All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S06E01.1080p.DSCP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

Narrator: WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF
UNPARALLELED FEAR AND PERIL.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

IN THESE TIMES OF TERROR,

EYES IN THE SKY UNCOVER NEW
DANGERS ON LAND, SEA, AND AIR.

DURING THIS SPECIAL
TWO-HOUR EDITION,

WE REVEAL THE LATEST,
MOST BIZARRE,

AND SHOCKING THREATS
CAPTURED BY SATELLITE,

AND, USING CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY,

SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE HORRORS
OF THE PAST.

TERRIFYING NEW IMAGES OF
A BLOB SWALLOWING A CITY.

RECENT SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY
SHOWS IT'S OVERTAKEN

MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS
IN THIS AREA.

Phoenix:
OH, WOW. THIS IS INSANE.

Narrator: CHINA'S HIDDEN
TERROR CAMPS REVEALED AT LAST.

THIS IS A REALLY CLOSED COUNTRY,

SO WE RELY ON PICTURES FROM
SPACE TO UNCOVER ATROCITIES.

Narrator:
AND WE GAIN ACCESS TO AMERICA'S
TOP-SECRET APOCALYPSE PYRAMID.

GOT THE DOOR OPEN.

GOOD GOD.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

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**

[ FREQUENCY WARBLES ]
[ WHIRRING ]

THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES
ORBIT OUR PLANET,

RECORDING OUR EVERY ACTION
IN REAL TIME.

SOME HAVE CAPTURED THREATS
NOT VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND

AND IDENTIFIED DISASTERS
BEFORE THEY EVEN HAPPEN.

YET WHAT EYES IN THE SKY REVEAL
ON MAY 28th, 2018

ABOVE THE ISLAND
OF JAVA, INDONESIA,

IS A CATASTROPHE UNLIKE
ANYTHING WITNESSED BEFORE.

EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE,
NORMAL.

HOUSES, STREETS, BUILDINGS,

AND THEN SOME DARK MASS
HAS STARTED TO TAKE OVER.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE
A BOMB WENT OFF.

THE CITY'S JUST BEEN
WIPED OFF THE MAP.

Narrator: KEN JOYCE DEPLOYS
DigitalGlobe's HIGH-TECH

SecureWatch SOFTWARE
TO INVESTIGATE.

IN 2005, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
OF WHATEVER THIS IS.

BUT WHEN I GO BACK TO
CURRENT-DAY IMAGERY,

I SEE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SCENE.

Narrator:
A GIANT, GRAY BLOB APPEARS TO
BE CONSUMING THE WHOLE AREA.

IT'S ALMOST AS IF IT'S ALIVE,
LIKE THE BLOB FROM A 1950s

B-MOVIE THAT TAKES OVER
SOME TOWN.

THIS IS DISTURBING.

Narrator: SCALE ANALYSIS
REVEALS THE BLOB IS MASSIVE --

AROUND TWICE THE SIZE
OF CENTRAL PARK.

AND THE LATEST IMAGES FROM
SPACE SHOW IT'S GETTING BIGGER.

WHATEVER'S GOING ON HERE
IS CLEARLY CATASTROPHIC

AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF LETTING UP.

Narrator: SATELLITE DATA
CAN ONLY SHOW SO MUCH.

SO, GEOLOGIST JESS PHOENIX
TRAVELS 8,000 MILES

FROM CALIFORNIA TO INVESTIGATE.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF
THIS IS SOMETHING MAN-MADE

OR SOMETHING THAT'S
A NATURAL OCCURRENCE,

AND I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT.

Narrator: THIS IS A DANGEROUS
PLACE TO VISIT.

SINCE RECORDS BEGAN,
INDONESIA HAS EXPERIENCED

OVER 1,000 VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

BUT CAN THIS EXPLAIN
THE WEIRD GRAY MASS?

I'VE SEEN AREAS THAT
HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED

BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT
SORT OF APPEARANCE.

WE'VE GOT THIS ODD DEAD ZONE

AMIDST THIS REALLY
VIBRANT, LIVING AREA.

I REALLY WANT TO KNOW MORE.

**

Narrator: GETTING CLOSER
TO THE SITE IN THE IMAGE,

PHOENIX NOTICES SHOCKING
SIGNS OF DEVASTATION.

OH, WOW.

**

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT
WAS A MOSQUE.

**

BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T
MUCH OF ANYTHING NOW.

**

Narrator: THE GRAY MASS APPEARS
TO HAVE ENGULFED THESE HOMES

AT A TERRIFYING SPEED.

THE CURTAIN IS STILL HANGING
ON THAT DOOR.

