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Gates: ON THIS EPISODE OF "EXPEDITION X"...

...MY TEAM EMBARKS ON A DANGEROUS MISSION...

Torres: OH!

...TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF UFOs...

...AROUND THE WASHINGTON STATE MOUNTAIN

WHERE THE TERM "FLYING SAUCER" WAS COINED.

ARE YOU GETTING THIS? IT'S RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?

NOW, NEW SIGHTINGS NEARLY EVERY NIGHT

HAVE BROUGHT THIS UFO HOT SPOT BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

THERE'S SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY GOING ON

AROUND HERE.

I CAN SEE A LIGHT RIGHT NOW.

OH, MY GOD.

MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.

IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE EXPERIENCED STRANGE THINGS THAT DEFY LOGIC

AND MADE ME QUESTION EVERYTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

NOW, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM

TO INVESTIGATE THE STRANGER SIDE OF THE UNKNOWN.

LET'S GO!

PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST WHO HUNTS FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

JESSICA CHOBOT'S PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

THERE IS A MONSTER LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

PHIL, PHIL, PHIL, I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.

TOGETHER WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS...

Torres: WHAT IS THAT?

...TO THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES.

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

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JESS, PHIL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALIENS TODAY.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU COME DOWN ON THIS TOPIC.

BUT LOOK, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO

THAT WHEN SOMEBODY WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT ALIENS,

THEY WERE PROBABLY WEARING A TINFOIL HAT

OR THEY WERE SCREAMING ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED,

AND WE'RE NOW HAVING VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS

ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.

YEAH, I MEAN, I LOVE IT.

THE FACT THAT NASA'S CHIEF SCIENTIST HAS COME OUT

AND SAID OUR FUTURE SPACE PROBES

WILL PROBABLY DISCOVER EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE,

I MEAN, I DIG IT. THAT'S AWESOME.

AND A LOT OF THESE PREDICTIONS THAT SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING

ARE BASED UPON OUR OBSERVATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE.

RIGHT. WE HAVE BETTER TELESCOPES.

WE HAVE BETTER SATELLITES LOOKING OUTWARDS

AND THEY'RE FINDING HABITABLE PLANETS

NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM OUR OWN STAR.

YEAH, ALL OF THIS RAISES THE QUESTION --

IS WHATEVER'S OUT THERE ALREADY HERE?

IN OTHER WORDS, UFOs.

NOW, NEWS BROKE A FEW YEARS AGO

THAT OUR OWN GOVERNMENT HAD A TOP-SECRET PROGRAM GOING

CALLED THE ADVANCED AEROSPACE THREAT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS NOT SOME ROSWELL-ERA CONSPIRACY.

THIS IS A REAL THING

THAT WAS BEING RUN OUT OF THE PENTAGON,

A $22 BILLION PROGRAM

ANALYZING UFO SIGHTINGS HERE IN THE STATES

TO DETERMINE IF THEY REPRESENT A POSSIBLE THREAT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I MEAN, THIS STUFF IS REAL. IT'S A BIG DEAL.

YOU'RE FULLY CONVINCED ALREADY,

ALIENS ARE OUT THERE.

WELL, YOU MAY BECOME A BELIEVER HERE IN A MINUTE, TOO,

BECAUSE FOOTAGE FROM ONE OF THE INCIDENTS

THEY INVESTIGATED WAS RECENTLY RELEASED.

AND IT SHOWS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED BY SIX NAVY SUPER HORNETS

ON A TRAINING MISSION OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA

AND HAS QUICKLY BECOME

ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT UFO VIDEOS EVER.

CHECK IT OUT.

Gates: THE PILOTS REPORTED SEEING A WHITE TIC TAC SHAPE

FLYING AT ABOUT 28,000 FEET.

IN LESS THAN A SECOND,

IT DROPPED DOWN TO JUST ABOVE THE OCEAN

AND CREATED A KIND OF CIRCULAR DISTURBANCE

ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.

THEN IT DISAPPEARED.

ALRIGHT, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

WELL, I HAVE TO ADMIT,

NOT ONLY HAVE I ALREADY SEEN THIS VIDEO,

I'VE PROBABLY WATCHED IT ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES.

YOU HAVE? WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT,

I WAS, LIKE, OBSESSED WITH IT.

I HAD TO WATCH TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON

BECAUSE IT IS SO UNEXPLAINABLE.

RIGHT.

BUT WHAT'S RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED IS EVEN MORE WEIRD --

THAT THEY HAVE MORE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

ABOUT THE SIGHTING THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED.

SO IF THE NAVY WAS COMFORTABLE RELEASING THIS,

WHICH IS INCREDIBLY SHOCKING, IMAGINE WHAT THEY

ARE UNCOMFORTABLE RELEASING TO THE PUBLIC.

EXACTLY. AND REMEMBER,

THIS IS JUST ONE OF COUNTLESS SIGHTINGS

THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST.

BUT THE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST UFO SIGHTINGS

IS ACTUALLY WASHINGTON STATE.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, ON AND AROUND A PLACE

KNOWN AS MT. ADAMS.

AND IN FACT, MT. ADAMS REALLY IS THE SPOT

THAT STARTED THE MODERN UFO PHENOMENON AS WE KNOW IT.

CHECK IT OUT.

JUNE 24, 1947.

THAT'S WHEN SEASONED PRIVATE PILOT KENNETH ARNOLD

WITNESSED SOMETHING INEXPLICABLE

WHILE FLYING HOME FROM A BUSINESS TRIP --

NINE SHINING UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

DARTING BETWEEN MT. ADAMS AND MT. RAINIER

FOR NEARLY TWO MINUTES.

14 DAYS LATER, THE FAMED ROSWELL INCIDENT CAME TO LIGHT

AND MADE THE IDEA OF EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL VISITATION

FRONT-PAGE NEWS.

