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On this episode of "expedition files."

In 1971, rock legend
Jim Morrison dies in Paris.

Or does he?

Now, a wild theory ripped
from the tabloids claims

Morrison faked his
death, is still alive today,

and has now been found.

Then, in Japan, what is said
to be a fossilized mermaid is

discovered in an ancient temple's vault.

But what is this mystery specimen?

New scientific testing
finally uncovers the truth.

And at a place called devil's den,

a U.S. airman is certain
he had an alien encounter.

Now he's revealing the
evidence that he says proves

he was abducted by a ufo.

In the corridors of time...

Are mysteries that defy explanation.

Now I'm traveling through history itself

on a search for the truth.

New evidence.

Shocking answers.

I'm Josh gates.

And these...

Are my "expedition files."

Brace yourself for some shocking news.

It turns out that sometimes
the tabloid media takes a story

and sensationalizes it,

blowing it out of all proportion.

Not me, of course. I'm
one of the good guys.

I would never lie to you. No siree.

And to prove it, I'm going to read

the fine print of three
sensational stories to see

whether the media made
a myth out of a molehill

or if the truth really is
stranger than any fiction.

We begin on July 7th, 1971,

in the famed père
lachaise cemetery in Paris,

the final resting place

of some of history's
most famous celebrities.

And one of them is
being laid to rest today.

But you wouldn't know it.

There's no crowds, no
fanfare, not even a priest.

Just a plain wooden
coffin. Who's inside?

Jim Morrison, the 27-year-old front man

of legendary '60s rock group the doors,

who passed away four days
ago. The official cause of death?

Heart failure.

But the secrecy, the
speed, and the silence

surrounding this funeral
don't just raise eyebrows.

They ignite an extraordinary
conspiracy theory that

plays out in the media
for decades to come...

the idea that Jim Morrison's
body isn't in this coffin

at all, because he isn't actually dead.

It may sound crazy, but 50 years on,

a documentary filmmaker
claims to have evidence

that rock's ultimate outlaw
faked his final performance

and is still alive and well.

Born in 1943 in Melbourne, Florida,

Jim Morrison is a Navy
brat with a restless mind

and a nonconformist soul.

As a boy, he witnesses
a violent car crash

on a family road trip, a
moment he later claims

marks him forever.

And while other kids toss footballs

or dance to doo-wop,

Jim is lost in darker
worlds, reading French poet

Charles baudelaire
and German philosopher

fried rich Nietzsche.

Their belief that suffering
and pain are essential

for creative growth
grips the young Morrison.

By the mid-1960s, he heads
to Los Angeles to study film

at ucla, chasing images
as intense as his inner world.

Then, one afternoon in
1965 on venice beach,

Jim bumps into former ucla
classmate ray manzarek.

Jim shares some lyrics
he's been scribbling...

strange, poetic fragments
about fire, desire, and the end.

Manzarek is stunned.
"Let's start a band," he says.

The doors is officially born.

Morrison on vocals,
manzarek on keyboards,

with guitarist rob by Krieger
and drummer John densmore

rounding out the lineup.

Anchored by Jim's haunting lyrics,

the band's sound is
dark, poetic, and defiant.

Perfect for a '60s generation
that's disillusioned by war,

assassinations, and broken promises.

With hits like "break on through,"

"light my fire," and "riders on the storm,"

Morrison becomes the
face of the counterculture.

Equal parts sex symbol,
shaman, and showman.

And despite Jim's
heavy drinking, drug use,

and erratic behavior...

the doors become nothing
short of a global phenomenon.

The first American group to achieve

eight consecutive gold lps.

In 1969, though, the now
self-proclaimed lizard king

gets arrested for indecent
exposure while on stage

in Miami, sparking national backlash,

canceled shows, and a
headline-grabbing trial.

He receives a six-month
jail sentence and a $500 fine,

but remains free pending appeal.

The combination of the
scandal and Jim's escalating

substance abuse strains
his relationship with the band.

In 1971, Morrison decides
to break free from the doors.

That march, Jim and
his longtime girlfriend,

Pamela courson, flee to Paris.

