1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:03,458 - Tonight, on The Proof Is Out There. 2 00:00:03,458 --> 00:00:07,125 Is this proof UFOs are tracking Elon Musk's rockets? 3 00:00:07,125 --> 00:00:08,458 - This rocket has been known 4 00:00:08,458 --> 00:00:11,500 to have secret military applications. 5 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:14,667 - [Tony] The Indian Army declared these yeti tracks. 6 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:17,750 Has another one left these footprints in Alaska? 7 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:20,750 - Big footprints equal a big animal. 8 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:22,583 - [Tony] A mysterious pirate antenna 9 00:00:22,583 --> 00:00:23,750 installed on a mountain. 10 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:25,250 What's its secret purpose? 11 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:28,417 - Maybe a foreign power wants to eavesdrop on us 12 00:00:28,417 --> 00:00:31,458 and we caught them red-handed. 13 00:00:31,458 --> 00:00:34,750 - [Tony] And does the Vatican have video proof of 14 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,125 a demonic possession? 15 00:00:36,125 --> 00:00:37,792 (victim screaming) 16 00:00:37,792 --> 00:00:40,125 - This video is extraordinary and horrific at the same time. 17 00:00:40,125 --> 00:00:42,708 (victim screaming) 18 00:00:42,708 --> 00:00:44,958 (dramatic suspenseful music) 19 00:00:44,958 --> 00:00:46,458 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos. 20 00:00:46,458 --> 00:00:48,208 - [Scientist] What are those things? 21 00:00:48,208 --> 00:00:49,583 - [Commentator] It's moving. 22 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:53,625 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 23 00:00:53,625 --> 00:00:56,250 (air squealing) 24 00:00:56,250 --> 00:00:58,542 (dramatic suspenseful music continues) 25 00:00:58,542 --> 00:01:00,458 - [Investigator] We don't know where they come from, 26 00:01:00,458 --> 00:01:01,958 who made them or how they operate. 27 00:01:01,958 --> 00:01:03,208 - [Tony] What are they? 28 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,250 - [Scientist] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 29 00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:07,042 - [Commentator] What's exciting is nobody really knows. 30 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:11,083 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 31 00:01:12,042 --> 00:01:13,375 - I'm Tony Harris 32 00:01:13,375 --> 00:01:15,542 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 33 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:18,542 I've followed the facts where they take me. 34 00:01:18,542 --> 00:01:21,042 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 35 00:01:21,042 --> 00:01:23,458 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 36 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:27,375 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 37 00:01:27,375 --> 00:01:30,542 - It's a credible case. It's a credible video. 38 00:01:30,542 --> 00:01:33,333 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 39 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:35,375 - This video was clearly faked. 40 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:37,458 - The proof starts now. 41 00:01:38,083 --> 00:01:41,458 (upbeat dramatic music) 42 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:49,875 - Good evening and welcome to The Proof Is Out There. 43 00:01:49,875 --> 00:01:53,625 In 2022, a record 57 rocket launches 44 00:01:53,625 --> 00:01:55,917 took place at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 45 00:01:55,917 --> 00:01:57,833 carrying everything from satellites 46 00:01:57,833 --> 00:01:59,667 to astronauts into space. 47 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:02,583 Every launch brings a crowd of local spectators, 48 00:02:02,583 --> 00:02:04,708 but we found a pair of eyewitnesses who think 49 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:07,333 they may have captured launch spectators 50 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:09,208 from another planet. 51 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:13,958 January 31st, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket 52 00:02:13,958 --> 00:02:15,708 launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, 53 00:02:15,708 --> 00:02:19,000 carrying an Italian earth observation satellite. 54 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,458 200 miles south, 55 00:02:20,458 --> 00:02:23,333 a couple watches the launch from Fort Lauderdale. 56 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:25,125 They're following the path of the Falcon 9 57 00:02:25,125 --> 00:02:26,667 with their cellphones 58 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:29,750 when they notice the rocket is not alone. 59 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,375 - [Camera Operator] Yeah, you see there's two things. 60 00:02:31,375 --> 00:02:33,792 - [Tony] Two bright white dots of light appear to be 61 00:02:33,792 --> 00:02:36,875 following the rocket as it zooms through the atmosphere. 62 00:02:36,875 --> 00:02:39,833 - [Spectator] Doesn't it look like it's flying with it? 63 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:42,167 - [Camera Operator] Yeah, it's going weird. Yeah. 64 00:02:42,167 --> 00:02:44,042 - [Tony] Let's zoom in on these things. 65 00:02:44,042 --> 00:02:45,833 The lights appear to be orb-shaped 66 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:49,542 and whether they're part of one craft or two separate crafts, 67 00:02:49,542 --> 00:02:52,333 they appear to be tracking the rocket. 68 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:54,292 Journalist MJ Banias says that 69 00:02:54,292 --> 00:02:57,167 rumors began to circulate that whatever they are, 70 00:02:57,167 --> 00:02:58,458 they're not of this world. 71 00:02:58,458 --> 00:02:59,417 - There's been a lot of 72 00:02:59,417 --> 00:03:00,375 speculation online that 73 00:03:00,375 --> 00:03:01,958 this is some sort of 74 00:03:01,958 --> 00:03:03,542 UFO that is monitoring 75 00:03:03,542 --> 00:03:06,458 or surveilling the Falcon 9 launch. 76 00:03:06,458 --> 00:03:08,917 - [Tony] But why would aliens be interested in monitoring 77 00:03:08,917 --> 00:03:10,542 one of our rocket launches? 78 00:03:10,542 --> 00:03:12,500 - [MJ] There's been some theories posted online that 79 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,750 perhaps they wanna keep tabs on our development. 80 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:18,833 - [Tony] The idea that alien observers track human activity 81 00:03:18,833 --> 00:03:20,458 isn't new. 82 00:03:20,458 --> 00:03:22,708 Ufologists point to the surge of sightings in the 1940s 83 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:25,583 that coincided with the birth of the atomic bomb. 84 00:03:25,583 --> 00:03:29,833 It's estimated the year 1947 saw at least a thousand UFOs 85 00:03:29,833 --> 00:03:31,708 over the United States alone. 86 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:35,125 Now with private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin 87 00:03:35,125 --> 00:03:37,083 stepping up their launch schedules, 88 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:38,958 could ETs be taking note? 89 00:03:38,958 --> 00:03:42,083 If so, Banias says, "It's not the first time." 90 00:03:42,083 --> 00:03:43,917 - Another incident was from 2021 91 00:03:43,917 --> 00:03:47,542 on the crewed mission to the ISS that was launched by SpaceX 92 00:03:47,542 --> 00:03:50,833 and people online were pointing to pieces of footage 93 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:53,083 where there was some sort of little object 94 00:03:53,083 --> 00:03:55,167 following the main capsule. 95 00:03:55,167 --> 00:03:57,000 - [Tony] As part of the Falcon 9 rocket 96 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,458 separated from the spacecraft, 97 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:00,833 a spherical object flew through the gap 98 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:03,917 in a close call heard round the internet. 99 00:04:03,917 --> 00:04:05,208 - People were saying that 100 00:04:05,208 --> 00:04:07,042 these are indications of alien activity. 101 00:04:07,042 --> 00:04:11,375 So it's a big subculture within the UFO community at large 102 00:04:11,375 --> 00:04:14,250 of people who kind of monitor live feeds 103 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:16,458 from rocket launches and NASA missions and whatnot, 104 00:04:16,458 --> 00:04:18,708 and assert that this is evidence of 105 00:04:18,708 --> 00:04:21,833 some sort of alien research or surveillance. 106 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:27,667 - So is Earth just one of the exhibits on display 107 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,875 in some alien civilization's galactic zoo? 108 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:33,375 Well, scientists estimate there could be about 109 00:04:33,375 --> 00:04:36,708 100 billion other planets in our galaxy alone, 110 00:04:36,708 --> 00:04:38,792 so it's reasonable to assume we aren't alone 111 00:04:38,792 --> 00:04:40,250 in the universe. 112 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:42,875 But does this video prove we're being watched? 113 00:04:42,875 --> 00:04:45,042 Let's see what our experts have to say. 114 00:04:45,042 --> 00:04:48,542 (somber music) 115 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:51,583 Aviation and Military Expert, Tim McMillan, agrees. 116 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,917 There's something strange about this footage. 117 00:04:53,917 --> 00:04:55,042 - They're looking at a rocket. 118 00:04:55,042 --> 00:04:56,667 As it leaves the Earth's atmosphere, 119 00:04:56,667 --> 00:04:59,625 you would expect to see what we're seeing there. 120 00:04:59,625 --> 00:05:02,917 However, you wouldn't expect to see other bright objects 121 00:05:02,917 --> 00:05:05,208 appear in close proximity to it. 122 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:08,167 I certainly see why that would look like a UFO. 123 00:05:08,167 --> 00:05:10,042 - [Tony] But is it a UFO? 124 00:05:10,042 --> 00:05:13,125 - I think even though certain aspects look very odd, 125 00:05:13,125 --> 00:05:16,125 they're all manmade objects and they're all associated with 126 00:05:16,125 --> 00:05:18,208 the Falcon 9 rocket launches. 