1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,292 - Tonight on The Proof Is Out There. 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:04,667 It's been called Canada's Roswell. 3 00:00:04,667 --> 00:00:08,000 Did this flying saucer leave a clue about alien tech? 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,583 - Maybe they're disc-shaped for a reason, 5 00:00:10,583 --> 00:00:14,083 possibly because they're particle accelerators. 6 00:00:14,083 --> 00:00:16,708 - [Tony] Is this haunting sound the heartbeat 7 00:00:16,708 --> 00:00:18,000 of the Loch Ness Monster? 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,250 [unknown source thumping] 9 00:00:20,250 --> 00:00:22,708 - It was so loud, it was so clear. 10 00:00:22,708 --> 00:00:23,750 That's what gets me. 11 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:25,125 I'm really excited. 12 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:27,792 - [Tony] Could a volcano in Mexico be a secret base 13 00:00:27,792 --> 00:00:30,292 for unidentified anomalous phenomena? 14 00:00:30,292 --> 00:00:32,917 - There is a belief that these objects are indication 15 00:00:32,917 --> 00:00:34,708 of an interdimensional portal. 16 00:00:34,708 --> 00:00:37,750 - [Tony] Did snowmobilers stumble upon a corpse 17 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:39,042 from another world? 18 00:00:39,042 --> 00:00:41,000 - This is one of the best alien specimens 19 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,208 that people have found in recent decades. 20 00:00:43,208 --> 00:00:47,208 - [Tony] Is this a triangular UFO over Texas? 21 00:00:47,208 --> 00:00:48,542 - It was floating around the sky. 22 00:00:48,542 --> 00:00:50,375 It kinda felt like the thing was watching me. 23 00:00:50,375 --> 00:00:52,708 - [Tony] And is there a glitch in the matrix? 24 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:56,000 What in the world is this bizarre weather phenomenon? 25 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,333 - It's very strange. 26 00:00:57,333 --> 00:00:59,625 There's only rain on this car, 27 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:02,542 and everything else is totally dry. 28 00:01:02,542 --> 00:01:04,667 [dramatic music] 29 00:01:06,542 --> 00:01:08,542 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos, 30 00:01:08,542 --> 00:01:10,417 [witness screaming] 31 00:01:10,417 --> 00:01:11,500 photos, 32 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,750 and sounds that defy explanation. 33 00:01:14,750 --> 00:01:17,167 [electric buzzing] 34 00:01:20,417 --> 00:01:22,250 - [Expert] We don't know where they come from, 35 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:23,833 who made them, or how they operate. 36 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:25,000 - [Tony] What are they? 37 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,167 - [MJ] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 38 00:01:27,167 --> 00:01:28,708 - [Marc] What's exciting is nobody really knows. 39 00:01:28,708 --> 00:01:32,167 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 40 00:01:33,917 --> 00:01:35,250 - I'm Tony Harris, 41 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:37,375 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 42 00:01:37,375 --> 00:01:40,250 I've followed the facts where they take me. 43 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:42,625 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 44 00:01:42,625 --> 00:01:45,000 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 45 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,500 - [Witness] It's coming towards us. 46 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:49,375 - [Tony] We'll analyze each one with top experts. 47 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:52,375 - It's a credible case, it's a credible video. 48 00:01:52,375 --> 00:01:55,125 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 49 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:57,167 - This video was clearly faked. 50 00:01:57,167 --> 00:01:59,500 - The proof starts now. 51 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:01,542 [dramatic music] 52 00:02:07,792 --> 00:02:11,292 Good evening and welcome to The Proof Is Out There. 53 00:02:11,292 --> 00:02:14,583 Some places have become synonymous with UFOs. 54 00:02:14,583 --> 00:02:15,958 Roswell, New Mexico, 55 00:02:15,958 --> 00:02:18,083 Rendlesham Forest in England, 56 00:02:18,083 --> 00:02:21,042 and even Vancouver Island? 57 00:02:21,042 --> 00:02:24,208 Yep, it's had several notable UFO sightings 58 00:02:24,208 --> 00:02:25,542 over the decades. 59 00:02:25,542 --> 00:02:28,083 Our first story is one of the most astounding. 60 00:02:28,083 --> 00:02:29,875 Take a look. 61 00:02:29,875 --> 00:02:31,750 October 8, 1981. 62 00:02:31,750 --> 00:02:35,042 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 63 00:02:35,042 --> 00:02:36,750 It is a cool autumn morning, 64 00:02:36,750 --> 00:02:39,167 and an amateur photographer is taking photos 65 00:02:39,167 --> 00:02:41,250 of the beautiful mountain landscape 66 00:02:41,250 --> 00:02:43,292 with her 35-millimeter camera. 67 00:02:43,292 --> 00:02:45,542 But when she gets home and develops the film, 68 00:02:45,542 --> 00:02:48,250 she says she's shocked by what she sees. 69 00:02:50,125 --> 00:02:54,333 A shiny metallic saucer hovers above a picturesque mountain. 70 00:02:55,333 --> 00:02:57,708 It appears to be silver in color 71 00:02:57,708 --> 00:03:01,708 with what looks like a bubbled glass dome in the center. 72 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:04,250 This isn't your average light in the sky. 73 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:06,792 This looks like a real flying saucer. 74 00:03:08,250 --> 00:03:10,917 - It's a fairly clear shot done on a film camera 75 00:03:10,917 --> 00:03:13,083 back in the '80s of, 76 00:03:13,083 --> 00:03:15,542 you know, a classic flying saucer, 77 00:03:15,542 --> 00:03:18,792 - [Tony] But that saucer shape may not be pure science fiction. 78 00:03:18,792 --> 00:03:21,458 Some theorize that it plays an integral part 79 00:03:21,458 --> 00:03:23,958 in the flying saucer's capabilities. 80 00:03:23,958 --> 00:03:26,042 - There's some theories out there, 81 00:03:26,042 --> 00:03:28,542 one of which that I subscribe to, 82 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:32,125 that maybe they're disc-shaped for a reason, 83 00:03:32,125 --> 00:03:35,250 possibly because they're particle accelerators, 84 00:03:35,250 --> 00:03:37,000 and they're generating particles 85 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,333 that allow them to pop out of our four dimensions, 86 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:42,375 X, Y, and Z moving through time, 87 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:43,958 and go into a fifth dimension, 88 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:45,583 and then pop back in. 89 00:03:45,583 --> 00:03:48,083 - [Tony] Could this be an interdimensional craft 90 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:50,208 popping by Vancouver Island? 91 00:03:50,208 --> 00:03:52,583 It wouldn't be the first alleged appearance 92 00:03:52,583 --> 00:03:54,875 of a flying saucer in the area. 93 00:03:54,875 --> 00:03:58,375 - A nurse at the Cowichan District Hospital on the island 94 00:03:58,375 --> 00:04:01,542 was doing her rounds, and on New Year's Day in 1970, 95 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:04,250 she opened the curtains in a patient's room 96 00:04:04,250 --> 00:04:06,083 and all of a sudden saw 97 00:04:06,083 --> 00:04:09,625 this strange disc-like object floating in the distance, 98 00:04:09,625 --> 00:04:11,750 much like the object in the photograph. 99 00:04:11,750 --> 00:04:13,333 And within UFO circles, 100 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:15,667 it became known as the Duncan incident. 101 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:18,792 - [Tony] That incident is now known to be a hoax, 102 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:21,250 perpetrated with a homemade balloon. 103 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:23,542 But is this photo the real deal? 104 00:04:23,542 --> 00:04:25,500 Canadian officials certainly seem 105 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:27,792 to be taking the subject seriously. 106 00:04:27,792 --> 00:04:30,375 - We know that in February of 2022, 107 00:04:30,375 --> 00:04:32,333 the Pentagon's UFO Task Force 108 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,125 actually briefed the Canadian military 109 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:35,750 and the Canadian government 110 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:40,708 on this surge of UFO sightings all across North America. 111 00:04:43,417 --> 00:04:45,708 - Now, when I first saw this photo, 112 00:04:45,708 --> 00:04:47,875 I thought it was too good to be true, 113 00:04:47,875 --> 00:04:49,667 but in 1987, 114 00:04:49,667 --> 00:04:53,417 NASA scientist Dr. Richard F. Haines published 115 00:04:53,417 --> 00:04:57,792 this report detailing his in-depth analysis of the photo. 116 00:04:57,792 --> 00:04:59,208 His conclusion, 117 00:04:59,208 --> 00:05:03,208 "The identity of the disc object remains unidentified." 118 00:05:03,208 --> 00:05:04,958 So if he couldn't crack it, 119 00:05:04,958 --> 00:05:06,333 can our experts? 120 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:08,625 [tense music] 121 00:05:10,042 --> 00:05:13,583 We start by authenticating the photo for ourselves. 122 00:05:13,583 --> 00:05:15,625 - The lighting conditions within the scene 123 00:05:15,625 --> 00:05:19,500 and onto the object aid to legitimize the photo. 