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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,302 --> 00:00:04,108 NARRATOR: International UFO files declassified. 2 00:00:04,242 --> 00:00:07,749 France released all their UFO data. 3 00:00:08,617 --> 00:00:12,726 NARRATOR: Global acknowledgment of mysterious craft in our skies. 4 00:00:12,859 --> 00:00:16,166 DAVID CHILDRESS: The Chinese have really stepped up 5 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:19,271 their own UFO investigations. 6 00:00:21,443 --> 00:00:23,313 NARRATOR: And top government officials are 7 00:00:23,413 --> 00:00:27,655 stepping forward with extraordinary claims of contact. 8 00:00:27,755 --> 00:00:30,929 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Canada's Defence Minister said 9 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:33,333 that there is contact going on 10 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:36,674 between Earth and extraterrestrial factions. 11 00:00:37,474 --> 00:00:41,115 NARRATOR: Despite years of dismissing UFO phenomena, 12 00:00:41,215 --> 00:00:43,888 world leaders have begun acknowledging 13 00:00:43,988 --> 00:00:46,560 that we may not be alone. 14 00:00:46,660 --> 00:00:48,230 But why now? 15 00:00:48,330 --> 00:00:50,735 LINDA MOULTON HOWE: It isn't world leaders 16 00:00:50,835 --> 00:00:52,505 that were holding disclosure back. 17 00:00:52,605 --> 00:00:55,377 It's the extraterrestrials who said 18 00:00:55,477 --> 00:00:58,884 humans were not ready for the introduction... 19 00:00:59,018 --> 00:01:00,621 yet. 20 00:01:03,527 --> 00:01:07,200 NARRATOR: There is a doorway in the universe. 21 00:01:08,203 --> 00:01:11,342 Beyond it, is the promise of truth. 22 00:01:12,545 --> 00:01:15,083 It demands we question everything 23 00:01:15,183 --> 00:01:17,689 we have ever been taught. 24 00:01:17,789 --> 00:01:20,427 The evidence is all around us. 25 00:01:21,362 --> 00:01:25,236 The future is right before our eyes. 26 00:01:25,337 --> 00:01:27,742 We are not alone. 27 00:01:27,809 --> 00:01:31,382 We have never been alone. 28 00:01:45,143 --> 00:01:49,118 NARRATOR: The United States government breaks a 70-year precedent 29 00:01:49,184 --> 00:01:52,425 of denying UFOs and releases 30 00:01:52,559 --> 00:01:57,468 a groundbreaking report on unidentified aerial phenomena. 31 00:01:58,269 --> 00:02:01,510 The nine-page unclassified document identifies 32 00:02:01,644 --> 00:02:04,749 144 UAP incidents 33 00:02:04,849 --> 00:02:07,021 and concludes that only 34 00:02:07,121 --> 00:02:09,659 one of them can be explained. 35 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:13,233 For the first time, you actually had the U.S. government 36 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:17,107 putting out physical evidence 37 00:02:17,208 --> 00:02:19,847 that any person in the United States 38 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:22,051 or around the globe could click on 39 00:02:22,151 --> 00:02:25,224 and see and say, "Okay, what's that about?" 40 00:02:25,290 --> 00:02:28,497 And I think you're left with the impression that 41 00:02:28,631 --> 00:02:31,269 this is something extremely unusual, 42 00:02:31,369 --> 00:02:33,541 highly unlikely that it's 43 00:02:33,641 --> 00:02:37,949 sourced to a foreign government or to the U.S. government. 44 00:02:38,049 --> 00:02:40,654 And, therefore, you're left with what? 45 00:02:41,857 --> 00:02:45,932 GEORGE KNAPP: I hope that because of the recent openness 46 00:02:46,032 --> 00:02:47,569 of the U.S. government, 47 00:02:47,669 --> 00:02:49,640 some of our allies will take a cue from that. 48 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:51,577 These things are not an American phenomena. 49 00:02:51,677 --> 00:02:53,446 They are seen all over the world. 50 00:02:53,514 --> 00:02:55,585 They've been seen on every continent, 51 00:02:55,685 --> 00:02:58,089 in every culture throughout human history. 52 00:02:58,189 --> 00:03:00,427 The fact is, that Russia, like the U.S., 53 00:03:00,528 --> 00:03:02,633 like China, like most other world governments, 54 00:03:02,733 --> 00:03:05,704 has been interested in this topic forever. 55 00:03:06,907 --> 00:03:10,380 In the last few years we've seen a dramatic increase 56 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,857 in UFO reports in a number of countries around the world. 57 00:03:14,957 --> 00:03:18,865 In South America, also in Iran 58 00:03:18,965 --> 00:03:20,401 and the Philippines 59 00:03:20,535 --> 00:03:23,607 and Japan and even China. 60 00:03:25,210 --> 00:03:26,680 When I look at the best cases 61 00:03:26,781 --> 00:03:28,449 of military pilots, commercial pilots 62 00:03:28,551 --> 00:03:30,955 all over the world caught on radar... 63 00:03:31,824 --> 00:03:35,097 ...ground radar, ground and airborne radar, 64 00:03:35,230 --> 00:03:37,368 multiple aircraft ground and airborne radar, 65 00:03:37,468 --> 00:03:39,773 it's clearly a worldwide phenomenon. 66 00:03:39,907 --> 00:03:42,879 NARRATOR: While the United States officially denied 67 00:03:42,979 --> 00:03:46,654 investigating UAPs until 2017, 68 00:03:46,787 --> 00:03:49,225 some nations had always been ahead 69 00:03:49,292 --> 00:03:51,495 in their approach to the subject. 70 00:03:53,232 --> 00:03:55,070 Leading the world in UAP research 71 00:03:55,136 --> 00:03:58,309 is the South American country of Chile. 72 00:03:59,278 --> 00:04:03,286 In 1997, the Chilean government officially 73 00:04:03,419 --> 00:04:06,560 instructed air traffic control and military personnel 74 00:04:06,660 --> 00:04:09,132 to create the Committee for the Study 75 00:04:09,232 --> 00:04:11,436 of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena. 76 00:04:11,537 --> 00:04:15,243 The committee studies all reports of UAP activity 77 00:04:15,343 --> 00:04:19,151 by commercial, military, and civilian pilots. 78 00:04:19,252 --> 00:04:21,624 One of the most well-publicized was 79 00:04:21,724 --> 00:04:25,330 a shocking incident that occurred in 2014, 80 00:04:25,397 --> 00:04:28,971 when Chilean Naval officers flying along the coast 81 00:04:29,071 --> 00:04:32,845 of Santiago captured video of a UAP. 82 00:04:32,945 --> 00:04:35,350 ALEJANDRO ROJAS: There was an incident in 2014 83 00:04:35,450 --> 00:04:37,522 where a military helicopter 84 00:04:37,656 --> 00:04:40,895 got video of a strange object. It kind of looked 85 00:04:40,962 --> 00:04:43,735 like a rocket with some sort of plume behind it. 86 00:04:43,835 --> 00:04:47,474 And they said they were at about 4,500 feet. 87 00:04:47,576 --> 00:04:49,445 RICHARD DOLAN: They have nine minutes 88 00:04:49,546 --> 00:04:52,819 of fairly clear video that exists on this. 89 00:04:52,919 --> 00:04:54,923 The Chilean military studied it for two years. 90 00:04:55,056 --> 00:04:57,595 And they were not able to identify this at all. 91 00:04:57,662 --> 00:04:59,498 (indistinct radio chatter) 92 00:04:59,566 --> 00:05:02,337 HESELTINE: Chile, like many other South American countries, 93 00:05:02,437 --> 00:05:04,609 seem to be far more open 94 00:05:04,709 --> 00:05:06,947 to the idea that there are objects 95 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,884 coming into our airspace. 96 00:05:11,121 --> 00:05:14,729 I think one of the reasons why South American countries 97 00:05:14,829 --> 00:05:17,301 are more open-minded about the UFO 98 00:05:17,401 --> 00:05:19,506 and the extraterrestrial question 99 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:23,412 is because it is part of their cultural heritage. 100 00:05:24,816 --> 00:05:28,724 In fact, Peru and Bolivia, they're treasure troves 101 00:05:28,791 --> 00:05:31,329 for the ancient astronaut theory. 102 00:05:31,462 --> 00:05:34,702 The whole pre-Inca culture and even the Inca culture 103 00:05:34,803 --> 00:05:39,411 spoke of these beings of light that descended from the sky. 104 00:05:40,682 --> 00:05:43,286 And so these countries essentially 105 00:05:43,386 --> 00:05:47,294 grew up with this intrinsic knowledge 106 00:05:47,394 --> 00:05:51,168 of someone up in the sky. 107 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:55,678 Brazil has had a history of really dramatic UFO encounters. 108 00:05:56,547 --> 00:05:59,118 Chile, I think Uruguay maybe, as well. 109 00:05:59,218 --> 00:06:01,823 But the whole world didn't pay much attention to it. 110 00:06:01,923 --> 00:06:04,494 NARRATOR: In addition to South America, 111 00:06:04,629 --> 00:06:07,301 now other parts of the world are also 112 00:06:07,401 --> 00:06:11,242 starting to disclose information about UFOs. 113 00:06:11,342 --> 00:06:14,583 Governments are openly investigating encounters 114 00:06:14,683 --> 00:06:17,889 reported by both civilians and military personnel. 115 00:06:17,989 --> 00:06:21,796 But many researchers believe the most noteworthy country 116 00:06:21,897 --> 00:06:24,368 to join this international effort is 117 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,807 also one of the most skeptical. 118 00:06:26,907 --> 00:06:28,877 Japan. 119 00:06:28,978 --> 00:06:32,852 In 2018, the Japanese government released 120 00:06:32,952 --> 00:06:36,760 an official statement denying the existence of UFOs. 121 00:06:37,996 --> 00:06:41,837 For the longest time in Japan, those in charge, 122 00:06:41,937 --> 00:06:44,475 those at the top of the defense departments 123 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:47,047 have denied UFOs, 124 00:06:47,114 --> 00:06:49,619 showed a disinterest in UFOs, 125 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,426 basically a complete dismissal of the UFO topic completely. 126 00:06:53,527 --> 00:06:56,032 GREG SULLIVAN: The Japanese government made a sudden 127 00:06:56,165 --> 00:06:58,770 press release that said they would not recognize 128 00:06:58,870 --> 00:07:02,310 any UFO encounters or extraterrestrial presence 129 00:07:02,411 --> 00:07:05,483 on Earth or in the airspace of Japan. 130 00:07:05,551 --> 00:07:07,522 I thought this was very strange, as we had 131 00:07:07,589 --> 00:07:10,193 already interviewed two pilots, uh, 132 00:07:10,293 --> 00:07:12,430 who had several incidents 133 00:07:12,497 --> 00:07:14,670 and, uh, testimonies that they gave us 134 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:18,209 regarding various pilots' encounters in the air 135 00:07:18,309 --> 00:07:20,280 and from the ground over the years 136 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:22,384 when they were active in the military. 137 00:07:22,484 --> 00:07:25,758 NARRATOR: Mamoru Sato, a former wing commander 138 00:07:25,858 --> 00:07:27,629 in the Japanese Self-Defense Force 139 00:07:27,729 --> 00:07:31,302 said that he regularly heard stories from other pilots 140 00:07:31,402 --> 00:07:34,776 as well as civilians about UAP sightings. 141 00:07:37,114 --> 00:07:38,383 (speaking Japanese) 142 00:07:38,483 --> 00:07:39,686 (translated): Some people said, 143 00:07:39,753 --> 00:07:41,455 "There's something strange up there." 144 00:07:41,557 --> 00:07:43,527 There were a lot of opportunities to see 145 00:07:43,627 --> 00:07:45,965 inexplicable things, such as UFOs 146 00:07:46,098 --> 00:07:48,837 that were monitoring the sky and training in the sky. 147 00:07:48,971 --> 00:07:52,612 And it was my subjective view that we should make a report 148 00:07:52,712 --> 00:07:55,016 and organize these things as correct data. 149 00:07:55,116 --> 00:07:57,789 But even when this happened, it was only shared 150 00:07:57,889 --> 00:08:00,093 among colleagues and not reported publicly. 151 00:08:00,193 --> 00:08:02,231 (speaking Japanese) 152 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:07,074 NARRATOR: According to Sato, numerous pilots have reported 153 00:08:07,174 --> 00:08:10,113 highly unusual encounters with what they described 154 00:08:10,179 --> 00:08:12,685 as cigar-shaped objects. 155 00:08:12,786 --> 00:08:14,823 During one such incident, a student 156 00:08:14,889 --> 00:08:16,827 in his fighter pilot course 157 00:08:16,894 --> 00:08:19,966 even lost control of his craft. 158 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:21,836 (speaking Japanese) 159 00:08:21,937 --> 00:08:24,509 (translated): He said, "The aircraft started going crazy. 160 00:08:24,609 --> 00:08:26,813 "The alarm rang to indicate that something 161 00:08:26,913 --> 00:08:28,349 "was wrong with the machine. 162 00:08:28,449 --> 00:08:31,389 "I saw a cigar-shaped object flying 163 00:08:31,489 --> 00:08:34,729 "about 1,500 meters high from east to west. 164 00:08:34,829 --> 00:08:38,069 The anomaly continued until it disappeared." 165 00:08:38,169 --> 00:08:41,342 NARRATOR: For years, pilots in the Japanese military 166 00:08:41,442 --> 00:08:45,384 were instructed to remain silent about such incidents. 167 00:08:45,484 --> 00:08:48,958 But in September 2020, Japan's 168 00:08:49,025 --> 00:08:51,664 decades-long policy of secrecy and denial 169 00:08:51,764 --> 00:08:54,969 came to an end when Defense Minister Taro Kono 170 00:08:55,069 --> 00:08:57,808 tasked the Japanese Self-Defense Forces 171 00:08:57,875 --> 00:08:59,546 to make a visual recording 172 00:08:59,646 --> 00:09:02,619 of any encounter with an unexplained craft. 173 00:09:02,719 --> 00:09:06,225 Many believe this very public shift in policy 174 00:09:06,325 --> 00:09:09,165 was prompted by a meeting held one month earlier 175 00:09:09,265 --> 00:09:12,772 between Minister Kono and his U.S. counterpart, 176 00:09:12,872 --> 00:09:15,844 Defense Secretary Mark Esper. 177 00:09:15,978 --> 00:09:19,719 The Japanese after this meeting, 178 00:09:19,852 --> 00:09:21,890 uh, gave a press conference. 179 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:25,798 And they said one of the topics that came up 180 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:28,336 was unidentified aerial phenomenon. 181 00:09:28,436 --> 00:09:32,310 And we talked about the need to cooperate on this. 182 00:09:33,514 --> 00:09:35,217 That's a major development I think, 183 00:09:35,350 --> 00:09:38,155 when you have close allies like the U.S. and Japan 184 00:09:38,289 --> 00:09:41,830 openly speaking about the UFO issue and agreeing to cooperate. 185 00:09:41,930 --> 00:09:44,803 We've come so far in such a short amount of time. 186 00:09:44,903 --> 00:09:47,875 RYAN SPRAGUE: The fact that Japan denied that there was 187 00:09:47,975 --> 00:09:50,848 UFO activity happening in their country, 188 00:09:50,948 --> 00:09:55,022 and now they're establishing the Japanese 189 00:09:55,123 --> 00:09:59,230 Space Operation Squadron says to me that 190 00:09:59,297 --> 00:10:03,239 there clearly is something going on over the skies of Japan. 191 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:07,982 NARRATOR: Does the establishment of a Space Operation Squadron 192 00:10:08,083 --> 00:10:10,053 suggest the Japanese government is ready 193 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,896 to acknowledge the ongoing UFO activity in their airspace? 194 00:10:14,963 --> 00:10:18,904 And if so, might this be in preparation 195 00:10:19,005 --> 00:10:22,545 for a broader and global disclosure? 