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NARRATOR:
In the 21st century,
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UFOs have gone
from fringe science
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to mainstream obsession.
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JEREMY CORBELL:
With the interest from
so many agencies including NASA,
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everybody's getting into
the game of understanding UFOs.
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NARRATOR:
A new generation of researchers
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is employing technology
so advanced
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it can unlock clues
invisible to the human eye.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
We have physical
scientific evidence
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of these phenomena existing
with real scientific equipment.
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NARRATOR:
And unidentified flying objects
have even captured the attention
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of experts at the highest
levels of government.
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The Pentagon is now
seriously investigating
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the extraterrestrial question.
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NARRATOR:
Is humankind
now closer than ever
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to understanding
the strange events
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that are happening in our skies?
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GEORGE KNAPP:
We have a lot more information.
We have a lot of cases.
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We have stories of people
who've interacted with them.
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It's an exciting time.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
June 5, 2023.
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The news website The Debrief
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reports that former intelligence
official David Grusch
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has given Congress
classified information
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about deeply covert
military programs
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that possess craft
of non-human origin.
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The sensational report
captures the attention
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of people at the highest levels
of government.
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By law, we're required
to take that seriously.
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The Inspector General
has referred it to the committee
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as an urgent concern
and one with some credibility
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to it, so we'll do our job.
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NARRATOR:
David Grusch is just
the latest in a number
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of high-level
whistleblowers who have
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come forward in recent years
with claims that
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the U.S. government knows much
more about the UFO phenomenon
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than they have disclosed
to the public.
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I think this new report is
interesting because it continues
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to show that we really
have to talk about this.
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Now, I suspect that there's
an undercurrent of "we'd really
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rather not talk about it,"
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but there are people
within the military
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who really wouldn't mind
talking about this a little more
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because they're curious, too.
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Now, on the official end,
at least,
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you can report these things
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without fear of retribution,
and that wasn't always the case.
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NARRATOR:
For the first time in history,
members of Congress,
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senators, and even
former presidents
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are openly talking
about the possibility
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of an extraterrestrial
presence on Earth.
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NARRATOR:
This paradigm shift
has emboldened whistleblowers
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like David Grusch
to come forward
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with extraordinary claims
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and represents a major turning
point in the hunt for UFOs.
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What makes the modern hunt
for UFOs different
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than what we've seen in the past
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is the fact that
it's becoming legitimized.
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We have recent revelations
from the U.S. military
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talking about sightings
that they've recorded
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and have finally released
under some pressure.
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All these people
are gonna come together
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to learn how to study UFOs,
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UAPs as we now call them,
which is a brilliant idea.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
The Pentagon has been incredibly
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opened-minded suddenly
to admit yes,
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we've investigated UFOs.
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But that is only half
of the story
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because we know that
they've been investigating
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UFOs even earlier,
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starting in the '40s and '50s.
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NARRATOR:
In 1947,
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Air Force General
Nathan Twining,
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head of the Air
Technical Service Command,
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established a program
known as Project Sign
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to collect and evaluate
information
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about reported UFO sightings.
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Project Sign was a short-lived
endeavor, about a year or so,
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and it was during that time
that there was the reported
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"estimate of the situation,"
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that said that this is
a bonified phenomena
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and we need to study it.
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Following on the heels of
Project Sign was Project Grudge,
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aptly named,
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which took
a very dismissive tone
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to the phenomena and concluded
there is nothing here.
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NARRATOR:
At the conclusion
of Project Grudge in 1952,
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the military created
Project Blue Book.
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The program continued
to collect and evaluate
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UFO data, but now
in a more public fashion.
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Project Blue Book
was largely not interested
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in whether
there was a phenomena,
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but more in controlling
the public narrative.
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PYLE:
Project Blue Book really
wasn't an open conversation.
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It was the Air Force looking
through the stuff saying,
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"No, no, no, no, no,
swamp gas, weather balloons,
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atmospheric effects, what have
you, hyster-- mass hysteria."
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They're putting out
a report and saying,
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"Nothing to see here,
move along."
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NARRATOR:
Between 1947 and 1969,
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investigators working
on Projects Sign, Grudge,
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and Blue Book
collectively reviewed
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over 12,000 sightings worldwide.
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However, on December 17, 1969,
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Air Force officials announced
that they had concluded
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their inquiries
into the UFO phenomena.
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The government said,
"There's nothing to investigate,
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but, by the way,
there's 701 unexplained cases."
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So, they didn't explain why
they didn't explain those cases.
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They just said, "Um, there's
nothing worth pursuing here."
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NARRATOR:
When Project Blue Book
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concluded with 701 UFO cases
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left still unexplained,
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UFO researchers were skeptical
about the government's claim
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that they were no longer
interested in the phenomenon.
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Decades later, it came to light
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that the U.S. government
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was secretly investigating
UFOs once again.
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In 2007, the Department
of Defense established
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the Advanced Aerospace Threat
Identification Program,
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or AATIP,
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a highly classified project
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tasked with investigating
unidentified aerial phenomena.
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AATIP was
officially acknowledged
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by the Pentagon in 2017,
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but soon after, it was
discovered that the government
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had a second top secret
UFO program underway.
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Since 2017, there's been
a lot more digging
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and revelations
that have gone on.
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It turns out the program
was actually called AAWSAP,
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the Advanced Aerospace Weapon
System Application Program.
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KNAPP:
AAWSAP was the biggest
UFO program
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in the history
of our government.
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They had 50 full-time
investigators.
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You think about
Project Blue Book,
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they had a handful of people
working on it full-time.
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50 full-time investigators
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who traveled all over
the country, all over the world,
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gathering information,
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and they created the world's
largest UFO database.
