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Narrator: Worldwide,
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27 billion cameras
are watching us...
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On our streets,
at work, and in our homes.
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They capture things
that seem impossible.
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It defies the laws of physics.
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Man:
This is unbelievable, man.
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Narrator: Experts carry out
forensic analysis
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of these unusual events.
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Now, that's an explosion.
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There's got to be something
we're missing in this video.
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Something we're not seeing,
right?
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What else is going on here?
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Narrator: Coming up...
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In the mojave desert,
a man is rattled by a snake.
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Kennedy: Oh, man,
I don't know what this is.
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We don't know what it is,
it's in our airspace,
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and we need to find out.
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Narrator: In china, a delivery
driver erupts into flames.
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Did we just witness
spontaneous human combustion?
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Narrator: And found in russia,
the body that defies biology.
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Szulgit:
It's really disturbing.
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It's dried up
and desiccated and bizarre.
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Oh, what the hell?
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Narrator:
Near a mysterious temple,
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a catastrophic blast.
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Boom! Massive explosion.
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Is there a connection between
this mysterious temple complex
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and this explosion?
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Narrator: A three-foot-tall
humanoid attacks.
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It's like a little red demon
from hell.
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This is potentially as big of
a find as landing on the moon.
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Narrator: And locals suspect
ghostly manifestations
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in England's spookiest store.
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Alright, that's not possible.
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What's doing that?
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Narrator: Bizarre phenomenon.
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Whoa.
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Narrator:
Mysteries caught on camera.
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What's the truth behind this
strange evidence?
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now in the mojave desert...
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Kennedy:
Pull over or something.
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A mysterious light
pulsates in the sky.
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Oh, man.
I don't know what this is.
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It twists and turns
against the wind,
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as if powered
by an inhuman intelligence.
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We're fully underneath
the thing.
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There's no noise.
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I mean, it moves
almost like it's alive.
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Narrator: This is ground zero
for unexplained ufos.
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We don't know what it is,
it's in our airspace,
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and we need to find out.
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Narrator: The mojave desert,
southern california,
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over 47,000 square miles.
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This is the driest desert
in north america,
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but it isn't empty.
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This sparsely populated place
is home to two thirds
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of the marine corps
training facilities
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and many secret
testing installations.
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July 2019, just west of
the city of twentynine palms,
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cody kennedy
and his girlfriend, monica,
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are on a mission of mercy.
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Kennedy: We spend a lot of our
nights, when it's warm out,
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going through the desert
and finding rattlesnakes
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and other species
of snakes on the road
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and moving them out of the way.
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So we're gonna let
this guy go here.
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Just wanted to make sure
I didn't step on him.
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It started to get too cold,
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so we decided to wrap up
for the day and head home.
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It was very dark out.
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And then suddenly
everything changed.
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We saw this bright light.
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I immediately took my phone out
and started to film it.
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Narrator:
Puzzled by what they see,
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they drive towards the light.
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Slow down. Stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop.
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Kennedy:
I'm tired of seeing ufo footage,
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and it's just blurry and grainy
and makes no sense.
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And so I figured
I would try and be
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the one that changed that
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and see a ufo in the sky
and get perfect video of it.
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Yeah, we're fully
underneath the thing.
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There's no noise.
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Figured if it was a drone,
you'd hear it.
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Even a drone in a windy
situation will start wobbling.
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And it didn't seem like
it would wobble at all.
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Like, how...
How is that a thing?
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How is there a ribbon
just in the air?
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There's lights on it.
It's not moving.
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Narrator: This can't be a plane,
a rocket or even a drone.
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It looks like
a loose electrical cable,
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but it's far too high up
and cables don't glow.
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It seemed unnatural
but yet controlled somehow.
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Oh, man, I don't know
what this is.
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When the light vanished,
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we were really weirded out,
for one thing,
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because it had stayed lit
the entire time from the road
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all the way through
the half-hour
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that we were watching it
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and why would it just suddenly
turn off when it hit the ground?
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Narrator: Experts are baffled
by what this weird,
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undulating light could be.
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It doesn't look like any kind
of aircraft
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or other drone or anything.
This one really doesn't look
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like anything we see
on a regular basis.
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I mean, it moves almost
like it's alive.
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Narrator: This snakelike craft
isn't unique.
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More have been reported
across the country.
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Wolshon: There have been
examples of other incidents
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just like this snake-like lights
in the sky.
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There have been ones in wyoming
and in new york.
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Narrator:
These things, whatever they are,
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haven't just been
spotted on earth.
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December 2, 1993,
nasa's sts-61 mission
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films a similar weird object
369 miles above the atmosphere.
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Astronaut story musgrave
reports a snakelike object
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strikingly similar to whatever
cody filmed in the desert.
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This doesn't look like
any technology
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that I recognize.
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I can't quite wrap my head
around
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what it could be
other than the obvious,
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"hey, it's some sort of ufo."
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kennedy: What is this thing
in the sky?
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Narrator: It sounds crazy,
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but there are those
who will think this is a craft
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or some other manifestation
of nonhuman, intelligent life.
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For those that are willing
to consider such a possibility,
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this area is rich in sightings.
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Just 21 miles from here
is giant rock,
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a 7-story freestanding boulder.
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In 1953, george van tassel,
a former test pilot,
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claims that he was visited
by an alien
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who showed him his ship.
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For decades, giant rock became
the ufo capital of the world.
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Author erica lukes believes
that the location
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the footage was filmed
could offer a vital clue.
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Interestingly enough, this took
place in twentynine palms,
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which is an aerial
testing facility,
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one of the largest
in the united states.
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Narrator: Twentynine palms
marine base
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covers over 998
square miles of desert.
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More than 12,500 personnel
are stationed here,
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making this one of the most
secure locations in the country.
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And so it gives them the ideal
cover for their testing.
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Moran: It makes perfect sense
to me that the military
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could be testing some
kind of advanced technology.
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Narrator: Could this be a novel
military weapon?
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Space historian amy teitel knows
the desert is an ideal location
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to test anything secret.
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The harsh climate
and sparse population
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means there's little reason
for prying eyes to be out here.
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In the mojave desert
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saw a lot of american nuclear
testing during the cold war.
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Now, though, it's where
a lot of companies
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are working on spacecraft
and rocket development.
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Narrator:
Mojave's spaceport is home
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to more than 60 companies
engaged in flight development,
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highly advanced aerospace
design and flight research.
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Orzel:
So maybe this is something
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that's being developed,
something experimental.
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Narrator: There's some very
strange experiments
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being done here,
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but nothing
that looks like this.
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Coming up, is this sky snake
the work of man
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or an intelligence
from beyond our world?
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While the idea of
reverse-engineering a ufo
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may seem pretty out there,
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some people take
the idea very seriously.
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Narrator: And why does this man
just... Combust?
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Explosions don't just happen
like that.
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Narrator: A couple film
a weird serpentine light
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writhing over the mojave desert.
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It's like no known craft.
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With no rational explanation,
even scientists start
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to consider the improbable.
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From here, the mojave stretches
up into nevada,
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where there are even
more secret facilities.
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Best known amongst them
is area 51.
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Area 51, of course, is where
many people believe that the ufo
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that may have crashed outside
of roswell, new mexico,
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was then moved,
where american scientists
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could reverse-engineer
the technology.
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While the idea
of reverse-engineering a ufo
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may seem pretty out there,
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some people take the idea
very seriously.
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Narrator: Deet presar,
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the c.E.O.
Of a quantum computing firm,
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has publicly stated
his ultimate goal is to find
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and then reverse-engineer a ufo.
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Tomlinson: And he isn't alone
in this ambition.
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I've learned about a group
of investors and technologists
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out of silicon valley
that are looking to do
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exactly that...
Reverse-engineer ufo technology
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so that they can use it to push
mankind ever further into space.
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Narrator:
It seems impossible
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that alien technology
could have fallen
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into the hands
of the u.S. Authorities.
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But strange claims
have been made
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since the middle
of the 20th century.
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Back in the '80s,
bob lazar claims
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he was hired
to work on an antimatter craft
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that was reverse-engineered
from this alien technology
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that supposedly
the united states government
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had at area 51.
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Narrator:
Lazar claims he was hired
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by defense contractor eg&g
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to reverse-engineer alien
technology held inside area 51.
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He claims that this technique
had already been used
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to develop lots of
the technology we rely on today,
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like certain radios
and superconductors.
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There is a great deal
of controversy
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about whether what bob lazar
is saying is actually factual
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or if perhaps he's
spreading disinformation
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on behalf
of the american government.
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Narrator: Lazar and others
who make similar claims
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could have been
spreading disinformation
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to throw researchers
off the trail
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of real secret government
defense projects.
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But none have ever mentioned
a glowing, snakelike craft.
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There really is no
viable explanation
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to this light in the sky.
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But the fact that it's close
to two military locations,
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I mean, we can't rule out
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that it's some kind of
military experiment.
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Narrator: Now, in an industrial
city in china,
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a man erupts into flames.
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Did he step on a bomb?
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Narrator:
Is this the first confirmed case
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of spontaneous combustion?
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Foom. Instant flame.
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The whole trucks' engulfed.
The guy's engulfed.
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Everything's burned.
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Narrator: Is every human
a ticking time bomb?
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If just one spot
could cause a massive explosion,
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scary thought.
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Narrator:
Dongguan city, china.
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This industrial hub is known
as the world's factory
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and is home
to the "made in china" label.
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75% of its 8.3 million
inhabitants
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are migrant workers
living in dormitories.
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January 22, 2019,
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a week before chinese new year
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and the start of the largest
human migration on the planet.
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Almost 3 billion people
head home to see their families.
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A warehouse security camera
captures two workers
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finishing loading the truck
with rolls of packing material
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when the unthinkable happens.
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When the man's foot
hits the floor,
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he is immediately
engulfed in flames.
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It's just not natural.
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Explosions don't just
happen like that.
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Narrator: Experts are baffled
by what they have witnessed.
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I've never seen
anything like this.
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Narrator: Viewing the footage,
author patrick tomlinson
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is reminded of
a controversial phenomenon
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widely reported in both fiction
and in the press.
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Did we just witness
spontaneous human combustion?
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The theory dates back decades.
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And as the name suggests,
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it says that humans
could simply catch fire
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for no apparent outside cause.
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Narrator:
Spontaneous combustion
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is a subject of controversy
among scientists.
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While everything explodes
for a reason,
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that reason may not be obvious.
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And there are more than 200
reported cases
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of spontaneous combustion.
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Victims' bodies are burnt
so severely
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that they are reduced to ashes.
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But bizarrely, their extremities
remain intact.
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Biologist leslie samuel
believes that
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if spontaneous combustion
was possible,
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then it would need to be under a
very specific set of conditions.
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Number one, the object has to be
heated to ignition temperature.
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Number two, the heat building up
inside of it can't escape.
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And number three,
if it's exposed
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to a steady stream of oxygen,
but it's not enough
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to cool it down,
you get spontaneous combustion.
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Narrator:
On December 22, 2010,
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the body of 76-year-old
michael faraday
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was found in his home
in galway, ireland.
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His charred remains
were in the sitting room.
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The only other damage was burns
to the ceiling above him
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and the floor below.
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After a thorough investigation,
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the coroner ruled the cause of
death as spontaneous combustion.
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Spontaneous human combustion
could be possible
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thanks to the gases
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that we create
within our own intestinal tract.
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Methane is a highly
flammable gas
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and could easily create
an explosion.
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Narrator: Coming up,
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a common household item
that's primed to explode.
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How many other containers
that are running around
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on the freeways
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have got this sort of
stuff in them?
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Narrator: And scientists fear
creepy new creatures
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are being created.
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Could this have come into
contact with radioactive waste?
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Narrator: A man loading a truck
in a chinese industrial hub
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unexpectedly erupts into flames.
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But when civil engineer
brian wolshon
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studies the footage closely,
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he believes the source of
the fire isn't the man himself.
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We can see that the explosion
and the flames themselves
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are contained within the truck.
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We can also see clearly
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when the man jumps out
of the back of that trailer
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that the flames
are clearly behind him.
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Narrator:
But what could have fueled
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such a volatile explosion?
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Wolshon: In investigating
a little further,
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we find that
in the back of the truck,
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this material is pearl cotton,
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and pearl cotton
is used as a packing material.
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Narrator: Pearl cotton is one
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of the most common types
of packaging.
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It's not real cotton.
It's a plastic.
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Butane gas is used as a blowing
agent in its manufacturing.
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It is forced into the plastic
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when it's a liquid,
puffing it up.
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The puffier it is,
the more it will absorb impacts
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and keep the items safe.
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But as pyrotechnics expert
matt kutcher knows,
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butane can be highly volatile.
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Kutcher: So one of the products
we use in hollywood,
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especially to do
combustible-type explosions
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is the small butane bottles.
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We fracture them
at a high rate of speed.
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We then ignite the gases
coming out
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and make beautiful fireballs
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that chase people into buildings
or chase them down corridors.
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Narrator: Although butane gas
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is used in the production
of pearl cotton,
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any trace of it should be
long gone
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before it is packed
into a truck.
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Chemist mike sansom wonders
if the timing
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right before new year
could be significant.
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They cut a few corners or it's
come straight out the factory
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and that butane, that flammable
gas is still there.
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Narrator: But even if traces
of butane
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had been left
on the pearl cotton
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after it left the factory,
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one vital piece of information
is missing.
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There's no obvious source
of ignition.
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There's no cigarettes.
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There's no no naked flames
you can see.
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So what caused the spark?
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Narrator:
When sansom zooms in on the man,
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he notices that his foot
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gets stuck inside
the plastic covering
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and suspects
this could hold the answer.
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Sansom: This guy is suspended
in the air,
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so he's got no grounding
whatsoever
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and he's moving around.
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He might be wearing
synthetic clothes
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or he might be rubbing
against the packaging
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and that could create
some sort of static spark.
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Narrator: But could this spark
from static be enough
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to cause this explosion?
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Electrical engineer
david wallace
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designs an experiment
to find out.
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So here we have
a van de graaff generator.
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Now, this is also known
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as an electrostatic
discharge generator.
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And what I'm going to do
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is use this to mimic
what we see in the video.
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Now, as I bring
this one closer to it...
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We get a static spark.
