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- Tonight on "the
mproof is out there.".

(Intense music)

Is this video proof
of aliens underwater?

- [Woman] This was
a ufo that ended up

turning into a unidentified
submerged object.

- [Tony] Is this photo proof

a prehistoric
predator still exists?

- What severed the shark?

How big could that have been?

- [Tony] And is this
proof a famous shipwreck

is still sailing?

(Exciting music)

(Light switch clicking)

(Powerful music)

Around the globe are videos.

- [Woman] What the heck is this?

- [Tony] Photos and
sounds that defy explanation.

(Deep tone)

- [Man] Is it some kind
of unidentified object?

- [Man 2] A plane that
was literally frozen in the air.

- [Tony] What are they?

- [Man 3] Some sort
of bizarre mutation.

- Extraordinary claims
need extraordinary proof.

(Ominous music)

- I'm Tony Harris,
and as a journalist

for more than 30 years,

I've followed the facts
where they take me.

Now I'm bringing that
spirit of investigation

to the world's strangest
sounds and images.

(Creature screeching)

We'll analyze each
one with top experts.

(People screaming faintly)

- It's a credible case,
it's a credible video.

- [Tony] And pass a
verdict on what it is.

- This video was clearly faked.

- The proof starts now.

(Exciting music)

We begin tonight with
a ufo over Puerto Rico.

Now, there have been countless
ufo sightings over the years,

but many experts consider
this next piece of footage

the gold standard.

Take a look for yourself.

It's just after dark
on August 25th, 2013

in aquadilla, Puerto Rico.

The crew of a United States
customs and border patrol plane

is taking off for
a routine mission

when they notice a
strange pinkish light

approaching from the northwest.

They turn on their
thermal imaging camera

to track the object, and
this is what they see.

(Mysterious music)

Let's take a closer look.

It appears to be
a metallic sphere

moving fairly quickly
around the airport.

Then it heads out over the ocean

where it does something
truly unexpected.

(Mysterious music)

Did you catch what
happened? Let's zoom in.

The object seems to
splash down in the water

before re-emerging
seconds later.

Even more bizarre,
the object then splits

into two separate craft.

And people, there is no
known earth technology

that can do that.

After nearly four minutes,

the object disappears from view.

(Mysterious music)

Now, Puerto Rico is the
location for several sightings

of so-called usos,

unidentified submerged objects.

Back in the 1990s, a
Navy helicopter pilot

allegedly saw an unidentified
dark underwater mass

during a training exercise.

Another published report
describes a similar incident

in 1963 during an
anti-submarine exercise

led by the USS wasp.

- They keep talking about
these incidents occurring

around their aircraft carriers,
naval ships, Puerto Rico.

Long history of interesting
sightings, very long history.

- What makes this video
so special is that it comes

straight from a million
dollar infrared camera

mounted on a government plane.

There's a ton of
data to analyze here,

so what do our experts think?

(Mysterious music)

- [Richard] It's a credible
case, it's a credible video.

- [Tony] Richard Hoffman
heads the scientific coalition

for unidentified
aerial phenomenon.

First question,
is the video real?

- The telemetry you
see on the screen,

showing GPS location,
identically matched

what you had with radar.

So there really was an aircraft.

- [Tony] Next, Hoffman's team

determines the object's
temperature to help identify it.

They compare the heat
signature of the craft

to some cows on the ground

in this frame at the
top of your screen.

- We broke the
video into 256 shades

from white to black, all
different shades of gray,

and we were able to match
that up with the temperature

of the cows to match the
temperature of the object.

The object was roughly
at about 104 degrees.

- [Tony] Right away, that
eliminates a jet engine,

which emits exhaust
15 times hotter.

- The thermal signature
doesn't match anything

that we know now,

and there's no sign of any kind

of propulsion system on this.

- [Tony] Then they
figure out the object's size,

using this frame, when the
object goes behind a light post

two pixels wide.

- [Richard] Okay, well,
the object went behind it

and was blanked out.

So doubt, maybe it's two pixels.

That's where we come up
with it's about three to five

feet in diameter.

- [Tony] Based on that
analysis, Hoffman says

the most likely earthly
explanations are eliminated.

- We ruled out that
it wasn't a balloon,

there was about 18 mile an
hour winds from the northeast,

and this object was going in
opposite directions from that.

