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A vast Nazi fortune
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hidden beneath a Polish castle.
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An otherworldly presence,
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spawned by an
infamous surprise attack...
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and a top secret
German invention
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with the power...
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to defy gravity.
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World War II was the largest,
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and deadliest
conflict in history.
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From 1939 until 1945,
more than 50 nations
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engaged in harrowing combat.
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And during that time,
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a number of intriguing and
persistent mysteries were born.
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Curious stories about
everything from lost gold
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to secret societies
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and highly advanced technology.
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Nearly 80 years later,
can new information help us
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better understand the strangest
tales of the Second World War?
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Well, that is what
we'll try and find out.
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As dawn breaks, Nazi Germany
launches a surprise attack
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with one and a
half million soldiers,
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2,500 tanks,
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and 2,000 war planes.
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This massive invasion marks
the beginning of World War II.
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After conquering Poland,
Hitler expands German territory
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throughout Europe,
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and steals
billions of dollars...
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in gold.
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One of the
things connected to Hitler's grand scheme
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of completely
restructuring Europe is loot.
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As Nazi Germany
extended its control
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over most of continental Europe,
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a great deal of acquisition
of valuables went on.
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And so, they were just
sort of grabbing anything
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that might be of value.
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Nazi Germany had to be very
minded toward the accumulation
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of gold as a resource that
was going to help it win the war.
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Their military went
to war with the world,
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and then stole a great deal of
wealth from millions of people.
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In April 1945,
near the end of the war,
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the U.S. Army
received intelligence
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about a hidden stash
of stolen Nazi gold
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in Merkers, Germany.
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There, in an
abandoned salt mine,
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American soldiers discovered
a jaw-dropping fortune.
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The U.S. Army discovered the
most astonishing hidden horde
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of Nazi gold.
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I mean, they literally
walked in and were almost
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knee-deep in gold
coins and other treasures.
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They couldn't
believe their eyes.
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And the sum total value
was, by today's valuation,
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8.5 billion dollars' worth.
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And that's just
in that one tunnel.
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So, it makes sense that
there are other tunnels
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and other caves elsewhere
that have more Nazi gold.
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Is there billions
of dollars in stolen Nazi gold
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that has yet to be found?
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And if so, where could it be?
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Well, according to local
legend, some of this vast treasure
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could still be hidden
where the war started...
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in Poland.
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During the closing
weeks of World War II,
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the Germans are hurriedly
trying to evacuate things
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out of occupied Poland.
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And there was a lot of stuff,
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in the chaos at
the end of the war,
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that was being loaded
up any way you could
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and spirited out of the country.
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And then a lot of
valuables go missing.
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And so that's where
you get stories of things
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like the Nazi gold train.
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The
fabled Nazi gold train
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is one of the most enduring
mysteries of World War II,
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and an obsession for treasure
hunters around the world.
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Legend has it that a Nazi train,
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brimming with stolen
gold and valuables,
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departed from Wroclaw,
Poland, in 1945.
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And then, it reportedly
disappeared without a trace.
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As the story is told,
they had a special train,
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which was to
transport this contents.
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At least the most
valuable contents.
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It was armor-plated, and
they had gun turrets on it.
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So it was very well protected.
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And it was filled with 300 tons
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of gold bullion,
and other valuables
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and artwork that were
loaded onto the train.
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And the train was
never seen again.
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The
belief is that that train,
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carrying God only
knows how much gold,
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was on its way between Wroclaw
and a town called Walbrzych.
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And somewhere between
Wroclaw and Walbrzych,
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the train was
sent onto a siding,
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where it was then ultimately
stopped permanently,
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and then buried to prevent it
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from falling into
the enemy's hands.
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Could the Nazi gold
train really be buried somewhere near
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the 40 miles of track between
these two Polish towns?
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For Polish treasure
hunter Michael Dembinski,
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this persistent local legend
is a fascinating mystery.
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Did the Germans
hide this train somewhere along the line?
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That is the possibility
that has intrigued
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treasure hunters for
the best part of 80 years.
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It's all about
eyewitnesses, really.
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There's nothing on paper.
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But this story was
doing the rounds.
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In Walbrzych, if you
talk to older people there,
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they will say, "Yes, I
remember that story
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"from childhood,
about these trains
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full of treasures that have
mysteriously disappeared."
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Not only do
the people of Walbrzych
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distinctly remember
the gold train,
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they also say that during
the German occupation,
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there was a
stretch of train track
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that branched off
the main railway line.
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And it led to a
fortified location
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that was under Nazi control...
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a place called Ksiaz Castle.
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Ksiaz Castle finds
itself just outside of Walbrzych?
