Imagine walking down a familiar street when suddenly everything changes. The asphalt beneath your feet transforms into cobblestone, cars vanish, replaced by horse-drawn carriages. The air fills with the scent of coal smoke and horse manure.

People in Victorian-era clothing hurry past, glancing at you suspiciously. Panic sets in as you realize you're no longer in your own time. Then, just as quickly, you're back in the present day.

You just had a Time Slip, and you're not alone. Thousands of people worldwide have reported experiencing time slips. They briefly travel through time, witnessing scenes from the past or future before returning to the present.

Are these experiences vivid hallucinations, or could they be glimpses into the true nature of time and reality? Today, we cover a few famous Time Slip stories and the scientific theories that might explain them.

Humanity's future hangs in the balance as a multitude of doomsday scenarios loom on the horizon. From the perils of solar storms and pole shifts to the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, our world teeters on the brink of unprecedented change.

Uncover the startling revelations found within a once-classified book that foretells a cataclysmic fate for our planet. Journey through history's most harrowing close calls with nuclear annihilation and explore the terrifying consequences of a modern-day Carrington Event.

Brace yourself for an eye-opening exploration of the challenges that lie ahead. Will humanity rise to meet these trials, or will our species succumb to the forces that threaten to reshape our world forever?

Assuming we survive the apocalypse, we're back next week with a new episode.

This gripping exploration uncovers the enigma of the Ark of the Covenant, a legendary artifact that has captivated imaginations for millennia. From its biblical origins to modern-day theories, the search for this sacred relic spans continents and centuries.

Discover the surprising connections between the Ark and UFO sightings, and learn about its potential technological nature. Unravel the mysteries surrounding its disappearance and the numerous claims of its discovery.

Journey through history as we examine the Ark's possible locations, from Ethiopia to Scotland, and even hidden tunnels beneath Jerusalem. Along the way, encounter fascinating characters, from ancient prophets to Knights Templar and modern-day adventurers.

Ponder the implications of finding this powerful object and why its location might be best kept secret. This thought-provoking tale will leave you questioning the boundaries between faith, history, and technology.

In 1983, David Oates dropped his walkman into the toilet.

If you're under 40 years old, a walkman was a portable cassette player.

If you're under 30, a cassette was how we listened to music in the stone age.

Anyway, after being dropped, David's tape player would only play tapes in reverse.

At first, he found this entertaining. There were lots of songs that contained hidden messages that you could only hear if you played them backward.

But *those* messages were placed there intentionally.

Soon, David discovered messages hidden in human speech that were NOT intentional. Messages that were put there by the speaker's subconscious.

Turns out, we all do this. In fact, when we lie, our subconscious actually encodes the *truth*, backward, inside the lies that we tell.

This is *really* interesting. Because that means, the truth about every conspiracy is right in front of your nose.

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Which would you prefer? Eternal life or unlimited wealth? How about both?

For that, you need The Philosopher's Stone: a substance that can turn base metals into gold, and grant you eternal life.

The Book of Aquarius contains the instructions for The Philosopher's Stone. Although the process can take years, the ingredients are simple. You have them in your home right now.

The Book of Aquarius is derived from many older texts. Including one very mysterious artifact: The Emerald Tablet; which contains not only the recipe for immortality but the secret to everything in the universe.

This knowledge has been around for centuries but has been suppressed. Until now.

Medieval alchemists received this knowledge from the Arabs a thousand years ago. The Arabs got it from the Egyptians two thousand years before that.

But the Egyptians received this knowledge 36,000 years ago. From the most advanced culture on Earth.

The Emerald Tablet comes from Atlantis.

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On June 30th, 1908, a mysterious explosion shook the remote Siberian region of Tunguska. The blast flattened 80 million trees across 800 square miles. Every plant, every animal, every insect in the blast radius was vaporized. The shockwave was felt as far away as England.

It looked like a comet impact, yet, no crater was found and no debris was discovered. Scientists still can't explain what happened.

But... at that exact moment, on the other side of the world, Nikola Telsa was conducting his latest experiment: transmitting massive amounts of electricity through the atmosphere.

