1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:03,167 - Tonight on "The Proof Is Out There," 2 00:00:03,250 --> 00:00:06,833 a triangle UFO in Italy, and this isn't the first time. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,875 - Some people believe Mussolini 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,792 had a secret UFO hunting program. 5 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,167 - [Tony] Look at this famous photo. 6 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,250 Is it proof of an ancient monster? 7 00:00:16,375 --> 00:00:18,667 - Perhaps we're looking at a mosasaur, 8 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:23,375 which lived from between 82 and 66 million years ago. 9 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:25,125 - [Tony] A spectral image recorded 10 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:26,833 on a freighter ship at sea. 11 00:00:26,958 --> 00:00:28,708 Is it proof of a sailor's ghost? 12 00:00:28,875 --> 00:00:31,167 - This is hands down shocking. 13 00:00:31,333 --> 00:00:33,083 - [Tony] And do these ancient cave paintings 14 00:00:33,208 --> 00:00:35,042 portray alien sky people? 15 00:00:35,208 --> 00:00:36,708 - Possibly, these extraterrestrials 16 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:38,417 were telepathic. 17 00:00:38,542 --> 00:00:40,667 (dramatic music) 18 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:43,792 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos. 19 00:00:43,875 --> 00:00:45,542 - [Witness] What the heck is this? 20 00:00:45,708 --> 00:00:46,667 - [Witness] It's moving. 21 00:00:46,792 --> 00:00:50,667 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 22 00:00:50,792 --> 00:00:53,583 (electric buzzing) 23 00:00:53,708 --> 00:00:56,083 (dramatic music) 24 00:00:56,208 --> 00:00:58,375 - [Marc] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 25 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,417 What's exciting is nobody really knows. 26 00:01:01,333 --> 00:01:02,208 - [Tony] What are they? 27 00:01:02,375 --> 00:01:04,458 - [MJ] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 28 00:01:04,583 --> 00:01:07,583 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 29 00:01:09,750 --> 00:01:10,625 - I'm Tony Harris, 30 00:01:10,750 --> 00:01:13,333 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 31 00:01:13,417 --> 00:01:15,667 I've followed the facts where they take me. 32 00:01:15,833 --> 00:01:18,417 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 33 00:01:18,542 --> 00:01:21,208 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 34 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,333 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 35 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,167 - It's a credible case, it's a credible video. 36 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:30,875 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 37 00:01:31,042 --> 00:01:33,000 - This video was clearly faked. 38 00:01:33,083 --> 00:01:35,250 - The proof starts now. 39 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:38,250 (dramatic theme music) 40 00:01:42,542 --> 00:01:45,750 Good evening and welcome to "The Proof Is Out There." 41 00:01:45,875 --> 00:01:47,500 When it comes to UFO sightings, 42 00:01:47,625 --> 00:01:50,583 the classic saucer shape from the 1950s and '60s 43 00:01:50,708 --> 00:01:51,875 has long become passe, 44 00:01:52,042 --> 00:01:56,500 and instead it's often bright orbs and cylindrical objects, 45 00:01:56,667 --> 00:01:58,917 which are reported more and more frequently. 46 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:00,292 Recently, however, 47 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:03,458 we've been adding another shape to that list, triangles. 48 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:05,833 But why and what does it mean? 49 00:02:05,958 --> 00:02:08,417 Well, maybe this next video can shed some light. 50 00:02:09,708 --> 00:02:11,667 November, 2021. 51 00:02:11,792 --> 00:02:13,375 A passenger on a train 52 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,250 speeding through the Italian countryside, 53 00:02:15,375 --> 00:02:17,208 notices something strange outside his window 54 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:18,958 and starts recording. 55 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:23,167 Three orange lights in a triangular formation 56 00:02:23,292 --> 00:02:24,958 floating in the air above the horizon. 57 00:02:26,250 --> 00:02:28,000 Let's zoom in. 58 00:02:28,167 --> 00:02:29,875 The lights not only appear to be orbs, 59 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,375 but they're also glowing. 60 00:02:32,375 --> 00:02:34,000 The video is uploaded to social media 61 00:02:34,083 --> 00:02:35,750 and quickly becomes a sensation. 62 00:02:37,375 --> 00:02:39,333 - A lot of the comments on the video 63 00:02:39,458 --> 00:02:42,375 obviously linked this light pattern 64 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:45,667 to the typical triangular UFO, 65 00:02:45,792 --> 00:02:49,000 making claims that this was some sort of alien spacecraft. 66 00:02:49,167 --> 00:02:50,583 - [Tony] Journalist MJ Banias 67 00:02:50,708 --> 00:02:53,333 says that kind of reaction shouldn't be surprising. 68 00:02:53,417 --> 00:02:56,167 - Italy has a fairly rich UFO history. 69 00:02:56,333 --> 00:02:58,000 In the early 1950s, 70 00:02:58,125 --> 00:02:59,542 an entire soccer game 71 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:01,833 was actually stopped in the city of Florence 72 00:03:01,917 --> 00:03:05,167 when a crowd of 10,000 people in the stadium looked up 73 00:03:05,250 --> 00:03:06,667 and saw a handful 74 00:03:06,750 --> 00:03:11,375 of strange oval shaped UFOs fly over them. 75 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,000 - [Tony] Even before then, A UFO crash in 1933 76 00:03:14,083 --> 00:03:16,708 allegedly became the catalyst for a secret program 77 00:03:16,875 --> 00:03:19,583 led by one of Italy's most notorious figures. 78 00:03:19,708 --> 00:03:22,375 - Some people believe that Mussolini, 79 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:24,167 the famed Italian dictator, 80 00:03:24,292 --> 00:03:27,958 had a secret UFO hunting program. 81 00:03:28,042 --> 00:03:30,417 The idea was that in 1933, 82 00:03:30,542 --> 00:03:32,333 a UFO crashed in Italy, 83 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:36,333 and Mussolini allegedly hired famed radio pioneer 84 00:03:36,458 --> 00:03:38,542 Guglielmo Marconi to figure out 85 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:42,000 what this technology was and whether it could be weaponized. 86 00:03:42,167 --> 00:03:45,125 (mysterious music) 87 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:47,375 - The Italian Center for UFO Studies 88 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:51,167 documented almost 10,000 cases over a 50 year period 89 00:03:51,292 --> 00:03:53,000 and we reported on some of them, 90 00:03:53,083 --> 00:03:57,333 including this anomalous event we investigated last year. 91 00:03:57,417 --> 00:04:00,000 Could this triangle be something related? 92 00:04:00,167 --> 00:04:01,875 We ask for our experts' opinion. 93 00:04:03,167 --> 00:04:05,958 (mysterious music) 94 00:04:07,125 --> 00:04:09,875 We begin with forensic video analyst, Michael Primeau. 95 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,875 Our first question, 96 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,583 has the footage been manipulated in any way? 97 00:04:13,708 --> 00:04:14,958 - The lights appear to be real, 98 00:04:15,042 --> 00:04:17,417 at least to my naked eye when analyzing it frame by frame. 99 00:04:17,542 --> 00:04:20,833 But what the encoder is saying using macro block analysis, 100 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,708 is that this information in this green color is different 101 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,542 than this information in this green color. 102 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:30,000 So it's a possibility that some use of CGI was added 103 00:04:30,083 --> 00:04:34,583 to this recording based on the the macro block analysis, 104 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:38,500 but no definitive conclusions can be drawn at this time. 105 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:39,875 - [Tony] Acknowledging that red flag, 106 00:04:40,042 --> 00:04:42,500 we take the video to astronomer and video effects designer, 107 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:45,708 Marc D'Antonio, to see if this could be a plane. 108 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:49,167 - I don't think that this one here is an aircraft 109 00:04:49,292 --> 00:04:50,833 because an airplane light, 110 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 this brightness would be the landing lights 111 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:56,250 and airplanes generally have two landing lights, 112 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:59,000 if not just one, in some cases, not three. 113 00:04:59,125 --> 00:05:00,750 Now you could say, well, 114 00:05:00,875 --> 00:05:04,458 is this a stack of aircraft one farther from the other, 115 00:05:04,583 --> 00:05:07,333 making a logical triangle from this perspective? 116 00:05:07,417 --> 00:05:09,542 But these lights look all the same brightness, 117 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:11,625 and if you stack up planes like that, 118 00:05:11,708 --> 00:05:12,667 the furthest plane away 119 00:05:12,792 --> 00:05:14,958 is gonna be more, several miles behind 120 00:05:15,042 --> 00:05:17,667 the first plane in the lines, will look a little bit dimmer 121 00:05:17,833 --> 00:05:20,292 and smaller than the one in the front. 