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ROBERT STACK: Recently,
strange unexplained lights
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have been spotted and
photographed in the night sky.
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Some aviation researchers
believe these amateur videos
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contain evidence
that the Air Force
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has developed a new generation
of sophisticated aircraft.
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But the Air Force says
they are not ours.
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In Ohio, Dave Bocks vanished
while working the night shift
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at a plant that
processed high grade
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uranium for nuclear weapons.
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Several days later,
unidentifiable human remains
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were found in one of
the plant furnaces.
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Dave Bocks' family believes he
was murdered, to prevent him
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from blowing the
whistle on safety
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violations and illegal
radioactive dumping.
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And a fascinating look
at one of the mysteries
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of the animal world.
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We will follow two ordinary
house pets, a cat and a dog,
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who became lost
and then traveled
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more than 100 miles
through unknown terrain
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to somehow find their owners.
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Join me for these intriguing
new stories and more,
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on another edition of
Unsolved Mysteries.
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MUSIC - "UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES THEME"
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Remember the old Lassie films?
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Where the loyal, resourceful
collie would miraculously
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make her way across
mountains and through forests
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to find her way home?
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Well, it might not be as
implausible as you think.
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We've heard of a
number of animals--
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common household pets--
who somehow traveled
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incredible distances guided
by their own mysterious radar
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to be reunited
with their owners.
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There is no
scientific explanation
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for this remarkable phenomenon.
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It is truly one of nature's
most baffling mysteries
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Sue Anderson of
Baltimore, Maryland
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has been an animal lover for
as long as she can remember.
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In the spring of
1992, Sue packed
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her belongings for
a cross country move
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to Modesto, California.
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The last thing she
loaded up in the van
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were her most
valued possessions--
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her five beloved cats.
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SUE ANDERSON: I had Puss,
and Cinderella, and Wolly
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Booger, and Nova, and Stardust.
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They're like children
to me in a way.
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And I feel when I take on
the responsibility of a pet,
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then that responsibility
is mine until the pet dies.
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ROBERT STACK: Sue
caravaned with her brother,
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who was also moving west.
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The two of them, along
with the five cats,
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set off in tandem
for California.
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For Sue's feline family,
who were all house cats,
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it was the first time
they had been further
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from home than the local vet.
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Sue felt a special affinity
for Nova, a black shorthair.
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SUE ANDERSON: I got Nova
about four years ago.
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She was left outside
of my apartment.
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She was cold, and
frightened, and hungry,
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and knew that she
was being deserted.
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She just kind of clung to me
and got very attached to me,
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and ever since then it's been a
very, very close relationship.
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SUE ANDERSON: Near
the end of the trip,
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Sue says Nova began
acting strangely.
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SUE ANDERSON: She would climb
up on the seat behind me,
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and she would talk in my ear.
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She would get up on the dash and
I would have to pull her down
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so that I could see around her.
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She would sit in my lap
and get very affectionate,
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want to be petted.
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Animals that have left, that
I've had that have run away,
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or got separated
from me in past,
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always acted extremely
affectionate, just like they
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were saying one final farewell.
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ROBERT STACK: After 10 days on
the road, Sue and her brother
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finally made it to California.
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Hi.
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How you doing?
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I'm so beat.
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ROBERT STACK: Exhausted, they
pulled into a rest stop south
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of Bakersfield, 200
miles from Modesto,
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their final destination.
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They planned to sleep until
daybreak before pushing on.
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Where's Nova?
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Oh no.
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SUE ANDERSON: I felt devastated.
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She was in a strange place,
had never been here before.
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And it scared me, I was
worried about her survival.
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ROBERT STACK: Sue's
premonition about Nova
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had apparently come true.
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She and her brother searched
for an hour, but in the end,
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Sue had to leave Nova behind.
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SUE ANDERSON: I was very,
very anxious about her, very,
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very frightened
for her, and very
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upset about the whole incident.
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ROBERT STACK: During
the next few weeks,
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Sue started a job in San
Jose, and made new friends.
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But Nova was never
far from her thoughts.
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A sympathetic coworker
gave Sue a picture
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of a black cat as a memento.
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Every day when she
got to work, Sue
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would take a few minutes
to gaze at the picture,
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and pray that Nova
would somehow find her.
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SUE ANDERSON: People
would stop by,
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they would always stop
and say, oh get real.
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She's never going to come back.
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You're just dreaming.
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I said, well, maybe
one day she will.
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So I kept it up there the
entire time I was working there.
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ROBERT STACK: A
full year passed.
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Then on July 16, 1993,
Sue came across two
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stray cats outside of work.
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Come here.
Come here.
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ROBERT STACK: To
Sue's amazement,
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and against all odds,
Nova had journeyed
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some 250 miles through
completely foreign territory,
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to find her way to Sue.
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SUE ANDERSON: She had
a mole inside her ear.
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She had five or six
distinguishing white hairs
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on her chest, and she
let me look at her claws,
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and I could identify her claws.
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All these things were adding
up that this was indeed my cat.
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ROBERT STACK: How can we explain
Nova's incredible journey?
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Noted animal behaviorist
Miriam Yarden
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theorizes that
owners and their pets
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can form a bond strong
enough to develop
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a kind of mental telepathy.
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MIRIAM YARDEN: She told
me that she spent 10 to 12
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hours at her place of work.
