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Wade: IS OUR VITAL UNDERSEA
CABLE NETWORK AT RISK
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FROM FORCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL?
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IT COULD LITERALLY CRIPPLE
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MODERN SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT.
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CAN NEW DISCOVERIES ON
THE SEA FLOOR FINALLY CONFIRM
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AN EXPLOSIVE THEORY ABOUT
THE ATLANTIC'S MOST NOTORIOUS
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EXPANSE OF WATER?
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Figueroa: COULD THIS EXPLAIN
SOME OF THE STORIES
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THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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Wade: AND HOW HAVE A FORTUNATE
FEW GONE OVER THE WORLD'S
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MOST FAMOUS WATERFALL AND LIVED
TO TELL THE TALE?
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IT'S VERY,
VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU
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WOULD SURVIVE GOING
OVER THE NIAGARA FALLS.
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Wade: THE UNDERWATER REALM
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IS ANOTHER DIMENSION.
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IT'S A PHYSICALLY HOSTILE
PLACE WHERE DREAMS OF PROMISE
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CAN SINK INTO DARKNESS.
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I'M JEREMY WADE.
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I'M SEARCHING THE WORLD
TO BRING YOU
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THE MOST ICONIC AND BAFFLING
UNDERWATER MYSTERIES
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KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
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SHIPWRECKS CAN'T JUST
DISAPPEAR...OR CAN THEY?
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Wade: IT'S A DANGEROUS,
UNEXPLORED FRONTIER THAT
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SWALLOWS EVIDENCE.
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WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FACE
OF MARS THAN WE DO
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OUR DEEPEST OCEANS.
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Wade: WHERE UNKNOWN IS NORMAL
AND UNDERSTANDING
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IS RARE.
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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OVER THE YEARS, THE BERMUDA
TRIANGLE HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF
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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DOZENS OF
SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT
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AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT
THIS AREA OF OCEAN
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THAT HAS MADE IT
SO NOTORIOUS?
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NOW, SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING BIG
DISCOVERIES AT THE BOTTOM OF
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OUR OCEANS THAT PROMISE
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TO SHED NEW LIGHT ON
SOME OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE'S
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MOST MYSTERIOUS INCIDENTS.
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ON A CALM SPRING DAY,
A TUGBOAT IS SAILING
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FROM PUERTO RICO
TO FORT LAUDERDALE,
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FLORIDA, THROUGH
THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF
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THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
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HER EXPERIENCED CAPTAIN IS
RESTING BELOW DECK
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WHEN HE RECEIVES A SUDDEN CALL
TO COME TO THE BRIDGE.
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THE COMPASS WAS SPINNING
LIKE MAD,
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AND HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT BEFORE.
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Wade: A STRANGE DARKNESS
DESCENDS ON THE VESSEL,
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AND WITHOUT WARNING,
ALL THE TUGBOAT'S
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ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN.
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NOTHING ELECTRIC WAS WORKING.
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THE COMMUNICATIONS WERE
ALL OUT.
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Wade: THE CAPTAIN HEADS OUT
ON DECK AND IS SHOCKED
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BY WHAT HE SEES.
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THE CREW BECOME AWARE THAT
THE SEA AROUND THE SHIP
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IS BOILING.
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Zimmerman:
THE CURRENTS ON THE SEA
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ARE GOING WILDLY IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
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THE CREW ARE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
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Zimmerman: THE FOG IS JUST
SO THICK THAT HE CAN'T
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DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHERE THE
SKY STOPS AND THE SEA STARTS.
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Wade: FEARING THE WORST,
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THE CAPTAIN ORDERS
FULL SPEED AHEAD
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TO ESCAPE
THE CHURNING WATERS.
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EVENTUALLY, THE TUGBOAT BREAKS
THROUGH THE FOG INTO
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CALMER SEAS AND SAILS AWAY
FROM THE DANGER.
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THE CREW ARE AT A LOSS
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TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY HAVE
JUST EXPERIENCED.
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WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS
TO HAPPEN?
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WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS,
AND WE WANT TO KNOW MORE.
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Wade: ONE NATURAL PHENOMENON
THAT CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT
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ON THE STATE OF THE SEA IS
UNDERWATER SEISMIC ACTIVITY.
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VOLCANOES AND MARINE SYSTEMS
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VARY QUITE A BIT, JUST LIKE
THEY DO ON LAND.
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IT CAN CAUSE DISTURBANCES
THAT CAN
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AFFECT THE SURFACE
OF THE WATER.
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Rondeau: IN THAT CASE, WHAT
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IS HEAT.
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THEY EMIT A HUGE AMOUNT OF --
OF GASES,
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AND ALL OF
THOSE CREATE BUBBLES.
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Wade: UNDERWATER VOLCANOES
HAVE BEAN BLAMED FOR SEA
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DISTURBANCES AND SHIP
DISAPPEARANCES
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ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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BUT NO VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
WAS REPORTED
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IN THE VICINITY
OF THE TUGBOAT INCIDENT.
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SO WHAT ELSE MIGHT
BE RESPONSIBLE?
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Zimmerman:
THERE ARE ALSO UNDERWATER
ROCK SHIFTS THAT WILL RELEASE
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UNEXPECTED WAVES,
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UNEXPECTED CURRENTS.
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BUT GENERALLY,
THOSE CURRENTS ARE NOT
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ASSOCIATED WITH BUBBLING
OR BOILING.
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Wade: FOR THE OCEAN
TO BE AS VOLATILE
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AS THE WATERS THAT SURROUNDED
THE BESIEGED TUGBOAT,
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IT IS THOUGHT THAT
SOME OTHER NATURAL FORCE
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MUST HAVE BEEN AT PLAY,
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AND THERE IS
ONE PRIME SUSPECT --
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THE HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE GAS,
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METHANE.
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Wright: METHANE DEPOSITS ARE
MIXTURES OF ICE
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AND GAS THAT ARE FOUND
IN SEDIMENTS
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IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS,
AND WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE
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OF THEM.
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Wade: KEPT IN AN ICY STATE
BY THE IMMENSE PRESSURE
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AND LOW TEMPERATURES AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN,
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METHANE, OFTEN IN THE FORM OF
SOLID COMPOUNDS
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CALLED HYDRATES,
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ONLY NEEDS A SMALL DISTURBANCE
TO BE UNLEASHED.
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Figueroa: YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN, AND YOU SHAKE UP
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AND YOU DISTURB THE AREAS
WHERE THE HYDRATES ARE,
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AND LITERALLY BUBBLES OF GAS
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ERUPT FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN
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AND START GOING UP
THE WATER COLUMN.
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Wade: SO COULD RELEASES OF
METHANE FROM THE SEA FLOOR
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HAVE CAUSED THE APPEARANCE OF
A BOILING SEA AROUND THE TUGBOAT
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TRAVELING THROUGH
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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Zimmerman: BY THE TIME METHANE
GAS REACHES THE TOP SURFACE,
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IT IS GOING VERY RAPIDLY.
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THAT MOTION
GENERATES TURBULENCE,
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SEEMINGLY RANDOM MOTION
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
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Wade: BUT A BOILING SEA WAS NOT
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THE ONLY PHENOMENON WITNESSED
BY THE TUGBOAT CREW.
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THEIR NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
ALSO MALFUNCTIONED.
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WHEN GAS IS FOLLOWED CLOSE
TO A CONDUCTIVE SURFACE,
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THEY BUILD UP
AN ELECTRIC CHARGE.
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IT'S KNOWN AS
THE STREAMING POTENTIAL.
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IT'S AN ELECTRIC
KINETIC PHENOMENON.
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Wade: THIS CHARGE COULD HAVE
OVERLOADED THE TUGBOAT'S
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS,
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SENDING ITS INSTRUMENTS
HAYWIRE.
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THE TUGBOAT WAS THEN SAILING
BLIND, TRYING TO GET THROUGH
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THE DENSE FOG,
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POSSIBLY ANOTHER EFFECT
OF METHANE.
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Zimmerman:
THOSE SMALL BUBBLES,
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THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HIT
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100% RELATIVE HUMIDITY,
AND THEY WILL RELEASE A FOG
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WHEN THOSE BUBBLES HAVE BURST.
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IT'S A FOG THAT SHOULD BE
FAIRLY DENSE.
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Wade: A METHANE BURST SEEMS
THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE
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OF THE MYSTERIOUS EVENT
EXPERIENCED BY THE TUGBOAT CREW.
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BUT COULD METHANE BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
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MORE DEADLY INCIDENTS
IN THESE NOTORIOUS WATERS?
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Figueroa: COULD THIS POTENTIALLY
EXPLAIN SOME OF
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THE NARRATIVES AND THE STORIES
THAT WE'VE HEARD
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ABOUT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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Wade: TERRIFYING A TUGBOAT CREW
IS ONE THING,
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BUT CAUSING THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF WHOLE SHIPS
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WITH ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW
IS QUITE ANOTHER.
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THIS WOULD REQUIRE
AN ENORMOUS FORCE.
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OCTOBER 1985.