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The castle itself is beautiful.
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It's a magnificent
palace, really.
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Now, very important
in all of this is
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the rumor that many,
many people talk about.
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That between Ksiaz Castle itself
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and the main Wroclaw
to Walbrzych railway line,
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there was a spur, linking
Ksiaz Castle and the main line.
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This is still to be confirmed,
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but there are enough
rumors to suggest that this
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actually was the case.
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Ksiaz Castle
has been described as the pearl
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of Lower Silesia in Poland.
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It's a beautiful,
fairy-tale place
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that the Nazis certainly
took a great interest in.
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And not only
aboveground, but below it.
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Local people tell the story
of an underground city...
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where they would have a lot of
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Nazi looted gold and treasures,
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and, perhaps,
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the great legendary
Nazi gold train.
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This is
crucial to the whole story,
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because it was here that
the Germans were building
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a top secret complex
of underground tunnels
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and bunkers and caverns.
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And to this day, no one
can really come up with
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a good reason as to why
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the Nazis were so obsessed
with completing this project.
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We don't know what the plan was
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for how this site
was going to be used.
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All we know is there is a
massive underground network
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of tunnels and caves that were
all being interlinked together,
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and that there might be a train
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with unimaginable
gold wealth on it,
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buried there in 1945.
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A secret
underground lair
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in the same region
that the Nazi gold train
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was said to disappear.
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For many, it's just too
coincidental to ignore.
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But only about 10%
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of this massive underground
complex has been explored.
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So even if the
legendary Nazi gold train
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was buried there,
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there's still no guarantee
it will ever be found.
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The problem for treasure hunters
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in that area is where to start.
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There are thousands
upon thousands of tunnels...
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and the difficulty is finding
where they begin and end.
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The tunnels
branch off here and there,
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and some of them go underwater.
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Each of them is
extensive in size,
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and it really does
beg the question,
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why were the Nazis doing this?
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So in terms of further searches
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for the gold train,
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my hunch is that
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it's going to be found
under Ksiaz Castle.
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This active naval
and air force base is also home
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to the Pearl Harbor
National Memorial,
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a hallowed site
that draws nearly
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two million visitors every year.
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At the heart of this
historic landmark
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is a floating memorial built
over the sunken wreckage
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of the USS Arizona battleship.
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It is a solemn
place to contemplate
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a dark day which will forever
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live in infamy.
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The morning of
December 7th, a substantial Japanese fleet
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launched an air assault
on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor.
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The goal was to cripple
the U.S. Pacific Fleet
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so that they could not contest
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Japanese plans for
invasion across the Pacific.
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They launched
about 353 aircraft.
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They attacked for
about an hour and a half.
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And over the period,
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they killed some
2,403 Americans...
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including 68 civilians.
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And they damaged or destroyed
19 ships of the United States Navy.
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The Arizona was
one of the first ships
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to be attacked in
the very first attack.
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Ten aircraft went after
it, and they were dropping
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armor-piercing aerial bombs.
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One went through five
decks into the Arizona...
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which had about a million
pounds of gunpowder in it.
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Caused an explosion so large
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that the ship's
bulkheads blew outwards.
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The entire 30,000-ton ship
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was lifted bodily from the
water and then sank very quickly.
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Fires burned for
two days afterwards,
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making it almost impossible
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to engage in recovery efforts.
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And so 1,104 sailors and Marines
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of the Arizona are still aboard.
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They went down with the ship,
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and then the remains
were never removed.
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So it is definitely a cemetery.
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The names of the
men who died on the USS Arizona
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are immortalized
on a marble wall
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at the Pearl Harbor Memorial.
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And for over 80 years,
the attack on Pearl Harbor
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has continued to haunt
the American people.
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With Pearl
Harbor, we have a tragedy
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that's become part
of our national story.
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So when we see at Pearl Harbor,
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"This is where
this happened."
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Or "This is where
so and so was killed."
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I've got goosebumps right
now just talking about it.
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It is a spiritual
experience for anyone.
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When you talk
about Pearl Harbor, there are
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a lot of reports of
ghost hauntings.
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This is a location that
saw so much death,
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so much tragedy, and
now as people go back,
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there's an energy that
still permeates the area.
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These are echoes of the past.
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The people that
died in the attack at Pearl Harbor
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died in horrible circumstances.
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They were burned to
death or drowned or both.
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If any place was
going to be haunted,
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Pearl Harbor is such a place.
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Pearl
Harbor is a graveyard,
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but could it also be
home to restless spirits?