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And by thinking of the cat, and
seeing her own surroundings,
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subconsciously she was sending
the visual images to the cat.
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Come to this area, come to
this place, this is where I am.
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Can I prove it?
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No.
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Anyone can disprove it?
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Probably not.
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We don't know.
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That's half the fun in
this particular case,
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that we can theorize.
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I like to think that
there's enough of a bonding,
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that if you really believe
in your capacity to love,
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and let that love be a
kind of a guiding light,
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that they will use that love
to get back to us when they
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want to, and that that's
a sort of communication
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in its own way.
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ROBERT STACK: Mother's
Day weekend, 1992.
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John and Susan Riesgraf
of Deluth, Minnesota
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and their three children
arrived at a cabin
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on the edge of Bear
Head Lake State Park,
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100 miles from their home.
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The Riesgrafs had brought
along their dogs--
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Lady, a collie, and
Wolfka, a Belgian shepherd.
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SUSAN RIESGRAF:
It was springtime.
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Ice was coming off
the lake, green leaves
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were starting to butt
out, and it was just
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a good time to take a break.
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And we were real excited to
be there, and go for hikes
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and take the dogs out.
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ROBERT STACK: The Riesgrafs
had been to the cabin
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on several occasions and felt
perfectly comfortable letting
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the dogs out on their own.
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Normally, Lady and Wolfka
returned within an hour.
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Lady.
Come on Lady.
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ROBERT STACK: But this
time was different.
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Wolfka.
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Wolfka!
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SUSAN RIESGRAF: We called
for them to come in,
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and they didn't show.
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And we thought,
well they're maybe
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chasing a rabbit or something.
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And we called continually
through the morning,
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and they didn't show up,
and so we were concerned.
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And we were looking for
them out on the trails,
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calling for them, and we
thought they would show up,
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and they didn't.
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ROBERT STACK: The
next day, a forest
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fire erupted just a
few miles southwest
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of the Riesgrafs' cabin.
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The flames were headed
in their direction.
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They had to evacuate
immediately.
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Leaving without the
dogs was especially
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difficult for 7-year-old
Hannah, who had literally
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grown up with Lady and Wolfka.
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HANNAH RIESGRAF: I
was scared, because I
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didn't know where they'd go,
and wish we could have stayed.
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When my mom told me that we
were leaving outside and I wish
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we didn't have to leave.
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ROBERT STACK: The
fire was devastating.
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It burned out of
control for three days,
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and consumed more than
9,000 acres of timberland.
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From their home in
Duluth, 100 miles away,
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the Riesgrafs could do
little more than wait,
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and hope for the best.
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JOHN RIESGRAF: We had
called Susan's father,
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and I had asked him to go
back to the cabin a few times,
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because I thought they would
come back to the cabin.
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And I thought that would
be our best hope, but--
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and he had done that, and
had not seen anything.
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Okay honey, what do you
want to pray for tonight?
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ROBERT STACK: Hannah,
however, refused
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to give in to the unthinkable.
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Especially in the case
of Lady, her favorite.
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Please help Lady
find her way home.
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Please protect her
and keep her safe.
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Please bring her
home very soon, amen.
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HANNAH RIESGRAF: Every night in
my bed I would pray, because I
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knew that the Lord,
if it was his will,
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that she would come home.
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And I felt that she would.
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ROBERT STACK: Almost two
weeks after Lady disappeared,
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a hungry, bedraggled collie
wandered up to a house
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on the outskirts of Duluth.
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Incredibly, Hannah's
prayers had been answered.
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Where'd you come from?
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Hello.
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Well, let me see,
have you got a collar?
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Oh, I got it honey.
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Hello?
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Yes, this is the
Riesgraf family.
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What?
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Wait, you found Lady?
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They found Lady?
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SUSAN RIESGRAF: Out of
the blue, some folks
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that were about 15
miles from our house
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called and said, your
dog is in our yard.
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And I said, what.
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And they said, your dog's
a collie, her name is Lady,
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is this the telephone number?
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And I said, yes.
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And I said, do you realize
this dog has traveled
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a long way to get to your yard?
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ROBERT STACK: Finally,
after 13 days apart,
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Lady was reunited
with her family.
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HANNAH RIESGRAF: I felt really
happy that she was back.
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And that she would be
with our family again.
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I was happy.
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ROBERT STACK: Lady's
amazing adventure
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made headlines in Duluth.
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Before long, several people
contacted the Riesgrafs,
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and they learned just
how far Lady had traveled
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to make her way back home.
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A few days after
Lady's disappearance,
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a railroad worker spotted a
collie 30 miles from the cabin.
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The dog was following a
set of tracks leading east.
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What's a dog like
that doing out here?
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ROBERT STACK: The
eyewitness said
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that when he tried
to approach the dog,
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she avoided him and remained
steadfast on her course.
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About a week later,
another eyewitness
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spotted a collie near
an old logging trail,
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approximately 15
miles from Duluth.
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Lady's incredible journey
had begun here at the cabin.
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The Riesgrafs now believe
that as the fire spread,
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she may have traveled east into
the Superior National Forest.
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She then swung south towards
the city of Isabella.
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Over the next few days, Lady was
spotted by the railroad worker,
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and later along the
old logging trail.
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Eventually, Lady ended up
on the outskirts of Duluth.
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Altogether, she had traveled
more than 150 miles.
