Ancient Aliens (2009–…): Season 11, Episode 15 - Shiva the Destroyer - full transcript
Of the millions of Hindu gods, none is more important than Shiva--the great destroyer. Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest this powerful being that possessed flying machines, incredible weapons, and had supernatural abilities may,...
JONATHAN YOUNG:
To devout Hindus,
Shiva is a real being
who walked among us.
ERICH VON DANIKEN:
Shiva came down
from these cities
on the firmament.
He's the leader of a group
of extraterrestrials.
Shiva was a force
for incredible good,
but also a force for
incredible destruction.
And he is said
to have this trident
which could annihilate
anything in its path.
DAVID WILCOCK:
In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.
And it may be
that Shiva will determine
the future of the human race.
NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
mankind has credited
its origins to gods
and other visitors
from the stars.
What if it were true?
Did extraterrestrial beings
really help
to shape our history?
And if so, might humanity's fate
be determined
by Shiva the Destroyer?
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NARRATOR:
India.
Covering over
1.2 million square miles,
it is the world's
seventh-largest country.
And with 1.3 billion people,
it is the second most populated.
Roughly 80% of the Indian
population practices Hinduism,
the world's oldest
surviving religion
that dates back
to at least 2000 BC.
And for the Hindu faithful,
their gods are not mythological,
but are real beings
that have, at times,
been present here on Earth.
YOUNG: These many gods and
goddesses have different stories
and different energies
and different principles
that they represent.
For many of the Hindu faithful,
the gods are absolutely real.
They exist physically,
although they may not
always be visible.
In general, compared
to Western belief systems,
the tangible reality of the gods
is much stronger in India.
I've grown up as a Hindu
in a strict Hindu family,
so I know
all the Vedas and epics.
You know, I've read them
hundreds of times.
Hindus believe that the gods
came down from the sky.
DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Hindus believe that
these stories are
not simply myth.
They are historical records,
because they are
actually called itihasa--
itihasa meaning "history."
NARRATOR: While in
the Judeo-Christian tradition,
God is depicted as
an all-powerful being,
in the Vedic texts,
Hindu gods often rely
on the use of technology.
This has led ancient astronaut
theorists to pose the question:
is it possible
that these religious texts
describe not only
encounters with the divine,
but also with
extraterrestrial beings?
The Western mindset
is different from that of India,
where they accept the idea
of extraterrestrial beings.
The Hindu story
of the Mahabharata
is loaded with references
to what seems to be
extraterrestrial technology.
You've got flying vehicles.
You've got weapons
that are voice-activated.
And you have destructions
of civilizations
by what seems like
nuclear detonation.
VON DANIKEN:
In the Mahabharata,
there they write that one day
gigantic cities
surrounded the Earth.
They did not have a word for
"spaceship" at that time.
They say "cities."
And they make clear difference
that these cities were in
the firmament, not in heaven.
And small vehicles came down
from these cities
of the firmament.
The old Indians called
these vehicles vimanas.
And out of the vimanas,
the teachers came out.
No doubt we were visited
by extraterrestrials.
NARRATOR:
Is the Hindu tradition
a story of
extraterrestrial visitation?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest that
this was orchestrated
by an otherworldly being
known in Hinduism as Lord Shiva.
Shiva is
Shiva is also called Mahadeva.
Mahadeva means "great god."
So he is god of gods.
He's the head of all gods,
and he's also
the most powerful god.
Shiva has a dual function.
One of his functions
is destruction.
The other one is creation.
Without destruction,
there is no creation.
NARRATOR:
Depictions of Shiva embody
this idea of
destruction and creation.
Shiva is most often shown
holding a drum called a damaru,
which he used
to create the universe.
Around his neck is a cobra
poised to strike.
In one hand, Shiva holds
a powerful trident-like
weapon of destruction
called the trishula,
and in the center of his
forehead, he has a third eye.
Shiva is the only god
that has a...
depicted with third eye.
If his third eye opens,
a very powerful light, uh,
fire emits from his third eye,
and anything that it sees,
it destroys totally.
Usually, when you talk
about the third eye,
it's about enlightenment.
And then there is
this other third eye,
this third eye that was able
to annihilate things.
I don't think
they're the same thing.
So the question is: What was it?
And what was Shiva?
Shiva appeared
at a very crucial time
when, uh, two gods--
Brahma is the creator,
and Vishnu, the preserver--
were debating who is greater.
All of a sudden, this blinding
light, shaft of light,
appeared that has
no end or beginning.
And then this voice
came out of this light,
said that, "I am the greatest.
I am the greatest god there is."
TSOUKALOS: Shiva is
almost always surrounded
by some type of a circular
structure with flames.
Now, what did our human ancestor
artists try to depict here?
Was he perhaps inside
some type of a fiery craft?
It is possible that Shiva
is the same extraterrestrial
that other cultures
call by different names.
Enki, Odin, Zeus,
Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl,
Kukulkan.
NARRATOR:
The earliest Vedic texts
were first written
roughly 4,000 years ago,
but Hindus claim
that the stories originated
hundreds and perhaps even
thousands of years earlier,
existing as part of
an oral tradition
passed down from one generation
to the next.
And ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
that Shiva first arrived
here on Earth
at a time before the existence
of modern humans,
and before the event known,
in the Biblical tradition,
as the Great Flood.
Every culture around the world
that has any type
of ancient writings
or documents
or even oral traditions,
they always talk about
some kind of great flood...
...that had a massive
catastrophic effect,
and utterly wiped out
much of life on Earth
in a single day.
What I find interesting
about this
is that Shiva is
the god of destruction.
In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.
Is there a connection there?
(speaking Russian)
TRANSLATOR: Tibetan lamas
claim that, after the Flood,
when the whole Earth flooded,
and the waters
gradually receded,
man was created anew
by means of the seed
that was guarded by Shiva.
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that Shiva was
an extraterrestrial visitor
that was responsible for both
the creation and destruction
of an earlier race
of Earthlings?
And if so, did he do this
to clear the way
for modern humans?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
further clues can be found
by examining a mysterious temple
in northern India
and what might lie beneath it.
LAYNE LITTLE: One of the more
mysterious aspects
of the site of Ellora
are the tunnels.
Tunnels like these
lead to a vast city
under Kailasa Temple.
NARRATOR:
Aurangabad, India.
200 miles northeast of Mumbai
stands a monolithic
temple complex
known as the Ellora Caves.
These 34 sites of worship,
extending over a mile,
were carved out of a high cliff,
and are believed to date back
to between 600 and 1000 AD.
