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- Tonight on "the mproof is out there,".

Is this proof of a legendary Chinese water creature?

- People dubbed the creature the three gorges water monster.

(High-pitched humming)

- [Tony] Is this proof of a secret Sonic weapon?

- This was by far the most terrifying experience.

- [Tony] And is this proof of a parental premonition?

(Tires screeching)

- These videos are unbelievable.

- Around the globe are videos-

- what the heck is this?

- [Tony] Photos, and sounds that defy explanation.

(Violent humming)

- [Man] Is it some kind of unidentified object?

- [Man 2] A plane that was literally frozen in the air.

- [Tony] What are they?

- [Man 3] Some sort of bizarre mutation.

- Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof.

- I'm Tony Harris.

And as a journalist for more than 30 years,

I've followed the facts where they take me.

Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation

to the world's strangest sounds and images.

(Creature shrieking)

We'll analyze each one with top experts.

- It's a credible case, it's a credible video.

- [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is.

- This video was clearly faked.

- The proof starts now.

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Good evening, and welcome to "the proof is out there."

Throughout the ages,

sea creatures have been featured prominently

in Chinese mythology.

But when you see this recent video,

you might think it just proved

the stories are more than myth.

With a length of nearly 4,000 miles,

the yangtze is the third-longest river in the world.

Its waters are home to several unique aquatic species.

But in September 2019, a viral video captures an image

of something unprecedented.

Taken from a ferry dock,

the video captures what looks like a mysterious creature

slithering along the surface of the water.

You can't see a head,

but that sure looks like a powerful tail.

And eyeballing its size

relative to its distance from the dock

and the height of this man observing the scene,

it appears to be at least 10 feet long.

Once the video goes viral,

it racks up tens of millions of views,

and a new legend is born.

- People dubbed the creature the three gorges water monster.

Some have speculated that this creature

could actually be a giant water snake or eel of some kind

that has mutated and become huge thanks to pollution.

- [Tony] Field researcher Ken gerhard

has extensively studied many of the legendary beasts

said to inhabit the waterways of China.

- In this part of the world,

there are legends of mythical serpent-like creatures.

You have the dragons known as the loong,

which are described as huge and serpentine and scaly

with four stubby limbs, each with five claws.

There's also the naga, described as dark and serpentine,

up to 40 feet in length.

- So, what is this mysterious object

slithering through the water?

It doesn't seem to be tied to anything towing it along.

What does that mean?

Let's check with our experts.

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First, we take the video to our marine biologist,

Dr. Shea conger.

- What we see in this video is what appears to be

a pretty large animal that appears to have

some sort of a tail that's moving back and forth.

- [Tony] Dr. Conger's first guess is that this might be

some kind of large eel.

But the largest known eel,

coincidentally called the European conger,

has never been sighted in these waters.

- I don't think there's species of eel

that are as large as this in the area.

- [Tony] Conger says when it comes to

endemic yangtze river creatures,

there are plenty of cool candidates.

- One of the unique animals to the area

is the giant salamander.

It can get up to six feet long

and weigh over a hundred pounds.

But I don't think this is a giant salamander

because it has a lot of irregularities on the top of it.

And if this were a type of salamander,

we would expect this would be kind of a smooth animal

with a smoother, longer tail moving through the water.

- [Tony] Dr. Conger wonders

if this might be the elusive Chinese sturgeon,

which can reach lengths of 16 feet.

- They evolved over a 100 million years ago,

so they're, in essence, living prehistoric animals.

However, sturgeon have really defined tail fins

that would be sticking above the surface of the water.

And because I don't see that type of fin or tail,

I can conclude this probably isn't a sturgeon.

- [Tony] So, could it just be a hoax?

We ask our resident video forensic expert,

Michael primeau.

- I don't see any major splicing that took place

throughout this object as it's swimming, if you will.

I do not believe that this recording has been doctored

or manipulated with malicious intent.

