Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:01,135 --> 00:00:03,334
[ WHIRRING ]
2
00:00:03,336 --> 00:00:06,738
Narrator: FOR OVER 50 YEARS,
THE WORLD HAS BEEN ENTHRALLED
3
00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:09,808
BY STRANGE TALES
OF ALIEN ENCOUNTERS.
4
00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:12,811
HE SAW A SPACESHIP.
5
00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:15,681
Narrator: SOME BELIEVE
THAT EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITORS
6
00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:17,750
ARE FACT, NOT FICTION.
7
00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,621
AND THEY CLAIM THAT
A SECRET GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY
8
00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:24,923
IS HIDING THIS TRUTH
FROM THE PUBLIC.
9
00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,494
WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT LYING,
REALLY, FROM DAY ONE.
10
00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:33,198
THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS MORE
THAN THEY'RE LETTING ON.
11
00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,767
Narrator: IN "CONSPIRACIES:
THE ALIEN COVER-UP,"
12
00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:39,771
WE INVESTIGATE BRITAIN'S
MOST MYSTERIOUS UFO SIGHTINGS.
13
00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,506
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
14
00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:43,175
DID THE U.S. MILITARY
15
00:00:43,177 --> 00:00:47,245
ATTEMPT TO COVER UP
A UFO ENCOUNTER ON U.K. SOIL?
16
00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:48,647
MAN: It's coming this way.
17
00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:50,649
It is definitely
coming this way.
18
00:00:50,651 --> 00:00:52,985
ANYBODY THAT WAS A WITNESS...
19
00:00:52,987 --> 00:00:55,520
WAS TOLD TO TREAT IT
AS TOP-SECRET.
20
00:00:55,522 --> 00:01:00,526
Narrator: DID ALIENS ATTACK
A MAN IN A SCOTTISH FOREST?
21
00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:02,794
Robinson: THE MARKS THAT
YOU'RE
LOOKING AT COULD'VE BEEN MADE
22
00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:05,597
BY SOMETHING
NOT OF THIS WORLD.
23
00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:06,999
Narrator:
HAVE BRITISH SCIENTISTS
24
00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:11,136
REALLY MADE CONTACT
WITH AN ALIEN CIVILIZATION?
25
00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:14,005
White: THE ROSETTA MISSION IS
A
MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE
MISSION.
26
00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,141
THE COMET HAS WHAT SEEM TO BE
STRUCTURES ON IT
27
00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:18,009
THAT LOOK INTELLIGENTLY MADE.
28
00:01:18,011 --> 00:01:19,812
Narrator:
AND DID THE U.K. GOVERNMENT
29
00:01:19,814 --> 00:01:22,281
DESTROY
IRREFUTABLE UFO EVIDENCE?
30
00:01:23,818 --> 00:01:25,951
THE BEST WAY TO KILL THE STORY
31
00:01:25,953 --> 00:01:27,619
IS TO MAKE SURE
NO ONE HAS THE PICTURE.
32
00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:29,121
[ LOCK CLICKS ]
33
00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:50,241
-- Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com
34
00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:53,245
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
35
00:01:53,247 --> 00:01:56,648
Announcer: DO YOU BELIEVE
IN FLYING SAUCERS?
36
00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,854
Narrator: FOR OVER 70 YEARS,
37
00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:04,856
WE'VE BEEN GRIPPED
BY EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
38
00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:07,993
OF STRANGE SIGHTINGS
AND CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
39
00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:10,195
WITH WHAT ARE CLAIMED
TO BE SPACESHIPS
40
00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:15,367
AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS...
FROM BEYOND OUR WORLD.
41
00:02:17,271 --> 00:02:21,406
IT WAS ABLE TO MOVE SIDEWAYS
TO MANEUVER.
42
00:02:21,408 --> 00:02:24,008
NO AIRCRAFT IN THIS COUNTRY
COULD DO THEM SORT OF
MANEUVERS.
43
00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:26,812
THE OBJECT WAS LIKENED
UNTO A CROSS.
44
00:02:26,814 --> 00:02:28,614
I BELIEVE THE UFO PHENOMENA
45
00:02:28,616 --> 00:02:30,849
AND THE CROP CIRCLES
ARE TOTALLY CONNECTED.
46
00:02:33,821 --> 00:02:37,155
Narrator: BUT COULD WE REALLY
BE EXPERIENCING ACTUAL CONTACT
47
00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,191
WITH BEINGS
FROM OTHER PLANETS?
48
00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:44,029
ASTRONOMERS AND SCIENTISTS
WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS AREA
49
00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:47,232
DO BELIEVE THAT,
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING,
50
00:02:47,234 --> 00:02:50,502
THERE MUST BE NOT JUST LIFE
ELSEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE
51
00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:53,171
BUT INTELLIGENT LIFE.
52
00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:56,641
Narrator:
FOR SOME, THE EVIDENCE
GATHERED
FROM SIGHTINGS AROUND THE G
53
00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:59,377
POINTS TO ONLY ONE CONCLUSION
--
54
00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:02,514
EXTRATERRESTRIALS HAVE
ARRIVED.
55
00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:04,850
Friedman:
THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY
MIND.
56
00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:09,988
ALIEN VISITORS ARE MONITORING
THE WHOLE DARN PLANET.
57
00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:13,592
Narrator: STANTON FRIEDMAN HAS
INVESTIGATED UFO ENCOUNTERS
58
00:03:13,594 --> 00:03:16,261
FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
59
00:03:16,263 --> 00:03:19,331
HE NOT ONLY BELIEVES
THAT ALIENS HAVE VISITED
EARTH,
60
00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:21,532
BUT HE CLAIMS
THAT OUR GOVERNMENTS
61
00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:24,603
HAVE SECRETLY CONSPIRED
TO COVER UP THIS TRUTH.
62
00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:28,273
Friedman: THERE'S A WHOLE
SECRET WORLD OUT THERE --
63
00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:30,875
TOP-SECRET WORLD.
64
00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:33,345
THE NEED TO KNOW
IS WHAT'S CRUCIAL HERE,
65
00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:35,480
AND VERY FEW PEOPLE
HAVE A NEED TO KNOW
66
00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:37,216
THE MOST CLASSIFIED STUFF.
67
00:03:42,289 --> 00:03:45,624
Narrator: FRIEDMAN AND OTHERS
CLAIM THAT, BEHIND OUR BACKS,
68
00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:48,226
TOP-SECRET SECTIONS
OF THE MILITARY
69
00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:50,429
ARE SECRETLY STUDYING UFOs
70
00:03:50,431 --> 00:03:54,032
TO LEARN FROM THEIR ADVANCED
ALIEN TECHNOLOGIES.
71
00:03:56,170 --> 00:03:58,570
THEY MAKE A WONDERFUL
WEAPONS-DELIVERY AND
72
00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,038
THE EXTRAORDINARY
MANEUVERABILITY,
73
00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,239
THE ABILITY TO HOVER,
74
00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,174
TO MOVE STRAIGHT UP,
STRAIGHT DOWN,
75
00:04:02,176 --> 00:04:03,508
RIGHT ANGLE TURNS, ALL THIS --
76
00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:06,845
BOY, WHAT A GREAT BOMBER
THAT WOULD MAKE.
77
00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:09,247
Narrator: BUT DESPITE
THIS ALLEGED SECRECY,
78
00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,516
THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS
79
00:04:11,518 --> 00:04:15,120
OF ALIEN ENCOUNTERS.
80
00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:18,790
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CITED
BY THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
81
00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:21,326
OCCURRED RIGHT HERE IN THE
U.K.
82
00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,198
MAN: It's coming this way.
83
00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,734
It is definitely
coming this way.
84
00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:31,136
Now we're observing
85
00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:32,804
what appears to be a beam
coming down to the ground.
86
00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:36,541
This is unreal.
87
00:04:36,543 --> 00:04:38,477
Penniston:
ANYBODY THAT WAS A WITNESS...
88
00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:41,613
WAS TOLD TO TREAT IT
AS TOP-SECRET.
89
00:04:48,688 --> 00:04:53,692
Narrator: 1980 WAS
THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR.
90
00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:57,696
THE U.S. AIR FORCE CONTROLLED
MANY AIRFIELDS IN THE U.K.,
91
00:04:57,698 --> 00:05:01,199
INCLUDING TWO ON THE EDGE
OF SUFFOLK'S RENDLESHAM
FOREST.
92
00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:06,104
AND IT WAS HERE
THAT IT'S CLAIMED
93
00:05:06,106 --> 00:05:08,373
THAT THE U.K.'s BIGGEST
MILITARY COVER-UP
94
00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:11,443
OF AN ALIEN ENCOUNTER
OCCURRED.
95
00:05:13,447 --> 00:05:15,714
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
96
00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:19,517
IT WAS THE NIGHT
OF THE 26th OF DECEMBER, 1980.
97
00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:22,988
AT 3:00 A.M., BASE SECURITY
AT WOODBRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE
98
00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:25,523
SAW A STRANGE LIGHT IN THE SKY
99
00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:28,593
FALLING TOWARDS
RENDLESHAM FOREST.
100
00:05:28,595 --> 00:05:30,795
THE ALARM WAS RAISED.
101
00:05:30,797 --> 00:05:31,996
[ Indistinct chatter
over walkie-talkie ]
102
00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:36,134
26-YEAR-OLD SERGEANT
JIM PENNISTON
103
00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:38,269
LED THE TEAM
SENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE
104
00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:41,206
WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS A CRASHED AIRCRAFT.
