1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,083 - Tonight on "The Proof Is Out There." 2 00:00:03,167 --> 00:00:05,667 This guy says he not only recorded a UFO, 3 00:00:05,708 --> 00:00:07,083 he tried to melt it down. 4 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:09,208 - This guy says 5 00:00:09,292 --> 00:00:10,875 his parents' house was haunted, 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,417 and he caught the ghost on camera. 7 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:13,792 - I was scared to death cause I thought, 8 00:00:13,875 --> 00:00:15,208 "What the hell is that?" 9 00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:17,083 - [Tony Harris] This guy may have been using aliens 10 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:18,667 as a Cold War weapon. 11 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:21,333 - Was the KGB trying to send an intimidating message 12 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:22,708 to the US? 13 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:26,125 - [Tony Harris] And this guy may have superhuman reflexes, 14 00:00:26,208 --> 00:00:29,292 and a super strange idea of fun. 15 00:00:29,375 --> 00:00:33,375 (intense instrumental music) 16 00:00:34,375 --> 00:00:36,167 Around the globe are videos. 17 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:39,208 - What are those things? - It's moving. 18 00:00:39,292 --> 00:00:42,542 - [Tony Harris] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 19 00:00:42,625 --> 00:00:45,417 (static squeaking) 20 00:00:48,375 --> 00:00:50,042 - [Newscaster] We don't know where they come from, 21 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:51,750 who made them, or how they operate. 22 00:00:51,875 --> 00:00:53,167 - What are they? - Some sort of 23 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:55,583 bizarre mutation. - What's exciting is 24 00:00:55,708 --> 00:00:57,167 nobody really knows. 25 00:00:57,167 --> 00:00:59,667 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 26 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:02,917 - I'm Tony Harris, 27 00:01:02,917 --> 00:01:05,167 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 28 00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:08,000 I've followed the facts where they take me. 29 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:10,375 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 30 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,042 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 31 00:01:14,208 --> 00:01:17,125 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 32 00:01:17,208 --> 00:01:20,083 - It's a credible case. It's a credible video. 33 00:01:20,167 --> 00:01:22,875 - [Tony Harris] And pass a verdict on what it is. 34 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,792 - This video was clearly faked. 35 00:01:24,958 --> 00:01:27,250 - The proof starts now. 36 00:01:27,333 --> 00:01:30,042 (intense instrumental music) 37 00:01:34,292 --> 00:01:37,500 Good evening and welcome to "The Proof Is Out There." 38 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:39,833 We start with a question, 39 00:01:39,917 --> 00:01:42,458 what would you do if you saw a UFO, 40 00:01:42,542 --> 00:01:45,833 and then found what looked like a piece of it on the ground? 41 00:01:45,875 --> 00:01:47,167 Well, we found someone determined 42 00:01:47,250 --> 00:01:49,917 to get to the bottom of a similar mystery, 43 00:01:50,042 --> 00:01:51,833 and he took matters into his own hands. 44 00:01:53,458 --> 00:01:57,167 July 27th, 2018, Jesus Morales, 45 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:58,792 a student from Ventura, California, 46 00:01:58,875 --> 00:02:01,000 is out walking his dog, 47 00:02:01,167 --> 00:02:03,458 when his beloved pooch begins acting erratically. 48 00:02:03,458 --> 00:02:05,917 (dog barking) Jesus looks to the sky above, 49 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:09,333 where he spots something that would change his life forever. 50 00:02:09,417 --> 00:02:12,125 - It was about eight o'clock in the morning, 51 00:02:12,208 --> 00:02:13,333 and I saw the UFO. 52 00:02:13,458 --> 00:02:16,000 It just was floating in the air, hovering, 53 00:02:16,125 --> 00:02:17,333 and so when I got a little bit closer, 54 00:02:17,417 --> 00:02:19,583 I decided to start filming it. 55 00:02:25,542 --> 00:02:26,792 - [Tony Harris] Jesus watches the orb 56 00:02:26,875 --> 00:02:28,375 for about five minutes, 57 00:02:28,458 --> 00:02:30,708 then says it begins to approach him, 58 00:02:30,708 --> 00:02:33,125 and that's when things get really weird. 59 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:36,708 - My phone just wasn't working so I couldn't record. 60 00:02:36,792 --> 00:02:38,750 It looks like it's spinning, but it's mutating. 61 00:02:38,875 --> 00:02:41,208 The closest it came was about five or 10 feet, 62 00:02:41,333 --> 00:02:44,250 but then it took off into space and I never seen it again. 63 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:46,542 - [Tony Harris] The UFO may have disappeared 64 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:49,625 after making Jesus's phone go haywire, 65 00:02:49,708 --> 00:02:51,958 but he believes it leaves something behind. 66 00:02:52,042 --> 00:02:53,250 - [Jesus] And I came up on this piece 67 00:02:53,333 --> 00:02:55,000 that was in the ground. 68 00:02:55,125 --> 00:02:57,708 It looked like melted aluminum. 69 00:02:57,833 --> 00:02:59,000 - [Tony Harris] Jesus decides 70 00:02:59,083 --> 00:03:01,083 to put the alleged space debris to the test. 71 00:03:01,083 --> 00:03:02,792 - I took it to a welder. 72 00:03:02,875 --> 00:03:03,792 He tried to melt it down. 73 00:03:07,083 --> 00:03:07,833 - And it didn't melt. 74 00:03:09,625 --> 00:03:11,500 - And the welder had never seen any material like that. 75 00:03:11,583 --> 00:03:14,375 I'm a hundred percent sure it was real, 76 00:03:14,458 --> 00:03:17,833 what I saw and I believe. 77 00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:21,958 - [Tony Harris] Did Jesus come face-to-face with a UFO? 78 00:03:22,042 --> 00:03:23,917 According to journalist MJ Banias, 79 00:03:24,042 --> 00:03:27,375 his is one of an increasing number of sphere sightings, 80 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:30,083 including one remarkable case caught on camera 81 00:03:30,167 --> 00:03:32,750 and leaked to documentarian, Jeremy Corbell. 82 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:35,792 - One of the most famous spherical UFO encounters 83 00:03:35,875 --> 00:03:37,458 occurred in 2019. 84 00:03:37,625 --> 00:03:40,333 It was recorded by the USS Omaha, 85 00:03:40,417 --> 00:03:41,958 and it was over the Pacific Ocean. 86 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:49,333 - [MJ] The Omaha witnessed a a large spherical object 87 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:51,917 descend down and go into the ocean. 88 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:57,708 - We still today don't know what they saw 89 00:03:57,833 --> 00:04:00,375 and what that object was, it remains unidentified. 90 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,500 - [Tony Harris] The Omaha sphere seemed to track 91 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:03,667 and follow the navy ship, 92 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:06,458 much like Jesus claims his object tracked him. 93 00:04:06,542 --> 00:04:10,458 - [MJ] So Jesus's story fits within the broader lore 94 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,875 and legend of UFO encounters. 95 00:04:15,167 --> 00:04:16,792 - There have been numerous allegations 96 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:18,167 that the US government 97 00:04:18,292 --> 00:04:21,333 has acquired so-called meta metals from UFOs, 98 00:04:21,458 --> 00:04:26,250 going back as far as the infamous Roswell crash in 1947. 99 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:27,708 If that's true, 100 00:04:27,833 --> 00:04:30,333 would the feds also be interested in Jesus's find? 101 00:04:30,458 --> 00:04:33,333 Let's dispatch our experts to see what they can determine. 102 00:04:37,458 --> 00:04:40,833 First, how can this object stand up to this kind of heat? 103 00:04:40,917 --> 00:04:43,167 We asked video effects designer and astronomer, 104 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:44,708 Marc D'Antonio. 105 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:48,542 - You can take a torch like that and aim it at some steel, 106 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:51,250 and it won't melt, no matter how long you do it. 107 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:53,375 It might get it to look red hot, 108 00:04:53,375 --> 00:04:55,375 but it won't actually melt it. 109 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,458 So metal like that doesn't have to be extraterrestrial. 110 00:04:58,542 --> 00:04:59,833 - [Tony Harris] To be fair, 111 00:04:59,958 --> 00:05:02,208 we don't know exactly how hot Jesus's torch was, 112 00:05:02,292 --> 00:05:03,583 but we do know this, 113 00:05:03,708 --> 00:05:05,375 there are bigger issues with his metal fragment, 114 00:05:05,458 --> 00:05:07,167 because Jesus has no evidence 115 00:05:07,292 --> 00:05:08,667 it actually came from the object. 116 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,500 - We didn't see anything falling. 117 00:05:10,583 --> 00:05:13,167 So you can't say for sure where it came from, 118 00:05:13,292 --> 00:05:16,375 especially here, where you have farmer's fields. 119 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:18,667 It could have been a piece of metal from a tractor. 120 00:05:18,792 --> 00:05:20,792 - [Tony Harris] So if the fragment evidence isn't proof, 121 00:05:20,875 --> 00:05:23,625 could that sphere shut down Jesus's phone 122 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:25,583 during his critical close encounter? 