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♪♪
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NARRATOR:
In 1965, witnesses reported
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seeing a UFO crash
in the woods
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outside of
a small Pennsylvania town...
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It was right here.
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...inciting one of the largest
UFO cover-ups in history.
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HANSEN: It makes you wonder
if we can trust anything.
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I was there.
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NARRATOR:
What did the military find
in those woods?
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[ Creature clicking, growling ]
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There was something
inside of that thing.
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NARRATOR: The time has come
to uncover the truth
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behind the Kecksburg UFO case.
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I'm Ben Hansen,
a former federal agent.
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My grandfather worked at a
highly classified Air Force base
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and convinced me we are not
alone in the universe.
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Then I had my own encounter
that changed my life forever.
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MARSH:
Welcome to UFO country.
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HANSEN: Now I've gained access
to a top secret archive
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from Project Blue Book...
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This planet has been under
surveillance for centuries.
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HANSEN: ...containing reports
of over 10,000 UFO sightings
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investigated
by the US government.
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We could very well be standing
on the exact place
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where a UFO crashed.
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My mission is
to uncover the truth.
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I'm in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania,
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southwestern part of the state.
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This is the site of
the 1965 alleged UFO crash,
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a very strange occurrence
in this small community.
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NARRATOR:
The world has been fascinated
by reports of UFO crashes
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since the infamous
Roswell incident of 1947.
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But a lesser-known UFO crash
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has haunted the little town
of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania,
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since 1965.
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In this tiny town,
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locals claim they saw
a fireball tear across the sky
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and crash into a wooded hollow
a few miles away.
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At the crash site,
witnesses saw
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a large, metallic,
acorn-shaped object
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bathed in colorful lights.
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The military later claimed
it was simply a meteor,
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but those who saw it maintain it
was a craft from another world.
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Kecksburg was never the same.
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It's heavily wooded.
there's very few houses around.
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I can imagine
something happening
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in the middle of the night.
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The whole town's going to know
about it if you see smoke,
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and you're going to go
find out what it was.
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The fire station, I hear,
has kind of become
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the hub of Kecksburg.
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There's not really a downtown.
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Here's the fire station.
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And here is their monument
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to the craft they claim
crashed here -- the giant acorn.
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Let's take a look at this.
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"Kecksburg UFO.
December 9, 1965."
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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I think this is the same size,
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as much as they could
make a replica,
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of what they believed it was.
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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I can see here there's, like,
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strange inscriptions and
writings on the side of it.
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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That was reported
by some of the witnesses.
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This probably hasn't
changed much since the '60s.
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You can tell just by
the age of the homes
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and things here in the woods.
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It's very possible
that the woods looked
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almost exactly the same in 1965.
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It's like the whole town
has been frozen in time
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since the day of the incident.
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NARRATOR: But recently, there
have been new UFO sightings
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that are eerily similar to 1965.
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And Ben is meeting with the man
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who has been investigating
those sightings.
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[ Crows cawing ]
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Hey, Ben,
how you doing?
Roger!
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Welcome to UFO country.
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So, the southwestern part
of Pennsylvania
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is truly a hotspot, huh?
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MARSH: Yes, it's just rampant
in this area.
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They appear to be
observing us.
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And they've been coming
for decades.
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It's never let up.
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And the people that are
reporting are very, very scared.
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We have a very good witness
who saw something here.
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I'd love to hear what
he has to say, 'cause --Sure.
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It's an incredible story.
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NARRATOR: Andrew Frick
claims to have seen a UFO
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that matches the description
of the 1965 Acorn,
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just seven miles from where
the Kecksburg UFO
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allegedly crashed 55 years ago.
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Could the two UFOs be connected?
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So, Andrew, Roger tells me you
had a pretty intense experience.
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Can you walk me through
what happened that day?
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FRICK: Yeah.
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I came over to hang out
with my friends.
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[ Video game gunfire]
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We were here gaming.
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All of a sudden, the TV
starts freeze-framing...
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[ Static crackles, TV hums ]
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...and the picture started
just going berserk.
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[ Electricity buzzes ]
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[ Glass rattles ]
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But eventually, we just
shut the whole thing down.
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[ Electricity buzzing ]
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And we go outside,
and it's so clear out.
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I pulled out my phone because I
wanted to try and get a picture.
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And as I pulled my phone out
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and I'm panning the sky,
looking for a good area...
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...I see this object in the sky.
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[ Warbling ]
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It was perfectly still.
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It hovered in place?
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Right.
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We were staring at it
for about 40 seconds,
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and I remember
these lights appeared on it.
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And all of a sudden,
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it meandered
for about 10 seconds...
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...and it took off.
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It was gone.
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Like, in a blink of an eye.
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So, how did this end?
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You know, we go back inside,
and of course,
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the connection
and the TV are fine,
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and everything's normal again.
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You know, it was just
the craziest thing,
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'cause I've never seen
anything like that in the sky...
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especially for it
to not make a noise.
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No sound whatsoever?
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No sound.
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Did you try filming it?
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Well, I snapped a picture,
but it was just --
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Came up just black.Yeah, it was just black.
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That's pretty intense,
it happened right here.
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What do you think it was?
Do you think it was from here?
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After seeing it,
I remember thinking to myself,
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"Did that happen?"
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It's definitely, definitely
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you know, something from
out of this world.
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HANSEN:
Andrew's testimony is amazing.
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This acorn-shaped craft
silently hovered over them,
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disrupted their electronics,
gave off a red glow,
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and disappeared in
a fraction of a second.
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NARRATOR:
Could this UFO be linked
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to the Kecksburg Crash of 1965?
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Ben is headed to meet with
a local reporter
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who has been documenting
UFO sightings and testimony
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for over 50 years.
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Hi, Stan.
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It's nice to finally
meet you.
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Nice meeting you, too.
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So, could you kind of just
take me back to that evening?
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As there was news breaking
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on the radio and TV station
around Pittsburgh
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that this brilliant fireball
had been observed...