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Some say yes,
in light of the fact
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that both civilians
and military personnel
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have reported
strange apparitions
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and supernatural phenomena
throughout the base,
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the most famous of
which is a mysterious spirit
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referred to as Charley.
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Reportedly,
Charley is this sort of
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benevolent, mischievous spirit.
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Charley's on Ford Island.
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So Ford Island is in the
middle of Pearl Harbor.
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And it was actually the first
to be attacked in the battle.
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So many people think of
Ford Island as being haunted.
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And according to the stories,
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sometimes a light will be left
on that wasn't supposed to,
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or a radio will turn on, or
its station will just change.
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And when that happens,
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they'll say, "That's,
that's just Charley."
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This is a spirit
that's been around the area
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for a long, long time.
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People attribute it to
somebody that perished
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there at Pearl Harbor.
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So, it's one of those
things that really
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heightens that idea that
Pearl Harbor is haunted.
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While encounters
with Charley have been
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reported on Ford
Island for decades,
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many visitors have also felt
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a ghostly presence near the
wreckage of the USS Arizona.
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The USS Arizona
Memorial is a very reverent location.
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You can feel the
sadness that is there.
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And they've done
a really beautiful job
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of creating this memorial,
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so these sailors
who lost their lives
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in such a gruesome,
horrific fashion
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can be remembered to this day.
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You go out to
this bridge-like structure,
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and there isn't a
ship sitting there.
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It's underwater.
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The water is fairly murky.
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But you can only
sort of make out this...
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the-the kind of vague outlines.
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And you really have
to examine things
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to figure out what
you're looking at.
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You have to keep in mind
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that what you're
essentially standing over
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is a grave.
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That, to me, is the
most important part.
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When the
Pearl Harbor attack occurred,
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the USS Arizona had
just been topped off
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the day before
on all of its fluids.
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So, when it sank, over
a million gallons of oil
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were trapped within
the superstructure.
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And what's
happening to this day is
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oil will rise to the surface.
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And they call these the
black tears of the USS Arizona.
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This oil
rises up, and it creates
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kind of a slick on the water,
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which you can see
from the memorial.
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And occasionally,
people will see in the slick
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what appears to be
like a ghostly face,
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and some of the photos
of these are truly haunting.
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And of course, it's not
surprising that people
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would take that as being
some sort of representation
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of the agony of the men
who died aboard the Arizona.
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Skeptics may
scoff at the idea of ghosts
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or things of this nature.
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But you cannot deny
that when you walk
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aboard that memorial,
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it is a powerful experience.
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It's just a fascinating
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and unique piece
of American history.
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Do the events of
December 7, 1941,
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continue to cast a dark
shadow over Pearl Harbor?
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It's a sobering thought.
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And that day of infamy
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still looms large in our
collective consciousness.
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But on another note,
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historians remain fascinated
by a much different kind
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of World War II mystery.
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Because there are
reports which suggest
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that German engineers
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successfully
pioneered technology
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that may have actually
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defied the laws of physics.
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At a top
secret military research
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and development facility,
Nazi Germany unleashes
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a terrifying new weapon:
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the V-2 rocket.
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During the next six months,
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the Nazis launch roughly 1,100
V-2 rockets against England,
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which decimate buildings
throughout London,
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and kill approximately
9,000 people.
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These missiles
belong to a category
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of advanced technology that
the Nazis call "Wunderwaffe,"
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or "wonder weapons."
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Hitler's wonder weapons were
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high technology weapons.
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While the Allies were dropping
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bombs on German cities,
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the Germans were
launching a ballistic missile,
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which could travel
from Germany to London
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in just minutes
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and unleash hell.
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In many respects,
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the Germans were well ahead
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of the Allies in
technological advances
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in a whole range of fields.
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And Hitler was
promising the party faithful
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that "We have a game-changing
addition to the war.
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We can turn the tide."
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So that confidence must
have come from somewhere.
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What secret technology
were Nazi scientists working on
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that convinced Hitler that
Germany could win the war?
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Well, according to
Polish researcher
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and author Igor Witkowski,
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who has investigated that very
question for more than 20 years,
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it was a mysterious Nazi weapon
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known as "die glocke,"
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or "the bell."
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In 2007,
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Igor Witkowski's
extraordinary claims
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were revealed to the wider world
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when he published a book titled
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The Truth About the Wunderwaffe.
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According
to Igor Witkowski,
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the bell was described
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as being about
12 to 15 feet tall,
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and shaped like a bell.
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It had two counter-rotating
cylinders that were filled
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with a mercury-like substance
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that was highly radioactive.
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Once it was activated,
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it emitted a field
that was about
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600 feet in diameter.
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Anybody that got too
close to this field died.