105
00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:45,677
WHAT HE BELIEVES HE DISCOVERED
CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER.
106
00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:48,947
I WENT IN ONE PERSON
AND LEFT ANOTHER.
107
00:05:48,949 --> 00:05:53,084
IT WENT AGAINST
EVERYTHING I BELIEVED IN
108
00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:57,756
AND WHAT COULD BE TRUE,
WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
109
00:05:57,758 --> 00:06:00,025
Narrator: THE TEAM MOVED
TOWARDS A FAINT LIGHT
110
00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:03,562
THEY BELIEVED
WAS THE CRASH SITE.
111
00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:06,098
AS WE ENTERED THE TREE LINE...
112
00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,835
THERE WAS A FLASH OF LIGHT.
113
00:06:09,837 --> 00:06:14,306
I MEAN, A HUGE FLASH OF LIGHT.
IT WAS BRIGHT BLUISH-WHITE.
114
00:06:14,308 --> 00:06:17,042
AS THE LIGHT FADED,
SERGEANT PENNISTON CLAIMS
115
00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:20,178
HE SAW SOMETHING
OUT OF THIS WORLD.
116
00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:36,794
Narrator: MANY PEOPLE CLAIM
THAT
OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE CONSPIRING
117
00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:41,533
TO COVER UP THE TRUTH
ABOUT UFO ENCOUNTERS.
118
00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:43,668
ONE OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE SIGHTINGS
119
00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:45,003
IT'S CLAIMED THEY SUPPRESSED
120
00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:47,205
OCCURRED RIGHT HERE IN THE
U.K.,
121
00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:49,875
WHEN SERGEANT JIM PENNISTON
OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE
122
00:06:49,877 --> 00:06:51,943
WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE
STRANGE LIGHTS
123
00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:54,045
IN RENDLESHAM FOREST.
124
00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:58,750
Penniston: I WASN'T SURE
WHAT I WAS SEEING.
125
00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,353
I HAD MY MIND SET
THAT IT WAS AN AIRCRAFT CRASH,
126
00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:03,221
AND THERE WAS NO CRASH.
127
00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:05,223
I COULD START SEEING
A STRUCTURED CRAFT,
128
00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:07,492
AND IT WAS A TRIANGULAR CRAFT
129
00:07:07,494 --> 00:07:09,694
THAT WAS SITTING
ON THE FOREST FLOOR,
130
00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:12,230
AND IT LOOKED LIKE BLACK
GLASS.
131
00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:15,099
WHEN I PUSHED IT, IT WAS
SOLID.
132
00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:17,435
IT WAS WARM.
133
00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,905
THERE WAS SOME TYPE
OF MARKINGS ON IT.
134
00:07:19,907 --> 00:07:21,106
THERE WERE GLYPHS ON IT
135
00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:25,043
THAT WERE SOMETHING
I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
136
00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:27,846
THERE WAS ANOTHER FLASH OF
LIGHT
COMING OUT OF IT.
137
00:07:27,848 --> 00:07:31,783
AND THEN IT STARTED
TO LIFT OFF THE FOREST FLOOR
138
00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:35,053
AND MOVED A LITTLE BIT
THROUGH THESE TREES.
139
00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:38,390
IT MOMENTARILY HOVERED THERE,
DID A SLIGHT TURN,
140
00:07:38,392 --> 00:07:41,126
AND WAS GONE
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
141
00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:46,130
WHEN I LOOKED, IT HAD MOVED
ANOTHER 100 YARDS AWAY.
142
00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,900
WE PURSUED IT, AND WE COULD
NEVER QUITE CATCH UP WITH IT.
143
00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:52,537
Narrator: FEARING RIDICULE,
144
00:07:52,539 --> 00:07:55,473
PENNISTON DIDN'T DISCLOSE
HIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER,
145
00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:58,877
REPORTING ONLY THAT
HE SAW UNIDENTIFIED LIGHTS.
146
00:08:01,548 --> 00:08:04,082
BUT RUMORS
OF HIS TEAM'S UFO SIGHTING
147
00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:06,751
BEGAN TO CIRCULATE
AROUND THE BASE.
148
00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:13,391
AND TWO NIGHTS LATER,
THE LIGHTS WERE SEEN AGAIN.
149
00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:20,565
THIS TIME, A LARGER FORCE
WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE,
150
00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:24,636
LED BY DEPUTY BASE COMMANDER,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HOLT.
151
00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,974
AT THE SITE
OF PENNISTON'S ENCOUNTER,
152
00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:32,844
HOLT'S TEAM RECORDED STRANGE
INDENTATIONS IN THE GROUND,
153
00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:35,981
AND DETECTED
ABNORMAL RADIATION READINGS.
154
00:08:35,983 --> 00:08:37,782
[ METER CRACKLING ]
155
00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:43,054
THEN, THEY, TOO, SAW THE
LIGHTS.
156
00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:47,058
COLONEL HOLT RECORDED
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
157
00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:48,793
-What is it?
-We don't know, Sir.
158
00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:50,795
There's something
very, very strange.
159
00:08:50,797 --> 00:08:52,264
It's coming this way.
160
00:08:52,266 --> 00:08:53,932
It is definitely
coming this way.
161
00:08:53,934 --> 00:08:55,400
Now we're observing
162
00:08:55,402 --> 00:08:58,737
what appears to be a beam
coming down to the ground.
163
00:08:58,739 --> 00:09:01,272
This is unreal.
164
00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:03,474
Narrator: WHEN THE LIGHTS
FINALLY DISAPPEARED,
165
00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:06,077
HOLT RETURNED TO BASE
A BELIEVER.
166
00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:08,547
HE SENT AN INTERNAL MEMO
UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND,
167
00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:10,548
DOCUMENTING HIS ENCOUNTER.
168
00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:13,418
I HAVE A LIEUTENANT COLONEL,
DEPUTY BASE COMMANDER,
169
00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:18,289
WHO NOW ACKNOWLEDGES
AND VALIDATES THE FIRST NIGHT.
170
00:09:18,291 --> 00:09:20,692
IT'S NO LONGER JUST ME
TELLING THE STORY.
171
00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:26,364
HE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING
THAT HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN
EITHER.
172
00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:28,300
Narrator: AFTER COLONEL HOLT
REPORTED HIS SIGHTING,
173
00:09:28,302 --> 00:09:29,968
PENNISTON WAS ORDERED
174
00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:32,837
TO GIVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION
OF HIS OWN CLOSE ENCOUNTER
175
00:09:32,839 --> 00:09:34,406
TO GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
176
00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:40,311
BUT THEIR RESPONSE
WAS UNEXPECTED.
177
00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:43,047
ACCORDING TO PENNISTON,
THEY GAVE HIM A COVER STORY
178
00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:47,385
AND ORDERED HIM
TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH.
179
00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:48,653
Penniston:
I SAID, "IT'S NOT ACCURATE."
180
00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:52,723
AND THEY SAID,
"THIS IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION
181
00:09:52,725 --> 00:09:55,527
BY THE OFFICE
OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION.
182
00:09:55,529 --> 00:10:00,798
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO AHEAD
AND USE THIS AS THE COVER
STORY
183
00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,634
TO ANYBODY
THAT ASKS ABOUT THIS."
184
00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:08,406
Narrator: AT THIS POINT,
SERGEANT PENNISTON CLAIMS,
185
00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:10,742
THE INTERROGATION
TOOK A SINISTER TURN.
186
00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:16,547
AGENTS DRUGGED HIM TO MAKE HIM
FORGET THE WHOLE INCIDENT,
187
00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:20,218
EXPLAINING WHY HE'S BEEN
SILENT
ABOUT HIS ENCOUNTER FOR YEARS.
188
00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:26,424
I CAN UNDERSTAND
THEIR NEED FOR THAT.
189
00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:27,826
I CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
190
00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:31,429
I DON'T -- I DON'T AGREE
WITH THE METHODS.
191
00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:33,364
SODIUM PENTOTHAL WAS USED.
192
00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:40,705
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY...BAD.
193
00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:42,440
[ CHUCKLES ]
I MEAN BAD.
194
00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:45,976
Narrator: SERGEANT PENNISTON
SAYS THAT IT WAS YEARS
195
00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:49,280
BEFORE HE REGAINED THE
MEMORIES
OF HIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
196
00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:56,120
BOTH HE AND COLONEL HOLT CLAIM
THE RENDLESHAM INCIDENT
197
00:10:56,122 --> 00:11:00,659
IS A HUGE U.S. GOVERNMENT
COVER-UP OF A UFO ENCOUNTER.
198
00:11:03,864 --> 00:11:08,133
BUT WHY DID UFOs CHOOSE
TO LAND IN RENDLESHAM FOREST,
199
00:11:08,135 --> 00:11:11,002
AND WHY WOULD
THE MILITARY COVER IT UP?
200
00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:15,373
CONSPIRACISTS CLAIM THAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
201
00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,880
THEY SAY THAT
THERE IS NO COINCIDENCE
202
00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:25,216
THAT UFO SIGHTINGS HAVE SHOT
UP
203
00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:28,219
AFTER WE ENTERED
THE NUCLEAR ERA.
204
00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:32,457
FROM AN ALIEN PERSPECTIVE,
MANKIND HAD COME OF AGE.
