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with connections to the heavens.

DAVID CHILDRESS: We see this unusual keyhole shape

as decoration for these gods.

NARRATOR: It appears in mystic texts.

The Secret Seal of Solomon has that interesting shape.

NARRATOR: It was incorporated in sacred architecture.

If you look at this from above...

...it's this keyhole shape,

and that to me is fascinating.

I am literally wowed by this.

NARRATOR: And it exists all over the planet.

ANDREW COLLINS: Why is that there are so many cultures that use

the keyhole shape around the world?

Is there some commonality to all of this?

NARRATOR: Could this cryptic symbol represent a connection

to beings that came to Earth thousands of years ago?

ERICH VON DANIKEN: We were visited by beings from outer space.

And they left clues on this planet Earth.

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: There is an extraterrestrial message

inside this keyhole shape.

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: Waterford, Virginia.

2013.

Cydonia Institute researcher George Haas is combing through

images of Mars when something catches his eye.

A large formation protruding from the surface of the planet

that displays extraordinary symmetry.

He is struck by the fact

that there are no other large geographical features

around it,

and it has the distinct shape of a keyhole.

HAAS: When you initially look at it,

it looks like something that someone made.

So, when scientists are lookingfor signs of activity

on another planet, they'relooking for structural symmetry,

determining if this is possibly just something nature made

or something that humans or extraterrestrials

had a hand in.

What we're seeing on Mars could be evidence

of intelligent design

by some unknown extraterrestrial culture.

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

took amazing detailed maps

of pretty much the whole surface of Mars.

And there are some anomalous pictures.

It's very much worth humanity's while to travel there

and find out for sure, are these artificial or not?

NARRATOR: Could it be that this strangely symmetrical formation on Mars

is really an artificial structure,

built by an extraterrestrial race?

For ancient astronaut theorists,

what makes this image even more intriguing

is the fact that strikingly similar man-made structures

exist here on Earth.

Osaka, Japan.

Today, this bustling metropolis

is famous as one of Japan's cultural centers

of food, fashion and finance.

But in its southern suburb of Sakai

lies an ancient and mysterious monument:

a megalithic tomb called Daisen Kofun.

It rises up 35 feet above the surrounding area

and is 1,600 feet long

and 980 feet wide,

and it's encircled by three moats,

making the entire edifice cover a space

of five million square feet.

COLLINS: You can only really appreciate what it represents

by going up into the air,

looking down on it, because you then see

that it's an enormous keyhole shape.

NARRATOR: The Daisen Kofun is merely the largest

of more than 160,000 kofuns that dot Japan.

There are hundreds of these tombs,

built between around 300 AD to around 600 AD...

...all over Japan.

So what were these?

Were these really just tombs built for emperors and kings,

or were they something else altogether?

WILLIAM HENRY: The keyhole shape can only be seen from the air.

And we're told that the ancient Japanese did not have a means

of getting into the sky to appreciate this shape.

So there's a great mystery hereabout why the keyhole shape?

NARRATOR: Some researchers suggest that the purpose of the keyhole shape

can be traced back to the first kofun ever built.

The first of these tombs is associated

with the first historical Japanese emperor,

Emperor Sujin,

in whose record in the book of ancient mythology, the Kojiki,

a keyhole of a door actually also plays an important part.

NARRATOR: According to the story in the Kojiki,

a young woman becomes impregnated by a powerful god

who comes to her room through a keyhole,

then gives birth to semi-divine children.

Another story from the same text tells

that the Japanese royal family are all descendants

of Amaterasu, who came from the celestial plane.

TSOUKALOS: So, what's the deal here?

Why do we have these stories of someone coming from the sky?

They also describe them as having come down

from their celestial palace, which is called Takamagahara.

It's right there.

Our ancestors did not have words

for extraterrestrials or aliens

or any other creature coming from another planet,

because it didn't exist at the time.

So you've got to wonder

if these keyhole-shaped kofun

aren't something that were actually designed

by extraterrestrials.

