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Giorgio a. Tsoukalos:
Official reports of alien craft
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Suddenly retracted.
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Ufo investigations
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Designed to spread
disinformation.
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Government whistleblowers
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Forced to conceal
their identities.
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Over the years,
ancient aliens has investigated
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The long history of government
attempts to cover up the truth
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About the extraterrestrial
presence on planet earth.
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And now we're going to take
a look at what I consider to be
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The most compelling
and revealing examples...
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As we count down
my top ten alien cover-ups.
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Many people believe that there
is strong evidence that aliens
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Have visited earth, and that
for decades, even centuries,
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Governments around the globe
have been hiding
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Information that has been
classified as top secret.
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But is this just
a conspiracy theory?
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That's what many had suggested
until finally, in December 2017,
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The new york times published
a front-page headline
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Revealing that the u.S.
Government was funding
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A secret program
to investigate ufos.
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Number ten on my countdown
of the top cover-ups--
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Aatip.
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Narrator:
On December 16, 2017...
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The new york times ran
an explosive story entitled
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"glowing auras
and 'black money':
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The pentagon's mysterious
ufo program."
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It was the first time
the american public
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Learned of a top secret
u.S. Government project--
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The advanced aerospace threat
identification program...
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Otherwise known as aatip.
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The revelations concerning
the existence
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Of the pentagon's aatip program
are extraordinary.
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It is the single biggest
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Ever news in the whole history
of the ufo phenomenon.
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It's not quite a "spaceship
in a hangar" smoking gun,
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But it's the closest
we've ever been.
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Narrator:
The article reported
that the program had been
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In operation
from 2007 until 2012,
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And was run
by a former pentagon official
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Named luis elizondo,
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A senior career
intelligence officer
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With top security clearance.
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It was elizondo's job
to investigate reports
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Of unidentified
flying objects...
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And to measure what threat they
could pose to national security.
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But while aatip's funding
officially ended
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In 2012...
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Elizondo claims he continued
to work on the program
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Out of his pentagon office
for the next five years.
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And with the help of officials
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From both the u.S. Navy
and the cia.
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In October 2017,
elizondo resigned
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To protest what he characterized
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As "excessive secrecy
and internal opposition."
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Pope:
I've sat down and had this
conversation with luis elizondo
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Face-to-face, and it's clear
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That there is no reason
to believe that the pentagon has
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Any intention of declassifying
and releasing any more material.
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So he's done some very
important work in bringing
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This story out of the shadows
and into the open.
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When elizondo left
the pentagon,
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He was determined
to make aatip's
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Years of investigation
known to the public.
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He did so by helping
to distribute three videos
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To the press that were
released in conjunction
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With the new york times'
sensational front-page story.
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Taken by cameras
mounted on navy jets,
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They were perhaps
the most spectacular
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And credible ufo videos
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Ever released to the public.
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Travis taylor: One of the really
interesting things about aatip
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Is how much information
hasn't been released.
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We hear things that are coming.
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I bet you there's a lot more.
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Narrator:
In June 2020,
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The government acknowledged
what luis elizondo
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Had claimed for years--
that the uap investigations
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Have continued uninterrupted
but under a new name--
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The unidentified aerial
phenomena task force.
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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This recent disclosure
only confirms
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Their suspicions
that the government continues
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To hide the full extent
of its ufo investigations.
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And that far more incredible
revelations are yet to come.
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For years government officials
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Denied rumors of a top secret
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Military installation
in the nevada desert.
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But in 2013,
one of the most significant
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Cover-ups in american
history was finally revealed.
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Number nine on my list: Area 51.
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Narrator:
After decades of secrecy,
denials, and cover-ups,
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The cia declassifies documents
which acknowledge
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The existence
of a top secret military
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Research facility
known as area 51.
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Pope:
This was
an historic announcement.
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Finally these years of rumors
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That the ufo community and
the conspiracy theory community
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Had been claiming to be true
had been validated.
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Michael bara:
The federal government
was forced to acknowledge
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The existence
of the area 51 base because
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Of a freedom of information act
request.
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It took them over a decade
to actually respond,
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But in the end they eventually
had to admit what everybody
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Already knew, which was
that area 51 did exist.
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Narrator:
Since 1955,
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This top secret base...
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Located in the remote desert
of southern nevada...
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Has been considered
the epicenter
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Of the military's
most classified projects...
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From the u-2 spy plane
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To the f-117 stealth fighter.
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But many believe that in
the darkest corners of area 51
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Lurks an even bigger secret...
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One that hides
the ultimate evidence
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Of extraterrestrial contact.
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Richard dolan: Over the years,
there have been a number
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Of claims by people
who have been associated
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With area 51...
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Who have spoken to journalists
or whistleblowers,
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In which they have stated,
quite explicitly,
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That there is extraterrestrial
technology at area 51.
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Linda moulton howe:
So the united states began
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With a policy
of lies and denial.
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Let's call it for what it is...
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Counterintelligence.
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Ufos and ets have been
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At the top
of the counterintelligence list
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Since world war ii.
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Our government doesn't want us
to know the truth.
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The cover-ups we've looked at
so far have been extraordinary,
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But what if I told you
there was an even bigger one
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That occurred 1,600 years ago?
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And it all revolved
around which religious texts
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Would be included or banned
from the holy bible.
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In fact, it was
one of those banned books
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That inspired erich von daniken
to introduce the world
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To the ancient astronaut theory.
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Number eight
on my cover-up countdown:
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The book of enoch.
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Narrator:
Central anatolia, turkey.
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The fourth century ad.
