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Everything that we know
and have learned about mankind
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and its place
in the universe suggests
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that we are a part of the norm.
We are not the exception.
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Within the last month,
a planet was identified
that has water
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a mere 110 light years
away from Earth.
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We need to begin to prepare
to accept and understand
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that we are not alone
in the universe,
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have not been at all
throughout this time.
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NARRATOR: The same year
that life-giving water
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was discovered
on a distant planet,
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the US Navy made a startling announcement.
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[PILOT SPEAKING]
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NARRATOR: Images captured
by its pilots
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of objects exhibiting
a vastly superior technology
were authentic.
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MELLON: We can start to
finally, at long last,
after all these decades,
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begin to answer these questions
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about the origin
of these vehicles,
where they're from,
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how they're made,
how they function
and why they're here.
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WOMAN: People need to know
there is something else
out there.
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NARRATOR: To fully understand,
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we must examine
a body of evidence
long suppressed.
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A parallel history
to the one we think we know,
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stretching back
at least 70 years.
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On a clear, sunny day in 1955,
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William Coleman, a decorated World War II pilot,
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took off from Miami
on a routine flight
to deliver a B-25 bomber
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to an airbase in Mississippi.
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My co-pilot said, "Look at that
bright spot up there."
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I think it's just a reflection
of the sun,
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a craze probably,
in the windshield.
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NARRATOR:
He and his passengers,
two aviation engineers,
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realized it was
a strange object
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making a rapid descent right across their flight path.
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My God, look at that thing.
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And I opened it up
to max continuous power,
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we're clipping right along
at over 300 miles an hour,
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right on the treetops...
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I'm right on the tail
of this thing.
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But as we got close,I said, "It doesn't have a tail.
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Doesn't have any wings."
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Look at the shadow
on the ground.
The shadow was perfectly round.
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That's not an airplane.
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And I said, "I'm overtaking it."So I said, "Hang on."
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So I make a hard turn.
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There it was, a disc
going across the field
with two big swirls.
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What I didn't see
was any exhaust, propulsion.
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No rivet lines, a rounded edge
about that size
where it all came together.
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A true flying saucer.
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NARRATOR: Then it seemed
to vanish,
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until they spotted it
thousands of feet above them.
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Bright yellow,
sun-ish looking object.
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It went like a bat out of hell.
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NARRATOR: After they landed,
the stunned witnesses
were separately debriefed
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by Project Blue Book,
the Air Force investigation
of the UFO phenomena.
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Ironically,
a little over a decade later,
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Col. William T. Coleman
became public spokesman
for Project Blue Book.
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Probably what we saw
may have been
from somewhere else.
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Look, the Air Forces
are very deadly,
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being when it comes
to intercepting an unknown.
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If it proves hostile,
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we're gonna shoot it down.
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Other than that, no problem.
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NARRATOR: In the late 1940s,
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America seemed impregnable
to military threat.
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It had just emerged
from World War II
masters of the air,
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the only nuclear-armed
superpower in the world.
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But in 1947, something appeared in the sky,
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and everything changed.
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MAN: Every newscaster
and every newspaper
across the nation
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has made headlines out of it.
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And this afternoon
we are honored indeed
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to have here in our studio
this man Kenneth Arnold,
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who we believe may be able to give us a firsthand account,
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and give you the same,
on what happened.
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KENNETH: I kept looking
for their tails.
They didn't have any tail.
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I thought, "Well, maybe something's wrong in my eyes."
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They seemed to flip and flash in the sun, just like a mirror.
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I'd be glad to confirm it
with my hands on a Bible
because I did see it,
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and whether it has anything
to do with our army
or our intelligence,
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or whether it has to do
with some foreign country,
I don't know.
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Arnold had sent this sketch
to the Air Force
following his citing.
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He was later invited
to California's
Hamilton Field Army Air Base,
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where he was handed
what he was told
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were authentic photos
of a similar craft.
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WOMAN: "At the request
of Lt. Col. Donald Springer,
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commanding officer
of the Fourth
Air Force Intelligence,
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I was given the above prints
a4s a courtesy
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for the assistance he had given
military intelligence."
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NARRATOR: The photo
was taken in Arizona
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just two weeks
after his own encounter.
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They said that my father,
his sighting of flying saucers,
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got more attentionthan the ending of World War II.
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He was besieged
by newspaper reporters
from all over the world.
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Mm-hm.
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NARRATOR: Reporters
interviewed United Airlines
pilot E.J. Smith
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who also flew
the northwest route.
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He joked Arnold
had likely been fooled
by a cockpit reflection,
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until he, too, became a witness a few weeks later.
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He and his stunned crew
had watched
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as nine discs
maneuvered in formation
for a full 45minutes.
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PITTMAN: And from there
it just exploded.
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The first few days
in July of 1947
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had a very large level
of exciting activity.
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NARRATOR: These unknown objects barnstormed across the country,
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sometimes in
fleet-like formations
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that looked like
a deliberate show of force.
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BOB HOPE: Hundreds of people
told Air Force investigators
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they'd seen the saucers
with their own eyes.
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Bright, shiny things
that whooshed through the air
at incredible speeds.
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Even airline pilots, who seldom indulge in fantasy, reported sighting them.
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And Air Force fliers
told of chasing them,
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or something, all over the sky.
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The Air Force call them "unidentified flying objects,"
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but people went right on
calling them saucers
and seeing them.
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There was something in the air.
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[NEWS BROADCASTER SPEAKING]
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NARRATOR: But a then-secret memorandum by the same general
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suggested that
the highest military echelons
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thought there was plenty
to worry about.
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The memo states,
"The phenomenon reported
is something real
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and not visionary
or fictitious."
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It described metallic discs
circular in shape,
with domes on top,
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often traveling in formations
of three to nine craft.
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It also listed
aerodynamic capabilities
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with disturbing implications
for national defense.
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Extreme rates of climb,
dazzling maneuverability,
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and a superior capacity
for evasive action.
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A lot of people expected that
the United States government
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was about to confirm,
"Okay, they're ours.
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This is an exciting
new technological advance
that we were testing,
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and now it's time
to tell people about it."
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Occasionally,
eyewitness testimony included
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compelling
photographic evidence.
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Evelyn Trent
was feeding her rabbits
when she spotted
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a metallic disc-shaped object
floating over their farm.
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She alerted her husband, Paul, to grab his camera,
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and he managed
to get two shots.
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They described the object
slowly hovering
before it abruptly sped away.
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Life magazine
picked up the story,
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and the McMinnville UFO
became a global sensation.
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PITTMAN: There's no chance
of this being weather.
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There's no chance of this being
a star or an aircraft.
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This is either
some kind of structured object
that we don't know what it is,
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or it's a hoax.
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Paul Trent and his wife,
they were honest, simple,
hardworking people
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who never made a dime
off the photographs
that they took.
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They never tried
to make a dime off of it.
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It just come up like that
and tipped and just...
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I mean, it really went.
It went fast.
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I've never seen anything
go so fast in my life
as that thing went. Yeah.
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NARRATOR: In 1951, future astronaut Gordon Cooper, while training in Germany,
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chased a large formation
with his squadron
of fighter jets.
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[GORDON COOPER SPEAKING]
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And they would come over
and do the same maneuvers
that we make
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except every once in a while
one of them goes, zip!
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And you just can't do that
in a fighter.
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DELBERT NEWHOUSE:
There are two saucers,
one inverted over the other.
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They seemed to be made of
some kind of polished metal.
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When I first saw the objects,
they were almost overhead.
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By the time we had the camera ready to go,
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they had moved
to a considerably
greater distance.
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NARRATOR: But the unknowns
showed no signs of hostility.
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An otherworldly power on its own mysterious mission.
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Commercial pilots William Nash and William Fortenberry,
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former Navy aviators
with thousands of hours
of flight experience,
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saw eight huge discs
fly in a stack formation
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over Chesapeake Bay, Virginia,
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just a stone's throw
from Washington, DC.
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When they came out
over the blackness of the bay,
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they were distinct
six red coins.
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When they got closer,
we could see that you're...
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It looked like
you were looking down
into it, like a hot coal.
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NARRATOR: They reported
the glowing red objects
had approached them head-on
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at a speed they estimated
at 6,000
to 12,000 miles per hour.
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It came in like this
and went out like this.
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There would be no way
of making a complete reversal
or a 90-degree turn
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12,000 miles an hour or greater
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without making the occupants
juice on the wall.
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That really shook us up.
Looking at the thing
shook us up.
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Nothing could have gotten
to that degree
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of scientific progress
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without some
of the intermediate stuff
having become public knowledge.
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You just knew
that they were not
from this planet.
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NARRATOR: The next weekend,
the unthinkable happened.
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The nation's capital
was invaded from the skies.
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Seven unknown blips
suddenly appeared on radar at Washington National Airport.
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Air-traffic controllers
at both Andrews
and Bolling Air Force bases
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confirmed the objects
as they danced
through restricted airspace.
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PITTMAN: The Capitol Building.
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The White House
where the president lived,
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these were some of
the most important places
in the country
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when it comes
to national defense.
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And there were UFOs
violating this airspace,
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and there was nothing thatthe Air Force could do about it.
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NARRATOR: F-94 interceptors
were scrambled.
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Pentagon press liaison Al Chop was in the radar room
that night.
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We could see the planes
coming in on this radar scope
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and the minute we saw
the beginning of these guys,
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the UFOs disappeared.
They just left.
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Obviously, whatever
these things were
had intelligence,
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enough to get out of the area
when we had an intercept
going in.
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NARRATOR: But the next weekend,
it began again.
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Pilot William Patterson
pushed his Starfire jet
to maximum speed
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to try to intercept
one of the glowing objects.
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Flew right into the middle
of three or four of them.
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NARRATOR: Al Chop recalls
the pilot's panicky
air-to-ground transmission
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as he streaked
at 600 miles per hour
into a group of unknowns.
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He actually said,
"They're closing in on me.
What do I do?"
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It was frightening.
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NARRATOR: The Air Force
had just issued orders
to shoot down the unknowns,
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if "they can't talk them down."
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I'm not gonna tell
an Air Force pilot to fire
at the damn thing or anything.
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But I didn't say anything.
Nobody said anything.
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And then all of a sudden,
the things began
to move away from him
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and he said, "They're gone."
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I'm convinced
they're solid objects.
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I'm convinced that they're
probably from another planet,
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or from outer space somewhere.
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I've always felt that way
since that night.
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NARRATOR: The very next day,
the Air Force's top brass
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hastily prepared the largest
Pentagon press conference
since World War II.
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Seen here
in a last-minute huddle,
Gen. Roger Ramey,
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Air Force director
of operations
at the Pentagon.
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Capt. Edward Ruppelt
of Project Blue Book,
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the Air Force's official
UFO investigations arm,
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and director
of Air Force intelligence,
Gen. John Samford.
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Since 1947, we have
received and analyzed
between one and 2,000 reports
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that have come to us
from all kinds of sources.
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Of this great mass of reports,
we have been able,
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adequately, to explain
the great bulk of them.
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However, there have been
a certain percentage
of this volume of reports
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that have been made
by credible observersof relatively incredible things.
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We can say
that the recent sightings
are in no way connected
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with any secret development
by any department
of the United States.
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NARRATOR: In the Q&A
with reporters, Samford
suggested a 50-50 chance
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it could have been radar waves bouncing off
temperature inversions.
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The point that Samford
put across all too effectively
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was that they were not real.
They were just
tricks of the atmosphere.
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And atmospheric phenomena
can't be a threat
to national security.
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You don't shoot at clouds.
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NARRATOR: The public was pondering the implications
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of possible
extraterrestrial contact.
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MAN: Robert L. Farnsworth, President of the United States Rocket Society,
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told defense officials
not to permit our planes to fire at any flying saucers.
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He says this might alienate humankind from beings of far superior forces.
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Farnsworth feels
that friendly contact
should be sought
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as long as possible.
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NARRATOR: Behind the scenes,
the CIA had other concerns.
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A secret internal memo
urged immediate attention
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to unexplained objects
in the vicinity
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of major
US Defense installations.
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I would dare say,
if anything happened
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we thought was a threat
to our national security,
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somebody out there,
one of the services,
would respond to it.
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Remember, this is
the height of the Cold War.
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Okay, there are bombers
on both sides
loaded with nuclear bombs.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Jacque Vallee
was the inspiration
for the French UFO researcher
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in Steven Spielberg's
Close Encounters
of the Third Kind.
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[SPEAKS FRENCH]
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Have you recently
had a close encounter?
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NARRATOR: In real life,
Dr. Vallee conducted
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sober scientific research
on the phenomenon.
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We know now that
there is no simple answer.
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NARRATOR: For decades,
he met with witnesses
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and traveled the globe
gathering evidence...
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ultimately creating
the first database
on the UFO subject.
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Mr. Chairman,
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all the great nations
of the world are represented
on this committee.
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Let us keep in mind thatthe UFO phenomenon may represent
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an even greater reality.
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NARRATOR: Vallee also consulted
with scientific, military
and government officials,
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including Project Blue Book's
top science adviser,
Dr. J. Allen Hynek.
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I began my work
as scientific consultant
to the United States Air Force
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as an open skeptic.
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NARRATOR: Hynek was
a university astronomer with a high-security clearance
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when the Air Force
recruited him
to investigate UFOs.
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And it so happened
when the Air Force got the job
of trying to figure out
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what some of these strange
flying saucer stories
were about,
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well, they needed an astronomer
to see how many of the reports
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could possibly be explained
as meteors and twinkling stars
and planets.
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NARRATOR: The two scientists
became close colleagues,
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with Hynek entrusting Vallee
to index the reams
of Blue Book files
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scattered throughout
Hynek's home.
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It was there that Vallee
made a chance discovery
of a letter so secret,
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he had to appeal
to the chief counsel
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of the Senate Defense
Appropriations Committee
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to get it declassified.
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That document changed my life.
It taught me that
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the subject had been taken
much more seriously
than anybody thought.
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NARRATOR: The document revealed
an ultra-secret,
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highly funded
scientific investigation
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working parallel to Blue Book
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unknown to all
but a select few.
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The letter was signed
by H.C. Cross,
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director of exotic metallurgy
at Battelle
National Laboratories.
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VALLEE: These were the people
who had analyzed the facts
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with a large budget,with highly competent physicistsand computer scientists.
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Who are these people?
What information did they have?
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Good evening.
Tonight, we go after
a fantastic story.
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The story that flying saucers
from other worlds
are visiting our planet,
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just as we are exploring
outer space
with our own rocket satellites.
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Our guest is
former Marine Air Corps
Maj. Donald Keyhoe,
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in his campaign to prove
that flying saucers exist.