There's something about that shape, it has meaning.

Are these sites signaling somebody

who is apparently in the sky?

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the design of the Japanese kofuns

was inspired by contact with otherworldly visitors?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

this symbol may offer an important clue

about alien intervention in Earth's distant past.

And as further evidence of its significance,

they point to much more recently discovered

keyhole-shaped structures

that were also made to be seen from above.

Khaybar, Saudi Arabia.

May 2017.

An archaeological team conducting an aerial survey

of the Saudi Arabian desert

makes an extraordinary discovery:

a series of mysterious stone structures.

Among them are 19 formations in the shape of keyholes,

formed by walls roughly three feet high.

NEWMAN: These were keyhole-shaped kind of enclosures

built of quite large stones

and earth, and there were hundreds of them

across the landscape.

And they're thought to be thousands of years old,

but no one knows who built them.

No one knows why they were there,

but they have this sacred symbol of the keyhole as the design.

So the keyhole shape is a combination

of the triangle and the circle,

and the circle is often a representation of the Sun

and the Moon and other heavenly objects,

whereas the triangle shape is really the pyramid shape,

and that is a representation of the Earth.

So it really could be a representation

linking heaven and Earth.

NARRATOR: Scientific testing of the materials

made to build these enclosures

dates them to roughly 6500 BC.

Could it be that they are somehow related

to the keyhole-shaped kofuns

that were built in Japan thousands of years later?

Curiously, a keyhole design can be found at ancient sites

belonging to numerous different cultures,

and all over the world.

This shape is present in the Incan ruins of Moray

in Peru,

the Temple of the Foliated Cross in Palenque, Mexico,

the Hopi kivas in the American Southwest,

and the 10,000-year-old burial mounds

in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria.

Why is it that there are so many cultures

that use the keyhole shape around the world?

Is there some commonality to all of this?

Even though they are thousands of miles apart?

I would say that we have to look towards human consciousness.

And the commonality of symbols.

Since ancient timesthere have been keys and locks.

The keyhole is what can unlock a portal to another place,

an unseen place,

so it has a ritual and symbolic significance.

We are aware that there are things we do not know,

that there are energies that affect human life

and all other life that we are still learning,

just barely beginning to grasp.

So the keyhole image symbolically represents

the possibility that such gateways can be opened.

NARRATOR: Could the keyhole symbol

carry a profound message for humanity?

Was this shape repeated at ancient sites

across the globe so that future generations

would notice it and attempt to understand it?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining the connection

between the keyhole shape and the ancient gods.

YOUNG: Khonsu has a pendant with a keyhole on it.

January 2018.

Archaeologists digging in this city,

located in the heart of the Nile River Delta,

uncover the remains of an ancient settlement.

Among the fragments of statues,

they discover pieces of an amulet known as a menat.

RITA LUCARELLI: The menat is a...

a very important, uh, amulet,

um, for ancient Egypt.

So, the menat was, uh, made

by a series of lines of beads

with the counterbalance,

uh, in form of a keyhole.

And this way could use as a necklace,

with the beads in front

and a counterbalance in the back.

NARRATOR: In Egyptian mythology,

the menat is often worn by the god Khonsu.

LUCARELLI: Khonsu is, uh, mainly god of the Moon.

But he's also a healing god.

He's considered a protector who can, uh,

ward off evil spirits or evil forces.

Khonsu was seen as a wandering god.

This reflects how the Moon wanders through the heavens.

He has a pendant with a keyhole on it.

This represents the gatekeeping function

of this particular divinity,

the ability to open unseen worlds.

He taught many of the differentsciences to the people.

He was also related to technology.

So this is the suggestion that he may have been involved

in some of the construction of the sites there

in ancient Egypt.

NARRATOR: Paintings often depict the gods

giving the menat to members of Egyptian nobility.

While mainstream historians contend the amulet

was simply a piece of jewelry, ancient astronaut theorists

suspect it was something more profound.

