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Tonight on "The
Proof Is Out There."

Did A UFO follow two
UFO researchers home?

It came up on us so
suddenly and it was so huge.

Did a
trucker's dash cam

capture a legendary
Native American monster?

Could this be somehow related

to the skin-walker phenomenon?

How did this
piece of modern technology

get buried alongside
these ancient fossils?

It's a strange
historical anachronism

that should not exist.

And what made
this mysterious formation

at the bottom of the ocean,

Whatever made such
a detailed design

must have some type
of higher intelligence

Around the
globe are videos-

What
are those things?

It's moving

Photos and sounds
that defy explanation.

We don't
know where they come from,

who made them or
how they operate.

What are they?

Some sort
of bizarre mutation.

What's exciting
is nobody really knows.

Extraordinary claims
need extraordinary proof.

I'm Tony Harris,

and as a journalist
for more than 30 years,

I've followed the facts
where they take me.

Now I'm bringing that
spirit of investigation

to the world's strangest
sounds and images.

We'll analyze each
one with top experts.

It's a credible case,
it's a credible video.

And pass a
verdict on what it is.

This video was clearly faked.

The proof starts now.

Good evening everyone,

and welcome to "The
Proof Is Out There."

There are individuals who
have devoted their lives

to chasing down proof of UFOs,

but as you're about to see
this pursuit of the unknown

can be terrifying and
potentially dangerous.

It's August, 2022 at
Robert Moses State Park

on Long Island in New York,

two UFO researchers,

brothers Gerry and John Tedesco

are getting ready to
film late at night

with infrared cameras.

Their footage shows
two spherical objects

appearing off in the distance.

One of the brothers
begins painting the UFO

with a device which
emits infrared lights.

Moments later, there
seems to be a response

as a purple light
flashes in and out

coming closer and
closer to the shore.

The brothers
panic and decide to flee.

You know, it was a kind of
a flight or fight response.

It came up on us so
suddenly and it was so huge.

Then one
of the brothers

turns his infrared camera
back towards the water

and captures a
remarkable arc of light.

An electromagnetic interference

appears to strike their cameras

and both brothers feel
they can't use their legs.

I can't move, you
know, I can't get myself,

you know, away from
the water's edge.

They recover
after a few minutes

and continue to record what
are actually three points

of infrared light all
invisible to the naked eye.

Two of the lights are
stacked one on top of the other

and then the other light
is off in the distance.

So they're under the impression

that what we're dealing with
is potentially three craft

or one larger craft with
more points of light.

The lights
soon disappear.

But in the following days,

the brothers say they
experience swollen lymph nodes

and extreme fatigue.

Banias says this is similar to
what happened in May of 1951

to some Korean war soldiers

after they allegedly saw UFO,

They started to see
this strange light

moving down the mountainside
towards this village

and they can hear their bullets

pinging off of the
exterior of this object.

Shortly thereafter,

they start to experience
some bizarre symptoms

and basically they're treated
for radiation sickness.

That was the end of
the story for those soldiers.

For the Tedesco
brothers, however,

it seems that whatever they
encountered may have latched on.

Months later in the driveway
next to John's house,

a camera mounted on the RV
they use on investigations

captures footage of what may be

the mysterious object's return.

Once these
streetlights went out,

you see a growing
blue source of light.

It went from blue to white light

and the white light grew

almost as though there was
an object that was overhead.

And once it had descended
to a certain altitude,

the streetlights came back on,

and then this object
had gone away.

The Tedesco brothers
believed they experienced

what is known as The
Hitchhiker Effect,

where people encounter a
UFO that follows them home

and makes them sick.

So could we really be seeing

multiple UFO sightings
in these videos.

We turn to our
experts to find out.

First, Dr. Ed Hope explores
if radiation exposure

may be behind the brother's
temporary leg paralysis.

Now for radiation to
stop you in your tracks,

you are gonna have to have
an extremely high exposure,

like being within one
mile of an atomic bomb,

but they had no systemic
symptoms after the event.

