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- [Rudy] The following
program contains footage
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of military operations.
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Viewer discretion is advised.
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Tonight, on The Proof Is Out
There: Military Mysteries,
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a 747 takes off in a war zone
and lands in a fireball.
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Whoa, who's responsible?
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The enemy, or us?
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- To see one of our aircraft
destroyed in such a manner
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is something I've
never seen before.
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- [Rudy] Haunting
voices from Vietnam.
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Was this how the Army
got in the enemy's head?
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- Mysterious sounds that
you've never heard before.
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This is a sound that
a ghost might make.
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(ghostly voices)
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- [Rudy] Photos of a
recently rediscovered
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Nazi mountain tunnel complex.
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Why was it built?
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To hide Hitler's stolen gold?
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- Somewhere within
these tunnels,
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this gold is there
waiting to be discovered
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to this very day.
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- [Rudy] And our secret weapon.
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Who built this
homemade renegade sub?
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- The technology employed
is pretty high tech.
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This is a serious submarine.
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(Guardsmen shouting
in foreign language)
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(film reel clicking)
(dramatic music)
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- [Rudy] In the modern history
of war, there are films.
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- Shazam.
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- [Rudy] Photos,
recordings, and documents
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that raise questions.
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- So everything about this
story is one big mystery.
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- This particular footage has
caused a lot of controversy.
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- [Rudy] What's
really happening?
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- [Joe] There's so
little information.
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- Nothing like this has
been attempted before.
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- [Rudy] That's
where we come in.
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Our mission: investigate the
battlefield's strangest images,
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sounds, and more.
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- [Tim] This photo
blows my mind.
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- [Amy] You can imagine how
terrifying it would be.
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- [Rudy] We'll analyze
each with military experts
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and try to come up with answers.
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- I'm Ronnie Adkins, former
US Army Intelligence Analyst.
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- I'm Rudy Reyes, Recon
Marine war veteran.
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The proof starts now.
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- Good evening
everybody, I'm Ronnie.
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He's Rudy.
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And we are primed and psyched
to bring you some of the most
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compelling stories from
the world of warfare.
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- You know, Ronnie,
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sometimes in wartime
when things seem calm-
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- Something's about
to hit the fan.
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- Exactly.
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Let's go to Afghanistan,
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Bagram, in particular, a
place we both know well,
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to find out why a routine flight
ended in a fiery disaster.
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The question: why did a
747 fall from the sky?
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It's just before 3:30
p.m. on April 29th, 2013
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at Bagram Airbase, the U.S.
military's nerve center
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for its fight
against the Taliban.
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An Army vehicle with a dash cam
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is approaching the
perimeter of the airbase.
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And on the right side of the
frame we can see a massive 747,
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National Airlines Flight
102, specifically,
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taking off at a steep
angle of ascent,
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executing a special procedure
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called a maximum
performance takeoff.
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This is where the pilot puts
the nose up as far as possible
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to quickly reach high altitudes
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and avoid the threat
of ground fire.
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But now, look closely
at the video.
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Within seconds, the giant
plane falls out of the sky,
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taking the heroes on board
to a fiery and tragic death.
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- The 747 can carry about
65,000 gallons of fuel.
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It explains the
massive black cloud.
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That's an aircraft full of
fuel burning on the ground.
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- [Rudy] Preston Stewart
is a military historian
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and former Army lieutenant.
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- It's difficult to watch
because you can't do anything,
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and if you were on the plane
you couldn't do anything,
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and that's hard to see play out.
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- [Rudy] Former sniper
Nick Irving spent two years
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in Afghanistan and knows
Bagram as well as we do.
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- I've seen a lot of
devastating things,
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especially in Afghanistan,
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but to see one of our
aircraft go down and destroyed
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in such a manner is something
I've never seen before.
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- [Rudy] After the crash, the
dash cam footage goes viral
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and viewers ask the question,
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what caused this
state-of-the-art plane
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to fall from the sky?
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The good news, if
we can call it that,
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is that normally you think of
a 747 as a passenger plane.
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This particular aircraft
was reconfigured for cargo.
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- That's right, man.
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Using what's called a
two-deck configuration,
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a typical 747 can carry anywhere
from 400 to 500 passengers.
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but this 747-400
was reconfigured
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as kind of a cargo
truck for the sky.
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There are only six
passengers on board,
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but it had over 200
tons of cargo on board.
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- That's a major
cargo haul for sure,
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but wide body jets
don't just crash.
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And 747's in particular
have a strong safety record.
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Only 4% have ever been involved
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in an incident with hull loss.
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So let's check in
with our experts
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and see what exactly
happened here.
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(tense music)
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Former CIA officer
Joseph Assad says
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we first have to eliminate
some kind of ground fire.
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- We saw a lot of
Taliban activity,
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mortars and rockets constantly
being lobbed at the airport.
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- It's one of the
Taliban's target to-do list
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is to destroy an
American aircraft.
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- [Rudy] And as soon as the
word spread of the incident,
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the Taliban took credit.
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- They thought that
this is an easy win,
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that they can claim this.
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However, the value of
having a video like this
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is incredible.
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- [Rudy] Reviewing the footage,
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former Army Lieutenant
Preston Stewart
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shoots down the
shoot-down theory.
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- [Preston] In this case, when
you're watching the plane,
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you don't actually
see any explosions.
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You don't see anything
strike the aircraft,
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and the first time you
see any sort of detonation
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is when the aircraft
strikes the ground.
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- [Rudy] So the plane
wasn't shot down,
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but in a post 9/11 world, we
have to consider terrorism.
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Remember, Afghanistan
was Al-Qaeda's home base.
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That's why we were there
in the first place.
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- It could have been a hijacked
scenario in which people
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stormed the cockpit, took over,
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and basically diverted the plane
and forced it into a crash.
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- [Rudy] But Assad also says
that the video leaves him
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doubting that theory.
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- A hijacker would
have a purpose.
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We have seen the 9/11 hijackers.
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They would hijack an
aircraft full of fuel
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in order to crash into a
target to make a statement.
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So it didn't make sense
that a hijacker would storm
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the cockpit of a
747 full of cargo
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only to crash it
into an empty field.
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- [Rudy] And the tight
security within the perimeter
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is also key.
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- There's a lot of layers
of security to get through
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for somebody to sneak onto
the airfield in some way,
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shape, or form, forcibly
take over the aircraft.
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Never say never, but I'm
not aware of that happening
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any time in the 20 years
the U.S. was in Afghanistan.
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- [Rudy] The plane's
cockpit voice recorder
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was recovered
after the disaster,
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and it showed no evidence
of a cockpit struggle
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or of any kind of pilot error.