127 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:20,208 And so we're not looking at a UFO, 128 00:05:20,208 --> 00:05:22,833 we're not looking at any alien technology 129 00:05:22,833 --> 00:05:24,208 or anything like that. 130 00:05:24,208 --> 00:05:25,375 - [Tony] McMillan thinks 131 00:05:25,375 --> 00:05:27,333 these two lights may be rocket boosters, 132 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:29,042 which separate from the rocket 133 00:05:29,042 --> 00:05:30,917 after their fuel has been depleted 134 00:05:30,917 --> 00:05:32,375 to minimize dead weight. 135 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:34,042 - [Tim] That type of debris is gonna burn up 136 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:35,375 as it's coming down, 137 00:05:35,375 --> 00:05:37,708 or you're just seeing the reflection off of it 138 00:05:37,708 --> 00:05:41,000 so it may look brighter or larger than it really is. 139 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,583 - [Tony] But Astronomer Marc D'Antonio begs to differ 140 00:05:43,583 --> 00:05:46,500 with McMillan's space trash theory. 141 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,042 - These objects that we see here, 142 00:05:48,042 --> 00:05:50,583 they're not physical objects in the rocket stream. 143 00:05:50,583 --> 00:05:54,417 It's actually an artifact of the rocket plume 144 00:05:54,417 --> 00:05:58,542 that's a low pressure zone beneath that rocket exhaust 145 00:05:58,542 --> 00:06:02,167 and it's gonna be subject to atmosphere changes. 146 00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:04,250 Those effects are the creation of 147 00:06:04,250 --> 00:06:08,375 these little tiny shockwaves right here in the atmosphere. 148 00:06:08,375 --> 00:06:09,833 - [Tony] D'Antonio shows us that 149 00:06:09,833 --> 00:06:12,000 you don't need a rocket launch to illustrate 150 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,708 the same phenomenon in action. 151 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:16,500 Natural turbulence can create the same effect. 152 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:18,583 - A tornado's a very violent place. 153 00:06:18,583 --> 00:06:21,000 And as that funnel is twisting, 154 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,875 you see that little transient white thing that appeared? 155 00:06:23,875 --> 00:06:25,083 What was that? 156 00:06:25,083 --> 00:06:27,208 That was an atmospheric effect caused by the tornadoes. 157 00:06:27,208 --> 00:06:28,583 Keep in mind that 158 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:30,792 a rocket launch is gonna produce similar effects. 159 00:06:30,792 --> 00:06:34,292 Among them, these two little supersonic shockwaves 160 00:06:34,292 --> 00:06:36,875 that we see there from the location. 161 00:06:41,375 --> 00:06:42,542 - Our verdict? 162 00:06:42,542 --> 00:06:44,417 Supersonic shockwaves. 163 00:06:44,417 --> 00:06:45,667 D'Antonio's explanation 164 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:47,333 of the atmospheric physics 165 00:06:47,333 --> 00:06:48,875 seals the deal. 166 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:52,583 More and more rockets are being sent into space every year 167 00:06:52,583 --> 00:06:54,542 so it looks like for now 168 00:06:54,542 --> 00:06:57,708 we don't have to worry about being on display for aliens. 169 00:06:57,708 --> 00:07:00,208 We just have to bone up on our rocket tech 170 00:07:00,208 --> 00:07:03,458 and learn to recognize the shockwaves when we see them. 171 00:07:05,208 --> 00:07:08,792 And now we move from the launchpad to the Vatican? 172 00:07:08,792 --> 00:07:11,458 There are many rumors about what's buried deep within 173 00:07:11,458 --> 00:07:14,125 the estimated 16 million pages of documents 174 00:07:14,125 --> 00:07:16,375 in the Vatican Secret Archives. 175 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,542 Some are claiming these archives also include 176 00:07:18,542 --> 00:07:19,917 shocking videos. 177 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:23,542 And this next clip is their alleged proof. 178 00:07:23,542 --> 00:07:26,458 We are not convinced this footage is real, 179 00:07:26,458 --> 00:07:28,167 but we're certain it is disturbing. 180 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:32,542 It's August 2019. 181 00:07:33,833 --> 00:07:36,667 A strange video said to be filmed in Auray, France 182 00:07:36,667 --> 00:07:39,208 starts making the rounds on the internet. 183 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:40,708 It's rumored to be footage 184 00:07:40,708 --> 00:07:44,250 that was discovered in the Vatican, and you can see why. 185 00:07:44,250 --> 00:07:47,583 A brief black and white clip shows a woman in a plaid dress 186 00:07:47,583 --> 00:07:49,583 climbing a brick wall with one arm 187 00:07:49,583 --> 00:07:52,208 while dragging a woman in a dark dress 188 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:54,208 up by her hair in the other. 189 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:56,958 When the creepy wall climber gets close to the top, 190 00:07:56,958 --> 00:07:59,125 she dangles the frightened struggling woman 191 00:07:59,125 --> 00:08:02,167 for a few seconds before dropping her to the ground 192 00:08:02,167 --> 00:08:04,375 as the video suddenly cuts off. 193 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:07,917 What gets me is this moment. Let's freeze it right here. 194 00:08:07,917 --> 00:08:10,958 The woman in the plaid dress isn't just climbing up the wall 195 00:08:10,958 --> 00:08:15,792 with superhuman strength, she is doing it with one hand. 196 00:08:15,792 --> 00:08:18,083 How on Earth is that possible? 197 00:08:18,083 --> 00:08:20,625 Catholic Miracle Researcher Michael O'Neill says 198 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:22,542 the internet lit up with claims that 199 00:08:22,542 --> 00:08:25,000 this woman was possessed by the Devil. 200 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,125 - In the Gospels we have 12 or more cases 201 00:08:27,125 --> 00:08:29,042 where Jesus casts out a demon. 202 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:33,417 In one, Mark, Chapter 5, He encounters Legion. 203 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:35,875 And in that case, the person who's possessed 204 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:39,792 exhibits such strength that no chains can control him. 205 00:08:39,792 --> 00:08:40,917 - [Tony] According to the Bible, 206 00:08:40,917 --> 00:08:43,208 Legion refers to a group of demons 207 00:08:43,208 --> 00:08:45,500 who collectively possess the man, 208 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,417 but are exorcized by Jesus 209 00:08:47,417 --> 00:08:50,167 and turned into pigs that then drown. 210 00:08:50,167 --> 00:08:52,917 But there are modern possession stories, too. 211 00:08:52,917 --> 00:08:55,875 In 2012, three children in Gary, Indiana 212 00:08:55,875 --> 00:08:57,875 were said to walk up walls, 213 00:08:57,875 --> 00:09:00,750 levitate and speak in demonic voices. 214 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:02,875 This strange behavior continued until 215 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:06,583 a local Catholic priest performed a series of exorcisms. 216 00:09:06,583 --> 00:09:09,292 - The Catholic Church acknowledges demonic possession 217 00:09:09,292 --> 00:09:12,917 as a real phenomenon and actually has a rite of exorcism 218 00:09:12,917 --> 00:09:16,292 that's carried out in dioceses all over the United States 219 00:09:16,292 --> 00:09:18,208 and around the world. 220 00:09:18,208 --> 00:09:19,458 Father Gabriel Amorth, 221 00:09:19,458 --> 00:09:22,500 who is perhaps the most famous modern exorcist, 222 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,167 claimed to have done over 1,000 exorcisms 223 00:09:25,167 --> 00:09:26,542 during his lifetime. 224 00:09:26,542 --> 00:09:29,375 Exorcisms have even been done by popes. 225 00:09:29,375 --> 00:09:32,208 - [Tony] And the number of priests performing exorcisms 226 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:33,292 is on the rise. 227 00:09:33,292 --> 00:09:35,750 According to one source, in 2005, 228 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:37,708 there were only a dozen in the U.S. 229 00:09:37,708 --> 00:09:40,333 Today there are around 150. 230 00:09:40,333 --> 00:09:43,417 So could there be hidden examples of demonic possession 231 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:44,958 in the Vatican's vault? 232 00:09:44,958 --> 00:09:48,125 - All kinds of crazy things are claimed to be in there. 233 00:09:48,125 --> 00:09:52,250 UFO evidence, things that might debunk church teaching, 234 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:55,625 and also a time machine that supposedly could take you back 235 00:09:55,625 --> 00:09:57,292 to the time of the crucifixion. 236 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:01,000 - Only thoroughly vetted scholars 237 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,500 are allowed access to the Vatican's Secret Archives 238 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:07,708 and to enter they must get through Swiss Guard security. 239 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,833 The researchers can view a maximum of three 240 00:10:09,833 --> 00:10:11,750 pre-requested documents a day. 241 00:10:11,750 --> 00:10:14,042 They are not allowed to photograph anything 242 00:10:14,042 --> 00:10:17,750 and must re-request access every six months. 243 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:19,292 With that kind of security, 244 00:10:19,292 --> 00:10:22,750 it seems it would take a real heist to leak this footage 245 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,500 if it's stored there. 246 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:27,208 We'll leave it to our experts to sniff out any culprits. 247 00:10:28,542 --> 00:10:30,708 (somber pulsing music) 248 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:33,708 First, Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Ed Hope, 249 00:10:33,708 --> 00:10:36,750 analyzes If it's even possible for a person 250 00:10:36,750 --> 00:10:40,458 to climb a wall one-handed, as seen in the clip. 251 00:10:40,458 --> 00:10:44,583 - The wall is probably much harder to climb than most rocks. 