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- Tonight, on "history's
greatest mysteries"...
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[dramatic music]
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The hoodoo sea.
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The graveyard of the atlantic.
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Or, as we know it
more commonly today,
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The bermuda triangle.
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♪ ♪
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I'm laurence fishburne.
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Nearly a hundred ships
and planes
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Have vanished
into this enigma.
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On tonight's mystery,
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The case that made
the bermuda triangle famous:
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The disappearance of flight 19.
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In December, 1945,
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In the months
after world war ii,
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A squadron of u.S. Navy torpedo
bombers took off from florida
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On a routine
training mission,
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And never returned.
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Where did they crash?
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And why?
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- Somebody has to know
the truth.
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- The only way we're going
to solve this
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Is to find an aircraft.
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- Over the decades, there have
been countless searches.
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But now,
a possible game changer.
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- Bridge, standby.
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Fishburne: Three groups
of investigators join forces
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In the biggest search
for flight 19 yet.
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- Dead ahead.
What is that?
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Fishburne:
Deep-sea explorer rob kraft
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Leads the most advanced
research ship of its kind.
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- That's an aircraft.
No doubt.
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Fishburne: Scientist
and wreck diver mike barnette
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Investigates new clues
along the coastline.
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- We definitely have a mystery
aircraft, definitely navy.
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Fishburne: And researchers
david o'keefe and wayne abbott
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Follow a trail of cover-ups,
conspiracy,
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And missing evidence.
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- Of course they're going
to whitewash it.
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Fishburne:
From the deep...
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- We're looking for f-28.
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Fishburne:
...To the swamps...
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- That is a 50-caliber.
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Fishburne:
All leading to a moment
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That could solve
the mystery.
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- Boom, staring us in
the face, a large propeller.
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Flight 19 could be in this area,
and this could be one of them.
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- Have they finally found
flight 19?
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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[light dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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- Petrel is a very unique ship.
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We are outfitted unlike
any other vessel.
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The ship itself is inherently
designed and built
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For deep-water
search operations.
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Fishburne:
It's February 13th, 2020,
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Day one of a search 200 miles
off the florida coast.
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♪ ♪
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- Camera's coming up.
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♪ ♪
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Fishburne:
Underwater explorer rob kraft
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Has led the research vessel
rv petrel
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Deep into
the bermuda triangle...
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- You're wet, you're in.
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Fishburne:
...An infamous area
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Between florida's coast,
bermuda and puerto rico.
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Their hopes for finding
flight 19 are high.
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- And here's the bottom.
That is our waypoint.
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Fishburne:
Rv petrel's mission
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Is to seek out the great
shipwrecks of the world
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Using an array
of advanced technology,
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Including ultra-high-def
cameras
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That can be deployed
to extreme depths.
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Since 2017, kraft and petrel
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Have discovered over
30 world war ii ships
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And the final resting place
of thousands of servicemen.
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- It's really about them,
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And the service that these men
gave for their country
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And paid the ultimate
sacrifice.
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It's part of the reason
we do what we do.
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Fishburne:
And yet, this search will be
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Kraft and petrel's
greatest challenge.
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- This is the biggest
search project
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We have and will undertake.
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And the reality is,
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Is there is no
smoking gun here.
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There is no one piece
of evidence
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That is going to put an x
on a map and say they're here.
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It just doesn't exist.
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You really kind of have
to put yourself back in 1945
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And try and understand what
these men were going through.
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Fishburne:
The case of flight 19
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Begins on December 5th, 1945,
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At the fort lauderdale
naval air station.
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It's 2:20 p.M.
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Five tbm avenger
torpedo bombers
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Prepare to take off
on a training mission
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Designated "flight 19."
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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A choppy wind kicks up,
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But visibility was unlimited
with blue skies.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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The mission should have lasted
just over two hours.
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Instead, these five planes,
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Carrying a total of 14 men,
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Disappear.
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Hours later,
a martin mariner rescue plane
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With a crew of 13
goes looking for them.
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It, too, vanishes.
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- That martin mariner
also failed to return to base.
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It is so bizarre for us
to try to comprehend.
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Twenty-seven u.S. Navy sailors
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Lost their lives.
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They disappeared
in the bermuda triangle,
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And there has still never been
an adequate explanation
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For what happened to them.
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It was a routine
training flight.
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They were supposed to
take off, drop some bombs,
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Shoot a little navigation
and then come back to base.
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Fishburne:
So what happened to flight 19?
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Did they crash somewhere
near florida's coast?
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Did they get hopelessly lost,
ditching far out to sea?
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Or did they make it
back to land,
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Crashing in florida?
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- This is not a needle
in a haystack.
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This is orders of magnitude
more difficult than that.
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I mean, this was the largest
navy search ever conducted.
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And they found nothing
out there.
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Fishburne:
Fully fueled,
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The tbm avengers
lost on flight 19
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Had a range
of a thousand miles,
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Creating a massive
potential search area.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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- No one has found anything.
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So, really, all the cards
are still on the table.
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Fishburne:
Aboard rv petrel,
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Kraft has invited
david o'keefe and wayne abbott
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To help narrow
the search area.
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- And I think you're right,
I think that would be the area
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That we'd have to start at.
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Fishburne: David served
in the canadian infantry,
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And is now a military
historian.
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- I did two and a half years
in uniform
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With one of the most famous
regiments in canada,
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Which was the black watch
of canada.
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I was recruited from there
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To actually work as part of
the official historical team.
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Going through old files
and archives, that's my forte.
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That's what I love to do.
There's nothing like it.
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Fishburne: Wayne is
an historical investigator
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Obsessed with flight 19
since he was a kid.
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- I was early teens
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When "close encounters
of the third kind"
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Came out in the theaters.
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And that was really
the first time
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I heard about the story
of flight 19.
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And it's an iconic opening.
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I mean, these scientists
are going through
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The dusty mexican desert.
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All of a sudden you see five
perfect planes from flight 19.
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- Who flies crates like these
anymore?
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- No one. These planes were
reported missing in 1945.
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- I don't understand!
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Fishburne: In the film "close
encounters of the third kind,"
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Flight 19 is abducted
by aliens.
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To find out
what really happened,
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Wayne and david
are helping kraft
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Dig into the official report
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From the navy board of inquiry
that investigated flight 19.
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- This is all we have,
so this is what we have to use.
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- Nobody knew truly
where the planes were.
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But there is a lot of evidence
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Within the board of inquiry
report
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Of radio transmissions.
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And there's just great little
tidbits of information.
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Fishburne:
According to the report,
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Signs of trouble began an hour
and a half after takeoff.
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3:40 p.M.
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Lieutenant charles taylor,
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The instructor leading
flight 19,
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Radios one the other pilots
saying he thinks they're lost.
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- Powers, do you copy?
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I think we got lost
on the last turn.
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Fishburne:
Back near fort lauderdale,
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Another flight instructor,
lieutenant robert cox,
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Overhears flight 19's
radio traffic.
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- Both the compasses are out.
We're lost.
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I'm sure we're over the keys,
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But I'm not sure how far down
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Or how to get back
to lauderdale.
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Fishburne:
According to cox,
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Taylor was convinced flight 19
was over the florida keys,
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Well off their flight path.
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Cox instructed taylor to fly
northeast till they hit miami,
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And then on
to fort lauderdale.
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But they never made it.
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Where were they?
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- The flight leader,
charles taylor,
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Is completely confused
about his position.
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Fishburne:
The report says that at 1750,
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Military time for 5:50 p.M.,
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The navy triangulated a rough
position fix on flight 19.
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- And what we can see from the
rudimentary data that we have
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Is that the flight
is actually progressing
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Off the southeastern part
of florida.
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Fishburne:
Charles taylor thought
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He'd gotten badly turned
around
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And was over the gulf.
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But the location fix puts
them north of the bahamas.
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If taylor did turn northeast,
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He would have been
leading them even deeper
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Into the bermuda triangle.
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- This is the 1750 fix
that the navy put them at,
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And there is
the 100 nautical mile radius.
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Fishburne:
Kraft uses the bearings
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To calculate petrel's
search grid.
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It's an area
more than twice the size
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Of the state of rhode island,
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With an average depth
of 3,000 feet.
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- I mean, we're talking nearly
2,600 square nautical miles.
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And we're looking for a target
that is, you know--
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The wingspan on an avenger
is 50 feet.
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Fishburne: Undaunted,
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Kraft begins the search.
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It starts with some
of the world's deepest diving
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Autonomous underwater
vehicles, or auvs.
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Able to reach depths
of more than three miles.
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- Ready?
- It's a drone
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That we program
on the surface.
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We tell it where
we want it to go
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And what we want it to do,
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And it goes and does
its mission all by itself.
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[sonar pinging]
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Fishburne: Once the auv
nears the seafloor,
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It follows a grid pattern
and emits bursts of sonar
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To create a detailed
undersea map.
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00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,800
Any unnatural shapes it finds
could be wrecks.
257
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- We have been lucky enough
to find targets
258
00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,880
On the first dive in the past.
259
00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:20,900
I do not feel that level
of confidence here.
260
00:12:21,130 --> 00:12:23,560
♪ ♪
261
00:12:23,650 --> 00:12:25,910
There we go.
Dive one.
262
00:12:26,140 --> 00:12:31,330
♪ ♪
263
00:12:34,810 --> 00:12:37,240
Fishburne:
As the auv begins the search,
264
00:12:37,260 --> 00:12:39,480
Petrel's chief technician
and lead researcher,
265
00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:42,740
Paul mayer, reviews what
an aircraft in deep water
266
00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,430
Might look like.
267
00:12:44,580 --> 00:12:48,490
- Here is a 3d model
of an f4f.
268
00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:50,160
This is in about 10,000 feet
of water,
269
00:12:50,250 --> 00:12:52,160
So the paint is still
in very good condition.
270
00:12:52,180 --> 00:12:54,350
Fishburne:
This f4f wildcat
271
00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,830
Is part of the petrel's
2018 discovery
272
00:12:57,850 --> 00:13:01,170
Of the carrier
u.S.S. Lexington.
273
00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:03,170
♪ ♪
274
00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:05,100
The team discovered
35 aircraft
275
00:13:05,190 --> 00:13:07,690
That went down with the ship.
276
00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,010
♪ ♪
277
00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:12,200
In this deepwater
environment,
278
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Low oxygen levels
reduce corrosion.
279
00:13:15,870 --> 00:13:17,610
These planes have been
on the ocean floor
280
00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:20,450
For nearly eight decades.
281
00:13:20,540 --> 00:13:23,870
Yet the paint
still looks fresh.
282
00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,710
- On this particular aircraft,
we have victory tallies here
283
00:13:26,860 --> 00:13:28,880
Of how many japanese planes
were shot down.
284
00:13:29,030 --> 00:13:31,050
There's a bomb here,
285
00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,480
Representing that he did
a bombing mission.
286
00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:36,220
And then the insignia
of that flight group.
287
00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:38,220
♪ ♪
288
00:13:38,370 --> 00:13:41,210
Fishburne:
If flight 19 is in deep water,
289
00:13:41,230 --> 00:13:44,650
The chances of a positive
identification are high.
290
00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,490
♪ ♪
291
00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,390
Thirteen hours later,
in the dead of night,
292
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The auv completes
its first dive.
293
00:13:55,410 --> 00:14:00,960
♪ ♪
294
00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,580
Kraft reviews the data.
295
00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:07,490
He immediately
spots something.
296
00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:08,590
- It stands out.
297
00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:10,160
It's an extremely bright,
298
00:14:10,180 --> 00:14:12,000
High-contrast target.
299
00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:13,020
It could be something manmade.
300
00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:15,240
So we need to go
301
00:14:15,260 --> 00:14:17,850
Put some eyes on those
and figure out what they are.
302
00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,670
Fishburne:
Could rob kraft's instincts
303
00:14:19,770 --> 00:14:22,430
Be proven right yet again?
304
00:14:22,590 --> 00:14:24,860
Is this flight 19?
305
00:14:29,090 --> 00:14:30,420
♪
306
00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,610
Fishburne: It's day two
of the search for flight 19,
307
00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:37,600
The bermuda triangle's
greatest mystery.
308
00:14:37,620 --> 00:14:40,270
What happened to five
torpedo bombers
309
00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:43,120
That disappeared in 1945?
310
00:14:43,270 --> 00:14:45,770
♪ ♪
311
00:14:45,790 --> 00:14:49,550
Aboard rv petrel,
explorer rob kraft
312
00:14:49,780 --> 00:14:52,280
Has detected
a promising target.
313
00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:54,970
- It stands out.
It could be something manmade.
314
00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,280
Fishburne:
To get a visual,
315
00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:01,560
He deploys a remotely operated
vehicle, or rov,
316
00:15:01,790 --> 00:15:05,220
Fitted with an array
of cameras.
317
00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,290
- And you're going down.
318
00:15:07,390 --> 00:15:08,810
And feet are wet.
You're in.
319
00:15:08,970 --> 00:15:12,720
♪ ♪
320
00:15:12,740 --> 00:15:15,490
All right, we're ready
for some thrusters.
321
00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:17,060
- Altimeters on.
322
00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,730
- There you go, it's up.
323
00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:21,990
We'll be just a meter
off the bottom.
324
00:15:22,150 --> 00:15:23,490
Sound speed still 1522.
325
00:15:23,650 --> 00:15:27,410
♪ ♪
326
00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:30,590
- Here's the bottom.
327
00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:32,410
- I think you're
about 70, 75 meters
328
00:15:32,430 --> 00:15:35,930
Due north of this, rudy.
329
00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,160
What's that over to the left?
Did you see that?
330
00:15:38,180 --> 00:15:40,250
♪ ♪
331
00:15:40,270 --> 00:15:41,510
Hold your heading
right there, rudy.
332
00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:43,500
Just hold there.
333
00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,170
- What is that?
334
00:15:46,190 --> 00:15:47,940
- That's a squid.
335
00:15:48,170 --> 00:15:50,020
- Oh, yeah.
336
00:15:50,110 --> 00:15:53,840
♪ ♪
337
00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:57,100
- Look at all that biology.
338
00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,180
145, that is our waypoint.
339
00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:04,130
♪ ♪
340
00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,870
- We're just coming up
on it now.
341
00:16:07,020 --> 00:16:09,540
And it appears to be...
342
00:16:09,630 --> 00:16:11,620
♪ ♪
343
00:16:11,710 --> 00:16:13,450
- You think it's a wheel?
344
00:16:13,470 --> 00:16:16,380
- No. It's a rock.
345
00:16:16,530 --> 00:16:21,550
It's just some form
of rocks.
346
00:16:21,650 --> 00:16:25,310
Fishburne: It's just
a geological anomaly.
347
00:16:25,470 --> 00:16:29,300
Sonar this sensitive will
produce some false targets.
348
00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,140
- Box ticked?
- Box ticked.
349
00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,900
- On target.
- Bring it up.
350
00:16:33,050 --> 00:16:34,720
Fishburne:
But for kraft,
351
00:16:34,810 --> 00:16:36,310
There is a silver lining.
352
00:16:36,330 --> 00:16:38,160
- It's not mountainous
like we see
353
00:16:38,390 --> 00:16:39,740
In a lot of deepwater
environments.
354
00:16:39,890 --> 00:16:41,220
So it's fairly flat.
355
00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,410
So we've got
a pretty good chance
356
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,480
Of identifying these targets.
357
00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:47,670
[thunder rumbles]
358
00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:50,990
Fishburne: But search
operations must now be halted.
359
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,750
- The weather has come up
pretty fast
360
00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:55,250
And ahead of schedule.
361
00:16:55,350 --> 00:16:56,750
We got to get the vehicle up
and get it on deck
362
00:16:56,910 --> 00:16:58,590
While we still have
this window.
363
00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,240
♪ ♪
364
00:17:03,260 --> 00:17:05,190
We're getting everything
secured for sea,
365
00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:06,760
Because it's gonna be
a rough ride in.
366
00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,510
You start running at 10 knots,
367
00:17:08,530 --> 00:17:10,930
And it's gonna get pretty
lively out here.
