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You know what?
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I've been around for a while.
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I've traveled the world,
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met some interesting people,
done some crazy things.
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So, you might just think
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there's not much that
could take me by surprise.
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You'd be wrong!
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The world is full of stories
and science and things
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that amaze and confound
me every single day,
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incredible mysteries
that keep me awake at night.
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Some I can answer.
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Others just defy logic...
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like, from the depths
of the Pacific Ocean,
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one of the loudest
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and most mysterious
sounds ever heard.
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What made it?
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Or the residents of a Texas town
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who report mysterious lights
in the night sky,
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UFOs that have the U.S.
Air Force in hot pursuit.
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What's going on?
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And the fishing trawler
that disappears,
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only to be found undamaged
at the bottom of the Pacific.
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Why?
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Yup, it's a weird world.
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And I love it.
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1997.
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Something emerges
from the deep that has
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confounded science ever since.
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One of the loudest and scariest
sounds ever recorded.
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Weird, or what?
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You know, in the 21st century,
we might be forgiven
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for thinking that there's
no mystery left on planet earth.
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If you did think that,
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you'd be wrong.
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We may have Google-mapped,
Facebooked and Twittered
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every square inch
of land we walk on,
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but below sea level,
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it's a very different story.
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We know more about
the depths of the cosmos
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than we do about
the depths of the Pacific.
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This story starts
during the Cold War,
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when the U.S. Navy implemented
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a sophisticated
underwater listening grid
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to monitor
Soviet submarine activity
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around the world.
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But by 1991, the
superpower standoff has ended.
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They contact
oceanographer Christopher Fox
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and offer him
and his team the opportunity
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to use the system
for environmental research.
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Christopher Fox:
There was an effort
in the United States
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to see if we could take
military systems
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and use them
for environmental science.
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William Shatner:
Fox and his team would utilize
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the Navy's network
of underwater microphones,
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known as hydrophones,
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that over the years were placed
around the world's oceans
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in their hundreds.
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For the first time,
scientists had the means
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to listen in to massive areas
of the deep sea.
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They might wish
they'd just left it alone.
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Christopher Fox:
We began hearing whales.
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Of course, we heard
shipping and man-made sounds.
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William Shatner:
But there, amongst the
many sounds of the ocean,
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was something
he had never heard before...
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a sound both
mysterious and chilling.
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We heard it,
and then we probably
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played it back several times
because it was very unusual.
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William Shatner:
Fox's colleague,
geologist Robert Dziak,
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was also puzzled
by what he heard.
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Robert Dziak:
To me,
the most impressive part
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about the sound
is how loud it was,
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uh, by our,
by human standards.
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William Shatner:
How loud?
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What about
a whopping 180 decibels,
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louder than a supertanker
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and one of the loudest
sounds ever recorded?
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So loud, it was picked up
by two hydrophones
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over 3,000 miles apart.
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Its location was determined
to be 50 degrees south,
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100 degrees west,
just north of Antarctica.
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This monstrous
and thoroughly weird sound
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was nicknamed "The Bloop."
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Is that weird, or what?
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There's no denying
that the Bloop is a very,
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very weird sound,
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but the thing that has
most perplexed scientists
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is that after
that day in 1997,
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the sound was
never heard again.
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Ever since,
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debate as to the origins of this
mysterious emission has raged.
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Was it geological?
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A secret military test?
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Or was it biological?
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Some kind of very shy
beast of the deep?
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Christopher Fox:
I think it's exciting to think
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that there are things
going on in the ocean
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that we don't know
what they are.
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William Shatner:
So, if the sound is biological,
it kind of begs the question --
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what on earth,
or underwater,
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produces a sound this loud?
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To produce a sound
of this volume,
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the animal
would have to be enormous.
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Blue whales
are the largest creatures
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that have ever
existed on earth,
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reaching over 100' in length
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and weighing
an estimated 400,000 lb.
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They communicate in volumes
as loud as 185 decibels.
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David Mellinger
is a marine biologist.
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He has analyzed
the one-time acoustic event
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to see if the Bloop matches
with any known biological sound,
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like a blue whale.
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Blue whales are extremely loud;
there's no doubt about that.
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Something you can hear at tens
or maybe hundreds of miles away
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has got to be really loud.
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See, I could
put them side by side.
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Here's the blue whale sound...
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(Blue whale singing)
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and this one here
is the Bloop sound.
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(Low sound playing)
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Blue whales, even though
they're the loudest animal
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we know in the ocean
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for a continuous,
sustained sound,
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they're nowhere near
as loud as the Bloop sound.
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We can hear the Bloop sound
for thousands of miles.
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The animal would
have to be gargantuan
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if it were
a biological sound.
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William Shatner:
To find out what produced
the mysterious sound,
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scientists had to consider
a seemingly impossible
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and ever so slightly
scary prospect,
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that blue whales are not the
largest creatures in our oceans.
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Could there be
something else down there?
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Christopher Fox:
It would be
something completely unknown,
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and it would
probably have to be huge,
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and you'd have to say,
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"How could something that huge
be totally unknown on earth?"
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Philip S. Lobel:
It really is hard to say
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what kind of creature
could it possibly be.
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There's no question --
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we don't know what's
at the bottom of the ocean.
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The Pacific Ocean is so vast,
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it hurts my brain
to even think about it.
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Here's a body of water covering
30% of the earth's surface,
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reaching depths
of over six miles.
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Think about it.
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Anything could be
happening down there.
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So, if the Bloop wasn't created
by a known marine animal,
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what about an unknown one?
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Could we be dealing
with some kind of sea monster,
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a remnant of pre-history?
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Is it a kraken?
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Or a salt-water cousin
of the Loch Ness monster?
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Sounds crazy, right?
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Actually it's not
as far-fetched as you think.
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In 1938,
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a coelacanth was caught
off the coast of South Africa.
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They were believed
to have been extinct
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since the end
of the Cretaceous period,
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over 65 million years ago.
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And in 2006,
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the remains of
a previously unknown
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prehistoric marine creature
was discovered,
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labeled 'Predator X.'
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The creature was 49' long
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and would have
weighed 99,000 lb.
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Yikes!