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IN THE NORWEGIAN OIL FIELDS
OF THE NORTH SEA,
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A HELICOPTER CAPTURES
THIS EXTRAORDINARY FOOTAGE.
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ROUTINE DRILLING
BENEATH A RIG HAS
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ACCIDENTALLY UNLOCKED
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A LARGE POCKET OF NATURAL GASES,
PREDOMINANTLY METHANE.
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HUGE QUANTITIES OF GAS
ROAR UP FROM THE SEA FLOOR
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WITH A FORCE THAT THREATENS
THE STABILITY OF
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THE PLATFORM ITSELF.
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THIS PHENOMENON, KNOWN BY OIL
WORKERS AS THE BURP OF DEATH,
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IS NOT UNCOMMON IN OIL FIELDS,
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BUT COULD THERE BE DANGEROUS
METHANE DEPOSITS ELSEWHERE,
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INCLUDING IN
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE,
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WITH THE POWER
TO TAKE DOWN SHIPS?
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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METHANE GAS ESCAPING
FROM THE SEA FLOOR IS
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RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF
DISTURBING INCIDENTS AT SEA.
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BUT COULD IT BE BEHIND
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MYSTERY DISAPPEARANCES
IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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THE 1985 GAS RELEASE
THAT THREATENED AN OIL PLATFORM
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IN THE NORTH SEA
SHOWED DEVASTATING FORCE.
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THE INCIDENT WAS NOT A NATURAL
OCCURRENCE, HOWEVER.
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IT WAS CAUSED BY
INTRUSIVE HUMAN ACTIVITY,
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DRILLING FOR OIL.
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BUT COULD MASSIVE METHANE
DISCHARGES LIKE THIS OCCUR
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NATURALLY AND ON A SCALE THAT
COULD ENDANGER SHIPPING?
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IN 2017, RESEARCHERS AT
THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY
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OF NORWAY REPORT
A REMARKABLE NEW DISCOVERY --
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HUGE CRATERS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN UP TO
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HALF A MILE WIDE
AND ALMOST 100 FEET DEEP.
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THE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH
INDICATES THAT YOU COULD HAVE
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LARGE BUBBLE BURSTS
FROM THE SEA FLOOR.
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Wade: THE GIANT CRATERS FOUND AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE BARENTS SEA
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REVEAL WHAT COULD BE
EVIDENCE OF MASSIVE,
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NATURALLY-OCCURRING
DEEP OCEAN METHANE BURSTS.
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Figueroa: THESE LARGE METHANE
CRATERS WERE
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THE RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT
METHANE EXPLOSIONS.
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THE METHANE BUILT UP
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IN LARGE AMOUNTS AND THEN WAS
RELEASED ALL AT ONCE.
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Wade: INSTEAD OF A GRADUAL
RELEASE OF BUBBLES
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THAT CAUSES THE SURFACE WATER
TO CHURN,
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THESE CRATERS SUGGEST METHANE
BLOWOUTS ON A MASSIVE SCALE.
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A SINGLE ERUPTION CAN THROW
VAST QUANTITIES
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OF METHANE TO SEA.
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WE'RE TALKING
MILLIONS OF TONS.
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Wade: A SHIP CAUGHT IN SUCH
AN EVENT COULD BE DOOMED.
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THE WATER WOULD SUDDENLY
BECOME MUCH LESS DENSE DUE TO
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THE SHEER QUANTITY OF GAS,
SINKING THE VESSEL IN A MATTER
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OF MOMENTS.
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IF A BUBBLE OCCURRED WHILE
A SHIP WAS DIRECTLY ABOVE IT,
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IT COULD BE SUBMERGED
INTO THIS POCKET
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OF GAS THAT IS LESS
DENSE THAN THE WATER
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THAT THE REST OF THE SHIP IS --
IS ON.
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Wade: BUT THIS DEADLY GAS
FROM THE BOTTOM
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OF THE OCEAN DOESN'T STOP
AT THE SURFACE.
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IT CONTINUES TO RISE.
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SO IF YOU HAVE A CRATER
THAT'S HALF A MILE WIDE,
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RELEASING A BURST OF METHANE,
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AND WHAT WOULD IT DO
TO THE AIR-SEA INTERFACE
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AND THE TURBULENCE
OF THE AIR ABOVE?
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YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WHAT WOULD
THAT LOOK LIKE?
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MOMENTUM DOESN'T JUST STOP
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WHEN THIS PLUME HITS
THE TOP SURFACE.
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IT CARRIES ON
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
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IF YOUR AIRCRAFT IS ABOVE THAT,
IT WILL KNOCK OUT THE CONTROLS,
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THE COMMUNICATIONS, AND,
OF COURSE, THE NAVIGATION.
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Wade: AND THERE'S
A FURTHER POTENTIALLY
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FATAL THREAT
TO OVER-FLYING PLANES.
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METHANE IS EXPLOSIVE, AND IF
YOU HAVE A HUGE POCKET OF IT,
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AND AN AIRCRAFT
GOES THROUGH IT...
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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
ALL THAT STATIC ELECTRICITY
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AROUND 'EM, AS WELL,
AND IF...
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YOU JUST NEED A SPARK, METHANE,
AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY OXYGEN.
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Wade: FACED WITH SHOCKING
EVIDENCE OF THE DANGERS
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TO SHIPPING AND AIRCRAFT,
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SCIENTISTS ARE RACING TO TRY
AND IDENTIFY WHERE LARGE
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RESERVES OF METHANE
MAY BE LOCATED,
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EITHER IN THE FORM OF GAS
POCKETS OR SOLID HYDRATES.
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CURRENTLY, RESEARCHERS AT
THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC
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INSTITUTE ARE USING
SPECTROSCOPY TO IDENTIFY
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METHANE HYDRATES.
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THEY'VE BEEN USING GAS
COLLECTION TECHNIQUES
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TO ACTUALLY MEASURE
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THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL GAS
THAT'S FOUND ON THE SEA FLOOR
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IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS,
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AND THEY'RE MEASURING
THOSE GASES TO SEE WHAT
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THEIR COMPONENTS ARE.
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Wade: AND THE RESULTS
FOR METHANE ARE STARTLING.
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RECENT DISCOVERIES SHOW THAT
METHANE IS INCREDIBLY
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SUPERABUNDANT IN THE --
IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS.
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SOME ESTIMATE THAT IT'S
AS MUCH AS 70% OF
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THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF METHANE
IS ACTUALLY STORED
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UNDER THE OCEANS.
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Wade: THESE UNDERSEA RESERVOIRS
ARE BEING DISCOVERED ALL OVER
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THE WORLD,
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INCLUDING OFF THE EAST COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES,
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BUT ARE THERE ANY
IN THE SEABED
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UNDER THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
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WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY
EVIDENCE THAT LARGE METHANE
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BUILDUPS ARE HAPPENING
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IN THE AREA OF THE TRIANGLE --
THAT'S YET TO BE DISCOVERED.
249
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MASSIVE METHANE DISCOVERIES
UNDER OUR OCEANS ADD WEIGHT
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TO THE THEORY
THAT THIS GAS
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COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DISAPPEARANCES
252
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IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
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BUT WITH RESERVES BEING
UNCOVERED WORLDWIDE,
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COULD METHANE BE BEHIND
THE MYSTERY OF MISSING SHIPS
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IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD,
TOO?
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HIDDEN ON THE BOTTOM
OF OUR OCEANS
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IS A MASSIVE NETWORK
OF UNDERSEA CABLES.
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THESE CARRY 99% OF ALL
INTERNET TRAFFIC
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AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
FINANCIAL TRANSFERS EVERY DAY.
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THEY ARE THE ARTERIES THAT
KEEP THE MODERN WORLD ALIVE.
261
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BUT AN ALARMING INCIDENT
IN THE EARLY 1970s
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SUGGEST THIS NETWORK
COULD BE VULNERABLE TO
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MYSTERIOUS FORCES.
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AUGUST 1972.
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A MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM
U.S. TASK FORCE 77 IS
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FLYING OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA
ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT.
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AS IT BANKS OVER
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,
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THE CREW SEES A DISTURBANCE
IN THE WATER BELOW -- A LARGE,
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MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION BURSTING
FROM THE OCEAN.
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THIS IS A REAL MYSTERY.
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NO ONE ACTUALLY REALLY
KNEW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
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Wade: THE VIETNAM WAR IS AT
A CRITICAL STAGE,
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BUT THERE ARE NO MAJOR COMBAT
OPERATIONS IN THE AREA
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AT THIS TIME.
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SO WHAT IS EXPLODING
AND WHY?
276
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IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING THE WAR
TO A SWIFT CONCLUSION,
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THE U.S. MILITARY HAS INITIATED
A BLOCKADE OF
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NORTH VIETNAMESE PORTS.
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ALL ENTRANCES TO NORTH
VIETNAMESE PORTS WILL BE MINED.
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Wade: HUGE NUMBERS OF POWERFUL
SEA MINES ARE DEPLOYED.
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THIS WAS A HUGE OPERATION DONE
BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
282
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THE SEA WAS LITERALLY SEEDED
WITH OVER 11,000 MINES.
