1 00:00:00,047 --> 00:00:07,049 We're so excited to be able to see this. 2 00:00:07,049 --> 00:00:09,049 So this is it? 3 00:00:09,049 --> 00:00:11,050 It's very heavy. It's heavy. 4 00:00:11,050 --> 00:00:12,050 Wow. 5 00:00:12,050 --> 00:00:18,052 Could physical evidence of alien visitation have been hiding in plain sight? 6 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:20,052 This is a very strange piece. 7 00:00:20,052 --> 00:00:23,053 It is a strange piece for us as well. 8 00:00:23,053 --> 00:00:28,054 Did part of an alien craft fall from space? 9 00:00:28,054 --> 00:00:33,055 We acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating and its composition. 10 00:00:33,055 --> 00:00:35,056 So we have a real mystery here. 11 00:00:35,056 --> 00:00:41,057 Or are we looking at alien technology made right here on Earth? 12 00:00:41,057 --> 00:00:44,058 This defies everything we know. 13 00:00:44,058 --> 00:00:45,058 Definitely. 14 00:00:58,062 --> 00:01:03,063 N. 15 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:05,864 So long as we have someone else. 16 00:01:20,187 --> 00:01:29,550 Two-winged Quiang province, northern Vietnam, 17 00:01:29,550 --> 00:01:33,511 In the early morning hours, three strange metal spheres 18 00:01:33,511 --> 00:01:35,271 are seen falling from the sky. 19 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:41,152 Witnesses report that one of the spheres 20 00:01:41,152 --> 00:01:43,953 seemed to be flying in a mysterious pattern 21 00:01:43,953 --> 00:01:47,834 before crashing to Earth and making a loud thunder-like sound. 22 00:01:50,355 --> 00:01:56,916 Witnesses saw these spherical-shaped metallic balls, 23 00:01:56,916 --> 00:02:00,157 which are recovered by the Vietnamese military. 24 00:02:00,157 --> 00:02:02,718 We have photographs of them, 25 00:02:02,718 --> 00:02:06,799 but we don't have whatever the objects were. 26 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:08,879 Now, of course, the big question is, 27 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:11,200 could they be connected to the UFO phenomenon? 28 00:02:13,241 --> 00:02:16,841 Numerous similar spheres were seen in Spain in 2015 29 00:02:18,802 --> 00:02:20,922 and in Africa in 2011. 30 00:02:22,963 --> 00:02:26,324 The skeptic would argue that this is just simply space debris 31 00:02:26,324 --> 00:02:28,444 and nothing else. 32 00:02:28,444 --> 00:02:32,845 But what's particularly intriguing is that in March 1974, 33 00:02:32,845 --> 00:02:36,886 very strange sphere was found at Fort George Island in Florida. 34 00:02:36,886 --> 00:02:39,487 It was found by the Bets family. 35 00:02:39,487 --> 00:02:44,768 On March 26, 1974, on a remote piece of land 36 00:02:44,768 --> 00:02:47,209 in Fort George Island, Florida, 37 00:02:47,209 --> 00:02:50,050 owned by Jerry and Antoine Bets, 38 00:02:50,050 --> 00:02:53,371 a wildfire broke out in the middle of the night, 39 00:02:53,371 --> 00:02:55,131 burning acres of brush. 40 00:02:57,332 --> 00:03:00,612 The cause of the fire is unknown. 41 00:03:00,612 --> 00:03:04,733 But the next day, as the family was investigating the damage, 42 00:03:04,733 --> 00:03:07,414 they came upon a strange object, 43 00:03:09,415 --> 00:03:10,615 a metal sphere. 44 00:03:11,615 --> 00:03:15,216 Jerry Bets and her son, Terry, went out there, 45 00:03:15,216 --> 00:03:19,057 and Terry sees this metallic-looking ball 46 00:03:19,057 --> 00:03:20,617 in the ground there. 47 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:23,458 And he picks it up and shows it to his mother, 48 00:03:23,578 --> 00:03:26,579 and they take it back to the house. 49 00:03:27,579 --> 00:03:29,420 And a couple of weeks went by, 50 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:34,021 and Terry had the ball on a table next to his bed. 51 00:03:35,021 --> 00:03:37,462 And he took his guitar out. 52 00:03:37,462 --> 00:03:41,663 He started strumming it, and the ball started vibrating. 53 00:03:44,463 --> 00:03:48,104 I was about 10 or 11, and one night they pulled it out. 54 00:03:49,105 --> 00:03:50,985 I think it was a mayonnaise lid out, 55 00:03:50,985 --> 00:03:54,546 and we were holding it in different places on the sphere, 56 00:03:54,546 --> 00:03:58,027 and it would be magnetized and stick in some areas 57 00:03:58,027 --> 00:03:59,107 and not in others. 58 00:04:00,107 --> 00:04:02,948 I can't remember which household members said, 59 00:04:02,948 --> 00:04:05,389 well, watch this, and they walked past it. 60 00:04:05,389 --> 00:04:07,549 It was sitting on the carpeted floor, 61 00:04:07,549 --> 00:04:10,350 and it followed them and moved as they did. 62 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:11,950 They took a few steps and turned, 63 00:04:11,950 --> 00:04:14,391 and it rolled right behind them into a stop. 64 00:04:16,352 --> 00:04:18,912 I had never seen anything like it before. 65 00:04:19,912 --> 00:04:24,914 The bed sphere began to make headlines in April of 1974. 66 00:04:25,914 --> 00:04:28,154 One of the first to break the story 67 00:04:28,154 --> 00:04:31,035 was a young reporter named Ron Kivit, 68 00:04:31,035 --> 00:04:34,556 who conducted an exclusive interview with Jerry Betts 69 00:04:34,556 --> 00:04:37,717 just after she had made her amazing discovery. 70 00:04:38,717 --> 00:04:41,918 When you found it, was it just lying flat on top of the ground? 71 00:04:41,918 --> 00:04:44,639 It was lying on the ground, it's not a lot, but we're hearing. 72 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:45,479 Right. 73 00:04:45,479 --> 00:04:47,479 We ain't supposed to make a lot of room, right now. 74 00:04:47,479 --> 00:04:48,320 Mm-hmm. 75 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,400 And then we noticed that Jeff Friver, 76 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,521 who got the best description of this, 77 00:04:52,521 --> 00:04:55,001 that if the giant gyroscope says there's 78 00:04:55,001 --> 00:04:56,562 these vibrating and clivering regions, 79 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:57,962 and you put it on a flat surface. 80 00:04:57,962 --> 00:04:59,322 Mm-hmm, right, Steve. 81 00:04:59,322 --> 00:05:02,043 That was a very tough, all-in-the-connected. 82 00:05:02,043 --> 00:05:03,203 I could imagine you would. 83 00:05:06,924 --> 00:05:11,765 In February of 2017, investigative journalist 84 00:05:11,765 --> 00:05:15,726 Linda Moulton Howe traveled to Jacksonville, Florida, 85 00:05:15,766 --> 00:05:18,887 just 20 miles from the site, where the Betts family 86 00:05:18,887 --> 00:05:20,968 made their incredible discovery. 87 00:05:20,968 --> 00:05:21,848 Hi, Ron. 88 00:05:21,848 --> 00:05:22,928 Hi, Linda. 89 00:05:22,928 --> 00:05:24,049 Nice to meet you. 90 00:05:24,049 --> 00:05:24,889 Nice to meet you. 91 00:05:24,889 --> 00:05:27,009 Yes, thank you. 92 00:05:27,009 --> 00:05:29,490 She arranged to meet with Ron Kivit 93 00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:32,291 to get a firsthand account of his experience 94 00:05:32,291 --> 00:05:34,211 with this bizarre object. 