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NARRATOR: Flying disks
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make impossible maneuvers.
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MAN:
Oh!
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MICHIO KAKU:
Gravitational forces
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inside these objects
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would crush
any living individual.
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NARRATOR:
Triangular craft
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- appear out of thin air.
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He actually was a hundred feet
away from that flying triangle
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and could see through it
and the stars above.
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NARRATOR:
Enormous cylindrical objects
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fill the sky.
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RICHARD DOLAN:
It had the radar return equivalent
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to ten aircraft carriers,
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except this was up in the air.
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NARRATOR:
UFO witnesses
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have reported objects
of all shapes and sizes.
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Could they offer important clues
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about other intelligent
life in our galaxy?
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NICK POPE:
Might there be links
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between the shapes of UFOs
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and the different
types of entities
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that are sometimes reported?
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GEORGE NOORY:
It's very conceivable they're coming
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from different planetary systems
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throughout the universe.
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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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At dawn on April 14, 1561,
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the citizens of
this Bavarian city
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at the center of Europe
awake to a commotion in the sky
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unlike anything they have
ever experienced before.
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People went outside,
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and they saw what they
described as a celestial battle.
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The witnesses
observed seeing hundreds
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of these strange‐shaped objects.
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What were these strange shapes
that they were describing?
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NARRATOR:
The aerial scene,
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illustrated in this
contemporary woodcut,
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is described in
the accompanying text
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as a very frightful spectacle.
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Strange objects
seemed to launch projectiles
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as onlookers below
watch in amazement.
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This was actually witnessed
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by thousands of people.
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Had it been a meteor shower
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or something like this,
then the reports
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would have been,
"Okay, this happened before
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because we've seen this before."
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But that was new.
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HENRY:
The witnesses
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wouldn't have had a conception
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of some kind of a
mechanical spacecraft,
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but that seems to be exactly
what they were describing.
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And this has to be
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one of the greatest
mass sightings
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of a UFO phenomena
in all of recorded history.
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NARRATOR:
Incredibly,
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a very similar incident
was reported
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in Basel, Switzerland
five years later
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and was illustrated in a woodcut
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that still exists to this day.
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Is it possible
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that these two events
witnessed by thousands
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represent the first mass
UFO sightings on record?
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TSOUKALOS:
The UFO phenomenon is not modern.
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It goes back
as far as we can remember,
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because we have accounts
of lights and craft
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not only in modern times
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but also in ancient times.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
find it remarkable
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that the depictions of
these 16th century sightings
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include every shape of craft
that has been reported
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by UFO witnesses
in modern times.
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But it also poses
an important question.
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If these are, in fact,
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representations
of alien vehicles,
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what could explain
all the different shapes?
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BIRNES: So, it well might
be that different types
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of UFOs are tasked
for different purposes.
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There are scout ships.
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There are ships that only orbit.
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There are mother ships.
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They're all tasked
for different purposes.
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NOORY:
If you look at our planet today,
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almost every country has
some kind of flying machine
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that is different
from what we have.
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I think the same thing is
the case with extraterrestrials.
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Let's assume there's ten
different E.T. races
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within our Milky Way galaxy.
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Each one could have
a different shape to its craft
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because that's just
the way they created it.
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And I think that's very
conceivable when we see
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cigar‐shaped UFOs,
triangular‐shaped UFOs,
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round UFOs.
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They're coming from different
planetary systems
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throughout the universe.
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NARRATOR:
Could the various shapes that
have been witnessed in the sky
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for hundreds of years
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all represent
extraterrestrial crafts,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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And if so, with a more
advanced technological
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frame of reference, might modern
humans be able to gain insight
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about who, or what,
is visiting Earth
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by examining these shapes?
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Are there conclusions
that you can make about
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the different shapes of
UFOs that are reported?
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Might there be links even
between the shapes of UFOs
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and the different
types of entities
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that are sometimes reported?
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NARRATOR:
In modern times, the most
commonly reported UFO shape
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is the iconic "flying saucer."
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The term was coined in 1947
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after pilot Kenneth Arnold
spotted a number
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of flying objects near
Mount Rainier in Washington,
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traveling at incredible speeds.
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He described them as
skipping through the air
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"like a saucer," he said.
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And this is really where the
term "a flying saucer" arrives
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in English language, is from
Kenneth Arnold's description.
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NARRATOR:
With more saucer‐shaped objects
reported around the globe,
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the United States government
began to investigate reports
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of UFO activity.
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It wasn't just the United States
that was interested
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in potential UFOs
in the mid‐century.
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Canada, France, the Soviet
Union, the United Kingdom
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and Brazil all had various
programs to determine
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whether or not it was
a threat for humans.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that reports
of flying saucers
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caught the attention of world
governments because they have
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a shape unlike any
man‐made aircraft?
