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NARRATOR: Hidden pyramids discovered

in unexpected locations.

GEORGE NOORY: There's a pyramid up in Alaska,

and they just don't want to tell us about it.

NARRATOR: Extraordinary revelations

disclosed about Egypt's most iconic structure.

GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: This is incredible.

RAMY ROMANY: Every single block is bigger than this car.

TSOUKALOS: It is insane.

NARRATOR: And puzzling archaeological finds

unearthed beneath a pyramid complex in Mexico.

TSOUKALOS: They've discovered liquid mercury in Teotihuacan.

What was it used for?

NARRATOR: All around the planet,

ancient pyramidal structures

defy our understanding of engineering and construction

as we know it.

Could pyramids have served an otherworldly purpose?

And perhaps even hold the key to unlocking

the secrets of our extraterrestrial past?

WILLIAM HENRY: When we put all the pieces together,

we're looking at the possibility

that the pyramids constructed around the world are, in fact,

power plants of the gods.

NARRATOR: There is a doorway in the universe.

Beyond it is the promise of truth.

It demands we question everything

we have ever been taught.

The evidence is all around us.

The future is right before our eyes.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

NARRATOR: Western China.

May 21, 1992.

An underground nuclear explosion on the Lop Nur test range

sends shock waves through the earth.

The event is recorded by U.S. government seismometers,

which reveal unexpected geological anomalies

under the earth just north of Anchorage, Alaska.

Six months later, a U.S. Army Counterintelligence officer

stationed at nearby Fort Richardson,

Douglas Mutschler, sees a local news report

that claims these underground scans had detected

a colossal pyramid structure 50 miles

southwest of Mount McKinley.

Mutschler contacts the station to find out more.

But, mysteriously, they tell him

no further information is available.

(indistinct radio chatter)

NOORY: There has been talk that there's a pyramid up in Alaska.

(indistinct radio chatter)

But nobody seems to be investigating that.

Maybe because it's so remote.

Or maybe they have investigated it

and they just don't want to tell us about it.

NARRATOR: Frustrated by the lack of information,

Sergeant Mutschler contacts journalist Linda Moulton Howe,

who reaches out across her network searching for anyone

that could shed light on the Alaska pyramid story.

Soon after, she receives a response

from a man who requests to remain anonymous.

He claims his father was an engineer

who got a firsthand look at the secret pyramid.

His father had had a Navy career,

and then was asked to continue to work in Alaska...

...on a very special project

that involved something underground

that put out a lot of energy.

There were mining shaft elevators on the surface.

He would go down to the base

of a huge underground pyramid.

His work was to try to understand

how this was giving off

what they estimated was a gigantic amount of energy.

But he never would talk,

because this was a government secret.

There is no doubt in my mind that there is a cover-up

going on and that something

was found there in Alaska.

I think the reason why it's been covered up

is that we would have to completely rewrite

the science of human origins.

The concept that at one point there was a global

industrialized civilization that had reached

a technology that is, in fact, superior to our own

because we cannot easily build pyramids like this today.

NARRATOR: Could it be, as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest,

that the United States government

is hiding the Alaskan pyramid

until they can fully comprehend and harness its power?

Perhaps the answer can be found 4,400 miles away.

Central China.

1945.

While transporting supplies from India,

U.S. Army Air Corps pilot James Gaussman

spots a mysterious structure

that becomes known as "the Great White Pyramid."

One of the most unusual stories of pyramids

came out of World War II.

The story is of an American pilot who was flying

the Burma Hump over to Chungking in Central China.

And what he claimed he saw was a huge pyramid in the valley.

With a gigantic crystal capstone on the top of it.

NARRATOR: Two years later, The New York Times reported

that Colonel Maurice Sheahan,

another American aviator flying over Central China,

spotted a 1,000-foot-high pyramid in the same area.

Since then, many more pyramidal structures

have been discovered throughout the region,

some of them covered in vegetation,

seemingly camouflaged to look like natural formations.

But the Chinese government denies that there

are any pyramids in China at all,

claiming that any structures resembling pyramids

are actually burial mounds from the Han dynasty.

There are a number of large pyramids in Central China.

But the Chinese government has gone out of their way

to try to dismiss the idea that these mounds are pyramids.

Still to this day, the subject

of the Chinese pyramids is very rarely discussed.

However, you can go on Google Earth

and you can see the pyramids of the Xi'an province for yourself

by just zooming in on this area but the Chinese government

does not want you to go in this area, it is declared

off-limits to everyone except

for the local peasant farmers in that region.

What are they hiding?

NARRATOR: Could these pyramids reveal a different version

of history than what the Chinese government wants us to know?

Curiously, other modern discoveries

of pyramids have been met with similar denials.

In 2005, Dr. Sam Osmanagich--

a professor of anthropology

and amateur archaeologist--

announced that he had found

five ancient pyramids hidden in Bosnia,

a claim that the Bosnian government

initially supported, but then later denied.

When I first saw the pyramids in Bosnia,

they looked like hills.

But you could see the regular geometry, four triangular faces,

obvious corners, and when I took compass,

compass shows me that those sides match cardinal points.

I knew immediately that these were artificial structures

below the layers of soil and vegetation.

They tell us that the pyramids were

built only in Egypt and Mexico, wrong.

They are built on all six continents,

from Asia, Africa, Europe,

Central, North, and South America.

So they're a worldwide phenomena.

In 21st century, we will need to establish

a new science which will finally answer

the question to who, when, how and why

build the oldest and the most superior pyramids.

NARRATOR: But why would governments around the world

want to try and discredit these new discoveries of pyramids?

JASON MARTELL: World governments might not want to be

forthcoming with this information.

Just like we've seen with the Chinese government,

places like Alaska and others

might also hold hidden wealth's of archaeological finds

that we still have yet to uncover.

NARRATOR: Are there ancient pyramids that are deliberately

being kept secret from the public?

If so, might their existence

expose guarded truths about Earth's extraterrestrial past,

as ancient astronaut theorists propose?

Perhaps further clues can be found by exploring

one of the world's tallest

ancient structures, the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

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Welcome to Egypt, Giorgio.

It has been 18 years since my last visit and...

in those 18 years, I have researched so much.

It is such an exciting time.

And I can't wait to see everything

with new eyes.