196 00:10:22,645 --> 00:10:25,049 Perhaps further clues can be found 197 00:10:25,149 --> 00:10:27,889 by examining intriguing statements 198 00:10:27,989 --> 00:10:32,163 recently made by the country's top public figures. 199 00:10:39,779 --> 00:10:43,219 NARRATOR: December 18, 2007. 200 00:10:45,190 --> 00:10:48,764 Ryuji Yamane of the Democratic Party of Japan, 201 00:10:48,864 --> 00:10:52,270 under increasing pressure from his constituents, 202 00:10:52,370 --> 00:10:55,143 publicly demands a response from the prime minister 203 00:10:55,243 --> 00:10:59,118 and his cabinet to address the surge of UFO activity 204 00:10:59,218 --> 00:11:00,855 over Japan... 205 00:11:00,921 --> 00:11:05,363 totaling more than 300 reported sightings per month. 206 00:11:07,902 --> 00:11:09,939 The cabinet's official statement 207 00:11:10,039 --> 00:11:12,311 is that it "has not confirmed the existence 208 00:11:12,411 --> 00:11:16,251 of unidentified flying objects from outer space." 209 00:11:16,351 --> 00:11:20,192 But within a few hours, everything changes. 210 00:11:22,130 --> 00:11:25,971 Just hours after this meeting, the Chief Cabinet Secretary 211 00:11:26,071 --> 00:11:29,646 Nobutaka Machimura announced on live television 212 00:11:29,779 --> 00:11:32,819 that regarding the question of extraterrestrials, 213 00:11:32,919 --> 00:11:35,958 he definitely thinks they exist. 214 00:11:38,429 --> 00:11:39,999 Then a week later 215 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:43,305 the Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba 216 00:11:43,405 --> 00:11:46,412 revealed that he had been carefully considering 217 00:11:46,513 --> 00:11:50,654 different response scenarios for an alien invasion. 218 00:11:50,721 --> 00:11:52,858 And what he said is incredible. 219 00:11:52,958 --> 00:11:54,762 He said, and I quote, 220 00:11:54,863 --> 00:11:57,735 "There are no grounds for us to deny 221 00:11:57,835 --> 00:12:00,707 "that there are unidentified flying objects 222 00:12:00,807 --> 00:12:04,248 and some life-forms that controls them." 223 00:12:05,116 --> 00:12:09,124 Two years later, the wife of the prime minister 224 00:12:09,191 --> 00:12:11,663 came out with an extraordinary series 225 00:12:11,796 --> 00:12:14,569 of statements, in which she claimed 226 00:12:14,669 --> 00:12:17,742 that she had been abducted by aliens, 227 00:12:17,842 --> 00:12:19,679 that she had traveled on a UFO. 228 00:12:19,779 --> 00:12:21,950 For the wife of the prime minister 229 00:12:22,050 --> 00:12:24,422 to come out and make a statement like that was 230 00:12:24,556 --> 00:12:26,325 absolutely unprecedented. 231 00:12:26,425 --> 00:12:30,467 I think the only reason this isn't on the front page 232 00:12:30,568 --> 00:12:32,705 of every newspaper in the world 233 00:12:32,772 --> 00:12:34,976 is that, certainly in the United States, 234 00:12:35,076 --> 00:12:37,715 we do tend to be rather heavily focused 235 00:12:37,815 --> 00:12:39,685 on English-speaking countries, 236 00:12:39,785 --> 00:12:44,060 and, indeed, very U.S.-centric in our outlook. 237 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,202 If the statements being made in Japan were being made 238 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:52,243 in America, it would be on every major news network 239 00:12:52,343 --> 00:12:54,381 24-7. 240 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,191 NARRATOR: Could these profound statements coming 241 00:12:59,291 --> 00:13:01,997 from top Japanese government officials 242 00:13:02,097 --> 00:13:06,004 reveal that they have knowledge of alien visitation? 243 00:13:07,007 --> 00:13:09,979 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest evidence 244 00:13:10,079 --> 00:13:12,619 of alien contact on these islands 245 00:13:12,719 --> 00:13:15,222 dates back thousands of years, 246 00:13:15,322 --> 00:13:19,298 and can be found within the teachings of Shintoism. 247 00:13:19,398 --> 00:13:23,573 Shintoism is the primary religion of Japan, 248 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:28,082 with over 107 million followers... 249 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:31,523 and is designed around a set of ritual practices 250 00:13:31,623 --> 00:13:33,894 that connect present-day Japan 251 00:13:33,994 --> 00:13:37,133 to its ancient mystical past. 252 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:40,272 At its center are celestial beings 253 00:13:40,373 --> 00:13:42,911 that according to the Japanese people 254 00:13:43,012 --> 00:13:46,151 still roam their islands to this day. 255 00:13:47,988 --> 00:13:49,959 The term "Shinto" translates as, 256 00:13:50,059 --> 00:13:53,165 "the way of the kami," or, uh, "the way of the gods." 257 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:54,335 (gong tolls) 258 00:13:54,468 --> 00:13:56,806 It's a tradition that has 259 00:13:56,906 --> 00:13:59,612 a millennia-long history in Japan. 260 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,583 There are over eight million kamis, 261 00:14:01,649 --> 00:14:03,052 according to the Shinto tradition. 262 00:14:03,152 --> 00:14:05,089 And each one of them has 263 00:14:05,189 --> 00:14:08,797 its own particular personality traits, if you will. 264 00:14:08,897 --> 00:14:10,767 So, in that sense, they are quite different 265 00:14:10,901 --> 00:14:13,439 from the notion of monotheistic god that we have 266 00:14:13,540 --> 00:14:17,848 in traditions that are most widespread in the West. 267 00:14:17,948 --> 00:14:20,821 The kami are these celestial beings that are 268 00:14:20,922 --> 00:14:22,925 able to inhabit basically anything. 269 00:14:23,025 --> 00:14:25,263 From a human being, 270 00:14:25,363 --> 00:14:29,137 to an animal, and even inanimate objects. 271 00:14:29,237 --> 00:14:32,945 So on the one hand, they're these multi-dimensional beings, 272 00:14:33,045 --> 00:14:35,651 but then they also describe them as having 273 00:14:35,751 --> 00:14:38,356 come down from their celestial palace 274 00:14:38,456 --> 00:14:42,698 in the sky, which is called Takamagahara. 275 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:44,869 The celestial kami will come 276 00:14:44,969 --> 00:14:47,440 into the terrestrial world, our world. 277 00:14:47,541 --> 00:14:48,811 And they need a home. 278 00:14:48,911 --> 00:14:51,281 So they have these major shrines 279 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:54,054 for these kami when they come into the world, 280 00:14:54,154 --> 00:14:58,061 so that they can feel at home in the terrestrial world. 281 00:14:58,161 --> 00:15:02,304 The Japanese archipelago is dotted with over 81,000 282 00:15:02,404 --> 00:15:05,409 shrines that are devoted to the kami gods. 283 00:15:05,544 --> 00:15:08,482 And it's believed that these are houses or places 284 00:15:08,583 --> 00:15:10,888 where these extraterrestrial beings come 285 00:15:10,955 --> 00:15:12,925 to live when they're on Earth. 286 00:15:13,025 --> 00:15:15,029 The Japanese people will visit the shrines 287 00:15:15,130 --> 00:15:17,735 of the kami with the belief that they are actually praying 288 00:15:17,835 --> 00:15:22,176 to an extraterrestrial being who can fulfill their blessings. 289 00:15:24,181 --> 00:15:26,452 NARRATOR: If what Shinto followers call 290 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,926 "the kami" really are otherworldly beings 291 00:15:30,059 --> 00:15:33,399 that have been visiting Japan since ancient times, 292 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,938 are they still being encountered today 293 00:15:36,038 --> 00:15:38,644 in the form of UFOs? 294 00:15:38,744 --> 00:15:41,950 And might the Japanese leadership be taking steps 295 00:15:42,050 --> 00:15:46,225 to disclose this extraterrestrial connection? 296 00:15:47,027 --> 00:15:48,831 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 297 00:15:48,931 --> 00:15:50,734 governments throughout the world 298 00:15:50,835 --> 00:15:53,106 are finally beginning to acknowledge 299 00:15:53,206 --> 00:15:55,443 that there may be objects in our skies that are 300 00:15:55,544 --> 00:15:59,619 not of this Earth, and they say that when it comes 301 00:15:59,719 --> 00:16:02,658 to promoting investigation and transparency, 302 00:16:02,758 --> 00:16:04,762 one of the biggest proponents 303 00:16:04,862 --> 00:16:07,200 is also one of the most unlikely: 304 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,472 the royal family of Britain. 305 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:20,126 At a meeting of the House of Lords, 306 00:16:20,226 --> 00:16:22,030 the second chamber of Parliament, 307 00:16:22,130 --> 00:16:25,504 Minister of Defence, Baroness Annabel Goldie, 308 00:16:25,637 --> 00:16:29,110 is questioned about the just-released report 309 00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:32,651 on unidentified aerial phenomena issued by the United States, 310 00:16:32,752 --> 00:16:37,928 and is asked if the UK plans on issuing a report of its own. 311 00:16:38,897 --> 00:16:41,803 HESELTINE: Baroness Goldie answered in a way that said 312 00:16:41,869 --> 00:16:43,507 that there is no threat. 313 00:16:43,573 --> 00:16:45,644 She was very careful how she phrased it. 314 00:16:45,744 --> 00:16:49,685 She said there has never been a proven threat. 315 00:16:50,153 --> 00:16:52,858 Reading between the lines, that said 316 00:16:52,958 --> 00:16:54,929 to me that unless these things are gonna 317 00:16:55,063 --> 00:16:57,134 start shooting at our airplanes, 318 00:16:57,234 --> 00:16:59,070 they're not considered a threat. 319 00:16:59,170 --> 00:17:02,277 NARRATOR: But while the British Parliament has no plans 320 00:17:02,377 --> 00:17:04,247 to release its own UAP report, 321 00:17:04,347 --> 00:17:08,055 it was recently discovered that for nearly 70 years, 322 00:17:08,122 --> 00:17:11,227 UFO activity was closely monitored 323 00:17:11,328 --> 00:17:15,469 by some of the most prominent members of the royal family. 324 00:17:17,808 --> 00:17:20,781 April 9, 2021. 325 00:17:20,848 --> 00:17:23,386 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 326 00:17:23,486 --> 00:17:26,258 passes away at the age of 99. 327 00:17:26,358 --> 00:17:29,097 As publications across the world 328 00:17:29,231 --> 00:17:31,302 report on his incredible life, 329 00:17:31,402 --> 00:17:33,438 it comes to light that the prince 330 00:17:33,539 --> 00:17:37,681 had a long-held fascination with the UFO phenomenon. 331 00:17:37,781 --> 00:17:40,253 When Prince Philip died 332 00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:43,358 in the spring of 2021, 333 00:17:43,458 --> 00:17:46,198 there was a bit of a surprise to the British public 334 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:48,603 and that was that Prince Philip had 335 00:17:48,704 --> 00:17:50,473 a huge collection 336 00:17:50,608 --> 00:17:53,078 of books on UFOs that went right back 337 00:17:53,179 --> 00:17:55,517 to the mid-1940s. 338 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:58,756 DOLAN: He had an associate named Sir Peter Horsley 339 00:17:58,856 --> 00:18:00,493 who was a former RAF pilot. 340 00:18:00,594 --> 00:18:02,163 He was a good friend of Prince Philip. 341 00:18:02,263 --> 00:18:03,901 And back in the mid-1950s, 342 00:18:04,001 --> 00:18:06,672 was charged by the prince to do 343 00:18:06,773 --> 00:18:10,880 a lot of research into this whole flying saucer situation. 344 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:15,189 POPE: The two of them over the years researched 345 00:18:15,289 --> 00:18:17,528 and investigated this quietly, 346 00:18:17,628 --> 00:18:19,999 kept an eye on all the developments, 347 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,236 secretly subscribed 348 00:18:22,337 --> 00:18:25,977 to various UFO magazines and newsletters, 349 00:18:26,077 --> 00:18:29,718 and even had witnesses interviewed. 350 00:18:29,818 --> 00:18:33,425 But a lot of this, of course, was highly sensitive. 351 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,866 I mean, here you have the queen's husband, 352 00:18:36,966 --> 00:18:39,003 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 353 00:18:39,070 --> 00:18:41,943 researching and investigating UFOs. 354 00:18:42,043 --> 00:18:44,181 Had the news got out, 355 00:18:44,314 --> 00:18:46,753 it would have caused a sensation. 356 00:18:47,622 --> 00:18:49,758 NARRATOR: While those within the UFO community 357 00:18:49,858 --> 00:18:52,931 had long been aware of Prince Philip's investigations 358 00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:54,635 into strange phenomena, 359 00:18:54,735 --> 00:18:58,108 most of the public only learned of it with his passing. 360 00:18:58,208 --> 00:19:01,481 And it also came to light that another member 361 00:19:01,582 --> 00:19:04,220 of the British royal family was responsible 362 00:19:04,287 --> 00:19:08,428 for one of Great Britain's earliest UFO reports. 363 00:19:09,431 --> 00:19:12,504 Hampshire, England, 1955. 364 00:19:12,638 --> 00:19:17,280 On the morning of February 23 at 8:30 a.m., 365 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:20,285 bricklayer Frederick Briggs is riding his bike 366 00:19:20,386 --> 00:19:22,958 when he encounters a startling sight. 367 00:19:23,059 --> 00:19:27,868 An enormous object in the sky above his employer's estate. 368 00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:31,441 POPE: He said this thing was huge. 369 00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:35,283 It was hovering a short distance above the ground. 370 00:19:35,383 --> 00:19:38,422 Some sort of column descended 371 00:19:38,488 --> 00:19:41,061 and a figure emerged. 372 00:19:41,161 --> 00:19:43,365 Uh, a humanoid figure wearing 373 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:47,140 some sort of dark uniform, and-and perhaps 374 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,177 wearing a hat or a helmet. 375 00:19:49,277 --> 00:19:52,316 And at one point he talks about a force 376 00:19:52,416 --> 00:19:55,890 knocking him off his bicycle and holding him down. 377 00:19:55,957 --> 00:19:59,965 And he talks about the UFO as having windows 378 00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:04,407 around the side of it, and seeing a strange light. 379 00:20:04,508 --> 00:20:07,881 It's a quite extraordinary account. 380 00:20:08,683 --> 00:20:11,121 This close encounter event was 381 00:20:11,254 --> 00:20:14,026 so remarkable to Fred Briggs that 382 00:20:14,126 --> 00:20:16,533 he thought it was necessary to tell 383 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,437 the actual owner of this estate. 384 00:20:19,505 --> 00:20:22,978 And that just so happened to be Lord Mountbatten, 385 00:20:23,112 --> 00:20:26,084 who was the uncle of Prince Philip, 386 00:20:26,185 --> 00:20:28,256 who was married to Queen Elizabeth. 