1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,700 Unexplained sightings. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:07,440 The first responders on the scene reported a UFO. 3 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,600 Miraculous appearances. 4 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:13,180 Inside the tilma was a virgin mother. 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,140 And visions that changed the world. 6 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:18,780 This extraordinary sign from Heavens 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:24,060 becomes one of the crucial turning points in human history. 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,780 Stories of strange encounters accompany 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,480 many of history's major events. 10 00:00:30,580 --> 00:00:33,340 Is it merely coincidence? 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,580 Or might it be evidence of extraterrestrial intervention? 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,280 It appears that there is an ongoing plan in place, 13 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:45,860 a hidden hand in history that is manipulating events 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,520 for a certain given outcome. 15 00:00:48,620 --> 00:00:50,860 Millions of people around the world 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,200 believe we have been visited in the past 17 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:55,960 by extraterrestrial beings. 18 00:00:56,020 --> 00:00:59,060 What if it were true? 19 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,720 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 20 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:07,420 And if so, might mankind's greatest moments 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,800 have been influenced by alien encounters? 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,660 Transpine 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,420 Championships 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,600 Trans TIME 25 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,000 Makers 26 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:18,900 Trans countryside 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,960 Transponder 28 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:21,980 Transponder 29 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:24,180 Transponder 30 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,120 Transponder 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,840 Transuer 32 00:01:27,940 --> 00:01:29,420 Transponder 33 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,720 Transponder 34 00:01:30,820 --> 00:01:32,520 Transponder 35 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:33,620 Transponder 36 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,020 Transponder 37 00:01:35,140 --> 00:01:37,060 Transponder 38 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:38,620 Transponder 39 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,120 Transponder 40 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:57,120 Japan, March 11, 2011, emanating 43 miles off the eastern coast of the Oshika Peninsula. 41 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:05,720 One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, a magnitude 9.0, shakes the Earth. 42 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:11,320 The massive movement of two tectonic plates instantly moves the entire Japanese mainland, 43 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:19,320 some eight feet, ripping down buildings, setting fires, and killing thousands of people. 44 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,320 But the worst is yet to come. 45 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,720 The earthquake also triggers enormous tsunamis. 46 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:35,520 Waves as high as 130 feet begin smashing ashore with devastating consequences. 47 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:43,120 One wave in particular struck the Fukushima Daiichi power generating plant and overwhelmed the safety systems, 48 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:51,520 which caused the plant to enter a critical phase and release radioactive material into the atmosphere and into the water. 49 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:59,920 With the nuclear power plant's reactors melting down and radiation seeping into the atmosphere, 50 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,520 the authorities evacuate the region. 51 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:12,520 Only people who remain are employees who struggle for days to prevent a larger catastrophe from occurring. 52 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:19,520 But according to eyewitnesses on the scene, these workers were not alone. 53 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:29,520 There were UFO sightings reported in some significant numbers in that area in the weeks and the days leading up to the earthquake and tsunami. 54 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:39,520 And there were a number of UFO sightings reported in the immediate area directly afterward. 55 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:47,520 And this suggests the possibility that extraterrestrials were involved in stabilizing that situation. 56 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:58,520 Because had that Fukushima plant melted down, it would have made a large swath of Asia uninhabitable for a very long time. 57 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:10,520 Is it possible that extraterrestrials became aware of this meltdown and they did something to lessen the impact of this disaster 58 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:18,520 and ultimately save mankind from what could have been a much worse cataclysm? 59 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:24,520 Could extraterrestrials really have been present at the Fukushima meltdown? 60 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:30,520 And might they have helped to prevent it from being an even more catastrophic disaster? 