NARRATOR: In April 2018,

ancient astronaut theorist and explorer,

Giorgio Tsoukalos, traveled to Cairo

in the company of Egyptologist and Cairo native,

Ramy Romany.

Joining them is Dr. Giulio Magli,

a professor of archaeoastromony

from the Polytechnic University in Milan, Italy.

Giorgio is eager to see firsthand,

whether or not the recent scientific discoveries

concerning the Great Pyramid could provide

further evidence of the theory

that extraterrestrials visited Egypt thousands of years ago.

I am personally very excited

to take you inside the pyramid because

the Great Pyramid of Giza is not only

one of the seven ancient wonders of the world,

it's the most ancient one of them all.

And the only one standing, Giorgio.

- Yeah. - And that's what we're gonna see today.

You know, I-I find very exciting

to be able to share and exchange information.

Because what's happened recently, in my opinion,

has turned Egyptology upside down.

Absolutely. I completely agree.

And so I think that for both of us it will be

great as well, because every time you go there,

- this is like, uh, first time. - Absolutely.

Yes.

In November 2017,

media outlets around the world announced

the discovery of what could be an enormous chamber

within the Great Pyramid of Giza.

If it can be verified, it would be the first major find

inside the pyramid since the 19th century,

and a possible game-changer in understanding

both the pyramid and the people who built it.

TSOUKALOS: The discovery of that void is sensational,

because it opens up the whole discussion

to more questions and to new answers.

The process, known as "muography,"

detected a chamber that appears to be so large

it could fit the entire Statue of Liberty from head to toe.

ROMANY: This is it guys, the pyramids.

TSOUKALOS: Wow!

Okay.

(exhales)

This is...

- BOTH: ...incredible. - ROMANY: Look at the size of this thing.

Every single block is bigger than this car.

TSOUKALOS: Yeah. It is insane, it really is.

ROMANY: Are you ready for some climbing?

TSOUKALOS: I have goose bumps on my calves right now.

Oftentimes we throw around

the words awesome or monumental,

and we don't really think about these words.

But when you stand in front of the Great Pyramid,

the word "awesome" is, in fact, true.

Built from more than two million limestone blocks,

each weighing thousands of pounds,

the pyramid is aligned perfectly to the cardinal points

of the compass: north, south, east, and west,

suggesting that its builders

possessed extraordinary geographical knowledge.

According to mainstream Egyptologists,

the Great Pyramid was built by the Pharaoh Khufu,

who reigned from 2589 to 2566 BC,

during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

But this notion is hotly contested,

as it is based entirely on a single

and very controversial discovery.

In 1837,

British explorer, Richard Howard Vyse,

claimed to have found the name of Khufu graffitied

onto a stone roof of a chamber inside the pyramid.

However, it was later discovered that Vyse

had written in his private journal that he found nothing

in the chamber that looked like hieroglyphics.

Some modern researchers suspect it may have been

a forgery by Vyse's team to ensure

that his expensive expedition was considered

a rousing success.

One of the problems with Egyptology

is that it's something that started in the late 1800s.

And a lot of it is sort of solidified

within the university system.

But Egyptologists and archaeologists and geologists

are discovering new things about Egypt all of the time

that completely shakes the foundations

of what they thought they knew about ancient Egypt.

We're even finding there are structures in Egypt much older

than what the mainstream Egyptians would say.

NARRATOR: As far as ancient astronaut theorists

and a number of prominent archaeologists are concerned,

the Great Pyramid was likely built

long before the reign of Khufu.

There are some who believe

the colossal structure could even be more

than 10,000 years old,

and date back to a period pre-dating

that of the great flood.

The main reason this pyramid is the most magnificent

of all of them is not because what you're seeing here.

It's what you're about to see.

It's what's inside. Let's go.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that whatever lies

within the newly discovered void

in the Great Pyramid will reveal not only

incredible truths about ancient Egypt,

but about the history of humankind?

Could there be clues that reveal that Egypt was

once home to an extraterrestrial civilization?

NARRATOR: During his first visit to Eqypt in nearly two decades,

ancient astronaut theorist, Giorgio Tsoukalos,

is eager to find out about a recent discovery

concerning a possible hidden chamber

located deep inside the walls of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

- This way. - NARRATOR: With him, are Egyptologist

Ramy Romany and archaeoastromoner,

Dr. Giulio Magli.

They are making their way to what is called

"the Grand Gallery," which can only be reached

after walking up a 200-foot-long passageway.

Directly above their heads is the area where an international

team of scientists believe they may have located

an enormous hidden chamber

more than 100 feet long.

So this is it, the Grand Gallery.

You look at this, and you think they made this

more than 4,000 years ago.

They actually built this.

This is incredible.

ROMANY: From here to the ceiling, it's about ten meters high

and it goes about 50 meters in, which is 150 feet deep.

I mean, that just gives you an idea

of how huge this place is.

And it's perfect.

The blocks, they fit together, and no mortar was used.

And you can't even put a money bill in between the fittings.

And this is what type of stone that we're looking at in here?

Unlike the rest of the pyramid, this

- is red granite. - TSOUKALOS: Red granite, right.

Red granite doesn't come from a local quarry

- like the limestone does. Aswan. - MAGLI: It comes from Aswan?

- So that's 1,000 kilometers away. - ROMANY: 1,000 kilometers away.

TSOUKALOS: 600 miles?

So, you think the void is right on top of our heads here?

And how big is it in relation to where we're standing?

Okay, wow.

NARRATOR: The news of a possible fourth chamber

within the Great Pyramid has become a source

of great controversy

inside the archaeological community.

They have long held the belief that pyramids were

essentially built as burial vaults,

each possessing no more than three chambers.

Archaeologists and Egyptologists claim

that they were tombs for the pharaohs and yet

no Egyptian pharaoh was ever found in a pyramid in Egypt.

We have found the mummies of many Egyptian pharaohs,

but they're found in vaults deep underground

at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor

hundreds of miles away from the pyramids.

The pyramids have no real explanation

of what their purpose was.

In your opinion, what do you think is inside

that void that was just discovered?

Can you elaborate on that iron throne?

NARRATOR: A throne?

Containing pieces of metal found in a meteorite?

Could such an object really be embedded

inside a secret chamber

located within the Great Pyramid of Giza?

