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The encounter was way bigger
than just those videos that
the public saw.

[Jessica] What cool stuff
we're gonna find in here?

[Josh] My team digs into
the most shocking
military footage

ever leaked to the public

of unidentified objects

flying in our skies...

It maneuvered around them
in a hypersonic velocity,

like it owned them.

...and below
the surface of our oceans...

Reports of USOs,

unidentified
submersible objects,

moving thousands of miles
per hour.

[Josh] ...all centered around
an island

of the California coast.

Oh, my God.
We got it.

No idea what the heck
that thing is.

[Josh] Is it top secret tech
from a foreign power?

[man] The activity's been
going on far too long
for this to be military.

[Josh] Or are we being visited

from something
out of this world?

These things are indeed real.

We still don't know
what they are,
but they're real.

[Josh] The former director
of a top-secret government
program

joins the X team
on a deep dive for answers.

-[man] You seeing that?
-[man 2] I don't know
what the hell it is.

[Josh] The truth is out there.

There's something that
comes into our airspace

that's ridiculous.

What do you think? Alien?

[Josh] It's time to unravel
the mystery.

-Holy [bleep] Right there.
-[Phil] I see a light!

Oh, my God.
It's incredible.

[Josh] Aliens of the deep.

My name is Josh Gates.

In my travels,
I've experienced

strange things
that defy logic

and made me question
everything.

Oh, my God!

Now, I've put together
a team to investigate

the stranger side
of the unknown.

Let's go!

Phil Torres is a scientist

who hunts for rational
explanations.

[Phil speaking]

Jessica Chobot's
paranormal research

has made her
a true believer.

Phil, do you see that?

[whispering] I just saw
something run across.

[Josh] Together,
we're searching for answers...

[Phil whispering]
What is that?

...to the world's most
extraordinary mysteries.

This is Expedition X.

All right, riddle me this.

What can travel faster
than the speed of sound,

flies circles around
an F-18 fighter,

and pretty much challenge
everything we thought we knew

about aviation technology?

Does it also wear a cape
and have an aversion
to kryptonite?

Not Superman,
but when the story broke

in The New York Times
and The Washington Post,

it was headline news,

and for a lot of people,

really legitimized
the study of UFOs.

-So the Tic Tac UFO video.
-Well done, lieutenant.

The fact that
this Navy F-18 pilot

was able to record this
back in 2004,

says to me that
the government knows
so much more about UFOs

than what they're letting
us know.

This is one of those
rare moments where, Jess,
I couldn't agree more.

-Oh!
-Whoa. Somebody print that
on a T-Shirt.

It's rare. But, this was
filmed by the onboard camera

on an F-18
by an elite fighter pilot,

and what they filmed
has no wings,

no discernable means
of propulsion,

it was flying faster
than Mach 5...

This video changed the game.

I think the government feels
the same way,

which is why they've
been investigating this.

And, in fact, the only reason
that we ever heard about this

secret navy video

is because it was leaked
by a guy named Luis Elizondo.

He was running
a secret program,
operating out of the Pentagon,

called the Advanced Aerospace
Threat Identification Program.

This was former
Senate majority leader
Harry Reid's program.

Elizondo's mission
here in this organization

was to investigate
and evaluate these
potential craft

and to try to understand
if they could be a threat.

But there is so much more
to this story.

November, 2004,

the Navy's USS Nimitz's
Carrier Strike Group,

including the USS Princeton,

are performing a series
of training missions

in the waters
off Southern California.

Over a two-week period,

Navy radar operators detect

upwards of 100

fast-moving unidentified
flying objects in the area.

Radar operators
on the USS Princeton

first detect unidentified
objects in low earth orbit.

The targets dropped
to 80,000 feet,

arriving in groups
of 10 to 20,

then 28,000 feet.

Suddenly in .78 seconds,
they're at 50 feet.

Some completely disappearing
below the waves
near Catalina Island.

After deploying F-18s
to investigate,

one of the war planes
gets a lock on
one of the objects.

But pilots lose this strange
oblong-shaped craft

when it shoots off
at speeds that would kill
any human pilot.

And it's not the first time
our military witnessed craft

of unknown origin in the area.

UFO reports
from both civilians
and military personnel

around Catalina Island
have been mounting
since the 1920s.

In 1957,

radar operators
on the USS Columbus

spot several strange objects
off Catalina shores,

hovering above the water
before finally disappearing.

In 1966,

Navy news photographer
Leland Hanson

captures video
of an unidentified object
flying over the island.

And like the Tic Tac-shaped
object in the recent
Navy video,

this craft also has
no apparent wings.

