All language subtitles for Strange.Evidence.S03E10.Curse.of.Poltergeist.Hill.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.

Man:
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.

Narrator: EXPERTS CARRY OUT
FORENSIC 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?

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: COMING UP,

A MAN WITH THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY
OF A ROBOT...

HE RUNS INTO THE BACK OF THIS
CAR, BASICALLY LIKE A MACHINE.

Narrator: ...A MYSTERIOUS FORCE
ATTACKS PASSENGERS AT SEA...

[ SCREAMING ]

THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOAT WERE NOT
EXPECTING TO GET WHAT THEY GOT.

Narrator: ...AND A
GLOWING GHOUL BRINGS TERROR

TO A DESERT HIGHWAY.

Wise: IT IS USING THAT LIGHT
FOR ILLUMINATION,

OR IS IT LURING ITS PREY?

Narrator: BIZARRE PHENOMENON.

WHOA.

Narrator:
MYSTERIES CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

NOW, THAT'S AN EXPLOSION.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH BEHIND
THIS STRANGE EVIDENCE?

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www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

NOW, CAMERAS CAPTURE A NAKED
HUMANOID FIGURE

WITH DURABILITY BEYOND THAT
OF ANY NORMAL MAN.

HE RAN FULL-ON BODY MASS
AIRBORNE INTO THAT WINDOW.

I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD LEAVE
A NORMAL PERSON DEAD.

Narrator: IMPERVIOUS TO PAIN,
HE SEEMS TO BE

ON AN OBSESSIVE RAMPAGE
OF DESTRUCTION.

THIS GUY IS DOING THINGS
THAT ARE PRACTICALLY SUICIDAL.

HE'S THE TERMINATOR, MAN.
HE JUST KEEPS GOING.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: MARCH 7, 2015,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

A CITY FAMOUS
FOR YEAR-ROUND SUNSHINE

AND THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR
OF THE MOVIES,

BUT AS THE SUN SETS ON THE CITY,

ONE SLEEPY SUBURB IS ABOUT
TO EXPERIENCE AN EVENT

STRAIGHT FROM A HOLLYWOOD
ACTION BLOCKBUSTER.

WE'VE BEEN HERE
FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

I MEAN, LITTLE THINGS
HAPPEN HERE AND THERE,

BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS.

Narrator: LATE IN THE EVENING,

LOCAL RESIDENT CHARLIE BARNES
AND HIS WIFE

ARE DRIVING BACK
FROM A FRIEND'S PARTY.

SO WE GOT HOME EXACTLY
AROUND 11 O'CLOCK.

WE WERE READY TO GO TO BED.

FIVE MINUTES LATER,
SOMEONE KNOCKS ON OUR DOOR

LETTING US KNOW
SOMEONE HIT OUR CAR.

WELL, THE FIRST THING I SAW
WAS MY NEIGHBOR.

SHE LOOKED LIKE
SHE WAS PRETTY SHOOK UP.

SO I ASKED HER, "HEY, DID YOU
HIT MY CAR?"

THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT
OF HER MOUTH WAS,

"NO, I DIDN'T.
SOME NAKED GUY DID."

I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER AT FIRST.

I HAD TO GET THE EVIDENCE,
AND I KNOW WE HAVE CAMERAS HERE.

Narrator:
BARNES IS STAGGERED BY WHAT HE
SEES ON THE SECURITY VIDEO.

A NAKED MAN LAUNCHES HIMSELF
THROUGH BARNES' BACK WINDOW.

WE WERE JUST DUMBFOUNDED.

HE RUNS INTO THE BACK OF THIS
CAR, BASICALLY LIKE A MACHINE.

Narrator:
THE MAN REBOUNDS ONTO THE GROUND
AFTER RECEIVING A BLOW

THAT SHOULD KNOCK HIM OUT,
BUT HE DOESN'T STAY DOWN.

IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE
SEEMS TO BOTHER THIS GUY.

Narrator: BARNES' NEIGHBOR TRIES
DESPERATELY TO ESCAPE

FROM THE MADMAN,

BUT THE MYSTERIOUS ASSAILANT
NOW TURNS HIS ATTENTION ON HER.

THEN HE JUMPS ON THE CAR
LIKE HE HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH.

MY NEIGHBOR FREAKED OUT,
PUTS IT IN DRIVING,

GUNS IT, HITS MY VAN...

Narrator: THE NAKED MAN IS FLUNG
TO THE GROUND AT HIGH SPEED

WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE
A BONE-CRUNCHING IMPACT.

HOW DO YOU GET UP FROM THAT?

AFTER THIS WHOLE THING,

HE CAN STILL RUN FIVE
BLOCKS DOWN AND NOT BE PHASED.

Muñoz: THIS JUST DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE SOMETHING

AN ORDINARY HUMAN
WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.

Narrator:
GREG SZULGIT IS AN EXPERT

IN PHYSIOLOGY
AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE.

HE'S BUILT AN EXPERIMENT
TO FIND OUT

IF A HUMAN COULD WALK AWAY
FROM THIS TYPE OF EVENT

WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURIES.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW TYPICAL IS
HE AS A HUMAN BEING?

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.

Narrator: SZULGIT ISN'T GOING TO
LAUNCH HIMSELF AT THE CAR.

HE'S BROUGHT ALONG
A STUNT DOUBLE.

NEWTON HERE IS ABOUT
THE SAME WEIGHT AND BUILD

AS THE GUY WHO
WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW.

I'M GONNA HOOK HIM UP
TO A ROPE SWING ON A HARNESS,

SWING HIM INTO THE BACK
OF THE WINDOW,

AND SEE HOW HE FARES.

RIG YOU RIGHT UP.

Narrator: SZULGIT HAS CALCULATED
THE IMPACT FORCE SEEN

IN THE SECURITY FOOTAGE.

THE MAN IS RUNNING AT JUST OVER
11 MILES PER HOUR

WHEN HE STRIKES THE CAR.

THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT
THE EQUIVALENT OF NEWTON

ON A 5-METER ROPE
SWING FALLING AT 45 DEGREES,

WHICH IS AROUND THERE.

I'M EXPECTING HE'S GONNA GO
THROUGH THE WINDOW

BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE'S GOT A HARD
HEAD AND A STIFF NECK AND BACK.

Narrator: NEWTON SHOULD SMASH
THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW

LIKE A SLEDGEHAMMER.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DAMAGE
WILL THE DUMMY SUFFER?

ALL RIGHT.

3, 2, 1 --
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

Narrator:
THE DUMMY'S HEAD HITS THE WINDOW

WITH A BLUNT FORCE
OF 2,187 NEWTONS,

WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF AN
ADULT MALE SILVERBACK GORILLA

STANDING ON YOUR HEAD.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE SAME
BLUNT FORCE

REQUIRED TO CRUSH
AN ADULT HUMAN SKULL.

BUT INCREDIBLY,

THIS ISN'T ENOUGH FORCE
TO BREAK THE WINDOW.