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A group of 30 clerics
from the christian church
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Hold the council of laodicea,
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A clandestine meeting to discuss
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The removal of certain books
from the biblical canon.
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Among them is the book of enoch.
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According
to many biblical scholars,
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The reason for this was
most likely the controversy
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Over the accounts of fallen
angels descending to earth
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In order to mate
with the daughters of men--
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Accounts that the people
of the time had taken as fact.
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There are references
in the scriptures
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To rebellious angels,
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Who were in trouble with god,
came to earth,
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Found the daughters of men
attractive and married them,
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Which is to say had sex with
them and produced offspring.
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In the book of enoch,
it actually gives the numbers.
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It says 200 angels
disobeyed god and came
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To earth
and mated with human women.
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Rabbi ariel bar tzadok:
If angels are what
we think they are today,
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These nonhuman entities,
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What on earth,
why on earth, how on earth
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Could there be any interest
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In a sexual relationship
with human women?
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We must re-understand
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What these sons of god are.
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Indeed, it is recorded in
ancient legend that these were
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Some form of humanoid
physical beings.
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Something extraterrestrial.
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We should translate
the old texts with modern sense.
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Use the word "extraterrestrials"
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Instead of the word of "angel."
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Use a word of, uh,
"leader of extraterrestrials"
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Instead of "archangel."
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If you see something is
brought to heaven,
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It's just space.
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It's time to wake up to see
these things with modern eyes.
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Narrator:
Is it possible that stories
found in the book of enoch
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Are really depicting alien
beings coming down to earth
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To mate with humans and
manipulate our genetic makeup?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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And suggest
that the book of enoch
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Was removed
from the biblical canon
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In order to cover up
the truth about humankind's
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Extraterrestrial past.
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There was another
secret government program
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Whose purpose, as far
as the public was told,
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Was to get to the bottom
of the ufo phenomenon.
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But was the real purpose
to get to the truth...
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Or to cover it up?
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One of the biggest
disinformation campaigns
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Ever is number seven
on my countdown
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Of the top ten cover-ups...
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Project blue book.
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Narrator:
A number of high-ranking
u.S. Air force generals
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Come together to launch
a formal investigation
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Into ufo reports.
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Project blue book.
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Under the command
of air force captain
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Edward ruppelt,
this new top secret agency
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Would take ufos
and their potential threat
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To national security
very seriously.
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Project blue book
produced a standard form
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For people who wanted
to report a ufo.
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What did it look like?
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Was there a sound?
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They even had a chart,
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Uh, for people to calculate
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The angle of elevation.
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If ufos are
nothing to worry about,
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Why is the air force requesting
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So much information
about the true nature
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Of what the witnesses saw?
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Narrator:
In January 1953...
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After gathering hundreds
of reported sightings,
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Photographs and interviews...
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Captain ruppelt and astronomer
dr. J. Allen hynek
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Prepared and presented
their best 23 cases
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To a cia-formed panel
of scientists
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Led by dr. H.P. Robertson.
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The robertson panel concluded
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That the evidence could all be
dismissed as natural occurrences
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And was not worth
the effort of the government.
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According to many researchers,
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Including j. Allen hynek's son
paul hynek,
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The government
never really intended
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For project blue book
to uncover the truth
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Behind the ufo phenomenon
in the first place.
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But instead...
Set out to debunk it.
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The air force, their job was
to find answers, not the truth.
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So, the mission of
project blue book was to find
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And create and cram in
as many answers as they could.
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The interesting thing,
though, even with that impetus
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To explain away
every case they could,
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Was out of the 12,000-odd cases
that they officially examined,
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They admitted they couldn't
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Explain over 700,
or five percent, of them.
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Narrator:
In 1969, project blue book
was finally shut down
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On the grounds
that there was no proof
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The unidentified objects posed
a national security threat
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Or were
of extraterrestrial origin.
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But was that really
the end of the story...
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Or only the beginning?
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Even though project blue book
was terminated in 1969...
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We've seen with aatip recently
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That these government
agencies never really go away.
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They just sort of morph
into another agency.
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So clearly
the air force has admitted
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They have not stopped
studying ufos.
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The mere disclosure
of a government program
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Such as project blue book
really makes you wonder
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Just how many other top secret
government programs
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There might be.
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In 1984, another one
of these secret programs
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Was revealed when
information on it was leaked
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To a hollywood producer.
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Number six on my countdown
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Of the top ten cover-ups:
The majestic 12.
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Narrator:
Movie producer
and ufo researcher
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Jaime shandera arrives home
to find a manila envelope
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Has been dropped through
the mail slot of his front door.
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The postmark indicates
that it was sent
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From albuquerque, new mexico,
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But no return address
is written on the envelope.
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And what he had received
was this package right here.
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This is the original package,
and inside the package
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There was a roll of film
inside this canister.
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And this is actually the roll
of film that he received.
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And this film,
when copied properly,
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Produced these eight pages
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Of the eisenhower briefing
document.
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Narrator:
The eisenhower briefing document
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Is a memo that was
allegedly written in 1952
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By the first director
of the cia,
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Roscoe hillenkoetter,
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To president-elect
dwight eisenhower.
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In it, hillenkoetter writes
that sitting president
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Harry truman has formed
a secret group
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Within the u.S. Government
called the majestic 12
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To examine crashed
extraterrestrial spacecraft.
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Wood:
The document that he
received basically reported
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That we had
had previous crashes,
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Including the one at roswell.
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The bottom line recommendation
to president eisenhower
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Was that this topic
continued to be kept secret.
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Narrator:
March 1994...