95 00:05:34,211 --> 00:05:36,252 And you've actually held this silver spoon. 96 00:05:36,252 --> 00:05:38,212 I have actually held it all. 97 00:05:38,212 --> 00:05:39,252 Right. 98 00:05:39,252 --> 00:05:40,733 Talk about what happened. 99 00:05:40,733 --> 00:05:42,293 I'm so curious. 100 00:05:42,293 --> 00:05:44,654 You get to their house. 101 00:05:44,694 --> 00:05:47,815 How was the Betts sphere introduced? 102 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:50,255 How did they show you? 103 00:05:50,255 --> 00:05:54,736 The ball was on a coffee table, a glass-top coffee table, 104 00:05:54,736 --> 00:05:58,017 in a four-year, much like this, a little bit larger. 105 00:05:58,017 --> 00:06:01,458 But it was wind-solving around almost like an atrium. 106 00:06:01,458 --> 00:06:04,979 And I said, you know, can I pick it up? 107 00:06:04,979 --> 00:06:06,139 Jerry said, oh, sure. 108 00:06:06,139 --> 00:06:07,419 So I picked it up. 109 00:06:07,419 --> 00:06:11,741 And it was heavier than I anticipated it to be. 110 00:06:11,741 --> 00:06:13,061 About 20 pounds, right? 111 00:06:13,061 --> 00:06:13,901 That's what they said. 112 00:06:13,901 --> 00:06:15,622 Yeah, about 20 pounds. 113 00:06:15,622 --> 00:06:17,662 The ball had a much rougher texture to it 114 00:06:17,662 --> 00:06:19,583 than I anticipated. 115 00:06:19,583 --> 00:06:23,423 And if you move it, you could hear a very faint tinkling 116 00:06:23,423 --> 00:06:24,024 inside it. 117 00:06:27,425 --> 00:06:28,745 It wasn't a hum or a buzz. 118 00:06:28,745 --> 00:06:31,786 It was that tink, tink, tink. 119 00:06:31,786 --> 00:06:33,706 Terry had the ball in his room. 120 00:06:33,706 --> 00:06:37,947 And he began to notice that even when the ball wasn't moving, 121 00:06:37,947 --> 00:06:41,348 he could hear this tinkling sound. 122 00:06:41,348 --> 00:06:42,348 Well, it would suggest. 123 00:06:42,388 --> 00:06:45,309 It was conscious or was downloading, 124 00:06:45,309 --> 00:06:47,109 uploading information from something 125 00:06:47,109 --> 00:06:49,910 that it was involved with. 126 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,031 Well, the consciousness of it, I decided 127 00:06:52,031 --> 00:06:54,471 I wanted to take the ball outside and get 128 00:06:54,471 --> 00:06:56,872 some pictures of what natural light. 129 00:06:56,872 --> 00:06:59,032 The ball was back on the table. 130 00:06:59,032 --> 00:07:03,234 So we all get up to leave to go find the spot to shoot it in. 131 00:07:03,234 --> 00:07:08,955 And the ball rolled all the way to the edge and stopped. 132 00:07:08,955 --> 00:07:11,276 And it was just like, don't forget me. 133 00:07:11,316 --> 00:07:14,996 That's when the hair stood up on my arms. 134 00:07:14,996 --> 00:07:17,997 After observing the strange behavior of the sphere 135 00:07:17,997 --> 00:07:20,638 for several weeks, the Bets family 136 00:07:20,638 --> 00:07:25,039 decided to submit it to the military for examination. 137 00:07:25,039 --> 00:07:26,919 It got interest from the Navy. 138 00:07:26,919 --> 00:07:29,560 It got interest from the United States government. 139 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,521 And during the testing of it, they found 140 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:35,682 it was made of a stainless steel metallic alloy, 141 00:07:35,682 --> 00:07:40,283 specifically the Ferris alloy number 431. 142 00:07:40,283 --> 00:07:45,004 And then when it was analyzed with X-ray spectrography, 143 00:07:45,004 --> 00:07:48,725 the interior of the sphere was hollow 144 00:07:48,725 --> 00:07:51,766 and had smaller spherical objects, 145 00:07:51,766 --> 00:07:57,567 which were analyzed to have an atomic weight of 140. 146 00:07:57,567 --> 00:08:01,928 Now, the largest atomic weight that we see in nature 147 00:08:01,928 --> 00:08:05,049 is uranium, which is a 92. 148 00:08:05,049 --> 00:08:08,210 So these smaller, super heavy balls 149 00:08:08,210 --> 00:08:11,331 that were inside with an atomic weight of 140 150 00:08:11,331 --> 00:08:13,811 caused certain scientists to speculate 151 00:08:13,811 --> 00:08:17,052 that if anyone actually tried to drill inside the sphere, 152 00:08:17,052 --> 00:08:20,093 that it could be the equivalent of a thermonuclear weapon, 153 00:08:20,093 --> 00:08:23,294 that those elements could go into criticality 154 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:24,694 and create a massive explosion. 155 00:08:29,655 --> 00:08:34,537 So the point is this sphere has very peculiar properties 156 00:08:34,537 --> 00:08:38,417 that suggests that it is, in fact, some sort of artificially 157 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:41,738 intelligent technology. 158 00:08:41,738 --> 00:08:47,180 Do you think that it is a viable hypothesis that at least 159 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:50,981 the Navy from the work that they did knew this is not 160 00:08:50,981 --> 00:08:51,821 terrestrial? 161 00:08:51,821 --> 00:08:53,381 Oh, absolutely. 162 00:08:53,381 --> 00:08:57,702 And it was after the Navy examination 163 00:08:57,702 --> 00:09:01,703 that everything seemed to basically come to a halt. 164 00:09:01,703 --> 00:09:04,024 Correct. 165 00:09:04,024 --> 00:09:08,625 I never got a real clarification on what happened, you know. 166 00:09:08,625 --> 00:09:13,426 But now the ball has disappeared. 167 00:09:13,426 --> 00:09:16,387 Is it possible the Navy discovered evidence 168 00:09:16,387 --> 00:09:20,468 that the bed sphere is of extraterrestrial origin 169 00:09:20,468 --> 00:09:26,270 and secretly confiscated it for further examination? 170 00:09:26,270 --> 00:09:30,431 Jerry and her family are not interested in talking 171 00:09:30,431 --> 00:09:32,191 about the sphere anymore. 172 00:09:32,231 --> 00:09:36,272 Jerry still want to discuss what happened with it. 173 00:09:36,272 --> 00:09:39,113 Maybe nobody will ever see it again. 174 00:09:39,113 --> 00:09:41,033 That's a possibility, you know? 175 00:09:41,033 --> 00:09:42,794 I don't know. 176 00:09:42,794 --> 00:09:46,715 To date, no one has been able to locate the sphere 177 00:09:46,715 --> 00:09:50,076 or explain what it was. 178 00:09:50,076 --> 00:09:52,956 But perhaps further clues may be found 179 00:09:52,956 --> 00:09:56,517 by returning to the very site where the mysterious bed 180 00:09:56,517 --> 00:09:58,518 sphere was first discovered. 181 00:10:03,199 --> 00:10:11,041 Talking with the bed's family, you 182 00:10:11,041 --> 00:10:13,922 thought you're dealing with really honest people who 183 00:10:13,922 --> 00:10:16,882 are very puzzled about what this sphere is. 184 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:20,923 When I first talked to them, I was convinced 185 00:10:20,923 --> 00:10:23,964 that all of them were telling me the truth. 