Even after image analysis
is conducted by NASA's
jet propulsion lab,

the object remains
unidentified.

Throughout the '70s,
'80s and '90s,

civilians on the water

claim to see strange lights
below the surface.

And boaters report
objects flying into the ocean
at incredible speeds.

These reports are largely
ignored by authorities.

But the leak of the now
infamous Tic Tac video
has changed all that.

And new reports
are emerging right now.

In March of 2021,

a Freedom of Information Act
request

revealed numerous UFOs
were once again detected

around Navy warships
in the area for several days.

And with brand-new
UFO reports originating
from this same area,

Catalina Island is officially
ground zero

for a UFO hunt

that has the attention
of the world.

So I think the two of you need
to get out to Catalina
and start investigating.

I've lined up
a research vessel for you

and also two Navy eyewitnesses

who are willing to go
on the record and share
what they saw firsthand.

I'm still working
on Luis Elizondo
from the Pentagon.

If we could get him
to go on the record,
that would be huge.

Oh, definitely huge.

In the meantime,
I would also try to
track down the most recent

UFO eyewitnesses
out on Catalina

and deploy the best tech
that we have

to try to capture evidence
of what people are
seeing there.

-Sounds good.
-We're on it.

This is a huge story.
It really is one of the most

compelling UFO cases ever.

So, good luck out there.

-Thanks.
-Thank you.

[Josh] The next day,
the team hops on
a 2,500 mile flight

to Los Angeles, California,

where they meet
with Captain Bob Kennedy,

who will take them
22 miles off the coast,
to Catalina Island.

He's been navigating
these unpredictable waters

for nearly four decades,

in an area considered by many
as a hotbed

for UFO activity, both above

and below the waves.

[Captain Bob] Hey, welcome!
Your journey begins.

-[Phil]
Permission to come aboard?
-Absolutely.

Your stateroom is forward
on the starboard side,

restroom and shower
just forward of that.

-You got me the bigger one,
right?
-Of course.

-Thank you.
-What?

Ha-ha.

We'll get you underway
to the island

and we'll have you there
in a couple of hours.

[Jessica] Our attention
won't be just on
the mysterious objects

seen in the skies
above the island,

we'll also need to keep an eye
on the surrounding waters

for any signs of unidentified
submerged objects,

or USOs,

that are commonly reported
in the area.

So to stay mobile
around the island,

this research vessel
will act as our home base

during this investigation.

Its sonar equipment
will help us detect

any unusual objects
under the water.

[Captain Bob]
We should be able to see
the island soon.

[Jessica]
Look at how pretty this is!

[Josh] Santa Catalina Island
is 75 square miles,

nestled off the coast
of Southern California.

Known for its awe-inspiring
seascapes,

the majority of the 4,100
full-time residents here

reside in the small city
of Avalon,

leaving the rest of the island
largely untamed.

How're we doing?
Getting close?

Getting close.
We're about ten minutes out.

-[Phil] All right.
-Perfect.

[Phil] We're heading
for the southwestern shore
of the island

that faces the open water

where many of the UFO
and USO sightings
have occurred,

including the Nimitz
incident in 2004.

[Phil] How close can you get?

I'll get this boat in about
100 feet of water and anchor,

then we're gonna put you
in the inflatable and you can
take yourself to the beach.

-We'll be here
when you get back.
-Got it.

[Phil] We've arranged
a meeting with two
of the Navy officers

who were part of USS Nimitz's
Carrier Strike Group,

who were conducting drills
here in 2004

when strange objects
started showing up on radar

and resulted
in the most famous
UFO footage in modern time.

-[Captain Bob] Safe sailing.
-[both] Thank you.

[Phil] They've agreed to share
their side of the story

about what really happened
on that fateful day.

All right. Hold on,
we're going in!

Jess, you said you did
want to get wet today, right?

No, I did not.
I did not say that, Phil!

[Phil] Hold on!

[both whooping]

[Jessica] I'm going to
throw up.

-Hey there.
-Hi.

[Sean] Hey, how's it going?

[Jessica] Sean Cahill,
was the chief master-at-arms

working on the bridge
of the USS Princeton,

a Ticonderoga class
guided-missile cruiser.

Gary Voorhis was the computer
technician responsible for
the operating mainframe,

of the Aegis Combat
and Radar System.

They are both retired
and allowed to talk
about their experience

since the Pentagon
officially declassified
the USS Nimitz

Tic Tac video in 2020.

[Phil] I think
the whole world knows

that something kind of crazy
happened in 2004.

Walk us through it.

