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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,733 --> 00:00:03,367 Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU. 2 00:00:03,467 --> 00:00:06,133 MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES CIRCLE THE EARTH. 3 00:00:07,733 --> 00:00:09,533 EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW 4 00:00:09,633 --> 00:00:12,400 MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA THAT DEFY EXPLANATION. 5 00:00:15,533 --> 00:00:17,067 WHAT LIES BENEATH? 6 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:19,300 MY GOD, IT'S HUGE. 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,967 Narrator: THE HAUNTING SECRET OF ENGLAND'S KILLER CHASM. 8 00:00:23,067 --> 00:00:26,333 THERE ARE UNRECOVERED BODIES 9 00:00:26,433 --> 00:00:28,033 STILL IN THAT CRATER. 10 00:00:29,133 --> 00:00:31,933 Narrator: THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNING LAKE. 11 00:00:32,033 --> 00:00:34,300 THE LAKE COULD IGNITE AT ANY MOMENT. 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,733 THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? 13 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:38,967 Narrator: AND WELCOME TO ZOMBIEVILLE, 14 00:00:39,067 --> 00:00:41,300 WHERE THE UNDEAD GO TO DIE. 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,867 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO 16 00:00:45,967 --> 00:00:48,700 IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES ATTACKING AMERICA. 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,733 Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA. MYSTERIES FROM SPACE. 18 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:55,300 WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY? 19 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:04,267 ** 20 00:01:04,367 --> 00:01:13,233 ** 21 00:01:13,333 --> 00:01:15,700 JANUARY 5, 2020. 22 00:01:17,867 --> 00:01:20,767 MARTIN MORGAN IS IN RURAL ENGLAND INVESTIGATING 23 00:01:20,867 --> 00:01:23,800 A MONSTER MYSTERY REVEALED BY AERIAL IMAGING. 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,367 THIS IMAGE IS REALLY PECULIAR. 25 00:01:27,467 --> 00:01:30,333 IT'S ROLLING HILLS AND FARM COUNTRY, 26 00:01:30,433 --> 00:01:32,767 AND THEN BAM, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PASTURELAND... 27 00:01:34,633 --> 00:01:35,733 A MASSIVE CRATER. 28 00:01:39,067 --> 00:01:41,100 Narrator: ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THE GIANT CHASM 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,100 IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IS 11 FOOTBALL FIELDS WIDE 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,067 AND SINKING AN ESTIMATED 400 FEET DEEP. 31 00:01:48,167 --> 00:01:52,067 WHATEVER CREATED THIS CRATER HAD A TON OF ENERGY TO IT, 32 00:01:52,133 --> 00:01:54,933 I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF MAYBE EVEN 33 00:01:55,067 --> 00:01:56,367 A KILOTON OF STRENGTH. 34 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:05,100 I'M NOT AWARE OF AN ASTEROID IMPACT. 35 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,067 BESIDES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. 36 00:02:07,133 --> 00:02:08,633 MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THIS LOOKS LIKE 37 00:02:08,733 --> 00:02:11,867 A CRATER CAUSED BY MILITARY ACTION. 38 00:02:13,067 --> 00:02:16,133 Narrator: THE CRATER'S SHAPE IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EXPLOSION, 39 00:02:16,233 --> 00:02:19,667 BUT ITS SIZE SUGGESTS A BLAST OF UNPRECEDENTED POWER. 40 00:02:21,733 --> 00:02:23,500 I AM NOT AWARE 41 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,900 OF ANY WEAPON THAT'S NON-NUCLEAR 42 00:02:27,067 --> 00:02:28,733 THAT COULD PRODUCE A CRATER OF THIS SIZE. 43 00:02:31,933 --> 00:02:33,633 Narrator: LED BY THE IMAGE COORDINATES, 44 00:02:33,733 --> 00:02:36,633 MORGAN HEADS EAST INTO THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 45 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:43,067 ** 46 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:51,500 ** 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,667 THIS SLEEPY FARMING BACKDROP MILES FROM ANY CITY 48 00:02:55,767 --> 00:02:58,267 SEEMS AN UNLIKELY SETTING FOR MILITARY ACTION. 49 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:05,467 ** 50 00:03:05,567 --> 00:03:07,267 IT'S NOTHING BUT HEDGEROWS... 51 00:03:09,367 --> 00:03:13,167 AND CATTLE ENCLOSURES AND MUD -- 52 00:03:13,267 --> 00:03:14,667 LOTS AND LOTS OF MUD. 53 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,833 Narrator: THE LAST BATTLE IN THIS REGION 54 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:20,733 WAS FOUGHT WITH CANNON AND MUSKET 55 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:23,867 NEARLY 400 YEARS AGO DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. 56 00:03:31,833 --> 00:03:36,100 ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS THAT GATE THERE, SO... 57 00:03:37,867 --> 00:03:39,100 THERE SHOULD BE A CRATER RIGHT THERE. 58 00:03:41,633 --> 00:03:43,067 A MASSIVE CRATER. 59 00:03:43,133 --> 00:03:44,667 I JUST HAVE TO FIND IT. 60 00:03:49,633 --> 00:03:50,667 Narrator: FROM THE GROUND, 61 00:03:50,767 --> 00:03:53,667 THE HOLE IS CONCEALED BY TREES AND HEDGES. 62 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:57,633 THIS MUST BE IT. 63 00:03:57,733 --> 00:04:06,267 ** 64 00:04:06,367 --> 00:04:08,167 HOLY COW. 65 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:15,633 IT IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE. 66 00:04:21,567 --> 00:04:23,167 Narrator: WHATEVER MADE THIS CHASM, 67 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:27,333 IT APPEARS THE THREAT IS ONGOING. 68 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:32,767 Morgan: EVERY INCH OF THE PERIMETER OF 69 00:04:32,867 --> 00:04:35,200 THIS CRATER IS PROTECTED BY THIS FENCE. 70 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:37,133 THEY REALLY DO NOT WANT YOU IN HERE. 71 00:04:39,367 --> 00:04:43,067 Narrator: AS HE NEARS THE SOUTH RIM, MORGAN DISCOVERS WHY. 72 00:04:44,567 --> 00:04:45,633 WHAT'S THIS SAY? 73 00:04:46,867 --> 00:04:48,233 THIS LAND IS PRIVATE PROPERTY 74 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:50,433 BELONGING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. 75 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:53,167 THE LAND CONTAINS UNEXPLODED BOMBS. 76 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:54,600 WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? 77 00:04:59,233 --> 00:05:01,567 Narrator: MORGAN SEARCHES FOR CLUES TO WHEN 78 00:05:01,667 --> 00:05:03,200 THIS MASSIVE HOLE WAS CREATED. 79 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:09,867 ** 80 00:05:09,967 --> 00:05:11,067 IF THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION HERE, 81 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:13,233 IT WOULD'VE SWEPT ALL THE TREES AWAY. 82 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:17,567 THESE TREES HAVE ALL GROWN UP AFTER THE EVENT TOOK PLACE. 83 00:05:17,667 --> 00:05:18,933 THEY'RE ONLY A FEW DECADES OLD. 84 00:05:19,067 --> 00:05:22,367 I THINK THAT POINTS RIGHT AT THE 1940s. 85 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:30,100 Narrator: BETWEEN 1940 AND 1941, THE GERMANS DROPPED 86 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,200 35,000 TONS OF ORDNANCE ON ENGLAND. 87 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:41,067 ** 88 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:44,067 BUT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST NAZI WEAPONS 89 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:46,167 COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR THIS GIANT CRATER. 90 00:05:47,933 --> 00:05:50,467 THE GERMANS HAD V-2 ROCKET ATTACKS, 91 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:53,133 AND I'VE SEEN V-2 CRATERS BEFORE. 92 00:05:55,133 --> 00:05:57,433 THIS IS BIGGER THAN A THOUSAND V-2s. 93 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:02,067 SO... DID THE GERMANS CREATE THIS? 94 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:03,200 I DON'T THINK SO. 95 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,733 Narrator: EXPLORING THE SURROUNDING AREA, 96 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:09,600 MORGAN SPOTS A SMALLER, ABANDONED STRUCTURE. 97 00:06:13,867 --> 00:06:15,300 OH, YEAH. 98 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,200 THIS THING'S FROM WORLD WAR II. 99 00:06:18,933 --> 00:06:20,400 THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 100 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:22,467 CONCRETE OVER... 101 00:06:22,567 --> 00:06:24,267 BRICK MASONRY. 102 00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:26,567 THAT'S A BIT OF A TELLTALE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE. 103 00:06:30,167 --> 00:06:31,167 IT'S NOT A BUNKER. 