- [Tony] But primeau digs deeper and finds a telltale sign

that things may not be as they seem.

- When we look at the ripples

as this object is traveling through the water,

there is no definitive pattern

as it's traveling through the water

that you would expect to see

from something that we know is like a fish or a shark.

There are some unnatural behaviors.

Upon further investigation, we came across this recording

that is allegedly a dark-colored rubber airbag.

- [Tony] Primeau suggests that's not a tail

propelling a creature through the water,

just the strong yangtze current

moving one end of the big airbag back and forth.

- So, it is possible that this is

what we were actually seeing in the river

and it wasn't actually some sort of river monster.

- So, about the theory that the yangtze river monster

was created by pollution, turns out that's true.

But it's not an overgrown snake,

it's a long black, rubber industrial air bag,

likely discarded by a nearby shipyard.

But still, there is a lesson here.

More and more of the yangtze's unique aquatic life

is going extinct due to pollution and overfishing.

Up next, a sickening sound.

(High-pitched humming)

- Not only were we subject to an attack,

but I think it's still ongoing.

- [Tony] Is this what's making us officials fall ill?

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Are audio waves secretly being used as weapons?

That's the question a growing group of American diplomats,

spies, and government employees are asking

after falling ill in Cuba and elsewhere.

They believe they are victims of covert attacks

perpetrated by unknown assailants

using unknown technology.

In late-2016, several diplomats and other employees

stationed at the us embassy in Havana, Cuba,

report feeling ill after hearing

a strange high-pitched noise.

According to the associated press,

this recording could be that noise.

(High-pitched humming)

The sound is a high-pitched whine

that seems to undulate, even writhe,

which produces a nails-on-the-chalkboard effect.

Similar attacks are later reported by us officials

in China, Austria, and Russia.

Marc polymeropoulos, a senior CIA official,

believes he was targeted one night

while on official business in Moscow.

- This was by far the most terrifying experience.

The room was spinning, I couldn't stand up

without falling down, I felt nauseous.

I had an incredible case of tinnitus,

ringing in my ears, a headache,

and so I knew something was seriously wrong.

- [Tony] The sudden onset of peculiar side effects

baffles us officials.

Studies later show the injuries resemble a concussion,

but with no signs of impact.

- Not only were we subject to an attack,

but I think it's still ongoing,

and that poses a lot of serious questions

for the us government.

- What was believed was going on at the time

was diplomats were believing they were attacked

by some sort of Sonic weapon.

Eventually, this is named Havana syndrome.

- [Tony] If the Havana syndrome

is caused by some sort of Sonic weapon,

it wouldn't be the first time

that sound has been weaponized.

- This is something that goes far back

in a more rudimentary form,

using blaring loud music in different war zones.

Now, as technology's advanced,

there's been a lot of different hypothetical

and actual practical operational platforms

that use sound as a weapon.

- [Tony] The Sonic weapon most commonly deployed today

is the long-range acoustic device,

which has been recently used by police departments

to break up major protests and riots.

- The lrad system was designed for crowd dispersal

in a non-lethal way. (High-pitched beeping)

- These kind of weapons are only advancing.

Sound is being weaponized more and more.

- [Tony] So, folks, this is scary stuff and very real.

What is that sound (High-pitching humming)

Recorded in Havana?

- Did it make us personnel sick?

Or was there some other weapon or force responsible?

Let's ask our experts.

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Is the sound a recording of a Sonic weapon?

We asked our audio expert, Dr. Ben gottesman.

You can see most of the energy is concentrated

between two and three kilohertz.

(High-pitched beeping)

This is a really sensitive spot

when it comes to human hearing.

It's why baby cries grab our attention so much.

Whereas in the sound released by the associated press,

(high-pitched humming)

We see that the frequency range is much higher,

between six and eight kilohertz.

And so, the frequency ranges of these two sounds

do not line up.

- [Tony] But could this sound be some other Sonic weapon?

Gottesman has his doubts.