122 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:21,333 - [Tony] D'Antonio rules out 123 00:05:21,458 --> 00:05:23,333 any commercial or military aircraft, 124 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:25,000 but he does believe there is a clue 125 00:05:25,167 --> 00:05:26,708 to the mystery in the video. 126 00:05:26,833 --> 00:05:30,333 - If you also look carefully when this train is moving, 127 00:05:30,458 --> 00:05:32,625 it passes a sign along the way. 128 00:05:32,750 --> 00:05:34,833 The sign is being held up by two legs 129 00:05:34,958 --> 00:05:38,667 and this object passes in front of one of those legs. 130 00:05:38,792 --> 00:05:39,708 - [Tony] The lights don't disappear 131 00:05:39,875 --> 00:05:42,000 when the train passes the sign outside. 132 00:05:42,083 --> 00:05:44,583 D'Antonio thinks it's because this mysterious object 133 00:05:44,708 --> 00:05:47,208 isn't actually in front of a photographer. 134 00:05:47,375 --> 00:05:49,292 - I think that this is a light fixture 135 00:05:49,375 --> 00:05:50,875 reflected in the window 136 00:05:51,042 --> 00:05:53,500 from one of the adjacent train seats. 137 00:05:53,667 --> 00:05:55,625 - [Tony] But when we asked science writer Mick West 138 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:58,167 to study the video, he disagrees. 139 00:05:58,292 --> 00:06:00,250 - I don't think this is a reflection. 140 00:06:00,375 --> 00:06:01,583 For one thing, 141 00:06:01,708 --> 00:06:05,292 it's the only light being reflected that you can see. 142 00:06:05,417 --> 00:06:06,792 If it was a train with lots of people, 143 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:08,042 you would expect to see more. 144 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:12,083 And when the person filming it is moving the camera, 145 00:06:12,208 --> 00:06:15,500 you see these bits of dirt on the window move around. 146 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:16,667 But when they're moving around, 147 00:06:16,792 --> 00:06:19,500 there's no movement at all with this object, 148 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:23,250 which means that it's not a reflection. 149 00:06:23,375 --> 00:06:24,458 - [Tony] By zooming in, 150 00:06:24,583 --> 00:06:27,000 Mick sees the lights are not staying in one place. 151 00:06:27,167 --> 00:06:29,083 - I took the video 152 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:31,833 and I tried stabilizing the lights on the screen 153 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,583 so they all stay in exactly the same position 154 00:06:34,708 --> 00:06:38,125 and you can see that it's not like a single solid object. 155 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:41,667 They seem to be moving somewhat independently. 156 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:43,500 Another thing that you notice 157 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:45,542 is that the distance between the lights 158 00:06:45,708 --> 00:06:48,792 and the tree line gradually decreases. 159 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,250 - [Tony] So we have orange objects 160 00:06:50,375 --> 00:06:52,333 that appear to be slowly drifting down. 161 00:06:52,458 --> 00:06:55,375 West believes there's an orange light that fits the bill, 162 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:57,083 military flares. 163 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,042 - They're attached to little parachutes, 164 00:06:59,208 --> 00:07:01,542 so they just basically sink down fairly slowly 165 00:07:01,708 --> 00:07:03,833 and they burn for about a minute or two 166 00:07:03,958 --> 00:07:06,083 and then they'll usually drop. 167 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:09,167 (mysterious music) 168 00:07:09,292 --> 00:07:12,208 - Our verdict, this is a toss up. 169 00:07:12,333 --> 00:07:15,875 We can't explain why the lights don't pass behind the sign, 170 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,958 but we can't call it a reflection either. 171 00:07:18,083 --> 00:07:20,333 We can't even say for sure it's real. 172 00:07:20,458 --> 00:07:22,792 The military flare theory feels right, 173 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:25,042 but our experts aren't unanimous. 174 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:26,458 Until we know more, 175 00:07:26,583 --> 00:07:29,750 we have to say this remains unidentified. 176 00:07:31,542 --> 00:07:33,500 Now it's time for a classic, 177 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:35,500 one of those decades old incidents 178 00:07:35,583 --> 00:07:38,500 that still inspires head scratching to this day. 179 00:07:38,583 --> 00:07:39,667 As we say in the business, 180 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:43,125 this story has legs even though the alleged creature 181 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:45,208 you're about to see does not. 182 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:48,625 It's December 12th, 1965. 183 00:07:48,708 --> 00:07:50,667 Robert Le Serrec is on a motorboat 184 00:07:50,792 --> 00:07:53,750 with his family near Hook Island in Queensland, Australia. 185 00:07:53,875 --> 00:07:54,667 While crossing the bay, 186 00:07:54,833 --> 00:07:56,708 Robert's wife notices a strange object 187 00:07:56,875 --> 00:07:58,333 from the bottom of the lagoon. 188 00:07:58,458 --> 00:08:00,792 The family starts snapping pictures. 189 00:08:00,917 --> 00:08:03,458 The photo shows what appears to be a massive sea creature 190 00:08:03,542 --> 00:08:06,708 that resembles a terrifyingly large tadpole. 191 00:08:06,875 --> 00:08:09,458 The serpentine creature is dark black in color 192 00:08:09,542 --> 00:08:10,500 and can be easily seen 193 00:08:10,625 --> 00:08:12,833 beneath the clear waters of the lagoon. 194 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,625 It looks to be at least 30 feet long 195 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:16,167 based on the proportional size 196 00:08:16,292 --> 00:08:17,208 of the boater in the background, 197 00:08:17,333 --> 00:08:19,917 and it seems to be coiled in the shape of an S. 198 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:22,500 The Serrecs say they weren't terrified, 199 00:08:22,625 --> 00:08:23,917 they were fascinated. 200 00:08:24,042 --> 00:08:26,667 - They decided to jump in the water 201 00:08:26,792 --> 00:08:29,708 and get a closer look at whatever this thing was. 202 00:08:29,875 --> 00:08:33,167 It wasn't moving, so they assumed that it was dead. 203 00:08:33,292 --> 00:08:34,833 - [Tony] Journalists Erin McCarthy tells us 204 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:36,000 that serpents like this 205 00:08:36,167 --> 00:08:39,000 are a popular feature of the local Australian lore. 206 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:40,458 - There's a creature from the mythology 207 00:08:40,583 --> 00:08:42,208 of Australia's indigenous peoples 208 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:43,708 called the rainbow serpent. 209 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:45,958 When you see a rainbow in the sky in Australia, 210 00:08:46,083 --> 00:08:48,500 that's said to be the rainbow serpent 211 00:08:48,583 --> 00:08:51,417 traveling from one water hole to another. 212 00:08:51,542 --> 00:08:54,458 - [Tony] So is the rainbow serpent more than a myth? 213 00:08:54,583 --> 00:08:55,667 Could the myth have been inspired 214 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:58,458 by something rare but real? 215 00:08:58,542 --> 00:09:00,208 - So one theory that has been floated 216 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:03,667 is that perhaps we're looking at a prehistoric creature, 217 00:09:03,833 --> 00:09:05,500 specifically a mosasaur, 218 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:07,250 which lived in oceans around the world 219 00:09:07,375 --> 00:09:11,250 from between 82 and 66 million years ago. 220 00:09:11,375 --> 00:09:14,125 - [Tony] Technically, mosasaurs weren't dinosaurs, 221 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:16,708 they're more closely related to lizards and snakes. 222 00:09:16,875 --> 00:09:19,000 As such, they were able to unhinge their jaws 223 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:21,458 to eat prey nearly the size of their bodies. 224 00:09:22,583 --> 00:09:25,083 It seems ridiculous to think an extinct sea species 225 00:09:25,208 --> 00:09:27,667 could still be swimming, but McCarthy doesn't think so. 226 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:30,792 - There was a particular type of fish, coelacanth, 227 00:09:30,917 --> 00:09:32,750 that was thought to be extinct 228 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:35,625 that was then rediscovered in the 1930s, 229 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:39,583 so it's not unheard of for science 230 00:09:39,708 --> 00:09:41,292 to believe that a creature has gone extinct 231 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:44,167 and for it to pop back up. 232 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:47,208 So we could be looking at maybe a new species 233 00:09:47,333 --> 00:09:49,708 or maybe a creature that we thought was extinct 234 00:09:49,875 --> 00:09:52,208 but actually isn't. 235 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:55,792 - The people on the boat later surmised 236 00:09:55,875 --> 00:09:57,500 that the creature may have been wounded 237 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:00,333 by a ship's propeller in deeper water 238 00:10:00,458 --> 00:10:01,833 and had decided to take refuge 239 00:10:01,958 --> 00:10:03,958 in the shallow lagoon to recover. 