It's supposed to be a reset,
a chance for him to dry out,

write poetry, and enjoy a quiet break

from his rock-star persona.

But then, in the early hours
of July 3rd, four months

into their French getaway,
Pamela allegedly awakes

to find Jim unresponsive in the bathtub.

Jim!

She eventually calls nearby friends

who bring in the French authorities.

But it's too late. Jim Morrison is dead.

A doctor on the scene believes
Morrison died of heart failure.

No foul play is suspected.
No autopsy is conducted.

But here's where the story starts to twist.

Considering Morrison's
wild, rebellious lifestyle,

some fans find it hard to
accept that their hero died

of natural causes at the age of 27

while simply taking a bath.

Something doesn't make sense.

Then there's the secrecy
and speed of what follows.

Pamela had waited hours
before alerting anyone.

Along with no autopsy,
there's no public viewing,

a sealed casket, and
just a handful of people

at the funeral.

Not even his band mates
or family are there.

To many, it seems suspicious.

The perfect conditions for
conspiracy rumors to take root.

Over the years, several theories surface.

One of the most persistent,
that Morrison overdosed

hours earlier in a Paris nightclub.

According to a former
manager at the club,

Morrison showed up
that night in rough shape.

Two drug dealers
arrived and escorted him

into the bathroom with a load of heroin.

He claims Jim never came out.

A little while later, the
nightclub manager says

Jim was found slumped in a
bathroom stall, unresponsive.

Allegedly, the club's
owners were worried about

a drug scandal and
allowed the pair of dealers

to carry Morrison out the back door

and to his apartment.

There, they helped
Pamela courson get him

into a cold bath in an effort
to revive him, to no avail.

The next morning,
Pamela tells authorities that

she found Jim dead in the bathtub.

I'm so sorry.

There's no mention of the
club, no mention of drugs,

just heart failure.

The nightclub theory
has plenty of skeptics,

and for good reason.

There are many conflicting
versions of events.

And at the time, not a single person

at a Paris nightclub stepped forward

to testify having seen one
of the most famous rock stars

in the world, which leads
some to a darker conclusion.

Maybe Morrison never
left the apartment at all,

but heroin was still
ultimately what killed him.

Multiple sources say
Pamela often used the drug,

while Jim stuck mostly to alcohol

and occasionally cocaine.

But that night may have been different.

The theory goes that
Pamela had heroin on hand.

Jim, either curious

or mistaking it for cocaine, tried some.

Think uma thurman in "Pulp Fiction."

Except in this case, it's fatal.

Some suggest that Pamela
wakes to find that he's overdosed.

Jim!

Panicking, it's argued
that she clears the drugs

from the apartment
before calling for help,

maybe to avoid being blamed,
or maybe because she fears

no one would have
believed it was an accident.

With no autopsy or toxicology report,

there's no way to know for
sure if heroin caused Jim's death.

But we do know this.

Pamela courson died of
a heroin overdose herself

just three years later.

There's one more theory, though,
the most extraordinary of all,

that argues Jim never died in Paris

because he never died, period.

Supposedly, Jim faked his
death and is still alive in 2025.

Could it possibly be true?

For decades, suspicion has
shadowed Jim Morrison's death.

Heart failure never
quite fit the strange details

of that night.

And one shocking theory
claims he may not have died at all.

But how could that be?

By 1971, Jim is burned out.

He's facing a jail sentence for
the indecent exposure incident

in Miami.

He's hounded by the
press, bloated, depressed,

and fed up with fame.

Friends say he dreamed of disappearing,

shedding the rock star persona
and living quietly as a poet.

Some even recall him
joking about faking his death

and sitting back to
watch the legend grow.

Over the decades, people
have claimed to spot him alive,

living under the radar in
places like rural Oregon,

Australia, even the Congo.

Most of these are chalked
up to wishful thinking,

fans unwilling to let go of their hero.

But now, documentary filmmaker
Jeff Finn says the impossible

might actually be true.

That Jim Morrison is still
alive and he's been found.

There are numerous alternative
theories abounding regarding

Jim post-death, post-July 1971.

Certainly those helped
inspire me to... to, you know,

dive deeper down the rabbit hole.

