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NARRATOR: The human genome remains one of modern science's

greatest mysteries.

ADAM SIEPEL: We still understand very little

about our genetic history.

NARRATOR: Are Homo sapiens a miracle of nature?

Or could there be another, more profound explanation?

LINDA MOULTON HOWE: The evolution of the humanoid primate on this planet

is because of the genetic manipulation

of extraterrestrial entities.

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: The more we look into our DNA,

we recognize that something happened.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos

and author David Childress

are meeting with experts in religion, science, and mythology

for a provocative discussion on the truth behind the origin

and future of mankind.

CAROLINE CORY: Extraterrestrials are trying to influence

our DNA and upgrade it.

TSOUKALOS: I think Earth has been

a hybridization program all along.

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.

I'm excited to be here with you guys to talk about DNA,

because the ancient astronaut theory

for 50 years now has suggested

that man and animal, they were essentially the same.

But then, the so-called gods arrived, and they saw

that one of these species had potential.

And this is when they changed the genetic makeup

in order to make us intelligent.

CORY: I've been doing a lot of research about DNA

and I think we can see there's some sort of design.

There's s-- there is intelligence

behind this whole creation.

DAVID CHILDRESS: This is really interesting, because recently,

scientists have been able to start manipulating DNA.

Right, and the more we look into the science of our DNA

and into the science of evolution,

we recognize that something happened.

Something happened in our DNA

that cannot be explained away with just coincidence.

RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK: You remember in the Bible,

it says in Genesis chapter one,

"let us make man in our own image."

Curious plural terminology.

-WILLIAM HENRY: Right. -Well, the ancients asked,

"who is God talking to?"

And the response was, he was talking to his angels.

And if we understand in our modern terms

that these angels might have been extraterrestrials,

there you go.

Right from the Bible,

you have a clear, definitive statement

of an extraterrestrial development of human DNA.

HENRY: Absolutely. And DNA holds

information but it's programmable.

NARRATOR: DNA is the molecule that defines every living creature on Earth.

DNA is the molecule of life itself with a code,

a molecule with a code on it.

KIRSTEN FISHER: The DNA code is essentially like

a language consisting of genes

that confer particular traits like eye color or hair color.

All these traits, basically, that we recognize.

SIEPEL: In a sense, DNA is the program

that gets run by the computer, and the computer is the cell.

The cell executes the instructions

in the DNA molecule in order for organisms to live and develop.

And it depends a little bit on the environment

and other things that are happening, and that's why,

for example, two identical twins,

even though they have the same DNA,

are not precisely identical.

NARRATOR: In 1859, nearly a century before the discovery of DNA,

English biologist Charles Darwin theorized

in his controversial book, On the Origin of the Species,

that every living thing

was the product of natural selection,

evolving over millions of years

to adapt and survive in changing environments.

When scientists later discovered DNA

and its ability to adapt, it seemed to be in line

with Darwin's theory.

But today, with a far greater breadth of scientific knowledge,

a number of Darwin's assumptions have been found to be incorrect.

And one burning question remains:

if evolution is the only factor

in the development of life on Earth,

then why are humans so incredibly unique?

We don't see dolphins building cars.

We don't see elephants building houses, you know?

That might sound trite,

but it's a fact that these animals

just simply haven't progressed and advanced in the way we have.

There's something definitely different about the human race,

and the big question is, why is that?

Nobody has ever denied that evolution exists

because there is a fossil record.

However, even Darwin himself in The Origin of Species,

in the last chapter, he says, you know, "I like my theory,

but there is something that does not make sense."

And this is why we have the so-called missing link.

-CORY: Mm. -And the ancient astronaut theory suggests

that that missing piece

is an external artificial mutation of our genetic makeup.

CORY: I mean, we know that's possible.

Even now, scientists are cutting DNA, you know,

isolating the gene that is responsible for this,

responsible for that, moving things around.

HENRY: DNA is essentially digital.

-It's information, right? -TSOUKALOS: Right.

But it's programmable. You can cut, copy, paste

and edit it.

So, after Crick and Watson

discovered the double helix nature of DNA,

it launches this whole search into molecular biology,

bioengineering and so forth.

