The 'Ancient Aliens' Idea is More Realistic Than You'd Expect... [11:49]

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0:00 · two words that tend to divide Ancient
0:02 · Aliens whether you're already touting at
0:04 · this supposed lunacy or nodding along
0:06 · enthusiastically as you knew it all
0:08 · along there is a lot of baggage that
0:10 · comes with this phrase but is it
0:11 · deserved or is this all much more
0:13 · realistic than you might expect the
0:16 · problem with Flatout ridiculing this
0:17 · idea is that history gives us Mysteries
0:19 · that defy easy explanation structures
0:22 · and sites that challenge our
0:23 · understanding of what humans were
0:25 · capable of thousands of years ago images
0:27 · and carvings depicting strange objects
0:28 · in the sky strange tales that suggest
0:31 · that at least at some points we were not
0:32 · alone let's dive into it shall we and
0:35 · just before we get started I will say
0:37 · that this video is brought to you by the
0:39 · history it's not really it's not brought
0:41 · to you by the History Channel but it
0:43 · could be History Channel sponsor
0:48 · [Music]
0:49 · me the Great Pyramid isn't just a mass
0:52 · par of stones it's an architectural
0:54 · Masterpiece its Base is almost perfectly
0:56 · aligned with the cardinal points north
0:58 · south east and west and the prec ision
1:00 · modern Engineers would struggle to
1:02 · replicate it even with Advanced tools
1:04 · it's made of around 2.3 million stone
1:07 · blocks each wearing up to 80 tons
1:09 · transported from quaries miles away so
1:12 · how did the ancient Egyptians pull this
1:14 · off without cranes trucks or Modern
1:16 · Machinery now traditional explanations
1:18 · involve sledges ramps brute Manar and
1:22 · more often than not lots and lots of
1:24 · slaves but to Believers in ancient alien
1:26 · theories the sheer scale and precision
1:28 · suggest something more more
1:30 · extraterrestrial in Peru the nascal
1:33 · lines have been puzzling people for as
1:34 · long as anybody can remember these are
1:36 · massive geoglyphs images of animals
1:38 · plants and geometric shapes etched into
1:40 · the ground they're so enormous that
1:42 · they're best viewed from the sky raising
1:44 · a tantalizing question were they
1:46 · designed for beings who could fly now
1:49 · Skeptics argued that they were
1:50 · ceremonial or astronomical markers but
1:53 · the alien theory proposes something more
1:55 · radical that the lines were a form of
1:57 · communication or navigation system for
1:59 · extra terrestrial visitors the size is
2:01 · worth focusing on here the nasar lines
2:03 · collection includes 300 images composed
2:05 · of 10,000 lines some of which measure 30
2:07 · m or 29 1/2 ft wide and stretch more
2:10 · than 9 km or 5 1/2 miles they cover an
2:13 · area of nearly 1,000 square km or 386
2:15 · square miles larger than New York if
2:18 · this was the work of ancient humans they
2:20 · were extraordinarily productive then
2:23 · there's puma punu in Bolivia this site
2:26 · is an enigma wrapped in stone the
2:28 · Precision cut blocks of this ancient
2:29 · temp complex fit together like a 3D
2:31 · jigsaw puzzle doing so without mortar
2:34 · some way up to 130 tons and or moved
2:36 · from quaries miles away the cuts and
2:39 · angles on these stones are so precise
2:40 · that even modern Engineers scratch their
2:42 · heads wondering how such accuracy was
2:45 · achieved with Bronze Age tools what
2:47 · about Stonehenge these massive Stones
2:49 · Some weighing up to 25 tons were dragged
2:51 · from quaries over 250 km or 150 Mi away
2:54 · and arranged with near perfect
2:55 · astronomical Precision now we're not
2:57 · saying that aliens landed and said hey
2:59 · look AER get to work but the question
3:01 · remains how did ancient civilizations
3:03 · achieve Feats of engineering that seem
3:05 · to define the limits of their time did
3:07 · they figure out techniques that we've
3:08 · since lost were they smarter than we
3:11 · give them credit for or as some would
3:12 · argue were they inspired by something
3:15 · not of this
3:17 · [Music]