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My name is Mike Wallace.
The cigarette is Parliament.
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Why would the United States
government withhold information
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from United States citizens?
For what reason?
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The Air Force is simply
treating the American people
like children.
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They don't trust them
with the facts.
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NARRATOR:
During the '50s and '60s,
it wasn't just the Americans
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who were seeing flying saucers.
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At the Westall School
in Australia,
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several hundred students
saw an object hovering over
this power line tower
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on their athletic field.
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An event they vividly recall
50 years later.
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A student came
into the classroom, you know.
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"There's flying saucers
in the oval,
there's flying saucers,"
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and everybody ran out.
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And I remember the fear
and the hysteria
of all the students.
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I couldn't believe it
because what I was seeing
wasn't possible.
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It was vertical, horizontal.
It'd move away from us,
back towards us.
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Appear somewhere else,
somewhere else.
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My God, you know?
But it was exciting.
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It was like that
and then all of a sudden,
it just turned on its side
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and I could see
that it was a round disc.
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NARRATOR: The children
saw the disc begin to descend
into this wooded reserve
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at the end of the school's
running path.
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I ran towards the corner
of the school,
jumped the fence
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and ran towards where it looked
as though it went down
into the trees,
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and then stopped dead
because it was right in front
of me on the ground.
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Like a disc with a slight rise
in the middle.
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I also heard a low,
sort of a humming noise,
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and I felt a bit of a heat
coming off it as well.
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And it started to take off
pretty well straight away.
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It had all bluey-purple lights
around the bottom.
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Don't remember seeing
any windows,
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and it took off to about
probably four or five meters
in the air,
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and then turned on its side,
and just went... [VOCALIZES]
Straight up so fast,
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that there's just nothing,
even nowadays,
that could go that fast.
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NARRATOR: Shortly after
the object departed,
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the authorities converged
on the school.
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We had Army, Air Force, policedown here cordoning off the area
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to prevent any of us enteringthe area or disturbing anything.
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We got called to assembly.
The headmaster said,
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"You have not seen this.
You do not talk about it.
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You'll be in trouble if you do."
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NARRATOR:
For the first time ever,
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the school science teacher
agreed to describe
what he saw that day,
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providing we concealed
his identity.
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It was not a mirage.
There was something physical
in the sky.
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It was silver. It could hover.
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It could move slowly.
It could move very rapidly.
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Eventually it moved away
to the other side of the oval,
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and down behind some pine trees.
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I was not then,
nor ever have been,
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able to use my knowledge
of the world,
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nor my scientific training,
to provide
a rational explanation.
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NARRATOR:
What he said next sheds light
on why the school staff
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have remained silent
all these years.
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There was a knock on the door
one night.
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Two older men, one in uniform,
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asked for my description
of what I had seen.
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I was then told
that I hadn't seen anything,
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that I'd made it all up,
possibly because I was drunk
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and that they would
have to report that fact
to the Education Department
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and I would lose my job.
After that, I was told
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that I would be prosecuted underthe Official Secrets Act,
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and I was told that there wasn'tanything there,
when I knew there was,
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and that I had to keep quiet
about it.
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Why did I have to keep quiet?
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NARRATOR: The Westall landing
may not have been
an isolated incident.
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Four days prior,
a then-young engineer
in nearby Balwyn
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was taking photos
in his mother's garden when something caught his eye.
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This tremendous flash of light,
and I looked up,
and I saw this object...
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I had a Polaroid camera.
I pulled this up
and hit myself on the face.
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And I took the picture.
I've got the photograph here.
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This is the original Polaroid?
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That's it.
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Looked like it was made
out of some form of metal,
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and it was engineered.
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And being an engineer,
I was sure it was.
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And this is
when I took the photograph,
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and it had tipped around
and I could see the bottom,
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and it looked like
it was rotating to me.
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That was it,
and then after that,
it sort of gave a bounce
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and it rocketed away
to the north, very high speed.
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INTERVIEWER: Can you describe
the acceleration?
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It was almost instantaneous.
It's like
it had been shot out of a gun.
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Wham, you know?
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NARRATOR: Air Force officers
showed up at his doorstep
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asking for every detail
of his experience.
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And they also had some
photographs of similar things,
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and they also had a book
which had pictures
of things in which...
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They didn't leave it with me,
but I had a look through.
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But they said it was
an unidentified flying object.
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That was it.
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INTERVIEWER:
What was the implication?
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ENGINEER: That it didn't come
from anywhere on Earth.
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NARRATOR: Project Blue Book,
with a skeletal staff,
continued publicly collecting
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thousands of cases.
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Despite efforts
to explain them away,
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hundreds were still filed
as unknown.
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MAN: Several reports of a strange egg-shaped object about 200 feet long
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landing on farms and highways
last night
in the vicinity of Levelland.
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Sheriff Clem says
he even himself
got a glimpse of the thing,
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which somehow turned off
lights and auto engines
when it came near.
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Within 24 to 36 hours
after these sightings
in Levelland, Texas
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at the White Sands
Proving Ground, very close
to the Trinity test site
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where they first detonated
the first atomic bomb,
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military personnel witnessed
a glowing egg-shaped object
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that apparently landed.
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This is Bill Haggert,
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Public Information Officer of White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico.
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What they saw looked like
a landing and takeoff
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of some controlled object
from outer space.
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[MAN SPEAKING]
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NARRATOR: They appeared
to be dressed
in white coveralls.
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And were childlike.
That is, small.
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[MAN SPEAKING]
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NARRATOR: Zamora added
that one of the two persons
turned his head
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and looked straight at him.
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MAN: When I got out of the car,
about 50 feet from it...
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I guess they saw me
because they started their motor or whatever it is.
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I could see a big blast of fire
coming from right under it.
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So, I was behind
some bushes there,
behind my car.
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I could see it
and I could feel that heat.
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That really got me scared,
you know?
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A lot of people say,
"Why didn't you take your gun out and shoot at it?"
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They weren't doing
nothing to me.
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00:32:17,774 --> 00:32:21,053
It just took a little while
to get airborne,
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came up a little bit,
about 20-30 feet,
and it stayed there a while.
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And it was just as quiet
as it could be.
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And then just flew away,
that's it.
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00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,841
Lonnie was very, very scared.
He was as white as a sheet.
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From here, went directly
to the church
to talk to the priest, okay?
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NARRATOR: Pablo Lopez was
among the first to arrive at
the landing and takeoff site.
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The ground was still smoldering
in some of the weeds
that were around it.
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NARRATOR: This rare footage gives us a glimpse of the scene
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shortly after the incident.
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Patrolman Zamora stoops
to point out one of
the landing gear imprints
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where officers had
just placed rocks to protect
the fresh ground traces.
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And then there was
two sets of footprints,
two sets of footprints.
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Like so.
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That was about
the approximate size of 'em.
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00:33:29,052 --> 00:33:32,365
In comparison to a quarter,
that's pretty small.
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Okay. That's about
the size of 'em.
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NARRATOR: Within an hour and over the next several days,
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officials from the FBI, military, and Project Blue Book
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documented the evidence
at the scene.
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MAN 1: Were there any
prong marks on the ground
or anything like that
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-where you could see
where it had landed?
-MAN 2: There were four.
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MAN 1: Very unusual footprints.
And how many were there?
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MAN 2: Two footprints on one side and two footprints on the other side.
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-MAN 1: Of course,
the burn area there...
-MAN 2: I was in my car.
454
00:34:16,651 --> 00:34:18,618
I could see it
and I could feel that heat.
455
00:34:21,345 --> 00:34:24,383
They told me that
all over the state
they had been seen.
456
00:34:24,417 --> 00:34:27,455
Some of those flying saucers,
whatever you call 'em.
457
00:34:27,489 --> 00:34:30,665
They gave me a book on it,
you know?
458
00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:32,840
They told me
to go ahead and read it.
459
00:34:32,874 --> 00:34:35,912
Well, it says
not to say nothing.
460
00:34:35,946 --> 00:34:39,156
Keep away from it.
Don't say too much, you know.
461
00:34:39,191 --> 00:34:43,540
NARRATOR: It was
the middle of the night
by the time Lonnie came home.
462
00:34:43,574 --> 00:34:46,405
MARY ZAMORA: I mean,
he was really pale.
463
00:34:46,439 --> 00:34:50,029
And I thought he was sick.
I said, "Are you sick
or something?"
464
00:34:50,064 --> 00:34:53,205
He said, "No.
I was just working."
He was like...
465
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,690
Like he was angry.
466
00:34:57,416 --> 00:35:02,421
What I knew about it
was when I started
reading the papers, you know.
467
00:35:02,455 --> 00:35:06,805
Started coming out,
and everything.
I said, "What's this?"
468
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:11,016
"I don't know," he said.
"It's just a headache "
469
00:35:11,050 --> 00:35:15,917
He said "Everybody's after me
and some believe me
and some don't."
470
00:35:17,298 --> 00:35:19,334
-MAN 1: Dear Mr. Zamora.
-MAN 2: Dear Mr. Zamora.
471
00:35:19,369 --> 00:35:22,199
-WOMAN 1: Dear Mr. Zamora.
-KID 1: Dear Mr. Zamora.
472
00:35:22,234 --> 00:35:23,891
[KID 2 READING]
473
00:35:23,925 --> 00:35:26,894
WOMAN 2: Sure, I believe
you saw an
egg-shaped spacecraft
474
00:35:26,928 --> 00:35:29,413
that had passengers
from off this earth.
475
00:35:29,448 --> 00:35:31,036
[MAN READING]
476
00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:33,107
WOMAN 3: I could go on
for a week
telling you what I've seen.
477
00:35:33,141 --> 00:35:37,318
KID 1: A boy in our school science fair had three pictures
478
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:41,460
that looked just like
the flying saucer
you described.
479
00:35:41,494 --> 00:35:44,428
[MAN READING]
480
00:35:44,463 --> 00:35:47,673
WOMAN: As I have pictures
of a couple of egg-shaped shape ships taken...
481
00:35:47,707 --> 00:35:50,055
-I read about you
seeing a flying saucer.
-WOMAN: I'm a retired teacher.
482
00:35:50,089 --> 00:35:52,195
Well, you have a friend
who believes you.
483
00:35:52,229 --> 00:35:55,198
This saucer phenomenon has changed my life and ideas.
484
00:35:55,232 --> 00:35:58,235
[KID 3 READING]
485
00:35:58,270 --> 00:36:01,721
WOMAN: August 17, 1960,
our Red Bluff officers
486
00:36:01,756 --> 00:36:03,931
and dozens of people
saw a saucer.
487
00:36:03,965 --> 00:36:10,006
KID 4: Can you tell me
how long it stayed on Earth,
and other things like that?
488
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,249
MARY: Then people started
making fun of him
489
00:36:12,284 --> 00:36:15,701
that he had seen little men
from outer space
490
00:36:15,735 --> 00:36:20,948
or this and that.
A whole bunch of dirty stuff.
491
00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:26,746
MAN: Lot of people asked me,
"Is that the reason
you quit the police force?"
492
00:36:26,781 --> 00:36:28,541
No, the reason
I quit the police force
493
00:36:28,576 --> 00:36:31,890
was because I was going
and doing a lot
of publicity and stuff.
494
00:36:31,924 --> 00:36:34,340
I didn't wanna hurt the town.
495
00:36:37,067 --> 00:36:42,624
NARRATOR: The level of inquiry
went all the way to the office of the President.
496
00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:48,389
To this day,
the Socorro close encounter
remains unexplained.
497
00:36:49,977 --> 00:36:52,048
VALLEE:
Socorro was very similar
498
00:36:52,082 --> 00:36:57,398
to the French cases
that I had brought
to Hynek's attention.
499
00:36:57,432 --> 00:37:02,472
Checked by the police,checked by the French Air Force,
500
00:37:02,506 --> 00:37:05,924
where there were also occupants
who were seen,
501
00:37:05,958 --> 00:37:10,411
short beings,
in connection with the objects.
502
00:37:12,723 --> 00:37:14,933
I think that's what
convinced him
503
00:37:14,967 --> 00:37:19,282
that there were UFO landings
in the United States.
504
00:37:28,877 --> 00:37:33,158
Looked like a toy top
somewhat upside down.
505
00:37:33,192 --> 00:37:36,678
So this is the diagram
which we've come up with.
506
00:37:36,713 --> 00:37:39,267
It's more flat here
other than round.
507
00:37:39,302 --> 00:37:41,442
But it does have the hump
up in here.
508
00:37:41,476 --> 00:37:44,445
It seemed to move off the groundif it was down.
509
00:37:44,479 --> 00:37:47,862
And then we saw three lights
that went from yellow to red.
510
00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:50,313
When you got right up to it,
it lit up.
511
00:37:50,347 --> 00:37:52,901
I mean, it really did
become bright,
and we could see it,
512
00:37:52,936 --> 00:37:55,904
the outline of it, real good.
513
00:37:55,939 --> 00:37:59,149
NARRATOR: Blue Book's
Dr. Allen Hynek investigated
514
00:37:59,184 --> 00:38:01,048
one of the alleged
landing sites
515
00:38:01,082 --> 00:38:03,912
with the local sheriff.
516
00:38:03,947 --> 00:38:07,433
At an overflow press conference later that day,
517
00:38:07,468 --> 00:38:11,472
the world held its breath
for an historic revelation
518
00:38:11,506 --> 00:38:14,199
about the landings in Michigan.
519
00:38:14,233 --> 00:38:19,169
Hynek, by now
privately convinced
of the UFO reality,
520
00:38:19,204 --> 00:38:22,069
struggled to follow
the Air Force policy
521
00:38:22,103 --> 00:38:25,037
of tamping down
public excitement.
522
00:38:25,693 --> 00:38:27,488
[MAN SPEAKING]
523
00:38:31,457 --> 00:38:37,291
I'm saying that the two cases
that I investigated
most deeply were most likely.
524
00:38:37,325 --> 00:38:41,398
I said in a statement
that I couldn't prove it
in a court of law.
525
00:38:41,433 --> 00:38:43,193
[MAN SPEAKING]
526
00:38:44,643 --> 00:38:46,024
No, that's not quite right.
527
00:38:46,058 --> 00:38:49,303
I think that a person can be
pretty sure about something
528
00:38:49,337 --> 00:38:52,133
without being ableto convict somebody of a murder.
529
00:38:52,168 --> 00:38:57,966
-Can you? Please.
-Yes, I do. Honestly,
in this case.
