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- I've never seen anything like that before.
- Right!

Oh, my goodness.
Isn't that amazing?

Is there anybody here with me?

- Oh, my God!
- - Whoa!

Oh, my gosh.

Wow! Did you see that?

There it is.
It is moving.

What I have for you
is the real Battle of L.A.

Stand by!

Whoa!

Oh, my goodness!

There's a flying saucer.

I'm getting a series of lights
right there.

Are you seeing what I am seeing?

What the heck is happening?

Sync by Jabbberwock
www.addic7ed.com

- Hey, guys.
- Hello.

You guys all remember Devin?

- Hi, Devin.
- Our new team member and tech expert.

How's it going?
Why don't we start off?

- Austin, want to kick us off?
- All right, guys.

Who's ready for a little bit
of poltergeist in their life?

Nice.
Oh, those are awesome.

Coming from the land down under,
Annandale, Australia.

Glenn Smith, October 17, 2010,

captures
this poltergeist activity

actually
on his girlfriend's cellphone.

- Oh, my God!
- - Whoa!

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my God.

Watch the bookshelf.
Okay.

Oh, my God!

Wow.

The first thing
I noticed about this

is that they sound
genuinely freaked out.

They're so scared.

I just felt like that was
a pretty natural reaction.

Oh, my God!

Really quick, let me sort of
point out something.

To this side
of the refrigerator...

...It's like these cabinets
keep going,

so somebody
could actually be there

maybe even with a fishing line.

Oh, my God!

It definitely meets
that criteria.

We do have the witnesses,
great footage,

and it's definitely testable.

I do like the video,
the witnesses.

I'm not quite so sold
as some of you

to the reactions of the people,

but why don't we see what else we
have and maybe come back to it?

Okay.
Agreed, totally.

Okay? Chi-Lan,
what do you have for us?

I have
a really great video, guys,

and it is
the most phenomenal video

I've seen in a long time.

I can see the hole now.

A family was vacationing
in Napa Valley

outside of Lake Barryessa,

and they come upon
this amazing vortex.

Oh, my goodness.
Isn't that amazing?

Wow!

Doesn't that look like
it has to be from a movie?

I've never seen anything
like that before. Right!

Neither have I.

And I've been to Lake Barryessa,

and I've never seen this.

Imagine taking a boat on water
when this is happening.

To me, it almost looks like
there's a structure,

you know, underneath the water.

You guys, I've actually seen
this video before,

and there is
a natural explanation.

This Lake Barryessa

has one of the largest spillways
in the world.

It's actually a giant cement
drain that prevents flooding.

Ah. So when the reservoir gets
too high, the spillway opens up,

the water goes down,
and that prevents flooding.

Well, I liked it, though.
It was an awesome video.

Now, guys, what I have for you

is one of the most historic
UFO cases there ever was.

This is
the real Battle of L.A.

So, picture this...

February 25, 1942.

This was
just a little over two months

since the attack on Pearl Harbor

and five full years
before Roswell in '47.

In the middle of the night
in Los Angeles,

all of the sudden,
the military gets a radar return

on an inbound aircraft
like 120 miles offshore.

They think they're under attack.

So, just after 3:00 A.M.,

witnesses start hearing
anti-aircraft shelling.

And the whole scene goes chaotic.

This is the photo that was taken
by the L.A. Times

that appeared on February 26th.
Wow.

Where the spotlights
are converging,

it looks like
a saucer-shaped craft.

Well, you know,
a lot of skeptics say

that that's just
an optical illusion

from all of the convergence
of the spotlights in one spot.

It looks like an artifact.

Isn't this the same photograph
that was used

for public relations
for "Battle: Los Angeles,"

a movie that just came out?

Right. This movie was inspired
by this event,

and it's about an alien invasion.

These little lights here...
anti-aircraft fire.

Over 1,440 rounds

were fired
at something in the sky.

- What?
- Geez.

- What was it?
- The air force

released that it was just
a weather balloon

like years later

in the '80s. I wouldn't say
it's another weather balloon.

I mean, that sounds like
Roswell all over again. Right.

What were they trying to hide?

That's the question.

Think about all the ways
we could test this.

I mean, you've got
artillery fire...

Searchlights...

Machine guns.
...Machine guns.

