of Exodus,
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Moses erected
12 standing stones
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at the foot of Mount Sinai
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after receiving
the Ten Commandments.
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And in the Book of Joshua,
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after the Jordan River
parted
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to allow the Israelites to pass,
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Joshua had 12 stones placed
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where the priests
had been standing
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who carried
the Ark of the Covenant.
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But perhaps
the most extraordinary example
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can be found in the Hebrew
Bible's Book of Kings,
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when the prophet Elijah
confronts the worshippers
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of the pagan god Baal
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and challenges them to provide
proof of their god's existence
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by making
a sacrificial offering.
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Elijah has this bizarre life,
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where there are
these multiple episodes
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where he is in contact
with someone up in the sky.
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HUSSAIN:
Elijah builds an altar
with 12 stones.
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He puts the offering,
the bull, on the altar.
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And, of course, God,
with God's divine fire,
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sends the fire down
to burn this offering.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
Why 12 stones?
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Was it one stone eachfor the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
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That's the common explanation.
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But is there something more?
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Is it that Elijah
is pointing to the power of 12
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and its connection with the
divine light or the divine fire
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that he's about to call down?
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NARRATOR:
Elijah,
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Moses,
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Joshua--
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all instructed by God
to erect exactly 12 stones.
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But regardless of whether or notthese stories reflect
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actual historical accounts,
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is there a profound message
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contained
within this repeated pattern?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest it could reflect
important knowledge
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our ancestors possessed
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about the very nature
of the universe.
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Canton, New York.
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2003.
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Mathematician Dr. Jeffrey Weeks
and his colleagues
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suggest, based on analysis
of maps of the big bang,
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that the universe
takes the 12-sided shape
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of a dodecahedron.
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A team of scientists
headed by Jeffrey Weeks
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made a re-remarkable deduction
about the universe.
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They believe, based on cosmic
radiation data they've accrued,
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that the universe may in fact bea dodecahedron-shaped system,
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which is quite incredible.
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So, again,
we have this number 12,
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and we have
leading scientists saying,
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"Hey, yes, this may well be the
actual shape of our reality."
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HENRY:So this discovery shows us that,
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from the macro level,
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the universe level,
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down to the societal level
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that the number 12 seems to be
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the ruling mystical number
of the universe.
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NARRATOR:
Curiously,
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the idea that the universe takesthe shape of a dodecahedron
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was also theorized
by the Greek philosopher Plato
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more than 2,000 years earlier.
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Plato describes
an early image of the Earth
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i-in something
called the Phaedo,
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as a dodecahedron
that is 12 panels.
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This shape represents the ether,
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the life-sustaining life force
that animates everything.
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KAKU:
The Greeks were
masters of geometry.
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And Plato
and many of the Greeks thought
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that this was the key
to the universe,
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that the universe obey
what are called magic numbers,
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magic numbers encoded
in the laws of geometry,
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numbers which seem
to be the basis of reality,
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numbers created by the gods
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that were talking to us
through numbers.
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HENRY:
What Plato described is
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the view
that is seen by the gods
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or by advanced souls
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who are able
to escape the physical
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and enter
into the metaphysical realm.
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Where did Plato
get that knowledge?
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It's quite possible
that he came into contact
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with some higher intelligence,
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maybe even extraterrestrials
that want to see us
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ultimately fulfill our destiny.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that special knowledge
was imparted to Plato
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so that future generations
of humans would take notice
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and seek to better understand
the cosmic significance
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of the number 12?
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And, if so,
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could this also be why
the number 12 was incorporated
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in so many ancient structures?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining curious anomalies
within our own human DNA.
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HENRY: An immunologist found
that these people had
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New York.
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Within a collection held
by the institute
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is an ancient
Mesopotamian tablet
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known as Plimpton 322.
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Dated to roughly 1800 BC,
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it contains insight
into the mathematical system
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of the ancient Sumerians.
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RANKIN:
Modern culture and civilization
started in Sumeria
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6,000 years ago.
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Almost the world's
first modern city
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and the world's first useof technology that we use today.
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The wheeled and axled vehicle;
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a plow; the arch;
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the world's first ziggurat,
a pyramidal structure;
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writing system, cuneiform;
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and this math system
based on 12s and 60s.
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DE VLIEGER:
Some of their mathematics
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still fascinate us today.
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Um, they were able to achieve
a lot with their system
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because it was based on 60.
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60 is five times 12.
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It allowed them to avoid
the messiness of fractions.