530
00:38:58,001 --> 00:38:59,623
[MAN SPEAKING]
531
00:39:00,831 --> 00:39:03,386
NARRATOR:
Hynek's strained explanation,
532
00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:06,561
which he later called
his greatest regret,
533
00:39:06,596 --> 00:39:09,081
ignited a public furor.
534
00:39:09,116 --> 00:39:11,221
MAN: Mr. Ford,
what about flying saucers?
535
00:39:11,256 --> 00:39:13,948
You've had some in Michigan
in the past week.
536
00:39:13,982 --> 00:39:20,403
GERALD: Dave, we've had
several incidents that many felt were sufficient
537
00:39:20,437 --> 00:39:23,785
to justify some action
by our government,
538
00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:28,549
and not the kind of
flippant answer that was given by the Air Force
539
00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:33,036
where they passed it off
as "swamp gas."
540
00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:37,868
It seems to me that this mystery does require
541
00:39:37,903 --> 00:39:40,250
that the Congress
take a good look at it.
542
00:39:40,285 --> 00:39:44,047
Let them put their record
on the line.
543
00:39:44,082 --> 00:39:50,295
NARRATOR: On April 5th, 1966,
congressional hearings
were held with Dr. Hynek
544
00:39:50,329 --> 00:39:55,472
and Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown
both giving testimony.
545
00:39:57,819 --> 00:40:03,549
MAN 1: Mr. Ford has come out.
He has a pretty good-size
stature in the Congress.
546
00:40:03,584 --> 00:40:06,345
And so, Mr. Secretary,
547
00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:12,455
see if you can shed some light on these
highly illuminated objects.
548
00:40:12,489 --> 00:40:14,595
MAN 2: Mr. Secretary,
there have been charges
549
00:40:14,629 --> 00:40:17,977
that the Air Force
is hiding something
in the UFO field.
550
00:40:18,012 --> 00:40:21,049
We have not been
hiding anything.
551
00:40:21,084 --> 00:40:24,260
The investigations
have been made public.
552
00:40:24,294 --> 00:40:27,263
The hearing this morningwas public for just that reason.
553
00:40:27,297 --> 00:40:29,472
There has never been
any evidence
554
00:40:29,506 --> 00:40:32,337
presented to
the United States Air Force,
555
00:40:32,371 --> 00:40:34,994
or discovered by
the United States Air Force,
556
00:40:35,029 --> 00:40:37,825
which would indicate
that the UFO phenomena
557
00:40:37,859 --> 00:40:42,519
represents any interplanetary
space vehicle of any kind.
558
00:40:44,970 --> 00:40:47,835
NARRATOR:
Amid growing pressure,
the Air Force commissioned
559
00:40:47,869 --> 00:40:49,906
an outside panel of scientists
560
00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:55,636
to analyze select cases
and settle the matter
once and for all.
561
00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:58,777
It was headed
by physicist Edward Condon.
562
00:40:58,811 --> 00:41:04,023
Dr. Condon, do you hope
to find people from
outer space here on Earth?
563
00:41:04,058 --> 00:41:07,855
Well, I don't know for sure,
but we'll try to
just study the reports
564
00:41:07,889 --> 00:41:11,583
and get as much
additional information
as we can to see.
565
00:41:11,617 --> 00:41:16,588
REPORTER: Would you like
to have us being visited
by these little or big things?
566
00:41:16,622 --> 00:41:20,108
Well, that'd be fine with me.
I hope they're friendly.
567
00:41:20,143 --> 00:41:21,869
How do you propose
to go about...
568
00:41:21,903 --> 00:41:25,390
NARRATOR: After the project
was launched, Condon remarked to an audience
569
00:41:25,424 --> 00:41:28,876
that he thought
the UFO subject was nonsense.
570
00:41:28,910 --> 00:41:35,503
But "I'm not supposed to reach that conclusion
for another year."
571
00:41:37,816 --> 00:41:39,818
After a two-year investigation,
572
00:41:39,852 --> 00:41:44,271
the panel submitted
a massive 1,400 page report
573
00:41:44,305 --> 00:41:48,516
showing that many cases
were radar
and weather anomalies,
574
00:41:48,551 --> 00:41:53,072
but confirming a number
as truly unexplainable.
575
00:41:53,107 --> 00:41:56,041
Among them were
the famous McMinnville photos
576
00:41:56,075 --> 00:41:59,217
taken on the Trent family farm,
577
00:41:59,251 --> 00:42:03,704
as well as film footage of UFOs in Great Falls, Montana.
578
00:42:05,430 --> 00:42:07,949
NICK: As I looked up,
I saw two silvery objects
579
00:42:07,984 --> 00:42:09,779
moving swiftly
out of the northwest.
580
00:42:09,813 --> 00:42:14,266
No sound, except I thought
I heard a whooshing sound
when I first saw them.
581
00:42:14,301 --> 00:42:16,751
The discs appeared
to be spinning like a top,
582
00:42:16,786 --> 00:42:18,477
and were about 50 feet across,
583
00:42:18,512 --> 00:42:20,307
which was much slower
than the jets
584
00:42:20,341 --> 00:42:23,379
which shot by shortly
after I filmed the discs.
585
00:42:23,413 --> 00:42:27,624
I could not see any exhaust, wings or any kind of fuselage.
586
00:42:27,659 --> 00:42:31,663
They appeared to be
of a bright, shiny metal,
like polished silver.
587
00:42:34,735 --> 00:42:40,154
There are cases
that are not explainable
in conventional terms.
588
00:42:40,188 --> 00:42:44,848
There is the assumption
of intelligence
or intelligent control,
589
00:42:44,883 --> 00:42:49,646
but not necessarily
the assumption
of direct communication.
590
00:42:49,681 --> 00:42:53,201
Why are they here?
What are they doing?
591
00:42:53,236 --> 00:42:56,308
What do they want from us?
What are their motivations?
592
00:42:57,689 --> 00:43:01,279
NARRATOR: But it was Dr. Condon
who wrote the final word.
593
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:03,695
[READING]
594
00:43:13,912 --> 00:43:19,607
I was kind of woolly
on that one.
You'd have to conclude
595
00:43:19,642 --> 00:43:25,406
that what we were looking at
was beyond our current state
of the knowledge.
596
00:43:25,441 --> 00:43:28,996
But it began to hit me
that Dr. Condon
has apparently not read
597
00:43:29,030 --> 00:43:30,998
his own material very carefully.
598
00:43:31,032 --> 00:43:33,587
You do an actual tabulation,
which he doesn't seem
to have done,
599
00:43:33,621 --> 00:43:36,348
and you find his percentage ofunexplained is five to six times
600
00:43:36,383 --> 00:43:37,625
larger than the Air Force.
601
00:43:37,660 --> 00:43:39,731
And yet, what is his
principal recommendation?
602
00:43:39,765 --> 00:43:42,665
The principal recommendation
that Dr. Condon
has come through with
603
00:43:42,699 --> 00:43:45,702
is there's nothing
of scientific interest
that warrants further attention
604
00:43:45,737 --> 00:43:48,326
on the part
of the federal government
here in any major way.
605
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,121
He recommends
dropping the whole problem.
606
00:43:51,156 --> 00:43:56,368
Nobody could get funded.
Nobody would look
at the data seriously
607
00:43:56,403 --> 00:44:00,372
because of the prestige
of the academy
608
00:44:00,407 --> 00:44:02,581
saying that the problem
had been solved.
609
00:44:02,616 --> 00:44:06,378
The Air Force closed
their reporting system,
610
00:44:06,413 --> 00:44:09,692
so that if the public
wanted to report something,
611
00:44:09,726 --> 00:44:12,073
they would report it
to the local police.
612
00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:14,455
But it would never get
to the attention
613
00:44:14,490 --> 00:44:18,597
of scientists really examining
the phenomena.
614
00:44:20,254 --> 00:44:26,605
NARRATOR: In 1969, the Air Force officially ended its public investigations.
615
00:44:29,159 --> 00:44:31,783
Which would suggest what?
616
00:44:31,817 --> 00:44:33,509
That they knew what it was?
617
00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:36,650
Or didn't know what it was.
618
00:44:37,754 --> 00:44:41,413
Also the other way.
And they did know what it was.
619
00:45:05,092 --> 00:45:08,509
NARRATOR: One aspect
of the phenomenon
that was swept under the rug
620
00:45:08,544 --> 00:45:12,444
was the pervasive reporting
of UFO intrusions
621
00:45:12,479 --> 00:45:16,793
at the world's most sensitive military facilities.
622
00:45:16,828 --> 00:45:20,452
Details did not come to light
until decades later
623
00:45:20,487 --> 00:45:24,318
at the National Press Club
in Washington, DC.
624
00:45:25,561 --> 00:45:30,220
Declassified US government
documents and witness testimony
625
00:45:30,255 --> 00:45:33,569
from former or retired
US military personnel
626
00:45:33,603 --> 00:45:39,816
confirmed, beyond any doubt,
the reality
of ongoing UFO incursions
627
00:45:39,851 --> 00:45:41,680
at nuclear weapon sites.
628
00:45:41,715 --> 00:45:45,201
What you have heard here today
is evidence of a phenomenon.
629
00:45:45,235 --> 00:45:48,307
It sounds fantastic,
and it is fantastic.
630
00:45:49,550 --> 00:45:52,898
In 1967,
I was a missile launch officer
631
00:45:52,933 --> 00:45:55,487
stationed at Malmstrom
Air Force Base, Montana.
632
00:45:55,522 --> 00:46:00,492
NARRATOR: Malmstrom was
America's first line
of nuclear defense,
633
00:46:00,527 --> 00:46:03,322
its silos packed
with Minutemen missiles.
634
00:46:03,357 --> 00:46:09,674
Each one nearly 100 times
more powerful than the bomb
that devastated Hiroshima.
635
00:46:10,882 --> 00:46:14,920
Launch officers could, within minutes of confirmation,
636
00:46:14,955 --> 00:46:21,927
send their birds arcing
6,000 miles to incinerate
key Soviet cities,
637
00:46:21,962 --> 00:46:25,483
triggering a war
that would end
our civilization.
638
00:46:39,566 --> 00:46:42,120
I was the chief of party,
I was the observer.
639
00:46:42,154 --> 00:46:46,883
Basically what I was doing
was the star observation
to provide precise
640
00:46:46,918 --> 00:46:51,336
latitude and longitude
on our small three-man team.
641
00:46:51,370 --> 00:46:55,098
Came from the north
and stopped right over us,
642
00:46:55,133 --> 00:47:00,794
and it had a white light
from the center,
looking down into this island.
643
00:47:00,828 --> 00:47:03,900
I just said to myself,
"What if this thing beams us up
644
00:47:03,935 --> 00:47:06,316
and takes us off
to some distant place
645
00:47:06,351 --> 00:47:08,008
and never returned
to Earth again?"
646
00:47:08,042 --> 00:47:11,563
I mean, this is going through
my head here
while this thing's above me.
647
00:47:11,598 --> 00:47:15,602
And then from this dead stop,
it shoots off to the east.
648
00:47:15,636 --> 00:47:18,536
It's just like now you see it,
now you don't. It just...
649
00:47:22,609 --> 00:47:25,508
MAN: The strike team
that went out,
they saw something.
650
00:47:37,313 --> 00:47:38,866
NARRATOR: Lt. Salas
was stationed
651
00:47:38,901 --> 00:47:41,593
in his underground
launch control capsule
652
00:47:41,628 --> 00:47:46,287
when he received a frantic call from one of his topside guards.
653
00:47:46,322 --> 00:47:47,565
MAN: Screaming into the phone,
654
00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:51,327
saying they're looking
at a red glowing object
655
00:47:51,361 --> 00:47:53,916
hovering just above
our front gate.
656
00:47:53,950 --> 00:47:59,611
Our missiles began going intowhat's called a no-go condition,or unlaunchable.
657
00:47:59,646 --> 00:48:01,026
Essentially, they were disabled.
658
00:48:03,546 --> 00:48:09,207
NARRATOR: In fact, ten missiles
began going offline
in a matter of seconds,
659
00:48:09,241 --> 00:48:11,174
one after the other.
660
00:48:14,419 --> 00:48:17,836
Personally, I'm never aware
of two missiles going down
at the same time,
661
00:48:17,871 --> 00:48:18,941
let alone ten.
662
00:48:18,975 --> 00:48:20,667
I was a top-secret
control officer
663
00:48:20,701 --> 00:48:23,877
and I passed down
nuclear launch authenticators.
664
00:48:23,911 --> 00:48:28,053
I can clearly recall a message
coming through my
communications center
665
00:48:28,088 --> 00:48:31,609
which basically said
that a UFO did, in fact,
666
00:48:31,643 --> 00:48:35,509
shut down several missile silos
in Montana.
667
00:48:41,135 --> 00:48:44,311
MAN: I was on duty at Echo,
which is our
squadron command post.
668
00:48:44,345 --> 00:48:48,177
We had strike teams respond
to alarms from the missiles.
669
00:48:48,211 --> 00:48:49,868
They were
three to five miles away.
670
00:48:49,903 --> 00:48:52,837
And they said,
"Sir, for lack
of a better description,
671
00:48:52,871 --> 00:48:55,115
there's a flying saucer
hovering over that missile,
672
00:48:55,149 --> 00:48:58,670
and there's a beam
of reddish light
going down to it."
673
00:48:59,706 --> 00:49:01,121
It had to be
a data collection thing.
674
00:49:01,155 --> 00:49:03,917
I'm sure they scanned
the warhead or something.
675
00:49:08,438 --> 00:49:12,650
In 1980, I was reassigned from
the Pentagon to RAF Bentwater
676
00:49:12,684 --> 00:49:14,030
as a deputy base commander.
677
00:49:14,065 --> 00:49:15,860
At that time, Bentwaters
was one of the largest
678
00:49:15,894 --> 00:49:18,310
tactical fighter ranges
in the world.
679
00:49:18,345 --> 00:49:23,246
NARRATOR: It was also
the largest American
nuclear bomb storage depot
680
00:49:23,281 --> 00:49:24,420
in Europe.
681
00:49:24,454 --> 00:49:27,285
In December 1980,
early in the morning,
682
00:49:27,319 --> 00:49:28,769
several of our
security policemen
683
00:49:28,804 --> 00:49:30,875
discovered strange lights
in the forest.
684
00:49:30,909 --> 00:49:33,256
NARRATOR: Expecting to find
a crashed aircraft,
685
00:49:33,291 --> 00:49:39,366
they came upon
an unrecognizable object
resting on the forest floor.
686
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:45,165
They observed it for a period
of time, and it very quickly
and silently vanished.
