America Unearthed (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - America's Oldest Secret - full transcript

PREVIOUSLY

ON AMERICA UNEARTHED...

- THE HOOKED "X" PROVES
THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS.

I BELIEVE THE TEMPLARS EVOLVED
INTO MODERN-DAY FREEMASONRY.

BUT THERE'S ONE MORE PIECE
TO THIS PUZZLE:

THE NEWPORT TOWER.

THE HISTORY THAT
WE WERE ALL TAUGHT GROWING UP

IS WRONG.

MY NAME IS SCOTT WOLTER,

AND I'M A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST.



THERE'S A HIDDEN HISTORY
IN THIS COUNTRY

THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

THERE ARE PYRAMIDS HERE...

CHAMBERS, TOMBS, INSCRIPTIONS.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ARTIFACTS AND SITES,

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE TRUTH.

SOMETIMES HISTORY

ISN'T WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

AMERICA UNEARTHED - SEASON 1
EP - 12 - America's Oldest Secret

RHODE ISLAND
IS THE SMALLEST U.S. STATE

BUT HOME TO ONE OF AMERICA'S
BIGGEST MYSTERIES:

THE NEWPORT TOWER...

28 FEET TALL



AND MADE OF THOUSANDS
OF INTRICATELY PLACED STONES.

NO ONE KNOWS WHO BUILT IT,
WHEN, OR WHY.

SOME PEOPLE THINK
IT'S A COLONIAL-ERA WINDMILL

OR WATCHTOWER.

BUT I DON'T THINK

IT LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE.

I THINK IT'S PROOF
AN ANCIENT GROUP OF EXPLORERS

SAILED HERE FROM EUROPE
IN THE 1300s.

THEY'RE CALLED
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

WAS CREATED
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN THE 12TH CENTURY

TO PROTECT JERUSALEM
DURING THE CRUSADES.

BUT DURING THAT TIME,

THEY BECAME
INCREASINGLY POWERFUL...

TOO POWERFUL,
ACCORDING TO THE KING OF FRANCE.

HE BANNED THE ORDER

AND HAD MANY OF THE KNIGHTS
EXECUTED.

- BUT OTHERS ARE SAID
TO HAVE FLED WITH SOMETHING

THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO CHRISTIAN BELIEFS:

THE HOLY GRAIL.

THE GRAIL IS THOUGHT TO BE

THE CUP THAT JESUS DRANK FROM
AT THE LAST SUPPER

OR PERHAPS
SYMBOLIZED HIDDEN SECRETS.

I THINK THE TEMPLARS

BROUGHT THE GRAIL
TO NORTH AMERICA,

AND THE NEWPORT TOWER
IS PROOF THAT THEY WERE HERE.

IT'S AN EXPLOSIVE THEORY,

AND IT'S BROUGHT ME HEAD-TO-HEAD
WITH ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS

LIKE JIM EGAN, CURATOR
OF THE NEWPORT TOWER MUSEUM

AND AN AUTHORITY
ON THE STRUCTURE.

IF I CAN CONVINCE JIM
THAT I'M RIGHT,

THEN MAYBE ACADEMICS
CAN BE CONVINCED TOO.

THIS IS, NO QUESTION,

MY FAVORITE PRE-COLUMBIAN SITE
IN NORTH AMERICA, AND...

- PRE-COLUMBIAN?

YOU STILL INTO
THAT TEMPLAR THING?

- YES, I DEFINITELY AM.

AND, I MEAN, COME ON, JIM.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

THEY BUILT MANY CHURCHES
IN EUROPE EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

- I AGREE. OKAY.

- AND, YOU KNOW,
YOU GOT THE ROUND CYLINDERS

SITTING ON EIGHT
ROUND, HEAVY COLUMNS,

EQUALLY SPACED.

THE ROUND ROMANESQUE ARCHES
AND THE CAPSTONE LEDGES

CLEARLY ARE FOR
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT

FOR A FIRST-STORY
ROUND AMBULATORY

ALL AROUND THE BUILDING.

IT'S EXACTLY IDENTICAL

TO WHAT THEY BUILT
IN THE 12TH CENTURY.

AND THEY BUILT IT HERE,
OF COURSE.

THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES
IN EUROPE

WITH CONNECTIONS
TO THE TEMPLARS.

THEY INCORPORATE
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

ALSO FOUND IN THE NEWPORT TOWER,

AND THEY WERE BUILT AT THE TIME

WHEN THE TEMPLARS WERE AROUND:

MELLIFONT ABBEY IN IRELAND,

THE ROUND CHURCHES
THROUGHOUT BORNHOLM IN DENMARK,

AND THE CAMBRIDGE ROUND CHURCH
IN ENGLAND.

BUT JIM EGAN
HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA.

- EVERYONE COMES TO THE TOWER
WITH THEIR OWN THEORY,

BUT I STUDIED
RHODE ISLAND HISTORY,

AND I CAME ACROSS A CHAPTER
IN RHODE ISLAND HISTORY

THAT VERY FEW RHODE ISLANDERS
EVEN KNOW ABOUT.

- YOU STILL ON
THAT JOHN DEE THING?

- WELL, I AM,
AS A MATTER OF FACT.

- I'VE COME ACROSS JOHN DEE
IN MY INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE.

HE WAS A TALENTED MAN
OF MANY TRADES...

ASTRONOMER, MAPMAKER,

AND ADVISOR TO QUEEN ELIZABETH
IN THE LATE 1500s.

JIM SAYS THAT DEE
DESIGNED THE TOWER IN 1583

AND HAD IT PLACED IN NEWPORT
TO HELP THE QUEEN

ESTABLISH A LAND CLAIM
HERE IN AMERICA.

BUT I DON'T BUY IT.

- THIS FELLOW JOHN DEE

WAS NOT ONLY
THE NAVIGATIONAL GUIDE;

HE WAS THE ARCHITECT
OF THIS ENTIRE PLAN

TO COLONIZE THE NEW WORLD,

AND I CLAIM, HE WAS
THE ARCHITECT OF THE TOWER.

- JIM, I KNOW YOU LIKE
THIS 1583 DATE,

BUT THERE'S NO WAY
THAT THE TOWER WAS BUILT THEN.

- WHY?

