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NARRATOR: Astonishing sea
creatures defy explanation.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
It's like these creatures were
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brought here in their entirety
and put into our oceans.
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NARRATOR: Ancient cultures
worship fishlike gods.
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WILLIAM HENRY: This is a common
theme that we find around the world.
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Humans that had
aquatic features.
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NARRATOR:
Underwater life-forms display
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mysterious behavior.
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TOM ILIFFE: So they're
totally alien forms of life
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that have never been found
anywhere else on the planet.
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NARRATOR: Scientists say we know
more about the surface of Mars
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than we do about the bottom
of our own oceans.
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But is it an even more
alien environment
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than anyone could imagine?
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This is a extraterrestrial
amino acid, I would say.
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Really? This is a
revolutionary discovery.
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This could just be
the opening of the door
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into the realization
that our oceans
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are in fact a great
extraterrestrial laboratory.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
November 4, 2006.
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A video is anonymously posted
on the Internet
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that appears to be
underwater footage
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of a large, shadowy
sea creature.
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While the footage
is low quality,
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long arms and legs,
or possibly a mermaid-like fin,
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can be made out as the creature
draws nearer to the camera,
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and then the video
abruptly ends.
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Information posted with the clip
claims it shows the Ningen,
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a legendary sea creature
said to lurk
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off the coast of Antarctica.
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While some suggest
the footage was faked,
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other photos and videos
of the Ningen
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have surfaced in recent years,
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and there are those who believe
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this disturbingly humanlike
sea monster is real.
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JASON MARTELL: Now most people,
when they saw the images of this Ningen,
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quickly dismissed it as a hoax,
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but things in the past, too,
like the idea of a Kraken...
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Some large squid... was never
even thought possible
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until it was discovered.
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NARRATOR: History books are
filled with sensational encounters
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with terrifying sea monsters.
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Many of these stories
were derided as myth
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until evidence was found
centuries after
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to indicate there was
some truth to them.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
The sea is a primal force.
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It is deep, it is powerful,
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it is tempestuous,
so it frightens us.
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So mariners' tales of sea
serpents, sea monsters go back
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to the earliest times
of mythology and folklore.
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They represent some
of our deepest terrors.
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NICK POPE:
The ocean is a good example
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of this fact
meets fiction scenario.
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You have stories like the Kraken
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and these giant sea monsters.
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And then the science
catches up, so to speak,
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and we find that, yes, there are
these giant squid down there.
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So that begs the question,
what else might be down there?
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And, frankly,
we haven't got a clue.
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HENRY: As we venture deeper
and deeper into the ocean,
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there's no telling
what we're gonna find,
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but one thing will be certain:
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It will be absolutely
mind-blowing.
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NARRATOR: Could the Ningen and
other even more incredible creatures
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that we have yet to encounter
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be hiding out in the depths
of Earth's oceans?
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Incredibly, the world that we
know and inhabit, above water,
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represents only one percent
of the planet's livable space.
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99% belongs to the oceans,
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and less than ten percent of
that space has been explored.
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KIRSTEN FISHER: The ocean does
represent probably the last real, like,
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unexplored area of the Earth.
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Uh, the surface
of the ocean floor
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is largely uncharacterized.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: It's kind
of strange when you think about it
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because we know more
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about the surface of the Moon
and the surface of Mars
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than we know
about the ocean floors.
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NARRATOR:
Up until 1875,
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the mainstream
scientific viewpoint
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was that living organisms
could not exist
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more than 1800 feet beneath
the surface of the ocean.
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But then a scientific expedition
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discovered over 4,700
new types of sea life
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beneath that depth.
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And an even more
remarkable discovery
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would be made more than
100 years later.
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February 1977.
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250 miles northeast
of the Galápagos Islands.
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Scientists make
a remarkable discovery
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more than 8,000 feet
below the surface...
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near a hydrothermal vent
in the ocean floor
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where no life
is thought to exist.
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To their astonishment,
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the area is teeming
with creatures unlike anything
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ever witnessed on Earth.
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ILIFFE: When they first came
upon these deep sea vents,
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they found giant
tube worms, Riftia,
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that are amazing size
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and beautifully colored,
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all sorts of shrimp
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and crabs and fish
living around these vents.
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So they're totally
alien forms of life
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that have never been found
anywhere else on the planet.
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NARRATOR: Central to
the underwater ecosystem
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is an unusual food source.
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FISHER: Bacteria exists
at these vent sites.
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In the absence of light, they do
something that's analogous
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to photosynthesis
that we call chemosynthesis.
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They actually take these
sulfur-containing compounds
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to generate their energy
for their cells, essentially.
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NARRATOR: The discovery transforms
the field of marine biology.
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Considering the fact that
these extraordinary creatures
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have been found,
is it also possible
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that so-called sea monsters
presumed to be mythological,
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such as the
Ningen of Antarctica,
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could exist as well?
