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Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.
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MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.
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EVERY DAY,
THEY UNCOVER NEW
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MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.
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WHAT LIES BENEATH?
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MY GOD, IT'S HUGE.
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Narrator: THE HAUNTING SECRET
OF ENGLAND'S KILLER CHASM.
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THERE ARE UNRECOVERED BODIES
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STILL IN THAT CRATER.
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Narrator: THE MYSTERY OF
THE BURNING LAKE.
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THE LAKE COULD IGNITE
AT ANY MOMENT.
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THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT?
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Narrator: AND WELCOME
TO ZOMBIEVILLE,
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WHERE THE UNDEAD
GO TO DIE.
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THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY
HAS PLANS FOR WHAT TO DO
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IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES
ATTACKING AMERICA.
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Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.
MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.
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WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?
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**
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JANUARY 5, 2020.
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MARTIN MORGAN IS IN RURAL
ENGLAND INVESTIGATING
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A MONSTER MYSTERY REVEALED
BY AERIAL IMAGING.
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THIS IMAGE
IS REALLY PECULIAR.
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IT'S ROLLING HILLS
AND FARM COUNTRY,
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AND THEN BAM, RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PASTURELAND...
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A MASSIVE CRATER.
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Narrator: ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
THE GIANT CHASM
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IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IS
11 FOOTBALL FIELDS WIDE
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AND SINKING AN ESTIMATED
400 FEET DEEP.
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WHATEVER CREATED THIS CRATER
HAD A TON OF ENERGY TO IT,
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I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING
ON THE ORDER OF MAYBE EVEN
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A KILOTON OF STRENGTH.
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I'M NOT AWARE OF
AN ASTEROID IMPACT.
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BESIDES, IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THAT.
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MY FIRST THOUGHT
IS THIS LOOKS LIKE
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A CRATER CAUSED
BY MILITARY ACTION.
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Narrator: THE CRATER'S SHAPE IS
CONSISTENT WITH AN EXPLOSION,
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BUT ITS SIZE SUGGESTS A BLAST
OF UNPRECEDENTED POWER.
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I AM NOT AWARE
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OF ANY WEAPON
THAT'S NON-NUCLEAR
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THAT COULD PRODUCE A CRATER
OF THIS SIZE.
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Narrator: LED BY
THE IMAGE COORDINATES,
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MORGAN HEADS EAST INTO
THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE.
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THIS SLEEPY FARMING BACKDROP
MILES FROM ANY CITY
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SEEMS AN UNLIKELY SETTING
FOR MILITARY ACTION.
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IT'S NOTHING BUT HEDGEROWS...
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AND CATTLE ENCLOSURES
AND MUD --
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LOTS AND LOTS OF MUD.
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Narrator: THE LAST BATTLE
IN THIS REGION
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WAS FOUGHT WITH CANNON
AND MUSKET
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NEARLY 400 YEARS AGO
DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.
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ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS
THAT GATE THERE, SO...
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THERE SHOULD BE
A CRATER RIGHT THERE.
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A MASSIVE CRATER.
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I JUST HAVE TO FIND IT.
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Narrator: FROM THE GROUND,
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THE HOLE IS CONCEALED
BY TREES AND HEDGES.
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THIS MUST BE IT.
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**
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HOLY COW.
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IT IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.
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Narrator:
WHATEVER MADE THIS CHASM,
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IT APPEARS THE THREAT
IS ONGOING.
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Morgan: EVERY INCH
OF THE PERIMETER OF
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THIS CRATER IS PROTECTED
BY THIS FENCE.
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THEY REALLY DO NOT
WANT YOU IN HERE.
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Narrator:
AS HE NEARS THE SOUTH RIM,
MORGAN DISCOVERS WHY.
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WHAT'S THIS SAY?
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THIS LAND IS PRIVATE PROPERTY
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BELONGING TO
THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE.
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THE LAND CONTAINS
UNEXPLODED BOMBS.
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WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON HERE?
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Narrator: MORGAN SEARCHES
FOR CLUES TO WHEN
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THIS MASSIVE HOLE
WAS CREATED.
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IF THERE WAS
AN EXPLOSION HERE,
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IT WOULD'VE SWEPT
ALL THE TREES AWAY.
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THESE TREES HAVE ALL GROWN UP
AFTER THE EVENT TOOK PLACE.
