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Tonight on the
"Proof is Out There"...

Is a UFO swimming over Colorado?

What the
are those?

Is a poltergeist
destroying this office?

To the layperson, this video

is the pinpoint definition
of paranormal activity.

Did this
elephant learn to talk?

Jo-ah.

Jo-ah.

And you know
about the rings of Saturn,

but can you solve the
mystery of its hexagon?

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 the
verdict on what it is.

This video is clearly fake.

The proof, starts now.

Good evening and welcome to
the "Proof is Out There".

Although famous for
its natural beauty,

Colorado Springs is also known

for its numerous military bases

like the United States
Air Force Academy

and its large number
of UFO sightings,

as our next video will show you.

If you want to see
something truly unique

while visiting the area,
I suggest you look up.

August 29th, 2021,
Colorado Springs, Colorado,

Josh Stoner is driving when
he spots this in the sky.

That's in the
sky right now, everybody.

Two mysterious,
somewhat menacing objects

hover in the distance.

They begin undulating about,
independent from one another.

In the footage you can
hear Josh's utter confusion

and we understand why.

What the
are those?

Field researcher
Ken Gerhard says,

"These airborne objects
move more like something

you'd see deep in the ocean."

Whoa, that's crazy!

Both of them look
like they're alive.

It's displaying some tentacles
or limbs or something.

It actually looks like some
type of octopus or squid.

Tentacled
creatures from outer space

are a common theme
in the horror fiction

of writers like H.P. Lovecraft.

Could it be possible
that we are looking

at real evidence of interstellar
visitors from beyond?

There are actually
many reports

of what researchers view
to be UFOs that are alive.

Unidentified flying objects
that either look like

giant disc-shaped
objects made out of flesh

or in some cases octopus, squid
or jellyfish type of animals

that are floating
through the air.

Celebrated US
astronaut Leland Melvin,

who has clocked over
560 hours in space,

believes he saw a translucent,
curved, organic-looking thing

hovering around the
payload bay doors

during his time on the space
shuttle Atlantis in 2009.

It's a fascinating theory,

but we'd be remiss not to point
out the unique area below,

which is dotted with
military installations

and air force bases.

Could these sites be related

to the strange events
in the clouds above?

In 2019, the
military demonstrated

a new type of drone technology.

Consisting of micro drones,

the drones are a collective
organism utilizing one brain

for decision making
and these micro drones

actually adapt to each other
and interact like a swarm

or a hive of individual units.

It was recently
reported that the US

is developing swarm
technology that could be used

to thwart a potential
Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

If the objective behind
this micro drone technology

is to confuse the enemy,

then what a better
alignment than the shape

of a giant octopus or squid
flying through the air

with flowing tentacles.

Scarily enough, it's
not just the military

that's using advanced
drone technology.

Several years ago
a drone carrying

six pounds of methamphetamines

crashed on the US
Mexican border.

Local authorities
said this was hardly

the first time
this had happened.

To find out more about
what's in the skies overhead,

we turned to our experts.

First things first,

we checked in with video
authenticator Michael Primeau,

to test the legitimacy
of this video.

Using some
scientific methodology,

we can confirm that these
objects are in the air

and are traveling
throughout the air

and were being
photographed that way

based on the natural movements

of the camera at that distance.

So it's
real, but what is it?

Astronomer and video
analyst, Marc D'Antonio

is doubtful that this
is some living UFO.

The problem that I
have with that theory

is that you can see
that in some cases

those tentacles separate from
the object and come back.

If we
zoom into the video,

we can see that this
may not actually

be a solid singular, structure.

You would expect the
alien entity to be cohesive

and that tells me that
these are separate objects

all working in unison
with each other.

So are they tiny
drones in a drone swarm?

D'Antonio says, "Not so fast."

So with a military
drone technology,

one of the things you
would probably expect

is that you'll have one leader
and the others will follow.

But in this particular case,

we're watching the leader
change every split second.

It's changing all the time.

