Ancient Aliens - Mystery of the Stone Spheres

Episode Date: June 5, 2025

Throughout the world there are mysterious ancient stones shaped into perfect spheres. Many of them show clear evidence of being manmade and some completely defy explanation. Could the mystery of the stone spheres provide clues about humankind’s alien past?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Now, join me as we learn about our ancient extraterrestrial ancestors. Mysterious ancient stones shaped into perfect spheres. From Kansas to Kazakhstan, we find these stone spheres. Some of them are massive, and they bring with them this incredible mystery. Many show clear evidence of being man-made. Some have carvings on, like spirals, and they look like they're created in a machine. And some of them completely defy explanation. The sphere was made of elements that shouldn't be there naturally.

Why is it that these strange artifacts are found in all corners of the globe? And might there be an other-worldly explanation? Is it possible that there is a connection between those spheres and the exterrestrials who visited us thousands of years ago? There is a doorway in the universe. Beyond it is the promise of truth. It demands we question everything we have ever been taught. The evidence is all around us. The future is right before our eyes. We are not alone. We have never been alone. Across the ancient world are mysterious monolithic monuments carved out of solid stone, like the obelisks of ancient Egypt, the Karnak alignments in northern France, and the Moai statues of Easter Island. What purpose they served has been the subject of much speculation,

but perhaps the most enigmatic monoliths of all are those that are in the shape of perfect spheres. Here's geo-archologist Carolyn Whitehill and director of the Maya Exploration Center, Ed Barnhart. Stone spheres is found all around the world on every continent except maybe Antarctica. But it's important to note that geologists are still really very much in debate about how geological spheres form. Some of them are taller than a man. And many of them, they're so perfectly shaped, they must have been. shaped by the hands of man. This is author and investigative mythologist William Henry.

From Kansas to Kazakhstan, we find these stone spheres. Some of them are massive. And the key thing that links all of them is this incredible mystery about how were they created, why were they created, and ultimately what is their purpose? While ancient stone spheres have been found that are of enormous proportions, they exist in a vast range of sizes, and geologists remember. divided about just how they were formed. Some are clearly natural formations,

but experts agree that many spheres show evidence of having been artificially shaped. The question is, what purpose did they serve? I think that one of the reasons they might have been constructing these spheres is to mimic what they see in nature. Dominic Stavew is an associate professor of religious studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. There's a geometrical performance.

a geometrical perfection that comes with the sphere. It might be perhaps a connection to planets, the sun, the moon, the stars, all of these are spherical. And if you look deeper at the microscopic level, at the atomic level, you have the same patterns of spheres as very important building blocks. So this fascination with spheres might be a reflection of this. What could explain why ancient people all over the world

fashion spheres out of stone? Perhaps further clues can be found by examining a discovery made deep in the jungle of Central America that defies explanation. Southwest Costa Rica, 1939. Workers with the United Fruit Company began clearing the rainforest near the Dequist Delta for a new banana plantation. While making their way through the dense vegetation, the workmen find dozens of giant stone spheres. This is Stone Sphere researcher Esteban Karanza. They started to find these massive stone spheres that they had no clue while they were there. The instruction for them was if you find anything, just move it.

And they just started to move them. But they just kept appearing. In 1943, the archaeological journal American Antiquity published photos of the mysterious spheres, which caught the attention of American archaeologist Dr. Samuel Lothrop. Five years later, Dr. Lothrop led an excavation of the area and discovered hundreds of stone spheres. They range in size from just a few inches to more than six feet in diameter and weigh up to 15 tons.

Archaeologists soon discovered stone spheres throughout the Dequist Delta and on the nearby Isla del Cagnos. Many were found with artifacts from the ancient indigenous dequeous culture and are believed to be at least a thousand years old. Here's Hugh Newman, co-author of Megalith Studies in Stone. About 300 have been discovered so far. Some of them are fairly small, like the size of footballs. Others are huge in between 8 and 9 feet tall and wide.

Some have carvings on like spirals and what looks like boats or ships. They look like they're created in a machine. Researchers believe the stone that the spheres are carved from is not local to the Dequist Delta, but was transported from a quarry that was located more than 50 miles away. The quarries of this material are allegedly found at least a few dozen kilometers from the site where the spheres are located.