THESE DAYS, PEOPLE IN THE MT. ADAMS AREA

REPORT AERIAL ANOMALIES ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.

STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE SKY

THAT FLOAT AND FLICKER ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN,

BUT ALSO LIGHTS THAT SEEM TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE MOUNTAIN.

MORE RECENTLY, RADIO HOST AND RESEARCHER JIMMY CHURCH

HAS MADE A PROVOCATIVE CLAIM,

CAPTURING IMAGES OF WHAT HE BELIEVES

COULD BE A MECHANICAL OPENING

BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF MT. ADAMS.

THERE IS A RECTANGULAR HANGAR DOOR THAT IS OPEN.

GUESSING FROM HERE,

IT'S GOT TO BE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET WIDE

BY MAYBE A HUNDRED FEET TALL.

OKAY. SO THAT IS A LOT TO UNPACK.

PHIL, I'M GUESSING YOU ARE NOT ON BOARD WITH THIS.

I GOT TO SAY, THERE'S PARTS OF THIS

THAT I'M PRETTY SKEPTICAL OF.

HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, I'M ALWAYS INTRIGUED

WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING IN THE SKY THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN.

Chobot: I ACTUALLY HAD A UFO SIGHTING.

IN COLLEGE, I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND OUT IN THE DISTANCE,

THERE WERE THESE THREE REALLY BRIGHT LIGHTS

IN A TRIANGLE FORMATION.

THE TOP LIGHT FLEW UP

AND THEN THE TWO SIDE LIGHTS FLEW IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

SO QUICKLY THAT ALL I COULD SEE WAS KIND OF THE LIGHT TRAILS.

WOW. OKAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU TWO ARE WELL-SUITED FOR THIS CASE.

AND SO THE MISSION IS THIS.

GET UP TO MT. ADAMS, AMERICA'S UFO HOT SPOT,

AND SEE IF YOU CAN DOCUMENT EVIDENCE

OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ACTIVITY.

PEOPLE UP THERE SAY THAT THIS HAPPENS EVERY NIGHT.

I SAY, "PROVE IT. LET'S SEE THE EVIDENCE."

CONSIDER ME IN.

WE'VE GOT A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

Gates: JESSICA AND PHIL

FLY NEARLY 3,000 MILES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEATTLE,

WHERE THEY THEN DRIVE MORE THAN 100 MILES

INTO THE HEART OF THE CASCADE RANGE.

[ GEAR SHIFTS ]

FIFTH GEAR. WHOO-WHOO.

WE'VE NOW HIT ALL THE GEARS.

EVENTUALLY THEY ARRIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS

OF A SOARING AND STUNNING PEAK.

OH, LOOK, MT. ADAMS.

ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T ERUPTED IN 1,000 YEARS,

THE 12,281-FOOT-HIGH MT. ADAMS

IS STILL CONSIDERED A POTENTIALLY ACTIVE VOLCANO.

BUT ACCORDING TO LOCALS,

ONE THING THAT IS UNDISPUTEDLY ACTIVE

ARE THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS THAT HAVE ATTRACTED

THE ATTENTION OF UFO WATCHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

SO MT. ADAMS, UFOs EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.

HOW IS THAT NOT WORLD NEWS

IF THEY'RE HERE ALL THE TIME?

WELL, I HEAR YOU ON THAT.

BUT I GOT SOME IDEAS, OTHER THINGS IT MIGHT BE.

YEAH?

SO I WANT TO DO SOME TESTS HERE.

Torres: I'VE ARRANGED A MEETING WITH A NEARBY EXPERT,

WHO BELIEVES HE CAN USE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

TO STUDY THE MT. ADAMS MYSTERY.

HIS NAME IS DAN NIMS.

OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 25-YEAR CAREER,

HE WAS AN AIR FORCE TEST PILOT FOR THE F-22 PROGRAM,

THE FAMED STEALTH TACTICAL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.

IN OTHER WORDS, DAN IS SOMEONE I WOULD EXPECT

TO BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT UFOs.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MT. ADAMS

AND THE SIGHTINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING?

THERE IS A THING THAT WE REFER TO

IN THE UFO COMMUNITY AS ORBS,

WHICH ARE ROUND, CIRCULAR BALLS OF LIGHT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROPENSITY OF SEEING

THESE THINGS HERE IN THE MT. ADAMS AREA.

Chobot: TO OUR AMAZEMENT, DAN IS A BELIEVER.

AFTER HEARING SO MANY ACCOUNTS FROM OTHER SEASONED PILOTS,

HE BEGAN STUDYING THE HISTORY OF SIGHTINGS AT MT. ADAMS.

HE NOW WORKS WITH MUFON, THE WORLD'S LARGEST ORGANIZATION

DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF UFOs.

WHY DO YOU THINK MT. ADAMS IS SO ACTIVE

WITH THESE ORBS?

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROPENSITY FOR UFOs

TO BE EVIDENT AROUND VOLCANIC FEATURES.

SOME OF THE ORIGINAL WORK STUDYING THAT

WAS DOWN NEAR MEXICO CITY.

Gates: THERE'S A THEORY THAT STRANGE LIGHTS APPEAR

WITH MORE FREQUENCY

NEAR SEISMICALLY ACTIVE LOCATIONS.

THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS EQLs, OR EARTHQUAKE LIGHTS.

SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE PROPOSED

THAT THEY MAY BE A NATURAL PHENOMENON,

THE RESULT OF SUDDEN DISRUPTIONS TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD

OR A BY-PRODUCT OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY.

BUT OTHERS ARE CONVINCED

THAT THESE LIGHTS ARE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL IN ORIGIN.