252 00:10:44,583 --> 00:10:46,958 She's also only climbing with one hand. 253 00:10:46,958 --> 00:10:50,125 She has to let go with that hand to then be able to extend it 254 00:10:50,125 --> 00:10:51,708 to climb higher up. 255 00:10:51,708 --> 00:10:54,292 You'd expect her probably just to fall off the wall. 256 00:10:54,292 --> 00:10:56,292 - [Tony] So the woman's climbing technique 257 00:10:56,292 --> 00:10:57,708 seems highly improbable. 258 00:10:57,708 --> 00:11:00,708 But could a rush of adrenaline make this achievable? 259 00:11:00,708 --> 00:11:02,708 There's a theory some accounts of possession 260 00:11:02,708 --> 00:11:05,042 can be attributed to hysterical strength 261 00:11:05,042 --> 00:11:08,083 where the body's stress response triggers this hormone. 262 00:11:08,083 --> 00:11:10,583 - Whenever we're in a stressful situation, 263 00:11:10,583 --> 00:11:13,208 we secrete adrenaline into our bloodstream. 264 00:11:13,208 --> 00:11:16,542 This sends more blood supply to the muscles. 265 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:18,458 It also makes more oxygen available, 266 00:11:18,458 --> 00:11:21,750 so it increases your heart rate and your respiratory rate. 267 00:11:22,583 --> 00:11:24,708 But adrenaline only goes so far. 268 00:11:24,708 --> 00:11:27,250 It's not suddenly gonna increase your muscle mass, 269 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:30,875 improve your tendons, or give you climbing technique 270 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:33,458 enough to suddenly scale a building. 271 00:11:33,458 --> 00:11:34,875 - [Tony] Then could this actually be 272 00:11:34,875 --> 00:11:36,583 a demonic possession? 273 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:40,708 Dr. Hope wonders, "Is it even possible to be physically 274 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:42,958 or psychologically possessed?" 275 00:11:42,958 --> 00:11:46,542 - In medieval times mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, 276 00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:48,875 and physical illnesses such as epilepsy, 277 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:52,167 were often diagnosed as demonic possession. 278 00:11:52,167 --> 00:11:54,792 So that's thankfully largely been replaced 279 00:11:54,792 --> 00:11:57,667 as our medical knowledge has increased. 280 00:11:57,667 --> 00:12:00,583 And if someone was demonically possessed, 281 00:12:00,583 --> 00:12:01,875 they're still working within 282 00:12:01,875 --> 00:12:04,625 the physical boundaries of the human body. 283 00:12:04,625 --> 00:12:07,833 - [Tony] With Dr. Hope doubting this video's authenticity 284 00:12:07,833 --> 00:12:09,875 can Forensic Video Analyst Michael Primeau 285 00:12:09,875 --> 00:12:12,708 help us figure out if it's truly legit? 286 00:12:12,708 --> 00:12:15,375 - Geometric shadow analysis was applied to 287 00:12:15,375 --> 00:12:19,333 specific areas of the image where we see shadows. 288 00:12:19,333 --> 00:12:20,875 And you can see here that 289 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:23,625 there's shadows coming from this direction, 290 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,958 which is the primary light source, 291 00:12:25,958 --> 00:12:27,500 but the way that the light is coming in 292 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:31,167 and down in this direction, that's inconsistent. 293 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:33,542 You know light can't produce two different shadows, 294 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:36,542 if we're to assume this is a natural primary light source 295 00:12:36,542 --> 00:12:37,500 being the Sun. 296 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,917 These shadows were fabricated. 297 00:12:38,917 --> 00:12:40,375 - [Tony] Primeau concludes 298 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:42,958 this scene must have been composited with CGI, 299 00:12:42,958 --> 00:12:45,333 using techniques to make it look old. 300 00:12:45,333 --> 00:12:47,208 - This appears to be a high-quality image, 301 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:49,000 something that would have been produced from 302 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,542 a high-definition camera. 303 00:12:50,542 --> 00:12:52,917 Being that it was black and white, 304 00:12:52,917 --> 00:12:55,125 this was most likely a filter that was applied 305 00:12:55,125 --> 00:12:58,458 to try to demonstrate that this happened some time ago. 306 00:12:58,458 --> 00:13:00,375 The general size of the 307 00:13:00,375 --> 00:13:02,500 video is inconsistent with 308 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:03,583 older technology that 309 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:04,667 would've produced 310 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:06,458 a black-and-white video resolution. 311 00:13:10,917 --> 00:13:12,750 - Our verdict? This video 312 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:14,375 was made with CGI. 313 00:13:14,375 --> 00:13:15,750 While the mysterious Vatican 314 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,042 Archives are very real, 315 00:13:17,042 --> 00:13:21,917 this video just isn't. 316 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:23,167 - If you're a regular viewer, 317 00:13:23,167 --> 00:13:25,208 then you are probably aware of 318 00:13:25,208 --> 00:13:28,583 the alarming number of weird creatures and carcasses 319 00:13:28,583 --> 00:13:31,042 that seem to turn up on Russian soil. 320 00:13:31,042 --> 00:13:33,125 This next story is the latest 321 00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:35,667 and will most certainly not be the last. 322 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:38,958 September 2015, Sosnovy Bor, Russia. 323 00:13:38,958 --> 00:13:41,417 In an urban corridor built in 1958 324 00:13:41,417 --> 00:13:44,542 for workers at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, 325 00:13:44,542 --> 00:13:45,917 two local residents wade into 326 00:13:45,917 --> 00:13:47,875 the shallows of the Kovashi River 327 00:13:47,875 --> 00:13:50,417 where they discover something otherworldly. 328 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:55,458 A tiny creature which appears to have an elongated skull, 329 00:13:55,458 --> 00:13:58,375 shrunken frame and taloned limb. 330 00:13:58,375 --> 00:13:59,542 In order to find out more, 331 00:13:59,542 --> 00:14:02,375 the local residents christened the creature Kesha 332 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:04,875 and handed it over to a biologist. 333 00:14:04,875 --> 00:14:06,250 Field Researcher Ken Gerhard 334 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:09,042 takes a look at this tiny monstrosity. 335 00:14:09,042 --> 00:14:10,708 - This is really freaky and weird. 336 00:14:10,708 --> 00:14:12,958 Russian scientists were unable to identify 337 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:14,208 this particular carcass 338 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:16,875 which led to some remarkable speculation. 339 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:18,583 Is it possible that we could be looking at 340 00:14:18,583 --> 00:14:20,375 some type of alien creature? 341 00:14:20,375 --> 00:14:23,417 A juvenile of some strange species perhaps? 342 00:14:23,417 --> 00:14:25,917 A fetus of something not of this Earth? 343 00:14:25,917 --> 00:14:27,708 - [Tony] What seems like a wild theory 344 00:14:27,708 --> 00:14:29,875 might not be so farfetched. 345 00:14:29,875 --> 00:14:32,500 This exact area where the creature was discovered 346 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:33,542 is known to be 347 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:36,875 a hotbed of strange UFO sightings and activity. 348 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:39,042 - As recently as February of this year, 349 00:14:39,042 --> 00:14:41,708 the airports around St. Petersburg 350 00:14:41,708 --> 00:14:43,375 were actually shut down 351 00:14:43,375 --> 00:14:47,333 due to reports of a UFO entering Russian airspace. 352 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:50,875 And in one notable incident from 1977, 353 00:14:50,875 --> 00:14:53,417 in the nearby city of Petrozavodsk, 354 00:14:53,417 --> 00:14:55,708 there was this giant luminous object 355 00:14:55,708 --> 00:14:58,208 that was reported by many of the locals. 356 00:14:58,208 --> 00:15:00,167 And according to the eyewitness testimony, 357 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:03,792 it actually shot down these beams of light or radiation 358 00:15:03,792 --> 00:15:06,292 from the sky onto the Earth below. 359 00:15:06,292 --> 00:15:08,125 This is a pretty famous incident 360 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:10,500 in terms of Russian UFO history. 361 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:12,333 - [Tony] The physical appearance of the specimen 362 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:15,625 is not unlike previous descriptions of alien visitors 363 00:15:15,625 --> 00:15:17,333 specific to Russia, 364 00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:20,750 many of whom bear resemblance to the infamous Grays. 365 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:22,667 - Many of the Russian alien accounts 366 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:26,042 describe these humanoid creatures with huge craniums 367 00:15:26,042 --> 00:15:28,750 and spindly bodies with long limbs. 368 00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:30,167 And that certainly reminds me of 369 00:15:30,167 --> 00:15:32,042 this image that we're looking at here, 370 00:15:32,042 --> 00:15:33,667 and it certainly fits within 371 00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:36,083 the paradigm of Russian UFO lore. 372 00:15:36,083 --> 00:15:38,250 - [Tony] But while some believe it's an alien, 373 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:42,042 others think it's a mutation from right here on Earth. 