So it's clearly not a balloon.

- [Tony] What about a drone?

Our aviation expert,
Tim mcmillan, is skeptical.

- How are you achieving
flight without an airfoil,

without an angle
attack, without wings,

to simplify that, you know,
how are you doing that?

- [Tony] And finally, a bird?

- We took a look at
thermal signatures of birds

and various other objects,

and it doesn't match
anything like this.

And there you go.

It's unidentified. It's
not from any place here.

(Mysterious music)

- So is it proof or not?

Well, you might
think it's a bird,

a balloon, or a
man-made aircraft,

but it is hard to explain

how this goes in and
out of the water and splits.

So folks, we're
gonna call this a ufo.

You almost never
see an object like this

going into and out of
the water, that's amazing.

Coming up. (Mysterious pulsing)

A strange sound from the deep.

Could it trace back to
this prehistoric monster?

- [Alexis] There are many
creatures that were myth

until they were
actually discovered.

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

- More than 2/3 of our
planet is ocean, and yet,

less than 5% of that
area has been explored.

That's why what you're
about to hear has become

one of the great
mysteries of the deep.

It began in 1991, when a
deep water hydrophone like this

first detected a sound
emanating from 5,000 miles away,

someplace in the pacific ocean,

roughly halfway between
Australia and South America.

(Mysterious sounds vibrating)

Let's listen to it again.

The whoop whoop
sound ascends at the end.

(Mysterious sounds vibrating)

That's why it's known
as the upsweep.

Now, the ocean is a noisy place.

There's manmade machines,
(Submarine sonar beeping)

Geological events like
volcanoes and glaciers,

(glacier rumbling)

And the sea life is much
noisier than previously believed.

(Whales singing)

With so much left to be
discovered down there,

journalist Alexis
Brooks suggests

the upsweep may be caused

by some unknown sea beast.

(Mysterious sounds vibrating)

- There are many
creatures that roam the sea

that people felt
were in fact myth

until they were
actually discovered.

For instance, the giant squid.

It is now known that it exists.

- [Tony] One thing is certain.

The source of the
upsweep has to be massive.

So let's consider
this candidate,

the massive prehistoric
shark known as the megalodon.

- It's been established
that the megalodon

actually did exist, albeit
2 1/2 million years ago,

with estimates of its length
being in excess of 60 feet,

and weight upwards of 50 tons.

However, there
are people who feel

that the megalodon still exists.

(Mysterious music)

- [Tony] Could this
recent photo be proof

the megalodon is still alive?

It shows a huge mako
shark found by a fisherman

off the coast of
Australia, bitten in half.

- You have to take a
deep breath and say,

"what on god's green
earth severed the shark?

How big could that have been?"

(Intense music)

- So the famous megalodon

is one interesting potential
source of the upsweep,

but there are plenty
of other theories

about that strange sound.

For answers, we turned first
to our expert on ocean life.

(Mysterious music)

Marine biologist Dr. Shea conger

starts by tackling
the megalodon theory.

- It's unlikely that megalodons
are still in our oceans,

because of the
fact that shark teeth

are continually shed
through the animal's life.

There's never been a current
specimen of a megalodon tooth

that's ever been found.

- [Tony] And as for that
chewed-up mako shark.

- If this were attacked
by a megalodon,

it likely could have been
swallowed completely whole.

(Ominous music)

Instead, what you see
are several very large

semi-circular bite marks,
including some teeth rakes.

What this tells me is
that this animal suffered

a number of bite wounds.

- [Tony] Likely during a
feeding frenzy by other sharks.

But something is
making that sound,

and if it's not the
megalodon, what is it?

Audio expert Dr. Ben
gottesman is struck

by the sound's intensity,

focusing on the stunning fact

that it was first detected
at a distance of 5,000 miles.

- [Ben] That's what
it makes me think

it's some very large, very
intense seismic sound.

- [Tony] So let's
listen to the sound

of an underwater volcano.

Note that it trails
off at the end.

(Underwater volcano droning)

Now the upsweep, again,
the signature ascension.

(Mysterious sounds vibrating)

This doesn't match
anything seismic.

So what about a manmade source,

like the machinery used
for offshore oil drilling?

