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NARRATOR:
For more than four decades,
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award-winning journalist
Linda Moulton Howe
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has reported on the most
mysterious phenomena on Earth.
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From bizarre animal deaths...
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NICK POPE:
She began to uncover connections
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between UFOs
and animal mutilations.
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...to crop formations...
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BILL BIRNES:
Linda brought the idea
of crop circles
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into real science.
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...otherworldly entities...
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WILLIAM HENRY:
Linda is one
of the ultimate authorities
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on extraterrestrials.
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...and alien abductions.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Linda realized
that abductions also happened
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thousands of years ago.
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NARRATOR:
Could the groundbreaking work
of Linda Moulton Howe
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provide the ultimate evidence
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of an extraterrestrial presence
on Earth?
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LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
If there is any bottom
line to this life of mine,
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always go after the truth.
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The firm truth is,
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we are not alone
in this universe.
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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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Los Angeles, California.
February 10, 2024.
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(audience cheering)
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NARRATOR:
Acclaimed
investigative journalist,
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author, and filmmaker
Linda Moulton Howe
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speaks before a packed room at
the annual Conscious Life Expo.
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HOWE:
I'm one of the few voices
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that kept trying to understand
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about something
that is difficult and complex.
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NARRATOR:
Since the late 1970s,
Linda has been covering stories
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that fall under the category
of what she calls
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"high strangeness"
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and sharing her research
with a public
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eager to learn more about
the unexplainable phenomena
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that other journalists
refuse to touch.
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I've been to multiple
UFO events with Linda.
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And people love her.
They cheer for her.
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People are deeply invested
with Linda Moulton Howe
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because Linda is a trailblazer.
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She put certain things
on the map
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that before were not really
talked about.
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GEORGE KNAPP:
Linda Moulton Howe took on
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the weird topic
of cattle mutilations
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back at a time when it
didn't have much credibility.
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She's taken on topics that other
reporters wouldn't touch
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and changed the world.
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BIRNES:
Linda Moulton Howe is one
of the most important figures
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in modern journalism because
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she brought the science
and the evidence
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of high strangeness
into the mainstream.
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HOWE:
But I have interviewed at least
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1,600 people in the
human abduction syndrome
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over the last 40 years.
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BIRNES:
For the first time,
everyday people could talk
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about things
like flying saucers,
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alien abductions,
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cattle mutilations,
and crop circles.
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What Linda Moulton Howe
taught us
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is that people who saw
strange things weren't crazy.
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POPE:
Linda is a hugely influential
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and important figure
in the UFO community.
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Arguably, though, she's not
what you would call a ufologist.
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Linda was and is
an investigative journalist.
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She has a credentialed past,
which includes
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a Peabody,
couple of regional Emmys.
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GEORGE NOORY:
Linda came up through
the school of hard knocks
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where most of this business
was oriented to men.
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Linda's work is ethical,
award-winning,
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and her ability as a person,
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as a broadcaster
is second to none.
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NARRATOR:
For more than four decades,
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Linda has investigated
almost every aspect
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of high strangeness
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using skills she first honed
as a reporter in Los Angeles.
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HOWE:
From 1966 to 1968,
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I was at Stanford University
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getting a master's degree
in communication.
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And I went to work in hard news
at KNBC in Los Angeles.
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My goal was to focus on science,
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medicine, and the environment.
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This is who I am. I've
always been very left brain.
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Everything I did
was hard science.
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NARRATOR:
Linda's career was marked
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by multiple awards
and recognitions.
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But after a decade
working in television news,
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her career
would take a sharp turn.
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Logan County, Colorado.
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September 1979.
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Linda Moulton Howe--
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now director of special projects
at KMGH-TV,
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the local CBS station
in Denver--
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conducts an
off-the-record interview
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with Sheriff Harry "Tex" Graves.
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For years, Sheriff Graves
has been investigating
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a series of bizarre,
unexplained animal mutilations.
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HOWE:
He laid out something
like 166 Polaroids
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that he had taken himself
as sheriff
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and started going through
and showing me,
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here they take an ear, eye,
tongue, jaw, genitals, rectum.
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Here the animal
was alive long enough
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to bury its head in the dirt
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while these excisions
were taken.
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"Sheriff, what do you think
we're dealing with here?"
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And he said,
"Linda, the perpetrators
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"of these bloodless, trackless
animal mutilations
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are creatures from outer space."
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Instantly,
my entire body felt like
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it had been hit
with an electric charge.
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That was the turning point
in my entire career.
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From that moment going forward,
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I wanted to understand
how this was possible.
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NARRATOR:
Shortly after
her initial interview
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with Sheriff Graves,
Linda and her crew
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began work on a documentary
about cattle mutilations.
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For the next month,
Linda conducted interviews
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with local ranchers,
law enforcement officials,
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journalists,
and independent investigators.
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The more she learned,
the more she became convinced
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the phenomenon
has an otherworldly origin.