3:20 · Earth the thing about myths is that
3:23 · they're rarely just stories their
3:24 · Windows into how ancient people
3:26 · understood their world sometimes they
3:28 · might even be distorted records of
3:29 · actual events if you look closely many
3:31 · of these myths have aery similarities
3:33 · across different cultures Sky Gods
3:35 · Divine chariots beings descending from
3:37 · the heavens sound familiar take Indian
3:39 · mythology for instance ancient texts
3:41 · like Mahabharata and ramayana describe
3:43 · vimanas flying chariots that could move
3:46 · through the air and space these weren't
3:48 · just poetic metaphors the texts go into
3:50 · technical details about their operation
3:52 · to ancient alien theorists the maners
3:54 · aren't myths they are evidence of
3:56 · advanced technology misunderstood by the
3:58 · people who witnessed or if we look at
4:00 · the dogen tribe in Marley West Africa
4:02 · the dogen have long claimed that their
4:04 · ancestors were visited by beings from
4:06 · the Syria star system whom they called
4:09 · Nomo what's Wild is the dogen's
4:11 · knowledge of Sirius including its
4:13 · companion star Sirius B which is
4:15 · invisible to the naked eye predates
4:17 · modern telescopes even the Bible isn't
4:19 · immune to alien interpretations the
4:20 · story of ezekiel's vision describing a
4:23 · wheel within a wheel descending from the
4:25 · sky has often been reinterpreted as a
4:27 · possible UFO sighting and then there's
4:29 · the dim menion of Nephilim as described
4:32 · by beings who came to Earth and
4:34 · intermingled with humans the beauty of
4:36 · Mythology is that it's both Universal
4:38 · and mysterious cultures separated by
4:40 · oceans and centuries often share common
4:42 · themes beings from the sky Advanced
4:44 · knowledge and strange other worldly
4:46 · visitors were these just products of
4:48 · human imagination or do they hint at
4:49 · something more ancient alien theorists
4:51 · lean heavily on the something more there
4:54 · suggesting that myths are Humanity's
4:57 · fragmented memories of an
4:58 · extraterrestrial
5:05 · past ancient civilizations were far more
5:08 · intelligent than we give them credit for
5:10 · in some cases the Knowledge and Skills
5:11 · rival if not exceed what we can do today
5:14 · and this is where ancient alien theories
5:16 · dig their heels in could something
5:18 · Beyond human comprehension have guided
5:20 · these achievements well let's start with
5:22 · astronomy ancient people didn't just
5:24 · look at the stars for inspiration they
5:26 · understood them in ways that we don't
5:28 · understand the Maya civilization for
5:30 · example tracked celestial events with
5:31 · Incredible accuracy they predicted solar
5:33 · eclipses and charted the movements of
5:35 · Venus without telescopes how well
5:38 · theories range from a deep understanding
5:39 · of mathematics and observation to well
5:42 · you guessed it help from Aliens and then
5:45 · the Stonehenge the iconic prehistoric
5:47 · monument in England while many think of
5:49 · it as just a circle of stones its
5:51 · construction reveals a staggering level
5:53 · of astronomical knowledge the stones
5:55 · align perfectly with the solstices
5:57 · marking the longest and shortest days of
5:59 · the year similar Precision can be found
6:00 · in places like chichin in Mexico where
6:03 · the Pyramid of kakan casts a shadow of a
6:06 · serpent during the Equinox to ancient
6:08 · alien theorists this level of alignment
6:10 · suggests knowledge that may have been
6:12 · given to these civilizations by someone
6:14 · or something far more advanced however
6:17 · perhaps the most baffling example is the
6:19 · antia mechanism an ancient Greek
6:21 · artifact often called the world's first
6:23 · computer discovered in a shipwreck and
6:25 · dating back to around 100 BC it's a
6:27 · complex device made of bronze gears that
6:29 · could calculate astronomical positions
6:31 · and predict eclipses modern researchers
6:33 · have described it as centuries ahead of
6:35 · its time raising the question was this
6:37 · knowledge truly homegrown moving to