205
00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:38,897
Friedman:
AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, I
206
00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:44,369
THAT SOON THESE IDIOT
EARTHLINGS
WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE
207
00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:49,440
AND BOTHER THEM
WITH NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.
208
00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:51,309
Narrator: IT'S CLAIMED THAT,
209
00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:54,379
IN THE 1980s,
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS
210
00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:57,782
WERE SECRETLY HOUSED
AT U.S. BASES IN BRITAIN,
211
00:11:57,784 --> 00:11:59,651
INCLUDING THE TWO MILITARY
BASES
212
00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:01,653
ON THE EDGE
OF RENDLESHAM FOREST.
213
00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:03,922
BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED.
214
00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:07,992
BELIEVERS CLAIM
215
00:12:07,994 --> 00:12:12,530
THAT THE UFO HAD COME
TO SPY ON THESE MUNITIONS.
216
00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,732
IN HIS ACCOUNT,
COLONEL HOLT STATES
217
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,335
THAT THE UFO SHONE A BEAM
ONTO THE HANGAR
218
00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:20,938
WHERE THE NUKES WERE
ALLEGEDLY STORED.
219
00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,940
Friedman: WHEN YOU'VE GOT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
220
00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:24,943
I WOULD THINK
ALIENS WOULD WANT TO KNOW
221
00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:27,144
WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE.
222
00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:29,013
Narrator:
THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
223
00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:30,948
POINT TO THE FACT
THAT THE U.S. MILITARY
224
00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,284
KEPT THE RENDLESHAM FOREST
INCIDENT UNDER WRAPS
225
00:12:33,286 --> 00:12:35,219
FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
226
00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:40,158
THE STORY OF THE UFO ENCOUNTER
ONLY HIT THE HEADLINES IN
1983,
227
00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,092
WHEN COLONEL HOLT'S
OFFICIAL MEMO
228
00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:45,430
BECAME THE SUBJECT OF
A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
REQUEST
229
00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:48,099
AND THE MILITARY
WAS FORCED TO RELEASE IT.
230
00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:54,705
BUT SKEPTICS CLAIM
THAT THE RENDLESHAM INCIDENT
231
00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:57,174
WAS NO CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
232
00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:58,909
THEY SAY THERE IS
A SIMPLE EXPLANATION
233
00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:00,644
FOR THE STRANGE LIGHTS.
234
00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:04,783
A LIGHTHOUSE -- SPECIFICALLY
ORFORDNESS LIGHTHOUSE,
235
00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:07,552
ON THE COAST A FEW MILES
FROM THE FOREST.
236
00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:13,791
IF YOU'RE STANDING IN
RENDLESHAM
FOREST AT THE RIGHT POSITION,
237
00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,393
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE LIGHTHOUSE STICKING OUT.
238
00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,128
I'VE SEEN IT.
239
00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:20,331
IT'S PERFECTLY VISIBLE
FROM WHERE COLONEL HOLT WAS
240
00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:23,200
AT THE TIME
HE WAS MAKING THE RECORDING.
241
00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:26,337
Narrator: THE LIGHTHOUSE
FLASHES
EVERY FIVE SECONDS,
242
00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:30,809
A FACT SKEPTICS SAY
PROVES THERE WAS NO UFO.
243
00:13:30,811 --> 00:13:32,944
YOU PLAY
COLONEL HOLT'S RECORDING,
244
00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,345
AND YOU CAN HEAR HIM.
245
00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:36,080
YOU CAN ACTUALLY TIME IT
AGAINST THE FLASHES.
246
00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,216
THERE IT GOES AGAIN.
247
00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:40,685
NOW, HE DIDN'T DESCRIBE
IN ANY STATE RECORDING
248
00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:44,088
SEEING A UFO AND A LIGHTHOUSE
249
00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:45,490
HE DESCRIBES SEEING A UFO.
250
00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:47,225
HE DOESN'T MENTION
THE LIGHTHOUSE
251
00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:48,692
AT ANY POINT IN THAT
RECORDING.
252
00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:50,361
SO, HIM SAYING YEARS LATER
253
00:13:50,363 --> 00:13:52,496
HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY
HAVE GOT THE TWO MIXED UP --
254
00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:56,367
I'M SORRY, DOES NOT
COOK ANY...WITH ME.
255
00:13:56,369 --> 00:13:59,036
OH, IF THEY WANT TO SAY
IT'S A LIGHTHOUSE, THEY CAN.
256
00:13:59,038 --> 00:14:01,639
I DON'T CARE.
257
00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:04,508
IT WAS A STRUCTURED CRAFT.
IT WAS ON THE GROUND.
258
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:07,178
THAT IS WHAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE.
259
00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:11,516
Narrator: THE SKEPTICS ALSO
DOUBT BOTH PENNISTON'S ACCOUNT
260
00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,518
OF HIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER
WITH THE CRAFT
261
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,054
AND THE DRUG-FUELED COVER-UP,
262
00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:20,057
BECAUSE THESE KEY REVELATIONS
WERE ONLY REPORTED BY
PENNISTON
263
00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:23,995
YEARS AFTER THE EVENT.
264
00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:26,197
Clarke: NONE OF THAT
WAS MENTIONED IN 1981.
265
00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:28,198
THE RIGHT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
IS TO SAY,
266
00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,566
THOSE PEOPLE
MAKING THOSE CLAIMS,
267
00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:30,869
LET'S SEE YOUR EVIDENCE.
268
00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:32,202
WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE?
269
00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:34,405
THERE ISN'T ANY, JUST STORIES.
270
00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,674
AND THOSE STORIES BECOME
BIGGER
AND BIGGER AND BIGGER
271
00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:38,877
AND MORE ELABORATE EVERY YEAR.
272
00:14:41,481 --> 00:14:43,481
Narrator: SKEPTICS BELIEVE
THERE WAS ANOTHER REASON
273
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:46,851
FOR THE MILITARY COVERING UP
THE ALLEGED ENCOUNTER.
274
00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:52,624
IF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WERE
SECRETLY KEPT AT THE BASES,
275
00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:56,094
THE AUTHORITIES WOULD'VE BEEN
KEEN TO HUSH UP ANY INCIDENT
276
00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:58,963
THAT CAST DOUBT ON THE
SECURITY
AND INTEGRITY
277
00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,865
OF THE BASE DEFENSES.
278
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:06,638
THE IDEA THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP
279
00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,307
SOMETHING IT'S EMBARRASSED
ABOUT
IS A LOT LESS INTERESTING
280
00:15:09,309 --> 00:15:12,443
THAN IT'S COVERING UP
SOMETHING
THAT IT'S FRIGHTENED ABOUT.
281
00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:15,446
BUT THE FORMER, OF COURSE, IS
MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE THE
CASE.
282
00:15:18,652 --> 00:15:20,718
Narrator: WHETHER OR NOT
THE U.S. MILITARY
283
00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,187
WERE ATTEMPTING TO HIDE
IMPORTANT SECRETS
284
00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:25,590
REMAINS UNKNOWN TO THIS DAY.
285
00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:27,458
BUT WE NOW KNOW FOR A FACT
286
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:30,127
THAT FOR DECADES,
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC,
287
00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:33,731
THE MILITARY HAD BEEN
SECRETLY STUDYING UFOs.
288
00:15:36,802 --> 00:15:40,938
BY THE EARLY 1950s, BOTH
THE U.S. AND U.K. MILITARIES
289
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,007
HAD SET UP
TOP-SECRET TASK FORCES
290
00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:44,475
TO INVESTIGATE THE POSTWAR
BOOM
291
00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:47,845
IN SIGHTINGS
OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS.
292
00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:53,751
Pope: THE CENTRAL PURPOSE
OF THE UFO PROJECT
293
00:15:53,753 --> 00:15:56,954
WAS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR
NOT
ANY OF THESE SIGHTINGS
294
00:15:56,956 --> 00:16:01,626
CONSTITUTED A THREAT
TO THE DEFENSE OF THE U.K.
295
00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:04,362
IN OTHER WORDS,
WE LOOKED TO THIS STRICTLY
296
00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:08,833
AS A DEFENSE
AND NATIONAL-SECURITY ISSUE.
297
00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:11,235
Narrator: THE BRITISH
AND U.S. GOVERNMENTS' FEAR
298
00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:15,706
WAS THAT UFOs WERE IN FACT
ENEMY SOVIET AIRCRAFT.
299
00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,641
Pope: CONCERNS ABOUT
300
00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,844
PARTICULARLY WHAT
RECONNAISSANCE
AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT
301
00:16:20,846 --> 00:16:22,647
THE SOVIET UNION POSSESSED
302
00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:24,581
WAS REALLY A HUGE QUESTION.
303
00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:27,118
SO, THESE SIGHTINGS OF UFOs,
PEOPLE WERE THINKING,
304
00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,322
"MAYBE THE SOVIETS
HAVE MADE A QUANTUM LEAP."
305
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:34,058
Narrator: THE M.O.D.'s
UFO PROJECT SPENT DECADES
306
00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:38,796
INVESTIGATING THOUSANDS
OF REPORTED SIGHTINGS.
307
00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:45,136
AND IN 2009, THEIR FILES
WERE FINALLY DECLASSIFIED.
