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NARRATOR: Ancient paintings
of strange, humanlike figures,
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rocks engraved
thousands of years ago
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with images of flying machines,
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and stone carvings
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of what appear to be astronauts.
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For more than a decade,
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Ancient Aliens
has traveled the globe
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to examine some
of the most extraordinary
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and mysterious rock art
ever discovered.
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Now, we're investigating
the Top Ten Alien Petroglyphs
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that just may hold the proof
that Earth has been visited
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by extraterrestrials.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have investigated
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some of the most
mysterious carvings
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and paintings ever discovered.
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Our ancestors spent
countless hours
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leaving strange images
and symbols on stone
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to create a record
of what they experienced.
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And at one site in Nevada,
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the rock art is not only
some of the oldest in the world
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but predates any known
civilization in North America.
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At number ten
on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Alien Petroglyphs:
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The Rock Art
of Winnemucca Lake.
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NARRATOR:
In the dried-up bed
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of what was once
Winnemucca Lake
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are several limestone
boulders that are covered
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with what appear
to be ancient carvings.
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HUGH NEWMAN:
In Nevada are some
of the most remarkable
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petroglyphs found on Earth.
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They're called
the Winnemucca Petroglyphs.
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They are extremely large,
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extremely deep-cut,
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beautiful pans of leaves,
zigzags, spirals
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and other motifs.
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It's a remarkable site.
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NARRATOR:
So far, researchers
have been unable
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to determine what
the abstract patterns mean.
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But what's even more mysterious
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is the fact
that the local Paiute people
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say the petroglyphs were not
created by their ancestors
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but by a race of giants.
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CHRIS HEGG:
The Paiutes said that initially
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they did not create petroglyphs,
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that an ancient race, uh,
called the Si-Te-Cah did.
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The Si-Te-Cah
was a race of giants
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that was said to have
been white-complected,
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having red hair,
and well over seven foot tall.
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The Paiutes explained
that these giants
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lived on the lake in Pyramid
Lake, on floating cities.
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NARRATOR:
In 2013, samples
of the limestone were taken
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to the University of Colorado
at Boulder
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where scientists performed
a series of radiocarbon tests
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on sediment within
the petroglyphs
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to determine their age.
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The results were astonishing.
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They revealed
the carvings were etched
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between 10,500
and 14,800 years ago,
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making them
the oldest petroglyphs
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ever found in North America.
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And what's so special about
these is their extreme age
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because no one
was supposed to be living
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in North America at that time.
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This is before the Clovis,
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this is before
the first settlers
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in North America,
so who could have done this?
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NARRATOR:
Could the petroglyphs
at Winnemucca Lake
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really have been created
by an ancient race of giants?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest that the origins
of these mysterious beings
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was even recorded
into the stone.
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When we look at petroglyphs
with their incredible spirals,
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the doorways, the strange
beings that are featured,
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the stories that are told,
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it suggests
that they all have an origin
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with extraterrestrials
themselves.
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If you travel 800 miles
southeast from Winnemucca Lake,
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you will come
to a remarkable site in Arizona.
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It's a place where the Navajo
people carved thousands
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of petroglyphs into rock walls
and cliffs centuries ago.
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The images tell a story
of their encounters
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with celestial visitors
called "the star people."
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Number nine on our list:
Rock Art Ranch.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and William Henry
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have traveled to Rock Art Ranch
to investigate
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one of North America's
most extensive
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collections of petroglyphs.
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TSOUKALOS:
This is sensational.
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NARRATOR: Joining them is
esteemed Navajo Tribal Ranger
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Jon Dover.
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Rock Art Ranch's 5,000 acres
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are home to nearly
3,000 ancient petroglyphs,
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and on nearly every panel
are figures that the Navajo
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identify as star people.
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Tell me, Jon, petroglyphs
are regarded as
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picture books
that tell a story all at once.
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That's right,
and also en-enmeshed
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-in all this
are religious symbols.
-HENRY: Mm-hmm.
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Things that tell you something
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-about how they worshipped,
pictures of gods.
-HENRY: Mm-hmm.
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-And when you say gods...
-Gods, right.
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...what, in-in your culture,
what does that mean?
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It could be anything
from somebody coming to them
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and meeting with them
and imparting knowledge.
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And in the case of the Navajo,
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that's what
the Yeibichai represent.
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In the case of the Hopis,
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the Kachinas
represent those gods...
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-HENRY: Right.
-...that came to Earth
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to give them knowledge.
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TSOUKALOS:
And could one make the argument
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that these
may have been visitations
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by flesh and blood
extraterrestrials
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-in ancient times?
-Oh, definitely.
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From what we understand,
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there's many different races
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of alien that are coming
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NARRATOR:
Jon guides Giorgio and William
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to another site
at Rock Art Ranch
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with even more
strange petroglyphs.
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-Wow.
-Look at this.
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-I mean, look at the hollow
body with the star inside.