283
00:15:13,344 --> 00:15:15,758
Wade: FLOATING ON OR JUST
UNDER THE SURFACE,
284
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THESE MINES LIE IN WAIT FOR
ANY UNSUSPECTING ENEMY VESSEL.
285
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ANY SHIPS ATTEMPTING
TO LEAVE OR ENTER
286
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THESE PORTS WILL DO SO
AT THEIR OWN RISK.
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Wade: BUT ON AUGUST 4th, NEAR
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE PORT
288
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OF HAIPHONG,
289
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SOMETHING STRANGE
STARTS TO HAPPEN.
290
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THESE MINES JUST
START EXPLODING.
291
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THE U.S. NAVY HAS NO IDEA WHY.
292
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THE OVER-FLYING
U.S. AIRCREW
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OBSERVE 25 EXPLOSIONS
IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
294
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BUT IT'S JUST THE TIP
OF THE ICEBERG.
295
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ELSEWHERE ALONG THE COAST,
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MANY HUNDREDS OF MINES
SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODE.
297
00:16:02,931 --> 00:16:04,482
WHEN YOUR WEAPONS
START GOING OFF,
298
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THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, MYSTERY
THAT YOU WANT TO GET
299
00:16:06,689 --> 00:16:08,068
TO THE BOTTOM OF.
300
00:16:08,172 --> 00:16:09,931
Wade: WHAT'S BEHIND
THIS SYNCHRONIZED
301
00:16:10,034 --> 00:16:11,724
UNDERSEA SALVO?
302
00:16:11,827 --> 00:16:15,448
ENEMY ACTION,
A NEW SUPERWEAPON,
303
00:16:15,551 --> 00:16:18,241
OR SOMETHING FROM
OUT OF THIS WORLD?
304
00:16:20,482 --> 00:16:22,620
[ SONAR PINGING ]
305
00:16:26,896 --> 00:16:28,689
[ SONAR PINGING ]
306
00:16:30,758 --> 00:16:34,275
OUR VITAL UNDERSEA CABLE
NETWORK IS UNDER THREAT,
307
00:16:34,379 --> 00:16:37,068
AND WITH IT, THE VERY FUTURE
OF THE MODERN WORLD.
308
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AND THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING
WHY LIES
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IN A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT
50 YEARS AGO.
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IN AUGUST 1972,
UP TO 4,000 U.S. NAVY
311
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MINES MYSTERIOUSLY EXPLODE
312
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IN THE SEAS AROUND
NORTHERN VIETNAM.
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THE QUESTION IS
WHAT CAUSED ALL OF
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00:16:59,896 --> 00:17:03,068
THESE SEA MINES
TO SELF DETONATE FOR
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00:17:03,172 --> 00:17:04,379
APPARENTLY NO REASON?
316
00:17:06,034 --> 00:17:08,379
Wade: THE INITIAL ASSUMPTION
OF U.S. INVESTIGATORS
317
00:17:08,482 --> 00:17:10,793
IS THAT
THE ENEMY MUST BE RESPONSIBLE.
318
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,965
THERE IS SPECULATION THAT IT
MAY BE THE NORTH VIETNAMESE,
319
00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,413
THAT SOMEHOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
320
00:17:16,517 --> 00:17:20,034
TO ALTER THESE MINES
AUTONOMOUSLY.
321
00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:23,448
Wade: BUT FEW BELIEVE THAT
THE VIETNAMESE HAVE
322
00:17:23,551 --> 00:17:25,793
THE TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS
TO PULL OFF SUCH
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00:17:25,896 --> 00:17:27,413
A COORDINATED FEAT.
324
00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:31,862
IT'S NOT AS THOUGH
THE VIETNAMESE ARE SENDING OUT
325
00:17:31,965 --> 00:17:34,448
UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAMS
AND BLOWING THESE THINGS UP.
326
00:17:36,241 --> 00:17:39,068
THE NAVAL OFFICERS
IN CHARGE,
327
00:17:39,172 --> 00:17:41,586
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY THESE
MINES WERE SELF-DETONATING.
328
00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:45,689
Wade: WITH A NORTH VIETNAMESE
PLOT UNLIKELY,
329
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THE AMERICANS
INVESTIGATE FURTHER
330
00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:50,000
AND DISCOVER
SOMETHING INTRIGUING.
331
00:17:51,517 --> 00:17:54,827
AMONG THE DIFFERENT MINES
DEPLOYED BY THE U.S. NAVY,
332
00:17:54,931 --> 00:17:59,379
ONLY ONE SPECIFIC TYPE HAS
BLOWN UP IN LARGE NUMBERS --
333
00:17:59,482 --> 00:18:01,793
MAGNETIC MINES.
334
00:18:01,896 --> 00:18:04,137
THESE ARE MINES WHICH GO OFF
WHEN THEY FEEL
335
00:18:04,241 --> 00:18:06,379
A LARGE DISTURBANCE IN
THE MAGNETIC FIELD
336
00:18:06,482 --> 00:18:07,931
OF THE EARTH.
337
00:18:08,034 --> 00:18:10,586
AS A SHIP PASSES THROUGH
THIS, IT AFFECTS THE FIELD.
338
00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,344
IT'S A BIG LUMP OF METAL,
339
00:18:12,448 --> 00:18:14,344
AND IT AFFECTS THE MAGNETIC
FIELD AROUND IT.
340
00:18:14,448 --> 00:18:17,689
IF IT'S A BIG ENOUGH EFFECT,
THE MINE GOES OFF.
341
00:18:18,862 --> 00:18:20,379
Wade: BUT NO SHIPS WERE SPOTTED
342
00:18:20,482 --> 00:18:23,000
IN THE VICINITY
OF THE EXPLOSIONS,
343
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,793
SO THERE MUST HAVE BEAN
SOME OTHER KIND OF TRIGGER.
344
00:18:27,965 --> 00:18:31,379
U.S. NAVY INVESTIGATORS
NOW STRONGLY SUSPECT
345
00:18:31,482 --> 00:18:34,172
SOME SORT OF SECRET
ENEMY WEAPON,
346
00:18:34,275 --> 00:18:36,689
AND FOR THIS,
THERE IS A PRECEDENT.
347
00:18:38,275 --> 00:18:41,206
DURING WORLD WAR TWO,
BRITISH ENGINEERS WERE ABLE TO
348
00:18:41,310 --> 00:18:45,103
TRIP MAGNETIC MINES BY USING
HUGE ELECTROMAGNETS
349
00:18:45,206 --> 00:18:46,551
ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT.
350
00:18:48,689 --> 00:18:51,620
IF YOU HAVE A MINE
SITTING HERE
351
00:18:51,724 --> 00:18:54,827
IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS OTHER
352
00:18:54,931 --> 00:18:58,000
ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC FIELD
COMES THROUGH,
353
00:18:58,103 --> 00:19:00,068
IT WILL BASICALLY TRIP OFF
THE MINE.
354
00:19:01,965 --> 00:19:04,931
Wade: THE VIETNAMESE ARE NOT
THOUGHT TO HAVE SUCH MEANS
355
00:19:05,034 --> 00:19:08,034
AT THEIR DISPOSAL,
BUT THEIR COLD WAR BACKERS,
356
00:19:08,137 --> 00:19:11,172
THE SOVIET UNION, COULD,
THE AMERICANS SUSPECT,
357
00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:13,931
BE USING
SUCH AERIAL TECHNOLOGY.
358
00:19:15,827 --> 00:19:18,344
THE FIRST INVESTIGATIONS WERE
ALL FOCUSED ON SABOTAGE
359
00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:19,655
AND A SECRET SOVIET WEAPON,
360
00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:22,551
WHICH CAUSED PROBABLY THE CIA
TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
361
00:19:22,655 --> 00:19:24,586
CHASING ITS OWN TAIL.
362
00:19:24,689 --> 00:19:27,448
Wade: HAVING FOUND NO EVIDENCE
OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC
363
00:19:27,551 --> 00:19:30,862
SUPERWEAPON, THE U.S. NAVY
INVESTIGATORS ARE LEFT
364
00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:32,517
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.
365
00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:37,310
BUT THEN, IN A STRANGE TWIST,
366
00:19:37,413 --> 00:19:40,689
REPORTS EMERGE FROM FURTHER
AFIELD INDICATING THAT THEY'VE
367
00:19:40,793 --> 00:19:44,068
BEEN LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE
ALL ALONG.
368
00:19:44,172 --> 00:19:45,724
ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
369
00:19:45,827 --> 00:19:48,931
OTHER UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA
HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.
370
00:19:49,034 --> 00:19:51,896
WE KNOW THAT THIS KIND OF
THING WAS HAPPENING NOT JUST
371
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,758
WITH THESE MINES,
BUT WITH OTHER THINGS.
372
00:19:55,724 --> 00:19:58,034
Clarke: AT THE SAME TIME AS
THE MINES WENT OFF IN VIETNAM,
373
00:19:58,137 --> 00:20:00,655
THERE WERE ACTUALLY REPORTS OF
ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES IN
374
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THE PHILIPPINES, BRAZIL, JAPAN.
