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NARRATOR: Throughout the world, there are places

where strange phenomena have been witnessed

for thousands of years.

NOORY: This planet is very, very unusual

when it comes to these certain spots.

TSOUKALOS: There are lights in the sky,

TSOUKALOS: There are lights in the sky, weird things that happen

weird things that happen

to electronic equipment,

to electronic equipment, weird magnetic anomalies.

weird magnetic anomalies.

There's something about these sacred sites

There's something about these sacred sites that is attracting UFOs.

that is attracting UFOs.

NARRATOR: Could these locations be somehow interconnected?

HENRY: The specific power spots where we find pyramids

HENRY: The specific power spots where we find pyramids and obelisks and other structures,

and obelisks and other structures,

may have not been chosen just by chance.

NARRATOR: Do these so-called "hot spots" serve

a profound, perhaps otherworldly purpose?

COLLINS: Quite clearly, these places are portals.

They are gateways onto another world.

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 are not alone. We have never been alone.

We have never been alone.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: Menlo Park, California.

May 2017.

Scientists working at the SLAC National

Accelerator Laboratory fire

the world's most powerful X-ray laser at a molecule.

They were looking to see what would happen if you took an atom

with a lot of electrons and hit it with a high-energy X-ray--

could you knock the electrons out of orbit around the atom

and produce something that had very few electrons?

But the system behaved very differently than expected.

NARRATOR: At first, the experiment goes as planned.

Electrons are knocked out of their orbits like pinballs.

But then, in one quadrillionth of a second,

a powerful force sucks electrons into a void,

and the molecule dramatically explodes.

It would suddenly start sucking in

all the electrons from the rest of the molecule

in a manner that they just had not anticipated.

MICHIO KAKU: The electrons were then compressed

and then drew other electrons into the process.

And, by golly, it looked like a black hole.

NARRATOR: A black hole?

A region of space that exhibits such

A region of space that exhibits such a strong gravitational field

a strong gravitational field

that nothing, not even light, can escape from it?

Fundamentally, they're just a lot of mass

Fundamentally, they're just a lot of mass crammed into a very small space.

crammed into a very small space.

What does that mean?

That means there's a very strong gravitational field around them.

Light can't even escape.

And that's where it gets the name "black hole."

BRANDENBURG: When one puts in spin

into the black hole equations,

one gets a much more exotic phenomenon.

What happens then is you get a vortex

around the black hole, a vortex of space-time.

KAKU: And here we actually saw something that resembled

a black hole, except it wasn't gravitational.

It was electromagnetic.

That is, it used the power of laser beams.

Now, how is that possible?

Well, it turns out that in Einstein's theory,

not just gravity, but any form of energy,

if it's concentrated enough, could become a black hole.

NARRATOR: For decades, since their discovery,

scientists have long believed

that black holes could only exist

in outer space, but if that were true,

how is it that they can be simulated

in an Earth-based laboratory?

CHILDRESS: Normally, when we think of black holes,

we think of a collapsed star and a great mass,

but with these new experiments it's showing us

that black holes can be created in different ways.

Including with electromagnetic energy

or high-energy pulses in a laboratory.

And so, therefore, black holes could be in any place.

There's areas around the Earth that we don't understand

that have unusual characteristics

similar to a black hole.

And so it's possible that these places are also black holes.

NARRATOR: If black holes can exist here on Earth,

could their presence help to explain

the numerous reports of strange phenomena,

going back thousands of years?

On Earth there have been stories of people missing time

or jumping a distance at much faster speeds

than what it would've taken in their plane or in their boat.

And that raises the question whether

very strange things apply in the vicinity of a black hole.

Maybe a vortex opens.

Maybe some type of passageway into the other realms

and dimensions which exist all around us.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that evidence

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that evidence of humans taking incredible journeys

of humans taking incredible journeys

through time-space portals exists

in ancient texts from all over the world.

One such example can even be found in the Old Testament

of the Hebrew Bible, and involves the story

of the Hebrew Bible, and involves the story of Moses on Mount Sinai.

of Moses on Mount Sinai.

TZADOK: Something very bizarre happened

on Mt. Sinai.

There's an ancient legend

that states when God calls Moses

that states when God calls Moses to heaven, a cloud descended.

to heaven, a cloud descended.

to heaven, a cloud descended. And then it curiously states

And then it curiously states

a door opened in the cloud

a door opened in the cloud and Moses walked in.

and Moses walked in.

The door closed behind him, and he ascended.

According to the Bible, Moses ascends

for 40 days and 40 nights.

Does not eat, does not drink, does not sleep.

40 days passed for us on Earth.

How much time passed for Moses in heaven?

What was the opening at Mt. Sinai?

It sounds like the cloud was

some type of a transportational device.

Within the context of an open vortex.

The entire mountain seemed to have been subject

to some radical alteration

of the normal physical laws that govern us.

If this has any kind of a literal understanding to it,

that a doorway to heaven would have been

an alteration in the fabric of space

as we understand it today, possibly of time itself.

In light of our modern understandings,

we need to reinvestigate

what the Bible is actually teaching us.

NARRATOR: If black holes can and do exist here on Earth,

NARRATOR: If black holes can and do exist here on Earth, what impact would they have?

what impact would they have?

Could they open up gateways that, if harnessed,

would allow us to quickly travel back and forth

through space and time?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and they suggest

that some of the most compelling evidence can be found

that some of the most compelling evidence can be found by exploring Earth's vile vortices.

by exploring Earth's vile vortices.

The Hitomi, an X-ray astronomy satellite

launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

just five weeks earlier, begins spinning uncontrollably.

The onboard altitude control system

is unable to slow down the spinning,

and over a period of hours,

and over a period of hours, the satellite breaks into ten fragments

the satellite breaks into ten fragments

and is observed tumbling out of orbit.

In the ensuing investigation,

a significant factor emerges:

The satellite's "Star Tracker" system,

The satellite's "Star Tracker" system, designed to keep it properly oriented,

designed to keep it properly oriented,

experienced glitches whenever the satellite passed through

a field of high radiation known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.

The Earth's magnetic field is generated

The Earth's magnetic field is generated deep in its interior

deep in its interior

deep in its interior by motions of liquid iron

by motions of liquid iron

and other substances,

the thermal currents

generated by radioactive decay in the core, etc.

So, it's a very complex phenomenon.

What we see on the surface

looks like a magnetic field of a bar magnet.

But apparently, there is some kind of imperfection

in it that is very deep.

And it creates a very localized reversal

of the Earth's magnetic field.

This is called the "South Atlantic Anomaly."

Astronauts flying through this region,

or satellites, are exposed to a very brief

but intense field of radiation.

NARRATOR: Comprising the area of the magnetosphere

NARRATOR: Comprising the area of the magnetosphere above much of South America

above much of South America

as well as the Atlantic Ocean,

as well as the Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic Anomaly

the South Atlantic Anomaly

has caused problems with spacecraft for decades.

It is for this reason that the International Space Station

requires extra shielding when passing by it,

and why NASA laptops have crashed when the Space Shuttle

flies through its intense levels of radiation.

CHILDRESS: When you go through the South Atlantic Anomaly,

strange things happen.

There are flashes of light, electronics will malfunction.

And even spacecraft have to be specially shielded

to go through this area.

NARRATOR: Although scientists understand

the nature of the South Atlantic Anomaly,

there is disagreement as to its effects.

And there is an increasing number who believe

And there is an increasing number who believe it may also create vortexes

it may also create vortexes

that can alter both time and space.

BRANDENBURG: Nature has found thresholds and doorways--

that people don't even know exist--

that can open under these specific circumstances.