WHEN SOMEBODY STARTS TELLING YOU THEIR EXPERIENCE

OR TELLING YOU THEIR STORY, WHAT IS KIND OF A CHECKLIST

YOU GO THROUGH IN YOUR MIND AS TO, "OKAY, WELL,

THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING NOT UFO."

OR, "OH, THAT IS WORTH INVESTIGATING

A LITTLE FURTHER"?

THE MAIN THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

IS DOES IT FLY LIKE AN AIRPLANE?

YEAH. YEAH.

I MEAN, IF IT FLIES UP AND STOPS

AND HOVERS FOR A WHILE AND THEN SHOOT STRAIGHT UP,

THAT'S NOT AN AIRPLANE.

IS IT LIT LIKE AN AIRPLANE?

PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS

DID IT MAKE ANY SOUND?

BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT'S MAN-MADE THAT FLIES

THROUGH THE SKY ARE FAIRLY NOISY.

YEAH. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE

TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE ARE FIRSTHAND OBSERVERS.

I'VE GOT SOMETHING OVER HERE

I COULD SHOW YOU THAT MIGHT KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

OOH, LOOK AT THIS COOL THING.

THAT THING'S AMAZING.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL

OUR UFO D.A.P. -- DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM.

AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET

SOME FIRSTHAND EVIDENCE FOR YOU SKEPTICS

OF REAL UFOs IN THE SKY.

THE D.A.P. UFO CAMERA IS DESIGNED TO TRACK AND RECORD

MOVING OBJECTS IN THE SKY WITH INCREDIBLE ACCURACY.

IT'S RECENTLY BEEN TESTED IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO.

BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME USING IT IN THE UFO HOT SPOTS

OF MT. ADAMS.

YOU GUYS WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE?

YEAH. LET'S DO IT.

GREAT.

Chobot: WE DRIVE INTO THE FOREST TOWARDS THE AREA

WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION

OF RECENT UFO SIGHTINGS AROUND MT. ADAMS.

AS WE CLIMB HIGHER INTO THE REMOTE AND LONELY WILDERNESS,

THE TEMPERATURE STARTS TO DROP.

WE WASTE NO TIME GETTING TO WORK, SETTING UP THE EQUIPMENT.

Torres: WE GOT UP HERE, SET UP THE CAMERA.

WE HAD THIS PERFECT VIEW OF THE TOP OF MT. ADAMS

AND THEN IT STARTED SNOWING.

I KIND OF LIKE IT, THOUGH.

IT'S SNOWING. WE GOT A STORM COMING IN,

BUT WE STILL WANT TO TEST THIS THING TO SEE HOW WELL IT WORKS.

THIS IS OUR FIELD TEST.

NOT ONLY IS IT GONNA TRACK MULTIPLE THINGS IN THE SKY,

BUT ALSO TRACKING THE ELEMENTS.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

THIS UNIQUE DEVICE COMBINES

A HIGH-RESOLUTION 30-TIMES ZOOM CAMERA

CAPABLE OF SCANNING THE ENTIRE SKY

WITH A PAYLOAD OF SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS

TO MEASURE EVERYTHING FROM TEMPERATURE

AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TO SEISMIC ACTIVITY

AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD.

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS GIZMO TRULY STATE-OF-THE-ART

IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

DESIGNED TO TRACK OBJECTS MOVING ACROSS THE SKY

AND THEN IDENTIFY WHETHER THEY'RE JUST SHOOTING STARS

OR PASSING PLANES OR TRULY UFOs.

THIS IS WHERE WE BRING IN THE EXPERTS.

MIKE. OUR DRONE PEOPLE.

DO YOU THINK WE CAN FLY IN THIS WEATHER?

YEAH, LET'S DO IT. WHY NOT?

WITH THE WEATHER GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE,

WE LAUNCH THE DRONE AND SEND IT SOARING.

OUR TECH SUPERVISOR, MIKE,

IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO TRIGGER THE D.A.P. CAMERA FROM ABOVE

TO SEE JUST HOW SMART DAN'S CAMERA REALLY IS.

Nims: OKAY, IT'S LIVE. TOP OF THE TREE AND RUN ACROSS.

IF THE CAMERA DETECTS AN OBJECT,

IT WILL LOCK ON, RECORD ITS MOVEMENT

AND ATTEMPT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.

ALRIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT THIS CAMERA CAN DO.

I MEAN, IF IT CAN WORK IN THIS WEATHER,

I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DEFINITELY USE IT

AND GET SOMETHING FROM IT. YEAH.

OH. IS THAT ONE?

IT'S RECORDING.

YES, WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT.

IT'S TRACKING. WE GOT A LOCK ON.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE D.A.P.'s ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CAN TELL THAT THIS IS NOT EXTRATERRESTRIAL.

OH, MY GOSH, IT KNOWS IT'S MAN-MADE.

OUR FIRST IFO -- IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

LET'S LEAVE THE D.A.P. HERE FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS

AND SEE WHAT WE GET.

Chobot: WE'LL MEET BACK UP WITH DAN IN A FEW DAYS

TO ANALYZE THE RESULTS.

IN THE MEANTIME,

PHIL AND I DRIVE ON INTO THE FOREST,

DESCENDING OUT OF THE SNOW ON OUR WAY

TO AN IMPORTANT MEETING

WITH THE MOST RECENT EYEWITNESS HERE AT MT. ADAMS.

HE CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD A REMARKABLE ENCOUNTER

WITH SOME KIND OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE

LESS THAN A WEEK AGO.

HE'S NERVOUS TO GO ON CAMERA,

AND AT HIS REQUEST, WE'VE OBSCURED HIS IDENTITY.

♪♪

Chobot: SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST JUMP INTO IT.

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE OUT IN THE WOODS?

