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NARRATOR:
Incredible accounts
of U.S. presidents
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receiving visitors
from beyond Earth.
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BILL BIRNES:
President Eisenhower
and Richard Nixon
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are contacted by an E.T.
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Stories of alien ambassadors
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reaching out to
the British Royal Family.
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NICK POPE:
This is the top royal aide
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who's been introduced
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to a mysterious individual
from another planet.
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NARRATOR:
And shocking claims
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that Earth belongs
to a galactic federation.
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I found the spreadsheet.
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It was actually
titled in the column
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"Non-terrestrial Officers."
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NARRATOR:
Could there be
certain people on Earth
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who not only have knowledge
of extraterrestrial visitors
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but are even
in contact with them?
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
When it becomes
accepted knowledge that,
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not only are we not alone today
but we never have been alone,
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that'll be the most
profound conclusion
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in the history of humanity.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
In the first month
of the new year,
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it is announced that
a new spending bill
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will require
the U.S. Defense Department
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to review UFO sightings
dating to 1945.
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Another major headline
involves controversial claims
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by a U.S. congressman
of a huge UFO coverup,
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and yet another
claims that a UFO
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was shot down
by the Russian military.
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In today's world, UFO reports
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are no longer a fringe curiosity
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but part of
the daily news cycle.
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LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
Finally, in the 21st century,
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you got the whole world curious.
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Everybody's looking
for real UFOs.
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Headlines in
every newspaper, everywhere.
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Every television,
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every radio,
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every cell phone.
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Things like,
"NASA Announces Unidentified
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Aerial Phenomena Study."
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The big headline
in The New York Times
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having to do with UFOs doing
remarkable demonstrations
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in front of military pilots.
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It's suddenly respectable
for these topics
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to be discussed in the open.
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The level of official interest,
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the level of scientific interest
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and media interest
is to the point
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where now we can
look at evidence
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that's been sitting
around for decades
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that hasn't been scrutinized.
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And finally,
it's getting some scrutiny.
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It's getting attention.
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That is a sea change.
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And because
of the media interest,
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the topic became
acceptable for Congress.
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There's political cover
for them to go ahead
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and ask questions.
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In May 2022,
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there was an unprecedented
congressional hearing
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from one of the subcommittees
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of the House
Intelligence Committee--
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a lot of it in public--
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and some absolutely
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fascinating information
was disclosed.
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I mean, effectively, this was
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an admission
that the phenomenon was real.
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We know that our service
members have encountered
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unidentified aerial phenomena,
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and because UAPs pose
potential flight safety
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and general security risk,
we are committed
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to a focused effort
to determine their origins.
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RALPH BLUMENTHAL:
Here was Congress paying
serious attention to it,
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that these objects
are undoubtedly real,
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they're not, uh, figments
of the imagination,
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they're not hoaxes.
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There are objects up there
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NARRATOR:
Considering the recent
explosion of UFO reports,
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is it possible that there is,
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in fact, an extraterrestrial
presence on Earth?
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And if so,
have there been encounters
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not only with strange
objects in the sky
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but also with alien entities?
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JEREMY CORBELL:
Now we're kind of saying,
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well, UFOs are real,
these craft are real.
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The next logical question is:
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Have people engaged entities,
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intelligences that
operate these craft,
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whether it be biological
or artificial intelligence,
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or some sort of marriage
between the two?
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NARRATOR:
Dr. Travis Taylor,
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who was hired
as the chief scientist
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for the U.S. government's
UAP Task Force in 2019,
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says that in his experience,
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while UFO sightings
are no longer scoffed at,
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the same cannot be said
for reports
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of much closer encounters.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
If an F-18 pilot came to you
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and said, "We chased
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"a UAP in the sky
with our fighter plane
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and couldn't catch it,"
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you're gonna listen to that guy.
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But if the same
fighter pilot came and said,
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"I was flying along in my F-18,
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"and a UAP came down
and abducted me
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"from my cockpit, took me off,
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"did something to me
and brought me back
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"and put me right back
in my cockpit
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as though I'd never been gone,"
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you would think he's crazy. Why?
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Why is that any more fantastic
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than there being something
we can't explain what it is,
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that we can't catch with
a modern-day fighter plane?
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I think each are
equally fantastic
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and should
at least be considered.
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NARRATOR:
One of the first people
to suggest
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that reports of close encounters
with extraterrestrials
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should be taken seriously
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was the man who held
Travis Taylor's position
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more than 60 years prior:
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astrophysicist J. Allen Hynek.
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In 1952, Hynek was
the scientific consultant
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for Project Blue Book,
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the U.S. government's
first public investigation
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into the UFO phenomenon.
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According to
J. Allen Hynek's son Paul,
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one of the cases
his father found
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most compelling
involved an encounter
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with alien entities.
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My father didn't talk that much
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about individual cases,
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but there were some cases
that really stood out to him.
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One was the case
of Lonnie Zamora
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in 1964 in New Mexico.
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Lonnie Zamora was a policeman,
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and he saw some kind of
craft in the sky land.
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It was an egg-shaped craft.
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He saw some humanoids come out,
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a fairly brief encounter,
and they took off.
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Lonnie Zamora had not
been active in UFOs
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or flying saucers before that.
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My father thought
he was very credible.
