All language subtitles for Strange.Evidence.S03E02.Stargate.in.the.Jungle.1080p.MAX.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-BETHELL_track3_[eng]

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
WORLDWIDE, 6 BILLION CAMERAS
ARE WATCHING US --

ON OUR STREET,
AT WORK, AND IN OUR HOMES.

THEY CAPTURE THINGS
THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.

-IT DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
-THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.

Narrator:
EXPERTS CARRY OUT ANALYSIS
OF THESE UNUSUAL EVENTS.

I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

THERE HAS TO BE
SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION.

WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HERE?

Narrator:
COMING UP...

A TUNNEL CARVED OUT OF ROCK
BEGINS TO PULSATE VIOLENTLY.

SCIENTISTS STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN
THIS OTHERWORLDLY EVENT.

A WORMHOLE IS A SUBWAY SYSTEM

CONNECTING TWO DISTANT POINTS
IN SPACE AND TIME.

Narrator:
HORROR ON LONG ISLAND -- THE
MASS KILLER FROM THE CANAL...

THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING
WE HAVE TO A VAMPIRE

LIVING IN THE SEA.

Narrator:
...AND UNEXPLAINED SIGHTINGS

ABOVE A U.S. GOVERNMENT
TOP-SECRET LAB.

THEY'RE NOT MOVING IN A WAY

THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING
IN THE AIR TO MOVE.

-BIZARRE PHENOMENA...
-WHOA.

Narrator:
...MYSTERIES CAUGHT
ON CAMERA...

NOW THAT'S
AN EXPLOSION.

...WHAT'S THE TRUTH
BEHIND THIS STRANGE EVIDENCE?

-- Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: A TUNNEL --
SOLID WALLS, SOLID GROUND,

BUT THEN THIS HAPPENS.

THE WHOLE TUNNEL
APPEARS TO PULSATE.

ASTONISHED ONLOOKERS
CAPTURE IT ON CAMERA.

Orzel:
IT SEEMS ALMOST LIKE A TEAR
IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME.

Narrator: IN THE FOOTAGE,
SOME KIND OF CLOUD

SEEMS REPEATEDLY TO APPEAR
THEN DISAPPEAR.

IS IT GAS?
IS IT LIQUID?

IS IT DUST?
IS IT POISONOUS?

IT MIGHT BE DEADLY.

Narrator:
IS THIS EVENT ON THE FRINGES
OF OUR UNDERSTANDING

OF HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS?

IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THEY
CALL THIS THE STARGATE TUNNEL.

♪♪

Narrator:
NORTHWEST COLOMBIA,
MAY 17, 2018 --

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ARE UNDERGROUND

WORKING ON
A GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROJECT.

INSIDE WHAT SEEMS LIKE
AN ORDINARY TUNNEL,

SOMETHING INCOMPREHENSIBLE
HAPPENS THAT NONE OF THEM

HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT'S AS IF THE TUNNEL HAS COME
ALIVE, AND IT'S BREATHING.

Narrator:
THE TUNNEL SEEMS TO MOVE
AS A CLOUD REPEATEDLY

AND VERY SUDDENLY APPEARING
AND DISAPPEARING.

WORKERS
WHO WITNESS IT ARE TERRIFIED

INCLUDING JUAN ANTONIO SANCHEZ.

♪♪

Narrator:
FOOTAGE OF THE WEIRD PULSING
ENERGY BAFFLES SCIENTISTS.

THERE'S ALSO THIS BOOMING
SOUND THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

IS THIS DANGEROUS?

IS THE WHOLE THING
GOING TO COLLAPSE?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

Narrator:
PHYSICIST CHAD ORZEL REVIEWS
THE FOOTAGE

AND CONSIDERS
AN INCREDIBLE THEORY.

THERE'S A VERY REGULAR
PULSATION,

SO IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING
MUST BE CONTROLLING IT.

IF YOU WERE GOING TO IMAGINE
AN INTERGALACTIC PORTAL

TO A DISTANT GALAXY,
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

Narrator:
MANY PHYSICISTS ARE CONVINCED
THEY EXIST,

BUT NOTHING LIKE IT
HAS EVER BEEN FILMED.

A WORMHOLE OR STARGATE
IS CONSIDERED

BY SOME TO BE A POSSIBLE FUTURE
MEANS OF INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL.

THESE KINDS OF WORMHOLES
ARE FREQUENTLY USED AS WAYS

TO TRAVEL
INTERSTELLAR DISTANCES IN SPACE.

THEY SHOW UP IN THE MOVIE
"STARGATE."

THEY SHOW UP IN THE MOVIE
"INTERSTELLAR"

AS LONG-DISTANCE
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS,

SO THIS SEEMS LIKE
A REALLY GREAT IDEA.

Narrator:
STARGATES AND WORMHOLES
SOUND LIKE SCIENCE FICTION,

BUT SOME OF THE GREATEST
MINDS IN SCIENCE

BELIEVE THEY MIGHT
BE POSSIBLE.

INTRODUCED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN
HIMSELF IN 1935,

A WORMHOLE IS A SHORTCUT,
A SUBWAY SYSTEM

CONNECTING TWO DISTANT
POINTS IN SPACE AND TIME.

Narrator:
USING CONVENTIONAL SPACE TRAVEL,
A JOURNEY

TO ALPHA CENTAURI A,
THE NEAREST STAR FROM THE SUN,

WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY
165,000 YEARS,

BUT SCIENTISTS THINK A WORMHOLE
COULD SHORTEN

THE VOYAGE
TO JUST 4 YEARS.

IMAGINE THIS AS SORT OF LIKE
TAKING A SHEET OF PAPER

AND FOLDING IT OVER
SO THAT POINTS

ON THE TWO ENDS OF THE PAPER
ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

IF YOU COULD PUNCH THROUGH
AND CONNECT THOSE POINTS,

THAT PATH WOULD BE VERY SHORT

WHILE SOMEONE WHO WAS
CONSTRAINED TO TRAVEL

ONLY ALONG THE PAPER WOULD HAVE
TO GO A VERY LONG DISTANCE.

Narrator: PHYSICIST MICHIO KAKU
BELIEVES WORMHOLES OR STARGATES

ARE THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE
BUT EVEN THE ENORMOUS FORCES

BEING UNLEASHED ABOVE
AND BELOW GROUND

THAT DAY WOULD NOT BE
ENOUGH TO POWER ONE.

Kaku: YOU NEED ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF ENERGY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE ENERGY OF A STAR.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENERGY
FAR BEYOND ANYTHING

THAT WE HUMANS CAN MUSTER
HERE ON THE PLANET EARTH.

Narrator:
EXPLORER GEORGE KOUROUNIS
ANALYZES METADATA

FROM THE VIDEO.