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So, is it possible
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that one of these
is still swimming around?
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It's possible there's
some creature out there that's--
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that we haven't found yet.
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I'm skeptical of that idea
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because I think we would have
fished one up in a net by now.
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Philip S. Lobel:
What makes it questionable
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as to whether
it's a biological sound
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was it was
only recorded once.
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William Shatner:
Okay, if the Bloop
didn't come from a sea monster,
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then what else?
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In their search for answers,
the scientists have pondered
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another seemingly
far out possibility.
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Could, somehow,
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the earth itself
have made this incredible sound?
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.
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William Shatner:
Experts are trying
to uncover the origins
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of a mysterious sound
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that came from deep within
the Pacific Ocean.
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They suspect
it wasn't made by an animal.
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So, another theory emerges.
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Could it have been produced
by something geological?
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After all, there's a lot of
weird stuff going on out there.
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The outermost layer
of our planet,
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the lithosphere,
is divided into tectonic plates.
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Every year,
massive underwater earthquakes
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and volcanic eruptions
occur along their boundaries
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beneath the oceans,
and guess what?
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They produce
massive sound waves.
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This is the sound
of a resonating volcano,
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and it's all
very low energy here.
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It's almost like a little
white/yellow band there.
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Again, here's an example
of an earthquake,
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and it's all
low-frequency energy.
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But when the sounds
of an earthquake and a volcano
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are compared to the Bloop,
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there is
one important difference.
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Robert Dziak:
What's different
about the Bloop
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is that it's at a much
higher frequency range,
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you know, much higher pitch
than these natural sounds,
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and, typically, earthquakes
are really low frequency rumbles
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that sound like thunder,
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and icebergs, they also
kind of sound like thunder,
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but they have
kind of harmonious tones.
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This is a different pitch,
higher pitch, like an animal,
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sort of like
what an animal would make.
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William Shatner:
Could it be a more anomalous
geological sound?
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The Bloop was recorded
near Antarctica.
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Perhaps that could be
a clue to its origins.
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After all,
with global warming,
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incidents of ice splitting
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have been increasing
in the Antarctic region.
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Robert Dziak:
We see really bizarre sounds
coming out of Antarctica
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that are caused
by the interaction
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of these giant icebergs
coming off of the mainland.
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We see the sounds
of ice cracking.
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We call them ice quakes.
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That's very distinctive too.
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William Shatner:
Icebergs breaking can be
as loud as 193 decibels,
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as deafening as the Bloop.
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Robert Dziak:
Icebergs can be as big as,
you know, some big land mass.
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They can be 10 miles wide,
and they can make ice quakes
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that are comparable
in size to earthquakes.
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This one is the sound
of an iceberg tremor.
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The iceberg's moving
along the sea floor,
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scraping along the sea floor,
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causes the iceberg to resonate
and makes a harmonic sound.
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William Shatner:
But so far,
none of the recordings
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have captured
a similar sound frequency
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to that of the Bloop.
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So, if the Bloop
isn't biological
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and it's not geological,
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could it be possible
that the Bloop is man-made?
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That would explain
why we only heard it once.
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Now, who would
have the resources
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to make such a loud sound
in the middle of the ocean?
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Hmm.
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Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?
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In 2000, many believe
that secret Navy sonar tests
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were responsible
when dozens of whales
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beached themselves
in the Bahamas.
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It is estimated that the
Navy's secret sonar transmitters
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can generate sound
as loud as 215 decibels.
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Could the Bloop have been this
or another secret military test?
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They were putting devices
and instruments in the water,
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testing underwater explosions,
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doing underwater experiments
of various kinds.
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I don't necessarily believe
in conspiracy theories.
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I think there's probably
a reasonable explanation
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for all the sounds
we observe in the ocean.
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William Shatner:
Despite the numerous theories,
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no one has proven what caused
this mysterious sound.
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But scientists are still hoping
it will be heard again.
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Philip S. Lobel:
Will we hear it again?
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You know,
will the sound reveal
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some new mystery
of the ocean?
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Maybe, but, for now,
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the Bloop remains...
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weird, or what?
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William Shatner:
It's a scene straight out of
a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster.
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The inhabitants of a Texas town
witness the night's sky
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set ablaze by colourful UFOs,
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seemingly in a dogfight
with U.S. Air Force F-16s.
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Was this mass sighting
really as weird
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as an authentic
alien visitation?
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Right,
let's get to work.
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It's time to delve into the
cutting edge of military tech
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and separate hard fact
from science fiction.
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.
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We humans have always
looked to the sky
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for either our salvation
or our doom.
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Whether looking for
our great guardian angel
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or the terrifying invasion
of a violent alien race,
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we look up for our end.
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Well, this is the true story
of what happened when,
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one night,
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the entire population
of a small Texas town
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looked upward as one
and were left thinking...
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"Is that weird, or what?"
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January 8th, 2008.
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The sleepy dairy town
of Stephenville, Texas.
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Looks nice, doesn't it?
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Another peaceful evening
for Erath County police officer
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Lee Roy Gaitan
and amateur pilot
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Steve Allen
is suddenly destroyed
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by a close encounter
of the first kind.
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Lee Roy Gaitan:
When I got out of my car,
I saw this bright,
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bright light, um...
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appeared to be changing colours.
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Steve Allen:
It was real close, like,
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1500' in the air
and about 1500' over from us,
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and whatever it was
didn't make any noise at all.
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It was totally silent.
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Everyone in the community
has accepted
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that there was
something strange happening
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the night of January 8, 2008,
in Erath County.
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William Shatner:
The mysterious light show
was witnessed by many others
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and by morning,
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the whole county is
reporting spooky UFO sightings.
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You know, you'd always see
the UFO shows on TV and, um,
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I really didn't believe in UFOs.
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I mean,
I always thought
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there was
a legitimate explanation.
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Steve Allen:
I feel like these are
from somewhere besides earth.
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I don't think
they're from earth.
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It was almost
like a biblical event.
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We couldn't come to
a conclusion of what it was.
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William Shatner:
But for Steve Allen,
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the mysterious lights
were just the half of it.
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He thinks the UFOs were
joined in the sky that night
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by a far more
familiar-looking aircraft.