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And it was the case
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that was maybe the straw
that broke the camel's back
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on my father
being more comfortable
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talking publicly about
abduction cases and humanoids.
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NARRATOR:
Of the 12,618 sightings
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reported to Project Blue Book,
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701 were left unexplained,
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including the case of
policeman Lonnie Zamora.
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Yet, despite the hundreds
of unsolved close encounters,
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the government shut down
Project Blue Book in 1969.
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But not before J. Allen Hynek
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made arguably
his most famous contribution
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to the UFO phenomenon.
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PAUL HYNEK:
My father, being a scientist,
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decided that UFOs needed to have
a classification system.
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So, he came up
with a close encounters
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of the first,
second and third kind.
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A close encounter
of the first kind
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is a visual sighting
within 500 feet or so.
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A close encounter
of the second kind
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is where there is
some kind of physical evidence:
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a sunburned face,
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broken tree branches,
radar sighting, etcetera.
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And a close encounter
of the third kind
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is where you actually see
some type of creature.
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NARRATOR:
Following the demise
of Project Blue Book,
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claims of even more
bizarre alien encounters
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started being reported
across the globe,
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and two more categories
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of close encounters
were identified.
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A close encounter of
the fourth kind indicates
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an alien abduction.
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And a close encounter
of the fifth kind
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involves communication
and interaction
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with an alien entity.
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Close encounters
of the fifth kind
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are essentially
human interactions
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with extraterrestrials.
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It's not just seeing.
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It's being a participant
in an event.
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There is often, for example,
direct communication,
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either verbal or telepathic.
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And this is
particularly interesting,
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because what we get is not just
description and perceptions
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but often information,
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messages are sometimes given
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in this two-way
interactive communication.
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And that's fascinating
because it gives us
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perhaps our best insight
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into extraterrestrial
motivation.
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NARRATOR:
Accounts of close encounters
of the fifth kind
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are often regarded as
too sensational to be true.
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But according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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such face-to-face interactions
with extraterrestrials
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can be found
throughout recorded history.
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Throughout the history
of humankind,
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cultures from
all continents of the world
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described someone
descending from the sky
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and imparting knowledge.
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And instead of attributing
these stories to pure fantasy,
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the ancient astronaut
theory proposes
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that contact between
physical extraterrestrials
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and our human ancestors
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happened face-to-face.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that the designation
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"close encounters
of the fifth kind"
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is not merely terminology
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for potential alien encounters
in the distant future
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but describes interactions
that have been
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happening on Earth
for thousands of years?
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Perhaps clues can be
found by examining
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claims of such encounters
within the highest levels
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of the United States government.
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NARRATOR:
At 5:05 AM,
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one of a series of nuclear tests
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under the umbrella code-named
Upshot-Knothole is set off.
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Within seconds of the blast,
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a disc-shaped object is seen
rapidly descending from the sky
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headed south toward Las Vegas,
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then disappearing
into the mountains.
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Just two days after this event,
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government officials secretly
gather a team of scientists
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for a curious assignment.
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They were to
investigate the crash
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of an unidentified flying object
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on the outskirts
of Kingman, Arizona,
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a city 175 miles south
of the nuclear test site.
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There were 40 engineers
that boarded a bus,
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and they took a long,
three-and-a-half-hour ride
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from Phoenix to Kingman.
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When they got there,
it was nighttime.
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There were MPs
on all corners of the craft.
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It's about a 40-foot diameter
disc shaped craft
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that was perfectly intact.
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There wasn't a scratch on it.
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There were four beings
associated with this craft,
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and they shipped it
to Groom Lake.
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RICHARD DOLAN:
Groom Lake is
the Area 51 region in Nevada.
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When Area 51
was just bare bones,
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they took the craft
and the aliens
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out to that location
in the middle
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of the Nevada desert,
because it was so remote.
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And around that,
they built Area 51.
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Hidden within
a ring of mountains
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deep in the Nevada desert,
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Area 51 is a top secret
military installation
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that has long been rumored
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to hold evidence
of alien technology.
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And there are even stories
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that a special facility
at Area 51
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once held a survivor
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of the 1953 Kingman UFO crash.
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An alien entity known as J-Rod.
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DENNETT:
J-Rod is an alien
who allegedly worked
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at Area 51
over a period of years.
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And it was
J-Rod's mission or duty
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to help reverse engineer
technology
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that was apparently from
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the 1953 Kingman UFO crash.
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J-Rod was one of
the crash survivors
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and worked directly
with our own government.
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NARRATOR:
Captain Bill Uhouse,
a former Navy pilot
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who later worked
for the U.S. Air Force
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performing experimental testing
on aircraft,
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was assigned to Area 51
in the mid-1960s,
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and he claims that
he not only studied the craft
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that allegedly crashed
in Kingman, Arizona,
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but also had direct contact
with J-Rod.
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We had a long period of
introduction into meeting,
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you know, an alien.
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And I-I called him J-Rod.
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That's the name
that the linguists gave him.
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And he talked, he would talk,
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but he'd sound just like...
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If you spoke,
he'd sound like you.
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You know, he's, like
one of these, ah, a parrot.
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(laughs) But he'd try and
answer your question, you know?
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Basically, it was
only engineering advice
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or science advice.