- I FOUND A MAP
THAT HAS THE TOWER ON IT

THAT DATES TO 1569.

THIS MAP WAS DRAWN
BY GERARDUS MERCATOR IN 1569,

AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MAPS

OF ITS TIME.

AND HE WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO COIN THE TERM "ATLAS"

FOR A COLLECTION OF MAPS.

AND WE HAVE WHAT IS
A SORT OF CRUDE DEPICTION

OF THE NORTHEAST COAST
OF NORTH AMERICA.

BUT HERE WE HAVE
NARRAGANSETT BAY.

AND TAKE A LOOK RIGHT THERE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAY,

IN AN AREA
ROUGHLY IN THE AREA OF NEWPORT.

LOOKS TO ME LIKE CHURCH.

LOOKS VERY SIMILAR
TO THE NEWPORT TOWER.

- WELL, WHY WOULD HE DRAW
A SQUARE TOWER

INSTEAD OF A ROUND TOWER

IF THIS IS A DEPICTION
ON THE MAP OF THAT TOWER?

- WELL, THIS HAS GOT
A CONICAL-SHAPED ROOF HERE,

SO THAT INDICATES TO ME

THAT IT'S A CYLINDER
AND THAT IT'S ROUND.

WE HAVE A STONE TOWER

THAT APPEARS TO HAVE
A FIRST-STORY AMBULATORY

AROUND THE TOWER.

IT'S AN EXACT DUPLICATE
OF CAMBRIDGE ROUND CHURCH,

WHICH LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THAT

BUT STILL HAS
THE AMBULATORY ATTACHED.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE TOWER
DEPICTED ON THIS MAP

PROVES THAT THE TOWER
WAS HERE BEFORE 1569.

I THINK IT WAS HERE
LONG BEFORE THAT.

BUT CLEARLY, IT'S DEPICTED HERE
ON A MAP PRIOR TO JOHN DEE

AND... AND YOUR WHOLE THESIS.

- THAT'S JUST SORT OF
A REPRESENTATION OF CITYNESS.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE TOWER.

- I THINK THAT MAYBE
WHAT WE SHOULD DO AT THIS POINT

IS JUST RESPECTFULLY AGREE
TO DISAGREE.

- I'LL AGREE WITH THAT.

- EVEN IF THE MAP EVIDENCE
DIDN'T CONVINCE HIM,

THE ADVANTAGE I HAVE OVER JIM
IS THAT I'M A GEOLOGIST;

I KNOW ROCKS.

OF COURSE, BEING GEOLOGIST,
AS YOU KNOW,

THE THINGS THAT
I'M GONNA GRAVITATE TO ARE...

- THE ROCKS.
- THE ROCKS, YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF RESEARCH

INTO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS,
AS YOU HAVE,

AND I'M VERY INTERESTED
IN THE TWO KEYSTONES,

THE ONLY PROMINENT KEYSTONES
IN THE TOWER,

THE EGG SHAPE HERE...

- THAT EGG-SHAPED ROCK.

- AND THE NOTCHED KEYSTONE
ON THE OUTSIDE.

KEYSTONES OFTEN
HAVE A SPECIAL SHAPE.

THEY'RE USED IN BUILDINGS

TO CONNECT
THE CENTER OF AN ARCHWAY.

THEY ALSO HAVE
AN ARCHITECTURAL PURPOSE

AND SOMETIMES SERVE
AS A SIGNATURE OF THE BUILDER.

- I WILL AGREE THAT
THESE ROCKS ARE SIGNIFICANT.

THIS EGG-SHAPED ROCK HERE
IS VERY SIGNIFICANT

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW,
ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE,

THE SUN COMES UP,

AND AT ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR

AFTER IT SHINES THROUGH
THE WEST WINDOW,

IT ILLUMINATES THAT ROCK
WITH A BOX OF LIGHT ON IT...

VERY DRAMATIC.

IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING

IN THE SENSE THAT
THIS BUILDING IS A CALENDAR,

NOT ONLY TO KEEP TRACK
OF ALL OF THE DAYS OF THE YEAR

BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
DAYS LIKE EASTER.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THE SYMBOL FOR EASTER IS

THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK
TO MESOPOTAMIAN TIMES...

THE EGG.

I DON'T REALLY THINK
THAT JOHN DEE

WAS RELATED AT ALL
TO THE TEMPLAR.

THEY HAVE THE SAME TRADITION
OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE.

- AND YOU DON'T THINK
THERE'S A CONNECTION AT ALL?

- WELL, THE TEMPLARS
PRETTY MUCH GOT OBLITERATED...

MOST OF THEM IN... IN THE 1300s,

AND JOHN DEE WAS 1500.

WE'RE TALKING 250 YEARS LATER.

- YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE TEMPLARS

WERE PUT DOWN AND DESTROYED,
RIGHT?

- RIGHT.

- OKAY, YOU UNDERSTAND
THE CONCEPT

THAT YOU CAN KILL PEOPLE, RIGHT?

- RIGHT.

- BUT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL

AN IDEOLOGY OR A BELIEF SYSTEM?

- SURE YOU CAN.

THEY COME AND GO
ALL OF THE TIME.

- WELL, I MAINTAIN THAT
THAT IDEOLOGY

CONTINUED ON IN SECRET.

AND THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE

AND MORE AND MORE
OF THIS INFORMATION

ABOUT THESE SECRET SOCIETIES

THAT EVOLVED
FROM THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

I THINK THE FREEMASONS

ARE THE MODERN-DAY KEEPERS
OF TEMPLAR SECRETS.

MANY OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDERS...

SUCH AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
JOHN HANCOCK,

AND GEORGE WASHINGTON...

WERE FREEMASONS.

THE SOCIETY STILL EXISTS TODAY

WITH MANY PROMINENT MEN

CONTINUING
THESE SACRED TRADITIONS.

AND WE SEE A LOT OF SYMBOLS
IN OUR SOCIETY

THAT I THINK ARE SHARED

BY BOTH THE TEMPLARS
AND THE FREEMASONS.

TO ME, THIS IS ALL EVIDENCE

THAT THEIR IDEOLOGY LIVED ON

BEYOND THE PEOPLE
THAT STARTED IT.