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While no physical evidence
of the Ningen
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has come to light yet,
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there is proof of an equally
mystifying creature
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that lurks in the depths:
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Turritopsis dohrnii,
or the immortal jellyfish.
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The immortal jellyfish,
when conditions become adverse,
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maybe temperatures
become too high,
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salinity changes,
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these animals revert
to a juvenile stage
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from the adult stage
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and basically start life
all over again.
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So it basically just keeps r...
rewinding its development
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over and over again.
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In the lab, there are some lines
of immortal jellyfish
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that haven't
experienced death yet,
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um, they've just been cycling
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through their developmental
stages repeatedly.
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NARRATOR: A jellyfish that has
the potential to live forever?
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But how is it possible that
a creature could exist on Earth
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that is so unlike any other
life-form yet discovered,
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and that scientists
still struggle to explain?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest there could be
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a very simple answer:
That the immortal jellyfish,
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and perhaps other bizarre
creatures of the deep,
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are not native to this planet,
but arrived here from space.
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On August 19, 2014,
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Russian cosmonauts aboard
the International Space Station
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made an incredible discovery.
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Clinging to the exterior
of the windows
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was an organism
commonly found underwater:
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Sea plankton.
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CHANDRA WICKRAMASINGHE:
Recent findings of sea plankton
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on the outside
of the space station
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is really very interesting.
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I, personally, have collaborated
with the group
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of very distinguished scientists
who are involved in this,
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and we concluded
that there's no way
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in which microbes can be lofted
to 400 kilometers
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from the surface, so they
have to come from outside.
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NARRATOR:
Has Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe,
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along with his colleagues,
found irrefutable evidence
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of alien life
that is able to survive
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the extreme conditions
of outer space
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and potentially travel to Earth?
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And could the fact that it
was found to be plankton
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indicate that life-forms
coming from space
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are capable of surviving
in Earth's oceans?
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TSOUKALOS: Here's what's so
crazy, we've discovered
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new creatures and new species
in places where, 20 years ago,
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it was scientific fact
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that no life could exist
in those places.
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We now have even found fish
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at the bottom of the
deepest spots of the ocean
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where even a submarine
could get crushed,
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and there's living fish down
there, how is that possible?
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It shouldn't work on Earth,
but it does,
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so my question is:
Are some of those creatures
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directly imported
from somewhere else?
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NARRATOR:
Immortal jellyfish.
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Giant worms.
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Possible humanoid sea monsters.
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Might the many bizarre
creatures found
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in Earth's oceans
not be from Earth at all?
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And if alien life-forms
really do inhabit our seas,
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did they arrive here
by accident?
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Or were they sent here
deliberately
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as part of an
extraterrestrial agenda?
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Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining an object
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that recently
crash-landed on Earth
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carrying cargo that has the
potential to create life.
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NARRATOR:
December 1974.
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Cambridge University
Professor of Astronomy,
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Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe,
publishes an article
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in Nature magazine that sets
the scientific community abuzz.
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For decades,
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the mainstream viewpoint
has been that life on Earth
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spontaneously arose from
a so-called "primordial soup,"
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or organic compounds in the
planet's primitive oceans.
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But scientists
are still uncertain
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as to just how life would've
been able to develop
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from inanimate matter.
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Instead,
Dr. Wickramasinghe suggests
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that life didn't start
on Earth at all,
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but was delivered to our planet
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on meteorites and comets.
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The concept is known
as "panspermia."
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Every single textbook on biology
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that, uh, we would've studied
maybe ten, 20 years ago
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starts with the story
of the primordial soup.
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There is no evidence
for this at all,
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and so the alternative
to the primordial soup theory
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is that life did not start here
on the Earth,
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but came from outside.
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TSOUKALOS: There are
two types of panspermia:
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One which is just panspermia,
which suggests
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that life was carried
on the backs of comets
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throughout the universe.
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So it's a natural seeding
of the planets.
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Now, the second term
is what's called
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directed panspermia and
the definition behind that is
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that an intelligent
technological species
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on a distant planet
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deliberately sent out
building blocks of life
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to particular planets,
so the idea is
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that Earth, perhaps,
a long time ago,
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was seeded by extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR: For decades,
mainstream scientists
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have dismissed the theory
of panspermia on the basis
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that life could not survive
the extreme conditions of space.
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But a recent discovery
could prove that notion wrong,
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and possibly provide
physical evidence
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that panspermia
not only occurred,
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but continues
to affect life on Earth.
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Milton Keynes, England.
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March 2019.
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Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
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travels to The Open University
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to meet with planetary scientist
Dr. Queenie Chan.
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Dr. Chan?
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- Giorgio!
- Hello.
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- Great pleasure to meet you.
- Welcome here.
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Nice to meet you, too. Welcome.
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Thank you so much
for bringing me here.
