Ancient Alien America (2018) - full transcript

- In times past,

alien visitations were
apparently very common.

Tribes in North and South
America documented such visits

with cave and rock drawings,

legends passed down through the
generations, and sculptures.

These legends speak of people

coming from the stars
to help mankind.

Almost all Native American
tribes have such legends

and all appear to be true.

Throughout antiquity,
legends speak of travelers

from the stars who
helped mankind on Earth.



American tribes say these
travelers were benevolent beings

and tales of their existence
are still told today.

The Hopi believe their ancestors
came from the Pleiades,

the place or people
they call Chuhukon

or those who cling together,

a reference it seems to that
tightly grouped starry cluster,

as it appears to the naked eye.

Likewise, early Dakota
legends speak of the Pleiades

as the abode of the ancestors.

Other native oral
histories or legends

speak of an origin, if
not in the Pleiades,

then in the stars generally
or other constellations.

The Cree for example
arrived on earth

from the stars as spirits
and then became human beings.



Other native legends
including those of the Lakota

speak not necessarily
of Star People,

but of mysterious
beings coming from above

as spheres of light that
in turn abduct children,

a reference to popular folklore

about alien abduction
and breeding programs

that are not for
the faint hearted.

The Zuni Indians offer
one of many belief systems

if not actual experiences
related to ancestors

who came from the sky,

a phrasing that
has since morphed

into the more new age
Star People reference

as opposed to Sky People.

A Lakota legend speaks
of seven maidens

being chased by a bear.

On their knees, they prayed
for divine intervention.

The result being that the
ground beneath them erupted

high into the air, lifting
them out of harm's way

as the bear clawed
at the risen ground.

The result was Devil's
Tower, Wyoming.

The bear's claws having carved

vertical geological
features into the rock

and the seven maidens
have been installed above

as the Pleiades.

Clifford Mahooty, a Zuni elder

and member of the
Kachina Society,

tells us that his
grandfathers taught him

about a very direct
connection his people have had

with beings from space.

Mahooty at the same time
explains that the language

of his grandfathers, his elders,

was not, of course, English,

and that he has interpreted
their words and concepts

into modern phrasings
that nonetheless

accurately represent
the old beliefs.

A concept that has
gained a foothold

in some quarters of modern
Native American thought,

that the ancestors were
extraterrestrial aliens

and that they continue
to visit and interact

with people to this day.

The modern unidentified
flying object or UFO craze

began in the late 1940s

when a wave of people reported
seeing strange objects

in the skies above America.

Indeed, it was in 1947,
the term flying saucer

entered the popular
consciousness

after Pilot Kenneth
Arnold witnessed

several brightly-lit
saucer-like objects

waving in and out of
distant mountain peaks

while he was flying
in Washington State.

This was the first
wave of UFO sightings.

However, an earlier wave
occurred in Britain in 1909

when hundreds of people
described flying objects

shaped like dirigibles and
emitting beams of light

carrying out extremely
advanced maneuvers overhead.

A decade later,
throughout 1896 and 97,

there was a rash of similar
sightings in the United States,

but these weren't
the first accounts

of alien spacecraft on record.

Legends of godlike beings
coming from the heavens

exist in many cultures.

Throughout North America,

there are numerous caves that
date back thousands of years.

These paintings,
figures, and objects

much like the modern imagery
of alien and flying saucers.

One intriguing
legends comes from

the First Nations people
of central Ontario.

Their Sky Man tale may in fact

be one of the earliest
alien encounters on record.

According to the
story recorded in 1917

by Colonel G.E. Laidlaw,

500 years ago there
was a large village,

about 550 native people living
somewhere in that region.

One day a pair of them
stumbled upon a stranger

sitting on the grass in a field.

This figure, a male, was notably
clean and shining bright.

The natives approached the
stranger and asked who he was

and how he came to
be in the field.

"I am not one of you, I do
not belong to this land.

"I drop down from above,"
the stranger explained.

Showing unusual hospitality,

the Ojibwa invited him
back to their village.

The stranger agreed
but on one condition.

"Go home and clean the
place where I will stay

"and when you come back for me,

"I will go with you
for a few days."

Agreeing, the Ojibwa men
went back to their community,

told their fellow villagers
about their experience,

and cleaned the hut where
they would house the Sky Man.

The stranger did in fact
accompany them to their village,

but he was clearly restless.

He watched the skies
often and told people

that in two days something
would come and get him

to take him back to the sky.

One afternoon, Sky Man looked
up and said, "It is coming."

The villagers craned their necks
and turned their eyes above

and saw something that looked
like a bright shining star

streaking down from the heavens
and hover near the ground.

This was the most beautiful
thing any of them had ever seen.

Sky Man entered the shining
star and disappeared from view.

The shining star then shot back
into the sky and faded away.