375
00:20:04,896 --> 00:20:06,965
IN AMERICA ITSELF,
POWER COMPANIES WERE
376
00:20:07,068 --> 00:20:08,379
REPORTING FAILURES.
377
00:20:08,482 --> 00:20:10,724
THE POWER SYSTEMS WENT
COMPLETELY HAYWIRE.
378
00:20:12,137 --> 00:20:14,172
Wade: THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
KNOWN TO MEDDLE
379
00:20:14,275 --> 00:20:15,827
WITH THE EARTH'S
MAGNETIC FIELD
380
00:20:15,931 --> 00:20:17,172
WITH SUCH FORCE --
381
00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:20,862
THE SUN.
382
00:20:22,965 --> 00:20:25,034
THE MAGNETIC MINES
ARE SET OFF BY
383
00:20:25,137 --> 00:20:27,965
A MAGNETIC ANOMALY,
BY A SOLAR FLARE.
384
00:20:29,517 --> 00:20:32,172
Wade: A SOLAR FLARE IS
AN EXPLOSION OF ENERGY
385
00:20:32,275 --> 00:20:34,482
ON THE SURFACE
OF THE SUN.
386
00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:38,275
IT CAN TRIGGER WHAT'S KNOWN AS
A CORONAL MASS EJECTION,
387
00:20:38,379 --> 00:20:41,655
WHICH BLASTS AN IMMENSE CLOUD
OF MAGNETIZED PARTICLES OUT
388
00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:45,620
FROM THE SUN AT OVER
A MILLION MILES PER HOUR.
389
00:20:45,724 --> 00:20:48,068
IF THE EARTH HAPPENS
TO BE IN ITS PATH,
390
00:20:48,172 --> 00:20:50,482
STRANGE THINGS START
TO HAPPEN.
391
00:20:52,275 --> 00:20:57,310
IT CAN CAUSE ALTERATIONS IN
THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD.
392
00:21:00,103 --> 00:21:02,689
Wade: IF THE MAGNETIC FLUX
CAUSED BY THE SUN
393
00:21:02,793 --> 00:21:05,137
MATCHED THAT OF
A LARGE METAL SHIP
394
00:21:05,241 --> 00:21:07,137
PASSING NEAR THE SEA MINES,
395
00:21:07,241 --> 00:21:10,000
IT COULD HAVE TRIGGERED
THE UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS.
396
00:21:11,241 --> 00:21:14,655
FOR RESEARCHERS, THIS WAS
SORT OF A SMOKING GUN.
397
00:21:15,965 --> 00:21:20,827
Wade: THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS
OF 1972 WERE SHOCKING ENOUGH,
398
00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:23,344
BUT A SIMILAR SOLAR EVENT TODAY
399
00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:26,655
COULD HAVE A FAR MORE
WIDE-RANGING IMPACT,
400
00:21:26,758 --> 00:21:29,965
DEVASTATING OUR VITAL
UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS.
401
00:21:30,068 --> 00:21:33,310
IF WE HAD A MASSIVE SOLAR
FLARE, IT COULD LITERALLY
402
00:21:33,413 --> 00:21:37,172
CRIPPLE MODERN SOCIETY
AS WE KNOW IT.
403
00:21:37,275 --> 00:21:38,482
[ SIREN WAILING ]
404
00:21:38,586 --> 00:21:40,931
[ SONAR PINGING ]
405
00:21:44,965 --> 00:21:46,758
[ SONAR PINGING ]
406
00:21:49,965 --> 00:21:54,551
EXPLOSIVE EVENTS IN 1972
SHOWED CONCLUSIVELY THAT
407
00:21:54,655 --> 00:21:58,862
SOLAR STORMS CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC
IMPACT HERE ON EARTH.
408
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:05,413
BUT NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT
THEIR EFFECTS CAN PENETRATE TO
409
00:22:05,517 --> 00:22:08,862
THE VERY BOTTOM OF OUR OCEANS
WITH POTENTIALLY
410
00:22:08,965 --> 00:22:10,724
DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.
411
00:22:14,206 --> 00:22:19,448
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FROM A SOLAR FLARE CAN HAVE
412
00:22:19,551 --> 00:22:24,689
IMPLICATIONS FOR RADAR
AND COMMUNICATIONS AT SEA,
413
00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:29,896
BUT IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO AFFECT UNDERSEA CABLES.
414
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,241
Wade: HIDDEN ALONG THE BOTTOM
415
00:22:31,344 --> 00:22:34,206
OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS
AND CONNECTING THE CONTINENTS
416
00:22:34,310 --> 00:22:37,275
LIES A NETWORK
OF SUBMARINE CABLES.
417
00:22:38,448 --> 00:22:40,517
Polakowski: ALL THIS DATA
THAT WE'RE SHARING
418
00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:43,241
AND TRANSFERRING DOESN'T GET
THROWN UP THROUGH SATELLITES.
419
00:22:43,344 --> 00:22:46,034
IT ALL GOES THROUGH SUBSEA
CABLE SYSTEMS.
420
00:22:46,137 --> 00:22:49,896
THOSE ARE REALLY THE CONDUITS
OF THE MODERN INFORMATION AGE.
421
00:22:53,551 --> 00:22:55,034
Wade: 21st CENTURY LIFE
422
00:22:55,137 --> 00:22:57,620
ON EARTH RELIES ON 3/4 OF
423
00:22:57,724 --> 00:23:01,344
A MILLION MILES OF UNDERSEA
CABLES -- EVERY DAY,
424
00:23:01,448 --> 00:23:03,827
THESE CARRY $10 TRILLION
WORTH OF
425
00:23:03,931 --> 00:23:09,103
FINANCIAL TRANSFERS
AND 99% OF INTERNET TRAFFIC.
426
00:23:09,206 --> 00:23:11,413
DATA DOESN'T MOVE
THROUGH THE CLOUD,
427
00:23:11,517 --> 00:23:13,206
IT MOVES UNDER THE OCEAN.
428
00:23:14,931 --> 00:23:18,448
WE SOMETIMES THINK THAT THEY
ARE, SINCE THEY'RE SO DEEP IN
429
00:23:18,551 --> 00:23:22,620
THE WATER, THAT THEY'RE NOT
AFFECTED BY THESE SOLAR STORMS,
430
00:23:22,724 --> 00:23:24,551
ELECTROMAGNETIC KIND
OF DISTURBANCES.
431
00:23:24,655 --> 00:23:26,517
BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING NOW
IS THAT
432
00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:30,000
THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING
AFFECTED BY THESE THINGS.
433
00:23:30,103 --> 00:23:34,103
Wade: MANY EXPERTS NOW AGREE
THAT A LARGE-SCALE SOLAR EVENT
434
00:23:34,206 --> 00:23:36,965
COULD CRIPPLE OUR ESSENTIAL
UNDERWATER CABLE NETWORK,
435
00:23:37,068 --> 00:23:40,862
CAUSING UNIMAGINABLE
DISRUPTION TO OUR DAILY LIFE.
436
00:23:40,965 --> 00:23:42,275
WE CANNOT RELY UPON
437
00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:45,379
THE SEA TO PROTECT
OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
438
00:23:45,482 --> 00:23:47,241
IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SOLAR FLARE,
439
00:23:47,344 --> 00:23:50,655
IF THERE IS ANOTHER EVENT
SIMILAR TO THAT OF 1972,
440
00:23:50,758 --> 00:23:54,241
THEN THAT COULD WIPE OUT GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS FOR DAYS,
441
00:23:54,344 --> 00:23:58,034
IF NOT WEEKS, CAUSING UNTOLD
TROUBLE FOR MILLIONS.
442
00:23:59,517 --> 00:24:00,862
Wade: THE QUESTION IS NOT IF,
443
00:24:00,965 --> 00:24:04,517
BUT WHEN THE NEXT SOLAR STORM
WILL HIT US.
444
00:24:04,620 --> 00:24:06,793
IT'S TURNED FROM A MYSTERY
INTO A NIGHTMARE.
445
00:24:06,896 --> 00:24:11,655
♪♪
446
00:24:11,758 --> 00:24:21,620
♪♪
447
00:24:21,724 --> 00:24:24,586
Wade: THE WORLD'S GREAT
WATERFALLS COMBINE
448
00:24:24,689 --> 00:24:26,206
AWE-INSPIRING BEAUTY WITH
449
00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:29,586
TERRIFYING POWER
AND THE DIZZYING PROSPECT
450
00:24:29,689 --> 00:24:31,517
OF CERTAIN DEATH.
451
00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:33,344
ON RARE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER,
452
00:24:33,448 --> 00:24:38,896
PEOPLE DO SURVIVE SUCH
CHANCE-IN-A-MILLION CASCADES.
453
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,379
BUT HOW DOES ANYONE
OVERCOME THE MOST
454
00:24:41,482 --> 00:24:44,344
FEARED AND FAMOUS FALLS
ON THE PLANET?