104 00:06:31,267 --> 00:06:32,867 IT'S NOT MADE STOUTLY ENOUGH. 105 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:37,900 Narrator: THE STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE AN ACCESS POINT 106 00:06:38,067 --> 00:06:38,967 TO SOMETHING BELOW. 107 00:06:42,533 --> 00:06:44,967 Morgan: THIS MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF AN AIR SHAFT. 108 00:06:48,633 --> 00:06:51,967 MAYBE THERE WAS AN UNDERGROUND COMPLEX BENEATH THIS HILLTOP. 109 00:06:54,333 --> 00:06:55,733 THE SECOND WORLD WAR PROVIDES 110 00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:59,633 COPIOUS EXAMPLES OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. 111 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:01,433 YOU EVEN HAVE UNDERGROUND FACTORIES 112 00:07:01,533 --> 00:07:02,800 DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 113 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,333 Narrator: MORGAN SPOTS ANOTHER POSSIBLE ACCESS POINT 114 00:07:08,433 --> 00:07:09,967 TO THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY 115 00:07:10,067 --> 00:07:13,067 MORE THAN A MILE AWAY ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CRATER. 116 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,600 SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT MIGHT BE CONNECTED. 117 00:07:18,733 --> 00:07:20,267 THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS. 118 00:07:21,467 --> 00:07:25,400 Narrator: THE BRITISH BUILT SMALL UNDERGROUND BUNKERS IN LONDON, 119 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:28,067 BUT THIS IS VAST AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 120 00:07:29,067 --> 00:07:30,800 AND AT ITS HEART, EVIDENCE OF 121 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,700 THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER ON BRITISH SOIL. 122 00:07:36,467 --> 00:07:38,667 Morgan: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE? 123 00:07:42,567 --> 00:07:46,367 Narrator: COMING UP, CONSPIRACIES AND LIES. 124 00:07:46,467 --> 00:07:48,267 THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO KEEP IT SECRET. 125 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:50,467 ABSOLUTELY. 126 00:07:50,567 --> 00:07:52,967 Narrator: AND A 21st CENTURY GHOST TOWN. 127 00:07:54,333 --> 00:07:56,233 SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE, 128 00:07:56,333 --> 00:07:58,367 BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING ON HERE. 129 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,067 Narrator: MARTIN MORGAN IS IN ENGLAND INVESTIGATING 130 00:08:13,167 --> 00:08:15,600 A HUGE CRATER SEEN FROM SPACE 131 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:19,600 THAT MAY BE THE REMAINS OF A GIANT UNDERGROUND BASE. 132 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:24,067 THE WHOLE THING'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MYSTERY TO ME STILL. 133 00:08:24,167 --> 00:08:26,633 THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN EXPLAIN 134 00:08:26,733 --> 00:08:27,933 WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED HERE. 135 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,700 Narrator: UNDER BRITAIN'S SO-CALLED 100 YEAR RULE, 136 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,167 MANY WARTIME DOCUMENTS REMAIN SECRET. 137 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:46,200 EVEN WHEN LEGALLY DECLASSIFIED, 138 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:49,367 THEY OFTEN REMAIN HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC SCRUTINY. 139 00:08:49,467 --> 00:08:50,633 HERE WE GO -- THIS IS IT. 140 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:53,933 JACKPOT. 141 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,867 I'VE JUST FOUND THIS DECLASSIFIED 142 00:09:00,067 --> 00:09:01,500 MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FILE, 143 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,900 AND IT'S TELLING ME THAT THE CRATER SITE WAS CALLED 144 00:09:05,067 --> 00:09:06,767 RAF FAULD. 145 00:09:06,867 --> 00:09:08,800 AND DURING WORLD WAR II, 146 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:10,900 IT WAS A MUNITIONS STORAGE FACILITY. 147 00:09:11,067 --> 00:09:14,267 THEY STORED BOMBS UNDERGROUND AT THAT FACILITY. 148 00:09:16,267 --> 00:09:18,233 Narrator: THE DECLASSIFIED FILE REVEALS THAT 149 00:09:18,333 --> 00:09:21,333 ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944, 150 00:09:21,433 --> 00:09:25,300 RAF FAULD IS VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT BY A MASSIVE EXPLOSION. 151 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:30,167 YET ITS CAUSE REMAINS A MYSTERY. 152 00:09:30,267 --> 00:09:32,800 THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS 153 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:34,700 IN THE AREA OR THAT A BOMB FELL. 154 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,433 THE EXPLOSION 155 00:09:36,533 --> 00:09:38,867 WAS SET OFF BY SOMETHING BELOW GROUND. 156 00:09:39,967 --> 00:09:42,100 Narrator: MORGAN FIGURES HIS BEST HOPE OF FINDING 157 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,500 THE REAL ANSWER IS TO HUNT DOWN SURVIVING WITNESSES. 158 00:09:50,133 --> 00:09:51,133 I'M NOT FROM AROUND HERE, 159 00:09:51,233 --> 00:09:52,800 BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION. 160 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:55,533 Narrator: AND HIS INQUIRIES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TURN UP 161 00:09:55,633 --> 00:09:56,867 ONE POTENTIAL LEAD. 162 00:09:56,967 --> 00:09:58,767 WOMAN CALLED VALERIE. 163 00:09:58,867 --> 00:10:00,067 WAS SHE ALIVE WHEN IT HAPPENED? 164 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:01,200 EH, SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. 165 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:07,900 ** 166 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,800 ** 167 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,933 [ BELL RINGING ] 168 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:18,400 Narrator: VALERIE HARDY GREW UP DURING THE WAR JUST 169 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,133 A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY. 170 00:10:22,533 --> 00:10:24,467 YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION, 171 00:10:24,567 --> 00:10:26,700 WEREN'T YOU? -YES. 172 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,867 -I WAS EIGHT. -DID YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF 173 00:10:28,967 --> 00:10:31,567 WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE THE TUNNELS? 174 00:10:31,667 --> 00:10:34,267 I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE BOMBS STORED 175 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:37,333 UNDER THE HILLS, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA 176 00:10:37,433 --> 00:10:41,433 OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF BOMB STORAGE. 177 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:46,833 Narrator: VALERIE LATER LEARNS THAT BENEATH THE ROLLING HILLS 178 00:10:46,933 --> 00:10:49,500 LIE 180,000 SQUARE FEET 179 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,100 OF TUNNELS PILED HIGH WITH EXPLOSIVES AND 500 MILLION 180 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,167 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. 181 00:10:56,267 --> 00:10:58,067 THE UNDERGROUND COMPOUND HANDLES 182 00:10:58,167 --> 00:11:00,367 20,000 TONS OF BOMBS A MONTH. 183 00:11:02,633 --> 00:11:05,767 IT WAS THE LARGEST MUNITIONS DEPOT 184 00:11:05,867 --> 00:11:08,967 SUPPLYING BOMBER COMMAND 185 00:11:09,067 --> 00:11:10,833 IN THE WHOLE OF THE UK. 186 00:11:12,467 --> 00:11:15,467 Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944, 187 00:11:15,567 --> 00:11:17,367 FARMHANDS WORK IN THE FIELDS, 188 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:20,700 AND COWS GRAZE ON THE HILLS AROUND RAF FAULD. 189 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,400 AT 11:11 A.M., 190 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,933 THIS RURAL PARADISE EXPLODES. 191 00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:33,800 MORGAN LEARNS THAT 4,000 TONS 192 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:36,067 OF MUNITIONS RIPPED THROUGH THE HILLSIDE. 193 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:40,567 FULL-GROWN TREES RAIN DOWN LIKE MATCHSTICKS. 194 00:11:42,767 --> 00:11:44,933 A NEARBY RESERVOIR IS OBLITERATED. 195 00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:51,233 MIRACULOUSLY, VALERIE AND HER FAMILY SURVIVE. 196 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:53,867 WE WERE UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE, ACTUALLY, 197 00:11:53,967 --> 00:11:56,900 FROM WHERE THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. 