THE MAN IN THE FOOTAGE MUST
HAVE HIT CHARLIE BARNES' CAR

WITH EVEN MORE FORCE THAN THIS,
WHICH LEAVES

SZULGIT UNABLE TO EXPLAIN
THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE.

THE GUY IN THE VIDEO,

I DON'T KNOW
HOW HE WALKED AWAY FROM IT.

Narrator: THE NAKED MAN MAY LOOK
LIKE A NEWLY ARRIVED TERMINATOR,

AN ANDROID SENT FROM THE FUTURE,

BUT BARNES FINDS EVIDENCE THAT
HE'S NO INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY SKIN
AND BLOOD ON THE ACTUAL GLASS.

NOT ONLY THAT,
HE LEFT A FINGERTIP.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: AUTHOR HEIDI HOLLIS
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE FOR CLUES.

SHE WONDERS IF THE MAN SURVIVED
THIS CRIPPLING IMPACT

BECAUSE HE WASN'T ENTIRELY
CONSCIOUS TO BEGIN WITH.

WHEN I SAW THIS CLIP OF THIS GUY

RUNNING FULL FORCE, NAKED,
AT THE CAR,

IT MAKES YOU WONDER,
IS THAT A ZOMBIE MENTALITY?

[ ZOMBIES GROANING ]

Narrator: THE LIVING DEAD
HAVE BEEN INVADING

HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FOR DECADES,

BUT THE ORIGIN OF THE ZOMBIE
COMES FROM THE VODOU RELIGION.

IN A LOT OF CULTURES WHERE VODOU
IS DOMINATING, IT'S VERY REAL.

Narrator:
WORSHIPERS BELIEVE THAT PRIESTS
OF THE VODOU RELIGION,

USING A POTENT COCKTAIL
OF POISONS AND DRUGS,

CAN PLACE SOMEONE
IN A ZOMBIE-LIKE STATE.

A ZOMBIE UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE DRUGS

IS UNABLE TO RESIST
ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THEM.

ZOMBIES MAY ATTACK YOU
BECAUSE IF THE MASTER SAYS,

"GET THAT PERSON,"

THEY MAY DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO TAKE YOU DOWN,

AND THEY WON'T STOP
UNTIL THEIR MASTER SAYS TO STOP.

Narrator: PHYSICIST MICHIO KAKU
CONSIDERS IF IT'S POSSIBLE

TO USE SCIENCE TO MAKE
A TECHNOLOGICAL ZOMBIE.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HACK INTO
HIS SPINAL CORD

AND HACK INTO HIS BODY

SO THAT THESE MOTIONS
CAN BE DONE BY PUSHING A BUTTON?

AND THE ANSWER IS,
IN PRINCIPLE, YES.

Narrator:
IN THE 1960s, JUAN DELGADO,
A YALE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR,

CREATED A REMOTE-CONTROLLED BULL

BY IMPLANTING ELECTRODES
IN THE BULL'S BRAIN.

HE COULD MAKE IT CHARGE OR HALT
WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON.

NOW, THE IMPLICATION OF THIS
WAS SO ENORMOUS

THAT THAT LINE OF RESEARCH
WAS ABANDONED.

Narrator:
BUT OTHER LINES OF RESEARCH

HAVE LED TO EXTRAORDINARY
ADVANCES IN BODY HACKING

BY SENDING ELECTRIC PULSES
DIRECTLY INTO MUSCLES.

NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT
HOW MUSCLES ARE CONTROLLED,

IT'S BASICALLY
ELECTRICAL SIGNALS

THAT ARE USUALLY COMING
FROM THE BRAIN

THAT ARE
CONTROLLING THE MUSCLES.

BUT THE BEAUTY IS, YOU CAN
ACTUALLY BYPASS THE BRAIN.

WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY GETS
THIS TECHNOLOGY

WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION?

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE
A PUPPET INSIDE YOUR OWN BODY.

NOW, THAT'S A FREAKY IDEA,
RIGHT?

SOMEONE CAN ACTUALLY
TAKE OVER YOUR BODY,

AND YOU COULD HAVE
NO CONTROL OF IT.

Narrator: COULD THE MAN IN
THE FOOTAGE BE THE VICTIM

OF A BODY HACK LIKE THIS,
A TECHNOLOGICAL ZOMBIE

CONTROLLED BY
A MALIGN PUPPET MASTER,

HELPLESS TO STOP HIS BODY
FROM BEING PULVERIZED?

FORENSIC IMAGE ANALYST
CONOR McCOURT

EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE
FOR ANY TELLTALE CLUES

THAT THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY
MIGHT BE BEING USED.

THERE'S BEEN A SUGGESTION
THAT THIS IS BODY HACKING.

SO WE CAPTURED IMAGES
FROM THE RAMPAGE,

AND WE LINED THEM UP ON A CHART.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
HE'S NAKED.

WE WOULD SEE THOSE ELECTRODES.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE
THAT TECHNOLOGY,

SO THAT'S NOT
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

Narrator: PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY
LESLIE SAMUEL INVESTIGATES

IF A SINISTER BIOLOGICAL AGENT
COULD EXPLAIN THE CARNAGE

HE'S WITNESSING IN THE FOOTAGE.

COULD THIS GUY BE INFECTED
BY A PARASITE,

AND COULD THAT BE CAUSING THE
BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE?

Narrator: ONE WIDESPREAD
PARASITE THAT IS KNOWN

TO CONTROL THE BEHAVIOR OF ITS
HOST IS TOXOPLASMA GONDII,

A SINGLE-CELL PROTOZOA

THAT CAUSES
THE DISEASE TOXOPLASMOSIS.

WHEN IT COMES TO TOXOPLASMOSIS
CAUSING RISKY BEHAVIOR,

THIS HAPPENS
BECAUSE IT'S EVOLVED

IN LITERALLY
A CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME.

Narrator:
THE PARASITE LIVES IN CATS

AND IS SPREAD
THROUGH THEIR FECES,

BUT IT HAS EVOLVED TO
SPECIFICALLY TARGET CATS' PREY

LIKE MICE AND RATS.

[ MICE SQUEAKING ]

WHAT THE PARASITE IS ACTUALLY
DOING IS INFECTING THE RATS

IN A WAY
THAT MAKES THEM FEARLESS,

AND NOT JUST FEARLESS --
RECKLESS.

Narrator: INFECTED RODENTS
LOSE ALL FEAR OF CATS

AND WILL ACTUALLY SEEK OUT
THE SCENT OF CAT URINE.

THE HOST PUTS ITSELF IN A
SUICIDAL POSITION

OF BEING AVAILABLE TO BE EATEN.

Narrator: AND THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT TOXOPLASMA GONDII WANTS.

WHEN THE RATS GET EATEN
BY THE CAT,

THE PARASITE GETS BACK WHERE IT
WANTS TO BE, INSIDE THE CAT.

NOW, IF YOU THINK THAT'S CRAZY,
THAT'S NOT THE TERRIFYING THING.

