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January 8, 2008.
Stephenville, Texas.
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Three friends are enjoying
a crisp, clear winter evening.
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The fun will not last for long.
Steve Allen is a local
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pilot in Stephenville.
His buddy, Mike, invites him
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and another friend over
and the three of them are
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hanging around a bonfire
just chatting and
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enjoying the sunset.
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As a pilot,
it's natural for Steve
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to constantly be scanning
the skies.
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He's the first person to notice
something strange up there.
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He immediately points it out
to his friends,
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Mike and Lance.
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From the East they see
what appears to be
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a giant object
with four lights.
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The lights are intensely bright.
Steve compares them
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to a magnesium flare.
That's how bright they are.
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The lights appear
to be moving at an extremely
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high rate of speed.
Although the object is moving
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incredibly fast,
it makes absolutely no sound.
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Suddenly, the lights come to
a dead stop over Stephenville.
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And this is when some really
weird things happen.
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The lights change formation
several times.
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The two columns of light
burst into flames.
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And then, they disappear.
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They don't fade in the distance.
They don't streak out of sight.
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They simply and completely
disappear.
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All three men
are amazed and alarmed
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by what they have
just witnessed.
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Lance is terrified
by what he's just seen.
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Without so much as a goodbye,
he jumps in his truck
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and takes off.
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Steve and Mike
rush into the house
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to tell Mike's wife, Claudette,
what they've witnessed.
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Claudette's not sure what
to make of the story,
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so she decides
to pick up the phone
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and call Lance.
When Lance answers the phone,
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he's driving down the highway.
And he can see the object
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coming back towards them.
He tells Claudette
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to run outside.
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And this time, the object
is closer and lower
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than the first time they saw it.
It feels up close and personal.
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And then, two F-16s fly by,
apparently in hot pursuit.
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They all watch in amazement
as the object and the jets
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travel out of sight.
This is just the
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beginning of what will become
one of the most famous UFO
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flaps in history.
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Year after year,
these types of sightings
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consistently appear
in the skies over Texas.
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What makes the Lone Star State
such a lightning rod
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for these UFO encounters?
Hangar 1 looks for answers...
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right now.
The Mutual UFO Network,
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known as "MUFON,"
is an independent organization
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not bound to any government.
They investigate reports
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of UFO sightings
from around the world.
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Over the past five decades,
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they have collected more than
70,000 files.
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Stored at a secured location
known as "Hangar 1."
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Now, MUFON is granting access
to their vast archive.
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These are the files
of Hangar 1.
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They say everything
is bigger in Texas.
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The hats,
the belt buckles, the cattle.
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Even the UFO sightings.
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And the Stephenville incident
that began with local pilot
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Steve Allen
is no exception.
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The day after the sightings,
Steve begins a quest
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to try to figure out
what he saw.
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He first contacts the local
Stephenville airport
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to see if they have
any information.
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They reach out to Ft. Worth,
but none of the airports
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seem to have any answers.
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Steve's next step is to reach
out to the local newspaper
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to see if they had
anyone else
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who might've reported
the sightings.
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A local reporter decides
to investigate Steve's story.
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And suddenly,
witnesses start coming forward.
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It turns out,
a lot of people in the area
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witnessed strange lights
that night.
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MUFON investigators
learn of the sightings.
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And launch a full-scale
investigation.
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The phone of the MUFON
Texas State director
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began ringing off the hook.
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Everyone wanted answers.
We set up a team of
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investigators
that began interviewing
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witnesses.
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Seventeen different
witnesses come forward
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to report sightings.
What I love about
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the Stephenville story
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is multiple eyewitness accounts
of the same object,
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the same scenario,
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the same descriptions,
there's credibility all over it.
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These are large,
clear sightings
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that are seen by, you know,
police officers
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and scientists and citizens of
all walks of life.
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I see these kind of events
as displays.
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They're displays.
They're like peacocks spreading
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their feathers.
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Armed with a mountain
of eyewitness testimony,
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MUFON investigators
search for hard evidence.
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Because multiple witnesses
had reported seeing
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jets chasing after the UFO,
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investigators reached out
to the military
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to try to get some answers.
Stephenville is
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in the vicinity of three
different Air Force bases.
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So residents are familiar
with how military jets
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look and sound.
And yet, when the military was
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initially contacted,
they denied having
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any jets in the area
or knowledge of
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unusual activity.
Stonewalled
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by the military,
MUFON investigators turn
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to local radar data.
MUFON investigators were able
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to collect radar data
from the FAA from
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multiple radar stations
in the surrounding area.
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And the information they
uncovered was astounding.
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Radar data proved there
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were unidentified objects
in the area during the time
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of the sightings.
But that's not all.
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The data also reveals there was
a potential target.
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One UFO
was headed directly towards
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restricted airspace.
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And this isn't just any
restricted airspace.
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This is the Crawford Ranch,
the vacation home of President
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George W. Bush.