455
00:24:44,448 --> 00:24:47,275
HOW DOES ANYONE
SURVIVE NIAGARA?
456
00:24:53,931 --> 00:24:56,379
MAY 21, 2012.
457
00:24:59,413 --> 00:25:01,482
A MAN IN HIS EARLY
FORTIES CLIMBS
458
00:25:01,586 --> 00:25:04,413
A RAILING NEAR THE TOP
OF NIAGARA FALLS
459
00:25:04,517 --> 00:25:05,551
AND JUMPS IN.
460
00:25:08,965 --> 00:25:12,103
HE DISAPPEARS INTO THE TORRENT
AND IS SWEPT OVER THE TOP.
461
00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:22,206
EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE
SCRAMBLED TO RECOVER
462
00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:25,931
WHAT IS ASSUMED WILL BE
HIS DEAD BODY,
463
00:25:26,034 --> 00:25:28,448
BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVE
AT THE FOOT OF THE FALLS,
464
00:25:28,551 --> 00:25:31,586
THEY ARE AMAZED
TO DISCOVER HIM ALIVE.
465
00:25:32,689 --> 00:25:34,758
THE SURVIVOR IS HAULED
BACK UP THE CLIFF
466
00:25:34,862 --> 00:25:37,379
ON A STRETCHER AND AIRLIFTED
TO THE HOSPITAL.
467
00:25:38,517 --> 00:25:40,793
THERE, DOCTORS TREAT HIM
FOR BROKEN RIBS
468
00:25:40,896 --> 00:25:42,241
AND A COLLAPSED LUNG,
469
00:25:43,482 --> 00:25:44,517
BUT HE LIVES.
470
00:25:47,896 --> 00:25:51,000
OF THE ESTIMATED 5,000 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GONE OVER
471
00:25:51,103 --> 00:25:52,241
NIAGARA FALLS,
472
00:25:52,344 --> 00:25:56,689
THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN IS ONE OF
JUST 13 WHO HAVE SURVIVED.
473
00:25:56,793 --> 00:25:59,137
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING,
IT'S A VERY,
474
00:25:59,241 --> 00:26:02,379
VERY UNLIKELY EVENT THAT
YOU WOULD SURVIVE GOING OVER
475
00:26:02,482 --> 00:26:03,931
THE NIAGARA FALLS.
476
00:26:04,034 --> 00:26:06,758
Wade: IS IT LUCK?
IS IT A MIRACLE?
477
00:26:06,862 --> 00:26:08,965
OR CAN SCIENCE HELP US
UNDERSTAND HOW
478
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:13,034
A FORTUNATE FEW HAVE SURVIVED
THIS DEADLY DROP?
479
00:26:13,137 --> 00:26:16,068
ASTONISHINGLY, SOME PEOPLE HAVE,
FOR WHATEVER REASON,
480
00:26:16,172 --> 00:26:18,931
GONE OVER THESE FALLS
AND SURVIVED.
481
00:26:19,034 --> 00:26:22,793
NIAGARA FALLS IS A THUNDEROUS
CLIFF ON THE AMERICAN-CANADIAN
482
00:26:22,896 --> 00:26:25,551
BORDER THAT SENDS
AN ICY TORRENT
483
00:26:25,655 --> 00:26:29,655
PLUNGING 188 FEET DOWN
INTO A CHURNING MASS
484
00:26:29,758 --> 00:26:32,448
OF FROTHY WATER
AND JAGGED ROCKS.
485
00:26:34,034 --> 00:26:37,862
THIS NATURAL WONDER IS THOUGHT
TO BE THE FASTEST FLOWING FALLS
486
00:26:37,965 --> 00:26:39,034
IN THE WORLD,
487
00:26:39,137 --> 00:26:42,551
WITH OVER SIX MILLION CUBIC
FEET OF WATER RUSHING
488
00:26:42,655 --> 00:26:44,275
OVER THE EDGE
EVERY MINUTE.
489
00:26:45,758 --> 00:26:47,620
Tuttle: NIAGARA FALLS IS
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR,
490
00:26:47,724 --> 00:26:49,000
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS
491
00:26:49,103 --> 00:26:51,275
OF WATER CRASHING
OVER THE ESCARPMENT.
492
00:26:53,586 --> 00:26:55,551
Figueroa: IT'S POWERFUL,
IT'S FAST.
493
00:26:55,655 --> 00:26:56,827
THERE'S A LOT OF FORCE.
494
00:26:56,931 --> 00:27:02,310
IT'S COLD -- IT'S ONE OF THOSE
AMAZING PLACES ON EARTH.
495
00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,344
Wade:
DESPITE THE OBVIOUS DANGERS,
496
00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:07,413
THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF
PEOPLE THROWING THEMSELVES OVER
497
00:27:07,517 --> 00:27:11,827
THE GREAT FALLS AT NIAGARA
TO SEE IF THEY CAN SURVIVE.
498
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,206
PEOPLE GET MESMERIZED,
AND THEY'RE CURIOUS.
499
00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:16,310
CAN I SURVIVE IT?
500
00:27:16,413 --> 00:27:17,413
HOW COULD I SURVIVE IT?
501
00:27:17,517 --> 00:27:19,068
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE
TO SURVIVE IT?
502
00:27:20,275 --> 00:27:23,689
Wade: THE FIRST KNOWN SUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY A WOMAN
503
00:27:23,793 --> 00:27:25,586
CALLED ANNIE EDSON TAYLOR,
504
00:27:25,689 --> 00:27:29,724
A 63-YEAR-OLD TEACHER
FROM AUBURN, NEW YORK.
505
00:27:29,827 --> 00:27:31,896
ANNIE TAYLOR DECIDES THAT
SHE IS
506
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,310
GOING TO BE
THE FIRST TO SURVIVE
507
00:27:34,413 --> 00:27:37,896
GOING OVER THE NIAGARA FALLS
PURPOSELY IN A BARREL.
508
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,068
SHE HAD A MATTRESS
WRAPPED ON
509
00:27:40,172 --> 00:27:42,482
THE INSIDE OF THE BARREL
FOR CUSHIONING,
510
00:27:42,586 --> 00:27:46,206
WENT OVER THE FALLS,
SURVIVED IT, AND WAS THEREFORE
511
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:48,862
THE FIRST PERSON TO
SUCCESSFULLY GO OVER THE FALLS.
512
00:27:51,413 --> 00:27:55,896
Wade: ANNIE TAYLOR SURVIVED
WITH JUST A CUT AND BRUISES,
513
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,172
BUT HER FIRST WORDS
WHEN SHE SURFACED
514
00:27:58,275 --> 00:27:59,896
AFTER THE DEATH-DEFYING FEAT
515
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,137
WERE A WARNING TO OTHERS...
516
00:28:02,241 --> 00:28:04,931
"NO ONE OUGHT TO EVER
DO THAT AGAIN."
517
00:28:05,034 --> 00:28:06,344
BUT THEY DID.
518
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:12,758
PEOPLE STARTED TO GO OVER
THE FALLS IN BARRELS,
519
00:28:15,310 --> 00:28:17,517
SOME MADE, YOU KNOW,
METAL BARRELS,
520
00:28:17,620 --> 00:28:18,827
SOME WENT OVER
IN WOOD BARRELS.
521
00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:21,965
PEOPLE COME UP
WITH INVENTIVE WAYS
522
00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:24,206
TO GO OVER NIAGARA FALLS --
METAL BOATS.
523
00:28:26,206 --> 00:28:28,000
ONE GUY USED INNER TUBES.
524
00:28:28,103 --> 00:28:30,482
Man: I GUESS IT'S
THE SAME REASON
525
00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:32,724
WHY PEOPLE WANT
TO CLIMB MOUNTAINS.
526
00:28:32,827 --> 00:28:34,413
THE FALLS WAS THERE,
527
00:28:34,517 --> 00:28:35,620
AND HE JUST WANTED
TO CONQUER IT.
528
00:28:37,137 --> 00:28:40,586
SOME PEOPLE GO OVER BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO BE DAREDEVILS.
529
00:28:40,689 --> 00:28:42,344
SOME PEOPLE GO OVER
JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE CRAZY.
530
00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:47,758
Wade: DAREDEVIL ATTEMPTS CARRIED
OUT USING SOME FORM OF SAFETY
531
00:28:47,862 --> 00:28:51,103
EQUIPMENT LIKE BARRELS
MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF
532
00:28:51,206 --> 00:28:53,206
NIAGARA SURVIVALS.
533
00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:56,586
BUT EVEN MORE REMARKABLE ARE
THE HANDFUL OF SURVIVORS WHO
534
00:28:56,689 --> 00:29:00,310
HAVE MADE THE GREAT LEAP
WITHOUT ANY FORM OF PROTECTION.
535
00:29:00,413 --> 00:29:03,448
HOW COULD ANYBODY SURVIVE
SUCH A FALL?