198 00:11:57,067 --> 00:11:59,533 WE WERE PROTECTED BY A LOW HILL. 199 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:04,567 OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE FARM WOULD HAVE GONE JUST AS 200 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:07,067 THE FARM OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS. 201 00:12:10,167 --> 00:12:11,867 IT IS ALL SO INCREDIBLY VIVID. 202 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:17,167 Narrator: THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES ARE QUICK 203 00:12:17,267 --> 00:12:19,367 TO SUPPRESS REPORTS OF THE EXPLOSION. 204 00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:23,733 THE LARGEST PRE-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION 205 00:12:23,833 --> 00:12:24,833 OF ALL TIME. 206 00:12:27,333 --> 00:12:30,400 YET DID ANYONE KNOW ABOUT IT? NO. 207 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,700 THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO KEEP IT SECRET. 208 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:33,933 ABSOLUTELY. 209 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:38,367 Narrator: FOLLOWING THE BLAST, STORIES CIRCULATE THAT 210 00:12:38,467 --> 00:12:40,100 ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR 211 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,067 WHO WORKED AT FAULD WERE RESPONSIBLE. 212 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:48,600 THERE WERE RUMORS OF SABOTAGE THAT 213 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:51,333 WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PROVED TO BE TOTALLY WRONG. 214 00:12:51,433 --> 00:12:55,600 THERE WERE RUMORS THAT IT HAD BEEN A VERY EARLY NUCLEAR BOMB. 215 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,433 OFFICIAL FINDINGS WERE NOT RELEASED UNTIL 30 YEARS LATER. 216 00:13:02,667 --> 00:13:04,467 Narrator: THE OFFICIAL REPORT DESCRIBES 217 00:13:04,567 --> 00:13:06,367 THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE BLAST. 218 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:12,333 BRITAIN'S LANCASTER BOMBER CREWS AND AMERICAN B-17s 219 00:13:12,433 --> 00:13:14,467 ARE ATTACKING GERMANY AROUND THE CLOCK. 220 00:13:14,567 --> 00:13:16,333 Announcer: THE AMERICANS APPROACHING THE CITY, 221 00:13:16,433 --> 00:13:19,067 STILL BURNING FROM THE RAF'S NIGHT ATTACK. 222 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:23,267 Narrator: A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES IS VITAL. 223 00:13:26,233 --> 00:13:29,833 EVERYONE WAS WORKING UNDER QUITE EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURE. 224 00:13:29,933 --> 00:13:31,200 Morgan: THEY'RE GOING TO CUT CORNERS. 225 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:32,633 MISTAKES ARE GOING TO BE MADE. 226 00:13:32,733 --> 00:13:34,767 AND MISTAKES, THEY'RE MADE. 227 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:39,567 Narrator: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT CLAIMS THE BLAST WAS CAUSED 228 00:13:39,667 --> 00:13:40,800 BY A WORKER WHO, 229 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:44,100 USING A BRASS CHISEL, ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A DETONATOR 230 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,200 FROM A LIVE BOMB. 231 00:13:48,767 --> 00:13:50,267 THE RESULTANT SPARK TRIGGERS 232 00:13:50,367 --> 00:13:53,200 THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION IN HISTORY. 233 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,300 BUT THE RAF REPORT IS INCONCLUSIVE. 234 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,067 ALL THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY SAY WAS, 235 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:08,333 IN ALL PROBABILITY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, 236 00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:11,267 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WOULD HAVE 237 00:14:11,367 --> 00:14:14,867 KNOWN HAD BEEN LOST IN THE EXPLOSION. 238 00:14:16,367 --> 00:14:17,467 Morgan: HOW MANY LIVES WERE LOST? 239 00:14:18,633 --> 00:14:20,200 SEVENTY. 240 00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:27,733 AND THERE ARE 18 UNRECOVERED BODIES 241 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:30,633 AND A LOT OF UNEXPLODED BOMBS 242 00:14:30,733 --> 00:14:32,367 STILL IN THAT CRATER. 243 00:14:33,933 --> 00:14:36,933 Narrator: THIS VAST CRATER SEEN FROM THE SKIES 244 00:14:37,067 --> 00:14:40,367 IS AN UNOFFICIAL MONUMENT TO THOSE WHO PERISHED AT FAULD. 245 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,633 THE TRUTH DIES WITH THEM, 246 00:14:44,733 --> 00:14:47,533 NOVEMBER 27, 1944. 247 00:14:49,833 --> 00:14:54,133 THEY WERE EVERY BIT CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR II 248 00:14:54,233 --> 00:14:55,767 AS THE FRONT LINE TROOPS WERE. 249 00:14:57,433 --> 00:15:01,467 IT'S SO BIZARRE THAT THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION 250 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:05,067 ON BRITISH SOIL IS SOMETHING THAT IS LARGELY FORGOTTEN. 251 00:15:11,767 --> 00:15:14,867 Narrator: COMING UP, HELL AND HIGH WATER. 252 00:15:14,967 --> 00:15:19,800 THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THIS LAKE CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST. 253 00:15:20,967 --> 00:15:23,767 Narrator: AND MARTIAL LAW IN AMERICA. 254 00:15:23,867 --> 00:15:26,700 YOU WOULD SEE TANKS ROLLING DOWN YOUR STREET. 255 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,567 YOU WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL OF THE MILITARY. 256 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:40,933 Narrator: NOVEMBER 11, 2018 -- 257 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,267 THE WorldView-2 SATELLITE ORBITS OVER 258 00:15:44,367 --> 00:15:46,233 THE INDIAN CITY OF BANGALORE. 259 00:15:48,067 --> 00:15:50,067 THERE IS A LAKE BELOW, 260 00:15:50,133 --> 00:15:52,933 BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL LAKE. 261 00:15:53,067 --> 00:15:54,200 Ruben: THE COLORS ARE WEIRD. 262 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:58,967 THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT GREENS AND PATCHES OF WHITE. 263 00:15:59,067 --> 00:16:00,767 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TROUBLING, 264 00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:02,400 ALL OF THE WHITE THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE. 265 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,400 THAT IS THE AREA I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM. 266 00:16:06,167 --> 00:16:08,500 Narrator: BUT, AS REVEALED USING MAXAR'S 267 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,067 SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY, 268 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:14,233 WHAT'S MORE TROUBLING IS HOW THE LAKE BEHAVES OVER TIME. 269 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:19,500 I'M LOOKING AT IMAGES GOING FROM 2019 BACK TO 2016. 270 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,700 THE GREEN SEEMS TO MOVE AROUND THE LAKE, AS DO THESE AREAS 271 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,167 THAT LOOK WHITE AND FLOATING ON TOP OF THE LAKE, 272 00:16:26,267 --> 00:16:29,200 SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER IS GOING ON INSIDE OF THIS LAKE 273 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:30,733 SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. 274 00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:36,533 Narrator: LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS REVEAL THAT 275 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:38,833 THESE WATERS DON'T JUST LOOK WEIRD, 276 00:16:38,933 --> 00:16:40,767 THEY SEEM TO DEFY PHYSICS. 277 00:16:42,067 --> 00:16:44,267 THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS THAT THIS LAKE 278 00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:47,167 CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST. 279 00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:50,233 HOW DOES WATER GET ON FIRE? 280 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:52,067 THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? 281 00:16:52,133 --> 00:16:54,333 [ INDISTINCT TALKING ] 282 00:16:54,433 --> 00:16:57,600 Narrator: THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTAGE ALSO PROVIDES A TROUBLING CLUE 283 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,367 TO THE ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BLOTCHES 284 00:16:59,467 --> 00:17:00,667 IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE. 285 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,500 REPORTS ALSO SAY THAT FOAM SPEWS OUT OF THE LAKE -- 286 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,500 BIG, THICK FOAM THAT GOES HIGHER AND HIGHER, 287 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,867 10 FEET HIGH, UP TO PEOPLE'S WINDOWS. 288 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:16,300 Narrator: WHAT'S MORE, THIS CREEPING, EXPANDING FOAM 289 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,900 IS TOXIC AND DEADLY. 