Tesla activated the generators in his lab and fired up Wardenclyffe Tower for one final, dramatic test: and sent *millions of volts* of electricity into the sky.

After the test was complete, Telsa looked at the readings on his equipment and said: "Oh no."

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Your world is not as it seems. Everything you know to be true is a lie. 

Hidden behind the façade of our everyday lives is a secret and powerful organization with a dangerous agenda. To manipulate the minds of the masses and usher in a new world order. They call this program "Project Blue Beam".

If the program is successful, we won't see it coming. Borders between nations will be dissolved; all religions will be dismantled; and technology will be turned against us.

The architects of Project Blue Beam will distract us with false flag operations like global pandemics, strange weather events, and news reports of UFOs being shot down all over the world.

What's frightening is: the general population will go along with Project Blue Beam, willingly; without resistance.

Even more frightening?

It's already begun.

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On April 23rd 2006, a man in his early 20s was seen in Kyiv, Ukraine staring at a high-rise apartment building. Witnesses described him as looking confused and anxious. They thought he might have been a lost tourist.

The man approached two police officers and nervously asked for directions... to a place that no longer existed.

The officers asked the young man for identification. But, there were two problems with his ID.

One, his documents were issued by the Soviet Union; which no longer existed.

The second problem: according to his birth date, this *young* man was born in 1932.

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On July 6, 2022, a bomb detonated on a 5-acre plot of farmland in Elberton, Georgia. The explosion destroyed a large monument that had stood on the property for over 40 years.

Known as "The Georgia Guidestones", it was four monolithic slabs of granite, weighing over 230,000 pounds, that contained a set of rules for a more peaceful and orderly society. 

The identity of the builder was a mystery for 40 years, but today I'll tell you who he was. 

But why did he want to keep his identity a secret? Probably for the same reason the Georgia Guidestones were destroyed.

Because, according to the Guidestones, the way to a perfect society is through a one-world government, genetic and racial purity, and massive global depopulation.

In other words: A New World Order.

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Andrew started his TikTok account in July of 2021, and he posted all the typical things. Videos of friends, of work, his girlfriend, his dog, and just him goofing around.

But starting in April, 2022, his posts would take a strange turn; and Andrew Dawson would become the center of one the biggest internet mysteries in years.

Every story I cover on this channel is a suggestion from you and almost every one of them falls into one of a few categories.

UFOs, Government cover-ups, men in black, missing persons, and giants.

Well, today's episode has all of these.

This is the bizarre story of Andrew Dawson.

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The Apollo spaceflight program lasted from 1961 to 1972. 

Apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong's famous first step. Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. 

In all, 20 Apollo flights were planned but Apollo 18, 19 and 20 were canceled.

But in 2007, a retired astronaut blew the whistle and claimed Apollo 18, 19 and 20 *did* happen. But they were highly classified. He knows this because was the commander of Apollo 20.

He said the reason these missions were kept secret is because of what they found on the moon.

Well, not just *what* they found -- also *who* they found.

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In 1966 a well-known engineer released a book with information that could impact everyone on earth. But before anyone could read it, it was classified by the CIA.

We only learned of its existence a few years ago because of a Freedom of Information request.

The CIA only released 57 pages of the original 284-page manuscript. And those pages have been, in the CIA's own words, "sanitized".

Why does the CIA think this book is so dangerous that they had to hide it from the public for 60 years; and continue to hide most of it?

It's because the man who wrote it describes the end of the world.

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Nov 30, 1989, just after 3 AM. New York City. Janet Kimball was driving over the Brooklyn Bridge when her car stalled and slowly rolled to a stop.

After a couple of failed attempts to get the car started, Janet was hit by a bright light. Bright enough that she had to shield her eyes. 

The light was coming from an apartment building. Janet thought maybe someone was shooting a movie. Not unusual in New York City. 

Then she saw that the light was coming from a saucer-shaped craft hovering *above* the building. OK, it's a science fiction movie, Janet thought.

But it wasn't a movie. This was happening for real.