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Narrator:
After generating a spark,
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he replicates the conditions
in the truck
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by setting up a bottle
with limited ventilation
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and places two electrodes
inside.
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Wallace: This electrode
is going to represent the man
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or the positive charge.
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This electrode is going to
represent the bed of the truck
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or the negative electrode.
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Have a can of butane here.
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Narrator: Wallace fills
the container with butane gas
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to represent the buildup
in the back of the truck.
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At this point,
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we're going to energize
the machine
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and see what will happen.
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Narrator: As soon as the static
spark is triggered,
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it instantly lights
the butane gas
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and erupts in a fiery torrent.
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Wallace:
So it looks pretty good.
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We had a spark.
We ignited the gas.
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Exactly what we thought.
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This mimics exactly
what we see in the video.
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Narrator: We all build up static
electricity on a daily basis.
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Usually this results in nothing
more than a small shock,
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but occasionally
it can prove fatal.
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You're sitting inside your car,
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getting ready
to fill up with gas.
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As you just come out of the car,
you rub across the seat,
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you build up a static charge.
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As you touch
that body of your car,
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you create a spark.
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Narrator:
The man in the video was lucky
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and escaped with minor burns.
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But china accounts
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for almost half of the container
imports to the u.S.
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Sansom:
How many other containers
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that are running around
on the freeways
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have got this sort of stuff
in them,
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have got this explosive gas?
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Just one spark
could cause a massive explosion.
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If there was no way for this gas
to escape and it was lit,
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it would have been a bomb.
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That truck could have been
going down the street
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and completely exploded,
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wiped out
who knows how many humans.
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Narrator: Now on the bank
of a russian river,
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an earthly creature.
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Oh, what the hell?
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Narrator: Its twisted form
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doesn't resemble
any known animal.
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Are we looking at some sort
of genetic experimentation?
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Narrator: Experts ask,
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is a malevolent force
at work here?
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It looks kind of demonic.
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Narrator: Sosnovy bor,
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43 miles west
of st. Petersburg.
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This town was built in 1958
to house workers
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for the new nuclear
power station.
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It is so close
to the classified facility,
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you need a special permit
just to enter.
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August 30, 2015.
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A local man discovers a small
creature of some kind.
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It looks like
a newly hatched baby
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of some species, but of what?
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Ew. What is that thing?
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It doesn't look like any animal
I've seen before.
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It's really weird.
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Narrator:
This doesn't correspond
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to any known creature on earth,
alive or extinct.
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Scientists do occasionally
find new kinds
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of fossilized dinosaurs,
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but they're always variations
of those we already know.
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This thing is different.
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Everyone's seen the movie
"alien," where this kind of
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looks a lot like
the creature that pops out.
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Narrator: Experts are baffled as
to what this animal could be.
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I've never seen an actual animal
kind of look like that.
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It's really disturbing.
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It's dried up
and desiccated and bizarre.
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Narrator:
Biologist greg szulgit
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considers that the location
where it was shot
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could offer a clue
to the creature's origin.
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This was found near the
leningrad nuclear power plant.
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And when you think nuclear
power plants,
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you start to think,
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"well, are there
some kind of crazy mutations?"
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narrator: Everyone who's ever
seen a superhero movie will know
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that radiation
causes cell mutation.
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But in real life,
those effects can be horrific.
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Radiation can cause, well,
cancer on a basic level.
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And that's a mutation.
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That's where your cells don't
grow how they should be.
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They grow wildly out of control.
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Could this have come into
contact with radioactive waste?
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Is this some kind of eunuch?
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Narrator: But for this creature
to be a nuclear mutant,
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there would need to have been
some sort of accident.
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Szulgit:
There are a few different ways
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in which you can have accidents
with a nuclear power plant.
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The worst would, of course,
be a meltdown.
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But you can also have
chemical spills coming out,
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which could leave nuclear waste
in the environment.
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The safety record at the
leningrad nuclear power plant
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has been spotty,
to say the least.
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It has had a long history of
mishaps and outright accidents
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since it came online in 1975.
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Szulgit: In 1976 and in '79,
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there were fires and the water
used to extinguish the fire
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did leak out
into the environment.
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Much later in 2015, there was
a steam pipe that broke.
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So there had been contamination
issues in this area.
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Could some sort of creature
been unfortunate enough
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to have encountered some sort of
high-level radioactive source
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and been mutated
or changed by it?
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Narrator: Coming up,
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could the twisted form
be a man-made monster?
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Are we looking at some sort
of genetic experimentation?
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Boy: It just, like,
keeps getting bigger.
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Narrator:
And beauty and the beast
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above the skies of costa rica.
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Should these people
be running for their lives?
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Narrator: An unknown creature
is found in western russia.
494
00:24:02,271 --> 00:24:06,507
It doesn't match any known
animal alive or extinct.
495
00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:11,582
When entomologist kevin kasky
studies the footage,
496
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:13,915
he thinks this
demonic-looking creature
497
00:24:14,017 --> 00:24:16,119
could have been made on purpose.
498
00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:18,164
Kasky: Looks like the head
of a dinosaur
499
00:24:18,188 --> 00:24:22,923
on the body of a chicken
with the body of a snake.
500
00:24:23,025 --> 00:24:24,138
Narrator: Kasky wonders
501
00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:26,794
if this disturbing
creature is a chimera...
502
00:24:26,896 --> 00:24:29,865
The result of humans tampering
with nature.
503
00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:32,769
Bioengineering
is something that mankind
504
00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:35,335
has been messing with
for decades,
505
00:24:35,437 --> 00:24:37,106
probably even longer than that.
506
00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:38,439
But documented proof.
507
00:24:38,541 --> 00:24:40,643
We think
that we can create things
508
00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:42,743
out of things
that already exist.
509
00:24:42,845 --> 00:24:45,414
Narrator: There are many hybrid
creatures in nature.
510
00:24:45,516 --> 00:24:47,581
The most famous is the mule...
511
00:24:47,683 --> 00:24:50,385
The progeny of a horse
and a donkey.
512
00:24:50,487 --> 00:24:52,956
But there are many others
like the liger,
513
00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:56,660
the offspring of a lion
and a tiger.
514
00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:58,560
Towering over its parents,
515
00:24:58,662 --> 00:25:02,197
this is the largest
big cat in existence.
516
00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:07,768
But some scientists have tried
to push the boundaries
517
00:25:07,870 --> 00:25:12,172
by merging two very different
organisms into one.
518
00:25:12,274 --> 00:25:16,947
This specimen is in russia
and russia has had a history
519
00:25:17,049 --> 00:25:19,714
of trying to mess
with bioengineering things.
520
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,584
Narrator: Western states
521
00:25:22,686 --> 00:25:24,686
generally limit
scientists' ability
522
00:25:24,786 --> 00:25:30,559
to mess around with human genes,
not so in totalitarian regimes.
523
00:25:30,661 --> 00:25:34,230
The nazis wanted to breed
a genetic master race.
524
00:25:34,332 --> 00:25:36,263
And the early soviets believed
525
00:25:36,365 --> 00:25:39,501
they could scientifically
control the whole world,
526
00:25:39,603 --> 00:25:43,638
including the genetic makeup
of living creatures.
527
00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:46,742
In the early 20th century,
the post revolution government,
528
00:25:46,844 --> 00:25:49,680
the bolsheviks, had
an ideological reason
529
00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:52,213
for wanting to support
these kinds of experiments.
530
00:25:52,315 --> 00:25:55,184
They wanted to prove
that there was no god or soul
531
00:25:55,286 --> 00:25:57,688
or anything mystical
about creating life,
532
00:25:57,823 --> 00:26:02,525
that it was a scientific,
mechanical kind of a process.
533
00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:05,896
Narrator: One pioneering
scientist and follower of darwin
534
00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:08,929
is at the forefront
of bioengineering in russia,
535
00:26:09,031 --> 00:26:13,300
making major advancements
in this area.
536
00:26:13,402 --> 00:26:15,216
Ilya ivanof
actually experimented
537
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,608
with cross-breeding animals
using artificial insemination.
538
00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:21,086
Ultimately, his goal was to try
and take characteristics
539
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:23,512
from one animal
and merge them with another.
540
00:26:23,614 --> 00:26:26,483
Narrator: Ivanof's radical
cross-breeding program
541
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,917
gave rise
to the guinea pig mouse,
542
00:26:29,019 --> 00:26:32,587
cow antelope and zebra horse.
543
00:26:32,689 --> 00:26:35,958
But his ultimate plan is to try
and cross-breed a human
544
00:26:36,060 --> 00:26:40,462
with an ape to create a race
of ape-man super warriors
545
00:26:40,564 --> 00:26:43,766
that would be invincible
against enemy armies.
546
00:26:45,935 --> 00:26:48,404
Guinea, February 1926.
547
00:26:48,506 --> 00:26:50,470
The authorities discover ivanof
548
00:26:50,572 --> 00:26:54,574
is planning to inseminate three
african women with chimp sperm.
549
00:26:54,676 --> 00:26:57,412
He is expelled from the country.
550
00:26:57,514 --> 00:26:59,749
Kasky: Ilya ivanof experimented
551
00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:02,749
with trying
to create a new species.
552
00:27:02,851 --> 00:27:04,731
I don't care what your motives
are for that.
553
00:27:04,755 --> 00:27:07,224
Nothing good can come from it.
554
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,335
That's all I got to say.
555
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:09,624
Narrator: Ivanof returns
556
00:27:09,726 --> 00:27:13,028
to the soviet union
and opens a secret institute,
557
00:27:13,130 --> 00:27:16,832
where it is believed
he continues his twisted work.
558
00:27:21,238 --> 00:27:24,274
Stories of disturbing
genetic experiments
559
00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:26,007
continue to this day.
560
00:27:28,047 --> 00:27:30,778
The russians have been working
on a super chicken.
561
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,415
I know it sounds like something
out of a comic book,
562
00:27:33,517 --> 00:27:37,786
but they've been working on this
to expand the food productivity
563
00:27:37,888 --> 00:27:41,057
of the chicken
to help feed the russians.
564
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:44,024
Narrator: Russia imports
a massive amount of chicken
565
00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:44,961
from the u.S.,
566
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,861
but after american restrictions
567
00:27:46,963 --> 00:27:51,065
following russia's invasion
of the ukraine in 2014,
568
00:27:51,167 --> 00:27:52,669
things have been tense.
569
00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:54,314
Relations between the united
states and russia
570
00:27:54,338 --> 00:27:56,707
have soured in recent years,
leading to big cutbacks
571
00:27:56,809 --> 00:27:57,809
in food imports.
572
00:27:57,842 --> 00:27:59,307
Re-enter the super chicken.
573
00:27:59,409 --> 00:28:01,122
The russian breed
known as the smena-8
574
00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:04,377
is actually now available
for market trials.
575
00:28:04,479 --> 00:28:06,659
Narrator: Could this creature
be a failed attempt
576
00:28:06,683 --> 00:28:08,952
to create a super chicken?
577
00:28:11,154 --> 00:28:12,252
We may never know.
578
00:28:12,354 --> 00:28:14,423
The creature's body
is taken away
579
00:28:14,525 --> 00:28:16,423
for examination by experts
580
00:28:16,525 --> 00:28:19,894
at the institute of biophysics
in krasnoyarsk.
581
00:28:22,466 --> 00:28:25,335
All they are saying is that
whatever was found
582
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:29,539
was some kind
of unviable mutant.
583
00:28:29,641 --> 00:28:31,673
But this still begs
the question,
584
00:28:31,775 --> 00:28:34,677
did nuclear mutation
or human science
585
00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:38,214
have the final hand
in its creation?
586
00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:41,918
Are we looking at some sort of
genetic experimentation
587
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,452
that nobody wants to claim,
588
00:28:43,554 --> 00:28:47,289
nobody is doing,
but once again, it's there?
589
00:28:47,391 --> 00:28:49,322
It's right there for all to see.
590
00:28:49,424 --> 00:28:51,260
What's the main purpose of it?
591
00:28:55,499 --> 00:28:58,201
Narrator:
Now a strange celestial disk
592
00:28:58,303 --> 00:29:00,901
appears in the sky
over costa rica.
593
00:29:01,003 --> 00:29:02,905
Woman: Look at the sky!
594
00:29:05,441 --> 00:29:07,009
Oluseyi: Heavenly indeed.
595
00:29:07,111 --> 00:29:09,843
That is cool.
596
00:29:09,945 --> 00:29:13,414
Narrator:
Onlookers are mesmerized.
597
00:29:13,516 --> 00:29:15,996
Boy #2: It's the most beautiful
thing I've ever seen.
598
00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,762
I'd be a little bit
more careful right now.
599
00:29:17,786 --> 00:29:19,055
We don't know what that is.
600
00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:20,833
Narrator:
But could this strange vision
601
00:29:20,857 --> 00:29:23,726
be evidence
of a deadly phenomenon?
602
00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:26,763
There's something just
a little bit weird about it.
603
00:29:30,465 --> 00:29:32,279
Narrator:
San josé, costa rica.
604
00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:33,701
Nestled in the shadow
605
00:29:33,803 --> 00:29:36,371
of the seros de escazu
mountain range,
606
00:29:36,473 --> 00:29:39,942
the trendy suburb of escazu.
607
00:29:40,044 --> 00:29:43,580
This is where the most affluent
and influential costa ricans
608
00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:46,080
reside in luxury.
609
00:29:46,182 --> 00:29:49,417
September 2015,
the people of escazu
610
00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:51,921
were going about
their business as usual.
611
00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:56,092
Suddenly they are confronted by
a spectacular sight above them.
612
00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,459
Woman:
Look at the sky!
613
00:29:58,561 --> 00:30:03,129
This looks like a cloud
and a rainbow had a baby.
614
00:30:03,231 --> 00:30:06,900
Narrator: It has amazing colors,
but this isn't a rainbow.
615
00:30:07,002 --> 00:30:10,404
It looks more like
a massive object than a cloud.
616
00:30:10,506 --> 00:30:12,508
Boy #3: This is awesome.
617
00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:13,986
Foster: Nature can do some
wonderful things,
618
00:30:14,010 --> 00:30:16,779
but having a kind of disc-shaped
rainbow like this
619
00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:17,979
is really phenomenal.