If one can change the metric of space-time

directly, with electromagnetic fields,

then nature itself,

because of the enormous electromagnetic fields

it develops in weather disturbances, for example,

could possibly create its own electrodynamic black hole,

or rotating black hole solutions.

NARRATOR: Many ancient astronaut theorists

support this claim,

and suggest that our ancestors were so aware of it

that they even carved numerous representations of it

in stone, all over the world.

Inga, Brazil.

Here stands an ancient rock formation

known as the Inga Stone.

The formation is covered with carved symbols

that are of unknown origin and meaning.

But some researchers claim to have at least

partially deciphered the carvings,

and suggest they reveal that whoever made them

had advanced knowledge of both astronomy and physics.

In the Inga River in Brazil we find this incredible

150-foot-long, 12-foot-tall stone, the Inga Stone.

It's covered with the most immaculate carvings,

highly detailed, but totally mysterious.

We don't know who exactly created them, for what purpose.

RENATO LONGATO: And it has the most strange carvings

on the rock, on the surface.

There's also another petroglyphs and geoglyphs around

the Inga Stone and some of them have to do with constellations,

the Southern Cross, the Milky Way,

the Southern Cross, the Milky Way, the Orion constellation

the Orion constellation

and other constellations

that were describing in area, as well.

Some people interpret that the spirals around it

have to do with energy, vortex of energy,

there is magnetic anomalies on the Inga Stone, that's for sure.

HENRY: We know that the Inga Stone

contains astronomical data.

And what's interesting about this is that the native peoples

typically didn't make astronomical depictions.

They made depictions of supernatural beings.

So, this kind of hints us in the idea that maybe the origin

of this knowledge is indeed extraterrestrial beings.

NARRATOR: Curiously, the Inga Stone is located

within the exact same geographical area

as the South Atlantic Anomaly.

Is it possible that the stone's enigmatic carvings

were inspired by the arrival of an ancient space traveler,

one who had landed here centuries ago?

And if so, could the South Atlantic Anomaly--

while perhaps the largest and best known of its kind--

be one of many similar anomalies that exist here on Earth?

The Bermuda Triangle.

The Devil's Sea.

Easter Island.

The Indus Valley.

These are just a few of 12 triangular zones

spaced evenly around the globe

known for disappearances,

high energy,

and other unexplainable phenomena.

Collectively, they have been referred to

as the Vile Vortices.

COLLINS: The Scottish-born biologist

and cryptozoologist and writer Ivan T. Sanderson

came up with a theory to do

with paranormal phenomena occurring

at different parts of the world.

He believed that there were 12 principal locations

where this would actually take place.

And he referred to them as "the Vile Vortices."

In other words, that they were quite violent in their action.

Sanderson was trying to find an explanation

Sanderson was trying to find an explanation to all of these disappearances.

to all of these disappearances.

And it was this geometric pattern on the Earth

that he thought was a solution to what was going on,

and that certain spots on the Earth were just anomalistic

and had these strange energy patterns.

There is no question that his work proves to me

that there's a lot more that we don't understand

about this planet.

about this planet. Whether it's natural

Whether it's natural

or some kind of paranormal episode, I don't know.

But there's no question this planet is very,

very unusual when it comes to these certain spots.

HENRY: If extraterrestrials visited Earth

in the distant past, maybe they simply harnessed

what was already present in the Earth.

And that they had a technology to bring these places

into a higher energetic state where they could use them

as black holes, or wormholes, or for other purposes.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the so-called "Vile Vortices,"

in addition to phenomena like the South Atlantic Anomaly,

could help explain mysterious disappearances?

And that there are locations on Earth where conditions are

optimal for the creation of black holes or portals?

Areas where humans could, without warning,

be suddenly thrust into another space or time?

DENNIN: If you look at the bottom of a black hole,

it could be a place where you want

to think of a hole, actually, in space and time,

that reconnects somewhere else.

And so you can go through the black hole,

like a door or a tunnel,

and end up either in another part of the universe

and end up either in another part of the universe or in another actual universe.

or in another actual universe.

NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials have used

NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials have used these so-called "portals"

these so-called "portals"

to visit the Earth in the distant past?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest further clues can be found

by investigating one of the places

that, in recent decades, has been the site

of more curious disappearances than any other:

the Bermuda Triangle.

NARRATOR: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

December 5, 1945.

Five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers,

Five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers, collectively known as Flight 19,

collectively known as Flight 19,

set out on a training mission over the Bermuda Triangle.

Without warning, all five bombers experience

malfunctions with their onboard instruments.

malfunctions with their onboard instruments. They contact air control

They contact air control

and report their mysterious difficulties.

And all five of their compasses were not working correctly

and they had two navigational instruments

and they had two navigational instruments that they could use

that they could use

and they were not working properly either.

It caused total confusion.

It caused total confusion. They didn't know their position.

They didn't know their position.

So they did what a lot of other pilots have done

in the past: they made a series of turns.

And that's what causes pilots to become confused.

NARRATOR: The planes disappeared from radar,

and their last communication consisted of nothing

but eerie static.

(static crackling)

The Navy immediately launched two seaplanes

The Navy immediately launched two seaplanes to search for the missing bombers.

to search for the missing bombers.

Just 20 minutes after take-off, they, too, vanished.

The unusual thing is they didn't find any parts.

No life jackets or life rafts.

Despite some claims in more modern times

that Grumman Avengers have been discovered that might

have been Flight 19, the actuality of the case

is that it is a mystery of exactly what happened.

NARRATOR: The disappearance of Flight 19 is one

of many bizarre and unexplainable events

that have taken place in the area

that is now known as the Bermuda Triangle.

The Bermuda Triangle is really

located off of Florida.

The northern point of it is the island of Bermuda.

It then goes down to, essentially, southern Florida,

and then out into the Bahamas.

And this is an area that has historically

had strange phenomenon.

It is something that goes back all the way to the time

of Christopher Columbus as he passed through this area,

because he found that his compasses

strangely didn't work as he passed through

what we now know as the Bermuda Triangle.

He also saw mysterious lights in the same area

just a few days later after his compasses failed.

The famous Mary Celeste ship was found in the Bermuda Triangle

without any crew on it at all, and no one could explain it.

What's very bizarre about some of these instances

is that these people vanished in front of multiple witnesses.

In circumstances that seemed to be impossible.

It's like these people were here and they suddenly

just blinked out as if they walked

off the surface of the Earth.

My guess is that you're dealing

with something that is dimensional.

And when you go through it,

there's that possibility you may never come back.

NARRATOR: For decades, scientists and researchers have

struggled to find a cause for the mysterious disappearances.

They are equally puzzled by the numerous reports

of everything from instrument failure

to compasses that strangely point

to true north instead of magnetic north.

On December 4, 1970,

On December 4, 1970, almost 25 years to the day

almost 25 years to the day

after the disappearance of Flight 19...

...a pilot by the name of Bruce Gernon was in an aircraft

flying between Andros Island

and the island of Bimini,

when he had an absolutely incredible experience.

The controls on his plane also went crazy.

He felt, in the end that somehow he had been

in the Bermuda Triangle when it was activated.

Since that time, researchers have been trying

to find out exactly what happened during that flight.

NARRATOR: In March 2018, ancient astronaut theorist

and author David Childress

traveled to an airfield in West Palm Beach, Florida,

to meet face-to-face with one

of the very few men who experienced the strange power

of the Bermuda Triangle, and survived.

So, what is our plan today?

Well, we're going to recreate our flight that I had in 1970.

Well, we're going to recreate our flight that I had in 1970. And I can show you on the chart here.

And I can show you on the chart here.