536
00:29:04,689 --> 00:29:06,689
[ SONAR PINGING ]
537
00:29:10,862 --> 00:29:12,655
[ SONAR PINGING ]
538
00:29:14,379 --> 00:29:17,655
AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
ONLY 13 PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED
539
00:29:17,758 --> 00:29:19,655
A LEAP OVER NIAGARA FALLS,
540
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:22,896
THE MAJORITY IN
PROTECTIVE BARRELS,
541
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,896
BUT A HANDFUL HAVE GONE OVER
WITHOUT ANY FORM
542
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,793
OF PROTECTION AND LIVED
TO TELL THE TALE.
543
00:29:31,172 --> 00:29:33,275
Goodman:
IT'S KIND OF A MYSTERY WHY
544
00:29:33,379 --> 00:29:36,241
THOSE PEOPLE SURVIVE
WHILE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T.
545
00:29:37,793 --> 00:29:39,448
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
FACTORS TO BEAR IN MIND HERE.
546
00:29:39,551 --> 00:29:41,965
SO FIRSTLY, THERE'S
THE SHEER HEIGHT.
547
00:29:42,068 --> 00:29:45,620
Wade: AT 188 FEET,
NIAGARA IS HIGHER
548
00:29:45,724 --> 00:29:47,827
THAN THE LEANING TOWER
OF PISA.
549
00:29:47,931 --> 00:29:52,413
188 FEET, ICY DROP
TO THE BOTTOM --
550
00:29:52,517 --> 00:29:53,517
NO, THANK YOU.
551
00:29:54,517 --> 00:29:57,482
Wade: BUT REMARKABLY,
UNPROTECTED JUMPS INTO WATER
552
00:29:57,586 --> 00:29:58,931
FROM AN EVEN
GREATER HEIGHT
553
00:29:59,034 --> 00:30:00,137
HAVE BEEN SURVIVED.
554
00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:06,068
IN 2015, LASO SCHALLER
JUMPED INTO A LAGOON
555
00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:09,655
IN SWITZERLAND FROM
A HEIGHT OF 192 FEET.
556
00:30:15,827 --> 00:30:18,000
HE CAME OUT UNSCATHED.
557
00:30:20,275 --> 00:30:23,448
BUT SCHALLER HAD CAREFULLY
SELECTED HIS JUMP POINT
558
00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:25,896
AND COULD CONTROL EXACTLY
WHERE AND WHEN
559
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,034
HE HIT THE WATER.
560
00:30:29,413 --> 00:30:30,965
A JUMP INTO THE MIGHTY TORRENT
561
00:30:31,068 --> 00:30:34,724
OF NIAGARA IS FAR
LESS PREDICTABLE.
562
00:30:34,827 --> 00:30:35,965
Goodman:
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FALLS,
563
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:37,758
THERE ARE SOME AREAS
THAT ARE ROCKIER
564
00:30:37,862 --> 00:30:39,862
AND SOME AREAS THAT ARE
LESS ROCKY.
565
00:30:41,137 --> 00:30:43,137
Wade: AND THERE ARE OTHER ODDS
STACKED AGAINST
566
00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:44,482
A NIAGARA JUMPER.
567
00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:47,000
THERE'S THE SHOCK OF
THE HITTING THE WATER.
568
00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:50,206
THE WATER IS COLD,
IT'S FREEZING.
569
00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:53,068
HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE BEFORE
YOU'RE AT RISK FOR HYPOTHERMIA?
570
00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:56,482
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
WORKING AGAINST YOU HERE.
571
00:30:58,793 --> 00:31:01,689
Wade: BUT CERTAIN THINGS ARE AS
APPLICABLE TO SUCCESSFUL
572
00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:02,931
NIAGARA JUMPERS
573
00:31:03,034 --> 00:31:06,241
AS THEY ARE TO ANY OTHER
HIGH DIVERS.
574
00:31:06,344 --> 00:31:09,137
BODY POSITION ON WATER ENTRY
IS CRITICAL.
575
00:31:10,413 --> 00:31:13,172
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH MANY OF
THEM ENTER THE WATER FEET FIRST,
576
00:31:13,275 --> 00:31:14,793
PERHAPS ON THE TIPS
OF THEIR TOES,
577
00:31:14,896 --> 00:31:17,172
WHICH IS PROTECTING THEIR
BRAIN FROM A BRAIN INJURY,
578
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,551
AND THEREFORE, THEY GO MUCH MORE
EASILY INTO THE WATER.
579
00:31:20,827 --> 00:31:23,517
Wade: AND HIGH DIVERS HAVE
ANOTHER TRICK TO SURVIVE
580
00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:24,586
HITTING THE WATER.
581
00:31:26,379 --> 00:31:30,379
THEY WILL TIGHTEN UP THEIR
MUSCLES REALLY, REALLY TIGHT,
582
00:31:30,482 --> 00:31:31,655
AND THIS WILL HELP THEM AVOID
583
00:31:31,758 --> 00:31:33,482
ANY SORT OF INJURY
TO THEIR ORGANS
584
00:31:33,586 --> 00:31:34,931
OR THEIR OTHER MUSCLES
BY GOING --
585
00:31:35,034 --> 00:31:37,448
ENTERING THE WATER
IN SUPER-TIGHT FORM.
586
00:31:39,793 --> 00:31:41,793
Wade: THE MAELSTROM OF WATER
AT THE BOTTOM OF
587
00:31:41,896 --> 00:31:45,482
THE FALLS COULD ALSO OFFER
AN INITIAL ADVANTAGE.
588
00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:47,206
Tuttle: THERE IS A GIANT
589
00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:50,896
WASHING MACHINE CREATING
AIR BUBBLES DOWN THERE.
590
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,275
Wade: HITTING STATIC WATER
AT SPEED
591
00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:56,689
IS LIKE HITTING A SOLID OBJECT,
592
00:31:56,793 --> 00:31:59,931
BUT AERATED WATER PROVIDES
FAR LESS RESISTANCE,
593
00:32:00,034 --> 00:32:04,413
AND BECAUSE OF THIS,
HIGH DIVERS OFTEN RIG
594
00:32:04,517 --> 00:32:07,655
AIR TANKS INTO THEIR DIVE POOLS
TO SOFTEN THEIR ENTRY.
595
00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:12,206
BUT THERE IS A DOWNSIDE
TO THIS AERATED WATER.
596
00:32:13,862 --> 00:32:17,310
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SWIM IN THAT
597
00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:19,931
LOW DENSITY, ALMOST, WATER.
598
00:32:21,344 --> 00:32:23,034
YOU CAN'T GET TO THE SERVICE,
YOU TRY TO BREATHE,
599
00:32:23,137 --> 00:32:24,758
YOU'RE GONNA BREATHE IN WATER
AND AIR.
600
00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:27,310
YOU'RE GONNA DROWN.
601
00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:35,172
Wade: IN ADDITION, THE WATER
THUNDERING DOWN FROM THE FALLS
602
00:32:35,275 --> 00:32:37,758
CREATES LETHAL EDDIES
AND WHIRLPOOLS,
603
00:32:37,862 --> 00:32:40,758
MAKING THE FREEZING WATER
COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE
604
00:32:40,862 --> 00:32:45,310
AND WHIPPING DEBRIS AROUND AT UP
TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
605
00:32:45,413 --> 00:32:48,000
THERE'S A DYNAMIC MOVEMENT
OF WATER WHEN
606
00:32:48,103 --> 00:32:49,413
YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE FALLS.
607
00:32:49,517 --> 00:32:52,137
WE'RE TALKING WHIRLPOOLS
AND CURRENTS,
608
00:32:52,241 --> 00:32:55,620
SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN EVEN
PHYSICALLY SWIM.
609
00:32:57,275 --> 00:33:01,241
THE WATER BENEATH 'EM CHURNS,
AND IT WILL PUSH YOU UNDER,
610
00:33:01,344 --> 00:33:05,379
AND MOST PEOPLE WANT TO COME
TO THE SURFACE IMMEDIATELY.
611
00:33:05,482 --> 00:33:07,827
WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO
IS ACTUALLY SWIM DOWN
612
00:33:07,931 --> 00:33:10,758
BELOW TO BE ABLE
TO GET KICKED OUT.
613
00:33:10,862 --> 00:33:13,068
MOST PEOPLE WHO GO OVER
THE FALLS DON'T KNOW THAT,
614
00:33:13,172 --> 00:33:15,379
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE
STUCK, YOU DROWN.
615
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,517
Wade: BUT AGAINST ALL THE ODDS,
616
00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:23,758
SOMEHOW, IT IS POSSIBLE TO
SURVIVE THIS LETHAL DESCENT.
617
00:33:23,862 --> 00:33:26,000
IT MIGHT BE A COMBINATION
OF LUCK, UM,
618
00:33:26,103 --> 00:33:29,379
AND CHANCE AND PHYSICS.
619
00:33:29,482 --> 00:33:30,965
YOU JUST KIND
OF NEVER KNOW.
620
00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:32,517
A LOT OF THINGS
HAVE TO PLAY TOGETHER.