368
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:14,270
♪ ♪
369
00:17:14,370 --> 00:17:16,590
Fishburne: Petrel is being
chased back to port
370
00:17:16,610 --> 00:17:18,180
By the bermuda triangle's
371
00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,520
Freak and dangerous
weather swings.
372
00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:23,520
[thunder crashing]
373
00:17:23,620 --> 00:17:26,100
These sudden and violent
storms, called white squalls,
374
00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:28,030
Have sunk ships
375
00:17:28,050 --> 00:17:32,700
And added to the triangle's
deadly reputation.
376
00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,370
- You had a lot of incidents
where planes went missing,
377
00:17:35,460 --> 00:17:37,780
Boats went missing.
378
00:17:37,870 --> 00:17:39,540
So you have to respect it
379
00:17:39,630 --> 00:17:41,720
And you have to fear it.
380
00:17:41,950 --> 00:17:43,620
Fishburne:
The bermuda triangle
381
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,790
Borders some of earth's
most powerful forces.
382
00:17:46,810 --> 00:17:48,550
The gulf stream,
383
00:17:48,570 --> 00:17:50,810
The atlantic's
strongest current.
384
00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,740
Known to carry
disabled ships and planes
385
00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,890
Miles from their reported
positions.
386
00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:01,390
A mid-ocean area that
is often eerily becalmed,
387
00:18:01,410 --> 00:18:05,970
Trapping many a stranded
vessel in a slow death grip.
388
00:18:05,990 --> 00:18:08,070
♪ ♪
389
00:18:08,090 --> 00:18:13,740
And the triangle is
a superhighway for hurricanes.
390
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,000
- There's no doubt that this
area is incredibly active.
391
00:18:16,150 --> 00:18:19,080
- It is an area where
there are anomalies
392
00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:21,910
That cannot be explained
by physical science.
393
00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:23,420
[thunder crashing]
394
00:18:23,430 --> 00:18:25,430
Fishburne:
And nowhere else has
395
00:18:25,590 --> 00:18:30,160
So many eyewitness accounts
of paranormal activity,
396
00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:33,520
Malfunctioning instruments
and strange lights
397
00:18:33,670 --> 00:18:36,600
Attributed to aliens
or the supernatural.
398
00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:38,780
- Look at that thing, dude.
There's a whole fleet of them.
399
00:18:38,930 --> 00:18:40,430
Fishburne:
The u.S. Government
400
00:18:40,450 --> 00:18:43,840
Recently revealed
that in 2017,
401
00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:46,940
Navy pilots flying
over the bermuda triangle
402
00:18:47,030 --> 00:18:49,180
Captured ufos on camera.
403
00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,190
- My gosh!
404
00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,370
- The facts are the facts.
405
00:18:53,460 --> 00:18:54,630
There are disappearances
in the bermuda triangle
406
00:18:54,780 --> 00:18:56,110
That are unexplained.
407
00:18:56,210 --> 00:18:57,370
I don't think it's aliens,
408
00:18:57,530 --> 00:18:59,780
But no one's ever really
409
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,710
Discovered the smoking gun.
410
00:19:02,810 --> 00:19:06,640
♪ ♪
411
00:19:06,790 --> 00:19:09,790
Fishburne: While kraft waits
for the weather to calm,
412
00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:13,540
Team members wayne abbott
and david o'keefe head inland.
413
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,710
♪ ♪
414
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,490
They're hunting
for any evidence
415
00:19:18,710 --> 00:19:21,720
The planes crashed
in florida.
416
00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:23,880
- There is one possibility
417
00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:25,830
That the planes that night
418
00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:29,570
Actually decided to split up
and go their own way.
419
00:19:29,730 --> 00:19:31,480
And if that's the case,
420
00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:35,820
Then it is a possibility
that some made it back to land.
421
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,320
Fishburne:
The theory that at least
422
00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:39,230
One plane made it
back to land
423
00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:41,010
Rests on cryptic evidence
424
00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,240
Of possible dissension
on flight 19.
425
00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:46,410
♪ ♪
426
00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,590
Intercepted radio calls
indicate
427
00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:50,190
That one
of the student pilots,
428
00:19:50,410 --> 00:19:53,250
Possibly marine captain
ed powers,
429
00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:56,430
Disagreed with instructor
charles taylor
430
00:19:56,590 --> 00:20:00,590
That the flight was lost
over the florida keys.
431
00:20:00,610 --> 00:20:04,110
Powers argued they were
over the atlantic.
432
00:20:04,260 --> 00:20:08,040
He urged taylor to fly west.
433
00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:10,540
- Damn it,
we need to fly west.
434
00:20:10,770 --> 00:20:14,270
If we fly west,
we will get home.
435
00:20:14,290 --> 00:20:16,270
- There was some dissension
in the ranks.
436
00:20:16,290 --> 00:20:18,360
And a guy like captain powers
just says,
437
00:20:18,460 --> 00:20:20,370
You know, screw it.
438
00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:23,030
"taylor, you've messed us
around too long.
439
00:20:23,130 --> 00:20:26,870
I'm going to head towards land,
because I know where we are."
440
00:20:26,890 --> 00:20:31,290
So that easily
could have happened.
441
00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:33,290
Fishburne:
Wayne and david have recently
442
00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:36,120
Tracked down new evidence
that could back up this theory.
443
00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:40,290
♪ ♪
444
00:20:40,390 --> 00:20:42,480
Just west of vero beach,
florida,
445
00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:44,740
They've come to meet
graham stikelether,
446
00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:46,650
Who is taking them
back to the site
447
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,900
Of a vivid boyhood memory.
448
00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,730
- So how old were you
at the time?
449
00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,580
- I was nine.
450
00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:56,070
- So this is similar
to what you remember?
451
00:20:56,090 --> 00:20:58,240
- Yeah, it is.
452
00:20:58,260 --> 00:21:00,810
The first thing that you passed
was the tail section.
453
00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:03,820
And then probably another, gosh,
454
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,840
50 to 100 feet in front
of there was the plane.
455
00:21:05,990 --> 00:21:08,840
♪ ♪
456
00:21:08,990 --> 00:21:10,930
Fishburne:
In 1962,
457
00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,250
Years after the disappearance
of flight 19,
458
00:21:14,350 --> 00:21:17,260
A nine-year-old graham
was brought here by his father
459
00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:20,440
To see a plane wreck.
460
00:21:20,590 --> 00:21:23,090
Graham's father,
a florida judge,
461
00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:25,600
Discovered the wreck
while hunting,
462
00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:28,780
And reported it to the navy.
463
00:21:29,010 --> 00:21:33,510
He was told it was from
flight 19.
464
00:21:33,530 --> 00:21:35,850
But the wreck was removed,
465
00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:40,020
And the navy later denied
any knowledge of the incident.
466
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,300
- What did your father do
upon finding the wreck?
467
00:21:42,450 --> 00:21:45,120
- The first place he called
was patrick air force base.
468
00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:48,700
They finally did
pull the plane out,
469
00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:51,550
And there were bodies in it.
470
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,380
- Where did your father
take this story then?
471
00:21:54,540 --> 00:21:55,720
- He finally
kind of hit a wall,
472
00:21:55,870 --> 00:22:00,390
And nobody talked to him
anymore.
473
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,230
- What really raises a lot
of mystery about this plane
474
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,970
Is the navy told him that this
was part of flight 19.
475
00:22:06,990 --> 00:22:09,810
Unfortunately,
no matter how much
476
00:22:09,830 --> 00:22:11,490
The judge went back
to the navy,
477
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,050
He could not get
any more information.
478
00:22:14,070 --> 00:22:16,650
- As a researcher,
you can't place too much faith
479
00:22:16,670 --> 00:22:18,560
In human memory.
480
00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:22,170
Human memory becomes fallible
immediately after.
481
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,400
We still needed some sort
of concrete proof.
482
00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:26,830
Do you have anything
that came from the plane?
483
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,590
- Yeah, I do.
484
00:22:28,740 --> 00:22:31,010
I do have pieces of the plane,
and some bits.
485
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,330
- You have pieces of the plane
that your father found?
486
00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:35,850
- Yeah, absolutely.
487
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,840
Fishburne:
After his father died,
488
00:22:37,860 --> 00:22:40,510
Graham gave the plane pieces
to a friend named jimmy,
489
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,080
Who collects world war ii
memorabilia.
490
00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:47,940
Jimmy has agreed
to meet wayne and david.
491
00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:49,700
Are they about to uncover
492
00:22:49,930 --> 00:22:52,780
A piece of the legendary
flight 19?
493
00:22:52,930 --> 00:22:54,930
- Here it is.
- Oh! There we go.
494
00:22:54,950 --> 00:22:56,040
[all laugh]
495
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,450
Fishburne: Wayne abbott
and david o'keefe
496
00:23:03,610 --> 00:23:07,270
Are part of a team of bermuda
triangle investigators.
497
00:23:07,290 --> 00:23:10,340
They're now in florida
to examine plane wreckage.
498
00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:14,620
- Here it is, fellas.
499
00:23:14,630 --> 00:23:16,060
Fishburne:
It was found on this spot,
500
00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:18,620
And is allegedly part
of flight 19.
501
00:23:18,710 --> 00:23:20,450
- That's a 50-cal.
- That looks great.
502
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:22,790
- That is a 50-caliber.
503
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,640
- Yes, this is m2 aircraft
50-caliber,
504
00:23:25,790 --> 00:23:27,310
Which I believe
would have been mounted
505
00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:28,480
In the wing of the aircraft.
506
00:23:28,570 --> 00:23:29,980
- And this is the mount?
507
00:23:30,130 --> 00:23:32,720
- That would be
the forward mount
508
00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:35,080
That would've attached
to this portion of the gun.
509
00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,150
Fishburne:
David compares the parts
510
00:23:37,310 --> 00:23:41,310
To a schematic
from a tbm avenger manual.
511
00:23:41,330 --> 00:23:43,400
- Looking at this picture,
if you look right there...
512
00:23:43,420 --> 00:23:45,500
- Yeah, there's the ball.
There's the mount.
513
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,160
- Look at that.
- That is.
514
00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,830
- That is it.
515
00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:51,090
Fishburne:
The tbm-3 avenger
516
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,490
Had 50-cal machines guns
mounted in its wings.
517
00:23:54,510 --> 00:23:56,770
This gun was used
on many planes.
518
00:23:56,990 --> 00:24:01,770
But the small mount is unique
to the avenger.
519
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,330
♪ ♪
520
00:24:04,350 --> 00:24:06,850
Making it likely this gun came
off of the same kind of planes
521
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,840
Lost on flight 19.
522
00:24:09,860 --> 00:24:12,170
♪ ♪
523
00:24:12,190 --> 00:24:13,360
- Is there any other
markings on here?
524
00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:15,180
- There are.
525
00:24:15,270 --> 00:24:16,840
The original markings
from the factory.
526
00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,530
And there is a serial number,
which...
527
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,180
- A serial number.
- Yes!
528
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,360
All right, this is great.
529
00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:22,790
This is great,
530
00:24:23,020 --> 00:24:25,130
Because all of these
were logged,
531
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:27,950
Particularly when it came
to armaments on planes,
532
00:24:27,970 --> 00:24:30,450
And somewhere in the archives,
533
00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:34,210
There is going to be
a log of this.
534
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:35,800
- The big reason that having
a machine gun is great
535
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,960
Is because it comes
with a serial number,
536
00:24:37,980 --> 00:24:40,290
And with a serial number,
we might be able to find out
537
00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:42,140
What plane this came off of.
538
00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,130
We might be able to find out
who the pilots
539
00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:47,210
And the rest of the crew were.
540
00:24:47,230 --> 00:24:48,730
- This is the best piece
of hard evidence
541
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,210
We've ever come across.
542
00:24:51,230 --> 00:24:53,550
Fishburne:
As david follows the trail
543
00:24:53,570 --> 00:24:56,830
Of the serial number...
544
00:24:56,980 --> 00:25:00,390
Another member of the bermuda
triangle investigation team,
545
00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:02,720
Seasoned explorer
mike barnette,
546
00:25:02,820 --> 00:25:06,670
Is opening up a new search.
547
00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,910
His dive team will focus
on the waters
548
00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:11,320
Along florida's coastline.
549
00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:13,250
- I've been working
in the bermuda triangle,
550
00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:16,330
Or as I call it the [bleep]
triangle, for 30 years.
551
00:25:16,420 --> 00:25:18,260
Fishburne:
As a scientist,
552
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,000
Barnette believes
these disappearances
553
00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:23,190
Have a rational explanation.
554
00:25:23,340 --> 00:25:25,170
- There's all sorts of theories
about what's going on here,
555
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,910
Whether it's the paranormal
phenomenon, ufos,
556
00:25:27,930 --> 00:25:31,010
Time warps, atlantis.
557
00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,690
Fishburne:
In the film
558
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,360
"close encounters
of the third kind,"
559
00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:37,180
Another famous bermuda
triangle disappearance,
560
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,430
The ship called the cotopaxi,
561
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,280
Was set down
by extraterrestrials
562
00:25:41,370 --> 00:25:44,930
In the gobi desert.
563
00:25:45,030 --> 00:25:47,280
Barnette recently found
the cotopaxi
564
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,030
And worked out
what really happened.
565
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:54,380
- The cotopaxi was caught in
a storm on November 30th, 1925,
566
00:25:54,610 --> 00:25:56,940
And she sank in just over
100 feet of water
567
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,460
About 40 miles
off the coast of florida.
568
00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:01,390
♪ ♪
569
00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:03,950
There's no need
for additional drama.
570
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,560
The weather can provide all
the drama you ever would want.
571
00:26:06,790 --> 00:26:08,470
I mean, the weather can go
from flat calm
572
00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:10,400
To raging, you know,
573
00:26:10,550 --> 00:26:13,220
Seven-to-ten-foot seas
and 25-knot winds
574
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,460
In the snap of a finger.
575
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,310
Fishburne:
To find flight 19,
576
00:26:17,470 --> 00:26:19,130
Barnette's using the same
approach he used
577
00:26:19,150 --> 00:26:21,300
To find the cotopaxi:
578
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,140
Follow the fish.
579
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,160
- Fish are after
structure and habitat,
580
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:28,330
And shipwrecks provide
great habitat.
581
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,640
Fishburne: Shipwrecks
are like mini reefs
582
00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:33,740
That make for rich
fishing ground.
583
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,650
There are hundreds
off florida's coast.
584
00:26:37,670 --> 00:26:39,670
And the fishermen who make
their living off these wrecks
585
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,160
Can provide valuable leads.
586
00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:44,430
- They know where
the wrecks are.
587
00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:45,920
They don't know
what the wrecks are,
588
00:26:46,010 --> 00:26:49,010
But they know
there's something there.
589
00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:51,000
I've worked with all sorts
of commercial fishermen,
590
00:26:51,090 --> 00:26:53,590
Whether it be draggers
or trawlers.
591
00:26:53,690 --> 00:26:55,840
Or, in this case, I'm working
with captain jeff marinko,
592
00:26:55,930 --> 00:26:59,190
Who is a commercial
spear fisherman.
593
00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:00,510
There's a little bit
of current,
594
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,430
Then we can do
whatever we want.
595
00:27:02,450 --> 00:27:03,620
- Me and barney have been
friends a long time,
596
00:27:03,850 --> 00:27:05,600
And he wanted
to come out here
597
00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:07,120
And check out some wrecks
off of north florida
598
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:08,790
That we've been talking about
for years.
599
00:27:12,110 --> 00:27:13,300
You know,
a lot of these wrecks,
600
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:14,960
A lot of people lost
their lives,
601
00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:17,970
So anytime you can identify
something
602
00:27:18,190 --> 00:27:22,030
And finish the equation
of what happened to it,
603
00:27:22,050 --> 00:27:25,200
I think it's a good thing.
604
00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:27,220
- There's a mystery wreck
the captain's told us about.
605
00:27:27,310 --> 00:27:29,310
No one knows what it is.
606
00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:32,980
Fishburne: The dive team
includes jimmy gadomski
607
00:27:33,130 --> 00:27:36,210
And underwater cinematographer
evan kovacs.