We're going to go direct from Palm Beach

right to this curved area

of Andros Island on the western shore.

And we're going down to a thousand feet at this point.

And that's where my experience in 1970 began.

I am the only living person that has flown

through the heart of it and then exited

what I call a time tunnel vortex and survived.

So, have you ever retraced your flight?

I've never been on the exact flight path

that I was when I had this event.

And that's what I'd like to take you through today,

- the exact flight path. - Into the Bermuda Triangle and...

This isn't a one-way flight, is it?

No, sir, we'll be back.

No, sir, we'll be back. CHILDRESS: Okay. I'm ready.

CHILDRESS: Okay. I'm ready.

♪ ♪

So Bruce, it was 1970 and you were flying out of Andros.

Who-who was with you on this flight?

Who-who was with you on this flight? My dad and our business partner

My dad and our business partner

was with us and it was a routine flight.

But, uh, this is the area where I took off

But, uh, this is the area where I took off and started my ascent.

and started my ascent.

I was at a thousand feet just like we are right now.

And I started climbing

straight out over that bank right there.

- There it is! - CHILDRESS: Is that it? Okay.

I don't know, it looks kinda eerie here.

There's nothing much around, is there?

Very remote area of the Bahama bank.

- Wow, what was that? - Did you feel that?

- Wow, what was that? - Did you feel that? - Uh... - There it is.

- Uh... - There it is.

CHILDRESS: That was the weirdest!

- Did you catch that? - CHILDRESS: We should maybe--

Okay. It's out of control?

PILOT: It's okay, guys, we just hit a rough spot.

- (laughing) - We've just got a little turbulence here.

- It's turbulence. - CHILDRESS: How 'bout that? Yeah. Wow.

I'm-- I have to admit, I'm actually

glad that we didn't vanish.

That's right in this exact area here

That's right in this exact area here where it did that.

where it did that.

- Wow, a premonition, maybe. - BRUCE: Kind of, yeah.

All right, so did you think that anything

strange was going to happen to you that day?

No, no, I had no premonitions,

but this strange cloud formed right in front of us,

and it was like a lenticular-shaped cloud.

But it was just sort of hovering there.

And it did look a little strange.

As soon as I got over it, it started expanding.

And then before you know it, I'm inside the cloud.

And so now I can't see anything. Visibility was near zero.

There was lightning in there.

It was flashes of lightning.

These flashes got more and more intense

the deeper we went in it.

It got darker, too.

It was almost like night and day.

My co-pilot, my dad, he said maybe we ought

to turn around and go back to Andros.

I didn't want to turn around and go back through this cloud

that was freaking me out, you know?

that was freaking me out, you know? It would've been worse.

It would've been worse.

There was no turning back, you felt.

I said to my dad, "Well, hold on, not yet."

NARRATOR: Rather than turning back for land,

Bruce decided to pull out of the cloud

that the plane had become immersed in

and continued on his flight path.

and continued on his flight path. But when he came out of the cloud,

But when he came out of the cloud,

he realized that the situation was

even more incredible than he first thought.

His plane was surrounded on all sides by a giant storm,

and there appeared to be no way out.

I felt like we were trapped inside this strange storm.

And then I notice a big tunnel, about a mile wide,

and ten miles long.

So, I said, "Oh, right, we'll go through that."

My dad agreed.

When we entered the tunnel, an incredible thing happened.

A series of clouds formed a swirling line

that was slowly rotating counterclockwise.

It felt like we were hydroplaning.

It felt like we were hydroplaning. Somehow, we were at zero gravity,

Somehow, we were at zero gravity,

we were floating and going forward somehow.

When I came out of the tunnel,

I looked back behind and I watched the tunnel collapse.

The radar controller comes back on the microphone

and he's-he's yelling really loud

and he's-he's yelling really loud and he's all excited.

and he's all excited.

He says, "I got an airplane directly over Miami Beach."

So I look at my watch,

no, I got another 30 minutes to go here.

"I'm at least 80 miles east of you guys," I tell him.

But then I look down, and there's Miami Beach

But then I look down, and there's Miami Beach right below me.

right below me.

I traveled 100 miles in only three minutes.

NARRATOR: 100 miles?

In three minutes?

Bruce's plane would have to have been traveling

2,000 miles per hour to cross that distance

in such a short amount of time,

a speed that his small plane was not even remotely capable of.

But the people on the plane, they're...

Except for a little bit of mist and fog around them,

they don't really notice anything strange is happening.

No, they didn't notice anything strange.

But all their watches were set back 20 minutes.

I believe now that what was happening was

I was seeing the fabric of time.

And I believe that is what creates the mystery

of the Bermuda Triangle.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the so-called tunnel

that Bruce describes

was actually some type of electromagnetic vortex?

One that, like a black hole, could alter both time and space?

And if so, might there be something

about the area itself that is responsible for the phenomena?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by exploring mysterious standing stones

that, according to ancient astronaut theorists,

may be the remnants of an alien power grid.

NARRATOR: On the northwest coast of France

lies the most famous and mysterious collection

of ancient standing stones

of ancient standing stones found anywhere in the world.

found anywhere in the world.

Stretching across two miles of rolling countryside,

the more than 3,000 giant menhirs

are known as the Carnac Stones.

French archeologists have been able to give a date

to these standing stones

and it's 5,000 BC.

So, they're saying that these stones

So, they're saying that these stones were erected 7,000 years ago,

were erected 7,000 years ago,

were erected 7,000 years ago, but they don't know who erected them.

but they don't know who erected them.

but they don't know who erected them. They don't know why they were erected.

They don't know why they were erected.

They don't know why they were erected. They don't know how they moved

They don't know how they moved

all these stones and erected them.

Some of these stones are as much as ten feet tall.

And they are arranged in huge alignments.

Some of them are in parallel lines.

Some of them are fan-like.

NARRATOR: The Carnac "alignments"

refer to rows of stones

that run in precise lines for long distances

through the landscape.

NEWMAN: This is long before Stonehenge

and Avebury and other such sites.

So who were these people and how were they able to move

up to 70-ton blocks over huge distances

and lay them out into these geometric configurations?

NARRATOR: Some mainstream scholars suggest that the stones

are simply grave markers, while others claim they track

astronomical events like the solstice and equinox.

But neither theory can explain the precise placement

of the stones in geometric alignments.

One of the most interesting of the Carnac alignments

One of the most interesting of the Carnac alignments is the alignment of Menec.

is the alignment of Menec.

When viewed from above, we can see

these 11 almost perfect parallel lines

these 11 almost perfect parallel lines that stretch out for almost a mile.

that stretch out for almost a mile.

So the Menec alignment is so pristine

and created with such perfection we can't even imagine

and created with such perfection we can't even imagine how it would've been done in ancient times.

how it would've been done in ancient times.

Now, we have to wonder what these lines were for.

NARRATOR: 1992.

Pierre Mereaux, a French engineer in thermodynamics,

performs a study of the Carnac Stones,

which produces some highly intriguing results.

What he found was that the stones were aligned

and placed over areas that had quartz fissures.

The standing stones themselves

The standing stones themselves are also made of quartz.

are also made of quartz.

Now these stones, as I understand it,

have a fair amount of quartz,

and quartz is an interesting material

because we do connect it with piezoelectricity.

NARRATOR: Piezoelectricity is the process of generating

electricity from crystals, like quartz,

when they are placed under pressure.

This technology is used today in watches,

speakers, and computer storage systems.

But in order for the stones found

in the Carnac region to generate a charge,

they would need to be stimulated by a tremendous amount of force.

NEWMAN: When studying the landscape of Carnac,

Pierre Mereaux found fault zones

which the stone avenues appeared to be aligned to.