You would expect that there
would be one cohesive leader

with the rest following
in a formation.

This is too random.

But, before we
admit that we're stumped,

D'Antonio thinks he knows
exactly what this is.

We know, in nature,

that this is something
we've seen before.

A starling is a small bird.

In this particular case

we have hundreds and
hundreds of them.

They're safe moving in a flock.

One becomes a
leader, one second,

another becomes a
leader, another second.

While it still
remains somewhat of a mystery,

scientists theorize that
starling's move like this

in order to confuse
airborne predators

like the peregrine falcon.

That is something that looks
like this octopus in the sky

to people who may not
know what this is.

And it does look very strange,

but that's what
we're seeing here,

a murmuration of starlings.

Our verdict...

A murmuration of starlings.

This creature looks
so otherworldly

because it isn't just
one creature, it's many.

It wasn't micro
drones this time,

but given the Space
Force Installation

in Colorado Springs,

we're going to keep
our eyes on the skies.

We're currently living in the
Second Golden Age of UFOs,

which obviously means there
was a First Golden Age.

It happened in
the 1940s and '50s

and one of the most
compelling pieces of evidence

was a photo of a flying saucer

that fascinated and perplexed
researchers for decades.

But was it a UFO or not?

It's around 7:30 PM
on May 11th, 1950

in McMinnville, Oregon.

Evelyn Trent goes out
to feed her animals

behind the farmhouse she and
her husband Paul live in.

While attending to her chores,

she is astonished by
what she sees in the sky.

She runs towards the
house, yelling for Paul

to grab their trusty
folding camera.

They manage to snap
two photographs.

Both photos show a
large metallic-looking

disc-shaped object
hovering in the sky.

In one shot, power lines
can clearly be seen

above and below the object.

In another shot, the UFO appears
to be trapezoidal in shape

with what looks like
an antenna or beacon.

Journalist Erin McCarthy says,

the Trent photos
soon become iconic.

The 1950s were considered
the Golden Age of UFOs

for a couple of reasons.

In June, 1947, we have
Kenneth Arnold, a pilot,

seeing some really strange
UFOs over Mount Rainier

and the media coverage of that

gave us the term
'flying saucer'.

In July of 1947, we have
the crash at Roswell,

which really kicked UFO
mania into high gear

in the United States.

Then in 1948,
a veteran combat pilot,

George Gorman reports
an altercation

with a speeding, glowing
orb from the cockpit

of his P-51 Mustang over
Fargo, North Dakota.

By 1950, the
floodgates were open.

So in the midst of
all of these things,

you have the Trent case.

The Trent photos
were first published in 1950.

They went on to be
circulated and scrutinized

in newspapers across the country
for more than two decades.

But in 1976 they'd received

their most exhaustive
analysis yet

when Bruce Maccabee, an optical
physicist for the US Navy,

conducted his own
examination of the negatives.

Bruce Maccabee determined
that they were not tampered with

in any way, and
he also determined

that the line of sight
for the two photos

converged behind
the power lines,

which in his opinion meant
that the object was genuine.

The story of what happened
to the original negatives

is its own controversy.

For some reason, Bruce Maccabee
held onto them for 25 years.

The family thought
they'd been lost.

A newspaper later
claimed ownership,

which prompted an ugly legal
battle between the paper

and the family over this
incredible piece of UFO history.

You can only imagine
what the UFO community

makes of all of this.

Let's see if our experts
can shed any new light

on this age old mystery.

First off, we take
the photographs

to astrophotography
expert, Andrew McCarthy.

He has his doubts about the
authenticity of the images.

There's a few
ways you can produce

this type of effect in camera,

throw a hubcap
like a Frisbee.

But I think that would
produce motion blur

that would be very
evident in the photos.

There is another way it
could be done, however.

You could simply tie an
object to the power lines

and have it dangle there.

Using nylon string, it
might not be visible

and it would look
like the object

was floating some distance away.

I think the most
likely answer here

is there was some small
object that resembled a craft

that was hung from the
power lines in this photo.