HE DISCOVERS THAT IT WAS SHOT
AT THE SIGHT OF ONE

OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST-EVER
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS --

THE ITUANGO DAM.

WHEN COMPLETE,
IT WILL CONTAIN OVER

34 BILLION CUBIC FEET OF WATER
AND STAND OVER 700 FEET TALL,

MAKING IT ONE OF THE HIGHEST
IN THE WORLD.

THIS ISN'T JUST
A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

THIS IS A MEGA
ENGINEERING PROJECT.

ONCE THIS DAM IS COMPLETED,
IT'S GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR CLOSE

TO 20% OF ALL
OF COLOMBIA'S ELECTRICITY NEEDS.

Narrator:
THE PROJECT IS JUST MONTHS
FROM COMPLETION.

THE LAST THING CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS NEED IS A DELAY.

PHYSICIST CHAD ORZEL REVIEWS
THE FOOTAGE TO TRY

AND IDENTIFY THE SUBSTANCE
THAT FORMS THE PULSATING CLOUD.

Orzel:
THERE SEEMS TO BE A CLOUD OF
MIST, COMES UP FROM THE GROUND.

IT SEEMS EXTREMELY UNNATURAL
SORT OF BEHAVIOR FOR FOG,

WHICH USUALLY
APPEARS VERY SLOWLY

AND DISSIPATES VERY SLOWLY.

Narrator:
DEEP IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST,
HUMIDITY IS HIGH.

THERE ARE LOTS OF TINY
WATER PARTICLES

SUSPENDED IN THE AIR
INSIDE THE TUNNEL.

IF CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT,

THIS WATER
VAPOR FORMS LARGER DROPLETS

AND BECOMES A VISIBLE CLOUD.

♪♪

GEOLOGIST
SIAN PROCTOR HAS A THEORY

THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY CLOUDS

ARE SUDDENLY FORMING
IN THE TUNNEL.

TO TEST IT, SHE SETS UP
AN EXPERIMENT WITH STEVE POTVIN.

WHEN YOU'RE CONSTRUCTING,
YOU NEED A LOT OF CONCRETE.

WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE ABOUT CONCRETE

IS THAT IT ACTUALLY
GENERATES A LOT OF HEAT.

Narrator:
WHEN WATER IS ADDED TO CEMENT,

IT CAUSES A CHEMICAL REACTION
THAT PRODUCES HEAT.

IN TROPICAL CLIMATES
LIKE COLOMBIA,

THERE IS A DANGER THAT CONCRETE
CAN BECOME TOO HOT AS IT CURES,

CAUSING IT TO CRACK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE
TO MAKE SURE

THAT THE CONCRETE SETS
CORRECTLY IS LIQUID NITROGEN.

LIQUID NITROGEN
IS EXTREMELY COLD.

WHEN YOU PUT THAT
WITH THE CONCRETE,

IT HELPS KEEP
THE TEMPERATURE RIGHT

SO THAT THE CONCRETE
CAN BE CURED.

Narrator:
PROCTOR'S THEORY IS THAT
A LIQUID NITROGEN

SPILLAGE IN THE TUNNEL

COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE STRANGE CLOUD IN THE VIDEO.

REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE,
PROCTOR SPOTS WET PATCHES

ON THE ROAD INSIDE THE TUNNEL.

IF LIQUID NITROGEN
WERE SPILLED HERE,

CONDITIONS COULD BE PERFECT
FOR A CLOUD TO FORM.

I AM GOING TO TAKE A DRUM
FILLED WITH LIQUID NITROGEN,

AND I AM GOING
TO DROP IN IT WATER.

I'M GOING TO ANALYZE THE CLOUD
THAT'S GOING TO BE GENERATED,

AND I'M GOING TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT

THAT MATCHES
WHAT WE SEE IN THIS VIDEO.

Narrator:
TO REMAIN IN LIQUID FORM,

NITROGEN MUST BE KEPT COOL IN
SPECIALLY INSULATED CONTAINERS.

THE TUNNEL IS HOT AND HUMID,
SO PROCTOR USES WARM WATER

TO ACCURATELY REPLICATE
CONDITIONS.

OKAY.
LET'S DO THIS.

WHOA!
WHOA, WHOA!

Narrator:
WHEN WARM WATER HITS
THE COLD LIQUID NITROGEN,

IT CAUSES THE NITROGEN
TO INSTANTLY VAPORIZE

INTO A SUPER-COLD GAS.

THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

Narrator:
THIS COOLS MOISTURE
IN THE SURROUNDING AIR.

WHOA!
WHOA, WHOA!

SO IT CONDENSES
INTO A VISIBLE CLOUD.

THE EXPERIMENT PROVED
THAT LIQUID NITROGEN AND WATER

CAN PRODUCE A CLOUD,

BUT THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM
WITH THE THEORY.

Proctor:
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CLOUD
IS BEING GENERATED,

BUT THE THING ABOUT IT
IS IT'S STAYING AROUND.

IT'S NOT DISSIPATING.

Narrator:
THE WEIRD BEHAVIOR OF THIS
PULSATING CLOUD SUGGESTS

THAT SOME OTHER FORCES
ARE AT WORK.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

COMING UP...

MASS MURDER
IN THE MURKY WATERS...

JUST AS FAR AS THE EYE
CAN SEE, DEATH.

Narrator: ...AND THE FREAKY
PULSATING TUNNEL

IS FOLLOWED BY A TERRIFYING
HUMAN DISASTER.

NO, NO, NO, NO!

THIS IS A REALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

THIS DAM IS IN TROUBLE.

♪♪

Narrator:
IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE,
A TUNNEL APPEARS TO PULSATE

AS A CLOUD REPEATEDLY
APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE
A BREATHING TUNNEL.

Narrator:
ABOVE THE TUNNEL,

A HYDROELECTRIC DAM
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

EXPLORER GEORGE KOUROUNIS
INVESTIGATES.

THIS DAM IS UNDER EXTRA STRESS

BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN RECENTLY
FLOODING RAINS, LOTS OF RAIN.

Narrator:
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE
TRIGGERED A LANDSLIDE

THAT HAS BLOCKED A TUNNEL

BUILT TO DIVERT THE RIVER
AROUND THE DAM

WHILE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WATER IS BUILDING UP
TO DANGEROUS LEVELS

IN THE RESERVOIR BEHIND IT.

IT COULD BUST THE DAM.

THAT WOULD BE THE WORST-CASE
SCENARIO.

Narrator:
IN A BID TO SAVE THE DAM,

ENGINEERS TAKE DESPERATE
MEASURES.

THEY RELEASE WATER FROM
THE RESERVOIR

THROUGH A PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED
TURBINE CHAMBER.