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What was this UFO doing
over the area?
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Was it specifically interested
in President Bush?
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Radar data from the
night of January 8, 2008, also
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shows an unusually high volume
of military aircraft
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in the area.
Radar data reveals
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not one, not two,
but ten different military jets
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in the area during the time
of the sighting.
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When first asked,
the military denied having
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any aircraft in the area,
and any knowledge
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of unusual circumstances.
Now, with indisputable evidence,
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the military recants their
original statement,
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and claims that they did, in
fact, have military aircraft
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in the area, but were simply
running a training operation.
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Were the military
aircraft dispatched to protect
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the President's ranch?
Any pilot knows
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that if you cross over
into that restricted airspace,
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you're either gonna be
forced down or shot down.
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But the object
was moving so fast,
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that it was through
the restricted airspace
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and gone
in the blink of an eye.
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Was this UFO dangerous?
Are all of these military jets
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launched for defense
or was there another reason
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why this UFO and these jets
were in the air
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around the same time?
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I'm not at all
surprised by this encounter.
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I know for a fact
that jets had been scrambled
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to try and get them
and they could never get
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close enough to them.
They had free reign
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over what they did
and where they showed up.
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As many times as
we've scrambled jets,
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to try and stop them,
we've never been able
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to pin them down.
The events
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surrounding
the Stephenville sightings
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remain a mystery.
But as we explore other
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extraordinary Texas encounters,
new pieces
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of the puzzle emerge.
Up next: UFOs shut down
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vehicles,
leaving motorists terrified
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and helpless.
They're showing us
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that they're here.
They want us to know
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that they're here.
The remarkable story
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of the Levelland Landings,
when Hangar 1 returns.
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The Lone Star State
is no stranger to UFOs.
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But why is it such a hotbed of
unexplained phenomena?
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Perhaps, additional clues
can be found
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in another Texas case file.
One where the UFOs
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prove to be more than
just lights in the sky.
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Levelland, Texas.
November 2, 1957.
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Two immigrant farm workers,
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Pedro Saucedo and Joe Salaz,
call the Levelland police
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department
regarding a UFO sighting.
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Officer A.J. Fowler
is manning the night desk
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at the police station.
And this is the beginning
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of what is about to be
a very strange night.
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Pedro and Joe
are driving four miles West
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of Levelland
when they see a blue flash
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of light near the road.
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Suddenly, their engine dies,
and the vehicle
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rolls to a stop.
At that moment, a strange object
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approaches them.
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When the object moves
away from the vehicle,
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the engine restarts.
Saucedo immediately
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calls the police.
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Officer Fowler thinks
he's dealing with a crank call.
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So he ignores it.
But an hour later,
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he gets another call.
Jim Wheeler is
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four miles East of Levelland
when he reports
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a brilliantly-lit
egg-shaped object sitting
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in the road, blocking his path.
And like Pedro,
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he claims his vehicle dies.
As he gets out of the car,
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the object takes off
and at the same time,
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the object's lights disappear.
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Once again,
the car restarts
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after the object is gone.
First, Pedro and Joe.
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Then Jim Wheeler, then the calls
just start rolling in.
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A married couple driving
Northeast of Levelland.
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A motorist 11 miles
North of town.
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A Texas Tech college student
ten miles East of town.
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Boom, boom, boom.
The calls keep coming.
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All of these motorists
have similar stories.
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"A strange object in the road."
Their engines cut out.
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When the object flies off,
their engines start up again.
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By this time,
the Levelland police department
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is actively investigating
the situation.
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Officer Fowler alerts
on-duty officers
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to the situation.
The local sheriff and one of
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his deputies begin monitoring
Officer Fowler's reports
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and tracking the object.
Around 1:30 A.M.,
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they have their own encounter.
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A large glowing object
passes across the highway
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in front of them.
The officers claim
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the entire highway
is lit up below
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the sun-like object.
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The Levelland
police department received
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a total of 15 calls that night.
And reports would continue
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to trickle in
for the next several days.
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The Levelland case
is considered by UFOlogists
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to be one of the most impressive
in UFO history.
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Mainly because it wasn't
just a light in the sky
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seen by one or two witnesses.
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But something that landed,
and the object, whatever it was,
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interacted with the environment.
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This sounds like
an EMP to me.
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An electromagnetic pulse weapon
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that shuts down motors.
It doesn't kill the people.
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They're showing us
that they're here.
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They want us to know
that they're here.
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The local newspaper
runs the story, which is
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then picked up nationwide.
Project Blue Book
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then dispatches
an Air Force sergeant
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to investigate.
The Air Force sergeant
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heard that there had been
thunderstorms in the surrounding
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area earlier that morning.
He decided to focus on this
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and announced
that a phenomenon called
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"ball lightning" had occurred.
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So ball lightning is a real
phenomenon that exists.
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Um, we just don't really
understand what it is.
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It's one of those interesting
atmospheric effects
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that generally occurs
in thunderstorms
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after lightning strikes.
