Original subtitles

Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES CIRCLE THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.

WHAT LIES BENEATH?

MY GOD, IT'S HUGE.

Narrator: THE HAUNTING SECRET OF ENGLAND'S KILLER CHASM.

THERE ARE UNRECOVERED BODIES

STILL IN THAT CRATER.

Narrator: THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNING LAKE.

THE LAKE COULD IGNITE AT ANY MOMENT.

THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT?

Narrator: AND WELCOME TO ZOMBIEVILLE,

WHERE THE UNDEAD GO TO DIE.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO

IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES ATTACKING AMERICA.

Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA. MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

**

**

JANUARY 5, 2020.

MARTIN MORGAN IS IN RURAL ENGLAND INVESTIGATING

A MONSTER MYSTERY REVEALED BY AERIAL IMAGING.

THIS IMAGE IS REALLY PECULIAR.

IT'S ROLLING HILLS AND FARM COUNTRY,

AND THEN BAM, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PASTURELAND...

A MASSIVE CRATER.

Narrator: ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THE GIANT CHASM

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IS 11 FOOTBALL FIELDS WIDE

AND SINKING AN ESTIMATED 400 FEET DEEP.

WHATEVER CREATED THIS CRATER HAD A TON OF ENERGY TO IT,

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF MAYBE EVEN

A KILOTON OF STRENGTH.

I'M NOT AWARE OF AN ASTEROID IMPACT.

BESIDES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THIS LOOKS LIKE

A CRATER CAUSED BY MILITARY ACTION.

Narrator: THE CRATER'S SHAPE IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EXPLOSION,

BUT ITS SIZE SUGGESTS A BLAST OF UNPRECEDENTED POWER.

I AM NOT AWARE

OF ANY WEAPON THAT'S NON-NUCLEAR

THAT COULD PRODUCE A CRATER OF THIS SIZE.

Narrator: LED BY THE IMAGE COORDINATES,

MORGAN HEADS EAST INTO THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE.

**

**

THIS SLEEPY FARMING BACKDROP MILES FROM ANY CITY

SEEMS AN UNLIKELY SETTING FOR MILITARY ACTION.

**

IT'S NOTHING BUT HEDGEROWS...

AND CATTLE ENCLOSURES AND MUD --

LOTS AND LOTS OF MUD.

Narrator: THE LAST BATTLE IN THIS REGION

WAS FOUGHT WITH CANNON AND MUSKET

NEARLY 400 YEARS AGO DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS THAT GATE THERE, SO...

THERE SHOULD BE A CRATER RIGHT THERE.

A MASSIVE CRATER.

I JUST HAVE TO FIND IT.

Narrator: FROM THE GROUND,

THE HOLE IS CONCEALED BY TREES AND HEDGES.

THIS MUST BE IT.

**

HOLY COW.

IT IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.

Narrator: WHATEVER MADE THIS CHASM,

IT APPEARS THE THREAT IS ONGOING.

Morgan: EVERY INCH OF THE PERIMETER OF

THIS CRATER IS PROTECTED BY THIS FENCE.

THEY REALLY DO NOT WANT YOU IN HERE.

Narrator: AS HE NEARS THE SOUTH RIM, MORGAN DISCOVERS WHY.

WHAT'S THIS SAY?

THIS LAND IS PRIVATE PROPERTY

BELONGING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE.

THE LAND CONTAINS UNEXPLODED BOMBS.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

Narrator: MORGAN SEARCHES FOR CLUES TO WHEN

THIS MASSIVE HOLE WAS CREATED.

**

IF THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION HERE,

IT WOULD'VE SWEPT ALL THE TREES AWAY.

THESE TREES HAVE ALL GROWN UP AFTER THE EVENT TOOK PLACE.

THEY'RE ONLY A FEW DECADES OLD.

I THINK THAT POINTS RIGHT AT THE 1940s.

Narrator: BETWEEN 1940 AND 1941, THE GERMANS DROPPED

35,000 TONS OF ORDNANCE ON ENGLAND.

**

BUT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST NAZI WEAPONS

COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR THIS GIANT CRATER.

THE GERMANS HAD V-2 ROCKET ATTACKS,

AND I'VE SEEN V-2 CRATERS BEFORE.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN A THOUSAND V-2s.

SO... DID THE GERMANS CREATE THIS?

I DON'T THINK SO.

Narrator: EXPLORING THE SURROUNDING AREA,

MORGAN SPOTS A SMALLER, ABANDONED STRUCTURE.

OH, YEAH.

THIS THING'S FROM WORLD WAR II.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

CONCRETE OVER...

BRICK MASONRY.

THAT'S A BIT OF A TELLTALE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE.

IT'S NOT A BUNKER.

IT'S NOT MADE STOUTLY ENOUGH.

Narrator: THE STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE AN ACCESS POINT

TO SOMETHING BELOW.

Morgan: THIS MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF AN AIR SHAFT.

MAYBE THERE WAS AN UNDERGROUND COMPLEX BENEATH THIS HILLTOP.

