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LAUNCH DIRECTOR: Three, two, one.

Liftoff.

NARRATOR: For more than six decades, mankind has rocketed

into outer space.

But does the public know the full extent

of what we've learned?

DAVID WHITEHEAD: Astronauts have come out and said

that they have seen these UFOs flying around,

that they've been followed.

NARRATOR: Is there a classified mission

to uncover extraterrestrial activity?

MIKE BARA: Apollo 17 was, in fact,

MIKE BARA: Apollo 17 was, in fact, a technology salvaging mission.

a technology salvaging mission.

Could it possibly have been ancient alien technology?

NARRATOR: And is the space program

withholding information that will change life on Earth?

NICK POPE: The implications of discovering extraterrestrial life

are profound.

Politics, religion, science--

everything will be affected.

NARRATOR: Is there an undisclosed agenda

NARRATOR: Is there an undisclosed agenda behind the so-called space race,

behind the so-called space race,

and top secret evidence that holds the key

and top secret evidence that holds the key to what could be our return to the stars?

to what could be our return to the stars?

to what could be our return to the stars? DAVID CHILDRESS:

DAVID CHILDRESS: Everything that NASA does is supposedly above board.

But they are not sharing all of the information.

Most of it is being kept secret.

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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.

we have ever been taught. The evidence is all around us.

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.

October 4, 1957.

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1,

the first satellite to orbit the Earth.

Its success stunned the world

and shocked the United States into action.

The space race was on,

and with it came the creation of NASA,

the government's first fully funded agency

charged with not only putting humans into space,

but to have a man land on the Moon by 1969.

In fact, so thorough was NASA's focus on all aspects

of space exploration that it commissioned a study

of space exploration that it commissioned a study on "the implications of a discovery

on "the implications of a discovery

of extraterrestrial life"

otherwise known as the Brookings Report.

POPE: The Brookings Institute Report

didn't just ask, "Are there aliens out there?"

didn't just ask, "Are there aliens out there?" It took it to the next level

It took it to the next level

and said, "What happens when we find them?"

The implications of discovering

extraterrestrial life are profound.

extraterrestrial life are profound. And there are implications

And there are implications

that go across all levels of society.

Politics, economics, religion,

Politics, economics, religion, technology, science--

technology, science--

technology, science-- everything will be affected.

everything will be affected.

BARA: The Brookings Report specifically says

you should release information,

little by little, bit by bit

so that people get culturally acclimated to the idea

of aliens and extraterrestrials.

of aliens and extraterrestrials. GEORGE NOORY: We will always speculate, those of us in broadcasting,

GEORGE NOORY: We will always speculate, those of us in broadcasting,

why isn't government coming forward

telling us what's going on,

telling us what's going on, telling us the truth?

telling us the truth?

And a lot of people cite the old Brookings Report

that basically said, "We can't handle the truth."

There'd be mass chaos.

Religions would collapse.

Governments would collapse.

So the government has decided,

"We're not saying anything."

NARRATOR: Does the existence of the Brookings Report

NARRATOR: Does the existence of the Brookings Report provide evidence that not only

provide evidence that not only

does the United States have protocols

and procedures in place

and procedures in place in the event of extraterrestrial contact,

in the event of extraterrestrial contact,

but that such protocols have deliberately been

kept a secret from the American public

kept a secret from the American public for over 60 years?

for over 60 years?

for over 60 years? But if so, why?

But if so, why?

I do not believe that government

I do not believe that government essentially is negative,

essentially is negative,

essentially is negative, evil and harmful, deceptive or lying.

evil and harmful, deceptive or lying.

We should look back to 1938,

when Orson Welles did his famous radio program

on Halloween night called War of the Worlds,

wherein which through an enactment

New York was to be invaded.

New York was to be invaded. People around the country

People around the country

listening to this radio program were terrified.

COMMANDER (over radio): The machines are close together now,

and we're ready to attack.

Planes circling, ready to strike.

Our governments learned from this.

People will panic.

JOHN PODESTA: Some people have thought that

it's important to prepare the public.

You know, I've always said I think the American public

can handle the truth.

The government would do well to be more open about

what it's done in the past, what it learned in the past,

what it's doing today and what it'll do in the future.

NARRATOR: While government officials

do not acknowledge that intelligent alien life exists,

the space program has made no secret

the space program has made no secret of its ongoing efforts

of its ongoing efforts

to communicate with extraterrestrials.

Cape Canaveral, Florida.

September 5, 1977.

NASA launches the Voyager 1 probe.

Its mission is to journey to Jupiter, Saturn,

Its mission is to journey to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune,

Uranus and Neptune,

and send back important information.

But perhaps more interesting than the information

But perhaps more interesting than the information Voyager 1 was programmed to collect,

Voyager 1 was programmed to collect,

was the information it was carrying with it.

JON LOMBERG: The two Voyager spacecrafts were each launched in 1977

on a mission of exploration of the outer solar system.

And both of them

kept on going to leave

kept on going to leave the solar system forever.

the solar system forever.

They weren't coming back.

And as a result of this, NASA invited Carl

to put a message on both of the Voyager spacecraft.

As conceived by a team of experts

led by famed astronomer Carl Sagan,

Voyager's so-called "Golden Record"

was designed to send greetings from the people of planet Earth

to whatever form of alien life it might encounter

that had intelligence enough to decode it.

I'd been collaborating with Carl for about five years.

We shared a passion for this topic--

extraterrestrial intelligence and how to communicate with it.

And I happened to be at the right place

at the right time when he was trying to form

at the right time when he was trying to form a small team to actually make the message.

a small team to actually make the message.

a small team to actually make the message. I was a design director on the project

I was a design director on the project

and my main role was designing, with Frank Drake,

the series of photographs and diagrams

that show what the Earth and human beings are like.

JOSH RICHARDS: The Golden Record kick-started

this thought process,

this approach to philosophy of "How do we define who we are,

"if we came across an intelligent civilization?

How would we represent ourselves?"

LOMBERG: The Golden Record shows Earth on a good day.

Some of our best music,

a lot of pleasant-looking people saying "Hello."

No war, no poverty, no injustice.

No war, no poverty, no injustice. And this was by design.

And this was by design.

First of all, it's not obvious how you would show these things

to an extraterrestrial.

I mean, a starving baby

evokes a huge emotional reaction from us.

Maybe a baby is supposed to look that way, they wouldn't know.

It seemed important to me,

in being asked to design this thing,

that it should tell a story.

And the story is, of course, our story.

It's the story of our planet, it's the story of life,

it's the story of humans, and it's the story of our future.

RICHARDS: In terms of the protocols

that we would use in actually replying back

to a message that we got from an intelligent civilization,

different experts have different opinions.

Some people believe that we should try and represent

the best version of ourselves.

On the other end of the spectrum,

you could potentially upload the entire Internet,

you could potentially upload the entire Internet, along with all of our dark sides

along with all of our dark sides

so that you could have a full and complete picture

of who we are as a species.

NARRATOR: Does the design and implementation

of Carl Sagan's Golden Record provide evidence of the belief

that intelligent life exists in the universe?

If so, is that belief

the product of mere scientific speculation

the product of mere scientific speculation or a conviction based on previous

or a conviction based on previous

extraterrestrial encounters?

For the answer, ancient astronaut theorists

point to the incredible circumstances

that set mankind on its course to the stars.

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NARRATOR: Huntsville, Alabama. July 24, 1969.

(crowd cheering)

A crowd of thousands gathers in Courthouse Square

to cheer on the triumphant return of Dr. Wernher von Braun,

just hours after Apollo 11's Columbia Command Module

splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

The United States had achieved what many believed

was impossible-- putting a man on the Moon.

The picture ran in newspapers

around America the following day,

celebrating the genius rocket engineer

who was behind it all.

Von Braun is a titan, you know,

he's one of the major figures of the last century.

And he was way ahead of his time.