186 00:10:23,964 --> 00:10:30,046 For George Island, Florida, February 3, 2017, 187 00:10:30,086 --> 00:10:33,326 investigative journalist Linda Moulton-Howe 188 00:10:33,326 --> 00:10:36,087 is traveling with reporter Ron Kivit. 189 00:10:36,087 --> 00:10:39,168 To the site where a mysterious metal sphere that 190 00:10:39,168 --> 00:10:42,729 displayed the uncanny ability to move on its own 191 00:10:42,729 --> 00:10:47,090 was first discovered in 1974 by the bed's family 192 00:10:47,090 --> 00:10:50,931 following a wildfire on their property. 193 00:10:50,931 --> 00:10:53,692 This would have been an area where the fire would have been. 194 00:10:53,692 --> 00:10:57,252 We're getting closer. 195 00:10:57,252 --> 00:11:00,653 Now, this is the kind of wood stick would have found in it. 196 00:11:00,653 --> 00:11:03,774 But all of this here, you can see where the palmetto's. 197 00:11:03,774 --> 00:11:04,614 It's thick. 198 00:11:04,614 --> 00:11:06,655 It's hard to go through. 199 00:11:06,655 --> 00:11:08,735 In fact, it's almost amazing. 200 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:12,656 Without the fire, they would never have found it. 201 00:11:12,656 --> 00:11:13,897 Gosh. 202 00:11:13,897 --> 00:11:17,858 So there's the mystery of what caused the fire. 203 00:11:17,858 --> 00:11:19,938 How long had it been there? 204 00:11:19,938 --> 00:11:23,459 What is it intended to be found? 205 00:11:23,459 --> 00:11:26,140 Skeptics of the bed sphere's story 206 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:30,621 claim it was part of a sculpture that fell from an artist's truck. 207 00:11:30,621 --> 00:11:34,422 So this is what it would have all looked like before the fire. 208 00:11:34,422 --> 00:11:37,903 But Ron Kivit says this is impossible. 209 00:11:37,903 --> 00:11:40,303 Since the sphere was discovered in the middle 210 00:11:40,303 --> 00:11:44,224 of a densely forested area, 20 miles from any stretch 211 00:11:44,224 --> 00:11:47,025 of main highway. 212 00:11:47,025 --> 00:11:50,506 You know, now that I'm here where the bed's family found 213 00:11:50,506 --> 00:11:55,267 that sphere, it's just so clear that any of the stories 214 00:11:55,307 --> 00:11:58,908 about an artist over on the road having something falling off 215 00:11:58,908 --> 00:12:02,589 a truck and rolling through all of this thick palmetto. 216 00:12:02,589 --> 00:12:03,429 It's impossible. 217 00:12:03,429 --> 00:12:04,829 Impossible. 218 00:12:04,829 --> 00:12:09,671 And the whole idea that they would never have found it 219 00:12:09,671 --> 00:12:10,831 if there had not been a fire. 220 00:12:10,831 --> 00:12:13,352 The fire was integral to finding the ball. 221 00:12:13,352 --> 00:12:17,793 What do you think, talking with Terry and Jerry? 222 00:12:17,793 --> 00:12:19,153 I know they found it. 223 00:12:19,153 --> 00:12:21,714 I know how they found it. 224 00:12:21,714 --> 00:12:24,794 They knew right away after that first incident or so 225 00:12:24,834 --> 00:12:26,475 that they had something special. 226 00:12:26,475 --> 00:12:30,276 If it was a hoax, somebody put it there. 227 00:12:30,276 --> 00:12:33,957 If it was not a hoax, somebody put it there. 228 00:12:33,957 --> 00:12:34,877 Or something. 229 00:12:34,877 --> 00:12:37,558 Or something. 230 00:12:37,558 --> 00:12:41,839 If this mysterious sphere was of extraterrestrial origin, 231 00:12:41,839 --> 00:12:45,320 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 232 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,641 might it have been intentionally placed on the bed's property 233 00:12:49,681 --> 00:12:51,841 and even have started the fire that 234 00:12:51,841 --> 00:12:53,602 resulted in its discovery? 235 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:59,403 Throughout history, similar spheres 236 00:12:59,403 --> 00:13:03,564 have appeared in artwork that dates back hundreds of years 237 00:13:03,564 --> 00:13:07,485 and are often depicted as coming from the heavens. 238 00:13:07,485 --> 00:13:10,526 In Christian art, you'll see these incredible examples 239 00:13:10,526 --> 00:13:14,127 of angels holding bowling ball-sized spheres 240 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:16,007 in their hands. 241 00:13:16,007 --> 00:13:18,408 In other examples, Jesus himself holds 242 00:13:18,528 --> 00:13:22,049 a metallic sphere. 243 00:13:22,049 --> 00:13:26,730 God is portrayed holding a sphere. 244 00:13:26,730 --> 00:13:28,971 So when you go back to the Betts family 245 00:13:28,971 --> 00:13:31,371 and compare it with what we know about these spheres 246 00:13:31,371 --> 00:13:34,452 in Christian mythology, you have to ask, 247 00:13:34,452 --> 00:13:37,613 are we dealing with something of ancient origin 248 00:13:37,613 --> 00:13:40,213 or possibly of extraterrestrial origin? 249 00:13:43,374 --> 00:13:47,015 Where is that sphere today? 250 00:13:47,015 --> 00:13:50,016 My wager, one of our government agencies 251 00:13:50,016 --> 00:13:52,857 has this bet sphere. 252 00:13:52,857 --> 00:13:56,498 And our government has probably learned a great deal 253 00:13:56,498 --> 00:14:00,579 about a sphere that has self-activating software 254 00:14:00,579 --> 00:14:05,900 and maybe has been sending and receiving the whole time. 255 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:09,181 The concept of a self-activating metal sphere 256 00:14:09,181 --> 00:14:12,902 with the ability to communicate is not as far fetched 257 00:14:12,902 --> 00:14:14,782 as it may sound. 258 00:14:14,782 --> 00:14:18,063 In fact, science is on the verge of discovering 259 00:14:18,063 --> 00:14:20,264 a similar technology today. 260 00:14:21,424 --> 00:14:25,665 Beijing, China, March 2015. 261 00:14:26,625 --> 00:14:29,906 Here at Tsinghua University, 262 00:14:29,906 --> 00:14:33,947 scientists announced the creation of a self-fueled robot 263 00:14:33,947 --> 00:14:37,468 in the form of a small liquid metal sphere 264 00:14:37,468 --> 00:14:39,748 that is capable of shape-shifting. 265 00:14:41,229 --> 00:14:44,190 When energy is applied from the outside externally, 266 00:14:44,190 --> 00:14:46,350 the metal would change shape. 267 00:14:46,350 --> 00:14:49,231 But they also noticed that it could also produce 268 00:14:49,231 --> 00:14:51,631 its own power supply for about an hour. 269 00:14:52,552 --> 00:14:55,512 And because of this action, it would move too. 270 00:14:56,633 --> 00:14:58,553 And of course, most people are concerned 271 00:14:58,553 --> 00:15:00,674 using it in the field of robotics. 272 00:15:00,674 --> 00:15:02,234 Just imagine where that can go. 273 00:15:04,835 --> 00:15:08,116 We're seeing the first steps that we are making 274 00:15:08,116 --> 00:15:12,277 towards having these types of exotic alloys 275 00:15:12,277 --> 00:15:15,157 that could in the future give us the ability 276 00:15:15,157 --> 00:15:18,278 to emulate the type of extraterrestrial technology 277 00:15:18,278 --> 00:15:21,959 that we already see in out-of-place artifacts. 