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Ufologists suggest that
these sightings triggered
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a competition by world powers
to manufacture their own craft
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based on this exotic design.
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A design that many presumed
must have some unknown
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but inherent advantage
for flight.
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There's no question that,
historically,
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governments have attempted
to recreate the shape
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of UFO craft that have been
seen, spotted or crashed.
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NARRATOR:
In the 1950s, the Pentagon
funded a prototype
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for a disc‐shaped craft.
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This once‐classified
project yielded
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a nearly three‐ton
flying saucer:
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the VZ‐9 Avrocar.
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TEITEL:
The Avrocar was one attempt
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to develop a flying saucer.
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And it was a VTOL design.
A vertical takeoff and landing.
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It was designed by
a Canadian company, Avro,
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for the U.S. military.
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The U.S. Air Force wanted it
to be a supersonic interceptor
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and fighter,
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and the U.S. Army wanted it
to be something stealthy
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that could hover above
the ground in silence
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and detect radar.
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Avro engineers thought that
this big circular wing might be
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the design that could
meet both requirements.
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NARRATOR:
In 1959,
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after years of top
secret development,
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this flying saucer prototype
was finally put to the test.
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ANNOUNCER:
In preparation for the final
contractual demonstration,
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a representative course
was selected
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where the vehicle could
demonstrate its capability
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while remaining in view
of the observers.
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TEITEL:
It turned out that the cushion
of air under that wing
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became extremely unstable
just a few feet off the ground.
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There was one model built,
and some wind tunnel tests done,
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but ultimately it was
deemed completely
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aerodynamically unstable.
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NARRATOR:
While the Avrocar failed,
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in 2019, Romanian
engineer Razvan Sabie
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and aerodynamicist Iosif Taposu
unveiled their answer
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to the flying saucer problem.
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The "All Directional
Flying Saucer," or ADIFO,
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demonstrates precision
maneuverability,
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and outperforms all previously
known flying saucers
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constructed by humans.
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TEITEL:
The ADIFO design
looks really interesting.
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It looks like
a highly maneuverable
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flying saucer design.
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But it's small,
and it's a drone.
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It would be interesting to see
how the engineering works
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with a full‐size design,
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because engineering is
very difficult,
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and usually doesn't scale up
very cleanly.
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NARRATOR:
This saucer utilizes
four ducted fans
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like a quad copter drone,
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and it is also equipped
with jets for added thrust,
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and lateral nozzles that provide
side‐to‐side mobility
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and rotation.
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The saucer only currently exists
as a miniature prototype,
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but its creators plan to pursue
a full‐sized, manned version
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capable of hypersonic speed.
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If successful, will we have
finally achieved the same
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technology as extraterrestrial
space travelers?
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Or could recent events reveal
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that they are still
light‐years ahead of us?
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists have
speculated that one reason
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extraterrestrials might have
designed disc‐shaped craft
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is so that they can
instantly change direction,
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and at tremendous speeds.
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CHILDRESS:
We can learn a lot
from modern UFO reports.
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These disc‐shaped craft are able
to make sudden turns,
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turning at‐at high speeds
in any direction.
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DOLAN:
When you're thinking in
terms of aerodynamics,
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shape should matter
a great deal.
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But what if aerodynamics
is not really relevant?
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What if these objects are able
to employ a different kind
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of a science that makes
aerodynamics irrelevant?
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CHILDRESS:
One of the concepts here
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is that these circular
or disc‐shaped craft
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are using antigravity
for propulsion.
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They're not rockets.
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They're antigravity.
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They're generating their
own gravitational field,
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which would likely be
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a spherical field
around the craft.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible that
reports of disc‐shaped objects
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changing direction
at incredible speeds,
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some of which have even
been captured on video,
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are alien craft with
antigravity technology?
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While there is no hard evidence
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that antigravity
aircraft do exist,
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there has been much speculation
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as to how such craft
might function.
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One theory is
that they could be,
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in part,
driven by centrifugal force,
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the force that is felt by
a rotating or spinning object.
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The shape of these
craft is consistent
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with these different
models of rotation
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around a central axis
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involving something
with high mass
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and high energy.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists point out
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that such spinning
wheel‐like machines
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bear an eerie resemblance
to one of the most famous
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and enigmatic stories
from the Hebrew Bible,
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the story of Ezekiel's wheel.
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TSOUKALOS:
When you have these ideas
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that are currently proposed
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of these gigantic
wheels in the sky
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that spin on their own axis
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in order to create
artificial gravity,
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I might as well
be reading Ezekiel.
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It's very similar.
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NARRATOR:
In the Bible's Book of Ezekiel,
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the prophet describes
a fiery chariot
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drawn by four living creatures.
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Each creature is flanked
by a metallic object,
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a wheel within a wheel,
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that Ezekiel observes
as it descends,
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making a tremendous
amount of noise.