Well, guys, it sounds like

we're all really excited
about this case,

so why don't we see
what else we have today

and come back to this one?

'Cause I think it's way up there.

Okay.
Bill?

I have a rare piece of evidence.

An apparition recorded in 2008
aboard the Queen Mary,

which is docked
in Long Beach, California.

The videographer recorded this
by accident.

His name is Ryan Caudill.

This is a camera
that was just set down,

and he didn't know
it was recording,

and it's pointed down a hallway
on the promenade deck.

Oh!
Oh! Oh!

Wow.
Yeah.

That's like a shadow figure,

but instead of it just being shadows,
it's actually white. That's a ghost.

I mean, I shot a documentary
about the haunted Queen Mary,

and this is still
the best piece of evidence

that I've ever seen.

I really like this case.

It does have a lot of things
we could test.

Today we looked
at a lot of cases.

So, what do you say?

I think the evidence we have
for the Queen Mary case

is very strong, and we have
an available witness.

I agree.
It meets our criteria.

It's definitely testable.

If you go to Queen Mary,
I'm with you.

If we're going off popularity,

Battle of Los Angeles is huge.

I'll trade my video
for some guns.

All right. You want in on this
machine-gun action with me?

I want in
on the Battle of L.A.

Okay, Devin.
Yes, please.

Let's definitely lock in
Battle of L.A., then,

and, Jael, you want to come?

Absolutely.

All right.
And you guys...

We're locking in
Queen Mary right here.

Queen Mary.
And the room is divided.

Queen Mary it is.
Guys, this is awesome.

We've got two cases,
both in Southern California.

That's a first.
It is.

It is a first.

Well, let's get packing.
Yeah, let's do it.

So, guys, here we are in
Los Angeles, the City of Angels,

the entertainment capital
of the world,

and the site
of our next investigation.

Now, this case has inspired
articles, books, even movies

and is still a mystery
after 70 years.

If you guys look
at the photo that was taken,

you've got eight searchlights

trained on one mysterious object
in the sky...

And then you've got
artillery fire

exploding up all around it.

It makes you wonder
if this really was a UFO

or if the government was trying
to cover something up.

Well, for a lot
of UFO researchers,

this case represents the ground 0,

and it happened five years
before Roswell.

First, we need to check out
the site

where one of the original
gun batteries still exists...

Fort MacArthur.

We'll talk to Stephen Nelson,
the fort museum's curator,

and we'll see if we can get
a little bit of insight.

So, here we are
at Fort MacArthur.

Guys, check out all this
cool artillery. Wow.

Wow. Look at that.
Look at the size of that cannon.

Hey, are you Steve?

I'm Steve.
Ben.

Nice to meet you, Ben.
Nice to meet you.

This is Devin and Jael.

Hi.
Hi, there.

This is Marty Morgan,
our World War II expert.

Wow. Pleased to meet you.

Thank you so much
for having us here today.

So, we're talking about
February 25, 1942.

We have 1,400 rounds of artillery

shooting over
a major populated city.

- What's going on?
- This was a group of soldiers

on the ground
that were looking at a sky

that had been told, "The enemy will
be in your air space tonight."

At 2:43 A.M.,
they have radar contact

with unidentified aircraft.

At 3:06 A.M.,
the guns open fire.

The next thing you know,

over 1,000 rounds get put
in the sky over L.A.

In fact, let me show you
the projectiles.

You're talking this size shell
right here.

Yeah, feel that.

You got 28 pounds
of 3-inch shell right there.

90% of the rounds that were put
in the sky that night

were .50-caliber
machine-gun cartridges,

so that's what's in here.

So, what do you guys think

was in the sky
the night of the Battle of L.A.?

There isn't one story
for the evening.

We know for sure

that a meteorological balloon
was launched.

Well, what boggles me

is that they have
all these searchlights

on this so-called object,

and nobody can tell you
what it was.

Is this one of
the arc lights that was used?

This is the same type of light

that would have
been used that night.

So, if it was
a balloon in the sky,

what, approximately,
do you think the altitude was

of this object?

Well, from
the famous photograph

of the Battle of Los Angeles,

the object looks like it's about
2,000 feet in the air.

Okay.
So, we have an object,

maybe a balloon,
at 2,000 feet in the air,

and you have a .50-caliber
bullet that's firing at it.