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DENNETT:
There's also
another whistleblower
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by the name of Dan Burisch.
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And Dan Burisch
said that he was hired
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as a microbiologist
to basically care for J-Rod,
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ensuring that
he remained healthy.
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And, uh, this went on
for years and years and years.
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NARRATOR:
According to Dan Burisch
and Bill Uhouse,
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J-Rod was housed
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in a special underground chamber
at Area 51.
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And there have been
numerous other accounts
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of extraterrestrials
working with
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the United States government.
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ALEJANDRO ROJAS:
There's a lot of stories
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that we worked with
the aliens at Area 51.
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Or, uh, some say,
at a base nearby,
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kind of in the desert out there.
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And we've been working with them
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in underground labs,
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and they have been
sharing information
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for us to enhance
our technologies.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the United States government
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has met with, and worked with,
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entities like J-Rod
and other alien visitors
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since at least the 1950s?
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According to UFO researchers,
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there is evidence
that extraterrestrials
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have not only been held
at secret military bases
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but have even met face-to-face
with the Commander in Chief
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inside the walls
of the Pentagon.
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One of the most
detailed accounts
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of a presidential
close encounter
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is the story of
an otherworldly visitor
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named Valiant Thor.
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DENNETT:
The story of Valiant Thor
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comes from a gentleman
by the name of Frank Stranges,
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who's a chaplain,
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and apparently held
a top secret clearance.
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As the story goes,
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in 1957,
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a UFO landed in Virginia
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very close to Washington, D.C.
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(siren wailing)
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Police officers
were called to the scene,
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and out stepped
a human-looking gentleman
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who wanted to visit
with then President Eisenhower.
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He was taken directly
to the Pentagon
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and was able
to arrange a meeting
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with President Eisenhower.
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In this meeting,
he basically stated
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that he was very much concerned
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about our use
of nuclear weapons.
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POPE:
Just as another country
would post an ambassador
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to the United States,
the theory was that Valiant Thor
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was the ambassador
from the extraterrestrials.
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And he was,
from time to time, advising
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President Eisenhower
and the U.S. government
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on policy issues.
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This idea that an actual,
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physical,
extraterrestrial visitor
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could potentially be influencing
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the course of the world
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is a possibility.
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I am sure
there's envoys out there
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that do the same thing,
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not just on a planet
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but in entire planetary systems.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be
that the United States
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has had diplomatic relations
with otherworldly beings?
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And if so,
do they continue even today?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest there is evidence
that extraterrestrials
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have also attempted
to make contact
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with the British monarchy.
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NARRATOR:
Across the United Kingdom,
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people gather
to pay their respects
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to Queen Elizabeth's
husband Prince Philip,
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the Duke of Edinburgh,
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who passed away
at the age of 99.
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In the months after his death,
reports begin to surface
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that Prince Philip
spent more than half his life
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investigating claims
of alien close encounters.
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In the process,
he allegedly amassed
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a trove of secret evidence
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that's been coined
the "Royal X-Files,"
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and that has never been
viewed by the public.
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Prince Philip had
a lifelong fascination--
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And I would even
say more than fascination.
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I would say
a serious interest in UFOs.
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ROJAS:
He read all the books.
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He was actually secretly
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going to the media and saying,
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"Hey, the Americans are
writing these great books.
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You guys need
to serialize these."
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And he-he convinced them
to do that.
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POPE:
This was not generally
known, of course,
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because it would have caused
something of a-a scandal.
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The irony being that
Ministry of Defence policy
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was to play down
the subject of UFOs,
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but here were our royal bosses,
absolutely fascinated by it.
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NARRATOR:
In order to escape
public ridicule
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and provide cover
for the royal family,
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Prince Philip
enlisted the service
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of the former Commander
of the Royal Air Force,
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Sir Peter Horsley,
to secretly investigate
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reported sightings
and encounters.
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DENNETT:
Prince Philip charged
Sir Peter Horsley,
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to contact the MOD,
the Ministry of Defence,
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and provide firsthand reports
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of UFO encounters,
UAP encounters.
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And not only that,
his other assistant
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brought in firsthand witnesses
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to talk face-to-face
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with Prince Philip about UFOs.
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NARRATOR:
In his autobiography titled
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Sounds from Another Room,
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Sir Peter Horsley recounts
meeting a bizarre individual
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during his investigations
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on behalf of
the Prince of Edinburgh.
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DENNETT:
In this memoir, he talks about
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meeting an individual
by the name of Mr. Janus.
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He met face-to-face
with this gentleman,
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who was entirely human-looking,
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but it became very clear
to him from the beginning
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that this was not
a normal person.
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For one thing,
he seemed to be able
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to read
Sir Peter Horsley's mind.
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He apparently had
telepathic abilities.
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And not only that, he began
to talk about subjects
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such as UFOs,
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space travel, even time travel.
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And I think
the thing that impressed
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Sir Peter Horsley most
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was that this individual,
Mr. Janus,
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knew all of
Britain's nuclear secrets.
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He knew all about
where materials were being kept
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and all the activity
that was going on.
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He seemed to know all of it.
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Mr. Janus says,
"Well, I-I need to have
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a meeting with Prince Philip."
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And Horsley, he's like, "Well,
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you don't just walk in and
have a meeting with the prince."
