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Directly out in front of me.

What the [bleep]?
Phil, do you see that?

[Phil] You got something?

[Jessica] Hurry up
and get into position

as soon as you can.

[Phil] Okay.
Let's move, let's move.

Alright Jess,
I'm getting there!

[Josh] On this episode
of Expedition X.

My team heads to Japan

where the ill-fated
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

has been linked to a surge

in unidentified
aerial phenomena

in the skies above
its irradiated ghost towns.

[Phil] We started getting
100 near-irradiated zones.

[Phil] [bleep].
Level's going up.

We've got to get out of here.
Get out. Keep moving.

[Josh] And when they
take to flight

to investigate anomalies

above an infamous
pyramid-shaped mountain...

[Jessica] Look at that,

it starts following
the plane back.

[Josh] They soon discover

that the land
of the rising sun

could be attracting
otherworldly visitors.

[Jessica]
It's traveling east to west.

[Phil] [bleep] What is that?

[Josh]The question is... Why?

[Jessica] Hold on!
Oh [bleep]!

[opening theme]

[Josh] Okay guys,
you're headed to Japan.

[Phil] -Yes!
[Jessica] -Yes!

[Josh] Well,
don't get too excited.

You're going to Fukushima.

[Phil] Oh... Where there
was a nuclear disaster

more destructive
than Chernobyl.

[Josh] That's the one, yes.

Fukushima suffered
a triple disaster.

An earthquake, a tsunami,
and a nuclear meltdown.

On March 11th, 2011,

a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
struck its eastern coast.

Huge waves of water
from a tsunami rushed inland,

devastating everything
in their path.

In the end, more than
20,000 people were killed,

entire towns were
wiped off the map,

and water flooded
the Nuclear Power Plant,

which for weeks leaked

significant amounts
of radiation.

[Jessica] Yeah,
it was very tragic.

[Josh] Absolutely.

If there is
any good news here,

more than a decade later,

the radiation
has been contained,

Fukushima has been
largely rehabilitated

and some of the population

has actually moved back
into the area.

Here is where things
get weird:

Since then
there have also been

a ton of UFO sightings.

[Phil] -What?
[Jessica] -UFOs?

[Josh] UFOs.
Since the disaster in 2011,

UFO sightings
all around Fukushima

have been off the charts.

So much so,
that the Japanese government

has actually established

a dedicated
UFO research center.

And what they have found
is shocking.

[suspense music]

[Josh] Japanese stories
of unidentified flying objects

have roots as far back
as the ninth century.

In the legendary
Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,

a man discovers a beautiful
humanoid alien in a forest:

Princess Kaguya.

She is offered love on Earth,

but she chooses to return
to her home in the stars.

Reports of extraterrestrial
encounters continue

throughout the centuries.

In 1803,
a strange saucer-like craft

known as the hollow ship

reportedly washes
on to Japanese shores.

[spooky sound effect]

A mysterious
female alien emerges,

but is unable to communicate.

The fishermen who find her

return her
to her strange craft

and it drifts away,
never to be seen again.

Believers say
ancient artistic depictions

corroborate the event.

[spooky sound effect]

[Josh] Reports
of UFO sightings persist,

but it's in the 21st century

that tales of alien encounters
really take off.

In 2007, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Nobutka Machimora

says he believes UFOs
definitely exist.

Two years later,
Japan's then first lady,

Miyuki Harayama publicly
claims she had been abducted

by a triangular-shaped UFO.

[spaceship sounds]

[Josh] Then comes
the Fukushima disaster.

In the shocking aftermath,

a spectrum of possible
UAP sightings

flood social media.

Including this video

of alleged glowing anomalies
flying in the airspace

above the doomed power plant.

[action music]

[Josh] Some theorize

aliens could be attracted
to radiation,

while others wonder
if they're trying to stop us

from ruining our planet
before it's too late.

[Josh] All this speculation

finally comes
to a head in 2021,

when after considerable
public pressure,

the government forms the
International UFO Laboratory

near Fukushima.
The world's first

state funded
research center of its kind.

[Josh] So, what is going on
in the skies above Fukushima?

Has science fiction
become reality in Japan?

[suspense music]

[Jessica] I mean,
that's a lot to process.

You've got a country

with a long
fascination of UFOs,

then they go through
a triple disaster

and then begin to see
even more UFOs.

[Josh] Right.
So, what do you think?

[Jessica] Well, when we've
researched UFO sightings

in the past, they do have
a tendency to show up

around nuclear facilities,

so are UFOs attracted
to radiation?