**

PHEW. IT'S REALLY EERIE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE

SORT OF LIKE BEING IN A
MODERN-DAY VERSION OF POMPEII.

**

WE ARE REALLY FAR
FROM THE CENTER,

SO THIS IS JUST
A VERY SMALL TASTE

OF WHAT THIS MUST
HAVE BEEN LIKE.

Narrator: AS SHE APPROACHES
THE BLOB, SHE FINDS EARTHWORKS.

THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BUILT AND
REBUILT BARRIERS AND DIKES.

BUT NOTHING CAN CONTAIN
THE FULL SCALE OF ITS HORROR.

Phoenix: OH, WOW.

THIS IS INSANE.

Narrator: THERE WAS ONCE
A THRIVING COMMUNITY HERE,

NOW TOTALLY DEVOURED.

WHERE THERE WERE FAMILIES
AND HOMES

IS A LANDSCAPE THAT LOOKS
LIKE THE SURFACE

OF A DEAD ALIEN PLANET.

Phoenix: TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S
BURIED UNDERNEATH OF THIS NOW --

THE HOUSES, THE STORES,
EVERYTHING.

IT'S THIS DESOLATE WASTELAND.

**

Narrator: PHOENIX WONDERS
IF THE PLUME IN THE DISTANCE

OFFERS A CLUE.

Phoenix: SO, THAT PLUME OVER
THERE, THAT'S NOT SMOKE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GAS TO ME.

SO, LOOKS LIKE IT COULD
BE SOMETHING VOLCANIC

UNDERNEATH OF THERE.

Narrator:
BUT VOLCANOES DON'T NORMALLY
SPEW A MONSTROUS SEA OF MUD.

Kourounis:
THERE'S NO LAVA HERE.

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL
VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

Phoenix:
THIS IS INSANE.

I REALLY WANT TO FIND
OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

Narrator:
PHOENIX NEEDS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

TO REACH THE ERUPTING
PLUME OF GAS.

Phoenix: I'D LIKE TO GO
AND GET CLOSER, IF WE CAN.

Narrator: PHOENIX IS AN
EXPERIENCED VOLCANOLOGIST.

[ ENGINES START ]

SHE KNOWS IF THINGS
GO WRONG OUT THERE,

SHE WILL HAVE TO MAKE
A QUICK GETAWAY.

**

NO ONE IS SURE HOW
THICK THE CRUST IS

AND HOW DEEP THE SEA OF MUD
BENEATH THEM MAY BE.

OH. WOW.

THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.

Narrator: THE HEAVY BIKES
ARE ONLY ABLE TO TAKE PHOENIX

SO CLOSE TO THE CENTER.

AS SHE GETS NEARER,
IT BECOMES CLEAR

THE MUD MONSTER
IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.

**

Phoenix: OH, YEAH.

THIS IS GEOTHERMALLY HEATED GAS

THAT WE'RE SEEING
ERUPT FROM THE GROUND.

OH, WOW. THIS IS DEFINITELY
A MUD VOLCANO.

BUT A MEGA MUD VOLCANO.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVEN
HEARD OF A MUD VOLCANO.

BUT WHAT IT IS,
IS, VOLCANICALLY,

YOU HAVE THESE SUPER-HEATED
HOT WATERS,

THEY'RE RISING, PIERCING THROUGH
MUD SEDIMENT LAYERS,

AND AS THEY COME UP THROUGH
THAT, THEY MIX, CAUSING MUD,

IT FINALLY ERUPTS
ON THE SURFACE.

Phoenix: THIS IS AN
ENORMOUS OUTFLOW OF MUD.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS
WOULD'VE JUST OBLITERATED

ANYTHING IN ITS PATH.

Narrator: FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVED HERE,

THE DESTRUCTION UNLEASHED
BY THIS SLUDGE-BELCHING BEAST

WAS CATASTROPHIC.

YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE CLOSE
TO ONE OF THESE THINGS

WHEN IT ERUPTS.

PHOENIX WANTS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE DEVASTATING IMPACT

OF THIS VOLCANO.

IBUHAR AND HER FAMILY WERE
FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOME,

WHICH HAS BEEN DEVOURED
BY THE BOILING MUD.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

AND SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
FROM WHEN THE ERUPTION

STARTED UNTIL THE MUD
REACHED IBUHAR'S HOUSE?

OKAY. SO, IN TWO WEEKS,
YOU HAD TO LEAVE, THEN...

WOW.

THAT'S SO MUCH MUD.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

PHOENIX LEARNS THAT
THE ERUPTING MUD

WAS HOT ENOUGH
TO BURN SKIN FROM BONE.