Radiation isn't
the only potential cause

of the alleged paralysis,

it could also be plain old fear.

In a stressful situation,

we get our fight
or flight response.

Now typically this gets
us ready for action,

but it can do the opposite.

It can make us feel
like we can't move

so called being scared stiff

Still,
Dr. Hope believes

that both brothers
experiencing paralysis

makes it unlikely that fear
alone provoked this response.

And the executive director
of the UAP Medical Coalition,

Ted Roe, who personally
interviewed the brothers,

says paralysis is common
in encounters with UFOs,

also called UAPs.

And it's very consistent
in the literature

that UAP witnesses
experience paralysis.

You have to ask yourself,

what is this and where
does it come from?

Because it's very exotic.

So what could we
be seeing in this video?

We've got an object

or objects that are visible
only in the infrared.

So I really find
this case compelling

as an unexplained
encounter of some kind.

And when you factor in

the other anomalous behavior,

Szydagis says these
two encounters

could be the most
convincing evidence yet

of the infamous
Hitchhiker Effect.

It turns out that their
sensors had to be replaced

after this incident.

Now to me, that's remarkable
corroborative evidence

that something
unusual happened here.

Our verdict, these lights
came from a genuine UFO.

With videos this strange.

We still need to gather
and analyze more data

before we can make an
identification here.

As for the Tedesco brothers,

we can report that
they're fully recovered

and have no lasting
symptoms from the incident.

Now, a mystery from
the animal kingdom.

Did you know that in China,

zookeepers sometimes
dress in panda suits

in order to soothe panda cubs
while they're being handled?

So it's established that
people can act like bears,

but what happens when bears
start acting like people?

August, 2023, China's Hangzhou
Zoo in the eastern province

of Zhejiang has the
internet in a spiral.

All thanks to one of
its longtime residents.

Meet Angela, the 4-year-old bear

that's got everyone talking,

thanks to some
peculiar behavior.

Watch as Angela stands
upright on her hind legs

using her arms to
wave at spectators.

Let's take a closer look.

She stands completely straight.

Her back paws flat on
the ground, sidestepping,

and waving in a calculated
manner just like a human.

In fact, she's so human-like

that many have asked is
that even a real bear

or just somebody in a suit?

These folds on the creature's,
shoulders and bottom

and its overall
bizarre appearance

have many people yelling hoax.

Twitch streamer, Zack
Zeenigami Nguyen,

was one of the first to
post videos about the bear

here in the States.

When I first saw the
video with the bear,

it looked like it
was a man in a suit.

And I think that's what
a lot of people felt

is that gut reaction of
obviously this is fake.

The
speculation goes that

that blonde hairy
patch you see here

is really a screen
covering an actor's face.

Sounds silly?

Well, Chinese zoos have a
record of such chicanery.

There's actually precedent
of this in China itself.

In 2013, they actually
had a mastiff dog

that was trying to be passed
off as a African lion.

And then that happened
again in 2021,

but this time it was a golden
retriever of all things.

An even more far out
theory is that this creature

is part of a growing
trend of humans

who are spending small
fortunes to look like animals.

Some guy named
Toko-San spent $15,000

basically changing his body
metamorph into a Collie dog.

Another guy named Toro
Ueda spent $23,000

to change himself into
a photorealistic wolf.

These
elaborate costumes

allow their human inhabitants

to live and breathe as an
animal of their choice.

However, employees from the zoos

swear that Angela is
in fact the real deal.

Is it possible that
Angela is an actual bear

with the intelligence
to mimic human behavior?

Bears are really smart.

They problem solve.

They've used some
tools at times,

Indigenous people from
many places in the world

actually think that
bears are our ancestor.

Some people are wondering
like is this the first sign

of a highly evolved bear?

In New Jersey, there was
a black bear named Pedals,

who became internet famous

for walking around
on his two hind legs.

