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Narrator: NASA's MISSION
IS TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN.
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Kavelaars: THERE'S MORE THAT
WE DON'T KNOW THAN WE DO KNOW.
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THAT'S JUST THE NATURE
OF THE UNIVERSE.
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Narrator:
IN THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS,
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IT LAUNCHES ITS SCIENTISTS
INTO SPACE,
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ITS CRAFT BEYOND THE LIMITS
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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Man: TAKING RISKS IS PART
OF MAKING DISCOVERIES.
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SPACE EXPLORATION
IS LIKE LIGHTING A MATCH,
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AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS.
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THERE COULD BE ANYTHING
OUT THERE.
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Narrator: MYSTERIOUS CRAFT
AND SYMBOLS IN SPACE,
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ALIENS THAT LIVE
FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS,
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DEATH RAYS CAPABLE
OF DESTROYING WORLDS.
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NASA's MISSIONS HAVE UNCOVERED
DISTURBING ANOMALIES...
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MAN: Okay, we're seeing
three or four objects.
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JETT: There are --
there are three objects.
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Narrator:
...THAT CONTINUE TO PERPLEX
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OUR FINEST SCIENTIFIC MINDS.
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THESE ARE
"NASA's UNEXPLAINED FILES".
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--Captions by VITAC--
www.vitac.com
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THREE OBJECTS FLOAT
IN A TRIANGULAR FORMATION.
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Doesn't look like
anything I've ever seen
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on the outside
of the shuttle.
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That's for sure.
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NASA SAYS IT'S SPACE JUNK.
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WHY ARE THEY FILMING
IF IT'S JUST SPACE JUNK?
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Oberg: YOU DON'T START
BY ELIMINATING THE OBVIOUS.
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YOU START BY OPENING YOUR MIND
TO ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.
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Narrator:
BUT THESE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
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COULD THREATEN
AN ENTIRE SHUTTLE MISSION.
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Okay, we're seeing
three or four objects.
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Yeah, there are --
there are three objects.
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MAN: Okay, copy.
The next is to mate P5 to J5.
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Narrator: SEPTEMBER 20, 2006.
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SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS
PREPARES TO COME HOME.
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ITS CREW HAS SPENT
THE LAST 12 DAYS
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ASSEMBLING
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
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THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS
THAT NO ONE EXPECTS.
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MAN: Okay. Um...
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Houston. Atlantis.
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Go ahead.
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THE DAY BEFORE THE SHUTTLE
RETURNS BACK TO EARTH,
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THE COMMANDER REPORTS
KIND OF SIGHTING SOMETHING
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THAT HE'S NOT SEEN BEFORE.
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JETT: There's some kind
of reflective structure.
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Narrator: MISSION CONTROL ASKS
COMMANDER BRENT JETT
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TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE SEES.
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JETT: A structure that's
definitely not rigid or...
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It's not a, you know,
solid, metal structure.
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Doesn't look like
anything I've ever seen
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on the outside of the shuttle.
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That's for sure.
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MISSION CONTROL TAKE
REMOTE CONTROL
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OF THE PAYLOAD BAY CAMERA.
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THAT'S WHEN THINGS START
TO REALLY GET INTERESTING.
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Okay, we're seeing
three or four objects.
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JETT: Yeah, there are --
there are three objects.
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STRANGELY ENOUGH, AT THAT POINT,
YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OBJECTS --
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THREE, YOU KNOW,
TWO MORE THAT JOIN IN,
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ESSENTIALLY FORM SOME SORT
OF TRIANGULAR FORMATION.
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Narrator: FOR 20 MINUTES,
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ATLANTISTRACKS THE FLASHING
LIGHTS ACROSS THE SKY,
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BEAMING IMAGES
BACK TO MISSION CONTROL.
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MAN:
They're going over the video
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that you guys sent down.
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THE VIDEO IS LOOKED AT
RIGHT AWAY.
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AND ENGINEERS JUMP ON IT
RIGHT AWAY.
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"FIND OUT WHAT IT IS."
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Narrator:
WHEN NEWS OF THE SIGHTINGS
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REACHES THE MEDIA,
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IT CAUSES A SENSATION.
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Woman: EVERYONE'S BUZZING
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ABOUT THESE THREE OBJECTS
THAT WERE SEEN.
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[ BEEPING ]
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[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
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WE ARE AWASH WITH STORIES
ABOUT UNEXPLAINED CRAFT.
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BUT WHEN YOU GET THESE
FROM ASTRONAUTS,
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YOU PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE
ATTENTION.
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IN THE LORE OF WHAT ARE TERMED
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS,
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ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SHAPES
IN ALL OF THAT IS THE TRIANGLE,
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SO THIS FITS THE BILL.
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Narrator: BASED ON THE WAY
THE OBJECTS ARE MOVING,
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NASA ASSUMES
THIS IS SPACE DEBRIS
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REFLECTING THE SUNLIGHT.
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YOU ARE FLYING THROUGH A VACUUM,
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SO THINGS THAT ARE OUT IN SPACE
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WILL GENERALLY TEND
TO HANG OUT TOGETHER.
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HAVING THREE OBJECTS,
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A TRIANGLE.
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Narrator:
BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES
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WITH THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.
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NASA's EXPLANATION
OF SPACE JUNK, TO ME,
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IS JUST, YOU KNOW,
JUST RIDICULOUS.
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THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE
WHAT SPACE JUNKS ARE.
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THESE GUYS ARE ASTRONAUTS, OKAY?
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THEY'RE TRAINED FOR THIS.
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Narrator:
BUT NASA REALLY DOES SUSPECT
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THEY'RE TRACKING SPACE JUNK,
AND THEY'RE WORRIED.
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BECAUSE THREE YEARS EARLIER,
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SHUTTLE DEBRIS BROUGHT DOWN
THE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA.
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FOLLOWING WHAT OCCURRED
ON STS-107,
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WHEN WE LOST COLUMBIA,
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NASA IS VERY INTERESTED
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IN TRACKING VIRTUALLY
EVERY PIECE OF DEBRIS.
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Narrator: NASA FEARS
THE ATLANTISIS SEEING
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A CRITICAL PIECE OF ITS HARDWARE
THAT'S BROKEN OFF.
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Oberg: IN MISSION CONTROL,
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WE REALLY WANT
TO GET PICTURES LIKE THIS
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OF ANYTHING FLOATING
NEARBY ANY SHUTTLE,
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ESPECIALLY IF IT APPEARS
TO HAVE COME OFF THE SHUTTLE.
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THIS KIND OF WARNING
THAT WAS MISSED IN 2003
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ARE THE WARNINGS YOU WANT TO GET
EVERY TIME.
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AND YOU WANT TO FIND THEM OUT,
YOU WANT TO SEE THEM,
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YOU WANT TO REPORT THEM,
AND YOU WANT TO REACT TO THEM.
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Narrator: UNSURE WHAT THESE
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ARE,
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NASA DOESN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.
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MAN: They decided that based
on this object that we saw
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that we're gonna wave off
tomorrow.
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So our next deorbit opportunity
is gonna be on flight day 13.
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WOMAN: Atlantis,we copy.
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Narrator:
NASA DELAYS THE LANDING
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SO THEY CAN CHECK THAT ATLANTIS
HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED.
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Woman:
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
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I'M DOING THE SURVEY TO CONFIRM
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THE INTEGRITY OF ATLANTIS'
HEAT SHIELD.
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IN THIS CASE, IT LOOKS LIKE
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IT'S MORE LIKELY TO BE
AN INCIDENTAL OBJECT
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BROKEN FREE ACCIDENTALLY
FROM THE SHUTTLE.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT'S,
IN THE END, THE NASA DECISION.
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Narrator:
ONE DAY AFTER FIRST SIGHTING
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THE MYSTERIOUS FLASHING LIGHTS,
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STS-115 IS FINALLY CLEARED
TO LAND.
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Man: 15,400 MILES AN HOUR.
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OFF 2 TO 25 FEET.
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Narrator: WHEN THEY LATER
EXAMINE ATLANTIS,
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NASA CONFIRMS THAT IT WAS HIT
BY A MICRO-METEORITE.
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Man: TOUCHDOWN.
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MAN: Welcome back.
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Congratulations
on return to assembly.
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Narrator:
NO ONE KNOWS IF THIS WAS RELATED
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TO THE TRIANGULAR FORMATION
SPOTTED BY THE CREW.
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BUT NASA's CAUTION
BRINGS THE SHUTTLE SAFELY HOME.
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Man:
ATLANTISWAS A TERRIFIC SHIP.
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IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL THAT
SHE PERFORM WELL, AND SHE DID.
