All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S04E08.1080p.DSCP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

Narrator:
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW,
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.

[ BEEPING, DISTORTED MUSIC ]

SPOTTED FROM ABOVE,

A TRULY GIANT
BIBLICAL DISCOVERY...

Rice:
WHEN YOU FIND POTTERY WITH
A NAME LIKE "GOLIATH" ON IT,

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER.

Narrator: IT'S GREEN.

IT'S GLOWING, AND WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
LIKE THIS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.

Narrator: ...NAZIS INVADE
NORTH AMERICA...

Morgan:
GERMAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND
IN NORTH AMERICA.

THEY WERE READY TO DO BATTLE.

Narrator:
...AND A CITY SEEN FROM SPACE
WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THERE.

WE'VE GOT WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A LARGE CITY

THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST.

Narrator:
BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

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**

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JANUARY 27TH, 1945 --
AN RAF RECONNAISSANCE PLANE

TAKES A PHOTOGRAPH OVER A REGION
20 MILES WEST OF JERUSALEM.

THE BRITISH MILITARY SEES
NOTHING UNUSUAL IN THE IMAGE,

AND IT'S FILED AND IGNORED
FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY,

UNTIL IT COMES TO THE ATTENTION
OF ARCHAEOLOGIST AREN MAIER

WHO IS ENGAGED IN A SEARCH

FOR THE LOST
PHILISTINE CITY OF GATH,
[GAT]

FABLED HOME
OF THE GIANT GOLIATH.

I STARTED LOOKING AT OLD
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS,

AND IN AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH
TAKEN RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR II,

I SAW A VERY
INTERESTING FEATURE.

Narrator:
THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH REVEALS
WHAT APPEARS TO BE

A HUGE,
DEFENSIVE DITCH

AROUND A HILL KNOWN
AS TELL ES-SAFI.

THE IDEA IMMEDIATELY
POPPED INTO MY MIND

THAT THIS IS A SIEGE SYSTEM.

Narrator:
MAIER BELIEVES THE DITCH
BEARS ALL THE HALLMARKS

OF A SIEGE TRENCH
FROM A GREAT BATTLE.

ATTACKERS BUILD A TRENCH
AROUND A CITY TO ISOLATE IT

SO THAT PEOPLE INSIDE
THE CITY CAN'T GET OUT.

Narrator:
FOR MAIER, THE SIEGE TRENCH
IS A VITAL CLUE.

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE'S
BOOK OF KINGS,

THE CITY OF GATH
WAS RAZED TO THE GROUND,

ITS INHABITANTS SLAUGHTERED
FOLLOWING A SIEGE

LED BY THE WARRIOR KING, HAZAEL.

[ CRASH! ]

HAZAEL COMPLETELY
DECIMATED THE CITY.

HE KILLED ALL OF THE PEOPLE,

AND THE DAMAGE INFLICTED ON
THE CITY WAS LITERALLY BIBLICAL.

IT WAS UTTERLY DESTROYED.

Narrator:
ALL TRACE OF THE GREAT CITY
IS LOST TO HISTORY.

Hunt: GATH DISAPPEARS.

FOR ALL THESE YEARS, WE'VE ONLY
KNOW THE CITY OF GATH IN TEXT.

Rice:
IT'S BEEN LOST FOR CENTURIES,

AND MANY PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS A LEGEND.

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Narrator:
MAIER'S THEORY IS THAT THE SIEGE
TRENCH IN THE AERIAL IMAGE

WAS DUG DURING THE DESTRUCTION
OF GATH 3,000 YEARS AGO.

THE SIEGE TRENCH IS
THE FIRST CLUE

THAT SOMETHING'S THERE
THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATION.

Rice: WHAT'S REALLY COOL
ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH

IS THAT NOBODY HAS
EVER NOTICED THIS BEFORE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CENTURIES HERE,

WHERE THIS HUGE TRENCH
HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.

THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

Narrator:
MAIER HEADS TO THE SITE TO BEGIN
THE INVESTIGATION ON THE GROUND.

DRONE FOOTAGE CONFIRMS
THE FEATURE HE DETECTED

IN THE 1945 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH.

WE HAVE THIS ENORMOUS,
IF YOU WANT, GINORMOUS, FEATURE.

IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS

OF WORK OF THOUSANDS OF LABORERS

AND THIS WAS DONE FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF BESIEGING THIS SITE.

Narrator: IF MEYER IS RIGHT,
THE LEGENDARY CITY OF GATH

COULD LIE BENEATH THIS HILL,

BUT HE NEEDS MORE EVIDENCE.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS BEGIN TO SURVEY
THE SITE USING

A KIND OF X-RAY MACHINE
CALLED A MAGNETOMETER.

IT'S ONE OF THE METHODS
WHICH ENABLES US

TO LOOK DOWN BELOW THE SURFACE

AND TRY TO SEE WHETHER
WE HAVE ANCIENT REMAINS

HIDING BEFORE WE EXCAVATE.

Narrator:
THE REMOTE-SENSING DATA
REVEALS SOMETHING

UNDER THE SURFACE
OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE.

THEY SOON UNEARTH
GRUESOME EVIDENCE.

Maier:
WE FOUND SKELETONS OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE KILLED IN THE DESTRUCTION,

AND THE DESTRUCTION
WAS SO COMPLETE

THAT THERE WASN'T EVEN
ANYBODY LEFT TO BURY THE DEAD.

Narrator: CARBON-DATING
OF THE REMAINS CONFIRMS

THESE PEOPLE DIED
IN THE 9th CENTURY BC,

THE EXACT TIMEFRAME
DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE.

OUR HUNCH TO CONNECT
BETWEEN THE SIEGE TRENCH

AND THIS DESTRUCTION
IS PROVEN WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Narrator:
BUT BEFORE THE CITY OF GATH
WAS DESTROYED,

AN EVENT IS SAID TO HAVE TAKEN
PLACE OUTSIDE THE GATES HERE,

ONE THAT WAS RECORDED
IN THE BIBLE

AND HAS SINCE BECOME ONE OF
THE MOST FAMOUS ENCOUNTERS

IN HISTORY,

THE CLASH BETWEEN THE SHEPHERD,
DAVID,

AND THE PHILISTINE WARRIOR,
GOLIATH -- THE GIANT.

Maier: THEY MET IN THE
ELAH VALLEY AND HE COMES DOWN

TO THE MEETING PLACE
OF THE PHILISTINE

AND THE ISRAELITE ARMIES

AND HE SEES THIS BIG GIANT

STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE VALLEY,

TAUNTING THE ISRAELITE ARMY.