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Horsley was a very
sophisticated, intelligent man.
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But Horsley walked out
of that room convinced...
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convinced that this was
an extraterrestrial.
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POPE:
And he apparently talked about
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some sort of galactic council,
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and there being interest
in planet Earth,
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but there was a genuine prospect
of nuclear war,
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and apparently that was
of concern to Mr. Janus.
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NARRATOR:
Much like
Peter Horsley's account
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of his meeting with Mr. Janus,
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Frank Stranges claimed that
Valiant Thor came to Earth
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to warn President Eisenhower
about the dangers
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of nuclear proliferation.
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Many researchers also believe
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that the reported 1953 UFO crash
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in Kingman, Arizona,
was caused by a nuclear test.
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And, perhaps not coincidentally,
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the number of
modern-day UFO sightings
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increased exponentially
after World War II.
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DENNETT:
In the late 1940s,
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1947, in particular,
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it was absolutely undeniable
that something was going on.
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This is when we started
first exploding nuclear bombs,
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and in 1947, there
was a huge super-wave
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of UFO sightings
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which swept across
the United States and the world.
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And this was
not one or two sightings.
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This was hundreds upon hundreds.
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DOLAN:
You've got claim
after claim of people
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from the 1950s onward,
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some of them say, "I met
these human-looking beings, uh,
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"who said they were
from another planet,
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"and they-they have
said to us, uh,
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"'Your nuclear technology
is dangerous.
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Uh, you-you need to be
more peaceful.'"
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NARRATOR:
There have also been
a high number
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of UFO sightings at
nuclear weapons facilities,
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including the Hanford nuclear
site in Washington state,
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
in California,
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Kapustin Yar in Russia,
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and the Malmstrom nuclear
missile facility in Montana.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
There's tremendous amount of
conflict here on planet Earth,
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and that would be one reason
why the extraterrestrials
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would want to contact
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leaders from around the world
to try to stop
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some terrible nuclear war
from happening.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that
extraterrestrials
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who have been monitoring Earth
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for thousands of years
have approached world leaders
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to deter them from
nuclear proliferation?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and they contend
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that such encounters
of the fifth kind
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don't just happen
to prominent political figures.
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They can happen to people
from all walks of life,
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who are then
often compelled to share
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such warnings with the world.
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NARRATOR:
Desert Center, California.
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November 20, 1952.
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Photographer and amateur
astronomer George Adamski
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is hiking with friends
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along the rocky sands
of the Colorado desert
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when he sees a large
saucer-shaped craft in the sky.
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According to Adamski,
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a voice from the spaceship
speaks to him,
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telling him to
walk off the main road.
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Allegedly, uh, the four of them
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saw a craft, uh, land
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farther out in the desert.
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George Adamski, by himself,
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then walked over this hill
and to the craft,
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where he claimed he met
with an extraterrestrial.
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That extraterrestrial
invited, uh, Adamski
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ultimately to go on
one of the craft at some point.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
He claimed they took him
in a spaceship
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out into space
and toured other planets,
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and along the way,
he is educated or schooled
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00:26:05,458 --> 00:26:07,083
by a thousand-year-old being
511
00:26:07,208 --> 00:26:09,667
he refers to as "the master."
512
00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:12,750
POPE:
He believed that they were
513
00:26:12,875 --> 00:26:16,708
enlightened, advanced beings
514
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:20,833
who were keeping an eye
on our development
515
00:26:20,958 --> 00:26:24,250
and were concerned about some of
516
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,083
the turns that
the human journey had taken:
517
00:26:27,208 --> 00:26:29,583
pollution of the environment,
518
00:26:29,708 --> 00:26:30,917
development of nuclear weapons.
519
00:26:31,042 --> 00:26:35,042
And so Adamski then went on
520
00:26:35,208 --> 00:26:38,083
to spread his message
around the world
521
00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:41,708
because he felt that
this was a mission for him.
522
00:26:42,708 --> 00:26:46,042
CHILDRESS:
Adamski wrote
a number of books about this,
523
00:26:46,167 --> 00:26:49,833
and his photos are
still famous photos
524
00:26:49,917 --> 00:26:52,875
that he took of
cylindrical cigar-shaped ships
525
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,125
and of flying saucers.
526
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000
He actually traveled
around the world
527
00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:00,167
as a special ambassador.
528
00:27:00,292 --> 00:27:03,750
He even met with
the Queen of Holland
529
00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:04,958
and other world leaders.
530
00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:08,458
He was greeted often as
531
00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:12,000
some kind of ambassador
from the extraterrestrials.
532
00:27:12,125 --> 00:27:16,167
Most of these contactees
will say
533
00:27:16,292 --> 00:27:19,000
they're lectured to
in some fashion
534
00:27:19,125 --> 00:27:23,000
about technology and
their place in the universe.
535
00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:25,875
It's a message
that they're given
536
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,500
to take to other people.
537
00:27:28,542 --> 00:27:31,125
NARRATOR:
Do extraterrestrials
select certain people
538
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:34,208
to deliver information
to humanity?
539
00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:38,083
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
540
00:27:38,208 --> 00:27:42,167
and suggest there may even be
physical evidence to prove it.
541
00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:48,417
Ulster County, New York.
542
00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:53,250
December 26, 1985.