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200,000 cases.
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And none of it
has been made public.
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None of it has been released.
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NARRATOR:
In 2020,
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the U.S. government established
yet another program
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within the Department of Defense
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called the UAP Task Force.
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Its mission was to
scientifically investigate
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and analyze military encounters
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with unidentified
aerial phenomena.
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The chief scientist assigned
to the task force
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was Dr. Travis Taylor,
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who has worked on various
government and military projects
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going back decades.
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He was offered the position
while investigating
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anomalous events
on Skinwalker Ranch in Utah.
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After the first couple of weeks
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that I had come out
to Skinwalker Ranch,
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we made some measurements
that startled me.
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I thought the measurements
looked real similar
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to electronic warfare
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or non-lethal
human weapons systems.
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So I reported this, and I was
invited to the Pentagon
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to give a presentation
on what I had seen.
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The director of the UAP Task
Force came into the meeting
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and invited me
to join the task force.
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NARRATOR:
Dr. Taylor and his colleagues
at the UAP Task Force
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analyzed 144 cases
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documented by military personnel
around the world,
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including photographic
and video evidence,
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as well as scientific data
taken of the encounters.
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On June 25, 2021,
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their preliminary findings
were presented
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to the Congressional
Intelligence
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and Armed Services Committees.
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TAYLOR:
Of those 144 cases,
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only one of them we were able
to actually find
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was of terrestrial origin.
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It was something like
a high-altitude balloon
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that was being used
for scientific, uh, equipment.
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But 143 of the 144
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was actually unexplainable
with the data that we had.
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I get asked all the time,
"Tell us the things
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that hasn't been released
to the public yet."
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Well, I can't do that,
of course.
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I-I signed
non-disclosure agreements.
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And unless the government
releases it
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as public information,
I can't talk about it.
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NARRATOR:
Could the U.S. government's
UAP investigations
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have discovered
important information
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that is being intentionally
hidden from the public?
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And, if so,
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might we soon learn of
even more astounding evidence
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that has yet to be revealed?
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While the government still
operates largely in secrecy,
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the hunt for UFOs
has now been taken up
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by mainstream scientists
and academics,
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and some of them are convinced
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that we may already have proof
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of an intelligent
alien civilization.
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NARRATOR:
Ithaca, New York.
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1960.
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At Cornell University,
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astronomer Frank Drake
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launches the first search
for alien life
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performed by
an academic institution.
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Using a massive radio telescope,
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Drake and his team
scan the cosmos
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for evidence of radio signals
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that could be coming from an
extraterrestrial civilization.
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While the Cornell program
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ultimately found
nothing of interest,
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it paved the way
for similar scientific efforts.
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The most prominent
is the SETI Institute,
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which stands for the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
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SETH SHOSTAK:
The kind of experiment
that we do at the SETI Institute
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is a listening experiment.
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The idea is fairly
straightforward.
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We're gonna aim some antennas
in the direction
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of that little star over there,
which is not too far away,
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and might have some planets,
and you know, tune as much
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of the radio dials as we can
to see if we pick up a signal.
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You have to look at a lot
of stars in order to catch one
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that happens to be broadcasting
into space now.
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So, that's basically
the strategy.
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You're just trying
to find something
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that indicates there's
somebody up there
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at least as clever as we are.
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NARRATOR:
SETI astronomers have been
listening to the cosmos
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since 1984,
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and in that time,
they have come across
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some truly bizarre phenomena,
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like an anomaly,
first detected in 2007,
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known as an FRB,
or fast radio burst.
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SHOSTAK:
Fast radio bursts were found
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by an astronomer
at West Virginia University,
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and he found a signal
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that only lasted
for a fraction of a second.
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Just like... (imitates burst)
like that,
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about the time it takes
your eye to blink, okay?
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And it went from high frequency,
to lower frequency.
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(imitates burst)
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So, the question is:
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All right, where are they
coming from, and what are they?
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And if it's very far away--
as they turned out to be--
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it's in somebody else's galaxy,
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and we can pick it up
here on Earth,
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it's got to be something
that's really powerful.
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But we still don't know
what fast radio bursts are.
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NARRATOR:
While researchers
continue to search
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for the source
of the fast radio bursts,
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another, perhaps
even more intriguing,
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celestial phenomenon has been
observed in recent years,
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interstellar objects,
meaning objects
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from other star systems,
entering our solar system.
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The first interstellar visitor
ever detected
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was a strange, oblong object
called "'Oumuamua."
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'Oumuamua was discovered
by a telescope in Hawaii
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called Pan-STARRS
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on October 19, 2017.
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And the size
of 'Oumuamua was roughly
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the size of a football field,
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somewhere between
100 and 200 meters.
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Astronomer Dr. Avi Loeb
of Harvard University
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sent shockwaves through
the world of academia
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when, shortly after
'Oumuamua was detected,
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he made the extraordinary claim
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that the interstellar object
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may be some type of
extraterrestrial craft.
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RICHARD DOLAN:
Avi Loeb did
a very detailed analysis
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of 'Oumuamua and noted that
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its acceleration after
it passed the sun was-was
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beyond what you would get
from a gravitational boost.
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So that was interesting
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and difficult
immediately to explain.
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Professor Loeb said
that 'Oumuamua behaved
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artificially, unnaturally.
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He pointed to multiple areas
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like speed,
acceleration, trajectory,
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where he said
this was artificial.
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So, in every respect,
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this thing raised
some big questions.
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A lot of people
who would've disregarded
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somebody else saying that
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as being kind of wacky,
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said, "You know,
this is the chairman
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"of the department at Harvard.
This is somebody we respect.
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Maybe we got to have
this conversation."