61 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:45,520 Ancient astronaut theorists point out that similar accounts of strange objects seen in the sky were also reported 25 years earlier during the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. 62 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:52,520 A number of witnesses reported that there were UFOs hovering around the power station. 63 00:04:52,520 --> 00:05:07,520 And that even beams of light were coming down from these UFOs and doing something to the nuclear power plants and keeping them from having a much worse meltdown than they did have. 64 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Some have speculated that the UFOs that were seen during the crisis may have been perhaps protecting us. 65 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:24,520 Trying to stave off a horrifying nuclear explosion or if not protecting us, at least protecting our world. 66 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:32,520 Was it simply good fortune that the nuclear accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl weren't far more deadly? 67 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:44,520 Or is it possible that the UFOs, eyewitnesses spotted, were responsible for averting these catastrophes when humans were powerless to do so? 68 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:56,520 Ancient astronaut theorists believe these encounters weren't random occurrences, but part of an extraterrestrial agenda that has been in place on Earth for thousands of years. 69 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:22,520 It appears that there is an ongoing plan in place, a hidden hand in history that is manipulating events that we are interacting with an alien civilization and that we are experiencing the fruits of what they are offering us because our history is being intelligently guided and directed to steer us towards a particular outcome. 70 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:33,520 But if alleged alien encounters really are evidence that extraterrestrials are intervening in human affairs, what is their purpose? 71 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:44,520 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest the answer can be found by looking back at the very earliest alien encounters ever recorded. 72 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,520 Mount Sinai, the 15th century BC 73 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:58,520 According to the Bible's Book of Exodus, it was on the peak of this holy mountain that Moses met with God. 74 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:07,520 But ancient astronaut theorists believe Moses' encounter may have been with a different kind up otherworldly entity. 75 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:25,520 There's an interesting legend passed down from Temple Times itself that when Moses ascended to Mount Sinai to speak with God, a cloud came down from heaven and told Moses, come into the cloud to ascend to God. 76 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:31,520 A door opened in the cloud and Moses walked in and closed behind him and he ascended. 77 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,520 The Lord descends with smoke, fire, loud noise, trembling and so on. 78 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:46,520 All religions speak about the same thing or they use different names and the stories change but the basic stories are always the same. 79 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:58,520 Somebody descended with loud noise, smoke, fire. The humans could not understand what it was. They misinterpreted and believe it that this was God or the gods. 80 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:07,520 It's just a misinterpretation. I am absolutely sure there's no doubt that we were visited by beings from outer space. 81 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:18,520 According to ancient astronaut theorists, such accounts of unearthly encounters can be found in every major religion, including Islam. 82 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:28,520 Where the angel Gabriel, also known as Jibril, was sent to be the intermediary between the prophet Muhammad and the Muslim God Allah. 83 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:36,520 Jibril normally would come and dispense wisdom to Muhammad inside this cave that he was dwelling in. 84 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:42,520 But on two occasions, Muhammad did not meet Jibril in the cave in person. 85 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Muhammad went outside the cave and it was at this time that something absolutely fantastic happened. 86 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,520 What did Muhammad see when he went outside the cave? 87 00:08:53,520 --> 00:09:00,520 The records show that there was a magnificent shining object there in front of him. 88 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:05,520 It was said to have 600 wings and it was burning as if it was on fire. 89 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:11,520 What do we know of in modern times that could add up to a sighting like that? It's obvious. 90 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:19,520 A craft that would be hovering there in front of him, giving off brilliant white light that he interpreted as fire. 91 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:31,520 And when he went out and saw this magnificent shining object, the same wisdom that he was getting from Jibril was imparted to him, though he could not see any being. 92 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 He only could see this object. 93 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:46,520 Is it possible that many of the stories of gods and angels descending from the heavens are not actually divine events, but extraterrestrial visitations? 94 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:51,520 And if so, are they purposely guiding our future? 95 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Ancient astronaut theorists believe further evidence can be found. 