According to what are referred to as the Pyramid Texts--

a collection of ancient religious texts

that were carved on the walls and sarcophagi

of the pyramids at Saqqara more than 4,000 years ago--

the god Osiris, and his wife Isis,

came to Earth from the constellation of stars

known as Orion's Belt,

and it is from them that all human life originates.

JONATHAN YOUNG: Osiris was the central god

of the Egyptian system,

and he was the god of fertility.

And Chthonic, that is the god of the Earth.

And died and was reborn in his son Horus.

So you have the cycle of death and rebirth.

And this is part of the-the Book of the Dead.

So the pharaoh, the king, would die and be resurrected.

NARRATOR: According to the story, Osiris had an iron throne

that was coveted by many

who sought to possess its awesome powers.

One of these was Osiris's brother Set,

who murdered Osiris in an effort to obtain the throne.

HENRY: Throughout ancient Egypt and the temples,

we see depictions of the gods,

extraterrestrial beings on their thrones.

These thrones are feathered

because they are ascension vehicles.

They are vehicles that take them to the stars and back.

I think it's very possible

that the throne is in that void.

When we found this pyramid, there was no mummy.

There were-- there were no treasures, no nothing,

no hieroglyphics, nothing.

What if all this that we're looking at is a decoy?

TSOUKALOS: You just raised a very interesting point.

The fact that we've come so far into this chamber,

and the entire way, not a single hieroglyphic.

Because throughout the rest of Egypt,

the walls are plastered with inscriptions

telling the story of how it was built and by whom and when.

Yet, here, so far, complete anonymity.

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Because the walls inside the Great Pyramid

contain no hieroglyphics,

and there is no evidence that the colossal structure

was ever used as a tomb or temple,

there has been increasing speculation

as to its original purpose.

One theory, held by numerous scientists

and archaeo-engineers, is that the pyramid,

and others like it, may have been built

as one in an enormous network of power plants.

Christopher Dunn's theories indicate

that some of these pyramids had chemicals mixed in them.

And, in fact, studies of his working devices

have shown that this probably would work.

CHRISTOPHER DUNN: The pyramids were actually geomechanical devices.

In other words, they were attached to the Earth,

they were tuned to vibrate with the frequencies of the Earth

and they converted the energies of the Earth

into electromagnetic energy.

The best example of this is in the-the Great Pyramid.

It's probably the most precise structure on the planet.

NARRATOR: According to Christopher Dunn's theory,

the process of generating energy began with drawing water

from the nearby Nile river to the base of the Great Pyramid.

Right in front of the door of the...

entrance door of the Great Pyramid, there used to be

a well shaft, which was documented in 1857.

And so the water would just gravity-feed down

into, basically, a moat around the Great Pyramid

and then go down the entrance shaft down under the ground.

The water was used in the subterranean chamber.

It is a water pump.

I believe the water was used to cause a compression wave

and cause the pyramid to resonate.

DUNN: So, in the Queen's Chamber, two chemicals were introduced:

hydrated zinc through the northern shaft

and a dilute hydrochloric acid through the southern shaft.

Now, this vessel represents the Queen's Chamber.

Into the tubes we're going to pour hydrated zinc...

...and then hydrochloric acid.

When you bring these two liquids together,

a chemical reaction occurs.

And a product of that chemical reaction is hydrogen.

And you can see the vapor, the hydrogen,

escaping through the chimney.

And there you have the reaction.

NARRATOR: Adding credibility

to Chris Dunn's remarkable theory

is the fact that traces

of both zinc and hydrochloric acid

have recently been found in the shafts

leading to the so-called Queen's Chamber.

Might the Great Pyramid of Giza have been designed

as part of an enormous network of ancient power plants,

not 4,000 years ago, but much, much earlier,

and by a civilization with incredibly advanced knowledge?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and believe more evidence can be found

by exploring additional pyramids throughout Egypt

and by examining the legends

concerning a mysterious capstone,

and its direct link to extraterrestrial visitations.

NARRATOR: This ancient necropolis,

located 15 miles south of the Giza Plateau,

is home to what mainstream archaeologists

suggest is the first pyramid ever built in Egypt,

the Step Pyramid of King Djoser.

The Step Pyramid at Saqqara

is known as the stairway to heaven.

The complex is vast, it's about 40 acres,

entirely walled in.

There's a 30-foot wall with 13 false doors.

You only get in if you know where the right door is.

NARRATOR: Curiously,

the only reason why the pyramid is believed to have been built

as a tomb for King Djoser is that statues of the monarch

were found inside the pyramid.

Like all other pyramids,

there was no credible evidence that a body

- was ever entombed there. - (speaking indistinctly)

Now, this pyramid is 5,000 years old.

TSOUKALOS: That's amazing.

So is all of this made out of-- from mudbrick?

Correct. This was all made of mudbrick,

just similar to that era.

The leap between this

and then the Great Pyramid of Giza was massive.

NARRATOR: In recent years, the conventional notion

that the Step Pyramid was built only 80 years earlier

than the Great Pyramid of Giza has been challenged,

not only by ancient astronaut theorists

but also an increasing number of archaeologists and scholars.

They believe that the likelihood

that Egyptians went from building

a 200-foot-tall step pyramid out of mudbricks

to building a monumental marvel like the Great Pyramid

in only 80 years to be a virtual absurdity.

They also believe that the mathematical precision

of the Great Pyramid's construction,

coupled with its precise alignments

not only with regard to Earth's cardinal directions

but also to the Orion constellation,

is proof that it was built by a highly advanced civilization.

SCOTT CREIGHTON: One of the things you find, for example,

is that if you take the geodetic location

of the Great Pyramid as a decimal degree...

NARRATOR: According to ancient astronaut theory,

the Great Pyramid was most likely built

more than 12,000 years ago,

some 7,000 years before the building of the step pyramid,

and sometime before the cataclysmic event

known as the great flood.

They also believe that after the flood,

the original function of the Great Pyramid

as a power plant was long forgotten,

along with all of mankind's

other technological achievements,

and that it would take a series of interventions

by other extraterrestrial visitors

to help humans rebuild the world they once knew.

TSOUKALOS: In the-the text that we can read about Djoser,

does he mention at all, uh,

how he was inspired to build this?

It was one brilliant man.