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Several of the scientists
who were working on the Bell
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suffered this fate.
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The theory was that when
the Bell was activated,
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if you create a powerful
enough electromagnetic field,
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that you could actually
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warp space-time in a
highly localized area,
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creating anti-gravity, and
possibly even time travel.
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But if the Bell did
exist, as Igor Witkowski claims,
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then where were
the Nazis developing
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such an extraordinary
piece of secret technology?
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This densely forested
area hides remnants of
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an ultra-clandestine
test facility
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with secret
subterranean chambers,
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tunnels and fortifications.
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And Igor Witkowski
contends that this town
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was dedicated to the
development of the Bell.
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Could this secret facility
have been the test site for the Bell?
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Some believe the proof lies
with an enigmatic structure
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at the center of the complex
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known as The Henge.
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The Henge is a name given
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to this bizarre structure,
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which really does look almost
like a concrete Stonehenge.
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And some researchers
believe that Die Glocke,
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or the Bell, was somehow
inserted into this structure.
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The biggest mystery
about Die Glocke is what it was.
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We've heard all the
theories, but we don't know,
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because, apparently, it was
not ready for operational use.
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But had the Bell been developed,
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and had it proven to
be an effective weapon,
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Hitler would have used it.
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The infamous Nazi Bell
continues to capture the imagination
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of both historians and
amateur researchers alike.
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Perhaps further clues about
the scientific achievements of
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the Third Reich can
be found by examining
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what happened to 1,600 brilliant
German scientists after the war.
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Because, in an
ironic twist of fate,
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these former Nazis
ended up working
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for the United
States government.
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The Soviet Red Army
has surrounded the city,
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and the total defeat of
the Third Reich is at hand.
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On May 7, 1945, the
remaining leadership
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of the German army officially
surrenders to Allied forces.
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But as people rejoice
around the world...
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the United States government
initiates a top secret program.
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Operation Paperclip.
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Operation Paperclip
was a secret Allied plan
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at the end of World War II
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to acquire former
Nazi German talent
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in the areas of
aeronautics, especially,
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but also physics,
chemistry and medicine.
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In other words, they
were rounding up
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former Nazi scientists,
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and bringing many of
them to the United States.
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The name Operation
Paperclip came because
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if you were a high-value target,
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a scientist that
we really wanted,
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then there was a
paperclip on your folder.
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This would have been
things like aircraft production,
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rocketry, atomic weapons.
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Eventually, about 1,600
scientists and their families
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were brought to
the United States,
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where, officially,
they did not exist.
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Paperclip was
essentially an acknowledgment
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00:25:51,542 --> 00:25:53,458
by the Allied powers
that the Germans,
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in so many areas, were
technologically ahead.
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They had science
and engineering skills
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that we simply didn't have.
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So, they wanted to
identify these people,
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bring them back to the
U.S. and set them to work.
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We kept
Paperclip very secret
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because we did not want to tell
the American public that we were
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out finding Nazi scientists
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to come work in
the United States.
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00:26:23,250 --> 00:26:26,333
And so a lot of the paper
trail is still just missing.
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00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:28,458
That's why Operation Paperclip
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still leaves you
wondering today,
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you know, what came from
it, and what are we hiding?
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What were Nazi
scientists working on in the United States
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that, even today, remains
a closely guarded secret?
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Some say a clue lies
in the remarkable events
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which transpired
throughout 1947,
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which has been referred to
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as "The Year of
the Flying Saucer."
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During 1947, flying saucers
were sighted all over the country,
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from the northwest all
the way to the southeast.
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00:27:04,083 --> 00:27:07,750
There was so much panic
about what are these things,
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who's piloting them,
where are they from?
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And the sightings of
UFOs were on front pages
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of newspapers
across the country.
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On July 8, 1947,
the Roswell Daily Record
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famously reported that a
flying saucer had crashed
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in the New Mexico desert,
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and was seized by the U.S. Army.
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While many people believe
that the unidentified craft
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was extraterrestrial in origin,
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00:27:34,917 --> 00:27:38,667
others claim that it may
have actually been the result
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of Operation Paperclip.
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The Germans were
known to use non-traditional techniques
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and unconventional
aircraft design.
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Some people say what
happened at Roswell was
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a saucer-shaped disc that
we got from Nazi technology.
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Because there's some
anecdotal evidence that they were
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working on some sort
of saucer-shaped aircraft.
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00:27:57,333 --> 00:28:00,333
And that's the sort of thing
we would have been taking
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to the United States,
that we would have hidden
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from the American public.