As Janet's eyes adjusted to the brightness, she saw something levitating in the light. Objects floating up to the saucer.

When she focused, she realized they weren't objects. They were people.

Well, one of them was.

In an instant, the light went out, and the saucer plunged into the East River.

There were 23 eyewitnesses to this event, including one of the highest-ranking politicians in the world.

And people being transported to a UFO by a beam of light in the middle of New York City? That isn't the weirdest part of the story.

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This collection of ancient mysteries challenges our understanding of history.

Explore a possible underground city in the Grand Canyon, rumored to be filled with ancient artifacts and enigmatic writings that defy explanation.

Discover the alleged subterranean world of Agartha, where a technologically advanced society might reside beneath our feet, untouched by time.

Consider the theory of a hollow Earth, supported by anomalies in seismic data and strange compass readings from the past.

Learn of lost continents and advanced prehistoric cultures that raise questions about humanity's origins and the knowledge we've lost over millennia.

Each story offers a glimpse into a world where myth and reality intertwine, urging you to question what lies beneath our known world.

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Here's how it happens.

You're drifting off to sleep; or maybe you wake up in the middle of the night. You feel a presence in the room.

You see something out of the corner of your eye. You try to look but you can't move. You try to call out, but you're unable to make a sound. There's an invisible weight on your chest. Even breathing is difficult.

You strain to look and then you see it. The shadow of a person. You can't detect any features but every instinct you have tells you: this is entity is not friendly.

You hear a light hum, maybe a rush of air and the dark entity vanishes.

You've just encountered a shadow person. 

This one was pretty benign, but there are some shadow people sightings that are more intense. More real. These encounters can be traumatic and in some cases: violent.

I should know. Because it happened to me.

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In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to declare the Grand Canyon off-limits to all timber and mining operations. It would take another 11 years for Congress to designate the Grand Canyon a national park.

Sensing a final opportunity for adventure, explorer G.E. Kincaid took a boat down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. The canyon was rich in minerals like gold, silver and copper and Kincaid wanted to see what he could find before the area was closed off for good.

About 40 miles up-river from the El Tovar Crystal canyon, Kincaid saw stains in the sediment formation about 2,000 feet up. He tied off the boat and got out to investigate.

Kincaid couldn't find a trail, but after a short hike he found something interesting covered in desert brush. Steps. Hundreds of them. Carved in sandstone. Steps that wound their way up to a high shelf on the side of the canyon.

He followed the steps until he came across a cavern entrance. An entrance that was clearly man made.

Kincaid entered the cavern and turned on his flashlight.

On the walls he saw writing. But it wasn't English or Native American writing. It was Ancient Egyptian Heiroglypics.

Kincaid lifted his flashlight and saw that the tunnel ran far into the distance.

He didn't realize it at the time, but this was only the beginning.

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In 1988, aerospace designer Brad Sorenson went to Norton Air Force base for the annual air show. The show was the chance for aerospace companies and military contractors to show off new technology to top military and government officials. Brad wanted to network and maybe grab a new client or two.

At some point, Brad got turned around and separated from his group. He hopped into another group and ended up in a large hangar watching a presentation given by a three-star general.

At first it was the typical rundown for various top secret aircraft. Brad figured he was in the right place.

He wasn't.

The general  signaled to someone and a huge curtain was pulled, revealing three aircraft that nobody was expecting.

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3-year old Dorothy was playing, then accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. She hit her head and was knocked unconscious. When her parents found her, she wasn't breathing.

They called a doctor who rushed over immediately. Dorothy's mother broke down when the doctor said there was nothing he could do. Her little girl was dead.

The doctor left and returned an hour later with Dorothy's death certificate and gently discussed arrangements for the little girl's body.

But during this conversation, shuffling was heard coming from Dorothy's room. They ran upstairs and there she was, playing in her room like nothing happened.

The doctor examined her again. There was no sign of injury.

He had no explanation. He said it appeared as if Dorothy had come back from the dead.

He didn't realize how right he was.

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From Amityville to Annabelle | The Truth of Ed and Lorraine Warren's Scariest Case

Ed and Lorraine Warren are maybe the most famous paranormal investigators in history.