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So, I think Loeb was
very courageous to do that.
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LOEB:
Only over the past five years,
the first interstellar objects
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were discovered by astronomers,
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and that's what brought me
to the subject,
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and, hopefully,
within the coming decades,
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we'll have some evidence
that tells us
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whether 'Oumuamua was
from another civilization.
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And the way to find out
is not to argue about it
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philosophically, but rather
to look at the sky.
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So, I established
the Galileo Project
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in July 2021 to search
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for objects that may
be artificial in origin,
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from another civilization.
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NARRATOR:
In 2021,
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Professor Loeb
and his colleagues
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raised nearly $2 million
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and founded The Galileo Project,
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the largest effort
to research UAPs
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in the history
of the academic world.
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Using a network of new
and existing telescopes,
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as well as a variety
of sky-scanning technologies,
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the Galileo Project aims
to systematically search
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for possible
extraterrestrial objects
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both in space and within
Earth's own atmosphere.
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LOEB:
Within the Galileo Project,
we are planning
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to design a space mission
when the next
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unusual interstellar object,
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like 'Oumuamua, shows up,
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and we might send a probe
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that will take
a close-up photograph of it.
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An object like 'Oumuamua
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could potentially be
of artificial origin
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and indicate spacecraft
that were sent
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by other civilizations.
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That would have
huge implications
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for the future of humanity.
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NARRATOR:
Professor Loeb is hopeful
that the Galileo Project
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will help pave the way
for other scientists to search
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for evidence
of extraterrestrial life
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without fear of ridicule
or repercussions.
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It is for this reason
that he named his project
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after the Italian
astronomer Galileo,
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who was persecuted
in the 17th century
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for daring to challenge
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the established
scientific notions of the time.
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So, the philosophers
during the days of Galileo
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refused to look
through his telescope
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when he was arguing
that the evidence he finds
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implies that the Earth
moves around the sun.
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They wanted to believe
that the Earth
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is the center of the universe,
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and so, they simply
avoided the data,
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and they put him
in house arrest,
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so that nobody
would listen to him.
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So, of course,
if there is ridicule and stigma
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and we don't want
to fund the searches,
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then we will be exactly
in the same position as those
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philosophers who refused to look
through Galileo's telescope.
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If we are open-minded
and willing to consider
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that possibility
that we are not alone,
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and that we are not the smartest
kid on the cosmic block,
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then we might find something.
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NARRATOR:
While government UFO research
remains top secret,
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data gathered
by the Galileo Project
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will be open to the public,
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with findings published
in peer-reviewed journals.
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The academic community's
growing interest
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in unidentified aerial phenomena
marks a new age of UFO hunting.
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An age that now includes
scientific studies
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by the world's premier
space organization,
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NASA.
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NARRATOR: French Guiana.
December 25, 2021.
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MAN:
We have liftoff. Décollage.
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Liftoff from
a tropical rainforest
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to the edge of time itself.
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NARRATOR:
At the Guiana Space Centre,
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NASA launches the most powerful
telescope ever constructed.
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The James Webb Space Telescope
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represents an ambitious
$10 billion effort by NASA
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to see further than ever before
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into the deepest parts
of the universe.
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Nearly six months
into its mission, on July 11th,
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James Webb delivers
its first incredible images
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of previously unknown galaxies,
stars forming, and black holes.
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To many, the early success
of this powerful tool
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demonstrates new promise
that scientists may soon answer
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an age-old question:
Are we alone in the universe?
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We can now look into space
with more clarity
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than in all of our
previous human history.
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And with the new
James Webb Telescope,
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some of those amazing images
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that we've gotten from Hubble
20, 30 years ago,
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now are even more rich,
more detailed, more amazing.
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And with James Webb,
too, you know,
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we will discover
more and more exoplanets.
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And some of those exoplanets
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may contain similar
intelligent life like on Earth.
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PYLE:
Part of what
the Webb Space Telescope
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is designed to do is to look
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for planets that exist
in what's called
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the-the habitable
or the Goldilocks zone.
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So, they're the right distance
from that kind of star
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to possibly be able
to support life.
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Looking in the future,
ten, 20 years,
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I think, and a lot of people
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that are a lot smarter
than me think,
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that we're probably
gonna have found something
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we can classify
as extraterrestrial life.
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NARRATOR:
Considering the amazing images
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that the James Webb
Space Telescope has produced,
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UFO hunters are asking,
what would we find
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if NASA applied
their incredible technology
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to search for evidence
of extraterrestrials
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already visiting Earth?
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The question
may soon be answered
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because, on June 9, 2022,
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one month before the release
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of the first
Webb telescope images,
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NASA officials announced
their plans to commission
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an independent study on UAPs.
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BLUMENTHAL:
When you think of it,
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NASA is the perfect organization
to conduct research.
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They run the Space Station.
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They have satellites
that probe deep into space.
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They have
interstellar missions out there
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in the far reaches
of the cosmos.
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If they're coming
into our atmosphere
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from-from deep outer space,
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NASA would be the first one, uh,
to be able to detect that.
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NARRATOR:
On May 31, 2023,
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NASA held its first
public hearing
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to discuss the agency's mission
in studying UAPs.
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And it's now
our collective responsibility
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to investigate these occurrences
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with the rigorous scientific
scrutiny that they deserve.
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It provides
an opportunity for us
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to expand our understanding
of the world around us.
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As an organization
dedicated to exploring
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the unknown,
this work is in our DNA.
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NARRATOR:
Could the unprecedented
efforts of NASA
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to join the hunt for UFOs
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ultimately provide
the tipping point
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in finding evidence
of extraterrestrial life?
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And is it possible,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest, that NASA
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already possesses
strong evidence
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that intelligent beings
exist beyond Earth?