124 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:21,375 The shadows, highlights, 125 00:05:21,375 --> 00:05:24,375 and midtones are all geometrically consistent 126 00:05:24,375 --> 00:05:27,167 with lighting conditions coming from above. 127 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:28,708 From my perspective, 128 00:05:28,708 --> 00:05:32,875 I don't see any concerns for the integrity of the photo. 129 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:35,708 - [Tony] Okay, so the lighting matches, 130 00:05:35,708 --> 00:05:37,708 but an informed hoaxer could achieve that 131 00:05:37,708 --> 00:05:41,208 simply by capturing two images on one negative, 132 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:42,458 a double exposure. 133 00:05:42,458 --> 00:05:45,083 This works because film captures an image 134 00:05:45,083 --> 00:05:47,417 by being briefly exposed to light. 135 00:05:47,417 --> 00:05:50,500 So all it takes to capture two images in one 136 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:54,458 is to simply expose the same piece of film twice. 137 00:05:54,458 --> 00:05:57,417 But that trick is easier said than done. 138 00:05:57,417 --> 00:06:00,917 - This was taken with a Mamiya instamatic camera 139 00:06:00,917 --> 00:06:03,542 that you have to depress the camera's button 140 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:04,792 to take the photo, 141 00:06:04,792 --> 00:06:06,375 and then when you release the button, 142 00:06:06,375 --> 00:06:08,917 you have to advance to the next negative 143 00:06:08,917 --> 00:06:11,458 in order to have the button to work to take the next photo. 144 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:15,542 So it's impossible for me to create a double image 145 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,292 on the same negative. [camera clicks] 146 00:06:17,292 --> 00:06:18,917 - [Tony] So the photo itself is real, 147 00:06:18,917 --> 00:06:22,333 but we still don't know what it actually shows. 148 00:06:22,333 --> 00:06:23,750 That saucer-like shape, 149 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,667 might it just be a Frisbee? 150 00:06:25,667 --> 00:06:28,125 - You would have to mount a dome on the top of it, 151 00:06:28,125 --> 00:06:30,875 which renders it not flyable. 152 00:06:30,875 --> 00:06:33,792 - [Tony] Not only that, but a Frisbee, or a hub cap, 153 00:06:33,792 --> 00:06:37,000 commonly used in early UFO hoaxes, 154 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,875 wouldn't look this crisp. 155 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:41,708 - 30 feet is what they call the hyperfocal distance, 156 00:06:41,708 --> 00:06:45,708 which means that when you have your camera set on infinity, 157 00:06:45,708 --> 00:06:48,042 the object has to be 30 feet away, 158 00:06:48,042 --> 00:06:49,583 otherwise it'll be out of focus. 159 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:51,250 So now you're talking about an object 160 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:53,042 that's somewhere between 30 feet 161 00:06:53,042 --> 00:06:54,417 and maybe that mountain peak 162 00:06:54,417 --> 00:06:56,667 that is up in the air. 163 00:06:56,667 --> 00:06:58,917 - [Tony] That means this thing is big. 164 00:06:58,917 --> 00:07:00,083 How big? 165 00:07:00,083 --> 00:07:01,875 Well, we ran the numbers. 166 00:07:01,875 --> 00:07:05,375 - I did various calculations in terms of angular size 167 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:07,833 that basically says that, hypothetically, 168 00:07:07,833 --> 00:07:11,875 if you get out to the distance right here that that peak is, 169 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:15,625 that I measured at 1 1/4 miles away, 170 00:07:15,625 --> 00:07:19,000 and because it's not a crystal clear photograph of it, 171 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,917 it has some sort of distortion or distance to it, 172 00:07:21,917 --> 00:07:25,833 then you get to the object being about 78 foot in diameter. 173 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:27,375 - [Tony] So it's a real photo 174 00:07:27,375 --> 00:07:30,583 depicting a 78-foot saucer-shaped craft. 175 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:33,417 But then, how did the photographer miss it 176 00:07:33,417 --> 00:07:34,958 when she actually took the photo? 177 00:07:34,958 --> 00:07:36,333 [camera clicks] 178 00:07:36,333 --> 00:07:38,375 That's perhaps the most compelling piece 179 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:39,667 of this mystery. 180 00:07:40,708 --> 00:07:43,792 - UFOs are most commonly known as being fast, 181 00:07:43,792 --> 00:07:48,417 so it may be that the UFO is moving so quickly 182 00:07:48,417 --> 00:07:50,625 that she didn't have the ability to see it 183 00:07:50,625 --> 00:07:53,250 but the camera still had the ability to capture it 184 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:54,917 and freeze it in time. 185 00:07:54,917 --> 00:07:59,917 - It is a legitimate, real photograph of a daylight object 186 00:07:59,917 --> 00:08:03,792 that doesn't conform to anything naturally we can explain 187 00:08:03,792 --> 00:08:06,250 or conventional that we can explain. 188 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:07,708 It's an incredible case. 189 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:11,708 [tense music] 190 00:08:13,583 --> 00:08:16,708 - Our verdict, we've got a genuine UFO. 191 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:19,167 There's a reason this photo is so famous 192 00:08:19,167 --> 00:08:20,792 on Vancouver Island. 193 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:23,375 Like Haines, we verified the photo, 194 00:08:23,375 --> 00:08:25,250 ruled out the explanations, 195 00:08:25,250 --> 00:08:26,792 and ran the numbers, 196 00:08:26,792 --> 00:08:29,542 all to reach the same conclusion. 197 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:32,875 This disc cannot be identified. 198 00:08:34,583 --> 00:08:35,917 Now let's spend some time 199 00:08:35,917 --> 00:08:39,375 with everyone's favorite legendary aquatic beast. 200 00:08:39,375 --> 00:08:40,833 Over the years, 201 00:08:40,833 --> 00:08:43,375 there have been numerous oalleged visual sightings 202 00:08:43,375 --> 00:08:45,458 of Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. 203 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:49,208 However, one researcher recently revealed an audio recording 204 00:08:49,208 --> 00:08:52,667 where we may actually be able to hear the creature. 205 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:54,250 Take a listen. 206 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:56,833 It's August 10, 2024, 207 00:08:56,833 --> 00:09:00,417 in the Urquhart Bay section of Scotland's Loch Ness. 208 00:09:00,417 --> 00:09:04,500 Investigator Alan McKenna is monitoring underwater sounds 209 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,875 using a hydrophone. 210 00:09:06,875 --> 00:09:08,208 The device, 211 00:09:08,208 --> 00:09:11,417 once used by the U.S. Navy to detect enemy submarines, 212 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:14,125 is nearly 100 feet below the water's surface 213 00:09:14,125 --> 00:09:16,667 when it records something peculiar. 214 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:21,000 [unknown source thumping] 215 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,375 Take another listen. 216 00:09:26,375 --> 00:09:28,542 You can hear a bizarre thumping sound 217 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:29,667 cut through the static. 218 00:09:29,667 --> 00:09:31,208 It's rhythmic, hollow, 219 00:09:31,208 --> 00:09:34,208 and unlike anything Alan has ever heard before. 220 00:09:34,208 --> 00:09:37,750 [unknown source thumping] 221 00:09:38,708 --> 00:09:40,542 - We all kind of freaked out a wee bit, 222 00:09:40,542 --> 00:09:42,583 and were like, "Where's this coming from? 223 00:09:42,583 --> 00:09:43,750 What noise is this?" 224 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,500 I always compare Loch Ness to space. 225 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,542 It's vast, it's dark, 226 00:09:47,542 --> 00:09:49,500 it's difficult to comprehend now and again. 227 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:51,708 So anything could be down there. 228 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:53,875 - [Tony] McKenna and his researchers weren't saying 229 00:09:53,875 --> 00:09:55,833 this was definitely Nessie, 230 00:09:55,833 --> 00:09:58,375 but a lot of people felt it could be. 231 00:09:58,375 --> 00:10:00,208 - This is literally the first time 232 00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:04,875 that we've ever captured some really unusual sounds 233 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:06,542 in the depths of Loch Ness. 234 00:10:06,542 --> 00:10:09,958 [unknown source thumping] 235 00:10:11,875 --> 00:10:16,375 When we hear the rhythmic pulsing of this audio recording, 236 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:18,208 it's easy to compare it 237 00:10:18,208 --> 00:10:20,708 to the sound of a heartbeat of an animal 238 00:10:20,708 --> 00:10:25,042 that has a four-chambered heart very similar to ours. 239 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:28,542 - [Tony] In fact, all mammals have four-chambered hearts. 240 00:10:28,542 --> 00:10:30,958 But aside from the occasional otter, 241 00:10:30,958 --> 00:10:34,542 no confirmed warm-blooded species inhabit Loch Ness. 242 00:10:34,542 --> 00:10:36,083 So what gives? 243 00:10:36,083 --> 00:10:38,083 - For many years, there's been speculation 244 00:10:38,083 --> 00:10:42,333 that the Loch Ness Monster might be a surviving plesiosaur, 245 00:10:42,333 --> 00:10:43,917 which is an ancient type 246 00:10:43,917 --> 00:10:46,375 of marine reptile from the Cretaceous. 