They've worked on more than 10,000 cases. Some of which have been made into books and movies. The Conjuring films are based on the work of the Warrens.

Today we'll look at a few of their scariest, most disturbing cases and find the truth.

So turn off the lights and put the little ones to bed. It's going to get spooky.

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What if you were offered the opportunity to visit another planet?

You get to experience the culture of an alien race, explore a new world; see and use technology that's 5,000 years ahead of ours.

Would you do it?

Before you answer, there are a few catches. You'll be gone for at least ten years. And when you return to Earth, all evidence of your existence will be erased. You have to start a new life, with a new identity; forbidden to tell anyone about what you experienced.

Now would you do it?

In 1965, 12 astronauts were sent to an alien planet as part of a human-alien exchange program. 13 years later the astronauts returned home.

Well, most of them did.

The mission commander wrote a 3,000-page report of everything his team experienced. First alien contact, the 40-light-year trip to the alien world, and everything that happened on the planet.

This is the true story of Project Serpo.

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Here's the nightmare scenario. You stop by your elderly mother's house to check on her. You grab the doorknob. It's hot to the touch. You ring the bell and knock. No answer.

You fish out your key and open the door. You call out but there's only silence.

The air is warm. There's a sweet, smoky smell. But, nothing looks out of place.

Finally, you go into the living room and you see it.

In your mom's favorite chair, is a pile of smoldering ash. Completely unrecognizable as human.

Just as you convince yourself that this isn't your mother, you see her jewelry in the gray dust.

And then the grisly sight of your mother's feet, still in their slippers, on the floor by the ashes.

There was a fire. An intense fire. But aside from her chair, nothing is burned. Even stranger, everything in the house is covered with a thin layer of pale yellow grease.

Your mother was a victim of spontaneous human combustion. Though rare, it happens more often than you think.

According to at least one scientist, it could happen to anybody at any time — even you.

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ALIEN WAR at The Dulce Underground Base | They Mysterious Death of Phil Schneider

Everyone's heard of Area 51. The top-secret facility in the Nevada desert. But nobody really knows what happens there. We have only rumors.

One rumor is that alien bodies have been recovered from UFO crashes. Those aliens have been autopsied and the subjects of medical experiments for years.

But have you ever heard of Dulce Base? Dulce is more secret than Area 51. And more sinister.

If Area 51 is the place where humans experiment on aliens; Dulce is the place where aliens experiment on us.

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SOURCES & LINKS

Bentwaters-Lakenheath UFO report:

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010010-0.pdf

FBI Mutilations report:

https://vault.fbi.gov/Animal%20Mutilation/Animal%20Mutilation%20Part%205%20of%205

Kirtland AFB Sightings:

https://www.unexplainable.net/ufo-alien/1980-kirtland-afb-nm-ufo-sightings-foia-documents.php

Phil Schneider Preparedness Expo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTYd6JwQ90

Dulce Base The Truth and Evidence from the Case Files of Gabe Valdez:

https://amzn.to/3DylYVb

The Airforce UFO Cover Up That Drove a Man INSANE | They're LYING to US:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQ_FsmU19g

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3930946/oscar-schneider

Phil final lecture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeu3-9DoUnk

https://web.archive.org/web/20080723164059/https://exopolitics.org/Dulce-Report.htm

Thomas Castello Interview:

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/branton/esp_dulcebook11.htm

Castello speaks out:

https://www.alienhub.com/threads/a-terminally-ill-thomas-edwin-castello-speaks-out.21550/

Saucers, Spooks and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius:

https://amzn.to/3UezW3B

John Lear on the UFO Coverup:

https://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/coverup.htm

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In September 1994, Yitzak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel received an ominous message. It was a warning that his life was in danger.

The sender of the message said this information was secretly encoded -- in the Bible.

Rabin ignored the warning.

A year later, the Prime Minister was assassinated.

The code hidden within the Bible not only predicted Rabin's assassination, but also predicted the date, and even the name of the killer.