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NASA's experience with UFOs...
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...dates right through
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from the very first
Gemini missions,
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all the way through
the Apollo missions,
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all the way through
to the Moon landings,
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we have encountered UFOs.
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Former Apollo, uh, astronaut
Edgar Mitchel,
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who I-I knew personally,
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spoke openly about his knowledge
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of not even just having seen
UFOs but alien bodies
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and technology in the possession
of the United States government.
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You had other NASA astronauts,
Gordon Cooper,
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famously talked about UFOs
that he saw as a pilot.
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You had James McDivitt,
a NASA astronaut,
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and-and quite a few others
having seen UFOs.
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There's the astonishing photo
of a triangular craft
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taken in 1986
from the space shuttle.
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And it, too, is a-a
bright daylight photograph,
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and you can clearly see
this triangular craft
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there outside the window
of the space shuttle.
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Now, the image
is labeled "space debris."
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So, that's-that's
the official view
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on what this is, but this
is an interesting image.
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Uh, it shows something
obviously quite structured,
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and it is
unmistakably triangular.
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There have been
multiple accounts
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of strange things picked up
on NASA videos and photos.
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They've got huge databases.
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And one of the things
when NASA announced
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that they were going to do
this study is, they said
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"We are going
to be looking at data."
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And people
were asking themselves,
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"Well, what data
are they talking about?"
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Well, the data they already have
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and have been collecting
for decades.
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NARRATOR:
Now that NASA is officially
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investigating UFOs,
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might we soon have
definitive evidence
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that there is
an alien presence on Earth?
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While the world's
premier space agency
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may be better equipped
than anyone to uncover
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the truth about
unidentified aerial phenomena,
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some researchers believe
our greatest weapon
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in the hunt for UFOs
is the smartphone,
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carried by ordinary citizens
all over the world,
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who are now capturing
high-definition footage
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of events that defy
all conventional explanations.
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NARRATOR: In primitive rock art
throughout the world,
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there are depictions of
what look like flying craft
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and strange beings.
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According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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these images represent
the earliest documentation
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of extraterrestrial encounters,
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and they believe
the best UFO hunters
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have always been
ordinary citizens
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recording what they see
with their own eyes.
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In the ancient
astronaut opinion,
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those stories of UFOs today
503
00:25:48,708 --> 00:25:50,208
are the same stories
504
00:25:50,292 --> 00:25:54,375
that our ancestors in
the remote past also explored,
505
00:25:54,458 --> 00:25:56,583
and their cell phone cameras
506
00:25:56,708 --> 00:25:58,500
were the walls of caves,
507
00:25:58,542 --> 00:26:00,708
and reliefs and carvings
508
00:26:00,792 --> 00:26:03,208
in which they commemorated
509
00:26:03,292 --> 00:26:06,667
those incredibly
significant events
510
00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:09,417
that they were eyewitnesses to.
511
00:26:10,625 --> 00:26:14,833
KNAPP:
These things have been here
interacting with us forever.
512
00:26:14,917 --> 00:26:17,167
On every continent,
in every culture,
513
00:26:17,292 --> 00:26:18,417
throughout human history.
514
00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,417
We call them by different names.
515
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:22,083
They appear in different guises.
516
00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:24,667
We used to say
they were flying shields,
517
00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:26,333
flying chariots.
518
00:26:26,417 --> 00:26:30,167
Then they became flying
saucers, uh, ghost rockets.
519
00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:32,583
UAP, UFO,
520
00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:34,667
whatever term you want to use,
521
00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:37,083
it's all the same phenomena.
522
00:26:39,625 --> 00:26:43,417
NARRATOR:
In 1870, photographer
Howard Kimball
523
00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,875
took the very first UFO photo,
524
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,958
which captured
a cylindrical object
525
00:26:49,042 --> 00:26:52,000
above Mount Washington
in New Hampshire.
526
00:26:52,083 --> 00:26:55,875
Since that time,
thousands of photos of UFOs
527
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,083
have been taken
all over the world
528
00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:01,875
many of which
are grainy or blurry.
529
00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:04,708
But now, thanks to
incredible advancements
530
00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:06,333
in camera technology,
531
00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,542
anyone with a smartphone
532
00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:10,667
can capture
high-definition photos
533
00:27:10,708 --> 00:27:14,708
and videos of anomalous
events in the sky.
534
00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:16,667
KNAPP:
Technology has changed so much
535
00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:18,208
over the past 30, 40 years
536
00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:21,333
that now it's possible
for regular Joe citizens
537
00:27:21,417 --> 00:27:22,958
to be part of
this investigation.
538
00:27:24,083 --> 00:27:26,833
We all have computer power
greater than the computers
539
00:27:26,917 --> 00:27:29,042
that sent humans
to the Moon 50 years ago.
540
00:27:29,125 --> 00:27:32,958
POPE:
Couple this with the fact
that people know
541
00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:36,333
UFOs are now being taken
seriously by the government,
542
00:27:36,417 --> 00:27:37,833
and what we have
543
00:27:37,917 --> 00:27:41,333
is an army
that has been mobilized.
544
00:27:41,375 --> 00:27:43,333
An army of UFO hunters
545
00:27:43,417 --> 00:27:46,958
armed with
cutting-edge technology.
546
00:27:47,042 --> 00:27:48,125
The hunt is on.
547
00:27:49,292 --> 00:27:52,500
NARRATOR:
A key player in
the modern-day hunt for UFOs
548
00:27:52,542 --> 00:27:55,500
is documentary
filmmaker Jeremy Corbell.