Why didn't they hit it?

It's just a balloon, right?

I don't know that I have
an answer for you.

So, now that we've seen one
of the actual gun batteries,

it's time to start running
some tests

and see
if we can replicate the photo.

I think in the desert,

we have plenty of room
to do our test.

So, our first test
is the artifact test.

An artifact is actually
an optical illusion.

Some people theorize that
in this particular photo,

what was happening is these
searchlights are combining

to create what looks like
a solid object in the sky

when there really wasn't one.

It will be really cool
once we get our lights up

to see if we can create
that same-looking solid object

when there's really no object
at all.

And we want to do
2,000 feet in altitude.

We can set up our lights
in a half circle 2,000 feet out.

If we angle our beams properly,

I think we're gonna be able to
converge right above this point.

We need to get
the lights out and set

before it gets dark.

Let's go.
Great.

Now, guys, these babies
are the latest

in portable searchlight
technology.

They have the same color
temperature and luminosity

as our World War II carbon arcs,

except for, obviously,
they're a lot smaller.

Compact.
Exactly.

This is so much better

because at least
the two of you can handle that.

All right, guys,
got that one in place.

Let's move on to the next one.

So, for this test,

we set up eight searchlights

which are the same color
and luminosity

as what was used in 1942.

We're going to see
if we can actually create

an artifact of a solid object,

which could explain
what was seen in the photo.

The original camera

used for the photograph
in the Battle of L.A.

Was a Graflex speed graphic.

This is
the modern-day equivalent.

What we've done is attached
a self-developing film pack

to the back of it,

which can develop a 4"x5" print

within 60 seconds.

All right, Jael,
I'm in position.

Okay, we're set when you are.

And 3...

2...

1.

Illuminate artifact!

So, our first test
is the artifact test.

We're in the middle
of the desert.

We've set up eight searchlights.

We're going to see
if we can actually create

an artifact of a solid object,

which could explain
what was seen in the 1942 photo.

And 3...

2...

1.

Illuminate artifact!

Oh, wow!

- Okay.
- Hey, guys.

Hey, guys.
Wow, look at that.

Yeah, it looks pretty cool, huh?

It looks like a giant bouquet of
lightsabers. It looks pretty good.

Tell me you got a really
good shot of this. Yes.

Get an artifact?

Wow.

That is definitely brighter
in the center.

However, it's really nothing

quite like that almost
disk-like shape we're seeing

in the '42 photograph.

And an obvious thing is the beams

are going right through
our artifact and continuing on.

Maybe it's because of the flak.

Yeah. There's all kinds of flak
in the sky,

anti-aircraft shells detonating
around the convergence point.

Maybe that's why the beams in
the original photo are stopping.

I would love to shoot
some anti-aircraft artillery,

but, of course,
Ff.A.A. won't allow that.

So, let's reduce the scale,

which means
to keep the same angles,

we're gonna have to move
the lights all in, as well.

Okay. So, we'll bring
everything in closer,

moving our artifact lower,
and then we shoot it.

And then we have a war from 1942.

You guys ready?

If we're gonna match
the original photograph,

we need to add smoke in the sky

to simulate
the anti-aircraft shells

detonating
around the convergence point.

We're moving all the searchlights
in a little bit closer.

We're bringing
our convergence point down,

so that way we can meet
F.A.A. restrictions

and actually fire our own flak
into the sky

and create a wall of smoke.

All right, Jael,
all the lights are in place.

Yes, I see that.

And you guys are ready to go
with your big guns.

We've got this grenade launcher.

And we have a shotgun.
We're shooting bird bombs.

So, this is gonna put
that smoke up in the sky.

It'll give us a more defined
artifact in the middle.

All right.
Good luck, guys.

Standing by!

And 3...

...2...

...1.

- Open fire!
- Firing!

Cease fire.

Cease fire.

Whoo!

Let's see.

It captured every single
one of those explosions.

But we do still have that problem

where the beams of light
are passing through the point.

You're right.
The lights pass right through.

Guys, as you know, in 1983,
the air force's explanation

was that
this was a weather balloon.

We need to put this to the test

to see if it's even possible
such an object would make,

you know, an artifact
like we're seeing here.

A weather balloon could
potentially stop those beams

right at the convergence point

rather than having them
push through.

That on top of some smoke
in the sky.