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Narrator: TRIANGLES ARE NOT
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THE ONLY STRANGE SYMBOLS
FOUND IN SPACE.
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A STUNNING OBSERVATION SHOCKS
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ASTRONOMERS SEARCHING
FOR ROGUE ASTEROIDS.
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WHAT IS THIS THING?
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Narrator: A FORCE OF NATURE
OR AN ALIEN SYMBOL...
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IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMETHING
THAT WAS MADE NATURALLY.
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Narrator:
...MARKING A POINT IN SPACE.
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WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
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IT'S LIKE SOMEONE HAD PUT
AN X IN THE SKY AND SAID,
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"LOOK HERE.
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SOMETHING INTERESTING
IS GOING ON."
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Narrator:
KITT PEAK OBSERVATORY, ARIZONA.
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ASTRONOMER JIM SCOTTI
HEARS REPORTS
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OF AN UNUSUAL-LOOKING COMET
STREAKING THROUGH SPACE.
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HE DECIDES TO TAKE A LOOK.
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Scotti: I SET UP
WITH MY 1.8-METER TELESCOPE
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AND TAKE SOME IMAGES.
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AND, IN FACT, IT DOES HAVE
SORT OF A WEIRD LOOK.
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Narrator: THE OBJECT IS UNLIKE
ANY COMET HE'S EVER SEEN.
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IT'S GOT A LONG, NARROW TAIL
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AND A LITTLE FUNNY BUSINESS
GOING ON
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AROUND THE HEAD OF THE COMET.
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IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL
EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON,
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BUT SOMETHING IS INTERESTING
THERE.
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Narrator: THE FUZZY IMAGE
APPEARS TO HAVE A PROBE-LIKE ARM
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REACHING OUT
FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
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NEWS OF THE BIZARRE OBJECT
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HURDLING THROUGH
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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PROMPTS NASA
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
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USING THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL
IN ITS ARSENAL,
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THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE.
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IMAGES FROM
ITS GIANT 8-FOOT MIRROR
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ARE SENT DIRECTLY
TO NASA SCIENTISTS.
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WHAT THEY SEE
IS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.
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WHEN YOU FIRST SEE IT,
YOU THINK,
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"WELL, THAT CAN'T BE NORMAL.
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THAT CAN'T BE NATURAL."
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WE ALL STEP BACK
FROM THE SCREEN.
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AND IN EVERY IMAGE, IT'S THERE.
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IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF AN X.
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IT'S AN X IN THE SKY.
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LITTLE X GOING ON.
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VERY PECULIAR.
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Narrator: THE X SHAPE
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ISN'T COMMONLY FOUND
IN ASTRONOMY.
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WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE AN X?
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IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMETHING
THAT WAS MADE NATURALLY.
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Narrator:
THE OBJECT IS TRAVELING
AT 11,000 MILES PER HOUR.
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IS IT SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION?
IS IT SOME KIND OF SPACECRAFT?
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Narrator: THE GIANT X
IS MORE THAN 1,500 MILES ACROSS.
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NO MACHINE REMOTELY LIKE IT
IS MANUFACTURED ON EARTH.
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BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T RESEMBLE
ANY KNOWN NATURAL PHENOMENON.
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ASTRONOMER J.J. KAVELAARS
PUZZLES OVER THE EVIDENCE,
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CONCLUDING
THAT THE INTERSECTING STRUCTURE
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IS A RESULT OF A FREAK EVENT --
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PERHAPS A COLLISION
BETWEEN TWO ASTEROIDS.
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WHEN YOU DO THE SIMULATIONS...
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...YOU SEE THAT, IN FACT,
IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED
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IN SUCH A STRUCTURE
BEING FORMED.
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Narrator:
BUT THIS REMAINS ONLY A THEORY.
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Kavelaars: THERE'S MORE THAT
WE DON'T KNOW THAN WE DO KNOW.
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THAT'S JUST THE NATURE
OF THE UNIVERSE.
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Narrator: WE MAY NEVER KNOW
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IF THE GLOWING X
MOVING THROUGH SPACE
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AT 15 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND
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IS A SIGN
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.
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SOME SCIENTISTS BELIVE
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WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING SLOWER-MOVING.
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McKay:
TO THEM, A MILLION YEARS
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MIGHT BE THE NATURAL
REPRODUCTIVE TIME SCAPE.
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Narrator: WHILE OTHERS HOPE
THAT THEY DON'T FIND US FIRST.
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Narrator: ALIEN CREATURES,
MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD...
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[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
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...EXISTING IN SLOW MOTION
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ON A STINKING, HELLISH PLANET.
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McKay: THEIR LIFE FORM WOULD
BE SO DIFFERENT THAN OURS
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THAT WE CAN'T IMAGINE IT,
NOR COULD THEY IMAGINE US.
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Narrator:
SUCH ALIEN LIFE COULD EXIST
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IN OUR OWN COSMIC BACKYARD.
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AFTER TEARING THROUGH SPACE
FOR SEVEN YEARS,
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THE CASSINI ORBITER FINALLY
ARRIVES AT SATURN IN 2004.
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IT CARRIES A PRECIOUS PAYLOAD --
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THE HUYGENS PROBE.
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ITS MISSION --
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TO LAND ON THE RING PLANET'S
MOST MYSTERIOUS MOON, TITAN.
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PERMANENTLY SHROUDED
WITH CLOUDS,
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WE'VE NEVER SEEN
THE MOON'S SURFACE UNTIL NOW.
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AS HUYGENS PLUMMETS
THROUGH TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE,
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MISSION CONTROL SEES
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A COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED
LANDSCAPE.
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TITAN HAS MOUNTAINS...
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RIVERS...
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EVEN LAKES.
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THEY HAD NO IDEA
THAT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT TITAN
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WE WOULD FIND
ALL THESE SURFACE FORMS
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JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAVE ON EARTH.
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Narrator:
TO SOME, TITAN LOOKS LIKE
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PREHISTORIC EARTH
BEFORE IT HAD LIFE.
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D'Antonio:
TITAN REPRESENTS A SNAPSHOT
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OF WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE
LOOKED LIKE
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IN OUR EARLY EVOLUTION.
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Narrator:
IT MAY APPEAR EARTHLIKE,
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BUT OUR RIVERS AND LAKES
ARE FULL OF WATER.
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TITAN'S CONTAIN FREEZING-COLD
LIQUEFIED METHANE.
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AND ON EARTH,
ONE SOURCE OF METHANE
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IS THE FOUL GAS
FROM ANIMAL WASTE,
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A PRODUCT OF LIFE.
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HERE ON EARTH,
WE KNOW THAT METHANE IS CREATED
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PREDOMINANTLY BY LIFE FORMS.
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SO, IF YOU LOOK AT TITAN
AND YOU SEE THIS METHANE,
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WELL,
YOUR FIRST THOUGHT MIGHT BE,
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"GEE,
MAYBE THERE'S LIFE ON TITAN."
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COULD THERE BE LIFE LIVING
IN THAT LIQUID,
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USING THAT LIQUID THE WAY
LIFE ON EARTH USES WATER?
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Pope:
IF YOU CAN HAVE LIFE IN WATER,
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WHY NOT LIFE IN METHANE?
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IT'S ALL LIFE.
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IT'S JUST LIFE,
BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT.
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Narrator:
BUT WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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OF -289 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,
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TITAN IS BEYOND FROZEN.
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NO EARTH ORGANISM
COULD SURVIVE HERE.
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McKay:
I THINK IT'D BE A BIG MISTAKE
TO THINK THAT LIFE ON TITAN
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IS GONNA LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE LIFE ON EARTH.
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LIVING IN WATER
IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT
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THAN LIVING IN LIQUID METHANE.
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Narrator:
TITAN IS SO COLD
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THAT THE METABOLISM OF ANY
LIFE FORMS LIVING IN THE METHANE
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WOULD BE INCREDIBLY SLOW.
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McKay: ON TITAN,
TEMPERATURES ARE SO LOW
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THAT THE PACE OF LIFE
WOULD BE SO SLOW THAT TO THEM,
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A MILLION YEARS MIGHT BE
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THE NATURAL REPRODUCTIVE
TIME SCAPE.
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THINK OF THEM AS BEING LIKE A
BIG, GIANT, FLAT SHEET OF PAPER,
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MAXIMIZING THEIR SURFACE AREA
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BECAUSE THEY'RE LIVING
AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES.
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TEMPERATURES ARE LOW,
THINGS GO SLOW.
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IF WE FIND LIFE ON TITAN,
WE HAVE CERTAINLY FOUND
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SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT
FROM US
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AND THAT FUNDAMENTALLY EXPANDS
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THE POSSIBILITIES FOR LIFE
IN THE UNIVERSE.