Chief among them was a
fascinating story from one

of the doors roadies who
became a dear friend of mine,

the late gareth Blyth.

Gareth told me that he had friends

in the bay area, San
Francisco, who were convinced

they saw Jim in 1972,

a year after his supposed demise.

Now, this is fascinating
because this sort of

corroborates other sightings

that were listed in the
media through the years

of Jim in the bay area.

So a picture emerges
of Jim on the move.

I had this, you know,
innate sense that someday

I'm gonna find Jim Morrison alive.

I kept all my notes, and those I added up

to all the research I'd already done.

And then there came a point
in 2012 where I was ready

to make a documentary film about Jim.

In his film, Finn documents
his years-long investigation

into Morrison's fate.

The search leads not to
some distant foreign hideaway,

but to upstate New York.

And to a man Finn wants to call frank x,

not revealing his full name
because, well, frank x is

allegedly Jim Morrison, alive and well.

I first encountered the
man I nicknamed "frank x"

in December 2016.

I've joked that it's not so
much that I found frank,

it's that he let me find him.

He began following my
official Facebook page,

and I remember just being...

Struck and, you know,
zooming in with my eyes

and then later pulling the
photo up and enlarging it

to see what I believed
was the spitting image

of an elderly Jim Morrison.

And he was standing
next to John densmore,

the doors drummer.

That's one of the most haunting
moments I've ever experienced,

like seeing a real ghost.

Eventually, Finn convinces
frank x to sit for an interview.

And during their conversation,
Finn becomes certain that frank

and Jim Morrison are one in the same.

I will never forget when
we finally met in person

in may of 2017.

One of the many things
that just blew my mind

during the interview was
frank's expressed interest

in French poet Charles baudelaire,

who was essentially
synonymous with Jim's interest,

going back to his formative years,

certainly his teen years.

I like baudelaire.

I don't read a lot of new poetry...

And forgive me, whose quote was this?

Baudelaire.

This was just astounding to me.

Detractors will immediately
say, this guy has brown eyes,

you know, and indeed he does.

But at one point in the interview,

I kindly asked him to
remove his baseball cap.

If you would be so kind as to
let us see you without your hat

so we can see your face better,
because the bill on your cap

covers your eyes like...

I looked into his eyes,
and I instantly felt there was

a murkiness there.

And I thought, my god,

he's wearing brown contact lenses.

In terms of physical
matches, it went on and on.

Vein matches on the arms, moles, scars,

one nostril being slightly
wider or flared than the other.

It's incredible.

After the interview was
completed, my editors and I

extracted a vocal clip from
my on camera interview

with frank x, and we
created a comparison,

an audio comparison.

I then played that
comparison for a number of.

Jim's former friends,
lovers, acquaintances, etc.

Well, I like artificial paradise.

I like interviews because...

And each time I played it for them,

they just assumed it was Jim.

They went, "there he
is," or "there's his voice."

And I would tell them, "no,
no, that first voice is frank."

It's incredible.

As for frank x's take on all this, well,

he hasn't copped to the
fact that he's Jim Morrison.

But Jeff thinks that frank
is just toying with him.

It felt to me, you know, like
a game of cat and mouse.

I think he loves it.

He, in fact, has basically said as much.

He loves the game.

He loves the attention, the respect.

If, in fact, he ever does fully give it up,

it's got to be under his terms.

And I respect that, I understand that,

and I appreciate that. I knew...

Definitively, you know, for what it's worth,

every molecule of my being.

I was like, this is him. It all adds up.

The so-called frank x
denies that he is Jim Morrison,

though he has always
been a huge fan of his music.

Frank claims he's lived most
of his life in upstate New York,

where he worked as
a maintenance man.

Let's get real, though.

None of Jim Morrison's former
band mates or friends believe

he made it past the age of 27.

And for my money, frank x
is a little more duck dynasty

than lizard king.

But hey, wouldn't it be great
to learn that one of rock's

greatest icons defied the
odds to forego fame and fortune

in favor of the quiet life?

Now that Finn's documentary
has gotten attention,

frank x was recently invited
to throw out the first pitch

at a Syracuse minor
league baseball game.