96 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:03,520 By examining the famous vision so important, it changed the course of human history. 97 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:14,520 Rome, October 27th, 312 AD. 98 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:26,520 Just north of the city, the emperor Constantine leads his troops toward the Milvian bridge and a decisive battle with Maxentius to reclaim his throne. 99 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:32,520 At stake is control over the western part of the vast Roman Empire. 100 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:42,520 According to an account from the historian Eusebius, on the eve of the battle, Constantine looks up into the sky 101 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,520 and sees what he believes is a divine vision. 102 00:10:47,520 --> 00:11:00,520 Constantine and his followers saw in the sky what their chroniclers say was a huge white fiery cross. 103 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:10,520 Now, his followers didn't know what to make of this, but Constantine decided that this was the Christian cross. 104 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:18,520 Constantine feels after viewing this extraordinary sign from the heavens, this lightened cross in the sky, 105 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:25,520 that he will go forth the next day and he will conquer the Roman Empire, and this is exactly what he does. 106 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:36,520 This vision becomes one of the crucial turning points in human history. 107 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:51,520 After winning the brutal battle of Milvian bridge, Constantine consolidates his power and begins a campaign of religious tolerance across the Empire, 108 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,520 and he himself converts to Christianity. 109 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:06,520 But what exactly did Constantine see in the sky that ended up changing the course of western civilization? 110 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,520 Was it a divine vision or something else? 111 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:16,520 Don't we all see crosses up in the sky when we look at planes? 112 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:24,520 Because you have lights on the sides and at the front, and if you have a little bit of light shining on it, sometimes they look like crosses. 113 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:30,520 So we have to ask ourselves, is it possible that this was absolutely no Christian symbol at all, 114 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:37,520 but that it was adapted over time after something that was witnessed up in the sky? 115 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:43,520 Is it possible that extraterrestrials were responsible for Constantine's vision? 116 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:58,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say one compelling piece of evidence that aliens have tried to manipulate mankind through religious visions still exists today. 117 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:07,520 Mexico City, December 1531 118 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:14,520 According to an account called the Nikon Mopoa, published in the Aztec language Abnauatol, 119 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:23,520 a peasant named Juan Diego was walking in the countryside when he heard a beautiful voice singing on the other side of a hill. 120 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:32,520 Diego climbed the hill and saw an angelic vision, a woman in white garments that shone like the sun. 121 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:43,520 And she said to him, Juan Diego, I am the Virgin Mary and I am asking you to build a sanctuary for me here on this hill. 122 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:49,520 Well Juan Diego fell to his knees in awe and he said, great lady, I will do as you desire. 123 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:59,520 But according to the story, Juan Diego couldn't convince the local bishop that he had actually seen the Virgin Mary, 124 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:04,520 so he went back to the hill where he again saw the vision. 125 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:10,520 He says, lady, please give me a sign because nobody believes me when I tell them that I have seen you. 126 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,520 And she says, Juan Diego, take off your cloak. 127 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:19,520 And he does. He takes off his cloak and she fills his cloak with roses. 128 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:31,520 He took the roses to the bishop and the bishop fell down on his knees because it wasn't the roses as to why he believed the story from Diego, 129 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:37,520 but inside the tilma was a painting of the Virgin Mother. 130 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:43,520 And the bishop believed and they built the church on that hill. 131 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:57,520 This cloak still exists today and despite its braille fabric, it is reportedly remained in pristine condition despite the cruel ravages of time. 132 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:09,520 Right now you can go to the church and see the tilma hanging there and it is not degraded over the 400 plus years that they've had it. 133 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:17,520 It's been through a fire, it's been through an explosion where purportedly an iron cross was twisted from the explosion, 134 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,520 but the tilma right next to the cross was still fine. 135 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:32,520 Could the sacred image on the cloak really be evidence of a visitation by the Virgin Mary or might it have a different other worldly explanation? 