He learned the trick
After sustaining injuries

to his front paws.

Pedals was adored
by the neighborhood

with the exception
of a local hunter

who eventually shot him.

And while Pedals' story
didn't have a happy ending,

we at least know
he was a real bear.

Let's hear what our experts
think about China's Angela.

Biologist, Floyd Hayes,

is doubtful that this is
some elaborate costume.

We're not really
seeing any seams

or zippers along the costume.

Also, this area in China
tends to be very warm

at this time of year,

often over a hundred
degrees Fahrenheit.

It would probably be rather
hot for a human to be inside

one of those for any
extended period of time

during the summer.

For Hayes,
the dead giveaway

to the creature's real identity

is this patch on
its upper chest,

which marks it as a sun bear.

Sun bears look very
different than the black bears

and brown bears we
have in North America.

They are smaller, their
skin is more loose,

and they had that big
white crescent patch

that goes across the chest.

And those loose folds

are actually an
evolutionary adaptation.

It's like this way so that
when a predator grabs onto it

that its organs aren't damaged.

Its skin is also tougher
because it eats honey and bees

so it can withstand the sting.

So that explains
Angela's appearance,

but what about her behavior?

Are we looking at some type
of hyper evolved specimen?

Bears are naturally curious,

so they'll go up
on their two feet.

So the bear probably starts
jumping up to get food

and then realizes
that it can just stand

to reach the food easier.

And then the people also
probably think it's cuter

and they give more food.

So the behavior is reinforced.

Our verdict,

we have to agree with the
zoo's official statement.

Angela is in fact
a real sun bear.

We're also happy to report

that since this viral sensation,

Hangzhou Zoo's attendance
has gone up 30%,

which will hopefully allow them

to continue their important
conservation work.

We have all been
startled by animals

on the side of
the road at night,

but when one trucker spotted
something unexplainable,

apparently hitchhiking
along the highway,

we knew we had to go
along for the ride.

It's 2:30 AM on
March 11th, 2023,

and a truck driver was
making a haul along SR87

between Phoenix and
Payson, Arizona.

The driver's dash cam is
rolling when it captures this.

Did you catch it?

Look again.

Seemingly out of nowhere,

a translucent figure appears
on the side of the highway.

It's shaped like some
sort of humanoid,

standing upright with
what could be arms

dangling at its sides.

Field researcher Ken Gerhard,

says phantom creatures
like this one

can be connected to the
area's Indigenous folklore.

When talking about Arizona,

we have to consider
the traditions

of the Indigenous Navajo people

and perhaps the scariest
mythology or legend

involves the so-called
skin-walkers,

known as a yeenaaldlooshii,

essentially believed
to be a shaman

who actually takes the form
of an animal using witchcraft.

And considering what
we're seeing in the video

has an amorphous and
indistinguishable form,

could this be somehow related

to the skin-walker phenomenon?

In other words,
is that a skin-walker

in the process of
changing its shape?

The legend, skin-walkers
must continually kill

other life forms or they
will die themselves.

But Gerhard suggested
there could be

a more extraterrestrial
explanation to this video.

Considering this same
area is also home

to one of the most infamously
debated UFO abductions

ever reported.

Where this video is filmed
is very close to the location

of the so-called Travis
Walton abduction,

which occurred in 1975.

Now Travis Walton claims
that he was zapped

and then brought
aboard an alien craft.

Travis disappeared
for a number of days

and then eventually turned
up completely disoriented

and unsure about
what had happened.

Travis's story
was even adapted

into a major motion picture,
19993's "Fire in the Sky."

And while many firmly
believe in his account,

there are those who
think it was nothing more

than an elaborate hoax.

Could this also be some kind
of stunt or is it for real?

Believe it or not, this
isn't the first trucker story

that's come down the pike.

Longtime viewers may remember
when a long haul trucker

encountered this
strange purple light

on a desolate Wisconsin highway.