This tale seems to be a
description of an encounter

with an ancient astronaut
as seen in many cultures

and popularized by Swiss
theorist Erich von Daniken

of Chariots of the Gods fame.

Many modern UFO
theorists believe Sky Man

was a marooned
extraterrestrial astronaut

whose own craft was somehow
damaged or destroyed.

They point to the fact Sky Man

clearly entered the glowing star

as proof the object was a
spacecraft of some sort.

Was he clean and shining bright

because he wore a
silvery pressure suit?

Did he request his
hosts clean his quarters

out of fear of
contracting human viruses

against which he
had no immunity?

Many researchers believe Sky
Man was no mythological tale,

but rather an actual
encounter of the first kind

between an ancient alien and
an entire tribal community.

Of all the native
North American tribes,

one appears to have
a direct connection

to the stars and aliens,
that is the Hopi tribes.

Hopis call themselves
Hopitu, the peaceful people.

Hopis meaning good,
peaceful, or wise

live in the northeastern
Arizona area

at the southern end
of the Black Mesa.

A mesa is the name given to
a small isolated flattop hill

with three steep sides
called the first mesa,

the second mesa,
and the third mesa.

On the mesa tops are the
Hopi villages called pueblos.

Pueblo of Oraibi or the
third mesa starting in 1050

and is the oldest
in North America

that has lived in continuity.

Evidence suggests that the Hopi

consist of the descendants
of various groups

that entered the
country from the north,

the east, and the south,

and that a series of movements

covered a period of
probably three centuries

and perhaps considerably longer.

Related to people of the
various pueblos in the east,

the Hopis never actually
had a single group identity.

They were independent
villages sharing with the Zuni

and the pueblos a basic
culture and view of the sacred

while sharing among themselves
their own language base.

Native Americans believed
in constellations.

In many cases, they believed
in the same formations

for stars that we do.

Their constellations
seemed to be marked

by the same knowledge
that western civilization

on the other part of
the globe was aware of.

They called them
by different names,

but the star arrangements
are very similar.

They believed in maps that have
been drawn that they existed

at the center of the
earth or Turtle Island,

that beyond them was the sky,

and that beyond the sky
were dimensional portals

or sky holes as
they called them.

Beyond the dimensional portals

was an area that they
call the ocean of pitch

where the beauty
of the night sky

and the galaxies spun
out towards them.

Beyond that were the
boundaries of the universe

and that set along the rim at
the boundaries of the universe

were four different
extraterrestrial groups.

They believed in Achivas,

the sacred ceremonial
places to honor the earth.

These are the places that
Shaman would go into the earth

to do their most sacred work.

The reason that Achivas
are built into the earth

for sacred work is because
according to legend,

at the destruction at each
of the ages of mankind,

the people that
were pure of heart

went down into the
buxom of the earth

and remained there protected.

According to them they dwelt
in the center of the earth

with a group of beings that
they call the ant people.

Drawings of the ant people
are remarkable similar

to the gray aliens of today,

large heads, little stocky
bodies, long spindly fingers,

in some cases, four,
five, or six digits.

Some of these drawings
have the indication

of telepathic thought waves

coming from the beings'
heads themselves.

The Native Americans believed
that the home of the Kachinas

was on top of a mountain

where there were great
cloud formations.

Today, some believe
that UFO's often hide

in what we call
lenticular clouds

which are cloud formations
that seem to be produced

to conceal the ships from
the visible eye spectrum.

Real lenticular clouds move
with the rest of the clouds

whereas the UFO clouds do not,

often sitting five
hours in one place.

Hopi Indian legends tell of a
sure certainty in the future

that the tribe's faithful will
be lifted to other planets

on the day of purification

and they watch and
wait for the UFOs

that will take them there.

Is this reminiscent
of the Christian
version of the rapture?

The legend is borne of an
ancient rock carving in Arizona

depicting a dome-shaped
saucer object and maiden

that has become a core part

of the tribe's
religious beliefs.

Elders in the Hopi community
have said they perceive UFOs

as having a direct connection

with the old petroglyph drawing

and the foretelling
of visitors from space

who arrive for the
Day of Purification.

On that day, "All wicked
people and wrongdoers

will be punished or destroyed,"
said Chief Dan Katchongva.

He said that we believe
other planets are inhabited

and that our prayers
are heard there.

The arrow on which the
dome-shaped object rests

stands for travel through space.

The Hopi maiden on the
dome-shaped drawing

represents purity.

Those Hopi who survive
purification day

will travel to other planets.

"We, the faithful Hopi
have seen the ships

"and know they are true."

He said the first
division occurred in 1906

when Chief Yukiuma was driven

from the old town of
Oraibi to Hoteville.

"The second division,"
said the chief,

"happened in 1969 when contact
was made with a flying saucer

"that whispered a
message to the tribe."

