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>> NARRATOR: A secret city
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built into the side of a
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mountain.
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>> NICK REDFERN: It has its
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own lake, it has sidewalks,
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it has shops, it has a railway.
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>> NARRATOR: A cavernous control
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room hidden 16 stories
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beneath Central Park.
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>> STEVE DUNCAN: It's a project
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that takes as long as one of the
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ancient pyramids, using
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contemporary technologies.
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>> NARRATOR: And a subterranean
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rail system, that runs coast to
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coast.
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>> ROBIN DORNFEST: Is it
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possible to have an underground
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maglev system?
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Absolutely.
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>> NARRATOR: Americans may be
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aware of what's above ground,
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but do they know what's
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concealed beneath?
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>> JAMIE HENN: The explosion was
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so large that people thought an
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airplane had crashed into
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their neighborhood.
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No one even knew that a pipeline
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was running through their
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community.
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>> NARRATOR: And is there a
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reason why so much that is below
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ground remains a secret?
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>> MARK ALLIN: What our
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government and big industries
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are doing, there's a whole lot
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they don't want us to know.
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>> NARRATOR: There are those who
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believe in the existence of a
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book.
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A book that contains the
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most highly guarded secrets of
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the United States of America.
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A book...
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whose very existence
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is known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret bases?
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Secret transports?
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Secret vaults?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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>> NARRATOR: Bowling Green,
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Kentucky.
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February 12, 2014.
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A mammoth sinkhole opens up
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under the National Corvette
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Museum, swallowing eight vintage
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and rare race cars whole.
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Among those lost...
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a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder...
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a 1984 PPG Pace Car...
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and a 1962 black Corvette.
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>> JAMIE HENN: One of the most
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dramatic things that's happened
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in the United States below
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ground is the appearance of
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these massive sinkholes.
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These are the size of multiple
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football fields.
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They swallow entire houses.
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Entire towns at some points.
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>> MARK ALLIN: People are really
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freaked out about sinkholes
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because if you were sitting in
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your living room and you heard
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this rumbling noise, you
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heard your dog howling before
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it disappeared into a hole in
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your backyard, that would freak
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you out, too.
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>> NARRATOR: In 2013, sinkholes
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made headlines across the
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country for swallowing people,
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cars, and even a building at a
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resort in Florida.
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In fact, the number of sinkhole
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claims to Florida insurance
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companies tripled from 2006 to
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2010.
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The frightening trend makes
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many wonder what could be
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causing the sudden proliferation
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of sinkholes?
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Could a vengeful Mother Nature
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be behind the recent outbreak?
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Or might it be something else?
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>> JOE LANIER: We've got Swiss
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cheese under our country.
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This is a problem, and this is
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not a natural problem.
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This is a problem because we're
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messing around with things we
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shouldn't be messing around
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with.
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>> NARRATOR: Assumption Parish,
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Louisiana.
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August 3, 2012.
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A massive sinkhole opens up
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right under the town that
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eventually grows to over 20
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acres wide
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and 750 feet deep.
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350 residents are forced to
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evacuate in order to save their
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lives.
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It is one of the most
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disruptive and costly sinkholes
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yet to be reported in
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the United States.
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After a thorough investigation,
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authorities blame the sinkhole
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on a collapsed underground salt
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dome operated by Texas Brine
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Company.
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Geologists point to the collapse
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as one of the consequences of a
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method called undermining, a
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process where underground
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excavation erodes the foundation
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of bedrock.
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>> ROBIN DORNFEST: Manmade
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sinkholes occur all the time.
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Something has to cause them.
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A common form of a manmade
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sinkhole is related to mining.
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There's lots of areas that
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have been undermined and over
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time those mines collapse...
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(rumbling)
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...and this void migrates to the
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surface and forms a sinkhole.
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>> HENN: Picture the
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foundations of your house.
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It's held up by pillars, by
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concrete, by the earth that's
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happening there.
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What we're doing is basically
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messing with all of that.
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And when you do that, especially
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in geologically sensitive areas,
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it can have disastrous
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consequences.
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>> NARRATOR: With reports of
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sinkholes on the rise, and
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Americans fearful of where they
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might strike next, more people
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than ever are focusing on just
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what is or isn't
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underground.
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The fact is, beneath America
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lies a mammoth infrastructure.
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Experts say underground are 2.5
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million miles of pipelines,
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including 182,000 miles for
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hazardous liquid, and 2,145,000
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miles for gas distribution and
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transmission.
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Also hidden, 19 million miles
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of fiber-optic cables installed
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in 2011 alone.
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>> GARY BRIERLEY: Americans
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would definitely be shocked if
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they knew how much of the, uh,
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urban infrastructure was
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underground.
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All infrastructure-- sewer
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lines, water lines, gas lines,
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fiber-optic cables-- it's
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primarily put underground for
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security purposes.
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It's very safe, it's also out of
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sight, out of mind.
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>> DORNFEST: There are many
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secret things underground.
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By its very definition, things
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that are underground are
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typically hidden.
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When we want to hide things,
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underground is a good place to
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put them, so that's why we often
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put utilities and the pipelines
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and cables and things like that
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underground.
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that know what really happens
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underground and what's down
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there.
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>> NARRATOR: Americans might not
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know about the hidden structures
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beneath their feet,
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but as more and more large
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projects move underground, like
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the massive Keystone XL oil
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pipeline, their scope and scale
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affect even more citizens every
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day, whether they want them to
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or not.
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>> HENN: The Keystone XL
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pipeline has been a real fight
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about who owns the land and who
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gets to determine what's gonna
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happen on it.
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TransCanada, the company
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that's trying to build this
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project, has taken over 30
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families and ranchers and
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farmers to court.
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And so a lot of people are
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really concerned that while they
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may own the property above
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ground, uh, they don't have a
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right to stop the type of
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industrial development below
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ground.
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So there are a lot of fights
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underway right now about
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trying to block these companies
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from using eminent domain and
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other ways to take the land from
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people.