We need more war.

Yes, next test.

So, we have
a latex rubber balloon

which is made
of the same materials

and the same type
of weather balloon

that they would have had in 1942.

We have a spindle of 200 feet
of parachute wire.

We attach the weather balloon,

we slowly let it out,

and then we shoot
around the balloon.

We're gonna see
what it looks like.

All right, Jael, we are loaded,
and we are ready!

Roger that.

I'm gonna count you down.

And 3...

...2...

1.

Fire!

So, we have
a latex rubber balloon

which is made
of the same materials

that they would have had in 1942.

We slowly let it out,

and then we shoot
around the balloon,

and we're gonna see
what it looks like.

And 3...

...2...

1.

Fire!

- Whoo!
- Yeah!

That was great!

The weather balloon
is just completely glowing.

Yeah. You know what else
I love about this, guys?

The smoke and the balloon...

It seems to actually have
stopped some of those beams

from going through.

There are a faint couple

that are still pushing through
there, but it's better.

The question is

how did these guys
not get this thing down

after 1,440 rounds of fire?

Let's say they hit it
with at least one bullet.

How long did it take
for it to come down?

I think that we should
just shoot this thing

and see what happens.

You want to see
my true marksmanship now,

is what you're saying.
Yes!

You want to see what I can do.

Yes.
Okay.

So, our weather-balloon test
confirms

that the combination
of searchlights...

Smoke...

And an 8-foot weather balloon

come a lot closer to matching
the original photograph.

However, those lights that
were not blocked by that balloon

continued right on through
the convergence point.

Therefore,
it wasn't an exact match.

Our World War II expert said

that of the 1,440 rounds
that were shot that night,

the majority were .50-caliber.

I'm going to take
a .50-caliber machine gun,

and I'm going to shoot
at this weather balloon

to see what happens
and how fast it will come down.

Oh, my God.

This is an actual
.50-caliber machine gun...

...The same type
that was used in 1942.

Now, we know
a .50-caliber round

is eventually going to bring
a balloon down.

What we want to know is how.

This is Howard.

He's our weapons specialist.

And what we've done
is mounted this on this lift,

and I'll be taking this up
50 feet in the air,

shooting
from about 600 feet away,

and we'll see what happens.

The really big thing
about this test, you guys,

is that whether or not this
balloon is gonna pop or not

or if it's gonna deflate.

So, I've got a stopwatch here.

We'll be able to time how long
it takes the balloon

to drop from 40 feet
down to the ground.

We'll be able to calculate
using those numbers

how long it would have taken
in the original photograph

for the balloon to drop.

Ben, this is
your bad-ass moment.

Do it.

3...

2...

1!

Whoa!

Coming up on
"Fact or Fake: Paranormal Files"...

Maybe this was a UFO.
Oh, yes.

The Queen Mary is considered

one of the most haunted
locations in the world.

Phantom.

There is it.
It is moving.

It looks like two eyes.

This is an actual
.50-caliber machine gun,

the same type
that was used in 1942.

3...

2...

1!

Whoa!

Ben, I still have
an adrenaline rush.

So much fun.

So, you remember
the Battle of L.A.

Now, the only known photograph
of the event

depicts some type of object.

It looks like a saucer shape

that's sitting in the
convergence of eight spotlights.

Now, one of the theories
is that the object in the sky

is an optical illusion,

what they're calling an artifact.

We took
eight high-powered spotlights,

and they converged at about
2,000 feet in the sky.

And this is
what that looked like.

Oh, wow. Nice.
There you go.

It did create somewhat
of a slight artifact,

but the beams passed straight on
through the convergence point.

After our first test, we
realized the searchlights

in the original photo

are illuminating the smoke
from the explosions.

So, this is
the Battle of L.A., right?

We decided to create
our own battle.

We brought in
12-gauge shotguns

and 40-millimeter
grenade launchers

shooting pyrotechnic shells.

Oh, yes!

As you can see,
Ben and Devin

definitely had quite a war.

So, seeing that with this test,
we still had the problem

with the beams going
past the convergence point,

we decided to test that
it's just a weather balloon.

We floated an 8-foot
weather balloon into the sky,

fired at it,

and we took another photo
to see what it looked like it.

Yeah, you did.
Let's see it.