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In his 1968 book,
Chariots of the Gods?,
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ancient astronaut theory
pioneer Erich Von Daniken
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proposed that what was actually
being described in Ezekiel
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was a spaceship.
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NASA engineer Josef Blumrich
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was determined to debunk
this controversial theory.
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But after painstaking research,
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the author was shocked
to find himself agreeing
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with Erich Von Daniken.
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In 1974,
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he published his own book
supporting Erich's theory,
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entitled
The Spaceships of Ezekiel.
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TSOUKALOS:
Blumrich reads Ezekiel,
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and he has an epiphany.
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Because what is he describing?
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He's describing
a wheel up in space.
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Blumrich says,
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"By gosh, Erich is right."
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And so he conceived what
Ezekiel may have described
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in that ancient biblical text.
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TAYLOR:
Ezekiel describes
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that the outside of
the wheel doesn't spin.
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The inside of the wheel spins.
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So he's‐he's telling us
that's the engines.
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None of this
necessarily has to be magic.
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This could all be technology.
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HENRY: Perhaps what
the wheel actually signifies
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is the secret of the gods,
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the secret of their
extraterrestrial spacecraft
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and how humans might be able
to reverse engineer that wheel
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and ultimately make
their own craft.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that a story
from the Bible's Old Testament
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describes the propulsion system
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of an extraterrestrial spacecraft?
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While Ezekiel's description
of wheels within wheels
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may represent
a primitive interpretation
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of highly advanced technology,
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one man claims to have
firsthand knowledge
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that antigravity craft do exist:
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Area 51 whistleblower Bob Lazar.
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Investigative journalist
George Knapp was the first
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to interview him in 1989
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about the notorious
military base
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that has long been rumored
to be hiding alien technology.
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He told this incredible story,
that he'd been working
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at this facility called S4,
south of Groom Lake.
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That they had a hangar hidden
in the desert to make it look
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like it was actually a part
of the desert terrain,
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and inside those hangers
were, uh, nine flying saucers.
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So Bob Lazar was tasked at
area S4, a subsite of Area 51,
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to reverse engineer
the power and propulsion
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of what we know
as a flying saucer.
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All of the nine craft that Lazar
was able to see with his eyes
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were said to have worked
on the same gravity system.
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Bob Lazar said the craft
would turn belly‐first
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and the gravity wave amplifiers
would all point to the place
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in time‐space where
you want it to go.
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We're talking about
a gravity‐propelled craft.
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We're talking about
something that...
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y‐you don't have any effect
of the inertia or‐or momentum.
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It's just instantaneously
voom‐voom‐voom!
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One place, then the next.
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BOB LAZAR:
Element 115 was
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what we would call the fuel
that provided the power
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for the reactor to work.
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Element 115 affects gravity.
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Element 115 produces
its own gravitational energy.
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The resulting gravity wave
creates a distortion
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in front of it, allowing
the craft to slide forward.
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And that's how it proceeds.
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NARRATOR: Could Bob Lazar's
extraordinary claims
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about the flying saucers
he allegedly worked on at S4,
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along with video evidence of UFOs,
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reveal that there are
alien aircraft in our skies
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equipped with antigravity technology?
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KAKU:
Antigravity is not possible
with the known laws of physics.
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So when I talk to my physicist
friends about flying saucers
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and stuff like that,
I get the giggle factor.
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They start to giggle, their eyes
roll up into the heavens,
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because, you see,
I think they make a mistake.
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They assume that
the aliens are maybe
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100 years more advanced than us,
in which case, yeah,
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it is impossible for
a civilization 100 years from us
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to reach us from the stars.
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But what if, what if they are
a million years ahead of us?
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New laws of physics
are gonna open up
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once you have a civilization
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that is a million years
more advanced than us.
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And a million years is nothing
but a blink of an eye
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compared to the age
of the universe.
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NARRATOR:
Many UFO researchers
believe the flying saucer
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is designed to take advantage
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of an antigravity
propulsion system,
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and is the optimal shape
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for maneuvering quickly
in any direction.
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But what could explain
the numerous other types
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of unidentified craft
that have been reported?
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Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining a UFO shape
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that more closely resembles
man‐made aircraft:
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the flying triangle.
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NARRATOR:
At 6:55 p.m., local police receive a report
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of a massive V‐shaped object
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traveling southeast
across the night sky.
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Over the next three hours,
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the craft is witnessed
by thousands of people
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as it journeys down through
Arizona and into Sonora, Mexico.
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With most of the reports
coming from Phoenix,
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as well as photographs
and video footage,
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the incident becomes known
as the Phoenix Lights.
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DOLAN:
The entire city of Phoenix
was able to see
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this half a mile‐long display
of lights over the city
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in a very,
very distinctive pattern.