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In those 30 days,
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there was a transmutation
of my very soul
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because everywhere we went
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I'm now confronted with dozens
and dozens of witnesses
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describing beams of light
that had the ability to levitate
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an animal up to something,
and when it is put down,
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there they have found
a mutilated animal.
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No blood.
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No tracks around these animals.
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And I still can remember
a feeling of...
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do I want to continue
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going into what is happening?
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POPE:
It's not an easy transition
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to go, as Linda did,
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from one moment
specializing in hard news
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to then suddenly go to UFOs
and animal mutilations.
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It is something that some people
would regard as career suicide.
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I felt like I had no choice
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but to try to get
to what is behind
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what I learned
was happening worldwide.
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NARRATOR:
But while she felt strongly
that the topic
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was both compelling
and important,
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Linda was also aware
that airing this documentary
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was the biggest risk
she'd ever taken in her career.
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HOWE: Who or what is killing
and mutilating these animals?
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I've traveled
through Wyoming, New Mexico,
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and Colorado
exploring this mystery.
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I think that the day
before the broadcast was about
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the most worried
that I'd ever been in my life.
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I knew that what I was reporting
was absolutely true,
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but I was nervous
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and I think I was scared.
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Most everyone
in the Western United States
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heard about
cattle mutilations in 1975.
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NARRATOR:
On May 25, 1980,
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KMGH-TV Denver
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premieres Linda Moulton Howe's
documentary A Strange Harvest.
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Now, this looks kind of dry
right over here.
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But if you'll recall,
when we first spotted this,
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that was just like
if you'd taken
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a pair of scissors and cut out
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a round piece of paper,
you know?
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Like you might do--
a kid might do in school.
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NARRATOR:
The broadcast draws
a record-breaking audience
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of nearly
a quarter million viewers.
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Almost immediately, calls began
pouring into the station.
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HOWE:
It was like an explosion.
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The switchboard
for an entire week,
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they were just
constantly apologizing.
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"Linda, we cannot keep up
with the phone calls."
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And then the mail.
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I think, in that first week,
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that it was something like
over 400 letters.
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NARRATOR:
During the course
of her reporting,
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Linda became convinced
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that the forces
behind the cattle mutilations
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were not of this world.
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But her next investigation
would involve
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the mysterious dealings
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of the United States government.
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NARRATOR:
Three years after
the success of her film
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A Strange Harvest,
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Linda Moulton Howe
meets with executives at HBO
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to pitch a new documentary.
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HOWE:
So now
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I have a whole new project.
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It's completely different.
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There's this great story
of a UFO landing
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at Ellsworth Air Force Base
in North Dakota.
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And I had written a script
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as an example of what
I thought we could do.
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And I called it
UFOs: The E.T. Factor.
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And Jean Abounader
was head of documentary,
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and she liked the script,
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and I signed a contract
that afternoon.
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And that night Peter Gersten,
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the attorney for
Citizens Against UFO Secrecy,
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called me and said,
"I want to talk about something
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to see if you could
incorporate it in your script."
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NARRATOR:
Peter Gersten told Linda
about an intelligence officer
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named Richard Doty.
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Doty was a special agent
for the Air Force Office
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of Special Investigations
at Kirtland Air Force Base
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in New Mexico,
and according to Gersten,
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he had classified information
about a UFO encounter
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that he was willing
to share with Linda.
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RICHARD DOLAN:
In 1983, Doty met with Linda
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over at, uh,
Kirtland Air Force Base.
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This was an arranged meeting.
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This is when Linda's, like,
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doing her deep, deep dive
into the cover-up
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and the reality
of the UFO phenomenon.
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HOWE:
He said, "My superiors have
asked me to show this to you."
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And he simultaneously
opens a drawer,
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pulls out a manila envelope,
and he takes out...
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I think it was
about 12 pages, typed.
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And I still can feel
the strangeness
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as I'm now looking at
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all caps: "Briefing Paper
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"for the President
of the United States
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"of America on the Subject
of Unidentified Aerial Craft."
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I cannot believe it. I remember
it was just like that.
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It was talking about how
our government has been
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investigating UFOs and ETs
for decades.
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It's all real.
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I was so agitated at--
My God, what is happening here?
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Wh-Why is he showing me
such a document?
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NARRATOR:
According to Linda,
Doty also promised her access
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to material that could be used
in her upcoming documentary.
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HOWE:
Doty said, "We have film
that you would be able to use."
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And gave me names of two people
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who would call me about
a film from a real UFO,
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and that they were gonna
allow me to put this
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in the documentary.
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NARRATOR:
But when Linda met with
executives at the network
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to update them on
the latest developments,
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they abruptly canceled
her documentary about UFOs.
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Determined to continue
with the project,
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Linda successfully pitched
her special to producers at CNN.
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But once again,
just as the documentary
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was set to proceed,
it was dropped
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due to internal pressure.
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HOWE:
So I'm blocked through HBO.
I'm blocked at CNN.
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What in the hell
is going on here?