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NARRATOR:
Dr. Chan recently analyzed
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two meteorites recovered in 1998
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and discovered something
incredibly unexpected,
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a salt crystal
containing liquid water.
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Giorgio is eager to find out
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what the implications
of this discovery could be,
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and if it might provide further
evidence that life on Earth
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was seeded by extraterrestrials.
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So here we've got a box
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full of heavy meteorites.
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Oh, wow.
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Within a stony meteorite,
we've got something called
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the chondritic meteorite.
They are interesting because
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they have
organic materials in it.
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The meteorite that I found
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extremely interesting,
uh, special,
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two meteorites, actually...
Zag and Monahans meteorite.
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They are both
ordinary chondrites,
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but they are not ordinary.
(chuckles)
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They both fell to Earth in 1998.
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And what's more interesting is,
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both of these meteorite
has salt crystal,
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that stunning blue
coloration to them.
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More interesting is,
within this salt crystals,
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we found water,
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liquid water inclusion
within them.
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I'm trying to wrap my mind
around this.
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So you're telling me
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that you found meteorites
that actually contain
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liquid water in them.
What would you say
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to someone who would argue
that maybe
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the water entered the meteorite
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- after it fell on Earth?
- We were lucky
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because they both fell
in a dry condition,
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and they were retrieved
really quickly
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once they...
We observed the fall.
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So it was not contaminated
by the rain.
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Okay.
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Should we have a look at it
in the clean lab?
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Yes, please,
that would be amazing.
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NARRATOR:
Before they can examine
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the meteorite sample,
Giorgio and Dr. Chan change
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into protective gear that will
keep the laboratory sterile.
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All right.
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- And so this is it?
- This is it.
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- Should we have a look under the microscope?
- Yes, please, yes.
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Trying to move that
in focus now.
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There it is.
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I'm going to enlarge it
on my screen.
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This is it. You're looking at
a speck of water in a meteorite.
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This is the first time
that we've found
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amino acids with water.
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This is extraordinary.
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NARRATOR:
Amino acids?
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These organic compounds
are the building blocks of life,
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so finding them
within liquid water
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on a meteorite is extraordinary.
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Could alien proteins like these
have started life on Earth?
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One of the exciting things
about the discovery
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of the blue salt crystals in the
asteroids that crashed to Earth
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is really the amino acids.
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Amino acids are the
building block of protein,
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and so it really shows that
Earth isn't the only place
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where the right chemistry exists
for which you can get life.
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MICHIO KAKU: The panspermia
theory cannot be dismissed,
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and one reason is as follows:
In the early Earth, we were hit
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by meteors and asteroids,
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so our oceans probably boiled
off many times in the past,
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making life impossible.
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But then when the
solar system became quiet
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and we had oceans... boom...
Life gets off the ground.
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NARRATOR: Scientists are
finding more and more evidence
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that shows organic material
arrived here
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from other worlds
billions of years ago,
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and some believe that process
continues to this day.
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What is this?
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- This is a NanoSIMS.
- Okay.
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It's capable of doing
isotopic analysis.
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NARRATOR:
In another laboratory,
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Dr. Chan shows Giorgio
the machine that analyzed
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the meteorite samples
on a nanometer scale.
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The results are then displayed
on a computer screen,
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showing a comparison
between amino acids
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found on Earth and those
that arrived here from space.
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This is very interesting,
because, uh, first of all,
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we're seeing
a bunch of amino acids
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that are common
in-in terrestrial life,
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and over here, we've got
other extraterrestrial
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- amino acid inside.
- Really?
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This is a revolutionary
discovery.
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I immediately go to the idea
of panspermia... that life
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has been brought throughout
the entire galaxy by means
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with which we can't even fathom
how it was done.
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The building blocks of protein
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that we know to be necessary
for life, these very
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building blocks, the same amino
acids that we found on Earth,
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is ubiquitous in the,
in the universe.
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It's everywhere.
It's found on-on asteroid.
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It's found on-on comets, too.
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So, in your estimation,
what is the likelihood
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of life having begun elsewhere?
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We've got so many
different galaxies
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and there are so many
Earth-like planets,
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and, uh, we-we could
have water elsewhere.
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We-we know that amino acids,
the building blocks of life,
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are ubiquitous,
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um, so I think it-it's
totally possible.
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Thank you so much for sharing
this information with me.
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I think this has been
one of the most enlightening
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conversations
that I've ever had.
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- So thank you for your time.
- Thank you very much.
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- Yup. Good to have you here.
- Thank you. All right.
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NARRATOR: Are the seeds of
life being sent to Earth
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inside meteorites
and possibly developing
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new alien species
in the deepest parts
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of our oceans?
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And if so,
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to what end?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining one of the most
mysterious and intelligent
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creatures in the sea:
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The octopus.
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NARRATOR:
March 2018.
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A scientific paper sparks
a sensation in the press.