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Steve Allen:
We went into the house
to figure out what happened,
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and somebody called
and says they're coming back,
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and we ran outside,
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and that's when we saw
the two F-16s in pursuit.
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And I thought,
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"Well, why is our government
chasing something,
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you know,
or what are we doing?"
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You know,
"Are we at war with somebody?"
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00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,567
Or it could be end times,
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or a lot of things
passed through my mind.
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And you know,
I kind of made a beeline,
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after that, to my house,
'cause I thought,
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if there was a problem
or something happening,
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I wanted to be
at my own home with my family.
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So, what are we
dealing with here?
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Well, this clearly
isn't one of those stories
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we hear about all the time,
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where some lone crank
experiences an alien visitation,
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probably gets abducted
and yaddi, yaddi, yadda.
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No, what we have here is just--
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It's much more interesting.
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A UFO sighting
shared by dozens,
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if not hundreds
of level-headed Texans.
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You can find them.
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So, could so many people
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see something
at the same time
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and all believe it
to be a UFO
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00:18:06,633 --> 00:18:09,000
and it not be the truth?
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00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:15,166
Cognitive neuroscientist
professor Allison Sekuler
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specializes in
researching how the human brain
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interprets everyday events.
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She believes there may be
a more down to earth explanation
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00:18:25,633 --> 00:18:27,166
for the mystery
of the Texas lights.
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Allison Sekuler:
Officially,
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UFO stands for
Unidentified Flying Object.
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People don't like
"unidentified."
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The brain doesn't like
"unidentified."
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The brain's job
is to make sense of the world.
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William Shatner:
You see, to Professor Sekuler,
eyewitness statements,
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especially those of mysterious
and hard to explain phenomena
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are often
innocent misinterpretations.
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Allison Sekuler:
Different people can look
at exactly the same thing
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out in the real world and see
completely different things
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because the way that
you see the world
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is not actually a reflection
of what's physically out there.
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It's a reflection
of how that information
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interacts with your brain.
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00:19:02,633 --> 00:19:05,166
And so, because my brain has
different sorts of perspectives
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00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:07,166
on the world
and different experiences,
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I'll interpret
something differently
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than someone
standing next to me
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00:19:10,633 --> 00:19:12,500
who's had a different
sort of life experience
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00:19:12,633 --> 00:19:15,233
and a different perspective
on what they're looking at.
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William Shatner:
So, apparently,
when faced with something new,
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the brain will look for answers
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by trying to match
what we're seeing
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00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:25,166
with something similar
from our previous experience,
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memory
and cultural background.
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00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:30,266
And of course,
in the United States,
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seeing strange lights in the sky
can only mean one thing.
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Movies can have a big impact
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on the way that we think about
and see the world.
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So, if there hadn't been
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00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:45,066
a whole flurry of UFO movies
in recent history,
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it'd be less likely
that all these people
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would have said,
"Ah, it's a UFO."
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00:19:48,667 --> 00:19:51,033
I'm not saying
I saw a UFO,
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00:19:51,166 --> 00:19:54,100
but with all the reports
from everybody else,
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00:19:54,233 --> 00:19:56,900
apparently,
that's what I saw.
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00:19:58,433 --> 00:20:01,233
Okay, so,
when it comes to finding
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a rational answer
for something weird,
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00:20:03,967 --> 00:20:06,533
we humans might just
form a consensus that's based,
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00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:08,867
subconsciously,
on what we've seen in movies
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or read in comic books
when we were kids.
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00:20:11,967 --> 00:20:14,834
So, given the right light,
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angle and conditions,
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00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,834
someone seeing
an innocent Frisbee
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flying through the air
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might process it as
something altogether different.
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00:20:29,934 --> 00:20:33,200
So, whatever the people
of Stephenville saw that night
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00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,667
may not have been
an alien spacecraft,
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00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,166
but the fact remains,
they saw something,
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00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:41,233
something very weird.
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00:20:41,367 --> 00:20:43,133
What was it?
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00:20:45,767 --> 00:20:47,133
James McGaha:
There is no evidence
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00:20:47,266 --> 00:20:50,667
that the earth
has been visited in the past
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00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,600
or is being visited today
by extraterrestrial aliens,
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00:20:54,734 --> 00:20:56,600
no evidence whatsoever.
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00:20:56,734 --> 00:20:59,433
William Shatner:
James McGaha
is a retired Air Force pilot
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00:20:59,567 --> 00:21:03,100
and a complete skeptic
about alien visitation.
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00:21:03,233 --> 00:21:05,400
What a spoilsport.
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00:21:05,533 --> 00:21:08,266
As far as he's concerned,
he knows exactly
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00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,300
how to explain
the mysterious lights.
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00:21:11,433 --> 00:21:15,467
They were military flares.
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00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,500
This is Stephenville right here.
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00:21:17,633 --> 00:21:20,967
Here's where the aircraft
were flying that night.
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At the exact time
they were saying
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00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,400
they saw lights in the sky,
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00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:28,133
there were eight F-16s
in the area, flying maneuvers,
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both with after-burners,
which produce lights,
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with their
formation lights on,
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00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,567
and they were
dropping flares.
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00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:39,500
William Shatner:
Now, you see,
flares are used by the Air Force
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to solve two different yet
equally important problems.
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One, there are
ground illumination flares.
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These flares are
dropped from aircraft
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00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:50,166
in order to light up
an area on the ground
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several miles wide.
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00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,767
The flares are suspended
in the air by a parachute.
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00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:58,600
The heat from the flare
helps to keep it aloft.
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00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,000
Two, there are
countermeasure flares.
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00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:03,000
This kind is used
to confuse enemy missiles
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00:22:03,133 --> 00:22:05,000
targeted onto aircraft.
433
00:22:05,133 --> 00:22:06,967
The heat of these flares
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is hotter than the heat
from the afterburner,
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00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:15,000
causing heat-seeking missiles
to lock onto and track the flare
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00:22:15,133 --> 00:22:17,000
instead of the military jet.
437
00:22:17,133 --> 00:22:20,033
Huh, interesting.
438
00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,934
The aircraft were
manoeuvring all around.
