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Tom ward (narrates): A
Florida ruin built on a dream

to reach the stars.

The challenge was astronomical.

We were planning
to visit another body

in our solar system.

An Indonesian community
shattered by an unseen force.

Today this place is a
wasteland of rubble,

debris, and earth.

A Bulgarian structure that
concealed an ulterior motive.

This place was hiding

ambitious plans from
the rest of the world.

And an entertainment
paradise in the mediterranean

that was years
ahead of its time.

This place was once the
life and soul of the party,

but the music would
soon come to an end.

Decaying relics,

ruins of lost worlds,

ruins of lost worlds,

sites haunted by the past,

their secrets waiting
to be revealed.

Deep in the Florida
everglades is an industrial ruin

that competed in the greatest
race human kind has ever witnessed.

These are normally built
in the middle of nowhere

to keep them a secret,

but here the land is so flat

it is hardly under the radar.

As you get closer,

you can see these buildings have
been abandoned for a long time.

The roofs are mostly missing,
there's debris everywhere.

Where once high-tech equipment
filled the cavernous spaces,

where once high-tech equipment
filled the cavernous spaces,

today only ruins remain.

Inside some of the buildings

are little more than
empty warehouses

with walls made
of corrugated metal.

And in one section,

you see an enormous circle
sealed in concrete in the floor,

it seems to be hiding
something important.

Beside the buildings
is a long canal,

it's not clear what
this is used for,

but presumably,

it's connected to the
buildings in some way.

What links this overgrown
waterway to the industrial remnants?

And what role did they play

in one of america's
greatest triumphs?

I first found this place

just digging into different types
of historical places in Miami.

This was an urban legend

that I'd heard of many
times throughout my life here

and I decided to do a
little bit of research on it.

Carolina florez first
visited this location in 2020

after learning about
the secrets held inside.

It's definitely got an
aura of mystery to it,

especially because it's not really a
place where you're supposed to go.

It looks like they had
to just pack up and leave

and didn't have time
to take anything out.

The ceilings are falling,
there's water everywhere.

The rangers of the everglades
do not venture in this area,

so, if you get lost, if
something happens to you,

you're on your own.

For Carolina, the risk
is worth the reward.

For Carolina, the risk
is worth the reward.

This site is incredibly
important to world history

and most people don't
even know that it's here.

Its story begins
in the early '60s,

a time when america was
striving to reach the final frontier.

We choose to go to
the moon in this decade

and do the other things,

not because they are easy
but because they are hard.

The challenge was
astronomical, literally astronomical,

we were planning to have
human beings leave our planet

and visit another body
in our solar system.

But at this time in 1962,

the us space program
was in its infancy,

we'd only launched four
people into space at this point

for relatively short
duration flights

in the Mercury capsule

that only held a
single astronaut.

That only held a
single astronaut.

If they were going to send
three astronauts, a lunar lander

and a return module to the moon,

they were going to need
a bigger rocket than ever.

Kennedy identified
one of the ways

the monumental feat
could be achieved,

the simultaneous
development of liquid

and solid fuel motors

to see which was
best for the job in hand.

He didn't have any idea
whether this was really possible,

the people at NASA didn't
know if it was possible,

it involved technologies
that hadn't been built yet.

(Explosion)

California based weapons maker
aerojet took up the challenge,

and in 1963

the company were
awarded a $3 million contract

to develop solid
fuel rocket motors.

So, they started
looking for a location

to build their rocket engine

that was close
to cape canaveral,

at the same time

at the same time

the town of homestead was
looking to bring some developments

to its area.

So, aerojet and homestead
came to an agreement

that aerojet would build a
massive industrial facility

out in the swamps
of the everglades,

far enough away from the city

so that no-one would be
hurt if something blew up.

Within a year,

the aerojet dade rocket
development facility

was a hot bed of activity.

The company's greatest minds

focussed on creating
the biggest solid fuel motor

the world had ever seen.

The solid rocket fuel

in comparison to
the liquid rocket fuel

was a lot more powerful
and had a lot more thrust,

it was very volatile.

These chemicals are
incredibly hazardous

and dangerous to work with.

Solid rockets are
like big fireworks,

solid rockets are
like big fireworks,

you make this cake
of explosive chemicals

and then you light
the end of it, and boom,

you get tonnes
of thrust out of it.

This thrust was the key
to reaching the moon.

To break completely free

from the gravitational
pull of the earth

and then sail on to the moon,

you need a rocket that can travel
about 25,000, 26,000mi per hour

and do it while carrying a
load of about 90,000 pounds.