IMAGINE A SMALL TOWN, PEOPLE
GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS,

AND THEN SUDDENLY,
A GEYSER OF GAS

AND HOT MUD STARTS
SPEWING FROM THE GROUND.

Narrator: IBUHAR TELLS PHOENIX
THAT THE MUD MONSTER

FIRST ERUPTED BACK IN 2006.

EVER SINCE, IT'S BEEN
GROWING AND GROWING,

SEEMINGLY UNSTOPPABLE.

UP TO 6 MILLION CUBIC FEET
OF MUCK SPEW OUT EVERY DAY,

ENOUGH TO FILL 72
OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOLS.

THE FLOOD IS RELENTLESS,
COVERING HOMES,

RICE PADDIES, BUSINESSES,

BASICALLY A TIDE OF SLUDGE
OVERTAKING THE LANDSCAPE.

Narrator: THE UNSTOPPABLE
MUD TSUNAMI HAS CAUSED

60,000 PEOPLE
TO FLEE THEIR HOMES.

AUTHORITIES WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK

TO TRY TO STEM
THIS TIDE OF TERROR.

THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT
NOTHING CAN STOP MOTHER EARTH.

THE MUD IS STILL COMING,
IT'S STILL FLOWING.

WHO KNOW WHEN IT'S
GOING TO STOP.

Narrator: PHOENIX WANTS TO KNOW
WHAT COULD CAUSE

SUCH A DEVASTATING ERUPTION.

COULD YOU SEE ANYTHING
WHEN THE ERUPTION STARTED?

Narrator: THE ERUPTION WAS OUT
OF SIGHT ACCORDING TO IBUHAR

BECAUSE IT WAS SHIELDED BY WALLS
ERECTED BY A DRILLING COMPANY.

WOW.
THAT'S SCARY.

SO, YOU CAN'T SEE IT,
YOU CAN ONLY HEAR IT.

Narrator: THE DRILLING COMPANY
WAS LOOKING FOR OIL AND GAS.

WHAT THEY FOUND, IT SEEMS,
WAS A GIGANTIC UNDERGROUND SEA

OF VOLCANICALLY HEATED
PRESSURIZED WATER.

IN THIS INSTANCE, IT SEEMS
LIKE A BOREHOLE WAS APPLIED

INTO A LOCATION
THAT WAS PRESSURIZED.

AND MAYBE IT BROUGHT
AN UNCAPPING,

AN UNBOTTLING, AN UNCORKING
OF THIS PRESSURIZED MUD,

AND, POOF!

OUT IT GOES.

BY DESTABILIZING THE SUBSURFACE,

YOU CREATE A NEW FRACTURE,
ESSENTIALLY,

AND IT GAVE A PASSAGEWAY

FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF MUD
TO COME OUT.

IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT
EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG

DID GO WRONG FOR THESE PEOPLE
AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

Narrator: THE INDONESIAN
GOVERNMENT AND THE OIL

EXPLORATION COMPANY
DISPUTE THIS ACCOUNT.

THEY MAINTAIN THE ERUPTION
WAS A FREAK NATURAL EVENT.

Phoenix: MOST OF THE PEOPLE I'VE
TALKED TO WHO'VE BEEN HERE

LOCALLY SAID THAT THIS
WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED

IF THEY HADN'T BEEN
DRILLING IN THAT AREA.

I THINK WE HAD A PERFECT STORM.

YOU'VE GOT AN UNDERLYING
VOLCANIC SYSTEM,

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE,
IN THIS CASE, HUMAN ERROR.

Narrator: WE MAY NEVER KNOW FOR
SURE WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME

FOR THE CATACLYSMIC MUD VOLCANO
CAPTURED BY SATELLITE.

THE ONLY INESCAPABLE TRUTH
IS THAT,

FOR IBUHAR AND THOUSANDS
OF OTHERS LIKE HER,

THE DEVASTATION IT HAS INFLICTED
IS FAR FROM OVER.

IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO TALK
TO IBUHAR AND HEAR HER STORY

BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
THAT MOST PEOPLE

WILL NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH,
THAT SORT OF UNEXPECTED DISASTER

THAT JUST OBLITERATES
YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,

AND FORCES YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS

THAT YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT
YOU'D HAVE TO.

IT'S VERY SOBERING.

**

Narrator: COMING UP, NEW IMAGES
UNCOVER LONG-HIDDEN DANGERS

IN THE DESERTS OF AFRICA.

IT WAS AN OPERATION STRAIGHT OUT
OF A HOLLYWOOD FILM.

AND SATELLITES IDENTIFY
A TERRIFYING NEW THREAT

IN THE DESERTS OF IRAN.

IT'S INCREDIBLY RISKY
TO SEND SPIES THERE.