TAYLOR: It's really interesting; if there was tectonic movement,

the quartz could be stimulated to create

a release of energy using the piezoelectric effect.

And these stones are standing in just the right

locations where you could create a phenomena like this.

You can store and create

electromagnetic energy in these types of stones.

NARRATOR: In addition to being placed over a fault line,

there is also the presence of a strong and measurable

"earth energy" that lies beneath the stones.

So, one of the cool things about the Earth

So, one of the cool things about the Earth is the currents that exist.

is the currents that exist.

I mean, it's something we don't think about a lot

is that underneath the earth,

and the crust, and the mantle and in the oceans

and the water, there's constant electric current flowing.

Some of it very reproduceable and very steady.

It seems as if the Carnac Stones somehow were reflecting

the presence of these electrical currents beneath the earth,

almost as if the prehistoric peoples that created them were

aware of the subtle energies of the Earth.

TAYLOR: Somebody understood something

about the quartz in the ground,

the standing stones and the fault line.

It's too big of a coincidence for them

not to have understood that.

TSOUKALOS: I think in Carnac, our ancestors did

not know what they were creating.

The entire region has over four thousand stones.

And, of course, it was our human ancestors who moved that stone.

It was not aliens who moved the stone.

But somebody told our ancestors why to move it there,

But somebody told our ancestors why to move it there, and above all, how to move it there.

and above all, how to move it there.

and above all, how to move it there. Carnac at some point was

Carnac at some point was

an extraterrestrial hot spot.

NARRATOR: Were the stones at Carnac

part of an electrical grid?

One that was created by extraterrestrial visitors

to tap into the natural energy produced by the Earth?

to tap into the natural energy produced by the Earth? But if so, to what end?

But if so, to what end?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

some of the strange events that have occurred

some of the strange events that have occurred near ancient standing stones.

near ancient standing stones.

Rudston, England.

This ancient village in Yorkshire

has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years,

and several of its Neolithic structures are still standing,

as well as a number of monoliths.

But one towers above the rest.

The Rudston Monolith is the tallest

The Rudston Monolith is the tallest standing stone in Britain.

standing stone in Britain.

Currently it is 25 feet in height

and it weighs 40 tons.

Some researchers say that the monolith was found

at Cayton Bay, which is about ten miles

from Rudston, and was carried up onto the hill.

So the effort involved to try to lift the stone

in an upright position is beyond imagination.

NARRATOR: Archaeologists believe the Rudston Monolith dates

NARRATOR: Archaeologists believe the Rudston Monolith dates back to at least 2500 BC.

back to at least 2500 BC.

But some point to evidence that it could be far older.

BRENNAN: Well, we know that people have lived nearby Rudston

for over 11,000 years,

in the Mesolithic era.

Because there have been some fantastic excavations

which have revealed the oldest house/dwelling in the U.K.

So, the Rudston Monolith could be as old as that.

NARRATOR: If the Rudston Monolith

really is 11,000 years old,

that would mean it was transported and erected

some 6,000 years before the invention of the wheel.

And according to local historians,

just as mysterious as the origins

of the giant standing stone

is the strange phenomena

that have been observed in the area for centuries.

This particular area of the world is known

as the Bermuda Triangle of East Yorkshire,

and there's a multitude of strange phenomena

that people report.

Strange lights and odd occurrences

in the sky and on the ground.

NEWMAN: We have reports of high strangeness

in the region dating back to the tenth century.

in the region dating back to the tenth century. We have accounts of lights in the sky.

We have accounts of lights in the sky.

Intelligent light forms that seem

to have a purpose and a will of their own.

People get electric shocks off the Rudston Monolith.

They have altered states experiences.

KAVANAGH: People claim to have seen green-skinned

fairy-like folk scuttling around the Rudston.

TSOUKALOS: Aerial phenomena are reported in that region.

Lights in the sky, weird things that happen

to electronic equipment, weird magnetic anomalies.

So, clearly, there is something going on there.

CHILDRESS: So you have to wonder, is the Rudston Monolith there

CHILDRESS: So you have to wonder, is the Rudston Monolith there because of all these strange effects?

because of all these strange effects?

Or perhaps the Rudston Monolith itself

is helping create some of these effects.

NARRATOR: But how could an ancient standing stone

be the source of such unusual phenomena?

Are Earth energies being amplified

Are Earth energies being amplified by the monolith, just like at Carnac?

by the monolith, just like at Carnac?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest there is far more to the Rudston Monolith

than meets the eye.

NARRATOR: Rudston, England.

In the early 1700s, English scholar William Stukeley

conducted an excavation at the site

of the Rudston Monolith, and discovered that the rock

was twice as large as previously thought,

with half of it lodged in the earth.

HUTCHISON: What's interesting about Rudston Monolith,

they discovered this extension of the stone went 25 feet below

the surface, as well as 25 feet above the surface.

This is what makes this monolith the largest

standing stone in Britain.

CHILDRESS: What was the purpose?

I mean, it's a lot of effort

that they're doing for no real reason that we can gather.

It seems that they're tapping

into certain places where this energy from the Earth

can be gathered and then somehow emitted.

NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient people embedded

this 50-foot-tall stone a full 25 feet deep

in the ground as an attempt to tap into Earth energies?

Curiously, the Rudston Monolith--

Curiously, the Rudston Monolith-- like the Carnac Stones in France--

like the Carnac Stones in France--

is composed primarily

of highly conductive quartz crystal.

of highly conductive quartz crystal. HUTCHISON: The monolith is gritstone.

HUTCHISON: The monolith is gritstone.

And gritstone is a conglomerate of sandstone

with large grains of quartz-like sand.

Gritstone has a high degree of conductivity

because of the electromagnetic frequencies

that quartz can contain in some stones.

So, it is a conductor of energy.

NARRATOR: And also like Carnac, Rudston is a location

where there are strong Earth energies.

Some suspect this is due, in part, to the presence

of the Gypsey Race River that runs beneath the earth here.

The Gypsey Race is a type of river that flows aboveground,

then underground, then aboveground again

weaving in and out of the earth rather like a giant worm.

The Gypsey Race River is known as the Waters of Woe,

because it's said to flood before calamity strikes,

such as a war, famine or plague.

One of the times in which the Rudston Gypsey Race River

flooded was just before a meteorite struck.

It's hardly surprising that people think the Gypsey Race

leaves rise to energy vortices in the Earth.

NARRATOR: Rudston is also believed to be at a convergence point

of what are known as ley lines.

In the 1920s, English landscape photographer

Alfred Watkins made the curious discovery

that many of the prehistoric standing stones and significant

ancient sites of England and France

line up in perfectly straight lines.

Other researchers have since theorized

Other researchers have since theorized that the ancient people

that the ancient people

placed standing stones and structures along these lines

because they were somehow aware of underlying energy currents.

I think the ancients followed a line of energy...

and placed certain monuments and monolith stones

that could activate those lines of energy.

CHILDRESS: The Rudston Monolith apparently

is at a junction of three ley lines.

And there's an energy associated with these.

It's a subtle energy, but it's there and it can be

amplified by these standing stones.

NARRATOR: Was the Rudston Monolith erected

by ancient people who were aware

that this is a place of powerful Earth energy?

Or is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists believe,

that they were directed by otherworldly visitors?

NEWMAN: The ancients knew what they were doing.

They were placing these stones in specific spots.

And it would affect the energy.

But were they working with other beings to do this?

We have to ask these kind of questions

because why would they do it?

There's so much energy that is being recorded

at these sites that we have to look at this seriously.