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Narrator:
THE VASTNESS OF THE COSMOS
COULD CONCEAL LIFE FORMS
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WHO'VE EVOLVED
OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS.
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SUCH ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
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WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY BE
TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR TO US,
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AND THEIR WEAPONS COULD POSE
A THREAT
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TO THE VERY FABRIC
OF THE UNIVERSE.
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AN ORBITING SATELLITE DETECTS
A DEATH RAY.
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WHERE THE HECK
DID THAT COME FROM?
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Narrator: MASSIVE X-RAY PULSES
RIP THROUGH THE COSMOS.
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COULD THOSE X-RAYS EMANATING
FROM CYGNUS BE A WEAPON?
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Narrator:
THE POWER BEHIND THE X-RAY BEAM
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IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCE
IN THE UNIVERSE.
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MAYBE IT WAS
ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS
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ENGAGING
IN INTERSTELLAR WARFARE.
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[ MACHINE BEEPING ]
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Narrator: AS THE BEAM HITS
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,
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NASA SPRINGS INTO ACTION.
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Narrator: IN DECEMBER 1970,
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SMALL ASTRONOMY SATELLITE UHURU
LAUNCHES INTO SPACE
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ON A QUEST TO SEEK OUT X-RAYS.
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X-RAYS ARE EXTREMELY ENERGETIC
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
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SO, BASICALLY
LIKE LIGHT ON STEROIDS.
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WE DON'T DETECT X-RAYS ON EARTH
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BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE
PROTECTS US,
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WHICH IS BAD
FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMERS.
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IT'S VERY GOOD
FOR HUMANS IN GENERAL
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'CAUSE X-RAYS ARE BAD FOR YOU.
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Narrator: IN TINY DOSES,
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WE USE X-RAYS
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES,
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ALLOWING US TO SEE THROUGH FLESH
TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS.
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HIGHER-ENERGY X-RAYS
CAN BE FOCUSED
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TO KILL CANCER CELLS.
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BUT ABOVE EARTH,
UHURU DETECTS A SOURCE OF X-RAYS
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BILLIONS OF TIMES MORE POWERFUL
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THAN THE ENERGY NEEDED
TO KILL ALL LIFE ON THIS PLANET.
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TO FIND THIS SOURCE OF X-RAYS --
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IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE SUN
OR ANY NEARBY THINGS,
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BUT FROM SOME PLACE IN SPACE
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HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS
OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
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Narrator: THE DEATH RAY
IS COMING
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FROM THE CONSTELLATION
OF CYGNUS.
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SCIENTISTS LABEL THE SOURCE
OF THE X-RAYS CYGNUS X-1,
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BUT NO ONE CAN SEE IT.
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WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
THAT CAN'T BE JUST ANOTHER STAR.
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THEY DON'T MAKE ENOUGH X-RAYS
FOR US TO SEE
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FROM 1,000 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
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IN TERMS OF CYGNUS X-1,
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WE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
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WHAT WAS PRODUCING THOSE X-RAYS?
IT WASN'T STARS.
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COULD IT BE SOME SORT OF,
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I DON'T KNOW,
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ACTIVITY?
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COULD IT BE INTERSTELLAR WARFARE
USING ADVANCED WEAPONS?
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[ MACHINE BEEPING ]
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Narrator: IT MAY SOUND
LIKE SCIENCE FICTION,
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BUT X-RAY WEAPONS EXIST.
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THAT WAS PART OF RONALD REAGAN'S
STAR WARS PROGRAM.
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TO DEFEND OURSELVES
FROM NUCLEAR ATTACK.
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ONE OF ITS ELEMENTS
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WAS TO USE MICRO ATOMIC BOMBS
IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY
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SO THAT THEIR EXPLOSION POWERED
A LASER MADE OF X-RAYS.
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PART OF OUR WEAPONS RESEARCH
FOCUSES ON LASERS.
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USING VERY POWERFUL X-RAYS
TO DESTROY GUIDED MISSILES.
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NOW, THINK ABOUT
AN OLDER CIVILIZATION THAN OURS
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THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR MILLIONS
OF YEARS WITH LASERS
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AND WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH IT.
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I HOPE THEY'LL BE WISE ENOUGH
TO BE CAREFUL
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AND TO ONLY USE IT
WHEN IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEEDED.
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Narrator:
BUT IF CYGNUS X-1 IS A WEAPON,
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IT'S PART OF
A VERY DESTRUCTIVE WAR.
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THE ENERGY IT'S PRODUCING
IS POWERFUL ENOUGH
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TO DESTROY ANY CIVILIZATION
ATTEMPTING TO HARNESS IT.
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ONCE YOU FIRE IT, MAN,
YOU JUST GOT TO LEAVE FAST.
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Narrator:
BUT THE CYGNUS X-1 FORCE
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IS MORE LIKELY TO BE NATURAL.
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IN 2009, SCIENTISTS USING
HIGH-POWERED RADIO TELESCOPES
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RECEIVED A CLUE
ABOUT WHAT THAT FORCE COULD BE.
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IT WAS DARK.
IT WASN'T EMITTING ANY LIGHT.
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AND YET, THERE WAS ALL THIS
X-RAY RADIATION COMING FROM IT.
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THIS WAS NOT
INTERSTELLAR WARFARE.
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THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A...
BLACK HOLE.
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Narrator: THIS IS THE MOST
POWERFUL FORCE IN THE COSMOS,
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A COLLAPSED DEAD STAR
CONSUMING EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
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Brin: ALL OF THAT MASS
GATHERED IN THERE
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IS PULLING SPACETIME
INTO A FUNNEL
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SO THAT IT'S SO INTENSE
THAT LIGHT THAT TRIES TO ESCAPE,
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IT NEVER MAKES IT.
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Narrator: THE BLACK HOLE'S
GRAVITY IS SO POWERFUL
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THAT IT'S TEARING
A NEIGHBORING STAR APART.
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AS THE STAR IS CONSUMED,
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ITS SUPER-HEATED MATTER
PRODUCES X-RAYS,
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AND THIS CREATES
THE X-RAY PULSE OF CYGNUS X-1.
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SLOWLY, THE MATERIAL
THAT MAKES UP THAT STAR
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IS BEING SUCKED
INTO THE BLACK HOLE.
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Narrator:
BEFORE IT FINALLY SUCCUMBS
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TO THE BLACK HOLE'S
AWESOME POWER.
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Capps: I LOVE THE EXPLANATION
THAT CYGNUS X-1
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IS COOL, ALIEN X-RAY WEAPONRY,
BUT, COME ON.
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IT'S A BLACK HOLE, IF NOT,
AND BLACK HOLES ARE COOL ENOUGH.
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I MEAN, THERE'S ONE
AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY
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00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:04,482
KEEPING US SPINNING, RIGHT?
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00:20:04,482 --> 00:20:06,551
IT'S JUST AMAZING.
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00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:14,448
Narrator:
THE WEIRD SIGNALS OF CYGNUS X-1
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ARE NOT EVIDENCE OF APOCALYPTIC
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY
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THOUSANDS OF LIGHT-YEARS
FROM EARTH.
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BUT ONE ASTRONAUT HAS FILMED
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SOMETHING DISTURBING
MUCH CLOSER TO HOME,
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SOMETHING LURKING
IN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
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Man:
THIS OBJECT LOOKS JUST LIKE
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THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE
FROM "STAR TREK".
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Narrator:
IS THIS FIRST CONTACT?
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00:20:43,448 --> 00:20:48,413
Narrator: SOMETHING HAS INVADED
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
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THIS IMAGE LOOKS LIKE A CRAFT.
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00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:53,758
THIS OBJECT LOOKS JUST LIKE
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THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE
FROM "STAR TREK".
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Narrator: IT'S HOVERING
IN THE AURORA BOREALIS,
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A.K.A. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
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Capps: I'M THINKING
THIS IS SOMEONE WATCHING US.
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00:21:04,448 --> 00:21:06,310
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS
INTELLIGENT LIFE AND CONTACT.
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00:21:06,310 --> 00:21:08,793
Narrator:
IS THIS REALLY FIRST CONTACT
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00:21:08,793 --> 00:21:11,517
OR IS IT ALL IN THE EYE
OF THE BEHOLDER?
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00:21:16,862 --> 00:21:20,068
IN 2006, THE 13th CREW ARRIVES
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AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
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00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,275
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,
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THEY ORBIT EARTH
ALMOST 3,000 TIMES.