6:40 · engineering the Romans were masters of
6:42 · construction but even their
6:43 · accomplishments pale compared to sides
6:45 · like Pumapunku in Bolivia which we
6:47 · discussed earlier the eight-shaped
6:49 · blocks found at Pumapunku are so
6:51 · precisely cut that some experts believe
6:53 · they could have only been created using
6:55 · Advanced tools such as Diamond tipped SS
6:58 · or Laser Technology tools that
7:00 · definitely didn't exist in the ancient
7:02 · world and just bear in mind Puma punku
7:04 · was built at least 1500 years ago and
7:07 · possibly much further back theories
7:09 · about achieving this range from Advanced
7:11 · tools to techniques that may have been
7:13 · borrowed from a more advanced
7:14 · civilization or as the alien Theory
7:16 · suggests gifted by extraterrestrial
7:18 · visitors the point is that ancient
7:20 · knowledge defies expectations time and
7:23 · again while conventional explanations
7:25 · credit human Ingenuity and rightly so
7:28 · there are gaps that that leave room for
7:31 · some
7:33 · [Music]
7:37 · speculation when you think of UFO
7:39 · sightings you probably picture modern
7:40 · reports grainy videos of flying objects
7:42 · and frantic calls to the authorities but
7:45 · UFO sightings aren't just a contemporary
7:47 · phenomenon they've been happening for
7:48 · centuries and are deeply ingrained into
7:51 · our history one of the earliest recorded
7:53 · sightings dates back to 1440 BCE in
7:56 · ancient Egypt the Tuli Papyrus and
7:58 · ancient document describes fiery discs
8:00 · appearing in the sky over phro mosa
8:02 · III's Kingdom the text claims that these
8:04 · objects were so bright they outshone the
8:07 · sun fast forward to 16th century Germany
8:10 · and we get the nurenberg celestial
8:12 · phenomenon of 1561 iwitness accounts
8:14 · describe strange shapes spheres
8:16 · cylinders and Crosses engaged in what
8:19 · appeared to be a sky battle artists even
8:21 · created woodcuts depicting the event
8:24 · showing flaming objects crashing to the
8:26 · ground even religious art has its
8:28 · moments several Renaissance paintings
8:30 · depict strange objects in the sky like
8:32 · the Madonna with st gianino where a
8:34 · disc-shaped object floats in the
8:36 · background now critics argue that these
8:38 · images are symbolic or artistic
8:40 · interpretations but alien enthusiasts
8:43 · see them as hidden evidence of early UFO
8:45 · encounters and it's not just visuals
8:47 · across cultures there are written
8:49 · accounts of unidentified flying objects
8:51 · ancient Indian texts speak of vimanas as
8:54 · we discussed earlier in Japan the utsuro
8:56 · buun legend describes a hollow circular
8:58 · vessel washing a Shore in the 19th
9:00 · century containing a mysterious woman
9:02 · with unknown writings on her belongings
9:04 · these aren't just isolated incidents
9:06 · they are part of a broader narrative
9:08 · that suggests Humanity has always been
9:10 · looking up questioning what's out
9:17 · there the idea of ancient alien contact
9:20 · might seem outlandish but modern science
9:22 · provides some surprising context that
9:24 · makes it less impossible than you might
9:26 · actually think start with the sheer size
9:29 · of the Universe there are estimated to
9:30 · be between 200 billion and 2 trillion
9:32 · galaxies each containing billions if not
9:34 · trillions of stars around many of these
9:36 · Stars are planets and scientists have
9:38 · identified over 5,000 exoplanets in our
9:40 · own Galaxy many of which sit in the
9:42 · habitable zone where conditions might
9:44 · support life statistically the odds that
9:47 · Earth is the only planet with
9:48 · intelligent life are incredibly slim and
9:51 · if we assume that intelligent
9:52 · civilizations could have Arisen millions
9:54 · or billions of years before us it raises
9:57 · an intriguing possibility what if they
9:58 · develop Technologies capable of
10:00 · interstellar travel long before Humanity
10:02 · even existed and then there's the thermy
10:04 · Paradox which asks if alien
10:05 · civilizations are out there why haven't