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RANKIN:Why would they not count by tens
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when they have ten digits
on our feet and hands
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and seems very easy?
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Ten, 20, 30.
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That's not the way
those early ancestors of ours
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living in Sumeria of the day
were taught to count.
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They were taught to countby using the thumb as a counter,
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counting the knuckles
or the pads on one hand.
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So you had one, two, three,
four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine,
ten, 11, 12.
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NARRATOR:
Where did the ancient Sumerians
learn to count
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using their knuckles
as an extra digit?
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According to their texts,
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this knowledge
was given to them
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by visitors
who came down from the sky.
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RANKIN:
We're able to read cuneiform.
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And the people of the day said,
"We did not create this.
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"They were gifted to us
by these sky visitors
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that we ended up calling
the Anunnaki."
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NARRATOR:
While the Sumerians learned
to count in units of 12
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by using their knuckles,
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in many other ancient cultures,
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they actually depicted
their gods
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as having six fingers
and six toes.
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Sacred texts and mythologies
around the world
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often reference six-fingered
gods or gods with six toes.
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In the Bible,
we learn of Goliath,
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who had six fingers
and six toes.
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In other traditions,
for example,
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in America, in Chaco Canyon,
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we see depictions in petroglyphs
of anthropomorphic beings
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with six fingers and six toes.
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Newspaper Rock in Utah--
same thing.
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NARRATOR:
Did our ancestors
encounter otherworldly beings
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with 12 fingers and 12 toes?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest evidence
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that such stories are true
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and that these beings
even mated with humans
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still exists in our own DNA.
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Yasuni National Forest,
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Ecuador.
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1958.
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[insects trilling]
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Deep in the Amazon basin,
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American missionaries discover
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a previously unknown
indigenous tribe
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centuries removed
from human civilization.
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Incredibly, the Waorani people
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nearly all possess
12 fingers and 12 toes.
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In 1983,
The New York Timesreported
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on the work of a medical doctor,an immunologist,
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who did a study
on the Waorani tribe of Ecuador
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and found that these people had
extraordinary health benefits.
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KIRSTEN FISHER:
One interesting thing that
came out of the study was that
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the operation of the extra digitwas essentially hardwired
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into its own unique part
of the brain,
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in terms of the motor control.
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So it wasn't like
it was stealing
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from another part of the brain
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in order to operate
that extra digit.
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It was fully integrated
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into the, sort of,
the neurological system.
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NARRATOR:
The medical term
for the condition
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of having extra digits
is polydactyly.
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The recessive trait actually
occurs in nearly one
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in 1,000 live births,
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suggesting that it may, in fact,
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be part of the early
human genome.
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And the occurrence of
polydactyly
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is not entirely random--
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there are certain lineages
where this trait
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is strikingly prevalent.
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Brasilia, Brazil.
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October 13, 2017.
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Alessandro De Silva
and his wife Katia
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welcome the birth
of a healthy baby boy.
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Vinicius is the 14th member
of the extended family
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to be born
with a distinctive trait:
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12 fingers and 12 toes.
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CHILDRESS: A lot of times
when people have six fingers,
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they can't use all their digits
very well,
448
00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:04,410
but the De Silva family
is-is quite good at it
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and-and they use that
extra digit.
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You have to wonder, is it
some extraterrestrial gene
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that ultimately,
we should all have?
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It's an amazing thought.
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NARRATOR:
According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,
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there may be an even more
profound explanation
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for the rare occurrence
of extra digits in humans.
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They suggest this anomaly
could be encoded into our DNA,
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and designed to draw attention
to the number 12.
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-But why 12?
-GEORGE NOORY: Again,
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here we have the number 12,
and its sig-significance
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is tied into
just about everything.
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CHILDRESS:
You have to wonder
if the number 12
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isn't some code that has been
put there in the past
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for us to decipher.
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And it's still waiting for us.
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NARRATOR:
A code?
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Could there really be
an extraterrestrial connection
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to the ubiquity
of the number 12
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in mankind's history
and culture?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
are convinced
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the answer is a profound yes,
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and suggest that further clues
can be found
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by examining a group of
20th century scientists
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who were assembled
to investigate--
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and possibly communicate with--
UFOs:
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The Majestic 12.
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00:23:34,108 --> 00:23:35,588
Truman assembled a group
of scientist
477
00:23:35,631 --> 00:23:39,069
October 25, 1988.
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The Dallas field office
479
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of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation
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receives a copy of an alleged
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"top secret"
government document.
