NARRATOR: A pattern of
stars repeated in monuments throughout the ancient world. It's a global phenomenon. There might be a celestial plan. NARRATOR: Coordinates for a
celestial constellation mapped out 7,000 years ago
in sand and stone. The builders clearly possessed
some advanced knowledge of the constellations. NARRATOR: And clues that
long lost civilizations may have had contact
with travelers from this cluster of stars. Orion is so important to all
of these ancient civilizations. Somehow, this is linked
to where we came from and where we are going. NARRATOR: Millions of
people around the world believe we have been
visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. What if it were true? Did ancient aliens really
help to shape our history? And if so, might they have
left behind signs revealing mankind's ultimate destination
in the constellation of Orion? [theme music] January 11th, 2006. The Hubble Space Telescope
captures a never before seen image of the Orion nebula, a
massive star formation 1,500 light years from Earth. The panoramic photo reveals
more than 3,000 stars in various stages of life and
gives researchers new insight into the formation of celestial
objects and planetary systems. According to modern
scientists, it is here in this mysterious
cloud of dust and gas that stars and planets may have
been created billions of years ago. Astronomers usually
refer to it as M42-- not such a sexy name, but
it's a stellar nursery, so it's where stars
are being born. And so this part of Orion gets
a lot of study by astronomers. THOMAS BROPHY: You have this
rapid star forming region. You have these young stars
and very likely many, many young planets that
also form out of that gas and does the collapse to
make those stars in the Orion nebula. PHILIP COPPENS: Now,
stars being born obviously means that certain things
are happening there on a level which we simply
don't really understand. NARRATOR: As seen from Earth,
the Orion constellation is one of the most prominent
star formations in the night sky and has been revered
by ancient cultures around the globe for
thousands of years. Named after the Greek demigod
Orion in the 8th century BC, when connected, the stars
form the head, shoulders, Belt and feet of a man. Orion is probably one
of the most recognizable constellations in the sky, maybe
only second to the Big Dipper. It's near the equator and
in the northern hemisphere it's visible in the winter. It has a lot of bright
stars and a big square. That's the body of Orion. GARY DAVID: The three major
stars in the constellation are Alnilam,
Alnitak and Mintaka. These are the Belt
stars of Orion, and most people recognize the
constellation by these three stars right in a row. NARRATOR: According
to Greek mythology, Orion was a giant born
with superhuman abilities, a mighty hunter
who killed animals with an unbreakable bronze club. When the Greek hero
was eventually slain, he was placed among
the stars for eternity. His father was
in fact Poseidon, so he knew a lot about oceans. Posiedon apparently taught
Orion how to walk on water. There's another story about him
being so big that when he walks through the ocean, his head and
shoulders are above the ocean, so we get a sense of his size. RICHARD RADER: All of
our astronomical bodies are named after major
figures from Greek mythology. And we have these wonderful
texts that describe stars and how it is that
they got their names. To write about the stars,
to write about the heavens, to write about the
bodies in space, is essentially to be talking
about the realm of the gods. Now the constellation of
Orion in all traditions, and particularly the
Egyptian tradition, is usually regarded
as a striding man. The Greeks saw him as a hunter. Many other cultures
saw him as a giant. PHILIP COPPENS: Sometimes
we have him depicted as smiting the enemy. Sometimes he is trampling
across a serpent. But in each case, we know that
Orion is depicted as a human being. RICHARD RADER: It's
entirely possible that a character like Orion was
based on an actual human being, because we have to keep in
mind that for the Greeks, what they call mythology
or myth, the mythic past, was just older than
ancient history. NARRATOR: Is it possible, as
ancient astronaut theorists suggest, that Orion was named
for an actual flesh and blood being? Or might there be another, more
profound reason this demigod and the stars that form
his body were worshipped? Some researchers believe the
answers can be found by looking at the origin stories of a
civilization that thrived in the Nile River valley
more than 2,000 years before the Greeks. According to Egyptian
mythology, the gods descended from the
Belt stars of Orion, and Sirius, the brightest
star in the sky. The ancient Egyptians believed
that from Sirius and Orion came beings in the form of
humans, Osiris and Isis, and instigated the human race. Metaphorically, it
very much matches what we know from astrophysics. We know that we are
the product of stars. We're literally
made of star stuff. Sirius and Orion
are critically important because they represent
Isis and Osiris, the god and goddess from which all
of Egyptian civilization and ultimately all of human
civilization supposedly sprang. So to the ancient
Egyptians, Osiris was Orion. That constellation actually