Secretly encoded in the Bible, written thousands of years ago, are predictions of every major world event. Including terrifying events yet to come.

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During World War II, rumors circulated of a secret Navy experiment gone awry, with sailors allegedly disappearing or merging with steel.

The bizarre tale, known as the "Philadelphia Experiment," fueled decades of speculation and conspiracy theories.

What truly transpired at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard? Was it a scientific breakthrough or an elaborate hoax?

As witnesses emerge and evidence surfaces, the truth becomes increasingly difficult to discern.

The facts behind the experiment raise provocative possibilities about mysterious government operations and our understanding of reality itself.

In the Spring of 1974, a large brush fire swept across the property owned by Antoine and Gerri Betz.

While assessing the damage, they noticed something very out of place.

Lying in the smoldering grass, was a highly polished, metal sphere. This became known as the Betz sphere or the Betz orb.

Terry Betz, Antoine and Jerri's 21-year-old son, went to pick up  the sphere. Although it was only 8-inches in diameter, it was extremely heavy.

Then the Betz family did something with the sphere that would change their lives forever. Something that the family would come to regret.

They brought it home.

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The story always starts the same way. On the side of the road, in a backyard, or in a parking lot; a large dog hovers over a dead animal, quietly eating.

As you approach, the dog looks up. Its eyes shining in the dark.

As you move closer, the dog stands up on its hind legs. It's well over 7 feet tall. It has the body of a man but the head of a dog or a wolf.

Some call them werewolves. Others call them dogmen. Whatever they are, they've been terrifying people for hundreds of years.

In the past, it's been easy to dismiss these sightings as mistakes or superstitions.

But these creatures are not so easy to dismiss anymore.

Because now -- we have pictures.

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Nikola Tesla believed that he could harness the energy from inside the earth and transmit that power *wirelessly* around the world.

His early experiments were successful. But his research mysteriously vanished after his death.

There is no evidence left of Tesla's wireless power technology.

Or is there?

For years we were taught that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a tomb for a king. 

It wasn't. It had a different purpose.

Tesla didn't invent wireless power. It's been here for 5,000 years. And probably a lot longer than that.

Let's find out why.

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This is our future. The United States of America endures a second civil war, killing millions. Immediately after that, a *World* War begins. Nuclear weapons are used. Billions are killed.

The aftermath leaves the earth in ruins. Electric grids are down. Food becomes scarce. Disease is rampant. Society breaks down.

Then, in 2038, all computers go offline. Civilization is set back several hundred years. The world enters a second dark age.

Only by changing events in our past and present can we avoid this nightmare of a future.

In 1998, in a small town in Florida, John Titor was born.

In the year 2036, John, a temporal soldier would be sent back in time. 

His mission? Save the world.

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Paul Bennewitz lived next to a large airforce base. When he saw colored lights in the sky, he assumed they were experimental aircraft.

Then he started picking up strange radio signals that seemed to be an alien language.

He took his findings to the Air Force. Publicly they denied the UFO/alien story.

But privately, they confirmed Paul's findings. The Air Force even funded his UFO research.

He spent several years gathering evidence and reporting it to the authorities.

Then, he ended up in a mental institution.

Let's find out why.

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November 28th, 1953. New York City. 

At 2:30 AM the body hit the sidewalk. A few seconds later, a shower of glass.

The doorman of the Statler Hotel yelled to the lobby that there was a jumper.

The night manager rushed out and saw him. A man, about 40 years old, lying on the pavement. He was on his back, wearing only his underwear and blood started to pool around him.

13 stories up, a single window was open; its curtain flapping through broken glass.

The night manager knelt beside the man, whose eyes were open and was somehow still alive. He desperately tried to speak but was choking on blood and couldn't be understood. After a minute or two of trying to communicate, the man took a final deep breath and was gone.

Nobody knows for sure what he was trying to say before he died.

But one thing is for certain, it was something about the CIA.

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In 1943, the USS Eldridge was made invisible and teleported from Philadelphia to Virginia. This event was known as the Philadelphia Experiment.

When the Eldridge reappeared, some crew materialized in walls and bulkheads. They died in agony.