I think it's a real
big possibility.

[Phil] I love the idea
that noble aliens

are out there looking for us

and checking
in our nuclear disasters,

but I feel the most likely
explanation for all this

is PTSD.
I mean, think about it.

People live through
a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

The entire world
shook around then.

Then a wave the size
of a building,

and then a nuclear disaster.

And sadly,
it's well documented

that under cases
of extreme trauma,

afterwards, you can have
visual hallucinations

and like trauma,
these sightings

just doesn't go away.

[Josh] Here's the mission:
Get to Fukushima,

and talk to a local
eyewitness, Manami Yabuki.

She swears
that she saw something

that is not from this world.

Try to get as close as you can

to the nuclear
power plant, safely,

replicate the vantage point

of the power plant
from the video,

and see if you can experience
a UFO sighting for yourself.

[Jessica] We'll do it.

[Josh] Alright, great. Also,
the city is contaminated,

so bring radiation suits.

[Jessica]
Wait, what'd you say?

[Josh] You'll be fine.

[spooky sound effect]

[Josh] It's a 14-hour flight
from New York City to Tokyo.

From there, it's a four-hour
drive north to Fukushima City.

Along the way, Phil and Jess
pass through areas

hard hit by the 2011
tsunami and nuclear disaster.

[Japanese traditional music]

[Phil] Alright Jess,
first thing's first.

-Get the Geiger counter going.
[Jessica] -Uh huh.

[Phil]
So we can monitor our levels,

because apparently,
we're going to be going

through a patchwork
of hot spots on our way.

[Jessica] Oof.

[spooky sound effect]

[Jessica]
How are we looking right now?

[Phil] Right now, we're good.
Not in the danger zone yet.

[spooky sound effect]

[Jessica] I'm assuming
that the levels

are going to be
pretty damned high.

[Phil] It'll let you know
if we're danger.

It'll start beeping.

[Jessica] What's good?
Like, what are the levels?

[Phil] Anything below 30 is
considered relatively normal.

We start getting above 100,
we are in an irradiated zone.

Oh, we're getting some...
Some higher hits right now.

[Jessica] What are we up to?

[Phil] Around 30 right now.

[Jessica] -Still safe.
[Phil] -Still safe.

[Jessica] Okay.
100 is where we've got to

start getting worried.

I mean, it's...
I'm gonna be honest,

I'm going to start
getting worried at around...

like, 50.

[Jessica] We head into the
outskirts of Fukushima City,

which is actually
about 90 miles

from the
Fukushima Power Plant.

There to greet us
is Manami Yabuki,

who witnessed a UFO after
the nuclear radiation leak.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] Hi, Manami!

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]
[Jessica] [foreign dialogue]

[Jessica]
Ah, nice to meet you.

[Manami] Nice to meet you.

[Jessica] Yabuki is
a Fukushimi City native

who's never put much stock
in the paranormal.

But the triple disaster
upended her world,

and her beliefs.

[Jessica]
We wanted to talk to you

about your experience with
the UFOs that you've seen.

[Phil] But first,
if you're willing,

do you mind sharing
what it was like

to survive the earthquake.

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]It was actually an off day,

the afternoon.

I was sitting on the couch
eating lunch.

The couch moved
with the earthquake.

[tension music]

[Manai]I never felt that before.

[spooky sound effect]

[Jessica]
Even here, out in the city.

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing] I remember
that everything didn't look

the same as before.

[sad music]

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]The building had moved forward

and I noticed
a very strange thing.

The sky didn't look as usual.

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]It was snowing.

There was lightning.

[thunder strikes]

So, the climate
was suddenly different.

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[suspense music]

[trembling sound]

[Manami] [dubbing] It was
the first time I feared death.

[Jessica] I'm sorry
you had to go through that,

but I'm glad to hear
that you were okay.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] After that event,

is that when you saw
UFOs in the area?

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]After the earthquake...

[Manami] [dubbing] I witnessed
a light in the sky.

[Manami] [dubbing]Floating in the air,

the movement
was pretty strange,

zig-zagging
and no sound at all.

[Phil] What did you see,
what did you hear,

how fast was it going?

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]It was gray or black.

I remember the speed
was just as fast as a bicycle.

[Jessica]
Oh, that's very slow.

Could you tell what direction
it was traveling in?

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing] The flying
object was heading southeast.

It was hovering and then
suddenly, it was very fast.

[spooky sound effect]

[Jessica] Is that also
the same direction

as the nuclear plant?