And it basically
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is what it sounds like.
It's a glowing ball of light
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and electrical discharge
and energy.
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If you've ever seen
a plasma ball in the store,
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that's sort of, I think,
a good image of what it is.
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But not everyone
is convinced
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of the Air Force's
official findings.
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Dr. J. Allen Hynek
was an astronomer
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at Northwestern University,
and one of the top
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scientific consultants
to Project Blue Book.
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After doing his own
investigation,
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he claimed the sightings
could not be attributed
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to ball lightning.
First of all, ball lightning
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is not very large.
But in each of the sightings,
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the object was big enough
to block the road.
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Second, ball lightning is not
known to have the ability
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to shut off car engines.
Despite what the Air Force
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sergeant heard,
there was no rain or lightning
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in the vicinity of Levelland
at the time of the sightings.
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It appears
the military's report
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does not reflect all the facts.
Despite these omissions,
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the case is closed.
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Up next:
the nation takes notice
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when one of the most famous
Texas UFO sightings
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is caught on film.
When I was a kid,
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one of the first images
of UFOs that I ever saw
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were the Lubbock Lights.
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And I thought this was amazing.
The incredible story
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when we return.
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Texas is home to some
of the most intriguing
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UFO cases in history.
Do these mass UFO sightings
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fall within a particular area
creating a geographical
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pattern?
One particular case
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may hold some important clues.
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Lubbock, Texas.
August 25, 1951.
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Around 9:00 P.M.,
three professors
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from Texas Tech University
were hanging out in one
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of the professor's backyards.
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There was a chemical engineer,
a petroleum engineer
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and a geologist.
So you have
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three scientists here.
The men have
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actually gotten together
to study meteors. So their eyes
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are trained on the sky.
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Suddenly, they see 20 to 30
bright lights roughly the size
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of dinner plates,
flying in a "U" formation.
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The objects are moving fast
across the sky.
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The men immediately rule out
the objects as meteors.
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And as they're discussing what
the lights might be,
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another group of lights,
similar to the first,
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flies overhead.
The professors reach
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out to the Air Force
for answers.
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The professors check with
Air Force personnel,
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but there was no traffic
in the air that night.
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Not sure what to make of this,
they shared their story
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with a local newspaper.
Once their story's
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published in the newspaper,
multiple witnesses
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start coming forward
with similar stories.
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Very bright, very big lights,
arranged in a boomerang
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formation,
flying across the sky,
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and never making a sound.
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Sightings continue
from August to November
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of 1951.
The professors are intrigued.
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And decide to investigate
further.
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They formed a watch group
and set up a schedule
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to watch the skies.
Between the original sighting
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in August,
and sometime in November,
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hundreds of these observers
around Lubbock
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saw as many as three flights
in one night.
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Then, on the night
of August 30th,
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new evidence
of the Lubbock Lights
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is captured.
A Texas Tech student
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by the name of Carl Hart, Jr.
attempts to photograph
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the lights.
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He witnesses two different
flights that night.
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One at 5:30 P.M., and the other
around 10:30 P.M.
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He takes photos both times
with his 35 mm camera.
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In each of the photos
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you can see anywhere from
18 to 20 lights
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arranged in a boomerang
formation.
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The local newspaper
publishes the photos.
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And they begin circulating
throughout the country.
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When I was a kid,
one of the first images
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of UFOs that I ever saw
were the Lubbock Lights.
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And I thought this was amazing.
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Eventually, the Air Force gets
their hands on the photos.
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They're actually given
to Captain Edward Ruppelt.
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Edward J. Ruppelt was
a US Air Force captain.
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He's most famous as being
the head of Project Blue Book.
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The Air Force had had several
investigative bodies
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that investigated UFOs
going back to 1947.
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The first one
being Project Sign,
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which went up until 1949.
Which was then succeeded by
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Project Grudge,
and then 1952 that became
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Project Blue Book.
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Captain Ruppelt, now
working under Project Grudge,
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travels to Lubbock
to investigate further.
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He finds a local man who
mentions seeing one night
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the reflection of the newly
installed city streetlights
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bouncing off the white bellies
of a few plover birds flying by.
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This gives Ruppelt,
and the Air Force,
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a natural phenomenon
to explain away the silence.
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And they jump on it.
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They issue a statement
that the newly installed
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vapor streetlights were bouncing
off the undersides of the birds
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as they flew overhead.
Case closed.
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In an effort
to test this theory,
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a photographer
at the local paper
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attempts to recreate
Hart's photos
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using plover birds flying over
the city at night.
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His photos are nowhere close
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to Hart's photos.
The reflection off the birds are
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way too dim to see anything.
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A federal wildlife game warden
also rules out the plovers
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as a cause of the sightings.
He notes that the birds can only
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fly around 50 miles per hour.
Much slower than the movements
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of the lights.
Not to mention the fact
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that you can hear the birds
when they fly.