But what would
the family have to gain

by staging such
an elaborate hoax?

Rich Hoffman, the Head of
the Scientific Coalition

for UAP Studies, points
out that the Trents

never seemed to exploit their
photos for financial gain.

There was no intent
on trying to make money

or selling a story.

In fact, their belief was
that what they were seeing

was something that might have
been from the US government

and they were
questioning whether

they should even
talk about it at all.

Hoffman
acknowledges that our military,

as well as others,

was experimenting
with various exotic

flight technologies at the
time, including V-toll vehicles,

which stands for Vertical
Takeoff and Landing Aircraft.

You have the
Avro disc that was created

to build like a flying
saucer, kind of, platform,

which had a jet engine
that was pointing down

with a large blade and it
helped to lift the object up.

Hoffman
also points out

that one examiner's careful
scrutiny of the lines of sight

and the relative position of
the power lines in each photo

eliminates the wire
dangling theory.

Dr. Bruce Maccabee said,

"If I stood in this spot
and I took this photo..."

and he drew a line to where
that line of sight would be.

And then he moves
over to the next spot

where the object is now seen

in a different position
when it's tilted up,

where the lines
would converge at

would be beyond the
telephone wires,

which then indicates
that it was not connected

to the telephone lines.

Maccabee's analysis
proves the two lines of sight

don't converge directly
under the wires,

which is what we'd expect in
the case of a hanging model.

So I completely rule
out that it's a hoax

or anything contrived and
I go with this being a UFO.

Our verdict...

We're calling this a genuine
UFO, at least for now.

The hard math in
Hoffman and Maccabee's

line of sight analysis
seems to blow up

McCarthy's power line theory
and a lack of motion blur

contradicts any
thrown disc theory.

The debate proves one thing,

while the photos
can't be confirmed,

they are also quite
hard to debunk.

We can sometimes be here
late investigating stories,

but once we're done, we
lock up and the next day

everything is right
where we left it.

But we can't say the
same for the office

we're about to show you.

We're in Porto,
Portugal around 2017.

It's late at night in
the basement office

of a completely empty
advertising agency.

But tonight someone or
something is still here

doing a different
kind of business.

Look, security camera footage
shows a flickering desk lamp

through the doorway
of a dark room.

Suddenly the room
becomes illuminated.

Then out of nowhere, bam!

Seconds later, a set of
desk drawers goes crazy.

Then the eerie
flickering lamp resumes.

Journalist Alexis Brooks
says at first glance,

this looks like the
work of a poltergeist.

Poltergeist is a German word

that means noisy
ghost or noisy spirit.

Most
people became familiar

with this supernatural being

from the 1982 horror
film of the same name.

A classic
poltergeist situation,

you will see doors
slamming open and close,

lights going on and off,

all of which we saw
in this footage.

According to legend,

poltergeists can
be powerful enough

to throw people across rooms
and leave visible bite marks.

Brooks says the energy
of the environment

might bring them about.

It's been said that
poltergeist activity

can actually be produced by
extreme emotional effects

from a living human being.

Could there have been
some bad juju going on?

Local
legend offers a theory

that could be the
key to this mystery.

Not far from the
office was a convent

that was home to the
last surviving nun

from the disbanded order of
the Sao Bento de Ave Maria.

It was destroyed to
build a train station

after her death
in the late 1800s

and it said the nun
still seeks revenge

against those who brought
about her order's extinction.

The question
is, is this nun angry

about the demolition
of the convent?

In certain cultures,

the vengeful ghosts
are said to be female.

So wouldn't it be any
surprise that this nun

roams these halls to this day.

The convent of Sao
Bento de Ave Maria

was struggling long
before the final nun died

and the order was forced to sell

its prized silver in
the public square.

So could the ghost of
that angry last nun

actually be creating
all of this chaos?

Let's see if our
experts can find

the cause of this creepiness.

First, physicist Matthew
Szydagis analyzes

if this could have
been seismic activity.