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The Riesgrafs have no doubt that
Lady would have made her way
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to their house if
she had not been
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taken in by the kindly couple.
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SUSAN RIESGRAF: She's found her
home and she's there to stay.
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Since this long walk
home, she stays home.
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It's like she realized
who-- this is my family,
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and we just appreciate
her a whole lot more.
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ROBERT STACK:
Unfortunately, the Riesgrafs
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still do not know what happened
to their other dog Wolfka.
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They can only hope that
he is safe, perhaps
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adopted by a caring stranger.
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Why Lady was successful in her
journey, and Wolfka was not,
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is one of life's mysteries.
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Perhaps, just perhaps,
Lady's success
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can be attributed to
the powerful force
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she had guiding her.
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The love of the small child.
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When we return-- strange
lights in the night sky.
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UFOs, or secret aircraft
developed by our military?
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At one time or another,
we have all looked up
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at the night sky
and seen something
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which we just cannot explain.
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Recently there's been a
rash of such sightings.
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Unidentifiable lights and
objects that seem to move
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like nothing known to man.
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Some say they are UFOs.
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Others speculate that
they are a new generation
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of sophisticated
military aircraft.
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This video was shot
by a camera crew hired
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by Aviation Week magazine.
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Eyewitnesses say it shows
a pencil thin aircraft,
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trailing balls of golden light.
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Some believe it is evidence
of an exotic new propulsion
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system.
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In this footage, a conventional
airplane-- seen here--
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was being filmed, when a
mysterious object suddenly
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appeared.
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The object traveled at
a high rate of speed
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and exhibited pinpoint
maneuverability.
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In this haunting image,
several eyewitnesses
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observed an unusual light
source, possibly an aircraft,
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hovering over the Nevada desert.
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And here, an
unknown wedge shaped
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object, which made no noise,
flies over Roswell, New Mexico.
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The footage was shot
by a man named Steven
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Douglass of Amarillo, Texas.
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STEVEN DOUGLASS:
People have been
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sighting and witnessing
aircraft that can
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do fantastic, amazing things.
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I mean, high speed,
stop on a dime,
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turn like a ballet dancer,
or move incredibly slow.
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The mystery behind
this is, there seems
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to be some aircraft
that have some fantastic
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flying abilities, that seem to
be a quantum leap over anything
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that's previously known.
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ROBERT STACK: Steven
Douglass spends
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much of his time trying
to unravel the mystery
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of these unidentified aircraft.
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Douglass is an
aviation enthusiast
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and journalist, who publishes
a newsletter called Intercepts.
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Douglass believes that the
mysterious lights are, in fact,
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experimental military
jets, which are being kept
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under wraps just as the
legendary stealth fighter was
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for nearly a decade.
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Until it was publicly
unveiled in 1988,
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the Air Force, for
national security reasons,
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would not confirm rumors that
the stealth was being tested.
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Recently there has been
similar speculation
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about a new spy plane,
reputed to travel
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at speeds exceeding mach 6.
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In 1992, Stephen
Douglass obtained
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what he believes as
evidence that the plane
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may actually exist.
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STEVEN DOUGLASS: It was
probably about 11:00 AM,
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and the house began to rattle.
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Let me call you back, this
house just really shook.
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I'm going to go
find out what it is,
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and I'll give you a call back.
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It was more of a vibration
that was felt, and not heard.
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So I went outside, and there
was this aircraft flying by,
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over the house incredibly fast.
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I've seen a lot of aircraft
crisscross the skies around
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here, but this thing, I couldn't
believe how fast it was moving.
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And behind it, it left a
contrail that was unique.
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What they call a donuts
on a rope contrail.
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ROBERT STACK: Steven
Douglass took this photograph
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of the contrail.
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Some aviation
researchers believe
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it might have been made by what
is known as a pulse detonation
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wave engine, an experimental
technology allegedly
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used in the spy plane.
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The Air Force was
unable to identify
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the source of the contrail
in the photograph.
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Which raises an
intriguing question--
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if it is not one of our
planes, whose is it?
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A year later, Douglass had
another unusual sighting.
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He and his father-in-law Elwood
were in Roswell, New Mexico
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to videotape military
airplanes that were
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participating in mock wargames.
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Shortly after a group
of B-1 bombers took off,
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an unidentified aircraft
entered the area.
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Can you tell what that is?
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Elwood noticed an
aircraft coming
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towards us from the southwest.
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Soon as I started shooting tape,
the battery light in the camera
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told me that the batteries
were about exhausted.
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I got possibly seven to 10
seconds before the batteries
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quit in the camera.
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We couldn't hear
any sound at all.
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This aircraft made
no sound at all.
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It was just super quiet.
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It looked like a
flying triangle,
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and immediately I knew it
must've been TR-3A Black Manta.
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ROBERT STACK: The
TR-3A Black Manta
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is another high
tech aircraft that
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is widely rumored to exist.
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The Manta is thought to
be a reconnaissance plane,
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which operates in tandem
with a stealth fighter.
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But in a statement issued
to Unsolved Mysteries,
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the Air Force said
of the Manta, quote,
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"It has no basis in reality."
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When the Air Force analyzed
Douglass's footage,
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they believe the aircraft
might be a Navy EA-6B Prowler.
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However, the Navy
could not identify
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the plane, citing the poor
quality of the videotape.
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A computer enhancement of
a frame from the videotape
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appears to show a
triangular shaped wedge.