543
00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:56,125
Best-selling author
Whitley Strieber
544
00:27:56,208 --> 00:28:00,417
is celebrating Christmas
with his wife and young son
545
00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:01,833
at their cabin.
546
00:28:01,917 --> 00:28:02,667
In the middle of the night,
547
00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:06,167
he is awoken
by a disturbing feeling.
548
00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,833
I felt that there was
something around me.
549
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,083
In other words,
there was movement
550
00:28:12,208 --> 00:28:13,667
that shouldn't have been there.
551
00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:15,792
And I opened my eyes,
552
00:28:15,917 --> 00:28:20,000
and I saw these big, black eyes
staring at me.
553
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:25,833
And I had no idea where I was.
554
00:28:25,917 --> 00:28:28,000
It was a little round room.
555
00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:30,542
And I began to scream.
556
00:28:32,792 --> 00:28:35,500
This automatic voice
turned on, saying,
557
00:28:35,625 --> 00:28:38,000
"What can we do to help you
stop screaming?"
558
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:40,333
There were these other figures,
559
00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:43,000
dark blue little figures
darting around,
560
00:28:43,083 --> 00:28:45,417
and they assaulted me,
basically.
561
00:28:45,542 --> 00:28:46,750
It was not easy.
562
00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:48,542
It was a very
terrifying experience.
563
00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:52,208
NARRATOR:
To process the traumatic event,
564
00:28:52,333 --> 00:28:54,542
Whitley wrote about
his close encounter,
565
00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:59,083
which became the basis of his
best-selling memoir Communion.
566
00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:02,667
He hoped the experience
was behind him.
567
00:29:02,792 --> 00:29:04,625
But in May of 1989,
568
00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:08,917
Whitley had another strange
nocturnal encounter.
569
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:13,458
STRIEBER:
I'm on my side,
on my right side,
570
00:29:13,542 --> 00:29:17,000
and there's a hand pressing
down on my left temple,
571
00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:21,833
pressing it into the pillow
in like waves, like this.
572
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,458
And I can't struggle.
I can't move a muscle.
573
00:29:24,542 --> 00:29:25,917
I can't see anything.
574
00:29:27,375 --> 00:29:29,042
I am completely immobilized.
575
00:29:30,708 --> 00:29:33,667
After a few seconds, that ends.
576
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:35,917
And I think, "Was it a dream?"
577
00:29:36,583 --> 00:29:41,333
Then, the next day or the day
after, my ear started hurting.
578
00:29:41,458 --> 00:29:44,625
I reach up and I feel
this bump here on my ear.
579
00:29:45,458 --> 00:29:48,458
And I thought,
"Oh, my God, it's an implant."
580
00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:51,458
WOMAN: Ooh, that looks like
a little white thing.
581
00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:54,333
STRIEBER: There was
an attempt to remove it.
582
00:29:58,292 --> 00:30:00,833
It failed because
the implant went from here
583
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,083
right down into here on its own.
584
00:30:06,375 --> 00:30:07,208
And the doctor pulled out.
585
00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:10,833
Two days later,
it went from my ear lobe
586
00:30:10,917 --> 00:30:13,083
back up to where it is
to this day.
587
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:17,042
NARRATOR:
Could extraterrestrials
have really implanted
588
00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:20,458
some kind of device inside
Whitley Strieber's ear?
589
00:30:20,542 --> 00:30:22,500
And if so, why?
590
00:30:24,458 --> 00:30:27,333
According to Whitley,
whatever the implant is,
591
00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:30,500
it has had
a profound effect on him.
592
00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:32,208
STRIEBER:
In 2015,
593
00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:35,500
I noticed a slit
opened up in my right eye,
594
00:30:35,625 --> 00:30:38,542
and you could see words
racing through it.
595
00:30:38,708 --> 00:30:42,500
But they were like someone was
typing very quickly and racing.
596
00:30:42,625 --> 00:30:45,750
And it had something
to do with my writing,
597
00:30:45,875 --> 00:30:48,042
because, at the same time,
598
00:30:48,167 --> 00:30:49,167
my ability to do research
599
00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:53,667
changed dramatically
and weirdly.
600
00:30:53,833 --> 00:30:57,583
I found that if I just thought
about something I needed,
601
00:30:57,708 --> 00:30:59,208
no matter how obscure,
602
00:30:59,375 --> 00:31:01,167
one way or another,
it would come to me.
603
00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:03,292
NARRATOR:
Since receiving
the alleged implant,
604
00:31:03,375 --> 00:31:07,708
Strieber claims to have
had regular interaction
605
00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:10,083
with otherworldly beings.
606
00:31:10,208 --> 00:31:12,458
STRIEBER:
The visitors are
a part of my life now,
607
00:31:12,583 --> 00:31:14,042
very much so.
608
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:15,167
Uh, I don't think
609
00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:18,375
I would be comfortable working
610
00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:21,000
without knowing
that there was...
611
00:31:21,083 --> 00:31:24,167
using the implant,
that there was a connection.
612
00:31:24,292 --> 00:31:28,208
Now, what do they want from us?
613
00:31:28,333 --> 00:31:31,833
That is a very big
unanswered question.