If frank really is Jim,
he seems to be living

his best life.

"Break on through to
the other side," indeed.

It's 1842, and crowds flock to
p.T. Barnum's American museum

in New York, eager to catch a glimpse

of an astonishing oddity.

The mummified body of a
supposedly real mermaid,

but Ariel she is not.

This preserved creature
is half fish, half monkey,

and barnum's mysterious
marvel isn't alone.

Across the pacific in Japan,
similar mermaid monkeys have

also been preserved and displayed.

Now, if you're like me,
you're probably thinking

this whole thing
sounds a little, well, fishy.

So what's the real story?

The answer involves dredging
up a legend that dates back

thousands of years and a scientific study

that will finally reveal the truth

behind one seriously scaly tale.

Long before gracing your
coffee as a Starbucks logo,

the legend of merfolk
goes back millennia.

First surfacing in mesopotamia

with the half-man, half-fish god, ea.

Centuries later, stories
emerge of sea nymphs, sirens,

and beautiful women of
the water... mysterious,

seductive, and just dangerous enough

to keep sailors on edge.

But in Japan, another
version of this creature exists,

the ningyo, meaning human fish.

It has scales, a fish-like body,

and a monkey-like face with tiny teeth.

The first written account
of ningyos appears

in an 8th-century book
called the nihon shoki,

a compilation of Japan's myths.

It describes how in the year 619,

a fish with humanoid facial features is

allegedly spotted in the gamo river.

Later that year, it documents
how a fisherman in the town

of settsu claims to have netted
a gruesome creature with both

human and fish traits.

But there's more to
a ningyo than its eerie

fish-meets-monkey form.

In Japanese folklore, these
creatures carry powerful

and dangerous supernatural baggage.

Catch one, and legend says
you could unleash raging storms

that swallow ships whole.

Not every ningyo
encounter ends in disaster.

Some stories claim that the
ningyo's tears can crystallize

into shimmering pearls.

And the boldest legend of all?

That a single bite of its flesh
could Grant you immortality.

There are generations
of powerful stories about

the Japanese mermaid,
but is there anything

that could back them up?

Remarkably, the answer is
yes, and it's about to be revealed.

The Japanese legend of the ningyo,

half fish, half human
with monkey-like features,

has long captivated the public.

But is there any hard evidence
for these reported creatures?

Wow.

Starting around the 17th century,

alleged ningyo mummies
are often bought by the wealthy

as exotic curiosities.

Ningyos are also enshrined
in temples and featured

in traveling sideshows.

But there is one so-called
Japanese mermaid mummy specimen

that is seemingly more
convincing than any other.

It is said to be discovered
in the 18th century

off the coast of Japan's tosa province.

Early one morning, two
fishermen allegedly land

their most astounding catch ever,

the seaweed-covered
corpse of a half fish,

half human creature.

They soon learn they've
dredged up a ningyo and hear

of the potential curses it can bring.

The story goes that
the tosa fishermen sell it

to the wealthy kojima family
to avert any potential curses.

For generations, the family regards

the mermaid mummy
as a cherished heirloom.

Later, it will find its
way to the enjuin temple,

a zen Buddhist order
near okay am a, Japan,

where it then sits in storage
for the next 200 years.

A monk carries in a
dusty wooden box to show

his high priest.

They have heard
whisperings about its contents,

but the gruesome, withered
form that greets them still comes as

a shock, a mummified ningyo.

They know the legends,

but where did this one come from?

Inside the box, there's
also a handwritten note.

The note seemingly dates back
over two centuries and recounts

this mermaid's storied history,
from the fishermen who found it,

to the kojima's, to its
relocation at the temple.

The head of the temple puts
the mermaid mummy on display.

Almost overnight, it
becomes a sensation.

For the next 50 years,
tens of thousands of pilgrims

and tourists alike flock
to the temple, all eager

to lay eyes on a
supposedly bona fide ningyo.

In fact, during the COVID-19 pandemic,

people even prayed to the mummy.

Desperate for it to help ease the crisis.

For 50 years, the tosa
mermaid is treasured

as a miraculous relic,
the preserved remains

of a magical sea creature.