(Pile drivers thumping)

- Pile drivers or different
machines in the ocean

have a more mechanically spaced,

more stereotypical
impulsive sound.

That's not what we see here.

- [Tony] Because
the upsweep varies,

conger says it's likely the
sound was made by an animal,

but with a catch.

(Whales singing)

- The upsweep is a sound
that we have as yet attributed

to any species of marine mammal.

The upsweep doesn't currently
match any of these profiles.

(Mysterious sounds vibrating)

(Mysterious music)

- Humpback whale sounds
can travel thousands of miles,

just like the
upsweep, but again,

none match its acoustic profile.

So you see why it's
remained a mystery for so long.

Every possible
explanation doesn't quite fit.

But we agree with Dr. Conger.

Our verdict, a very large
unidentified marine mammal,

not the megalodon,

but something we don't
even have a name for yet.

Up next, an eerie
image on the water.

- [Jason] I heard somebody
gasp, and I looked over and said,

"what is that out there?"

- Is this famous shipwreck

stalking lake superior?

When "the proof is
out there" continues.

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

- Lake superior is notorious
for its treacherous waters.

More than 500 ships
have wrecked there,

and most have never been
seen again, or have they?

October, 2018, Jason
asselin is giving friends a tour

along the shores
of lake superior

near Marquette, Michigan.

- As we're walking
along the Lake Shore,

I heard somebody gasp,

and I looked over and
I saw them pointing

out into the water and
said, "what is that out there?"

- [Tony] Jason
pulls out his camera

and starts recording.

There's what appears to
be a tall and large object

on the horizon.

So let's take a closer look.

The object is gray in color,

but the shape
appears pretty blurry.

Jason and his friends
think it might be a ship.

- This ship would have
had to been hundreds of feet

into the air.

We never thought that it
was a ghost ship at the time,

but when I got home
and watched the video,

that's all I could think of.

We just saw a ghost ship.

- Since the late 1800s,

there have been hundreds
and hundreds of shipwrecks

that have occurred
on lake superior.

It's definitely a
dangerous patch of water

that is essential for trade,
but very risky to travel on.

- [Tony] From the ss
western reserve in 1892

to the Hudson in 1901,
many large freighters

have sunk in bad weather,
only to be seen again,

allegedly plying the waters
long after a tragic wreck.

- According to local legend,

one of the most famous
ships to have gone down

is the ss bannockburn.

Locals call it the flying
dutchman of lake superior,

and people still claim
to see it to this day.

- [Tony] That's a reference

to the legendary
flying dutchman,

the doomed 17th century
ship that's been sighted

and spoken of for centuries.

Jason can't help but wonder

if this is the mysterious
phenomenon

he's captured on camera.

- We just witnessed
something out of this world.

- There's a poem
about the world's

most famous phantom ship,

with the line, "they who
see the flying dutchman

never, never reach the shore."

But when it comes to getting
answers, never say never.

Here's what we found.

(Mysterious music)

First, science writer and
forensic video analyst Mick west

focuses on the shape of
the object in Jason's video.

He notes that most famous
shipwrecks in lake superior

are freighters with
steam engines.

This looks different.

- It looks like a sail ship.

I don't know whether
they have big sail ships

on the Great Lakes,

but that's what it looks like,

and if that's unexpected,
then that's a clue

that it's not actually a ship.

- [Tony] Next, the team
considers another possibility.

Physicist Dr. Michio kaku
says it might be a mirage.

- A mirage is caused
by temperature inversion,

and dense air bends
light more than hot air.

- [Tony] A temperature
inversion can make images

below the horizon visible,
distorted in the distance.

So could the weather
be causing this effect?

Atmospheric scientist
Dr. Deanna hence

looked at the data the
day the sighting happened,

and sees just such an inversion.

- The temperature is decreasing,

and it's actually
getting closer to zero.

So this is that
temperature inversion

that can lead to that warm
air sitting on top of cold air.

This can actually really
change how light can propagate

through the atmosphere.

- [Tony] Then Mick west tries

to put the pieces together.

Could a temperature inversion
have distorted something

that is already there?

Turns out there's a small island

12 miles offshore in this area
that's normally hard to see.

- Up above, we have
a view of the island.

So this is the direction
we're looking from.

So I just simply lined up
the lighthouse here in the top,

with the lighthouse down here.