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But the wreckage did reveal
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that a key part of the plane's
controls had been damaged.
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- So what happened was
the hydraulic system
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that controls the horizontal
stabilizer was destroyed,
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which then resulted in
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the complete failure
of the aircraft.
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- [Rudy] The
horizontal stabilizer
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is part of the plane's back
wing that helps produce lift
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in order to balance
the plane's gravity
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and center of pressure, keeping
the whole aircraft stable.
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But what took out the
horizontal stabilizer?
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The mystery leads
us back to the fact
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that the plane was
carrying cargo, not people.
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In this case, a very
special kind of cargo.
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- The 747 was loaded
with five MRAPs.
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These are mine-resistant,
ambush protected vehicles.
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- [Rudy] MRAPs are the
transport vehicle of choice
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where RPGs and IEDs
are a common threat.
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(explosion booming)
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"Popular Mechanics" writer Joe
Pappalardo knows them well.
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- An MRAP is an
up-armored Humvee.
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If you stack two of 'em
on top of each other,
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it kind of looks
like what an MRAP is.
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- So imagine five of these
in a 747, which is prone
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to being sensitive to
the weight distribution.
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- [Rudy] And it turns out
a fatal error was made,
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not during takeoff,
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but while that heavy
cargo was being loaded.
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- So here you have an aircraft
taking off with five MRAPs
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and one of them comes loose.
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- That enabled that vehicle
to smash into the hydraulics,
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destroying the airplane's
ability to control itself.
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- [Rudy] The sliding
MRAP not only
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damaged the plane's mechanics,
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it doomed the flight's physics.
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- [Joe] That would throw
the center of gravity off,
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that would ruin the
weight and balance.
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- So the aircraft was not
able to get enough wind
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over the wings in order
to maintain the lift,
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causing the engines to stall.
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And once the engines are
stalled, you're done.
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- [Rudy] This avoidable tragedy
underscores the importance
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of an an overlooked aspect
of our military: logistics.
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- Armchair generals think
of battles won and lost
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because of the weapons and the
warriors, but the logistics
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is what really supports
a military campaign.
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(tense music)
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- Brother, that's
a disturbing story.
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- I'll say.
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And check it out.
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An NTSB investigation
found that the carrier
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omitted critical
information in their manual
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about how to properly
secure the freaking cargo.
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- Well, fortunately since then,
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there's been a whole slew
of new regulations and rules
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related to cargo
planes like this one.
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Hopefully it never
happens again.
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- War can mess with
your head space.
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Now most of us in the
military are familiar
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with post-traumatic stress
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and the terrible mental
and emotional burdens
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borne by veterans
around the world.
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- Ronnie, I still have bad
dreams about my fallen brothers,
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but in this next incident,
some Vietnamese soldiers
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were hearing the cries
of their dead comrades
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while they were awake.
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- It was all part of
an ingenious mind game
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devised by the Americans.
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And the question was, what
was behind the ghost sounds
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of the Vietnam War?
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February 10th, 1970, units
of the North Vietnamese Army
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are deep in the jungles
of Hau Nghia Province
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at the height of
the Vietnam War.
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It's just after
dusk when the NVA
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hear a series of
spine-chilling sounds.
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(ghostly moaning)
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Let's hear that again.
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These are the actual
recordings, by the way.
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(ghostly moaning)
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And it's not just moans,
but words in Vietnamese.
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(ghostly voice
speaking Vietnamese)
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- [Ronnie] The voices sound
like the wandering souls
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of dead NVA comrades
killed on the battlefield.
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(ghostly voice
speaking Vietnamese)
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- If I was a 19-year-old
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communist soldier
from the north,
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you've already got a lot of
things to be scared as hell of,
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and then what do you hear?
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The jungle is full of
those sounds and voices
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that are speaking to you
in your own language.
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(ghostly moaning)
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- [Ronnie] As the troops
listen more intently,
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more sounds follow, banging
gongs, sobbing women.
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(ghostly moaning)
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And then a clue, an oddly
specific suggestion.
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(ghostly voice
speaking Vietnamese)
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- [Ronnie] What was behind
these ghostly sounds?
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Now, a lot of people believe
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that the jungles of
Vietnam are haunted,
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especially considering
that over 300,000 people
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are still unaccounted for
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just from the period
of the Vietnam War.
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Rudy, you've spent time
training people in Vietnam.
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What do you think about this?
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- I hate to say it, Ronnie,
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but there are aspects
of these sounds
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that remind me of my experiences
both in and out of combat.
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This right here, that's straight
out of the PSYOPs playbook.
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- You're right, it is.
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Our experts are gonna
tell you how it worked.
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(tense music)
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(ghostly voice echoing)
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Superstition was a powerful
weapon in the Vietnam War.
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In fact, both sides had
their share of ghost stories.
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- There's a story
involving American soldiers
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crawling down a tunnel
to find the Viet Cong,
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but instead they
heard a female voice
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calling for them as they left.
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(ghostly cries)
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And there were also reports
from soldiers of ghostly figures
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moving through trees,
and fanged creatures
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who would try to
kidnap and eat troops
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while they were in the jungle.
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- [Ronnie] But the true
story of these voices
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was a closely guarded
secret for years.
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It wasn't until 1969 when
the first reports revealed
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to the public that the
voices were actually
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part of a manipulative mixtape
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that was blasted across the
countryside by American GIs.
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It was part of a PSYOPs mission,
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codenamed Operation
Wandering Soul.
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- There was a recognition
that people in Vietnam
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had religious beliefs
and superstitions
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whereby the souls of dead people
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were wandering in the
forests and in the jungles.
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The American military understood
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that that was a superstition
that the enemy had,
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and that maybe it would
provide an upper hand
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in the battle space.
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(ghostly voice
speaking Vietnamese)
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- [Ronnie] Former Green Beret
and PSYOP specialist Mark Sauter
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says one ominous recording,
which featured actors
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playing a deceased Viet Cong
soldier and his grieving family,
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was a big hit.
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- Ghost Tape Number 10
was the most frightening
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and diabolical
mixtape ever created.
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(ghostly voice echoing)
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And it was created by the U.S.
Army Sixth PSYOPs Battalion.
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- [Ronnie] When first deployed,
Operation Wandering Soul
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exhibited its powers
of persuasion.
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The audio actually caused
enemy combatants to surrender.
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It even terrorized
South Vietnamese troops
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and civilians alike.
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- In one case, a offshoot
of Wandering Soul
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was playing the sounds
of a tiger roaring
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near a Vietnamese position
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where a tiger had
attacked a soldier.
