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Did this drone capture a ufo

or something else?

What is making this strange noise in a backyard?

And how do you explain this ball of electricity?

Around the globe are videos.

What the heck is this?

- Photos and sounds that defy explanation.

Is it some kind of unidentified object?

Plane that was literally frozen in the air.

What are they?

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.

And pass a verdict on what it is.

- This video is clearly fake.

- The proof starts now.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A strange sound that defies explanation.

Never heard anything like it.

Is it just noise

or something more sinister?

- Some feel the weather is being controlled

and perhaps used for nefarious purposes.

When the proof is out there continues.

- 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.

The video shows Dillon's backyard.

Nothing special.

Expect for that consistent blaring sound

piercing the suburban quiet.

It sounds like the source must be nearby

but there's nothing in sight.

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.

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.

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.

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?

We sent the video to our audio expert

Dr. Ben gottesman, who created a spectrogram

to visual the sounds.

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

where they flare up.

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.

But listen to thunder.

Compared to Dillon's noise.

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.

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.

Gottesman compared Dillon's sounds

with some squeaky brakes.

- 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.

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.

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?

That plane looks like it's just hovering.

- 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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Up next, the story

of these strange glowing globes.

How would you explain this?

When the proof is out there continues.

- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.