10:07 · we seen any evidence of them one Theory
10:09 · suggests that we have just not recently
10:11 · Advanced civilizations capable of
10:13 · interstellar travel might have visited
10:15 · Earth in the distant past leaving behind
10:17 · traces that we've either misinterpreted
10:19 · or lost time the idea isn't just the
10:22 · stuff of Science Fiction either even
10:23 · renowned scientists like Carl San
10:25 · entertained the possibility suggesting
10:27 · that myths and legends might might be
10:29 · fragmented records of contact with
10:31 · extraterrestrial beings but let's ground
10:34 · this in reality shall we consider the
10:36 · cargo cult phenomenon from the Pacific
10:38 · Islands during World War II when
10:40 · technologically advanced soldiers
10:41 · arrived on the remote Islands unfamiliar
10:43 · with planes and radios the local
10:45 · populations interpreted them as Divine
10:47 · beings they even created rituals to
10:49 · summon the gods back after the soldiers
10:51 · left could ancient humans possibly have
10:52 · done the same thing could Tales of Sky
10:55 · Gods flying chariots and divine visitors
10:57 · be Echoes of encounters with something
10:59 · they just couldn't explain modern
11:01 · science also reminds us that
11:02 · technological disparity matters a
11:04 · civilization only slightly more advanced
11:06 · than ours might seem Godlike with
11:08 · technology indistinguishable from Magic
11:10 · if such beings visited Earth thousands
11:12 · of years ago their influence might not
11:15 · just be possible but inevitable so what
11:17 · does all this mean are we saying that
11:19 · aliens built the pyramids or carved the
11:21 · nascal lines no but here's the thing the
11:24 · mysteries of our past the ones that make
11:26 · us scratch our heads and wonder how
11:28 · ancient civilization ations achieved The
11:30 · Impossible they are worth exploring
11:32 · whether you believe in Ancient Aliens or
11:33 · lean towards human Ingenuity these
11:36 · questions Force us to confront the
11:38 · limits of our understanding thank you
11:40 · for watching
11:44 · [Music]

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0:00	·	two words that tend to divide Ancient
0:02	·	Aliens whether you're already touting at
0:04	·	this supposed lunacy or nodding along
0:06	·	enthusiastically as you knew it all
0:08	·	along there is a lot of baggage that
0:10	·	comes with this phrase but is it
0:11	·	deserved or is this all much more
0:13	·	realistic than you might expect the
0:16	·	problem with Flatout ridiculing this
0:17	·	idea is that history gives us Mysteries
0:19	·	that defy easy explanation structures
0:22	·	and sites that challenge our
0:23	·	understanding of what humans were
0:25	·	capable of thousands of years ago images
0:27	·	and carvings depicting strange objects
0:28	·	in the sky strange tales that suggest
0:31	·	that at least at some points we were not
0:32	·	alone let's dive into it shall we and
0:35	·	just before we get started I will say
0:37	·	that this video is brought to you by the
0:39	·	history it's not really it's not brought
0:41	·	to you by the History Channel but it
0:43	·	could be History Channel sponsor
0:48	·	[Music]
0:49	·	me the Great Pyramid isn't just a mass
0:52	·	par of stones it's an architectural
0:54	·	Masterpiece its Base is almost perfectly
0:56	·	aligned with the cardinal points north
0:58	·	south east and west and the prec ision
1:00	·	modern Engineers would struggle to
1:02	·	replicate it even with Advanced tools
1:04	·	it's made of around 2.3 million stone
1:07	·	blocks each wearing up to 80 tons
1:09	·	transported from quaries miles away so
1:12	·	how did the ancient Egyptians pull this
1:14	·	off without cranes trucks or Modern
1:16	·	Machinery now traditional explanations
1:18	·	involve sledges ramps brute Manar and
1:22	·	more often than not lots and lots of
1:24	·	slaves but to Believers in ancient alien
1:26	·	theories the sheer scale and precision
1:28	·	suggest something more more
1:30	·	extraterrestrial in Peru the nascal
1:33	·	lines have been puzzling people for as
1:34	·	long as anybody can remember these are
1:36	·	massive geoglyphs images of animals