That man was called Imhotep.

- Okay. - Who, in history, came out of nowhere.

He was the designer and engineer of that pyramid.

What does "Imhotep" actually mean?

It means-- I know you're gonna like this--

it means "I come in peace."

- Oh, really? That's very interesting. - Yes.

So, the extraterrestrial greeting, so to speak.

Yes.

He showed up into the life of the king out of nowhere.

And then ascended into position so quickly,

which is very uncommon in ancient Egypt.

What does that mean? What do you mean, "out of nowhere"?

Did he drop from the sky,

- or did he come from another land? - (chuckles)

In Egyptian history, you can normally trace

every position back to their parents.

But Imhotep, nothing.

YOUNG: Imhotep was a commoner,

but a brilliant thinker who grew to great influence

during the time of the pharaohs that he served,

and then became virtually immortalized.

That is, unlike any other commoner,

a cult formed around him.

Some have suspected

that he was possibly Joseph from the Bible.

That's interesting because Joseph was an adviser

to the pharaoh in about the same period of time.

What we know for sure

is that he was a brilliant scientist for his day.

HENRY: Imhotep rose to the incredible status

as the vizier, or wizard, to the pharaoh.

This is where we get that word "wizard" from, vizier.

There are great mysteries about who Imhotep was,

where he came from.

This is interesting, because later on, Imhotep is deified.

And what's fascinating is the depictions of him.

He looks like he's got this oversized head.

He's got strange-looking hands, he almost looks nonhuman.

And one of the extraordinary texts

tell us that his knowledge may have come from the stars.

Did Imhotep himself ever mention

where he was educated or how he came by the knowledge

of building something like this, for example?

ROMANY: In ancient Egyptian history,

Imhotep spoke like a true ancient Egyptian.

And everything he has,

his beauty, his knowledge,

and everything he has is from the gods.

Do we know how long he lived?

That is also a mystery.

We don't know how he died, but he was buried in a tomb.

And that tomb was around here in Saqqara.

The tomb of Imhotep has never been found.

- So far, right? - So far.

But look around you, the desert is massive.

When the tomb of Imhotep is discovered,

it will be the discovery of the century.

NARRATOR: If the tomb of Imhotep is discovered,

will it provide further evidence that ancient Egyptian legends

of gods descending to Earth from the stars are based on fact?

Perhaps.

But until that day comes, there are many who believe

that proof of humankind's

extraterrestrial ancestry already exists,

in the form of curiously carved pyramid-shaped objects

known as Benben stones.

ROMANY: This is it, Giorgio.

One of the many Benben stones, or pyramidions,

inside the museum.

Look at it.

It's absolutely magnificent.

And it's perfect.

- Absolutely. - I mean, if you look at it,

there's not a single mistake anywhere.

Just wonderful.

I'm familiar with the stories of the Benben,

And I'm fascinated that sometimes,

it was described as this shape descending from the sky

with a lot of smoke and a lot of fire.

And then a door opened and people walked out.

So, to me, as a mythology, that is fascinating, because...

- where did that story originate? - Yeah.

NARRATOR: According to mainstream Egyptologists,

the story of the Benben stone is part of a religious allegory,

conceived by ancient Egyptians to explain

how humankind was created.

But according to ancient astronaut theorists,

the stone is based on an actual historical event,

one that pre-dates the building of the Great Pyramid

by thousands of years.

TSOUKALOS: So, when I hear a story

like the Benben stone,

I wonder if this may have been some type of a craft.

Egyptologists agree that this type of a shape

descended from the sky in a giant fireball,

made a controlled landing,

the Benben stone opened and people walked out.

The first creator gods.

In my opinion, I think these gods

were flesh-and-blood space travelers

whom the ancient Egyptians and many other ancient cultures

misinterpreted as divine or spiritual beings

because of their technological frame of reference

of their current time.

This ties in directly with the idea

of misunderstood technology.

When a technologically primitive society interacts

with a technologically advanced society,

the primitive society begins to worship the advanced society.

I've once read that a Benben stone

can also be considered the home of the gods.

- Yes. - From my perspective,

then that would be proof of extraterrestrial intervention.

Right here, this is a physical piece of evidence

that, a long time ago, someone descended from the sky

and taught mankind in various disciplines.

NARRATOR: If the original Benben stone

was inspired by an actual alien spacecraft,

as many ancient astronaut theorists believe,

does the legend surrounding it further suggest

that Egypt was one of the centers

of extraterrestrial activity on our planet?

Ancient astronaut theorists say the answer

is a profound yes, and they suggest

that further evidence can be found not by examining

ancient Egyptian scrolls and hieroglyphs,

but by carefully reading the pages of the Holy Bible.

NARRATOR: Cairo, Egypt.

The 14th century AD.

Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi begins work

on a series of writings that propose

that the history of the Giza Plateau

dates back much further than what is accepted

by the mainstream historians of his day.

He has concluded that the Great Pyramid

and the Sphinx were not constructed in 2500 BC

but thousands of years earlier, by a king named Surid.

ERICH VON D �NIKEN: Now, according to the usual knowledge,

we believe that the Great Pyramid

was constructed by the fourth dynasty,

more or less, two and a half thousand years from now.

But old Arabian traditions,

for example, Ibrahim Abdulla al-Masudi,

they say that the Great Pyramid was constructed

by a ruler-- his name was Surid--

and they say "Surid" is the same which the Hebrew called "Enoch."

Now, Arabian notation says Enoch plus Methuselah

constructed the Great Pyramid.

NARRATOR: Enoch?

The same Enoch who was written about

in one of the so-called "lost chapters of the Bible,"

who supposedly was taken up to heaven

by angels called watchers

in order for him to observe the human race?

Could he really have been the same person

who was responsible for the building of the Great Pyramid

more than 12,000 years ago?

HENRY: The Book of Enoch is a text

that is believed to have been written by the Essenes,

Jewish mystics, sometime between the third and second century BC.

And in the story, they tell how one of the watcher angels,

the archangel Michael, came to Earth

and took Enoch into the heavenly realms,

to the throne of God,

where Enoch is educated by the angels

and given an opportunity to return to Earth

to share the accumulated knowledge that he received.