IT DOESN'T JUST INFECT RATS.

IT ACTUALLY INFECTS HUMANS, TOO.

Narrator:
COMING UP, A TERRIFYING OBJECT
MENACES A TOWN...

THERE ARE THINGS IN THE SKY
THAT CAN KILL US AT ANY MOMENT.

Narrator:
...A CAR IS PULLED UP AND DOWN
A HILL BY A MYSTERIOUS POWER...

Wise: IT'S ESSENTIALLY

ONE OF THE DEADLIEST FORCES
ONE CAN IMAGINE.

Narrator: ...AND IS THIS MAN
BEING CONTROLLED

BY A PARASITE
THAT'S TAKEN OVER HIS BODY?

IT GIVES YOU AN INCREDIBLE
NUMBNESS TO KILLING, VIOLENCE.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator:
A NAKED MAN ON A VIOLENT RAMPAGE
IN AN L.A. SUBURB --

EXPERTS INVESTIGATE
IF HE'S BEEN INFECTED

BY A PARASITE
THAT CAUSES TOXOPLASMOSIS,

A DISEASE THAT CAN TRIGGER
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT
ABOUT 1/4 OF THE POPULATION

IS ACTUALLY INFECTED.

Narrator:
TOXOPLASMOSIS CAUSES CYSTS
TO DEVELOP IN HUMAN BRAINS.

THESE CYSTS CAN PERMANENTLY
ALTER SOMEONE'S PERSONALITY,

MAKING THE INDIVIDUAL
MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE

IN HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR.

IT CAN TRIGGER AGGRESSION,
SCHIZOPHRENIA, OR SUICIDE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WALKING
AROUND WITH THIS

AND DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.

Narrator: BUT SCIENCE JOURNALIST
JEFF WISE THINKS THIS BEHAVIOR

IS TOO CRAZY EVEN FOR SOMEONE
SUFFERING FROM TOXOPLASMOSIS.

PARASITES THAT AFFECT BEHAVIOR,

THEY DO SO IN ORDER
TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES.

THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
THAT'S HAPPENING.

HERE YOU HAVE A HOST THAT'S JUST
KIND OF DESTROYING HIMSELF.

IF THIS IS A PARASITE,

IT'S NOT REALLY GETTING
ANYTHING OUT OF IT.

Narrator:
MILITARY ANALYST CARLO MUÑOZ
ANALYZES THE FOOTAGE.

THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MAN
ON THE RAMPAGE

REMINDS HIM OF WHAT HE'S LEARNED
ABOUT SUPER-SOLDIER PROGRAMS.

MILITARIES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TRYING TO IMPROVE EVERY
PIECE OF THEIR ARSENAL,

AND THAT INCLUDES SOLDIERS.

ONE OF THE WAYS THEY
DO THAT IS DRUGGING THEM.

Narrator: A COCKTAIL OF POWERFUL
DRUGS CAN ALLOW COMBATANTS

TO PUSH PAST NORMAL
HUMAN BOUNDARIES,

LIKE SMASHING THROUGH
A CAR WINDOW WITH THEIR HEAD.

A LOT OF WORK IN THIS FIELD
WAS PIONEERED IN NAZI GERMANY.

ONE OF THE DRUGS
GERMAN COMMANDERS

WOULD GIVE THEIR MEN
IN WORLD WAR II

WAS SOMETHING CALLED D-IX,

WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM
SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH

AND IN A WAY, TURN THEM
INTO SOME SORT OF SUPER SOLDIER.

Narrator: IN RECENT DECADES,
THE DRUGS-ARMS RACE

HAS CONTINUED WITH TERROR GROUPS
DOSING THEIR FIGHTERS

WITH UNREGULATED
BLACK-MARKET DRUGS.

THEY'VE TAKEN TO USING
SOMETHING CALLED CAPTAGON,

WHICH BASICALLY TURNS THEM
INTO KILLING MACHINES.

Narrator: EASILY MANUFACTURED
AND HIGHLY ADDICTIVE,

THIS DRUG HAS FUELED
THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

WITH GROUPS LIKE ISIS USING IT
TO ENSURE SUICIDE BOMBERS

COMPLETE THEIR MISSIONS.

Muñoz: THE THING WITH CAPTAGON
IS, ONCE YOU TAKE IT,

IT GIVES YOU THIS INCREDIBLE
SENSE OF EUPHORIA.

IT ALSO GIVES YOU AN INCREDIBLE
NUMBNESS TO KILLING, VIOLENCE.

THE SCARIEST THING
ABOUT THIS IS,

THIS GUY IS
IN THE UNITED STATES,

AND HE'S DOING THIS STUFF
IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.

Narrator:
AND AS ANYONE WHO HAS FACED
THESE DRUG-FUELED SUPER SOLDIERS

IN COMBAT KNOWS,
THEY ARE ALMOST UNSTOPPABLE.

Muñoz: IF THIS IS
A DRUG-INDUCED RAMPAGE,

THIS GUY IS BASICALLY
A BIOLOGICAL TERMINATOR.

Narrator: THE MAN WAS EVENTUALLY
ARRESTED BY POLICE,

AND IT IS BELIEVED
THAT AN UNKNOWN NARCOTIC

DID FUEL HIS
DESTRUCTIVE RAMPAGE.

Barnes: ON THAT ONE INCIDENT,
THERE'S A LOT OF CARNAGE.

WHO KNOWS IF HE'LL
BE BACK OR NOT.

Narrator:
NOW IN A MICHIGAN CEMETERY,

A CAR IS PUSHED
BACKWARDS UP A HILL.

WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON HERE?

Man: IT'S THE WEIRDEST
DARNED THING.

Narrator: EXPERTS ARE
BAFFLED BY WHAT OR WHO

HAS TAKEN CONTROL
OF THE VEHICLE.

HAVE THE RULES OF GRAVITY
SOMEHOW CHANGED?

Narrator: OR IS THIS AN
ATTEMPT AT COMMUNICATION?

THIS COULD BE A HAUNTING
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: JUNE 2013,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN --

NOWHERE IN THE QUIET
SUBURB OF FARMINGTON

IS QUIETER THAN
FARMINGTON'S OAKWOOD CEMETERY.

LONNIE WILLIAMS IS VISITING
THE GRAVEYARD.

HE STOPS HIS CAR AT
THE BOTTOM OF A HILL

AND PUTS IT IN NEUTRAL.

THEN THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS.

Williams: ROLLING BACKWARDS,
UP THE HILL.

Narrator: SOMETHING SEEMS
TO BE PULLING IT.

Williams: I HAVE NO IDEA.

Narrator:
AND THEN EVEN STRANGER,
IT SEEMS TO BE PUSHED BACK DOWN.

Williams: IT LOOKS LIKE
BY THIS TREE, WE STOP,

AND WE START
GOING FORWARD AGAIN.

Narrator: AND THEN UP AGAIN, AS
IF MOVED BY AN INVISIBLE HAND.