687
00:49:49,617 --> 00:49:51,930
NARRATOR: Two nights later,
Col. Halt received
688
00:49:51,965 --> 00:49:56,038
an urgent visit from
the base security commander.
689
00:49:56,072 --> 00:49:59,558
He was white as a sheet.
He said, "It's back."
690
00:49:59,593 --> 00:50:02,182
I said, "What's back?"
He said, "The UFO."
691
00:50:03,839 --> 00:50:06,117
I took several
security policemen with me.
692
00:50:06,151 --> 00:50:10,638
I also had my small
cassette recorder I carried
everywhere when I was on duty.
693
00:50:10,673 --> 00:50:13,538
-MAN: What is it?
-COL. HALT: We don't know, sir.
694
00:50:13,572 --> 00:50:16,058
Yeah, it's a strange,
small red light.
695
00:50:16,092 --> 00:50:19,164
HALT: And all the barnyard animals have gotten quiet now.
696
00:50:19,199 --> 00:50:20,165
Deathly calm.
697
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,098
This is weird.
698
00:50:24,100 --> 00:50:26,862
One object approached us
at very high speed.
699
00:50:26,896 --> 00:50:29,347
MAN: Here he comes
from the side.
He's coming toward us now.
700
00:50:29,381 --> 00:50:33,178
I'm observing what a beam
coming down to the ground.
701
00:50:34,421 --> 00:50:36,285
This is unreal.
702
00:50:36,319 --> 00:50:37,458
We stood there in awe.
703
00:50:37,493 --> 00:50:39,633
Was this a warning?
704
00:50:39,667 --> 00:50:41,462
Was this an attempt
to communicate?
705
00:50:41,497 --> 00:50:45,052
Was this a weapon,
or just a probe?
706
00:50:45,087 --> 00:50:49,367
Just as suddenly as it appeared,click, disappeared.
707
00:50:49,401 --> 00:50:51,196
We stood there... Oh.
708
00:50:52,232 --> 00:50:54,061
About that time,
we noticed the other object
709
00:50:54,096 --> 00:50:56,270
to the south was
sending down beams.
710
00:50:56,305 --> 00:50:58,963
About a mile, mile and half awayover at Woodbridge Base,
711
00:50:58,997 --> 00:51:01,034
MAN 1: when we had great
difficulties communicating.
712
00:51:01,068 --> 00:51:03,726
But we were able to discern
that some of those beams
were either
713
00:51:03,761 --> 00:51:06,004
falling into or near
the weapons storage area,
714
00:51:06,039 --> 00:51:08,489
and there was a great
deal of concern.
715
00:51:08,524 --> 00:51:12,631
MAN 1: I also found out later
that both the tower operators
at Bentwaters
716
00:51:12,666 --> 00:51:17,257
saw an object and picked it up on their bright radar
and watched it.
717
00:51:17,291 --> 00:51:19,777
I was just sitting there
and I happened to see
718
00:51:19,811 --> 00:51:22,227
a dot come on the scope,
719
00:51:22,262 --> 00:51:25,265
and it just went like,
one dot at the beginning,
720
00:51:25,299 --> 00:51:27,715
then another dot,
then another dot,
and it was gone.
721
00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:32,237
A nd then it made an immediate
right-hand turn and came
right towards the base.
722
00:51:32,272 --> 00:51:33,894
Just absolutely phenomenal.
723
00:51:33,929 --> 00:51:37,104
It's not like any radar target
I've ever seen,
724
00:51:37,139 --> 00:51:40,659
traveling at an extremely
high rate of speed.
725
00:51:40,694 --> 00:51:43,697
It passed over
the control tower,
726
00:51:43,731 --> 00:51:47,563
and then it stopped.
It was an orangish color.
727
00:51:47,597 --> 00:51:49,772
Sort of popped into my mind
at the time
728
00:51:49,807 --> 00:51:52,706
that somebody's flying
a basketball out here.
729
00:51:52,740 --> 00:51:56,606
There were, like,
lights around the center of it.
730
00:51:56,641 --> 00:51:58,677
It was more like portholes.
731
00:51:58,712 --> 00:52:01,819
And then you were seeing
the light from the inside.
732
00:52:01,853 --> 00:52:06,064
But it hovered momentarily,
reversed its course,
733
00:52:06,099 --> 00:52:09,688
and went back out
at a high rate of speed.
734
00:52:12,036 --> 00:52:14,935
NARRATOR: Even more alarming
incidents took place
735
00:52:14,970 --> 00:52:17,386
on both sides of the Cold War.
736
00:52:19,975 --> 00:52:23,185
NARRATOR: According to once
secret Soviet documents,
737
00:52:23,219 --> 00:52:28,707
a UFO hovered over
a Ukrainian nuclear base
for nearly an hour.
738
00:52:29,639 --> 00:52:31,918
Inexplicably, several missiles
739
00:52:31,952 --> 00:52:35,059
suddenly switched to
full combat readiness
740
00:52:35,093 --> 00:52:40,650
and began
a launch sequence without
any authentication codes.
741
00:52:40,685 --> 00:52:43,205
After 15
heart-stopping seconds,
742
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:46,139
the countdown to
a potential Armageddon
743
00:52:46,173 --> 00:52:51,178
ceased as abruptly
as it had started.
744
00:52:51,213 --> 00:52:53,974
DAVID SCHUUR:
As this object passed
over the missile site,
745
00:52:54,009 --> 00:52:57,391
we would start getting erratic indications on that missile.
746
00:52:57,426 --> 00:52:59,807
The bad thing was we also had a launch indicator.
747
00:52:59,842 --> 00:53:03,397
MAN: Does that mean that
the launch sequence
has been triggered?
748
00:53:03,432 --> 00:53:06,884
SCHURR: That means
that the missile has received
a launch signal.
749
00:53:06,918 --> 00:53:10,232
NARRATOR: The countdown
had to be manually aborted.
750
00:53:11,647 --> 00:53:13,442
We had UFOs in the air...
751
00:53:13,476 --> 00:53:17,308
NARRATOR: These witnesses
are some of the most highly-vetted military officers
752
00:53:17,342 --> 00:53:20,759
in charge of the world's
most devastating armaments.
753
00:53:21,933 --> 00:53:24,522
If what they're reporting
is accurate,
754
00:53:24,556 --> 00:53:27,835
then the pattern
is hard to avoid.
755
00:53:27,870 --> 00:53:33,531
UFOs have been
making incursions into top-security nuclear facilities
756
00:53:33,565 --> 00:53:36,085
decade after decade.
757
00:53:36,810 --> 00:53:38,260
To me, it's pretty clear.
758
00:53:38,294 --> 00:53:41,815
"We're shining a light on this,
we're pointing it out.
759
00:53:41,849 --> 00:53:45,129
What are you people doing
with nuclear weapons?"
760
00:54:26,204 --> 00:54:27,895
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
761
00:54:30,588 --> 00:54:33,694
NARRATOR: As the '90s dawned
and the walls fell down,
762
00:54:33,729 --> 00:54:37,664
it was as if humanity itself
was demanding to be seen
763
00:54:37,698 --> 00:54:40,805
as one people and one world.
764
00:54:40,839 --> 00:54:42,980
The Soviet Union had dissolved
765
00:54:43,014 --> 00:54:45,810
and history's spotlight
began to shine
766
00:54:45,844 --> 00:54:48,261
on long-darkened corners.
767
00:54:49,055 --> 00:54:50,815
Different officials
were looking
768
00:54:50,849 --> 00:54:52,955
for ways to open dialogue
with the West,
769
00:54:52,990 --> 00:54:57,718
and embrace all the changes
that were underway
770
00:54:57,753 --> 00:54:59,065
in their country at the time.
771
00:54:59,099 --> 00:55:01,860
This is George Knapp in Moscow,the city many are...
772
00:55:01,895 --> 00:55:04,035
NARRATOR: Knapp's team was
invited to Moscow,
773
00:55:04,070 --> 00:55:06,244
by government
and military officials
774
00:55:06,279 --> 00:55:10,662
who were willing to share
decades' worth of UFO files.
775
00:55:10,697 --> 00:55:12,388
[SPEAKS RUSSIAN]
776
00:55:12,423 --> 00:55:13,976
MAN: Gen. Igor Maltsev,
777
00:55:14,011 --> 00:55:17,221
for seven years,
commander of the entire
Soviet air defense system
778
00:55:17,255 --> 00:55:20,500
recalls a UFO flap over
Moscow in 1990.
779
00:55:20,534 --> 00:55:24,607
Hundreds of visual
and radar observations
by military personnel.
780
00:55:24,642 --> 00:55:29,405
Maltsev confirms
his standing order was,
"Don't fire on the UFOs".
781
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,719
March 1991, radar at
the Leningrad airport
782
00:55:32,753 --> 00:55:36,792
detects first one, then two, then three unidentified objects
783
00:55:36,826 --> 00:55:38,449
hovering over a nuclear plant.
784
00:55:38,483 --> 00:55:43,143
From a dead stop,
the UFO zipped away
at 2,000 miles per hour.
785
00:55:43,178 --> 00:55:45,697
Jacques Vallee
was one of few Westerners
786
00:55:45,732 --> 00:55:47,527
to personally
investigate the case
787
00:55:47,561 --> 00:55:49,736
by meeting with
Russian sources firsthand.
788
00:55:49,770 --> 00:55:54,120
An object hovered near
a nuclear power plant
in Voronezh
789
00:55:54,154 --> 00:55:56,950
and a beam from that object
melted the asphalt there.
790
00:55:56,984 --> 00:55:58,779
The intention was,
maybe we would be
791
00:55:58,814 --> 00:56:00,471
able to find out
from the Russians
792
00:56:00,505 --> 00:56:04,199
more about what the American
government knows about UFOs
793
00:56:04,233 --> 00:56:06,373
than we will ever learn from
the American government itself.
794
00:56:06,408 --> 00:56:09,618
-Governor, you ready
to take the oath?
-I am.
795
00:56:09,652 --> 00:56:11,930
NARRATOR: When a young,
open-minded president,
796
00:56:11,965 --> 00:56:13,691
was sworn in,
797
00:56:13,725 --> 00:56:17,557
one of America's most highly
placed civilians saw a chance
798
00:56:17,591 --> 00:56:20,629
for a new government transparency on the phenomenon.
799
00:56:20,663 --> 00:56:25,151
As a means of access to people
to the wonders of nature...
800
00:56:25,185 --> 00:56:27,463
NARRATOR: Heir to the power
and influence
801
00:56:27,498 --> 00:56:30,052
of one of the world's
wealthiest families,
802
00:56:30,087 --> 00:56:31,433
Laurance Rockefeller,
803
00:56:31,467 --> 00:56:34,470
philanthropist
and conservationist,
804
00:56:34,505 --> 00:56:38,405
also had a passionate
interest in UFOs.
805
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:44,342
His idea was to approach
the President
806
00:56:44,377 --> 00:56:49,830
with a plea for making
available the data
807
00:56:49,865 --> 00:56:53,179
that the government had
on the subject.
808
00:56:53,213 --> 00:56:55,871
JOHN PODSTA:
The first inclination by,
809
00:56:55,905 --> 00:56:59,150
particularly people
in government
810
00:56:59,185 --> 00:57:01,152
is, "You got to be kidding me".
811
00:57:01,187 --> 00:57:03,982
[LAUGHS] You want me
to risk my career
812
00:57:04,017 --> 00:57:06,502
by getting deeply into
813
00:57:06,537 --> 00:57:09,298
the rabbit hole of talking
about UFOs?"
814
00:57:09,333 --> 00:57:14,165
And so there's
a tremendous resistance.
815
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:17,824
NARRATOR: Rockefeller
met with President Clinton's
science advisor,
816
00:57:17,858 --> 00:57:20,033
Jack Gibbons,
at the White House,.
817
00:57:20,067 --> 00:57:23,312
and persuaded him
to take action.
818
00:57:23,347 --> 00:57:26,177
Rockefeller was then asked
to pick a case
819
00:57:26,212 --> 00:57:29,111
that the White House
should attempt to declassify.
820
00:57:30,595 --> 00:57:34,461
He chose
the 1947 Roswell incident,
821
00:57:34,496 --> 00:57:39,535
noting, "Many are convinced
that Roswell
marks the beginning
822
00:57:39,570 --> 00:57:42,642
of government secrecy
about UFO's".
823
00:57:43,608 --> 00:57:47,094
Jack had actually gone
to the Air Force,
824
00:57:47,129 --> 00:57:49,890
asked then-Secretary Widnall,
825
00:57:49,925 --> 00:57:51,720
who was
the Secretary of the Air Force,
826
00:57:51,754 --> 00:57:54,240
to take a look, particularly,
827
00:57:54,274 --> 00:57:57,519
at the records around Roswell,
New Mexico.
828
00:57:57,553 --> 00:57:59,659
SHEILA WIDNALL:
"Dear Colonel Cavitt.
829
00:57:59,693 --> 00:58:03,697
The General Accounting Office, seeks to fully
explain the claim
830
00:58:03,732 --> 00:58:08,150
that the US government
recovered an alien spacecraft
831
00:58:08,185 --> 00:58:12,223
near Roswell, New Mexico,
in July 1947,
832
00:58:12,258 --> 00:58:15,571
and since that time
has covered up that fact.
833
00:58:17,401 --> 00:58:19,196
NEWSCASTER: The Army Air Forces
has announced
834
00:58:19,230 --> 00:58:20,680
that a flying disc
has been found
835
00:58:20,714 --> 00:58:22,682
and is now in the possession
of the Army.
836
00:58:35,142 --> 00:58:37,317
[NEWSCASTER SPEAKING]
837
00:58:41,218 --> 00:58:43,081
NARRATOR: Roswell was then home
838
00:58:43,116 --> 00:58:45,636
to the world's only
nuclear air wing,
839
00:58:45,670 --> 00:58:48,328
including the B-29
that had dropped
840
00:58:48,363 --> 00:58:51,262
the first atomic bomb
on Hiroshima.
841
00:58:52,815 --> 00:58:57,164
The base's chief intelligence
officer, Maj. Jesse Marcel,
842
00:58:57,199 --> 00:59:00,306
was dispatched to the ranch
to investigate.
843
00:59:02,204 --> 00:59:04,551
[JESSE MARCEL SPEAKING]
844
00:59:08,037 --> 00:59:10,281
NARRATOR: Marcel
and another officer
845
00:59:10,316 --> 00:59:13,560
were the first military
to arrive at the crash site.
846
00:59:13,595 --> 00:59:17,909
They came upon an expanse
of unrecognizable debris
847
00:59:17,944 --> 00:59:19,186
strewn across an area
848
00:59:19,221 --> 00:59:22,362
the size of
a dozen football fields.