-Mm-hmm.
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TSOUKALOS:
One hand pointing to the sky,
the other down to Earth.
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And just beneath that,
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look at... that is a Grey alien.
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TSOUKALOS:
That triangular head.
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-Very strange.
-HENRY: That is.
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DOVER:
You have all kinds
of different types of figures,
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different representations
of gods.
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Right. I mean, what we have to
fill in with our imagination
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is that these beings
off the wall, 3D,
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-walking amongst the people.
-Yeah.
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HENRY:
Look at all the different
types of beings here.
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And then all the way
across there,
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y-you've still got
even more variety.
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I mean, this is almost like
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a meeting place
of all these different worlds
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and different beings.
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So, you know, you have giants,
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you have little people.
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And the giants
and the little people
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are talked about
in th-the other world
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that they came from before
they came to this world.
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TSOUKALOS:
And seeing creatures
here having,
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-for example, three fingers.
-DOVER: Mm-hmm.
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You know, as far as I know,
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uh, except for
a couple of reptiles,
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there aren't any
three-fingered creatures.
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-No.
-You know? So, and especially
nothing humanoid.
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-Right.
-So, again, our ancestors
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had impeccable powers
of observation.
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-DOVER: That's right.
-That's all they did all day.
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-They-they observed.
-Mm-hmm.
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And so your estimation,
then, too,
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is that this was
not a bunch of kids,
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you know, on a Saturday night
not knowing what to do.
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-Absolutely not.
-(laughter)
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These, these were people
that came here with a purpose.
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And the purpose was to put
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their history on the wall
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showing where they came from,
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where they were going.
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NARRATOR:
Do the petroglyphs
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present a historical record
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of extraterrestrial visitation
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in the distant past?
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For Jon and many who share
the traditional beliefs
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of their ancestors,
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the answer is a resounding yes.
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DOVER:
I believe that these visitations
have been documented
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in pictographs and petroglyphs.
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They're not art, actually,
for art's sake.
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The petroglyphs
have been done this way
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for basically
thousands of years.
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And that tells me
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that there were a lot
of different types of beings
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that were interacting
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with early Natives,
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with early Natives,
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much more than
we even, uh, think.
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Some of the most incredible
rock art I have ever seen
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can be found on one of the most
remote islands on Earth.
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And in my opinion
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what the people who
carved it were depicting
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was actually misunderstood
alien technology.
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Coming in at number eight
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on our countdown of the Top Ten
Alien Petroglyphs:
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The Birdmen of Easter Island.
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NARRATOR:
This remote landmass
in the South Pacific
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is famous for
the colossal stone statues,
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called moai, that dot its coast.
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But on the southwestern tip
of the island
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are a serious of equally
mysterious petroglyphs
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that represent one of Easter
Island's oldest creation myths--
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the legend of Tangata manu,
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or the birdmen.
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According to the Rapa Nui,
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the Indigenous people
of Easter Island,
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when the great creator god
looked in the mirror,
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he saw a bird over his shoulder
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and thought the image was good.
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And so he created a creature
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that was a combination
of bird and human.
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But the creator god
was still lonely.
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So he created humans.
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(chanting)
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But the humans
worshipped the birdman
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because that was
the great god's first creation.
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One of the central focuses
of the rituals,
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the annual rituals
at Easter Island,
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was that of Tangata manu,
the birdman.
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And the birdman
is a universal symbol
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that we find
in many parts of the globe
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that relates to ancestry
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associated with figures,
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characters in feather coats
who were seen
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to be able to go between
this world and the next.
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HENRY:
The birdman motif
is found in Egypt
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with Horus the savior figure
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and Thoth the god
of divine magic and alchemy.
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We find birdmen in among
the Maya with Quetzalcoatl,
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the feathered serpent,
a birdman.
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We also find birdmen
in Cahokia, Illinois.
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When we look
at the birdman legend,
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it always has
a cosmic connection,
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that these are humanoid figures
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that also have
a celestial dimension to them.
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They can fly, they can ascend,
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therefore they're
referred to as birdmen.
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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the most intriguing
depiction of birdmen
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can be found
by examining the stories
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of the Sumerian civilization
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that emerged 5,000 years ago
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and the beings they called
the Anunnaki.
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TSOUKALOS:
The term Anunnaki means "those
who from the heavens came."
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And our ancestors thought
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they were being visited
by these divine magical beings.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
In the ancient Sumerian texts,
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they were described as bringing
knowledge and science.
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They were often depicted
as bird-type people.
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So we have to ask ourselves,
are these birdmen
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actually representatives
of the Anunnaki
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who are extraterrestrials
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who appeared all over
the world in prehistory?
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For ancient astronaut
theorists like me,
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many of the mysterious images
created by our ancestors
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provide compelling clues
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that suggest extraterrestrials
visited Earth
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thousands of years ago.