290 00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:21,933 Chamberlain: THE SMELL IS UNBEARABLE. 291 00:17:22,067 --> 00:17:25,333 SKIN RASHES, IT LEADS TO RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. 292 00:17:25,433 --> 00:17:27,800 IT PEELS PAINT OFF OF CARS. 293 00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:29,500 IT CRACKS WINDSHIELDS. 294 00:17:32,267 --> 00:17:36,067 THIS WHITE FOAM IS A CLEAR SIGN OF POLLUTION. 295 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:38,600 BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT'S HAPPENING? 296 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,267 WHAT'S BEING PUT INTO THIS LAKE 297 00:17:40,367 --> 00:17:42,067 THAT THE OUTPUT IS SO DEADLY? 298 00:17:43,533 --> 00:17:45,567 Narrator: TESTS ON THE FOAM CONFIRM THAT 299 00:17:45,667 --> 00:17:48,367 IT CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT. 300 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,100 STUDIES ALSO FIND THAT RESIDENTS DUMP 301 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,067 THEIR DETERGENT-LACED WASTEWATER STRAIGHT INTO THE LAKE, 302 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:03,800 TURNING IT INTO A KIND OF GIANT, FROTHY TOXIC 303 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:05,400 WASHING MACHINE. 304 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:07,800 PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE SUBJECTED TO 305 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,967 THESE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF POLLUTION EVERY DAY. 306 00:18:11,067 --> 00:18:13,900 THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH A TOXIC SOUP. 307 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,900 Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS, BANGALORE HAS BECOME 308 00:18:19,067 --> 00:18:20,867 A TECHNOLOGICAL POWERHOUSE 309 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:24,867 AND IS NOW HOME TO OVER 65,000 I.T. COMPANIES. 310 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:30,467 FOR INDIA'S ECONOMY, BANGALORE IS A SUCCESS STORY. 311 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:31,700 IT IS BOOMING. 312 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,533 IT'S CALLED INDIA'S SILICON VALLEY. 313 00:18:34,633 --> 00:18:37,967 Spicer Rice: BUT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF E-WASTE, 314 00:18:38,067 --> 00:18:41,067 WHICH HAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TOXINS. 315 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,467 Narrator: THE CITY PRODUCES AROUND 92,000 TONS OF E-WASTE PER YEAR, 316 00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:51,967 AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING BEING DUMPED INTO THESE WATERS. 317 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:56,367 WHAT WE FIND IS THAT ALMOST HALF OF 318 00:18:56,467 --> 00:18:59,633 THE CITY'S RAW SEWAGE GOES INTO THE LAKE UNTREATED. 319 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,700 Narrator: OVER 150 MILLION GALLONS OF UNTREATED SEWAGE 320 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,067 GET FLUSHED INTO BANGALORE'S LAKES EVERY DAY. 321 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:14,600 THIS IS A TOXIC COCKTAIL OF A MISMANAGED SEWAGE SYSTEM 322 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:18,100 COMBINED WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING OF CHEMICAL WASTE. 323 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,400 Nelson: BECAUSE OF ALL THIS DUMPING, INVASIVE PLANTS 324 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,267 ARE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SURVIVE THERE, 325 00:19:26,367 --> 00:19:29,367 AND THE LAKE GETS OVERGROWN BY PLANTS AND ALGAE. 326 00:19:30,867 --> 00:19:33,200 Narrator: THE INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS COVER THE LAKE 327 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,067 IN CLUMPS THICK ENOUGH TO WALK ON, 328 00:19:36,167 --> 00:19:39,400 CREATING THE MOVING GREEN PATTERNS SEEN FROM SPACE. 329 00:19:41,633 --> 00:19:45,367 AND UNDERWATER, A TIME BOMB IS TICKING. 330 00:19:46,567 --> 00:19:50,067 LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FILTH PARFAIT CREATED IN THE LAKE. 331 00:19:50,167 --> 00:19:54,733 OKAY, YOU HAVE A LAYER OF SEWAGE, A LAYER OF CHEMICALS, 332 00:19:54,833 --> 00:19:57,200 A LAYER OF THESE INVASIVE WEEDS. 333 00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:58,967 THERE'S NO OXYGEN. 334 00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:03,533 THESE MICROBES THAT LIVE HERE PRODUCE METHANE -- 335 00:20:03,633 --> 00:20:06,000 EXPLOSIVE, FLAMMABLE METHANE. 336 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,467 Narrator: LOCALS REGULARLY DUMP GARBAGE 337 00:20:11,567 --> 00:20:13,767 ON THE LAKE'S SHORE AND SET FIRE TO IT. 338 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,167 THE METHANE, WHICH IS NOW ON THE SURFACE, 339 00:20:18,267 --> 00:20:20,700 CAN IGNITE -- IF THAT GOES UP, 340 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,100 IT CAN LIGHT ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL WASTE 341 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,967 AND TRASH THAT'S SITTING ON THE WATER. 342 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:28,767 THE RESULT IS A FLAMMABLE LAKE 343 00:20:28,867 --> 00:20:30,333 THAT COULD IGNITE AT ANY MOMENT. 344 00:20:31,633 --> 00:20:33,933 Narrator: THE TOXIC LAKE HAS ERUPTED IN FLAMES 345 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,867 AT LEAST 15 TIMES IN RECENT YEARS. 346 00:20:36,967 --> 00:20:40,200 Nelson: THE LAST FIRE TOOK THEM MORE THAN A DAY TO PUT OUT, 347 00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:43,167 AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN THE SMOKE COMING OFF THE LAKE? 348 00:20:43,267 --> 00:20:45,933 BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD. 349 00:20:50,467 --> 00:20:52,600 Spicer Rice: THE LEVEL OF TOXINS IN BANGALORE 350 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:54,833 ARE INCREASING SO MUCH 351 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:57,833 THAT THEY'RE PREDICTING THAT THE WHOLE CITY WILL BE 352 00:20:57,933 --> 00:21:00,867 UNLIVABLE BY 2025 -- THAT'S SHOCKING. 353 00:21:03,233 --> 00:21:05,233 THE CITIZENS OF BANGALORE NEED A SOLUTION, 354 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:06,467 AND THEY NEED IT SOON. 355 00:21:09,633 --> 00:21:12,967 Narrator: FEW HERE HAVE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS, 356 00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:14,733 BUT THERE IS HOPE. 357 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:17,733 Ruben: NASA MAY HAVE A SOLUTION. 358 00:21:17,833 --> 00:21:20,933 IT'S WATER THAT THEY CALL SUPERCRITICAL. 359 00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:26,333 Narrator: WATER BECOMES SUPERCRITICAL WHEN IT'S COMPRESSED 360 00:21:26,433 --> 00:21:28,967 AT OVER 200 TIMES NORMAL AIR PRESSURE 361 00:21:29,067 --> 00:21:32,767 AND HEATED ABOVE 703.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 362 00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:36,267 IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S NEITHER LIQUID 363 00:21:36,367 --> 00:21:37,667 NOR SOLID NOR GAS. 364 00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:41,333 IT'S MORE OF A LIQUID-LIKE GAS. 365 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,400 Spicer Rice: SUPERCRITICAL WATER HAS UNIQUE PROPERTIES 366 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,100 SO THAT WHEN IT'S MIXED WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS, 367 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,800 IT BURNS BUT WITHOUT FLAMES. 368 00:21:55,067 --> 00:21:57,233 Narrator: AND RATHER THAN TOXIC FUMES, 369 00:21:57,333 --> 00:22:01,067 THE BURNING MOSTLY PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER. 370 00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:04,700 THIS COULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION FOR GETTING RID OF GARBAGE 371 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,567 BY BURNING IT WITHOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 372 00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:08,967 THAT COMES FROM BURNING. 373 00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:14,267 Spicer Rice: NASA ARE DEVELOPING THIS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP 374 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:18,367 GET RID OF WASTE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 375 00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:27,467 SO THIS BURNING WATER MIGHT GET RID OF 376 00:22:27,567 --> 00:22:30,600 THE PROBLEM OF BURNING WATER IN BANGALORE. 