620
00:30:18,081 --> 00:30:20,183
I don't think anyone's
ever really seen
621
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,616
anything like this before.
622
00:30:21,718 --> 00:30:24,854
Boy #1: Yeah, it just, like,
keeps getting bigger.
623
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,254
Girl: Like, wow.
624
00:30:26,356 --> 00:30:27,787
Narrator: Experts are concerned
625
00:30:27,889 --> 00:30:31,258
that this may be
more sinister than it looks.
626
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,762
It almost has the shape
of a mushroom cloud,
627
00:30:33,864 --> 00:30:37,333
which doesn't exactly bring
the happiest thoughts to mind.
628
00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:40,770
Should these people be running
for their lives?
629
00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:41,915
Narrator: Coming up...
630
00:30:41,939 --> 00:30:45,008
Is death about to rain
from the sky?
631
00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:47,608
If there is fuel that was dumped
from an aircraft,
632
00:30:47,710 --> 00:30:49,423
that's coming
down to the ground,
633
00:30:49,447 --> 00:30:52,583
and that could be
very terrifying.
634
00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:54,983
Narrator:
And why is this paradise island
635
00:30:55,085 --> 00:30:57,287
crippled by crimson chaos?
636
00:30:57,389 --> 00:31:00,791
Everything is blood red.
Everywhere you look is red.
637
00:31:07,929 --> 00:31:11,432
Narrator: A mysterious celestial
disc lights up the sky
638
00:31:11,534 --> 00:31:14,169
above costa rica.
639
00:31:14,271 --> 00:31:17,640
When physicist chad orzel
analyzes the footage,
640
00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:19,751
he thinks the effect
looks like something
641
00:31:19,775 --> 00:31:23,511
that is usually seen on earth
not in the sky.
642
00:31:23,613 --> 00:31:26,581
The pattern up there looks
kind of like oil on water.
643
00:31:26,683 --> 00:31:29,019
You see this sort of
the swirling colors.
644
00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:30,385
We have some pollution
645
00:31:30,487 --> 00:31:33,123
spilled on the surface
of a puddle or a lake.
646
00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:35,923
And that's generally
not a good thing.
647
00:31:36,025 --> 00:31:38,360
Narrator:
Large commercial aircraft
648
00:31:38,462 --> 00:31:41,498
can carry over 150 tons of fuel
when taking off.
649
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,831
Exact calculations should ensure
650
00:31:43,933 --> 00:31:47,302
that they're at minimum
weight on landing.
651
00:31:47,404 --> 00:31:49,672
Brensberger: Well, airplanes
are actually heavier
652
00:31:49,774 --> 00:31:51,306
during takeoff than landing
653
00:31:51,408 --> 00:31:53,421
because they burn through
all their fuel.
654
00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:56,610
But sometimes if an emergency
landing needs to happen,
655
00:31:56,712 --> 00:32:01,618
airplanes can actually dump
their fuel mid-flight.
656
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,596
Then when an airplane
dumps their fuel,
657
00:32:03,620 --> 00:32:06,556
there are water molecules
present in earth's atmosphere.
658
00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:08,334
There could be some type
of combination
659
00:32:08,358 --> 00:32:10,460
between the airplane fuel
660
00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:13,260
and the water molecules
in the clouds.
661
00:32:13,362 --> 00:32:15,808
Boy #2: It's the most beautiful
thing I've ever seen.
662
00:32:15,832 --> 00:32:18,112
If there is fuel that was dumped
from an aircraft,
663
00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:20,134
and it was over
a populated area,
664
00:32:20,236 --> 00:32:22,017
that's coming down
to the ground.
665
00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:26,143
And that could be very flammable
and very terrifying.
666
00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:28,843
Narrator: Could this bizarre
phenomenon be the result
667
00:32:28,945 --> 00:32:33,380
of highly toxic fuel
raining down to earth?
668
00:32:33,482 --> 00:32:34,996
Shapiro:
If this were a fuel dump,
669
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:37,196
you'd expect to see it
in a line across the sky
670
00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:38,722
or some sort of linear pattern.
671
00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:40,388
But in this case, it's circular.
672
00:32:40,490 --> 00:32:42,133
It's following the shape
of the cloud.
673
00:32:42,157 --> 00:32:43,937
When you see a plane
flying overhead,
674
00:32:43,961 --> 00:32:46,259
you see the straight line
contrails.
675
00:32:46,361 --> 00:32:49,563
So if this was caused
by a plane dumping fuel,
676
00:32:49,665 --> 00:32:52,701
it would be a straight-line
rainbow, not a disc.
677
00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:59,142
Narrator: Chemist simon foster
has seen this kind of thing
678
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,775
before in outer space.
679
00:33:01,877 --> 00:33:06,613
Could this be a genuine
extraterrestrial phenomenon?
680
00:33:06,715 --> 00:33:09,050
Rainbows are not just
an earth-based phenomenon.
681
00:33:09,152 --> 00:33:10,550
They do happen elsewhere.
682
00:33:10,652 --> 00:33:12,132
They actually happen out
in the cosmos.
683
00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:14,688
People have been looking
through telescopes
684
00:33:14,823 --> 00:33:16,663
and found rainbows in space.
685
00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:19,362
Narrator: 2013,
686
00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:23,096
nasa's chandra x-ray
observatory space telescope
687
00:33:23,198 --> 00:33:26,467
picks up strange,
unexplained images.
688
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:31,404
There is this one image from
the chandra x-ray telescope
689
00:33:31,506 --> 00:33:33,908
that's called
an extraterrestrial rainbow.
690
00:33:34,010 --> 00:33:35,970
It is a system
with a binary star.
691
00:33:36,048 --> 00:33:37,957
And one of the stars
is a neutron star
692
00:33:37,981 --> 00:33:40,383
to siphon enough material
from the other star.
693
00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:42,050
It's really dense and heavy.
694
00:33:42,152 --> 00:33:44,354
And it's sucking...
It's drawing material
695
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:45,987
off its other partner's star.
696
00:33:46,089 --> 00:33:48,958
And as it's doing so,
it's emitting x-rays.
697
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:52,024
Now, these x-rays
are passing through dust
698
00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:53,773
and debris
surrounding these stars.
699
00:33:53,797 --> 00:33:56,029
And as it does so,
it acts almost like a lens,
700
00:33:56,131 --> 00:33:58,077
like water droplets
in the atmosphere
701
00:33:58,101 --> 00:33:59,699
due to visible light.
702
00:33:59,801 --> 00:34:01,870
This is doing it to x-ray,
703
00:34:01,972 --> 00:34:06,108
and it produces this incredible
interstellar rainbow.
704
00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:07,974
So it's incredibly beautiful,
705
00:34:08,076 --> 00:34:09,956
but the light is being produced
by x-rays.
706
00:34:09,980 --> 00:34:12,445
So at the same time,
it's deadly.
707
00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,882
We know how damaging x-rays
can actually be
708
00:34:14,984 --> 00:34:17,886
if you're not well-protected.
709
00:34:17,988 --> 00:34:21,491
Narrator: X-rays are a form
of ionizing radiation.
710
00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:23,157
Over-exposure can lead
711
00:34:23,259 --> 00:34:26,495
to unnatural chemical reactions
inside cells,
712
00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:27,795
causing mutations
713
00:34:27,897 --> 00:34:30,865
that lead to a number
of diseases, such as cancer.
714
00:34:30,967 --> 00:34:34,236
For this to have been
some kind of space rainbow
715
00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:37,036
this close to earth
just doesn't work.
716
00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:40,074
The amount of radiation
would be so intense,
717
00:34:40,176 --> 00:34:41,478
it would seriously injure
718
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:44,178
or even kill
everyone in the area.
719
00:34:48,050 --> 00:34:50,186
Narrator:
Science writer alan shapiro
720
00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:51,353
reviews the footage
721
00:34:51,455 --> 00:34:53,690
and thinks
he may have the answer.
722
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,335
Maybe the solution
has something to do
723
00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:57,827
with the weather on the day.
724
00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:01,294
You've got a cloud with water
droplets high in the atmosphere.
725
00:35:01,396 --> 00:35:03,576
You've got the sun lighting
it up from behind.
726
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,869
Again, the water
breaking those colors out.
727
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:09,136
It's really similar to when
you see water and oil interact
728
00:35:09,238 --> 00:35:11,906
and you get
that kind of rainbow effect.
729
00:35:12,008 --> 00:35:13,473
Narrator: The best guess
730
00:35:13,575 --> 00:35:16,310
is some rare set
of atmospheric conditions.
731
00:35:16,412 --> 00:35:18,381
Water vapor high
in the atmosphere
732
00:35:18,483 --> 00:35:22,115
refracting light into
a spectrum of colors.
733
00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:24,919
To be able to see that firsthand
would be incredible.
734
00:35:25,021 --> 00:35:27,423
It's going to be
10 times better in real life.
735
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:29,256
Boy #3: This is awesome.
736
00:35:33,929 --> 00:35:36,764
Narrator:
Now in the land of volcanoes...
737
00:35:38,704 --> 00:35:41,635
The sky turns blood red.
738
00:35:41,737 --> 00:35:45,839
A burning hellscape
turning the sky red.
739
00:35:45,941 --> 00:35:48,443
Narrator:
This ominous crimson cloud
740
00:35:48,545 --> 00:35:50,510
engulfs everything in its path.
741
00:35:50,612 --> 00:35:52,592
It must have been
absolutely terrifying.
742
00:35:52,616 --> 00:35:54,696
It's like a scene
from a disaster movie.
743
00:35:54,783 --> 00:35:57,851
But for the people living there,
this is everyday life.
744
00:36:03,462 --> 00:36:05,460
Narrator:
Sumatra, indonesia.
745
00:36:05,562 --> 00:36:09,197
A volcanic island mostly covered
in thick rainforest
746
00:36:09,299 --> 00:36:14,301
with its own species
of tiger and rhinoceros.
747
00:36:14,403 --> 00:36:15,972
September 2019.
748
00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:18,638
In a quiet rural community,
749
00:36:18,740 --> 00:36:24,280
a motorcyclist experiences
an out-of-this-world sight.
750
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:25,558
Shapiro:
The sky is blood red.
751
00:36:25,582 --> 00:36:26,625
This looks like something
752
00:36:26,649 --> 00:36:28,495
you'd find on mars,
not on earth.
753
00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:30,595
It looks like something
out of "total recall."
754
00:36:30,619 --> 00:36:31,900
walcek:
It's hard to explain
755
00:36:31,924 --> 00:36:35,155
this very bizarre
and cataclysmic-looking video.
756
00:36:35,257 --> 00:36:36,592
Woman #2: It's everywhere.
757
00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,637
It looks like
whoever filmed this
758
00:36:38,661 --> 00:36:39,926
is trying to get away from it.
759
00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:43,396
But there... there's
no getting away from this.
760
00:36:43,498 --> 00:36:45,412
Narrator:
It looks like a sandstorm,
761
00:36:45,436 --> 00:36:47,734
but this is
a wet tropical island.
762
00:36:47,836 --> 00:36:50,705
There is no desert
for hundreds of miles.
763
00:36:50,807 --> 00:36:52,287
Foster:
Everything is blood red.
764
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:53,475
Everywhere you look.
765
00:36:53,577 --> 00:36:55,487
It's not like he's coming
from one particular area.
766
00:36:55,511 --> 00:36:57,079
The entire countryside,
767
00:36:57,181 --> 00:37:00,046
everything
around this person is red.
768
00:37:00,148 --> 00:37:02,050
Driving through this red cloud,
769
00:37:02,152 --> 00:37:05,921
it probably felt like
the end of the world.
770
00:37:06,056 --> 00:37:07,288
Narrator: Coming up...
771
00:37:07,423 --> 00:37:11,125
The apocalyptic sky
with deadly consequences.
772
00:37:11,227 --> 00:37:13,274
Shapiro: Bromine isn't something
you want to be inhaling.
773
00:37:13,298 --> 00:37:16,262
At higher concentrations,
it can lead to death.
774
00:37:25,473 --> 00:37:28,309
Narrator: The air above
a volcanic indonesian island
775
00:37:28,411 --> 00:37:30,246
turns blood red.
776
00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:37,884
Chemist mike sansom wonders
if what we are seeing
777
00:37:37,986 --> 00:37:42,392
is evidence
the air itself is toxic.
778
00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:44,403
We know it's indonesia
and indonesia
779
00:37:44,427 --> 00:37:46,696
has the greatest
concentration of volcanoes.
780
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:49,229
So is it something
to do with volcanoes?
781
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:55,037
Narrator: Indonesia has 127
active volcanoes.
782
00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,937
This island alone has 67.
783
00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:02,542
It is situated
in the volatile ring of fire.
784
00:38:02,644 --> 00:38:05,612
A 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes
785
00:38:05,714 --> 00:38:10,516
and seismically active sites
that outline the pacific ocean.
786
00:38:10,618 --> 00:38:14,087
The region has 75%
of the world's volcanoes
787
00:38:14,189 --> 00:38:16,958
and 90% of its earthquakes.
788
00:38:17,060 --> 00:38:20,962
Could these skies be a portent
of another eruption?
789
00:38:21,064 --> 00:38:24,833
Indonesia has the most volcanoes
of any country in the world.
790
00:38:24,935 --> 00:38:27,099
76 of them have erupted
791
00:38:27,201 --> 00:38:30,770
more than 1,000 times
in our current record.
792
00:38:30,872 --> 00:38:34,974
Narrator:
Mount tambora, indonesia, 1815.
793
00:38:35,076 --> 00:38:37,645
After a few centuries
of dormancy,
794
00:38:37,747 --> 00:38:42,582
mount tambora unleashes the most
powerful eruption known to man.
795
00:38:42,684 --> 00:38:45,553
Shapiro: It sent ash and dust
high into the atmosphere.
796
00:38:45,655 --> 00:38:49,624
That accounted for the deaths
of more than 80,000 people.
797
00:38:49,726 --> 00:38:53,395
Narrator: The explosion can be
heard 1,600 miles away.
798
00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:55,728
People are immediately
burnt alive
799
00:38:55,830 --> 00:38:58,299
as they drown
in the boiling lava.
800
00:38:58,401 --> 00:39:02,136
For others, death is more
painful as they are poisoned
801
00:39:02,238 --> 00:39:06,340
by toxic gases and ash.