Gates: PHIL AND JESS ARE INVESTIGATING MT. ADAMS

IN WASHINGTON STATE -- A MASSIVE VOLCANO

THAT HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE NATION'S UFO HOT SPOTS.

HAVING DEPLOYED A CUTTING-EDGE OPTICAL SCANNER

HIGH ON THE SLOPES TO SEARCH THE SKIES,

THEY'RE NOW MEETING WITH THE AREA'S

MOST RECENT UFO EYEWITNESS,

A MAN WHO IS SO SHAKEN BY HIS EXPERIENCE

THAT HE HAS ASKED US TO PROTECT HIS IDENTITY.

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE WOODS?

SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT IT WAS AN ABDUCTION?

THE MAN'S STORY IS DRAMATIC, BUT HE'S NOT ALONE.

MANY REPORTS OF ABDUCTIONS HAPPEN IN REMOTE

AND MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENTS.

IN 1961, MARRIED COUPLE BETTY AND BARNEY HILL FAMOUSLY CLAIMED

THEY WERE ABDUCTED WHILE DRIVING A WINDING ROAD

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WHITE MOUNTAINS.

TRAVIS WALTON, AUTHOR OF "FIRE IN THE SKY,"

CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE WILDERNESS OF ARIZONA.

VICTIMS OFTEN REPORT BRIGHT LIGHTS,

LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

AND AWAKENING WITH UNEXPLAINED INJURIES AND HAZY MEMORIES.

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

TO OUR SUBJECT HERE AT MT. ADAMS.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT OTHER THINGS IT COULD HAVE BEEN?

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMETHING MEDICAL OR AN ANIMAL ATTACK,

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SEIZURE.

SO YOU THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING DANGEROUS?

CAN YOU TAKE US TO THE SITE WHERE THIS ALL HAPPENED?

Torres: WOW. Chobot: RIGHT?

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME

WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND HIS STORY.

IT'S NOT JUST A LIGHT IN THE SKY.

IT'S SOMETHING IN THE MOUNTAIN?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL THINGS,

I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A SHOT.

WE DEFINITELY SHOULD GO THERE AND CHECK IT OUT,

TAKE A LOOK FOR OURSELVES.

I'M NOT JUST GONNA BELIEVE WHAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TELL ME.

I WANT TO SEE IT.

Chobot: THE MAN'S ENCOUNTER TOOK PLACE NEARLY A DAY'S HIKE AWAY,

SO I'VE ARRANGED FOR A LOCAL RIVER GUIDE TO GET US

WITHIN A MILE OF THE LOCATION IN LESS THAN HALF THE TIME.

BUT EVEN WITH THE SHORTCUT, PHIL AND I HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT TO EXPECT OR WHAT DANGERS MIGHT LIE AHEAD.

READY TO HIT THE RIVER? LET'S DO IT.

Chobot: WE GET ON THE WATER,

AND AT FIRST, IT SEEMS LIKE A PLEASURE CRUISE.

THAT'S SO PRETTY UP THERE.

[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]

BUT THIS WATER IS FRIGID

AND SOON OUR RIVER ROUTE TRANSFORMS

INTO A DANGEROUS PASSAGE.

BIG RAPIDS UP AHEAD!

- LET'S GO! - GO, GO!

WHOA! BIG RAPIDS UP HERE. LET'S GO!

YEAH!

- WHOA. - OH!

OH [BLEEP]

OKAY?

Guide: WE WANT TO SQUEEZE THIS BACK IN THROUGH.

[ GRUNTS ]

ALMOST THERE!

GOT IT! GO!

THERE'S A BIG OLD ROCK RIGHT THERE.

BACKPADDLE A LITTLE BIT, GUYS.

AND ALL FORWARD.

WHOO.

Chobot: OH, GOD!

WHOO.

ALRIGHT.

SO GPS SAYS WE SHOULD BE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO IT,

SO I THINK IF WE PULL OVER RIGHT UP HERE...

Chobot: YEAH. SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

ALRIGHT. TO THE SHORE.

♪♪

Torres: WE PART WAYS WITH OUR GUIDE,

WHO WILL RAFT ON TO A PULLOUT

WHILE WE PLAN TO HIKE BACK TO THE ROAD TOMORROW

AFTER INVESTIGATING TONIGHT.

FOR NOW, WE'RE ON OUR OWN.

WE HIKE FURTHER INTO THE FOREST

FOLLOWING OUR GPS TO THE LOCATION

WHERE A RECENT EYEWITNESS

CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD A CLOSE ENCOUNTER.

YOU KNOW WHAT, JESS? Chobot: HUH?

I THINK THIS IS IT.

OH, YEAH? YEAH.

THESE ARE THE COORDINATES HE GAVE US.

OKAY. WELL, THEN

I'D LIKE TO SET UP CAMP AROUND HERE THEN.

YEAH. LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT RIGHT HERE.

AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, WE SET UP BASE CAMP

AND PREPARE FOR OUR INVESTIGATION OF THE AREA.

YOU READY? YEAH.

WELL, WE HAVE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND EXPERTS

ALL SAYING THAT THEY SEE BALLS OF LIGHT

COMING IN AND OUT AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE THINGS COULD BE.

I'M STILL CONVINCED THERE IS AN ANSWER OUT THERE

THAT ISN'T ALIENS.

WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.

OUR FIRST JOB IS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

TO BACK UP THE EYEWITNESS' STORY.

HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED FROM THIS AREA

TO THE MOUTH OF A CAVE NEARBY.

SO WE SEARCH FOR ANY DRAG MARKS OR SIGNS OF STRUGGLE.

IN THE EVENT THIS WAS AN ANIMAL ATTACK,

WE'RE ALSO ON THE LOOK OUT FOR TRACKS,

SCAT, OR OTHER PHYSICAL CLUES.