Back in 2004,
we were out there

off of Catalina here

in an op area
doing an exercise,

and at one point
during the week, um,

Senior Chief Kevin Day
called me
up on the bridge

and started to tell me
about some anonymous
contacts that he had on radar.

And these contacts
were appearing
at very high altitude,

nearly suborbital
in some cases.
And then...

-they were seen
on the radar...
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

...to drop down
instantaneously

right above the water.

What did you think
you were seeing?

[sighing] Instantly
I'm thinking clutter.

Something that's
not actually there,

it's just-- we need to just
reset the systems
and then they go away.

-Mmm-hmm
-Um, but,

these didn't go away.

What happens next?

I was going out,
it was my lookout,

and look up in the sky
on certain vectors
and try to find things

that say these are
at least actual objects
that we're picking up.

Gary was doing the same,
because he was the one
calibrating everything.

And we both saw
something anomalous
in the sky.

-With your own eyes.
-With our own eyeballs. Yeah.

That matched up
with what was showing up
on the radar?

What did you see?

-There were five lights
in the sky.
-Mmm-hmm.

And I watched those lights
twist together

in a clockwise proportion,
all towards the middle,
and each of them blinked out

all by them-- one by one.

I had never seen
anything like that

in all of the aircraft
that I have observed,

in all of the exercises
that I've been on

and being an aircraft--
aerospace geek my entire life.

Nothing does that.

You're seeing these things,
it's getting picked up
by radar.

What do you do?

It was agreed upon
to intercept

and take a look
at what these are.

[Phil] We've brought along
the FLIR footage

taken by the F-18 pilots

after orders were given
to intercept these objects.

Sean and Gary,
two men trained on the navy
state-of-the-art radar

and target acquisition
technology,

agreed to give us their take
on the footage.

[Sean] So, what we're looking
at here is through
the gun camera footage

of the FLIR pod
on an F-18 in daylight.

Now you're looking at it
in infrared.

You can see here
that it's roughly
Tic Tac-shaped.

-Then you get the close-up.
-Mmm-hmm.

And then, that was
when it took off.

The best fighter attack
aircraft that we have,

it maneuvered around them

in a hypersonic velocity,
like it owned them.

And then it just zorched
out of the area

like it was in
a Star Trek video.

They couldn't even come close
to maneuvering the way
that these could.

So looking at this video,
what stands out you to say

this is something
that's never been seen before.

Number one,
that has no control services.

-That has no wings.
-[Gary] No wings.

-No visible engine.
-No propellers.

No means of control
whatsoever.

This is a completely smooth

-Tic Tac-shaped thing.
-Mmm-hmm.

There's no way that
it should be up in the air.

-[Gary] And then it's all
one color.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

Yeah, there's no difference.

It's not just once color,

it's very cold. It's colder
than everything around.

What?

[Phil] The exhaust emitted
from a typical jet engine

is around 1,100 degrees
Fahrenheit.

That means any engine seen
through a thermal camera
glows brightly.

The Tic Tac shows no signs
of heat.

In fact, it's the opposite.

The atmospheric temperature
at the altitude where
it was seen hovering

is an icy 12 degrees
below zero.

This object is even colder.

I know radar was detecting
stuff in the sky.

Were you picking up
anything under water?

At a certain point,
when they were going to

take a look at what these are,

you know, there were a couple
of different pilots
that actually saw them

and they all reported

that there was a large
747, uh...

-sized object...
-[Phil] Mmm-hmm.

...right up underneath
the water.

-What?
-[Gary] Yeah.

-[Sean] It's not
often reported.
-Yeah.

Wait, so there's
a 747-sized object

just under the water
and then these Tic Tacs

-flying around that that
they're seeing?
-That's correct.

No kidding!

[Josh] Phil and Jess
are speaking with two
Navy officers

that witnessed UFOs
off the coast of California

in 2004.

And according
to these soldiers,

this now infamous event

was even more bizarre
than originally reported.

[Jessica]
So there's a 747-sized object

just under the water

and then these Tic Tacs
flying around that that
they're seeing?

-That's correct.
-Yeah.

How do you know
it's not a submarine?

-The USS Princeton
is an anti-submarine platform.
-Got it.

That's one of its
main missions.
So no one else on this planet

-could have infiltrated
that water...
-[Jessica] Uh-huh.

...inside of that battle
group's bubble.

Could it be training for
top-secret new equipment

and just took advantage
of the fact that you guys
were in the area?

Very simply, we don't do that.

We do not train unbeknownst

-to the people being trained.
That's how casualties happen.
-[Gary] It's too dangerous.

-Got it.
-Mmm.

What is your personal take

on large mysterious
underwater object
and these UFOs?