Narrator:
IN ANCIENT TIMES, IT WAS COMMON
FOR A WARRIOR TO CHALLENGE

AN OPPONENT TO SINGLE
COMBAT BEFORE A BATTLE.

THESE BATTLES WILL ALWAYS
BEGIN WITH A TAUNT,

AND GOLIATH WOULD SAY TO DAVID,
AS THE TEXT SAYS,

"BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER,

I'M GOING TO FEED YOUR FLESH
TO THE RAVENS."

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,
THE GIANT APPROACHES DAVID

WEARING FULL BRONZE BODY ARMOR,

CARRYING A SPEAR AND HUGE SWORD.

DAVID DID ONE THING
THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY SMART.

HE KEPT HIS DISTANCE,
WRAPS HIS SLING AROUND THE STONE

AND FROM A DISTANCE,

GOT TO BE PRETTY ACCURATE,
HE LETS THE STONE FLY.

HE TOOK ONE SHOT AND HIT GOLIATH

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FOREHEAD.

GOLIATH FALLS.

Maier:
DAVID RUNS, CUTS OFF HIS HEAD,

AND AS SOON AS
THE PHILISTINES SEE

THAT THEIR CHAMPION IS DEAD,

THEY PANIC AND THEY RUN AWAY.

Narrator:
THE STORY IS ONE OF THE GREAT
LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

MEYERS TASK NOW IS
TO FIND CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

THAT THIS LOCATION REALLY
WAS THE HOME OF GOLIATH.

EXCAVATIONS CONTINUE
AND THE DIG TEAM

DISCOVERS THE BASE
OF A HUGE STRUCTURE

POSITIONED IN FRONT
OF THE REMAINS OF A TEMPLE.

FOR MAIER THE STRUCTURE
CONFIRMS THE SITE

WAS ONCE A GREAT CITY.

Maier: RIGHT OVER HERE,
WE HAVE A GATE,

AND THIS WE BELIEVE IS ONE OF
THE GATES OF THE CITY OF GATH,

MORE OR LESS THE TIME OF DAVID.

Narrator:
DAVID MAY HAVE ONCE STOOD
AT THIS VERY SPOT

IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ENTRANCE
TO THE FORTIFIED CITY.

IMAGINE DAVID COMING OVER HERE

AND HE WOULD BE AT
THE ENTRANCE TO THE GATE.

THE GATE WAS PROBABLY
SEVERAL STORIES HIGH.

Narrator: PROOF THAT
DAVID'S GIANT OPPONENT

LIVED AT THIS SITE
REMAINS ELUSIVE,

BUT AS MEYER'S TEAM CONTINUES,

THEY UNEARTH WHAT MIGHT
BE A VITAL CLUE.

Maier: WE FOUND AN INSCRIPTION
WHICH HAS ON IT TRUE NAMES

WHICH ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR
TO THE NAME GOLIATH.

IT MAY JUST BE COINCIDENCE,

BUT WHEN YOU FIND POTTERY
WITH A NAME LIKE GOLIATH ON IT,

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER.

[ TRIUMPHANT MIDDLE-EASTERN
MUSIC PLAYS ]

Narrator:
GATH, THE CITY OF GOLIATH
AND REFUGE OF KING DAVID,

LOST FOR CENTURIES,
FOUND BY A CAMERA IN THE SKIES.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T FOUND
THE GIANT BONES OF GOLIATH,

WHO KNOWS,
MAYBE ONE DAY WE WILL,

AND THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

**

[ WARBLING, WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP...

UNDERWATER WEIRDNESS
AT THE EDGE OF AN ABYSS.

Stenstrom: YOU HAVE THIS ALMOST
ALIEN-LIKE STRUCTURE

AND WHAT IS NEXT TO IT?

ONE OF THE MOST SECRETIVE
FACILITIES ON THE PLANET.

Narrator: AND DEEPEST PERU
GLOWS IN THE DARK.

URANIUM IS WILDLY
RADIOACTIVE, RIGHT?

IT'S JUST LIKE THE GLOWING
HANDS ON YOUR CLOCK.

AND SO IS THERE SOME
RELATIONSHIP HERE?

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Narrator:
MAY 2016, A SATELLITE CROSSES
OVER THE PALPA REGION

OF CENTRAL PERU.

STRANGE LINES ARE CARVED
ONTO THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE,

THE WORK
OF SKY-GOD-WORSHIPING NATIVES,

BUT IT'S NOT ANCIENT GEOGLYPHS
THAT THE SATELLITE PICKS UP.

I'M LOOKING AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE
A BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT

ON THE MIDDLE OF
A MOUNTAINSIDE IN PERU.

WHAT'S IT DOING THERE?

Narrator:
THERE ARE NO BUILDINGS HERE,
NO HUMAN PRESENCE, OR ACTIVITY.

THERE IS NO
SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION

FOR THE LARGE, GREEN GLOW.

Capps: YOU'VE GOT THIS
BRIGHT GREEN SPLOTCH.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
LIKE THIS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.

Narrator:
AT FIRST, INVESTIGATORS WONDER
WHETHER THE GREEN GLOW

COULD BE JUST A TRICK
OF THE LIGHT.

THERE'S A THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
THIS IS AN IMAGE GLITCH,

THIS GREEN OBJECT SITTING
ON THE SIDE OF A HILL.

Narrator:
BUT ACCORDING TO VETERAN IMAGE
ANALYST MARK D'ANTONIO,

THIS IS NOT DATA CORRUPTION.

D'Antonio:
IF THIS WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH,
THEN WE MIGHT EXPECT

TO SEE A PIXELATED,
BLOCK-Y OBJECT.

BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT.

THIS SORT OF TRAILS OFF,
SO THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH FOR ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT CAUSE
SUCH A GLOWING LIGHT.

THEY EXAMINE THE GEOLOGY
OF THE AREA.

ONE OF PERU'S NEW URANIUM MINING
PROJECTS IS LOCATED NEARBY

SO PERHAPS THERE COULD BE
SOME CONNECTION.

Sanford:
THE GREEN LIGHT ITSELF
REMINDS ME A LOT OF RADIATION

FROM URANIUM.

PERU HAS A LOT OF
URANIUM DEPOSITS.

[ CRACKLING ]

Narrator:
GEOLOGISTS ESTIMATE PERU'S
MOUNTAINS CONTAIN 30,000 TONS

OR MORE OF THIS RADIOACTIVE ORE,

USED TO MAKE EVERYTHING FROM
EARTH-SHATTERING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO LUMINOUS,
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PAINT.

URANIUM IS WILDLY
RADIOACTIVE, RIGHT?