KOUROUNIS THINKS THIS SUDDEN
SURGE THROUGH A PART OF THE DAM

THAT WAS NEVER DESIGNED
TO CARRY WATER

COULD EXPLAIN
THE PULSATING APPARITION

IN THIS ACCESS TUNNEL.

WE'VE ALL TAKEN A WATER BOTTLE
AND EMPTIED IT OUT.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS POUR OUT
SMOOTHLY, DOES IT?

IT GLUGS AND GURGLES AS THE AIR
TRIES TO GET BACK IN

TO REPLACE THE WATER THAT'S
COMING OUT OF THAT BOTTLE.

THE SAME EFFECT IS HAPPENING
HERE BUT ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE.

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY,

AS FLOODWATER ESCAPES
THROUGH THE TURBINE CHAMBER,

IT CAUSES A PRESSURE WAVE OF AIR
TO PULSE THROUGH THE TUNNEL.

Erbach:
NOW WHEN THE PRESSURE WAVE
MOVES THROUGH THIS TUNNEL,

IT CAUSES THE WATER VAPOR
IN THE AIR

TO CONDENSE INTO DROPLETS,
GIVING YOU A CLOUD-LIKE EFFECT.

Narrator:
EACH PULSE OF PRESSURE INSTANTLY
TURNS THE VAPOR INTO CLOUD.

THEN AS THE PULSE PASSES,

THE CLOUD TURNS BACK
INTO AN INVISIBLE VAPOR.

RELEASING WATER THROUGH
THE TURBINE ROOM SAVES THE DAM,

BUT THE CONSEQUENCES DOWNRIVER
ARE CATASTROPHIC.

TOO MUCH WATER ENDED UP
GOING DOWNSTREAM,

AND THAT FLOODWATER
WAS DEVASTATING.

Narrator:
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE URGED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES

AS A GIANT TORRENT OF WATER
GUSHES DOWN THE VALLEY.

THE TERRIFYING WALL OF WATER
SWEEPS EVERYTHING BEFORE IT,

DESTROYING WHATEVER IT MEETS.

THE HOMES AND BELONGINGS OF MANY
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

ARE GONE IN AN INSTANT.

IF A DAM BREAKS OR SOMETHING
GOES WRONG,

IT'S A NATIONAL DISASTER.

Narrator:
COUNTLESS LIVES DESTROYED -- THE
DAM IS AN ENGINEERING DISASTER

THAT MUST BE FIXED
BEFORE THE NEXT BIG RAIN COMES.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
NOW, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK --
DEAD FISH.

NOT ONE, NOT A FEW, BUT WHAT
LOOKS LIKE LITERALLY MILLIONS.

IT WAS JUST BUBBLING.
IT WAS JUST BOILING WITH FISH.

THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC
NIGHTMARE.

Narrator: SOMETHING UNNATURAL IS
HAPPENING HERE.

LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF
MASS SUICIDE THING FOR FISH.

Narrator: IS THIS WEIRD FISH
APOCALYPSE THE INTENDED

OR UNINTENDED RESULT
OF HUMAN ACTION?

IS IT A WAR ZONE?

Muñoz: WORST-CASE SCENARIO,

THIS IS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON
THAT'S BEEN RELEASED

ON THE EAST COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES.

♪♪

Narrator:
HAMPTON BAY'S LONG ISLAND...

ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE

VACATION DESTINATIONS IN THE
U.S.

NOVEMBER 14, 2016 -- AMATEUR
FISHERMAN ROGER HUBBARD

IS VISITING
THE SHINNECOCK CANAL.

THE 4,700-FOOT-LONG WATERWAY

WAS BUILT IN 1892
TO SERVICE CLAM

AND OYSTER FISHERIES
IN PECONIC BAY TO THE NORTH.

I NORMALLY STOP DOWN HERE TO SEE
IF ANYBODY IS CATCHING FISH

OR ANYTHING COOL
TO TAKE A PICTURE OF.

AS I LOOKED INTO THE SUN,

I CAN SEE A LOT OF SPARKLING
ON THE WATER.

AS I GOT CLOSER, LOOKED DOWN,

AND I COULD SEE A HUGE QUANTITY
OF FISH JUST STRUGGLING.

Narrator:
AS FAR AS HUBBARD CAN SEE,
THE LOCK IS PACKED

WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE
MILLIONS OF DEAD AND DYING FISH.

LIKE A GIANT CAN OF SARDINES.

I REALLY WOULD NEVER WANT
TO SEE THAT AGAIN.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
EXPERTS ARE SENT
THE GRISLY FOOTAGE

OF THE CARNAGE
IN THE CANAL.

WHAT'S IN THERE THAT'S JUST
DRIVING THESE FISH

TO THEIR DEATH?

WE CAN'T RULE OUT POISON.

IS THERE SOME SORT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

UNFOLDING?

Narrator:
BIOLOGIST LESLIE SAMUEL EXAMINES
THE FOOTAGE

TO TRY AND IDENTIFY
THE SPECIES OF FISH.

ONE FISH THERE THAT MATCHES
THIS DESCRIPTION

IS THE MANHATTAN CARP.

THEY HAVE ROUND BODIES.

THEY ALSO HAVE KIND
OF A SILVERY COLOR,

AND THEY TRAVEL
IN LARGE NUMBERS.

Narrator:
MANHATTAN CARP, ALSO KNOWN
AS BUNKER FISH,

ARE FOUND ALL ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S.

HUMANS FIND THESE FISH
TOO BONY TO EAT,

BUT THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT
PREY SPECIES

FOR BIGGER FISH
SUCH AS TUNA AND SHARK.

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST CHRIS
O'BRIEN STUDIES THE FOOTAGE.

HE BELIEVES THE LOCATION OF THE
CANAL COULD HOLD A VITAL CLUE.

THIS FISH DIE-OFF HAPPENED
25 MILES DOWN THE BEACH

FROM THE PLUM ISLAND FACILITY.

Narrator:
THE TOP-SECRET PLUM ISLAND
ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER

OPENED JUST AFTER
WORLD WAR II ENDED.

NO ONE HAS REALLY BEEN
ALLOWED TO GO INSIDE

AND SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY
GOING ON IN THERE.

Narrator:
ITS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL MISSION
WAS TO CAPITALIZE

ON THE RESEARCH
OF CAPTURED NAZI SCIENTISTS.

AMONG THEM WAS BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS EXPERT ERIC TRAUB.

TRAUB WAS WORKING ON
A TOP-SECRET PROGRAM FOR HITLER.

ONE OF TRAUB'S PROGRAMS WAS
TO DESIGN A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON

THAT COULD BASICALLY
ELIMINATE A FOOD CHAIN.