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NARRATOR:
Finally, when the UFO footage
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promised to her by Richard Doty
never materialized,
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Linda came to suspect
her project
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had been shut down by forces
within the government.
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HOWE:
I've been told
this is how the CIA,
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NSA, DIA have been working on
UFO material since World War II.
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They did not want anyone
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showing anything on television
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about animal mutilations,
human abductions,
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extraterrestrials, none of it.
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But it didn't stop me.
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It made me more curious.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that forces
within the government
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were responsible for canceling
Linda's documentary projects?
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According to Linda's daughter,
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it was right around this time
that both she and her mother
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started to suspect that they
were under surveillance.
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LAURA HOWE:
I feared for my mother.
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I remember there were vans
sometimes
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sitting outside of our house.
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And I would say, "Oh, the UPS
truck's outside again."
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She's like,
"That's not a UPS truck."
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You know,
"Get away from the window."
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-(tires screeching)
-And then the van took off.
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But it was kind of scary.
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-(phone rings)
-And our phone always seemed
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to have the clicking noises
on them.
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(crackling static, clicking)
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I had a man pull a gun on me.
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And that was in North Carolina.
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I'm working at this table,
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and he pulls the chair out
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and sits down
and pulls out a gun.
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And it was so surreal.
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It was so weird that I don't
think I even felt afraid.
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He says, "You can't keep doing
what you're doing."
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And when he got up,
he left me sitting there,
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thinking I have every right
in the universe
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to keep doing the investigations
that I'm doing.
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NARRATOR:
In the aftermath
of her canceled documentary,
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Linda became convinced
that there are people
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within the government
who do not want
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her investigating
animal mutilations
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or anything else that may have
an extraterrestrial connection.
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She also learned to be on
the lookout for disinformation,
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which she would encounter again
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as she began investigating
another mysterious phenomenon.
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In a feature article,
Time magazine explores
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the mysterious
crop circle phenomenon
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that has been prominent across
Great Britain since the 1970s.
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Media scrutiny
of the subject intensifies,
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exposing similar occurrences
across the globe.
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I remember seeing
the very first formations
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that were being distributed
in The New York Times
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and others
with the question marks,
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"What is this?
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"Is there somebody
tramping around the earth
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doing this as a hoax?
What is happening?"
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NARRATOR:
On September 9, 1991,
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retirees Doug Bower
and Dave Chorley
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of Southampton, England
claimed responsibility
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for the entire
crop circle phenomenon.
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And for much
of the general public,
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the mystery was solved.
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But Linda found this explanation
highly unlikely,
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since these formations
had been documented
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in at least 23 countries.
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HOWE:
Doug and Dave, they weren't
going around the world
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to all these 23 countries.
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I knew something is happening
I do not understand.
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But I want to understand.
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NARRATOR:
Once again, Linda Moulton Howe
set out to investigate a mystery
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that most other journalists
wouldn't touch.
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And she uncovered
what some scientists consider
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to be undeniable evidence...
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...of an
extraterrestrial connection.
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NARRATOR:
Linda Moulton Howe
travels to the location
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with the highest occurrences
of crop circles in the world
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to investigate
the phenomenon up close.
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Near a site called Milk Hill,
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she finds herself
at a 400-foot-long formation
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which had just appeared
in a wheat field.
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I made the step
into this huge pattern.
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And that was the first time
that I saw
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layer, layer, layer.
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Seven layers.
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All of these different angles
that were coming up
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from all of these layers
over this large, huge pattern.
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And I have this feeling
of a presence that is there.
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NARRATOR:
For Linda, the experience
convinced her
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that hoaxers like Doug Bower
and Dave Chorley
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were definitely not behind
the crop circle mystery
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and she set out to learn more
about the phenomenon.
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Linda has traveled widely
and looked deeply
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into this mystery.
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She's interviewed
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a lot of the farmers
in whose fields
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some of the most amazing
formations have occurred.
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And she's spoken to witnesses
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who have seen
strange balls of light
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that in some cases,
people believe
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have actually caused
those formations.
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One of the most memorable
of all time
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was in the Cherhill area.
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It was a huge pattern.
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There were four of us,
and we ended up feeling
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that other intelligences
are here,
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and that the crop formations
were somehow a signal.
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NARRATOR:
One of the most
peculiar anomalies
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that Linda observed
while examining crop circles
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had to do with plant nodes.
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A node in a plant
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is a structure on the stem
where leaves, buds
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or other parts of the plant
may grow.
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Linda noticed
at many crop circles
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that the plant nodes
within the formation
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were significantly longer
than the plant nodes
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outside the formation.
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She collected samples
and sent them
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to biophysicist W.C. Levengood
at the University of Michigan
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for laboratory analysis.
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What Levengood determined
was that many of these nodes
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acted as though
they were subjected to
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localized heat at the node,
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which caused the water
inside the node,
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basically, to blow out,
blast out,
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causing the stalk
to flop over the way it did.