It seems as if it was the result of some kind of contact

with entities, perhaps even extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists point out

that although no written records exist to document the origins

of the prehistoric standing stones found around the world,

many of the ancient cultures attributed them

many of the ancient cultures attributed them to otherworldly beings.

to otherworldly beings.

In Wiltshire, England, legend says that the monoliths

of Stonehenge were erected by the magician Merlin,

of Stonehenge were erected by the magician Merlin, who was not of this Earth.

who was not of this Earth.

McGOWAN: The great 20th-century French

philosopher and historian, Jean Marcel,

wrote over 40 books on the Celtic traditions.

And was adamant that Merlin

was an incredibly powerful otherworldly being.

And in a number of the legends Merlin brought the understanding

of how to utilize these stones in some extraordinary way

in terms of technology, communications, energy.

Now, also in the Breton legends of Carnac,

Michael the Archangel comes down to Earth incarnate

and brings this extraordinary information

to this very powerful place to build

these alignments that occur at Carnac to create the energy,

to harness the energy, to utilize it in some way.

NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists,

the most compelling account of all comes from Ireland.

According to Celtic legend, the Lia Fáil, a sacred stone

used in the coronation of kings,

was placed on the Hill of Tara by mysterious beings

known as the Tuatha Dé Danann.

They were said to appear on mountaintops

amidst dark clouds floating down in ships from the sky.

And they brought great knowledge of the architecture,

metal working, and medicine to Ireland.

HENRY: In Irish tradition, the Tuatha Dé Danann

possessed god-like powers, but they were mortals.

And so you wonder, what are they talking about here?

NEWMAN: Lia Fail arrived with the Tuatha Dé Danann.

So it has this mystical kind of history

that goes way, way back, potentially thousands of years.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that these stories

of otherworldly visitations

are not merely mythology

but are based on actual events?

If so, were our ancestors instructed

to place the stones at precise points on the Earth?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining the legends behind some of humankind's

most sacred sites

and the otherworldly beings who inspired them.

NARRATOR: Cusco, Peru.

Nestled in a high river valley of the Andes Mountains,

among peaks towering over 20,000 feet,

this once great city served as the capital

of the Inca Empire from the 13th to 16th centuries AD.

In 1533, Spanish conquistadors arrived in Cusco

and were astonished by the incredible stonework

found at a site just north of the city called Sacsayhuamán.

Above the city of Cusco, we find the megalithic site

and huge ceremonial Inca complex called Sacsayhuamán.

Its most prominent feature is a zigzag wall of three levels.

Some of the stones there weigh as much as 125 tons

and were moved from the quarry at least three miles away.

Sacsayhuamán is one of the most beautiful

ancient structures you will ever see in your life.

There are massive, gigantic, megalithic blocks.

There are massive, gigantic, megalithic blocks. And you find the most amazing

And you find the most amazing

of masonry style where you can't even fit a dollar bill

in between the fittings of any of the blocks.

NARRATOR: Sacsayhuamán served both as a fortress

and a ceremonial center.

A circular structure that lies within the megalithic walls,

called Muyuq Marka, was the base of a tower

where the Inca worshipped the sun god Inti.

However, many experts suggest

that while the Inca certainly utilized

that while the Inca certainly utilized this megalithic structure,

this megalithic structure,

they were not the ones to build it.

Standard belief is that the Inca constructed

Sacsayhuamán less than a thousand years ago.

But some of the earliest Spanish chronicles it is said

that the Spanish were completely astounded by seeing this site

and they asked the local Inca, "Did you build it?"

and they asked the local Inca, "Did you build it?" And the Inca replied, "No.

And the Inca replied, "No.

This was here when we arrived 500 years ago."

NARRATOR: Many experts believe Sacsayhuamán predates the Inca

by thousands of years,

and that the Inca built on top of what came before.

The Inca were a Bronze Age civilization

The Inca were a Bronze Age civilization and the stones at Sacsayhuamán

and the stones at Sacsayhuamán

are metamorphosed limestone,

which is much harder than bronze

and could not be cut or shaped using bronze tools.

The Inca built on top 'cause you can tell a major

difference between megalithic construction,

where the stones fit perfectly together,

and the Inca, which is stones piled on top of stones

with mortar as filler.

NARRATOR: But if Sacsayhuamán really does pre-date the Inca,

as the Inca themselves claimed,

how could an even earlier civilization

have possessed far superior technology?

The ancient Inca talk about celestial beings

who descended from the sky a long time ago

and imparted the first knowledge of anything

and imparted the first knowledge of anything toward people of Earth.

toward people of Earth.

The ancient astronaut theory suggests it was human beings

The ancient astronaut theory suggests it was human beings who built Sacsayhuamán,

who built Sacsayhuamán,

but under the tutelage of the extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the astonishing megalithic

stonework at Sacsayhuamán was achieved

with the help of alien technology,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?

And if so, might the Inca have built on top of it

and established it as a place of worship

because they were somehow aware of this?

Sacsayhuamán is only one of many places

where ancient civilizations have felt compelled

to repeatedly build their most sacred sites.

In fact, there are locations all around the world

where successive cultures have rebuilt over and over again.

This has been going on since the end of the last Ice Age

with places like Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey,

with places like Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey, where the oldest and most sophisticated

where the oldest and most sophisticated

monuments were built first on the bedrock.

And then, eventually, they would be covered over

and a new structure, a new enclosure

built on top of them.

Some of the most iconic temple sites around the world

from Baalbek in Lebanon to the Temple of Horus at Edfu

in Egypt, are built on the exact same location

as former temples that were reputed to be there.

And the question is, why?

NARRATOR: It is not uncommon for people to repurpose

an old structure or rebuild

on its foundation for practical purposes.

on its foundation for practical purposes. But what ancient astronaut theorists

But what ancient astronaut theorists

find intriguing is how the most sacred sites

tend to remain sacred over thousands of years.

And of all the places in the world

where this phenomenon is found,

perhaps there is none more universally revered

perhaps there is none more universally revered than the 35-acre platform in Jerusalem

than the 35-acre platform in Jerusalem

than the 35-acre platform in Jerusalem known as Temple Mount.

known as Temple Mount.

McGOWAN: The Temple Mount is arguably the most important

spiritual site in the world.

All three of the primary monotheistic religions

have a connection to the events of history

that occurred on top of the Temple Mount.

It's believed that is this the stone

from which the world originates.

It's a crucial element in the Jewish tradition

when Isaac is offered up for sacrifice by Abraham,

this happens on the exposed surface of Mount Moriah.

this happens on the exposed surface of Mount Moriah. That's the Temple Mount.

That's the Temple Mount.

For Muslims, this is where the prophet

For Muslims, this is where the prophet Muhammad ascends up to heaven.

Muhammad ascends up to heaven.

That stone is now covered over by the Dome of the Rock,

this very important Islamic monument.

NARRATOR: The Dome of the Rock has stood at Temple Mount

NARRATOR: The Dome of the Rock has stood at Temple Mount for more than 1300 years,

for more than 1300 years,

but the very first temple to occupy this sacred space

was the legendary Solomon's Temple,

constructed upon order of the Israelite king

in the tenth century BC.

According to the Hebrew Bible, King Solomon received a message

from the heavens to build his temple on this spot.

Its primary purpose was to house the Ark of the Covenant

the golden box which carried the two stone tablets

inscribed with the Ten Commandments,

and which was said to be God's earthly throne.

Solomon has a communication with the angel Michael

who comes and helps Solomon to build this.

And so not only is this the presence of God

on this spot, it's God who's helping in the building of this.

And so that's part of what makes that place so special.

So literally divine.

NARRATOR: Solomon's Temple was destroyed

by the Babylonians in 586 BC.