374 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:43,708 - A lot of this has to do with 375 00:15:43,708 --> 00:15:45,792 the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant. 376 00:15:45,792 --> 00:15:47,250 According to the former 377 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:50,000 Russian Inspector for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, 378 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,875 Vladimir Kuznetsov, this particular plant 379 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:55,292 has a long tradition and history of coverups 380 00:15:55,292 --> 00:15:59,292 involving all manner of nuclear and radioactive accidents. 381 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:03,125 - [Tony] Two such incidents occurred in 1992 and 2009 382 00:16:03,125 --> 00:16:05,000 where massive amounts of radiation 383 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,125 were leaked into the surrounding environment, 384 00:16:07,125 --> 00:16:09,750 causing many to draw comparisons between 385 00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:12,000 the plant in Leningrad and Chernobyl. 386 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,125 - If we look at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, 387 00:16:16,125 --> 00:16:19,875 it's been documented that some of the animals in that area 388 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:22,125 have actually begun to undergo 389 00:16:22,125 --> 00:16:25,000 different types of mutations and genetic changes. 390 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,042 So it's not impossible that this strange creature 391 00:16:28,042 --> 00:16:30,083 could actually be the result of some terrible 392 00:16:30,083 --> 00:16:32,708 nuclear accident at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant. 393 00:16:34,042 --> 00:16:35,542 - In a previous episode, 394 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:38,458 we discussed another alleged Russian alien fetus 395 00:16:38,458 --> 00:16:40,375 known as Alyoshenka, 396 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:43,333 which was also discovered under bizarre circumstances 397 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:45,417 in an area near a nuclear disaster. 398 00:16:45,417 --> 00:16:48,167 It remains unidentified to this day. 399 00:16:48,167 --> 00:16:50,125 Will our experts be able to determine 400 00:16:50,125 --> 00:16:52,875 what was found this time in Leningrad? 401 00:16:52,875 --> 00:16:53,750 Let's find out. 402 00:16:58,292 --> 00:17:00,792 Biologist Shea Steingass explains how 403 00:17:00,792 --> 00:17:02,458 one would even go about determining 404 00:17:02,458 --> 00:17:05,292 if this was an alien life form or not. 405 00:17:05,292 --> 00:17:07,292 - The first thing we would probably do is 406 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,875 look for genetic material in this animal. 407 00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:12,750 If this animal did have genetic material, 408 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,042 we would probably deduce that 409 00:17:14,042 --> 00:17:16,542 this is actually an earthly animal of some kind. 410 00:17:16,542 --> 00:17:18,458 - [Tony] Scientists have discovered that 411 00:17:18,458 --> 00:17:22,417 all living things on Earth share some of the same exact DNA, 412 00:17:22,417 --> 00:17:24,708 proving that we all have descended 413 00:17:24,708 --> 00:17:26,125 from one common ancestor. 414 00:17:26,125 --> 00:17:28,125 Any alien life forms 415 00:17:28,125 --> 00:17:31,375 would potentially be missing this universal DNA. 416 00:17:31,375 --> 00:17:33,875 But unfortunately this creature's carcass 417 00:17:33,875 --> 00:17:35,250 was sent to Moscow 418 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,083 and the Russians have remained tight-lipped 419 00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:38,958 about any DNA testing. 420 00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:40,375 - Until we get those results back, 421 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:43,250 we won't really know what exactly we're looking at. 422 00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:45,458 - [Tony] Wildlife Biologist Stephanie Manka 423 00:17:45,458 --> 00:17:48,500 believes we are looking at a deformity of some kind. 424 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,458 - I think it's some sort of deformity 425 00:17:51,458 --> 00:17:54,333 because it doesn't look fully developed. 426 00:17:54,333 --> 00:17:57,458 The head tends to look honestly kind of fish-like 427 00:17:57,458 --> 00:18:00,542 and it almost seems like there's a hoof. 428 00:18:00,542 --> 00:18:04,167 It looks like it's in the position of a fetus. 429 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:07,417 It doesn't go along with 430 00:18:07,417 --> 00:18:11,375 the fetuses of different animals that we know. 431 00:18:11,375 --> 00:18:13,542 There's something wrong here. 432 00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:16,875 - [Tony] So could this be the mutated result of toxins 433 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:18,792 from the nearby nuclear power plant? 434 00:18:18,792 --> 00:18:23,208 - There is a high possibility that this deformity 435 00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:26,542 could be a result of contamination. 436 00:18:26,542 --> 00:18:29,042 When you have a developing fetus, 437 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:31,375 your cells are constantly dividing. 438 00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:33,042 When cells are replicating, 439 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:36,208 they're more vulnerable to the radiation. 440 00:18:36,208 --> 00:18:39,958 So it does make sense that radiation could have caused 441 00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:41,833 developmental problems like this. 442 00:18:46,833 --> 00:18:48,000 - Our verdict? 443 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,208 Unknown fetus. 444 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:51,708 We like Manka's nuclear radiation theory, 445 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:54,125 but we just don't have the DNA to prove it. 446 00:18:54,125 --> 00:18:55,708 If that information exists, 447 00:18:55,708 --> 00:18:58,542 the Russians are keeping it under lock and key. 448 00:18:58,542 --> 00:19:01,375 Makes you wonder what they're scared to reveal. 449 00:19:01,375 --> 00:19:04,917 But if and when Moscow decides to release those results, 450 00:19:04,917 --> 00:19:09,708 we'll be the first to let you know. 451 00:19:09,708 --> 00:19:12,833 - There are holes in the depths of our understanding 452 00:19:13,375 --> 00:19:15,792 there are holes in the depths of the ocean floor, too. 453 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:19,083 So where exactly did the series of holes in this next clip 454 00:19:19,083 --> 00:19:20,208 come from? 455 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:21,750 And what do they mean? 456 00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:26,292 It's July 2022 and the U.S. National Oceanic 457 00:19:26,292 --> 00:19:29,500 and Atmospheric Administration, or NOA, 458 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:33,542 is exploring the submerged Mid-Atlantic Ridge or MAR. 459 00:19:33,542 --> 00:19:36,750 It's part of the longest mountain range in the world. 460 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:39,417 As the researchers sink to the depths, 461 00:19:39,417 --> 00:19:43,458 Journalist Eric Grundhauser says they spy a strange sight. 462 00:19:43,458 --> 00:19:45,750 - The really amazing thing that you're seeing is 463 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:50,833 this perfectly straight series of holes or indentations 464 00:19:51,875 --> 00:19:52,958 that don't even look circular, 465 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:56,875 but instead look rectangular, oblong. 466 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,625 - [Tony] Take a closer look. 467 00:19:58,625 --> 00:20:02,375 This uniformly spaced out trail of small holes 468 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:04,375 looks like someone created it. 469 00:20:04,375 --> 00:20:07,042 If so, how did the person get down here? 470 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:10,417 This site is about a mile and a half below sea level. 471 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:13,458 At that depth, the pressure on a diver would be equal to 472 00:20:13,458 --> 00:20:16,208 an elephant stepping on your big toe. 473 00:20:16,208 --> 00:20:17,583 So Grundhauser says, 474 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:19,833 "Some suggest this might be evidence of 475 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:21,542 some kind of covert operation." 476 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:25,375 - Is it possible that these odd holes 477 00:20:25,375 --> 00:20:28,542 are actually the remnants, the leftover patchwork, 478 00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:33,042 of a former military base or a secret underwater laboratory? 479 00:20:33,042 --> 00:20:35,833 - [Tony] We know the U.S. Navy has a deep water facility 480 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:38,625 in The Bahamas to test underwater vehicles and weapons, 481 00:20:38,625 --> 00:20:42,208 but maybe there are undercover bases hidden from the public 482 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:44,708 that the government uses to conduct espionage 483 00:20:44,708 --> 00:20:47,042 or highly classified weapons tests. 484 00:20:47,042 --> 00:20:48,500 Author Jason Martell says, 485 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,250 "Others wonder if these holes could have 486 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,250 a more otherworldly origin, 487 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:55,667 such as a kind of alien craft known as a USO." 488 00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:58,000 An unidentified submerged object. 489 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,583 - Maybe something has landed at the bottom of the seabed 490 00:21:01,583 --> 00:21:03,417 and these are the actual imprints left 491 00:21:03,417 --> 00:21:05,792 from this technological craft. 492 00:21:05,792 --> 00:21:07,542 - [Tony] The U.S. Navy has documented 493 00:21:07,542 --> 00:21:10,000 numerous encounters with alleged USOs 494 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,958 that reportedly fly in the air and then dive underwater. 