If you look at someof the earliest representations

of the menat,

rays are jumping out into four different heads

that are on sticks.

What is going on?

To me, that is a representation

of something technological

that our ancestors witnessed.

But they couldn't quite figure out yet

what they were looking at.

NARRATOR: Curiously, Khonsu isn't the only lunar deity--

or Moon god-- symbolized by a keyhole shape.

We also have Tanit, the Canaanite or Phoenician goddess

who, again, her symbol was that of the keyhole shape,

and she was connected with travel.

She was also connected with machinery.

So, again, there could be connections here

between these ancient cultures and this symbol.

NARRATOR: Do depictions of Khonsu and Tanit

point to the keyhole shape,

representing some type of technological device?

And could it be more than mere coincidence

that both have a connection to the Moon?

Ancient astronaut theorists believe further clues

can be found onthe Italian island of Sardinia.

Today, this picturesque island in the Mediterranean

is famous for its crystalline waters,

white sandy beaches, and luxurious resorts.

But thousands of years ago,

Sardinia was home to one of the most mysterious civilizations

in the ancient world-- the nuraghe.

The nuraghic culture of Sardinia

were a Bronze Age people

who occupied the island

from around 1800 BC

down to about 200 BC,

when the Romans arrived and took over the island.

NEWMAN: There are question marks about the dating

of the nuraghic civilization in Sardinia.

There's so many sites there that go back way before that.

There's dolmens that go back to 3500 or 4000 BC.

There's, uh, the giants' tombs,

which are slightly older than the nuraghic civilization.

And there's even a pyramid there, Monte d'Accoddi,

which dates back to around 3500 to 4000 BC.

The nuraghic culture emerged, really, from nowhere.

So they were masters of megalithic construction,

and they built these amazing nuraghic towers

all over the country.

There are recorded over 7,000 of them.

COLLINS: Sardinia...

is arguably one of the most interesting sites in Europe,

not simply because of the-the large stone structures there,

but it's the fact

that so many of them are aligned

to the Sun and the Moon and also the stars,

that we have to ask ourselves:

did they have a belief

that their ancestors came from the stars?

NARRATOR: The nuraghic people

left no written historical record,

causing many scholars to question

how they could have achieved such incredible building prowess

without having developed a writing system.

In May 2018,

Oak Island treasure hunter Marty Lagina

invited Giorgio Tsoukalos to join him in Sardinia

to investigate the mystery of the nuraghe

and offer his unique perspective.

[speaking foreign language]

There, Giorgio and Marty were met by local guide Ivana Malu

and archaeoastronomer Mauro Peppino Zedda,

who showed them an archaeological site

far stranger than they expected:

the well of Santa Cristina.

-Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, aspetta. -MALU: Yes, yeah, prego.

-These are modern, right? This is reproduction. -[laughing]: Yeah.

-No, no, I mean it. -No, I know, I know, I know.

-MARTY: This is reproduction. -It's what people say...

when they are here they say, "Oh, Ivana, that's a fake.

What is that?" Can you imagine the well is 3,000 years old?

MARTY: No. Honestly, these are

-the original stones? -Really. Believe me.

-MARTY: Wow. -Hundred percent.

That is built to last for the eternity.

Well, this is spectacular.

-I mean, look at... -Do you want to touch with your hand

-the sophistication of the wall? -Yes.

MALU: Here we go. Andiamo.

-TSOUKALOS: This is crazy. -MARTY: Unbelievable.

TSOUKALOS: Look at this. It is round.

It's a perfect circle.

You can't put a-a piece of paper...

there's no mortar used to put this stuff together.

-I mean... -MALU: It's amazing.

Incredible questo.

MARTY: Not only is it constructed beautifully,

the foundation is below the water table.

Okay? That's very hard to do.

I could tell you from Oak Island,

-working in the water is difficult. -Right? Yes.

MARTY: This is spectacular.