123 00:05:25,667 --> 00:05:27,667 - These phones are pretty resilient, 124 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:32,708 but if you bombard them with electromagnetic force, 125 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:34,833 it's possible that you can cause the phone 126 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,375 to get scrambled a little bit. 127 00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:38,667 But to do that, you need a lot of power. 128 00:05:38,708 --> 00:05:41,500 - [Tony Harris] Okay, so that power source is a question. 129 00:05:41,667 --> 00:05:43,542 NASA geologist, Bob Anderson, 130 00:05:43,667 --> 00:05:46,333 sees another problem with Jesus's story. 131 00:05:46,375 --> 00:05:48,458 - He said that when the object came close, 132 00:05:48,625 --> 00:05:51,208 the camera and cell phone stopped working, 133 00:05:51,292 --> 00:05:54,667 but there's no pictures of this object 20 feet from him. 134 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:56,167 So there's a lot of doubt in my mind 135 00:05:56,250 --> 00:05:57,792 whether this is a true story. 136 00:05:57,875 --> 00:06:00,167 - [Tony Harris] If Jesus's account is inaccurate, 137 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:02,500 what's the accurate explanation? 138 00:06:02,542 --> 00:06:05,708 Anderson immediately rules out planes or drones. 139 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:08,583 - There's no control, there's no propellers, 140 00:06:08,583 --> 00:06:10,625 there's no rudders or anything on that. 141 00:06:10,708 --> 00:06:13,625 This object here is floating with the wind. 142 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:15,167 - [Tony Harris] D'Antonio agrees. 143 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:18,500 The way the object moves is the key clue to its identity. 144 00:06:18,583 --> 00:06:21,042 - It hasn't demonstrated any behaviors 145 00:06:21,125 --> 00:06:25,875 that would be considered classic UFO type behaviors. 146 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:29,333 However, Mylar balloons tend to move slower, 147 00:06:29,417 --> 00:06:31,583 and tend to move more horizontal than vertical 148 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:33,000 for a period of time. 149 00:06:33,167 --> 00:06:36,292 But then as it gets higher, it'll accelerate upwards. 150 00:06:36,375 --> 00:06:41,042 So it acts like a balloon, it looks like a balloon, 151 00:06:41,125 --> 00:06:42,375 maybe it is a balloon. 152 00:06:45,625 --> 00:06:49,500 (intense instrumental music) 153 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:51,833 - Our verdict, Mylar balloon. 154 00:06:52,042 --> 00:06:54,583 This object simply doesn't move with the speed 155 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:58,208 or focus of other unexplained sphere sightings, 156 00:06:58,333 --> 00:07:00,417 like the Navy's Omaha incident. 157 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:01,958 But Jesus, 158 00:07:02,042 --> 00:07:04,833 if you do any more analysis on your metal fragment, 159 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:07,625 hit us up. (intense instrumental music) 160 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:10,333 Now, let's get creepy. 161 00:07:10,458 --> 00:07:13,083 The United Kingdom with its abandoned castles 162 00:07:13,083 --> 00:07:14,667 and ancient cemeteries 163 00:07:14,708 --> 00:07:17,500 has been called the most haunted country in the world. 164 00:07:17,625 --> 00:07:19,542 But of all the spooky stories, 165 00:07:19,667 --> 00:07:21,792 it's a 30 year old VHS tape 166 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:24,167 that recently captured the world's attention. 167 00:07:25,792 --> 00:07:30,417 It's summer 1991 in Barmby Place, Bradford, UK. 168 00:07:30,542 --> 00:07:33,292 15 year old Adam Mawson has been using a camcorder 169 00:07:33,375 --> 00:07:35,625 to record his house when no one's home, 170 00:07:35,708 --> 00:07:38,833 in an effort to document some strange recent happenings, 171 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,417 and on one of the tapes, Adam finds something frightening. 172 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:46,708 Nothing seems amiss until a shadowy figure 173 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:49,750 slowly begins to emerge from the chair. 174 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:50,875 Look closely. 175 00:07:50,958 --> 00:07:53,833 It eventually rises and moves about the room, 176 00:07:53,917 --> 00:07:55,333 passing behind the doorframe, 177 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:56,875 before returning 178 00:07:56,875 --> 00:08:00,333 and seemingly disappearing through the wall. 179 00:08:00,375 --> 00:08:01,500 Moments later, 180 00:08:01,583 --> 00:08:03,500 a second figure appears from the right, 181 00:08:03,542 --> 00:08:07,000 and follows closely behind the other into the wall. 182 00:08:07,042 --> 00:08:08,542 - I'm scared to death 'cause I thought, 183 00:08:08,625 --> 00:08:10,083 what the hell is that? 184 00:08:10,208 --> 00:08:11,708 And that's when I showed my parents it and my mom said, 185 00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:13,583 "Oh yeah, I've seen that before. 186 00:08:13,708 --> 00:08:15,375 I've seen it with her own eyes." 187 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:16,958 - [Tony Harris] And to journalist Alexis Brooks, 188 00:08:17,042 --> 00:08:19,667 it sounds like a classic haunted house tale. 189 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:23,042 - Barmby Place ranks among one of the most haunted places 190 00:08:23,167 --> 00:08:24,417 that I have ever seen. 191 00:08:24,542 --> 00:08:26,625 I mean you're talking about disembodied voices, 192 00:08:26,708 --> 00:08:28,542 doors opening and closing on their own, 193 00:08:28,625 --> 00:08:32,333 and even what I would call a shadow person phenomenon. 194 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:33,833 - [Tony Harris] Shadow people 195 00:08:33,958 --> 00:08:36,208 are described as dark silhouettes with human shapes 196 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:37,792 and profiles. 197 00:08:37,875 --> 00:08:40,000 These shadowy creatures are sometimes interpreted 198 00:08:40,083 --> 00:08:43,625 as the presence of a spirit or other entity. 199 00:08:43,708 --> 00:08:45,917 Others believe these figures to be negative beings 200 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:48,625 that can be repelled by various means, 201 00:08:48,708 --> 00:08:51,667 including invoking the name of Jesus. 202 00:08:51,792 --> 00:08:54,833 - I have seen and heard so many accounts 203 00:08:54,917 --> 00:08:57,542 of what we call the shadow person phenomenon. 204 00:08:57,542 --> 00:09:00,458 Many reports of shadow people 205 00:09:00,542 --> 00:09:04,167 include harassing an individual in their bedroom. 206 00:09:04,292 --> 00:09:05,667 So I would dare say, 207 00:09:05,708 --> 00:09:08,167 that in addition to the more conventional haunting, 208 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:11,750 we have what I would call a shadow person phenomenon 209 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:13,042 going on in that home. 210 00:09:14,708 --> 00:09:16,833 - [Tony Harris] A figure often associated with shadow people 211 00:09:16,917 --> 00:09:18,000 is the hat man, 212 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:22,042 a famous urban legend who wears a dark coat, a hat, 213 00:09:22,042 --> 00:09:23,667 and is unusually tall. 214 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:26,875 Sometimes the figure is thought to be the devil himself. 215 00:09:29,042 --> 00:09:32,000 Adam's father still lives in the house on Barmby Place, 216 00:09:32,042 --> 00:09:35,667 and says the activity has died down since he found religion. 217 00:09:35,792 --> 00:09:37,667 But that only seems to confirm 218 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,917 that perhaps something spiritual was going on. 219 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,833 Our experts take a closer look. 220 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:46,417 (intense instrumental music) 221 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:49,625 First, we head to forensic video analyst, Michael Primeau, 222 00:09:49,708 --> 00:09:52,958 for an authenticity check of this digitized copy. 223 00:09:53,042 --> 00:09:55,333 - We're not able to identify it as an actual ghost 224 00:09:55,417 --> 00:09:57,000 through forensic testing, 225 00:09:57,083 --> 00:10:01,042 but it could be the product of when the video was processed, 226 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:03,667 between the time that it was produced on tape, 227 00:10:03,792 --> 00:10:05,625 to this digital version, 228 00:10:05,708 --> 00:10:09,792 as some sort of artifact that is concealed 229 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,500 as the object travels by, but is it CGI? 230 00:10:12,542 --> 00:10:13,958 Less likely. 231 00:10:14,042 --> 00:10:15,625 - [Tony Harris] So this footage 232 00:10:15,708 --> 00:10:18,083 probably wasn't manipulated intentionally, 233 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:19,792 but how about accidentally? 234 00:10:21,208 --> 00:10:24,000 - These shadowy figures don't appear to be something 235 00:10:24,042 --> 00:10:26,875 that was introduced into the recording 236 00:10:26,958 --> 00:10:29,417 based on the artifacts that are present 237 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:30,583 throughout its movement. 238 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:33,083 And because we see these shadowy figures 239 00:10:33,208 --> 00:10:36,333 over several seconds in multiple instances, 240 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:38,458 it's more likely something that actually happened 241 00:10:38,625 --> 00:10:39,833 in the video images. 242 00:10:39,917 --> 00:10:41,333 - [Tony Harris] So this recording itself 243 00:10:41,417 --> 00:10:42,917 may not have been manipulated, 244 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,833 but we are not ready to declare this a ghost. 