But 70 years later, Jewish exiles returning to Jerusalem

built a new temple on the exact same location.

That's what we call the Second Temple.

And that temple survives until the year 70 AD,

And that temple survives until the year 70 AD, when it's destroyed by the Romans.

when it's destroyed by the Romans.

when it's destroyed by the Romans. Then, in the seventh century,

Then, in the seventh century,

Muslims conquer Jerusalem.

They build the Dome of the Rock there.

And, so, there's been a long history

of different people coming in, taking control,

of different people coming in, taking control, building, rebuilding places there.

building, rebuilding places there.

McGOWAN: Solomon was instructed to build the temple

on this incredibly important space.

So why is this space important?

Is it an energetic space? Is it a portal?

What we see over and over again,

with these profound religious sites

all over the world, is we see this reverence for power places

endures from the earliest human history to today.

We're constantly building on top of these places.

NARRATOR: If a higher power instructed King Solomon

to build on Temple Mount, could there be something special

about this particular location on Earth?

And could the same be true for other places

around the world where successive cultures

built again and again?

Perhaps further clues can be found by examining

one of the most astonishing megalithic sites in the world,

and stories about its connection to the stars.

NARRATOR: Baalbek, Lebanon.

Here, in the fertile Bekaa Valley,

stands what many consider to be the greatest ruin

of Roman antiquity:

of Roman antiquity: the colossal Temple of Jupiter.

the colossal Temple of Jupiter.

But the imposing remains that tower over the site today

are only the latest in a long line

of structures erected on this spot.

Archaeologists say the area has been continually inhabited

for at least 10,000 years,

and no one knows who built the first place of worship here.

But according to legend,

both Egyptian and Assyrian conquerors

erected sanctuaries on the site,

followed by the Canaanites and Phoenicians who built

followed by the Canaanites and Phoenicians who built a great temple here to their god Baal

a great temple here to their god Baal

around 2500 BC.

Baalbek is one of those places where you have different people

over millennia building their shrines, their temples,

to their particular, you know, gods or goddesses.

You've got this temple that's built by the Phoenicians

for one of their deities, Baal.

Then Alexander the Great conquers this area

and surprise, surprise, builds a temple to the Greek gods.

NARRATOR: In the first century BC,

roughly 300 years after Alexander the Great,

the Romans conquer Lebanon

and decide to erect a temple here to their chief god Jupiter.

The main Roman temple once boasted 54 columns,

each a staggering 65 feet in height.

But while visitors to the ruins may first notice

the towering Roman columns, the most impressive feature

at Baalbek is its massive foundation.

To this day, Baalbek, Lebanon has remained one

of the most enduring mysteries on planet Earth...

because the masonry that we find there is unparalleled

compared to the rest of the world.

In fact, there are three stone blocks, called the trilithons,

each weighing approximately 800 metric tons,

each weighing approximately 800 metric tons, which is 1.6 million pounds.

which is 1.6 million pounds.

COLLINS: Each of these blocks is approximately

62 feet in length by about 14 feet in depth

and 12 feet in breadth.

And they're not even on the ground.

So whoever placed them there in ancient times

would have had to have raised them

up to a height of about 20 feet.

HENRY: Each of the stones were quarried two miles away

and put perfectly into place with such precision

that you can't even put a credit card

or a needle in between those massive blocks.

NARRATOR: How ancient people carved and moved

such massive stones is a question

that baffles archaeologists to this day.

And equally as mysterious is who placed them there.

The giant blocks in the foundation are clearly

of a different building style than the temples that sit above.

And in my opinion, that platform is not just ancient.

And in my opinion, that platform is not just ancient. It is prehistoric.

It is prehistoric.

NARRATOR: But if the platform at Baalbek

was constructed thousands of years before

the Romans arrived in the Bekaa Valley,

why did they choose this as the site

to build their most magnificent temple?

One pioneering Russian scholar has proposed that humans

may have been drawn to this location because it was the site

of one of Earth's earliest extraterrestrial events.

Scientist and mathematician Dr. Matest Agrest

sends shockwaves through the world of academia

with an article in which he poses

a new theory called "paleo contact,"

a precursor to what is known today

as the ancient astronaut theory,

suggesting that certain Biblical texts

could be interpreted as evidence of alien visitation.

And, according to Agrest,

one place where such visitations occurred was Baalbek.

Dr. Matest Agrest went into the ancient record,

the book of Enoch and other Hebrew texts,

the book of Enoch and other Hebrew texts, and noticed that there were beings coming

and noticed that there were beings coming

from the sky or the stars that came to Earth,

and he came up with a theory

that they were extraterrestrial beings

who came to Earth to assist humanity in developing

advanced technology to build stone constructions,

such as what we see at Baalbek in Lebanon.

NARRATOR: Agrest wrote about "The Watchers,"

a group of fallen angels who,

according to the Biblical account,

descended to Earth at Mount Hermon,

very near the site of Baalbek.

Agrest suggested that the Watchers were, in fact,

Agrest suggested that the Watchers were, in fact, visitors from another planet,

visitors from another planet,

who built the megalithic platform at Baalbek

as a launch pad.

He thought it was a giant stone platform

that spaceships could land on and take off from,

and this makes a lot of sense because it's so incredibly solid

with these huge stone blocks in it,

that even huge vehicles, such as rockets,

could land and take off from this huge platform.

NARRATOR: Two decades after the publication of Agrest's

controversial article, author and researcher

Zecharia Sitchin came to the same conclusion

about Baalbek based on a 5,000-year-old Sumerian text.

The Epic of Gilgamesh tells of a hero of superhuman strength

who embarks on an impossible quest.

In the course of his journeys, Gilgamesh arrives at a site

where he encounters otherworldly gods,

a site that sounds suspiciously like Baalbek.

In the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh,

which is one of the great and important legends

of human history, we have the hero arriving

in a place known as the Landing Place.

A space which allows the ascent and the descent

of beings from the heavens to the Earth.

HENRY: Zecharia Sitchin, in the 1970s, proposed,

based on his reading of the Epic of Gilgamesh,

that Gilgamesh himself had seen some sort of a spacecraft

take off from a landing site

and pinpointed that site as Baalbek.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that Baalbek

was a landing pad for alien visitors?

And that it may have remained an extraterrestrial

And that it may have remained an extraterrestrial hot spot for thousands of years?

hot spot for thousands of years?

Could that be why so many ancient peoples,

such as the Egyptians, Assyrians, Canaanites,

Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans,

all chose to build and rebuild

some of their greatest temples at that specific location?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest this massive structure

was once part of a global network

built to facilitate contact with extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Chichen Itza, Mexico.

August 2015.

A sinkhole is discovered

under the 1,000-year-old El Castillo temple.

Scientists, worried about the stability of the pyramid,

begin extensive examinations of the site.

While investigating, they discovered two nested

structures contained within the confines of the pyramid.

SILVA: The pyramid at Chichen Itza is actually

not one pyramid, but three.

not one pyramid, but three. These are built like Russian dolls.

These are built like Russian dolls.

They keep repeating the same design feature,

the same construction method,

the same construction method, the same unit of measure over time.

the same unit of measure over time.

So, obviously, something worked thousands of years ago

and they kept repeating it again, and again,

and again, like a cookie-cutter process.

It is a pyramid that's inside of another pyramid.

We also see this at the Great Pyramid of Cholula,

one of the largest pyramids in the world,

just outside of Mexico City.

Also, we see this at Djoser's pyramid

in Saqqara in Egypt.

So ancient peoples were, for some reason,

rebuilding, over and over again,

these ancient structures.

Did the extraterrestrials who had designed these temples

have a certain purpose in mind?

Something that we still don't understand?