NARATOR: In 1953,

molecular biologists James D. Watson and Francis Crick

made one of the most important scientific breakthroughs

in human history when they identified

the double-helix structure of DNA.

The discovery led to a radical new era

of genetic experimentation,

culminating in a revolutionary method to edit DNA

known as CRISPR.

Developed in 2012

by scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier,

CRISPR, which stands for "Clustered Regularly

Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats,"

is a tool that enables scientists

to target and modify individual genes.

SIEPEL: CRISPR can be thought of as a kind of a genetic scissors

that can snip DNA at a desired location.

And what that allows people to do is effectively cut out

one sequence and paste in another sequence,

just like you might do in a word processor.

CRISPR is incredibly powerful because it allows

DNA sequences to be altered in desired ways.

It could be used to improve crops,

it could be used to fight pathogens,

it could be used to confer immunity to a disease.

And, of course, it could be used for other purposes,

like, creating blue eyes from brown eyes,

or blonde hair from brown hair.

You know, one of the most fascinating things I've found

about the whole CRISPR scenario and why it's so important, too,

is that we can alter and edit DNA

so then it's passed on to future generations.

And that is kind of a really dangerous premise.

TZADOK: That's a very controversial issue

-today in modern science. -HENRY: It is.

TZADOK: We're doing the work of angels

by directing evolution.

NARRATOR: While genetic engineering of humans

may seem like an issue that won't need to be faced

for many years to come,

it has, in fact, already happened.

In November 2018, Chinese biophysics researcher

He Jiankui made the shocking announcement

that he used CRISPR on twin female embryos.

And the plan to monitor the twins' health

for the next 18 years.

In a bold effort to make the twins immune to HIV,

he deleted a single gene, known as CCR5.

Although the procedure was a success,

his unauthorized actions to tamper with human biology

on such an audacious scale led Chinese authorities

to incarcerate him for a three-year prison sentence.

FISHER: We just don't know enough

about the long-term effects of gene editing

to be performing those types of procedures

on humans at this point.

REDFERN: As far as these experiments are concerned,

what they demonstrated was that scientists

now had the ability to quite literally play God.

NARRATOR: Further research published in the journal Cell

showed that the removal of gene CCR5

also significantly improves memory, cognition

and even the brain's ability to repair itself after a stroke.

These developments, as ethically complicated

as they are, proved that DNA can in fact be altered

to advance the evolution of human beings.

The way that I'm looking at this is,

this whole CRISPR technology is simply a rediscovery

of technology that existed way before

and has been used here on planet Earth,

perhaps, of course, not by human beings.

You know, this is something that Erich von Daniken

has proposed in Chariots of the Gods? over 50 years ago,

that the ultimate proof

of an extraterrestrial intervention will not be found

in a crashed spaceship somewhere

or a ray gun that's discovered in a cave,

but rather, in our DNA.

CHILDRESS: Just recently, in 2018,

this Australian geneticist discovered these DNA knots

which they called the i-motif.

And they think that this is perhaps

what's creating the modern human.

So, one has to ask the question, who did that?

Actually, in 2018,

this Australian geneticist discovered these knots

in our DNA, and some of the doctors think

that this is perhaps what's creating the modern human.

HENRY: This is a major discovery

that they've made, that our DNA

doesn't necessarily look like a double helix all the time.

It can take on different expressions and--

but this one is, like, really sticking out.

CHILDRESS: But these knots have been there

-from the very beginning of our DNA. -Yes.

-Yes. -And I'm gonna predict

that they have a very significant role to play

in our evolutionary future.

I wouldn't be surprised if they find that,

-because, again, they are... -Th-- We don't believe anything

-is a coincidence. -Right.

NARRATOR: In April 2018,

Dr. Daniel Christ at the Garvan Institute

of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia,

announced that he had discovered

a curious anomaly in human DNA.

Dr. Christ and his team identified sections

of the double helix genetic structure

that are twisted into what they described as knots.

While the function of these knots remains

largely a mystery, scientists suspect

these unusual DNA shapes may play an essential role

in human evolution.