Yet skeptics argue the
corpse is not what it seems.

So what exactly is it?

In 2022, scientists at
kurashiki university are

the first in history to gain permission

to investigate the relic.

Using cutting-edge
technology, they set out to solve

the mermaid mystery for good.

Professor of religion
Dr. Max moerman followed

their unprecedented work closely.

The scientists were given
permission by the head priest

of enjuin to bring the ningyo

into their veterinary hospital suite.

They used ct scans and X-ray

and found that there
were no internal organs,

but rather that the interior
of the ningyo was made up

of inorganic matter, textiles, cotton,

and paper built up to form
the interior of the body.

And then the outside skin
was coated with a substance of

ground charcoal and
sand and coated with

a shellac-like substance.

It was not an actual creature,
just a structure built to

resemble an actual creature.

If this was all just a fabrication,

how did it manage to be
so convincing for so long?

Well, it turns out that while
the interior of the mermaid was

fake, the exterior was all too real.

DNA analysis revealed that
the two halves were largely

a monkey and a fish.

So the upper part of the
torso was mainly primate,

the head, the torso, the arms.

The jaw, however, was carnivorous fish.

The lower part was a
fish, probably a croaker.

Biological elements included
just enough realism to convince

the viewers that it just
might be an animal.

As for being discovered
in the 1700s, well, turns out

that's not true either.

They were able to use
radiocarbon dating on the paper

and the cotton that was
used to make the ningyo.

According to the data, it was produced

between 1870 and 1890,

which is over 100 years
after it was allegedly

dredged out of the water.

In other words, those
two 18th century fishermen

who supposedly found the
ningyo, they were a myth too.

And the so-called note of provenance?

A forgery.

There was in the late
1800s, early 1900s in Japan,

a booming culture of public
sideshow entertainment,

carnivals and the like called misemono.

And they exhibited all sorts of curiosities

like the ningyo.

So, it's very likely that this
particular ningyo would have

been produced for this sort of context.

So, sorry to be the bearer of bad news,

but the Japanese
mermaid is definitely a fake.

But what about p.T.
Barnum's Fiji mermaid

that we met back at the
beginning of our story?

Surely that's real.

Well, it turns out both
specimens had a lot in common.

In a way, they were
kind of the same species.

Because the Fiji mermaid
was not only completely fake,

but most likely also
handcrafted in Japan.

Though there is one
important distinction.

While p.T. Barnum's
mermaid was just for spectacle,

its Japanese counterpart
was a nearly sacred object

of worship.

The tosa ningyo and
other dried ningyo in Japan

had protective value
to those who viewed it.

It had its own legend.

It had its own cultural history.

Despite the findings about the
enjuin temple's mermaid mummy,

the chief priest decided
to put it back on display,

where it remains a
popular attraction to this day.

He sees it not as a
deception, but as a symbol

of people's ongoing fascination
with the mystical and unknown.

And sometimes that can hold
much more power than the truth.

Anyone for Sushi?

June 1977.

Two men, Terry lovelace
and his co-worker Toby, are

on a camping trip at
devil's den state park

in Arkansas.

It's a beautiful setting with stars twinkling

in the gathering night
sky, but in a moment,

this peaceful evening
will reportedly turn to terror,

kick-starting a decades-long mystery

with out-of-this-world evidence.

Because these two men are
allegedly about to be abducted

by a ufo.

According to Terry lovelace,
before the lights appeared

over devil's den, his life
was altogether normal.

Four years into his air force service

at the white man air force base,

he's newly married and
studying to become a lawyer.

He's also an EMT.

He spends his nights working
the graveyard shift as a medic.

His partner on the shift
is Toby, a close friend,

fellow medic, and amateur astronomer.

And on a long weekend in June of 1977,

they take off on a four-day road trip,

getting away from the city to go camping.

The men drive six hours
from the air force base

to a remote part of Arkansas,
a place called devil's den.

They settle in for a night under the stars.

And then that massive
triangular craft shows up.

It hovers over their campsite,
a beam of light shooting down

over the two terrified men.

Terry will later report that a
strange wave of exhaustion

washes over them, keeping
them from running away.