Narrator:
THE WEAPON WAS SAID TO BE
CAPABLE

OF INFECTING WHOLE POPULATIONS
OF LIVESTOCK

AND WIPING OUT ENTIRE CROPS.

Muñoz: THE BEAUTIFUL THING
ABOUT TRAUB'S WEAPON

WAS IT WENT ALONG
WITH THE OLD SAYING,

"AN ARMY RUNS ON ITS STOMACH."

IF AN ARMY CAN'T EAT,
AN ARMY CAN'T FIGHT,

AND ANY ARMY THAT CAN'T FIGHT

IS ONE YOU'RE PROBABLY
GOING TO BEAT.

Narrator:
TODAY, THE FACILITY'S ISLAND
LOCATION

MEANS IT IS THE ONLY LABORATORY
IN THE U.S. CERTIFIED

TO STUDY LIVE VIRUSES
LIKE FOOT-AND-MOUTH,

A DISEASE DEEMED TOO HIGH-RISK
TO BE KEPT ON THE MAINLAND.

THIS IS A VERY,
VERY SINISTER PLACE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN
A PROBLEM OF CONTAINMENT

AT PLUM ISLAND.

LYME DISEASE MAY HAVE
ESCAPED FROM HERE.

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN CATTLE
MAY HAVE ESCAPED FROM HERE.

Narrator:
DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY
TO NEW YORK CITY,

THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN THE
TARGET OF A TERRORIST PLOTTING

TO RELEASE DISEASE
ON THE COUNTRY'S

MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA.

WHEN YOU HAVE A FACILITY
THAT'S BASICALLY HOME

TO THE DEADLIEST DISEASES
IN THE WORLD

A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THIS PLACE
WHERE WE SEE HUNDREDS

AND THOUSANDS OF FISH
JUST END UP DEAD,

YOU'VE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF
THE QUESTION --

"IS THERE SOME WAY
THESE TWO COULD BE CONNECTED?"

Narrator:
BUT MARINE BIOLOGIST
DANNI WASHINGTON

THINKS IT'S UNLIKELY THE FISH
IN SHINNECOCK CANAL

WERE POISONED BY A TOXIC ATTACK
FROM PLUM ISLAND.

IF IT WERE A BIOLOGICAL OUTBREAK
OF SOME ANIMAL DISEASE,

WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE
SEEN IT MORE WIDESPREAD.

THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT

THAT AFFECTED
ONE SCHOOL OF FISH.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
SAMUEL RE-EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

IT ALMOST LIKES LIKE SOME KIND
OF MASS SUICIDE THING FOR FISH.

Narrator:
THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES

OF MYSTERIOUS MASS DEATHS
OF CREATURES.

Samuel: NOW, LET'S JUST THINK
ABOUT THE SEA.

THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF WHALES

THAT SEEM TO
JUST BEACH THEMSELVES

AND COME UP ONTO THE SHORE
AND DIE EN MASSE.

Narrator: BUT THESE BEACHING
MAY NOT BE DELIBERATE.

Samuel:
NOW, ONE THEORY THAT ATTEMPTS
TO EXPLAIN THAT IS THAT

THESE ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS,
AND IF ONE GETS SICK,

IT TENDS TO COME UP
IN THE SHALLOW WATER

AND ONTO THE SHORE,
AND OTHERS JUST FOLLOW SUIT.

Narrator:
CONSCIOUSLY DECIDING TO
COMMIT SUICIDE

REQUIRES A CAPACITY
FOR COMPLEX DECISION MAKING

AND AN ABILITY
TO EXPERIENCE EMOTIONS

SUCH AS DEPRESSION OR GRIEF.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME
ANIMALS' BRAINS

ARE DEVELOPED ENOUGH
TO BE CAPABLE OF THIS.

WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER DIES,
ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED

PUSHING THEIR BONES AROUND
FOR UP TO A WEEK,

AND ZOOLOGISTS HAVE INTERPRETED
THIS AS A DISPLAY OF GRIEF.

Narrator:
BUT WHEN SCIENCE JOURNALIST

STEVE POTVIN REVIEWS
THE FOOTAGE,

HE ISN'T CONVINCED THE FISH
ARE COMMITTING MASS SUICIDE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF MEMBERS
OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

WITH VERY HIGH INTELLIGENCE.

BUNKER FISH ARE NOT
ONE OF THOSE ANIMALS.

THEY SIMPLY DON'T HAVE
THE BRAINS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
COMING UP...

COPS ON THE TRAIL
OF A PARANORMAL JAILBREAK-ER...

I SAW AN OBJECT THAT LOOKED
LIKE A GHOST.

Narrator:
...AND SCIENTISTS
TRY TO EXPLAIN

WHY ALL THESE FISH
ARE DEAD OR DYING.

THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING
WE HAVE TO A VAMPIRE

LIVING IN THE SEA.

♪♪

Narrator:
LONG ISLANDERS ARE FEARFUL
AND HORRIFIED

BY THE SIGHT OF HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS

OF DEAD AND DYING FISH.

JOURNALIST JEFF WISE STUDIES
THE FOOTAGE

TO TRY TO WORK OUT
WHAT'S KILLING THEM.

PERHAPS SOME KIND OF PARASITE
HAS, YOU KNOW,

INFECTED THEIR BRAINS OR THEIR
NERVOUS SYSTEMS TO CAUSE THEM

TO UNDERGO THIS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
BEHAVIOR EN MASSE.

Narrator:
PARASITIC MIND CONTROL
MAY SOUND OUTLANDISH,

BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES
ACROSS THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

SO FOR EXAMPLE,
WITH BULLET ANTS,

YOU HAVE THIS FUNGUS
THAT CAN INFECT THEM,

AND WHEN IT INFECTS THEM,

IT TAKES CONTROL
OF THEIR BODIES.

Narrator:
THE FUNGUS FORCES THE ANT
TO CLIMB A NEARBY PLANT

AND PERMANENTLY LOCK ITS JAWS
AROUND A LEAF.

IT THEN GROWS A LONG STALK
THROUGH THE ANT'S HEAD

WITH A CAPSULE OF
FUNGAL SPORES AT THE END.

OFTEN, THE ANT CLIMBS A LEAF
NEAR ITS COLONY'S

FORAGING TRAILS,

SO THE SPORES RAIN
DOWN ON FELLOW ANTS,

SPREADING THE INFECTION.

THE NICKNAME THAT THEY GIVE THIS
IS THE ZOMBIE ANT FUNGUS,

AND YOU CAN SEE WHY.

IT BASICALLY TAKES OVER THE BODY
AND CONTROLS IT LIKE A ZOMBIE.

Narrator:
AND BELOW THE OCEAN,

THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF
PARASITES KNOWN TO ATTACK FISH.