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>> NARRATOR: Many now worry that
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the growing number of structures
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built underground could have
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unintended consequences in the
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future.
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>> ALLIN: It stands to reason
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that as our population
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increases, our demand for
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service increases.
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There is no doubt that we have
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more and more and more stuff
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going underneath our feet,
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underneath our country.
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There's no question about it.
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A lot of people are concerned
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that the activities of
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industry and government
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are causing more issues.
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Undoubtedly, some of that has
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got to be true.
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>> NARRATOR: Some experts
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believe the infrastructure we
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put underground could cause
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problems above ground to
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skyrocket.
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In fact, not only could what we
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put underground be destructive
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to private and public property,
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it could also prove to be
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downright deadly.
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San Bruno, California.
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September 9, 2010.
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A 30-inch diameter leaky gas
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pipeline explodes...
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(explosion)
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...just two miles west of San
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Francisco International Airport.
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Eight people are killed in the
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blast.
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>> HENN: I remember seeing the
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giant cloud of smoke over the
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city skyline.
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It created 300-foot-high flames
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into the air.
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The explosion was so large that
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people thought an airplane had
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crashed into their neighborhood.
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And the most amazing thing about
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it was no one even knew that a
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pipeline was running through
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their community.
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People had no idea that there
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had been a leaky pipeline
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underneath their property and
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even the companies didn't really
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know because they don't monitor
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it.
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We need a much better idea of
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what's actually happening below
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our feet.
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>> ALLIN: There's a lot of
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speculation that these things
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are caused from activities
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of industry.
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Builders, big developments.
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Who knows what?
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The reality of it is we're never
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gonna find out because if that
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is what's causing it, there is
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so much money being made that
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they're not gonna stop.
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>> NARRATOR: Some may ask why
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put such a vast network, so
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important for society's
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day-to-day functions,
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underground?
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>> ALLIN: When it comes to what
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our government and our big
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industries are doing, there's a
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whole lot they don't want us to
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know, and there's probably some
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decent reasons why we just
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really shouldn't be discussing
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it out in the open.
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National security,
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industrial security.
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There is no question in my mind
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at all that there is a whole lot
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more going on under there that
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we don't know about than there
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is that we do know about.
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>> NARRATOR: America's vast
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underground can offer
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protection, security,
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but above all...
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secrecy.
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And there are some who believe
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that buried deep beneath our
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soil lies a clandestine rail
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system,
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but not one that secretly
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transports people across town,
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but across the entire nation.
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>> NARRATOR: The New York City
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subway is the largest
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underground transit system in
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America, moving over two million
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people a day.
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The network covers over 840
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miles of track alone.
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Enough to make two round trips
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from the Big Apple to
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Washington, D.C. and back,
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and contains 468 subway
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stations.
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But the growing city's subway
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lines are packed to capacity.
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So, New York's Metropolitan
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Transit Authority, or MTA,
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is adding a new subway line
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that will run underneath
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2nd Avenue for eight miles.
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How will the city complete this
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underground feat of engineering?
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With a massive tunnel boring
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machine, or TBM.
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>> DORNFEST: They're large
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machines that we put in the
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ground that basically have a
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circular disc in the front that
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allows you to excavate the
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ground and build a tunnel or
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a pipe behind that machine.
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>> NARRATOR: The largest tunnel
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boring machines are over 60-feet
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tall and 400 feet long.
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They can dig through anything
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from sand to bedrock.
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But some believe that the use of
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these machines may also provide
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evidence of secret government
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transportation projects.
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Projects far more ominous than
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any subway expansion line.
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>> ALLIN: If someone were to
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come across one at a military
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installation, that would make
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you wonder what are they doing?
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Well, obviously, what they're
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doing is they're digging
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underground hidden bunkers
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and/or train ways or who
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knows what.
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>> JOHN LEAR: Tunnel boring
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machines make huge
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underground areas.
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For instance, under Edwards Air
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Force Base, uh, there's huge
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areas there, uh, that are
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tunneled out.
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There's other underground rail
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systems that connect the
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different Air Force bases.
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They connect, uh, Edwards Air
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Force Base with China Lake,
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Nellis, Area 51, Groom Lake,
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and then out to New Mexico at a
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facility called Dulce there.
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And, uh, connect all those.
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>> NARRATOR: Are there really
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underground transport systems
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that have been kept hidden from
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the American public?
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Some suspect that not only do
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hidden underground rail systems
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connect various army bases, but
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that there also exists a covert
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rail system used coast to coast
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to ferry government officials in
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times of crisis.
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>> LEAR: The main one that I
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found out about belonged to the
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U.S. Navy.
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The base of it was in San Diego.
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It was reached by going down the
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submarine pens, and there was
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a tracked system with cars on it
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that somehow you could get in
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these vehicles and be anywhere
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in a manner of minutes.
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The tube system is a, uh, sort
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of maglev type of operation.
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>> BRIERLEY: "Maglev" refers to
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"magnetic levitation."
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If you put two magnets together
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they repel one another,
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so the train is lifted off the
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tracks, and then it can be used
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to propel the train.
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>> DORNFEST: Is it possible to
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have an underground maglev
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system?
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Absolutely.
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We have underground subways,
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trains are evolving every day,
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the technology is growing.
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I don't see why one day we
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couldn't have underground maglev
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systems.
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>> NARRATOR: Perhaps government
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officials aren't just using a
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secret underground rail system.
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Some believe they could also be
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covertly travelling underwater
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by submarine.
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In the middle of the Nevada
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desert sits Walker Lake.
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The body of water supports a
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strange curiosity.
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A naval undersea warfare
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training center.
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Critics wonder why place an
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undersea warfare center right
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in the middle of the desert?
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>> LANIER: It's very odd to
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have a naval center out in the
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middle of the desert.
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What are they doing there?