That phenomenon ended
up being the reflection

of purple UV lights
used to grow plants.

Let's see if our
experts find something

more extraterrestrial on
this stretch of blacktop.

Let's start by exploring the
Navajo skin-walker legend.

This area is very well known
for skin-walker sightings.

The Native people have a long
history with skin-walkers.

However, skin-walkers
generally take over the bodies

of animals.

According to
the Indigenous peoples,

skin-walkers can appear
as coyotes, wolves,

foxes, even bears.

And although they come in a
variety of shapes and sizes,

there's one important factor

that seems to be missing here.

The purpose of skin-walkers
is to bring fear.

There's nothing here
that would make me afraid

or make me fearful.

So this doesn't appear to
be a skin-walker to me.

However, Strain
doesn't rule out the possibility

of an other worldly origin.

This is very near the
Tonto National Forest,

and this area has had many
alien sightings in the past

and rumors of a secret UFO base

being built somewhere
on the forest.

If that's true, could
this be related to that?

Could this be one of the grays

that maybe escaped
from that location?

But hang on.

Before we jump to the conclusion

that this is one of
the famous great aliens

described by alleged
abductees over the years.

We need to rule out
the local fauna.

It's not immediately
identifiable as a coyote,

or jack rabbit, or a deer
caught in the headlights.

The fact that it is translucent
might turn to another,

perhaps a more
otherworldly explanation.

However,
Meldrum isn't convinced

this is evidence of a
gray alien gone rogue.

That large dominant head
seems to be missing altogether.

So I don't think it's an alien.

But then the fact
that it is translucent

such that the white line
on the shoulder of the road

can be seen through it

begs the question of
whether the driver

actually witnessed what
appears on the dash cam

With the visual image
being so hard to decipher.

We brought this footage

to our forensic video
analyst, Michael Primeau.

So upon examination
of the dash cam video,

we ran it through our
authentication tool.

It did indicate that the file

has been recompressed
or converted.

So does that
mean this video is a fake?

Not exactly.

Compression may have
introduced additional anomalies

that can explain what
we're seeing here.

I don't see any evidence

to support malicious
intent to deceive.

Something was within that scene

that was being illuminated
by the semi-tractor trailers.

But you've got a
camera technology

that just couldn't
capture it accurately.

Our verdict, unknown
dash cam anomaly.

According to Primeau,

there is definitely something
on the side of this road,

but its odd appearance

can be attributed to
poor recording equipment.

If aliens have visited Earth,
when did they first arrive?

Well, some claim the
earliest recorded accounts

of alien encounters
date back to 1440 BC.

But one strange
object discovered

near some ancient fossils

might be archeological evidence

that dates back much farther.

It's the 1970s
near Aiud Romania,

construction workers
are digging on the banks

at the Mures River
when they uncover

some seemingly ancient objects.

One, this large hammerhead
like piece looks manmade

and very old with a thick patina

or layer of film
produced by oxidation.

Known as the Wedge of Aiud.

It weighs nearly five pounds,

it's close to eight inches
long, five inches wide,

and three inches thick.

And what's really weird,

it appears to be connected
to some very old bones.

The fossil remains that were
located alongside this wedge

were mastodon fossils.

So the Wedge of Aiud kind of
became this odd mystery object

found next to an extinct animal.

Romanian
authorities examine the items

and estimate that the mastodon,

or prehistoric elephant fossils,
are 2.5 million years old,

suggesting the wedge
is from the same era.

That's strange
since modern humans

have only been around
for about 200,000 years.

So it was sent to
Romanian archeologists

and a Swiss lab
for further study.

They figured out that it
was artificially created

because the holes in the
shape were machine made.

What's more the Wedge
of Aiud is 90% aluminum

and has the properties
of 11 other metals.

The fact that the wedge is
aluminum is especially peculiar

because while aluminum is a
naturally occurring element,

it has to be extracted from
ore in a complicated process

that wasn't discovered
until the 19th century.