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In it, a team of 33 scientists,
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including
Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe,
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claim that octopuses
possess extraterrestrial DNA.
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What we find in the octopus
genome is just almost uncanny.
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It has something like
50,000 genes.
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Compare that with the human,
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which has something like
25,000 genes.
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So the octopus, in many ways,
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appears to be more complex
than the human.
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Now how did this complexity
manifest itself?
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There's ample evidence
to suggest
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that it came from outside.
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CHILDRESS:
As scientists study octopi,
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they're amazed at what they're
finding, and they're not seeing
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a connection
to some ancestor of the octopi.
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It's like these creatures were
brought here, in their entirety,
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and put into our oceans.
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FISHER: The octopus is a
really fascinating organism.
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The octopus's brain,
instead of just being centered
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in its head like ours,
is actually distributed.
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And there are these brains
in their arms,
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as well as the essential brain
in their head.
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ILIFFE:
An octopus can certainly
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manipulate its environment.
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It builds its own homes
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by piling rocks and shells
on top of it.
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FISHER: Octopuses are very
adept at camouflaging themselves
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by changing their color
to that of their surroundings.
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Really, really quickly,
I mean, almost...
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It looks instantaneous to us.
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It can also manipulate its body
into different shapes
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to imitate other animals.
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NARRATOR:
Some scientists have speculated
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that in the absence of humans,
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the animal best suited to evolve
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into the dominant species
on the planet
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is not another primate,
but the octopus.
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And there is one ability
in particular
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that suggests the octopus
could one day rule the Earth:
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It can edit
its own genetic code.
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ILIFFE: DNA, the double
helix, is like a zipper.
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The zipper can be unzipped,
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and then another molecule
is created,
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called RNA.
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RNA, it transfers
the information
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from DNA to proteins.
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So the octopus have
the amazing ability
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to edit their RNA, thus,
they can make new proteins.
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NARRATOR: Although this
ability isn't fully understood,
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it suggests that the octopus can
rapidly adapt to its environment
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far faster than other creatures.
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FISHER: What RNA editing
does is essentially
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mediated by changes
in the environment,
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usually temperature,
for example.
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NARRATOR:
Camouflaging skin?
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Tool use?
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The ability to edit
its own genetic code?
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Is it possible that this
extraordinary creature,
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with three hearts and nine
brains, is not from Earth?
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Perhaps evidence can be found by
examining mythological accounts
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from across the ancient world.
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Numerous cultures told stories
of humanlike beings
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coming out of the ocean,
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and worshiped gods
that resembled sea creatures.
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Interestingly, a great many
of these aquatic deities
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resemble the octopus.
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All the way round the world,
there are traditions
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to do with a creator god
in the form of an octopus.
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For instance, in ancient Crete,
there are numerous
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images and paintings
of an octopus
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with bizarre, large eyes.
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In Ecuador,
at a place called Manta,
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were these bas-relief carvings
of this bizarre octopus deity.
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We have to ask ourselves, is it
possible that the ancients
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were aware that the octopus
is truly alien to this planet?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the octopus is related
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to a race of extraterrestrials
that visited Earth
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thousands of years ago?
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Or did our ancestors encounter
intelligent creatures
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that were the result
of alien experimentation?
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Ancient astronaut theory
proposes
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that in the distant past,
the human race
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was genetically modified
by otherworldly beings.
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If true, could they have altered
other creatures as well?
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HENRY: In the ancient
record in mythology,
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we find a very intriguing story,
and that is,
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the gods experimented
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when they were coming up
with the human form.
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They experimented with various
types of creatures:
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Half human, half dog hybrids,
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half human, half horse hybrids,
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humans that had
aquatic features.
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They seemed to be
experimenting and looking
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for just the right fit
for conditions of life on Earth.
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We think that stopped,
but that may not be true.
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NARRATOR:
Are extraterrestrials
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continuing to introduce
new life-forms to planet Earth,
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and perhaps altering existing
life-forms to this day?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that, just like we are
conducting research
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on other planets,
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otherworldly beings
may be using our oceans
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as their own
research laboratory.
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NARRATOR:
St. George's, Bermuda, 1978.
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Dr. Tom Iliffe,
a research scientist
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at the Bermuda
Biological Station,
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begins to explore the dozens
of underwater caves in the area.
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Many of his colleagues tell him
that he is wasting his time,
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that no meaningful life
can survive
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in the dense saltwater
environments of these caves...
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Caves where the sunlight
does not reach.
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But to his astonishment,
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he finds the caves
teeming with life.
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The blue holes are the
underwater caves in the Bahamas.
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So they're called blue holes
because they're vertical shafts.
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When you look at them, the water
is a deep, dark blue in color,
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crystal clear water.
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There have been a number
of people who have said,
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"There's nothing
interesting there,
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don't even bother to look,"
but I took that as a challenge.
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I went ahead and tried to find
out for myself what was there,
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and amazingly, there's just over
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350 new species of animals
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that I have found in my career.