But two sailors didn't reappear at all. The two men, who happened to be brothers, were presumed dead or lost.

They weren't dead. 

They traveled 40 years into the future; in a secret military base on the East end of Long Island.

They became unwitting participants of The Montauk Project.

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World War 2 has countless stories of bravery, sacrifice, camaraderie, and heroism.

But the war also has a lot of mysteries. Many of them still unsolved.

Like the legend of the Phantom Fortress.

A B-17 bomber that returned from a mission with no crew aboard; and somehow landed itself.

Let's find out why.

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On Mel Waters' property in the Manastash Ridge, west of Ellensburg, Washington, there is a hole in the ground that looks like a well -- but it's not a well.

Like the owners of the property before him, Mel used the hole as a trash dump. His neighbors used it too. Garbage, broken appliances, old tires, everything went in the hole.

After a while, Mel started to wonder: why doesn't it fill up? Then he started to notice other strange things about the hole. His dogs wouldn't go near it. It caused his radio picked up strange signals. And it didn't seem to have a bottom.

Mel's curiosity became an obsession.

Let's see if we can get to the bottom of Mel's hole.

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The Dark Watchers: Silent Guardians of the Pines

The Santa Lucia mountain range runs from Monterey and down the coast of California.

For hundreds of years, stories have been told about entities that keep watch over the mountains. Sometimes seen out of the corner of the eye, always from a distance. Stare too long and they vanish.

If you're ever hiking the wilderness of Big Sur and feel like you're being watched? 

It's because you are.

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The far side of the moon has been a mystery since the dawn of the space age. But is it just a barren, crater-filled wasteland?

Shocking claims from astronauts, whistleblowers, and classified documents suggest there's more to the story. Eerie sounds, inexplicable sightings, and covert missions point to something astounding hidden from public view.

We examine the evidence, from Apollo-era transcripts to modern military insiders. The implications are staggering, hinting at a secret history beyond our world.

On March 16, 1957, at 8 o'clock in the morning, a 300 ft long spacecraft landed in a field in Alexandria Virginia.

Two local police officers arrived on the scene. The door of the craft slowly opened. The officers drew their guns, not sure what to expect.

To their surprise, out walked a normal-looking guy. He smiled at the stunned officers and actually waved hello.

Before the policemen could say a word, the stranger said, in clear English: "I need to see the president."

Nine months after this event, NASA was founded.

This is the story of what happened in-between. This is the story of Valiant Thor.

If you don't know this one, hold on tight. We're going on a hell of a ride.

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In 12th century England, two children were found lost in a forest. They spoke only gibberish, wore strange clothing and had bright green skin. When the children finally learned to speak English, they described where they were from. And that's why, after almost 1,000 years, people still talk about The Green Children of Woolpit.  

In 1828, a teenage boy was shuffling through a public square in Nuremburg. He seemed confused and disoriented. He had trouble walking and speaking. When police finally approached him, he was holding an envelope containing two letters. And those letters sparked the mystery of Kaspar Hauser.  

In April 1922, in Brittany, France, 2-year-old Pauline Picard went missing. A massive search turned up nothing. The family was losing hope.  

A month later, Pauline was found wandering around a village over 200 miles away. Though her parents were overjoyed to have her back, they soon realized something wasn't quite right with their daughter.  

These are three unsolved cases of the most mysterious children in history.

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In the past year or so, three internet mysteries popped up that really got my attention. They may seem very different, but trust me, they're connected.  The first one is about a girl who found a door in the basement of her AirBnB. She opened it and inside was an abandoned shopping mall.  

The second story is about Javier aka Unico Sobreviviente, who woke up in a hospital in the year 2027, in an alternate universe. In his version of the future -- everyone on earth has vanished. He's the only one left, and he has video to prove it.  

The third mystery is known as the Backdoors. A reality adjacent to ours that, if the conditions are just right, you can accidentally slip into. Then you find yourself lost in an endless maze of dingy carpet, fluorescent light, and yellow wallpaper.   

And around every corner--

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The Moon is a Hollow Spaceship | Who Built it and Why?  