387 00:20:29,124 --> 00:20:31,929 NARRATOR: At the time of the sighting, Lord Louis Mountbatten, 388 00:20:32,029 --> 00:20:35,504 former Governor General of India, was the First Sea Lord 389 00:20:35,637 --> 00:20:37,675 of the British Royal Navy. 390 00:20:37,775 --> 00:20:42,818 This is a UFO sighting at the home of one of 391 00:20:42,885 --> 00:20:46,659 the most senior figures in the British establishment. 392 00:20:46,759 --> 00:20:48,930 We know so much about this because 393 00:20:48,997 --> 00:20:50,466 they recorded the whole thing. 394 00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:52,470 They actually took a statement from the bricklayer. 395 00:20:52,571 --> 00:20:54,575 Lord Mountbatten wrote up a report. 396 00:20:54,642 --> 00:20:56,912 They all signed them all. 397 00:20:57,046 --> 00:20:59,619 DOLAN: This apparently was a very credible account, 398 00:20:59,719 --> 00:21:01,254 according to Lord Mountbatten. 399 00:21:01,354 --> 00:21:02,891 And he talked extensively 400 00:21:02,991 --> 00:21:04,461 to Prince Philip about this. 401 00:21:04,562 --> 00:21:05,997 I mean, you have to assume this whole thing went 402 00:21:06,131 --> 00:21:07,601 through the entire royal household. 403 00:21:07,701 --> 00:21:09,839 You have to assume Queen Elizabeth knew all about this. 404 00:21:09,939 --> 00:21:14,682 HOWE: Lord Mountbatten would have access as friends 405 00:21:14,782 --> 00:21:19,925 and colleagues to the people in the MOD who were keeping 406 00:21:19,992 --> 00:21:24,601 the secret information about UFOs and ETs. 407 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:29,845 And that is my guess is the fuel that kept Prince Philip 408 00:21:29,945 --> 00:21:32,483 so interested because they were telling each other 409 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:34,955 this is real, this is true. 410 00:21:35,088 --> 00:21:39,565 NARRATOR: While the royal family was secretly investigating UFOs 411 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:43,707 in the 1950s, so too was the British government. 412 00:21:43,807 --> 00:21:50,019 In 1988, researchers unearthed a five-page report from 1951, 413 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:54,393 buried in the National Archive, detailing the findings 414 00:21:54,493 --> 00:21:57,868 of a group called "The Flying Saucer Working Party." 415 00:21:57,968 --> 00:22:02,476 One of the British government's first forays 416 00:22:02,611 --> 00:22:06,752 into the whole UFO mystery was the Flying Saucer Working Party. 417 00:22:06,853 --> 00:22:10,159 It examined a range of UFO sightings, 418 00:22:10,259 --> 00:22:13,132 mainly reported by military witnesses. 419 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,311 HESELTINE: The Flying Saucer Working Party met briefly for about 12 months. 420 00:22:19,411 --> 00:22:21,281 It comprised of five scientists, 421 00:22:21,381 --> 00:22:25,690 and it originally met in October 422 00:22:25,790 --> 00:22:30,900 of 1950, and by June of 1951 had produced a report. 423 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,338 And the report basically said, we're gonna debunk it, 424 00:22:33,405 --> 00:22:35,510 following America's lead. 425 00:22:36,311 --> 00:22:40,186 I've always interpreted this report as orders from above. 426 00:22:40,286 --> 00:22:44,996 You know, someone said, "Look, we don't need the lower levels 427 00:22:45,096 --> 00:22:48,803 to start getting worked up over these UFO reports." 428 00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:52,811 NARRATOR: The Flying Saucer Working Party was shut down following 429 00:22:52,912 --> 00:22:56,552 the 1951 report, but it inspired interest 430 00:22:56,652 --> 00:22:59,558 from prominent figures within the British government, 431 00:22:59,624 --> 00:23:02,798 and led to further investigations. 432 00:23:03,566 --> 00:23:06,271 POPE: In 1952, Winston Churchill, 433 00:23:06,371 --> 00:23:09,010 back as Prime Minister in the UK, 434 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:12,951 said to the Air Ministry and to his Chief Scientific Adviser, 435 00:23:13,051 --> 00:23:15,724 "What does all this stuff about flying saucers mean?" 436 00:23:15,857 --> 00:23:19,731 Just the year after Churchill wrote that memo, 437 00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:22,370 the Ministry of Defence actually set up 438 00:23:22,470 --> 00:23:25,877 the UFO program where I worked in later years. 439 00:23:26,679 --> 00:23:29,751 The government's official position was: 440 00:23:29,852 --> 00:23:33,993 there's nothing here to suggest a reality to the phenomenon. 441 00:23:36,464 --> 00:23:38,937 I think the reality behind closed doors 442 00:23:39,037 --> 00:23:41,408 was very different. 443 00:23:41,509 --> 00:23:46,218 And there have always been those of us who felt this 444 00:23:46,318 --> 00:23:48,523 was an extremely serious defense 445 00:23:48,589 --> 00:23:50,092 and national security issue. 446 00:23:50,192 --> 00:23:53,766 NARRATOR: Why is it that after decades of denial, 447 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,906 the UK is now disclosing information 448 00:23:57,006 --> 00:23:59,377 about its leadership's true fascination 449 00:23:59,477 --> 00:24:02,217 with the alien question? 450 00:24:02,283 --> 00:24:04,220 Whatever the reason may be, 451 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,095 ancient astronaut theorists believe the British government's 452 00:24:08,195 --> 00:24:12,069 level of interest goes far beyond mere curiosity. 453 00:24:12,938 --> 00:24:15,910 Recently declassified documents suggest elite 454 00:24:16,010 --> 00:24:19,718 special agents were assigned to covertly investigate 455 00:24:19,818 --> 00:24:23,091 the country's infamous "UFO files." 456 00:24:33,946 --> 00:24:37,120 NARRATOR: The British Ministry of Defence, or MOD, 457 00:24:37,220 --> 00:24:40,326 makes a startling announcement. 458 00:24:41,127 --> 00:24:44,467 They are releasing the entirety of their UFO files 459 00:24:44,568 --> 00:24:47,373 to the National Archives of England. 460 00:24:48,175 --> 00:24:51,447 ANDREW RUSSELL: My belief is that the MOD's motive was 461 00:24:51,582 --> 00:24:55,557 to have people stop asking them questions. 462 00:24:55,657 --> 00:24:58,261 They could get away from all these difficult 463 00:24:58,361 --> 00:24:59,732 Freedom of Information Act requests 464 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:01,869 that people were making. 465 00:25:01,969 --> 00:25:04,440 And they framed it in a way that it was 466 00:25:04,541 --> 00:25:05,844 all about cost cutting. 467 00:25:05,944 --> 00:25:07,881 But in reality, it was almost as if they just 468 00:25:08,014 --> 00:25:10,452 didn't want anything to do with the subject anymore. 469 00:25:10,553 --> 00:25:14,728 I still believe they take a very active interest in the subject, 470 00:25:14,829 --> 00:25:18,970 but they don't want to be seen publicly to take that interest. 471 00:25:19,805 --> 00:25:23,078 NARRATOR: After a rollout that took more than a decade, 472 00:25:23,145 --> 00:25:25,817 it came to light that the Ministry of Defence 473 00:25:25,917 --> 00:25:30,192 had accumulated over 60,000 documents pertaining to 474 00:25:30,292 --> 00:25:32,831 UFO encounters. 475 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:37,541 But researchers sorting through the archives were able 476 00:25:37,641 --> 00:25:40,947 to determine that 18 key files were missing. 477 00:25:42,182 --> 00:25:45,557 RUSSELL: There were a number of very famous cases 478 00:25:45,657 --> 00:25:48,762 where people had taken some really good photos, 479 00:25:48,863 --> 00:25:52,904 some really good film imagery, that the MOD can't now find. 480 00:25:54,809 --> 00:25:59,183 Large parts of their files were seemingly destroyed. 481 00:25:59,250 --> 00:26:02,156 And it seems they have a very good history 482 00:26:02,222 --> 00:26:05,730 on losing really important bits of information. 483 00:26:06,532 --> 00:26:08,268 NARRATOR: After a request was submitted, 484 00:26:08,368 --> 00:26:12,611 Ministry of Defence officials located the missing files. 485 00:26:12,711 --> 00:26:16,351 Each file, by the way, contains upward of maybe 486 00:26:16,451 --> 00:26:18,522 100, 200 documents. 487 00:26:18,623 --> 00:26:20,793 So we're talking thousands of documents. 488 00:26:21,662 --> 00:26:24,868 They sent those files to the National Archives, 489 00:26:24,968 --> 00:26:28,709 and everyone was expecting an imminent release. 490 00:26:29,377 --> 00:26:32,149 But in an unprecedented move, 491 00:26:32,249 --> 00:26:35,724 the Ministry of Defence then recalled the files. 492 00:26:35,824 --> 00:26:38,729 Now, I've never heard of this happening before. 493 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:44,908 To date, these 18 files remain under lock and key. 494 00:26:45,008 --> 00:26:48,148 So something very mysterious is going on. 495 00:26:49,350 --> 00:26:51,789 NARRATOR: Why would the British Ministry of Defence 496 00:26:51,889 --> 00:26:55,095 send UFO files to the National Archives, 497 00:26:55,195 --> 00:26:59,069 and then suddenly recall them without explanation? 498 00:27:00,874 --> 00:27:03,445 Some government insiders have suggested 499 00:27:03,546 --> 00:27:07,688 that the files were moved for safekeeping, while another 500 00:27:07,754 --> 00:27:11,795 even more secure facility was being prepared. 501 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:14,000 When the National Archives 502 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,370 returned the files to the British government, 503 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:20,813 they were spirited away to an undisclosed location. 504 00:27:22,049 --> 00:27:24,487 There are those who believe that location 505 00:27:24,588 --> 00:27:26,959 is a former Royal Air Force base 506 00:27:27,059 --> 00:27:31,735 in the southwest county of Wiltshire called Rudloe Manor. 507 00:27:33,271 --> 00:27:37,213 A site that the Ministry of Defence used to perform 508 00:27:37,313 --> 00:27:41,855 UFO investigations dating back to the 1940s. 509 00:27:43,291 --> 00:27:47,734 On the surface, it appears to be nothing more than a quaint 510 00:27:47,801 --> 00:27:50,105 English manor house. 511 00:27:51,474 --> 00:27:54,982 But deep beneath this structure lie an astounding 512 00:27:55,116 --> 00:27:58,856 2.2 million square feet of vast caverns 513 00:27:58,989 --> 00:28:02,797 divided into many smaller chambers. 514 00:28:04,167 --> 00:28:07,840 These underground quarries were excavated in the 19th century 515 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:13,018 to mine Bath stone, a type of limestone used to build 516 00:28:13,085 --> 00:28:17,894 the nearby city of Bath and several other English cities. 517 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:24,508 One century later, in 1939, 518 00:28:24,608 --> 00:28:27,279 England was drawn into World War II, 519 00:28:27,379 --> 00:28:31,221 and the British Royal Air Force took over the depleted quarries, 520 00:28:31,321 --> 00:28:35,663 transforming them into an underground aircraft factory. 521 00:28:35,763 --> 00:28:39,538 At the end of the war, many such facilities were 522 00:28:39,605 --> 00:28:41,875 returned to civilian control, 523 00:28:42,008 --> 00:28:44,748 but Rudloe Manor and its over two million square feet 524 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:49,089 of secret tunnels and chambers were never surrendered. 525 00:28:49,891 --> 00:28:52,162 For years it was home to a group called 526 00:28:52,229 --> 00:28:54,166 the Provost and Security Services. 527 00:28:54,267 --> 00:28:56,338 They're kind of like the James Bonds 528 00:28:56,438 --> 00:28:58,241 of the British Royal Air Force. 529 00:28:59,076 --> 00:29:01,782 They do espionage investigations, 530 00:29:01,882 --> 00:29:03,652 counterintelligence programs, 531 00:29:03,753 --> 00:29:04,788 things like that. 532 00:29:04,888 --> 00:29:07,827 Even terrorism investigations. 533 00:29:07,894 --> 00:29:10,466 But back in the 1990s, and certainly going back 534 00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:14,808 to the 1950s, the Provost and Security Services 535 00:29:14,908 --> 00:29:19,016 were heavily involved in UFO investigations. 536 00:29:19,150 --> 00:29:22,156 Now, for years, the Air Force and the Ministry of Defence 537 00:29:22,256 --> 00:29:24,662 denied that any UFO investigations 538 00:29:24,762 --> 00:29:26,431 were going on at Rudloe Manor. 539 00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:30,674 Then a document got released, and it showed that, 540 00:29:30,774 --> 00:29:33,646 actually, yes, UFO investigations 541 00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:36,150 had been done from Rudloe Manor. 542 00:29:36,250 --> 00:29:40,894 And the staff there had been working hand in glove 543 00:29:40,994 --> 00:29:43,031 with those of us in the headquarters building 544 00:29:43,131 --> 00:29:44,133 in London. 545 00:29:45,268 --> 00:29:48,776 NARRATOR: Shortly before the Ministry of Defence released 546 00:29:48,876 --> 00:29:51,347 their UFO files in 2007, 547 00:29:51,481 --> 00:29:53,686 they announced that Rudloe Manor 548 00:29:53,786 --> 00:29:56,525 was no longer in use by the military. 549 00:29:56,625 --> 00:30:00,198 But if that's true, why are the grounds surrounded 550 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:04,608 by chain link fences, monitored by security cameras, 551 00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:08,515 and even protected by guard dogs? 552 00:30:09,685 --> 00:30:13,926 To find the answers, in January of 2017, 553 00:30:14,026 --> 00:30:17,934 ancient astronaut theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos traveled to 554 00:30:18,035 --> 00:30:20,072 the protected boundaries of Rudloe Manor. 555 00:30:20,138 --> 00:30:21,207 POPE: There it is. 556 00:30:21,308 --> 00:30:23,178 NARRATOR: Joining him in his search 557 00:30:23,278 --> 00:30:26,919 for the truth was Nick Pope, who in the early 1990s 558 00:30:26,986 --> 00:30:31,361 worked for the Ministry of Defence investigating UFOs. 559 00:30:31,461 --> 00:30:32,630 TSOUKALOS: We're here. 560 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,736 During your time at the MOD, 561 00:30:35,803 --> 00:30:37,239 what did you learn about this place? 562 00:30:37,339 --> 00:30:40,880 Or any type of UFO cases that may have happened 563 00:30:40,981 --> 00:30:42,449 around this area? 564 00:30:42,517 --> 00:30:45,589 Well, this whole area is rich in UFO sightings. 565 00:30:46,424 --> 00:30:49,731 Rudloe Manor was the headquarters of a unit 566 00:30:49,831 --> 00:30:53,305 known as Provost and Security Services. 567 00:30:53,405 --> 00:30:56,444 Now, this is all tied up with Air Force 568 00:30:56,545 --> 00:30:58,381 security and intelligence. 569 00:30:58,481 --> 00:31:02,590 UFO sightings were investigated by staff 570 00:31:02,690 --> 00:31:07,233 based here at Rudloe Manor, but for years, we denied it. 571 00:31:08,101 --> 00:31:11,107 We told Parliament, the media and the public 572 00:31:11,207 --> 00:31:12,810 that these things were of no interest, 573 00:31:12,877 --> 00:31:15,784 that Rudloe Manor had no involvement in this. 574 00:31:15,850 --> 00:31:18,689 And yet when the files were declassified, 575 00:31:18,756 --> 00:31:20,158 it turned out that people were right. 