495 00:21:13,958 --> 00:21:18,000 Most recently, this now-famous 2019 incident in the Pacific 496 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,625 recorded by the USS Omaha. 497 00:21:21,083 --> 00:21:22,167 - [Navy Crew Member] What was flashed? 498 00:21:22,167 --> 00:21:23,750 It flashed! 499 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:25,667 - [Tony] But others suggest this pattern was created by 500 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:27,542 an unidentified sea creature. 501 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:29,792 - We have to wonder if these aren't created by 502 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:31,542 a pod of beaked whales. 503 00:21:31,542 --> 00:21:34,083 We know that beaked whales poke holes in the sand, 504 00:21:34,083 --> 00:21:35,458 searching for their prey. 505 00:21:35,458 --> 00:21:37,333 - [Tony] Yet these holes seem like 506 00:21:37,333 --> 00:21:39,500 they would be too small to be made by a whale. 507 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,875 So perhaps they're from some yet undiscovered beast. 508 00:21:45,125 --> 00:21:46,708 Home to thousands of species 509 00:21:46,708 --> 00:21:49,208 and running north to south from the Arctic 510 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,875 to the lower tip of Africa, 511 00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:54,375 the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is about 10,000 miles long. 512 00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:56,333 Yet it's not done growing. 513 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:59,292 The ridge spreads about an inch a year. 514 00:21:59,292 --> 00:22:00,708 With such a large reach, 515 00:22:00,708 --> 00:22:03,708 it still holds so many unsolved mysteries. 516 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:05,958 Will our ocean holes remain one of them? 517 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:09,500 (pulsating suspenseful music) 518 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,875 Geologist Dr. Bob Anderson looks into whether 519 00:22:12,875 --> 00:22:16,042 these holes could be the result of manmade technology. 520 00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:19,583 - There are a lot of not just cables across the ocean floor, 521 00:22:19,583 --> 00:22:21,875 but piping for oil companies, 522 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:24,542 and this looks like it could be something manmade 523 00:22:24,542 --> 00:22:26,458 where the cable is coming up to the surface 524 00:22:26,458 --> 00:22:28,000 and you can see parts of it. 525 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,208 - [Tony] However, Anderson says there is a big but. 526 00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:32,792 - If it was an active gas line, 527 00:22:32,792 --> 00:22:35,542 you would believe that we'd see it active all the time, 528 00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:37,958 because the gas would be flowing through the pipes, 529 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:39,667 but you don't see that. 530 00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,167 - [Tony] So what about a manmade 531 00:22:41,167 --> 00:22:43,875 or alien-made underwater structure? 532 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:47,667 Marine Biologist Dr. Shea Steingass sinks that theory. 533 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:49,125 - If this were the remnants of 534 00:22:49,125 --> 00:22:51,625 some mysterious underwater lab, 535 00:22:51,625 --> 00:22:53,542 I think we'd see more elements to it 536 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:56,458 than just these small series of holes here. 537 00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:59,542 As it is, this seems like a relatively small feature. 538 00:22:59,542 --> 00:23:01,583 - [Tony] Steingass also takes a bite out of this 539 00:23:01,583 --> 00:23:04,708 having anything to do with marine life feeding habits. 540 00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:07,083 - There are some kinds of animals like beaked whales 541 00:23:07,083 --> 00:23:10,250 that use suction feeding to actually suck their prey 542 00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:12,417 out of the ocean substrate. 543 00:23:12,417 --> 00:23:14,708 And I would say that's pretty unlikely 544 00:23:14,708 --> 00:23:19,125 because of the formation of these particular structures. 545 00:23:19,125 --> 00:23:21,167 - [Tony] Here you can see what scientists believe 546 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:25,250 are the markings left by a beaked whale on the sea floor. 547 00:23:25,250 --> 00:23:26,917 The tracks are not as rectangular 548 00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:30,208 or as evenly arranged as the straight line of divots 549 00:23:30,208 --> 00:23:31,750 in the MAR. 550 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:34,417 So if these uncanny ocean holes do not originate from man 551 00:23:34,417 --> 00:23:37,750 nor beast nor alien, what's left? 552 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:41,583 Anderson says the answer is the Earth itself. 553 00:23:41,583 --> 00:23:43,250 - When you have these tectonic plates 554 00:23:43,250 --> 00:23:44,667 that are shifting and moving, 555 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:46,583 they could cause a little fissures opening up. 556 00:23:46,583 --> 00:23:47,917 And when that happens, 557 00:23:47,917 --> 00:23:50,000 these gases trapped inside these areas 558 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,500 get released pretty fast. 559 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,250 - [Tony] The release of the gases creates a void 560 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:57,042 into which the sediment above collapses. 561 00:23:57,042 --> 00:24:00,875 When pit craters form along a fissure or fracture lines, 562 00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:04,000 they can develop into what's known as a pit chain. 563 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,583 - [Bob] The pit chain usually are big enough where 564 00:24:05,583 --> 00:24:06,875 people can go into them. 565 00:24:06,875 --> 00:24:08,583 They're like caves into the ground. 566 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:10,750 These are like miniature pit chains. 567 00:24:14,542 --> 00:24:16,042 - Our verdict? 568 00:24:16,042 --> 00:24:18,625 We will lean on Anderson and call these ocean fissures 569 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:21,042 that have created mini pit chains. 570 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:23,333 Similar pit chains have been discovered on Mars 571 00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:24,958 and other neighboring celestial bodies. 572 00:24:24,958 --> 00:24:28,167 And because our oceans can have similar conditions 573 00:24:28,167 --> 00:24:29,667 to those on other planets, 574 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:32,458 we are able to see a little bit of cosmic wonder 575 00:24:32,458 --> 00:24:36,917 right here on Earth. 576 00:24:36,917 --> 00:24:39,750 we are able to see a littlare all around us.nd- Any 577 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,750 Radio, TV, cell towers, 578 00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:44,958 just another part of the modern landscape, right? 579 00:24:44,958 --> 00:24:47,042 But when they pop up in off-limit places 580 00:24:47,042 --> 00:24:49,917 and nobody knows who put them there or why, 581 00:24:49,917 --> 00:24:52,667 you can bet we'll be tuning to investigate. 582 00:24:53,375 --> 00:24:56,792 January 2023, it is a crisp winter day 583 00:24:56,792 --> 00:24:59,708 in the Wasatch Mountains around Salt Lake City, Utah. 584 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:02,167 A group of hikers is taking in the scenic views 585 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:05,625 when they come across something peculiar on the trail ahead. 586 00:25:05,625 --> 00:25:09,333 They take out their cameras and get a snapshot of this. 587 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,917 It's a six-foot-tall fiberglass antenna 588 00:25:11,917 --> 00:25:14,333 attached to what appears to be a solar panel 589 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:15,708 and a battery pack, 590 00:25:15,708 --> 00:25:18,000 none of which feature any official markings 591 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 or indication that this antenna is supposed to be here. 592 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,792 But what's even stranger, it's not alone. 593 00:25:23,792 --> 00:25:25,708 According to Journalist MJ Banias, 594 00:25:25,708 --> 00:25:28,000 about a dozen of these antenna have been found 595 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:28,875 scattered throughout 596 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:30,875 the mountain ranges of Salt Lake City. 597 00:25:30,875 --> 00:25:33,500 - The Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands 598 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,708 has no idea who put them there. 599 00:25:35,708 --> 00:25:38,917 No one has filed for a permit to put these towers up. 600 00:25:38,917 --> 00:25:41,083 So it's definitely a bit of a mystery. 601 00:25:41,083 --> 00:25:43,250 - [Tony] Authorities began to speculate about 602 00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:44,417 what this could be. 603 00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:45,875 - One of the theories is that 604 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,583 these devices are what we call a stingray. 605 00:25:48,583 --> 00:25:50,667 A stingray is basically a device that is able to 606 00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:52,667 trick your cellphone into thinking that 607 00:25:52,667 --> 00:25:54,917 it's speaking to a cell tower, 608 00:25:54,917 --> 00:25:57,542 when in fact it's speaking to one of these antenna. 609 00:25:57,542 --> 00:25:59,167 If that happens, 610 00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:01,875 the stingray is able to collect data off of your phone, 611 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:04,583 record phone calls, look at text messages, 612 00:26:04,583 --> 00:26:06,875 anything that's sent over the network. 