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THEY'RE ONLY
A FEW DECADES OLD.
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I THINK THAT POINTS
RIGHT AT THE 1940s.
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Narrator: BETWEEN 1940 AND 1941,
THE GERMANS DROPPED
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35,000 TONS OF ORDNANCE
ON ENGLAND.
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**
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BUT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST
NAZI WEAPONS
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COULDN'T ACCOUNT
FOR THIS GIANT CRATER.
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THE GERMANS HAD V-2
ROCKET ATTACKS,
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AND I'VE SEEN
V-2 CRATERS BEFORE.
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THIS IS BIGGER THAN
A THOUSAND V-2s.
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SO...
DID THE GERMANS CREATE THIS?
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I DON'T THINK SO.
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Narrator: EXPLORING
THE SURROUNDING AREA,
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MORGAN SPOTS A SMALLER,
ABANDONED STRUCTURE.
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OH, YEAH.
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THIS THING'S FROM
WORLD WAR II.
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THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
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CONCRETE OVER...
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BRICK MASONRY.
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THAT'S A BIT OF A TELLTALE
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE.
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IT'S NOT A BUNKER.
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IT'S NOT MADE STOUTLY ENOUGH.
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Narrator: THE STRUCTURE APPEARS
TO BE AN ACCESS POINT
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TO SOMETHING BELOW.
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Morgan: THIS MIGHT BE SOME
SORT OF AN AIR SHAFT.
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MAYBE THERE WAS AN UNDERGROUND
COMPLEX BENEATH THIS HILLTOP.
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THE SECOND WORLD WAR PROVIDES
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COPIOUS EXAMPLES OF
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.
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YOU EVEN HAVE
UNDERGROUND FACTORIES
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DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
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Narrator: MORGAN SPOTS
ANOTHER POSSIBLE ACCESS POINT
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TO THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY
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MORE THAN A MILE AWAY
ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CRATER.
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SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
THAT IT MIGHT BE CONNECTED.
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THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS.
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Narrator:
THE BRITISH BUILT SMALL
UNDERGROUND BUNKERS IN LONDON,
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BUT THIS IS VAST
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
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AND AT ITS HEART,
EVIDENCE OF
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THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION
EVER ON BRITISH SOIL.
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Morgan:
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?
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Narrator: COMING UP,
CONSPIRACIES AND LIES.
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THE GOVERNMENT WANTED
TO KEEP IT SECRET.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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Narrator: AND A 21st CENTURY
GHOST TOWN.
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SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY
GOING ON HERE,
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BECAUSE NOTHING
IS GOING ON HERE.
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Narrator: MARTIN MORGAN IS
IN ENGLAND INVESTIGATING
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A HUGE CRATER SEEN FROM SPACE
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THAT MAY BE THE REMAINS OF
A GIANT UNDERGROUND BASE.
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THE WHOLE THING'S A LITTLE BIT
OF A MYSTERY TO ME STILL.
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THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
THAT CAN EXPLAIN
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WHAT IN THE WORLD
HAPPENED HERE.
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Narrator: UNDER BRITAIN'S
SO-CALLED 100 YEAR RULE,
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MANY WARTIME DOCUMENTS
REMAIN SECRET.
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EVEN WHEN
LEGALLY DECLASSIFIED,
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THEY OFTEN REMAIN HIDDEN
FROM PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
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HERE WE GO --
THIS IS IT.
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JACKPOT.
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I'VE JUST FOUND
THIS DECLASSIFIED
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MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FILE,
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AND IT'S TELLING ME THAT
THE CRATER SITE WAS CALLED
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RAF FAULD.
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AND DURING WORLD WAR II,
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IT WAS A MUNITIONS
STORAGE FACILITY.
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THEY STORED BOMBS UNDERGROUND
AT THAT FACILITY.
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Narrator: THE DECLASSIFIED FILE
REVEALS THAT
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ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944,
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RAF FAULD IS VIRTUALLY WIPED
OUT BY A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.
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YET ITS CAUSE REMAINS
A MYSTERY.
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THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS
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IN THE AREA
OR THAT A BOMB FELL.
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THE EXPLOSION
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WAS SET OFF BY SOMETHING
BELOW GROUND.
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Narrator: MORGAN FIGURES
HIS BEST HOPE OF FINDING
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THE REAL ANSWER IS TO HUNT
DOWN SURVIVING WITNESSES.