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However, at one site
in Northern California,
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the carvings aren't just
records of the distant past
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but depict UFOs
that are still seen today.
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Number seven on our countdown:
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The Petroglyphs
at Lava Beds National Monument.
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NARRATOR:
60 miles northeast
of Mount Shasta,
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at Lava Beds National Monument,
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are thousands of petroglyphs.
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These large geometric carvings
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were created
as much as 6,000 years ago
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by ancestors of the Modoc tribe.
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Lava Beds
has probably over 5,000
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different petroglyphs.
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And a lot of these
were done down in caves.
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A lot of the rock art
you find in Lava Beds
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is very different and unusual
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from rock art you find
in other places of America.
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One of the most striking
images you find in Lava Beds
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is an image of Mount Shasta
carved into a cliffside,
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and inside of it is a depiction
of some kind of being.
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NARRATOR:
According to the Modoc,
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this figure represents
their creator, known as Skell.
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The local people
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believe that in ancient times,
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the great Sky Chief Skell
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came down from the sky
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to live in Shasta
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and has been there
ever since and protects it.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible this petroglyph
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represents an otherworldly being
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that the Modoc people
encountered centuries ago?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest further
evidence can be found
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by examining the bizarre stories
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that have been associated
with Mount Shasta for centuries.
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WALKING EAGLE:
I was driving back
from, uh, Klamath Falls.
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It was, eh, around 7:00 in
the evening in the summertime.
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All of a sudden
I seen the whole mountain
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toward Yreka side open up.
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And then this big ship came
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and hovered for a minute
and then went right in.
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And the next thing you know,
the mountain closed,
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and I was like,
"What is going on?"
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Almost everyone who lives there
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has-has seen something unusual.
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One of the most remarkable
UFO sightings I've heard of,
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it took place in 2008.
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Witnesses in the town of McCloud
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saw a UFO that looked
like a giant glowing jellyfish
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move over the town and then
fly off into the distance.
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For many hundreds of years,
Mount Shasta
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has been known
for mysterious lights.
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They seem to just manifest
out of the mountain.
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So, what is it
that might be responsible
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for causing this activity?
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I believe that places
like Mount Shasta
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are in many ways Earth portals.
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They are places of connection
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between this world
and somewhere else altogether.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the mysterious winged figure
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at Lava Beds National Monument
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is connected
to the UFO sightings
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that continue to be reported
around Mount Shasta?
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WALKING EAGLE:
The petroglyph that shows
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something coming out
of the mountain,
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that's basically what,
what I seen right here
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when it happened to me.
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That's what I seen.
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And I-I guess maybe
I had to see it, too,
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before I could believe.
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In 2014,
a mysterious cave painting
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was found in India
that I believe
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contains some
of the best evidence yet
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that our ancestors encountered
extraterrestrial beings.
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Number six on our countdown:
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Charama Rock.
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NARRATOR:
Central India, July 2014.
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While exploring caves
in the region of Charama,
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Indian archaeologist J.R. Bhagat
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makes a stunning discovery.
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He finds an incredibly
well-preserved
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10,000-year-old cave painting
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that depicts
several large humanoid figures.
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Very recently,
in the Charama region of India,
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there was a cave
that was discovered with
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paintings that appear
to show creatures
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with kind of
distorted-looking faces,
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no noses, no mouths.
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They seem to be holding weapons.
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Archaeologists said
that some of them
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appeared to be
wearing space suits.
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The Times of India
actually proposed the idea,
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what if what we have
depicted here
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are some type of
extraterrestrials
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or at least some type
of flying craft?
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Because it's the basis
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for much of
the Hindu pantheon of gods.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient Hindu texts
feature stories
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about intelligent beings
existing on other planets,
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like the Mahabharata,
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which tells of the gods coming
to Earth in flying machines.
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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
In the Mahabharata,
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there they write that one day,
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gigantic cities
surrounded the Earth.
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They did not have a word
for "spaceship" at that time.
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They say "cities."
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And they make clear difference
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that these cities
were in the firmament,
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not in heaven.
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And small vehicles came down
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from these cities
on the firmament.
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The old Indians called
these vehicles "vimanas."
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And out of the vimanas,
the teachers came out.
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No doubt they were visited
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by extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Might the figures
in the cave paintings
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of Charama be depictions
of extraterrestrials
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witnessed by our ancestors
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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in the local legends
of a mysterious race of beings
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known as the Rohela.
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The locals told them stories
of space beings,
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Rohelas they called them.
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Tiny beings that landed in craft
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and would abduct
one or two humans at a time
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never to return.
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What's incredible about this is
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that this is not
ancient astronaut theorists
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looking at this art and saying,
"Hey, this looks like
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"it could be some sort
of a space being
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or extraterrestrial."
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This is what
the locals are saying.
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In the early 20th century,
archaeologists discovered
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some very mysterious cave art
in the Sahara Desert,
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and the experts who studied it
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found it to be
out of this world.