377 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:33,067 I MEAN, IT'S A NEAT SOLUTION, 378 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:34,667 EVEN IF IT DOES BOGGLE THE MIND. 379 00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:43,700 Narrator: COMING UP, ZOMBIE TOWN. 380 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,733 WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS IS THAT 381 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:49,267 IT LOOKS LIKE ANYWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA. 382 00:22:50,567 --> 00:22:53,100 Narrator: AND WEIRD SCIENCE IN THE WOODS. 383 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,767 IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CREATED THIS. 384 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:08,067 Narrator: AUGUST 29, 2018. 385 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:11,633 EYES IN THE SKY SCAN A WOODED AREA OF VIRGINIA. 386 00:23:11,733 --> 00:23:15,067 IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL VIRGINIA FOREST, 387 00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:19,067 THERE IS A SEEMINGLY PERFECT LITTLE TOWN. 388 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:21,633 THERE'S A TRACK AND FIELD, 389 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:26,067 A SOCCER FIELD, SCHOOLS, A CHURCH. 390 00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:28,767 Narrator: BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL TOWN. 391 00:23:29,933 --> 00:23:31,833 SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE, 392 00:23:31,933 --> 00:23:34,567 BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING ON HERE. 393 00:23:34,667 --> 00:23:36,633 Munoz: THERE ARE NO CARS ON THE ROAD. 394 00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:39,100 THERE'S NOBODY WALKING ON THE SIDEWALKS. 395 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,633 THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYONE WHO'S LIVING HERE 396 00:23:41,733 --> 00:23:44,067 IN A PLACE THAT LOOKS PERFECTLY INHABITABLE. 397 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:50,400 Narrator: IMAGE ANALYSTS SCAN THE WIDER AREA FOR CLUES. 398 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,933 AS I STARTED TO LOOK EVEN FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT HERE, 399 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:58,667 THERE'S BUILDINGS THAT ARE KIND OF SHAPED LIKE Hes, 400 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:01,833 WHICH I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN BEFORE IN MILITARY BARRACKS. 401 00:24:03,167 --> 00:24:06,867 Narrator: MILITARY EXPERT MARTIN MORGAN HAS A THEORY. 402 00:24:06,967 --> 00:24:08,867 WE MIGHT BE DEALING WITH A MOUT SITE, 403 00:24:08,967 --> 00:24:11,867 THAT STANDS FOR M-O-U-T, MILITARY OPERATIONS 404 00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:14,833 IN URBAN TERRAIN, CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING 405 00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:18,267 PERSONNEL FOR OPERATIONS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. 406 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,433 Narrator: YET SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TRAINING FACILITY 407 00:24:22,533 --> 00:24:24,200 TROUBLES ANALYSTS. 408 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,433 TYPICALLY, THOSE MOCKUP TOWNS 409 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:30,100 ARE MADE TO LOOK LIKE A VILLAGE 410 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,067 IN SAY AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ. 411 00:24:33,133 --> 00:24:37,100 WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE 412 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,900 A TOWN THAT YOU WOULD SEE ANYWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA. 413 00:24:41,067 --> 00:24:44,267 Agrios: IN WHAT SCENARIO IS THE AMERICAN MILITARY 414 00:24:44,367 --> 00:24:49,633 PREPARING TO DEPLOY IN AMERICAN TOWN? 415 00:24:49,733 --> 00:24:54,233 Narrator: ANALYSTS UNCOVER A BIZARRE LEAD IN U.S. MILITARY FILES. 416 00:24:54,333 --> 00:24:56,933 IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 417 00:24:57,067 --> 00:25:00,333 ACTUALLY HAS PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO 418 00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:03,200 IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES ATTACKING AMERICA. 419 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,867 [ GROWLING NOISES ] 420 00:25:05,967 --> 00:25:10,800 Narrator: THE TRAINING MANUAL, CODE-NAMED CONOP 8888, DETAILS 421 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,133 HOW SOLDIERS SHOULD FIGHT THE UNDEAD TO THE DEATH. 422 00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:18,733 THE DOCUMENT EVEN LISTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZOMBIES 423 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:21,167 TO INCLUDE PATHOGENIC ZOMBIES 424 00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:24,100 THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY A VIRUS 425 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,467 TO RADIOACTIVE ZOMBIES. 426 00:25:28,233 --> 00:25:31,267 Narrator: AROUND 15 PERCENT OF AMERICANS HAVE 427 00:25:31,367 --> 00:25:34,367 A SURVIVAL PLAN READY SHOULD REVENANTS EVER ROVE 428 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:37,200 OUR TOWNS, HUNTING FOR HUMAN FLESH. 429 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:40,833 AND IT APPEARS THE U.S. MILITARY DOES, TOO. 430 00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:43,933 Moran: THE PLANS ARE INCREDIBLY DETAILED. 431 00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:47,633 THE WAY TO KILL A ZOMBIE IS TO CONCENTRATE ALL FIREPOWER 432 00:25:47,733 --> 00:25:49,133 AT THE HEAD, 433 00:25:49,233 --> 00:25:51,267 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BURN THE CORPSE 434 00:25:51,367 --> 00:25:53,833 FOR RISK OF THE ZOMBIE COMING BACK TO LIFE. 435 00:25:55,233 --> 00:25:57,467 IT ALSO INCLUDES DEFENSIVE MEASURES 436 00:25:57,567 --> 00:26:00,067 TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS. 437 00:26:01,567 --> 00:26:04,133 Narrator: MILITARY JOURNALIST CARLO MUNOZ CONSIDERS 438 00:26:04,233 --> 00:26:06,133 IF THE CARBON COPY TOWN 439 00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:09,100 IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING AMERICANS FEAR 440 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,933 EVEN MORE THAN ZOMBIES. 441 00:26:12,067 --> 00:26:14,367 IT'S NOT INCONCEIVABLE 442 00:26:14,467 --> 00:26:16,633 THAT THE U.S. MILITARY WOULD BUILD A FACILITY 443 00:26:16,733 --> 00:26:19,567 LIKE THIS TO PLAN FOR MARTIAL LAW. 444 00:26:21,633 --> 00:26:24,233 Narrator: MARTIAL LAW IS THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE 445 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:26,733 TO IMPOSE THE WILL OF THE GOVERNMENT ON THE PEOPLE. 446 00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:31,567 HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN LIMITED TO PERIODS 447 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:34,067 OF VIOLENT UNREST OR THE AFTERMATH 448 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:35,533 OF MAJOR DISASTERS. 449 00:26:38,533 --> 00:26:42,733 YET SOME AMERICAN CITIZENS FEAR THAT COULD SOON CHANGE. 450 00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:43,933 Munoz: THE IDEA OF MARTIAL LAW 451 00:26:44,067 --> 00:26:46,867 IN THE UNITED STATES IS TRULY A TERRIFYING PROSPECT. 452 00:26:46,967 --> 00:26:51,833 IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A MANDATORY CURFEW. 453 00:26:51,933 --> 00:26:55,133 YOU WOULD SEE TANKS ROLLING DOWN YOUR STREET. 454 00:26:55,233 --> 00:26:56,867 YOU WOULD SEE WEAPONS. 455 00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:59,867 YOU WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL OF THE MILITARY. 456 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:04,133 Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS, U.S. PRESIDENTS 457 00:27:04,233 --> 00:27:05,600 HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING 458 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:08,300 TO INCREASE EXECUTIVE POWERS WITHOUT SEEKING 459 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,700 APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS. 460 00:27:12,233 --> 00:27:15,533 AND THE 2012 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 461 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:18,500 SANCTIONS THE ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL 462 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,300 OF ANYONE, INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS. 463 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:26,600 Munoz: UNDER MARTIAL LAW, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION 464 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:29,333 BASICALLY THE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 465 00:27:29,433 --> 00:27:30,633 WOULD MEAN NOTHING. 