We don't exactly know the, uh, the function,

but presumably, because it's changing the shape of the DNA,

one of the proposed ideas, right,

is that they may be involved in-in gene regulation.

We've known for more than 50 years that, uh,

the way genes are turned on and off,

the way they're regulated is at least as important

as what the genes actually do once they're turned on.

NARRATOR: Is it possible,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose,

that these mysterious DNA knots not only played

an important role in the evolution of humankind,

but are physical evidence

that extraterrestrials manipulated human DNA?

There are these parts inside our DNA

that do not correspond to that double helix structure.

How crazy is that? Because, through science,

we've learned that it seems as if those parts

were somehow extraordinary from the rest of the structure.

-CORY: It's almost like added information. -Sure.

I think the common denominator of this whole discussion

is that DNA is changeable, it's malleable.

TSOUKALOS: More and more question marks

arise because we now have evidence

that some of the things that happened

with our own human DNA are not coincidental.

So, one has to ask the question:

what was the purpose of it and who did that?

And, of course, the ancient astronaut theory suggests

that this was done through a targeted manipulation

of our genes by artificial means.

This goes into the old kabbalistic beliefs

about the pre-Adamic civilizations.

That we had a humanoid civilization.

And then along came God, the angels,

and made Adam out of that which was before him.

NARRATOR: According to an ancient Jewish interpretation

of the Bible known as the kabbalah,

Adam was created from a humanlike race

that already existed on Earth.

There are some who believe this points

to the genetic engineering of Homo sapiens,

and that further manipulation of human DNA

can be found in the biblical story of the Garden of Eden.

Let's look, then, at the story of the Garden of Eden

and Adam and Eve, living, uh, sort of blissfully

in this Edenic garden

and then suddenly this serpent-being comes to them

and offers them some special food to eat.

Who is this serpent?

Ancient legend tells us that the serpent

in the Garden of Eden was actually a humanoid form.

It stood erect, had arms and had legs, and clearly, it spoke.

The serpent talks to Eve and says,

"Hey, have a piece of fruit."

Eve eats. Adam, too.

And suddenly, they completely change

into what we would call modern people

who are now creating clothing, creating ornaments.

They're building houses and vehicles.

Tools and things like that.

We have, in a sense, an evolutionary leap

from primitive humans to more modern humans

who are more aware of themselves and their surroundings.

NARRATOR: According to ancient astronaut theorists,

strikingly similar creation myths exist

in ancient cultures around the world.

For instance, Mayan tradition describes how humans

were created by a feathered serpent known as Kukulkan,

and ancient Chinese stories portray the first emperor,

Huangdi, as the offspring of a human woman

and a dragon god who descended from the sky.

But perhaps most remarkable of all

is the creation story of the Sumerians,

who are believed, by most mainstream archaeologists,

to be the earliest human civilization on Earth.

Approximately 4,000 years ago,

the Sumerians recorded stories about powerful beings

called the Anunnaki,

who descended to Earth from the sky.

One of these figures was known as Enki,

and according to author Zecharia Sitchin,

who spent years studying the Sumerian cuneiform tablets,

Enki is the equivalent of the serpent

in the Garden of Eden.

Enki is the god of technology of the Annunaki.

Zachariah Sitchin noticed that Enki

was symbolized by a serpent

and he made the simple leap to suggest

that he, in fact, is the serpent

in the Garden of Eden that was responsible

for putting us on our current path of evolution.

Enki altered our human DNA

in order to awaken us and to illuminate us.

Ancient astronaut theory proposes that this actually

is extraterrestrial intervention,

that as the Egyptian and Sumerian stories tell us,

beings came from other worlds and activated

that part of our brain that makes us human.

What's fascinating to me is that all around the world,

in ancient cultures, there are these stories

-of a so-called tree of life. -Right.

TSOUKALOS: And in ancient Sumeria,

you have this tree of life.

It looks like, for all intents and purposes,

like a double helix structure.

Then in Portugal, in Silves,

there is this egg, this ancient giant egg, that was discovered.

-HENRY: Right. Right. -And it has a double helix structure on there.

