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NARRATOR: The extraordinary ability

to catch glimpses of a distant future.

to catch glimpses of a distant future. GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Nostradamus said we'll have to live elsewhere.

What does a man from 500 years ago

know about leaving planet Earth?

NARRATOR: Amazing minds capable of bringing

once unimaginable technology into fruition.

MARC SEIFER: Tesla felt that we were receivers,

that we were, in a sense, self-propelled robots.

NARRATOR: And visionaries

compelled to launch humanity into a new age.

DAVID WILCOCK: Wernher von Braun saw

where we needed to go as a civilization,

and that vision of a new tomorrow

is what fueled him.

NARRATOR: Could history's greatest minds

have been empowered by otherworldly beings

to access a secret realm of knowledge

in order to steer the course of humanity

in order to steer the course of humanity towards an alien agenda?

towards an alien agenda?

DAVID CHILDRESS: These visionaries think differently.

So you have to wonder if these people

are tapping into some kind of universal mind

are tapping into some kind of universal mind where extraterrestrials

where extraterrestrials

are giving them information.

NARRATOR: There is a doorway

in the universe.

Beyond it is the promise of truth.

It demands we question everything

It demands we question everything we have ever been taught.

we have ever been taught.

The evidence is all around us.

The future is right before our eyes.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

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NARRATOR: Paris, France.

June 30, 1559.

In a freak accident,

French King Henry II is mortally wounded

French King Henry II is mortally wounded while jousting in a tournament.

while jousting in a tournament.

(horse neighs)

Ten days later, he dies.

The news shocks the French people,

except for one man,

the seer Michel de Nostradamus.

Years earlier, Nostradamus foretold the death

of King Henry in Les Proph�ties.

A collection of 942 predictions

about the future.

Now his macabre vision has been realized

with startling clarity.

Nostradamus's fame as a prophet

starts with the prophecy

that King Henry II would die in a jousting accident.

He died, as the prophecy said, a cruel death.

The reaction to this positively accurate prediction

The reaction to this positively accurate prediction was masses of people

was masses of people

was masses of people burning Nostradamus in effigy.

burning Nostradamus in effigy.

NARRATOR: Long after his death in 1566,

Nostradamus's most chilling prophecies

Nostradamus's most chilling prophecies became known around the world.

became known around the world.

WILLIAM HENRY: He's famous today because in 1555,

he predicted the rise of Napoleon,

of Adolf Hitler, of the death of Princess Diana.

MITCH HOROWITZ: Nostradamus is perhaps the most enduring name

MITCH HOROWITZ: Nostradamus is perhaps the most enduring name in postbiblical prophecy,

in postbiblical prophecy,

and people continue to feel that they can learn

what's around the next corner by studying his quatrains.

HOGUE: His prophecies are foggy, cloudy, cryptic,

HOGUE: His prophecies are foggy, cloudy, cryptic,

full of wordplays called anagrams.

He was trying to create a difficult verse

He was trying to create a difficult verse to avoid the church justices burning him.

to avoid the church justices burning him.

NARRATOR: Nostradamus did not claim to have been born

with the ability to see the future.

He said that this gift came to him suddenly

in his mid-40s,

when he traveled Southern Europe

as a physician and chemist fighting the plague.

But just what or who

But just what or who gave him the incredible ability

gave him the incredible ability

to see the future was a mystery even to him.

HOGUE: He was singlehandedly fighting the plague,

and his wife and his two children died.

He packed up his mule,

and literally, in one night, left everything.

And disappeared from the historical chronicles

for about six years.

The shock, the grief, the shattering

of what had happened to him had awakened the family gift.

He had an awakening experience

that somehow opened up his psychic ability.

It's quite possible that his brain itself

It's quite possible that his brain itself was somehow altered.

was somehow altered.

A switch was flipped, and when he came back,

he had the ability to see into the future

and to make prophecies.

NARRATOR: A psychic awakening?

Is it possible that Nostradamus's ability

to predict the future was somehow activated

by the trauma he experienced?

Many researchers of extrasensory abilities

believe the human brain contains incredible potential

that scientists have not yet discovered

and which are sometimes

switched on by traumatic events.

Evidence of this can be found

not only in the life of Nostradamus

not only in the life of Nostradamus but also extraordinary cases

but also extraordinary cases

but also extraordinary cases documented in modern times.

documented in modern times.

Melbourne, Australia.

February 2012.

21-year-old college student Ben McMahon

is driving home one afternoon

when a semitruck runs a red light...

(tires screeching)

...and broadsides his car.

The accident leaves McMahon in a coma.

When he awakens a week later,

McMahon shocks everyone by speaking in fluent Mandarin,

a language he only casually studied

a language he only casually studied in high school.

in high school.

Doctors say McMahon suffers

Doctors say McMahon suffers from foreign language syndrome,

from foreign language syndrome,

from foreign language syndrome, a rare condition that occurs

a rare condition that occurs

after a traumatic brain injury.

There have been certain circumstances

where people have had an injury of the brain

and then suddenly developed some completely new ability.

It's a little bit like the savant phenomenon,

It's a little bit like the savant phenomenon, where somebody has

where somebody has

just these unbelievable abilities

in a given domain that are kind of unexplainable.

The brain is a compilation of billions of nerve cells

that work together to help us have our thoughts,

feelings and experiences.

Almost everything is still mysterious about the brain.

I mean, we understand the basics of how things work,

but when it comes to our actual feelings,

our thought, our emotions, our consciousness,

we really don't have a good answer

we really don't have a good answer as to how the brain helps us

as to how the brain helps us

to have those different experiences.

NARRATOR: People who have suffered

traumatic brain injuries

have developed incredible skills,

have developed incredible skills, such as perfect recall

such as perfect recall

and advanced understanding of mathematical concepts

and the instantaneous mastery of musical instruments.

But is it possible that the human brain

contains even more incredible abilities

just waiting to be unlocked?

The untapped potentials of the brain

are barely researched yet.

Those researching creative people

assume that most of the work that is done

that is truly innovative, new, original and valuable

is done by the part of the brain we can't track,

the part that is barely understood.

CAROLINE CORY: The difference between the average human

and the prophets and the seers

is not that the prophets and seers have a different DNA.

is not that the prophets and seers have a different DNA. It is simply that they allow

It is simply that they allow

their extrasensory perception

and their abilities to be enhanced.

and their abilities to be enhanced. And that is the reason

And that is the reason

why they receive messages from the beyond.

HENRY: This speaks to the enormous hidden capacity of the brain

and even opens up questions

of whether or not our brain capacity

of whether or not our brain capacity is in the brain itself.

is in the brain itself.

Or maybe it's outside of the brain,

and somehow we're able to tap

into these other abilities outside the brain.

NARRATOR: The human brain, unlike the brains of animals,

contains a large neocortex,

the region responsible for language,

logical reasoning and consciousness.

Many believe it is also the seat

of psychic abilities.

In 2015, researchers in Germany

determined that the human neocortex

only developed after it was activated

by a single gene.

Around 200,000 years ago,

Around 200,000 years ago, say neuroscientists,

say neuroscientists,

our neocortex was mysteriously switched on,

our neocortex was mysteriously switched on, and nobody knows how.

and nobody knows how.

Of course, ancient astronaut theory says

it's extraterrestrials,

that beings came from elsewhere,

that beings came from elsewhere, and tweaked our DNA.

and tweaked our DNA.

This is very important because within the neocortex,

we now know, are precognitive abilities,

psychic abilities.

CHILDRESS: If we're actually genetically engineered

by extraterrestrials,

and they want us to have a certain kind of a brain,

you have to wonder if, ultimately,

what the goal is with extraterrestrials

is to activate, really,

is to activate, really, all the humans on this planet

all the humans on this planet

so that we're using our brain power

and our psychic abilities.