To be absolutely...
candid about it,
I have no idea what they were.

I just know that

there's something
that comes into our airspace

and it's got a level of
technology that's...

ridiculous.

We've no clue
what's piloting these craft.

Who designed them?
Who brought them here?

We're talking
about technologies
that operate up

in energetic levels,

uh, that are far beyond
our nuclear reactors.

I would never go near
one of these things.

-Oh, okay.
-My goodness.

Well, that was easily one of
the most amazing stories
I've ever heard.

Ever.

There's so much more
to that encounter than
what you think.

Whatever happened in 2004,

-in these waters out there, is
-Mmm-hmm.

super unexplainable
by anything we know
here on earth.

Which is kind of bonkers
to say.

Looking around here though,

if we wanna see
anything tonight,

there's a lot of hills around.

I think we need to get
up on top of those hills,

so that we have way better
visibility of both the water

-and the skies all around
the island.
-Yeah, I agree.

[Phil] As the sun burns off
the morning cloud cover,

we set off to Mount Orizaba,

the highest point on Catalina.

It's a 5-mile hike

through some of the wildest
parts of the island,

where we'll have
to maneuver past

Southern Pacific rattlesnakes

and something
even more dangerous.

Oh, stop!

-What?
-[whispering] You seeing that?

Oh, [bleep].

Do not move.

That is a giant bison.

[Jessica] What do we do?

[Phil whispering] Stay quite.
No big movements.

These things can run
like 35 miles per hour.

We're uncomfortably close
to this thing.

I know, we do not want it
to charge us.

Yeah, no kidding.

[Phil] There are about
100 bison roaming freely
on Catalina Island.

However, they're not native
to the island.

In 1924, a herd
of American bison
were brought here

to provide the backdrop
for the production
of an early silent film

and have been living here
ever since.

These powerful
2,000-pound animals

can easily break bones
if they decide to charge.

[whispering] I can't remember

if you're supposed
to look them in the eye
or not look them in the eye.

-I'm gonna go with
"not look them in the eye."
-Okay.

I mean, it looks like
it's happy eating.

So I say we take
this opportunity to just
skidoosh down that way.

[whispering] Yeah,
I think that sounds good.

-So, skidoosh. Go.
-Okay.

[Phil] Free-roaming bison
are not the only things
that make Catalina unique.

-Jess, did you know that--
-What?

...there is a butterfly
only found here in Catalina

called the
Catalina hairstreak.

-I did not know that.
-Yeah.

Did you know
there's a pet cemetery here?

[Phil] It's weird.

Did you know that there's
a shrew only found here
that they thought was extinct

and they recently
found for the first time
in 15 years?

-I did not know that.
But that's pretty cool.
-Yeah.

[Jessica] Did you know

that a door turn
alternate dimension, randomly
shows up on the island?

Jess, you know some
really weird facts
about Catalina,

-just saying.
-I know.

[Jessica] A dozen more
"did you know"s
and 2,000 vertical feet later,

we arrived at Mount Orizaba,

Catalina's highest point.

And with unidentified lights
reported right over
these waters just last week,

it's the perfect vantage point
for spotting any
unusual activity.

-Great view of the ocean.
-Really amazing.

-And somewhere out there,
-Uh-huh.

this whole incident
went down.

They caught it on radar,

-they scrambled the jets,
-Mmm-hmm.

and those fighter pilots
recorded the video of the UFO.

So there was something weird
flying out here.

Yeah, they definitely ran
into something.

I think we should set up
the DAP camera.

Back in World War II,

the military actually
had a radar installation
set up here

to scan the waters as well
and I figure if it's
good enough for them,

it's good enough
for a DAP camera.

[Phil] This Data Acquisition
Project camera, or DAP camera,

is designed to track
and identify flying objects

with incredible accuracy.

Its AI-powered software
analyzes the shape

and movements of the object

and then compares them
to a database of

every known aircraft
in the world to confirm
its identity.

Once we set it,

-if it spots something
that can't identify it,
-Mmm-hmm.

then that's when the alarm
goes off on this.

[Jessica] That's when we know
we got a UFO.

That's when we know
we got something

it can't identify in the sky.

Like an unidentified
flying object

-in the sky.
-Technically, sure.

-[Phil] All right, ready?
-Yeah.

Set this thing.

[Jessica] I mean,

-this doesn't suck.
-It does not.

[Jessica] No.

[Phil] Ooh,
I just saw a whale.

[Jessica] Or it's
a UFO flying into its
underwater base.

-Sure.
-Yeah.

[Phil] Or it was a whale.

We turn our attention
back to the DAP camera's
monitor

as it searches for
unidentified flying objects.