439
00:22:22,066 --> 00:22:23,433
The flares were being dropped.
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00:22:23,567 --> 00:22:25,433
So, there was
lights and everything.
441
00:22:25,567 --> 00:22:27,500
It would be
very difficult for someone,
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00:22:27,633 --> 00:22:30,500
unless they knew exactly what
the military manoeuvres were,
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00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:33,500
to actually understand
who was chasing what.
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00:22:33,633 --> 00:22:35,500
Okay,
I've got to admit,
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00:22:35,633 --> 00:22:39,834
flares being dropped from F-16s
in war-game exercises
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00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:41,533
seems like a plausible
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00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:44,433
explanation
for the Stephenville lights,
448
00:22:44,567 --> 00:22:46,467
but for some,
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00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,867
this theory
just doesn't add up.
450
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,934
Could the US government
be covering up the truth?
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00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:01,000
.
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00:23:01,133 --> 00:23:03,233
William Shatner:
In a mass
"Weird Or What" moment,
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00:23:03,367 --> 00:23:06,734
hundreds of eyewitnesses
report UFOs in the skies
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00:23:06,867 --> 00:23:08,734
above Stephenville, Texas,
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00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:12,233
being chased
by US Air force F-16s.
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00:23:12,367 --> 00:23:14,233
Can this be true?
457
00:23:14,367 --> 00:23:17,734
What really happened?
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00:23:17,867 --> 00:23:19,667
Steve Allen
is a private pilot.
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00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,300
He saw the lights
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00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:24,500
and isn't convinced
they were simply military flares
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00:23:24,633 --> 00:23:27,633
dropped by US fighter jets.
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00:23:27,767 --> 00:23:30,767
Lights we saw travelled
at a high rate of speed,
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00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:32,767
all the way
from the east to the west,
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and come back by
with jets chasing it
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and only, like,
1500' off the ground.
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00:23:38,367 --> 00:23:41,233
So, yeah, what we saw
was definitely not a flare.
467
00:23:41,367 --> 00:23:42,800
It was quite spectacular.
468
00:23:42,934 --> 00:23:45,834
They was on the
same height and trajectory.
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00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:47,500
You know,
they was following it
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or attempting
to keep up with it.
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00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,667
You could see
the full after-burner
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00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,834
coming out the back
of the F-16s.
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Probably, you know,
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I would say they was
running in excess
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00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:01,233
of 500 or 600 miles an hour,
themselves.
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00:24:01,367 --> 00:24:03,567
William Shatner:
Allen's belief
that the lights
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00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:06,266
were UFOs actually being
chased by fighter jets
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00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,900
is supported by one
crucial piece of information.
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If these were simply flares,
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00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:14,567
why didn't
the Air Force admit it?
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Steve Allen:
Carswell Air Force base
and the military in Fort Worth
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originally denied
anything out here,
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00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:24,000
and then they denied
that F-16s was there.
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00:24:24,133 --> 00:24:26,033
And of course,
they was from here,
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00:24:26,166 --> 00:24:28,000
no further than
two football fields away.
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So, we know they was there.
487
00:24:30,333 --> 00:24:32,233
Later on,
as I discovered,
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00:24:32,367 --> 00:24:34,767
there were indeed aircraft
flying that night,
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00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:38,233
and the Air Force,
the public affairs office,
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00:24:38,367 --> 00:24:41,033
put out a press release,
saying we made a mistake.
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00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:42,767
There was nothing more to it,
492
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:44,900
no, nothing sinister
at all to it,
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00:24:45,033 --> 00:24:46,834
just a mistake.
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00:24:46,967 --> 00:24:48,834
Hmm.
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00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:53,166
So, U.S. Air Force claims
there was no military activity
496
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:56,700
in the skies above Stephenville
on the night in question
497
00:24:56,834 --> 00:25:00,433
but then mysteriously change
their minds a few days later?
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00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:03,266
Sounds suspicious,
doesn't it?
499
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,100
Remember what happened
at Roswell?
500
00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:07,900
After first saying they had
captured an alien ship,
501
00:25:08,033 --> 00:25:10,567
the military then
changed their tune,
502
00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:12,066
denied everything,
503
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,033
and the conspiracy theorists
have reveled in it ever since.
504
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,734
I'm getting paranoid here.
505
00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:22,734
Are you paranoid,
506
00:25:22,867 --> 00:25:25,166
or is it just me?
507
00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,567
Why are you looking at me?
508
00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,667
Why are you
looking at me?
509
00:25:33,734 --> 00:25:38,100
This is military communications
expert Steve Douglass.
510
00:25:38,233 --> 00:25:39,934
He believes
the Stephenville lights
511
00:25:40,066 --> 00:25:43,567
were indeed Air Force flares,
512
00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:47,000
but they were being used
as part of a military cover-up,
513
00:25:47,133 --> 00:25:49,567
not to hide
the existence of aliens
514
00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:52,567
but something far scarier --
515
00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:55,767
to hide top-secret black ops.
516
00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:59,834
Whoa.
517
00:25:59,967 --> 00:26:02,567
Steven Douglass:
Well, as it goes with the
Stephenville sightings,
518
00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,166
I think the truth is
that a lot of people were seeing
519
00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,500
what they think are
extraterrestrial spaceships.
520
00:26:09,633 --> 00:26:11,066
They're not.
521
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,000
They're seeing
military projects.
522
00:26:14,133 --> 00:26:15,633
I'm basically
what you would call
523
00:26:15,767 --> 00:26:18,800
a black project researcher.
524
00:26:18,934 --> 00:26:21,166
I'm one of those guys
who gets in a lawn chair
525
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:22,667
and sits out
on a mountaintop,
526
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,266
looking over a base
that doesn't exist,
527
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,266
hoping to see the odd
secret spacecraft, airplane,
528
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,266
whatever new widget
the military is using.
529
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,266
William Shatner:
One of these "secret widgets"
530
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,734
currently flies
over Afghanistan --
531
00:26:37,867 --> 00:26:40,066
the RQ-170 Sentinel,
532
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,300
otherwise known
as "The Beast of Kandahar."