SO, WE REALLY HAVE TO RELY
ON SATELLITE IMAGES

TO TELL WHAT'S GOING ON.

**

**

Narrator: APRIL 23rd, 2017.

A SATELLITE CAPTURES AN IMAGE

WHICH MIGHT BE A CRESCENT
OF AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN HOUSES.

WHAT PUZZLES ANALYSTS
IS THE LOCATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST LOOKING
AT A BUNCH OF HOUSES HERE.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THAT'S REMARKABLE.

BUT THEN, AS YOU ZOOM OUT,
YOU FIND OUT YOU ARE

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOTHING.

Narrator: THIS IS A REMOTE
DESERT REGION IN SUDAN,

ONE OF THE MOST SPARSELY
POPULATED PLACES ON THE PLANET.

WHAT'S MORE, ALMOST HALF
A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED HERE

IN CONFLICTS IN RECENT TIMES.

[ INDISTINCT YELLING ]

IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE,

THIS IS NO PLACE
TO BUILD A SUBURB.

NOT ONLY IS THERE
NO INFRASTRUCTURE HERE,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN A WAR
MIGHT BREAK OUT.

WHO WOULD BUILD THIS LINE
OF BUILDINGS LIKE THIS

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?

SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING ON.

Narrator: EX-CIA OPERATIVE MIKE
BAKER HAS SPENT DECADES STUDYING

AND WORKING IN WAR ZONES.

WHEN HE UNEARTHS THE COMPOUND'S
OWNERSHIP RECORDS,

HE FINDS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

IT'S A RESORT OF SORTS.

I MEAN, THAT MUCH IS CLEAR.

THE QUESTION, OF COURSE,
IS WHO'S BEHIND IT?

AND WHEN YOU SCRATCH
THE SURFACE,

IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S
A SWISS COMPANY.

Narrator: THE RESORT WAS
SUDDENLY ABANDONED DECADES AGO.

WHEN HE CONTACTS COLLEAGUES
IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY,

THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.

AS IT TURNS OUT,
THE SWISS COMPANY IS A FRONT

WHEN YOU REALLY START
PEELING AWAY THE LAYERS.

THE EXTRAORDINARY THING IS THAT
IT APPEARS TO BE RUN BY ISRAEL.

Narrator: BAKER IS BAFFLED
WHY ISRAEL WOULD RUN

A SWISS-REGISTERED RESORT
IN A WAR-TORN MUSLIM COUNTRY.

HE TRACKS DOWN AN EX-EMPLOYEE
OF THE RESORT

WHO AGREES TO REVEAL HIS STORY,

BUT ONLY IF THEY MEET
FACE-TO-FACE...

IN LONDON.

**

GAD SHIMRON TELLS BAKER
HE WAS BASED IN THE SUDAN

IN THE EARLY 1980s.

LET'S GET OFF THE BRIDGE AND
WE'LL, UH, FIND A PLACE TO TALK.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS
FOR YOU.

Narrator: HE REVEALS HE IS
A FORMER FIELD OPERATIVE

FOR THE ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY MOSSAD.

WHAT WAS A SWISS COMPANY
DOING RENTING

AN ABANDONED
SUDANESE VILLAGE?

WELL, MIKE, THE COMPANY
WAS AS SWISS

AS MY CHINESE
PLASTIC WATCH.

**

BAKER LEARNS THAT,
ALMOST FOUR DECADES AGO,

ANOTHER MOSSAD OPERATIVE
APPROACHES SHIMRON

ABOUT A POSSIBLE COVERT MISSION
NEAR THE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

HE TOLD ME, "I NEED YOU
BECAUSE YOU SPEAK ARABIC,

YOU HAVE OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE,
YOU HAVE SOME NAVAL BACKGROUND.

I NEED YOU."

SHIMRON LEARNS THAT THOUSANDS
OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS

SUFFERING FAMINE,
PERSECUTION,

AND TORTURE
IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY

HAVE FLED TO
NEIGHBORING SUDAN.

[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

Narrator: THEY BELONG TO A
COMMUNITY CALLED BETA ISRAEL,

WHO, IT IS RUMORED, ARE
DESCENDED FROM AN ANCIENT TRIBE

LED BY THE SONS OF MOSES.

THEY LIVED IN AFRICA,

SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN STREAM
OF JUDAISM FOR OVER 1,000 YEARS,

AND THEY KEPT
THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY

IN VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
OF ETHIOPIA.

1,500 DIED DURING THE EXODUS
FROM ETHIOPIA,

VICTIMS OF HUNGER
AND MURDEROUS BANDITS.

BUT MORE HORRORS AWAIT THEM.