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00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:33,965
NASA ASTRONAUT AND
KEEN PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WILLIAMS
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DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING...
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FROM LIFE INSIDE THE STATION
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00:21:38,379 --> 00:21:46,206
TO THE DESERTS, VOLCANOES,
WEATHER SYSTEMS ON EARTH...
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00:21:46,206 --> 00:21:50,724
AND THE CAPTIVATING LIGHT SHOW
AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.
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00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:57,137
WHAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING
THAT WE GET TO SEE FROM SPACE?
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THE AURORA.
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00:22:01,689 --> 00:22:04,655
ANYTIME WE'RE BY THE AURORA,
NOBODY'S WORKING.
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00:22:04,655 --> 00:22:06,275
EVERYBODY'S AT THE WINDOW.
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00:22:06,275 --> 00:22:11,413
Narrator: BUT WHEN JEFF WILLIAMS
PHOTOGRAPHS THE AURORA,
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HE CAPTURES
MORE THAN ITS INNER LIGHT.
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HE SNAPS SOMETHING
STRAIGHT OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION.
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Capps: IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A
SPACECRAFT PARKED IN OUR AURORA.
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GAME CHANGER.
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Narrator: A STARSHIP
WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY HOVER
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IN THE SKY
ABOVE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
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THE AURORA BOREALIS IS
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENON.
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Birnes: IS IT FEASIBLE --
AND I BELIEVE IT IS --
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THAT THIS CRAFT CAN BE ACTUALLY
REFUELING WIRELESSLY
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FROM BEING INSIDE
THE AURORA BOREALIS?
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AND IF SO, DOES THAT MEAN
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THAT THERE ARE ENERGY SOURCES
ALL AROUND US?
432
00:22:55,965 --> 00:22:59,758
MAYBE WE CAN'T USE THEM,
BUT EXTRATERRESTRIALS CAN.
433
00:22:59,758 --> 00:23:03,275
Narrator: ANY ANOMALY
IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
434
00:23:03,275 --> 00:23:07,586
COULD BE DANGEROUS
IF IT AFFECTED ITS STABILITY...
435
00:23:09,517 --> 00:23:14,724
...BECAUSE THE AURORAE ARE MORE
THAN A PRETTY LIGHT SHOW.
436
00:23:14,724 --> 00:23:19,448
THEY'RE PATTERNS OF FORCE CAUSED
BY THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD.
437
00:23:19,448 --> 00:23:22,172
THEY PROTECT THE PLANET
FROM CHARGED PARTICLES
438
00:23:22,172 --> 00:23:27,206
SENT HURDLING THROUGH SPACE
BY SOLAR EXPLOSIONS.
439
00:23:28,689 --> 00:23:30,827
Raftery: IF THE EARTH'S
MAGNETIC FIELD FAILED,
440
00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:33,206
WE ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET
WOULD BE EXPOSED
441
00:23:33,206 --> 00:23:35,551
TO WHATEVER RADIATION WAS COMING
FROM THE SUN.
442
00:23:37,172 --> 00:23:38,482
Narrator: IF IT WEREN'T
FOR OUR OWN
443
00:23:38,482 --> 00:23:41,689
MAGNETIC FIELD
AROUND OUR PLANET,
444
00:23:41,689 --> 00:23:43,620
DIVERTING
ALL THESE CHARGED PARTICLES
445
00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:48,551
DOWN TO THE POLES WHERE
THEY MAKE BEAUTIFUL AURORAE,
446
00:23:48,551 --> 00:23:51,724
WELL, WE'D BE IN TROUBLE
HERE ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
447
00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,517
Narrator:
SOLAR PHYSICISTS DON'T BELIEVE
448
00:24:02,517 --> 00:24:06,344
THIS IS AN ALIEN VESSEL
ASSIGNED TO EARTH.
449
00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:08,172
IT'S NOT A STARSHIP. [ LAUGHS ]
450
00:24:08,172 --> 00:24:11,448
I'M AFRAID THAT'S
THE LEAST LIKELY EXPLANATION.
451
00:24:11,448 --> 00:24:14,379
PERHAPS IT WAS A COSMIC RAY HIT
452
00:24:14,379 --> 00:24:17,448
THAT DID SOME DAMAGE
TO THE DETECTOR IN THE CAMERA.
453
00:24:17,448 --> 00:24:20,137
Capps: IT SEEMS LIKE
ALL THE BEST STUFF
454
00:24:20,137 --> 00:24:22,551
IS EXPLAINED AWAY
WITH COSMIC RAYS.
455
00:24:22,551 --> 00:24:24,517
ONE LITTLE THING WE SAW
JUST FOR A MOMENT,
456
00:24:24,517 --> 00:24:26,034
WHAT COULD IT BE?
457
00:24:26,034 --> 00:24:28,103
COSMIC RAYS IS A LITTLE TO EASY
OF AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
458
00:24:28,103 --> 00:24:30,103
Narrator: NO ONE KNOWS
459
00:24:30,103 --> 00:24:33,068
IF A STARSHIP REALLY HOVERED
OVER THE AURORA,
460
00:24:33,068 --> 00:24:35,793
BUT IT WAS GONE
IN THE WINK OF AN EYE.
461
00:24:35,793 --> 00:24:39,482
PERHAPS IT HAD FULFILLED
ITS MISSION AND RETURNED HOME.
462
00:24:42,172 --> 00:24:45,517
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP
ON SCIENCE FICTION, NOT SCIENCE.
463
00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:46,793
SO MY FIRST THOUGHT
464
00:24:46,793 --> 00:24:49,620
WHEN I SEE A LITTLE DARK SPOT
IN THE PICTURE,
465
00:24:49,620 --> 00:24:51,655
I'M THINKING, "MAYBE
THIS IS SOMEONE WATCHING."
466
00:24:51,655 --> 00:24:53,206
AND THEN THE SCIENTIST IN ME
TAKES OVER,
467
00:24:53,206 --> 00:24:54,689
AND I START LOOKING FOR
EXPLANATIONS.
468
00:24:54,689 --> 00:24:55,793
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN,
469
00:24:55,793 --> 00:24:57,448
THERE AREN'T
ANY GOOD EXPLANATIONS,
470
00:24:57,448 --> 00:24:59,413
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE EXCITING MYTHOLOGY IS.
471
00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:08,172
Narrator:
THE EXPLORERS OF PAST CENTURIES
472
00:25:08,172 --> 00:25:10,068
WOULD OFTEN RETURN
FROM THEIR VOYAGES
473
00:25:10,068 --> 00:25:13,517
WITH FANTASTIC TALES
OF FABULOUS CREATURES.
474
00:25:16,827 --> 00:25:20,620
HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER,
SPACE EXPLORERS CONTINUE
475
00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:23,517
TO SEE THINGS THAT DEFY
EXPLANATION.
476
00:25:23,517 --> 00:25:25,000
I GOT NO ANSWERS.
477
00:25:35,482 --> 00:25:38,241
Narrator:
A SECRET SHUTTLE MISSION,
478
00:25:38,241 --> 00:25:43,586
AT A CRITICAL MOMENT,
IS INTERRUPTED.
479
00:25:43,586 --> 00:25:45,379
ALL OF A SUDDEN...
480
00:25:45,379 --> 00:25:46,689
IT WASN'T THERE,
AND NOW IT'S THERE.
481
00:25:46,689 --> 00:25:49,310
Narrator:
SLITHERING THROUGH SPACE,
482
00:25:49,310 --> 00:25:50,517
A WEIRD ENTITY.
483
00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:53,068
IT'S MOVING LIKE A SNAKE.
484
00:25:53,068 --> 00:25:57,275
Narrator: ARE THERE CREATURES
LIVING ABOVE OUR ATMOSPHERE?
485
00:25:57,275 --> 00:25:58,931
THE TAIL IS THERE, RIGHT THERE.
486
00:26:06,137 --> 00:26:08,517
Narrator:
230 MILES ABOVE EARTH...
487
00:26:08,517 --> 00:26:10,034
AND YOU'RE GO
TO MANEUVER TO...
488
00:26:10,034 --> 00:26:11,551
Narrator:
...SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS
489
00:26:11,551 --> 00:26:14,000
OPERATES COVERTLY IN THE VOID.
490
00:26:15,862 --> 00:26:20,241
ASTRONAUT STORY MUSGRAVE DEPLOYS
A SECRET DEFENSE SATELLITE.
491
00:26:20,241 --> 00:26:25,241
IT WAS AN INFRARED SATELLITE,
VERY POWERFUL INFRARED CAMERA,
492
00:26:25,241 --> 00:26:27,931
WHICH IS ABLE TO DETECT
ROCKET LAUNCHES.