245 00:10:45,917 --> 00:10:48,292 We turn to physicist, Dr. Matthew Szydagis, 246 00:10:48,458 --> 00:10:50,375 who suspects something shady. 247 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:53,833 - What we're seeing here is this dark figure of shadow 248 00:10:53,875 --> 00:10:57,833 seeming to pass into the left wall and disappear, 249 00:10:57,917 --> 00:11:00,375 which would favor the ghost explanation. 250 00:11:00,458 --> 00:11:03,792 However, if you look very carefully over these few frames, 251 00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:06,750 there is some pixel darkening on the left 252 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,167 that would seem to indicate 253 00:11:09,250 --> 00:11:13,000 that the shadow goes over the wall, 254 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:15,833 as we'd expect for a normal shadow 255 00:11:15,917 --> 00:11:18,125 being cast by someone off camera. 256 00:11:18,208 --> 00:11:21,750 It does not fully explain all the subtle motions we see, 257 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:24,833 such as when the shape rises out of the chair, 258 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:28,458 but it's the most plausible non-ghost explanation 259 00:11:28,542 --> 00:11:29,917 that I can come up with. 260 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,375 - [Tony Harris] Primeau disagrees, 261 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:32,875 and doesn't see any evidence 262 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,958 that the shadow was created by someone off camera. 263 00:11:36,042 --> 00:11:38,500 - If the shadow was produced by the operator 264 00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:40,167 that's standing behind the camera, 265 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:42,417 we would expect to see more of that cast off 266 00:11:42,542 --> 00:11:45,375 on the regions surrounding the doorway, 267 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:46,792 but it's not produced over here 268 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:48,250 on the right side of the image. 269 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:51,125 These darker regions being some sort of shadow 270 00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:52,375 is not really possible 271 00:11:52,458 --> 00:11:54,458 with the way that we don't see that information 272 00:11:54,542 --> 00:11:55,875 on the doorway. 273 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,250 - [Tony Harris] So if we're ruling out shadows 274 00:11:57,333 --> 00:12:00,375 of someone off camera, could this truly be a ghost? 275 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:02,083 Some say physics itself 276 00:12:02,083 --> 00:12:04,167 is all the proof you need of life after death, 277 00:12:04,208 --> 00:12:07,042 because the law of conservation of energy states 278 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:09,958 that energy cannot be created or destroyed. 279 00:12:10,042 --> 00:12:12,000 We bring that theory to Dr. Szydagis 280 00:12:12,083 --> 00:12:14,708 - This is a misinterpretation 281 00:12:14,792 --> 00:12:16,833 of what conservation of energy means. 282 00:12:16,875 --> 00:12:19,667 The very notion of conservation of energy 283 00:12:19,792 --> 00:12:22,292 comes from energy changing form, 284 00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:26,542 and a great example of this energy exchange 285 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:29,542 occurs after we have passed away, 286 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:31,625 and our body decomposes. 287 00:12:31,708 --> 00:12:35,458 Gases and other elements will feed the worms 288 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:36,875 after we've died. 289 00:12:36,958 --> 00:12:39,542 Therefore, we cannot use an argument 290 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:42,125 like conservation of energy from physics 291 00:12:42,125 --> 00:12:46,125 in order to prove or disprove life after death. 292 00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:53,792 - So it seems current science still can't attest 293 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:56,333 to the existence of ghosts, 294 00:12:56,417 --> 00:12:57,667 but as of now, 295 00:12:57,708 --> 00:12:59,625 we can't explain this video any other way. 296 00:12:59,625 --> 00:13:00,625 Our verdict, 297 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:02,458 this video is a bonafide case 298 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:06,500 of unexplained phenomena, over 30 years running. 299 00:13:09,375 --> 00:13:10,750 rough, 300 00:13:10,875 --> 00:13:13,750 US government agencies stockpiled information on UFOs. 301 00:13:14,625 --> 00:13:15,833 Not surprisingly, 302 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,542 so did our counterparts behind the Iron Curtain, 303 00:13:18,625 --> 00:13:21,125 but since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, 304 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:22,917 many allegations have come out 305 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,083 about the once secret KGB UFO files, 306 00:13:26,083 --> 00:13:27,542 including this next story, 307 00:13:27,625 --> 00:13:30,167 which might be the strangest one yet. 308 00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:34,792 In 2011, a mysterious YouTube user named Ivan 0135 309 00:13:36,167 --> 00:13:38,333 uploads what he claims is leaked classified footage 310 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:42,708 from the KGB, shot between 1942 and 1969. 311 00:13:42,792 --> 00:13:44,542 The first video posted on April 13th, 312 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:48,792 starts with a KGB logo and censored text above and below. 313 00:13:48,875 --> 00:13:50,500 You can hear the audio clicking 314 00:13:50,542 --> 00:13:52,542 of an old film projector. 315 00:13:52,542 --> 00:13:53,708 Remember that. 316 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:55,208 Next, we see a house 317 00:13:55,292 --> 00:13:57,583 and a mysterious flying saucer shaped object 318 00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:58,792 hovering behind it. 319 00:13:58,917 --> 00:14:00,375 Switching to an aerial view, 320 00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:03,917 a saucer shaped UFO is seen, first from a distance, 321 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,333 and then zoomed in, 322 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:08,208 but the most shocking footage is yet to come. 323 00:14:08,292 --> 00:14:11,458 Next, we're shown what looks like an alien autopsy 324 00:14:11,542 --> 00:14:12,750 being performed. 325 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:14,583 Just weeks after the first video, 326 00:14:14,667 --> 00:14:17,875 a second, even more stunning video is released. 327 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,042 It purports to put us face-to-face 328 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:22,250 with an actual live alien. 329 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:25,000 Notice how it blinks its huge expressive eyes, 330 00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:28,583 and it moves its enormous round head and slim arms. 331 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,083 As the camera pans from the bottom 332 00:14:30,208 --> 00:14:32,208 to the top of an alien's body, 333 00:14:32,292 --> 00:14:34,583 it's obvious it fits the descriptions 334 00:14:34,667 --> 00:14:36,375 of the infamous grays. 335 00:14:36,458 --> 00:14:37,792 The alien culprit 336 00:14:37,958 --> 00:14:40,458 blamed in almost three quarters of abduction reports. 337 00:14:40,542 --> 00:14:43,250 Science writer and space flight historian Amy Teitel 338 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:46,083 says the footage was first uploaded to a YouTube channel, 339 00:14:46,167 --> 00:14:48,250 created the same day the first video was shared. 340 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:50,917 - This video led to a lot of discussion online, 341 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,042 with people wondering if this footage was indeed real, 342 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:56,167 and if so, what did that mean? 343 00:14:56,208 --> 00:14:59,708 One theory is that this is real video footage 344 00:14:59,792 --> 00:15:04,458 of the aliens who landed in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. 345 00:15:04,542 --> 00:15:05,958 - [Tony Harris] Teitel notes that some believe 346 00:15:06,042 --> 00:15:07,375 the footage may have been faked 347 00:15:07,458 --> 00:15:10,792 as part of an elaborate Cold War, Soviet psy-op, 348 00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:12,917 designed to instill fear and paranoia 349 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,500 in the United States. 350 00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:17,583 Would putting captured aliens on display strike panic 351 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:18,833 in the West? 352 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:20,833 - The idea was, this footage was designed 353 00:15:20,917 --> 00:15:22,375 to scare the United States 354 00:15:22,458 --> 00:15:26,000 into believing that the Soviets had this alien technology. 355 00:15:26,042 --> 00:15:29,167 There's even a theory that the Roswell incident of 1947 356 00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:32,167 was actually staged by Stalin 357 00:15:32,208 --> 00:15:36,333 just to create this fear and doubt within the United States. 358 00:15:36,375 --> 00:15:39,000 - [Tony Harris] Or could it possibly be real? 359 00:15:39,083 --> 00:15:41,375 Teitel says given more recent events, 360 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,917 maybe aliens visiting Russia isn't so far fetched after all. 361 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,417 - There is a long history of alien encounters 362 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:50,000 within the Soviet Union. 