Perhaps what the extraterrestrials did

when they fashioned our DNA and activated our neocortex

when they fashioned our DNA and activated our neocortex was cosmic consciousness,

was cosmic consciousness,

cosmic awareness and psychic abilities

that could potentially link us to extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: If human DNA was fashioned by extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose,

is it possible that humans have the potential

is it possible that humans have the potential to tap into a field of information

to tap into a field of information

that exists in an unseen realm?

Might this help to explain why certain people

Might this help to explain why certain people appear to have psychic

appear to have psychic

and other extrasensory abilities?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest further evidence can be found

by examining Hindu accounts of a sage

who is said to possess the wisdom of the universe.

NARRATOR: Although completely invisible to the naked eye,

a virtual universe of electromagnetic waves

permeates our entire world.

And this vast network of impulses

carries within it information and data

that we have come to depend on in our digital age.

It is the backbone of what is otherwise referred to

as the cloud, which remotely stores

billions of gigabytes of data.

When we think about the cloud,

what we're really talking about is data transfer,

information transfer.

You're sending bits of information through the air,

wirelessly, up to satellites, down to servers,

back again into your computer, into your phone,

and there's close to seven billion people

using cloud computing now.

So you can imagine that

pretty much anywhere on the planet

pretty much anywhere on the planet that has Internet access,

that has Internet access,

you're going to find

these hidden sort of secret patterns and codes

that are floating around us.

NARRATOR: According to historians,

the concept of an intergalactic computer network

was first proposed by scientist J.C.R. Licklider

in the 1960s.

However, ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that the idea may actually trace

all the way back to our ancient past.

Korva Island, Raichur, India.

Religious pilgrims seeking enlightened wisdom

travel here to a temple

dedicated to the celestial sage Narada.

According to the Hindu scriptures,

According to the Hindu scriptures, Narada had the supernatural ability

Narada had the supernatural ability

to gain access to a hidden domain

that most humans are completely unaware of,

the realm of cosmic knowledge.

Tales about Narada appear in the Mahabharata,

in the Ramayana, in the Puranas.

Tradition has it that Narada transcended consciousness

Tradition has it that Narada transcended consciousness to gather his stories

to gather his stories

to gather his stories and give teachings of great wisdom.

and give teachings of great wisdom.

DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Narada is called Narada Rishi.

Rishis are like sages

in Western concept.

So they have gained this ability

to be able to tap into the knowledge,

access that knowledge directly from the cosmos.

Narada is interesting

specifically, that he clearly had access

specifically, that he clearly had access to an essential knowledge

to an essential knowledge

that is at the fabric of the divine cosmic order.

NARRATOR: This idea of an otherworldly repository

NARRATOR: This idea of an otherworldly repository of cosmic information

of cosmic information

is most commonly referred to today

as the Akashic record.

The term was coined in 1883

by author Alfred Percy Sinnett

in his book Esoteric Buddhism.

In it, he describes

how, according to Eastern philosophy,

how, according to Eastern philosophy, universal records physically exist

universal records physically exist

in the ever pervasive realm known as the Akasha,

which can be accessed by enlightened individuals.

SHIMKHADA: "Akashic" is the Sanskrit word.

It means "sky."

So Akashic records can be considered as cosmic knowledge.

So it is belonging to the cosmos.

Everything is written in the sky.

It's not belonging to human beings.

It's not belonging to human beings. You simply cannot go and bring it

You simply cannot go and bring it

in its tangible form.

It's something that can be accessed

through your mind, through your brain power,

through your spiritual wavelength.

TSOUKALOS: The Akashic record is a concept that suggests

that the entire knowledge of the universe

is contained in one unified field.

This realm of knowledge is timeless.

There was never a beginning. There never will be an end.

It's just this all-encompassing field

that contains all the knowledge of the universe.

I have always called the universe the wireless network

I have always called the universe the wireless network where information is just

where information is just

where information is just out there and stored

out there and stored

from all our minds and memories

from every creature living in this universe.

This bank of knowledge has been with us

since the formation of the universe.

SCOTT: The idea of the Akashic record,

it's where inventions come from.

it's where inventions come from. It's where art comes from.

It's where art comes from.

It's where science comes from.

You can call it whatever you want.

It's something that's in the substrate, right?

It's something that you can access,

and sort of find information that's been hidden.

Not even hidden,

I mean, it's available to us all the time,

it's just that certain people who tune into it

can unlock it.

This Akashic record may be something

that every biological entity in the universe

can gain access to.

I believe it's something

that even extraterrestrials would tap into.

NARRATOR: Throughout history,

countless prophets and visionaries

have alluded to accessing such a realm.

And spiritual practitioners the world over

claim that through deep prayer and meditation,

claim that through deep prayer and meditation, an individual may be granted glimpses

an individual may be granted glimpses

into this divine domain.

This repository

of the great wisdom of all time,

of the great wisdom of all time, such a place is beyond time and space.

such a place is beyond time and space.

And so, if one is devout,

And so, if one is devout, if one learns the right meditation,

if one learns the right meditation,

if one learns astral projection,

if one learns astral projection, whatever it takes,

whatever it takes,

one can go read from the great book,

the book of all things,

the book of all things, then can know important wisdom

then can know important wisdom

or perhaps the future.

NARRATOR: But if a cosmic realm of information truly exists,

could there really be a way for all humans to access it?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest further clues can be found

by examining shocking claims

made by one of the greatest visionaries

of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla.

NARRATOR: New York City, 1922.

Two Columbia University sociologists,

William Ogburn and Dorothy Thomas,

publish a paper in the Academy of Political Science journal

entitled "Are Inventions Inevitable?"

In it, they cite 148 instances

In it, they cite 148 instances of simultaneous inventions

of simultaneous inventions

of simultaneous inventions where two or more individuals,

where two or more individuals,

each operating without knowledge of the other's work,

came up with the same groundbreaking innovation

or theory at the same time.

How is it that people in different continents,

different cultures,

different cultures, can come up with the same idea

can come up with the same idea

at almost exactly the same time,

at almost exactly the same time, and it's seen throughout history?

and it's seen throughout history?

Albert Einstein says

that he came up with the idea for relativity

in a few moments, it suddenly came into his mind.

Einstein's discovery of relativity

was preceded almost simultaneously

by a theoretical physicist,

a Frenchman named Poincar�.

CHILDRESS: You have the radio

being developed by both Nikola Tesla

and Guglielmo Marconi at the same time.

You have the telephone

also being developed at the same time.

There's many incidences in history like this.

NARRATOR: During World War II,

British engineer Sir Frank Whittle

and a German physicist Hans von Ohain

both invented the first jet engine.

The designs were strikingly similar,

and because they were serving on different sides of the war,

neither had any knowledge of the other's work.

TSOUKALOS: More recently, a revolutionary discovery

was made by two scientists

independent of each other.

In fact, they were thousands of miles apart,

and they came up with the same discovery

that neutrinos have mass.

And one has to wonder

if this can be attributed to coincidence

or if both scientists tapped into what is known

or if both scientists tapped into what is known as the Akashic record.

as the Akashic record.

SCOTT: There have been discoveries

that have shown up around the planet

at the exact same time.

People that aren't connected,

people that have no influence upon each other.

people that have no influence upon each other. And those are the things

And those are the things

that start to emerge simultaneously

around the planet.

Here's the interesting thing.

This goes back to the idea that

we find information

in the substrate of the physical world.

It may just be that every single discovery

that we ever wanted to discover

that we ever wanted to discover is already in the room right now.

is already in the room right now.

It isn't that the information is not there.

It's that our brains are not evolved yet

It's that our brains are not evolved yet to see the information.

to see the information.