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And according to veterans,
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this resulted in more than
a hundred of the enemy
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abandoning that position.
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- [Ronnie] However, the
psyop could only fool
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the enemy's ears for so long
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before they eventually
tuned it out.
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By the early 1970s, Ghost Tape
10 and many of the recordings
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from the operation were
put out of rotation.
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And as we know, whatever impact
Operation Wandering Soul had
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on the North Vietnamese,
it didn't scare them off
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from their goal of
taking South Vietnam.
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(tense music)
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So Rudy, what do you
think about all this?
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It's a pretty original
tactic, right?
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- Ah, it's clever, but
in no way original.
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Back in the Philippine communist
insurgency in the '50s,
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one U.S. advisor helped
the Filipino military
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leverage the legend
of a local vampire
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to instill sheer
terror in the enemy.
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So making use of
folklore for PSYOPs
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is an established tactic.
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- Yeah, sometimes when
war isn't scary enough,
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it helps to enlist
the supernatural.
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- Now, if you're American,
you know this picture
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of U.S. Marines raising
the Stars and Stripes
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during the battle of Iwo Jima.
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Rudy, as a Marine, what
goes through your head
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when you see that picture?
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- Honor, courage, commitment,
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the values of the Marine Corps.
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But Admiral Chester
Nimitz said it best,
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"On this day on Iwo Jima,
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uncommon valor was
a common virtue."
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- Well, for Russians
and their cool hats,
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this picture from World
War II is just as sacred.
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But the question is,
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was this iconic World
War II photo faked?
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May 2nd, 1945, Berlin, Germany.
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In the morning, a group
of Russian soldiers
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burst through the front
doors of the Reichstag.
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This is the main government
building in Nazi Germany.
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It's iconic, and
it's a smoking wreck.
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When they get to the roof,
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three soldiers unfurl
the flag of the USSR.
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As the Hammer and Sickle
flap in the breeze,
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a news photographer snaps
that incredible photo.
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- It comes on the heels of
the iconic Iwo Jima image,
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And so the Soviets recognize
how important that was
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symbolically, and they're trying
to kind of replicate that.
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- [Ronnie] Why is this
single photo so important?
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Well, remember,
this is a country
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that lost an estimated 27
million people in World War II.
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That's almost four
times more than Germany,
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and nine times that of Japan.
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- The Soviet government
was able to show this photo
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to its people and
say, "It's over."
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We didn't survive, we
emerged victorious.
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- There's a lot of
real pride and emotion
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that goes into this image.
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They're putting the Soviet
flag on the Reichstag.
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That's the the heart of Germany.
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It's the heart of Nazi power.
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- [Ronnie] The picture is worth
more than a thousand words,
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so what's the problem?
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Well, today there's
people who feel the photo
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at the Reichstag was staged,
and that aspects of it
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were faked with a kind
of 1940s Photoshopping
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to cover up some ugly
aspects of the story.
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Could it be true?
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- Okay, okay,
first things first.
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There's a difference
between fake and staged.
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The Iwo Jima photo was staged.
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The real first flag raising,
this is what it looked like.
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It happened an hour
and a half earlier,
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but they wanted a better
shot for this iconic moment.
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So they got a bigger flag
and they did it again.
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- Now, this Russian photo,
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there might have been
more going on here,
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and our analysts dug into it.
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(tense music)
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First question
about this picture.
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Did it really
capture the moment
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the Reichstag was first taken?
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Historian Martin K.A.
Morgan says, "Nyet."
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- The Soviets moved into
and occupied the Reichstag,
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and even raised a flag,
the day before this.
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That was taken down
overnight by the Germans
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when they briefly reoccupied it.
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00:18:22,833 --> 00:18:24,750
Then the Reichstag building
itself was reoccupied
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00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:27,542
by Soviet forces
once and for all
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on May 2nd, at which
point it was decided
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to re-stage a
flag-raising event.
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00:18:34,583 --> 00:18:35,833
- [Ronnie] What about
the flag itself?
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Political scientist and
U.S. Air Force veteran,
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00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:41,208
Dr. Sarah Kreps says it
was made for the occasion,
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a premeditated photo op.
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- This is really jerry-rigged.
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It's tablecloths that
are sewn together
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and you can even
see the seam here.
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They are sewn together
to make a flag
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for precisely this purpose.
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The reason why
that's so important
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is because this
is all symbolism.
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This is propaganda.
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(shutter clicking)
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- [Ronnie] Okay, but it
goes further than that.
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Remember, the Soviets
pioneered the art
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of photo manipulation.
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They removed party members
from photos with Stalin
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and Lenin if they fell out
of favor or were executed.
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So was that kind of
trickery at work here?
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Well, here's what we know.
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When the photographer, Evgenii
Khaldei, return to Moscow
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immediately after
snapping the shot,
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Soviet officials suggested
he tweak it a bit.
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Look closer, and compare
the before and after.
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00:19:29,042 --> 00:19:32,417
- In the revised photo,
they pulled it in;
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it focuses more on
the destruction.
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It's a lot darker.
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There is no horizon,
there is no light.
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It is more of a
celebration of tragedy
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and of the pain that the
Soviets had to go through.
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00:19:46,375 --> 00:19:48,458
- [Ronnie] All right, the
Soviets doctored it a little
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to make a point.
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00:19:49,583 --> 00:19:52,000
A lot of people would
say, "Big deal."
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But look closer.
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In the original, the soldier
holding the flag waver's feet
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seems to have two wristwatches.
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00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:02,292
But in the doctored final
version, he only has one.
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00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:03,500
Why change it?
445
00:20:03,667 --> 00:20:06,500
- A man with one watch,
that's understandable.
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00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:08,250
A man with two watches is a man
447
00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,750
who has been corrupted
by Western influences.
448
00:20:11,750 --> 00:20:13,667
- [Ronnie] That's
the communist spin.
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00:20:13,792 --> 00:20:16,000
But there may have been
a darker explanation:
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in a word, looting.
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00:20:20,292 --> 00:20:22,167
- Once a city was captured,
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the Russian soldiers would
be allowed loose in the city
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to take whatever they want.
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And for every Soviet soldier
with a watch on his left wrist,
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there were probably nine
more watches on his right.
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- [Ronnie] Tragically,
this goes way past
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stealing watches and jewelry.
458
00:20:39,167 --> 00:20:42,625
- The Soviet military
goes wild with looting,
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00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:45,000
and raping, and
murdering in this city.
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There's an estimate that as
many as 120,000 German women
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and girls were raped
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in the immediate
aftermath of the battle.
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- [Ronnie] The Soviet's
fear news of atrocities
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will tarnish their
status as victors.