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It was a triangular‐ish shaped
object seen very reliably
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by quite a large number
of witnesses.
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BIRNES:
Who's our best witness
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to that, the best one?
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Governor Fife Symington of Arizona.
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FIFE SYMINGTON:
As a pilot and a former
Air Force officer,
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uh, I can definitively say
that this craft did not resemble
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any man‐made object
that I'd ever seen.
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BIRNES:
He says, "Yeah, I really did see
the UFO," and he describes it.
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He actually was, maybe, 100 feet
away from that flying triangle,
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and could see through it
and the stars above.
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DOLAN:
Governor Symington
was a qualified pilot,
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and in the Air Force Reserve as well.
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I think he knew
what he was seeing.
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NARRATOR:
The governor of Arizona described
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a strange triangular UFO
that appeared translucent,
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camouflaging itself
amidst the star field above.
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This incredible
mass UFO sighting
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made the front page
of USA Today.
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And then three years later,
it happened again.
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At 4:00 a.m.,
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three large triangular objects
are seen by multiple witnesses,
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including police officers,
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flying silently
in the night sky.
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I looked up in the sky
and observed
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this huge arrow‐shaped,
triangular‐shaped object.
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NARRATOR: They are observed
for at least two hours
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and over more than one town.
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SCHRATT:
This is known as the famous
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Southern Illinois
Flying Triangle.
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We have about four
different police officers.
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What they describe seeing
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are three distinct
arrowhead‐shaped craft.
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Officer Craig Stevens...
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he was directly below
one of these triangles.
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And he said
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that it was trying to cloak
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or camouflage itself
against the night sky,
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00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:11,020
and was projecting
the star field above it
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on the bottom surface,
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allowing it to effectively
blend in with its background.
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NARRATOR:
The ability
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of triangular‐shaped objects
to hide in plain sight
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reminds many observers
of modern stealth technology.
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Developed by the U.S. military
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in the 1970s and '80s,
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stealth technology allows
triangular‐shaped aircraft
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to appear invisible to radar,
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sonar and other
detection methods.
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MICHAEL DENNIN: To make
something invisible to radar,
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all you have to do is make sure
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that the radar doesn't
reflect back to the receiver.
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So, you send out a radio signal,
you bounce it off the plane,
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you get the signal back,
and now you detect it by radar.
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This all comes down to mostly
the shape of the planes,
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though it's a little bit
the material, too,
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but it's predominantly the shape.
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You want it shaped in a way
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so that the radar either
scatters in random directions
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or literally just bounces off
in a completely opposite way.
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NARRATOR:
Could the masking technology
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attributed to the Illinois flying triangle
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and to the craft observed during
the Phoenix Lights incident
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be a highly advanced version
of this same principle?
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Some kind of alien stealth?
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MICHAEL SALLA: Stealth
technology has been developed
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to hide some of these spacecraft
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to simulate an environment
behind the craft.
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00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:34,687
So this can be done in a way
to make a craft disappear.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
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that the triangular shape employed
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by the Phoenix
and Illinois craft,
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and now by the U.S. military,
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has populated the skies
since ancient times.
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As proof, they point to evidence
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00:22:51,954 --> 00:22:55,457
of triangular E.T. surveillance
craft in the ancient world,
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in the form of a symbol often
called the "all‐seeing eye."
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BRUCE FENTON: The triangle
with an eye in the center
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is commonly used as
a depiction of God, particularly
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in ancient Egypt,
but we also see this
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in the Catholic faith,
Masonic circles.
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We see it on
the U.S. dollar bill,
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and indeed, you know,
in some of the ancient artwork.
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Now, could it be
because the craft,
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which we have
reported in the skies...
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they look like a triangle
with a light in the center,
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rather like an eye
looking down on us?
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NARRATOR:
Some believe that
the eerie similarity
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between triangle‐shaped
UFOs and the U.S. military's
460
00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:38,000
stealth aircraft is
no mere coincidence.
461
00:23:39,710 --> 00:23:43,088
Stealth technology
traces its roots back to
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00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:46,133
a single series of papers
written by a Soviet physicist.
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00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:49,011
This Soviet physicist realized
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radar doesn't see the way
that the human eye sees.
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00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:54,683
And so, if you change the shape
or composition of an object,
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that'll affect how it
shows up on radar.
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American engineers,
when they learned about this,
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went back and started
experimenting with
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how to apply that
to an aircraft.
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And a lot of their test work was
done at Area 51 and Groom Lake,
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which, of course,
has just made it a mecca
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00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:12,618
for conspiracy theorists.
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And then, later, people started
to wonder if there were actually
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alien technologies there.
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NARRATOR:
Area 51?
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The U.S. Air Force
installation in Nevada,
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00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:26,465
long suspected to be
hiding alien technology?