576 00:31:20,258 --> 00:31:22,196 - Right here? - Right here. 577 00:31:22,296 --> 00:31:26,004 And so, this building really was at the heart 578 00:31:26,137 --> 00:31:29,545 of Britain's secret UFO research, 579 00:31:29,645 --> 00:31:32,851 and particularly the underground facilities below us. 580 00:31:32,984 --> 00:31:37,928 All sorts of secrets and research and investigation 581 00:31:38,028 --> 00:31:42,135 projects went on from this particular facility. 582 00:31:43,004 --> 00:31:46,512 NARRATOR: While the manor house was the face of Rudloe Manor 583 00:31:46,612 --> 00:31:50,719 and the headquarters for Britain's UFO investigations, 584 00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:53,559 access to the underground facilities 585 00:31:53,659 --> 00:31:55,361 is found two miles away 586 00:31:55,461 --> 00:31:59,871 at the equally secretive installation known as the C.C.C. 587 00:31:59,971 --> 00:32:02,310 POPE: It's close to where we are. 588 00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:05,482 It's all part of the underground facility, 589 00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:08,421 so there are tunnels which start right 590 00:32:08,488 --> 00:32:12,396 underneath the manor house here, and go to the C.C.C. 591 00:32:12,496 --> 00:32:15,102 No one knows exactly how many people work 592 00:32:15,202 --> 00:32:16,337 down there, but it's thousands. 593 00:32:16,437 --> 00:32:19,176 Nobody knows exactly what they do. 594 00:32:19,243 --> 00:32:21,214 And I worked for the government, for the Ministry of Defence, 595 00:32:21,314 --> 00:32:23,886 for 21 years, and I don't know. 596 00:32:23,952 --> 00:32:26,792 - And even if I did, I wouldn't be able to tell you. - Of course! 597 00:32:27,927 --> 00:32:31,033 NARRATOR: Are the UFO files withheld by the Ministry of Defence 598 00:32:31,133 --> 00:32:33,906 being kept at Rudloe Manor, 599 00:32:33,973 --> 00:32:37,045 as ancient astronaut theorists believe? 600 00:32:37,145 --> 00:32:40,285 And could even greater secrets be hidden 601 00:32:40,385 --> 00:32:44,460 at the mysterious site known as the C.C.C.? 602 00:32:45,462 --> 00:32:49,336 POPE: Officially, it's called the Corsham Computer Centre. 603 00:32:50,138 --> 00:32:53,145 And you can't get in there. It's absolutely off-limits. 604 00:32:53,245 --> 00:32:56,585 Whatever's going on down there, it's big. 605 00:32:57,787 --> 00:33:01,094 NARRATOR: Despite the fact that it is not open to the public, 606 00:33:01,194 --> 00:33:05,402 Giorgio asked Nick to take him to the C.C.C. 607 00:33:05,503 --> 00:33:09,042 - for a firsthand look at the installation. - TSOUKALOS: All right. 608 00:33:09,109 --> 00:33:10,847 - Good luck. - Thank you very much. 609 00:33:10,913 --> 00:33:14,019 NARRATOR: As a former employee of the Ministry of Defence, 610 00:33:14,119 --> 00:33:16,725 Nick did not feel it was appropriate for him 611 00:33:16,792 --> 00:33:19,163 to approach the facility himself without clearance. 612 00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:20,666 I'll see you later, Nick. 613 00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:23,104 - Yes. - Take care. 614 00:33:28,983 --> 00:33:32,022 TSOUKALOS: Here we are. The C.C.C. 615 00:33:35,896 --> 00:33:38,200 The lights are on. 616 00:33:39,002 --> 00:33:42,208 And just like Nick explained, 617 00:33:42,275 --> 00:33:46,552 it's got barbed wire, it is fenced down, impenetrable. 618 00:33:47,419 --> 00:33:49,423 NARRATOR: According to the British Ministry of Defence, 619 00:33:49,557 --> 00:33:53,666 the C.C.C. is simply a data processing center 620 00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:55,637 for the Royal Navy. 621 00:33:55,737 --> 00:33:59,343 But if true, why is it so heavily guarded? 622 00:34:00,245 --> 00:34:03,552 Clearly, it's an access to what seems to be 623 00:34:03,619 --> 00:34:06,023 an underground system. And if the stories that 624 00:34:06,123 --> 00:34:09,029 Nick told me are true, then underneath our feet is 625 00:34:09,162 --> 00:34:11,835 a vast system of tunnels and underground facilities. 626 00:34:11,935 --> 00:34:13,806 (siren blaring) 627 00:34:13,939 --> 00:34:17,413 NARRATOR: Within minutes of Giorgio's arrival at the security gate, 628 00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:20,786 the crew is met by a military police unit. 629 00:34:24,794 --> 00:34:27,132 TSOUKALOS: Can you tell me anything about this place? 630 00:34:31,775 --> 00:34:34,981 NARRATOR: Unfortunately, the situation ends 631 00:34:35,048 --> 00:34:36,751 with filming being halted. 632 00:34:36,818 --> 00:34:39,022 TSOUKALOS: Well, we're only trying to find out the truth. 633 00:34:39,122 --> 00:34:40,492 NARRATOR: But why? 634 00:34:40,593 --> 00:34:43,498 What is it that's so top secret that Giorgio 635 00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:46,572 and his camera crew are not even allowed to 636 00:34:46,638 --> 00:34:49,777 film the entrance from public property? 637 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:53,218 So it was exactly how you said. 638 00:34:53,318 --> 00:34:56,190 Fortification, barbed wire fence. 639 00:34:56,290 --> 00:34:57,359 I had about five minutes, 640 00:34:57,426 --> 00:34:59,129 and then a police car showed up. 641 00:34:59,229 --> 00:35:01,969 He said, "Well, I think it's time for you to leave." 642 00:35:02,069 --> 00:35:03,706 So I think you did exactly the right thing 643 00:35:03,806 --> 00:35:05,576 to get out there while you could. 644 00:35:05,709 --> 00:35:07,981 But you know that, A-- it is operational 645 00:35:08,081 --> 00:35:09,450 and B-- it's obviously important. 646 00:35:09,551 --> 00:35:11,020 They sent the security people out. 647 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,725 I-I guarantee you they had eyes on you 648 00:35:13,825 --> 00:35:15,361 from the moment you started. 649 00:35:15,495 --> 00:35:19,036 NARRATOR: Could this seemingly innocuous building, 650 00:35:19,136 --> 00:35:22,042 and the underground facilities it leads to 651 00:35:22,142 --> 00:35:25,081 be continuing the extraterrestrial investigations 652 00:35:25,181 --> 00:35:28,120 that were previously carried out at Rudloe Manor? 653 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:30,392 While the British government 654 00:35:30,492 --> 00:35:32,496 continues to be less than forthcoming 655 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:35,068 regarding its UFO investigations, 656 00:35:35,201 --> 00:35:38,141 perhaps the world's best model of transparency 657 00:35:38,241 --> 00:35:41,681 has emerged just across the English Channel. 658 00:35:42,550 --> 00:35:45,790 In France, collaborative efforts by space, 659 00:35:45,923 --> 00:35:48,729 military, and government agencies 660 00:35:48,829 --> 00:35:52,269 have recently uncovered more than 400 encounters 661 00:35:52,369 --> 00:35:56,745 that remain entirely unexplained. 662 00:36:03,157 --> 00:36:05,763 NARRATOR: The National Center for Space Studies establishes 663 00:36:05,863 --> 00:36:08,468 an organization to record eyewitness accounts 664 00:36:08,569 --> 00:36:12,175 of abnormal phenomena observed in the sky. 665 00:36:13,946 --> 00:36:15,516 Known today as "GEIPAN," 666 00:36:15,583 --> 00:36:18,823 which translated stands for "The Group for Studies 667 00:36:18,956 --> 00:36:22,630 and Information on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena." 668 00:36:22,730 --> 00:36:24,466 The unit has amassed 669 00:36:24,567 --> 00:36:28,809 more than 100,000 pages worth of UAP reports. 670 00:36:29,276 --> 00:36:33,418 And in 2007, the group did something unprecedented. 671 00:36:33,519 --> 00:36:37,359 It shared all of its files with the public. 672 00:36:37,459 --> 00:36:40,432 France is quite unorthodox 673 00:36:40,566 --> 00:36:43,805 when it comes to how governments are dealing with UFOs. 674 00:36:44,674 --> 00:36:47,045 They released all their UFO data. 675 00:36:47,145 --> 00:36:48,749 And they said, "Here's where we're at. 676 00:36:48,849 --> 00:36:50,218 "As we get new information, 677 00:36:50,352 --> 00:36:52,189 we're just gonna release it to you, the public." 678 00:36:52,322 --> 00:36:54,628 They did something that no one had ever done before. 679 00:36:54,728 --> 00:36:57,299 It was the first time it had ever happened. 680 00:36:57,399 --> 00:36:59,538 JEREMY CORBELL: France is one of these countries 681 00:36:59,638 --> 00:37:02,308 that both culturally, and also governmentally, 682 00:37:02,408 --> 00:37:05,549 have made a point to be in front of the UFO issue. 683 00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:08,288 This is a rarity because of the national 684 00:37:08,354 --> 00:37:11,861 security implications, but it shows us an opportunity 685 00:37:11,961 --> 00:37:16,270 where the public can be informed alongside the government 686 00:37:16,370 --> 00:37:19,811 with the fundamental reality that UFOs are real, 687 00:37:19,911 --> 00:37:23,986 that the presence on planet Earth has been durational. 688 00:37:24,053 --> 00:37:26,190 It has been here a long time. 689 00:37:26,290 --> 00:37:28,796 And there is a mystery that we need to look at. 690 00:37:28,896 --> 00:37:32,970 It is our right to know, and our duty to find out. 691 00:37:33,972 --> 00:37:36,812 NARRATOR: GEIPAN posted information on their website 692 00:37:36,912 --> 00:37:41,621 on over 1,600 cases, and concluded that 28% of them 693 00:37:41,721 --> 00:37:44,961 cannot be explained by conventional events. 694 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:48,267 And a number of these unexplained sightings 695 00:37:48,368 --> 00:37:51,307 were reported by multiple witnesses. 696 00:37:51,575 --> 00:37:54,581 One of the most sensational encounters took place 697 00:37:54,714 --> 00:37:58,956 more than 45 years ago, on a clear, cloudless night 698 00:37:59,056 --> 00:38:03,164 at a combat flight school to the southwest of Paris. 699 00:38:03,264 --> 00:38:06,003 There was an incident on March 3, 1976, 700 00:38:06,104 --> 00:38:09,176 when French fighter pilots were engaged in a training mission. 701 00:38:09,276 --> 00:38:12,215 Every five minutes T-33 planes 702 00:38:12,349 --> 00:38:15,856 were taking off from the airbase near Tours. 703 00:38:17,225 --> 00:38:21,067 NARRATOR: Flying solo at an altitude of 20,000 feet, 704 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,570 each student pilot had to navigate 705 00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:24,874 a route of several hundred miles. 706 00:38:26,611 --> 00:38:29,250 One of these pilots was flying 707 00:38:29,350 --> 00:38:31,888 with several other flights just behind him. 708 00:38:31,988 --> 00:38:37,065 He suddenly saw this huge green fireball... 709 00:38:37,165 --> 00:38:39,303 coming straight at him. 710 00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:42,042 And in fact, he thought that it was going to 711 00:38:42,142 --> 00:38:45,248 hit his plane, and he covered his eyes 712 00:38:45,348 --> 00:38:46,751 and braced for impact. 713 00:38:46,851 --> 00:38:49,558 And just then, this green fireball 714 00:38:49,658 --> 00:38:52,697 went off to one side and clipped 715 00:38:52,763 --> 00:38:55,536 the wing of his jet fighter. 716 00:38:55,636 --> 00:38:58,642 He was amazed that he had actually survived this, 717 00:38:58,709 --> 00:39:00,579 and had no idea what happened, 718 00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:03,852 but two pilots behind him had seen the same thing. 719 00:39:03,986 --> 00:39:07,927 HENRY: Nothing was recorded on the radar on the ground, 720 00:39:08,027 --> 00:39:11,100 but the fact remains is that highly trained 721 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,539 military pilots saw this object. 722 00:39:13,639 --> 00:39:15,976 They couldn't explain what they actually saw. 723 00:39:17,278 --> 00:39:20,084 NARRATOR: Commercial airline pilots were also involved 724 00:39:20,184 --> 00:39:22,155 in an extraordinary incident 725 00:39:22,222 --> 00:39:24,092 that occurred over the French capital. 726 00:39:24,894 --> 00:39:27,332 This time, the reported UFO encounter 727 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:29,937 took place in broad daylight. 728 00:39:30,706 --> 00:39:35,415 On January 28, 1994, Air France Flight 3532 729 00:39:35,516 --> 00:39:38,855 was flying from Nice, France, to London, England. 730 00:39:38,955 --> 00:39:41,561 They were just over Paris when all of a sudden 731 00:39:41,628 --> 00:39:45,335 the pilots reported seeing an orangish-reddish disc 732 00:39:45,435 --> 00:39:48,341 about 30 miles away. 733 00:39:48,441 --> 00:39:50,444 It was changing its form. 734 00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:55,622 HOWE: It transforms into a bell. 735 00:39:55,722 --> 00:39:58,228 From a bell into a lens, 736 00:39:58,328 --> 00:40:00,565 from a lens back into a bell. 737 00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:04,339 And they kept watching this transformation, 738 00:40:04,439 --> 00:40:07,547 which today we know-- this is one of the key 739 00:40:07,647 --> 00:40:10,051 signatures in the UFO phenomenon. 740 00:40:10,919 --> 00:40:12,824 CHILDRESS: Later, when they made their report, 741 00:40:12,891 --> 00:40:16,698 they found out that radar had also tracked 742 00:40:16,764 --> 00:40:20,839 this disc, and they had no explanation for it at all. 743 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:25,348 HENRY: These are just two examples of the 400 incidents 744 00:40:25,448 --> 00:40:27,687 that could not be explained. 745 00:40:28,555 --> 00:40:30,258 NARRATOR: France's decision to share its data 746 00:40:30,358 --> 00:40:32,629 with the public is unprecedented. 747 00:40:32,729 --> 00:40:37,105 Then again, their entire approach to UAPs stands in stark 748 00:40:37,172 --> 00:40:40,780 contrast to the way the rest of world operates. 749 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:44,854 POPE: If you look at the history of government UFO programs, 750 00:40:44,954 --> 00:40:48,895 most nations that have had one embed those programs 751 00:40:48,962 --> 00:40:52,770 in either the Air Force or the Department of Defense. 752 00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:54,907 The French have a different model. 753 00:40:56,143 --> 00:40:58,715 Their UFO program is embedded 754 00:40:58,782 --> 00:41:02,021 in their National Space Agency. 755 00:41:02,155 --> 00:41:04,828 GREENSTREET: And they're provided with data from the military. 756 00:41:04,928 --> 00:41:09,570 And so, it's this trilateral commission, almost, 757 00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:14,245 of space, public, military, and government working together 758 00:41:14,345 --> 00:41:18,621 to release to the public current information on UFOs. 759 00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:22,462 POPE: What you get is a less secretive 760 00:41:22,563 --> 00:41:25,702 and threat-oriented approach, 761 00:41:25,803 --> 00:41:29,043 and a more open scientific inquiry. 