614
00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:35,083
GEORGE KNAPP:
Humans have been
interacting with
615
00:31:35,208 --> 00:31:37,833
these beings,
wherever they're from,
616
00:31:37,917 --> 00:31:40,042
for eons
throughout human history.
617
00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:42,250
I think that,
uh, this intelligence,
618
00:31:42,375 --> 00:31:45,333
instead of revealing itself
on a global scale,
619
00:31:45,458 --> 00:31:48,000
they've been engaging
with people one-on-one.
620
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:50,958
Maybe they put us on the path
where we are now.
621
00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:52,500
Don't know.
622
00:31:52,583 --> 00:31:54,125
They seem to have
an ongoing interest in us.
623
00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,333
They take direct involvement
624
00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:58,417
with certain bloodlines
and certain people.
625
00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,500
And the dramatic transformations
626
00:32:01,583 --> 00:32:03,542
that have taken place
after people
627
00:32:03,708 --> 00:32:06,625
have had these claimed contacts
is very real.
628
00:32:07,625 --> 00:32:09,667
NARRATOR:
If close encounters
of the fifth kind
629
00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:12,542
are, in fact, taking place,
630
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:16,542
are alien entities
making contact for our benefit
631
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:18,542
or for theirs?
632
00:32:18,667 --> 00:32:20,875
According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
633
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,083
both could be true.
634
00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,833
Because they say
there is evidence
635
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000
that Earth is being visited
636
00:32:28,125 --> 00:32:31,250
by multiple alien species.
637
00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:41,000
(siren wailing)
638
00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:42,333
NARRATOR:
Shortly after 8:00 a.m.,
639
00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:45,083
the National
High Tech Crime Unit
640
00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:46,750
arrives at the home
641
00:32:46,875 --> 00:32:51,000
of 36-year-old Scottish
computer engineer Gary McKinnon.
642
00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:53,333
They are there
to arrest him on behalf
643
00:32:53,458 --> 00:32:57,000
of the United States
Justice Department
644
00:32:57,125 --> 00:32:59,042
for hacking into
top secret computers
645
00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:01,125
at NASA and the Pentagon.
646
00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:04,792
McKinnon not only admits
to the crime
647
00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:08,417
but claims he uncovered evidence
that the U.S. government
648
00:33:08,542 --> 00:33:11,333
was working with
extraterrestrial beings.
649
00:33:11,417 --> 00:33:14,000
I was obsessed with UFOs.
650
00:33:14,083 --> 00:33:15,875
I was dying to find out
the information.
651
00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:17,833
The Internet was a real enabler
652
00:33:17,958 --> 00:33:20,333
for finding out information, um,
653
00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,417
by going to places
you shouldn't be in,
654
00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,167
um, because they were so open.
655
00:33:24,542 --> 00:33:27,125
There were a lot of text files
656
00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:28,833
that had lists of
places, installations,
657
00:33:28,958 --> 00:33:32,500
military bases, Air Force bases,
Navy sites, NASA sites.
658
00:33:32,625 --> 00:33:34,292
So, there was
a lot to go through.
659
00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:37,458
But I did find
a gold mine of information.
660
00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:40,333
NARRATOR:
According to McKinnon,
661
00:33:40,458 --> 00:33:43,542
he unearthed a secret
U.S. military program
662
00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:45,833
that existed entirely in space.
663
00:33:45,958 --> 00:33:48,333
McKINNON:
I found the spreadsheet.
It was actually titled
664
00:33:48,417 --> 00:33:50,583
in the column,
"Non-terrestrial Officers."
665
00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:54,583
As well as officers' names,
it had ship names.
666
00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:57,167
None of these were
ocean-going ships.
667
00:33:57,292 --> 00:33:59,000
It was astounding.
668
00:33:59,125 --> 00:34:00,917
They're not Navy.
They're not in the Army.
669
00:34:01,042 --> 00:34:02,417
And not even Air Force.
670
00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:04,125
So, to me, I was thinking
671
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,833
there must be
an off-planet space force,
672
00:34:06,917 --> 00:34:08,458
or space fleet, at least.
673
00:34:08,542 --> 00:34:11,083
NARRATOR:
After McKinnon's arrest,
674
00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:13,167
he was told the U.S. government
675
00:34:13,292 --> 00:34:17,375
intended to sentence him
to 70 years in prison.
676
00:34:17,542 --> 00:34:18,958
McKINNON:
At the time, I thought
677
00:34:19,083 --> 00:34:20,708
six months community service
678
00:34:20,875 --> 00:34:23,750
was all you'd do for a
Computer Misuse Act in Britain.
679
00:34:24,667 --> 00:34:26,500
We fought extradition
for ten years,
680
00:34:26,625 --> 00:34:29,167
and we actually won the case.
681
00:34:29,292 --> 00:34:31,250
But, unfortunately, today,
682
00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:33,417
the arrest warrant
is still live,
683
00:34:33,542 --> 00:34:36,333
and I'm still on
the Interpol Red list,
684
00:34:36,417 --> 00:34:37,083
so I can't travel.
685
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:39,292
NARRATOR:
Could it be
686
00:34:39,375 --> 00:34:42,000
that Gary McKinnon's account
of what he saw
687
00:34:42,083 --> 00:34:42,833
when he hacked into computers
688
00:34:42,958 --> 00:34:46,625
at the Pentagon
and NASA is genuine?