Porto was a few hundred miles
north of the Gloria Fault,

which has triggered
several large quakes

along the Eurasia
Africa plate boundary.

In the year that this video
was allegedly taken, 2017,

we don't really have records
of any major earthquakes,

at least in Portugal.

Moreover, some of the
effects we're seeing

such as the drawers popping
out of the desk right here,

seem a bit too localized

in order to explain
this as a tremor.

Another theory
is Porto's coastal tides.

In this area there
are underground springs

which could explain not only

what we're seeing in this video,

but poltergeist activity
claims in general.

In other words,

the fast moving
underground water

could cause a building's
foundation walls

and furnishings to
shake and shift.

But after reviewing
the video a few times,

Szydagis concludes another
explanation is more likely.

He notices that the video is
telling too perfect a story.

In this video we
have a beginning

and an end that
refer to each other.

We've got the flashing lights

and then at the end we
have that in reverse.

That makes for a
beautiful visual story

and that's a hint to me

that this is a well
choreographed fake video.

What's more
science writer Mick West

can demonstrate how this
supernatural activity

would be easy to reproduce
manually with everyday tools.

What I would use for that
is just simple fishing line.

If you're in just
regular office lighting

and you're in a relatively
low resolution video

like you have here, you
wouldn't be able to see it.

And this can pull quite a lot.

I could quite easily
pull this drawer open

just using some, kind of,
fishing line like I have here.

Another
curious detail.

The person who
gave us this video

declined our request for
an on-camera interview.

So since we couldn't get the
person who filmed this clip

to admit to staging the action,

we may never know
the full story,

but our verdict is
it's likely a hoax.

Our experts say it looks
almost too perfect not to be.

That said, if you ever
find yourself in Porto,

head to the Sao Bento
Station and you may just

catch a glimpse of the
ghost of the last nun.

We've brought you a number
of stories over the years

about strange things that
have washed up on shore.

they often turn out
to be sea creatures.

But this latest beached object
is something else entirely

and it may have a more
nefarious purpose.

It's February, 2023
in the coastal city

of Hamamatsu, Japan.

Local resident Eihan Katsura
has made his way to Enshu Beach

to document an unusual object
that's washed up on the shore.

Eihan's photos and videos reveal

a large, spherical object
embedded in the sand.

It's almost
five feet in diameter,

made of metal with
a light orange hue

and darker patches of rust.

On the upper right side is a
small, protruding eyelet hook.

Officials surround the sphere

wearing protective
helmets and masks.

Eihan says he just can't
fathom how it ended up there.

Journalist
MJ Banias explains

that given the location,

some wonder if it's
an explosive device

sent by a nearby
geopolitical foe.

A month after this orb
washed up on the beach

in Hamamatsu City, the North
Koreans publicly came out

and said that they were testing

underwater nuclear armed drones.

And
then we found this.

In 2016, images were released
showing North Korean leader,

Kim Jong Un standing
next to a purported

miniaturized nuclear warhead
that looks surprisingly

like this washed up object,
if just a little bit smaller.

Yet, North Korea is not
the only regional power

Japan is at odds with.

China has an interest
in territorial expansion

and Japan is its
closest neighbor.

So this could be some sort
of surveillance device

used by the Chinese to
monitor underwater traffic

or communications cables.

So, maybe
this is a giant spy tool.

During the Cold War, the
US Navy used vehicles,

similar in shape to this one,

to help eavesdrop
on the Soviets.

In what was known as
Operation Ivy Bells,

they wrapped a recording device
around an undersea cable,

but there's another possibility
that's even more exotic.

This could be
what's called a USO

or an unidentified
submersible object.

Some people believe that
this resembles an object

that was recorded by the
USS Omaha in the Pacific.

Basically a round object that
had crashed into the ocean.

Sightings of USOs are less
common than reports of UFOs,

but US Navy experts say
unidentified submerged objects

pose a much greater
threat to naval vessels

than flying ones.