136 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:42,520 In addition to the tilma inexplicably enduring for hundreds of years, those who have studied it have found other unexplainable qualities. 137 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,520 Most bizarre of all are the eyes of the image. 138 00:15:48,520 --> 00:16:03,520 Approximately 7 to 8 millimeters wide, what we see inside those eyes is a highly enigmatic mystery because it appears that there are characters in the eyes, 139 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:11,520 the faces of the people who were there at the time that the tilma was unveiled by our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531. 140 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:24,520 But if our Lady of Guadalupe really does have other worldly origins, did it come from a heavenly realm or somewhere else? 141 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:32,520 Not only do ancient astronaut theorists believe Juan Diego's vision was an extraterrestrial encounter, 142 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:38,520 but even some members of the church claim that it was something other than a religious experience. 143 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,520 Our Lady of Guadalupe is definitely a heavenly visitor. 144 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:52,520 In my opinion though, what her story said disagrees with what the Bible says. 145 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:58,520 In fact, she said she would protect the people that worship at the church. 146 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:06,520 What that does is really deify Mary when the Bible is very clear that only God can protect those that serve Him. 147 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:15,520 And so any other worldly being that demands worship or respect, it cannot be an angel from God. 148 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:27,520 Juan Diego may have witnessed not just an apparition, but an actual live extraterrestrial appearing through some sort of advanced technology 149 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:33,520 whose mission was to impart spiritual faith and a thirst for the divine. 150 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:47,520 Could it be that some of history's most significant religious visions have actually been produced by alien beings carrying out a secret mission? 151 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:56,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe further proof that extraterrestrials have been guiding our future 152 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:04,520 can be found in the story of a mysterious magician that may have helped propel humanity into the modern age. 153 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,520 The English Channel 154 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,520 1588 155 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:21,520 King Philip II of Spain has dispatched an enormous armada of ships to invade England. 156 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:28,520 They are reportedly filled with more than 20,000 soldiers and scores of medieval torture devices. 157 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:37,520 According to some historians, Philip, a devout Catholic, wants to bring the brutal Spanish Inquisition to England 158 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:43,520 to punish Queen Elizabeth I and her subjects for leaving the Catholic Church. 159 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:52,520 Philip was a Catholic and England had been turned Protestant by Elizabeth's father Henry VIII when he broke with the Catholic Church 160 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,520 in order to marry Elizabeth's mother Anne Boleyn. 161 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:02,520 So to Philip, the English were sinners and their ways needed to be reformed 162 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:07,520 so he sent a great armada, a great fleet of over 130 ships. 163 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,520 There had never been anything like it before. 164 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:21,520 England didn't have a lot of money and a lot of their vessels were not even official government vessels. 165 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,520 They were whatever merchant seamen and sailors could cobble together. 166 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:33,520 The Spanish armada seemed invincible and the British severely over-matched. 167 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:42,520 But when the two forces finally met, superior English tactics and strategy forced the armada to retreat. 168 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:52,520 But the number of Spanish ships was so overwhelming that the English couldn't score a decisive victory until a freak storm struck. 169 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,520 The English ships were more maneuverable than the Spanish ships. 170 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,520 In order to counter this, the Spanish cut their anchors and they figured, 171 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,520 well, let's get rid of some of this dead weight, so to speak. 172 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:11,520 But when the winds hit, they had no way to find a mooring and then therefore the winds blew their ships all over the place including into the coast. 173 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,520 They lost roughly half their fleet due to the weather. 174 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:26,520 From the point of view of the English people, this extraordinary storm that destroys the Spanish armada is a miracle, destroying the might of Spain when mankind cannot do it. 175 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:32,520 The English believe this miraculous storm was the work of God. 176 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:40,520 But some ancient astronaut theorists claim there is evidence that suggests it may have actually been the work of other worldly beings. 