Von Braun adamantly believed

that humanity's future was in space.

He is the greatest voice we've had

in the history of the space program.

NARRATOR: Considered by NASA to be the "father of rocket science,"

von Braun is credited with either inventing

or helping to develop many of the most sophisticated

or helping to develop many of the most sophisticated aerial technologies that exist today,

aerial technologies that exist today,

like the supersonic antiaircraft missile...

...the ballistic missile,

...the ballistic missile, the first American satellite,

the first American satellite,

and the first U.S. space vehicles,

including the enormous Saturn V rocket

that enabled man to reach the Moon.

PEARLMAN: Without exaggeration,

the Apollo Program has been called

the "greatest achievement that mankind has ever accomplished."

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? ? Without Wernher von Braun,

Without Wernher von Braun,

we would've not reached the Moon.

NARRATOR: Von Braun's incredible engineering feats

were matched only by his all-consuming crusade

to send man into space.

But who exactly was this engineering genius

with such extraordinary visions for the future?

Why did he believe so strongly that man could,

and should, travel into space?

And what did he expect to find when we got there?

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Wernher von Braun was born March 23, 1912,

in a small town in eastern Prussia.

The second of three sons,

Wernher grew up a child of wealth and privilege.

But while he was born into an accomplished family,

Wernher's keen intellect and unusual passions stood out.

Wernher's keen intellect and unusual passions stood out. His father once said,

His father once said,

"I don't know where his talent comes from,"

and stated on more than one occasion

and stated on more than one occasion that he considered his son a mystery.

that he considered his son a mystery.

Wernher von Braun was multitalented.

Both sides of his brain were working.

He could think about technical things

and imagine rocketry and space travel

and imagine rocketry and space travel but he was an accomplished musician.

but he was an accomplished musician.

And these traits manifested very early.

I think his parents knew by the time he was four or five

that he was very special.

His mother gave him a telescope when he was young

and he looked at the Moon and said, "I want to go there.

I want to build the machine that will go to the Moon."

And of course he did half a century later.

NARRATOR: Wernher von Braun grew up in a time

NARRATOR: Wernher von Braun grew up in a time

when German science fiction authors

focused on science utopian novels

that often featured an idealized German engineer

who solves the world's problems through science and technology.

Movies such as Fritz Lang's Metropolis

and Woman in the Moon also stirred the public's imagination

and no doubt had a powerful influence on von Braun.

For a young man growing up in the 1920s and 30s,

space travel was considered too fantastic and farfetched

to ever be possible.

And although the Wright Brothers had achieved

the first powered flight in 1903,

the horse and buggy was still a widely used

mode of transportation.

The achievement of putting a man on the Moon

is something that was, at the time,

really almost impossible and almost unthinkable.

Wernher von Braun was obsessed with going to the Moon

and going to Mars from the time he was a little boy.

And that was his destiny.

NARRATOR: In his teens, von Braun wrote papers on orbital flight,

and by the incredibly young age of 20,

he was named the head of Germany's rocket program

by Army Artillery Officer Captain Walter Dornberger.

Dornberger would later write in his 1952 book

V-2, the Firing into Space that he was deeply impressed

by the young von Braun's energy,

shrewdness, and astonishing theoretical knowledge.

IMPEY: When he worked towards one of his goals,

he would apply himself and master a subject

he would apply himself and master a subject in very short order.

in very short order.

He'd been trained as an engineer,

and doing a PhD in physics is not trivial.

And he got his PhD at an age when most German students

were still undergraduates.

NARRATOR: But how is it that Wernher von Braun,

whose contemporaries included such scientific geniuses

as Nikola Tesla,

Robert Oppenheimer, and Albert Einstein

was so far ahead of everyone when it came to rocketry?

And what was behind his obsession

to travel to the stars?

Some ancient astronaut theorists believe

that the boy genius

may have been guided by otherworldly forces.

Maybe he drew his inspiration from science fiction.

Maybe it came from his, his own imagination

and vision of what the future should be.

Or maybe it was inspired by something extraterrestrial.

DAVID WILCOCK: 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.

TSOUKALOS: Some have suggested that people

like Albert Einstein, Tesla, that they've had

this extraterrestrial intervention,

that they have had access to this abundance of knowledge.

And the question has arisen,

"Did Wernher von Braun, was he also one of them?"

Because the vision he had,

the ideas were incredible for their time.

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NARRATOR: Might extraterrestrials have chosen Wernher von Braun

to propel mankind to the Moon and beyond

as some ancient astronaut theorists propose?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining von Braun's connection

to a mysterious Nazi institution

known as the Ahnenerbe.

For years, Wernher von Braun

avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party,

avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party, but on November 12, 1937

but on November 12, 1937

he was commanded to join and did so.

To hear him tell it, he was, uh, had no choice.

That he, it was he either do that,

That he, it was he either do that, or face the same fate

or face the same fate

as everyone else who disobeyed the Nazis-- certain death.

Von Braun didn't think the Nazi movement was the way to go.

But it was a means to an end to develop his rockets.

NARRATOR: In 1944, with the help of additional funding

from the German government,

von Braun launched the 45-foot 27,000-pound A-4

later rechristened the V-2 or Vengeance Weapon.

While von Braun's first rocket only reached 1.4 miles,

the V-2 climbed to an altitude of 108.5 miles,

and became the first man-made object to ever reach space.

PEARLMAN: The V2 rocket was a one-stage liquid-fueled rocket that was

not comparable to any other rocket at the time

because there weren't other rockets at the time.

You had rockets in development.

What von Braun was able to do with the V2

was combine the theory with the practical application,

and develop the first rocket ever to be able to reach space.

NARRATOR: How was von Braun able to advance

Germany's rocket program so far in just a few short years?

Was it due to a desperate nation

supplying him with massive amounts of money and material?

Or could there be another reason?

On July 1, 1935,

Hitler's SS Commander Heinrich Himmler,

Hitler's SS Commander Heinrich Himmler, established Ahnenerbe,

established Ahnenerbe,

an elite Nazi institute

that purported to research the cultural

and archaeological history of the Germans.

However, its true purpose proved far more bizarre.

BARA: Ahnenerbe was based on the idea that the Aryan race was

the most directly descended from ancient perhaps alien gods.

CHILDRESS: Part of their job was to literally go

all over the world looking for special occult artifacts,

things like the Ark of the Covenant

things like the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail.

and the Holy Grail.

You have to ask yourself, where would von Braun

have gotten that kind of knowledge so quickly?

One of the possible reasons is that the Ahnenerbe,

with their researches,

had actually discovered technology

through some of their expeditions

through some of their expeditions to find ancient relics,

to find ancient relics,

and their search really for ancient technology.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that the Ahnenerbe discovered artifacts--

possibly of ancient extraterrestrial origin--

that helped them advance their weapons research?

Some ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and they suggest that further clues

can be found by exploring just how this former German scientist

came to be the head of NASA's rocketry program.

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NARRATOR: Oberjoch, Germany, May 1945.

In the wake of Adolph Hitler's suicide

and the German surrender,

Wernher von Braun and hundreds of other

Wernher von Braun and hundreds of other German rocket engineers,

German rocket engineers,

surrender to the U.S. Army's Counter Intelligence Corps.

But it was a move von Braun had planned months before.

BARA: Von Braun and his colleagues

made a conscious decision to surrender to the Americans

made a conscious decision to surrender to the Americans because they felt

because they felt

they would have access to higher technology

and they would have a better opportunity to fulfill

his dream of going to the Moon and going to Mars

his dream of going to the Moon and going to Mars to explore what was there.

to explore what was there.

NARRATOR: Although he was a known member of the SS,

Von Braun leveraged his position

as the head of Germany's V-2 rocket program

to convince U.S. authorities to bring him

and roughly 100 handpicked members of his team to America.

Eventually, some 1,500 German scientists

and technicians would follow von Braun to the U.S.

through a top secret program called Operation Paperclip.