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Douglass claims the object
was virtually silent,
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and moved slower than
conventional military aircraft.
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But if the aircraft does
not belong to the Air Force,
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and can not be
identified by the Navy,
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the same question remains.
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Whose is it?
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One of the intriguing
aspects of this story
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is that the airport where
Douglass shot his footage
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is in the same area
where one of the most
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controversial UFO episodes took
place, more than 40 years ago.
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In 1947, army investigators
from Roswell Air Base
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went public with
the shocking news
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that a flying saucer had crashed
on a ranch in rural New Mexico.
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A few days later, the
army reversed itself
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and claimed that what
had actually been found
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was a downed weather balloon.
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Nevertheless, many people are
convinced that the army did
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recover the wreckage of
a craft from somewhere
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other than Earth.
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And that now, even more
incredibly, the military
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has somehow managed to
glean the secrets of the UFO
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to achieve a breakthrough
in aviation technology.
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STEVEN DOUGLASS:
These aircraft are
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doing things which
a lot of physicists
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have generally said
are not possible.
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Their maneuvers, their-- the
way they fly, how fast they are.
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And The real mystery is
how they made the leap.
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There are some that speculate
that maybe this technology was
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gleaned from alien
technology, that somehow
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either we have recovered, or
it has been here for a while.
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UFO technology to
power the next generation
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of military aircraft?
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At best, it is
difficult to accept.
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Steven Douglass believes
the planes he has seen
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were developed by our military
using conventional technology.
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Yet the military says such
aircraft do not exist.
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Is there another explanation?
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If the Pentagon has the
answer, they are not saying.
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And perhaps, just perhaps,
it is better that way.
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On a prior broadcast,
we explored
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one of the great
mysteries of religion--
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the Shroud of Turin.
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According to the Bible,
after Jesus was crucified
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he was wrapped in
a linen shroud.
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More than 1,000 years later, a
3 and 1/2 by 14 foot linen cloth
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mysteriously turned
up in France.
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It showed the faint image of
a man's body, front and back.
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Ever since, believers
have hailed this cloth
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as a marvelous relic.
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They claim that Christ
was buried in the shroud,
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and that his image
was miraculously
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imprinted on the cloth at
the moment of Resurrection.
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ALBERT DREISBACH:
When I first began
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to study the Shroud of Turin,
I was convinced it was a crock,
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and that it would take me
probably less than two hours
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to put away this pious fraud.
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After all, anyone with
an IQ of 100 or over
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knows that all relics, by
definition, are frauds.
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But I must admit, here I
am, some 17 years later.
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I who came to scoff,
have stayed to pray.
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My own personal belief
is that the shroud
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is probably authentic.
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ROBERT STACK: Skeptics
regard the shroud
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as a masterful painting, the
work of an unknown Renaissance
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artist.
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However, those who believe
the shroud was painted
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are hard pressed to explain
two distinct attributes.
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First, the total
absence of brushstrokes.
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Also, when the shroud's image
is analyzed by computer,
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it projects a remarkable
three dimensional picture,
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almost like a sculpture.
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Virtually no other work of
art has this characteristic.
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When all was said and done,
it seemed like the shroud
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would remain a tantalizing
mystery, a source
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of endless speculation.
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It was certainly the last story
we ever expected to update.
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But for every mystery,
there is someone,
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somewhere, who never gives
up trying to find a solution.
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Dr. Emily Craig, a
forensic anthropologist
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and medical Illustrator,
claims that she
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has figured out the secret.
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Using dry paint pigments
ground into a fine powder,
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Dr. Craig has created
an image on cloth
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that she believes replicates
the distinct qualities
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of the shroud.
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It is an ancient technique,
known as dust drawing.
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EMILY CRAIG: I think it
goes back to cave paintings.
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It goes back thousands of years.
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They've used carbon
dust, and ochers,
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and different natural occurring
pigments for centuries.
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ROBERT STACK: Working
first on paper,
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Dr. Craig applies the dust
more heavily for the raised
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features of the face--
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the forehead, nose,
lips, and chin.
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The lower areas
receive less pigment.
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EMILY CRAIG: Once it's
done to my satisfaction,
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I want to take a piece of
linen, you lay the linen down.
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And then taking a wooden spoon
or any flat, flexible object,
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which is going to
rub the entire image,
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and make a direct transfer.
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ROBERT STACK: The
image, now on linen,
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satisfies one of the
shroud's main attributes.
489
00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:27,780
There are no brush strokes.
490
00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:34,286
Dr. Randy Bresee, a
textile scientist,
491
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,455
is Dr. Craig's partner.
492
00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:39,525
He put the dust drawing to
its most important test--
493
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,428
the same computer analysis
that revealed the shroud's
494
00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,596
hidden 3D properties.
495
00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:50,803
The tests show
that Doctor Craig's
496
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:54,974
method can produce the singular
3D attribute of the shroud.
497
00:27:57,877 --> 00:27:59,846
RANDY BRESEE: What we have
accomplished, I believe,
498
00:27:59,946 --> 00:28:02,548
is that we have
demonstrated that a miracle
499
00:28:02,648 --> 00:28:06,352
is not required to produce the
image on the Shroud of Turin.
500
00:28:06,452 --> 00:28:08,755
And it can be drawn on there
in a simple, straightforward
501
00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:09,655
manner.