- And I've worked in some tropical locations

and there were times where I would hear

very similar piercing calls.

This sound is produced by a species of tropical cricket

called the indies short-tailed cricket.

(Crickets chirping)

As you can see, the frequency range is a perfect overlap

and it also has similar harmonic characteristics,

so I'm saying that it is a really clean match.

- [Tony] So, the sound is just chirping crickets,

coincidentally recorded at the moment

people were getting sick.

So, could Havana syndrome have been caused

by a different kind of weapon, one people can't hear?

- In the medical studies that that have been done,

including the national academy of sciences report,

a microwave weapon is the leading culprit right now,

and that's based on the injuries that have been observed

in different patients.

- [Tony] Way back in 1962, an American scientist,

Allan frey, suggested a microwave weapon

could be used to raise the temperature

inside a person's ear by a millionth of a degree.

That would be enough to cause a victim to feel dizzy,

nauseous, or experience pressure in their heads.

And get this: Frey later lectured on the topic

to the Soviet academy of sciences in Moscow.

So, could the Russians be behind some new technology?

- While the injuries are consistent

with exposure to microwave weapons,

it's important to know that these type of weapons

are unknown to exist.

So, frankly, it really is a mystery.

There's enough physical and medical evidence

that it does appear to be a weapon,

but what is causing it is truly an unknown.

It's a real concern.

- It's a split decision.

Our verdict?

The sound that was alleged to have caused

the Havana syndrome is an indies short-tailed cricket

coincidentally making that noise at the same time

as the attack.

But Havana syndrome itself

is still an unexplained phenomenon.

More than 130 us officials have now been stricken.

Recent incidents have even involved white house officials

in our own nation's capital.

Up next...

He saved his child's life in a fraction of a second.

Did a sixth sense guide him? (Tires screeching)

- We all have a premonition instinct.

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- Have you ever had a premonition?

A feeling that something is about to happen

moments before it actually does?

It's more common than you think.

And for some parents out there,

it may have been the difference between life and death.

A quick warning that some viewers

might find the following images disturbing.

We're in jambi, Indonesia.

A father at a local bike shop is working

as his kids play in front.

Then, without warning, the family finds themselves

in the path of fatal danger.

(Tires screeching)

Watch again.

(Tires screeching)

Let's slow it down and freeze.

This appears to be the moment dad senses the car.

And in about .78 seconds, he Springs into action

and pulls the children to safety.

(Tires screeching)

Incredible.

Similar displays of incredible parental reflexes

have popped up recently,

like in this video from Vietnam in 2019.

(Horns beeping)

Just watch that again.

The woman is knocked off the motorbike,

but still has the presence of mind to grab this child

just before she's crushed by the oncoming truck.

It's almost too fast to measure.

Author Alexis Brooks says it might not just be

fast reflexes at work here, but the power of premonition.

- One of the theories that has been postulated

by noted author Dr. Larry dossey

says that we all essentially have a premonition instinct.

But particularly in the case of parents,

where there is a unique bond with the child,

premonitions can be even more likely.

- [Tony] But even if these parents

had a premonition of danger,

it's even more astonishing how quickly their bodies

were able to react in a fraction of a second.

- It's said that typically we only access

a portion of our power, perhaps about 65%.

But there is a phenomenon called hysterical strength.

- [Tony] There are dozens of anecdotal stories

of humans in a moment of panic

summoning extraordinary strength to lift cars

or other extremely heavy objects

off of trapped individuals,

including a mother in Georgia in 1982,

who lifted a Chevy impala off her trapped son.

- When something is happening so quick

where there's no time to react,

there is a rush of adrenaline

that pushes us to do the unfathomable,

and I think that might be something that we saw here.

- Look, scientists are divided

on the existence of this phenomena

because it's nearly impossible

to test emergency situations in a controlled lab.

However, these videos might be proof

of either parental esp or superhuman reflexes.

To be sure, we call in the experts.