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I'M NOT FROM AROUND HERE,
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BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT
SOME INFORMATION.
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Narrator: AND HIS INQUIRIES IN
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TURN UP
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ONE POTENTIAL LEAD.
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WOMAN CALLED VALERIE.
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WAS SHE ALIVE
WHEN IT HAPPENED?
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EH, SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
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[ BELL RINGING ]
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Narrator: VALERIE HARDY GREW UP
DURING THE WAR JUST
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A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM
THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY.
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YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL AT
THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION,
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WEREN'T YOU?
-YES.
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-I WAS EIGHT.
-DID YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF
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WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE
THE TUNNELS?
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I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE
BOMBS STORED
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UNDER THE HILLS,
BUT WE HAD NO IDEA
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OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF
BOMB STORAGE.
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Narrator:
VALERIE LATER LEARNS THAT
BENEATH THE ROLLING HILLS
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LIE 180,000 SQUARE FEET
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OF TUNNELS PILED HIGH WITH
EXPLOSIVES AND 500 MILLION
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ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
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THE UNDERGROUND
COMPOUND HANDLES
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20,000 TONS
OF BOMBS A MONTH.
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IT WAS THE LARGEST
MUNITIONS DEPOT
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SUPPLYING BOMBER COMMAND
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IN THE WHOLE OF THE UK.
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Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944,
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FARMHANDS WORK IN THE FIELDS,
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AND COWS GRAZE ON THE HILLS
AROUND RAF FAULD.
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AT 11:11 A.M.,
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THIS RURAL PARADISE EXPLODES.
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MORGAN LEARNS
THAT 4,000 TONS
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OF MUNITIONS RIPPED
THROUGH THE HILLSIDE.
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FULL-GROWN TREES RAIN DOWN
LIKE MATCHSTICKS.
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A NEARBY RESERVOIR
IS OBLITERATED.
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MIRACULOUSLY, VALERIE
AND HER FAMILY SURVIVE.
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WE WERE UNDER A QUARTER
OF A MILE, ACTUALLY,
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FROM WHERE
THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
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WE WERE PROTECTED
BY A LOW HILL.
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OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE FARM
WOULD HAVE GONE JUST AS
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THE FARM OF
OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS.
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IT IS ALL
SO INCREDIBLY VIVID.
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Narrator: THE BRITISH
AUTHORITIES ARE QUICK
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TO SUPPRESS REPORTS
OF THE EXPLOSION.
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THE LARGEST
PRE-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
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OF ALL TIME.
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YET DID ANYONE KNOW
ABOUT IT? NO.
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THE GOVERNMENT WANTED
TO KEEP IT SECRET.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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Narrator: FOLLOWING THE BLAST,
STORIES CIRCULATE THAT
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ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR
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WHO WORKED AT FAULD
WERE RESPONSIBLE.
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THERE WERE RUMORS OF
SABOTAGE THAT
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WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PROVED
TO BE TOTALLY WRONG.
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THERE WERE RUMORS THAT IT HAD
BEEN A VERY EARLY NUCLEAR BOMB.
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OFFICIAL FINDINGS WERE NOT
RELEASED UNTIL 30 YEARS LATER.
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Narrator: THE OFFICIAL
REPORT DESCRIBES
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THE PERIOD LEADING
UP TO THE BLAST.
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BRITAIN'S LANCASTER BOMBER
CREWS AND AMERICAN B-17s
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ARE ATTACKING
GERMANY AROUND THE CLOCK.
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Announcer: THE AMERICANS
APPROACHING THE CITY,
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STILL BURNING FROM
THE RAF'S NIGHT ATTACK.
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Narrator: A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF
HIGH EXPLOSIVES IS VITAL.
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EVERYONE WAS WORKING UNDER
QUITE EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURE.
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Morgan: THEY'RE GOING
TO CUT CORNERS.
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MISTAKES ARE GOING
TO BE MADE.
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AND MISTAKES,
THEY'RE MADE.
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Narrator: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
CLAIMS THE BLAST WAS CAUSED
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BY A WORKER WHO,
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USING A BRASS CHISEL,
ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A DETONATOR
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FROM A LIVE BOMB.
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THE RESULTANT SPARK TRIGGERS
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THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL
EXPLOSION IN HISTORY.