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Number five on our list:
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The Tassili Astronauts.
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NARRATOR:
Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria.
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Located on a vast plateau
of the Saharan Desert
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lies an incredible collection
of prehistoric cave art.
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The ancient paintings
cover an area
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of 28,000 square miles
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and are believed
to be 12,000 years old.
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The scenes that you see
at Tassili n'Ajjer
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are totally bizarre.
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They're showing a Sahara
that was once fertile
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with giraffes and antelope
and other animals
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we find only
in Central Africa really.
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And combined with them
are these bizarre pictures
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of what even the archaeologists
have called
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the Martians and the spacemen.
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TSOUKALOS:
The petroglyphs that we find
there are incredible.
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They look like
modern-day astronauts
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with suits, with helmets,
with visors.
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And even the ethnologists
who found those rock paintings
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actually called it
"the astronaut."
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It's called
the Tassili astronaut.
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NARRATOR:
Might the figures
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painted throughout
Tassili n'Ajjer
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be depictions
of otherworldly beings,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
in the oral history
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of a mysterious
West African tribe
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known as the Dogon.
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TSOUKALOS:
There's a really
incredible story
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of the Dogon that describe
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an ancestor spirit called Nommo
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that descended from the sky
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in a loud, noisy whirlwind
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that made the earth
shake when it landed.
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And their knowledge
of everything
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was given to them by that being
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that descended from the sky.
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CHILDRESS:
In the 1930s,
when French anthropologists
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were first discussing the Nommo
with these Dogon priests,
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the Dogon priests
said that the Nommo
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were coming from
the star system of Sirius.
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Well, the French anthropologists
were amazed at that
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and were confused as well.
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NARRATOR:
According to the Dogon,
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the Nommo didn't come
from Sirius A--
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a star that is clearly visible
in the evening sky--
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but from its tiny companion.
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A dying star called Sirius B
that can only be seen
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with advanced,
high-powered telescopes.
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MICHIO KAKU:
Here, we have this ancient
tribe that says that,
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well, no, Sirius is
not a single star at all
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but actually
a double-starred system,
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and how could they
have known it,
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given the fact that it
requires telescopes
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to see the double star?
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Well, one theory is,
maybe the aliens
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gave them this knowledge.
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It can't be ruled out.
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That's one possibility
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because they got it
right on the dot.
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PHILIP COPPENS:
The Dogon have
always been focused upon
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in the sense
that they have this story,
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this information
about their ancestors
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who somehow had this contact
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with this nonhuman intelligence.
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Now, the question is,
how did they attain this?
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It really might come
from the Sahara Desert,
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from specifically culture
pockets like Tassili n'Ajjer
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and that the Dogon are
descendants from these people.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the beings
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described by the Dogon
are the same figures
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depicted in the cave paintings
of Tassili n'Ajjer?
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I think the power of
observation of our ancestors
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was as powerful and as accurate
as it is today.
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was as powerful and as accurate
as it is today.
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And to attribute that motif
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simply to only coincidence,
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in my opinion,
does not hold water.
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So one has to wonder,
are these extraterrestrials?
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When it comes to
mysterious petroglyphs,
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one of the most
extraordinary examples
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we've investigated can
be found in the Italian Alps.
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In 2019,
William Henry got to study
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this remarkable piece firsthand.
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Number four on our countdown
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Number four on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Alien Petroglyphs:
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The Spaceman of Val Camonica.
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NARRATOR:
Val Camonica, Italy.
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June 13, 2019.
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Ancient astronaut theorist
William Henry
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has traveled to this
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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to investigate the area's
mysterious petroglyphs.
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Hi, I'm William.
Nice to meet you. Pleasure.
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NARRATOR:
Joining him is Luca Giarelli,
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the head of the Val Camonica
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Historical and Anthropological
Society.
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This place is massive.
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I'm ready, let's go.
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HENRY:
I'm here at Val Camonica
because it is a treasure trove
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of images from the ancient world
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that have been well documented
and studied by scholars.
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They don't agree
on the meaning of the images,
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but some of them
are very open-minded
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to the ancient astronaut theory.
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NARRATOR:
Luca leads William to an area
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with a panel
of ancient petroglyphs
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that appear strikingly
familiar to modern eyes.
499
00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:27,208
Wow.
500
00:26:30,292 --> 00:26:33,292
Oh, look at that.
501
00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:35,875
-Spaceman, exactly.
Look at the helmet.
-GIARELLI: Astronaut.
502
00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:37,417
Right.
503
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,708
It's like he's glowing.
504
00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:45,042
The Camunian rose.
505
00:26:53,458 --> 00:26:54,583
Wow.
506
00:26:55,792 --> 00:26:58,833
NARRATOR:
Archaeologists call
this mysterious object
507
00:26:58,958 --> 00:27:02,708
the Camunian rose because
of its flowerlike shape.