466 00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:35,667 AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, JUST THAT IDEA 467 00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:38,367 IS ENOUGH TO SEND SHIVERS UP THEIR SPINE. 468 00:27:41,067 --> 00:27:44,767 Narrator: EVENTS FROM 2015 DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW MUCH 469 00:27:44,867 --> 00:27:47,100 SOME FEAR THE IMMINENT IMPLEMENTATION 470 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,633 OF DIRECT MILITARY CONTROL IN THE U.S. 471 00:27:50,633 --> 00:27:53,633 THOUSANDS OF U.S. FORCES DEPLOYED TO THE SOUTHERN STATES 472 00:27:53,733 --> 00:27:56,367 IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS JADE HELM. 473 00:27:58,067 --> 00:28:00,900 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THOSE STATES ACTUALLY SAW 474 00:28:01,067 --> 00:28:04,300 THE EXERCISE AS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRECURSOR 475 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,400 TO MARSHALL LAW. 476 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:10,300 Narrator: OPERATION JADE HELM SEES 1,200 MILITARY PERSONNEL 477 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,367 DEPLOYED ACROSS RURAL AREAS AND SMALL TOWNS. 478 00:28:14,467 --> 00:28:18,133 A MAP OF THE EXERCISE MARKS TEXAS AS HOSTILE. 479 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,433 THIS FUELS PARANOIA THAT WASHINGTON IS USING TROOPS 480 00:28:22,533 --> 00:28:24,467 TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE LONE STAR STATE 481 00:28:24,567 --> 00:28:27,733 AND ITS 1.4 MILLION GUN OWNERS. 482 00:28:27,833 --> 00:28:30,333 Moran: WHAT'S RATHER UNIQUE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES 483 00:28:30,433 --> 00:28:33,600 IS THAT WE REALLY, SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, 484 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:38,200 HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACTIVE WARFARE ON OUR STREETS. 485 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:41,600 SO THE SIGHT OF MILITARY HUMVEES 486 00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:45,533 AND MARAUDING TROOPS IS TOO MUCH FOR SOME. 487 00:28:45,633 --> 00:28:48,967 IT GOT SO BAD THAT TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT 488 00:28:49,067 --> 00:28:51,967 ACTUALLY HAD TO DEPLOY THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD 489 00:28:52,067 --> 00:28:55,567 NOT TO WATCH THE EXERCISE OR PARTICIPATE IN IT -- 490 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:58,933 TO ACTUALLY WATCH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT 491 00:28:59,067 --> 00:29:00,567 SHOOT AT THE U.S. FORCES. 492 00:29:01,967 --> 00:29:04,667 Narrator: IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES ABOUT THE STRANGE TOWN 493 00:29:04,767 --> 00:29:08,067 SEEN FROM SPACE, OFFICIALS ISSUE A STATEMENT. 494 00:29:10,167 --> 00:29:13,067 IT WASN'T CREATED SO THAT THE AMERICAN MILITARY COULD 495 00:29:13,167 --> 00:29:16,500 BE WELL PREPARED TO FIGHT OFF THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. 496 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,200 IT WAS CREATED TO FIGHT OFF SOMETHING THAT'S 497 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,400 MUCH MORE SINISTER, BECAUSE IT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 498 00:29:22,467 --> 00:29:25,333 Narrator: THE MILITARY CLAIMS IT'S PREPARING FOR TERRORISTS 499 00:29:25,433 --> 00:29:29,067 INVADING AMERICAN TOWNS AND TAKING OVER THEIR STREETS, 500 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:30,733 CHURCHES, 501 00:29:30,833 --> 00:29:32,667 AND SCHOOLS. 502 00:29:32,767 --> 00:29:36,900 IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 503 00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:38,567 COULD INFILTRATE THE COUNTRY, 504 00:29:38,667 --> 00:29:42,300 AND WE NEED PERSONNEL PREPARED TO HANDLE EVENTUALITIES 505 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,700 OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SETTINGS LIKE THAT. 506 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,267 SPOOKY, REALLY. 507 00:29:50,867 --> 00:29:52,433 Narrator: COMING UP, WHAT'S HIDDEN 508 00:29:52,533 --> 00:29:54,767 IN THESE WEIRD WOODS? 509 00:29:54,867 --> 00:29:57,300 THE DENSITY OF ENERGY PRODUCED IS ONLY FOUND 510 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,833 IN EXPLODING STARS. 511 00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:03,033 Narrator: AND FRYING BRAINS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 512 00:30:03,133 --> 00:30:04,500 THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 513 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,733 A MASS EXPERIMENT IN HUMAN MIND CONTROL. 514 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,233 Narrator: AUGUST 27, 2018. 515 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:25,233 A SATELLITE PASSING ABOVE AN AREA NEAR BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, 516 00:30:25,333 --> 00:30:26,433 SPIES THIS. 517 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,200 Kourounis: THIS IS SO BIZARRE. 518 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:34,367 THERE'S A WEIRD PATCH OF FOREST, 519 00:30:34,467 --> 00:30:36,233 PERFECTLY CIRCULAR 520 00:30:36,333 --> 00:30:38,033 AND RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE 521 00:30:38,133 --> 00:30:41,900 IS SOME TYPE OF BUILDING COMPLEX, 522 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,300 SOME FACILITY. 523 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,767 Nelson: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS BUFFER OF FOREST 524 00:30:46,867 --> 00:30:48,267 SURROUNDING THESE BUILDINGS 525 00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:50,667 IS EITHER MEANT TO PROTECT THE BUILDING 526 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:52,000 OR HIDE SOMETHING. 527 00:30:55,233 --> 00:30:57,567 Narrator: EX-CIA OPERATIVE LINDSAY MORAN 528 00:30:57,667 --> 00:30:59,200 TAKES A CLOSER LOOK. 529 00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:02,967 Moran: IT'S VERY ORDERED AND VERY STRUCTURED. 530 00:31:03,067 --> 00:31:05,133 IT HAS A MILITARY FEEL TO IT. 531 00:31:05,233 --> 00:31:06,933 THE FACT THAT IT'S TUCKED AWAY 532 00:31:07,067 --> 00:31:09,633 DEEP WITHIN THE FOREST SUGGESTS SOMETHING SECRET. 533 00:31:09,733 --> 00:31:12,533 [ CROWD SHOUTING ] 534 00:31:12,633 --> 00:31:15,167 Narrator: FOR DECADES, THIS COUNTRY SUFFERED TYRANNY 535 00:31:15,267 --> 00:31:18,167 UNDER THE COMMUNIST DICTATOR NICOLAE CEAUSESCU. 536 00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:22,567 CEAUSESCU WAS ONE OF THE MOST EVIL 537 00:31:22,667 --> 00:31:26,100 AND TERRIFYING AUTOCRATS IN HISTORY. 538 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,500 HE WAS COMPLETELY PARANOID AND WENT TO EXTREME MEASURES 539 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,067 TO ENSURE THAT HE WAS PROTECTED AND SAFE. 540 00:31:35,267 --> 00:31:37,167 Narrator: CEAUSESCU'S PARANOIA 541 00:31:37,267 --> 00:31:40,533 MANIFESTS ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 542 00:31:40,633 --> 00:31:44,067 SUCH WAS HIS FEAR OF BEING POISONED THAT ALL HIS MEALS 543 00:31:44,167 --> 00:31:46,633 ARE PREPARED AT A TOP-SECRET POLICE FACILITY 544 00:31:46,733 --> 00:31:48,067 AND COURIERED TO HIM. 545 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,667 UNTIL HIS REMOVAL FROM POWER IN 1989, 546 00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:56,100 HIS SPY NETWORK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EASTERN EUROPE. 547 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,733 Ruben: HE KEPT DETAILED FILES ON EVERYBODY'S POLITICAL OPINIONS. 548 00:31:59,833 --> 00:32:03,133 HE EVEN KEPT SAMPLES FROM EVERY SINGLE TYPEWRITER 549 00:32:03,233 --> 00:32:05,567 IN THE COUNTRY SO THAT HE COULD IDENTIFY 550 00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,267 WHO WROTE AN ANONYMOUS LETTER. 551 00:32:08,733 --> 00:32:11,433 Kourounis: THERE'S NO TELLING HOW MANY SECRET FACILITIES 552 00:32:11,533 --> 00:32:13,700 CEAUSESCU WAS INVOLVED IN CREATING. 553 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,900 COULD THIS BE ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES? 554 00:32:17,067 --> 00:32:19,267 Narrator: BUT HISTORICAL IMAGES REVEAL THIS SITE 555 00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:21,367 IS NOT A COMMUNIST RELIC. 556 00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:26,267 THIS SITE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE 21ST CENTURY. 557 00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:28,600 THAT'S LONG AFTER CEAUSESCU AND HIS WIFE 558 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:30,100 WERE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD. 559 00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:34,633 Narrator: ADAM RUBEN SPOTS MORE CLUES IN THE IMAGE. 