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Almost a decade after
jaime shandera received
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The eisenhower briefing
document,
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Majestic 12
researchers are shocked
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When a second
roll of film surfaces.
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This time it is sent anonymously
to a ufo group
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In maryland
from quillin's drugstore
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In la crosse, wisconsin.
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Investigative journalist
linda moulton howe
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Was among the first
to examine these documents.
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And she has been
conducting research on mj-12
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For more than two decades.
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In April 2017,
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Editor and researcher
giorgio tsoukalos traveled
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To albuquerque, new mexico
to meet with linda
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And find out what she knows
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About these
mysterious documents.
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Tsoukalos:
So, if I understand
this correctly,
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Somebody at some point
took photos
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Of a document
that existed in paper form.
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Do we know who did this?
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Who took those photographs?
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There are people who have
served in the military
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Or cia, dia, nsa, nro.
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And they are angry, they feel
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That this story should come out.
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This might have been somebody
who had this manual
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In their work, photographed it,
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Maybe right there
at the pharmacy,
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And the rest is history.
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Of all the documents
that I've ever seen and studied,
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It is this restricted som1-01,
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Majestic 12 group
special operations manual,
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That I think is
really confirmation.
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It goes beyond disclosure
because this is
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April 1954...
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Majestic 12 group.
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It's the war office stamp--
it is real.
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And the title:
"extraterrestrial entities
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And technology,
recovery and disposal."
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"top secret,
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Majic eyes only."
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And then when you
start getting into...
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What is in this book,
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You have the illustrations
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And sketches
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Of different craft, ufos.
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I mean, that's incredible.
335
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Narrator:
Did the united states
government learn
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About an alien
presence on earth
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In the 1940s...
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And devise
a top secret committee
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00:18:47,961 --> 00:18:51,036
To investigate
this shocking revelation?
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00:18:51,131 --> 00:18:53,965
While government officials
continue to insist
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That the majestic 12
never existed,
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Those who have researched
the documents
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Remain convinced
of their authenticity
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And have found no evidence
that mj-12
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Was ever discontinued.
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Ups
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Happened on December 9, 1965,
348
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When a bell-shaped object
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Crashed to earth
in kecksburg, pennsylvania.
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At number five on my countdown
of the top ten cover-ups:
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The kecksburg ufo incident.
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Narrator:
Thousands of people watch
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As a brilliant fireball
streaks across the night sky.
354
00:19:43,741 --> 00:19:47,259
And a large object
was seen to come down
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In a wooded area.
356
00:19:49,747 --> 00:19:52,690
And witnesses actually claimed
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That this strange object,
which was described
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As the size
of a volkswagen beetle,
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Caused what appeared
to be sonic booms.
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00:20:03,185 --> 00:20:05,611
Howe:
The phones went off, and all
361
00:20:05,763 --> 00:20:08,539
Of the volunteer
fire departments all around:
362
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"we have a plane crash
in the woods of kecksburg."
363
00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:14,545
Well, there was a man
named jim romanski,
364
00:20:14,697 --> 00:20:16,939
And I had a real privilege
365
00:20:16,958 --> 00:20:20,343
To talk with him directly
in March of 1998.
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00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,947
Because he was
one of only about ten people
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In this whole saga, who had
368
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15 minutes in the forest,
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Close up, officially
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As a volunteer fireman
371
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Walking around
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And trying to understand,
what are we looking at?
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He said it was
like an acorn or a bell.
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00:20:43,559 --> 00:20:46,077
And on the top,
it was copper colored.
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And then in the bottom
was a band,
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About four inches wide,
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And raised up, not carved in,
378
00:20:54,069 --> 00:20:58,256
Were symbols that went
around a portion of this craft.
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And he and others said
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00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,487
They looked sort of
like egyptian hieroglyph.
381
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Narrator:
Just minutes
after the firefighters arrived
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At the location of the crash,
383
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They were met by a convoy
of military personnel
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-And ordered to leave.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
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00:21:17,168 --> 00:21:20,336
Suddenly the military
entered the area,
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00:21:20,354 --> 00:21:23,188
Uh, cordoned it off,
and it was even
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00:21:23,341 --> 00:21:26,784
Suggested that a very large
military vehicle
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Was seen carrying away
this object
389
00:21:30,272 --> 00:21:32,790
To god knows where.
390
00:21:32,941 --> 00:21:35,108
And the whole thing
was essentially hushed up.
391
00:21:35,944 --> 00:21:38,521
Our government tried
to explain everything away
392
00:21:38,614 --> 00:21:40,689
In kecksburg as a meteorite,
393
00:21:40,708 --> 00:21:43,359
And those men
who stood around this object,
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In that forest,
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On December 9, 1965
knew it was no meteorite.
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They said at the time,
this was this big
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Acorn- or bell-shaped craft
398
00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:58,149
From outer space.
399
00:21:58,376 --> 00:22:01,377
What was it that was found
in kecksburg?
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00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:03,970
We may never know.
However, we do know
401
00:22:04,065 --> 00:22:07,550
What the u.S. Military found
during another famous ufo event
402
00:22:07,643 --> 00:22:09,902
That took place in England.
403
00:22:10,054 --> 00:22:12,721
It's one of the most
credible firsthand accounts
404
00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:15,407
Of an alien craft on record.
405
00:22:16,652 --> 00:22:20,153
Number four on our countdown
of the top ten cover-ups:
406
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Rendlesham forest.
407
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:31,015
Narrator:
Rendlesham forest.
Suffolk county, England.
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On December 26, 1980,
409
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,688
Near an air base leased
to the united states air force
410
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,523
By the raf...