was a literal living embodiment of the great god Osiris who
was always over our heads, always looking down upon
us and always judging us, because in the end, he would
be the guy that would decide whether we got eternal life or
whether we were recycled back through the spiritual mulch and
had to start all over again. The ancient Egyptians
were very clear that Orion was linked with
creation, specifically magic creation. And so if we accept what
our ancestors were saying, mythology all of
a sudden becomes more interesting
because all of a sudden, we see the truth as to what
Orion really stands for. And it is all to do with
creation, magical creation. And creation in those days
was linked with the gods. Orion and Osiris are
the same in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians
believed that Osiris will return from Orion one day. Every culture in antiquity
had the knowledge of somebody who returns one day. We are still expecting
the return of someone. NARRATOR: Are the creation
stories of the Egyptians actually documentation of
mankind's otherworldy origins, as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest? And if so, might they have left
behind more evidence, perhaps written in stone? According to the pyramid
texts, a collection of religious records carved into
the walls of pyramids dating back to 2,400 BC, the
ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Unas ruled for 30 years before making
his final voyage to the star system Orion. GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: Unas who
according to the pyramid texts, apparently became
great by eating the flesh of his mortal enemies
and then slaying and devouring the gods themselves. Some say that this was based
on a belief in contiguous magic whereby consuming the
flesh of great people would bring inheritance
of their powers. After devouring the gods
and absorbing their souls and powers, Unas journeyed
through the sky to Orion. NARRATOR: Might the writings
in the pyramid texts actually be more than myth
as some ancient astronaut theorists believe? And could the
Pharaoh Unas actually have traveled into space? If so, how? When you listen to
the ancient Egyptians, they clearly tell us that the
purpose of the Great Pyramid was not as a tomb
but rather as a sort of a womb of transformation. The pharaoh would
enter into it as a man and through the process
of the technology that the pyramid is
built for, the pharaoh is transformed into a god so
that now he is in a sense it being who is capable of
traveling into the stars and also returning. They seem to have
wanted to create a kind of an ancient
launching pad, a sort of Cape Canaveral of the Pharaoh. The idea was to build
the hardware in order to somehow get the soul of
the king going to the stars. NARRATOR: Is it possible that
the pharaohs of ancient Egypt were able to travel back and
forth to the stars of Orion by using the pyramids? According to ancient
astronaut theorists, the proof can be found by
examining an elaborate series of air shafts embedded
within the Great Pyramid, air shafts that point directly to
the stars of Orion and Sirius. There is definitely a
lot of scientific data that has shown that the pyramid,
the entire Giza plateau, the alignment of the air shafts
from the king's and queen's chamber, are all
pointing to Orion. And so that may
be a message to us that that's where these
extraterrestrials were from. DAVID CHILDRESS: The whole
concept that the three pyramids of Giza are in a special
alignment of Orion's Belt is very interesting,
and this would seem to indicate that
Orion was the destination for the stargate that they
were building at Giza. NARRATOR: Why does the Great
Pyramid have air shafts that point to Orion? Is it possible they served as
a kind of intergalactic gateway between the Earth and Orion? And if so, might this be further
proof of our extraterrestrial origins? There are those who
believe clues can be found in the middle of the Nubian
desert, where researchers have discovered what may
be the world's oldest megalithic complex
pointing to Orion. Southern Egypt, 500
miles south of Cairo, on a desolate plain in the
eastern region of the Sahara Desert lies the mysterious
archaeological site known as Nabta Playa. Discovered by a team
of scientists in 1974, researchers believe the
megalithic stones scattered here were once part of a
vast and complex ritual center for an ancient
civilization that thrived from 6400 to 3400 BC,
just before the rise of the Egyptians. ROBERT BAUVAL: We
knew that there were many prehistoric
sites in the Sahara, in this part of the
Egyptian desert. What Nabta Playa is different
is that it wasn't a settlement. It was clearly a ceremonial
site and a very clean one. And it had strange things. One of the centerpieces
is a circle that has been called the mini
Stonehenge of the desert. NARRATOR: For more
than three decades, this circular stone structure
and its intricate alignment to the Belt stars of
the Orion constellation have baffled archaeologists. The builders of
Nabta Playa seem to be aware of a level of
physics and understandings of mathematics
that they interline into these structures, which
clearly say they possessed some advanced knowledge
of the constellations. NARRATOR: Engineer Robert
Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy have studied