802
00:39:06,442 --> 00:39:09,044
One thing we might expect
if this were from a volcano
803
00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:12,949
was that you would have usually
a lot of very black, dark ash,
804
00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:17,353
a big cloud that would be
blasting out in the sky.
805
00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:20,823
We don't see that,
but there have been volcanoes
806
00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:25,261
that have thrown out
other strange-colored gases.
807
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:28,798
Hawaii's kilauea volcano
erupted in 2018
808
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,632
and had a pink plume.
809
00:39:30,734 --> 00:39:33,702
This came from the rock
around it, the basalt,
810
00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:37,240
that had this red color
and accounted for the pink ash.
811
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:39,806
Narrator: Sansom has a theory
as to what gases
812
00:39:39,908 --> 00:39:41,910
need to be present in indonesia
813
00:39:42,012 --> 00:39:45,615
to create such
an apocalyptic crimson haze.
814
00:39:46,683 --> 00:39:49,185
One thing that could turn
this volcanic eruption red
815
00:39:49,287 --> 00:39:50,287
is bromine.
816
00:39:50,387 --> 00:39:52,352
It's an element,
a liquid element.
817
00:39:52,454 --> 00:39:57,427
And if you boil it, it turns
into this brownish-reddish gas,
818
00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:00,394
which looks exactly
like the video.
819
00:40:00,496 --> 00:40:03,364
Narrator: Bromine is a naturally
occurring chemical
820
00:40:03,466 --> 00:40:04,964
found in the earth's crust.
821
00:40:05,066 --> 00:40:06,968
But when combined with heat,
822
00:40:07,070 --> 00:40:10,006
the molecular structure
alters dramatically.
823
00:40:11,374 --> 00:40:13,284
Volcanic eruptions can
cause temperatures
824
00:40:13,308 --> 00:40:14,510
of thousands degrees,
825
00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:16,621
and that's plenty of heat
to cause the bromine
826
00:40:16,645 --> 00:40:18,192
to turn from a liquid
into a gas.
827
00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:20,781
Bromine isn't something
you want to be inhaling.
828
00:40:20,883 --> 00:40:22,151
At lower concentrations,
829
00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:24,463
it can lead to coughing
and shortness of breath.
830
00:40:24,487 --> 00:40:27,289
And in higher concentrations,
it can lead to death.
831
00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:29,391
Narrator:
But sansom isn't convinced
832
00:40:29,457 --> 00:40:30,860
that the flaming-red heavens
833
00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:34,297
are caused by oxidizing bromine.
834
00:40:34,366 --> 00:40:36,475
Sansom: You'd need massive
deposits of bromine.
835
00:40:36,499 --> 00:40:38,768
I mean, a huge salt plain
of bromine
836
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:40,968
to actually create
this vast amount.
837
00:40:41,070 --> 00:40:42,783
Narrator:
It would take something
838
00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:43,927
the size of the dead sea
839
00:40:44,007 --> 00:40:46,776
to cause
a crimson sky like this.
840
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:50,409
And there aren't deposits
of that size in this area.
841
00:40:53,415 --> 00:40:56,384
But when chemist simon foster
studies the footage,
842
00:40:56,486 --> 00:40:58,451
he wonders
if the color of the sky
843
00:40:58,553 --> 00:41:02,322
could be the sign of a different
kind of impending danger.
844
00:41:02,424 --> 00:41:04,570
Different gases in different
concentrations,
845
00:41:04,594 --> 00:41:05,892
they can actually bend light
846
00:41:05,994 --> 00:41:07,574
and split light
in different ways.
847
00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:09,541
And that could be
what's going on here.
848
00:41:09,565 --> 00:41:13,101
Walcek: This could be the same
principle of sunsets.
849
00:41:13,203 --> 00:41:16,205
But you need to have exactly
the right size of smoke
850
00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:18,571
or haze particle
for this to happen.
851
00:41:18,673 --> 00:41:20,954
Narrator: Meteorologist
chris walcek believes that
852
00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:22,275
this apocalyptic sky
853
00:41:22,377 --> 00:41:25,679
could be caused
by a huge quantity of smoke.
854
00:41:25,781 --> 00:41:27,595
One of the ways
you can produce this effect
855
00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:29,717
is with widespread forest fires
856
00:41:29,819 --> 00:41:32,221
that produce huge amounts
of dust and smoke.
857
00:41:33,823 --> 00:41:37,692
Narrator: Wildfires are one
of nature's deadliest killers.
858
00:41:37,794 --> 00:41:40,062
A raging fire
on a forested island
859
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,829
like this could be disastrous.
860
00:41:42,931 --> 00:41:44,278
Kutcher:
So if your island's on fire,
861
00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:46,100
where do you run that's safe?
862
00:41:46,202 --> 00:41:48,704
Fires out of control
in california,
863
00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:51,504
they evacuate us
to someplace that's safer,
864
00:41:51,606 --> 00:41:54,041
someplace away
from the actual fuel.
865
00:41:54,143 --> 00:41:57,412
If you're on an island
and the whole island's fuel,
866
00:41:57,514 --> 00:41:59,446
where do they evacuate you to?
867
00:41:59,548 --> 00:42:02,250
Narrator:
Further investigation reveals
868
00:42:02,352 --> 00:42:04,354
this is a catastrophic wildfire,
869
00:42:04,456 --> 00:42:08,154
one of almost 4,000 that ripped
through southeast asia
870
00:42:08,256 --> 00:42:12,862
between February
to September 2019.
871
00:42:12,964 --> 00:42:16,966
This air was so polluted,
it left almost 10 million people
872
00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:20,066
gasping for breath
with countless deaths.
873
00:42:20,168 --> 00:42:24,070
This really was an apocalypse
for these islands.
874
00:42:24,172 --> 00:42:26,152
Kutcher:
Smoke is horrible to inhale.
875
00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:28,407
There's the fire
that's far too hot.
876
00:42:28,509 --> 00:42:30,245
There's fire tornadoes.
877
00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:33,582
There's nothing good that comes
from being in that position.
878
00:42:33,684 --> 00:42:35,982
It would have felt like the end
of the world.
879
00:42:42,493 --> 00:42:46,628
American travelers are leaving
a revered jungle temple complex
880
00:42:46,730 --> 00:42:48,361
when nearby...
881
00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:54,636
Fireball. It looks like a
building has been torn apart.
882
00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:59,040
Narrator: Locals and tourists
are hit by the explosion.
883
00:42:59,142 --> 00:43:02,011
We need to figure out
what exactly this blast is,
884
00:43:02,113 --> 00:43:04,711
because whatever it is,
it could be deadly.
885
00:43:04,813 --> 00:43:06,426
Narrator:
The town lies in the shadow
886
00:43:06,450 --> 00:43:09,448
of one of the greatest wonders
of the ancient world.
887
00:43:09,550 --> 00:43:11,530
I think it's impossible to see
something like that
888
00:43:11,554 --> 00:43:14,157
and not think about terrorism.
889
00:43:17,792 --> 00:43:19,639
Narrator:
It was the real-life location
890
00:43:19,663 --> 00:43:23,165
of the first
"tomb raider" movie.
891
00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:26,636
Angkor wat in cambodia
is amongst the largest
892
00:43:26,738 --> 00:43:29,602
and strangest religious
monuments in the world.
893
00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:37,310
Dedicated to the protector
god vishnu
894
00:43:37,412 --> 00:43:38,848
whose avatars are believed
895
00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:42,785
by his followers
to still be active in the world.
896
00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:46,789
The temple design is mysterious
and complex.
897
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:50,789
It was a huge center
for the technology of that time.
898
00:43:52,795 --> 00:43:56,398
Narrator: Angkor wat sits just
outside the city of siem reap.
899
00:43:58,533 --> 00:44:04,306
August 2019, american tourists
are here to see the temple,
900
00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:07,576
and some are filming
when just a few miles away...
901
00:44:07,678 --> 00:44:09,343
Boom! Massive explosion.
902
00:44:11,278 --> 00:44:14,414
Narrator: The shock wave knocks
motorcyclists of their bikes
903
00:44:14,516 --> 00:44:16,285
and sends people fleeing.
904
00:44:16,387 --> 00:44:18,151
Holmes: Oh, it's still on fire.
905
00:44:18,253 --> 00:44:19,755
Oh, my gosh.
906
00:44:19,857 --> 00:44:21,122
That is terrible.
907
00:44:21,224 --> 00:44:23,500
Mcmahon: Imagine you're going
about your daily routine
908
00:44:23,524 --> 00:44:25,104
and something like this happens.
909
00:44:25,128 --> 00:44:29,630
Something so disruptive,
so explosive, so dangerous...
910
00:44:29,732 --> 00:44:31,430
A terrible event.
911
00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:36,772
Narrator: An american teacher
is among those badly injured.
912
00:44:40,478 --> 00:44:42,643
There have been local rumblings
in siem reap
913
00:44:42,745 --> 00:44:46,313
about westerners
visiting the temple complex.
914
00:44:46,415 --> 00:44:48,295
Wise: This took place in a town
which is actually,
915
00:44:48,319 --> 00:44:52,017
it's only a few kilometers
away from angkor wat.
916
00:44:52,119 --> 00:44:53,699
Narrator:
The proximity to the temple
917
00:44:53,723 --> 00:44:57,259
leads to some wild
and bizarre speculation.
918
00:44:57,361 --> 00:45:01,363
This belief that angkor wat
once included two temples
919
00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:03,463
that were gold plated.
920
00:45:03,565 --> 00:45:05,045
And they were gold plated
in order
921
00:45:05,069 --> 00:45:07,267
to capture the rays of the sun
922
00:45:07,369 --> 00:45:10,738
at key times of the year,
the equinoxes.
923
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,875
Narrator: The temples were built
by king suryavarman,
924
00:45:13,977 --> 00:45:15,142
who according to legend
925
00:45:15,244 --> 00:45:18,413
was a demigod
who used advanced geometry
926
00:45:18,515 --> 00:45:22,117
to lay out the buildings
to mirror objects in space.
927
00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:24,483
They could harness the power
of the sun,
928
00:45:24,585 --> 00:45:26,821
effectively creating a ray,
929
00:45:26,956 --> 00:45:30,792
a powerful beam of light
with destructive capability.
930
00:45:34,564 --> 00:45:36,996
And so, is there a connection
931
00:45:37,098 --> 00:45:39,766
between this ancient
mysterious temple complex
932
00:45:39,868 --> 00:45:44,471
and this modern
mysterious explosion?
933
00:45:47,010 --> 00:45:51,579
Could there be some kind of
lost technology
934
00:45:51,681 --> 00:45:54,483
that somehow is still active,
somehow still dangerous,
935
00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:57,683
could still somehow
cause things to explode?
936
00:46:00,856 --> 00:46:03,558
Narrator: But material scientist
doug holmes believes
937
00:46:03,660 --> 00:46:07,795
the location of the blast
could point to an act of terror.
938
00:46:07,897 --> 00:46:11,299
I think it's impossible nowadays
in this climate
939
00:46:11,401 --> 00:46:15,470
to see something like that
and not think about terrorism.
940
00:46:15,572 --> 00:46:18,974
In a region like this that has
been historically war torn,
941
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:21,074
you can't rule it out.
942
00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:25,011
Narrator:
Cambodia borders vietnam.
943
00:46:25,113 --> 00:46:30,216
In the early 1970s, the country
is invaded by the viet cong.
944
00:46:30,318 --> 00:46:33,453
Despite american efforts,
a communist dictatorship
945
00:46:33,555 --> 00:46:38,090
is installed
known as the khmer rouge.
946
00:46:38,192 --> 00:46:40,261
The party's leader is pol pot,
947
00:46:40,363 --> 00:46:44,799
whose methods are brutal
and terrifying.
948
00:46:44,901 --> 00:46:48,603
The khmer rouge execute people
just because of their appearance
949
00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:53,240
and use their bodies
as fertilizer in the fields.
950
00:46:53,342 --> 00:46:55,744
The communists
take and slaughter the children
951
00:46:55,846 --> 00:46:58,711
and babies of those
who dare criticize them.
952
00:46:58,813 --> 00:47:03,919
Women are subjected to hideous
medical experiments.
953
00:47:04,021 --> 00:47:07,261
Wise: About two million people,
about a quarter of the population,
954
00:47:07,354 --> 00:47:10,523
was wiped out by the khmer rouge
under pol pot,
955
00:47:10,625 --> 00:47:14,427
who is remembered
as one of the most vicious
956
00:47:14,529 --> 00:47:18,865
and deranged
homicidal leaders of history.
957
00:47:21,604 --> 00:47:23,973
Narrator: Several of
the khmer rouge's evil leaders
958
00:47:24,075 --> 00:47:26,740
have recently been sentenced
to life imprisonment
959
00:47:26,842 --> 00:47:30,410
for their disgusting crimes.
960
00:47:30,512 --> 00:47:32,359
Holmes: Knowing it's happening
in a place
961
00:47:32,383 --> 00:47:36,352
where there is a long history
of conflict, you...
962
00:47:36,454 --> 00:47:38,296
I mean, you can't help
but think, you know,
963
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:42,223
maybe these are kind of rebels,
local terrorist groups,
964
00:47:42,325 --> 00:47:46,460
something that could cause
an explosion like that.
965
00:47:46,562 --> 00:47:48,442
Kutcher:
So this is an area of the globe
966
00:47:48,466 --> 00:47:50,142
that we know
has been under siege.
967
00:47:50,166 --> 00:47:52,535
This is a terrorist area.
968
00:47:52,604 --> 00:47:57,672
And this type of explosion
resembles that type of attack.
969
00:47:59,774 --> 00:48:02,176
Narrator: Matt kutcher has spent
over 20 years
970
00:48:02,278 --> 00:48:05,714
as a hollywood explosives
and pyrotechnics expert.
971
00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:08,280
Kutcher: Blow it.
972
00:48:08,382 --> 00:48:11,685
There's a little hollywood
magic today, right?
973
00:48:11,787 --> 00:48:14,233
Narrator: He wants to see
whether the blast in the footage
974
00:48:14,257 --> 00:48:17,593
matches the blast
produced by a bomb.