So that brings just questions of transportation. Walking around the varying forest is not an easy task. You will have creeks, you'll have mountains, you have heels, you have branches, you have tree roots. So how are they moved? Just as puzzling as how the mass massive objects were moved is how they were made. Archaeologists believe that the Dequa Civilization carved the spheres with simple stone tools.

But some researchers argue that creating such a precise shape would be difficult to achieve, even with today's technology. It's important to note that these are, in some reports, granitic, which are very, very hard rocks to shape, to form, to move, and to quarry in any capacity. If we wanted to make these same spheres, we would need something harder than granite, and there are very few substances that are harder. Here is Stone Mason Jim Vieira. What's noteworthy as some of them are almost perfectly spherical, and that's a very tall task

to create that with the tools of the time. As a stone mason, I would use diamond saws, I would use polishing items, but when you look at indigenous people that were purported to have made them, did they have those machines, did they have that equipment, did they have that technology? How could a culture that only had access to stone chisels and rudimentary tools have carved and transported such enormous stone spheres? And what could have been their reason for doing so? Since the United Fruit Company started moving the spheres, we do not know the regional location of most of them. You start to wonder, what if we could go back in time and see the exact location of all the spheres?

What would they show? Would they show a pattern? They show a constellation map. Would they be like the Nesca lines, like a pattern that you could only see from above? Although documentation to explain the spheres does not exist, according to local legend, they were created by the gods. One very interesting explanation for the Costa Rica spheres is that they were created by Tara, the god of thunder, who used some sort of a blow pipe to shoot these spheres out of the pipe in order to push back hurricanes. Ancient astronaut theory says that within legends like this, there's often a kernel of truth. And so you have to wonder, is this a calling card from some extraterrestrial entity, a sky god, Tara, with some sort of message?

Here is ancient astronaut theorist, Giorgio Suclos. To me, the ancient legend of the god of thunder illustrates an example of misunderstood technology. Clearly those spheres themselves never descended from the sky, but maybe our ancestors saw the appearance of a spherical craft by the extraterrestrials who visited us thousands of years ago. Was the creation of the mysterious stone spheres found in Costa Rica inspired by an extraterrestrial event, as ancient astronaut theorists propose? And if so, just what exactly do they represent? Perhaps further clues can be found by examining the largest stone spheres ever discovered. Zavidovich, Bosnia, 1999. Archaeologists, Dr. Sam Osmanaghich and a small team of researchers are hiking along the Bosnia River

when they come upon an astonishing sight. In the midst of the dense forests are massive boulders that do not appear to be part of the of the natural landscape. We discovered six of them intact, perfectly preserved, and perfectly spherical. To Dr. Osmanaghich, the near perfect shape of the objects is compelling, and he begins to comb the region in search of other stone spheres. We have been researching the stone spheres in Bosnia for 25 years, and we have discovered 20 different locations.

Stone spheres in Bosnia come in four different materials. Granite, volcanic stone, sandstone and limestone. And different sizes also. In most cases, they are over one ton. After his initial discovery of the stone spheres, Dr. Osbenagic expanded his search. And in 2016, he spotted the most enormous stone sphere he had ever seen. ever seen hidden in the forest floor.

We could see that the small part of the sphere was sticking out. We started clearing it, realizing that it was huge, monumental in size. Once we clear almost all of it, we've done the measurements. It is more than three meters in diameter. The specific wave, 37 tons. So this was the largest stone sphere discovery in the world. How the Bosnian stone spheres were created remains a mystery. Some geologists suggest they were shaped through erosion.

But others believe the spheres are simply too perfect to have been formed naturally. There is a process called spherical or spheroidal weathering that is very, very common. We see them on the landscape in Arizona everywhere called hoodoos. You can see them out in Alabama Hills, out in Owens Valley. There's a lot of examples of this sort of sphere weathering. But rarely are they perfect spheres. And so it could be that some of these stones started out, mostly spherical and then were worked into a more perfect sphere.