278 00:15:21,959 --> 00:15:25,360 In addition to creating shape-shifting robots, 279 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,561 this new technology may be used by doctors 280 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:32,762 to make repairs inside the body without performing surgery. 281 00:15:33,842 --> 00:15:38,203 It could also lead to fully flexible electronics, 282 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:42,724 as well as major advances in artificial intelligence. 283 00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:45,605 Some ancient astronaut theorists proposed 284 00:15:45,605 --> 00:15:49,446 that it was a similar technology that powered the Betsphere. 285 00:15:50,806 --> 00:15:55,087 This is a possible explanation for what could be going on 286 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:59,168 with the super-heavy balls inside the Betsphere. 287 00:16:00,409 --> 00:16:03,770 They may be using some sort of similar technology 288 00:16:03,770 --> 00:16:06,650 in order to roll themselves around inside, 289 00:16:06,650 --> 00:16:10,011 which then allows the ball to be able to roll around 290 00:16:10,011 --> 00:16:12,812 much like a self-propelled bowling ball. 291 00:16:12,812 --> 00:16:14,572 So with these new discoveries, 292 00:16:14,572 --> 00:16:16,213 we now have a plausible explanation 293 00:16:16,213 --> 00:16:18,973 for how the Betsphere was able to roll around. 294 00:16:20,974 --> 00:16:23,775 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 295 00:16:23,775 --> 00:16:28,776 we have to wonder if these artifacts like the Betsphere, 296 00:16:29,136 --> 00:16:33,937 they are perhaps there for us to examine 297 00:16:33,977 --> 00:16:38,978 and retro-engineer and use and create for ourselves 298 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:40,859 and our own space industry. 299 00:16:42,779 --> 00:16:45,500 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 300 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:48,221 that objects like the Betsphere 301 00:16:48,221 --> 00:16:51,342 have been purposely left behind by extraterrestrials 302 00:16:51,342 --> 00:16:54,062 for thousands of years in order to help 303 00:16:54,062 --> 00:16:57,823 in the development of mankind's technological evolution. 304 00:16:58,743 --> 00:17:03,065 As further proof, they point to mysterious metal ingots 305 00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:07,186 recently recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Sicily 306 00:17:07,186 --> 00:17:12,187 that are unlike any other metal known to exist on Earth. 307 00:17:17,628 --> 00:17:20,349 Sicily, 2015. 308 00:17:22,189 --> 00:17:25,150 Archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa 309 00:17:25,150 --> 00:17:28,911 excavates a shipwreck less than a mile off the coast, 310 00:17:28,911 --> 00:17:33,552 which has remained undisturbed for more than 2600 years. 311 00:17:34,552 --> 00:17:39,554 His team dredges up an ancient payload of 39 metal ingots. 312 00:17:41,834 --> 00:17:44,715 Interestingly, spectrographic analysis 313 00:17:44,715 --> 00:17:47,756 of the recovered alloy reveals the compound 314 00:17:47,756 --> 00:17:51,757 is unlike anything ever found in the ancient or modern world. 315 00:17:54,197 --> 00:17:56,438 The interesting part about this 316 00:17:56,438 --> 00:17:59,559 is the composition of the ingots that they found. 317 00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:04,040 The metal is 80% copper and 20% zinc. 318 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,080 There was other things found in it, 319 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,601 but that's the majority of the opposition. 320 00:18:09,961 --> 00:18:14,282 Now, zinc only occurs in nature as spallarai. 321 00:18:14,282 --> 00:18:17,283 It's a zinc sulfur complex. 322 00:18:17,283 --> 00:18:18,804 In order to create zinc, 323 00:18:18,804 --> 00:18:21,844 which didn't come around until about a thousand years ago, 324 00:18:21,844 --> 00:18:26,205 you have to actually process the zinc out of this sulfite 325 00:18:26,445 --> 00:18:29,646 that they didn't have that technology back then. 326 00:18:29,646 --> 00:18:35,488 What was someone doing blending together copper, zinc, 327 00:18:35,488 --> 00:18:37,448 lead, nickel, iron? 328 00:18:37,448 --> 00:18:39,249 This is a complex alloy. 329 00:18:39,249 --> 00:18:41,969 This is nothing easy to do. 330 00:18:41,969 --> 00:18:44,090 It suggests the possibility 331 00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:47,291 that it could have special electrical or energetic properties 332 00:18:47,291 --> 00:18:49,451 that we don't even know about. 333 00:18:49,451 --> 00:18:51,412 People would not be expected 334 00:18:51,412 --> 00:18:54,172 to be making such a complex alloy back then. 335 00:18:55,173 --> 00:18:58,093 How is it possible that such an advanced alloy 336 00:18:58,093 --> 00:19:02,134 was manufactured over 2,600 years ago, 337 00:19:02,134 --> 00:19:05,055 centuries before man had the technology 338 00:19:05,055 --> 00:19:08,776 to manipulate elements like zinc into metals? 339 00:19:08,776 --> 00:19:11,177 And what was its purpose? 340 00:19:12,937 --> 00:19:15,418 Based on the composition of this alloy, 341 00:19:15,418 --> 00:19:19,139 scientists believe what they have found is auracalcum, 342 00:19:19,139 --> 00:19:23,300 a metal associated with the legendary continent of Atlantis. 343 00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:28,181 According to Plato's fourth century dialogues, 344 00:19:28,181 --> 00:19:30,182 the Timaeus and Cridius, 345 00:19:30,182 --> 00:19:33,182 Atlantis possessed a power and technology 346 00:19:33,182 --> 00:19:37,183 greater than any other civilization on Earth. 347 00:19:37,183 --> 00:19:41,184 It was founded and ruled over by the Greek god Poseidon, 348 00:19:41,184 --> 00:19:46,186 whose temple was covered in a precious metal called auracalcum, 349 00:19:46,186 --> 00:19:49,186 which translates to mountain copper. 350 00:19:50,187 --> 00:19:54,188 The composition of the alloy is not specified by Plato, 351 00:19:54,188 --> 00:19:58,189 but based on its electrical properties, color and luster, 352 00:19:58,189 --> 00:20:02,190 scientists suggest that if it really did exist, 353 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:07,191 it most likely consisted of copper mixed primarily with zinc, 354 00:20:07,191 --> 00:20:10,192 just like the metal found in the shipwreck. 355 00:20:11,192 --> 00:20:16,193 It was said that the temple of Poseidon on Atlantis 356 00:20:17,193 --> 00:20:21,194 flashed with the red light of auracalcum. 357 00:20:21,194 --> 00:20:26,196 The copper tint of this metal caught the attention of the seekers 358 00:20:26,196 --> 00:20:28,196 that came to this sacred place. 359 00:20:28,196 --> 00:20:31,197 This is not just an attractive color. 360 00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:33,197 This has spiritual implications. 