308
00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:47,005
THE OFFICIAL LINE --
309
00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:50,808
THEY NEVER FOUND ANY EVIDENCE
OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
310
00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:59,150
BUT SOME CLAIM
THE TRUTH IS VERY DIFFERENT
311
00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:03,554
AND THAT SOME SIGHTINGS
WERE NEVER EXPLAINED.
312
00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:06,157
Pope:
AROUND 80% OF THE SIGHTINGS
313
00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:08,159
COULD BE EXPLAINED
SATISFACTORILY
314
00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:09,961
AS MISIDENTIFICATIONS.
315
00:17:09,963 --> 00:17:14,031
ANOTHER 15% -- REALLY,
THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT DATA
316
00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,699
TO COME TO A FIRM CONCLUSION,
317
00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:19,570
LEAVING 5% UNKNOWN.
318
00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:23,441
Narrator: MANY UFOLOGISTS
CLAIM
THAT THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS 5%
319
00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:25,309
HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR DECADES
320
00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:28,446
AND THAT THE HIGHEST LEVELS
OF THE U.K. MILITARY
321
00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:31,649
ARE COVERING UP ALIEN CONTACT.
322
00:17:31,651 --> 00:17:33,651
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE
323
00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:38,189
THAT ENGLAND HAS RELEASED
ALL OF THEIR FILES.
324
00:17:38,191 --> 00:17:39,657
THAT'S THE KICKER HERE --
325
00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:44,995
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECRET
AND TOP-SECRET, FOR EXAMPLE.
326
00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:47,999
Robinson: I DO BELIEVE THAT
MAYBE THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS
MORE
327
00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:49,600
THAN THEY'RE LETTING ON.
328
00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:56,006
THAT'S WITH UFO SIGHTINGS
IN BRITAIN AS A WHOLE.
329
00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:59,076
I DO BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT
A LOT MORE TO ANSWER FOR.
330
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,479
Narrator: MALCOLM ROBINSON
331
00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:05,683
HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING
UFO SIGHTINGS FOR OVER 30
YEARS.
332
00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,753
HE BELIEVES THAT THE ABSENCE
FROM THE M.O.D. RECORDS
333
00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:11,289
OF CERTAIN KNOWN UFO
ENCOUNTERS
334
00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:13,991
POINTS TO
A CONTINUING CONSPIRACY.
335
00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:18,562
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
336
00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:23,367
ONE SUCH ENCOUNTER OCCURRED
IN 1979 IN DECHMONT WOODS,
337
00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:27,171
NEAR THE TOWN OF LIVINGSTON
IN SCOTLAND,
338
00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:28,840
WHEN FORESTRY WORKER
ROBERT TAYLOR
339
00:18:28,842 --> 00:18:32,643
CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED
BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS
340
00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:34,378
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
341
00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,981
IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING
OF NOVEMBER 9th, 1979,
342
00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:38,783
THAT ROBERT TAYLOR
WAS WALKING DOWN
343
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,718
THIS FORESTRY PATH BEHIND ME.
344
00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:48,058
AND AS HE WALKED DOWN THIS
PATH,
HE CAME TO THIS CLEARING.
345
00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:50,060
AND AS HE STOOD THERE,
346
00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,997
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY GOBSMACKED
BY WHAT HE SAW.
347
00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:55,599
Narrator: ACCORDING
TO HIS LATER TESTIMONY,
348
00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:59,003
HOVERING ABOVE THE CLEARING
WAS A UFO.
349
00:18:59,005 --> 00:19:01,205
Robinson:
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY TRANSFIXED.
350
00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:03,341
HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
351
00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:07,077
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHED.
352
00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,280
AND HE NOTICED
THAT PARTS OF THE OBJECT
353
00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:13,083
DEMATERIALIZED
AND SOLIDIFIED AGAIN.
354
00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:17,555
AND JUST THEN, WHAT RESEMBLED
TWO SECOND-WORLD-WAR SEA MINES
355
00:19:17,557 --> 00:19:20,691
DESCENDED
FROM BENEATH THIS OBJECT
356
00:19:20,693 --> 00:19:24,028
AND STARTED ROLLING ACROSS
THE GRASS TOWARDS HIM.
357
00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:27,565
THEY STOPPED, AND THEY
PROJECTED
THESE ROD-LIKE PROJECTIONS
358
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:30,434
TOWARDS BOTH OF HIS HIPS
AND PULLED HIM,
359
00:19:30,436 --> 00:19:31,702
AND AT THAT POINT...
360
00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,874
...HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.
361
00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:51,189
Narrator: IN NOVEMBER 1979,
362
00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:54,325
WHEN 61-YEAR-OLD ROBERT TAYLOR
WAS WALKING THROUGH WOODLANDS
363
00:19:54,327 --> 00:19:56,526
NEAR LIVINGSTON
IN CENTRAL SCOTLAND,
364
00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:59,797
THE LAST THING HE EXPECTED
TO SEE WAS A UFO.
365
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,666
WHATEVER HE ENCOUNTERED,
366
00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:06,070
HE CLAIMED HE WAS ATTACKED BY
IT
AND LEFT UNCONSCIOUS.
367
00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:12,610
ACCORDING TO TAYLOR'S
TESTIMONY,
368
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:16,547
WHEN HE CAME TO,
THE UFO WAS NOWHERE TO BE
SEEN,
369
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:20,217
BUT HE CLAIMED THE AIR WAS
FULL
OF A CHOKING GAS.
370
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:23,287
IN A DAZE, TAYLOR STUMBLED
BACK TO HIS HOUSE
371
00:20:23,289 --> 00:20:24,956
AND CALLED THE POLICE.
372
00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:26,357
WHEN THEY ARRIVED,
373
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,958
THEY DISCOVERED
THE FORESTRY WORKER
374
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,162
BATTERED AND BRUISED,
WITH TORN CLOTHING.
375
00:20:31,164 --> 00:20:32,763
IT'S GONE DOWN IN HISTORY,
THIS CASE,
376
00:20:32,765 --> 00:20:37,301
AS BEING THE ONLY EXAMPLE
OF A POLICE INVESTIGATION
377
00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:42,640
INTO A SUSPICIOUS ATTACK
BY A UFO ON AN INDIVIDUAL.
378
00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:46,577
Narrator: ROBERT TAYLOR
WAS THE ONLY WITNESS
379
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,180
TO THE EVENTS HE DESCRIBED,
380
00:20:49,182 --> 00:20:52,783
BUT HIS ACCOUNT WAS JUDGED
TO BE RELIABLE.
381
00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:54,118
Dash: EVERYBODY
WHO'S INVESTIGATED THE CASE
382
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:57,054
SAYS BOB TAYLOR HIMSELF
WAS A VERY CREDIBLE WITNESS.
383
00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:59,189
HE DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE MONEY
OUT OF THE CASE.
384
00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:00,791
HE WAS VERY PHLEGMATIC ABOUT
IT,
385
00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:03,660
AND DIDN'T SEEM PARTICULARLY
PERTURBED OR EXCITED ABOUT IT.
386
00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:06,864
AND HE WAS NOT SOMEBODY
WHO WAS KNOWN
387
00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:09,200
FOR MAKING UP STORIES
OR MAKING INCREDIBLE CLAIMS.
388
00:21:09,202 --> 00:21:12,403
HE BELIEVED -- AND HE ALWAYS,
TILL HIS DYING DAY,
389
00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:15,405
HE BELIEVED
THAT HE SAW A SPACESHIP,
390
00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:16,540
FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD.
391
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,542
IN FACT,
THAT'S THE WORDS HE USED.
392
00:21:18,544 --> 00:21:20,311
HE SAW A SPACESHIP.
393
00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:24,348
Narrator:
UNLIKE MANY UFO SIGHTINGS,
394
00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:25,949
TAYLOR'S EYEWITNESS STATEMENT
395
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,386
WAS SUPPORTED
BY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
396
00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:36,160
WHEN THE POLICE
VISITED THE CLEARING
397
00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,095
WHERE TAYLOR CLAIMED
HE WAS ATTACKED,
398
00:21:38,097 --> 00:21:43,433
THEY FOUND THE GROUNDS SCARRED
WITH STRANGE INDENTATIONS.
399
00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:46,704
ON EXAMINING THE AREA,
I FOUND TWO TREAD MARKS
400
00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:50,508
AND APPROXIMATELY 40 HOLES
IN THE GROUND.
401
00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:53,244
SINCE THEN,
I'VE PHOTOGRAPHED THE HOLES.
402
00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:54,912
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE TREAD MARKS,
403
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:58,549
WHICH CORRESPOND
TO THE MARKS HERE.
404
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:03,587
THIS IS THE AREA IN QUESTION
405
00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:07,525
WHERE ROBERT TAYLOR SAID
HE SAW THIS FANTASTIC OBJECT.
406
00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:11,662
THIS AREA HERE -- WE HAVE
OVER 40 HOLES IN THE GRASS.
407
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:14,398
AND IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS SLOPING FIELD,
408
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,602
AT THE TIME,
WERE THESE TRACK-LIKE MARKS.
409
00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:21,539
REALLY BAFFLING STUFF,
BECAUSE THERE WERE NO TRACKS
410
00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:25,275
ACTUALLY RUNNING TO THE
CLEARING
OR RUNNING AWAY FROM IT.