-Ooh, tracking something.
-Oh, yeah.

-[camera beeps]
-Oh, it's a plane.

[Phil] At least it's working.

This thing is clearly running.

I got the FLIR in my bag
and I think,

you know, it might be worth
taking this thing out

and checking the skies
on this side

to see if we get anything
unusual flying around

that we can't see
with our own eyes.

-I mean,
this thing has an alarm.
-Let's do it.

Okay.

[Phil] We positioned
the DAP camera to the south,

facing the waters
where the Nimitz
incident occurred.

But it's only
able to monitor
180 degrees of skyline.

To surveil the remaining skies
above the island,

we're deploying this
high-powered thermal camera

capable of detecting
temperature variations

over 3 miles away.

We've synced the DAP camera's
alarm to our phones

so even if we venture out,

we'll be notified
if it gets a hit.

-You seeing anything?
-Nothing right now.

I'm gonna kind of
follow the horizon

and then I'll do a sweep up.

[Jessica] Okay.

Yeah, let's see
what else we got.

-[Phil] Oh, look at that.
-[Jessica] What is that?

-Oh, my God,
that looks like a house!
-[Phil] That's in the ground.

-Oh, my God.
-[Jessica] Look at this!

You know what this is?

This is a building left over

from that radar station
in World War II.

Oh, I bet you're right.

[Jessica] December 7, 1941.

The US Army built this bunker
as part of Camp Cactus

which hosted
advanced radar technology

designed to detect
Japanese ships and aircraft.

And in 1942,

it's possible
the radar in this bunker

also detected something
no one could identify.

-[Phil] This thing is huge.
-It's creepy.

Ooh. We got a ladder.

-I'm going in.
-[Phil] You think?

[Jessica] What do you
mean "I think?" Yeah!

What cool stuff are we
gonna find in here?

This entire base
was thrust into action

just a few months
after it was built.

On February 25, 1942,

military radar detected

unidentified flying objects
in the sky,

100 miles west
of Catalina Island.

Witnesses reported spotting

anywhere from 25 to 200 crafts
swarming over coastal waters.

Believing them to be
attacking Japanese bombers,

troops unleashed
an hour-long barrage

sending more than 1,400 shells

from anti-aircraft guns
into the night sky.

When the smoke cleared,

no bombs had been dropped
and no planes had been hit.

This incident is now known as
the Battle of Los Angeles.

To this day, nobody can
explain what the craft were

or why our anti-aircraft guns
couldn't hit a single one,

making it one of
the highest-profiled UFO cases

in US history.

I'm wondering if we can find
some clues in here

about that bizarre,
iconic incident.

[Jessica grunting]

[Phil] Jess, watch where you
put your hands down here.

[Jessica] Okay, why?

Because we have
a black widow right there.

-[Jessica] Oh, [bleep].
-[Phil] So there's
probably a lot more.

-[Jessica] Okay.
-[Phil exhales]

[Jessica exhales] Okay.

Look at this thing. Wow.

Another black widow.

-All sorts of fun things
in here, huh?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

Oh, check this out. You can
see some of the old tiles...

-Oh, yeah.
-...from when this was in use.

-Oh! Oh! Bat, bat, bat, bat!
-[Jessica] What? What?

-Whoa! [yells] There it is!
There it is!
-Bat! Bat!

-[Jessica screams] Oh, my God!
-Oh.

[Jessica] It bopped me!
Holy [bleep]! [laughing]

-[Phil] There he goes,
there he goes.
-Ew!

Holy [bleep]!

-[Phil] You good?
-Yeah, I'm good.

[Phil] This place
is officially

very, very abandoned.

-All right.
-[Jessica] Okay.

This is a reminder that
the military has been active

in this area
for a very long time.

I mean, this is World War II.

We've got a naval base
on San Clemente Island

25 miles south of here.

Could explain
a lot of the other sightings

that have happened around here
by people in Catalina

-from decades.
-I'll meet you
halfway on that.

I think some
of those sightings

could have been military,

but, you know, don't forget.

The Navy didn't know

what those objects
in the sky were

flying around the Nimitz
Carrier Group back in 2004.

So, to me, that's like, "Okay,
well, what's going on there?"

I can admit, it is weird.

[alarm beeping]

-You hear that?
That's the DAP camera.
-That's the DAP camera.

-[alarm beeping]
-[Phil] Go, go, go!

-[alarm beeping]
-That's the DAP camera.

That's the DAP camera.

-[alarm beeping]
-[Phil] Go, go, go!

[alarm beeping]

And we got something.
Okay, I'm gonna hit
playback here.

[Jessica] There it is.
Unknown.