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The memo,
dated November 18, 1952,
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purports to be
a preliminary briefing
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00:23:57,479 --> 00:24:00,439
to President-elect
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:04,878
It details information relating
to a secret committee
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to investigate and cover up
extraterrestrial encounters.
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BIRNES:
They prepared a manual,
basically briefing documents,
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for the incoming
administration.
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According to these documents,
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as Truman was preparing for
the 1948 election,
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he assembled a group
of scientists.
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And they were called
Majestic 12, MJ-12,
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and they were studying UFOs.
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NARRATOR:
Since the first memo surfaced,
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the authenticity
of the MJ-12 documents
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has been hotly debated.
497
00:24:40,609 --> 00:24:42,785
But for some researchers,
498
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an equally intriguing question
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is if the group truly existed,
why did Truman choose 12?
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TZADOK: Harry Truman
put together Majestic 12.
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Why not Majestic 11?
Why not Majestic 24?
502
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Was the choosing of the number
12 for the MJ-12 a coincidence
503
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or something
much more significant?
504
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Are they an echoback to the 12 apostles of Jesus
505
00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:14,687
in the Christian tradition
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or are they 12 sons of Jacob
in the Jewish tradition?
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NARRATOR:
If there really was
a top secret group
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assembled to investigate
the UFO phenomenon,
509
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does the fact that President
Truman selected exactly 12 men
510
00:25:30,093 --> 00:25:33,096
indicate that he--
or someone on his team--
511
00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:35,969
was aware of the significance
of this number?
512
00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:38,580
Could it have been
meant to signal
513
00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:40,887
to the extraterrestrials
they were investigating
514
00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:44,543
that they were aware of the
existence of some kind of code?
515
00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:47,546
According to the documents
that surfaced,
516
00:25:47,589 --> 00:25:49,504
the men who made up
the Majestic 12
517
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:52,986
included top scientists,
government officials
518
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:55,815
and high-ranking
military personnel,
519
00:25:55,858 --> 00:25:58,165
led by Vannevar Bush.
520
00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,255
During World War II,
Bush headed
521
00:26:01,298 --> 00:26:04,258
the U.S. Office of Scientific
Research and Development,
522
00:26:04,301 --> 00:26:09,219
through which almost all wartimemilitary R&D was carried out.
523
00:26:09,263 --> 00:26:13,746
The MJ-12 documents also detail
actual contact
524
00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:17,010
that this group made
with alien entities.
525
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,928
LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
The most important document
526
00:26:21,971 --> 00:26:24,408
is "The Restricted SOM1-01,
527
00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:27,934
Majestic-12 Group Special
Operations Manual."
528
00:26:27,977 --> 00:26:32,591
And when you go to page 11,
529
00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:38,292
there is an extraterrestrialtechnology classification table,
530
00:26:38,335 --> 00:26:43,079
and this is solid confirmation
that our government knew,
531
00:26:43,123 --> 00:26:45,604
and was dealing with
extraterrestrial entities
532
00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:49,129
and technology in the '40s.
533
00:26:49,172 --> 00:26:52,088
And if we are on a planet
534
00:26:52,132 --> 00:26:54,961
where there are nonhumans
cohabiting with us,
535
00:26:55,004 --> 00:26:59,618
have they finally seen
that the time has come,
536
00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:03,143
that we need to be released
from the idea
537
00:27:03,186 --> 00:27:04,971
that we're alone
in the universe?
538
00:27:05,014 --> 00:27:08,061
CHILDRESS:
Here we have MJ-12,
539
00:27:08,104 --> 00:27:10,716
who are entrusted
with this special knowledge.
540
00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:12,805
You have to ask yourself,
were they
541
00:27:12,848 --> 00:27:14,720
signaling extraterrestrials?
542
00:27:14,763 --> 00:27:17,548
And this was really the first
543
00:27:17,592 --> 00:27:22,902
official government-style
welcoming
544
00:27:22,945 --> 00:27:26,340
and they were basically saying,
"We're ready for you."
545
00:27:26,383 --> 00:27:28,516
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
546
00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,518
that the formation
of the Majestic 12
547
00:27:30,561 --> 00:27:33,695
was an attempt to signal
to a higher intelligence
548
00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:38,091
that humankind now graspedthe significance of this number?
549
00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:41,442
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
550
00:27:41,485 --> 00:27:45,141
MJ-12 represented
an important first step
551
00:27:45,185 --> 00:27:49,450
towards a reconnection with
our extraterrestrial ancestors
552
00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:53,106
and they suggest that humanity
may be on the verge
553
00:27:53,149 --> 00:27:57,806
of entering into a new age that
was foretold in the Bible.