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We know of more animals
in these caves
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00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,260
than any other place
in the world.
500
00:27:18,390 --> 00:27:22,100
NARRATOR: Not only has Dr. Iliffe
discovered an amazing amount
501
00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:25,650
of life within the extreme
environment of the blue holes,
502
00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:27,520
but the life-forms he has found
503
00:27:27,650 --> 00:27:31,740
are unlike any other creatures
on Earth.
504
00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:35,530
There have been discovered
an enormous variety
505
00:27:35,660 --> 00:27:41,080
of higher groups of animals
in these underwater caves.
506
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,830
One of the most interesting
animals we worked on
507
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,590
represents a new class
of crustacea.
508
00:27:47,710 --> 00:27:51,170
It's called the remipedes,
and they're unusual
509
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,470
because they are
the only crustacean
510
00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:57,050
with venom-injecting fangs.
511
00:27:57,180 --> 00:28:00,510
So they swim up to prey,
maybe a small shrimp,
512
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,060
and stick their fangs into it,
513
00:28:04,190 --> 00:28:08,310
inject it with hydrolytic
enzymes that paralyzes
514
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,320
and begins digesting
the shrimp externally,
515
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,650
and then literally have the
ability to suck the juices out
516
00:28:15,780 --> 00:28:18,780
of their prey.
517
00:28:18,910 --> 00:28:22,240
If I were going to build
a science fiction monster,
518
00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:24,960
I'd build it around a remipede.
519
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,750
NARRATOR: While scientists are
fascinated by the incredible abilities
520
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,380
of the octopus that they still
don't fully understand,
521
00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:34,880
it is only one
of literally thousands
522
00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:39,550
of extraordinary sea creatures
that similarly defy explanation.
523
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,810
And one of them,
discovered in 2013,
524
00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:48,150
is the octopus's colossal
cousin, the giant squid.
525
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:54,530
Once thought to be
a mythological creature,
526
00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:58,570
the giant squid can grow
to over 40 feet in length,
527
00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:00,990
weigh up to 600 pounds
528
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,290
and boasts the animal kingdom's
largest eyes...
529
00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,210
Eyes capable of accommodating
530
00:29:06,330 --> 00:29:08,790
the lack of sunlight
in the deep.
531
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,210
So Architeuthis dux,
or the giant squid,
532
00:29:11,340 --> 00:29:14,550
is a really interesting creature
in that it's experiencing,
533
00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:18,220
like, deep-sea gigantism, so it
can get really, really large,
534
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,760
in the deep-sea environment.
535
00:29:20,890 --> 00:29:23,220
The giant squid's tentacles
are covered with suction cups
536
00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:26,390
that have little teeth,
and so that allows it
537
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,850
to grab its prey in the dark
and pull it to them.
538
00:29:34,570 --> 00:29:37,990
NARRATOR: Perhaps the strangest
of all the sea creatures found
539
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,410
in the past 20 years
is the ctenophore,
540
00:29:41,530 --> 00:29:43,910
or comb jelly.
541
00:29:44,030 --> 00:29:46,950
It has two neurosystems,
542
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,040
heals from any wound in under
three hours with no scarring,
543
00:29:50,170 --> 00:29:54,170
and can even regenerate
its own brain.
544
00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,840
Comb jellies are such
a mystery to scientists,
545
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,970
they have been dubbed
"aliens of the sea."
546
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:04,180
But as bizarre
as all these creatures are,
547
00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:06,810
could there be even more
incredible life-forms
548
00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:10,140
we have yet to discover?
549
00:30:10,270 --> 00:30:14,270
Exploration of the deep ocean
is very difficult and dangerous.
550
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,780
In some respects,
a space mission is easier.
551
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:21,410
The pressures crush
552
00:30:21,530 --> 00:30:25,120
most conventional submarines
and submersibles.
553
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,490
There are only a handful
of missions that have gone,
554
00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:31,330
say, to the very bottom
of the deep parts of the ocean,
555
00:30:31,460 --> 00:30:33,380
like the Mariana Trench.
556
00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:39,050
The deepest part of these oceans
are about seven miles deep,
557
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:41,300
and you need special
bathyspheres or submarines
558
00:30:41,430 --> 00:30:42,890
to go that deep.
559
00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:46,600
And when researchers
do make these journeys,
560
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,220
they're amazed to find
that there's actually life
561
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:53,270
at these extreme depths,
something they didn't expect.
562
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,860
So now we have to wonder,
563
00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:59,740
is it possible that, at these
extreme depths in our oceans,
564
00:30:59,860 --> 00:31:02,820
there are extraterrestrials
and bases?
565
00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:05,490
It's an incredible thought.