493
00:26:27,931 --> 00:26:30,172
Narrator: AFTER HE RELEASES
494
00:26:30,172 --> 00:26:32,344
THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR
SPY SATELLITE...
495
00:26:32,344 --> 00:26:33,827
MAN:
Does the data look okay?
496
00:26:33,827 --> 00:26:36,172
Narrator: ...STORY MAKES
ONE LAST VISUAL CHECK.
497
00:26:36,172 --> 00:26:38,034
I'M LOOKING
STRAIGHT OUT OVER THE TAIL.
498
00:26:40,137 --> 00:26:41,241
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM.
499
00:26:41,241 --> 00:26:42,793
THERE'S AN OBJECT
THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE.
500
00:26:45,689 --> 00:26:48,034
IT WASN'T THERE,
AND NOW IT'S THERE.
501
00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:52,620
IT'S A SNAKE-LIKE OBJECT,
6 FEET, 7 FEET,
502
00:26:52,620 --> 00:26:53,931
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IT IS.
503
00:26:56,517 --> 00:26:58,000
Narrator: STORY WATCHES
504
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,275
AS THE ENTITY SLITHERS
THROUGH SPACE.
505
00:27:01,275 --> 00:27:03,241
Musgrave:
THERE'S INTERNAL MOTION IN IT,
506
00:27:03,241 --> 00:27:04,517
AND IT CONTINUES
507
00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:07,724
TO MOVE FURTHER OUT
RIGHT IN THAT DIRECTION.
508
00:27:07,724 --> 00:27:09,655
THE TAIL IS THERE, RIGHT THERE.
509
00:27:12,034 --> 00:27:13,448
Narrator:
THE STRANGE, WRIGGLING OBJECT
510
00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:15,758
ALARMS NASA, AS WELL.
511
00:27:19,793 --> 00:27:22,448
JIM OBERG EXAMINES
THE VIDEO FOOTAGE,
512
00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:25,344
LOOKING FOR THE MOST RATIONAL
EXPLANATION.
513
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,206
Oberg: WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS
514
00:27:27,206 --> 00:27:28,896
THAT BREAK LOOSE OF THE SHUTTLE
THAT LOOK LIKE THAT.
515
00:27:28,896 --> 00:27:32,586
THERE ARE STRIPS
OF INSULATION BETWEEN THE TILES.
516
00:27:32,586 --> 00:27:34,862
THERE ARE STRAP-DOWNS
ON THE PAYLOAD.
517
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:36,206
AND, OF COURSE,
518
00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:38,586
THEIR MAIN MECHANISMS
FOR DEPLOYING THESE PAYLOADS
519
00:27:38,586 --> 00:27:40,758
HAVE THINGS DESIGNED
TO BE THROWN OVERBOARD.
520
00:27:40,758 --> 00:27:43,310
Narrator: EVERY NUT AND BOLT
ON THE SHUTTLE
521
00:27:43,310 --> 00:27:46,172
IS CAREFULLY LOGGED
BEFORE TAKEOFF.
522
00:27:46,172 --> 00:27:49,724
SO NASA BELIEVES
IDENTIFYING THE MISSING PIECE
523
00:27:49,724 --> 00:27:51,551
WILL SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
524
00:27:51,551 --> 00:27:53,206
MAN: Main gear touchdown.
525
00:27:53,206 --> 00:27:54,758
Narrator:
BUT WHEN STORY LATER CHECKS IN
526
00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:57,103
WITH THE SHUTTLE MECHANICS
BACK ON THE GROUND,
527
00:27:57,103 --> 00:27:59,724
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
528
00:27:59,724 --> 00:28:02,000
THE VEHICLE WAS NORMAL
WHEN IT CAME HOME.
529
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,379
THERE WAS NOTHING MISSING
530
00:28:04,379 --> 00:28:05,655
THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
MISSING.
531
00:28:06,758 --> 00:28:08,275
I GOT NO ANSWERS.
532
00:28:10,758 --> 00:28:13,620
Narrator: IF THIS IS NOT
A MANMADE ARTIFACT,
533
00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:17,172
THAT LEAVES OPEN OTHER OPTIONS.
534
00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:23,931
STORY MUSGRAVE DOESN'T RULE OUT
LIFE IN SPACE.
535
00:28:23,931 --> 00:28:25,965
SPACE ITSELF IS NOT HOSTILE.
536
00:28:25,965 --> 00:28:28,620
THAT'S THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE
ON IT.
537
00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:31,827
IT'S ONLY HOSTILE
TO THE HUMAN CONDITION.
538
00:28:31,827 --> 00:28:33,517
LIFE IS POWERFUL.
539
00:28:33,517 --> 00:28:35,172
IT ARISES, AND IT HAPPENS,
540
00:28:35,172 --> 00:28:37,620
AND IT LIVES
IN ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS.
541
00:28:37,620 --> 00:28:40,620
AND I THINK
LIFE IS EVERYWHERE OUT THERE.
542
00:28:41,896 --> 00:28:43,379
Narrator:
RECENT DISCOVERIES
543
00:28:43,379 --> 00:28:45,482
OF LIFE IN EARTH'S
MOST HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
544
00:28:45,482 --> 00:28:48,172
SUPPORT STORY'S ENTHUSIASM.
545
00:28:48,172 --> 00:28:49,896
Friedman:
WHEN YOU BOIL IT DOWN,
546
00:28:49,896 --> 00:28:53,517
WE HAVE FOUND LIFE IN ALL KINDS
OF UNEXPECTED PLACES --
547
00:28:53,517 --> 00:28:57,413
LIFE IN ROCKS,
LIFE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE,
548
00:28:57,413 --> 00:28:59,517
LIFE AT HIGH PRESSURE.
549
00:28:59,517 --> 00:29:02,344
EVERYBODY SAID, "IMPOSSIBLE!"
550
00:29:02,344 --> 00:29:04,172
BUT IT WAS FOUND.
551
00:29:04,172 --> 00:29:06,172
SO, I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN RULE IT OUT.
552
00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:08,862
MAN #1: Lift-off.
553
00:29:10,137 --> 00:29:11,448
MAN #2: 8.1 bravo.
554
00:29:11,448 --> 00:29:12,965
Narrator: IN 2007,
555
00:29:12,965 --> 00:29:16,724
A HANDFUL OF TINY INSECT-LIKE
CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES
556
00:29:16,724 --> 00:29:19,206
WERE SENT INTO ORBIT.
557
00:29:20,862 --> 00:29:23,551
AFTER 10 DAYS EXPOSED
TO THE VACUUM,
558
00:29:23,551 --> 00:29:27,103
THE TINY ASTRONAUTS
ARE STILL ALIVE AND HEALTHY.
559
00:29:27,103 --> 00:29:30,620
THE BUGS' ENDURANCE
IS IMPRESSIVE.
560
00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:33,965
BUT NASA ASTROBIOLOGIST
CHRIS McKAY DOESN'T BELIEVE
561
00:29:33,965 --> 00:29:37,724
ANYTHING COULD PERMANENTLY LIVE
IN SPACE.
562
00:29:37,724 --> 00:29:40,137
WE CAN WONDER
IF LIFE COULD LIVE IN SPACE --
563
00:29:40,137 --> 00:29:42,620
NOT ON A PLANET,
BUT JUST FLOATING IN SPACE.
564
00:29:42,620 --> 00:29:45,758
THERE'S CERTAINLY ENOUGH
ENERGY COMING FROM THE SUN.
565
00:29:45,758 --> 00:29:46,965
THE HARD THING FOR ME TO IMAGINE
566
00:29:46,965 --> 00:29:49,689
IS HOW THAT LIFE
COULD GET MATERIAL.
567
00:29:49,689 --> 00:29:51,620
HOW DOES IT GET FRESH NUTRIENTS
568
00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:54,034
AND WHERE DOES IT SEND
ITS WASTE?
569
00:29:54,034 --> 00:29:55,689
WHO KNOWS?
570
00:29:55,689 --> 00:29:59,275
Narrator:
THE EERIE, SNAKE-LIKE OBJECT
571
00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:02,344
IS UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE
EVER RECORDED.
572
00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:03,689
AND TO DATE,
573
00:30:03,689 --> 00:30:07,000
NASA HAS
NO OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.
574
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,965
BUT FOR STORY MUSGRAVE,
HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE SPACE EEL
575
00:30:10,965 --> 00:30:15,482
HIGHLIGHTS JUST HOW LITTLE
WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE COSMOS.
576
00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:17,241
Musgrave:
TO WHAT EXTENT
577
00:30:17,241 --> 00:30:19,931
DO WE UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING OUT IN SPACE?