762 00:41:29,143 --> 00:41:32,315 If you embed a UFO program in the military, 763 00:41:32,415 --> 00:41:34,887 their first question is, "Is this a threat?" 764 00:41:34,987 --> 00:41:38,060 If you embed it in the scientific community, 765 00:41:38,161 --> 00:41:39,564 their question is, 766 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:42,168 "What is the true nature of this phenomenon? 767 00:41:42,269 --> 00:41:46,645 And can we do any scientific experiments to validate this?" 768 00:41:46,711 --> 00:41:49,082 So, if you look at the way things are done in France, 769 00:41:49,182 --> 00:41:52,523 that might be a model for the future here in the U.S. 770 00:41:52,589 --> 00:41:55,394 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists hope 771 00:41:55,495 --> 00:41:57,098 that France's collaborative approach 772 00:41:57,198 --> 00:42:01,874 to UAP investigations becomes the norm around the world. 773 00:42:01,975 --> 00:42:04,279 But even as more nations seem willing 774 00:42:04,346 --> 00:42:06,951 to share information about UAPs, 775 00:42:07,051 --> 00:42:10,993 China, the Western world's most secretive adversary, 776 00:42:11,093 --> 00:42:13,832 remains mostly silent. 777 00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:17,640 Recent developments, however, suggest they know more 778 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:20,010 than they are letting on. 779 00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:33,203 NARRATOR: Air Traffic at Xiaoshan International Airport, 780 00:42:33,303 --> 00:42:36,744 one of the busiest in the entire nation, grinds to a halt 781 00:42:36,844 --> 00:42:41,386 when pilots spot a UFO hovering over the runway. 782 00:42:42,155 --> 00:42:45,361 DOLAN: You have Chinese pilots coming into the airport there, 783 00:42:45,428 --> 00:42:47,232 and they actually are reporting 784 00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:50,171 unusual-shaped object, unusual object maneuvering, 785 00:42:50,238 --> 00:42:51,941 to the extent 786 00:42:52,008 --> 00:42:54,045 that it prompted the airport to 787 00:42:54,145 --> 00:42:55,849 essentially shut down for an hour. 788 00:42:55,916 --> 00:42:58,387 I think there were 18 flights 789 00:42:58,521 --> 00:43:00,625 that were diverted away from the airport 790 00:43:00,726 --> 00:43:02,328 during that hour. 791 00:43:02,428 --> 00:43:05,034 There was a lot of speculation as to what this thing was. 792 00:43:05,134 --> 00:43:08,140 And we don't really have an answer to this day. 793 00:43:22,001 --> 00:43:24,573 NARRATOR: Neither civilian nor military authorities 794 00:43:24,673 --> 00:43:26,678 were able to identify the object, 795 00:43:26,811 --> 00:43:28,114 and the Chinese government 796 00:43:28,214 --> 00:43:31,086 made no official comment on the situation. 797 00:43:31,186 --> 00:43:33,859 But behind the scenes, 798 00:43:33,959 --> 00:43:35,863 the incident and its implications 799 00:43:35,963 --> 00:43:37,866 worried Chinese officials, 800 00:43:37,933 --> 00:43:41,073 and an investigation was launched. 801 00:43:41,173 --> 00:43:44,581 CHILDRESS: That incident really shocked the Chinese. 802 00:43:44,681 --> 00:43:46,617 And at that point, they thought, 803 00:43:46,717 --> 00:43:48,955 "Okay, we've got to see what's going on here." 804 00:43:49,724 --> 00:43:51,527 NARRATOR: For decades, 805 00:43:51,627 --> 00:43:54,433 investigators around the world suspected 806 00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:58,341 China had a deep interest in unidentified aerial phenomena. 807 00:43:58,407 --> 00:44:02,349 But the Chinese government is historically secretive, 808 00:44:02,449 --> 00:44:05,355 and members of the UFO community have had difficulty 809 00:44:05,455 --> 00:44:09,463 obtaining information on their methods of UAP research. 810 00:44:09,564 --> 00:44:11,300 POPE: It's very difficult 811 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,943 to extract reliable information about what countries like China 812 00:44:16,010 --> 00:44:18,515 are doing in relation to UFOs. 813 00:44:18,648 --> 00:44:20,719 About the only thing we know for sure is 814 00:44:20,819 --> 00:44:23,892 that there are government programs looking at this. 815 00:44:23,959 --> 00:44:27,867 The Chinese government is notoriously closed and secretive 816 00:44:27,967 --> 00:44:30,973 on a range of issues, so it doesn't surprise me 817 00:44:31,073 --> 00:44:32,977 that it's the case on UFOs, as well. 818 00:44:33,110 --> 00:44:35,114 NARRATOR: But in the 21st century, 819 00:44:35,214 --> 00:44:39,122 secrets have become harder and harder to keep. 820 00:44:40,325 --> 00:44:44,166 The UFO sighting at Xiaoshan Airport was only one 821 00:44:44,266 --> 00:44:48,942 of over 3,000 reported in China over the past two decades. 822 00:44:49,042 --> 00:44:52,650 And in the years that followed the sightings at Hangzhou, 823 00:44:52,783 --> 00:44:55,221 China has undergone a significant change 824 00:44:55,287 --> 00:44:58,060 in its approach to UAPs. 825 00:45:02,134 --> 00:45:04,707 China's Early Warning Academy, 826 00:45:04,807 --> 00:45:07,680 a division of the People's Liberation Army Airforce, 827 00:45:07,780 --> 00:45:11,220 issues a government report acknowledging an increase 828 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,194 in what they refer to as "Unidentified Air Conditions." 829 00:45:22,142 --> 00:45:23,845 MICHAEL DENNIN: So, in China, 830 00:45:23,979 --> 00:45:26,618 what we call "unidentified aerial phenomena," they call 831 00:45:26,718 --> 00:45:28,353 "unidentified air conditions," 832 00:45:28,453 --> 00:45:30,992 and they've set up a new task force to look at this. 833 00:45:40,177 --> 00:45:42,148 DOLAN: China's getting a lot of UFO reports, 834 00:45:42,248 --> 00:45:44,353 and one interesting thing about what China does 835 00:45:44,453 --> 00:45:47,860 to collect UFO reports is that they work very closely 836 00:45:47,927 --> 00:45:51,801 with all of these independent Chinese UFO groups 837 00:45:51,867 --> 00:45:53,471 that are around the country. 838 00:45:53,572 --> 00:45:56,076 KNAPP: Their public has UFO clubs 839 00:45:56,209 --> 00:45:58,615 that have a million or more members. 840 00:45:58,681 --> 00:46:00,518 They have multiple clubs 841 00:46:00,619 --> 00:46:02,188 that are so much bigger than our little, 842 00:46:02,288 --> 00:46:04,527 tiny UFO groups-- MUFON and things like that-- 843 00:46:04,593 --> 00:46:06,196 which are very valuable. 844 00:46:06,296 --> 00:46:07,766 But compared to these Chinese groups, 845 00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:10,204 oh, my gosh, it's gigantic. 846 00:46:11,006 --> 00:46:12,643 DOLAN: There's no problem in China 847 00:46:12,743 --> 00:46:15,549 for you to start up your own UFO group, 848 00:46:15,649 --> 00:46:18,354 but you are absolutely 849 00:46:18,454 --> 00:46:21,193 going to be in communication with Chinese authorities. 850 00:46:21,293 --> 00:46:25,536 And they actively monitor every one of those groups. 851 00:46:26,370 --> 00:46:30,144 NARRATOR: In 2019, in the same report 852 00:46:30,244 --> 00:46:33,183 that revealed China's UAP program, 853 00:46:33,317 --> 00:46:37,559 Air Force Early Warning Academy researcher Chen Li also stated 854 00:46:37,659 --> 00:46:40,063 that the country would become the first in the world 855 00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:42,870 to use AI, or artificial intelligence, 856 00:46:42,970 --> 00:46:46,710 to analyze all information related to UAPs. 857 00:46:46,811 --> 00:46:48,948 POPE: It seems that they are looking 858 00:46:49,048 --> 00:46:51,220 for patterns in the data 859 00:46:51,287 --> 00:46:55,228 to see, historically, whether examination 860 00:46:55,328 --> 00:46:59,102 of past reports can throw up any patterns 861 00:46:59,168 --> 00:47:01,173 that human analysists might have missed. 862 00:47:01,273 --> 00:47:02,910 And this is a very important aspect 863 00:47:03,010 --> 00:47:06,416 for the future, as the technology improves. 864 00:47:06,517 --> 00:47:10,793 One of the things in the recent report to the U.S. Congress was 865 00:47:10,893 --> 00:47:13,632 that the United States needs to start doing this. 866 00:47:13,732 --> 00:47:15,434 We don't want a situation 867 00:47:15,535 --> 00:47:18,006 where the Chinese government gets ahead of the game, 868 00:47:18,106 --> 00:47:20,678 so there's a gap to be closed there. 869 00:47:20,745 --> 00:47:22,950 (indistinct, overlapping shouting) 870 00:47:23,083 --> 00:47:25,288 DOLAN: I can easily see the benefit 871 00:47:25,388 --> 00:47:29,495 from having a very, very excellent program 872 00:47:29,563 --> 00:47:31,768 to analyze these patterns. 873 00:47:31,868 --> 00:47:33,203 'Cause that's what you're looking for is, 874 00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:34,774 you're looking for anomalous patterns. 875 00:47:34,908 --> 00:47:36,778 And so the fact that China is announcing 876 00:47:36,911 --> 00:47:38,815 that they're doing it, was quite significant. 877 00:47:38,915 --> 00:47:42,388 CHILDRESS: The Chinese have really stepped up 878 00:47:42,523 --> 00:47:46,764 their own official UFO investigations, 879 00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:49,937 and it's the People's Liberation Army itself 880 00:47:50,004 --> 00:47:51,741 that's spearheading this. 881 00:47:52,543 --> 00:47:56,718 NARRATOR: Could it be that China is becoming more transparent 882 00:47:56,818 --> 00:47:59,222 in its quest for answers about UFOs? 883 00:47:59,322 --> 00:48:01,226 But even so, 884 00:48:01,326 --> 00:48:03,564 might their leadership be keeping the full extent 885 00:48:03,664 --> 00:48:06,705 of their knowledge regarding extraterrestrials 886 00:48:06,805 --> 00:48:09,142 hidden from their own people? 887 00:48:09,242 --> 00:48:12,081 Perhaps further insight can be gleaned 888 00:48:12,181 --> 00:48:14,286 from the astonishing whistleblower claims 889 00:48:14,352 --> 00:48:18,093 of a former Chinese government official. 890 00:48:26,009 --> 00:48:27,411 NARRATOR: Sun Shili, 891 00:48:27,546 --> 00:48:29,984 a former Chinese foreign ministry official, 892 00:48:30,084 --> 00:48:32,890 who worked directly with Mao Tse-tung, 893 00:48:32,956 --> 00:48:35,261 comes forward with a shocking revelation 894 00:48:35,394 --> 00:48:38,267 that is reported in The Canadian newspaper. 895 00:48:38,367 --> 00:48:41,005 The Chinese government is aware 896 00:48:41,106 --> 00:48:44,513 of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. 897 00:48:46,984 --> 00:48:48,755 (translated): The government held an objective 898 00:48:48,855 --> 00:48:50,424 and practical attitude, 899 00:48:50,525 --> 00:48:52,696 and allowed us to do abundant research, 900 00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:55,769 reports and discussions on the topic. 901 00:48:55,869 --> 00:48:58,307 They pay great attention to this topic, 902 00:48:58,407 --> 00:49:00,946 especially the military, the Air Force 903 00:49:01,046 --> 00:49:02,315 and civil aviation departments, 904 00:49:02,415 --> 00:49:06,289 which encounter UFO cases frequently. 905 00:49:07,091 --> 00:49:08,995 POPE: Sun Shili said 906 00:49:09,061 --> 00:49:12,268 that not only were the Chinese government aware 907 00:49:12,368 --> 00:49:16,042 that extraterrestrials were visiting the Earth, 908 00:49:16,142 --> 00:49:20,885 but also, that some aliens were actually living among us, 909 00:49:20,985 --> 00:49:22,823 disguised in human form. 910 00:49:22,923 --> 00:49:26,897 His revelations are an absolute bombshell. 911 00:49:26,998 --> 00:49:29,703 I mean, clearly, this shines a new light 912 00:49:29,804 --> 00:49:34,045 on what may have been going on in relation to this subject 913 00:49:34,145 --> 00:49:37,218 in one of the most secret societies 914 00:49:37,318 --> 00:49:39,355 on the face of this planet. 915 00:49:40,191 --> 00:49:42,094 NARRATOR: Shili claimed 916 00:49:42,194 --> 00:49:44,198 to have discovered sensitive information 917 00:49:44,298 --> 00:49:47,572 about government knowledge of extraterrestrials 918 00:49:47,672 --> 00:49:49,342 while serving Chairman Mao, 919 00:49:49,442 --> 00:49:53,350 and he also had his own close encounter. 920 00:49:54,786 --> 00:49:58,360 (translated): In 1972, I was in the central government. 921 00:49:58,460 --> 00:50:01,934 I was working in the foreign affairs department. 922 00:50:02,034 --> 00:50:03,705 We were on evening duty 923 00:50:03,805 --> 00:50:07,011 when we saw a shiny UFO in the sky, 924 00:50:07,112 --> 00:50:09,015 like a small moon. 925 00:50:09,148 --> 00:50:12,455 It was smaller than the moon, but was very bright. 926 00:50:12,556 --> 00:50:14,660 It moved up and down. 927 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,766 It disappeared after about ten minutes or so. 928 00:50:19,603 --> 00:50:22,308 NARRATOR: Initially, Shili regarded the spectacle 929 00:50:22,408 --> 00:50:26,183 as a type of Cold War intelligence monitoring device. 930 00:50:26,283 --> 00:50:29,055 But years later, after working 931 00:50:29,155 --> 00:50:32,128 within elevated levels of the Chinese government, 932 00:50:32,228 --> 00:50:36,203 he was certain he had witnessed an alien spacecraft. 933 00:50:36,303 --> 00:50:38,240 (indistinct chatter) 934 00:50:38,374 --> 00:50:40,244 POPE: I met Dr. Sun Shili 935 00:50:40,377 --> 00:50:44,620 in 2013 in Washington, D.C. 936 00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:46,422 We were both speakers 937 00:50:46,524 --> 00:50:49,129 at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. 938 00:50:49,262 --> 00:50:52,603 I had a chance to meet with Sun Shili, 939 00:50:52,703 --> 00:50:56,544 and discuss some of this with him firsthand. 940 00:50:56,644 --> 00:50:59,348 He's entirely sincere about this. 941 00:51:00,618 --> 00:51:04,392 NARRATOR: Could Sun Shili, a man who worked closely 942 00:51:04,492 --> 00:51:07,699 with one of the most powerful world leaders in history, 943 00:51:07,799 --> 00:51:10,137 really have inside knowledge 944 00:51:10,204 --> 00:51:13,243 about extraterrestrials visiting Earth? 945 00:51:15,247 --> 00:51:19,657 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, and suggest 946 00:51:19,757 --> 00:51:23,831 that China-- a historically isolationist country-- 947 00:51:23,898 --> 00:51:25,802 may have secretly been in contact 948 00:51:25,902 --> 00:51:31,514 with extraterrestrials for decades and possibly longer. 949 00:51:31,580 --> 00:51:34,452 JONATHAN YOUNG: China has always been insular. 950 00:51:34,519 --> 00:51:36,423 There's always been a sense 951 00:51:36,490 --> 00:51:38,628 that the rest of the world was unimportant, 952 00:51:38,694 --> 00:51:40,264 that China was for China 953 00:51:40,364 --> 00:51:42,836 and for the Chinese, and they were very careful 954 00:51:42,970 --> 00:51:44,841 about any secrets that came out. 955 00:51:45,642 --> 00:51:50,552 POPE: China is a notoriously closed and secretive society. 956 00:51:50,685 --> 00:51:55,194 Is this in relation to UFOs because they know something? 957 00:51:55,294 --> 00:51:57,566 Could it be that they found something? 