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♪ peaceful, otherworldly music ♪
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♪ peaceful, otherworldly music ♪
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[newsman]
It is very rare
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for thousands of people seeing
the same light at the same time.
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for thousands of people seeing
the same light at the same time.
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[Fife Symington] I always refer
to it as otherworldly.
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That was the feeling, you know,
when you watch this thing
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go over and you think,
"Oh, my God, you know what?"
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go over and you think,
"Oh, my God, you know what?"
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"Otherworldly"
really describes it.
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[Kate Dorsch] What makes the
UFO so interesting is it is
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[Kate Dorsch] What makes the
UFO so interesting is it is
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such a scientific object.
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But how do we separate
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reputable witnesses
from crackpots?
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reputable witnesses
from crackpots?
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[George Knapp]
95% of it is bullshit,
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but if the other five percent
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but if the other five percent
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is true, it would be
the biggest story of all time.
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The implications are
enormous for everyone.
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The implications are
enormous for everyone.
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[Ralph Blumenthal]
If these things are
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our own government’s
secret weapons,
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why would they endanger
our own pilots?
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why would they endanger
our own pilots?
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It doesn’t make any sense.
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[Michael Smerconish]
Are we on the brink
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of full disclosure
about visitors from outer space?
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of full disclosure
about visitors from outer space?
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[Kevin Day]
Imagine if disclosure happens,
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and all of a sudden,
the entire world
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and all of a sudden,
the entire world
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starts experiencing
these things.
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I think there’s
something about to happen.
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And I think the world needs
to get prepared for it.
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And I think the world needs
to get prepared for it.
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I really do.
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[Greg Eghigian]
For most people in history
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who have had
a sighting of a UFO,
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who have had
a sighting of a UFO,
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those reports are pretty brief.
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There’s not a lot
of narrative to it.
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There’s not a lot
of narrative to it.
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"So I was walking the dog,
saw something weird
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in the sky,
couldn’t figure it out,
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weird blue light," that’s it.
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weird blue light," that’s it.
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There are then, however,
people, of course,
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who tell more elaborate things,
truly mysterious experiences.
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who tell more elaborate things,
truly mysterious experiences.
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[interviewer] He didn’t
communicate anything to you
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while you were taken
back into the ship?
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while you were taken
back into the ship?
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[Eghigian]
They start to question
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their worldview,
their concept of reality.
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their worldview,
their concept of reality.
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♪ fast, mysterious music ♪
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♪ fast, mysterious music ♪
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[Eghigian] The thing about
the UFO phenomenon,
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[Eghigian] The thing about
the UFO phenomenon,
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is it really a tale
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about stories and story-making?
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about stories and story-making?
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Finding a way to turn
this stuff into a coherent
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narrative is at the heart
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of, I think, humanity.
We want to do that.
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of, I think, humanity.
We want to do that.
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My name is Greg Eghigian.
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I am professor of history
at Penn State University.
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I am professor of history
at Penn State University.
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I teach a lot on the history
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of madness and mental illness
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of madness and mental illness
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and psychiatry,
history of science, as well.
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When I was a kid growing up,
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I got diagnosed
with rheumatoid arthritis.
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And I was very sickly,
and there were times where I,
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And I was very sickly,
and there were times where I,
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literally, I couldn’t move.
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I was really kind of isolated.
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I was really kind of isolated.
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And I began
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reading a lot.
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The whole UFO thing
really fascinated me.
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I would sit there
and scour over the images
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of a flying saucer,
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of a flying saucer,
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like the way people used to look
at album covers or something.
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I had this voracious appetite
for UFOs.
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I thought I was gonna
become an astronomer.
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But as high school ended,
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I went to college.
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I kind of lost interest
in the topic.
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Only recently,
I was at a conference...
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uh, talking with a friend
and colleague of mine
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uh, talking with a friend
and colleague of mine
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who was working on...
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some stories in Europe
after World War II
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some stories in Europe
after World War II
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about how, particularly
in Germany, right after the war,
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there was a kind
of almost a renaissance
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there was a kind
of almost a renaissance
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of interest in the occult.
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And I asked her offhand, "Did
you come across anything
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about UFOs?"
’Cause I’m sure there’s
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tons of people
who’ve written about it.
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Lo and behold, what do I find?
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Lo and behold, what do I find?
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I find that
no academic historian since
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the 1970s had ever really
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the 1970s had ever really
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looked at the history of UFOs.
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The people who looked at it
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The people who looked at it
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were sociologists,
psychologists,
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folklorists.
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But nobody from my tribe...
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But nobody from my tribe...
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[chuckles]
...the historians.
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What’s so striking
about the phenomenon
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What’s so striking
about the phenomenon
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is so many
of the core elements...
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they were all
basically minted by
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they were all
basically minted by
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the first five years
of the phenomenon.
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And then there’s just
a new riff.
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And then there’s just
a new riff.
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They’re variations on a theme.
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[reporter]
Now they say that it’s
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balloons like this one
that have been
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balloons like this one
that have been
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mistaken for flying saucers.
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[reporter 2] In 1955,
aliens supposedly terrorized
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a family farmhouse
in Kelly, Kentucky.
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a family farmhouse
in Kelly, Kentucky.
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[reporter 3]
Nine disc-like objects flying
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at a speed of approximately
1,500 miles per hour
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at a speed of approximately
1,500 miles per hour
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near Mount Rainier, Oregon.
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[man] I looked up, and right
over my head, virtually, uh,
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it was a rim of lights
in the shape of a triangle.
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it was a rim of lights
in the shape of a triangle.
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[man 2] I’ll be t... I’m gonna
tell you something, honey.
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I don’t know
what the hell it is.
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I don’t know
what the hell it is.
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[woman]
It’s rotating.
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[man 2]
Oh, good God.
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[stammers] There’s always
things like that going on.
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[stammers] There’s always
things like that going on.
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Uh, flying saucers, and we’ve
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had other things, you know.
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But now we’ve got some things
that really fly, and Russia
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But now we’ve got some things
that really fly, and Russia
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put up the first one
if I’m not mistaken.
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[Eghigian] So a good example
is the idea that
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[Eghigian] So a good example
is the idea that
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the military/government
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knows what’s going on
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and isn’t sharing
that information.
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and isn’t sharing
that information.
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[Knapp] They’ve lied about it
for so long.
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They’ve diverted money
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from legitimate
national security programs
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from legitimate
national security programs
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into keeping this thing going
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and keeping it
secret for a long time.
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[Eghigian] There’s different
versions. One is,
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[Eghigian] There’s different
versions. One is,
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they’re scared of creating
a mass hysteria,
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mass panic.
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[John Greenewald Jr.]
People were scared.
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[John Greenewald Jr.]
People were scared.
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People did not know what it was,
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who was powering them.
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And that really fueled,
I think, the CIA’s concern
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And that really fueled,
I think, the CIA’s concern
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that they had to squash it.
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[Eghigian] There is the story
that, no, they’re actually
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[Eghigian] There is the story
that, no, they’re actually
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in cahoots
with the aliens themselves.
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Or there’s just the-the plain,
old, simple idea that,
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Or there’s just the-the plain,
old, simple idea that,
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well, they’re not sharing
the information about this
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because these are secret weapons
that they’re using.
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That theme, we’re seeing it
play out right now, right?
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That theme, we’re seeing it
play out right now, right?
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[Greenewald]
Now, what’s really strange is
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that The New York Times
referenced metal alloys
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that The New York Times
referenced metal alloys
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that were being housed
in specially designed buildings
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within Bigelow Aerospace’s
headquarters.
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Fill in the blank
to define whatever
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these metal alloys were,
but the implications were there.
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these metal alloys were,
but the implications were there.
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[Knapp]
There have been, you know,
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a number of these reports
over the years about crashes,
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where bits and pieces
of strange material
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where bits and pieces
of strange material
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were collected.
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Those reports are...
that I’ve seen...
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have varying degrees
of credibility.
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have varying degrees
of credibility.
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But people that I know,
the people
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who have worked in these
programs, think it’s real.
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[Harry Reid] I know that there’s
a lot of talk about Lockheed
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having things in there,
some special warehouse.
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having things in there,
some special warehouse.
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I’ve never seen them.
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I’ve not been invited
to see them.
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So, at this stage,
there’s no evidence for me.
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So, at this stage,
there’s no evidence for me.
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[Greenewald] That, to me,
could be potentially
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the biggest aspect
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the biggest aspect
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to this entire story,
and yet The New York Times,
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they just drop that bombshell
in one line and move on.
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they just drop that bombshell
in one line and move on.
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Why would you do that?
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Let’s just say that there
were these mysterious metals
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retrieved from UFOs.
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retrieved from UFOs.
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Would you give them
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to the private sector,
number one?
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But number two, would you give
them to a warehouse that anybody
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that’s off the Las Vegas Strip
can drive up to?
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that’s off the Las Vegas Strip
can drive up to?
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In the realm
of government secrecy,
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none of that makes sense.
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[chuckles]
Hi.
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[chuckles]
Hi.
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We did some follow-up
for The New York Times
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about crash-retrieved objects
in July of 2020.
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about crash-retrieved objects
in July of 2020.
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Very reputable sources
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have told us they believe
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indeed there are materials
that are in the possession
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indeed there are materials
that are in the possession
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of possible aerospace companies
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or special
secret-access programs.