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing] Yes.

[Jessica] -Okay.
[Phil] -Wow.

[Jessica] Interesting.

[Phil] Was it not terrifying,

if you have no idea
what this thing is

flying so close to you?

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing] Strangely,
I wasn't scared at all.

I was amazed.

[Phil] How sure are you
that it wasn't a...

government airplane or
a stealth plane, or a drone.

[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Manami] [dubbing]It was so close.

Usually, if it's a plane,
you can hear a sound.

But, I didn't hear anything.

[Jessica] Yeah, even a drone
will make noise.

[Phil] Yeah.

[Jessica] Actually,
they're really noisy.

[Phil] Yeah.

[Jessica] Thank you very
much for speaking with us.

[Jessica] [foreign dialogue]
[Manami] [foreign dialogue]

[Jessica] Bye, bye!

[Jessica]Yabuki's UFO sighting

occurred north of the
Fukushima Power Plant.

The video Josh showed us
was taken from the south.

[action music]

[Jessica] The plan tonight
is to split up and cover both.

Phil is headed north
to find the best vantage point

to observe the area,
while I'll head to the south

to try and replicate the
perspective from the video

and see if I can document
similar floating orbs

above the plant.

[Phil]There's a gate up ahead.

This has got to be it.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] Our route
intersects a hot zone

where radiation
levels in the air

are still dangerously high
all these years later.

[Jessica] -This is chaos.
[Phil] -Isn't it?

[Jessica] This is the most
chaotic thing.

[gatekeeper]
[foreign dialogue]

[Jessica] No one
gets through here

without special clearance.

[gatekeeper] [foreign dialogue]
[Jessica] [foreign dialogue]

[suspense music rises]

[Phil]More than 300,000 people

were forced to evacuate
during the Fukushima disaster.

In the years since, cleanup
and decontamination efforts

have made it possible
for some residents to return,

and many communities
in the no go zones

have since reopened.

So, armed with
a Geiger counter

to detect radiation levels,

I'm able to ditch
my hazmat suit

and proceed at my own risk
as Jess drops me off.

[Phil] Many neighborhoods
remain ghost towns

and the areas closest
to the power plants

resemble something out of
a post-apocalyptic movie.

[Phil]So, the challenge for us

is that we are essentially
in a patchwork

of dangerous zones.

[Phil] So right now,
we're reading medium.

This is okay to be in,

it's not necessarily
a place you'd want to live.

However, if we go over the
other side of that building,

or if the wind
changes direction,

you could suddenly
enter an area

where you're in very
high levels of radiation,

an area you would not want
to spend more than an hour

or you're risking
increasing your exposure

and increasing your risk
to something like cancer

a few years down the road.

So, we're going to be careful,

we have our suits
that we can put on

at a moment's notice,
but I think for now,

our best tool is our legs
and we're just going

to keep walking to try to find
that vantage point.

[Jessica] After dropping
Phil off, I hike up a hill

that overlooks the southern
side of the Fukushima Plant.

At the summit sits the
surveillance camera station

where the bizarre
UFO footage was recorded.

I'm most interested
in the uniformity

of the glowing UAPs,
and how they appear

to be flying
in a coordinated manner.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] So we've been hiking
for three minutes.

And I'm really out of breath.
[laughs]

And we're still got
an hour and 30

of hiking time to go.

Oh, man. [breathes heavily]

[suspense music]

[Phil] [sighs]

Yeah...

[breathes heavily]

[Phil] [sighs] [whispering]
God, this is unreal.

[suspense music]

[music rises]

[Jessica] Here we go.

You can see they've
disassembled the wires,

but down here,
probably leading into power,

and up there at the top

is where the camera
would have been pointed out,

towards the power plant.

[Jessica] This is perfect.

I've got
a good view of the plant.

Got the ocean
in the background.

Let's just set up
the IR camera here.

Okay...

[spooky music]

[Phil] Back on the north side,

my search for a vantage point
of Fukushima continues.

[Phil] It's been
completely abandoned,

and completely overgrown.
Look at this.

Unbelievable.

[Phil] [bleep]
Level's going up. 165 CPM.

We need to get out of here.
Get out.

I don't know if the wind
just shifted.

A second ago,
we were at medium levels,

that was doable,
but right now it's high.

Let's keep going.
Keep moving!

[Phil] [breathes heavily]

That's going down
a little bit over here.

Let's keep going
this direction.

High school building.
Totally abandoned.