411
00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:27,544
Robinson: WITH THE TESTIMONY
OF ROBERT TAYLOR,
412
00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:29,079
WITH THESE SPIKY BALLS
413
00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:31,549
THAT DESCENDED
FROM BENEATH THIS OBJECT
414
00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:34,018
AND ROLLED ACROSS THE GRASS,
415
00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:37,421
PERHAPS IT WAS THAT,
THOSE DEVICES,
416
00:22:37,423 --> 00:22:39,690
THAT MAY HAVE MADE
THESE INDENTATIONS,
417
00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:42,293
THESE MARKS IN THE GRASS.
418
00:22:42,295 --> 00:22:44,161
Narrator: THE POLICE
PHOTOGRAPHS
AND SKETCHES
419
00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:47,465
ARE NOT THE ONLY EVIDENCE
THAT REMAINS FROM THE
INCIDENT.
420
00:22:49,769 --> 00:22:52,970
Robinson: WHAT I'M HOLDING
HERE
IS THE ACTUAL TROUSERS
421
00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:56,307
THAT ROBERT TAYLOR WORE
ON THAT EVENTFUL MORNING.
422
00:22:56,309 --> 00:23:00,044
AND THEY CLEARLY SHOW
THE RIPS ON THE TROUSERS HERE.
423
00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:04,314
WE HAVE QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL
RIP
ON THE RIGHT LEG OF THE
TROUSER.
424
00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,784
AND ALSO, IF WE TURN
THE TROUSERS ONTO THIS SIDE,
425
00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:11,455
ON THE LEFT LEG, WE HAVE
QUITE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL TEAR,
426
00:23:11,457 --> 00:23:13,457
AS WE CAN SEE HERE.
427
00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:17,128
THE TESTIMONY WAS
THAT THESE RIPS WERE MADE
428
00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:19,797
BY THESE SEA-MINE DEVICES
429
00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:21,866
THAT FELL
FROM BENEATH THE OBJECT
430
00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:25,603
THAT ROBERT TAYLOR SAW
ON THAT EVENTFUL MORNING.
431
00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:27,003
THE MARKS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT
432
00:23:27,005 --> 00:23:30,441
COULD'VE BEEN MADE
BY SOMETHING NOT OF THIS
WORLD.
433
00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,078
Clarke: THEY FOUND EVIDENCE
434
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,349
THAT SOMETHING HAD ATTACHED
ITSELF TO HIS TROUSERS.
435
00:23:38,351 --> 00:23:40,250
ALMOST LIKE HAVING HAVING
ALMOST TRIED TO LIFT HIM UP
436
00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,352
AND MADE RIPS
IN THE SIDE OF THE TROUSERS,
437
00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:46,089
AND THESE WERE FOUND
IN THE FORENSIC LAB.
438
00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:47,491
Narrator: BUT ULTIMATELY,
439
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:50,160
DESPITE ALL THE EYEWITNESS
AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
440
00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:53,097
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION
GROUND TO A HALT.
441
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,100
AND WHEN
THE GOVERNMENT'S UFO FILES
442
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:59,503
WERE FINALLY RELEASED IN 2009,
443
00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:03,908
THERE WAS NO FILE
ON ROBERT TAYLOR'S ENCOUNTER.
444
00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:05,576
FOR MALCOLM ROBINSON,
445
00:24:05,578 --> 00:24:07,778
THIS IS EVIDENCE
OF A DELIBERATE COVER-UP
446
00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:10,648
OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
IN DECHMONT WOODS.
447
00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:11,982
IT'S MY BELIEF
448
00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:14,784
THAT THE GOVERNMENT WERE AWARE
OF THIS CASE.
449
00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:18,789
IT WAS ON THEIR RADAR.
IT WAS ON THEIR AGENDA.
450
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,257
IT'S MY CONTENTION
451
00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:23,327
THAT THEY UNDERTOOK
THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION
452
00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:24,929
THIS WAS MAJOR.
453
00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:29,266
I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DEALING
454
00:24:29,268 --> 00:24:34,605
WITH A VERY REAL -- A VERY
TANGIBLE -- ALIEN PRESENCE
455
00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:35,940
HERE ON PLANET EARTH.
456
00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:37,941
THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC,
457
00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:41,212
BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING
SOUNDS AND LOOKS RIDICULOUS,
458
00:24:41,214 --> 00:24:43,880
WE SHOULDN'T LAUGH AT IT.
459
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:46,216
Narrator: ROBERT TAYLOR'S
ACCOUNT GOES DOWN
460
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:51,021
AS ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS
BRITISH UFO SIGHTINGS EVER.
461
00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:54,692
BUT SKEPTICS BELIEVE THERE IS
A MORE MUNDANE EXPLANATION
462
00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:56,627
FOR HIS ALLEGED ENCOUNTER.
463
00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:04,568
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
WITH THESE THINGS IS THAT,
464
00:25:04,570 --> 00:25:05,769
IN ALMOST ALL CASES,
465
00:25:05,771 --> 00:25:07,304
ONE TENDS TO FIND
THAT IT'S EITHER A HOAX
466
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,974
OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENED
IN SOMEBODY'S BRAIN.
467
00:25:12,445 --> 00:25:15,445
Narrator: THE THEORY IS THAT,
IN THE FOREST THAT DAY,
468
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:17,448
ROBERT TAYLOR
MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED
469
00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:20,718
SOME KIND OF EPILEPTIC
SEIZURE.
470
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,254
ONE OF THE COMMON SYMPTOMS
OF AN EPILEPTIC ATTACK
471
00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:28,192
IS PEOPLE SEEING A BALL OF
LIGHT
RUSHING TOWARDS THEM
472
00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:30,260
OR SUDDENLY
LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS.
473
00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,396
AND THE SMELL THAT
ROBERT TAYLOR SAID HE SMELLED
--
474
00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,131
THIS HORRIBLE CHOKING SMELL --
475
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:36,266
THAT'S THE SORT OF THING
YOU WOULD EXPECT
476
00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:40,203
FROM SOMEBODY HAVING A
SEIZURE.
477
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:44,475
Narrator:
BUT IF ROBERT'S UFO EXPERIENCE
478
00:25:44,477 --> 00:25:48,145
THERE IS STILL NO EXPLANATION
FOR THE MARKS IN THE CLEARING
479
00:25:48,147 --> 00:25:51,615
OR THE RIPS IN HIS TROUSERS.
480
00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:55,152
THE POLICE CASE REMAINS
OPEN AND UNSOLVED,
481
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:58,322
AND THE RUMORS OF CONSPIRACY
CONTINUE.
482
00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:03,093
THE ROBERT TAYLOR
AND RENDLESHAM INCIDENTS
483
00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:04,761
ARE NOT THE ONLY ENCOUNTERS
484
00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:08,632
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CLAIM
THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP.
485
00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:12,302
MANY BELIEVE
ONE PARTICULAR ACCOUNT
486
00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:14,505
RECORDED IN THE U.K. UFO FILES
487
00:26:14,507 --> 00:26:16,707
POINTS TO
THE WILLFUL DESTRUCTION
488
00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:18,709
OF THE BEST EVIDENCE
EVER PRODUCED
489
00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:21,045
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
OF A UFO OVER BRITAIN.
490
00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:29,185
THE BEST WAY TO KILL THE STORY
491
00:26:29,187 --> 00:26:30,621
IS TO MAKE SURE
NO ONE HAS THE PICTURE.
492
00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:45,936
Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE UFO FILES,
493
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,538
IN AUGUST 1990,
494
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:50,274
TWO HIKERS WERE WALKING
IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS,
495
00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:54,144
CLOSE TO CALVINE,
NORTH OF PITLOCHRY.
496
00:26:54,146 --> 00:26:57,047
SUDDENLY, THEY SAW
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE.
497
00:27:03,689 --> 00:27:05,756
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
498
00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:08,626
IT WAS A CHANCE
FOR THE PICTURE OF A LIFETIME.
499
00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:27,311
THE HIKERS IMMEDIATELY
CONTACTED JOURNALISTS
500
00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:29,847
FROM THE SCOTTISH
DAILY RECORD NEWSPAPER.
501
00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:34,051
AFTER VIEWING THEIR PHOTOS,
502
00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:37,655
THE JOURNALISTS CHOSE TO SHARE
BOTH PICTURES AND NEGATIVES
503
00:27:37,657 --> 00:27:39,456
WITH THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.
504
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:45,996
THE UFO DESK FILES SAY THAT
THE IMAGES WERE THEN ANALYZED
505
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:49,599
BY THE BEST TEAM
IN THE BUSINESS.
506
00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:54,204
THE DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE STAFF
SENT THESE IMAGES TO JARIC.
507
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:57,941
THAT'S THE JOINT AIR
RECONNAISSANCE AND INTE
508
00:27:57,943 --> 00:28:03,747
NOW, THIS IS THE U.K.'s
MILITARY CENTER OF EXPERTISE
509
00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:07,417
WHEN IT COMES
TO IMAGERY ANALYSIS.
510
00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:10,087
Narrator: THEY IDENTIFIED
A SMALL JET IN THE BACKGROUND.
511
00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:13,691
BUT THE LARGE DIAMOND-SHAPED
CRAFT IN THE FOREGROUND
512
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:15,693
DEFIED CLASSIFICATION.
513
00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:21,565
THESE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL
COME TO THE CONCLUSION
514
00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:23,434
THAT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE
REAL.