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My colleague Ralph Blumenthal
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My colleague Ralph Blumenthal
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and I were privy
to briefing slides
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that were actually used by the
Department of Defense program
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that were actually used by the
Department of Defense program
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to brief all kinds of people
in which they reference
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anomalous aerial vehicles
that have been retrieved.
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anomalous aerial vehicles
that have been retrieved.
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They call them crash retrievals.
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And they even use
the word "off-world"
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And they even use
the word "off-world"
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to describe
that these are, you know,
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possibly off-world vehicles.
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[Gary Voorhis] It could be any
of the major players: Lockheed,
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[Gary Voorhis] It could be any
of the major players: Lockheed,
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Northrop.
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I have a feeling that
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there’s gonna be a huge boom
in tech in the next ten years,
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there’s gonna be a huge boom
in tech in the next ten years,
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due to the fact that we’re
understanding a lot more
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of this reverse-engineered tech.
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of this reverse-engineered tech.
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[reporter] The full U.S. Senate
Intelligence Commission
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report on this phenomenon
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is due out
before the end of the month.
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That’s right, there have been
narratives about...
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crashes and bodies...
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back since 1947,
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back since 1947,
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and... there’s no way to know,
if something is
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that secret, you know,
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that secret, you know,
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whether it actually
happened or not.
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[Dorsch] The narrative is that
the military has truth
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and is hiding it from you.
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and is hiding it from you.
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To some degree,
it is even less about...
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flying saucers and aliens
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flying saucers and aliens
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and some
extraterrestrial threat.
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It’s that whatever it is,
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the military knows.
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And they’re hiding it from you.
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And that’s the part
that’s really scary.
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And that’s the part
that’s really scary.
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[Eghigian] As a historian,
when you look back
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at when people
first started talking
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about having contact
with aliens...
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about having contact
with aliens...
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the stories that completely
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dominate the UFO scene,
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even into
the middle part of the ’60s...
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even into
the middle part of the ’60s...
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are a very different
set of stories.
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Those are stories
about people meeting
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aliens out in a field somewhere.
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aliens out in a field somewhere.
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They look like us.
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They typically speak
our language or they speak
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to me telepathically,
and they come here
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to me telepathically,
and they come here
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with this basic message.
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We’re here to help you.
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We’re here to warn you
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about nuclear weapons,
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about nuclear weapons,
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and, you know,
stop killing each other.
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[man]
We don’t feel as paranoid
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about the future,
about our place.
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about the future,
about our place.
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I don’t, I don’t think
we’re afraid of...
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as much as we used to be.
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[Eghigian] And when people
have these encounters,
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they come back
and they say this was
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they come back
and they say this was
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one of the most wonderful
experiences of my life.
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I hope I get to see them again.
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The interesting thing
to me, though, is that...
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The interesting thing
to me, though, is that...
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these stories are out there, but
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these stories are out there, but
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for well over
almost two decades,
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they make almost no mark
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in popular culture.
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in popular culture.
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[Kean] Well, it’s not
the area that I focused on.
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And I chose not
to focus on it because
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And I chose not
to focus on it because
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the angle that I was taking
in my reporting was to try
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to get credibility
for the subject,
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and I knew that
that was not the way to go.
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and I knew that
that was not the way to go.
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Whether it was true or not,
it didn’t matter.
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Whether it was true or not,
it didn’t matter.
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You know,
even if it were all true,
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that was not the first step
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in terms of getting people
to accept this.
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in terms of getting people
to accept this.
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[Eghigian]
I remember very, very vividly
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stories about the Hills.
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Their story
absolutely riveted me.
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Their story
absolutely riveted me.
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I couldn’t stop reading,
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even though
I couldn’t get to sleep
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even though
I couldn’t get to sleep
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properly every night
as I was reading it.
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[Kean]
I’m not writing it off.
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The problem with it is
it’s very hard to prove it.
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The problem with it is
it’s very hard to prove it.
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[Eghigian]
There were many other cases,
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[Eghigian]
There were many other cases,
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some remarkable stories
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in the ’50s and the ’60s
and the ’70s.
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in the ’50s and the ’60s
and the ’70s.
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But they’re not something
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that gets a lot of attention.
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that gets a lot of attention.
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And then suddenly
you hit the early 1980s,
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and bam!
[chuckles]
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Everything is about
alien abduction.
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Everything is about
alien abduction.
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[reporter] Creatures with large
heads and huge dark eyes
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[reporter] Creatures with large
heads and huge dark eyes
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who usually appear
in the middle of the night
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and often perform
sinister medical experiments.
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and often perform
sinister medical experiments.
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I’ve had eggs removed
from my ovaries repeatedly.
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[woman] My mother and I have
both had close encounters
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[woman] My mother and I have
both had close encounters
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of the fourth kind, also known
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as abduction experiences.
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So what’s been happening is,
we’re being transported
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So what’s been happening is,
we’re being transported
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aboard a UFO of some sort,
a craft.
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We’ve undergone
physical examination,
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We’ve undergone
physical examination,
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mind scan process,
and reproductive processes.
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They’re creating
a hybrid race between humans
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and extraterrestrials.
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and extraterrestrials.
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[Eghigian] So the question
then, to me, becomes:
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why are they interesting now?
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why are they interesting now?
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Why does this become
something fascinating?
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And there I think
you have to start
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And there I think
you have to start
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looking at things that are
going on in popular culture,
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but things that
are going on in society.
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Technological changes,
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Technological changes,
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and you have
a whole host of things.
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One of the things
that becomes a very big part
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One of the things
that becomes a very big part
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of public discussion
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starting in the 1960s,
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into the 1980s,
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into the 1980s,
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is a focus on home invasions.
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Starting with basically
Truman Capote’s
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-In Cold Blood.
-[gunshot]
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-In Cold Blood.
-[gunshot]
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This case becomes sort
of this one pivotal moment,
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where people start to say
this could happen
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where people start to say
this could happen
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to anybody.
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The Manson Family killings
become
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a kind of a flashpoint
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a kind of a flashpoint
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for talking about these things.
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This is also, by the way,
the age of hijacking.
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This is also, by the way,
the age of hijacking.
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When people talk
about encounters
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in, say, the early ’60s,
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in, say, the early ’60s,
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the encounters overwhelmingly
were outside.
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"We were outdoors or in my car."
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"We were outdoors or in my car."
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By the time you get
into the 1990s,
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the majority of people say,
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"My encounters are
in my bedroom."
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"My encounters are
in my bedroom."
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I’ll be laying down on the bed,
and whichever
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direction I’m facing, they
will be behind me every time.
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direction I’m facing, they
will be behind me every time.
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[Eghigian]
I’m not saying that people
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are just making things up.
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That’s not my point.
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All of this seems
to lie in this idea
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All of this seems
to lie in this idea
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of a traumatic experience.
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And it’s interesting to me that,
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that trauma, that term
"trauma," when does that
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that trauma, that term
"trauma," when does that
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start to really become part
of the public conversation
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about experiences
that are terrifying?
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about experiences
that are terrifying?
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Well, it’s, it’s there,
already being talked about
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after World War II
in the wake of the Holocaust.
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after World War II
in the wake of the Holocaust.
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It’s being talked about
in the 1970s
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and the feminist movement,
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about women who are victims
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about women who are victims
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of domestic abuse.
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But it’s of course
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institutionalized in 1980
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institutionalized in 1980
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by the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual
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with the invention of the post-
traumatic stress disorder.
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with the invention of the post-
traumatic stress disorder.
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And that’s exactly
when you get John Mack.
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[Blumenthal]
I love books, and so,
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[Blumenthal]
I love books, and so,
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everywhere I go,
I look for books,
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especially vintage books.
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In 2004, I was a correspondent
in Texas and I picked up a book.
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I think it might have been
in Larry McMurtry’s town
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I think it might have been
in Larry McMurtry’s town
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in Texas, where he runs
a lot of book shops.
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The whole town is devoted
to Archer City,
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The whole town is devoted
to Archer City,
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which became, you know,
Last Picture Show.
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So I picked up a book called
Passport to the Cosmos,
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So I picked up a book called
Passport to the Cosmos,
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which was a book by John Mack.
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[reporter] Passport
to the Cosmos is Dr. Mack’s
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[reporter] Passport
to the Cosmos is Dr. Mack’s
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newest book.
Quite simply, it’s about people
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who claim they’ve been
abducted by aliens.
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[Diana Walsh Pasulka]
John Mack,
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[Diana Walsh Pasulka]
John Mack,
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who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
Harvard researcher...
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...in the ’80s wrote the book
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...in the ’80s wrote the book
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Abduction:
Human Encounters with Aliens.
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That’s not an easy topic
for an academic because
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That’s not an easy topic
for an academic because
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it could ruin your career.
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[Blumenthal]
He was very eminent in his field
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[Blumenthal]
He was very eminent in his field
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and he had a very
distinguished career
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writing
about Lawrence of Arabia.
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He had been written up many
times in The New York Times.
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He had been written up many
times in The New York Times.
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He was an expert
in childhood development.
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He had written
a book on nightmares.
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He had written a book on,
uh, teenage suicide.
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He had written a book on,
uh, teenage suicide.