608
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:37,710
- What's the range?
Depth range?
609
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,990
- 130 to almost
200 feet of water.
610
00:27:40,140 --> 00:27:42,070
Fishburne: They're rated to
hit extreme depths
611
00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:44,230
Of up to 500 feet,
612
00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:47,000
Close to the limit
for human divers.
613
00:27:47,150 --> 00:27:48,740
- Just starting to mark
the edge of the wreck now.
614
00:27:48,890 --> 00:27:50,070
- Now we're starting to see
some stuff.
615
00:27:50,230 --> 00:27:52,390
The bottom's at 160, 165,
616
00:27:52,490 --> 00:27:54,170
And we're seeing the fish
up to 140.
617
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,400
So there's definitely
something here.
618
00:27:56,420 --> 00:27:58,400
- I'm ready when you are if you
want to try to hook it now.
619
00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:00,080
[dramatic music]
620
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,090
- Cool.
621
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:09,260
♪ ♪
622
00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:13,080
Fishburne:
Below, they find not a plane,
623
00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:16,080
But a 200-foot shipwreck.
624
00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,750
Could this be
an important piece
625
00:28:18,850 --> 00:28:23,320
Of the bermuda triangle
mystery?
626
00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:32,120
Fishburne: Mike barnette is
part of a team of investigators
627
00:28:32,270 --> 00:28:36,380
Exploring the legendary
bermuda triangle.
628
00:28:36,610 --> 00:28:38,940
Searching for a lost squadron
of navy bombers,
629
00:28:39,030 --> 00:28:41,270
They may have stumbled
upon another
630
00:28:41,290 --> 00:28:44,630
Of the triangle's victims:
631
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,300
A massive shipwreck.
632
00:28:48,390 --> 00:28:52,970
What is it?
633
00:28:53,060 --> 00:28:54,970
- We found a wreck
that was about 200 feet long
634
00:28:55,070 --> 00:28:59,480
And about 24 1/2-foot beam.
635
00:28:59,570 --> 00:29:02,130
We noticed it was carrying
a very bizarre cargo.
636
00:29:02,150 --> 00:29:05,740
It was white clay-like
material.
637
00:29:05,890 --> 00:29:07,300
- We took a sample of that,
because we figured
638
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,640
If we can identify the cargo,
639
00:29:09,650 --> 00:29:13,060
Potentially we could
identify the wreck.
640
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,070
Fishburne: Barnette's team
heads to the surface
641
00:29:16,090 --> 00:29:18,420
To try to work out
what they've found.
642
00:29:18,650 --> 00:29:21,570
♪ ♪
643
00:29:21,670 --> 00:29:23,170
- This is a sample of cargo.
644
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,590
It just looks like
a white-grayish clay,
645
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:28,410
But it's just tons of it
down there.
646
00:29:28,510 --> 00:29:30,270
So I'm curious what this is.
647
00:29:30,490 --> 00:29:32,830
♪ ♪
648
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,090
Fishburne:
After assessing the evidence,
649
00:29:34,180 --> 00:29:36,100
Barnette matches the wreck
650
00:29:36,260 --> 00:29:40,420
To a famous unsolved bermuda
triangle disappearance.
651
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,600
A cargo ship lost in April 1950
and never heard from again:
652
00:29:44,620 --> 00:29:48,780
The sandra.
653
00:29:48,940 --> 00:29:54,010
The sandra left savannah with
a 12-man crew and vanished.
654
00:29:54,030 --> 00:29:55,520
Thought to have been swallowed
655
00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:58,630
By the legendary
bermuda triangle.
656
00:29:58,850 --> 00:30:00,540
- We found a record of a vessel
called the sandra
657
00:30:00,630 --> 00:30:02,360
That was lost in 1950.
658
00:30:02,450 --> 00:30:04,540
And it was carrying
a cargo of ddt.
659
00:30:04,690 --> 00:30:07,690
♪ ♪
660
00:30:07,710 --> 00:30:10,030
And when we actually
analyzed the cargo,
661
00:30:10,050 --> 00:30:12,030
We found out
it was kaolin clay,
662
00:30:12,130 --> 00:30:14,130
Which is used as
an insecticide or pesticide,
663
00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:17,980
As well as traces of ddt.
664
00:30:18,210 --> 00:30:19,890
We know the sandra
left savannah, georgia,
665
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,800
Headed south along
the north florida coast.
666
00:30:21,890 --> 00:30:23,470
It would have passed right over
where we were diving,
667
00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:25,210
Where this mystery wreck is.
668
00:30:25,230 --> 00:30:27,400
And all the dimensions,
669
00:30:27,490 --> 00:30:30,490
All the machinery matched
exactly what the sandra was.
670
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,310
We put all this evidence
altogether,
671
00:30:33,330 --> 00:30:35,410
Cumulatively,
it was overwhelming
672
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,740
That the mystery wreck
was indeed the sandra.
673
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,230
Fishburne: For the bermuda
triangle investigation team,
674
00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:45,320
It's a major discovery.
675
00:30:45,420 --> 00:30:50,010
A 200-foot ship thought to be
vanished forever is now found.
676
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,350
♪ ♪
677
00:30:52,570 --> 00:30:56,260
But what, or who, buried
the sandra and her 12 sailors
678
00:30:56,410 --> 00:31:00,410
In this watery grave?
679
00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:03,430
Is there some unknown force
behind this
680
00:31:03,530 --> 00:31:07,860
And so many bermuda triangle
mysteries?
681
00:31:08,010 --> 00:31:10,270
With the sensational
discovery,
682
00:31:10,430 --> 00:31:13,930
These questions
can now be investigated.
683
00:31:14,020 --> 00:31:15,700
- I mean, just serendipity,
right?
684
00:31:15,930 --> 00:31:17,600
You know, we're trying
to find information
685
00:31:17,690 --> 00:31:18,930
On another bermuda triangle
mystery,
686
00:31:19,030 --> 00:31:20,540
And yet we stumble
into another one,
687
00:31:20,770 --> 00:31:21,940
Which just shows you
that's what happens
688
00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:23,620
When you go out exploring
out here.
689
00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:27,440
You just never know
what you're going to run into.
690
00:31:27,460 --> 00:31:30,550
Fishburne: But the mystery
of the sandra must wait.
691
00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:33,700
Barnette is eager to return
to his primary mission:
692
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,630
Finding the missing planes.
693
00:31:36,790 --> 00:31:38,950
♪ ♪
694
00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:41,380
Forced into port
by severe weather,
695
00:31:41,470 --> 00:31:45,230
Petrel is heading back to sea.
696
00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:47,460
Barnette joins team member
rob kraft
697
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,570
For the next leg
of the expedition.
698
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,150
- Yeah, I really appreciate
the opportunity.
699
00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:54,390
- Mike barnett is a noaa
marine biologist
700
00:31:54,490 --> 00:31:55,970
And an avid diver.
701
00:31:56,060 --> 00:31:57,140
We're going to bring him
onboard
702
00:31:57,230 --> 00:31:58,730
And we're going to talk to him
703
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:01,320
About the pbm mariner aspect
of flight 19.
704
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,420
Fishburne:
Barnette is most interested
705
00:32:03,650 --> 00:32:08,090
In a lesser known aspect
of the flight 19 saga:
706
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,330
The loss of the martin mariner
search and rescue plane.
707
00:32:11,490 --> 00:32:15,260
- In the process of trying
to rescue these five aircraft,
708
00:32:15,420 --> 00:32:16,410
Another search and rescue
aircraft
709
00:32:16,510 --> 00:32:18,990
Was dispatched
to go find them,
710
00:32:19,090 --> 00:32:23,100
And it disappeared less than
a half-hour after taking off.
711
00:32:23,330 --> 00:32:25,110
So in an instant,
712
00:32:25,330 --> 00:32:28,430
We've doubled the men
that need to be rescued.
713
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,670
Fishburne:
7:30 p.M.
714
00:32:30,690 --> 00:32:33,510
About an hour since the last
transmission from flight 19.
715
00:32:33,530 --> 00:32:35,780
♪ ♪
716
00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:38,860
A 13-man rescue team
goes after the lost flight
717
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,510
Like firemen running
into a burning building.
718
00:32:41,530 --> 00:32:43,520
- 2-0-0 departure
radar contact.
719
00:32:43,610 --> 00:32:45,370
Fishburne:
Around 8:30 p.M.,
720
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,960
The rescue plane
suddenly drops off radar.
721
00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:51,780
♪ ♪
722
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,380
A passing freighter,
723
00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:55,700
The s.S. Gaines mill
724
00:32:55,710 --> 00:33:01,200
Reported a large fireball
in the skies around that time.
725
00:33:01,290 --> 00:33:05,390
Did the plane explode
mid-flight?
726
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,370
No wreckage was ever found,
727
00:33:08,390 --> 00:33:10,230
And the true location
of the incident
728
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:12,730
Is hotly debated.
729
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,710
- This is a site
identified in 1989
730
00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:16,830
During the search
for challenger debris.
731
00:33:17,050 --> 00:33:18,570
Fishburne: Barnette thinks
he may have found
732
00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:20,500
The missing mariner
733
00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:22,070
By digging
through the archives
734
00:33:22,220 --> 00:33:24,560
Of a seemingly
unrelated event.
735
00:33:24,580 --> 00:33:26,670
♪ ♪
736
00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:30,410
The 1986 explosion of
the challenger space shuttle.
737
00:33:30,570 --> 00:33:34,510
♪ ♪
738
00:33:34,740 --> 00:33:36,660
- Tragically, it exploded
a few minutes after launch
739
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,160
And crashed in the atlantic
ocean in several pieces.
740
00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:40,660
And there was a major effort
to go out
741
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,240
And search for this debris.
742
00:33:42,260 --> 00:33:44,080
And they actually found
743
00:33:44,170 --> 00:33:46,690
What they identified
as a dc-3,
744
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,030
Which is a twin-engine
aircraft, in this area here.
745
00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:53,190
Fishburne: Searching for
the debris of the challenger,
746
00:33:53,350 --> 00:33:58,370
Nasa identified the wreck
of a dc-3 aircraft.
747
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,850
But the dive report states
visibility was poor.
748
00:34:02,950 --> 00:34:05,770
So did they get it right?
749
00:34:05,860 --> 00:34:09,120
Could this actually be
the missing mariner?
750
00:34:09,210 --> 00:34:11,120
- How far offshore is this?
751
00:34:11,270 --> 00:34:14,620
- This is about 30 miles.
- Okay.
752
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,610
Let's get on the phone
and call the bridge,
753
00:34:16,630 --> 00:34:18,440
And give them
that position.
754
00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:20,630
Fishburne:
Rob kraft adjusts course
755
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:24,060
To head towards mike
barnette's provocative target.
756
00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:31,290
Fishburne:
It's early March 2020.
757
00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:32,980
Rob kraft and mike barnette
758
00:34:33,130 --> 00:34:35,550
Have taken rv petrel
over the very spot
759
00:34:35,650 --> 00:34:38,980
Where nasa records document
a mysterious aircraft wreck.
760
00:34:39,130 --> 00:34:40,910
♪ ♪
761
00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:44,730
- Next one,
you'll be 133 meters.
762
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:47,810
Fishburne:
They suspect that it may be
763
00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:49,490
The pbm mariner rescue plane
764
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,420
That was lost
along with flight 19.
765
00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:54,260
- We know the pbm
was likely traveling
766
00:34:54,410 --> 00:34:56,740
At an altitude
of 800 feet or so.
767
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,840
So if it did crash, we should
have large chunks of wreckage.
768
00:34:59,990 --> 00:35:02,340
Fishburne:
Using the petrel's sonar,
769
00:35:02,430 --> 00:35:05,270
They search the ocean floor
for half a mile
770
00:35:05,490 --> 00:35:09,350
In every direction
and turn up...
771
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,090
Nothing.
772
00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:14,930
- Yeah, there's--
there's nothing there.
773
00:35:14,950 --> 00:35:18,100
Fishburne:
Is the nasa data inaccurate?
774
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,690
Or did churning undersea
currents destroy the wreck?
775
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:27,460
Whatever the explanation,
there's no plane here.
776
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:31,200
But for kraft,
this is still progress.
777
00:35:31,290 --> 00:35:33,630
- When you rule targets out
that can help you
778
00:35:33,780 --> 00:35:35,520
Focus your search.
779
00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:38,210
X rarely ever
marks the spot.
780
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,470
♪ ♪
781
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:42,030
Fishburne:
As kraft steers petrel
782
00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:44,200
Back toward deeper water,
783
00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:47,200
Barnette prepares another dive
expedition along the coast.
784
00:35:47,220 --> 00:35:49,310
♪ ♪
785
00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:53,890
Meanwhile, back in florida,
the other members of the team--
786
00:35:53,980 --> 00:35:57,390
Investigators wayne abbott
and david o'keefe--
787
00:35:57,550 --> 00:36:00,730
Have uncovered
a provocative witness.
788
00:36:00,820 --> 00:36:03,380
- This is the first interview
she's ever given.
789
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,900
- Yeah. I mean,
75 years later,
790
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,810
It's going to be hard to find
any eyewitnesses.
791
00:36:06,830 --> 00:36:08,910
And so she's about the closest
thing we're going to get.
792
00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:11,890
♪ ♪
793
00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:15,580
- My father was
lieutenant robert cox.
794
00:36:15,730 --> 00:36:20,250
He was in radio contact
with flight 19.
795
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,580
Fishburne:
Colby cox is the daughter
796
00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:24,240
Of lieutenant robert cox,
797
00:36:24,260 --> 00:36:26,830
The first to realize
flight 19 was in trouble
798
00:36:26,850 --> 00:36:29,830
On that fateful day.
799
00:36:29,850 --> 00:36:32,410
- Powers, you copy?
800
00:36:32,430 --> 00:36:35,770
I don't know where we are.
801
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,840
Fishburne:
Cox was also the only person
802
00:36:37,940 --> 00:36:41,700
To have more than a fleeting
contact with flight 19.
803
00:36:41,850 --> 00:36:44,940
- Please identify yourself
so someone can help.
804
00:36:45,090 --> 00:36:47,260
♪ ♪
805
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,100
Fishburne: Cox was sure
he could find them.
806
00:36:50,110 --> 00:36:53,100
But he was low on fuel.
807
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,030
He requested to land
and swap into a ready plane
808
00:36:55,050 --> 00:36:56,770
That was on standby.
809
00:36:56,860 --> 00:37:01,270
- This ft-74 coming in
low on fuel.
810
00:37:01,290 --> 00:37:02,440
Request permission
to immediately disembark
811
00:37:02,460 --> 00:37:04,550
In ready plane.
812
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,800
I think I got a pretty good
fix on those lost fliers.
813
00:37:07,890 --> 00:37:11,470
Fishburne: But his request
was inexplicably denied.
814
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,640
♪ ♪
815
00:37:13,790 --> 00:37:15,640
Why wasn't lieutenant cox
816
00:37:15,790 --> 00:37:19,960
Allowed to go back up
after flight 19?
817
00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:22,810
- It's very sad that dad
wasn't allowed to go back up.
818
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,570
- Did it weigh heavily on him?
819
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:28,130
- My dad felt
extremely strongly
820
00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:30,990
That he could
locate the flight
821
00:37:31,140 --> 00:37:33,080
If he were allowed
to go back up.
822
00:37:33,230 --> 00:37:36,420
And he was very frustrated
823
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,330
That he wasn't allowed
to go back up.
824
00:37:40,420 --> 00:37:42,330
- What was the fallout
for your father then?
825
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,320
- My mother
was always convinced
826
00:37:45,340 --> 00:37:50,010
That this adversely affected
my father's career,
827
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,920
Because my father
told the truth.
828
00:37:54,010 --> 00:37:56,510
- Robert cox is one of
the most crucial characters
829
00:37:56,660 --> 00:37:59,090
In the whole flight 19 story.
830
00:37:59,180 --> 00:38:01,330
Now, robert died
a few years ago,
831
00:38:01,350 --> 00:38:04,190
And his story died with him.
832
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:10,030
But colby cox told us a story
that is shocking.