Now, just the very fact

that we're aiming
these spotlights at the balloon

made it very reflective.

The smoke did a pretty good job
of blocking off

a lot more of those lights
from passing through.

So, we decided, "Well, what
if this was a weather balloon?"

How could a weather balloon
stay in the sky

after 1,440 rounds
were shot at it?

So, the only way to get an answer

was to test it for ourselves.

Whoa!

- Right?
- Wow.

All right. So, you guys,
I timed how long it would take

for the balloon to hit
the ground once it was shot,

and it took 3.7 seconds...

...Which means
that even if a balloon

was all the way up at 8,000 feet
and it was hit,

it would have taken
a matter of minutes

for it to come to the ground.

It wouldn't have been a balloon
with a hole in it,

slowly deflating all the way
down the coast.

If a weather balloon
is that easy to shoot down,

it causes me to question
the official air force report.

You have all
these highly trained soldiers,

and they shoot off
over 1,400 rounds,

and there's no reports of debris.

Maybe this was a UFO.

Which would be
more than enough reason

to cover the whole thing up.

But there's another possibility.

One of the other theories

was that there was
a barrage balloon.

Now, these were big,
kind of blimp balloons,

100 feet sometimes in length,

that were put over factories

so that if enemy aircraft
came in,

they'd get all tangled up
in the balloon.

It would make it difficult
for them to bomb.

Now, there is some information

that, possibly, one
of these balloons got loose.

This is what it looks like.

Here's your big, silver object
right there.

That does make sense.

So, Pearl Harbor just happened.

The military is on high alert,

and somebody mistakes
a barrage balloon

for an enemy aircraft.

The problem is, you guys,

is that it's still
just a big balloon.

They should have been able
to bring it down.

That's a good point.

Well, I think
you guys did an amazing job

at showing
what this photo was not.

It was not an artifact,

- and it was not a weather balloon.
- Right.

I believe
there was an object in the sky.

Now, we ruled
a lot of things out,

but for all intents and
purposes, it's still a mystery.

So, let's hear
what happened with you guys.

Well, as you'll recall, we went
down to Long Beach

to investigate
the possible hauntings

on the Queen Mary.

We ran a series of tests,

and we got
some interesting results.

With a long history
of ghostly legends,

the Queen Mary is considered

one of the most haunted
locations in the world.

You know it was originally used
as a cruise ship

for the world's rich and famous
that traveled along the Atlantic?

That's right,
and in 1939,

when World War II broke out,

she was actually put
into active duty

and transported over
800,000 troops.

As a matter of fact,
during World War II,

the Queen Mary was painted grey

and became known
as the grey ghost,

because Hitler's u-boats
had a bounty to sink the ship,

obviously without success.

Within the last 60 years,

49 people have died
on the Queen Mary.

And in 2008, actually,
one of the visitors,

Ryan Caudill,
caught what he believes

is a ghostly manifestation
on the Queen Mary.

We're gonna start off
by getting a tour

with resident Queen Mary
paranormal expert Pat Wheelock.

I've heard
some pretty creepy things happen

when the sun goes down.

Anchors aweigh, everybody.

Chi-Lan, Austin.

Hi. How are you?
Pat Wheelock.

Welcome aboard.
It's good to be here.

You all ready to go on the tour?
We are.

Let's head on.
All right, let's do it.

Okay.

Whoa.

So, this is the pool.

This is the first-
and third-class pool.

And this place looks
really, really creepy,

I have to tell you.

And you said this is one of
the hottest spots in the ship

for reoccurring phenomenons?

Oh, we get it almost daily...

People reporting
hearing a child giggle

or shadows
of people walking around.

Let's head on back
to the changing-room area.

Okay.

That's down this hall, right?
Uh-huh.

The claim is

that, actually,
where you all are standing,

you're in the middle of a vortex.

Why is this the vortex?
People get dizzy.

They feel that it's
a passageway through

to another realm
or another world.

Got it. Okay.

So, it can be disorienting?
Exactly.

Back this way.
Okay.

We have our work cut out for us.

Now that we know more
about the Queen Mary's history,

we're headed to talk to Ryan,
the videographer.

Hey, you must be Ryan.

I am.
How you doing?

So, what happened that night?

Well, I was down here
with a couple friends,

and we were up here at the bar,

just playing around
with the camera,

and we stepped out for a moment,

and we left the camera
on the windowsill.