247 00:10:46,375 --> 00:10:48,083 Now, new evidence suggests 248 00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:51,875 that plesiosaurs may have been warm-blooded or endothermic. 249 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:54,708 If so, they would most certainly possess 250 00:10:54,708 --> 00:10:56,917 a four-chambered heart like ours, 251 00:10:56,917 --> 00:11:00,792 and therefore the sound of a beating Nessie heart 252 00:11:00,792 --> 00:11:03,083 might sound very similar to ours. 253 00:11:03,833 --> 00:11:07,375 [unknown source thumping] 254 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:11,708 - In 2019, 255 00:11:11,708 --> 00:11:14,083 scientists first recorded the heartbeat 256 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:16,875 of a blue whale swimming in the wild 257 00:11:16,875 --> 00:11:19,375 with electrodes secured with suction cups 258 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:21,208 to the whale's left flipper. 259 00:11:21,208 --> 00:11:23,333 They discovered that when the whale dove, 260 00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:27,042 its heart rate decreased to a low of two beats per minute. 261 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:29,917 Have we also found a heartbeat in Loch Ness? 262 00:11:29,917 --> 00:11:32,208 Let's ask the experts. 263 00:11:32,208 --> 00:11:34,333 [tense music] 264 00:11:36,458 --> 00:11:37,958 We first wanted to see 265 00:11:37,958 --> 00:11:39,875 if the sounds picked up on the hydrophone 266 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:43,208 could have been made by other fish in the Loch. 267 00:11:43,208 --> 00:11:45,458 - There are a number of fish species 268 00:11:45,458 --> 00:11:49,708 that vocalize or make sounds using air sacs in their bodies. 269 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:51,208 That being said, 270 00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:54,250 there are none of those species that inhabit this lake. 271 00:11:54,250 --> 00:11:57,208 Mostly, what we would find here are trout 272 00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:59,125 or landlocked salmon, 273 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:02,250 and none of those fish are known to vocalize. 274 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:03,708 - [Tony] So is it possible 275 00:12:03,708 --> 00:12:07,208 that this is the heartbeat of a plesiosaur, 276 00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:08,958 perhaps Nessie herself? 277 00:12:08,958 --> 00:12:11,583 - A heartbeat is a very specific series 278 00:12:11,583 --> 00:12:13,083 of electrical impulses 279 00:12:13,083 --> 00:12:16,708 that's fairly universal throughout the animal kingdom, 280 00:12:16,708 --> 00:12:18,958 and it has such a rhythm to it 281 00:12:18,958 --> 00:12:21,042 because it is optimized 282 00:12:21,042 --> 00:12:24,333 to efficiently move blood around the body. 283 00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:27,667 It does sound like there's kind of a rhythm to it. 284 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:30,375 [unknown source thumping] 285 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:32,458 But if this were some kind of a heartbeat, 286 00:12:32,458 --> 00:12:34,083 it wouldn't be healthy. 287 00:12:34,083 --> 00:12:37,458 In fact, I would say this might be atrial fibrillation, 288 00:12:37,458 --> 00:12:40,875 where the heartbeat electrical signal is struggling 289 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:42,167 to move along. 290 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:45,708 - [Tony] According to our forensic sound analysis, 291 00:12:45,708 --> 00:12:47,500 if this is indeed a heartbeat, 292 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,042 it's an unusual one. 293 00:12:49,042 --> 00:12:52,708 - One of the possible comparisons would be a sound 294 00:12:52,708 --> 00:12:55,875 of a marine mammal, such as a manatee. 295 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:59,042 [heart thumping] 296 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:02,458 [unknown source thumping] 297 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,208 - The manatee heart rate is a slower and consistent rate. 298 00:13:07,208 --> 00:13:10,458 The Nessie example is a much faster rate 299 00:13:10,458 --> 00:13:12,333 and very kind of arrhythmic. 300 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,833 It's quite irregular 301 00:13:13,833 --> 00:13:17,542 and quite fast compared to what we'd expect. 302 00:13:17,542 --> 00:13:19,042 - [Tony] However, 303 00:13:19,042 --> 00:13:20,833 there could be another explanation for the sounds 304 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:24,083 that has to do with the hydrophone itself. 305 00:13:24,083 --> 00:13:26,875 - Signals from a hydrophone are very, very small 306 00:13:26,875 --> 00:13:28,333 in amplitude, 307 00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:31,708 and so we use a device called an amplifier 308 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:33,875 to boost that signal up to a level 309 00:13:33,875 --> 00:13:35,917 that we can record it or process it. 310 00:13:35,917 --> 00:13:37,750 And so if there's any noise 311 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:40,500 or any interference that's present, 312 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,500 the amplifier also boosts that. 313 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:46,708 So those sounds can be due to biological sources, 314 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:48,333 but it could also be due to waves, 315 00:13:48,333 --> 00:13:50,250 due to wind blowing over the water. 316 00:13:50,250 --> 00:13:51,708 Any cables 317 00:13:51,708 --> 00:13:53,875 or mechanisms for the boat 318 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:56,000 that are causing vibration in the water, 319 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,583 the hydrophone will pick those up as well. 320 00:13:58,583 --> 00:14:00,167 - [Tony] Whatever it is, 321 00:14:00,167 --> 00:14:02,500 McKenna's ready to continue the search. 322 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:04,375 - This is what kinda keeps the mystery going. 323 00:14:04,375 --> 00:14:05,542 We don't know. 324 00:14:05,542 --> 00:14:06,875 We may never know, 325 00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:08,875 but it's the only time we've heard that sound. 326 00:14:08,875 --> 00:14:10,708 Just because I might not get that evidence, 327 00:14:10,708 --> 00:14:12,042 it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, 328 00:14:12,042 --> 00:14:14,500 it just means that I've had no luck 329 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,375 in pursuing the truth. 330 00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:17,708 But I'll never give up, 331 00:14:17,708 --> 00:14:19,167 we're still there every single month. 332 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,583 [tense music] 333 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:28,167 - Our verdict, we're calling this one unexplained. 334 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:31,750 While this may be artifact sounds from a hydrophone, 335 00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:34,042 our experts couldn't rule out the possibility 336 00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:35,917 that it's something biological, 337 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:37,458 even a heartbeat, 338 00:14:37,458 --> 00:14:39,292 albeit a sickly one. 339 00:14:39,292 --> 00:14:41,208 So until we have further evidence, 340 00:14:41,208 --> 00:14:44,042 we'll keep up with these ongoing expeditions. 341 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,167 - Pentagon UFO whistleblowers have come forward 342 00:14:50,167 --> 00:14:52,333 claiming the United States government has retrieved 343 00:14:52,333 --> 00:14:54,042 crashed alien craft 344 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:57,042 and even what they call biologics. 345 00:14:57,042 --> 00:14:59,542 But if aliens are crashing to Earth, 346 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:01,708 why haven't any civilians ever come across 347 00:15:01,708 --> 00:15:03,542 their dead bodies? 348 00:15:03,542 --> 00:15:05,417 Well, maybe they have. 349 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:08,833 Quebec, Canada, 1992. 350 00:15:08,833 --> 00:15:11,083 Three snowmobilers are riding in the woods 351 00:15:11,083 --> 00:15:13,792 an hour northwest of Montreal, 352 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:15,375 but everyone stops in their tracks 353 00:15:15,375 --> 00:15:17,958 when they see something strange on the ground. 354 00:15:17,958 --> 00:15:21,292 Somebody takes out a camera and photographs this. 355 00:15:21,292 --> 00:15:24,583 Its mouth is ajar as it stares lifelessly 356 00:15:24,583 --> 00:15:25,917 into the night sky. 357 00:15:25,917 --> 00:15:28,042 The snowmobilers prop it up. 358 00:15:28,042 --> 00:15:29,208 Now look closely, 359 00:15:29,208 --> 00:15:31,958 and you'll see its bulbous eyes filled out 360 00:15:31,958 --> 00:15:33,542 by pitch-black irises 361 00:15:33,542 --> 00:15:38,208 along with a thin nose and that small rectangular mouth. 362 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:41,042 A story circulates about the person who took the video, 363 00:15:41,042 --> 00:15:43,417 and the details are pretty murky. 