554
00:28:01,636 --> 00:28:04,204
Patmos island, Greece.
555
00:28:04,247 --> 00:28:06,075
60 AD.
556
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:11,167
In a mountaintop cavern known
as the Cave of the Apocalypse,
557
00:28:11,211 --> 00:28:14,257
St. John the Theologian
wrote the last book
558
00:28:14,301 --> 00:28:18,305
of the Christian New Testament:
The Book of Revelation.
559
00:28:19,785 --> 00:28:21,438
In the 12th chapter,
560
00:28:21,482 --> 00:28:25,616
it describes a heavenly realm
called the "New Jerusalem."
561
00:28:25,660 --> 00:28:28,489
HUSSEIN:
The Book of Revelation
talks about
562
00:28:28,532 --> 00:28:30,534
the unveiling of a new world.
563
00:28:30,578 --> 00:28:32,798
And so, there's
the earthly Jerusalem.
564
00:28:32,841 --> 00:28:35,931
This was a new Jerusalem.
565
00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:38,064
DE VLIEGER:
The New Jerusalem
had 12 gates--
566
00:28:38,107 --> 00:28:40,762
three facing north,
three facing south,
567
00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:42,851
three facing east,
three facing west--
568
00:28:42,895 --> 00:28:45,462
one for each of the 12 tribes
of Israel.
569
00:28:45,506 --> 00:28:49,510
The city also had measurements
that were multiples of 12.
570
00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:50,903
That's very interesting.
571
00:28:50,946 --> 00:28:53,427
It connects with that divine 12
572
00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:56,778
and then the ability
to divide 12
573
00:28:56,822 --> 00:29:00,173
into four sets of three.
Very practical number.
574
00:29:02,218 --> 00:29:05,178
NARRATOR:
While many take the Book
of Revelation to be symbolic,
575
00:29:05,221 --> 00:29:08,921
there is one curious aspect
which leads some to believe
576
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:13,316
it was inspired by
an otherworldly encounter.
577
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:19,366
In Revelation this city
descends from out of the sky,
578
00:29:19,409 --> 00:29:22,325
which leads to question,
579
00:29:22,369 --> 00:29:25,851
could the New Jerusalem
have been a mothership or, uh,
580
00:29:25,894 --> 00:29:29,245
a city that descends
from the ship?
581
00:29:32,031 --> 00:29:34,294
NARRATOR:
If the Book of Revelation
582
00:29:34,337 --> 00:29:37,166
was inspired by
an extraterrestrial event--
583
00:29:37,210 --> 00:29:38,951
one where John the Theologian
584
00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:40,953
witnessed a spaceship
descending to Earth--
585
00:29:40,996 --> 00:29:43,433
might this explain how John
had been taught
586
00:29:43,477 --> 00:29:45,392
about the New Jerusalem
587
00:29:45,435 --> 00:29:49,135
and the cosmic importance
of the number 12?
588
00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:51,790
The word "angel"
is used 12 times
589
00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:54,270
in the Book of Revelations.
590
00:29:54,314 --> 00:29:56,142
Most of the time,
591
00:29:56,185 --> 00:29:58,405
these angels
are telling the future,
592
00:29:58,448 --> 00:30:01,495
they're prophesying
about some end-time event.
593
00:30:01,538 --> 00:30:04,715
In the Jewish, the Christian,
the Muslim traditions,
594
00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:07,675
there is this idea of
the world to come,
595
00:30:07,718 --> 00:30:10,460
that this world isn't
the be-all and end-all.
596
00:30:12,158 --> 00:30:14,421
NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the Revelation prophecy
597
00:30:14,464 --> 00:30:16,684
isn't about a physical event,
598
00:30:16,727 --> 00:30:21,210
but rather the ushering in
of a new age for mankind?
599
00:30:21,254 --> 00:30:25,432
And if so, might the formation
of the Majestic 12
600
00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:28,522
have set humanity on a path
towards what is referred to
601
00:30:28,565 --> 00:30:31,438
in the Bible as
the "New Jerusalem"?
602
00:30:31,481 --> 00:30:34,397
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
603
00:30:34,441 --> 00:30:37,139
and suggest that according
to traditions
604
00:30:37,183 --> 00:30:39,054
from the other side
of the world,
605
00:30:39,098 --> 00:30:42,884
the time of Revelation
doesn't lie in the far future,
606
00:30:42,928 --> 00:30:46,670
but is happening right now.