Cave 16,
known as Kailasa Temple,
is a massive shrine
to Lord Shiva.
At three stories high,
it stands twice as tall
as the Parthenon in Athens,
and archaeologists believe it
was chiseled out of the hillside
starting at the top
and ending at the bottom.
Some historians estimate
that construction of the temple
required the removal of
over 400,000 tons of rock,
but even more incredible is
that mainstream archaeologists
propose that this feat was
accomplished in just 18 years.
If people worked every day
for that 18 years,
for 12 hours straight
with no breaks,
then they would have
to have removed
five tons of rock every hour.
This is ten thousand pounds
of rock every hour.
In reality, such a feat
is not even possible today
with modern technology.
If it happened in 18 years,
it is very hard
to account for...
Another baffling fact
is that if they removed
400,000 tons of rocks,
they have to be
thrown away somewhere.
But we do not find any evidence
of rocks being piled up nearby.
Uh, it hasn't been used
to build any other temples
or any other structure.
Where did all that rock go?
NARRATOR: Could humans
living over 1,000 years ago
really have constructed
Kailasa Temple
in only 18 years?
And if so, how is it that all
the rock that was excavated
has simply disappeared?
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
a powerful device described
in the ancient Vedic texts.
Interestingly, there is
a device called Bhaumastra
mentioned in
the ancient Vedic texts.
This high-tech machine
would be able to quickly drill
into the rock
and basically vaporize them.
This could basically
change the rock into air.
This device was mentioned
multiple times
in ancient Vedic texts,
which was used to mine
for precious stones and metals.
Could this be how
Kailasa Temple was built?
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Bhaumastra machine
described in the Vedic texts
was really
a technological device
that existed on Earth
thousands of years ago?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
but suggest it was used
not to build Kailasa Temple
from the top down,
as mainstream scholars propose,
but carved out the structure
from the bottom up.
One of the more
mysterious aspects
of the site of Ellora
are the tunnels that seem
to go nowhere at the site.
Some of them turn at odd angles.
Some go as deep as 40 feet.
Now the reasons for this are,
for the most part, unknown.
This is one of the tunnels
leading underground
at the Kailasa Temple.
You can see that
the local authorities
have fenced this off.
But if you look
through this hole,
you can see that this tunnel
goes vertically down.
Local authorities believe
that tunnels like these
lead to a vast underground city
under Kailasa Temple.
NARRATOR:
What could be the purpose
for these tunnels
below Kailasa Temple?
And why are they fenced off
from the public?
In 1876,
renowned English spiritualist
Emma Hardinge Britten
published Ghost Land,
in which she writes
of hidden tunnels
beneath the Ellora Caves
and the meetings of
a secret cabal of mystics
in an underground city.
Britten tells of spiritually
contacting a mysterious figure
named Cavalier Louie,
who witnessed
the clandestine society.
LITTLE: Cavalier Louie states
that he was taken
into the site of Ellora,
where he was led through
a secret passageway into
an underground chamber.
The underground chamber opened
up into a huge amphitheater,
and there were these wondrous
metallic thrones
that were being charged with
powerful galvanic batteries
that rose up into the air.
And seated on these thrones
were seven mysterious
hooded figures.
But the most interesting one
was the one in the center
who spoke,
and yet was not always there.
His body shimmered in and out
of physical space and time.
NARRATOR: But why would
vast rooms and tunnels exist
deep underground
beneath Kailasa Temple?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
this could be further evidence
that Lord Shiva
has a connection with
the Great Flood.
CHILDRESS:
We have a great deluge
that changed
the face of the Earth
and forced people underground.
So you have to wonder,
is this some kind
of ancient city,
many thousands of years old,
that was once some kind
of extraterrestrial base?
And as the water receded,
they create this temple
from underground.
Presently, archaeologists date
the Kailasa Temple
from the fifth
to the tenth century AD.
But there is nothing
in the temple
that really gives it a date.
And, in fact, like many things
in ancient India,
and-and around the world,
uh, these temples may be
much, much older
than the mainstream
archeologists are saying.
NARRATOR: Could it be that
hidden beneath Kailasa Temple
is an underground alien city?
And if so, would this prove
that the being Hindus call Shiva
was really
an extraterrestrial visitor
who gave technology
to an earlier race of humans
and ultimately destroyed them?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining a sacred icon
believed to hold
extraordinary power.
McGOWAN:
The Shiva Linga stone
actually can be a force
for incredible destruction.
HENRY: We're dealing with
some kind of cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand
until the discovery
of nuclear fission.
NARRATOR
Sirsi, India.
Ten miles outside of this city,
in the southwestern state
of Karnataka,
within the river Shalmala,
is one of the country's
most popular pilgrimage sites,
Sahasralinga.
Hidden under these waters
for most of the year
lie stone sculptures
known as Shiva Lingams.
These sacred idols
are representations
of the god Shiva,
and are visible to thousands
of pilgrims once a year
at the festival
of Maha Shivaratri.
Maha Shivaratri is a festival
where Shiva is worshipped
for his great nature.
Maha Shivaratri is usually
held in the end of February
or beginning of March.
During that month,
the water level of
the Shalmala River drops down
so that all the Shiva Lingas
are exposed.
LITTLE: Shiva's depicted
as the Shiva Linga,
as kind of a spherical column,
the flaming pillar that is
the cosmic axis of the universe.
Every Shiva Linga that's in
worship is set into a yoni.
This is a-a special base,
and it actually serves
kind of a utility of function.
It's a spout so that
when you pour offerings
over the surface of the linga,
they wash over the sacred body.
Images of the Shiva Linga are
found throughout Southeast Asia,
even in parts of East Asia.
Sometimes images of Shiva
as the lingam
also made its way into China
and into Japan.
NARRATOR: The Shiva Lingam first
appeared over 2,000 years ago,
and there is still debate
over what this shape
was originally
meant to symbolize.
But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
that the icon may represent
an incredibly powerful
technological device.
Paris, France.
1900.
At the Paris Congress of History
of Religions,
Swami Vivekananda,
a scientist and monk
credited with popularizing
Hinduism in the West,
gives a lecture addressing
the meaning of the Shiva Lingam.
HENRY: For centuries,
Western scholars have assumed
that the Shiva Linga has purely
a sexual connotation.
The cylinder is
the male phallic symbol
and the yoni is
the complimentary female symbol.
Then in 1900, the Hindu scholar
Swami Vivekananda
came to Paris to deliver
a major lecture
about Hinduism and symbolism.
During this lecture,
he said that the Shiva Linga
actually symbolizes
the coming in or going out
of the divine manifesting energy
of Shiva.