the configuration of this mysterious monument
for more than 10 years. In their book,
"Black Genesis," they suggest the stone circle is
a star viewing diagram that aligns with the Belt stars of
Orion at the summer solstice. The counter-circle
smaller stone arrangement, and the megalithic
alignments point to stars. Now, the counter-circle,
we think, represents a diagram that
teaches how the sky moves long term. What we're looking at right
here is a small mockup of the actual counter-circle
of Nabta Playa. These actual stones would
come up to about your knee, and the whole circle would be
about 12 feet across or so. And there are these two sets
of gates on the outer parts of the circle. And this gate is pointing
towards where the summer solstice sun rises. NARRATOR: According to
mainstream scientists, radiocarbon dating indicates
the site was constructed nearly 7,000 years ago. Taking this timeframe
into account, Brophy studied the positioning
of the gates and the center stones and discovered that
it was then in 4900 BC when three of the center
stones lined up precisely with three of the brightest
stars in the constellation of Orion. If we look up in
the sky at that time, these three stones
right here, they represent the Orion's
Belt stars exactly as they were seen at that time. So there it is. The stones represent a map
of the stars in the sky. NARRATOR: Is it really possible,
as some researchers believe, that the stones of Nabta Playa
correspond with the alignment of Orion's Belt as observed
just before the summer solstice 7,000 years ago? If so, why and how
would ancient man have created such an advanced
diagram of this constellation? Mysteriously, the
inhabitants of Nabta Playa vanished around 3400 BC. Some researchers believe they
migrated 60 miles east where Egypt's Nile valley
civilizations emerged in the fourth century BC. ROBERT BAUVAL: The
astronomy from Nabta Playa is exactly the same astronomy
of the pyramid builders. So suddenly, what we thought
was original to the pharaohs was pushed back now to these
prehistoric people thousands of years before. We call them the star people. We have no idea where they came
from, that lived in the Sahara when it was first fertile
for thousands of years before the pyramid builders. We want to try and
trace their origins, and we've taken that
track all the way now to the extreme
southwest of Egypt. We've actually seen those
people, believe it or not. They left us drawings in caves. Some of them look
pretty strange. They're very tall, slender
people, and with very strange heads. Now, whether this is artistic
representation, I don't know, but they're certainly
very mysterious. NARRATOR: Who are
the star people, and why was the exact location
of Orion so important to them? Were they simply another
advanced ancient civilization lost to time? Or could it be possible that
the star people of Nabta Playa were literally visitors
from another world? Perhaps a deeper
understanding of Orion can be found here
in the ruins of one of the most astronomically
advanced ancient civilizations. Central Mexico, just 35 miles
Northeast of Mexico City, lie the ruins of Teotihuacan,
an ancient city that sprawled seven square miles
and was once inhabited by more than 150,000 people. Researchers believe the
impressive structures here, including two large
pyramids and a temple, were built by the Mayans
in the second century BC. And like the Egyptian
pyramids of Giza, the monuments point
directly to the three stars of Orion's belt. And this is not coincidental. The layout of the
pyramids of Teotihuacan are in the formation
of Orion's Belt. The Mayans are very specific
about Orion's Belt. They say it is a point of creation. It is said that in 3114 BC,
the gods came from the heavens to earth in a convention,
and this convention occurred in Teotihuacan. ROBERT BAUVAL: You find many
of these so-called Orion correlations in
many other cultures. It's surprising that some
of these ancient structures not only form the image
of Orion on the ground, but they are based on units
of measurements that somehow correlate. There seems to be
some sort of link. It's a very complex subject,
and it's very intriguing. But how could there be
similar structures pointing to Orion built by civilizations
located thousands of miles apart? Was it just a cosmic coincidence
that both the Egyptians and the Mayans revered
the same constellation? Or could there really be
a connection between Orion and the birth of mankind? There might be a
celestial plan developed by an ancient civilization
that's long gone. And that's why we find all
these Orion correlations in various spots all over the
globe, because a single source at one time distributed this
kind of mythological material all over the world. It's possible that the
structures that we see on Earth that are aligned with
Orion were created that way because the extraterrestrials
that came from Orion directed the
builders to do that. They would do that so that we
would remember the place where these beings came from and
also to align ourselves with the energies
coming from Orion. NARRATOR: Could these
monuments in Egypt and Central America really
have been built to commemorate mankind's celestial origins
as some researchers suggest? Or is it possible there is an