I'M CONVINCED
THIS IS A TEMPLAR STRUCTURE.

IT'S GOT THE ARCHITECTURE
THAT'S SPOT-ON.

IT'S GOT
THE ARCHAEOASTRONOMY FEATURES

THAT WE KNOW
THE TEMPLARS EMBRACED

AND WOULD INCORPORATE
INTO THEIR ANCIENT STRUCTURES.

WE'VE GOT THE SOLAR ALIGNMENTS

AND, OF COURSE,
THE ILLUMINATION.

WE'VE GOT SYMBOLISM.

YOU'VE GOT THE EGG SHAPE,

THE MASTER MASON'S KEYSTONE.

- THAT WE READ DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT THAT'S OKAY.

- BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
ABOUT THE TEMPLARS

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THEY HAD A REVERENCE
FOR THE PLANET VENUS.

VENUS TO THEM

AND TO MANY OTHER
ANCIENT CULTURES

WAS A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION
OF THE GODDESS IN THE HEAVENS...

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO IF THIS
WAS A TEMPLAR STRUCTURE,

THERE SHOULD BE VENUS ALIGNMENTS
IN THIS TOWER,

AND THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO TRY TO TEST.

I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME
TAKE SOME MEASUREMENTS TOMORROW.

ARE YOU UP FOR IT?
- LET'S GIVE IT A TEST.

I'LL BRING THE LADDER.
- HEY, THANKS A LOT, JIM.

- WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.
- SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.

- TAKE IT EASY.

- IT'S BEEN ALMOST FIVE YEARS
SINCE I STARTED THINKING

THERE COULD BE VENUS ALIGNMENTS
IN THE TOWER.

I SEEM TO FIND CLUES
TO MY TEMPLAR THEORY

EVERY TIME I'M HERE.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THIS TRIP WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.

- HELLO.

- HEY, PAUL.
THIS IS SCOTT WOLTER.

- HEY, SCOTT.
- HEY, LISTEN.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT PIECE
OF CUMBERLANDITE WE LOOKED AT

AT YOUR HOUSE
THAT NIGHT I WAS THERE?

- YES.
- WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT AGAIN?

- WELL, I FOUND THAT
ON AN ISLAND NORTH OF NEWPORT

CALLED PRUDENCE ISLAND.

- PRUDENCE ISLAND...

WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.

I THINK I'VE JUST FOUND
A PIECE...

I KNOW I'VE FOUND A PIECE
HERE IN THE NEWPORT TOWER.

- REALLY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?

- WELL, I HAVE SOME IDEAS.

COULD WE MAYBE GO THERE
AND TAKE A LOOK

AND SEE IF WE COULD FIND
ANOTHER PIECE?

- YEAH, SURE. SURE.

WHEN DO YOU WANT TO GO?

- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

- THE NEWPORT TOWER
IN RHODE ISLAND

IS A MYSTERIOUS STRUCTURE.

I BELIEVE IT PROVES
THAT SOME OF THE HISTORY

WE'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT AMERICA
AND WHO DISCOVERED IT

IS WRONG.

I THINK THIS TOWER WAS BUILT

BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
IN MEDIEVAL TIMES

AS THEY FLED EUROPE
WITH THE HOLY GRAIL.

AND A KEY PIECE
TO THIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION

CUMBERLANDITE.

I THINK THAT FINDING
A SINGLE BLOCK OF IT

PLACED IN THE NEWPORT TOWER
IS INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT

AND COULD BE HIDDEN EVIDENCE
OF TEMPLAR BELIEFS

AND A TRADEMARK
OF THEIR PRESENCE.

I'M MEETING MY BUDDY PAUL,

WHO KNOWS WHERE TO FIND
CUMBERLANDITE

AND CAN HELP ME SHOW

HOW THIS CLUE
CONNECTS WITH THE TEMPLARS.

- NOW, WE'RE GOING
TO PRUDENCE ISLAND.

PRUDENCE ISLAND
IS THE SECOND LARGEST ISLAND

IN THE BAY.

- THESE ISLANDS ARE SO STRATEGIC

AND HAVE THIS RICH HISTORY.

AND IT CERTAINLY
MAKES SENSE TO ME

THAT THE TEMPLARS
WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPLORING

ALL AROUND THE BAY,

AND THEY CERTAINLY
COULD HAVE FOUND

THAT PIECE OF CUMBERLANDITE
THAT'S IN THE TOWER.

- SO, SCOTT,
WHY ARE YOU SO INTERESTED

IN THE CUMBERLANDITE?

- WELL, THERE'S
A PIECE OF CUMBERLANDITE

IN THE SOUTH COLUMN
OF THE NEWPORT TOWER.

IT SEEMS TO BE
STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED,

AND I DON'T THINK
THAT'S AN ACCIDENT,

AND THE REASON I THINK THAT
THAT STONE IS THERE

IS THAT THE TEMPLARS
WHO BUILT THE TOWER,

I THINK,
WOULD HAVE REVERED THIS STONE,

AND THE REASON FOR THAT...

IT HAS SOME VERY UNIQUE
PROPERTIES.

CUMBERLANDITE IS A MAGNETIC ROCK
FORMED IN ONLY ONE PLACE:

CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND.

GLACIERS HAVE MOVED SOME OF IT
TO NARRAGANSETT BAY.

THE ROCK WAS ALSO THOUGHT
TO HAVE SPIRITUAL POWERS

AND KNOWN BY SOME
AS THE STONE OF THE GODDESS

OR THE STONE OF VENUS.

VENUS AND ALL IT REPRESENTS
WAS IMPORTANT TO THE TEMPLARS,

MEANING ITS PLACEMENT
IN THE TOWER

COULD HELP PROVE WHO BUILT IT.

IF WE CAN FIND
SOME OF THIS CUMBERLANDITE

HERE ON PRUDENCE ISLAND,

THIS COULD BE ANOTHER
IMPORTANT PIECE TO THE PUZZLE

THAT TIES THE TEMPLARS
WITH THE NEWPORT TOWER.

- NOW, YOU SEE THESE ROCKS...

THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT.

- SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IS A BLACK ROCK WITH WHITE...

- SEE, THESE ARE BARNACLES.
- YEAH.