533
00:26:45,433 --> 00:26:48,667
Steven Douglass:
Because of guys sighting it
and taking pictures of it,
534
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,166
the Air Force
came clean and said,
535
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:52,834
"Yes, we have
this thing flying,
536
00:26:52,967 --> 00:26:54,600
and it's
a surveillance platform."
537
00:26:54,734 --> 00:26:57,734
William Shatner:
A stealth drone
with no metal parts,
538
00:26:57,867 --> 00:27:01,767
completely undetectable
by enemy radar
539
00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:05,400
that's entire existence
was denied by the U.S. military
540
00:27:05,533 --> 00:27:08,066
until December 2009 --
541
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,400
scary but cool.
542
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:13,233
Just this year alone,
543
00:27:13,367 --> 00:27:17,934
the new military budget
is at $108 billion
544
00:27:18,066 --> 00:27:20,166
with 44 billion of it
545
00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:22,900
earmarked for
covert operations alone.
546
00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:28,300
William Shatner:
Douglass also believes
547
00:27:28,433 --> 00:27:31,266
the Air Force may have another
still top secret
548
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,734
piece of surveillance hardware
cruising high in the skies,
549
00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:37,667
not over
a far away combat theater
550
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,500
but right here,
551
00:27:39,633 --> 00:27:43,667
right now,
over the United States.
552
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,000
We call it the stealth blimp,
553
00:27:46,133 --> 00:27:48,000
and it flies
at very high altitude --
554
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:49,500
200,000' or 300,000'.
555
00:27:49,633 --> 00:27:51,200
You don't know it's up there,
556
00:27:51,333 --> 00:27:54,700
and it can do everything
from listen to look to see.
557
00:27:54,834 --> 00:27:58,166
It's the ultimate
flying Big Brother,
558
00:27:58,300 --> 00:27:59,934
is what
a stealth blimp could be.
559
00:28:00,133 --> 00:28:02,900
You know, there could be one
listening to us right now.
560
00:28:03,033 --> 00:28:04,734
William Shatner:
According to Douglass,
561
00:28:04,867 --> 00:28:07,233
it was a malfunctioning
stealth blimp
562
00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:09,233
that was to blame
for what happened
563
00:28:09,367 --> 00:28:14,300
in the skies above Stephenville
on January 8, 2008.
564
00:28:14,433 --> 00:28:16,567
Well, as it goes with
the Stephenville sightings,
565
00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:20,300
I think it was
a combination of two events.
566
00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:25,000
I think it was some type of
covert black projects operation,
567
00:28:25,133 --> 00:28:28,100
maybe, like,
one of these stealth blimps
568
00:28:28,233 --> 00:28:30,500
was forced down in altitude.
569
00:28:30,633 --> 00:28:32,233
Because of it happening,
570
00:28:32,367 --> 00:28:33,934
which I think
was just a happenstance,
571
00:28:34,066 --> 00:28:37,467
the military put on
what I call a dog and pony show,
572
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,567
which means they threw
a bunch of fighters in the area,
573
00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:43,567
dropped some flares,
made some lights,
574
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,700
asking you
to kind of look over here
575
00:28:45,834 --> 00:28:49,667
but not at
that thing over there.
576
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,867
William Shatner:
So, were the mysterious lights
over Stephenville that night
577
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,834
simple flares used
to distract attention
578
00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,133
from a black op gone wrong?
579
00:28:58,266 --> 00:29:02,166
Or were the flares being used
in a routine exercise?
580
00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:05,033
Or were the good people
of Erath County,
581
00:29:05,166 --> 00:29:06,900
like Steve Allen
582
00:29:07,033 --> 00:29:08,734
and the police officer,
Lee Roy Gaitan,
583
00:29:08,867 --> 00:29:11,900
right all along?
584
00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:15,100
Could the origins
of the Stephenville lights
585
00:29:15,233 --> 00:29:17,734
be from another world?
586
00:29:17,867 --> 00:29:20,166
Perhaps, but for now,
the mystery remains
587
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,834
weird, or what?
588
00:29:31,533 --> 00:29:34,300
Northern California.
589
00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:36,600
The Coast Guard launches
a desperate search
590
00:29:36,734 --> 00:29:38,066
for a fishing boat
591
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,400
that has mysteriously
vanished without a trace.
592
00:29:42,433 --> 00:29:44,200
They find nothing.
593
00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:46,934
It's the third
unexplained disappearance
594
00:29:47,066 --> 00:29:49,800
on this stretch of coastline
in less than a year.
595
00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:54,533
Does America's
Pacific Seaboard
596
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,567
have a new
Bermuda Triangle?
597
00:29:58,133 --> 00:30:01,100
It's time
to uncover the truth.
598
00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:09,100
.
599
00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:12,333
Old mariners' tales
of the perilous ocean
600
00:30:12,467 --> 00:30:15,300
swallowing ships
and whole crews are legend.
601
00:30:15,433 --> 00:30:17,000
But in the 21st century,
602
00:30:17,133 --> 00:30:20,133
when several vessels fitted with
high-tech communication systems
603
00:30:20,266 --> 00:30:21,800
vanish without a trace
604
00:30:21,934 --> 00:30:25,300
on the same stretch
of American coastline,
605
00:30:25,433 --> 00:30:28,900
is that just weird, or what?
606
00:30:30,433 --> 00:30:32,600
September 20th, 2004.
607
00:30:32,734 --> 00:30:34,533
Humboldt Bay, California.
608
00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:38,567
Here, one of the main employers
is commercial fishing,
609
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:43,033
an industry that ranks among
the U.S.'s deadliest professions
610
00:30:43,166 --> 00:30:45,400
with a fatality rate
five times higher
611
00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:48,667
than that of police officers
or firefighters.
612
00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:53,600
A 46' fishing vessel,
called the Marian Ann,
613
00:30:53,734 --> 00:30:55,867
crewed by Bill Burchell,
614
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,400
John Mogg and Maurice Alvarado,
615
00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:03,567
sets off on a routine
three-day fishing trip.
616
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,166
Their first stop is scheduled
for Eureka, California,
617
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:12,033
the following morning,
just a few miles up the coast.