549
00:27:55,625 --> 00:27:58,292
Corbell has been successful
550
00:27:58,375 --> 00:28:01,833
with acquiring
U.S. military videos of UAPs
551
00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:05,000
and gaining permission
to share them with the public.
552
00:28:06,042 --> 00:28:07,667
He is also helping
to disseminate
553
00:28:07,792 --> 00:28:10,458
compelling footage
shot by civilians
554
00:28:10,542 --> 00:28:12,917
using the power
of social media.
555
00:28:13,042 --> 00:28:15,833
I've been trying
to modernize my approach
556
00:28:15,917 --> 00:28:17,792
in that I use social media
557
00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:20,292
as a way to instantaneously
get information out
558
00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:22,750
and obfuscate all
the channels of suppression
559
00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,042
for this type of information.
560
00:28:24,167 --> 00:28:26,917
So from Instagram
to Twitter to TikTok,
561
00:28:27,042 --> 00:28:30,792
you name it,
all of these are social weapons
562
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,333
for us to get information
into each other's hands.
563
00:28:33,417 --> 00:28:37,667
The modern hunt for UFOs
is now becoming proactive
564
00:28:37,792 --> 00:28:39,042
rather than just reactive.
565
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:41,333
DANIEL ZETTERSTROM:
Social media
566
00:28:41,417 --> 00:28:42,833
has been of great importance
567
00:28:42,958 --> 00:28:45,083
to the modern-day
hunt for-for UAP.
568
00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:48,167
Not only does it allow us to
connect directly with witnesses
569
00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:50,708
and with journalists
who write articles,
570
00:28:50,792 --> 00:28:53,000
and get them a bit more
educated on the issue,
571
00:28:53,083 --> 00:28:55,667
engaging with various
figures on social media
572
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:58,167
means that we're asked to adhere
573
00:28:58,292 --> 00:29:00,250
to a standard of evidence
that we weren't before.
574
00:29:01,375 --> 00:29:04,375
NARRATOR:
Images captured
by smartphone technology
575
00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,917
and the dissemination of them
on the Internet
576
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,542
have led to literally
millions of people
577
00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:13,792
all around the world becoming
involved in the hunt for UFOs.
578
00:29:15,208 --> 00:29:17,625
While smartphones
have made it possible
579
00:29:17,708 --> 00:29:20,542
for anyone to record
high-definition footage
580
00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:22,875
of strange events in the sky,
581
00:29:22,958 --> 00:29:25,250
serious UFO hunters
are employing
582
00:29:25,333 --> 00:29:27,750
multiple technologies
to separate
583
00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:30,000
the extraordinary
from the mundane.
584
00:29:31,042 --> 00:29:32,500
You have to really sort through
585
00:29:32,625 --> 00:29:33,875
a lot of things and make sure
586
00:29:33,958 --> 00:29:36,333
that what you're seeing
is truly a UFO.
587
00:29:36,458 --> 00:29:39,417
There could be some
anomalies due to lighting.
588
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:40,583
There could be birds.
589
00:29:40,667 --> 00:29:42,167
There could be other experiments
590
00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:43,750
or different types
of technologies
591
00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:45,000
going on in that area.
592
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:47,583
Sometimes, you have to have
593
00:29:47,708 --> 00:29:48,417
advanced technology
to figure that out.
594
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,667
I took a trip to Mount Adams
595
00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:54,833
about four years ago
on a retreat,
596
00:29:54,917 --> 00:29:57,875
and the first night,
I was able to see 13 UFOs
597
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,625
that were moving around,
changing course and direction,
598
00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:03,667
getting brighter
and also getting dimmer.
599
00:30:03,792 --> 00:30:06,000
And some of them actually
even descended down
600
00:30:06,042 --> 00:30:08,417
onto the mountain and then
went back up with lights on.
601
00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:11,167
Now we had our
satellite tracking on,
602
00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:13,750
our apps, we had
our ISS tracker on
603
00:30:13,833 --> 00:30:15,083
to make sure we weren't
seeing anything
604
00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:16,500
that was already up there.
605
00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:20,042
Clearly, they were something
that is unidentified
606
00:30:20,167 --> 00:30:21,917
and we can't really
figure out exactly what it is,
607
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,833
but it definitely was
an amazing phenomenon.
608
00:30:25,208 --> 00:30:28,417
NARRATOR:
In addition to devices
that can detect airplanes,
609
00:30:28,542 --> 00:30:31,833
satellites, and other
known objects in the sky,
610
00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:34,250
there is another
powerful technology
611
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:37,042
now available to
anyone with a computer
612
00:30:37,125 --> 00:30:39,333
or smartphone called MADAR,
613
00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:41,208
which stands for
614
00:30:41,292 --> 00:30:45,417
Multiple Anomaly Detection
and Automatic Recording.
615
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,667
DOLAN:
In terms of having tools,
there's something
616
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,208
in the United States
called MADAR,
617
00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:50,333
and this is about
618
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:53,000
70 to 100 different nodes
around the country.
619
00:30:53,125 --> 00:30:55,292
You can put this and
attach it to your computer
620
00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:57,667
where there's
detection instrumentation
621
00:30:57,708 --> 00:30:59,125
that will detect changes
622
00:30:59,208 --> 00:31:01,542
in electromagnetic
qualities in your area,
623
00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:03,333
and other factors,
624
00:31:03,417 --> 00:31:05,667
to detect various
types of anomalies
625
00:31:05,792 --> 00:31:08,500
that could be, uh, UAP.
626
00:31:09,833 --> 00:31:12,000
NARRATOR:
Could this new
technological era
627
00:31:12,125 --> 00:31:14,917
of the hunt for UFO evidence
628
00:31:15,042 --> 00:31:18,292
finally lead to the answers
that humankind has been seeking
629
00:31:18,375 --> 00:31:20,375
for thousands of years?