502
00:28:13,059 --> 00:28:14,426
ROBERT STACK: For
half a millennium,
503
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:16,628
the image on the Shroud
of Turin has challenged
504
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:19,198
believers and skeptics alike.
505
00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:21,333
Have its secrets
finally been revealed?
506
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,306
Emily Craig and
Randy Bresee believe
507
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:30,476
that they have discovered
how the shroud was created.
508
00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,278
However, not everyone
in the art world
509
00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:35,247
or the religious
community is convinced.
510
00:28:35,347 --> 00:28:37,049
Perhaps the mystery
of the shroud
511
00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:40,419
will, and should,
remain forever unsolved.
512
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:53,565
The small community
of Fernald, Ohio
513
00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:55,334
lies in the midst
of farm country,
514
00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:57,770
20 miles from Cincinnatti.
515
00:28:57,870 --> 00:29:01,173
For many years, the town's
main employer was this factory.
516
00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:04,944
The feed materials production
center, also known as NLO.
517
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,548
The casual observer
would never guess
518
00:29:09,648 --> 00:29:13,385
that NLO was, in fact, owned
by the Department of Energy.
519
00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:18,057
From 1953 to 1989, it was one
of the few plants in the United
520
00:29:18,157 --> 00:29:20,759
States which processed
high grade uranium
521
00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:23,896
for use in nuclear weapons.
522
00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,364
HARRY EASTERLING: When
I was hired in there,
523
00:29:25,464 --> 00:29:29,368
they said that it was a
low level radiation plant,
524
00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,570
and that you didn't have
anything to worry about,
525
00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:35,942
there was nothing back there
that would bother you, and just
526
00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:37,076
go on about your business.
527
00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:39,778
Not to tell anybody
what you were doing,
528
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:43,883
and everything would be fine.
529
00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:45,517
ROBERT STACK: However,
conditions in the factory
530
00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,553
were anything but fine.
531
00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:50,857
In the fall of
1984, NLO was rocked
532
00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:53,259
by a scandal of
major proportions
533
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:56,095
when an accident allowed a
massive dose of radioactive
534
00:29:56,195 --> 00:29:59,565
smoke to escape
into the atmosphere.
535
00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:02,935
An investigation later
revealed that over the years,
536
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:05,371
NLO had released
more than 200 tons
537
00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:07,806
of radioactive dust
particles into the air
538
00:30:07,907 --> 00:30:10,176
and local water sources.
539
00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:12,912
Some said that NLO
was, in essence,
540
00:30:13,012 --> 00:30:17,884
the third largest nuclear
waste dump in the country.
541
00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:21,787
D.C. COLE: The effect that
it has on the environment
542
00:30:21,888 --> 00:30:23,923
is one thing.
543
00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:28,127
We have an
environmental disaster,
544
00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:32,999
but I think if you did a survey
around the Fernald community,
545
00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:39,238
you will find very few people
who trust the government now.
546
00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:40,973
ROBERT STACK: For the
people of Fernald,
547
00:30:41,073 --> 00:30:43,309
the disastrous accident
followed on the heels
548
00:30:43,409 --> 00:30:47,880
of another disturbing
controversy involving NLO.
549
00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:51,017
A few months earlier,
in June of 1984,
550
00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:55,154
an employee named Dave Bocks had
disappeared while on the job.
551
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:58,557
Though his body was never found,
some of his personal effects
552
00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:01,894
were, and Bocks
was presumed dead.
553
00:31:01,994 --> 00:31:04,630
After the accident,
the case of Dave Bocks
554
00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:06,465
took on a sinister
new dimension.
555
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:12,571
Dave Bocks worked at
NLO for three years,
556
00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:14,006
and all evidence
indicates that he
557
00:31:14,106 --> 00:31:17,576
died a horrible, gruesome
death inside the factory.
558
00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:20,913
The official ruling was that
no foul play was involved,
559
00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:23,182
but representatives from
the Department of Energy
560
00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:25,717
and the current Hamilton
County Sheriff's administration
561
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:28,154
have refused to speak with us.
562
00:31:28,254 --> 00:31:30,389
Dave Bocks' friends and family
are convinced that he was
563
00:31:30,489 --> 00:31:34,226
murdered, and they will not rest
until they learn how he died,
564
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:35,727
and who was responsible.
565
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:41,333
David Bocks grew up in
Staten Island, New York.
566
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:45,271
In 1981, he was hired
at NLO as a pipe fitter,
567
00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:49,541
and quickly earned the trust
and respect of his coworkers.
568
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:52,511
Bocks was a father of
two sons and a daughter.
569
00:31:52,611 --> 00:31:56,983
In 1979 he divorced, yet he
remained devoted to his ex-wife
570
00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:59,251
and children.
571
00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:02,088
CASEY DRAKE: He was great,
he would do anything for us.
572
00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:08,460
Kind as can be, loved his
children, did his job.
573
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:09,661
He was just a very kind person.
574
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:14,733
ROBERT STACK: Sunday,
June 18th, 1884
575
00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:17,869
began like any other
evening for Dave Bocks.
576
00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:20,839
He worked the
graveyard shift at NLO.
577
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:23,175
At 11 PM, Bocks
met his ride share
578
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:28,014
partner Harry Easterling in a
local restaurant parking lot.
579
00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:31,050
HARRY EASTERLING: Dave got
into my truck, we left,
580
00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:33,352
had a little conversation
on the way to work.
