Name: Ancient Aliens: METEORITE MESSAGE FROM THE SKY GODS (Season 13) | History
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T05:22:31.000Z
Duration: 3 min 46 s
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Walking home after a day's work, pioneer Ellis Hughes

Curious, he pulls out his hammer and strikes the rock.

He jumps, startled, as it rings loudly, like a bell.

Over the next several days, Hughes digs tirelessly

to uncover a historic treasure, the largest

JONATHAN YOUNG: The Willamette Meteor is enormous.

The actual shape of the meteor has changed over time.

It now looks something like a piece of modern art.

MAN: If we look at the makeup of the Willamette Meteorite,

it's got iridium, germanium, gallium, and nickel.

MAN: The nickel actually helps it from not corroding.

And it, of course, shows evidence of having

And what's interesting, it landed intact.

The Willamette Meteorite is an example not only of

a strange meteorite arriving intact, but also

that it had a profound effect on the local people.

It became kind of a shrine to them, a message from the gods.

NARRATOR: Long before Ellis Hughes discovered the meteorite

in 1902, a Native American tribe called the Clackamas, who've

were aware of this extraterrestrial object.

They also believed it had special powers.

they had a long, long history of interaction with this rock.

They would look at this rock as a gift, a conduit which united

Within the stone itself there are holes in there from erosion

and the like, which gathered pools of water.

Now, this water was used for healing purposes or blessing.

in the water which was gathered from this meteor

JONATHAN YOUNG: They would dip their arrowheads

thinking that this ritual would sharpen the blades

WILLIAM HENRY: The Clackamas named the meteorite Tomanowos,

This is hugely significant, because it tells us

that, in fact, that rock is not just a rock,

it's an actual link to an extraterrestrial being.

We're talking about a 15-ton meteorite that crash landed,

but yet there's no evidence of an impact.

I think we have to go back to the original Clackamas

connection that says that perhaps there's

extraterrestrial intervention involved in the positioning

JASON MARTELL: They firmly believed it was brought

They actually thought that it came from the gods,