IT'S JUST LIKE THE GLOWING
HANDS ON YOUR CLOCK,

AND SO IS THERE
SOME RELATIONSHIP HERE

THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS
GLOWING MATERIAL

AND THIS GLOWING SPOT?

Narrator:
SCIENCE JOURNALIST DAVE MOSHER
DOUBTS THAT URANIUM MINING

COULD EXPLAIN THE STRANGE
SATELLITE IMAGE.

Mosher:
WHEN YOU MINE URANIUM,

IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY
LOW IN RADIOACTIVITY

AND ALSO IT ONLY GLOWS
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT,

SO THAT COULDN'T POSSIBLY
EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

Narrator:
WHAT MAKES THE GREEN GLOW
ALL THE MORE INTRIGUING

IS ITS PROXIMITY
TO GIANT GEOGLYPHS

CARVED INTO THE LANDSCAPE
OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO.

Capps: YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
OF THE NAZCA MINES IN PERU,

BUT THERE'S AN EVEN MORE
FAMOUS MYSTERIOUS SITE

CALLED THE PALPA LINES.

THEY'RE A THOUSAND YEARS OLDER

AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON
A HILLSIDE RIGHT NEAR THE SITE.

Dr. Krueger:
THE PALPA LINE GEOGLYPHS
INCLUDE GEOMETRIC SHAPES

AND THEY ALSO
INCLUDE HUMAN FIGURES

AND SOME ANIMAL FIGURES AS WELL.

Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE
THAT THE PALPA LINES

WERE CREATED BY AN ANCIENT
PEOPLE KNOWN AS THE PARACAS,

WHO WORSHIPED SKY-DWELLING GODS.

THESE FIGURES ARE REALLY
QUITE STRANGE-LOOKING,

LIKE CREATURES THAT COME
FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

Narrator:
A CONTROVERSIAL 2016 DNA
STUDY OF THE SKELETAL

REMAINS OF THE PARACAS MAKES
HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD.

Capps: SCIENTISTS DID
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DNA

AND THEY FOUND MUTATIONS
THAT DIDN'T MATCH ANY HUMAN,

ANY PRIMATE, ANY ANIMAL
ON THIS EARTH,

WHICH IS SUPER-COOL
AND CREEPY

AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT
TO OUR GREEN GLOWING GOD.

Narrator: NEWSPAPERS
THEN REPORT LOCAL SIGHTINGS

OF MORE STRANGE
GREEN LIGHTS.

Sanford: AROUND THE SAME TIME
THAT THIS PHOTO IS TAKEN,

THERE WERE REPORTS OF GREEN
LIGHTS IN THE SKIES AROUND PERU,

SO IS THERE SOME
KIND OF CONNECTION HERE?

YOU ADD IT ALL UP TOGETHER,
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING

REALLY, KIND OF,
MYSTERIOUS GOING ON HERE.

Narrator:
THE GREEN GLOW MAY INDEED
BE COMING FROM SPACE,

BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN IT'S EXTRATERRESTRIAL.

INVESTIGATORS WONDER WHETHER
IT MIGHT BE EVIDENCE

OF SOME EXPERIMENTAL
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.

WE DO KNOW THAT NASA'S BEEN
EXPERIMENTING WITH LASERS.

Narrator: NASA'S iSat PROGRAM
USES GREEN LASER BEAMS

TO DETECT CHANGES IN ELEVATION
IN THE EARTH'S LANDSCAPE.

DOCTOR KELLY BRUNT IS ONE OF
THE MISSION'S LEAD SCIENTISTS.

LASERS ARE USED TO BASICALLY
ILLUMINATE SPOTS ON THE GROUND

AND WE GET INFORMATION
REFLECTED BACK

TO OUR DETECTORS
THAT GIVE US INFORMATION

ABOUT ALL SORTS
OF LAND SURFACES.

Narrator:
THE SATELLITE SENDS 10,000 LASER
PULSES TO EARTH PER SECOND.

BY MEASURING HOW LONG IT TAKES
THESE PULSES TO BOUNCE BACK,

IT DETECTS VARIATIONS IN
ELEVATION TO WITHIN HALF AN INCH

WHILE ORBITING ALMOST
400 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH

AT 17,000 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE ARE HIGHLY ACCURATE
AND HIGHLY PRECISE INSTRUMENTS

FOR EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH.

ONE OF OUR CURRENT INTERESTS
IN EARTH SCIENCE

IS THE EXTENT OF OUR VEGETATION,

AND SO NASA ROUTINELY IS IN
AREAS KIND OF NEAR THE EQUATOR

LOOKING AT OUR VEGETATION,
INCLUDING AREAS LIKE PERU.

Narrator: BUT WHEN DR. BRUNT
CROSS-REFERENCES THE DATE

OF THE IMAGE
WITH THE NASA iSat MISSIONS,

THEY DON'T MATCH UP.

Brunt: WE CAN'T
EXACTLY IDENTIFY WHICH MISSION

OR ACTIVITY CREATED THIS,

SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE IT CAME FROM.

Narrator:
THE ORIGIN OF THE STRANGE
GREEN GLOW CAUGHT BY SATELLITE

REMAINS UNEXPLAINED.

THIS VERY WELL MIGHT
REMAIN A MYSTERY.

WE MIGHT NEVER FIND OUT.

[ WARBLING ]

Narrator: COMING UP...

SEEN FROM SPACE,

A SERIES OF MYSTERIOUS
SHAPES BENEATH THE WAVES.

PEOPLE SEE STRANGE THINGS
RISING UP OUT OF THE WATER.

THEY SEE STRANGE VESSELS

COMING ALONG
THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.

AND A POLAR BASE
FOR A NAZI INVASION.

GERMAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND
IN NORTH AMERICA

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME
THAT THIS HAPPENS.

[ WARBLING ]

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[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
AS THE Landsat 7 SATELLITE
CROSSES THE BAHAMAS,

IT REVEALS WHAT LOOKS LIKE

A SERIES OF HUGE RIPPLES

ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

Stenstrom: THIS IS IMAGE
IS TOTALLY BIZARRE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE
WHOLE PLACE IS ALIVE.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A SERIES
OF CAVES OR TUNNELS

THAT ARE CARVED
INTO THE OCEAN FLOOR.

IT'S A REALLY A MYSTERY AS TO
HOW THESE ACTUALLY FORMED.

Narrator: THE RIPPLES LEAD
INTO WHAT SCIENTISTS BELIEVE

IS A GAPING ABYSS.

DIVER AND EXPLORER
GEORGE KOUROUNIS

HAS TRAVELED TO
THE BAHAMAS TO INVESTIGATE.