361 00:20:33,197 --> 00:20:35,198 There was something about this metal 362 00:20:35,198 --> 00:20:38,199 that was said to resonate with the divine. 363 00:20:38,199 --> 00:20:42,200 Perhaps it was its origin that it had come from heaven. 364 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,200 It fell out of the sky. 365 00:20:47,201 --> 00:20:49,201 According to Plato's story, 366 00:20:49,201 --> 00:20:52,202 the Greek god Cadmus, son of Poseidon, 367 00:20:52,202 --> 00:20:54,203 came down from Mount Olympus 368 00:20:54,203 --> 00:20:58,204 and gave auracalcum to the people of Atlantis. 369 00:20:58,204 --> 00:21:03,205 An important figure in early Greek mythology was Cadmus, 370 00:21:03,205 --> 00:21:05,205 a divine character, the first hero, 371 00:21:05,205 --> 00:21:10,207 fifth in the lineage from Zeus of the Greek gods. 372 00:21:10,207 --> 00:21:14,208 It was Cadmus that brought the making of bronze. 373 00:21:14,208 --> 00:21:17,208 He knew how to make alloys, special metals, 374 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:20,209 which in the early days of civilization 375 00:21:20,209 --> 00:21:23,210 was the beginning of technology. 376 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:28,211 So Cadmus is the one who shows us the divine nature of metalwork 377 00:21:28,211 --> 00:21:32,212 and gives this as a gift to the generations. 378 00:21:34,213 --> 00:21:39,214 Why are we so quick to dismiss the underlying stories in those myths? 379 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:41,215 Those stories talk about extraterrestrials 380 00:21:41,215 --> 00:21:43,215 coming and visiting our culture. 381 00:21:44,215 --> 00:21:47,216 They talk about gods that walked among us 382 00:21:47,216 --> 00:21:49,217 and interacted with humans, 383 00:21:49,217 --> 00:21:52,217 but with a severely advanced technology 384 00:21:52,217 --> 00:21:54,218 beyond anything that we have today. 385 00:21:55,218 --> 00:21:59,219 Ancient astronaut theory says that the legends of these Greek gods 386 00:21:59,219 --> 00:22:01,220 are not just mythological, 387 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:04,220 but they're actually rooted in actual events. 388 00:22:07,221 --> 00:22:09,222 Is it possible that the Greek gods, 389 00:22:09,222 --> 00:22:11,222 or extraterrestrial beings, 390 00:22:11,222 --> 00:22:15,223 are ancestors witnessed descending from the sky? 391 00:22:15,223 --> 00:22:18,224 As ancient astronaut theorists suggest. 392 00:22:19,224 --> 00:22:21,225 And does the discovery of Orycalcum 393 00:22:21,225 --> 00:22:23,225 provide physical evidence 394 00:22:23,225 --> 00:22:28,226 that the legendary continent of Atlantis truly existed? 395 00:22:28,226 --> 00:22:32,227 These artifacts could allow you to conclude 396 00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:36,228 that the continent of Atlantis was real, 397 00:22:37,229 --> 00:22:39,229 that it sank, 398 00:22:41,230 --> 00:22:44,230 and that it possessed high technology 399 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:47,231 before it met its tragic fate. 400 00:22:48,231 --> 00:22:51,232 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 401 00:22:51,232 --> 00:22:55,233 discoveries like the metal ingots found off the coast of Sicily 402 00:22:55,233 --> 00:22:58,234 provide evidence that extraterrestrials 403 00:22:58,234 --> 00:23:01,235 have been fostering mankind's technological evolution 404 00:23:01,235 --> 00:23:04,235 for thousands of years. 405 00:23:05,236 --> 00:23:09,237 And they suggest that even more compelling evidence can be found 406 00:23:09,237 --> 00:23:12,237 by examining a mysterious artifact 407 00:23:12,237 --> 00:23:16,238 discovered in the tomb of King Tut. 408 00:23:20,239 --> 00:23:22,240 Cairo, Egypt. 409 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,241 At the Egyptian Museum, 410 00:23:25,241 --> 00:23:28,241 an entire floor is dedicated to the incredible treasures 411 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:31,242 found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. 412 00:23:33,243 --> 00:23:35,243 Among them is a metal dagger 413 00:23:35,243 --> 00:23:39,244 that has baffled both scientists and archaeologists 414 00:23:39,244 --> 00:23:41,245 because it appears to be made of iron, 415 00:23:41,245 --> 00:23:45,246 but dates back to at least 1322 BC. 416 00:23:46,246 --> 00:23:50,247 More than a century before, Egypt's iron age. 417 00:23:51,247 --> 00:23:54,248 On May 20th, 2016, 418 00:23:54,248 --> 00:23:57,249 a new layer was added to the mystery. 419 00:23:57,249 --> 00:24:01,250 Researchers from the Journal of Meteorics and Planetary Science 420 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:04,251 announced that they had finally determined the composition 421 00:24:04,251 --> 00:24:07,251 of King Tut's dagger. 422 00:24:07,251 --> 00:24:09,252 After detailed analysis, 423 00:24:09,252 --> 00:24:13,253 it was confirmed that the blade is indeed iron, 424 00:24:13,253 --> 00:24:17,254 forged from metal that originated not on Earth, 425 00:24:17,254 --> 00:24:20,255 but in the stars. 426 00:24:22,255 --> 00:24:27,256 Meteorites are very difficult to fashion into objects. 427 00:24:28,257 --> 00:24:31,257 Anybody, even today, who's ever worked with a meteorite 428 00:24:31,257 --> 00:24:34,258 will tell you that because of the high nickel content, 429 00:24:34,258 --> 00:24:37,259 they're very, very brittle and very difficult to work with. 430 00:24:37,259 --> 00:24:41,260 Considering the difficulties of working with meteoric metal, 431 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:44,261 even with today's technology, 432 00:24:44,261 --> 00:24:47,261 how did metal urges 3,300 years ago 433 00:24:47,261 --> 00:24:50,262 perform such tasks? 434 00:24:51,262 --> 00:24:53,263 This dagger is completely out of place 435 00:24:53,263 --> 00:24:56,264 in the fact that unlike simple objects like beads, 436 00:24:56,264 --> 00:24:59,264 they can be simply hammered out and rolled, 437 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:04,266 this has been perfected to a point where it has no hammer marks on it. 438 00:25:04,266 --> 00:25:06,266 It's completely smooth. 439 00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:08,267 It has a nice edge all the way around on it. 440 00:25:08,267 --> 00:25:11,267 It almost looks as if it had been cast, 441 00:25:11,267 --> 00:25:13,268 but in order to achieve that, 442 00:25:13,268 --> 00:25:16,269 you would have to reach temperatures of 3,000 degrees. 443 00:25:17,269 --> 00:25:19,269 In order to melt that meteorite, 444 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:22,270 and then of course add the necessary fluxes 445 00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:25,271 to get the impurities out and then cast the blade, 446 00:25:25,271 --> 00:25:28,272 which brings up even more questions for the researchers. 447 00:25:28,272 --> 00:25:31,272 If they were smelting iron, 448 00:25:31,272 --> 00:25:34,273 it would change our whole outlook on Egyptian history. 