411
00:22:40,768 --> 00:22:43,268
...Strange lights are
reported on the horizon,
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00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:47,180
In what appears to be
a possible downed aircraft.
413
00:22:47,274 --> 00:22:49,425
Two u.S. Servicemen
414
00:22:49,518 --> 00:22:51,535
Are dispatched to the site.
415
00:22:54,782 --> 00:22:58,709
Strange lights were seen
about 300 to 400 meters away
416
00:22:58,936 --> 00:23:01,787
From an area that
was called the east gate.
417
00:23:01,939 --> 00:23:05,958
And the patrolling officers
at the east gate saw the lights
418
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,794
Above the forest and they
thought potentially it was
419
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A downed aircraft
or an aircraft in distress.
420
00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:12,781
So two of them,
421
00:23:12,875 --> 00:23:14,617
Sergeant penniston
and airman john burroughs,
422
00:23:14,710 --> 00:23:17,453
Went further into the forest.
423
00:23:17,471 --> 00:23:19,546
Narrator:
Once at the so-called
crash site,
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The men observed a strange
triangular craft on the ground,
425
00:23:24,462 --> 00:23:27,196
Approximately three meters wide
at its base.
426
00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,392
Sergeant james penniston:
I noticed that there was
an inscription on the side
427
00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:34,078
Of the, uh, aircraft.
428
00:23:34,229 --> 00:23:35,729
I was expecting to find,
uh, I don't know,
429
00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:39,065
Usaf, uh, something like that.
430
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,161
And what I find is glyphs.
431
00:23:42,313 --> 00:23:44,588
Uh, pictorial glyphs
making no sense at all.
432
00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:47,091
Then I was running my hand
over the side of the craft,
433
00:23:47,242 --> 00:23:48,651
It was very warm to touch.
434
00:23:48,669 --> 00:23:53,246
At this time we were getting
the feeling of electricity
435
00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:55,674
That was just bouncing...
It was much, much stronger.
436
00:23:55,826 --> 00:23:58,436
There was this feeling
of being drawn into it
437
00:23:58,587 --> 00:24:00,012
Or being pulled into it.
438
00:24:00,164 --> 00:24:01,997
The craft was on the ground
439
00:24:02,016 --> 00:24:04,442
Approximately,
you know, 45 minutes.
440
00:24:04,593 --> 00:24:07,111
And then there was
a bright flash of light.
441
00:24:07,262 --> 00:24:09,596
And then the craft
just took off... (stammers)
442
00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:12,950
Out of the area, I mean,
it was just... Out of the area.
443
00:24:16,104 --> 00:24:19,682
The following night, u.S. Air
force colonel charles halt
444
00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,942
Led his own search party
to the location
445
00:24:22,036 --> 00:24:24,110
Of this strange encounter.
446
00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:27,131
What they discovered were
high levels of radioactivity
447
00:24:27,282 --> 00:24:29,800
Where burroughs and penniston
had previously seen
448
00:24:30,027 --> 00:24:32,970
The strange craft,
and three impact holes
449
00:24:33,121 --> 00:24:34,713
In the ground.
450
00:24:35,883 --> 00:24:38,124
Halt:
While we're walking around,
we also notice
451
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:40,219
Four or five objects in the sky.
452
00:24:40,371 --> 00:24:44,297
They moved at very high speed,
made sharp, angular turns
453
00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,967
As though they were doing
some type of a grid search.
454
00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:50,470
Then one came at high speed,
stopped directly overhead,
455
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:53,065
3,000, 4,000, maybe 5,000 feet,
and sent down
456
00:24:53,217 --> 00:24:57,310
A concentrated beam
about eight or ten feet from us.
457
00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:59,497
We noticed the other object
to the south sending down
458
00:24:59,648 --> 00:25:01,999
Similar beams
on woodbridge base.
459
00:25:02,818 --> 00:25:04,393
At that point I was thinking,
460
00:25:04,411 --> 00:25:05,986
Why did I ever
get involved in this?
461
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,505
How will I ever explain this?
462
00:25:09,992 --> 00:25:13,010
Narrator: In spite of the
compelling eyewitness testimony,
463
00:25:13,161 --> 00:25:16,347
The ministry of defence
soon declared the case closed.
464
00:25:19,352 --> 00:25:22,353
Penniston and burroughs
were ordered by their superiors
465
00:25:22,504 --> 00:25:26,098
To document the events they
witnessed in rendlesham forest.
466
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:29,768
But both men claim they were
pressured to leave out
467
00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:33,088
Certain details of the event,
especially those
468
00:25:33,107 --> 00:25:36,200
Suggesting the craft may have
been extraterrestrial.
469
00:25:37,945 --> 00:25:40,204
I had to give this,
uh, sanitized story.
470
00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:43,857
There's a lot of detail
that was left out.
471
00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:46,101
And truth by omission
472
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:48,862
Is not the truth,
you know, it's a lie.
473
00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,881
Sergeant john burroughs:
They didn't want it to appear
474
00:25:51,033 --> 00:25:52,383
Like the government
was trying to cover it up.
475
00:25:52,534 --> 00:25:54,777
But I clearly felt
476
00:25:54,795 --> 00:25:57,129
That they didn't want me
to go into all the details.
477
00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:01,559
Pope:
Now, I did a cold case review
for the ministry of defence.
478
00:26:01,710 --> 00:26:05,211
I am still subject
to the official secrets act.
479
00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:10,216
But I can tell you, chances
are these craft were real.
480
00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:13,904
And if they're real, they might
actually be extraterrestrial.