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- When you're looting
on a widespread basis,
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you look a little bit
more like a conqueror
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than a liberator.
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00:21:03,917 --> 00:21:06,333
- [Ronnie] So the doctoring
of this now-famous photo
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wasn't merely cosmetic.
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It was in fact a coverup.
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00:21:09,917 --> 00:21:11,917
- So instead of a looting thief,
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you've got a
responsible soldier.
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And it's a very
small difference.
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It's almost inconsequential,
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but it's extremely consequential
because the Russians
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were gonna base their
entire post-world order
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on the worthiness
of their troops,
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on the right to a
seat at the table
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'cause they earned
it from bloodshed.
480
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(tense music)
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- So, staged?
- Affirm.
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- Altered?
- Check.
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- Deceptive?
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- Well, there's no doubt the
Russians earned their victory
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the hard way, but this
photo seems designed
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to cover up some of
the terrible things
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they did to achieve it.
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00:21:55,042 --> 00:21:57,000
- There may be no more
intriguing mystery around here
489
00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:58,792
than the secret Nazi projects
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whose true purpose
remains unknown.
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00:22:01,375 --> 00:22:04,167
- Bro, this next one is
the granddaddy of 'em all.
492
00:22:04,292 --> 00:22:07,167
It's a mystery literally
the size of a mountain.
493
00:22:07,250 --> 00:22:09,875
What were the Nazis
hiding in Project Giant?
494
00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,167
August 2016.
495
00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:18,875
A media frenzy has erupted
in Lower Silesia, Poland
496
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,958
after word spreads
that two explorers
497
00:22:21,042 --> 00:22:24,417
may have made a stunning
find in a series of tunnels.
498
00:22:26,792 --> 00:22:30,042
- These seven tunnels
are square miles in area.
499
00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:32,708
They have rooms that are
hundreds of feet long,
500
00:22:32,833 --> 00:22:35,708
ceilings that are
50, 60, 70 feet tall.
501
00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:37,833
They're basically
subterranean neighborhoods.
502
00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:41,083
But what makes them truly
enigmatic and very, very bizarre
503
00:22:41,208 --> 00:22:43,958
is that there's virtually
no primary documentation
504
00:22:44,042 --> 00:22:48,208
as to what these tunnels
were going to be used for.
505
00:22:49,542 --> 00:22:50,333
- [Ronnie] There
is documentation
506
00:22:50,458 --> 00:22:53,667
on when these tunnels
were built: 1943.
507
00:22:53,792 --> 00:22:55,542
At that time, the
Nazis occupied Poland
508
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:58,875
and over 13,000 prisoners
were used as slave labor
509
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,458
to build a base known
as Project Giant.
510
00:23:01,583 --> 00:23:03,542
One of the workers'
stories was documented
511
00:23:03,667 --> 00:23:05,750
by Menachem Kaiser.
512
00:23:05,875 --> 00:23:08,917
His grandfather's first cousin
spent time at the facility.
513
00:23:09,042 --> 00:23:10,625
- Abraham Kaiser was
one of the prisoners
514
00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:11,792
who worked on the project.
515
00:23:11,917 --> 00:23:13,250
He was one of the
slave laborers,
516
00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:16,375
and he had managed
to keep a diary.
517
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:19,458
- [Ronnie] Unfortunately,
Abraham's diary only detailed
518
00:23:19,542 --> 00:23:22,208
where he worked and what
his day-to-day was like.
519
00:23:22,375 --> 00:23:25,000
And he never learned
the base's true purpose,
520
00:23:25,125 --> 00:23:27,083
which takes us back
to the question,
521
00:23:27,208 --> 00:23:30,125
what were the tunnels for
and what were they hiding?
522
00:23:31,250 --> 00:23:33,000
- All right, Ronnie,
we've got the map here.
523
00:23:33,125 --> 00:23:36,833
My first question is, if Project
Giant is such a big deal,
524
00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:39,625
why is it in Poland
as opposed to Germany
525
00:23:39,708 --> 00:23:40,667
where all the Nazis are?
526
00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:42,167
- 'Cause the Nazis
were arrogant, man.
527
00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:43,250
- Mm.
528
00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:45,125
- See, the Nazis didn't
expect to lose Poland.
529
00:23:45,250 --> 00:23:47,083
It was supposed to be
a bastion for them.
530
00:23:47,208 --> 00:23:49,000
What they did is they slapped
Project Giant right here
531
00:23:49,083 --> 00:23:50,833
into Lower Silesia.
532
00:23:50,917 --> 00:23:53,292
You're so far away from
U.S., from British,
533
00:23:53,375 --> 00:23:55,125
and all the other
Western Allies.
534
00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:58,625
- Maybe its location is
actually a clue for its purpose.
535
00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:00,708
tense music)
536
00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:05,542
- [Ronnie] People have
theorized that Project Giant
537
00:24:05,667 --> 00:24:07,708
was everything from a
massive occult temple
538
00:24:07,875 --> 00:24:11,250
to a place where Hitler
kept his own fleet of UFOs.
539
00:24:11,375 --> 00:24:12,333
That's right.
540
00:24:12,458 --> 00:24:15,083
As crazy as it sounds,
there are some who believe
541
00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:18,375
the Third Reich had its own
flying saucer project where,
542
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:21,875
using alien technology, they
created Reichsflugscheiben,
543
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,167
a.k.a., Reich flying discs,
large, pilot-controlled discs
544
00:24:26,292 --> 00:24:30,000
that could reach speeds of up
to 5,000 kilometers an hour.
545
00:24:30,083 --> 00:24:32,458
Many UFOlogists believe
these saucers were built
546
00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:34,500
in the coastal
city of Peenemunde,
547
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:36,917
where the Nazis developed
the first rockets,
548
00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:38,875
and that the saucers
themselves were stored
549
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,708
in the Project Giant tunnels.
550
00:24:41,792 --> 00:24:43,542
- The absence of documentation,
551
00:24:43,708 --> 00:24:46,500
and the absence of explanation
has created a vacuum.
552
00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:49,458
That vacuum has been
filled by speculation.
553
00:24:49,542 --> 00:24:53,250
There are some people that
believe there are Nazi UFOs
554
00:24:53,375 --> 00:24:55,583
in those tunnels, and
I'm not making that up.
555
00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:59,167
In other words, in the absence
of a plausible explanation,
556
00:24:59,292 --> 00:25:00,292
what do we get?
557
00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:03,750
We get these outrageous,
that make no sense.