TSOUKALOS: Or even the caduceus symbol in ancient Greece.

CHILDRESS: Of Hermes, yeah. It's a double helix.

So yeah, we're looking at a DNA strand.

Let's go to a really direct one.

Ancient Egypt, Ptah. You look up his name

in the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary by Budge,

and he says he was the god that fashioned

-the human body. -TSOUKALOS: Yes.

HENRY: And you look at his hieroglyph, and there's a double helix.

TSOUKALOS: Right.

That cannot be by chance.

TSOUKALOS: And so this idea, to me,

suggests that someone wanted to leave behind

a message about our DNA.

CORY: I've been doing a lot of research about DNA lately.

I was talking to Garry Nolan,

who's a very well-known geneticist at Stanford.

And he was telling me that they realized

that every 600,000 years, DNA doubles in complexity.

So, they kept going back to the very first time

where it started, where it couldn't double anymore.

And that was nine billion years ago.

They're saying that our DNA started nine billion years ago?

And Earth is how old?

-Four and a half billion. -HENRY: Four and a half,

-maybe five. -So how could...

Our DNA is twice as old as the Earth.

-Exactly. How... -So, it didn't come from Earth, then.

And I think we need to talk about Francis Crick

-for a moment, too. -Yeah.

Because even Crick himself believed

-that there was some kind of an intervention. -Yep.

NARRATOR: Two decades after discovering the structure of DNA in 1953,

Francis Crick made a statement

that shocked the scientific world.

He had come to the conclusion that human DNA

was far too complex to have evolved

over the 4.5-billion-year history of planet Earth.

CHANDRA WICKRAMASINGHE: Francis Crick asked the question,

could it be that the extremely complex DNA

that we have in us was seeded from outside?

Was an intelligent entity involved

in, sort of, flooding the Earth

with the genes that make humans?

And I think that this is certainly a logical possibility.

ANDREW COLLINS: Francis Crick wrote

and promoted the idea that it was possible

that DNA may have been seeded

on this planet from another star system

in a process known as directed panspermia.

HENRY: Francis Crick comes up, of course,

with the idea of directed panspermia as an explanation,

of an extraterrestrial civilization that shoots DNA--

loads it up on a rocket-- shoots it out into space,

and this is the origin of human DNA.

So, this is Francis Crick himself,

-is a believer. -The man who discovered DNA.

-Exactly. -And he won the Nobel Prize for it.

-You don't get a greater authority than that. -Right.

HENRY: He said it was impossible that this

could have happened spontaneously.

So, but are you talking about intervention

-Yes. -...in the middle of the evolution?

-Or from the very beginning? -Hmm.

-Both. -CORY: It's starting as...

-It could very well be both. -I think it's both.

In my opinion, someone changed the genetic makeup

in the humanoid species.

HENRY: I'm glad you brought that up, Giorgio,

'cause geneticists have discovered other types

of hominins in our DNA.

Denisovans and-and others.

NARRATOR: In recent years,

new discoveries in genetic research

have profoundly altered the timeline of human evolution.

MICHAEL DENNIN: When you look at the evolution of humanity,

and the different species that have existed throughout time,

early on, we had a pretty simple story.

We-we started with our ancestors,

we split from chimpanzees and monkeys,

the Homo sapien ancestors developed.

And what confuses the story is,

as we do more research in archeology,

we're discovering a wide range of different hominins.

COLLINS: Before modern humans

occupied the Eurasian continent,

there were two so-called archaic humans existing there.

To the west and the central area,

we had the Neanderthals.

But from the central to the eastern part

of the continent, we had the so-called Denisovans.

And there are a number of others.

DENNIN: Given the great diversity,

and of the number of different species,

how is it that Homo sapiens ended up the only one left?

NARRATOR: Scientists now believe that, dating back

as much as 40,000 years ago,

at least eight humanlike species

existed on Earth at the same time.

HOWE: The discovery could be that the evolution

of the humanoid primate on this planet

is because of the genetic manipulation

of extraterrestrial biological entities

using this planet Earth like a laboratory.