Torres: IT IS REALLY QUIET AROUND HERE.

Chobot: OH, LOOK AT THIS.

- WHOA. - OH, WHOA.

- OH, WHAT IS THIS? - OH, WOW.

- OH. - LOOK AT -- WOW.

Chobot: LOOK AT THAT. IT'S THE CAVE.

Gates: THE TEAM IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS

OF NIGHTTIME AERIAL ANOMALIES

AT ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE UFO HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD --

WASHINGTON STATE'S MT. ADAMS.

THEY'VE TREKKED TO THE REMOTE LOCATION

WHERE SEVERAL SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED,

INCLUDING ONE BY A HUNTER

WHO BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED.

Torres: WOW, IT'S REALLY QUIET AROUND HERE.

WOW.

Chobot: CHECK THAT OUT. IT'S THE CAVE.

Chobot: IF THIS IS WHERE THE HUNTER WOKE UP,

WE'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT WHAT'S INSIDE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE SAY THAT

THE LIGHTS COME FROM INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN.

Torres: DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS THE PLACE

WHERE ALL THESE AERIAL ANOMALIES AROUND MT. ADAMS

ARE DISAPPEARING INTO,

OR IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE LOGICAL,

LIKE, SAY, A BEAR ATTACK?

GOOD PLACE FOR IT TO HIDE.

WELL, EITHER WAY,

I DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPLORE THE CAVE.

YEAH, LET'S DO IT.

ALRIGHT, READY?

YEAH.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

Torres: THERE COULD BE ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN HERE.

♪♪

Chobot: CHECK THIS OUT.

WOW.

LOOK, IT'S THE TOP. LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

THIS IS A LAVA TUBE.

THE WAY THAT THEY FORM IS, AS THIS VOLCANO'S ERUPTING,

ALL THE LAVA WENT THROUGH

AND THEN IT LEAVES THIS BEHIND.

IT IS SPECTACULAR.

Gates: WHILE WE TEND TO PICTURE VOLCANOES AS HAVING ONE OPENING

OR VENT AT THE TOP OF THE CONE WHERE LAVA VIOLENTLY ERUPTS,

MANY VOLCANOES HAVE MULTIPLE VENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

WHERE LAVA FLOWS OUT AT A LOWER PRESSURE.

WE'RE SITTING INSIDE AN ACTIVE VOLCANO.

YEAH.

WOW.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S IN HERE?

CAN I -- I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.

SEE WHAT I CAN SEE.

IF SOMETHING RIPS YOUR FACE OFF, PHIL,

I'M RUNNING OUTSIDE. OKAY?

I'M CONVINCED THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ANIMAL

WITH GLOWING EYES STARING BACK AT ME.

I'M GONNA PEEK OVER HERE.

ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING IN THERE?

IT'S INSANE.

I MEAN, IT JUST KEEPS GOING ALL THE WAY

DOWN INTO THE VOLCANO.

THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR AN ANIMAL TO HIBERNATE.

LIKE IF YOU'RE A BEAR, THIS IS YOUR SPOT.

Torres: WE CONTINUE PUSHING DEEPER INTO THE CAVE,

EXPLORING SEVERAL PASSAGES.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE, IT'S DEFINITELY GONE QUIET.

SO LET'S GO AND SET UP A 360 LIGHT GRID

AND GET A CAMERA WATCHING THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE.

THAT WAY, IF ANYTHING MOVES IN HERE,

WE'RE GONNA CAPTURE IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

YEAH.

♪♪

Chobot: I SET UP A LASER GRID AT THE ENTRANCE,

WHICH ACTS AS A KIND OF TRIP WIRE.

IF ANYTHING CROSSES THESE BEAMS --

ANIMAL, HUMAN OR OTHER --

IT WILL ACTIVATE AN INFRARED CAMERA

THAT IS COVERING THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE.

HOW'S THAT LOOKING, PHIL?

THAT LOOKS GREAT.

YOU COULD SEE THE HOLE, TOO.

PERFECT.

ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

WE'VE PLANTED THE CAMERAS.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO SCAN THE SKY.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER CHANCE

TO SEE SOMETHING IF WE SPLIT UP.

OKAY.

SO DO YOU HAVE THE NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES?

YEAH. ALRIGHT.

I'M GONNA USE THE INFRARED MONOCULAR.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, CALL ME ON THE WALKIE.

YEAH. YOU GOT IT. BE CAREFUL, THOUGH.

YOU TOO.

ALONG WITH OUR PURPORTED ABDUCTEE,

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RECENT SIGHTINGS OF LIGHTS

IN THIS AREA.

PHIL AND I ARE STAKING OUT DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE SKY

TO ATTEMPT TO SEE WHAT SO MANY OTHERS

HAVE REPORTED ABOVE MT. ADAMS.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND A SPOT WHERE I CAN SEE

THROUGH THE TREE CANOPY AND UP INTO THE STARS.

Torres: TIME TO PUT THESE TO WORK.

IF THERE'S ANY LIGHTS FLOATING AROUND HERE,

WE'LL GET IT ON TAPE.

ALRIGHT. SO I'M GONNA USE THIS MONOCULAR.

IT'S SUPER HI-RES.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STARS.

OH, MY GOSH.

YOU CAN SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT STARS UP THERE.

NOTHING UP TOP YET.

HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.

MOVE YOUR LIGHT. MOVE YOUR LIGHT AWAY.

WELL, LIKE, LIKE, GLOWING HOW?

IT'S RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

ARE YOU GETTING THIS? IT'S RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

WHAT IS THAT?

PHIL?

PHIL?

What am I looking at over there?

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING, PHIL?

PHIL, TALK TO ME. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

HANG ON.

I'M GONNA TRY AND IMAGE IT FROM MY POSITION.