364 00:15:43,417 --> 00:15:45,375 - A man was living with his roommate, 365 00:15:45,375 --> 00:15:48,417 and one of the roommate's friends came over 366 00:15:48,417 --> 00:15:49,875 one night and said, 367 00:15:49,875 --> 00:15:52,417 "My cousin and a couple of his friends were out snowmobiling 368 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:55,750 and they found an alien corpse by the side of the road." 369 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:59,542 The men who found the body didn't bring it back with them, 370 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:00,875 so they left it where it was 371 00:16:00,875 --> 00:16:03,167 and decided that they'd come back the next day. 372 00:16:04,208 --> 00:16:06,208 But by the time they got back, it was gone. 373 00:16:08,125 --> 00:16:09,875 - [Tony] All we know for sure 374 00:16:09,875 --> 00:16:12,000 is that the video circulated for years 375 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,625 in a mysterious corner of the internet 376 00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:16,917 known as the dark web. 377 00:16:16,917 --> 00:16:19,667 - The dark web is shrouded in mystery. 378 00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:23,833 It makes up less than 1% of all of the unindexed websites 379 00:16:23,833 --> 00:16:25,250 that make up the entire internet, 380 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:27,500 but it's somehow become that place 381 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:28,833 where people put things 382 00:16:28,833 --> 00:16:31,208 that they don't think are ready to be released to the public 383 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:34,292 or they're trying to share but hide from the public. 384 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:37,583 The video circulated on the dark web pretty quickly, 385 00:16:37,583 --> 00:16:40,375 but it didn't really reach the mainstream until 2008, 386 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,167 when it was uploaded to YouTube. 387 00:16:43,208 --> 00:16:45,167 - [Tony] And since this alien sighting happened 388 00:16:45,167 --> 00:16:46,750 not far from Montreal, 389 00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:48,625 some wonder if there was a connection 390 00:16:48,625 --> 00:16:52,000 to what may be that city's most famous UFO sighting 391 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,083 of all time. 392 00:16:53,083 --> 00:16:54,708 - In 1990, 393 00:16:54,708 --> 00:16:58,375 many people saw a series of 8 to 10 circular lights hovering 394 00:16:58,375 --> 00:17:00,125 over a large metallic object 395 00:17:00,125 --> 00:17:02,667 at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel. 396 00:17:02,667 --> 00:17:04,625 That case has been investigated for years, 397 00:17:04,625 --> 00:17:07,042 and no one's come up with a solid explanation. 398 00:17:07,042 --> 00:17:08,583 Many people think there could be a link 399 00:17:08,583 --> 00:17:10,208 to this alien corpse. 400 00:17:12,042 --> 00:17:14,083 - While the dark web is often associated 401 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:15,792 with illegal activities 402 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:18,625 such as drug trafficking and hacking, 403 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:21,375 proponents say it can also be used for legitimate purposes, 404 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:23,542 such as investigative journalism, 405 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:24,792 human rights activism, 406 00:17:24,792 --> 00:17:28,500 and, yes, legitimate UFO research. 407 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:32,833 Did someone upload alien corpse footage too explosive 408 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:34,833 for the regular internet? 409 00:17:34,833 --> 00:17:38,542 Our experts are online and on the case. 410 00:17:38,542 --> 00:17:40,667 [tense music] 411 00:17:42,833 --> 00:17:44,375 - From what I can see, 412 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:46,542 as the video plays naturally, 413 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:49,958 it appears to be some sort of slideshow that's playing, 414 00:17:49,958 --> 00:17:52,792 and the operator is capturing a playback 415 00:17:52,792 --> 00:17:54,750 from another source. 416 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:56,542 The problem that we face here is, 417 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:58,542 because this was handled improperly, 418 00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:01,083 we don't have the necessary information 419 00:18:01,083 --> 00:18:03,083 to understand that chain of custody. 420 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:05,792 So the authenticity is inconclusive. 421 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:09,083 - [Tony] What can we learn from a closer look 422 00:18:09,083 --> 00:18:10,542 at the creature's anatomy? 423 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:11,708 - It's hairless, 424 00:18:11,708 --> 00:18:15,458 it's got kind of a grayish tinge to its skin color, 425 00:18:15,458 --> 00:18:18,292 so it does take the traditional view 426 00:18:18,292 --> 00:18:21,333 of what an alien's supposed to look like. 427 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:24,375 You can notice that it doesn't have any genitalia, 428 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:28,750 but it has an Adam's apple indicative of somebody male. 429 00:18:28,750 --> 00:18:31,250 This alien has clear buttocks, 430 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:33,875 and that seems very odd for me, 431 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:37,375 because if it doesn't have any obvious genitalia, 432 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:38,917 why does it have a rectum? 433 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:41,083 That doesn't go together whatsoever. 434 00:18:42,583 --> 00:18:45,500 - [Tony] But whether human, alien, or something else, 435 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,208 physically, things just don't add up. 436 00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:51,458 - Its neck is super skinny, and the head size 437 00:18:51,458 --> 00:18:54,625 with a neck that size doesn't work in reality. 438 00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:57,792 And on its back you can see its shoulder muscles, 439 00:18:57,792 --> 00:19:01,083 and those are not correct anatomically. 440 00:19:01,083 --> 00:19:03,917 The muscle structure wouldn't support anything 441 00:19:03,917 --> 00:19:05,792 that it's supposed to support. 442 00:19:05,792 --> 00:19:07,708 So, whatever this is, 443 00:19:07,708 --> 00:19:11,833 it's not possible for that to work together. 444 00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:13,375 It's completely wrong. 445 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:17,042 - [Tony] And it's not just the creature itself 446 00:19:17,042 --> 00:19:19,167 that raises a red flag. 447 00:19:19,167 --> 00:19:22,042 - The setting is very well lit, 448 00:19:22,042 --> 00:19:23,875 so you can see everything very well, 449 00:19:23,875 --> 00:19:27,542 implying that there's another light source there. 450 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:30,792 I can't imagine that anybody would carry a bunch of lights 451 00:19:30,792 --> 00:19:32,125 out in the snow. 452 00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:35,375 - [Tony] The evidence, or lack thereof, 453 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:37,333 is more than we can take. 454 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:40,333 - All you have is this badly done video 455 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:41,833 that's probably been taped over 456 00:19:41,833 --> 00:19:45,083 and taped over several times to make it even more grainy. 457 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,458 So, I don't put any stock in this. 458 00:19:47,458 --> 00:19:49,667 What we are seeing here is a hoax. 459 00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:53,667 [tense music] 460 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:58,417 - Our verdict, we think we're looking at a hoax. 461 00:19:58,417 --> 00:20:00,708 But remember that in 2023, 462 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:03,625 one of those Pentagon whistleblowers claimed 463 00:20:03,625 --> 00:20:07,250 the U.S. had retrieved several alien corpses, 464 00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:08,875 although no evidence has been shared 465 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:10,292 with the public just yet. 466 00:20:13,625 --> 00:20:15,542 - Since this show premiered in 2021, 467 00:20:15,542 --> 00:20:18,417 we have seen some strange shapes in the skies over Texas. 468 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:21,917 Saucers, triangles, orbs, 469 00:20:21,917 --> 00:20:23,417 and now an arrow? 470 00:20:23,417 --> 00:20:27,292 Take a look and take your best shot at identifying it. 471 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:32,542 January 4, 2023, in Forney, Texas. 472 00:20:32,542 --> 00:20:34,750 It's a clear night in the Lone Star State 473 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:38,250 when musician Mike Koehler decides to take five. 474 00:20:38,250 --> 00:20:40,708 - I was in my studio working on some music, 475 00:20:40,708 --> 00:20:43,708 and I stepped outside to have a smoke break, 476 00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:46,667 and I noticed something was floating around the sky. 477 00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:49,458 It kinda felt like the thing was, like, watching me. 478 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:51,208 - [Tony] Mike decides to watch it back 479 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:53,750 and takes out his phone to capture this. 480 00:20:55,375 --> 00:20:57,208 - [Mike] That is not an airplane. 