621
00:33:35,862 --> 00:33:39,620
WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER REALLY
UNDERSTAND HOW A SMALL NUMBER
622
00:33:39,724 --> 00:33:41,551
OF MEN AND WOMEN HAVE ENDURED
623
00:33:41,655 --> 00:33:44,068
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
FORCES ON THE PLANET
624
00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,206
AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
625
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:49,413
BUT FOR ME, THE BEST WAY
TO SURVIVE NIAGARA
626
00:33:49,517 --> 00:33:53,172
IS TO NEVER EVEN CONSIDER
JUMPING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
627
00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:58,482
♪♪
628
00:33:58,586 --> 00:33:59,931
[ SONAR PING ]
629
00:34:00,034 --> 00:34:03,689
♪♪
630
00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:07,724
ALTHOUGH STATISTICALLY SAFE,
THE HISTORY OF SEA TRAVEL IS
631
00:34:07,827 --> 00:34:10,620
AWASH WITH MYSTERIOUS DANGERS,
632
00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,655
SUDDEN STORMS,
633
00:34:12,758 --> 00:34:16,000
PILLAGING PIRATES,
EVEN SEA MONSTERS.
634
00:34:17,482 --> 00:34:19,931
BUT COULD THERE BE
A NEW DANGER OUT THERE
635
00:34:20,034 --> 00:34:21,448
ON THE HIGH SEAS?
636
00:34:21,551 --> 00:34:24,689
A SECRETIVE FORCE THAT ARRIVES
WITHOUT WARNING,
637
00:34:24,793 --> 00:34:29,068
CAUSES HUGE DESTRUCTION,
AND DISAPPEARS WITHOUT TRACE
638
00:34:29,172 --> 00:34:30,413
BACK INTO THE DEEP?
639
00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:39,896
JUNE 13, 2019.
640
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,310
THE NORWEGIAN-OWNED OIL TANKER,
FRONT ALTAIR, IS
641
00:34:43,413 --> 00:34:45,448
SAILING IN INTERNATIONAL
WATERS NEAR
642
00:34:45,551 --> 00:34:47,206
THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
643
00:34:47,310 --> 00:34:50,379
ON A ROUTINE VOYAGE FROM
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
644
00:34:50,482 --> 00:34:51,655
TO TAIWAN
645
00:34:53,310 --> 00:34:57,482
WHEN SUDDENLY THE SHIP IS
SHAKEN BY A POWERFUL IMPACT.
646
00:34:57,586 --> 00:34:58,620
[ ALARM BLARING ]
647
00:34:58,724 --> 00:35:00,206
Elliot: THE SHIP IS
SMOTHERED IN SMOKE.
648
00:35:00,310 --> 00:35:04,000
CLEARLY, SOMETHING DRAMATIC
HAS HAPPENED.
649
00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:08,275
Wade: THE SHIP'S CREW HAVE NO
TIME TO LAUNCH ANY LIFEBOATS.
650
00:35:08,379 --> 00:35:11,275
Clarke: SMOKE IS SO THICK THAT
THE CREWS DECIDE
651
00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:14,103
TO RADIO FOR HELP AND ABANDON
SHIP AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN,
652
00:35:14,206 --> 00:35:16,827
AVOIDING NORMAL PROCEDURE
AND JUST GETTING TO SEA
653
00:35:16,931 --> 00:35:18,344
TO GET AWAY FROM THEIR SHIP.
654
00:35:19,448 --> 00:35:22,965
Wade: THE TANKER IS CARRYING
75,000 TONS OF
655
00:35:23,068 --> 00:35:26,448
NAPHTHA, A FLAMMABLE LIQUID
HYDROCARBON MIXTURE.
656
00:35:27,862 --> 00:35:30,034
IT COULD BE AN ACCIDENT,
SO SOMETHING'S EXPLODED
657
00:35:30,137 --> 00:35:31,034
ON THE SHIP ACCIDENTALLY.
658
00:35:32,793 --> 00:35:35,965
THE FRONT ALTAIR'S CREW ARE
STILL IN THE WATER WHEN
659
00:35:36,068 --> 00:35:38,068
THE NEARBY U.S. FIFTH FLEET
660
00:35:38,172 --> 00:35:40,241
RECEIVES A SECOND
DISTRESS SIGNAL FROM
661
00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:41,655
A DIFFERENT SHIP.
662
00:35:41,758 --> 00:35:45,655
IT SOON EMERGES THAT
ANOTHER ATTACK HAS TAKEN PLACE
663
00:35:45,758 --> 00:35:46,862
ON A SIMILAR VESSEL
664
00:35:46,965 --> 00:35:49,413
OF ANOTHER NATION
IN THE REGION,
665
00:35:49,517 --> 00:35:52,137
RAISING THE SPECTER OF
A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN BEING
666
00:35:52,241 --> 00:35:53,827
CARRIED OUT AGAINST SHIPPING
667
00:35:53,931 --> 00:35:56,724
THAT IS VITAL
TO THE WORLD ECONOMY.
668
00:35:56,827 --> 00:36:00,620
CAN THIS BE A COINCIDENCE?
PROBABLY NOT.
669
00:36:00,724 --> 00:36:03,551
Polakowski:
WHEN YOU SEE THESE KIND OF
ATTACKS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR,
670
00:36:03,655 --> 00:36:04,827
THEY'RE VERY CLOSE IN TIME,
671
00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:06,965
YOU HAVE TO START
ASKING QUESTIONS.
672
00:36:07,068 --> 00:36:08,172
ARE THEY RELATED?
673
00:36:08,275 --> 00:36:10,586
ARE THEY COORDINATED?
674
00:36:10,689 --> 00:36:13,827
Wade: FORTUNATELY, NO ONE
IS SERIOUSLY HARMED.
675
00:36:13,931 --> 00:36:17,655
BUT THESE MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS
ARE NO ACCIDENT.
676
00:36:17,758 --> 00:36:21,241
SOON, IT BECOMES APPARENT
A MAJOR INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.
677
00:36:21,344 --> 00:36:25,448
Wade: WHO OR WHAT IS BEHIND THIS
COORDINATED SERIES OF ATTACKS?
678
00:36:28,034 --> 00:36:30,241
A MILITARY ASSAULT
ON A LARGE SHIP
679
00:36:30,344 --> 00:36:33,655
WOULD NORMALLY UTILIZE
MISSILES OR TORPEDOES.
680
00:36:35,551 --> 00:36:37,793
THE MOMENT THEY SEE SMOKE,
THE MOMENT THEY SEE A SHIP
681
00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:40,517
BELCH FIRE, THEY THINK
IT'S BEEN HIT BY A MISSILE.
682
00:36:42,758 --> 00:36:45,620
Wade: BUT THIS IS NOT
A CONVENTIONAL MILITARY ATTACK.
683
00:36:47,344 --> 00:36:48,689
Polakowski: FROM THE EVIDENCE,
WE CAN SEE THAT
684
00:36:48,793 --> 00:36:51,275
THEY'RE NOT PROJECTILES,
THEY'RE NOT MISSILES,
685
00:36:51,379 --> 00:36:54,620
SO IT SPEAKS TO A DIFFERENT
KIND OF DELIVERY SYSTEM,
686
00:36:54,724 --> 00:36:56,724
A DIFFERENT KIND OF ATTACK.
687
00:36:56,827 --> 00:37:01,172
Wade: THE DAMAGE BEARS
THE HALLMARKS OF MAGNETIC MINES.
688
00:37:01,275 --> 00:37:03,655
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ATTACHED
TO THE HULL,
689
00:37:03,758 --> 00:37:08,034
THE OUTSIDE OF THE SHIPS,
WHICH HAD BEEN SET OFF BY --
690
00:37:08,137 --> 00:37:10,586
EITHER VIA TIMER OR REMOTELY.
691
00:37:10,689 --> 00:37:13,172
THE DAMAGE
AT THE BLAST HOLE
692
00:37:13,275 --> 00:37:17,000
IS CONSISTENT WITH
A LIMPET MINE ATTACK.
693
00:37:17,103 --> 00:37:20,758
IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH
AN EXTERNAL FLYING OBJECT
694
00:37:20,862 --> 00:37:21,965
STRIKING THE SHIP.
695
00:37:22,068 --> 00:37:25,482
TEARS IN HULL OF THIS SHAPE,
OF THIS SORT OF STYLE,
696
00:37:25,586 --> 00:37:28,379
ARE USUALLY SEEN WHEN
YOU'RE SEEING THE EFFECTS
697
00:37:28,482 --> 00:37:29,655
OF LIMPET MINES.
698
00:37:30,793 --> 00:37:32,965
Polakowski: A LIMPET MINE IS
A PORTABLE SMALL EXPLOSIVE
699
00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:35,000
THAT CAN BE STUCK
TO, IN THIS CASE,
700
00:37:35,103 --> 00:37:36,206
A HULL OF A SHIP.
701
00:37:36,310 --> 00:37:39,586
Wade: WHICH MEANS
THIS DEADLY MILITARY HARDWARE
702
00:37:39,689 --> 00:37:42,137
WAS PLACED IN POSITION.
703
00:37:42,241 --> 00:37:44,241
SO WHO PUT IT THERE?