689
00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:50,958
Is the U.S. government
engaged in secret operations
690
00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:53,167
beyond Earth?
691
00:34:53,333 --> 00:34:55,833
I think Gary McKinnon
is truthful
692
00:34:55,958 --> 00:34:57,583
in that he did see files
on secret space programs
693
00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:00,417
and UFO-related material.
694
00:35:00,542 --> 00:35:03,000
Whether that information
was legit
695
00:35:03,083 --> 00:35:06,000
or was just sitting there
somewhere, we can't say.
696
00:35:06,083 --> 00:35:08,000
But there's no question
that he did
697
00:35:08,125 --> 00:35:09,500
what he claimed to have done.
698
00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:10,667
NARRATOR:
While there are
many who question
699
00:35:10,750 --> 00:35:14,417
the authenticity of
Gary McKinnon's account,
700
00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:16,833
other more notable figures
701
00:35:16,958 --> 00:35:19,917
have since come forward
with similar claims.
702
00:35:21,958 --> 00:35:27,000
In 2013, former Canadian
Minister of National Defence
703
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,542
Paul Hellyer declared that
the United States government
704
00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:33,250
and other governments
around the world,
705
00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:36,958
are working with organized
groups of extraterrestrials.
706
00:35:37,083 --> 00:35:39,708
Why do you say
that UFOs are as real
707
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:42,833
as the airplanes
flying over our heads?
708
00:35:42,958 --> 00:35:45,250
Well, because
I know that they are.
709
00:35:45,375 --> 00:35:48,917
And they've been visiting this
planet for thousands of years.
710
00:35:49,042 --> 00:35:52,375
And there is what is
called a federation
711
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,958
of these people,
and they have rules.
712
00:35:56,375 --> 00:35:59,000
DOLAN:
Paul Hellyer was a former
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
713
00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:02,792
and a former
Minister of Defence of Canada.
714
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:04,917
He was able to talk to
a lot of important people
715
00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:08,208
within the U.S.
and Canadian system,
716
00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:09,792
and it was his opinion,
717
00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:11,792
based on the sources
that he had,
718
00:36:11,875 --> 00:36:16,167
that there are many groups
that are here visiting us.
719
00:36:16,292 --> 00:36:19,917
NARRATOR:
Paul Hellyer is not
the only government official
720
00:36:20,042 --> 00:36:22,333
to come forward
with alleged knowledge
721
00:36:22,458 --> 00:36:24,833
of a federation of
extraterrestrial races.
722
00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:30,833
HYNEK:
Recently the former Israeli
chief of space security,
723
00:36:30,958 --> 00:36:34,500
Haim Eshed,
came out and said that
724
00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:37,000
there is a galactic federation,
725
00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:38,750
and that indeed
many world leaders
726
00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:43,458
know of and are in talks with
727
00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:46,042
delegates of
the galactic federation.
728
00:36:46,167 --> 00:36:49,250
I don't know
what to make of that claim.
729
00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:54,333
But when you have enough
of them, a pattern emerges,
730
00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:57,542
and it starts to take on
a bit more gravitas
731
00:36:57,667 --> 00:37:00,500
in functioning
as bona fide evidence.
732
00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:04,875
CHILDRESS:
Dr. Haim Eshed claimed
733
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,875
that the extraterrestrials
in this galactic federation
734
00:37:07,042 --> 00:37:10,458
were in contact
735
00:37:10,583 --> 00:37:13,375
with governments
around the world.
736
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,917
It's a fascinating idea
737
00:37:16,042 --> 00:37:19,083
and one that may well be true.
738
00:37:20,167 --> 00:37:23,375
NARRATOR:
Should the sensational claims
made by Paul Hellyer
739
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,667
and Haim Eshed be believed?
740
00:37:25,792 --> 00:37:28,833
That close encounters of
the fifth kind are occurring
741
00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:33,167
at the highest levels
of government around the world
742
00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:37,708
and with entire factions
of extraterrestrial beings.
743
00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:41,083
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
744
00:37:41,208 --> 00:37:45,000
and argue that recent
revelations from world leaders
745
00:37:45,125 --> 00:37:48,917
may be preparing mankind
for a groundbreaking event:
746
00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:52,000
full disclosure.
747
00:37:58,250 --> 00:37:59,417
NARRATOR:
In today's world,
748
00:37:59,542 --> 00:38:01,458
where cell phones are equipped
749
00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:03,250
with high-definition cameras
750
00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:05,500
and the Internet
makes it possible
751
00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:06,833
to share videos in an instant,
752
00:38:06,958 --> 00:38:11,417
average citizens have become
frontline reporters
753
00:38:11,542 --> 00:38:13,042
on the UFO phenomenon.
754
00:38:13,167 --> 00:38:17,417
New images and accounts
of unidentified phenomena
755
00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:20,208
are posted online
nearly every day,
756
00:38:20,375 --> 00:38:22,667
and UFO researchers
757
00:38:22,750 --> 00:38:25,125
say the proof
that extraterrestrials
758
00:38:25,208 --> 00:38:28,708
are visiting Earth
is right before our eyes.