1:38	·	plants and geometric shapes etched into
1:40	·	the ground they're so enormous that
1:42	·	they're best viewed from the sky raising
1:44	·	a tantalizing question were they
1:46	·	designed for beings who could fly now
1:49	·	Skeptics argued that they were
1:50	·	ceremonial or astronomical markers but
1:53	·	the alien theory proposes something more
1:55	·	radical that the lines were a form of
1:57	·	communication or navigation system for
1:59	·	extra terrestrial visitors the size is
2:01	·	worth focusing on here the nasar lines
2:03	·	collection includes 300 images composed
2:05	·	of 10,000 lines some of which measure 30
2:07	·	m or 29 1/2 ft wide and stretch more
2:10	·	than 9 km or 5 1/2 miles they cover an
2:13	·	area of nearly 1,000 square km or 386
2:15	·	square miles larger than New York if
2:18	·	this was the work of ancient humans they
2:20	·	were extraordinarily productive then
2:23	·	there's puma punu in Bolivia this site
2:26	·	is an enigma wrapped in stone the
2:28	·	Precision cut blocks of this ancient
2:29	·	temp complex fit together like a 3D
2:31	·	jigsaw puzzle doing so without mortar
2:34	·	some way up to 130 tons and or moved
2:36	·	from quaries miles away the cuts and
2:39	·	angles on these stones are so precise
2:40	·	that even modern Engineers scratch their
2:42	·	heads wondering how such accuracy was
2:45	·	achieved with Bronze Age tools what
2:47	·	about Stonehenge these massive Stones
2:49	·	Some weighing up to 25 tons were dragged
2:51	·	from quaries over 250 km or 150 Mi away
2:54	·	and arranged with near perfect
2:55	·	astronomical Precision now we're not
2:57	·	saying that aliens landed and said hey
2:59	·	look AER get to work but the question
3:01	·	remains how did ancient civilizations
3:03	·	achieve Feats of engineering that seem
3:05	·	to define the limits of their time did
3:07	·	they figure out techniques that we've
3:08	·	since lost were they smarter than we
3:11	·	give them credit for or as some would
3:12	·	argue were they inspired by something
3:15	·	not of this
3:17	·	[Music]
3:20	·	Earth the thing about myths is that
3:23	·	they're rarely just stories their
3:24	·	Windows into how ancient people
3:26	·	understood their world sometimes they
3:28	·	might even be distorted records of
3:29	·	actual events if you look closely many
3:31	·	of these myths have aery similarities
3:33	·	across different cultures Sky Gods
3:35	·	Divine chariots beings descending from
3:37	·	the heavens sound familiar take Indian
3:39	·	mythology for instance ancient texts
3:41	·	like Mahabharata and ramayana describe
3:43	·	vimanas flying chariots that could move
3:46	·	through the air and space these weren't
3:48	·	just poetic metaphors the texts go into
3:50	·	technical details about their operation
3:52	·	to ancient alien theorists the maners
3:54	·	aren't myths they are evidence of
3:56	·	advanced technology misunderstood by the
3:58	·	people who witnessed or if we look at
4:00	·	the dogen tribe in Marley West Africa
4:02	·	the dogen have long claimed that their
4:04	·	ancestors were visited by beings from
4:06	·	the Syria star system whom they called
4:09	·	Nomo what's Wild is the dogen's
4:11	·	knowledge of Sirius including its
4:13	·	companion star Sirius B which is
4:15	·	invisible to the naked eye predates
4:17	·	modern telescopes even the Bible isn't
4:19	·	immune to alien interpretations the
4:20	·	story of ezekiel's vision describing a
4:23	·	wheel within a wheel descending from the
4:25	·	sky has often been reinterpreted as a
4:27	·	possible UFO sighting and then there's
4:29	·	the dim menion of Nephilim as described
4:32	·	by beings who came to Earth and
4:34	·	intermingled with humans the beauty of
4:36	·	Mythology is that it's both Universal
4:38	·	and mysterious cultures separated by
4:40	·	oceans and centuries often share common
4:42	·	themes beings from the sky Advanced
4:44	·	knowledge and strange other worldly
4:46	·	visitors were these just products of
4:48	·	human imagination or do they hint at
4:49	·	something more ancient alien theorists
4:51	·	lean heavily on the something more there
4:54	·	suggesting that myths are Humanity's
4:57	·	fragmented memories of an
4:58	·	extraterrestrial