566
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:09,040
NARRATOR: Could it be
that humanity's inability
567
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,420
to fully explore Earth's oceans
has prevented the discovery
568
00:31:13,540 --> 00:31:18,250
of a profound and potentially
disturbing reality:
569
00:31:18,380 --> 00:31:20,960
That alien creatures
from other worlds
570
00:31:21,090 --> 00:31:23,840
not only can and do exist,
571
00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:27,300
but they are most likely
thriving in our oceans?
572
00:31:27,430 --> 00:31:31,600
Not only do many ancient
astronaut theorists say yes,
573
00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:34,230
they also suggest
that not all alien life-forms
574
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:38,020
are of the silent,
swimming variety.
575
00:31:38,150 --> 00:31:41,650
They believe that the sea
is vast enough and deep enough
576
00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:45,320
to hide entire colonies
of extraterrestrials,
577
00:31:45,450 --> 00:31:47,910
and some
with technological capabilities
578
00:31:48,030 --> 00:31:51,330
far surpassing our own.
579
00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,710
NARRATOR:
Malibu, California.
580
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,420
2014.
581
00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:06,840
Satellite imagery reveals
a curious formation
582
00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:11,640
on the seabed
six miles off the coast.
583
00:32:11,770 --> 00:32:15,060
The satellite photos
show what seems to be, uh,
584
00:32:15,190 --> 00:32:18,810
an oval, flat-topped structure
585
00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:23,110
that's got legs coming down
that are holding it up.
586
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,200
It's about
2,000 feet underwater.
587
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,030
In some ways, this would look a
little bit like an oil platform.
588
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,120
NARRATOR: In the very same area
as the underwater structure,
589
00:32:37,250 --> 00:32:39,750
locals have reported
seeing strange lights
590
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,710
emerging from the ocean.
591
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,920
BILL BIRNES: There is this
very strange 911 call
592
00:32:46,050 --> 00:32:48,840
from an observer
near Point Dume off Malibu,
593
00:32:48,970 --> 00:32:51,010
saying he saw a light coming out
of the water,
594
00:32:51,140 --> 00:32:53,180
and calling it in
to the sheriff's station.
595
00:32:53,310 --> 00:32:56,980
In Point Dume,
and the whole area around there,
596
00:32:57,100 --> 00:33:01,230
USOs are phenomenally common.
597
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,980
A USO is an
598
00:33:04,110 --> 00:33:06,740
unidentified submersible object.
599
00:33:08,410 --> 00:33:11,160
Is there an alien base
600
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,240
in a very deep trench
601
00:33:13,370 --> 00:33:16,080
off the coast of Malibu,
and that's why
602
00:33:16,210 --> 00:33:20,330
there are so many sightings
of USOs off that coast?
603
00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:24,250
NARRATOR:
An underwater alien base?
604
00:33:24,380 --> 00:33:28,590
Could such
an incredible notion be true?
605
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,430
And if so, is this just one
606
00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:33,680
of many extraterrestrial
installations
607
00:33:33,810 --> 00:33:37,180
hidden deep
beneath Earth's oceans?
608
00:33:37,310 --> 00:33:40,600
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
609
00:33:40,730 --> 00:33:44,440
and point to stories
from all over the world of USOs.
610
00:33:47,030 --> 00:33:50,240
NOORY:
Witnesses have seen UFOs
611
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,570
busting out from the ocean floor
612
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:55,160
and just taking right off
into the atmosphere
613
00:33:55,290 --> 00:33:58,460
and gone, into space.
614
00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:02,290
BIRNES: You see them off
the coast of California.
615
00:34:02,420 --> 00:34:04,210
You see them a lot
in the Gulf of Mexico.
616
00:34:04,340 --> 00:34:07,670
Spend some time
on the Florida Gulf Coast,
617
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,720
you will see a USO.
618
00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:14,260
NOORY:
Sailors have seen lights
619
00:34:14,390 --> 00:34:17,220
following their ships
underwater.
620
00:34:17,350 --> 00:34:19,310
They're not submarines,
621
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:21,140
they're something else,
something's going on.
622
00:34:23,150 --> 00:34:26,940
COLLINS: Absolutely anything
could be hiding down there.
623
00:34:27,070 --> 00:34:30,280
If aliens were trying to direct
624
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,990
seeds of life,
625
00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:35,120
the most obvious place
that they would hide them
626
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:38,200
is within the oceans themself.
627
00:34:38,330 --> 00:34:41,920
And the depths of them
could hide vehicles,
628
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,460
could even hide bases.
629
00:34:44,590 --> 00:34:46,300
Uh, for hundreds,
if not thousands of years,
630
00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:48,800
we would not be aware
of their presence.
631
00:34:50,170 --> 00:34:52,510
NARRATOR:
Alien craft,
632
00:34:52,630 --> 00:34:55,510
hidden in our oceans
for thousands of years?
633
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,810
While many dismiss the idea
634
00:34:57,930 --> 00:35:00,350
as little more
than science fiction,
635
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,190
ancient astronaut theorists
point to a recent innovation
636
00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,520
in marine warfare.