- BUT IT LOOKS SIMILAR.

IT'S VERY SUBTLE.

- LOOK AT THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW,
THAT FEELS PRETTY HEAVY.

AND THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE

THE STUFF YOU HAVE
AT YOUR HOUSE.

- YEP, YOU CAN FEEL IT.
- YEAH.

- I THINK
YOU MAY HAVE FOUND ONE.

- WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.

LET'S... LET'S DO
THE SUREFIRE TEST.

I GOT THE MAGNET HERE.

NOW, IT SHOULD PULL THIS.

IT DIDN'T PULL THAT, BUT...

LOOK AT THAT.

- NO KIDDING.
- I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY...

- LET ME SEE.
- YEAH.

- LOOK AT THAT, HUH?

- IF THE TEMPLARS
FOUND CUMBERLANDITE

HERE IN THE BAY
ACROSS FROM NEWPORT,

IT MAKES SENSE
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT.

THIS IS BECAUSE CUMBERLANDITE

IS SOMETIMES CALLED
THE STONE OF VENUS,

AND I THINK VENUS
WAS VERY IMPORTANT

TO TEMPLAR BELIEFS.

- THERE MIGHT BE
ANOTHER CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
AND CUMBERLANDITE.

IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND,
IN CUMBERLAND,

WHERE CUMBERLANDITE
HAS BEEN FOUND,

THERE WAS
A CISTERCIAN MONASTERY.

IT HAS SINCE BURNED DOWN.

BUT AREN'T THE CISTERCIANS

AND THE TEMPLARS CONNECTED?

- ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE.

AND THERE'S
A CISTERCIAN MONASTERY HERE...

THEY'RE EXTREMELY RARE
IN THE UNITED STATES,

AND TO HAVE ONE HERE
IN RHODE ISLAND

I DON'T THINK IS A COINCIDENCE.

IN 1128,
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ORDER

WAS FOUNDED
BY A CISTERCIAN MONK,

A GUY BY THE NAME
OF SAINT BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX,

WHO WROTE THE CHARTER FOR THEM

THAT WAS BASED ON
THE CISTERCIAN CHARTER.

AND THAT'S WHEN
THEY BECAME AN OFFICIAL ORDER.

OF COURSE,
THEY EXISTED BEFORE THAT.

BUT TO HAVE
A CISTERCIAN MONASTERY

ASSOCIATED WITH...
WITH THE CUMBERLANDITE,

TO ME, IT CAN'T BE
A COINCIDENCE,

AND TO HAVE THE CUMBERLANDITE

ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NEWPORT TOWER...

WELL, EVERYTHING
SEEMS TO BE CONNECTING,

AND THAT'S THE REASON
WHY THIS CUMBERLANDITE

IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME, SO...

- I HAVE A PICTURE
OF THE CISTERCIAN MONASTERY,

AND I SUSPECT WE MIGHT FIND
CUMBERLANDITE IN THAT AS WELL.

HERE ARE THOSE PHOTOS

OF THE CISTERCIAN MONASTERY
IN CUMBERLAND.

LOOK AT THAT.

- WELL, THIS...
THIS IS A PERFECT...

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE
CISTERCIAN AEYS

THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.

THIS IS A CLASSIC LAYOUT...
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

AND THIS IS WHERE
THE CUMBERLANDITE SOURCE WAS,

RIGHT?

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- WHAT'S INTERESTING

IS THAT THE CISTERCIANS
AND THE TEMPLARS

HAD A FASCINATION
WITH THE VIRGIN MARY.

YOU CAN SEE,
THE NAME OF THE MONASTERY

IS NAMED
"OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY."

I MEAN, EVERY ONE
OF THESE MONASTERIES

WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF OUR LADY.

THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION
OF THE GODDESS IN THE HEAVENS,

TO THEM, WAS THE PLANET VENUS,

AND THEY REVERED
THE PLANET VENUS,

AND THEY KEPT CLOSE TRACK
OF ITS MOVEMENTS.

I BELIEVE THERE'S NO QUESTION

THAT VENUS WAS CENTRAL
TO WHAT THE TEMPLARS BELIEVED.

CUMBERLANDITE
WAS THE STONE OF VENUS,

AND TEMPLAR BELIEFS
CENTERED ON IT.

AND I THINK
THERE ARE VENUS ALIGNMENTS

IN THE NEWPORT TOWER

THAT I BELIEVE SHOW
THAT TEMPLARS BUILT IT.

AND NOW I'VE GOT AN EXPERIMENT
THAT COULD PROVE IT.

- I THINK THAT THE NEWPORT TOWER
IN RHODE ISLAND

WAS BUILT BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS CAME HERE.

NOW I'M GOING TO TRY
AND PROVE IT.

I ALREADY KNOW THAT
THE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE

MATCHES OTHER
TEMPLAR STRUCTURES.

AND IN THE TOWER,

I'VE DISCOVERED
THE USE OF CUMBERLANDITE,

A RARE ROCK THAT SYMBOLIZES
THE PLANET VENUS.

CUMBERLANDITE
COULD BE ANOTHER CLUE

THAT THE TEMPLARS WERE HERE

BECAUSE OF THE ROCK'S CONNECTION
TO VENUS.

VENUS IS A SYMBOL
FOR THE FEMALE.

IT WAS LIKELY

AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL
FOR THE TEMPLARS

BECAUSE IT REPRESENTED SOMETHING

THEIR LEADERSHIP BELIEVED IN
VERY STRONGLY:

THAT MEN AND WOMEN WERE EQUAL.

THESE IDEAS PUT THEM AT ODDS
WITH THE CHURCH

AND WERE PART OF THE REASON
FOR THEIR EXILE

AND EXECUTION IN 1307.

BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE
THE TEMPLARS PLACED ON VENUS,

THEY TRACKED IT IN THE SKY

AND USED IT TO ORIENT

THEIR CHURCHES
AND OTHER STRUCTURES

AS A PHYSICAL WAY

TO REPRESENT
THEIR REVOLUTIONARY BELIEFS.

AND I THINK THEY USED
VENUS ALIGNMENTS IN THIS TOWER.

SOME, INCLUDING JIM EGAN,
THINK I'M WRONG,

SO I HAVE TO TRY AND PROVE

THAT VENUS ALIGNMENTS
ARE REALLY HERE.