607
00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:53,808
HENRY:
Astronomers observed
this
608
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:57,203
December 21, 2012.
609
00:30:57,246 --> 00:31:01,990
Thousands of people congregate
at the ruins of Tikal--
610
00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:04,210
one of the largest
archaeological sites
611
00:31:04,297 --> 00:31:05,646
of the Maya civilization
612
00:31:05,689 --> 00:31:08,040
that thrived in the area
of Central America
613
00:31:08,127 --> 00:31:11,478
for more than 2,000 years.
614
00:31:11,521 --> 00:31:15,525
The Maya were known for
being incredibly accurate
615
00:31:15,569 --> 00:31:19,486
at tracking time by tracing the
movement of celestial bodies,
616
00:31:19,529 --> 00:31:22,532
and it is on this exact day
617
00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:26,754
that the famous Mayan long-countcalendar comes to an abrupt end.
618
00:31:27,842 --> 00:31:29,844
Those gathered at Tikal
619
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,499
and other important sites
around the world
620
00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:35,502
are anticipating
some Earth-changing event,
621
00:31:35,545 --> 00:31:38,679
possibly even the end
of the world.
622
00:31:39,810 --> 00:31:41,856
RANKIN: So, the Mayans had
this prophecy--
623
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,077
what we would call 2012--
624
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:50,212
and they were talking
about a coming new age
625
00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:51,866
or a coming new thing.
626
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:54,434
The best analogy I ever heard
about the end
627
00:31:54,521 --> 00:31:57,176
of the Mayan calendar
was like it was an odometer.
628
00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:58,568
It wasn't the end of the world--
629
00:31:58,612 --> 00:32:00,440
it was the end of a system
630
00:32:00,527 --> 00:32:03,225
and then the beginning
of a new system.
631
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:05,401
BRUCE FENTON:
I find it quite fascinating
632
00:32:05,445 --> 00:32:07,751
that the Mayan calendar system
contains
633
00:32:07,795 --> 00:32:10,232
this period of time,
144,000 days,
634
00:32:10,276 --> 00:32:12,147
which, again, a multiple of 12.
635
00:32:12,234 --> 00:32:14,454
So there's something
very strange going on there,
636
00:32:14,541 --> 00:32:16,238
you know,
with this number 12 recurring.
637
00:32:16,282 --> 00:32:19,067
NARRATOR: Was the end
of the Mayan calendar
638
00:32:19,111 --> 00:32:20,634
signaling not the end
of the world
639
00:32:20,721 --> 00:32:24,333
but a turning point
for humankind?
640
00:32:25,465 --> 00:32:28,729
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
641
00:32:28,772 --> 00:32:30,992
the answer is yes.
642
00:32:31,079 --> 00:32:35,083
And if the number 12
is some kind of alien code,
643
00:32:35,127 --> 00:32:37,607
it is profoundly linked
to everything
644
00:32:37,651 --> 00:32:39,870
from the formation
of the Majestic 12
645
00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:44,484
to the events of 12/21/2012.
646
00:32:44,571 --> 00:32:47,226
Many people were expecting,
647
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:49,576
uh, possibly some big cataclysm.
648
00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:51,621
It was the end
of the Mayan calendar.
649
00:32:51,665 --> 00:32:54,102
But instead, uh,
what happened in 2012
650
00:32:54,146 --> 00:32:57,279
was a turning point in history.
651
00:32:59,151 --> 00:33:00,935
NARRATOR:
Geneva, Switzerland.
652
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,982
July 4, 2012.
653
00:33:05,026 --> 00:33:07,594
In the final year
of the Mayan calendar,
654
00:33:07,637 --> 00:33:11,119
scientists working at the CERN
Large Hadron Collider,
655
00:33:11,163 --> 00:33:14,818
the most complex
machine ever created,
656
00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:18,518
announce the LHC's
first major finding.
657
00:33:18,605 --> 00:33:21,782
The particle accelerator
has uncovered
658
00:33:21,825 --> 00:33:24,306
a tiny bit of matter
called the Higgs boson,
659
00:33:24,350 --> 00:33:28,484
an elementary force that allows
particles to acquire mass
660
00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:31,487
to form matter
that makes up our world.
661
00:33:31,531 --> 00:33:35,013
The confirmation of the God
particle, as it became known,
662
00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:37,711
validated
the standard model of physics,
663
00:33:37,798 --> 00:33:41,932
which proposes there are
12 fundamental particles.