240 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:06,750 They said it had eyes with slit shaped pupils 241 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:08,417 on the top of its head 242 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:12,500 and its whole body was smooth with no fins or spines. 243 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:14,458 But what will our experts see? 244 00:10:14,542 --> 00:10:16,917 (tense music) 245 00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:20,833 First off, could the photo have been doctored? 246 00:10:20,958 --> 00:10:23,333 - So from the EXIF analysis, 247 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:25,542 no signatures of Photoshopping 248 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,667 or any third party editing software 249 00:10:27,792 --> 00:10:30,167 was detected of this particular image. 250 00:10:30,250 --> 00:10:32,167 Now whether or not the print photography 251 00:10:32,292 --> 00:10:35,667 was manipulated prior to production of this image, 252 00:10:35,792 --> 00:10:36,917 I can't say with certainty, 253 00:10:37,042 --> 00:10:40,500 but digitally, nothing has occurred to these images. 254 00:10:40,583 --> 00:10:42,625 - [Tony] So then what is it? 255 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,625 We turn to marine biologist, Shea Conger, 256 00:10:44,708 --> 00:10:47,042 who's pretty sure this is not a mosasaur. 257 00:10:47,167 --> 00:10:50,000 - Mosasaurs were very dynamic predators. 258 00:10:50,167 --> 00:10:52,875 They were probably very fast. 259 00:10:53,042 --> 00:10:55,875 They had four flippers that you would see here 260 00:10:56,042 --> 00:10:57,833 and they had a bit of a long neck 261 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,667 and a smaller head with really sharp teeth. 262 00:11:00,833 --> 00:11:02,792 Also, mosasaurs were typically known 263 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:04,708 to be deeper sea animals. 264 00:11:04,833 --> 00:11:06,583 They didn't spend any time on land 265 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:10,583 and so they probably wouldn't be in shallow water like this. 266 00:11:10,708 --> 00:11:12,500 So I don't think this is some kind of 267 00:11:12,625 --> 00:11:18,958 a living predatory animal that we think of as prehistoric. 268 00:11:19,042 --> 00:11:21,333 - [Tony] So could it possibly be a large eel? 269 00:11:21,458 --> 00:11:23,792 - Eels are definitely dark in color. 270 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:25,000 They can be very large, 271 00:11:25,167 --> 00:11:27,583 but their bodies are much more tubular in shape 272 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:31,042 and they wouldn't have such distinct large head on them. 273 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:33,375 In addition, to have an eel like this up in the surf 274 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,000 where you couldn't define any facial features 275 00:11:36,167 --> 00:11:38,500 would be very unusual as well. 276 00:11:38,625 --> 00:11:41,167 An eel would have really distinct eyes and nostrils 277 00:11:41,292 --> 00:11:42,917 that we'd probably be able to see here. 278 00:11:43,042 --> 00:11:46,750 So I would probably deduce that this is not an eel. 279 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:49,125 Also, you don't actually see any disturbance 280 00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,917 or other signs of movement. 281 00:11:51,042 --> 00:11:54,083 So if this were a dynamic object or animal, 282 00:11:54,208 --> 00:11:57,667 you would see probably bubbles or some ripples on the water 283 00:11:57,792 --> 00:12:00,167 and you really don't see anything, 284 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:02,792 especially for how shallow this water is. 285 00:12:02,917 --> 00:12:03,958 - [Tony] Could it be something 286 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:06,667 that was never even alive in the first place? 287 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:11,500 - [Shea] If I had to guess as to what we're looking at, 288 00:12:11,583 --> 00:12:15,167 I think this looks like a really two dimensional object 289 00:12:15,292 --> 00:12:18,833 like black plastic that has been placed on the bottom 290 00:12:18,958 --> 00:12:21,875 of wherever this was taken. 291 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,083 - [Tony] One problem there though, 292 00:12:23,208 --> 00:12:25,750 some maintain that the figure in the water is so clear 293 00:12:25,875 --> 00:12:27,875 we'd be able to identify a piece of plastic 294 00:12:28,042 --> 00:12:30,250 if that's really what this was. 295 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:34,625 - It's a very clear image and the fun thing about it is, 296 00:12:34,708 --> 00:12:36,667 your brain can't quite make it out. 297 00:12:36,833 --> 00:12:38,875 It's hard to tell what you're looking at 298 00:12:39,042 --> 00:12:41,167 and that's where a lot of the mystery comes from 299 00:12:41,333 --> 00:12:43,750 in the Hook Island sea monster image. 300 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:46,333 (mysterious music) 301 00:12:47,458 --> 00:12:50,667 - We're going to call this an unexplained object. 302 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:52,708 The evidence still begets the question, 303 00:12:52,875 --> 00:12:54,333 is this a real sea monster 304 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:56,208 lurking off the coast of Australia 305 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:58,875 or just another convincing fake? 306 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:01,583 But this is hardly the only suspected creature 307 00:13:01,708 --> 00:13:03,417 off Australia's shores. 308 00:13:03,542 --> 00:13:06,000 The country even has its own Loch Ness Monster 309 00:13:06,125 --> 00:13:08,333 called the Hawkesbury Monster, 310 00:13:08,458 --> 00:13:12,417 which is believed to be between 23 and 79 feet long. 311 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:15,000 So if you're ever in the waters off the coast 312 00:13:15,125 --> 00:13:17,958 of the land down under, keep an eye out. 313 00:13:21,875 --> 00:13:23,000 - Regular viewers will have caught 314 00:13:23,083 --> 00:13:24,125 some of our previous stories 315 00:13:24,208 --> 00:13:26,458 about strange incidents involving airplanes 316 00:13:26,583 --> 00:13:29,500 like this alleged near miss, but I've gotta tell you, 317 00:13:29,583 --> 00:13:31,458 this next video was right up there with the best of them. 318 00:13:31,583 --> 00:13:34,625 Put your seats in the upright position and hang on. 319 00:13:36,208 --> 00:13:39,458 It's October, 2021 in Mossel Bay, South Africa. 320 00:13:39,583 --> 00:13:42,708 A team of 14 stunt sky divers is flying at altitude 321 00:13:42,833 --> 00:13:44,500 and preparing to jump. 322 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:47,083 Nine members of the team, including their videographer, 323 00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:49,167 are coming out onto the side of the plane 324 00:13:49,250 --> 00:13:51,542 or waiting just inside when suddenly 325 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:54,833 their adventure takes a nose dive, literally. 326 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,792 (dramatic music) 327 00:13:56,875 --> 00:13:57,833 The plane slips once, twice, 328 00:13:57,917 --> 00:13:59,500 and then falls out of the sky 329 00:13:59,583 --> 00:14:01,500 just as the videographer lets go, 330 00:14:01,625 --> 00:14:03,542 followed by the other waiting jumpers. 331 00:14:05,292 --> 00:14:08,167 The camera keeps rolling as the plane sails past them, 332 00:14:08,333 --> 00:14:10,375 heading down rapidly toward the earth. 333 00:14:11,458 --> 00:14:12,667 Another person jumps from the plane 334 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:16,167 as it starts to level off and disappear into the clouds. 335 00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:19,958 This video is so incredible 336 00:14:20,042 --> 00:14:21,667 that I think we need another look. 337 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:24,833 Here's where the plane flips upside down 338 00:14:24,958 --> 00:14:27,792 and goes into a barrel roll before beginning to nosedive. 339 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:32,333 Even stranger, after the near disaster, 340 00:14:32,417 --> 00:14:35,333 the skydivers proceed with their planned jump. 341 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:37,167 Journalist Amy Teitel says she can't imagine 342 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:38,708 what must have been going through their minds. 343 00:14:38,875 --> 00:14:40,333 - It's really incredible 344 00:14:40,458 --> 00:14:43,500 that this plane completely missed the skydivers 345 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:46,583 and they seem to go right back on with their jump, 346 00:14:46,708 --> 00:14:47,625 getting in formation. 347 00:14:47,708 --> 00:14:48,667 They don't seem phased 348 00:14:48,792 --> 00:14:51,417 by the fact they almost just got hit by a plane. 349 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:54,875 The pilot also looks like they're very competent. 350 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,750 The plane isn't flying at an angle 351 00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:59,542 where it would naturally stall the instant that it does. 352 00:14:59,708 --> 00:15:02,458 So are we looking at something that's CGI? 353 00:15:02,542 --> 00:15:05,833 Something that has fake elements to a real video? 