Maybe that's why those
Japanese investigators

first approached this washed
up orb in protective gear.

Their initial examination
yielded few answers.

Let's see what our
experts can find out.

Military analyst Tim McMillan
considers whether this object

could be an advanced
piece of equipment

used for deep sea
espionage or surveillance.

Based on the
degree of rust on it,

this object is most likely
iron, possibly steel.

That's not really a material
that you would see used

in any type of
underwater espionage.

Because it would be something

that would be highly
susceptible to oxidation.

And obviously if you're
sneaking in a listening device,

this is not something
you're going to

want to keep going back and
forth to repair and fix.

So if this isn't
a surveillance device,

then could it be a weapon of war

from somewhere like North Korea?

North Korea is often
involved in all sorts of claims

of having weapons capable of
delivering nuclear explosions.

One of which, at
least is claimed,

to be possibly shaped
similar to the object

we're seeing here
in in this image.

If that was the case,
this would just be

the warhead component
of whatever that is.

And I would hardly call it
a successful nuclear device,

if the the warhead has separated
from the delivery system,

we don't have a boom.

Just to be sure,
officials eventually x-rayed

this mysterious object and
discovered that it's hollow,

without any explosives inside.

So could this actually
be a USO created

using a sophisticated
alien cloaking technology?

Again, McMillan says it's iron

or steel composition
suggests otherwise.

It's a very durable material,

but it's a very heavy
material and it corrodes

rather quickly in underwater,
salt water environments.

And so it's not going
to be a material

that's conducive, really,

for any type of exotic
extraterrestrial craft.

Archeologist
Ed Barnhart believes

this object's exterior design

provides the clue to
its prosaic purpose.

There's really no
distinguishing features

on its surface,
except for two little eyelets.

Things that look like they
could attach a rope or a chain.

It now takes a shape
that's very well known

and that is mooring buoy.

They're these big metal
balls that have chains

that link them to
anchors at the bottom

of a deep spot of the ocean.

Our verdict...

This is a mooring
buoy that was likely

floating out far at sea

when it got loose
from the chain,

attaching it to a heavy
anchor at the ocean floor.

That freed the buoy to drift
to the shores of Japan.

Some biologists believe
the reason Australia is home

to so many deadly creatures
is due to the fact

that it's an isolated continent.

One that's been drifting
through the ocean

since breaking off from
Antarctica 30 million years ago.

It's become a magnet for all
forms of resilient species,

creating a pretty
monstrous ecosystem

as two fishermen found
out the hard way.

February, 2019, Kakadu
National Park in Australia,

Andrew Rose and Tee Hokin are
fishing in the Mary River,

when all of a sudden Andrew's
line begins acting strangely.

He pulls it from the water and
the friends discover this.

It was certainly a shock.

The creature itself, I'd
never seen anything like it.

No eyes, sharp teeth.

Yeah, it was about
six inches long.

The creature
was not hooked in the lure,

but rather wrapped
itself around it.

Andrew made sure to
keep his distance

as the pair snapped pictures
of the strange creature

before releasing it back
into the Mary River.

We didn't know whether it
was going to be toxic or what.

I didn't know if it
was going to bite me,

poison me, kill me.

Considering the
variety of deadly animals

that populate Australia,

Andrew was wise not
to get too friendly

with the unknown creature,
despite its diminutive stature.

I mean, this is the home
of the Irukandji jellyfish,

who at only two
centimeters long,

still has a venom 100 times
more powerful than a cobra.

As for this thing,

we had to ask field
researcher Ken Gerhard.

He says the key to what it
is might be where it is.

Where this weird
creature was captured

is actually in the Mary
River in Northern Australia,

and this is the home
to a legendary creature

known as the Mary River gharial.

A serpentine animal with
a very long, skinny head

that's shaped like
a crocodilian,

a long body with four
paddles and a long tail.

Could this be a juvenile version

of the Mary River gharial?

Perhaps in its larval stage.