508
00:27:02,792 --> 00:27:05,875
While its exact meaning
is lost to history,
509
00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,667
some believe it to be
a religious symbol
510
00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:12,583
or a representation
of the movement of the stars.
511
00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:14,917
But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
512
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,917
it might also depict
something else--
513
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,667
the vessel that brought
these helmeted figures
514
00:27:20,750 --> 00:27:22,875
to Val Camonica.
515
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,667
Luca, that-that looks
like a spaceship.
516
00:27:25,792 --> 00:27:28,167
It's like you look up
in the sky,
517
00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:31,500
and you would see this kind of
twirling, spinning ship
518
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:33,625
in the sky.
519
00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:36,625
It seems to me,
just looking at it,
520
00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,250
they are trying
to talk about beings
521
00:27:39,375 --> 00:27:42,167
coming from other worlds,
maybe to this place.
522
00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:46,208
Tell me about
that five-pointed star.
523
00:27:50,583 --> 00:27:52,042
Mm-hmm.
524
00:27:58,417 --> 00:28:00,750
Sometimes the-the stars
mean energy,
525
00:28:00,875 --> 00:28:03,792
like energy from the stars
would come to this place,
526
00:28:03,875 --> 00:28:06,000
or star beings
would come to this place.
527
00:28:06,083 --> 00:28:07,333
Yeah...
528
00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:08,792
Mm-hmm.
529
00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:22,667
Okay, so this is
like a newspaper then.
530
00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:24,875
It says, this was in the sky
531
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,167
above us at some point,
and this spaceman
532
00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:30,958
came down and maybe met
the Camunian people.
533
00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:35,833
NARRATOR:
According to ancient stories,
534
00:28:35,875 --> 00:28:37,833
the nearby city of Turin
535
00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:40,542
was founded by a character
from Greek mythology
536
00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:42,042
called Phaethon,
537
00:28:42,167 --> 00:28:44,750
who came to Earth
from the stars.
538
00:28:44,875 --> 00:28:48,833
Legend states that Turin
was founded by the god Phaethon,
539
00:28:48,917 --> 00:28:51,875
who is a son
of the sun god Helios,
540
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,750
and in the myth of Phaethon
we learn the story
541
00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:58,000
of how he descended
to Earth in a fiery chariot...
542
00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:02,250
...perhaps crashing
into Mount Musinè.
543
00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:06,667
This also led to
something fortuitous
544
00:29:06,708 --> 00:29:09,333
because he brought gifts
to this place,
545
00:29:09,375 --> 00:29:12,167
he had great skills,
was a metallurgist,
546
00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:16,667
and taught this
to the local people.
547
00:29:16,792 --> 00:29:21,208
CHILDRESS:
When we look at myths
such as the myth of Phaethon,
548
00:29:21,333 --> 00:29:26,000
here is really
the story of a UFO
549
00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:28,000
landing on a mountain
550
00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:30,250
and interacting with the locals.
551
00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:35,125
HENRY:
When we look
behind this myth of Phaethon,
552
00:29:35,125 --> 00:29:37,417
perhaps this is what we're
also seeing at Val Camonica.
553
00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:41,875
I think, given the connection
with the spacemen
554
00:29:41,875 --> 00:29:43,625
that are etched into the rock,
555
00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:45,042
we have to be open
to the possibility
556
00:29:45,125 --> 00:29:47,833
that what the ancient artist
is trying to portray
557
00:29:47,917 --> 00:29:50,167
is something that he
actually saw in the sky,
558
00:29:50,250 --> 00:29:53,208
something coming out
of the heavens.
559
00:29:57,250 --> 00:30:00,083
For ancient astronaut theorists,
560
00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:02,000
the Spaceman of Val Camonica
561
00:30:02,083 --> 00:30:03,958
and the legends that surround it
562
00:30:04,042 --> 00:30:06,167
are evidence that our ancestors
563
00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:09,833
were visited
by extraterrestrial beings.
564
00:30:09,917 --> 00:30:11,750
But an even more
compelling depiction
565
00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:13,750
of these possible visitors
566
00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:16,833
can be found on
the opposite side of the world
567
00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:19,333
in the rock art of Australia.
568
00:30:19,375 --> 00:30:24,250
Number three on our countdown:
The Wandjina.
569
00:30:26,875 --> 00:30:28,583
NARRATOR:
Northwestern Australia.
570
00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:33,958
Here, in a rugged desert region
known as Kimberley,
571
00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:36,500
are dozens of caves
that are covered
572
00:30:36,625 --> 00:30:41,333
in paintings of mysterious
figures called the Wandjina.
573
00:30:41,417 --> 00:30:45,208
If you look at these Wandjina
figures in the cave art,
574
00:30:45,292 --> 00:30:49,792
they have big, white faces.
575
00:30:49,875 --> 00:30:54,375
They have really
no mouth to speak of.
576
00:30:54,458 --> 00:30:58,833
They have very large,
black eyes,
577
00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:03,125
and there's a field
around their heads.