The third division is
said to be the precursor

of the purification day,
and until it arrives,

the chief said, "Many Hopi
men wear their bang haircuts

"that represents a window from
which they continue to look

"for the true white
brother who will arrive

"with matching pieces of
the stone petroglyph."

But the chief won't see the
day come or perhaps he will,

he's been missing since 1972.

Lost to the tribe while
walking to a valley

where a UFO had been seen.

Kachinas are also used
in Hopi tribes.

They are connected to
powerful ancestor spirits

called to bring rain
to help the crops grow.

There are over 300
different Kachinas.

There is a prophecy about the
return of the Blue Kachina

to herald in the
fifth age of man.

Hopi prophecies are very famous,

but as with all prophecies,
their timeline became invalid

after 1939 when
space-time altered.

The concepts are
fundamentally correct,

but the timeline for them
to play out is undetermined.

The Hopi Indians are
the record keepers

of the Native Americans.

The people of the southwest
along with the southeast

had full-time religious leaders

with shrines or
temple buildings.

Most Native Americans
believe that in the universe

there exists an almighty,

a spiritual force that is
the source of all life.

The almighty belief is not
pictured as a man in the sky,

but is believed to be formless
and exist in the universe.

The sun is viewed as the
power of the almighty.

They are not worshiping the sun,

but praying to the almighty

and the sun is a sign
and symbol for that.

Native Americans show less
interest in an afterlife

unlike the Christians.

They assume the
souls of the dead

go to another part
of the universe

where they have a new existence

carrying on everyday activities
like they were still alive,

they are just in
a different world.

The religious and
ceremonial life of the Hopi

centers in the kiva,
which is simply a room,

wholly or partly subterranean
and entered by way of ladder

through an opening
in the flat roof.

While the membership
of the kiva consists

principally of men and boys
from certain clan or clans,

there is no case in which
all the members of a kiva

belong to one clan,

a condition inseparable
from the provision

that a man may change
his kiva membership

and in fact made
necessary by the existence

of more clans than kivas.

It is probable,
nevertheless, that originally

the kivas were
clan institutions.

Further south in Central
America, there are mysteries

that have befuddled
modern man for centuries.

Around the year 900 BC,

something new had appeared
in the jungles and wilderness

of what is now Guatemala and
Southern Mexico, civilization.

For about the next 2,000 years
that civilization flourished.

The Maya built cities, invested
in farming and in trade,

and created a calendar.

The population soared with
some estimates suggesting

that there were, at one time,
as many as 22 million Mayans.

There were farmers,
merchants, performers,

students, artists, musicians

and then at some
point it seemed as if

the whole Mayan civilization
simply vanished.

Mayan cities were abandoned,

the people's
traditions forgotten,

and their languages
lost forever.

What made them leave
and where did they go?

Some experts think the Maya

were victims of a
natural disaster,

perhaps a massive earthquake
or a volcanic eruption,

but the cities left behind
by the Maya were intact,

none of the temples
or stone buildings

had any mark of damage.

Other historians blame
drought and famine.

The Maya were good farmers,

but as their population grew,

it became harder
to feed everyone

and so, the theory goes,
they left their cities behind

in search of food.

Other researchers suggest

that the Maya
destroyed themselves,

perhaps through a civil war,

but there are no records
of such a conflict

in the records they left behind.

In 2012, the Mexican
government released

some never-seen-before
Mayan artifacts,

statue, masks,
plaques, and documents

found in the inner spaces
of a temple in Mexico.

They claimed,
rather startlingly,

that the Maya had apparently

had contact with
extraterrestrials.

"We believe for certain that
aliens worked with the Mayans,"

said Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado,

the minister of tourism for
the Mexican state of Campeche.

Was it possible that the Maya

were themselves space travelers

and that when they disappeared,

they quite simply gone
back to their home planet?

Throughout Mayan history,

its rulers often
claimed to be descended

from the stars and the planets.

One such king, Pakal of Palenque

came to the throne
when he was 12

and ruled for the next 68 years

until his death
at the age of 80.

In a time without
modern medicines,

the very fact he
lived to such an age

is surprising in itself,
in humans, at least,

But even more surprising
is the ruler's tomb.

When Pakal was buried, a
unique design was carved

into the lid of his sarcophagus.

It appears to show the king
sitting in a type of cockpit.

Could that be an oxygen
mask on his face,

levers in his hands
and pedals at his feet?

Outside the cockpit is a flame
shooting from an exhaust,

Was this very
detailed illustration

meant to depict the king
returning to the mother planet?

What's perhaps most startling
is that this is a tomb

that was carved over
a thousand years ago.

How could Mayan people
have created images

of space travel if
they hadn't seen it?

Others believe that the
Mayans' huge temples

aligned with solar
and lunar activity,

they were in fact some sort of

ancient landing
pads for spaceships

or a way of communicating
with beings on other planets.