704
00:37:44,344 --> 00:37:47,068
[ SONAR PINGING ]
705
00:37:51,586 --> 00:37:53,275
[ SONAR PINGING ]
706
00:37:56,448 --> 00:38:00,034
MYSTERIOUS COORDINATED ATTACKS
ON TWO TANKERS IN
707
00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:03,896
THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HAVE
INVESTIGATORS BAFFLED,
708
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,586
AND IT TURNS OUT THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED.
709
00:38:10,068 --> 00:38:12,172
Clarke: A MONTH EARLIER
TO THE DAY, FOUR OTHER
710
00:38:12,275 --> 00:38:15,758
HUGE SUPERTANKERS HAD
SUSTAINED SIMILAR DAMAGE
711
00:38:15,862 --> 00:38:17,448
IN OTHER SIMILAR ATTACKS.
712
00:38:17,551 --> 00:38:21,379
THE THEORY ABOUT COORDINATION
BECOMES EVEN MORE LIKELY.
713
00:38:23,379 --> 00:38:26,068
Wade: BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH
OF OIL ARE SHIPPED THROUGH
714
00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:28,448
THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
EVERY YEAR,
715
00:38:28,551 --> 00:38:31,206
AND AS A RESULT, THIS IS ONE OF
THE MOST CLOSELY MONITORED
716
00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:33,482
SEA AREAS ON THE PLANET.
717
00:38:33,586 --> 00:38:36,896
SO IF THE PERPETRATORS OF
THE ATTACKS WERE USING BOATS,
718
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,137
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SPOTTED.
719
00:38:39,586 --> 00:38:42,862
BUT COULD THEY HAVE BEEN USING
REMOTE UNDERWATER VEHICLES?
720
00:38:44,724 --> 00:38:48,103
WAS THERE SOME KIND OF
SUBMERSIBLE OR SOME KIND OF
721
00:38:48,206 --> 00:38:50,379
UNDERWATER MECHANISM
THAT IS BEING USED
722
00:38:50,482 --> 00:38:51,551
TO ATTACK THESE SHIPS?
723
00:38:53,655 --> 00:38:55,827
Wade: UNDERWATER VEHICLES ARE
USUALLY OPERATED
724
00:38:55,931 --> 00:38:57,655
VIA A CONTROL LINE,
725
00:38:57,758 --> 00:39:00,241
WHICH MAKES CLANDESTINE USE
OVER DISTANCE
726
00:39:00,344 --> 00:39:02,068
DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
727
00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:08,448
ONLY ONE OTHER OBVIOUS OPTION
REMAINS THAT CAN OPERATE
728
00:39:08,551 --> 00:39:12,758
ABOVE AND BELOW WATER WITH
SUCH STEALTH AND PRECISION --
729
00:39:12,862 --> 00:39:15,620
SPECIALLY TRAINED DIVERS.
730
00:39:15,724 --> 00:39:17,586
Elliot: THESE ARE VERY HIGHLY
SKILLED FROGMEN,
731
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:21,068
HIGHLY TRAINED
MILITARY INDIVIDUALS.
732
00:39:21,172 --> 00:39:23,620
THESE ARE ELITE WARRIORS.
733
00:39:23,724 --> 00:39:25,689
Wade: THE IDENTITY
AND TRUE MOTIVES OF
734
00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:28,862
THE ATTACKERS REMAINS
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
735
00:39:28,965 --> 00:39:31,034
YOU CANNOT PROVE
WHO THEY ARE.
736
00:39:31,137 --> 00:39:33,620
THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE
INTERNATIONALLY SOURCED.
737
00:39:33,724 --> 00:39:36,482
THEY WILL ALL DISAPPEAR.
738
00:39:36,586 --> 00:39:38,758
NO NATION WILL ACKNOWLEDGE
WHO THEY ARE.
739
00:39:39,896 --> 00:39:41,896
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO
PHYSICALLY CATCH THEM
740
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,827
TO BE ABLE TO PROVE
WHO THEY BELONG TO.
741
00:39:44,931 --> 00:39:48,275
THIS IS A REGION ABSOLUTELY
RIFE WITH TENSION.
742
00:39:48,379 --> 00:39:50,655
THE BLAME GAME BEGINS.
WHO DID IT?
743
00:39:52,517 --> 00:39:54,896
IRAN DOES HAVE
A TRACK RECORD OF
744
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,172
CAUSING TROUBLE
IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ,
745
00:39:57,275 --> 00:39:59,965
HOWEVER, THEY CANNOT BE RULED
AS THE ONLY POTENTIAL ACTOR.
746
00:40:01,241 --> 00:40:03,482
THERE ARE TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD,
747
00:40:03,586 --> 00:40:06,000
SOME OF WHOM HAVE DEVELOPED
MARINE WINGS
748
00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:09,758
WHICH ARE SPECIALIZING
IN THIS SORT OF OPERATION.
749
00:40:09,862 --> 00:40:12,275
Wade: COULD AN UNKNOWN
TERRORIST NETWORK
750
00:40:12,379 --> 00:40:15,068
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THESE MARITIME ATTACKS?
751
00:40:16,758 --> 00:40:18,724
WE'RE USED TO SEEING
TERRORIST ACTS ON LAND.
752
00:40:18,827 --> 00:40:21,448
WE'RE NOT USED TO SEEING
TERRORIST ACTS AT SEA,
753
00:40:21,551 --> 00:40:24,034
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE STEALTHY
UNDERSEA ENVIRONMENT.
754
00:40:25,275 --> 00:40:27,206
THIS COULD BE A REALLY SCARY
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
755
00:40:30,103 --> 00:40:32,517
Wade: AS AIRPORTS HAVE BECOME
MORE SECURE,
756
00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:36,413
ARE TERRORISTS TURNING TO
PORTS AND SHIPPING AS THE NEW
757
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:38,482
TARGETS OF CHOICE?
758
00:40:38,586 --> 00:40:41,000
THE THEORIES WITH FROGMEN,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH IN
759
00:40:41,103 --> 00:40:42,620
DIVING AS A HOBBY
760
00:40:42,724 --> 00:40:45,931
AND AS AN INDUSTRY, IS THAT
THESE SKILLS ARE ACTUALLY
761
00:40:46,034 --> 00:40:47,758
BECOMING MORE
AND MORE AVAILABLE,
762
00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:50,586
AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
DEVELOPING MARINE WINGS
763
00:40:50,689 --> 00:40:52,000
WITH THESE CAPABILITIES.
764
00:40:53,344 --> 00:40:56,413
Wade: THE WORLD IS NOW WAKING UP
TO THIS NEW THREAT.
765
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,862
BUT HOW DO YOU STOP
AN UNDERWATER TERRORIST?
766
00:41:03,068 --> 00:41:04,517
Polakowski: THE ONLY REALLY WAY
THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
767
00:41:04,620 --> 00:41:05,931
PROTECT THEMSELVES IS GETTING
768
00:41:06,034 --> 00:41:08,862
A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING UNDER THE WATER.
769
00:41:08,965 --> 00:41:15,137
SO NOW, WITH TECHNOLOGY LIKE
SONAR, ELECTRO-OPTICS, RADAR,
770
00:41:15,241 --> 00:41:18,310
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEE
A REAL-TIME VIEW OF
771
00:41:18,413 --> 00:41:19,586
THE UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT.
772
00:41:21,206 --> 00:41:24,034
Wade: BUT WHILE PORT DEFENSES
CAN BE STEPPED UP
773
00:41:24,137 --> 00:41:27,137
RELATIVELY EASILY,
THE RISK OF TERRORIST ATTACK
774
00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:29,896
OUT ON THE OPEN OCEAN REMAINS.
775
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,551
Clarke: ARE WE HEADING
TO A FUTURE WHERE
776
00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:33,586
THESE ARE GONNA GET
MORE FREQUENT,
777
00:41:33,689 --> 00:41:35,206
WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE
AND MORE INCIDENTS IN
778
00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:38,689
THE MARITIME SPHERE THAT
IMPACT UPON GLOBAL TRADE?
779
00:41:42,827 --> 00:41:45,724
Wade: TERRORISM WORLDWIDE
IS CONSTANTLY ADAPTING
780
00:41:45,827 --> 00:41:46,758
AND EVOLVING,
781
00:41:46,862 --> 00:41:49,517
FINDING NEW WAYS OF WREAKING
HAVOC IN NEW
782
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:52,413
AND UNEXPECTED PLACES.
783
00:41:52,517 --> 00:41:55,827
THE 9-11 TERRORISTS TURNED
CIVILIAN AIRLINERS INTO
784
00:41:55,931 --> 00:41:57,862
LETHALLY EFFECTIVE MISSILES,
785
00:41:57,965 --> 00:41:59,689
KILLING THOUSANDS.
786
00:41:59,793 --> 00:42:03,482
SO IF THE THREAT OF DEEPWATER
TERRORISTS ISN'T COUNTERED,
787
00:42:03,586 --> 00:42:05,965
WHAT MIGHT THEY DO IN
THE FUTURE WITH, SAY,
788
00:42:06,068 --> 00:42:08,137
A SUPERTANKER FULL OF OIL?
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