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- Although it's entirely possible

and conceivable to manipulate events like this

using sophisticated software technology,

I don't see or detect any evidence

to support that that's what was done here.

- [Tony] So, the video is legit, but physicist michio kaku

doubts it's proof of a premonition.

- Sometimes we have premonition

that an accident will happen, and then sometimes it does,

in which case you think that maybe you're psychic.

Most premonitions are false alarms.

But one time out of 10,

maybe it does prepare you for an emergency.

So, this ability of ours

to "predict the future by having a premonition"

is very selective.

We forget all the misses.

- [Tony] So, if this wasn't the result

of a true premonition, perhaps these lightning-fast reflexes

are related to hysterical strength.

- Usually, when you perform something,

your prefrontal cortex acts as a check

and says, "slow down, do it this way, do it that way."

However, in an emergency

where split-second decisions have to be made,

a lotta the prefrontal cortex's decisions are overruled.

All of a sudden, you take risks.

Yes, muscles will tear.

Yes, you're gonna suffer damage, but you do it anyway

because the adrenaline says you can do it.

- Our verdict.

While we can prove or disprove

these parents had a premonition, it was certainly adrenaline

that gave them extraordinary reflexes

at just the right time.

Up next, is the us military using alien tech?

One foreign government says this video proves it.

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- Spy satellites, stealth fighters, the atomic bomb:

These were all once top-secret weapons programs.

Makes you wonder what other secret technology

is the us military working on now.

And could they be working with allies from another planet?

According to one foreign government,

this video proves it.

September 2018, the mediterranean sea.

- [Tony] An f-18 is approaching the deck

of the carrier USS Ford.

It looks like a pinpoint precise landing.

But then...

- As it goes to touch down,

we actually see a triangular-shaped ufo,

like something that would be right out of an alien movie.

And you're like, "whoa! (Laughing)

"Let's rewind that."

- [Tony] The object definitely doesn't look like

any known military aircraft.

And that triangle shape, that means something.

- Historically, ufo's have been certain types of shapes.

You've got cigar ufos, saucer ufos, and triangle ufos.

So, the fact that there was a triangle ufo

on this aircraft carrier,

that really sent the ufo community into a frenzy.

- [Tony] The USS Ford video becomes more than clickbait.

It becomes international news.

The Iranian state media declares it proof

that the us is plotting with aliens to take over the world.

And even when this official version of the video surfaces,

same plane, same ship, but no ufo, people aren't convinced.

- Same are wondering, "hmm, is this original video

"really the original video?

"Or did they edit out the triangular-shaped ufo

"to keep us from knowing

"that they actually are harboring alien spacecraft?"

- The us military's so-called black budget

for military research and covert ops

is estimated at about $50 billion a year.

Is this video proof of your tax dollars at work?

Let's check in with our experts.

Science writer and forensic video analyst Mick west

notices two things right away.

First, look at those shadows.

- [Mick] The sun's rays are all parallel.

They're all the same angle, like that helicopter angle.

But if we go to here, it actually needs to rotate to the-

so, they've put the shadow at the wrong angle.

These all have an angle like this,

and these have an angle like that.

- [Tony] Then he stabilized the footage,

keeping the deck fixed.

- We can see the object kind of jiggles around.

Everything else is staying nice and solid,

but this is doing a little dance on the deck,

which is because they haven't properly registered

the motion tracking with the deck at a sub-pixel level.

- [Tony] Oh, and just one more thing.

- It looks not just remarkably,

but identically (laughing) Like a toy model kit

of what is called the tr-3e.

This particular aircraft is identical

to the model that is for sale.

- Mcmillan says videos like this aren't all fun and games.

When they get exploited by hostile governments,

they sow mistrust and anger towards the us military.

That's a common tactic in information warfare.

So, our verdict?

Hoax, and perhaps not such a harmless hoax.

And that's our show for tonight.

Thank you so much for watching.

And by all means, keep those cameras rolling.

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