THERE'S THIS REALLY WEIRD ONE
THAT INFECTS THE FISH

AND ACTUALLY
TAKES OVER ITS TONGUE.

Narrator:
THE TONGUE-EATING LOUSE EMBEDS
ITSELF IN ITS HOST'S TONGUE

AND BEGINS TO FEAST.

IT JUST CONTINUOUSLY SUCKS
THE BLOOD FROM THE FISH.

THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING
WE HAVE TO A VAMPIRE

LIVING IN THE SEA.

Narrator:
BUT MARINE BIOLOGIST
DANNI WASHINGTON

SEES A PROBLEM
WITH THE THEORY.

Washington:
YOU CAN'T SEE ANY PHYSICAL
DISTORTION

OR ANY TYPE OF OUTER HARM
ON THE FISH.

WHEN A BIOLOGIST CONDUCTED
A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION,

THERE WERE NO TRACES
OF PARASITES.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
EYE WITNESS ROGER HUBBARD LEARNS
FROM LOCAL FISHERMEN

THAT A DEADLY PREDATOR
HAS BEEN SPOTTED IN THE AREA.

I HAD HEARD THAT GUYS WERE DOING
GREAT WITH BLUEFISH,

WHICH IS A PREDATORY FISH
THAT EATS THIS TYPE OF FISH.

I THINK THAT THIS POD GOT CHASED
INTO THE BAY

AND JUST CORRALLED DOWN
INTO A DEAD END.

Narrator:
TO ESCAPE THE KILLER BLUEFISH,
THE HUGE SCHOOL OF BUNKER

HEADS INTO THE CANAL,
A LITERAL DEAD END.

AS THE TIDE RISES,

THE TIDAL DEFENSE GATES
AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE.

THE FISH ARE TRAPPED,
BUT WHY ARE THEY DEAD AND DYING?

BIOLOGIST GREG SZULGIT
CALCULATES THE SIZE

OF THE ENCLOSED AREA.

IT HOLDS OVER 8 MILLION
GALLONS OF WATER,

BUT THESE ADULT BUNKER FISH
FILTER 7 GALLONS OF WATER

EVERY MINUTE IN ORDER
TO GET THE OXYGEN THEY NEED.

YOU PACK THAT MANY FISH
INTO A TINY LITTLE SPOT,

THEY'RE GOING TO USE UP
THAT OXYGEN IN A SNAP,

AND THEN THEY JUST ESSENTIALLY
SUFFOCATE AND JUST DIE.

Narrator:
BY THE TIME THE TIDE COMES IN

AND REOPENS THE GATES,
IT'S TOO LATE.

THIS VAST SCHOOL OF FISH
CRAMMED ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER

HAS LITERALLY DROWNED.

SEE THAT KIND OF WASTE, IT'S
JUST A SAD, SAD FEELING.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: NOW, ON A HIGHWAY
IN TENNESSEE...

Woman: THE HELL IS THAT?

Narrator: ...A FORMATION
OF STRANGE LUMINOUS

FLYING OBJECTS
IN THE NIGHT SKY...

IS IT DANGEROUS?

IS THIS SOME SORT OF AN ATTACK?

Moran: WHO HAS PUT THESE LIGHTS
UP THERE,

AND WHO'S CONTROLLING THEM?

♪♪

Narrator:
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE,
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 --

EVENING COMMUTERS
ARE ALARMED

BY A PATTERN
OF GLEAMING OBJECTS IN THE SKY.

Woman:
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

YOU SEE SOME THAT ARE GOING
FASTER THAN OTHERS.

Narrator:
THEY NEITHER LOOK NOR SOUND LIKE
ANY CONVENTIONAL FLYING CRAFT.

A HELICOPTER KIND
OF MAKES SENSE,

BUT WE DON'T HEAR ANY NOISE.

Narrator:
THE GLOWING OBJECTS
ARE TOO LARGE

AND TOO BRIGHT TO BE DRONES,
BUT THEN, WHAT ARE THEY?

SO ONE EASY EXPLANATION
WOULD BE CHINESE LANTERNS.

Narrator:
BUT CHINESE LANTERNS, AGAIN,
ARE TOO SMALL,

AND THEY DON'T HOVER.

THEY CONTINUE TO RISE
UNTIL THE CANDLE GOES OUT,

AND THEY FALL TO THE GROUND.

SOME EVEN WONDER IF THEY
ARE OWLS HUNTING AT NIGHT.

Ramkisoon:
I CAN COUNT NINE LIGHTS
IN THE SKY,

SO THIS CAN'T BE BARN OWLS

BECAUSE BARN OWLS
ARE SOLITARY HUNTERS.

Narrator: THE SIZE, APPEARANCE,
AND BEHAVIOR

OF THESE OBJECTS
DEFY EXPLANATION.

THEY'RE NOT MOVING IN A WAY

THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
SOMETHING IN THE AIR TO MOVE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING FAST,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT MOVING

IN A STRAIGHT,
LINEAR TRAJECTORY LIKE A PLANE,

SO IT'S JUST A MYSTERY.

WHAT ARE THEY?

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
COMING UP...

AT A NEW MEXICO JAIL,

A PRISONER IS SENTENCED
TO AFTERLIFE WITHOUT PAROLE...

FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND
IS, LIKE,

"IT'S PROBABLY A GHOST."

Narrator:
...AND THE WEIRD LIGHTS

SEEN OVER
AMERICA'S SPOOKIEST SECRET LABS.

♪♪

Narrator:
IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE,

NINE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS
HOVER IN THE SKY.

Woman:
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

Narrator:
IT'S A PLACE WHERE WEIRD
AERIAL ACTIVITY

HAS BEEN SPOTTED BEFORE.

IN 1950, 11 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
WERE SEEN FLYING OVER OAK RIDGE.

SEVERAL MILITARY OFFICERS
SPOTTED IT INDEPENDENTLY,

AND THERE WAS RADAR
TO CORROBORATE IT,

AND SO IT WOULD SEEM
PRETTY REALISTIC,

SO THE FBI
STEPPED IN TO INVESTIGATE.

THE FBI WERE NEVER ABLE TO FULLY
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED

IN THAT 1950s INCIDENT,
WHICH LED A LOT OF PEOPLE

TO SPECULATE THAT IT WAS UFOs.

Narrator:
EX-CIA ANALYST
LINDSAY MORAN EXAMINES

MAPS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA

AND FINDS THEY ARE HOVERING
CLOSE

TO ONE OF THE MOST
SECRETIVE PLACES IN THE U.S. --

OAK RIDGE
NATIONAL LABORATORY.

THIS PLACE HAS SECRETS
BUILT INTO ITS FOUNDATION.

Narrator:
THE TOP-SECRET LAB IS HIDDEN
ON A 58-SQUARE-MILE SITE.