even more profound explanation for these advanced
alignments, perhaps not only to honor our star ancestors,
but also to reconnect with them in the future? Ancient astronaut theorists say
yes and that the ultimate proof can be found half a world away,
in an area that has become known as the cradle
of civilization. Northern Iraq, 1849, on the
eastern bank of the Tigris River near the city
of Mosul, a team of archaeologists from
the British Museum discovers thousands of clay
tablets containing cuneiform script they believe to have been
written by Babylonian priests in the seventh century BC. Among the tablets found
were two mysterious relics that have become known as the
Babylonian star catalogues. According to translations
of the ancient text, these tablets describe
the precise movements of various celestial bodies
now known as the zodiac. We know so much about the
history of Babylonia because of the excavation and
deciphering of huge numbers of these cuneiform texts. They were steeped in a
religious view of life, and intrinsic to
their religion was devotion to the
gods of the planets, different constellations. So this was what we call
the cosmic religion. NARRATOR: According
to some researchers, these clay tablets provide proof
that the ancient civilization of Babylon obtained celestial
knowledge from star travelers. JASON MARTELL: The
Babylonian star catalogs are an interesting
collection of information with accurate mathematical
equations, distance between planets,
esoteric knowledge that a primitive civilization
really shouldn't have. It really starts to
raise the question as to how they got
this information and what they were using it for. Was it possibly given to
them by extraterrestrials that they claim were gods? NARRATOR: Like many
other ancient cultures, the Babylonians describe
Orion as both a constellation and a supreme being. In their writings,
Orion is referred to as the loyal
shepherd of heaven and the chief god
of heavenly realms. Might these records actually
provide more evidence connecting ancient man
to otherworldly beings? For the Babylonians, this
constellation of Orion was called Sipaziana, which
means the shepherd of Anu. Usually, we would translate
that "the shepherd of heaven" because Anu was seen
as the god of heaven. If we go back even further,
we find an earlier depiction of Orion as in a
bird-like form and was referred to as a messenger. GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
The figure of a bird was located on the stones behind
the figure of the shepherd. His position may indicate that
he was bringing messages back and forth from Earth to Orion. Now the real question
is, how did he do this? Is this all meant to
be taken symbolically? Is it possible that
what we have here is a very rudimentary
description of a type of interstellar
communication device? Are the Babylonians
star catalogues potentially even documenting an
ancient extraterrestrial space station orbiting the Earth,
inhabited by ancient aliens who came from Orion? NARRATOR: Is it possible the
Babylonian gods were actually extraterrestrial
messengers from Orion? And if so, might
these other worldly visitors have created mankind
here in the Fertile Crescent, where civilization historically
started more than 5,000 years ago. WILLIAM FULCO: The Babylonians
had a strong tradition of the origin of human
beings, and that it has some variations. But the basic principle that
you find amongst Babylonians is the gods wanted to sleep a lot,
and they want to eat a lot. And they got tired of doing
the farming themselves and preparing the food. And so they created a
group of lesser beings, human beings is what it was,
to do the farming and so on for them. BILL BIRNES: On the
edge of Mesopotamia, the dawn of civilization, this
was one of the first spots where ancient aliens came to
begin to seed civilization on the planet. Civilization that grew
into the civilization of Sumer and Babylonia. If you look at the
Sumerian hieroglyphs, the Egyptian hieroglyphics,
the stories of the Maya. If you look at all these
cultures, what you'll see is the same story
told in different ways in different languages. Those who came from
the stars came here. And they started
human civilization. NARRATOR: Are the origin
stories of Babylon located in the cradle of civilization? The ultimate proof of
our divine connection to the Orion constellation? And if so, might there
be a profound reason. The stars of Orion's belt
are located above the navel. The place on the body
symbolically linked with the origin of humans as
ancient astronaut theorists suggest. Many ancient cultures
point to Orion's belt as the gateway for life. The Mayans, the Egyptians. All of these various
cultures seem to reference the beginnings of life
and the endings of life transferring or passing
through the Orion's belt. Is this somehow some
type of seeding of life that's taking
place here on Earth and a connection with
the Orion constellation? It would seem that
there was some awareness for the ancient peoples that
they have a sense for Orion being at the heart
of our galaxy. And I think the next
question which we need to begin to answer is this. Is it possible that somehow,
this birthing place of stars also allows us to make a
connection with other creatures with intelligence somewhere