THESE RIPPLES HAVE ESCAPED
THE ATTENTION

OF ANY MARINE SCIENTIST

BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD TO SPOT.

FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE,

THE FORMATIONS CAN BE
CLEARLY SEEN,

BUT UP CLOSE,
IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING.

THERE'S LOTS OF FISH
AND MARINE LIFE HERE,

AND I KNOW THAT PUFFER FISH
CAN BUILD ELABORATE STRUCTURES

IN THE SAND, SO MAYBE
MARINE LIFE IS INVOLVED IN THIS.

Narrator:
WHAT'S SO IMPRESSIVE HERE
IS THE SCALE.

Goldfinger;
WHALES CARVE GROOVES IN
THE SEAFLOOR AS THEY FEED.

FOR SOME SORT OF ANIMAL
TO CREATE A FEATURE LIKE THIS,

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
A REALLY BIG ANIMAL.

Narrator: WHALES AND SHARKS
PATROL THESE WATERS,

BUT THEY COULDN'T ACCOUNT
FOR THESE HUGE

UNDERWATER STRUCTURES.

THE ONLY OTHER SUPERSIZED SEA
LIFE HERE IS THE STUFF OF MYTH

AND LEGEND, THE SO-CALLED LUSCA.

KOUROUNIS WANTS TO
FIND OUT MORE,

TO SEE IF THESE OLD SAILORS'
FOLKTALES GIVE UP ANY CLUES.

IF THERE'S ANYONE
THAT KNOWS ABOUT IT,

IT'S GOING TO BE THESE GUYS.

MAYBE THIS CREATURE HAS TO DO
WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN

ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF A THING CALLED THE LUSCA?

OKAY.

Narrator:
STORIES OF THE TERRIFYING,
BOAT-MUNCHING LUSCA

ARE TOLD BY FISHERMEN
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN.

THE LUSCA IS DESCRIBED
AS A HUGE SEA MONSTER,

HALF OCTOPUS, MASSIVE TEETH,
AND LONG ARMS

THAT CAN WRAP AROUND YOUR BOAT

AND PULL IT DOWN
INTO THE DEPTHS.

THERE ARE FISHERMAN WHO WON'T
EVEN GO INTO THIS AREA.

YOU'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK
JUST BY LOOKING AT IT?

SO YOU THINK
IT MIGHT COME BACK?

YEAH?

A LOT OF THE DEEP WATERS IN
THE OCEANS ARE STILL UNEXPLORED.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT
OF SPECIES DOWN THERE

THAT WE DON'T KNOW OF YET.

WHATEVER LIVES DOWN
THERE COULD HAVE LIVED THERE

FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT
HAVING CHANGED A LOT

OVER THE LAST FEW
MILLIONS OF YEARS.

Narrator:
BUT OTHER GIGANTIC MARINE
STRUCTURES LIKE CORAL REEFS

ARE THE WORK OF SMALL
CREATURES, NOT BIG ONES.

KOUROUNIS LOOKS FOR
OTHER CLUES IN THE AREA.

THE LOCATION OF THIS IMAGE
IS INTRIGUING.

YOU HAVE THIS ALMOST
ALIEN-LIKE STRUCTURE,

AND WHAT IS NEXT TO IT?

ONE OF THE MOST SECRETIVE NAVAL

TESTING FACILITIES
ON THE PLANET.

Narrator:
THE AMERICAN TOP-SECRET MARINE
FACILITY IS HIGHLY CLASSIFIED.

IT'S PRESENCE IN THE AREA IS
ALSO THE SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY.

KOUROUNIS MEETS UP WITH BAHAMIAN
JOURNALIST JEROME SAWYER.

HE'S BEEN COLLECTING
REPORTS FROM LOCALS

WHO ARE FEARFUL
OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU
THEY SEE STRANGE THINGS

RISING UP OUT OF THE WATER.

THEY SEE STRANGE VESSELS

COMING ALONG
THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,

STRANGE SOUNDS AND LIGHTS
COMING OFF OF THE BASE AT NIGHT,

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THIS MYSTERY BASE

WHERE THESE STRANGE
NOISES AND...

AREA 51.

Narrator:
KOUROUNIS DISCOVERS THE BASE
IS CONTROLLED BY THE US NAVY,

AND ITS OFFICIAL TITLE
IS THE ATLANTIC UNDERSEA TESTING

AND EVALUATION CENTER,
OR AUTEC.

AUTEC WAS A BASE THAT WAS
SET UP DURING THE COLD WAR

SO THAT
THE UNITED STATES NAVY

COULD TEST UNDERWATER VEHICLES

AND UNDERWATER WEAPONS.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY
SECRETIVE PLACE.

Narrator:
AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS,
THE PURPOSE OF THE BASE

IS TO PREPARE
FOR AN UNDERSEA WAR

AND TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
INTO ADVANCED DEEP-SEA WEAPONS.

LOCAL PEOPLE BLAME THE BASE
FOR A SERIES OF UNUSUAL EVENTS.

EVERY SO OFTEN,

THERE ARE SOME STRANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCES.

THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE
WHALES WERE WASHING UP

THAT REALLY SEEMED TO
POINT BACK

TO SOMETHING THAT'S
HAPPENING ON THIS BASE.

WE KNOW THAT THE NAVY HAS TESTED
WEAPONS AND TORPEDOES

AND ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT DEVICES

IN THIS UNDERWATER
ZONE, IN AUTEC.

COULD THERE BE SOME SORT
OF CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE NAVY'S
WEAPON-TESTING AREA

AND THESE INCREDIBLY STRANGE
FORMATIONS UNDERWATER

THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO AUTEC?

Narrator:
GEOLOGISTS STUDYING THE
FORMATIONS AROUND THE ABYSS

BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A CLUE
IN THE KIND OF ROCK

FORMING THE STRUCTURE.

THEY'RE REALLY A LITTLE BIT
LIKE MELTED ICE CREAM.

SO THE ROCKS THAT FORM THEM
ARE LIMESTONES.

Narrator:
GEOLOGISTS KNOW LIMESTONE
CAN BE WORN AWAY BY CHEMICALS.

THE LIMESTONE WAS EATEN AWAY
BY CHEMICALS IN THE WATER

THAT FLOWED OVER IT, CREATING
THIS INCREDIBLE STRUCTURE.

Narrator: BUT THESE STRUCTURES
ARE SO HUGE,

SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE THE CHEMICAL
EROSION MUST BE NATURAL.

THESE FEATURES ONLY OCCUR IN
THESE NATURALLY ROLLING WATERS,

AND SO YOU ACTUALLY WATCH
THESE SCULPTURES BEING FORMED

UNDERNEATH THE WATERS
IN THESE NEAR-SHORE ZONES.