HERE, SCIENTISTS CARRY OUT
EXPERIMENTS

AT THE VERY EDGE OF KNOWN
SCIENCE WITH QUANTUM PHYSICS,

CONDENSED MATTER,
INVISIBLE NANOTECHNOLOGY,

AND CONTROVERSIAL
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OAK RIDGE EVEN HOUSES
A SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE,

WHICH CREATES THE MOST
INTENSE PULSE NEUTRON BEAMS

IN THE WORLD.

IT IS ALSO HOME TO A REAL-LIFE
MECHANICAL MONSTER,

THE LARGEST AND MOST INTELLIGENT
SUPERCOMPUTER ON PLANET EARTH.

FEW CAN EVER HOPE
TO UNDERSTAND

THE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
CARRIED OUT HERE,

MUCH OF IT FUNDED
BY THE MILITARY.

SCIENCE JOURNALIST JON FARROW
CONSIDERS

WHETHER THE LIGHTS ARE CAUSED BY
ONE OF THE SECRET TESTS RUMORED

TO BE GOING ON AT THE SITE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE

THAT THERE'S A SECRET
GOVERNMENT PROJECT

CALLED TR-3B, WHICH IS
DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT.

Narrator:
A NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT
HAS BEEN THE DREAM OF DESIGNERS

SINCE THE 1950s,
BUT WHILE SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS

HAVE BEEN USED TO POWER SHIPS
AND SUBMARINES,

THE U.S. MILITARY
OFFICIALLY CANCELED

ITS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT PROGRAM,
PROJECT PLUTO, IN 1964.

NO OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
WAS EVER GIVEN,

BUT MILITARY OFFICIALS
WERE SAID TO BE WORRIED

NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT
WOULD ESCALATE THE COLD WAR.

BUT RUMORS PERSIST THAT
THE PROJECT WAS BURIED AWAY

AND CONTINUED IN SECRET.

THE TR-3B IS RUMORED TO USE
SOME SORT OF PRESSURIZED MERCURY

COMBINED WITH NUCLEAR POWER.

Narrator:
ALTHOUGH TR-3B DOES NOT
OFFICIALLY EXIST,

SOME UFOLOGISTS CLAIM
THIS NUCLEAR-POWERED

AIRCRAFT ACCOUNTS

FOR SIGHTINGS OF NOTORIOUS
BLACK TRIANGLE UFOs.

THESE UNEXPLAINED LIGHTS
HAVE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE

WONDERING IF THIS COULD BE
A POTENTIAL TEST FLIGHT

OF THE TR SQUADRON.

Narrator:
THE ENERGY RELEASED DURING
A NUCLEAR REACTION

IS SO POWERFUL THAT JUST
1 POUND OF URANIUM PRODUCES

THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY
AS 385,000 POUNDS OF JET FUEL.

IT MEANS THAT A NUCLEAR-POWERED
AIRCRAFT WOULD BE MUCH LIGHTER

AND ABLE TO TRAVEL FARTHER

THAN ANY EXISTING
JET-FUELED AIRCRAFT.

IF TR DOES EXIST, IT WOULD BE
COMPLETELY NEW TO SCIENCE

AND TOTALLY REVOLUTIONARY.

Narrator:
BUT WHEN FORMER CIA ANALYST
LINDSAY MORAN

REVIEWS THE FOOTAGE,
SHE IS UNCONVINCED

IT SHOWS THE WORLD'S
FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT.

WHY WOULD THEY TEST IT

IN A POPULATED AREA
WITH THE LIGHTS ON?

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT COVERT,
THAT'S ADVERTISING.

Narrator:
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC WILL EVER BE TOLD

OR WILL EVER BE ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND

THE SCIENCE GOING ON AT THE
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY.

THE CAUSE OF THE STRANGE LIGHTS
IN THE SKY

ABOVE THE LABS
REMAINS UNEXPLAINED.

Narrator:
NOW, IN A POLICE STATION
IN NEW MEXICO...

YOU JUST GET THIS FEELING
LIKE YOU'RE BEING WATCHED.

IT'S A SECURE AREA.

IT'S TOTALLY LOCKED DOWN.

Narrator:
...A JAILBREAK THAT
POLICE CAN'T SOLVE.

NO HUMAN CAN ACTUALLY WALK
THROUGH A CHAIN-LINK FENCE.

Narrator:
A PHANTOM PRISONER,

OR A SPECTRAL MURDER VICTIM
BACK FROM THE DEAD?

THIS USED TO BE A LANDFILL,

AND THERE WAS QUITE
A FEW UNSOLVED MURDERS

THAT THEY DROPPED OFF
THE BODIES HERE.

IT MADE ME THINK THAT
IT COULD BE A GHOST.

♪♪

Narrator:
SEPTEMBER 20, 2014,
ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO --

POLICE OFFICER KARL ROMERO
IS ON A ROUTINE NIGHT SHIFT

MANNING THE CITY'S
POLICE STATION.

THAT NIGHT, I WAS
THE ONLY OFFICER ON DUTY.

Narrator: THE STATION IS LOCATED
2 MILES OUT OF TOWN

IN AN ISOLATED INDUSTRIAL PARK.

Romero:
NIGHT IS PRETTY QUIET.

IT'S, LIKE, DEAD SILENCE,
AND ALL THE SUDDEN,

YOU HEAR SOUNDS, OR YOU THINK
YOU'RE SEEING THINGS.

IT'S KIND OF SCARY SOMETIMES.

Narrator:
BESIDES THE POLICE OFFICER,
THE ONLY PERSON HERE

IS A PRISONER
LOCKED IN THEIR CELL.

Romero:
I WAS JUST SITTING DOWN
ON THAT CHAIR

OVER THERE
LOOKING AT THE CAMERAS,

MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING WAS SECURE.

Narrator: 18 CCTV CAMERAS
COVER THE 12 CELLS,

THE FRONT LOBBY,
THE BOOKING ROOM,

AND THE STATION'S EXTERIOR.

ALL IS NORMAL UNTIL
ROMERO SWITCHES

TO THE LIVE FEED
FROM CAMERA 5,

WHICH FACES
THE SECURE REAR COMPOUND.

THE GATES WERE CLOSED.

THERE WAS NO WAY OF SOMEONE
ENTERING OR EXITING.

SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING
AT THE SCREEN,

THERE WAS, LIKE, A WHITE OBJECT
WALKING ACROSS IT.

Narrator:
THERE IS NO VIDEO GLITCH.

THERE IS NO TAPE BEING USED.

THIS IS A DIGITAL RECORD.

WHATEVER IS BEING CAPTURED
IS DEFINITELY THERE.

ROMERO REPLAYS THE IMAGE.