This would suggest that some type

of experimentation has been going on,

because why would there, all of a sudden,

be these brand-new species that come along

and then suddenly disappear again?

HENRY: So, the mystery deepens because,

at first, we thought, based on Darwin,

that because we came from primates,

that we must also have 48 chromosomes,

just like the primates.

And then they discovered that that's not true.

That humans have 46 chromosomes, 23 pairs.

And that became a big mystery.

What-what happened to the other two?

NARRATOR: One principle that biologists generally agree on

is that species which are closely related

usually have the same number of chromosomes.

Chromosomes are long physical molecules

that consist of a DNA strand.

And when we talk about the genome,

we're talking primarily about the DNA

stored in the chromosomes.

Once the idea of-of evolution, um, by descent caught hold, uh,

it was assumed traits would be shared between humans

and other primates because of our common ancestry.

And so when it was discovered that humans actually have

46 chromosomes, that was surprising.

NARRATOR: Some researchers believe

that these missing chromosomes may hold the key

to what causes human beings to behave differently,

and demonstrate higher intelligence

than other species on Earth.

COLLINS: We broke away from a common primate ancestor

that we shared with chimpanzees and other types of ape.

And what's so significant

is that this break seemed to change

the amount of chromosomes that were in our cells.

NARRATOR: In 2005, a team of scientists discovered

that two chromosomes in the ape genome

appear to have fused together to create

a single, larger chromosome in humans, called chromosome 2.

In their own terms, this is what they say, this is not natural.

This is not the product of evolution.

Something intervened to fuse these two chromosomes.

So, was that an upgrade?

You can call that an upgrade, absolutely.

Like what CRISPR can do now, we can alter

and edit DNA so then it's passed on to future generations.

So-- but the point is, that this is what defines us as humans,

and it is, and definitely, an intervention.

It's an upgrade.

So, essentially, we weren't necessarily created

from scratch,

but built upon and added from that which was already there.

This is why I'm asking the questions,

because I'm looking at ancient patterns

and we're seeing modern patterns.

We're going through this right now.

HENRY: What all this ultimately speaks to me

is that while the time span is vast,

hundreds of thousands of years, there seems to be a project,

-that we're the project. -TSOUKALOS: Absolutely.

And they're aiming us towards an ultimate outcome.

CORY: Right. I've been working

with hundreds of people for the last few years

about their abduction experiences.

And in my experience working with many individuals,

the common dominator of the abduction

is it has to do with some sort of genetic engineering

and genetic combining of the DNA.

NARRATOR: Throughout the world,

thousands of people have reported being abducted

by extraterrestrials.

While such reports are rarely taken seriously,

many researchers suggest that the accounts given

by alleged abductees are too similar to dismiss,

and may reveal an extraterrestrial agenda.

The first documented case of a reported alien abduction

appeared in the Boston Traveler on October 25, 1965.

According to the account, Betty and Barney Hill

were driving through New Hampshire late at night

when a large flying saucer rapidly approached them,

and then hovered over their car.

The couple claimed that they had been taken aboard the craft

and were subjected to numerous medical experiments,

including both eggs and sperm being taken.

In the more than five decades since the Hills'

compelling reported alien abduction,

thousands of people have come forward with similar claims.

What's particularly notable is the fact

that during alien abductions, people talk about blood,

eggs, semen, cells, DNA taken from their bodies

and essentially experimented on

by these strange, short, black-eyed entities

that have become known as the Greys.

The people that come to me don't know each other.

So, they're telling me all these different stories

that are actually strikingly similar.

Most of the time, extraterrestrials

are doing some sort of genetic manipulation,

taking eggs from the female, or sperm if it's a-a male.

-They... -CHILDRESS: Or sometimes

these children as fetuses, disappear from the mother,

don't they, and they're suddenly gone?

-Yes. Exactly. -There are cases like that, right?

So, these are kind of medical mysteries, anomalies.

NARRATOR: One of the most shocking and disturbing accounts

of extraterrestrial abduction involved a Las Vegas couple,

Dhyanne Swanson and Bret Oldham, in 1987.

At the time, Dhyanne was almost four months pregnant

with her first child.