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IAN HALLING:
The so-called blown nodes
have actually been expanded
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and blown out by, perhaps,
microwave radiation.
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Now, that's not done
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by people with
sticks and shovels
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and-and pieces of board
and-and rope.
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Very much like
with the cattle mutilations,
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suddenly the crop circle
phenomena took on
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an elevated sort of perspective
in the mainstream community.
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NARRATOR:
For Linda, just as important
as pursuing the truth
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is disseminating her findings
as widely as possible.
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But when she set out to try and
release her research in a book,
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she was turned away
by a publisher in New York.
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HOWE:
I'm saying to the editor,
"I want lots and lots
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"of evidentiary material
in documents and photos.
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"I want it to be a book
that would hold up
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in a court of law," and he said,
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"I'm very interested
in doing your book,
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"but under no circumstances
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would we ever publish
these disgusting animal photos."
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And I remember saying,
"Sir, they're evidentiary.
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"They show there are no tracks.
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"They show the absence
of the blood on the animals.
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"I have pathology reports
that the way that the excisions
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"have been made are not known
to any technology
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by any pathologist
on this planet."
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And he said it again.
"Disgusting."
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And what is always my backup?
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(chuckles):
I have to do it myself.
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MEAD:
My mother has made it a point
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to do everything on her own
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because it would be done
the right way.
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When she started her book,
An Alien Harvest,
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it took her ten years
of research.
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She doesn't like to stop unless
she gets to what she wants.
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NARRATOR:
In 1989, Linda self-published
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the culmination of her research
in An Alien Harvest.
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HALLING:
The book Alien Harvest
was the first time
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that an investigative reporter
had brought together
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the documentation in book form
that detailed
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with over 300 illustrations,
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maps and diagrams,
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documents that detailed the link
between animal mutilations
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and non-human intelligence.
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And it's still
a very widely sought
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and widely referenced book.
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HOWE:
I followed with Glimpses Volume
I and Glimpses Volume II,
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which had a lot of physical,
straightforward evidence.
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And those three books, I think,
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are almost as important
as the TV programs.
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NARRATOR:
Linda's books provided hard
facts and compelling theories
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and amassed
more than a decade worth
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of investigations
on bizarre animal mutilations,
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unexplained crop formations,
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and another
mysterious phenomenon
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that had captured
her attention: alien abductions.
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that had captured
her attention: alien abductions.
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NARRATOR:
In the 1990s,
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Art Bell's paranormal-themed
radio talk show
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Coast to Coast AM
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boasted 15 million
listeners nightly,
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and Linda Moulton Howe
considered it the perfect outlet
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for sharing her investigations
with the public.
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...as you pointed out...
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NARRATOR:
Linda's regular appearances
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as both a guest and a host
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spanned 28 years,
making her tenure on the show
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longer than both Art Bell's
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and current host George Noory's.
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Linda's done some great reports
over the years.
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They run the gamut from, uh,
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strange sightings
to abduction cases.
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You name it.
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Anything paranormal
that you've heard in your life,
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Linda's covered it
on Coast to Coast.
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NARRATOR:
While Linda was able to reach
millions of listeners
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on Coast to Coast,
she still felt
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she needed her own means
for disseminating information
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directly to the public.
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HOWE:
What was coming into me
in that period of time
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were hundreds and hundreds
and hundreds of letters.
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I could open them,
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but I realized that I didn't
have any vehicle at all
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in which to interact
with the world.
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And then I just said it
out loud: "Earthfiles."
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I want to do Earthfiles.
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And that is how it began.
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NARRATOR:
On November 28, 1998,
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Linda launched Earthfiles
as an archive
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for her many years of research
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and created a website so that
she could share the details
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of her investigations
with the public.
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Almost ten years later,
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in 2007, she started
an Earthfiles YouTube channel,
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where she could report live
on her latest findings.
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ANNOUNCER:
This is Earthfiles.
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The award-winning news site
with the latest updates
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in science, environment,
and real X-files.
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She's got over a quarter million
followers worldwide.
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She writes the program,
she edits it,
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she produces it, she does
all the research. It is her.
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And you can almost describe
Earthfiles
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as her magnum opus, really,
because this will ultimately
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live on as her archives.
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NARRATOR:
Earthfiles and Coast to Coast
have provided Linda
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a much wider audience with which
to share her research,
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but of even greater value to her
is hearing from the public.
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And even before
she had these outlets,
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Linda was contacted frequently
by people who alleged
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to have been abducted
by extraterrestrials.
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As the decade of 1990 turned,
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I got a handwritten letter
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from a woman named Linda Porter,
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and she sent drawings.
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And it was about her
496
00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:17,958
coming into a relationship
with extraterrestrials
497
00:28:18,125 --> 00:28:22,750
in which they seem to be
wanting her
498
00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:25,417
to become, like, a spokesperson.
499
00:28:25,583 --> 00:28:28,958
NARRATOR:
Linda investigated
Linda Porter's account
500
00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:32,917
and included it in her book
Glimpses of Other Realities.