NARRATOR: But the incredibly precise construction

of the well of Santa Cristina

is not its only extraordinary feature.

When archaeoastronomer Mauro Peppino Zedda

began researching the ancient structures of Sardinia

in search of astronomical alignments,

he found that the well of Sardinia

was constructed to track a very specific celestial event.

[speaking foreign language]

And this cupola is really built to observe the Moon

in its highest light.

[Zedda speaking foreign language]

MALU [translating]: It's maximum.

-[speaking foreign language] -See, I get it.

Is every 18.6 years,

the full Moon reflects its light

in the deep water over there.

NARRATOR: The event tracked by the well is known as a lunar standstill,

the time when the Moon reaches its highest point

in the night sky and appears to stay there for hours

before finally sinking back toward the horizon.

But how was an ancient civilization--

one supposedly without mathematics

or a written language--

able to build a structure that precisely tracks a lunar event

that would have only occurred two or three times

in a normal lifetime?

The question is, there was no written language.

How was this planned?

Because if you look at this from above,

it's this keyhole shape,

and that, to me, is fascinating.

I have not seen anything quite like this, okay?

I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.

Clearly, someone told the local people

how to place these stones into different areas,

because it was a connection to the celestial realm.

So you're surmising the technology was

given to these people?

-The engineering knowledge. -Yeah. Yeah.

Because this screams mathematics.

Yes, it does.

TSOUKALOS: It is unlike anythingthat I've ever seen,

even though the stone steps have reminded me

of inside the grand gallery of the Great Pyramid.

You can't put a dollar bill in between the fittings.

No mortar was used; it's absolute perfection.

And the hole with the oculus has a deviation of about 11 degrees.

So, that right there is something that's fascinating

because only with that 11-degree deviation

do you actually recognize this lunar standstill.

So, my suggestion is that this engineering knowledge

was given to the local culture at the time

by the extraterrestrials.

I'm not offering this opinion lightly.

The legends and the statuary and the figurines and the objects

that have been found here all speak of someone

descending from the sky.

NARRATOR: Ancient Moon gods in Egypt and Carthage

symbolized by a keyhole.

An ancient well in Sardinia,

aligned to record a rare lunar event

and also shaped like a keyhole.

Could these incredible parallels provide evidence

of extraterrestrial intervention on Earth?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest further evidence can be found by examining

another mysterious structure in a remote village in India.

PRAVEEN MOHAN: The well of Badlapur

June 2018.

Thousands flock to the Pasadena Convention Center

to attend AlienCon,

a three-day event that brings together

ancient astronaut theorists

and UFO researchers from across the world.

Featured contributor Giorgio Tsoukalos

has just returned from his trip to Sardinia.

And while relating what he experienced there

to convention attendees,

he is shown a photo that is shockingly familiar.

The well of Santa Cristina is

one of the most amazing architectural sites

I've ever seen.

On that photo I was given at AlienCon

was an almost-identical well

4,000 miles away in India.

And I was like, "This is incredible."

When you look at these two structures from the sky,

immediately you see that they both

are in the shape of a keyhole.

So you have to wonder, "Is there a connection?"

And that is the big question.

NARRATOR: A similar keyhole-shaped well

4,000 miles away?

Is it possible that the well in India--

located in the town of Badlapur, near Mumbai--

is somehow connected to the well in Sardinia?

Mainstream archaeologists believe

that the well at Badlapur was created around 1715...

during the time of Shivaji.

But there are no inscriptions in the well

which state how old it is.

The fact is, locals believe that this well was created

much, much earlier in time,

possibly dating back to thousands of years.

Archaeological records in India are not precisely kept,

so it is entirely possible that this well was built

at the same as the step well in Sardinia.

NARRATOR: Curiously, both wells have

a similar connection to the Moon.

In Sardinia, it's the Moon shining down

on that pool of water once every 18 years.

And in India, we have 18 steps

leading down to the water's edge.

Both of them reflective of the 18-year lunar cycle.