449 00:25:36,274 --> 00:25:40,275 What could explain the presence of this mysterious metal dagger 450 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:42,275 in King Tut's tomb, 451 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:45,276 when no other similar artifacts have been found in Egypt 452 00:25:45,276 --> 00:25:48,277 dating back to this period? 453 00:25:48,277 --> 00:25:51,277 Might Egyptian metallurgists have had help 454 00:25:51,277 --> 00:25:54,278 working with this difficult compound? 455 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:59,279 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 456 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:02,280 and suggest stories found throughout the ancient world 457 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,281 reveal that extraterrestrials taught our ancestors 458 00:26:06,281 --> 00:26:08,282 the secrets of metallurgy 459 00:26:08,282 --> 00:26:11,282 in order to help move society forward. 460 00:26:12,283 --> 00:26:16,284 True metallurgy in the sense of putting different metals together 461 00:26:16,284 --> 00:26:20,285 as alloys dates back to maybe 3,800 BC, 462 00:26:20,285 --> 00:26:25,286 when bronze was first discovered as an alloy of tin and copper. 463 00:26:25,286 --> 00:26:28,287 Maybe the second most important development 464 00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:31,288 after the harnessing of fire. 465 00:26:32,288 --> 00:26:36,289 As we think of modern times and our emphasis on technology here, 466 00:26:36,289 --> 00:26:39,290 it is the sacred roots to all of that. 467 00:26:39,290 --> 00:26:42,290 Stories emerged out of all the religious systems 468 00:26:42,290 --> 00:26:45,291 about the gods as metal workers. 469 00:26:46,291 --> 00:26:48,292 Hephaestus in the Greek imagination 470 00:26:48,292 --> 00:26:52,293 made the weapons and the armor for the gods. 471 00:26:53,293 --> 00:26:57,294 In the Celtic imagination, it was the great goddess Brigid 472 00:26:57,294 --> 00:27:01,295 who made beautiful and wonderful and powerful things 473 00:27:01,295 --> 00:27:04,296 into metal and then into fabricated form. 474 00:27:04,296 --> 00:27:08,297 In Japanese, Lord Kanayago came to earth 475 00:27:08,297 --> 00:27:11,298 to teach the people metalworking. 476 00:27:11,298 --> 00:27:15,299 There seems to be a ubiquitous understanding from ancient cultures 477 00:27:15,299 --> 00:27:19,300 that metallurgy is from the heavens. 478 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:22,300 Could there be some tide that in the past 479 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:26,301 certain abilities were originally brought to man, 480 00:27:26,301 --> 00:27:28,302 possibly by extraterrestrials, 481 00:27:28,302 --> 00:27:32,303 and things we would create had a certain energy or myth about them 482 00:27:32,303 --> 00:27:34,303 that still is alive today? 483 00:27:34,303 --> 00:27:37,304 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 484 00:27:37,304 --> 00:27:39,305 the most compelling of these stories 485 00:27:39,305 --> 00:27:44,306 originates in the same place as King Tut's mysterious dagger. 486 00:27:44,306 --> 00:27:50,307 Egypt, where they worshiped a sacred object called the Benben stone. 487 00:27:51,308 --> 00:27:55,309 Ancient Egyptian texts describe the Benben stone 488 00:27:55,309 --> 00:27:59,310 as a meteoric iron object that belongs to the heavens. 489 00:28:01,310 --> 00:28:06,311 The original Benben stone mysteriously disappeared, 490 00:28:06,311 --> 00:28:10,312 but many ancient depictions of it remain. 491 00:28:11,313 --> 00:28:16,314 The Benben stone has a very strange origin. 492 00:28:17,314 --> 00:28:23,316 It is thought that the Benben stone descended from the sky like a firebird. 493 00:28:25,316 --> 00:28:27,317 If you look at the Benben stone, 494 00:28:27,317 --> 00:28:34,318 sometimes it is described or depicted with people coming out of this stone. 495 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:39,320 Now, to me, this looks very similar to a lunar module. 496 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:46,322 If you have the idea that this firebird is descending from the sky with fire and smoke, 497 00:28:46,322 --> 00:28:51,323 well, if you look at a rocket descending, these are firebirds. 498 00:28:51,323 --> 00:28:58,325 So our ancestors perhaps witnessed some type of a craft descending from the sky, 499 00:28:58,325 --> 00:29:01,325 out of which these extraterrestrials came, 500 00:29:01,325 --> 00:29:06,327 which set in motion our technological evolution. 501 00:29:07,327 --> 00:29:09,327 According to Egyptian texts, 502 00:29:09,327 --> 00:29:13,328 their gods were extraterrestrial beings that came to Earth 503 00:29:13,328 --> 00:29:17,329 and taught our ancestors the secrets of metalwork. 504 00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:24,331 If true, might this be why we find isolated examples of advanced and sacred metallurgy 505 00:29:24,331 --> 00:29:30,333 occurring long before mankind was known to have grasped such technology? 506 00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:36,334 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and suggest that hidden away 507 00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:40,335 in the storage area of a small museum in Eastern Europe 508 00:29:40,335 --> 00:29:43,336 is even more astounding evidence, 509 00:29:43,336 --> 00:29:48,337 the remnants of what might be an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 510 00:29:50,338 --> 00:29:54,339 Transylvania, Romania, 1970. 511 00:29:56,339 --> 00:30:02,341 Workers digging a trench along the banks of the Meurs River unearthed two giant bones 512 00:30:03,341 --> 00:30:09,342 and with them, a mysterious metal object buried 35 feet beneath the surface. 513 00:30:10,343 --> 00:30:14,344 The discovery brings the project to a halt 514 00:30:14,344 --> 00:30:18,345 as the crew takes their findings to a nearby museum. 515 00:30:18,345 --> 00:30:23,346 This strange object, known today as the Wedge of Ayur, 516 00:30:23,346 --> 00:30:28,347 continues to baffle archaeologists because it is an aluminum alloy 517 00:30:28,347 --> 00:30:34,349 that appears to have been made thousands of years before humans were able to smelt or fabricate metal. 518 00:30:36,349 --> 00:30:41,350 It was 10 meters in depth, associated with some bones, 519 00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:45,351 which they later identified as woolly mammoth bones. 520 00:30:46,352 --> 00:30:51,353 If they were contemporary, all of them, then they were in use sometime in the period 521 00:30:51,353 --> 00:30:56,354 when the Andertals roamed the Earth, so they were extinct 40,000 years ago, 522 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:59,355 and they must be older than that. 523 00:30:59,355 --> 00:31:03,356 The Wedge was analyzed three times, to my knowledge. 