975
00:48:17,695 --> 00:48:19,304
Kutcher: I think the first thing
we do is we're going to have to get
976
00:48:19,328 --> 00:48:21,575
some kind of shed, something
to represent a building.
977
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:23,375
We're going to need some
high explosives.
978
00:48:23,399 --> 00:48:26,501
And we're going to see if
we can't blow it up.
979
00:48:26,603 --> 00:48:29,972
Right there.
980
00:48:30,074 --> 00:48:31,472
Nice.
981
00:48:31,574 --> 00:48:33,383
We'll have the high explosive
around this barrel,
982
00:48:33,407 --> 00:48:35,709
and we'll have some
high explosive in the barrel.
983
00:48:35,811 --> 00:48:37,891
And to replicate everything
we see that's blowing
984
00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:39,191
through the roof,
blowing out the doors,
985
00:48:39,215 --> 00:48:40,658
we're going to add the water
inside of it
986
00:48:40,682 --> 00:48:44,817
and use the water as actually
what devastates this building.
987
00:48:44,919 --> 00:48:46,959
Alright, ty,
go ahead and fill her up.
988
00:48:50,661 --> 00:48:52,403
This type of high explosive
is no joke.
989
00:48:52,427 --> 00:48:54,374
We're going to have to stand
pretty clear of this.
990
00:48:54,398 --> 00:48:56,074
And it's going to blow
this thing apart...
991
00:48:56,098 --> 00:48:58,267
Just one big bang.
992
00:49:02,069 --> 00:49:04,538
Narrator: Coming up,
matt kutcher discovers
993
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,142
if the blast near the temples
was an act of terror.
994
00:49:08,244 --> 00:49:11,246
Three, two, one.
995
00:49:11,348 --> 00:49:12,846
And in indonesia,
996
00:49:12,948 --> 00:49:15,450
cameras capture
what appears to be a humanoid
997
00:49:15,552 --> 00:49:17,617
scientists thought extinct.
998
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:19,721
It's like this
little evil hobbit
999
00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:21,454
running around in the jungle.
1000
00:49:28,562 --> 00:49:32,531
Narrator: An explosion near one
of the greatest wonders of the world
1001
00:49:32,633 --> 00:49:35,102
followed by a lethal blaze.
1002
00:49:37,374 --> 00:49:39,239
Pyrotechnics expert matt kutcher
1003
00:49:39,341 --> 00:49:42,510
has built a terrorist-style
explosive device
1004
00:49:42,612 --> 00:49:47,047
to see if it matches
the blast in the video.
1005
00:49:47,149 --> 00:49:49,585
Alright, gentlemen, lets get
to our firing positions.
1006
00:49:49,687 --> 00:49:51,696
Alright, guys, we are ready.
We're going to go hot.
1007
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:54,322
Fire the horn.
1008
00:49:54,424 --> 00:49:55,722
Alright, and here we go.
1009
00:49:55,824 --> 00:49:58,360
In three, two, one.
1010
00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:11,938
There's no question.
1011
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:17,143
It completely decimated
that building.
1012
00:50:17,245 --> 00:50:19,613
It did quick business
of that, didn't it?
1013
00:50:19,715 --> 00:50:23,151
And what it really looked like
was there was no flash at all.
1014
00:50:23,253 --> 00:50:24,584
It's gone.
1015
00:50:24,686 --> 00:50:25,884
Absolutely gone.
1016
00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:27,488
And not an ounce of flame.
1017
00:50:32,194 --> 00:50:33,637
Narrator:
The flames are only visible
1018
00:50:33,661 --> 00:50:38,096
when matt watches his explosion
slowed down by 90%.
1019
00:50:38,198 --> 00:50:40,445
Kutcher: Although it looks very
similar at the beginning,
1020
00:50:40,469 --> 00:50:42,605
the mass transfer of energy,
1021
00:50:42,707 --> 00:50:44,983
it's certainly missing something
at the end, isn't it?
1022
00:50:45,007 --> 00:50:47,442
In the video, you clearly see
a sustained fire,
1023
00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:49,744
as if there was something else
in the building.
1024
00:50:49,811 --> 00:50:52,146
So it couldn't be
high explosives.
1025
00:50:52,248 --> 00:50:53,557
We've got to gain
some more information
1026
00:50:53,581 --> 00:50:55,528
as to what was actually
in this building,
1027
00:50:55,552 --> 00:50:57,295
what held
the sustained the fire,
1028
00:50:57,319 --> 00:50:59,279
and is the sustained
fire relative
1029
00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:01,121
to what caused the explosion?
1030
00:51:03,227 --> 00:51:07,029
Narrator: Engineer adam hadhazy
wonders if the fuel behind the explosion
1031
00:51:07,131 --> 00:51:09,396
could be gasoline.
1032
00:51:09,498 --> 00:51:10,729
But government records show
1033
00:51:10,831 --> 00:51:14,767
there were no licensed
gas stations in the area.
1034
00:51:14,869 --> 00:51:16,782
Gasoline is a highly desired
commodity
1035
00:51:16,806 --> 00:51:18,849
pretty much
anywhere you go in the world.
1036
00:51:18,873 --> 00:51:21,075
And if you can make a buck
selling it,
1037
00:51:21,177 --> 00:51:24,279
someone's probably going to sell
it then on the black market.
1038
00:51:24,381 --> 00:51:28,083
So that could open up some
possibilities here of
1039
00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:32,320
bootlegged gasoline that could
be behind what we're seeing.
1040
00:51:32,422 --> 00:51:35,354
Narrator: Since 1979,
the country has been ruled
1041
00:51:35,456 --> 00:51:40,962
by the cambodian people's party,
who took over the khmer rouge.
1042
00:51:41,064 --> 00:51:44,899
These marxists have introduced
some free-market reforms,
1043
00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:47,333
but they still
levy punishing taxes,
1044
00:51:47,435 --> 00:51:51,303
especially on the sale
of gasoline.
1045
00:51:51,405 --> 00:51:55,674
As a result, in some cambodian
cities, pirate gas stations
1046
00:51:55,776 --> 00:52:00,449
outnumber legal gas stations
by two to one.
1047
00:52:00,551 --> 00:52:03,849
Now listen, cambodia
is a developing country.
1048
00:52:03,951 --> 00:52:06,320
A lot of these things
get kind of loosey goosey
1049
00:52:06,422 --> 00:52:09,090
in a developing country,
and you can have situations
1050
00:52:09,192 --> 00:52:12,190
where dangerous chemicals
or substances
1051
00:52:12,292 --> 00:52:16,765
are not handled
in the safest possible way.
1052
00:52:16,867 --> 00:52:19,799
Narrator: Unlicensed gas
stations and street-side vendors
1053
00:52:19,901 --> 00:52:23,069
selling gasoline out of bottles
are a common site
1054
00:52:23,171 --> 00:52:25,373
throughout the country,
leading experts
1055
00:52:25,475 --> 00:52:28,407
to believe that the explosion
occurred at a site
1056
00:52:28,509 --> 00:52:31,011
where gas was being
sold illegally.
1057
00:52:31,113 --> 00:52:33,026
Wise: Given that it's on a busy
street, you can imagine
1058
00:52:33,050 --> 00:52:36,248
this is the sort of place where
you might have a gas station,
1059
00:52:36,350 --> 00:52:37,852
perhaps an illegal gas station.
1060
00:52:37,954 --> 00:52:42,123
Perhaps somebody has paid some
bribes to the local inspector
1061
00:52:42,225 --> 00:52:43,901
or someone
is just cutting corners
1062
00:52:43,925 --> 00:52:45,661
and doing things on the cheap.
1063
00:52:48,163 --> 00:52:50,043
Szulgit: This video serves as
a warning of how dangerous
1064
00:52:50,067 --> 00:52:52,298
something like
an illegal gas station can be.
1065
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:56,269
When standards are skipped, then
things like this can happen.
1066
00:53:00,808 --> 00:53:03,944
Narrator: Now, on the exotic
island of sumatra,
1067
00:53:04,046 --> 00:53:06,314
men entering the jungle
on motorbikes
1068
00:53:06,416 --> 00:53:08,814
come across a human-like
creature.
1069
00:53:08,916 --> 00:53:10,019
It's like this little,
1070
00:53:10,121 --> 00:53:12,241
evil hobbit
running around in the jungle.
1071
00:53:12,321 --> 00:53:15,467
Narrator: Locals believe this
may be the first filmed encounter
1072
00:53:15,491 --> 00:53:17,656
with a legendary
jungle-dwelling race
1073
00:53:17,758 --> 00:53:22,164
of humanoid cannibals
known as the ebu gogo.
1074
00:53:22,266 --> 00:53:24,931
The ebu gogo
are three feet tall,
1075
00:53:25,033 --> 00:53:26,902
are known to steal food,
1076
00:53:27,004 --> 00:53:30,639
kidnap children,
and even eat humans.
1077
00:53:30,741 --> 00:53:33,539
Growick: If this actually is
a long-lost human cousin,
1078
00:53:33,641 --> 00:53:37,343
this is potentially as big of
a find as landing on the moon.
1079
00:53:41,482 --> 00:53:45,051
Narrator: Sumatra, the
sixth-largest island in the world,
1080
00:53:45,153 --> 00:53:48,989
sitting in the java sea
in southeast asia.
1081
00:53:49,091 --> 00:53:52,659
It is an island of deadly
volcanoes and exotic animals,
1082
00:53:52,761 --> 00:53:55,697
from dozens of species
of amphibious creatures,
1083
00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:58,664
to rhinos, elephants,
and tigers.
1084
00:53:58,766 --> 00:54:02,634
The island stretches over
almost 200,000 square miles
1085
00:54:02,736 --> 00:54:06,472
and is largely covered
in dense tropical rainforest.
1086
00:54:06,574 --> 00:54:08,476
Or at least it was.
1087
00:54:11,715 --> 00:54:15,080
Sumatra is fast losing
its rainforest as humans
1088
00:54:15,182 --> 00:54:19,317
gradually transform the once
impenetrable jungle into farms
1089
00:54:19,419 --> 00:54:23,759
to grow much
sought-after sumatran coffee.
1090
00:54:23,861 --> 00:54:25,759
March 2017.
1091
00:54:25,861 --> 00:54:30,130
Four young men are riding along
a dirt path on their motorbikes.
1092
00:54:30,232 --> 00:54:33,500
Suddenly, something leaps
from the jungle.
1093
00:54:33,602 --> 00:54:35,700
It's shape is similar
to an adult
1094
00:54:35,802 --> 00:54:38,538
but it's much too small
to be a man.
1095
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:43,875
This naked man with a spear
comes and attacks you.
1096
00:54:43,977 --> 00:54:46,446
It's like a little
red demon from hell.
1097
00:54:46,548 --> 00:54:50,550
It's small, but it doesn't mean
that it's not deadly.
1098
00:54:50,652 --> 00:54:55,554
Narrator: A biker is knocked from
his vehicle, and the creature flees.
1099
00:54:55,689 --> 00:54:58,458
Gottlieb: It looks like the
bikers surprised this thing.
1100
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:00,158
It attacked to protect itself
1101
00:55:00,260 --> 00:55:02,140
and then thought better
and ran away.
1102
00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:09,504
Narrator: Historian craig
gottlieb analyzes the video.
1103
00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:11,282
Gottlieb: If you freeze
the video, what you see
1104
00:55:11,306 --> 00:55:14,241
is about a three-foot-tall
humanoid,
1105
00:55:14,343 --> 00:55:17,379
an adult with musculature
standing butt naked
1106
00:55:17,481 --> 00:55:19,481
in the forest
and carrying a spear.
1107
00:55:21,785 --> 00:55:25,620
Narrator: The average male human
is 5'9" tall.
1108
00:55:25,722 --> 00:55:27,754
This creature is half the size,
1109
00:55:27,856 --> 00:55:31,824
but it shows none of the
characteristics of dwarfism.
1110
00:55:31,926 --> 00:55:33,673
Kasky: In the jungles,
there are legends
1111
00:55:33,697 --> 00:55:35,562
of other types of beings.
1112
00:55:35,664 --> 00:55:39,366
So could this be one of those
subspecies or species
1113
00:55:39,468 --> 00:55:41,232
that's inside the jungle?
1114
00:55:43,505 --> 00:55:47,174
Potvin: Myths throughout the
islands of southeast asia speak of evil,
1115
00:55:47,276 --> 00:55:50,345
human-like people
that actually feast on humans
1116
00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:51,911
and live in the forests.
1117
00:55:52,013 --> 00:55:55,716
Could there be some truth
to these myths?
1118
00:55:55,818 --> 00:55:58,586
Narrator: Scientists have
long known that on these islands
1119
00:55:58,688 --> 00:56:01,453
once lived a distant
cousin of humans
1120
00:56:01,555 --> 00:56:04,724
which archaeologists
call homofloriensis
1121
00:56:04,826 --> 00:56:08,094
and nicknamed the hobbits.
1122
00:56:08,196 --> 00:56:12,599
Small bodies, small heads,
and small brains.
1123
00:56:12,701 --> 00:56:14,936
Remains of these small
human-like creatures
1124
00:56:15,038 --> 00:56:18,573
have been found and dna tested.
1125
00:56:18,675 --> 00:56:21,207
Although it was thought these
hobbits had died out around
1126
00:56:21,309 --> 00:56:24,744
100,000 years ago,
locals have long claimed
1127
00:56:24,846 --> 00:56:28,015
that they still inhabit
the jungles of sumatra.
1128
00:56:28,117 --> 00:56:30,357
Local legends speak of these
little, evil beings
1129
00:56:30,384 --> 00:56:31,752
lurking in the forests.
1130
00:56:31,854 --> 00:56:33,286
Could this be one of them?
1131
00:56:33,388 --> 00:56:34,901
Montieth:
These legends and stories
1132
00:56:34,925 --> 00:56:37,590
have been around
for thousands of years.
1133
00:56:37,692 --> 00:56:39,639
When people go missing
in the forest,
1134
00:56:39,663 --> 00:56:42,061
these creatures
are still blamed.
1135
00:56:42,163 --> 00:56:45,065
Could this be what we're seeing?
1136
00:56:45,167 --> 00:56:47,969
Narrator: These legends may be
more than mere fantasy.