NARRATOR: If extraterrestrials were directing the building

and rebuilding of these nested structures,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose, does it suggest that over time

does it suggest that over time

there may have been a need for larger architecture?

If so, could it be that they served a technological function?

And much like the ancient constructions that fall within

the ley lines of Europe, might the sacred sites found worldwide

also connect to a larger blueprint?

The origins of the idea of a world grid

can be traced back to ancient Greece.

Philosophers like Plato were very adamant

that the ancient sacred places were specially positioned along

the face of the Earth in a very deliberate way,

and they conformed to what was called a world grid.

The temples were not placed haphazardly.

They actually had a structure and purpose to them.

NARRATOR: In the 1960's, researcher Ivan T. Sanderson

NARRATOR: In the 1960's, researcher Ivan T. Sanderson plotted out his own planetary grid

plotted out his own planetary grid

based on Plato's work.

Other world grid researchers would later

build upon his model.

What they identified was that there was a geometric pattern

that could be superimposed on the Earth

and that grid point usually started

at the Great Pyramid itself.

And they would go out from there in a geometric form.

DAVID WILCOCK: Russian researchers did a full survey

of all of the large stone structures that have

ever been found all over the Earth,

a total of 3,300 different stone structures.

And they found that every single one of them was built

right on one of the lines of this geometric pattern.

On this grid, sites like Stonehenge in England,

megaliths in West Africa,

the Bermuda Triangle,

pyramids in Mexico and in Peru,

islands like Easter Island,

the bizarre city of Nan Madol

were also matching this grid.

The specific power spots where we find pyramids and obelisks

and other structures may have not been chosen just by chance.

It could well be that they are part of an integrated whole

and their location is highly, highly important.

Some researchers speculate that ancient cultures around

the world connected all of their temples to each other

almost like a master circuit board,

where one temple connected to another temple,

connected to another, added to the power

of the structure, added to the power of the line itself.

HENRY: When we think of the power grid,

we think of the energy being transmitted along this grid.

What if there's something else going on here?

What if there's something bigger that we're not seeing?

What if this world power grid

is actually receiving energy

from the solar system or from the universe itself?

CHILDRESS: Who is it who's overseeing this larger picture

of all of these structures on the Earth?

They're somehow looking at the Earth

from space and seeing how these structures would fit

on a large scale around the globe.

Who could be doing this except for extraterrestrials?

NARRATOR: If the size, scale, and placement of structures

across the globe were specifically plotted to tap

into Earth's energy, might they have actually served

an extraterrestrial purpose in the remote past?

Have vast portions of the network

Have vast portions of the network been disconnected over time?

been disconnected over time?

And if so, could we one day bring the system back online?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest the work of a so-called "mad scientist"

was a direct attempt to re-connect us

to this lost alien technology.

NARRATOR: Long Island, New York.

March 1901.

After years of experimentation,

famed engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla begins construction

on the Wardenclyffe Tower outside the town of Shoreham.

The project is an attempt to wirelessly

transmit electricity through the ground.

TAYLOR: Tesla invented almost everything that brought forward

our modern society with electrical power

and his idea was to power the world wirelessly,

without having to have this big infrastructure.

All they would need was towers around the world.

His biggest test was at Wardenclyffe in Long Island,

and it was a large tower that has a strange ray conductor

on top of it and then a large conducting pipe

that went way deep into the granite basin underneath it.

What he was really doing was grounding

his system into the earth, electrically connecting it

to the earth and transmitting power around the Earth.

And there are minerals and salts and things

And there are minerals and salts and things in the ground that are conductive.

in the ground that are conductive.

And you can actually pass electromagnetic energy,

electrical current, through the ground.

His plan was to send wireless power

through the earth over vast distances.

NARRATOR: Tesla's dream of harnessing the natural

electricity of the Earth to broadcast wireless power

electricity of the Earth to broadcast wireless power was cut short when he lost funding

was cut short when he lost funding

in 1904 and abandoned the project.

But another experiment he secretly conducted

But another experiment he secretly conducted in Colorado Springs five years earlier

in Colorado Springs five years earlier

allegedly proved the technology could work.

During the test, Tesla placed light bulbs

attached to metal conductors into the ground

as much as 26 miles from the power source in his laboratory.

He then signaled his assistant to turn on the wireless system

and watched as the light bulbs became illuminated.

He actually lit light bulbs many miles away

He actually lit light bulbs many miles away with his experiment in Colorado.

with his experiment in Colorado.

And this was implementing the electrical conductivity

of the Earth in a way that nobody else

has really been able to do efficiently since then.

NARRATOR: More than a century later,

scientists are still attempting to replicate

what Tesla was able to achieve in Colorado.

But is it possible that he was not the first

to conceive of drawing electricity from the Earth?

Cairo, Egypt.

20 miles northeast of the iconic Giza Pyramid Complex

stands the world's oldest surviving obelisk,

stands the world's oldest surviving obelisk, dating to roughly 1900 BC.

dating to roughly 1900 BC.

Originating from the Greek "obeliskos"

meaning "pointed pillar," an obelisk is a tall,

four-sided, narrow, tapering monument which ends

in a pyramidion at the top.

In Egypt, hieroglyphs were carved

into all four sides, and they often recorded battles,

special events, or the history of the region.

CHILDRESS: The Obelisks of Egypt were erected

CHILDRESS: The Obelisks of Egypt were erected maybe centuries after standing stones

maybe centuries after standing stones

like the ones in Carnac in Brittany.

But they're monoliths, too. One solid piece of stone.

The Obelisks of Egypt, too, are made of red granite

And red granite is a very special kind of granite.

It's infused with tiny quartz crystals

and this gives the obelisk a certain type of energy

and the ancient peoples were aware of this energy

and the ancient peoples were aware of this energy that was coming out of the obelisk.

that was coming out of the obelisk.

They actually thought the obelisk was alive,

They actually thought the obelisk was alive, and this is very reminiscent

and this is very reminiscent

of the ancient standing stones that are even older.

NARRATOR: Is it more than mere coincidence

that the Egyptians erected monolithic stones

that were rich in quartz crystal,

just like ancient cultures in other parts of the world did

thousands of years earlier?

Had they discovered the secret of the ancient standing stones,

and their power to harness the energy of the Earth?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and point out that the Egyptians believed the obelisks provided

a profound connection to the gods.

The obelisk itself, like a cathedral,

lifts up into the heavens.

It is pointing to the heavens.

It is a connection to the gods,

and at the top of an obelisk in ancient Egypt,

there was a special stone, the capstone, the pyramidion.

there was a special stone, the capstone, the pyramidion. It was the shape of a pyramid.

It was the shape of a pyramid.

It was made of specially fine granite,

polished, with some hieroglyphics,

but the main detail was it was brightly gilded in pure gold

so that the sun would bounce off that and beams

would glow for miles around.

It must have been dazzling.

This was the point of contact between humans and the gods.

This was the point of contact between humans and the gods. This was how we communicated

This was how we communicated

with the gods, through that stone.

HENRY: You'll see the top of the obelisk

HENRY: You'll see the top of the obelisk reaching into the sky.

reaching into the sky.

They think of it as a sort of a, an axis mundi.

It's a, it's a way of connecting Earth with the heavens.

Egypt was given, according to ancient texts,

Egypt was given, according to ancient texts, the powers of heaven.

the powers of heaven.

Egypt became a mirror of the heavens,

and that the powers that are found in the heavens

are found on Earth, in Egypt-- as above, so below.

NARRATOR: Mainstream scholars interpret this connection

to the heavens as purely symbolic,

but ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that the obelisks were recreating the technology

of another world and that these giant stone pillars

were part of a vast wireless energy grid,

one that also incorporated the power of the pyramids.