630
00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:24,125
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
631
00:31:24,208 --> 00:31:26,417
and suggest that perhaps
632
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:29,667
the most effective
of all UFO hunters
633
00:31:29,792 --> 00:31:33,000
is a non-human intelligence.
634
00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:39,042
NARRATOR:
In the 21st century,
635
00:31:39,125 --> 00:31:43,000
UFO hunters are
armed with technology
636
00:31:43,083 --> 00:31:45,000
that allows them to record
anomalies in the sky
637
00:31:45,042 --> 00:31:47,125
with incredible clarity.
638
00:31:47,208 --> 00:31:51,792
And today's technology
can also glean new information
639
00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:55,542
from photographs
taken decades ago.
640
00:31:57,250 --> 00:32:00,000
The northern highlands
of Costa Rica.
641
00:32:00,125 --> 00:32:04,000
September 4, 1971.
642
00:32:04,083 --> 00:32:08,333
Photographer Sergio Loaiza
is conducting an aerial survey
643
00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:11,667
of Lake Cote for the
National Geographic Institute
644
00:32:11,792 --> 00:32:14,792
using a special
map-making camera
645
00:32:14,875 --> 00:32:18,375
that snaps photos
at 13-second intervals.
646
00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:21,333
WILLIAM HENRY:
He's up in an airplane
about 10,000 feet.
647
00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:24,167
He's taking photos of
a hydroelectric project,
648
00:32:24,292 --> 00:32:25,792
and they're trying to calculate
649
00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:27,958
the environmental
impact of this.
650
00:32:28,042 --> 00:32:32,000
So, he's just taking
these ordinary photos,
651
00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:33,792
gets back to the lab,
652
00:32:33,792 --> 00:32:35,542
takes a look
at the contact sheets
653
00:32:35,667 --> 00:32:38,625
and says, "What's that up
in the righthand corner there?"
654
00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:42,042
It's this mysterious, circular,
655
00:32:42,167 --> 00:32:45,208
shiny metallic craft.
656
00:32:45,292 --> 00:32:48,833
NARRATOR:
Curiously, the object
does not appear
657
00:32:48,917 --> 00:32:50,667
in either the previous
frame of film
658
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:52,458
or the one after.
659
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,542
HENRY:
Instantly, the National
Geographic Institute says,
660
00:32:56,667 --> 00:32:57,917
"You can't talk about this,
661
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,167
and we're gonna
put a lid on this."
662
00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:02,042
And they do for some time.
663
00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:06,083
NARRATOR:
According to Loaiza,
he and his colleagues
664
00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:08,875
were forbidden from
divulging any information
665
00:33:08,958 --> 00:33:11,333
about the object
captured in the photograph,
666
00:33:11,417 --> 00:33:16,000
which was estimated to
be 160 feet in diameter.
667
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:19,792
But in 1979,
the photograph was leaked
668
00:33:19,875 --> 00:33:21,833
to the Argentine newspaper
La Nación
669
00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:25,625
and analyzed by UFO researchers.
670
00:33:27,417 --> 00:33:28,833
HENRY:
The photo
671
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,833
is studied later
by Jacques Vallée
672
00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:32,542
and other UFO investigators,
673
00:33:32,625 --> 00:33:35,958
and they realize this is
a tremendous photograph.
674
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:39,875
ZETTERSTROM:
This photo has
been official declared
675
00:33:39,958 --> 00:33:42,708
by Costa Rica as
an official UFO photo.
676
00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:45,333
They don't know what it is
after years and years of study.
677
00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:49,125
NARRATOR:
Many skeptics suggested
that the object
678
00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:52,292
was likely some
kind of debris or smudge
679
00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:55,792
that got on the film
during the development process.
680
00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:59,833
But in 2021, Esteban Carranza,
681
00:33:59,917 --> 00:34:02,167
a friend of the Loaiza family,
682
00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:05,333
was able obtain
the original contact sheets
683
00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:08,042
and have them scanned
using the latest
684
00:34:08,167 --> 00:34:10,542
and most sophisticated
technology.
685
00:34:11,625 --> 00:34:14,500
He gains access
to the original contact sheets
686
00:34:14,583 --> 00:34:17,833
and sends them off
to a photographic lab,
687
00:34:17,917 --> 00:34:20,750
and they do
a reproduction of the image
688
00:34:20,833 --> 00:34:23,417
using the most
advanced technology
689
00:34:23,542 --> 00:34:25,458
to bring it forward,
and they come up
690
00:34:25,542 --> 00:34:29,458
with this 1.8 gigabyte
image of this craft.
691
00:34:29,542 --> 00:34:31,625
NARRATOR:
The debris and smudges
692
00:34:31,708 --> 00:34:34,167
that were visible in
the original photograph
693
00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:37,333
are no longer present in
the new higher resolution image,
694
00:34:37,417 --> 00:34:41,000
but the saucer-shaped
object remains
695
00:34:41,042 --> 00:34:43,542
and is clearer than ever.
696
00:34:43,542 --> 00:34:46,333
This higher definition scan
showed some new details.
697
00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:49,208
These new details
help take a number
698
00:34:49,292 --> 00:34:52,042
of prosaic explanations
off the table.
699
00:34:52,167 --> 00:34:54,208
For example, it was said
700
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:56,625
that it could have been
a chip in the glass.
701
00:34:56,708 --> 00:34:59,208
However, you can see
that that's not the case.
702
00:35:00,208 --> 00:35:02,500
This photo, in and of itself,
703
00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:05,083
in its original state,
was tremendous.
704
00:35:05,167 --> 00:35:08,833
But now, with this incredible
leap in technology,
705
00:35:08,875 --> 00:35:12,708
we're able to bring it to life
in an even greater way,
706
00:35:12,792 --> 00:35:14,958
and it's just another example
707
00:35:15,042 --> 00:35:16,833
of this great leap
that we're making now
708
00:35:16,917 --> 00:35:19,333
in our understanding
of these UAPs.
709
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:22,667
NARRATOR: Another way
in which UFO hunters
710
00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:25,833
are utilizing evidence
from the past is through
711
00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:29,750
the advancements of
artificial intelligence, or AI.
712
00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:32,667
In 2023,
713
00:35:32,708 --> 00:35:35,250
New York-based Enigma Labs
714
00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:38,500
launched a project to
crowdsource and quantify data
715
00:35:38,583 --> 00:35:42,208
about UAPs with the help
of artificial intelligence,
716
00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:45,167
and also compare it
with data going back
717
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,208
all the way to the 1940s.
718
00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:51,208
Alejandro Rojas acts
as the company's head
719
00:35:51,292 --> 00:35:53,417
of research and content.
720
00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:57,500
I help with providing
background information
721
00:35:57,583 --> 00:36:01,125
on UAPs and the history
of UAP research.
722
00:36:02,083 --> 00:36:04,167
And then also to make sure
723
00:36:04,208 --> 00:36:06,250
that when we are
724
00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:08,583
sharing information
that it's very comprehensive.
725
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,375
So the articles,
for instance, we write
726
00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:14,083
on historical cases are
going to have more information
727
00:36:14,167 --> 00:36:16,042
than I think
you'll find anywhere else.
728
00:36:16,167 --> 00:36:18,292
NARRATOR:
Enigma Labs hopes
729
00:36:18,375 --> 00:36:20,292
that by creating
a database of both
730
00:36:20,375 --> 00:36:22,208
old and new evidence,
731
00:36:22,208 --> 00:36:24,417
patterns will emerge that could
732
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:26,750
finally provide
real answers to explain
733
00:36:26,833 --> 00:36:29,167
the strange events
that have been witnessed
734
00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:32,250
in our skies
for thousands of years.
735
00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:35,667
ROJAS: We're gathering
a lot of data to hopefully
736
00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:37,667
have a bigger database
than anyone's had
737
00:36:37,750 --> 00:36:40,417
out there about
cases throughout the world.
738
00:36:41,208 --> 00:36:44,167
And then applying AI
to go through those cases
739
00:36:44,208 --> 00:36:46,417
to scrub them
to find those good cases.
740
00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,875
NARRATOR: With this
unprecedented effort
741
00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:52,167
across all disciplines--
742
00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:55,792
from academics,
government, and technology--
743
00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:58,125
is humanity on the cusp
744
00:36:58,208 --> 00:37:00,500
of discovering compelling
evidence that there is,
745
00:37:00,625 --> 00:37:04,458
in fact, an extraterrestrial
presence on Earth?
746
00:37:04,542 --> 00:37:08,125
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes.
747
00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:10,625
Whoa, we got something!
We got something!
748
00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:12,542
NARRATOR: And point
to the discoveries being made
749
00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:16,042
at the site
of the most intense UFO hunt
750
00:37:16,042 --> 00:37:18,958
ever conducted,
Skinwalker Ranch.
751
00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:20,583
-Do you see this?
-Yeah.
752
00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:31,333
NARRATOR:
Here, on the 500-acre property
753
00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:33,833
known as Skinwalker Ranch...
754
00:37:33,875 --> 00:37:36,333
Everybody keep your eyes
peeled to the skies.
755
00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:39,000
...a team of investigators
is conducting
756
00:37:39,042 --> 00:37:40,792
the most sophisticated
757
00:37:40,875 --> 00:37:42,417
and comprehensive UFO hunt
758
00:37:42,542 --> 00:37:46,083
currently underway
anywhere on the planet.
759
00:37:46,167 --> 00:37:49,500
Erik, we got something moving
right overhead of us right now.
760
00:37:49,542 --> 00:37:51,542
-That's not a plane.
-I'm not seeing it.
761
00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:54,333
TAYLOR: It just sped up.
It just vanished.
762
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:57,250
Skinwalker Ranch is one
763
00:37:57,333 --> 00:37:59,833
of the most anomalous areas
on this planet.
764
00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:02,708
Here's what people have seen
in that ranch:
765
00:38:02,792 --> 00:38:07,125
strange creatures suddenly
appearing out of nowhere...
766
00:38:07,208 --> 00:38:11,208
UFOs, instruments don't work.
767
00:38:11,292 --> 00:38:13,167
When it comes to Skinwalker,
768
00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:15,333
you've actually had
some scientific research
769
00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:17,333
and a lot of scientists
770
00:38:17,417 --> 00:38:18,917
having their own encounters.
771
00:38:19,042 --> 00:38:21,667
NARRATOR:
Since 2016,
772
00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:24,000
investigators have been using
773
00:38:24,083 --> 00:38:26,000
state-of-the-art
camera equipment,
774
00:38:26,125 --> 00:38:28,750
ground-penetrating radar,
775
00:38:28,833 --> 00:38:31,833
radiation detectors,
and a host of other
776
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:34,875
highly sophisticated equipment
in an effort
777
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,542
to meticulously study
778
00:38:36,625 --> 00:38:39,292
and document anomalous
activity at the site.
779
00:38:40,917 --> 00:38:43,208
BRANDON FUGAL: We've made
incredible progress
780
00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:46,417
in documenting
the reality of the phenomena.
781
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,125
We are just getting started
782
00:38:48,208 --> 00:38:49,583
in scratching the surface
783
00:38:49,708 --> 00:38:51,500
of what we are really
dealing with.