Operation Paperclip was a...

an executive-ordered private secret operation

to bring over Nazi scientists,

mostly Nazi rocket scientists and engineers to the U.S.

to help build up a rocketry program for the United States.

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Operation Paperclip was kept a secret for decades.

And you have to wonder whether it was this special knowledge,

that these Nazi scientists had

that we needed so desperately for our own space program.

From what we're able to glean today,

Nazi technology at the end of World War II was so advanced

that they had things that are still science fiction today--

antigravity,

beam weapons,

flying saucers,

flying saucers, flying triangles,

flying triangles,

things that are still kept secret today.

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NARRATOR: In June 1945,

U.S. Army officials holding German scientists

reported that the Nazis

were 25 years ahead of the United States in rocketry.

You have to wonder where this knowledge came from.

And also whether von Braun, who was really the spearhead

And also whether von Braun, who was really the spearhead of all the Nazi rocket technology

of all the Nazi rocket technology

if he had also gotten information from other sources,

perhaps extraterrestrials,

that helped him advance so quickly in rocket technology.

NARRATOR: In the fall of 1945, the U.S. Army assigned

the 33-year-old von Braun and his German colleagues

to the White Sands Proving Ground

to the White Sands Proving Ground Missile Test Range in New Mexico.

Missile Test Range in New Mexico.

Since the 1940s,

White Sands has been the military's testing site

for cutting-edge developments in rocketry and space travel.

According to official records,

Von Braun's task was to help teach the Americans

how to rebuild and launch captured V-2 rockets

brought back from Germany.

But there are others who believe von Braun

had another, top secret job.

Former Army Lieutenant Colonel Philip Corso,

in his book, The Day After Roswell

claimed the facility also housed classified R&D projects,

including the study of extraterrestrial craft.

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Corso

served in the U.S. military for many years,

and he claimed that he actually worked

on recovered alien technology...

...including the crashed vehicle that was recovered

at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.

Now, there is a theory that alien technology from Roswell

and maybe from other crashes too

was actually taken to the White Sands Proving Ground.

That's where Wernher von Braun worked,

and that all this R&D that was going on at White Sands

was actually, at least in part, alien technology.

NARRATOR: Corso claimed that these reverse-engineering efforts

resulted in today's integrated circuit chips,

fiber optics,

and lasers.

WILLIAM HENRY: The sudden explosion

of post-World War II technology

of post-World War II technology is unexplainable to many.

is unexplainable to many.

This is why they point to Wernher von Braun

and the Nazis as the source of this technology.

NARRATOR: There are also claims that a top secret Nazi super weapon

called Die Glocke...

...ended up in the hands of the Americans.

Die Glocke, or the Bell, is said to represent

the pinnacle of the Nazi SS Wonder Weapons program.

It's a metallic bell, nine feet in diameter

with many mysterious properties.

with many mysterious properties. Scientists who have looked at this

Scientists who have looked at this

and the recollections of its appearance and its usage

suggest that it had anti-gravitational properties.

We have to legitimately consider that the German scientists

were at the root of all this,

and that their transferred technology

and that their transferred technology is exactly what is now

is exactly what is now

being used in advanced so-called "alien reproduction vehicles"

built by our own military industrial complex.

NARRATOR: It was rumored that much of the Nazis' secret weaponry

was hidden at the Mittelwerk underground research facility.

In the 1990s,

German archaeologist and scientist Willi Kramer

determined that somehow 70 tons of material

that used to exist at Mittelwerk is now missing.

Is it possible that the missing material ended up in U.S. hands?

Perhaps further clues can be found

by examining the story of how Wernher von Braun

put a man on the Moon.

NARRATOR: In the early 1950s

the American public seemed to have an insatiable appetite

the American public seemed to have an insatiable appetite for science fiction.

for science fiction.

It seemed that in the wake of the atomic bomb,

anything was possible.

Wernher von Braun viewed this fixation as his opportunity

to get the public to share in his dream of space exploration

and initiated a plan

to turn science fiction into science fact.

In 1952, he captured the public's imagination

with an illustrated series of articles

in Collier's magazine, depicting life in space.

Wernher von Braun was a mixture of scientist,

engineer and visionary.

Von Braun was that rare combination

and perhaps the mystic visionary in him

lifted his work above the common sphere

of scientific and engineering achievement.

After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957

and became the first country

to send a man-made object into Earth's orbit,

America's interest in space shifted into high gear.

And over the next several years,

Wernher von Braun led the design team

that sent the first American satellite into space

and a man into orbit...

...all aboard rockets

based on von Braun's original V-2 designs.

LAUNCH DIRECTOR: Three, two, one.

NARRATOR: But as impressive as these feats were,

the next step man would take

would be far greater than any that had come before.

On July 20, 1969,

57-year-old Wernher von Braun watched from inside

Mission Control as a human being,

for the first time in history,

stepped foot on a celestial body other than Earth.

CHARLES DUKE: We copy you down, Eagle.

NEIL ARMSTRONG: Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

NARRATOR: Wernher von Braun's boyhood dream,

NARRATOR: Wernher von Braun's boyhood dream,

which so many had called an impossible feat,

had become a reality.

POPE: We effectively went from horse and buggy

to landing people on the Moon in 60 years.

It's an exponential increase in technology.

It's an absolute explosion.

It's phenomenal that we came so far so fast.

IMPEY: Getting to the Moon involves extremely

precise orbital calculations

and the possibility of missing the Moon,

of not capturing it into an orbit

is a matter of a tiny fraction of a degree in the trajectory

and a small percentage of the speed coming in.

So the ability to adjust the orbit in real time

and adjust those calculations, it was a stunning achievement.

NARRATOR: But how did von Braun know

all the specific information needed to calculate

not only how to send man to the Moon,

but to bring him back to Earth?

Where did he get data such as the exact gravitational

Where did he get data such as the exact gravitational pull of the Moon,

pull of the Moon,

the speed needed to break Earth's orbit,

or the effects of space radiation on the ship?

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I consider it to be entirely possible

that the endowment

of extraterrestrial technology

that fell into the hands of guys like Wernher von Braun...

...was in fact a key element that allowed us to make

technological leaps forward

much faster than we ever would have been able to do

if we were without the benefit of this advanced technology.

Wernher von Braun wanted to go further

than just send people to the Moon and bring them back.

Ultimately, he was talking about colonies in space.

Maybe it was inspired by something extraterrestrial.

NARRATOR: Could it be that von Braun

was not only guided by an alien intelligence

but that the incredible achievement of reaching the Moon

but that the incredible achievement of reaching the Moon really was made possible

really was made possible

with the help of extraterrestrial technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest there's evidence that when the first astronauts

and suggest there's evidence that when the first astronauts began traveling into space

began traveling into space

they encountered far more than has ever been revealed.

NARRATOR: For decades, the United States government

has maintained secrecy

regarding possible extraterrestrial activity,

and evidence of alien contact

has remained top secret.

The U.S. space program has also kept private

any reports of unexplainable sightings

despite many credible firsthand accounts by NASA astronauts.

Everything that NASA does is supposedly above board.

Everything they do, they should tell us about.

We should know about all of their launches and missions.

They themselves are not sharing all of the information.

Most of it is being kept secret.

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NARRATOR: The Baikonur Cosmodrome.

April 12, 1961.

The Vostok 1 rocket achieves liftoff

The Vostok 1 rocket achieves liftoff and Soviet cosmonaut

and Soviet cosmonaut

Yuri Gagarin is heralded as the first human in space.

The event serves as a wake-up call

to the United States and NASA,

whose Project Mercury program

would-- over the next two years--

launch six of its own astronauts into space.

BARA: The achievement of putting a man in space was almost a miracle.

Nobody knows what they might see or encounter out there.

Extraterrestrial spacecraft, or even ETs themselves.

Extraterrestrial spacecraft, or even ETs themselves. LAUNCH DIRECTOR: Liftoff.