354 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:09,750 - In the past, we've shown you videos like the 747 near miss 355 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:12,583 that went viral but turned out to be fake. 356 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:15,000 So is this real? 357 00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:16,667 And if so, how is the pilot able 358 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:19,125 to recover control of the aircraft so quickly? 359 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:23,625 The standard altitude at which skydivers jump 360 00:15:23,708 --> 00:15:26,375 is 10,000 to 13,000 feet 361 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:30,333 while the plane moves at 100 miles per hour. 362 00:15:30,458 --> 00:15:33,833 But by the time this plane was in free fall 363 00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:35,833 from a height of 16,000 feet, 364 00:15:35,917 --> 00:15:37,500 it was moving much faster 365 00:15:37,667 --> 00:15:42,042 than the skydivers' terminal velocity of 120 miles per hour. 366 00:15:42,167 --> 00:15:44,500 So, is a smooth recovery 367 00:15:44,625 --> 00:15:48,083 under these challenging conditions actually possible? 368 00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:49,708 Let's consult our experts. 369 00:15:49,875 --> 00:15:51,917 (tense music) 370 00:15:54,042 --> 00:15:55,667 Our pixel man, Michael Primeau, 371 00:15:55,833 --> 00:15:59,292 runs macro block analysis to determine if this is even real. 372 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:02,250 - As we watch this plane travel towards the clouds, 373 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:04,833 we see kind of a a glowing shape 374 00:16:04,958 --> 00:16:09,417 and the macro blocks begin to become more compressed. 375 00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:11,250 There's video compression artifacting 376 00:16:11,375 --> 00:16:12,333 that's making it look like 377 00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:14,625 it's kind of glitching in and out of the clouds. 378 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:17,458 That could be misinterpreted as manipulation 379 00:16:17,542 --> 00:16:19,750 or misinterpreted as CGI or something was placed over, 380 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:21,500 but we didn't detect any evidence of that. 381 00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:23,917 Although it has been re-encoded at least twice, 382 00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:25,667 the video is authentic. 383 00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:29,292 - [Tony] Theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku concurs. 384 00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:32,958 - It's very difficult to to fake the trajectory 385 00:16:33,042 --> 00:16:37,333 of nine falling people plus an airplane that is spinning. 386 00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:39,542 Everything I saw on the screen, I think, 387 00:16:39,667 --> 00:16:43,167 is consistent with the known laws of physics. 388 00:16:43,250 --> 00:16:44,250 - [Tony] So if the footage is real, 389 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:46,708 then how and why did the plane just stall? 390 00:16:48,417 --> 00:16:51,333 Normally in skydiving, people jump out one at a time, 391 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:52,917 but since this was synchronized, 392 00:16:53,042 --> 00:16:55,208 they all jumped at the same time 393 00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:57,833 and Kaku thinks that is the key. 394 00:16:57,917 --> 00:17:00,208 - When we had nine sky divers 395 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:02,958 jump out of the airplane at the same time, 396 00:17:03,042 --> 00:17:04,250 that created a torque 397 00:17:04,375 --> 00:17:07,667 which caused the back part of the airplane to swerve. 398 00:17:07,792 --> 00:17:09,000 - [Tony] But aviation expert Tim McMillan 399 00:17:09,167 --> 00:17:12,292 thinks this happened because the pilot slowed the plane down 400 00:17:12,375 --> 00:17:14,500 by cutting power to the left engine to make it easier 401 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:16,792 for the skydivers to get in position. 402 00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,542 - The pilot has really brought the plane down 403 00:17:19,708 --> 00:17:20,667 to a slow speed, 404 00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:24,208 may very well have idled the engine, so it's gliding. 405 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:26,667 After the final jumper jumped, 406 00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:29,750 when the pilot throttled the aircraft back up, 407 00:17:29,875 --> 00:17:32,667 one of the engines spooled up faster than the other, 408 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:36,333 bringing up the higher angle of attack on the right wing 409 00:17:36,417 --> 00:17:38,583 and the left is trying to catch up. 410 00:17:38,708 --> 00:17:43,000 The air flow was hitting that left wing at an angle 411 00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:47,000 that it was more on top of the wing, forcing it down. 412 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:50,125 That is why we're gonna start seeing that corkscrew turn 413 00:17:50,208 --> 00:17:52,833 going towards the left side. 414 00:17:52,958 --> 00:17:54,750 - [Tony] So the nosedive could have been caused 415 00:17:54,875 --> 00:17:55,917 by a few factors, 416 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:58,458 but how did the plane manage to miraculously recover 417 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:00,333 from this death spiral? 418 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:04,625 McMillan says pilots train for this exact scenario. 419 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,333 - The pilot is trying to regain his aircraft 420 00:18:07,458 --> 00:18:09,708 into what's called a critical angle of attack, 421 00:18:09,833 --> 00:18:12,833 where the wind hits the wings of the aircraft, 422 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,583 that generate lift and keep it in flight. 423 00:18:15,708 --> 00:18:18,208 And so even though it's dipping down here, 424 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:19,667 the pilot at this point 425 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:23,167 is likely controlling the yoke forward 426 00:18:23,292 --> 00:18:25,750 to try to get the nose back up 427 00:18:25,875 --> 00:18:29,208 to where the wind that's pushing over the wings 428 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:34,000 is now generating lift again and they're staying in flight. 429 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:36,083 (mysterious music) 430 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:38,458 - Our verdict, 431 00:18:38,583 --> 00:18:41,417 this is a rare but real life aviation incident 432 00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:43,542 likely set off by too many jumpers 433 00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:45,667 exiting at the same time. 434 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:48,375 The pilot is flying with asymmetrical power 435 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,500 and the jumpers are blocking airflow 436 00:18:50,583 --> 00:18:52,750 to the left horizontal stabilizer, 437 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:55,875 which McMillan says brings up the higher angle of attack 438 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,833 on the right wing and leads to the spin. 439 00:18:58,917 --> 00:19:00,500 Amazingly, no one was injured, 440 00:19:00,625 --> 00:19:02,583 and the plane returned safely to the runway. 441 00:19:06,083 --> 00:19:08,167 - Imagine being woken up before dawn 442 00:19:08,292 --> 00:19:11,083 to a strange sound from outside, 443 00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:13,042 but when you go to check on it, you see absolutely nothing. 444 00:19:13,208 --> 00:19:15,667 That's just what happened with our next clip 445 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:18,000 and the mystery lit up the internet. 446 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:19,000 Take a listen. 447 00:19:19,083 --> 00:19:23,333 In September 2017 in the city of Albacete, Spain, 448 00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:25,708 Noel Riggs, a Canadian man 449 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,042 who runs an English language academy in the city, 450 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,917 is sound asleep at 6:30 AM. 451 00:19:30,042 --> 00:19:33,000 Suddenly, he's jolted wide awake by a loud noise. 452 00:19:34,042 --> 00:19:37,500 (loud metallic whirring) 453 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:40,125 Noel goes out on his balcony 454 00:19:40,208 --> 00:19:43,167 and as the thunderous sound continues, he starts recording. 455 00:19:47,708 --> 00:19:49,500 (metallic whirring) 456 00:19:51,917 --> 00:19:53,333 - [Tony] From the footage, we can see 457 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,500 that the streets down below 458 00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:56,708 and the skies up above are completely empty, 459 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:59,208 but the metallic sounds keep coming in waves. 460 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:02,375 (loud metallic whirring) 461 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,333 - There was construction in the area. 462 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:07,000 My brain was saying construction noise, 463 00:20:07,125 --> 00:20:09,333 then I realized it was 6:30 in the morning on a Saturday 464 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:10,625 and I thought, no, that's not right. 