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Wade: WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE LOSS OF
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A NASA SPACE CAPSULE
DEEP IN THE MID-ATLANTIC?
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IT'S NOT LOSING A NEEDLE
IN THE HAYSTACK.
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IT'S LIKE LOSING THE HEAD OF
THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK.
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Wade: WHAT IS
THE UNDERWATER SECRET
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BEHIND SHIP DISAPPEARANCES
IN THE DEVIL'S SEA?
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Clarke: IT IS THE BERMUDA
TRIANGLE OF THE PACIFIC,
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AND, IN MANY WAYS,
IT IS JUST AS DEADLY.
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Wade: AND IS A TICKING
TIME BOMB AT THE BOTTOM
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OF THE BALTIC SEA
ABOUT TO GO OFF?
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ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW
HORRIFYING THAT WOULD BE
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TO BE CONFRONTED WITH
THE SPECTACLE OF
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YOUR IMPENDING DOOM.
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Wade: THE UNDERWATER REALM
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IS ANOTHER DIMENSION.
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IT'S A PHYSICALLY HOSTILE
PLACE WHERE DREAMS OF PROMISE
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CAN SINK INTO DARKNESS.
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I'M JEREMY WADE.
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I'M SEARCHING THE WORLD
TO BRING YOU
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THE MOST ICONIC AND BAFFLING
UNDERWATER MYSTERIES
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KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
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SHIPWRECKS CAN'T JUST
DISAPPEAR...OR CAN THEY?
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Wade: IT'S A DANGEROUS,
UNEXPLORED FRONTIER THAT
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SWALLOWS EVIDENCE.
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WE KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE FACE OF MARS
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THAN WE DO
OUR DEEPEST OCEANS.
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Wade: WHERE UNKNOWN IS NORMAL
AND UNDERSTANDING
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IS RARE.
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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♪♪
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AT THE DAWN OF
THE SPACE RACE,
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A PIONEERING SUB-ORBITAL
FLIGHT IS ABOUT TO PUT THE USA
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IN POLE POSITION,
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[ MAN OVER RADIO ]
BOY THAT'S SOME SIGHT.
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BUT THINGS GO
HORRIBLY WRONG WHEN
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THE CAPSULE SPLASHES
DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC.
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AMERICAN DREAMS,
ALONG WITH YEARS OF RESEARCH
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AND DEVELOPMENT,
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SINK TO THE OCEAN FLOOR.
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EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT
FATEFUL DAY REMAINS A MYSTERY.
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BUT CAN A FRESH INVESTIGATION
BY AN AMATEUR SLEUTH
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SUCCEED WHERE OFFICIALS
HAVE FAILED
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AND FINALLY REVEAL THE ANSWER?
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JULY 21, 1961.
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RETURNING TO EARTH
AFTER HIS PIONEERING
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SUB-ORBITAL FLIGHT,
COMMANDER GUS GRISSOM
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SPLASHES DOWN INTO
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
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IN THE LIBERTY BELL 7
CAPSULE.
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A RECOVERY HELICOPTER
ARRIVES TO SECURE
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THE CAPSULE
AND TAKE IT BACK TO BASE.
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BUT SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING,
THE SPACECRAFT'S EMERGENCY HATCH
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BLOWS OFF,
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LEAVING A GAPING HOLE
IN ITS SIDE.
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GUS GRISSOM IS IN THE CAPSULE,
AND WATER'S NOW FLOODING IN.
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Wade: THE ASTRONAUT HAULS
HIMSELF OUT THROUGH
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THE NARROW HATCH
AND INTO THE SEA,
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BUT HIS ORDEAL IS ONLY
JUST BEGINNING.
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THE MAN'S IN OUTER SPACE
ONE MINUTE,
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AND THE NEXT MINUTE, HE'S ON
THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH,
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AND THIS IS WHERE HE HAS THE
HIGHEST POSSIBILITY OF DYING.
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Wade: THE RETRIEVAL HELICOPTER
FOCUSES ON THE CAPSULE,
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BUT IT STRUGGLES
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
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LIBERTY BELL 7 IS TAKING
ON WATER AND GETTING HEAVIER
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BY THE SECOND.
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THE HELICOPTER IS
DRAGGED DOWNWARDS.
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INSIDE, EMERGENCY LIGHTS
COME ON.
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THE ENGINE IS CLOSE
TO FAILING.
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AS THE CHOPPER'S
PROPELLER CREATES
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A CHURNING WASH
OF AIR AND WATER,
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GRISSOM, BENEATH,
STRUGGLES TO STAY AFLOAT.
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AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS
PROP WASH COMING DOWN ON GUS.
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THEY'RE NOT PAYING
ANY ATTENTION TO HIM.
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THEY'RE CONCENTRATING
ON GETTING THE SPACECRAFT.
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HE'S IN HIS SPACESUIT,
IN HIS SPACESUIT
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STARTS FILLING UP
WITH WATER.
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HE'S TAKING ON WATER,
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AND HE'S LOSING BUOYANCY.
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Wade: WITH THE CAPSULE NOW
WEIGHING 1,000 POUNDS MORE
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THAN THE RETRIEVAL HELICOPTER
CAN HANDLE,
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THE PILOT IS FORCED TO MAKE
A TOUGH, SPLIT-SECOND DECISION.
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HE CUTS THE CORD.
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LIBERTY BELL 7 SINKS
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
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NEARBY, GUS GRISSOM
IS FACING A SIMILAR FATE.
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HE'S FIGHTING TO KEEP
HIS NOSE ABOVE THE WATER,
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LITERALLY, UNTIL
THE BACKUP RECOVERY HELICOPTER
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COMES IN.
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AND THEN THERE IS
THE ICONIC PICTURE THAT
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EVERYBODY REMEMBERS
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ABOUT LIBERTY BELL 7 OF
GUS LIKE A DEAD FISH
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BEING HAULED UP INTO
THE BACKUP RECOVERY HELICOPTER.
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Wade: WHY THE MISSION GOES
SO BADLY WRONG
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IS ONE OF NASA'S GREATEST
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES,
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AND, FOR SOME, A BLEMISH
ON ITS REPUTATION.
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Rondeau: TO LOSE LIBERTY BELL 7
IN THE MOMENT WAS HORRIBLE.
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IT REPRESENTED
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THE HIGH POINT OF
NASA'S SPACE PROGRAM.
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IT WAS AN EMBLEM OF
AMERICA ITSELF.
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SO TO HAVE IT
IN ONE'S GRASP
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AND TO LOSE IT,
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IT WAS SEEN AS A REAL LOSS
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OF PRIDE IN THE AMERICAN
SPACE PROGRAM.
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Wade:
THE PUBLIC WANT ANSWERS.
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WHAT WENT WRONG,
AND WHO WAS TO BLAME?
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Tuttle: YOU KNOW,
WAS IT HUMAN ERROR?
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WAS HE SCARED?
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DID HE HAVE SOME KIND OF
NERVOUS REACTION?
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IS IT MECHANICAL ERROR?
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DID THE ENGINEERS
DO SOMETHING WRONG?
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Wade: WITH THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
LOST DEEP UNDER THE ATLANTIC,
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PEOPLE LOOK TO GRISSOM
FOR ANSWERS,
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BUT THE ASTRONAUT CAN SHED
LITTLE LIGHT
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ON THOSE FATEFUL MOMENTS.
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Wade: NASA'S INITIAL
INVESTIGATION FINDS NO FAULT
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IN GRISSOM'S ACTIONS,
BUT SOME ARE SKEPTICAL.
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Clarke: PILOT ERROR IS,
OF COURSE, A POTENTIAL.
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THERE'S ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL.
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IT'S VERY EASY TO BLAME THE
ORGANIC MATTER IN THE COCKPIT.
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Wade: GUS GRISSOM'S REPUTATION
AS A FLYER WITH
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THE RIGHT STUFF IS
CALLED INTO QUESTION.
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AN ASTRONAUT HERO
FALLS TO EARTH.
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GRISSOM'S MISSION WAS PART OF
PROJECT MERCURY,
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THE UNITED STATES' MANNED
SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM.
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THE SPACE RACE WITH THE SOVIET
UNION IS IN FULL FLOW.
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EXPECTATIONS ARE GREAT,
AND THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
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ROCKETS ARE EXPLODING
LEFT AND RIGHT,
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AND THESE GUYS
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
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FIX THEM AND RIDE THEM
AND NOT GET KILLED.
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Wade: THE RACE
TO THE MOON IS ON,
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SO EVERY MISSION NEEDS
TO DRIVE PROGRESS.
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GRISSOM'S FLIGHT TESTS
SEVERAL INNOVATIONS,
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INCLUDING, SIGNIFICANTLY,
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A QUICK-RELEASE
EMERGENCY HATCH.
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THE HATCH IS SEALED
WITH 70 TITANIUM BOLTS
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EMBEDDED IN AN ENCLOSED
EXPLOSIVE CASING.
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A PUSH BUTTON
PLUNGER DETONATES
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THE CHARGE AND RELEASES
THE HATCH.
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FOR SAFETY REASONS,
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DETONATION IS
A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.