For believers, this
explains how the Mayans

had such advanced
knowledge for their time.

Was extraterrestrial
intelligence the reason

for their advanced
farming techniques?

And why did they appear to have

such in-depth understanding
of the solar system

including planets
yet to be discovered?

Astrophysicist Carl Sagan
argues that while many legends,

artifacts, and purported
out-of-place artifacts

were cited in support of
this ancient astronauts idea,

very few require more
than a passing mention

and can easily be explained
more conventionally.

Still, there has yet
to be a definitive.

Using the Mayan calendar,
doomsday theorists predicted

the end of the
world was scheduled

for 21st of December 2012.

Those who believed
that the calendar

gave the date of
the end of the world

had theories as to how
we would meet our doom

such as a mysterious planets

on a collision course with Earth

or a reverse in the
Earth's rotation.

Some gathered at ancient
Mayan sites to await the end,

others stocked up on
water and canned goods

hoping to survive.

The day passed without incident

and it seems we're still here.

The modern notion that humankind

may have been influenced
in ancient times

by an intelligence
far exceeding our own

is not only popular,

it's almost enigmatic
to western culture.

Among the faithful
believers in paleo-contact

as Carl Sagan termed it,
mankind's earliest innovations

were the result of an
alien intervention,

either by beings who
showed us techniques

that could lead to the
formation of a civilized society

or by direct manipulation
of our genetic substructure

for purposes of speeding along

the natural
evolutionary process.

The paleo-contact approach
is most often invoked

by those who seek to
find common ground

between UFO reports,
abduction encounters,

and the mythologies
of ancient Indians.

However, a recent
book on the subject,

Encounters With Star People,

looks at the phenomenon from
both an historic perspective

as well as from the standpoint
that modern day encounters

with what many Natives
call Star People

are still occurring today.

Ancient astronaut theorists
maintain that Star People

have been visiting Earth
since the beginning of time.

To support their claims,

they often portray the legends
of American Indian tribes

as proof of human interaction
with the Star People.

There are also many Modern
stories of UFO encounters,

crashes, and extraterrestrials

by adventurers,
cowboys, military men,

and miners in the
Northern Plains.

One of the stories
described in the book

details the story of
Chauncey, an aging Native,

whose story is a strange
encounter with a spaceman

who kindly attempted
to take Blue Son,

his faithful family dog.

The story goes that a
small exploration craft,

some variety of small
UFO, had apparently landed

behind a butte near
Chauncey's home

and subsequently a thin,
ghostly pale man appeared

who apparently
conversed with him.

After their visit,
Chauncey and Blue Son

walked the visitor
back to his vessel.

At which time the
alien being was said

to have taken
interest in the fact

that the dog obeyed when
Chauncey commanded it to heel.

At this point, the spaceman
gestured in such a way

as to suggest that the creature

board his vessel and join him.

At which point Chauncey had
laid his gun across his arm,

merely as a measure
of intimidation,

expressing that the
visitor be along his way

and without Chauncey's dog.

The more modern reports
of alien interaction

and UFO sightings
detailed in the book

are all very unique
in this regard,

especially since they
often seem to express

an ongoing interaction between
Natives and the Star People

to the point that almost
becoming commonplace

in their culture and society.

A number of reports
also appear in the book

that cover aspects of ufology

that have more
conventional parallels

including UFOs hovering
over weapons sites,

underground bases,
alien abduction,

and popular myths associated
with space-faring alien beings

working as liberators of
humankind in some capacity.

If you have seen the movie

Close Encounters
of the Third Kind,

then you're familiar with
Devils Tower in Wyoming.

It's the first national monument

declared in 1906 by
President Theodore Roosevelt.

The name Devils Tower came
from an 1875 mistranslation

of a Native American
name for the site.

It was mistakenly said
that the name in English

meant Bad God's Tower which
was twisted into Devils Tower.

Native American tribes had many
different names for the site

which included Aloft on a
Rock, Grizzly Bear's Lodge,

Bear's Teepee, and the
Tree Rock among others.

Devils Tower has been a sacred
site for Native Americans

since they happened
open it centuries ago.

Different tribes have
different stories,

but they're all very similar.

The Lakota and the Kiowa tell
a tale of two young girls

who while out playing
were spotted by
several enormous bears

who began to give chase.

The girls, in an
attempt to escape,

climbed to the top
of Devils Tower,

and then fell to their knees
and prayed to the Great Spirit

to save them as the
bears began to scale

the rocks behind them.

The Great Spirit raised
the rock to the heavens

and as the cliff grew steeper,
the bears fell backwards,

their claw marks as
they tried to hang on

being the ridges on
the side of the tower.

Once the rock reached the sky,

the girls were
turned into stars,

the constellation we know
today as the Pleiades.

There are dozens of
stories, legends, and myths

surrounding Mount Shasta
in northern California,

adding to its
mystery and allure.