[spooky music]

[Phil] Forced to flee
a pocket of radioactive air,

I approach
an abandoned school,

still searching
for higher ground

and a better view
of the Fukushima Power Plant.

[suspense music]

[Phil] [whispering] Let's
check the radiation levels.

All safe.

[device clicking]

[Phil] This is probably...

the most eerie place
I've ever been in my life.

[spooky music]

[Phil] Well, there's no water
damage in here,

so at least it seems
like this area was safe

from the tsunami
from the earthquake.

[footsteps]

[Phil] Look at this. 2010.

That is the year before
the tsunami hit.

This is such
a time capsule right here.

[spooky sound effect]

[Phil] Clock on the wall
standing still.

That's a perfect metaphor.

[grunts]

[breathes heavily]

[Phil] Unable to find
roof access,

my search for
an elevated spot

to observe the skies
above the power plant

goes well into the night.

Then, an idea hits me

about where to find
the perfect spot.

[spooky music]

[Phil] So if you listen,

I'm hearing
the ocean crashing,

which means
we're getting close,

because about five years
after the disaster here,

they built
these giant sea walls.

Because where I'm standing
right now, during the tsunami,

would have been
under 15 to 20 feet of water.

So these sea walls
are essentially

the first line of defense
against the next tsunami,

but also for me, they'll give
me great visibility,

the entire ocean,
and the skies. Let's go.

[breathes heavily]

[suspense music]

[Jessica] Okay,
so sun's finally down.

I've got IR on.

Start scanning,
see what we get.

Alright, so that right there,
that's that red tower,

blinking tower, up there.

And we've got
the city over here.

So I'm just trying
to kind of get...

a sense of location.

So that I don't misread
some of these blinking lights,

because there are
a lot of lights in the area.

Got really excited
for a minute there,

but it was a bug. [laughs]

So the tricky thing is

it's a little bit
of a hazy night, so...

You're getting these stars

that seem to be going
in and out, but...

because they're
not moving,

makes it pretty obvious

that that's some sort
of constellation.

And then...

And then if one's
moving pretty steady,

you know it's a satellite.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] That
right there,

that is a
reflection of that.

So if somebody was out here
with binoculars

or something else,
their own IR...

they might mistake that
for a UFO,

but really
that's just a reflection

of those lights down there.

[Jessica] Oh whoa, here we go,
here we go. Right over here.

Directly out in front of me.

What the [bleep]?

Phil, you copy?

[Phil] Yeah, what's up?

[Jessica]
I actually see something.

Do you see that?

[Phil]
I'm not in position yet.

What have you got?

[Jessica] I need you
to hurry up

and get into position
as soon as you can.

[Phil] Okay. Let's move,
let's move.

Alright Jess,
I'm getting there!

Give me a second!

[breathes heavily]

[suspense music rising]

[Phil] [breathes heavily]

Oh God, look at this thing.

[breathes heavily]

Alright. We're up.

So right now I see...

I see your tall blinking light
above the nuclear power plant.

What are you seeing?

[Jessica] Okay, so... hold on.

[bleep]!

Oh my God, I just saw a light
go across the horizon,

up and down,
and like roll off to the side!

[Phil] What direction, Jess?
Guide me.

[Jessica] East to west.
Starting where the plant is,

all the way across.

It was definitely not a boat.

It was just like moving
independently of its own

and was kind of like
going up a little bit

and then down a little bit.

It was not above
the horizon line.

It was actually in between
where the plant would be

and where I'm standing
on the mountain.

[Phil] That sounds
pretty close.

[Jessica] I know!

I didn't even see anything
with my bare eyes,

it was only
with the binoculars.

[Phil] East to west.

Wild...

[Jessica] I don't know
what I just saw.

Oh my God, it's gone.

[Phil] [over radio] Okay,
you've got something.

I'm going to set my camera
up on a tripod

because I have really good
visibility up here.

Didn't see what you saw,
but maybe if you keep

your camera running,
we'll get lucky.

[Jessica]
I definitely want to keep

the cameras going tonight,
absolutely.

[suspense music]

[Phil] Oh.

[Phil]We set up static cameras

at both of our locations

to observe the skies
for further activity.

[suspense music]

[Phil] Okay, so we have
Fukushima here on the right.

[sighs]
See a bit of the horizon.

And the sky is taking up
everything else.

Okay, we've got it recording.

Let's see what happens.

[Phil]Jess and I proceed to monitor

the Fukushima Plant
through the night,

but our stakeout yields
no additional UFO sightings.

The next morning,
we meet back up

to download with Josh.