637
00:35:05,650 --> 00:35:09,690
In May 2017,
the United Kingdom announced
638
00:35:09,820 --> 00:35:13,860
its newest submarine program,
the Astute class.
639
00:35:13,990 --> 00:35:16,830
These nuclear attack subs
can carry a crew
640
00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:21,620
of almost 100 sailors,
descend more than 1,000 feet,
641
00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:26,170
and remain submerged
for up to 25 years.
642
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:28,130
The only reason
they need to surface
643
00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:30,630
is to take on food and supplies.
644
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,470
But experts contend
that the ocean
645
00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:35,720
is so rich in resources
646
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,390
that advances in technology
may soon enable submarines
647
00:35:39,510 --> 00:35:43,190
to harvest all of the materials
they need underwater.
648
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:46,810
The oceans have everything
that the crew of a ship
649
00:35:46,940 --> 00:35:48,730
would need to survive.
650
00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:52,030
It's got plants and animals
651
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,660
that can be harvested for food.
652
00:35:54,780 --> 00:35:58,200
There's minerals and salt that
can be taken from the water.
653
00:35:58,330 --> 00:36:01,500
You can actually
desalinate the water
654
00:36:01,620 --> 00:36:04,330
to make clean drinking water.
655
00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:08,590
You can even separate
the hydrogen
656
00:36:08,710 --> 00:36:11,130
from the oxygen in the water
657
00:36:11,250 --> 00:36:12,840
to create fuel
658
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,340
and-and air to breathe.
659
00:36:15,470 --> 00:36:18,640
Everything that is necessary
for life
660
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,430
can be found in the oceans,
661
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,930
and it may be
that if extraterrestrials
662
00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:27,020
are in our oceans,
they're not just hiding there,
663
00:36:27,150 --> 00:36:29,650
this may be
their preferred environment.
664
00:36:29,770 --> 00:36:32,570
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that extraterrestrials
665
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,990
are not just hiding
beneath the sea,
666
00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:38,700
but view our oceans
as their preferred territory?
667
00:36:38,820 --> 00:36:41,870
Some scientists suggest
668
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:45,290
that aquatic creatures
are better-suited than humans
669
00:36:45,410 --> 00:36:47,290
for space travel.
670
00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:50,460
DENNIN:
Because of the fact
671
00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:52,960
that we're terrestrial
and we walk on the ground,
672
00:36:53,090 --> 00:36:56,130
as humans, we're very tied
to our 2-D motions...
673
00:36:56,260 --> 00:36:59,140
That is moving only left,
right and forward and back.
674
00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:01,760
Creatures that grow up
675
00:37:01,890 --> 00:37:04,390
in a fundamentally
aquatic environment
676
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,770
are much more used to all
of the 3-D motion that comes
677
00:37:07,890 --> 00:37:09,770
with being able
to move up and down,
678
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:13,020
as well as forward and backward
and left and right in the ocean.
679
00:37:13,150 --> 00:37:16,400
Our musculoskeletal system needs
the impact of gravity, um,
680
00:37:16,530 --> 00:37:19,200
to remain healthy,
and so, I think,
681
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,580
just the weightlessness
is one of the biggest challenges
682
00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,240
to humans living
in space conditions.
683
00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:26,410
So you can imagine
that something adapted
684
00:37:26,540 --> 00:37:29,000
to an aqueous environment could
685
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,170
potentially do better
in a low-gravity environment.
686
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,050
NARRATOR:
Considering the advantages
687
00:37:35,170 --> 00:37:39,260
that aquatic life-forms have
over terrestrial life-forms,
688
00:37:39,380 --> 00:37:41,090
and the fact that more than 90%
689
00:37:41,220 --> 00:37:44,640
of Earth's oceans
remain unexamined...
690
00:37:44,770 --> 00:37:47,230
is it possible
that there are creatures
691
00:37:47,350 --> 00:37:48,690
lurking beneath the water
692
00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:52,400
that are more sophisticated
than humans?
693
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,070
If so, could they have been
sent here on meteors
694
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:56,490
from distant planets?
695
00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:01,070
And does our inability
to explore the extreme depths
696
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,330
of their world mean that
it is only a matter of time
697
00:38:04,450 --> 00:38:07,000
before they emerge from the sea
698
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,710
to take over ours?
699
00:38:15,090 --> 00:38:16,920
NARRATOR:
St. Paul, Minnesota.
700
00:38:17,050 --> 00:38:20,050
2008.
701
00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:23,930
Arnold Landé, a retired
heart and lung surgeon,
702
00:38:24,050 --> 00:38:27,470
announces he has patented a
revolutionary type of scuba suit
703
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,440
that will allow humans
to breathe liquid air.
704
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,190
Key to his invention
is a special solution
705
00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:36,780
of highly oxygenated
perfluorocarbons,
706
00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:38,530
a type of liquid
707
00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:41,860
that can dissolve
enormous quantities of gas.