465 00:20:10,708 --> 00:20:11,833 That's not normal. 466 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,708 I think it's even against the law. 467 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:16,292 (loud metallic whirring) 468 00:20:16,375 --> 00:20:19,917 - [Tony] Noel looks for answers online and a debate ensues. 469 00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:22,083 Journalist Erin McCarthy says a few claim 470 00:20:22,208 --> 00:20:24,708 they've heard a similar sound before. 471 00:20:24,833 --> 00:20:26,458 - There's a theory that these sounds 472 00:20:26,583 --> 00:20:29,417 are something what's called sky trumpets. 473 00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:31,833 (loud metallic whirring) 474 00:20:33,625 --> 00:20:37,750 These are strange, trumpet-like noises emanating from the sky 475 00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:40,167 that have occurred all over the world. 476 00:20:40,292 --> 00:20:42,250 (loud metallic trumpeting) 477 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,208 When people hear these sky trumpets, 478 00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:50,417 their minds automatically go to the Book of Revelation, 479 00:20:50,542 --> 00:20:52,542 which says that there are seven angels 480 00:20:52,667 --> 00:20:54,708 that will blow seven trumpets 481 00:20:54,833 --> 00:20:57,708 that bring about a series of apocalyptic events. 482 00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:01,583 (loud metallic whirring) 483 00:21:02,958 --> 00:21:04,500 - [Tony] The Bible says the Israelites 484 00:21:04,625 --> 00:21:06,083 heard very loud trumpet blasts 485 00:21:06,208 --> 00:21:08,583 that cause them to tremble when God was giving Moses 486 00:21:08,708 --> 00:21:11,125 the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai, 487 00:21:11,208 --> 00:21:13,542 and many centuries later in Colonial America, 488 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:14,833 the settlers reported hearing 489 00:21:14,958 --> 00:21:17,125 mysterious loud noises from the sky 490 00:21:17,250 --> 00:21:19,208 that the Iroquois told them where the sounds 491 00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:22,625 of the great spirit continuing to shape the earth. 492 00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:26,125 (loud metallic whirring) 493 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:31,375 Several other physical explanations 494 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,875 have been proposed for sky trumpets, 495 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,000 everything from tectonic plates grinding to tidal waves. 496 00:21:38,125 --> 00:21:41,625 But since this event takes place in an urban setting, 497 00:21:41,708 --> 00:21:44,333 that might offer some clues to its source. 498 00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,667 Let's sound off with our experts. 499 00:21:46,750 --> 00:21:49,167 (mysterious music) 500 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:52,875 Since Noel had mentioned construction in the area, 501 00:21:53,042 --> 00:21:56,542 physicist Matthew Szydagis runs a Fourier transform analysis 502 00:21:56,667 --> 00:21:58,417 to see if that could be the cause. 503 00:21:58,542 --> 00:22:01,667 (loud metallic whirring) 504 00:22:02,875 --> 00:22:07,333 - A Fourier transform is a mathematical tool to take waves 505 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:11,000 to determine what frequencies are in that sound. 506 00:22:11,083 --> 00:22:13,750 Typically, heavy machinery has some frequencies 507 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:17,333 that occur at 500 to 700,000 hertz. 508 00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:19,875 The frequencies do appear to match. 509 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,667 (loud metallic whirring) 510 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,667 What makes it unusual 511 00:22:26,792 --> 00:22:29,875 is that it doesn't seem to be a time of day 512 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,125 where you could have construction or heavy machinery. 513 00:22:33,208 --> 00:22:35,958 (loud metallic whirring) 514 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,333 - [Tony] Noel confirms there was no work 515 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:40,750 going on at the construction site that morning. 516 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:43,167 So meteorologist Juan Hernandez checks to see 517 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:45,792 if a bizarre weather event could be to blame. 518 00:22:45,875 --> 00:22:48,833 - It is typical to see a thermal inversion 519 00:22:48,917 --> 00:22:51,750 in these parts of of the country in Spain. 520 00:22:51,875 --> 00:22:53,000 A thermal inversion occurs 521 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:56,958 when you have cold or cool air near the surface 522 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:59,208 and then you have warmer air aloft. 523 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:03,708 Oftentimes that acts as a wall to bounce off any sound waves 524 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:07,292 that may have come from faraway places. 525 00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:10,000 (loud metallic whirring) 526 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,125 - [Tony] This means a sound dozens of miles away 527 00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:17,958 could deflect off the clouds at an angle. 528 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:19,042 If that's what's happening, 529 00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:21,083 sound ecologist, Dr. Ben Gottesman thinks 530 00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:22,917 it could come from, get this, 531 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,833 a shipyard 100 miles away. 532 00:23:25,917 --> 00:23:27,667 - So here we can hear a few things, 533 00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:30,000 the motors of different vehicles, 534 00:23:30,125 --> 00:23:33,833 maybe as they're moving things to and fro at this shipyard, 535 00:23:33,958 --> 00:23:36,750 but these impulsive sounds are not similar 536 00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:40,208 to the more droned out metallic sounds 537 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,875 that we were hearing in the Spanish metal noise. 538 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,875 (loud metallic whirring) 539 00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:53,167 (metal clanging) (engines revving) 540 00:23:56,792 --> 00:23:58,375 - [Tony] But Gottesman does concede 541 00:23:58,542 --> 00:24:00,833 that with the sound traveling such a far distance, 542 00:24:00,958 --> 00:24:03,167 there's a chance it could have been warped. 543 00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:06,792 - As it's bouncing and traveling farther than normal, 544 00:24:06,875 --> 00:24:08,958 its frequency response can change 545 00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:10,208 because certain frequencies 546 00:24:10,375 --> 00:24:12,417 are able to reflect better than others 547 00:24:12,542 --> 00:24:16,917 and that can lead to what was a very common sounding sound 548 00:24:17,042 --> 00:24:19,125 turning much more bizarre and strange 549 00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:22,250 because its frequency response is altered. 550 00:24:22,375 --> 00:24:25,042 (loud metallic whirring) 551 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:29,417 - [Tony] Yet Szydagis has still one more sneaking suspicion. 552 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:34,083 - Unfortunately, the waters have been muddied 553 00:24:34,208 --> 00:24:36,958 by how easy it is to hoax a sound. 554 00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:41,833 I did a Fourier analysis of some scary fictional noises. 555 00:24:41,917 --> 00:24:44,208 (monster roaring) 556 00:24:45,125 --> 00:24:46,125 - [Tony] While this sound effect, 557 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:48,125 which is almost identical to the one used 558 00:24:48,208 --> 00:24:50,167 for the smoke monster in the TV show "Lost", 559 00:24:50,292 --> 00:24:54,250 is suspiciously similar, it's not an exact match. 560 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:56,500 (tense music) 561 00:24:57,625 --> 00:24:58,833 Our verdict, 562 00:24:58,958 --> 00:25:02,542 the source of the strange metal sound remains unknown. 563 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:03,667 Yes, there's a chance 564 00:25:03,792 --> 00:25:05,625 it could have traveled from a far distance 565 00:25:05,708 --> 00:25:09,083 and been altered due to a temperature inversion layer. 566 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:11,417 It's also possible the video was staged 567 00:25:11,542 --> 00:25:13,500 and the audio was added later. 568 00:25:13,583 --> 00:25:16,708 But Noel's an English teacher, not a known prankster, 569 00:25:16,833 --> 00:25:18,833 and he's always stuck by his story. 570 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:20,125 As with many things, 571 00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:23,125 this one comes down to whom you choose to believe. 572 00:25:26,708 --> 00:25:29,417 - The high seas are full of unexplained occurrences, 573 00:25:29,542 --> 00:25:32,125 which makes them a hotbed for reports of ghostly sightings. 574 00:25:32,208 --> 00:25:34,375 So when we heard of a possible apparition 575 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:38,333 being captured on camera below deck on a freighter ship, 576 00:25:38,458 --> 00:25:42,083 we naturally asked to see the video and here it is. 577 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,208 September 2021. 