481 00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:02,208 - [Tony] A V-shaped object covered in dim blue lights 482 00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:04,167 hovers above his home. 483 00:21:04,167 --> 00:21:05,500 As Mike records, 484 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,750 it stays within the center of the frame, 485 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,708 swaying back and forth. 486 00:21:09,708 --> 00:21:12,208 Intrigued, Mike steps away for a minute 487 00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:14,875 to photograph the craft with a better camera. 488 00:21:14,875 --> 00:21:17,375 - [Mike] Go inside and grab my actual camera, 489 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:20,208 I go out my backyard, and the thing was gone. 490 00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:21,500 Dammit. 491 00:21:22,417 --> 00:21:24,042 - [Tony] But what is it? 492 00:21:24,042 --> 00:21:25,667 This V shape is reminiscent 493 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:29,458 of one of Texas's most famous UFO cases. 494 00:21:29,458 --> 00:21:32,875 - The Lubbock Lights was an incident in September of 1951, 495 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:35,917 where this sort of V shape of lights began moving 496 00:21:35,917 --> 00:21:37,250 over the town of Lubbock. 497 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:38,708 A lot of people had witnessed it, 498 00:21:38,708 --> 00:21:43,125 and it caught attention of media all over the world. 499 00:21:43,125 --> 00:21:44,625 It really solidified this idea 500 00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:49,875 that UFOs were the product of alien visitation. 501 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:50,917 - [Tony] In the decades 502 00:21:50,917 --> 00:21:52,875 since people started seeing these UFOs, 503 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:55,833 aerospace engineers also began tinkering 504 00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:57,458 with arrow-shaped craft. 505 00:21:57,458 --> 00:21:58,792 - The use of a V shape 506 00:21:58,792 --> 00:22:02,167 forms a fairly efficient type of aircraft. 507 00:22:02,167 --> 00:22:03,750 Delft University of Technology 508 00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:07,333 actually designed a large hydrogen aircraft 509 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:08,750 in the shape of a V, 510 00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:10,375 and it's essentially being tested 511 00:22:10,375 --> 00:22:13,458 to be a new type of passenger and cargo aircraft. 512 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,042 - [Tony] Pretty cool, 513 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:17,750 and perhaps something like that was flying over Texas, 514 00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:21,708 but Mike is convinced what he saw came from another world. 515 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:24,500 - I used to be extremely skeptical about UFOs, 516 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,667 but after I got video of the incident, 517 00:22:26,667 --> 00:22:28,500 it's kind of caused me to believe in them 518 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:30,250 a little bit more than I used to. 519 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:32,667 Now when I go outside and I look up and I say, 520 00:22:32,667 --> 00:22:34,292 "Yeah, I wonder if there's anything weird up there." 521 00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:38,625 - With aircraft like the new Flying-V looking 522 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:40,250 more and more like UFOs, 523 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:42,833 there has been rampant speculation 524 00:22:42,833 --> 00:22:46,333 that new aviation tech is just the reverse engineering 525 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:48,167 of old UFOs, 526 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:50,375 supposedly recovered over the course 527 00:22:50,375 --> 00:22:53,708 of a decades-long UFO retrieval program. 528 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:57,250 Could our mystery object be from outer space, 529 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:59,458 or is it space-inspired? 530 00:22:59,458 --> 00:23:01,875 We asked the experts. 531 00:23:01,875 --> 00:23:03,958 [tense music] 532 00:23:06,417 --> 00:23:08,000 - The vehicle doesn't seem to match 533 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,250 any known vehicle aircraft that we have. 534 00:23:11,250 --> 00:23:13,958 We have V-shaped vehicles such as the B-2, 535 00:23:13,958 --> 00:23:15,208 the F-117, 536 00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:17,625 the B-21, the new one that's coming out. 537 00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:19,375 They're all triangular shape, 538 00:23:19,375 --> 00:23:20,958 but they don't move like this. 539 00:23:20,958 --> 00:23:23,500 They usually leave some type of contrails, 540 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,250 and they definitely do not have 541 00:23:25,250 --> 00:23:27,792 this type of light configuration. 542 00:23:27,792 --> 00:23:31,417 - [Tony] So if this Texas UFO isn't a terrestrial craft, 543 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:34,500 that means it must be extraterrestrial, right? 544 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:35,875 Not so fast. 545 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:39,417 - It's conjured up images of alien spaceships 546 00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:41,250 that people have described, 547 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:42,750 but it's not doing anything amazing. 548 00:23:42,750 --> 00:23:45,375 It's not otherworldly and it's maneuvering, 549 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,042 it's not zipping along. 550 00:23:47,042 --> 00:23:49,625 It's something that appears to be almost hovering in the sky. 551 00:23:49,625 --> 00:23:52,208 - [Tony] And we don't think it's CGI either. 552 00:23:52,208 --> 00:23:55,208 - The way everything moves in the video looks very real. 553 00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:56,750 So, I say this is a real video, 554 00:23:56,750 --> 00:24:00,208 and this is a real thing of some type in the sky. 555 00:24:00,208 --> 00:24:01,458 - [Tony] Looking closer, 556 00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:04,042 we make one very important discovery. 557 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,208 - When we zoom in, 558 00:24:05,208 --> 00:24:07,042 it looks like lights that can actually change color, 559 00:24:07,042 --> 00:24:10,667 which to me definitely indicates something very artificial. 560 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,833 - [Tony] Something from Earth that floats in the air 561 00:24:12,833 --> 00:24:14,292 and has lights? 562 00:24:14,292 --> 00:24:15,417 Sounds like a drone. 563 00:24:16,375 --> 00:24:20,167 We have seen drones hovering over residential areas before, 564 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:24,333 like the New Jersey swarms back in fall 2024. 565 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,042 Could this be similar? 566 00:24:26,042 --> 00:24:27,333 - There are drones out there 567 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,667 that have a triangular configuration, 568 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:32,167 but they're not exactly this triangular configuration, 569 00:24:32,167 --> 00:24:34,750 and they don't have these types of lights on them. 570 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:36,625 - [Tony] The FAA actually mandates 571 00:24:36,625 --> 00:24:38,542 that night-flying drones have lights 572 00:24:38,542 --> 00:24:42,000 that strobe between 40 to 100 cycles per minute 573 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,417 to avoid collision. 574 00:24:43,417 --> 00:24:46,042 This object's lights may change color, 575 00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:47,625 but they don't strobe. 576 00:24:47,625 --> 00:24:49,542 So what could this be? 577 00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:51,375 - I think what we're looking at is a kite 578 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:52,625 with LED lights on it. 579 00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,750 LED lights are very low-power lights, 580 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,792 doesn't add very much weight to the kite. 581 00:24:56,792 --> 00:24:58,875 The thing that really reveals it to be a kite 582 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:00,708 is that if we boost the levels, 583 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,667 we can actually see the tail of the kite. 584 00:25:03,667 --> 00:25:06,042 You see lots of examples nowadays 585 00:25:06,042 --> 00:25:07,708 of kites with LED lights, 586 00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:10,875 and I've quite often seen them reported as UFOs 587 00:25:10,875 --> 00:25:13,458 just because people don't recognize what they are. 588 00:25:14,375 --> 00:25:16,708 [tense music] 589 00:25:18,542 --> 00:25:21,375 - Our verdict, LED kite. 590 00:25:21,375 --> 00:25:23,000 Now, presumably, 591 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,292 whoever was flying it reeled it back in 592 00:25:25,292 --> 00:25:29,167 when Mike was inside the house getting another camera. 593 00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:32,042 Our experts didn't find a UFO this time. 594 00:25:32,042 --> 00:25:33,750 But if you like kites, 595 00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:35,417 Texas is the place to be. 596 00:25:35,417 --> 00:25:37,792 Austin's annual ABC Kite Festival, 597 00:25:37,792 --> 00:25:41,500 founded in 1929, is the nation's oldest. 