THE SECOND WORLD WAR PROVIDES

COPIOUS EXAMPLES OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.

YOU EVEN HAVE UNDERGROUND FACTORIES

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Narrator: MORGAN SPOTS ANOTHER POSSIBLE ACCESS POINT

TO THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY

MORE THAN A MILE AWAY ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CRATER.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT MIGHT BE CONNECTED.

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS.

Narrator: THE BRITISH BUILT SMALL UNDERGROUND BUNKERS IN LONDON,

BUT THIS IS VAST AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,

AND AT ITS HEART, EVIDENCE OF

THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER ON BRITISH SOIL.

Morgan: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?

Narrator: COMING UP, CONSPIRACIES AND LIES.

THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO KEEP IT SECRET.

ABSOLUTELY.

Narrator: AND A 21st CENTURY GHOST TOWN.

SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE,

BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING ON HERE.

Narrator: MARTIN MORGAN IS IN ENGLAND INVESTIGATING

A HUGE CRATER SEEN FROM SPACE

THAT MAY BE THE REMAINS OF A GIANT UNDERGROUND BASE.

THE WHOLE THING'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MYSTERY TO ME STILL.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN EXPLAIN

WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED HERE.

Narrator: UNDER BRITAIN'S SO-CALLED 100 YEAR RULE,

MANY WARTIME DOCUMENTS REMAIN SECRET.

EVEN WHEN LEGALLY DECLASSIFIED,

THEY OFTEN REMAIN HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

HERE WE GO -- THIS IS IT.

JACKPOT.

I'VE JUST FOUND THIS DECLASSIFIED

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FILE,

AND IT'S TELLING ME THAT THE CRATER SITE WAS CALLED

RAF FAULD.

AND DURING WORLD WAR II,

IT WAS A MUNITIONS STORAGE FACILITY.

THEY STORED BOMBS UNDERGROUND AT THAT FACILITY.

Narrator: THE DECLASSIFIED FILE REVEALS THAT

ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944,

RAF FAULD IS VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT BY A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

YET ITS CAUSE REMAINS A MYSTERY.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS

IN THE AREA OR THAT A BOMB FELL.

THE EXPLOSION

WAS SET OFF BY SOMETHING BELOW GROUND.

Narrator: MORGAN FIGURES HIS BEST HOPE OF FINDING

THE REAL ANSWER IS TO HUNT DOWN SURVIVING WITNESSES.

I'M NOT FROM AROUND HERE,

BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION.

Narrator: AND HIS INQUIRIES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TURN UP

ONE POTENTIAL LEAD.

WOMAN CALLED VALERIE.

WAS SHE ALIVE WHEN IT HAPPENED?

EH, SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

**

**

[ BELL RINGING ]

Narrator: VALERIE HARDY GREW UP DURING THE WAR JUST

A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY.

YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION,

WEREN'T YOU? -YES.

-I WAS EIGHT. -DID YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF

WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE THE TUNNELS?

I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE BOMBS STORED

UNDER THE HILLS, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA

OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF BOMB STORAGE.

Narrator: VALERIE LATER LEARNS THAT BENEATH THE ROLLING HILLS

LIE 180,000 SQUARE FEET

OF TUNNELS PILED HIGH WITH EXPLOSIVES AND 500 MILLION

ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.

THE UNDERGROUND COMPOUND HANDLES

20,000 TONS OF BOMBS A MONTH.

IT WAS THE LARGEST MUNITIONS DEPOT

SUPPLYING BOMBER COMMAND

IN THE WHOLE OF THE UK.

Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944,

FARMHANDS WORK IN THE FIELDS,

AND COWS GRAZE ON THE HILLS AROUND RAF FAULD.

AT 11:11 A.M.,

THIS RURAL PARADISE EXPLODES.

MORGAN LEARNS THAT 4,000 TONS

OF MUNITIONS RIPPED THROUGH THE HILLSIDE.

FULL-GROWN TREES RAIN DOWN LIKE MATCHSTICKS.

A NEARBY RESERVOIR IS OBLITERATED.

MIRACULOUSLY, VALERIE AND HER FAMILY SURVIVE.

WE WERE UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE, ACTUALLY,

FROM WHERE THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.

WE WERE PROTECTED BY A LOW HILL.

OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE FARM WOULD HAVE GONE JUST AS

THE FARM OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS.

IT IS ALL SO INCREDIBLY VIVID.

Narrator: THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES ARE QUICK

TO SUPPRESS REPORTS OF THE EXPLOSION.

THE LARGEST PRE-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

OF ALL TIME.

YET DID ANYONE KNOW ABOUT IT? NO.

THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO KEEP IT SECRET.

ABSOLUTELY.

Narrator: FOLLOWING THE BLAST, STORIES CIRCULATE THAT

ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR

WHO WORKED AT FAULD WERE RESPONSIBLE.

THERE WERE RUMORS OF SABOTAGE THAT

WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PROVED TO BE TOTALLY WRONG.

THERE WERE RUMORS THAT IT HAD BEEN A VERY EARLY NUCLEAR BOMB.