So, you can say
with 100% certainty

that you don't believe
either you were hoaxed

or have been part of a hoax?

It was not a hoax.

Would you mind retracing
the exact steps

that you went through that night

- so we can kind of see exactly
what happened? - Absolutely.

Great. Lead the way.
Sure.

So, this is the hallway

that you were able to capture
the ghostly apparition.

This is it.
Wow.

And this is where I set
the camera down.

Now, Ryan, there's
these glass cabinets here.

Is it possible that you set it

behind one of the glass cabinets

and you were shooting through it?

You know what?

I don't remember
these cabinets even being here.

Well, like, right now,

both these two outside doors
are open,

allowing
the outside air to come in.

Do you remember
if they were open that night?

Yes.
They were?

Well, that door was open.

Now, did you actually bring
the original camera?

We always like to do
some experiments

and hopefully use
the same equipment.

I-I absolutely did.
Here.

Well, thank you so much

for taking the time
to meet with us,

and we'll let you know
if we find anything.

Thanks for the camera.
Absolutely.

One of the most popular theories

of what Ryan captured on video

is that it's shadows.

But it doesn't actually account

for what we're seeing
in the beginning of the video,

which is a very clear-cut,
white apparition

in the center of the hallway.

Shadows don't exist like that.

So, what we're gonna do now

is we're gonna perform
an experiment

that incorporates
the environmental elements,

such as the fog
that you see outside.

We can actually project things
onto that fog

and hopefully create
the white apparition

that we're seeing
in Ryan's video.

We basically need
to make a mini movie

so we have something to project.

Chi-Lan's gonna film me
against a black backdrop,

and I'll walk the same pattern

as the ghostly apparition
in the video.

Good job, ghost.
High five.

Rock 'n' roll with that walk.

Once we get the footage we need,

we're just gonna load it
into the projector

and project it down the hallway
on the haze.

Hopefully this will replicate
the original footage.

What we're gonna do now

is use a haze machine

to add to the humidity
in the hallway.

Hey, guys, you can see
the haze in the hall.

You guys ready to start
this experiment?

On 3...

2...

1.

Phantom.

So, what we're gonna do now

is we're gonna perform
an experiment

that incorporates
the environmental elements,

such as the fog
that you see outside.

We can actually project things
onto that fog

and hopefully create
the white apparition

that we're seeing
in Ryan's video.

On 3...

2...

1.

Phantom.

Wow!

Look at that.

That looks creepy.

It actually does work.

Wow.

It actually looks really similar.

We're seeing the light

actually shoot
from the projector.

That is the problem.

You can see
the beam of the projector.

We were able to create
a similar moving image,

but once the haze
filled up the hallway,

you could clearly see
that it was simply a projection.

The fact that those glass cases
were in the hallway

gave us an idea...

That Ryan's video was simply
an optical illusion.

In our next experiment,

we're gonna attempt
to manipulate perception.

And the way
that we're gonna do that

is actually just use this
presidential-style teleprompter.

I put the camera
about a foot away from it.

We're gonna project
Austin's image

that we recorded earlier,

superimposing him
on top of the hallway.

It should match pretty close

to what we're seeing
in Ryan's video.

Okay, on 3...

...2...

1.

Play video.

Hey, hey.
There you are.

Oh, wow.

How's it working?

This is awesome.

It looks pretty close.

It really looks ghostly.

You have a transparency,

and you're walking
like the guy in the video.

So, this is
almost like proof of concept...

that by using
reflective surfaces,

it is possible

that maybe this is how Ryan's
video was created.

Yeah. I think that we found a
great way to hoax these videos.

Now that we've done
the forced perspective test

and we can see
that the video can be hoaxed,

we still have to consider the
long history of the Queen Mary.

There have been
so many eyewitness accounts

of paranormal activity,

so we're gonna go ahead
and do a night investigation.

All the cameras
are set up.

Yeah, we're ready to go.

Changing room, ballroom.

Boiler room, deck,

and, of course, where
Ryan Caudill shot his footage.

All right, guys. I'm gonna
bring my DSLR for stills.

I'm also gonna check
the thermal cam,

see if there are any unusual
heat signatures on the ship.

Sounds good.

Flashlight.
Very handy.