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The residents of
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Lubbock are also not satisfied
by the Air Force's findings
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and demand answers.
When MUFON investigators
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start digging,
they expose shocking
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revelations.
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At MUFON's Midwest
UFO Conference in 1971,
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a presentation was given about
the way the government
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documents UFO cases.
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It was discovered
that in some instances,
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Project Grudge created
two different reports
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for the same UFO file.
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One secret report
and one public report.
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And they did this for
the Lubbock Lights case.
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The public report
basically said that these lights
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were nothing more
than a flock of birds
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and that we were seeing
reflections off of their bodies
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reflected off of streetlights
below them.
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But the secret report
was saying other things.
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Like we really need to figure
out what this thing was.
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The secret report
reveals the findings
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of both the photographer at
the paper and the game warden.
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And it concludes that
the objects in Hart's
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photographs are definitely
not birds.
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It's very troubling
when you think about it.
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The government is flat-out lying
to the public
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about its findings.
Who knows
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what else they're lying about?
The dots connecting
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these historic UFO sightings
are starting
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to reveal a pattern.
As MUFON investigators
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continue to dig deeper
into Texas' most unusual
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UFO cases.
Coming up:
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Victims of a close encounter
with a UFO
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sue the federal government
for damages.
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Details of the case
when we return.
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Hangar 1
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has opened its files
to some of Texas' most
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extraordinary cases.
This next incident may be one
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of the most shocking yet.
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Huffman, Texas.
December 29, 1980.
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Betty Cash
and Vickie Landrum,
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along with Vickie's
seven-year-old grandson Colby
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are on their way home
from dinner.
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At about 9:00 P.M.,
they're in the dense woods
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00:24:18,834 --> 00:24:22,213
of Huffman, Texas,
on an isolated two-lane road.
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They see a light
above the trees
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and initially think
it's just an airplane
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approaching the Houston
Intercontinental Airport.
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A few minutes later,
the same light is now much
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closer and very bright.
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00:24:42,608 --> 00:24:45,277
This giant,
diamond-shaped object
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is hovering at about
treetop level,
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00:24:47,905 --> 00:24:50,324
right in front of them.
It's illuminated
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in this bright light
and flames are flooding out
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from the bottom of it.
It's giving off
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significant heat.
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Both Cash and Landrum get out of
the car to inspect the object.
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Colby, however, is terrified.
Landrum quickly has
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to return to the car
to comfort the frantic child.
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But Cash remains outside,
mesmerized by the bizarre sight.
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The heat coming from
the object is intense.
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Cash had to use her coat
to protect her hand
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from being burned
by the door handle.
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Suddenly,
new aircraft come into view.
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A group of CH47 Chinook
helicopters surround the object
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in a tight formation.
Cash and Landrum watch as
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the object and the helicopters
fly off into the distance.
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It's not just an unidentified
flying object,
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there are some identified flying
objects in this same event.
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They're right there
in the same proximity.
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They seem to be
escorting it somehow.
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I see a blur...
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... between what might
be completely extraterrestrial,
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or what might be, perhaps,
human and extraterrestrial
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happening there.
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Unfortunately
for the witnesses,
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the incident doesn't end there.
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All three of them
suffer from nausea,
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vomiting, diarrhea,
generalized weakness,
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and a burning sensation
in their eyes.
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00:26:42,645 --> 00:26:44,772
Landrum continues to have
intermittent outbreaks
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throughout her life.
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00:26:46,148 --> 00:26:48,943
Cash, however, who spent
the most amount of time
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outside the car, her symptoms
actually get worse.
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Cash winds up
being hospitalized
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for several weeks.
She can't walk.
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She loses large patches of skin.
She loses her hair.
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00:27:04,291 --> 00:27:07,920
These large, painful blisters
form on her skin.
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And her eyes swell shut.
Landrum and Cash
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reach out
to several UFO organizations,
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00:27:14,927 --> 00:27:19,265
including MUFON, for help.
MUFON submits the witnesses'
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medical records
to a radiologist,
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00:27:21,434 --> 00:27:24,437
who, after examining them,
believes there's strong evidence
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that the patients have suffered
secondary damage
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to ionizing radiation.
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And there was possibly
an infrared or ultraviolet
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component as well.
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Something like a UFO
that's traveled here,
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00:27:37,283 --> 00:27:41,996
presumably, it has a very
powerful, strong energy source.
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It's probably using something
similar to our nuclear reactors,
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maybe of a different design.
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And it could be leaking
radiation in a way that
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would expose people to it
and then have
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severe effects on them.
Suddenly, you're experiencing
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00:27:59,096 --> 00:28:02,016
rapid cell damage,
through hair falling out
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or even something
as extreme as cancer.
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00:28:04,685 --> 00:28:09,482
A few months later,
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Vickie Landrum and her grandson
have a chance encounter
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with another possible witness.
Landrum and her grandson
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see a CH47 flying into Dayton.