849
00:59:29,507 --> 00:59:32,648
We found a piece
of metal... Uh...
850
00:59:32,683 --> 00:59:35,548
About a foot and half
to two feet wide.
851
00:59:43,935 --> 00:59:46,455
The thing that got me is that
852
00:59:46,490 --> 00:59:49,527
you couldn't even bend it.
You couldn't dent it.
853
00:59:49,562 --> 00:59:51,805
Even a sledgehammer
would bounce off it.
854
00:59:53,082 --> 00:59:54,774
NARRATOR: Marcel was ordered
to immediately
855
00:59:54,808 --> 00:59:57,017
transport the strange wreckage
856
00:59:57,052 --> 01:00:00,158
to Fort Worth Army Airfield.
857
01:00:00,193 --> 01:00:03,300
There, Marcel was met by
the commanding general,
858
01:00:03,334 --> 01:00:05,302
who told him to keep silent
859
01:00:05,336 --> 01:00:09,167
in the face of what was
becoming a media frenzy.
860
01:00:09,202 --> 01:00:13,171
They had a whole flock
of microphones there.
861
01:00:13,206 --> 01:00:15,035
They wanted
some comments from me,
862
01:00:15,070 --> 01:00:17,348
but I wasn't at liberty
to do that.
863
01:00:19,385 --> 01:00:21,973
NARRATOR: Marcel was instead
ordered to pose
864
01:00:22,008 --> 01:00:24,976
with wood, foil
and rubber debris,
865
01:00:25,011 --> 01:00:27,289
from a conventional
weather balloon.
866
01:00:28,601 --> 01:00:31,638
All I could do is keep
my mouth shut.
867
01:00:31,673 --> 01:00:34,676
And Gen. Ramey is the one
who told the newspapers
868
01:00:34,710 --> 01:00:37,817
what it was
and to forget about it.
869
01:00:37,851 --> 01:00:41,614
It was nothing more than
a weather observation balloon.
870
01:00:41,648 --> 01:00:44,893
Of course,
we both knew differently.
871
01:00:44,927 --> 01:00:47,205
NARRATOR: Col. Thomas DuBose,
who was also
872
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:49,622
ordered to pose
with the fake debris,
873
01:00:49,656 --> 01:00:54,661
describes how an iron curtain
of secrecy slammed down.
874
01:01:14,578 --> 01:01:16,407
REPORTER: Congressman Schiff,
what got you interested
875
01:01:16,442 --> 01:01:18,375
in this subject per se?
876
01:01:18,409 --> 01:01:19,859
I started receiving letters
877
01:01:19,893 --> 01:01:22,724
a little over two years ago
from constituents,
878
01:01:22,758 --> 01:01:25,140
stating that they believe
the government was covering up
879
01:01:25,174 --> 01:01:26,555
what happened at Roswell.
880
01:01:26,590 --> 01:01:28,730
Many of them clearly believed,
881
01:01:28,764 --> 01:01:31,836
that it was, in fact,
an extraterrestrial crash.
882
01:01:31,871 --> 01:01:33,873
The weather balloon story
never made sense
883
01:01:33,907 --> 01:01:36,807
because it was clearly,
and undisputed in my mind,
884
01:01:36,841 --> 01:01:39,326
extra military attention
to this matter,
885
01:01:39,361 --> 01:01:41,398
from extra security
around the crash scene
886
01:01:41,432 --> 01:01:44,090
to special handling of
whatever the debris was.
887
01:01:44,124 --> 01:01:47,438
That could fit
a classified project.
888
01:01:47,473 --> 01:01:49,509
It doesn't fit
a weather balloon.
889
01:01:51,131 --> 01:01:53,271
NARRATOR: In September 1994,
890
01:01:53,306 --> 01:01:56,482
the Air Force issued
its response.
891
01:01:56,516 --> 01:02:00,865
[READING]
892
01:02:00,900 --> 01:02:04,766
The Air Force claimed
it was a secret project
of weather balloons
893
01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,631
hung with box kites
and microphones,
894
01:02:07,665 --> 01:02:10,875
to spy on Soviet nuclear tests.
895
01:02:12,187 --> 01:02:14,396
Please roll the video.
896
01:02:14,431 --> 01:02:15,811
MAN: There's a famous box kite
897
01:02:15,846 --> 01:02:18,607
that became
the famous flying disc.
898
01:02:18,642 --> 01:02:22,887
Weather balloons that were on the balloon train.
899
01:02:22,922 --> 01:02:26,201
NARRATOR: Same rubber balloon,
same foil box kite
900
01:02:26,235 --> 01:02:28,514
as the original cover story,
901
01:02:28,548 --> 01:02:30,550
only many of them
strung together
902
01:02:30,585 --> 01:02:34,761
with microphones
dangling beneath.
903
01:02:34,796 --> 01:02:37,523
MAN: That's the tin foil paper, rubber and sticks
that they recovered
904
01:02:37,557 --> 01:02:40,008
in the desert near
New Mexico in 1947.
905
01:02:41,527 --> 01:02:44,150
NARRATOR: The Air Force,
nearly 50 years later,
906
01:02:44,184 --> 01:02:46,670
was basically telling
the same tale.
907
01:02:47,705 --> 01:02:49,811
That the top security personnel
908
01:02:49,845 --> 01:02:52,952
of the world's only
atomic-bombing wing
909
01:02:52,986 --> 01:02:55,886
really had mistaken
this rubber, wood
910
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:59,648
and tin foil for
a crashed flying saucer.
911
01:03:01,685 --> 01:03:02,996
Being an intelligence officer,
912
01:03:03,031 --> 01:03:05,378
I was familiar with just about
all the materials used
913
01:03:05,412 --> 01:03:08,968
in aircraft and/or air travel.
914
01:03:09,002 --> 01:03:10,694
This is nothing like that.
915
01:03:10,728 --> 01:03:15,319
It was not anything from this
Earth. That I'm quite sure of.
916
01:03:15,353 --> 01:03:18,149
BILL RICHARDSON:
My suspicion is that
917
01:03:18,184 --> 01:03:20,945
the Roswell incident
did happen,
918
01:03:20,980 --> 01:03:25,329
and something maybe not
from our universe,
919
01:03:25,363 --> 01:03:27,193
went down there.
920
01:03:27,227 --> 01:03:29,782
And we should...
921
01:03:29,816 --> 01:03:32,509
allow the American people
to make a judgment
922
01:03:32,543 --> 01:03:35,270
on what that might have been
by disclosing.
923
01:03:35,304 --> 01:03:36,789
I mean, this is probably
924
01:03:36,823 --> 01:03:41,034
the most
blatant case of overreaction
925
01:03:41,069 --> 01:03:43,520
to what is national security.
926
01:03:43,554 --> 01:03:45,487
The public has a right to know.
927
01:03:48,041 --> 01:03:50,699
NARRATOR: Rockefeller
put together
a briefing document
928
01:03:50,734 --> 01:03:53,391
intended for world leaders
929
01:03:53,426 --> 01:03:55,428
with a sobering observation.
930
01:03:57,119 --> 01:04:01,020
It is conceivable that even the President himself
931
01:04:01,054 --> 01:04:03,540
is not fully briefed on matters
932
01:04:03,574 --> 01:04:06,543
classified as
"above top secret."
933
01:04:08,752 --> 01:04:10,477
I did attempt to find out
if there were
934
01:04:10,512 --> 01:04:12,445
any secret
government documents
935
01:04:12,479 --> 01:04:14,723
that reveal things,
and if there were,
936
01:04:14,758 --> 01:04:16,380
they were
concealed from me, too.
937
01:04:16,414 --> 01:04:18,175
I wouldn't be
the first president
938
01:04:18,209 --> 01:04:19,935
that underlings have lied to
939
01:04:19,970 --> 01:04:22,628
or the career bureaucrats
have waited out.
940
01:04:22,662 --> 01:04:27,633
But there may be
some career person
sitting around somewhere
941
01:04:27,667 --> 01:04:30,636
hiding these dark secrets,
even from elected presidents.
942
01:04:30,670 --> 01:04:33,190
But if so,
they successfully eluded me.
943
01:04:33,224 --> 01:04:37,021
And I'm almost embarrassed totell you, I did try to find out.
944
01:04:37,056 --> 01:04:38,540
[ALL LAUGHING]
945
01:04:39,714 --> 01:04:41,543
EDGAR MITCHELL: Three feet
for second contact.
946
01:04:41,578 --> 01:04:42,717
That was a beautiful one.
947
01:04:42,751 --> 01:04:45,167
NARRATOR: Apollo astronaut
Edgar Mitchell,
948
01:04:45,202 --> 01:04:47,204
who had grown up
around Roswell,
949
01:04:47,238 --> 01:04:51,657
was an aerospace insider with deep Pentagon connections.
950
01:04:53,417 --> 01:04:56,489
He became convinced
there were UFO secrets
951
01:04:56,523 --> 01:04:59,457
concealed from
normal government channels.
952
01:04:59,492 --> 01:05:02,115
Well, if the accounts
are to be believed...
953
01:05:03,220 --> 01:05:05,740
Yes, there have been
ET visitation.
954
01:05:05,774 --> 01:05:08,570
There have been crashed craft.
955
01:05:08,605 --> 01:05:13,575
There have beenmaterial and bodies recovered...
956
01:05:13,610 --> 01:05:16,958
and there is some group
of people somewhere
957
01:05:17,717 --> 01:05:20,789
that may or may not be
958
01:05:20,824 --> 01:05:22,722
associated with
the government at this point,
959
01:05:22,757 --> 01:05:25,173
but certainly were at one time,
960
01:05:25,207 --> 01:05:26,968
that have this knowledge.
961
01:05:41,914 --> 01:05:45,745
No one has proven
there's nothing to it.
962
01:05:45,780 --> 01:05:48,403
No one's had
the opportunity to prove
963
01:05:48,437 --> 01:05:52,579
there's something to it,
and that's what I did.
964
01:05:52,614 --> 01:05:54,271
And every passing day...
965
01:05:54,305 --> 01:05:57,792
NARRATOR: In 2007, the most
powerful man in the Senate,
966
01:05:57,826 --> 01:06:00,380
majority leader Harry Reid,
967
01:06:00,415 --> 01:06:02,382
persuaded two colleagues,
968
01:06:02,417 --> 01:06:05,662
Senators Ted Stevens
and Daniel Inouye,
969
01:06:05,696 --> 01:06:08,078
to secretly allocate millions
970
01:06:08,112 --> 01:06:13,531
in Defense Department funds
to investigate UFOs.
971
01:06:13,566 --> 01:06:17,915
The covert program
operated from the tail end
of the Bush presidency,
972
01:06:17,950 --> 01:06:20,538
through
the Obama administration,
973
01:06:20,573 --> 01:06:24,025
and into Donald Trump's
first year in office.
974
01:06:26,924 --> 01:06:30,307
In December of 2017,
the lid blew off.
975
01:06:35,622 --> 01:06:38,108
At long last,
the government was admitting
976
01:06:38,142 --> 01:06:42,008
a modern-day program
to investigate UFOs
977
01:06:42,043 --> 01:06:45,115
and released
startling official evidence,
978
01:06:45,149 --> 01:06:50,568
including videotapes
from the cockpits
of military aircraft.
979
01:06:51,915 --> 01:06:54,503
One of the key authors
ofThe Times story
980
01:06:54,538 --> 01:06:56,126
was investigative journalist
981
01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:59,129
and best-selling author
Leslie Kean.
982
01:06:59,163 --> 01:07:02,615
She went to Washington to meet with Luis Elizondo,
983
01:07:02,649 --> 01:07:05,100
who had just resigned
from his position
984
01:07:05,135 --> 01:07:09,449
as head of the secret
Pentagon UFO program.
985
01:07:09,484 --> 01:07:10,968
I was invited to this meeting.
986
01:07:11,003 --> 01:07:14,075
They wanted me to meet
Mr. Elizondo,
to see what could happen.
987
01:07:14,109 --> 01:07:16,180
ELIZANDO:
Objects that are moving so fast
988
01:07:16,215 --> 01:07:18,804
and yet we don't see
an ionization trail in the air
989
01:07:18,838 --> 01:07:20,702
and you don't hear
a sonic boom.
990
01:07:20,737 --> 01:07:22,842
How is that possible?
Another one is...
991
01:07:22,877 --> 01:07:25,189
NARRATOR: Elizondo's colleagues
took her aside
992
01:07:25,224 --> 01:07:28,227
to reveal some
extraordinary documentation
993
01:07:28,261 --> 01:07:30,747
related to the program.
994
01:07:30,781 --> 01:07:32,852
KEAN: I wasn't allowed
to take anything with me.
995
01:07:32,887 --> 01:07:35,648
I mean, the most importantevidence that was shared with me
996
01:07:35,682 --> 01:07:36,787
at the meeting regarding
997
01:07:36,822 --> 01:07:39,169
the phenomenon itself,
were the videos.
998
01:07:43,207 --> 01:07:45,347
[MAN 1 SPEAKING]
999
01:07:50,525 --> 01:07:53,355
I knew this was breaking news
for the front page of
The New York Times.
1000
01:07:57,774 --> 01:07:59,120
[MAN 2 SPEAKING]
1001
01:08:01,018 --> 01:08:02,157
[MAN 1 SPEAKING]
1002
01:08:02,779 --> 01:08:04,815
[MAN 2 SPEAKING]
1003
01:08:04,850 --> 01:08:07,162
KEAN: My co-author,
Ralph Blumenthal,
1004
01:08:07,197 --> 01:08:09,199
and I set up a meeting
with Mark Mazzetti
1005
01:08:09,233 --> 01:08:11,960
and said,
"We have this explosive story."
1006
01:08:11,995 --> 01:08:14,480
Sat down with him
in the New York office
of The New York Times
1007
01:08:14,514 --> 01:08:16,275
and we brought in
all the documents.
1008
01:08:16,309 --> 01:08:17,655
"These are the videos.
1009
01:08:17,690 --> 01:08:20,141
Here's other documents
that show
the existence of the program.
1010
01:08:20,175 --> 01:08:23,006
And here's what they've studiedand here's what they've learned.
1011
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,974
And there's a letter from
Harry Reid about the program."
1012
01:08:27,079 --> 01:08:28,770
NARRATOR: Elizondo's colleague,
1013
01:08:28,805 --> 01:08:30,945
the former deputy
assistant secretary
1014
01:08:30,979 --> 01:08:33,430
of defense for intelligence,
1015
01:08:33,464 --> 01:08:35,501
Christopher Mellon, managed to
1016
01:08:35,535 --> 01:08:37,779
obtain the tapes
from the Pentagon,
1017
01:08:37,814 --> 01:08:41,714
and choseThe New York Times
to break the story.