SHIMKHADA:
It stands for energy.
And it has often been
misrepresented in the West
that it is simply
a phallic symbol of Shiva,
which is not the case.
It is obviously a pillar.
"Linga" means a pillar.
Modern Hindu scholars
have theorized
that the Shiva Linga stone
actually represents
atomic energy.
When we think about this idea
of what atomic energy can do,
how it can be used for good
but it can be
extraordinarily destructive,
this certainly pertains
to the mythology of Shiva,
who is chaotic energy, who is
a force for incredible good,
but also a force
for incredible destruction.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
this symbol of Shiva's power
actually represents
atomic energy?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest the proof
can be found
by examining
this mysterious shape.
MOHAN: The cylindrical structure
of the Shiva Linga
is similar or almost identical
to a modern-day nuclear reactor.
And the groove
that surrounds the base
represents the structures
built to dispose
of the polluted water.
In ancient times and even today,
Hindus pour water
or milk on top of Shiva Linga
as a ritual.
Today we pour water over the top
of nuclear reactor to cool it.
And interestingly,
most Shiva temples
are always found
near water bodies,
like rivers or lakes,
just like nuclear power plants.
So is it possible
that Shiva Linga
actually represents
an ancient nuclear power plant?
HENRY: In the story of Shiva
and the Shiva Linga,
we're obviously dealing
with some kind of a universal
or cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand
until the 20th century,
with the discovery of nuclear
power and nuclear fission.
These discoveries
that predate modern man
are completely changing our
conception of the ancient past
and connecting us
to the true history of humanity,
all before the time
of the flood.
NARRATOR:
Does the Shiva Lingam symbolize
an extraterrestrial technology
that existed on Earth
before the Great Flood?
Could it be a message
left for us
by our ancestors that
an advanced society of humans
existed long ago
and suffered a terrible fate?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining
a 4,000-year-old text
that describes
how to harness electricity.
LITTLE: Sage Agastya
is said to have brought
secret science to India.
WILCOCK: Sage Agastya
was directly trained
by extraterrestrials himself.
NARRATOR:
Ujjain, India.
1924.
Lost pages from
an ancient Sanskrit text
called the Agastya Samhita
are discovered
in the city's royal library.
While the exact age of this text
is not known,
some Hindu scholars believe
it could date back
more than 4,000 years.
In it are the collected works
of Sage Agastya,
a disciple of Shiva and the
first in a line of Hindu saints
known as siddhas.
LITTLE:
"Siddha" means a perfected one,
or an accomplished one.
These are people who have powers
like shrinking to a small size,
growing very large,
flying through the air.
Shiva is generally regarded
as being the ultimate siddha,
the first and primordial siddha.
NARRATOR:
According to Hindu texts,
the ancient siddhas wielded
highly advanced technology.
The siddhas
are masters of creation.
The Siddha Bhogar
has been credited
with many wondrous technologies
that he is thought
to have created
long before the advent
of modern industry.
He is credited with building
a steamship,
a telescope,
a parachute,
a locomotive,
and also various devices
to fly through the sky.
Sage Agastya is very important
for siddha tradition as well.
He is said to have brought
the secret culture
and secret science to India.
WILCOCK:
When you read the legends
about how Sage Agastya
got his knowledge,
we hear that he was
directly trained
by extraterrestrials himself.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Varam R. Kokatnur,
a chemist and avid researcher
of hieroglyphics,
studied the lost pages
of the Agastya Samhita
that were discovered in 1924.
What he found fascinated him
to such an extent
that, in 1927,
he read the translated pages
before the American Chemical
Society in Detroit, Michigan.
The chemists were astonished,
and reached the same conclusion
as Dr. Kokatnur had:
that this ancient manuscript
provides accurate instructions
for how to make
a dry electric battery.
WILCOCK:
The battery doesn't show up
in our conventional technology
until the 19th century.
What the heck is it doing
in the Agastya Samhita--
the sacred text that was
Agastya's personal writings?
If Agastya knew
how to build a battery,
then how can we rule out all of
the other marvelous technology
that is described
in the same document?
NARRATOR:
On March 31, 2016,
author and researcher
David Childress
met with physics professor
Dr. Michael Dennin
at the University of California,
Irvine,
to put Sage Agastya's
centuries-old instructions
for building a battery
to the test.
So we need a well-cleaned
copper plate.
DENNIN: Okay, so that's
the copper plate here.
That's gonna make one end
of our battery.
All right.
And we need
an earthenware vessel.
We've actually chosen
to substitute that
with a plastic petri dish.
All that vessel is is an
insulator to hold our battery.
These are transparent,
so we can look inside
while we do our test.
And then we need copper sulfate.
So I've got some copper sulfate
solution here.
It's a liquid and it's blue.
That tells you
about the copper inside.
Okay, and we need moist sawdust.
We're gonna actually start with
dry sawdust,
and when we add the copper
sulfate in our battery,
it'll become our moist sawdust.
Okay, and then we need
a zinc plate.
So finally
the silver-looking plates,
those are our zinc plates.
That makes the other end
of the battery.
All right, let's see
how this works, then.
Okay, so we start
with the copper plate.
As I said, you put that
at the bottom.
And then we add the sawdust.
Okay, and what does
the sawdust do?
Well, one of the important
things in the battery
is to make sure the two metals
don't touch each other.
They have to stay separated
or the battery is shorted out.
Now we're gonna add zinc on top.
Now we're gonna add
the copper sulfate.
CHILDRESS:
What does that do?
DENNIN: So this is
our electrolyte solution.
It's a key element
to the battery.
It's gonna cause the chemical
reaction that'll take electrons
from one of the metals and allow
them to flow to the other metal,
and that'll give us
our current and our battery.
Now we're gonna take our volt
meter and we're gonna check
and see what sort of voltage
we're getting out
of this battery.
And as you can see, we've got
one volt on the volt meter.
So our battery is actually
working and running.
Wow, and this really validates
this ancient text.
So what can you do
with one volt?
DENNIN:
Well, with one volt
and a typical single battery
like this,
the cool thing is
you have enough energy content
that you could lift a person,
say a 200-pound person,
about ten meters into the air,
if you had the right machinery
to hook this battery up to.
CHILDRESS:
Wow.
NARRATOR:
A battery with enough power
to lift a person off the ground?
Could the technology described
by Sage Agastya
be connected
to the floating thrones
that were allegedly witnessed
in the chamber
beneath Kailasa Temple?
Is this further evidence
of an advanced society
that arose
thousands of years ago,
during a time
when extraterrestrials
coexisted with mankind?