Now, not everybody is on the same wavelength.

Not everybody has evolved at the same rate.

That's also true.

So there are people throughout history

that could access that information.

WILCOCK: Scientists try to explain it,

and they think people have

a certain level of technology at a certain time,

and they have the tools in front of them

to be able to make breakthroughs.

That doesn't explain why it happens so precisely

that in many cases it is literally simultaneous.

We have to look at the possibility

that extraterrestrials could be introducing ideas

into this information field.

Sort of as if something has been uploaded

Sort of as if something has been uploaded into the cloud.

into the cloud.

NARRATOR: Curious statements made by one of history's

greatest visionaries, Nikola Tesla,

seem to point to some sort of influence

from an otherworldly realm of information.

Tesla was most notably responsible

for the practical application of alternating current,

the foundation of our modern electrical grid.

SEIFER: In his autobiography,

SEIFER: In his autobiography, Tesla talked about the day

Tesla talked about the day

that he had the revelation

of how to harness alternating current.

Right before that, he had a serious flu.

But he said that he felt

that he could detect light from his forehead,

and that he was able to receive information

from other sources,

and that this other source entered his consciousness.

And he was then enabled to come up with this invention

And he was then enabled to come up with this invention which changed the world.

which changed the world.

Tesla felt that we were receivers,

that all impulses came from the outside,

and that we worked on these impulses.

So he doesn't believe

that they come from dreams or inner visions.

He really felt that we were, in a sense,

He really felt that we were, in a sense, self-propelled robots.

self-propelled robots.

WILCOCK: It appears that Tesla got more information

than anyone rightfully should have been able to get

than anyone rightfully should have been able to get for his time in history,

for his time in history,

where he was and when he was.

It could be the result of outside influence

from the Akashic field, steering us along a path

from the Akashic field, steering us along a path to make sure that we have reached

to make sure that we have reached

a certain level of technological sophistication

within a certain prescribed time window.

(engine powering up)

NARRATOR: Could the nature of genius

lie in the ability of visionaries

to tap into an otherworldly realm of knowledge?

If the information contained within this field

was uploaded by extraterrestrials,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose...

...does this suggest

that humans are on a predetermined path?

And if so, what are we being guided to do?

NARRATOR: Houston, Texas.

July 20, 1969.

At NASA Mission Control Center,

the massive IBM System

360 Model 75 computer,

which boasts processing power

of 16.6 million instructions per second

and up to eight megabytes of main memory,

and up to eight megabytes of main memory, is employed to accomplish

is employed to accomplish

the greatest feat in human history.

Putting a man on the Moon.

NEIL ARMSTRONG: Houston, uh...

NEIL ARMSTRONG: Houston, uh... Tranquility Base here.

Tranquility Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

NARRATOR: People across the world

marveled at this technological achievement.

But incredibly, only six decades later,

a handheld device

weighing less than half a pound

weighing less than half a pound dwarfs the total technology

dwarfs the total technology

NASA possessed in 1969.

Today's smartphone contains a staggering

one million times the computing power

used to carry out the Moon landing.

What we had when they went to the Moon

is like nothing compared to what

an average teenager carries around now.

I mean, the kind of computing power,

the ability to access information,

the ability to access information, the ability to reach people

the ability to reach people

is an astonishing technological achievement.

You can only imagine what's going to happen

in 30 years from now.

What we think is so advanced is going to be so not advanced.

NARRATOR: How is it that mankind's technology

has advanced so rapidly?

According to ancient astronaut theorists,

at specific points in history,

extraterrestrials have influenced

certain individuals

to allow humanity to make major leaps forward.

And they propose that this is continued

up until modern times.

As evidence, they point to the visionary

who jumpstarted the microcomputer revolution.

Steve Jobs.

San Francisco, California.

January 9, 2007.

Apple's annual Macworld conference and expo.

JOBS: Thank you for coming.

NARRATOR: At the center of a worldwide media frenzy,

Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs

Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage to announce

takes the stage to announce

a revolutionary new product.

The iPhone.

What we want to do is make a leapfrog product

that is way smarter

than any mobile device has ever been

and super easy to use.

and super easy to use. (audience cheering)

(audience cheering)

And we are calling it iPhone.

And we are calling it iPhone. (audience cheering)

(audience cheering)

SWISHER: Steve Jobs was one of the greatest visionaries

in Silicon Valley.

The idea of what he was doing

is how you popularize computing.

A lot of people who were in early computing

didn't think about people using them.

And he managed to deliver into the hands of consumers

And he managed to deliver into the hands of consumers a device that was usable,

a device that was usable,

it was intuitive, it was easy to use,

it was easy to understand.

it was easy to understand. And that is not a small thing.

And that is not a small thing.

In the simplicity and the beauty of it,

he made something that was, um, just perfect.

NARRATOR: Steve Jobs and his team of engineers at Apple

harnessed technology

that connected society digitally

and put all the world's knowledge

and put all the world's knowledge literally at mankind's fingertips.

literally at mankind's fingertips.

But the seeds of this technological revolution

were planted in 1973,

when the 19-year-old college student

dropped out of school.

Jobs was attending

Jobs was attending Reed College in Portland, Oregon,

Reed College in Portland, Oregon,

when he, along with one of Apple's first employees,

Daniel Kottke, made a decision

that would change not only the course of their lives

but ultimately the course of humanity.

KOTTKE: I met Steve at Reed College the first month,

but our friendship developed

but our friendship developed because a week or two later,

because a week or two later,

I must have been walking around with a copy of Be Here Now,

and I was eager to talk about it,

and Steve was familiar with it.

That book quickly led to Autobiography of a Yogi,

and then led to Ramakrishna and His Disciples.

NARRATOR: Like many of his generation,

Jobs became caught up

in the spiritual enlightenment movement

that was sweeping through America in the 1970s.

And according to those who knew him best,

he considered it not just a passing interest

but a calling.

Steve got ahold of the book Cosmic Consciousness.

That's probably what pushed him over the edge.

It had chapters about great geniuses through history

and how they were enlightened, and that was his whole thesis.

That's how we ended up in India.

NARRATOR: Fueled by his desire

to find spiritual enlightenment,

Steve Jobs traveled to India

with Daniel following a few months later.

Together, they discovered a Hindu guru

known as Haidakhan Baba.

LITTLE: He was discovered at about the age of 18

doing yoga in a cave.

But there are legends going back that the same figure

had appeared all the way back into the 1800s.

NARRATOR: Haidakhan Baba claimed that he had no mother or father.

But who was this character who had no known history

before the age of 18...

...and was said to have manifested out of thin air?

He professed that he was an immortal being

known in Hinduism as Mahavatar Babaji.

Mahavatar means "the Great Avatar."

The great incarnated being.

Mahavatar is eternal,

and he can appear anytime, anywhere,

taking forms of another human being.

So he was here to change

the humanity in a better path,

you know, in a path of understanding,

path of greatness.

LITTLE: Steve Jobs did spend some time with him.

Haidakhan Baba actually gave him an initiation

by giving him a spiritual name.

This is a traditional kind of initiation,

so they were formally initiated by this guru.

Babaji had said

that he was a celestial being

who had come to Earth to help enlighten our planet

and to advance us forward.

and to advance us forward. And we have to wonder,

And we have to wonder,

is it possible that Steven Jobs

was being influenced telepathically

by an extraterrestrial entity named Babaji?

NARRATOR: Haidakhan Baba claimed

that he had come to guide humanity

to a higher path

to a higher path and referred to himself

and referred to himself

as the messenger of the revolution.

Shortly after returning to the United States,

Steve Jobs embarked on a revolution himself

the development of the microcomputer,

along with Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak.

Steve was not in it for money.