481
00:26:22,081 --> 00:26:25,899
In wiltshire, England
is a maze of stone quarries
482
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:28,919
Excavated over a century ago,
483
00:26:29,071 --> 00:26:31,980
Where it has long been rumored
that the british government
484
00:26:31,999 --> 00:26:36,001
May have conducted
secret ufo investigations.
485
00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,929
In 2017, I had the opportunity
486
00:26:39,081 --> 00:26:40,931
To investigate this site
487
00:26:41,083 --> 00:26:44,435
With former british defense
ministry official nick pope.
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00:26:45,921 --> 00:26:49,273
The number three cover-up
on our top ten countdown:
489
00:26:49,424 --> 00:26:51,275
Rudloe manor.
490
00:26:57,174 --> 00:27:00,025
Narrator:
In England's southwest county
of wiltshire stands
491
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Rudloe manor.
492
00:27:03,105 --> 00:27:06,272
On the surface,
it appears to be nothing more
493
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:09,084
Than a quaint
english manor house.
494
00:27:11,188 --> 00:27:13,113
But deep beneath this structure
495
00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:16,358
Lie an astounding
2.2 million square feet
496
00:27:16,377 --> 00:27:18,877
Of vast caverns divided
497
00:27:19,029 --> 00:27:21,263
Into many smaller chambers.
498
00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:25,142
For years it was home to a group
499
00:27:25,369 --> 00:27:27,794
Called the provost
and security services.
500
00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:29,888
They're kind of
like the james bonds
501
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,482
Of the british royal air force.
502
00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:34,877
But back in the 1990s,
503
00:27:34,895 --> 00:27:38,213
And certainly going back
to the 1950s, the provost
504
00:27:38,232 --> 00:27:40,824
And security services
were heavily involved
505
00:27:40,976 --> 00:27:43,619
In ufo investigations.
506
00:27:45,239 --> 00:27:48,573
Narrator:
In 2007, the ministry of defence
507
00:27:48,726 --> 00:27:50,575
Announced that rudloe manor
was no longer
508
00:27:50,728 --> 00:27:52,503
In use by the military.
509
00:27:54,064 --> 00:27:55,822
But if that's true,
510
00:27:55,916 --> 00:27:58,417
Why are the grounds surrounded
by chain link fences,
511
00:27:58,569 --> 00:28:01,086
Monitored by security cameras,
512
00:28:01,238 --> 00:28:04,181
And even protected
by guard dogs?
513
00:28:05,576 --> 00:28:09,578
To find the answers,
in January of 2017,
514
00:28:09,596 --> 00:28:13,357
Ancient astronaut theorist
giorgio tsoukalos
515
00:28:13,508 --> 00:28:16,585
Traveled to the protected
boundaries of rudloe manor.
516
00:28:16,678 --> 00:28:18,678
Tsoukalos:
There it is.
517
00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:20,272
Narrator: Joining him
in his search for the truth
518
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:21,490
Was nick pope.
519
00:28:25,446 --> 00:28:26,704
We're here.
520
00:28:28,282 --> 00:28:30,023
During your time at the mod,
521
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,616
What did you
learn about this place?
522
00:28:31,769 --> 00:28:35,103
Or any type of, uh,
ufo cases that may have
523
00:28:35,197 --> 00:28:37,105
Happened around this area?
524
00:28:37,124 --> 00:28:39,508
Well, this whole area
is rich in ufo sightings.
525
00:28:41,111 --> 00:28:43,703
Ufo sightings were investigated
526
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:46,539
By staff based here
at rudloe manor.
527
00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,059
But for years we-we denied it.
528
00:28:50,621 --> 00:28:52,563
We told parliament, the media,
529
00:28:52,714 --> 00:28:55,290
And the public that these
things were of no interest,
530
00:28:55,309 --> 00:28:58,143
That rudloe manor had
no involvement in this.
531
00:28:58,295 --> 00:29:01,054
And yet when the files
were declassified,
532
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:03,482
-It turned out
that people were right.
-Right here?
533
00:29:03,634 --> 00:29:05,058
-Right here!
-Okay.
534
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,818
And-and so this-this building
535
00:29:06,971 --> 00:29:08,320
Really was at the heart
536
00:29:08,472 --> 00:29:12,082
Of britain's
secret ufo research.
537
00:29:12,234 --> 00:29:13,992
And particularly the underground
facilities below us.
538
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:16,569
And the ufo community
539
00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:19,239
Alleges that that's where the uk
540
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:21,833
Keeps its alien hardware.
541
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:24,094
Crashed ufos,
542
00:29:24,246 --> 00:29:27,413
All sorts of secrets
543
00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:29,600
And research
and investigation projects
544
00:29:29,827 --> 00:29:33,253
Went on from, uh,
this particular facility.
545
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:35,088
So then this was
basically considered,
546
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:38,591
Or is considered
the uk's area 51.
547
00:29:38,685 --> 00:29:40,093
Absolutely right.
548
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:42,571
Even rumors
of, uh, alien bodies.
549
00:29:44,174 --> 00:29:46,008
Narrator:
Alien bodies?
550
00:29:46,101 --> 00:29:47,785
Could the ultimate
proof of government
551
00:29:47,936 --> 00:29:51,437
Contact with extraterrestrials
be hidden in the tunnels
552
00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:54,366
Right beneath nick
and giorgio's feet?
553
00:29:54,518 --> 00:29:58,295
While rudloe manor is
completely inaccessible,
554
00:29:58,446 --> 00:30:01,857
Another entrance
to the underground facilities
555
00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:04,359
Is found two miles away
at the equally secretive
556
00:30:04,452 --> 00:30:07,546
Installation known
as the corsham computer centre,
557
00:30:07,698 --> 00:30:10,390
Or ccc.