out there in the universe? NARRATOR: Considering the Orion
nebula is a nursery of stars, is it possible the
belt stars of Orion literally mark the spot in the
galaxy where all life on Earth began? And if we came from Orion as
some ancient cultures suggest, might there be a way to summon
the return of our other worldly creators? Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes and point to evidence
in an epic alignment to the stars of Orion located
in the American Southwest. Black Mesa,
Northeastern Arizona. The Native American Hopi
tribe has called these peaks of the Colorado Plateau home
for more than 1,000 years. High above the Arizona
desert, their reservation, encompassing more than
1.5 million acres, consists of 12 villages. Ancient astronaut theorists have
studied these mysterious sites for years, discovering what they
consider to be countless pieces of evidence of extraterrestrial
contact in the ancient past. According to their
research, both the landscape and the tribe's mythology
are centered on Orion. The Hopi migrated
all over the southwest. After a series of building
villages and abandoning these villages, they came
to these three primary mesas in northern Arizona. They call them first,
second, and third mesas. The Hopi mesas shaped
Orion's belt's image. And it is said that the
Hopi specifically came here because of the shape. So we know that the Hopi
are extremely interested in Orion's belt. This is the
center of their universe. They say it is a place
where they can make contact with the gods. NARRATOR: According
to some researchers, not only do the three mesas
represent the stars in Orion's belt, but when connected
to other Hopi landmarks throughout the southwest,
the collective sights map the entire body of
the Orion constellation. Every major star
of the constellation, they corresponds to a
ruined site or a village that the Hopi are
currently living in. For instance, the
left shoulder of Orion is a place called Wupatki. It's north of
Flagstaff, Arizona. And they built this
ruin about 1120 AD. They lived there
for a century or so. And then they
abandoned this place. There is another place
called Homolivi Ruin. It's by Winslow, Arizona. And this corresponds to
the right shoulder of Orion and the star Beetlejuice. The Hopi also settled
up north of the mesas. This corresponds
to the star, Rigel. And there's a whole complex
of villages that corresponds to the right foot of Orion. The star is Saiph. So you have the star mirror. As above, so below. That's what the Hopi were trying
to achieve when they built this pattern, which took about
three centuries to construct. NARRATOR: But how did
the Hopi ancestors know to align their
homes and sacred places so perfectly with the
Orion constellation? Is it possible that
they received help from star travelers as
some researchers believe? According to Hopi myth,
the creator god Masaw directed the tribe
over hundreds of years as they migrated
to the three mesas, the place Masaw instructed
them to wait for his return. The god Masaw was
there at the beginning, waiting for the Hopi. This is a very
spooky-looking god. This god has large, round
eyes, and a round mouth, and a big, bulbous head. He taught the Hopi
agricultural ways. He's frequently seen with
a staff in his right hand, like the constellation, Orion. Masaw told the people where
to build their villages. There is also tales
about a certain star that the Hopi would follow. Now, a star that
moves across the sky and stops when the Hopi are
supposed to stop and build their village. That sounds like some sort
of extraterrestrial craft that were guiding the
Hopi across the desert. This is the Fajada Butte,
where according to ancient Hopi legends, their god, Masaw,
descended from the sky. At night, the
Orion constellation would basically hang in the
sky right above this Butte. And the story goes that Masaw
landed on top of this platform. So my question is did some type
of an extraterrestrial visitor land on top of this Butte right
here in some type of a craft? And the answer is yes. Someone or something thing
from the cosmos descended. NARRATOR: Could the Hopi god
of creation Masaw actually being an extraterrestrial
traveler from Orion as ancient astronaut
theorists contend? And if so, why did this god
instruct the to migrate around the southwest in the pattern
of this constellation? Is it merely coincidence
that the align their cities with Orion just as the
ancient Egyptians did? I don't think so. I think this is clear evidence
that they were instructed to do so. The Hopi people were trying
to pay homage to their star ancestors. The ancestors that came
from the constellation Orion and gave them this information
about the constellation and the place that
they came from. And that's why they built this
pattern on the Arizona desert. It's more or less a way that
the Hopi could memorialize the origin of their
celestial ancestors that came from our Orion. The Hopis are saying that
at each point of creation, each cycle of time, Masaw
makes contact with them and quite often tells them
that an end of a cycle is going to happen. And then he safeguards
them from destruction. It is felt that this creator
deity is intricately linked with Orion and somehow, only
allows communication when somehow, the geographical
layout resembles Orion's belt. So what they're hoping for now