But if so,
what happened to Shiva
and the devices
he brought to Earth?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
the answers may lie hidden high
on a Himalayan mountain peak
that is forbidden to climbers.
DUNCAN ROADS:
Almost every pilgrim who goes
to Mount Kailash
reports unusual experiences.
CHILDRESS: Is it possible that
Mount Kailash is some kind of
extraterrestrial base
inside of a mountain?
NARRATOR
The Tibetan Himalayas.
In this harsh desolate region
of the world
stands a mountain
sacred to billions of people,
the distinctive peak
of Mount Kailash.
YOUNG: Mount Kailash in Western
Tibet is a remarkable peak.
It rises some 22,000 feet
pretty much straight up.
It's seen somewhat conical
from one side,
more like a pyramid
from another.
It is the origins of four
of the world's great religions:
Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Daoism.
SHIMKHADA:
Mount Kailash is believed to be
home of Shiva.
He's supposed to reside
on top of Mount Kailash.
Because of that, it is sacred.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Ernst Muldashev,
a prominent Russian eye surgeon,
has led 21 expeditions
examining some of the most
remote regions on the planet.
In 1999, he spent a month
at Mount Kailash
studying its structure.
What he found led him to put
forth a controversial theory,
one that suggests
Mount Kailash may be much more
than just the mythological home
of Shiva.
Dr. Ernst Muldashev
led an expedition
of Russian scientists
to Mount Kailash.
And he observed that its apex,
its peak, highly resembles
a man-made pyramid
and began to develop the theory
that, in fact, the apex
of Kailash is man-made
or perhaps made
by extraterrestrials
as the home of Shiva.
(speaking Russian)
TRANSLATOR:
This is a huge pyramid,
the largest pyramid
in the world.
It is, in fact, very similar
to a step pyramid.
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash really
contain an artificial structure
that is home to Shiva?
According to all religions
that revere the mountain,
setting foot on its slopes
is a dire sin,
and it is claimed that many
who ventured to defy the taboo
died in the process.
This, along with the fact
that China prohibits
climbing Mount Kailash,
has made examination
of the peak impossible.
But curiously,
many who visit the mountain
have reported
strange happenings.
Almost every pilgrim
who goes to Mount Kailash
reports unusual experiences
along the way.
A lot of people report rapid
aging if they stay in the area.
Fingernails grow faster,
hair grows faster.
(Muldashev speaking Russian)
TRANSLATOR:
Pilgrims go to Kailash
to absorb the energy
of the mountain.
What I personally felt
near Mount Kailash?
I felt some energy.
I usually do not feel energy.
I do not have psychic powers,
but I felt it.
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there really is
some sort of energy
emanating from Mount Kailash?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
and suggest that, considering
the strange anomalies
and the legends that warn
against ascending the peak,
Mount Kailash
may be radioactive.
As further evidence,
they point to a drawing
that was discovered in the
Mogao Caves of Western China,
approximately 600 miles north
of Mount Kailash.
Between 500 BC and 1500 AD,
Buddhists stashed away
over 50,000 manuscripts
in the Mogao Cave system.
These went undiscovered
until Aurel Stein,
a Hungarian-born British
researcher, came there in 1907
and rediscovered the cave.
Hidden among these manuscripts
was an incredible diagram.
It's from
a second-century manuscript,
and it's of Mount Meru,
the cosmic access,
or stairway to heaven, of the
Buddhist and Hindu tradition.
Mount Meru is readily identified
as a representation
of Mount Kailash.
The thing about this diagram
is that it appears to be
highly technological.
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that this diagram
appears incredibly similar
to a modern-day
particle accelerator,
the type used to power
a nuclear reactor.
And some propose that
just before the time
of the Great Flood,
the remote mountain peak
provided the perfect location
for extraterrestrials to dispose
of their nuclear technology,
much like Yucca Mountain
in Nevada is used
to store nuclear waste today.
Is it possible that
Mount Kailash in Tibet
is some kind of
hollowed-out mountain,
hollowed out
thousands of years ago,
perhaps by extraterrestrials,
and could be completely poisoned
by radiation?
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash contain
the ultimate physical evidence
of an earlier advanced
civilization here on Earth?
One that had
nuclear capabilities,
which were given to them
by extraterrestrials
represented in the form
of the Hindu gods?
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the truth
about our past
may be uncovered by taking
a closer examination of Shiva
and what he truly represents.
NARRATOR:
August 5, 1927.
Russian philosopher
and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Nicholas Roerich
is exploring the
Himalayan Mountains when he sees
a giant oval
moving at a high speed
and glowing like the sun.
Changing directions
from south to southwest,
it disappears into the sky.
Many of these UFO sightings are
reported by Hindu pilgrims...
...who move towards
Mount Kailash.
They've also reported
UFOs around Mount Kailash
sometimes appearing to go
directly into the mountain.
And some people even claim there
is an underground UFO base,
as there have been reports
of UFOs coming from the sky
and disappearing
at ground level.
NARRATOR: If Mount Kailash
was once radioactive,
as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
could the presence of UFOs
in the area be a sign
that it is once again
safe to access?
Or could it still contain
working technology
that extraterrestrials continue
to utilize to this day?
Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose the answer may be found
by taking another look at Shiva,
and the possibility that he is
not just the bringer of energy,
but is energy itself.
When J. Robert Oppenheimer,
the father of the atomic bomb,
observed the first
atomic explosion
at the Trinity test site,
he cited a line
from the Bhagavad Gita.
"I have become death,
destroyer of worlds."
That's the title of Shiva.
Perhaps we should listen
and look at these stories
from a new perspective.
What is the description about?
Could it be that Shiva
was some type of energy?
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Shiva
is a representation of some
incredible cataclysmic event
that happened thousands
of years ago?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, but also insist
that another demonstration
of Shiva's destructive powers
is not only possible
but inevitable.
We are approaching
the beginning of a new future
for mankind.
So, in a sense,
it's the end of an era
and the turning of a new page.
Even though Shiva's function
is to destroy,
and he's given that title,
god of destruction,
at the same time
he makes it possible to create.
So, destruction
is part of creation.
TSOUKALOS: The extraterrestrials
will come back,
and it will be the most amazing
chapter in human history.
NARRATOR:
Is Shiva really nothing more
than a mythical Hindu god?
One that offered early humans
a way of describing
some incredible
catastrophic event?
Or is he something more?
Something of
extraterrestrial origin?
Perhaps the answer lies
not in the images
carved upon the walls
of a temple
or in the words found
written in sacred texts,
but in the awesome power
of energy
and mankind's increasing ability
to harness it,
as we make our journey
back to the stars.