558
00:30:13,295 --> 00:30:15,646
Despite the fact that it, too,
is not open to the public,
559
00:30:15,797 --> 00:30:19,817
Ancient astronaut theorist
giorgio tsoukalos asked
560
00:30:19,968 --> 00:30:21,560
Nick pope to take him
to the ccc
561
00:30:21,712 --> 00:30:24,563
For a firsthand look
at the installation.
562
00:30:24,715 --> 00:30:26,231
-All right.
-Good luck.
563
00:30:26,383 --> 00:30:27,807
Thank you very much.
564
00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:29,051
Narrator:
As a former employee
565
00:30:29,069 --> 00:30:30,569
Of the ministry of defence,
566
00:30:30,721 --> 00:30:33,555
Nick did not feel
it was appropriate for him
567
00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:36,058
To approach the facility himself
without clearance.
568
00:30:36,076 --> 00:30:37,075
I'll see you later, nick.
569
00:30:37,227 --> 00:30:39,169
-Yes.
-Take care.
570
00:30:43,901 --> 00:30:46,751
Here we are.
571
00:30:46,904 --> 00:30:48,095
The ccc.
572
00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:54,351
The lights are on.
573
00:30:55,746 --> 00:30:58,856
And, uh, just like, uh,
nick explained,
574
00:30:59,007 --> 00:31:02,693
It's got barbed wire, it is
fenced down, it's impenetrable.
575
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,345
Clearly this entrance
goes underground.
576
00:31:05,439 --> 00:31:08,365
(siren wailing)
577
00:31:08,592 --> 00:31:11,610
Narrator:
Within minutes of giorgio's
arrival at the security gate,
578
00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:14,621
The crew is met
by a military police unit.
579
00:31:18,769 --> 00:31:23,380
Unfortunately, the situation
ends with filming being halted.
580
00:31:23,607 --> 00:31:25,549
But why?
581
00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:29,277
Is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,
582
00:31:29,371 --> 00:31:31,963
That rudloe manor
is not only used
583
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,799
For secret government
ufo investigations,
584
00:31:34,952 --> 00:31:38,228
But is housing
extraterrestrial technology?
585
00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:40,856
And even alien bodies?
586
00:31:42,050 --> 00:31:44,735
Whatever's going on down there,
it's big.
587
00:31:44,886 --> 00:31:46,645
Still to this day,
588
00:31:46,797 --> 00:31:48,647
Thousands of people work there.
589
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:50,556
And yet you can't get
any real information
590
00:31:50,651 --> 00:31:52,317
About what they're doing.
591
00:31:52,469 --> 00:31:54,411
It's absolutely off limits.
592
00:32:01,328 --> 00:32:04,162
The most famous in ufo history.
593
00:32:04,314 --> 00:32:06,331
And for more than 70 years,
594
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:09,426
The entire world has wanted
to know the truth
595
00:32:09,577 --> 00:32:13,597
About what really happened that
day in the desert of new mexico.
596
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,177
Number two on our countdown
of the top ten cover-ups:
597
00:32:19,271 --> 00:32:21,772
The roswell incident.
598
00:32:25,593 --> 00:32:29,004
Narrator:
In July of 1947,
599
00:32:29,097 --> 00:32:31,448
An unidentified flying object
crashed to earth
600
00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:35,619
In the desert just outside
roswell, new mexico.
601
00:32:35,846 --> 00:32:39,181
It is today the most famous
ufo event on record
602
00:32:39,274 --> 00:32:41,366
In part because it was
the army itself
603
00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:45,203
That reported the craft
as a flying disc.
604
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:48,465
Bill birnes:
July 8th and 9th,
the newspaper headlines,
605
00:32:48,616 --> 00:32:52,360
"army captures flying disc
outside of roswell."
606
00:32:52,454 --> 00:32:55,864
How did the newspaper get
that story? Walter haut.
607
00:32:55,957 --> 00:32:58,550
He was the official public
information officer
608
00:32:58,644 --> 00:33:01,311
At the roswell 509th, who
gave the story to the newspaper.
609
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:05,874
Narrator:
But the military quickly
walked back its story.
610
00:33:05,967 --> 00:33:09,561
Within days,
the mysterious roswell ufo
611
00:33:09,713 --> 00:33:11,989
Was given an earthly origin
612
00:33:12,140 --> 00:33:14,216
When the government claimed
that the downed craft
613
00:33:14,309 --> 00:33:16,660
Was merely a weather balloon.
614
00:33:16,811 --> 00:33:21,164
Major jesse marcel,
the head intelligence officer
615
00:33:21,391 --> 00:33:24,893
At roswell army airfield,
traveled to fort worth, texas
616
00:33:24,911 --> 00:33:26,319
With the debris recovered
617
00:33:26,413 --> 00:33:28,413
From the roswell crash site.
618
00:33:28,565 --> 00:33:31,416
He and brigadier general
roger ramey,
619
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:32,917
Head of the eighth air force,
620
00:33:33,012 --> 00:33:37,088
Were scheduled to present
their findings to the media.
621
00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,090
Stephen bassett:
It came out
that president truman
622
00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,167
Sent orders to general ramey,
623
00:33:41,261 --> 00:33:42,744
"hold up something.
624
00:33:42,837 --> 00:33:45,930
"get some reynolds wrap out--
off the fish in your freezer
625
00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:48,433
"and hold it up and say
that's what you found,
626
00:33:48,585 --> 00:33:51,102
Not a disc,"
which is exactly what they did.