LAUNCH DIRECTOR: Liftoff.

NARRATOR: Although the first five Mercury missions go off

- without incident... - LAUNCH DIRECTOR: Liftoff. 30 minutes after the hour.

NARRATOR: ...during the sixth and final mission,

astronaut Gordon Cooper reports an unusual encounter.

While aboard his spacecraft,

While aboard his spacecraft, he reports a green, glowing object

he reports a green, glowing object

quickly approaching his capsule.

quickly approaching his capsule. The UFO is also picked up

The UFO is also picked up

by NASA's tracking station.

But by the time Cooper splashes down in the Pacific Ocean,

reporters are told

that any questions about the incident

that any questions about the incident are strictly forbidden.

are strictly forbidden.

There's no question that NASA actually has

protocols in place for how astronauts should deal with

and report or not report anomalies.

Now, over the years there have been astronauts

that have kind of broken those protocols.

that have kind of broken those protocols. Gordon Cooper is one who talked a lot

Gordon Cooper is one who talked a lot

about a UFO sighting he had on a Mercury spacecraft,

and that upset quite a few people at NASA.

NARRATOR: In June 1965,

two years after Gordon Cooper's flight,

Gemini 4 astronaut, James McDivitt,

Gemini 4 astronaut, James McDivitt, reports seeing a metallic object

reports seeing a metallic object

flying in orbit alongside his spacecraft.

And once again, the event is quickly covered up.

There have been many stories over the years

coming from astronauts of various missions--

from Mercury missions, from the Apollo missions,

and even from the Soviet missions to space

where astronauts have come out and said that they have seen

these UFOs flying around, that they've been followed,

that they've seen unconventional aircraft

that they've seen unconventional aircraft on some of their missions.

on some of their missions.

BARA: There's a story that Buzz Aldrin tells

about Apollo 11 where the Apollo 11 spacecraft

was followed for many, many hours by an object

that was so strange that they actually reported on it

through their private channels.

ALDRIN: I'm looking out the window, and I say,

"What's that?"

There's an object that's moving with respect to everything else.

Geez! It's not supposed to be doing that.

Wonder how far away it is.

If it's a longways away, it's going mighty fast.

If it's not too far away,

it, uh, maybe isn't going very fast.

Wonder what it is.

"Hey, Neil, look at this."

"Hey, Neil, look at this." We look at it--

We look at it--

We look at it-- "God, what is that?"

"God, what is that?"

"Probably the upper stage rocket."

"Yeah, but didn't we just watch that thing carefully

"out in front of us, out the window,

"out in front of us, out the window, light its engine and go... (whooshes)?"

light its engine and go... (whooshes)?"

"Well, I guess that's not what we're looking at...

'cause that's a longways away."

"What's the odds that it's some alien

or Russian or something else?"

But we were not about to cancel the Moon mission

and putt-putt over there to find out which one it was.

and putt-putt over there to find out which one it was. (chuckles)

(chuckles)

WHITEHEAD: There's been many astronauts that have come forward

that have talked about this,

so it seems like some of them want to talk about it

and others are either afraid to talk about it,

or they've been silenced for some reason.

NARRATOR: One person involved with the early space program

who did not remain silent was JoAnn Donaldson,

a young biomedical engineer at NASA.

In 1972,

during the Apollo 17 Moon mission,

Donaldson's job was to monitor the astronauts' vital signs

and to observe their preflight and postflight recovery.

JOANN DONALDSON: Ron Evans was in charge

of the command module while

Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were on the surface of the Moon.

When the command module would orbit the Moon,

part of the orbit would take it behind the Moon,

what we call, "Loss of Signal" to Mission Control.

Day two, Ron came out from behind the Moon,

reported in to Mission Control.

And Gene comes up on the comm link and says,

"Hey, Ron, you're not lonely up there without us, are you?"

And Ron reported back, says, "Nope, I got company."

And Ron reported back, says, "Nope, I got company." Everybody was just kind of taken aback.

Everybody was just kind of taken aback.

It was like, you know, "Company?"

That itself implies that there was something else

up there with him.

Well, Mission Control's first reaction was,

"Guys, are you joking?"

"Guys, are you joking?" And Ron says, "No, this is not a joke.

And Ron says, "No, this is not a joke.

"There is an object, flying in formation with me

up here, circling the Moon."

When Ron reported that the object

was leaving his orbit, he calculated that

they had been in formation with him

for approximately five to five and a half orbits of the Moon.

NARRATOR: But as far as the public was concerned,

NARRATOR: But as far as the public was concerned,

nothing out of the ordinary happened.

At the exact moment that astronaut Ron Evans reported

he was not alone,

NASA officials disconnected the public feed

for media outlets.

The following day, NASA ordered a conference call

for everyone involved in the incident.

DONALDSON: We were all told that we're gonna continue on

with the mission as if nothing has happened.

And do not discuss this anomaly

with anyone outside of your command.

After the Apollo 17 crew

splashed down in the Pacific Ocean,

splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Joann Donaldson examined Evans

Joann Donaldson examined Evans

as part of the post-mission recovery procedure.

DONALDSON: Ron was sitting up on the side of his bunk,

and he goes, "Well, I'm reliving what I saw

"while I was in orbit around the Moon.

"I don't think the Russians have launched

"something this big into orbit.

"I estimate this thing was 40, 45 five feet long.

"I estimate this thing was 40, 45 five feet long. It was a cigar shape."

It was a cigar shape."

BARA: Now any cylindrical object like that

is not gonna be something that we made.

So, what was it?

So, what was it? Clearly, it was not one of ours.

Clearly, it was not one of ours.

WHITEHEAD: We trust these astronauts to report back on what they see.

They're essentially scientists

that are exploring space on our behalf.

But a lot of people are unaware of the fact

that many of our astronauts have spoken openly about UFOs.

Many of them were fighter pilots before they became astronauts,

and they have seen craft flying as pilots.

Could it be they've been pulled aside and told,

"This is all you're allowed to say and no more,"

because NASA is trying to silence these astronauts

from telling the truth?

? ?

NARRATOR: Another Apollo astronaut who openly admitted his belief

in extraterrestrial contact was Edgar Mitchell,

the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 14.

In his later years,

he claimed many of his colleagues had strange,

paranormal experiences during their missions,

and frequently declared that most UFO phenomena

are directly connected to extraterrestrial activity.

EDGAR MITCHELL: I have had no firsthand personal experience,

but all the evidence from the research people

that I know from both Europe and the United States

have investigated all the sightings

have investigated all the sightings from dozens of years.

from dozens of years.

And it's pretty sure it's all true.

I believe that the alien craft, presuming they're the reality,

I think they are and others think they are,

have been coming for a long, long time.

NARRATOR: As the sixth person to walk on the Moon,

Mitchell's opinions concerning UFOs

and their connection to extraterrestrial encounters

have been difficult to dismiss.

And according to ancient astronaut theorists,

other astronauts

have not only witnessed unidentified craft

have not only witnessed unidentified craft during their missions

during their missions

but have also discovered the existence of...

alien artifacts.

RONALD EVANS: Tranquility Base, Houston?

Guidance recommendation is PNGS and you're cleared for takeoff.

NARRATOR: July 21, 1969.

Approximately 21 and a half hours after landing on the Moon,

the Lunar Module Eagle lifts off

to rejoin the command module Columbia

and begin the return to Earth.

The astronauts take with them

47.5 pounds of lunar surface material,

and they leave some items behind as well,

and they leave some items behind as well, like scientific instruments,

like scientific instruments,

an American flag,

and a small plaque commemorating the Apollo 11 mission.

But perhaps most curious of the items left on the Moon

was a small bag containing a gold replica of an olive branch

and a silicon disk with recorded messages

of peace and goodwill from 73 world leaders.

Why were these symbolic messages sent up into space?

Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest

that the mastermind behind the Apollo program,

Wernher von Braun was expecting to find

more on the Moon than NASA wanted the public to know.

Wernher von Braun famously said that the next world war

will be the war against the ETs.

His remarks were hugely controversial.

Some people have said that he was simply saying,

"There can't be another world war

now that we've got atomic weapons."

Other people have speculated that he knew something,

and he was hinting at some terrible truth.

Another story relates that von Braun claimed

that we had help from "them" to get us into space.

If anybody knew about the extraterrestrials,

it would've been a guy like Wernher von Braun.

NARRATOR: Some ancient astronaut theorists propose that not only

did alien beings have a hand in man reaching the Moon

but that once there, we discovered further evidence

but that once there, we discovered further evidence that we are not alone.

that we are not alone.

And they claim the strongest proof can be found

by examining our last manned trip to the Moon--

the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

We definitely weren't told everything

and there's monkey business played with the Moon landings,

of course, as far as what we know about them.

(indistinct radio chatter)

BARA: Apollo 17 was in fact a technology salvaging mission.

ASTRONAUT: Looks like there's been a geologist here before us.

BARA: Some of it has to do with the actual landing site itself.

There were several mountains in the area

that don't really look like mountains.

One of them is very hexagonal looking.

And they bear a striking resemblance

And they bear a striking resemblance to actual artificial structures.

to actual artificial structures.

The astronauts went directly for this hexagonal mountain,

they parked on the hill above it,

and then they got out of the lunar rover.

What's interesting is that for the next 20 or 30 minutes

NASA has control of the camera on the rover,

NASA has control of the camera on the rover, and they point it at everything

and they point it at everything

and they point it at everything except what the astronauts are doing.

except what the astronauts are doing.

They had plenty of time to rappel down

inside of this V-shaped depression.

(indistinct radio chatter)

It's really interesting that we don't see

any of the astronauts at all

until they come back to the lunar rover.

ASTRONAUT: Here we go.

BARA: There's no question that the mystery would be

what they were looking for, what they found,

could it possibly have been ancient alien technology?

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that even

more compelling than the hexagonal formation

is what appears at another spot that was filmed...

...the Shorty crater.

SCHMITT: There is orange soil!

CERNAN: Well, don't move it until I see it.

SCHMITT: It's all over! Orange!

BARA: In Shorty crater you can see orange soil

that was discovered at the landing site

and the reason the soil was orange was because

it had a great deal of oxygen in it,

it had a great deal of oxygen in it, which was kind of a surprise.

which was kind of a surprise.

But the biggest surprise is if you actually look in the crater

what you see are objects that at first,

might to the naked eye, appear to be rocks.

But in fact as you study it with an engineer's eye

what you see is mechanisms.

And right in the middle of it

there's a very interesting object

that as you zoom up on it,

it begins to look more and more like a human head.

NARRATOR: Mike Bara and fellow researcher Richard Hoagland

obtained early generation negatives from Shorty crater,

and upon enhancing the colors present in the film

found that the object appears metallic.

BARA: The most intriguing thing

is that on the upper part of the mouth

there was a bright distinct red stripe

painted across it.

And it glowed and shone as if it were metallic.

You then come to the realization

that what you're probably looking at is the head

of a humanoid appearing robot.

The leftovers of an explosion

that damaged and destroyed a bunch of mechanical stuff.

NARRATOR: Did NASA really recover alien artifacts from the Moon?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest further evidence can be found

in the form of extraterrestrial structures

on the lunar surface.

NARRATOR: November 1966.

Three years before the Apollo astronauts

Three years before the Apollo astronauts made it to the Moon,

made it to the Moon,

the Orbiter 2 spacecraft situates itself in lunar orbit.

It was designed to capture

high-resolution images of the surface

high-resolution images of the surface to assist with the selection

to assist with the selection

of landing sites for the Apollo missions.

One image in particular catches the eye of researchers

as it shows what appear to be

as it shows what appear to be the shadows of several pointed spires.

the shadows of several pointed spires.

On November 20, 1966,

the lunar Orbiter 2, NASA's probe,

photographs this area on the Moon

that was actually in the Sea of Tranquility,

only 300 kilometers away

from where Apollo 11 ended up landing.

And what's so bizarre is that this area has

undeniable architecture that looks like

undeniable architecture that looks like what you would see from obelisks.

what you would see from obelisks.

There's eight different spires.

And scientists calculated that the largest of these spires

would be an obelisk that is 15 stories tall.

These do appear to be just like an Egyptian-style obelisk.

But what the heck are they doing on the Moon?

TSOUKALOS: Of the multiple anomalies on the Moon,

I think the spires are some of the most fascinating ones

because astronomers have calculated

that these spires are very tall

for them to be exclusively natural occurrences.

BARA: They have to be artificial,

simply from the fact that the Moon has been bombarded

in kind of an incessant meteoric rain

for 4.5 billion years.

There is no way that anything bigger than a basketball

can be standing straight up on the lunar surface.

ALAN BUTLER: The inference is that NASA

would have known this and that one of the reasons

that they sent their mission there

was so that the astronauts of the Apollo mission could gain

more information about these

artificial structures on the Moon.

(overlapping chatter)

Capcom, we're go for undocking.

ARMSTRONG: Roger. Eagle's undocked.

ARMSTRONG: Roger. Eagle's undocked. BARA: On Apollo 11

BARA: On Apollo 11

when the astronauts were descending to the lunar surface

they got this very strange computer alarm.

- (beeping) - 1202 alarm.

1202 alarm.

1202 alarm. BARA: The famous 1202 computer alarm.

BARA: The famous 1202 computer alarm.

And basically, nobody knew what it was.

What it came out to, was that the computer itself

was overwhelmed with information...

...because Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot,

had turned on the radars on the lunar lander.

It had two radars.

It had two radars. It had a side looking radar

It had a side looking radar

and it had a docking radar.

So in other words, you had one that pointed down,

and one that pointed to the side.

Now, if there's nothing

on the surface of the Moon,

if there are no artificial structures,

if there are no spires sticking 10-20 stories up into the sky,

why would you turn on the side radar?

There's no reason to, but Aldrin did it.

And I think it's because...

he knew and NASA knew that there was some danger

of running into these things.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that NASA actually has knowledge

NARRATOR: Is it possible that NASA actually has knowledge of structures on the Moon?

of structures on the Moon?

In 1960, NASA officials commissioned a report

from the Brookings Institute

to weigh the implications

of the discovery of evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Due to the findings of the report,

researchers believe it was determined

before the Moon missions

to keep any extraterrestrial findings hidden from the public,

to keep any extraterrestrial findings hidden from the public, for fear of social unrest.

for fear of social unrest.

Since the time of the very first Apollo Moon missions,

researchers have pored over

NASA and Russian photos of the Moon

NASA and Russian photos of the Moon looking for structures.

looking for structures.

looking for structures. And they found some unusual things.

And they found some unusual things.

You would think in fact that if extraterrestrials

are on the Moon or were

that they would've built all kinds of structures.

that they would've built all kinds of structures. And we're able to see some of these,

And we're able to see some of these,

And we're able to see some of these, even though NASA scientists

even though NASA scientists

even though NASA scientists don't acknowledge them as genuine.

don't acknowledge them as genuine.

NARRATOR: But perhaps as intriguing as the various structures

seen on the surface of the Moon

are the numerous reports of lights

and other unexplainable activity.

Intermittent reflections

Intermittent reflections emanating from the lunar surface

emanating from the lunar surface

emanating from the lunar surface have been observed for more than a century,

have been observed for more than a century,

have been observed for more than a century, including reports by famed

including reports by famed

astronomer Francis Baily in 1835.

And the phenomenon

was also reported by the Apollo 11 crew.

ALDRIN: The windows are all dark,

and that's when I began seeing

a flash and a streak and another flash.

And flicker flashes we called them.

Kept seeing them.

And I said, "You guys see anything unusual?