He was in it for the mission of transforming the world.

The Apple II was the first

mass-market personal computer.

Woz, of course, was the all-around genius

who created the whole design and all the software.

But the thing that Steve gets huge credit for

But the thing that Steve gets huge credit for is having enough passion

is having enough passion

for what he saw the future bringing

that he just did not give up.

And the iPhone, of course, is the computer now

that has taken over all our lives,

transformed everything, everything.

NARRATOR: Steve Jobs continued to practice meditation

throughout the rest of his life,

often finding refuge

often finding refuge at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

in California's Los Padres National Forest.

It was here, while deep in meditation,

that Jobs thought he received much of the inspiration

that transformed the modern world.

SHIMKHADA: Meditation does help to connect with a higher source,

SHIMKHADA: Meditation does help to connect with a higher source, a higher force,

a higher force,

because then one becomes one with the divine.

So they could, you know, in a sense,

download the knowledge, wisdom directly from them.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that Steve Jobs

received guidance from an otherworldly source?

And if so, could it be that he was just one

of a number of key visionaries

who were chosen by extraterrestrials

who were chosen by extraterrestrials to lead humanity into the future,

to lead humanity into the future,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?

Perhaps further answers can be found

by examining an Indian mathematician

who was decades ahead of his time.

NARRATOR: Emory University.

Atlanta, Georgia. December 2012.

After years of work,

mathematician Ken Ono and two of his former students

come up with a groundbreaking mathematical formula

that will allow scientists to study black holes

that will allow scientists to study black holes in an entirely new way.

in an entirely new way.

Incredibly, they achieved this feat

Incredibly, they achieved this feat by studying a single paragraph

by studying a single paragraph

written by an Indian mathematician

written by an Indian mathematician over nine decades earlier,

over nine decades earlier,

Srinivasa Ramanujan.

WILCOCK: Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician

who is unlike any other genius in world history.

Ramanujan's work has now formed

the basis for superstring theory

and multidimensional physics.

and multidimensional physics. Some of the most advanced math

Some of the most advanced math

that all the high-end scientists

are still using today is called modular functions,

which could lead to time travel,

antigravity, limitless free energy.

All of this futuristic technology.

He was able to take a little that he knew

farther than most mathematicians

would be able to take them.

He had the vision to see what was important.

There are just so many beautiful ideas that he had,

some of which are just waiting to be developed.

NARRATOR: Ramanujan made breakthroughs

in integral calculus,

which can be used to determine

the drag force buffeting a wing

as it slides through the air,

or the gravitational effects of the Earth

or the gravitational effects of the Earth on a man-made satellite.

on a man-made satellite.

But perhaps what is most noteworthy

is that Ramanujan insisted

these baffling theorems were not simply the product

of his own genius.

He claimed they were communicated to him

by an otherworldly being.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in Erode, India

on December 22, 1887,

on December 22, 1887, and was considered a miracle child

and was considered a miracle child

because he was the only one of his mother's four children

because he was the only one of his mother's four children to survive infancy.

to survive infancy.

Even as a young boy, he was obsessed with numbers.

From a very early age, just instinctively,

From a very early age, just instinctively, he was thinking about numbers.

he was thinking about numbers.

he was thinking about numbers. He was calculating.

He was calculating.

He was fascinated by numbers.

Numbers, he said, had personalities for him.

They had a kind of life for him.

There are a lot of stories about how

he was so focused on mathematics

that he would ignore a lot of his other subjects.

NARRATOR: Ramanujan grew up in the town of Kumbakonam,

in a house within view

of the impressive Sarangapani Temple.

The mathematical prodigy spent much of his childhood

at the temple among thousands of carvings

of Hindu gods.

According to Ramanujan's childhood friend,

he would often go to the temple

and work on mathematics.

The friend had a memory of coming into the temple

and finding Ramanujan with

all these inexplicable figures surrounding him.

NARRATOR: The figures that surrounded Ramanujan

were, in fact, complex mathematical equations

that he had written in chalk

on the stone slabs of the temple floor.

He would often say

that they were communicated to him in his dreams

by the Hindu goddess Namagiri Thayar.

He always insisted,

and he was very adamant about this,

that the mathematical discoveries he made

came to him in dreams and visions

provided by the goddess Namagiri.

In these visions, he would see

these fantastic, beautiful mathematical formulae

these fantastic, beautiful mathematical formulae unscrolling before him.

unscrolling before him.

WILCOCK: There is abundant evidence

of extraterrestrial intervention

of extraterrestrial intervention that is involved in many

that is involved in many

of the most significant technological breakthroughs

of the most significant technological breakthroughs that we see in our world.

that we see in our world.

And these could come through the form of dreams

or actual contact

with some sort of intelligent beings.

NARRATOR: Could Srinivasa Ramanujan,

who practiced meditation and studied Hinduism,

much like Steve Jobs,

much like Steve Jobs, have received guidance

have received guidance

from otherworldly beings that have been directing

the course of humanity for thousands of years?

Is this why he was able to devise theorems so complex

that the world's greatest mathematicians

are still struggling to understand them

100 years later?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest further evidence can be found

and suggest further evidence can be found by examining the man

by examining the man

who helped bring about the end of World War II.

London, England.

June 23, 1912.

In the residential district of Maida Vale,

Alan Turing is born.

By the age of six,

his teachers identify him as a genius.

By 16, he is studying

the most advanced work of Albert Einstein.

And much like the Indian mathematical genius

And much like the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan,

Srinivasa Ramanujan,

Srinivasa Ramanujan, he has a single-minded focus

he has a single-minded focus

and thinks differently from his peers.

LEAVITT: Alan Turing was, in my opinion,

the other great mathematical genius

of the 20th century,

but of a completely different stripe

than Srinivasa Ramanujan.

His vision was born

out of an extraordinary literal-mindedness.

By taking things literally,

By taking things literally, he was able to go places

he was able to go places

that people who were less literal-minded

would never be able to go.

NARRATOR: In fact, Alan Turing was so literal-minded

that there has even been speculation

that there has even been speculation he had Asperger's syndrome.

he had Asperger's syndrome.

But some ancient astronaut theorists propose

his unique intellect

may reveal an otherworldly influence.

One that intervened

during mankind's deadliest conflict.

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. March 18, 1940.

March 18, 1940.

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Six months into the Second World War,

British military intelligence sets up a top secret base

in Bletchley Park, 50 miles northwest of London.

Known as Station X,

it is home to a handpicked team

of mathematicians, led by Alan Turing,

of mathematicians, led by Alan Turing, that work tirelessly

that work tirelessly

to crack the infamous Nazi encoding device

to crack the infamous Nazi encoding device called the Enigma machine.

called the Enigma machine.

LEAVITT: The Enigma machine was an encryption machine

that worked very simply,

at least for the person operating it.

You would have a message to convey,

and you would type the first letter.

Its gears would turn...

...and then a light would illuminate

with another letter,

and that letter you would write down.

The machine was putting the letter

through a huge range

through a huge range of substitutions.

of substitutions.

NARRATOR: In 1940, Turing accomplished

what nearly every expert at the time

had deemed impossible.

He solved the Enigma code.

PAUL E. CERUZZI: At Bletchley Park, Turing conceived of a way

of reverse engineering an Enigma to run it backwards.

It wasn't easy, but they built

this very complicated machine called the Bombe.

If you could separate out the hardware

from the sequences of operations,

from the sequences of operations, what we now call software,

what we now call software,

you could create a machine that could decode messages,

but it could also do other things, including mathematics.

And I think that he realized

that this machine could be made into something

that was quite a bit more capable.

NARRATOR: In the process of creating this machine,

Turing also developed a technology

Turing also developed a technology far more significant

far more significant

than anyone at the time could have imagined,

the world's first computer.