598 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:47,417 - Volcanoes are known to spew hot lava, 599 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,208 gasses, and volcanic ash. 600 00:25:49,208 --> 00:25:50,708 But alien ships? 601 00:25:50,708 --> 00:25:53,250 This next video might be proof of that 602 00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:55,125 and maybe even a little more. 603 00:25:55,125 --> 00:25:57,167 It all takes place around one perplexing peak in Mexico. 604 00:25:57,167 --> 00:25:59,792 It all takes place around one perplexing peak in Mexico. 605 00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:05,000 August 24, 2023. 606 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,375 It's nighttime in Central Mexico, 607 00:26:07,375 --> 00:26:09,875 where a webcam monitors smoke rising 608 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:13,500 from an active volcano called Popocatepetl. 609 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,458 But around 8:30 PM, 610 00:26:15,458 --> 00:26:18,042 the volcano, nicknamed El Popo, 611 00:26:18,042 --> 00:26:21,708 appears to release more than just smoke. 612 00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:24,542 As the mouth of the volcano begins to flash, 613 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:27,708 a trail of luminous, cigar-shaped objects seem 614 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:31,708 to exit the crater in an upward path into the night sky. 615 00:26:31,708 --> 00:26:33,042 From head to tail, 616 00:26:33,042 --> 00:26:36,833 there are roughly 20 individual objects. 617 00:26:36,833 --> 00:26:38,708 The video sparks headlines 618 00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:42,125 and draws the attention of documentarian Darcy Weir, 619 00:26:42,125 --> 00:26:45,458 who has closely investigated this particular phenomenon. 620 00:26:45,458 --> 00:26:47,083 - Believe it or not, 621 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:51,083 there's many videos recorded around volcanoes, 622 00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:54,417 and I think the most commonly recorded place 623 00:26:54,417 --> 00:26:57,208 is actually Popocatepetl. 624 00:26:57,208 --> 00:26:59,792 There are a ton of videos 625 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:03,708 of what looks like UFOs 626 00:27:03,708 --> 00:27:06,583 entering the crater of the volcano Popo 627 00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:09,542 and sometimes exiting. 628 00:27:09,542 --> 00:27:11,708 - [Tony] That's why some even speculate 629 00:27:11,708 --> 00:27:14,625 that El Popo is more than just a volcano. 630 00:27:14,625 --> 00:27:16,458 - Jaime Maussan is probably 631 00:27:16,458 --> 00:27:21,417 the most popular UFO investigator in Latin America, 632 00:27:21,417 --> 00:27:22,875 and he has a very strong belief 633 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:26,917 that the objects that are seen coming out of El Popo 634 00:27:26,917 --> 00:27:30,000 are indication of something much, much bigger: 635 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,375 an interdimensional portal that UFOs can come through 636 00:27:33,375 --> 00:27:36,667 and then they exit through the top of the volcano. 637 00:27:37,833 --> 00:27:41,208 Maussan's claim is that the intense magnetic forces 638 00:27:41,208 --> 00:27:44,708 that are inside of a volcano would lend itself 639 00:27:44,708 --> 00:27:46,667 to opening up a wormhole 640 00:27:46,667 --> 00:27:49,375 that would extend to other sides of the universe 641 00:27:49,375 --> 00:27:51,458 or even other dimensions. 642 00:27:51,458 --> 00:27:53,125 - [Tony] Wormholes happen, in theory, 643 00:27:53,125 --> 00:27:55,792 when gravity folds spacetime so severely 644 00:27:55,792 --> 00:27:57,208 that two distant points, 645 00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:59,375 like, say, a location on a faraway planet 646 00:27:59,375 --> 00:28:01,042 and the mouth of El Popo, 647 00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:02,417 actually meet. 648 00:28:02,417 --> 00:28:05,750 This would mean that even though they could be separated 649 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:07,750 by billions of light years, 650 00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:09,667 a wormhole shortcut 651 00:28:11,708 --> 00:28:14,042 would make it possible to travel between them. 652 00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:20,000 The concept of wormholes is based 653 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,125 on Einstein's theory of general relativity, 654 00:28:23,125 --> 00:28:27,208 but so far, scientists have no evidence they actually exist. 655 00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:31,292 Could this video be proof of an interstellar shortcut? 656 00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:35,208 Our experts give us the long and short of it. 657 00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,292 [tense music] 658 00:28:39,042 --> 00:28:41,333 Could there be a natural explanation 659 00:28:41,333 --> 00:28:42,625 for what we're seeing? 660 00:28:42,625 --> 00:28:44,792 - So if you think of it from a natural cause, 661 00:28:44,792 --> 00:28:47,042 that would be most likely volcanic bombs. 662 00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:51,042 Volcanic bombs are pieces of hot magma that get thrown out 663 00:28:51,042 --> 00:28:53,708 because of the pressure inside the volcano. 664 00:28:53,708 --> 00:28:55,792 What's uncommon is seeing objects 665 00:28:55,792 --> 00:28:57,875 that are flying out in a straight line. 666 00:28:57,875 --> 00:28:59,750 - [Tony] Since the formation is too perfect 667 00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:01,000 for volcanic bombs, 668 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,958 could this be extraterrestrial travelers 669 00:29:03,958 --> 00:29:06,375 using the volcano as a wormhole portal? 670 00:29:07,458 --> 00:29:09,542 - I have no idea why, 671 00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:11,292 if I were an advanced civilization, 672 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,667 I would put my wormhole next to something 673 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:16,417 as extremely dangerous as a volcano. 674 00:29:16,417 --> 00:29:17,875 Some have speculated 675 00:29:17,875 --> 00:29:21,042 that advanced civilizations need volcanoes to refuel, 676 00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:24,625 but I don't understand why you would need to refuel 677 00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:27,042 from something that is producing energy 678 00:29:27,042 --> 00:29:29,375 in a very unusable form, 679 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:31,375 mostly as heat and friction. 680 00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:33,208 So I'm extremely skeptical 681 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:36,000 about these portal or wormhole ideas, 682 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,375 I don't see any evidence of this. 683 00:29:38,375 --> 00:29:41,208 - [Tony] But if these aren't UFOs harnessing the power 684 00:29:41,208 --> 00:29:42,708 of a volcano, 685 00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:45,708 could they be a string of manmade objects? 686 00:29:45,708 --> 00:29:48,375 There is some familiar Earth-based tech 687 00:29:48,375 --> 00:29:49,875 that might fit the bill. 688 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:51,208 As we speak, 689 00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:53,250 Elon Musk's Starlink project is building 690 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,208 a global satellite-based internet network. 691 00:29:56,208 --> 00:29:58,375 Starlink is launching thousands of satellites, 692 00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:01,583 sometimes multiple times a week, to do it. 693 00:30:01,583 --> 00:30:04,583 - This video does bear some similarity 694 00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:06,167 to launches of Starlink, 695 00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:10,875 which have been mistaken for UFOs many, many times. 696 00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:13,750 However, a Starlink launch looks more 697 00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:16,083 like a series of points or dots 698 00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:18,125 than a series of streaks. 699 00:30:19,083 --> 00:30:21,375 I think we're probably looking at 700 00:30:21,375 --> 00:30:26,542 something very similar to earthquake lights. 701 00:30:26,542 --> 00:30:28,875 - [Tony] Earthquake lights are mysterious balls of light 702 00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:31,292 that have been reported for centuries. 703 00:30:31,292 --> 00:30:34,458 One theory is that they're caused by tension in the ground 704 00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:37,458 that creates charged gas and emits light. 705 00:30:37,458 --> 00:30:39,917 But scientists still don't know for sure. 706 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:41,667 - I can't explain, though, 707 00:30:41,667 --> 00:30:42,667 why that would create a series of lights in a line, 708 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:45,042 why that would create a series of lights in a line, 709 00:30:45,042 --> 00:30:47,000 but I suspect it has something to do 710 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,458 with the flammable gases produced by the volcano 711 00:30:50,458 --> 00:30:55,458 or ionization of the air caused by the seismic activity. 712 00:30:55,458 --> 00:30:57,583 [tense music] 713 00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:03,000 - Our verdict, unexplained natural phenomenon. 