833
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,600
- There was a huge party
on the base that night.
834
00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,460
From what I recall dad saying,
835
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:20,800
They couldn't even
find the base commander.
836
00:38:20,950 --> 00:38:23,110
My father believed
837
00:38:23,210 --> 00:38:26,210
That the fact that there was
that big party the night before
838
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:30,030
Definitely contributed
to the loss of flight 19.
839
00:38:30,050 --> 00:38:32,030
♪ ♪
840
00:38:32,050 --> 00:38:34,200
Fishburne:
If lieutenant cox did testify
841
00:38:34,220 --> 00:38:36,810
To this base-wide party
842
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,390
The night before flight 19
was lost,
843
00:38:39,540 --> 00:38:43,390
It's nowhere in the navy's
official report.
844
00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:44,800
- Did your father believe
that they whitewashed,
845
00:38:44,900 --> 00:38:46,140
Say, the board of inquiry?
846
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,490
- Yes.
- Wow.
847
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,880
- The navy doesn't want
to hear that.
848
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:54,830
I grew up as a navy brat.
849
00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:58,170
My father was in
the service 24 years.
850
00:38:58,390 --> 00:39:01,670
And knowing what I know
about the navy,
851
00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:04,750
Of course they're going
to whitewash it.
852
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:07,570
♪ ♪
853
00:39:07,660 --> 00:39:10,420
- Boy, did she just
open up something.
854
00:39:10,570 --> 00:39:13,910
- Do think that they would have
sanitized the board of inquiry?
855
00:39:13,930 --> 00:39:16,080
- Well, they could have.
I mean, let's just say
856
00:39:16,170 --> 00:39:17,590
The entire base
was off its game.
857
00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:19,600
They were all hungover.
858
00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:22,190
Would the navy really
want that to come out?
859
00:39:22,420 --> 00:39:24,360
- Especially with the loss
of 27 men.
860
00:39:24,510 --> 00:39:27,750
- Particularly with the loss
of 27 men.
861
00:39:27,770 --> 00:39:29,770
♪ ♪
862
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,030
- The amount of partying
that was happening
863
00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:34,590
Is a bit surprising,
shocking.
864
00:39:34,610 --> 00:39:38,540
But also understandable.
865
00:39:38,690 --> 00:39:41,270
My god, these guys just got home
from fighting world war ii.
866
00:39:41,290 --> 00:39:43,040
Male announcer:
It's official. It's all over.
867
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,120
It's total victory.
868
00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:46,710
[crowd cheering]
869
00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:48,370
Fishburne:
The guns of world war ii
870
00:39:48,390 --> 00:39:51,370
Fell silent in August 1945,
871
00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:53,370
After the final
japanese surrender.
872
00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,780
Announcer: Cameramen and
reporters of many countries
873
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,630
Record this historic moment.
874
00:39:57,790 --> 00:39:59,230
Fishburne:
Servicemen from all branches
875
00:39:59,450 --> 00:40:01,560
Went from high alert
to suddenly,
876
00:40:01,710 --> 00:40:04,070
Unexpectedly,
coming home.
877
00:40:04,220 --> 00:40:09,390
- The american military did not
look to the year 1945 and go,
878
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,060
"'we'll wrap it all up then
and then we'll all go home."
879
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,130
That was not the plan.
880
00:40:14,150 --> 00:40:16,800
The american military
had imagined a force
881
00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:20,580
Of 305,000 american troops
882
00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:22,140
Participating
in amphibious landing
883
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:26,480
On the japanese home islands.
884
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,980
I don't want to say that they
suddenly became unprofessional,
885
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,430
And that they neglected their
duties and responsibilities.
886
00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:35,500
But I am saying that there's
a different set of priorities
887
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,010
By December 5th 1945.
888
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:40,680
Fishburne:
Even if there was
889
00:40:40,830 --> 00:40:43,350
A massive base party
the night before,
890
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:47,440
The men of flight 19
were experienced aviators.
891
00:40:47,590 --> 00:40:51,340
Most had seen combat
in the pacific.
892
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,840
None more than flight
instructor charles taylor.
893
00:40:54,930 --> 00:40:56,780
- His friends called him cc.
894
00:40:57,010 --> 00:40:58,860
And he was from texas,
from corpus christi.
895
00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:03,200
And he joined the navy
in 1941.
896
00:41:03,350 --> 00:41:05,780
He was a highly
seasoned pilot.
897
00:41:05,870 --> 00:41:07,850
[machine-gun fire]
898
00:41:07,870 --> 00:41:10,020
He had combat experience,
but he had also logged
899
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,370
2,500 hours of flying time,
900
00:41:12,530 --> 00:41:15,040
Mostly on the avenger.
901
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,470
He ditched twice
while in combat.
902
00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:19,720
If there was anybody
on flight 19
903
00:41:19,870 --> 00:41:22,290
Who understood what it was like
to land in the ocean,
904
00:41:22,390 --> 00:41:24,980
Deploy the rafts and survive,
905
00:41:25,210 --> 00:41:28,560
It seems to have been
charles taylor.
906
00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:32,970
So he was nowhere near
in over his head.
907
00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:34,230
There must have been something
908
00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:37,400
That really threw him off
that day.
909
00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:39,220
Fishburne:
Could flight 19
910
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,310
Have run into something
in the bermuda triangle
911
00:41:41,330 --> 00:41:43,070
That surprised them?
912
00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:45,820
- In aviation,
when we look at accidents,
913
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,560
When we look at reports,
914
00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:51,900
We look at things as a compound
series of events.
915
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,580
An accident doesn't just
happen with one thing.
916
00:41:55,740 --> 00:41:57,680
Fishburne:
Wayne and david have come
917
00:41:57,910 --> 00:42:00,330
To the florida
aviation academy.
918
00:42:00,350 --> 00:42:01,570
They're meeting
u.S. Air force pilot
919
00:42:01,590 --> 00:42:04,190
And accident investigator,
920
00:42:04,410 --> 00:42:06,340
Lieutenant colonel
jason harris.
921
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,170
- We need to be able to gain
experience from somebody
922
00:42:08,270 --> 00:42:10,670
Who's been in the cockpit.
923
00:42:10,770 --> 00:42:13,250
Somebody who's been in
situations like this before.
924
00:42:13,270 --> 00:42:15,030
Fishburne:
Jason has a way to give david
925
00:42:15,260 --> 00:42:18,020
A pilot's-eye view
of flight 19.
926
00:42:18,030 --> 00:42:19,700
- Whoa! Dave, jeez.
- There we go.
927
00:42:19,930 --> 00:42:21,780
- I didn't realize
you weighed that much.
928
00:42:21,930 --> 00:42:24,690
Fishburne: They're lifting off
in a flight simulator,
929
00:42:24,710 --> 00:42:28,360
Programmed for
December 5th, 1945.
930
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:30,100
- Are you ready?
- Let's go.
931
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,710
♪ ♪
932
00:42:33,870 --> 00:42:35,460
- So we'll go ahead and just
start climbing on up.
933
00:42:35,550 --> 00:42:38,550
- Perfect.
934
00:42:38,780 --> 00:42:40,950
- We know that
the weather report
935
00:42:40,970 --> 00:42:44,800
Here in fort lauderdale
on that day was cavu:
936
00:42:44,890 --> 00:42:49,560
"clear skies,
visibility unrestricted."
937
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:51,620
Fishburne: But the naval
report shows that offshore,
938
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,290
Conditions quickly
deteriorated.
939
00:42:54,310 --> 00:42:57,890
- And that is almost standard
in this part of the country
940
00:42:57,980 --> 00:43:00,390
That there might be clear
weather here on the landmass,
941
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,080
But the flight conditions
942
00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:03,820
Over the entire route
of the flight were not.
943
00:43:03,970 --> 00:43:06,310
♪ ♪
944
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,420
Fishburne:
In a time before gps,
945
00:43:08,570 --> 00:43:10,900
And with limited
aerial radar,
946
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,310
Pilots relied
on visual landmarks
947
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,170
To correct for course drift.
948
00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:19,500
Flight 19's first landmark
was a small island,
949
00:43:19,650 --> 00:43:21,990
Called chicken shoals.
950
00:43:22,010 --> 00:43:24,160
With poor visibility,
951
00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:29,010
Jason thinks flight 19 was
unable to find chicken shoals.
952
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,660
- Wow. When it comes in
at first,
953
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,440
You don't realize how quick
954
00:43:33,590 --> 00:43:35,020
You can lose your visibility
and your reference points.
955
00:43:35,110 --> 00:43:37,000
- Absolutely.
956
00:43:37,020 --> 00:43:39,760
Fishburne: Unable to find
the small island,
957
00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:43,600
Taylor would have turned to his
compasses to stay on course.
958
00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:47,360
The avenger had two.
959
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,110
But turbulence
and poor weather
960
00:43:49,130 --> 00:43:51,700
Could lead both
to read incorrectly.
961
00:43:51,850 --> 00:43:56,960
♪ ♪
962
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,380
Even in a simulator,
963
00:43:59,530 --> 00:44:02,710
The feeling of being lost leads
to a pilot's worst enemy:
964
00:44:02,860 --> 00:44:05,140
Panic.
965
00:44:05,370 --> 00:44:07,220
- This is it, this is serious.
We're lost.
966
00:44:07,310 --> 00:44:10,540
- And we have no idea
where chicken shoals is,
967
00:44:10,550 --> 00:44:12,630
What our intended target is.
968
00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:14,390
- This is not a good feeling.
- It's not.
969
00:44:14,540 --> 00:44:19,040
♪ ♪
970
00:44:19,060 --> 00:44:21,900
When you look at
the transcripts on flight 19,
971
00:44:22,050 --> 00:44:26,740
You begin to realize that
taylor, the flight instructor,
972
00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:30,560
Was clearly panicked
because he was lost.
973
00:44:30,650 --> 00:44:31,910
You're running out of fuel.
974
00:44:32,060 --> 00:44:33,060
It's in the middle
of the night.
975
00:44:33,150 --> 00:44:34,410
You've got rain,
potentially.
976
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,000
You've got cloud cover.
977
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:37,900
You've got turbulence.
You've got winds.
978
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,250
You've got instruments
that you no longer can trust.
979
00:44:41,340 --> 00:44:43,920
I'd be panicked.
980
00:44:44,010 --> 00:44:46,090
I don't care how much
experience I have
981
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:47,850
As a professional pilot.
982
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,020
Those are a recipe
for disaster.
983
00:44:51,170 --> 00:44:52,760
Fishburne:
From the simulator,
984
00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:55,930
Jason reconstructs
one possible scenario.
985
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:57,860
♪ ♪
986
00:44:58,090 --> 00:45:01,090
Unforecasted bad weather
closes in,
987
00:45:01,110 --> 00:45:03,360
Reducing visibility
and causing flight 19
988
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:07,200
To drift from
their planned route.
989
00:45:07,350 --> 00:45:09,450
As panic sets in,
990
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,930
Charles taylor distrusts
his compasses
991
00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:16,950
And leads the squadron further
out to sea toward certain doom.
992
00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,120
♪ ♪
993
00:45:19,270 --> 00:45:20,960
- So there's the possibility
994
00:45:21,050 --> 00:45:22,790
That there was a lot
of weather that day,
995
00:45:22,940 --> 00:45:25,040
There was a lot of stress.
996
00:45:25,050 --> 00:45:28,280
What I think happened
is that these guys got lost.
997
00:45:28,370 --> 00:45:30,710
Fishburne:
If jason's right,
998
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,140
That means flight 19 is most
likely deep out to sea.
999
00:45:34,290 --> 00:45:35,730
♪ ♪
1000
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,230
But now, on land,
1001
00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:41,480
Wayne and david
have uncovered a clue
1002
00:45:41,570 --> 00:45:44,130
That could flip
the whole case on its head.
1003
00:45:44,150 --> 00:45:45,810
- "you have been misinformed
about me.
1004
00:45:45,970 --> 00:45:49,580
I'm very much alive, georgie."
1005
00:45:49,730 --> 00:45:52,750
Fishburne: Was there
a survivor from flight 19?
1006
00:45:57,500 --> 00:45:59,920
Flight 19, it's the most
legendary
1007
00:46:00,150 --> 00:46:03,650
Bermuda triangle disappearance
on record.
1008
00:46:03,670 --> 00:46:06,670
David o'keefe and wayne abbott
are part of a team
1009
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,320
Trying to finally
solve this mystery.
1010
00:46:09,340 --> 00:46:12,750
They're now hunting for clues
in the stories of the men
1011
00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:16,160
Who disappeared that night.
1012
00:46:16,180 --> 00:46:18,760
- This is about 14 men
1013
00:46:18,780 --> 00:46:20,520
That took off that day
and never came home.
1014
00:46:20,670 --> 00:46:23,190
Fourteen families
that had to deal with that.
1015
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,670
Not to mention the other 13 men
lost on the martin mariner
1016
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:27,510
That went out to rescue them.
1017
00:46:27,530 --> 00:46:31,190
Twenty-seven men died
in one night.
1018
00:46:31,290 --> 00:46:32,950
That's the real story.
1019
00:46:33,110 --> 00:46:34,680
Fishburne:
The trail's led them
1020
00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:37,850
To the suburbs
of new york city.
1021
00:46:37,870 --> 00:46:39,690
- For years I've been hoping
that we could speak to somebody
1022
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:42,020
From the paonessa family.
1023
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:43,460
- Yeah, they've got that
one piece of cryptic evidence
1024
00:46:43,620 --> 00:46:47,210
We have to take a look at.
1025
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,450
Fishburne: Wayne and david
are meeting bill paonessa.
1026
00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:51,640
- Hi, how are you?
- Good.
1027
00:46:51,790 --> 00:46:53,220
- Dave o'keefe.
- Bill paonessa.
1028
00:46:53,370 --> 00:46:54,880
- Nice to meet you.
- Hey. Wayne abbott.
1029
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:55,960
Fishburne:
Bill's uncle was flight 19
1030
00:46:56,050 --> 00:46:58,550
Radioman george paonessa.
1031
00:46:58,710 --> 00:47:00,310
- I've got something
to show you
1032
00:47:00,540 --> 00:47:03,060
That's going to be piquing
your interest.
1033
00:47:03,210 --> 00:47:05,540
Fishburne: Today, bill is
the keeper of a family secret.
1034
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,230
- Is this all related to george?
1035
00:47:07,380 --> 00:47:09,570
- All related to george
that my aunt lou,
1036
00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:12,570
Who was the matriarch,
took very good care of.
1037
00:47:12,660 --> 00:47:14,240
And communication.
1038
00:47:14,390 --> 00:47:17,310
I also have some of his effects
from florida
1039
00:47:17,330 --> 00:47:18,560
Where he disappeared.
1040
00:47:18,650 --> 00:47:20,320
And, also,
from the pacific.
1041
00:47:20,410 --> 00:47:22,580
Even the stencil
from his locker.
1042
00:47:22,730 --> 00:47:26,160
- No way!
1043
00:47:26,250 --> 00:47:27,900
- George was my dad's brother.
1044
00:47:27,990 --> 00:47:30,570
And george was the youngest
of the brothers.
1045
00:47:30,590 --> 00:47:31,920
My dad was in the army.
1046
00:47:32,070 --> 00:47:34,070
George was marines,
1047
00:47:34,090 --> 00:47:36,580
Flight aviator,
gunner bombardier.
1048
00:47:36,590 --> 00:47:38,580
♪ ♪
1049
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,170
The disappearance
in bermuda triangle
1050
00:47:41,270 --> 00:47:43,770
Always hung over the family.
1051
00:47:43,860 --> 00:47:46,680
And it's something
that we have always,
1052
00:47:46,770 --> 00:47:50,350
You know,
wanted an answer.
1053
00:47:50,370 --> 00:47:51,680
And his flight book.
1054
00:47:51,780 --> 00:47:54,110
This was from the pacific.
1055
00:47:54,260 --> 00:47:55,540
- He was on patrols.
1056
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,020
He was on convoy duty,
dive-bombing.
1057
00:47:58,040 --> 00:47:59,930
They were attacking
japanese-held islands,
1058
00:47:59,950 --> 00:48:01,430
Strafing.