It's very similar to what we see in the Pyramid Texts,

where the pharaoh is taken into the stellar realms,

where his body becomes like lightning,

where the doors of heaven are opened,

and where a human then can be educated by the gods.

NARRATOR: Are the so-called Pyramid Texts,

and the Hebrew Bible's apocryphal Book of Enoch,

both referencing the same period in prehistory?

A period where extraterrestrial beings,

referred to as gods, ruled the Earth?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and believe further evidence can be found

by closely examining ancient texts

concerning a race of angels

that are referred to as the watchers.

ARIEL BAR TZADOK: In the Bible,

there's a very curious passage

that speaks about the sons of God

who came down from heaven

and took daughters of men as brides,

from which came forth the mighty ones.

They came down with knowledge.

Knowledge which we today would understand

as technology and science, and they became corrupted.

They made matters worse, not better.

And this is what led to God's decision to bring the flood.

NARRATOR: According to the Book of Enoch,

the watchers were sent by God

in order to help mankind on Earth.

But after a number of these watchers

had sex with human women,

and produced children in the form of giant mutants

known as the Nephilim,

God caused a great flood that was intended to destroy them,

along with all those who disobeyed his will.

Our main knowledge of the Nephilim

comes not just from the Bible,

but also from the Book of Enoch,

and also the so-called Book of Giants.

The Book of Giants says that they were destroyed

in a cataclysm that not only involved a deluge,

but also fire that came out of the sky.

And I think that we can connect this story

with what we call the Younger Dryas comet impact event

that took place around 10,800 BC,

that is known to have had a massive effect

upon the northern hemisphere at this time.

NARRATOR: If, as ancient astronaut theorists believe,

the foundations of ancient biblical and Egyptian texts

are not based on mere imagination,

but on actual historical events,

then it serves to strengthen their contention that the roots

of ancient Egypt stretch back far earlier than currently

believed by mainstream scholars and archaeologists.

Archaeology is rooted in interpretation,

just like the ancient astronaut theory.

I'm still of the personal opinion that the Great Pyramid

complex, including the Sphinx, dates back to a time when

the gods walked among humans.

Something extraordinary happened right here in ancient Egypt.

Perhaps under the tutelage of

extraterrestrials.

Teachers from another star system.

NARRATOR: If extraterrestrials really did inhabit Egypt

thousands of years before the first human pharaohs,

did they play a role in the construction of pyramids

found scattered across the globe?

And might this association further support the notion

that these structures once served a technological purpose?

Perhaps further evidence can be found by exploring enigmatic

pyramids located thousands of miles away in Teotihuacan.

NARRATOR: Mexico City.

Beneath the current-day capital of Mexico

lie the ruins of the ancient Aztec metropolis

known as Tenochtitlan.

The Aztecs dominated much of Central Mexico

from the 14th to the 16th century AD.

And Tenochtitlan is considered to be their first

official settlement.

An incredibly sophisticated city

featuring a grid system of canals and causeways.

But according to their historical texts,

the Aztec civilization did not originate here.

The Aztecs say they started from this place

up in the north called Chicomoztoc.

It was a cave, and inside that cave it had seven different

caverns, and there were said to be seven different tribes.

And the Aztecs say they were part of the seven

tribes that came from the seven chambers of Chicomoztoc.

NARRATOR: While Chicomoztoc was once thought

to be a mythological place,

some scholars believe archaeological evidence suggests

that it really did exist, and is located at the site of

the ancient pyramid complex known today as Teotihuacan.

BARNHART: The place of Seven Caves

we think maybe that has actually been

located archaeologically...

...at the site of the main temple

of Teotihuacan called the Pyramid of the Sun,

which sits just north of the Valley of Mexico.

Underneath it is actually a cave with

seven different spots that it extends out into.

And that's where the Aztecs said

their original ancestors came from.

NARRATOR: In the 16th century,

Spanish chronicler Ger�nimo de Mendieta

recorded the legends of the local native population.

According to their accounts,

the Aztec believed that they were fashioned

by a group of stranded gods within these seven caves.

YOUNG: Mendieta wrote an account of Aztec legend.

In this report, he describes a giant flint knife

landing on the Earth.

And the Earth was trembling

and shaking as this enormous flint knife landed.

Then, some 1,600 gods disgorged from this thing,

and they are responsible for launching Aztec civilization.

BARNHART: The Aztecs talk about the many gods

coming down to Earth and creating humans.

They create them out of bone, ash and their own blood.

And they make them somewhat in their own image.

But they make them specifically so that they will

honor them, and they will serve them.

TSOUKALOS: All of a sudden there is a description

of a giant flint knife that descended from the sky,

and somebody emerged out of it.

One has to wonder whether or not our ancestors

were witness to a landing of some type of a craft.

If so, then the Aztec story suggests that at some point

in our history,

extraterrestrials created mankind.

And something very strange was going on at Teotihuacan.

NARRATOR: Located just 30 miles northeast of Mexico City,

the Teotihuacan complex encompasses nearly

eight square miles,

and is dated to the first century AD.

It is the oldest and most sophisticated

city of Mesoamerica, an area that extends from

Northern Mexico down through Central America.

The civilization predated the Maya

by at least 100 years.

At its peak, it was said to have supported

nearly 100,000 residents.

It was also the largest city

in the entire western hemisphere

prior to the 15th century,

and served as the major commerce and religious center

for the region.

BARNHART: The significance of Teotihuacan

cannot be overstated.

It is the Rome of Mesoamerica.

The things that Teotihuacan did

set the pattern for all other city states after it.

NARRATOR: The central features of the complex

are two large pyramids,

known as the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon...

...as well as a temple dedicated to Quetzalcoatl,

the feathered serpent.

These structures stand alongside a thoroughfare

referred to as the Avenue of the Dead.

Over 200 smaller buildings, platforms and pyramids

are found adjacent to the Avenue.

And there are thousands of living quarters

just outside the complex.

But as incredible as Teotihuacan is, no one knows exactly

who built this metropolis, or what happened to its occupants.

BARNHART: Teotihuacan, despite its size, has no hieroglyphs whatsoever.

There are other cultures in Mesoamerica

that were using writing systems.

There's nothing like that at Teotihuacan.

So we don't really have a clear history

of what happened at Teotihuacan.

And we can't really find

evidence of their rulers.

...to develop a complete, huge complex citadel...