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To devout Hindus,
Shiva is a real being
who walked among us.
ERICH VON DANIKEN:
Shiva came down
from these cities
on the firmament.
He's the leader of a group
of extraterrestrials.
Shiva was a force
for incredible good,
but also a force for
incredible destruction.
And he is said
to have this trident
which could annihilate
anything in its path.
DAVID WILCOCK:
In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.
And it may be
that Shiva will determine
the future of the human race.
NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
mankind has credited
its origins to gods
and other visitors
from the stars.
What if it were true?
Did extraterrestrial beings
really help
to shape our history?
And if so, might humanity's fate
be determined
by Shiva the Destroyer?
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NARRATOR:
India.
Covering over
1.2 million square miles,
it is the world's
seventh-largest country.
And with 1.3 billion people,
it is the second most populated.
Roughly 80% of the Indian
population practices Hinduism,
the world's oldest
surviving religion
that dates back
to at least 2000 BC.
And for the Hindu faithful,
their gods are not mythological,
but are real beings
that have, at times,
been present here on Earth.
YOUNG: These many gods and
goddesses have different stories
and different energies
and different principles
that they represent.
For many of the Hindu faithful,
the gods are absolutely real.
They exist physically,
although they may not
always be visible.
In general, compared
to Western belief systems,
the tangible reality of the gods
is much stronger in India.
I've grown up as a Hindu
in a strict Hindu family,
so I know
all the Vedas and epics.
You know, I've read them
hundreds of times.
Hindus believe that the gods
came down from the sky.
DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Hindus believe that
these stories are
not simply myth.
They are historical records,
because they are
actually called itihasa--
itihasa meaning "history."
NARRATOR: While in
the Judeo-Christian tradition,
God is depicted as
an all-powerful being,
in the Vedic texts,
Hindu gods often rely
on the use of technology.
This has led ancient astronaut
theorists to pose the question:
is it possible
that these religious texts
describe not only
encounters with the divine,
but also with
extraterrestrial beings?
The Western mindset
is different from that of India,
where they accept the idea
of extraterrestrial beings.
The Hindu story
of the Mahabharata
is loaded with references
to what seems to be
extraterrestrial technology.
You've got flying vehicles.
You've got weapons
that are voice-activated.
And you have destructions
of civilizations
by what seems like
nuclear detonation.
VON DANIKEN:
In the Mahabharata,
there they write that one day
gigantic cities
surrounded the Earth.
They did not have a word for
"spaceship" at that time.
They say "cities."
And they make clear difference
that these cities were in
the firmament, not in heaven.
And small vehicles came down
from these cities
of the firmament.
The old Indians called
these vehicles vimanas.
And out of the vimanas,
the teachers came out.
No doubt we were visited
by extraterrestrials.
NARRATOR:
Is the Hindu tradition
a story of
extraterrestrial visitation?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest that
this was orchestrated
by an otherworldly being
known in Hinduism as Lord Shiva.
Shiva is
Shiva is also called Mahadeva.
Mahadeva means "great god."
So he is god of gods.
He's the head of all gods,
and he's also
the most powerful god.
Shiva has a dual function.
One of his functions
is destruction.
The other one is creation.
Without destruction,
there is no creation.
NARRATOR:
Depictions of Shiva embody
this idea of
destruction and creation.
Shiva is most often shown
holding a drum called a damaru,
which he used
to create the universe.
Around his neck is a cobra
poised to strike.
In one hand, Shiva holds
a powerful trident-like
weapon of destruction
called the trishula,
and in the center of his
forehead, he has a third eye.
Shiva is the only god
that has a...
depicted with third eye.
If his third eye opens,
a very powerful light, uh,
fire emits from his third eye,
and anything that it sees,
it destroys totally.
Usually, when you talk
about the third eye,
it's about enlightenment.
And then there is
this other third eye,
this third eye that was able
to annihilate things.
I don't think
they're the same thing.
So the question is: What was it?
And what was Shiva?
Shiva appeared
at a very crucial time
when, uh, two gods--
Brahma is the creator,
and Vishnu, the preserver--
were debating who is greater.
All of a sudden, this blinding
light, shaft of light,
appeared that has
no end or beginning.
And then this voice
came out of this light,
said that, "I am the greatest.
I am the greatest god there is."
TSOUKALOS: Shiva is
almost always surrounded
by some type of a circular
structure with flames.
Now, what did our human ancestor
artists try to depict here?
Was he perhaps inside
some type of a fiery craft?
It is possible that Shiva
is the same extraterrestrial
that other cultures
call by different names.
Enki, Odin, Zeus,
Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl,
Kukulkan.
NARRATOR:
The earliest Vedic texts
were first written
roughly 4,000 years ago,
but Hindus claim
that the stories originated
hundreds and perhaps even
thousands of years earlier,
existing as part of
an oral tradition
passed down from one generation
to the next.
And ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
that Shiva first arrived
here on Earth
at a time before the existence
of modern humans,
and before the event known,
in the Biblical tradition,
as the Great Flood.
Every culture around the world
that has any type
of ancient writings
or documents
or even oral traditions,
they always talk about
some kind of great flood...
...that had a massive
catastrophic effect,
and utterly wiped out
much of life on Earth
in a single day.
What I find interesting
about this
is that Shiva is
the god of destruction.
In the Hindu tradition,
you have to have destruction
in order to have creation.
Is there a connection there?
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TRANSLATOR: Tibetan lamas
claim that, after the Flood,
when the whole Earth flooded,
and the waters
gradually receded,
man was created anew
by means of the seed
that was guarded by Shiva.
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that Shiva was
an extraterrestrial visitor
that was responsible for both
the creation and destruction
of an earlier race
of Earthlings?
And if so, did he do this
to clear the way
for modern humans?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
further clues can be found
by examining a mysterious temple
in northern India
and what might lie beneath it.
LAYNE LITTLE: One of the more
mysterious aspects
of the site of Ellora
are the tunnels.
Tunnels like these
lead to a vast city
under Kailasa Temple.
NARRATOR:
Aurangabad, India.
200 miles northeast of Mumbai
stands a monolithic
temple complex
known as the Ellora Caves.
These 34 sites of worship,
extending over a mile,
were carved out of a high cliff,
and are believed to date back
to between 600 and 1000 AD.
Cave 16,
known as Kailasa Temple,
is a massive shrine
to Lord Shiva.
At three stories high,
it stands twice as tall
as the Parthenon in Athens,
and archaeologists believe it
was chiseled out of the hillside
starting at the top
and ending at the bottom.
