NARRATOR: Washington DC, 2013.
At the Citizen
Hearing on Disclosure,
six former members of the
United States Congress
listened to testimony from
former high-ranking government
and military officials, along
with a variety of scientists
and researchers, about
extraterrestrial presence
engaging the human race.
One of the speakers was
former Canadian Defense
Minister Paul Hellyer.
[applause]
The American people and
the people of the world
have a right to know.
UFOs are as real as the
airplanes flying overhead.
We live in a cosmos
teeming with life.
NICK POPE: To have a former
Defense Minister and Deputy
Prime Minister come out and say
that the UFO phenomenon is real
and that we're being
visited and that there's
a government cover-up, is, in
and of itself, sensational.
And he also expressed the view
that some alien civilizations
are concerned about
humanity, and do not
want to share technology
with the human race for fear
that we are not
ready for it, that we
will abuse that technology.
We are, after all,
a race that has used
atomic bombs on our own people.
NARRATOR: Other distinguished
speakers at the Citizen Hearing
on Disclosure included nuclear
physicist Stanton Friedman,
retired Air Force Captain Robert
Salas, and a former official
for the Federal
Aviation Administration,
John Callahan, all
of whom corroborated
Paul Hellyer's assertion
that we are being visited
by other-worldly beings.
They also claim that these
visitors have an interest
in our technological
advancements,
especially when it comes
to nuclear weapons.
These objects know,
in great detail,
how our missiles operate.
They can shut down our
missiles at any time.
If you release that information
to the public, what do you
say, then, about, you know--
what kind of defense do we
have against these things?
NARRATOR: Could the
UFO phenomenon be real,
and is it possible that
extraterrestrials have
been monitoring
and, perhaps, even
interfering with the
technological advancement
of mankind?
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
and suggest that the
earliest and, perhaps,
strongest evidence of this can
be found in the Biblical story
of the Tower of Babel.
According to the book of
Genesis, the Tower of Babel
was built in Mesopotamia
after the Great Flood.
Some accounts suggest it reached
nearly 30 stories, or 300 feet,
tall.
It was described as a bridge
between heaven and earth,
built by a unified people.
JONATHAN YOUNG: Someone got
the idea of building a tower--
a tower to heaven--
to make a name for ourselves.
Well, this starts
to become hubris,
where you start
challenging the gods.
This is a key idea.
A certain kind of
arrogance that is starting
to think that you are a god.
And so, as the tower
lifts up, God is annoyed.
DAVID CHILDRESS: When you
look at the story of the Tower
of Babel, it's essentially a
story of mankind developing
technology and
being like the gods,
being like our
extraterrestrial creators.
And therefore, mankind
was, in a sense,
kept from reaching a
technological level.
WILLIAM HENRY: The word
"Babel" means "gate to God."
And some believe
that the gate to God
was, in fact, a stargate--
a ladder, tower, or stairway
that reached into the heavens.
And so when God saw that
humankind were building
a stargate, this was too much.
Well, what happened next?
Powers that be watched.
They observed.
They spoke to one
another, saying,
we have to descend to the
Earth to bring an assault
upon the builders of the tower.
What kind of an assault?
The Biblical text is very clear.
They touched the
minds of the people
and corrupted their
spirit of unity.
WILLIAM BRAMLEY: The
Tower of Babel story
really relates to a decision
that these so-called gods
had made.
Human beings were
not only supposed
to speak different languages.
They were also supposed
to fight with each other.
They were supposed to come
into conflict with each other.
And as long as they're
squabbling with each other,
they're not going to unite
and fight against you.
GEORGE NOORY: I believe
whoever got involved realized,
these human beings are coming
along pretty darn fast.
We got to-- we got to slow
this down a little bit,
and that's what they did.