558
00:25:03,875 --> 00:25:06,167
- [Ronnie] But there's no
more alluring explanation
559
00:25:06,250 --> 00:25:07,792
than that Project
Giant was meant
560
00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:09,208
as a secret storage facility
561
00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,500
for the infamous
Nazi gold train,
562
00:25:11,583 --> 00:25:13,625
one of the biggest and
most enduring legends
563
00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:15,250
of World War II.
564
00:25:15,375 --> 00:25:17,792
- The Golden Train is an
ostensibly legendary train
565
00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:19,167
full of looted Nazi gold.
566
00:25:19,292 --> 00:25:20,333
According to legend,
567
00:25:20,458 --> 00:25:23,167
the Germans had loaded
up 44 crates of gold,
568
00:25:23,292 --> 00:25:26,167
put it on this train,
and for whatever reason,
569
00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:29,125
the train was diverted and
hidden inside of the mountain.
570
00:25:29,250 --> 00:25:31,083
- It was hidden
in these tunnels,
571
00:25:31,208 --> 00:25:32,667
again, to avoid detection,
572
00:25:32,750 --> 00:25:34,542
and that somewhere
within these tunnels,
573
00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:35,750
this gold was hidden,
574
00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:39,333
and it is there waiting to be
discovered to this very day.
575
00:25:39,417 --> 00:25:41,500
- [Ronnie] Has a lost
treasure been discovered?
576
00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,417
When ground-penetrating radar
used by Polish explorers
577
00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:46,375
Andreas Richter and Piotr Koper
578
00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:48,333
discovered what
look like a train,
579
00:25:48,417 --> 00:25:50,750
that question
captivated the public.
580
00:25:50,875 --> 00:25:51,958
But hold on a minute.
581
00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:55,625
- I just don't see that Hitler
would just leave this gold
582
00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:58,500
somewhere that Germany
no longer controlled
583
00:25:58,625 --> 00:26:00,917
under the theory of, I'll
come back for it later.
584
00:26:01,042 --> 00:26:02,958
That just doesn't
make much sense.
585
00:26:03,042 --> 00:26:05,792
- [Ronnie] Those radar scans
that look like train cars,
586
00:26:05,917 --> 00:26:08,792
they turned out to be
nothing but rock formations.
587
00:26:08,917 --> 00:26:10,375
- And the reality
is, it's a myth.
588
00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,458
We are clinging to these
myths about World War II
589
00:26:12,542 --> 00:26:15,458
that we want to be true that
unfortunately they're not.
590
00:26:15,542 --> 00:26:18,333
- [Ronnie] So if there's
no UFOs, and no Nazi gold,
591
00:26:18,458 --> 00:26:20,833
could Project Giant have
been a place to develop
592
00:26:20,958 --> 00:26:22,583
or store secret weapons?
593
00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:24,792
- There's some wild
theories about weapons that
594
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,125
the Germans were developing,
creating sonic weapons
595
00:26:27,250 --> 00:26:29,667
that can bring down
formations of bombers,
596
00:26:29,792 --> 00:26:32,250
or anti-gravity weapons
that will give them
597
00:26:32,375 --> 00:26:33,833
the perfect aircraft.
598
00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:36,500
- [Ronnie] Nazi anti-gravity
tech may seem like
599
00:26:36,625 --> 00:26:38,292
stories ripped
from a comic book,
600
00:26:38,417 --> 00:26:41,375
but the secret weapons
theory isn't such a fantasy.
601
00:26:41,542 --> 00:26:43,708
- The only reason why you
would build facilities,
602
00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:46,250
as far as we can tell, with
electrical wiring, with sewage,
603
00:26:46,375 --> 00:26:48,708
which are sort of linked
to one another by rail,
604
00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:51,625
is if you're intending for
large amounts of people
605
00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:54,667
and materiel to be
within those facilities,
606
00:26:54,792 --> 00:26:55,958
and you want to be able
to sort of, you know,
607
00:26:56,042 --> 00:26:59,708
move them from one end to
another, which suggests to me
608
00:26:59,833 --> 00:27:02,167
that this would probably
be a place where you would
609
00:27:02,292 --> 00:27:05,292
sort of assemble necessary
German war production.
610
00:27:05,417 --> 00:27:08,583
- The theory kind of makes
sense because if he can
611
00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:10,500
relocate some of this industry
612
00:27:10,625 --> 00:27:13,250
into these underground
facilities in Poland,
613
00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:15,542
would help him
prolong the war longer
614
00:27:15,708 --> 00:27:19,292
by keeping the German
factories running.
615
00:27:19,417 --> 00:27:20,958
- [Ronnie] The real
purpose of Project Giant
616
00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:24,208
may only have been revealed
if the Nazis had won the war.
617
00:27:24,333 --> 00:27:26,500
Fortunately, that didn't happen.
618
00:27:29,417 --> 00:27:31,625
All Project Giant does
today is remind us
619
00:27:31,708 --> 00:27:34,833
of the scale of
Hitler's evil dreams.
620
00:27:34,958 --> 00:27:38,083
- You get like a small taste
of the ambition of the Nazis,
621
00:27:38,208 --> 00:27:39,833
and in that sense it's demonic,
622
00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:42,250
and it really does have a
grip on the imagination,
623
00:27:42,375 --> 00:27:45,792
and it's frightening
and awe-inspiring.
624
00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:47,917
(tense music)
625
00:27:50,708 --> 00:27:52,083
- Okay, I get it.
626
00:27:52,208 --> 00:27:53,500
No gold train.
627
00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:57,042
The structures of Project
Giant remain a mystery
628
00:27:57,208 --> 00:28:00,917
and a breeding ground for all
kinds of conspiracy theories.
629
00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:04,208
- But with accounts suggesting
more tunnels yet to be explored,
630
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,792
this is one mystery that
might someday be solved.
631
00:28:10,583 --> 00:28:12,333
- Being away from home,
sometimes for a long time,
632
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,917
can take its toll
on service members.
633
00:28:14,042 --> 00:28:15,333
- That's right.
634
00:28:15,417 --> 00:28:17,750
Hundreds of servicemen
leave their post every year.
635
00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:20,625
Now some of those desertions
are easy to explain,
636
00:28:20,708 --> 00:28:23,500
and others are bonafide
head-scratchers.
637
00:28:23,625 --> 00:28:25,958
- Like this story of
an intoxicated mechanic
638
00:28:26,042 --> 00:28:29,083
who seemingly pulls off
an impossible heist.
639
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:32,417
The question: what happened
to the homesick mechanic?
640
00:28:34,208 --> 00:28:36,667
1969, the English Channel.
641
00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:39,208
You're looking at footage
from a rescue mission.
642
00:28:39,375 --> 00:28:42,375
A search team is hoping to
find a missing mechanic.