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Unless there's a lot of deep
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water, um, that-that we don't
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know about, that lake wouldn't
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be sufficient to really train
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Navy SEALs, you know?
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So there's, so there's got to be
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something else to that that we
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don't know about, and I suspect
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that there is.
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>> NARRATOR: Could the lake be
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hiding a secret, one that
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allows for clandestine transport
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underwater?
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>> NICK REDFERN: The story is
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that it's essentially like a
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bottomless lake that runs all
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the way to the coastline near
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Santa Cruz.
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Some believe that Walker Lake
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actually allows military
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submarines to travel from the
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coastline near Santa Cruz
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through this underground tunnel
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filled with water and then to
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surface in the vicinity of
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Walker Lake.
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In other words, this would
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allow military submarines to
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travel from the Pacific
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secretly deep under the land,
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and then surface somewhere in
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Walker Lake.
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It's far from the coastline.
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>> LEAR: The Navy transports,
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uh, all kinds of things that
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they don't want us
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to know about.
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Warheads, all kinds of
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munitions.
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Many people ask how I got
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all this information.
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As far as the Hawthorn
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underground, that came from, um,
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people that work there that felt
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that that should be in the
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public domain.
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>> NARRATOR: While some believe
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the government is using
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underwater passages for
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transport, others agree that
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authorities are hiding a secret
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water chamber...
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underneath a city of eight
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million people.
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Could its secret location be so
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valuable that tampering with it
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might lead to riots, bloodshed
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and even death?
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(woman screams)
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>> NARRATOR: New York City,
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Manhattan's Central Park.
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Over 35 million people a year
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visit this national historic
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landmark to escape the city's
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hustle and bustle.
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But buried 16 stories beneath
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the park lies a secret.
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One that the city's government
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keeps hidden to avoid it falling
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into the wrong hands.
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>> BRIERLEY: People like to
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store things underground because
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it is safe and secure.
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It's difficult to access.
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And they can control who is
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available to visit these
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facilities.
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>> NARRATOR: What is the
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mysterious entity under the park
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that thousands unknowingly pass
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over every day?
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Officials say it is a brand-new,
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massive water tunnel mechanical
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room nicknamed the "bat cave."
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The mechanical room controls
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the city's new water tunnel
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number three.
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>> Fire in the hole!
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(explosion)
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>> STEVE DUNCAN: This is the
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biggest project New York has
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ever tried to accomplish.
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Far bigger than the Empire
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State Building.
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Bigger than the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Bigger than the Verrazano and
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Narrows Bridge, both of which
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set records when they were
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constructed.
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It's a project that takes as
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long as one of the ancient
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pyramids, using contemporary
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technology and techniques.
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>> NARRATOR: The project dates
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back to the 1950s, when city
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leaders realized New York City's
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water supply couldn't keep up
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with a rapidly growing
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population.
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The city's fresh water traveled
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from reservoirs 120 miles
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upstate, flowing through two
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massive water tunnels, but even
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that wasn't enough.
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>> DUNCAN: New Yorkers consume,
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on average, about 142 gallons
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per day, per person.
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That includes water that we're
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drinking, showering, and, you
581
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know, running the dishwasher, as
582
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well as industrial uses.
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>> NARRATOR: But not only was
584
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the city's water supply becoming
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more scarce, the existing two
586
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water tunnels were becoming less
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and less reliable.
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>> Watch the pressure!
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>> DUNCAN: They've been leaking
590
00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:34,633
pretty catastrophically, but you
591
00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:35,704
can't shut them down for even a
592
00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:37,502
day, because then you'll have
593
00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:38,914
giant sections of New York that
594
00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:41,035
are going without water.
595
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,510
And that's a horrendous health
596
00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:45,910
hazard that can be catastrophic.
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00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:47,882
So, city water tunnel number
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00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,880
three is gonna do, it's gonna
599
00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:49,881
distribute more water.
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00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:50,882
It's gonna do it more
601
00:20:50,883 --> 00:20:51,923
effectively throughout the five
602
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,388
boroughs and it's gonna finally
603
00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:54,886
allow us to do maintenance
604
00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:56,887
on the earlier two.
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>> NARRATOR: The cavernous,
606
00:20:58,057 --> 00:21:00,387
60-foot-high chamber beneath
607
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the park will help control the
608
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flow of the new water tunnel to
609
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the thirsty metropolis.
610
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But park-goers would be hard
611
00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,039
pressed to find the chamber's
612
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entrance.
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>> DUNCAN: The city has tried
614
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to keep people, uh, away from
615
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the city water tunnel number
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three, except the people who
617
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:19,681
are directly concerned with
618
00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:20,949
building it.
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00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:22,417
>> NARRATOR: But why is the
620
00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:24,075
entrance to the chamber secretly
621
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:26,693
hidden somewhere in the middle
622
00:21:26,686 --> 00:21:28,416
of Central Park?
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00:21:28,421 --> 00:21:29,521
>> DUNCAN: Those are considered
624
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to be really sensitive command
625
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,433
centers for the water supply.
626
00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,085
And they keep the actual
627
00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:35,563
position secret.
628
00:21:35,562 --> 00:21:37,432
They're trying to prevent any
629
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:38,770
bad guys essentially from being
630
00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:40,565
able to screw with New York's
631
00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,697
water supply, because if our
632
00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:44,942
water supply were to get cut
633
00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:47,537
off, uh, it would, it could
634
00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:49,440
be devastating.
635
00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:50,512
>> NARRATOR: Just how
636
00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:52,410
devastating would it be if the
637
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:54,752
city that never sleeps had its
638
00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:57,981
water tunnels compromised?
639
00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:58,994
>> JOHN CASTI: If the fresh
640
00:21:58,985 --> 00:21:59,985
water supply was compromised in
641
00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,586
some way, people dump some kind
642
00:22:01,588 --> 00:22:03,958
of chemicals or poisons or other
643
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:05,726
things into the water supply, a
644
00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:07,855
lot of people get very sick,
645
00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:09,460
and they will die.