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They wind up being able
to approach the helicopter
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and talk with the pilot.
And the pilot makes
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an interesting comment.
He claims that he was
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in the area once before
in order to check on a UFO that
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was in trouble near Huffman.
Landrum says she's really glad
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to run into him,
because she had been one of
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the people burned by that UFO.
When the pilot hears this,
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he clams up. He kicks them
out of the helicopter
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and refuses to say
another word to them.
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00:28:48,979 --> 00:28:51,899
Betty Cash
and Vickie Landrum
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00:28:52,024 --> 00:28:55,403
decide it's time
to take their case directly
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to the US government.
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The Chinook helicopter
suggests at least one branch
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of the military may somehow
be connected to this UFO.
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And yet, when the Department
of the Army Inspector General
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interviews Cash and Landrum,
he says there's no evidence
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00:29:11,752 --> 00:29:14,213
that the helicopters belonged
to the US Armed Forces.
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Eventually,
Cash and Landrum hire a lawyer
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and file a complaint against
the US government
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for $20 million.
There was a lot of effort
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by investigators to find out
where the helicopters came from.
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But no bases anywhere near
the Houston area
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claimed to have helicopters
in the air that night.
490
00:29:36,819 --> 00:29:39,113
The only base that even
acknowledged having
491
00:29:39,196 --> 00:29:42,241
a large patrol of helicopters
was Gray Army Airfield,
492
00:29:42,325 --> 00:29:43,743
located at Fort Hood.
493
00:29:46,037 --> 00:29:47,747
The lawsuit
of Cash and Landrum
494
00:29:47,872 --> 00:29:52,460
vs. the US government
proves unsuccessful.
495
00:29:52,543 --> 00:29:56,964
In 1986, the case was dismissed
by a US District Court judge,
496
00:29:57,048 --> 00:29:59,425
who claimed that there was not
enough evidence
497
00:29:59,508 --> 00:30:01,761
to prove that the helicopters
were associated
498
00:30:01,844 --> 00:30:04,472
with the US government.
And military officials had
499
00:30:04,555 --> 00:30:07,933
testified that US Armed Forces
did not have a large
500
00:30:08,017 --> 00:30:10,269
diamond-shaped aircraft
in their possession.
501
00:30:10,394 --> 00:30:14,440
The case was closed,
but questions remain.
502
00:30:14,523 --> 00:30:17,777
Could the helicopters have been
part of a classified
503
00:30:17,902 --> 00:30:21,614
military operation
to retrieve UFOs?
504
00:30:21,739 --> 00:30:25,284
Perhaps the answers
to this mystery can be found
505
00:30:25,409 --> 00:30:29,288
at Fort Hood, Texas.
Coming up:
506
00:30:29,413 --> 00:30:33,626
Inside the military's elite
UFO helicopter unit.
507
00:30:33,709 --> 00:30:36,295
And a look at
the extraordinary history
508
00:30:36,379 --> 00:30:41,550
of UFOs and Fort Hood
when we return.
509
00:30:49,183 --> 00:30:55,398
Hangar 1 has opened
510
00:30:55,731 --> 00:30:58,818
the Lone Star State's
most unusual case files.
511
00:30:58,943 --> 00:31:02,780
Searching for clues for what
may be attracting UFOs
512
00:31:02,905 --> 00:31:06,784
to Texas.
When helicopters are seen
513
00:31:06,909 --> 00:31:12,456
escorting a UFO, questions
regarding the military's
514
00:31:12,581 --> 00:31:18,337
connection emerge.
Does the answer lie within
515
00:31:18,462 --> 00:31:24,093
America's largest armored post,
Fort Hood, Texas?
516
00:31:34,645 --> 00:31:40,651
The summer of 1975.
A pilot stationed at Fort Hood
517
00:31:40,776 --> 00:31:43,821
with an RS2 intelligence
aviation unit,
518
00:31:43,946 --> 00:31:45,531
is driving on a highway
close to a base,
519
00:31:45,614 --> 00:31:47,992
with a friend,
around 10:00 at night.
520
00:31:50,036 --> 00:31:52,538
Despite the weather,
he can see in the sky
521
00:31:52,580 --> 00:31:54,832
above Fort Hood
a number of Army helicopters.
522
00:31:54,957 --> 00:31:57,335
They appear to be heading
back to the base,
523
00:31:57,418 --> 00:32:00,171
but they're not alone.
They're surrounding
524
00:32:00,254 --> 00:32:01,339
another object
525
00:32:01,422 --> 00:32:04,675
as though they're escorting it.
But it's an aircraft unlike
526
00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:07,470
anything he's ever seen.
527
00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:13,017
Now this guy's a helicopter
pilot himself,
528
00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:16,020
so he's very familiar with what
helicopters look like at night.
529
00:32:19,065 --> 00:32:21,859
And he's certain that this large
object, a disc-type thing,
530
00:32:21,942 --> 00:32:25,821
with a reddish light,
is not another helicopter.