177 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:50,520 Their first clue comes from one of Queen Elizabeth's closest advisors, a mysterious man named John Dee. 178 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:59,520 John Dee was the court astrologer, mathematician, philosopher, medical doctor at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. 179 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,520 He was an extraordinarily learned man for his time. 180 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:12,520 He dealt with magic and potions and what we might call spells to try to effect change. 181 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,520 John Dee was a hermetic thinker. 182 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:26,520 Hermetic thinkers believed that there was a contemporary of Moses by the name of Hermes Trismegistus who lived in Egypt. 183 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:35,520 And just as God revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses, God revealed to Hermes the secret knowledge of how nature worked. 184 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:46,520 And that with the proper mindset and proper tools that one could uncover essentially what God was thinking by reading the world. 185 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:58,520 According to legend, John Dee used this knowledge of the natural and supernatural worlds to predict the storm that would ultimately for the Spanish Armada. 186 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:09,520 The story goes that John Dee told Queen Elizabeth not to worry because the storm would destroy the Spanish fleet. 187 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:15,520 And then when it happened it confirmed his knowledge of the world and what lay beneath it. 188 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:21,520 But if John Dee really did make such a prophecy, what was the source? 189 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,520 Was it something divine? 190 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:35,520 Or is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists contend, that this mysterious man was using hermetic wisdom to establish communication with extraterrestrial beings? 191 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:45,520 John Dee was very interested in the occult and seemed to spend a lot of time harnessing or finding a way to communicate to life forms beyond this earth. 192 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:51,520 We really don't understand the influence over John Dee as to how he was able to interpret such accurate information. 193 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:58,520 It's very possible that John Dee was receiving his information from an outside source that was possibly an extraterrestrial. 194 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:08,520 But if John Dee's pursuit of hermetic wisdom gave him insights into the alien agenda on earth, what did he find? 195 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:13,520 And why would extraterrestrials want to sink the Spanish Armada? 196 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:22,520 It is possible that these extraterrestrials had a vested interest in preserving the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth and seeing that the monarchy was not overthrown. 197 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:32,520 And they repelled any such invading forces in order to make sure that this carefully constructed power structure was kept fully intact. 198 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:49,520 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest extraterrestrials were not acting to favor Protestants over Catholics, but may have wanted to preserve the great cultural and scientific developments that would occur in England in the coming centuries. 199 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:59,520 What happened in England after Queen Elizabeth's time was nothing less than miraculous. 200 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:15,520 We had the scientific revolution, we had people like Isaac Newton, and we had other great scientists develop what eventually became the industrial revolution, steam trains, electricity, and the modern world. 201 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:32,520 The period that followed also gave rise to champions of the scientific method, like Francis Bacon and John Locke, and led to an age of exploration that would give rise to a greater investment in the still fledgely new land of America. 202 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:45,520 If the Spanish had succeeded in conquering England, they would have brought the Inquisition with them in a period of darkness and torture, and likely the industrial revolution never would have happened. 203 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:58,520 Might some other worldly entity really have intervened in the Spanish invasion, sending a storm to destroy their ships and ensure the future of England? 204 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:05,520 And if so, is this a sign that aliens really do have an interest in our future? 205 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:13,520 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the vision that inspired one of the world's newest religions. 206 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:24,520 Manchester, New York. September 21, 1823. 207 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:33,520 As he settles into bed, a 17-year-old farmhand named Joseph Smith begins to say his prayers. 208 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:43,520 Suddenly, without warning, an overpowering light envelops his room, and a robed figure appears. 209 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:52,520 According to Smith's account, not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description. 