643
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:45,750
Instead, all they find
is this big oil slick,
644
00:28:45,875 --> 00:28:48,625
and right here, an
empty life raft.
645
00:28:48,708 --> 00:28:51,417
What really happened
here is a mystery,
646
00:28:51,542 --> 00:28:54,000
and the woman in this photo
is at the heart of it.
647
00:28:55,208 --> 00:28:57,583
It all went down the
night of May 23rd.
648
00:28:57,708 --> 00:28:59,375
While most people are asleep,
649
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:02,625
a 60-ton C-130
Hercules cargo plane
650
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:06,750
roars down the runway of
the RAF Mildenhall airbase
651
00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:08,375
in Suffolk, England.
652
00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:10,417
This is a flight
unlike any other.
653
00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:13,625
Not only is the pilot drunk,
he's not even a pilot.
654
00:29:14,625 --> 00:29:17,000
The man in the
cockpit is 23-year-old
655
00:29:17,083 --> 00:29:20,417
U.S. Air Force mechanic
Sergeant Paul Meyer.
656
00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,583
- The very idea of
an untrained mechanic
657
00:29:22,708 --> 00:29:26,042
thinking he could take a
C-130 is unthinkable to me.
658
00:29:27,375 --> 00:29:28,292
- [Rudy] Earlier that night,
659
00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:30,333
Meyer had been boozing
at a house party,
660
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:32,833
becoming erratic and combative.
661
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:33,750
Plastered and lovelorn,
662
00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:36,375
Meyer decides he wants
to see his wife.
663
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:39,250
Except there's a hitch:
she's in Virginia.
664
00:29:39,375 --> 00:29:43,583
- He's feeling rather
homesick, has a lot to drink,
665
00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:48,583
and comes up with a brilliant
idea, and that is to fly home.
666
00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:50,792
- [Rudy] So Meyer goes rogue.
667
00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:53,958
He impersonates a high-ranking
officer and calls the base,
668
00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:57,917
asking for a C-130 Hercules to
be fueled up and made ready,
669
00:29:58,042 --> 00:30:02,000
and wait for it, the
dispatcher complies.
670
00:30:02,125 --> 00:30:05,125
- Maybe when you get a call
from a commanding officer
671
00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:07,667
in the middle of the night,
you just follow orders.
672
00:30:07,792 --> 00:30:08,875
- [Rudy] With plenty of cojones,
673
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,417
but absolutely no flight
training, Meyer takes off.
674
00:30:12,542 --> 00:30:14,292
Retired naval
aviator Ward Carroll
675
00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:16,792
shows us why that
was no easy feat.
676
00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:19,000
- So in this government
training film,
677
00:30:19,125 --> 00:30:22,583
you can see a nice view
of the C-130 cockpit.
678
00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:24,208
What jumps out at you right away
679
00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:26,583
is just the number of gauges.
680
00:30:26,708 --> 00:30:28,042
To get the airplane airborne,
681
00:30:28,167 --> 00:30:31,667
you have to know which one of
those dials is the altimeter,
682
00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:33,375
which one's the
airspeed indicator,
683
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:34,958
then the attitude indicator.
684
00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:38,208
It's a daunting
amount of information
685
00:30:38,375 --> 00:30:39,250
that's in front of you.
686
00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:41,875
- [Rudy] Nevertheless,
Meyer begins flying west
687
00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:43,708
towards the United States.
688
00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,167
As soon as the Air Force
realizes something is wrong,
689
00:30:46,292 --> 00:30:48,750
they scramble a fighter
jet and another C-130
690
00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:49,708
to intercept him.
691
00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:51,333
According to the
official record,
692
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:54,083
they never established contact.
693
00:30:54,208 --> 00:30:56,833
Meanwhile, Meyer's
contacted someone else.
694
00:30:56,958 --> 00:30:59,792
Mid-flight, the fleeing
sergeant places a strange call
695
00:30:59,875 --> 00:31:02,125
to Jane Meyer, his spouse.
696
00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:05,292
As their conversation
drags on for 45 minutes,
697
00:31:05,417 --> 00:31:07,125
Meyer's mood suddenly shifts.
698
00:31:07,208 --> 00:31:09,542
He tells Jane he's
run into trouble.
699
00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:11,875
Seconds later, the
line goes dead.
700
00:31:13,125 --> 00:31:16,417
What happens next is the
subject of intense controversy.
701
00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:20,083
But everyone agrees an hour
and 45 minutes after takeoff,
702
00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:23,250
the C-130 crashes into
the English Channel.
703
00:31:23,375 --> 00:31:26,333
The military says the plane
disintegrated on impact,
704
00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:29,833
but plenty of questions are
still hanging in the air.
705
00:31:29,958 --> 00:31:31,625
- Rudy, how do you
think Sergeant Meyer
706
00:31:31,708 --> 00:31:34,167
acquired the technical
know-how to take off
707
00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:37,375
and fly this plane for
more than 90 minutes?
708
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:38,500
- Well, think about it this way.
709
00:31:38,625 --> 00:31:41,292
A pilot could know how
to fix the aircraft,
710
00:31:41,417 --> 00:31:42,958
at least the basics.
711
00:31:43,042 --> 00:31:46,833
Conversely, a mechanic might
know the basics of flying
712
00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:49,958
and be able to
taxi and take off.
713
00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:52,625
All those cockpit dials, they
look pretty intimidating,
714
00:31:52,708 --> 00:31:56,417
but Sergeant Meyer could
have picked up just enough
715
00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:57,667
to pull this thing off.
716
00:31:57,750 --> 00:31:59,833
- All this makes you really
wonder what happened to him.
717
00:31:59,958 --> 00:32:01,333
- Well, let's check
with our experts
718
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,208
and see what they think.
719
00:32:03,375 --> 00:32:05,333
(tense music)
720
00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:10,458
Retired officer Preston
Stewart has studied the case.
721
00:32:10,542 --> 00:32:13,125
He says many believe the Air
Force sent up that fighter jet
722
00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:16,292
not to assist Meyer,
but to shoot him down.
723
00:32:16,417 --> 00:32:19,292
That's because Meyer didn't
boost just any plane.
724
00:32:19,375 --> 00:32:21,792
He may have taken one
with sensitive documents
725
00:32:21,917 --> 00:32:25,750
or technology that posed
a national security risk.
726
00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:27,667
- One of the theories put
forward is that the plane,
727
00:32:27,792 --> 00:32:30,625
the C-130 that he
did take control of,
728
00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:35,292
was operated by or
used for the CIA,
729
00:32:35,417 --> 00:32:39,167
suggesting that either
some documents on the plane
730
00:32:39,292 --> 00:32:42,875
might be of a classified
nature that the United States,
731
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,542
British, NATO,
anybody didn't want
732
00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:47,333
falling into the wrong hands.