708
00:38:41,990 --> 00:38:45,780
And while the technology
is still in development,
709
00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:49,370
if Landé succeeds,
humans will be able to dive
710
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:52,420
to more extreme depths
than ever before.
711
00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:56,250
In these dark recesses
of Earth's oceans,
712
00:38:56,380 --> 00:38:58,960
could we discover that humans
share the Earth
713
00:38:59,090 --> 00:39:02,510
with much more intelligent
and sophisticated life-forms
714
00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:05,260
than anything found on land?
715
00:39:05,390 --> 00:39:09,520
Frankly, we have no idea
what might be down there.
716
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,140
Exploration has been
very limited.
717
00:39:12,270 --> 00:39:14,690
There are vast parts
of the ocean
718
00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:18,020
about which we know
absolutely nothing.
719
00:39:18,150 --> 00:39:20,940
As humans, we tend to believe
that we have dominion
720
00:39:21,070 --> 00:39:25,120
over the Earth, but in the vast
oceans beneath us,
721
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,740
there could be all kinds
of advanced civilizations.
722
00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:32,040
Even ones that have been here
for much longer
723
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,120
than we've been on this planet.
724
00:39:34,250 --> 00:39:37,340
And they've come here
from other solar systems
725
00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:39,710
and then came to our planet
726
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,880
where they're now
living underwater.
727
00:39:43,010 --> 00:39:44,970
And it seems incredible to us,
728
00:39:45,090 --> 00:39:47,640
but we may be seeing
their ships,
729
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,770
these USOs coming
out of the water,
730
00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:54,850
and there may be some
highly advanced civilization
731
00:39:54,980 --> 00:39:59,070
that's in these vast oceans
that we have yet to explore.
732
00:39:59,190 --> 00:40:01,110
Anything could be down there.
733
00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:04,450
TSOUKALOS:
Some people have proposed
734
00:40:04,570 --> 00:40:09,200
that the Earth served
as some gigantic Petri dish.
735
00:40:09,330 --> 00:40:12,750
And so you have to wonder
what else can emerge on Earth
736
00:40:12,870 --> 00:40:14,500
that we don't even know about?
737
00:40:16,460 --> 00:40:18,210
HENRY: Could there be more
sophisticated life-forms
738
00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:20,380
than us,
not just on distant planets,
739
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:23,050
but right here
in our own oceans?
740
00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:26,180
Not aliens, but earthlings?
741
00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:29,430
NARRATOR: If extraterrestrials
seeded the Earth
742
00:40:29,550 --> 00:40:31,850
and continue to use it
as a genetic laboratory,
743
00:40:31,970 --> 00:40:34,390
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
744
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,980
could further
deep-sea exploration
745
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:40,690
discover a species
more advanced than humans?
746
00:40:40,820 --> 00:40:43,990
Perhaps creatures resembling
the amphibious gods
747
00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:46,740
depicted by our ancestors?
748
00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:49,660
And will we only have true
dominion over the Earth
749
00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:52,330
once we are able
to fully explore
750
00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,710
and inhabit
these depths as well?
751
00:40:55,830 --> 00:40:58,210
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
752
00:40:58,330 --> 00:41:02,590
the creatures of the deep may
already have plans for humanity.
753
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:05,010
Are there extraterrestrials
in fact in our oceans
754
00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:08,890
that are experimenting
with different types of beings?
755
00:41:09,010 --> 00:41:12,180
And are they looking ultimately
to upgrade humanity
756
00:41:12,310 --> 00:41:14,180
with some of these discoveries?
757
00:41:14,310 --> 00:41:16,180
Is that what's in our future,
758
00:41:16,310 --> 00:41:18,480
that there could be
extraterrestrial beings
759
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,360
that will come out
of Earth's ocean
760
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,900
that will deliver some kind
of revelation that says,
761
00:41:23,020 --> 00:41:25,400
"Hey guys,
this isn't all there is.
762
00:41:25,530 --> 00:41:29,950
You can, in fact, transform
yourself into this,"
763
00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:32,620
and that will be the future
evolution of humanity.
764
00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:35,500
NARRATOR: Instead of looking
for alien civilizations
765
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:37,790
beyond our solar system,
766
00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:41,710
might we find them in the
darkest depths of our oceans?
767
00:41:44,050 --> 00:41:46,010
Is it possible
that there is already a species
768
00:41:46,130 --> 00:41:48,050
more advanced than humans
769
00:41:48,170 --> 00:41:51,340
hiding out in places
we can't reach
770
00:41:51,470 --> 00:41:55,810
that have been there
for thousands of years?
771
00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:58,730
Perhaps we will make
alien contact
772
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,690
not when they come down
from the sky
773
00:42:01,810 --> 00:42:04,520
but when they reemerge
from the sea.