Terry says the next thing
he remembers is waking up,

his body scorched and
aching, his clothes disheveled.

Is it still out there?

To his horror, when he
looks outside the tent,

he sees the craft hovering even lower.

And more shocking,
several small gray beings

on the ground.

This is the story as reported by Terry.

He claims that the terror
he experiences this night

will haunt him for the next 40 years.

Many are skeptical about his account.

That is, until a shocking
medical discovery

changes everything. Hold
on to your hyperdrives.

This sensational story
is just getting started.

According to Terry lovelace,
he and his friend Toby have

an alien encounter in 1977.

After spotting an unexplainable
craft hovering above them,

they black out, only to wake up
and find mysterious gray beings

surrounding their camp.

The two men sit frozen,
watching in silence

as the gray figures
dissolve into a beam of light.

Moments later, the ship
itself slips soundlessly back

into the sky.

Terry and Toby huddle
fearfully in their tent.

And when dawn finally
breaks, they bolt for their car,

leaving all of their camping gear behind

and never daring to look back.

Before they make it to town, Toby recalls

something astonishing.

Memories of both of them being
taken on board the alien craft

and experimented on.

The men are shaken
and feel lucky to be alive,

but are due back on base,

reporting for duty later that day.

But Terry says their supervisor
takes one look at them

and sends them straight
to the base hospital

for medical attention.

The men are allegedly examined
and both supposedly share

near identical symptoms.

Burns, dehydration, blurred vision,

and red welts across their bodies.

According to Terry's account,
his time in the hospital is

painful and disorienting.

His eyes are extremely sensitive to light,

while doctors photograph
him, draw blood, and run tests.

Then, he says a senior officer
persuades him to meet with

agents from the air force's
office of special investigations.

Terry says these real-life
men in black have him consent

to chemical hypnosis to help
him recall what happened.

However, Terry feels
their primary concern is not

his mental well-being.

Instead, it's initiating a cover-up.

How many pictures did you take?

Sir, not one.

He says that before they leave,

the government official
gives him a final order.

"Forget what happened."

As Terry tells it, after he returns to work,

he learns that Toby is
reassigned to a base in Japan.

In fact, he never sees him again.

Over time, Terry, too, moves
on, putting the events of

that horrifying night
in the rearview mirror.

In fact, he goes on to
an impressive career.

He earns his law degree and later serves

as assistant Attorney General
for the state of Vermont.

Over 30 years pass.

Then, one morning in 2012,
Terry wakes with a strange

sharp pain in his leg.

At the va hospital, Terry
says that doctors take an X-ray.

And what appears on
the scan is shocking,

a mysterious metallic object
that looks like a microchip

embedded deep in his leg.

Never having had any
surgeries or injuries before,

Terry fears the worst. Could
this be an alien implant?

Thirty-five years after Terry
lovelace's alleged abduction,

he says an X-ray reveals an
unknown square object lodged

deep in his thigh, and
he has no explanation

for how it got there.

Baffled, Terry fears it's some
kind of alien tracking device.

A mysterious object in
your body is pretty alarming,

and for Terry, it was
the catalyst to dig deeper

into the memories he said
he'd repressed over the years.

He undergoes regression hypnosis,

a highly controversial
technique that claims to pull

lost memories back to the surface.

Terry says the treatment
unlocks vivid memories

he believes were buried
by the trauma of abduction.

Under hypnosis, one
of his first recollections is

being inside a massive craft.

Looking around, he sees
diminutive gray beings

with large heads and
almond-shaped eyes.

Terry recalls being
restrained on a surgical table.

They begin probing and cutting,
pain searing through his body.

For Terry, the memories
are a horrible validation.

He is now completely certain
he was abducted by aliens.

He's also determined
to convince the world

of his encounter.

In 2018, he publishes a book,
goes on tour, and is embraced

by the ufo community.

Terry may be convinced, but me?

I got a few questions.

Chief among them,
what happened to Toby?

The only other eyewitness to
this extraordinary encounter.

Well, Terry claims he tried
to track his old friend down,

but says an FBI agent
told him Toby died in 2007.