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Is it possible
that the mysterious flying object
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recovered in
Roswell, New Mexico,
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was an experimental craft
developed by Nazi scientists?
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00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:17,792
Perhaps the answer can
be found by examining
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an iconic UFO
sighting that took place
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only a month before
the Roswell crash.
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00:28:24,292 --> 00:28:27,833
On June 24, pilot
Kenneth Arnold reported
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00:28:28,042 --> 00:28:31,833
seeing UFOs near Mount
Rainier in Washington State
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flying at supersonic
speeds which, interestingly,
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00:28:35,833 --> 00:28:38,833
matches the velocity of
the German V-2 rocket.
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00:28:39,875 --> 00:28:42,333
And when Arnold described
the mysterious crafts
491
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:46,333
that he had seen, some pointed
out their striking similarity to
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00:28:46,542 --> 00:28:50,958
an aircraft developed by
German scientists in World War II.
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00:28:51,042 --> 00:28:52,458
The Germans did a lot of
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00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,333
crazy aircraft design,
and one of them
495
00:28:54,542 --> 00:28:56,628
was this massive bomber
that was called the Horton 229.
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It was a flying wing.
The two look so similar,
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how could they not be related?
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And those are the
sort of scientists
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00:29:02,667 --> 00:29:04,147
that Operation
Paperclip was grabbing,
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was the people
that built that aircraft.
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00:29:06,333 --> 00:29:09,125
And so when you
keep a lot of secrets,
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00:29:09,292 --> 00:29:11,052
then you leave room
for a lot of speculation.
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00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,667
It's intriguing
to think that aircraft
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00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:17,375
built by former Nazi scientists
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00:29:17,542 --> 00:29:22,167
may have been mis-identified
as extraterrestrial spacecraft.
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00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,833
But on the other
hand, many still believe
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00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,417
that these UFOs came
from another world.
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00:29:27,625 --> 00:29:32,625
So, is it possible that one
purpose of Operation Paperclip
509
00:29:32,792 --> 00:29:36,958
was to analyze recovered
alien technology?
510
00:29:37,958 --> 00:29:41,500
Let's say that you got ahold
of some sort of alien craft.
511
00:29:41,708 --> 00:29:43,308
Who are you gonna
bring in to look at it?
512
00:29:44,417 --> 00:29:47,875
You would bring in the
most savvy people in terms
513
00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:51,458
of aeronautics, rocketry,
propulsion systems.
514
00:29:51,625 --> 00:29:56,333
And if you're talking about
the late 1940s or 1950s,
515
00:29:56,417 --> 00:29:58,257
Paperclip-connected
scientists would be some of
516
00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:02,542
the key individuals you
would want to have there.
517
00:30:03,583 --> 00:30:07,875
There is a direct
potential connection here
518
00:30:08,042 --> 00:30:11,833
between Nazi scientists
and the Roswell crash.
519
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,708
But there's still vast parts
of it that we don't know,
520
00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:20,000
and maybe we never will.
521
00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:25,667
Was the flying disc that
crashed in Roswell, New Mexico,
522
00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:28,708
created by the
German war machine,
523
00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:32,000
or by an extraterrestrial
civilization?
524
00:30:32,208 --> 00:30:34,792
Either way, it's a
fascinating mystery.
525
00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:39,208
Just like another
alleged alien encounter
526
00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:43,500
that took place in 1942
between the U.S. military
527
00:30:43,625 --> 00:30:48,792
and an unidentified
flying object.
528
00:30:56,917 --> 00:31:00,500
The day after
the attack on Pearl Harbor,
529
00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,000
Congress declares war on Japan.
530
00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:06,750
Three days later, Japan's
allies, Germany and Italy,
531
00:31:06,875 --> 00:31:09,167
declare war on
the United States.
532
00:31:10,208 --> 00:31:12,328
And as the country prepares
to send millions of troops
533
00:31:12,417 --> 00:31:14,292
to fight in Europe
and the South Pacific,
534
00:31:14,458 --> 00:31:19,083
Americans on the home
front anxiously wonder
535
00:31:19,250 --> 00:31:21,958
whether the war will
reach the mainland.
536
00:31:23,458 --> 00:31:26,250
In the days and weeks
that followed Pearl Harbor,
537
00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:28,667
the American military
was on high alert.
538
00:31:28,875 --> 00:31:31,417
The American people were
aware of the possibilities
539
00:31:31,583 --> 00:31:33,333
of an enemy attack of some kind
540
00:31:33,542 --> 00:31:37,083
that might fall somewhere else.
541
00:31:37,250 --> 00:31:39,542
It wasn't just Pearl Harbor.
542
00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:43,167
The island of Midway also
came under enemy attack.