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BUT THE RAF REPORT
IS INCONCLUSIVE.
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ALL THAT THEY COULD
ACTUALLY SAY WAS,
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IN ALL PROBABILITY,
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,
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BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
WHO REALLY WOULD HAVE
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KNOWN HAD BEEN LOST
IN THE EXPLOSION.
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Morgan: HOW MANY
LIVES WERE LOST?
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SEVENTY.
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AND THERE ARE 18
UNRECOVERED BODIES
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AND A LOT OF UNEXPLODED BOMBS
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STILL IN THAT CRATER.
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Narrator: THIS VAST CRATER
SEEN FROM THE SKIES
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IS AN UNOFFICIAL MONUMENT TO
THOSE WHO PERISHED AT FAULD.
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THE TRUTH DIES WITH THEM,
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NOVEMBER 27, 1944.
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THEY WERE EVERY BIT CASUALTIES
OF WORLD WAR II
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AS THE FRONT LINE TROOPS WERE.
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IT'S SO BIZARRE THAT
THE LARGEST ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION
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ON BRITISH SOIL IS SOMETHING
THAT IS LARGELY FORGOTTEN.
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Narrator: COMING UP,
HELL AND HIGH WATER.
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THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THIS
LAKE CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST.
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Narrator:
AND MARTIAL LAW IN AMERICA.
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YOU WOULD SEE TANKS
ROLLING DOWN YOUR STREET.
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YOU WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL
OF THE MILITARY.
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Narrator:
NOVEMBER 11, 2018 --
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THE WorldView-2 SATELLITE
ORBITS OVER
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THE INDIAN CITY OF BANGALORE.
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THERE IS A LAKE BELOW,
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BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL LAKE.
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Ruben: THE COLORS ARE WEIRD.
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THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT
GREENS AND PATCHES OF WHITE.
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THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
TROUBLING,
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ALL OF THE WHITE
THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE.
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THAT IS THE AREA
I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM.
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Narrator: BUT, AS REVEALED
USING MAXAR'S
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SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY,
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WHAT'S MORE TROUBLING IS HOW
THE LAKE BEHAVES OVER TIME.
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I'M LOOKING AT IMAGES GOING
FROM 2019 BACK TO 2016.
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THE GREEN SEEMS TO MOVE AROUND
THE LAKE, AS DO THESE AREAS
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THAT LOOK WHITE AND FLOATING ON
TOP OF THE LAKE,
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SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER IS
GOING ON INSIDE OF THIS LAKE
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SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.
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Narrator: LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS REVEAL THAT
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THESE WATERS DON'T JUST
LOOK WEIRD,
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THEY SEEM TO DEFY PHYSICS.
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THERE ARE EVEN REPORTS
THAT THIS LAKE
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CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST.
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HOW DOES WATER GET ON FIRE?
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THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT?
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[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
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Narrator:
THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTAGE ALSO
PROVIDES A TROUBLING CLUE
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TO THE ORIGIN OF
THE WHITE BLOTCHES
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IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE.
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REPORTS ALSO SAY THAT FOAM
SPEWS OUT OF THE LAKE --
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BIG, THICK FOAM THAT GOES
HIGHER AND HIGHER,
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10 FEET HIGH,
UP TO PEOPLE'S WINDOWS.
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Narrator: WHAT'S MORE,
THIS CREEPING, EXPANDING FOAM
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IS TOXIC AND DEADLY.
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Chamberlain:
THE SMELL IS UNBEARABLE.
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SKIN RASHES, IT LEADS
TO RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
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IT PEELS PAINT
OFF OF CARS.
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IT CRACKS WINDSHIELDS.
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THIS WHITE FOAM IS
A CLEAR SIGN OF POLLUTION.
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BUT THE REAL QUESTION
IS WHAT'S HAPPENING?
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WHAT'S BEING PUT
INTO THIS LAKE
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THAT THE OUTPUT
IS SO DEADLY?
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Narrator: TESTS ON THE FOAM
CONFIRM THAT
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IT CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS
OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT.
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STUDIES ALSO FIND THAT
RESIDENTS DUMP
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THEIR DETERGENT-LACED WASTEWATER
STRAIGHT INTO THE LAKE,
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TURNING IT INTO A KIND OF
GIANT, FROTHY TOXIC
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WASHING MACHINE.