501
00:28:33,083 --> 00:28:35,833
BIRNES: The Linda Porter story
502
00:28:36,042 --> 00:28:40,125
was one of the biggest stories
Linda Howe ever wrote about
503
00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:45,250
because it wasn't
a crop circle or a cow.
504
00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:46,542
Here's what it was:
505
00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:50,667
a human being
encountering creatures
506
00:28:50,833 --> 00:28:53,708
from another realm,
another reality.
507
00:28:55,708 --> 00:28:57,458
HOWE: That was the first time
in my work
508
00:28:57,625 --> 00:29:01,917
as an investigative journalist
that Linda Porter and others
509
00:29:02,083 --> 00:29:05,333
all of a sudden began
to be contacting me
510
00:29:05,542 --> 00:29:08,917
about experiences they had
with extraterrestrial beings.
511
00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:13,250
They were coming to me to say,
"Here are my drawings,
512
00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:15,000
here is what I have seen."
513
00:29:15,208 --> 00:29:17,167
NARRATOR:
Author Whitley Strieber
514
00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:19,333
became one of the most
high-profile
515
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:21,167
alleged alien abductees
516
00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:22,917
when he wrote
about his encounter
517
00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:27,917
with extraterrestrials
in his 1987 book Communion.
518
00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:30,750
But before he told his story
to the world,
519
00:29:30,917 --> 00:29:33,667
he told it
to Linda Moulton Howe.
520
00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:36,250
Linda is a very
open-minded person,
521
00:29:36,458 --> 00:29:39,792
and you don't feel uncomfortable
sharing weird stories with her.
522
00:29:39,958 --> 00:29:43,125
I don't think that either of us
was too deep into
523
00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:46,417
the abduction material
when we met back in 1986.
524
00:29:46,542 --> 00:29:47,917
But nobody was.
525
00:29:48,083 --> 00:29:50,000
But she didn't have
any problem with my story.
526
00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:52,208
She just wanted to know more.
527
00:29:52,375 --> 00:29:56,208
NARRATOR:
As with animal mutilations
and crop circles,
528
00:29:56,375 --> 00:29:59,833
Linda immersed herself
in the abduction phenomenon,
529
00:30:00,042 --> 00:30:03,167
and it led
to a major revelation.
530
00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:08,000
HOWE:
I've interviewed, now,
more than 3,000 people
531
00:30:08,083 --> 00:30:09,833
in the abduction syndrome.
532
00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,333
Right from the beginning,
I was confused
533
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,958
about the various
physical descriptions.
534
00:30:15,917 --> 00:30:17,625
The standing up reptiles,
535
00:30:17,792 --> 00:30:19,833
the standing up Greys,
536
00:30:20,042 --> 00:30:22,833
and the Nordic blondes.
537
00:30:22,917 --> 00:30:27,167
We have tall whites,
ten to 12 feet tall.
538
00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:30,333
That's biblical.
Those are like the giants.
539
00:30:31,708 --> 00:30:33,917
POPE:
The cases that Linda looked into
540
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:37,458
allowed us to tell
a much deeper,
541
00:30:37,625 --> 00:30:40,375
richer story about multiple
races, different agendas
542
00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:43,250
and programs that are going on.
543
00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:46,250
The idea that humanity
may be the subject
544
00:30:46,375 --> 00:30:50,583
of some extraterrestrial program
of some sort.
545
00:30:51,625 --> 00:30:54,125
NARRATOR:
Could it be that there
are multiple intelligences
546
00:30:54,292 --> 00:30:56,500
that have been interacting
with our planet
547
00:30:56,708 --> 00:30:58,167
for thousands of years?
548
00:30:58,375 --> 00:31:01,625
As far as
Linda Moulton Howe is concerned,
549
00:31:01,792 --> 00:31:04,167
the answer is a resounding yes.
550
00:31:04,375 --> 00:31:07,875
And as evidence,
she points not only to
551
00:31:08,042 --> 00:31:10,667
the accounts
of alleged alien abductees,
552
00:31:10,833 --> 00:31:12,583
but also another group of people
553
00:31:12,583 --> 00:31:14,208
who have confided in her:
554
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:17,542
government whistleblowers.
555
00:31:27,167 --> 00:31:29,625
The black pyramid
was determined to be
556
00:31:29,792 --> 00:31:33,000
some type of
a power generation system.
557
00:31:34,042 --> 00:31:35,125
NARRATOR:
For decades,
558
00:31:35,292 --> 00:31:37,958
government
and military insiders have
559
00:31:38,083 --> 00:31:39,958
shared their
extraterrestrial encounters
560
00:31:40,125 --> 00:31:41,750
with Linda Moulton Howe.
561
00:31:41,917 --> 00:31:44,750
And through
her Earthfiles podcast,
562
00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:47,000
Linda has been able
to get their stories
563
00:31:47,167 --> 00:31:50,542
out to the public without
exposing their identities.