543
00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:46,708
And so the American people
suddenly had to recognize
544
00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:50,417
that we had a long coastline,
and it was open and vulnerable.
545
00:31:56,833 --> 00:32:00,417
Just two months
after the attack on Pearl Harbor,
546
00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:04,917
a Japanese submarine
surfaces off the coast...
547
00:32:05,125 --> 00:32:08,875
and fires armor-piercing
shells at the Ellwood Oil Field.
548
00:32:10,958 --> 00:32:14,583
While the bombardment
causes little damage...
549
00:32:14,792 --> 00:32:17,292
America is on high alert.
550
00:32:19,083 --> 00:32:21,000
Civilians are reading
in their newspapers
551
00:32:21,167 --> 00:32:24,042
on the morning of February
24th about a submarine attack.
552
00:32:25,042 --> 00:32:28,333
And then on the
evening of February 24th,
553
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:32,500
the headquarters of the
37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
554
00:32:32,625 --> 00:32:36,333
and the Fourth Anti-Aircraft
Command received a message
555
00:32:36,542 --> 00:32:40,333
from the Office of Naval
Intelligence, stating,
556
00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:44,542
"Predict Los Angeles
attack tonight."
557
00:32:45,917 --> 00:32:48,333
Everyone was on
the lookout for the submarine
558
00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:50,333
that had shelled the
oil refining complex
559
00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:53,333
right near Santa
Barbara the night before.
560
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,542
All of Southern California
went under a blackout.
561
00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,583
No radio stations
could broadcast.
562
00:32:58,792 --> 00:33:00,417
There was a full military alert.
563
00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:03,083
What happened was,
564
00:33:03,250 --> 00:33:06,708
over a series of some hours,
565
00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:11,333
strange objects were
seen over Los Angeles...
566
00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:14,375
in and around the city itself.
567
00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:18,208
And the witnesses included
members of the public,
568
00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:23,083
but also some of the people
manning the coastal batteries.
569
00:33:24,708 --> 00:33:27,167
And these people opened fire on
570
00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:30,250
whatever this object
or objects were.
571
00:33:32,167 --> 00:33:34,583
Anti-aircraft
guns erupted,
572
00:33:34,792 --> 00:33:38,875
firing blindly at unidentified
objects in the sky.
573
00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:41,833
But were these objects
Japanese planes?
574
00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:45,250
Or could they have
been something else?
575
00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:50,542
This strange incident
has come to be known as
576
00:33:50,708 --> 00:33:53,125
"The Battle of Los Angeles."
577
00:33:54,792 --> 00:33:57,833
You've got to imagine
all these coastal batteries
578
00:33:58,042 --> 00:34:00,083
firing up into the air.
579
00:34:00,292 --> 00:34:05,125
So, the Battle of Los
Angeles, in many respects,
580
00:34:05,292 --> 00:34:09,792
took the war to the mainland,
continental United States.
581
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,042
And it was apocalyptic.
582
00:34:13,208 --> 00:34:16,333
The city of Los
Angeles is stunned.
583
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:18,500
Nobody's quite sure
what's happening.
584
00:34:18,667 --> 00:34:20,083
Are we under attack?
585
00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:24,000
They looked as if they
were, but by who or what?
586
00:34:25,542 --> 00:34:28,708
In total,
1,400 rounds were fired
587
00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:31,542
into the sky at
unidentified objects.
588
00:34:32,833 --> 00:34:35,292
Remarkably, after
the smoke cleared,
589
00:34:35,417 --> 00:34:38,292
there was no evidence
of any downed planes,
590
00:34:38,458 --> 00:34:42,583
and no coherent explanation
for what happened.
591
00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:47,125
Within hours, Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox
592
00:34:47,292 --> 00:34:50,667
held a press conference,
dismissing the incident
593
00:34:50,833 --> 00:34:52,833
as "war nerves."
594
00:34:53,042 --> 00:34:56,500
Frank Knox makes a
very interesting statement
595
00:34:56,708 --> 00:34:58,042
that it was a false alarm.
596
00:34:59,542 --> 00:35:03,833
A lot of people say that there
was a cover-up, and the military
597
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,917
was obfuscating the truth,
and everyone's dodging this.
598
00:35:08,083 --> 00:35:09,843
There more than likely
is some truth to that.
599
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,625
The civilians didn't know
anything except that shrapnel
600
00:35:13,750 --> 00:35:17,125
was raining down on the
citizens of Los Angeles,
601
00:35:17,292 --> 00:35:20,208
because many rounds didn't
impact and didn't detonate
602
00:35:20,375 --> 00:35:22,167
until they hit the ground.