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He had been on Oprah.
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He was, you know, famous.
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Infamous in some circles
at Harvard
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Infamous in some circles
at Harvard
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but very, very well-known.
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00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:04,644
What the source of this is,
499
00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:06,000
what... who these beings are,
where they come from,
500
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:06,746
what... who these beings are,
where they come from,
501
00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:09,148
what creates
this intelligence...
502
00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:11,450
uh, I don’t know,
but there’s something
503
00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:12,000
profoundly important
going on here
504
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,287
profoundly important
going on here
505
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,656
that is authentic and real.
506
00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:18,000
John Mack is a pivotal
figure in this history.
507
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,593
John Mack is a pivotal
figure in this history.
508
00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,000
He has a kind
of recognized legitimacy
509
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,232
He has a kind
of recognized legitimacy
510
00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:30,000
that most people in the UFO
community did not enjoy.
511
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,770
that most people in the UFO
community did not enjoy.
512
00:19:30,803 --> 00:19:34,640
So the idea is, if someone
like him is interested
513
00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:36,000
in this topic and feels
there’s something worthy
514
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:36,776
in this topic and feels
there’s something worthy
515
00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:38,877
to look at,
we’ve got to look at that.
516
00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,000
[Charlie Rose]
Do you, as an intelligent person
517
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:42,548
[Charlie Rose]
Do you, as an intelligent person
518
00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:45,651
who’s investigated it,
believe...
519
00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:47,987
I don’t know of a better word...
520
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,555
think it happened to them?
521
00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:52,525
Nothing in my 40 years
of working with people
522
00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,000
prepared me for this phenomenon.
523
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:54,560
prepared me for this phenomenon.
524
00:19:54,593 --> 00:19:57,530
In spite of all
the criticism that I may be
525
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,398
taking it too seriously or...
526
00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:00,000
uh, believing
this really happened,
527
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,500
uh, believing
this really happened,
528
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:04,670
there isn’t a single case
where anybody has found
529
00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,000
another explanation of what
an individual has reported.
530
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,241
another explanation of what
an individual has reported.
531
00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,581
[Blumenthal] The Harvard
psychiatrist who’s researching
532
00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:17,183
alien abduction.
I thought
533
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,000
he’d make a great story
for The New York Times.
534
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,018
he’d make a great story
for The New York Times.
535
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:22,722
I was thinking about calling
him up for an interview.
536
00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:24,000
And then literally
a few days later,
537
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:24,957
And then literally
a few days later,
538
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,759
I picked up The New York Times
and I saw his obituary.
539
00:20:31,463 --> 00:20:32,664
I was shocked.
540
00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:36,000
He was run over and killed
by a hit-and-run driver,
541
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:36,402
He was run over and killed
by a hit-and-run driver,
542
00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:37,770
a drunk driver in London.
543
00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,171
I thought it was very strange.
544
00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:42,000
The Internet was already
well along, so there were
545
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,643
The Internet was already
well along, so there were
546
00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:46,612
suspicions
and allegations by people
547
00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:48,000
that he’d been assassinated.
548
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,347
that he’d been assassinated.
549
00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:53,286
[Eghigian] There’s no question,
like a lot of famous people
550
00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:54,000
who have worked in the UFO area,
551
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:54,920
who have worked in the UFO area,
552
00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:56,756
whenever they die,
553
00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:58,658
particularly an untimely death,
554
00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:00,000
there are people
who come forward and say
555
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,860
there are people
who come forward and say
556
00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:02,295
this is part of the conspiracy.
557
00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:04,297
The Men in Black narrative.
558
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,000
Again...
it’s a common kind of thing
559
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,466
Again...
it’s a common kind of thing
560
00:21:07,499 --> 00:21:08,800
that you see take place.
561
00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,270
[Blumenthal]
The most common rumor was that
562
00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:12,000
another person named John Mack
563
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,505
another person named John Mack
564
00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:14,440
was run down at the same time,
565
00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:16,309
so that shows that John Macks
566
00:21:16,342 --> 00:21:18,000
were targeted, and it’s not
true as far as I could, uh,
567
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,178
were targeted, and it’s not
true as far as I could, uh,
568
00:21:19,211 --> 00:21:21,847
determine, there was
no other John Mack run over.
569
00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:24,000
[Brandon Harris]
This is happening on the heels
570
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:24,917
[Brandon Harris]
This is happening on the heels
571
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,620
of the popularity
of The X Files television show,
572
00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:29,455
with a sort
of burgeoning interest
573
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:30,000
in alien culture.
574
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,823
in alien culture.
575
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:34,493
The early days
576
00:21:34,526 --> 00:21:36,000
of the Web allows people
577
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:36,595
of the Web allows people
578
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:39,832
who have an interest
in aliens and UFOs
579
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,367
to find each other more easily.
580
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,000
Where conspiracy theories
581
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,302
Where conspiracy theories
582
00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:44,704
or myth can take hold
583
00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:46,839
and find purchase with a group
584
00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,000
of people that can
spread it more widely.
585
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:48,373
of people that can
spread it more widely.
586
00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:52,411
[Blumenthal] It really was sadly
much more simple than that.
587
00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:54,000
He was run over and killed
by a hit-and-run drunk driver
588
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,981
He was run over and killed
by a hit-and-run drunk driver
589
00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:58,384
in London.
He looked the wrong way
590
00:21:58,417 --> 00:22:00,000
and died almost immediately.
591
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,752
and died almost immediately.
592
00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:15,334
Well, I mean he was
a psychiatrist,
593
00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,702
so he was an expert scholar
594
00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:18,000
of-of the human mind and psyche,
595
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,238
of-of the human mind and psyche,
596
00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:22,708
and he found that these
people were eminently normal.
597
00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:24,000
There was nothing
to distinguish them,
598
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,511
There was nothing
to distinguish them,
599
00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:26,679
except for the fact that
600
00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:27,847
they came to him telling
601
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,382
of these
extraordinary experiences.
602
00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:30,000
And went
from the white light hitting me
603
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,050
And went
from the white light hitting me
604
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,752
to then being paralyzed
605
00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:35,388
to being floated out of my room,
going up into a spaceship,
606
00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:36,000
lying on a table.
607
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:36,922
lying on a table.
608
00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,524
I was aware that they
were putting an instrument
609
00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,493
in my neck.
610
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,000
[Eghigian]
John Mack tells us in interviews
611
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,728
[Eghigian]
John Mack tells us in interviews
612
00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:44,897
when you look
at what he talked about.
613
00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:46,766
His first response was,
"This is nonsense.
614
00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,000
This is utter nonsense."
615
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,434
This is utter nonsense."
616
00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:51,237
But what really struck him
as he looked more at this,
617
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:54,000
the people
seemed legitimately upset.
618
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:54,039
the people
seemed legitimately upset.
619
00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:56,809
I’m remembering
what they did to me.
620
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,578
I don’t want him
doing that to her.
621
00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:00,000
And I... And I just blurted,
"Don’t touch her.
622
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,647
And I... And I just blurted,
"Don’t touch her.
623
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,651
Don’t take her.
D-Don’t do those things to her."
624
00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:06,000
[Eghigian]
They were telling stories
625
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,420
[Eghigian]
They were telling stories
626
00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:09,755
that were consistent
with one another
627
00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,000
though these people
had never met one another.
628
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:12,358
though these people
had never met one another.
629
00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:13,726
They would hear
that another person
630
00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:15,094
had had the same experience.
631
00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:17,329
They would become
very much disturbed
632
00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:18,000
because it meant they couldn’t
dismiss it as a dream.
633
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,899
because it meant they couldn’t
dismiss it as a dream.
634
00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:22,134
They couldn’t dismiss it
as their private mental illness
635
00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:24,000
or fantasy,
and that, to a psychiatrist...
636
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:24,270
or fantasy,
and that, to a psychiatrist...
637
00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:26,939
at least to this psychiatrist...
was very powerful.
638
00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:29,208
It was a broad cross section
of humanity.
639
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,000
Men, women, blue-collar people,
professionals,
640
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,211
Men, women, blue-collar people,
professionals,
641
00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,046
psychiatrists also, doctors,
642
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:35,281
lawyers, politicians
643
00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:36,000
and children
as young as two years old
644
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,049
and children
as young as two years old
645
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:38,951
who would tell stories
about little men
646
00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:40,753
who took them up into the sky.
647
00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,000
And he realized, of course,
648
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:42,154
And he realized, of course,
649
00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:44,290
that these children
were not reciting
650
00:23:44,323 --> 00:23:45,658
stories from books they had read
651
00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:47,460
or movies they had seen.
They were two years old.
652
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:48,000
They were not mentally ill.
He was convinced of that
653
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,496
They were not mentally ill.
He was convinced of that
654
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:51,730
because that was his field.
655
00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:53,466
They were not delusional.
656
00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:54,000
They were not deluded.
657
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,867
They were not deluded.
658
00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,268
They were not looking
for publicity.
659
00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:58,704
On the contrary,
they were horrified
660
00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,000
by what they think
had happened to them.
661
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:00,706
by what they think
had happened to them.
662
00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:02,975
They were traumatized,
often to the point
663
00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:06,000
of shaking and crying when
they revealed these encounters
664
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:06,111
of shaking and crying when
they revealed these encounters
665
00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:08,614
in sessions
that he had with them.