The one in particular that I'm thinking of Bosnia that's been in the headlines, in the headlines lately, has evidence of heat treating to help facilitate polishing. This is author and researcher Kathleen McGowan. These are not just round stones. They are 96% perfect in their spherical form. That's not something that's created by the earth. The near-perfect measurements of the stone spheres convinced Dr. Osmondage that they were carved by artificial means. And in 2016, he sparked controversy when he announced.

that he believed they originated with some unknown civilization. Who made them? We don't have precise answer, but we know that they were made by ancient builders. White granite never comes in spherical shape in nature. If the stone spheres are not naturally formed, as Dr. Osmondage suggests, when were they made? Many of the spheres are impossible to scientifically date, But based on the layers of soil where the largest stone sphere was discovered, Dr. Osbenagic believes it is up to 100,000 years old.

We don't have very specific time, but what we do know, extremely old. How do we know that? The Bosnian stone sphere, the biggest one, is discovered below. The tree, 50 years, dark soil, 100 years, light soil, a couple of hundred years. years, we have light clay, almost thousand years, we have dark clay, we have gray clay, tens of thousands of years, and finally we have sandstone plate, 100,000 plus years. Is it possible that the stone spheres in Bosnia were created by some unknown culture tens of thousands of years ago?

And if so, how? According to the mainstream archaeologists, until a couple of thousands of years back, The only tools were copper tools. Copper is soft material. You cannot use copper tools to shape granite stones. Of course, this is us, 21st century civilization. What did they use? To try and understand how these artifacts were shaped,

Dr. Osmondage had several samples taken from the spheres analyzed in a lab at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. We realized that there is a different between their physical and chemical properties and natural stone materials. There is a chemical component that was found within the spheres, and this chemical has not been able to be identified. If the giant stone spheres in Bosnia

were created by an ancient civilization, what purpose did they serve? The precise engineering of the monoliths and the fact that many are made of granite has convinced Dr. Osmanagic that the stone sphere The sphere's true purpose was to transmit Earth energy that occurs in the region. It seems that they had multi-layer purpose. According to the new science, biogeometry, three most powerful geometrical shapes when it comes

to the energy are four-sided pyramid, conical shape, and the third one is the sphere. Those three geometrical shapes amplify the energy. energies. Most of the stoneballs have quartz crystal. Quartz crystal has the ability to amplify the energy. Dr. Samira's Madagic talks about the use of these spheres as potentially small power supplies. And this makes sense when you look at them in context

with the rest of Bosnia. When you're sitting in this creek bed surrounded by these spheres, it's hard to describe, but it's hard to describe, but it's just to describe. It does feel powerful. It feels like it is generating energy. Did the giant stone spheres in Bosnia once serve a technological function?

And if so, might other stone spheres have a similar purpose? Perhaps answers can be found by examining hundreds of stone spheres in Mexico that were hidden for centuries. Teotihuacan, Mexico. This ancient pyramid site was once home to a medieval city. mysterious civilization dating back to the first century A.D., a time long before the Aztec arrived in this region. Since the early 1990s, archaeologists have been exploring the dozens of subterranean rooms, tunnels, and pathways that lie below this eight-square-mile complex.

They've been doing a lot of excavations to understand the nature and the relationship of the different pyramids and they're exploring underneath the temple of the feathered serpent. And so they've made some really nice maps of the pathways and such that are underneath the temple and exposed caverns and areas that they didn't know existed. In May of 2013, researchers working beneath the temple of the feathered serpent employed a small robot called Tallalak 2TC to explore the recently uncovered area. Inside one chamber, archaeologists made a curious discovery. They found more than a hundred gold-colored metallic spheres. Here's Andrew Collins, author of Origins of the Gods. These tiny balls are probably anything between an inch to about five inches in diameter.

And what we can say is that when they were actually put in place, probably about 2,000 years ago, you would have had this incredible shining gallery of lights as you went down it. They appear gold, but when you look at them under chemical inspection, it appears that gold color is a mineral pyrite. The Mexican archaeologists are completely perplexed. They haven't seen anything like this. before. They haven't seen anything like this in their explorations of the other temples.