This looks to be one of the
labs for the aerojet facility,

this could have been a
white board that they used,

but they've got the very
typical fluorescent lights

that they need for a laboratory,

so, this area was
obviously very important.

But aerojet had a problem,

the rocket booster they
were planning to build

was going to be 150ft long,

packed full of rocket
fuel and extremely heavy,

there was no way you could
put that on a railcar or a truck.

There was no way you could
put that on a railcar or a truck.

Aerojet needed to find another
way to get its giant rocket motor

to the cape canaveral
shuttle launch site.

So, the plan was to
transport it by barge,

so, they dug a canal over
15mi long to the coast.

When it was built, there
was a lot of controversy,

when a canal is dug
in the everglades,

it completely cuts
off the water flow

since the everglades is
essentially a slow moving river.

That canal runs from...

Deep in the everglades,

a river of freshwater that
supports a unique ecosystem.

The canal drains a
good deal of that water

off to the east, out in
to the Atlantic ocean

when in fact that water is
needed to replenish and supply

the southern portion
of the everglades.

And so it's really bad
for the environment,

and so it's really bad
for the environment,

despite that, they
decided to go ahead

and build the canal.

Now, the race was on for
aerojet to prove its design,

the aj260, was ready
to take man to the moon.

The question is

did the biggest solid rocket
fuelled engine ever built

have any chance
of actually working?

One of their key needs

is to have a way to
test this giant rocket,

but this rocket's
going to be so powerful

you can't just put it
in a stand and light it,

it would probably break through
any kind of restraint system

you designed.

So, the way they
tested the engine

was by putting it in
a hole in the ground.

Measuring 150ft
from top to bottom,

it was one of the deepest silos

ever excavated in
the state of Florida.

So, directly below
us is the drop

so, directly below
us is the drop

where the rocket is not
even 10ft away from us.

It looks like about
half of the hole

is submerged in water,

but you can still see
the top half of the rocket

to the right.

They tested the rocket
in this location three times

and the way that they did it was
that they turned it upside down

so, that the nozzle
was pointing up.

And then they could ignite
it and test it without worrying

that it was going to
fly off somewhere.

Each time it must have
been an amazing sight to see,

the tower of flames shooting up
out of the middle of the everglades

was something you could
see from miles and miles away.

The early tests were
a resounding success

and the team at
aerojet were confident

their launch vehicle
was fit for purpose.

Aerojet was
making great strides,

building and testing

the monolithic solid
fuel rocket NASA wanted.

The monolithic solid
fuel rocket NASA wanted.

And the rocket seemed
to perform as predicted.

So, you have all these engineers

and scientists
high-fiving each other,

they're excited,
"we did it, we did it."

But then in 1967,

NASA changed course.

NASA decides to ditch
solid rocket engines

and there are a million and one
technical reasons why that was,

but essentially a solid rocket
just wasn't the right choice.

The final rocket

which became known as the
saturn 5 used exclusively liquid fuel.

Just six years after
work at the facility began,

aerojet's funding was withdrawn

and the pioneering
project was mothballed.

So, although it was
a lot more powerful

to use solid fuel, liquid fuel

just became more controllable

and they shut this
entire place down.

It was useless.

A lot of the things were removed
from the factory when it closed,

but there is one thing that
remains, the aj260 itself.

It's buried under a concrete
slab never to be seen again.

One of the ironies of this story

is that when NASA
was looking for a way

to replace the giant saturn 5

with a more affordable,
reusable system

they returned to the idea
of using solid fuel rockets.

The ground-breaking work
carried out here wasn't wasted.

The technology developed
during those years

was used in the solid fuel boosters
of NASA's new space shuttle.

If you remember those
iconic pictures of the shuttle,

the two long tubes on either
side were two solid fuel boosters.

The two long tubes on either
side were two solid fuel boosters.

The feats, the achievements

that took place in the
American space program

at that time

is really a testament to human
ingenuity and imagination.

I mean, to boldly go where
no man had gone before

was their literal mission.

On the Indonesian
island of sulawesi,

a gentle sea laps the
coastline of palu city.

There's this beautiful mosque

that kind of sits right
on the water line.

But inside things
soon turn ugly.

The walls are mainly beige
and tarnished by sea water.

All along the coast
are signs of destruction.

You can see either side of
the river that there used to be

you can see either side of
the river that there used to be

a massive bridge here.

And two miles inland is a
scene of complete devastation.

To this day,

scientists are still
trying to uncover

what happened here.