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[ Door creaking ]
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...whatever the object was,
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it fell into a water ravine
near Kecksburg
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here in
Mount Pleasant Township.
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The witnesses who
saw the object locally
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said it did not come down at
a high rate of speed
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like you would have,
for example,
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with a reentry
of space debris or meteor --
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that it came down almost like
it made a controlled landing.
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GORDON: One of the witnesses,
who was a volunteer fireman --
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he had been called out to search
for a possible downed aircraft.
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So he and his few guys
hurried over,
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and there was
a little embankment there.
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[ Radio chatter ]
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And that's when they come across
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this large, metallic,
acorn-shaped object
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semi-buried in the ground.
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He said this was big enough
for a man to stand inside of,
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approximately 10 to 12 feet
in length,
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about 8 to 10 feet in diameter.
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But on the back of the object,
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like the back of the acorn,
there were raised-up markings
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that looked more like
symbols than writing.
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NARRATOR:
According to eyewitnesses,
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the symbols were not from
any recognizable human language.
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GORDON:
So, as they're down there...
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...two men came down
through the woods,
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and right behind them
are soldiers.
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Looked at the object,
looked at them, and said,
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"This area is now quarantined.
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You need to
leave here immediately.
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[ Laughs ] Wow.
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So what happens after
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the military pushes
everybody out of there?
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Some of the witnesses back then
were young kids or teenagers,
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and some of these teenagers
apparently found a way
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through some of
the roadblocks.
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And one of the witnesses
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saw something interesting,
too...
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...while they were down there
hiding in the woods.
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And I could see his voice
begin to tremble
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and he said,
"I swear to God, sir,
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there was something
inside of that thing."
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[ Growling, clicking ]
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NARRATOR: Ben Hansen is in
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania,
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investigating a string
of UFO sightings...
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I've never seen anything
like that in the sky.
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NARRATOR: ...that have been
plaguing locals
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since a UFO crashed
outside the town in 1965.
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STRUBLE: It was an orange streak
that cut across the horizon.
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NARRATOR: What did witnesses see
in the woods that night?
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"There was something
inside of that thing."[ Creature growling, clicking ]
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And he goes on to tell me
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how a military officer
jumped on top of the object...
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...and he struck the object.
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[ Banging ]
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[ Object clicks ]
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And he said moments later,
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this hatch opens from
the front of the object.
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[ Growling, clicking ]
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He said,
"As a matter of seconds,
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I can hear metal on metal
hitting, and it closed."
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[ Soldiers screaming ]
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And they all start
screaming and yelling,
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"Hurry up, hurry up!
We don't have much time!"
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And that's when they lift it
onto the flatbed truck
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and get it out of there.
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[ Laughs ] Wow.
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NARRATOR: Stan details countless
eyewitness reports to Ben.
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A lot of these people
said,
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"I would swear under oath
about what we saw."
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Nothing supports
the government's claims
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that a meteor crashed here
that night,
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leading Ben to believe
the truth has been covered up.
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In hopes of discovering what
really happened at Kecksburg,
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Ben contacts Jennie Zeidman --
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the last remaining member of the
top secret government program
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Project Blue Book.
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Starting in 1952,
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Blue Book investigated
thousands of UFO encounters,
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and Jenny kept files
on all of them,
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including one on
the 1965 Kecksburg incident.
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♪♪
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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HANSEN: It's so nice
to see you again, Jennie.
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How do you do?
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Good.
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I just met
with Stan Gordon,
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who interviewed
hundreds of witnesses.
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They claim a UFO
crashed in the woods
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and military personnel
carried something away.
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Yeah, we have a lot
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of really good stuff
to share with you.
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Oh, I can't wait.
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NARRATOR: Joining Jennie and Ben
on the investigation
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is UFO historian Mark O'Connell.
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People just flocked to this
alleged crash site.
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Is this
the Blue Book file?
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Yeah, this is.
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December 9, 1965.
Mm-hmm.
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Conclusion -- meteor.
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So, this is one of
the news reports --
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"Officials state
that a meteorite
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was probably
the cause of it all,
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but the object was traveling
much too slow for a meteorite.
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There is also evidence that it
changed course in flight."
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♪♪
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You've got
witnesses who say
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that this slowed down
and then changed direction.
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The idea that
this object was a meteor...
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that's about as ludicrous
as I've heard.
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Jennie, what's
your overall opinion?
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Do you think it's possible
the government covered up
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a UFO crash in Kecksburg?
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Oh, sure. [ Laughs ]
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So, why do you think
that the government seems to
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still be hiding these close
calls that we've had with UFOs?
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Because that shows
our weakness --
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that we can't control
or anticipate.
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That is going to mean
that we're the victims.
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Do you think we should
prepare for the worst, then?
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[ Laughs ] We can't.
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What could we do?
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They're so far ahead
of us technologically.
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I'll fly really off the handle
and say we're doomed.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR:
But Jennie has a lead
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on the truth behind
the Kecksburg incident.
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In 1965, Project Blue Book
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interviewed
eyewitness Ron Struble
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when he was 22 years old.
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♪♪
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STRUBLE: It was an orange streak
that cut across the horizon.
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♪♪
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It went disappearing
over the mountains.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR:
And after 55 years, Struble has
agreed to meet with Ben
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and lead him to the crash site.
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ZEIDMAN:
If one of these objects crashed,
there would be debris on-site.
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Alright, guys, well,
thank you so much for your help.
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And we're relatively
close to Pennsylvania,
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so I'm going to
head out that way
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and start looking into
some of these possible witnesses
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that are still around.
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And I'd like to go out
to the site myself.
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So thank you.
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We thank you.
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[ Engine revving ]
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[ Crows cawing ]
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: Jennie Zeidman
confirmed it was no meteor
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that crashed outside Kecksburg
in 1965.
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To help Ben expose
the government cover-up,
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she connects him with
two eyewitnesses
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who claim they saw a UFO
in the woods that night.
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♪♪
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Hi.Hi.
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You must be Ron and Bill.
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Man of the hour.