The Native Americans have
always felt that the mountain

was the sacred center
of the universe.

They even have stories
that talk about it

being the home of the creator.

Mount Shasta straddles the
territories of the Shasta,

Wintu, Achumawi, Atsugewi
and Modoc tribes.

Not surprisingly, the
imposing mountain shows up

in a lot of tribal
myths and stories.

It's especially important
to the Wintu tribe

who trace their
people's origin back

to a sacred spring
on the mountain.

They have always done their
sacred ceremonies there

and they continue to
do them to this day.

Every August they
do their ceremonies

for just the tribe and
their invited guests.

Finally, there's
the legend of Telos.

According to researchers,

Telos is a crystal city
inside the mountain

inhabited by higher-dimensional
beings called Lemurians

from the ancient
continent of Lemuria

that was in the
north Pacific Ocean

many thousands of years ago.

As the story goes,
Lemuria and Atlantis

got into a thermonuclear war
and sank their continents.

The Lemurians fled
into Mount Shasta

and that's where they've
remained ever since.

Stories from the 1940s
say the Lemurians

were actually seen
walking into town.

They were seven feet tall,

dressed in long white
robes and sandals.

They went to the general
store to buy supplies

and paid for their purchases
with chunks of gold.

The shopkeeper
would take the gold,

turn around and try
to give them change,

and the Lemurians would be gone.

Today, no one reports
eyewitness accounts

of Lemurians in the flesh,

but some locals
believe the smooth,

saucer-shaped lenticular clouds

that often gather at the
summit of Mount Shasta

are engineered by the Lemurians

to camouflage alien cargo
ships docking at Telos.

From seven foot tall Lemurians,

we visit the smaller ant people.

The Hopi Indians
have been living

in the high desert of Arizona
for thousands of years.

They are the direct descendants
of the mysterious Anasazi,

the Ancient Ones, a
civilization that flourished

between the 5th
and 13th century AD

before suddenly disappearing.

According to legend, they
were led to their current home

by a curiously shaped
cloud during the day

and a moving star by night.

During the third cycle,
the Hopi describe a period

during which the earth ruled
by an advanced civilization

that had technology far
superior to our own.

A key element in these
legends is represented

by the flying shields,
the patuwvotas.

The advanced flying shields
had the ability to travel

quickly between distant places

and they also carried
fearsome weapons

that could level entire cities.

They are strikingly similar
to what we call today

unidentified flying objects.

In Hopi legend, the
world has gone through

several phases or cycles already

and we are in this time
living in the fourth world.

In the original world which
was according to legend

destroyed by fire,

the benevolent alien ant people

sequestered everyone
underground with them

and shared what they had.

The people were safe from the
fire and destruction above.

It is said that the ant people

even sacrificed their own
food to aid the people.

As the sky god
Sotuknang systematically

destroyed the world above,

the people waited patiently
for the fires to burn

and the earth to cool
before they came up.

When the earth was completed,

the sky god gave them blessings

and told them to love
and nurture the earth,

so that destruction was
not warranted again.

The ant people took
their place as ants

and new life began
in the second world.

Humanity being what it is,

there have been two worlds
destroyed since then

and this, the fourth world,
is set for the appearance

of the fifth and final world.

This can be compared to the
Christians awaiting the rapture

where the creator comes back

and the ultimate world begins.

This was prophesied to
happen near the Blue Kachina

or the blue star appeared.

This was to signify the
end of the fourth world

and would be foretold by the
kachinas removing their masks

and becoming one with
the powerful beings

they are said to represent.

In another part of the world,

drawings and carvings
support the theory

of a race of beings that
were here to teach humanity

about the land in
ancient Sumeria.

This race was believed
to be superior

and was thought to
originate from the skies.

It was through their
teachings that the Sumerians

were able to learn how
to live in the world

and take care of it until the
gods of creation returned.

Just like the Ant
People of the Hopi,

they were there to teach
mankind about their planet

and how to use its resources.

An interesting note is that
the Hopi word for ant is Anu.

The word for friends is Naki.

There is also the
similar pronunciation

of the Hopi ancestors,
the Anasazi.

Again, we see this
phrase in another belief

in another part of the world.

The depictions of the ant people

closely resembled the
grays in modern ufology.

Whether there is an
actual connection

between the Hopi
of the Southwest

and the ancient Sumerians
and Egyptians or not,

it certainly gives one pause

that creation stories
were very similar.

It also makes the point
that celestial communication

has been a curiosity of mankind

for much longer than UFO
sightings in the 20th century.

UFO skeptics and believers
are locked in a fierce debate

over the existence
of aliens once again

following three apparent
sightings recently.

Sightings have been
caught on camera

in Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil

and it's fair to
say a lot of people

are losing their
minds over them.

The latest of these sightings

was filmed in the Chilean
capital of Santiago

with four glowing
orbs seen hovering

above skyscrapers in the city.