THE POLICE ARE IN THE STATION,
THE PRISONER ACCOUNTED FOR,

AND WHATEVER THIS IS CAN
WALK THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS.

SO THE OBJECT THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT,

IT CAME FROM THE CORNER
OF THIS FENCE HERE

AND WALKED STRAIGHT THROUGH
THE FENCE AND WALKED SOUTHWEST.

Narrator:
THE OBJECT APPEARS TO HAVE
GOTTEN OUT OF THE POLICE STATION

BY PASSING RIGHT THROUGH
ITS HEAVILY GUARDED PERIMETER.

SO THIS IS A VERY SECURE PLACE
BECAUSE OF THIS,

AND THEN WE HAVE
RAZOR WIRE ON THE TOP,

SO THEY CAN'T CRAWL OVER IT.

Narrator:
FOR A HUMAN, THE ONLY WAY IN
OR OUT

IS IF THE DUTY OFFICER
INSIDE BUZZES THE DOOR OPEN.

IF THAT WAS A PERSON,
THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE

TO WALK
THROUGH A CHAIN-LINK FENCE.

FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND
IS, LIKE,

"IT'S PROBABLY A GHOST."

♪♪

Narrator:
COMING UP...

A GREEN SMOG MONSTER
THREATENS TO EAT MOSCOW,

AND IS A SUPERNATURAL PRESENCE
STALKING AN AMERICAN JAIL?

I PERSONALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE
IN GHOSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

UNTIL I SAW IT
FOR MY OWN TWO EYES.

Narrator:
IN NEW MEXICO, POLICE OFFICER
KARL ROMERO

IS ON THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
AT ESPANOLA JAIL

WHEN SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURE
FOOTAGE OF A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE

WITH SEEMINGLY
SUPERNATURAL POWERS.

THE FOOTAGE IS ONLY THE LATEST
WEIRD EVENT

AT THE ESPANOLA
POLICE STATION.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT
OF INCIDENTS HERE AT NIGHT,

WEIRD STUFF THAT
YOU CAN'T JUST EXPLAIN.

WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT COME HERE
ALL THE TIME.

DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE
STATE POLICE, SHERIFFS --

THEY WON'T WANT TO COME BACK.

NOT BY THEMSELVES, ANYWAYS.

Narrator:
OFFICER MARTINEZ WAS ALONE
IN THE STATION

AT 3:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING.

I HAD MY CHAIR LEANING BACK,
AND I HAD MY EYES CLOSED,

AND I OPENED MY EYES,

AND I SAW THIS SHADOW
STANDING ON TOP OF ME.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT IT WAS,
BUT I FELL OFF THE CHAIR.

I PERSONALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE
IN GHOSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

UNTIL I SAW IT
FOR MY OWN TWO EYES,

AND THEN I THINK
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

IT COULD'VE BEEN A GHOST.

Narrator: EXPERTS ARE BAFFLED
BY THE EERIE FOOTAGE.

THESE ARE SECURITY GUYS,
AND THEIR JOB IS TO WATCH

AND MONITOR THOSE SCREENS
BECAUSE IT COULD BE A JAILBREAK,

BUT THIS IS NOT
WHAT THEY THINK IT IS.

THESE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL

REPORTING A SPECTRAL IMAGE.

I MEAN, THIS IS A PRISON.
IT'S A SECURED AREA,

AND SOMETHING IS JUST ABLE
TO DRIFT RIGHT ON THROUGH.

Narrator:
TO HELP DETERMINE IF THERE COULD
BE A SPIRIT ON THE PREMISES,

OFFICER ROMERO SEARCHES
THE TOWN RECORDS

BUT FINDS NO DEATHS REPORTED
AT THE POLICE STATION.

HOWEVER, HE DOES FIND THE SITE
ITS BUILT ON

HAS A SINISTER PAST.

Romero:
THIS USED TO BE A LANDFILL BACK
IN, LIKE, THE '70s AND '80s,

AND THERE WAS QUITE A FEW
UNSOLVED MURDERS OR MURDERS

THAT THEY DROPPED OFF
THE BODIES HERE.

Narrator: MILITARY CORRESPONDENT
CARLO MUNOZ EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE

AND THINKS HE SEES
AN EXPLANATION

FOR THE SHADOWY OBJECT.

Muñoz: AS THE FIGURE MOVES
PAST THE POLES

ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN,

THE OBJECTS TO THE LEFT SEEM
TO DISTORT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THAT KIND OF REMINDS ME
OF THE EFFECT

A STEALTH CLOAKING TECHNOLOGY
WOULD HAVE.

Narrator:
INVISIBILITY CLOAKS HAVE LONG
BEEN ASSOCIATED

WITH FOLKLORE AND FAIRY TALES,

BUT TODAY, THE U.S. MILITARY IS
TRYING TO PRODUCE ONE FOR REAL.

IT'S A TECHNOLOGY
THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE

BATTLEFIELD CAMOUFLAGE.

AND THE NATIONAL LABS
AT LOS ALAMOS

HAVE A VERY LARGE HAND

IN TRYING TO DEVELOP
THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

Narrator:
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

IS A TOP-SECRET
GOVERNMENT FACILITY

AND IS JUST 21 MILES FROM
THE ESPANOLA POLICE STATION.

IS THIS SOME SORT OF
BLACK OPS TEST

WHERE SOMEBODY IS TESTING
THEIR TECHNOLOGY?

Narrator:
BUT WHEN O'BRIEN EXAMINES
THE FOOTAGE,

HE DOUBTS IT SHOWS A COVERT
TEST MISSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

THIS COULD BE A CLOAKING DEVICE,
BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN

HOW THIS PERSON ACTUALLY GOT
THROUGH THE CHAIN-LINK FENCE.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: THE FOOTAGE COMES TO
THE ATTENTION

OF PHYSICIST
GRANT DENN.

HE CONSIDERS IF THE PHANTOM
COULD BE SOMETHING DANGEROUS

BUT NOT YET DEAD.

Denn: AS THE THING MOVES
ACROSS THE FIELD OF VIEW,

IT'S ACTUALLY NOT FAR
IN THE COURTYARD

BUT RATHER IN FRONT
OF THE LENS ITSELF

AND BEING DISTORTED OPTICALLY.

ALTHOUGH THERE MAY APPEAR TO BE
LONG LEGS

ALL THE WAY
ACROSS THE COURTYARD,

THERE COULD ACTUALLY BE
VERY SHORT LEGS

LIKE THAT OF A SPIDER
AS IT CRAWLED ACROSS THE LENS.

Narrator:
NEW MEXICO'S ARID LANDSCAPE

IS HOME TO TWO
DEADLY VENOMOUS SPIDERS --

THE WIDOW AND THE RECLUSE.

A BITE FROM A RECLUSE
CAN BE LETHAL.