578
00:30:19,931 --> 00:30:23,206
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.
579
00:30:23,206 --> 00:30:26,206
SHE'S NOT GONNA UNDRESS FOR US.
580
00:30:28,551 --> 00:30:31,034
Narrator: EVEN ON EARTH'S
NEAREST NEIGHBOR,
581
00:30:31,034 --> 00:30:33,551
WE FIND THINGS
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
582
00:30:33,551 --> 00:30:37,793
WE EVEN GIVE THEM NAMES
TO DISGUISE OUR FEAR.
583
00:30:37,793 --> 00:30:40,413
[ ALARM BLARING ]COMING UP...
584
00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:43,310
NASA's MYSTERIOUS MOON PIGEONS.
585
00:30:43,310 --> 00:30:47,793
EVERYTHING STARTS GOING WRONG
WHEN THESE MOON PIGEONS APPEAR.
586
00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:01,551
Narrator:
APOLLO 10's LUNAR MODULE
587
00:31:01,551 --> 00:31:03,551
IS SECONDS FROM CATASTROPHE.
588
00:31:05,068 --> 00:31:09,827
Birnes: APOLLO 10, THE LAST
MISSION BEFORE THE LANDING,
589
00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:13,724
CAME THIS CLOSE
TO ABSOLUTE DISASTER.
590
00:31:13,724 --> 00:31:18,034
Narrator: WHAT IF SOMETHING
TAMPERED WITH NASA's SHIP?
591
00:31:19,793 --> 00:31:21,896
Birnes:
EVERYTHING STARTS GOING WRONG...
592
00:31:21,896 --> 00:31:23,310
[ ALARM BLARING ]
593
00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:24,931
...WHEN THESE MOON PIGEONS
APPEAR.
594
00:31:32,827 --> 00:31:36,517
Narrator: MAY 1969.
595
00:31:36,517 --> 00:31:38,793
APOLLO 10's EIGHT-DAY MISSION
TO THE MOON
596
00:31:38,793 --> 00:31:42,241
CAPTIVATES AN ENTIRE PLANET.
597
00:31:46,586 --> 00:31:50,379
Orwoll:
APOLLO 10 IS GOING TO BE
A FULL-UP DRESS REHEARSAL
598
00:31:50,379 --> 00:31:53,103
FOR THE LANDING THAT'S GOING
TO BE OCCURRING ON APOLLO 11.
599
00:31:53,103 --> 00:31:55,068
BUT THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO ACTUALLY LAND.
600
00:31:55,068 --> 00:31:56,344
THEY'RE ONLY GONNA GO DOWN
601
00:31:56,344 --> 00:31:58,344
WITHIN ABOUT EIGHT MILES
OF THE SURFACE.
602
00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:01,689
Narrator: AFTER SEPARATING
FROM THE MOTHERSHIP,
603
00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:03,172
THE LUNAR MODULE ORBITS
604
00:32:03,172 --> 00:32:06,103
EIGHT MILES ABOVE
THE MOON'S SURFACE,
605
00:32:06,103 --> 00:32:11,068
PRECISELY MAPPING A LANDING AREA
FOR THE NEXT APOLLO MISSION.
606
00:32:11,068 --> 00:32:12,931
AS THEY'RE APPROACHING
THE LUNAR SURFACE,
607
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,206
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY HAVE TO DO IS GET A LOCK.
608
00:32:15,206 --> 00:32:17,793
BECAUSE WITHOUT KNOWING
YOUR EXACT ALTITUDE,
609
00:32:17,793 --> 00:32:19,206
YOU COULD RUN INTO PROBLEMS.
610
00:32:21,137 --> 00:32:22,689
[ ALARM BLARES ]
611
00:32:22,689 --> 00:32:24,758
Narrator: BUT THE COMMAND
MODULE'S TRANSPONDER FAILS,
612
00:32:24,758 --> 00:32:26,413
LEAVING THE MISSION IN JEOPARDY
613
00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:29,344
AND THE LUNAR MODULE HANGING
HELPLESSLY IN SPACE.
614
00:32:29,344 --> 00:32:31,931
WITHOUT A LOCK,
IT WON'T BE ABLE TO DOCK
615
00:32:31,931 --> 00:32:33,862
BACK WITH THE COMMAND MODULE.
616
00:32:33,862 --> 00:32:37,758
[ ALARM BLARING ]
617
00:32:37,758 --> 00:32:40,758
Orwoll:
THEY TRY MANUAL OVERRIDE.
THAT DOESN'T' WORK.
618
00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:44,000
AND THEY REPEATEDLY TRY,
AND IT IS NOT OPERATING.
619
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,689
SO, FINALLY, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY
ON THEIR LAST CHANCE.
620
00:32:49,965 --> 00:32:51,931
Narrator: MEN AT THE CONSOLES
IN MISSION CONTROL
621
00:32:51,931 --> 00:32:55,931
AND THE FOLKS IN THE BACK ROOM
ARE NOW FRANTICALLY TRYING
622
00:32:55,931 --> 00:32:58,241
TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
623
00:33:03,206 --> 00:33:05,068
Narrator:
LUNAR MODULE PILOT EUGENE CERNAN
624
00:33:05,068 --> 00:33:08,655
CATCHES THE UNFOLDING DRAMA
ON CAMERA.
625
00:33:10,206 --> 00:33:12,965
AS HIS CRAFT DRIFTS
ABOVE THE COMMAND MODULE,
626
00:33:12,965 --> 00:33:16,517
CERNAN'S CAMERA CAPTURES
SOMETHING BELOW HIM --
627
00:33:16,517 --> 00:33:19,344
WHAT LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER SPACECRAFT.
628
00:33:22,758 --> 00:33:25,793
NASA HAS A CODE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THESE.
629
00:33:25,793 --> 00:33:27,310
THEY CALL THEM MOON PIGEONS.
630
00:33:27,310 --> 00:33:30,862
THIS IS PART OF THE IMAGERY
THAT LED NASA
631
00:33:30,862 --> 00:33:34,517
TO COMMISSION THIS STUDY
OF WHAT THEY CALL MOON PIGEONS,
632
00:33:34,517 --> 00:33:36,172
THINGS SEEN OUT THE WINDOW.
633
00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:40,689
Friedman: SEEMS WEIRD THAT NASA
CALLS THESE THINGS MOON PIGEONS.
634
00:33:40,689 --> 00:33:42,034
THAT'S A WEIRD TITLE.
635
00:33:42,034 --> 00:33:45,206
WE KNOW THERE AREN'T PIGEONS
FLYING OUT IN DEEP SPACE.
636
00:33:48,724 --> 00:33:50,862
Narrator: AS QUICKLY
AS THE MOON PIGEON APPEARED,
637
00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,517
IT DISAPPEARS.
638
00:33:52,517 --> 00:33:54,068
AND WITHIN MOMENTS,
639
00:33:54,068 --> 00:33:57,724
THE SITUATION ON BOARD
THE LUNAR MODULE IMPROVES.
640
00:33:57,724 --> 00:34:00,862
Orwoll: THEY FLIP
THE TOGGLE SWITCH ONE LAST TIME
641
00:34:00,862 --> 00:34:02,793
AND THE RADAR SYSTEM
STARTS OPERATING.
642
00:34:02,793 --> 00:34:04,137
THEY START GETTING THE DATA.
643
00:34:04,137 --> 00:34:06,068
THEY CONFIRM THIS
WITH MISSION CONTROL,
644
00:34:06,068 --> 00:34:08,000
AND THEY GET THE AUTHORIZATION
645
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,655
TO MAKE THE APPROACH
TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.
646
00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:15,379
Narrator: THE MISSION FINISHES
WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL DRAMA.
647
00:34:15,379 --> 00:34:17,793
BUT WHEN CERNAN'S FILM
REACHES THE PUBLIC,
648
00:34:17,793 --> 00:34:19,827
SOME SEE THE MOON PIGEON'S
SUDDEN APPEARANCE
649
00:34:19,827 --> 00:34:21,586
AS MORE THAN COINCIDENCE.
650
00:34:23,517 --> 00:34:26,620
I BELIEVE
WE'RE BEING WARNED OFF.
651
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:29,551
"STAY AWAY,
AND DON'T COME BACK."
652
00:34:29,551 --> 00:34:33,172
Narrator: SOME SPECULATE
THAT AN ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE
653
00:34:33,172 --> 00:34:36,551
COULD BE JAMMING
APOLLO'S SYSTEMS.
654
00:34:36,551 --> 00:34:38,586
OTHERS BELIEVE FRIENDLY ALIENS
655
00:34:38,586 --> 00:34:41,103
ARE SOMEHOW FIXING
THE TRANSPONDER.