603
00:35:22,333 --> 00:35:24,333
And this is pretty alarming.
604
00:35:25,750 --> 00:35:29,333
What really
happened on February 24, 1942,
605
00:35:29,458 --> 00:35:31,708
over the skies of Los Angeles?
606
00:35:32,875 --> 00:35:36,833
Some say the answer can be
found by examining the iconic photo
607
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,083
of the attack that appeared
in the Los Angeles Times.
608
00:35:41,250 --> 00:35:43,083
It's an
amazing photograph.
609
00:35:43,250 --> 00:35:47,125
And it shows these beams
of light going up into the sky
610
00:35:47,250 --> 00:35:50,583
and terminating
at one large object
611
00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:54,333
that is, in fact, some
kind of oblong shape.
612
00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:59,000
The photo enters the
general American cultural zeitgeist
613
00:35:59,167 --> 00:36:01,208
in a powerful way,
because in that photograph,
614
00:36:01,375 --> 00:36:03,667
what they think they
see is that U.S. Army
615
00:36:03,792 --> 00:36:06,500
coast artillery anti-aircraft
searchlight batteries
616
00:36:06,625 --> 00:36:09,375
have illuminated
a flying saucer.
617
00:36:10,833 --> 00:36:13,792
Did the U.S.
military engage in a firefight
618
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,625
with a flying saucer during
World War II, as some believe?
619
00:36:17,792 --> 00:36:19,583
It's a tantalizing question
620
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:23,542
that is still up for debate,
especially considering
621
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:27,708
that the photo in the
Los Angeles Times
622
00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:29,833
was altered for publication.
623
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,667
The original
photograph is so faint
624
00:36:33,792 --> 00:36:38,583
that it shows some
blurry blobs of light.
625
00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:42,750
And then a few search
lights that sort of fade out.
626
00:36:42,917 --> 00:36:47,458
So they helped the
viewer see the searchlights
627
00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:51,542
by doctoring it and making
it more acceptable for print.
628
00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:53,333
So what is up there?
629
00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,250
More than 80 years
630
00:36:56,417 --> 00:36:58,167
after the Battle
of Los Angeles...
631
00:36:59,958 --> 00:37:01,292
people still debate whether
632
00:37:01,458 --> 00:37:03,708
a firefight with
extraterrestrials
633
00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:07,167
actually took place over
a major American city.
634
00:37:08,458 --> 00:37:12,042
Not unlike another strange
World War II mystery
635
00:37:12,167 --> 00:37:15,333
that has also
stirred controversy.
636
00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:18,667
It involves the
Nazis' bizarre quest
637
00:37:18,792 --> 00:37:23,625
to obtain mystical objects
believed to possess...
638
00:37:23,792 --> 00:37:26,208
supernatural powers.
639
00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:32,417
World War
II spanned six years,
640
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,833
inflicted upwards of
80 million casualties,
641
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,208
and shaped our modern world.
642
00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:40,583
But what most
people don't realize
643
00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:42,667
is that remnants of the ideology
644
00:37:42,875 --> 00:37:46,167
that gave rise to this
monumental conflict
645
00:37:46,292 --> 00:37:48,208
can still be seen today
646
00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:51,125
in a remote town in
Western Germany.
647
00:37:51,292 --> 00:37:53,667
Near the small
village of Wewelsburg,
648
00:37:53,833 --> 00:37:55,167
stands an ominous castle
649
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:58,000
that was home to
the strange beliefs
650
00:37:58,208 --> 00:38:01,375
and occult practices
of Nazi Germany.
651
00:38:01,542 --> 00:38:06,042
This 400-year-old
stronghold is sometimes called
652
00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:09,500
the Nazi Temple of Doom.
653
00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:15,750
Wewelsburg Castle
was Heinrich Himmler's headquarters.
654
00:38:15,917 --> 00:38:18,500
It was, to him, a temple for
655
00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:21,375
his particular brand of
black magic, if you like.
656
00:38:21,542 --> 00:38:23,750
They had their unholy
ceremonies there.
657
00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:27,583
It was the center
of the most devilish,
658
00:38:27,792 --> 00:38:31,583
genuinely satanic operation
the world has ever seen.
659
00:38:32,625 --> 00:38:34,420
Heinrich Himmler was in charge
660
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:38,042
of what was called the
Schutzstaffel... the SS.
661
00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:40,167
Himmler was very
concerned with rituals
662
00:38:40,292 --> 00:38:42,958
and strange occult ideas.
663
00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:46,958
And he invited members
of the officer class of the SS
664
00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:49,333
to meetings at Wewelsburg.