Williams: YES, MY FEET ARE
OFF THE PEDAL,

CAR IS STILL IN NEUTRAL.

IT'S THE WEIRDEST DARNED THING.

Narrator:
BAFFLED, WILLIAMS RETURNS TO THE
GRAVEYARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

Williams:
THIS IS ABOUT THE SPOT.

AND THE SAME MYSTERIOUS
PHENOMENON OCCURS EACH TIME.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S WORKING,
BUT IT ALWAYS DOES.

Wise: WHAT WE SEE HERE
IS SOME KIND OF FORCE

THAT'S MOVING THE CAR FIRST
ONE WAY AND THEN THE OTHER WAY.

THAT'S THE REALLY
STRANGE THING ABOUT IT.

I DON'T GET IT.

AS IF IT HAS SOME KIND OF
A WILL OF ITS OWN.

Narrator: JOURNALIST MALLIE FOX
STUDIES THE AUDIO IN THE FOOTAGE

AND HEARS SOMETHING SINISTER.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE CLIP
CAREFULLY,

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE
IS SAYING THE NAME SARAH.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPER ]

THAT'S GONNA SEND A CHILL
UP YOUR SPINE. IT'S SO FREAKY.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPER ]

I DID WALK AROUND HERE AND FOUND
A COUPLE OF GRAVESTONES

WITH THE NAME SARAH ON THEM.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPER ]

I THINK IT'S REALLY WEIRD.

Fox: SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT SPIRITS OR GHOSTS

CAN ACTUALLY MOVE OBJECTS
WITHOUT TOUCHING THEM,

AND IT'S CALLED PSYCHOKINESIS.

COULD IT BE A SPIRIT
PUSHING THE CAR TO GET IT

MAYBE OUT OF THE CEMETERY?

MAYBE THEY DON'T
WANT YOU IN THERE.

Narrator: COMING UP,
A GLOWING CREATURE

UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE STALKS
THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY...

Washington: ONE OF THE WAYS
THESE ORGANISMS

WILL USE THIS LIGHT
IS TO ATTRACT PREY.

Narrator: ...PASSENGERS
ON A BOAT ARE ATTACKED

BY A VIOLENT FORCE
FROM THE DEEP...

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

THESE PEOPLE ARE
IN TERRIBLE DANGER.

Narrator: ...AND IN THE PLACE
OF THE DEAD,

A CREEPY EFFECT THAT WARPS
THE MINDS OF THE LIVING...

Proctor: YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING ONE THING,

AND YET,
SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING.

♪♪

Narrator:
IN A DETROIT CEMETERY, A CAR IS
POSSESSED BY A MYSTERIOUS FORCE

THAT PUSHES IT
UP AND THEN DOWN A HILL.

I DON'T GET IT.

Narrator: PLANETARY SCIENTIST
SIAN PROCTOR INVESTIGATES

IF THE FOOTAGE SHOWS AN OMINOUS
GLITCH IN THE FORCES OF PHYSICS.

NORMALLY, WHAT GOES DOWN,
STAYS DOWN,

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT GOES DOWN
AND THEN COMES BACK UP.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

Narrator: EVER SINCE NEWTON SAW
AN APPLE FALLING FROM A TREE,

HUMANS HAVE BELIEVED THEY
UNDERSTAND HOW GRAVITY WORKS.

IT'S THE FORCE THAT ANCHORS
EVERYTHING TO THE PLANET,

BUT A RECENT NASA MISSION HAS
UNCOVERED SOMETHING DISTURBING.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
THAT WE FOUND OUT

IS THAT THE
HUDSON BAY AREA IN CANADA,

WELL, THE GRAVITY IS --
IT'S LESS.

Narrator: WE THINK OF GRAVITY
AS A CONSTANT FORCE.

THE IDEA THAT IT'S WEAKER IN
PLACES IS AN ALARMING THOUGHT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE
ARE FLOATING UP IN THE AIR

OVER THAT PART OF CANADA.

GRAVITY IS STILL WORKING.
IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY LESS STRONG.

Narrator: SCIENCE JOURNALIST
JEFF WISE INVESTIGATES

WHAT PHENOMENON COULD HAVE
SUCH A POWERFUL EFFECT

ON THE GRAVITY IN THE CEMETERY.

SOMETHING TO PACK THAT MUCH
GRAVITATIONAL PUNCH

WOULD HAVE TO BE
ENORMOUSLY DENSE.

IT WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY BE

SOME KIND OF MICROSCOPIC
BLACK HOLE.

Narrator:
THE IDEA OF A MICROSCOPIC
BLACK HOLE IN A CEMETERY

MIGHT SOUND UTTERLY CRAZY,

BUT IT'S NOT BEYOND
THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.

TINY VERSIONS OF NORMAL
BLACK HOLES ARE SO DENSE

NOTHING CAN ESCAPE THEM,
NOT EVEN LIGHT.

THE IDEA OF A MICRO BLACK HOLE
IS FAIRLY TERRIFYING.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY ONE OF
THE DEADLIEST FORCES

ONE CAN IMAGINE.

Narrator: THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
MICHIO KAKU

HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE WORK OF SCIENTISTS

WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIMENTING

WITH MICROSCOPIC BLACK HOLES
RIGHT HERE ON EARTH.

IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, WE HAVE
THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER,

THE MOST POWERFUL ATOM SMASHER
ON THE PLANET EARTH.

ONE SET OF EXPERIMENTS
IS TO CREATE MINI BLACK HOLES.

Narrator: THE BLACK HOLES
THAT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

CREATES ARE UNSTABLE
AND EXIST FOR LESS THAN

A FRACTION OF A SECOND,

BUT NATURALLY OCCURRING
MICROSCOPIC BLACK HOLES

OUT IN THE GALAXY

ARE MUCH MORE STABLE
AND FAR MORE DESTRUCTIVE.

BUT WHEN KAKU DOES THE MATH,
HE CALCULATES

THAT A STABLE MICROSCOPIC
BLACK HOLE IN THIS CEMETERY

WOULD SEND US ALL TO THE GRAVE.

Kaku: A MINI BLACK HOLE WILL
ALLOW YOU TO YANK A CAR,

BUT REALIZE THAT EVEN
A MINI BLACK HOLE

WOULD BE SUFFICIENT
TO EAT UP THE EARTH.

[ WIND WHISTLING ]

Narrator:
KAKU RE-WATCHES THE FOOTAGE.

HE WONDERS OF THE SHAPE OF THE
HILL ITSELF COULD BE MESSING

WITH THE PERCEPTIONS
OF EYEWITNESS LONNIE WILLIAMS.

HOW DOES THE BRAIN KNOW
WHAT IS UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT?

IT LOOKS AT THE HORIZON.
IT LOOKS FOR GUIDEPOSTS.

IT LOOKS FOR REFERENCE POINTS,

AND IF YOU SHIFT THOSE REFERENCE
POINTS, YOU CAN FOOL THE BRAIN.