1018
01:08:41,748 --> 01:08:43,854
I received the videos,
1019
01:08:43,889 --> 01:08:46,926
the now-famous videos,
in the Pentagon parking lot
1020
01:08:46,961 --> 01:08:48,928
from a Defense
Department official.
1021
01:08:48,963 --> 01:08:51,551
I still have the originals
in the packaging.
1022
01:08:51,586 --> 01:08:56,039
This is a case where somebody
bent the rules a little bit,
1023
01:08:56,073 --> 01:08:59,870
and they did so
for the larger good.
1024
01:08:59,905 --> 01:09:03,598
And we're absolutely all
better off because of it.
1025
01:09:03,632 --> 01:09:04,875
In the end, I have to say,
1026
01:09:04,910 --> 01:09:06,739
I was still extraordinarily
1027
01:09:06,773 --> 01:09:09,397
disappointed with
The New York Times,
1028
01:09:09,431 --> 01:09:14,298
because they focused on this
small AATIP program.
1029
01:09:14,333 --> 01:09:18,026
And the real story, in my mind
at least, should have been,
1030
01:09:18,061 --> 01:09:21,512
"These things are real,
they're here.
1031
01:09:21,547 --> 01:09:23,376
This is happening now. "
1032
01:09:26,621 --> 01:09:28,347
NARRATOR: One of
the Pentagon cases
1033
01:09:28,381 --> 01:09:30,211
reported byThe New York Times,
1034
01:09:30,245 --> 01:09:32,903
was an encounter by
Naval aircraft,
1035
01:09:32,938 --> 01:09:37,632
about 200 miles off the coast
of San Diego, California.
1036
01:09:37,666 --> 01:09:38,875
Fifty-five hundred people
that were on
1037
01:09:38,909 --> 01:09:40,842
the Nimitzin 2004,
when this happened,
1038
01:09:40,877 --> 01:09:43,707
and I guarantee
every single one of them
1039
01:09:43,741 --> 01:09:45,433
knows that this event happened.
1040
01:09:45,467 --> 01:09:48,263
That's a whole air wing.That's Mount Fuji. That's Japan.
1041
01:09:48,298 --> 01:09:51,922
NARRATOR:
Commander David Fravor was leading a training exercise
1042
01:09:51,957 --> 01:09:55,201
from theUSS Nimitz
carrier strike group
1043
01:09:55,236 --> 01:09:59,481
when he was abruptly
ordered to investigate
an unknown target
1044
01:09:59,516 --> 01:10:03,175
that had appeared on one of the ship's radar scopes.
1045
01:10:03,209 --> 01:10:05,660
We're gonna suspend the training
we have real-world tasking.
1046
01:10:05,694 --> 01:10:07,351
So we're like, "Okay, cool. "
1047
01:10:07,386 --> 01:10:10,561
NARRATOR: He and another
F-18 Super Hornet,
1048
01:10:10,596 --> 01:10:14,841
each carrying two airmen, zoomed toward the coordinates.
1049
01:10:14,876 --> 01:10:17,085
It was myself and my WSO
1050
01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:19,122
and the other pilot and the WSO
in the back seat
1051
01:10:19,156 --> 01:10:20,813
of that airplane.
So, there's four of us.
1052
01:10:22,711 --> 01:10:24,265
NARRATOR: When they arrived,
they first saw
1053
01:10:24,299 --> 01:10:27,026
what appeared to be
a large object
1054
01:10:27,061 --> 01:10:29,684
slightly below the surface
of the ocean,
1055
01:10:29,718 --> 01:10:32,100
with a strange
oval-shaped craft
1056
01:10:32,135 --> 01:10:35,276
darting around
in the air just above it.
1057
01:10:35,310 --> 01:10:38,693
If you picture a Tic Tac
that's about 40 feet long,
1058
01:10:38,727 --> 01:10:40,764
round on both ends, no rivets,
1059
01:10:40,798 --> 01:10:43,387
no metal, smooth, white.
It was white.
1060
01:10:43,422 --> 01:10:46,908
It was just smooth. No wings,
no propulsion, no windows.
1061
01:10:46,943 --> 01:10:49,911
It didn't matter which way it
was pointing because as it
was moving over the water,
1062
01:10:49,946 --> 01:10:53,225
it never turned. It never
changed its longitudinal axis.
1063
01:10:53,259 --> 01:10:56,469
It went fore, aft, left, right.
It was just doing this.
1064
01:10:56,504 --> 01:10:59,403
And I said, "Hey, I'm gonna go
check that out."
1065
01:11:04,443 --> 01:11:06,997
All of a sudden, you just see itturn its body and go... [WHOOP]
1066
01:11:07,032 --> 01:11:08,654
And start coming up at you.
You go,
1067
01:11:08,688 --> 01:11:11,243
"That was rather interesting."
1068
01:11:11,277 --> 01:11:14,660
We're just looking at it.
We're doing this.
We're looking at it.
1069
01:11:14,694 --> 01:11:16,662
We're looking at it.
We go around.
1070
01:11:16,696 --> 01:11:18,664
All the way around the outside
of a circle, 180 degrees.
1071
01:11:18,698 --> 01:11:22,323
Well, I know where he's going,
so I'll just go over there.
1072
01:11:26,879 --> 01:11:29,019
This thing goes "poof"
and it's gone.
1073
01:11:29,054 --> 01:11:32,885
I mean, literally that fast.
Gone.
1074
01:11:34,438 --> 01:11:35,922
You can think about what
we're saying. Like,
1075
01:11:35,957 --> 01:11:39,029
"Holy shit. What the...is that?"
1076
01:11:39,064 --> 01:11:41,687
And then there's a lot of,
"Dude, what the...
1077
01:11:41,721 --> 01:11:43,033
Did you guys see that?
1078
01:11:43,068 --> 01:11:44,759
Do you guys see it?"
And they're like,
1079
01:11:44,793 --> 01:11:46,864
"It's gone. We don't see shit."
1080
01:11:47,969 --> 01:11:51,938
Nothing accelerates that fast.
You're talking...
1081
01:11:51,973 --> 01:11:54,113
Something that
not only accelerated
1082
01:11:54,148 --> 01:11:56,495
beyond anything
that we had seen,
1083
01:11:56,529 --> 01:11:58,152
but it just was...
1084
01:11:59,877 --> 01:12:01,293
The controller
comes up and says,
1085
01:12:01,327 --> 01:12:03,433
"Hey, you're not gonna
believe this,
1086
01:12:03,467 --> 01:12:06,712
but that thing is back
at your CAD point."
1087
01:12:06,746 --> 01:12:10,819
NARRATOR: Meaning
the object had instantly
reappeared at the precise
1088
01:12:10,854 --> 01:12:13,132
secret coordinates
of the fleet's
1089
01:12:13,167 --> 01:12:16,756
critical aerial defense zone.
1090
01:12:16,791 --> 01:12:18,827
FRAVOR: It obviously had
some awareness.
1091
01:12:18,862 --> 01:12:21,244
It knew where we were going.
1092
01:12:21,278 --> 01:12:25,075
It'll make the hair on
the back of your neck stand up.
1093
01:12:25,110 --> 01:12:27,008
I actually told my back seater,
I said,
1094
01:12:27,043 --> 01:12:29,528
"I don't know about you.
I'm pretty weirded out."
1095
01:12:32,289 --> 01:12:35,292
NARRATOR: More jets equipped
with the Navy's most advanced
1096
01:12:35,327 --> 01:12:40,125
radar visual tracking systems
were scrambled.
1097
01:12:40,159 --> 01:12:43,680
This time, capturing
the object on video.
1098
01:12:43,714 --> 01:12:46,545
FRAVOR: First thing he gets is
a little blip on the radar.
1099
01:12:46,579 --> 01:12:51,688
He puts his cursors over it,
and he tries to grab
a lock on it.
1100
01:12:53,621 --> 01:12:54,898
Basically, when you take a lock,
1101
01:12:54,932 --> 01:12:57,763
you tell the radar,
"Look at that location,
1102
01:12:57,797 --> 01:13:01,111
and stare at it, and put all
your energy on that point."
1103
01:13:01,146 --> 01:13:03,562
Well, as soon as it does it,
the radar gets indications
1104
01:13:03,596 --> 01:13:06,427
that it's being jammed by
the object it's trying to lock.
1105
01:13:09,809 --> 01:13:12,088
The infrared sees
differing temperatures,
1106
01:13:12,122 --> 01:13:15,539
so the Tic Tac is hotter
than the air around it.
1107
01:13:15,574 --> 01:13:18,680
It doesn't have to be by much,
but it's gonna appear white.
1108
01:13:18,715 --> 01:13:20,199
They're driving straight at it.
1109
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:23,271
It's just kind of
hovering there.
1110
01:13:23,306 --> 01:13:27,068
And then it goes "poof"
and it takes off, off the side.
1111
01:13:29,519 --> 01:13:33,109
I just don't know.
I doubt that we...
1112
01:13:33,143 --> 01:13:35,249
have developed that technology.
1113
01:13:37,458 --> 01:13:41,565
I interviewed
three of the four aviators
1114
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:44,672
who were with Dave,
during that encounter,
1115
01:13:44,706 --> 01:13:49,055
and it was readily apparent
to everyone involved that
1116
01:13:49,090 --> 01:13:51,299
that vehicle had what they call
1117
01:13:51,334 --> 01:13:53,715
"dominant
battlespace awareness."
1118
01:13:53,750 --> 01:13:58,651
It was in control of that
engagement from the outset.
1119
01:13:58,686 --> 01:14:03,069
There was no question
that it completely outmatched
1120
01:14:03,104 --> 01:14:05,313
our frontline fighters.
1121
01:14:05,348 --> 01:14:09,283
I served on the Special Access
Program Oversight Committee,
1122
01:14:09,317 --> 01:14:12,251
so I had access to all
of the black programs
in those days.
1123
01:14:12,286 --> 01:14:14,460
We know perfectly well
there's nothing like that
1124
01:14:14,495 --> 01:14:17,567
behind the scenes
or even on the drawing boards.
1125
01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:22,296
NARRATOR: Senator Harry Reid,
who instigated
1126
01:14:22,330 --> 01:14:25,333
the secret
Pentagon UFO program,
1127
01:14:25,368 --> 01:14:28,025
confirmed what nuclear
launch officers
1128
01:14:28,060 --> 01:14:30,304
have been
reporting for decades.
1129
01:14:32,237 --> 01:14:35,067
NARRATOR: UFOs have interfered
with our country's
1130
01:14:35,101 --> 01:14:37,518
most powerful weapons.
1131
01:14:43,455 --> 01:14:45,284
Did you have anybody
1132
01:14:45,319 --> 01:14:48,322
in the Defense Department,
the Pentagon,
1133
01:14:48,356 --> 01:14:53,775
pull you aside,
bend your ear and say,
"Why are you doing this?"
1134
01:14:53,810 --> 01:14:55,432
They did everything they could
1135
01:14:55,467 --> 01:14:57,779
to stop the program
from going forward.
1136
01:14:57,814 --> 01:15:01,576
They gave the person that came
in initially such a bad time.
1137
01:15:01,611 --> 01:15:03,544
He's fortunate to have
hung on to his job
1138
01:15:03,578 --> 01:15:05,373
because people tried
to get rid of him,
1139
01:15:05,408 --> 01:15:08,687
because they wanted nothing
to do with this.
1140
01:15:08,721 --> 01:15:13,001
The Defense Intelligence Agency
was one of the worst.
1141
01:15:13,036 --> 01:15:14,520
They drug their feet,
1142
01:15:14,555 --> 01:15:17,213
even though there was
one of their senior scientists
1143
01:15:17,247 --> 01:15:19,042
thought they should look
at this.
1144
01:15:19,076 --> 01:15:22,045
And remember,
all we're saying...
1145
01:15:22,079 --> 01:15:25,704
Nobody has to agree
why it's there.
1146
01:15:25,738 --> 01:15:28,638
But shouldn't we at least
be spending some money
1147
01:15:28,672 --> 01:15:30,674
to study all these phenomenon?
1148
01:15:30,709 --> 01:15:34,782
Shouldn't we study this stuff?
The answer is yes.
1149
01:15:34,816 --> 01:15:36,611
And that's all this was about,
1150
01:15:36,646 --> 01:15:41,513
and why the federal government,all these years, has covered up,
1151
01:15:41,547 --> 01:15:45,241
put brake pads on everything.
Stopped it.
1152
01:15:45,275 --> 01:15:48,623
I think it's very, very bad
for our country.
1153
01:15:54,215 --> 01:15:56,217
I interviewed Gordon Cooper,
1154
01:15:56,252 --> 01:15:58,944
Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper,back in the '90s.
1155
01:15:58,978 --> 01:16:00,911
REPORTER: Cooper said on camera
1156
01:16:00,946 --> 01:16:04,294
that there was
a landed UFO circa 1957
1157
01:16:04,329 --> 01:16:06,641
at Edwards Air Force Base.
His camera crew captured
1158
01:16:06,676 --> 01:16:08,333
the filming of this object,
1159
01:16:08,367 --> 01:16:12,751
and he presented this
to the higher-ups
1160
01:16:12,785 --> 01:16:15,409
and eventually, a courier jet
came in from Washington.
1161
01:16:15,443 --> 01:16:17,963
He handed the footage over,
which was good, he viewed it--
1162
01:16:17,997 --> 01:16:19,654
-That's the last he saw of it.
-Exactly.
1163
01:16:19,689 --> 01:16:21,415
REPORTER: Did you know
where that footage went
1164
01:16:21,449 --> 01:16:24,072
of the flying saucer
that landed on the...
1165
01:16:24,107 --> 01:16:26,178
Went to Washington.
That's all that I know.
1166
01:16:26,212 --> 01:16:28,387
REPORTER: Did you ever keep
in touch with anybody about it
or discuss it?
1167
01:16:28,422 --> 01:16:31,528
How would I keep in touch
with anybody about it?
1168
01:16:31,563 --> 01:16:34,324
There's no way
within the military
or within the government
1169
01:16:34,359 --> 01:16:37,327
of keeping track of something
that is classified.
1170
01:16:37,362 --> 01:16:40,054
REPORTER: Did you try to go
after stuff like this?
1171
01:16:40,088 --> 01:16:42,298
We did. We have. It's there.
1172
01:16:42,332 --> 01:16:47,303
Are you saying that
there's some evidence that's...
1173
01:16:47,337 --> 01:16:49,684
REPORTER: Still hasn't seen
the light of day?