And I said, "You guys see anything unusual? You see any flashes?"

You see any flashes?"

Neil said, "Yeah, I saw about 100 of them."

"How about you, Mike?" "No, I didn't see a thing."

Any deep analysis by the crew as to what the hell it was?

No. (laughs)

'Cause we were, we were on our way home.

Let's let somebody else worry about that.

WILCOCK: These things were actually disclosed by NASA

in their own transient lunar anomalies catalogue

in their own transient lunar anomalies catalogue showing lights moving around,

showing lights moving around,

showing lights moving around, showing puffs of smoke,

showing puffs of smoke,

showing things that should not be there on the Moon's surface,

all of which suggests that there is, in fact,

a very thriving extraterrestrial community

a very thriving extraterrestrial community living on the Moon today.

living on the Moon today.

NARRATOR: Might there not only be structures

on the lunar surface but also unidentified activity?

Activity that might point to current

extraterrestrial occupation of the Moon?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest that further evidence may be found

and suggest that further evidence may be found on the dark side of the Moon.

on the dark side of the Moon.

The Moon is in what we call

The Moon is in what we call synchronous rotation with the Earth.

synchronous rotation with the Earth.

That is that the effect of the gravity

of the Earth and the Moon

means that the Moon only shows us one side,

it is one face, the face that we're all familiar with.

PAUL DAVIES: The reason for this is because

when two objects get close enough to each other,

they do become so-called phase locked in that manner.

It means it presents the same face

to the Earth the whole time.

JOHN BRANDENBURG: Because of the tidal locking of the Moon's rotation,

it presents the same face.

And of course, this leads to speculation

because this creates a perfect place

to create large installations on the Moon

that are not directly observable from Earth.

Hypothetically, the far side of the Moon,

it's an excellent place to put bases,

and that has been a fixture of a lot of science fiction.

MICHAEL SALLA: There have been whistleblowers that say that they've been taken

to a base which is called Lunar Operations Command

to a base which is called Lunar Operations Command on the far side of the Moon

on the far side of the Moon

and that this base is part of a network of bases

and that this base is part of a network of bases on the far side of the Moon

on the far side of the Moon

that are run by various secret space programs

and extraterrestrial civilizations.

The Apollo missions have taken surveillance photographs

of the Moon's surface and some of the photographs

have shown what appear to be structures.

? ?

NARRATOR: Could it be that there are active bases

NARRATOR: Could it be that there are active bases on the far side of the Moon?

on the far side of the Moon?

on the far side of the Moon? And if so,

And if so,

have government officials worked to keep this information

have government officials worked to keep this information hidden from the public?

hidden from the public?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest that evidence of extraterrestrial activity

has not only been discovered on the lunar surface...

has not only been discovered on the lunar surface... but also on the Red Planet.

but also on the Red Planet.

NARRATOR: February 25, 2014.

554 solar days after the Mars Curiosity rover

touched down, it beams its latest high-resolution

panoramic photographs of the Mars landscape to Earth.

Upon inspection, amateur archaeologists

announce a startling discovery--

what appears to be an effigy located at the Dingo Gap,

resembling a human statue.

The find is just one of the dozens of strange

Earth-like objects sighted in the rover images,

including a sarcophagus...

...a Buddha statue...

...and even a cross.

There are a lot of different objects on Mars that people see,

or think they see, in various rover images.

And it's really hard to dismiss them

because they do look exactly

like sculptures that human beings make.

And even after a massive cataclysm,

like what apparently took place on Mars,

you're gonna find remnants from a lost civilization

you're gonna find remnants from a lost civilization that's just leaving behind

that's just leaving behind

those last hints that "We were here."

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists have considered

that there may be artifacts and unnatural structures on Mars

since the first images were beamed back

from the Mars Viking mission in 1979.

NASA officials claim the perceived likeness

of formations on Mars to man-made objects

is due to pareidolia, where the mind perceives

a familiar pattern, like seeing shapes in clouds.

But some imaging experts are not convinced

that it's just a trick of the eye.

Joe White has been working in image restoration for 25 years,

Joe White has been working in image restoration for 25 years, and claims to have found

and claims to have found

artifacts on the Martian surface that defy explanation.

The rover images are generally fairly close-up

and it is possible to spot things like statue heads

and stone blocks,

sometimes with writing on and carvings in them.

It's such a shame they, they do so much to destroy these images.

But basically what they do is they resize them down

so that the detail's all lost.

But because I've worked in photographic restoration,

But because I've worked in photographic restoration, I know how to do it.

I know how to do it.

All I've done with this is actually enhanced the contrast

and sharpened it a little bit.

The details I noticed first

The details I noticed first were particularly the eye and nose details

were particularly the eye and nose details

on the front of the, of the, the statue on the left here

with a very quite clear mouth structure

with a very quite clear mouth structure and what looks like an ear, just here.

and what looks like an ear, just here.

And you have a long narrow elongated cone head shape

to the statue.

Now this may well be an elaborate headdress

on this statue here, which seems to be broken off.

on this statue here, which seems to be broken off. But it's hard to say for sure.

But it's hard to say for sure.

I mean this is a, it's a damaged statue,

buried up to its chin

and there's probably a lot more of it buried

just below in the sand.

But you can actually see quite clearly

it's the sort of thing you would expect to find

somewhere like Central or South America.

NARRATOR: Might there actually be ruins of a lost civilization

scattered across the Martian landscape?

Ruins that mirror those that exist on our own planet?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and propose that this is one of many artifacts on Mars

that seem to have counterparts on our Earth.

that seem to have counterparts on our Earth. Certain structures on Mars

Certain structures on Mars

may be completely related to structures here on Earth.

On Mars we have structures that look like pyramids.

There are standing stones

and Stonehenge type of structures on Mars.

There's also a structure on Mars that looks like a Sphinx.

BARA: Around Cydonia there are many, many objects,

BARA: Around Cydonia there are many, many objects,

including an area called the city

where the so-called face on Mars is located.

There's a massive pentagonal pyramid,

there's a cluster of other pyramidal objects

that are nearby.

And one of the things that's really interesting

about the city is that some people have pointed out

that if you take the apex

of all of the pyramidal structures there--

and there are number of them--

that they basically match the layout of the Pleiades.

Now, this is something that we've seen here on Earth.

We've seen various ancient architectural monuments

that are also laid out

to reflect the constellation of the Pleiades.

TSOUKALOS: Is it possible that the structures on Mars

are real and of artificial origin?

That is something where all of science says,

"No, impossible."

Well, is it really?

Water on Mars, impossible, right?

Water on Mars, impossible, right? No, it has been proven.

No, it has been proven.

So we have to ask ourselves, "What civilization built this?

And what happened to them?"

NARRATOR: Might the various structures and artifacts found

on the surface of Mars

really be evidence of a past Martian civilization?

If so, why would this information remain secret?

And might there be more

that the public isn't being told?

Beyond obtaining high-resolution photographs

as well as soil and air samples

as it travels across the surface of the planet,

the $2.5 billion Mars Curiosity rover

was also able to turn the camera on itself.

A feature that enables engineers at NASA

to diagnose and troubleshoot issues from Earth.

Curiously, 50 solar days into its mission,

the Rover beamed a mysterious photograph back to Earth

showing what appeared to some researchers

to be the shadow of a human-like figure

to be the shadow of a human-like figure working on the rover.

working on the rover.

working on the rover. CHILDRESS: You could see a person there

CHILDRESS: You could see a person there

and even it seemed that he was not wearing a helmet,

but was in some kind of gear and goggles.

And it made people speculate that what might be going on

on Mars is more than what NASA and also the military

space program has said that we can achieve.

BARA: NASA knows so much more about Mars than they are telling us.

They put pictures out,

they allow things to come out,

they do not comment on them in general

but they just allow people with eyes, who want to see,

to look at these things and understand what they are.

But they don't say anything about it

because they are constrained by the political realities.