627
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,846
And the reporters basically
just turned around, went home.
628
00:33:55,108 --> 00:33:58,368
Narrator:
For ufo researchers,
evidence that the actual
629
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,205
Wreckage from roswell was indeed
replaced with a weather balloon
630
00:34:02,432 --> 00:34:05,691
Can be found within
the notorious photograph...
631
00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:10,105
Along with clues as to what was
being hidden from the public.
632
00:34:10,123 --> 00:34:12,791
When general roger ramey
was, uh,
633
00:34:12,943 --> 00:34:14,793
Posing for photographs
with jesse marcel
634
00:34:14,945 --> 00:34:16,702
In the aftermath
of all of this, you can
635
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:19,781
See him very clearly
holding a piece of paper.
636
00:34:19,874 --> 00:34:22,450
Pope:
General ramey had
a document in his hands,
637
00:34:22,469 --> 00:34:24,544
The so-called ramey memo.
638
00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:27,380
Modern forensic
document analysis
639
00:34:27,474 --> 00:34:29,232
And photographic enhancement
640
00:34:29,459 --> 00:34:33,403
Has enabled some researchers
to zoom in on this.
641
00:34:33,555 --> 00:34:37,390
And to clarify at least
some portions of the text.
642
00:34:37,484 --> 00:34:40,243
What it tells us is astounding.
643
00:34:40,395 --> 00:34:44,730
Some of the phrases in the memo
are "victims of the wreck"
644
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:48,418
And "disc which we will ship."
645
00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:52,255
So, clearly something more
than just a weather balloon
646
00:34:52,407 --> 00:34:56,760
Was involved here, and the memo
might just be the smoking gun.
647
00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,580
Dolan:
We actually have
evidence of an fbi memo
648
00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:03,007
That made such a statement
that what was recovered
649
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,603
Was being brought
to wright field for analysis.
650
00:35:06,830 --> 00:35:08,847
Well, you're not going
to bring balloon parts
651
00:35:08,941 --> 00:35:10,756
To wright field for analysis.
652
00:35:10,851 --> 00:35:12,851
That's not going to happen.
653
00:35:13,003 --> 00:35:15,854
Narrator:
Is it possible that
wright-patterson air force base
654
00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:19,341
In dayton, ohio is still housing
the remains of the object
655
00:35:19,359 --> 00:35:24,195
Recovered from the new mexico
desert more than 70 years ago?
656
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,124
And if so, could they
be using the debris
657
00:35:27,351 --> 00:35:30,627
To try and recreate
extraterrestrial technology?
658
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:36,541
Even now, in the last few years,
659
00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:40,470
There have been important
ufo sightings around dayton.
660
00:35:40,622 --> 00:35:43,882
And witnesses, uh, in that
area are looking out over
661
00:35:44,034 --> 00:35:48,645
Wright-patterson air force base
and, even in broad daylight,
662
00:35:48,872 --> 00:35:52,207
Seeing unusual craft
hovering over the base.
663
00:35:52,225 --> 00:35:54,709
This is a very distinct
possibility that's supported
664
00:35:54,802 --> 00:35:57,395
By the fact
that no jets are released
665
00:35:57,547 --> 00:35:59,472
When these ufos appear.
666
00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:01,716
It's almost as if they know
what they are.
667
00:36:01,809 --> 00:36:03,718
Maybe it's because
it's one of our own
668
00:36:03,737 --> 00:36:06,246
Reverse-engineered craft.
669
00:36:09,393 --> 00:36:12,485
You may be surprised
that the roswell incidn,
670
00:36:12,579 --> 00:36:16,414
And I believe this one is
undoubtedly the most significant
671
00:36:16,566 --> 00:36:21,178
Because it has the most serious
implications for humankind.
672
00:36:21,329 --> 00:36:25,348
According to former air force
commander robert salas,
673
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:28,000
Back in the 1960s,
674
00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:31,596
Ufos shut down one of
america's key missile sites.
675
00:36:31,748 --> 00:36:33,415
How does he know this?
676
00:36:33,508 --> 00:36:35,692
Well, because he was there.
677
00:36:35,919 --> 00:36:39,696
My number one cover-up
of all time:
678
00:36:39,847 --> 00:36:43,783
The malmstrom nuclear
missile crisis.
679
00:36:48,265 --> 00:36:50,022
Narrator: Malmstrom
air force base, montana.
680
00:36:50,116 --> 00:36:54,602
March 16, 1967.
681
00:36:54,621 --> 00:36:57,714
Before dawn, sentries
and maintenance crews
682
00:36:57,865 --> 00:37:00,792
Near the base's
nuclear missile silos
683
00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:04,554
See mysterious lights flying
back and forth across the sky.
684
00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:10,285
These lights are so bright
that the men on the ground can't
685
00:37:10,303 --> 00:37:13,304
Identify what they are.
686
00:37:13,457 --> 00:37:15,473
But when one of them takes up
a position
687
00:37:15,625 --> 00:37:18,643
Just outside the base's
security fence,
688
00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:22,322
A sentry calls his superior
to report a ufo.
689
00:37:24,818 --> 00:37:28,319
Pope:
One of the missiles
suddenly went off-line.
690
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,747
And then another and another,
691
00:37:30,974 --> 00:37:33,491
Until the whole flight
of missiles
692
00:37:33,643 --> 00:37:37,145
Was somehow mysteriously
deactivated.