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THE HATCH MUST FIRST BE
ARMED BEFORE PRESSURE
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IS APPLIED TO THE PLUNGER
TO DETONATE THE CHARGE.
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ALTHOUGH GRISSOM'S MEMORY OF
THE SPLASHDOWN DISASTER
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IS HAZY,
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THERE IS ONE THING
HE REMEMBERS WITH CLARITY.
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GRISSOM CLAIMS
THAT HE ARMED
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THE EXPLOSIVE BOLTS
BUT THAT HE DIDN'T, IN FACT,
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DETONATE THEM.
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Wade: BUT NOT EVERYBODY
IS CONVINCED.
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THERE ARE RUMORS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS HAPPENED
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THAT GRISSOM PANICKED
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AND THAT HE PREMATURELY
DETONATED THE HATCH.
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Wade: LATER, ASTRONAUTS
WHO DETONATE THE PLUNGER
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SUFFER BRUISES --
ONE EVEN SUFFERS A LACERATION.
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GRISSOM DIDN'T HAVE
THOSE BRUISES.
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Wade: BUT THE DAMAGE TO
GRISSOM'S REPUTATION IS DONE.
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GRISSOM WAS VICTIMIZED
BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF
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LIBERTY BELL 7 AND WAS
REALLY ALMOST SHAMED
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AS A RESULT OF IT,
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AND HE REALLY NEVER
RECOVERED FROM THAT.
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AND IT WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT
OF HIS -- OF HIS CAREER,
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TO LOSE THAT SPACECRAFT
REALLY HURT.
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HE WAS DOGGED
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE
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OVER WHAT HE REFERRED TO
AS THE "HATCH CRAP."
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Wade: IN 1967,
GUS GRISSOM IS KILLED
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IN THE APOLLO 1 LAUNCH FIRE
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WITH THE MYSTERY
OF WHAT HAPPENED
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IN THE LIBERTY BELL CAPSULE
STILL UNSOLVED.
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IT'S NOW 1999.
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SALVAGE EXPERT CURT NEWPORT
IS ARMED WITH
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CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
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AND AN UNERRING DESIRE TO
FIND LIBERTY BELL 7
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AND BRING HER HOME.
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THE MISSION TO RECOVER LIBERTY
BELL 7 BROUGHT TOGETHER
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THE BEST MARINE RECOVERY
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
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AT THE TIME.
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Leopold: NEWPORT GETS ALL OF
THE TRACKING DATA,
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ALL OF THE TELEMETRY
HE CAN FIND ABOUT
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THE FLIGHT OF
LIBERTY BELL 7,
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AND HE BEGINS TO SORT OF ZERO
IN ON AN AREA WHERE HE THINKS
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IT MIGHT BE.
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Wade: OPERATING AT DEPTHS
OF UP TO THREE MILES,
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THE TEAM'S SUBMERSIBLE USES
SONAR TO LOCATE OBJECTS
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ON THE SEABED,
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BUT CAN IT SPOT A NINE-FOOT-HIGH
CAPSULE IN A SEARCH AREA
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WHICH COVERS 24 SQUARE MILES?
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Tuttle: THESE CAPSULES ARE
UNBELIEVABLY TINY.
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TO LOSE A SPACE CAPSULE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN,
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IT'S NOT LOSING A NEEDLE
IN THE HAYSTACK.
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IT'S LIKE LOSING THE HEAD OF
THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK.
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Leopold:
BUT THEY'RE VERY SYSTEMATIC.
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THEY CALL IT MOWING THE LAWN.
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GO BACK AND FORTH IN GRIDS,
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AND YOU LOOK FOR YOUR BEST
POSSIBLE TARGETS.
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AND HE DECIDES TO START
WITH TARGET 71.
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THE CONTROLLERS SEND THEIR
SUBMERSIBLE TOWARDS IT.
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THEY POINT THEIR VIDEO CAMERAS
AT IT.
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CURT SAYS, "THAT THING'S
GOT SOME HEIGHT TO IT.
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LET'S KEEP MOVING IN."
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AND AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE IN
THROUGH THE DARKNESS,
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THE WORDS UNITED STATES APPEAR
ON THE SIDE OF THIS OBJECT.
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I DON'T BELIEVE.
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AND HE HAS FOUND LIBERTY BELL
7 AFTER 38 YEARS.
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BUT WILL THE CAPSULE
PROVIDE THE KEY TO
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THE MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED
AND RESTORE THE REPUTATION
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OF ASTRONAUT GUS GRISSOM?
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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THE LOSS OF THE LIBERTY BELL
SEVEN CAPSULE DEALS
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A SEVERE BLOW
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TO THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM
AND LEAVES HER COMMANDER'S
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REPUTATION IN TATTERS.
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FINALLY, IN 1999,
THE LOST CAPSULE
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IS RAISED
FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR.
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BUT CAN SHE HELP SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF WHAT WENT WRONG?
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Goodman: IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO FINALLY LOOK AT
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THE PHYSICAL HARD EVIDENCE
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OF THE CONDITION OF
THE CAPSULE AND TO UNDERSTAND
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WHAT HAPPENED.
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Wade: HOWEVER, CRUCIALLY,
THE HATCH DOOR IS NOT FOUND,
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AND DESPITE
EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION,
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THE CAPSULE DOES NOT PROVIDE
DEFINITIVE ANSWERS TO THE MANY
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QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN.
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THE INVESTIGATIONS
ARE WOUND UP,
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BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL
DETERMINED TO FIND ANSWERS.
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YEARS PASS BEFORE NASA
AGREES TO OPEN UP
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ITS ARCHIVE TO WRITER
AND GRISSOM BIOGRAPHER,
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GEORGE LEOPOLD.
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THEY THINK THAT THE LOSS OF
LIBERTY BELL 7
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IS -- IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE GREAT MYSTERIES.
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Wade: WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME,
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HE'S HOPING THAT
A COLD, OBJECTIVE EYE
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WILL UNEARTH SOME
FRESH CLUES.
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ONE PIECE OF EYEWITNESS
TESTIMONY STANDS OUT.
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LIEUTENANT JOHN REINHART,
ONE OF THE RETRIEVAL TEAM,
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IS FIRST ON THE SCENE.
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HIS JOB IS TO REMOVE
THE CAPSULE'S ANTENNA
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BEFORE ATTACHING THE WINCH
HOOK FROM THE HELICOPTER.
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HE WAS IN THE HELICOPTER
OPENING WITH A HOOK
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AND A SNIPPER,
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AND HE SAID THAT
WHEN HE TOUCHED
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THIS UNGROUNDED SPACECRAFT,
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HE SAW AN ARC.
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Wade: A POWERFUL
ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE.
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Leopold: YOU'VE GOT A HELICOPTER
HOVERING OVER A SPACECRAFT
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AND THIS VORTEX THAT'S GOT
A LOT OF ENERGY IN IT,
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AND THE METAL TOUCHES METAL,
SOME OF THAT ENERGY IS PROBABLY
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GONNA GET TRANSFERRED,
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AND THAT'S WHAT JOHN REINHART
THOUGHT HE SAW.
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HE WAS THE CLOSEST PERSON TO
THE SPACECRAFT WHEN HE SEES
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THIS ARC,
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AND AT THAT MOMENT,
THE HATCH BLOWS.
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SO THAT LEAVES US WITH,
YOU KNOW,
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THE POSSIBILITY THAT MAYBE IT
WAS THE ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE
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THAT BLEW THE HATCH.
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Wade:
UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION,
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LEOPOLD LEARNS THAT IN
SEA HELICOPTER RESCUES,
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STATIC ELECTRICITY DISCHARGE
IS A COMMON PHENOMENON BETWEEN
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SURFACE WATER
AND HOISTING DEVICES.
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WHAT'S MORE, HE FINDS EVIDENCE
THAT NASA WAS AWARE OF THIS.
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THE PROCEDURE THAT
THE COASTGUARD OF THE U.S. NAVY
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USES IS THAT YOU WOULD
NEVER TOUCH SOMETHING
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IN THE WATER WITH A HELICOPTER
OVER IT UNTIL IT'S GROUNDED.
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AND, IN FACT, DURING
THE PRACTICE SESSIONS,
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THE RECOVERY GUYS USED TO JOKE
AROUND WITH THE NASA GUYS
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AND COME OUT WITH THEM AND SAY,
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"YOU WANT TO TRY IT?"
AND THEY'D GET ZAPPED.
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Elliot: NASA'S PROCEDURES
SHOULD REALLY HAVE INCLUDED
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GROUNDING THE SPACECRAFT
BEFORE ANYBODY TOUCHED IT.
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Wade: OVER THE YEARS, OTHER
THEORIES HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD
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FOR THE PREMATURE DETONATION OF
THE LIBERTY BELL 7'S
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HATCH BOLTS
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AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS
OF THE CAPSULE,
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BUT NASA DIDN'T REACH
A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION.
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Leopold: THEY WERE IN A HURRY,
THEY WANTED TO GET ON
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TO THE NEXT FLIGHT,
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SO THEY BASICALLY REPRODUCE
AS MANY SCENARIOS AS THEY COULD
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THINK OF,
AND THEN THEY MOVED ON.