5:05	·	past ancient civilizations were far more
5:08	·	intelligent than we give them credit for
5:10	·	in some cases the Knowledge and Skills
5:11	·	rival if not exceed what we can do today
5:14	·	and this is where ancient alien theories
5:16	·	dig their heels in could something
5:18	·	Beyond human comprehension have guided
5:20	·	these achievements well let's start with
5:22	·	astronomy ancient people didn't just
5:24	·	look at the stars for inspiration they
5:26	·	understood them in ways that we don't
5:28	·	understand the Maya civilization for
5:30	·	example tracked celestial events with
5:31	·	Incredible accuracy they predicted solar
5:33	·	eclipses and charted the movements of
5:35	·	Venus without telescopes how well
5:38	·	theories range from a deep understanding
5:39	·	of mathematics and observation to well
5:42	·	you guessed it help from Aliens and then
5:45	·	the Stonehenge the iconic prehistoric
5:47	·	monument in England while many think of
5:49	·	it as just a circle of stones its
5:51	·	construction reveals a staggering level
5:53	·	of astronomical knowledge the stones
5:55	·	align perfectly with the solstices
5:57	·	marking the longest and shortest days of
5:59	·	the year similar Precision can be found
6:00	·	in places like chichin in Mexico where
6:03	·	the Pyramid of kakan casts a shadow of a
6:06	·	serpent during the Equinox to ancient
6:08	·	alien theorists this level of alignment
6:10	·	suggests knowledge that may have been
6:12	·	given to these civilizations by someone
6:14	·	or something far more advanced however
6:17	·	perhaps the most baffling example is the
6:19	·	antia mechanism an ancient Greek
6:21	·	artifact often called the world's first
6:23	·	computer discovered in a shipwreck and
6:25	·	dating back to around 100 BC it's a
6:27	·	complex device made of bronze gears that
6:29	·	could calculate astronomical positions
6:31	·	and predict eclipses modern researchers
6:33	·	have described it as centuries ahead of
6:35	·	its time raising the question was this
6:37	·	knowledge truly homegrown moving to
6:40	·	engineering the Romans were masters of
6:42	·	construction but even their
6:43	·	accomplishments pale compared to sides
6:45	·	like Pumapunku in Bolivia which we
6:47	·	discussed earlier the eight-shaped
6:49	·	blocks found at Pumapunku are so
6:51	·	precisely cut that some experts believe
6:53	·	they could have only been created using
6:55	·	Advanced tools such as Diamond tipped SS
6:58	·	or Laser Technology tools that
7:00	·	definitely didn't exist in the ancient
7:02	·	world and just bear in mind Puma punku
7:04	·	was built at least 1500 years ago and
7:07	·	possibly much further back theories
7:09	·	about achieving this range from Advanced
7:11	·	tools to techniques that may have been
7:13	·	borrowed from a more advanced
7:14	·	civilization or as the alien Theory
7:16	·	suggests gifted by extraterrestrial
7:18	·	visitors the point is that ancient
7:20	·	knowledge defies expectations time and
7:23	·	again while conventional explanations
7:25	·	credit human Ingenuity and rightly so
7:28	·	there are gaps that that leave room for
7:31	·	some
7:33	·	[Music]
7:37	·	speculation when you think of UFO
7:39	·	sightings you probably picture modern
7:40	·	reports grainy videos of flying objects
7:42	·	and frantic calls to the authorities but
7:45	·	UFO sightings aren't just a contemporary
7:47	·	phenomenon they've been happening for
7:48	·	centuries and are deeply ingrained into
7:51	·	our history one of the earliest recorded
7:53	·	sightings dates back to 1440 BCE in
7:56	·	ancient Egypt the Tuli Papyrus and
7:58	·	ancient document describes fiery discs
8:00	·	appearing in the sky over phro mosa
8:02	·	III's Kingdom the text claims that these
8:04	·	objects were so bright they outshone the
8:07	·	sun fast forward to 16th century Germany
8:10	·	and we get the nurenberg celestial
8:12	·	phenomenon of 1561 iwitness accounts
8:14	·	describe strange shapes spheres
8:16	·	cylinders and Crosses engaged in what
8:19	·	appeared to be a sky battle artists even
8:21	·	created woodcuts depicting the event
8:24	·	showing flaming objects crashing to the
8:26	·	ground even religious art has its
8:28	·	moments several Renaissance paintings