Some historians estimate
that construction of the temple
required the removal of
over 400,000 tons of rock,
but even more incredible is
that mainstream archaeologists
propose that this feat was
accomplished in just 18 years.
If people worked every day
for that 18 years,
for 12 hours straight
with no breaks,
then they would have
to have removed
five tons of rock every hour.
This is ten thousand pounds
of rock every hour.
In reality, such a feat
is not even possible today
with modern technology.
If it happened in 18 years,
it is very hard
to account for...
Another baffling fact
is that if they removed
400,000 tons of rocks,
they have to be
thrown away somewhere.
But we do not find any evidence
of rocks being piled up nearby.
Uh, it hasn't been used
to build any other temples
or any other structure.
Where did all that rock go?
NARRATOR: Could humans
living over 1,000 years ago
really have constructed
Kailasa Temple
in only 18 years?
And if so, how is it that all
the rock that was excavated
has simply disappeared?
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
a powerful device described
in the ancient Vedic texts.
Interestingly, there is
a device called Bhaumastra
mentioned in
the ancient Vedic texts.
This high-tech machine
would be able to quickly drill
into the rock
and basically vaporize them.
This could basically
change the rock into air.
This device was mentioned
multiple times
in ancient Vedic texts,
which was used to mine
for precious stones and metals.
Could this be how
Kailasa Temple was built?
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Bhaumastra machine
described in the Vedic texts
was really
a technological device
that existed on Earth
thousands of years ago?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
but suggest it was used
not to build Kailasa Temple
from the top down,
as mainstream scholars propose,
but carved out the structure
from the bottom up.
One of the more
mysterious aspects
of the site of Ellora
are the tunnels that seem
to go nowhere at the site.
Some of them turn at odd angles.
Some go as deep as 40 feet.
Now the reasons for this are,
for the most part, unknown.
This is one of the tunnels
leading underground
at the Kailasa Temple.
You can see that
the local authorities
have fenced this off.
But if you look
through this hole,
you can see that this tunnel
goes vertically down.
Local authorities believe
that tunnels like these
lead to a vast underground city
under Kailasa Temple.
NARRATOR:
What could be the purpose
for these tunnels
below Kailasa Temple?
And why are they fenced off
from the public?
In 1876,
renowned English spiritualist
Emma Hardinge Britten
published Ghost Land,
in which she writes
of hidden tunnels
beneath the Ellora Caves
and the meetings of
a secret cabal of mystics
in an underground city.
Britten tells of spiritually
contacting a mysterious figure
named Cavalier Louie,
who witnessed
the clandestine society.
LITTLE: Cavalier Louie states
that he was taken
into the site of Ellora,
where he was led through
a secret passageway into
an underground chamber.
The underground chamber opened
up into a huge amphitheater,
and there were these wondrous
metallic thrones
that were being charged with
powerful galvanic batteries
that rose up into the air.
And seated on these thrones
were seven mysterious
hooded figures.
But the most interesting one
was the one in the center
who spoke,
and yet was not always there.
His body shimmered in and out
of physical space and time.
NARRATOR: But why would
vast rooms and tunnels exist
deep underground
beneath Kailasa Temple?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
this could be further evidence
that Lord Shiva
has a connection with
the Great Flood.
CHILDRESS:
We have a great deluge
that changed
the face of the Earth
and forced people underground.
So you have to wonder,
is this some kind
of ancient city,
many thousands of years old,
that was once some kind
of extraterrestrial base?
And as the water receded,
they create this temple
from underground.
Presently, archaeologists date
the Kailasa Temple
from the fifth
to the tenth century AD.
But there is nothing
in the temple
that really gives it a date.
And, in fact, like many things
in ancient India,
and-and around the world,
uh, these temples may be
much, much older
than the mainstream
archeologists are saying.
NARRATOR: Could it be that
hidden beneath Kailasa Temple
is an underground alien city?
And if so, would this prove
that the being Hindus call Shiva
was really
an extraterrestrial visitor
who gave technology
to an earlier race of humans
and ultimately destroyed them?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining a sacred icon
believed to hold
extraordinary power.
McGOWAN:
The Shiva Linga stone
actually can be a force
for incredible destruction.
HENRY: We're dealing with
some kind of cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand
until the discovery
of nuclear fission.
NARRATOR
Sirsi, India.
Ten miles outside of this city,
in the southwestern state
of Karnataka,
within the river Shalmala,
is one of the country's
most popular pilgrimage sites,
Sahasralinga.
Hidden under these waters
for most of the year
lie stone sculptures
known as Shiva Lingams.
These sacred idols
are representations
of the god Shiva,
and are visible to thousands
of pilgrims once a year
at the festival
of Maha Shivaratri.
Maha Shivaratri is a festival
where Shiva is worshipped
for his great nature.
Maha Shivaratri is usually
held in the end of February
or beginning of March.
During that month,
the water level of
the Shalmala River drops down
so that all the Shiva Lingas
are exposed.
LITTLE: Shiva's depicted
as the Shiva Linga,
as kind of a spherical column,
the flaming pillar that is
the cosmic axis of the universe.
Every Shiva Linga that's in
worship is set into a yoni.
This is a-a special base,
and it actually serves
kind of a utility of function.
It's a spout so that
when you pour offerings
over the surface of the linga,
they wash over the sacred body.
Images of the Shiva Linga are
found throughout Southeast Asia,
even in parts of East Asia.
Sometimes images of Shiva
as the lingam
also made its way into China
and into Japan.
NARRATOR: The Shiva Lingam first
appeared over 2,000 years ago,
and there is still debate
over what this shape
was originally
meant to symbolize.
But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
that the icon may represent
an incredibly powerful
technological device.
Paris, France.
1900.
At the Paris Congress of History
of Religions,
Swami Vivekananda,
a scientist and monk
credited with popularizing
Hinduism in the West,
gives a lecture addressing
the meaning of the Shiva Lingam.
HENRY: For centuries,
Western scholars have assumed
that the Shiva Linga has purely
a sexual connotation.
The cylinder is
the male phallic symbol
and the yoni is
the complimentary female symbol.
Then in 1900, the Hindu scholar
Swami Vivekananda
came to Paris to deliver
a major lecture
about Hinduism and symbolism.
During this lecture,
he said that the Shiva Linga
actually symbolizes
the coming in or going out
of the divine manifesting energy
of Shiva.
SHIMKHADA:
It stands for energy.
And it has often been
misrepresented in the West
that it is simply
a phallic symbol of Shiva,
which is not the case.
It is obviously a pillar.