In the late 1800s,
new settlers to this area

were told stories by
the local Aboriginals

about the monstrous
gharial that frequently

attacked their
women and children.

And over the next century,

the giant gharial
would be reported

for overturning
boats in the water.

In the 1980s, a local
fisherman actually claimed

that his boat was rammed
by the Mary River gharial.

Gerhard also explores
a more practical theory.

There's also a possibility

that what we could
be dealing with here,

is some type of mutated animal.

A 2014 expose revealed

that rapid industrialization
in neighboring Indonesia

has led to massive amounts
of toxins and pollution

being dumped into
the river systems.

The appearance of strange

and grotesque creatures
like this one,

could be an indicator of how
bad the situation is getting.

Genetic mutations
from toxic environments

are nothing new on this show.

In the past we showed you
a mutant two-headed snake

that our experts said could
very well have been caused

by industrial pollution.

Is that what spawned
this alien-like creature?

To find out, we
turn to our experts.

We first sit down with marine
biologist Dr. Shea Steingass

to discuss the idea that
this mysterious creature

is the product of
pollution from Indonesia.

A theory she finds flawed.

The Mary River
flows to the sea,

and while we may see off-flow
of pollutants like fertilizers

or chemicals that make their
way through this system,

oftentimes the impacts
of these chemicals

end up in the ocean itself

because that's where
the rivers drain to.

So the effects that we would
see from those pollutants

would probably be offshore

and not so much in
the animals here.

So then what
about the earlier theory

that this tiny terror
could somehow be related

to the legendary
Mary River gharial?

Those were
prehistoric crocodiles

that had paddle-like limbs,

but we don't see any kind
of limbs on this animal.

So this is not a gharial,

rather this is very clearly
a mud-dwelling fish.

The fact that it can't
see means that it lives

in the sediment
or under the mud,

where eyesight really isn't
even an asset, it's a liability.

We followed up
with biologist Floyd Hayes,

who said he can identify
not only the type of fish,

but the exact species.

You could identify it
by the odd-shaped head,

and the eyes are
covered with skin,

and it has a lot of weird bumps
and skin folds on the head,

and also has a elongated body.

So this appears to be
a species of worm goby

of the genus Taenioides.

They're about 13 or 14 species

that live in the
Indo-Pacific area.

Our experts concur...

What we are looking at
here is a mud-dwelling fish

known as the worm goby.

And while it might not be as
dangerous as we first thought,

I'd still suggest keeping
your hands inside the boat

while traveling down
an Australian river.

Elephants might never forget,

but they also never talk, right?

I mean, we all remember Dumbo.

But hang on, over In Asia,
there is a loquacious pachyderm

who's got something
to say, so listen up.

2012, just outside Seoul,
South Korea sits Everland,

the country's
largest theme park.

Large enough in fact that
it houses a whole zoo.

Within that zoo,
22-year-old Koshik,

a young male Asian elephant

is being recorded
in a large room.

He is a marvel to look at,

towering over his
handler by several feet,

but if we listen closely,

it's clear he's even
more amazing to hear.

Offscreen his handler
tells Koshik, 'jo-ah',

'good' in Korean.

Jo-ah.

Koshik paces a bit

and then raises his
trunk to his mouth.

And according to some,
repeats the phrase back.

Jo-ah.

Let's
hear that again.

Jo-ah.

Jo-ah.

Koshik allegedly
knows six words, all in Korean

and uses them with regularity.

This clip of
Koshik, the elephant,

started circulating in
2006 and it, kind of,

set the world on fire.

Koshik was able to
speak in Korean.

'Hello', 'good', 'down',
'lie down' and 'no'.

Jo-ah.

Jo-ah.

Scientists ran a study
and Korean speakers

could actually identify
what Koshik was saying.

Jo-ah.

A very smart elephant,
but all elephants are smart.

Elephants actually
have the largest brain

of any land animal and
are thought to equal dolphins

in terms of problem
solving capability.

