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Did this drone capture a ufo

or something else?

What is making this
strange noise in a backyard?

(Guttural ethereal chanting)

And how do you explain
this ball of electricity?

(Suspenseful music)

Around the globe are videos.

- [Woman] What the heck is this?

- Photos and sounds
that defy explanation.

- [Man] Is it some kind
of unidentified object?

- [Man] Plane that was
literally frozen in the air.

- [Tony] What are they?

- [Man] Some sort
of bizarre mutation.

- Extraordinary claims
need extraordinary proof.

- I'm Tony Harris
and as a journalist

for more than 30 years,

I follow 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.

- [Tony] And pass a
verdict on what it is.

- This video is clearly fake.

- The proof starts now.

(Suspenseful music)

Hi, everybody.

Welcome to the
proof is out there.

Now these days, it seems
like everyone's got a drone.

The air is filled with all of
these buzzing video cameras

and once in awhile
those eyes in the sky

capture some kind of
unidentified flying object.

Which is where we come in.

- It's a normal day in the skies

above Plymouth, Wisconsin

and amateur photographer
and drone enthusiast,

John sukowaty, is
getting this scenic footage.

- I really just
wanted to capture

the storm clouds moving in

maybe some lighting
would be kind of cool.

- But John's drone captures more

than clouds and farmland.

Take a look.

(Soft suspenseful music)

Did you miss it?

Don't worry.

So did John.

He didn't see it
until he got home.

Let's slow this down.

I'm seeing a blurry white
object whizzing by the drone.

Pause it there.

And here's a second one.

When we slow it
down and push in.

We see another object
that looks to be coming

from behind a cloud bank.

Let's freeze that.

You can understand why
John was taken aback.

- My curiosity
piqued right away.

It was just something weird.

- Forensic investigator
chase kloetzke.

Says John's ufo videos rank

in her top five
percent for credibility.

She notes that similar
drone encounters

have been popping up.

With some suggesting these

could be secret
military micro drones

or alien technology.

- The theory is they're scouts.

They're gathering
terrain, information.

Even about maybe our atmosphere.

- [Tony] She was
particularly interested

in the object that appears
to be coming out of a cloud.

- We have a lot of
reports of objects

flying into cloud

or objects coming out of clouds.

Almost as if they
use them for cover.

- So this stuff is
allover the place.

You've probably seen this video

recorded by Navy fighter pilots.

The defense
department has admitted

that's an unidentified object.

So what are these things on
John sukowaty's drone cam?

We want to take a good
hard look with our analysts.

Starting with video forensics
expert, Micheal primeau.

Primeau applied
motion vector analysis

to determine whether or
not John's video was a fake.

- The motion blurring
and the way that the object

is traveling, the
scale of the object,

all looks consistent to me.

It looks like there was
actually something there.

- [Tony] But what
was that something?

My guess was hail.

But our aviation
expert, Tim mcmillan,

shoots down that theory.

- I think hail's out
of the question

because if you've got
a heavy enough wind

that is able to blow hail,
something solid sideways,

you're not gonna be
able to sustain flight

with a quad copter
commercial drone.

- [Tony] What about the notion

of secret military micro drones?

- The first thing we have to ask

is why would they be operating

within close proximity
of a hobbyist?

The object of
keeping things secret

is don't do them
out in the open.

- [Tony] So if it's not hail

and it's not another drone,

then what is it?

Our other video
expert, Marc d'Antonio,

has his own theories.

- Moving frame by frame,
it seems to change shape

in a rhythmic matter.

It's actually changing shape
in such a rhythmic matter

that I began to actually that
maybe I'm actually looking

at a bird flapping its wings.

Changing moment
to moment as we go.

The object is moving so
fast past the camera on it

that each frame of the
video is slightly blurred.

So that is why it takes
a little bit of finesse

to notice the bird's wings.

- [Tony] And as
for that other object

coming out of the cloud.

- It looked like an object
that had no structure

other than it was a
soft focused object

and to me that
indicates that maybe

we're looking at like a seed pod

that can actually get whipped

to quite a high altitude.

- Okay.

So is it proof or not?

Michael primeau has
seen a lot of these videos

and he couldn't
identify these objects.

So are they ufos like
the Navy reported?

Maybe.

But after Marc d'Antonio
showed us that flapping motion,

we're gonna say
that object is a bird.

As for another one, the
seed pod theory is interesting

but not conclusive.

We'll leave this one as
an unidentified object.

- Coming up next.
(Ethereal chanting)

A strange sound that
defies explanation.

- [Man] Never
heard anything like it.

- [Tony] Is it just noise

or something more sinister?

- Some feel the weather
is being controlled

and perhaps used
for nefarious purposes.

- [Tony] When the proof
is out there continues.

(Mus)

- Some of our best videos
aren't really that visual.

They're recordings
of strange sounds

that defy explanation

and this one will
leave your head ringing.

January 2017.

Dillon dickerson is
taking out the trash

from his home in
louisburg, north Carolina.

When a loud noise startles him.

He grabs his smart
phone and records this.

(Eerie horn blowing)

The video shows
Dillon's backyard.

Nothing special.