646
00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:11,002
Another type of attack might be
647
00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:12,967
where the water supply is just
648
00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,725
shut off.
649
00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:16,604
So, uh, you don't get sick.
650
00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:19,343
You-you get highly dehydrated.
651
00:22:20,407 --> 00:22:21,407
>> DUNCAN: One of our only
652
00:22:21,408 --> 00:22:22,408
emergency water supplies in the
653
00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:23,609
city limits would be the small
654
00:22:23,610 --> 00:22:25,010
lake in Central Park.
655
00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:26,111
Now, that looks like a lot of
656
00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:27,112
water, the lake is about 40
657
00:22:27,113 --> 00:22:28,113
feet deep.
658
00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,124
It's somewhere around a billion
659
00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,475
gallons of water.
660
00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:31,753
But that's less than one day of
661
00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:33,891
water for New York City.
662
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:35,146
The city of New York would be
663
00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:36,724
drastically thirsty within one
664
00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:39,763
day... period.
665
00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:40,989
If in some way the valve
666
00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:43,463
chambers got damaged by bad
667
00:22:43,463 --> 00:22:45,773
guys, that would be just about
668
00:22:45,765 --> 00:22:46,865
the most crippling blow that
669
00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:47,866
could be dealt to New York
670
00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,867
City's infrastructure.
671
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:50,999
>> NARRATOR: If New York City's
672
00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,873
water supply were to be cut off
673
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:55,782
or contaminated, experts worry
674
00:22:55,775 --> 00:22:57,505
that entire neighborhoods could
675
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,650
be destroyed by chaos and
676
00:22:59,646 --> 00:23:02,746
anarchy, crippling whole
677
00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:05,789
communities from within.
678
00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:07,015
>> CASTI: People just take what
679
00:23:07,019 --> 00:23:08,659
they want from the food stores,
680
00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:10,115
hardware stores and whatever.
681
00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,892
And when those are cleaned out,
682
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,661
there's still plenty of people
683
00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:15,600
left who don't have food or
684
00:23:15,595 --> 00:23:17,025
weapons.
685
00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:19,669
And they band together and you
686
00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:22,166
get reduced back to survivalism.
687
00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:24,538
Ultimately in the end, the-the
688
00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:26,637
iron rule is-is you have to
689
00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:29,539
survive.
690
00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:31,542
>> NARRATOR: But while officials
691
00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:33,084
worry about terrorists breaching
692
00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:36,049
our underground infrastructure,
693
00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:38,818
could they already be here
694
00:23:38,818 --> 00:23:41,818
living next door to us
695
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,761
after sneaking through an
696
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,886
elaborate tunnel system
697
00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:48,532
at America's borders?
698
00:23:57,069 --> 00:24:00,669
>> NARRATOR: Nogales, Arizona.
699
00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:03,713
February 14, 2014.
700
00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:07,845
Federal authorities confiscate
701
00:24:07,847 --> 00:24:10,577
46 pounds of marijuana and a
702
00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:13,723
half a pound of heroin inside a
703
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,590
small home along the U.S. and
704
00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:18,529
Mexican border, leading to the
705
00:24:18,525 --> 00:24:22,255
immediate arrest of three
706
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:25,601
suspects.
707
00:24:25,598 --> 00:24:27,268
But investigators are more
708
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:29,096
shocked by what they find
709
00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:31,101
beneath the home.
710
00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:34,143
A 481-foot drug smuggling
711
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:37,240
tunnel, the longest ever
712
00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:39,683
discovered in the Nogales area.
713
00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:44,584
This super tunnel has its own
714
00:24:44,584 --> 00:24:48,124
wood shoring, electric lighting,
715
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,990
and ventilation system,
716
00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:54,231
and stretches longer than one
717
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:56,696
and a half football fields.
718
00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:02,299
But the Nogales tunnel is just
719
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,601
the latest found in a massive
720
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:06,644
network of underground smuggling
721
00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:09,139
tunnels discovered along the
722
00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:11,081
United States border.
723
00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:13,612
>> JEFFREY GROSSMAN: Those
724
00:25:13,613 --> 00:25:14,613
tunnels are used for
725
00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:16,184
transporting illegal materials--
726
00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:18,282
drugs, money, weapons, even
727
00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:20,154
even human assets,
728
00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,022
prostitution, human trafficking.
729
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,061
>> TERRY KIRKPATRICK: In
730
00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:24,315
Nogales, Arizona, there have
731
00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:26,163
been over about 270 tunnels
732
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:28,798
discovered in the last five
733
00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:30,755
years alone.
734
00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:34,329
And then come up 30 feet
735
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:36,673
into houses, bowling alleys,
736
00:25:36,669 --> 00:25:38,339
churches.
737
00:25:38,337 --> 00:25:40,207
Come up into kids bedrooms,
738
00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:41,736
below stoves, behind
739
00:25:41,741 --> 00:25:45,181
refrigerators, entryways and
740
00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:48,347
even doghouses out in the yard.
741
00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:50,017
>> NARRATOR: Traditionally,
742
00:25:50,016 --> 00:25:51,616
backpackers would simply hike
743
00:25:51,618 --> 00:25:53,088
across the border under the
744
00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:54,815
cover of darkness to bring
745
00:25:54,821 --> 00:25:57,361
contraband into the U.S., but in
746
00:25:57,356 --> 00:26:01,356
1982 when Ronald Reagan declared
747
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,830
a war on drugs, trafficking
748
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:07,230
moved underground.
749
00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:08,843
>> GROSSMAN: The tunnels
750
00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:09,965
started sprouting up in the
751
00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:11,369
late 1980s.
752
00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:13,670
And they were makeshift, if you
753
00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:14,843
will.
754
00:26:14,841 --> 00:26:16,111
They weren't engineered
755
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:17,838
properly, they caved in a lot,
756
00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:19,314
and a lot of people lost their
757
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:21,251
lives in these tunnels.