666
00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:10,649
He didn’t communicate anything
to you
667
00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:12,000
about why you were taken back
into the ship?
668
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,919
about why you were taken back
into the ship?
669
00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:17,490
I just remember being able
to see that light again.
670
00:24:17,523 --> 00:24:18,000
[Blumenthal]
Basically,
671
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:18,924
[Blumenthal]
Basically,
672
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:20,993
he could not find
any other explanation
673
00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,662
other than what the people
said had happened to them.
674
00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,000
♪ intriguing, tense music ♪
675
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,664
♪ intriguing, tense music ♪
676
00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:27,266
[Mack]
In these cases, these people
677
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,368
have been examined by myself.
They’ve been
678
00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,000
tested psychologically.
679
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:30,669
tested psychologically.
680
00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:33,005
They are
of above-average intelligence.
681
00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:34,874
They are of sound mind.
They’ve been shown
682
00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:36,000
as of sup-superior mental
functioning by the testers.
683
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,511
as of sup-superior mental
functioning by the testers.
684
00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:40,179
So the-there is not indication
685
00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:42,000
of any kind
of psychiatric condition
686
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:42,147
of any kind
of psychiatric condition
687
00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:44,149
that can account for this
that I’ve been able to find.
688
00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:46,218
Because they don’t want
to believe it’s true.
689
00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,000
They would rather believe
it’s a dream
690
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:48,187
They would rather believe
it’s a dream
691
00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,222
or a form of mental illness
than that this is something real
692
00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:53,358
because it’s so shattering
to their notion of reality.
693
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:56,195
[Pasulka] If you look
through John Mack’s book,
694
00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,831
you see these people have
these contact experiences.
695
00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:00,000
There was always some type
of incredible event,
696
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,102
There was always some type
of incredible event,
697
00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:06,000
and then they understood it
to be a real thing.
698
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,373
and then they understood it
to be a real thing.
699
00:25:07,406 --> 00:25:10,976
There are experiences
from hundreds of years ago
700
00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,000
that look similar
to what people experience today.
701
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,180
that look similar
to what people experience today.
702
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,000
One of the best examples of that
has to be Teresa of Ávila,
703
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,353
One of the best examples of that
has to be Teresa of Ávila,
704
00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,789
who is a doctor of the church,
705
00:25:23,822 --> 00:25:24,000
and she was the Italian nun
in the 1500s.
706
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,994
and she was the Italian nun
in the 1500s.
707
00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:30,000
She had this experience
708
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,297
She had this experience
709
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:35,234
that is very well-represented
in Western art.
710
00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:36,000
And it’s represented
in statues and paintings,
711
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,203
And it’s represented
in statues and paintings,
712
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:41,707
and it’s this experience
where, if you looked at it,
713
00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,000
you would see her
in kind of ecstasy.
714
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,776
you would see her
in kind of ecstasy.
715
00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:48,000
And you see this angel.
716
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:48,146
And you see this angel.
717
00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:52,217
There’s a very famous statue
718
00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,852
by Bernini in Rome
719
00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:54,000
where there is an angel
carrying this dart.
720
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,189
where there is an angel
carrying this dart.
721
00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,892
And, you know,
it looks like Eros, right?
722
00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:00,000
The god Eros with the dart
who’s gonna get you,
723
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,194
The god Eros with the dart
who’s gonna get you,
724
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,729
and, you know,
you’re gonna fall in love.
725
00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:06,000
But if you actually read
her report of it,
726
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,065
But if you actually read
her report of it,
727
00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:08,334
it looks nothing
like her actual experience.
728
00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:11,837
She says,
"This is not a normal angel.
729
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:12,000
But usually if I see an angel,
it’s imaginative.
730
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,273
But usually if I see an angel,
it’s imaginative.
731
00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:15,841
It’s, you know,
something in my head.
732
00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,543
But this thing’s actually real.
Right?
733
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,000
This thing’s, like, fleshy.
It is right there."
734
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,778
This thing’s, like, fleshy.
It is right there."
735
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,514
"And it’s short.
736
00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:23,782
You know, it’s three feet.
737
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:24,000
And it’s fiery.
It’s all on fire.
738
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,385
And it’s fiery.
It’s all on fire.
739
00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:28,554
And it has this prong,
740
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,000
and it’s-it’s, you know,
741
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,856
and it’s-it’s, you know,
742
00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:34,059
thrust the prong into my bowel."
743
00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:36,000
You see this time and time again
744
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:36,595
You see this time and time again
745
00:26:36,628 --> 00:26:40,332
in history with people who have
these experiences and sightings,
746
00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:42,000
what are called
contact experiences.
747
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,968
what are called
contact experiences.
748
00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:44,637
And then what happens is
749
00:26:44,670 --> 00:26:47,740
that there’s an interpretive
framework around that
750
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:48,000
that the Church then declares
751
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,643
that the Church then declares
752
00:26:50,676 --> 00:26:52,845
as what happened.
753
00:26:52,878 --> 00:26:54,000
The interpretation
then gets done
754
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,648
The interpretation
then gets done
755
00:26:55,681 --> 00:26:57,683
after the experience.
756
00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,985
That’s what’s called religion.
757
00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:04,223
And then it’s represented.
758
00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:05,958
Like, you can say
759
00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:06,000
that pop culture back then
were paintings and statues.
760
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,894
that pop culture back then
were paintings and statues.
761
00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,596
♪ intense, dramatic music ♪
762
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,000
Teresa has her event,
763
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:12,598
Teresa has her event,
764
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,467
and it gets changed, right?
765
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,000
It can become
something completely different
766
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:18,103
It can become
something completely different
767
00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:19,972
than what
she actually wrote about.
768
00:27:20,005 --> 00:27:22,841
We decided we’re only gonna look
at these parts
769
00:27:22,874 --> 00:27:24,000
because we can only deal
with those parts.
770
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:24,843
because we can only deal
with those parts.
771
00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:36,000
[Eghigian] John Mack
is unusual and important
772
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,855
[Eghigian] John Mack
is unusual and important
773
00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:39,491
because when he encounters
the alien abductees,
774
00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,000
he says, "I-I could start
to question their worldview."
775
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,696
he says, "I-I could start
to question their worldview."
776
00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:47,066
"Their cosmology," is what
he called it. "Their reality."
777
00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,000
He said, "But I started
to come to believe
778
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,868
He said, "But I started
to come to believe
779
00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:52,204
that I was being called on
to embrace
780
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,000
their experiences as something
that challenges me."
781
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,874
their experiences as something
that challenges me."
782
00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,142
If this is a real experience...
783
00:27:57,175 --> 00:28:00,000
that is,
some kind of entities, beings,
784
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:00,012
that is,
some kind of entities, beings,
785
00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:01,914
intelligences
are entering our world
786
00:28:01,947 --> 00:28:04,016
and affecting
hundreds of thousands,
787
00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:06,000
perhaps millions of people,
according to polls...
788
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:06,185
perhaps millions of people,
according to polls...
789
00:28:06,218 --> 00:28:07,820
then this is something
really worth looking at.
790
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:09,354
So, that’s what
I’ve been trying to do,
791
00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:11,123
is get people
at least to look at it.
792
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:12,000
Think about it.
793
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:12,190
Think about it.
794
00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:22,134
Once you kind of get hit
in the face with this
795
00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,802
and there’s a connection
you can make to it
796
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:24,000
where you just realize this is
too big to turn away from.
797
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,739
where you just realize this is
too big to turn away from.
798
00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,000
And it can just grab you.
799
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:30,642
And it can just grab you.
800
00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:32,043
That’s what it feels like.
801
00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:34,580
And I’m the same way, you know,
802
00:28:34,613 --> 00:28:35,914
so I understand it.
803
00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,000
I never went to formal school.
Actually,
804
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:42,755
I never went to formal school.
Actually,
805
00:28:42,788 --> 00:28:45,190
I went to Burma,
and I was documenting
806
00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:47,426
a lot of human rights abuses
in Burma
807
00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:48,000
in the ’90s, basically.
808
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:48,761
in the ’90s, basically.
809
00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:51,062
[overlapping shouting]
810
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:54,000
[screaming]
811
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:54,799
[screaming]
812
00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:57,936
And when I came back,
813
00:28:57,969 --> 00:29:00,000
I was invited
to go on a public radio show.
814
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:00,773
I was invited
to go on a public radio show.
815
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:04,176
And then I started working
with the producer of that show,
816
00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:06,000
who was really interested
in what I had,
817
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:06,245
who was really interested
in what I had,
818
00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:09,080
and I was eventually hired
to work at this radio station.
819
00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:12,000
I was curious, but no more
than your average person.
820
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,820
I was curious, but no more
than your average person.
821
00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:17,523
I mean, I never, ever
would have imagined
822
00:29:17,556 --> 00:29:18,000
that I would ever be
professionally involved.
823
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,691
that I would ever be
professionally involved.
824
00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:24,000
What started the whole thing
was, I was sent a report in 1999
825
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,831
What started the whole thing
was, I was sent a report in 1999
826
00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:27,132
from a colleague in France
827
00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:29,535
called the COMETA Report.