So given all that,

is it possible this object
wasn't made by early humans

but by some other
intelligent being?

Ufologists have
come to the conclusion

that perhaps the Wedge of Aiud
is part of UFO landing gear

that ran over the mastodon
and killed it on purpose.

Cattle mutilations that
have occurred in the past

indicate at least
to them that aliens

will purposefully kill
mammals for scientific study.

So could
this wedge be proof

that aliens have been
studying life on Earth

since even before there
were modern humans?

It's a strange
historical anachronism

that should not exist.

There's a name in archeology
for these kinds of finds

or rather an acronym.

They're called ooparts for
out of place artifacts.

So could the oopart known
as the Wedge of Aiud

be proof of an
extraterrestrial exploration

or something we
haven't considered yet?

Let's turn to our experts
to hammer this one out.

First, anthropologist
Kathy Strain

explains that if the wedge
was made by modern humans,

it being found near
prehistoric fossils

would seem to defy the
archeological concept,

of superposition.

Superposition means that
when you find two items

at the same level,
the same depth,

they're likely associated
with each other.

However, aluminum wasn't
capable of being smelted

and created into an
object until 1825.

So the superposition
theory would suggest

the wedge and the mastodon
existed at the same time,

deepening the mystery.

But hold on, there's one
important missing clue

we need to consider.

It's on a river.

Rivers bring things
from far upstream

and deposit them in
banks and flood episodes.

This is disturbed context,

and you cannot equate
things time-wise

in a disturbed context.

So if a location
can't confirm anything,

how can we date this wedge?

Barnhart says the patina can
be a good indicator of its age,

but maybe not in this case.

Metal very quickly
becomes oxidized

and then processes like
being buried in sand

can turn that
oxidation into patina.

But that kind of patina can
grow in just a few years,

it doesn't take thousands of
years for the kind of patina

that grows on aluminum to form.

So maybe it's not
as old as originally thought,

but that still leaves
us asking who made it.

Is it possible it's
from an alien spaceship?

Aluminum is often
used on aircraft

instead of steel or iron,

'cause even though it's
weaker than those two metals,

it's also more lightweight.

But one Romanian historian
believes the wedge

is from an earthbound craft,

specifically the landing gear

of a World War II
German Messerschmitt

ME 262 fighter jet.

Remember, it was found in the
former Axis power of Romania.

We were using aluminum in
aerodynamics at that time.

We know that aircraft flew
across this area many times

during the War

and I think it's just a piece
that happened to fall off

and then over time worked
itself down into the sand.

Our verdict based on the
material and the design.

This is likely a
piece of landing gear,

though from a German military
plane rather than a UFO.

It probably ended up
next to the fossil bones

when the high waters
from the Mures River

disturbed the surrounding soil.

But since we can't
accurately date the aluminum,

the Wedge of Aiud
could be much older

and more mysterious than
we can even imagine.

According to the British
newspaper, The Independent,

nearly 1000 UFO reports
were made in the UK

from 2021 through the
first half of 2023.

The country's not that big,
so that's saying something.

And when one
photographer claimed

to have
captured evidence,

it was time to dispatch
the Proof team.

June 19th, 2023.

A photographer is strolling
about the countryside

in Devon, England

when a glint of light in the
sky suddenly catches his eye,

he grabs his camera to
get a snapshot of this.

A strange metallic
looking object

is captured above the hills,

close up it appears trapezoidal.

Some people who see the photo

claim it has what looks
like rocket boosters

or even landing
wheels on the bottom.

But journalist MJ Banias
explains that's not all.

According to the report.

The man says that when
he saw this object,

it was surrounded
by a force field,

and to claim that this object

shot off into the
sky shortly after

at a thousand miles an hour.

It's very reminiscent of
a sort of an old school,

1950s flying saucer.

It's got the rounded bottom,
it's got the dome on top.

In fact, it does
remind me a little bit

of the famous 1952 photo of
the Passaic New Jersey UFO.