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SO IN THE END,
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YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
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Wade: BUT WITH THE FINAL PIECE
OF EVIDENCE,
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THE HATCH DOOR ITSELF,
STILL UNDER THE SEA,
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THE MYSTERY ENDURES.
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BUT ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR --
WITH WHAT WE NOW KNOW,
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SURELY IT'S SAFE TO CONCLUDE
THAT ASTRONAUT
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GUS GRISSOM HAD THE RIGHT
STUFF ALL ALONG.
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♪♪
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CONFLICTS FOUGHT OUT
ON OUR SEAS LEAVE BEHIND
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A POTENTIALLY LETHAL LEGACY,
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DISCARDED MINES AND ALL KINDS
OF OTHER DUMPED HARDWARE
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AND UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE OFTEN
HIDDEN DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES.
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CAN NEW TECHNOLOGY FIND A WAY
OF LOCATING
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AND DEFUSING THIS UNDERWATER
TIME BOMB BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?
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2005, THE BALTIC SEA.
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A DUTCH FISHING VESSEL
IS TRAWLING
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THE RELATIVELY SHALLOW WATERS
OF THIS SEMI-ENCLOSED,
296
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BRACKISH BODY OF WATER
BETWEEN SCANDINAVIA AND EUROPE.
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THEY'RE BASICALLY SCOURING
THE SEA FLOOR, AND THEY'RE
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PULLING UP --
IN ADDITION TO FISH,
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THEY'RE ALSO PULLING UP ANYTHING
THAT'S ON THE SEA FLOOR.
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00:16:07,586 --> 00:16:09,965
Wade: THE TRAWLER'S CREW ARE
HAULING IN THEIR CATCH
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WHEN THEY NOTICE SOMETHING
STRANGE IN THE NETS.
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THEIR NETS WERE ARRAYED
ON THE SEABED,
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CATCHING FISH AS NORMAL,
BUT THEY CAUGHT SOMETHING
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VERY UNUSUAL.
305
00:16:19,551 --> 00:16:22,103
Wade: THE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES
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00:16:22,206 --> 00:16:23,827
REMAIN UNKNOWN,
307
00:16:23,931 --> 00:16:25,724
BUT THE CONCLUSION IS CLEAR.
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AN EXPLOSION RIPS THROUGH
THE BOAT, KILLING THREE MEN.
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ELSEWHERE ON
THE BALTIC COAST,
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BEACHCOMBERS FIND
WHAT THEY THINK
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ARE PIECES OF AMBER
IN THE SAND.
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THEY'RE PICKING THEM UP AND
PUTTING THEM IN THEIR POCKETS,
313
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AND THE HEAT OF THEIR BODY
IS WARMING THESE UP,
314
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AND IT'S CAUSING PEOPLE TO
HAVE VERY SERIOUS
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CHEMICAL BURNS.
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Wade: AROUND THE SAME TIME,
SCIENTISTS STUDYING FISH IN
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THE BALTIC FIND SOME SPECIMENS
CONTAINING CANCEROUS TUMORS.
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MULTIPLE MYSTERIOUS
INCIDENTS IN THE SAME
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BODY OF WATER ARE
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
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BUT ARE THEY LINKED,
321
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AND IF SO,
WHAT'S GOING ON UNDER
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THE COLD SURFACE
OF THE BALTIC SEA?
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SURROUNDED BY NINE
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
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AND A HISTORICAL BOUNDARY
BETWEEN EAST
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AND WEST EUROPE,
THE BALTIC SEA HAS BEEN
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THE FRONT LINE IN CONFLICTS
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FROM THE CRIMEAN
TO THE COLD WAR.
328
00:17:28,965 --> 00:17:33,413
BUT IT WAS WORLD WAR II THAT
REALLY SET FIRE TO THIS REGION.
329
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Clarke: THERE WAS A NONSTOP
MINE WARFARE GOING ON.
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MILLIONS OF MINES WERE LAID
IN THESE WATERS.
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Wade: BUT THEY WERE NOT
THE ONLY MUNITIONS
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DROPPED INTO THE BALTIC.
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AT THE END OF THE WAR,
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AN ESTIMATED 300,000 TONS OF
ORDNANCE -- BOMBS,
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SHELLS, AND AMMUNITION -- WERE
DUMPED INTO THE DEPTHS.
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Rondeau: THE IMMENSITY IS --
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IS REALLY UNTHINKABLE --
WE DON'T HAVE ACCURATE MAPS
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AS TO WHERE THIS WAS DUMPED
OR BY WHO,
339
00:18:07,241 --> 00:18:09,275
SO, REALLY,
IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS
340
00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:11,275
AS TO THE EXTENT
OF THIS PROBLEM.
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Wade: NOW,
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75 YEARS LATER, THIS EXPLOSIVE
UNDERWATER LEGACY IS THOUGHT TO
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BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOZENS OF
DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES
344
00:18:25,068 --> 00:18:26,275
EVERY YEAR.
345
00:18:29,448 --> 00:18:31,931
AND NEW EVIDENCE REVEALS
THAT THERE'S AN EVEN
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GREATER DANGER AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE BALTIC.
347
00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:38,103
[ SONAR PINGING ]
348
00:18:42,172 --> 00:18:45,137
[ SONAR PINGING ]
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00:18:45,241 --> 00:18:47,862
HIDDEN IN THE DEPTHS OF
THE BALTIC SEA ARE
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS
OF WORLD WAR II MUNITIONS
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WITH A COMBINED EXPLOSIVE
FORCE CAPABLE,
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IT IS ESTIMATED,
OF FLATTENING A CITY.
353
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WE KNOW THESE TICKING TIME
BOMBS ARE THERE ON THE SEABED.
354
00:19:04,758 --> 00:19:07,862
Rondeau: THERE'S A HIGH RISK OF
FISHERMEN BRINGING
355
00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:10,931
UP THIS UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
FROM THE SEA FLOOR.
356
00:19:12,103 --> 00:19:14,517
Wade: THIS, IT TURNS OUT,
IS EXACTLY WHAT
357
00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:17,758
THE UNLUCKY DUTCH CREW
HAULED UP IN THEIR NETS.
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00:19:19,793 --> 00:19:22,758
ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW
HORRIFYING THAT WOULD BE
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00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:25,344
TO BE CONFRONTED WITH
THE SPECTACLE OF
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YOUR IMPENDING DOOM.
361
00:19:30,931 --> 00:19:34,275
Wade: BUT IN ADDITION TO
THIS OBVIOUS, VOLATILE DANGER,
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THERE'S SOMETHING MORE
INSIDIOUS GOING ON.
363
00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:41,275
SOME DESCRIBE
THESE UNEXPLODED ORDINANCES,
364
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OR UXOs,
AS WEAPONS THAT WAIT.
365
00:19:46,172 --> 00:19:47,172
Figueroa: IN THE OCEAN,
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00:19:47,275 --> 00:19:50,655
THESE METAL CANISTERS
CAN DEGRADE OVER TIME.
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00:19:50,758 --> 00:19:54,310
THAT LEADS TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR TOXIC MATERIALS
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00:19:54,413 --> 00:19:56,724
TO LEAK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
369
00:19:56,827 --> 00:19:59,551
Wade: THE BEACHCOMBERS WHO
SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS
370
00:19:59,655 --> 00:20:01,034
UNWITTINGLY PICKED UP
371
00:20:01,137 --> 00:20:04,620
PIECES OF PHOSPHOROUS USED
IN INCENDIARY DEVICES.
372
00:20:05,793 --> 00:20:08,827
AND THE BALTIC MARINE LIFE
DISPLAYING ABNORMALITIES
373
00:20:08,931 --> 00:20:12,517
TESTED POSITIVE FOR
THE CHEMICAL COMPOUND, TNT.
374
00:20:14,724 --> 00:20:17,275
Elliot: TNT IS ONE THE MOST
COMMON EXPLOSIVES USED IN
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THE WORLD TODAY AND CERTAINLY
WAS USED IN THE 20TH CENTURY
376
00:20:20,896 --> 00:20:22,000
IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
377
00:20:22,103 --> 00:20:23,689
AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
378
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Wade: AS WELL AS
BEING HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE,
379
00:20:26,482 --> 00:20:30,068
TNT IS POISONOUS.
380
00:20:30,172 --> 00:20:33,413
Figueroa: IT'S TOXIC TO LIFE --
IT CAN CAUSE CANCER.
381
00:20:33,517 --> 00:20:35,896
IT CAN BIOACCUMULATE
IN THE ENVIRONMENT,
382
00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:39,448
MEANING SMALL ORGANISMS
TAKE IT IN,
383
00:20:39,551 --> 00:20:41,241
LARGER ORGANISMS EAT THOSE.
384
00:20:42,689 --> 00:20:45,206
Clarke: THESE MATERIALS CAN THEN
BE TRANSMITTED UP
385
00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:48,413
THE FOOD CHAIN TO THE ANIMALS
ABOVE THEM.
386
00:20:48,517 --> 00:20:51,689
AND SO THIS IS HOW
IT'S ENDING UP IN FISH.
387
00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,241
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL
388
00:20:57,344 --> 00:20:59,482
FOR A BIOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE.