714 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,042 We like Professor Szydagis's theory 715 00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:07,125 that these are earthquake lights, 716 00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:08,708 even though they look a little different 717 00:31:08,708 --> 00:31:10,625 than any we've seen before. 718 00:31:10,625 --> 00:31:14,417 But until scientists agree on what causes earthquake lights, 719 00:31:14,417 --> 00:31:17,083 this video still remains something of a mystery. 720 00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:21,417 But until scientists agree on what causes earthquake light- , 721 00:31:21,417 --> 00:31:25,208 nearly 1,800 thunderstorms are soaking the Earth. 722 00:31:25,208 --> 00:31:26,917 According to the National Weather Service, 723 00:31:26,917 --> 00:31:30,125 the typical thunderstorm is about 15 miles wide 724 00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:32,458 and lasts about 30 minutes. 725 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:35,625 But what you're about to see is not typical. 726 00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:38,792 November 1, 2021. 727 00:31:38,792 --> 00:31:40,917 West Java, Indonesia. 728 00:31:40,917 --> 00:31:43,583 It's a humid and overcast afternoon. 729 00:31:43,583 --> 00:31:45,042 As rain begins to fall, 730 00:31:45,042 --> 00:31:48,083 a local man notices something very strange. 731 00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:51,500 A single vertical column of rain falls 732 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:55,167 over a parked black SUV and nothing else. 733 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,167 The area around the SUV, 734 00:31:57,167 --> 00:31:58,875 along with other parked cars, 735 00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:01,250 is perfectly clear and dry. 736 00:32:01,250 --> 00:32:05,000 Now, bizarrely, concentrated rains do happen. 737 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,083 Just check out this video in Italy, 738 00:32:07,083 --> 00:32:10,667 where a narrow shower falls over a small spot on the road, 739 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:12,875 or this one from China, 740 00:32:12,875 --> 00:32:15,042 featuring a downpour that abruptly stops 741 00:32:15,042 --> 00:32:17,833 inches from a dry motorist. 742 00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:20,125 However, in our Indonesian case, 743 00:32:20,125 --> 00:32:21,917 some wondered if this wasn't more 744 00:32:21,917 --> 00:32:24,208 than a freak of meteorology, 745 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:26,375 but an answer to prayers. 746 00:32:26,375 --> 00:32:27,875 - In Indonesia, 747 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:30,125 the Banyuwangian people of East Java perform 748 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:32,417 what's called a Kebo-keboan ceremony, 749 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:35,333 in which they ask for protection from disasters, 750 00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:37,708 a good harvest, and for rain. 751 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:39,167 In other areas of Indonesia, 752 00:32:39,167 --> 00:32:42,875 people rely on rain shamans to control the weather 753 00:32:42,875 --> 00:32:46,167 and delay rain until outdoor events are over. 754 00:32:46,167 --> 00:32:48,708 - [Tony] If this rainfall is a prayer answered, 755 00:32:48,708 --> 00:32:51,083 it wouldn't be the only time that's happened. 756 00:32:51,083 --> 00:32:53,167 - In Sicily in 1956, 757 00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:56,208 there was a year-long drought in the village of Caltabellotta. 758 00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,292 When the villagers walked behind a statue 759 00:32:58,292 --> 00:33:01,208 of the Virgin Mary, crying, "We went water and bread," 760 00:33:01,208 --> 00:33:04,208 there was a small storm that ranged just on them 761 00:33:04,208 --> 00:33:06,125 that eventually grew into a bigger storm 762 00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:07,417 and ended the drought. 763 00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:09,875 - [Tony] Our Indonesian rain, however, 764 00:33:09,875 --> 00:33:11,375 didn't grow into a torrent. 765 00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:13,750 - It's very strange, obviously, 766 00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:16,458 that there's only rain on this car 767 00:33:16,458 --> 00:33:18,958 and everything else is totally dry. 768 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:22,708 - On a previous episode, 769 00:33:22,708 --> 00:33:26,750 we featured what looked like a hyper-local torrent in Ghana. 770 00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:28,583 That turned out to be an illusion, 771 00:33:28,583 --> 00:33:32,125 just a burst of water shooting up from a broken pipe. 772 00:33:32,125 --> 00:33:34,250 But can our experts make heads or tails 773 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:37,375 of what's causing these mini rainstorms? 774 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:40,625 [tense music] 775 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:44,417 Could our micro-shower be related 776 00:33:44,417 --> 00:33:47,917 to a strange phenomenon called punch hole clouds? 777 00:33:47,917 --> 00:33:50,167 - Punch hole clouds, or fallstreaks, 778 00:33:50,167 --> 00:33:55,042 oftentimes develop when high clouds are in place 779 00:33:55,042 --> 00:33:57,667 and an airplane flies through the clouds 780 00:33:57,667 --> 00:33:59,542 and creates a punch hole. 781 00:33:59,542 --> 00:34:01,958 - [Tony] When a passing aircraft disrupts 782 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:04,625 super-cooled water droplets in a cloud, 783 00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:06,208 it causes them to freeze 784 00:34:06,208 --> 00:34:07,875 and eventually fall to the ground 785 00:34:07,875 --> 00:34:10,042 over a very concentrated area. 786 00:34:10,042 --> 00:34:12,000 - The initial punch hole will be small. 787 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,083 However, that will spread radially, 788 00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:18,042 and the size of that rain tends to fall 789 00:34:18,042 --> 00:34:19,417 over much larger areas, 790 00:34:19,417 --> 00:34:21,292 not just the width of a car. 791 00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:24,042 In this case, we're looking at one car 792 00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:25,583 that is being rained on. 793 00:34:25,583 --> 00:34:28,500 - [Tony] So it's probably not a punch hole cloud. 794 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:32,042 In fact, this might not be a natural event at all. 795 00:34:32,042 --> 00:34:34,083 - If water comes from the sky, 796 00:34:34,083 --> 00:34:37,083 it comes from miles up, where we have winds 797 00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:40,250 that can then change the direction of the rain. 798 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:42,542 Rain does not come in a column. 799 00:34:42,542 --> 00:34:44,792 That defies the laws of meteorology, 800 00:34:44,792 --> 00:34:47,042 defies the laws of physics. 801 00:34:47,042 --> 00:34:50,125 And so I think that basically this is a fake, 802 00:34:50,125 --> 00:34:53,042 and there's basically a hose someplace 803 00:34:53,042 --> 00:34:57,000 that is shooting water on top of this car. 804 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,042 - [Tony] But hang on. 805 00:34:58,042 --> 00:34:59,625 When the camera pans up, 806 00:34:59,625 --> 00:35:03,167 we don't see a hose or an arc of water coming from one. 807 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:05,875 This might fly in the face of meteorology, 808 00:35:05,875 --> 00:35:07,083 but in the end, 809 00:35:07,083 --> 00:35:07,792 we're not sure what's causing this. 810 00:35:08,125 --> 00:35:09,000 we're not sure what's causing this. 811 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,375 - I've seen upward lightning, 812 00:35:10,375 --> 00:35:13,042 I've seen rain the color of blood, 813 00:35:13,042 --> 00:35:14,750 but I've never seen anything like this. 814 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,292 [tense music] 815 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,417 - Our verdict, unidentified water source. 816 00:35:23,417 --> 00:35:25,292 While we agree with Professor Kaku 817 00:35:25,292 --> 00:35:27,875 that the video from Indonesia could well be a prank, 818 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:31,167 we just can't quite figure out how it was pulled off. 819 00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:32,500 In the meantime, 820 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,958 if there is a secret micro-rain conspiracy 821 00:35:35,958 --> 00:35:37,875 behind all of this, 822 00:35:37,875 --> 00:35:39,208 let's hope for a leak. 823 00:35:43,083 --> 00:35:44,167 - When the seasons change, 824 00:35:44,167 --> 00:35:46,208 certain things feel inevitable. 825 00:35:46,208 --> 00:35:47,875 Snow falls in the winter, 826 00:35:47,875 --> 00:35:49,000 rain in the spring, 827 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,167 and leaves in the autumn. 828 00:35:51,167 --> 00:35:53,208 But our next video captures foliage 829 00:35:53,208 --> 00:35:55,667 that seems to defy the laws of Mother Nature 830 00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:57,708 and the laws of gravity. 831 00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:01,958 Are supernatural forces at play in the forest? 832 00:36:01,958 --> 00:36:04,750 December 6, 2021. 