958 00:51:57,666 --> 00:51:59,770 PAUL STONEHILL: The Chinese government 959 00:51:59,870 --> 00:52:01,808 does not feel obligated 960 00:52:01,908 --> 00:52:03,945 to explain their views on UFOs, 961 00:52:04,012 --> 00:52:05,816 or their research. 962 00:52:05,916 --> 00:52:10,424 I am sure they are concerned that those who study UFOs 963 00:52:10,525 --> 00:52:15,635 sometimes see military tests in the skies of China. 964 00:52:15,735 --> 00:52:20,144 They are a self-immersed civilization, 965 00:52:20,244 --> 00:52:23,183 and they don't feel, perhaps, 966 00:52:23,283 --> 00:52:25,756 that they need to share all their historical knowledge 967 00:52:25,856 --> 00:52:27,826 with the others. 968 00:52:28,594 --> 00:52:31,967 NARRATOR: China is one of the world's most populous countries, 969 00:52:32,034 --> 00:52:36,009 with a unique blend of ancient and modern civilization. 970 00:52:36,109 --> 00:52:38,915 Westerners have long held a fascination 971 00:52:39,015 --> 00:52:41,185 with this distant land, in part 972 00:52:41,286 --> 00:52:44,926 because it seems to hold so many secrets. 973 00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:49,268 From the construction of the 13,000-mile-long 974 00:52:49,402 --> 00:52:54,112 Great Wall of China, erected thousands of years ago, 975 00:52:54,246 --> 00:52:57,418 to the so-called digital Great Firewall, 976 00:52:57,519 --> 00:52:59,389 restricting the Internet today-- 977 00:52:59,489 --> 00:53:02,495 China has taken extraordinary measures 978 00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:05,367 that have prevented both people and information 979 00:53:05,434 --> 00:53:09,042 from entering or leaving its domain. 980 00:53:09,142 --> 00:53:11,547 But why? 981 00:53:13,584 --> 00:53:16,189 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 982 00:53:16,255 --> 00:53:17,826 the answer may be found 983 00:53:17,926 --> 00:53:20,064 by looking back 5,000 years 984 00:53:20,130 --> 00:53:21,867 to China's beginnings, 985 00:53:21,934 --> 00:53:25,340 and the reign of their very first ruler-- 986 00:53:25,474 --> 00:53:27,679 the Yellow Emperor. 987 00:53:28,581 --> 00:53:30,785 STEAVU: The Yellow Emperor is understood 988 00:53:30,885 --> 00:53:32,623 to be a human figure, but, 989 00:53:32,689 --> 00:53:35,696 originally, in his earlier incarnation, 990 00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:39,269 he was actually a divine celestial figure. 991 00:53:39,369 --> 00:53:42,543 He was a god associated with thunder, 992 00:53:42,643 --> 00:53:45,348 and lightning, more specifically. 993 00:53:45,414 --> 00:53:49,556 And he was thought to reside in the sky. 994 00:53:52,361 --> 00:53:54,265 The reign of the Yellow Emperor, 995 00:53:54,366 --> 00:53:56,470 which purportedly lasted 100 years, 996 00:53:56,571 --> 00:54:00,010 was thought to be a high point of Chinese culture 997 00:54:00,110 --> 00:54:02,114 and of civilization. 998 00:54:02,214 --> 00:54:06,323 So he's associated with a number of technological developments, 999 00:54:06,456 --> 00:54:09,462 spanning from the calendar, 1000 00:54:09,563 --> 00:54:13,403 advances in mathematics, astronomy, 1001 00:54:13,504 --> 00:54:16,944 agricultural techniques, writing, as well. 1002 00:54:17,712 --> 00:54:19,717 NARRATOR: According to ancient accounts, 1003 00:54:19,817 --> 00:54:22,054 the Yellow Emperor possessed knowledge 1004 00:54:22,187 --> 00:54:23,525 of advanced technology, 1005 00:54:23,625 --> 00:54:26,631 and invented many mechanical devices, 1006 00:54:26,731 --> 00:54:29,135 including a cauldron that was oriented 1007 00:54:29,235 --> 00:54:32,308 towards the Syuan Yuan star-- 1008 00:54:32,375 --> 00:54:35,949 the star from which he is said to have descended. 1009 00:54:36,049 --> 00:54:37,685 It was written 1010 00:54:37,786 --> 00:54:41,292 that the cauldron could make a dragon appear from the sky. 1011 00:54:41,392 --> 00:54:43,096 STEAVU: When the time was right, 1012 00:54:43,196 --> 00:54:44,833 he crafted the cauldron, 1013 00:54:44,900 --> 00:54:48,775 and in it, he threw in some alchemical ingredients, 1014 00:54:48,875 --> 00:54:50,912 elixir ingredients. 1015 00:54:52,582 --> 00:54:57,592 And immediately, the heavens opened, and a dragon emerged. 1016 00:54:59,095 --> 00:55:00,665 TSOUKALOS: So, a flying dragon, 1017 00:55:00,765 --> 00:55:04,205 sometimes described with metallic skin. 1018 00:55:04,306 --> 00:55:05,775 One has to wonder, 1019 00:55:05,908 --> 00:55:09,048 do we have descriptions of nuts-and-bolts machines? 1020 00:55:09,148 --> 00:55:10,952 Could these be nothing else 1021 00:55:11,052 --> 00:55:14,759 but descriptions of misunderstood technology? 1022 00:55:16,530 --> 00:55:18,568 SUN SHILI (translated): Based on our research, 1023 00:55:18,701 --> 00:55:22,008 the Yellow Emperor arrived in the wonderful land of China 1024 00:55:22,108 --> 00:55:24,145 through an aircraft. 1025 00:55:24,245 --> 00:55:26,584 We Chinese people consider ourselves 1026 00:55:26,684 --> 00:55:30,057 the descendants of the dragon. 1027 00:55:30,157 --> 00:55:33,965 In UFO research, a dragon is the symbol of aircraft, 1028 00:55:34,065 --> 00:55:37,539 that is, the symbol of a UFO. 1029 00:55:40,712 --> 00:55:43,183 NARRATOR: Is it possible the Yellow Emperor 1030 00:55:43,283 --> 00:55:46,323 was an extraterrestrial that was responsible 1031 00:55:46,423 --> 00:55:48,427 for starting Chinese civilization 1032 00:55:48,493 --> 00:55:51,366 over 5,000 years ago? 1033 00:55:51,433 --> 00:55:54,272 And if so, might subsequent emperors-- 1034 00:55:54,372 --> 00:55:57,445 who all claimed to be descendants of Huangdi-- 1035 00:55:57,546 --> 00:56:00,618 have been at least part alien, as well? 1036 00:56:04,660 --> 00:56:06,663 In China's ancient history, 1037 00:56:06,763 --> 00:56:09,970 it was often forbidden to look upon the emperor. 1038 00:56:10,070 --> 00:56:13,845 And from 1420 to 1912, 1039 00:56:13,945 --> 00:56:17,485 emperors were actually walled off from the public 1040 00:56:17,586 --> 00:56:19,690 within a massive citadel in Beijing, 1041 00:56:19,790 --> 00:56:22,562 known as "the Forbidden City." 1042 00:56:25,067 --> 00:56:28,473 The design of the Forbidden City was meticulously planned 1043 00:56:28,541 --> 00:56:31,412 to shield the emperor from the outside world, 1044 00:56:31,479 --> 00:56:36,189 as well as symbolize Chinese philosophy and religion. 1045 00:56:36,289 --> 00:56:38,059 The Forbidden City was considered 1046 00:56:38,126 --> 00:56:41,800 to be an earthly counterpart to an extraterrestrial city. 1047 00:56:41,900 --> 00:56:46,643 A monk received the plan for the city in a vision, 1048 00:56:46,743 --> 00:56:51,352 and it was built of stones, some of them weighing over 300 tons. 1049 00:56:51,453 --> 00:56:52,989 The full name of the Forbidden City 1050 00:56:53,089 --> 00:56:55,193 is actually, "the Purple Forbidden City," 1051 00:56:55,294 --> 00:56:58,734 and this refers to a constellation, 1052 00:56:58,801 --> 00:57:02,608 which is known as the "Purple Enclosure," in the skies. 1053 00:57:02,675 --> 00:57:06,650 This constellation is said to house the celestial emperor 1054 00:57:06,750 --> 00:57:08,688 and his immediate entourage. 1055 00:57:08,788 --> 00:57:12,428 So, the forbidden city in Beijing is considered 1056 00:57:12,494 --> 00:57:15,568 to be an earthly, or terrestrial, counterpart 1057 00:57:15,669 --> 00:57:19,542 of this celestial palace up in the stars. 1058 00:57:20,377 --> 00:57:22,114 CHILDRESS: So you have to wonder, 1059 00:57:22,214 --> 00:57:27,124 might these Chinese emperors have been aliens, 1060 00:57:27,224 --> 00:57:31,232 living both among people of the Earth and in the sky? 1061 00:57:33,605 --> 00:57:34,940 NARRATOR: Was the practice 1062 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,579 of hiding Chinese emperors implemented 1063 00:57:37,679 --> 00:57:41,721 to conceal flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials? 1064 00:57:41,821 --> 00:57:45,027 And, if so, might there still be aliens living among, 1065 00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:48,534 and, in fact, ruling the Chinese people, 1066 00:57:48,601 --> 00:57:51,406 just as former Chinese official 1067 00:57:51,507 --> 00:57:54,513 Sun Shili claims there are today? 1068 00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,053 Perhaps further clues can be found 1069 00:57:58,153 --> 00:58:01,661 by examining curious, off-the-record remarks 1070 00:58:01,794 --> 00:58:06,035 made by the former prime minister of Russia. 1071 00:58:17,859 --> 00:58:21,767 NARRATOR: The leaders of over 50 nations gather 1072 00:58:21,834 --> 00:58:23,871 for the Nuclear Security Summit-- 1073 00:58:23,971 --> 00:58:26,677 a two-day conference to discuss issues 1074 00:58:26,777 --> 00:58:31,319 regarding the proliferation and safekeeping of nuclear weapons. 1075 00:58:31,419 --> 00:58:33,625 During a photo op between 1076 00:58:33,725 --> 00:58:35,628 American President Barack Obama 1077 00:58:35,728 --> 00:58:38,400 and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev-- 1078 00:58:38,466 --> 00:58:39,970 who was soon to be replaced 1079 00:58:40,070 --> 00:58:42,976 by then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin-- 1080 00:58:43,076 --> 00:58:46,082 the two leaders have an off-the-record conversation 1081 00:58:46,149 --> 00:58:49,722 that raises more than a few eyebrows. 1082 00:59:01,613 --> 00:59:04,218 NARRATOR: But even more intriguing were recorded-- 1083 00:59:04,318 --> 00:59:06,022 but not filmed-- comments 1084 00:59:06,156 --> 00:59:08,861 in which President Obama told Medvedev... 1085 00:59:12,635 --> 00:59:14,839 And to which Medvedev replied... 1086 00:59:20,050 --> 00:59:22,588 POPE: The revelation was extraordinary. 1087 00:59:22,688 --> 00:59:24,693 President Obama's quote was, 1088 00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:28,500 "It's important for him to give me space." 1089 00:59:28,601 --> 00:59:30,136 What does that mean? 1090 00:59:30,236 --> 00:59:32,508 Some people think it simply means breathing space, 1091 00:59:32,642 --> 00:59:36,149 space to operate, room to maneuver politically. 1092 00:59:36,249 --> 00:59:37,986 But there is an interpretation 1093 00:59:38,086 --> 00:59:41,158 that suggests he meant literally. 1094 00:59:41,292 --> 00:59:44,198 "It's important for him to give me space." 1095 00:59:44,298 --> 00:59:46,202 Outer space. 1096 00:59:47,404 --> 00:59:50,678 MIKE BARA: Any time you hear governments talk about space, 1097 00:59:50,745 --> 00:59:52,682 you hear them talk about space exploration, 1098 00:59:52,782 --> 00:59:55,253 trust me, the underlying, 1099 00:59:55,353 --> 01:00:01,634 implied, unspoken reality behind that is the alien presence. 1100 01:00:01,734 --> 01:00:05,440 POPE: It is possible that Russia and America, 1101 01:00:05,541 --> 01:00:09,415 in some aspects of the space question, 1102 01:00:09,516 --> 01:00:11,754 and maybe the extraterrestrial question, 1103 01:00:11,854 --> 01:00:14,626 maybe they are working together after all. 1104 01:00:16,229 --> 01:00:18,734 NARRATOR: Is it possible that even between two 1105 01:00:18,834 --> 01:00:21,574 of the world's most powerful political rivals, 1106 01:00:21,674 --> 01:00:24,513 there is a secret understanding? 1107 01:00:24,613 --> 01:00:27,251 One based on America and Russia's past 1108 01:00:27,351 --> 01:00:30,724 and future roles in outer space? 1109 01:00:30,791 --> 01:00:34,464 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 1110 01:00:34,566 --> 01:00:39,241 and they also believe that this secret understanding extends 1111 01:00:39,341 --> 01:00:40,945 to numerous experiences 1112 01:00:41,046 --> 01:00:44,652 involving extraterrestrial contact. 1113 01:00:45,655 --> 01:00:48,093 As evidence, they point to an occasion 1114 01:00:48,193 --> 01:00:50,163 that took place just a few months 1115 01:00:50,263 --> 01:00:54,204 after Medvedev's now famous exchange with Barak Obama. 1116 01:00:54,271 --> 01:00:57,444 On December 7, 2012, 1117 01:00:57,545 --> 01:01:01,252 after giving a primetime network interview in Moscow, 1118 01:01:01,385 --> 01:01:04,993 Medvedev made remarks offstage which seemed 1119 01:01:05,093 --> 01:01:08,667 to openly acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrials, 1120 01:01:08,768 --> 01:01:10,605 and the Russian government's efforts 1121 01:01:10,705 --> 01:01:12,875 to keep that existence a secret. 1122 01:01:34,218 --> 01:01:36,255 NARRATOR: Although most of the journalists in the room 1123 01:01:36,355 --> 01:01:38,761 believed the Russian president's remarks 1124 01:01:38,861 --> 01:01:40,564 to have been made in jest, 1125 01:01:40,698 --> 01:01:43,370 there were others who were not so certain. 1126 01:01:43,470 --> 01:01:46,209 DOLAN: This is one of the most dramatic statements 1127 01:01:46,342 --> 01:01:49,582 that emanates out of Russia, and so it's fascinating. 1128 01:01:49,649 --> 01:01:52,989 Dmitry Medvedev said, "When you become president of Russia, 1129 01:01:53,089 --> 01:01:57,364 "you're given information on aliens in our country, 1130 01:01:57,464 --> 01:02:02,007 and the human groups that are monitoring them." 1131 01:02:02,107 --> 01:02:05,079 He was totally with a straight face during all of this. 1132 01:02:10,858 --> 01:02:12,061 SALLA: Here he is, on film, 1133 01:02:12,161 --> 01:02:14,799 saying that there is a secret 1134 01:02:14,899 --> 01:02:18,306 governmental cooperation occurring in the background 1135 01:02:18,406 --> 01:02:22,648 that has the highest levels of classification 1136 01:02:22,749 --> 01:02:24,586 to really monitor extraterrestrials 1137 01:02:24,686 --> 01:02:27,123 that are visiting our planet. 1138 01:02:28,994 --> 01:02:30,664 Forget all the differences. 1139 01:02:30,765 --> 01:02:32,233 Forget ideologies. 1140 01:02:32,333 --> 01:02:35,708 At the highest level, the two nations work together. 1141 01:02:35,775 --> 01:02:38,246 After World War II, 1142 01:02:38,346 --> 01:02:41,285 there was a number of UFO encounters, 1143 01:02:41,385 --> 01:02:42,822 very important encounters, 1144 01:02:42,922 --> 01:02:45,093 and this gave impetus 1145 01:02:45,193 --> 01:02:47,932 to joint cooperation between our nations. 1146 01:02:49,135 --> 01:02:50,905 NARRATOR: Joint cooperation? 1147 01:02:51,005 --> 01:02:54,111 Even during the tension-filled decades of the Cold War? 1148 01:02:54,178 --> 01:02:56,984 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 1149 01:02:57,084 --> 01:03:00,624 that not only did such a secret relationship exist, 1150 01:03:00,758 --> 01:03:03,831 but that it began several decades ago 1151 01:03:03,931 --> 01:03:07,237 as a consequence of what they believe to be 1152 01:03:07,370 --> 01:03:11,547 the Soviet Union's first documented UFO encounter. 1153 01:03:11,647 --> 01:03:14,485 An event they commonly refer to 1154 01:03:14,586 --> 01:03:17,490 as "The Russian Roswell." 1155 01:03:20,831 --> 01:03:22,334 Southern Russia. 1156 01:03:22,434 --> 01:03:25,574 June 19, 1948. 1157 01:03:26,375 --> 01:03:28,781 At a remote Soviet military installation 1158 01:03:28,881 --> 01:03:31,085 known as Kapustin Yar, 1159 01:03:31,185 --> 01:03:33,657 an unidentified flying object 1160 01:03:33,757 --> 01:03:35,728 is detected over the base. 1161 01:03:35,861 --> 01:03:37,999 POPE: Strange blips were seen on radar. 