1137
00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:51,339
In 2017,
archaeologists in indonesia
1138
00:56:51,441 --> 00:56:52,939
discovered cave paintings
1139
00:56:53,041 --> 00:56:57,444
depicting weird humanoid
creatures attacking animals.
1140
00:56:57,546 --> 00:57:00,681
Further evidence emerges when
scientists recently unearthed
1141
00:57:00,783 --> 00:57:03,952
the remains of small creatures
who do indeed belong
1142
00:57:04,054 --> 00:57:06,652
to a strange race of humanoids.
1143
00:57:06,754 --> 00:57:10,056
Gottlieb: The archaeologist
uncovered the remains of a previously
1144
00:57:10,158 --> 00:57:16,197
unknown species of primates
about three to four feet tall.
1145
00:57:16,299 --> 00:57:20,335
Narrator: Locals call the
jungle-dwelling creatures the ebu gogo.
1146
00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:24,506
Their appearance is said to be
somewhere between human and ape.
1147
00:57:24,608 --> 00:57:27,239
These tiny ape men are said
to talk to each other
1148
00:57:27,341 --> 00:57:30,543
in a strange murmur
and can parrot back human words
1149
00:57:30,645 --> 00:57:35,380
but have no way of understanding
what is being said.
1150
00:57:35,482 --> 00:57:38,351
Their name "gogo" means
"eats everything,"
1151
00:57:38,453 --> 00:57:40,855
and according to legend,
they are cannibals.
1152
00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:43,722
It's claimed that they have
stolen human children,
1153
00:57:43,824 --> 00:57:47,093
some say to learn
the secret of fire,
1154
00:57:47,195 --> 00:57:49,297
others say to eat them.
1155
00:57:49,399 --> 00:57:52,601
Growick: If this actually is
a long-last human cousin,
1156
00:57:52,703 --> 00:57:58,072
this potentially as big of
a find as landing on the moon.
1157
00:57:58,174 --> 00:57:59,672
Narrator: Coming up,
1158
00:57:59,774 --> 00:58:03,409
the hunt is on for indonesia's
secret cannibals.
1159
00:58:03,511 --> 00:58:06,680
How many more of these people
or creatures are there?
1160
00:58:09,486 --> 00:58:11,362
Narrator: And what's going bump
in the night
1161
00:58:11,386 --> 00:58:14,821
at England's eeriest emporium?
1162
00:58:14,923 --> 00:58:17,959
When you see stuff falling off
the walls,
1163
00:58:18,061 --> 00:58:19,925
it's a sign to get out.
1164
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,236
Narrator: On the volcanic island
of sumatra,
1165
00:58:29,338 --> 00:58:32,207
a helmet cam captures
what appears to be
1166
00:58:32,309 --> 00:58:34,040
a small human-like creature
1167
00:58:34,142 --> 00:58:38,477
emerging from the jungle
and wielding a spear.
1168
00:58:38,579 --> 00:58:41,048
Science journalist
jon farrow asks
1169
00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:43,315
if this is a non-human species
1170
00:58:43,417 --> 00:58:46,752
or a long-lost tribe
of super-small humans?
1171
00:58:46,854 --> 00:58:49,423
The jungle is so dense
that there's lots of places
1172
00:58:49,525 --> 00:58:51,156
that we've never been,
1173
00:58:51,258 --> 00:58:53,927
and that raises the possibility
that there are tribes of people
1174
00:58:54,029 --> 00:58:57,931
that live unconnected with
the rest of civilization.
1175
00:58:58,033 --> 00:59:02,602
Narrator: Historian tony mcmahon
studies a legendary prehistoric tribe
1176
00:59:02,704 --> 00:59:04,773
long thought to have died out.
1177
00:59:04,875 --> 00:59:09,843
About 400 years ago, a tribe
called the mante was sighted,
1178
00:59:09,945 --> 00:59:13,281
a tribe in the jungle who had
never made contact
1179
00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:15,281
with the rest of humanity.
1180
00:59:15,383 --> 00:59:17,618
For the mante people,
offroad bikes
1181
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,363
are going to be
a complete mystery,
1182
00:59:19,387 --> 00:59:22,422
and if anything, something
extremely frightening.
1183
00:59:22,524 --> 00:59:26,393
Narrator: The very small size of
the person is hard to explain,
1184
00:59:26,495 --> 00:59:29,297
but science journalist
steve potvin recalls
1185
00:59:29,399 --> 00:59:32,864
and indigenous tribe
known for their small stature.
1186
00:59:32,966 --> 00:59:37,605
It makes me think, could this be
a long-lost pygmy tribe?
1187
00:59:37,707 --> 00:59:41,276
Narrator: Spanish colonists to
this area hundreds of years ago
1188
00:59:41,378 --> 00:59:46,480
spoke of a people
they called the small ones.
1189
00:59:46,582 --> 00:59:49,751
Pygmy tribes are found mostly
in dense jungles.
1190
00:59:49,853 --> 00:59:53,788
Scientists speculate the lack
of sunlight leads to a sustained
1191
00:59:53,890 --> 00:59:57,959
lack of vitamins,
inhibiting bone development.
1192
00:59:58,061 --> 01:00:00,293
But something
doesn't make sense.
1193
01:00:00,395 --> 01:00:03,130
Even so called pygmies
are taller than this.
1194
01:00:03,232 --> 01:00:07,034
The average pygmy male
is around five feet.
1195
01:00:07,136 --> 01:00:10,638
This fuels speculation that this
may indeed be evidence of
1196
01:00:10,740 --> 01:00:14,576
a human-like creature from
the age of the neanderthals.
1197
01:00:14,678 --> 01:00:17,842
How many more of these people
or creatures are there?
1198
01:00:20,048 --> 01:00:21,524
Farrow:
These people live a lifestyle
1199
01:00:21,548 --> 01:00:23,362
untouched
by modern civilization,
1200
01:00:23,386 --> 01:00:25,817
without electricity
or the internet.
1201
01:00:25,919 --> 01:00:27,733
They'd be following the same way
of life
1202
01:00:27,757 --> 01:00:29,733
that they have
for thousands of years.
1203
01:00:29,757 --> 01:00:33,325
Narrator: Isolated prehistoric tribes
have been known to be aggressive
1204
01:00:33,427 --> 01:00:35,274
when confronted
with the terrifying
1205
01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:38,363
and strange signs
of modern civilization.
1206
01:00:38,465 --> 01:00:42,133
There's plenty of evidence of
tribespeople all over the world
1207
01:00:42,235 --> 01:00:45,038
defending themselves
with primitive weapons
1208
01:00:45,140 --> 01:00:50,608
against what they view as
incursions by the outside world.
1209
01:00:50,710 --> 01:00:52,846
In 2008, a light aircraft
1210
01:00:52,948 --> 01:00:56,283
flew over a tribal
village in the amazon.
1211
01:00:56,385 --> 01:01:00,321
The tribespeople who had had no
or minimal contact
1212
01:01:00,423 --> 01:01:03,991
with the outside world were
actually firing bows and arrows
1213
01:01:04,093 --> 01:01:07,091
and trying to shoot
at the aircraft.
1214
01:01:07,231 --> 01:01:11,366
Narrator: In 2018, on the andaman
islands off the coast of india,
1215
01:01:11,468 --> 01:01:14,600
a young christian missionary
was killed by bow and arrow
1216
01:01:14,702 --> 01:01:16,737
when he approached
a stone age tribe.
1217
01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:20,874
And that gives you an indication
of the fear and hostility
1218
01:01:20,976 --> 01:01:24,612
that some of these tribespeople
have towards the outside world.
1219
01:01:24,714 --> 01:01:27,245
Narrator: Indonesian government
officials viewed the film
1220
01:01:27,347 --> 01:01:30,116
and sent search parties
into the area,
1221
01:01:30,218 --> 01:01:33,653
but no tribe of miniature humans
have been discovered.
1222
01:01:33,755 --> 01:01:37,591
We are none the wiser
as to who he is,
1223
01:01:37,693 --> 01:01:40,795
which tribe he represents,
and how long
1224
01:01:40,897 --> 01:01:43,595
they've been isolated
from the rest of humanity.
1225
01:01:43,697 --> 01:01:46,937
Narrator: The nature of the small
humanoid caught on the helmet cam
1226
01:01:46,968 --> 01:01:48,903
remains a mystery.
1227
01:01:49,005 --> 01:01:52,507
Jon farrow believes that may be
for the best.
1228
01:01:52,609 --> 01:01:55,174
Modern civilization doesn't have
a great track record
1229
01:01:55,276 --> 01:01:57,245
of respecting indigenous people.
1230
01:01:57,347 --> 01:02:03,849
And so perhaps we should leave
this unexplained.
1231
01:02:08,725 --> 01:02:12,157
Narrator:
Now, England's spookiest store.
1232
01:02:12,259 --> 01:02:14,061
Objects are moved...
1233
01:02:14,163 --> 01:02:15,528
Whoa.
1234
01:02:15,630 --> 01:02:19,932
Narrator: And fall over as
though pushed by unseen hands.
1235
01:02:20,034 --> 01:02:22,269
People are running.
I don't blame them.
1236
01:02:22,371 --> 01:02:25,106
Narrator: Locals suspect
a cursed mineshaft
1237
01:02:25,175 --> 01:02:27,240
1,000 feet below the store
1238
01:02:27,342 --> 01:02:30,644
could be sending something
sinister up to the surface.
1239
01:02:30,746 --> 01:02:32,877
I've never seen anything
like this before.
1240
01:02:36,883 --> 01:02:39,985
Narrator: In the english county
of yorkshire is barnsley,
1241
01:02:40,087 --> 01:02:43,590
an ordinary north country
mining town.
1242
01:02:43,692 --> 01:02:46,394
September 2014.
1243
01:02:46,496 --> 01:02:51,398
In the middle of town is
the barnsley antiques centre.
1244
01:02:51,500 --> 01:02:55,402
Cctv captures bizarre activity.
1245
01:02:55,504 --> 01:02:59,639
A fog-like presence appears
to seep up through the floor.
1246
01:02:59,741 --> 01:03:05,043
Wait, wait, there seems to be
something almost like a mist.
1247
01:03:05,145 --> 01:03:08,281
That would really creep me out
if I was in this store.
1248
01:03:08,383 --> 01:03:11,652
Narrator:
A reign of terror follows.
1249
01:03:11,754 --> 01:03:16,089
While the shop is empty,
pictures fall of walls,
1250
01:03:16,191 --> 01:03:19,160
old glass cabinets shatter,
1251
01:03:19,262 --> 01:03:23,697
and an antique rocking horse
crashes to the ground.
1252
01:03:23,799 --> 01:03:26,835
When you see stuff falling off
the walls,
1253
01:03:26,937 --> 01:03:28,801
it's a sign to get out.
1254
01:03:32,907 --> 01:03:34,617
Narrator:
Store owner daniel parker
1255
01:03:34,641 --> 01:03:36,676
and his 9-year-old daughter
kasey
1256
01:03:36,778 --> 01:03:39,513
have experienced even
stranger things on the shop
1257
01:03:39,615 --> 01:03:41,713
when the cameras
have been turned off.
1258
01:03:41,815 --> 01:03:43,596
All of a sudden,
my daughter's friend
1259
01:03:43,620 --> 01:03:46,351
came running out shouting,
"dan, dan,
1260
01:03:46,453 --> 01:03:49,155
kasey's crying in the basement,"
screaming and crying.
1261
01:03:50,324 --> 01:03:51,759
I said, "what's the matter?"
1262
01:03:51,861 --> 01:03:54,959
and she says, "an arm's
just reached out to grab me."
1263
01:03:57,232 --> 01:03:59,472
I understand completely
why somebody would think
1264
01:03:59,503 --> 01:04:01,612
that there was a poltergeist
in this shop.
1265
01:04:01,636 --> 01:04:05,805
We do tend to see these kinds
of things as being supernatural.
1266
01:04:05,907 --> 01:04:10,709
Personally, I could think
of other explanations.
1267
01:04:10,811 --> 01:04:14,446
Narrator: Geophysicist sian
proctor looks into the mining history
1268
01:04:14,548 --> 01:04:17,684
of the town
and sees a potential explanation
1269
01:04:17,786 --> 01:04:22,154
that lies buried 1,000 feet
below the store itself.
1270
01:04:22,256 --> 01:04:25,259
To move objects like that,
there has to be a force.
1271
01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:27,470
But we clearly don't see one
in the video.
1272
01:04:27,494 --> 01:04:32,367
So maybe there is an invisible
physical force at play here.
1273
01:04:32,469 --> 01:04:34,633
Narrator:
Coming up, does a mining tragedy
1274
01:04:34,735 --> 01:04:38,437
that killed hundreds explain
the barnsley poltergeist?
1275
01:04:38,539 --> 01:04:41,842
This is potentially a ticking
time bomb waiting to go off.
1276
01:04:45,848 --> 01:04:50,216
Narrator: And is an eerie beam of
light over canada secret communication
1277
01:04:50,318 --> 01:04:52,820
with other worlds?
1278
01:04:52,922 --> 01:04:55,787
One reason scientists shoot
lasers out into space
1279
01:04:55,889 --> 01:04:58,325
is actually to signal
to potential alien lifeforms
1280
01:04:58,427 --> 01:04:59,525
on other planets.
1281
01:05:04,733 --> 01:05:07,231
Narrator: An antique store in
yorkshire, England, is plagued
1282
01:05:07,370 --> 01:05:10,669
by what seems to be
an angry poltergeist.
1283
01:05:10,771 --> 01:05:13,239
It appears as a mist and smashes
1284
01:05:13,341 --> 01:05:15,910
and throws things
from the shelves of the shop.
1285
01:05:16,012 --> 01:05:20,681
Something weird and unnatural
is going on here.
1286
01:05:24,420 --> 01:05:25,896
Narrator:
The owner, daniel parker,
1287
01:05:25,920 --> 01:05:28,256
investigates the history
of his street
1288
01:05:28,358 --> 01:05:32,560
and discovers bizarre activity
hasn't just struck in his store.
1289
01:05:32,662 --> 01:05:34,860
There used to be a cafe
just across the road
1290
01:05:34,962 --> 01:05:38,331
and they got someone in because
they had weird things happening.
