Biggest Discoveries Found on the Moon Part 2 | Ancient Aliens

Check out some of these most shocking moon mysteries, in this Ancient Aliens compilation.

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"Ancient Aliens" explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years.

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November, 1966

Three years before the Apollo astronauts
made it to the Moon,

the Orbiter 2 Spacecraft
situates itself in lunar orbit.

It was designed to capture
high-resolution images of the surface

to assist with the selection
of landing sites for the Apollo missions.

One image in particular
catches the eye of researchers,

as it shows what appear to be
the shadows of several pointed spires.

On November 20, 1966,

the lunar Orbiter 2, NASA's probe,

photographs this area on the Moon

that was actually
in the Sea of Tranquility,

only 300 kilometers away

from where Apollo 11 ended up landing.

And what's so bizarre

is that this area
has undeniable architecture

that looks like what
you would see from obelisks.

There's eight different spires.

And scientists calculated
that the largest of these spires

would be an obelisk
that is 15 stories tall.

These do appear to be just
like an Egyptian-style obelisk.

But what the heck
are they doing on the Moon?

Tsoukalos: Of the multiple
anomalies on the Moon,

I think the spires are some
of the most fascinating ones

because astronomers have calculated

that these spires are very tall

for them to be exclusively
natural occurrences.

Bara: They have to be artificial,

simply from the fact
that the Moon has been bombarded

in kind of an incessant meteoric rain

for 4.5 billion years.

There is no way that anything
bigger than a basketball

can be standing straight up
on the lunar surface..

Alan Butler: The inference
is that NASA would have known this

and that one of the reasons
that they sent their mission there

was so that the astronauts
of the Apollo mission

could gain more information

about these artificial
structures on the Moon.

(overlapping chatter)

On Apollo 11, when the astronauts
were descending to the lunar surface

they got this very strange computer alarm.

The famous "1202" computer alarm.

And basically, nobody knew what it was.

What it came out to,

was that the computer itself
was overwhelmed with information...

...because Buzz Aldrin,
the lunar module pilot,

had turned on the radars
on the lunar lander.

It had two radars.

It had a side looking radar
3:04
and it had a docking radar.
3:06
So in other words, you had one that pointed down,
3:08
and one that pointed to the side.
3:09
Now, if there's nothing
3:11
on the surface of the Moon,
3:13
if there are no artificial structures,
3:15
if there are no spires sticking 10-20 stories up into the sky,
3:19
why would you turn on the side radar?
3:22
There's no reason to, but Aldrin did it.
3:24
And I think it's because...
3:27
he knew and NASA knew that there was some danger
3:30
of running into these things.
3:32
NARRATOR: Is it possible that NASA actually has knowledge
3:35
of structures on the Moon?
3:37
In 1960, NASA officials commissioned a report
3:41
from the Brookings Institute
3:43
to weigh the implications
3:45
of the discovery of evidence of extraterrestrial life.
3:50
Due to the findings of the report,
3:51
researchers believe it was determined
3:53
before the Moon missions
3:55
to keep any extraterrestrial findings hidden from the public,
3:59
for fear of social unrest.
4:04
Since the time of the very first Apollo Moon missions,
4:07
researchers have pored over
4:11
NASA and Russian photos of the Moon
4:15
looking for structures.
4:18
And they found some unusual things.
4:22
You would think in fact that if extraterrestrials
4:25
are on the Moon or were
4:27
that they would've built all kinds of structures.
4:29
And we're able to see some of these,
4:32
even though NASA scientists
4:34
don't acknowledge them as genuine.
4:41
NARRATOR: Huntsville, Alabama.
4:42
July 24, 1969.
4:48
A crowd of thousands gathers in Courthouse Square
4:51
to cheer on the triumphant return of Dr. Wernher von Braun,
4:56
just hours after Apollo 11's Columbia Command Module
5:00
splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
5:05
The United States had achieved
5:07
what many believed was impossible:
5:10
putting a man on the moon.
5:15
The picture ran in newspapers around America
5:18
the following day,
5:20
celebrating the genius rocket engineer who was behind it all.
5:26
Von Braun is a titan.
5:28
You know, he's one of the major figures of the last century.
5:30
And he was way ahead of his time.
5:34
Von Braun adamantly believed
5:36
that humanity's future was in space.
5:40
He's the greatest voice we've had
5:43
in the history of the space program.
5:49
NARRATOR: Considered by NASA
5:50
to be the "Father of Rocket Science,"
5:53
von Braun is credited with either inventing
5:57
or helping to develop many
5:59
of the most sophisticated aerial technologies that exist today,