NARRATOR: Another commonality between the two ancient

keyhole-shaped structures is that both were constructed

using sophisticated building techniques.

The Badlapur well was originally constructed

without the use of any mortar, which has only

been added in recent years to ensure its preservation.

The well of Badlapur

was created without the use

of any mortar.

This type of construction is based on the ancient technology

of Ayurveda where you are able to create a structure

that can survive for many thousands of years.

NARRATOR: Archaeologists suggest

that this construction style,

known as Ayurvedic architecture,

is derived from the ancient science of design

described in India's oldest Sanskrit texts.

To the millions of Hindu faithful,

these texts-- known as Vedas--

are accounts given directly by the gods themselves,

and only transcribed by humans.

CHILDRESS: We still have

these ancient texts from ancient India.

It's really the only civilization left

that has this continuous threadto the very, very ancient past.

And these books can still be read by Sanskrit scholars today.

And what these books talk about is extraterrestrial gods

coming to ancient India.

TSOUKALOS: Now, the ancient astronaut theory proposes that

the reason why these similar structures exist is because

perhaps both cultures were visited by the same teachers.

So, who knows if the nuraghic culture of ancient Sardinia

was visited by the same extraterrestrials

that were visiting ancient India,

because in both cases there are local stories

of beings descending from the sky.

Some thousands of years, we were visited

by beings from outer space.

These beings, they wanted that we develop technology.

They wanted that sooner or later we find out

that we are the offsprings of them.

So they left clues on this planet Earth.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that these two ancient wells,

separated by thousands of miles

and with eerily similar construction styles,

were built with the help of extraterrestrial beings?

And if so, does the keyhole shape represent some type

of technology wielded by these visitors?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest

further clues can be found

by examining the significance of this shape throughout India

in the form of the stupa.

MOHAN: In Ajanta caves, there are many carvings of Buddha

inside stupas.

From the front, it appears as though Buddha is standing

inside an elaborately carved arch.

But the fact is, what we are seeing

from the front is a cross section of

a stupa, inside of which Buddha is standing.

And what is a stupa?

It is nothing but some kind of a vehicle.

It is also shaped

in the form of a keyhole.

TSOUKALOS: Buddha sitting inside a stupa, in my opinion,

is this creature inside a pod lifting off.

If we had one or ten or even 20 examples like that,

you could be like, "All right, interesting."

But what if I told you there are millions of the same motif

in India about celestial beings depicted

living in clouds up in the sky?

Whatever the shape was

that inspired the keyhole shape

was what was so important, and in my opinion,

that was a flying craft.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the keyhole symbol

found throughout the world was inspired

by the shape of an extraterrestrial spacecraft

that our ancestors witnessed descending from the sky?

Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest there may be another,

even more profound explanation,

and point to an early Hebrew text

that describes a magic ring

used to control demons.

HENRY: The archangel Michael isgoing to give Solomon a power

King Solomon of the United Kingdom of Israel

begins construction on a great temple

to house the Ark of the Covenant.

According to the Hebrew Bible,

this sacred chest was built to carry the stone tablets

on which the Ten Commandments were written

and also facilitated direct communication with God.

There's an ancient legend, recorded in,

of all places, the Talmud,

wherein which it is said that there were specific needs

for building Solomon's Temple

that no human being could provide.

HENRY: In the story, Solomon prays to God,

and instantly the archangel Michael manifests,

as if out of thin air.

And Michael says that he's going to give Solomon

a power that has never before been seen on Earth

and never again shall be.

And he produces for him a goldenring with a signet seal.

LITTLE: This is known as the Secret Seal of Solomon.

And it is a magical sign...

which has that interesting shape like a keyhole.

COLLINS: This ring was used to command a legion of 72 jinn.

These are fire spirits, uh, in Arabian tradition.

And once they were under his control,

he used them to build monuments,

including Solomon's Temple itself.