828
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:30,000
It was a 90-page study
on UFO data
829
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,472
It was a 90-page study
on UFO data
830
00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:36,000
by a group of very distinguished
people in France.
831
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:36,375
by a group of very distinguished
people in France.
832
00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:38,977
Generals, admirals,
police chief,
833
00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:41,413
scientists, engineers.
834
00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:42,000
They were only looking
at official cases,
835
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,449
They were only looking
at official cases,
836
00:29:44,482 --> 00:29:47,486
pilot cases, military cases.
Then they spent
837
00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:48,000
three years studying
all these official cases,
838
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,087
three years studying
all these official cases,
839
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,924
and they came out
with this 90-page study
840
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:53,892
which basically said
841
00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:54,000
that the best hypothesis
842
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,561
that the best hypothesis
843
00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:57,763
for all this data
they observed was
844
00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:00,000
that we were being visited
by extraterrestrial vehicles.
845
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,166
that we were being visited
by extraterrestrial vehicles.
846
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:05,170
And I was just
absolutely fascinated by it.
847
00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:06,000
I thought this is
a massively huge story.
848
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,006
I thought this is
a massively huge story.
849
00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:12,000
This was the first time
I went out on my own,
850
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:12,211
This was the first time
I went out on my own,
851
00:30:12,244 --> 00:30:14,613
pitched the story,
and it was published
852
00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:17,950
in the Boston Globe, and that
was sort of what launched me
853
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:18,000
on this journey,
and from that moment on,
854
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,885
on this journey,
and from that moment on,
855
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,719
I was... I was, like, hooked.
856
00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:24,000
[Knapp] I’m not a UFO guy.
It wasn’t my thing.
857
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,490
[Knapp] I’m not a UFO guy.
It wasn’t my thing.
858
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:27,626
I was chasing the mob
in those days,
859
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,494
but this got my attention.
860
00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:33,098
I was hooked on it.
861
00:30:33,131 --> 00:30:36,000
[Kean] There was
a huge outpouring of excitement
862
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:36,068
[Kean] There was
a huge outpouring of excitement
863
00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:38,270
from the UFO community because
864
00:30:38,303 --> 00:30:40,005
I don’t think a journalist
865
00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:42,000
had ever taken it
seriously enough
866
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,108
had ever taken it
seriously enough
867
00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:44,843
to publish a long story
868
00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:47,079
in a major publication
like the Boston Globe.
869
00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:48,000
[Knapp] Suddenly, my phone
starts ringing off the hook.
870
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,415
[Knapp] Suddenly, my phone
starts ringing off the hook.
871
00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:52,284
People are calling.
They’re giving me
872
00:30:52,317 --> 00:30:54,000
tips about UFOs, and I realized
873
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:54,720
tips about UFOs, and I realized
874
00:30:54,753 --> 00:30:56,788
that this topic
touched the pulse of the public
875
00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:58,924
in a way that I
had never considered before.
876
00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:00,000
♪ intriguing, dramatic music ♪
877
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:00,525
♪ intriguing, dramatic music ♪
878
00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:02,194
[Kean] I started going
to some conferences
879
00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:05,096
so I would meet members
of the UFO community.
880
00:31:05,931 --> 00:31:06,000
And then I was actually
introduced to Budd Hopkins.
881
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,334
And then I was actually
introduced to Budd Hopkins.
882
00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:16,675
[Eghigian] Budd Hopkins is a guy
who already, in the early ’80s,
883
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,000
had become quite famous.
884
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:18,176
had become quite famous.
885
00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,512
The evidence suggests
beyond any doubt,
886
00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:23,081
as far as I’m concerned,
that we’re being visited
887
00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:24,000
by some kind of...
some form of intelligence
888
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:24,917
by some kind of...
some form of intelligence
889
00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:26,551
which is higher than ours
890
00:31:26,584 --> 00:31:28,587
and some kind of technology
which is higher than ours.
891
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:30,000
We keep it at arm’s length
conveniently,
892
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:30,589
We keep it at arm’s length
conveniently,
893
00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:33,058
but it does upset
more and more people
894
00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:34,893
as they see the evidence for it.
895
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:36,000
[Kean] Budd Hopkins
was a very well-known artist
896
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,431
[Kean] Budd Hopkins
was a very well-known artist
897
00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:41,266
before any of this
came into his life.
898
00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:42,000
He was an abstract expressionist
painter and sculptor.
899
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,836
He was an abstract expressionist
painter and sculptor.
900
00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,238
♪ intriguing, tense music ♪
901
00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:47,906
The reason
this whole thing started
902
00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:48,000
for him was because
he had a sighting himself.
903
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,242
for him was because
he had a sighting himself.
904
00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:52,511
I was fully convinced
that the Air Force had said
905
00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,000
they were balloons
or something or other.
906
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:54,479
they were balloons
or something or other.
907
00:31:54,512 --> 00:31:56,815
I never knew what.
And I accepted that.
908
00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:58,483
But then, when we saw
909
00:31:58,516 --> 00:32:00,000
this thing flying around,
I was very aware that,
910
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:00,819
this thing flying around,
I was very aware that,
911
00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:03,288
okay, there’s something up there
that has not been explained.
912
00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:06,000
[Kean] He saw
a disk-shaped object in the sky,
913
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:06,358
[Kean] He saw
a disk-shaped object in the sky,
914
00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,560
and it turns out other people
had seen the same thing.
915
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,396
And then he’s
in the liquor store one day
916
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:12,000
’cause he liked to have
his evening Scotch.
917
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,398
’cause he liked to have
his evening Scotch.
918
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,735
The guy in the store
just started talking
919
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:17,903
about this landing of a UFO
920
00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:18,000
that had happened in New Jersey.
921
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,638
that had happened in New Jersey.
922
00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:22,107
And he said that there had
been beings that had come out,
923
00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:24,000
and there were marks
on the ground.
924
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:24,276
and there were marks
on the ground.
925
00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:25,944
And he wrote about it
in the Village Voice,
926
00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:27,746
a paper in New York City.
927
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,448
And it took off,
928
00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:30,000
and he just got so many letters
from people who said,
929
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,417
and he just got so many letters
from people who said,
930
00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:34,119
"I’ve seen
things like this, too."
931
00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:36,000
And I concealed deliberately
932
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:36,321
And I concealed deliberately
933
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:38,924
certain details about the UFO...
its color,
934
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:41,193
certain details
about the weather condition...
935
00:32:41,226 --> 00:32:42,000
because I wanted to...
936
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,761
because I wanted to...
937
00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,629
I-I was convinced
that there were other witnesses,
938
00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:46,999
and I wanted to have some way
of checking their veracity.
939
00:32:47,032 --> 00:32:48,000
And, in fact, we got
940
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:48,633
And, in fact, we got
941
00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,469
something like seven or eight
other witnesses
942
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:53,005
who were right
about these missing details.
943
00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:54,000
And so I knew, all right,
these things are flying around.
944
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,640
And so I knew, all right,
these things are flying around.
945
00:32:55,673 --> 00:32:57,909
♪ pulsing, intriguing music ♪
946
00:32:57,942 --> 00:33:00,000
He ends up meeting John Mack.
947
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:00,244
He ends up meeting John Mack.
948
00:33:01,046 --> 00:33:03,515
And he introduces Mack
949
00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:05,751
to some of these folks
who say these things.
950
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:06,000
[Hopkins]
I handed him 20 unopened letters
951
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,687
[Hopkins]
I handed him 20 unopened letters
952
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,323
that I had not looked at myself,
had not read them,
953
00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:12,000
not opened them, from people
954
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,325
not opened them, from people
955
00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:14,659
who obviously were writing in
because they felt
956
00:33:14,692 --> 00:33:16,528
they’d had experiences.
And I said, "John,
957
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,000
you open these, read...
these letters. You read them."
958
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:18,330
you open these, read...
these letters. You read them."
959
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,232
And he called me the next day
960
00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:22,433
to say he was quite astonished
by this.
961
00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:24,000
[Blumenthal]
Budd Hopkins trained himself
962
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,370
[Blumenthal]
Budd Hopkins trained himself
963
00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:28,407
to hypnotize people,
but he was an artist,
964
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,000
and, as he said, nobody cares
what an artist thinks.
965
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:30,642
and, as he said, nobody cares
what an artist thinks.
966
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:31,843
But John Mack
967
00:33:31,876 --> 00:33:33,045
made people think twice
968
00:33:33,078 --> 00:33:34,679
about the whole subject.
969
00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:36,000
[Eghigian]
Mack was interested in this idea
970
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,816
[Eghigian]
Mack was interested in this idea
971
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,418
that you wanted to focus
on the experience.
972
00:33:52,297 --> 00:33:54,000
♪ gentle, intriguing music ♪
973
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:54,399
♪ gentle, intriguing music ♪
974
00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:56,802
When they talk about him
going native,
975
00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:59,571
it does seem to me
what any good
976
00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:00,000
treatment professional,
any therapist would do.
977
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,307
treatment professional,
any therapist would do.
978
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:05,410
You try to put yourself
in the position
979
00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:06,000
in a sympathetic way,
980
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,380
in a sympathetic way,
981
00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:10,082
even maybe empathetic way
982
00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:11,917
of looking at problems
and issues
983
00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:12,000
through the experiences
and lives
984
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,185
through the experiences
and lives
985
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:14,752
of the people you’re treating.