1174
01:16:50,892 --> 01:16:54,137
I'm saying most of it
hasn't seen the light of day.
1175
01:16:59,073 --> 01:17:01,144
MELLON:
Astronaut Cooper had spoken
1176
01:17:01,178 --> 01:17:03,491
with the President
at a Cabinet meeting.
1177
01:17:03,526 --> 01:17:05,838
He raised this
with Secretary Cohen.
1178
01:17:05,873 --> 01:17:09,152
And then Cohen's office
called me and asked me
1179
01:17:09,186 --> 01:17:12,189
to pursue this
and chase it down.
1180
01:17:15,641 --> 01:17:19,127
The Air Force colonel that I
spoke with got very frustrated,
1181
01:17:19,162 --> 01:17:22,027
and when I asked him
what happened to all
of these records, he said,
1182
01:17:22,061 --> 01:17:25,824
"Well, that was all cleaned up
or thrown out to save space,"
1183
01:17:25,858 --> 01:17:26,963
something like that.
1184
01:17:26,997 --> 01:17:30,415
It sounded ludicrous,
but that's what he told me.
1185
01:17:32,555 --> 01:17:36,662
If there is some
recovered debris, say...
1186
01:17:37,663 --> 01:17:41,287
It is so deeply buried
and squirreled away
1187
01:17:41,322 --> 01:17:46,396
that it's outside of those
normal oversight processes,
1188
01:17:46,431 --> 01:17:49,779
and that's where
there's a problem in this area.
1189
01:17:56,441 --> 01:17:58,581
NARRATOR:
Dr. Jacques Vallee
has collected
1190
01:17:58,615 --> 01:18:01,825
purported metal debris
from UFO cases
1191
01:18:01,860 --> 01:18:05,035
dating as far back as 1947
1192
01:18:05,070 --> 01:18:09,419
that experts are analyzing in a state-of-the-art laboratory.
1193
01:18:09,454 --> 01:18:13,319
The breakthrough has come
with the invention of a machine
1194
01:18:13,354 --> 01:18:16,771
that enables usto look at the atomic structure,
1195
01:18:16,806 --> 01:18:18,152
and at that point,
1196
01:18:18,186 --> 01:18:21,431
the atomic structure
is impossible to fake.
1197
01:18:21,466 --> 01:18:25,504
This device is a multi-parameterion beam imager.
1198
01:18:25,539 --> 01:18:29,163
NARRATOR: Dr. Garry Nolan,
a Stanford microbiologist,
1199
01:18:29,197 --> 01:18:33,547
is using a revolutionary
three-dimensional
imaging device
1200
01:18:33,581 --> 01:18:39,242
to analyze the samples right down to their individual atoms.
1201
01:18:39,276 --> 01:18:41,796
When Dr. Nolan placed
some of the fragments
1202
01:18:41,831 --> 01:18:44,247
in the vacuum chamber
of his instrument,
1203
01:18:44,281 --> 01:18:47,284
he was astonished
to find their composition
1204
01:18:47,319 --> 01:18:49,459
was unlike any known metal.
1205
01:18:49,494 --> 01:18:54,533
Just one spot and the isotopic
composition all the way across.
1206
01:18:54,568 --> 01:18:56,397
NARRATOR: No matter
where he looked
1207
01:18:56,432 --> 01:18:58,572
in the sample's
jumble of elements,
1208
01:18:58,606 --> 01:19:02,403
whether magnesium, iron,
nickel or titanium,
1209
01:19:02,438 --> 01:19:06,476
the ratio of isotopes
didn't make any sense.
1210
01:19:06,511 --> 01:19:11,481
If you're talking about
an advanced material
from an advanced civilization,
1211
01:19:11,516 --> 01:19:12,758
you're talking about
something that...
1212
01:19:12,793 --> 01:19:15,140
I'll just call it
an ultra-material, right?
1213
01:19:15,174 --> 01:19:17,660
It's something
which has properties
1214
01:19:17,694 --> 01:19:20,973
where somebody
is putting it together,
1215
01:19:21,008 --> 01:19:22,699
again, at the atomic scale.
1216
01:19:22,734 --> 01:19:28,636
So we're building our world
with 80 elements.
1217
01:19:28,671 --> 01:19:31,121
Somebody else is building
the world
1218
01:19:31,156 --> 01:19:34,608
with 253 different isotopes.
1219
01:19:36,644 --> 01:19:41,269
I intend to use the information
to try to build something.
1220
01:19:41,304 --> 01:19:43,237
Try to understand
a physical principle
1221
01:19:43,271 --> 01:19:44,859
that we don't know today.
1222
01:19:44,894 --> 01:19:48,760
This material was manufactured.
It's not natural.
1223
01:19:48,794 --> 01:19:53,316
It's not natural
to the materials
that we have around us
1224
01:19:53,350 --> 01:19:55,594
in the lab, or on the Earth.
1225
01:19:55,629 --> 01:19:58,632
It does not mean
that it was necessarily
1226
01:19:58,666 --> 01:20:01,497
made some place in outer space.
1227
01:20:01,531 --> 01:20:04,223
It just means that
it was manufactured
1228
01:20:04,258 --> 01:20:06,743
specially for
a particular purpose
1229
01:20:06,778 --> 01:20:10,022
that we don't understand,
and we want to understand it.
1230
01:20:17,651 --> 01:20:21,413
MELLON: There is an immense
array of unanswered questions.
1231
01:20:22,794 --> 01:20:26,970
When we observe
some of these craft doing,
1232
01:20:27,005 --> 01:20:29,179
think about the possibilities,
1233
01:20:29,214 --> 01:20:32,182
what we may
discover technologically,
1234
01:20:32,217 --> 01:20:34,219
how we might solve
the energy crisis,
1235
01:20:34,253 --> 01:20:36,670
how we might raise
our standards of living.
1236
01:20:38,534 --> 01:20:40,570
There is an urgent need,
in my view,
1237
01:20:40,605 --> 01:20:41,951
to get to the bottom of it.
1238
01:20:41,985 --> 01:20:44,436
We don't know
the origin of these vehicles
1239
01:20:44,470 --> 01:20:46,438
nor do we understand
the intent
1240
01:20:46,472 --> 01:20:49,061
of whoever
is controlling them.
1241
01:20:51,616 --> 01:20:55,343
NARRATOR: There are cases that
seem to go beyond encounters
1242
01:20:55,378 --> 01:20:57,518
with an advanced technology,
1243
01:20:57,553 --> 01:21:00,901
to contact with
an engaged intelligence.
1244
01:21:01,729 --> 01:21:05,561
Papua New Guinea. June, 1959
1245
01:21:05,595 --> 01:21:09,254
An Australian missionary
spots a large disc
1246
01:21:09,288 --> 01:21:12,464
hovering just 200 feet
off the ground
1247
01:21:12,498 --> 01:21:15,605
while standing
with 38 other people.
1248
01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:20,610
This solid-looking
object and...
Can you imagine?
1249
01:21:20,645 --> 01:21:23,509
What it's like
to look up in the sky
1250
01:21:23,544 --> 01:21:27,617
and see some figures
up there?
1251
01:21:27,652 --> 01:21:31,966
NARRATOR:
All were amazed to see
four small occupants
1252
01:21:32,001 --> 01:21:35,694
dressed in what looked
like black diving suits.
1253
01:21:35,729 --> 01:21:39,525
Figures walking about on top,
1254
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:43,322
and not the slightest noise
whatsoever.
1255
01:21:43,357 --> 01:21:46,153
And so we waved.
1256
01:21:47,154 --> 01:21:48,534
Wouldn't it be wonderful
1257
01:21:48,569 --> 01:21:52,297
if we could get this object
down onto the playing field?
1258
01:21:52,331 --> 01:21:54,437
And as we waved,
1259
01:21:54,471 --> 01:21:56,922
wondering whether
we'd get some recognition
1260
01:21:56,957 --> 01:21:58,406
and whether, perhaps,
1261
01:21:58,441 --> 01:22:00,926
they would understand
what we wanted,
1262
01:22:00,961 --> 01:22:03,757
they waved back.
1263
01:22:03,791 --> 01:22:06,656
NARRATOR: The encounter
lasted several hours
1264
01:22:06,691 --> 01:22:09,935
before the object
abruptly departed.
1265
01:22:09,970 --> 01:22:13,629
There was this amazingly
incredible speed
1266
01:22:13,663 --> 01:22:18,910
that the hovercraft
disappeared to nothing
1267
01:22:18,944 --> 01:22:22,534
across the bay in a matter
of a second or so.
1268
01:22:26,676 --> 01:22:28,540
NARRATOR: In 1994,
1269
01:22:28,574 --> 01:22:31,681
three days of sightings
across Zimbabwe
1270
01:22:31,716 --> 01:22:33,821
culminated in what
some believe
1271
01:22:33,856 --> 01:22:36,548
is the most significant
close encounter
1272
01:22:36,582 --> 01:22:38,515
in modern history.
1273
01:22:39,516 --> 01:22:41,898
Hundreds of people today
phoned the ZBC
1274
01:22:41,933 --> 01:22:44,418
and BBC correspondent
in Harare
1275
01:22:44,452 --> 01:22:49,872
saying they sighted
an unidentified flying object
last night.
1276
01:22:49,906 --> 01:22:52,081
We have some
eyewitness reports.
1277
01:22:53,116 --> 01:22:54,842
MAN: It almost seemed to be
under the cloud.
1278
01:22:54,877 --> 01:22:56,948
As it came past,
I noticed there's no noise,
1279
01:22:56,982 --> 01:22:59,640
and that's when I thought,
"Well, there's something
very odd here."
1280
01:22:59,675 --> 01:23:02,056
It was quite amazing.
It was beautiful.
1281
01:23:02,091 --> 01:23:06,647
They are saying that Jesus
is passing through Africa.
1282
01:23:06,682 --> 01:23:08,545
That's what they are saying.
1283
01:23:19,556 --> 01:23:22,456
TIM LEACH: We interviewed
about 64 children
1284
01:23:22,490 --> 01:23:23,768
in front of the camera.
1285
01:23:23,802 --> 01:23:25,562
UFO story that happens...
1286
01:23:25,597 --> 01:23:28,600
Just say exactly
what you want to say, okay?
1287
01:23:28,634 --> 01:23:31,914
Well, I was running
and playing,
1288
01:23:31,948 --> 01:23:34,710
and then I saw this maroon colorin the sky.
1289
01:23:34,744 --> 01:23:35,952
Why don't we follow it?
1290
01:23:35,987 --> 01:23:39,300
We saw this, like,
a silver thing down there.
1291
01:23:39,335 --> 01:23:41,751
It was a silver oval thing
1292
01:23:41,786 --> 01:23:44,340
that flew past really slowly.
1293
01:23:44,374 --> 01:23:47,792
I saw the bigger one
and the spaceship,
like, four or five of them.
1294
01:23:47,826 --> 01:23:49,725
It was red,
green and yellow.
1295
01:23:49,759 --> 01:23:50,967
There was this big ship.
1296
01:23:51,002 --> 01:23:53,694
It had these lights,
these patterns, and it flew.
1297
01:23:53,729 --> 01:23:56,455
I thought,
"No, it's not a UFO."
1298
01:23:56,490 --> 01:23:58,250
And then I looked
carefully at it,
1299
01:23:58,285 --> 01:23:59,286
and I thought, "Maybe."
1300
01:24:04,809 --> 01:24:06,534
NARRATOR:
Dozens of children said that
1301
01:24:06,569 --> 01:24:08,916
one or more
of the disc-shaped objects
1302
01:24:08,951 --> 01:24:12,333
landed just beyond
the far edge
of their playground.
1303
01:24:15,371 --> 01:24:17,580
The next thing they knew,
1304
01:24:17,614 --> 01:24:20,341
something was standing
next to it.
1305
01:24:24,069 --> 01:24:27,797
You saw him standing
by the silver thing.
1306
01:24:27,832 --> 01:24:29,592
And he had big eyes.
1307
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:36,357
He had a big head
and big black eyes,
1308
01:24:36,392 --> 01:24:38,566
and was dressed
in a black bodysuit.
1309
01:24:38,601 --> 01:24:40,361
They were wearing
pure black.
1310
01:24:40,396 --> 01:24:44,296
And I came down
and I saw the funny man
with his eyes here,
1311
01:24:44,331 --> 01:24:45,642
and I saw a spaceship,
1312
01:24:45,677 --> 01:24:48,162
and there were a few
little ones around it.
1313
01:24:54,272 --> 01:24:56,861
REPORTER:
How far away were you
when you saw him?
1314
01:24:56,895 --> 01:25:00,002
Not very far. Not very far.
About a meter away.
1315
01:25:00,036 --> 01:25:02,142
-A meter away? That close?
-Yes.
1316
01:25:05,145 --> 01:25:06,905
REPORTER:
And how big was the figure?
1317
01:25:06,940 --> 01:25:10,012
It was about
as big as a grade six.
1318
01:25:10,046 --> 01:25:11,634
Yeah, it's there!
1319
01:25:11,668 --> 01:25:15,293
I believe that the children
did see something.
1320
01:25:15,327 --> 01:25:19,953
I believe them
because normally
children don't lie.
1321
01:25:19,987 --> 01:25:22,472
I've always taught my children,
"Seeing is believing."
1322
01:25:22,507 --> 01:25:24,612
Unfortunately,
I didn't see. So...
1323
01:25:24,647 --> 01:25:26,097
[CHANTING IN LOCAL LANGUAGE]
1324
01:25:30,515 --> 01:25:31,792
NARRATOR:
This alleged encounter
1325
01:25:31,827 --> 01:25:34,243
caught the attention
of Pulitzer Prize-winning
1326
01:25:34,277 --> 01:25:37,694
Harvard psychiatrist,
Dr. John Mack.
1327
01:25:37,729 --> 01:25:39,420
It seemed that he was
looking at all of us.
1328
01:25:39,455 --> 01:25:42,630
What did it feel like
when he was looking at you?
1329
01:25:42,665 --> 01:25:44,149
It felt scared.
1330
01:25:44,184 --> 01:25:47,118
It felt scary?
What was scary about it?
1331
01:25:48,188 --> 01:25:50,121
Well, felt scared
1332
01:25:50,155 --> 01:25:54,297
because I've never seen
such a... person
like that before.
1333
01:25:54,332 --> 01:25:58,646
And I saw this... person.
1334
01:25:58,681 --> 01:26:01,408
And it had big eyes.
1335
01:26:01,442 --> 01:26:03,893
That's all I saw about it.
Big eyes.
1336
01:26:03,928 --> 01:26:07,172
-They had short legs
and quite a long top.