759
00:38:29,917 --> 00:38:31,833
But they also suggest the
evidence that's been accumulated
760
00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:35,500
by the public
pales in comparison
761
00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:37,667
to what
the United States government
762
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:41,625
has had in its possession
for decades.
763
00:38:42,750 --> 00:38:45,625
Technology has changed
so much over the past 30,
764
00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:47,542
40 years that now it's possible
765
00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:50,875
for regular Joe citizens to be
part of this investigation.
766
00:38:51,833 --> 00:38:54,542
The flip side of that
is our military
767
00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:58,625
has incredible sensors that
watch everything that happens
768
00:38:58,708 --> 00:39:00,333
on and around the Earth.
769
00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:04,833
There's a gigantic storehouse
of information somewhere
770
00:39:04,958 --> 00:39:06,792
that the public has
never been allowed to see.
771
00:39:07,833 --> 00:39:10,125
TSOUKALOS:
World leaders and
the governments think
772
00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:14,083
that we, the people,
cannot handle the truth.
773
00:39:15,167 --> 00:39:18,875
But in 2017,
when The New York Times
774
00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:22,000
talked about the idea
that the U.S. government
775
00:39:22,167 --> 00:39:25,833
actually is investigating
UAPs and UFOs,
776
00:39:25,958 --> 00:39:28,250
you know, that story came,
777
00:39:28,375 --> 00:39:32,292
and people went about
their daily lives. Why?
778
00:39:32,375 --> 00:39:33,833
Just because you understand
779
00:39:33,958 --> 00:39:35,417
that you're not alone
in the universe
780
00:39:35,542 --> 00:39:38,625
does not change the fact
that you have to go to work,
781
00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:40,167
you have to put food
on the table.
782
00:39:40,250 --> 00:39:43,833
And the idea to be afraid
of extraterrestrials--
783
00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,667
There's nothing
we can do anyway,
784
00:39:45,792 --> 00:39:48,292
so why be afraid?
785
00:39:48,417 --> 00:39:49,250
We should not be afraid
786
00:39:49,375 --> 00:39:53,458
because they would have
eliminated us
787
00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:54,292
hundreds of years ago,
788
00:39:54,417 --> 00:39:58,708
before we invented
nuclear weapons.
789
00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:01,667
NARRATOR:
While there has been
much speculation
790
00:40:01,792 --> 00:40:04,458
as to whether there are people
within the U.S. government
791
00:40:04,542 --> 00:40:07,500
covering up the truth
about Earth's interactions
792
00:40:07,625 --> 00:40:09,000
with alien visitors,
793
00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:12,000
some researchers
have proposed that
794
00:40:12,125 --> 00:40:15,333
there may be another authority
controlling the narrative.
795
00:40:15,458 --> 00:40:20,333
It isn't humans
that are holding it back.
796
00:40:20,458 --> 00:40:23,500
It's the extraterrestrial
biological entities
797
00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:27,375
who said humans are not ready
798
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,000
for the introduction yet.
799
00:40:30,833 --> 00:40:33,167
And that's what Haim Eshed said,
800
00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:35,000
even in television interviews.
801
00:40:35,125 --> 00:40:37,542
They have said,
802
00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:40,375
"Keep the information down
803
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:43,292
"until we decide
804
00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:47,708
"that you are
technologically advanced enough
805
00:40:47,875 --> 00:40:50,500
to be introduced to us."
806
00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:53,958
NARRATOR:
But many UFO researchers believe
807
00:40:54,083 --> 00:40:57,792
that the truth is becoming
harder to hide,
808
00:40:57,875 --> 00:40:59,125
and the day may be
rapidly approaching
809
00:40:59,250 --> 00:41:02,125
when the public
will be introduced
810
00:41:02,208 --> 00:41:04,583
to a profound new reality.
811
00:41:06,292 --> 00:41:07,750
These public hearings
812
00:41:07,875 --> 00:41:12,000
mark a U-turn
in U.S. government policy.
813
00:41:12,125 --> 00:41:14,125
We've had decades of
debunking and denying
814
00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:17,208
and playing
the whole thing down,
815
00:41:17,333 --> 00:41:19,500
and now it's as if
they're putting it out there
816
00:41:19,583 --> 00:41:20,625
in front of us all.
817
00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:22,833
And one wonders,
818
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,042
are they preparing us
for something?
819
00:41:25,167 --> 00:41:27,375
Are they laying the groundwork
820
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,667
for some big reveal
or some huge global event?
821
00:41:32,542 --> 00:41:36,167
It is a one day at a time
to walk towards
822
00:41:36,333 --> 00:41:39,167
what ultimately will be
complete disclosure.
823
00:41:39,292 --> 00:41:43,167
NARRATOR:
Are we on the verge
of discovering
824
00:41:43,333 --> 00:41:45,500
that close encounters
of the fifth kind
825
00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:46,208
are not hypothetical
826
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:49,875
but have already taken place?
827
00:41:50,042 --> 00:41:53,667
Will we soon learn,
once and for all,
828
00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:56,542
that we are not alone?
829
00:41:56,667 --> 00:42:00,250
Perhaps one day soon,
the truth will be revealed,
830
00:42:00,375 --> 00:42:02,792
not through a government agency
831
00:42:02,917 --> 00:42:05,167
but by the extraterrestrials
themselves.
832
00:42:05,333 --> 00:42:08,667
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