986
00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:18,000
[inhales deeply]
987
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,024
[inhales deeply]
988
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,226
[grunts]
989
00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:24,000
[speaks indistinctly]
990
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:24,128
[speaks indistinctly]
991
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,399
-They’re horrible.
-[Hopkins] Who’s horrible?
992
00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,534
-They are.
-[Hopkins] Who’s "they"?
993
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:30,000
I don’t want to talk about it.
994
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,437
I don’t want to talk about it.
995
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:42,000
Right.
996
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,481
Right.
997
00:34:44,282 --> 00:34:46,251
He had won a Pulitzer Prize,
998
00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:48,000
the biography
of Lawrence of Arabia.
999
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:48,453
the biography
of Lawrence of Arabia.
1000
00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:51,556
John Mack
did identify with Lawrence.
1001
00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:54,000
The person who had a conflict
between his inner life...
1002
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,560
The person who had a conflict
between his inner life...
1003
00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:57,896
very, uh, intellectual...
and his outer life,
1004
00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:00,000
obviously mobilizing
Arab tribesmen
1005
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:00,165
obviously mobilizing
Arab tribesmen
1006
00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:01,633
against the Ottoman Empire.
1007
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:04,202
A very action-filled life.
1008
00:35:04,235 --> 00:35:05,937
[shouting]
1009
00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:06,000
No prisoners! No prisoners!
1010
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,408
No prisoners! No prisoners!
1011
00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:11,610
Hyah!
1012
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:12,000
Charge!
1013
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,478
Charge!
1014
00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:18,000
[Blumenthal]
He said many times, John Mack,
1015
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,951
[Blumenthal]
He said many times, John Mack,
1016
00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:22,620
that he identified
with his struggles.
1017
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:24,000
And he tried to emulate
Lawrence’s methods
1018
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,957
And he tried to emulate
Lawrence’s methods
1019
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,126
because Lawrence
was a master statesman, too.
1020
00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:30,000
Very politically savvy.
1021
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:30,662
Very politically savvy.
1022
00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:33,365
John Mack
was in similar circumstances.
1023
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:35,534
You know, pillar
of the Harvard establishment,
1024
00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:36,000
interested in, you know,
aliens and UFOs.
1025
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,602
interested in, you know,
aliens and UFOs.
1026
00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:39,337
♪ intriguing, dramatic music ♪
1027
00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:41,506
[Mack] Either we try
to shrink the phenomenon
1028
00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:42,000
into something where it...
1029
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,441
into something where it...
1030
00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:45,644
as far as I can tell,
it won’t fit,
1031
00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:48,000
or we’re gonna have to stretch
our notions of the possible.
1032
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:48,980
or we’re gonna have to stretch
our notions of the possible.
1033
00:35:49,013 --> 00:35:52,817
John really had a lot at stake
given his position at Harvard
1034
00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:54,000
and his credentials
and, you know, all of that.
1035
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,520
and his credentials
and, you know, all of that.
1036
00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:58,056
[Blumenthal]
First of all,
1037
00:35:58,089 --> 00:36:00,000
Harvard was really no stranger
to anomalous research.
1038
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,025
Harvard was really no stranger
to anomalous research.
1039
00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:02,928
I mean, William James,
the father of psychology,
1040
00:36:02,961 --> 00:36:04,296
was attending séances
1041
00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:06,000
and writing
about paranormal events
1042
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:06,431
and writing
about paranormal events
1043
00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:07,365
a hundred years ago.
1044
00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:09,501
But something
1045
00:36:09,534 --> 00:36:12,000
about John Mack’s manner
had put them off.
1046
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:12,003
about John Mack’s manner
had put them off.
1047
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,805
He was a little too popular.
1048
00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:17,876
Academia will never forgive...
[laughs]
1049
00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:18,000
...professors
who spend their lives writing,
1050
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,178
...professors
who spend their lives writing,
1051
00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:23,648
you know, obscure papers
that never get any attention.
1052
00:36:23,681 --> 00:36:24,000
Then this guy comes along,
and he writes a best seller
1053
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,951
Then this guy comes along,
and he writes a best seller
1054
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:29,521
after trying
to get peer-reviewed, you know,
1055
00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:30,000
-and being rejected.
-[Eghigian] Harvard ends up
1056
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,524
-and being rejected.
-[Eghigian] Harvard ends up
1057
00:36:32,557 --> 00:36:34,459
doing an investigation
1058
00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:36,000
into his research practices.
1059
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,195
into his research practices.
1060
00:36:37,228 --> 00:36:40,031
In the end, he is
1061
00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:42,000
allowed to continue his career.
1062
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:42,700
allowed to continue his career.
1063
00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:48,000
This is also part
of that history
1064
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,940
This is also part
of that history
1065
00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:51,543
of the flying saucer
UFO phenomenon,
1066
00:36:51,576 --> 00:36:54,000
that whenever an institution
1067
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,713
that whenever an institution
1068
00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:57,082
that is recognized as respected,
1069
00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:59,951
whenever they grant this stuff
1070
00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:00,000
some sort of legitimacy
as a topic
1071
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,787
some sort of legitimacy
as a topic
1072
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:06,000
that is worthy of conversation,
worthy of investigation...
1073
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:06,591
that is worthy of conversation,
worthy of investigation...
1074
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:10,194
...it is credibility.
1075
00:37:11,029 --> 00:37:12,000
[Knapp] During that same period
of time, Bob Bigelow
1076
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,898
[Knapp] During that same period
of time, Bob Bigelow
1077
00:37:13,931 --> 00:37:15,867
is starting
to put the pieces together
1078
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,000
for the National Institute
for Discovery Science, NIDS.
1079
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,538
for the National Institute
for Discovery Science, NIDS.
1080
00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,540
♪ quiet, intriguing music ♪
1081
00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:24,000
[Lara Logan]
Do you imagine
1082
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:24,209
[Lara Logan]
Do you imagine
1083
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,011
that in our space travels,
1084
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:29,748
we will encounter
other forms of intelligent life?
1085
00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:30,000
You don’t have to go anywhere.
1086
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,516
You don’t have to go anywhere.
1087
00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,718
-You can find it here?
-Yeah.
1088
00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:36,000
-[laughs]
-[Knapp] He and I would meet,
1089
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:36,054
-[laughs]
-[Knapp] He and I would meet,
1090
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:38,790
and during those years,
he would share with me
1091
00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:40,558
things that he was financing,
1092
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:42,000
the kind of research
that he had funded.
1093
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,394
the kind of research
that he had funded.
1094
00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:48,000
He was, at that time,
providing financial support
1095
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:48,600
He was, at that time,
providing financial support
1096
00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:50,969
to a number of
really distinguished academics
1097
00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:52,570
and researchers.
1098
00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,000
People like Budd Hopkins.
1099
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:54,839
People like Budd Hopkins.
1100
00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:57,075
And eventually
1101
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,309
Dr. John Mack from Harvard.
1102
00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:00,000
[Greenewald] When you look
at those connections, right,
1103
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,980
[Greenewald] When you look
at those connections, right,
1104
00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:04,949
and everybody seemingly
is more and more connected,
1105
00:38:04,982 --> 00:38:06,000
uh, into this story,
1106
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:06,685
uh, into this story,
1107
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:10,789
you see them all essentially gel
for decades together,
1108
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:12,000
and they just keep popping up
1109
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:12,791
and they just keep popping up
1110
00:38:12,824 --> 00:38:15,960
in the same programs
or the same stories
1111
00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:17,862
or the same objectives.
1112
00:38:17,895 --> 00:38:18,000
Why is that?
1113
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,264
Why is that?
1114
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:21,466
Is it that they’re just
all buddies and friends
1115
00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:23,468
and they have
this budding interest
1116
00:38:23,501 --> 00:38:24,000
in the same things?
1117
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,070
in the same things?
1118
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:26,738
Or maybe there’s something else
being played out
1119
00:38:26,771 --> 00:38:29,107
at this point
that keeps them all together?
1120
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,000
-♪
-[dialogue inaudible]
1121
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,842
-♪
-[dialogue inaudible]
1122
00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:34,346
[Dorsch]
I want to be generous, but
1123
00:38:34,379 --> 00:38:35,847
if there’s anything
we’ve learned,
1124
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:36,000
there is money
and a certain kind of prestige
1125
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,350
there is money
and a certain kind of prestige
1126
00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:40,151
in being
at the forefront of this.
1127
00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:42,000
Thank you.
1128
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,420
Thank you.
1129
00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:44,189
[Eghigian]
From the very beginning,
1130
00:38:44,222 --> 00:38:46,758
there are drivers of this.
1131
00:38:46,791 --> 00:38:48,000
There are people
who take up a role
1132
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,028
There are people
who take up a role
1133
00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:51,463
kind of self-appointedly.
1134
00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:53,498
[chuckles]
They take up this role that,
1135
00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:54,000
"I am going to be
1136
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,533
"I am going to be
1137
00:38:55,566 --> 00:38:56,668
a campaigner."
1138
00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:58,169
-[applause]
-For a time,
1139
00:38:58,202 --> 00:38:59,671
they are the bright,
1140
00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:00,000
shining stars in all this,
1141
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,373
shining stars in all this,
1142
00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:03,308
but they ultimately fall away,
1143
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,076
and new people take their place.