OKAY, JIM,
SO HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS...

IS GOING ON ON THAT UPPER FLOOR.

NOW, YOU SEE THAT WINDOW
RIGHT THERE ON THE WEST SIDE?

TO MY KNOWLEDGE TODAY,
NOBODY KNOWS

WHY THOSE WINDOWS ARE THERE,
CORRECT?

- NOT REALLY.

THERE'S NOT MUCH INFORMATION

UP THERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

- WELL, I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN

THAT THOSE WINDOWS WERE USED

FOR MAKING OBSERVATIONS
OF THE PLANET VENUS.

- WELL, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT THESE WINDOWS?

- I THINK THERE'S MORE
GOING ON HERE, OKAY.

TO MANY ANCIENT CULTURES
GOING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS

AND CERTAINLY TO THE TEMPLARS,

THEY REVERED IT
FROM A SPIRITUAL SENSE, OKAY?

- RIGHT.

- SO VENUS REPRESENTS
THE GODDESS IN THE HEAVENS,

AND SO IT RISES BEFORE THE SUN,

AND THEN THE SUN FOLLOWS.

MANY OF THESE
ANCIENT STRUCTURES,

THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
CAPTURE THE LIGHT OF VENUS.

- HOW DO YOU MEAN, "CAPTURE"?

- WELL, THEY WOULD CAPTURE IT

BY FOCUSING IT THROUGH
A VERY SMALL APERTURE

LIKE WE HAVE IN THE TOWER.

- YEAH.

- AND THE LIGHT
WOULD COME THROUGH,

AND IT WOULD BE CAPTURED
BY SOME TYPE OF RECEPTACLE

THAT WOULD REFLECT
THAT LIGHT OF VENUS

AND BRING THE GODDESS
INTO THE ROOM, SO TO SPEAK.

WE MIGHT HAVE THAT,
MAYBE ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE,

THE LIGHT OF VENUS
COMING THROUGH

AND POSSIBLY BEING CAPTURED
IN THE NICHE ON THE WEST SIDE,

ABOVE OUR KEYSTONES.

- BUT YOU'LL NEVER SEE THAT
NOWADAYS.

THEY... ALL OF THESE LIGHTS
ARE POLLUTION FROM THE CITY.

- YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE
VERY DIFFICULT

FOR US TO SEE WHAT THEY SAW,

GOING BACK TO THE 12TH CENTURY.

HOWEVER, WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO

IS TO SEE
IF THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT

THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

THERE MAY BE
A SPECIFIC DAY OF THE YEAR

WHEN THAT HAPPENS...
THE WINTER SOLSTICE PERHAPS...

WHERE THE LIGHT
WILL GO THROUGH THAT WINDOW

AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 22 DEGREES,

AND THEN THE LIGHT WILL HIT
THE BACK SIDE OF THAT NICHE.

THROUGHOUT THE SIX MONTHS

THAT VENUS
IS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY

DURING THE WINTER,

ANYBODY LOOKING THROUGH
THAT WINDOW

COULD MAKE OBSERVATIONS
OF THE PLANET VENUS.

IT WOULD BE IN
A PERFECT POSITION FOR THAT.

- OKAY.

- FOR SIX MONTHS

WHEN IT'S AN EVENING STAR,

DURING THE SUMMERTIME,

YOU LOOK THROUGH
THAT WEST WINDOW;

YOU COULD MAKE OBSERVATIONS
FOR SIX MONTHS

DURING THAT TIME.

WE MIGHT ALSO HAVE

A SIMILAR TYPE
OF CAPTURE OF THE LIGHT

INSIDE OF A NICHE
COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE,

THAT WILL COME THROUGH
AT ROUGHLY THE SAME ANGLE

AND HIT SOMEWHERE ON
THE INSIDE OF THE TOWER.

- ALL RIGHT.
- BUT THINK ABOUT THIS.

WHEN WE HAVE THE LIGHT
COMING FROM THE EAST

AND THE LIGHT
COMING FROM THE WEST,

IT CROSSES...
NOT AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

WE GET THIS CRISSCROSSING
"X" SYMBOL,

WHICH I FIND VERY INTERESTING.

THIS CROSS, WHICH FORMS AN "X,"

IS A SYMBOL I'VE SEEN
ON MANY ARTIFACTS

THAT I THINK
WERE LEFT IN AMERICA

BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

IN FACT, IT WAS ON AN ARTIFACT

CALLED
THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE

ONLY ABOUT 20 MILES FROM HERE

THAT WAS STOLEN

AND THAT STATE AUTHORITIES
ARE TRYING TO FIND.

I THINK THE SYMBOL
WAS THE TEMPLARS' TRADEMARK,

AND FINDING IT HERE
IN THIS SAME BAY

SO CLOSE TO THE TOWER

IS MORE EVIDENCE THEY WERE HERE.

TO SEE
IF MY ALIGNMENT THEORY WORKS,

I NEED TO MEASURE THE ANGLE
OF THE NICHE FROM THE WINDOW.

I KNOW THAT VENUS
APPEARS IN THE NIGHT SKY

AT AN ANGLE OF AROUND 22 DEGREES
ON THE SOLSTICE.

AND IF THERE'S A STRAIGHT LINE
FROM THE NIC

UP THROUGH THE WINDOW
TOWARDS VENUS,

THEN IT'S ANOTHER CLUE

THAT THE TEMPLARS
BUILT THIS TOWER.

SO I'M GOING TO USE
MY BRUNTON COMPASS,

MY GEOLOGIC COMPASS,

AND I'M GONNA TRY TO MEASURE
THAT ANGLE.

- WHAT ANGLE DO YOU GET?

- THAT ANGLE
IS AROUND 25 DEGREES.

- IT'S A PRETTY TEENY SLIVER.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE
TO SEE THROUGH THAT?

- THE ENGINEERING OF THIS TOWER
WAS VERY PRECISE,

WAS IT NOT?

- YEAH, ALL THESE THINGS
ARE SPECIAL.

- WE'VE GOT
THE ALIGNMENT OF VENUS

COMING THROUGH THAT WINDOW,
DOWN TO THIS NICHE.