[Jessica] -Hey Josh.
[Phil] -Josh.

[Josh] Hey guys. How are you?

You've got a special glow
about you.

[Jessica] [laughs]

I don't know if you should
be making that joke, Josh.

[Phil] It's honestly been
a really haunting experience,

going through some of those
radiations zones,

where the radiation levels are
still incredibly dangerous.

There's some areas where
people still cannot live.

[Jessica] Yeah, our alarms
went off a couple times.

[Phil] Yeah.

[Josh] Alright,
that's terrifying.

Stay safe out there.

How did that first
investigation go?

[Jessica] So, first night
investigation

actually was interesting.

We got something
that I can't quite explain.

[Jessica] Hold on.

[bleep]!

[Josh] Wow.

[Jessica] Yeah,
and it only showed up

on IR in night vision.

It was not there
with naked eyes.

[Phil] After looking
at both of the recordings

that she got of this thing,
it's pretty weird.

[Josh] So Phil, are you
telling me it could be a UFO?

[Phil] Well, let's just say...

we should keep our eyes
on the nuclear power plant.

There could be some things
flying around out there.

[Josh] Okay, great.
And I wanted to touch base

because I just got
an update on the access

to the International
UFO Laboratory.

You're in.

This place is in Iino,

which is referred to sometimes
as the Roswell of Japan.

They have a treasure trove
of sensitive documents there,

and you have granted
full clearance

to go
and take a look at them.

[Jessica] I mean,
that sound awesome.

[Josh] And there's more.

It's right next
to Mount Senganmori.

Now dating back
to feudal times in Japan,

this mountain was
a supposed hotbed

of UFO activity.

Sightings have actually
been picking up recently,

so keep on eye on the skies.

[Jessica] Cool!

[Phil] Yeah,
that sounds amazing.

[Josh] Good luck.

Can't wait
to see what you find.

[Phil] -See you Josh.
[Jessica] -Bye, Josh.

[Phil] It's a 90-minute drive
from Fukushima

to the UFO Mecca of Iino,
where Jess and I pull

into the International
UFO Laboratory.

Opening its doors in 2021,

the lab contains
countless examples

of documentation
claiming to prove

the existence of UFOs.

Including photos,
video clips,

and declassified documents.

[Jessica] We're like
right around here, yeah.

-Oh, that's us?
[Phil] -Yeah.

[Jessica] Look at all
these hot spots!

[Phil] Yeah.

[dramatic sound effect]

[Phil] And you know
what's down there.

[Jessica] The power plant.

[Phil] Ooh.

-Recent sightings right here.
[Jessica] -Oh, nice.

[Phil] These are all 2021.

So these are recent.
Look at that.

[Jessica] This is the stuff
that I'm like,

"What the heck?" Right?

Because you could not
get a drone that high.

[Phil] Uh-uh.

Little white dot again.

Hard to make out
what that is,

but it doesn't look
like a plane.

They've kind of got
it all here.

They did a really good job
curating all of these...

you know, potentially
legitimate sightings.

[Jessica] Yeah.
I've honestly never seen

so many UFO photos
in one spot.

[Phil] Yeah.
This is something different.

[Jessica]
It's pretty astounding.

[Phil] Yeah.

[Phil] After a quick walk
through the lab,

we're able to visit
with one of its founders,

Tsugio Kinoshita.

With decades of UFO research
under his belt,

Kinoshita
is the foremost authority

on unexplained aerial
phenomena in the region.

[Jessica] Kinoshita-san,

how did you get involved
in researching UFOs?

[Tsugio] [foreign dialogue]

[Tsugio] [dubbing]It really started

when I saw my first UFO.

I was 25 years old,
and that was the first time

I saw something in the sky
that I couldn't explain.

It was just
hovering in the sky.

And then
it suddenly disappeared.

I made up this picture
after the incident

because I was always
asked about it.

It's just how I remember it.

It looked sliver, metallic.

[Tsugio] [foreign dialogue]

[Jessica] How many sightings
have you had personally

over the course of your life?

[Tsugio] [dubbing]Five sightings total.

[Jessica] Wow.

When did you decide
to start collecting

other people's
experiences and stories

and documenting them?

[Tsugio] [dubbing]I started collecting

witness testimonials
around age 31.

More and more people
just kept coming to me

with their sightings
and stories,

like the ones I had.

[Jessica] Kinoshita claims
he's collected

eyewitness testimony
from more than 300

separate UFO sightings
over the years.