581
00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,454
He had talked about
vacation with his kids
582
00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:38,690
and bought a new
lunchbox for work.
583
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,925
And everything
seemed to be normal.
584
00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:47,533
ROBERT STACK: Dave Bocks'
primary responsibilities at NLO
585
00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:50,402
were to inspect and maintain
equipment in all of the plants
586
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:52,271
throughout the factory.
587
00:32:52,371 --> 00:32:55,474
This included making sure
that the safety pumps and dust
588
00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:58,077
collectors used in
the uranium processing
589
00:32:58,177 --> 00:33:01,680
were in proper working order.
590
00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:03,515
HARRY EASTERLING: Dave
was a fairly quiet guy,
591
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:07,186
but if you worked on a job
and say it was high radiation
592
00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:10,356
level, Dave would tell you,
say, that particular dust
593
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:13,159
collector is fairly
radioactive, so watch yourself.
594
00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:15,461
Or that pump has a
certain kind of acid
595
00:33:15,561 --> 00:33:18,030
in it, so be careful
when you work on it.
596
00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:20,366
But he would try to help
you out as much as he could,
597
00:33:20,466 --> 00:33:21,767
because he'd been there
longer than I had.
598
00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:26,538
ROBERT STACK: Only
the maintenance
599
00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:28,840
crew and security
personnel were on duty
600
00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:30,576
during the graveyard shift.
601
00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:32,978
The production lines
were shut down.
602
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:35,881
At midnight, Bocks reported
to the maintenance room
603
00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:37,015
for his work assignment.
604
00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:37,949
Bocks.
605
00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:39,085
Yeah.
606
00:33:39,185 --> 00:33:40,986
Need you to look at the
pump in building eight.
607
00:33:41,087 --> 00:33:42,088
Which pump?
608
00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:43,322
SUPERVISOR: Herb knows
which one, see him.
609
00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:44,723
All right.
610
00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:46,458
HARRY EASTERLING: It was sort
of just like any other night.
611
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:49,128
He would open his tool box,
leave his keys in his lock,
612
00:33:49,228 --> 00:33:53,165
and lay the lock and the keys
in the top of the toolbox.
613
00:33:53,265 --> 00:33:55,867
Dave went to one area,
and I worked on a job
614
00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:58,904
in another plant.
615
00:33:59,004 --> 00:34:01,873
ROBERT STACK: At around 4
AM, Bocks and a supervisor
616
00:34:01,973 --> 00:34:05,911
were seen in a parked pickup
truck by an NLO employee.
617
00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:08,747
The witness spoke to Unsolved
Mysteries on the phone,
618
00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:11,817
but declined to
appear on camera.
619
00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:13,319
The witness said
that Bocks appeared
620
00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:16,455
to be having a serious
discussion with a supervisor,
621
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:19,625
but he could not determine
what they were talking about.
622
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:21,760
Oddly, the windows
of the truck were
623
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:27,133
rolled up, despite the fact
that it was a hot, humid night.
624
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:31,137
An hour later, at 5 AM, the
same witness ran into Bocks
625
00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:32,371
on the factory grounds.
626
00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:34,440
Hey Dave, need help with that?
627
00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:36,475
No, just putting
my tools away.
628
00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:38,310
All right.
629
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:39,911
ROBERT STACK: The witness
was struck by the fact
630
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:43,349
that Bocks was walking towards
plant four, not plant eight
631
00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:45,284
where he had been assigned.
632
00:34:45,384 --> 00:34:48,987
It was the last time Dave
Bocks was seen alive.
633
00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,523
Later that morning, his
friend and fellow employee
634
00:34:51,623 --> 00:34:53,659
Harry Easterling
became suspicious
635
00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:55,527
about Dave's absence.
636
00:34:55,627 --> 00:34:57,062
Approximately 7
o'clock that morning
637
00:34:57,163 --> 00:35:01,633
we had a safety meeting in a
conference room in plant four.
638
00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:05,003
We showed up for the meeting,
but Dave wasn't there.
639
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,539
Walked back over to the
maintenance building,
640
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,908
put my tools away, and
noticed that Dave's tool
641
00:35:10,008 --> 00:35:11,543
box was still open.
642
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:14,580
So I thought, well, he's
probably working overtime.
643
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:23,054
So I went in and made
a few phone calls,
644
00:35:23,155 --> 00:35:24,423
but I couldn't locate him.
645
00:35:24,523 --> 00:35:27,693
So I went back out and told
the security guard at the desk
646
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:30,162
that Dave hadn't come
out, I was going home,
647
00:35:30,262 --> 00:35:33,999
and I would meet him the
next night at the restaurant.
648
00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,771
ROBERT STACK: At around
7:30 that morning,
649
00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:43,509
a furnace operator in plant
six notified his supervisor
650
00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:45,344
that the casings in
his oven were covered
651
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:47,446
with a strange sticky residue.
652
00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:48,947
Hey, Larry.
653
00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:51,950
ROBERT STACK: The worker also
detected an unusual odor.
654
00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:54,386
Yeah, what's up?
655
00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:57,623
I'm into something
strange in here.
656
00:35:57,723 --> 00:36:00,792
There's all kind of big
firm crust all over the saw.
657
00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:01,827
Crust?
658
00:36:01,927 --> 00:36:03,295
Yeah, I dipped a
couple of ingots in,
659
00:36:03,395 --> 00:36:05,897
they've got a slick
film all over them.