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PEOPLE LIVING THERE
ARE SUBJECTED TO
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THESE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF
POLLUTION EVERY DAY.
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THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH
A TOXIC SOUP.
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Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS,
BANGALORE HAS BECOME
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A TECHNOLOGICAL POWERHOUSE
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AND IS NOW HOME TO OVER
65,000 I.T. COMPANIES.
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FOR INDIA'S ECONOMY,
BANGALORE IS A SUCCESS STORY.
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IT IS BOOMING.
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IT'S CALLED INDIA'S
SILICON VALLEY.
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Spicer Rice: BUT YOU HAVE
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF E-WASTE,
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WHICH HAS PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS TOXINS.
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Narrator:
THE CITY PRODUCES AROUND
92,000 TONS OF E-WASTE PER YEAR,
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AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING
BEING DUMPED INTO THESE WATERS.
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WHAT WE FIND IS
THAT ALMOST HALF OF
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THE CITY'S RAW SEWAGE GOES
INTO THE LAKE UNTREATED.
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Narrator: OVER 150 MILLION
GALLONS OF UNTREATED SEWAGE
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GET FLUSHED INTO BANGALORE'S
LAKES EVERY DAY.
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THIS IS A TOXIC COCKTAIL
OF A MISMANAGED SEWAGE SYSTEM
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COMBINED WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING
OF CHEMICAL WASTE.
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Nelson: BECAUSE OF ALL
THIS DUMPING, INVASIVE PLANTS
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ARE THE ONLY THING
THAT CAN SURVIVE THERE,
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AND THE LAKE GETS OVERGROWN
BY PLANTS AND ALGAE.
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Narrator: THE INVASIVE
AQUATIC PLANTS COVER THE LAKE
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IN CLUMPS THICK
ENOUGH TO WALK ON,
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CREATING THE MOVING GREEN
PATTERNS SEEN FROM SPACE.
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AND UNDERWATER,
A TIME BOMB IS TICKING.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FILTH
PARFAIT CREATED IN THE LAKE.
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OKAY, YOU HAVE A LAYER OF
SEWAGE, A LAYER OF CHEMICALS,
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A LAYER OF
THESE INVASIVE WEEDS.
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THERE'S NO OXYGEN.
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THESE MICROBES THAT LIVE HERE
PRODUCE METHANE --
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EXPLOSIVE,
FLAMMABLE METHANE.
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Narrator: LOCALS
REGULARLY DUMP GARBAGE
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ON THE LAKE'S SHORE
AND SET FIRE TO IT.
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THE METHANE, WHICH IS NOW
ON THE SURFACE,
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CAN IGNITE --
IF THAT GOES UP,
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IT CAN LIGHT ALL THE OTHER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
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AND TRASH THAT'S SITTING
ON THE WATER.
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THE RESULT IS
A FLAMMABLE LAKE
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THAT COULD IGNITE
AT ANY MOMENT.
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Narrator: THE TOXIC LAKE
HAS ERUPTED IN FLAMES
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AT LEAST 15 TIMES
IN RECENT YEARS.
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Nelson: THE LAST FIRE TOOK THEM
MORE THAN A DAY TO PUT OUT,
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00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:43,167
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN
THE SMOKE COMING OFF THE LAKE?
348
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BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD.
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Spicer Rice: THE LEVEL OF
TOXINS IN BANGALORE
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ARE INCREASING SO MUCH
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THAT THEY'RE PREDICTING THAT
THE WHOLE CITY WILL BE
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UNLIVABLE BY 2025 --
THAT'S SHOCKING.
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THE CITIZENS OF BANGALORE
NEED A SOLUTION,
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AND THEY NEED IT SOON.
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Narrator: FEW HERE HAVE FAITH
IN GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS,
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BUT THERE IS HOPE.
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Ruben: NASA MAY
HAVE A SOLUTION.
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IT'S WATER THAT THEY CALL
SUPERCRITICAL.
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Narrator:
WATER BECOMES SUPERCRITICAL
WHEN IT'S COMPRESSED
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AT OVER 200 TIMES NORMAL
AIR PRESSURE
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AND HEATED ABOVE
703.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
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IT BECOMES SOMETHING
THAT'S NEITHER LIQUID
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NOR SOLID NOR GAS.
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IT'S MORE OF
A LIQUID-LIKE GAS.