1059
00:48:01,530 --> 00:48:02,860
I mean, he saw some
heavy combat.
1060
00:48:02,950 --> 00:48:05,050
- What has the family said
1061
00:48:05,270 --> 00:48:08,460
About the night
of December 5th to you?
1062
00:48:08,550 --> 00:48:11,050
- Well, they really thought
there was a miscommunication.
1063
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,630
How could men who were
experienced,
1064
00:48:13,780 --> 00:48:16,780
Seasoned pilots get lost?
1065
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,120
♪ ♪
1066
00:48:19,140 --> 00:48:21,540
- Whatever happened,
they wanted an explanation,
1067
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,470
Ironclad,
that tells them
1068
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:25,720
Why this happened
to a group of servicemen
1069
00:48:25,740 --> 00:48:27,980
That went through
the pacific theater
1070
00:48:28,070 --> 00:48:31,720
And came back to die
in the atlantic ocean.
1071
00:48:31,740 --> 00:48:33,800
Fishburne:
In December 1945,
1072
00:48:33,890 --> 00:48:36,300
As families
around america prepared
1073
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:37,820
For their first christmas
together again
1074
00:48:37,910 --> 00:48:39,820
After years of war,
1075
00:48:39,970 --> 00:48:43,990
The paonessas received
a series of telegrams.
1076
00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:46,310
"your son is missing."
1077
00:48:46,410 --> 00:48:49,480
"the search has been
discontinued."
1078
00:48:49,500 --> 00:48:52,170
"your was son killed."
1079
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,320
♪ ♪
1080
00:48:54,340 --> 00:48:56,930
And then, the day after
christmas,
1081
00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:01,270
They received a telegram that
appeared to be from george.
1082
00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:03,850
♪ ♪
1083
00:49:03,940 --> 00:49:06,760
- The one telegram that threw
everybody for a loop
1084
00:49:06,780 --> 00:49:09,500
Was on December 26th,
1085
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:13,860
My uncle joe received
this telegram.
1086
00:49:14,010 --> 00:49:17,450
So this is a bit strange.
1087
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,510
- "you have been misinformed
about me.
1088
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,680
I'm very much alive, georgie."
1089
00:49:22,770 --> 00:49:25,850
- And he spelled it
g-e-o-r-g-I-e.
1090
00:49:25,870 --> 00:49:28,200
That was his signature.
1091
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:31,540
♪ ♪
1092
00:49:31,690 --> 00:49:35,360
The telegram was allegedly
sent by my uncle,
1093
00:49:35,450 --> 00:49:38,550
And he signed it
g-e-o-r-g-I-e.
1094
00:49:38,700 --> 00:49:41,220
He was the only person
that signed his name like that.
1095
00:49:41,310 --> 00:49:43,460
So it was like, wait a minute,
1096
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,980
We got a letter
from the government saying
1097
00:49:46,130 --> 00:49:48,150
He's lost at sea,
presumed dead,
1098
00:49:48,380 --> 00:49:49,800
And we've given up
on the search
1099
00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:52,650
'cause it's been over 10 days.
1100
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,380
And yet we get a telegram
from georgie, alleged,
1101
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:57,990
That he's fine.
1102
00:49:58,220 --> 00:50:01,570
Which one
do you want to believe?
1103
00:50:01,660 --> 00:50:05,150
- This mystery telegram leads
to so many questions,
1104
00:50:05,170 --> 00:50:07,410
With the strangest
question being:
1105
00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:10,170
Did george survive?
1106
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:14,320
♪ ♪
1107
00:50:14,420 --> 00:50:15,730
Fishburne: George paonessa was
1108
00:50:15,830 --> 00:50:19,830
Captain ed powers' radioman.
1109
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,910
Some speculate powers realized
1110
00:50:21,930 --> 00:50:24,080
Flight instructor
charles taylor
1111
00:50:24,090 --> 00:50:28,860
Was heading the wrong way,
and turned west toward land...
1112
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:33,030
Ultimately crashing
somewhere over florida.
1113
00:50:33,250 --> 00:50:36,360
If so, could paonessa
have survived?
1114
00:50:36,590 --> 00:50:38,590
♪ ♪
1115
00:50:38,610 --> 00:50:40,530
- Was there discussion
in the family?
1116
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,600
Like, who would have done this
as a hoax?
1117
00:50:43,690 --> 00:50:46,040
- No, no, no.
This came from florida.
1118
00:50:46,270 --> 00:50:50,620
It came from the western union,
in florida near the base.
1119
00:50:50,710 --> 00:50:55,550
So this all had credence of
it's original, it's authentic.
1120
00:50:55,780 --> 00:50:57,200
It might not have been sent
by georgie,
1121
00:50:57,290 --> 00:50:59,130
But it was sent by somebody.
1122
00:50:59,220 --> 00:51:02,780
- Any frustration or hurt
or anger, even, over this?
1123
00:51:02,870 --> 00:51:04,280
- I think hurt
from the standpoint
1124
00:51:04,380 --> 00:51:06,390
That there wasn't
any satisfactory answer.
1125
00:51:06,550 --> 00:51:09,620
That it seemed
to be a cover-up.
1126
00:51:09,710 --> 00:51:12,050
In the end,
nobody had an answer.
1127
00:51:12,070 --> 00:51:13,310
- So you know what
we're trying to do here
1128
00:51:13,460 --> 00:51:14,550
Is try to get down
to the truth,
1129
00:51:14,650 --> 00:51:15,640
The truth of what happened.
1130
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:17,740
And if we do succeed,
1131
00:51:17,970 --> 00:51:20,650
What would the truth
mean to you with this?
1132
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,560
- Well, it'd finalize
everything
1133
00:51:22,650 --> 00:51:23,970
For the family, for myself,
1134
00:51:24,060 --> 00:51:26,310
But I think I already
know the outcome,
1135
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:29,160
But it would be nice to,
you know, to find the planes.
1136
00:51:29,310 --> 00:51:33,810
♪ ♪
1137
00:51:33,910 --> 00:51:35,650
- I really feel
for the paonessa family,
1138
00:51:35,670 --> 00:51:38,670
Because we don't really know
what the situation was,
1139
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:40,410
Whether that was a hoax.
1140
00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:42,080
It kind of goes down
as a hoax.
1141
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:44,100
But why would anybody do that?
1142
00:51:44,250 --> 00:51:46,080
You know? Why?
1143
00:51:46,180 --> 00:51:49,100
I mean, I kind of lean
on believing it,
1144
00:51:49,330 --> 00:51:52,440
In other words that, you know,
maybe he deserted.
1145
00:51:52,670 --> 00:51:55,180
Maybe he had enough.
Maybe he wanted to get out.
1146
00:51:55,340 --> 00:51:58,110
Maybe our search inland
1147
00:51:58,340 --> 00:52:01,340
Will discover something
that ties that together.
1148
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,510
♪ ♪
1149
00:52:04,530 --> 00:52:06,180
Fishburne:
The paonessa telegram
1150
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,350
Could add more weight
to the theory
1151
00:52:08,370 --> 00:52:12,200
That one or more of the planes
somehow made it back to land.
1152
00:52:12,350 --> 00:52:14,850
♪ ♪
1153
00:52:14,950 --> 00:52:16,960
Could this clue
connect to the plane
1154
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,880
Graham stikelether's father
allegedly found in 1962?
1155
00:52:21,030 --> 00:52:23,040
♪ ♪
1156
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:24,950
While wayne and david
1157
00:52:24,970 --> 00:52:29,550
May be on the verge
of a major breakthrough...
1158
00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:32,700
Back on rv petrel,
1159
00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:36,210
Frustration is mounting among
the deep-sea team members.
1160
00:52:36,230 --> 00:52:38,150
- Yeah, go ahead.
1161
00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:42,160
- Um, that was a [bleep]
bad idea.
1162
00:52:42,380 --> 00:52:45,720
♪ ♪
1163
00:52:45,740 --> 00:52:47,720
That was a terrible idea.
1164
00:52:47,740 --> 00:52:50,810
Fishburne:
It's now mid-March, 2020.
1165
00:52:50,830 --> 00:52:52,320
- All right, eric,
we're away.
1166
00:52:52,410 --> 00:52:54,230
Fishburne:
Rob kraft and the crew
1167
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:56,900
Have been scouring
the bermuda triangle for weeks
1168
00:52:56,990 --> 00:53:00,670
Looking for any sign
of the avengers.
1169
00:53:00,830 --> 00:53:02,900
- Nothing.
1170
00:53:02,990 --> 00:53:08,240
Nothing but
a barren wasteland.
1171
00:53:08,260 --> 00:53:12,910
Fishburne: Kraft knew this
search would be a slow grind.
1172
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,430
But there is some good news
at last.
1173
00:53:15,580 --> 00:53:17,920
♪ ♪
1174
00:53:17,940 --> 00:53:20,440
They have detected
a promising new target.
1175
00:53:20,590 --> 00:53:22,680
- It's around a thousand
meters or so,
1176
00:53:22,770 --> 00:53:26,270
So it's not going to take long
to get the rov down there.
1177
00:53:26,430 --> 00:53:29,200
We should be able
to get a good look at this
1178
00:53:29,430 --> 00:53:31,020
And decide whether
it's one of our planes or not.
1179
00:53:31,110 --> 00:53:33,100
- Hold it there.
- Yeah.
1180
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:36,770
♪ ♪
1181
00:53:36,790 --> 00:53:39,550
- We'll start to push it
toward the target, rob, yeah?
1182
00:53:39,770 --> 00:53:42,550
- Yeah.
1183
00:53:42,780 --> 00:53:44,460
Dead ahead,
what is that, rudy?
1184
00:53:44,550 --> 00:53:46,290
There's something.
1185
00:53:46,450 --> 00:53:49,780
♪ ♪
1186
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,620
Fishburne:
As the target comes into view,
1187
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:55,290
It's clear it's definitely
manmade.
1188
00:53:55,380 --> 00:54:00,640
And it's clear it's definitely
not a plane.
1189
00:54:00,790 --> 00:54:05,070
Most likely it's a fridge,
thrown overboard as trash.
1190
00:54:05,300 --> 00:54:06,560
♪ ♪
1191
00:54:06,650 --> 00:54:08,630
- Well, it's an adventure.
1192
00:54:08,730 --> 00:54:11,910
- You know what an adventure is?
- What?
1193
00:54:12,140 --> 00:54:12,910
- It's a poorly planned
vacation.
1194
00:54:13,140 --> 00:54:15,140
[both laugh]
1195
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,160
Fishburne:
The team can still joke.
1196
00:54:18,310 --> 00:54:22,070
They've proven they can detect
even the smallest objects.
1197
00:54:22,170 --> 00:54:25,000
And rob kraft is convinced
that all they need to do
1198
00:54:25,150 --> 00:54:28,240
Is finish mapping
their prime target area.
1199
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:33,430
- To date, we've covered about
210, 220 square nautical miles.
1200
00:54:33,590 --> 00:54:37,660
So it's really just
the beginning of this search.
1201
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:39,590
♪ ♪
1202
00:54:39,610 --> 00:54:41,830
It's just going to take
a lot of time to cover it all.
1203
00:54:41,850 --> 00:54:43,940
- Breaking news tonight.
1204
00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:45,950
The u.S. And canada
closing their borders
1205
00:54:46,100 --> 00:54:48,780
As the coronavirus pandemic
deepens.
1206
00:54:48,930 --> 00:54:51,270
Fishburne: But time
is something rob kraft
1207
00:54:51,290 --> 00:54:52,840
Has just run out of.
1208
00:54:52,940 --> 00:54:54,120
- The world health
organization
1209
00:54:54,350 --> 00:54:56,010
Has officially named it
covid-19.
1210
00:54:56,110 --> 00:54:57,610
- A new wave of states
are issuing
1211
00:54:57,630 --> 00:54:59,530
Stay-at-home orders tonight,
1212
00:54:59,690 --> 00:55:01,870
Recognizing the measures needed
to control the virus...
1213
00:55:02,020 --> 00:55:05,540
- So we've had to cut
the mission short.
1214
00:55:05,630 --> 00:55:07,300
There's a bit of craziness
going on with this coronavirus,
1215
00:55:07,450 --> 00:55:09,470
So we're going to shut it down
right now
1216
00:55:09,620 --> 00:55:11,310
And get everybody a chance
to get home
1217
00:55:11,460 --> 00:55:13,700
So they can get rested up
and we can get back out here.
1218
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:15,480
Fishburne:
Petrel is driven to port
1219
00:55:15,700 --> 00:55:19,550
By the pandemic
and locked down.
1220
00:55:19,650 --> 00:55:22,470
But with the discovery
of a provocative new target,
1221
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,320
The search is just heating up.
1222
00:55:29,490 --> 00:55:31,070
A team of
investigators
1223
00:55:31,220 --> 00:55:32,380
Are on the hunt
for the bermuda triangle's
1224
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,000
Most famous disappearance:
1225
00:55:35,220 --> 00:55:38,910
Flight 19.
1226
00:55:39,060 --> 00:55:41,080
The covid pandemic
has thrown a wrench
1227
00:55:41,230 --> 00:55:44,400
Into the offshore search.
1228
00:55:44,410 --> 00:55:47,400
But on land, david o'keefe
and wayne abbott
1229
00:55:47,420 --> 00:55:51,350
Are now following up
on a tantalizing clue:
1230
00:55:51,500 --> 00:55:55,920
A 50-caliber machine gun
that could be from flight 19.
1231
00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:58,240
♪ ♪
1232
00:55:58,260 --> 00:55:59,240
- You've attempted
to cross-reference
1233
00:55:59,260 --> 00:56:00,690
The serial number
1234
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:02,580
With the reports written
at the time?
1235
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:04,100
- That's what I was
planning to do.
1236
00:56:04,250 --> 00:56:06,080
The problem is trying
to find the reports.
1237
00:56:06,100 --> 00:56:08,750
♪ ♪
1238
00:56:08,770 --> 00:56:10,200
Fishburne: The gun was
allegedly recovered
1239
00:56:10,420 --> 00:56:14,370
By a florida judge
in the 1960s.
1240
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,260
Naval officials
initially told the judge
1241
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:21,950
That the plane was part
of flight 19.
1242
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:25,950
But the navy later denied
any knowledge of the incident.
1243
00:56:26,050 --> 00:56:27,960
♪ ♪
1244
00:56:28,050 --> 00:56:32,780
The gun is the only evidence
of the crash.
1245
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,630
But after
an exhaustive search,
1246
00:56:35,780 --> 00:56:40,880
David has failed to uncover any
record of this serial number.
1247
00:56:40,900 --> 00:56:43,060
- I'm not going to call it
a cover-up or anything,
1248
00:56:43,210 --> 00:56:46,880
But the judge tried to get
information out of the navy
1249
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:49,570
Once they cleared the wreck,
and he came up empty.
1250
00:56:49,720 --> 00:56:51,410
- Yeah, I can understand
the 1960s.
1251
00:56:51,630 --> 00:56:53,070
It was still kind of fresh.
It was new.
1252
00:56:53,220 --> 00:56:54,650
There was security
classifications.
1253
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,580
But 75 years later?
1254
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,900
I mean, it should be
relatively easy
1255
00:56:58,910 --> 00:57:02,970
To get our hands on this
information if it still exists.
1256
00:57:02,990 --> 00:57:04,990
Fishburne: Typically,
50-caliber machine guns
1257
00:57:05,150 --> 00:57:07,500
Were carefully tracked,
1258
00:57:07,590 --> 00:57:11,670
So the missing serial number
raises eyebrows.
1259
00:57:11,820 --> 00:57:14,930
Is there something
the navy is hiding?
1260
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:19,170
Or is there a less
conspiratorial explanation
1261
00:57:19,330 --> 00:57:22,660
For why david has been unable
to locate the records?
1262
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:25,000
- This is December 1945.
1263
00:57:25,020 --> 00:57:27,760
There's a big giant war machine
that is starting to gear down.
1264
00:57:27,780 --> 00:57:29,520
And who knows, you know?