1291
01:05:38,433 --> 01:05:41,835
I think they got some sort
of spiritualist group in
1292
01:05:41,937 --> 01:05:44,505
to sort of rid
their shop of spirits
1293
01:05:44,607 --> 01:05:46,805
because things were moving
in their shop.
1294
01:05:50,245 --> 01:05:53,647
Narrator: Material scientist doug
holmes believes this discovery
1295
01:05:53,749 --> 01:05:55,947
suggests the footage
from parker's store
1296
01:05:56,049 --> 01:05:59,984
doesn't show a ghost,
but a vibration from below
1297
01:06:00,086 --> 01:06:02,222
that affects
the whole neighborhood.
1298
01:06:02,324 --> 01:06:05,526
Holmes: You see this all the
time in footage of an earthquake
1299
01:06:05,628 --> 01:06:07,337
in which you have
these grumbling vibrations
1300
01:06:07,361 --> 01:06:09,408
which causes all sorts of things
to fall down,
1301
01:06:09,432 --> 01:06:11,030
topple over, and break.
1302
01:06:11,132 --> 01:06:12,330
And so a natural question
1303
01:06:12,432 --> 01:06:15,467
is, well, what's the source
of these vibrations?
1304
01:06:21,178 --> 01:06:26,013
Narrator: Barnsley is a long way
from an earthquake zone.
1305
01:06:26,115 --> 01:06:28,546
But in the 19th century,
this sleepy town
1306
01:06:28,648 --> 01:06:30,950
was the center of a revolution.
1307
01:06:31,052 --> 01:06:33,788
Newly invented trains
and mechanical factories
1308
01:06:33,923 --> 01:06:35,521
needed coal to power them,
1309
01:06:35,657 --> 01:06:38,592
and barnsley
had huge amounts beneath it.
1310
01:06:40,627 --> 01:06:43,729
Historian craig gottlieb
discovers this boom time
1311
01:06:43,831 --> 01:06:46,767
for barnsley
came at a heavy cost.
1312
01:06:46,869 --> 01:06:49,433
The history of coal mining goes
back centuries in this area
1313
01:06:49,535 --> 01:06:52,438
and there have been many
accidents and tragedies
1314
01:06:52,540 --> 01:06:54,275
involved in the industry.
1315
01:06:54,377 --> 01:06:57,342
Narrator: The antique store
is close to the oaks colliery,
1316
01:06:57,444 --> 01:06:59,612
a mine 1,000 feet deep.
1317
01:06:59,714 --> 01:07:01,812
Mining of this sort can be
very dangerous
1318
01:07:01,914 --> 01:07:06,254
because it releases
a number of flammable gases.
1319
01:07:06,356 --> 01:07:11,191
Narrator: In 1866, a massive
explosion tore through the mine,
1320
01:07:11,293 --> 01:07:15,895
killing 361 miners,
some as young as 10 years old,
1321
01:07:15,997 --> 01:07:20,000
and the rescuers
who went into save them.
1322
01:07:20,102 --> 01:07:21,966
The devastating series of blasts
1323
01:07:22,068 --> 01:07:25,037
caused by a mixture of gases,
including methane,
1324
01:07:25,139 --> 01:07:28,174
known as fire damp,
destroyed the mine.
1325
01:07:28,276 --> 01:07:31,278
It was England's greatest
mining disaster.
1326
01:07:33,314 --> 01:07:36,649
The oaks colliery shaft is now
abandoned and sealed.
1327
01:07:36,751 --> 01:07:40,120
Some locals even say
it carries a curse.
1328
01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,387
Geophysicist sian proctor
1329
01:07:42,489 --> 01:07:45,157
suspects the explosive power
of the fire damp
1330
01:07:45,259 --> 01:07:48,762
in the mine below
has not been totally spent.
1331
01:07:48,864 --> 01:07:51,666
We need to consider whether
these small little explosions
1332
01:07:51,768 --> 01:07:53,577
that are being caused
by fire damp
1333
01:07:53,601 --> 01:07:57,936
are actually the cause of what
we see in this antique shop.
1334
01:07:59,272 --> 01:08:01,432
Narrator: The weird mist filmed
in the store
1335
01:08:01,509 --> 01:08:04,045
could be a gas escape
from the mine,
1336
01:08:04,147 --> 01:08:06,378
and the falling objects could be
being moved
1337
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:09,415
by the blasts
from deep down below.
1338
01:08:09,517 --> 01:08:11,515
The vibrations felt across town
1339
01:08:11,655 --> 01:08:14,419
may well be a warning
of a much bigger blast
1340
01:08:14,521 --> 01:08:17,390
that could threaten
the whole community.
1341
01:08:17,492 --> 01:08:21,228
These trapped gases don't need
much to explode.
1342
01:08:21,330 --> 01:08:24,665
This is potentially a ticking
time bomb waiting to go off.
1343
01:08:24,767 --> 01:08:27,832
All you need is some
kind of spark, and boom.
1344
01:08:27,934 --> 01:08:30,869
Narrator: It seems whatever the
cause of these weird phenomena,
1345
01:08:30,971 --> 01:08:33,640
the future doesn't look good
for the store.
1346
01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:35,585
People have said that they don't
come in our shop
1347
01:08:35,609 --> 01:08:37,809
because they've heard
of the, like, hauntings
1348
01:08:37,879 --> 01:08:39,144
and spooky goings on.
1349
01:08:43,717 --> 01:08:47,385
Narrator: Now, in the dead of
night, a vertical shaft of light
1350
01:08:47,487 --> 01:08:50,356
appears suspended in the sky.
1351
01:08:50,458 --> 01:08:53,327
This doesn't look like anything
we've seen before.
1352
01:08:53,429 --> 01:08:57,164
Narrator: It pulsates
and terrifies local residents.
1353
01:08:57,266 --> 01:08:59,509
I kept thinking something is
coming, something is happening.
1354
01:08:59,533 --> 01:09:00,969
This is just the start.
1355
01:09:01,071 --> 01:09:06,206
Narrator: It seems to be ascending
to or descending from space.
1356
01:09:08,441 --> 01:09:10,143
This looks really scary.
1357
01:09:15,983 --> 01:09:17,618
Narrator: Edmonton, alberta.
1358
01:09:20,054 --> 01:09:24,389
A city of 970,000 people
with a shopping mall
1359
01:09:24,491 --> 01:09:28,293
that's over
five million square feet,
1360
01:09:28,395 --> 01:09:32,897
making it the largest mall
in north america.
1361
01:09:32,999 --> 01:09:36,868
December 28, 2018,
early evening.
1362
01:09:39,741 --> 01:09:43,443
Writer marina reid hale
is relaxing at home.
1363
01:09:43,545 --> 01:09:45,187
It was just a normal night
like any other.
1364
01:09:45,211 --> 01:09:46,614
I was watching tv.
1365
01:09:46,716 --> 01:09:50,451
Narrator: But then, as hail
heads into her kitchen,
1366
01:09:50,553 --> 01:09:52,918
she notices something
out of her window.
1367
01:09:53,020 --> 01:09:58,592
It was this big glowing, line
in the sky.
1368
01:09:58,694 --> 01:10:01,659
Narrator:
Hail decides to film it.
1369
01:10:01,761 --> 01:10:02,908
Hale: It was just right there.
1370
01:10:02,932 --> 01:10:04,963
Completely vertical,
really orangey,
1371
01:10:05,065 --> 01:10:07,467
kind of pulsating
slightly almost.
1372
01:10:09,603 --> 01:10:12,338
It looked like
something opening.
1373
01:10:12,440 --> 01:10:13,583
You know, just that crack
through a door
1374
01:10:13,607 --> 01:10:15,409
as a door was about to open.
1375
01:10:15,511 --> 01:10:18,831
Narrator: The light is like nothing
hail or other residents in the town
1376
01:10:18,915 --> 01:10:20,346
have ever seen.
1377
01:10:20,448 --> 01:10:22,124
I was thinking,
"oh, this is bad news.
1378
01:10:22,148 --> 01:10:24,228
Something is happening
and it's not good."
1379
01:10:24,252 --> 01:10:27,121
it really felt like you were
about to see alien ships
1380
01:10:27,256 --> 01:10:29,021
just rushing in coming to attack
1381
01:10:29,156 --> 01:10:31,359
or something
really bizarre like that.
1382
01:10:34,561 --> 01:10:36,929
Narrator: As the strange
bright light in the sky
1383
01:10:37,031 --> 01:10:40,467
hangs ominously over
the city of edmonton,
1384
01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:44,337
scientists are as baffled
as locals by the phenomenon.
1385
01:10:44,439 --> 01:10:45,737
This is really weird.
1386
01:10:45,839 --> 01:10:49,342
Where is this light coming from,
or where is it going to?
1387
01:10:49,444 --> 01:10:53,412
It kind of looks like a kind of
demonic finger of light,
1388
01:10:53,514 --> 01:10:55,916
you know,
appearing in the gloom.
1389
01:10:56,018 --> 01:10:58,516
This pulsating vertical light
in the middle of the sky
1390
01:10:58,618 --> 01:11:01,287
kind of reminds me of
"independence day"
1391
01:11:01,389 --> 01:11:04,425
when the giant spaceship
goes over the white house
1392
01:11:04,527 --> 01:11:06,558
and then destroys everything.
1393
01:11:10,764 --> 01:11:12,966
Narrator: Coming up,
is the edmonton light
1394
01:11:13,068 --> 01:11:16,970
connected to a bizarre incident
in space?
1395
01:11:17,072 --> 01:11:18,437
There was a kind of bright laser
1396
01:11:18,539 --> 01:11:21,641
that had struck
the international space station.
1397
01:11:21,743 --> 01:11:24,145
Narrator: And does a strange
frothing whirlpool
1398
01:11:24,247 --> 01:11:28,516
point to a japanese horror
weapon unleashed after 80 years?
1399
01:11:29,751 --> 01:11:31,294
Morgan: A strong possibility
at work here
1400
01:11:31,318 --> 01:11:34,953
is that this is some sort of
explosion underneath the water.
1401
01:11:42,565 --> 01:11:44,863
Narrator: In the city of
edmonton, canada,
1402
01:11:44,965 --> 01:11:48,601
a sinister pulsating light
hangs in the sky.
1403
01:11:52,874 --> 01:11:56,276
Science journalist jon farrow
discovers this is not
1404
01:11:56,378 --> 01:11:59,980
the first time such a beam
has been captured on camera,
1405
01:12:00,082 --> 01:12:03,084
and the last time
was from space.
1406
01:12:03,186 --> 01:12:06,517
In December 2017, the year
before this video was shot,
1407
01:12:06,619 --> 01:12:08,733
there was a video
making the rounds online
1408
01:12:08,757 --> 01:12:10,333
that there was a kind
of bright laser
1409
01:12:10,357 --> 01:12:14,192
that had struck
the international space station.
1410
01:12:14,294 --> 01:12:16,996
Narrator: Cameras on board
the international space station
1411
01:12:17,098 --> 01:12:19,229
captured the strange
beam of light.
1412
01:12:19,369 --> 01:12:22,434
The footage was then broadcast
to millions of americans
1413
01:12:22,536 --> 01:12:25,304
via the station's
live video feed.
1414
01:12:25,406 --> 01:12:29,475
To this day, nasa have given
no official explanation
1415
01:12:29,577 --> 01:12:31,275
for the occurrence.
1416
01:12:31,377 --> 01:12:34,546
The idea of a space laser
really caught many
1417
01:12:34,648 --> 01:12:36,017
people's imagination.
1418
01:12:36,119 --> 01:12:39,483
And so when a mysterious light
appears above edmonton,
1419
01:12:39,585 --> 01:12:42,854
people recall the year before,
the mysterious light above them
1420
01:12:42,956 --> 01:12:44,569
on the
international space station,
1421
01:12:44,593 --> 01:12:46,758
and they start to connect
the two.
1422
01:12:46,860 --> 01:12:48,962
Science writer amy shira teitel
1423
01:12:49,064 --> 01:12:51,662
wonders if the beam
is an attempt to communicate
1424
01:12:51,764 --> 01:12:55,333
with extraterrestrial beings.
1425
01:12:55,435 --> 01:12:58,304
One reason scientists shoot
lasers out into space
1426
01:12:58,406 --> 01:12:59,570
is actually to signal
1427
01:12:59,672 --> 01:13:03,374
to potential alien
lifeforms on other planets.
1428
01:13:03,476 --> 01:13:06,445
Narrator: Nasa is open about
its search for life in
1429
01:13:06,547 --> 01:13:09,549
and beyond our solar system.
1430
01:13:09,651 --> 01:13:13,320
In October 2019,
it announced its instruments
1431
01:13:13,422 --> 01:13:15,453
had picked up noises on mars,
1432
01:13:15,555 --> 01:13:18,591
which it described as dinks
and donks.
1433
01:13:24,097 --> 01:13:26,999
The possibility of finally
establishing contact
1434
01:13:27,101 --> 01:13:30,070
with intelligent alien life
is intriguing.
1435
01:13:30,172 --> 01:13:33,907
Though in 2016,
astrophysicist stephen hawking
1436
01:13:34,009 --> 01:13:35,969
warned against
the possible dangers
1437
01:13:36,043 --> 01:13:38,245
of reaching out in this way.
1438
01:13:38,347 --> 01:13:42,215
He claimed that if we make
contact with intelligent aliens,
1439
01:13:42,317 --> 01:13:44,082
they may not come in peace,
1440
01:13:44,184 --> 01:13:48,753
but would invade and conquer us
for our rich natural resources.
1441
01:13:48,855 --> 01:13:52,257
Astrophysicist hakeem oluseyi
looks for possible
1442
01:13:52,359 --> 01:13:54,894
causes for lights in the sky.
1443
01:13:54,996 --> 01:13:56,996
He checks the records
for that date
1444
01:13:57,063 --> 01:13:59,103
and discovers a clue
near the location
1445
01:13:59,167 --> 01:14:02,302
where the phenomenon occurred.
1446
01:14:02,404 --> 01:14:06,673
Oluseyi: There was a huge oil
refinery fire, and it was very bright.
1447
01:14:06,775 --> 01:14:09,240
And there was a huge flare-off
that occurred,
1448
01:14:09,342 --> 01:14:12,377
and given the fact
that there are clouds in the sky
1449
01:14:12,479 --> 01:14:13,844
that could scatter the light,
1450
01:14:13,946 --> 01:14:16,181
under the right conditions,
you could see
1451
01:14:16,283 --> 01:14:18,286
exactly what we see
in this video.