"Linga" means a pillar.
Modern Hindu scholars
have theorized
that the Shiva Linga stone
actually represents
atomic energy.
When we think about this idea
of what atomic energy can do,
how it can be used for good
but it can be
extraordinarily destructive,
this certainly pertains
to the mythology of Shiva,
who is chaotic energy, who is
a force for incredible good,
but also a force
for incredible destruction.
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
this symbol of Shiva's power
actually represents
atomic energy?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest the proof
can be found
by examining
this mysterious shape.
MOHAN: The cylindrical structure
of the Shiva Linga
is similar or almost identical
to a modern-day nuclear reactor.
And the groove
that surrounds the base
represents the structures
built to dispose
of the polluted water.
In ancient times and even today,
Hindus pour water
or milk on top of Shiva Linga
as a ritual.
Today we pour water over the top
of nuclear reactor to cool it.
And interestingly,
most Shiva temples
are always found
near water bodies,
like rivers or lakes,
just like nuclear power plants.
So is it possible
that Shiva Linga
actually represents
an ancient nuclear power plant?
HENRY: In the story of Shiva
and the Shiva Linga,
we're obviously dealing
with some kind of a universal
or cosmic power
that we didn't fully understand
until the 20th century,
with the discovery of nuclear
power and nuclear fission.
These discoveries
that predate modern man
are completely changing our
conception of the ancient past
and connecting us
to the true history of humanity,
all before the time
of the flood.
NARRATOR:
Does the Shiva Lingam symbolize
an extraterrestrial technology
that existed on Earth
before the Great Flood?
Could it be a message
left for us
by our ancestors that
an advanced society of humans
existed long ago
and suffered a terrible fate?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining
a 4,000-year-old text
that describes
how to harness electricity.
LITTLE: Sage Agastya
is said to have brought
secret science to India.
WILCOCK: Sage Agastya
was directly trained
by extraterrestrials himself.
NARRATOR:
Ujjain, India.
1924.
Lost pages from
an ancient Sanskrit text
called the Agastya Samhita
are discovered
in the city's royal library.
While the exact age of this text
is not known,
some Hindu scholars believe
it could date back
more than 4,000 years.
In it are the collected works
of Sage Agastya,
a disciple of Shiva and the
first in a line of Hindu saints
known as siddhas.
LITTLE:
"Siddha" means a perfected one,
or an accomplished one.
These are people who have powers
like shrinking to a small size,
growing very large,
flying through the air.
Shiva is generally regarded
as being the ultimate siddha,
the first and primordial siddha.
NARRATOR:
According to Hindu texts,
the ancient siddhas wielded
highly advanced technology.
The siddhas
are masters of creation.
The Siddha Bhogar
has been credited
with many wondrous technologies
that he is thought
to have created
long before the advent
of modern industry.
He is credited with building
a steamship,
a telescope,
a parachute,
a locomotive,
and also various devices
to fly through the sky.
Sage Agastya is very important
for siddha tradition as well.
He is said to have brought
the secret culture
and secret science to India.
WILCOCK:
When you read the legends
about how Sage Agastya
got his knowledge,
we hear that he was
directly trained
by extraterrestrials himself.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Varam R. Kokatnur,
a chemist and avid researcher
of hieroglyphics,
studied the lost pages
of the Agastya Samhita
that were discovered in 1924.
What he found fascinated him
to such an extent
that, in 1927,
he read the translated pages
before the American Chemical
Society in Detroit, Michigan.
The chemists were astonished,
and reached the same conclusion
as Dr. Kokatnur had:
that this ancient manuscript
provides accurate instructions
for how to make
a dry electric battery.
WILCOCK:
The battery doesn't show up
in our conventional technology
until the 19th century.
What the heck is it doing
in the Agastya Samhita--
the sacred text that was
Agastya's personal writings?
If Agastya knew
how to build a battery,
then how can we rule out all of
the other marvelous technology
that is described
in the same document?
NARRATOR:
On March 31, 2016,
author and researcher
David Childress
met with physics professor
Dr. Michael Dennin
at the University of California,
Irvine,
to put Sage Agastya's
centuries-old instructions
for building a battery
to the test.
So we need a well-cleaned
copper plate.
DENNIN: Okay, so that's
the copper plate here.
That's gonna make one end
of our battery.
All right.
And we need
an earthenware vessel.
We've actually chosen
to substitute that
with a plastic petri dish.
All that vessel is is an
insulator to hold our battery.
These are transparent,
so we can look inside
while we do our test.
And then we need copper sulfate.
So I've got some copper sulfate
solution here.
It's a liquid and it's blue.
That tells you
about the copper inside.
Okay, and we need moist sawdust.
We're gonna actually start with
dry sawdust,
and when we add the copper
sulfate in our battery,
it'll become our moist sawdust.
Okay, and then we need
a zinc plate.
So finally
the silver-looking plates,
those are our zinc plates.
That makes the other end
of the battery.
All right, let's see
how this works, then.
Okay, so we start
with the copper plate.
As I said, you put that
at the bottom.
And then we add the sawdust.
Okay, and what does
the sawdust do?
Well, one of the important
things in the battery
is to make sure the two metals
don't touch each other.
They have to stay separated
or the battery is shorted out.
Now we're gonna add zinc on top.
Now we're gonna add
the copper sulfate.
CHILDRESS:
What does that do?
DENNIN: So this is
our electrolyte solution.
It's a key element
to the battery.
It's gonna cause the chemical
reaction that'll take electrons
from one of the metals and allow
them to flow to the other metal,
and that'll give us
our current and our battery.
Now we're gonna take our volt
meter and we're gonna check
and see what sort of voltage
we're getting out
of this battery.
And as you can see, we've got
one volt on the volt meter.
So our battery is actually
working and running.
Wow, and this really validates
this ancient text.
So what can you do
with one volt?
DENNIN:
Well, with one volt
and a typical single battery
like this,
the cool thing is
you have enough energy content
that you could lift a person,
say a 200-pound person,
about ten meters into the air,
if you had the right machinery
to hook this battery up to.
CHILDRESS:
Wow.
NARRATOR:
A battery with enough power
to lift a person off the ground?
Could the technology described
by Sage Agastya
be connected
to the floating thrones
that were allegedly witnessed
in the chamber
beneath Kailasa Temple?
Is this further evidence
of an advanced society
that arose
thousands of years ago,
during a time
when extraterrestrials
coexisted with mankind?
But if so,
what happened to Shiva
and the devices
he brought to Earth?
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
the answers may lie hidden high
on a Himalayan mountain peak
that is forbidden to climbers.