564
00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:56,167
A man who heard my July 2012
Coast to Coast AM broadcast
565
00:31:56,292 --> 00:31:59,292
about the underground
dark pyramid in Alaska
566
00:31:59,458 --> 00:32:03,500
called and told me that
his once military pilot father
567
00:32:03,667 --> 00:32:07,875
had secretly flown
in a civilian Huey helicopter
568
00:32:08,042 --> 00:32:10,500
to the underground pyramid site
569
00:32:10,708 --> 00:32:13,917
between Nome and Mount Denali.
570
00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:15,792
He said his father was told
571
00:32:15,958 --> 00:32:19,083
that the black pyramid
was more secret
572
00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:23,500
than the Manhattan atomic bomb
project in World War II.
573
00:32:23,667 --> 00:32:26,375
Linda Moulton Howe learned
how to cultivate sources,
574
00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:28,875
protect sources.
And, as a result,
575
00:32:29,042 --> 00:32:30,833
people would share
information with her,
576
00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:32,500
sensitive information,
577
00:32:32,625 --> 00:32:34,500
that they didn't know
what else to do with.
578
00:32:34,625 --> 00:32:38,167
DOLAN:
People go to her,
they trust her.
579
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:41,125
A lot of these military guys--
they really single her out.
580
00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:44,125
They know she's
very, very smart,
581
00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:46,417
very dogged in her persistence.
582
00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:49,708
And she will track a story
down to its conclusion.
583
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,458
HOWE:
I have had so many people
584
00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:54,958
who have come to me
from military backgrounds,
585
00:32:55,125 --> 00:32:57,125
from classified backgrounds,
586
00:32:57,292 --> 00:33:00,583
and they had to show me IDs
'cause I've made that clear.
587
00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:02,000
If you want to talk to me
588
00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:03,458
from a military point of view,
589
00:33:03,583 --> 00:33:07,625
you must at least show me
a DD214 and ID.
590
00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:11,708
NARRATOR:
Linda has gained
incredible insight
591
00:33:11,833 --> 00:33:13,750
from the whistleblowers
who have shared their stories
592
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,875
with her over the years.
593
00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:17,708
And in one instance,
594
00:33:17,875 --> 00:33:20,917
the account of a military
insider led to the discovery
595
00:33:21,083 --> 00:33:24,125
of a previously
unknown phenomenon.
596
00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:32,833
In her regular
half-hour science segment
597
00:33:33,042 --> 00:33:34,500
on Art Bell's Dreamland,
598
00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:36,625
Linda conducts an interview
599
00:33:36,792 --> 00:33:40,292
with former Air Force
First Lieutenant Robert Salas,
600
00:33:40,458 --> 00:33:43,417
who tells an incredible story.
601
00:33:58,875 --> 00:34:01,625
NARRATOR:
Salas was stationed at
the Malmstrom Air Force Base
602
00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:03,667
in Montana and was in a charge
603
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:09,625
of a launch control facility
when, on March 24, 1967,
604
00:34:09,792 --> 00:34:11,167
multiple Air Force personnel
605
00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:13,167
witnessed a large UFO appear
606
00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:15,167
over the Minuteman
missile system.
607
00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:17,000
ROBERT SALAS:
All of a sudden...
608
00:34:17,167 --> 00:34:18,583
(alarm blaring)
609
00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:22,250
...we hear these horns go off,
a lot of horns,
610
00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:24,875
which... we knew
what that meant:
611
00:34:25,042 --> 00:34:26,875
that it was a problem.
612
00:34:27,042 --> 00:34:28,750
So we looked over at the board.
613
00:34:28,917 --> 00:34:31,792
This was a bank of lights.
614
00:34:31,917 --> 00:34:33,292
And the missiles started going
615
00:34:33,458 --> 00:34:36,833
from operational
to no-go in seconds.
616
00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:41,500
We lost all ten
right in rapid succession
617
00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:43,542
while this object
was still up there.
618
00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,667
NARRATOR:
The information shared
by Lieutenant Robert Salas
619
00:34:47,875 --> 00:34:49,833
struck a chord with Linda,
620
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,250
as she had heard
a very similar account
621
00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:56,333
nearly two decades earlier
from her own brother.
622
00:34:56,458 --> 00:35:00,833
In November of 1975,
late at night,
623
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,000
the phone rang.
624
00:35:02,125 --> 00:35:03,833
It was my brother.
625
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,375
He was in the U.S. Air Force
626
00:35:05,583 --> 00:35:08,792
stationed at Malmstrom
Air Force Base in Montana
627
00:35:08,917 --> 00:35:10,875
on a Minuteman missile site.
628
00:35:12,042 --> 00:35:13,375
Everybody-- including him--
629
00:35:13,542 --> 00:35:17,000
see 300-feet diameter,
estimated,
630
00:35:17,125 --> 00:35:19,167
orange fluorescent light.
631
00:35:19,375 --> 00:35:23,167
It was right over
one of the Minuteman missiles.