1162 01:03:38,099 --> 01:03:39,803 Something was tracked 1163 01:03:39,903 --> 01:03:42,575 performing extraordinary speeds and maneuvers. 1164 01:03:43,375 --> 01:03:48,186 And a Russian fighter jet was sent to intercept it. 1165 01:03:48,286 --> 01:03:52,194 The pilot saw a silver cigar-shaped object 1166 01:03:52,327 --> 01:03:55,033 and was told, "Shoot this thing down. 1167 01:03:55,133 --> 01:03:58,940 It's in restricted military airspace." 1168 01:04:01,179 --> 01:04:05,588 The UFO fired some sort of directed energy weapon, 1169 01:04:05,654 --> 01:04:07,625 a death ray. 1170 01:04:07,725 --> 01:04:10,030 But before the Russian jet was downed, 1171 01:04:10,130 --> 01:04:11,633 it managed to launch a missile 1172 01:04:11,733 --> 01:04:14,237 and shoot down the UFO. 1173 01:04:15,508 --> 01:04:19,314 Some people have speculated this was the time 1174 01:04:19,414 --> 01:04:23,523 that the Russians found out about extraterrestrials. 1175 01:04:24,526 --> 01:04:26,262 BARA: According to the myths and legends, 1176 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:29,267 at Kapustin Yar, they actually recovered bodies, 1177 01:04:29,368 --> 01:04:31,171 they recovered the spacecraft itself, 1178 01:04:31,271 --> 01:04:35,146 and it was kept there for study and reverse engineering. 1179 01:04:35,279 --> 01:04:38,320 PETER ROBBINS: We are told that there is 1180 01:04:38,420 --> 01:04:41,125 a underground facility under Kapustin Yar, 1181 01:04:41,258 --> 01:04:44,064 similar probably to facilities here in the States, 1182 01:04:44,198 --> 01:04:48,239 where a full examination could be performed 1183 01:04:48,339 --> 01:04:50,911 on the pilots of these craft. 1184 01:04:53,551 --> 01:04:56,421 NARRATOR: To ancient astronaut theorists and researchers, 1185 01:04:56,523 --> 01:05:00,230 what makes the Kapustin Yar story all the more significant 1186 01:05:00,330 --> 01:05:03,002 is that it occurred within a year of 1187 01:05:03,102 --> 01:05:05,140 the now-infamous Roswell incident, 1188 01:05:05,207 --> 01:05:08,346 in which a UFO reportedly crashed 1189 01:05:08,446 --> 01:05:10,016 in the New Mexico desert 1190 01:05:10,116 --> 01:05:13,857 sometime in June of 1947. 1191 01:05:13,924 --> 01:05:17,030 That took place near the only active 1192 01:05:17,130 --> 01:05:20,003 military unit in the world that had nuclear weapons. 1193 01:05:20,103 --> 01:05:22,809 That was the Roswell 509th Bombing Unit, 1194 01:05:22,909 --> 01:05:24,278 and they had nukes. 1195 01:05:24,378 --> 01:05:27,685 Similarly, over at the Soviet Union 1196 01:05:27,751 --> 01:05:29,689 at places like Kapustin Yar, 1197 01:05:29,789 --> 01:05:33,931 we've got significant UFO activity being reported, 1198 01:05:34,064 --> 01:05:36,637 military engagements, 1199 01:05:36,737 --> 01:05:38,440 just like in the United States. 1200 01:05:38,507 --> 01:05:40,110 And I personally believe 1201 01:05:40,210 --> 01:05:42,447 that extraterrestrials had a strong interest 1202 01:05:42,548 --> 01:05:44,953 in the nuclear technologies that were then developing 1203 01:05:45,053 --> 01:05:46,690 on planet Earth, 1204 01:05:46,824 --> 01:05:48,994 which is exactly why they were there. 1205 01:05:49,060 --> 01:05:51,566 NARRATOR: Could it be that both the Kapustin Yar 1206 01:05:51,666 --> 01:05:55,240 and Roswell incidents were attempts by extraterrestrials 1207 01:05:55,374 --> 01:05:57,812 to make contact because of mankind's 1208 01:05:57,912 --> 01:06:01,018 recent development of nuclear weapons? 1209 01:06:01,853 --> 01:06:03,891 But, if such contact did occur, 1210 01:06:03,991 --> 01:06:06,897 did it signal an era of secret cooperation 1211 01:06:06,997 --> 01:06:08,867 between the world's two great superpowers, 1212 01:06:08,967 --> 01:06:11,171 or did it only trigger 1213 01:06:11,271 --> 01:06:14,211 a greater degree of rivalry and competition? 1214 01:06:15,012 --> 01:06:17,216 In Roswell, you had the crash. 1215 01:06:17,317 --> 01:06:20,290 You had the recovered alien bodies, 1216 01:06:20,390 --> 01:06:21,960 but the aliens were dead. There was no way 1217 01:06:22,060 --> 01:06:23,296 to communicate with them 1218 01:06:23,396 --> 01:06:24,899 because they had been killed. 1219 01:06:24,999 --> 01:06:26,970 So, we had the technology, 1220 01:06:27,070 --> 01:06:28,907 but probably no really good idea 1221 01:06:29,008 --> 01:06:30,878 on how to start reverse engineering it. 1222 01:06:30,978 --> 01:06:34,084 Whereas at Kapustin Yar, as the story goes, 1223 01:06:34,184 --> 01:06:36,255 they not only got the spacecraft itself, 1224 01:06:36,355 --> 01:06:38,126 but, apparently, there was at least 1225 01:06:38,226 --> 01:06:39,695 one survivor of the incident. 1226 01:06:39,762 --> 01:06:43,002 So, what could the Russians possibly have learned 1227 01:06:43,102 --> 01:06:46,676 from that alien extraterrestrial biological entity 1228 01:06:46,776 --> 01:06:50,851 that we were not able to learn from our Roswell incident? 1229 01:06:51,519 --> 01:06:54,959 Why were the Russians first into space? 1230 01:06:55,093 --> 01:06:57,832 Why did they manage to do Sputnik 1 1231 01:06:57,932 --> 01:07:01,104 and then send Yuri Gagarin up into orbit 1232 01:07:01,204 --> 01:07:03,710 and leave the Americans standing? 1233 01:07:04,512 --> 01:07:07,184 Because, on paper, you'd think that the U.S. government 1234 01:07:07,284 --> 01:07:09,956 should have won that race, but they didn't. 1235 01:07:10,056 --> 01:07:13,363 If the Russians got live aliens, 1236 01:07:13,463 --> 01:07:15,367 maybe they found out something 1237 01:07:15,500 --> 01:07:17,572 from what happened at Kapustin Yar 1238 01:07:17,672 --> 01:07:20,811 that gave them the edge in the space race. 1239 01:07:22,347 --> 01:07:25,320 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Soviet Union gained 1240 01:07:25,420 --> 01:07:28,627 a strategic advantage in the so-called "Space Race" 1241 01:07:28,727 --> 01:07:33,369 because of help it received from an extraterrestrial visitor? 1242 01:07:34,237 --> 01:07:36,743 And if so, did the United States 1243 01:07:36,843 --> 01:07:39,114 have knowledge of this secret? 1244 01:07:39,215 --> 01:07:41,052 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 1245 01:07:41,152 --> 01:07:45,093 evidence of a mutual interest can be found 1246 01:07:45,193 --> 01:07:47,698 by examining the unprecedented partnership 1247 01:07:47,798 --> 01:07:49,167 between the two nations 1248 01:07:49,234 --> 01:07:52,307 when it comes to outer space. 1249 01:08:03,597 --> 01:08:07,003 (translated): I am now concluding my activity 1250 01:08:07,103 --> 01:08:09,207 as president of the USSR. 1251 01:08:09,307 --> 01:08:12,147 NARRATOR: In one of the most significant events of the 20th century, 1252 01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:14,719 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev 1253 01:08:14,819 --> 01:08:17,791 announces his resignation. 1254 01:08:18,660 --> 01:08:22,233 Just five days short of its 69th anniversary, 1255 01:08:22,333 --> 01:08:25,339 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1256 01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:28,412 is officially dissolved. 1257 01:08:28,513 --> 01:08:32,655 The Soviet Union collapsed 1989, 1990, 1991, 1258 01:08:32,755 --> 01:08:35,393 and split up into its constituent republics. 1259 01:08:35,527 --> 01:08:39,334 Russia at that time in the 1990s was a hellhole. 1260 01:08:39,468 --> 01:08:41,138 Ethnic conflicts were brewing 1261 01:08:41,238 --> 01:08:43,275 all around the borders of the Russian Federation. 1262 01:08:43,409 --> 01:08:45,982 Incredibly high levels of crime. 1263 01:08:46,082 --> 01:08:48,620 The birth of the Russian Mafia. 1264 01:08:49,622 --> 01:08:53,531 NARRATOR: But of all the problems that now plague the former Soviet Union, 1265 01:08:53,597 --> 01:08:56,770 their space program was not one of them. 1266 01:08:56,870 --> 01:09:01,311 Their Mir orbiting space station was considered a huge success, 1267 01:09:01,412 --> 01:09:04,451 which often stood in stark contrast 1268 01:09:04,552 --> 01:09:08,593 to the United States' tragedy-plagued Shuttle program. 1269 01:09:12,568 --> 01:09:14,973 This contrast was so stark, in fact, 1270 01:09:15,039 --> 01:09:19,749 that when the Shuttle program quietly ended in 2011, 1271 01:09:19,849 --> 01:09:23,890 the United States suspended its own manned space program 1272 01:09:23,990 --> 01:09:25,694 in favor of sending its astronauts 1273 01:09:25,761 --> 01:09:29,401 up to the International Space Station as little more than 1274 01:09:29,501 --> 01:09:32,174 passengers aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft. 1275 01:09:32,307 --> 01:09:34,110 POPE: It seems that the U.S. 1276 01:09:34,244 --> 01:09:38,052 ceded control of space to the Russians. 1277 01:09:38,186 --> 01:09:40,590 Certainly in relation to manned missions. 1278 01:09:40,691 --> 01:09:42,561 But it is bizarre. 1279 01:09:42,661 --> 01:09:45,132 For whatever reason, the Russians, 1280 01:09:45,232 --> 01:09:46,569 despite all their problems, 1281 01:09:46,669 --> 01:09:50,109 seemed to be ahead of the U.S. in some respects 1282 01:09:50,209 --> 01:09:52,214 when you talk about space. 1283 01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:54,217 A couple of examples of 1284 01:09:54,284 --> 01:09:57,992 where the U.S. seem to have ceded control, 1285 01:09:58,092 --> 01:10:00,330 or certainly ceded the leadership position 1286 01:10:00,430 --> 01:10:02,100 in space to the Russians, 1287 01:10:02,167 --> 01:10:04,739 are the International Space Station, 1288 01:10:04,839 --> 01:10:08,647 where now, American astronauts can't even get there 1289 01:10:08,747 --> 01:10:11,251 without even going up in Russian rockets. 1290 01:10:13,657 --> 01:10:15,426 NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists, 1291 01:10:15,527 --> 01:10:18,934 the partnership between the two rival space programs 1292 01:10:19,034 --> 01:10:20,738 was simply an admission 1293 01:10:20,838 --> 01:10:23,644 of what had already been taking place in secret 1294 01:10:23,710 --> 01:10:25,714 for decades. 1295 01:10:26,750 --> 01:10:30,690 It also proved that both the U.S. and Russian space programs 1296 01:10:30,824 --> 01:10:33,630 were going to continue working together 1297 01:10:33,764 --> 01:10:36,168 in the interest of furthering the goal 1298 01:10:36,234 --> 01:10:39,007 of extraterrestrial contact. 1299 01:10:39,107 --> 01:10:42,313 But this time there was a difference. 1300 01:10:43,148 --> 01:10:44,885 Russia was now largely controlled 1301 01:10:44,985 --> 01:10:46,823 by deep-pocketed oligarchs, 1302 01:10:46,923 --> 01:10:51,265 and run by tight-gripped autocrats like Vladimir Putin. 1303 01:10:51,398 --> 01:10:54,104 They were free of the kind of public scrutiny 1304 01:10:54,204 --> 01:10:55,841 that would force full disclosure 1305 01:10:55,941 --> 01:10:59,381 about just what they were doing in outer space. 1306 01:10:59,815 --> 01:11:02,955 If there are alien/human encounters taking place 1307 01:11:03,055 --> 01:11:04,525 in space or in low-Earth orbit, 1308 01:11:04,625 --> 01:11:06,829 the Russians could bring back the information 1309 01:11:06,929 --> 01:11:08,432 and share it with us. 1310 01:11:08,499 --> 01:11:11,372 STONEHILL: There is a certain level of secrecy 1311 01:11:11,472 --> 01:11:13,142 that is very different in Russia 1312 01:11:13,242 --> 01:11:14,712 than it is in the United States. 1313 01:11:14,812 --> 01:11:19,321 So it could be that most sensitive information 1314 01:11:19,421 --> 01:11:21,827 is being handled by the Russian side 1315 01:11:21,927 --> 01:11:25,033 so to make sure that it doesn't get released 1316 01:11:25,099 --> 01:11:27,270 and doesn't, uh, spook 1317 01:11:27,370 --> 01:11:29,708 the populations in different nations. 1318 01:11:31,513 --> 01:11:34,050 NARRATOR: But while information coming out of Russia 1319 01:11:34,150 --> 01:11:36,255 is now under tight control, 1320 01:11:36,388 --> 01:11:38,392 the same could not be said 1321 01:11:38,492 --> 01:11:41,431 for the period when the Soviet Union was imploding. 1322 01:11:41,533 --> 01:11:43,903 And it was during this brief period 1323 01:11:44,037 --> 01:11:47,545 that Russia's extensive history of extraterrestrial encounters 1324 01:11:47,645 --> 01:11:50,383 became all but fully exposed. 1325 01:11:50,449 --> 01:11:52,989 In the waning days of the Soviet Union, 1326 01:11:53,089 --> 01:11:54,490 a lot of interesting documents 1327 01:11:54,592 --> 01:11:56,829 pertaining to UFOs were declassified. 1328 01:11:56,929 --> 01:12:00,369 For example, the KGB so-called Blue File, 1329 01:12:00,470 --> 01:12:04,645 124 pages of information about UFO cases 1330 01:12:04,745 --> 01:12:07,952 that came within to the KGB. 1331 01:12:08,052 --> 01:12:09,321 It was declassified. 1332 01:12:09,421 --> 01:12:11,927 We know that most of the documents 1333 01:12:12,027 --> 01:12:13,596 pertaining to the SETKA program, 1334 01:12:13,696 --> 01:12:16,268 which was the official Soviet top secret 1335 01:12:16,401 --> 01:12:19,174 UFO program which existed for 13 years, 1336 01:12:19,308 --> 01:12:21,445 from '78 to 1991, 1337 01:12:21,546 --> 01:12:23,750 most of those cases are not available, 1338 01:12:23,850 --> 01:12:26,522 but the cases that we know about, that I've studied, 1339 01:12:26,589 --> 01:12:30,330 are enough to make you amazed to know 1340 01:12:30,430 --> 01:12:32,267 and of what they have discovered 1341 01:12:32,367 --> 01:12:33,770 and what may be in store. 1342 01:12:33,904 --> 01:12:38,312 NARRATOR: Could recent UFO disclosures in Russia, 1343 01:12:38,379 --> 01:12:41,384 China, the United Kingdom 1344 01:12:41,484 --> 01:12:43,923 and other nations worldwide 1345 01:12:44,023 --> 01:12:45,727 indicate that there is 1346 01:12:45,828 --> 01:12:48,700 a global mandate to now share information 1347 01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:52,006 about unidentified aerial phenomena? 1348 01:12:52,073 --> 01:12:53,275 While it may appear 1349 01:12:53,375 --> 01:12:55,279 that governments around the world 1350 01:12:55,412 --> 01:12:57,150 are becoming more transparent, 1351 01:12:57,250 --> 01:12:59,488 shocking statements recently made 1352 01:12:59,589 --> 01:13:01,792 by a pioneer of space exploration 1353 01:13:01,893 --> 01:13:04,999 may indicate that much bigger secrets 1354 01:13:05,099 --> 01:13:07,037 with far greater implications 1355 01:13:07,137 --> 01:13:09,975 continue to be closely guarded. 1356 01:13:22,635 --> 01:13:25,139 NARRATOR: General Haim Eshed, the former head 1357 01:13:25,239 --> 01:13:27,878 of Israel's defense ministry's space directorate, 1358 01:13:27,945 --> 01:13:31,786 sits for an interview with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. 1359 01:13:31,886 --> 01:13:35,326 What he reveals is highly unexpected. 1360 01:13:35,460 --> 01:13:38,599 General Eshed is quoted as saying... 1361 01:13:46,048 --> 01:13:48,419 He then proceeds to divulge 1362 01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:50,924 even more shocking revelations. 