-Mmm-hmm.
1337
01:26:07,207 --> 01:26:08,898
With a big head
1338
01:26:08,933 --> 01:26:11,418
and eyes
that are bigger than ours.
1339
01:26:11,452 --> 01:26:14,283
How much bigger than ours?
1340
01:26:14,317 --> 01:26:15,560
Four or five times the size.
1341
01:26:15,594 --> 01:26:18,149
Four or five times
the size of ours?
1342
01:26:20,565 --> 01:26:21,911
And then I was looking
at him, right?
1343
01:26:21,946 --> 01:26:23,775
-Yes.
-Then he was looking
at me back.
1344
01:26:23,809 --> 01:26:25,604
How can I just keep on
looking at him?
1345
01:26:25,639 --> 01:26:27,848
So I had to stop
and I looked sideways.
1346
01:26:27,883 --> 01:26:29,988
But I was looking
straight into his eyes.
1347
01:26:30,023 --> 01:26:32,611
Well, he never said anything.
1348
01:26:32,646 --> 01:26:35,373
It's just the face
and the eyes.
1349
01:26:35,407 --> 01:26:38,997
Maybe they're trying
to communicate with us.
1350
01:26:39,032 --> 01:26:41,862
Show us something
which we don't know about.
1351
01:26:41,897 --> 01:26:44,382
I think they want... Um...
1352
01:26:46,384 --> 01:26:48,144
people to know that
1353
01:26:48,179 --> 01:26:51,699
we're actually making harm
on this world,
1354
01:26:51,734 --> 01:26:53,943
and we mustn't get
too technological.
1355
01:26:53,978 --> 01:26:56,221
We don't look
after the planet.
1356
01:26:56,256 --> 01:27:00,846
All the trees
will be cut down...
1357
01:27:00,881 --> 01:27:03,573
and there will be no air
and people will be dying.
1358
01:27:03,608 --> 01:27:07,474
Is this an idea
you have had before?
1359
01:27:07,508 --> 01:27:13,342
Or did this idea come to you
when you had this experience?
1360
01:27:15,206 --> 01:27:18,588
-When I had this experience.
-Mmm-hmm.
1361
01:27:18,623 --> 01:27:22,282
NARRATOR: For the first time
in nearly 20 years,
the Ariel schoolchildren
1362
01:27:22,316 --> 01:27:25,802
gathered from the four corners of the world
1363
01:27:25,837 --> 01:27:27,218
to talk to each other
1364
01:27:27,252 --> 01:27:28,840
about the experience
they shared
1365
01:27:28,874 --> 01:27:30,497
that September morning.
1366
01:27:30,531 --> 01:27:32,050
I remember something there...
1367
01:27:32,085 --> 01:27:35,088
One they all still
struggle to understand.
1368
01:27:35,122 --> 01:27:36,986
You know that it's moving,
but you...
1369
01:27:37,021 --> 01:27:39,092
SALMA SIDDICK:
I stand by what I saw.
1370
01:27:39,126 --> 01:27:43,855
There was no reason
for any of us.
1371
01:27:43,889 --> 01:27:45,684
to make that up.
1372
01:27:45,719 --> 01:27:48,480
EMMA JELIC KRISTIANSEN:
I've not spoken
to anybody about it.
1373
01:27:48,515 --> 01:27:49,861
Not because
I'm not proud of it,
1374
01:27:49,895 --> 01:27:53,382
but because I don't
want the... The stigma.
1375
01:27:55,315 --> 01:27:57,006
LISIL FIELD:
So it's something that
1376
01:27:57,041 --> 01:28:01,528
I've had to deal with
for 19-and-a-half years.
1377
01:28:03,081 --> 01:28:04,669
I don't wanna say
I felt like I knew it,
1378
01:28:04,703 --> 01:28:07,154
-but I knew that I didn't
have to be afraid of it.
-Yeah.
1379
01:28:07,189 --> 01:28:09,846
NARRATOR: They took us back
to the moment of contact.
1380
01:28:09,881 --> 01:28:11,917
Exactly how I felt.
Exactly...
1381
01:28:11,952 --> 01:28:15,128
The details
still seared into memory.
1382
01:28:15,162 --> 01:28:18,717
I was with one of the other
girls and saying to her,
1383
01:28:18,752 --> 01:28:20,857
"This is amazing."
1384
01:28:20,892 --> 01:28:23,860
We all were just
stopped in our tracks.
1385
01:28:25,069 --> 01:28:28,382
A little man appeared.
1386
01:28:28,417 --> 01:28:30,177
On top of the actual craft.
1387
01:28:30,212 --> 01:28:33,042
And that moment, for me,
was very distinct,
1388
01:28:33,077 --> 01:28:35,079
because I was like,
"That's not human."
1389
01:28:35,113 --> 01:28:38,220
Well, I was just completely
engulfed in these eyes.
1390
01:28:38,254 --> 01:28:41,223
The eyes, and in that moment,
however long it was,
1391
01:28:41,257 --> 01:28:43,639
'cause I have no idea
of the time frame,
1392
01:28:43,673 --> 01:28:45,158
it was just mesmerizing.
1393
01:28:45,192 --> 01:28:50,473
There was no talking.
Um... It's all just images
in the head.
1394
01:28:53,028 --> 01:28:55,030
Telepathic communication.
1395
01:28:56,065 --> 01:28:58,067
SIDDICK: They were trying
to communicate.
1396
01:28:58,102 --> 01:29:00,069
Trying to tell us something,
1397
01:29:00,104 --> 01:29:02,485
or something to do
with the environment.
1398
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:03,866
I kept getting
these thoughts
1399
01:29:03,900 --> 01:29:05,971
and ideas in my mind
of technology.
1400
01:29:06,006 --> 01:29:08,871
Technology is not helping,
technology is bad...
1401
01:29:12,012 --> 01:29:14,739
And we're going down
a wrong path,
1402
01:29:14,773 --> 01:29:16,568
and we have to start
recognizing that
1403
01:29:16,603 --> 01:29:19,502
what we're doing is detrimental
and we need to make changes.
1404
01:29:19,537 --> 01:29:24,024
And I don't know
what to do with that, or...
1405
01:29:26,061 --> 01:29:28,132
They were reaching out to us.
1406
01:29:28,166 --> 01:29:30,582
It was as if they wanted us
to go with them.
1407
01:29:32,343 --> 01:29:34,931
At that moment,
that was kind of
1408
01:29:34,966 --> 01:29:39,350
when I snapped
right out of the trance.
1409
01:29:39,384 --> 01:29:43,940
As soon as I broke contact,
all of those feelings,
technology, the bad,
1410
01:29:43,975 --> 01:29:45,977
the horribleness
that was happening
1411
01:29:46,011 --> 01:29:49,256
and going around my body
at the time went.
1412
01:29:49,291 --> 01:29:51,845
It's making me a bit anxious
being back here.
1413
01:29:51,879 --> 01:29:55,331
I can feel it right now.
I was scared.
1414
01:29:56,263 --> 01:29:58,990
They came running up here
in such a panic,
1415
01:29:59,024 --> 01:30:02,821
screaming, screaming... Ah!
Then we were here.
1416
01:30:02,856 --> 01:30:04,237
And a child
can't make that up.
1417
01:30:05,652 --> 01:30:07,861
SUSAN KRISTIANSEN:
So I was there when they
were interviewing them
1418
01:30:07,895 --> 01:30:10,174
and saw the way they were.
1419
01:30:10,208 --> 01:30:13,211
It was just a huge, big mess
and muddle-up
1420
01:30:13,246 --> 01:30:15,282
and just people everywhere.
1421
01:30:15,317 --> 01:30:17,905
Just ask them questions
straight off
1422
01:30:17,940 --> 01:30:19,286
without explaining
to the children
1423
01:30:19,321 --> 01:30:21,909
what they were doing
and why they were doing it.
1424
01:30:21,944 --> 01:30:23,221
It was chaos
1425
01:30:23,256 --> 01:30:26,293
in terms of the media frenzy
that was going on,
1426
01:30:26,328 --> 01:30:29,710
and us being so young,
and not even...
1427
01:30:31,160 --> 01:30:33,542
being allowed time
to comprehend
what we had seen.
1428
01:30:35,130 --> 01:30:36,959
Our teachers certainly
didn't believe us.
1429
01:30:36,993 --> 01:30:38,167
So, that was a big deal,
1430
01:30:38,202 --> 01:30:40,169
'cause we had to continue
going to school there.
1431
01:30:43,759 --> 01:30:46,831
NARRATOR:
We went back one last time
to the Ariel School
1432
01:30:46,865 --> 01:30:48,350
to meet with Judy Bates,
1433
01:30:48,384 --> 01:30:50,766
a teacher at the time
of the incident
1434
01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:53,044
and now the headmistress.
1435
01:30:53,078 --> 01:30:55,184
Something was weighing on her
1436
01:30:55,219 --> 01:30:58,083
that she wanted
to tell the children.
1437
01:30:58,118 --> 01:30:59,706
Yeah, I said
I wanted to apologize.
1438
01:30:59,740 --> 01:31:02,329
I should have taken more notice.
1439
01:31:02,364 --> 01:31:06,161
But I didn't.
I was more concerned
about me and not them.
1440
01:31:06,195 --> 01:31:10,199
And what was going on
in my own sort of experience.
1441
01:31:10,234 --> 01:31:12,443
Well, that's what... Yeah.
1442
01:31:15,756 --> 01:31:20,036
INTERVIEWER:
And if you could summarize
in just one sentence
1443
01:31:20,071 --> 01:31:23,039
what took place September 1994
1444
01:31:23,074 --> 01:31:26,008
here at Ariel School,
Ruwa, Zimbabwe,
1445
01:31:26,042 --> 01:31:27,975
what would you say?
1446
01:31:28,010 --> 01:31:30,702
Aliens visited us. [CHUCKLES]
1447
01:31:30,737 --> 01:31:32,359
And that's about it, yeah.
1448
01:31:32,394 --> 01:31:34,154
That's why if you believe it,
you believe it.
1449
01:31:34,189 --> 01:31:36,087
If you don't, well...
1450
01:31:40,436 --> 01:31:42,611
NARRATOR:We find ourselves
confronted with something
1451
01:31:42,645 --> 01:31:47,236
that challenges our very
understanding of reality.
1452
01:31:47,271 --> 01:31:51,206
We may be sharing this
fragile blue-green oasis
1453
01:31:51,240 --> 01:31:53,829
with an unknown other.
1454
01:31:53,863 --> 01:31:57,833
One with a mysterious
relationship to humanity,
1455
01:31:57,867 --> 01:32:01,699
and its own interest
in our world.
1456
01:32:02,907 --> 01:32:05,254
And if you saw him again,
what would you do?
1457
01:32:05,289 --> 01:32:07,808
I'll ask him
what is he doing on Earth,
1458
01:32:07,843 --> 01:32:09,810
and what does he want with us.
1459
01:33:45,561 --> 01:33:49,324
There were well-observed
UFO cases,
1460
01:33:49,358 --> 01:33:52,844
just like modern cases,
in the 18th century.
1461
01:33:52,879 --> 01:33:54,570
In the 17th century.
1462
01:33:54,605 --> 01:33:55,640
There was science.
1463
01:33:55,675 --> 01:33:58,402
There were astronomers,
they had telescopes,
1464
01:33:58,436 --> 01:34:00,818
and they were
very good observers
1465
01:34:00,852 --> 01:34:04,442
because their life depended
on being good observers.
1466
01:34:04,477 --> 01:34:07,514
And these observations come
from all over the world.
1467
01:34:08,998 --> 01:34:10,828
They just have been forgotten.
1468
01:34:37,372 --> 01:34:42,307
I like to think of anomalies,
mysteries, as opportunities,
1469
01:34:42,342 --> 01:34:44,620
and we'll go
after those mysteries,
1470
01:34:44,655 --> 01:34:47,589
take the torch
away from the campfire,
1471
01:34:47,623 --> 01:34:50,523
and out of the cave,
into the darkness
1472
01:34:50,557 --> 01:34:52,939
and make some
amazing discoveries.
1473
01:35:15,168 --> 01:35:19,344
The UFO phenomenon as studied
by my colleagues and myself,
1474
01:35:19,379 --> 01:35:22,693
bespeaks the action of
some form of intelligence.
1475
01:35:35,533 --> 01:35:37,742
[SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE]
1476
01:36:00,075 --> 01:36:02,940
These objects
gave the impression
1477
01:36:02,974 --> 01:36:04,976
that they wanted to be seen...
1478
01:36:06,184 --> 01:36:09,256
with these enormous spotlights.
1479
01:36:09,291 --> 01:36:12,639
There was no way that
they were trying to hide.
1480
01:36:12,674 --> 01:36:15,504
So why?
That is the main question.
1481
01:36:15,539 --> 01:36:18,852
Why do these objects
want to be seen?
1482
01:36:40,253 --> 01:36:43,290
Later on, I was so sorry
1483
01:36:43,325 --> 01:36:47,536
that why I did not call
on the radio.
1484
01:36:47,571 --> 01:36:50,712
Ask them, "Who are you?
1485
01:36:50,746 --> 01:36:55,544
"Please,
make communication with us."
1486
01:37:12,596 --> 01:37:15,184
I figure if they're smart
enough and capable enough
1487
01:37:15,219 --> 01:37:17,566
[CHUCKLES]
to come into our airspace
1488
01:37:17,601 --> 01:37:19,257
with the technology
that they have,
1489
01:37:19,292 --> 01:37:22,122
if they wanted to do us in,
they could have done us in
a long time ago.
1490
01:37:22,157 --> 01:37:24,711
So, I'm not fearful
of this at all.
1491
01:37:34,479 --> 01:37:36,654
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
1492
01:38:35,679 --> 01:38:37,577
Every once in a while
one of them goes, zip!
1493
01:38:37,612 --> 01:38:39,096
It went like a bat out of hell.
1494
01:38:39,130 --> 01:38:41,926
Jumped about ten degrees
to the right. Just like this.
1495
01:38:41,961 --> 01:38:45,309
I've never seen anything
go so fast in my life
as that thing went.
1496
01:38:45,343 --> 01:38:48,830
Incredible speed.
Disappeared to nothing.
1497
01:38:48,864 --> 01:38:52,454
And just went, zoom,
straight up so fast.
1498
01:38:52,488 --> 01:38:54,318
It's like it had been
shot out of a gun. Wham!
1499
01:38:54,352 --> 01:38:56,527
Now you see it,
now you don't. It just...
1500
01:38:56,561 --> 01:38:58,218
But it just was, poof!
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