Oh, my God!

Oh, just moved.

-It's moving pretty
steady right now.
-Yeah.

-[Phil] Whoa!
-[Jessica] Holy [bleep]!

Oh!

No comet changes
directions like that.

Look, it's over here now.

Oh, [bleep]!

It's dashing
all over the place.

Uh...

[Jessica] And now
it's over here.

[Phil] Okay.

It's definitely not a plane.

Whoosh. Off screen,
right towards the ocean.

I mean, that's not a plane.
That's not a satellite.

That's pretty crazy.

[Phil] From the size
of the object

and the estimated
distance from us,

it appears to be jumping

30 to 40 miles
almost instantly.

If that is a piloted craft
or plane,

moving that far that fast
is nearly impossible

for any man-made technology.

No idea
what the heck thing is.

Well, it's a UFO.

Is what that is.

You can say "UFO," it's
an unidentified flying object.

I'm not saying you're
saying it's aliens, Phil,

-but you can say...
-Okay!

-...it's a UFO.
-I will say

it's unidentified,
it's flying in the sky,

and it's an object
of some sort.

-[laughs] Okay, okay, okay.
-[Phil] Sure.

I'll take it. I'll take that.

Okay.

[Jessica] We decide
to camp out here

so we can scan the skies
for the rest of the night.

But unfortunately, we weren't
able to pick anything else

on the DAP camera
or thermal camera.

But the footage
we were able to capture

confirms there is something

unidentified flying above
the island.

The object appears to dive
down towards the ocean,

but because of the limited
view of the camera,

we can't confirm it dove
beneath the water

or that it's connected
to the reports

of unidentified submerged
objects in the area.

We need to see if we can track
down anyone else on the island

who may have seen
the same thing.

So the next morning,

we give Josh a call
to see if he can help.

Hey, how's it going?

-Hey, Josh!
-Good.

[Josh] I see
a tent behind you.

Did you guys
camp out last night?

Yeah, we did.

-We certainly did.
-[Phil] Long night.

So, what's going on?

Well, we actually
got some activity,

but before we tell you
about that,

I wanna talk to you
about Gary and Sean.

'Cause those guys
blew our mind.

Absolutely. The encounter
was way bigger

than just those videos
that the public saw.

[Jessica] They said that when
the pilots went out

to intercept the Tic Tac,

they actually saw,
that underneath the water,

there was some sort of object

that was about the size
of a 747

that seemed to be interacting

with the craft
that they were seeing above.

This is nuts!

And so, what about last night?

The DAP cam we set up,

got a recording of something
that was flying

that it couldn't identify.

It was flying
in a pretty strange pattern.

[Jessica] I think,
at this point,

I'd like to know
if anyone else reported

seeing a UFO
in the area last night.

[Josh] For sure.

Well, a guy that I feel like

would be
really good to talk to

is someone named
Preston Dennett.

He's an investigator with
the Mutual UFO Network

or MUFON, which I know
you've heard of.

They're a big organization,
a very credible organization

that investigates
these kinds of stories.

So he might be someone
who can help

guide the next stage
of the investigation here.

-Perfect.
-Sounds great.

And keep looking at the skies,

and, I guess,
the water as well now.

Look everywhere, basically.

[Josh] Preston Dennett
has written 20 books

and more than 100 articles

about UFOs and other
unexplained phenomenon.

He's interviewed
hundreds of witnesses

and is one of the few
researchers in the world

to investigate
Catalina's long history

of UFO and USO encounters.

-Hey, Preston!
-Hi!

Hey, how are you guys?

-Good!
-Great! Glad we got
a chance to connect.

Um, listen, how long
have you been looking

into UFO sightings
around Catalina?

Very long time, actually.

I got involved
in this field in 1986,

I immediately started
giving reports of USOs.

Unidentified
submersible objects.

[Jessica] So, we actually
captured footage of a UFO

flying off the southern coast
of the island last night.

Have you heard any reports

of anybody else
seeing the same thing?

[Preston] No, actually,

I don't get a whole lot
of reports

from the southern side,
but that's great.

So what is it
about Catalina Island

that makes it such a target
for these sightings?

Even the navy officers
that saw these things

said we don't have
that level of technology.

My main theory

is that there's some sort of
undersea UFO base down there.

[Jessica] An alien base?

Yeah, and that's what I think
we're dealing with here.

You know, extraterrestrials.

[Josh] Phil and Jess
are speaking

with author and researcher,
Preston Dennett,

who has a shocking theory

about the high concentration
of UFOs

sighted above
and below Catalina Island.

My main theory

is that there's some sort of
undersea UFO base down there.