665
00:38:49,458 --> 00:38:51,333
In
the dungeon area,
666
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:53,833
they had an eternal
flame burning,
667
00:38:53,958 --> 00:38:58,333
and crypts containing
Nazi military heroes.
668
00:38:58,542 --> 00:39:01,750
And it's presumed
that all kinds of
669
00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:05,917
what would be considered
pagan rituals were conducted.
670
00:39:07,125 --> 00:39:08,583
You can visit it today,
671
00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:12,708
and you can still see the
12-armed Black Sun emblem
672
00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:15,375
that Heinrich Himmler
had inlaid in the floor
673
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,125
at a considerable cost.
674
00:39:17,292 --> 00:39:19,667
And the point of ritual magic
675
00:39:19,792 --> 00:39:24,167
is to bend reality
to your desires.
676
00:39:24,333 --> 00:39:26,875
Well, just imagine
what the Nazis wanted.
677
00:39:27,042 --> 00:39:28,417
A world controlled by Nazis.
678
00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:30,667
So everything
they're doing there is
679
00:39:30,792 --> 00:39:33,625
this attempt to
manifest that reality.
680
00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:37,708
Not only did Himmler
and the SS perform dark rituals
681
00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:39,500
at Wewelsburg Castle,
682
00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:43,917
they also sent expeditions
to the far reaches of Tibet
683
00:39:44,083 --> 00:39:48,083
and Antarctica in search
of relics said to possess
684
00:39:48,250 --> 00:39:49,917
mystical properties.
685
00:39:50,042 --> 00:39:54,625
And while this fascination with
the occult is certainly bizarre,
686
00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:57,042
some historians
believe it embodies
687
00:39:57,208 --> 00:40:01,875
the Nazis' relentless
quest for absolute power.
688
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,670
When we talk
about the Nazi obsession
689
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:06,083
with the occult, I
mean, it sounds crazy.
690
00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:07,583
And indeed, it probably is.
691
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:10,375
The real roots of Nazi occultism
692
00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:13,917
was a great desire to
dominate the entire Earth.
693
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,417
So, to establish some
kind of mystical contact
694
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:21,667
and, obviously, get
a bit of their power,
695
00:40:21,875 --> 00:40:25,000
was a sensible idea
from their perspective.
696
00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:28,167
Despite numerous
theories and intense study,
697
00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:32,042
we may never fully understand
what drove Nazi Germany
698
00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:33,542
to embrace the occult.
699
00:40:35,042 --> 00:40:38,250
And the surprising
truth is that even though
700
00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:40,875
World War II ended
more than 70 years ago,
701
00:40:41,042 --> 00:40:44,417
there is still much more
we have to learn about
702
00:40:44,625 --> 00:40:47,833
the most devastating
conflict in human history.
703
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,958
Why does World War II spawn
so many unexplained things,
704
00:40:52,125 --> 00:40:53,792
so many, so many mysteries?
705
00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:56,708
Simple explanation is that it is
706
00:40:56,875 --> 00:40:59,125
the single biggest
event in human history.
707
00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:04,667
More blood and treasure, more
energy was expended on that
708
00:41:04,833 --> 00:41:07,583
than anything else
that we have ever done.
709
00:41:07,750 --> 00:41:11,167
And the world and
everybody since has been
710
00:41:11,375 --> 00:41:14,917
irreparably shaped
by those events.
711
00:41:16,458 --> 00:41:18,875
World War II was
just massive in scale.
712
00:41:19,042 --> 00:41:20,962
We were hiding technologies
and developing stuff,
713
00:41:21,042 --> 00:41:22,333
and keeping secrets.
714
00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:24,182
It's not a shock that
we come out of there
715
00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:26,833
with an awful lot in our minds,
716
00:41:26,958 --> 00:41:31,000
in our spirits, that is
still just unexplained.
717
00:41:33,375 --> 00:41:36,542
It's remarkable
how many bizarre,
718
00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:38,917
unsolved mysteries emerged
from the Second World War.
719
00:41:39,083 --> 00:41:42,708
These extraordinary tales
show the profound influence
720
00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:46,000
that the war continues to
have, even in the 21st century.
721
00:41:47,333 --> 00:41:49,542
Which is precisely
why both historians
722
00:41:49,708 --> 00:41:51,667
and curious
members of the public
723
00:41:51,792 --> 00:41:55,333
will keep investigating
the many strange stories
724
00:41:55,542 --> 00:41:58,625
of World War II that remain...
725
00:41:59,625 --> 00:42:00,875
unexplained.
726
00:42:01,042 --> 00:42:02,750
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