363 00:15:50,042 --> 00:15:54,667 The most notable event was in 1977 in Petrozavodsk. 364 00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:56,208 A number of eyewitnesses 365 00:15:56,292 --> 00:15:59,500 reported seeing an amethyst colored jellyfish 366 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:01,167 floating in the sky. 367 00:16:01,208 --> 00:16:02,500 The Petrozavodsk incident 368 00:16:02,583 --> 00:16:05,292 led to a meeting of the Soviet Ministry of Defense 369 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:06,542 in Moscow, 370 00:16:06,708 --> 00:16:09,250 which in turn led to the creation of two new departments 371 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:12,375 designed especially to look into UFO phenomena. 372 00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:15,917 They operated without interruption until 1990. 373 00:16:18,125 --> 00:16:20,667 - The official Soviet UFO investigators 374 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:24,500 never released any definitive proof of alien contact. 375 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:26,000 Could this be it? 376 00:16:26,042 --> 00:16:28,667 Our experts are here to get to the pravda, 377 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:33,542 that means the truth. (intense instrumental music) 378 00:16:34,875 --> 00:16:37,833 We begin our analysis with our aviation and military expert, 379 00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:39,000 Tim McMillan. 380 00:16:39,042 --> 00:16:40,000 - In the first portion of the video, 381 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:42,250 the flying saucer shaped object 382 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:45,167 certainly has some characteristics 383 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:46,833 that are consistent with a blimp. 384 00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:49,125 It appears kind of football shaped. 385 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,292 We have the darker bottom with a lighter top, 386 00:16:51,375 --> 00:16:53,208 which is sunlight reflecting on it. 387 00:16:53,208 --> 00:16:57,208 But in terms of exotic maneuvers, you don't see any. 388 00:16:57,208 --> 00:17:00,083 And so could this be a balloon? Could this be a blimp? 389 00:17:00,167 --> 00:17:01,375 Absolutely. 390 00:17:01,542 --> 00:17:03,167 - [Tony Harris] Next we ask professor of anatomy 391 00:17:03,250 --> 00:17:05,167 and anthropology, Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, 392 00:17:05,208 --> 00:17:07,667 to examine the figures seen in the footage. 393 00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:10,542 - I don't think that we're looking at real aliens. 394 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:13,708 I think it's much more likely costumed children. 395 00:17:13,708 --> 00:17:17,083 This impression stems from the body proportions, 396 00:17:17,208 --> 00:17:19,000 as well as the movements. 397 00:17:19,167 --> 00:17:22,458 A child has a fairly distinctive way of moving. 398 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,333 The biomechanics of their body movements 399 00:17:25,375 --> 00:17:27,958 are dictated by their smaller mass 400 00:17:28,083 --> 00:17:31,042 and lack of maturity of body control. 401 00:17:31,125 --> 00:17:34,375 Same can be said for the movements I think, seen in here. 402 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:38,250 - [Tony Harris] Finally, 403 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:39,458 we take the footage to our forensic video analyst, 404 00:17:39,542 --> 00:17:40,417 Michael Primeau. 405 00:17:40,542 --> 00:17:42,167 He immediately notes that the time code 406 00:17:42,250 --> 00:17:45,417 on the videos was embedded digitally after the fact. 407 00:17:45,542 --> 00:17:47,792 - Devices like these projectors didn't have time code. 408 00:17:47,875 --> 00:17:50,875 What's peculiar is the way that the time code is pulsing 409 00:17:50,875 --> 00:17:53,042 at one point in the video, 410 00:17:53,125 --> 00:17:54,167 and how at other points of the video, 411 00:17:54,250 --> 00:17:56,667 there is no time code displayed. 412 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:57,708 Just doesn't make any sense. 413 00:17:57,833 --> 00:17:59,333 - [Tony Harris] And here's the key discovery, 414 00:17:59,417 --> 00:18:01,625 Primeau says that the film damage we see here 415 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,583 is identical to a film damage effect available 416 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:07,375 in some popular video editing software. 417 00:18:07,458 --> 00:18:11,042 And finally, remember the sound of that projector click? 418 00:18:11,125 --> 00:18:13,042 Primeau says that's an important clue too. 419 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:14,458 - One of the things that I detected 420 00:18:14,542 --> 00:18:18,083 in the tonality of the projector clicking sound, 421 00:18:18,167 --> 00:18:20,417 the tone or the pitch of that sound changes, 422 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:23,333 which is an indication that the speed of the video 423 00:18:23,417 --> 00:18:26,792 was changed when it was being played back. 424 00:18:26,875 --> 00:18:30,208 So that prompted me to measure a sample group of pictures 425 00:18:30,292 --> 00:18:33,708 and the sample produced a result of 47 frames per second, 426 00:18:33,708 --> 00:18:36,375 much higher than any kind of film photography 427 00:18:36,458 --> 00:18:37,833 should have been digitized at, 428 00:18:38,042 --> 00:18:41,583 because the standard for film was only 24 frames per second 429 00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:42,333 back then. 430 00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:45,500 (intense instrumental music) 431 00:18:47,458 --> 00:18:50,167 - Our verdict, this is likely a hoax, 432 00:18:50,208 --> 00:18:52,333 but we can't prove who made it or why. 433 00:18:52,417 --> 00:18:54,542 Perhaps it's an individual prankster, 434 00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:57,333 or perhaps it's someone working for Mr. Putin 435 00:18:57,417 --> 00:18:59,833 to spread Russian disinformation. 436 00:18:59,917 --> 00:19:03,250 Either way, comrade, you didn't fool us this time. 437 00:19:06,708 --> 00:19:08,375 Okay, watch this. 438 00:19:09,542 --> 00:19:12,708 That's about as fast as I can throw a punch. 439 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:16,250 How quickly could you move if your life depended on it? 440 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:17,583 This next video is proof 441 00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:20,167 some people have nearly super human reflexes, 442 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:23,083 fast enough to escape a treacherous trap. 443 00:19:23,208 --> 00:19:26,542 Check it out, but please, don't try this at home. 444 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:31,208 It's January, 2015 in Gilbert, Arizona. 445 00:19:31,333 --> 00:19:33,333 People have gathered for a church talent show, 446 00:19:33,417 --> 00:19:35,875 where 65 year old Gordon Ray 447 00:19:35,958 --> 00:19:37,417 is getting ready to demonstrate 448 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,167 how to set off a bear trap with a stick. 449 00:19:40,208 --> 00:19:42,208 - I was one of the youth leaders, 450 00:19:42,208 --> 00:19:44,083 and you know I can't sing or dance, 451 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:46,958 but I said, "I can do this." 452 00:19:47,042 --> 00:19:51,667 And so I just started out that routine with the mouse trap 453 00:19:51,792 --> 00:19:55,333 and then I just worked up to the big grizzly bear trap. 454 00:19:55,417 --> 00:19:56,833 - [Tony Harris] But at the last minute, 455 00:19:56,917 --> 00:19:59,708 Gordon switches things up and tosses aside the wooden stake, 456 00:20:00,750 --> 00:20:03,625 (crowd yelling) - [Onlooker] What are you doing? 457 00:20:03,708 --> 00:20:06,125 ignoring terrified shrieks from the crowd, 458 00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:08,875 he suddenly thrusts his hand downwards 459 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,583 and into the jaws of the trap. 460 00:20:12,583 --> 00:20:14,375 He removes his hand in a split second, 461 00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:17,125 right before the trap snaps shut. 462 00:20:17,208 --> 00:20:18,583 It happened so fast, 463 00:20:18,708 --> 00:20:20,833 I think we need to take another look in slow motion. 464 00:20:23,708 --> 00:20:26,000 - You can hear the people screaming in the background, 465 00:20:26,083 --> 00:20:29,333 but I had done the practice so many times 466 00:20:29,458 --> 00:20:31,625 in the barn ahead of time, 467 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:35,667 that I was really confident that I could beat it. 468 00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:37,167 - [Tony Harris] The left-handed Gordon claims 469 00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,792 he's always been naturally quick. 470 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:41,333 - I'm real agile. 471 00:20:41,417 --> 00:20:44,000 I'd say like instead of a big bear, 472 00:20:44,083 --> 00:20:45,833 I'm more like a a squirrel. 473 00:20:47,292 --> 00:20:48,667 - [Tony Harris] But journalist Erin McCarthy says 474 00:20:48,792 --> 00:20:51,333 Gordon isn't alone in his feats of speed. 475 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:54,167 - Bob Munden Jr. was an exhibition shooter 476 00:20:54,250 --> 00:20:57,417 who could un-holster his Colt 45, 477 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:02,500 shoot a target, and re-holster his gun in 0.0175 seconds. 478 00:21:03,542 --> 00:21:04,458 - [Tony Harris] Munden is so fast. 479 00:21:04,542 --> 00:21:06,208 Here he is in slow motion. 