It has been viewed
over 100,000 times

and has split the
online community

on whether it's
actually genuine.

Commentators on YouTube were
quick to give their opinion

with many believing that an
alien invasion is in the cards.

While others thought
it was either

military planes or helicopters,

neither seemed
entirely convincing.

This came after more
eerie footage emerged

earlier in the month

in a rural
neighborhood in Bolivia

where a giant flying
saucer was captured on film

above mountains in El Alto,

a city in the northwest
Bolivian region of La Paz.

The clip shows an
unusually shaped object

flying through the sky

before disappearing and then
reappearing in the clouds.

It was uploaded to a
UFO spotting website

dedicated to gathering
evidence of alien sightings

and has now been
shared worldwide.

Cynics believe that
the footage is a hoax

to increase online traffic
for the filmmaker's website

and has simply been created
using a digital editing program.

Believers were getting
yet another chance of hope

in southern Brazil, too,

when a very similar looking
UFO appeared in their skies.

The Express reports
a woman named Marmel

posted a picture online

showing another blurred
disc-shape in the sky

which she didn't even notice
while taking a scenic photo.

Could this be evidence that
the Kachinas are returning?

South America has some
of the most amazing

UFO encounters on record.

Especially remarkable is the
sheer variety of the sightings

which range from straightforward
accounts of flying objects

to abductions, landings,
cattle mutilation,

as well as contactee accounts

and strange beings that emerge
from oddly-shaped craft.

In addition, there
are particularities
to these sightings

that are uniquely
South American twists

to the tales that are to be
found on no other continent.

Undoubtedly, the best one of
the South American encounters

occurred in 1957.

A Brazilian farmer by
the name of Villas Boas

was working his
fields with a tractor

when he claims he was
abducted by aliens

and taken aboard a spacecraft.

There he claims to
have had intercourse

with a beautiful
fair-skinned girl

with high cheekbones,
a very pointed chin,

and vivid blue
Chinese-type slant eyes

who stood about 4 feet 8
inches high without helmet.

The case was
thoroughly investigated

and researchers admitted
feeling impressed

at the clarity of Boas evidence.

In the ensuing months and years,

the details were
checked and rechecked

by dozens of separate people

without revealing
any contradiction

into the nature of
the farmer's story.

As such it merits its notoriety

as one of the most riveting
abduction accounts on record.

Significantly the
Villas Boas incident

is far from being the only
reported case of abduction

within that same
providence of Minas Gerais.

In fact, this is a region which
according to Jerry Randles

has one of the
highest concentrations

of claimed abduction
anywhere in the world

In August 1962 for example,
there was an incident

that made even the
Boas case look tame.

Unfortunately on this occasion,

the victim did not
survive to tell the tale.

Briefly the facts are these.

On the 19th of that month,
two glowing red spheres

the size of footballs are
reported to have flown over

the hut of a poor
diamond prospector

named Rivalino Mafra da Silva.

Later two aliens approximately
1.5 feet in height

entered the hut and peered at
the family as they lay in bed.

The next day one
of the man's sons

was surprised to discover two
strange balls beside the hut.

One was entirely black and
the other black and white.

When the father came
out to look at them,

they apparently rose up at him

and enveloped him in a
cloud of yellow smoke.

He was never seen again.

Shortly afterwards,
the son was reported

to have been taken into
custody by the Brazilian army,

some say as a means
of silencing him.

Another astonishing
encounter occurred in 1973

near the town of
Catanduva, Brazil.

The 70s were to prove the heyday

of South American encounters

and this is perhaps one
of the most sensational.

A traveling salesman returning
home in a torrential downpour

suddenly found his car
radio cut out on him,

followed shortly afterwards
by the engine of his car.

Almost immediately a
blinding beam of blue light

then shone down from above,

and overwhelmed by a
great sense of heat,

the driver panicked
and fled from the car.

The salesman was
later to testify

that his vehicle
became transparent

and his skin began to burn

as he lapsed into
unconsciousness.

Hours later he was
discovered spread-eagled

in the road by people
in a passing car

who called the police.

Taken to hospital he
was quickly discharged,

but later strange blotches
developed on his abdomen.

The examining doctors
opinion was that

they were caused
by strange rays.

The amazing corollary
to this story

is that a year later the same
man disappeared for six days

before being found
over 500 miles away

sitting on a hill
completely soaked.

He later claimed to have
been abducted by aliens

and medically
examined aboard a UFO.

Then as before doctors were
impressed by his lucidity

and were happy to pronounce
him fully compos mentis.

In 1965, around 50
Indians of the Toba tribe

were astonished to
see three tall beings

emerge from two
saucer-like craft

that came down close to the
Argentinian town of Formosa,

near the border with Paraguay.

The beings appeared to have

luminous haloes
around their bodies

and the Indians knelt
down and worshiped them.