524 00:31:03,356 --> 00:31:07,357 The main metal in its composition is aluminum. 525 00:31:08,357 --> 00:31:12,358 Humans didn't really start working with aluminum until well into the 1800s. 526 00:31:13,359 --> 00:31:16,359 So when you look at this Wedge and you analyze it, 527 00:31:16,359 --> 00:31:20,360 it really has most of the modern properties we would associate with aluminum. 528 00:31:21,361 --> 00:31:25,362 This incredible metal artifact was discovered at a time when Romania 529 00:31:25,362 --> 00:31:29,363 was behind the iron curtain of the former Soviet Union. 530 00:31:30,363 --> 00:31:36,364 For decades, government officials refused to reveal where the Wedge of Ayur was being held, 531 00:31:38,365 --> 00:31:41,366 even after the fall of the USSR. 532 00:31:45,367 --> 00:31:48,367 But its location has recently come to light, 533 00:31:48,367 --> 00:31:51,368 and in January of 2017, 534 00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:57,370 ancient astronaut theory pioneer Eric Von Daniken and his protege, Georgiosuchlos, 535 00:31:57,370 --> 00:32:01,371 sought out the Wedge to see it for themselves. 536 00:32:06,372 --> 00:32:10,373 On January 18th, 2017, 537 00:32:10,373 --> 00:32:13,374 at the National History Museum of Transylvania, 538 00:32:13,374 --> 00:32:18,375 ancient astronaut theorists Georgiosuchlos and Eric Von Daniken 539 00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:23,376 were offered a rare opportunity to get a first-hand look at the Wedge of Ayur. 540 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:28,377 Museum curator Anna Gruya has taken it out of a storage locker, 541 00:32:28,377 --> 00:32:33,379 where it has been deliberately hidden from the public since the early 1970s. 542 00:32:35,379 --> 00:32:38,380 Okay, I'm just going to put my gloves on. 543 00:32:38,380 --> 00:32:39,380 This is great. 544 00:32:42,381 --> 00:32:44,381 So this is it? 545 00:32:44,381 --> 00:32:46,382 Oh, okay. 546 00:32:46,382 --> 00:32:48,382 This is strange. 547 00:32:52,383 --> 00:32:53,384 It's very heavy. 548 00:32:53,384 --> 00:32:56,384 Georgiosuchlos, take it. It's heavy. 549 00:32:56,384 --> 00:32:57,385 Wow. 550 00:32:58,385 --> 00:33:01,386 This was found at a depth of 10 meters, 551 00:33:01,386 --> 00:33:04,386 which is about 30 feet in the ground. 552 00:33:04,386 --> 00:33:05,387 Yes. 553 00:33:05,387 --> 00:33:07,387 Yes, and here this is where they took the sample out, 554 00:33:07,387 --> 00:33:09,388 and here to make the analysis. 555 00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:12,388 And here you see two pieces that are broken off, sort of. 556 00:33:12,388 --> 00:33:15,389 So maybe it was attached or something. 557 00:33:16,389 --> 00:33:18,390 But very strange. 558 00:33:18,390 --> 00:33:20,390 So what does the museum have to say about this? 559 00:33:20,390 --> 00:33:23,391 This is a very strange piece. 560 00:33:23,391 --> 00:33:26,392 It is a strange piece for us as well. 561 00:33:26,392 --> 00:33:32,394 As historians, we do not consider it a historical object that we're used to. 562 00:33:32,394 --> 00:33:35,394 We don't know what it was used for, 563 00:33:35,394 --> 00:33:42,396 and we acknowledge these uncertainties about its dating and its composition as well. 564 00:33:43,396 --> 00:33:45,397 So for what can you use this? 565 00:33:45,397 --> 00:33:47,397 It looks like a hammer or a shuffle, 566 00:33:47,397 --> 00:33:50,398 but Georgiosuchlos, what is the word in English? 567 00:33:50,398 --> 00:33:52,399 Bacchushovel. 568 00:33:52,399 --> 00:33:54,399 Oh, an excavator tooth. 569 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:55,399 Well, it looks like this. 570 00:33:55,399 --> 00:33:58,400 It could have been something like this. 571 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,401 But these excavator tubes are never made out of aluminium. 572 00:34:01,401 --> 00:34:02,401 No, it's too weak. 573 00:34:02,401 --> 00:34:06,402 They are made out of steel, especially hard steel. 574 00:34:06,402 --> 00:34:08,403 So it could not be that. 575 00:34:08,403 --> 00:34:11,403 So we have a real mystery here. 576 00:34:11,403 --> 00:34:16,405 But do you see this patina over this whole object? 577 00:34:16,405 --> 00:34:18,405 And this creates another problem. 578 00:34:18,405 --> 00:34:19,405 Yes. 579 00:34:19,405 --> 00:34:21,406 Because you cannot fake a patina. 580 00:34:21,406 --> 00:34:26,407 It's impossible to artificially create a patina. 581 00:34:26,407 --> 00:34:31,408 The patina is a thin coating of various metal compounds 582 00:34:31,408 --> 00:34:36,410 that forms on the surface of the metal during exposure to atmospheric elements. 583 00:34:36,410 --> 00:34:41,411 The older the object, the thicker the patina layer will be. 584 00:34:42,411 --> 00:34:46,412 It takes hundreds, if not thousands of years, 585 00:34:46,412 --> 00:34:51,413 for a thick layer of patina, as this apparently is, for it to develop. 586 00:34:51,413 --> 00:34:52,414 Yes, we agree. 587 00:34:52,414 --> 00:34:54,414 There are two basic problems. 588 00:34:54,414 --> 00:35:00,416 One, that aluminium was not invented at the age when we presumed this was in use. 589 00:35:00,416 --> 00:35:03,416 And second, it's the patina, as you noted. 590 00:35:03,416 --> 00:35:05,417 Which speaks for the date, for the age of it. 591 00:35:06,417 --> 00:35:09,418 So we still have a mystery here. 592 00:35:09,418 --> 00:35:12,419 Thank you very much for showing us this object, 593 00:35:12,419 --> 00:35:17,420 because I know that there was a time when nobody knew where it was, 594 00:35:17,420 --> 00:35:19,420 somewhere in a box in the back, 595 00:35:19,420 --> 00:35:23,421 which means present-day archaeology has a problem. 596 00:35:23,421 --> 00:35:25,422 And they're doing magnificent work. 597 00:35:25,422 --> 00:35:27,422 But when something like this comes along, 598 00:35:27,422 --> 00:35:32,424 we should investigate this and not put it in a box in the back. 599 00:35:32,424 --> 00:35:33,424 Definitely. 600 00:35:33,424 --> 00:35:37,425 It did depend on mentalities and official position. 601 00:35:37,425 --> 00:35:40,426 It isn't currently exhibited. 602 00:35:40,426 --> 00:35:48,428 Because we have to admit as historians that we do not know more details about it. 603 00:35:48,428 --> 00:35:51,429 For us, it's just baffling at this point. 604 00:35:51,429 --> 00:35:54,429 But taking the logic further, 605 00:35:54,429 --> 00:35:59,431 this conflicting information could have just two solutions so far. 606 00:35:59,431 --> 00:36:03,432 One, that it is really not so old, 607 00:36:03,432 --> 00:36:05,432 and the context is irrelevant, 608 00:36:05,432 --> 00:36:09,433 and the patina was somehow produced in special circumstances. 609 00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:13,434 So it's a new object, strangely preserved, let's say. 610 00:36:13,434 --> 00:36:18,435 And the second option is, of course, that it's not of terrestrial origin. 