Expect for that
consistent blaring sound

piercing the suburban quiet.

(Eerie horn blowing)

It sounds like the
source must be nearby

but there's nothing in sight.

- [Tony] We
reached out to Dillon

who says the sound was
very really and very scary.

- It sent chills down my spine.

I felt very in shock.

I didn't really
know what to think.

- [Tony] Dillon says
he later searched

for the source of the
sound but never found it.

And after he posted
the video online.

- People came up
with so many theories

like it's apocalyptic signs

or machinery or factories
in the background.

- [Tony] The apocalyptic
theory Dillon mentions

comes from the Bible.

According to professor
of religious studies,

Diana pasulka.

- According to the
revelation of John

in the Bible, the
book of revelations.

The apocalypse or
the end times are going

to be heralded
by these trumpets,

the trumpets of revelation.

- [Tony] But journalist
Alexis Brooks

suggest another theory.

What if the sound is
part of a secret program?

The us government has previously

used high frequency pulses

to study the earth's
upper atmosphere

but many believe these
sounds can be used

to cause floods and hurricanes.

Others say they can down
planes and cause chronic fatigue.

- Some people feel that
advance technology is being used

to puncture and literally
shift the ionosphere.

Some feel that the
weather is being controlled

and perhaps used
for nefarious purposes.

- So here's an interesting fact.

The air force actually did
try to manipulate the weather

during the Vietnam war

through a secret
cloud seeding program

called operation popeye.

So what's the source
of this strange sound?

A government experiment?

The supernatural?

Or something else entirely?

- [Tony] We sent the
video to our audio expert

Dr. Ben gottesman, who
created a spectrogram

to visual the sounds.

(Ethereal horn blowing)

- As you can see there's
like seven major episodes

where they flare up.

- [Tony] First question,

could this have been
some kind of weather

or atmospheric phenomenon?

- There's a whole spectrum
of different types of thunder

from loud bangs to low rumbles.

- [Tony] But listen to thunder.

(Thunder booming)

Compared to Dillon's noise.

(Ethereal horn blowing)

It doesn't sound like a match.

- Thunder really doesn't produce

these sorts of harmonics.

It's much more of a lower
cacophonous rumble.

- [Tony] Gottesman
believes the most likely source

is something mechanical.

- When the brakes
of semi trucks go bad

they can sometimes
produce this long drawn out

screeching sound similar to
what we hear on this recording.

- [Tony] Gottesman
compared Dillon's sounds

with some squeaky brakes.

(Metal creaking)

- So that's the truck brake.

Most of the energy,
the strongest

is at like 260 hertz and here,

it's also the strongest
is around 260, right here.

It's good evidence that
it's some mechanical sound

because there are certain
shared characteristics.

The harmonics,
the tonal structure.

- [Tony] While gottesman
sees similarities.

There's something
that still doesn't add up.

- These were really ominous
and strange sounding.

So I wouldn't expect
one truck to produce

what was recorded.

- [Tony] The sound
from Dillon's yard

seems to be from multiple
vehicles layered together.

- So is it proof or not?

Dillon swears the video
hasn't been doctored

and he's captured
similar sounds since

and according to our expert

it's not the weather

and it's likely not end times.

The truck brakes
theory is interesting

but we can't
explain the layering

or why the sound
went on so long.

This case remains a mystery.

Our verdict, unidentified sound.

- Up next.

A freak of physics.

What made this
plane freeze in mid air?

- [Man] That plane looks
like it's just hovering.

(Dramatic music)

- We're all familiar
with the majesty

and the misery of air travel

but what you're about
to see might just change

your definition of
the term flight delay.

Take a look.

- [Tony] September 2018.

The flat terrain and open
skies of Oklahoma city

provide crystal clear
views of the osage plains.

So Johnny Martin
had the perfect shot

when he noticed something
strange while driving

and he recorded this.

- My first thought was
I've got to get this on video

'cause nobody's
gonna believe me.

It looked like a plane that
was literally frozen in the air.

It wasn't moving at all.

- [Tony] Take a closer look.

See how the plane is
perfectly still above the tree?

And what about this prop plane

in the skies over Atlantic city?

(Man speaking Spanish)

See how both the plane

and the banner appear
to be motionless?

It's as if they are
mysteriously frozen in time.

- The simple fact that a plane
simply stops moving mid air

totally defies everything we
know about how planes work.

If they're stopped and they
haven't fallen out of the sky,

something weird is happening.

- [Tony] So what explains
this freak of physics?

Dr. Hakeem oluseyi says,

some believe it's
proof we're living

in a simulated reality.

- Sometimes when
people see weird things,

they interpret it as
a glitch in the matrix.

I didn't expect what
just happened to happen

but it did.

So it must be something
going glitchy in the software

'cause that couldn't possibly
be true in the real world.

(Tense music)

- So what do we have here?

Have the rules of
gravity been altered?

Simulation theory?

Are these videos proof or not?

It's time to ask our
team of experts.

Forensic video
analyst Michael primeau

examines the plane
frozen over Atlantic city.

He starts by using software

to determine

if the video is simply an
elaborate visual effect.