480 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:10,125 McCarthy says there's a strange science 481 00:21:10,125 --> 00:21:12,458 behind fast reflexes like his. 482 00:21:12,542 --> 00:21:15,167 - Your brain, your spinal cord, 483 00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:17,333 your nervous system and your muscles, 484 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:19,375 all have to work together to make movement happen, 485 00:21:19,458 --> 00:21:21,542 and it's almost instantaneous. 486 00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:23,458 When we're talking about reflexes, 487 00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:24,667 they're even faster, 488 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,708 because they cut the brain out of it entirely 489 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:29,792 and go directly to the spinal cord within milliseconds. 490 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:33,708 There are people who have super fast reflexes. 491 00:21:33,708 --> 00:21:36,542 For example, Pekka Luodeslampi, from Finland 492 00:21:36,625 --> 00:21:39,750 has the central nervous system condition Tourette syndrome, 493 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:43,125 and he has the fastest punch on record 494 00:21:43,208 --> 00:21:45,667 at 0.186 seconds. 495 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:49,375 - [Tony Harris] Yet some suspect Gordon's speed 496 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:52,000 has to do with him being left-handed. 497 00:21:52,083 --> 00:21:53,500 - I think it could be the lefty 498 00:21:53,542 --> 00:21:57,042 or southpaw advantage that you see in sports. 499 00:21:57,042 --> 00:21:58,333 Some studies have actually shown 500 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:01,333 that lefties are better at processing information 501 00:22:01,417 --> 00:22:02,708 more quickly, 502 00:22:02,708 --> 00:22:05,833 which allows them to master tasks like that. 503 00:22:07,583 --> 00:22:10,208 - Even if there is a slight lefty advantage, 504 00:22:10,292 --> 00:22:12,167 studies have shown human reaction time 505 00:22:12,208 --> 00:22:14,125 peaks at 24 years old 506 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,208 and declines between four 507 00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:19,000 and 10 milliseconds every year after that. 508 00:22:19,042 --> 00:22:23,667 Amazingly, Gordon was 65 years old when he did this trick, 509 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:28,583 even though he should be 160 to 400 milliseconds slower 510 00:22:29,333 --> 00:22:31,292 than his 25 year old self. 511 00:22:31,375 --> 00:22:32,833 Let's see if our experts can figure out 512 00:22:32,958 --> 00:22:33,958 how he pulled it off. 513 00:22:38,708 --> 00:22:41,667 We don't think Gordon was on performance enhancing drugs, 514 00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:44,125 but we checked in with theoretical physicist, 515 00:22:44,125 --> 00:22:46,167 Dr. Michio Kaku, just to be sure. 516 00:22:46,208 --> 00:22:50,375 - Now if he was on steroids, perhaps he would be bulked up. 517 00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:53,458 And I think we can also rule out amphetamines, 518 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:56,292 because psychologically you think you're superman, 519 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,750 but the reality is, 520 00:22:57,875 --> 00:23:00,542 you're limited by the speed at which muscles contract. 521 00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:01,875 That's a law of physics. 522 00:23:01,958 --> 00:23:03,875 - [Tony Harris] So, could being left-handed 523 00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:05,708 give Gordon an advantage? 524 00:23:05,792 --> 00:23:08,167 Dr. Ed Hope considers this theory. 525 00:23:08,250 --> 00:23:09,208 - Left-handed people 526 00:23:09,375 --> 00:23:12,083 make up 10% of the general population, 527 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:14,083 but in certain elite sports, 528 00:23:14,167 --> 00:23:16,667 make up disproportionately more. 529 00:23:16,750 --> 00:23:20,042 And they tend to be sports that involve one-on-one plays. 530 00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:21,417 People who are left-handed, 531 00:23:21,542 --> 00:23:24,208 their moves are more unfamiliar to most people, 532 00:23:24,208 --> 00:23:26,167 so they have limited time to react. 533 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:28,208 For sports such as swimming, 534 00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:30,875 or dare I say, escaping a bear trap, 535 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:34,000 there'd be no advantage in being left-handed. 536 00:23:34,083 --> 00:23:35,417 - [Tony Harris] So could we have 537 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,833 a neurological condition like Pekka Luodeslampi's 538 00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,208 Tourette syndrome? 539 00:23:39,292 --> 00:23:41,000 - We think it's the basal ganglia 540 00:23:41,083 --> 00:23:42,458 that causes Tourette syndrome. 541 00:23:42,542 --> 00:23:44,375 And some neurologists agree with Pekka, 542 00:23:44,458 --> 00:23:46,917 that his record breaking reaction times 543 00:23:47,042 --> 00:23:50,250 and speed is likely due to excitation 544 00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:51,500 in these area of the brain 545 00:23:51,583 --> 00:23:54,542 as a result of his neurological condition. 546 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,292 But actually there's not enough evidence 547 00:23:56,292 --> 00:23:57,833 to say that in general, 548 00:23:57,917 --> 00:24:02,000 people with Tourette syndrome have improved motor abilities. 549 00:24:02,125 --> 00:24:03,750 (bear trap clanging) (onlookers screaming) 550 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:05,958 - [Tony Harris] So then is Gordon actually superhuman? 551 00:24:05,958 --> 00:24:09,625 Physicist, Dr. Matthew Szydagis says, not so fast. 552 00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:14,125 - The total closure of the bear trap is about five frames, 553 00:24:14,208 --> 00:24:16,667 so at 30 frames per second, 554 00:24:16,792 --> 00:24:18,708 that means we can estimate 555 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:21,292 the time it takes for the bear trap to close 556 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:24,292 as being about 100 milliseconds. 557 00:24:24,375 --> 00:24:25,667 Then if we look at 558 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:30,083 what is the maximum possible human reaction speed, 559 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:32,333 we see that this actually fits. 560 00:24:32,417 --> 00:24:34,000 - [Tony Harris] Szydagis says Gordon's reflexes 561 00:24:34,125 --> 00:24:35,042 are above average, 562 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:37,208 but that's likely helped by muscle memory, 563 00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:38,583 which despite the misnomer, 564 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:40,542 actually takes place in your brain, 565 00:24:40,625 --> 00:24:41,833 and there's only one way to get that. 566 00:24:41,917 --> 00:24:43,708 - How do you go to Carnegie Hall? 567 00:24:43,792 --> 00:24:46,208 Practice, practice, practice. 568 00:24:46,292 --> 00:24:49,792 I think he's been able to shave a few milliseconds here, 569 00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:51,875 shave a few milliseconds there. 570 00:24:51,958 --> 00:24:54,833 He's right at the edge of what is physically possible. 571 00:24:59,375 --> 00:25:00,667 - Our verdict, 572 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:04,750 naturally fast reaction time plus muscle memory. 573 00:25:04,875 --> 00:25:06,333 After the video went viral, 574 00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:08,958 Gordon received offers to do the stunt on talk shows, 575 00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:10,583 but he declined, 576 00:25:10,708 --> 00:25:14,917 promising his wife that what we saw was his final attempt. 577 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,208 And remember, don't you go trying this at home, 578 00:25:18,292 --> 00:25:24,958 or there could be severe or even severed consequences. 579 00:25:24,958 --> 00:25:27,833 ries 580 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:31,500 and other sea monsters lurking beneath the water surface. 581 00:25:31,542 --> 00:25:32,792 Looking at this next video, 582 00:25:32,875 --> 00:25:34,667 we can understand why any Russian 583 00:25:34,708 --> 00:25:37,458 might respond with a polite, "Nyet," 584 00:25:37,542 --> 00:25:39,833 when invited for a seaside swim. 585 00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:43,083 August, 2018, Bering Sea, Russia, 586 00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:46,000 two local residents take a leisurely stroll on the beach 587 00:25:46,042 --> 00:25:49,375 when they discover something hideous and enormous. 588 00:25:49,458 --> 00:25:52,208 They pull out their phones and record this. 589 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:56,333 (speaking Russian) 590 00:25:56,417 --> 00:25:58,417 A mysterious sea creature washed up 591 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,333 on the eastern coast of Russia. 592 00:26:00,417 --> 00:26:01,833 Now let's look at this thing. 593 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:04,958 The enormous beast looks like it has a tail. 594 00:26:05,042 --> 00:26:05,875 It's white, 595 00:26:05,875 --> 00:26:07,167 and it looks like it's covered 596 00:26:07,208 --> 00:26:10,792 with some kind of fur hanging from the carcass. 597 00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:13,625 It doesn't appear to have a prominent face or eyes. 598 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:15,042 It's about 20 feet long, 599 00:26:15,208 --> 00:26:18,583 and according to the witnesses, it smelled horrid. 