833 00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:07,042 Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 834 00:36:07,042 --> 00:36:08,708 Kendra Raines and her husband, Tim, 835 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:11,542 are on their normal walk along a hiking trail 836 00:36:11,542 --> 00:36:14,042 when they suddenly encounter something strange. 837 00:36:14,042 --> 00:36:17,500 Tim pulls out his cell phone and records this. 838 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,375 A bright yellow leaf is twirling in midair. 839 00:36:20,375 --> 00:36:22,333 The leaf appears to levitate 840 00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:24,375 without drifting toward the ground. 841 00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:25,875 As it hovers above Kendra, 842 00:36:25,875 --> 00:36:28,875 she snatches it to see if it's caught on something, 843 00:36:28,875 --> 00:36:30,333 like a spider web. 844 00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:31,667 But surprisingly... 845 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:45,083 - You can see me on the video just standing there perplexed 846 00:36:45,083 --> 00:36:48,625 at the way that this leaf is flying around. 847 00:36:48,625 --> 00:36:52,250 The entire experience probably lasted five or six minutes. 848 00:36:53,375 --> 00:36:56,125 A lot of people insisted it was a butterfly, 849 00:36:56,125 --> 00:36:58,458 and it absolutely was not a butterfly. 850 00:36:58,458 --> 00:37:01,458 We did go and thoroughly check it out, 851 00:37:01,458 --> 00:37:04,500 but it definitely was just a plain yellow leaf. 852 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,125 I have no idea why that leaf chased me across the trail. 853 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:11,125 It did seem very supernatural to us. 854 00:37:11,125 --> 00:37:14,083 - [Tony] Is something paranormal at play here? 855 00:37:14,083 --> 00:37:18,125 - This took place in Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains. 856 00:37:18,125 --> 00:37:20,000 Scholars know that people have lived there 857 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,625 for about 14,000 years, 858 00:37:21,625 --> 00:37:25,125 and the indigenous people there believed in an Above World 859 00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:27,083 that had perfect spirit beings, 860 00:37:27,083 --> 00:37:28,792 the souls of the ancestors, 861 00:37:28,792 --> 00:37:30,250 and creative forces. 862 00:37:30,250 --> 00:37:31,542 There was a Middle World, 863 00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,167 and this is the place for people, plants, 864 00:37:34,167 --> 00:37:35,500 and animal communities. 865 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,125 And there's a Below World, 866 00:37:37,125 --> 00:37:39,875 and this has more destructive forces. 867 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:43,250 So the idea is that there has to be a balance 868 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:45,042 between all of these worlds, 869 00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:46,500 and not only a balance 870 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,500 but a reciprocal relationship between animals, 871 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:52,042 plants, trees, and people. 872 00:37:52,042 --> 00:37:54,500 And they communicate with each other. 873 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:57,125 - [Tony] Could a spirit be communicating with Kendra 874 00:37:57,125 --> 00:37:58,708 in this video? 875 00:37:58,708 --> 00:38:01,375 - I think that when you sometimes see something 876 00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:03,625 that doesn't look natural, 877 00:38:03,625 --> 00:38:07,333 that's maybe when something from another world 878 00:38:07,333 --> 00:38:09,000 is entering this one. 879 00:38:11,375 --> 00:38:14,792 - If the idea of trees communicating with us seems, 880 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:16,167 well, odd, 881 00:38:16,167 --> 00:38:17,375 consider this: 882 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:19,375 a 2015 study proposed 883 00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:21,708 that trees can communicate with each other 884 00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:23,750 through chemical signals delivered 885 00:38:23,750 --> 00:38:27,000 by an underground network of fungi. 886 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,083 But there's a difference between underground signals 887 00:38:29,083 --> 00:38:31,042 and floating foliage. 888 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:33,833 So just what are we looking at here? 889 00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:35,958 [tense music] 890 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:39,625 First, we examine the recording 891 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:42,333 to see if this magical leaf is simply a work 892 00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:43,958 of digital animation. 893 00:38:43,958 --> 00:38:46,708 - Throughout the analysis of the frame-by-frame, 894 00:38:46,708 --> 00:38:48,708 looking at each of the individual pictures, 895 00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:51,875 it's clear to see that this video has been compressed. 896 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,583 But it's unclear to me as to whether or not 897 00:38:54,583 --> 00:38:58,792 it has been processed using something like CGI. 898 00:38:58,792 --> 00:39:00,542 - [Tony] If it's not digital trickery, 899 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:03,792 could Mother Nature offer another explanation? 900 00:39:03,792 --> 00:39:07,375 - Thermal updrafts could keep leaves suspended 901 00:39:07,375 --> 00:39:09,000 in the air longer than normal. 902 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,458 A thermal updraft is a pocket of warm air 903 00:39:12,458 --> 00:39:14,167 that is warmer than its surrounding, 904 00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:15,375 so it's more buoyant. 905 00:39:15,375 --> 00:39:17,250 This is exactly what birds use 906 00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:19,125 to climb those high altitudes. 907 00:39:19,125 --> 00:39:20,667 We don't have that in this case. 908 00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:22,625 Looks like it already rained, 909 00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:25,542 which would normally be the opposite of an updraft. 910 00:39:25,542 --> 00:39:27,375 - [Tony] It may not be an updraft, 911 00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:30,458 but some air movement could be involved. 912 00:39:30,458 --> 00:39:32,333 - It kind of seems that there's no wind 913 00:39:32,333 --> 00:39:33,750 if you look at the leaves, 914 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:38,083 but if you actually look at the trees in the background, 915 00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:40,042 we can actually see, over here, 916 00:39:40,042 --> 00:39:43,083 there's branches moving around quite a bit. 917 00:39:43,083 --> 00:39:44,458 - [Tony] And the wind 918 00:39:44,458 --> 00:39:46,458 isn't the only thing pulling the strings here. 919 00:39:47,583 --> 00:39:49,583 Kendra might have just missed spotting 920 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:51,792 the elusive support line. 921 00:39:51,792 --> 00:39:54,875 - It's probably suspended from a silkworm thread, 922 00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:56,042 like, a spider thread, 923 00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:59,875 or, like, an inchworm thread dangling from this tree. 924 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,708 We can't see the thread in this particular shot. 925 00:40:02,708 --> 00:40:03,917 It very much depends on the lighting 926 00:40:03,917 --> 00:40:05,542 whether you can see the thread or not. 927 00:40:05,542 --> 00:40:08,792 But if you take some fine thread like I have here, 928 00:40:08,792 --> 00:40:10,917 it actually can expand quite a lot. 929 00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:12,167 It will be very elastic, 930 00:40:12,167 --> 00:40:13,458 it'll be able to move around a lot, 931 00:40:13,458 --> 00:40:15,833 and it'll also be very resistant to breaking. 932 00:40:15,833 --> 00:40:19,042 - The elasticity of spider silk is so strong, 933 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:22,083 it can be stretched up to four times its length 934 00:40:22,083 --> 00:40:23,667 without breaking. 935 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:25,542 - So when you were to take the leaf in your hand 936 00:40:25,542 --> 00:40:26,875 and move it around, 937 00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:28,875 it wouldn't break because of the elasticity 938 00:40:28,875 --> 00:40:30,208 of the extra length. 939 00:40:30,208 --> 00:40:32,500 [tense music] 940 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:37,083 - Our verdict, this floating leaf was animated 941 00:40:37,083 --> 00:40:39,583 by an imperceptible wind 942 00:40:39,583 --> 00:40:42,000 with assistance from a spider web. 943 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,667 Sometimes the elements line up in ways that seem mystical, 944 00:40:45,667 --> 00:40:47,583 but we're confident that in this case, 945 00:40:47,583 --> 00:40:51,208 the illusionist is actually just Mother Nature. 946 00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:52,708 And that's our show for tonight. 947 00:40:52,708 --> 00:40:55,708 As always, thank you so much for watching, 948 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:58,042 and remember to keep those cameras rolling. 949 00:40:58,042 --> 00:41:00,417 [dramatic music]