No word on the identity of this agent,

and Terry has refused to
divulge Toby's full name

out of respect for his family.

Enter my old friend, ufo
researcher Ben Hansen,

who's spent years
digging into Terry's account,

starting with the memories
he claimed to recover

during regression hypnosis.

Hypnotic regression is very controversial.

It's used sometimes in law enforcement

because it can help a
witness remember things

such as a license-plate number,

but often in the world of
alleged alien abductions

and things of that sort,
it also has the ability to

introduce what we call false memories.

Having interviewed
several alleged abductees

and some of the most prolific cases,

I feel that Terry's case is very similar

in the description of the craft,

the interaction with the
beings and their descriptions.

When it comes to very
extraordinary stories,

I tell people, don't believe
everything you hear,

but don't disbelieve it just

because you haven't heard it before.

Open-minded but also skeptical,

Hansen then evaluated
Terry's X-ray that potentially

showed a square-shaped implant.

I've seen the x-rays
myself, and if this truly was

from the examination that occurred,

I am not a medical professional.

But it doesn't take a
medical professional to say

that object does not
belong in a human body.

You can see what looks like
about a thumbnail-sized square

embedded in his right thigh.

And running down
from that, it looks like two

very thin filaments or
wires that come off of this.

There's no part of the
anatomy I'm aware of

that should include a square object

with what looks like antenna
or wires coming off of it.

This implant would seem
to be the key to everything.

If it truly exists, it could be tested in a lab,

its makeup analyzed,
its origin determined,

settling Terry's claims once and for all.

Unfortunately, there's
just one small problem.

In 2017, Terry claims he wakes

with severe bruising on his thigh

where the object was first found.

He submits to a second
X-ray, which reveals the object is

now gone, almost.

All that remains are what looks like

the two filaments or wires.

So, are they there?

In 2021, Ben Hansen
opened an investigation,

arranging an experiment with Terry,

one Ben hoped would
reveal if any foreign objects

were indeed in Terry's leg.

In 2021, I met him at his home.

I need more people like
you to tell their stories,

- so I appreciate it.
- Of course.

When I saw the x-rays,
I was just shocked,

because for me, it was validation

that these things put their hands on me.

So I do have a few things here
that we could try and test with,

- but is that ok if we do that?
- Absolutely.

We tried multiple different things.

I used an electromagnetic-field meter.

I expected to find nothing.

It did come up with some readings,

which were kind of unusual.

It's kind of odd.

It's just really unusually high.

I took out a neodymium
magnet such as this.

It's a very, very strong magnet.

And passed it over where
he said the object had

originally been located.

I expected to find nothing.

But this little magnet,
as powerful as it was,

had a pole to it, and it rotated slightly

in my hand. So as I would pass it over,

it would kind of wobble,
and you could feel

that there was an attraction
of something metallic

within Terry's knee.

The finding was intriguing,
but Ben remained skeptical.

A single piece of
circumstantial evidence is not

enough to close this case.

The biggest weak link
in Terry lovelace's story,

it's that all of the information

and the evidence that's been presented

comes directly from him.

What we don't have
and what I wish we had is

more corroborating evidence.

But what I would really
like to have is a witness,

but Toby's gone.

And so all we have is the
story from Terry himself.

In the case of Terry, I
found Terry lovelace to be

a credible witness.

He was an attorney,
very intelligent, who Rose

to the level of assistant Attorney General

in the state of Vermont.

He had a lot to lose, not a lot to gain

by coming out and talking about this.

So, it's unlikely that someone
of his caliber, if you will,

would come forward with
such a fantastical story

if it were not true.

But at this time, we just
don't have enough to say

that it really happened
exactly as he remembered.

And so, all we have is the
story from Terry himself.

Terry lovelace's story has
won over many ufo enthusiasts.

But the skeptics note that
we can't independently verify

any of his claims.

The square object seen
on X-ray, conveniently gone.

The wires, never removed.

No hospital records, no military reports.

And the one other witness, a phantom.

The truth may be out there,

but for now, this is one Sci-Fi saga

in need of a sequel.

Title it, "the evidence strikes back."

I'm Josh gates, and I'll see you

on the next expedition.