578 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:46,958 A freighter is sailing in the Indian Ocean 579 00:25:47,042 --> 00:25:48,917 off the coast of Somalia, 580 00:25:49,042 --> 00:25:51,875 a lawless stretch of ocean notorious for pirates. 581 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:54,167 So the crew is ordered to their quarters 582 00:25:54,292 --> 00:25:56,125 and all lights are turned off, so as 583 00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:58,542 not to attract any unwanted attention from marauders. 584 00:25:59,917 --> 00:26:01,125 The ship's security cameras are rolling 585 00:26:01,250 --> 00:26:04,583 in a cargo hold below decks when they catch this. 586 00:26:04,708 --> 00:26:05,667 (dramatic music) 587 00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:08,000 A bright orb of light floats through the hall 588 00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:10,333 leaving a vapor trail in its wake. 589 00:26:10,458 --> 00:26:12,708 Moments later, a black mist travels back 590 00:26:12,833 --> 00:26:14,833 in the opposite direction of the orb 591 00:26:14,958 --> 00:26:17,958 before manifesting as what appears to be a human figure. 592 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:21,875 Look closely as we zoom in. 593 00:26:22,042 --> 00:26:23,625 The mysterious figure is standing 594 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,583 in the corner of the room. 595 00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:29,333 Then as miraculously as the apparition arrived, 596 00:26:29,458 --> 00:26:32,958 it dematerializes back into black vapor and vanishes. 597 00:26:33,083 --> 00:26:35,583 (dramatic music) 598 00:26:35,708 --> 00:26:39,250 - There is a theory amongst paranormal experts 599 00:26:39,375 --> 00:26:42,458 that violent deaths leave a mark 600 00:26:42,542 --> 00:26:44,667 and that the spirits of the people 601 00:26:44,792 --> 00:26:45,792 who have been violently murdered 602 00:26:45,917 --> 00:26:49,542 will return to those areas to continue to haunt them. 603 00:26:49,667 --> 00:26:51,250 - [Tony] So in waters known for piracy, 604 00:26:51,375 --> 00:26:53,375 could this be the spirit of a pirate's victim 605 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:55,750 or is this shape from elsewhere? 606 00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:57,708 Physicists speak of worm holes, 607 00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:59,250 anomalies that act as portals 608 00:26:59,375 --> 00:27:01,667 connecting one far off place to another. 609 00:27:01,792 --> 00:27:04,167 Could this figure be some extraterrestrial traveler 610 00:27:04,292 --> 00:27:05,708 from a far off galaxy? 611 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:11,833 We've analyzed videos of ghost ships 612 00:27:11,958 --> 00:27:14,250 and other nautical anomalies before. 613 00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:16,958 For instance, this floating ship we examined 614 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:20,000 turned out to be a mirage caused by the sky 615 00:27:20,125 --> 00:27:22,875 reflecting off the calm sea in the distance. 616 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,167 So, is this new, uncanny seafaring image 617 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:28,125 explainable or not? 618 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:30,167 Our experts will get to the bottom of it. 619 00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:32,625 (mysterious music) 620 00:27:33,917 --> 00:27:35,250 Professor Michio Kaku considers, 621 00:27:35,375 --> 00:27:38,917 could this be proof of an alien traveling through a wormhole? 622 00:27:39,042 --> 00:27:40,875 - Wormholes were first introduced 623 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,958 through Lewis Carroll, who wrote "Alice in Wonderland." 624 00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:46,542 It is basically a mirror. 625 00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:48,875 If you put your hand through the mirror, 626 00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:53,083 you go from one universe to Wonderland. 627 00:27:53,208 --> 00:27:54,083 And who was the first one 628 00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:57,375 to mathematically rigorize this idea? 629 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,667 Albert Einstein. 630 00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:03,292 He took two black holes, stuck them back to back, 631 00:28:03,375 --> 00:28:06,083 so that if you fell through one black hole, 632 00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:10,333 you got blown off the other end as a white hole. 633 00:28:10,417 --> 00:28:13,292 - [Tony] In 2019, a supermassive black hole's shadow 634 00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:15,083 was captured on camera for the first time 635 00:28:15,208 --> 00:28:16,833 by the Event Horizon telescope. 636 00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:21,167 But you probably won't see one on a ship's security camera. 637 00:28:21,250 --> 00:28:23,583 - Why don't we see wormholes everywhere? 638 00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:24,833 Well, there's a catch 639 00:28:24,958 --> 00:28:30,125 and that is that the energy necessary to create a wormhole 640 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,333 is the energy of a star 641 00:28:32,458 --> 00:28:36,000 maybe 10 to 50 times more massive than our sun. 642 00:28:36,167 --> 00:28:37,750 But this is far beyond 643 00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:41,333 anything that we can muster on the planet Earth. 644 00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:44,458 - [Tony] And as for the ghost pirate theory. 645 00:28:44,583 --> 00:28:46,625 - Ghosts are supernatural. 646 00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:49,500 They involve things that seem to be outside 647 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:51,625 the usual bounds of physics, 648 00:28:51,708 --> 00:28:54,917 unless of course, you edit the tape. 649 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:57,292 - [Tony] Science writer and video forensics analyst, 650 00:28:57,417 --> 00:29:00,125 Mick West goes even further, demonstrating how one 651 00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:02,458 could fake phenomena like this on camera. 652 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:05,667 - When cameras don't have enough light, 653 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:08,333 they need to boost what they're getting from the sensor. 654 00:29:08,458 --> 00:29:11,417 So the camera might have to take multiple frames 655 00:29:11,542 --> 00:29:15,458 and kind of add them all together to get the image. 656 00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:16,708 - [Tony] This is the issue. 657 00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:19,375 In a darkroom, the shutter needs to stay open longer 658 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,500 in order to receive enough information. 659 00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,042 This is called a long exposure 660 00:29:24,167 --> 00:29:25,333 and the camera ends up combining 661 00:29:25,458 --> 00:29:27,417 multiple frames into one image. 662 00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:30,083 - And that's gonna leave trails like this 663 00:29:30,208 --> 00:29:31,542 with very bright objects 664 00:29:31,667 --> 00:29:35,542 and with a dimmer object like a person, 665 00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:38,750 it will leave a trail, but much fainter. 666 00:29:38,875 --> 00:29:43,500 Something like the mist that we see when the guy disappears. 667 00:29:43,583 --> 00:29:45,500 So I thought, if this is what's going on, 668 00:29:45,625 --> 00:29:48,667 could I actually duplicate this effect? 669 00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:50,542 - [Tony] West shares a homemade video 670 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:52,333 that illustrates how to doctor footage 671 00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:54,917 to create the effects we see in the freighter. 672 00:29:55,042 --> 00:29:58,542 - You can simulate what's going on in the camera 673 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:02,583 by taking the exact same video and adding together 674 00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:05,750 30 frames at a time to create a new image. 675 00:30:05,875 --> 00:30:07,750 And now we get a much cleaner image. 676 00:30:07,875 --> 00:30:10,583 We can see everything that's going on in my garage, 677 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:13,292 but when I actually walk into the shot, 678 00:30:13,375 --> 00:30:17,708 you just see me come in as a ghostly mistly effect, 679 00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:18,917 and I stand there, 680 00:30:19,042 --> 00:30:21,292 because I'm standing in the same position for a long time. 681 00:30:21,417 --> 00:30:24,625 My image stays there and then I kind of fade out 682 00:30:24,708 --> 00:30:28,042 exactly the same as we saw in the ship video. 683 00:30:28,167 --> 00:30:30,333 (mysterious music) 684 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:34,917 - Our compass points toward a hoax on this one. 685 00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:35,917 At the end of this voyage, 686 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:39,292 given the cargo load of evidence laid out, 687 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:41,083 we think it was trick video editing, 688 00:30:41,208 --> 00:30:43,000 not a ghost or a time traveler. 