CHILDRESS: It's particularly interesting

how some of these visionaries think differently.

So you have to wonder if these people are tapping

into some kind of universal mind.

And even that somehow telepathically

extraterrestrials are giving them information

so that they can see these universal truths.

NARRATOR: Curiously, in one of his papers,

Turing wrote that telekinesis and extrasensory perception

should be taken seriously

and questioned the existence of free will.

Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

that he wrote this because he himself

was somehow in contact with extraterrestrial intelligence?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining a meeting Turing had before the war

with another mathematical genius,

John von Neumann.

NARRATOR: Directors of the Institute for Advanced Study

NARRATOR: Directors of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University

at Princeton University

set out to recruit the world's greatest scientific minds,

promising them a faculty appointment and an endowment

to pursue their desired field of study.

Among those who accept the prestigious invitation

Among those who accept the prestigious invitation were famed physicist Albert Einstein

were famed physicist Albert Einstein

and genius mathematician John von Neumann.

Although lesser known than Einstein,

John von Neumann had a staggering intellect,

possessing a photographic memory...

possessing a photographic memory... (camera shutter clicking)

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...and an uncanny ability

to calculate complex mathematics in his head

at lightning-fast speeds.

Von Neumann was a Hungarian mathematician

who emigrated to the United States

and took a position at Princeton University.

He had an incredible talent

for mathematics and physics in all kinds of fields.

NARRATOR: Like his fellow mathematician Alan Turing,

Von Neumann contributed to ending World War II

through the development of technology.

He came up with a way to use machine calculation

to determine how to compress plutonium for the atomic bomb.

This technology was essential to the success of the project,

This technology was essential to the success of the project, and it might never have been realized

and it might never have been realized

had Von Neumann not crossed paths with Alan Turing.

CERUZZI: We know that Alan Turing

met John von Neumann at Princeton.

Von Neumann was familiar with Turing's theoretical papers.

What we don't know is the substance

What we don't know is the substance of their conversations.

of their conversations.

A lot of that was very highly classified.

Very, very little information ever leaked out.

It has been argued by some historians of computing

that John von Neumann absorbed the fundamental idea

of the universal machine from Alan Turing.

NARRATOR: According to historians,

Turing and Von Neumann were largely responsible

for inventing the first computers

and accelerating the advancement of technology

exponentially.

But is it possible the meeting of these two geniuses

But is it possible the meeting of these two geniuses was more than mere chance?

was more than mere chance?

WILCOCK: It could very well be

that extraterrestrial intelligence was involved

in making sure that Von Neumann and Turing

in making sure that Von Neumann and Turing met each other in 1935

met each other in 1935

and steered their development to ensure

that the computer would be brought out on schedule

at the right time,

which is exactly what we see.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that extraterrestrials

brought together Turing and Von Neumann

to accelerate the development of computer technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest that at the same time,

aliens were helping mankind

to develop another important technology.

A rocket that would reach the stars.

Kaluga, Russia, December 1903.

Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

publishes the article

"Exploration of Outer Space by Means of Rocket Devices."

Most scientists of the time

considered the topic of space exploration

highly speculative and even far-fetched,

considering the Wright brothers had just achieved

the first powered flight that same month.

But many of the major points contained

in Tsiolkovsky's article, such as the proposal

that the speed required for orbit around the Earth

that the speed required for orbit around the Earth is five miles per second

is five miles per second

is five miles per second and that this could be achieved

and that this could be achieved

by means of a multistage rocket,

would be proven to be incredibly accurate.

ANDREW JENKS: He's a fascinating character

ANDREW JENKS: He's a fascinating character and the father of Soviet rocketry

and the father of Soviet rocketry

who actually designed the rockets

that put the first man into space,

that put the first dog into space,

that put the first dog into space, that launched Sputnik,

that launched Sputnik,

the first satellite, into space in 1957.

NARRATOR: Tsiolkovsky's main source of inspiration

was his friend and mentor Nikolai Fyodorov,

a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher.

Fyodorov was one of the founders of cosmism,

which was a precursor to ancient astronaut theory.

JENKS: The cosmists began with Nikolai Fyodorov

JENKS: The cosmists began with Nikolai Fyodorov in the 1870s and 1880s,

in the 1870s and 1880s,

and they believed that human civilization

actually had origins in outer space

and that it was our destiny as human beings

to move back into space,

and we would go back to our origins

and we would go back to our origins from whence we came.

from whence we came.

NARRATOR: Like Fyodorov,

Tsiolkovsky came to be a cosmist himself.

And he not only inspired Soviet rocket scientists

but also the genius responsible

but also the genius responsible for putting the first man on the Moon,

for putting the first man on the Moon,

Wernher von Braun.

Germany, May 1945.

After six years

of the deadliest warfare the world has ever seen,

the Nazis surrender to the Allied powers.

Germany's top rocket scientist Wernher von Braun

predicted the defeat months earlier,

and by deceiving his superiors,

has managed to move his team of scientists

south into Austria

south into Austria to surrender to the American forces.

to surrender to the American forces.

The U.S. received valuable military intelligence

by taking custody of Von Braun.

His work in rocketry was so important

that the Soviets scoured his former headquarters

at Pennemunde Army Research Center

in search of any information he may have left behind.

What they discovered

were the writings of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky,

and found that almost every page

was embellished by Von Braun's comments and notes.

DAVID WHITEHEAD: Wernher von Braun

was heavily influenced by Tsiolkovsky.

Tsiolkovsky himself had this concept

of human beings being birthed in the stars.

And if you really think about it,

could it be that these scientists

could it be that these scientists coming out of Russia

coming out of Russia

had some kind of advanced knowledge?

Could they have been communicating

with some form of advanced extraterrestrial intelligence

that was influencing the space race

that was influencing the space race and influencing this push

and influencing this push

to get humanity to go back to the stars?

NARRATOR: As a young boy,

Wernher von Braun was fascinated

with the science fiction of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells

and was convinced that he could make

their visions of space travel a reality,

even going so far as to tell his mother

that he would build a machine

that would take man to the Moon.

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But when Von Braun actually achieved this in 1969,

it was such an extraordinary technological leap

that some people believed, like Tsiolkovsky,

he, too, was guided by extraterrestrial beings.

Wernher von Braun was utterly captivated

by the idea that we belong in the stars.

by the idea that we belong in the stars. It's as if the Earth is a seed,

It's as if the Earth is a seed,

and if that seed never germinates,

and if that seed never germinates, then it could just die.

then it could just die.

We need to go out into space.

And that vision of a new tomorrow

is what fueled him to want to succeed even further.

That leads me to suggest the possibility

that some sort of extraterrestrial contact

might have happened with Wernher von Braun.

Something or someone might have reached him

and saw where we needed to go as a civilization

and gave him the tools and the insights that he needed

to be able to build our way out into space.

NARRATOR: Is it possible,

NARRATOR: Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

that great minds like Nikola Tesla,

Alan Turing, John von Neumann,

Wernher von Braun, and other visionaries,

were somehow aided by extraterrestrial beings?

Could their brains have really functioned as radio receivers

for intelligence from otherworldly realms?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining not only claims of clairvoyance

but the incredible capability to move objects

with the mind.

NARRATOR: Durham, North Carolina.

1935.

Duke University parapsychologist

Joseph Banks Rhine publishes a study

that ignites a firestorm of controversy

in the scientific community.

Rhine claims the brain has psychic abilities

he calls extrasensory perception, or ESP.

Parapsychology consists of five very distinct characteristics

that we study.

One is telepathy...

...which is mind-to-mind communication.

Clairvoyance, it's getting information

about objects or events from a distance,

whether it be something that'd be in a drawer in another room

or even something halfway around the world.