600 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:20,375 (speaking Russian) 601 00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:22,208 Field researcher Ken Gerhard says, 602 00:26:22,292 --> 00:26:25,792 Russian legend speaks of water spirits like the Vodyanoy, 603 00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:28,542 a slimy bearded creature covered in scales 604 00:26:28,625 --> 00:26:31,167 that can pull people and animals underwater, 605 00:26:31,292 --> 00:26:34,625 break dams, drown crops, and wash away mills. 606 00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:36,833 This creature vaguely fits the description, 607 00:26:36,875 --> 00:26:39,000 but the Vodyanoy was traditionally found 608 00:26:39,125 --> 00:26:41,000 in rivers and lakes, not the sea. 609 00:26:41,042 --> 00:26:43,667 So Gerhard points to another theory. 610 00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:45,333 - A story that surfaced on the internet 611 00:26:45,417 --> 00:26:47,917 talks about organism 46-B, 612 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,708 and according to the accounts, 613 00:26:49,792 --> 00:26:52,000 there was a Russian scientific expedition 614 00:26:52,083 --> 00:26:54,917 that was exploring under thousands of feet of ice 615 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,042 in Siberia, 616 00:26:56,167 --> 00:26:58,792 when they encountered this giant, intelligent, 617 00:26:58,875 --> 00:27:01,583 octopus-like creature that attacked their team, 618 00:27:01,583 --> 00:27:03,667 killing three of their members. 619 00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:05,750 Now, whatever you may think of this story, 620 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:08,667 it's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility 621 00:27:08,750 --> 00:27:11,583 that there are giant, unknown creatures 622 00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:14,500 that live at very great depths under the ice. 623 00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:16,875 For example, the colossal squid, 624 00:27:16,958 --> 00:27:19,083 the largest invertebrate on earth. 625 00:27:19,083 --> 00:27:20,500 - [Tony Harris] The colossal squid, 626 00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:22,708 which can weigh over 1000 pounds, 627 00:27:22,792 --> 00:27:24,958 was first discovered in 1925, 628 00:27:24,958 --> 00:27:27,917 living beneath the icy waters of Antarctica. 629 00:27:27,917 --> 00:27:30,208 And Gerhard suggests one final theory. 630 00:27:30,333 --> 00:27:33,042 Perhaps this is not an aquatic creature at all, 631 00:27:33,125 --> 00:27:36,500 but possibly a long lost remnant of the ice age. 632 00:27:36,542 --> 00:27:38,417 - This thing could be the remains 633 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:42,833 of some ancient prehistoric Pleistocene mega faunal animal, 634 00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:45,500 something like a wooly mammoth frozen in the permafrost 635 00:27:45,625 --> 00:27:47,375 for thousands of years. 636 00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:50,167 - A trend of rising temperatures 637 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:53,333 has led to long extinct creatures being unearthed, 638 00:27:53,417 --> 00:27:56,250 and it's casting new light on prehistoric eras. 639 00:27:56,333 --> 00:28:00,667 In 2018, a team in Siberia unearthed mummified lion cubs 640 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:03,958 that date back to the end of the Pleistocene epoch. 641 00:28:04,042 --> 00:28:05,708 That's right, in case you didn't know, 642 00:28:05,792 --> 00:28:07,583 Russia used to have lions. 643 00:28:07,667 --> 00:28:10,792 Let's see what our experts can unearth about this creature. 644 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:17,625 Biologists Shea Steingass throws doubt on the idea 645 00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:18,958 that this could be the Vodyanoy, 646 00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:20,833 since it is known to have limbs, 647 00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:22,875 which are out of place in the ocean. 648 00:28:22,958 --> 00:28:25,583 - It's said to have kind of a humanoid shape to it, 649 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:29,792 with possibly even legs, and that to me doesn't make sense. 650 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,958 'Cause the ocean, especially the Antarctic ocean, 651 00:28:33,083 --> 00:28:34,375 is very cold, 652 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:38,292 and water tends to actually suck body heat from you 653 00:28:38,292 --> 00:28:39,375 faster than air, 654 00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:42,292 which is why humans can become hypothermic even 655 00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:43,667 in really warm water. 656 00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:44,833 - [Tony Harris] So instead, 657 00:28:44,917 --> 00:28:47,125 could it be some large predatory creature 658 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:51,292 from beneath the frozen caps, like organism 46-B. 659 00:28:51,375 --> 00:28:53,417 - Organism 46-B. 660 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:55,750 That was purportedly brought up 661 00:28:55,833 --> 00:28:58,958 from a scientific ice core expedition. 662 00:28:59,042 --> 00:29:00,625 This is very unlikely, 663 00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:04,667 because when you core ice for composition, 664 00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:06,500 the holes that are drilled are only an inch 665 00:29:06,583 --> 00:29:08,000 or two in diameter, 666 00:29:08,042 --> 00:29:10,667 and we really just don't have the technology 667 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:13,250 to drag up a giant sea creature 668 00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:16,667 from thousands of feet under the sea ice. 669 00:29:16,708 --> 00:29:20,292 So I would say that 46-B is probably just a myth. 670 00:29:20,375 --> 00:29:23,000 - [Tony Harris] Biologist Floyd Hayes takes an icy plunge 671 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:24,917 into the prehistoric animal theory. 672 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,167 - This looks a lot like a hairy creature, 673 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:29,250 and it could potentially be a mammoth. 674 00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:31,833 Mammoths have melted out from permafrost 675 00:29:31,917 --> 00:29:33,167 in different parts of the world. 676 00:29:33,250 --> 00:29:34,833 - [Tony Harris] But after further observation, 677 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,875 Hayes realizes the fuzzy exterior of this creature 678 00:29:37,958 --> 00:29:40,583 might not actually be here at all. 679 00:29:40,667 --> 00:29:42,500 Hay says this rotting corpse 680 00:29:42,542 --> 00:29:45,750 is the perfect example of something called a globster. 681 00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:47,500 Say what? 682 00:29:47,583 --> 00:29:49,667 - A globster is a large organic mass 683 00:29:49,708 --> 00:29:54,083 that washes up on the beach of an ocean or river or lake. 684 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:57,583 Globsters have often been identified as giant octopuses, 685 00:29:57,667 --> 00:29:59,208 and squids, 686 00:29:59,292 --> 00:30:03,125 but usually they wind up being the blubber of a whale. 687 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:05,833 It doesn't resemble anything that is living, 688 00:30:05,875 --> 00:30:08,708 and that's because it is the carcass of an animal 689 00:30:08,792 --> 00:30:10,333 that is decomposing. 690 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:12,333 The decomposing blubber of a whale 691 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:15,750 has a fine shredded appearance similar to this. 692 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,042 I'm sure that's what it is. 693 00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:24,875 - Our verdict, we're sold on Dr. Hayes's assessment 694 00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:28,250 that this is in fact the globster of a whale carcass, 695 00:30:28,333 --> 00:30:30,500 whose rotting blubber actually creates 696 00:30:30,625 --> 00:30:32,042 the appearance of hair. 697 00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,417 You know what they say? 698 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,417 The rising tide lifts all boats, 699 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,333 and well apparently, other creatures too. 700 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:44,625 We'll keep you posted on what else washes ashore. 701 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:46,833 of ancient wonders,d 702 00:30:46,917 --> 00:30:49,333 but sadly, many of its architectural marvels 703 00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:53,125 were either damaged or destroyed by invading barbarians. 704 00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:55,333 The structure in our next video survived the acts, 705 00:30:55,417 --> 00:30:58,542 perhaps not because of what it looks like, 706 00:30:58,667 --> 00:31:00,583 but what it sounds like. 707 00:31:00,583 --> 00:31:02,250 It's November, 2016, 708 00:31:02,375 --> 00:31:04,667 and Sunil Krishnan has made a pilgrimage 709 00:31:04,792 --> 00:31:06,958 to the ancient village of Hampi. 710 00:31:07,042 --> 00:31:09,000 He is there to explore the beauty 711 00:31:09,042 --> 00:31:11,542 and antiquity of the Vittala temple. 712 00:31:11,625 --> 00:31:13,333 The temple's biggest attractions 713 00:31:13,458 --> 00:31:17,958 are these mysterious 56 pillars made of solid granite, 714 00:31:18,083 --> 00:31:21,000 that somehow produce musical notes when struck. 