1452
01:14:20,688 --> 01:14:22,668
Narrator: The refinery fire
may have produced
1453
01:14:22,692 --> 01:14:26,927
what meteorologists refer
to as light pillars.
1454
01:14:27,029 --> 01:14:30,260
These are caused by reflective
ice crystals in the air,
1455
01:14:30,362 --> 01:14:34,331
which are illuminated by
a light source from the ground.
1456
01:14:34,433 --> 01:14:36,602
But there's a problem
with this theory.
1457
01:14:36,704 --> 01:14:40,406
The beam in the footage
looks wrong.
1458
01:14:40,508 --> 01:14:42,217
Usually when we see
light pillars,
1459
01:14:42,241 --> 01:14:43,643
there's multiple pillars,
1460
01:14:43,745 --> 01:14:45,410
and this is only one.
1461
01:14:45,512 --> 01:14:46,926
Farrow: There is still
an element of mystery
1462
01:14:46,950 --> 01:14:48,870
as to what
is causing this light.
1463
01:14:48,950 --> 01:14:52,352
Narrator: Marina reid hale, who
filmed the light, is convinced
1464
01:14:52,454 --> 01:14:54,852
this was no natural phenomenon.
1465
01:14:54,991 --> 01:14:58,322
The idea that it was caused
by the refinery flares
1466
01:14:58,424 --> 01:15:02,326
seemed a little too convenient.
1467
01:15:02,428 --> 01:15:03,942
There's at least
a part of me thinking
1468
01:15:03,966 --> 01:15:05,609
that there was something
more interesting
1469
01:15:05,633 --> 01:15:08,068
than just some strange fluke.
1470
01:15:15,174 --> 01:15:21,680
Narrator: Now, a weird foam erupts
out of a river in a chinese megacity.
1471
01:15:21,782 --> 01:15:23,751
Holy cow, that's a huge...
1472
01:15:23,853 --> 01:15:25,384
What?
1473
01:15:25,486 --> 01:15:27,922
This thing is
absolutely massive.
1474
01:15:31,524 --> 01:15:34,359
Narrator: Experts fear
a destructive japanese weapon
1475
01:15:34,461 --> 01:15:38,063
from world war ii
has accidentally exploded.
1476
01:15:38,165 --> 01:15:40,379
The fact that this looks like
a chemical reaction,
1477
01:15:40,403 --> 01:15:45,405
it immediately attracts my
suspicions to special unit 731.
1478
01:15:49,478 --> 01:15:53,446
Narrator: Hangzhou is china's
answer to silicon valley...
1479
01:15:53,548 --> 01:15:55,946
A bustling, technologically
advanced city of
1480
01:15:56,048 --> 01:15:59,717
7.5 million people.
1481
01:15:59,819 --> 01:16:03,721
October 17, 2018.
1482
01:16:03,856 --> 01:16:05,837
Office workers look out
their windows
1483
01:16:05,861 --> 01:16:07,692
to see a strange disturbance
1484
01:16:07,794 --> 01:16:12,329
on the normally tranquil
qiantang river.
1485
01:16:12,431 --> 01:16:15,867
The source is a circle
of ominous bubbles,
1486
01:16:15,969 --> 01:16:19,604
and the vortex spreads over
an area of hundreds of feet.
1487
01:16:22,810 --> 01:16:24,042
This is really unusual.
1488
01:16:24,144 --> 01:16:25,924
I'm not quite sure
what I'm looking at.
1489
01:16:25,948 --> 01:16:28,912
Hovland: As we zoom in,
I realize it's not something
1490
01:16:29,014 --> 01:16:30,661
floating on the water,
but more like
1491
01:16:30,685 --> 01:16:34,954
a froth that's generating
around a whirlpool.
1492
01:16:35,056 --> 01:16:38,525
This is something you would
not see on a daily basis.
1493
01:16:38,627 --> 01:16:39,769
Alright,
I need to see that again.
1494
01:16:39,793 --> 01:16:42,695
That was crazy.
1495
01:16:42,797 --> 01:16:44,662
Narrator: Coming up,
1496
01:16:44,764 --> 01:16:48,433
locals fear a deadly legacy
of world war ii.
1497
01:16:48,535 --> 01:16:50,748
Hovland: If what we're looking
at here is a toxic spill,
1498
01:16:50,772 --> 01:16:53,137
this is seriously bad news.
1499
01:17:05,451 --> 01:17:09,520
Narrator: In the city of hangzhou,
china, a mysterious vortex
1500
01:17:09,622 --> 01:17:12,458
is emerging in the middle
of the qiantang river.
1501
01:17:15,064 --> 01:17:18,295
Military analyst carlo muñoz
looks to the location
1502
01:17:18,397 --> 01:17:21,132
to find a possible explanation.
1503
01:17:21,234 --> 01:17:25,637
He discovers this is an area
with a dark history.
1504
01:17:25,739 --> 01:17:27,152
Muñoz: Now, this particular town
in china
1505
01:17:27,176 --> 01:17:28,441
where this river is located,
1506
01:17:28,543 --> 01:17:33,645
hangzhou, was actually under
japanese control from 1937
1507
01:17:33,747 --> 01:17:38,049
all the way to the end
of world war ii in 1945.
1508
01:17:38,151 --> 01:17:40,431
Narrator: Towards the end of
the second world war,
1509
01:17:40,455 --> 01:17:43,290
many weapons were dumped
in seas and rivers,
1510
01:17:43,392 --> 01:17:45,924
especially weapons
of mass destruction,
1511
01:17:46,026 --> 01:17:49,728
which contravened
international conventions.
1512
01:17:49,830 --> 01:17:51,750
A strong possibility
at work here
1513
01:17:51,834 --> 01:17:56,369
is that this is some sort of
explosion underneath the water.
1514
01:17:56,471 --> 01:18:00,073
Narrator: If so, the froth
points to one notorious branch
1515
01:18:00,175 --> 01:18:02,707
of the japanese military.
1516
01:18:02,809 --> 01:18:05,677
The fact that this anomaly
on the river surface
1517
01:18:05,779 --> 01:18:08,582
looks like a chemical reaction,
it immediately attracts
1518
01:18:08,684 --> 01:18:12,019
my suspicions
to special unit 731
1519
01:18:12,121 --> 01:18:15,923
because they introduced chemical
weapons to the war in china.
1520
01:18:15,992 --> 01:18:19,856
And maybe whatever it is below
the surface of that river
1521
01:18:19,958 --> 01:18:22,294
is left over
from that time period.
1522
01:18:23,963 --> 01:18:25,531
Yah!
1523
01:18:25,633 --> 01:18:29,869
Narrator: After japan invaded
china, the japanese military subjected
1524
01:18:29,971 --> 01:18:33,339
the country's citizens
to an onslaught of terror.
1525
01:18:36,008 --> 01:18:39,810
The japanese did not look at
chinese people as being equal.
1526
01:18:39,912 --> 01:18:44,685
And they looked at them
as being disposable people.
1527
01:18:44,787 --> 01:18:48,285
Narrator: Under general shiro
ishii, the japanese ran a covert
1528
01:18:48,387 --> 01:18:53,960
chemical warfare unit
in china named unit 731.
1529
01:18:54,062 --> 01:18:57,897
Japanese military scientists
tested the effects of diseases
1530
01:18:57,999 --> 01:19:01,201
like bubonic plague,
cholera, and smallpox
1531
01:19:01,303 --> 01:19:03,501
on the local chinese population,
1532
01:19:03,603 --> 01:19:06,106
killing hundreds
of thousands of people.
1533
01:19:11,312 --> 01:19:14,447
The unit's methods were twisted
and bizarre.
1534
01:19:14,549 --> 01:19:19,118
Special unit 731 engaged
in experimentation
1535
01:19:19,220 --> 01:19:22,155
on chinese subjects
that sought to determine
1536
01:19:22,257 --> 01:19:27,626
how quickly someone would lose
an arm in exposure to frostbite.
1537
01:19:27,728 --> 01:19:31,330
They engaged in vivisection
operations
1538
01:19:31,432 --> 01:19:34,668
against chinese men,
women, and children.
1539
01:19:34,770 --> 01:19:37,601
All of this was being done
in the interests
1540
01:19:37,703 --> 01:19:41,672
of pseudoscientific research.
1541
01:19:41,774 --> 01:19:45,976
Narrator: Unit 731 experimented
with horrific biological bombs
1542
01:19:46,115 --> 01:19:47,680
deployed from aircraft,
1543
01:19:47,782 --> 01:19:49,713
including a bubonic plague bomb,
1544
01:19:49,815 --> 01:19:53,117
which they dropped on
at least 11 chinese cities,
1545
01:19:53,219 --> 01:19:56,021
leading to outbreaks
of the gruesome disease.
1546
01:19:56,123 --> 01:19:59,559
The unit also experimented
with chemical weapons.
1547
01:20:01,994 --> 01:20:04,034
But when marine biologist
eric hovland
1548
01:20:04,098 --> 01:20:06,567
examines the footage, he notices
1549
01:20:06,636 --> 01:20:11,404
that the foam had expanded
to over 8,000 square feet,
1550
01:20:11,506 --> 01:20:14,371
which leads him to believe
that the strange occurrence
1551
01:20:14,473 --> 01:20:17,442
could be part of
a terrifying modern problem.
1552
01:20:17,544 --> 01:20:20,746
Hovland: Within 20 minutes,
that foam had expanded.
1553
01:20:20,848 --> 01:20:26,117
This could be some kind of
toxic foam buildup spill.
1554
01:20:26,219 --> 01:20:28,987
Narrator: But if this is toxic,
the blame may lie
1555
01:20:29,089 --> 01:20:34,158
not with japanese fascism
but chinese manufacturing.
1556
01:20:34,260 --> 01:20:36,862
Communist china has
a frightening track record
1557
01:20:36,964 --> 01:20:38,929
of environmental disasters.
1558
01:20:39,031 --> 01:20:42,600
In the past 20 years,
well over 1,000 people in china
1559
01:20:42,702 --> 01:20:45,270
are known to have died
or suffered injuries
1560
01:20:45,372 --> 01:20:49,041
as a result of chemical
explosions at factories here.
1561
01:20:49,143 --> 01:20:52,579
And the government has had to
evacuate many local residents
1562
01:20:52,681 --> 01:20:55,379
following factories
illegally dumping poisonous
1563
01:20:55,481 --> 01:20:58,549
and hazardous waste
into china's rivers.
1564
01:20:58,651 --> 01:21:03,120
There have been a lot of toxic
chemical spills in china.
1565
01:21:03,222 --> 01:21:05,924
Narrator:
In 2005, a series of explosions
1566
01:21:06,026 --> 01:21:08,062
took place
at a petrochemical plant
1567
01:21:08,164 --> 01:21:11,962
in the city of jilin
in north east china.
1568
01:21:12,101 --> 01:21:15,332
Over 100 tons of the lethal
chemical benzene
1569
01:21:15,434 --> 01:21:18,303
seeped into
the surrounding river.
1570
01:21:18,405 --> 01:21:20,841
Washington: Benzene is a highly
toxic chemical,
1571
01:21:20,943 --> 01:21:23,507
not only to humans,
but to everything around it.
1572
01:21:23,609 --> 01:21:25,678
So you want to avoid it
at all costs.
1573
01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:28,715
Even an amount as small
as a teaspoon of benzene
1574
01:21:28,817 --> 01:21:30,515
is lethal to humans.
1575
01:21:30,617 --> 01:21:34,286
Narrator: Following the catastrophe,
the local government had to evacuate
1576
01:21:34,388 --> 01:21:36,153
over 10,000 people,
1577
01:21:36,255 --> 01:21:40,657
as well as cut the water supply
to 3.8 million residents,
1578
01:21:40,763 --> 01:21:44,728
depriving a city larger
than chicago of any way to wash,
1579
01:21:44,867 --> 01:21:46,932
cook, or clean.
1580
01:21:47,034 --> 01:21:49,214
Hovland: If what we're looking
at here is a toxic spill,
1581
01:21:49,238 --> 01:21:51,536
this is seriously bad news.
1582
01:21:57,746 --> 01:22:01,215
Narrator: But geophysicist
sian proctor discovers a possible
1583
01:22:01,317 --> 01:22:02,548
engineering disaster
1584
01:22:02,650 --> 01:22:04,570
just below the point
in the river
1585
01:22:04,650 --> 01:22:06,652
where the frothing occurred.
1586
01:22:06,754 --> 01:22:10,156
Proctor: The plans do show
something else that's really intriguing.
1587
01:22:10,258 --> 01:22:13,356
I can see that a new subway
tunnel is being constructed
1588
01:22:13,496 --> 01:22:17,665
that goes under the river
right at that location.
1589
01:22:17,767 --> 01:22:19,643
Narrator: The bubbles rising up
through the river
1590
01:22:19,667 --> 01:22:22,202
raise the suspicion
that explosive gas
1591
01:22:22,304 --> 01:22:23,835
is leaking into the water
1592
01:22:23,937 --> 01:22:27,573
as a result
of the subway construction.
1593
01:22:27,675 --> 01:22:30,277
When organic material
gets into a river,
1594
01:22:30,379 --> 01:22:35,214
it settles on the riverbed and
decomposes, forming methane gas.
1595
01:22:39,187 --> 01:22:40,996
During the construction
of the tunnel,
1596
01:22:41,020 --> 01:22:44,789
you need to add chemicals
and lubricants to the machinery.
1597
01:22:44,891 --> 01:22:47,593
When the lubricants combine
with the methane gas,
1598
01:22:47,695 --> 01:22:52,664
reactions occur and it all comes
bubbling to the surface.
1599
01:22:52,766 --> 01:22:56,101
Narrator: But this froth is
huge, leading proctor to wonder
1600
01:22:56,203 --> 01:22:59,272
if the chinese government
has been entirely honest
1601
01:22:59,374 --> 01:23:02,910
about the severity
of the incident.
1602
01:23:03,012 --> 01:23:05,876
This could have ended
in a really deadly situation.
1602
01:23:06,305 --> 01:24:06,185
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