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Nice to meet you.
I'm Ben.Nice to meet you.
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NARRATOR: Ron was 22 years old
when he was interviewed
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by investigators
from Project Blue Book.
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There was a smoke
going across the horizon,
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and then the object crashed
in the Kecksburg area.
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Bill Weaver was 19 at the time.
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After hearing reports
of the crash on the radio,
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he rushed out to the site,
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where he saw an eerie blue light
emanating from the woods.
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HANSEN: Thank you so much
for meeting me here.
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I've heard a lot about
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how you can fill in the blanks
of what happened this night.
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By the time I got
out to Kecksburg,
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the military
was already here.
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They had the roads blocked,
and everybody thought it was,
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you know,
an airplane or something
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that crashed in the area.
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We could just look down
in the hole and see, you know,
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guys running back and forth
towards the site.
363
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Where were you, and how
did it all start for you?
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WEAVER:
I was just out cruising.
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There's people standing
alongside the road.
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I look down in there,
and I could see
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where something had just
plowed into the ground.
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[ Soldiers chattering ]
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And there was a light
emanating off of that object.
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The military's all
over the place.
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State police
is all over the place.
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[ Guns cocking ]
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At this point, too,
there's a big truck pulls in.
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There's four guys gets out
of this truck with a box...
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[ Growling ]
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...but they were
wearing moon suits.
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And they carried that thing
down into the woods,
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to that object.
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MAN: Sir, you're
going to have to leave.
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And the men in the dark suits
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seemed to have
the power over everybody.
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♪♪
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Now, my father was a foreman
on state highways,
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and he was always out
checking the roads,
385
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and he watched them
haul that thing out of here.
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But he said it was covered
with a tarp.
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Trailer truck
with a tarp over it.Yes.
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If they weren't expecting
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or had a plan
for this sort of thing,
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how does a box truck show up
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with four military guys
and a crate?
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How does that
make you feel,
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regardless of what
this was,
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that the official
story is
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"We didn't
recover anything"?
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For years, we've been told
that the military wasn't there.
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Well, that's a falsity.
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Whatever branch they were,
they were there.
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What do you tell people
who believe that official story
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and they say, "No, no, no,
the reports that came out
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00:19:05,482 --> 00:19:06,655
and everything says
the military weren't there,
402
00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:09,689
so you guys are,
in essence, lying"?
403
00:19:09,689 --> 00:19:12,310
What do you
tell those people?
404
00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:14,551
Somebody's not going to tell me
that it didn't happen,
405
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because I was there.
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It landed in our little town,
okay, so something happened.
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00:19:22,034 --> 00:19:29,000
♪♪
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What you haven't really told me
is what you think it is.
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I don't know if it's something
out of this world or not.
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00:19:34,931 --> 00:19:36,827
Makes me wonder.
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It could be something alien.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR:
UFO investigator Ben Hansen
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is meeting with witnesses
Ron Struble and Bill Weaver,
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who claim to have seen a UFO
fly through the sky
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and land in the woods outside
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania,
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in 1965.
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And they believe
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the government has been hiding
the truth ever since.
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Our government knows.
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00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:08,034
They won't tell us.
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00:20:08,034 --> 00:20:12,103
Give us those reports,
nothing blacked out on them.
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00:20:12,103 --> 00:20:13,724
Tell us what that was.
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That's what all of us want,
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00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:20,241
but I don't know that
that's ever going to happen.
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Well, then it's time to hunt
for proof ourselves.
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00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,275
Ron, Jennie Zeidman says
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that you know
where the UFO crashed.
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ZEIDMAN:
If one of these objects crashed,
there would be debris on-site.
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00:20:34,482 --> 00:20:36,517
I would love to go
to the crash site.
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00:20:36,517 --> 00:20:39,724
Do you remember how
to get to that location?
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00:20:39,724 --> 00:20:40,862
Yes.
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00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:43,034
Let's do it!
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NARRATOR:
Ron and Bill's description of
the events of December 9, 1965,
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leave little doubt as to what
happened in the woods
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that fateful night.
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00:20:51,137 --> 00:20:53,172
Now Ben will attempt to recover
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physical evidence
from the crash site
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and validate their claims.
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If we can pinpoint the exact
location where this happened,
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I plan on doing
a basic field survey,
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so metal detecting,
Geiger counters,
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looking for any effect
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this object may have had
on the vegetation,
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00:21:14,275 --> 00:21:16,310
anything that looks
out of place.
446
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And it's really not implausible
447
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that we would find that
after all these years.
448
00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:22,344
♪♪
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00:21:22,344 --> 00:21:24,137
So, Stan Gordon,
a local researcher,
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told me that the fireball
came from this direction,
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comes over the town, basically,
comes to this point,
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and takes a very drastic turn
in the other direction
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before it settles
into the ravine.
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Most of the witnesses
watched the recovery effort
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from this position.
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I'm excited
to get down in there.
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NARRATOR: Ron Struble will lead
Ben down to the crash site.
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HANSEN: Ron, do you want
to lead me down here?
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I imagine it would be
quite a recovery effort.
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00:21:56,379 --> 00:22:00,413
Yeah, it's getting
pretty thick in here.
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You see that clearing down
there? That's where we're going.
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Okay.
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♪♪
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We are right in the location,
right here.
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♪♪
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00:22:16,965 --> 00:22:19,344
Well, it was in here.
In here?
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Yeah.
Like right where
I'm standing.
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♪♪
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It's almost just like
I pictured it.
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You know, I had in my mind
that night,
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what was going on, and...
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I pictured military men
with searchlights
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and a big excavation
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and maybe a little bit of fear,
'cause they're trying
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to hurry and scoop this thing up
and take it out.
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00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:50,172
We could very well be standing
on the exact place
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where a UFO crashed in 1965.
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What I'm really interested in
is some of these treetops...
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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...that seem to be kind of
sheared off at the top...