WILL HART: We have such a sophisticated site that embodies

engineering principles, craftsmanship, art.

Where did it originate?

Where are the smaller versions of this?

Well, we don't find any, so, we don't have a progression,

an evolution to show where this came from.

So, we have to ask where did it come from?

WILCOCK: We've become conditioned to look at these

awesome works of stone architecture and think,

oh, primitive people did that,

and they used primitive methods and primitive technology.

But we have to rethink the fundamental assumptions

and come to a greater and greater level of understanding

that the technology required to build these artifacts,

in fact, is greater than anything that they possessed.

NARRATOR: But based on the local lore of the region,

ancient astronaut theorists suggest that the original

builders of the site may not have been human at all.

YOUNG: All of the people in this area felt this city

was a sacred site connected to a divine realm.

The population along the coast were the Totonac.

They believed that the place was founded by

a dozen sky gods, the lords of thunder.

(thunder rumbling)

Other nearby Mesoamerican cultures had their own theories.

One associated the site with the feathered serpent god,

Quetzalcoatl, who was said to have come from Venus.

It was the Aztecs who gave the place its name,

Teotihuacan: City of the Gods.

The name speaks for itself.

So one has to ask the question, what gods?

Who were they? Were they just a figment

of our ancestors' imagination, or did they see someone?

Did somebody visit them to essentially

jumpstart civilization?

NARRATOR: If Teotihuacan truly was founded by extraterrestrial

visitors in the remote past, just how old might the site be?

And could this ancient city still hold evidence

of alien visitation?

NARRATOR: Every year, millions of tourists

visit the ancient ruins of Teotihuacan.

But most are unaware that many of the buildings

they see throughout the complex

have been erected upon much older structures.

The Pyramid of the Sun is believed to consist of a total

of five layers of pyramids, one built on top of the next,

like a Russian nesting doll.

Curiously, the oldest layers are said

to exhibit the most advanced building techniques.

Evidence of this older stonework can still be found

scattered in parts of the complex,

including a largely off-limits area

behind the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent.

This enormous stone has been very finely cut

by the inhabitants of Teotihuacan.

NARRATOR: Local researcher Marco Vigato

has gained unprecedented access to this part of the site.

NARRATOR: When archaeologist Leopoldo Batres started

excavating the site in 1884,

he discovered the pyramids were buried

in upwards of 12 feet of earth.

He surmised that only a catastrophic event

could account for the devastation.

HART: It was covered under a deep layer of earth.

And we have to ask why?

How did it get covered in so much dirt?

It would require an enormous amount

of time for nature to do it.

Unless you have a catastrophic flood involved.

CHILDRESS: You have to ask yourself, was there some big

cataclysm that occurred here in prehistory?

Possibly even the great flood that is spoken of

in various mythologies around the world?

This could mean that Teotihuacan is actually many,

many thousands of years older than what archaeologists say.

NARRATOR: According to the accounts recorded by Spanish chroniclers

when they initially made contact with the locals,

the Aztec believed that they were one of seven

tribes to be created by the gods at a time after

the world had been wiped clean due to a catastrophic event.

They were the last group to leave the caves

where they were created in order to repopulate the world.

Teotihuacan is where they believe the gods had

created humanity, had created all things.

Had created the Sun, which they referred to as the fifth sun.

The Aztecs had a cosmology that involved five ages.

They were solar ages, about 5,000 years long,

and each one terminates in a disaster.

The fourth age was called the water sun,

and it was presided over by the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.

She was the goddess who at the end of the age

poured the deluge on the Earth and flooded everything.

NARRATOR: If the origins of the site are thousands of years older

than mainstream archaeologists suggest,

might this help explain why even after

decades of excavations, they still haven't found

evidence of who the site's rulers were.

And could it also shed new light on recent

perplexing discoveries?

Torrential rains sweep through the ruins of this

ancient pyramid complex...

...leaving a three-foot-wide sinkhole at the foot

of one of the site's most important structures,

the Temple of the Feathered Serpent.

Archaeologists immediately begin exploring the cavity.

What they found is the tunnel leading from outside the temple

all the way to about centerline underneath the temple.

It was very filled in, probably by the Teotihuacanos themselves.

But it's been a slow process to excavate.

Halfway through down the tunnel, we find these

two chambers on either side.

As they continued down,

they found three more chambers at the end.

And those hold some incredible things.

There were many jade statues in there...

...and ceramics.

NARRATOR: In April 2015, after nearly 12 years of excavations,

archaeologist Sergio G�mez

and his team make another shocking discovery.

Directly underneath the center of the pyramid,

they have located a vast pool of liquid mercury.

What makes this so interesting is that the mercury

cannot exist in its native form in nature.

There is a natural "minerallac" material called cinnabar,

and in order to get mercury

you have to extract it out of the cinnabar,

which requires a complex process involving high temperatures.

TSOUKALOS: It's a highly toxic element, it is difficult to extract.

So the logistics behind this are incredible.

How was it transported there?

Where did it come from, and for what purpose?

Also, how did our ancestors

handle liquid mercury without them dying out?

Interestingly enough, the only other site

that features liquid mercury is in China,

inside the tomb of the first emperor.

How come there is liquid mercury in a tomb in China...

...and now they've discovered liquid mercury in Teotihuacan?

One has to ask the question, what was it used for?

NARRATOR: Liquid mercury is a superconductor,

and in our modern technological age, this class of elements

is being used in revolutionary applications

such as free-energy generation, advanced medical imaging,

and cutting-edge transportation projects.

But why would there be vast amounts of mercury

found under a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid?

Could it have served a technological purpose?

NARRATOR: Just two years prior to the astounding

discovery of liquid mercury at Teotihuacan,

archaeologist Sergio G�mez and his team made another

curious find: hundreds of gold-colored metallic spheres

scattered in the same tunnel

beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent.

The spheres ranged in diameter from just one inch

up to five inches.

There were hundreds of them.

On the exterior, they were burned pyrite.

And on the interior, they're mostly clay.

In fact, the entire chamber seems to have flecks of

this golden pyrite, or fool's gold, all over it.

I've never seen anything like it.

I do not know what these things are,

what their meaning is.

To my knowledge, we've never found a chamber like that

anywhere in Mesoamerica,

certainly nowhere in Teotihuacan.