So there's lots of questions to be answered still. Archaeologists retrieved several spheres from the chamber, and when they analyzed them, they were amazed by what they found. The sparkly spheres that were found in Teotubalcon really are an enigma. As far as how they were made, men definitely made them. We have looked at those spheres and they are clay, they are like sun-baked clay that was then rolled in pyrite dust. That's why they have that kind of yellow color. Why they did it, I don't know.

Nobody knows the purpose of them, why they were made, or even who made them. But the fact that they're there tells us they are of utmost importance to what went on at the temple. The golden spheres found under the temple of the feathered serpent are a mystery to archaeologists. But some believe they may be representations of celestial bodies observed in the night sky. But ancient astronaut theorists suggest the mysterious spheres could have served a more profound purpose

and point to another discovery made in 1906. At Teotay Warkun, huge micawakun, huge micas seats have been found beneath a layer of stone flooring that were 90 feet square, and they were placed directly on top of each other, and yet you couldn't see them. So they clearly weren't decorative or aesthetic. They were clearly functional in their use. So what were they doing there? We use mica today in spacefaring technology.

It's a heat shield for high, very, very high temperatures. What is it doing at Teotuakan? What's also fascinating is, that throughout Teutuakun, you see burn marks on the walls. So at some point, Teotihuahun underwent a gigantic fire, or was it something else? Was it some type of a blast? Was it some type of an exhaust?

Curiously, Micah wasn't the only unusual substance found within the ancient structure. They actually found Mercury. under some of the pyramids as well. So what does this all mean? Well, mercury is used in different electrical components and it conducts electricity. So can we suggest that they were using this for some advanced technological purpose?

This is David Childress, author of Technology of the Gods. Mercury itself is very special. It's a metal, it's a liquid, it's an electrical conductor. Mercury can be used for many, many devices, all of which are high-tech. So you have to wonder what is going on here at Teotihuacan. Do these small balls and the mica and the mercury and other facets of the pyramid, are they all working together to create some kind of electrical device that's doing something that would

seem to be the case? Does the discovery at Teotihuacan of both Micah and Mercury? Two substances with high-tech applications indicate that an advanced technology once existed in this ancient Mesoamerican city, one that involved the mysterious spheres found under the temple of the Feathered Serpent. We've often suggested that ancient structures may have been used as some type of energy capacitor. An aeronautics engineer has suggested that the gray pyramid of each... or the whole Giza complex may have been some type of a giant power plant. Well, what if Egypt is not the only place where they had something like this?

Are the small, golden spheres discovered at Teotihuacan, evidence of an extraterrestrial presence on Earth centuries ago? Ancient astronaut theorists say, yes, and suggest further clues can be found by examining mysterious spheres that are not from this plant. from this planet. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2019. Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb learns of a meteorite that exploded over the Pacific Ocean five years earlier. I came across a meteor catalog that the government compiled using its missile warning system.

The meteor burned up about 100 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and it released a few percent of the energy of the Hiroshima bomb when it exploded. From that, we inferred it was about half a meter in size when it exploded. What intrigued Dr. Loeb the most wasn't the object's size, but where it came from. The meteor was actually moving at 60 kilometers per second, clearly unbound to the sun. It must have originated from outside the solar system. This revelation is the first time astronomers have identified an interstate.

stellar object that entered the Earth's atmosphere. Excited by the discovery, Dr. Loeb closely examined the data captured by the military satellites, and he noticed something extraordinary. The government released data of the explosion, and from that we inferred that the object has material strength that is very unusual. It's made of some alloy that is much tougher than iron meteorites.

So not only was this object the first interstellar meteor, but it was also tougher than all other meteors detected by the government in that catalog. And that raises the possibility that it may have been a spacecraft. Is it possible that an extraterrestrial spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean? To find out, Dr. Loeb and the team of scientists set out in June 2023 to attempt to retrieve any debris of the event. R. V. Lowe initiated this expedition off the coast of Papua New Guinea to try and retrieve the fragments of this meteor, which was now known under the name IM1. And this expedition was incredibly successful. What they managed to do, using a magnetic sledge, was to retrieve around 700 very tiny spherals. The samples were sent to Harvard College Observatory for further study because no one knows really where they came from and what they're made of.