733
00:32:47,458 --> 00:32:50,792
- Meyer's family has supported
that theory for years.
734
00:32:50,875 --> 00:32:53,833
- I will believe to the
day I take my last breath
735
00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:55,250
that they took him down.
736
00:32:55,375 --> 00:32:57,000
They felt like they
had a right to.
737
00:32:57,083 --> 00:32:58,333
We just wanna know
738
00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:02,000
why the government
didn't tell us the truth.
739
00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:05,042
- [Rudy] Journalist MJ Banias
has a different theory.
740
00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:08,083
- Sergeant Meyer was most
likely not shot down.
741
00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:10,792
The intention would be to
try and communicate with him
742
00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:13,000
to give him instructions
to land the plane
743
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:15,083
or ditch the plane
in a safe location
744
00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:17,250
so that no one would get hurt.
745
00:33:17,375 --> 00:33:19,333
- [Rudy] The strange call
Meyer made from the cockpit
746
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:22,833
to his new bride back
home is also a key clue.
747
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,833
- There's this added mystery
where all of a sudden,
748
00:33:25,917 --> 00:33:29,833
he's successfully able to
place a call to his wife
749
00:33:29,958 --> 00:33:31,458
while on board this aircraft.
750
00:33:31,583 --> 00:33:33,667
Telecommunications
were pretty old school.
751
00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:38,792
You know, you needed to
patch the call through radio
752
00:33:38,875 --> 00:33:40,500
in order to make that call.
753
00:33:40,625 --> 00:33:42,667
- [Rudy] In other words,
Meyer couldn't have done this
754
00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:44,333
without Air Force assistance.
755
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,042
The contents of his call
are also interesting.
756
00:33:47,167 --> 00:33:49,083
Meyer tells his wife
he's coming home
757
00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:51,792
and flying low to
avoid radar detection.
758
00:33:51,875 --> 00:33:54,208
She was trying to
convince him to go back,
759
00:33:54,375 --> 00:33:56,167
but after several more
minutes on the call,
760
00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:59,000
the United States
Air Force interjects.
761
00:33:59,125 --> 00:34:01,167
- Somebody chimed in trying
to get her to keep him talking
762
00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:03,458
'cause they were using
that to track where he was.
763
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:06,000
- [Rudy] Whether the Air
Force wanted to talk him down
764
00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:08,792
or shoot him down, Meyer
never makes it home.
765
00:34:08,917 --> 00:34:10,833
According to this
radar watch log,
766
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,917
the southern radar
station loses contact
767
00:34:13,042 --> 00:34:14,917
at 05:48 that morning,
768
00:34:15,042 --> 00:34:18,083
and the plane disappears
right about here.
769
00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:21,500
- It's very possible that
Meyer knew that his aircraft
770
00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:22,583
was gonna go down.
771
00:34:22,708 --> 00:34:26,333
So instead of attempting
to ditch it into the water,
772
00:34:26,417 --> 00:34:30,167
he simply opened one of
the doors and leapt out.
773
00:34:30,250 --> 00:34:32,792
And when he did
jump out, you know,
774
00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:37,500
he lands in ice-cold ocean
water, hypothermia sets in,
775
00:34:37,583 --> 00:34:41,167
it doesn't take long, and
all of a sudden, he perishes.
776
00:34:41,292 --> 00:34:42,458
- [Rudy] The United
States Air Force
777
00:34:42,583 --> 00:34:46,667
treats this incident as an
accident and closes the case.
778
00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:50,208
But 50 years later, there
may be answers still to come.
779
00:34:50,333 --> 00:34:53,083
In 2018, an exciting discovery:
780
00:34:53,208 --> 00:34:56,458
the wreckage of the C-130
is discovered by a dive team
781
00:34:56,542 --> 00:34:58,625
at the bottom of
the English Channel.
782
00:34:58,750 --> 00:35:01,667
Meyer's family, having
relentlessly pursued answers
783
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:05,792
for all these years, hopes that
a planned salvage operation
784
00:35:05,917 --> 00:35:08,292
will finally solve this mystery.
785
00:35:08,375 --> 00:35:10,875
- The plane was, for the most
part, pretty much intact.
786
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,500
But why would they tell us the
plan disintegrated on impact
787
00:35:13,625 --> 00:35:17,875
when some divers start out
within a year, two years, maybe,
788
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,708
or so, and found the plane?
789
00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:22,000
(tense music)
790
00:35:24,875 --> 00:35:27,500
- They never find Meyer's body.
791
00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:29,625
Rudy, that part reminds
me of the famous hijacker,
792
00:35:29,708 --> 00:35:30,792
D.B. Cooper.
793
00:35:30,875 --> 00:35:32,292
They never found him either.
794
00:35:32,375 --> 00:35:34,625
- They find parts of the
plane and a life raft.
795
00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:37,375
That tells me he might
even have survived.
796
00:35:37,542 --> 00:35:39,958
- It's not impossible, but
Rudy, you and I both know
797
00:35:40,042 --> 00:35:42,167
that booze, love,
and home sickness,
798
00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:44,500
they can make you do
some crazy things, man.
799
00:35:44,625 --> 00:35:45,417
- You know that's right.
800
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:51,167
- Now it's time for this
week's secret weapon.
801
00:35:51,292 --> 00:35:53,917
In this case, we're talking
about something dangerous
802
00:35:54,042 --> 00:35:56,250
and rare that lurks
beneath the waves,
803
00:35:56,375 --> 00:35:58,750
and I'm not talking
about a megalodon.
804
00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,667
- We're talking
about submarines.
805
00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:01,667
But in this case,
806
00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:04,542
what happens when a sub
is owned by a secretive,
807
00:36:04,708 --> 00:36:07,500
violent organization that
threatens the United States
808
00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:09,667
even as we speak?
809
00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:13,333
The question: how do the
secret narco subs work?
810
00:36:15,042 --> 00:36:17,208
(Guardsmen shouting
in foreign language)
811
00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:22,250
June 18th, 2019,
the Pacific Ocean,
812
00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:24,667
just 200 miles off
the coast of Colombia,
813
00:36:24,792 --> 00:36:27,500
a high-speed cat and
mouse chase is underway
814
00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:30,208
as the U.S. Coast Guard
is in hot pursuit.
815
00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:34,708
As we can see in
this intense footage,
816
00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:38,333
a strange submersible vessel
is doing its best to escape
817
00:36:38,458 --> 00:36:40,875
while Guardsmen are
screaming at it to stop.