656
00:34:41,103 --> 00:34:43,793
I THINK THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS
657
00:34:43,793 --> 00:34:45,482
WOULD BE QUITE CONCERNED
ABOUT US.
658
00:34:45,482 --> 00:34:49,310
RULE NUMBER ONE
FOR ANY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
659
00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:53,931
IS KEEP TABS ON THE PRIMITIVES
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
660
00:34:53,931 --> 00:34:55,965
Narrator:
THE MOTIVES OF THIS MOON PIGEON
661
00:34:55,965 --> 00:34:57,793
ARE DIFFICULT TO FATHOM,
662
00:34:57,793 --> 00:34:59,379
BUT NASA DOESN'T BELIEVE
663
00:34:59,379 --> 00:35:02,379
THAT ALIENS INTERFERED
WITH APOLLO 10 AT ALL.
664
00:35:02,379 --> 00:35:06,379
THEY SAY THIS MOON PIGEON
IS SPACE DEBRIS.
665
00:35:08,034 --> 00:35:10,344
HERE AGAIN,
WE HAVE NASA FALLING BACK
666
00:35:10,344 --> 00:35:14,068
ON ITS OLD SUPPORT
FOR "NOTHING STRANGE" --
667
00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:15,379
SPACE DEBRIS.
668
00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:18,172
Birnes: BY CALLING
THESE ANOMALIES MOON PIGEONS,
669
00:35:18,172 --> 00:35:20,034
NASA IS TRIVIALIZING IT.
670
00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,344
BUT WHAT THEY CAN'T TRIVIALIZE
671
00:35:22,344 --> 00:35:24,655
IS THAT EVERYTHING STARTS
GOING WRONG
672
00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:26,448
WHEN THESE MOON PIGEONS APPEAR.
673
00:35:28,655 --> 00:35:31,206
Narrator:
SIX MOON PIGEONS WERE REPORTED
674
00:35:31,206 --> 00:35:33,137
DURING JUST TWO APOLLO MISSIONS.
675
00:35:33,137 --> 00:35:35,068
IN 1970,
676
00:35:35,068 --> 00:35:38,379
NASA COMMISSIONED
A REPORT ON MOON PIGEONS.
677
00:35:38,379 --> 00:35:41,241
IT CONCLUDED
THAT THEY WERE SPACE DEBRIS.
678
00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:45,793
CASE CLOSED, ACCORDING TO NASA.
679
00:35:46,862 --> 00:35:48,689
TO DATE, NO NASA MISSION
680
00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:51,379
HAS FOUND EVIDENCE
OF LIFE ON THE MOON.
681
00:35:53,206 --> 00:35:55,137
BUT ONE
GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT
682
00:35:55,137 --> 00:35:57,965
MAY HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE
OF LIFE ON MARS.
683
00:35:57,965 --> 00:35:59,275
Pope: THIS COULD BE
684
00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:03,655
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DISCOVERIES OF ALL TIME.
685
00:36:03,655 --> 00:36:06,448
Narrator:
SO WHY DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT IT?
686
00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:18,724
Narrator: DIGGING FOR LIFE
ON A DISTANT PLANET.
687
00:36:18,724 --> 00:36:20,172
IT'S STILL THE HOLY GRAIL.
688
00:36:20,172 --> 00:36:22,482
IT'S STILL WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS
TO FIND.
689
00:36:22,482 --> 00:36:26,517
Narrator: A SPECTACULAR
DISCOVERY IS BURIED.
690
00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,793
IF IT'S WRONG,
TELL ME IT'S WRONG.
691
00:36:28,793 --> 00:36:29,965
WHY THE SILENCE?
692
00:36:31,103 --> 00:36:32,275
Narrator: FOR DECADES,
693
00:36:32,275 --> 00:36:34,068
ONE MAN TRIES
TO TELL THE WORLD.
694
00:36:34,068 --> 00:36:37,482
I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 40 YEARS
695
00:36:37,482 --> 00:36:41,379
FIGHTING FOR MY RESULTS
AND BELIEVING IN THEM.
696
00:36:41,379 --> 00:36:44,344
Narrator:
WILL NASA's LATEST MARS PROBE
697
00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:46,931
DISCOVER E.T. NEXT DOOR?
698
00:36:51,655 --> 00:36:56,068
MAN: ...One. We have ignition.
We have lift-off.
699
00:36:56,068 --> 00:36:59,862
Narrator: IN 1975,
NASA LAUNCHES VIKING 1,
700
00:36:59,862 --> 00:37:03,448
THE FIRST HUMAN VESSEL
TO LAND ON THE RED PLANET.
701
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:09,620
ITS MISSION --
FIND LIFE ON MARS.
702
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,724
AS VIKINGDROPS
TOWARD THE PLANET SURFACE,
703
00:37:14,724 --> 00:37:17,275
NASA ENGINEER DR. GILBERT LEVIN
704
00:37:17,275 --> 00:37:20,517
MONITORS FROM THE HEART
OF MISSION CONTROL.
705
00:37:22,758 --> 00:37:25,172
Levin: THE MOMENT
VIKING 1TOUCHED DOWN...
706
00:37:25,172 --> 00:37:26,862
Man: TOUCHDOWN.[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
707
00:37:26,862 --> 00:37:29,034
Fantastic!
708
00:37:29,034 --> 00:37:31,206
...THIS WAS EXCITEMENT
BEYOND BELIEF.
709
00:37:31,206 --> 00:37:32,793
IT BEAT THE WORLD SERIES.
710
00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:35,620
Narrator:
THE LANDER IS PROGRAMMED
711
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:39,206
TO DETECT MARTIAN LIFE
USING A RADIOACTIVE SOUP.
712
00:37:39,206 --> 00:37:43,172
ITS MECHANICAL CLAW DIGS
INTO THE BLOOD-RED SOIL.
713
00:37:43,172 --> 00:37:45,034
THEY TAKE A SCOOP
OF MARTIAN DIRT
714
00:37:45,034 --> 00:37:48,896
AND THEY POUR NUTRIENT SOLUTION
ON TOP OF IT.
715
00:37:48,896 --> 00:37:50,758
Narrator: IT'S LIKE FISHING.
716
00:37:50,758 --> 00:37:53,551
YOU PUT BAIT ON A HOOK
AND WAIT FOR A BITE.
717
00:37:53,551 --> 00:37:58,586
ALL YOU'RE DOING IS FEEDING
SUSPECTED MICROORGANISMS.
718
00:37:58,586 --> 00:38:01,517
AND IF THEY METABOLIZE
WHAT YOU FEED THEM,
719
00:38:01,517 --> 00:38:05,689
THE GAS THEY MAKE FROM IT
WILL BE RADIOACTIVE.
720
00:38:05,689 --> 00:38:08,000
THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY
TO DETECT.
721
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,206
Narrator:
NO RADIOACTIVE GAS, NO LIFE.
722
00:38:12,206 --> 00:38:15,586
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
723
00:38:15,586 --> 00:38:19,724
FOR 40 LONG MINUTES,
THE SENSORS FLATLINE.
724
00:38:25,034 --> 00:38:28,896
Levin: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
WE SEE THERE IS A RESPONSE,
725
00:38:28,896 --> 00:38:33,241
A RESULT COMING BACK SHOWING
THOUSANDS OF COUNTS PER MINUTE
726
00:38:33,241 --> 00:38:36,000
OF RADIOACTIVE GAS
COMING OUT OF OUR SAMPLE.
727
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,551
THAT WAS THE PROOF
728
00:38:37,551 --> 00:38:40,275
THAT NASA SAID IT WOULD ACCEPT
BEFORE THE MISSION.
729
00:38:40,275 --> 00:38:45,344
THIS IS A NASA-APPROVED
EXPERIMENT ON A NASA MISSION,
730
00:38:45,344 --> 00:38:46,551
AND THE RESULTS ARE CLEAR.
731
00:38:46,551 --> 00:38:47,724
THIS IS LIFE.
732
00:38:47,724 --> 00:38:51,068
Narrator:
VIKINGREPEATS THE EXPERIMENTS.
733
00:38:51,068 --> 00:38:55,000
EACH ONE CONFIRMS
SIGNS OF MARTIANS.
734
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,379
THERE IS LIFE ON MARS.
735
00:38:57,379 --> 00:38:58,758
Levin: I IMMEDIATELY SENT OUT
736
00:38:58,758 --> 00:39:01,448
FOR A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
AND A BIG CIGAR.