ALRIGHT. WHERE IN THE SKY?

WHERE IS IT?

AND NOW IT'S GONE.

NO, IT'S NOT! I JUST SAW SOMETHING.

IT'S COMING UP FROM THE TREE LINE.

I GOT IT. IT LOOKS BRIGHTER.

NO IDEA WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE.

LOOK AT IT MOVE.

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.

I'M RECORDING IT.

WHATEVER IT IS, WE GOT IT.

THIS IS NUTS.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?

Gates: THE TEAM IS INVESTIGATING THE FORESTS AROUND MT. ADAMS,

WASHINGTON, A FAMED UFO HOT SPOT.

JESSICA AND PHIL HAVE SPLIT UP IN ORDER TO COVER MORE GROUND.

BUT NOW THEY HAVE BOTH SPOTTED STRANGE LIGHTS

MOVING ERRATICALLY ACROSS THE SKY.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?

Torres: ARE YOU SEEING THAT?

OH, MY GOD.

WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS THAT THING?

IT'S CHANGING DIRECTION.

IT TOTALLY JUST CAME OUT

AND WENT BACK BEHIND THE TREE LINE.

THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.

IT'S COMING UP FROM THE TREE LINE.

THIS IS CRAZY.

WHAT IS THAT?

THAT'S CURVING.

IT'S COMING BACK TOWARDS ME.

I --

OH. OH, NO.

I DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE.

OUT OF EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT,

THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST.

WHATEVER IT IS, I HAVE IT ON VIDEO.

LET'S GET BACK TOGETHER AND COMPARE WHAT WE'VE GOT.

ALRIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.

WE SAW SOMETHING UP THERE.

YEAH. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

I GOT IT ON VIDEO.

I'VE GOT IT MOVING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT WASN'T A SATELLITE.

DEFINITELY NOT A SHOOTING STAR.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A PLANE.

THERE WAS NO BLINKING LIGHTS ON IT,

AND IT DIDN'T TRAVEL IN THE SAME TRAJECTORY.

I MEAN, I SAW SOMETHING.

I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.

YEAH, YOU'RE FIRED UP RIGHT NOW.

I'M TOTALLY FIRED UP.

WELL, LET'S JUST KEEP LOOKING AT THE SKY.

Chobot: WE HEAD BACK OUT

AND POST UP TO CONTINUE SCANNING OVERHEAD,

BUT AFTER HOURS OF STARING INTO SPACE...

Torres: JESS, YOU GETTING ANYTHING?

...WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE UNUSUAL.

AT DAWN THE NEXT MORNING,

WE MAKE THE LONG HIKE OUT OF THE FOREST.

OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE OUR RECORDINGS TO BE ANALYZED

BY FORMER AIR FORCE TEST PILOT AND UFO RESEARCHER DAN NIMS

TO SEE IF WHAT WE SAW WAS ALSO DETECTED BY HIS D.A.P. CAMERA,

WHICH WE DEPLOYED ON THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN.

FIRST, THOUGH, THERE'S ONE MORE THEORY WE WANT TO INVESTIGATE.

SOME RESEARCHERS CLAIM THAT MT. ADAM'S STRANGE LIGHTS

COME FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNTAIN'S PEAK.

RECENTLY AN EVEN MORE SENSATIONAL CLAIM

HAS COME TO LIGHT.

VIDEO OF A SO-CALLED UFO HANGAR DOOR,

WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE

AND VIEWED MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION TIMES.

THE NEXT MORNING, WE MEET UP WITH JIMMY CHURCH,

THE RADIO AND TELEVISION HOST WHO SHOT THE FOOTAGE.

IF YOU LOOK RIGHT THERE AT THE SECOND PEAK,

THERE IS A RECTANGULAR HANGAR DOOR

THAT IS OPEN.

Chobot: THAT FOOTAGE YOU CAPTURED

OVER ON MT. ADAMS IS INCREDIBLE.

WHAT WE SHOT IS RIGHT THROUGH THOSE TREES.

UH-HUH.

AND I SHOT IT FROM RIGHT OVER HERE.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK IT OUT,

WE CAN JUMP IN THE CAR. THAT'D BE GREAT.

Torres: LET'S GO.

MT. ADAMS -- WHAT IS IT

THAT MAKES YOU CONVINCED THIS PLACE IS SO SPECIAL?

THE SIGHTINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN

AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WOULD INDICATE TO ME

THAT THE MOUNTAIN IS THE ATTRACTION,

BUT IT ALSO GOES BACK TO 1947.

Chobot: UH-HUH.

KENNETH ARNOLD HAD HIS FIRST UFO SIGHTING

FLYING TOWARDS MT. ADAMS.

Gates: THAT'S WHEN PILOT KENNETH ARNOLD

WAS FLYING HOME FROM A BUSINESS TRIP

IN A SMALL, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT.

WHAT HE SAW WAS A SERIES OF NINE OBJECTS PASSING MT. RAINIER

AT AN ESTIMATED 1,200 MILES PER HOUR.

HE TRACKED THEM VISUALLY UNTIL THEY DISAPPEARED

SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF MT. ADAMS.

THE SIGHTING PROMPTED AN AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION

AND NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.

IT IS OFTEN CREDITED

AS THE FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN MODERN TIMES.

ARNOLD'S DESCRIPTION OF THE FLYING OBJECTS

AS DISC-LIKE OR HALF-MOON SHAPED

LED THE MEDIA TO COIN THE TERM "FLYING SAUCERS,"

A PHRASE THAT WOULD QUICKLY BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH UFOs.

Torres: WE PULL INTO A FIELD ABOUT 16 MILES AWAY

FROM THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

JIMMY SAYS THIS IS THE BEST VANTAGE POINT

FOR A VIEW OF THE SO-CALLED HATCH.