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00:23:00,724 --> 00:23:02,034
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
482
00:23:02,034 --> 00:23:04,275
...similar to what the witnesses
described happened,
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00:23:04,275 --> 00:23:06,241
that some of the trees
were cut off
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as the object came through
and kind of crashed in here.
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NARRATOR: And from the air,
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one can almost make out
an actual crash site.
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So, what I'm thinking is
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I'm going to do
a baseline EMF reading,
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and then I'd like to start with
a sweep of the general area
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using the metal detector.
491
00:23:24,655 --> 00:23:27,482
We've also got
ground-penetrating radar.
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00:23:27,482 --> 00:23:29,758
Charles should be here
in a minute, and he's got
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kind of an all-terrain,
ground-penetrating radar
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that we can go over the area
and look for anything.
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♪♪
496
00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:39,344
Can you explain to me
exactly how this works
497
00:23:39,344 --> 00:23:41,724
and what we're going
to be doing?
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00:23:41,724 --> 00:23:43,275
Going to be
scanning the area,
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emits its signal down
into the ground,
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pops back up
on the screen.
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Can go from 6 inches
to 60, 70 feet.
502
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:52,931
Okay.
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[ Warbling ]
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00:23:55,551 --> 00:23:59,551
[ Beeping ]
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00:23:59,551 --> 00:24:01,379
♪♪
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00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:03,413
[ Warbling continues ]
507
00:24:03,413 --> 00:24:05,724
[ Beeping continues ]
508
00:24:05,724 --> 00:24:11,724
♪♪
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00:24:11,724 --> 00:24:13,034
[ Beeping quickens ]
510
00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:15,413
CHARLES: Ben?
511
00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:17,103
Think I got something.
512
00:24:17,103 --> 00:24:19,068
♪♪
513
00:24:23,206 --> 00:24:24,931
NARRATOR:
In 1965, witnesses claim
514
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:29,068
a UFO crashed in the woods
outside Kecksburg, Pennsylvania,
515
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:32,551
Shortly after, a military crew
descended on the scene
516
00:24:32,551 --> 00:24:34,448
and cleared the site.
517
00:24:34,448 --> 00:24:36,068
55 years later,
518
00:24:36,068 --> 00:24:40,241
investigator Ben Hansen hopes
to find any traces of a UFO
519
00:24:40,241 --> 00:24:42,482
overlooked by
the government cleanup.
520
00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:44,689
HANSEN: We've got
ground-penetrating radar.
521
00:24:44,689 --> 00:24:46,655
♪♪
522
00:24:46,655 --> 00:24:48,206
[ Warbling ]
523
00:24:48,206 --> 00:24:50,724
[ Beeping ]
524
00:24:50,724 --> 00:24:54,482
♪♪
525
00:24:54,482 --> 00:24:56,655
Ben?
526
00:24:56,655 --> 00:24:58,000
Think I got something.
527
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,172
♪♪
528
00:25:01,172 --> 00:25:04,172
What do you got?
529
00:25:04,172 --> 00:25:06,758
Right under
this flag here.
530
00:25:06,758 --> 00:25:08,793
Okay.
I found this.
531
00:25:08,793 --> 00:25:12,655
It's denser than
anything else that's in here.
532
00:25:12,655 --> 00:25:15,000
It's a lot brighter.
533
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,034
Whoa.
534
00:25:16,034 --> 00:25:20,068
♪♪
535
00:25:20,068 --> 00:25:23,551
Alright, so now
the real work begins.
536
00:25:23,551 --> 00:25:27,448
Charles has found something,
so we need to grab our shovel
537
00:25:27,448 --> 00:25:29,448
and see if we can get down
to where this is.
538
00:25:29,448 --> 00:25:35,827
♪♪
539
00:25:35,827 --> 00:25:37,586
[ Thud ]
540
00:25:37,586 --> 00:25:39,172
Now I'm more curious
than ever.
541
00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:40,310
[ Thudding ]
542
00:25:40,310 --> 00:25:41,586
[ Groans ]
543
00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:47,862
Imagine what we could find
in here, like...
544
00:25:47,862 --> 00:25:51,689
if they did excavatings
and pulled this wreckage out,
545
00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:55,068
if they left some chunk
that got overlooked,
546
00:25:55,068 --> 00:25:56,724
break this case wide open.
547
00:25:56,724 --> 00:26:01,793
♪♪
548
00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:07,034
♪♪
549
00:26:07,034 --> 00:26:09,379
Let's see. Come on.
550
00:26:09,379 --> 00:26:10,793
[ Groans ]
551
00:26:10,793 --> 00:26:12,896
Pepsi!
552
00:26:12,896 --> 00:26:16,206
This kind of gives you an idea
of how old this trash is --
553
00:26:16,206 --> 00:26:19,517
it's an old Pepsi can
with the tab you pull back.
554
00:26:21,448 --> 00:26:25,206
The markings on the trees
and the damage to the tops,
555
00:26:25,206 --> 00:26:26,862
not to mention
what appears to be
556
00:26:26,862 --> 00:26:29,241
the scars of an old crash site,
557
00:26:29,241 --> 00:26:31,655
could suggest that a huge object
558
00:26:31,655 --> 00:26:35,931
entered from the direction
described by the eyewitnesses.
559
00:26:35,931 --> 00:26:39,103
What came out of the forest
that night in Kecksburg?
560
00:26:39,103 --> 00:26:41,689
And where did it go?
561
00:26:41,689 --> 00:26:45,172
NARRATOR:
While Ben found no conclusive
evidence of a UFO at the site,
562
00:26:45,172 --> 00:26:48,000
the signs of a crash
are still evident to this day.
563
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000
So to continue
his investigation,
564
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,793
he heads to the Center
for UFO Studies.
565
00:26:52,793 --> 00:26:56,931
♪♪
566
00:26:56,931 --> 00:27:00,758
I have a number of documents
here to go through and review,
567
00:27:00,758 --> 00:27:02,931
including the Blue Book files.
568
00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:08,586
Hopefully, some of this is going
to shed some light on Kecksburg.