389
00:21:04,068 --> 00:21:07,068
THE MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF
WORLD WAR II MUNITIONS
390
00:21:07,172 --> 00:21:08,206
HIDDEN ON THE BOTTOM
391
00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:12,655
OF THE BALTIC SEA
NOW POSE A MULTIFACETED THREAT.
392
00:21:12,758 --> 00:21:16,206
THE EXTENT OF
THE PROBLEM IS PHENOMENAL.
393
00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:17,931
WAIT, WHERE IS THIS STUFF?
394
00:21:18,034 --> 00:21:20,931
IT'S EVERYWHERE,
BUT NOWHERE.
395
00:21:21,034 --> 00:21:22,172
Goodman: HOW DO WE FIND THEM?
396
00:21:22,275 --> 00:21:24,655
HOW DO WE NEUTRALIZE THEM?
397
00:21:24,758 --> 00:21:25,724
HOW DO WE KEEP THEM FROM
398
00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,793
CAUSING ANY KIND OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE?
399
00:21:27,896 --> 00:21:29,793
Wade: SPECIALIST DIVERS
ARE NORMALLY AT
400
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THE HEART OF SUCH
CLEANUP OPERATIONS.
401
00:21:33,310 --> 00:21:36,517
THEY'RE BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO DIVERS.
402
00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:40,586
THEY COMBINE THESE TWO VERY,
VERY HIGH SKILLSETS.
403
00:21:40,689 --> 00:21:44,103
Wade: THEIR WORK IS COMPLEX
AND HAZARDOUS.
404
00:21:44,206 --> 00:21:48,034
THE TRADITIONAL METHOD WAS
THAT ONCE A MINE WAS FOUND,
405
00:21:48,137 --> 00:21:50,000
IT WOULD EITHER BE HOISTED
ABOARD A SHIP
406
00:21:50,103 --> 00:21:53,103
IF IT WAS CONSIDERED SAFE
AND DISARMED ON THE SHIP,
407
00:21:53,206 --> 00:21:55,482
OR IT WOULD BE
DISARMED IN THE WATER.
408
00:21:55,586 --> 00:21:57,034
Rondeau:
THAT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
409
00:21:57,137 --> 00:21:58,689
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
410
00:21:58,793 --> 00:21:59,965
IT'S ALSO VERY DANGEROUS.
411
00:22:02,862 --> 00:22:05,517
Wade: OVER THE YEARS,
DOZENS OF MILITARY DIVERS
412
00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:08,275
HAVE BEAN KILLED IN MINE
CLEARING OPERATIONS.
413
00:22:09,379 --> 00:22:11,344
SO A DIFFERENT APPROACH
IS NEEDED.
414
00:22:12,551 --> 00:22:15,103
OPERATION OPEN SPIRIT
IS AN INTERNATIONAL
415
00:22:15,206 --> 00:22:17,724
MARITIME MISSION
TO CLEAR THE BALTIC
416
00:22:17,827 --> 00:22:21,413
LED BY THE NAVIES OF
LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA.
417
00:22:23,034 --> 00:22:26,206
IT'S USING THE LATEST
TECHNOLOGY LIKE THE REMUS
418
00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:28,344
AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE,
419
00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:31,172
SPECIALLY DEVELOPED
TO SEARCH OUT MINES.
420
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:35,965
THE REMUS 600 IS ONE OF
THE MOST ADVANCED OF
421
00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:38,000
THE AUVs AVAILABLE.
422
00:22:38,103 --> 00:22:40,758
IT HAS GREAT IMAGING
SORT OF EQUIPMENT.
423
00:22:40,862 --> 00:22:44,758
IT HAS GREAT SENSORY EQUIPMENT
TO FIND MINES,
424
00:22:44,862 --> 00:22:46,931
AND IT'S VERY,
VERY MOVEABLE.
425
00:22:47,034 --> 00:22:51,793
BUT WHAT THEY DO MAINLY IS THEY
KEEP DIVERS OUT OF THE WATER.
426
00:22:51,896 --> 00:22:54,172
Wade: THE SELF-PILOTING
MINI SUBMARINE
427
00:22:54,275 --> 00:22:57,379
USES SONAR TO LOCATE MINES.
428
00:22:57,482 --> 00:23:00,793
THEY CAN LITERALLY SURVEY
MILES AND MILES
429
00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:02,793
OF SEABED PER DAY.
430
00:23:02,896 --> 00:23:06,103
Wade: ONCE A MINE IS FOUND,
THE REMUS AUV
431
00:23:06,206 --> 00:23:09,862
CAN DESTROY IT USING
A DIRECTED EXPLOSIVE CHARGE.
432
00:23:11,862 --> 00:23:15,000
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE
ON USING DIVERS,
433
00:23:18,034 --> 00:23:20,448
BUT WITH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PIECES
434
00:23:20,551 --> 00:23:23,137
OF DANGEROUS MUNITIONS
ON THE SEA FLOOR,
435
00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:26,482
EVEN WITH THE LATEST TECH,
THIS DEADLY TASK
436
00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:28,275
COULD TAKE YEARS.
437
00:23:28,379 --> 00:23:30,689
[ SONAR PINGING ]
438
00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:37,482
[ SONAR PINGING ]
439
00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:41,172
Wade: THE LATEST UNDERWATER
TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED
440
00:23:41,275 --> 00:23:42,758
TO FIND AND DESTROY
441
00:23:42,862 --> 00:23:46,793
WORLD WAR II WEAPONRY
ON THE BALTIC SEA FLOOR.
442
00:23:46,896 --> 00:23:50,413
THIS PAINSTAKING PROCESS
COULD TAKE YEARS,
443
00:23:51,793 --> 00:23:55,275
BUT RECENTLY, A TEAM OF
SCIENTISTS AT KEELE UNIVERSITY
444
00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:58,655
IN GERMANY HAS MADE
A REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH.
445
00:23:58,758 --> 00:24:01,586
THEY HAVE COME UP WITH
AN INGENIOUS WAY OF NEUTRALIZING
446
00:24:01,689 --> 00:24:05,103
TNT, THE MOST ABUNDANT
EXPLOSIVE IN THE BALTIC
447
00:24:05,206 --> 00:24:08,172
AND ONE THAT IS STARTING TO
POISON THE ENVIRONMENT
448
00:24:08,275 --> 00:24:09,896
BY EMPLOYING THE SERVICES OF
449
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,724
A MYSTERIOUS
MICROSCOPIC ORGANISM.
450
00:24:12,827 --> 00:24:15,344
THERE ARE MICROORGANISMS THAT
451
00:24:15,448 --> 00:24:18,689
CAN TAKE ENERGY
OR METABOLIZE TNT.
452
00:24:18,793 --> 00:24:21,896
THEY EXIST,
SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THEM.
453
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,620
Wade: THE BACTERIA ESSENTIALLY
CONSUME THE TNT,
454
00:24:25,724 --> 00:24:28,827
BREAKING IT DOWN INTO
ITS COMPONENT ELEMENTS.
455
00:24:28,931 --> 00:24:31,172
WE CALL IT BIOTRANSFORMATION,
BECAUSE IT'S TAKING
456
00:24:31,275 --> 00:24:34,000
ENERGY AND IT'S TRANSFORMING
IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
457
00:24:34,103 --> 00:24:39,000
BASICALLY, THE IDEA IS THAT
YOU ENCLOSE THE MUNITIONS WITH
458
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:40,275
SOME SORT OF MEMBRANE
459
00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:44,758
THAT HAS THIS BACTERIA,
AND THE BACTERIA WILL TRANSFORM
460
00:24:44,862 --> 00:24:47,241
THE TNT INTO
NONTOXIC MATERIALS.
461
00:24:48,551 --> 00:24:51,034
Wade: SO FAR,
THE MICROORGANISM HAS ONLY
462
00:24:51,137 --> 00:24:53,379
BEEN TRIED OUT
IN THE LABORATORY.
463
00:24:53,482 --> 00:24:57,482
HOW IT WILL WORK IN THE SEA
ITSELF IS STILL UNKNOWN.
464
00:24:57,586 --> 00:25:00,275
Figueroa: IT'S SUPER HARD, LIKE,
THIS IS NOT EASY SCIENCE.
465
00:25:00,379 --> 00:25:03,068
WE HAVE TO REDESIGN
THE EXPERIMENT AND FIGURE OUT
466
00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:04,793
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN
THE FIELD.
467
00:25:04,896 --> 00:25:07,931
THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS,
BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.
468
00:25:10,137 --> 00:25:14,172
INTRODUCING A NEW BACTERIA
INTO THE SEA HAS RISKS.
469
00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:16,896
SO WHETHER THIS TURNS OUT TO
BE THE SILVER BULLET
470
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,206
FOR A DANGEROUS
WARTIME LEGACY
471
00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:22,103
OR ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
TIME BOMB,
472
00:25:22,206 --> 00:25:23,413
WE WAIT AND SEE.
473
00:25:23,517 --> 00:25:26,379
♪♪
474
00:25:26,482 --> 00:25:34,482
♪♪
475
00:25:34,586 --> 00:25:37,551
THE REPUTATION OF
HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS PIRATE,
476
00:25:37,655 --> 00:25:40,689
BLACKBEARD,
HAS LONG BEEN DEBATED.