Many of them center around

this mysterious mountain,
Senganmori.

[Jessica]
So, why do you think...

Senganmori is in the center
of all this activity?

What's attracting the UFOs
to that particular area?

[Tsugio] [foreign dialogue]

[Tsugio] [dubbing] I think
it's because

of the geography
of the mountain.

It's not like any other
mountain around here.

It's almost
a perfect pyramid,

and I think that shape
might act as

some kind of beacon for UFOs.

We also installed
a powerful spotlight

on the top of the mountain,

and that might act
as an even greater beacon,

because there have been a lot
of UFO sightings there since.

If you go to the top
of the mountain tonight,

your chances of seeing
a UFO are very high.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] [foreign dialogue]

[Phil] After that bold
prediction from Kinoshita,

we head out to investigate
Mount Senganmori itself.

Like our Fukushima
Power Plant investigation,

we devise a plan to split up.

Jess and the crew will climb
up to the observation station

at the top of the mountain,

while I secure
my own view from the air.

[Phil] -Capt. Jim?
[Capt. Jim] -Hi.

[suspense music]

[helicopter engine sound]

[Phil] Alright.

Mount Senganmori,
here we come.

[music ceases]

[suspense music]

[Phil] How long is flight
time to Mount Senganmori?

[Capt. Jim] 20 minutes.

[Phil] 20 minutes.

So if we have
an hour 20 of fuel...

[Phil] 20 there and 20 back,
that gives us maximum what...

[Phil] -30 minutes?
[Capt. Jim] -Yes that's right.

[Phil] Okay.

Let's see what we find.

So I'm hoping that
by this time,

Jess has hiked her way
up to the top

of Mount Sengamori.

[Jessica] [grunts]
[breathes heavily]

[suspense music]

We've got a shrine over here.

[laughs] Look at this!

[Jessica] Oh my God,
look at this view!

Ha...

[music rises]

[helicopter sound]

[Phil] She'll set up
the Dap Cam there,

get her eyes on the sky...

I'm sure we'll show up
on the Dap Cam

but perhaps
something else will too.

We don't really know
but for some reason

a lot of people are seeing
unidentified things

flying around in this area.

[helicopter sound]

[Phil] So I brought with me
two pieces of equipment

when we get
to Mount Sengamori.

First one is this.

This is
a full spectrum camera,

meaning it films
in the infrared.

Now people talk
about this black silica

of Mount Senganmori and say
that it emits infrared light

in a way that perhaps
could bring in UFOs.

It sounds a little
far-fetched to me but hey,

let's measure how much light's
coming off there,

maybe they're onto something

as far as Mount Sengamori
being unusual.

The second piece
of equipment is this.

I've got my camera
with a long lens on.

So if we happen to see
something up in the sky,

we can get up close
and personal with it,

hopefully.

[helicopter sound]

[Jessica] [breathes heavily]

[Jessica] The Dap camera is
one of the most sophisticated

pieces of tech that we have.

It stands for
data acquisition project,

and it uses a pan-tilt
zoom camera

with optical software
to enable

moving target detection
and tracking.

If there's anything
in the skies

flying over this mountain,

this camera
will zero in on it,

and recognize all airborne
objects in its database.

Like an airplane
or a helicopter.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] Alright, Dap's up.
We are running.

Got a clear view of the sky.
Cameras...

North, south, east, west,
they're set.

And just in time,
because I'm pretty sure

I can hear a helicopter
on the horizon,

which means Phil's on his way
and not too far off,

so, we did this just in time.

[helicopter sound]

[Phil] -Oh my God.
[Capt. Jim] -Okay, okay, okay.

[Phil] [laughs]
[Capt. Jim] -Okay.

[Phil] Whoooo... Very windy.

[Capt. Jim] Very windy.

[Phil] -Oh my goodness.
[Capt. Jim] -Yeah.

[Phil] My stomach just went up
to about here. [laughs]

[Capt. Jim] [laughs]

[tense music]

[Phil] Small pyramid,
small pyramid straight ahead.

[Capt. Jim] Yes.

[Phil] Okay,
we're getting close.

So right now we have
Mount Sengamori dead ahead.

Walkie check, walkie check.

[Jessica] Copy. I see you!

What is the shape
of the mountain look like?

Does it look like a pyramid?

[Phil] Honestly, yes.
It really does.

You can almost see
the different...

sides of the pyramid.

But from up here,
it looks a lot smaller

when you compare to all
the volcanoes around here.

So, it's kind of unusual

why this place
would be so special but hey,

let's dig in and see
if we can find out.