569
00:27:08,586 --> 00:27:11,655
NARRATOR: The Center
for UFO Studies, or CUFOS,
570
00:27:11,655 --> 00:27:13,379
is a collective of ufologists
571
00:27:13,379 --> 00:27:17,206
who share their findings
on the world's UFO sightings.
572
00:27:17,206 --> 00:27:19,896
Their facility contains
all of Jennie Zeidman's
573
00:27:19,896 --> 00:27:22,793
and J. Allen Hynek's
Blue Book files, as well as
574
00:27:22,793 --> 00:27:26,206
countless other exhaustively
documented encounters.
575
00:27:26,206 --> 00:27:28,758
If there is any proof
of a government-backed cover-up
576
00:27:28,758 --> 00:27:31,758
at Kecksburg,
it's within these walls.
577
00:27:31,758 --> 00:27:34,344
♪♪
578
00:27:34,344 --> 00:27:37,724
The official story on this case
is quite different
579
00:27:37,724 --> 00:27:40,137
than what the witnesses claim.
580
00:27:40,137 --> 00:27:44,965
The witnesses swear that
it wasn't a meteor that landed.
581
00:27:44,965 --> 00:27:48,241
They know for certain,
after 55 years,
582
00:27:48,241 --> 00:27:51,448
they saw things being removed
by the Air Force.
583
00:27:51,448 --> 00:27:53,206
But where?
Where does it go?
584
00:27:53,206 --> 00:27:58,517
♪♪
585
00:27:58,517 --> 00:28:03,931
♪♪
586
00:28:03,931 --> 00:28:07,310
NARRATOR: Finally, he uncovers
a significant lead --
587
00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:11,655
a response from NASA to a 2003
Freedom of Information request
588
00:28:11,655 --> 00:28:13,310
for all federal documents
589
00:28:13,310 --> 00:28:16,310
related to the Kecksburg
UFO incident.
590
00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:18,206
♪♪
591
00:28:20,275 --> 00:28:22,310
This is like a deep rabbit hole,
592
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:26,068
because there's been multiple
requests made over the years,
593
00:28:26,068 --> 00:28:29,965
but if I'm following
this correctly...
594
00:28:29,965 --> 00:28:32,206
[ Laughs ]
This is pretty big news.
595
00:28:32,206 --> 00:28:33,241
I mean --
596
00:28:33,241 --> 00:28:35,379
Okay, so, Leslie Kean --
597
00:28:35,379 --> 00:28:39,137
she is a well-known
UFO researcher,
598
00:28:39,137 --> 00:28:41,310
and she kind of
spearheaded this --
599
00:28:41,310 --> 00:28:45,793
it looks like in 2003, she made
her main FOIA request.
600
00:28:47,620 --> 00:28:50,103
NARRATOR:
The Freedom of Information Act
requires the release
601
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:52,172
of previously confidential files
602
00:28:52,172 --> 00:28:55,206
when requested by members
of the public.
603
00:28:55,206 --> 00:28:57,862
She specifically asked
for two boxes
604
00:28:57,862 --> 00:29:00,068
that belong
to the fragology files.
605
00:29:00,068 --> 00:29:02,758
Now, fragology is, like,
the study of fragments --
606
00:29:02,758 --> 00:29:04,758
space fragments, right?
607
00:29:04,758 --> 00:29:07,275
Supposedly, NASA had collected
608
00:29:07,275 --> 00:29:10,896
some metal materials
related to Kecksburg.
609
00:29:10,896 --> 00:29:14,620
Yet, they said,
"Our records indicate
610
00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:18,655
that the boxes were identified
as missing in 1987
611
00:29:18,655 --> 00:29:22,793
and have not been located
since that date."
612
00:29:22,793 --> 00:29:25,655
Things just kind of disappeared.
613
00:29:25,655 --> 00:29:27,379
NARRATOR:
According to the report,
614
00:29:27,379 --> 00:29:30,379
NASA claimed to have lost or
destroyed all evidence
615
00:29:30,379 --> 00:29:33,379
related to the Kecksburg case,
616
00:29:33,379 --> 00:29:35,931
including a box that contained
metal fragments
617
00:29:35,931 --> 00:29:38,379
recovered from the crash site.
618
00:29:38,379 --> 00:29:42,793
Two boxes of material that NASA
supposedly had of the debris
619
00:29:42,793 --> 00:29:45,793
are missing since 1987,
620
00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:48,344
and they have no idea
where they are.
621
00:29:48,344 --> 00:29:51,551
♪♪
622
00:29:51,551 --> 00:29:54,206
NARRATOR:
What were these metal fragments
found at the site?
623
00:29:54,206 --> 00:29:57,068
And why was the box
supposedly lost or destroyed?
624
00:29:59,103 --> 00:30:04,172
This M.O., unfortunately,
is played out so many times
625
00:30:04,172 --> 00:30:06,379
when there's something so big
it seems like
626
00:30:06,379 --> 00:30:09,172
the government just does not
want to talk about.
627
00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:12,103
And it makes you wonder
if we can trust anything
628
00:30:12,103 --> 00:30:14,000
when it comes
to the official narrative.
629
00:30:15,931 --> 00:30:18,620
NARRATOR: The files also reveal
the name of an eyewitness
630
00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:23,068
who lived across the street
from the crash site in 1965.
631
00:30:23,068 --> 00:30:26,517
Ben has located him
and set up a meeting.
632
00:30:26,517 --> 00:30:32,379
♪♪
633
00:30:32,379 --> 00:30:33,620
Hi. You must be John.
634
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,655
Yep. [ Laughs ]Ben.
635
00:30:35,655 --> 00:30:37,724
Pleasure to meet you.
636
00:30:37,724 --> 00:30:41,965
So, you kind of had a front-row
seat to the whole event.
637
00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:43,482
Yep, sure did.
638
00:30:43,482 --> 00:30:46,000
So, how old were you
at the time?
639
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,517
I was 10 years old.
640
00:30:48,517 --> 00:30:51,965
Can you tell me what happened
with you that night?