664
00:33:41,976 --> 00:33:43,282
The God particle,
665
00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:45,849
discovered in 2012,
666
00:33:45,936 --> 00:33:48,374
is the 12th.
667
00:33:48,417 --> 00:33:52,160
This is a very momentousoccasion in the following sense,
668
00:33:52,204 --> 00:33:54,815
that, for 40 years now,people have been looking for it.
669
00:33:54,858 --> 00:33:57,339
And it really is the particle
that brings together
670
00:33:57,383 --> 00:33:59,341
what's called
the standard model of physics
671
00:33:59,385 --> 00:34:03,041
and explains why particle
and-and matter has mass.
672
00:34:04,216 --> 00:34:05,739
NARRATOR:
With this 12th
673
00:34:05,826 --> 00:34:08,481
and final fundamental particle
discovered,
674
00:34:08,524 --> 00:34:11,832
scientists believethey now have a complete picture
675
00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:15,270
of the basic building blocks
of our universe.
676
00:34:15,357 --> 00:34:18,012
FENTON:
We now are
in a-a very different world
677
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,058
to the world we were pre-2012,
678
00:34:20,145 --> 00:34:22,277
with all kinds
of revelations in science.
679
00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:25,063
You know, things have really
changed very fast since then.
680
00:34:25,106 --> 00:34:27,674
DENNIN:
Now that we've discovered
the Higgs boson,
681
00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:30,242
we can actually explore
what that implication is
682
00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:32,592
for lots of other things we knowabout the physical universe,
683
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:35,551
including things
like dark matter,
684
00:34:35,595 --> 00:34:37,162
matter that doesn't
really interact with light
685
00:34:37,205 --> 00:34:39,686
and we can't see,
dark energy,
686
00:34:39,729 --> 00:34:41,557
whatever it is that's causing
the universe to accelerate.
687
00:34:41,601 --> 00:34:42,558
'Cause we know
it's accelerating,
688
00:34:42,602 --> 00:34:44,082
but we don't know why.
689
00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:46,127
So, a lot of these other
features of physics,
690
00:34:46,214 --> 00:34:48,608
we now may be able
to get a better handle on.
691
00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:51,698
CHILDRESS:
Along with this God particle,
692
00:34:51,741 --> 00:34:56,398
perhaps humans on Earth
are discovering exactly,
693
00:34:56,442 --> 00:34:58,096
you know, who we are,
694
00:34:58,139 --> 00:35:00,881
where we've come from
and where we're going.
695
00:35:02,012 --> 00:35:05,755
NARRATOR:
Has humanity entered
a new age of understanding,
696
00:35:05,799 --> 00:35:08,367
one shepherded in
by the discovery
697
00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:10,369
of the 12th fundamental
particle,
698
00:35:10,412 --> 00:35:13,633
the so-called God particle?
699
00:35:14,721 --> 00:35:17,289
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
700
00:35:17,332 --> 00:35:20,205
and point to another
extraordinary occurrence
701
00:35:20,248 --> 00:35:22,294
in 2012,
702
00:35:22,381 --> 00:35:25,210
one that happened
just one month before the end
703
00:35:25,253 --> 00:35:28,082
of the Mayan calendar.
704
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,432
In November 2012,
705
00:35:30,519 --> 00:35:34,262
astronomers at the Arecibo
Observatory in Puerto Rico
706
00:35:34,306 --> 00:35:37,570
observed
this blinding flash of light
707
00:35:37,613 --> 00:35:39,572
that kept repeating itself.
708
00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:42,140
They had no idea what it was
709
00:35:42,183 --> 00:35:44,316
or, actually,
where it was coming from.
710
00:35:44,403 --> 00:35:46,100
They continued researching it,
711
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,451
and they discovered that
this bright flash was so bright
712
00:35:49,495 --> 00:35:53,281
that it had the power
of 500 million suns.
713
00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:56,415
NARRATOR:
What the astronomers
were witnessing
714
00:35:56,458 --> 00:36:00,462
was a fast radio burst,
or FRB,
715
00:36:00,506 --> 00:36:02,464
a transient radio pulse
716
00:36:02,508 --> 00:36:05,598
caused by some high-energy
astrophysical process
717
00:36:05,641 --> 00:36:07,687
not yet understood.
718
00:36:07,774 --> 00:36:11,125
They would label this burst
for the year, month and day
719
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:12,474
it was discovered,
720
00:36:12,518 --> 00:36:16,130
FRB 12-11-02.