NARRATOR: According to the Talmud,

these otherworldly beings that Solomon was able to rule

with his divine keyhole-shaped seal

were led by a jinn named Ashmedai.

In constructing Solomon's Temple,

Ashmedai not only oversaw the building of the tabernacle

to hold the Ark of the Covenant,

but also a number of underground hidden chambers.

TZADOK: Ashmedai brought with him an army

of his followers who built those places of the temple,

which no human being was allowed to even know existed.

So these legends come down to us to this day

that this temple of Solomon, the parts that were subterranean,

were not built by human hands

and, therefore, secret to this day to the human eye.

CHILDRESS: They built all kinds of tunnels and chambers.

And you have to wonderif it might have something to do

with this high technology that they put

into some very safe place for keeping.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the technology Solomon was given

to build his temple was hidden somewhere beneath it?

Solomon's Temple was destroyed by the Babylonian king

Nebuchadnezzar II in 587 BC.

But nearly 1,700 years later, the site where it stood,

known today as Temple Mount, was excavated

by a group of warrior monks called

the Order of Solomon's Temple,

also known as the Knights Templar.

And many believe that they did not leave empty-handed.

[horse neighs]

The Knights Templars got a commission from the Pope

to actually do excavations at Solomon's Temple.

And the story there goes that the Templars actually discovered

a secret chamber beneath the temple.

NARRATOR: While it remains unknown just what the Knights Templar

may have uncovered, researchers know that

they would go on to display incredible building prowess,

much like that of the jinn that legend credits

with building Solomon's Temple.

The Knights Templars had very advanced knowledge

of geometry, mathematics, architecture,

and of working with stone.

Some of the early constructions include the gothic cathedrals

of Europe, and they show remarkable technology.

The way they worked with stone, the hidden geometry,

the mathematics, and the sort of spiritual dimensions

that these elements create are quite remarkable.

NARRATOR: Curiously, nearly every Templar church

was built in the shape of a keyhole

when viewed from above.

But perhaps most notable of all is that at a former

Templar stronghold in France called Rennes-Le-Château,

there is a statue of Ashmedai, the king of the jinn

that helped Solomon to build his temple.

TZADOK: Rumor has it that the Templar Knights

endeavored to communicate with Ashmedai,

the king of the Shedim, the jinn,

who built the temple to serve Solomon.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Knights Templar

were in possession of a long-lost alien technology?

One that was witnessed and documented all over the world

in ancient times?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest further clues as to just what

this technology was and if it still exists

somewhere on Earth today can be found

by examining the most iconic sacred object

in all of Christianity:

the Holy Grail.

Architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini oversees the finishing touches

on his masterpiece, St. Peter's Square.

This resplendent portico consists of

two straight colonnades

that open up to a wide ellipse.

St. Peter's Square is a very large plaza

in front of St. Peter's Basilicain Vatican City.

The thing is that St. Peter's Square is not a square.

It's a keyhole shape, and the question is why?

The architect Bernini tells us that

when he envisioned the keyhole shape,

it was to create a sort of a womb or a vessel

so that the visitor to this place

would feel like they're embraced by the welcoming

or loving arms of the Church,

that as many as one million people can gather together

in this spot.

In fact, they would gather around a-a large

Egyptian obelisk made of red granite

that's in the exact center of the apex of this site.

But we know that shapes hold power,

shapes have power.

We have to ask the question, could this be something more?

NARRATOR: Some historians suggest a clue as to why

St. Peter's Square was designed in the shape of a keyhole

can be found at the Garway Templar church in England.

In her 2007 book the Knights Templar Encyclopedia,

author Karen Ralls notes that there is a curious etching

above the church's piscina:

a keyhole-shaped chalice thought to depict

the Holy Grail.

There are different perspectives on what the Holy Grail is.

The one that most people are familiar with

is that it's actually a cup or a chalice,

one that was present at the Last Supper

and that also was present at the Crucifixion.

What's interesting is that the Grail is very often

distinctively keyhole-shaped.