Precognition, which is getting information through time,

usually from the future but sometimes from the past.

We also study psychokinesis, or mind-matter interaction.

HOROWITZ: ESP is really just the ability,

or at least evidence of the ability,

to glean information in an extrasensory manner.

to glean information in an extrasensory manner. So we're left with a question--

So we're left with a question--

how is this information being exchanged?

NEWBERG: From a neuroscience perspective,

there's a lot of controversy

as to whether something like ESP exists.

as to whether something like ESP exists. Is there some sensory process

Is there some sensory process

that our brain is able to tap into?

Is our brain able to get to some more basic level

of how the universe works

and can pick up

what other people are thinking or feeling?

There are studies that purport to be able

to show these kinds of phenomena as being real,

and I think they need to be taken seriously.

NARRATOR: While working

within the British Ministry of Defence,

Nick Pope became aware that numerous world governments

have devoted a significant amount of time and money

to studying and even employing people

claiming to have psychic abilities.

In August 2019, he traveled to Durham, North Carolina,

to visit the Rhine Research Center.

- Hello. - Hi. I'm John Kruth,

the executive director of the Rhine.

- I'm Nick. - Nice to meet you, Nick.

Come on in with me. I have someone I'd like you to meet.

Great. Thank you.

NARRATOR: John has been developing a new method

to detect and measure psychic abilities.

- Nick. This is Edd Edwards. - Hi. Great to meet you.

Good to meet you, Nick.

Good to meet you, Nick. POPE: Talk me through this.

POPE: Talk me through this.

What are we looking at here,

What are we looking at here, and what are you going to do, Edd?

and what are you going to do, Edd?

Okay, this equipment here, what it does

is pick up the electrical energy I generate in my brain,

and I'm able to control it.

and I'm able to control it. How do you do that?

How do you do that?

I mean, talk me through what you actually think.

I can feel

the different electrical sensations in my head

that I consciously control.

- Like a tingling or...? - EDWARDS: Yeah.

- Like a tingling or...? - EDWARDS: Yeah. Tingling, magnetics,

Tingling, magnetics,

Tingling, magnetics, electrical sensations.

electrical sensations.

And then out on my own, I've learned to generate

And then out on my own, I've learned to generate these high energies in my hands.

these high energies in my hands.

And, for example, you know what neuropathy

is in people-- feet go numb and everything.

I can apply this energy to that,

and the neuropathy will clear up in about four minutes,

in about eight out of ten people.

So it's like you're activating something.

Correct.

KRUTH: Edd talks about helping people

to activate their immune systems,

helping them to deal with physical problems.

And I'm wondering, what is the mechanism

behind this healing?

And that's what we're going to be testing here, right?

This is something I can demonstrate

that really most other people can't.

All right, I'd love to see this.

Okay, well, let me turn it on.

Okay, now I'm gonna hold these two units right here,

and all they're doing is picking up

the electrical energy in my body.

KRUTH: So, from a scientific perspective,

this machine measures static electricity in static fields,

and Edd is apparently generating static fields.

So if I want that thing to go to the right,

I pull on the right side of my brain.

If I want it to go on the left,

I pull it on the left side of my brain.

You tell me when, I'll pull it back to the right.

So if I was to say right, you would--

And left and right again.

Without these controls,

just to be clear, this doesn't move at all.

If there's any ambient static fields in the area,

it'll wiggle around a little bit.

One of the things we thought is, maybe it has to do

with pressure he's exerting on it.

As he increases pressure on one side,

it moves one way or the other.

But as you can see, he can also have this effect

without touching the poles.

EDWARDS: Without touching it. I can hold it over there.

I can pull it back there.

Mentally, I'm just changing polarity in my head

or going from one side to the other.

NARRATOR: Removing any physical contact

with the machine,

Edd has just demonstrated something

many would consider impossible.

many would consider impossible. He moved the toggle

He moved the toggle

using only the power of his mind.

Sounds like you're at the real forefront

of some cutting-edge research here.

Well, it's difficult to find people

who are able to consistently have these sorts of effects.

And the fact that Edd has consistent effects

allows us to explore the phenomenon

in a lot more detail.

Now, at the UVA studies,

they do the extensive EEG brain mapping on me.

they do the extensive EEG brain mapping on me. And what they've learned about my brain

And what they've learned about my brain

compared to all the other EEGs

is just freaking them out up there.

My brain is operating on all levels of consciousness

My brain is operating on all levels of consciousness all at the same time.

all at the same time.

NARRATOR: Typically, the human brain

generates specific brain waves

while in different states of consciousness.

But neuroscientists who have studied Edd's brain

But neuroscientists who have studied Edd's brain claim it is capable of generating

claim it is capable of generating

all of these separate brain waves simultaneously.

NEWBERG: When it comes

to the brain waves that our brain has,

we have denoted them alpha waves,

beta waves, theta waves, and so forth.

These are essentially different frequencies.

Certain types are associated

with sleep patterns and things like that.

with sleep patterns and things like that. But it's always been a little difficult

But it's always been a little difficult

to know exactly how to interpret

all the different types of brain waves that we have.

TSOUKALOS: An argument can be made

that ESP or psychokinesis or precognition

could be where the brain reaches a level

that we are unfamiliar with,

not because it doesn't exist

but because the great majority of people

have not learned how to harness that side of the brain.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that abilities

like telepathy and psychokinesis

like telepathy and psychokinesis are just waiting to be developed?

are just waiting to be developed?

If so, is ESP something that anyone can master?

ESP is something that everyone has to some extent,

just like any other skill or talent you might have,

whether it be a musical talent, whether it be a sports talent.

Everyone has a bit of natural abilities.

But there are some people who practice really hard,

and they get better at it,

whether they have the natural ability or not.

CORY: Everyone has the ability

to develop their extrasensory perception.

It is because it is part of our DNA.

It is innate in the human nature

to be able to tap into other realities

beyond our normal human senses.

NARRATOR: Tap into other realities?

Could it be that harnessing extrasensory abilities

is the key to connecting with extraterrestrial beings?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining the discovery of an energy field

that may hold the entire knowledge of the universe.

NARRATOR: Durham, North Carolina.

August 2019.

Nick Pope is meeting with parapsychologist John G. Kruth

to observe an experiment with Edd Edwards,

a man who has demonstrated psychokinetic abilities.

John has brought Edd and Nick to a dark room.

Here, he intends to study Edd's abilities with a device

that measures individual light particles called photons.

We have a very sensitive piece of equipment here.

We have a very sensitive piece of equipment here. It's called a photomultiplier tube.

It's called a photomultiplier tube.

The photomultiplier tube will measure a single photon

of ultraviolet light every half second.

It's one of the most sensitive instruments

It's one of the most sensitive instruments for measuring light that exists.

for measuring light that exists.

It's used in standard physics experiments

and laser technology.

The reason we have that in here

is because we're trying to measure light

is because we're trying to measure light that comes from the human body.

that comes from the human body.

CORY: The human body naturally emits light.

The average person emits

14 to 20 photons

by centimeter square per second.

by centimeter square per second. This is very, very low.

This is very, very low.

So today what we're gonna do

is, we're gonna have Edd just sit like he is right now,

and we're going to take a baseline reading from him.

Once we take a baseline from him,

then I'm going to ask Edd to start doing the exercises

that we were seeing downstairs

to see if there's any change in our photon readings.

NARRATOR: In the control room,

Nick and John will observe the experiment on computers

that record the amount of light Edd produces

in the dark room.

So what are you actually hoping to observe here?

And how will this tie in

with ESP and parapsychology more generally?

The emission of light, if it's being projected from him,

would be a type of PK, or psychokinesis.

It may be a mechanism that might enable ESP.