758
00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:25,716
>> NARRATOR: Tighter security
759
00:26:25,718 --> 00:26:27,988
measures above ground started to
760
00:26:27,987 --> 00:26:30,257
change the nature of underground
761
00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:33,256
tunnel smuggling.
762
00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:36,259
In 1996, President Bill Clinton
763
00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:38,332
ordered an increase of foot
764
00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:40,670
patrols to secure the U.S.
765
00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:43,867
border with Mexico.
766
00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:46,870
And in 2006, President George W.
767
00:26:46,873 --> 00:26:49,083
Bush signed into law the Secure
768
00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:52,975
Fence Act, which mandated the
769
00:26:52,979 --> 00:26:55,209
construction of 700 miles of
770
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:58,247
reinforced fencing.
771
00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,250
>> LAURA DUFFY: The Southwest
772
00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:00,751
border has undergone tremendous
773
00:27:00,753 --> 00:27:01,753
change.
774
00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:03,694
There are stretches of
775
00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:05,960
the fencing that's been
776
00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:07,688
completely modernized.
777
00:27:07,694 --> 00:27:09,134
And there are stretches where
778
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,028
nonexistent fencing, primary
779
00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:12,700
fencing and secondary fencing is
780
00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:15,772
now in place.
781
00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:16,768
>> GROSSMAN: A super tunnel
782
00:27:16,769 --> 00:27:17,839
today is quite different from a
783
00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:19,907
tunnel from the '80s.
784
00:27:19,906 --> 00:27:21,966
They come equipped with their
785
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:24,014
own lights and a transportation
786
00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:26,110
system or a rail system.
787
00:27:26,112 --> 00:27:27,112
>> DUFFY: Some of them we've
788
00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:28,113
even seen that they have
789
00:27:28,114 --> 00:27:29,284
elevators, uh, they have
790
00:27:29,281 --> 00:27:31,781
telephone lines.
791
00:27:31,784 --> 00:27:33,054
>> NARRATOR: These secret
792
00:27:33,052 --> 00:27:34,322
tunnels aren't just
793
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,290
architecturally complex, they're
794
00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:38,788
also built over an inordinate
795
00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:41,131
amount of time.
796
00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:42,457
>> DUFFY: You've got an
797
00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:46,071
extremely labor-intense process.
798
00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:47,795
This is a process that can
799
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,000
take up to a year to construct
800
00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,942
one of these things.
801
00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:55,780
>> NARRATOR: But just who would
802
00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:58,175
invest so much time and money
803
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:01,307
to build something so secret?
804
00:28:01,313 --> 00:28:03,023
>> GROSSMAN: Drug cartels
805
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,215
mainly are behind the tunneling
806
00:28:04,216 --> 00:28:05,476
systems.
807
00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:07,094
You have to have a strong
808
00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:10,086
financial structure in place to
809
00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:12,089
fund these type of operations.
810
00:28:14,894 --> 00:28:16,104
>> NARRATOR: With drug cartels
811
00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:18,325
fixated on their bottom line,
812
00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:20,930
homeland security experts worry
813
00:28:20,933 --> 00:28:23,073
about a horrific, looming
814
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,499
possibility.
815
00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:27,374
What if Mexican cartel leaders
816
00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,813
secretly teamed up with
817
00:28:29,809 --> 00:28:32,239
terrorist organizations to use
818
00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:34,254
their tunnels for even more
819
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:37,516
sinister purposes?
820
00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:39,846
Could greedy cartel lords be
821
00:28:39,852 --> 00:28:41,492
bribed by terrorist
822
00:28:41,487 --> 00:28:44,387
organizations, allowing them to
823
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,930
bring unthinkable carnage to the
824
00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:48,386
United States?
825
00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:49,534
>> KIRKPATRICK: The worst case
826
00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:51,398
scenario would be, uh, any
827
00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:52,397
terrorist coming in the United
828
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:53,998
States with some kind of weapons
829
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,400
of mass destruction or some
830
00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:58,001
biological weapon that we're not
831
00:28:58,004 --> 00:29:00,474
aware of, and it affects
832
00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,512
hundreds of thousands of U.S.
833
00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:03,407
citizens.
834
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:05,379
It's definitely a possibility.
835
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,407
Money supports both
836
00:29:07,413 --> 00:29:08,883
organizations.
837
00:29:08,881 --> 00:29:09,881
Uh, the terrorists need money to
838
00:29:09,882 --> 00:29:11,122
operate.
839
00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:13,017
The drug smugglers need money
840
00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:15,389
to, uh, buy more drugs and keep
841
00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:17,557
their business afloat.
842
00:29:17,556 --> 00:29:19,386
>> NARRATOR: The U.S.
843
00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:21,231
Department of Homeland Security
844
00:29:21,227 --> 00:29:23,027
considers this scenario a valid
845
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:25,899
threat, and as the tunnels have
846
00:29:25,898 --> 00:29:28,028
evolved, officials have
847
00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:29,974
attempted to stay one step ahead
848
00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:32,399
of the cartel's game by using
849
00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:35,844
the latest sophisticated
850
00:29:35,842 --> 00:29:38,182
technology to detect movement
851
00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:41,407
underground.
852
00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:44,583
(indistinct radio transmission)
853
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:46,053
>> GROSSMAN: There are cameras,
854
00:29:46,052 --> 00:29:47,192
there are drones, there's
855
00:29:47,186 --> 00:29:48,246
satellites, there's sonar
856
00:29:48,254 --> 00:29:49,464
equipment that's used.
857
00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:50,455
>> DUFFY: There are ground
858
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,586
sensors using, uh, seismic waves
859
00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:54,461
to detect underground movement
860
00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,060
by looking at cavities that
861
00:29:56,062 --> 00:29:57,462
might be underground.