In July, 1952,
George Stock and a friend

were near Stock's home

when they spotted a
strange craft approaching.

Stock said the object
eerily made no sound,

came to a complete stop,

and floated about
200 feet above them.

In fact, Stock said
it was so close,

he could have shot
it down with a rifle,

but instead he shot
it with his camera.

That photo captured what looks

like a solid metallic disc
shaped craft in flight.

It had a dome on top

and was estimated to be
about 30 feet in diameter.

But whether the Passaic craft

or this one in Devon are
actually extraterrestrial,

that's the ultimate question.

UFOs do exist in the sense

of we cannot simply
identify everything

in the sky in a given moment.

We do not have enough data,

therefore it remains
unidentified.

It turns out that
extraterrestrials

aren't the only ones

interested in utilizing
flying saucers.

In the late 1950s,

a company called
Avro Aircraft Limited

began constructing one

for the US military
called the Avro Car.

The project was
eventually dropped,

but perhaps these new
photos can finally show us

what real UFOs are made of.

We begin with astrophotographer,
Andrew McCarthy,

who has an immediate gut
reaction to the photo.

My first impression is
it's an authentic photo.

I don't believe this
was doctored in any way.

And he believes
there are some revealing clues

in the picture.

For one, we can see
it in front of the cloud

so we know whatever it is,

it's probably within
a few miles away.

So is this object
simply something ordinary

flying in the skies
above England?

Drones today can come
in all shapes and sizes,

but when I look at this closely,

I don't see the
usual telltale signs

four struts holding propellers.

So I don't think it's a drone.

Does it even
look like it's something

that could fly at all?

It certainly doesn't seem
like it fits the profile

of an aircraft.

So that leaves a lot of mystery

to what this object could be.

Some have speculated
it's a Mylar balloon

which can be formed in
strange shapes like this,

but physicist Matthew
Szydagis isn't so sure.

It's possible that this
is some sort of balloon,

but I don't think that
this is a Mylar balloon,

because Mylar, it's
pretty reflective,

and this is pretty
dark in color.

It looks to me like this
could potentially be a bird

or maybe a pair of birds

where you have these wing-like
formations coming out.

But again, it's
really hard to say

when you've zoomed in
on just a few pixels

on a very large field image.

So could it be a UFO?

I don't see any evidence of
wheels, or rocket boosters,

or force fields or anything else

that has been claimed
about this picture.

All of those features

can simply be brought on by
the extreme amount of zoom

on this very distant
or small object,

making it really hard to claim

that any of these
features are distinctive

like cockpits or windows
or things like that.

And despite the
eyewitness testimony,

Szydagis notes the old adage,

extraordinary claims require
extraordinary evidence.

It is conceivable for a UFO

to zip away at a high speed.

However, we only have the
eyewitnesses claim of this.

We see no evidence of
high speed of course,

from what is just a
single photograph.

So my final verdict
is genuine UFO,

but that verdict comes simply
from a lack of information.

Our verdict for now, without
any definitive details,

we agree with our experts,
we've got a genuine UFO,

but remember that doesn't
mean it's an alien spacecraft.

So here's hoping
that photographer keeps

his camera handy to capture
another strange object

that we can identify.

We spend a fair amount of time

at the bottom of the
ocean on this show

because that's where we find

some of the most inexplicable
stuff we've ever come across

and that's certainly the case

with this next
uncanny discovery.

We couldn't tell if it was
made by nature, by humans,

or by another
intelligent species.

Can you?

It's 2012, off the island of
Amami Oshima in Southern Japan.

Underwater photographer
Yoji Okata is diving

in search of a
strange phenomenon

that he first encountered
in this area back in 1995.

This time he's
got his camera ready.

Yoji's photo captures a
bizarre geometric formation.

Ridges in the sand make a
uniform concentric pattern

that stretches almost seven
feet across the ocean floor.