THE SUDANESE MILITARY IMPRISONS

SURVIVORS IN HUGE
DISEASE-RIDDEN CAMPS

WHERE DEATH IS A DAILY THREAT.

THEY HAD TO HIDE
THEIR IDENTITY

BECAUSE SUDAN IS
AN ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRY.

THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN GAZA,
LET'S SAY, ARE BEVERLY HILLS

IN COMPARISON TO THOSE
IN THE SUDAN AT THE TIME.

FACING POSSIBLE ANNIHILATION,
AGENTS WORKING IN THE CAMPS

REACH OUT TO THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

WHEN THE NEWS ABOUT
THE PLIGHT OF THE JEWS IN SUDAN

CAME TO JERUSALEM,
PRIME MINISTER BEGIN,

HE CALLED THE CHIEF
OF THE MOSSAD

AND GAVE HIM AN ORDER --
"BRING ME THE JEWS OF ETHIOPIA."

HE LOOKED AT THE PRIME MINISTER
AND SAID, "OKAY, WE'LL DO IT."

USING A SWISS COMPANY
AS A FRONT,

MOSSAD PURCHASES
A HOLIDAY RESORT ON THE RED SEA.

TOURISTS FLOCK IN, AS DO MOSSAD
AGENTS POSING AS EMPLOYEES.

SO, MOSSAD SETS UP BASE
AT A DIVE CAMP IN THE SUDAN.

THAT'S A SPYING OPERATION.

WE WERE CLUB MED.

SOME OF US WERE
DIVING INSTRUCTORS.

I WAS A WINDSURFING INSTRUCTOR,
FOR EXAMPLE.

SHIMRON AND HIS TEAM PLAN
TO RESCUE

THE STRANDED ETHIOPIAN JEWS
BY SMUGGLING THEM

FROM THE MILITARIZED ZONE
TO THE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

"OPERATION BROTHERS" BEGINS.

GAD, WALK ME THROUGH
THE MECHANICS OF THIS.

WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO
ACTUALLY MOVE THESE REFUGEES?

THE CONCEPT OF THE OPERATION
WAS VERY SIMPLE.

IT'S A PURE ZIONIST
JAMES BOND OPERATION.

WHILE THEIR OBLIVIOUS
GUESTS SLEEP,

SHIMRON AND HIS CREW DRIVE
EMPTY TRUCKS

HUNDREDS OF MILES TO
PRE-ARRANGED PICK-UP POINTS

ALONG ROADS PEPPERED
WITH MILITARY CHECKPOINTS.

LET ME STOP YOU THERE.

THE MILITARY ROAD BLOCKS,
ALRIGHT?

THE POLICE ROAD BLOCKS.

YOU'D HAVE TO STOP
AT THESE THINGS.

IF YOU WOULD'VE ATTACHED
A BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE

TO THE ARM OF EACH OF US,
THE DEVICE WOULD'VE EXPLODED.

SHIMRON RELIES ON A COVER STORY
OF RECRUITING LABORERS

TO SLIP THROUGH
THE ROAD BLOCKS.

UNDER COVER OF NIGHT,
THE MOSSAD TEAM FILL THE TRUCKS

WITH STARVING REFUGEES

AND STEAL THEM BACK
TO THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT.

INSIDE THE TRUCKS,

THERE WERE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE CRAMPED TOGETHER.

NOT A SINGLE CRY CAME OUT.

ON THE BEACH, ISRAELI
NAVY S.E.A.L.S.

LOAD THEIR HUMAN CARGO ONTO
BOATS AND FERRY THEM TO SAFETY.

BUT AFTER SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL
EXTRACTIONS, DISASTER STRIKES.

ONE NIGHT, WE WERE AMBUSHED
BY THE SUDANESE ARMY UNIT.

I RAN TO THE BOAT,
THE NAVY S.E.A.L.S.

PUSHED IT INTO THE WATER,
AND MANAGED TO GET AWAY

BEFORE THE SUDANESE
SOLDIERS ARRIVED.

THE NEAR MISS FORCES THE MOSSAD
TEAM TO SWITCH TACTICS.

USING INSIDERS
IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS,

THEY SMUGGLE HUNDREDS
INTO THE DESERT

AND AIRLIFT THEM TO FREEDOM

USING C-130 MILITARY
TRANSPORT PLANES.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU DON'T HAVE AN AIR STRIP,

AND NOW YOU'RE
JUST DROPPING

A C-130 RIGHT ONTO
THE DESERT FLOOR.

THERE WAS NO RULE IN THE MANUAL
OF COVERT OPERATION

THAT WAS NOT BROKEN
IN THIS OPERATION.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS,

THE MOSSAD SQUAD RESCUES
OVER 6,000 PEOPLE

AND TRANSPORTS THEM TO ISRAEL
TO BEGIN NEW LIVES.