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Spicer Rice: SUPERCRITICAL WATER
HAS UNIQUE PROPERTIES
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SO THAT WHEN IT'S MIXED
WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS,
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IT BURNS BUT WITHOUT FLAMES.
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Narrator:
AND RATHER THAN TOXIC FUMES,
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THE BURNING MOSTLY PRODUCES
CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER.
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THIS COULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION
FOR GETTING RID OF GARBAGE
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00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,567
BY BURNING IT WITHOUT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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THAT COMES FROM BURNING.
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Spicer Rice: NASA ARE DEVELOPING
THIS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP
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GET RID OF WASTE ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
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00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:27,467
SO THIS BURNING WATER
MIGHT GET RID OF
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THE PROBLEM OF BURNING
WATER IN BANGALORE.
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I MEAN,
IT'S A NEAT SOLUTION,
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EVEN IF IT DOES
BOGGLE THE MIND.
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Narrator: COMING UP,
ZOMBIE TOWN.
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WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD
ABOUT THIS IS THAT
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IT LOOKS LIKE ANYWHERE
IN MIDDLE AMERICA.
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Narrator: AND WEIRD SCIENCE
IN THE WOODS.
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IT'S UNIMAGINABLE THAT HUMAN
BEINGS HAVE CREATED THIS.
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Narrator: AUGUST 29, 2018.
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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,
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00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:19,067
THERE IS A SEEMINGLY
PERFECT LITTLE TOWN.
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00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:21,633
THERE'S A TRACK AND FIELD,
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A SOCCER FIELD,
SCHOOLS, A CHURCH.
390
00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:28,767
Narrator: BUT THIS
IS NO NORMAL TOWN.
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SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY
GOING ON HERE,
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00:23:31,933 --> 00:23:34,567
BECAUSE NOTHING
IS GOING ON HERE.
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00:23:34,667 --> 00:23:36,633
Munoz: THERE ARE NO CARS
ON THE ROAD.
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00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:39,100
THERE'S NOBODY WALKING
ON THE SIDEWALKS.
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00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,633
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ANYONE WHO'S LIVING HERE
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00:23:41,733 --> 00:23:44,067
IN A PLACE THAT LOOKS
PERFECTLY INHABITABLE.
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Narrator: IMAGE ANALYSTS SCAN
THE WIDER AREA FOR CLUES.
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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,
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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.
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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
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00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:14,833
IN URBAN TERRAIN, CREATED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING
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00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:18,267
PERSONNEL FOR OPERATIONS
IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
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00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,433
Narrator: YET SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS TRAINING FACILITY
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00:24:22,533 --> 00:24:24,200
TROUBLES ANALYSTS.
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00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,433
TYPICALLY,
THOSE MOCKUP TOWNS
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00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:30,100
ARE MADE TO LOOK
LIKE A VILLAGE
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00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,067
IN SAY
AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ.
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00:24:33,133 --> 00:24:37,100
WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD ABOUT THIS
IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE
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A TOWN THAT YOU WOULD SEE
ANYWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA.
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00:24:41,067 --> 00:24:44,267
Agrios: IN WHAT SCENARIO
IS THE AMERICAN MILITARY
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PREPARING TO DEPLOY
IN AMERICAN TOWN?
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00:24:49,733 --> 00:24:54,233
Narrator:
ANALYSTS UNCOVER A BIZARRE
LEAD IN U.S. MILITARY FILES.
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00:24:54,333 --> 00:24:56,933
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE,
BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
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00:24:57,067 --> 00:25:00,333
ACTUALLY HAS PLANS
FOR WHAT TO DO
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IN THE EVENT OF ZOMBIES
ATTACKING AMERICA.
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[ GROWLING NOISES ]
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Narrator: THE TRAINING MANUAL,
CODE-NAMED CONOP 8888, DETAILS
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HOW SOLDIERS SHOULD FIGHT
THE UNDEAD TO THE DEATH.
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00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:18,733
THE DOCUMENT EVEN LISTS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZOMBIES
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00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:21,167
TO INCLUDE PATHOGENIC ZOMBIES
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00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:24,100
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
INFECTED BY A VIRUS
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00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,467
TO RADIOACTIVE ZOMBIES.
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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
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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.
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00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:43,933
Moran: THE PLANS ARE
INCREDIBLY DETAILED.
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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.
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