[Jessica] Okay. I'm...
I'm watching the Dap.

You just let me know

if you see
anything weird on your end.

[helicopter sound]

[Phil] All right,

we've got the full
spectrum camera ready.

Let's start recording.

[suspense music]

[helicopter sound]

[music rises]

[Phil] All right,
we're getting it.

Getting good stuff here.

[helicopter sound]

[suspense music]

[helicopter sound]

[dramatic sound effect]

[Jessica] Phil, you copy?

I've got something,
the Dap's got something.

[Phil] You got something?
What direction?

[Jessica] It's traveling
east to west.

So heading inland.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] It just
disappeared on my end.

Do you see it?

[Phil] I can't tell
if it's just something

out of the corner of my eye.

I've got a big sun flare
right in my eyes

so it's kind of hard to see.

[bleep]! Um... Wait.

[music rises]

[Phil] Hang on, I think I..

What the...

What is that?

Give me a second,
I think I got something.

[Jessica] It should be
right by you!

[Phil] Oh my God.

It's a pretty far, faint,
white dot.

Moving across the sky.

[spooky music]

[Phil] What the hell?

There's two jets
coming in right now.

Are you seeing that?

So we have two jets.
Oh my God...

I think we see it.

It's a white dot slowly
moving across the sky.

Are you seeing those two jets
coming across right now too?

[Jessica] I caught something
on the Dap.

It was heading
towards the west.

I don't see it with my eyes,
but I mean,

we've got it, I'm recording.

[Phil] What the [bleep]
is happening up here?

[music rises]

[suspense music]

[Phil] Jess,
I think I lost it.

I have no idea
what we just saw up here.

[Jessica] I'm losing you,
I'm sorry. I can't copy.

[Phil] I think we're too far.

How are we doing
on flight time?

[Capt. Jim] No left there.

[Capt. Jim] That's
the limit for sure.

[Phil] We... we gotta go?

[Capt. Jim]
We're gonna go back.

[Jessica] [over radio]Phil, you copy?

[Phil] Jess, not sure
if you copy me

but we're running low on fuel.
We've got to head back.

[Jessica] Alright,
go ahead and land.

[Phil] We're heading back.

[Jessica]
Oh yeah, they're out.

We've got it
on the Dap though,

and I swear to God
that I heard Phil say

that he got something, so...
I think we're good.

[suspense music]

[Phil] It just looked
like a white

kind of metallicy dot
up in the sky.

And at first I thought
maybe just a planet reflecting

or a satellite reflecting

but it was moving
at a steady pace,

and then these two jets
go right across from it.

[Phil] As the UFO phenomenon
has grown over the decades,

so too has
the international response

trying to engage them.

One of the most famous
examples of fighter jets

tracking an unidentified
aerial phenomenon

is this video
of a 2004 incident

since dubbed
the "Tic Tac Event."

Taken aboard
a US Navy aircraft

over the Pacific,
the pilots encountered

a cylindrical flying object
moving at unfathomable speeds.

[pilot] [indistinct]
[shouts] [laughs]

[Phil] But the growing wave
of aerial engagement

is not exclusive
to the US military.

In early 2023,
it was reported

that there have been
45 separate incidents

where Russian military
has scrambled

fighter jets to follow UFOs.

[Phil] Now, was that
just coincidental

that that happened to be
the flight path of those jets?

I don't know, but then
it also makes me wonder

if the Japanese military
just scrambled something

trying to figure out
what's up there.

I don't know
what's happening right now.

[suspense music]

[Jessica] File saved.

I'm going to leave
these things running

just in case we get
another hit.

I'm going to have Phil
meet me here

and then just go over
everything we've got.

Because I want to see
what he ended up

catching on his end.

[Jessica] While I wait
for Phil to return,

and for the powerful
beacon lights to turn on,

I make sure all
of our digital eyes

are pointed to the skies
and recording.

[Jessica] Alright,
so cameras are up.

We covered pretty much

all the way
around this platform.

Cars down there.

Lots of dust and bugs

so we've got to be careful
not to make

any false positives
but so far,

everything's
been pretty still.

[Jessica] Okay,
so we've got about a minute

before these
beacon lights turn on.

They're right behind
this sign here.

Oh yeah, I see them!

Nice!

Alright, so that reaches up
into space.

Well hopefully
we see some UFOs.

Time to check the Dap.

[Jessica] I think we've got
something, hold on.

Let me see.

Play this back really quick.

Let's see.