We're asleep and then, I don't know what time it was,

but I was woken up.

And then I sat up.

Our bedroom door was open,

and there were these three entities

looking over the door, so I thought it was a dream.

And-and you know how you're so scared you just go...

[ragged inhale]

And then it went black.

And then I woke up and I was on this ice-cold metal bed

and then it was, I was strapped down.

But I couldn't move.

And then that's when I realized they were doing something to me.

And I remember just calling, just saying, "Please.

Please don't, don't take my baby. Don't hurt us."

I woke up the next morning

in my own bed and I was covered in blood.

Bret rushed me to my doctor's office

and he took us in right away,

and, uh, he thought I had miscarried, but he wasn't sure.

He gave me an examination, and he was very perplexed.

He told us that there was no evidence

of me ever being pregnant.

He said that was crazy,

because he had just saw me the week before.

NARRATOR: The sudden disappearance of the four-month-old fetus

baffled many in the medical community.

What you have here is an ultrasound image

of a three-month fetus.

And this fetus here is lying on its back,

and if you measure what we call crown-rump length--

and that would be the longest distance

from the head to the rump, this area here--

this is approximately about five to six centimeters,

which is about the diameter of a baseball.

So could the body absorb this fetus overnight?

That's very unlikely.

NARRATOR: Is it possible, as Dhyanne claims,

that her unborn child was taken by extraterrestrials?

And if so, what would be the purpose?

SWANSON: I believe they took my child that night.

I believe it with all my heart that they took my child.

I believe that they're testing on us.

I believe that they are.

And I wonder sometimes, did they have some kind of...

plan for that baby?

NARRATOR: Some researchers suggest that Dhyanne's story,

when considered alongside the many strikingly similar accounts

of abductees being subjected to medical experiments,

may provide evidence of an extraterrestrial agenda.

We believe that they are, uh, creating hybrids

on craft; that they began with the Greys

and they combined human genetics

through some kind of gene splicing.

When I say "hybrids," I mean

that the genetic material has been altered and upgraded.

And perhaps some of the E.T.'s genetic material

has been inserted.

-From these children who you say have been taken... -Yeah.

The-the hybrids-- have we identified

-any of them that we can look at? -Yes.

I-I've been doing a lot of research in that field.

I mean, I've been working with so many children

that seem to have special abilities.

So, I believe that there are extraterrestrial, uh, species

that are upgrading the DNA.

To me, I think the extraterrestrial intervention

has to do with supporting...

-An evolution. Our growth. -...our evolution and growth.

There's some sort of agenda going on,

because after this abduction experience,

the person comes back upgraded.

So, are-are you saying, then, that these children

have these greater abilities, psychic abilities

-a-and stuff like that, right? -Exactly.

I mean, that's what I believe is happening.

NARRATOR: Throughout the world, scientists and researchers

have been baffled by numerous cases of children

who display astonishing and inexplicable

extrasensory abilities.

Often referred to as star children

by ancient astronaut theorists,

some researchers suggest they have been genetically modified

to possess heightened intuition and even psychic abilities.

RICHARD BOYLAN: Star kids are advanced in several departments.

These kids, by and large, are much brighter

than the, uh, old-school child of a previous generation.

They're using special gifts they have as advanced star kids.

For example, in that area of telepathy.

They can pick up on things that somebody else

is thinking or sensing.

NARRATOR: In 1982, the Chinese government

launched a nationwide search for children

with psychic abilities such as telekinesis,

telepathy and clairvoyance.

In total, Chinese officials identified

more than 1,000 children who possessed

what researchers referred to as extra human function.

Might further study of these incredible abilities reveal,

as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

that they are the result

of extraterrestrial manipulation of the human genome?

So, what is making these children to be alien hybrids?

If we looked at their DNA, we would see

it would be different than ours?

Or-- is that kind of what you're saying?

They would have a "normal" human DNA,

plus added information.

I believe that part of our DNA has to do

with our supersensory a-abilities.

We cannot see those abilities in the "normal" part of the DNA,

uh, but then you look at

why certain people can do certain things.