1144
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,000
[applause]
1145
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,278
[applause]
1146
00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:09,347
There’s never been
1147
00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:10,815
some central institution,
1148
00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,000
a central agency
or a group of people
1149
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,586
a central agency
or a group of people
1150
00:39:14,619 --> 00:39:17,188
who concertedly try
to keep this thing alive.
1151
00:39:17,221 --> 00:39:18,000
♪ pulsing, dramatic music ♪
1152
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,858
♪ pulsing, dramatic music ♪
1153
00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:22,494
But there’s always been
this kind of interest
1154
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,000
at an individual level.
1155
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:24,529
at an individual level.
1156
00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:26,398
I think you can go so far
as to say some people
1157
00:39:26,431 --> 00:39:30,000
really understand themselves
as crusaders for truth.
1158
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:30,735
really understand themselves
as crusaders for truth.
1159
00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:36,000
[Richard Doty] In 1947,
two craft crashed in New Mexico.
1160
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:36,841
[Richard Doty] In 1947,
two craft crashed in New Mexico.
1161
00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:38,710
They collided,
1162
00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:40,578
and one crashed
near Corona, New Mexico,
1163
00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:42,000
which is public record.
1164
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:42,914
which is public record.
1165
00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:45,183
The second craft
crashed way out west
1166
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,152
of Magdalena, New Mexico,
1167
00:39:47,185 --> 00:39:48,000
and that wasn’t found
until two years later.
1168
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,021
and that wasn’t found
until two years later.
1169
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,223
But the one that crashed
in Corona,
1170
00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:53,725
they also found a live alien.
1171
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:54,000
That live alien was named Eba,
1172
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,395
That live alien was named Eba,
1173
00:39:57,428 --> 00:39:59,431
and he was transported to...
1174
00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:00,000
It was a ma... a male.
1175
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:00,965
It was a ma... a male.
1176
00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:04,135
He was transported
to Los Alamos, where he...
1177
00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:05,970
he lived out his life.
1178
00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:08,740
He died in 1952,
1179
00:40:08,773 --> 00:40:11,109
but during that time period
that he was with us,
1180
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:12,000
he told us
a plethora of information
1181
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,711
he told us
a plethora of information
1182
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,281
about what they have learned
about the universe
1183
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:18,000
and what their technology is.
1184
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:18,750
and what their technology is.
1185
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:21,753
Their technology
is probably, uh, estimated
1186
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:24,000
to be about 50,000 years
ahead of us.
1187
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:24,155
to be about 50,000 years
ahead of us.
1188
00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:29,794
They did have some tools
and some material in the craft
1189
00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:30,000
that the Air Force was able to
1190
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,229
that the Air Force was able to
1191
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:33,531
and U.S. intelligence community
was able
1192
00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:36,000
to retrieve
and reverse engineer.
1193
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,001
to retrieve
and reverse engineer.
1194
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:41,206
[sighs] I don’t know that
I necessarily have much
1195
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:42,000
to say about that
except, like, at risk of...
1196
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,675
to say about that
except, like, at risk of...
1197
00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:45,343
I don’t want to impugn
anyone’s character,
1198
00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:48,000
but in the sort of post-Brexit,
post-Trump era
1199
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:48,513
but in the sort of post-Brexit,
post-Trump era
1200
00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:50,682
of social media and fake news,
1201
00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:52,150
there is something dangerous
1202
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,000
about allowing
uncritical narratives
1203
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,020
about allowing
uncritical narratives
1204
00:40:56,053 --> 00:40:58,690
that undermine public trust
1205
00:40:58,723 --> 00:41:00,000
in really fundamental
institutions
1206
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:00,892
in really fundamental
institutions
1207
00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:02,427
like the United States military
1208
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,496
and our intelligence
communities.
1209
00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:06,000
♪ tense, dramatic music ♪
1210
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,298
♪ tense, dramatic music ♪
1211
00:41:07,331 --> 00:41:09,834
[Kean] We have to move
in a way that’s very credible,
1212
00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,000
that can penetrate
the status quo
1213
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:12,437
that can penetrate
the status quo
1214
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,906
and can get through to senators
and congressmen and scientists.
1215
00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,000
I’ve always advocated.
1216
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:18,376
I’ve always advocated.
1217
00:41:18,409 --> 00:41:20,979
I started working on this
in the year 2000,
1218
00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:24,000
and one of my initial points
to advocate for was that we need
1219
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:24,282
and one of my initial points
to advocate for was that we need
1220
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:28,719
a government agency in order
to do proper investigations.
1221
00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:38,296
Somebody
who’s interested in UFOs
1222
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:39,764
writes a story about UFOs.
1223
00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:41,266
Well, there’s a plot for you.
1224
00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:42,000
There’s a dastardly plot.
1225
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,034
There’s a dastardly plot.
1226
00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:45,069
Of course she’s interested
in UFOs,
1227
00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:48,000
and of course she helped, uh,
get that story on-on the paper.
1228
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:48,373
and of course she helped, uh,
get that story on-on the paper.
1229
00:41:48,406 --> 00:41:51,075
Is she supposed to cover stories
she’s not interested in?
1230
00:41:57,582 --> 00:42:00,000
[Kean] It was Puthoff,
Mellon and Jim Semivan,
1231
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:00,451
[Kean] It was Puthoff,
Mellon and Jim Semivan,
1232
00:42:00,484 --> 00:42:03,821
who was in the CIA
for many, many years.
1233
00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:06,000
And I had known Puthoff
for a very long time,
1234
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:06,157
And I had known Puthoff
for a very long time,
1235
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:08,893
and I had known
Chris Mellon also.
1236
00:42:08,926 --> 00:42:10,461
They knew
that I was a journalist
1237
00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:12,000
who took this seriously,
1238
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:12,130
who took this seriously,
1239
00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:13,932
so they were interested
in just bringing me down
1240
00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:15,900
and telling me
about the program.
1241
00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,000
A secret UFO program
has just been revealed.
1242
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,837
A secret UFO program
has just been revealed.
1243
00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:21,773
The military spent
millions of dollars
1244
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:23,241
to look into UFO sightings,
1245
00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:24,000
and those videos
are now being made public.
1246
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,976
and those videos
are now being made public.
1247
00:42:26,811 --> 00:42:28,680
[newsman]
Christopher Mellon served
1248
00:42:28,713 --> 00:42:30,000
as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Intelligence
1249
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,516
as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Intelligence
1250
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:34,352
for Presidents Clinton
and George W. Bush.
1251
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:36,000
In 2017, as a private citizen,
he surreptitiously acquired
1252
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,890
In 2017, as a private citizen,
he surreptitiously acquired
1253
00:42:38,923 --> 00:42:42,000
the three Navy videos
Elizondo had declassified
1254
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:42,226
the three Navy videos
Elizondo had declassified
1255
00:42:42,259 --> 00:42:45,363
and leaked them
to The New York Times.
1256
00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,000
It’s bizarre and unfortunate
that someone like myself
1257
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,667
It’s bizarre and unfortunate
that someone like myself
1258
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:51,502
has to do something like that
1259
00:42:51,535 --> 00:42:54,000
to get a national security issue
like this on the agenda.
1260
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,273
to get a national security issue
like this on the agenda.
1261
00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:57,275
[Knapp] Chris Mellon is
one of the wealthiest
1262
00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:58,977
people in America.
1263
00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,000
He devoted himself
to a life of public service,
1264
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,179
He devoted himself
to a life of public service,
1265
00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:03,448
working for Senate
intelligence committees
1266
00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:06,000
and then at the Pentagon.
He doesn’t need the money.
1267
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:06,283
and then at the Pentagon.
He doesn’t need the money.
1268
00:43:07,218 --> 00:43:10,688
He’s not out to besmirch
his family’s reputation,
1269
00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:12,000
his own reputation
1270
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:12,357
his own reputation
1271
00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:15,460
by engaging in some kind
of disinformation plot,
1272
00:43:15,493 --> 00:43:16,894
fooling the American public.
1273
00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:18,000
He’s there
’cause he wants to know.
1274
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:18,829
He’s there
’cause he wants to know.
1275
00:43:20,998 --> 00:43:23,101
[Eghigian]
To the Stars... Academy
1276
00:43:23,134 --> 00:43:24,000
and the people involved in that
1277
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:24,902
and the people involved in that
1278
00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:28,306
have definitely assumed
the driving role.
1279
00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:30,000
They are, in many ways,
1280
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:30,108
They are, in many ways,
1281
00:43:30,141 --> 00:43:33,111
the kind of
now center of gravity
1282
00:43:33,144 --> 00:43:34,845
for this stuff.
1283
00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:48,000
I really don’t know
the inside story.
1284
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:48,493
I really don’t know
the inside story.
1285
00:43:48,526 --> 00:43:51,029
I mean, I just know
that they have moved on.
1286
00:43:51,062 --> 00:43:53,631
♪ dramatic, intriguing music ♪
1287
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:54,000
And I think people
like Chris Mellon, Lue Elizondo
1288
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,400
And I think people
like Chris Mellon, Lue Elizondo
1289
00:43:55,433 --> 00:43:57,635
are working to try
to get as much as they can...