OFFICIAL FINDINGS WERE NOT RELEASED UNTIL 30 YEARS LATER.

Narrator: THE OFFICIAL REPORT DESCRIBES

THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE BLAST.

BRITAIN'S LANCASTER BOMBER CREWS AND AMERICAN B-17s

ARE ATTACKING GERMANY AROUND THE CLOCK.

Announcer: THE AMERICANS APPROACHING THE CITY,

STILL BURNING FROM THE RAF'S NIGHT ATTACK.

Narrator: A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES IS VITAL.

EVERYONE WAS WORKING UNDER QUITE EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURE.

Morgan: THEY'RE GOING TO CUT CORNERS.

MISTAKES ARE GOING TO BE MADE.

AND MISTAKES, THEY'RE MADE.

Narrator: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT CLAIMS THE BLAST WAS CAUSED

BY A WORKER WHO,

USING A BRASS CHISEL, ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A DETONATOR

FROM A LIVE BOMB.

THE RESULTANT SPARK TRIGGERS

THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION IN HISTORY.

BUT THE RAF REPORT IS INCONCLUSIVE.

ALL THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY SAY WAS,

IN ALL PROBABILITY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WOULD HAVE

KNOWN HAD BEEN LOST IN THE EXPLOSION.

Morgan: HOW MANY LIVES WERE LOST?

SEVENTY.

AND THERE ARE 18 UNRECOVERED BODIES

AND A LOT OF UNEXPLODED BOMBS

STILL IN THAT CRATER.

Narrator: THIS VAST CRATER SEEN FROM THE SKIES

IS AN UNOFFICIAL MONUMENT TO THOSE WHO PERISHED AT FAULD.

THE TRUTH DIES WITH THEM,

NOVEMBER 27, 1944.

THEY WERE EVERY BIT CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR II

AS THE FRONT LINE TROOPS WERE.

IT'S SO BIZARRE THAT THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION

ON BRITISH SOIL IS SOMETHING THAT IS LARGELY FORGOTTEN.

Narrator: COMING UP, HELL AND HIGH WATER.

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THIS LAKE CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST.

Narrator: AND MARTIAL LAW IN AMERICA.

YOU WOULD SEE TANKS ROLLING DOWN YOUR STREET.

YOU WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL OF THE MILITARY.

Narrator: NOVEMBER 11, 2018 --

THE WorldView-2 SATELLITE ORBITS OVER

THE INDIAN CITY OF BANGALORE.

THERE IS A LAKE BELOW,

BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL LAKE.

Ruben: THE COLORS ARE WEIRD.

THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT GREENS AND PATCHES OF WHITE.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TROUBLING,

ALL OF THE WHITE THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE.

THAT IS THE AREA I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM.

Narrator: BUT, AS REVEALED USING MAXAR'S

SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY,

WHAT'S MORE TROUBLING IS HOW THE LAKE BEHAVES OVER TIME.

I'M LOOKING AT IMAGES GOING FROM 2019 BACK TO 2016.

THE GREEN SEEMS TO MOVE AROUND THE LAKE, AS DO THESE AREAS

THAT LOOK WHITE AND FLOATING ON TOP OF THE LAKE,

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER IS GOING ON INSIDE OF THIS LAKE

SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

Narrator: LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS REVEAL THAT

THESE WATERS DON'T JUST LOOK WEIRD,

THEY SEEM TO DEFY PHYSICS.

THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS THAT THIS LAKE

CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST.

HOW DOES WATER GET ON FIRE?

THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT?

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

Narrator: THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTAGE ALSO PROVIDES A TROUBLING CLUE

TO THE ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BLOTCHES

IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE.

REPORTS ALSO SAY THAT FOAM SPEWS OUT OF THE LAKE --

BIG, THICK FOAM THAT GOES HIGHER AND HIGHER,

10 FEET HIGH, UP TO PEOPLE'S WINDOWS.

Narrator: WHAT'S MORE, THIS CREEPING, EXPANDING FOAM

IS TOXIC AND DEADLY.

Chamberlain: THE SMELL IS UNBEARABLE.

SKIN RASHES, IT LEADS TO RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.

IT PEELS PAINT OFF OF CARS.

IT CRACKS WINDSHIELDS.

THIS WHITE FOAM IS A CLEAR SIGN OF POLLUTION.

BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT'S HAPPENING?

WHAT'S BEING PUT INTO THIS LAKE

THAT THE OUTPUT IS SO DEADLY?

Narrator: TESTS ON THE FOAM CONFIRM THAT

IT CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT.

STUDIES ALSO FIND THAT RESIDENTS DUMP

THEIR DETERGENT-LACED WASTEWATER STRAIGHT INTO THE LAKE,

TURNING IT INTO A KIND OF GIANT, FROTHY TOXIC

WASHING MACHINE.

PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE SUBJECTED TO

THESE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF POLLUTION EVERY DAY.

THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH A TOXIC SOUP.

Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS, BANGALORE HAS BECOME

A TECHNOLOGICAL POWERHOUSE

AND IS NOW HOME TO OVER 65,000 I.T. COMPANIES.

FOR INDIA'S ECONOMY, BANGALORE IS A SUCCESS STORY.

IT IS BOOMING.

IT'S CALLED INDIA'S SILICON VALLEY.

Spicer Rice: BUT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF E-WASTE,

WHICH HAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TOXINS.

Narrator: THE CITY PRODUCES AROUND 92,000 TONS OF E-WASTE PER YEAR,

AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING BEING DUMPED INTO THESE WATERS.

WHAT WE FIND IS THAT ALMOST HALF OF

THE CITY'S RAW SEWAGE GOES INTO THE LAKE UNTREATED.

Narrator: OVER 150 MILLION GALLONS OF UNTREATED SEWAGE

GET FLUSHED INTO BANGALORE'S LAKES EVERY DAY.

THIS IS A TOXIC COCKTAIL OF A MISMANAGED SEWAGE SYSTEM

COMBINED WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING OF CHEMICAL WASTE.

Nelson: BECAUSE OF ALL THIS DUMPING, INVASIVE PLANTS

ARE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SURVIVE THERE,

AND THE LAKE GETS OVERGROWN BY PLANTS AND ALGAE.

Narrator: THE INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS COVER THE LAKE

IN CLUMPS THICK ENOUGH TO WALK ON,

CREATING THE MOVING GREEN PATTERNS SEEN FROM SPACE.

AND UNDERWATER, A TIME BOMB IS TICKING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FILTH PARFAIT CREATED IN THE LAKE.

OKAY, YOU HAVE A LAYER OF SEWAGE, A LAYER OF CHEMICALS,

A LAYER OF THESE INVASIVE WEEDS.

THERE'S NO OXYGEN.

THESE MICROBES THAT LIVE HERE PRODUCE METHANE --

EXPLOSIVE, FLAMMABLE METHANE.

Narrator: LOCALS REGULARLY DUMP GARBAGE

ON THE LAKE'S SHORE AND SET FIRE TO IT.

THE METHANE, WHICH IS NOW ON THE SURFACE,

CAN IGNITE -- IF THAT GOES UP,

IT CAN LIGHT ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL WASTE

AND TRASH THAT'S SITTING ON THE WATER.

THE RESULT IS A FLAMMABLE LAKE

THAT COULD IGNITE AT ANY MOMENT.

Narrator: THE TOXIC LAKE HAS ERUPTED IN FLAMES

AT LEAST 15 TIMES IN RECENT YEARS.

Nelson: THE LAST FIRE TOOK THEM MORE THAN A DAY TO PUT OUT,

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN THE SMOKE COMING OFF THE LAKE?

BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD.

Spicer Rice: THE LEVEL OF TOXINS IN BANGALORE

ARE INCREASING SO MUCH

THAT THEY'RE PREDICTING THAT THE WHOLE CITY WILL BE

UNLIVABLE BY 2025 -- THAT'S SHOCKING.

THE CITIZENS OF BANGALORE NEED A SOLUTION,

AND THEY NEED IT SOON.

Narrator: FEW HERE HAVE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS,

BUT THERE IS HOPE.

Ruben: NASA MAY HAVE A SOLUTION.

IT'S WATER THAT THEY CALL SUPERCRITICAL.

Narrator: WATER BECOMES SUPERCRITICAL WHEN IT'S COMPRESSED

AT OVER 200 TIMES NORMAL AIR PRESSURE

AND HEATED ABOVE 703.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S NEITHER LIQUID

NOR SOLID NOR GAS.

IT'S MORE OF A LIQUID-LIKE GAS.

Spicer Rice: SUPERCRITICAL WATER HAS UNIQUE PROPERTIES

SO THAT WHEN IT'S MIXED WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS,

IT BURNS BUT WITHOUT FLAMES.

Narrator: AND RATHER THAN TOXIC FUMES,

THE BURNING MOSTLY PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER.

THIS COULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION FOR GETTING RID OF GARBAGE

BY BURNING IT WITHOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

THAT COMES FROM BURNING.

Spicer Rice: NASA ARE DEVELOPING THIS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP

GET RID OF WASTE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

SO THIS BURNING WATER MIGHT GET RID OF

THE PROBLEM OF BURNING WATER IN BANGALORE.

I MEAN, IT'S A NEAT SOLUTION,

EVEN IF IT DOES BOGGLE THE MIND.

Narrator: COMING UP, ZOMBIE TOWN.

WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS IS THAT

IT LOOKS LIKE ANYWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA.

Narrator: AND WEIRD SCIENCE IN THE WOODS.

IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CREATED THIS.

Narrator: AUGUST 29, 2018.

EYES IN THE SKY SCAN A WOODED AREA OF VIRGINIA.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL VIRGINIA FOREST,

THERE IS A SEEMINGLY PERFECT LITTLE TOWN.

THERE'S A TRACK AND FIELD,

A SOCCER FIELD, SCHOOLS, A CHURCH.

Narrator: BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL TOWN.

SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE,

BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING ON HERE.

Munoz: THERE ARE NO CARS ON THE ROAD.

THERE'S NOBODY WALKING ON THE SIDEWALKS.

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYONE WHO'S LIVING HERE

IN A PLACE THAT LOOKS PERFECTLY INHABITABLE.

Narrator: IMAGE ANALYSTS SCAN THE WIDER AREA FOR CLUES.

AS I STARTED TO LOOK EVEN FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT HERE,

THERE'S BUILDINGS THAT ARE KIND OF SHAPED LIKE Hes,

WHICH I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN BEFORE IN MILITARY BARRACKS.

Narrator: MILITARY EXPERT MARTIN MORGAN HAS A THEORY.

WE MIGHT BE DEALING WITH A MOUT SITE,

THAT STANDS FOR M-O-U-T, MILITARY OPERATIONS

IN URBAN TERRAIN, CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING

PERSONNEL FOR OPERATIONS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

Narrator: YET SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TRAINING FACILITY

TROUBLES ANALYSTS.

TYPICALLY, THOSE MOCKUP TOWNS

ARE MADE TO LOOK LIKE A VILLAGE

IN SAY AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ.

WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE

A TOWN THAT YOU WOULD SEE ANYWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA.

Agrios: IN WHAT SCENARIO IS THE AMERICAN MILITARY

PREPARING TO DEPLOY IN AMERICAN TOWN?

Narrator: ANALYSTS UNCOVER A BIZARRE LEAD IN U.S. MILITARY FILES.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

ACTUALLY HAS PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO

IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES ATTACKING AMERICA.

[ GROWLING NOISES ]

Narrator: THE TRAINING MANUAL, CODE-NAMED CONOP 8888, DETAILS

HOW SOLDIERS SHOULD FIGHT THE UNDEAD TO THE DEATH.

THE DOCUMENT EVEN LISTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZOMBIES

TO INCLUDE PATHOGENIC ZOMBIES

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY A VIRUS

TO RADIOACTIVE ZOMBIES.

Narrator: AROUND 15 PERCENT OF AMERICANS HAVE

A SURVIVAL PLAN READY SHOULD REVENANTS EVER ROVE

OUR TOWNS, HUNTING FOR HUMAN FLESH.

AND IT APPEARS THE U.S. MILITARY DOES, TOO.

Moran: THE PLANS ARE INCREDIBLY DETAILED.

THE WAY TO KILL A ZOMBIE IS TO CONCENTRATE ALL FIREPOWER

AT THE HEAD,

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BURN THE CORPSE

FOR RISK OF THE ZOMBIE COMING BACK TO LIFE.

IT ALSO INCLUDES DEFENSIVE MEASURES

TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS.

Narrator: MILITARY JOURNALIST CARLO MUNOZ CONSIDERS

IF THE CARBON COPY TOWN

IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING AMERICANS FEAR

EVEN MORE THAN ZOMBIES.

IT'S NOT INCONCEIVABLE

THAT THE U.S. MILITARY WOULD BUILD A FACILITY

LIKE THIS TO PLAN FOR MARTIAL LAW.

Narrator: MARTIAL LAW IS THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE

TO IMPOSE THE WILL OF THE GOVERNMENT ON THE PEOPLE.

HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN LIMITED TO PERIODS

OF VIOLENT UNREST OR THE AFTERMATH

OF MAJOR DISASTERS.

YET SOME AMERICAN CITIZENS FEAR THAT COULD SOON CHANGE.

Munoz: THE IDEA OF MARTIAL LAW

IN THE UNITED STATES IS TRULY A TERRIFYING PROSPECT.

IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A MANDATORY CURFEW.

YOU WOULD SEE TANKS ROLLING DOWN YOUR STREET.

YOU WOULD SEE WEAPONS.

YOU WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL OF THE MILITARY.

Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS, U.S. PRESIDENTS

HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING

TO INCREASE EXECUTIVE POWERS WITHOUT SEEKING

APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS.

AND THE 2012 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

SANCTIONS THE ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL

OF ANYONE, INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS.

Munoz: UNDER MARTIAL LAW, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

BASICALLY THE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY,

WOULD MEAN NOTHING.

AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, JUST THAT IDEA

IS ENOUGH TO SEND SHIVERS UP THEIR SPINE.

Narrator: EVENTS FROM 2015 DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW MUCH

SOME FEAR THE IMMINENT IMPLEMENTATION

OF DIRECT MILITARY CONTROL IN THE U.S.

THOUSANDS OF U.S. FORCES DEPLOYED TO THE SOUTHERN STATES

IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS JADE HELM.

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THOSE STATES ACTUALLY SAW

THE EXERCISE AS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRECURSOR

TO MARSHALL LAW.

Narrator: OPERATION JADE HELM SEES 1,200 MILITARY PERSONNEL

DEPLOYED ACROSS RURAL AREAS AND SMALL TOWNS.

A MAP OF THE EXERCISE MARKS TEXAS AS HOSTILE.