515
00:28:23,436 --> 00:28:25,435
IT'S A SOLID CRAFT,
516
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:29,506
AND NO ONE HAS THE FAINTEST
IDEA
WHAT IT IS.
517
00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:30,774
Narrator: AT THE TIME,
518
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:33,777
NICK POPE WAS A JUNIOR MEMBER
OF THE UFO TEAM.
519
00:28:33,779 --> 00:28:38,982
HE REMEMBERS THE RESPONSE
OF THE M.O.D.'s TOP UFO
EXPERT.
520
00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:40,584
HE STARTED GESTICULATING,
521
00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:45,189
AND HE SAID, "WELL,
WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE
AMERICANS,"
522
00:28:45,191 --> 00:28:47,323
AND HE POINTED HIS FINGER
THAT WAY.
523
00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:48,925
AND HE FLIPPED IT THE OTHER
WAY,
524
00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:52,062
AND HE SAID,
"IT'S NOT THE RUSSIANS."
525
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:55,065
AND HE SAID,
"THAT ONLY LEAVES..."
526
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:58,001
AND HE DID THAT.
527
00:28:58,003 --> 00:28:59,937
AND MY BOSS LOOKED
AT HIS FINGER,
528
00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:01,205
LOOKED UP AT THE CEILING,
529
00:29:01,207 --> 00:29:04,141
AND WE ALL JUST
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER,
530
00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:06,276
AND NOTHING FURTHER WAS SAID.
531
00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:11,949
I MEAN, THERE WERE CERTAINLY
PEOPLE IN THE M.O.D.
532
00:29:11,951 --> 00:29:15,218
WHO WERE PREPARED TO THINK
THE UNTHINKABLE AND SAY,
533
00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:19,556
"YEAH. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
IT COULD BE EXTRATERRESTRIAL."
534
00:29:19,558 --> 00:29:23,160
Narrator:
BEHIND NICK'S UFO PROJECT
DESK,
535
00:29:23,162 --> 00:29:27,030
THE CALVINE PICTURE
HAD PRIDE OF PLACE.
536
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:28,966
Pope: PEOPLE WOULD COME
INTO OUR SECTION,
537
00:29:28,968 --> 00:29:30,367
THEY WOULD SEE THIS THING,
538
00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:32,569
AND SAY,
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?"
539
00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:34,170
AND WE'D TELL THE STORY.
540
00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:37,908
IT'S THE BEST UFO PHOTO
WE EVER RECEIVED.
541
00:29:40,846 --> 00:29:44,648
Narrator: THEN, SUDDENLY,
THINGS CHANGED.
542
00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:48,385
ACCORDING TO NICK POPE,
AN INTERNAL COVER-UP BEGAN.
543
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:52,188
Pope: ONE DAY,
MY HEAD OF DIVISION CAME IN
544
00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:54,725
AND HE REMOVED IT.
545
00:29:54,727 --> 00:29:59,996
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS
SENT
SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR SAFEKEEPING
546
00:29:59,998 --> 00:30:03,333
OR SOMEONE ELSE ON HIS BEHALF
PUT IT THROUGH THE SHREDDER.
547
00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:08,738
BUT WHATEVER HAPPENED, WHEN
THE M.O.D. OPENED ITS UFO
FILES,
548
00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:11,608
QUESTIONS WERE ASKED
ABOUT THAT PICTURE,
549
00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,810
AND THE ANSWER WAS, "WELL,
WE DON'T KNOW. IT'S GONE."
550
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:16,212
[ LOCK CLICKS ]
551
00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:20,550
Narrator: OUTSIDE EVIDENCE
OF THE PHOTOGRAPH'S EXISTENCE
552
00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:23,286
HAD ALSO DISAPPEARED.
553
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:25,755
THE DAILY RECORD NEVER
PUBLISHED THE PICTURES,
554
00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:30,093
AND NOW THEIR JOURNALISTS
CLAIM
NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE STORY.
555
00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:34,431
NOW TO ME, IF YOU'D BEEN
GIVEN A PHOTOGRAPH LIKE THAT,
556
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,233
WHAT A FANTASTIC SCOOP.
557
00:30:36,235 --> 00:30:37,634
I JUST THOUGHT,
558
00:30:37,636 --> 00:30:39,302
WHY WAS IT THAT
THE SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD
559
00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:40,570
DIDN'T PUBLISH
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS?
560
00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:42,039
AND I SPOKE
TO ALL THE CHIEF REPORTERS
561
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:43,574
WHO WERE AROUND AT THAT TIME.
562
00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:46,443
THEY KNEW ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE THERE BACK TO 1990.
563
00:30:46,445 --> 00:30:49,279
NONE OF THEM COULD
REMEMBER THE STORY AT ALL.
564
00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:56,186
Pope: I CAN ONLY ASSUME
565
00:30:56,188 --> 00:31:00,256
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
566
00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:03,593
CONVINCED THE PAPER
NOT TO RUN THIS,
567
00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:05,862
MAYBE THROUGH
USE OF A D-NOTICE,
568
00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:08,799
BUT MAYBE THROUGH
SOME OTHER MEANS.
569
00:31:08,801 --> 00:31:10,534
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON,
570
00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,803
THE PAPER COMPLIED
WITH THIS REQUEST,
571
00:31:12,805 --> 00:31:14,705
AND THE STORY WAS DROPPED.
572
00:31:17,142 --> 00:31:18,675
Narrator:
WITHOUT THE JOURNALISTS,
573
00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:21,077
THE HIKERS COULD NOT BE
TRACED,
574
00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:24,414
AND THEY HAVE NEVER
COME FORWARD.
575
00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:28,418
ALL THAT NOW SURVIVES IN THE
UFO DESK'S CALVINE IMAGE FILE
576
00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:31,154
ARE A COUPLE
OF CRUDE LINE DRAWINGS.
577
00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:38,695
THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
HAS DISAPPEARED WITHOUT TRACE,
578
00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:42,966
AND MANY BELIEVE
THIS POINTS TO A COVER-UP.
579
00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:45,435
WELL, IF IT WAS
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRAFT,
580
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:48,372
THAT'S A BIG, BIG STORY
FOR THE GOVERNMENT,
581
00:31:48,374 --> 00:31:50,841
NOT ONLY OF THE U.K.,
BUT ANY GOVERNMENT,
582
00:31:50,843 --> 00:31:54,778
TO OPENLY PUT A HAND UP
AND ADMIT THAT WE ARE DEALING
583
00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:58,515
WITH A RECOGNIZABLE
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY PRESENCE HERE
584
00:31:58,517 --> 00:31:59,783
SURROUNDING PLANET EARTH.
585
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:01,451
IN THIS SORT OF SITUATION,
586
00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:06,990
IT REALLY IS THE CASE THAT
A PICTURE PAINTS 1,000 WORDS.
587
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:09,660
YOU KNOW,
THE BEST WAY TO KILL THE STORY
588
00:32:09,662 --> 00:32:11,862
IS TO MAKE SURE
NO ONE HAS THE PICTURE.
589
00:32:13,398 --> 00:32:15,599
Narrator: BUT COULD THERE BE
ANOTHER EXPLANATION
590
00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,534
FOR A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY --
591
00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:22,071
ONE THAT DOES NOT
INVOLVE ALIENS?
592
00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:25,608
WELL, I THINK THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE RARE OCCASIONS
593
00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:28,478
WHERE THERE ACTUALLY IS
A CONSPIRACY OF SORT,
594
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,480
THOUGH MAYBE IT'S NOT QUITE
THE CONSPIRACY
595
00:32:30,482 --> 00:32:32,615
THAT PEOPLE THINK IT IS.
596
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,884
Narrator: THE TRUTH IS THAT,
DURING THE COLD WAR,
597
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:38,822
THE U.S. MILITARY
HAD MANY SECRETS TO HIDE,
598
00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:43,026
INCLUDING THE STEALTH
AND SPY AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY
599
00:32:43,028 --> 00:32:45,629
THAT HAD LED
TO THE F-117 FIGHTER
600
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,899
AND B-2 BOMBER.
601
00:32:48,901 --> 00:32:50,700
RUMORS THAT THE AMERICANS
602
00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:53,036
WERE WORKING ON AN EVEN MORE
ADVANCED SPY PLANE
603
00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:54,504
HAD CIRCULATED
604
00:32:54,506 --> 00:32:57,841
IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP
TO THE CALVINE INCIDENT.
605
00:32:57,843 --> 00:32:59,909
A LOT OF STUFF ON TV AND RADIO
606
00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:03,313
ABOUT THIS
NEW HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT
607
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:05,048
THAT THE AMERICANS
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TESTING --
608
00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:06,783
CODE-NAMED AURORA --
609
00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:08,518
WHICH WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE DIAMOND-SHAPED,
610
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,186
AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE NEXT GENERATION
611
00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:11,320
OF STEALTH AIRCRAFT
612
00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:14,657
AFTER THE F-117
AND THE B-2 BOMBER.
613
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:18,261
Narrator:
SKEPTICS BELIEVE THAT THE HEAD
614
00:33:18,263 --> 00:33:20,730
ALTHOUGH NOT CLEARED
TO KNOW ABOUT AURORA,
615
00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:21,999
WOULD HAVE HAD THE INCENTIVE
616
00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:26,402
TO PROTECT
AN AMERICAN MILITARY SECRET.