660
00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:08,367
That's OK, just go on
ahead and keep dipping.
661
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:09,335
Larry.
662
00:36:09,435 --> 00:36:10,902
Yeah, what?
663
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,004
Listen man, I don't want to be
the one that starts a problem,
664
00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:16,308
but there's something in there.
665
00:36:16,408 --> 00:36:19,144
Kind of looked like a leg.
666
00:36:19,245 --> 00:36:20,546
A leg?
667
00:36:20,646 --> 00:36:21,447
Take a look.
668
00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:30,656
ROBERT STACK: The supervisor
apparently found nothing wrong
669
00:36:30,756 --> 00:36:33,124
and told the furnace
operator to go back to work.
670
00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:39,465
At 11:00 that night,
Harry Easterling
671
00:36:39,565 --> 00:36:43,402
arrived at the restaurant
to meet Dave Bocks as usual.
672
00:36:43,502 --> 00:36:46,472
He had not heard about
what happened in plant six.
673
00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:51,410
It was Dave's turn to drive,
and his car was already there.
674
00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:53,211
HARRY EASTERLING: Wasn't
anything out of the ordinary,
675
00:36:53,312 --> 00:36:55,247
because he would pull his
car in and go get something
676
00:36:55,347 --> 00:36:56,682
to eat, and then
come back to the car,
677
00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:58,384
or get something
to take for lunch.
678
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:05,291
And I leaned up
against Dave's car,
679
00:37:05,391 --> 00:37:07,526
and I noticed that the
fender was still cold.
680
00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:09,695
So I reached over,
touched the hood,
681
00:37:09,795 --> 00:37:13,031
and the hood was still cold.
682
00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:14,232
ROBERT STACK: Harry
began to suspect
683
00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,034
that something was wrong.
684
00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:19,271
When he arrived at the factory,
he reported Dave Bocks missing,
685
00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:22,641
and had a security guard
pry open Bocks' locker.
686
00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:24,042
Are these the
clothes he was wearing?
687
00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:25,944
That's what he was wearing.
688
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:27,846
GUARD: And you haven't
seen him since you left?
689
00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:28,747
No.
690
00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:36,688
On Sunday night,
he was missing.
691
00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:40,659
We were informed of
the fact on Tuesday.
692
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:44,496
On Wednesday, my mother
tried to contact the plant
693
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:46,732
to find out more information.
694
00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:49,401
They told her they couldn't
give her any information,
695
00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:51,269
they didn't know anything.
696
00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:54,573
And that was that.
697
00:37:54,673 --> 00:37:55,741
ROBERT STACK: But
inside the plant,
698
00:37:55,841 --> 00:37:58,777
an investigation was
confirming the worst.
699
00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:01,713
It was learned that at 5:15
on the morning of Dave Bocks'
700
00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:05,250
disappearance, the temperature
in the furnace in plant six,
701
00:38:05,351 --> 00:38:08,520
which was kept at a constant
1300 degree temperature,
702
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:11,757
had momentarily
dipped 28 degrees,
703
00:38:11,857 --> 00:38:13,625
suggesting that
something foreign had
704
00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:16,462
been dumped in to it.
705
00:38:16,562 --> 00:38:19,297
A worker had also found what
appeared to be a piece of bone
706
00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:21,199
on the lip of the furnace.
707
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:24,102
The Hamilton County Sheriff's
Department was called in,
708
00:38:24,202 --> 00:38:25,404
and the furnace was shut down.
709
00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:33,779
Investigators had to wait three
days for the molten liquid
710
00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:36,114
inside the furnace to cool.
711
00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:38,750
Then employees sifted
through the waste material,
712
00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,119
searching for some
kind of evidence.
713
00:38:48,494 --> 00:38:52,731
VICTOR CARRELLI: Those keys
belonged to the victim's car.
714
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:57,135
They also belonged to
three padlocks of his.
715
00:38:57,235 --> 00:39:00,606
One key, we believed,
went into his residence,
716
00:39:00,706 --> 00:39:02,641
but we couldn't prove
that because it was bent
717
00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:05,276
and in not very good shape.
718
00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:10,682
ROBERT STACK: The
conclusion was inescapable.
719
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:13,619
Dave Bocks was almost
certainly dead.
720
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,322
But the news left Harry
Easterling dumbfounded.
721
00:39:17,423 --> 00:39:20,826
He claims that Dave's keys were
still in his toolbox at 7:30
722
00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:24,596
AM, more than two hours
after the gauge in plant six
723
00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:28,066
registered the temperature drop.
724
00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:29,568
HARRY EASTERLING:
When I left the plant
725
00:39:29,668 --> 00:39:33,304
to go over to the maintenance
shop, his keys were in the box.
726
00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:36,241
When I left there to go home,
they were still in the box.
727
00:39:36,341 --> 00:39:38,444
I went home, when I
came back that night,
728
00:39:38,544 --> 00:39:42,013
his keys were still in
the top of his toolbox.
729
00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:45,751
The supervisor closed his box,
put the lock on his toolbox,
730
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:48,454
and took his keys
out of the lock.
731
00:39:48,554 --> 00:39:50,822
And from there on, I do not
know what happened to the keys.