[Jessica] An alien base?

Yeah, and that's what I think
we're dealing with here.

You know, extraterrestrials.

[Preston] There's been
good, solid reports.

And it's a very active area.

Mile for mile, this
is probably the top location

in terms of the number
of USO reports.

-[Jessica] No kidding.
-Wow.

Oh, yeah.
Some of these cases,

we're dealing with
very large numbers of objects.

I mean, not one or two,
or even 10 or 20.

Dozens.

Or, in a few cases,
hundreds.

How many
of these sightings

do you think
could end up being something
from another world?

Good 10%, 20%
of these cases,

these craft are being chased
by military jets.

They can travel at speeds
that are almost
incomprehensible.

They've been sighted
since the 1920s,

when we certainly
did not have any technology
of that kind.

Okay.

[Josh] This same principle
applies to objects

seen moving
at breakneck speeds
underwater.

There's not much comparable
military technology.

The fastest German U-boat
from World War I

could only travel
19 miles per hour.

Even today,
the fastest recorded
underwater object

is the VA-111 Shkval
supercavitating torpedo,

which travels
230 miles per hour,

far slower
than the reported speeds

of the craft
seen around Catalina.

[Jessica] We spoke
to two eyewitnesses

that experienced
the Nimitz incident,

and they mentioned
that there was some other
strange object

the size of a 747
underneath the water.

Have you ever
heard of anything

under the water like that?

There's accounts
where there's an object
above the water

and there's an object
below the water,

and they are moving
in perfect tandem.

They are very much
in tight communication
with each other.

[Jessica] So, if there's
really an alien base
somewhere off the shore,

where do you think
we should focus our efforts?

[Preston] Uh, area of water
between Catalina Island
and the mainland

is very deep in parts.

This area does have
a lot of caves as well
in the water.

This is a perfect location
for them to have access

to a very large
population base,

while still remaining
pretty much perfectly hidden.

So, a place where
they can, kind of, lay low

but still keep an eye
on the West Coast.

Exactly.

There's a lot of reports
around the northwest edge.

I would definitely
stick to the side
that overlooks the mainland.

[Phil and Jessica] Awesome.

[Jessica]
Could a secret alien base

really be hidden
somewhere under the waves
of Catalina,

and explain
all the anomalous sightings,

including the infamous event
in 2004

that even our own government
can't explain?

Last night,
we focused our camera

over the waters
south of the island.

According
to Preston's research,

the highest concentration
of unidentified submerged
objects

have been seen
to the north of the island.

So, if there's
even more activity

in the deep waters
between Catalina
and the mainland,

that's a region
we just can't ignore.

Getting some waves
out here now.

Feel that.

Could you imagine
being in a boat

and having a mothership
just like, "Hey,"

come out of the water.

I would lose my mind.

It's like you can't resist
looking up.

You're just so used to looking
for objects in the sky

that to remember, like, no,
you know, you've got this
whole world

covered up with water
underneath you

that you should be paying
attention to.

That old cliche
that we know more about space

than our own oceans
is actually kind of true.

We might be landing
probes on Mars,

but 95% of our ocean
here on Earth

remains
completely unexplored.

So, who knows
what's really down there?

-This looks good to me.
-[Phil] All right.

Captain, do you mind
if we just creep along
this coastline here?

-[Captain Bob] Sure.
-All right, thanks.

-I can take
the bow of the boat...
-Okay.

...and you take
the back of the boat.

-The stern?
-That is the bow, right?

-Mmm-hmm.
-I got one of them right.

That's pretty good.

[Phil] Preston said
this stretch of water
north of Catalina

has the most reported
USO sightings in the area
by far.

So, as we make
passes through the area,

Captain Bob will keep his eye
on the vessel's sonar

which will help us locate
any objects under the surface.

Sonar, which stands for
sound navigation and ranging,

emits sound pules
into the water.

If there is an object below,
the sound waves are reflected
back to the surface

and will give us data
on the depth

and even orientation
of that object.

All right, Jess,
I'm in position.

[Jessica] All right.

[Phil] While our captain
monitors underwater,

Jess and I
are covering the surface.

We're setting up
a bank of GoPros

to cover an entire
360 degree view...

All right,
ready to roll.

...to capture
photographic evidence

of anything
that disturbs the water.

[Jessica] Oh, holy [bleep].
There's something
in the water.

The now infamous
Tic Tac video,

captured by Navy pilots
in 2004,

wasn't the only
Navy UFO footage

that was leaked
to the public.

Two others have also seen
the light of day

and also show
bizarre flying objects

caught on infrared
targeting systems.