Nature philosophers
like Pliny the Elder

believed they were
even smart enough

to create their own religion.

Pliny thought that elephants
actually participated

in religious activities because
they would wave sticks at

and bathe during certain
phases of the moon.

They exhibit ritual behavior.

Elephants will actually
stroke the bodies

of the dead members
of their herd

and they will sit with the
bodies for quite some time.

According to
journalist Erin McCarthy,

the old expression, "An
elephant never forgets",

is actually quite accurate.

Some say these
thought-provoking pachyderms

are even known to hold a grudge.

One instance involves an
Indian woman who was rumored

to have assisted
elephant poachers.

In 2022, a 70-year-old
woman in India

was trampled by an elephant.

According to some reports,

the woman had actually
been part of a group

that had thrown
rocks at the elephant

in order to take her baby away.

She later died of her injuries.

At her funeral, it
was reported that

that same elephant came back

and actually trampled
her body again.

Which some have suggested
means the elephant

was holding a grudge and
even seeking revenge.

Jo-ah.

Jo-ah.

So does this
sophisticated behavior

mean elephants
can learn to talk?

Or are these sounds possibly
some strange coincidence?

Elephants communicate
with each other

with a number of sounds
and vocalizations.

Some have actually wondered,

have they evolved to
develop a language

to communicate with us?

According to ancient
Indonesian legend,

the orangutan actually can
speak, but chooses not to

out of fear that humans
would enslave him.

Could the same be
true of the elephant?

Our experts aren't
working for peanuts,

so let's see what
they have to say.

Forensic sound analyst Rob
Maher says first things first.

What we are hearing is not
actual talking, but whistling.

When we speak normally,
we have air pressure

from our diaphragm in our lungs

and in our glottis we have
vocal folds or vocal cords,

and the air that's being
forced between them, vibrates.

Now, a whistle is not
involving the glottis,

it's in the upper
part of our mouth.

A person can either just
use their lips and blow

or use their fingers.

But apparently this
elephant is able to use

the shape of the
trunk in such a way

to create these
whistling sounds.

And so we are able to interpret

this interesting whistly sound
as if it's an actual word.

Biologist
Stephanie Manka

doesn't question Koshik's
advanced intelligence,

but Manka is skeptical that
what we are seeing here

is a real, live
talking elephant.

Elephants vocalize
a lot with each other.

Typically their sounds
are in infrasonic,

which means that they are below
the level of human hearing

and this elephant
created these sounds

so that we could hear them

and probably looked
for the human reaction.

Most likely it is
mimicking words

that have been said
by the trainer.

In fact, Asian
and African elephants

have both been documented,
mimicking a variety of sounds,

including crickets
and truck engines.

A peek into Koshik's
past may reveal

what motivated him to
create these sounds.

Koshik was separated from

the rest of his
herd at age five.

He was alone for a
long part of his youth.

Elephants are very
social creatures.

I do think that this elephant
was trying to mimic sounds

that it heard other humans
saying to each other

to get attention.

Jo-ah.

Our verdict...

We're calling this a case
of mimicry and bonding.

Koshik is one smart elephant,

but he's not fluent
in Korean-smart.

He doesn't know the sound,
'jo-ah' means 'good',

but he does know it
creates a good connection

with the humans around him.

And hopefully he gets
the love and attention

an elephant of his
intellect, deserves.

You've probably heard
of earth's polar vortices.

They are large
swaths of cold winds

that circle around
both of the poles.

Here they're shaped
pretty organically

with a swirling motion,

but look just a billion
miles away, give or take,

and you'll find that Saturn
has its own polar vortex.

And the one in the
north sure looks like

it was designed, purposely,
by something intelligent.

It's 2007, above the northern
hemisphere of Saturn,

the Cassini spacecraft is
beaming data back to earth,

showing a glimpse of
Saturn's northern hemisphere.

But what's that almost
perfectly equilateral polygon,

there, above the north pole?

British planetary
scientist Leigh Fletcher

was amazed when he first
observed this shape for himself.