WE'VE GOT...
WHEN IT'S A MORNING STAR.

WHEN IT'S AN EVENING STAR,

IT COMES THROUGH THAT WINDOW
UP THERE,

DOWN SOMEWHERE
HERE ON THIS WALL,

PERHAPS TO THAT NICHE,
AND IT MAKES AN "X."

AND IF WE CAN SHOW THAT,

THAT'LL BE ANOTHER
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

THAT PROVES THAT THE TEMPLARS
BUILT THIS TOWER.

YOU KNOW HOW
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT?

- HOW?

- WE HAVE TO COME BACK HERE
ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

- I'M BACK IN RHODE ISLAND,
HEADING TO THE NEWPORT TOWER.

IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS
SINCE I WAS HERE

PREPARING FOR WHAT I THINK
IS GOING TO BE

A SPECTACULAR ALIGNMENT
WITH THE PLANET VENUS.

CLEARLY SEEING VENUS
IN THE NIGHT SKY

IS IMPORTANT TO PROVING

THIS IS
A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR-BUILT TOWER.

BUT DURING THE WINTER SOLSTICE,

THE STARS MAY ONLY ALIGN
FOR A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME:

THE DAYS EITHER SIDE
OF THE SOLSTICE.

MODERN AMBIENT LIGHT POLLUTION

MEANS THAT THE LIGHT OF VENUS

WON'T EVER BE AS BRIGHT
AS IT ONCE WAS.

I'M GOING TO USE FOG AND LASERS

TO SHOW HOW I THINK
THE SHAFTS OF LIGHT

WOULD HAVE PENETRATED THE WINDOW

AND HIT THE NICHES
ON THE TOWER WALLS.

YOU KNOW, JIM, I KNOW YOU THINK

JOHN DEE BUILT THIS TOWER
DURING ELIZABETHAN TIMES...

- 1583.

- BUT YOU'RE WRONG.

- WELL, WHY?

- I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED

THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
BUILT THIS TOWER,

AND IF THIS VENUS ALIGNMENT
WORKS THE WAY I THINK IT WILL,

IT'S ABSOLUTELY GONNA SOLIDIFY

THE TRUE HISTORY OF THIS TOWER
AND WHO BUILT IT.

- ALL RIGHT,
SO HOW IS IT GONNA WORK?

- WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR LASER
AND PUT IT UP INSIDE THAT NICHE

AND SHINE IT UP INTO THAT WINDOW

TO REPLICATE THE LIGHT OF VENUS.

I BROUGHT A FOG MACHINE,

AND WE'RE GONNA FOG UP
THE INSIDE OF THE TOWER.

RIGHT.

- SO WHEN WE GET THE LASERS
CROSSING,

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM.

AND THEY WILL MAKE AN "X."

THAT "X" SYMBOL REPRESENTS

THE ESSENCE
OF THE IDEOLOGICAL BELIEF SYSTEM

OF THE PEOPLE THAT I BELIEVE
BUILT THIS TOWER...

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

IN MY MIND, JIM,

FINDING THIS "X" SYMBOL
IN THE VENUS ALIGNMENT

COULD ONLY BE THE WORK
OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

- LET'S SEE WHAT THIS LASER TEST
OF THE GIANT "X" IS.

- YOU READY?

- YEP, PRESSING.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.

- ALL RIGHT, GREEN ONE'S ON.
POSITION'S GOOD.

- HEY, LOOK AT THAT.

THE BLUE ONE'S ON.
HEY, HEY, HEY!

- WHOA, LOOK AT THAT.

- AND THERE'S THE "X."

THE VENUS ALIGNMENTS CROSS
AND MAKE A PERFECT "X."

NOBODY BUT THE TEMPLARS

WOULD DESIGN THIS
INTO A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS.

- I KNOW...
THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE

WITH LASER LIGHT SHOWS
BACK IN THE 1200s.

BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK
IS GONNA HAPPEN,

THAT THE LIGHT'S GONNA
SHINE THROUGH THIS INTO HERE.

VENUS IS GONNA BE UP
IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

LET'S SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

- ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA SEE
THE LIGHT COME THROUGH.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT.

- WELL, LET'S SEE.

- IF THE WEATHER IS CLEAR TODAY,

THEN I CAN TRY AND PROVE
MY THEORY,

BUT IF IT'S NOT,
THEN I COULD LOSE MY SHOT.

THERE'S ONLY A FEW DAYS
AROUND THE SOLSTICE

WHEN I THINK VENUS WILL LINE UP.

WELL, THERE IT IS.

WE GOT LUCKY ON THE FIRST DAY.

YOU THINK
THE WEATHER'S GONNA HOLD?

- OH, YEAH.

- I TELL YOU WHAT.

IF THE LIGHT
COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW

AND HITS THAT NICHE...

AND EVEN IF IT'S CLOSE...
- YEAH.

- IT BASICALLY PROVES MY THEORY.

- BUT I STILL THINK THAT

IT'S GONNA RISE REALLY LOW
AND GO...

AND BE LOW IN THE SKY,

LIKE, WHERE THE SUN
IS ABOUT 26 DEGREES

ABOVE THE SOUTHERN HORIZON,

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GO
ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR WINDOW.

- IT'LL BE CLOSE,
BUT DOES IT HIT IT?

THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO FIND OUT.

THE CLOUDS HAVE MOVED IN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

- YEAH, IT'S STILL A LITTLE
CLOUDY ON THE HORIZON THERE.

IT'S STARTING TO BRIGHTEN UP
A LITTLE BIT

'CAUSE THE SUN'S COMING UP.

- DAMN IT.

I... IT'S LIKE THESE CLOUDS
JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

DAMN IT.

- WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.

- ALL RIGHT.

I GUESS WE'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO HOPE FOR THE SUN.

THE STARS ONLY ALIGN
FOR A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME

RIGHT AROUND THE SOLSTICE.

BUT THE STARS
AREN'T ALIGNING FOR ME.

SEEING VENUS CLEARLY
IN THE NIGHT SKY

IS IMPORTANT
TO SHOWING OTHER PEOPLE

THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
BUILT THE TOWER.

- RAINED OUT AGAIN.

- YEAH, YEP.

IT'S ALMOST 9:00.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TODAY.

WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO MORE DAYS.

- WELL, I HEAR IT MIGHT
CLEAR UP TOMORROW.

- IF I HAVE ANY CHANCE

OF CONVINCING JIM
AND OTHER PEOPLE

THAT THE TEMPLARS BUILT THIS,

I NEED THE WEATHER TO COOPERATE.

- HELLO.
- HEY, HONEY.

- HI, HONEY.
HOW'S IT GOING OUT THERE?

- IT'S GOING TERRIBLE.

THIS IS THE FOURTH DAMN DAY
IN A ROW

OF JUST THE WORST WEATHER
I'VE EVER SEEN OUT HERE.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN CLOUDY,

JUST IN
THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIME.

IT'S BEEN RAINING,

AND TODAY IT'S CLOUDY, RAINING,

AND THE WIND IS BLOWING.

YOU KNOW, JAN,
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW

THAT THESE VENUS ALIGNMENTS
ARE DEFINITELY THERE.

WE KNOW THE SOLAR ALIGNMENTS
ARE THERE,

AND THE ONLY PEOPLE
THAT COULD HAVE DONE THIS

ARE THE TEMPLARS.

IF THIS WEATHER DOESN'T CLEAR,
THOUGH,

GOD...

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY
TO PROVE THIS.

- HANG IN THERE.

HOPEFULLY
IT'LL CLEAR UP TOMORROW.

- HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING.

- WHAT IS IT?

- IT'S A KEYSTONE
IN ONE OF THE ARCHWAYS

THAT HAS A VERY SPECIFIC SHAPE.

- WELL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.

IT MEANS THAT
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS

WITH THE EXPERIMENT TOMORROW,
EVEN IF WE GET IT OR NOT,

I THINK WE HAVE
A FINAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE

TO SEAL THE DEAL.

I'VE SEEN THAT KEYSTONE BEFORE,

BUT I JUST NOW REALIZED
WHERE ELSE I'VE SEEN IT

AND HOW IT MIGHT BE
ANOTHER IMPORTANT CLUE

TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY.

FINALLY,
AFTER FOUR DAYS OF FRUSTRATION,

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET
A CLEAR DAY.

- YEAH, TO SEE VENUS...
IT'S GONNA SLOWLY RISE.

AND I THINK
IT'S GONNA STAY CLEAR

BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE

ALL THESE OTHER STARS
IN THE SKY,

SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD.

- LET'S DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT.

- JIM DOESN'T BELIEVE
THE VENUS ALIGNMENT

IS GOING TO COME ANYWHERE CLOSE.

LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
HE DOUBTS MY THEORY

THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
CAME HERE

AND BUILT THIS TOWER,

BUT I'M ABOUT TO TRY AND PROVE
THEY'RE WRONG.

- IT'S RISING A LITTLE BIT
AS WE SPEAK

HERE IN THE EASTERN HORIZON.

- I THINK VENUS IS STILL
A LITTLE BIT LOW IN ALTITUDE.

- I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANY WAY THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE
MUCH MORE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

- I CAN SEE VENUS.

IF IT DOESN'T HIT THE NICHE,
IT'S GONNA BE DAMN CLOSE.

YOU KNOW WHAT,

I THINK IT IS
A LITTLE BIT TO THE SOUTH.

I THINK VENUS
IS OFF TO THE RIGHT,

TO THE SOUTH A LITTLE BIT,
SO IT'S...

IT'S ACTUALLY HITTING
OVER HERE BEHIND ME.

IT'S NOT GONNA HIT MY NICHE.

DAMN IT.

- YEAH, IT MIGHT NOT
HAVE HIT YOUR ANGLE

THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT,

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY

IS GONNA COME THROUGH
THAT WINDOW SOMEPLACE.

- WHAT COULD EXPLAIN THAT
IS THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THE PRECISION
OF THESE ALIGNMENTS

IS NOT THE SAME
AS IT WAS IN THE DISTANT PAST

WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.

EVEN THOUGH
WE DIDN'T HIT IT TODAY

INTO THE NICHE,

MAYBE IN THE PAST, IT DID.

THE AXIS OF THE EARTH
IN RELATION TO VENUS

HAS CHANGED
IN THE PAST 500 YEARS,

AND EARTHQUAKES MAY EXPLAIN
WHY THINGS NO LONGER LINE UP.

THE VENUS ALIGNMENT

MAY NOT HAVE WORKED
EXACTLY LIKE I WANTED,

BUT IT'S NOT
THE ONLY ILLUMINATION HERE

THAT TELLS ME
THE TEMPLARS BUILT THIS.

AT 9:00 A.M.,

A TIME WHEN TEMPLAR MONKS
WOULD BE AT PRAYER,

AN INCREDIBLE EVENT OCCURS.

THE MORNING SUNLIGHT

ILLUMINATES
THE EGG-SHAPED KEYSTONE.

AND I THINK THE WAY THIS HAPPENS

IS SOMETHING ONLY THE TEMPLARS
WOULD HAVE ENGINEERED.

WHEN THE SUN
COMES INTO THIS WOMB...

THIS ALLEGORICAL WOMB,

WITH THE EGG
IN THE WEST ARCHWAY...

THEN THE SUNLIGHT
SENDS A SHAFT OF LIGHT

INTO THE WOMB

AND ALLEGORICALLY
FERTILIZES THAT EGG

ON THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT,

AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT
I BELIEVE BUILT THIS TOWER...

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR...

THEY EMBRACE THIS
SACRED FEMININE ARCHITECTURE,

AND IT'S A WONDERFUL ALLEGORY

MARKING THIS IMPORTANT DAY
OF THE YEAR.

WELL, JIM, I THINK WE CAN AGREE

THAT THIS IS NOT
A COLONIAL STRUCTURE

AND IT GOES BACK AT LEAST
HUNDREDS OF YEARS FOR SURE.

- YEP, I'M ON YOU
WITH THAT ONE, SCOTTY.

- OKAY.

THE MORE RESEARCH THAT'S DONE,

THE MORE WE'RE GONNA LEARN
ABOUT THIS TOWER,

BECAUSE I THINK
YOU'LL ALSO AGREE WITH ME

THAT THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS
GOING ON IN THIS TOWER

WITH THESE HEAVENLY BODIES
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET.