Despite it being humanity's constant companion through all of recorded time, the moon is still a mystery.  

Science hasn't been able to explain how the moon was formed, its unusual orbit, its distance from us, its density, its composition, its structure. These are all still questions.  

There are theories about the moon that solve some of these puzzles, but not others.  

There is only one theory that answers every scientific question about the moon. Just one.  

That the moon is a hollow, artificial structure, brought here by -- someone else.  

Let's find out why.

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Vatican City is an inspirational place. You don't need to be Catholic or even religious to appreciate the architecture, art, and the city's historical significance.

But there is a place within the Vatican that's rarely seen. Hidden beneath the city is an underground fortress. Inaccessible to the public and protected by armed guards and state-of-the-art security. The Secret Apostolic Archives.

Within the stone and steel reinforced walls are vaults, climate controlled rooms and over 50 miles of shelves. And on those shelves are countless texts, relics and artificacts collected by the church for over a thousand years.

One of the most intriguing objects hidden in the archive is called the Chronovisor. A device that can view events anywhere and any time in history.

For years, its existence was just a rumor. No proof of the Chronovisor was ever found.

But a book released by a Vatican priest would change all that.

Let's find out why.

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THE BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it?

For over a hundred years, an object has been seen, heard and *photographed* by people all around the world. This object became known as the Black Knight Satellite.

The signals coming from the Black Knight Satellite have been decoded.

And if the translation is correct, it's been watching us for 13,000 years.

The existence of the Black Knight Satellite has been confirmed by astronauts, but covered up by governments. It's been filmed by astronomers, but the film erased. Supporters of the Black Knight Satellite have been shunned and ridiculed, but now they're speaking up. 

Let's find out why.

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Imagine you wake up one morning and notice everything around you is just a tiny bit different.  

Maybe you're in the same house, but furniture is slightly out of place. Your favorite coffee mug is there, but it has a crack you don't remember. You could have sworn your coffee maker was black, but this one is chrome.  

Just as you think you're going crazy, you feel a strange tingling sensation; and hear a buzzing in your ears. A flash of light; the buzzing stops, and you feel dizzy.  

As you regain your balance, you look around. Everything seems back to normal. The coffee maker *is* black, your mug is *not* cracked.  

What was that? A dream, your imagination? It seemed so real. Are you just overtired? Are you going crazy?  Or maybe, you somehow slipped through the multiverse. For a brief moment, you switched lives with yourself in an alternate reality.  

There are documented cases of this happening to people all over the world. Usually, the differences between realities are small. But every once in a while, the changes are so different, that you're another person entirely.  

This happened to a man traveling through a Tokyo airport. When he presented his passport, the authorities were baffled.   

The passport was genuine, the only problem was, the country that issued it? It didn't exist.  

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OPERATION: HIGHJUMP  

Operation Highjump commenced in August 1946. It was the largest, most heavily armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica.  Leading the mission was Admiral Richard E Byrd, one of the most famous naval officers in history.  

The official purpose for the expedition was scientific research and military training. But that was just a cover story. Operation Highjump had other goals.  

One was to extend American sovereignty over Antarctica. Something that was denied many times by the US government.  Another was to locate and destroy a secret Nazi base. 

AND, capture the nazi's new secret weapon: the flying saucer.   UFOs were seen all over the area; suspected to be Nazi test flights. Admiral Byrd was sent to find out.  

When he finally arrived to Antarctica, he found a lot more than that.  

Let's find out why.

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MYSTERY OF THE CIRCLEVILLE LETTERS

We all keep secrets.

For most of us, these are nothing more than minor embarrassing details about ourselves. But some of us have dark secrets which, if discovered, could destroy lives.

For years, the residents of Circleville, Ohio, received bizarre, threatening letters; from someone who somehow knew every salacious detail of their personal lives.

The letters cost people their jobs, their marriages, their freedom, and sometimes, their lives.

Over a thousand letters were sent over *20 years*.

Yet somehow, whoever wrote them got away with it. Or did they?

Officially this case is closed. But for decades, many people felt that the real culprit is still at large.