is really the return of Masaw. NARRATOR: Is it possible as
ancient astronaut theorists believe that ancient Hopi
legends of the creator god, Masaw, provide
further proof of contact with our extraterrestrial
ancestors from Orion. And if so, might the Hopi have
been signaling for the return of these other worldly beings
through their epic alignment to the constellation? Or could there be a more
profound reason their landscape points to the stars of Orion? Perhaps one that will
ultimately guide mankind back to our celestial birthplace. Giza. Teotihuacan. Nabta Playa. Black Mesa. Could these ancient
monuments, all aligned to the stars of Orion, really
be linked to each other, providing clues to our
celestial beginnings? Or is there perhaps another
even more profound connection between mankind and
the constellation? So why is it that the most
important archaeological sites on our planet resemble
the constellation, Orion? I think it's not a coincidence. And so the question is,
where did this come from? Was there somehow some
technology available to us, to our ancestors? Or did somebody map at
an ancient point in time it for them? Were they given this science? And did they just treasure
it and maintain it until a moment in time
when it was clearly lost? When you look at these
Orion correlations, pyramids of Giza, the
beliefs of the Mayans. What it seems to show is that
Orion is where we came from. It's where the
extraterrestrials came from. And if we were to go to Orion,
what we would probably find there is a planet very, very
similar to that of Earth. NARRATOR: Is it really possible,
as some ancient astronaut theorists contend, there is
a planet similar to our own in the constellation of Orion? And if so, what or perhaps
who would we find there? If we did get to the Orion
constellation and the stars and make up Orion, especially,
around the Orion nebula star-forming region, we would
find a region of the galaxy that's kind of similar to
our own, bit more active. More stars with planets likely. There's still a lot
of room for opinion because there are
still unknowns. So my own opinion is yes,
life is probably either extremely likely
elsewhere, or else, so we don't have a clue
as to what life really is. So if we're looking for life
elsewhere in the galaxy, a good place to start
looking would be Orion. NARRATOR: Even with today's
technology, traveling to Orion would take hundreds
of thousands of years. But might there be another,
more profound mechanism, perhaps from out of this
world, that would make such an expansive trip
in one lifetime possible? In 1935, 30 years after his
groundbreaking special theory of relativity, Albert Einstein
published a collaborative paper called the
Einstein-Rosen bridge. According to this theory,
bridges or black holes exist in the universe,
allowing shortcuts through space and time. Today, physicists refer
to them as wormholes. It's 1,500 light years
distant about to Orion. If we were somehow able to
use wormhole technology, then conceivably, we could
shorten the travel time or even make it instantaneous. Although, the theory even
of how wormholes could work is still being developed. Almost anything that's
possible theoretically in physics exists
somewhere in our universe. So I believe that wormholes
exist somewhere, but not anywhere close to earth. NARRATOR: Might advanced
extraterrestrial beings have traveled here, not
in a spacecraft, but through an interdimensional
space time portal as some researchers suggest? If so, is it possible the
Egyptian pharaohs really were able to journey to
Orion through their pyramids? And could there be a
way for us to rediscover that otherworldly
knowledge and return to our celestial birthplace? Might the Orion
constellation also be mankind's
ultimate destination? Orion is so important to all
of these ancient civilizations. We know that they were
seen as points of creation. We know that the ancient
Egyptians used it in their passport
to the afterlife. And so we know that
this is place of origin, but also a place of destination. They tell us that somehow, this
is linked to where we came from and where we are going. I think the prevalence
of the myths about Orion and the alignments
with Orion suggests that the extraterrestrial
beings who came from Orion infiltrated or instructed
various civilizations throughout time and left this
as evidence of their appearance. Thousands of years ago,
there were extraterrestrials. We know this from tradition. And before the
extraterrestrial disappeared, they told our ancestors,
yes, we will return. The humans could not
understand what this was. They looked up to the sky. They saw the glittering,
shining stars. This is deep. This is endless. They believed this is heaven. The gods are in heaven. And they will return one day. NARRATOR: Are the widespread
creation tales surrounding Orion really just myth? Or might they be
historical accounts of extraterrestrial
beings that visited earth in the distant past as ancient
astronaut theorists believe. And is it possible
the stars of Orion actually represent
not only the origin, but the final
destination for mankind? If so, how will we get there? And what or who will
we find when we arrive? Perhaps one day, we will
unlock the mystery of Orion and reveal a celestial
origin within ourselves.