618
00:31:12,166 --> 00:31:14,133
But the Marian Ann...
619
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,633
never arrives.
620
00:31:17,767 --> 00:31:21,000
Jennifer Mogg:
They were expected in
to deliver fish at 6:00,
621
00:31:21,133 --> 00:31:22,967
September 21,
in the morning.
622
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:25,300
Suzie Howser:
I showed up there,
and the boat wasn't there.
623
00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:27,166
They were never late, ever,
ever, ever, ever.
624
00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,967
I instantly
started freaking out.
625
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:31,467
It's pretty rare
626
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,367
for a commercial fishing boat
to be reported overdue.
627
00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,033
William Shatner:
Fearing the worst,
the Coast Guard,
628
00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:39,900
commanded by search-and-rescue
controller Jim Egbert,
629
00:31:40,033 --> 00:31:41,700
springs into action.
630
00:31:41,834 --> 00:31:43,200
Coast Guard, Humboldt Bay.
631
00:31:43,333 --> 00:31:44,700
What is your emergency?
632
00:31:44,834 --> 00:31:47,433
We issued an urgent
marine information broadcast,
633
00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:48,967
asking for information,
634
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:50,934
to see if anybody's seen them,
heard from them.
635
00:31:51,066 --> 00:31:52,433
William Shatner:
But no one has.
636
00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:54,967
Time 6:30 a.m., local.
637
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:57,600
The Coast Guard issued a report
of fishing vessel Marian Ann --
638
00:31:57,734 --> 00:32:00,200
40' fishing vessel
overdue on a voyage from Eureka.
639
00:32:00,333 --> 00:32:01,900
All vessels in the area
640
00:32:02,033 --> 00:32:03,433
are requested to keep
a sharp lookout,
641
00:32:03,567 --> 00:32:05,100
assist if possible
642
00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:07,467
and report any sign of distress
to the Coast Guard.
643
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,066
William Shatner:
Puzzled by the mysterious fact
the crew of the Marian Ann
644
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,133
had not sent a distress signal,
the Coast Guard heads
645
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,133
straight to the boat's
last known location.
646
00:32:16,266 --> 00:32:17,967
Man: This is the
United States Coast Guard,
647
00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:19,467
Humboldt Bay, California.
648
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,600
Jim Egbert:
Usually, there's
some kind of, you know,
649
00:32:21,734 --> 00:32:24,567
a call from the boat,
an activation of EPIRB.
650
00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:31,233
The boat carried a NOAA vessel
monitoring system transponder
651
00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:34,233
and was able to find
the last position
652
00:32:34,367 --> 00:32:36,200
where they had
stopped transmitting.
653
00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:38,867
William Shatner:
The last time the boat
logged its position
654
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,367
was at 7:22 p.m.,
655
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,767
just 20 miles off the coast.
656
00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,400
Jim Egbert:
My level of apprehension
was pretty high,
657
00:32:46,533 --> 00:32:49,367
so we went right to searching
for them immediately.
658
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,066
William Shatner:
But what they do find
659
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,066
offers little hope
of finding them alive.
660
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,066
Jennifer Mogg:
They found the life raft
661
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,734
and a couple of buoys
662
00:32:58,867 --> 00:33:00,500
and an ice chest.
663
00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:02,467
But unfortunately
weren't able to find the vessel
664
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,000
or any of the survivors
665
00:33:04,133 --> 00:33:05,667
or the crew members.
666
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,533
William Shatner:
After two days,
the search is called off.
667
00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:12,800
The Marian Ann and its crew
have vanished,
668
00:33:12,934 --> 00:33:15,967
seemingly into thin air,
just weeks after one crewmember,
669
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:17,567
Maurice Alvarado,
670
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:19,967
has told his mother
it was time
671
00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,266
to leave his
dangerous job behind.
672
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,300
Phyllis Sovereign:
He says, "You know, mom,
673
00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:26,166
I think it's time
that I get off the boat."
674
00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:28,633
I said, "Why?"
and he says,
675
00:33:28,767 --> 00:33:31,066
"Well, I need to spend
more time with my children."
676
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,900
And, like, three weeks later,
he was gone.
677
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,000
There's just no way to explain.
678
00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:44,266
You just can't believe
that they're not coming home.
679
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:49,233
So, what could have
caused the Marian Ann,
680
00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:53,900
a 46' boat,
to vanish in normal weather
681
00:33:54,033 --> 00:33:56,900
so quickly the crew
didn't have time
682
00:33:57,033 --> 00:33:58,467
to send a distress signal?
683
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,467
For San Francisco Coast Guard
684
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,467
senior investigator
Ross Wheatley,
685
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,667
the disappearance
of the Marian Ann
686
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:10,100
is the latest incident
in a much bigger mystery.
687
00:34:10,233 --> 00:34:12,166
There is more to the story,
in this particular case,
688
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:14,133
because this was
the third vessel sinking
689
00:34:14,266 --> 00:34:15,934
in a relatively
short period of time.
690
00:34:19,166 --> 00:34:21,133
June 21st, 2004.
691
00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:23,500
The Relentless,
a 50' fishing trawler,
692
00:34:23,633 --> 00:34:26,467
vanishes with all hands.
693
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,800
Also in 2004,
the Gina Lisa went missing.
694
00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:31,967
It was later found
in 4,000 feet of water,
695
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:35,967
sitting upright
at the bottom of the ocean.
696
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:37,967
Like the Marian Ann,
697
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,567
both cases were
off the California coast.
698
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,233
The weather was fine.
699
00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:43,934
No distress signals were sent.
700
00:34:44,066 --> 00:34:46,000
Something weird...
701
00:34:47,533 --> 00:34:51,066
is happening on the coastline
of Northern California,
702
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,300
but what?
703
00:34:55,834 --> 00:34:57,200
Here at the Stevens Institute,
704
00:34:57,333 --> 00:35:00,300
the Center for Maritime Systems
in New Jersey,
705
00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:03,934
Dr. Alan Blumberg
and his team of researchers
706
00:35:04,066 --> 00:35:06,000
are looking
for an explanation.
707
00:35:06,133 --> 00:35:10,800
This facility tests marine
hydrodynamic properties in boats
708
00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:12,467
using two large water tanks.