210 00:25:52,520 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaking from the center of the light, the angel, whose name is Moroni, sends Smith on a quest for several sacred texts hidden near a local tree. 211 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:14,520 Upon locating the tree, Joseph dug and indeed found the text, but they recorded a language which he could not read. 212 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:26,520 A second visitation from Moroni told Joseph Smith where he could find what we might call a device of some kind that would allow him to read the text. 213 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:45,520 Joseph Smith was given this translating stone, the urim and the thumim, with which he was able to not only write down this text, but also to be able to translate it. 214 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:52,520 He then translated the texts into English, which become the Book of Mormon. 215 00:26:52,520 --> 00:27:06,520 And it depicts, among other things, that after Jesus ascended into heaven, he came to the Americas and ministered to the native peoples here to convert them to his way of life. 216 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:12,520 And that at some point, the texts that become the Book of Mormon are deposited here so that Joseph Smith could find them. 217 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:30,520 Seven years later, Smith publishes these texts as part of the Book of Mormon, establishing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a denomination with more than 15 million followers today. 218 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:37,520 Many religions worldwide have been founded with the help of angels. 219 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:48,520 Whether they're representatives of Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist gods, these apparitions are thought to be a way that gods intervene on earth with humans. 220 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:57,520 Angels, when they appear in religious legends and in myths, generally are messengers between the heavenly realm and the human realm. 221 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:04,520 Throughout the Bible, we have stories of angels and demons appearing to mankind. 222 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:14,520 In fact, Paul says that you be careful how you entertain strangers because some of you entertain angels unaware. 223 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:23,520 The Bible is very clear that angels can take on human form and appear in the likeness of man. 224 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:36,520 But ancient astronaut theorists suggest that sometimes these heavenly visions and apparitions may not actually be angels sent by an omniscient god. 225 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:50,520 And curiously, the so-called angel that led Joseph Smith to the sacred texts that would become the Book of Mormon did not profess to have heavenly origins, but claimed to be from another part of the universe. 226 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,520 Now, Moroni did not say that he was an angel. 227 00:28:55,520 --> 00:29:03,520 He said that at one time he had lived on earth, but that now he came from the Pleiades star cluster. 228 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,520 And he said there were many others like him. 229 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:15,520 When we look at the background of the Book of Mormon, we see some very interesting parallels to what could be an extraterrestrial tale. 230 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,520 This angel Moroni that appears to Joseph Smith. 231 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,520 Seems to be more than just chance. 232 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:29,520 It's very possible that Joseph Smith was interacting with the type of extraterrestrial. 233 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:45,520 These extraterrestrials may be giving these messages to world leaders and to prophets and seers and mystics to let us know that we are the product of an extraterrestrial interbreeding 234 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:51,520 and an ongoing contact with these other people who were not born on earth. 235 00:29:51,520 --> 00:30:08,520 And we have lost touch with that history only because we refuse to believe the truth that is reported in our historical books and see what's right in front of our faces even now with the encounters that are happening in the modern world. 236 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:19,520 But if an extraterrestrial being really did inspire Joseph Smith to found the Mormon church, why? 237 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:34,520 Joseph Smith's encounter ultimately led the Mormons to migrate west to establish a new Holy Land in Utah, which has led some to speculate that aliens once again were guiding the course of humanity. 238 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:41,520 Moroni let Joseph Smith know that he would be the prophet and he would lead his people to the new Jerusalem. 239 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:54,520 Mormonism is another example potentially of an extraterrestrial influence steering the course of our humanity and helping steer the outcome of historical events here on earth. 240 00:30:55,520 --> 00:31:05,520 Is it possible that Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon religion, was guided by an extraterrestrial being? 241 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:13,520 And if so, was this alien encounter another attempt to guide us into a more enlightened age? 242 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:27,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe further evidence can be found by examining a dream that helped defeat one of the 20th century's most diabolical dictators. 243 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:34,520 Olympia Greece 244 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:48,520 This valley on the Peloponnesus peninsula, once filled with temples, altars and statues, is where the ancient Greeks came to pay tribute to their gods. 245 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:58,520 Near the temple to Zeus, the king of the gods, was a sanctuary dedicated to the Mori, the only beings that Zeus was said to fear. 246 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:06,520 These mythical figures were believed to control destiny. English speakers call them the fates. 