689 00:30:43,083 --> 00:30:45,500 And by the way, we think the light in the video 690 00:30:45,583 --> 00:30:47,458 was caused by a sailor's flashlight. 691 00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:52,583 - Prehistoric cave paintings 692 00:30:52,708 --> 00:30:54,500 have been discovered all around the world, 693 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:56,792 but deep in the Australian Outback, 694 00:30:56,917 --> 00:30:58,667 we found some images that appear to be so unusual, 695 00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:02,542 some people question if they are from our world at all. 696 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:06,875 Instead, could they be ancient alien astronauts? 697 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:07,875 (dramatic music) 698 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,083 In the Kimberly Region of Western Australia, 699 00:31:10,208 --> 00:31:11,167 the Aboriginal people 700 00:31:11,292 --> 00:31:14,000 left intriguing paintings on cave walls. 701 00:31:14,167 --> 00:31:15,792 They are called the Wandjina, 702 00:31:15,917 --> 00:31:19,167 incredible beings Aboriginals said created the world. 703 00:31:19,333 --> 00:31:20,667 Take a closer look. 704 00:31:21,833 --> 00:31:24,500 Do you see the round heads and the circular eyes? 705 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:26,125 According to George Haas, 706 00:31:26,208 --> 00:31:27,708 founder of the Cydonia Institute, 707 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:30,500 the Wandjina could be out of this world evidence. 708 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,750 - They have radiating feathers that come off the head. 709 00:31:33,875 --> 00:31:36,000 Some believe that when you first look at these, 710 00:31:36,125 --> 00:31:37,042 they scream alien. 711 00:31:37,167 --> 00:31:40,333 And the absence of mouths suggests that possibly 712 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:42,750 these extraterrestrials were telepathic. 713 00:31:42,875 --> 00:31:45,250 - [Tony] Wait a minute, did he say aliens? 714 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:47,500 It's an intriguing theory. 715 00:31:47,625 --> 00:31:50,875 What we do know is that Australian Aboriginal culture 716 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:52,667 goes back 65,000 years 717 00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:55,542 and holds that humans were created by the Wandjina. 718 00:31:55,708 --> 00:31:58,417 These unique paintings are a record of that period, 719 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:00,500 which they call Dreamtime. 720 00:32:00,625 --> 00:32:02,708 - You don't see these type of images 721 00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:05,542 in other cave paintings done by Neanderthals and early man, 722 00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:09,542 which mostly deal with hunting and animals, deer, bison. 723 00:32:09,708 --> 00:32:12,000 But these paintings that we're seeing in Australia 724 00:32:12,167 --> 00:32:13,583 are totally unique. 725 00:32:13,708 --> 00:32:14,667 - [Tony] In some tales, 726 00:32:14,792 --> 00:32:16,708 the Wandjina are referred to as sky beings 727 00:32:16,875 --> 00:32:19,500 or spirits from the clouds who came down from the Milky Way 728 00:32:19,667 --> 00:32:22,083 and created the Earth and its people. 729 00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:25,458 - Some believe that these portraits of the Wandjina 730 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:27,708 certainly blur the line 731 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:30,583 between extraterrestrial and spiritual world. 732 00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:32,750 They seem to have aspects of both. 733 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:36,958 - When it comes to our origins, 734 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:40,417 some speculate that ancient extraterrestrial visitors 735 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:42,792 engineered the creation of modern humans 736 00:32:42,875 --> 00:32:46,333 through DNA manipulation or some other means. 737 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:47,875 The paintings are intriguing. 738 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,500 Look closely at the lines going across, 739 00:32:50,625 --> 00:32:54,167 creating sections on the body, here and here. 740 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:57,333 Could this be the pattern of an ancient space suit? 741 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,333 We asked our experts. 742 00:32:59,417 --> 00:33:01,792 (mysterious music) 743 00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:06,167 We begin with anthropologist Kathy Strain, 744 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:08,500 who notes that if the paintings are an elaborate hoax, 745 00:33:08,625 --> 00:33:11,500 someone must have thought of it over a century ago. 746 00:33:11,583 --> 00:33:13,375 - They were documented by anthropologists 747 00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:15,542 more than a hundred years ago. 748 00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:18,708 And outside the fact that you're adding some paint 749 00:33:18,833 --> 00:33:21,375 to keep the color alive, they haven't changed. 750 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:22,833 These are not a hoax. 751 00:33:22,958 --> 00:33:26,000 - [Tony] So if the pictures are real, are they of aliens? 752 00:33:26,125 --> 00:33:28,333 We asked archeologist Ed Barnhart. 753 00:33:28,458 --> 00:33:30,792 - There are people who envision 754 00:33:30,917 --> 00:33:35,417 that it's helmets on their heads and suits on their bodies, 755 00:33:35,542 --> 00:33:38,333 but this is a very plodding looking helmet. 756 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,833 The kind of helmet that you see in 1950s aliens movies. 757 00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:46,917 It's kind of ridiculous to believe 758 00:33:47,042 --> 00:33:50,667 that an advanced civilization came here in suits 759 00:33:50,792 --> 00:33:54,625 that in our current technology are archaic. 760 00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:56,292 - [Tony] And the idea that these designs 761 00:33:56,417 --> 00:33:57,958 on the bodies are space suits? 762 00:33:58,083 --> 00:33:59,833 - You're gonna see an image like this 763 00:33:59,917 --> 00:34:02,958 and envision suits on their bodies. 764 00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:07,750 But we do see today in Aboriginal ceremonies, 765 00:34:07,875 --> 00:34:11,542 people typically paint their bodies completely white, 766 00:34:11,708 --> 00:34:14,042 their faces, their hair, 767 00:34:14,167 --> 00:34:16,833 and then they'll put some kind of decoration over that. 768 00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:21,667 So I think that it is clearly connected to Aboriginal people 769 00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:26,167 who today paint their bodies in a very similar fashion. 770 00:34:26,292 --> 00:34:28,833 - [Tony] In fact, Kathy Strain sees a clue in one image 771 00:34:28,958 --> 00:34:31,750 that convinces her these are strictly human bodies. 772 00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:33,750 - [Kathy] It is pretty rare 773 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:35,917 to see genitalia of a male in rock art, 774 00:34:36,042 --> 00:34:38,667 and based on things that witnesses say 775 00:34:38,833 --> 00:34:41,000 that space aliens don't have genitalia, 776 00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:43,500 that that's not how they reproduce. 777 00:34:43,667 --> 00:34:46,500 These look like human genitalia. 778 00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:48,250 - [Tony] So what are we seeing? 779 00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:50,125 - The halo around the head, 780 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:54,458 I don't believe that they intended it to be interpreted 781 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:58,542 as anything other than it's the process of transforming 782 00:34:58,708 --> 00:35:01,667 and that's your head kind of extending 783 00:35:01,750 --> 00:35:05,250 and above itself and continuing to carry out. 784 00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:06,292 - [Tony] The halo has been used 785 00:35:06,375 --> 00:35:07,875 in many different cultures throughout history 786 00:35:08,042 --> 00:35:10,167 to represent spiritual transformation, 787 00:35:10,333 --> 00:35:12,833 including the Aboriginal Australians. 788 00:35:12,917 --> 00:35:18,000 - These images around the heads are some kind of symbol 789 00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:21,833 of the expansion of their minds and spirits. 790 00:35:21,958 --> 00:35:24,500 (mysterious music) 791 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:29,000 - So our verdict, these were likely humans. 792 00:35:29,125 --> 00:35:31,250 In fairness, you do have to ask, 793 00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:34,625 do the Aboriginal traditions of body decorations stem from 794 00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:37,667 a time when strange beings were observed? 795 00:35:37,792 --> 00:35:40,333 It's impossible to completely discount, 796 00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:43,000 but if these particular paintings were aliens, 797 00:35:43,167 --> 00:35:47,125 well then, let's just say they were endowed in a human way. 798 00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:53,583 - We've all dreamt of the day we could press a button 799 00:35:53,708 --> 00:35:55,792 and have our cars take flight, 800 00:35:55,917 --> 00:35:57,750 especially when stuck in traffic. 