1265
00:57:29,610 --> 00:57:31,280
Who knows whether, you know,
the people on the base
1266
00:57:31,510 --> 00:57:32,760
Took their eye
off the ball a little bit?
1267
00:57:32,780 --> 00:57:34,840
You know,
you're no longer at war.
1268
00:57:34,930 --> 00:57:36,510
All you want to do
is get home.
1269
00:57:36,530 --> 00:57:39,450
Maybe your record-keeping
is not as good as it was.
1270
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:41,850
Fishburne:
David still believes
1271
00:57:41,870 --> 00:57:45,790
The serial number records
are buried somewhere.
1272
00:57:46,020 --> 00:57:50,870
But a definitive answer
won't come anytime soon.
1273
00:57:50,970 --> 00:57:53,860
The pandemic has shut down
the archives.
1274
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:57,050
♪ ♪
1275
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,640
- We are now locked down.
1276
00:57:59,790 --> 00:58:02,140
We're shut out.
So for the time being,
1277
00:58:02,370 --> 00:58:04,390
This remains one heck
of a mystery.
1278
00:58:04,540 --> 00:58:06,540
Fishburne:
And the news for rob kraft
1279
00:58:06,630 --> 00:58:10,150
Has gone from bad to worse.
1280
00:58:10,380 --> 00:58:13,150
The pandemic has forced
rv petrel off the water
1281
00:58:13,300 --> 00:58:16,230
For seven months
and counting.
1282
00:58:16,330 --> 00:58:18,380
- We had no idea that it was
going to have
1283
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:20,490
The impact that it did.
1284
00:58:20,650 --> 00:58:22,550
The boat went into
the dry dock period,
1285
00:58:22,650 --> 00:58:26,560
And so right now,
it's unavailable.
1286
00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:28,390
Fishburne: Hopes of
finding the missing avengers
1287
00:58:28,410 --> 00:58:30,910
Are dwindling.
1288
00:58:31,060 --> 00:58:37,840
♪ ♪
1289
00:58:40,420 --> 00:58:45,580
But rob kraft has never been
one to go down without a fight.
1290
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,750
With petrel's high-tech tools
off the table,
1291
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:50,270
He has assembled
an ad-hoc team
1292
00:58:50,420 --> 00:58:52,750
To go after a provocative
new lead,
1293
00:58:52,770 --> 00:58:55,100
Code-named "target 77."
1294
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:59,260
- This target was discovered
by another survey,
1295
00:58:59,350 --> 00:59:01,590
And it was
an incidental target.
1296
00:59:01,610 --> 00:59:04,690
It was not something that they
were actually looking for.
1297
00:59:04,780 --> 00:59:06,450
Fishburne:
While the target
1298
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:08,930
Is outside kraft's
primary search area,
1299
00:59:08,950 --> 00:59:12,860
It is well within
flight 19's range.
1300
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:18,220
And the sonar image matches
the wingspan of a tbm avenger.
1301
00:59:18,450 --> 00:59:20,040
- It's the right signature
in sonar.
1302
00:59:20,060 --> 00:59:24,060
It's the right size.
1303
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:26,230
It is definitely something
we need to go look at.
1304
00:59:26,380 --> 00:59:28,560
Fishburne: Rob kraft
and petrel's lead technician,
1305
00:59:28,710 --> 00:59:30,970
Paul mayer,
are teaming up
1306
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:34,230
With micah eldred and
dan taylor on this expedition.
1307
00:59:34,390 --> 00:59:36,480
- So what do you have
on this target?
1308
00:59:36,630 --> 00:59:39,310
- We found this target doing a
big survey out here with an auv,
1309
00:59:39,410 --> 00:59:40,910
And this is going to be
the first time we've--
1310
00:59:41,130 --> 00:59:44,140
We've got an rov on it
to see what's there.
1311
00:59:44,230 --> 00:59:46,640
- Excavate a little bit
there, or...?
1312
00:59:46,660 --> 00:59:48,810
Fishburne: Dan and micah are
modern-day treasure hunters.
1313
00:59:48,830 --> 00:59:50,570
- Look at that.
1314
00:59:50,590 --> 00:59:52,490
Fishburne:
They search for lost ships,
1315
00:59:52,650 --> 00:59:55,000
Some known to have gone down
with cargo
1316
00:59:55,150 --> 00:59:57,170
Worth millions of dollars.
1317
00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,150
- There's not a lot of people
in the world that do this,
1318
00:59:59,170 --> 01:00:02,490
Particularly in the deep ocean,
because it's so expensive.
1319
01:00:02,580 --> 01:00:04,910
For us, not independently
wealthy,
1320
01:00:05,010 --> 01:00:07,010
We needed to find targets
1321
01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:08,840
That could potentially find
commercial cargo
1322
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:10,590
That would be of value.
1323
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:12,590
Fishburne:
Micah and dan
1324
01:00:12,610 --> 01:00:14,850
Were conducting sonar scans
in an area
1325
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:19,350
Known for colonial-era
shipwrecks...
1326
01:00:19,510 --> 01:00:21,510
When they stumbled across
what looked like an airplane.
1327
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:24,690
Where an airplane
should not be.
1328
01:00:24,850 --> 01:00:27,700
- I was like, "hey, what's
this airplane doing out here?"
1329
01:00:27,850 --> 01:00:29,110
It's not on a flight path
where you would go
1330
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,460
With a single-engine aircraft.
1331
01:00:31,690 --> 01:00:33,610
We came to the conclusion
that this could be
1332
01:00:33,700 --> 01:00:35,200
One of those avengers.
1333
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,370
♪ ♪
1334
01:00:38,530 --> 01:00:41,690
Fishburne: With petrel's
future uncertain,
1335
01:00:41,710 --> 01:00:43,700
This could very well
be kraft's best shot
1336
01:00:43,710 --> 01:00:46,530
To find the lost squadron.
1337
01:00:46,550 --> 01:00:49,550
- We have to go
identify this target,
1338
01:00:49,700 --> 01:00:51,370
And this is all we can do
right now.
1339
01:00:51,390 --> 01:00:53,890
This is our last chance.
1340
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:56,060
♪ ♪
1341
01:00:56,210 --> 01:00:57,880
Fishburne:
As kraft and the go america
1342
01:00:57,890 --> 01:01:00,400
Head toward the mystery wreck
in deepwater...
1343
01:01:00,550 --> 01:01:02,810
♪ ♪
1344
01:01:02,820 --> 01:01:05,140
Back onshore,
1345
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:07,810
Mike barnette is meeting
wayne abbott and david o'keefe
1346
01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:10,740
To review a new series
of targets.
1347
01:01:10,890 --> 01:01:12,560
- Well, I think
our investigation
1348
01:01:12,650 --> 01:01:14,890
Has run its course,
you know, for now.
1349
01:01:14,910 --> 01:01:17,080
And I think it's up to you
and kraft to get out there
1350
01:01:17,230 --> 01:01:19,010
And search
that deeper water.
1351
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:20,750
- Yeah, I think, you know,
rob has got
1352
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:22,840
A very worthwhile target
he's going to be looking at,
1353
01:01:23,070 --> 01:01:24,400
And I have that cluster
of aircraft
1354
01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:25,850
That we're going to check out.
1355
01:01:26,070 --> 01:01:28,680
- Oh?
- A cluster of plane wrecks.
1356
01:01:28,830 --> 01:01:31,020
That's what we're looking for.
- Yeah.
1357
01:01:31,170 --> 01:01:32,850
When this fishermen told me
he's got three, four aircraft
1358
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:34,430
Within about five miles
of each other.
1359
01:01:34,580 --> 01:01:35,910
- No way.
1360
01:01:36,010 --> 01:01:37,360
- Which is
a pretty tight cluster
1361
01:01:37,580 --> 01:01:39,860
When you're talking about
80 miles offshore.
1362
01:01:40,010 --> 01:01:42,180
So we're going to focus
on that now.
1363
01:01:42,270 --> 01:01:44,610
Fishburne: Barnette's intel for
this cluster of plane wrecks
1364
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:49,110
Comes from spear fisherman
jeff marinko.
1365
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,870
- Warp speed.
1366
01:01:51,020 --> 01:01:52,600
There's no secrets
in the ocean.
1367
01:01:52,690 --> 01:01:56,120
And I feel, if it's in
traveled water,
1368
01:01:56,270 --> 01:01:59,380
Somebody has a number
for a flight 19 wreck.
1369
01:01:59,530 --> 01:02:03,620
It's just a matter of when
it lands in the right hands.
1370
01:02:03,780 --> 01:02:09,130
♪ ♪
1371
01:02:09,220 --> 01:02:11,800
Fishburne: The team
begins their descent.
1372
01:02:11,890 --> 01:02:14,950
♪ ♪
1373
01:02:15,050 --> 01:02:19,400
This time,
they hit pay dirt.
1374
01:02:19,630 --> 01:02:23,290
The unmistakable outline
of an aircraft.
1375
01:02:23,310 --> 01:02:25,740
Could this be flight 19?
1376
01:02:30,250 --> 01:02:32,490
Deep in the waters
off florida's coast,
1377
01:02:32,580 --> 01:02:35,730
Mike barnette is part
of a team of investigators
1378
01:02:35,750 --> 01:02:38,810
Out to solve the bermuda
triangle's greatest mystery:
1379
01:02:38,830 --> 01:02:41,330
Flight 19,
1380
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:45,670
A squadron of torpedo bombers
that disappeared in 1945.
1381
01:02:45,820 --> 01:02:47,590
♪ ♪
1382
01:02:47,820 --> 01:02:49,320
- Going down
the water column,
1383
01:02:49,410 --> 01:02:51,410
We actually have great
visibility.
1384
01:02:51,430 --> 01:02:53,250
We got down, the marine life
came out and looked at us,
1385
01:02:53,270 --> 01:02:54,920
Realized they can't eat us,
1386
01:02:54,940 --> 01:02:56,920
And they headed back
to the wreck.
1387
01:02:56,940 --> 01:02:59,010
So we followed them,
1388
01:02:59,170 --> 01:03:02,020
And that's when we found
an aircraft wreck.
1389
01:03:02,170 --> 01:03:05,590
♪ ♪
1390
01:03:05,610 --> 01:03:08,190
Any initial dive that I do
on a new wreck site,
1391
01:03:08,340 --> 01:03:11,930
I want to try to gather as much
information as possible.
1392
01:03:12,030 --> 01:03:13,620
The prop of an aircraft,
1393
01:03:13,850 --> 01:03:15,600
Is it three blades
versus four blades?
1394
01:03:15,620 --> 01:03:17,680
Basic size,
how many engines?
1395
01:03:17,700 --> 01:03:19,780
♪ ♪
1396
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:21,780
But as we look
a little bit closer,
1397
01:03:21,870 --> 01:03:25,540
The site's dominated by a
large turbine jet engine.
1398
01:03:25,690 --> 01:03:28,450
And so this is not
world war ii vintage.
1399
01:03:28,470 --> 01:03:32,450
This is not
what we're looking for.
1400
01:03:32,470 --> 01:03:34,370
But this aircraft
has a story to tell.
1401
01:03:34,380 --> 01:03:36,870
♪ ♪
1402
01:03:36,890 --> 01:03:38,370
Diving on sites like this,
1403
01:03:38,390 --> 01:03:39,630
You have to keep
emotions in check.
1404
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:41,390
There could be very well
1405
01:03:41,540 --> 01:03:43,710
A fatality associated
with these sites.
1406
01:03:43,730 --> 01:03:46,490
♪ ♪
1407
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:48,900
It's definitely a jet engine
fighter aircraft,
1408
01:03:49,050 --> 01:03:50,810
Most likely from
the 1960s or '70s,
1409
01:03:50,900 --> 01:03:52,830
Or maybe even more recent.
1410
01:03:52,980 --> 01:03:54,550
Odds are, the u.S. Navy
probably has a report
1411
01:03:54,650 --> 01:03:56,160
Of this crash site right here,
1412
01:03:56,390 --> 01:04:00,740
Or at least an event
in the near vicinity.
1413
01:04:00,890 --> 01:04:03,150
Fishburne: Barnette
identifies the wreck
1414
01:04:03,170 --> 01:04:05,510
As an f-8 crusader,
1415
01:04:05,730 --> 01:04:08,900
At one time the fastest
vehicle in the world.
1416
01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:11,180
♪ ♪
1417
01:04:11,330 --> 01:04:15,520
Naval records reveal
a deadly 1966 incident
1418
01:04:15,740 --> 01:04:19,240
That's likely tied
to this wreck.
1419
01:04:19,260 --> 01:04:21,580
The navy lost contact
with a crusader
1420
01:04:21,670 --> 01:04:24,840
On patrol in this area...
1421
01:04:24,930 --> 01:04:29,440
Later finding only an oil slick
and some floating debris.
1422
01:04:29,590 --> 01:04:32,610
The cause of the crash
remains unknown.
1423
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:35,610
♪ ♪
1424
01:04:35,700 --> 01:04:38,190
Barnette will report
his discovery to the navy,
1425
01:04:38,280 --> 01:04:41,780
Who can more fully investigate
and inform the family.
1426
01:04:41,940 --> 01:04:44,210
♪ ♪
1427
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:47,210
While this wreck is not
from flight 19,
1428
01:04:47,370 --> 01:04:49,120
It's proof that
mike's intel is good
1429
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,940
And his approach is working.
1430
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:55,040
- Just going out blindly
and diving in the water
1431
01:04:55,130 --> 01:04:56,720
Is not very productive.
1432
01:04:56,870 --> 01:04:58,300
I mean, every hour
you can spend in a library,
1433
01:04:58,390 --> 01:05:00,210
In the archives, speaking
to commercial fishermen,
1434
01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:02,970
Every little piece
of that puzzle
1435
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:05,470
Can come together
to solve the mystery.
1436
01:05:05,630 --> 01:05:07,730
♪ ♪
1437
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:09,980
Fishburne:
Back aboard go america,
1438
01:05:10,070 --> 01:05:12,130
Shipwreck investigator
dan taylor believes
1439
01:05:12,150 --> 01:05:16,480
The key to the triangle mystery
is a bizarre subsea anomaly.
1440
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,470
♪ ♪
1441
01:05:18,490 --> 01:05:22,230
Methane bubbles.
1442
01:05:22,250 --> 01:05:26,070
Naturally occurring gas seeps
are not uncommon.
1443
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:30,070
But dan's seen evidence
that in the bermuda triangle,
1444
01:05:30,090 --> 01:05:31,570
They can be lethal.
1445
01:05:31,670 --> 01:05:33,990
- On one of our surveys,
1446
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,820
We discovered huge
crater-like formations.
1447
01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:39,420
♪ ♪
1448
01:05:39,430 --> 01:05:40,920
We had no idea
what these things were.
1449
01:05:40,940 --> 01:05:43,180
The largest one
was 600 meters across.
1450
01:05:43,330 --> 01:05:45,180
♪ ♪
1451
01:05:45,270 --> 01:05:47,000
Fishburne: There is growing
scientific consensus
1452
01:05:47,020 --> 01:05:50,350
That when subsea methane
deposits explode,
1453
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:52,930
They can create
a massive bubble
1454
01:05:53,020 --> 01:05:56,600
With the potential to displace
water and sink ships.
1455
01:05:56,620 --> 01:05:59,770
- A 600-meter
gas hydrate bubble
1456
01:05:59,790 --> 01:06:02,180
Would create a bubble
on the surface of the ocean
1457
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:05,270
That's miles, miles wide.
1458
01:06:05,370 --> 01:06:07,790
If you were a vessel
1459
01:06:08,020 --> 01:06:10,540
And a bubble burst
underneath you,
1460
01:06:10,690 --> 01:06:13,540
Then you would simply
fall off the planet,
1461
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:15,130
Into the abyss,
1462
01:06:15,290 --> 01:06:17,800
And the water
would swallow you.
1463
01:06:18,030 --> 01:06:19,310
Fishburne:
Some even speculate
1464
01:06:19,530 --> 01:06:20,620
They can create
lethal turbulence
1465
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:24,130
And down aircraft.
1466
01:06:24,150 --> 01:06:27,890
Could this explain the
disappearance of flight 19?