I mean, we have people who can move objects with their mind.

We have people who can be completely blindfolded

and are able to reprogram their brains entirely

to be able to see without their eyes and so on and so forth.

NARRATOR: In her 2018 documentary film,

Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible,

renowned futurist Caroline Cory investigated

a group of children who demonstrate

incredible extrasensory capabilities.

In one segment, Caroline tested

the children's ability

to positively identify objects and images

while wearing blindfolds that completely block out all light.

CORY: Justin,

tell me what's on this card.

Teacup.

And now, tell me what's on this card.

A tiger.

Isabella, what is the shape and color of this stone?

Kind of like a circle, and I don't--

and it's not really, it's kind of, like, see-through.

Evie, tell me the shape and color of this stone.

Um, it's red and kind of

-a circle? -Yes.

Evie, tell me what I'm holding in my hand.

A wooden spoon.

CORY: There was a study that was done

where scientists were able to demonstrate

that DNA is actually receiving information

from the external environment.

The environment literally is changing the information

and the genetic code at a DNA level.

All sorts of informational waves

are being transmitted into our being.

That said, a telepathic communication,

for example, could also be a type of wave

that we are receiving, even at a DNA level.

We could literally be communicating

with nonvisible, nonphysical beings

transmitting this information to us through our DNA.

I think we are born with these abilities.

We're not taught that we have them.

How is that possible for a human to all of a sudden

be able to do these superhuman things?

I think it is because

"part" of our DNA is what's responsible.

Perhaps we're being altered genetically in order to advance

the race beyond what is transpiring in our world now.

Perhaps we're being altered genetically in order to advance

the race beyond what is transpiring in our world now.

I guarantee, that's what they're doing with us, to us.

I personally think it's to evolve us.

TSOUKALOS: What's fascinating to me is that

with Darwinian evolution, one thing that's always said

is that you need long, long periods of time.

-Right. -And with certain things that we now can see,

it doesn't take a long time.

Through science, we've learned that somehow,

all of a sudden, evolution accelerated exponentially.

NARRATOR: Scientists believe that human DNA

has been evolving for billions of years,

making it nearly impossible to trace

its trajectory back to its origins.

But in 2007, University of Wisconsin professor

John Hawks did a comprehensive analysis

of the human genome going back 80,000 years

and discovered something astonishing.

According to his research,

over the past 5,000 years, human DNA has evolved at a rate

of approximately 100 times greater

than at any previous time during that 80,000-year period.

The essential question that remains for Dr. Hawks

is why?

CORY: Humanity is expanding, is advancing.

We are evolving.

But is it possible that extraterrestrials

may have enhanced our DNA?

And the more our own DNA gets enhanced,

the more we become like them.

So perhaps they are our ancestors.

And perhaps that is our destiny.

NARRATOR: If extraterrestrials genetically engineered

the human race thousands of years ago,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

is it possible that they are continuing to upgrade our DNA,

helping us to evolve so that we become like them?

CHILDRESS: So what's the next step then?

Is it possible that there's going to be

some giant change,

-and they're preparing us for that? -HENRY: That's what...

I think that there's a positive intention behind this.

And here we are in this age

of immense change and transformation.

We're get-- we're right on the verge

of migrating into space.

And perhaps they're aiming us towards an ultimate outcome,

because they want us to ultimately migrate into space.

And they want us to be more like them.

I think for those who think that, uh,

all alien, uh, interference or intervention is negative,

is to block us; I think they're so advanced

that if they wanted to destroy us,

-they would have done so by now. -Oh, absolutely.

I always embrace this idea

that the extraterrestrials mean well.

TZADOK: Mm-hmm. This is a growth,

an evolution of our race,

a fulfillment of prophecy or the angelic

or extraterrestrial goal.

We're part of it. We're living it right now.

TSOUKALOS: My friends,

I think we've learned a lot,

and especially from you, Caroline.

This thing that is going on right now,

overall, illustrates that we are not alone in the universe,

we've never been alone in the universe,

and some type of experimentation has been going on

to usher in a new era.

-Agreed. -And so,

I'm looking forward to the future.

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