617
00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:27,938
THEY'D NOT GOT ANY
CONFIRMATION
618
00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:29,940
THAT THIS WAS FLYING
IN BRITISH AIRSPACE,
619
00:33:29,942 --> 00:33:32,075
BUT THEY SUSPECTED IT MIGHT
BE.
620
00:33:32,077 --> 00:33:34,945
SO, TO THEM,
THIS WAS POTENTIALLY, YOU
KNOW,
621
00:33:34,947 --> 00:33:36,679
A PICTURE
OF A TOP-SECRET AIRCRAFT.
622
00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:38,681
SO, YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE
WOULD
BE A LOT OF SORT OF, "MM."
623
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:42,552
YOU KNOW, "THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING
WE WANT TO SAY MUCH ABOUT."
624
00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:45,822
Narrator: THE DESIRE TO
PROTECT
TECHNOLOGICAL SECRETS
625
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:49,492
COULD EXPLAIN WHY ALL TRACES
OF THE CALVINE PHOTOGRAPH
626
00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:52,495
WERE REMOVED.
627
00:33:52,497 --> 00:33:56,299
THE INHERENT SECRECY OF
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
MILITARY
628
00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:58,101
HAS LED TO A SITUATION
629
00:33:58,103 --> 00:34:00,037
WHERE PEOPLE THINK
WE DO HAVE A SPACESHIP HIDDEN
630
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,506
IN AN AIR-FORCE HANGAR
SOMEWHERE.
631
00:34:02,508 --> 00:34:05,175
IF WE DID HAVE
A SPACESHIP HIDDEN,
632
00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:07,577
I'M AFRAID THEY DIDN'T TELL
ME.
633
00:34:07,579 --> 00:34:12,916
Narrator: BUT UFO BELIEVERS
REMAIN UNCONVINCED.
634
00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:17,788
AND THEY CLAIM GOVERNMENT
COVER-UPS NOW EXTEND INTO
SPACE.
635
00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:19,990
THEY ALLEGE THAT
A RECENT SPACE PROBE
636
00:34:19,992 --> 00:34:24,528
IS JUST A COVER
FOR A MORE SINISTER MISSION
637
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:27,797
TO RENDEZVOUS WITH ALIENS.
638
00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:29,132
White: IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS
STRAIGHTAWAY
639
00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:30,800
THAT THERE WERE
STRUCTURES ON THERE.
640
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,470
AND THERE WAS EVEN A UFO
HOVERING JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE,
641
00:34:33,472 --> 00:34:35,138
ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A FAMILY CAR.
642
00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:50,153
[ WHIRRING ]
643
00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:52,488
Narrator: WITH ADVANCES
IN ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY,
644
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:55,692
SPACE EXPLORATION
HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA.
645
00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,496
UNMANNED PROBES ARE NOW
AT THE FOREFRONT
646
00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:02,399
OF OUR EXPLORATION
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
647
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:09,840
[ Man speaking indistinctly
over radio ]
648
00:35:09,842 --> 00:35:12,509
BUT SOME BELIEVE
THAT OUR FORAYS INTO SPACE
649
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,478
HAVE A MORE SINISTER PURPOSE.
650
00:35:18,183 --> 00:35:19,516
THE LATEST SPACE MISSION
651
00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,718
TO FALL UNDER
THE CONSPIRACY SPOTLIGHT
652
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:26,255
IS THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY'S
ROSETTA MISSION.
653
00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:31,060
Man: 2014 LEAVES ONE NAME
WRITTEN IN SPACE -- ROSETTA.
654
00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:34,331
A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT
20 YEARS IN THE MAKING,
655
00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:37,334
AND SO FAR,
IT'S WORKED PERFECTLY.
656
00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:39,135
Narrator:
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
657
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:43,072
PORTRAYS THE ROSETTA MISSION
AS PURE SCIENCE --
658
00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:46,609
A 10-YEAR VOYAGE ACROSS
MILLIONS OF MILES OF SPACE
659
00:35:46,611 --> 00:35:51,281
TO SURVEY THE DISTANT COMET
67P.
660
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:53,482
Man: ROSETTA'S IMAGES
AND MEASUREMENTS
661
00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:54,751
ARE HELPING SCIENTISTS
662
00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:56,953
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE ROLE OF COMETS
663
00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:59,289
IN THE EVOLUTION
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
664
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:02,492
Narrator: BUT SOME BELIEVE
THIS MISSION IS A SMOKE
SCREEN.
665
00:36:06,298 --> 00:36:12,569
JOE WHITE RUNS THE UFO
SPOTTERS'
WEB CHANNEL ArtAlien.
666
00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:17,040
IN AUGUST 2014, HE RECEIVED
A MYSTERIOUS E-MAIL.
667
00:36:19,378 --> 00:36:21,044
White: I ACTUALLY
READ IT OUT TO MY WIFE.
668
00:36:21,046 --> 00:36:22,846
SHE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED IT
669
00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:26,249
AS SOUNDING VERY OFFICIAL,
AND AUTHENTIC, AS WELL,
670
00:36:26,251 --> 00:36:30,487
BECAUSE THE WORDING IS DONE
IN A VERY SORT OF MILITARY
WAY.
671
00:36:32,124 --> 00:36:34,257
Narrator:
THE E-MAIL'S ANONYMOUS AUTHOR
672
00:36:34,259 --> 00:36:36,660
CLAIMED THEY WORKED
AT THE SPACE AGENCY
673
00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:39,930
AND THAT ROSETTA'S
SCIENTIFIC MISSION WAS A
COVER.
674
00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:45,935
"DO NOT THINK FOR ONE MOMENT
THAT THE SPACE AGENCY
675
00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,271
WOULD SUDDENLY DECIDE
TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
676
00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:52,409
TO BUILD AND SEND A SPACECRAFT
ON A 12-YEAR JOURNEY
677
00:36:52,411 --> 00:36:53,876
TO SIMPLY TAKE CLOSE-UP IMAGES
678
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:58,415
OF A RANDOMLY PICKED-OUT COMET
FLOATING THROUGH SPACE."
679
00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:01,550
Narrator: THE E-MAIL ALLEGED
THAT THE REAL AIM OF THE PROBE
680
00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,420
WAS TO CARRY OUT
A MILITARY MISSION
681
00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:07,156
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ALIENS.
682
00:37:07,158 --> 00:37:10,560
IT STATES THAT, DECADES AGO,
A MYSTERIOUS RADIO SIGNAL
683
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:14,964
HAD BEEN RECEIVED
FROM THE DISTANT COMET 67P.
684
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:17,767
[ SIGNAL PLAYING ]
685
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,708
White: MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT
IS
686
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:27,310
IS ONE OF OUR DEEP-SPACE
SATELLITES OR PROBES
687
00:37:27,312 --> 00:37:32,048
MAY HAVE PICKED UP THIS SIGNAL
AS FAR BACK AS 20 YEARS AGO.
688
00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:36,052
[ SIGNAL CONTINUES ]
689
00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:38,521
Narrator: CONSPIRACISTS
BELIEVE
THE SIGNAL IS A MESSAGE
690
00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:43,126
FROM INTELLIGENT
EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
691
00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:46,062
THIS SIGNAL IS ACTUALLY
MUSICAL,
692
00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:51,134
AND CONTAINS SOME SORT
OF INTELLIGENT STRUCTURE
693
00:37:51,136 --> 00:37:54,537
WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE
DECODED.
694
00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:59,075
THIS MISSION
WAS NEVER REALLY ABOUT
695
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:03,480
JUST RANDOMLY LANDING ON A
COMET
350 MILLION MILES AWAY.
696
00:38:03,482 --> 00:38:08,618
IT WAS ACTUALLY -- AND IS -- A
MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE
MISSION.
697
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:11,421
Narrator: CONSPIRACISTS CLAIM
THAT ROSETTA IS DESIGNED
698
00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:15,358
TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE ALIENS
WHO SENT THE SIGNAL.
699
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,893
JOE BELIEVES
THE FINAL CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
700
00:38:17,895 --> 00:38:20,430
IS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS
701
00:38:20,432 --> 00:38:24,768
ROSETTA IS NOW BEAMING
BACK TO EARTH.
702
00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:27,837
White: IT'S A LARGE ROCK.
IT'S 4.5 KILOMETERS LONG.
703
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:32,108
AND IT HAS WHAT SEEM TO BE
STRUCTURES ON IT
704
00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,310
THAT THE LOOK
INTELLIGENTLY MADE.
705
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:43,119
AND THERE IS EVEN A UFO
HOVERING
JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
706
00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:47,524
WITH A SHADOW UNDERNEATH IT
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FAMILY
CAR.
707
00:38:50,262 --> 00:38:52,595
THERE IS A TOWER ALSO,
708
00:38:52,597 --> 00:38:54,864
WHICH LOOKS LIKE
A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.
709
00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:57,667
IN FACT, IT LOOKS VERY MUCH
LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE,
710
00:38:57,669 --> 00:39:01,270
AND IT STICKS STRAIGHT UP
LIKE THIS.
711
00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:03,939
I THINK THE ESA KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS,
712
00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:08,211
AND...THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE
WENT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
713
00:39:08,213 --> 00:39:10,546
AND I THINK THAT
THE E-MAIL STATING AS SUCH
714
00:39:10,548 --> 00:39:11,881
IS BANG ON THE MONEY,
715
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:15,284
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT
THAT PERSON SAID IN THE E-MAIL
716
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:18,821
HAS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.