This is eerily similar to what the Seal of Solomon looks like.

The keyhole shape that is believed to be

the actual symbol that Solomon used

in order to bind or control demons.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the Holy Grail and the Ring of Solomon

are both representations of a technology

that was wielded by extraterrestrial visitors?

A mysterious 12th-century nobleman

named Wolfram von Eschenbach, who is often regarded

as the greatest poet of the Middle Ages,

wrote of the Holy Grail falling to Earth

from the heavens.

One of the origin stories of the Grail is that it was

a giant emerald that was in the crown that Lucifer wore

before his fall,

that instead of descending to the underworld,

it fell accidentally to Earth.

So we have a little piece of heaven here on Earth.

NARRATOR: While scholars debate what parts of Eschenbach's works

were meant to be taken as fact,

he goes into great detail about the Grail,

which he alleged was carved from this otherworldly gemstone.

HENRY: The stone can instantly manifest wishes

through the power of a frequency or vibration.

This is very important because one of the critical uses

for the Grail is that it could transmute

one thing into another.

A wasteland into a garden, for example.

Wolfram von Eschenbach said that the Grail fell from the heavens.

What if the Grail is, in fact, extraterrestrial technology?

[horse neighs]

LYNN PICKNETT:We know that the Knights Templar

spent some time in Jerusalem,

and it's often said that they were looking for holy relics.

They were looking, perhaps, for the Holy Grail.

Had they got it, where would they have taken it?

So let's think about St. Peter's Square,

in light of this.

Maybe it tells us that the Grail is in Vatican City.

NARRATOR: is it possible that Bernini designed St. Peter's Square

in the shape of a keyhole to provide a clue

that the Holy Grail resides somewhere at the Vatican?

And was the Holy Grail not a cup

that could bestow everlasting life

but a powerful extraterrestrial technology?

Some ancient astronaut theorists believe the Grail

may represent something even more profound,

and point back to the keyhole shape found on Mars.

NARRATOR: November 2016.

After a three-year study of the keyhole formation

discovered on Mars, an independent research team

led by the director of the Cydonia Institute,

George Haas, publishes their findings.

The team determined that the formation exhibits

such perfect symmetry that it is highly unlikely

to be the result of natural erosion.

It appears what we're seeing on Mars

is evidence of some unknown extraterrestrial culture

that I think may have been telling the story

of where we came from and possibly

where we may be going.

NARRATOR: If the keyhole formation on Mars is an artificial structure,

as this scientific study suggests,

could it indicate that an alien technology,

documented by our ancestors,

was left on Earth's closest neighboring planet

for humanity to one day discover?

Or is it possible that the structure

does not represent some physical object

but carries a more important message?

Was it meant to tell us that there are profound secrets

waiting to be unlocked about both our past

and our future?

When we look at all the examplesof the keyhole shape

as it appears throughoutdifferent myths and traditions,

it tells us that that is a vital shape

for us to understand.

And it suggests to me that when we find the keyhole shape,

no matter where it is, that they all refer

to this great mystery, symbolized by the keyhole,

and that perhaps by understanding one,

it's gonna help us to unlock the mysteries of all,

and release some tremendous cosmic power.

TSOUKALOS: I think that there's an extraterrestrial message

inside this keyhole shape.

If anything, it is a project

of spreading knowledge

and information throughout the entire universe.

Because without information, what-what do you have?

You have nothing.

CHILDRESS:I think that what's really lyingin store for humanity now

is that we will prove these keyhole shapes

are really signifying intelligent life,

perhaps giving us technology and helping us go into space.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the keyhole shape symbolizes

a connection to the universe that humankind

is only beginning to comprehend?

Are religious artifacts like the Holy Grail

not divine or even extraterrestrial objects

but messages meant to tell us that our destiny lies

in the stars?

Perhaps we are on the verge of finally understanding

the significance of this ubiquitous symbol...

and the next giant leap for mankind

will be more profound than we could ever imagine.

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