- OH, ASTRONOMERS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS...

THEY WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY
WITH THIS.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY

THERE AREN'T MORE OF THEM
THAT STUDY IT.

- I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT.

THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
HAS DROPPED THE BALL...

NOT JUST WITH THIS NEWPORT TOWER

BUT WITH MANY OF THESE
ANCIENT SITES AND ARTIFACTS

THAT INDICATE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING

TO WHAT IS NOW AMERICA
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

AND, JIM, I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT THE SOCIETY
THAT THE TEMPLARS ENVISIONED

WAS EVENTUALLY LAID OUT
BY MODERN FREEMASONS

OVER A PERIOD OF CENTURIES.

AND THOSE SYMBOLS...
THE SIGNS ARE ALL AROUND US,

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.

WHILE WAITING
FOR THE WEATHER TO CLEAR,

I NOTICED A SPECIAL STONE
IN THE TOWER

THAT WAS IN THE SHAPE

CALLED THE MARK MASTER MASON'S
KEYSTONE.

IT UNITES THE ARCH IN THE TOWER,

BUT IT'S ALSO A SYMBOL OF UNITY
USED BY THE TEMPLARS

AND THE MODERN-DAY FREEMASONS,

THE GROUP WHO I THINK
CARRY ON TEMPLAR BELIEFS TODAY.

THIS CONNECTION MAKES ME CERTAIN
THAT THESE SYMBOLS,

LIKE THE KEYSTONE,

ARE HIDDEN ALL OVER AMERICA,

SOMETIMES RIGHT IN FRONT
OF OUR EYES.

AND I THINK THE FREEMASONS
PUT THIS SYMBOL

SOMEWHERE VERY IMPORTANT
TO ALL AMERICANS.

I'VE SEEN THAT KEYSTONE SYMBOL
MANY TIMES,

BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
I CAN REALLY SEE IT.

HEY, JIM. - HEY, SCOTT.

HOW ARE YOU? - HEY.

- HELLO, TOWER,
HELICOPTER 4-1 SIERRA JULIET.

WE'RE AT THE HOTEL BRAVO
INTERSECTION.

LIKE TO DEPART TO THE NORTH,
PLEASE.

- KILO 1 SIERRA JULIET,
REMAIN EAST AT 422 AT ALL TIMES.

CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF.

TAXIWAY BRAVO PAPA.

- OKAY, JIM,
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

- OKAY.

- THIS IS A PICTURE
OF A KEYSTONE.

IT'S CALLED
A MARK MASTER MASON'S KEYSTONE.

AND YOU CAN SEE

THAT IT'S GOT THESE NOTCHES HERE
UP AT THE TOP.

AND IF WE CAN FIND THIS
OUT HERE,

I THINK WHAT IT WOULD DO

IS NOT ONLY PROVE
THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

AND THE MODERN-DAY FREEMASONS
ARE CONNECTED,

BUT IT WOULD ALSO PROVE
THAT THESE TWO ORDERS

WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUNDING
OUR UNITED STATES ITSELF.

- JULIET, TRAFFIC
FROM YOUR 12 TO 10 O'CLOCK,

SO IT'S AT 1,400.

JUST USE CAUTION THERE.

- ROGER THAT. 1 SIERRA JULIET.

- OKAY, JIM, CAN YOU GET US
A LITTLE BIT CLOSER?

- YES, SIR.
- OKAY.

- ROGER AT THE CLOCK TOWER.

500 FEET, GONNA BE MAKING

A COUNTERCLOCKWISE TURN
AROUND THE LADY.

- JIM, THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.

I SEE IT. - ALL RIGHT.

- RIGHT THERE.

THE NOTCHED KEYSTONE...

SHE'S HOLDING IT
IN HER LEFT HAND.

THE HONOR OF PUTTING
THE FINAL KEYSTONE

WAS GIVEN TO THE MASTER MASON,

SO HE WOULD CARVE
THE NOTCHES AT THE TOP,

AND THAT WAS HIS HONOR...
TO TIE THAT STRUCTURE TOGETHER,

STRUCTURALLY AND ALLEGORICALLY.

THE GOLD FLAME REPRESENTS
ILLUMINATION OR ENLIGHTENMENT,

WHICH IS ONE OF THE TENETS
OF THE PEOPLE

THAT I THINK BUILT THIS...
THE FREEMASONS.

THE TEMPLARS USED THE SYMBOL
BEFORE THEM,

AND IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS

CONNECTING THESE TWO HIGHLY
SECRETIVE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER

THROUGH HISTORY.

THIS SYMBOL WAS PUT HERE
ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.

ALL THE CLUES THAT I'VE SEEN
SCATTERED ACROSS OUR NATION

TELL ME SOMETHING AMAZING

ABOUT WHO I THINK
REALLY SHAPED OUR UNITED STATES.

I BELIEVE THE TEMPLARS
CAME TO THE NEW WORLD,

AND THE NEWPORT TOWER
IS UNDENIABLE PROOF

THEY WERE HERE.

I THINK THEY CAME TO AMERICA
IN SEARCH OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

AND TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION.

IN THAT WAY, I THINK
THE TEMPLARS SET THE STAGE

FOR COUNTLESS OTHERS TO EMIGRATE

FOR THE SAME REASON,

BE THEM PURITAN OR QUAKER,

JEWISH OR MUSLIM.

I THINK THE TEMPLARS
PASSED ON MANY OF THEIR IDEALS

TO THE FREEMASONS,

SOME OF WHOM
WERE FOUNDING FATHERS

OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY INCORPORATING
THEIR UNIQUE SYMBOL

INTO ONE OF THE MOST
ICONIC PIECES OF U.S. HISTORY,

I'M CERTAIN BOTH THE TEMPLARS
AND THE FREEMASONS

LEFT NO DOUBT

THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL
IN AMERICA'S DESIGN.

TO ME, THE TEMPLARS,

WHOSE PRACTICES AND BELIEF
LIVE ON IN MODERN FREEMASONRY,

DETERMINED
THE VERY DESTINY OF OUR NATION.

IF YOU HAVE
A MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACT OR SITE

I NEED TO SEE,
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

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