709
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,133
Today, they are going to
test an incredible theory,
710
00:35:15,266 --> 00:35:17,266
a destructive phenomena
711
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,934
long thought to be
a mariner's myth --
712
00:35:20,066 --> 00:35:23,166
rogue waves.
713
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:26,166
A rogue wave typically
would be characterized
714
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:29,133
as an unusual wave
of very large amplitude --
715
00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:31,166
for example, 100' high --
716
00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:34,967
and they cause a lot of damage
when they impact your vessel.
717
00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,400
William Shatner:
Rogue waves are thought to occur
718
00:35:37,533 --> 00:35:39,934
when fast currents
and strong winds
719
00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:41,734
focus smaller waves together
720
00:35:41,867 --> 00:35:45,133
into one big,
devastating wall of water.
721
00:35:45,266 --> 00:35:47,734
In the lab,
722
00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:51,266
the team has made a model
to simulate the Marian Ann.
723
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,900
Mike Morabito:
We're gonna put this model
out in the tank,
724
00:35:55,033 --> 00:35:59,367
and we're gonna run
some large waves at it.
725
00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:01,967
William Shatner:
Using a sophisticated
wave-making machine,
726
00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:03,967
they are attempting to simulate
727
00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,967
the conditions created
by giant rogue waves.
728
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:09,767
Mike Morabito:
Well, we're basically
testing what would happen
729
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:14,266
if a large rogue wave
came up on this vessel.
730
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:20,934
William Shatner:
The results
are simple and dramatic.
731
00:36:21,066 --> 00:36:23,467
It takes only a few waves
732
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,800
to overwhelm the model.
733
00:36:25,934 --> 00:36:27,667
Mike Morabito:
When you see it sinking,
734
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,200
you see what that
time scale is gonna be.
735
00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:32,834
It's gonna be pretty quick.
736
00:36:32,967 --> 00:36:35,300
William Shatner:
If surprised
by a rogue wave,
737
00:36:35,433 --> 00:36:38,367
the Marian Ann
could have sunk in seconds
738
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,033
with no time to send
a distress signal.
739
00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:44,100
It seems a plausible theory,
740
00:36:44,233 --> 00:36:47,567
but without finding the boat,
it's impossible to prove.
741
00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:50,000
But refusing to give up,
742
00:36:50,133 --> 00:36:54,233
the Coast Guard are about to
make an astonishing discovery.
743
00:37:00,433 --> 00:37:02,333
.
744
00:37:02,467 --> 00:37:04,367
William Shatner:
A fishing trawler has vanished
745
00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:05,834
off the coast
of Northern California.
746
00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:08,767
After a search yields nothing,
747
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:12,100
the Coast Guard asks
the US military for help.
748
00:37:12,233 --> 00:37:14,600
Ross Wheatley:
The Coast Guard
contacted the Navy.
749
00:37:14,734 --> 00:37:16,233
They came up and conducted
750
00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:19,233
what they call a side scan
sonar search of the bottom
751
00:37:19,367 --> 00:37:20,767
in the general area
in which
752
00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:22,700
the fishing vessel
was believed to have sank.
753
00:37:22,834 --> 00:37:25,800
They developed, basically,
a 20 square mile box,
754
00:37:25,934 --> 00:37:27,800
in which they forecasted
755
00:37:27,934 --> 00:37:30,166
that the vessel most likely
would sink if it actually sank
756
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:32,166
at the time that
they stopped broadcasting.
757
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:33,967
They searched
that 20-mile square box
758
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:35,567
for basically three days.
759
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,133
William Shatner:
After an
exhausting sonar search,
760
00:37:41,266 --> 00:37:43,300
the boat is finally found,
761
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:46,133
2100' underwater.
762
00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:47,867
Equipped with
an underwater camera,
763
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,467
the Navy sends down
the submersible,
764
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,400
and what they discover
765
00:37:54,533 --> 00:37:56,066
is shocking.
766
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,200
The ship is perfectly intact,
767
00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:01,767
with no signs of damage.
768
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:04,200
Ross Wheatley:
The vessel is sitting upright
on the bottom.
769
00:38:04,333 --> 00:38:07,400
There's no clear indication
of any type of a collision.
770
00:38:07,533 --> 00:38:09,533
Unfortunately,
after viewing the video,
771
00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:12,367
it basically didn't help us
determine the actual cause
772
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,166
of what's caused
the vessel to sink.
773
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:17,133
William Shatner:
This disturbing
discovery creates
774
00:38:17,266 --> 00:38:19,033
more questions than answers.
775
00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:21,867
What could be powerful enough
776
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,867
to sink a ship in seconds
777
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,867
yet leave no damage?
778
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,166
To solve this mystery,
779
00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:32,734
investigators need more clues.
780
00:38:32,867 --> 00:38:35,633
They go back to the video.
781
00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:38,667
Upon closer examination,
it is revealed
782
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,300
that the Marian Ann's nets
were almost fully retracted.
783
00:38:43,433 --> 00:38:46,300
Ross Wheatley:
We were able
to locate the fishing net.
784
00:38:46,433 --> 00:38:48,300
It's, for the most part,
hauled up on the wheel.
785
00:38:48,433 --> 00:38:52,633
William Shatner:
Investigators theorize
that because the nets were up,
786
00:38:52,767 --> 00:38:55,133
the boat was loaded with fish
787
00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:57,300
and may have become unstable.
788
00:38:57,433 --> 00:39:00,367
Ross Wheatley:
One of the issues that
we've seen in other vessels,
789
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:01,867
or other casualties,
790
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,867
is sometimes the question
of whether or not
791
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,667
the product onboard,
792
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,066
if it's not
properly segregated,
793
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,033
can shift as the vessel
deals with the weather
794
00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:11,700
and that can
cause stability issues.
795
00:39:11,834 --> 00:39:13,867
William Shatner:
To keep a boat stable,
796
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,867
distributing the catch evenly
in the cargo hold is vital.
797
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,867
Unbalanced,
a vessel can roll too far
798
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,066
and rapidly take on water.