WHEN WE ARRIVE, HOWEVER, THE PEAK IS SHROUDED BY CLOUDS.

- THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. - GORGEOUS.

Chobot: OH, MY GOSH.

THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENING

AROUND MT. ADAMS, BUT POSSIBLY INSIDE OF IT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE

AN ENTRANCE OR DOOR AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

SO THEN HOW COME SOMEBODY HASN'T JUST GONE UP THERE

TO CHECK IT OUT?

THERE'S A LOT OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBING THAT HAPPENS

ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

THAT'S AN EASY RIDGE TO GET UP.

BUT AS FAR AS THE SECOND PEAK OVER THERE,

NO, THAT IS A SHEER ICE WALL.

Gates: THE TEAM TAKES OUT

THEIR MOST POWERFUL TELEPHOTO LENS

TO TRY TO GET A VIEW OF THE SUPPOSED HANGAR DOOR.

Torres: THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED

IS, LIKE, A PORTAL OR A UFO DOOR OR A HANGAR.

I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.

THERE'S THIS DEEPLY SHADOWED PART OF THE MOUNTAIN,

WHICH DOES LOOK SQUARED OFF.

THAT'S WEIRD-LOOKING.

THAT IS CRAZY-LOOKING.

I TOTALLY SEE WHY PEOPLE

THINK THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE.

Chobot: THE THEORY ABOUT THE UFO HANGAR DOOR

SEEMS OUT THERE EVEN TO ME,

BUT WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT JIMMY'S VIDEO,

WE WANT TO BE SURE.

NOW, THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN

IS TO EXAMINE THE ROCK FACE UP CLOSE

AND GET HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.

TO DO THAT, PHIL AND I ARRANGED

FOR SOME QUICK TRANSPORT TO THE SUMMIT.

OUR PILOT, RON KLEIN, HAS SPENT YEARS

IN THE SKIES ABOVE MT. ADAMS.

HE'S HEARD THE THEORIES,

BUT HE'S ALSO EXPERIENCED STRANGE THINGS HERE FIRSTHAND.

OH, YEAH.

Torres: UFO ENTHUSIASTS CLAIM THAT SOMETHING

OTHERWORLDLY INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN IS CAUSING THE VIBRATIONS.

BUT FOR MY MONEY, IT SEEMS MUCH MORE LIKELY

TO BE LOW-FREQUENCY SEISMIC ACTIVITY

EMANATING FROM DEEP INSIDE THE VOLCANO.

[ ALARM BEEPING ]

OH, MY GOD.

THESE MT. ADAMS UFO SIGHTINGS

THAT JESS AND PHIL ARE INVESTIGATING

REALLY DID GET THEIR START BACK IN 1947.

AND TO BE CLEAR, EVEN BACK THEN, THESE WERE SIGHTINGS, PLURAL.

10 DAYS AFTER THE KENNETH ARNOLD INCIDENT,

THE CREW OF UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 105

BOUND FOR SEATTLE REPORTED SOMETHING EERILY SIMILAR.

CAPTAIN EMIL SMITH, FIRST OFFICER RALPH STEVENS,

AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT MARTY MORROW

ALL REPORTED SEEING A CLUSTER

OF FIVE TO NINE DISC-LIKE OBJECTS

ABOUT 1,000 FEET HIGHER THAN THEIR DC-3.

THE DISCS SEEMED TO COME AND GO,

TRACKING THE AIRPLANE FOR NEARLY 15 MINUTES.

KENNETH ARNOLD MET WITH CAPTAIN SMITH

THE NEXT DAY TO COMPARE NOTES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SIGHTINGS.

THE PILOTS BECAME CONVINCED THAT THEY'D BOTH SEEN

THE SAME SQUADRON OF MYSTERIOUS FLYING SAUCERS.

THEIR EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY

AND A SUBSEQUENT AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION

HELPED ESTABLISH THIS AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE

AS THE FIRST TRUE UFO HOT SPOT.

Gates: MY TEAM IS IN THE AIR OVER MT. ADAMS,

APPROACHING A SHEER ROCK WALL

NEAR THE PEAK WHERE PEOPLE CLAIM THERE IS AN OTHERWORLDLY

UFO HATCH THAT OPENS INTO THE MOUNTAIN.

THERE IS A RECTANGULAR HANGAR DOOR THAT IS OPEN.

Gates: BUT THE LOCATION IS AT A VERY HIGH ALTITUDE

AND THE CLOSER THEY GET, THE HARDER IT BECOMES

FOR THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CHOPPER.

Torres: THE HELICOPTER BEGINS TO LOSE ALTITUDE RAPIDLY,

ITS BLADES STRUGGLING IN THE THIN MOUNTAIN AIR.

AS WE DROPPED, THOUGH,

RON IS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND STABILIZE THE CHOPPER.

[ SIGHS ]

Gates: NOW AT A SAFER ALTITUDE,

RON FLIES THE TEAM AS CLOSE TO THE SO-CALLED HANGAR DOOR

AS THEY CAN GET.

♪♪

Chobot: ALRIGHT, SO LET'S COMPARE WHAT WE'VE GOT

WITH WHAT JIMMY SHOT. Torres: OKAY.

FROM HIS VIDEO, THAT DOES LOOK LIKE

THERE'S A CAVE OR A DOOR.

WHAT HE SEES IS DARKNESS.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT REALLY BRIGHT SNOW AROUND IT,

ANY SHADOW'S GONNA LOOK SUPER DARK.

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT

WITH THE RIGHT LIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY

WHERE WE CAN CLEARLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

WE NOW KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY

ON THIS PART OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Chobot: FEELING SATISFIED THAT THE MT. ADAMS UFO HANGAR

IS REALLY JUST A CASE OF CONVINCING SHADOWPLAY,

WE DRIVE BACK TO TOWN TO MEET UP WITH EXPERT DAN NIMS

TO REVIEW OUR FINDINGS FROM THE REST OF OUR EXPEDITION.