Narrator:
THESE STRANGE STRUCTURES ARE YET
TO BE PROPERLY EXPLORED

BY SCIENTISTS.

THESE FEATURES ARE SO
SPECTACULAR THAT,

IF THEY WERE ON LAND, THEY WOULD
BE AN INCREDIBLE NATIONAL PARK.

THEY'D BE A HUGE ATTRACTION,
BUT THEY'RE UNDERWATER,

SO NOBODY GETS TO SEE THEM
REALLY,

BUT LUCKILY, THROUGH SATELLITE
IMAGERY, WE CAN SEE THEM NOW.

Narrator:
SCIENTISTS CAN DEDUCE HOW
THE RIPPLE SHAPES ARE FORMED,

BUT THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT LURKS WITHIN THE ABYSS.

[ WARBLING ]

COMING UP...

IN THE DESERT SANDS
OF THE PHARAOHS,

IT'S TOO WEIRD TO BE TRUE.

AND MONSTERS IN THE ARCTIC.

Kays:
THESE THINGS WERE LARGE ENOUGH
TO BITE A CAR IN HALF.

IT MAKES JAWS LOOK LIKE NEMO.

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[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
A SATELLITE PASSES OVER
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.

CLOSE TO THE NORTH POLE, IT
CAPTURES A LARGE, FROZEN ISLAND.

NORSEMEN IN THE 12th CENTURY
GAVE IT A NAME

WHICH MEANS
"COLD SHORES," SVALBARD.

SVALBARD IS A PLACE
OF COMPLETE ISOLATION.

IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE
HUMANKIND CAN LIVE

UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

Narrator:
THE ISLAND STRETCHES
25,000 SQUARE MILES,

BUT THE MAIN INHABITANTS
ARE POLAR BEARS.

IT'S DARK HALF THE YEAR.

IT'S ALL SURROUNDED
BY ROCK AND ICE.

IT'S REALLY COLD.

YOU'LL DIE IN A FEW MINUTES
IF YOU GO OUT UNPROTECTED.

Narrator:
BUT IN THE WILDS OF SVALBARD,

WHERE YOU'D EXPECT
TO FIND NOTHING,

ANALYSTS NOTICE A SERIES
OF STRAIGHT LINES.

THE SHAPE LOOKS MAN-MADE.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS IT
AND WHY IS IT HERE?

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARSHEST,
COLDEST PLACES IN THE WORLD.

YOU DON'T BUILD HERE
FOR NO REASON.

Narrator: THE LINES LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE DUG INTO THE GROUND.

ANALYSTS CONSIDER WHY ANYONE
WOULD CHOOSE TO EXCAVATE

IN THIS ICY WASTELAND.

WHEN YOU STUDY UP ON THIS REGION
TO FIGURE OUT

WHO MIGHT BE
DIGGING TRENCHES HERE,

IT'S REMARKABLE TO FIND OUT THAT
THIS GIANT, SNOWY WILDERNESS

IS ACTUALLY A TREASURE
TROVE FOR FOSSIL HUNTERS.

ONE FOSSIL WAS CALLED
"THE MONSTER."

IT WAS 33 FOOT LONG
AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE

THE T. REX OF THE SEA.

Narrator:
THESE WATERS WERE ONCE A MEETING
PLACE FOR JURASSIC MONSTERS,

SOME OF THE FIERCEST
CREATURES EVER KNOWN.

THESE GIANT CREATURES KNOWN
AS PLIOSAURS RULED THE SEAS

UNTIL THEY DIED OUT
65 MILLION YEARS AGO.

THESE THINGS WERE TWICE
AS BIG AS AN ORCA.

THEY WERE LARGE ENOUGH
TO BITE A CAR IN HALF.

IT MAKES JAWS LOOK LIKE NEMO.

BUT AS THE OCEAN DISAPPEARED
AROUND THE ISLAND OF SVALBARD,

THESE ANIMALS WERE
FOSSILIZED ON THE ISLAND.

Narrator:
YET THE CONFIGURATION OF LINES
DOESN'T MATCH THE USUAL PATTERN

OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG.

THE ANGLES DON'T MAKE SENSE
BECAUSE IF IT WERE

AN EXCAVATION SITE,

THEY'D BE FOLLOWING
THE SHAPE OF THE ANIMAL

AND GOING AROUND THE ANIMAL,

AND THESE SEEM TO GO ALL OVER
THE PLACE WITH NO REAL PATTERN.

D'Antonio:
THIS IS MORE HAPHAZARD
IN ITS APPEARANCE,

SO IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE.

Narrator:
WHEN ANALYSTS EXAMINED THE IMAGE
IN CLOSER DETAIL,

LIGHT STRUCTURES APPEAR, WHICH
COULD PROVIDE A VITAL CLUE.

Pavelec:
THESE CIRCLES ARE VERY
REMINISCENT OF WEATHER STATIONS

I'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY
FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

THE GERMANS SET UP A NUMBER
OF WEATHER STATIONS

ALL ACROSS THE ARCTIC TO HELP
WITH THEIR SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Kays: IN WARFARE, BEING ABLE TO
PREDICT THE WEATHER

IS CRITICAL
FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE,

ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART
OF THE WORLD

WHERE THE WEATHER IS SO HARSH.

Pavelec: THE ARCTIC
AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

WERE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

THE AMERICANS WERE TRYING
TO SUPPLY BRITAIN

AND THE SOVIETS WITH MATERIALS,
SO THE GERMAN U-BOATS

HUNTED THE ALLIED
CONVOYS IN THESE WATERS.

Narrator: TO SUPPORT
THEIR MILITARY ACTIVITY,

THE NAZIS SET UP
19 WEATHER STATIONS

ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC
AND ARCTIC.

THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS
AFTER THE WAR,

ANALYSTS DISCOVERED THE NAZIS
HAD REACHED NORTH AMERICA,

ESTABLISHING A SECRET STATION
CODE-NAMED KURT

ON THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

Morgan:
GERMAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND

IN NORTH AMERICA
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME
THAT THIS HAPPENS.

THE GERMANS THAT LANDED
THERE WERE FULLY ARMED

WITH SUBMACHINE GUNS

AND THEY WERE READY
TO DO BATTLE.

Narrator:
THESE SECRET WEATHER STATIONS
GIVE THE GERMAN U-BOATS

A DEADLY ADVANTAGE
AGAINST ALLIED CONVOYS.