560 00:32:35,767 --> 00:32:37,733 Ruben: LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS, ONE OF THEM SEEMS TO BE 561 00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:41,267 A BIT MORE REINFORCED THAN THE OTHERS, IT'S THICK, 562 00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:43,067 CLAD IN CONCRETE. 563 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:46,067 MAYBE IT'S TO PROTECT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE FACILITY 564 00:32:46,167 --> 00:32:48,567 FROM WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN THIS BUILDING. 565 00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:51,833 THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SITE OF A POWERFUL EXPERIMENT. 566 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:57,600 Narrator: EUROPEAN PHYSICS JOURNALS CONFIRM THE STRUCTURES 567 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:01,067 ARE HOME TO THE EXTREME LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. 568 00:33:02,467 --> 00:33:04,733 SCIENTISTS IN THIS FACILITY ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP THE MOST 569 00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:06,433 POWERFUL LASER IN THE WORLD. 570 00:33:06,533 --> 00:33:10,233 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC PROJECT 571 00:33:10,333 --> 00:33:12,733 IN THE REALM OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS. 572 00:33:14,533 --> 00:33:17,933 Narrator: AT THIS SITE, ONLY VISIBLE FROM THE SKIES, 573 00:33:18,067 --> 00:33:20,467 SCIENTISTS USE THE WORLD'S LARGEST TITANIUM 574 00:33:20,567 --> 00:33:23,300 SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL TO BEND LIGHT WAVES, 575 00:33:24,767 --> 00:33:26,167 CONCENTRATING THEM INTO A SINGLE, 576 00:33:26,267 --> 00:33:28,067 FIERCELY POWERFUL LASER BEAM. 577 00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:32,267 Nelson: IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND HOW MUCH ENERGY 578 00:33:32,367 --> 00:33:34,633 IS BEING EMITTED BY THESE LASERS. 579 00:33:34,733 --> 00:33:38,833 THESE ARE AT 10 PETAWATTS -- THAT'S 10 BILLION WATTS. 580 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:42,067 THAT'S ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO 1/10 OF THE ENERGY 581 00:33:42,167 --> 00:33:43,200 COMING OUT OF THE SUN. 582 00:33:45,067 --> 00:33:48,600 Narrator: 120,000 TONS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE 583 00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:51,967 PROTECT 21,500 SQUARE FEET 584 00:33:52,067 --> 00:33:56,233 OF MACHINE TO PRODUCE A BEAM FINER THAN A HUMAN HAIR. 585 00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:00,467 THESE LASERS ARE SO POWERFUL THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 586 00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:03,333 A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FACILITY TO HOUSE THEM. 587 00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:05,567 THE DENSITY OF ENERGY PRODUCED 588 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:08,133 IS ONLY FOUND IN EXPLODING STARS. 589 00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:11,767 IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CREATED THIS. 590 00:34:13,633 --> 00:34:17,067 Narrator: IN 2019, AFTER THREE YEARS OF TESTING, 591 00:34:17,167 --> 00:34:20,867 THE LASER DEVELOPED HERE, THE MOST POWERFUL IN HISTORY, 592 00:34:20,967 --> 00:34:22,667 REACHES OPERATIONAL PHASE. 593 00:34:24,067 --> 00:34:26,333 WE'RE ALL PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEATH STAR 594 00:34:26,433 --> 00:34:30,133 CREATING A BEAM OF ENERGY THAT WILL DESTROY A PLANET. 595 00:34:30,233 --> 00:34:32,533 WELL, THIS ISN'T TOO FAR OFF. 596 00:34:32,633 --> 00:34:35,300 LUCKILY, THIS LASER CAN ONLY BE ACTIVE 597 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,633 FOR FRACTIONS OF A SECOND AT A TIME. 598 00:34:40,067 --> 00:34:42,167 Chamberlain: POWERFUL LASERS CAN BE USED FOR MANY THINGS, 599 00:34:42,267 --> 00:34:44,567 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THE CUTTING EDGE RIGHT NOW 600 00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:47,100 IS THEIR USE IN DESTROYING CANCER. 601 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,400 IN SHORT PULSES, THESE LARGE BURSTS 602 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,767 OF ENERGY CAN OBLITERATE CANCER CELLS. 603 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:55,300 Narrator: THIS INTENSE LIGHT BURST IS EVEN CAPABLE OF 604 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,067 ALTERING THE STATE OF ATOMS, 605 00:34:57,167 --> 00:35:00,200 RENDERING HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SAFE. 606 00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,800 LASERS THIS POWERFUL COULD BE USED IN DISPOSING 607 00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:05,933 OF NUCLEAR WASTE, 608 00:35:06,067 --> 00:35:07,867 BUT ALSO IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE 609 00:35:07,967 --> 00:35:09,067 OF THE UNIVERSE. 610 00:35:11,767 --> 00:35:13,567 Narrator: ACCORDING TO QUANTUM PHYSICS, 611 00:35:13,667 --> 00:35:16,967 THE VACUUM OF SPACE IS MADE UP OF BONDED PAIRS OF MATTER 612 00:35:17,067 --> 00:35:18,167 AND ANTI-MATTER. 613 00:35:21,267 --> 00:35:23,667 SCIENTISTS HERE MAY BE ABLE TO USE THE ENERGY 614 00:35:23,767 --> 00:35:26,300 FROM THIS LASER TO SMASH THE BOND, 615 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,867 MAGICALLY CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. 616 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,367 THE RACE IS ON TO DEVELOP MORE AND MORE 617 00:35:33,467 --> 00:35:37,500 POWERFUL LASERS, SO POWERFUL, THEY COULD RIP APART SPACE. 618 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,200 THESE PEOPLE ARE DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN. 619 00:35:44,933 --> 00:35:48,500 Narrator: COMING UP, COLORADO'S WEIRD GIANT RING. 620 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,933 IT'S MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 621 00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:02,133 Narrator: SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 -- 622 00:36:02,233 --> 00:36:04,067 A SATELLITE PASSING OVER 623 00:36:04,133 --> 00:36:06,833 THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS CAPTURES SOMETHING UNUSUAL. 624 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:12,200 Wawro: IT'S IN A REMOTE AREA, AND THE MOST STRIKING THING 625 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:13,600 IS A BIG CIRCLE, 626 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,433 ALMOST LIKE IT WAS DRAWN WITH A PROTRACTOR. 627 00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:18,200 Pepper: IT'S MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 628 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:20,067 NO CITIES, NO TOWNS ANYWHERE NEAR IT, 629 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:21,833 AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 630 00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:26,733 Narrator: LAND RECORDS OFFER THE FIRST CLUE. 631 00:36:26,833 --> 00:36:29,567 THIS GIANT CIRCLE IS ON LAND THAT USED TO BE 632 00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:32,100 LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, SO I IMMEDIATELY 633 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,467 GO TO MILITARY EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS. 634 00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:38,067 Narrator: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE WAS OPERATIONAL 635 00:36:38,167 --> 00:36:41,133 FROM 1938 TO 1966. 636 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,900 STUDYING THE IMAGE, ANALYSTS DETECT 637 00:36:45,067 --> 00:36:47,267 THE REMAINS OF ROADS WITHIN THE CIRCLE. 638 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,500 THEIR UNUSUAL LAYOUT IS FAMILIAR TO TREVOR ALBERTSON. 639 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,867 WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE STREETS INSIDE THIS CIRCLE, 640 00:36:55,967 --> 00:36:58,500 IT REMINDS ME OF THE KIND OF CAMPS THAT WERE BUILT 641 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,700 DURING WORLD WAR II TO TRAIN SOLDIERS 642 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,900 TO, UH, BASICALLY INVADE PLACES IN FRANCE, 643 00:37:05,067 --> 00:37:07,633 THE LOW COUNTRIES, AND EVENTUALLY EVEN GERMANY. 644 00:37:09,933 --> 00:37:11,700 Narrator: IN 1941, THE UNITED STATES 645 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,633 ENTERS WORLD WAR II, 646 00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:16,400 AND PREPARATIONS BEGIN TO SEND TWO MILLION TROOPS 647 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:17,600 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. 