I HAD THE NIGHT-VISION MONOCULAR,

AND I CAUGHT SOMETHING AND WAS ABLE TO RECORD IT.

Torres: WANT TO SEE IT? OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

OH, YEAH.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING MOVING THROUGH THE SKY,

MUCH BRIGHTER THAN ANY OF THE SURROUNDING STARS.

NOW, YOUR NIGHT-VISION SYSTEM IS GONNA AMPLIFY

ANY LIGHTS IT SEES.

NOW, THIS PATH IT'S ON RIGHT HERE,

YES, IT COULD BE A SATELLITE.

THE SATELLITE WOULD LOOK JUST LIKE THAT

MOVING THROUGH THE SKY.

NOW, THIS BUSINESS OF THEN IT TURNS AROUND

AND IS COMING BACK OUT THE OTHER WAY,

SATELLITES DON'T TURN AROUND AND GO BACKWARDS.

THAT'S PRETTY UNUSUAL.

AND THAT WAS NOT A SATELLITE

BECAUSE SATELLITES JUST RUN ON THEIR OWN.

SATELLITES MOVE IN ORBITS. THEY DON'T TURN.

YEAH. YEAH.

THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE VIDEO.

I THINK THAT WE CAPTURED ONE OF THE LIGHTS,

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIGHTS ARE.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF STORIES FROM AROUND HERE.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN A LOT OF VIDEOS, A LOT OF EVIDENCE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SAW?

WHAT YOU DISPLAY THERE

IS WHAT WE MIGHT REFER TO AS AN ORB.

WE DON'T FIND A REASON

TO SAY IT WAS MADE BY NATURAL CAUSE,

A HOAX OR MADE BY ANYTHING MAN-MADE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.

SO WHICH CATEGORY WOULD YOU PUT THIS IN?

I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE AN UNKNOWN.

WHOA.

DAN'S ASSESSMENT IS COMPELLING,

BUT IT TURNS OUT THERE'S EVEN MORE EVIDENCE

HERE TO BACK HIM UP.

DAN HAS RECOVERED THE D.A.P. CAMERA

FROM THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN,

WHICH WAS RUNNING ON THE SAME NIGHT AS OUR INVESTIGATION.

IT TURNS OUT THAT WHAT WE SAW

WAS ALSO DETECTED BY THE AUTOMATED CAMERA.

FIRST, WE REVIEW IT WITHOUT THE TRACKING SOFTWARE.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING MOVING THROUGH THE SKY.

THIS THING IS OBVIOUSLY

MUCH BRIGHTER THAN ANY OF THE SURROUNDING STARS.

AND ACTUALLY TURNING RIGHT THERE.

THEN WE LET THE D.A.P. CAMERA'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

ANALYZE THE OBJECT.

THE TRACKING SOFTWARE DETECTS

AND TRACKS THE OBJECT THROUGH THE NIGHT SKY.

SO WHAT IS THIS?

AND THE RESULTS ARE IN.

A TRUE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

WHEN WE WERE ON THE MOUNTAIN IN THE WOODS,

THERE WAS NO NOISE.

LIKE, NOT EVEN ANIMALS. SO SILENT.

LIKE, IT WAS DEAD QUIET.

IS THAT NORMAL WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ENCOUNTERS

OR SEE SOMETHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

THAT SOUND GOES OUT?

THAT VERY MUCH IS AN ASPECT OF A CLOSE ENCOUNTER

THAT PEOPLE SOMETIMES REPORT,

THAT THEY WERE THERE IN A PLACE

WHERE THEY COMMONLY HEAR NIGHT NOISE.

AND WHEN THEY SAW THIS THING, MOMENTS BEFORE THEY SAW IT,

THEY ARE ALMOST THINKING,

"WHY IS THINGS SO QUIET RIGHT NOW?"

SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE. OH, YEAH, NO.

MT. ADAMS FOR SURE IS A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY.

I'M NOT GONNA SAY THIS SEEMS LIKE

IT'S EXTRATERRESTRIAL, BUT I WILL AGREE

THAT IT IS TECHNICALLY AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE ALSO SAYING THAT THAT IS

A UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE AND LOGICAL ASSUMPTION.

I SEE SOMETHING. LOOK AT IT MOVE.

Gates: AS FOR OUR LASER-TRIGGERED CAVE CAMERA,

NOTHING LEFT OR ENTERED THE TUNNELS.

AND WHILE THE EYEWITNESS' STORY WAS DRAMATIC

AND HE SEEMED AUTHENTICALLY SHAKEN

BY WHAT HE SAW...

...WITHOUT CORROBORATING EVIDENCE,

IT'S FAR FROM CONCLUSIVE.

PHIL AND JESSICA WERE ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH

TO THE SO-CALLED UFO HANGAR DOOR

TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS A COMPELLING ILLUSION

MADE FROM STRAIGHT LINES IN THE ROCK AND TRICKS OF SHADOWS.

BUT MT. ADAMS' TRUE CLAIM TO FAME

IS ITS MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS.

WHATEVER IT WAS THAT JESS AND PHIL SAW,

WHATEVER THE ADVANCED D.A.P. CAMERA DETECTED,

IT DOESN'T BEAR AN EASY EXPLANATION.

AS DAN NIMS PREPARES TO ACTIVATE AN ARMY OF AUTOMATED CAMERAS,

IT MAY JUST BE A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE MT. ADAMS REVEALS HER SECRETS.

UNTIL THEN, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL KEEP LOOKING UP,

HOPEFUL TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A GENUINE UFO.