Journalist
Erin McCarthy says,

the internet wasted no time

stirring up other
worldly theories.

People pretty much
immediately dubbed them

underwater crop circles

for their resemblance
to the crop circles

that pop up in fields on land.

The term crop circle was
officially coined in the 1980s.

But in an earlier
incident from the 1960s,

a farmer in Australia claimed
he saw a flying saucer

rising up from his lagoon

before finding a nest
like circular mark,

30 feet in diameter in the
lagoon's floating reeds.

And if you believe the rumors,

this wouldn't be the first time,

a circular object of alien
origin appeared in our oceans.

In 2022,

there was actually a 4.2
mile diameter circular object

that appeared off the
coast of Lima, Peru.

And some people believe
that it could either be

a submerged alien ship or
a submerged alien base.

However,
others have suggested

these artistic designs
have a different purpose.

Some believe
that crop circles,

whether they're on
land or in the ocean,

contains some kind of hidden
alien messages in them.

In fact, one scientist
claims to have decoded

some of the circles,

which he says provide
descriptions of the future

from aliens or human
time travelers.

He also has a theory that they
act as directional markers

for these travelers.

Take another look,

the neat repetition
of those ridges

all forming an apparently
perfect circle here,

here, and then right here.

It looks too precise to be
natural, don't you think?

So who or what
could be behind it?

First, NASA geologist
Dr. Bob Anderson

looks into whether
or not this formation

could be connected to the
crop circles we find on land.

This has a very
elaborate design,

but it's the opposite
of a crop circle

because a crop circle
basically removes the material

and leaves it behind,

whereas this is actually
building the material

and building up.

So this
may be structurally

different from a
circle of flattened crops,

but archeologist Dr. Ed Barnhart

considers if there's
still a possibility,

this is a site
where a UFO landed.

It's really only
five or six foot wide,

a vessel that could do that,

it's gear that would
touch the bottom

would probably make
a much larger imprint

than this simple circle.

Also something like that

that would land
on the ocean floor

eventually has to take off

and that would cause
a lot of disturbance

right at that point

and likely wash away
any kind of footprint.

Anderson adds that
the formation structure

also seems to rule out
this landing site theory.

This is actually a buildup.

And so therefore
if you had a UFO

that was landed on the bottom,

it would give the impression
downward, not upward.

Yet it could still be

some kind of extra
terrestrial message, right?

This is a very transient area.

There are currents in this area

that are gonna eventually
erase this away.

So if you're trying
to use it as a marker,

it should be down in the rock.

This is in sand that's
very dynamic, it's moving,

and so whatever the reason is,

this was a very temporary
type of situation

for building this structure.

Well, with
continued observation,

Yoji discovers this
temporary situation.

A fish making
a sand sculpture?

Marine biologist,
Dr. Shea Steingass,

thinks that's exactly
what happened.

The fish that created this
pattern worked tirelessly

for about a week
to make this design

just to find a female fish

that wants to lay their eggs
in the center of this design.

Apparently
it works like this.

The male puffer fish
swims back and forth,

carving out the radial pattern

with the flapping of his fins.

Then he decorates the
circle with seashells.

Finally, he perfects
the look and coloring

with the addition
of fine sediment.

And the more
intricate the design,

the more likely it
will attract a mate.

The beauty of it is that
these ridges and hills

actually buffer the eggs

from the motion
of the sea floor,

but there is universal geometry
that's taking place here,

which makes me wonder

to what degree animals
actually understand

the concept of art
and abstract thinking.

Our verdict, fish love.

Yes, these markings were created

by a puffer fish flapping his
fins along the ocean floor

to attract a mate,

and we like Dr.
Steingass's thinking,

if a fish can be artistic,

who says it can't
be romantic too?

In a previous episode,

we investigated instances of
UFO sightings out of California

during an Independence
Day firework celebration.

Our experts were unable
to explain some of them.

And now on the opposite
side of the country,

we found a similar 4th
of July phenomenon.