And how would this tie in with telepathy and clairvoyance?

And how would this tie in with telepathy and clairvoyance? Well, when we're talking about light,

Well, when we're talking about light,

we're talking about information carrier system.

If you think about fiber optics,

how the entire Internet works,

it's all done using light

in different frequencies and different patterns.

And this is what we're measuring in here.

And this is what we're measuring in here. We're measuring light.

We're measuring light.

So it's possible that the light being modulated

can be what the carrier signal could be

for the information being transferred in ESP.

All right? About ready?

- All right? About ready? - POPE: Yes. - KRUTH: Okay.

- POPE: Yes. - KRUTH: Okay.

- Hey, Edd? - EDWARDS: Yeah.

All right, I'm going to turn the lights off

so we can start to study.

EDWARDS: Okay.

NARRATOR: John kills the lights

and begins the experiment.

Edd is going to attempt to generate energy with his mind.

But first, John will record a baseline measurement.

KRUTH: And you can see we're starting to take readings now.

Typically, what would you expect

Typically, what would you expect to see in this experiment?

to see in this experiment?

So, what we typically see is, we'll see a baseline,

which kind of wiggles around a little bit.

It will usually be between 12 and 20 photons

that we'll see it moving back and forth.

If we get it to go beyond it to a point

where it's two times the baseline or higher,

then that's extremely significant.

- So that's what we're looking for. - Okay.

NARRATOR: With their baseline readings complete,

John starts the next phase of the experiment.

Okay, Edd, you can start your sitting session.

EDWARDS: Okay.

NARRATOR: Edd begins his process to generate energy,

and almost immediately the computer readings change.

- Oh, look. That one jumped up to 156. - Oh, wow.

- Oh, look. That one jumped up to 156. - Oh, wow. Now we're seeing 105.

Now we're seeing 105.

And you can see it's consistently at a higher level

And you can see it's consistently at a higher level than it was during the baseline.

than it was during the baseline.

- And this is what we look for. - POPE: Right.

We've had nothing on this scale

- before he started to produce something. - Nothing close to that.

We just got a very big spike into the 500s.

Oh, wow.

NARRATOR: The sudden change on the computer screen

NARRATOR: The sudden change on the computer screen suggests something extraordinary,

suggests something extraordinary,

that Edd can consciously manipulate energy

with his mind.

with his mind. POPE: Up until this point,

POPE: Up until this point,

I think psychic talk was just that, it was talk.

But even I can see that that is statistically significant.

You don't need statistics to know

- that there's something unusual going on here. - Sure.

NARRATOR: John's experiment may show that the human brain

has far more potential than previously thought.

has far more potential than previously thought. But could these abilities

But could these abilities

stem from an extraterrestrial origin?

After years of studying the nature

of electromagnetic and gravitational fields,

celebrated futurist and Nobel Prize nominee

celebrated futurist and Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo announces

Dr. Ervin Laszlo announces

that he has found evidence of the "A," or Akashic, field.

BRANDENBURG: Dr. Laszlo took work from the discovery

of the quantum zero-point energy,

which is a radiation field

that exists all around us that we can't perceive,

but we can detect it indirectly.

It's very solid theoretically.

It's very solid theoretically. It was first discovered by Einstein.

It was first discovered by Einstein.

So we know that the zero-point energy exists

So we know that the zero-point energy exists and it carries a lot of information

and it carries a lot of information

about the universe in it.

Laszlo proposed that this didn't carry

Laszlo proposed that this didn't carry just a physical information

just a physical information

about the physics of the universe,

but also it contained intellectual information.

NARRATOR: According to theoretical physicists,

NARRATOR: According to theoretical physicists, zero-point energy

zero-point energy

is an all-pervasive sea of quantum energy waves

that is invisible but exists throughout the universe.

The fabric of space itself

is made of energy and information.

And the way this information propagates

through the universe is through waves.

We call that "quantum waves."

And so the Akashic field is made of quantum waves

that are common to all intelligent life.

This means that all human brains,

extraterrestrial brains, any sort of otherworldly beings

also are tapping into similar quantum waves.

WILCOCK: This idea of an intelligent informational field

that we can access with our consciousness

is not pseudoscience.

is not pseudoscience. It's not superstition.

It's not superstition.

It is a basic fact

that our scientists are finding out is really true.

NARRATOR: Nearly two decades prior to Laszlo's discovery,

Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman

published his groundbreaking work in quantum physics,

The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

In it, he explored the idea

that electrons in our brains

can be activated and informed by quantum waves

affecting our thoughts and subconscious.

SCOTT: So, Richard Feynman talked

about the quantum entanglement theory

and the idea that you could have subatomic particles

at any distance whatsoever,

and they could affect each other,

where information can be sent

at great speeds instantaneously, actually.

BRANDENBURG: The human brain is full of electrical activity

that creates radiation

that a very sensitive radio receiver could pick up,

and other minds other places

would also be able to send such waves.

Feynman found from the idea

of a quantum field of information

an electron moving in our brains

could be receiving radio signals from the past.

But to compensate, it must also receive waves from the future.

Now, this means that every electron

in our brains is actually a receiver.

WILCOCK: Information could traverse

to any part of the universe instantaneously.

This could mean that intelligent civilizations

could send complex information to us

by quantum wave propagation or other means.

They could very much be nudging society along

through people having apparent visions,

which could be nothing more complex than a radio broadcast,

some sort of thought transference

some sort of thought transference through the Akashic record.

through the Akashic record.

NARRATOR: Could the human brain act as a receiver,

picking up signals from a quantum field of information?

And might those with extrasensory abilities

be able to readily access this realm of cosmic knowledge?

While it may sound like fringe science,

for decades the United States government

has employed the services

of psychic spies.

NARRATOR: Washington, D.C.

1995.

The U.S. government declassifies the Stargate Project,

a secret army unit that employed people

with psychic abilities as spies.

The clandestine unit gathered intelligence

about persons, places, and events

from great distances by sensing with their mind,

from great distances by sensing with their mind, a practice called remote viewing.

a practice called remote viewing.

During the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter's administration

used remote viewers

to locate a downed Russian spy plane in Africa.

You talk to any of the old remote viewers,

the ones from the Stargate program,

they'll tell you how accurate and how important

and how relevant their information was.

NARRATOR: John Vivanco

has been a remote viewer for over 20 years.

VIVANCO: I worked with corporations

as a professional remote viewer on these projects.

as a professional remote viewer on these projects. Corporations, intelligence,

Corporations, intelligence,

counterterror for the FBI after 9/11.

Remote viewing fits into ESP.

But remote viewing is also kind of like

the Swiss Army knife of psychic functioning

the Swiss Army knife of psychic functioning because it kind of uses

because it kind of uses

all of these different aspects of ESP

in order to get information on things.

NARRATOR: A key part of remote viewing

involves entering a trancelike state,

which John does by listening to specific sounds.

We have brain waves,

and in the thinking monkey mind state

that we're normally in, that is beta.

If you think about an EEG,

it has very high peaks and valleys... (imitates EEG)

moving fast.

That's not a very good place to remote-view from.

So when we listen to the binaural beats,

they move us down into alpha,

which is a little bit slower and meditative,

and also down into theta.

And we like to stay

in the alpha to the theta zone

using that tool

using that tool in order to get the best information.

in order to get the best information.

CORY: During a trance state,

CORY: During a trance state, the brain begins to relax,

the brain begins to relax,

going down from beta to theta to alpha state,

going down from beta to theta to alpha state, which is between four and eight hertz.

which is between four and eight hertz.

Prophets and seers

tap into the theta layer of reality,

tap into the theta layer of reality, where they are extremely relaxed,

where they are extremely relaxed,

which allows them to receive visions and imagery

beyond the normal human perception.