247 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:12,520 In ancient times, fate and human destiny were thought to be in the hands of the gods. 248 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:20,520 There was much less this idea that we're in charge of our own destiny and that we make our own lives through choices and decisions and action. 249 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:27,520 The idea was that human destiny was in someone else's hands, it was in the hands of the fates. 250 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:39,520 There were three supernatural creatures, Clotho, who spun the thread of life, Lachesis, who wove it, and Atrapos, who cut the thread at the moment of death. 251 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:47,520 In the ancient times, gods and goddesses were thought to be able to influence people's destiny in that they were constantly interfering in human affairs. 252 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:56,520 They were constantly messing with humans. They could make humans do all kinds of things. They could disguise themselves. They could trick humans. They could persuade humans. 253 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:02,520 And yet, that final moment of destiny was still in the hands of the fates. 254 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:14,520 Other ancient cultures had similar beliefs. The Egyptians personified fate as the god Shai, who was said to control the actions of humans. 255 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:21,520 While the Vedic texts of ancient India talked about a universal order called Rida. 256 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:32,520 There was a similar legend in ancient Mesopotamia, and it was of the Mamatou, who was a goat-headed goddess who lived with the Anunnaki in the realms of the sky. 257 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:46,520 The Mamatou was also in charge of our fate. So you have to wonder, was the Mamatou and these other gods of fate some kind of extraterrestrials that were controlling our lives? 258 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:59,520 Is it possible, as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest, that the gods who were said to control our fate were actually members of an advanced alien civilization? 259 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:05,520 And if so, how were they able to interfere in people's lives undetected? 260 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:17,520 Some ancient astronaut theorists suggest that extraterrestrials not only communicate with us through visions and physical encounters, but even through our dreams. 261 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,520 New York City, Spring 1940. 262 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:37,520 At the Bell Laboratory Complex in Manhattan, a young engineer named David Parkinson is using a device called a potentiometer to track the varying electrical voltages that course through a telephone when people use it. 263 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:44,520 Parkinson's work with potentiometers seems unimportant compared to the big news of the day. 264 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,520 The matches have begun, they're shattering blitz on brick. 265 00:34:50,520 --> 00:35:02,520 The Nazis have conquered most of Europe, forcing the Allies to flee the continent in a ragtag flotilla of civilian boats after the Battle of Dunkirk. 266 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:12,520 The Nazis were almost undefeatable at this time in the war and there was tremendous despair and fear amongst the Allied forces. 267 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:20,520 And the story goes that David Parkinson had a dream one night and in the dream he was standing beside a certain type of gun. 268 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,520 And that gun was hitting every Nazi plane with absolute accuracy. 269 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,520 Parkinson's dream gave him a brilliant idea. 270 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:45,520 He could use the same technology that tracked electrical charges flowing through a telephone to track enemy airplanes flying through the sky. 271 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:53,520 And in the dream he was able to see the technology that was created to make this gun so accurate. 272 00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:03,520 And it is said that when he awoke he went back to the labs and he ultimately created the technology that was necessary to shoot down Nazi aircraft. 273 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:19,520 Parkinson's dream inspired him to create the M9 electrical gun director, which allowed Allied anti-aircraft guns to hit moving targets like the dangerous V1 rocket with incredible accuracy. 274 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:27,520 But how could such an advanced weapon be completely realized in a single dream? 275 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:37,520 The weird part about it is this guy was a scientist but he knew nothing about aeronautics. 276 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:50,520 Because David Parkinson had no background in aerodynamics, his contemporaries, other scientists and the military were literally taking him not seriously at all. 277 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:59,520 But he insisted and even spent a lot of his own time creating prototypes which eventually were found to work. 278 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:08,520 Throughout human history there are amazing stories of how mankind has been inspired through their dreams and through their visions. 279 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:17,520 I think we have to ask ourselves what is the source of this inspiration? Where do these dreams and visions come from? 280 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:23,520 Is it possible that we are being communicated with by other worldly beings? 