721
00:36:17,349 --> 00:36:21,135
What makes FRB 121102
really interesting
722
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:22,484
was that it didn't happen once--
723
00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:24,225
it actually repeated.
724
00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:28,795
After the original pulse
detected in November of 2012,
725
00:36:28,838 --> 00:36:31,667
it flashed again in May of 2015
726
00:36:31,711 --> 00:36:32,973
and then again in June,
727
00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:35,018
multiple times each time,
728
00:36:35,062 --> 00:36:37,238
which led some scientists
to speculate
729
00:36:37,282 --> 00:36:40,110
maybe it's
not just a random occurrence.
730
00:36:40,154 --> 00:36:42,809
Maybe this is actually
a strong signal
731
00:36:42,852 --> 00:36:44,854
being sent out deliberately
732
00:36:44,898 --> 00:36:48,467
by some alien civilization
trying to contact us.
733
00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:52,210
We have another coincidence
with 12
734
00:36:52,253 --> 00:36:58,172
with the FRB 121102
bursts of information
735
00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,869
that are coming to us.
736
00:36:59,913 --> 00:37:03,525
And it seems to be
an intelligent signal
737
00:37:03,569 --> 00:37:05,092
aimed at planet Earth.
738
00:37:07,268 --> 00:37:09,401
NARRATOR:
Could the extraordinary
discoveries
739
00:37:09,488 --> 00:37:12,273
of the God particle
and fast radio bursts
740
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,321
provide evidence
that 2012 really did mark
741
00:37:16,364 --> 00:37:18,540
a major turning point,
742
00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:20,890
one in which humanity
will awaken
743
00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:23,893
to a profound new reality?
744
00:37:23,937 --> 00:37:26,244
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
745
00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:28,376
that we are on the brink
of deciphering
746
00:37:28,420 --> 00:37:31,292
the final part
of this alien code
747
00:37:31,379 --> 00:37:34,339
and that the key
might actually be found
748
00:37:34,382 --> 00:37:36,689
not by means of mathematics
749
00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:37,864
but with music.
750
00:37:43,652 --> 00:37:45,263
NARRATOR:
Samos, Greece.
751
00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:48,135
535 BC.
752
00:37:48,178 --> 00:37:52,531
35-year-old mathematician
and philosopher Pythagoras
753
00:37:52,574 --> 00:37:54,881
leaves his home
to travel to Egypt
754
00:37:54,924 --> 00:37:57,362
and study the esoteric arts.
755
00:37:57,405 --> 00:38:01,409
He becomes initiated
into the Egyptian priesthood
756
00:38:01,453 --> 00:38:03,411
and eventually founds a school
757
00:38:03,455 --> 00:38:06,371
where his pupils
are sworn to secrecy.
758
00:38:06,414 --> 00:38:08,982
Despite his mysterious nature,
759
00:38:09,025 --> 00:38:11,245
Pythagoras would share
with the world
760
00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,943
groundbreaking
mathematical concepts.
761
00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:16,946
And he believed that through
his study of both music
762
00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:18,600
and the movement of the planets,
763
00:38:18,644 --> 00:38:22,300
he had uncoveredthe sacred code of the universe.
764
00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:25,955
KAKU:
The ancients realized that
there were wandering objects
765
00:38:25,999 --> 00:38:27,479
called planets.
766
00:38:27,522 --> 00:38:29,045
And because they moved,
767
00:38:29,089 --> 00:38:31,744
perhaps, encoded
in the motion of these planets
768
00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:34,616
was our destiny, the future,
769
00:38:34,660 --> 00:38:37,053
that there was
a rhyme and reason
770
00:38:37,097 --> 00:38:40,187
to the radii of the orbits
of the planets,
771
00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:42,929
the music of the spheres--
772
00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:44,887
that these spheres,
when they rotate,
773
00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:50,632
create music according to
certain ratios found in music.
774
00:38:50,676 --> 00:38:52,591
The person who first understood
775
00:38:52,634 --> 00:38:54,201
the laws of music
was Pythagoras.
776
00:38:54,244 --> 00:38:56,638
He worked out the laws of music,
777
00:38:56,682 --> 00:39:01,034
that music is divided
into 12 notes.
778
00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:05,168
Pythagoras had this notion
that the music of the spheres,
779
00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:07,040
that the harmony,
780
00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:09,564
the sound
that moved the planets around
781
00:39:09,608 --> 00:39:11,218
was also the sound
782
00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:13,394
that would keep the body
in alignment.