862
00:29:57,463 --> 00:29:58,563
>> NARRATOR: Technology has
863
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:00,074
helped authorities destroy
864
00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:03,066
secret subterranean spaces, but
865
00:30:03,069 --> 00:30:05,069
could it also help to build them
866
00:30:05,071 --> 00:30:07,071
as well?
867
00:30:07,073 --> 00:30:08,443
There are some who believe that
868
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,340
government has access to
869
00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,442
technology that is so advanced
870
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,614
that it has allowed them to
871
00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:18,323
create entire cities...
872
00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:20,247
underground.
873
00:30:28,928 --> 00:30:31,098
>> NARRATOR: September 11,
874
00:30:31,097 --> 00:30:33,227
2001.
875
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:34,972
(people screaming)
876
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:37,167
As the twin towers of Manhattan
877
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:38,969
crumble to the ground and the
878
00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:42,441
Pentagon burns in Virginia,
879
00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:46,254
chaos reigns in the Capitol.
880
00:30:46,245 --> 00:30:48,375
Could the U.S. government
881
00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:52,220
itself be under assault?
882
00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:54,388
As President Bush is flown from
883
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,116
a speaking engagement in Florida
884
00:30:56,122 --> 00:30:58,492
to Andrews Air Force Base, some
885
00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:01,130
suspect the Secret Service,
886
00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:03,197
following protocol for
887
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:04,995
continuity of government,
888
00:31:04,997 --> 00:31:06,667
decides to put Vice President
889
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:08,625
Dick Cheney on a secret
890
00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:11,144
aircraft.
891
00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,667
Its destination is known to only
892
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:15,672
a select few, but some experts
893
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:18,284
assert the chopper is headed to
894
00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:21,007
a clandestine location 48 miles
895
00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:24,623
from Washington, D.C., and
896
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:27,246
buried deep underground.
897
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,520
>> ALLIN: In the event that
898
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:30,521
something goes so
899
00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:32,022
catastrophically wrong that the
900
00:31:32,024 --> 00:31:33,264
government can no longer
901
00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:36,259
operate, there's a-a safe haven.
902
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:39,574
>> NARRATOR: Many believe the
903
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,295
safe haven the vice president
904
00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:43,400
was flown to is a little-known
905
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:47,535
site called Mount Weather.
906
00:31:47,539 --> 00:31:48,569
>> REDFERN: Mount Weather is one
907
00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:49,644
of the most impressive
908
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,311
underground installations in the
909
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:52,580
United States.
910
00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:54,108
It's roughly 46 miles from
911
00:31:54,113 --> 00:31:55,313
Washington, D.C.
912
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:56,584
It's highly protected, and for
913
00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,052
that reason alone, I wouldn't
914
00:31:58,050 --> 00:31:59,690
recommend anybody tries to
915
00:31:59,685 --> 00:32:02,185
intrude upon the facility.
916
00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:03,588
>> MULLER: When I interview
917
00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:05,019
the movers and shakers-- the
918
00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:05,724
senators, the governors-- they
919
00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,564
all know about Mount Weather in
920
00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:08,329
Virginia.
921
00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:09,557
You haven't heard about it?
922
00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:11,201
That's because when a mic is on
923
00:32:11,197 --> 00:32:12,557
or a camera's on, they're not
924
00:32:12,564 --> 00:32:14,504
allowed to talk about it.
925
00:32:17,203 --> 00:32:18,273
>> REDFERN: Mount Weather is
926
00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,140
essentially an underground city.
927
00:32:20,139 --> 00:32:21,609
Kind of imagine something like
928
00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:23,607
in a James Bond movie, what the
929
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,009
typical super villain would
930
00:32:25,011 --> 00:32:26,581
live in.
931
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,078
>> NARRATOR: Unofficially, Mount
932
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,280
Weather is an underground
933
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:33,492
shelter and command center to be
934
00:32:33,485 --> 00:32:36,355
used in the event that the
935
00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:38,355
United States is engaged in an
936
00:32:38,357 --> 00:32:41,227
all-out war.
937
00:32:41,227 --> 00:32:42,357
REDFERN: There's a very good
938
00:32:42,361 --> 00:32:43,761
reason why Mount Weather is
939
00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:45,302
located so close to Washington,
940
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:46,767
D.C.
941
00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:48,095
In the event of a national
942
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:49,470
emergency, the president and all
943
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:52,238
his staff could be taken to
944
00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,308
Mount Weather to allow for some
945
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,636
continuation of government.
946
00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:58,212
>> NARRATOR: In case the
947
00:32:58,210 --> 00:32:59,250
government needs to shelter
948
00:32:59,245 --> 00:33:00,775
officials for an extended
949
00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,609
period of time, some believe
950
00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:05,524
Mount Weather is purposefully
951
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:08,047
laid out like a city that could
952
00:33:08,054 --> 00:33:10,624
be inhabited for months
953
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:12,322
or even years.
954
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:13,534
>> REDFERN: It has its own lake,
955
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:15,625
which allows for, uh, pure fresh
956
00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:17,327
water all the time.
957
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:19,129
It can house literally tens of
958
00:33:19,131 --> 00:33:20,401
thousands of people for months.
959
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,129
It has sidewalks.
960
00:33:22,134 --> 00:33:23,674
It has shops.
961
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:25,269
It has a railway.
962
00:33:25,271 --> 00:33:26,341
It has an air-conditioning
963
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:27,368
system.
964
00:33:27,373 --> 00:33:29,143
And most important of all,
965
00:33:29,141 --> 00:33:30,641
because Mount Weather is
966
00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:31,812
designed to protect the
967
00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:33,280
president, it's highly fortified
968
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,149
below ground.
969
00:33:35,147 --> 00:33:36,777
Mount Weather has this gigantic
970
00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:38,822
steel door that will pretty much
971
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:42,787
withstand anything including a
972
00:33:42,788 --> 00:33:46,658
nuclear attack.