It's an enigma, and neither I nor any of my colleagues know

what to make of it.

One of the findings of the analysis

of these golden spheres

was that there are substances in them

that can't be identified, can't be related to

other known Earth substances.

The archaeologists themselves cannot explain

how these were formed, why is there

anomalous organic material within them

or what purpose did they serve.

We have to wonder what these pyramids

and this whole structure is about.

What are these golden spheres about?

And why is there mercury inside of this pyramid?

It's almost like some kind of alien technology

is being used at Teotihuacan,

but we don't understand it.

NARRATOR: The recent finds of mercury

and the inexplicable golden spheres

only add to the mystery of the site.

In 1906, archaeologist Leopoldo Batres

discovered layers of mica throughout

the Teotihuacan complex.

The discovery of entire sheets of this material,

which is used in electrical and thermal applications,

has baffled researchers

as it has not been found

in any other ancient architecture.

In a couple of different places in Teotihuacan,

we've discovered sheets of mica.

The first reports of them

were supposedly that Leopold Batres had found

these large sheets of mica

on top of the Temple of the Sun.

NARRATOR: Since that first discovery,

entire chambers lined with mica

have allegedly been found at different locations

along the Avenue of the Dead,

but the areas are now off-limits to visitors.

Ever since the late 1990s,

the Mexican government...

NARRATOR: In the 1970s,

author and researcher Erich von D �niken

got a firsthand look into one of these mica chambers.

I was brought there by

a local archaeologist who loved my books,

and he said he can show me a mystery.

And there is a room, and the room has a ceiling

and has, of course, four walls.

And in the four walls, you see mica.

This mica is put in artificially.

It's like an insulation.

First you have stone, then you have a level of mica,

about ten centimeters, and then, again, stone.

From this chamber, where the mica is,

there is a hole, and the hole is insulated with mica,

and I have been told

that the hole goes inside the great pyramid,

the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan.

That will be the next discovery.

NARRATOR: Today, mica is used as a heat shield

in electronic and aerospace industries.

It has the unique properties of

being a good insulator of electricity

as well as a conductor of heat

and it is able to resist temperatures

upwards of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.

We use mica today with high technology.

So one has to wonder

why is there a mica chamber at Teotihuacan?

It's very brittle but it's incredibly,

incredibly heat resistant.

Why was there any need for mica in the first place?

NOORY: There seems to be a correlation though between mica,

liquid mercury and these orbs or spheres

that all seem to point to some high technology usage.

What did they know, how did they know it

is anybody's guess, but it just sounds like

they needed these materials for something

and they used them.

We have to wonder, are we looking at a technology?

We see components of it that don't make sense

just for a primitive culture.

The pyramids and the various components

could've been part of a sophisticated

system of technology.

NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists propose that the mercury,

mica and gold-colored spheres

may be somehow connected,

and serve as components of a larger device.

They suggest that further evidence can be found

at the site by examining the remnants

of an ancient explosion.

NARRATOR: Along the Avenue of the Dead,

multiple structures show evidence

of a catastrophic fire

that consumed portions of the temple complex.

The damage has been attributed to

an uprising at the end of the sixth century,

just before the population

entirely vanished without a trace.

This structure in particular,

in spite of the many modern restoration...

NARRATOR: According to archaeologist Leopoldo Batres,

who surveyed the site in the late 19th century,

the damage seemed too extensive

to be attributed to simple torch flames,

leading researchers to explore alternative explanations.

NARRATOR: Could the curious finds of mica and mercury at the site

help corroborate the theory that the burn marks

we see along the Avenue of the Dead

are from some sort of mechanical explosion?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,

and they suggest that, like the Great Pyramid at Giza

and other sites throughout the globe,

the structures at Teotihuacan may have once served

as an electromagnetic power plant.

Researchers proposed that the pyramids

constructed around the world are, in fact, power plants.

This is based on our new knowledge

that they, in fact, are designed

to tap the resonant power of the Earth

and then to distribute it around the world.

Teotihuacan matches precisely this model.

It's built over caverns,

it had liquid mercury and mica incorporated into its design,

and we know that the gods came and left from this place.

So, when we put all the pieces together,

we're looking at Teotihuacan as yet another example

of the power plants of the gods.

If it was a technological system

that was generating

a lot of energy at some point,

there could've been a malfunction in it.

If there was energy, the mica found at the site

was supposed to shield it,

and mercury was also found at the site,

seems to have been used.

Perhaps we had some kind of accident there

at some point in time.

NARRATOR: If Teotihuacan served as an ancient power plant,

generating electromagnetic energy,

just what role did the liquid mercury,

recently discovered at the site,

play in such a scenario?

There's stories of mercury being used in spacecraft.

And some of the ancient Indian epics

talk about mercury as part of the Vimanas

and the mechanics of these craft.

So, here we have the idea that

this mercury that's being found at archaeological sites

is really part of the propulsion of some of the craft

that the extraterrestrials were using here on Earth.

NARRATOR: Physicist James Lincoln

has been experimenting with superconductors like mercury,

and the levitation effects

produced in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields,

such as those suspected of being generated

by the ancient pyramid power plants.

Author and researcher David Wilcock

visited his laboratory to see

how electromagnetism creates an environment

that allows mercury to levitate.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. Yes.

NARRATOR: The demonstration will utilize

a conventional superconductor material

in place of mercury due to its toxicity.

What am I about to see here?

Now, one of the signatures of a superconductor is that

once it reaches its critical temperature,

as being it's cold enough,

it will actually levitate over a magnetic field.

WILCOCK: That is unbelievable.

LINCOLN: We can actually make it go around the track.

This is the signature behavior of any superconductor

in the presence of a magnetic field.

It generates electricity flowing in loops

inside of a superconductor.

- That's why it floats. - Wow.

There's not really an upper limit

to how fast this thing can go.

WILCOCK: So there's a flow of current

in the disc as it's going?

LINCOLN: Yes.

Once these electric currents are generated,

it's free and permanent

and can last as long as you can keep it cold.

WILCOCK: Wow. Very, very cool.

So, if you had mercury here,

and got it really, really cold,

this same type of effect would occur

or would we notice anything different?

LINCOLN: We would be able to get the same effect

if we managed to get this cold enough.