The obliteration of these
sites appear to be linked,

but how?

Like many residents, writer
and researcher neni muhidin

understands the
importance of his hometown's

most distinctive mosque.

(Speaks foreign language)

The idea of a mosque
the idea of a mosque

that seems to be levitating
above the water was very poignant

and beautiful for
a lot of people.

On 28 September 2018,

worshippers gathered
in the mosque as usual.

And the surrounding
beaches were full of people

preparing for an
annual music festival.

At the floating mosque,

the (indistinct) Was
about to call for prayer.

(Speaks foreign language)

Without warning,
disaster struck.

Suddenly around 6:00pm
about 48mi north of palu city,

there was an earthquake
of 7.5 magnitude.

(Speaks foreign language)

Indonesia lies in
one of the most

geologically active
regions on earth,

the ring of fire

and palu city sits
between two major faults.

(Speaks foreign language)

Neni watched in horror

as the powerful quake
destroyed his city's infrastructure.

(Speaks foreign language)

The earthquake caused great
damage right across palu city.

But the devastation
of the floating mosque

was caused by
something far more deadly.

About eight minutes later,

a Tsunami came
roaring up the inlet.

The earthquakes are believed
to have caused a landslide

under the sea.

Sending a Tsunami
thundering towards land.

(Speaks foreign language)

When it hit the coast,

the Tsunami was
travelling at 250mi an hour.

(Speaks foreign language)

There were actually people
praying in the mosque when it hit.

The mosque was lifted
from its pillar supports

and crashed in upon itself.

The people who
were in it were washed,

some of them out to sea.

But it wasn't just
one Tsunami wave,

it was a series of them

and you can only imagine
how terrifying it must have been.

(Speaks foreign language)

The beaches were
teaming with people

and hundreds lost their
lives to the killer waves.

When neni headed inland,

when neni headed inland,

he discovered that the
horror was far from over.

The neighbourhood of balaroa

which was way beyond
the reach of the Tsunami

had suffered an even worse fate.

(Speaks foreign language)

Throughout the night,

a series of relentless mud
flows had engulfed balaroa.

In the harsh light of day,

the destruction was
clear for all to see.

(Speaks foreign language)

(Speaks foreign language)

But as balaroa lay far
from the deadly flood waters,

many struggled to understand
why it had been engulfed.

(Speaks foreign language)

Balaroa was built in the
1980s on top of a swamp.

But was it really safe
to build a residential area

on a swamp?

There were many people
who had their doubts.

The concerns proved
chillingly accurate

when the 2018 earthquake struck.

When the waves of...

An earthquake hit
that kind of ground,

it forces water
up into the soil.

This makes the particles in the
soil lose contact with each other,

so soil which is solid
loses those characteristics

and gains those of a liquid.

Essentially it flows.

This process
known as liquefaction

created the mud flows

that had submerged balaroa.

More than 1,700 homes

and at least 600 lives
were lost that night.

Entire houses,
livestock, and vehicles

were swallowed by debris

were swallowed by debris

and churned up with
soil and sediment.

And the mosque itself
was moved over 250m

from its original spot.

(Speaks foreign language)

The survivors tried to make
sense of what had happened.

(Speaks foreign language)

Today much of the devastation
in palu city has not been repaired.

Today much of the devastation
in palu city has not been repaired.

You can still see the scars

of this disaster
throughout the city,

the residents have asked
for it to be kept this way.

(Speaks foreign language)

On Spain's balearic isles

are the remains
of an ibizan legend.

Breaking through the tree line,

you see a very odd
structure dug into the hillside.

There's this big amphitheatre

and other outdoor spaces
that look like they're set up

for certain kinds
of performances.

Clearly this site has been
abandoned for some time.

Clearly this site has been
abandoned for some time.

Pooling water on the floors,
wires hanging from the ceiling,

chunks of concrete
littering the rooms,

this place looks broken.

As you peer out of what
used to be a doorway,

there's this pile
of burnt out cars.

On the artwork covered walls
are some tantalising clues.

A lot of people have come here

specifically to make some
kind of creative expression.

Some of it very almost
trippy and mystical.

The graffiti on the steps
say, "don't stop the music."

These defaced ruins are
part of the story of how Ibiza

became the party
capital of the world.

In the 1960s,

this area like much of the
island was rural and quiet.

Vicente mari tur grew
up less than a mile away.

(Speaks foreign language)

In 1969, when
construction began,

the owners had to
bring everything in

from the power to
the water supply.