531
00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:34,080
The next day
when he gets back to the base,
532
00:32:34,163 --> 00:32:37,041
he asks his friend who works in
the air traffic control tower
533
00:32:37,083 --> 00:32:38,918
if he knows anything
about what happened.
534
00:32:39,001 --> 00:32:42,880
The friend claims nobody
at the tower knows anything.
535
00:32:42,963 --> 00:32:45,883
So he starts asking around among
his other pilot buddies.
536
00:32:45,925 --> 00:32:49,053
None of them seem to know
anything either.
537
00:32:50,805 --> 00:32:52,556
Now this seems
really strange to him.
538
00:32:52,598 --> 00:32:54,892
Usually, if anything
happens on the base,
539
00:32:54,934 --> 00:32:57,895
it makes its way through
the grapevine pretty quickly.
540
00:32:57,978 --> 00:33:00,898
But for some reason,
in this case,
541
00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:04,068
nobody seems to know anything.
Finally, after asking
542
00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:07,113
around for a bit,
one of his pilot buddies tells
543
00:33:07,196 --> 00:33:09,073
him he'd better stop asking
questions if he cares at all
544
00:33:09,115 --> 00:33:10,908
about his job.
545
00:33:14,704 --> 00:33:17,581
Were the helicopters
witnessed by Cash and Landrum
546
00:33:17,707 --> 00:33:21,419
and the Fort Hood pilot
part of a top secret
547
00:33:21,502 --> 00:33:24,088
UFO project,
operating out of
548
00:33:24,213 --> 00:33:28,092
Fort Hood, Texas?
Numerous witnesses have
549
00:33:28,175 --> 00:33:30,636
reported seeing
helicopters escorting UFOs in
550
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,431
and around Fort Hood.
Why would this keep happening
551
00:33:33,514 --> 00:33:35,433
over and over in this area?
552
00:33:38,227 --> 00:33:40,771
At some point
you have to ask,
553
00:33:40,855 --> 00:33:42,940
"Is the military working
in partnership
554
00:33:42,982 --> 00:33:47,278
with extraterrestrials?"
A news reporter that has
555
00:33:47,361 --> 00:33:49,822
filmed a segment at Fort Hood
learned that there was
556
00:33:49,905 --> 00:33:52,616
a special helicopter unit
involved with UFOs
557
00:33:52,658 --> 00:33:54,243
called the "Blue Boys."
558
00:33:56,829 --> 00:34:00,333
The Blue Boys supposedly operate
out of the section of Fort Hood
559
00:34:00,416 --> 00:34:03,627
called Gray Army Airfield.
This helicopter unit
560
00:34:03,711 --> 00:34:05,671
may be responsible
for escorting and
561
00:34:05,755 --> 00:34:08,632
transporting UFOs.
They may even be storing them
562
00:34:08,716 --> 00:34:09,967
on the base.
563
00:34:11,552 --> 00:34:14,305
Gray Army Airfield
was a top secret facility
564
00:34:14,388 --> 00:34:16,432
that was built with numerous
underground tunnels,
565
00:34:16,515 --> 00:34:19,268
originally designed to store
atomic weapons.
566
00:34:21,562 --> 00:34:24,023
These tunnels could be
a perfect location
567
00:34:24,065 --> 00:34:28,027
for the military to store
recovered UFOs.
568
00:34:28,110 --> 00:34:30,446
We have testimony
from an individual who worked
569
00:34:30,529 --> 00:34:33,783
in an underground bunker
at Fort Hood.
570
00:34:33,866 --> 00:34:37,119
He actually stated that
"the technology that is being applied
571
00:34:37,203 --> 00:34:39,789
in this underground complex
would remind someone
572
00:34:39,872 --> 00:34:42,625
of a science fiction thriller.
It is unbelievable
573
00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:45,711
what they know and can do
from this area."
574
00:34:47,129 --> 00:34:49,715
The question is:
is this technology our own
575
00:34:49,799 --> 00:34:52,551
or is it extra-terrestrial?
576
00:34:55,721 --> 00:34:59,392
I believe that the military had
interaction with these beings,
577
00:34:59,475 --> 00:35:01,394
as we have heard in the stories.
578
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,563
That might not be
the whole picture.
579
00:35:04,647 --> 00:35:07,066
There might be another layer
to that onion.
580
00:35:08,734 --> 00:35:11,570
Does the US military
have a secret UFO research
581
00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:15,408
facility at Fort Hood?
And could it be tied
582
00:35:15,574 --> 00:35:18,411
to a history
of reoccurring UFO sightings
583
00:35:18,577 --> 00:35:23,582
in Texas?
Coming up:
584
00:35:23,666 --> 00:35:25,751
More than 100 servicemen
reported seeing strange,
585
00:35:25,835 --> 00:35:28,421
illuminated flying objects
in different shapes
586
00:35:28,504 --> 00:35:30,756
and configurations
buzzing around the area.