IT'S AN ASTOUNDING STORY

BECAUSE IT COULD'VE
GONE SOUTH

AT ANY MOMENT.
MM-HMM.

DID YOU EVER FEAR
FOR YOUR LIFE?

TIME AFTER TIME, WE WERE
SO CLOSE TO DISASTER.

TIME AFTER TIME.

AND EVERY TIME, SOMEHOW,
WE MANAGED TO DO IT.

THE DETAILS OF THIS EPIC MISSION
REMAINED SECRET FOR DECADES.

BUT THE LEGACY OF SHIMRON'S
EXTRAORDINARY TALE REMAINS,

CAPTURED FROM SPACE.

COMING UP, NEW IMAGES
OF AUSTRALIA'S FREAKIEST TOWN.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.

Narrator: AND SATELLITES
DISCOVER THE STEALTH SHIP

STEALING YOUR SECRETS.

IT'S EVERYTHING FROM
CREDIT CARD NUMBERS

TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT'S
USED FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS.

**

**

Narrator:
IN RECENT YEARS, SATELLITES HAVE
UNCOVERED DISTURBING SIGNS

OF RUSSIAN MILITARY AGGRESSION.

YET, THE LATEST EVIDENCE
FROM SPACE OF THIS RED TERROR

ISN'T VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.

AROUND THE WORLD'S OCEANS,

SHIPS SEND BLIPS OF DATA
TO SATELLITES USING AUTOMATED

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
TRANSPONDERS, OR AIS.

AIS IS A MARITIME
TRACKING SYSTEM

THAT ALLOWS YOU TO KNOW
WHO'S WHERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME,

ANY GIVEN PLACE.

IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM,

AND IT ALLOWS AN INTERNATIONAL
PICTURE OF THE WORLD'S WATERS.

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 18th, 2017,

A TRANSPONDER SIGNAL
ON THE RUSSIAN SHIP,

THE YANTAR, VANISHES OFF
THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

ONE SECOND IT'S THERE,
THE NEXT, IT'S GONE.

IT'S LIKE A GHOST SHIP.

Narrator:
THE YANTAR'S LAST KNOWN
LOCATION IS THE GULF OF GUINEA,

A WATERWAY PLAGUED
BY HURRICANES AND PIRATES.

THE GULF OF GUINEA
OFF THE ANGOLAN COAST,

IT'S, LIKE, SEABORNE ANARCHY.

Munoz:
IT COULD'VE BEEN HIJACKED BY
PIRATES, IT COULD'VE BEEN SUNK.

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY BAD.

Narrator: SEVEN DAYS LATER,

THE YANTAR DOES
SOMETHING WEIRD.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS SHIP
JUST APPEARS BACK ON THE RADAR,

OUT OF NOWHERE.

Narrator:
THE RUSSIAN SHIP'S MAGIC ACT

DRAWS IMMEDIATE SUSPICION.

WHEN IT DISAPPEARS OFF THE GRID,
YOU HAVE TO ASSUME

IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ENGAGED
IN SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY

THAT IT WANTS TO CONCEAL.

Narrator: ANALYSTS STUDY
THE YANTAR'S HISTORY.

AERIAL IMAGES REVEAL THAT
THE 5,200-TON VESSEL'S HOMEPORT

IS OLENYA GUBA,
ON THE BARENTS SEA.

IF YOU ASK THE RUSSIANS
WHAT THE YANTAR IS,

THEY WILL TELL YOU
THAT IT IS A HARMLESS,

PEACE-LOVING RESEARCH VESSEL

DESIGNED TO GATHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

Narrator:
YET, SATELLITE TRACKING DATA
SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.

Munoz:
FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE YANTAR
ENTERS THE RUSSIAN NAVY,

IT'S DISCOVERED
A COUPLE OF MILES

OFF THE COAST OF GUANTANAMO BAY,
WHICH IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING

THAT RAISES ALARM BELLS
IN WASHINGTON.

Narrator: FOLLOWING ITS MISSION
TO GUANTANAMO,

ANALYSTS TRACK THE YANTAR TO
ANOTHER GLOBAL MILITARY HOTSPOT.

Albertson:
THE YANTAR SHOWS UP GOING
THROUGH THE BOSPHORUS STRAITS,

AND THEN IT HEADS OUT TO CYPRUS,

AND THEN IT LOITERS
AROUND SYRIA.

THE STRANGE THING IS,
WHEN THE YANTAR IS STATIONED

OFF THE COAST OF SYRIA,

THERE WERE WIDESPREAD OUTAGES
OF INTERNET CONNECTION.