1467
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:31,390
♪ ♪
1468
01:06:31,540 --> 01:06:35,470
Or is this another
farfetched explanation
1469
01:06:35,570 --> 01:06:39,070
For what may have been
a tragically simple disaster?
1470
01:06:39,220 --> 01:06:41,390
- This story took on
a life of its own,
1471
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:43,160
And people were connecting it
to aliens and vortexes
1472
01:06:43,390 --> 01:06:45,240
And, you know,
different dimensions.
1473
01:06:45,390 --> 01:06:48,820
Fishburne: Paranormal
and supernatural explanations
1474
01:06:48,910 --> 01:06:50,750
Have proliferated.
1475
01:06:50,900 --> 01:06:53,410
They include subsea
crystal pyramids,
1476
01:06:53,570 --> 01:06:56,660
Alien abductions, time warps,
1477
01:06:56,680 --> 01:07:00,850
And vortexes to alternate
dimensions.
1478
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:05,910
- When flight 19 disappears
out over the bermuda triangle,
1479
01:07:05,930 --> 01:07:08,000
People want some bigger
explanation.
1480
01:07:08,100 --> 01:07:09,520
They want something better
1481
01:07:09,750 --> 01:07:13,190
Than the crew made
a navigational error,
1482
01:07:13,420 --> 01:07:17,100
Because that seems so hard
to reconcile.
1483
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:21,260
To lose someone for something
so common and banal
1484
01:07:21,350 --> 01:07:23,930
Is just a little bit
too painful.
1485
01:07:23,950 --> 01:07:26,930
But if you lose them
to supernatural forces,
1486
01:07:26,950 --> 01:07:30,270
Suddenly it all makes sense.
1487
01:07:30,290 --> 01:07:31,530
- Everybody's looking
for the one reason
1488
01:07:31,620 --> 01:07:33,210
Why they got lost.
1489
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:34,880
The one reason
they didn't come home.
1490
01:07:35,030 --> 01:07:36,610
[thunder crashing]
1491
01:07:36,700 --> 01:07:38,380
But it doesn't work that way
1492
01:07:38,610 --> 01:07:39,630
There are plenty
of different reasons,
1493
01:07:39,780 --> 01:07:43,460
All playing off of each other.
1494
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:45,370
And the only way we're really
going to solve this
1495
01:07:45,470 --> 01:07:47,450
Is if we find an aircraft.
1496
01:07:47,470 --> 01:07:49,550
♪ ♪
1497
01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:51,880
Fishburne:
Onboard the go america,
1498
01:07:51,900 --> 01:07:54,790
That's exactly what
underwater explorer rob kraft
1499
01:07:54,810 --> 01:07:57,220
Is hoping to do.
1500
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,310
He has teamed up with
modern-day treasure hunters
1501
01:08:00,470 --> 01:08:03,630
Micah eldred and dan taylor
1502
01:08:03,730 --> 01:08:05,970
To investigate target 77:
1503
01:08:05,990 --> 01:08:10,400
A wreck the size of
the avengers from flight 19.
1504
01:08:10,490 --> 01:08:12,920
- It looks really good.
1505
01:08:13,070 --> 01:08:15,420
It's the same size
as an avenger,
1506
01:08:15,570 --> 01:08:19,240
So we got a pretty good
shot here.
1507
01:08:19,260 --> 01:08:21,580
Fishburne:
They are 300 miles offshore
1508
01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:24,670
In the heart
of the bermuda triangle,
1509
01:08:24,820 --> 01:08:26,660
On a vessel that has been
retrofitted
1510
01:08:26,680 --> 01:08:28,490
For deep-sea exploration.
1511
01:08:28,510 --> 01:08:30,160
- She's digging in quite hard
on the front.
1512
01:08:30,180 --> 01:08:32,160
- Gotcha.
1513
01:08:32,180 --> 01:08:34,000
Fishburne: Rough conditions
make it challenging
1514
01:08:34,020 --> 01:08:37,350
To launch the remotely
operated vehicle, or rov.
1515
01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:39,170
♪ ♪
1516
01:08:39,190 --> 01:08:41,780
- The boat's pitching
and rolling quite a bit,
1517
01:08:41,930 --> 01:08:44,100
So as soon as you pick that
heavy vehicle up off the deck,
1518
01:08:44,190 --> 01:08:45,860
It starts swinging.
1519
01:08:45,950 --> 01:08:49,350
And once that happens,
you can't really stop it.
1520
01:08:49,370 --> 01:08:50,960
You've got to set it down
and try again.
1521
01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:53,520
- All right, left side.
Nice and easy.
1522
01:08:53,540 --> 01:08:56,540
[dramatic music]
1523
01:08:56,690 --> 01:09:03,190
♪ ♪
1524
01:09:03,210 --> 01:09:05,530
- Ooh, she didn't want to go,
did she?
1525
01:09:05,550 --> 01:09:07,790
♪ ♪
1526
01:09:07,810 --> 01:09:10,380
- 9-5-0.
1527
01:09:10,540 --> 01:09:11,720
♪ ♪
1528
01:09:11,870 --> 01:09:12,870
- We're off bottom.
1529
01:09:12,890 --> 01:09:14,300
- Winch all stop.
1530
01:09:14,390 --> 01:09:15,630
- Eagle has landed.
1531
01:09:15,730 --> 01:09:18,150
Fishburne:
Ahead,
1532
01:09:18,380 --> 01:09:20,900
The rov detects
the unmistakable outline
1533
01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:24,570
Of an aircraft.
1534
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:28,660
- Wing, wing, nose, tail.
1535
01:09:28,810 --> 01:09:30,400
- That's an aircraft.
1536
01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:33,240
No doubt.
1537
01:09:33,390 --> 01:09:35,410
Fishburne:
Will this aircraft
1538
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:38,170
Finally unlock the mystery
of what happened to flight 19?
1539
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:45,420
Fishburne: In the heart
of the bermuda triangle,
1540
01:09:45,570 --> 01:09:48,570
Underwater explorer
rob kraft watches
1541
01:09:48,590 --> 01:09:51,760
As a remote vehicle approaches
a mysterious plane wreck.
1542
01:09:51,850 --> 01:09:56,000
♪ ♪
1543
01:09:56,100 --> 01:09:59,580
He's searching for the
triangle's most famous victims:
1544
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:03,440
Five avenger torpedo bombers
that vanished without a trace.
1545
01:10:03,590 --> 01:10:07,680
♪ ♪
1546
01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:10,690
- Visibility
is really bad.
1547
01:10:10,710 --> 01:10:12,520
- The current's really strong.
1548
01:10:12,620 --> 01:10:15,280
Trying to push me to port.
1549
01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:17,120
♪ ♪
1550
01:10:17,210 --> 01:10:18,620
You're on it.
1551
01:10:18,710 --> 01:10:21,550
♪ ♪
1552
01:10:21,700 --> 01:10:23,610
- There it is.
1553
01:10:23,630 --> 01:10:27,290
♪ ♪
1554
01:10:27,450 --> 01:10:30,720
- There's the prop right there.
1555
01:10:30,950 --> 01:10:33,950
- Is that the cockpit
to the left?
1556
01:10:33,970 --> 01:10:36,560
- There's a windshield
there.
1557
01:10:36,790 --> 01:10:37,810
- Looks like it's white,
doesn't it?
1558
01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:39,470
- Yeah.
1559
01:10:39,570 --> 01:10:42,900
- Stripes.
1560
01:10:43,130 --> 01:10:46,410
Yeah.
1561
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,470
It's not our bird.
1562
01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:52,250
♪ ♪
1563
01:10:52,470 --> 01:10:54,990
Well, we definitely
have an airplane,
1564
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:57,480
But we've got some
paint markings on this aircraft
1565
01:10:57,490 --> 01:10:59,230
That indicate
that it's commercial.
1566
01:10:59,250 --> 01:11:02,650
It's not military.
1567
01:11:02,670 --> 01:11:07,670
So it's not an avenger.
1568
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:10,170
Fishburne: From the yellow
and white paint,
1569
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:13,510
It's immediately clear
this is not flight 19.
1570
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,420
♪ ♪
1571
01:11:16,440 --> 01:11:18,660
So what is it?
1572
01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:21,020
And how did it end up here?
1573
01:11:21,110 --> 01:11:24,610
- You can see the shapes
and how this lines up
1574
01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:27,690
With the window,
sits down below here.
1575
01:11:27,840 --> 01:11:30,170
- This little triangular window
here is--
1576
01:11:30,190 --> 01:11:34,680
It's a really unique feature
on this airplane.
1577
01:11:34,700 --> 01:11:36,860
Fishburne: The team
identify the aircraft
1578
01:11:37,020 --> 01:11:39,020
As a cessna skymaster.
1579
01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:41,040
♪ ♪
1580
01:11:41,190 --> 01:11:44,020
A ditched cessna can float
hundreds of miles
1581
01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:45,780
Before sinking.
1582
01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:48,130
This wreck is most likely tied
1583
01:11:48,360 --> 01:11:51,380
To an accident report
from 1982.
1584
01:11:51,470 --> 01:11:54,880
The pilot ran out of fuel
and ditched over sea
1585
01:11:55,030 --> 01:11:57,720
Before being rescued
by the coast guard.
1586
01:11:57,810 --> 01:12:00,630
♪ ♪
1587
01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:02,560
- We were excited to come out
and rule out this target.
1588
01:12:02,710 --> 01:12:04,980
It needed to be done.
1589
01:12:05,210 --> 01:12:08,800
You know, we were always
hoping to find an avenger,
1590
01:12:08,900 --> 01:12:11,990
But this would lead us to
believe or reaffirm our theory
1591
01:12:12,220 --> 01:12:16,390
That the flight is
much further to the west.
1592
01:12:16,410 --> 01:12:19,410
So it is kind of
a bittersweet ending.
1593
01:12:19,500 --> 01:12:21,820
♪ ♪
1594
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:23,890
Fishburne: Now, their last
chance of finding an avenger
1595
01:12:23,910 --> 01:12:27,840
Lies with mike barnette.
1596
01:12:27,990 --> 01:12:29,680
- So, guys, I think we have
the option for one more dive
1597
01:12:29,900 --> 01:12:31,750
Before the weather really
shuts us down for good.
1598
01:12:31,850 --> 01:12:33,680
Fishburne: He and his team
have been exploring
1599
01:12:33,830 --> 01:12:36,920
A cluster of plane wrecks
off the north florida coast.
1600
01:12:37,020 --> 01:12:39,350
♪ ♪
1601
01:12:39,580 --> 01:12:41,020
They're racing to hit
one last target
1602
01:12:41,250 --> 01:12:43,250
Before weather closes the door
for the season.
1603
01:12:43,270 --> 01:12:45,190
[thunder crashes]
1604
01:12:45,340 --> 01:12:48,100
But it may already
be too late.
1605
01:12:48,250 --> 01:12:50,090
- We have a hurricane
to the east of us,
1606
01:12:50,180 --> 01:12:51,510
We have a hurricane
to the west of us,
1607
01:12:51,530 --> 01:12:54,610
And here we are
stuck in the middle.
1608
01:12:54,700 --> 01:12:57,190
Being out there in 25 knots,
70 miles offshore,
1609
01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:59,210
That's what's caused a lot
of these shipwrecks out here.
1610
01:12:59,430 --> 01:13:00,950
We don't want to become
one of them.
1611
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:02,880
Fishburne:
There's only a short window
1612
01:13:03,100 --> 01:13:06,440
Before dangerous weather
moves in.
1613
01:13:06,460 --> 01:13:08,610
Barnette's team
decides to take advantage
1614
01:13:08,620 --> 01:13:12,290
Of the calm before the storm
and go for it.
1615
01:13:12,450 --> 01:13:15,280
♪ ♪
1616
01:13:15,300 --> 01:13:17,780
As the divers descend,
1617
01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:22,140
Captain jeff marinko
closely watches the surface.
1618
01:13:22,290 --> 01:13:24,400
- With typical scuba diving,
1619
01:13:24,620 --> 01:13:26,140
There's actually bubbles
coming up
1620
01:13:26,290 --> 01:13:29,220
That we would follow.
1621
01:13:29,310 --> 01:13:30,720
However, when they're doing
closed-circuit rebreathers,
1622
01:13:30,740 --> 01:13:32,720
There's no bubbles to follow.
1623
01:13:32,740 --> 01:13:35,630
So basically,
I just have a timer running,
1624
01:13:35,650 --> 01:13:39,970
An approximate bottom time
that they're trying to do.
1625
01:13:39,990 --> 01:13:41,640
Fishburne: The team has only
about 30 minutes
1626
01:13:41,660 --> 01:13:46,090
On the seafloor.
1627
01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:50,000
But to jeff's surprise,
they resurface way too early.
1628
01:13:50,150 --> 01:13:52,150
♪ ♪
1629
01:13:52,170 --> 01:13:54,820
Something has gone wrong.
1630
01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:57,100
♪ ♪
1631
01:13:57,320 --> 01:13:59,410
- The tide on the bottom
is running really hard.
1632
01:13:59,430 --> 01:14:00,430
The storm has really
stirred things up.
1633
01:14:00,580 --> 01:14:02,770
It's really green water.
1634
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:04,440
Yeah, so the hook
had pulled out,
1635
01:14:04,660 --> 01:14:05,850
And no sign of the wreck
on the bottom.
1636
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,850
So we had to abort the dive
1637
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:10,520
And come up and try
for another run at it.
1638
01:14:10,610 --> 01:14:12,780
♪ ♪
1639
01:14:13,010 --> 01:14:14,110
Fishburne:
A whipping bottom current
1640
01:14:14,260 --> 01:14:15,930
Ripped out the line
1641
01:14:15,950 --> 01:14:18,180
Securing the boat
to the dive target,
1642
01:14:18,190 --> 01:14:21,030
And they missed the wreck.
1643
01:14:21,180 --> 01:14:23,700
♪ ♪
1644
01:14:23,850 --> 01:14:26,290
With their weather window
closing fast,
1645
01:14:26,520 --> 01:14:29,630
The team can't afford
another miss.
1646
01:14:29,860 --> 01:14:31,360
- Just makes things
a little tougher,
1647
01:14:31,370 --> 01:14:34,470
But that's been the theme
of this, hasn't it?
1648
01:14:34,620 --> 01:14:37,190
It's just been one hurdle
after another.
1649
01:14:37,210 --> 01:14:39,710
First covid,
now there's hurricanes.
1650
01:14:39,810 --> 01:14:42,290
It just doesn't stop.
1651
01:14:42,310 --> 01:14:45,370
- All right,
we'll try this again.
1652
01:14:45,390 --> 01:14:48,610
♪ ♪
1653
01:14:53,230 --> 01:14:56,060
Fishburne: This time,
everywhere barnette looks:
1654
01:14:56,220 --> 01:14:58,810
Fish.
1655
01:14:58,900 --> 01:15:00,980
A sure sign he's close.
1656
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:04,070
- That's them.
They're on it for sure.
1657
01:15:04,170 --> 01:15:06,570
So this is good.
1658
01:15:06,730 --> 01:15:09,410
♪ ♪
1659
01:15:09,560 --> 01:15:14,840
Fishburne: Below,
the wreck comes into view.
1660
01:15:14,990 --> 01:15:17,340
But what is it from?
1661
01:15:17,570 --> 01:15:19,510
- One of the first things
we see is,
1662
01:15:19,740 --> 01:15:21,500
There's this big chunk
of debris metal
1663
01:15:21,520 --> 01:15:23,520
That could have been
from anything.
1664
01:15:23,670 --> 01:15:25,410
It could have been garbage
pitched off a ship.
1665
01:15:25,430 --> 01:15:27,590
It didn't really speak to me
of an airplane.
1666
01:15:27,750 --> 01:15:32,190
♪ ♪
1667
01:15:32,420 --> 01:15:34,430
And the next thing
we come across
1668
01:15:34,590 --> 01:15:38,920
Is a large section
of flat metal with rivets.
1669
01:15:38,940 --> 01:15:40,590
Looking through a rust hole
in the top,
1670
01:15:40,610 --> 01:15:42,930
I saw what appeared to be
black rubber.