Let's find out why. 

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SOUNDS FROM THE HOLE TO HELL  

In 1989, Dr. Dimitry Azacov and a group of scientists were working on a borehole drilling project in Siberia.  When the drill reached 14.4 kilometers, or 9 miles deep, the drill bit started rotating wildly. It had somehow broken through solid rock and into a hollow area under the earth's crust. This cavity wasn't supposed to be there.  

When the drill returned to the surface, it was literally glowing red hot. This, also, was unexpected. The temperatures at these depths should be about 100 degrees. 150 degrees at most.  Instruments were reading temperatures of over 1,100 degrees.  Dr. Azacov said, "It seems like an inferno in the center of the Earth".  

The next discovery, according to Dr. Azacov, was the most shocking; and caused some people to leave the project.  At the surface, they heard strange sounds coming from the hole. At first, the engineers thought it was their equipment. So they shut down all the machinery, but the sound was still there.  

Part of the research done at the site was recording the sound of the movement of the earth using specialized microphones.   

So they lowered one of these microphones into the hole. Even though it was designed to operate at high temperatures, it overheated in just a few seconds.  But a few seconds was enough to prove the sound was definitely coming from the Earth's interior. He said the sound was unsettling.  

9 miles below the surface, in a superheated cavern, they heard humans voice screaming in pain.  

Let's find out why.

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The history of medicine goes back to the dawn of mankind when ancient healers used special herbs to treat illnesses.

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, laid the foundation for modern medical practice: observation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. His work set the stage for centuries of medical progress.

In the 19th century, Edward Jenner created a smallpox vaccine, and Louis Pasteur proved microorganisms caused disease. The 20th century brought antibiotics, medical imaging, and organ transplants. In the past 400 years, the human lifespan has doubled.

But something happened to medicine along the way. It became an industry. A profitable one.

President Eisenhower warned against creating a "military-industrial complex" because if you make war profitable, you'll always have war. He was right.

So, here's a cynical question: If you make illness profitable, will you always have illness?

In recent years, trillions have been spent on cancer research and therapies. That's a lot of people getting rich from a disease that's already been cured.

PROOF THAT EVERYTHING - INCLUDING GOD - IS A SIMULATION  

Is this reality? Well, we're experiencing ... something right now so maybe the better question is: *what* is reality?  

Could everything we see, everything we experience, everything that exists in our entire universe -- be artificial?   

Supporters of Simulation Theory believe that not only is it *possible* that we're living in a simulation; it's likely.  And the more we look for evidence, the more we find.  

Philip K Dick believed deja vu was the simulation adjusting to new code. Many people experience The Mandela Effect, a or "false memory" shared by a large number of people.  

But the biggest clues of Simulation Theory come from science. Specifically: quantum mechanics. The only way the Double-Slit Experiment makes sense is if we live in a program. Quantum Entanglement also defies logic. Only our program would have the ability to defy the laws of physics - and the concept of time.  

Let's find out why.

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THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES  

On February 25, 1942, at about 2:30 in the morning, the people of Los Angeles were jolted awake by the sound of air-raid sirens.  

The city was ordered to blackout and prepare for an attack.  

Searchlights sprang to life, frantically scanning the sky above the city for enemy aircraft. Finally, the lights converged on a single object.  As frightened citizens stepped on to their porches and lawns to get a glimpse of the target, the sky erupted with hundreds of explosions of fire, smoke and steel.  

The Battle of Los Angeles had begun.

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CHASING THE IMMORTAL COUNT  

The Count of Saint Germain has been called a prophet, a sorcerer, and an immortal.  He's been spotted all over the world for a thousand years. And every time he's seen, he looks exactly the same age.  

The Count of Saint Germain advised Kings, Queens and Emperors. He was present at every significant event in European history. And even was an important contributor to America's struggle for Independence.  

He spoke a dozen languages fluently. He played piano and violin like a virtuoso.  He was an expert in art, science, politics, philosophy and history.  

Some say he walked the earth during the time of Christ.  

Some say he walks the earth still.  

This is his story.

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