1363 01:13:51,726 --> 01:13:54,397 CHILDRESS: Haim Eshed said that 1364 01:13:54,464 --> 01:13:56,502 the Americans and the Israelis 1365 01:13:56,603 --> 01:13:58,405 and-and other Western nations 1366 01:13:58,506 --> 01:14:00,610 are part of a federation 1367 01:14:00,710 --> 01:14:02,514 with extraterrestrials. 1368 01:14:02,614 --> 01:14:04,250 And what he described 1369 01:14:04,350 --> 01:14:06,523 was something similar to what's in Star Trek, 1370 01:14:06,656 --> 01:14:09,962 a galactic federation 1371 01:14:10,062 --> 01:14:12,701 of extraterrestrials, 1372 01:14:12,801 --> 01:14:16,241 and they're wanting Earth 1373 01:14:16,341 --> 01:14:18,078 to join this federation. 1374 01:14:18,178 --> 01:14:20,784 Eshed was the head of 1375 01:14:20,850 --> 01:14:23,523 Israel's defense ministry space programs 1376 01:14:23,623 --> 01:14:25,594 for 30 years. 1377 01:14:25,694 --> 01:14:28,131 And so, this is an extremely credible 1378 01:14:28,265 --> 01:14:30,135 person with this information. 1379 01:14:30,235 --> 01:14:34,612 KNAPP: I can't imagine someone more credible in Israel 1380 01:14:34,712 --> 01:14:36,481 than Haim Eshed to make those statements. 1381 01:14:36,582 --> 01:14:38,653 He was the head of space security, 1382 01:14:38,754 --> 01:14:41,726 he was a general, he was a professor, 1383 01:14:41,860 --> 01:14:44,231 an engineer. Uh, he knows his stuff. 1384 01:14:44,331 --> 01:14:48,238 He knows what's ours and what isn't flying around out there. 1385 01:14:49,474 --> 01:14:51,679 HOWE: Haim Eshed is one of the most fascinating 1386 01:14:51,779 --> 01:14:53,416 humans on this planet. 1387 01:14:53,517 --> 01:14:55,219 He was personally responsible 1388 01:14:55,319 --> 01:14:57,022 for the overseeing and the launch 1389 01:14:57,123 --> 01:15:01,632 of 20 critical satellites in Israel. 1390 01:15:02,433 --> 01:15:05,541 He's saying it, we are not alone, 1391 01:15:05,641 --> 01:15:07,712 and then comes the other twist. 1392 01:15:07,812 --> 01:15:11,117 It isn't humans that are holding it back. 1393 01:15:11,217 --> 01:15:15,661 It's the extraterrestrial biological entities 1394 01:15:15,761 --> 01:15:19,234 who said humans are not ready 1395 01:15:19,334 --> 01:15:21,973 for the introduction yet. 1396 01:15:22,107 --> 01:15:24,679 It is obvious now 1397 01:15:24,812 --> 01:15:27,417 that we have to harness 1398 01:15:27,518 --> 01:15:30,256 the advanced technologies 1399 01:15:30,356 --> 01:15:32,995 to join forces 1400 01:15:33,095 --> 01:15:36,301 and create this world, a better world. 1401 01:15:36,434 --> 01:15:40,009 When someone like that comes out with a story like this, 1402 01:15:40,109 --> 01:15:42,914 everyone should sit up and take notice. 1403 01:15:43,015 --> 01:15:46,354 And yet, for a lot of people, they're not either aware of this 1404 01:15:46,454 --> 01:15:50,597 or just write this off because it just sounds too crazy. 1405 01:15:50,664 --> 01:15:52,333 And yet it comes from someone 1406 01:15:52,433 --> 01:15:53,870 who has operated at 1407 01:15:53,970 --> 01:15:56,575 the heart of the establishment. 1408 01:15:57,745 --> 01:15:59,682 NARRATOR: Despite General Eshed's high status 1409 01:15:59,782 --> 01:16:02,587 as the father of the Israeli space program, 1410 01:16:02,688 --> 01:16:04,490 government officials around the world 1411 01:16:04,591 --> 01:16:06,395 remained largely silent 1412 01:16:06,495 --> 01:16:09,367 about his sensational claims. 1413 01:16:09,468 --> 01:16:11,539 But did they refrain from commenting 1414 01:16:11,639 --> 01:16:14,177 because they found his claims to be outlandish 1415 01:16:14,277 --> 01:16:18,285 or because they were protecting the same secret? 1416 01:16:18,385 --> 01:16:20,390 It cannot be dismissed offhand 1417 01:16:20,524 --> 01:16:22,493 because there were others. 1418 01:16:22,595 --> 01:16:25,734 One of them is Canada's Defense Minister 1419 01:16:25,801 --> 01:16:28,840 Paul Hellyer who has said that 1420 01:16:28,940 --> 01:16:31,411 there is extraterrestrial contact 1421 01:16:31,477 --> 01:16:35,085 going on between Earth and extraterrestrial factions. 1422 01:16:36,020 --> 01:16:38,993 NARRATOR: On December 30, 2013, 1423 01:16:39,093 --> 01:16:41,866 in an international television news broadcast, 1424 01:16:41,999 --> 01:16:43,703 former Canadian Minister of 1425 01:16:43,803 --> 01:16:45,440 National Defense, Paul Hellyer, 1426 01:16:45,541 --> 01:16:47,711 made the astonishing statement 1427 01:16:47,845 --> 01:16:49,414 that he has knowledge of extraterrestrials 1428 01:16:49,515 --> 01:16:51,418 visiting Earth. 1429 01:16:51,519 --> 01:16:54,892 Why do you say that UFOs are as real 1430 01:16:54,992 --> 01:16:56,996 as the airplanes flying over our heads? 1431 01:16:57,063 --> 01:16:59,367 Well, because I know that they are. 1432 01:16:59,467 --> 01:17:03,041 And they've been visiting this planet for thousands of years. 1433 01:17:03,141 --> 01:17:06,582 And there is what is called a federation 1434 01:17:06,683 --> 01:17:08,920 of these people, and they have rules. 1435 01:17:09,020 --> 01:17:11,592 When I first went public, 1436 01:17:11,692 --> 01:17:13,663 I said that UFOs are as real 1437 01:17:13,730 --> 01:17:15,499 as the airplanes going overhead, 1438 01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:17,370 and got the dubious distinction of being 1439 01:17:17,436 --> 01:17:21,045 the first person of cabinet rank to say it categorically. 1440 01:17:21,846 --> 01:17:24,785 The elected people have been kept in the dark. 1441 01:17:24,919 --> 01:17:26,722 I would say both the president 1442 01:17:26,856 --> 01:17:28,827 and the Congress. 1443 01:17:28,927 --> 01:17:31,666 There have been presidents who've wanted to know 1444 01:17:31,799 --> 01:17:35,840 what was going on, so, yes, the situation, I think, 1445 01:17:35,940 --> 01:17:37,544 is not well understood, 1446 01:17:37,677 --> 01:17:40,115 and this has been going on for decades. 1447 01:17:40,216 --> 01:17:43,288 So, that is, uh, is a matter of concern, 1448 01:17:43,422 --> 01:17:47,831 and I think should continue to be a matter of concern, 1449 01:17:47,931 --> 01:17:50,235 especially for Americans, but also for 1450 01:17:50,335 --> 01:17:51,572 the people of the world. 1451 01:17:52,473 --> 01:17:56,615 CHILDRESS: So, here we have two senior military personnel, 1452 01:17:56,682 --> 01:17:58,619 one from Israel, one from Canada, 1453 01:17:58,719 --> 01:17:59,955 who are basically saying 1454 01:18:00,089 --> 01:18:02,193 yes, extraterrestrials are here, 1455 01:18:02,293 --> 01:18:05,499 UFO activity is real, 1456 01:18:05,567 --> 01:18:08,506 and certain governments of planet Earth 1457 01:18:08,606 --> 01:18:12,080 are in contact with these extraterrestrials. 1458 01:18:12,180 --> 01:18:13,315 What's going on? 1459 01:18:13,381 --> 01:18:16,622 Are these people almost like 1460 01:18:16,756 --> 01:18:19,427 trying to disclose themselves? 1461 01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:23,869 Or are they part of a wider strategy 1462 01:18:23,969 --> 01:18:26,675 involving many different nations all around the world 1463 01:18:26,775 --> 01:18:31,017 working to try and find a way to get this out? 1464 01:18:31,118 --> 01:18:34,858 It's a difficult one because you can't ignore the backstory. 1465 01:18:34,958 --> 01:18:36,695 If it was just a question of saying 1466 01:18:36,795 --> 01:18:39,635 UFOs are extraterrestrial, it's all true, 1467 01:18:39,702 --> 01:18:41,304 then fair enough. 1468 01:18:41,405 --> 01:18:42,674 But the backstory 1469 01:18:42,774 --> 01:18:45,714 is that we've been lying to you about this 1470 01:18:45,814 --> 01:18:48,118 for nearly 80 years. 1471 01:18:48,218 --> 01:18:51,625 So, you got to find a way to get it out there 1472 01:18:51,726 --> 01:18:55,499 in a way that exonerates governments 1473 01:18:55,601 --> 01:18:58,038 all around the world from complicity 1474 01:18:58,104 --> 01:19:02,280 in this decades-long cover-up and conspiracy. 1475 01:19:02,380 --> 01:19:03,917 How to do that? 1476 01:19:03,984 --> 01:19:07,924 Well, maybe use these people who have retired. 1477 01:19:09,127 --> 01:19:11,833 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the extraordinary claims 1478 01:19:11,900 --> 01:19:13,703 of former high-ranking government officials 1479 01:19:13,803 --> 01:19:18,078 like Haim Eshed and Paul Hellyer are true? 1480 01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:20,316 Are there world leaders 1481 01:19:20,416 --> 01:19:22,688 who are not only aware of extraterrestrials, 1482 01:19:22,788 --> 01:19:25,225 but in contact with them? 1483 01:19:25,325 --> 01:19:27,831 Perhaps further clues can be found 1484 01:19:27,965 --> 01:19:29,735 by examining a recent agreement 1485 01:19:29,835 --> 01:19:31,805 that details how NATO nations 1486 01:19:31,939 --> 01:19:36,080 will protect each other's interests beyond Earth. 1487 01:19:41,826 --> 01:19:45,432 President of the United States Joe Biden 1488 01:19:45,533 --> 01:19:47,270 attends the 31st NATO summit 1489 01:19:47,403 --> 01:19:50,910 along with 30 other world leaders and dignitaries. 1490 01:19:50,977 --> 01:19:53,348 Among the items on the agenda 1491 01:19:53,482 --> 01:19:55,553 is an agreement between members 1492 01:19:55,654 --> 01:19:58,024 to expand the Collective Defense Clause, 1493 01:19:58,124 --> 01:20:01,231 also known as Article 5. 1494 01:20:01,331 --> 01:20:05,105 In addition to land, sea, air and cyberspace, 1495 01:20:05,205 --> 01:20:08,513 NATO nations will now protect one another's safety 1496 01:20:08,580 --> 01:20:11,685 and national interests in space. 1497 01:20:12,453 --> 01:20:14,959 What's particularly significant about this 1498 01:20:15,059 --> 01:20:17,865 is it was the first NATO summit 1499 01:20:17,965 --> 01:20:19,634 that President Biden attended. 1500 01:20:19,768 --> 01:20:22,574 So here we have an incoming president 1501 01:20:22,674 --> 01:20:27,984 who makes this a key part of his initial business. 1502 01:20:29,421 --> 01:20:31,793 There's no getting away from the fact that 1503 01:20:31,893 --> 01:20:35,600 space will be a key battlefield 1504 01:20:35,700 --> 01:20:38,004 in any future conflict. 1505 01:20:38,104 --> 01:20:42,046 The only question arises, conflict with who or what? 1506 01:20:42,180 --> 01:20:44,450 Some people say the real forces 1507 01:20:44,518 --> 01:20:47,891 that they're concerned about are extraterrestrial. 1508 01:20:49,661 --> 01:20:53,168 NARRATOR: NATO leaders claim the expansion of Article 5 1509 01:20:53,268 --> 01:20:55,706 was made to address their concerns about 1510 01:20:55,807 --> 01:21:00,182 increasingly aggressive behavior in space by China and Russia. 1511 01:21:00,282 --> 01:21:03,556 But could this actually be the first collective agreement 1512 01:21:03,656 --> 01:21:06,160 between nations preparing for the possibility 1513 01:21:06,260 --> 01:21:09,668 of a threat from an alien civilization? 1514 01:21:09,768 --> 01:21:14,845 And is it one more step towards greater government transparency? 1515 01:21:14,912 --> 01:21:18,920 HOWE: We are, at 2021, headed toward 2050 1516 01:21:19,020 --> 01:21:21,692 when Elon Musk says he will have 1517 01:21:21,759 --> 01:21:24,532 a million humans on Mars. 1518 01:21:24,632 --> 01:21:26,736 Are we now, in the next decade, 1519 01:21:26,836 --> 01:21:29,641 going to be introduced to 1520 01:21:29,741 --> 01:21:31,679 revelation after revelation, 1521 01:21:31,779 --> 01:21:33,816 country by country, 1522 01:21:33,917 --> 01:21:36,488 treaty by treaty, 1523 01:21:36,555 --> 01:21:39,260 until the entire planet 1524 01:21:39,360 --> 01:21:41,999 has finally stepped up to the plate 1525 01:21:42,099 --> 01:21:45,674 on all political and military secrets? 1526 01:21:45,807 --> 01:21:47,544 Could it happen that way? 1527 01:21:49,247 --> 01:21:51,719 POPE: After nearly 80 years of denying 1528 01:21:51,819 --> 01:21:54,692 and debunking and downplaying, 1529 01:21:54,792 --> 01:21:56,963 now is the time for governments 1530 01:21:57,063 --> 01:21:59,735 to step forward and own this. 1531 01:21:59,835 --> 01:22:02,841 Time and time again, we see this concept, 1532 01:22:02,941 --> 01:22:05,680 that cooperation is key. 1533 01:22:05,747 --> 01:22:08,385 It's only when nations collaborate 1534 01:22:08,485 --> 01:22:10,456 that we will be able 1535 01:22:10,557 --> 01:22:11,993 to fully understand 1536 01:22:12,126 --> 01:22:14,565 and respond to the UFO phenomenon. 1537 01:22:14,631 --> 01:22:16,300 Mr. Secretary General, 1538 01:22:16,367 --> 01:22:18,740 honored guests and distinguished delegates... 1539 01:22:18,840 --> 01:22:20,811 TSOUKALOS: In one of his speeches 1540 01:22:20,944 --> 01:22:23,448 in 1987, President Reagan 1541 01:22:23,549 --> 01:22:25,386 made the suggestion 1542 01:22:25,486 --> 01:22:29,595 that if Earth would receive a threat from outer space, 1543 01:22:29,728 --> 01:22:32,333 that this would unify 1544 01:22:32,466 --> 01:22:34,972 world cultures from around the planet. 1545 01:22:35,072 --> 01:22:38,278 Can we and all nations not live in peace? 1546 01:22:38,412 --> 01:22:41,184 I occasionally think how quickly 1547 01:22:41,317 --> 01:22:43,321 our differences worldwide 1548 01:22:43,421 --> 01:22:47,765 would vanish if we were facing an alien threat, 1549 01:22:47,831 --> 01:22:49,635 from outside this world. 1550 01:22:49,735 --> 01:22:53,475 TSOUKALOS: I don't look at the extraterrestrial question 1551 01:22:53,576 --> 01:22:55,680 as a threat, but rather 1552 01:22:55,780 --> 01:22:58,118 an extension of who we are 1553 01:22:58,218 --> 01:23:00,489 or how we even got here long ago. 1554 01:23:00,590 --> 01:23:04,898 What if you have all the nations around the world pull together 1555 01:23:04,998 --> 01:23:08,005 their resources and research 1556 01:23:08,105 --> 01:23:09,440 the extraterrestrial question? 1557 01:23:09,574 --> 01:23:12,848 And guess what? There is an incredible chest, 1558 01:23:12,948 --> 01:23:17,156 a war chest of indications from the past, 1559 01:23:17,256 --> 01:23:18,859 all the way to the present, 1560 01:23:18,959 --> 01:23:23,769 that what we see today is not new. 1561 01:23:24,638 --> 01:23:27,443 NARRATOR: Are world leaders beginning to seriously consider 1562 01:23:27,544 --> 01:23:30,617 the possibility that unidentified aerial phenomena 1563 01:23:30,717 --> 01:23:34,658 are, in fact, of extraterrestrial origin? 1564 01:23:36,094 --> 01:23:38,031 And could the profound implications 1565 01:23:38,131 --> 01:23:39,968 of an alien presence on Earth 1566 01:23:40,068 --> 01:23:44,110 lead to greater collaboration between nations, 1567 01:23:44,210 --> 01:23:49,086 uniting to prepare for an incredible new reality? 1568 01:23:49,921 --> 01:23:52,026 Perhaps the visitors in our skies 1569 01:23:52,126 --> 01:23:54,064 have been watching us all along, 1570 01:23:54,130 --> 01:23:56,034 and only when the world 1571 01:23:56,101 --> 01:23:58,973 comes together will it finally be revealed 1572 01:23:59,039 --> 01:24:01,278 that we are not alone. 1573 01:24:01,411 --> 01:24:05,786 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS 126311

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