818
00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:46,375
Let's give it up for that
Coastie getting it done.
819
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:48,833
The hatch finally opens,
820
00:36:48,958 --> 00:36:51,625
and the captain of this
unidentified floating object
821
00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:53,542
throws up his
hands to surrender.
822
00:36:54,583 --> 00:36:57,083
But what exactly is the ship?
823
00:36:57,208 --> 00:36:59,500
Former submarine
commander, David Marquet.
824
00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:03,542
- Ah, well this is a
homemade miniature submarine.
825
00:37:04,708 --> 00:37:07,667
I do know I would not
wanna be on that thing.
826
00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:10,583
- [Rudy] This video
quickly goes viral,
827
00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:13,000
not only because of the
vessel's strange design,
828
00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:14,333
but because of its cargo.
829
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:20,542
More than 17,000 pounds of
cocaine worth over $232 million.
830
00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:25,500
- The cartels are constantly
looking for other means to
831
00:37:25,583 --> 00:37:28,000
transport drugs
from South America
832
00:37:28,083 --> 00:37:30,625
to the continental
United States.
833
00:37:30,708 --> 00:37:34,500
The technology employed
is pretty high tech.
834
00:37:35,542 --> 00:37:38,875
- It's estimated that over
70 of these narco subs
835
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,875
will be made this year alone.
836
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,625
- These things are also
believed to be moving
837
00:37:42,708 --> 00:37:45,542
about 30% of Colombia's
total cocaine.
838
00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:48,000
Now fortunately, the Coast
Guard's had the opportunity
839
00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:50,292
to seize and study some of them.
840
00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:52,500
- But what are we
really looking at?
841
00:37:52,667 --> 00:37:54,583
(tense music)
842
00:37:57,833 --> 00:37:59,292
How do narco subs work?
843
00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:01,542
Well, former submarine
engineer Ken Sewell
844
00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:03,583
says they're not
full-service submarines
845
00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:05,583
as we normally understand them.
846
00:38:05,708 --> 00:38:07,667
- Technically speaking, we're
looking at what's called
847
00:38:07,750 --> 00:38:08,833
a semi-submersible.
848
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,333
They are, just a little bit of
it comes up above the water.
849
00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,833
It's just a small amount
of positive buoyancy.
850
00:38:15,958 --> 00:38:17,542
They suck air in,
851
00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:19,917
run a combustion
engine, exhaust it out,
852
00:38:20,042 --> 00:38:21,917
not unlike a speedboat.
853
00:38:22,042 --> 00:38:24,458
- [Rudy] But as Captain
Marquet examines the video,
854
00:38:24,542 --> 00:38:27,333
he sees this design has
a remarkable ability
855
00:38:27,458 --> 00:38:29,417
to elude detection.
856
00:38:29,542 --> 00:38:31,583
And that's why it's
such an important tool
857
00:38:31,708 --> 00:38:34,375
for the clandestine drug trade.
858
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:39,375
- It's so low, so it's
hard to show up on radar.
859
00:38:41,208 --> 00:38:43,375
I'm guessing it
has a diesel engine
860
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:47,000
because these are
probably the intakes.
861
00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:49,833
It seems to be
moving pretty well.
862
00:38:49,958 --> 00:38:51,000
- [Rudy] Where did it come from?
863
00:38:51,125 --> 00:38:53,792
We know there's a sprawling
international black market
864
00:38:53,875 --> 00:38:56,167
in illegal weapons,
but Sewell says,
865
00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:57,292
with these submersibles,
866
00:38:57,375 --> 00:39:00,458
it's much easier to
make one from scratch.
867
00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,833
- To build one of these,
you really just kinda need
868
00:39:02,917 --> 00:39:04,708
a metal shop and a welder.
869
00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:07,500
To bend the metal
and weld it together,
870
00:39:07,583 --> 00:39:09,667
it's not really
that complicated.
871
00:39:09,792 --> 00:39:12,375
- [Rudy] Still, in order
to even operate a plant,
872
00:39:12,542 --> 00:39:14,167
there must be some
fundamental knowledge
873
00:39:14,250 --> 00:39:16,208
of how this technology works.
874
00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:19,667
- This is technology from folks
who know what they're doing.
875
00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:23,750
You can imagine a former
nuclear sailor in a major navy,
876
00:39:23,875 --> 00:39:27,833
Russian, British,
French, or American,
877
00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:31,292
suddenly being approached
with huge sums of money,
878
00:39:31,375 --> 00:39:35,542
seven digits plus, to
assist in this effort.
879
00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:38,000
The cartels certainly
have it within their means
880
00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:40,000
to woo that kind of talent.
881
00:39:42,708 --> 00:39:46,792
- There are a lot of personnel
from the former Soviet Union,
882
00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:49,208
and I know some of 'em
ended up down there
883
00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:50,333
building these things.
884
00:39:50,458 --> 00:39:52,500
I wouldn't be surprised
if the North Koreans
885
00:39:52,625 --> 00:39:53,667
even got into this.
886
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:54,750
- [Rudy] And perhaps
the scariest thought
887
00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:57,542
about seeing these
types of innovations
888
00:39:57,667 --> 00:40:00,667
is what other nefarious
purposes could they be used for?
889
00:40:00,750 --> 00:40:02,667
Why stop at drug smuggling?
890
00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:04,208
- I look at something like that,
891
00:40:04,333 --> 00:40:07,083
and I'm thinking
something more of a,
892
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:10,000
if you can transport narcotics
or illegal contraband,
893
00:40:10,167 --> 00:40:14,167
you can transport a dirty bomb,
a nuclear who-knows-what.
894
00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:18,042
Something that could cause
way more damage than cocaine.
895
00:40:21,917 --> 00:40:24,042
(tense music)
896
00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:29,750
- Recently, President
Joe Biden told Congress
897
00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:32,333
these semi-submersibles
pose, quote,
898
00:40:32,458 --> 00:40:34,750
"A significant danger
to the United States."
899
00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:37,208
- And not just
the United States.
900
00:40:37,333 --> 00:40:38,833
Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka
901
00:40:38,917 --> 00:40:40,875
have become the first
terrorist organization
902
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,667
to develop these kinds
of underwater weapons.
903
00:40:43,750 --> 00:40:45,625
- That's scary stuff, brother.
904
00:40:45,708 --> 00:40:47,375
That's our show for
tonight, people.
905
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:49,458
Until next time,
keep your powder dry.
906
00:40:49,542 --> 00:40:50,917
- And your head on a swivel.
907
00:40:51,042 --> 00:40:52,083
Good night.
908
00:40:52,208 --> 00:40:54,417
(tense music)
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