Narrator:
FOR INSTANCE, IS THIS YOUNG BOY
AS TALL AS A GROWN MAN?

HOW MANY DOGS ARE BEING GROOMED?

AND HOW CAN THIS HILL
NOT BE WHAT IT SEEMS?

PROCTOR BELIEVES THAT THIS
COULD BE A PHENOMENON

KNOWN AS A GRAVITY HILL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO
AND NOTICE THE GRAVESTONES

AND THE TREES, WHAT'S HAPPENING
IS THAT THEY'RE LEANING

A CERTAIN WAY THAT THEY
THROW OUR SENSES OFF.

Narrator:
WHEN WE'RE ON A GRAVITY HILL,
THE SCENERY AROUND US

TRICKS US INTO BELIEVING
WERE ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE,

BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO
LOOK AT THE HILL

FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE,

WE WOULD SEE THAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY ON AN UPHILL SLOPE.

YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING
ONE THING,

AND YET,
SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE
DEFYING THE LAWS OF GRAVITY.

Narrator: BUT IF THIS IS
A GRAVITY HILL,

WHY DOES THE CAR MOVE
IN TWO DIRECTIONS?

Williams: AND WE START GOING
FORWARD AGAIN.

Narrator: AND WHAT'S THE ORIGIN
OF THE VOICE IN THE CAR?

[ INDISTINCT WHISPER ]

WITNESS LONNIE WILLIAMS
DOESN'T BELIEVE

THAT ANY NATURAL FORCE
IS SCRAMBLING HIS SENSES.

Williams: AN OPTICAL ILLUSION?

I DON'T KNOW THAT
THAT'S REALLY THE ANSWER.

THE MYSTERY IS STILL
STRANGE TO ME.

IT IS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME.

[ WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH ]

Narrator:
NOW ON THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY,
A MYSTERIOUS JAYWALKER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I
WOULD NOT WANT TO GET NEAR IT.

Narrator:
ONE BRAVE MAN WITH A SMARTPHONE
APPROACHES THIS MENACING BEING.

THE CREATURE IS GLOWING,
AND IT LOOKS REALLY WEIRD.

Narrator:
COULD THIS BE SOME KIND OF
UNKNOWN BIOLUMINESCENT CREATURE?

Wise: IS IT USING THAT LIGHT
FOR ILLUMINATION,

OR IS IT LURING ITS PREY?

♪♪

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

♪♪

Narrator: AUGUST, 2016,
THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

STRETCHING FROM ALASKA TO
ARGENTINA AT OVER 19,000 MILES,

IT IS THE LONGEST ROAD
IN THE WORLD.

♪♪

LATE AT NIGHT ON A REMOTE
STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY IN PERU,

A GROUP OF FRIENDS ENCOUNTER
A STRANGE FIGURE

AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

[ CONVERSATION IN SPANISH ]

THE GROUP NERVOUSLY FILMS
THE SINISTER ENTITY.

YOU KIND OF HOPE
IT ISN'T DANGEROUS.

Narrator: THE BEING APPEARS
TO GLARE AT THEM

WITH GLOWING INTERNAL EYES...

IT LOOKS LIKE
A WALKING JELLYFISH.

Narrator: ...BEFORE GLIDING OFF
INTO THE NIGHT.

EXPERTS ARE DUMBFOUNDED
BY WHAT THE FRIENDS ENCOUNTERED.

WHAT IS IT,
AND WHAT IS CAPABLE OF?

I SURE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
FOLLOWING THAT WITH A CAMERA.

Narrator: FORENSIC IMAGE ANALYST
BEN RADFORD EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE

FOR CLUES TO HELP IDENTIFY
THIS MYSTERIOUS APPARITION.

Radford:
THE FORM KEEPS CHANGING.

SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE
IT HAS LEGS.

SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE
IT HAS TENTACLES.

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST
FLOATING UP IN THE AIR.

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS
TO BE WALKING.

IT DOES ALL THESE WEIRD,
DIFFERENT THINGS,

AND THAT MAKES TRYING TO
SOLVE THE MYSTERY

ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: COMING UP,

SOMETHING TERRIFYING
IN THE SKIES OVER SIBERIA...

IT'S ALARMING BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU'D SEE

AT THE ONSET OF WORLD WAR III.

Narrator:
...THRILL SEEKERS GET TOO CLOSE
TO A TERROR FROM THE DEEP...

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

TURNS DEADLY, THEN IT BECOMES
A SURVIVOR SITUATION.

Narrator:
...AND IS AN UNKNOWN PREDATOR
STALKING THE HIGHWAYS OF PERU?

IF IT IS, THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE SCARED.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: A GROUP OF FRIENDS
APPROACH A STRANGE ENTITY

BY A PERUVIAN HIGHWAY,
A SINISTER SHAPE-SHIFTER

THAT APPEARS
TO DEFY EXPLANATION.

BIOLOGIST DANNI WASHINGTON
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

SHE BELIEVES THAT THE BLUE LIGHT
COULD BE A CLUE

THAT THE THING IN THE FOOTAGE
IS A TYPE OF ANIMAL.

THE THING THAT'S MOST NOTICEABLE
ABOUT THIS FOOTAGE

IS THE CREATURE IS GLOWING,

WHICH REMINDS ME
OF BIOLUMINESCENCE.

Narrator:
THE GHOSTLY LIGHT EMITTED BY
BIOLUMINESCENT ORGANISMS

IS TRIGGERED BY TWO NATURALLY
PRODUCED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS.

ONE IS CALLED LUCIFERASE,
AND ONE IS CALLED LUCIFERIN,

AND ONCE THOSE TWO COMBINE,
THE REACTION PRODUCES LIGHT.

BIOLUMINESCENCE IS MOST
COMMONLY FOUND IN THE OCEAN,

WHETHER IN SQUID, FISH,
TINY WORMS, AND DINOFLAGELLATES,

SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS
THAT LIVE NEAR SHORE,

BUT BIOLUMINESCENCE CAN ALSO
BE OBSERVED ON LAND.

Wise: FOR MOST PEOPLE
IN NORTH AMERICA,

THE MOST FAMILIAR EXAMPLE
OF BIOLUMINESCENCE

WOULD BE FIREFLIES.

Narrator: FIREFLIES USE THEIR
GLOW TO ATTRACT A MATE,

BUT ANOTHER BIOLUMINESCENT
LAND CREATURE, THE GLOWWORM,

USES ITS LIGHT
FOR MORE SINISTER PURPOSES.

ONE OF THE WAYS THESE ORGANISMS
WILL USE THIS LIGHT

IS TO ATTRACT PREY.

Wise: IT'S COVERED IN THIS
KIND OF STICKY MUCUS.

THE INSECTS DRAW CLOSE,
TOUCH IT,

GET STUCK, CAN'T BREAK FREE,

AND THERE,
THE GLOWWORM HAS ITS DINNER.

Narrator: EVERY DAY, AN AVERAGE
OF TWO PEOPLE IN PERU

VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE.