648 00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,500 [ SHOUTING ] 649 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,533 YET MANY ARE YOUNG ROOKIE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE NEVER 650 00:37:23,633 --> 00:37:24,967 VENTURED OUT OF THEIR STATE, 651 00:37:25,067 --> 00:37:27,433 LET ALONE TO A DISTANT EUROPEAN COUNTRY. 652 00:37:29,733 --> 00:37:32,833 AMERICAN TROOPS, WHO, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO 653 00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:36,700 A RELATIVELY SIMPLE LAYOUT OF A TOWN, MAYBE A GRID STRUCTURE, 654 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,767 WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED TO ENTER INTO A FRENCH VILLAGE 655 00:37:39,867 --> 00:37:43,367 THAT'S JUST A WARREN OF TWISTY LANES AND ALLEYS. 656 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:47,267 Narrator: TO PREPARE THE SOLDIERS 657 00:37:47,367 --> 00:37:50,933 FOR THE TERRIFYING REALITY OF FOREIGN URBAN WARFARE, 658 00:37:51,067 --> 00:37:52,933 THE U.S. MILITARY CONSTRUCTS A SERIES 659 00:37:53,067 --> 00:37:55,867 OF CARBON COPY EUROPEAN TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS. 660 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,433 THE PATTERN OF ROADS IN THE CIRCLE SEEN FROM SPACE 661 00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:02,500 MIMICS THOSE OF A FRENCH VILLAGE. 662 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:06,233 Albertson: TRAINING IN ONE OF THESE VILLAGES IS VERY REALISTIC. 663 00:38:06,333 --> 00:38:09,067 YOU DON'T KNOW THE TACTICS THE ENEMY'S GONNA USE. 664 00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:12,067 IT WAS A WAY OF BRINGING EXPERIENCE UP FOR THE TROOPS 665 00:38:12,167 --> 00:38:14,833 WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING REAL COMBAT EXPERIENCE. 666 00:38:16,733 --> 00:38:19,333 Narrator: YET HISTORIC IMAGES REVEAL THE MYSTERY CIRCLE 667 00:38:19,433 --> 00:38:22,367 ISN'T CONNECTED TO THE WORLD WAR II TRAINING CAMP. 668 00:38:24,533 --> 00:38:25,733 Pepper: FLIPPING THROUGH THE IMAGERY, 669 00:38:25,833 --> 00:38:27,433 CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CIRCLE DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN 670 00:38:27,533 --> 00:38:29,367 UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR. 671 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,200 Narrator: JEFF WAWRO HAS ANOTHER THEORY. 672 00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:37,833 Wawro: I'M SEEING THIS CENTRAL CLUSTER 673 00:38:37,933 --> 00:38:40,133 OF BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE. 674 00:38:40,233 --> 00:38:43,767 MAYBE THE CIRCLE IS WHAT REMAINS OF AN OLD FENCE LINE 675 00:38:43,867 --> 00:38:47,233 AROUND A VERY SECURE FACILITY DOING SOMETHING 676 00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:48,533 SORT OF HUSH-HUSH. 677 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,733 Narrator: COLD WAR ERA RECORDS PROVIDE A LEAD. 678 00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:58,667 IN 1958, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THAT LOWRY BASE 679 00:38:58,767 --> 00:39:03,067 WILL HOUSE AMERICA'S FIRST TITAN NUCLEAR MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX. 680 00:39:04,367 --> 00:39:07,100 THE TITAN MISSILE IS THE FIRST RELIABLE 681 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,433 MISSILE SYSTEM THE UNITED STATES POSSESSED. 682 00:39:09,533 --> 00:39:10,967 IT IS A REAL GAME CHANGER. 683 00:39:11,067 --> 00:39:15,067 IT GIVES IT A RELIABLE RESPONSE TO A SOVIET ATTACK. 684 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:19,367 Narrator: THE CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS IN THE CIRCLE 685 00:39:19,467 --> 00:39:21,167 DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LAUNCH SITE, 686 00:39:22,667 --> 00:39:24,933 BUT ANOTHER OF THE BASE'S NUCLEAR DEFENSE SYSTEMS 687 00:39:25,067 --> 00:39:26,367 COULD OFFER A CLUE. 688 00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:30,100 Pavelec: ONE OTHER THING THAT THEY WERE BUILDING 689 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,233 AT LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE WAS THE GWEN SYSTEM -- 690 00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:36,233 GROUND WAVE EMERGENCY NETWORK. 691 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:42,067 Narrator: IN 1983, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN ANNOUNCES A RADICAL 692 00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:45,367 NEW PLAN TO UPGRADE AMERICA'S ATOMIC MISSILE SITES. 693 00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:51,133 THE GWEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS A KEY PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. 694 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,567 Wawro: THERE WAS A GREAT FEAR IN THE U.S. THAT IN THE EVENT 695 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:56,300 OF A NUCLEAR WAR, 696 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,867 HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS 697 00:40:00,067 --> 00:40:03,000 BETWEEN THE THREE NODES OF THE TRIAD -- 698 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:04,133 THE SUBMARINE FLEET, 699 00:40:04,233 --> 00:40:06,300 THE LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES, 700 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,567 AND THE AIRCRAFT? 701 00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:10,200 [ POWERFUL WHOOSHING NOISE ] 702 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,867 Moran: HIGH ALTITUDE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS 703 00:40:12,967 --> 00:40:16,167 CREATE INCREDIBLE POWER SURGES, 704 00:40:16,267 --> 00:40:18,433 WHICH ESSENTIALLY WIPE OUT 705 00:40:18,533 --> 00:40:21,633 ANY UNPROTECTED ELECTRONICS STONE DEAD. 706 00:40:24,233 --> 00:40:25,600 Narrator: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE'S 707 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:29,433 GWEN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USES LOW FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES, 708 00:40:29,533 --> 00:40:31,667 WHICH ARE IMMUNE TO THE EFFECTS OF A NUCLEAR 709 00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:33,600 ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE. 710 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:37,767 Albertson: GWEN WAS DESIGNED SO THAT IF THE ORDER TO LAUNCH WAS SENT, 711 00:40:37,867 --> 00:40:39,067 IT WOULD GET THERE. 712 00:40:40,533 --> 00:40:44,000 IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE, 713 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:46,633 THIS IS THE ONE SYSTEM WE KNOW WILL WORK. 714 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,567 Narrator: IN 1985, WORK BEGINS 715 00:40:50,667 --> 00:40:54,833 ON 240 GWEN SITES ACROSS THE U.S. 716 00:40:54,933 --> 00:40:57,333 THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THESE FROM THE EAST COAST 717 00:40:57,433 --> 00:40:59,133 ACROSS TO THE WEST COAST, 718 00:40:59,233 --> 00:41:01,200 AND WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM WAS AT LOWRY. 719 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:04,367 SO I THINK THIS IS A LIKELY SUSPECT HERE. 720 00:41:06,567 --> 00:41:09,700 Narrator: THE GWEN SYSTEM PROVES TO BE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL. 721 00:41:10,867 --> 00:41:13,600 Wawro: GWEN STARTS TO GENERATE A LOT OF PUSHBACK. 722 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:16,467 PEOPLE THINK THE RADIATION FROM GWEN, THIS LOW-LEVEL, 723 00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:19,633 GROUND-HUGGING RADIATION, WILL BE BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH. 724 00:41:19,733 --> 00:41:23,067 SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THE GWEN TECHNOLOGY 725 00:41:23,167 --> 00:41:25,700 CAN AFFECT HUMAN BRAINWAVES 726 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,400 AND SPECULATE THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 727 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:31,900 A MASS EXPERIMENT IN HUMAN MIND CONTROL. 728 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,300 Narrator: YET WHILE THE STRUCTURE IN THE IMAGE 729 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,633 DOES CORRESPOND WITH 730 00:41:37,733 --> 00:41:39,967 SOME ELEMENTS OF THE GWEN PROGRAM, 731 00:41:40,067 --> 00:41:42,833 IT APPEARS TO BE MUCH LARGER THAN KNOWN COLD WAR 732 00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:44,167 COMMUNICATION SITES. 733 00:41:45,867 --> 00:41:49,067 FOR NOW, THE MYSTERY CIRCLE'S ROLE IN THIS BASE'S 734 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:52,200 EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY REMAINS UNCLEAR. 735 00:41:53,367 --> 00:41:57,733 A LOT SURROUNDING THE LOWRY BASE WAS, AND REMAINS, SECRET. 736 00:41:57,833 --> 00:42:00,333 BUT MAYBE SOMEDAY, WE'LL UNDERSTAND 737 00:42:00,433 --> 00:42:01,733 WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON HERE. 58322

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