587
00:35:30,923 --> 00:35:33,426
Deep in the heart
of Texas
588
00:35:33,551 --> 00:35:37,263
one of the most extraordinary
UFO flaps on file
589
00:35:37,430 --> 00:35:40,766
takes place directly over
Fort Hood.
590
00:35:40,933 --> 00:35:42,768
When we return.
591
00:35:58,075 --> 00:36:02,747
Spring, 1949.
The skies over Camp Hood,
592
00:36:02,913 --> 00:36:06,167
now known as Fort Hood,
are filled with
593
00:36:06,250 --> 00:36:08,753
unusual objects.
594
00:36:10,588 --> 00:36:11,088
Fort Hood may have been one of
595
00:36:11,589 --> 00:36:15,009
the first times
when UFOs have been seen around
596
00:36:15,092 --> 00:36:17,261
and above military complexes.
597
00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:20,013
In 1949,
598
00:36:20,097 --> 00:36:22,600
over the course of four months,
March through June,
599
00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:25,186
the heavily guarded facility
of Camp Hood
600
00:36:25,353 --> 00:36:27,772
experiences a record number
of UFO sightings.
601
00:36:30,024 --> 00:36:32,360
More than 100 servicemen
reported seeing strange,
602
00:36:32,443 --> 00:36:34,862
illuminated flying objects
in different shapes and
603
00:36:34,945 --> 00:36:37,114
configurations
buzzing around the area.
604
00:36:38,699 --> 00:36:41,369
In 1949, Camp Hood was
one of three
605
00:36:41,535 --> 00:36:45,873
national stockpile sites where
nuclear weapons were stored.
606
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,293
Security over this whole area
was paramount.
607
00:36:51,796 --> 00:36:54,715
The situation was so serious
that a very high-level
608
00:36:54,799 --> 00:36:56,967
conference was held
at Camp Hood to discuss
609
00:36:57,051 --> 00:37:00,471
this whole situation.
They brought in the Fourth Army,
610
00:37:00,554 --> 00:37:04,392
the Air Force Office of Special
Investigation: AFOSI,
611
00:37:04,475 --> 00:37:08,729
Office of Naval Intelligence,
and the FBI
612
00:37:08,813 --> 00:37:10,648
to study what was going on.
613
00:37:13,150 --> 00:37:15,820
Despite the urgency
of the situation,
614
00:37:15,987 --> 00:37:20,658
government officials cannot
agree on a course of action.
615
00:37:20,825 --> 00:37:24,245
Eventually, the base commander
decides to take matters
616
00:37:24,328 --> 00:37:26,330
into his own hands.
617
00:37:27,581 --> 00:37:29,834
After two weeks
of nightly sightings,
618
00:37:29,917 --> 00:37:31,836
the commander of Fort Hood
devises a plan of action
619
00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:35,339
by establishing
special UFO patrols.
620
00:37:35,423 --> 00:37:37,758
Each patrol is assigned
to specific areas of the base,
621
00:37:37,842 --> 00:37:41,470
and each team has four men:
an instrument man, a timer,
622
00:37:41,512 --> 00:37:44,598
a recorder and a radio operator.
The idea was that when
623
00:37:44,682 --> 00:37:48,686
a team would spot a UFO,
they would track
624
00:37:48,769 --> 00:37:51,856
the exact elevation,
the azimuth, of the object.
625
00:37:51,939 --> 00:37:56,444
The radio operator would call
out the location of the object
626
00:37:56,527 --> 00:37:58,779
and the direction it's going
to other teams, which would
627
00:37:58,863 --> 00:38:01,198
then know where to look.
628
00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:04,702
Azimuth is the angle
of an object
629
00:38:04,869 --> 00:38:07,288
in relation to North.
You combine that with
630
00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:09,290
the object's elevation,
and you can pinpoint its
631
00:38:09,373 --> 00:38:13,544
exact location in the sky.
This kind of data is critical
632
00:38:13,627 --> 00:38:16,482
when trying to prove
the existence of UFOs.
633
00:38:17,323 --> 00:38:18,350
The plan seems
634
00:38:18,382 --> 00:38:20,051
foolproof.
And it has the support of every
635
00:38:20,134 --> 00:38:22,887
man who's participating.
For the first time in history,
636
00:38:22,970 --> 00:38:26,724
everybody wants to get
on the patrols.
637
00:38:26,807 --> 00:38:28,809
But since the Air Force
has prime responsibility
638
00:38:28,893 --> 00:38:31,145
for UFO investigations,
the plan has to be
639
00:38:31,228 --> 00:38:34,065
coordinated through them.
A copy of the order
640
00:38:34,148 --> 00:38:36,400
is rushed to the Air Force,
with everyone standing by for
641
00:38:36,484 --> 00:38:38,903
the minute they say "Go."
And they don't.
642
00:38:41,322 --> 00:38:43,074
These patrols
would've provided
643
00:38:43,157 --> 00:38:45,576
an excellent opportunity to get
some concrete data
644
00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:48,663
on at least one type of UFO.