LOCALS BELIEVE THAT LUZ MALA,
A MALEVOLENT GLOWING ENTITY,

COULD BE BEHIND
SUCH DISAPPEARANCES.

Wise: SEEING THIS WEIRD CREATURE
WITH THIS BLUE GLOW,

YOU KIND OF HAVE TO
ASK YOURSELF,

IS IT USING THAT LIGHT
FOR ILLUMINATION,

OR IS IT LURING ITS PREY?

Narrator: IMAGE ANALYST
BEN RADFORD ANALYZES THE GLOW.

HE SPOTS A DETAIL
THAT THROWS DOUBT

ON THE BIOLUMINESCENCE THEORY.

IN THE FOOTAGE,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S EMITTING

THIS WEIRD, EERIE BLUE COLOR,
BUT IS IT REALLY?

IS IT, FOR EXAMPLE, ILLUMINATING
THE GROUND OR TREES NEARBY,

AND THE ANSWER IS NO, IT'S NOT.

THIS TELLS US THAT
IT'S REFLECTING LIGHT,

NOT GIVING OFF LIGHT,

AND THAT MEANS THAT
THE SURFACE OF IT IS SHINY.

IT HAS TO BE.

Narrator: PHYSICIST GRANT DENN
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

HE HAS A THEORY
THAT COULD EXPLAIN

THE SHINY, REFLECTIVE NATURE
OF THIS SINISTER ENTITY.

THIS COULD BE A ROBOT
OR A DRONE OF SOME SORT.

IT SEEMS TO BE HOVERING ABOVE
THE GROUND AS IT MOVES SLOWLY,

AND THERE ARE PLENTY
OF DRONES THAT DO THAT.

Narrator: SCIENCE JOURNALIST
BRIAN MALOW EXAMINES

THE LATEST ADVANCES
IN ROBOT TECHNOLOGY

AND BELIEVES THEY COULD
EXPLAIN THE BIZARRE

TENTACLED APPEARANCE
OF THE OBJECT IN THE FOOTAGE.

BIO-MIMICRY IS VERY POPULAR
IN THE DESIGN OF ROBOTS,

MAKING ROBOTS THAT
MIMIC REAL CREATURES.

WE HAVE ROBOTS LIKE THE BIG DOG
THAT WALK ON FOUR LEGS,

AND WE'VE HAD SOME THAT TRY
TO FLY LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD

OR CRAWL LIKE A SNAKE,

AND THERE ARE
DEFINITELY FISH ROBOTS

AND EVEN
JELLYFISH-SHAPED ROBOTS,

AND THIS LOOKS KIND OF
LIKE A JELLYFISH.

IN 2017, THE U.S. NAVY ANNOUNCED
THAT IT WAS WORKING WITH MIT

TO DEVELOP A SWIMMING ROBOT
SHAPED LIKE A JELLYFISH.

IT WASN'T DRIVEN LIKE MOST
ROBOTS BY MOTORS AND ACTUATORS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MADE OF THIS
KIND OF JELLY-LIKE SUBSTANCE

THAT FLEXED AND MOVED ITS ARMS.

THESE THINGS WERE TESTED
CATCHING FISH

WITH THEIR ROBOTIC
TENTACLE ARMS.

Lazareck-Asunta:
YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT
IT COULD BE SCALED UP

SO THAT YOU COULD PICK UP
SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A HUMAN.

Narrator:
THE JELLYFISH ROBOTIC DESIGN

ISN'T JUST CONFINED
TO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

A PROTOTYPE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED

THAT CAN HOVER
AND MOVE AROUND IN THE AIR.

Lazareck-Asunta: THESE KINDS OF
ROBOTIC JELLYFISH ACTUALLY

MOVE IN A REALLY SIMILAR WAY
TO WHAT WE SEE ON THE VIDEO.

Narrator: MILITARY TECH EXPERT
CARLO MUÑOZ QUESTIONS

HOW SUCH A SEEMINGLY
ADVANCED MACHINE

COULD HAVE APPEARED
ON THIS LONELY HIGHWAY.

Muñoz: IS THIS SOME SORT OF NEW
DRONE THAT'S JUST LOST ITS WAY?

IT'S SOME SORT OF
PROTOTYPE SYSTEM GONE AWRY.

Narrator: A DAMAGED
OR MALFUNCTIONING ROBOT

COULD BEHAVE IN AN UNPREDICTABLE
OR EVEN DANGEROUS MANNER.

IF IT IS, THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE SCARED.

Narrator:
BUT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
LISA LAZARECK-ASUNTA NOTICES

SOMETHING IN THE FOOTAGE THAT
MAKES THE ROBOT THEORY UNLIKELY.

IN THE VIDEO, IT LOOKS LIKE
WHATEVER THIS THING IS

GETS HIT BY A TRUCK.

NOW, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SMASHED TO PIECES,

BUT IT APPEARS
COMPLETELY UNHARMED.

Narrator: EXPERTS ARE
UNABLE TO SAY FOR CERTAIN
WHAT THE EERIE ENTITY WAS

THAT THE FRIENDS ENCOUNTERED
ON THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY.

Wise: WHAT IS IT?
WHAT DOES IT WANT?

I MEAN, YOUR IMPULSE
HAS GOT TO BE

TO GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE.

Narrator: NOW, A SINISTER ORB
APPEARS IN THE SIBERIAN SKIES.

WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER RUSSIA?

Narrator: A BEAM OF ENERGY
APPEARS TO POINT TOWARDS EARTH.

IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOME
SORT OF WEAPON SHOOTING DOWN.

Narrator: LOCALS FEAR
THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE HIT

BY A DEVASTATING
ATTACK FROM ABOVE.

[ MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

THERE ARE THINGS IN THE SKY
THAT CAN KILL US AT ANY MOMENT.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: NOVEMBER 17, 2015,
OMSK, RUSSIA.

RUSSIA'S SEVENTH LARGEST CITY

HAS BEEN CALLED
THE CHICAGO OF SIBERIA.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE BIGGEST
THREAT TO THE CITY'S RESIDENTS

HAS BEEN THE DEEP COLD
OF THE SIBERIAN WINTER,

WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET
TO A BONE-CHILLING 31-BELOW,

UNTIL A TERRIFYING EVENT

SHATTERS THE PEACE
OF AN ORDINARY NIGHT.

[ MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

Narrator: A LARGE, CIRCULAR,
CLOUD-LIKE SHAPE

APPEARS WITH A SINISTER
DARK ORB AT ITS CENTER.

A BRIGHT BEAM POINTS
TOWARDS EARTH.

[ MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

THEN SUDDENLY,
THE BRIGHT OBJECT DISBURSES

IN AN EXPANDING BALL OF VAPOR,
AS THOUGH VIOLENTLY DESTROYED.

[ MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

MULTIPLE CAMERAS CAPTURE
THE UNNERVING PHENOMENON

THAT LEAVES LOCALS
CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED

AND EXPERTS DUMBFOUNDED.

HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW
WHAT THAT IS?

Narrator:
AND THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT
LEADS TO DARK CONCLUSIONS

AS TO WHAT THIS MIGHT BE.

IS THIS SOME SECRET
RUSSIAN WEAPONS PROGRAM?

Narrator: INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALIST LINDA ZIMMERMAN

EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

SHE INVESTIGATES IF THIS
STRANGE ANOMALY

COULD BE EVIDENCE OF A CONFLICT
HAPPENING FAR ABOVE US.

IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE
SOME SPACE-BASED WEAPON

AND THEN SOMETHING
DEFENDING AGAINST IT.

Narrator:
COULD THIS STRANGE EVENT

BE EVIDENCE
OF A SPACECRAFT'S DEFENSES,

POSSIBLY AN IMPACT
ON SOME KIND OF ENERGY SHIELD?

Zimmerman: YOU WANT TO STAY
COMPETITIVE, DEFENSIVE.

WE'RE OFFENSIVE.

YOU NEED TO GO
TO THE NEXT LEVEL,

AND THE NEXT LEVEL NOW IS SPACE.

Narrator: IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE
SOMETHING FROM SCIENCE FICTION,

BUT SPACE IS NOW THE NEW
FRONTIER IN GLOBAL CONFLICT.

WHEN IT COMES TO
DEFENDING AMERICA,

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO MERELY HAVE
AN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN SPACE.

WE MUST HAVE AMERICAN
DOMINANCE IN SPACE,

TO ESTABLISH A SPACE FORCE

AS THE SIXTH BRANCH
OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Narrator:
THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT
INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY

OF AN ORBITAL SKIRMISH BETWEEN
THE U.S., RUSSIA, OR CHINA.

SPACE IS THE ULTIMATE
HIGH GROUND.

WORLD SUPERPOWERS
ARE GOING TO WANT

TO HAVE ASSETS OPERATIONAL
IN A SPACE ENVIRONMENT.

Narrator: AEROSPACE EXPERT
MARNA KAGELE SEARCHES

FOR EVIDENCE OF SPACE VEHICLES
THAT COULD BE MADE COMBAT-READY.

THE X-37B IS
AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

IT LOOKS LIKE
A SMALL SPACE SHUTTLE.

Narrator:
THE X-37B IS A REVOLUTIONARY

AUTONOMOUS SPACE DRONE DEVELOPED
BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE.

IT HAS THE ABILITY TO LIE AND
WAIT IN ORBIT FOR LONG PERIODS.

Durda: WE KNOW IT'S OPERATING IN
SPACE, WE SEE THE PHOTOS OF IT,

BUT WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S DOING THERE.

Kagele: IN THEORY, IT CAN HOLD
ANY KIND OF PAYLOAD

THAT YOU WANT IT TO SEND,

WHATEVER THE MILITARY SEES
AS THEIR GOAL.

PLANETARY SCIENTIST DAN DURDA
BELIEVES THE RUSSIANS

ARE PROBABLY DEVELOPING
THEIR OWN SPACE WEAPONS.

WE KNOW THERE MUST BE VEHICLES
THAT ARE BEING TESTED

THAT ARE BEING HELD
PRETTY CLOSELY SECRET

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO
ADVERTISE THOSE CAPABILITIES

TO YOUR POTENTIAL ENEMIES.

Narrator: OMSK IS HOME TO
ONE OF RUSSIA'S SECRETIVE

SPACE RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE CLOSEST
RUSSIAN CITIES

TO THE SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCH SITES
IN KAZAKHSTAN.

THE IDEA OF AN ORBITAL SKIRMISH

BETWEEN U.S. AND RUSSIAN
SPACECRAFT

HAS POTENTIALLY
FRIGHTENING IMPLICATIONS.

IT'S ALARMING BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU'D SEE

AT THE ONSET OF WORLD WAR III.

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE TOURIST TRIP FROM HELL...

[ SCREAMING ]

THESE PEOPLE CLEARLY
DON'T THINK THEY'RE IN DANGER.

Narrator: ....AND SIBERIAN
TOWNSFOLK SWEAR

THEY'RE WITNESSING
A SPACE BATTLE.

Zimmerman: IF THIS IS
SOMETHING MILITARY,

IT POSES A GREAT DANGER
TO THE POPULATION.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: RESIDENTS IN THE
SIBERIAN CITY OF OMSK FEAR

THAT THEY ARE WITNESSING
A CONFLICT WAGING IN SPACE.

[ MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

AEROSPACE EXPERT MARNA KAGELE
ANALYZES THE FOOTAGE.

SHE THINKS THE SIZE OF THIS
STRANGE PHENOMENON OVER OMSK

MAKES THE PROSPECT
OF AN ORBITAL BATTLE UNLIKELY.

Kagele: EVEN THINKING ABOUT
THESE KINDS OF SPACECRAFT

ENCOUNTERING EACH OTHER,

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT IT
WOULD EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

THIS AMOUNT OF LIGHT
SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT

WOULD BE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

IT WOULDN'T BE IN ORBIT,
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE

THAT'S THE EXPLANATION
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

Narrator:
DURDA BELIEVES THAT A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY

COULD HOLD THE EXPLANATION

FOR THIS MYSTERIOUS
ATMOSPHERIC EVENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET LAUNCH,

WHERE AS ONE STAGE OF THE ROCKET
SEPARATES FROM ANOTHER,

VERY OFTEN THE REMNANT FUEL
IN THE TANKS

WILL BE VENTED THROUGH
THE ENGINE VALVES,

AND IT CAN LEAD TO SOME RATHER
INTERESTING VISUAL PHENOMENA.

Narrator:
ANALYZING THE FOOTAGE THE MOMENT
OF SEPARATION IS CLEAR.

THE BRIGHT AREA DISAPPEARS AS
THE ROCKET'S ENGINES EXTINGUISH,

AND THE EXPANDING
CIRCLE OF VAPOR

IS THE FUEL REMNANT BEING VENTED
AS THE NEXT STAGE IS JETTISONED.

BUT ZIMMERMAN NOTICES
THE TRAJECTORY OF THE PHENOMENON

APPEARS TO BE THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT SHE WOULD EXPECT

TO SEE IN A ROCKET LAUNCH.

I WOULD SAY IT WAS A LAUNCH,
EXCEPT IT'S NOT GOING UP.

IT IS COMING DOWN, AND IT IS
HEADED TOWARD THE SURFACE.

Narrator:
IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE OBJECT'S
TRAJECTORY IS POINTED DOWNWARDS,

WHICH MEANS THAT WHATEVER
PAYLOAD IT IS CARRYING

IS BEING LAUNCHED
TOWARDS THE GROUND.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING MILITARY,

IT POSES A GREAT DANGER
TO THE POPULATION.

INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES DO GET TESTED,

AND IT'S SOMETHING
WE'D SEE A PATTERN IN THE SKY,

BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS NOT
A PATTERN THAT WE WOULD EXPECT.

IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

PERHAPS WE ARE SEEING
A NEW KIND OF CAPABILITY

OR EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING
NEW THAT'S GOING ON.

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: THE PROSPECT OF A NEW
KIND OF NUCLEAR MISSILE

BEING TESTED RAISES THE SPECTER
OF EVER-GROWING TENSIONS

BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST.

Zimmerman:
IT CERTAINLY HAS RUSSIAN
MILITARY WRITTEN ALL OVER IT,

SO I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE
ARE STILL IN THE DARK

AND ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT IT.

Narrator: COMING UP, PASSENGERS
ON A BOAT ARE ATTACKED

BY SOMETHING DEADLY
FROM THE DEEP.

[ SCREAMING ]

DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT WHEN
IT DOES, IT CAN BE FATAL.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator:
NOW A BOAT FULL OF PEOPLE ARE
DRAWN TO A STRANGE VISION.

THESE PEOPLE CLEARLY
DON'T THINK THEY'RE IN DANGER.

Narrator: AN OTHERWORLDLY GLOW
SPLINTERS THE DARKNESS.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAM!

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOAT WERE NOT
EXPECTING TO GET WHAT THEY GOT.

[ CAMERA WHIRS ]

Narrator: THE PACIFIC OCEAN --
12,000 MILES WIDE

AND PLUNGING IN PLACES
TO OVER 35,000 FEET DEEP.

ITS FLOOR IS ONE OF THE MOST
UNEXPLORED PLACED ON EARTH.

JULY 16, 2018,
PASSENGERS ONBOARD A SHIP

ARE TRANSFIXED
BY AN UNEARTHLY DISPLAY.

IT'S CRAZY YET BEAUTIFUL.

Narrator: THICK CLOUDS
BOIL ON THE WATER,

LIT FROM BENEATH
BY AN EERIE RED GLOW.

THE SEA IS ON FIRE.

Narrator: AND THEN...

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

TURNS DEADLY, THEN IT BECOMES
A SURVIVOR SITUATION.

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator: SCIENTIST GREG SZULGIT
INVESTIGATES IF THE VIDEO

COULD BE CONNECTED TO
A MYSTERIOUS GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS

IN THE PACIFIC.

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD
OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,

BUT THERE'S AN EQUIVALENT OUT
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

WHERE SHIPS ARE MORE LIKELY
TO GO DOWN FOR SOME REASON,

WHICH MANY SAILORS FEAR.

Narrator:
KNOWN AS BOTH THE DEVIL'S SEA
AND THE DRAGON TRIANGLE,

IT'S A STRETCH OF OCEAN
WITH A GRIM REPUTATION

THAT GOES BACK CENTURIES.

IN 2016, 34 SHIPS SANK
IN THE DRAGON TRIANGLE,

AROUND 40 PERCENT
OF ALL THE BOATS

LOST AROUND THE WORLD
IN THAT YEAR.

SZULGIT THAT BELIEVES THAT
A RARE AND DESTRUCTIVE

OCEANIC PHENOMENON

COULD EXPLAIN THESE
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.

YOU CAN OFTEN HAVE METHANE GASES
THAT COME UP FROM

THE BOTTOM OF THE SEABED, AND
THESE BUBBLES COME RISING UP.

BY THE TIME THEY REACH
THE SURFACE,

THE SEA IS JUST BOILING.

IF THE SHIP IS SITTING
ON TOP OF THAT,

IT NO LONGER HAS THE BUOYANCY,
AND IT JUST GOES RIGHT DOWN,

AND IT CAN BE SWAMPED
WITHIN A SECOND.

IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE,

THESE PEOPLE ARE
IN TERRIBLE DANGER.

Narrator: ENGINEER
LISA LAZARECK-ASUNTA EXAMINES

WHERE THE FOOTAGE WAS
RECORDED AND NOTICES

A PROBLEM WITH
THE DEVIL'S SEA THEORY.

[ EXPLOSION, SCREAMING ]

THE DEVIL'S SEA BY DEFINITION
IS THE 750-MILE STRETCH

BETWEEN THE COAST OF JAPAN
AND THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA,

BUT THIS FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN
ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF THE PACIFIC NEAR HAWAII,
SO IT MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE.

Narrator: PLANETARY SCIENTIST
SIAN PROCTOR THINKS

THE STRANGE RED GLOW
LOOKS FAMILIAR.

ALL OF THAT STEAM
THAT'S BEING GENERATED

AND THEN THE GLOWING RED COLOR,

I IMMEDIATELY THINK LAVA FLOW
FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN.

Narrator:
THE LOCATION OF THIS FOOTAGE
TIES IN WITH THAT THEORY.

THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF

LAND THAT WAS BORN FROM FIRE.

Narrator: THE BIG ISLAND
IS STILL FORMING

AND IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S
MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO, KILAUEA.

KILAUEA HAS BEEN ERUPTING
FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, OFF AND ON.

SOMETIMES THE LAVA FLOWS
HAVE ACTUALLY COME DOWN

AND TOUCHED THE OCEAN,

AND IT'S A SPECTACULAR THING
TO WATCH WHEN IT HAPPENED.

Narrator: AND KILAUEA HAS BEEN
PRODUCING STRANGE PHENOMENA.

THE VIOLENCE OF THE CURRENT
ERUPTION HAS BEEN BRINGING UP

THOUSANDS OF SEMI-PRECIOUS
GREEN GEMSTONES CALLED OLIVINES.

HARDER THAN GLASS,
THESE BEAUTIFUL STONES

HAVE BEEN
SHOWERING THE ISLAND,

AND LARGER STONES PRESENT A
HAZARD TO ANYONE STRUCK BY THEM.

BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
THIS VERY RAPID --

SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING GOING BLACK

AND APPARENTLY AN EXPLOSION
OF SOME KIND.

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator: PROCTOR BELIEVES THAT
WHAT WAS CAPTURED IN THE VIDEO

WAS A RARE AND HIGHLY
DESTRUCTIVE VOLCANIC EVENT.

YOU GET A SITUATION
WHERE THE GAS CAN BUILD UP,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE,
A LITERAL VOLCANIC BOMB

EXPLODING IN FRONT
OF THESE PEOPLE.

DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT WHEN
IT DOES, IT CAN BE FATAL.

Narrator: THE LAVA BOMB EXPLODED
RIGHT NEXT THE BOAT,

BLASTING IT WITH
STEAM AND HOT ROCKS.

TWENTY-THREE PEOPLE
WERE INJURED,

INCLUDING ONE
WITH A BROKEN THIGH.

IMAGINE IF THEY'D BEEN
JUST A LITTLE CLOSER,

OR IF THE LAVA HAD
PUNCTURED THE SHIP'S HULL.

THEY WOULD HAVE SUNK
INTO BOILING WATER.

[ SCREAMING ]

THE PASSENGERS ARE LUCKY
TO HAVE EVEN SURVIVED AT ALL.

[ SCREAMING, CLATTER ]