784
00:38:51,583 --> 00:38:52,792
That's significant.
785
00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:55,167
NARRATOR:
In 2019,
786
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,417
Dr. Travis Taylor was asked
787
00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,667
to join the team
at Skinwalker Ranch,
788
00:38:59,750 --> 00:39:01,792
just before he was brought on
789
00:39:01,917 --> 00:39:04,250
to the government's
UAP Task Force.
790
00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:07,292
I was really excited
when Brandon Fugal
791
00:39:07,375 --> 00:39:09,250
and his principal investigator,
792
00:39:09,333 --> 00:39:11,208
Erik Bard invited me
793
00:39:11,292 --> 00:39:13,167
to come out to Skinwalker Ranch
794
00:39:13,292 --> 00:39:14,667
and join the investigation team.
795
00:39:14,750 --> 00:39:16,500
-Hey, look! UAP right there!
-Yep.
796
00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:18,833
TAYLOR:
Since I've been out there
797
00:39:18,875 --> 00:39:21,667
at Skinwalker Ranch, I've seen
so many different things...
798
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:24,375
-Y'all see that?
-...that before
799
00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:26,667
I would've not really
believed they existed.
800
00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:29,542
NARRATOR:
For UFO researchers,
801
00:39:29,625 --> 00:39:32,042
the investigations
at Skinwalker Ranch
802
00:39:32,167 --> 00:39:34,333
represent a promising new era...
803
00:39:34,375 --> 00:39:37,083
-What are you seeing?
-TAYLOR: A signal.
804
00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:39,417
NARRATOR: ...one in which
a former investigator
805
00:39:39,542 --> 00:39:43,375
for the federal government
and civilian researchers
806
00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:46,208
can work together
in the search for answers.
807
00:39:46,333 --> 00:39:47,583
What is that?
808
00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:50,292
TAYLOR: For me to be
doing the task force work
809
00:39:50,375 --> 00:39:52,667
and the Skinwalker Ranch work,
810
00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:54,792
I think we're in a new era
811
00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:58,125
of understanding
the UAP-UFO phenomena.
812
00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:00,708
It did come out of the mesa.
813
00:40:00,792 --> 00:40:02,750
MAN (over radio):
It came out of the mesa?
814
00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,917
It came right out of the mesa.
815
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,500
Finally, there's
Congressional oversight
816
00:40:08,625 --> 00:40:11,208
on UFO investigation programs.
817
00:40:11,333 --> 00:40:13,625
And maybe one day we'll find,
818
00:40:13,708 --> 00:40:15,500
if they are extraterrestrial
intelligence,
819
00:40:15,542 --> 00:40:17,625
the public
will get to know that.
820
00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:21,167
NARRATOR: For the first time
in human history,
821
00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:24,958
the search for evidence of
extraterrestrials visiting Earth
822
00:40:25,042 --> 00:40:28,833
is the subject of
a collaborative worldwide effort
823
00:40:28,917 --> 00:40:32,958
across the scientific
and intelligence communities.
824
00:40:33,042 --> 00:40:36,458
20, 30 years ago
it would've been a dream
825
00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:39,583
if I would've
opened the paper and I read
826
00:40:39,708 --> 00:40:43,292
NASA is now studying UAPs,
827
00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:45,833
and Harvard created
the Galileo Project,
828
00:40:45,917 --> 00:40:49,042
and other universities
are following suit
829
00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:53,458
by seriously investigating
the extraterrestrial question.
830
00:40:53,542 --> 00:40:56,458
And so today here we are,
it is happening,
831
00:40:56,542 --> 00:41:00,167
and so I am over the moon
that this is happening.
832
00:41:00,250 --> 00:41:01,833
PILOT:
Look at that thing!
833
00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:03,292
KNAPP:
It's exciting as hell.
834
00:41:03,375 --> 00:41:05,125
I never thought I would
live to see
835
00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:06,458
this kind of a change.
836
00:41:06,542 --> 00:41:08,333
Where it is acceptable
837
00:41:08,417 --> 00:41:10,125
for mainstream media
to dig into it.
838
00:41:10,208 --> 00:41:12,458
Where it's acceptable for
Congress to authorize a program,
839
00:41:12,542 --> 00:41:14,333
to hold hearings
840
00:41:14,458 --> 00:41:16,167
to dig into it
and demand information.
841
00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:18,875
You know, in the end we have
a lot more information.
842
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:19,917
We have a lot of cases.
843
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,500
We really don't have
any solid answers.
844
00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:25,500
I hope that in my lifetime
we'll have some.
845
00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:29,500
NARRATOR: Could humankind
finally be on the brink
846
00:41:29,583 --> 00:41:32,333
of making
an incredible discovery?
847
00:41:32,417 --> 00:41:36,875
Will irrefutable evidence
of extraterrestrial visitation
848
00:41:36,958 --> 00:41:40,333
come from a new breed
of UFO hunters?
849
00:41:40,458 --> 00:41:42,792
Like Harvard astronomers,
850
00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,708
NASA scientists,
851
00:41:44,792 --> 00:41:46,542
government researchers,
852
00:41:46,625 --> 00:41:49,417
or even ordinary citizens?
853
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,333
Right there!
854
00:41:51,417 --> 00:41:54,208
NARRATOR: Perhaps now that
people from all walks of life
855
00:41:54,292 --> 00:41:56,958
are investigating what's
happening in our skies,
856
00:41:57,042 --> 00:42:00,583
we will uncover
an alien presence
857
00:42:00,708 --> 00:42:03,917
that has been with us all along.
858
00:42:03,917 --> 00:42:07,875
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