613 00:26:06,875 --> 00:26:09,958 And essentially a person tries to use their phone, 614 00:26:09,958 --> 00:26:11,833 it connects to the criminal stingray, 615 00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:14,750 and that criminal is able to then collect data. 616 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:17,917 - [Tony] If these are stingrays, who could be the target? 617 00:26:17,917 --> 00:26:19,375 Banias notes 618 00:26:19,375 --> 00:26:21,958 one of the country's most vital intelligence organizations, 619 00:26:21,958 --> 00:26:24,250 the National Security Agency, 620 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:27,792 is known to operate a large data center near Salt Lake City. 621 00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:30,750 - We know from a 2016 report that came out that 622 00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:33,500 that specific facility in Utah is hacked 623 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:37,250 as much as 300 million times a day by foreign hacker groups 624 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:40,208 or local hacker groups trying to extract information. 625 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:43,833 So there's a lot of interest in the NSA's facility there, 626 00:26:43,833 --> 00:26:47,250 both from outside powers as well as internal groups 627 00:26:47,250 --> 00:26:50,042 that just simply want to have access to that information. 628 00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:52,875 - This isn't the first time 629 00:26:52,875 --> 00:26:55,833 a mysterious object has popped up in Utah. 630 00:26:55,833 --> 00:26:57,708 You may remember we previously covered 631 00:26:57,708 --> 00:27:01,208 the story of this large, shiny, silver pillar. 632 00:27:01,208 --> 00:27:03,833 Many speculated it was of alien origin. 633 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:07,375 We determined it was likely an art installation or hoax. 634 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,583 But this antenna looks more practical 635 00:27:09,583 --> 00:27:11,708 and frankly a little scarier. 636 00:27:11,708 --> 00:27:14,208 Let's see if our experts can put our mind at ease. 637 00:27:14,625 --> 00:27:16,833 (somber mysterious music) 638 00:27:17,792 --> 00:27:21,208 We asked Physicist Michio Kaku, could this be a stingray? 639 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,875 - I don't see anything like that here. 640 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,542 Nothing that sophisticated. 641 00:27:25,542 --> 00:27:28,167 You have a solar panel, but they're very cheap. 642 00:27:28,167 --> 00:27:30,250 You can even make an antenna by yourself. 643 00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:33,750 And there's a power supply and a processor 644 00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:37,083 that you can get off the shelf at an electronic store. 645 00:27:37,083 --> 00:27:38,458 If I was an agent 646 00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:42,125 wanting to eavesdrop upon American military facilities, 647 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:45,167 I would want a much more powerful device here. 648 00:27:45,167 --> 00:27:48,708 And not only that, I would've concealed this equipment. 649 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:50,750 There's no attempt to hide this thing at all 650 00:27:50,750 --> 00:27:52,125 from prying eyes. 651 00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:55,375 We're talking about a pretty amateurish setup. 652 00:27:55,375 --> 00:27:58,333 - [Tony] Since stingrays intercept cellphone data, 653 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:01,833 they're equipped to operate in 4G or 5G platforms 654 00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:03,583 like most cellphones. 655 00:28:03,583 --> 00:28:05,708 But as Science Writer Mick West points out, 656 00:28:05,708 --> 00:28:07,208 the antenna discovered here 657 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:10,417 seemed designed for something else entirely. 658 00:28:10,417 --> 00:28:13,000 - This is a long-range antenna, 659 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,792 typical of the types of antennas 660 00:28:14,792 --> 00:28:18,000 that are used for Lora Wan, 661 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,167 which is Long Range Wide Area Network, 662 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:25,042 which is basically a kind of a digital network 663 00:28:25,042 --> 00:28:27,458 commonly used to mine cryptocurrency 664 00:28:27,458 --> 00:28:29,167 by providing internet services 665 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:32,000 in areas where there is no coverage. 666 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,708 - [Tony] If the 21st century economy 667 00:28:33,708 --> 00:28:37,083 wasn't funky enough for you already, dig this. 668 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,917 These internet hotspots are set up 669 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:42,042 to support a new cryptocurrency called Helium. 670 00:28:42,042 --> 00:28:45,375 Helium networks use long range wide area networks 671 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,542 to support their crypto exchange. 672 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:49,750 People who set up hardware that support 673 00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:53,000 and expand that network coverage, like these antenna, 674 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,875 are paid in crypto tokens 675 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:57,500 whenever their hotspot is used by the network. 676 00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:00,500 The more traffic across your network, the more tokens. 677 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,208 And though these Helium miners may not have permission, 678 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:07,333 they do have location, location, location. 679 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:11,125 - Just simply by providing this service in this location 680 00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:13,750 which doesn't have any other stations, 681 00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:15,542 they get all of the tokens, 682 00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:17,250 and so it can be quite lucrative. 683 00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:18,875 - [Tony] Kaku concurs. 684 00:29:18,875 --> 00:29:22,375 He says, "This explains the location of these devices 685 00:29:22,375 --> 00:29:26,708 on an isolated trail at elevations over 7,000 feet." 686 00:29:26,708 --> 00:29:29,208 - There's big bucks now for people that have 687 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:31,625 tremendous amounts of these antennas 688 00:29:31,625 --> 00:29:33,167 and in the middle of nowhere 689 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:36,042 where they can receive and send large amounts of information 690 00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:39,917 and gamble on the value of cryptocurrency. 691 00:29:39,917 --> 00:29:42,375 And so I think that this is consistent with 692 00:29:42,375 --> 00:29:43,958 an attempt to make money. 693 00:29:48,708 --> 00:29:49,833 - Our verdict? 694 00:29:49,833 --> 00:29:51,583 Cryptocurrency mining. 695 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:53,208 We think West's and Kaku's 696 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:55,667 assessment of the homemade nature of these devices 697 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:56,875 fits the bill. 698 00:29:56,875 --> 00:29:59,083 But as for how the individuals responsible 699 00:29:59,083 --> 00:30:02,458 got these up there or if they even turned a profit, 700 00:30:02,458 --> 00:30:07,125 that will have to go unexplained for now. 701 00:30:07,125 --> 00:30:09,042 got these up there or if they even turned a profd evie 702 00:30:09,042 --> 00:30:10,375 in criminal investigations 703 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:14,542 dates back to a murder investigation in 1862. 704 00:30:14,542 --> 00:30:16,208 Almost a full century later, 705 00:30:16,208 --> 00:30:19,458 the term Bigfoot was first coined in 1958, 706 00:30:19,458 --> 00:30:20,875 and from then on 707 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:23,833 the two fields would be forever intertwined. 708 00:30:23,833 --> 00:30:26,208 While there's no murder in our next story, 709 00:30:26,208 --> 00:30:27,917 we sure could use a detective. 710 00:30:30,292 --> 00:30:34,792 March 2021, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 711 00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:38,125 Park rangers are hiking across the frozen tundra 712 00:30:38,125 --> 00:30:41,417 when they come across something they had never seen before. 713 00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:46,458 A strange group of footprints sits frozen on the Alaska ice. 714 00:30:46,458 --> 00:30:49,250 Adding to the mystery, the four-toed prints appear to be 715 00:30:49,250 --> 00:30:51,875 on top of the ice rather than in it. 716 00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:55,792 The scale of the large prints is evident in 717 00:30:55,792 --> 00:30:58,875 the compacted snow oddly left behind. 718 00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:01,625 Many online sleuths believe these prints could be 719 00:31:01,625 --> 00:31:03,792 between 16 and 18 inches long 720 00:31:03,792 --> 00:31:07,292 with the spaces between each footprint appearing to average 721 00:31:07,292 --> 00:31:08,625 around three feet. 722 00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:10,125 Field Researcher Cliff Barackman, 723 00:31:10,125 --> 00:31:12,917 who runs the North American Bigfoot Center, 724 00:31:12,917 --> 00:31:15,917 knows a thing or two about mysterious footprints. 725 00:31:15,917 --> 00:31:17,875 - When you look at the footprints in the photographs, 726 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:19,625 they poke above the ground. 727 00:31:19,625 --> 00:31:20,583 That's unusual. 