THIS FUELS PARANOIA THAT WASHINGTON IS USING TROOPS

TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE LONE STAR STATE

AND ITS 1.4 MILLION GUN OWNERS.

Moran: WHAT'S RATHER UNIQUE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES

IS THAT WE REALLY, SINCE THE CIVIL WAR,

HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACTIVE WARFARE ON OUR STREETS.

SO THE SIGHT OF MILITARY HUMVEES

AND MARAUDING TROOPS IS TOO MUCH FOR SOME.

IT GOT SO BAD THAT TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT

ACTUALLY HAD TO DEPLOY THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD

NOT TO WATCH THE EXERCISE OR PARTICIPATE IN IT --

TO ACTUALLY WATCH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT

SHOOT AT THE U.S. FORCES.

Narrator: IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES ABOUT THE STRANGE TOWN

SEEN FROM SPACE, OFFICIALS ISSUE A STATEMENT.

IT WASN'T CREATED SO THAT THE AMERICAN MILITARY COULD

BE WELL PREPARED TO FIGHT OFF THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.

IT WAS CREATED TO FIGHT OFF SOMETHING THAT'S

MUCH MORE SINISTER, BECAUSE IT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

Narrator: THE MILITARY CLAIMS IT'S PREPARING FOR TERRORISTS

INVADING AMERICAN TOWNS AND TAKING OVER THEIR STREETS,

CHURCHES,

AND SCHOOLS.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COULD INFILTRATE THE COUNTRY,

AND WE NEED PERSONNEL PREPARED TO HANDLE EVENTUALITIES

OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SETTINGS LIKE THAT.

SPOOKY, REALLY.

Narrator: COMING UP, WHAT'S HIDDEN

IN THESE WEIRD WOODS?

THE DENSITY OF ENERGY PRODUCED IS ONLY FOUND

IN EXPLODING STARS.

Narrator: AND FRYING BRAINS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE

A MASS EXPERIMENT IN HUMAN MIND CONTROL.

Narrator: AUGUST 27, 2018.

A SATELLITE PASSING ABOVE AN AREA NEAR BUCHAREST, ROMANIA,

SPIES THIS.

Kourounis: THIS IS SO BIZARRE.

THERE'S A WEIRD PATCH OF FOREST,

PERFECTLY CIRCULAR

AND RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE

IS SOME TYPE OF BUILDING COMPLEX,

SOME FACILITY.

Nelson: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS BUFFER OF FOREST

SURROUNDING THESE BUILDINGS

IS EITHER MEANT TO PROTECT THE BUILDING

OR HIDE SOMETHING.

Narrator: EX-CIA OPERATIVE LINDSAY MORAN

TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.

Moran: IT'S VERY ORDERED AND VERY STRUCTURED.

IT HAS A MILITARY FEEL TO IT.

THE FACT THAT IT'S TUCKED AWAY

DEEP WITHIN THE FOREST SUGGESTS SOMETHING SECRET.

[ CROWD SHOUTING ]

Narrator: FOR DECADES, THIS COUNTRY SUFFERED TYRANNY

UNDER THE COMMUNIST DICTATOR NICOLAE CEAUSESCU.

CEAUSESCU WAS ONE OF THE MOST EVIL

AND TERRIFYING AUTOCRATS IN HISTORY.

HE WAS COMPLETELY PARANOID AND WENT TO EXTREME MEASURES

TO ENSURE THAT HE WAS PROTECTED AND SAFE.

Narrator: CEAUSESCU'S PARANOIA

MANIFESTS ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SUCH WAS HIS FEAR OF BEING POISONED THAT ALL HIS MEALS

ARE PREPARED AT A TOP-SECRET POLICE FACILITY

AND COURIERED TO HIM.

UNTIL HIS REMOVAL FROM POWER IN 1989,

HIS SPY NETWORK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EASTERN EUROPE.

Ruben: HE KEPT DETAILED FILES ON EVERYBODY'S POLITICAL OPINIONS.

HE EVEN KEPT SAMPLES FROM EVERY SINGLE TYPEWRITER

IN THE COUNTRY SO THAT HE COULD IDENTIFY

WHO WROTE AN ANONYMOUS LETTER.

Kourounis: THERE'S NO TELLING HOW MANY SECRET FACILITIES

CEAUSESCU WAS INVOLVED IN CREATING.

COULD THIS BE ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES?

Narrator: BUT HISTORICAL IMAGES REVEAL THIS SITE

IS NOT A COMMUNIST RELIC.

THIS SITE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE 21ST CENTURY.

THAT'S LONG AFTER CEAUSESCU AND HIS WIFE

WERE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.

Narrator: ADAM RUBEN SPOTS MORE CLUES IN THE IMAGE.

Ruben: LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS, ONE OF THEM SEEMS TO BE

A BIT MORE REINFORCED THAN THE OTHERS, IT'S THICK,

CLAD IN CONCRETE.

MAYBE IT'S TO PROTECT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE FACILITY

FROM WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN THIS BUILDING.

THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SITE OF A POWERFUL EXPERIMENT.