715 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,958 (pillar ringing) 716 00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:26,583 - So I went there, 717 00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:29,167 then I realized this is beyond my understanding. 718 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:31,833 You've heard about this pillar all your life. 719 00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:34,208 Finally you get to play with it. 720 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:38,000 That is an amazing experience. (pillar ringing) 721 00:31:38,042 --> 00:31:39,708 - [Tony Harris] Journalist Eric Grundhauser says 722 00:31:39,792 --> 00:31:41,250 that visitors to the ancient site 723 00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:43,500 have been fascinated by the musical pillars 724 00:31:43,542 --> 00:31:45,125 for more than 500 years. 725 00:31:45,208 --> 00:31:46,583 - The musical pillars of Hampi 726 00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:49,167 consist of 56 granite pillars, 727 00:31:49,250 --> 00:31:52,667 sometimes referred to as the Sa Re Ga Ma pillars, 728 00:31:52,708 --> 00:31:55,833 Sa Re Ga Ma being the Indian version 729 00:31:55,958 --> 00:32:00,708 of the tonal scale equivalent to Do Re Mi Fa. 730 00:32:00,792 --> 00:32:02,250 So the sounds emitted will change 731 00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:04,167 depending on which pillar you are tapping. 732 00:32:04,292 --> 00:32:06,250 (pillar ringing) - According to legend, 733 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,583 the musical pillars may have been created 734 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:10,000 for the God Vishnu, 735 00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:12,000 to celebrate his return, 736 00:32:12,125 --> 00:32:16,292 and the reincarnation of Vishnu will destroy the wicked 737 00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:20,167 and the unjust in this dawning of a new age. 738 00:32:20,250 --> 00:32:22,125 - [Tony Harris] Grundhauser says foreign invaders 739 00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:24,000 have long obsessed over the mystery 740 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:25,833 of how these stone columns 741 00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:27,708 could produce such soothing music. 742 00:32:27,708 --> 00:32:30,500 - The Mughals are said to have charred the pillars 743 00:32:30,542 --> 00:32:31,667 for three months, 744 00:32:31,792 --> 00:32:33,625 trying to unlock the secrets of their musical notes. 745 00:32:33,625 --> 00:32:36,875 The English ended up carving off two of the pillars 746 00:32:36,958 --> 00:32:38,292 just to see inside, 747 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:41,500 discovering that they are just granite pillars. 748 00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:43,000 Many visitors to the site 749 00:32:43,083 --> 00:32:44,292 still have trouble explaining 750 00:32:44,375 --> 00:32:46,083 how the pillars could have been created 751 00:32:46,167 --> 00:32:49,333 to emit such unique musical tones. 752 00:32:49,417 --> 00:32:52,167 (pillar ringing) 753 00:32:53,375 --> 00:32:55,833 - Although we have examples of resonance stones 754 00:32:55,875 --> 00:32:57,167 in other parts of the world, 755 00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:59,833 there's nothing quite like Hampi's pillars 756 00:32:59,917 --> 00:33:02,250 in terms of historical significance. 757 00:33:02,375 --> 00:33:03,667 For decades, 758 00:33:03,792 --> 00:33:05,292 they have been the subject of numerous scientific studies, 759 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,833 and yet they still remain an enigma. 760 00:33:07,833 --> 00:33:10,708 So let's see if our experts can solve this ancient riddle. 761 00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:14,833 (intense instrumental music) 762 00:33:14,917 --> 00:33:16,667 We start with forensic audio analyst, 763 00:33:16,708 --> 00:33:18,333 Dr. Rob Maher, 764 00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:21,833 who has a theory as to how these pillars made of solid rock 765 00:33:21,875 --> 00:33:23,417 could make music. 766 00:33:23,417 --> 00:33:25,208 - The mechanics of this particular rock 767 00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:27,375 and the diameter of the pillars 768 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,333 are that it's a flexural vibration, 769 00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:33,958 meaning the whole pillar itself is wiggling side to side 770 00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:35,667 almost like a string. 771 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:38,625 And so that's the thing that is allowing it to vibrate 772 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,292 at a particular frequency. 773 00:33:40,375 --> 00:33:41,792 - [Tony Harris] Sound crazy? 774 00:33:41,875 --> 00:33:44,625 Well, you see examples of flexural vibration all the time, 775 00:33:44,708 --> 00:33:47,917 like on a guitar string or a coiled door stopper. 776 00:33:48,042 --> 00:33:49,167 To test his theory, 777 00:33:49,292 --> 00:33:51,292 Maher creates a synthetic version 778 00:33:51,375 --> 00:33:53,792 of a flexural vibration sound 779 00:33:53,792 --> 00:33:55,250 and compares it to the columns. 780 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,208 - So I'll play the synthesized first. 781 00:33:57,792 --> 00:34:00,417 (notes ringing) 782 00:34:01,583 --> 00:34:04,417 (pillars ringing) 783 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:07,167 So it has the same characteristic pitch 784 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:09,167 and the general quality to it, 785 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,167 and so what we're hearing when the structure is struck 786 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:14,750 is just these flexural vibrations, 787 00:34:14,833 --> 00:34:17,542 but the understanding of how they work is still emerging. 788 00:34:19,167 --> 00:34:20,792 - [Tony Harris] So how could a giant piece of stone 789 00:34:20,875 --> 00:34:25,292 be made to produce a sound the same way as a guitar string? 790 00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:26,875 - Some theories have said 791 00:34:26,875 --> 00:34:32,042 that it may be that the pillars are reconstituted granite, 792 00:34:32,917 --> 00:34:34,000 and each one of the pillars 793 00:34:34,125 --> 00:34:37,375 were purpose made for the tones. 794 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:41,750 Perhaps there's inclusions in the granite stones 795 00:34:41,833 --> 00:34:45,333 that subtly produce these differences in tone, 796 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:48,167 but exactly what that inclusion would be, 797 00:34:48,250 --> 00:34:52,500 and how Hindus of the 1500s figured that out, 798 00:34:52,542 --> 00:34:55,125 these are all still unanswered questions. 799 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:56,667 - [Tony Harris] Barnhart also points out 800 00:34:56,792 --> 00:34:58,125 that even if it was possible 801 00:34:58,208 --> 00:35:00,333 for artisans from over 500 years ago 802 00:35:00,417 --> 00:35:02,833 to wield the technology needed, 803 00:35:02,958 --> 00:35:06,000 the surrounding evidence does not support that conclusion. 804 00:35:06,083 --> 00:35:07,917 - The creation of a cement 805 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,625 that would be made of granite, 806 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:13,042 would involve heating up that granite 807 00:35:13,125 --> 00:35:15,417 to thousands of degrees, 808 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:19,125 and there is no evidence of any kilns of that nature 809 00:35:19,208 --> 00:35:22,333 being able to get that hot anywhere near the temple. 810 00:35:22,458 --> 00:35:25,458 - [Tony Harris] And even then, the musical mystery remains. 811 00:35:25,542 --> 00:35:28,083 - The kind of trial and error it would take 812 00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:30,500 to make each one of them 813 00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:33,125 consistently make a different tone, 814 00:35:33,208 --> 00:35:35,250 it boggles the modern mind 815 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,333 how we would go about this process. 816 00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:41,417 So the idea that scientists of the 1500s did this, 817 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:46,458 not once, but 56 times is really kind of amazing. 818 00:35:47,083 --> 00:35:49,625 (pillars ringing) 819 00:35:53,042 --> 00:35:55,500 - Okay people, we are genuinely stumped. 820 00:35:55,542 --> 00:35:57,583 We don't know how these things were made. 821 00:35:57,708 --> 00:35:59,708 So we have to conclude, 822 00:35:59,833 --> 00:36:01,500 the musical pillars of Hampi 823 00:36:01,583 --> 00:36:05,375 are the product of a lost technology forgotten over time. 824 00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:08,167 Today the pillars are cordoned off to prevent further damage 825 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:09,625 to the stone instruments. 826 00:36:09,708 --> 00:36:16,333 So if you go, look, but don't touch. 827 00:36:16,333 --> 00:36:17,333 r episo, 828 00:36:17,417 --> 00:36:19,375 we brought you a confounding story 829 00:36:19,458 --> 00:36:23,333 about alleged UFOs caught on camera in Warminster, England. 830 00:36:23,458 --> 00:36:25,125 After investigating this footage, 831 00:36:25,208 --> 00:36:26,417 we came to the conclusion 832 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:28,167 that it was simply too good to be true. 833 00:36:28,292 --> 00:36:30,167 The video must have been altered. 