477
00:25:40,793 --> 00:25:43,413
FOR SOME, HE IS A BRILLIANT
LEADER OF MAN,
478
00:25:43,517 --> 00:25:47,482
A GENEROUS CAPTAIN
WHO COMMANDED GREAT LOYALTY.
479
00:25:47,586 --> 00:25:48,586
FOR OTHERS,
480
00:25:48,689 --> 00:25:52,137
HE'S A RUTHLESS BRUTE
WHO EXPLOITED HIS CREW
481
00:25:52,241 --> 00:25:55,482
AND STOLE THEIR SHARE OF
THE TREASURE.
482
00:25:55,586 --> 00:25:59,448
CAN THE LATEST RESEARCH INTO
THE WRECK OF HIS FLAGSHIP SHED
483
00:25:59,551 --> 00:26:02,689
LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY OF
THE TRUE CHARACTER
484
00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:04,482
OF THIS ULTIMATE PIRATE?
485
00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:08,448
JUNE 1718.
486
00:26:09,758 --> 00:26:12,793
FOR MONTHS, BLACKBEARD
AND HIS PIRATE FLEET HAVE BEEN
487
00:26:12,896 --> 00:26:14,517
TERRORIZING THE CARIBBEAN
488
00:26:14,620 --> 00:26:17,310
AND THE EAST COAST OF
THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
489
00:26:17,413 --> 00:26:20,275
WITH HIS FAMOUS FLAGSHIP,
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE,
490
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:21,620
IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE,
491
00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:24,793
BLACKBEARD SAILS HIS FLOTILLA
NORTH UP THE COAST
492
00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:28,896
FROM CHARLESTON IN SEARCH
OF A PLACE TO LIE LOW.
493
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,379
Elliot: BLACKBEARD
HAD JUST MOUNTED
494
00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:32,310
A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RAID
ON CHARLESTON.
495
00:26:32,413 --> 00:26:34,931
SO HIS FLEET, WHICH INCLUDES
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE,
496
00:26:35,034 --> 00:26:36,931
IS FULLY LOADED WITH
ALL THE THINGS HE'S CAPTURED.
497
00:26:38,172 --> 00:26:40,310
Polakowski: AT THE END OF
18 MONTHS OF RAIDING,
498
00:26:40,413 --> 00:26:43,965
HIS SHIPS ARE PROBABLY IN NEED
OF REPAIRS, REFITTING,
499
00:26:44,068 --> 00:26:45,931
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
A PLACE TO, UH,
500
00:26:46,034 --> 00:26:47,517
DOCK UP THEIR SHIPS.
501
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:48,620
Wade: LED BY THE FLEET'S
502
00:26:48,724 --> 00:26:51,689
SMALLER SHIPS,
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE HEADS
503
00:26:51,793 --> 00:26:54,689
FOR THE SECLUDED PORT OF
FISH TOWN.
504
00:26:54,793 --> 00:26:56,965
THE FLOTILLA SAILS IN
THROUGH A SERIES OF
505
00:26:57,068 --> 00:27:00,620
NARROW CHANNELS KNOWN TODAY
AS THE BEAUFORT INLET.
506
00:27:01,689 --> 00:27:04,862
BLACKBEARD'S FLEET ENTERS
BEAUFORT INLET,
507
00:27:04,965 --> 00:27:07,965
AND THEY'RE GOING AT FULL SPEED,
FULL SAIL.
508
00:27:09,517 --> 00:27:12,448
Wade: AS THE PIRATES NAVIGATE
THE TIGHT WATERWAY,
509
00:27:12,551 --> 00:27:14,827
SOMETHING HAPPENS
TO BLACKBEARD'S FLAGSHIP.
510
00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:19,172
THE 100-FOOT
FIGHTING SHIP CRASHES
511
00:27:19,275 --> 00:27:21,448
AT SPEED INTO
A SHALLOW SANDBAR.
512
00:27:23,862 --> 00:27:28,137
THE MAIN MAST CRACKS, AND SOME
OF THE SHIP'S TIMBERS RUPTURE,
513
00:27:28,241 --> 00:27:30,551
SO FROM THAT POINT ONWARDS
ON THE SANDBAR,
514
00:27:30,655 --> 00:27:33,448
THE SHIP IS NOT SEAWORTHY,
BUT IT IS STILL
515
00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:36,379
FULLY LADEN
WITH ALL HIS PLUNDER.
516
00:27:36,482 --> 00:27:38,586
Wade: THE TREASURE ON BOARD
IS TRANSFERRED
517
00:27:38,689 --> 00:27:41,931
TO SMALLER VESSELS
IN THE PIRATE FLOTILLA.
518
00:27:42,034 --> 00:27:45,034
BUT THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
THE MAJORITY OF THE CREW,
519
00:27:45,137 --> 00:27:48,827
SO BLACKBEARD SELECTS A FEW
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AND LEAVES
520
00:27:48,931 --> 00:27:51,724
THE REST ON A NEARBY ISLAND.
521
00:27:51,827 --> 00:27:54,551
THE BASIC FACTS OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO BLACKBEARD'S SHIP
522
00:27:54,655 --> 00:27:57,034
AND HIS CREW HAVE NEVER
BEEN IN DISPUTE.
523
00:27:57,137 --> 00:28:01,482
BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID OF
THE PIRATE CAPTAIN'S MOTIVES.
524
00:28:01,586 --> 00:28:03,413
THERE IS NO DEBATE
THAT WHAT HAPPENED
525
00:28:03,517 --> 00:28:06,034
IS THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
RUNS AGROUND.
526
00:28:06,137 --> 00:28:07,413
THE DEBATE IS ON
WHETHER OR NOT
527
00:28:07,517 --> 00:28:10,724
IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR WHETHER
IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL.
528
00:28:10,827 --> 00:28:13,068
Wade: SO WAS THIS AN ACCIDENT?
529
00:28:14,137 --> 00:28:16,241
OR PART OF A PLAN?
530
00:28:16,344 --> 00:28:19,379
ONE RARE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
STRONGLY SUGGESTS
531
00:28:19,482 --> 00:28:21,206
A PIRATE PLOT.
532
00:28:22,344 --> 00:28:25,310
Elliot: DAVID HARRIET IS A GUY
WHO WAS CAPTURED BY BLACKBEARD
533
00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:28,655
AND LATER BECAME A VERY
IMPORTANT MEMBER OF HIS CREW.
534
00:28:28,758 --> 00:28:31,620
HE SAYS THAT BLACKBEARD
DELIBERATELY RAN
535
00:28:31,724 --> 00:28:34,413
HIS SHIP AGROUND, AND THIS IS
IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD.
536
00:28:35,724 --> 00:28:38,172
Wade: PUTTING HIS FLAGSHIP OUT
OF ACTION WOULD HAVE GIVEN
537
00:28:38,275 --> 00:28:42,275
BLACKBEARD THE EXCUSE TO LEAVE
BEHIND MANY OF HIS CREW.
538
00:28:42,379 --> 00:28:43,862
BUT TO WHAT PURPOSE?
539
00:28:44,965 --> 00:28:46,586
Polakowski: IN A PIRATE CREW
AS IN ANY CREW,
540
00:28:46,689 --> 00:28:48,724
THERE'S SHARES
THAT GET DIVIDED UP.
541
00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:50,862
IF A CAPTAIN CUTS HIS CREW
IN HALF,
542
00:28:50,965 --> 00:28:53,482
THAT ALL THE SUDDEN MEANS
MORE SPOILS FOR
543
00:28:53,586 --> 00:28:55,655
THE CAPTAIN AND THE PEOPLE
THAT HE CHOOSES TO SHARE
544
00:28:55,758 --> 00:28:56,586
THE SPOILS WITH.
545
00:28:57,931 --> 00:28:59,931
Wade: BUT WHAT BLACKBEARD
GAINED IN TREASURE,
546
00:29:00,034 --> 00:29:03,551
HE WOULD SURELY LOSE BY
LEAVING BEHIND HIS FAMOUS SHIP.
547
00:29:05,137 --> 00:29:06,137
OR WOULD HE?
548
00:29:07,827 --> 00:29:10,241
ONE THING TO BEAR IN MIND HERE
IS THAT THIS SHIP WAS VERY,
549
00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:12,655
VERY RECOGNIZABLE UP AND DOWN
THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF WHAT IS
550
00:29:12,758 --> 00:29:14,000
NOW THE UNITED STATES
551
00:29:14,103 --> 00:29:17,034
AND THE VARIOUS NAVIES,
THEY WERE COMING FOR HIM.
552
00:29:17,137 --> 00:29:20,413
THE QUESTION FOR BLACKBEARD
WAS ALWAYS HOW LONG
553
00:29:20,517 --> 00:29:23,758
WOULD THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVANTAGE?
554
00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:26,793
HOW LONG BEFORE SHE ATTRACTED
SO MUCH ATTENTION
555
00:29:26,896 --> 00:29:27,965
THAT THE ROYAL NAVY
556
00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:31,344
WAS FORCED TO SEND OUT
LARGER SHIPS TO FIGHT HIM?