1671
01:15:42,950 --> 01:15:45,600
I'm saying to myself,
"maybe this is a tire."
1672
01:15:45,610 --> 01:15:49,040
♪ ♪
1673
01:15:49,190 --> 01:15:52,100
Time is our enemy right now.
The clock is ticking.
1674
01:15:52,120 --> 01:15:55,120
We got to find something to
reveal what we're diving on.
1675
01:15:55,270 --> 01:15:57,200
♪ ♪
1676
01:15:57,220 --> 01:16:00,540
Then, boom.
1677
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:02,200
Right there,
staring us in the face:
1678
01:16:02,300 --> 01:16:05,120
A large propeller.
1679
01:16:05,130 --> 01:16:10,230
♪ ♪
1680
01:16:10,380 --> 01:16:12,470
And right next to it
was the engine.
1681
01:16:12,630 --> 01:16:15,810
♪ ♪
1682
01:16:15,960 --> 01:16:19,130
We are excited.
We are stoked.
1683
01:16:19,220 --> 01:16:20,810
We know we have an aircraft.
1684
01:16:20,910 --> 01:16:23,320
We have a world war ii
vintage aircraft.
1685
01:16:23,470 --> 01:16:29,320
♪ ♪
1686
01:16:29,480 --> 01:16:31,140
But now we want to find
proof positive
1687
01:16:31,230 --> 01:16:32,920
Of what this aircraft is.
1688
01:16:33,150 --> 01:16:34,980
We want to find
that smoking gun.
1689
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:37,500
♪ ♪
1690
01:16:37,590 --> 01:16:39,320
And then we move on
a little bit farther
1691
01:16:39,340 --> 01:16:42,000
And we see this round
piece of wreckage with,
1692
01:16:42,100 --> 01:16:45,080
In the middle of it, teeth,
like for gears.
1693
01:16:45,170 --> 01:16:48,340
I'm thinking to myself,
"this looks like a turret."
1694
01:16:48,490 --> 01:16:50,770
♪ ♪
1695
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:53,510
Emotions are running
off the chart.
1696
01:16:53,610 --> 01:16:59,000
♪ ♪
1697
01:16:59,020 --> 01:17:02,860
Could this be an avenger?
1698
01:17:03,010 --> 01:17:08,180
♪ ♪
1699
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:11,010
[boat horn blows]
1700
01:17:11,110 --> 01:17:13,110
Fishburne:
Barnette meets up
1701
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:14,630
With rob kraft and paul mayer
1702
01:17:14,850 --> 01:17:17,870
To share the exciting
discovery.
1703
01:17:18,020 --> 01:17:19,970
- We checked out some targets,
and I can show you some footage.
1704
01:17:20,190 --> 01:17:21,690
We've definitely found
an aircraft.
1705
01:17:21,710 --> 01:17:23,140
It's spread out
pretty wide,
1706
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:24,800
And it's been busted up
pretty good.
1707
01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:28,140
- Obviously this aircraft
had a really bad day.
1708
01:17:28,370 --> 01:17:30,130
I mean, it's ending
was catastrophic.
1709
01:17:30,140 --> 01:17:32,040
- Yeah, it wasn't pushed
over the side.
1710
01:17:32,050 --> 01:17:34,810
Fishburne: To find out
what the mystery wreck is,
1711
01:17:34,970 --> 01:17:36,970
They're joined
by roy stafford,
1712
01:17:37,060 --> 01:17:41,400
A former navy pilot and
world war ii aircraft expert.
1713
01:17:41,490 --> 01:17:44,470
- We got a three-blade prop
and this ball turret,
1714
01:17:44,490 --> 01:17:47,380
Which looks to me like
it's definitely a ball turret.
1715
01:17:47,480 --> 01:17:48,720
- I agree.
- It sounds like you got
1716
01:17:48,810 --> 01:17:50,550
A lot of convincing
clues there.
1717
01:17:50,650 --> 01:17:52,670
- At first, I wasn't sure,
1718
01:17:52,820 --> 01:17:54,910
You know, because there's
so many world war ii aircraft
1719
01:17:55,060 --> 01:17:57,060
That had three-bladed props.
1720
01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:00,820
You know, the wreckage
was kind of dispersed.
1721
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:02,900
Fishburne:
One by one,
1722
01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:06,180
Roy identifies each piece.
1723
01:18:06,410 --> 01:18:10,260
The wing.
1724
01:18:10,350 --> 01:18:13,090
The propeller
and double-radial engine.
1725
01:18:13,250 --> 01:18:15,600
♪ ♪
1726
01:18:15,750 --> 01:18:17,670
And the gunner's turret,
1727
01:18:17,690 --> 01:18:19,930
With a pane
of bulletproof glass.
1728
01:18:20,030 --> 01:18:24,940
♪ ♪
1729
01:18:25,090 --> 01:18:27,090
But it is the first
piece of wreckage
1730
01:18:27,180 --> 01:18:32,040
That reveals
what the aircraft is.
1731
01:18:32,260 --> 01:18:35,210
This structure,
almost overlooked on the dive,
1732
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:38,710
Is a landing gear.
1733
01:18:38,940 --> 01:18:43,620
And the design is unique
to the avenger.
1734
01:18:43,720 --> 01:18:46,610
♪ ♪
1735
01:18:46,700 --> 01:18:49,130
- It was a perfect match,
1736
01:18:49,220 --> 01:18:51,870
Because the tbm sat real high
and, you know,
1737
01:18:51,970 --> 01:18:55,450
Had the torpedo bay underneath
it and this, that and the other.
1738
01:18:55,470 --> 01:18:57,050
You know, you take
the landing gear,
1739
01:18:57,140 --> 01:18:58,730
The bulletproof glass,
1740
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:01,460
The serrated teeth on
the gears of the turret.
1741
01:19:01,480 --> 01:19:03,570
It's all there.
1742
01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:07,310
I'm actually 100% at
this point that it's a tbm.
1743
01:19:07,470 --> 01:19:08,980
- Roy's looking at the footage.
1744
01:19:09,130 --> 01:19:10,240
He's pointing out multiple
things and saying,
1745
01:19:10,470 --> 01:19:11,800
"oh, there's this
and this and this."
1746
01:19:11,900 --> 01:19:13,390
And we're like,
"so it's an avenger?"
1747
01:19:13,410 --> 01:19:15,080
He said, "without a doubt,
it's an avenger."
1748
01:19:15,230 --> 01:19:16,750
And that was just exciting
to know.
1749
01:19:16,980 --> 01:19:19,070
- You've made some amazing
discoveries here.
1750
01:19:19,090 --> 01:19:21,090
You found an avenger, you've
still got some other targets.
1751
01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:23,590
- And based on what we know,
flight 19 could be in this area.
1752
01:19:23,740 --> 01:19:25,410
This could be one of them.
1753
01:19:25,430 --> 01:19:27,740
Fishburne:
It's an enticing discovery.
1754
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:30,320
A tbm avenger torpedo bomber
1755
01:19:30,410 --> 01:19:32,770
On the edge
of the bermuda triangle
1756
01:19:32,920 --> 01:19:36,990
Where all indications
are flight 19 went missing.
1757
01:19:37,010 --> 01:19:40,260
After 75 years,
1758
01:19:40,350 --> 01:19:44,780
Has mike barnette finally found
the legendary lost squadron?
1759
01:19:51,790 --> 01:19:55,030
Fishburne:
December 5th, 1945.
1760
01:19:55,180 --> 01:19:58,110
Five tbm avenger
torpedo bombers
1761
01:19:58,130 --> 01:20:01,690
And a martin mariner
rescue plane
1762
01:20:01,700 --> 01:20:05,540
Fly into the bermuda triangle
and disappear.
1763
01:20:05,630 --> 01:20:08,530
♪ ♪
1764
01:20:08,540 --> 01:20:10,360
Seventy-five years later,
1765
01:20:10,450 --> 01:20:14,700
No trace of them
has ever been found.
1766
01:20:14,790 --> 01:20:18,890
That may be about to change.
1767
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:22,890
Mike barnette's been invited
to the washington navy yard
1768
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:27,140
To share a promising discovery
with dr. Robert neyland.
1769
01:20:27,230 --> 01:20:29,880
- This first one here obviously
is a three-blade propeller.
1770
01:20:29,900 --> 01:20:32,160
Fishburne: Neyland heads
underwater archaeology
1771
01:20:32,380 --> 01:20:36,400
In the navy's
history and heritage command.
1772
01:20:36,500 --> 01:20:39,500
He and naval underwater
archaeology expert
1773
01:20:39,650 --> 01:20:43,240
Augustin ortiz
review mike's dive.
1774
01:20:43,340 --> 01:20:46,820
- So I see here you were
counting the cylinders.
1775
01:20:46,840 --> 01:20:48,510
How many were you able
to count there?
1776
01:20:48,660 --> 01:20:50,400
- I think I saw seven.
It was definitely two rows.
1777
01:20:50,420 --> 01:20:52,070
- This really looks, you know,
positive that this could
1778
01:20:52,160 --> 01:20:54,160
Very well could be an avenger,
1779
01:20:54,180 --> 01:20:56,260
But is it one of
the flight 19 avengers?
1780
01:20:56,350 --> 01:20:58,850
- That's the question
that we need to answer.
1781
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,020
- To be able
to actually identify it
1782
01:21:01,170 --> 01:21:03,600
To a specific one
is really tough,
1783
01:21:03,690 --> 01:21:06,430
Because it's broken up,
it's very corroded.
1784
01:21:06,530 --> 01:21:08,510
So you're looking
for something that will,
1785
01:21:08,530 --> 01:21:12,110
You know, tie it to a specific
aircraft.
1786
01:21:12,260 --> 01:21:13,270
Fishburne: The one thing
they know for sure
1787
01:21:13,430 --> 01:21:16,850
Is where it was found.
1788
01:21:16,870 --> 01:21:20,610
Could the wreck's location
match any known crashes?
1789
01:21:20,710 --> 01:21:26,290
- We found the record
of tbm aircraft 7-3-3-7-9
1790
01:21:26,380 --> 01:21:31,440
That crashed within the crash
zone of this wreck site.
1791
01:21:31,460 --> 01:21:35,450
♪ ♪
1792
01:21:35,460 --> 01:21:38,620
Fishburne: The navy's records,
now declassified,
1793
01:21:38,630 --> 01:21:42,640
Reveal a botched carrier
landing in February 1945,
1794
01:21:42,790 --> 01:21:46,880
Just three miles
from barnette's discovery.
1795
01:21:46,900 --> 01:21:49,880
Luckily, the pilot
was able to escape.
1796
01:21:49,900 --> 01:21:52,480
- We can't say for 100%
that this is that aircraft
1797
01:21:52,630 --> 01:21:54,810
Without doing more exploration
1798
01:21:54,910 --> 01:21:57,980
To see if there's some sort
of marking that identifies it.
1799
01:21:58,140 --> 01:22:00,640
Fishburne: Without
identifiable markings,
1800
01:22:00,730 --> 01:22:02,320
There's no way to be certain
1801
01:22:02,420 --> 01:22:06,750
This plane is tied
to the carrier crash.
1802
01:22:06,980 --> 01:22:10,590
And key questions
remain unanswered:
1803
01:22:10,820 --> 01:22:12,570
Why is an aircraft
that ditched
1804
01:22:12,590 --> 01:22:14,240
While trying to land
1805
01:22:14,260 --> 01:22:18,000
Broken into scattered pieces
like this?
1806
01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:22,160
And what are the other nearby
plane wrecks?
1807
01:22:22,180 --> 01:22:25,090
- There are other wrecks
in this general area,
1808
01:22:25,110 --> 01:22:26,850
And we don't know
what those wrecks are.
1809
01:22:26,940 --> 01:22:28,330
- That's really exciting,
and we look forward
1810
01:22:28,350 --> 01:22:29,830
To continuing to work with you,
1811
01:22:29,850 --> 01:22:31,000
And we'd be very interested
1812
01:22:31,020 --> 01:22:33,020
To see what you find next.
1813
01:22:33,110 --> 01:22:36,520
Fishburne: If the nearby
wrecks are also avengers,
1814
01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:38,360
That would strengthen the case
1815
01:22:38,510 --> 01:22:41,940
That barnette has indeed
discovered flight 19.
1816
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,030
- This story with flight 19
1817
01:22:44,180 --> 01:22:46,440
Is important for the navy
to see resolved,
1818
01:22:46,540 --> 01:22:48,960
Because it highlights
the sacrifice and the service
1819
01:22:49,190 --> 01:22:52,370
That military personnel
have done.
1820
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,120
If there's other navy aircraft
out there,
1821
01:22:54,130 --> 01:22:57,970
We need to know
where these are located.
1822
01:22:58,120 --> 01:22:59,950
Fishburne: With the dive
season closed for the year,
1823
01:22:59,970 --> 01:23:04,630
Barnette must wait to explore
the nearby targets.
1824
01:23:04,650 --> 01:23:07,700
For the moment,
the bermuda triangle
1825
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:11,730
Still holds its grip
on this mystery.
1826
01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:15,380
But the team is more determined
than ever to find the planes.
1827
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,160
♪ ♪
1828
01:23:17,380 --> 01:23:19,400
- This is going
be a lifelong pursuit.
1829
01:23:19,550 --> 01:23:21,070
We're not going to stop until
we find the martin mariner
1830
01:23:21,220 --> 01:23:23,400
And hopefully flight 19.
1831
01:23:23,560 --> 01:23:26,060
Fishburne: If the avengers
crashed in shallow water,
1832
01:23:26,070 --> 01:23:28,980
Mike barnette is convinced
he can find them all.
1833
01:23:29,080 --> 01:23:33,510
And the investigation still
cannot rule out the possibility
1834
01:23:33,660 --> 01:23:35,900
Some of them
made it back to land.
1835
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,570
- We've been able to check off
some of the boxes.
1836
01:23:38,590 --> 01:23:40,010
There's a lot of them here
1837
01:23:40,240 --> 01:23:41,910
And there's still more
to check,
1838
01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:43,760
But we've been able to get rid
of some of them.
1839
01:23:43,850 --> 01:23:46,260
Fishburne: Wayne abbott
and david o'keefe
1840
01:23:46,350 --> 01:23:48,840
Believe the archives
still hold secrets.
1841
01:23:48,860 --> 01:23:51,580
- Just when we think
we're answering one question,
1842
01:23:51,670 --> 01:23:53,030
A whole bunch
of others pop up.
1843
01:23:53,250 --> 01:23:56,180
But that's the mystery
of flight 19.
1844
01:23:56,200 --> 01:23:58,530
Fishburne:
And rob kraft was only able
1845
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:01,680
To map out a fraction
of his primary search area.
1846
01:24:01,700 --> 01:24:04,430
- We spent a lot of time
and effort
1847
01:24:04,450 --> 01:24:05,690
To make sure that we were doing
the right thing,
1848
01:24:05,780 --> 01:24:07,610
And I think we were.
1849
01:24:07,710 --> 01:24:10,040
Fishburne: If the planes
are in deep water,
1850
01:24:10,270 --> 01:24:12,190
Kraft is sure
he can find them.
1851
01:24:12,290 --> 01:24:15,270
- We need to go back and resume
the search where we were before.
1852
01:24:15,290 --> 01:24:17,200
- Despite the challenges,
1853
01:24:17,220 --> 01:24:19,200
The team believes
they've come closer
1854
01:24:19,220 --> 01:24:23,110
To finding flight 19
than anyone else.
1855
01:24:23,210 --> 01:24:25,280
And it's just a matter of time
1856
01:24:25,380 --> 01:24:27,470
Before the mystery is solved.
1857
01:24:27,620 --> 01:24:32,060
Officially, flight 19
is still out there.
1858
01:24:32,220 --> 01:24:35,480
But the net could be
closing fast.
1859
01:24:35,630 --> 01:24:37,720
I'm laurence fishburne.
1860
01:24:37,740 --> 01:24:42,300
Thank you for watching
"history's greatest mysteries."
1861
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:45,410
♪ ♪
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