Narrator: EUROPEAN PHYSICS JOURNALS CONFIRM THE STRUCTURES

ARE HOME TO THE EXTREME LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

SCIENTISTS IN THIS FACILITY ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP THE MOST

POWERFUL LASER IN THE WORLD.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC PROJECT

IN THE REALM OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS.

Narrator: AT THIS SITE, ONLY VISIBLE FROM THE SKIES,

SCIENTISTS USE THE WORLD'S LARGEST TITANIUM

SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL TO BEND LIGHT WAVES,

CONCENTRATING THEM INTO A SINGLE,

FIERCELY POWERFUL LASER BEAM.

Nelson: IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND HOW MUCH ENERGY

IS BEING EMITTED BY THESE LASERS.

THESE ARE AT 10 PETAWATTS -- THAT'S 10 BILLION WATTS.

THAT'S ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO 1/10 OF THE ENERGY

COMING OUT OF THE SUN.

Narrator: 120,000 TONS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE

PROTECT 21,500 SQUARE FEET

OF MACHINE TO PRODUCE A BEAM FINER THAN A HUMAN HAIR.

THESE LASERS ARE SO POWERFUL THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE

A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FACILITY TO HOUSE THEM.

THE DENSITY OF ENERGY PRODUCED

IS ONLY FOUND IN EXPLODING STARS.

IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CREATED THIS.

Narrator: IN 2019, AFTER THREE YEARS OF TESTING,

THE LASER DEVELOPED HERE, THE MOST POWERFUL IN HISTORY,

REACHES OPERATIONAL PHASE.

WE'RE ALL PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEATH STAR

CREATING A BEAM OF ENERGY THAT WILL DESTROY A PLANET.

WELL, THIS ISN'T TOO FAR OFF.

LUCKILY, THIS LASER CAN ONLY BE ACTIVE

FOR FRACTIONS OF A SECOND AT A TIME.

Chamberlain: POWERFUL LASERS CAN BE USED FOR MANY THINGS,

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THE CUTTING EDGE RIGHT NOW

IS THEIR USE IN DESTROYING CANCER.

IN SHORT PULSES, THESE LARGE BURSTS

OF ENERGY CAN OBLITERATE CANCER CELLS.

Narrator: THIS INTENSE LIGHT BURST IS EVEN CAPABLE OF

ALTERING THE STATE OF ATOMS,

RENDERING HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SAFE.

LASERS THIS POWERFUL COULD BE USED IN DISPOSING

OF NUCLEAR WASTE,

BUT ALSO IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE

OF THE UNIVERSE.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO QUANTUM PHYSICS,

THE VACUUM OF SPACE IS MADE UP OF BONDED PAIRS OF MATTER

AND ANTI-MATTER.

SCIENTISTS HERE MAY BE ABLE TO USE THE ENERGY

FROM THIS LASER TO SMASH THE BOND,

MAGICALLY CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.

THE RACE IS ON TO DEVELOP MORE AND MORE

POWERFUL LASERS, SO POWERFUL, THEY COULD RIP APART SPACE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN.

Narrator: COMING UP, COLORADO'S WEIRD GIANT RING.

IT'S MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

Narrator: SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 --

A SATELLITE PASSING OVER

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS CAPTURES SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

Wawro: IT'S IN A REMOTE AREA, AND THE MOST STRIKING THING

IS A BIG CIRCLE,

ALMOST LIKE IT WAS DRAWN WITH A PROTRACTOR.

Pepper: IT'S MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

NO CITIES, NO TOWNS ANYWHERE NEAR IT,

AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

Narrator: LAND RECORDS OFFER THE FIRST CLUE.

THIS GIANT CIRCLE IS ON LAND THAT USED TO BE

LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, SO I IMMEDIATELY

GO TO MILITARY EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS.

Narrator: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE WAS OPERATIONAL

FROM 1938 TO 1966.

STUDYING THE IMAGE, ANALYSTS DETECT

THE REMAINS OF ROADS WITHIN THE CIRCLE.

THEIR UNUSUAL LAYOUT IS FAMILIAR TO TREVOR ALBERTSON.

WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE STREETS INSIDE THIS CIRCLE,

IT REMINDS ME OF THE KIND OF CAMPS THAT WERE BUILT

DURING WORLD WAR II TO TRAIN SOLDIERS

TO, UH, BASICALLY INVADE PLACES IN FRANCE,

THE LOW COUNTRIES, AND EVENTUALLY EVEN GERMANY.

Narrator: IN 1941, THE UNITED STATES

ENTERS WORLD WAR II,

AND PREPARATIONS BEGIN TO SEND TWO MILLION TROOPS

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

[ SHOUTING ]

YET MANY ARE YOUNG ROOKIE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE NEVER

VENTURED OUT OF THEIR STATE,

LET ALONE TO A DISTANT EUROPEAN COUNTRY.

AMERICAN TROOPS, WHO, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO

A RELATIVELY SIMPLE LAYOUT OF A TOWN, MAYBE A GRID STRUCTURE,

WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED TO ENTER INTO A FRENCH VILLAGE

THAT'S JUST A WARREN OF TWISTY LANES AND ALLEYS.