728 00:31:20,958 --> 00:31:23,375 Now could they actually be in a bipedal fashion? 729 00:31:23,375 --> 00:31:26,375 And certainly the snow screams, "Yeti." 730 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:28,292 - [Tony] There are plenty of stories and evidence 731 00:31:28,292 --> 00:31:30,542 to suggest that a Sasquatch-like humanoid 732 00:31:30,542 --> 00:31:34,208 could thrive in the frozen tundras like that of Alaska. 733 00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:37,250 The indigenous people of the Himalayas coined the term Yeti 734 00:31:37,250 --> 00:31:40,250 to describe an ape-like bipedal creature 735 00:31:40,250 --> 00:31:43,292 they believed to be stalking the icy cold mountaintops. 736 00:31:43,292 --> 00:31:45,583 And the Alaskan natives had their own name 737 00:31:45,583 --> 00:31:48,917 for a similar creature they called Nantinaq, 738 00:31:48,917 --> 00:31:51,875 which translates to half-man, half-beast. 739 00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:54,083 - One particular story from Alaska. 740 00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:56,583 Hunters shot a moose and tracked it, 741 00:31:56,583 --> 00:31:59,042 and when they got to the area there was blood everywhere 742 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:01,417 and 18-inch long footprints, 743 00:32:01,417 --> 00:32:05,375 but no sign of the moose whatsoever. 744 00:32:05,375 --> 00:32:09,167 Whatever left 18-inch footprints brought the moose with it. 745 00:32:09,167 --> 00:32:10,542 - [Tony] But according to Barackman, 746 00:32:10,542 --> 00:32:13,208 there could be another explanation for these prints 747 00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:16,708 that many say are downright wolf-like, but huge. 748 00:32:16,708 --> 00:32:18,167 - Some people have suggested that 749 00:32:18,167 --> 00:32:20,958 these footprints represent that of a dire wolf. 750 00:32:20,958 --> 00:32:22,792 These things were big. 751 00:32:22,792 --> 00:32:25,042 Their skulls were over 12 inches long 752 00:32:25,042 --> 00:32:28,417 and their teeth dwarfed those of modern day wolves. 753 00:32:28,417 --> 00:32:30,917 - [Tony] The dire wolves were the largest canids 754 00:32:30,917 --> 00:32:32,458 during the Pleistocene era, 755 00:32:32,458 --> 00:32:35,000 and although extinct a Montana rancher 756 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,875 recently reported encountering one. 757 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:38,708 He was even successful in hunting it. 758 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,417 Although DNA evidence revealed 759 00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:43,375 it was in fact just a large gray wolf. 760 00:32:43,375 --> 00:32:46,458 - Could it be that we have some sort of ice age remnant here 761 00:32:46,458 --> 00:32:49,000 leaving footprints through Denali National Park? 762 00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:53,250 - The dire wolf could weigh up to 200 pounds 763 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:55,375 and grow to up to six feet long. 764 00:32:55,375 --> 00:32:57,583 And while they are usually associated with 765 00:32:57,583 --> 00:32:58,792 the modern day gray wolf, 766 00:32:58,792 --> 00:33:00,875 the dire wolf's DNA actually has 767 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:04,167 more in common with today's African jackals. 768 00:33:04,167 --> 00:33:06,583 But is it a wolf or a Bigfoot that left those prints 769 00:33:06,583 --> 00:33:07,750 in the snow? 770 00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:09,417 Our experts tell us what's afoot. 771 00:33:10,625 --> 00:33:12,958 (somber music) 772 00:33:13,917 --> 00:33:16,083 We sat down with Biologist Floyd Hayes 773 00:33:16,083 --> 00:33:18,375 to make sure that these prints were in fact 774 00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:22,458 not left behind by a known species such as a bear. 775 00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:25,500 - A problem with that is that this is in the month of March. 776 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:27,583 These tracks have been there for a while 777 00:33:27,583 --> 00:33:30,708 and at this time of the year, those bears would be asleep. 778 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,375 They basically hibernate during the winter months. 779 00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:35,458 - [Tony] Hayes points out that the shape of the prints 780 00:33:35,458 --> 00:33:38,042 do not align with that of a typical grizzly. 781 00:33:38,042 --> 00:33:40,125 - These footprints look more like a canid, 782 00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:42,958 which is a dog of the family Canidae. 783 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:45,792 In bear tracks you typically see five toes, 784 00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:49,083 whereas in dogs you normally see only four toes 785 00:33:49,083 --> 00:33:52,333 because the fifth toe doesn't quite reach the ground. 786 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:54,292 - [Tony] If these tracks were made by 787 00:33:54,292 --> 00:33:56,208 a member of the Canidae family, 788 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:58,625 how could they appear bipedal? 789 00:33:58,625 --> 00:34:00,292 Hayes explains. 790 00:34:00,292 --> 00:34:02,292 - When a dog walks, it often places its hind foot 791 00:34:02,292 --> 00:34:04,458 in the same position as its front foot 792 00:34:04,458 --> 00:34:06,667 and they often create a single line of tracks 793 00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:09,500 that are slightly offset from each other. 794 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,208 - [Tony] So could these be the prints of 795 00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:13,125 a long-lost dire wolf? 796 00:34:13,125 --> 00:34:14,958 Hayes says that big bad wolf 797 00:34:14,958 --> 00:34:18,208 needed a massive steady supply of fresh meat. 798 00:34:18,208 --> 00:34:20,083 - The dire wolf formally preyed on 799 00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:22,667 large species of grazing mammals, 800 00:34:22,667 --> 00:34:24,208 but after they became extinct, 801 00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:27,333 the dire wolf didn't really have much of a food supply left 802 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,000 and it too became extinct. 803 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,333 - [Tony] But that still doesn't rule out 804 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:33,667 the possibility that these prints could belong to 805 00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:36,708 some Sasquatch-like beast such as the Yeti. 806 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:39,667 Anthropology Professor and Bigfoot Expert Jeff Meldrum 807 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:42,208 first breaks down how these strange prints could be 808 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:45,667 perfectly preserved, pedestalled atop a giant sheet of ice 809 00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:47,542 rather than sunk into it. 810 00:34:47,542 --> 00:34:51,833 - When a footprint compresses that snow, 811 00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:54,375 it makes it much more resistant both to melting, 812 00:34:54,375 --> 00:34:56,667 but also to wind erosion. 813 00:34:56,667 --> 00:35:00,500 The wind has just scoured away the loose snow, 814 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,500 leaving behind the compacted snow beneath the footprint. 815 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,750 - [Tony] This process could possibly make footprints 816 00:35:06,750 --> 00:35:09,708 appear like they were left behind by an animal much larger 817 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:11,208 than the actual culprit, 818 00:35:11,208 --> 00:35:14,042 but they also preserve some key hidden details. 819 00:35:14,042 --> 00:35:17,500 - Primates don't have individual digital pads. 820 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:20,250 You can see the individual digital pads 821 00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:24,375 as well as the larger pad of the hind foot of this canid. 822 00:35:24,375 --> 00:35:26,583 The pattern is very recognizable. 823 00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:30,542 So this is absolutely a gray wolf and not a Sasquatch. 824 00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:36,333 - So our verdict? 825 00:35:36,333 --> 00:35:39,958 These weren't made by a Sasquatch or a giant dire wolf, 826 00:35:39,958 --> 00:35:41,750 just one of the 10,000 gray or 827 00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:43,625 black wolves living in Alaska 828 00:35:43,625 --> 00:35:44,583 with some help 829 00:35:44,583 --> 00:35:45,667 from the snow drift 830 00:35:45,667 --> 00:35:50,375 to make its paw prints appear larger. 831 00:35:50,375 --> 00:35:52,750 from the snow drift most UFO encounters,to 832 00:35:52,750 --> 00:35:55,667 it's usually just one person who happens to be 833 00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:57,875 at the right place at the right time. 834 00:35:57,875 --> 00:36:00,792 However, this next incident got a lot of buzz recently 835 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:04,500 because it was seen over two days by multiple people. 836 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:06,375 So we've got different perspectives of 837 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:08,458 the same strange phenomenon, 838 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:10,500 but do they lead to the same answer? 839 00:36:11,792 --> 00:36:16,917 December 1st, 2022, Fredonia, Wisconsin. 840 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:19,875 It's just before 11:00 p.m. and after working a long day, 841 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,667 Ken B. is out for a stroll. 