THE TIMING IS PERFECT.

SO, THE QUESTION IS,
IS THAT SHIP SOMEHOW INVOLVED?

Narrator: TECHNOLOGY EXPERT MIKE
CAPPS RETURNS TO SATELLITE DATA.

LOOKS LIKE THE YANTAR
IS IN A HOLDING PATTERN,

BUT IF YOU LOOK IN CLOSER,

YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT
A HOLDING PATTERN.

THIS IS A SEARCH PATTERN,
PARALLEL LINES.

IT'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

Narrator: A CLUE TO
THE YANTAR'S ACTIVITIES

COMES FROM A RUSSIAN
PARLIAMENT REPORT.

IT DETAILS THAT SHE IS EQUIPPED
WITH TWO MINI SUBS

CAPABLE OF DIVING
TO A DEPTH OF OVER 20,000 FEET.

Capps: THEY'RE QUICK AND NIMBLE

AND HAVE A WIDE RANGE
OF OPERATING PARAMETERS.

THE YANTAR IS REALLY
A MOTHER SHIP, RIGHT?

ANY TIME IT TAKES A PAUSE,

THERE COULD BE A LOT GOING ON
UNDER THE WATER,

AND WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THAT IS.

Narrator:
WHEN ANALYSTS CLOSELY STUDY

SEVERAL OF THE YANTAR'S
KNOWN LOCATIONS,

THEY DISCOVER
A DISTURBING CONNECTION.

Capps: EVERY TIME IT STOPS
AND AMBLES FOR A LITTLE BIT,

WHETHER IT'S GUANTANAMO BAY,
OR ANGOLA COAST, OR SYRIA,

THERE WAS AN UNDERSEA
CABLE THERE.

Narrator: THE OCEAN FLOORS
CONCEAL OVER 700,000 MILES

OF COMMUNICATION CABLES,

ENOUGH TO CIRCLE THE EARTH
28 TIMES.

THEY CARRY DATA
FROM $10 TRILLION

WORTH OF BUSINESS EVERY DAY.

Munoz: IT'S EVERYTHING FROM
CREDIT CARD NUMBERS,

AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION,
ALL THE WAY TO CLASSIFIED

INFORMATION THAT'S USED
BY THE U.S.

AND ITS ALLIES IN TERMS
OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.

Narrator: SOME MILITARY ANALYSTS
FEAR THE SHIP

COULD USE ITS DEEP-SEA SUBS
TO HARVEST THIS DATA.

ANYBODY IN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY,

ANYBODY IN THE MILITARY
LOOKS AT THE YANTAR

AND UNDERSTANDS
WHAT ITS PURPOSE IS.

IT'S A SPY SHIP.

Narrator: SUBSEQUENT
TRACKING DATA REVEALS

THE YANTAR APPEARS TO BE
SYSTEMATICALLY MAPPING

THE WEST NETWORK
OF UNDERSEA CABLES.

NOW, THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT
IS IF THERE EVER IS A CONFLICT

BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST,

THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO
IS CUT COMMUNICATIONS.

YOU OPEN UP YOUR
BIG FILE FOLDER,

AND YOU GO, "AH, OKAY, HERE.

THIS CABLE, THIS ONE,
THIS ONE, THIS ONE."

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A SPY NOVEL.

BUT THAT'S HOW
THE REAL WORLD WORKS.

Narrator: PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS RECENTLY

ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPAND

RUSSIA'S FLEET OF SO-CALLED
"RESEARCH VESSELS."

IT SEEMS THE YANTAR IS
JUST THE OPENING SALVO

IN A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC
SUB-SEA CYBER WAR.

Baker:
PUTIN CAN SAY WHAT HE WANTS,

BUT IF THE YANTAR
IS A PEACEFUL SHIP,

A UNICORN IS GONNA
FLY OUT MY ASS.

[ LAUGHS ]

**

Narrator: COMING UP,
A NEW IMAGE OF HELL.

THINK OF THE GROSSEST, MOST
TERRIFYING PARASITE YOU CAN,

TRIPLE IT,
AND THEN GIVE IT WINGS.

Narrator: AND HAVE EYES IN
THE SKY FOUND SPIDER-ZILLA?

IF YOU'RE AN ARACHNOPHOBIC
PERSON,

THAT'S, LIKE,
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.

**

**

Narrator: MAY 15th, 2018,
COLORADO, USA.

A PLANE FLYING 70 MILES
TO THE NORTH OF DENVER

CAPTURES THIS IMAGE.

THERE'S GREEN EVERYWHERE,

AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE
OF THIS LANDSCAPE, SPLAT!