They even had to build
the road to get there.

This is festival club.

This place is one of
the first on the island

to put together the concept of
a large multi-purpose nightclub.

The festival club was meant to be
a kind of 360 entertainment zone,

not unlike a Disney world

or a combination
of a music venue

and an amusement
park and a cultural centre.

Its doors opened in 1972.

Vicente remembers the
first time he came here.

(Speaks foreign language)

Drinks were not
the only attraction,

live music was central
to the experience.

(Speaks foreign language)

The main stage would have
acts ranging from magicians,

orchestras playing Spanish music

and covers of famous
songs from the time.

And covers of famous
songs from the time.

Apparently 'Delilah' by Tom
Jones was a big hit here.

And of course

there was the night
time attraction of the,

the grand discotheque.

Guests were also drawn

to a very Spanish
form of entertainment.

This strange circular
structure, it wasn't a stage.

It was actually a ring

where they used
to put on bullfights.

They didn't actually
stage true bullfights,

but they did demonstrations
of what bullfighting

was like with young, not
particularly dangerous bulls,

so people got a
taste of bullfighting

maybe the way someone in the
us might go to a wild west town

and see a staged gunfight.

But, you know, no animals or
people were harmed in the production.

With everything on offer,

the club represented
a massive investment,

especially for the early 1970s.

Today we're so used to hotel
resorts and entertainment complexes,

today we're so used to hotel
resorts and entertainment complexes,

but back then this would
have seemed quite massive.

They really needed to have
a few good seasons in a row

in order to get this
thing in the black.

The business model was based

on a supposedly
guaranteed source of revenue

provided by a revolution
in international travel.

The package holiday was
bursting on to the scene

with all your flights,
accommodation, and entertainment

all rolled in to one price.

Travellers would
just pay an agency

that would put them on a
plane, then put them on a bus

and large busloads of people

were expected to be
rolling up to the gates

of the festival club

as part of these package tours.

But an evening
here was a far cry

from partying in one
of Ibiza's modern clubs.

(Speaks foreign language)

And the guests were
expected to behave accordingly.

This is the waning days

of the generalissimo
Franco dictatorship.

It was a very conservative country
both politically and religiously,

very catholic country.

So much so, a bishop
even opened the club.

(Speaks foreign language)

Despite occasionally
offending local sensibilities,

the club continued
to attract visitors

from around the world.

But only one year after
it opened, tragedy struck.

Events thousands of miles away
would spell the end of the party

at the festival club.

In 1973, opek,

a group of oil producing
states decided to protest

the way various
countries around the world

were dealing with Israel
by embargoing their oil.

All those tour operators

who'd made huge profits
bringing tourists to the island

found themselves
facing higher costs

and they passed those
costs on to their customers.

As a result,

50,000 fewer tourists
made the trip to Ibiza.

Faced with a lack of visitors,

the owners just couldn't
afford to keep the lights on,

and the festival club
closed its doors in 1974.

After the recovery
from the oil crisis,

tourist numbers in
Ibiza sky-rocketed

and they've pretty much
increased year on year ever since.

(Speaks foreign language)

Despite being
abandoned in the 1970s,

that wasn't the end of the
music at the festival club.

As the rave scene came to
the fore in the '80s and '90s,

as the rave scene came to
the fore in the '80s and '90s,

the ruined club became
the perfect location

for illegal raves.

Hundreds of people would
descend on to the dance-floor

with huge sound systems

and the DJs would
set up on the old stage

and party deep into the night.

When the authorities put
an end to the illegal raves,

the ruined buildings became
a mecca for graffiti artists.

For Vicente though there is
beauty in the deserted festival club.

(Speaks foreign language)

In the Bulgarian
seaside resort of sozopol,

is an island of ghostly ruins
which are impossible to ignore.

Is an island of ghostly ruins
which are impossible to ignore.

From the town, you can't
help but be captivated

by the imposing structures
standing on Saint kirik.

A man-made breakwater
connects the island to the town,

but public access
is strictly forbidden.

The main building used
to be beautiful and grand,

but now it's decaying
and full of weeds.

At first glance, it
looks like an embassy

or a government
building of some sort.

You definitely
get the sense that

at one time something
vital was happening here.

The depths of this
ruin is a crumbling room

with dusty photos on the walls.

These images are the
remnants of a secret operation

destined to alter the
course of Bulgaria's history.

Destined to alter the
course of Bulgaria's history.

This was part of an ambitious
and covert plan for revenge.

(Speaks foreign language)

Author Maria dimolareva

has been researching the
island of st kirik since 2004.