Witnesses speak
of verbal contact

being established
with the aliens

who informed the Indians

that the Space People
would eventually

come in greater numbers.

An Indian who made a close
approach to the craft

was warned off

and eventually the beings
returned to the craft

which took off in a
dazzling burst of light.

Police who hurried to the scene

are believed to have
taken numerous photographs

which are reputed to show

at least three landed
saucers and five aliens.

Beings that emerged
from an egg-shaped craft

assured a local hunter
that before long

the whole world would
come to know them.

The hunter named Felipe Martinez

claims to have met the aliens

on no fewer than
three occasions.

The first time in 1949, he
ran toward a hovering object

revolving above the trees

only to be paralyzed by a
mysterious burst of energy.

From a door in the object,

a small being then
descended down a ladder.

Standing no more than
a meter in height,

the being was described
as wearing a helmet

and clothes like
a diver's costume.

In an interview, Martinez
claims to have been taken aboard

one of the alien vessels

which oddly was piloted
by a crew of four beings

around a meter in height

and another blonde haired being

just over six feet tall.

He claims to have been
placed in a space suit,

but this had an alarming
effect on his heart-rate

and the suit was
quickly removed.

Conversation with the aliens
was slow and difficult,

but according to
Martinez the alien's name

for their craft was a sil.

In 1963 in Parana State, Brazil,

a crowd of onlookers was amazed

to see a bright
zinc-colored object

descend into the flames
of a major forest fire.

Even more astonishing was
that after quarter of an hour

several tall beings were
seen to emerge from the craft

and strode around in the
flames completely untouched

by the furnace-like heat
that surrounded them.

Even more perplexing was
the fact that the beings

seemed intent on
collecting charred rocks

and other material from the fire

which they then took back
to the waiting space ship.

This done, the craft then
departed as silently as it came.

Witnesses described it
as a basin shaped craft,

35 meters in diameter and
around eight meters in height,

In 1954, near the
Venezuelan capital Caracas,

two men claimed to have
wrestled with a hairy creature

that was seen to emerge
from a luminous craft.

One of the men Gustav Gonzalez

says he was thrown 15
feet through the air

by a tiny dwarf-like creature

who despite its size
possessed incredible strength.

It also proved impervious
to a knife blade thrust.

Gonzalez who lunged at the
creature with a sharp knife

saw to his astonishment
that the blade

just glanced off the body
as though made of steel.

Apparently angered
the creature's eyes

literally glowed in the dark,

sending out a blinding
flash of light

that left both men
dazzled and disoriented.

Before the craft took off,

Gonzalez's friend noticed

that two other creatures
of similar description

were gathering earth and rocks

and loading them aboard
the hovering sphere.

The craft was reportedly
10 feet in width

and throughout the
incident remained hovering

just several feet
from the ground.

When later examined in hospital,

Gonzalez was found
to have several

deep red scratch
marks down his side.

For several days afterwards he
remained under heavy sedation

as both men struggled
to come to terms

with their terrifying ordeal.

Barely two weeks later,

a similar incident occurred
in the same locality.

On this occasion, two
young hunters came across

a luminous machine
around 10 feet wide

hovering just two
feet from the ground.

Four or five beings were
seen to emerge from the craft

and then attempted to
drag both youths inside.

Fighting them off
as best they could,

one of the young men lashed
out with his rifle butt

bringing it down on the
head of one of the aliens.

Incredibly the weapon
broke into fragments

as if it had been
struck on a rock.

Finally managing to
break free of the aliens,

both youths ran off
to summon police

who later reported
signs of a struggle.

As in the previous incident,

both youths required
hospital treatment

and remained in a
highly agitated state

for some time afterwards.

In Argentina, the year
1965 brought a series

of abortive abduction attempts

where aliens attempted
to take people by force.

The national press
published numerous reports

of these incidents
which bear evidence

of a widespread trend of
which relatively few cases

were adequately investigated.

Of those that were,

an incident in the
province of Corrientes

tells of five luminous craft
observed flying low overhead.

One vessel proceeded to
land near a farm house

and five beings
around two meters tall

were then seen to emerge.

On their heads were instruments
giving off flashes of light.

The focus of the
beings attention

was immediately directed
at the farmhouse.

Forcing their way inside,

they attempted to overpower
the owner and drag him away.

Fighting the aliens
as best he could,

the farmer eventually
broke free of his attackers

who fled when other villagers
rushed to his assistance.

Several days later,

the aliens returned and
attempted to abduct another man.

Once again villagers
turned out in force,

firing rifles which although
not able to injure the aliens

was sufficient to
drive them away again.

The association of Latin
America with sky visitors

who arrive from the stars
goes back thousands of years.

To native Indian cultures
these beings brought with them

the rudiments of civilization,

initiating major
developments in science,

agriculture,
astronomy, and masonry.