You guys ready to go green?
All right.

Right now,
I am on top of the bridge

that is over the boiler room,

and I am scanning the room

for any unusual heat signatures.

Bill to Austin.

Austin for Bill.

I'm gonna have an EVP session

in the changing room

where the vortex
has been reported.

Copy that.

We're now setting up
audio recorders

to record
electronic voice phenomena.

This is Bill.

I'm on the Queen Mary.

I'm here to learn from you.

Is there a message
that you would like to deliver

to the people
who visit the Queen Mary?

Whoa.
Did you see that?

Now that we can see
that the video can be hoaxed,

we still have to consider the
long history of the Queen Mary.

There have been
so many eyewitness accounts

of paranormal activity,

so we're gonna go ahead
and do a night investigation.

I am scanning the room
for any unusual heat signatures.

Whoa.
Did you see that?

I'm catching some type of heat
signature, and it is moving,

but I don't see anything
with the naked eye.

If it's one of the sailors

or if it's one of the passengers

that was once aboard
the Queen Mary,

we'd like to able
to learn from you.

I just heard, like, a creak,

or maybe that was a groan.

Could you leave me a message
in words that I can understand?

Can you speak to me?

Austin for Bill.
Are you there?

Go for Bill.

I swear to you, I just saw eyes
next to the...

It looks like the entrance
of the changing room.

Eyes?
Yes.

It looks like two eyes.

There it is.
It is moving.

What is that?

So, Bill, tell me about it.

What did you guys do?

We went down to Long Beach
to investigate

the possible hauntings
on the Queen Mary.

First we wanted to eliminate
the obvious,

that the ghost that we're seeing
in Ryan Caudill's video

wasn't a result of shadows

because of light sources
in the hallway.

The shadows will cross
the floor as well as the walls.

But there's nothing
that actually stands

within the middle of the hallway,

which is where all of Ryan's
apparitions appeared.

We started thinking
that maybe this is a hoax.

There was a lot of condensation
in the Long Beach Harbor,

and we were thinking this could
very easily act as a backdrop

for us to project
our own image onto.

We projected
a mini movie of Austin

down the middle of the hallway

so that we could get
that white apparition

walking straight down.

- That looks great.
- That is really cool.

It was pretty amazing
how well it worked,

but the deal was is that you
could see the beam of light

from the projector
cutting through the haze.

The next test we did had pretty
striking results, as well.

We manipulated depth perception

by using a presidential-style
teleprompter.

Whoa!

Wow.

To drive the point home

that a video like this
can be hoaxed,

I shot the empty hallway.

Then I took the video of Austin,
and I composited the two.

Wow.

That looks great.

I think we got
a pretty close match here.

It shows that that video could
have been hoaxed in a number of ways,

but it doesn't mean
that there isn't

any paranormal activity
to be found on the Queen Mary.

So, we thought, "We have to do
a night investigation

so we can collect
our own evidence."

I was in the middle
of an EVP session

when Austin radios me.

"There's a pair of glowing eyes
looking at you!"

- Eyes?
- Yeah.

I just see these bright,
glowing eyes staring at me

right where Bill is.
No way.

Play the clip.
Seriously.

No way.

Aah! So, do you see this?
What the...

I have no idea what they are,

but as they start coming closer
to the I.R. camera,

I found out the ship
actually has a couple stowaways.

Oh, my gosh.

A raccoon!
A raccoon.

It turns out

that there are
a number of raccoons

that live in the belly
of the ship.

That was a false alarm,

but we did not leave
empty-handed.

During the EVP session,
something was recorded.

No way. Why don't you guys
listen to this audio file

and tell me what you hear?
No way.

We're all here
to learn from you.

Oh, my gosh.

Are you kidding me?

That, to me, sounds like a little girl
snickering. It's exactly what it is.

We're all here to learn from you.

Oh, my goodness.

So, team,
what do you think?

Ryan's video... fact or faked?

There's a number of ways that
this video could have been faked.

But that does not discount
the numerous eyewitness accounts

of actual paranormal activity.

The video
is certainly questionable,

but I think the EVP session

shows that there may be
paranormal activity

aboard the Queen Mary.

Sounds like we agree.

Paranormal activity in Ryan's
video... probably faked.

But the Queen Mary
may be haunted.

Great job, guys.

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