GERMAN U-BOATS WOULD ATTACK
IN FORMATION,

SOMETHING THEY CALLED
"THE WOLF PACK ATTACK,"

AND THIS WAS VERY EFFECTIVE
AGAINST ALLIED SHIPS,

CAUSING A LOT OF CASUALTIES.

Narrator:
IN TOTAL, NAZI U-BOATS SINK
ALMOST 3,000 SHIPS.

HISTORIANS CONSIDER IF THE
MAN-MADE STRUCTURES IN SVALBARD

ARE A NAZI RELIC FROM
THIS DARK PERIOD OF HISTORY.

Morgan:
SO THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE

MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE GERMAN OCCUPATION

OF THE ISLAND
DURING WORLD WAR II,

AND WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE
WEATHER STATION THAT THEY BUILT.

Narrator:
THE GERMAN ARMY WAS INDEED
IN SVALBARD DURING THE WAR

BUT WHEN DEFEAT LOOKED CERTAIN,

THEY WERE ORDERED
TO LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND.

Pavelec: THE GERMANS,
AT THE END OF THE WAR,

KNOWING THAT THEIR FATE
WAS SEALED,

DESTROYED ALL THE STUFF
THAT THEY COULD BEFORE

THEY SURRENDERED.

IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING
ELSE ENTIRELY.

Narrator:
IMAGE ANALYST MARK D'ANTONIO
STUDIES THE FOOTAGE

TO EXAMINE THE WHITE STRUCTURES.

IF WE ZOOM IN, TO SAY
THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE,

WE CAN SEE THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT IS TYPICALLY
A MODERN CONSTRUCT.

TO ME, THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE
RADAR, POINTING STRAIGHT UP,

PROBABLY SOME SORT OF SPACE
SATELLITE TRACKING STATION.

Narrator:
FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALS
THAT THERE IS ONLY

ONE TRACKING STATION
THIS FAR NORTH.

THIS IS THE LARGEST
GROUND-TRACKING STATION

IN THE WORLD.

Narrator:
IT'S NAME IS "SVALSAT."

THIS STATION
AND TROLLSAT IN ANTARCTICA

ARE THE ONLY FACILITIES
IN THE WORLD

THAT CAN TRACK EVERY REVOLUTION

OF NORTH-SOUTH
ORBITING SATELLITES.

THE EARTH
IS ROTATING THIS WAY,

AND THE POLAR ORBITER
IS GOING THIS WAY.

AS IT GOES THIS WAY,
NOTICE THAT AS IT ORBITS,

IT'S SEEING A NEW SWATH
OF THE EARTH

EACH TIME THE EARTH ROTATES.

YOU CAN TRACK RAINFALL,
DIFFERENCES IN STORMS,

DIFFERENCES IN
VEGETATIVE GROWTH,

DIFFERENCES IN SEA LEVEL,
GLACIER MOVEMENT.

Narrator:
THE DATA IS MEANT TO BE USED
FOR PURELY SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

BY THE LIKES OF NASA, BUT SOME
EXPERTS HAVE THEIR DOUBTS.

SVALSAT IS INTENSELY
CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE

EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE IN A DEMILITARIZED ZONE,

EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE SATELLITES

THAT IT MONITORS
HAVE MADE THEIR WAY BACK

TO THE THE U.S. MILITARY.

Pappalardo:
YOU COULD SEE CHANGES IN BASES.

YOU CAN SEE CHANGES
IN ROAD SYSTEMS.

YOU CAN SEE CHANGES
IN MISSILE FIELDS.

YOU CAN SEE CHANGES IN PORTS,
SHIP BUILDING.

Narrator:
NOW SVALSAT HAS BECOME
A MAJOR TARGET

FOR THE PRYING EYES
OF FOREIGN SPIES.

THERE'S A NEW WAR BEING WAGED
TODAY WITH SATELLITES

AND THE DATA THEY COLLECT,

AND THIS SITE IS RIGHT
ON THE FRONT LINES.

WE FIND OURSELVES NOW IN
A VERY COMPLICATED PLACE

BECAUSE AS RESULT OF
21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY,

WE'RE CAPABLE OF COLLECTING
THIS EARTH SCIENCE,

AND YET THIS EARTH SCIENCE

CAN ALSO BE USED
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.

SVALSAT, THE LARGEST SATELLITE
TRACKING STATION ON EARTH,

WATCHING EVERYTHING WE DO
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD,

GUARDED BY POLAR BEARS.
[ POLAR BEAR GROWLS ]

[ WARBLING ]

COMING UP...

TELLTALE SIGNS OF TERROR
IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT.

Pavelec:
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THESE IMAGES
SHOW EXPLOSIVES AND DEVICES

THAT COULD BE PUT
TO NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.

Narrator:
AND LIGHTS IN THE PRAIRIE
THAT AREN'T PRODUCED

BY A LITTLE HOUSE.

IS THIS SOME KIND OF A SECRET
CITY OR A SECRET MILITARY BASE

THAT NO ONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT?

[ WARBLING ]

[ WARBLING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: A SATELLITE PASSES
OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP

OR EGYPT'S SINAI PENINSULA.

IT CAPTURES A SERIES OF STRANGE,

PARALLEL STRUCTURES
PUNCTUATING THE DESERT SANDS.

THIS IS A REALLY
ISOLATED LOCATION

AND WHATEVER IT IS
SEEMS OUT OF PLACE.

IT JUST LOOKS REALLY, REALLY ODD
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

WHAT IS IT
AND WHAT IS IT DOING THERE?

Narrator:
WHEN EXPERTS EXAMINED EARLIER
IMAGES OF THE SAME SITE,

THEY MAKE
A SURPRISING DISCOVERY.

IF WE LOOK BACK IN TIME
AT IMAGES OF THIS SAME AREA,

THIS THING SEEMS TO APPEAR
OUT OF NOWHERE.

[ BEEPING ]

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER IF
DESERT WINDS COULD PLAY A PART.

VIOLENT SANDSTORMS CONTINUALLY
ALTER DESERT LANDSCAPES.

IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF FOR
SANDSTORMS OR SHIFTING SANDS

TO UNCOVER RELICS

THAT HAVE LAIN HIDDEN
FOR MILLENNIA.

AND EGYPT IS KNOWN
FOR ITS RUINS.

PERHAPS THIS IS
AN UNCOVERED RUIN.

Narrator:
BUT MILITARY ANALYSTS
SUGGEST THE STRUCTURE

MIGHT BE FAR MORE RECENT.

BECAUSE OF THE SYMMETRY
AND THE WAY ITS LAID OUT,

IT ACTUALLY MIGHT SUGGEST

THAT IT'S SOME SORT OF DESERT
MILITARY TRAINING CAMP.