799
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,100
If this happened
to the Marian Ann,
800
00:39:25,233 --> 00:39:28,900
it might explain why
no distress signal was sent
801
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:32,433
and why there was little
visible damage to the ship.
802
00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:36,300
Investigators
closely examine the video
803
00:39:36,433 --> 00:39:40,133
to see if this was the reason
why the boat sunk.
804
00:39:40,266 --> 00:39:41,633
In this particular case,
805
00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:43,400
we weren't able
to see inside the fish hold,
806
00:39:43,533 --> 00:39:45,300
so we couldn't make
any type of determination.
807
00:39:45,433 --> 00:39:47,800
William Shatner:
Due to the extreme depth,
808
00:39:47,934 --> 00:39:50,533
the divers are unable to
examine the inside of the boat.
809
00:39:50,667 --> 00:39:53,633
The investigation
hits another dead end.
810
00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,033
But now a bizarre
new theory has emerged.
811
00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:04,066
Could the Marian Ann
have been sunk by volatile,
812
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,967
highly destructive
methane gas bubbles?
813
00:40:10,033 --> 00:40:12,400
In 1985,
a cameraman captured
814
00:40:12,533 --> 00:40:14,900
extraordinary footage
of a drilling platform
815
00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:17,900
in the North Sea
being destabilized
816
00:40:18,033 --> 00:40:21,467
by methane gas bubbles
from the ocean floor.
817
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:26,066
Dr. David Vaccari believes
818
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,700
this could also
have theoretically
819
00:40:28,834 --> 00:40:31,934
overwhelmed the Marian Ann.
820
00:40:32,066 --> 00:40:34,333
Methane is formed
in the sediments
821
00:40:34,467 --> 00:40:36,467
by biological processes.
822
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,967
Bacteria,
in the absence of oxygen,
823
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:42,000
will undergo
a fermentation process
824
00:40:42,133 --> 00:40:44,467
and produce the methane.
825
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,934
William Shatner:
Methane hydrates are found
in oceans all over the world,
826
00:40:48,066 --> 00:40:50,333
buried beneath the ocean floor.
827
00:40:50,467 --> 00:40:53,300
They release methane bubbles
when exposed to warming seas
828
00:40:53,433 --> 00:40:55,867
or underwater earthquakes.
829
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,867
If a swarm of small bubbles
rose under the ship,
830
00:41:00,066 --> 00:41:02,233
it would decrease the density
of the water
831
00:41:02,367 --> 00:41:04,033
the ship was floating in.
832
00:41:04,166 --> 00:41:08,100
The ship would then
settle down into the water,
833
00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:11,367
possibly enough
to cause it to swamp
834
00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,133
by water coming over
the side of the ship directly.
835
00:41:14,266 --> 00:41:17,066
William Shatner:
To test this theory,
researchers placed a boat
836
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,100
in the water
and laid a system of pipes
837
00:41:19,233 --> 00:41:21,367
on the seabed beneath it.
838
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:24,100
Air pumped through the pipes
simulates methane gas,
839
00:41:24,233 --> 00:41:26,333
creating thousands of bubbles
840
00:41:26,467 --> 00:41:29,967
that float to the surface
with dramatic results.
841
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,300
David Vaccari:
It's possible for bubbles
to sink a ship.
842
00:41:32,433 --> 00:41:33,834
Is it likely?
843
00:41:33,967 --> 00:41:36,467
That, I would need more evidence
to support the likelihood.
844
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,967
Despite six years
of investigation,
845
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:41,967
theories and speculation,
846
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:46,967
the definitive cause of the
Marian Ann's tragic sinking
847
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:49,300
has yet to be resolved.
848
00:41:49,433 --> 00:41:51,300
With no answer in sight,
849
00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:55,300
the US Coast Guard
has finally closed the case,
850
00:41:55,433 --> 00:41:59,567
saying the boat sank
from causes unknown.
851
00:42:02,834 --> 00:42:04,700
But in Humboldt Bay,
852
00:42:04,834 --> 00:42:08,700
the boat and its crew
have not been forgotten.
853
00:42:08,834 --> 00:42:10,533
Jennifer Mogg:
It's not that distant.
854
00:42:10,667 --> 00:42:13,033
It's still very new and fresh
855
00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:15,700
and still a very big mystery
856
00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:18,400
and, um, no closure.
857
00:42:18,533 --> 00:42:21,000
Still have no idea
what happened.
858
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,734
William Shatner:
So, for now,
this is one mystery
859
00:42:26,867 --> 00:42:29,467
that cannot be explained.
860
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:34,133
Boats are sinking,
and nobody knows why.
861
00:42:34,266 --> 00:42:37,233
Is that weird, or what?
862
00:42:41,433 --> 00:42:43,700
So, there we have it --
863
00:42:43,834 --> 00:42:45,900
three strange
and mysterious stories
864
00:42:46,033 --> 00:42:49,300
but each with many plausible
theories to explain them.
865
00:42:51,967 --> 00:42:54,767
What did the good people
of Stephenville, Texas,
866
00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,567
see in the skies that night?
867
00:42:56,700 --> 00:43:00,667
Were the mysterious lights
really military flares
868
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,400
dropped from fighter jets,
869
00:43:02,533 --> 00:43:05,633
or were they spacecraft
from another world?
870
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,734
Why did the Marian Ann
871
00:43:09,867 --> 00:43:12,600
end up at the bottom
of the Pacific Ocean?
872
00:43:12,734 --> 00:43:14,633
Was it overwhelmed
by a rogue wave?
873
00:43:14,767 --> 00:43:17,333
Was it sunk by methane bubbles?
874
00:43:17,467 --> 00:43:21,200
And what could explain
the spooky and mysterious sound
875
00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:23,700
that rose from the depths
of the Pacific Ocean?
876
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:25,667
Was it an earthquake?
877
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,200
A volcano?
878
00:43:27,333 --> 00:43:29,600
Was it man-made,
or do huge,
879
00:43:29,734 --> 00:43:32,834
unseen creatures
lurk in the deep?
880
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,300
Join me next time
for three more stories
881
00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:39,934
that will undoubtedly be...
882
00:43:41,967 --> 00:43:43,633
weird, or what?
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