578
00:31:04,417 --> 00:31:06,500
NARRATOR:
To the Aboriginal people
579
00:31:06,583 --> 00:31:09,167
who have lived in Australia
for thousands of years,
580
00:31:09,250 --> 00:31:12,000
the Wandjina
are important figures
581
00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:14,250
in their creation myths.
582
00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:18,833
The Aboriginals have
all kinds of ancient stories
583
00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:24,250
of Wandjina figures,
of great heroes
584
00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:28,917
and sky gods who manipulated
the continent,
585
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,292
created the rivers
and mountains,
586
00:31:31,375 --> 00:31:34,042
and fought amongst each other
and then they left.
587
00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:39,667
GARY SIMON JAGAMARRA:
We all have stories
of people in crafts
588
00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:44,458
coming from the stars,
going to the stars, and so on.
589
00:31:44,542 --> 00:31:47,458
In order to keep them, pass them
down to next generation
590
00:31:47,542 --> 00:31:50,125
we carved them, we painted them.
We sung them.
591
00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:51,875
We danced them in stories
592
00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:53,583
to guarantee
that they passed down.
593
00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:57,833
So when the visitors left,
we didn't forget about them.
594
00:31:57,875 --> 00:31:59,125
And we never forget about
595
00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,833
the things
that they passed down to us
596
00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:03,167
and the knowledge
they passed down.
597
00:32:03,208 --> 00:32:05,667
CHILDRESS:
In many ways,
these Wandjina figures
598
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:09,667
look exactly like Grey aliens.
599
00:32:09,750 --> 00:32:12,000
And you have to wonder, then,
600
00:32:12,083 --> 00:32:15,042
if the cave art is depicting
extraterrestrials.
601
00:32:18,583 --> 00:32:20,333
TSOUKALOS:
The Wandjina petroglyphs
602
00:32:20,417 --> 00:32:24,083
are actual physical
representations
603
00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:27,375
of what the First Nation
people of Australia
604
00:32:27,375 --> 00:32:27,708
of what the First Nation
people of Australia
605
00:32:28,042 --> 00:32:30,042
actually witnessed.
606
00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:33,583
So this to me is
an incredible treasure trove
607
00:32:33,667 --> 00:32:35,375
for the ancient
astronaut theory.
608
00:32:41,417 --> 00:32:42,417
Of all the mysterious
petroglyphs
609
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:45,000
we've examined
on Ancient Aliens,
610
00:32:45,083 --> 00:32:47,167
some of the most astounding
can be found
611
00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:49,125
in the American Southwest.
612
00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:51,792
The region is chock-full
of carvings
613
00:32:51,875 --> 00:32:54,000
that show strange
humanoid figures
614
00:32:54,125 --> 00:32:56,083
who came down from the sky.
615
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,875
At number two on our countdown:
616
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,000
The Rock Art of Utah.
617
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,542
The Rock Art of Utah.
618
00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:07,667
NARRATOR:
Nine Mile Canyon, Eastern Utah.
619
00:33:07,792 --> 00:33:11,833
Often described as "the world's
longest art gallery,"
620
00:33:11,833 --> 00:33:16,250
the red sandstone cliffs that
border this 46-mile-long canyon
621
00:33:16,375 --> 00:33:19,958
are covered with more
than 10,000 petroglyphs.
622
00:33:20,042 --> 00:33:22,333
Many depict hunting scenes
623
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,833
and contain images of animals
found in the region.
624
00:33:25,917 --> 00:33:28,250
But one mysterious panel
625
00:33:28,333 --> 00:33:31,750
seems oddly out of place.
626
00:33:31,875 --> 00:33:33,375
HENRY:
One of the most
important galleries
627
00:33:33,458 --> 00:33:35,333
is referred to
as the Family Panel.
628
00:33:35,375 --> 00:33:37,208
What's interesting
about this one
629
00:33:37,208 --> 00:33:39,917
is that it shows
these apparently luminous
630
00:33:40,042 --> 00:33:42,917
humanoid-type beings
631
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,292
that appear
to have space suits on,
632
00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,458
a helmet, even antennae.
633
00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:51,958
CHILDRESS:
The Navajos themselves claim
634
00:33:51,958 --> 00:33:55,458
that these petroglyphs were from
635
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:58,500
people who were
before the flood,
636
00:33:58,583 --> 00:34:02,167
before this cataclysm
had come to the Earth.
637
00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:04,875
And they maintain
that these images
638
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,208
were many thousands
of years old.
639
00:34:10,875 --> 00:34:14,083
NARRATOR:
Just 70 miles
south of Nine Mile Canyon,
640
00:34:14,167 --> 00:34:17,333
in Sego Canyon,
another panel of petroglyphs
641
00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:19,542
shows nearly identical figures.
642
00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:24,167
TSOUKALOS:
They look like spacemen.