GEORGE NOORY: A couple years ago,

we got a call from a person named Jackie

who claimed that she was a former NASA employee.

And she went on with this profound story

And she went on with this profound story about how our rovers

about how our rovers

had sent back pictures that NASA has suppressed

of humans on Mars walking around.

And she was very compelling.

She seemed to know exactly what she was talking about.

There's always been a theory

that there's a space program

beyond the space program that we know.

It's a black ops program.

It's the program where trillions of dollars merely disappear,

and nobody knows where the money went.

And nobody knows what's going on.

NARRATOR: Could there really be

a secret U.S. military operation on Mars?

If so, just how long has it been going on?

Some researchers suggest that a feasible plan

to get to Mars was conceived

well before we even made it to the Moon

and by the same scientist that got us there.

STEPHEN PETRANEK: Wernher von Braun was a rocket genius

and he was obsessed with going to Mars.

He was obsessed with rocketry.

And he wrote a book in 1948 called The Mars Project.

And he wrote a book in 1948 called The Mars Project. And it's basically a 91-page manual

And it's basically a 91-page manual

And it's basically a 91-page manual on how to get to Mars.

on how to get to Mars.

It has all the computations worked out,

all the formulas for what home and transfer orbits

all the formulas for what home and transfer orbits you need to use to get to Mars.

you need to use to get to Mars.

He actually projected

that he could put people on Mars by 1965.

Everything he put in that 91-page manual

Everything he put in that 91-page manual is actually still valid today.

is actually still valid today.

NOORY: Wernher von Braun outlined our plan

to go to Mars and colonize it.

Well, everybody thinks, "Well, we just never did that."

There are other people that think we took his playbook

and that we indeed did colonize Mars,

and that we have a colony of astronauts there

right now under his tutelage when he was alive.

WILCOCK: There's compelling evidence

that von Braun was working secretly

with elements of the U.S. government

in an attempt to try to make it to Mars.

Is it possible that was done?

Is it possible that was done? Do you think it's possible

Do you think it's possible

the government could keep something a secret?

Absolutely.

Go back to the Manhattan Project.

When they developed the nuclear bomb,

When they developed the nuclear bomb, there was over 140,000 personnel

there was over 140,000 personnel

there was over 140,000 personnel involved in that program.

involved in that program.

No one squealed.

No one said what they were doing,

and many of those people were unaware

and many of those people were unaware of what they were working on

of what they were working on

until the bomb itself was detonated.

So von Braun could've been working

on a secret Mars program,

and with the same level of secrecy

and with the same level of secrecy as the Manhattan Project,

as the Manhattan Project,

it still to this day could be highly classified

and never released to the public at large.

NARRATOR: Werner von Braun's genius is

credited with being the reason we ever made it to the Moon.

But did he accomplished more of his vision than we've been told?

And might he also have orchestrated

And might he also have orchestrated a secret mission to Mars?

a secret mission to Mars?

NARRATOR: American astronauts

Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

become the first humans to land on the Moon.

ARMSTRONG: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

NARRATOR: But there are some who believe

this was not the first Moon landing,

and that other highly classified missions preceded it.

In 2014, declassified documents revealed

that the United States had a secret project underway

in 1959

in 1959 to not just reach the Moon,

to not just reach the Moon,

but even establish military bases there by 1965.

BARA: When President Kennedy said, "We're gonna go to the Moon,"

there were many, many proposals on the table.

One of them was called Project Horizon.

One of them was called Project Horizon. And the idea behind Project Horizon

And the idea behind Project Horizon

was that we would launch more than 140 rockets

was that we would launch more than 140 rockets up into low Earth orbit,

up into low Earth orbit,

assemble basically empty fuel containers,

large tubes, send them to the Moon,

soft land them on the Moon and assemble them together

into a permanent Moon base

that would start with about 20 astronauts,

and eventually be populated by hundreds.

The idea being that we would establish a permanent

military presence on the surface of the Moon.

NARRATOR: Project Horizon was the brainchild

of Wernher von Braun, the former Nazi rocket scientist

whose multistage rocket design is still used today.

In addition to establishing bases on the Moon,

In addition to establishing bases on the Moon, Wernher von Braun had another goal--

Wernher von Braun had another goal--

to reach Mars.

to reach Mars. He considered this to be achievable

He considered this to be achievable

He considered this to be achievable even as far back as the 1960s,

even as far back as the 1960s,

even as far back as the 1960s, and there are those who claim

and there are those who claim

that the United States and other nations

that the United States and other nations have bases there right now.

have bases there right now.

One of the first alleged missions to Mars

was a project called Solar Warden.

At least one person, Corey Goode,

has come forward to say that he was recruited

for Project Solar Warden.

GOODE: I was identified in standardized testing in school

as being an intuitive empath.

It was at that point that they brought me

It was at that point that they brought me into this training program

into this training program

that would last from the age of about six years old

to about 17 years old,

when I was officially drafted into Solar Warden.

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Very soon after joining the space program,

I was assigned to a research vessel.

I was doing communications.

A subprogram

that I was a part of in the beginning was called

the Intruder Intercept and Interrogation Program.

Different beings were living on our planet amongst us,

and the mandate was to capture these beings,

interrogate them, and find out why they were here.

The United States secret space program,

its roots actually go back to Nazi Germany.

its roots actually go back to Nazi Germany. A lot of the scientists that we obtained

A lot of the scientists that we obtained

in Operation Paperclip

were in contact with the breakaway society

that had already developed spacecraft.

Currently, there are at least three dozen nations involved.

Some of the countries involved right now

Some of the countries involved right now are countries like Estonia,

are countries like Estonia,

the Ukraine, and of course, we have the larger players,

the United States, China, Germany, Russia.

Britain is also a large player in the secret space program.

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NARRATOR: Could there really be over 30 different countries

with secret operations in outer space...

...working at bases on both the Moon and Mars?

According to Corey Goode, not only is this true

but the first members of these secret space programs

found that when they reached these celestial bodies,

they were not the first visitors.

GOODE: When the secret space program began to travel to other bodies

in our solar system, they were finding ancient structures.

They quickly dubbed the people that built these structures

the ancient builder race.

What our astronauts were mainly finding

were structures that had been destroyed a long time ago,

and they were very interesting structures.

Some of them were floating off of the ground

and were mostly complete.

Others were completely shattered.

NARRATOR: Could Corey Goode's incredible claims be true?

Curiously, evidence supporting his allegations

were uncovered by a computer hacker

who had gained access

to NASA's secret files.

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London, England. March 19, 2002.

At 8:00 a.m., the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit

arrives at the home of 34-year-old

Scottish systems administrator Gary McKinnon.

They're there to arrest him

on behalf of the United States Justice Department and NASA.

For the past year, McKinnon has been hacking

into top secret Pentagon and NASA computers.

What he uncovered were files that he claims

could provide undeniable proof

that a secret space program truly exists.

Among the things I found, there was an Excel spreadsheet

entitled "Non-Terrestrial Officers,"

which I took to be a space-going fleet

made of human personnel, not aliens.

made of human personnel, not aliens. It did list their names.

It did list their names.

I couldn't find them on the Internet, at the time.

There was also a list of ships.

I googled the ship names. There were no matches.

So I knew they weren't ocean-going vessels.

NARRATOR: According to McKinnon,

the most shocking file he came across

was on a computer at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

was on a computer at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Within a folder labeled "unfiltered"

Within a folder labeled "unfiltered"

Within a folder labeled "unfiltered" he spotted a thumbnail image

he spotted a thumbnail image

of a hi-res NASA satellite photo,

which appeared to depict an unusual spacecraft.

I double-clicked on this image

I double-clicked on this image and it was coming down very slowly.

and it was coming down very slowly.

But I could see this tubular, a classic cigar-shaped UFO,

with these kind of geodesic domes

like half a golf ball stuck on top and underneath.

like half a golf ball stuck on top and underneath. And, um, I'm just amazed,

And, um, I'm just amazed,

because I've found real evidence of what I thought was a UFO,

although it could have been a secret spaceship-- who knows?