VICTIMS HAVE SUFFERED ORGAN
FAILURE, CONVULSIONS, AND DEATH.

COULD A CRAWLING SPIDER
LOOK LIKE A WALKING PHANTOM?

THE POLICE AT THIS JAIL MONITOR
THESE SCREENS EVERY NIGHT.

THEY DO SEE BUGS, BUT ACCORDING
TO THE OFFICERS,

THEY DON'T EVER LOOK LIKE THIS.

Martinez:
I'VE BEEN HERE 9 YEARS.

WHATEVER PASSED THAT NIGHT,
I DO NOT KNOW,

BUT IT WASN'T NO BUGS.

IT WASN'T -- I CAN'T EXPLAIN
WHAT IT WAS.

Romero:
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
SPECULATIONS

OF WHAT IT COULD BE.

MOST OF US AT OUR DEPARTMENT
THINKS IT'S A GHOST,

BUT IT'S BASICALLY
UNSOLVED RIGHT NOW.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator:
COMING UP...

IS THIS SINISTER
GREEN CLOUD A STRIKE ON MOSCOW?

THIS COULD BE A CHEMICAL ATTACK
ON THE RUSSIAN STATE.

♪♪

Narrator:
NOW, ON THE 26th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER...

PEOPLE IN MOSCOW ARE TERRIFIED,
AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.

THE QUESTION IS,
"WHAT IS COMING FOR THEM?"

Narrator:
A TERRIFYING GREEN CLOUD
ENGULFS MOSCOW.

I WOULD GET IN MY CAR,

AND I'D PUT THE PEDAL
TO THE METAL, AND I WOULD DRIVE.

Narrator: RUSSIANS FEAR A NEW
AND EVEN DEADLIER CATASTROPHE.

IT'S LIKE A POSTAPOCALYPTIC
SITUATION.

IS IT RADIOACTIVE?

IS IT TOXIC?

WHAT COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE?

♪♪

Narrator: APRIL 26, 2012,
THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOSCOW --

A NORMAL MORNING IS INTERRUPTED

BY A TERRIFYING HAZE
ENGULFING THE SKY.

ONCE THIS MOVES INTO THE CITY,
PEOPLE REALLY START TO PANIC.

THERE WAS HUGE TRAFFIC
ON SOCIAL MEDIA

TELLING PEOPLE TO BASICALLY
EVACUATE THE CITY.

AUTHORITIES
REALLY HAD A TOUGH JOB

TO TRY TO CALM PEOPLE DOWN
AND NOT PANIC.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS,
AND IT LOOKS PRETTY HARMFUL.

Narrator:
EXPERTS WONDER WHAT COULD BE
BEHIND THIS SINISTER CLOUD.

WHAT SORT OF CHEMICALS
COULD PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN
PUMPING INTO THE AIR

TO MAKE GREEN CLOUDS
APPEAR ON THIS SCALE?

Narrator:
JOURNALIST JEFF WISE
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE

AND CONSIDERS
IF A CHEMICAL HORROR

IS UNFOLDING
IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS, WHEN YOU SEE
THE COLOR OF THIS SUBSTANCE,

IT'S HARD NOT TO THINK
OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

Narrator:
THERE IS ONE DEADLY GAS

THAT BEARS
A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

TO THE GREEN CLOUD --
CHLORINE.

Zimmerman:
CHLORINE GAS HAS INSTANTANEOUS
AND DEVASTATING EFFECTS.

IF THIS CLOUD IS TOXIC CHLORINE,

IT WILL BE A MASS MURDER
ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE.

Narrator:
CHLORINE GAS WAS FIRST USED AS
A WEAPON DURING WORLD WAR I.

Zimmerman:
WHEN CHLORINE GAS IS INHALED,

IT REACTS WITH THE MOIST
LINING OF THE LUNGS

AND TURNS
TO HYDROCHLORIC ACID

THAT STARTS TO IMMEDIATELY
CORRODE THE LUNGS,

BASICALLY MELTING THEM AWAY.

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

Narrator:
CHLORINE GAS HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY
OUTLAWED AS A WEAPON SINCE 1925,

BUT THE UNITED STATES
HAS ACCUSED SOME ROGUE NATIONS,

WHO HAVE CLOSE LINKS TO RUSSIA,
OF USING THEM TODAY.

HAS CHLORINE GAS
CATASTROPHICALLY ESCAPED

FROM A SECRET MOSCOW
LABORATORY?

BUT STUDYING THE FOOTAGE,

MILITARY ANALYST
CARLO MUNOZ DOUBTS

WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS CHLORINE GAS.

THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF A CHLORINE GAS ATTACK --

IT'S A VERY DENSE MATERIAL.

IT'S HEAVY, SO THE CLOUD
REALLY KIND OF HITS THE GROUND

AND SITS THERE.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
IN THIS VIDEO

IS THE CLOUD RISING UP,
WHICH REALLY CALLS INTO DOUBT

WHETHER OR NOT THIS
COULD BE A CHLORINE ATTACK.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: THE FOOTAGE COMES
TO THE ATTENTION

OF METEOROLOGIST ANGELA FRITZ.

SHE ANALYZES WEATHER RECORDS
FOR THE AREA.

THE WINDS WERE PRETTY STRONG
THAT DAY,

UP TO ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR,

SO YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT
ARE EASILY TRANSPORTED VIA WIND,

AND THE FIRST THING
I THINK OF IS POLLEN.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS A POLLEN BOMB.

THESE TREES WAIT ALL YEAR

FOR THIS ONE MOMENT
OF EXPLOSIVE REPRODUCTION.

IN THIS MOMENT, THE BIRCH TREES
COLLECTIVELY CREATE THIS CLOUD

SO MASSIVE
IT TURNS THE RED SQUARE GREEN.

Narrator:
MOSCOW IS SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS
OF SQUARE MILES OF DENSE FOREST.

BIRCH TREES ARE PREVALENT
THROUGHOUT

AND PRODUCE DISTINCTIVE
GREEN POLLEN.

A SINGLE TREE CAN PRODUCE
5 POUNDS OF POLLEN

IN A MATTER OF WEEKS,

SO IF YOU GET A VERY STRONG WIND
AND THOUSANDS OF TREES,

YOU COULD GET THIS GREEN CLOUD.

Narrator:
EXPERTS AGREE, A POLLEN BOMB
IS THE BEST EXPLANATION

FOR THE WEIRD GREEN SKY,

BUT SOME RESIDENTS
REMAIN UNCONVINCED.

Wise:
WHEN THE RESIDENTS
OF MOSCOW HEARD

WHAT THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS
WAS, THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THEY SAID TO THEMSELVES, "LOOK.
WE'VE ALWAYS LIVED IN A FOREST.

THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE."