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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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