973
00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:47,828
>> NARRATOR: If Mount Weather
974
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:49,796
really serves as an underground
975
00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,695
command center where people
976
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,527
could live for an extended
977
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:55,232
amount of time, could there be
978
00:33:55,234 --> 00:33:58,304
other secret cities that our
979
00:33:58,304 --> 00:34:00,814
government is trying to hide?
980
00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:02,266
>> REDFERN: It would make a
981
00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:03,714
great deal of sense for there to
982
00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,439
be a Mount Weather on the west
983
00:34:05,444 --> 00:34:07,184
coast, in the middle of the
984
00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,309
country, the north and the
985
00:34:08,314 --> 00:34:09,684
south.
986
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:11,151
>> NARRATOR: Some experts
987
00:34:11,150 --> 00:34:12,720
declare that there exists
988
00:34:12,718 --> 00:34:15,448
another, even bigger Mount
989
00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:17,464
Weather, not under a
990
00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:19,856
mountainside, but shockingly,
991
00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:22,858
right underneath the Denver
992
00:34:22,861 --> 00:34:26,701
International Airport.
993
00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:27,868
>> REDFERN: When the Denver
994
00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:29,736
Airport was first constructed,
995
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:32,195
the conspiracy theories began.
996
00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:34,574
One of the main reasons was
997
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,213
because the project to built it
998
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:39,349
actually massively overran in
999
00:34:39,345 --> 00:34:41,205
terms of time and in terms of
1000
00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:42,353
budget.
1001
00:34:42,348 --> 00:34:43,718
Some suggested that this
1002
00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:44,875
money had been kind of siphoned
1003
00:34:44,883 --> 00:34:47,553
off to build this secret
1004
00:34:47,553 --> 00:34:49,493
underground facility.
1005
00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:52,817
>> ALLIN: When they were
1006
00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:53,834
building that airport, there was
1007
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,325
this massive, and I mean
1008
00:34:55,327 --> 00:34:57,427
massive, hole in the ground.
1009
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,569
And buildings were going up
1010
00:34:59,565 --> 00:35:00,725
in there.
1011
00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:02,232
Buildings that, all of a sudden,
1012
00:35:02,234 --> 00:35:03,374
you know, you-you didn't see
1013
00:35:03,369 --> 00:35:04,369
them when the airport was
1014
00:35:04,370 --> 00:35:05,370
finished.
1015
00:35:05,371 --> 00:35:06,871
And their answer to that was,
1016
00:35:06,872 --> 00:35:07,912
"Well, the buildings were
1017
00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:09,506
incorrect, and we had such a big
1018
00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:11,208
"hole, we just covered them over
1019
00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:12,340
and kept building."
1020
00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:13,384
Who would buy that?
1021
00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:14,779
People that get into this stuff,
1022
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:16,320
they think that underneath
1023
00:35:16,315 --> 00:35:17,875
Denver International Airport is
1024
00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:19,923
a Mount Weather times ten.
1025
00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:22,248
A Mount Weather on steroids.
1026
00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:23,324
>> MULLER: Remember the Planet
1027
00:35:23,322 --> 00:35:24,322
of the Apes?
1028
00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:25,523
In the second movie, Beneath
1029
00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:26,534
the Planet of the Apes, there's
1030
00:35:26,525 --> 00:35:27,785
a whole human subterranean
1031
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:28,793
existence.
1032
00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:29,804
That's what the Denver Airport
1033
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:30,855
is.
1034
00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,532
Madness up above, but the elites
1035
00:35:32,531 --> 00:35:34,801
have a place to gather.
1036
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:35,870
>> ALLIN: If you're gonna hide
1037
00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:37,367
something underground, what
1038
00:35:37,369 --> 00:35:38,539
better place to do it then under
1039
00:35:38,537 --> 00:35:40,767
a huge airport kind of out in
1040
00:35:40,772 --> 00:35:41,872
the middle of nowhere
1041
00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:42,873
away from a city.
1042
00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:44,784
An airport is an extremely
1043
00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:47,676
secure location on the surface.
1044
00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:48,909
You can't just walk in and go
1045
00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:50,254
anywhere you want.
1046
00:35:50,249 --> 00:35:51,549
It's absolutely controlled
1047
00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:52,620
airspace.
1048
00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:53,918
And from a satellite
1049
00:35:53,919 --> 00:35:55,289
perspective, there's not a whole
1050
00:35:55,287 --> 00:35:56,287
lot to see.
1051
00:35:56,288 --> 00:35:57,558
That's a really, really good
1052
00:35:57,556 --> 00:35:58,616
place to hide.
1053
00:35:58,624 --> 00:35:59,794
I'd probably put it under an
1054
00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:01,231
airport, too.
1055
00:36:01,227 --> 00:36:02,427
>> NARRATOR: Some wonder what
1056
00:36:02,428 --> 00:36:03,958
could happen if a large-scale
1057
00:36:03,962 --> 00:36:07,572
attack was ever executed against
1058
00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:10,796
the United States?
1059
00:36:10,802 --> 00:36:12,302
Even if some survived in
1060
00:36:12,304 --> 00:36:15,944
underground bunkers,
1061
00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:18,811
what would become of America's
1062
00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:21,510
culture, history, art
1063
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:24,583
and people?
1064
00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:26,323
There are many who believe that
1065
00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:27,848
the answer can be found
1066
00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:31,393
underground in a vault that
1067
00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:34,460
stores data on every single
1068
00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:37,300
American who ever lived.
1069
00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:48,005
>> NARRATOR: Little Cottonwood
1070
00:36:48,006 --> 00:36:49,836
Canyon, Utah.
1071
00:36:49,841 --> 00:36:51,481
15 miles southeast of Salt Lake
1072
00:36:51,477 --> 00:36:53,747
City.
1073
00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,345
Deep inside a mass of solid rock
1074
00:36:56,348 --> 00:36:58,948
known as Granite Mountain, lies
1075
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:02,020
a secret vault protected by
1076
00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:04,890
steel doors that can withstand a
1077
00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,490
nuclear blast.