Narrator:
THE EGYPTIAN ARMY HAS NO KNOWN
PRESENCE IN THIS LOCATION,

BUT INVESTIGATORS FEAR
THAT OTHERS DO.

WE KNOW THAT THIS PART
OF THE WORLD,

NORTH AFRICA
AND THE HORN OF AFRICA,

ARE RAMPANT WITH BAD GUYS
WITH INSURGENT

AND TERRORIST GROUPS,
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS,

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO DO HARM TO OTHERS.

Narrator:
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS FEAR
AN ISIS-AFFILIATED CELL

COULD BE OPERATING
IN THIS REGION,

CONDUCTING SOME VERY
SINISTER ARCHEOLOGY.

IT IS KNOWN THAT A JIHADIST
GROUP OPERATES

RECOVERING GERMAN ANTI-TANK
AND ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR,

HARVESTING THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE
OUT OF EACH ONE OF THESE WEAPONS

FOR THE PURPOSES
OF USING THEM AGAIN.

Narrator:
HISTORIANS CONFIRM THAT HIDDEN
IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT

ARE ALMOST A FIFTH OF ALL
THE WORLD'S ACTIVE LAND MINE

AND UNEXPLODED BOMBS AND SHELLS.

THE DRY DESERT SANDS
THAT HAVE PRESERVED TOMBS

AND TEMPLES FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS

ALSO PROTECT WEAPON
COMPONENTS FROM CORROSION.

THEY ARE AS LETHAL TODAY
AS THEY WERE 70 YEARS AGO.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THESE IMAGES
SHOW MOUNDS OF MUNITIONS

OR RACKS OF SOME SORT
THAT ARE CARRYING

AND HOLDING ALL THESE KINDS
OF EXPLOSIVES AND DEVICES

THAT COULD BE PUT
TO NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.

Narrator: IN RECENT YEARS,
THESE REPURPOSED NAZI MINES

ARE USED TO DEADLY EFFECT.

SOME OF THESE EXPLOSIVES,

MANUFACTURED FOR
THE SECOND WORLD WAR

AND RECLAIMED BY EXTREMISTS,

WAS USED IN A TRUCK BOMB
AT A HILTON RESORT

AND KILLED OVER 34 PEOPLE.

IF THIS ACTUALLY A TRAINING SITE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT,

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

Narrator:
MILITARY EXPERTS CONSULT
EGYPTIAN INTELLIGENCE REPORTS,

BUT THEY SHOW LITTLE OR NO
EXTREMIST ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA.

Pavelec:
GIVEN THE LOCATION,
IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY THAT

IT'S A PLACE WHERE EXTREMISTS
ARE DIGGING FOR LAND MINE.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME OTHER
PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION

FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

Narrator:
THE ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF
THE SITE REMAINS A MYSTERY

UNTIL ESTONIAN EXPLORER
AND PHOTOGRAPHER KAUPO KIKKAS

GAINS ACCESS TO THE HIDDEN SITE.

KIKKAS WINS THE TRUST
OF THE BEDOUIN TRIBESMEN.

THEY GUIDE HIM THROUGH A LITTLE-
KNOWN TRAIL IN A MOUNTAIN RIDGE.

[ SWING MUSIC PLAYS ]

Sanford:
IT'S NOT THIS DANGEROUS THING
THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.

IT'S NOT MILITARY.

IT'S NOT ISIS.

IT'S A CINEMA.

A CINEMA IN THE MIDDLE
OF A DESERT.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

Narrator:
THE OUTDOOR CINEMA IS
THE VISION OF RECLUSIVE

FRENCHMEN DEAN IDELL.

HIS DREAM WAS TO SCREEN FILMS
UNDER THE DESERT STARS.

HE GOT A GENERATOR.
HE GOT THE SEATS.

HE GOT A SCREEN TO BE ABLE
TO SHOW IT TO PEOPLE.

THIS CINEMA WAS ACTUALLY NAMED
THE END OF THE WORLD CINEMA

BECAUSE IF YOU WERE GOING
TO GO SEE A MOVIE THERE,

IT WOULD BE LIKE

YOU WERE TRAVELING
TO THE END OF THE WORLD.

Narrator:
BUT KIKKAS DISCOVERS THAT THE
FRENCHMAN'S CINEMATIC DREAM

TURNED INTO A HORROR SHOW.

Sanford:
NO MOVIE WAS SHOWN.

IN FACT, NO MOVIE HAS
EVER BEEN SHOWN THERE.

PERHAPS ONE OF
THE EGYPTIAN GODS

OR DEAD PHARAOHS
CAME BACK AND SAID,

"I DO NOT WANT MOVIES
SHOWN ON MY LAND. GET OUT.

AND BY THE WAY, [IMITATES ZAP],
THERE GOES YOUR GENERATOR."

[ ELECTRICITY ZAPPING ]

[ WARBLING ]

Narrator: STILL TO COME...

THE AMERICAN CITY
THAT ISN'T ON ANY MAP.

WE HAVE A MYSTERY.

WE'VE GOT WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A LARGE CITY

THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST.

[ WARBLING ]

[ WARBLING ]

[ RAPID BEEPING ]

Narrator:
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 --
500 MILES ABOVE EARTH,

NASA'S $8 BILLION SUOMI
NPP SATELLITE RECORDS

A PANORAMIC VIEW
OF NORTH AMERICA AT NIGHT.

WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN
THE UNITED STATES,

AND YOU SEE THIS IMAGE AT NIGHT,
IT ALMOST IS MAGICAL.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL
THE VARIOUS CITIES

SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY,

LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO,
NEW YORK, MIAMI,

ALL THE BIG URBAN CENTERS,
AND THEY'RE ALL BRIGHTLY LIT.

Narrator:
THE SATELLITE IMAGING
INSTRUMENTS DETECT LIGHT SOURCES

ONE BILLION TIMES
FAINTER THAN SUNLIGHT.

THEY ALSO CAPTURE
A STRANGE ANOMALY.

IT STARTS GETTING DARKER
AS YOU GET INTO THE INTERIOR,

BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET
INTO THE DAKOTAS,

SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

Narrator: THE IMAGE SHOWS
A CITY-SHAPED ARRAY OF LIGHTS

TO THE WEST OF FARGO,

BUT THE NEAREST CITY APPROACHING
THIS SIZE IS CHICAGO,

NEARLY 1,000 MILES AWAY.

WE HAVE A MYSTERY.

WE'VE GOT WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A LARGE CITY

THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST.

THE BIG QUESTION IS,

WHAT ON EARTH ARE
WE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT?