Remarkably, the material recovered by the magnetic sled containing microscopic metal spherials was unlike anything scientists had ever seen. Probably about 50 to 60 so far have been properly studied and these show elements that come. could not have been from the solar system itself, or not primarily, they must have come in from another star system. To Dr. Loeb, the discovery is evidence that he has found remnants of the interstellar meteorite. But the most remarkable find was still to come. Further scientific testing of the mysterious object revealed a composition that led Dr. Loeb to believe they could be fragments of extraterrestrial technology.

The spheres were found to contain extremely high levels of beryllium, lanthanum, and uranium, making a never-before-seen compound known as Belau. That below composition does not exist in any known mineral or rock that we know of. And so this does speak to his hypothesis that they're manufactured extraterraterrously. Dr. Avi Lowe proposes that these ferules may be part of some type of E.T. Technology. What exactly he means by that? I don't know. Could that really be a remnant of a far, far, far distant extraterrestrial civilization? Word of Dr. Lowe's discovery made headlines across the globe and stirred up controversy among his peers. Within academia there is still

resistance to discussing this subject openly. However, if we do not invest in getting better data, we will ever be able to figure out the nature of these objects. Unless you search, you will never find this evidence. Is it possible that the mysterious alloy is a material created by extraterrestrial beings? Dr. Loeb's research is ongoing. But if true, the spheres he discovered will upend humanity's place in the universe. We will publish our results in peer-reviewed journals, and make them available for anyone to see.

If we end up concluding that it was artificial in origin, perhaps the spacecraft, that would be the first time that we found evidence for an object that originated from another civilization. Avi Loeb's suggestion that the spheres may have come from an extraterrestrial spacecraft has been hotly debated in the scientific community. But incredibly, another scientist has also recovered

tiny metal spheres that he is convinced are of alien origin. The University of Sheffield, England, 2015. Astrobiologist Dr. Milton Wainwright and his research team release scientific balloons 25 miles up into the sky. Once a balloon reaches its target altitude, a capture mechanism will collect samples of material within the Earth's stratosphere. After the sampling is complete, the balloon bursts and the capture mechanism descends back to the earth under the safety of a parachute.

In 2015, Dr. Milton Wainwright sent one of these balloons up, and it was hit at an incredible rate by something that left behind a small crater. And when they actually dug into this crater to see what it was, it was a tiny sphere. And when they actually examined what the sphere was made, of, it was found to be of titanium and vanadium. And these are elements that shouldn't be there naturally out in the lower atmosphere. There's no earth material associated with them.

And they're too large to be carried from Earth to these altitudes. They must be incoming from space. Where are they coming from? We just don't know. Upon closer examination, Dr. Wainwright noticed the small sphere contained something completely unexpected. This tiny sphere, when they studied it under an electron microscope, saw that it was actually a shell that had now broken, and coming out of it was this strange ooze that they felt was biological in nature.

The characteristics of these organisms is very interesting. They're made of carbon and oxygen, so we know their life forms. They don't contain silicon, so they're not bits of cosmic dust. They're very unusual. When I see the shapes of these things, I'm amazed, because I've never seen anything like them on Earth. There's no textbook version of the pictures we've been seeing. Although it's still unknown just where these spheres came from, Dr. Wainwright believes they are being used to introduce new life forms on Earth. This concept is known as panspermia.

The question how life ever got here to astronomers and to astrobiologists is still a gigantic question mark and a huge debate. Because at some point, our planet was just a rock with rocks and water. That's it. And so how did it all begin? And so there's two ways. One is panspermia. Panspermia suggests that life was carried on the best. backs of comets throughout the universe.

So it's a natural seeding of the planets. The other one is directed panspermia. And direct panpspermia dictates that an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization that's much, much older than ours, sent probes out to seed the planet with their own DNA. Direct this panseparm is an idea first suggested by the famous DNA pioneer Francis Crick. And basically, the idea is that maybe aliens sent life to Earth. This is the idea that an alien civilization would send out these seeds into different parts of the galaxy

that would come into the atmospheres of planets and eventually reach the surface. And this biological ooze would then create the beginning. of life itself. With Dr. Wainwright's small metal sphere, you have to wonder, is this protein ooze that's inside it, something to see the planet with life? And to me, that's a fascinating idea. And if this is the case, then perhaps the extraterrestrials

are using these metallic spheres, which are full of some protein, protein liquid that will jumpstart life on the planet. Could the tiny metal spheres found in our atmosphere really be designed to seed life on Earth? For Dr. Wainwright, the distinct shape of the microscopic objects presents a compelling argument. The reason I'm suggesting it might be artificial engineer, it's pretty obvious that if you're looking for a vehicle of directed to panspermia, this is what you would pick. Instead of sending one rocket, you know, to California, here at Sheffield, what you want to do is to completely cover the globe in minute balls of life.