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00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:30,761
Is it possible that the
conspiracy theorists are right,
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00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:33,639
and that the stealth
bomber is the result of
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reverse engineering
extraterrestrial craft?
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00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:41,522
A lot of people say
this is actually something
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we've developed,
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00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,610
back engineered from
extraterrestrial technology.
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00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:51,573
This is absolutely
quantum leap technology.
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00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:53,492
NOORY:
I think there's no question that
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we have reverse engineered,
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00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:58,956
or have looked at
the shapes of these craft,
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and have tried to
create it for ourselves.
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00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:04,545
Look at some of
the new stealth jets
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00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:08,257
that are coming out right now.
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00:25:08,257 --> 00:25:11,760
They're amazingly close to
what we saw 20 years ago
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from UFO reports.
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NARRATOR:
UFOs shaped like triangles and saucers,
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reported in the skies
for centuries,
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can potentially teach mankind
a lot about the alien entities
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00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:27,192
who may be piloting them.
497
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:30,195
But are these craft
the actual mother ships
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00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:33,365
that carried alien visitors
across the vast distances
499
00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,951
of interstellar space?
500
00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:39,997
Or are they simply smaller
probes designed to enter
501
00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:42,916
and navigate the Earth's
unique atmosphere?
502
00:25:42,916 --> 00:25:46,462
And if so, did these probes
arrive here on board
503
00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:48,422
much larger vessels...
504
00:25:48,422 --> 00:25:51,550
vessels with entirely
different shapes,
505
00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:55,846
and with sizes that would
stagger the human imagination?
506
00:26:10,194 --> 00:26:13,155
NARRATOR:
Two Chilean pilots are
conducting a training mission
507
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:18,243
at 35,000 feet when they detect
something highly unexpected:
508
00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:21,080
a massive cigar‐shaped object.
509
00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:28,337
They encountered visually
and on their airborne radar
510
00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:34,218
an absolutely enormous
object in the sky.
511
00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:37,262
And in fact, two separate
ground‐based radars
512
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,430
tracked this object.
513
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,974
We are told that it
had the radar return
514
00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:44,269
equivalent to ten
aircraft carriers.
515
00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:46,939
Except this wasn't
floating on the water,
516
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:48,816
this was up in the air.
517
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:53,946
NARRATOR:
One aircraft carrier alone is
a massive vessel that stretches
518
00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:55,739
to about 1,000 feet in length,
519
00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:58,742
and towers 30 stories
above the water.
520
00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:02,412
Some can hold upwards
of 75 aircraft,
521
00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:06,125
and can accommodate
over 4,000 personnel.
522
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:10,087
DOLAN:
I don't know what could be as
large as ten aircraft carriers
523
00:27:10,087 --> 00:27:13,132
up in the sky, but this
was quite immense.
524
00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:15,801
As the pilots approached
this object...
525
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:19,138
and you have to imagine they
had to be somewhat terrified...
526
00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:22,349
one of them described it as
a very elongated object
527
00:27:22,349 --> 00:27:25,102
swathed in smoke.
528
00:27:25,102 --> 00:27:26,812
As they got to
a certain distance,
529
00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:31,233
this thing instantly accelerated
and was just gone.
530
00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,905
NARRATOR:
Based on the descriptions
of the two pilots,
531
00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:39,324
many researchers
believe this to be
532
00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:42,202
the largest UFO ever reported.
533
00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:45,873
And, in fact, many of
the larger UFOs on record
534
00:27:45,873 --> 00:27:49,042
have a similarly
cylindrical shape.
535
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:52,754
The cylindrical craft is
a typical UFO shape,
536
00:27:52,754 --> 00:27:54,798
one that we see a lot of.
537
00:27:54,798 --> 00:27:59,845
And, in fact, the very first
photo of a UFO is of a huge
538
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:03,348
cylindrical craft over Mount
Washington in New Hampshire,
539
00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:07,311
taken in 1870, right at the very
beginning of photography.
540
00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:13,525
NARRATOR:
On March 25, 1989,
541
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,319
an infrared image was
taken by an unmanned
542
00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:18,864
Soviet Martian probe
called Phobos 2
543
00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:20,824
that was beamed back to Earth.
544
00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:26,038
It captured a massive 15‐mile
long, cylinder‐shaped UFO
545
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:29,333
approaching one of the two
small moons of Mars.
546
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,836
Mysteriously, moments after
the photo was taken,
547
00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:35,547
the Soviet probe disappeared.
548
00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:41,053
PAUL STONEHILL:
JPL was in the know.
549
00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:44,389
They kept watching, I think,
every second of the mission.
550
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:45,807
They knew when
the probe disappeared
551
00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:48,393
and then was destroyed.
552
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:52,648
So I think there is
something on that moonlet
553
00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:57,402
that is capable of destroying
spacecraft from Earth,
554
00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,029
and they know it.