Could this new evidence help
us finally solve the mystery?

It's Independence Day, 2019,

Desiree Lian is sitting at home

enjoying the holiday
with her mother

in Port Richey, Florida.

Everything was really normal,

just random fireworks
around my neighborhood,

and then we saw the
light that stood out,

and it kind of hovered
a strange pattern

Intrigued, Desiree
heads to the backyard

for a better view

and captures this.

Three bright lights
in a triangular formation

appear to be slowly
moving in sync.

Desiree doesn't know
what she's seeing,

but she does know what it isn't.

It wasn't a plane.

If it was a helicopter,
it would've made noise.

But they moved, I
feel, with intention,

like it was doing something
or going somewhere?

Could that intention
mean that we're being watched?

Some believe that aliens
have been gathering data

and observing humanity during
times of cultural importance.

In fact, historian and
author, Amy Teitel,

says one of those
times appears to be

during Independence Day.

The National UFO Reporting
Center is more likely

to receive a call on July 4th

than any other day of the year.

And Teitel notes the
phenomenon goes back decades.

On July 4th, 1947,

United Airlines Flight
105, leaving Boise, Idaho,

captain Emil Smith saw
five disc-like objects,

one larger than the other four
heading towards the plane.

Then they changed their course
and flew parallel to him.

He said he flashed
his landing lights

at whatever he was seeing

and they responded intelligently
by changing formation.

The idea that aliens
like watching us

for their own
amusement or research

is sometimes called
Galactic Zoo theory

similar to the interest
today's anthropologists have

in Neanderthals.

But before we go too far
down those rabbit holes,

let's see what our experts
say about this footage.

On an average clear
night away from a city,

a person could see between
2000 and 3000 stars.

So are these just lights we
see in the sky all the time?

Albeit subtle.

We can see movement from them,

but stars appear to move
with the Earth's orbit.

They don't move as fast
as what we see here.

So definitely not stars.

What about
Starlink satellites?

And lift off.

Starlink was
established by Elon Musk

as a network of satellites that
can provide internet access

anywhere on the Earth.

The plan is to ultimately
have up to 42,000 of them

circling the globe.

Is that what we're seeing?

Starlink appears in the night
sky like a stream of lights,

almost like pearls in a long row

moving across the night sky.

You don't see that here at all.

These objects, their movement
is very subtle, and slow,

and not consistent with
what we see as satellite.

So are we looking
at genuine UFOs?

Rich Hoffman of the Scientific
Coalition for UAP Studies

has his doubts.

If there were strong
evidence that indicated

that this was flying in some
sort of an intelligent fashion,

I can maybe accept the
fact that it is an unknown,

but I don't see it
being into the world

of being an alien spacecraft.

You've got a lack of
significant movement

for a period of time.

You don't have anything
instantaneous acceleration.

Instead,
McMillan believes

what we're seeing is
impressive technology,

just not the alien kind.

A couple of things
that lead me to believe

we're possibly looking
at drones here.

One is the height in
terms of altitude.

We can see the horizon there.

We can see from
the other houses.

These objects are are
relatively low to the ground

or within the ceiling cap

that commercial drones
are allowed to operate on.

But why would drones
fly in triangle formation?

McMillan says it's an illusion.

Looking at
this from a distance,

you can make out shapes,

'cause our brains want
to detect those patterns.

But in reality we
don't have an idea

of how far away the objects
are from each other.

McMillan
adds that drones

filming 4th of July fireworks
is not only a common event,

it's been done before
over Port Richey,

like this celebration in 2016.

It's just very common nowadays

for people to film
fireworks from the drones

and get a cool perspective
that we hadn't seen before.

Our verdict, drones.

So it looks like the
aliens aren't studying us

as we celebrate
our independence,

at least
not in this case,

but maybe at the next Super
Bowl someone should look up.

And that's our show for tonight.

Thank you so much for watching

and remember to keep
those cameras rolling.