643
00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:26,333
You have these strange creatures
644
00:34:26,417 --> 00:34:28,000
that for all intents
and purposes
645
00:34:28,042 --> 00:34:30,208
seem to be floating
up in the sky.
646
00:34:30,333 --> 00:34:33,125
They appear to wear helmets.
647
00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:35,375
Very strange.
648
00:34:36,417 --> 00:34:37,875
So you have to ask, what was it
649
00:34:37,958 --> 00:34:41,125
that inspired
these unusual images?
650
00:34:41,208 --> 00:34:44,333
Is it possible
that they depict sky beings
651
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:46,708
who came down from the stars
652
00:34:46,792 --> 00:34:48,292
to help the people,
which is what
653
00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:50,792
the Native legends say?
654
00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:55,833
NARRATOR:
According to the traditions
of the Navajo,
655
00:34:55,875 --> 00:34:58,542
Fremont and Ute peoples
656
00:34:58,625 --> 00:35:01,083
who have lived
in this area for centuries,
657
00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:04,167
these figures represent visitors
658
00:35:04,250 --> 00:35:07,042
who descended from the sky.
659
00:35:07,125 --> 00:35:09,292
DOVER:
In talking about star people,
660
00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:11,000
all Native American tribes
661
00:35:11,083 --> 00:35:14,167
have these, uh, traditional
oral histories
662
00:35:14,250 --> 00:35:16,750
that people came
from the stars to visit them.
663
00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:20,667
And it's universal,
all across the United States
664
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:24,167
that these gods,
as we call them today,
665
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:27,667
came to Earth and visited
to provide knowledge.
666
00:35:29,208 --> 00:35:30,917
ROBLES:
The creation story,
667
00:35:31,042 --> 00:35:35,208
if you understand it correctly,
we are all from the cosmos.
668
00:35:35,292 --> 00:35:38,833
Our ancestors
were extraterrestrial.
669
00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:43,500
The story is told
to Indigenous people
670
00:35:43,583 --> 00:35:47,042
for thousands of years
through oral histories
671
00:35:47,167 --> 00:35:50,083
and through the petroglyphs
672
00:35:50,167 --> 00:35:53,750
and pictographs
and the sacred sites
673
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,917
that continue to be part of
674
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,583
our Native cultural traditions.
675
00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:01,667
DOVER:
The Native Americans
676
00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:05,333
traditionally use
a oral tradition.
677
00:36:05,458 --> 00:36:08,458
Everything is spoken.
678
00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:12,083
The oral traditions actually
go back thousands of years.
679
00:36:12,208 --> 00:36:14,417
It's just the way it was.
680
00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:17,333
And we've maintained
that tradition even to this day.
681
00:36:19,083 --> 00:36:20,500
HENRY:
If in fact what we're seeing
682
00:36:20,583 --> 00:36:22,542
are portraying visitors
from the stars,
683
00:36:22,625 --> 00:36:26,250
it would make sense why they're
wearing these space suits.
684
00:36:26,333 --> 00:36:28,542
Because they would
conceivably need protection
685
00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:31,042
from Earth's atmosphere
and Earth's environment.
686
00:36:31,042 --> 00:36:34,667
NARRATOR:
Do the petroglyphs
at Nine Mile Canyon
687
00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,333
and Sego Canyon
688
00:36:36,417 --> 00:36:38,458
point to Utah being a place
689
00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:40,833
of ancient alien visitation?
690
00:36:40,917 --> 00:36:45,000
TSOUKALOS:
Native American people
have been very clear
691
00:36:45,083 --> 00:36:48,875
when they speak of celestial
beings that imparted knowledge.
692
00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:50,333
when they speak of celestial
beings that imparted knowledge.
693
00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:54,375
And so, if you compare that
to the ancient astronaut theory,
694
00:36:54,458 --> 00:36:56,917
that's exactly
what it talks about,
695
00:36:57,042 --> 00:36:59,583
that the knowledge was imparted
696
00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:01,917
by beings who visited us.
697
00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:08,083
While Utah has thousands
of petroglyphs
698
00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:10,417
that feature mysterious beings,
699
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:12,250
one stands apart.
700
00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:14,250
It depicts a group of figures
701
00:37:14,375 --> 00:37:16,125
meeting with what appears to be
702
00:37:16,208 --> 00:37:17,833
an extraterrestrial.
703
00:37:17,875 --> 00:37:20,833
Number one on our list:
704
00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:22,917
The Holy Ghost Panel.
705
00:37:22,917 --> 00:37:23,017
The Holy Ghost Panel.
706
00:37:28,417 --> 00:37:30,708
NARRATOR:
Horseshoe Canyon, Utah.
707
00:37:30,792 --> 00:37:34,792
Located within
Canyonlands National Park,
708
00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:38,500
the sandstone walls
of this five-mile-long ravine
709
00:37:38,625 --> 00:37:41,458
feature some of the most
remarkable petroglyphs
710
00:37:41,542 --> 00:37:43,625
in the United States.