So that lines up perfectly.

(Mysterious music)

- So what is that thing?

The key for us was
the temperature data

and that island.

Our verdict, mirage.

A temperature inversion
caused an island

that's usually a
bump on the horizon

to look like a phantom ship.

Coming up, the latest
images from Loch Ness.

- [Ross] This is just something
I've seen, I can't explain.

- Did this man finally
find the famous monster?

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

- It's on everybody's top five
list of legendary creatures,

the Loch Ness monster.

Sightings date back
to the 6th century.

And just when you
think the creature

and the legend
may have died down,

some new eyewitness
accounts pop up to remind you

the story is still
very much alive.

(Mysterious music)

This is Loch Ness,

a mist-shrouded lake
in the Scottish highlands,

its waters a murky black
ink, dark enough to hide

one of the most iconic and
elusive beasts of all time.

- Thought I'd seen
it all in Loch Ness,

but this is just
something I've seen

I can't explain, so.

- [Tony] It's July, 2020.

Firefighter and lifelong loch
ness resident Ross macaulay

is overlooking the
water from the shore

when he records this.

(Mysterious music)

- [Tony] Take another look.

The image is hard to see.

So let's zoom in, slow it down,

and outline the
figure in the water.

And Ross' sighting isn't the
only recent one of its kind.

In September, 2019,
Stephen challice

is on vacation when he
snaps this unbelievable photo.

(Ominous music)

- I'm guessing that what
I saw was eight foot long,

but there might've been a
bit more either end of that

underneath the water.

So you could be
talking about a fish

that was 10, 12 feet long.

(Intense music)

- Whatever this
is, it's massive.

- [Tony] Field
researcher Ken gerhard

is one of the world's
foremost experts

on mysterious creatures,

and is writing a
book on Loch Ness.

He has spoken to
hundreds of eyewitnesses

who swear Nessie exists.

- The descriptions
are very consistent,

and this leads me to
believe that yes, in fact,

there is a population of
remarkable immense animals

in Loch Ness.

- So are these just big fish
stories or something more?

We turned these amazing
images over to our team of analysts

to see if they would
hold up under scrutiny.

(Mysterious music)

Our marine biologist,
Dr. Shea conger,

begins her evaluation
with the photos taken

by Stephen chalice.

Could we be looking
at some kind of fish?

Conger says no.

- It's emerging pretty
prominently from the water,

and you don't see
any protruding fins.

- [Tony] Conger
concludes that it must be

some sort of massive
marine mammal,

but upon closer examination,
she notices something else

that seems a bit fishy.

- When I look at this image,
I see a couple of red flags.

If an object or animal
is submerged in water,

we would see a series
of Eddies and ripples

around the entirety
of this animal,

extending out pretty far.

Instead, what we see are
a series of regular waves

surrounding this animal,

and a small trailing
wake behind it.

- [Tony] Based on
those suspicions,

we turned the photos over

to our forensic video
analyst, Michael primeau.

- I performed what's
called a smart report

of the digital image
that was provided,

and it reported inconsistencies

with the digital information.

So in layman's terms,
the picture of the alleged

Loch Ness monster is
not an authentic image.

(Ominous music)

- [Tony] But what about
the macaulay video?

We have no reason
to believe it's a hoax.

- It's a pretty calm
day, which means

that whatever's on
the surface of the water

is not a wave or
other associated item.

So I can say that there is
probably a large object here.

- [Tony] So what is it?

Conger says she
can also rule out a log

or any other inanimate object,
but she does have a theory.

- A recent study utilizing edna

was able to identify that
there are in fact eel species

within this lake.

It's possible that
some of these species

could be large, however,
they are as of yet undefined.

(Ominous music)

- So we have a split
decision this time.

The unbelievable photos
of the Loch Ness monster

are exactly that, unbelievable.

The wave motion of the
wake was the decider.

As for the video,
we think it's real,

and we think it's an eel.

Still, sociobiologists believe

that because of our
history as a prey species,

humans will always be fascinated

by stories of animals
big enough to eat us.

The legend of the
Loch Ness monster

is probably here to stay.

And that's our show for tonight.

We want your comments
and suggestions,

so please reach out to us.

I'm Tony Harris,

reminding you to keep
those cameras rolling.

(Intense music)