And this would absolutely fit the bill. To Dr. Wainwright, this was evidence of cosmic seeding. He believed that the spheres were in fact a technology, a seed, if you will, that were sent deliberately to Earth by some unknown advanced civilization. This would certainly be one way of accelerating evolution on Earth. Dr. Wainwright awaits additional funding to continue his experiments. And as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, the questions raised by his research merit further examination. This oozing liquid that's inside these spirals is something that has never been discovered

elsewhere. So what is it? Could it be that this is a part of a directed panspermia project that was used to be that was used by extraterrestrials and we just happened to have found the evidence for it. I think what Dr. Wainwright discovered is crucial in figuring out the larger picture that our origins is not down here on Earth, but out there. Do the microscopic spheres found in the upper atmosphere provide proof that extraterrestrials ceded life on Earth?

As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, it's unintriguing possibility. And they suggest further evidence of a connection between the planet's mysterious spheres and alien visitation can be found by examining hundreds of stone orbs discovered in Scotland that were used to communicate with the gods. The Orkney Islands, Scotland. In the 19th century, archaeologists excavating a Neolithic settlement here discovered five small stone spheres. Over the years, more than 500 have been unearthed throughout the region. The petrospheres in Scotland are very, very interesting. They appear to be a Neolithic origin.

So we're going back to 12,000 BC to about 4,500 BC. They're small, almost the size of all bearings or something. They have geometric forms and spirals, and it is obvious that they were produced by humans. The question is why were they produced and what do all the symbols mean? While mainstream archaeologists have yet to identify the purpose of these stones, ancient astronaut theorists believe the answer can be found in local legends, which claimed they were used to communicate with otherworldly beings. Legend says that they could be used as oracle stones, that a person would ask a question, throw the stone on the ground,

and they would get some sort of an answer. And that makes me wonder if it's possible that these smaller handheld stone, are somehow connected to the larger stone spheres, and they're perhaps amplifiers or transmitters of Earth's energy, and that they all have some sort of an energetic function. Could it be that the ancient stone spheres found around the world were intended to amplify the energy of the Earth for a purpose we have yet to discover?

Or is our fascination with spheres simply inspired by the connection we feel to the spherical bodies we see in the heavens? Perhaps the explanation is more for the universe The explanation is more profound than we can even imagine. As a stone mason, I'm very interested in this mystery of the stone spheres. I think it's a very enigmatic mystery. It's a mixture of science, geology, actual human manufacture and legends of gods.

And I feel that more and more objects like this may emerge because I think people are keen on looking at a past like never before. In my experience, Stone speaks to humans. has a story to tell. Stone is placed in specific ways with specific properties to omit some message. Communication devices maybe, it's a very interesting medium. And I really believe there is an understanding here of something larger that the stone is trying to convey to us. Our fascination with stone spheres, whether they be tiny, handheld or massive, is something that is associated with connections with otherworldly environments,

that we see spheres as points of communication with the other world. Clearly, the sphere has played a crucial part in all of our ancient cultures, and you have to ask yourself, why? Could there be more behind it? What was the purpose of creating the sphere? Is it indeed communication? Are they information storage devices? A commemoration of the original seating of the planet?

We still don't know, and that just adds to the mystery. Do the stone spheres found throughout the globe serve as a testament to extraterrestrial visitation in the distant past? Are they commemorating the origins of life on Earth? Some profound technology witnessed by our ancestors? Or could they even have to be? served a technological function themselves that we might one day reactivate. Perhaps the mystery of the stone spheres will only be solved once we are reunited with our alien ancestors.