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER WHO OR
WHAT COULD BE LIGHTING UP

SUCH A VAST EXPANSE
OF THE MIDWEST.

SOME SUGGEST THE LIGHTS HINT
AT A CLANDESTINE PURPOSE.

OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING
WEIRD IS GOING ON.

IS THIS SOME KIND OF A SECRET
CITY OR A SECRET MILITARY BASE

THAT NO ONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT?

Narrator:
DEFENSE ANALYSTS KNOW THAT
US MILITARY HAS A HISTORY

OF CREATING
SO-CALLED CLOSED CITIES

FOR TOP-SECRET
MILITARY RESEARCH.

[ WHIRRING ]

Baker: THE U.S. HAS HAD
A FEW OF THOSE

AND BASICALLY FOR PURPOSES

OF WEAPONS OR NUCLEAR TESTING.

Narrator:
CLOSED CITIES HAVE THEIR
ORIGIN THE COLD WAR.

DURING THE 1940s, BOTH THE U.S.
AND SOVIET UNION

BUILD VAST MILITARY
COMPLEXES IN ISOLATED AREAS

AWAY FROM THE PRYING
EYES OF THE ENEMY.

THEY EACH BUILT CITIES
WHERE SCIENTISTS WOULD BE

IN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT.

THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE U.S.
WOULD HAVE BEEN LOS ALAMOS,

WHERE THE MANHATTAN
PROJECT WAS BASED,

DEVELOPING THE ATOMIC BOMBS
THAT WOULD BE DROPPED

ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI,
ENDING WORLD WAR II.

Narrator:
CLOSED CITIES ARE HIGHLY SECURE,
PUBLIC ACCESS IS PROHIBITED.

BUT INSIDE, THEY'RE LIKE REGULAR
TOWNS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE

AND FACILITIES TO SUPPORT
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

Harrison:
THEY BUILT HOUSES.

THEY PLANTED TREES FOR PEOPLE
WHO WERE GOING TO LIVE THERE.

THEY BUILT SCHOOLS FOR THE KIDS.

THEY DID EVERYTHING
TO CREATE THIS CITY.

Narrator:
THE COLD WAR ENDED
ALMOST 3 DECADES AGO,

BUT THE US GOVERNMENT STILL
OPERATES ITS CLOSED CITIES.

EVEN TODAY, MERCURY, NEVADA IS
ONE OF THESE CLOSED CITIES.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S BUILT
AROUND A NUCLEAR TEST SITE,

BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE

OR WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING ON.

Narrator:
THE SATELLITE IMAGE RAISES FEARS
THAT THE U.S. MILITARY

IS CONDUCTING TOP-SECRET,

LARGE-SCALE MILITARY
TESTING IN THE MIDWEST.

BUT IF THIS IMAGE
IS A SECRET CITY

DEEP IN THE HEART OF
THE AMERICAN PRAIRIE,

WHY WOULD IT BE SO EASILY
VISIBLE FROM SPACE?

NOWADAYS, A SECRET CITY
DOESN'T EXIST ABOVE THE SURFACE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HIDE
A FACILITY,

IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNDERGROUND.

THAT'S YOUR ONLY OPTION.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS SPECULATE
THAT BRIGHT LIGHTS

IN THE REMOTE PRAIRIE
OF THE MIDWEST

IS EVIDENCE OF
A NATURAL DISASTER.

ONE POSSIBILITY ASSOCIATED
WITH SEEING A LIGHT

IN A NORMALLY UNPOPULATED
AREA IS TO THINK,

"MAYBE THAT'S BECOME
A WILD GRASS FIRE."

Narrator:
WILDFIRES IN THE UNITED STATES
CAN TRAVEL AT 14 MILES AN HOUR

AND DESTROY AN AREA
45 TIMES LARGER

THAN NEW YORK CITY EVERY YEAR.

Cerveny: PRAIRIE FIRES
WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT,

THROUGH ACCIDENT
OR THROUGH LIGHTNING,

YOU COULD GET A PART
OF THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE,

AND IT WOULD QUICKLY SPREAD
TO HUNDREDS OF MILES.

Narrator:
BUT NO LARGE WILDFIRES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED

IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY
AROUND THE DATE

THE IMAGE WAS TAKEN.

ANALYSTS RETURNED TO
THE IMAGE FOR CLUES.

STUDIES OF THE INFRARED DATA
REVEAL SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

IF YOU DIG DEEP WITHIN
THE INFRARED SIGNATURES,

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THAT THERE ARE TEN

REALLY BRIGHT CENTERS

OF THIS GIANT BALL OF FLAME.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER THAT
THE BRIGHT CENTERS OF LIGHT

IN THE IMAGE CORRESPOND
TO THE LOCATION

OF RECENTLY
DISCOVERED OIL FIELDS.

THIS IS THE SECOND-LARGEST
OIL FIELD IN AMERICA.

IN FACT, SO LARGE
THAT IT PRODUCES

AROUND 600,000 BARRELS
OF OIL A DAY.

Narrator: IN 2006,
OILMEN DISCOVERED RICH DEPOSITS

NEAR THE REMOTE TOWN
OF PARSHALL, NORTH DAKOTA.

THE OIL-RICH LAYER OF ROCK
KNOWN AS THE BAKKEN FORMATION

COVERS 25,000 SQUARE MILES

AND IS NOW PEPPERED WITH
HUNDREDS OF DRILLING RIGS.

Pepper: WHAT YOU SEE YOU FLY
OVER THIS AREA, LOOKING DOWN,

YOU SWEAR THAT IT'S
A BUSY NEIGHBORHOOD

WITH ALL THESE LITTLE
CUL-DE-SACS.

BUT IF YOU GET CLOSER,
YOU REALIZE IT'S ALL DIRT

AND THOSE ARE JUST OIL FIELD
AFTER OIL FIELD,

ALL TRYING TO GET THAT OIL.

Narrator: THE LIGHTS PICKED UP
ON SATELLITE

ARE THE OIL FIELDS
BURNING OFF EXCESS GAS.

IN THE BUSINESS OF OIL, IF THE
PRICE OF NATURAL GAS IS LOW,

YOU BURN IT OFF TO GET
TO THAT EXPENSIVE OIL.

IF THE PRICE OF
NATURAL GAS GOES UP,

THAT LIGHT WILL GO OUT AS
THEY PUMP THAT INTO FILL TANKS.

Narrator: BAKKEN OIL COMPANIES
DISPOSE OF UP $1,000,000

OF EXCESS GAS PER DAY.

THE NASA SATELLITE HAS CAPTURED
OILMEN BURNING MONEY FROM SPACE.

[ WHOOSH ]