8:30	·	depict strange objects in the sky like
8:32	·	the Madonna with st gianino where a
8:34	·	disc-shaped object floats in the
8:36	·	background now critics argue that these
8:38	·	images are symbolic or artistic
8:40	·	interpretations but alien enthusiasts
8:43	·	see them as hidden evidence of early UFO
8:45	·	encounters and it's not just visuals
8:47	·	across cultures there are written
8:49	·	accounts of unidentified flying objects
8:51	·	ancient Indian texts speak of vimanas as
8:54	·	we discussed earlier in Japan the utsuro
8:56	·	buun legend describes a hollow circular
8:58	·	vessel washing a Shore in the 19th
9:00	·	century containing a mysterious woman
9:02	·	with unknown writings on her belongings
9:04	·	these aren't just isolated incidents
9:06	·	they are part of a broader narrative
9:08	·	that suggests Humanity has always been
9:10	·	looking up questioning what's out
9:17	·	there the idea of ancient alien contact
9:20	·	might seem outlandish but modern science
9:22	·	provides some surprising context that
9:24	·	makes it less impossible than you might
9:26	·	actually think start with the sheer size
9:29	·	of the Universe there are estimated to
9:30	·	be between 200 billion and 2 trillion
9:32	·	galaxies each containing billions if not
9:34	·	trillions of stars around many of these
9:36	·	Stars are planets and scientists have
9:38	·	identified over 5,000 exoplanets in our
9:40	·	own Galaxy many of which sit in the
9:42	·	habitable zone where conditions might
9:44	·	support life statistically the odds that
9:47	·	Earth is the only planet with
9:48	·	intelligent life are incredibly slim and
9:51	·	if we assume that intelligent
9:52	·	civilizations could have Arisen millions
9:54	·	or billions of years before us it raises
9:57	·	an intriguing possibility what if they
9:58	·	develop Technologies capable of
10:00	·	interstellar travel long before Humanity
10:02	·	even existed and then there's the thermy
10:04	·	Paradox which asks if alien
10:05	·	civilizations are out there why haven't
10:07	·	we seen any evidence of them one Theory
10:09	·	suggests that we have just not recently
10:11	·	Advanced civilizations capable of
10:13	·	interstellar travel might have visited
10:15	·	Earth in the distant past leaving behind
10:17	·	traces that we've either misinterpreted
10:19	·	or lost time the idea isn't just the
10:22	·	stuff of Science Fiction either even
10:23	·	renowned scientists like Carl San
10:25	·	entertained the possibility suggesting
10:27	·	that myths and legends might might be
10:29	·	fragmented records of contact with
10:31	·	extraterrestrial beings but let's ground
10:34	·	this in reality shall we consider the
10:36	·	cargo cult phenomenon from the Pacific
10:38	·	Islands during World War II when
10:40	·	technologically advanced soldiers
10:41	·	arrived on the remote Islands unfamiliar
10:43	·	with planes and radios the local
10:45	·	populations interpreted them as Divine
10:47	·	beings they even created rituals to
10:49	·	summon the gods back after the soldiers
10:51	·	left could ancient humans possibly have
10:52	·	done the same thing could Tales of Sky
10:55	·	Gods flying chariots and divine visitors
10:57	·	be Echoes of encounters with something
10:59	·	they just couldn't explain modern
11:01	·	science also reminds us that
11:02	·	technological disparity matters a
11:04	·	civilization only slightly more advanced
11:06	·	than ours might seem Godlike with
11:08	·	technology indistinguishable from Magic
11:10	·	if such beings visited Earth thousands
11:12	·	of years ago their influence might not
11:15	·	just be possible but inevitable so what
11:17	·	does all this mean are we saying that
11:19	·	aliens built the pyramids or carved the
11:21	·	nascal lines no but here's the thing the
11:24	·	mysteries of our past the ones that make
11:26	·	us scratch our heads and wonder how
11:28	·	ancient civilization ations achieved The
11:30	·	Impossible they are worth exploring
11:32	·	whether you believe in Ancient Aliens or
11:33	·	lean towards human Ingenuity these
11:36	·	questions Force us to confront the
11:38	·	limits of our understanding thank you
11:40	·	for watching
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