But this is her first time here.

The island's most
prominent structure

is shrouded in mystery.

Maria is on a mission
to find out the real reason

behind its construction.

(Speaks foreign language)

The building was commissioned
by the Bulgarian government in 1924

for a staggering
amount of money,

equivalent in today's
terms to $25 million.

The official line was

the Bulgarian government was
establishing a fishery school.

Which was notably
unusual at the time

when fishing was learnt at
home, not in the classroom.

Electricity and
even central heating

were going to be
seen for the first time

in this sleepy backwater.

According to
Bulgarian officials,

there was a very good
reason for the new venture.

Since the beginning
of the 20th century,

Bulgarians had really
gravitated towards the countryside

rather than towards the coast.

Now, the Bulgarian state
needed a new generation of men

that could take
advantage of the coast

and use the sea to
generate revenue.

(Speaks foreign language)

The admission criteria
for prospective students

looked like an attempt
to right past wrongs.

The school was created

with the goal of
bringing in orphans

or refugees from
the first world war.

It was a four-year
course with full board

and the novice fishermen

were even given
an interest free loan

to buy all the equipment
they would ever need.

The motives for
establishing the school

appear to be sound.

But all was not as it seemed.

There were rooms and
features that really didn't add up.

The first sign
something wasn't right

surfaced when
construction began.

The first stone was laid in 1924

the first stone was laid in 1924

and unusually the
ceremony was attended

by top governmental officials
and even the king of Bulgaria.

During the ceremony, the
king gives a rousing speech

and the words are very
evocative and emotional.

(Speaks foreign language)

It was a speech

that seemed better
suited to naval cadets

than humble fishermen.

(Speaks foreign language)

But what could the king
but what could the king

really be trying to
accomplish with all this?

The king's inspiring words
threatened to give the game away.

(Speaks foreign language)

But Bulgaria was prohibited
from having a Navy

or investing in any kind
of military organisation.

Post world war one was a really
humiliating period for Bulgaria.

They had picked the
losing side in the war

joining the central
powers cause.

Like many of the
defeated countries,

Bulgaria was forced to
sign a treaty ceding land

and committing to drastically
reduce its army and Navy.

The prohibition

on more than one service
academy meant that

on more than one service
academy meant that

they would never be
able to have a Navy again.

Bulgaria was not going to
take any of this lying down.

The Bulgarians
were quietly seething

and they developed a plan

to seize some of
their territory back.

The sozopol fisheries school was
central to the ambitious scheme.

Bulgaria was secretly
preparing for war,

this wasn't just
a fishery school.

And this is going to be a
way to maintain the capability,

the skill set of navigation
and ship management

and all of the requirements
for a naval officer

in spite of the
allied restrictions.

Suddenly,

the king's speech
began to make sense.

These seemingly innocuous
apprentice fishermen

were actually secretly
training to be naval warriors.

Were actually secretly
training to be naval warriors.

And in 1939,

Bulgaria got the chance
to put its plan into action.

When world war ii started,
Bulgaria sided with Nazi Germany,

another country

that shared its resentment
at the peace treaty

and a strong desire to
return to its former glory.

During the war,

the school became
exclusively a military zone,

all civilians were forbidden.

After it became clear

that Bulgaria had once
again picked the wrong side,

it looked like history
was about to repeat itself.

That was until the
Soviet red army

invaded in September 1944.

The Bulgarian authorities
very wisely seeing

which way the wind is
blowing, switched sides.

They abandoned their Nazi
allies and joined Stalin instead.

Under the newly installed
communist government,

the military presence
here was quickly expanded.

When Bulgaria became a
satellite of the Soviet union,

when Bulgaria became a
satellite of the Soviet union,

more buildings were put up,

which you can see today
encircling the original one

from the 1920s.

St kirik became an
official naval base,

home to two naval
divisions and a repair depot.

(Speaks foreign language)

After the collapse
of the Soviet union,

the island remained
in military hands

until shut down in 2007.

The 38 buildings that
remain on the island

are all completely abandoned

and there's no access to the
public, they're very strict about this.

Today, the Bulgarian
government is still deciding

what is next for
the island of st kirik.

The hope is that it
can be reinvented

as a place for the people.

And now that Bulgaria...

Is no longer
interested in exercising

its force overseas
with violence,

this island can go back
to being a regular island.

There are talks of making the
island into a tourist attraction,

which makes sense
considering its complex past,

but nothing's
really come of it yet.

(Dramatic music)

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