632
00:35:23,333 --> 00:35:26,833
So, I have that
as a personal experience
633
00:35:27,042 --> 00:35:28,625
with my own brother.
634
00:35:31,583 --> 00:35:34,417
NARRATOR:
To many, Linda's interview
with Robert Salas
635
00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:37,292
reinforced the notion
that the government knows
636
00:35:37,458 --> 00:35:41,292
much more about UFOs than
it is sharing with the public
637
00:35:41,458 --> 00:35:44,833
and emboldened other witnesses
to come forward with details
638
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,458
of similar incidents.
639
00:35:46,667 --> 00:35:49,208
SALAS:
That interview
from Linda inspired
640
00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:51,375
other witnesses to come forward.
641
00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:53,667
I've been told this
by those witnesses.
642
00:35:53,875 --> 00:35:56,417
One is David Schindele.
643
00:35:56,542 --> 00:35:59,333
David Schindele was
a captain in the Air Force,
644
00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:01,917
stationed at
Minot Air Force Base,
645
00:36:02,083 --> 00:36:03,417
who, in 1966,
646
00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:05,792
relieved a crew, like mine,
647
00:36:05,958 --> 00:36:07,208
whose missiles
had been shut down
648
00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:10,167
during a UFO encounter.
649
00:36:11,375 --> 00:36:14,125
HOWE:
These cases
having to do with UFOs
650
00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:16,333
at our nuclear missile sites
651
00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:20,833
happened in the '60s,
the '70s, the '80s
652
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,250
and ongoing, as far as I know.
653
00:36:23,417 --> 00:36:25,667
Fast forward to the modern day,
654
00:36:25,833 --> 00:36:28,333
it's just been revealed
that Robert Salas
655
00:36:28,458 --> 00:36:30,833
has briefed
the United States Congress
656
00:36:31,042 --> 00:36:32,167
about his story
657
00:36:32,375 --> 00:36:35,000
and has also told it
to the Pentagon's
658
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:37,917
All-Domain
Anomaly Resolution office.
659
00:36:38,042 --> 00:36:42,458
Congress has mandated the DOD
660
00:36:42,583 --> 00:36:44,042
and the intelligence community
661
00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:46,875
to report on this alleged link
662
00:36:47,042 --> 00:36:50,583
between UFOs
and nuclear facilities.
663
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,833
The testimony of Robert Salas
664
00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:56,167
is a key part of that,
665
00:36:56,333 --> 00:37:00,417
so Linda's reporting
back in the '90s
666
00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:03,792
laid the groundwork
for what's happening now.
667
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,292
NARRATOR:
Linda Moulton Howe has been
instrumental in bringing
668
00:37:08,458 --> 00:37:10,667
what were once
considered fringe topics
669
00:37:10,875 --> 00:37:12,292
into the mainstream.
670
00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:15,167
Today, she is considered
671
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:18,500
one of the foremost authorities
on the UFO phenomenon,
672
00:37:18,625 --> 00:37:21,667
and she has also
become a prominent voice
673
00:37:21,792 --> 00:37:25,375
in the call
for government disclosure.
674
00:37:36,208 --> 00:37:37,583
NARRATOR:
At the National Press Club,
675
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:40,958
a panel consisting
of former Congressional members
676
00:37:41,083 --> 00:37:44,792
gathers for the Citizen
Hearing on UFO Disclosure.
677
00:37:46,125 --> 00:37:47,250
BAILIFF:
I do hereby affirm...
678
00:37:47,375 --> 00:37:48,458
ALL:
I do hereby affirm...
679
00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:49,667
BAILIFF:
...that I will tell the truth...
680
00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:51,167
ALL:
...that I will tell the truth...
681
00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:53,208
NARRATOR:
Over the course of five days,
682
00:37:53,375 --> 00:37:57,417
the panel receives sworn
testimonies concerning UFOs
683
00:37:57,625 --> 00:38:00,833
from former military personnel,
government officials
684
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,667
and esteemed UFO researchers
685
00:38:03,833 --> 00:38:07,417
including investigative
journalist Linda Moulton Howe.
686
00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:10,708
There is no doubt that
the United States government,
687
00:38:10,875 --> 00:38:15,458
since World War II and the FDR
and Truman administrations,
688
00:38:15,583 --> 00:38:18,500
has known about the
extraterrestrial interactions
689
00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:21,500
with Earth and
that their policies of denial
690
00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:24,333
in the alleged interest
of national security
691
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:26,417
are still in effect.
692
00:38:27,708 --> 00:38:29,458
Linda is very clearly
one of the shining stars
693
00:38:29,625 --> 00:38:31,917
of the UFO disclosure movement.
694
00:38:32,958 --> 00:38:35,417
She presented herself as one
of the ultimate authorities
695
00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:37,667
on extraterrestrials
and especially
696
00:38:37,833 --> 00:38:39,542
about the U.S. government's
cover-up
697
00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:41,917
of the existence
of extraterrestrials.