By the shores of Lake Titicaca,

the ancient ruins
of Tiahuanaco bear

a mysterious reflection
of these ancient beliefs.

Here the imposing
Gate of the Sun

contains enigmatic hieroglyphs

that some have interpreted as
advanced astronomical data.

The best selling author
Erich Von Daniken

found the place highly
indicative of alien influence.

He wrote, What does legend say

"about the mysterious
city of Tiahuanaco?

"It tells of a golden ship

"that came from the
stars," he continues.

"What titantic forces where
at work here and to what end?

Von Daniken concludes, "What
secret does this city conceal?

"What message from other
worlds awaits its solution

"on the Bolivian plateau?"

Equally evocative of
mysterious influence

are the Nasca lines etched
in the Peruvian desert

close to the town of Ica.

Here dead straight lines
traverse the desert

for dozens of miles.

Other shapes include
depiction's of monkeys,

whales, and decorative birds.

At ground level, the patterns
are barely perceptible

and only really become apparent
when viewed from the air.

Since the antiquity of the lines

goes back thousands of years,

the question has been
asked and re-asked,

why would an ancient people
go to such immense effort

to construct a line system
only visible from the air?

Who was meant to see it?

Inevitably Von Daniken saw
the answer in terms of aliens.

He interpreted the lines as
markers or landing strips

for alien spacecraft.

While this may appear a
farfetched explanation,

the Indians of that
area have other ideas.

Their traditions frequently
make mention of strange visitors

who descend from the
sky aboard fiery craft.

Visitations which they insist

have carried on down
to this present day.

There has always been
a connection between
Native Americans

and beings from other
parts of the universe,

referred to as star people
or visitors from space.

In Utah's nine mile canyon
lies the heaviest concentration

of rock art in the world.

These depict beings
that appear to be

not quite completely human.

They can be seen next
to a disc-shaped object.

Other beings of
a more human form

are raising their hands to
these beings near the object

Near Christina Lake,
British Columbia, Canada,

there is a picture of a
white disc with black wings

hovering over four human
figures on their knees.

There are lines coming
from the top of the disc

which could be rays of light.

Longer, more irregular lines

come down from the
bottom of the object.

A rock painting at
Cayuse Creek, Idaho

depicts what appears to
be a cone-shaped rocket

with smoke or flames
trailing behind it.

In the cone is a humanoid figure

apparently holding on
to the inner walls.

A pictograph near Kootenay
Lake in British Columbia

also shows an enclosed vehicle

holding a single
humanoid figure.

It depicts what appear to
be sections of the vehicle

and two objects
closely resembling

retractable legs for landing.

Numerous depictions
of egg-shaped objects

with wavy lines emanating
from them have been found.

These could be an effort to
show the object in motion

or some sort of light or heat.

If this were to depict the sun,

lines would typically
be found all around

the circumference of the circle.

In these cases, they come
only from the bottom side.

In certain Cherokee legends
said that their people

originated in the
Pleiades long, long ago.

They claim to have come to
this world as star seeds

to bring light and knowledge.

If the stories are true,

then modern day Cherokee as
well as other Native Americans

and many of us with
Native American blood

contain Pleiadian genes.

Many native legends place
either their origins

or visitation from the Pleiades,

it's possible that
within this star cluster,

there are planets
where life could exist.

Scientists say it's
very plausible.

Analyzing deep infrared images

obtained by the
Spitzer Space Telescope

and Gemini North telescope,

astronomers discovered that
one of the cluster's stars,

HD 23514, which has
a mass and luminosity

a bit greater than
that of the Sun

is surrounded by an
extraordinary number

of hot dust particles

and this could be evidence

for planet formation
around the star.

Other stars with the cluster

also have sunlight
characteristics.

The cluster is only about
118 parsecs away from Earth.

Is it possible that aliens
from another star system

came to Earth ages ago

and helped the tribal
people of our planet?

Evidence around the
world seems to suggest

it is not only possible,
but that it indeed happened.

Ancient astronaut
theorists point to many

artifacts and structures
that early man

could not have created.

Wall paintings
depict the arrival

and association of the star
people all across the Southwest,

having visited in
circular vehicles

and bringing man safety
and even technology.

Many tribes believe that
they are either star people

or are descended from them.

Native people are often shy

about talking about
extraterrestrials.

Their race has endured
much over the years

and they do not want to share
many of their sacred beliefs.

Many of their believes have
been lost as well over time

or only a few elders know
the legends of their people.

Suffice it to say, there
is an abundance of evidence

that early tribes of natives
did indeed have contact

with one or more
races from the stars.

Almost all of them say that one
day when the world is ready,

these star people will return.

Perhaps then all who
inhabit this planet,

the natives of our
Earth will be ready,

physically, mentally,
and spiritually,

to greet these ancient
travelers from the stars.