555
00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:03,367
NARRATOR
Officially, the loss
of the Phobos 2 probe
556
00:29:03,367 --> 00:29:06,578
was blamed on a malfunction
of the onboard computer,
557
00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:10,040
but no explanation was ever
provided for the enormous
558
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,793
cylindrical object that was
captured by its camera.
559
00:29:14,294 --> 00:29:18,048
Could it be that the cylindrical
craft was in fact a mother ship
560
00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:20,217
from a distant star system?
561
00:29:21,802 --> 00:29:26,598
In 2017, another massive
cigar‐shaped object was spotted
562
00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,058
traveling towards Earth.
563
00:29:28,058 --> 00:29:31,979
And this time, astronomers
made international headlines
564
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:35,941
when they announced that this
strange intruder had, indeed,
565
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:38,402
arrived from a distant star...
566
00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:41,780
the first interstellar object
ever proven to have entered
567
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,782
Earth's solar system.
568
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:47,369
In October of 2017, there was
the very strange object...
569
00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:53,917
...very cylindrical and
long called Oumuamua,
570
00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:57,087
which was, I believe,
sent to our solar system.
571
00:29:57,087 --> 00:29:58,964
POPE:
We've had some space stories
572
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:02,009
which have been pretty
eye‐opening, like Oumuamua,
573
00:30:02,009 --> 00:30:06,972
where we've had open speculation
about how this thing might be
574
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,598
an interstellar spacecraft.
575
00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:13,979
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that massive
cigar‐shaped objects
576
00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:18,442
like Oumuamua, the image
captured by the Phobos 2 probe,
577
00:30:18,442 --> 00:30:23,530
and the UFO witnessed by pilots
in Chile represent alien craft?
578
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:26,283
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
579
00:30:26,283 --> 00:30:30,746
and believe that these craft
serve a specific purpose,
580
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:34,166
one that can be found by
examining sacred Hindu texts
581
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:37,169
that date back
thousands of years.
582
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,171
DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
In Hindu texts, such as
583
00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:42,007
the Ramayana or the Mahabharata,
584
00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:47,846
a vimana is primarily
a flying ship that God use
585
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:53,060
to travel back and forth
between spaces...
586
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:56,646
in heaven, from one planet
to another planet,
587
00:30:56,646 --> 00:30:58,940
from one universe
to another universe,
588
00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:00,859
and also come to Earth.
589
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:05,822
CHILDRESS:
The vimana texts describe
at least five different types
590
00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:08,408
of vimanas that have
different shapes.
591
00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:12,537
Some vimanas are tubular,
cylindrical craft
592
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:16,166
that can carry large amounts
of people in them.
593
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:19,377
All these Vedic texts
speak of a time
594
00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:22,964
when three cities were
orbiting Earth.
595
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:29,012
And from these cities,
smaller vehicles were used
596
00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:32,099
in order to reach
the realm of the Earth.
597
00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:35,227
Even extraterrestrials
598
00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,187
with their advanced technology
599
00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:39,898
would have to arrive
with a larger mother ship
600
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:43,110
orbiting the Earth.
And from that mother ship,
601
00:31:43,110 --> 00:31:47,697
smaller vehicles will enter
the Earth's atmosphere,
602
00:31:47,697 --> 00:31:49,741
going back and forth.
603
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:52,285
And this is why we have
these stories of vehicles
604
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:56,790
with which to reach the larger
palaces up in the sky.
605
00:31:56,790 --> 00:32:01,128
Personally, I also think that
whatever it is seen today
606
00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:06,383
with the modern UFO phenomenon,
the big craft is out there.
607
00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:11,221
The so‐called cigar shape
could be the larger vehicles,
608
00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:13,515
which were orbiting the Earth.
609
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:19,020
NARRATOR:
Could it be that reports
of cigar‐shaped UFOs
610
00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:21,606
are really sightings
of alien mother ships?
611
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:24,943
Are these
the interstellar barges
612
00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:27,612
that transport
both extraterrestrials
613
00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:32,242
and their fleet of aircraft
across vast distances of space?
614
00:32:32,242 --> 00:32:35,412
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
615
00:32:35,412 --> 00:32:37,998
and suggest that by
more closely examining
616
00:32:37,998 --> 00:32:40,750
the behavior of these
variously shaped UFOs,
617
00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:45,255
we may learn something about
the beings that pilot them,
618
00:32:45,255 --> 00:32:48,425
or if they are
even piloted at all.
619
00:33:02,189 --> 00:33:05,775
NARRATOR:
An unidentified glowing object
descends from the darkness
620
00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:08,111
and hovers above
the Temple Mount,
621
00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:12,115
a holy site revered
in Judaism, Christianity
622
00:33:12,115 --> 00:33:14,409
and Islam for thousands of years.