1078
00:37:08,494 --> 00:37:10,634
The vault is run by the Church
1079
00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:12,499
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
1080
00:37:12,498 --> 00:37:15,498
Saints, a religious faith also
1081
00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:18,601
known as the Mormons.
1082
00:37:20,372 --> 00:37:21,372
>> RYAN CRAGUN: The Mormon
1083
00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:23,043
Vault, or often called the
1084
00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:24,511
Granite Mountain Vault or the
1085
00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:26,350
Granite Vault, is an enormous
1086
00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:28,905
structure.
1087
00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:29,924
They bore into the side of this
1088
00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:31,515
mountain about 600 feet, dug it
1089
00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:33,047
out, and they built a number of
1090
00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:35,351
structures in there or vaults.
1091
00:37:35,354 --> 00:37:36,594
>> RYAN DUBE: Three external
1092
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:37,658
doors-- one of them is a 14-ton
1093
00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:38,886
door and the other two are nine
1094
00:37:38,924 --> 00:37:41,934
tons.
1095
00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:43,057
>> NARRATOR: Some might question
1096
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:46,061
why would a religious group need
1097
00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:49,904
a secret vault all of its own?
1098
00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:51,541
The answer is unbelievable to
1099
00:37:51,537 --> 00:37:53,537
some.
1100
00:37:53,539 --> 00:37:55,769
The vault is stacked with rows
1101
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:59,614
upon rows of genealogical data
1102
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:03,421
saved on microfilm.
1103
00:38:03,415 --> 00:38:06,685
In the 1950s, the Church began
1104
00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:08,685
to search for a safe place to
1105
00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:11,057
store its collection, and
1106
00:38:11,056 --> 00:38:12,956
ultimately chose the underground
1107
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:15,558
site at Granite Mountain.
1108
00:38:15,561 --> 00:38:16,961
>> CRAGUN: They had this idea
1109
00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:18,632
if they go underground and they
1110
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,100
build big enough doors in front
1111
00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:21,698
of this, this basically makes
1112
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:23,540
this nuclear bomb proof.
1113
00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:25,795
>> NARRATOR: And why would the
1114
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:27,574
Mormon Church build an
1115
00:38:27,573 --> 00:38:29,583
underground vault that could
1116
00:38:29,575 --> 00:38:32,835
survive a nuclear war?
1117
00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,714
Some religious experts say the
1118
00:38:34,713 --> 00:38:36,983
answer lies in the Mormon belief
1119
00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:39,122
system of how souls are rewarded
1120
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:42,087
in the afterlife.
1121
00:38:42,087 --> 00:38:43,717
Mormonism's founder Joseph
1122
00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:45,962
Smith believed that a person's
1123
00:38:45,957 --> 00:38:47,987
soul could be converted to
1124
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:50,603
Mormonism after death through a
1125
00:38:50,596 --> 00:38:54,466
process called baptism by proxy.
1126
00:38:54,466 --> 00:38:55,596
>> DUBE: They have what they
1127
00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:56,671
call proxies, which are
1128
00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:57,798
stand-ins, people that are
1129
00:38:57,803 --> 00:38:59,473
worthy of taking part in the
1130
00:38:59,471 --> 00:39:00,611
rituals.
1131
00:39:00,606 --> 00:39:01,736
They do a full immersion into a
1132
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:03,010
pool of water.
1133
00:39:03,008 --> 00:39:05,008
And they read the names of
1134
00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,980
the dead during this ritual.
1135
00:39:18,457 --> 00:39:19,987
>> NARRATOR: How do Mormons come
1136
00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:21,631
up with a list of the dead to
1137
00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:23,427
baptize?
1138
00:39:23,429 --> 00:39:25,829
By an extensive, secretive
1139
00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:27,501
collection of genealogical
1140
00:39:27,499 --> 00:39:29,999
records.
1141
00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,771
>> CRAGUN: They've got census
1142
00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:34,041
records, they've got birth
1143
00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:36,009
records, baptism records
1144
00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:37,177
wherever they can find records
1145
00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,005
of people with names and dates.
1146
00:39:39,010 --> 00:39:41,110
But the ultimate goal truly is
1147
00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,922
to get records of everybody.
1148
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:45,575
>> NARRATOR: The Church has even
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discovered a creative way to get
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people to volunteer information
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that helps them catalog every
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human being who has ever lived
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on the planet.
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>> CRAGUN: They have a free Web
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site, FamilySearch.org, where
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you can go on and you can start
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to trace your genealogy and you
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can fill in details and they
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will help you.
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There's a question on there
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when you set this up that asks
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are you a member of the Church.
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If you don't get to click that
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button, if you're not a member
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of the Church, then you don't
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get any of the additional
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information that's kind of
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really the true motivation for
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why they're doing this.
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Mormons get to see who the work
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has been done for.
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Everybody else gets to use this
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just to trace their ancestry.
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Where does all this genealogical
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data end up?
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According to the Mormons
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themselves, millions upon
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millions of records eventually
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find their way to microfilm that
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is then stored in the Mormon
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Vault.
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>> DUBE: In the end, they want
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to go through this ritual of
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posthumous baptism.
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They want to do this baptism by
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proxy, so even if there's an
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apocalypse, Mormons can continue
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on doing what they want to do.
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>> NARRATOR: Even after the
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destruction of every living
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person in America, a safe haven
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underground could allow the
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Church to take care of the
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world's souls.
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>> REDFERN: If there really were
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an America's Book of Secrets,
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I think it would reveal that
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there's far more going on
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underground than really anybody
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realizes.
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>> NARRATOR: Could America's
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network of underground
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infrastructure be the answer to
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mankind's problems?
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Or might we be paving the way to
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our own destruction?
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Are we creating such a vast
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network of hidden tunnels,
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vaults and chambers
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under our feet that they are
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destined to collapse
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and take us with them?
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