732
00:39:53,659 --> 00:39:55,026
ROBERT STACK: In
addition to the keys,
733
00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:57,228
investigators
uncovered a steel toe
734
00:39:57,328 --> 00:40:01,933
from a boot, part of what they
thought was an eyeglass frame,
735
00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:05,837
fragments of what they believed
was Dave Bocks' walkie-talkie,
736
00:40:05,937 --> 00:40:07,806
and a piece of
stainless steel wire
737
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:12,578
that was looped together in
three oddly connecting circles.
738
00:40:12,678 --> 00:40:15,614
Also recovered were several
pieces of human bone.
739
00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:20,819
The official police
investigation
740
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:22,821
was unable to
determine conclusively
741
00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:24,756
how Dave Bocks died.
742
00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:28,026
However, suicide was a
distinct possibility.
743
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:30,762
Bocks had a history of
psychological problems,
744
00:40:30,862 --> 00:40:32,498
and around the time
of his divorce,
745
00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:34,933
he had apparently tried
to take his own life.
746
00:40:37,969 --> 00:40:40,672
I know my father did
not commit suicide.
747
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:44,409
There was no reason for
him to commit suicide.
748
00:40:44,510 --> 00:40:49,581
He had purchased groceries
for the week, he was planning
749
00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:51,282
a vacation with me
and my younger brother
750
00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:54,452
for the following
summer to Florida,
751
00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:57,355
he paid all of his
bills for the month.
752
00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:01,527
There was no reason for
him to commit suicide.
753
00:41:01,627 --> 00:41:03,995
From everything I know
about the circumstances
754
00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:06,532
of what occurred back then, I
would have to say that he was
755
00:41:06,632 --> 00:41:08,567
probably lowered
into the furnace,
756
00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:10,001
that he was probably murdered.
757
00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:11,970
I can't think of any other way
that it could have happened,
758
00:41:12,070 --> 00:41:15,473
I don't believe that it
could have been suicide,
759
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:18,343
or that it could've
been an accident.
760
00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:24,816
D.C. COLE: On the night
that Dave Bocks died,
761
00:41:24,916 --> 00:41:27,853
he had been working
in plant eight.
762
00:41:27,953 --> 00:41:30,221
Plant eight had
released four times more
763
00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:32,924
radioactive contaminants
into the environment
764
00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:36,928
than any other plant
at the plant site.
765
00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:39,197
Why he was killed--
766
00:41:39,297 --> 00:41:41,166
I think he knew something.
767
00:41:41,266 --> 00:41:44,936
And I think it had to
deal with plant eight.
768
00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:48,640
I think it had to deal with
the releases, the threat
769
00:41:48,740 --> 00:41:52,778
to the public health
and the environment.
770
00:41:52,878 --> 00:41:54,780
And it's possible he
was a whistleblower,
771
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,748
or was going to be
a whistleblower.
772
00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:07,158
I believe that they could
have either shot him,
773
00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:09,094
or they could have hit
him with something,
774
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:11,462
knocked him unconscious.
775
00:42:11,563 --> 00:42:17,803
Took the body back to plant
six, where the furnace is.
776
00:42:17,903 --> 00:42:19,805
Question I have
is whether or not
777
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:23,541
Dave Bocks was alive
at the time that they
778
00:42:23,642 --> 00:42:26,077
threw him into that furnace.
779
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:28,847
I would hate to think
that he was conscious.
780
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:31,482
I can't imagine a more
horrible death than that.
781
00:42:49,801 --> 00:42:52,037
We never developed
any information
782
00:42:52,137 --> 00:42:54,873
indicating foul play.
783
00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:58,276
We had that in the
back of our minds,
784
00:42:58,376 --> 00:43:02,147
but no one ever gave us
any indication or reason
785
00:43:02,247 --> 00:43:07,185
to believe that foul
play may have occurred.
786
00:43:07,285 --> 00:43:10,488
There are probably people out
there that know what happened,
787
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:12,523
and there may not be people
that know what happened either.
788
00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:18,764
Because, if they knew, I doubt
that anybody would tell you.
789
00:43:18,864 --> 00:43:20,365
You know, may be
fear of their life.
790
00:43:24,670 --> 00:43:27,438
CASEY DRAKE: I still
have days where
791
00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:30,208
I can't believe he's gone.
792
00:43:30,308 --> 00:43:32,277
I am very angry.
793
00:43:32,377 --> 00:43:33,879
I mean, we loved him.
794
00:43:33,979 --> 00:43:37,448
He loved us, and there was
no reason for this to happen.
795
00:43:37,548 --> 00:43:40,218
We just want somebody
to please come forward
796
00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:42,954
and tell us any information,
anything at all.
797
00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:47,125
ROBERT STACK: There's
a final bitter footnote
798
00:43:47,225 --> 00:43:49,360
to the death of Dave Bocks.
799
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,997
Nine years after the
fact, his family is still
800
00:43:52,097 --> 00:43:54,766
waiting to lay him to rest.
801
00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:59,204
In 1989, NLO was shut
down, and Bocks' remains--
802
00:43:59,304 --> 00:44:00,739
a few bone fragments--
803
00:44:00,839 --> 00:44:04,442
are presently in a sealed
drum on the closed plant site.
804
00:44:04,542 --> 00:44:06,611
Too toxic to be
buried in the ground.
805
00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:21,526
Join me next time for
another intriguing edition
806
00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:23,494
of Unsolved Mysteries.
807
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:29,267
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