717
00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:20,290
Narrator: BUT MANY SKEPTICS
718
00:39:20,292 --> 00:39:24,160
CHALLENGE EVEN THE BASIC
PREMISES OF THIS CONSPIRACY.
719
00:39:24,162 --> 00:39:26,096
Dash:
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONSPIRACY
720
00:39:26,098 --> 00:39:28,765
YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
IS THAT THE ENTIRE MISSION
721
00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,033
HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER
OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD
722
00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:34,104
TO INVESTIGATE THIS ONE COMET,
AND IT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
723
00:39:34,106 --> 00:39:35,438
IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED
724
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,040
TO INVESTIGATE
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMET.
725
00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:40,309
Narrator: UNTIL ITS
ORIGINAL LAUNCH WAS DELAYED,
726
00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:43,847
THE ROSETTA MISSION
WAS DESTINED FOR COMET 46P.
727
00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:47,050
COMET 67P WAS THE BACKUP
OPTION.
728
00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:52,122
AND SKEPTICS SAY
729
00:39:52,124 --> 00:39:54,524
THE ARGUMENT THAT ROSETTA
WAS MUCH TOO EXPENSIVE
730
00:39:54,526 --> 00:39:56,459
TO BE A SIMPLE SCIENCE MISSION
731
00:39:56,461 --> 00:39:59,462
IS JUST NOT TRUE.
732
00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:00,930
Dash: A LOT IS MADE ABOUT
THE EXPENSE OF THIS MISSION.
733
00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:02,732
"IT WAS
A BILLION-POUND MISSION!"
734
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,400
A BILLION POUNDS IN NOTHING,
ESSENTIALLY,
735
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,602
IN THE BUDGETS
OF THESE TYPES OF MISSIONS.
736
00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:08,537
IT'S THE COST
OF FOUR JUMBO JETS.
737
00:40:08,539 --> 00:40:09,939
IF YOU LOOK AT IT
FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW,
738
00:40:09,941 --> 00:40:12,208
THIS IS NOT A VERY EXOTIC
OR WELL-FUNDED MISSION.
739
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:13,810
[ SIGNAL PLAYS ]
740
00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:16,746
Narrator: THE SCIENTISTS ALSO
HAVE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION
741
00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,748
FOR THE RADIO SIGNAL.
742
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,750
IT WAS RECORDED VERY RECENTLY
743
00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:23,887
BY ROSETTA'S PHILAE PROBE
ON ITS APPROACH, AND WAS
CREATED
744
00:40:23,889 --> 00:40:28,124
BY THE COMET'S OWN FLUCTUATING
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS.
745
00:40:32,164 --> 00:40:35,298
THAT STILL LEAVES
THE BUILDINGS ON THE SURFACE,
746
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:39,635
BUT THE SKEPTICS
ARE NOT CONVINCED.
747
00:40:39,637 --> 00:40:42,172
Clarke: THERE IS A
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PHENOMENA CALLED PAREIDOLIA,
748
00:40:42,174 --> 00:40:45,909
WHERE A HUMAN BEING LOOKS
AT A RANDOM PATTERN,
749
00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:48,845
WHATEVER IT IS --
DARK SMUDGES, WHATEVER --
750
00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:50,646
AND YOU SEE PATTERNS IN THAT,
751
00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:53,917
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL PROGRAMMED
TO FIND PATTERNS IN
RANDOMNESS.
752
00:40:53,919 --> 00:40:56,052
AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
AT LANDSCAPES,
753
00:40:56,054 --> 00:40:57,787
AND BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
IN ALIENS
754
00:40:57,789 --> 00:40:59,455
AND THEY BELIEVE IN UFOs,
755
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,926
AND THEY'RE SEEING
RANDOM OBJECTS AS ALIEN FACES
756
00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:06,129
AND FLYING SAUCERS AND
EVIDENCE
OF TECHNOLOGY, ET CETERA.
757
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:08,731
IS PAREIDOLIA.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
758
00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:12,802
Narrator: SO, SHOULD WE
BELIEVE
759
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:15,804
IN THE EXISTENCE
OF ALIEN CONTACT?
760
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:18,374
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE
TO BACK UP THE IDEA
761
00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:20,342
THAT THERE IS
A GLOBAL CONSPIRACY
762
00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:22,344
TO KEEP THE TRUTH HIDDEN?
763
00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:24,213
OR IS THERE ANOTHER
EXPLANATION
764
00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:28,417
FOR THE GRIP OF THIS IDEA
ON THE POPULAR CONSCIENCE?
765
00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:29,819
PSYCHOLOGISTS BELIEVE
766
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,354
ALIEN-COVER-UP
CONSPIRACIES EXIST
767
00:41:32,356 --> 00:41:36,493
BECAUSE THEY TAP
INTO A DEEP HUMAN NEED.
768
00:41:36,495 --> 00:41:40,230
Persaud: THE UNIVERSE IS SUCH
A VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE PLACE
769
00:41:40,232 --> 00:41:42,164
THAT IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
770
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,634
FOR INTELLIGENCES
TO EXIST ELSEWHERE,
771
00:41:44,636 --> 00:41:47,904
AND EVEN BE
HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCES,
772
00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:51,574
BUT THE VAST SPACES
THAT SEPARATE US
773
00:41:51,576 --> 00:41:53,843
LEAVE US TO BE MAROONED
FROM EACH OTHER,
774
00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:55,511
IF NOT PERMANENTLY MAROONED.
775
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:58,648
THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ACCEPT.
776
00:41:58,650 --> 00:42:00,650
SO, THEREFORE,
THEY HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT
777
00:42:00,652 --> 00:42:03,986
CONTACT IS NOT JUST POSSIBLE,
IT MUST'VE HAPPENED.
778
00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:06,856
AND IF IT MUST'VE HAPPENED,
THERE MUST BE A COVER-UP.
779
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,392
AND, AGAIN, YOU SEE
THE INEVITABLE LOGICAL STEPS
780
00:42:09,394 --> 00:42:11,527
IN CONSPIRACY THINKING.
781
00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,863
IT WAS ANGELS
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
782
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:15,464
IT'S ALIENS NOW.
783
00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:17,400
ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED YEARS,
IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE.
784
00:42:17,402 --> 00:42:20,470
PEOPLE WANT TO THINK
THERE ARE CREATURES OUT THERE
785
00:42:20,472 --> 00:42:22,005
THAT ARE INTELLIGENT,
THAT ARE INTERESTED IN US,
786
00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:24,073
THAT WANT TO STOP US
FROM DESTROYING OURSELVES
787
00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:25,608
WITH ATOMIC WEAPONS.
788
00:42:25,610 --> 00:42:28,077
AND NOTHING I CAN SAY
WILL CONVINCE THEM OTHERWISE.
789
00:42:28,079 --> 00:42:31,414
AND PEOPLE WILL CONSTANTLY
LOOK
FOR EVIDENCE OF THOSE THINGS
790
00:42:31,416 --> 00:42:32,448
AND FIND IT.
791
00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:39,355
Narrator: BELIEVERS ARE NOT
DISSUADED BY THESE ARGUMENTS.
792
00:42:39,357 --> 00:42:43,293
FOR THEM,
THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH
CONTINUES.
793
00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:49,565
I CAN'T IMAGINE
ANYBODY IN THE GOVERNMENT
794
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:51,634
WANTING TO ADMIT,
"OH, BY THE WAY,
795
00:42:51,636 --> 00:42:54,703
WE HAVEN'T BEEN TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH FOR ALL THESE
YEARS."
796
00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:57,640
WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT LYING,
REALLY, FROM DAY ONE.
797
00:42:57,642 --> 00:43:00,109
THEY LIED ABOUT IT
AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.
798
00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:01,644
White:
WHETHER THE ESA WILL AGREE
799
00:43:01,646 --> 00:43:04,113
TO MENTION THIS
TO THE PUBLIC OR NOT
800
00:43:04,115 --> 00:43:05,381
IS UP TO THEM.
801
00:43:05,383 --> 00:43:09,385
BUT IF THEY DON'T
DO SOMETHING FAIRLY SOON,
802
00:43:09,387 --> 00:43:12,321
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK
INCREASINGLY MORE OUT-OF-TOUCH
803
00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:14,390
WITH WHAT
RESEARCHERS ARE FINDING
804
00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:15,558
AND WHAT THE PUBLIC ARE
SEEING.
805
00:43:18,597 --> 00:43:22,064
Robinson: THE VOLUME OF
EVIDENCE
THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED
806
00:43:22,066 --> 00:43:24,600
FROM ALL CONTINENTS
OF THIS PLANET
807
00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,869
IS SIMPLY OVERWHELMING,
808
00:43:26,871 --> 00:43:29,806
I HONESTLY BELIEVE
I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE
TODAY
809
00:43:29,808 --> 00:43:31,340
IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE
810
00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:34,577
WE ARE DEALING WITH A REAL,
HONEST-TO-GOODNESS PHENOMENON.
811
00:43:36,481 --> 00:43:39,415
Narrator: WHEREVER SIGHTINGS
REMAIN UNEXPLAINED,
812
00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:42,284
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
813
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:44,420
[ WHOOSHING ]
814
00:43:44,422 --> 00:43:48,958
THERE'S ALWAYS THE CHANCE
THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
815
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,260
THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE.
65604
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.