Narrator: TO PREPARE THE SOLDIERS

FOR THE TERRIFYING REALITY OF FOREIGN URBAN WARFARE,

THE U.S. MILITARY CONSTRUCTS A SERIES

OF CARBON COPY EUROPEAN TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS.

THE PATTERN OF ROADS IN THE CIRCLE SEEN FROM SPACE

MIMICS THOSE OF A FRENCH VILLAGE.

Albertson: TRAINING IN ONE OF THESE VILLAGES IS VERY REALISTIC.

YOU DON'T KNOW THE TACTICS THE ENEMY'S GONNA USE.

IT WAS A WAY OF BRINGING EXPERIENCE UP FOR THE TROOPS

WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING REAL COMBAT EXPERIENCE.

Narrator: YET HISTORIC IMAGES REVEAL THE MYSTERY CIRCLE

ISN'T CONNECTED TO THE WORLD WAR II TRAINING CAMP.

Pepper: FLIPPING THROUGH THE IMAGERY,

CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CIRCLE DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN

UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR.

Narrator: JEFF WAWRO HAS ANOTHER THEORY.

Wawro: I'M SEEING THIS CENTRAL CLUSTER

OF BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE.

MAYBE THE CIRCLE IS WHAT REMAINS OF AN OLD FENCE LINE

AROUND A VERY SECURE FACILITY DOING SOMETHING

SORT OF HUSH-HUSH.

Narrator: COLD WAR ERA RECORDS PROVIDE A LEAD.

IN 1958, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THAT LOWRY BASE

WILL HOUSE AMERICA'S FIRST TITAN NUCLEAR MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX.

THE TITAN MISSILE IS THE FIRST RELIABLE

MISSILE SYSTEM THE UNITED STATES POSSESSED.

IT IS A REAL GAME CHANGER.

IT GIVES IT A RELIABLE RESPONSE TO A SOVIET ATTACK.

Narrator: THE CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS IN THE CIRCLE

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LAUNCH SITE,

BUT ANOTHER OF THE BASE'S NUCLEAR DEFENSE SYSTEMS

COULD OFFER A CLUE.

Pavelec: ONE OTHER THING THAT THEY WERE BUILDING

AT LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE WAS THE GWEN SYSTEM --

GROUND WAVE EMERGENCY NETWORK.

Narrator: IN 1983, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN ANNOUNCES A RADICAL

NEW PLAN TO UPGRADE AMERICA'S ATOMIC MISSILE SITES.

THE GWEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS A KEY PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.

Wawro: THERE WAS A GREAT FEAR IN THE U.S. THAT IN THE EVENT

OF A NUCLEAR WAR,

HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS

BETWEEN THE THREE NODES OF THE TRIAD --

THE SUBMARINE FLEET,

THE LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES,

AND THE AIRCRAFT?

[ POWERFUL WHOOSHING NOISE ]

Moran: HIGH ALTITUDE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

CREATE INCREDIBLE POWER SURGES,

WHICH ESSENTIALLY WIPE OUT

ANY UNPROTECTED ELECTRONICS STONE DEAD.

Narrator: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE'S

GWEN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USES LOW FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES,

WHICH ARE IMMUNE TO THE EFFECTS OF A NUCLEAR

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE.

Albertson: GWEN WAS DESIGNED SO THAT IF THE ORDER TO LAUNCH WAS SENT,

IT WOULD GET THERE.

IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE,

THIS IS THE ONE SYSTEM WE KNOW WILL WORK.

Narrator: IN 1985, WORK BEGINS

ON 240 GWEN SITES ACROSS THE U.S.

THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THESE FROM THE EAST COAST

ACROSS TO THE WEST COAST,

AND WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM WAS AT LOWRY.

SO I THINK THIS IS A LIKELY SUSPECT HERE.

Narrator: THE GWEN SYSTEM PROVES TO BE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.

Wawro: GWEN STARTS TO GENERATE A LOT OF PUSHBACK.

PEOPLE THINK THE RADIATION FROM GWEN, THIS LOW-LEVEL,

GROUND-HUGGING RADIATION, WILL BE BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH.

SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THE GWEN TECHNOLOGY

CAN AFFECT HUMAN BRAINWAVES

AND SPECULATE THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE

A MASS EXPERIMENT IN HUMAN MIND CONTROL.

Narrator: YET WHILE THE STRUCTURE IN THE IMAGE

DOES CORRESPOND WITH

SOME ELEMENTS OF THE GWEN PROGRAM,

IT APPEARS TO BE MUCH LARGER THAN KNOWN COLD WAR

COMMUNICATION SITES.

FOR NOW, THE MYSTERY CIRCLE'S ROLE IN THIS BASE'S

EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY REMAINS UNCLEAR.

A LOT SURROUNDING THE LOWRY BASE WAS, AND REMAINS, SECRET.

BUT MAYBE SOMEDAY, WE'LL UNDERSTAND

WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON HERE.