One of these,
named the GoFast video,

was captured aboard
another Navy jet in 2015,
near the coast of Florida.

The other,
known as the Gimbal video,

shows a saucer-shaped object
flying above the clouds

against 120 knot winds.

And, apparently,
it wasn't alone.

After years
of public scrutiny,

the Navy finally confirmed
the authenticity
of all three videos in 2019,

leaving us to wonder,

what other
classified footage

of unidentified objects
haven't we seen?

My team
is investigating the waters
off of Catalina Island,

a hotspot
for both UFOs and USOs,

unidentified
submerged objects,

and Jess may have
just witnessed one firsthand.

[Jessica] Oh, holy [bleep].
There's something
in the water.

Right there. Do you see that?
Okay, well, now it's gone.

It was right over there.

Captain,
can we stop the boat?

I mean,
it was right there.

-Phil?
-Yeah.

Can you come back here?
I saw something.

[Phil]
All right, coming.

[Jessica]
Right over here.

It's kind of where
the land meets the water.

Slightly below that.

And it was just this quick,
kind of, like, pulse of light

that came up
and then went back down.

Wait. So you saw a light
on land or in the water?

-In-- In the water.
-In the water?

[Jessica]
In the water.

-Really?
-Yes!

Well, I'm seeing some towns
south and north,

-but nothing over here.
-No, it wasn't a town light.

It matches up with a lot
of eyewitness reports.

We gotta go
check it out.

The only way
to identify that light
is to follow it,

so Phil has volunteered
to brave the cold

to get a closer look
on a kayak.

-Hey, you all set?
-[Phil] All set.

-[Jessica] Okay, careful.
Here's the bag.
-All right.

All right, walkie working?

-Check.
-Check, check.

All right, be careful.

[Phil] You got it.

Hey, Jess, I'm seeing
some really big rocks

of what might be a cave.

[Jessica]
You're gonna head on inside?

[Phil] I think so.
Not sure how far it goes,

but I feel like
we gotta go in.

When you get inside,
walkie me

and let me know
what it looks like.

All right, Jess.
Heading in.

The current is strong
and already pulling me
into the cave.

If I'm not careful,
as the tide comes in,

this entire passage
could be underwater
in minutes,

and I'd be trapped inside.

Right now, it just all looks
kind of geological,

but, wow,
it gets big in here.

Oh, my God.
It's incredible.

Really?

Come on. There's like
an entire cave system in here.

So, you think, like,
a craft could be inside there?

Like, it's large enough
for one?

I think so.

Looks like there's
one branch off to the side,

and it gets narrow
up ahead.

Can you see
what's underneath the water?

[Phil] It's murky.
Can't see much.

Hang on, Jess.
I'm getting pulled in
a little bit.

-Jess, I'm seeing
light up ahead.
-Are you serious?

-[Phil] I'm seeing a light.
-Okay. Well, be careful,

but follow that light.

[Phil] Whoa!

Phil, are you...
Are you all right in there?

[Phil] The current's
really strong here.

Phil, do you read me?

[Phil] I got shoved up
against a rock.

Oh.

[bleep]

Jess, I'm getting
banged around
a lot down here.

I think the tide's
standing in here.

All right, be careful.
If you need to come out,
come out.

Keeps trying
to pull me in deeper.

[Jessica]
Phil, are you okay in there?

-[walkie-talkie crackling]
-I'm only getting
bits and pieces.

-[Phil] You there?
-Phil?

Phil, are you there?

Phil?

Phil?

[Josh] Next time
on Expedition X...

The conclusion
of one of our most

perplexing
investigations ever.

[Jessica] Oh, my God.

Are you seeing
what I'm seeing?

[Josh] For over a century,
mysterious unidentified
objects

have been spotted
above and below the water

near Southern California.

But what are they?

Captain, stop the boat.

We got something
down there.

[Josh] And what's
attracting them to this spot?

I have to be careful
of what I say

because I still have
a security clearance.

[Josh] The former director
of the Pentagon's

top-secret UFO program
speaks out...

[man] We have
something flying around

that we really have no idea
what it is,

where it's from,
what the intentions are.

[man 2]
Wait. Are you seeing that?

[Josh] ...and joins my team
to hunt down strange craft

reported in these
shadowy depths.

[man 1] I don't know
what the hell it is.

[man 2] What are we
looking at right here?

[Josh] Can they explain
the unexplainable?

We just got a big flash
on the ROV screen.

[Josh]
And uncover the secrets...

[Jessica] Holy [bleep].

I just saw a light
come out of the water.

...of the aliens
of the deep.

[Phil] What the...

For more information
on Expedition X,

head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.