DUNCAN ROADS:
Almost every pilgrim who goes
to Mount Kailash
reports unusual experiences.
CHILDRESS: Is it possible that
Mount Kailash is some kind of
extraterrestrial base
inside of a mountain?
NARRATOR
The Tibetan Himalayas.
In this harsh desolate region
of the world
stands a mountain
sacred to billions of people,
the distinctive peak
of Mount Kailash.
YOUNG: Mount Kailash in Western
Tibet is a remarkable peak.
It rises some 22,000 feet
pretty much straight up.
It's seen somewhat conical
from one side,
more like a pyramid
from another.
It is the origins of four
of the world's great religions:
Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Daoism.
SHIMKHADA:
Mount Kailash is believed to be
home of Shiva.
He's supposed to reside
on top of Mount Kailash.
Because of that, it is sacred.
NARRATOR:
Dr. Ernst Muldashev,
a prominent Russian eye surgeon,
has led 21 expeditions
examining some of the most
remote regions on the planet.
In 1999, he spent a month
at Mount Kailash
studying its structure.
What he found led him to put
forth a controversial theory,
one that suggests
Mount Kailash may be much more
than just the mythological home
of Shiva.
Dr. Ernst Muldashev
led an expedition
of Russian scientists
to Mount Kailash.
And he observed that its apex,
its peak, highly resembles
a man-made pyramid
and began to develop the theory
that, in fact, the apex
of Kailash is man-made
or perhaps made
by extraterrestrials
as the home of Shiva.
(speaking Russian)
TRANSLATOR:
This is a huge pyramid,
the largest pyramid
in the world.
It is, in fact, very similar
to a step pyramid.
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash really
contain an artificial structure
that is home to Shiva?
According to all religions
that revere the mountain,
setting foot on its slopes
is a dire sin,
and it is claimed that many
who ventured to defy the taboo
died in the process.
This, along with the fact
that China prohibits
climbing Mount Kailash,
has made examination
of the peak impossible.
But curiously,
many who visit the mountain
have reported
strange happenings.
Almost every pilgrim
who goes to Mount Kailash
reports unusual experiences
along the way.
A lot of people report rapid
aging if they stay in the area.
Fingernails grow faster,
hair grows faster.
(Muldashev speaking Russian)
TRANSLATOR:
Pilgrims go to Kailash
to absorb the energy
of the mountain.
What I personally felt
near Mount Kailash?
I felt some energy.
I usually do not feel energy.
I do not have psychic powers,
but I felt it.
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that there really is
some sort of energy
emanating from Mount Kailash?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
and suggest that, considering
the strange anomalies
and the legends that warn
against ascending the peak,
Mount Kailash
may be radioactive.
As further evidence,
they point to a drawing
that was discovered in the
Mogao Caves of Western China,
approximately 600 miles north
of Mount Kailash.
Between 500 BC and 1500 AD,
Buddhists stashed away
over 50,000 manuscripts
in the Mogao Cave system.
These went undiscovered
until Aurel Stein,
a Hungarian-born British
researcher, came there in 1907
and rediscovered the cave.
Hidden among these manuscripts
was an incredible diagram.
It's from
a second-century manuscript,
and it's of Mount Meru,
the cosmic access,
or stairway to heaven, of the
Buddhist and Hindu tradition.
Mount Meru is readily identified
as a representation
of Mount Kailash.
The thing about this diagram
is that it appears to be
highly technological.
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that this diagram
appears incredibly similar
to a modern-day
particle accelerator,
the type used to power
a nuclear reactor.
And some propose that
just before the time
of the Great Flood,
the remote mountain peak
provided the perfect location
for extraterrestrials to dispose
of their nuclear technology,
much like Yucca Mountain
in Nevada is used
to store nuclear waste today.
Is it possible that
Mount Kailash in Tibet
is some kind of
hollowed-out mountain,
hollowed out
thousands of years ago,
perhaps by extraterrestrials,
and could be completely poisoned
by radiation?
NARRATOR:
Could Mount Kailash contain
the ultimate physical evidence
of an earlier advanced
civilization here on Earth?
One that had
nuclear capabilities,
which were given to them
by extraterrestrials
represented in the form
of the Hindu gods?
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the truth
about our past
may be uncovered by taking
a closer examination of Shiva
and what he truly represents.
NARRATOR:
August 5, 1927.
Russian philosopher
and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Nicholas Roerich
is exploring the
Himalayan Mountains when he sees
a giant oval
moving at a high speed
and glowing like the sun.
Changing directions
from south to southwest,
it disappears into the sky.
Many of these UFO sightings are
reported by Hindu pilgrims...
...who move towards
Mount Kailash.
They've also reported
UFOs around Mount Kailash
sometimes appearing to go
directly into the mountain.
And some people even claim there
is an underground UFO base,
as there have been reports
of UFOs coming from the sky
and disappearing
at ground level.
NARRATOR: If Mount Kailash
was once radioactive,
as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
could the presence of UFOs
in the area be a sign
that it is once again
safe to access?
Or could it still contain
working technology
that extraterrestrials continue
to utilize to this day?
Some ancient astronaut theorists
propose the answer may be found
by taking another look at Shiva,
and the possibility that he is
not just the bringer of energy,
but is energy itself.
When J. Robert Oppenheimer,
the father of the atomic bomb,
observed the first
atomic explosion
at the Trinity test site,
he cited a line
from the Bhagavad Gita.
"I have become death,
destroyer of worlds."
That's the title of Shiva.
Perhaps we should listen
and look at these stories
from a new perspective.
What is the description about?
Could it be that Shiva
was some type of energy?
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Shiva
is a representation of some
incredible cataclysmic event
that happened thousands
of years ago?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, but also insist
that another demonstration
of Shiva's destructive powers
is not only possible
but inevitable.
We are approaching
the beginning of a new future
for mankind.
So, in a sense,
it's the end of an era
and the turning of a new page.
Even though Shiva's function
is to destroy,
and he's given that title,
god of destruction,
at the same time
he makes it possible to create.
So, destruction
is part of creation.
TSOUKALOS: The extraterrestrials
will come back,
and it will be the most amazing
chapter in human history.
NARRATOR:
Is Shiva really nothing more
than a mythical Hindu god?
One that offered early humans
a way of describing
some incredible
catastrophic event?
Or is he something more?
Something of
extraterrestrial origin?
Perhaps the answer lies
not in the images
carved upon the walls
of a temple
or in the words found
written in sacred texts,
but in the awesome power
of energy
and mankind's increasing ability
to harness it,
as we make our journey
back to the stars.
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