- Okay. - Mercury is also a superconductor.

In fact, it was the first superconductor ever discovered.

- Okay. - And this one

can be anywhere, any orientation,

whether I put it on forward or backwards,

or even upside down,

it still works.

WILCOCK: And here, we're seeing it

held perfectly in place,

zipping along on its own.

Now, that is truly remarkable.

This, to me, looks like

a flying saucer.

It does look a lot like a flying saucer.

In fact, you can get it to avoid obstacles,

like you would want from any hovering technology.

So, here I'm placing some little debris

on the track and let's see if it can

- get over this pile of sticks. - Sure.

- No trouble. - No resistance.

Yeah, so now, you can imagine it

flying over forests if it was large enough,

and if you managed to have enough magnetism

on the surface for that to happen.

Unbelievable.

If this technology could be scaled up,

could we have something

that, potentially, people could be able to

ride in as a craft?

LINCOLN: Yeah, if you keep the superconductor cold.

As you can imagine,

it has to have a chamber of liquid nitrogen.

- Right. - And you have enough magnetism

over a surface, then there's no upper limit

to how big this can be.

So, if there were some way to make this

a self-contained continuously cooling unit,

theoretically at least, would it be able to

keep doing what it's doing right now indefinitely?

LINCOLN: Well, yes,

it will last as long as it stays cold.

People have had superconductors lasting for years already

with currents flowing in them.

And there's a lot of places that are cold enough

that that would work. For example,

- outer space. - Right.

We're seeing a very intriguing connection here.

Teotihuacan may be a location in which exotic technology

was used to create an electromagnetic field.

And therefore, the area around the pyramid

may have been an area in which

levitation was much easier for a flying saucer

that involved liquid mercury as a fuel.

Teotihuacan may have been the Cape Canaveral of its day.

Today most space facilities

are built as close to the equator as possible

to take advantage of the Earth's rotation.

And Teotihuacan is relatively near the equator,

and so it would be an ideal spot

as a spaceport for extraterrestrial vehicles

to land and take off.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that Teotihuacan

functioned as some sort of extraterrestrial spaceport?

One capable of generating electromagnetic power

to support interstellar craft fueled by liquid mercury?

Perhaps further evidence can be found

by examining a planetary map

encoded in the city's layout.

NARRATOR: Archaeologists continue to dig

under the pyramid complex

in an attempt to answer the many mysteries

of Teotihuacan.

The discoveries of liquid mercury,

walls lined with mica,

and strange artifacts like the golden spheres

point to the possibility that an advanced society

once occupied this city.

But some researchers suggest even greater clues can be found

by examining the layout of the entire complex.

Three of the major structures contained within Teotihuacan

have been found to line up

with the three belt stars of Orion,

a connection that is also mirrored in

the layout of the pyramids at the Giza Plateau in Egypt.

And the positioning of the main thoroughfare,

known as the Avenue of the Dead,

is directed toward the Pleiades star cluster.

But perhaps the most intriguing connection

was proposed in the 1970s

by American engineer Hugh Harleston Jr.

HART: In 1972, Hugh Harleston

undertook a study of the site.

And he was trying to determine

mathematically if he could break down

or discover a standard unit of measure at Teotihuacan.

The conclusion that Harleston came up with

in all his measurements,

he found consistent numbers,

and he discovered that they reflected

mathematical principles that involved

units, intervals and the spacing of the planets.

WILCOCK: He found the actual derivation of the solar system

with the planets, their correct distances from one another,

actually laid out

in the spacings of the monuments at this complex.

NARRATOR: Harleston noted that the intervals

between the major structures

corresponded exactly to the distances

between the various planets.

WILCOCK: There is a very clear rationale

for the positioning of these artifacts,

and it's only once you get into their measurements

that you start to see compelling proof that

this is intended to be

an accurate map of our solar system.

NARRATOR: Even the distance of the asteroid belt

between Mars and Jupiter was correctly plotted by

the diversion of the San Juan River through the site.

CHILDRESS: Harleston believed that a man-made canal

that was cut through Teotihuacan

represented the asteroid belt,

which was not something known to ancient peoples.

Whoever built Teotihuacan,

they had full knowledge of our solar system

and knowledge that ancient people

could not have had.

NARRATOR: Three and a half miles away,

on top of the Cerro Gordo mountain range,

Harleston also located the ruins

of the Temple of Xochitl,

which fell directly in sightline of the Avenue of the Dead.

CHILDRESS: Harleston believed that this temple

was mathematically showing

that there was a planet beyond Pluto,

twice as far as Pluto

that was somehow orbiting around our solar system.

NARRATOR: Curiously, in 2016,

planetary scientists from

the California Institute of Technology

announced that they had found preliminary evidence

of the existence of an unknown planet beyond Pluto.

Would such a revelation give further credence to

the idea that the inhabitants of Teotihuacan

had intimate knowledge of our solar system

and that the site served as an ancient spaceport?

One that might still be active today?

A tourist visiting the ancient pyramid complex of Teotihuacan

takes a photograph featuring the Pyramid of the Sun.

He thinks nothing of it until he later reviews the photo

and notices two strange objects hovering over the pyramid.

Upon closer examination

they appear to be silver disc-shaped craft.

What's strange about the two UFOs

photographed above the Pyramid of the Sun

at Teotihuacan is that only ten seconds later,

a second photograph was taken,

and those two objects were gone.

So clearly, we are not talking about

mylar balloons here.

There is nothing floating in the sky anymore.

And if they would have been mylar balloons,

well, they don't move that fast to just...

(exhales sharply) ...disappear.

There has been a long history

of UFO sightings and unusual events

in Teotihuacan,

particularly around the pyramids,

which perhaps are somehow attracting UFOs

and extraterrestrials.

And you would think

that this is some kind of energy device.

The pyramids around the world

could be projecting energy,

and that power could be used by airships,

by other devices.

NARRATOR: Could the pyramids found around the globe

be, in some way, interconnected,

serving as components of a worldwide energy grid?

If so, might the truth

about who oversaw their construction,

and for what purpose,

expose a connection to an advanced extraterrestrial race

that predates mankind's

earliest known civilizations?

Perhaps as we continue to uncover secrets

concealed within these structures,

we will find the key to

activating this global power network

and reconnecting to our alien ancestors.

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