When the hexagon jumped
out at me, I was gobsmacked.

The question of what caused that

is one that still
holds a lot of mystery.

Take another look.

Saturn is known for its rings,

but this hexagon
is really bizarre,

no other planet has
anything like it.

Science writer Amy Teitel
says Leigh was the first

to see the hexagon during
Saturn's long winter,

but it's been mystifying
scientists for years.

This hexagon shape
on Saturn's north pole

was first discovered by the
Voyager satellites in the 1980s,

so it's been present
on Saturn for decades.

What's
strange is it seems

to have changed color
from blue to gold

and it appears much larger
than originally thought.

So why is it here?

To some, it's evidence
of a spiritual belief

known as sacred geometry.

Sacred geometry is
the idea that certain shapes

and patterns appear
like that for a reason.

According to sacred geometry,

the hexagon represents
a potential for life.

One of the most sacred
shapes is the flower of life,

which is a shape created

of 19 identical
overlapping circles.

We see this going back as
far as the ancient Hindu

and Christian cultures.

But what or
who could have created

this seemingly deliberate
form above Saturn?

Author Jason
Martell has an idea.

We know that humans are
capable of weather manipulation

such as cloud seeding.

It's very possible that aliens

would have similar technology.

This hexagonal vortex
could be some type

of delivery mechanism for
the potential of life.

Think about
that perfect monolith

from "2001: A Space Odyssey."

It wasn't just a cool,
geometric artifact,

it was a mechanism for
advancing intelligent life.

Could this sacred hexagon
be something similar?

It sounds like a stretch,

but some think life may already
be advancing near Saturn.

Saturn's Moon, Titan, is one

of the most interesting
places for a lot of people

to look for life because
it's chemically very similar

to early earth and it's
got a lot of the things

that we think life
needs to thrive.

The hexagonal
formation could actually

be a key to unlocking
secrets of the universe.

Mathematicians say the hexagon

is nature's most
efficient shape.

With mechanically balanced
angles at 120 degrees each,

it can hold the most weight

with the least
amount of material.

But is Saturn's
hexagonal vortex proof

that there is more to this
shape?

Our experts explore
all the angles.

This hexagonal shape
isn't actually visible

on any of the other planets
in our solar system,

it's truly unique to Saturn.

It's almost like a snowflake

in it's precision
and its beauty.

So it is
unique, but is that proof

it's the result of
intelligent design?

That hexagon looks
like it's something

that might have been
created artificially,

but this is a natural resonance

that's based on the way
the bands on Saturn operate

and the way the
atmospheric currents flow.

And NASA
geologist Dr. Bob Anderson

thinks he can explain how
and why it was created.

This atmosphere
is a fluid of gas,

and so as it's rotating,

it has what's called surface
tension between the particles.

When two particles rub
against each other,

they have like a
tension to them.

The hexagon shape will fall out

when fluids of different
densities flow past each other

and when they harden,
they form a hexagon shape

because it's the
most efficient way

to get into a
stable configuration

when you are using
gas and liquids.

In order to get
this hexagon there,

all the conditions
have to be right.

But how could
the perfect conditions

last for decades?

These structures are so
ingrained into the atmosphere

that they remain very constant.

A perfect example is Jupiter.

The great red spot
has been seen since

around the time of Galileo.

And why has
the hexagon changed colors

since the end of 2012?

Planetary scientist
Leigh Fletcher says,

"The key is understanding
that it takes more

than seven earth years for
seasons to change on Saturn."

As sunlight returns
to those springtime,

northern latitudes, you
get these smoggy particles

being created by chemistry
high up within the atmosphere,

that started to fill in
the center of the hexagon

and making it appear gold.

Our verdict...

Surface tension is creating
this natural phenomenon.

And if it is a sign from an
alien or divine intelligence,

we're not intelligent
enough to figure out

what it means just yet.

And that's our show for tonight.

Thank you so much for
joining us, and as always,

keep those cameras rolling.