641
00:30:51,965 --> 00:30:55,310
Where were you, and how did
it all start for you?
642
00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:58,137
Well, we was actually outside
in the yard, playing football,
643
00:30:58,137 --> 00:31:00,206
and we walked in the house,
644
00:31:00,206 --> 00:31:05,793
and Mom and Dad was talking
about something crashing.
645
00:31:05,793 --> 00:31:08,931
[ Static ]
646
00:31:08,931 --> 00:31:16,482
♪♪
647
00:31:16,482 --> 00:31:20,448
HAYS: Mom walked over
to the window.
648
00:31:20,448 --> 00:31:23,758
She's looking out the road
across the hill.
649
00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:27,551
♪♪
650
00:31:27,551 --> 00:31:29,482
[ Knock on door ]
651
00:31:29,482 --> 00:31:34,896
♪♪
652
00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:37,206
And then got
a knock on the door.
653
00:31:37,206 --> 00:31:39,724
♪♪
654
00:31:39,724 --> 00:31:41,620
And then there was
some guys that came in,
655
00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:45,103
and they was in -- they
looked like black suits.
656
00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:47,896
♪♪
657
00:31:47,896 --> 00:31:50,586
And they wanted the kids
to go to bed
658
00:31:50,586 --> 00:31:52,793
so we wouldn't hear
what was going on.
659
00:31:52,793 --> 00:31:58,758
♪♪
660
00:31:58,758 --> 00:32:00,965
They used our house phone.
661
00:32:00,965 --> 00:32:03,206
[ Creaking ]
662
00:32:03,206 --> 00:32:12,206
♪♪
663
00:32:12,206 --> 00:32:15,827
And then I'm watching out
my bedroom window.
664
00:32:15,827 --> 00:32:17,862
NARRATOR: What he saw
in the hours that followed
665
00:32:17,862 --> 00:32:20,413
are forever etched in his mind.
666
00:32:20,413 --> 00:32:25,103
♪♪
667
00:32:25,103 --> 00:32:27,275
HAYS: Went down it empty.
668
00:32:27,275 --> 00:32:29,586
They come out with something
on the back of it.
669
00:32:29,586 --> 00:32:38,448
♪♪
670
00:32:38,448 --> 00:32:41,413
And then there was a guy
who was coming through.
671
00:32:41,413 --> 00:32:43,551
They was carrying this box,
672
00:32:43,551 --> 00:32:47,379
and they was in, like, white
moon suits, is what I call them.
673
00:32:47,379 --> 00:32:49,724
[ Heavy breathing ]
674
00:32:49,724 --> 00:32:52,517
NARRATOR:
Could this be the box that
contained the metal fragments
675
00:32:52,517 --> 00:32:56,172
that were supposedly lost
or destroyed by the government?
676
00:32:56,172 --> 00:33:02,862
♪♪
677
00:33:02,862 --> 00:33:05,034
HAYS: And I never seen
those guys after that.
678
00:33:07,275 --> 00:33:09,206
They knew what they was
coming in to do,
679
00:33:09,206 --> 00:33:12,448
and they got it done
and got out of there.
680
00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:16,034
I could see people
walking down across the field.
681
00:33:16,034 --> 00:33:19,034
♪♪
682
00:33:19,034 --> 00:33:22,931
[ Device clicking ]
683
00:33:22,931 --> 00:33:25,275
Whatever they took
out of there,
684
00:33:25,275 --> 00:33:27,103
they didn't want people
to know about it.
685
00:33:27,103 --> 00:33:29,034
♪♪
686
00:33:33,551 --> 00:33:36,724
NARRATOR: Former federal agent
and UFO expert Ben Hansen
687
00:33:36,724 --> 00:33:42,275
is investigating the 1965
Kecksburg UFO crash incident.
688
00:33:42,275 --> 00:33:43,827
According to his research,
689
00:33:43,827 --> 00:33:46,724
the government may have
destroyed or lost the box
690
00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:49,241
containing metal fragments
from the site.
691
00:33:49,241 --> 00:33:51,379
♪♪
692
00:33:51,379 --> 00:33:52,586
[ Footsteps ]
693
00:33:52,586 --> 00:33:54,620
HAYS: They went down
in the woods with it.
694
00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:57,241
[ Heavy breathing ]
695
00:33:57,241 --> 00:33:59,310
I never seen the box after that.
696
00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:04,586
♪♪
697
00:34:04,586 --> 00:34:06,068
So, did you ask your dad?
698
00:34:06,068 --> 00:34:08,103
You said he didn't really
talk about this at all.
699
00:34:08,103 --> 00:34:10,034
My dad would not
talk about it.
700
00:34:10,034 --> 00:34:12,689
In fact, a lot of people
around there,
701
00:34:12,689 --> 00:34:14,827
none of them
would talk about it.
702
00:34:14,827 --> 00:34:19,551
NARRATOR:
Still, John's family was curious
enough to dig a little deeper.
703
00:34:19,551 --> 00:34:23,172
We went and got records
for our house phone.
704
00:34:23,172 --> 00:34:24,448
You did?
705
00:34:24,448 --> 00:34:27,241
We just wanted to see
who they was calling.Mm-hmm.
706
00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:31,724
Because we thought
maybe it would tell us
707
00:34:31,724 --> 00:34:35,172
where this thing went
and who was dealing with things
708
00:34:35,172 --> 00:34:36,965
or what it could have been.
709
00:34:39,241 --> 00:34:42,586
And none of these calls
ever showed up on the phone.
710
00:34:42,586 --> 00:34:44,586
[ Laughing ]
Are you serious?
Yes.
711
00:34:44,586 --> 00:34:48,517
The only calls that was on there
is the ones that wemade.
712
00:34:48,517 --> 00:34:50,655
Whatever they
took out of there,
713
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,724
they didn't want
people to know about it.
714
00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:55,896
[ Growling ]
715
00:34:55,896 --> 00:35:00,068
NARRATOR:
Could that box have contained
metal fragments from the UFO?