834 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,583 However, a new lead came in after we aired, 835 00:36:32,667 --> 00:36:35,667 that reminded us that things may not always be 836 00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:37,125 what they seem. 837 00:36:37,208 --> 00:36:38,792 August, 2018, 838 00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:42,000 Warminster, England, about a hundred miles west of London. 839 00:36:42,083 --> 00:36:43,500 From the side of a highway, 840 00:36:43,625 --> 00:36:45,833 the passenger in a parked car notices something 841 00:36:45,875 --> 00:36:49,500 in the evening sky, two bright orbs moving separately. 842 00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:52,167 At first it looks like it might be a couple of helicopters 843 00:36:52,208 --> 00:36:55,500 or drones, but then look at this, 844 00:36:55,542 --> 00:36:59,333 they split into five or six smaller objects. 845 00:36:59,375 --> 00:37:01,417 The cluster continues to fly in unison, 846 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:03,167 illuminating the sky 847 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:05,958 and coordinating maneuvers for a full three minutes. 848 00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:09,750 It's reminiscent of a series of UFO sightings 849 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:12,667 that occurred in the area in the 1960s. 850 00:37:12,833 --> 00:37:16,292 These sightings characterized at times by explosions 851 00:37:16,417 --> 00:37:18,625 and hissing flames in the sky, 852 00:37:18,708 --> 00:37:21,917 came to be known as the Warminster Thing. 853 00:37:21,917 --> 00:37:23,667 Could this video offer proof 854 00:37:23,750 --> 00:37:26,333 of the Warminster Thing's return? 855 00:37:26,417 --> 00:37:29,500 We considered UFOs and secret military tech, 856 00:37:29,542 --> 00:37:31,542 but ultimately the answer seemed to come 857 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:34,458 from testing the validity of the video itself, 858 00:37:34,542 --> 00:37:37,792 and a suspicious edit gave one of our experts pause. 859 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:41,792 - The transition out of the hill was removed from the video. 860 00:37:41,875 --> 00:37:45,208 I think I have to label this one a hoax. 861 00:37:47,167 --> 00:37:48,333 - At the time, 862 00:37:48,417 --> 00:37:50,333 our original analysis led us to believe 863 00:37:50,417 --> 00:37:53,417 that this video was doctored to deceive, 864 00:37:53,417 --> 00:37:56,000 but then you, our beloved viewers got involved, 865 00:37:56,083 --> 00:38:01,250 and that changed everything. (intense instrumental music) 866 00:38:02,292 --> 00:38:03,667 When the original segment hit YouTube, 867 00:38:03,750 --> 00:38:06,667 some viewers claim this wasn't faked footage after all. 868 00:38:06,750 --> 00:38:08,458 - This video really needed a second look at, 869 00:38:08,542 --> 00:38:09,958 because of this new information. 870 00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:12,333 - [Tony Harris] So our ace video analyst, Mick West, 871 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,000 went back to check the authenticity of the video 872 00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:16,833 and its suspicious edit. 873 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,833 - I think what actually happened in this location was, 874 00:38:19,958 --> 00:38:23,542 the cameraman simply moved the camera down, lost the shot, 875 00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:24,833 and then moved it back up again 876 00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:26,542 as they came out from behind the hill. 877 00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:28,458 And so they just did a little edit 878 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:32,083 to remove that little bit of dead air. 879 00:38:32,167 --> 00:38:33,333 - [Tony Harris] Because of this, 880 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,542 West doesn't think trickery or CGI was involved, 881 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:38,208 which negates our old verdict. 882 00:38:38,292 --> 00:38:41,708 - Everything else about the video seems very genuine to me. 883 00:38:41,792 --> 00:38:44,958 The way the objects move seems very consistent. 884 00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:47,833 - [Tony Harris] West also Xed out other hypotheses, 885 00:38:47,917 --> 00:38:49,583 natural and technological. 886 00:38:49,667 --> 00:38:51,167 - There was a bunch of different hypotheses, 887 00:38:51,292 --> 00:38:53,208 one of which was a meteor shower, 888 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:54,458 and you can kind of rule that out, 889 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:56,250 because it changes direction. 890 00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:57,500 Another possibility, 891 00:38:57,583 --> 00:38:59,792 drones that were rigged with fireworks, 892 00:38:59,875 --> 00:39:03,333 but you don't generally have drones with fireworks on, 893 00:39:03,417 --> 00:39:05,875 because drones are quite small. 894 00:39:05,958 --> 00:39:09,375 Also, military technology was kind of ruled out, 895 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:10,667 because they're not gonna be testing 896 00:39:10,750 --> 00:39:13,417 some kind of secret military technology 897 00:39:13,417 --> 00:39:16,250 by the side of a road where anyone can see it. 898 00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:18,583 - [Tony Harris] Which to West only meant one thing. 899 00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:20,667 - This is obviously something that isn't secretive, 900 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:23,083 something that's either is intended to be seen 901 00:39:23,167 --> 00:39:24,958 or they don't care if people see it. 902 00:39:25,042 --> 00:39:26,708 - [Tony Harris] But what other explanations 903 00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:28,625 could have possibly fit the bill? 904 00:39:28,708 --> 00:39:30,750 The answer almost flew past us, 905 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:33,333 that is, until we logged onto social media. 906 00:39:33,417 --> 00:39:35,333 - We were contacted by a viewer 907 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:38,083 who recognized what he was seeing on screen, 908 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,708 and he suggested that what we might be looking at 909 00:39:40,792 --> 00:39:43,000 was actually pyrotechnic planes. 910 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:46,208 - [Tony Harris] Pyrotechnic planes are aircraft 911 00:39:46,292 --> 00:39:47,958 that use their wide wingspan 912 00:39:48,042 --> 00:39:51,458 to slowly release fireworks from their wingtips. 913 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:53,208 They've been used in a variety of function, 914 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:54,917 from air shows or weddings, 915 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,958 to the deployment of destruction in war zones. 916 00:39:58,042 --> 00:39:59,208 But if that's what we're seeing, 917 00:39:59,292 --> 00:40:00,917 who was the responsible party? 918 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,042 All it took was a simple internet search 919 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:06,042 of the business located in the area of the sighting. 920 00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:08,833 - I run a company called Airborne Pyrotechnics, 921 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,583 and we fly a couple of Grob motor gliders 922 00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:13,708 with pyrotechnics and LEDs, 923 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:17,333 and this is my son Tom, he's my second pilot. 924 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:19,875 - [Tony Harris] Airborne Pyrotechnics is run by Tim 925 00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:21,167 and Tom Dews, 926 00:40:21,292 --> 00:40:22,583 who have flown all over the world. 927 00:40:22,708 --> 00:40:24,667 And it's not the first time one of their displays 928 00:40:24,708 --> 00:40:26,542 has been mistaken for a UFO. 929 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:28,333 They even have a warning on their website 930 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:29,542 for that very reason. 931 00:40:29,542 --> 00:40:30,417 - It's funny, you know, 932 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,208 we can do a really nice display 933 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:36,417 and put half a dozen pictures up and get 50 views, 934 00:40:36,417 --> 00:40:37,708 and somebody takes a shaky, 935 00:40:37,792 --> 00:40:41,333 wobbly video of us from 10 miles away, 936 00:40:41,375 --> 00:40:45,542 and you can't even make out what it is, says the word UFO, 937 00:40:45,667 --> 00:40:49,000 and it gets thousands, hundreds of thousands of views. 938 00:40:49,083 --> 00:40:50,792 I just can't understand it. 939 00:40:51,458 --> 00:40:53,958 (intense instrumental music) 940 00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:58,458 - Our new verdict, you guessed it, 941 00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:00,625 airborne pyrotechnics. 942 00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:04,667 The plane the Dews fly, the Grob 109B, 943 00:41:04,708 --> 00:41:07,875 is a twin seat, self-launching motor glider. 944 00:41:07,958 --> 00:41:09,625 It's been used by the Royal Air Force 945 00:41:09,708 --> 00:41:12,542 to train cadets in basic flying, 946 00:41:12,625 --> 00:41:13,792 and that's our show for tonight. 947 00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:15,000 As you can see, 948 00:41:15,083 --> 00:41:17,458 we are always open to suggestions, 949 00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:18,750 so please let us know 950 00:41:18,833 --> 00:41:21,208 what you think we should be investigating, 951 00:41:21,292 --> 00:41:22,750 and keep those cameras rolling. 952 00:41:24,208 --> 00:41:27,875 (intense instrumental music)