It's a fascinating idea that, like we would charge a phone

on a charging pad, just by placing it there,

these extraterrestrials can recharge their own craft

off of these standing stones and obelisks.

You have to wonder whether pyramids

had exactly the same purpose.

Could there be even more highly advanced technology,

way beyond any technology that we even know?

A lot of people don't realize this,

but Tesla's original design for the Wardenclyffe Tower

was actually to be the same height

as is the pyramid from the base to the tip

of where that conductor piece used to be

on top of the pyramid.

And at the time that he was building it,

in the 1908-ish time frame,

J.P. Morgan had an expedition in the pyramids

J.P. Morgan had an expedition in the pyramids and were sending information to Tesla

and were sending information to Tesla

while he was working on the Wardenclyffe Tower.

while he was working on the Wardenclyffe Tower. Nobody knows why and what the results

Nobody knows why and what the results

of that was and to what end.

But it seems suspect that Tesla wanted to do

something with wireless transmission of power

from a system that's the same height as the pyramids.

Do they believe that that's what the pyramids were for?

NARRATOR: The walls of the Great Pyramid,

like the obelisks, contain a high concentration

of quartz crystal.

Could it be that this massive monument,

in conjunction with other ancient structures,

made up a global wireless energy network?

By placing some of these obelisks and standing stones

around the Earth, in combination with pyramids,

if you have the correct technology,

you can use that energy.

And these standing stones become antennas

and power beacons and all kinds of things.

And it seems that this could have been

a worldwide system of power.

And that spacecraft, submarines, other electric devices could

draw their power from the atmosphere,

because it was being put out

by these pyramids and by these obelisks.

NARRATOR: Might the world that Nikola Tesla envisioned

at the beginning of the 20th century

have actually existed right here on Earth

thousands of years ago?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest the most compelling evidence of all can be found

at one of the most remote sites in the world,

where a powerful energy vortex can be detected

even to this day.

NARRATOR: In the middle of the Pacific Ocean,

roughly 2,500 miles northeast of Australia,

lie the ruins of a once great ancient city, Nan Madol.

Consisting of hundreds of man-made islets

Consisting of hundreds of man-made islets off the eastern coast of Micronesia,

off the eastern coast of Micronesia,

it has been dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World."

The site of Nan Madol on the island

The site of Nan Madol on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia is one

of Pohnpei in Micronesia is one

of the strangest places on the planet.

It's an 11-square-mile complex composed of over

250 million tons of basalt logs

They're floating on a submerged coral reef.

They are 18 feet long, four feet in diameter

and are stacked 40 feet up in the air.

Why did they do this? And how did they do this?

NARRATOR: Today, the site lies abandoned and shunned

by the local Micronesians, who consider it haunted.

THOMPSON: Nan Madol is one of these disappeared civilizations.

It's fascinatingly interesting.

This seemed to have been the center of power

of a major civilization.

And yet it also seems that it might have been built

on earlier civilizations that are lost in time.

NARRATOR: As with other sites like Puma Punku,

Baalbek and the Coricancha, legend says

that these structures were not the first to exist here,

but instead were built above a much older city.

The mystery of Nan Madol is even more intriguing

when we factor in the local legend that states

that it was built on an earlier civilization

called the Kanamwaisu,

which is submerged below water,

but still has those same basalt megaliths.

NARRATOR: Objects that appear to be basalt columns

have in fact been found beneath the ocean

at Nan Madol and those who have studied the columns

both above and below the water

have discovered a curious electromagnetic anomaly.

CHILDRESS: There's a strong magnetic field in every single one

of the 250 million tons of basalt there.

You can take a compass

You can take a compass and run it along these basalt blocks

and run it along these basalt blocks

and your compass will just spin as you move it along the blocks.

Also, it's thought that the site itself is a special power spot

and an energy vortex.

TAYLOR: We hear the word vortex in science fiction,

popular culture all the time.

And a vortex is just a mathematical thing

that describes a swirling motion.

An electromagnetic field can be formed in a vortex.

You could create a vortex that would

enable transporting information from somewhere else

to here at the speed of light or faster than the speed of light.

And if there are places on the Earth

where these types of vortexes may be stronger than others,

you could see people going there to build structures that maybe

altered the electromagnetic field of the local environment.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that certain locations

around the world act as vortexes

of electromagnetic energy?

And that ancient people built their most sacred sites

And that ancient people built their most sacred sites in these very spots

in these very spots

in order to make contact with otherworldly beings?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that although

this notion may sound farfetched,

scientists at NASA recently found evidence

that such portals really do exist.

NASA makes a groundbreaking announcement

that there is indisputable evidence of magnetic portals

connecting the Earth and the Sun.

These portals open every eight minutes and allow the transfer

of high-energy particles between the two celestial bodies.

TAYLOR: So, you have these two really powerful magnets,

the Earth and the Sun,

and their field lines are crossing each other.

But every now and then, for whatever reason,

But every now and then, for whatever reason, we have these flux transfer events

we have these flux transfer events

where the field lines will actually connect to each other

and they create a pathway for the magnetic field

of the Sun to literally be connected

to the magnetic field of the Earth.

And it's even being referred to

in the scientific literature

as "magnetic portals."

We actually have a connection that could be a transit to

or a pathway for information to travel

from the Sun to the Earth or vice versa.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists have long been intrigued

by the concept of electromagnetic portals,

since, in theory, they could provide a means

of communicating, or even traveling rapidly,

of communicating, or even traveling rapidly, across the vast distances of space.

across the vast distances of space.

The NASA discovery poses an intriguing question:

The NASA discovery poses an intriguing question: could sites around the world

could sites around the world

where successive cultures built their most sacred temples

be locations that facilitate the creation of magnetic portals?

TAYLOR: Could a civilization with a more advanced knowledge

of physics than we have currently

make use of this flux transfer,

of these magnetic field lines connecting

of these magnetic field lines connecting between their star and other planets?

between their star and other planets?

Could it create a means of traveling quickly

from one point to the other between them?

Or maybe even something else

that we just haven't discovered yet.

NEWMAN: Maybe these sites were kind of manipulating

the energies of the cosmos and the Earth

to open these portals up for this kind of purpose.

And what or who were they really communicating with?

Was it really the gods? Was it the ancestors?

Was it really the gods? Was it the ancestors? Or was it otherworldly beings?

Or was it otherworldly beings?

NARRATOR: Could Baalbek, Temple Mount, Puma Punku,

the Coricancha and other sites around the world

where sacred structures have been built again and again,

have electromagnetic properties similar to Nan Madol?

Properties that could be harnessed to create gateways

Properties that could be harnessed to create gateways to connect with otherworldly beings?

to connect with otherworldly beings?

McGOWAN: Over and over around the world, from the beginning

of time to now, we see that sacred sites

and power points have been marked by humankind.

and power points have been marked by humankind. Temples have been built

Temples have been built

to communicate from Earth to heaven.

Quite clearly, these places are somewhere

that we keep coming back to.

We call them portals.

We call them vortexes.

They are gateways onto another world.

They are gateways onto another world. And they are very, very important

And they are very, very important

not just for human experience but for evolution itself.

NARRATOR: Could Earth's hot spots of UFO sightings,

mysterious disappearances

mysterious disappearances and electromagnetic anomalies

and electromagnetic anomalies

represent the remnants of an ancient technology?

One that was once capable of harnessing

the full potential of the Earth?

Perhaps one day soon, humanity will once again

learn how to tap into the power of the planet,

allowing us to open gateways through time and space,

and finally reconnect with our alien ancestors.

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