623
00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:21,124
The 2011 UFO sighting
over the Temple Mount
624
00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,376
is absolutely fascinating.
625
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:28,506
You see this light
slowly descend.
626
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,300
RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
That happened in Jerusalem
627
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,093
on a Friday night on a Sabbath.
628
00:33:32,093 --> 00:33:34,846
We have too many witnesses
from too many sources
629
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,724
that can prove that this
actually happened.
630
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,227
And this is what happened.
631
00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:43,063
There was a light that appeared
over the Temple Mount.
632
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:47,984
And it was just there.
A glowing globe.
633
00:33:47,984 --> 00:33:50,946
And it was picked up on film
by multiple different people
634
00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:52,322
from multiple different forms.
635
00:33:52,322 --> 00:33:56,201
‐And suddenly...
‐MAN: Oh! God!
636
00:33:56,201 --> 00:34:00,914
...it accelerates vertically
upwards at immense speed,
637
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:04,292
and you can hear some
of the passersby gasping
638
00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:06,711
‐in shock and amazement.
‐MAN: Oh!
639
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:12,133
If this is genuine,
it's of extreme significance.
640
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:16,221
NARRATOR:
The Jerusalem UFO exhibited
astounding acceleration
641
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:19,224
and maneuverability,
but it's hardly alone.
642
00:34:19,224 --> 00:34:21,017
MAN:
Whoa!
643
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:26,106
NARRATOR:
On September 18, 2013,
644
00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:30,193
in Wittenberge, Germany,
645
00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:32,279
a witness records
an unidentified
646
00:34:32,279 --> 00:34:34,990
triangular object
that is also capable
647
00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:37,075
of accelerating
at impossible speed.
648
00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:50,880
And in December 2017,
infrared footage goes public
649
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,384
showing a Tic Tac shaped object
off the coast of California
650
00:34:54,384 --> 00:34:59,097
that radio operators track
at 3,600 miles an hour.
651
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:03,810
The fastest man‐made aircraft,
the Lockheed SR‐71 Blackbird,
652
00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:07,230
tops out at just over
2,000 miles an hour.
653
00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,774
DOLAN:
When you're looking at all
of the different UFO reports
654
00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:11,818
over the many years,
with all of the shapes
655
00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:14,321
and types of performance
that are noted...
656
00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:17,073
flying saucer‐shaped objects,
657
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:19,326
spherical‐shaped objects,
658
00:35:19,326 --> 00:35:21,453
cigar‐shaped objects...
659
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:25,415
all of these have shown
incredible ability
660
00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:27,250
to accelerate.
All of them.
661
00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:29,586
NARRATOR:
For UFO researchers,
662
00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:33,006
the most compelling accounts
are those in which the object
663
00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:36,217
maneuvers in such a way
that it not only exceeds
664
00:35:36,217 --> 00:35:37,844
the abilities of any
man‐made aircraft,
665
00:35:37,844 --> 00:35:41,973
but would actually
kill a human pilot.
666
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:44,559
DENNIN: So when you
think about things moving
667
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:48,897
and having very high
accelerations in g‐forces,
668
00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:51,733
we know that most things
based on organic matter
669
00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:54,277
that are living are
going to be unlikely
670
00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:55,820
to survive those forces.
671
00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:03,286
TEITEL: There's only so many
g‐forces the human body can take
672
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:06,373
before you run into
a lot of medical problems.
673
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:08,708
So with some of these
fast‐moving objects...
674
00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:12,921
people have seen move in
ways that would kill a pilot.
675
00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:15,757
NARRATOR:
Are extraterrestrial crafts
676
00:36:15,757 --> 00:36:18,885
flown by incredibly resilient beings
677
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:20,470
capable of withstanding forces
678
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:24,557
that would otherwise
kill a human pilot?
679
00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:27,644
There was this DIA report,
Defense Intelligence Agency,
680
00:36:27,644 --> 00:36:30,855
about these different
types of alien creatures,
681
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:34,150
one of which is fascinating.
It's called transmorphic.
682
00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:35,777
And what that means is,
683
00:36:35,777 --> 00:36:38,613
these creatures aren't
corporeal the way we are.
684
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:42,242
They're energy beings,
they're light beings.
685
00:36:42,242 --> 00:36:47,038
NARRATOR:
Some believe these objects
that fly at bone‐crushing speeds
686
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,374
could be piloted by beings
that are not bound
687
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:51,376
to a rigid physical form.
688
00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:54,754
But others suggest
a more likely explanation
689
00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:58,800
is that the craft don't have
pilots inside them at all.
690
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,219
KAKU:
These are hypersonic devices.
691
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,681
They can also zigzag,
and the amount of zigzagging
692
00:37:04,681 --> 00:37:07,475
is so great that
the gravitational forces
693
00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:11,438
inside these objects as they
jerk through space and time
694
00:37:11,438 --> 00:37:15,233
would crush
any living individual.