698
00:38:42,042 --> 00:38:43,833
Back in 2013,
699
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,500
no one in Congress and the
Senate were talking about UFOs
700
00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:50,708
or extraterrestrial disclosure
or any of these topics.
701
00:38:50,875 --> 00:38:53,500
And it's very, very possible
that without that
702
00:38:53,625 --> 00:38:55,917
we would not have
the UFO disclosure movement
703
00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:57,583
that we have today.
704
00:38:58,583 --> 00:39:00,500
NARRATOR:
In July 2023,
705
00:39:00,625 --> 00:39:04,167
the House Oversight Committee
held a congressional hearing
706
00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:07,083
to record testimony
about UFO activity
707
00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:09,375
from three notable
whistleblowers:
708
00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:14,333
Retired Navy pilots
Ryan Graves and David Fravor,
709
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,875
and former Air Force
Intelligence Officer
710
00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:18,500
David Grusch.
711
00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:21,583
I was informed in the course
of my official duties
712
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:25,250
of a multi-decade
UAP crash retrieval
713
00:39:25,458 --> 00:39:27,292
and reverse engineering program.
714
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:29,708
NARRATOR:
Many believe
that Linda Moulton Howe
715
00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:33,292
laid much of the groundwork
for this landmark event.
716
00:39:33,458 --> 00:39:35,500
But as far as Linda's concerned,
717
00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:37,333
we have a long way to go.
718
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:40,875
To still be living
a classified reality
719
00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:42,333
with no truth
720
00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,125
that government
after government knows--
721
00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:47,333
that, to me,
falls into the category
722
00:39:47,542 --> 00:39:50,917
of an incomprehensible darkness.
723
00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:55,833
NARRATOR:
Throughout her career,
Linda has faced ridicule,
724
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,167
intimidation,
and even threats to her life.
725
00:39:59,375 --> 00:40:01,667
But none of it
has deterred Linda
726
00:40:01,875 --> 00:40:04,333
from her commitment
to revealing the truth.
727
00:40:04,542 --> 00:40:06,792
The firm truth is
728
00:40:06,875 --> 00:40:08,833
we are not alone
in this universe.
729
00:40:09,917 --> 00:40:14,083
MEAD:
She will always be searching
for the truth.
730
00:40:15,083 --> 00:40:19,375
She does it for herself,
for people, for mankind.
731
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:23,333
HENRY:
Linda is doggedly
fighting against
732
00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:26,292
the status quo
and breaking down doors,
733
00:40:26,417 --> 00:40:29,500
opening new windows
of-of consciousness
734
00:40:29,708 --> 00:40:31,458
and understanding to humanity.
735
00:40:32,542 --> 00:40:35,042
BIRNES:
What Linda did was
she humanized people
736
00:40:35,208 --> 00:40:36,500
that you would think are crazy.
737
00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:39,333
These are real people
with real experiences,
738
00:40:39,542 --> 00:40:40,792
and this is what they saw.
739
00:40:40,958 --> 00:40:43,667
And so, along comes
Linda Moulton Howe
740
00:40:43,792 --> 00:40:46,708
and says,
"Hey, this is not fantasy.
741
00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:48,375
It's real."
742
00:40:48,583 --> 00:40:50,792
And she showed the evidence.
743
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,208
TSOUKALOS:
Linda's work is not done.
744
00:40:56,417 --> 00:40:57,583
She knows and we all know
745
00:40:57,708 --> 00:41:00,500
that Linda
is on the right track.
746
00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:04,208
Her legacy is that of a pioneer.
747
00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:06,500
And we should all be so lucky
748
00:41:06,583 --> 00:41:10,375
if we only do a fraction
of what she can do.
749
00:41:10,542 --> 00:41:15,333
If I don't report this,
750
00:41:15,417 --> 00:41:16,458
who will?
751
00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,375
If there is any bottom line
752
00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:21,167
to this life of mine,
753
00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:23,333
it's always go after the light,
754
00:41:23,542 --> 00:41:27,792
which, for me,
is you tell the truth.
755
00:41:29,333 --> 00:41:32,500
NARRATOR:
From unexplained
animal mutilations
756
00:41:32,708 --> 00:41:35,375
to extraordinary crop formations
757
00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:38,542
to stories of underground
alien bases,
758
00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:41,667
Linda Moulton Howe
has investigated
759
00:41:41,875 --> 00:41:44,750
the most mysterious phenomena
on Earth
760
00:41:44,917 --> 00:41:47,708
and put them in the public eye.
761
00:41:48,917 --> 00:41:52,625
Could it be that they are all
pieces of the same puzzle?
762
00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:55,917
Perhaps through
Linda's daring inquiries
763
00:41:56,083 --> 00:41:59,000
we are getting closer
to seeing the full picture,
764
00:41:59,208 --> 00:42:02,667
which will reveal
a reality far different
765
00:42:02,875 --> 00:42:05,833
than we ever imagined.
766
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,167
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