716
00:35:00,068 --> 00:35:02,551
Or something
even more extraordinary --
717
00:35:02,551 --> 00:35:05,551
the remains of its
extraterrestrial pilot?
718
00:35:05,551 --> 00:35:07,724
According to researcher
Stan Gordon,
719
00:35:07,724 --> 00:35:09,931
eyewitnesses alluded
to the possibility
720
00:35:09,931 --> 00:35:12,724
of an alien inside the box.
721
00:35:12,724 --> 00:35:14,758
And I could see his voice
begin to tremble, and he said,
722
00:35:14,758 --> 00:35:17,379
"I swear to God, sir, there was
something inside of that thing."
723
00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:21,724
HANSEN: If the military did
indeed carry away a UFO
724
00:35:21,724 --> 00:35:25,137
and its extraterrestrial pilot,
this could very well be
725
00:35:25,137 --> 00:35:28,724
one of the greatest cover-ups
in history.
726
00:35:28,724 --> 00:35:30,413
I have one more expert
to interview
727
00:35:30,413 --> 00:35:32,689
who may have
insider information.
728
00:35:32,689 --> 00:35:35,448
♪♪
729
00:35:35,448 --> 00:35:37,724
NARRATOR: Tom Carey is a veteran
of the Air Force,
730
00:35:37,724 --> 00:35:40,689
where he held a high level
of top-secret clearance.
731
00:35:40,689 --> 00:35:42,482
After retiring
from the military,
732
00:35:42,482 --> 00:35:45,931
he worked with Jennie Zeidman
directly under J. Allen Hynek,
733
00:35:45,931 --> 00:35:50,137
who investigated UFO sightings
all across America.
734
00:35:50,137 --> 00:35:51,689
When it comes to UFOs,
735
00:35:51,689 --> 00:35:53,965
Tom is one of the world's
leading experts.
736
00:35:56,103 --> 00:35:58,000
HANSEN: So, Tom,
it's good to see you again.
737
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,034
I've been researching
the Kecksburg case,
738
00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:02,758
and after talking
to all these witnesses
739
00:36:02,758 --> 00:36:05,344
and being out there at the site,
I have a lot of questions.
740
00:36:05,344 --> 00:36:07,551
I hope you can kind of
fill in the blanks for me.
741
00:36:07,551 --> 00:36:08,965
I'll try.
742
00:36:08,965 --> 00:36:10,517
With Kecksburg,
743
00:36:10,517 --> 00:36:13,241
why would the military,
after all these years,
744
00:36:13,241 --> 00:36:16,793
try to keep something
like this under wraps?
745
00:36:16,793 --> 00:36:19,206
And how were they able
to react so quickly
746
00:36:19,206 --> 00:36:21,103
to retrieve the UFO?
747
00:36:21,103 --> 00:36:25,896
The die was cast back in 1947
because of Roswell.
748
00:36:27,379 --> 00:36:29,896
In that famous case,
a craft was uncovered
749
00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:32,344
outside a ranch
in Roswell, New Mexico,
750
00:36:32,344 --> 00:36:35,241
and immediately covered up
by the military.
751
00:36:35,241 --> 00:36:37,137
♪♪
752
00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:39,586
They came
into possession
753
00:36:39,586 --> 00:36:43,310
of a downed
nuts-and-bolts craft
754
00:36:43,310 --> 00:36:45,793
from somewhere else.
755
00:36:45,793 --> 00:36:48,655
And they chose
to keep it secret.
756
00:36:48,655 --> 00:36:53,206
Unfortunately, such secrets
get a life of their own.
757
00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:57,793
The Air Force will say
that Roswell was a balloon
758
00:36:57,793 --> 00:37:00,724
and that the bodies were
these dime-store mannequins
759
00:37:00,724 --> 00:37:04,137
that people saw from these
high parachute drops.
760
00:37:04,137 --> 00:37:07,758
♪♪
761
00:37:07,758 --> 00:37:09,689
However, in Kecksburg,
762
00:37:09,689 --> 00:37:13,137
it seems like they had
a very organized response.
763
00:37:13,137 --> 00:37:16,275
The military shows up,
and then within hours,
764
00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:19,379
the thing is loaded up
to the trailer and taken off.
765
00:37:19,379 --> 00:37:23,000
Yes, this is almost
20 years after Roswell,
766
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,206
so they had this
procedure very well-honed
767
00:37:26,206 --> 00:37:28,448
by the time
of Kecksburg.
768
00:37:28,448 --> 00:37:30,689
And what is it?
"Practice makes perfect."
769
00:37:30,689 --> 00:37:33,103
♪♪
770
00:37:33,103 --> 00:37:36,137
NARRATOR: Both UFO crashes reek
of a government cover-up,
771
00:37:36,137 --> 00:37:38,620
but they share
something else in common.
772
00:37:40,448 --> 00:37:43,413
Now, I know this is just
a general impression
773
00:37:43,413 --> 00:37:44,931
based on witnesses
774
00:37:44,931 --> 00:37:48,344
who got a brief look
at this thing up close.
775
00:37:48,344 --> 00:37:50,103
Does that ring a bell
to you,
776
00:37:50,103 --> 00:37:54,241
any other craft that had
sort of this hieroglyphics?
777
00:37:54,241 --> 00:37:57,965
The only craft I can think of
that had symbology
778
00:37:57,965 --> 00:38:01,448
was the Roswell depictions.
779
00:38:01,448 --> 00:38:02,758
Do you have any drawings
780
00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:04,965
of what the Roswell
inscriptions looked like?
781
00:38:04,965 --> 00:38:07,206
♪♪
782
00:38:07,206 --> 00:38:08,689
Yes.
783
00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:10,448
Look at this one here.
784
00:38:10,448 --> 00:38:11,724
Here especially, yes.
785
00:38:11,724 --> 00:38:13,379
So, what would that mean?
786
00:38:13,379 --> 00:38:16,137
You have two
different events
787
00:38:16,137 --> 00:38:18,586
originating
from the same culture.
788
00:38:18,586 --> 00:38:21,241
The next question would be,
okay, where is that?