695
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,194
In my opinion,
whatever these objects are,
696
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,780
they're guided
either by remote control
697
00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:23,742
or by an autonomous
cybernetic system.
698
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,745
FENTON: Now when we
look at the cutting edge
699
00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:28,705
of science today,
700
00:37:28,705 --> 00:37:31,791
we realize that
space exploration
701
00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:35,628
probably won't be
carried out by living people,
702
00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:37,338
but instead by robot craft,
703
00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:38,882
and this is already happening.
704
00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:41,676
You know, our explorations
of Mars and of the solar system
705
00:37:41,676 --> 00:37:44,554
involve robot craft,
not human beings.
706
00:37:44,554 --> 00:37:46,848
Could it be that an advanced
extraterrestrial civilization
707
00:37:46,848 --> 00:37:48,725
would have gone down
the same route
708
00:37:48,725 --> 00:37:52,604
and sent living AI craft
to explore our planet?
709
00:37:58,026 --> 00:38:00,487
NARRATOR:
If aircraft of all shapes and sizes
710
00:38:00,487 --> 00:38:03,239
have been sent to Earth
from alien mother ships,
711
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,159
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
712
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:09,120
could they be robotic drones
that are remotely controlled
713
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,830
from far above the planet?
714
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:14,751
Or is it even possible
that the craft possess
715
00:38:14,751 --> 00:38:16,669
highly advanced
artificial intelligence,
716
00:38:16,669 --> 00:38:19,297
and fly autonomously?
717
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,258
And if there are no pilots
to accommodate,
718
00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:25,178
could this suggest
that these crafts are capable
719
00:38:25,178 --> 00:38:27,639
of more than we ever imagined?
720
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,239
NARRATOR:
A robotics team at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
721
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,450
announces a new prototype
robotic system
722
00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:49,410
that will one day
be able to explore
723
00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:52,664
the most inaccessible
areas of distant worlds.
724
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:56,835
Mini‐robots that can
combine and transform
725
00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:59,504
to roll, fly, float,
726
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:01,673
and swim in any environment.
727
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:07,554
NASA is calling them
"Shapeshifters."
728
00:39:07,554 --> 00:39:09,514
NASA is looking at
shape‐shifting robots
729
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:11,349
to explore other
moons and planets.
730
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,017
Like Saturn's moon, Titan.
731
00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,771
It's looking at having
a shape‐shifting robot
732
00:39:16,771 --> 00:39:18,773
as part of a probe
that could adapt
733
00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:20,900
to the different environment
on Titan's surface.
734
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,903
Flying through the air,
exploring the ground,
735
00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:28,074
and even going into
the methane and ethane seas.
736
00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:30,827
The individual components are kind of
737
00:39:30,827 --> 00:39:33,371
self‐contained Mini‐robots
738
00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,415
that work together
as a collective
739
00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:37,333
and create new
and interesting shapes,
740
00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:40,211
depending on what you
need to go through.
741
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:44,716
It's been noted with a number
of UFOs that have been observed,
742
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sometimes they change shape.
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At one point,
they look like a triangle
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and then they look like a disc.
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NARRATOR:
Another technology
that NASA is developing
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for deep space travel
is self‐replicating robots:
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artificially intelligent machines
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that are able to use
the resources found
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on celestial bodies
to create more of themselves,
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colonize planets,
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and even evolve into
more sophisticated machines.
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This has led some to speculate
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that the UFOs
witnessed in our skies
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are not dependent
on external control at all.
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KAKU:
If you're an alien civilization
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looking at the galaxy
with a hundred billion stars,
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you may not want to send
Captain Kirk hopping one by one.
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You'd send self‐replicating robots.
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They would land on the planet,
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make hundreds of carbon
copies of themselves
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that would launch off
and colonize other moons.
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From one robot, you would get
a hundred, then a thousand,
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then a million, billion.
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While we are certainly dealing
with technological craft
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in certain instances,
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it's also true that we
are finding evidence
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for conscious entities
that are spacecraft.
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NARRATOR:
From an ancient Egyptian symbol
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to a 16th century
Swiss illustration,
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and modern‐day footage
captured by military aircraft,
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is there overwhelming
evidence that UFOs
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and extraterrestrial
craft not only exist,
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but they have been
present on planet Earth
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for thousands of years?
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Flying discs with
exotic propulsion systems,
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stealth aircraft that can
appear and disappear at will,
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and massive mother ships
carrying space travelers
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from light‐years away.
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As new technologies allow us
to capture more and more
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unidentified flying objects,
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perhaps we will soon discover
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that their numbers
are far greater
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than we ever imagined,
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and it is not that
they are in our airspace,
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but that we are in theirs.