783
00:39:13,438 --> 00:39:15,962
So above, as below,
784
00:39:16,005 --> 00:39:18,138
that we would be in sync
785
00:39:18,181 --> 00:39:21,054
with the movements
of our own galaxy
786
00:39:21,097 --> 00:39:25,058
because of this musical pattern
that suffused everything.
787
00:39:25,101 --> 00:39:27,408
There are 12 tones
in the musical system.
788
00:39:27,452 --> 00:39:32,282
So there's a twelveness to theway the galaxies are harmonized,
789
00:39:32,326 --> 00:39:34,937
to the way our bodies might be
in sync with everything,
790
00:39:34,981 --> 00:39:39,072
all through the 12 tones
of the musical scale.
791
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,728
KAKU:
An octave has 12 steps to it,
792
00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:47,385
and that became the origin
of the mathematics of music.
793
00:39:47,428 --> 00:39:50,039
Well, today,
we believe that string theory,
794
00:39:50,083 --> 00:39:51,867
which is what I do for a living,
795
00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:56,219
is based on the harmonies
of vibrating strings.
796
00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:59,353
We now believethat all the subatomic particles
797
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,572
in the universe--
798
00:40:00,615 --> 00:40:03,401
neutrons, protons, quarks--
799
00:40:03,444 --> 00:40:05,446
are nothing
but different vibrations
800
00:40:05,490 --> 00:40:07,448
of a tiny rubber band.
801
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,929
And so what is the universe?
802
00:40:09,972 --> 00:40:13,498
The universe
is a symphony of strings.
803
00:40:13,541 --> 00:40:16,588
And, therefore,
what is the mind of God
804
00:40:16,631 --> 00:40:19,373
that Albert Einstein
wrote about so eloquently
805
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,680
for the last 30 years
of his life?
806
00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:23,551
According to string theory,
807
00:40:23,595 --> 00:40:28,208
the mind of God
would be cosmic music
808
00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:30,558
resonating through hyperspace.
809
00:40:30,602 --> 00:40:32,604
That is the mind of God.
810
00:40:33,692 --> 00:40:36,259
NARRATOR:
Is humanity's
modern understanding
811
00:40:36,303 --> 00:40:39,524
of the physics of the universe
just now allowing us
812
00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:43,179
to understand the esoteric
knowledge of our ancestors,
813
00:40:43,223 --> 00:40:45,834
knowledge that was
perhaps given to them
814
00:40:45,878 --> 00:40:47,619
by extraterrestrials
815
00:40:47,662 --> 00:40:50,926
for future generations
to rediscover?
816
00:40:51,971 --> 00:40:55,235
TZADOK:
So if the number 12
817
00:40:55,278 --> 00:40:58,107
is sacred to the physical world,
818
00:40:58,151 --> 00:41:00,327
we should question why.
819
00:41:00,370 --> 00:41:02,024
And in modern science,
820
00:41:02,068 --> 00:41:03,983
we're beginning
to have an answer
821
00:41:04,026 --> 00:41:06,638
and to ultimately receive
the revelation
822
00:41:06,681 --> 00:41:08,553
of the wisdom of God
823
00:41:08,596 --> 00:41:11,251
symbolized by the number 12.
824
00:41:11,294 --> 00:41:14,602
So, the number 12 is out there,
825
00:41:14,646 --> 00:41:18,432
but it can only be comprehended
when the mind contemplates
826
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,652
the reality
of the physical world.
827
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:23,742
And then by doing thatthrough the power of perception,
828
00:41:23,785 --> 00:41:27,746
the power of perception
influences space and time
829
00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:30,575
and therefore changes the whole
physical world as we know it.
830
00:41:32,881 --> 00:41:36,319
NARRATOR: Might the repeated
occurrence of the number 12
831
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:39,061
found throughout
our ancient world
832
00:41:39,105 --> 00:41:41,368
in groups of wisdom keepers,
833
00:41:41,411 --> 00:41:43,718
sacred formations,
834
00:41:43,762 --> 00:41:46,591
and even DNA
835
00:41:46,634 --> 00:41:49,202
all be part of a code
836
00:41:49,245 --> 00:41:53,119
left by humanity's
extraterrestrial creators?
837
00:41:53,162 --> 00:41:56,252
Perhaps once we understand
how to harness the power
838
00:41:56,296 --> 00:41:58,124
of this divine number,
839
00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:01,301
we will no longer simply be
the people of Earth
840
00:42:01,344 --> 00:42:04,652
but the people of the universe.
841
00:42:04,696 --> 00:42:07,481
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