NARRATOR: While working as a remote viewer,

NARRATOR: While working as a remote viewer,

Vivanco claims to have gathered more

than just information.

He has also encountered otherworldly beings.

I'm at home,

and I'm having this crazy dream.

So I open my eyes,

I sit up, and there's this thing.

I'd say like six feet away from me.

It's got a head

shaped like a football on its side, two eyes.

It's got these sort of spindly legs.

So I start backing up

and I'm starting to go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa."

And it telepathically communicated with me,

and they said, "We are here to help you,

and they said, "We are here to help you, and we want you to help us."

and we want you to help us."

NARRATOR: John was not the only remote viewer

on his team to have such an experience.

Now, the other viewers started to experience the same thing.

And so that's when we started to, "Okay,

now, you know, I'm not hallucinating."

NARRATOR: It is not only remote viewers

who have reported telepathic communication

with otherworldly beings.

In the ancient world,

priests and seers developed various methods

to enter an altered state of consciousness

to connect with their gods.

In Ireland, Celtic shaman rhythmically banged on drums.

The famous Greek seer the Oracle of Delphi

would inhale a noxious gas and go into an ecstatic dance.

Perhaps the most curious tale comes from ancient China,

where Taoist priests would practice

a mystic dance ritual called the Pace of Yu.

DOMINIC STEAVU: The Pace of Yu is a mediumistic trance

that enables practitioners to escape

the normal confines of time and space

the normal confines of time and space and travel to the stars

and travel to the stars

in order to communicate

with the divine beings that inhabit them.

And there they would interact with various astral deities

and stellar powers or stellar divinities

in order to directly ask them

for advice about future events.

NARRATOR: Astral deities with stellar powers?

Might the priests have been communicating

with extraterrestrials?

CHILDRESS: With these trancelike states,

the whole idea is to really contact

the gods and higher beings.

And are you perhaps contacting extraterrestrials?

NARRATOR: In modern times, powerful leaders

from Winston Churchill to Ronald Reagan

sought counsel from people with psychic abilities

for all types of decisions.

What leader wouldn't benefit from knowing

what lies around the corner,

whether it's good news or bad news,

whether it's good news or bad news, and perhaps have the opportunity

and perhaps have the opportunity

to try to prevent something catastrophic

to try to prevent something catastrophic from happening on their watch?

from happening on their watch?

So I think this is just a continuation of something

that has been with us since the dawn of civilization.

NARRATOR: If psychics have been steering

the highest affairs of a nation,

might they also be part of an extraterrestrial agenda

might they also be part of an extraterrestrial agenda to direct the course of life on Earth?

to direct the course of life on Earth?

But if so,

how could otherworldly beings know the future?

TSOUKALOS: In the 1970s, this French philosopher

by the name of Dr. Jean Charon

proposed that each and every single particle

that's in existence throughout the entire universe...

...contains the entire knowledge of the universe.

He called that the Eternal Spirit.

And he said,

and this is my favorite quote of the entire book,

that "the brain is the last untamed beast

in the universe."

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that the next step in human evolution

depends not on our mastery of technology

but on the mastery of our own minds?

Will our ascension into the stars

come not through physics, but something more?

We think that we need a machine

We think that we need a machine to make us more intelligent,

to make us more intelligent,

to make us more superior and enhance our ability.

But you have access to certain powers and capabilities

But you have access to certain powers and capabilities way beyond the machinery.

way beyond the machinery.

The human brain has the ability

to communicate with other beings,

other dimensions and realities.

Some people believe that the prophets and seers

Some people believe that the prophets and seers may have a hybrid extraterrestrial lineage.

may have a hybrid extraterrestrial lineage.

But I believe that everyone has this capability.

The way to evolve is through consciousness.

Consciousness is more powerful and more important

Consciousness is more powerful and more important than machinery and AI.

than machinery and AI.

NARRATOR: Is it humanity's destiny

NARRATOR: Is it humanity's destiny to master psychic abilities

to master psychic abilities

that could put us in contact with other intelligent beings

and lead to our ascension from Earth?

There are some who believe

that a man who harnessed these abilities centuries ago,

Michel de Nostradamus,

left a warning for future generations

left a warning for future generations that this extrasensory evolution

that this extrasensory evolution

may be critical to the survival...

...of humankind.

NARRATOR: A solar flare erupts from a powerful storm

on the surface of the Sun and hurdles towards Earth.

Due to the tilt of the planet on this particular day,

we barely miss bombardment by the apocalyptic flame.

Had it happened one week earlier...

...humans would have faced a global catastrophe.

Now scientists say it could happen again.

And next time a solar flare could strike a fatal blow.

Remarkably, over five centuries ago,

Remarkably, over five centuries ago, Michel de Nostradamus made a prediction

Michel de Nostradamus made a prediction

Michel de Nostradamus made a prediction about the end of life on Earth

about the end of life on Earth

that, to many, sounds eerily similar

to the potential effects of a solar flare.

Nostradamus has made one of the farthest

future-dated prophecies in history.

The fire sears and dries out and destroys

and desiccates the surface of the Earth,

destroying all life on its surface.

But then he gives some hope.

He says, "But the races of humanity will go on."

And then he makes a statement

that he never has made in any of his utterances.

He starts using astrological identifications

He starts using astrological identifications for places in space as locations.

for places in space as locations.

But he says, "Some will go to Aquarius for a few years.

Others will go to the constellation of Cancer."

It's a hint of a man from the 16th century

trying to grasp the concept

of the galactic stage of human civilization.

TSOUKALOS: The idea that somebody from around 500 years ago

said that we'll have to leave planet Earth

in order to live elsewhere, to continue life,

that's incredibly fascinating,

because what does a man from 500 years ago

know about leaving planet Earth?

NARRATOR: Could Nostradamus have been warned

about a future catastrophe by otherworldly beings

through the use of the quantum field of information,

or the Akashic field?

And if so, could extrasensory contact have been used

And if so, could extrasensory contact have been used to influence humanity's greatest minds

to influence humanity's greatest minds

and advance society

to our current technological age?

Today the theorems of Srinivasa Ramanujan

are being applied in branches of physics

that may allow us to unlock the greatest mysteries

of the cosmos.

The computer models

established by Alan Turing and John von Neumann

have advanced human technology by leaps and bounds.

The advances in rocketry

made by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Wernher von Braun

have allowed for greater exploration of space.

And Steve Jobs' contributions

to the microcomputer revolution

have put all of the world's collective knowledge

at our fingertips.

But has the work of these visionaries and others

But has the work of these visionaries and others really been directed

really been directed

by an extraterrestrial intelligence?

And might they be shepherding humanity

through psychics and visionaries

until we unlock the full potential of our brains?

There have been a number of studies that have shown

that consciousness seems to be able to go beyond

just what is in the human brain.

And that is something that I think

all of us need to think about.

What the future holds remains to be seen.

But one argument

is that the development of psychic abilities

is going to be the next step of human evolution,

that unlocking these abilities

that perhaps lie dormant within all of us

is going to be the key

to upgrading humanity to the next level.

It seems quite possible that as we evolve,

our psychic abilities will also evolve

our psychic abilities will also evolve and that maybe our ultimate destiny

and that maybe our ultimate destiny

and that maybe our ultimate destiny is to become telepathic beings

is to become telepathic beings

like what we see with these extraterrestrials.

NARRATOR: Could it be that one day soon

all humans will be able to tap into incredible abilities

that lie dormant within the brain?

And like the minds of great seers and visionaries

throughout history, will we, too,

be able to readily access a realm of untold information?

Perhaps it will be in this cosmic plane

that we will learn the full truth of our alien past

and finally come face-to-face

with our extraterrestrial creators.

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