Oh yeah, we do. Watch.

Okay,
so that's a plane, right?

So then we saw that.

Look at that. It starts
following the plane back.

[spooky music]

[Jessica] So the Dap blocked
on to the plane movement

and then that second light,
whatever that is,

started following the plane.
We've got another hit!

That is a lot of activity
for this area.

[Jessica] I mean,
that combined with

what I saw earlier
and hopefully Phil got eyes on

and was able
to capture on his end,

I mean...

This is a pretty busy
mountain for UFOs. [laughs]

[suspense music]

[Phil] Oof.

I see the Bat Signal's
been deployed.

-Jess, this thing's amazing!
[Jessica] -Pretty cool, huh?

[Phil] Yeah!

[grunts]

[Jessica] Alright,
first thing's first.

Did you get it on camera?

[Phil] -Let me show you.
[Jessica] -Oh good!

[Phil] So I immediately
downloaded the footage

because yes, look,
look right here.

Look right here.
Look at that!

[Jessica] [bleep] Oh my God!

You totally did!

[Phil] -Right?
[Jessica] -Yeah!

[Phil] That was what you saw.

[Jessica] That's...
well that's what the Dap saw.

[spooky music]

[Jessica] I could see
the helicopter with my eyes.

I could not see whatever
it was that that was.

[Phil] It was tiny.
I could barely see it.

Let me show you
this other clip.

Okay, so here's where it gets
kind of insane.

[Jessica] Okay.

[Phil] You see what's
on that side of the screen?

[Jessica] Oh, whoa.
Those are military jets.

[Phil] There's two of them.
It almost looks

like they're flying
in formation.

[Jessica] Oh yeah, it does.

[Phil] And then, do you
see from this perspective,

it almost looks like
they're doing a fly by.

[suspense music]

[Phil] I'm stoked.

[Jessica]
No, I'm very impressed.

I'm very happy.

Also after that, we've been
getting... check this out.

[Phil] -On the Dap?
[Jessica] -On the Dap.

[Phil] Let me see this.

[Jessica] That's the plane

that the Dap
grabs on to, right?

[Phil] Got you.

[Jessica] Check that out.
Did you see?

[Phil] Whoa!

[Jessica]
See that second light,

how it starts to follow it?

[Phil] Um... What?

[Jessica] You can tell
that's the plane

because of the way... Look,
right because of its lights.

[Phil] You can almost
see the... the tail.

[Jessica] I know.

[Phil]
It's compelling footage.

Between
what I saw up there...

[Jessica] Yeah.

[Phil] And that, they're not
flying saucers in the sky

that are coming
close to us and hovering,

but they're still
really weird.

[Jessica] Super weird.

[Phil] I've never been
that confused

by what I saw in the sky.

How many hours
do we have left

on the generator
for the Dap cam?

[Jessica] Think we've got
like six to eight?

[Phil] That's basically 'til
the sun comes up.

Let's just leave it running.

[Jessica] Leaving it running.
I think we'll get more stuff.

[Phil] Yeah.

[suspense music]

[Josh] Phil and Jess continue
to scan the skies

above Mount Senganmori
well into the early morning,

and it would prove to be

one of the busiest
nights of their lives.

All of the following images

were captured
on the Dap camera

in the pre-dawn hours.

Each clip shows one or more
unidentified phenomena

flying in
the Earth's atmosphere

above or near the mountain.

What's truly bizarre
is that some of the objects

that the Dap zeroes in on

appear to exhibit
propulsion capabilities

that defy
conventional physics.

While others almost seem
to engage and possibly mimic

known aircraft flying nearby.

As for the infamous
Fukushima UFO video,

after leaving her camera
running throughout the night,

Jess was able to recreate
that mysterious footage

fairly convincingly,
chalking up the alleged

lights in the sky to boats
out on the sea.

In the end, it seems to be
a case of forced perspective

and can be clearly debunked.

But what remains a mystery

is the rogue
illuminated object

that Jess captured flying
much closer to her location.

[Phil] Whoa!

[Jessica]
See that second light

and how it starts
to follow it?

[Phil] Um... What?

[Josh] And we cannot say
whether that object

might be somehow connected
to the unusual telemetry

observed on the Dap cam.

My team has conducted

countless sky watching
expeditions over the years

to answer
the age-old-question:

Are we being visited
by otherworldly beings?

[Josh] Clearly, more evidence
is necessary.

But never before
has our technology

provided such
a strong indication

that the answer could be
an astonishing "yes".

[music ceases]

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