557
00:29:31,448 --> 00:29:33,793
Wade: FOR ALMOST 300 YEARS,
558
00:29:33,896 --> 00:29:36,793
BLACKBEARD'S FLAGSHIP
AND THE PIRATE CAPTAIN'S
559
00:29:36,896 --> 00:29:39,862
TRUE INTENTIONS
ARE LOST TO HISTORY.
560
00:29:43,103 --> 00:29:46,137
BUT THEN, IN 1996,
561
00:29:46,241 --> 00:29:50,103
UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGISTS
EXPLORING THE BEAUFORT INLET
562
00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:52,896
MAKE AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY.
563
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,724
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
WAS FOUND.
564
00:29:56,413 --> 00:29:59,724
THE REALLY INTERESTING THING
IS WHAT WILL THIS SITE TELL US?
565
00:30:01,068 --> 00:30:04,482
WILL IT REALLY TELL US WHAT
HAPPENED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY?
566
00:30:04,586 --> 00:30:08,586
DID HE MEAN TO DESTROY
HIS SHIP, OR WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?
567
00:30:10,586 --> 00:30:12,862
[ SONAR PINGING ]
568
00:30:16,896 --> 00:30:18,724
[ SONAR PINGING ]
569
00:30:18,827 --> 00:30:22,034
Wade: DID THE NOTORIOUS PIRATE,
BLACKBEARD,
570
00:30:22,137 --> 00:30:24,310
DELIBERATELY RUN
HIS SHIP AGROUND
571
00:30:24,413 --> 00:30:26,275
IN A RUTHLESS BID TO
572
00:30:26,379 --> 00:30:31,689
DOWNSIZE HIS CREW AND MAKE OFF
WITH A LARGER SHARE OF THE LOOT?
573
00:30:31,793 --> 00:30:33,724
OFF THE COAST OF
NORTH CAROLINA,
574
00:30:33,827 --> 00:30:37,000
THE SCATTERED REMAINS OF
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
575
00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:38,620
COULD HOLD THE ANSWER.
576
00:30:40,034 --> 00:30:42,655
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE IS
THE ONLY PIRATE SHIP THAT
577
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:45,551
WE'VE EVER FOUND THAT HAS BEEN
ARCHAEOLOGICALLY IDENTIFIED
578
00:30:45,655 --> 00:30:47,275
AS A PIRATE SHIP.
579
00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:48,862
Elliot:
THE SITE OF THE WRECK HAS
580
00:30:48,965 --> 00:30:51,551
BEEN STUDIED CONTINUOUSLY
SINCE IT WAS FOUND,
581
00:30:51,655 --> 00:30:54,068
AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE
AN ABSOLUTELY EXTENSIVE SITE.
582
00:30:54,172 --> 00:30:55,758
IT'S ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
583
00:30:55,862 --> 00:30:58,172
Wade: THE DISCOVERY OF
THE SHIP'S ANCHORS PROVES
584
00:30:58,275 --> 00:31:00,724
PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT
AND COULD HELP
585
00:31:00,827 --> 00:31:03,344
UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF
WHAT HAPPENED TO
586
00:31:03,448 --> 00:31:04,862
BLACKBEARD'S FLAGSHIP.
587
00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:07,517
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE'RE
LOOKING FOR IS THE POSITIONING
588
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:09,724
OF THE ANCHORS,
WHERE THEY USED THEM
589
00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:12,862
TO TRY AND PULL THE SHIP OFF,
TO TRY AND PULL THE SHIP
590
00:31:12,965 --> 00:31:14,965
AWAY FROM THE BANKS.
591
00:31:15,068 --> 00:31:18,241
THE LARGEST ANCHOR WAS FOUND
DIRECTLY ASTERN AND IN
592
00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:20,517
A POSITION WHERE YOU COULD
LITERALLY PULL THE SHIP
593
00:31:20,620 --> 00:31:21,724
BACK ON IT.
594
00:31:22,689 --> 00:31:25,137
Wade: THE LOCATION OF
THE ANCHORS ON THE SEABED
595
00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:26,448
SUGGESTS THAT THE SAILORS
596
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,896
MOUNTED A COMPLEX MISSION TO
HEAVE THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
597
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,068
OFF THE SANDBAR.
598
00:31:33,310 --> 00:31:34,931
THAT DOES BEG THE QUESTION,
599
00:31:35,034 --> 00:31:37,103
WHY DID THEY TAKE SO MUCH
TROUBLE TO TRY
600
00:31:37,206 --> 00:31:39,413
AND GET THE SHIP HARD AGROUND
OFF THE SANDBAR?
601
00:31:40,793 --> 00:31:42,103
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
602
00:31:42,206 --> 00:31:45,310
IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY PURPOSELY
TRYING TO DESTROY YOUR SHIP.
603
00:31:45,413 --> 00:31:47,379
Wade: AND IT'S NOT
JUST THE ANCHORS.
604
00:31:47,482 --> 00:31:49,793
EXPERTS THINK THAT
THE POSITIONING OF THE SHIP'S
605
00:31:49,896 --> 00:31:51,103
HEAVIEST CARGO
606
00:31:51,206 --> 00:31:53,793
IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF
AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE
607
00:31:53,896 --> 00:31:55,206
THE STRICKEN VESSEL.
608
00:31:55,310 --> 00:31:58,275
THE EVIDENCE ON THE SEA FLOOR
SHOWS THAT THE CREW MIGHT HAVE
609
00:31:58,379 --> 00:32:00,482
BEEN ACTUALLY MOVING
THE GOODS AND CARGO
610
00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:04,000
AND CANNON WITHIN THE BOAT TO
TRY TO MOVE THE WEIGHT AROUND
611
00:32:04,103 --> 00:32:06,206
TO REFLOAT
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE.
612
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:09,862
Wade: IF BLACKBEARD WAS TRYING
SO HARD TO SAVE HIS FLAGSHIP,
613
00:32:09,965 --> 00:32:13,103
SURELY HE HAD NO INTENTION
OF RUNNING HER AGROUND.
614
00:32:13,206 --> 00:32:16,000
BUT HOW ELSE DID SHE END UP
ON THE SANDBAR?
615
00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:17,482
TO MY MIND,
WHAT WE HAVE HERE
616
00:32:17,586 --> 00:32:20,827
IS AN ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE
MARITIME SCREWUP.
617
00:32:23,034 --> 00:32:24,310
Clarke: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
IN THIS PERIOD,
618
00:32:24,413 --> 00:32:26,103
THEY DON'T HAVE THE CHARTS
WE HAVE THESE DAYS.
619
00:32:26,206 --> 00:32:27,655
THEY DON'T HAVE
THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPTHS
620
00:32:27,758 --> 00:32:29,000
AND MOVING OF SANDBANKS,
621
00:32:29,103 --> 00:32:30,758
WHICH WE HAVE REGULARLY
CHARTED BY
622
00:32:30,862 --> 00:32:32,517
OCEANOGRAPHIC VESSELS.
623
00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:34,241
Polakowski:
SANDBARS IN THIS AREA SHIFT,
624
00:32:34,344 --> 00:32:37,344
WHICH MEANS THAT DEPTHS CHANGE
AND THAT YOU REALLY KIND OF
625
00:32:37,448 --> 00:32:39,724
HAVE TO BE ON A CONSTANT,
VIGILANT LOOKOUT.
626
00:32:40,827 --> 00:32:42,931
MORE LIKELY,
HE WAS NAVIGATING BLIND.
627
00:32:43,034 --> 00:32:44,862
Wade: UNFAMILIARITY
WITH THE INLET'S
628
00:32:44,965 --> 00:32:48,206
DANGEROUS SHALLOWS MIGHT NOT
HAVE BEEN THE ONLY FACTOR.
629
00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:51,310
BLACKBEARD'S FLAGSHIP WAS
ALSO IN POOR CONDITION.
630
00:32:51,413 --> 00:32:54,206
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
HAS BEEN AT SEA FOR A YEAR.
631
00:32:54,310 --> 00:32:56,344
SHE'S GOT A LOT
OF BARNACLES ON HER.
632
00:32:56,448 --> 00:32:57,655
THIS IS NOT A SHIP
YOU WANT TO BE
633
00:32:57,758 --> 00:32:59,620
TAKING THIS CLOSE IN SHORE
AT THIS SPEED.
634
00:33:00,482 --> 00:33:02,724
Wade: IF THE RUNNING AGROUND
WAS ACCIDENTAL,
635
00:33:02,827 --> 00:33:05,827
IT'S LIKELY THAT THE DECISION
TO MAROON THE CREW WASN'T
636
00:33:05,931 --> 00:33:08,551
A SELFISH ACT
BUT AN UNAVOIDABLE ONE.
637
00:33:10,551 --> 00:33:12,379
HE'S FACED WITH A SITUATION
WHERE HE KNOWS
638
00:33:12,482 --> 00:33:14,724
NOW HE CAN'T REMOVE
THE SHIP FROM THE SANDBAR.
639
00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:16,482
HE'S ALSO NOT GOT
THE SPACE ON
640
00:33:16,586 --> 00:33:18,000
THE SLOOPS AND BRIGS LEFT
TO REMOVE ALL
641
00:33:18,103 --> 00:33:21,206
THE CREW FROM
THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE.