611 00:36:19,436 --> 00:36:21,436 In all of your adventures, 612 00:36:21,436 --> 00:36:26,437 how does this compare to some of the other things that are inexplicable? 613 00:36:26,437 --> 00:36:28,438 I am helpless. I have no idea. 614 00:36:28,438 --> 00:36:30,438 That says it all right there. 615 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:32,439 Very bizarre. 616 00:36:32,439 --> 00:36:33,439 Bizarre. 617 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:40,441 I've known about this thing since the early 1990s. 618 00:36:41,441 --> 00:36:48,443 And I have to tell you that looking at it in person was a dream come true. 619 00:36:48,443 --> 00:36:52,444 And it's a very strange thing. 620 00:36:53,444 --> 00:36:54,444 I mean, how do you explain this? 621 00:36:54,444 --> 00:37:01,446 It certainly looks as if it was part of a larger object. 622 00:37:01,446 --> 00:37:06,447 And the question is, was it a component of a device? 623 00:37:06,447 --> 00:37:09,448 Was it a component of something larger? 624 00:37:10,448 --> 00:37:15,450 If the wedge of iod really is over 40,000 years old, 625 00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:17,450 then who made it? 626 00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:19,451 And what was it used for? 627 00:37:19,451 --> 00:37:22,451 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe 628 00:37:22,451 --> 00:37:24,452 they may have the answer. 629 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:29,453 An aeronautical engineer who saw the iod wedge 630 00:37:29,453 --> 00:37:30,453 looked at it and said, 631 00:37:30,453 --> 00:37:35,455 that's a piece of a landing gear for a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. 632 00:37:35,455 --> 00:37:39,456 Ancient astronaut theorists have also looked at this wedge 633 00:37:39,456 --> 00:37:44,457 and surmised that it's possible that it's part of a crashed extraterrestrial craft. 634 00:37:45,457 --> 00:37:51,459 Could the wedge of iod really be a remnant of an extraterrestrial craft? 635 00:37:51,459 --> 00:37:54,459 Perhaps similar to the one some say, 636 00:37:54,459 --> 00:37:57,460 the Egyptians represented with the Ben-Benz Stone. 637 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:00,461 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 638 00:38:00,461 --> 00:38:05,462 and suggest evidence recently recovered from a meteorite in Russia. 639 00:38:06,463 --> 00:38:09,463 Maybe another gift from our alien ancestors, 640 00:38:09,463 --> 00:38:14,465 one that propels us towards the next great technological leap. 641 00:38:15,465 --> 00:38:18,466 The New York Times 642 00:38:19,466 --> 00:38:23,467 Siberia, Russia, 1979 643 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:26,468 A meteorite crashes into the Koryak Mountains. 644 00:38:28,468 --> 00:38:33,469 Nearly four decades later, in December 2016, 645 00:38:33,469 --> 00:38:38,471 researchers studying pieces of the meteorite at the University of Florence, 646 00:38:38,471 --> 00:38:40,471 Caltech and Princeton, 647 00:38:40,471 --> 00:38:45,472 announced that it has brought with it an incredible rare metal formation 648 00:38:45,472 --> 00:38:47,473 called a quasi-crystal. 649 00:38:49,473 --> 00:38:53,474 This quasi-crystal features 60 points of rotational symmetry 650 00:38:53,474 --> 00:38:57,475 made up of aluminum, copper and iron. 651 00:38:58,476 --> 00:39:03,477 It is an exotic pattern that has never before been found in nature 652 00:39:03,477 --> 00:39:07,478 and could lead to the next major technological leap. 653 00:39:08,478 --> 00:39:11,479 This thing should not exist, 654 00:39:11,479 --> 00:39:14,480 and yet there it is on this meteorite. 655 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:20,481 Now, quasi-crystal alloys violate the known laws of physics completely, 656 00:39:20,481 --> 00:39:23,482 but what we have heard from whistleblowers 657 00:39:23,482 --> 00:39:26,483 is that the surfaces of extraterrestrial vehicles, 658 00:39:26,483 --> 00:39:28,483 such as the one that crashed in Roswell, 659 00:39:28,483 --> 00:39:31,484 are made of quasi-crystal alloys, 660 00:39:31,484 --> 00:39:36,485 and certain quasi-crystal alloys, when electrified, generate anti-gravity, 661 00:39:37,485 --> 00:39:42,487 extraterrestrial intelligences may have been wanting us to find these quasi-crystals, 662 00:39:42,487 --> 00:39:47,488 and it shows that there could be a whole new world of technology waiting for us to unlock, 663 00:39:47,488 --> 00:39:51,489 and what we're looking at is a very likely possibility 664 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:56,490 that these out-of-place artifacts are just some of the table scraps 665 00:39:56,490 --> 00:40:01,491 from an extraterrestrial civilization that had way more advanced stuff than that. 666 00:40:01,491 --> 00:40:05,492 Are extraterrestrials giving mankind the tools needed 667 00:40:05,492 --> 00:40:09,493 to reach the next level in our technological evolution? 668 00:40:11,494 --> 00:40:14,495 And if so, where are they leading us? 669 00:40:16,495 --> 00:40:20,496 The stories of these very powerful ancient alloys 670 00:40:20,496 --> 00:40:24,497 suggest that these are pathways back to our origins, 671 00:40:24,497 --> 00:40:28,498 that these are ways that we can connect with our own life, 672 00:40:28,498 --> 00:40:33,500 that these are ways that we can connect with our original extraterrestrial visitors, 673 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:36,500 and also point a way forward for us, 674 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,501 because as we begin to understand these technologies, 675 00:40:39,501 --> 00:40:43,502 perhaps one day we'll even be able to duplicate them. 676 00:40:44,502 --> 00:40:47,503 As modern scientists develop new alloys, 677 00:40:47,503 --> 00:40:52,504 we have to wonder if these ancient artifacts of strange alloys 678 00:40:52,504 --> 00:40:59,506 aren't extraterrestrial artifacts that are perhaps there for us 679 00:40:59,506 --> 00:41:05,508 to examine and retro-engineer and use and create for ourselves 680 00:41:05,508 --> 00:41:07,508 and our own space industry. 681 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:13,510 There is no question that we are getting closer and closer 682 00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:17,511 to whatever technology the extraterrestrials possessed. 683 00:41:17,511 --> 00:41:22,512 Are the unexplained metal artifacts found all over the world 684 00:41:22,512 --> 00:41:26,513 proof that we have been visited by other worldly beings? 685 00:41:27,513 --> 00:41:33,515 And did extraterrestrials teach our ancestors secrets of metallurgy 686 00:41:33,515 --> 00:41:38,516 that we are just now beginning to develop and reproduce? 687 00:41:40,516 --> 00:41:44,517 Perhaps by examining these strange metal objects, 688 00:41:44,517 --> 00:41:48,518 we will begin to not only understand our past, 689 00:41:48,518 --> 00:41:56,520 but also be better prepared to face our ultimate destiny.