801 00:35:57,875 --> 00:35:59,208 But does this next video prove 802 00:35:59,375 --> 00:36:01,292 the era of flying cars has arrived? 803 00:36:02,833 --> 00:36:05,833 It's late October 2007 in Hong Kong. 804 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,875 A company called Gear Factory is filming 805 00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:10,708 what appears to be a groundbreaking demonstration. 806 00:36:10,833 --> 00:36:12,333 As the camera rolls in the parking lot 807 00:36:12,417 --> 00:36:14,750 of a typical residential neighborhood, 808 00:36:14,875 --> 00:36:17,000 the front axle of a silver Vauxhall sedan 809 00:36:17,083 --> 00:36:19,125 slowly lifts off the ground. 810 00:36:19,208 --> 00:36:20,750 The rear axle soon follows, 811 00:36:20,875 --> 00:36:22,583 and suddenly the car is hovering in mid air 812 00:36:22,708 --> 00:36:23,958 over the parking lot. 813 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,458 You can hear what sounds like an engine whirring, 814 00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:29,417 but the only propellers 815 00:36:29,542 --> 00:36:31,917 appear to be tiny and attached to the doors. 816 00:36:32,917 --> 00:36:33,958 After a short one minute flight, 817 00:36:34,042 --> 00:36:36,333 it comes back down to rest on the ground. 818 00:36:38,333 --> 00:36:39,583 The company posts the video online 819 00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:43,083 and the internet goes wild at the prospect of a flying car. 820 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:46,875 Journalist Eric Grundhauser says the flying car 821 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,083 has long been the unicorn of automotive engineering. 822 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,875 - Since the early 20th century, 823 00:36:52,042 --> 00:36:53,917 there have been a number of potential 824 00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:56,792 flying car technologies that have been promised 825 00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:59,125 to roll out to the general public. 826 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:01,500 In the '60s was a car that the government 827 00:37:01,625 --> 00:37:03,792 was almost going to roll out. 828 00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:04,958 Even in 2006, 829 00:37:05,083 --> 00:37:09,458 a company was promising to release a flying car. 830 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:10,500 - [Tony] Arguably, 831 00:37:10,625 --> 00:37:12,833 the first flying car prototype called the Avrocar 832 00:37:12,958 --> 00:37:14,500 was designed nearly 50 years ago 833 00:37:14,625 --> 00:37:17,292 as a secret military project during the Cold War. 834 00:37:18,708 --> 00:37:20,125 Resembling a flying saucer, 835 00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:22,000 it would've taken off and landed vertically 836 00:37:22,083 --> 00:37:23,667 before it was ultimately scrapped. 837 00:37:25,250 --> 00:37:27,333 Yet Grundhauser says there are various potential models 838 00:37:27,458 --> 00:37:31,292 for how flying cars could work in real world scenarios. 839 00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:33,208 - If you look at something like a helicopter, 840 00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:35,208 you could simply take off vertically, 841 00:37:35,333 --> 00:37:38,000 like technology known as eVTOL, 842 00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:40,333 which stands for electric takeoff and landing. 843 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,042 This technology would allow vehicles 844 00:37:42,208 --> 00:37:44,167 to be much more maneuverable. 845 00:37:45,542 --> 00:37:48,125 - [Tony] We see the propellers on the side of the Vauxhall. 846 00:37:48,208 --> 00:37:50,333 So is that what's giving the car its lift? 847 00:37:52,875 --> 00:37:56,083 Helicopters use rotor blades that accelerate the air 848 00:37:56,208 --> 00:38:00,000 that passes over the top as they spin to create lift. 849 00:38:00,125 --> 00:38:02,250 But these are complex flying machines 850 00:38:02,375 --> 00:38:05,875 that require hundreds of hours of practice to master. 851 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,500 So have we finally cracked the code for a car 852 00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:12,708 everyone can learn to drive and also fly? 853 00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:15,375 Let's let the experts take the wheel. 854 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,958 (mysterious music) 855 00:38:19,292 --> 00:38:20,958 The video seems so unbelievable, 856 00:38:21,083 --> 00:38:23,458 we had to pay another visit to Michael Primeau. 857 00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:25,292 - You can see the glare from the reflection, 858 00:38:25,417 --> 00:38:27,000 assuming that it's coming in this direction 859 00:38:27,125 --> 00:38:29,500 and we've got a shadow that is produced. 860 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:32,708 Now we know that these shadows can be produced artificially, 861 00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:36,667 but to this scale of an object in this type of environment, 862 00:38:36,750 --> 00:38:41,167 to manipulate that information would be very difficult, 863 00:38:41,333 --> 00:38:44,167 especially when this car begins to spin. 864 00:38:44,292 --> 00:38:45,958 I would say that this is less likely 865 00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:49,125 to be something that was artificially produced. 866 00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:51,292 - [Tony] So if the footage isn't digitally manipulated, 867 00:38:51,417 --> 00:38:53,250 could this car actually be flying 868 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:55,500 like a plane or a helicopter? 869 00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:58,583 Physicist, Dr. Matthew Szydagis looks into the science. 870 00:38:58,708 --> 00:39:02,125 - Rotors that will give you an upward lift 871 00:39:02,208 --> 00:39:04,208 countering the downward force of gravity 872 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:10,667 require large enough blades that produce enough moving air 873 00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:15,583 to produce enough force to counteract the force of gravity. 874 00:39:15,708 --> 00:39:18,167 - [Tony] So Szydagis crunches the numbers 875 00:39:18,292 --> 00:39:20,833 on the required force for this car to go airborne. 876 00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:23,500 - The force of gravity on this car 877 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:28,125 is equal to mass times the acceleration of gravity. 878 00:39:28,250 --> 00:39:30,500 That will be a lot of pounds of force 879 00:39:30,625 --> 00:39:33,167 that you would need to counteract gravity. 880 00:39:33,292 --> 00:39:36,125 And these puny little blades 881 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:38,667 are just not gonna make it possible. 882 00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:41,333 - [Tony] So if a heavy car model like this can't really fly 883 00:39:41,417 --> 00:39:43,375 with those little propellers, 884 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:46,333 then is it actually a real car at all? 885 00:39:46,458 --> 00:39:49,250 - This doesn't seem to be a natural reflection. 886 00:39:49,375 --> 00:39:51,000 In fact, you sometimes see 887 00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:53,833 what looked like bumpiness on the reflection. 888 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:56,125 You don't have bumpiness on glass, 889 00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:58,542 but you do have bumpiness on a balloon. 890 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:01,125 - [Tony] We tracked down Gear Factor's owner, 891 00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:03,333 German entrepreneur, Murti Jung, 892 00:40:03,458 --> 00:40:05,208 and he confirms that his flying car 893 00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:08,000 is in fact a high tech balloon. 894 00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,500 - We are producing flying objects, 895 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:13,333 flying solutions for shows and events. 896 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:17,167 I never had the intention to fool anybody. 897 00:40:17,292 --> 00:40:19,667 It was basically doing some marketing 898 00:40:19,792 --> 00:40:20,958 with something exciting. 899 00:40:21,083 --> 00:40:23,333 (mysterious music) 900 00:40:25,208 --> 00:40:26,083 - Our verdict, 901 00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:28,375 this is a promotional flying balloon 902 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,167 that looks remarkably like a real car. 903 00:40:31,292 --> 00:40:34,167 It's part of a staged event run by Murti's company, 904 00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:37,333 which is known for its innovative flying concepts. 905 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:40,708 So sure you could say the age of the flying car has arrived, 906 00:40:40,875 --> 00:40:45,042 but this one's too flimsy to transport anything but helium. 907 00:40:45,167 --> 00:40:46,083 And that's our show for tonight. 908 00:40:46,208 --> 00:40:48,250 Send us your videos of the unexplained 909 00:40:48,375 --> 00:40:51,042 and we'll give them "The Proof Is Out There" treatment. 910 00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:53,083 And remember to keep those cameras rolling. 911 00:40:53,208 --> 00:40:55,875 (dramatic theme music)