693
00:37:37,238 --> 00:37:40,331
Redfern:
This is highly disturbing
694
00:37:40,484 --> 00:37:43,760
Because it suggests,
in the event
695
00:37:43,911 --> 00:37:46,654
That ufos one day
become hostile,
696
00:37:46,673 --> 00:37:51,226
Our entire atomic arsenal may
become completely inoperable.
697
00:37:55,274 --> 00:37:58,942
Narrator: In June 2019,
giorgio tsoukalos arranged
698
00:37:59,093 --> 00:38:01,853
To meet up with one
of the men who was stationed
699
00:38:02,005 --> 00:38:05,097
At malmstrom on the night
of this historic ufo event...
700
00:38:06,510 --> 00:38:10,287
...Retired air force missile
launch officer robert salas.
701
00:38:12,015 --> 00:38:15,350
While malmstrom was deactivated
at the end of the cold war,
702
00:38:15,368 --> 00:38:17,794
A nearly identical
minuteman missile facility
703
00:38:17,945 --> 00:38:21,539
In south dakota is still
accessible to the public.
704
00:38:21,691 --> 00:38:24,950
-Let's go in here.
-Thank you very much.
705
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:28,713
Narrator:
So robert invited giorgio there
to walk him through exactly
706
00:38:28,865 --> 00:38:31,641
What he experienced in 1967.
707
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:35,461
Tell me what happened
that night.
708
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:36,813
I got a phone call
from the topside guard.
709
00:38:36,964 --> 00:38:39,316
He's screaming into the phone.
I mean, he's really...
710
00:38:39,467 --> 00:38:41,059
Frightened.
711
00:38:41,153 --> 00:38:43,820
(klaxon blaring)
712
00:38:44,047 --> 00:38:46,731
He said, "I got all the guards
out here, weapons drawn,"
713
00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:48,474
And we see this gigantic
714
00:38:48,568 --> 00:38:51,811
Red-orange object oval shape
hovering
715
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,747
Above the front gate.
716
00:38:56,076 --> 00:38:59,077
And all of a sudden,
we get klaxons,
717
00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:01,396
Horns.
718
00:39:01,414 --> 00:39:04,749
We both look over
at the control panel here.
719
00:39:04,901 --> 00:39:07,177
And, boom, boom, boom.
One right after the other.
720
00:39:08,663 --> 00:39:10,180
All no-go.
721
00:39:13,076 --> 00:39:16,519
I mean, it has to be incredibly
startling and disconcerting
722
00:39:16,671 --> 00:39:19,430
That someone else
with higher technology is able
723
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:21,583
To disable our missiles.
724
00:39:21,601 --> 00:39:24,194
Exactly, and that's how
I've come to the conclusion
725
00:39:24,345 --> 00:39:27,422
That these were
extraterrestrial objects.
726
00:39:27,515 --> 00:39:29,774
Or they were constructed
off earth.
727
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,034
Mm-hmm.
728
00:39:31,185 --> 00:39:33,686
Because we had nothing
that could do anything
729
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:37,540
Like this either then or now.
730
00:39:37,692 --> 00:39:42,212
And then was there a debriefing
or was there a discussion?
731
00:39:42,363 --> 00:39:45,048
We were ordered to our squadron
commander's office.
732
00:39:45,199 --> 00:39:47,384
And then the guy
next to him, he shoved
733
00:39:47,611 --> 00:39:50,220
This paper in our faces,
"sign here."
734
00:39:51,965 --> 00:39:53,297
I said, "what is this?"
735
00:39:53,450 --> 00:39:55,541
And he said,
"this is a nondisclosure
736
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,286
"statement about the incident.
737
00:39:58,304 --> 00:40:01,139
You are never to speak
about it to anybody."
738
00:40:01,291 --> 00:40:02,399
So you were given an order.
739
00:40:02,550 --> 00:40:04,234
We were ordered
to sign it, yeah.
740
00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:06,628
And that was it.
741
00:40:06,646 --> 00:40:09,130
Uh, I could not speak
about this,
742
00:40:09,149 --> 00:40:11,223
And I didn't speak
about this to anyone
743
00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:13,868
For, uh, about 27 years.
744
00:40:16,656 --> 00:40:19,732
Narrator:
Military officials have
never provided an explanation
745
00:40:19,826 --> 00:40:21,400
For the missile shutdown.
746
00:40:21,494 --> 00:40:24,479
Was it caused
by extraterrestrials?
747
00:40:24,497 --> 00:40:27,590
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
748
00:40:27,742 --> 00:40:31,169
But suggest that we may
never know the full story
749
00:40:31,321 --> 00:40:33,821
Because for 50 years
750
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,267
The united states military
has covered it up.
751
00:40:40,163 --> 00:40:43,681
That concludes my top ten list
for the all-time greatest
752
00:40:43,833 --> 00:40:46,091
Extraterrestrial cover-ups.
753
00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:48,352
But the questions still remain.
754
00:40:48,505 --> 00:40:50,505
Why keep us all in the dark?
755
00:40:50,523 --> 00:40:52,690
Do they think
it's for our benefit?
756
00:40:52,842 --> 00:40:55,601
Or could it be
for other reasons?
757
00:40:55,695 --> 00:41:00,623
As far as I'm concerned,
we the people must continue
758
00:41:00,775 --> 00:41:04,869
To search for the evidence
and to demand to know the facts.
759
00:41:05,021 --> 00:41:06,445
It may be the only way
760
00:41:06,465 --> 00:41:09,782
That we'll finally get
to full disclosure.
761
00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:13,118
I'm ready for the truth.
Are you?
762
00:41:13,138 --> 00:41:15,472
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