642
00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:24,310
Wade: PERHAPS BLACKBEARD
HAD NO CHOICE,
643
00:33:24,413 --> 00:33:27,758
BUT LEAVING THE CREW DID MEAN
KEEPING THE GOLD.
644
00:33:27,862 --> 00:33:29,551
THE ODDS ARE IT
WAS UNINTENTIONAL,
645
00:33:29,655 --> 00:33:32,655
BUT HE CERTAINLY DID TURN IT
TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
646
00:33:32,758 --> 00:33:34,689
Wade:
IT'S A TANTALIZING THEORY,
647
00:33:34,793 --> 00:33:37,827
BUT WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE
COULD STILL BE FOUND?
648
00:33:37,931 --> 00:33:41,620
FOR MANY, THE SITE HOLDS
MORE SECRETS.
649
00:33:41,724 --> 00:33:43,241
Clarke:
THROUGH MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY,
650
00:33:43,344 --> 00:33:45,482
THE HOPE IS WE CAN FIND OUT
THE ANSWERS
651
00:33:45,586 --> 00:33:46,655
TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
652
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:48,793
THE HOPE IS WE CAN DISCOVER
THE INFORMATION THAT'S
653
00:33:48,896 --> 00:33:51,068
NECESSARY TO TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED
654
00:33:51,172 --> 00:33:54,965
TO THE QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE
AND WHAT BLACKBEARD WAS THINKING
655
00:33:55,068 --> 00:33:56,931
WHEN HIS SHIP WENT DOWN.
656
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:08,793
♪♪
657
00:34:08,896 --> 00:34:13,724
FIRE-BREATHING SEA DRAGONS ARE
THE STUFF OF ANCIENT LEGENDS,
658
00:34:13,827 --> 00:34:16,758
BUT WHERE DO
THESE MYTHS ORIGINATE?
659
00:34:16,862 --> 00:34:20,689
STORIES FROM AN AREA OF OCEAN
SOUTH OF JAPAN RENOWNED FOR
660
00:34:20,793 --> 00:34:22,413
THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF MANY SHIPS
661
00:34:22,517 --> 00:34:26,172
SUGGEST A DRAMATIC
NEW INTERPRETATION OF
662
00:34:26,275 --> 00:34:27,965
THIS AGE-OLD MYSTERY.
663
00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:33,482
AUGUST 1944.
664
00:34:33,586 --> 00:34:36,448
THE PHILIPPINE SEA
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
665
00:34:38,551 --> 00:34:40,275
A JAPANESE FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT IS
666
00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:42,241
RETURNING FROM
A ROUTINE MISSION.
667
00:34:43,896 --> 00:34:46,310
Rondeau: THE JAPANESE PILOT
SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE
668
00:34:46,413 --> 00:34:49,586
SOME SORT OF LARGE
DRAGON-LIKE CREATURE,
669
00:34:49,689 --> 00:34:51,310
FIRE-BREATHING CREATURE
670
00:34:52,586 --> 00:34:53,965
SWIMMING IN THE WATER.
671
00:34:55,724 --> 00:34:59,482
COULD THERE BE SOME KIND OF
SEA DRAGON OUT THERE?
672
00:34:59,586 --> 00:35:00,862
AND COULD IT BE LINKED
673
00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:03,517
TO MULTIPLE
SHIP DISAPPEARANCES?
674
00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:08,482
[ SONAR PINGING ]
675
00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:15,000
[ SONAR PINGING ]
676
00:35:15,103 --> 00:35:18,896
AN AREA OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC
KNOWN AS THE DEVIL'S SEA
677
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,862
OR DRAGON'S TRIANGLE IS
678
00:35:20,965 --> 00:35:25,517
NOTORIOUS FOR SHIP
DISAPPEARANCES, AND IN 1944
679
00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:30,034
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT DESCRIBES
SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE WATER.
680
00:35:32,275 --> 00:35:35,896
THE PILOT'S OFFICIAL REPORT
DESCRIBES A SERPENT-LIKE
681
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,379
MONSTER NAVIGATING THROUGH
WILDLY CHURNING WATERS
682
00:35:39,482 --> 00:35:42,241
EMITTING HUGE FLAMES.
683
00:35:42,344 --> 00:35:45,034
IT'S A PART OF THE OCEAN
THAT WE DON'T
684
00:35:45,137 --> 00:35:47,551
HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
685
00:35:48,827 --> 00:35:50,965
Wade: THE EXTRAORDINARY SIGHTING
TAKES PLACE IN
686
00:35:51,068 --> 00:35:53,827
AN INFAMOUS SECTION
OF THE PACIFIC.
687
00:35:53,931 --> 00:35:57,172
THE DEVIL'S SEA IS LOCATED
TO THE SOUTH OF JAPAN,
688
00:35:57,275 --> 00:36:00,137
SKIRTING THE COAST OF TAIWAN
AND EXTENDING INTO
689
00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:02,103
THE PHILIPPINE SEA.
690
00:36:02,206 --> 00:36:03,620
FOR 1,000 YEARS,
691
00:36:03,724 --> 00:36:06,206
IT HAS BEEN NOTORIOUS.
692
00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:09,827
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE SHIPS
HAVE GONE MISSING FOR A VERY,
693
00:36:09,931 --> 00:36:11,413
VERY LONG TIME.
694
00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:13,896
Wade: THE DEVIL'S SEA HAS
BEEN SWALLOWING SHIPS
695
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,344
SINCE AT LEAST
THE 13th CENTURY.
696
00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:19,344
DURING THE REIGN OF KUBLA
KHAN, WHO WAS THE GRANDSON OF
697
00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:20,724
GENGHIS KHAN,
698
00:36:20,827 --> 00:36:25,896
THE CHINESE EMBARKED ON
A PERIOD OF EXPLORATION.
699
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,344
KUBLA KHAN'S NAVY WAS --
WAS LOST IN THIS AREA,
700
00:36:30,448 --> 00:36:33,724
AND POTENTIALLY AS MANY AS
40,000 SAILORS DROWNED
701
00:36:33,827 --> 00:36:35,379
AS A RESULT.
702
00:36:35,482 --> 00:36:38,517
Wade: ACROSS THE REGION,
SCHOLARS ATTEMPTED TO COME UP
703
00:36:38,620 --> 00:36:42,034
WITH EXPLANATIONS FOR
THIS UNFATHOMABLE TRAGEDY.
704
00:36:42,137 --> 00:36:44,862
ONE OF THE FOUNDING THEORIES
705
00:36:44,965 --> 00:36:46,344
WAS THAT THEY WERE
BEING SWALLOWED BY
706
00:36:46,448 --> 00:36:47,620
A SEA DRAGON,
707
00:36:47,724 --> 00:36:50,724
AND THAT'S EARLY CHINESE
MYTHOLOGY, OF COURSE.
708
00:36:52,103 --> 00:36:54,620
THESE ANCIENT CULTURES,
UH, WHEN THEY SEE THINGS,
709
00:36:54,724 --> 00:36:55,965
YOU KNOW, HOW DO
THEY EXPLAIN THEM?
710
00:36:56,068 --> 00:36:57,586
WHAT IS IT?
711
00:36:57,689 --> 00:36:59,551
IT'S A SEA MONSTER.
712
00:36:59,655 --> 00:37:02,344
Wade: OVER THE CENTURIES,
THE DEVIL'S SEA'S LETHAL
713
00:37:02,448 --> 00:37:04,344
REPUTATION HAS GROWN AS
714
00:37:04,448 --> 00:37:06,931
THE NUMBER OF SHIPS THAT HAVE
BEEN LOST IN ITS WATERS
715
00:37:07,034 --> 00:37:08,689
HAS INCREASED.
716
00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,448
IT IS THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
OF THE PACIFIC,
717
00:37:11,551 --> 00:37:14,862
AND, IN MANY WAYS,
IT IS JUST AS DEADLY.
718
00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:17,827
Wade: SOME CASES HAVE INVOLVED
ENORMOUS VESSELS,
719
00:37:17,931 --> 00:37:21,379
INCLUDING THE LARGEST BRITISH
SHIP EVER LOST AT SEA,
720
00:37:21,482 --> 00:37:23,862
THE MV DERBYSHIRE.
721
00:37:23,965 --> 00:37:25,413
Wright: HUGE SHIPS LIKE
THE DERBYSHIRE,
722
00:37:25,517 --> 00:37:28,413
TWICE THE SIZE OF THE TITANIC,
BEING LOST...
723
00:37:28,517 --> 00:37:30,586
HOW IN THE WORLD IS
THAT POSSIBLE
724
00:37:30,689 --> 00:37:32,689
IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD?
725
00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:34,586
Wade: MANY ARGUE THAT
HIGH NUMBERS OF
726
00:37:34,689 --> 00:37:39,068
DISAPPEARANCES SIMPLY REFLECT
HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC.
727
00:37:39,172 --> 00:37:41,448
IT'S A VERY ACTIVE PART
OF THE OCEAN.