711
00:37:43,708 --> 00:37:47,917
The intricate designs depict
Native American shamans
712
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,833
and the otherworldly creatures
713
00:37:49,917 --> 00:37:53,000
they claimed
to communicate with.
714
00:37:53,083 --> 00:37:55,833
DAVID SUCEC:
Well, here we have
a classic shaman,
715
00:37:55,917 --> 00:37:57,875
with the hourglass figure,
716
00:37:57,958 --> 00:37:59,833
feet pointed outward,
717
00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:03,167
arms which have bird's feet
at the end,
718
00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:05,083
which signifies spirituality.
719
00:38:05,167 --> 00:38:08,458
And it's got the horns
with the fringes coming out.
720
00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:12,667
NARRATOR:
But one section
is of particular interest
721
00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:14,625
to ancient astronaut theorists.
722
00:38:14,708 --> 00:38:18,375
It's called the Ghost Panel.
723
00:38:18,458 --> 00:38:22,042
When you see the Ghost Panel,
you see
724
00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:23,458
what are seven or eight
725
00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:28,125
very tall figures
in unusual garments.
726
00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:30,083
They look like space suits.
727
00:38:30,167 --> 00:38:32,833
They're wearing some long robes,
728
00:38:32,917 --> 00:38:36,500
and it looks like they
have helmets and things on.
729
00:38:36,583 --> 00:38:41,042
They're quite large
and very strange looking.
730
00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:45,875
And certainly they look
like some kind of spacemen
731
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,167
or extraterrestrials
who have come down.
732
00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:50,333
NARRATOR:
For researchers,
733
00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:52,708
the most perplexing
part of the painting
734
00:38:52,792 --> 00:38:56,500
is a curious detail
on the large central figure.
735
00:38:56,625 --> 00:39:00,458
SUCEC:
The central ghost-like figure,
which is called the Holy Ghost.
736
00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,000
If you look at the head
of the Holy Ghost,
737
00:39:02,083 --> 00:39:05,000
you'll see his two eyes
in the front of his face.
738
00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:06,500
But if you look to the left,
739
00:39:06,542 --> 00:39:07,958
you'll see the side of his head.
740
00:39:08,042 --> 00:39:10,500
This is a device
which you do not see
741
00:39:10,583 --> 00:39:12,708
in any prehistoric art,
742
00:39:12,833 --> 00:39:15,542
and this motif is one
of the reasons why I-I feel
743
00:39:15,708 --> 00:39:19,167
that this represents a-an event.
744
00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:21,458
NARRATOR:
Archaeologists suggest
745
00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:24,833
the Ghost Panel
was created 10,000 years ago.
746
00:39:24,917 --> 00:39:28,875
Just who made these
images remains a mystery.
747
00:39:28,875 --> 00:39:31,708
But ancient astronaut
theorists believe
748
00:39:31,792 --> 00:39:36,625
clues can be found
within ancient traditions.
749
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,542
The Navajo, they tell us
that this rock art
750
00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:41,583
was actually created
by their ancestors
751
00:39:41,583 --> 00:39:44,333
who lived there long, long ago
752
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and in fact were
the survivors of a flood.
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The Navajo
referred to themselves
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as descendants
of the Holy People.
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00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:54,167
And that these Holy People
in fact helped them
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00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:56,333
emerge after a cataclysm.
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NARRATOR:
The story of mysterious,
humanoid beings
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00:40:00,042 --> 00:40:02,917
assisting Native peoples
has been recounted
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00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,542
for centuries
in the American Southwest.
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00:40:06,625 --> 00:40:09,000
Many researchers believe
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00:40:09,042 --> 00:40:11,583
these encounters
were so significant
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00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:14,583
that they were carved in stone.
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00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,583
For hundreds of years,
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the Native Americans
who lived in that area
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00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,333
called the Ghost Panel
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00:40:21,417 --> 00:40:23,500
the Panel of the Star People.
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00:40:23,583 --> 00:40:26,083
Clearly, they are strangers
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00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:28,750
of some kind to these people.
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And if that's what it was,
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then we might assume that they
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00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:35,875
are depicting extraterrestrials.
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00:40:39,167 --> 00:40:42,667
The moment you lay eyes
on the Holy Ghost Panel,
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00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:45,542
you know you're looking
at something extraordinary.
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And it's much more
than a mere coincidence
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00:40:49,167 --> 00:40:50,875
that all around the world
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00:40:50,875 --> 00:40:54,333
our ancestors made
carvings and paintings
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00:40:54,458 --> 00:40:57,125
of mysterious beings
that they believe
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00:40:57,208 --> 00:40:58,750
came from the sky.
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00:40:58,875 --> 00:41:01,333
Could it be
that these illustrations
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are all telling the same story?
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That we were visited
in the distant past
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by extraterrestrials.
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00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:13,792
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