281 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:32,520 Could extraterrestrials really be using dreams to convey ideas and information to the human race? 282 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:43,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and claim the proof that dream manipulation is a real possibility can be found in the human brain. 283 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:52,520 Throughout history many of mankind's greatest thinkers have been inspired by their dreams. 284 00:37:52,520 --> 00:38:01,520 Scientist James Watson, claimed the double helix structure of DNA came to him through his dream of a spiral staircase. 285 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:11,520 Friedrich August Kekkele discovered the chemical structure of benzene when he had a dream of a group of snakes swallowing their tails. 286 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:27,520 Srinivasa Ramunajan, whose mathematics principles are still being used by quantum physicists today, said that he obtained these mathematics theorems in dreams implanted in his mind by the Hindu goddess Namagiri. 287 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:34,520 We are seeing an ongoing pattern of dreams being used to communicate information. 288 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:43,520 This is a widespread phenomenon. It's been going on for many thousands of years and it continues right straight through to the present day. 289 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:51,520 Is it really possible that extraterrestrial beings could actually manipulate our dreams? 290 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes. 291 00:38:54,520 --> 00:39:04,520 And as evidence, they point out that modern science is already starting to understand how to interpret and manipulate dreams. 292 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:11,520 Moran Sir is a neuroscientist who studies human brain waves. 293 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:20,520 In one of his experiments, he shows pictures to test subjects while they're awake and analyzes how their brains process the images. 294 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:25,520 Each of those little squares here corresponds to a cell in Matt's brain. 295 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:34,520 Right now, Matt has 128 electrodes in his brain. They come from all parts of his brain. Right, left, and so on. 296 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:40,520 All of those wires go into this computer and what we see here are the activities of those little cells in his brain. 297 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:47,520 If I pick cell number 36 and I double click on that, what you see here is the activity inside his brain. 298 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:51,520 This is like a microphone sitting next to one cell in his brain. 299 00:39:51,520 --> 00:40:03,520 Dr. Surf can determine which cell stores the memory of a particular picture, like movie star Kerry Grant, by analyzing which cell reacted when he showed it to his test subject. 300 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:16,520 Once he's figured this out for dozens of cells, Dr. Surf waits for his patients to go to sleep and then watches for signs that they're dreaming about the images he has shown them. 301 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,520 In a very basic way, he can see his patients' dreams. 302 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:33,520 But in the future, Dr. Surf may actually be able to dictate our dreams by stimulating the set of cells that store our memories about a person or event. 303 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:43,520 If I really map the entire sequence, if I know all these, say, one million cells, then code Kerry Grant in your brain and know exactly what they are, then I activate all of them, I stimulate all of them. 304 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:47,520 Then we believe you're going to actually see Kerry Grant. 305 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:59,520 If aliens really have been coming to Earth for thousands of years, could they be using similar technology to manipulate our dreams? 306 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:10,520 Is it possible that the extraterrestrials don't want to directly interfere in our society, but to guide us from behind the scenes? 307 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:24,520 And even though they have to push us along in certain directions, we need to have the feeling that we're doing it, even if it does include some extraterrestrial guidance. 308 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:39,520 But they continue to communicate with humans through dreams and visions and other methods of indirect communication in order for them to provide guidance, but also to provide this guidance in a hands-off way. 309 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:47,520 Is it possible that they withdrew from our reality because we had to modernize? 310 00:41:48,520 --> 00:42:00,520 It could be that the purpose of this was to give us the opportunity to follow them without being pushed, and if they forced it upon us, we would simply worship them as gods and we would have learned nothing. 311 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:12,520 But by doing it ourselves, we form our own path, we actually make our own ascension experience, and we become much more like them in the process. 312 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:20,520 Has life on Earth been influenced by alien encounters for thousands of years? 313 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:31,520 Are divine visions, prophetic dreams, and modern-day UFO sightings all signs that we are being manipulated by a more advanced race of beings? 314 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:39,520 Could it be that these encounters are not meant for them to get to know us, but for us to get to know them? 315 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:53,520 And if so, what are they guiding us towards? Perhaps we are getting closer to our ultimate destination, and when we reach it, we will once again be reunited with our alien ancestors.