It's something that should have
645
00:38:48,746 --> 00:38:51,832
been done from the start.
Speeds, altitudes and sizes
646
00:38:51,916 --> 00:38:54,335
that are estimated just by
looking at a UFO
647
00:38:54,418 --> 00:38:57,421
are miserably inaccurate.
But this plan could have
648
00:38:57,505 --> 00:39:00,591
provided us
with some real information.
649
00:39:00,675 --> 00:39:02,927
Indisputable evidence.
So why doesn't
650
00:39:03,094 --> 00:39:07,181
the Air Force
approve the plan?
651
00:39:07,264 --> 00:39:09,600
Some people believe
that this is because,
652
00:39:09,684 --> 00:39:13,854
realistically, the Air Force did
not want lower-level operations
653
00:39:13,938 --> 00:39:17,316
confirming the reality of UFOs.
IRRATOR: Despite ther
654
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,654
Force's unwillingness
to approve official UFO patrols
655
00:39:21,737 --> 00:39:23,864
at Fort Hood, Texas,
sighting reports continue
656
00:39:23,948 --> 00:39:27,076
to flood in.
657
00:39:28,285 --> 00:39:30,746
Because so many
sightings are taking place,
658
00:39:30,788 --> 00:39:34,000
a standardized form is created.
On one night alone,
659
00:39:34,083 --> 00:39:37,586
50 sightings are reported.
Finally, after four months,
660
00:39:37,628 --> 00:39:41,257
the sightings stop.
The Air Force collects all
661
00:39:41,298 --> 00:39:44,010
of the reports on sightings,
but ultimately sweeps them under
662
00:39:44,093 --> 00:39:46,846
the rug, waiting for them
to be forgotten.
663
00:39:46,929 --> 00:39:49,390
Could this event
in Texas have been one
664
00:39:49,473 --> 00:39:55,021
of the United States'
most defining UFO moments?
665
00:39:55,104 --> 00:39:58,858
We had mass UFO sightings
for an extended period of time
666
00:39:58,941 --> 00:40:02,528
over Camp Hood and a base
commander willing to authorize
667
00:40:02,611 --> 00:40:04,947
a serious investigation.
This could've been
668
00:40:04,989 --> 00:40:06,949
the turning point
for UFO investigations
669
00:40:06,991 --> 00:40:08,617
in America.
If the investigation
670
00:40:08,659 --> 00:40:11,620
had been approved,
we could have collected
671
00:40:11,662 --> 00:40:14,707
indisputable evidence
allowing for public awareness
672
00:40:14,790 --> 00:40:17,585
that these entities exist.
673
00:40:20,129 --> 00:40:22,131
Although this event
did not lead
674
00:40:22,214 --> 00:40:24,717
to national public awareness,
it still may have played
675
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,804
a significant role
in our UFO history.
676
00:40:29,055 --> 00:40:33,809
And be a clue to why UFOs
are drawn to Texas.
677
00:40:33,851 --> 00:40:37,813
The sightings at Camp Hood are
a major UFO event, and it may
678
00:40:37,855 --> 00:40:40,316
be that this event triggered
the government's desire
679
00:40:40,524 --> 00:40:43,819
to have a secret UFO facility
at this location.
680
00:40:43,861 --> 00:40:46,739
It's possible that
the UFOs were originally
681
00:40:46,822 --> 00:40:49,075
attracted to Camp Hood
because of the nuclear weapons
682
00:40:49,158 --> 00:40:51,160
stored there.
What's interesting is that
683
00:40:51,202 --> 00:40:54,330
those same underground
storage facilities that housed
684
00:40:54,372 --> 00:40:56,832
nuclear weapons
could now be housing a secret
685
00:40:56,874 --> 00:40:59,210
military UFO operation.
686
00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:05,091
Fort Hood is located
directly in the middle
687
00:41:05,174 --> 00:41:10,471
of the UFO corridor.
Is Fort Hood the missing link
688
00:41:10,554 --> 00:41:14,642
to Texas' unexplained
UFO activity?
689
00:41:14,684 --> 00:41:18,771
The state of Texas has
Texas-sized UFO cases.
690
00:41:18,979 --> 00:41:22,608
Perhaps as UFO groups like MUFON
continue to investigate,
691
00:41:22,692 --> 00:41:24,694
one day we'll understand
692
00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:27,071
what is attracting these UFOs.
693
00:41:29,156 --> 00:41:30,650
For now, the truth
694
00:41:30,866 --> 00:41:34,537
behind the strange objects
that light up the Texas skies
695
00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:36,247
remains elusive.
696
00:41:38,207 --> 00:41:41,460
But keep your eyes peeled
when traveling through
697
00:41:41,544 --> 00:41:45,971
the Lone Star State because
you may become a witness
698
00:41:46,071 --> 00:41:49,692
to the next big sightning.
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