789
00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:26,241
In this case, it would be
off the planet.
790
00:38:26,241 --> 00:38:29,482
Ben has one final question --
791
00:38:29,482 --> 00:38:31,620
"What was in that box?"
792
00:38:33,862 --> 00:38:36,103
Then they go into the woods
with a small crate
793
00:38:36,103 --> 00:38:39,482
to take out
something from the UFO.
794
00:38:39,482 --> 00:38:42,586
If the box was smaller
than the craft,
795
00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:45,517
that would be perhaps
biological remains,
796
00:38:45,517 --> 00:38:47,344
Perhaps the pilot.
797
00:38:48,896 --> 00:38:52,103
[ Growling, clicking ]
798
00:38:56,862 --> 00:38:59,758
NARRATOR: Ben's investigation
of the 1965 Kecksburg Incident
799
00:38:59,758 --> 00:39:03,379
has revealed that the Air Force
recovered a downed UFO.
800
00:39:04,551 --> 00:39:07,724
Now the question is,
where did they take it?
801
00:39:09,827 --> 00:39:11,482
HANSEN: Right after meeting
with Tom Carey,
802
00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:14,793
I received a package
at my hotel from Stan Gordon.
803
00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:18,172
He said he uncovered something
explosive I need to hear.
804
00:39:21,275 --> 00:39:23,034
So, while I was busy
trying to find out
805
00:39:23,034 --> 00:39:25,275
where this Kecksburg UFO
was taken,
806
00:39:25,275 --> 00:39:27,241
Stan Gordon was
also busy at work,
807
00:39:27,241 --> 00:39:31,758
and he turned up a recorded
statement from a truck driver
808
00:39:31,758 --> 00:39:35,172
who says he knows
where the craft was taken.
809
00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:37,275
So, let's give this a listen.
810
00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:39,896
NARRATOR: The man on this tape
delivered a shipment of bricks
811
00:39:39,896 --> 00:39:42,068
to Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base
812
00:39:42,068 --> 00:39:44,482
and saw something
he wasn't meant to see.
813
00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:48,586
MAN: They took it from
the back side
814
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:50,344
of the Wright-Patterson
Air Base
815
00:39:50,344 --> 00:39:52,793
all the way through the main
part of the base,
816
00:39:52,793 --> 00:39:54,758
out the other side.
817
00:39:54,758 --> 00:39:58,000
The spacecraft looked like a...
818
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,241
a large acorn.
819
00:40:00,241 --> 00:40:04,620
It was about 14 feet to the top
and about 10 to 12 feet wide.
820
00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:06,827
It had writing on the collar.
821
00:40:06,827 --> 00:40:08,758
The anonymous truck driver
822
00:40:08,758 --> 00:40:12,793
watched numerous agents load
the craft into a large hangar.
823
00:40:12,793 --> 00:40:15,482
But that wasn't the only
thing he saw.
824
00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:19,379
I also seen an object laying
on the workbench up there.
825
00:40:21,689 --> 00:40:25,551
And it had dark-green
or brownish skin.
826
00:40:25,551 --> 00:40:33,310
♪♪
827
00:40:33,310 --> 00:40:34,655
Wow!
828
00:40:34,655 --> 00:40:39,758
We have a witness who places
that UFO from Kecksburg
829
00:40:39,758 --> 00:40:41,206
coming through the back gate
830
00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:43,344
at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base.
831
00:40:45,344 --> 00:40:47,793
This witness's statement
is very key
832
00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:49,586
to the whole Kecksburg story.
833
00:40:49,586 --> 00:40:51,379
And the description
of the object
834
00:40:51,379 --> 00:40:53,586
is very similar
to what the witnesses said.
835
00:40:53,586 --> 00:40:54,931
It's acorn-shaped,
836
00:40:54,931 --> 00:40:57,724
it has strange writing around
the bottom part of it.
837
00:40:57,724 --> 00:41:00,448
The Air Force
picked up this craft,
838
00:41:00,448 --> 00:41:03,586
they take it
to Wright-Patterson,
839
00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:06,965
and then he said he sees a body.
840
00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:10,000
People described seeing
a large box
841
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,517
that was brought into the woods.
842
00:41:12,517 --> 00:41:16,241
And they carried that thing
down in to that object.
843
00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:19,896
It's believed that possibly
a body was recovered,
844
00:41:19,896 --> 00:41:22,068
Whatever
they took out of there,
845
00:41:22,068 --> 00:41:24,103
they didn't want people
to know about it.
846
00:41:24,103 --> 00:41:26,517
[ Growling, clicking ]
847
00:41:26,517 --> 00:41:29,965
HANSEN:
But what happened after that
remains to be seen.
848
00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:33,137
♪♪
849
00:41:33,137 --> 00:41:35,620
NARRATOR: The truck driver's
recorded account confirms
850
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:39,206
that the Air Force recovered
both a UFO and an alien body
851
00:41:39,206 --> 00:41:41,793
and took them
to Wright-Patterson.
852
00:41:41,793 --> 00:41:44,241
But now the question is, why?
853
00:41:44,241 --> 00:41:49,965
♪♪
854
00:41:49,965 --> 00:41:52,275
HANSEN: I have no doubt that
what happened at Kecksburg
855
00:41:52,275 --> 00:41:54,655
is still a matter
of national security.
856
00:41:54,655 --> 00:41:57,620
After all these decades,
if it was just a meteor,
857
00:41:57,620 --> 00:42:01,517
if it was just
a downed satellite,
858
00:42:01,517 --> 00:42:03,517
we would have come out
and talked about it now.
859
00:42:03,517 --> 00:42:05,068
But we haven't.
860
00:42:05,068 --> 00:42:06,793
So, now the next part
of my mission
861
00:42:06,793 --> 00:42:09,896
is to investigate
Wright-Patterson.
862
00:42:09,896 --> 00:42:12,655
If the truth is out there,
I'm going to find it.
863
00:42:12,655 --> 00:42:14,896
♪♪
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