1290
00:43:57,668 --> 00:44:00,000
You know, to have the influence
to try to get
1291
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,205
You know, to have the influence
to try to get
1292
00:44:01,238 --> 00:44:03,107
as much as can be released
released.
1293
00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:06,000
Having members of Congress
briefed,
1294
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:06,444
Having members of Congress
briefed,
1295
00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:09,847
speaking to all kinds of people
to keep the ball rolling.
1296
00:44:12,550 --> 00:44:13,918
I don’t know.
1297
00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:17,288
It’s just a slow process,
unfortunately.
1298
00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:18,000
But it’s unpredictable.
1299
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,356
But it’s unpredictable.
1300
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,000
[Eghigian]
The thing that defines
1301
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,363
[Eghigian]
The thing that defines
1302
00:44:25,396 --> 00:44:27,732
the UFO
is this elusiveness, right?
1303
00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:30,000
There’s a French sociologist
who makes a really good point
1304
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,402
There’s a French sociologist
who makes a really good point
1305
00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:33,838
about UFOs.
1306
00:44:33,871 --> 00:44:36,000
The thing that makes UFOs
so interesting
1307
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,375
The thing that makes UFOs
so interesting
1308
00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:40,911
isn’t that they appear;
it’s that they disappear.
1309
00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:45,349
The thing that’s frustrating
for so many
1310
00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:48,000
is the very key
to why it’s so mesmerizing.
1311
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,054
is the very key
to why it’s so mesmerizing.
1312
00:44:50,087 --> 00:44:52,022
It’s the disappearance.
1313
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,527
[man] There goes one.
Now they’re back to two lights.
1314
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,396
Oh, there it goes.
1315
00:44:58,429 --> 00:44:59,931
Boom. All three.
1316
00:44:59,964 --> 00:45:00,000
[woman]
What is that?
1317
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,733
[woman]
What is that?
1318
00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:12,000
[newswoman] I want to take you
straight to NASA headquarters.
1319
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:12,076
[newswoman] I want to take you
straight to NASA headquarters.
1320
00:45:12,109 --> 00:45:14,545
Let’s just listen
and see what might be happening.
1321
00:45:14,578 --> 00:45:16,547
♪ slow, gentle music ♪
1322
00:45:16,580 --> 00:45:18,000
♪
1323
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:18,483
♪
1324
00:45:18,516 --> 00:45:21,018
And a picture there
that you can see
1325
00:45:21,051 --> 00:45:24,000
the first powered
controlled flight
1326
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:24,355
the first powered
controlled flight
1327
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:25,990
on another planet,
1328
00:45:26,023 --> 00:45:28,760
so cause for celebration.
1329
00:45:28,793 --> 00:45:30,000
We’ve been flying on Earth
for just over 100 years,
1330
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,530
We’ve been flying on Earth
for just over 100 years,
1331
00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:35,266
and now we’re-we’re gonna go
to another planet and fly.
1332
00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:36,000
It’s crazy.
1333
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:36,467
It’s crazy.
1334
00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:42,000
[Blumenthal] You don’t need
science fiction anymore.
1335
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:42,140
[Blumenthal] You don’t need
science fiction anymore.
1336
00:45:42,173 --> 00:45:45,610
[laughs] Reality
is really exciting enough.
1337
00:45:45,643 --> 00:45:48,000
I mean, it sounds quaint today
to pick up books
1338
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:48,646
I mean, it sounds quaint today
to pick up books
1339
00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:50,314
about voyages to Mars.
1340
00:45:53,417 --> 00:45:54,000
We’ve vastly outpaced
the science fiction of the ’50s.
1341
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,255
We’ve vastly outpaced
the science fiction of the ’50s.
1342
00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:02,293
[Kean]
It’s just a different world now,
1343
00:46:02,326 --> 00:46:03,528
and there’s a level of openness
1344
00:46:03,561 --> 00:46:06,000
and now an acceptance
of the reality.
1345
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:06,130
and now an acceptance
of the reality.
1346
00:46:06,163 --> 00:46:08,199
We’ve had some big events
in the past
1347
00:46:08,232 --> 00:46:11,135
where, you know,
there were hundreds of witnesses
1348
00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,000
where the government
would still just not comment
1349
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,404
where the government
would still just not comment
1350
00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:17,275
or ignore it or say it was
planes flying in formation.
1351
00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:18,000
Today, that could not happen.
1352
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,409
Today, that could not happen.
1353
00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:26,884
The next big line
1354
00:46:26,917 --> 00:46:30,000
to be crossed is when there is
an acknowledgement that
1355
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:30,388
to be crossed is when there is
an acknowledgement that
1356
00:46:30,421 --> 00:46:34,892
it definitely is not
from any country on Earth.
1357
00:46:34,925 --> 00:46:36,000
♪ loud, dramatic music ♪
1358
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,094
♪ loud, dramatic music ♪
1359
00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:39,797
♪
1360
00:46:46,070 --> 00:46:48,000
[man]
My gosh.
1361
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:48,505
[man]
My gosh.
1362
00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:51,976
[Barack Obama]
There’s footage and records
1363
00:46:52,009 --> 00:46:54,000
of objects in the skies
1364
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:54,145
of objects in the skies
1365
00:46:54,178 --> 00:46:57,148
that we don’t know exactly
what they are.
1366
00:46:57,181 --> 00:47:00,000
We can’t explain how they moved,
1367
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:00,651
We can’t explain how they moved,
1368
00:47:00,684 --> 00:47:02,553
their trajectory.
1369
00:47:02,586 --> 00:47:06,000
They did not have
an easily explainable pattern.
1370
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:06,891
They did not have
an easily explainable pattern.
1371
00:47:06,924 --> 00:47:08,793
[Kean]
If Russia, China and America
1372
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,395
all got together and said,
"We’re gonna acknowledge this,
1373
00:47:11,428 --> 00:47:12,000
that this doesn’t come
from any of our countries."
1374
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,998
that this doesn’t come
from any of our countries."
1375
00:47:14,031 --> 00:47:15,533
I don’t know
if that’s ever gonna happen,
1376
00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:17,534
but I think that’s
the direction we’re moving in.
1377
00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:23,007
[Eghigian] The thing
about the UFO phenomenon is
1378
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,000
it’s just not a phenomenon.
1379
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:24,942
it’s just not a phenomenon.
1380
00:47:24,975 --> 00:47:26,611
It has always been
1381
00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:30,000
shrouded in mystery.
1382
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:30,147
shrouded in mystery.
1383
00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:32,216
There are people
who view this stuff
1384
00:47:32,249 --> 00:47:33,718
as a puzzle that can be solved.
1385
00:47:33,751 --> 00:47:36,000
We just need
to put the pieces together.
1386
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:36,386
We just need
to put the pieces together.
1387
00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:40,858
And then there are people
who see these as mysteries,
1388
00:47:40,891 --> 00:47:42,000
and mysteries are never solved.
1389
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:42,326
and mysteries are never solved.
1390
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,129
I think that’s
what John Mack felt.
1391
00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:47,999
It was a mystery that was just
going to constantly be there
1392
00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:51,602
because what we do as human
beings is work through them.
1393
00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:54,000
[Blumenthal]
There’s two huge mysteries,
1394
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,172
[Blumenthal]
There’s two huge mysteries,
1395
00:47:55,205 --> 00:47:57,241
I think, uh, out there.
One is:
1396
00:47:57,274 --> 00:47:59,109
Are we alone in the universe?
1397
00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:03,981
The second mystery is:
What happens after we die?
1398
00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:06,000
And maybe they’re related.
1399
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:06,216
And maybe they’re related.
1400
00:48:07,151 --> 00:48:09,386
Those are the two big mysteries.
1401
00:48:10,688 --> 00:48:12,000
[man] Have you seen
this image captured
1402
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:12,723
[man] Have you seen
this image captured
1403
00:48:12,756 --> 00:48:14,325
by the Hubble Telescope
1404
00:48:14,358 --> 00:48:16,861
of the farthest ever view
of the universe?
1405
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,000
Every dot is a galaxy.
1406
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:18,896
Every dot is a galaxy.
1407
00:48:18,929 --> 00:48:20,765
[Eghigian]
It’s fantastic.
1408
00:48:20,798 --> 00:48:24,000
But, on one hand,
it makes you feel small,
1409
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:24,602
But, on one hand,
it makes you feel small,
1410
00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:26,871
makes us feel really tiny.
1411
00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:30,000
But you’re also sort of
caught up with this sense
1412
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:30,207
But you’re also sort of
caught up with this sense
1413
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,544
that there’s something bigger
out there.
1414
00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:36,000
Carl Sagan used to say we are
all made of star stuff, right?
1415
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,581
Carl Sagan used to say we are
all made of star stuff, right?
1416
00:48:37,614 --> 00:48:40,918
We are all made of this cosmos,
and so there’s a sense
1417
00:48:40,951 --> 00:48:42,000
of being connected to something
that is bigger than us.
1418
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,755
of being connected to something
that is bigger than us.
1419
00:48:44,788 --> 00:48:46,557
♪ tense, dramatic music ♪
1420
00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,000
♪
1421
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,126
♪
1422
00:49:07,044 --> 00:49:08,846
♪ dramatic music ♪
1423
00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:11,381
♪
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