842 00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:24,708 - So I was walking outside and it's very dark. 843 00:36:24,708 --> 00:36:27,583 We do not have street lights or anything like that 844 00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:29,042 in the area. 845 00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:30,875 - [Tony] Suddenly something dashes above Ken 846 00:36:30,875 --> 00:36:33,750 in the night sky, so he pulls out his cellphone 847 00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:35,417 and captures this. 848 00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:38,292 A group of four lights quickly streak across the sky. 849 00:36:38,292 --> 00:36:41,667 - And they appeared from behind me, went across the sky. 850 00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:43,542 You could see a little flash of light 851 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:45,375 right before they disappeared. 852 00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:48,292 - [Tony] Then five more lights moving a little more slowly, 853 00:36:48,292 --> 00:36:49,917 make the same startling motion. 854 00:36:51,333 --> 00:36:52,792 - It was kind of a creepy experience. 855 00:36:52,792 --> 00:36:55,250 I'd be kidding you if I said it wasn't. 856 00:36:55,250 --> 00:36:56,625 - [Tony] The following evening, 857 00:36:56,625 --> 00:36:58,375 Chris Nowak is 40 miles south 858 00:36:58,375 --> 00:37:00,708 in Greenfield, Wisconsin 859 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:03,708 where he records these mysterious lights in the sky. 860 00:37:03,708 --> 00:37:06,792 - They would pulse through and race incredibly quickly. 861 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:08,917 It was like this charge of light that would go through 862 00:37:08,917 --> 00:37:11,000 from as far back as we could see 863 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,250 in literally a second or two. 864 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:16,708 It really seemed to defy logical explanation. 865 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:18,917 - [Tony] Did Ken and Chris witness 866 00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:20,917 the same mysterious phenomenon? 867 00:37:20,917 --> 00:37:22,375 Could it be alien? 868 00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:25,375 Writer Amy Teitel says, "It's not crazy to think so, 869 00:37:25,375 --> 00:37:27,708 especially if you know Wisconsin." 870 00:37:27,708 --> 00:37:29,875 - You can understand why someone would think 871 00:37:29,875 --> 00:37:31,542 this is something otherworldly 872 00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,292 because Wisconsin has an incredible amount 873 00:37:34,292 --> 00:37:35,417 of UFO sightings 874 00:37:35,417 --> 00:37:38,042 going back to the 1950s. 875 00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:39,167 - [Tony] Teitel notes that 876 00:37:39,167 --> 00:37:40,708 one of the most controversial sightings 877 00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:43,875 took place in the mid-1960s near Green Bay. 878 00:37:43,875 --> 00:37:45,292 - For four nights in a row, 879 00:37:45,292 --> 00:37:48,750 eyewitnesses observed and filmed UFO activity. 880 00:37:48,750 --> 00:37:50,625 But when they reported those incidents 881 00:37:50,625 --> 00:37:53,625 to the National Guard, all of their films were confiscated. 882 00:37:53,625 --> 00:37:55,083 In the years that followed, 883 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:56,583 the individuals tried to figure out 884 00:37:56,583 --> 00:37:58,000 what it was they were seeing, 885 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,750 but none of them were ever given straight answers. 886 00:38:02,917 --> 00:38:05,708 - [Tony] Wisconsin has been a UFO hotspot for so long 887 00:38:05,708 --> 00:38:08,417 that over 70 years ago, husband and wife, 888 00:38:08,417 --> 00:38:11,417 Jim and Coral Lorenzen, formed a group known as 889 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:14,417 the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization 890 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:17,583 to document UFO cases from all around the state. 891 00:38:17,583 --> 00:38:20,250 Do these sightings qualify to make the list? 892 00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:22,125 Let's see what our experts say. 893 00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:24,667 (somber music) 894 00:38:25,708 --> 00:38:27,667 Have Ken and Chris documented 895 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:31,708 another extraordinary moment in Wisconsin UFO history? 896 00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:35,083 Rich Hoffman wants to believe, but in this case he can't. 897 00:38:35,083 --> 00:38:38,125 - There's no instantaneous acceleration that was visible. 898 00:38:38,125 --> 00:38:39,625 These were consistently moving 899 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:41,250 at not even hypersonic speeds. 900 00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:43,375 The lights were moving across the sky 901 00:38:43,375 --> 00:38:45,583 and going in a relatively normal pattern. 902 00:38:45,583 --> 00:38:47,833 There's nothing here that looks extraterrestrial. 903 00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:49,667 - [Tony] Time to call in our super sleuth, 904 00:38:49,667 --> 00:38:52,042 Science Writer and Video Analyst Mick West. 905 00:38:52,042 --> 00:38:53,333 And right off the bat 906 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:55,875 he's sure this isn't any video trickery. 907 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:58,417 - Chris and Ken's sightings are similar in that 908 00:38:58,417 --> 00:39:01,208 we see clouds in both videos 909 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:04,458 and we see lights that move around, 910 00:39:04,458 --> 00:39:06,542 - [Tony] But it's the way the lights change shape 911 00:39:06,542 --> 00:39:08,417 as they move through the cloud cover 912 00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:10,833 that gives the biggest clue in Ken's video. 913 00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:13,500 - If you point a light straight up at something, 914 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:15,250 it's a nice round spot. 915 00:39:15,250 --> 00:39:18,208 If it's at an angle, the further away they get, 916 00:39:18,208 --> 00:39:20,375 the more stretched out they will get. 917 00:39:20,375 --> 00:39:22,417 And as they get closer in, 918 00:39:22,417 --> 00:39:24,125 we see they get shorter and shorter. 919 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,708 - [Tony] This indicates the lights are being projected from 920 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:28,875 a fixed point on the ground. 921 00:39:28,875 --> 00:39:31,833 But what about the jumpier lights in the Greenfield video? 922 00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:35,708 - We've all used a laser pointer and had our cats chase it. 923 00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:38,542 I think what we're looking at here looks like 924 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:41,708 lights that are being shone up from below onto the clouds. 925 00:39:41,708 --> 00:39:44,083 - [Tony] So what is the source of these lights? 926 00:39:44,083 --> 00:39:47,292 Ken and Chris's videos were filmed at different times 927 00:39:47,292 --> 00:39:48,583 and 40 miles apart. 928 00:39:48,583 --> 00:39:51,042 West investigates Ken's video first 929 00:39:51,042 --> 00:39:54,375 and learns of another eyewitness to his exact same sighting, 930 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:56,500 so he plots the coordinates. 931 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:58,292 - Now the good thing is we have another witness. 932 00:39:58,292 --> 00:39:59,875 We know which road she was on 933 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,500 and we know roughly what direction she was looking in, 934 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,875 so we can stick her location on the map. 935 00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:07,042 And she was actually in a very different location, 936 00:40:07,042 --> 00:40:09,375 way down here towards West Bend. 937 00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:11,000 So now we've got two lines of sight 938 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,292 from two different people. 939 00:40:12,292 --> 00:40:14,583 - [Tony] Knowing approximately where the lights came from, 940 00:40:14,583 --> 00:40:16,167 West makes a final call. 941 00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:19,042 - I contacted the local Chamber of Commerce and they said 942 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:21,750 the Flanders family have an annual light show, 943 00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:23,667 which they do for charity every year, 944 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:26,542 and the location of it is more or less 945 00:40:26,542 --> 00:40:28,375 where these two lines cross. 946 00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:30,125 And they had the spotlights 947 00:40:30,125 --> 00:40:31,958 mounted on the roof of the house 948 00:40:31,958 --> 00:40:35,417 and it's in every way, it is a match. 949 00:40:35,417 --> 00:40:38,333 - [Tony] It turns out this alien invasion is just 950 00:40:38,333 --> 00:40:40,375 a celebration of holiday cheer. 951 00:40:40,375 --> 00:40:42,458 - I think that Ken was looking at 952 00:40:42,458 --> 00:40:44,458 the Flanders family Christmas lights 953 00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:46,083 and I think that Chris was looking at 954 00:40:46,083 --> 00:40:49,625 a different set of Christmas lights about 40 miles away. 955 00:40:54,292 --> 00:40:56,708 - Our verdict? Christmas spotlights. 956 00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:58,625 It took some detective work, 957 00:40:58,625 --> 00:41:01,583 but we see that given the known cloud cover that day, 958 00:41:01,583 --> 00:41:03,917 West's interpretation makes sense. 959 00:41:03,917 --> 00:41:07,167 And since it t'was the season for holiday lights, 960 00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:08,708 we think that was the reason. 961 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:10,125 And that's our show for tonight. 962 00:41:10,125 --> 00:41:13,667 Please send us any and all of your puzzling videos 963 00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:18,375 and be sure to keep those cameras rolling. 964 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,792 (dramatic music)