- I began my
analysis by reviewing

the recording in real time

and then frame by frame.

I don't see any kind of frame
blending, cross dissolving,

including skip jumps, edits,
or anything to that effect.

That would result in
it being 3D modeled

or digitally created.

Looks to be authentic.

- [Tony] Okay so the
video hasn't been doctored.

Maybe this is just a
glitch in the matrix.

But first, let's check in
with our other video analyst,

Mick west, who has a theory.

- Unfortunately, we didn't know

what day the video was taken.

Where's the wind coming from

where it can be quite strong.

- [Tony] In fact,
take a closer look

at the banner behind the plane.

Do you see that?

It's very subtle,

but it is moving.

- It doesn't need very much
to keep the plane in the air

because there's
very low stall speed

and they have the banner,
keeps them stabilized.

- [Tony] This plane is just

fighting the headwinds.

- So if it was just a windy day,

wind going in that
direction, Atlantic city.

That's all you need.

- [Tony] But what the plane

filmed by Johnny Martin

from his car?

Is that wind as well?

Physicist Ron
mallet breaks it down.

- That's called parallax.

Parallax isn't an
optical illusion.

It has to do with the
distance an object is,

the relative distance.

So what's happening is is that

if you're in motion,

those objects that
are closer to you

are going to be moving

or appear to be moving, okay,

relative to you.

Those objects that
are farther away

are gonna appear
to be not moving

relative to your position.

- [Tony] An object
in between the viewer

and the plane, like this tree,

becomes a reference
point that adds

to the visual deception.

- So the plane is
sufficiently far from you,

it could appear as though
it's hovering in the sky.

- So it looks like mother nature

and our own eyes
are playing tricks on us

and that has some
believing we're living

in a simulated reality.

But when it comes to these
frozen planes our verdict

strong winds and
the parallax effect.

- [Tony] Up next, the story

of these strange glowing globes.

How would you explain this?

When the proof is
out there continues.

(Sic)

- You know, for centuries
people have reported

seeing mysterious
balls of electricity

hovering in the air.

So where do these
anomalies come from

and what do they mean?

It's may 2019 near
Minsk, Belarus.

A man named Andrea
turkanavitz posts a bizarre video.

Watch.

(Electricity crackling)

Let's rewind that back.

What is that bright blue sphere?

And how could it travel
across the railroad tracks

throwing off sparks as it moves?

The Internet's reaction
blew Andre's mind.

- [Tony] Some commentators
guess that Andre

has recorded a rare phenomemon
known as ball lightning.

Strange luminescent
balls in the air

that eye witnesses
have been reporting

since the 1600s.

Some 19th century accounts claim

they smelled of
sulfur and considered

them the work of the devil.

More recently there
was this sighting

near a field in
novosibirsk, Russia.

This image resembles
a phenomenon

reported back in wwii.

Odd zig zagging
balls of light in the sky.

Allied fighter pilots
dubbed them Foo Fighters.

- And it was really kind
of universally believed

amongst the allies

that this was likely some type
of advanced Nazi technology

but interestingly enough
when you look at the luftwaffe,

so the German air force,
they were seeing them, too.

- To this day some scientists
argue that ball lightning

doesn't exist based
on how rarely it's seen.

So is that what
we're seeing here?

To kick off our analysis,

we went back to our forensic
video analyst, Michael primeau.

- [Tony] Primeau begins

by breaking down Andre's video.

Focusing not on the images

but the sounds.

- I noted that the
sounds were up front

and didn't sound natural
with being in the outdoors.

Sounds like something
that was added.

- [Tony] He concludes
that the Belarus video

has been edited.

Yet he says the other example
from Russia has not been.

So could it be an example
of the famous Foo Fighters?

Mcmillan says the
ball of light look similar

but behaves differently.

- What's been
called a foo fighter

lasted for a great deal of time

and in engaged in a lot
of maneuvers and stuff

that you just don't see there.

- [Tony] So could it instead

be a natural weather phenomenon?

Atmospheric scientist,
Dr. Diana hence,

traced the weather
conditions in Russia

at the time of the sighting.

- If you're gonna
get ball lightning

lightning also has to
be generally a likelihood

and I'm not seeing a
lot of evidence of either.

It does kind of
reduce the likelihood

that that is a possibility.

- [Tony] However, hence
concedes that so little

is known about ball lightning

that it's hard to rule out.

- It is a very poorly
understood phenomenon

and because it's
difficult to capture,

it's also very very
difficult to study.

- [Tony] So the Russian video

might be a genuine example

but when we talked to Andre

toward the end of
our investigation,

he admits he created
the dazzling effect

in his video with cgi.

Though he never
thought it would go viral.

- So our verdict,

the Belarus video
is clearly doctored.

Please, that sound design
was a dead giveaway.

As far as the other footage,

we're gonna say it might
be genuine ball lightning

but what causes ball
lightning remains a mystery.

A good reminder to remain
as humble as we are curious

in the face of the unknown.

And that's our show for tonight.

Please let us
know what you think

and what you think we
should investigate next.

I'm Tony Harris.

Reminding you to keep
those cameras rolling.

(Soft suspenseful music)