But there it was in front of me coming down the screen.

And then suddenly I saw the mouse move,

across the screen right-click the LAN icon

and choose "disconnect."

and choose "disconnect." And lost the chance

And lost the chance

to fully transfer the photo to my machine.

So it was a Eureka moment, but also, "Aw, they got me."

NARRATOR: According to Corey Goode,

what Gary McKinnon discovered

in the top secret Pentagon and NASA files

in the top secret Pentagon and NASA files is in line with his own experiences.

is in line with his own experiences.

Gary ended up being the first person to uncover

tangible proof of these programs through his hacking.

Interestingly enough, the information he obtained

on the different types of spacecraft,

the non-terrestrial officers,

fleet-to-fleet transfers,

all of this perfectly coincided with Project Solar Warden.

NARRATOR: Corey claims that the Majestic 12 documents

from the 1950s,

which revealed that interactions were taking place

between government officials and numerous alien species,

are accurate as well.

Currently, in the secret space programs,

Currently, in the secret space programs, we've been dealing with

we've been dealing with

approximately 60 different non-terrestrial groups

that have come here.

And some of those groups are interacting

with the governments of the world right now.

NARRATOR: If there really are both

NARRATOR: If there really are both alien and human factions

alien and human factions

operating throughout our solar system,

how much longer can it be kept hidden from the public?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest

recent government statements reveal

that the truth will soon be disclosed.

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New Delhi, India. January 2010.

The India space program announces plans

The India space program announces plans for their first manned trip to the Moon.

for their first manned trip to the Moon.

China, Russia, and the United States

all have similar plans in the works.

There are also numerous planned missions to Mars currently

in development by both private and public organizations.

In the midst of this new fervor for space exploration,

on April 7, 2015,

NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan

makes a bold statement

concerning the discovery of extraterrestrial life.

I think we're gonna have strong indications

of life beyond Earth within a decade.

And I think we're gonna have definitive evidence

And I think we're gonna have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years.

within 20 to 30 years.

When we look at that statement

and we compare it with the new lunar and Martian missions

that are coming up...

...we have reason to believe

that we may be getting prepared drip by drip

for an open public acknowledgement

of the reality of a secret space program

that has been in existence

throughout much of the 20th century,

and only now is going to be revealed to us.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that after over six decades

of avoiding the extraterrestrial question,

government officials are now preparing to release information

government officials are now preparing to release information related to the existence

related to the existence

of other intelligences in the universe?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and suggest further evidence

can be found with the creation of a new branch

of the U.S. military-- the Space Force.

NARRATOR: June 20, 2018.

The White House Office of Science and Technology

releases an 18-page report.

It outlines what NASA and FEMA--

the Federal Emergency Management Agency--

must do in the next decade to prevent deadly asteroids

from crashing into Earth.

The document covers everything from earlier detection

and possible deflection,

to ways of dealing with the fallout

from a catastrophic impact.

We have a lot of these small bodies,

these things that are coming out of the asteroid belt.

These rocky meteors that then impact the Earth.

So over the last 15 years,

we've studied how many are there,

how many cross our orbit.

And we find that there are some really big ones.

And we find that there are some really big ones. They are going to hit the Earth.

They are going to hit the Earth.

It's not a matter of if. It's only a matter of when.

We get a single hit

from an asteroid that's as big as the one

that took out the dinosaurs--

and that, by the way, is a 100% probability

that that is gonna happen, sooner or later--

when that happens, all human life on Earth

comes to a halt and we go extinct.

All of our proverbial eggs are in this one basket.

If anything happens to us,

if there is a asteroid incident,

if there is a human disaster created,

every element of our culture can get wiped out instantly.

NARRATOR: In recent years,

more and more experts have come forward

more and more experts have come forward to stress the importance

to stress the importance

of establishing human settlements off Earth

in order to ensure the continuation of the species.

But is humankind still many years away

from having the capability to realize this ambitious goal?

Or could efforts to colonize Mars

Or could efforts to colonize Mars be much further along

be much further along

than the government is willing to reveal?

Boulder, Colorado. August 8, 2018.

Tech titan and SpaceX founder Elon Musk

convenes a secret meeting of high-level scientists,

engineers, and space colonization experts.

The 60 attendees are warned not to publicize anything

about the meeting or even acknowledge their participation.

But news of the meeting leaks,

sparking widespread speculation.

Why such secrecy from its organizer,

a man who rarely shies away from the spotlight?

Some have suggested there could be a connection

to an event that happened seven weeks earlier.

President Donald Trump's call for the establishment

of a new branch of the U.S. military--

the Space Force.

So recently President Trump announced a space force.

Basically, what he is saying is, we are going to develop

an outer space initiative, a deep space program...

...that's gonna be started from the military,

controlled by the military,"

and, apparently, will have militaristic aims.

Now, some people may find this alarming,

Now, some people may find this alarming, but others may look at it and say,

but others may look at it and say,

but others may look at it and say, what's really happening here

what's really happening here

is a very, very crucial moment in human history

and in the history of the United States

where we are stepping into space in a real, real serious way.

POPE: In relation to the space program,

the private sector players,

the private sector players, the billionaires, the Elon Musks,

the billionaires, the Elon Musks,

these are increasingly the people

these are increasingly the people making the decisions on this.

making the decisions on this.

It's almost as if government is losing control of this.

Or it might be now wholly in the private sector.

Maybe being deliberately moved.

It is I think sometimes more difficult for people

to find out what's going on in the private sector

than actually what's going on in government.

I had an interview once with an astronaut

about the fact that, if we don't get ourselves,

about the fact that, if we don't get ourselves, get some contingency of humans off...

get some contingency of humans off...

...some on the Moon, some on Mars,

and going beyond that eventually,

Homo sapien sapien, as a species,

Homo sapien sapien, as a species, if confined only to Earth,

if confined only to Earth,

might face an existential crisis.

We deserve to know the truth.

That there is alien intelligence

That there is alien intelligence and our government knows about it

and our government knows about it

and our government knows about it in great detail, and now,

in great detail, and now,

we're finally at the intersection, in time,

where that has to break out if we're going

to grow and go beyond Earth

and start moving out into our own solar system.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that there are people within the United States government

who already know

that the first astronauts to land on Mars

will encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life?

And are they secretly working with billionaires

in order to help carry out preparations

for this inevitability outside of the public eye?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

whatever the government does or does not know,

as we begin to migrate off Earth,

all of humanity will soon learn the truth--

that we are not alone in the universe.

I think what we're very near

I think what we're very near is an event, a discovery.

is an event, a discovery.

Could be on the Moon, could be Mars,

could be maybe Proxima Centauri or any of our local stars,

where we're gonna understand that everything

that ancient astronaut theorists have been talking about is true.

We human beings,

we fancy ourselves as, you know, being pioneers

and wanting to be the first.

And that's wonderful. We are pioneers.

We are the first on many, many things.

But what if we arrive on Mars,

we actually land there,

we actually land there, and there are artificial structures?

and there are artificial structures?

It's just the closing of a gigantic circle.

NARRATOR: If officials have known that alien life exists,

NARRATOR: If officials have known that alien life exists, not only out in the cosmos

not only out in the cosmos

but even in our own backyard,

could they finally be preparing

to release this information to the public?

to release this information to the public? Might the photos and videos

Might the photos and videos

of anomalous objects on the surface of the Moon

and Mars,

and the testimony from astronauts

have been part of an orchestrated disclosure?

One designed to avoid panic

and gradually reveal an incredible new reality?

Perhaps we are just now

reaching the day when the United States government

reaching the day when the United States government will deem it safe to reveal the truth--

will deem it safe to reveal the truth--

that we are not alone.

that we are not alone. We have never been alone.

We have never been alone.

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