728
00:37:41,551 --> 00:37:45,103
THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSIT THAT
OCCURS IN THAT PARTICULAR PART.
729
00:37:46,172 --> 00:37:49,068
Wade: AND WHEN HISTORIC CASES
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED,
730
00:37:49,172 --> 00:37:52,413
THE CULPRIT FOR MANY VANISHED
SHIPS IN THE REGION TURNS OUT
731
00:37:52,517 --> 00:37:53,896
TO BE ONE THING.
732
00:37:55,103 --> 00:37:57,724
Rondeau: IT'S AN AREA
THAT'S PRONE TO TYPHOONS,
733
00:37:57,827 --> 00:38:00,896
AND SOME SHIPWRECKS ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF
734
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,206
SEVERE TYPHOONS.
735
00:38:03,379 --> 00:38:06,103
Wade: BUT THESE TROPICAL
CYCLONES CAN'T EXPLAIN
736
00:38:06,206 --> 00:38:09,517
AWAY ALL THE DISAPPEARANCES
IN THE DEVIL'S SEA.
737
00:38:11,793 --> 00:38:14,862
IN 1953,
A JAPANESE RESEARCH VESSEL
738
00:38:14,965 --> 00:38:16,827
IS SENT TO STUDY THE AREA.
739
00:38:18,793 --> 00:38:20,896
SHE'S EQUIPPED WITH
THE LATEST IN OCEANIC
740
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,793
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY,
741
00:38:22,896 --> 00:38:25,793
AND EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH THAT
SHE MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON
742
00:38:25,896 --> 00:38:27,517
THE DEVIL'S SEA PHENOMENON.
743
00:38:29,379 --> 00:38:31,413
BUT SHE, TOO, VANISHES.
744
00:38:33,068 --> 00:38:35,724
I GUESS THAT'S A LITTLE
IRONY THERE.
745
00:38:35,827 --> 00:38:39,172
IT'S SENT OUT TO LOOK
FOR LOST SHIPS...
746
00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:40,379
ITSELF IS LOST.
747
00:38:43,344 --> 00:38:45,517
Wade:
THE RESEARCH SHIP DISAPPEARS
748
00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:47,758
IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS.
749
00:38:47,862 --> 00:38:49,172
BUT A CREW MEMBER ON ONE OF
750
00:38:49,275 --> 00:38:51,931
THE VESSELS SENT TO SEARCH
FOR HER REPORTS
751
00:38:52,034 --> 00:38:53,241
SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
752
00:38:54,689 --> 00:38:57,586
HE STATES THAT A SECTION OF
SEA IN THE AREA WHERE
753
00:38:57,689 --> 00:39:01,034
THE RESEARCH SHIP IS THOUGHT
TO HAVE VANISHED APPEARED TO
754
00:39:01,137 --> 00:39:03,310
BOIL AND SPEW SMOKE.
755
00:39:07,724 --> 00:39:10,034
AN INCIDENT
OVER 30 YEARS LATER
756
00:39:10,137 --> 00:39:14,896
AND NEARLY 6,000 MILES AWAY OFF
TAHITI COULD HOLD THE KEY TO
757
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:15,965
THIS MYSTERY.
758
00:39:16,068 --> 00:39:18,758
THE OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
VESSEL, MELVILLE, IS
759
00:39:18,862 --> 00:39:22,620
STUDYING ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR
TESTING IN THE PACIFIC.
760
00:39:22,724 --> 00:39:24,241
THE SCIENTISTS ON BOARD
HAVE ALREADY
761
00:39:24,344 --> 00:39:26,758
NOTED SOME UNKNOWN
INTERMITTENT
762
00:39:26,862 --> 00:39:28,206
UNDERWATER RUMBLINGS.
763
00:39:29,482 --> 00:39:31,689
THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE SHIP STARTS TO
764
00:39:31,793 --> 00:39:32,896
SHAKE VIOLENTLY.
765
00:39:34,482 --> 00:39:36,137
THE SEA AROUND THE SHIP
766
00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:37,827
BECOMES A BOILING SOUP,
767
00:39:37,931 --> 00:39:40,275
SPITTING AND CHURNING.
768
00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:43,655
THE CREW ARE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
769
00:39:45,586 --> 00:39:47,241
SPECULATION IS
THAT WHAT IT MAY
770
00:39:47,344 --> 00:39:51,068
HAVE BEEN OBSERVING WAS
ACTUALLY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
771
00:39:53,275 --> 00:39:54,793
Elliot: THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
FLOATING ABOVE
772
00:39:54,896 --> 00:39:58,724
THE EPICENTER OF A NEW
VOLCANO FORMING.
773
00:39:58,827 --> 00:40:05,241
♪♪
774
00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:06,482
Wade: MIRACULOUSLY,
775
00:40:06,586 --> 00:40:09,931
THE UNDERWATER VOLCANO
DOES NOT SINK THE MELVILLE,
776
00:40:10,034 --> 00:40:12,724
AND HER CREW
LIVE TO TELL THE TALE.
777
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:15,689
BUT COULD WHAT THEY
EXPERIENCED SHED LIGHT ON SOME
778
00:40:15,793 --> 00:40:19,034
OF THE MYSTERIOUS SHIP
DISAPPEARANCES ELSEWHERE
779
00:40:19,137 --> 00:40:20,275
IN THE PACIFIC?
780
00:40:21,206 --> 00:40:24,689
THE DEVIL'S SEA STRADDLES
FOUR MAJOR TECTONIC PLATES
781
00:40:24,793 --> 00:40:28,931
AND, IT TURNS OUT, IS DOTTED
WITH UNDERWATER VOLCANOES.
782
00:40:29,034 --> 00:40:33,448
THIS ENTIRE REGION IS PART OF
THE PACIFIC RIM OF FIRE.
783
00:40:33,551 --> 00:40:37,379
SO THERE'S THIS VERY ACTIVE
SYSTEM THAT EXISTS
784
00:40:37,482 --> 00:40:40,724
RIGHT BENEATH THE WATERS
WHERE THESE EVENTS OCCURRED.
785
00:40:41,931 --> 00:40:46,172
SO IN GEOLOGIC TERMS,
THE EDGES OF THE DEVIL'S
786
00:40:46,275 --> 00:40:49,137
TRIANGLE, AT LEAST THE EASTERN
EDGE OF THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE,
787
00:40:49,241 --> 00:40:51,586
IS AN AREA
THAT IS VERY SEISMICALLY
788
00:40:51,689 --> 00:40:53,103
AND VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE.
789
00:40:55,655 --> 00:40:57,931
Wade: SO COULD UNDERWATER
VOLCANOES BE
790
00:40:58,034 --> 00:41:01,655
THE REAL PHENOMENON BEHIND
THE SEA DRAGON LEGEND,
791
00:41:01,758 --> 00:41:04,827
WHICH STARTED WITH THE LOSS OF
KUBLA KHAN'S NAVY
792
00:41:04,931 --> 00:41:08,379
AND WHICH WAS STILL INSPIRING
REPORTS CENTURIES LATER DURING
793
00:41:08,482 --> 00:41:10,068
WORLD WAR II?
794
00:41:10,172 --> 00:41:13,551
IF YOU'RE A PILOT, AND YOU SEE
AN UNDERWATER VOLCANO,
795
00:41:13,655 --> 00:41:15,379
YOU MIGHT CALL IT
A FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON,
796
00:41:15,482 --> 00:41:18,965
ESPECIALLY IF LAVA IS BEING
SPIT INTO THE AIR.
797
00:41:20,482 --> 00:41:23,551
Wade: UNDERWATER VOLCANOES
COULD BE THE CULPRIT,
798
00:41:23,655 --> 00:41:27,206
BUT CATCHING THEM IN THE ACT
IS AN ELUSIVE SCIENCE.
799
00:41:27,310 --> 00:41:30,655
SO WHETHER SUBSEA ERUPTIONS
ARE A FACTOR IN ALL
800
00:41:30,758 --> 00:41:33,413
THE DISAPPEARANCES
IN THE DEVIL'S SEA
801
00:41:33,517 --> 00:41:34,862
MAY NEVER BE KNOWN.
802
00:41:36,310 --> 00:41:39,206
AS MORE AND MORE RESEARCH IS
DONE IN THE COMING YEARS,
803
00:41:39,310 --> 00:41:42,000
WE WILL START TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT
804
00:41:42,103 --> 00:41:43,275
PARTICULAR PART OF THE PACIFIC.
805
00:41:46,172 --> 00:41:49,413
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THERE IS
OFTEN A REAL PHENOMENON
806
00:41:49,517 --> 00:41:52,724
BEHIND EVEN THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY LEGEND
807
00:41:52,827 --> 00:41:55,344
AND MAYBE
UNDERWATER VOLCANOES
808
00:41:55,448 --> 00:41:59,034
DO PLAY A PART IN
THE SEA DRAGON MYTH,
809
00:41:59,137 --> 00:42:03,551
BUT THERE'S RARELY A SINGLE
ANSWER TO A COMPLEX MYSTERY.
810
00:42:03,655 --> 00:42:07,448
SO IN THE CASE OF THE DEVIL'S
SEA, WE KEEP ON LOOKING.
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