737
00:39:01,448 --> 00:39:05,586
Narrator: BUT WHEN NASA CALLS
A PRESS CONFERENCE,
738
00:39:05,586 --> 00:39:10,000
TO GIL'S AMAZEMENT, HE IS TOLD
TO DOWNPLAY HIS RESULTS.
739
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,517
THEY PUT ME DOWN
AS THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK,
740
00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:14,793
AND THEY HAD CAUTIONED ME
741
00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:17,482
NOT TO SAY I HAD DETECTED
LIFE ON MARS.
742
00:39:19,241 --> 00:39:21,931
Pope: WHY ISN'T THIS INFORMATION
BEING CIRCULATED?
743
00:39:21,931 --> 00:39:26,103
THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST
DISCOVERIES OF ALL TIME.
744
00:39:28,206 --> 00:39:30,862
Narrator: ACCORDING TO NASA,
THE REASON IS SIMPLE.
745
00:39:30,862 --> 00:39:34,172
GIL'S RESULTS CONTRADICT
TWO OTHER EXPERIMENTS
746
00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:39,000
RUN ON SIMILAR SAMPLES
ALSO AIMED AT DETECTING LIFE.
747
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,413
THEY LOOK FOR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS,
JUST MOLECULES
748
00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:44,275
THAT ARE TYPICAL
OF LIFE IN THAT DIRT,
749
00:39:44,275 --> 00:39:45,448
AND THEY DON'T FIND ANY.
750
00:39:45,448 --> 00:39:46,862
SO THEY SAY, "OKAY, FORGET IT.
751
00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:49,034
WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING THERE,
IT WASN'T LIFE."
752
00:39:49,034 --> 00:39:51,103
Narrator: WITHOUT THIS EVIDENCE,
753
00:39:51,103 --> 00:39:54,310
NASA ISN'T CONVINCED
THEY FOUND LIFE ON MARS.
754
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:57,172
AND THEY SAID, "NO ORGANICS.
755
00:39:57,172 --> 00:39:58,310
THERE GOES THE BALLGAME."
756
00:40:04,310 --> 00:40:05,413
Narrator: BUT NOW,
757
00:40:05,413 --> 00:40:07,655
AFTER NEARLY FOUR DECADES
OF UNCERTAINTY,
758
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,586
NEW EVIDENCE COULD EXPLAIN
WHY NASA's OTHER EXPERIMENTS
759
00:40:10,586 --> 00:40:12,724
CONTRADICT GIL'S RESULTS.
760
00:40:12,724 --> 00:40:16,517
IT MAY BE THAT GIL IS RIGHT,
THAT WE'RE JUST CONFUSED
761
00:40:16,517 --> 00:40:18,931
BECAUSE THE SIGNAL IS NOT
EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED,
762
00:40:18,931 --> 00:40:20,275
BUT IT'S STILL BIOLOGICAL.
763
00:40:20,275 --> 00:40:24,379
Narrator: IN 2008,
NASA DETECTS VAST SALT DEPOSITS
764
00:40:24,379 --> 00:40:27,689
ACROSS THE PLANET'S SURFACE.
765
00:40:27,689 --> 00:40:30,310
ONCE OF THE SURPRISING RESULTS
FROM MARS EXPLORATION
766
00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:33,172
WAS THE DISCOVERY
THAT THE SALT ON MARS
767
00:40:33,172 --> 00:40:35,206
WAS NOT LIKE THE SALT ON EARTH.
768
00:40:35,206 --> 00:40:38,000
THINK OF IT
AS A BIZARRE FORM OF SALT.
769
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,034
Narrator: CRUCIALLY,
WHEN MARTIAN SALT IS HEATED,
770
00:40:41,034 --> 00:40:44,758
IT DESTROYS
ANY BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES.
771
00:40:44,758 --> 00:40:47,172
AND THE OTHER EXPERIMENTS
VIKINGCONDUCTED
772
00:40:47,172 --> 00:40:49,206
ALL HEATED THE SOIL SAMPLES
773
00:40:49,206 --> 00:40:52,793
IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELEASE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
774
00:40:52,793 --> 00:40:56,241
SO EVEN IF LIFE EXISTS
IN THE SALTY SOIL,
775
00:40:56,241 --> 00:40:59,275
THE OTHER EXPERIMENTS DESTROYED
ANY TRACE OF IT.
776
00:40:59,275 --> 00:41:02,310
ADDITIONALLY,
THE SALT MAY DO MORE
777
00:41:02,310 --> 00:41:05,206
THAN MASK
THE PRESENCE OF LIFE ON MARS.
778
00:41:05,206 --> 00:41:08,620
IT COULD ALSO BE A KEY
TO ITS EXISTENCE.
779
00:41:09,931 --> 00:41:14,793
ON EARTH, WE'VE DISCOVERED BUGS
THAT EAT THIS SALT TO LIVE.
780
00:41:14,793 --> 00:41:19,758
McKay: THERE ARE MICROORGANISMS
THAT CAN CONSUME THAT SALT.
781
00:41:19,758 --> 00:41:23,068
THEY CAN USE THAT SALT
THE WAY WE HUMANS USE OXYGEN.
782
00:41:23,068 --> 00:41:27,793
Narrator: MARS COULD BE
A SALTY HAVEN FOR LIFE, TOO.
783
00:41:28,965 --> 00:41:32,310
MARS LIFE
WOULD NOT BE VERY ALIEN.
784
00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:34,965
IT WOULD HAVE MANY
OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS
785
00:41:34,965 --> 00:41:36,620
AND FEATURES OF LIFE ON EARTH.
786
00:41:38,655 --> 00:41:40,965
Narrator:
VIKING'SBIOLOGICAL DETECTORS
787
00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:43,862
COULDN'T HAVE FOUND MARTIAN LIFE
788
00:41:43,862 --> 00:41:47,620
BECAUSE ONLY GIL'S TESTS
LEFT THE SOIL UNHEATED,
789
00:41:47,620 --> 00:41:51,241
PRESERVING EVIDENCE
OF ANY SALT-MUNCHING MICROBES.
790
00:41:51,241 --> 00:41:56,206
IT MAY BE TIME TO REVISIT
GIL'S FINDINGS.
791
00:41:56,206 --> 00:41:59,068
IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE DATA REALLY MEAN,
792
00:41:59,068 --> 00:42:00,482
YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK.
793
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,034
Narrator: IN AUGUST 2012,
794
00:42:04,034 --> 00:42:07,655
NASA's CURIOSITYROVER LANDS
ON THE RED PLANET.
795
00:42:07,655 --> 00:42:10,793
ITS DUAL MISSION --
796
00:42:10,793 --> 00:42:13,034
TO FIND EVIDENCE OF WATER
797
00:42:13,034 --> 00:42:16,965
AND SEEK OUT SIGNS OF LIFE
IN THE PLANET'S PAST.
798
00:42:16,965 --> 00:42:19,862
ON BOARD,
IT HAS A SOPHISTICATED LAB
799
00:42:19,862 --> 00:42:22,793
WHICH CAN CONTINUE
THAT SEARCH FOR LIFE.
800
00:42:26,655 --> 00:42:29,655
YEAH, I WOULD LOVE
TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE FOUND IT,
801
00:42:29,655 --> 00:42:31,172
LIFE ON MARS, THIS IS IT.
802
00:42:31,172 --> 00:42:33,517
RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE
CONVINCING EVIDENCE.
803
00:42:35,586 --> 00:42:37,413
Narrator: IF GIL LEVIN IS RIGHT,
804
00:42:37,413 --> 00:42:40,275
THE MARTIANS WILL BE THERE...
805
00:42:40,275 --> 00:42:43,448
WAITING.
806
00:42:43,448 --> 00:42:46,344
NASA's SEARCH FOR LIFE
HAS TAKEN US
807
00:42:46,344 --> 00:42:49,482
TO FAR-FLUNG WORLDS
WITH ALIEN ENVIRONMENTS.
808
00:42:50,448 --> 00:42:54,931
WHILE MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTERS
CLOSER TO HOME DEFY LOGIC,
809
00:42:54,931 --> 00:42:56,379
ASTRONAUTS HAVE RISKED
THEIR LIVES
810
00:42:56,379 --> 00:42:59,448
TO PUSH BACK
THE BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE.
811
00:42:59,448 --> 00:43:02,793
NASA's FILES REVEAL
STRANGE NEW WORLDS,
812
00:43:02,793 --> 00:43:06,896
WEIRD PHENOMENA,
AND COSMIC FORCES.
813
00:43:06,896 --> 00:43:10,655
YET MANY OF THE ANOMALIES REMAIN
UNEXPLAINED.
814
00:43:10,655 --> 00:43:12,931
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