IT'S JUST WHITE
ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

IT'S SO WEIRD.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY
SPILLED A GIANT

CAN OF PAINT ON THE LANDSCAPE.

Narrator: THE MYSTERY SPLAT
IS 2 1/2 MILES LONG.

GROUND TEMPERATURES OF 70
DEGREES RULE OUT

ONE OBVIOUS EXPLANATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW,
BUT THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN IN MAY,

AND THIS IS NOT
IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SO, THIS CAN'T BE SNOW.

Narrator: THE WHITE MASS IS
FAMILIAR TO ENTOMOLOGIST

ELEANOR SPICER RICE.

THIS IMAGE BRINGS UP MEMORIES
OF A CURIOUS INCIDENT

THAT HAPPENED
IN GOULBURN, AUSTRALIA.

Narrator: ON THE MORNING
OF APRIL 27th, 2015,

GOULBURN'S RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE
A BIZARRE VISITATION

FROM THE HEAVENS.

PEOPLE WOKE UP, AND THEY FOUND
THE WHOLE TOWN

COVERED IN THIS
MYSTERIOUS WHITE STUFF.

Narrator: THE TOWN IS ENVELOPED
IN A GIANT WEB,

ONE SEEMINGLY SPUN
BY SPIDER-ZILLA.

THESE THREADS WERE EVERYWHERE.

THEY WERE COVERING PEOPLE'S
HOUSES, PEOPLE'S TREES.

Narrator:
EVEN MORE TERRIFYINGLY,

THIS MEGA-WEB HAS BEEN CREATED

BY MILLIONS OF CANNIBAL SPIDERS
RAINING FROM THE SKY.

THE STORY BEGINS SOON AFTER
THE HORDE OF ARACHNIDS ARE BORN.

THE BABY SPIDERS NEED TO GET
AWAY FROM THEIR NEST MATES

AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE TO

SO THAT THEY DON'T
EAT EACH OTHER.

THEY STICK THEIR ABDOMENS
IN THE AIR AS HIGH AS THEY CAN,

AND THEY CAST TINY FILAMENTS
OF SILK INTO THE AIR.

Narrator: THIS BEHAVIOR
IS CALLED BALLOONING.

THE AIR COMBINED WITH THE
EARTH'S ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS

WILL PICK UP THESE FILAMENTS,

AND THEY CARRY
THESE SPIDERS OFF.

Kays: BECAUSE THE SPIDERS
ARE SO LIGHT

AND THE SILK IS SUCH
A GOOD BALLOON,

IT COULD CATCH A CURRENT

AND BLOW ALL THE WAY
ACROSS AN OCEAN.

Narrator: EVENTUALLY, A
MULTITUDE OF SPIDERS CASCADES

DOWN ONTO THE UNSUSPECTING TOWN,

COVERING IT IN A MASSIVE,
STICKY MESH.

IF I WOKE UP AND HAD LITERALLY
SPIDERS RAINING DOWN ON ME,

I WOULD BECOME A HERMIT.

I WOULDN'T TRUST THE WORLD
ANYMORE.

COULD THE SATELLITE IMAGE
CAPTURED OVER COLORADO

HAVE BEEN ANOTHER
MEGA SPIDER STORM?

Narrator: STORMCHASER GEORGE
KOUROUNIS RE-EXAMINES THE SHAPE

AND LOCATION
OF THE WEIRD WHITE SPLAT.

I'VE BEEN CHASING STORMS
FOR OVER 20 YEARS,

AND THIS IMAGE IS SCREAMING
TO ME THAT THIS IS A HAIL SWATH.

WE'RE IN AN AREA
OF NORTH AMERICA

THAT SEES BIG THUNDERSTORMS
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

WHEN THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN,
AND LOOKING AT IT,

I CAN TELL THAT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IS ACTUALLY HAILSTONES.

**

Narrator: HAIL FORMS WHEN STRONG
WINDS CARRY WATER DROPLETS

SO HIGH THAT THEY FREEZE.

IF THE UPDRAFT IS STRONG ENOUGH,
THE HAIL GROWS AND GROWS.

THESE HAILSTONES WILL GATHER
LAYERS AS THEY REMAIN SUSPENDED

IN THE UPDRAFT OF THIS STORM
UNTIL, EVENTUALLY,

THE WEIGHT OF THE STONE IS MORE
THAN THAT UPDRAFT CAN SUPPORT,

AND THEN DOWN IT COMES.

Narrator:
HAILSTONES CAN WEIGH 2 POUNDS

AND BE ALMOST AS BIG
AS A VOLLEYBALL.

AND SOMETIMES, THESE HAILSTONES
ARE DRAGGED DOWN

BY VIOLENT DOWNDRAFT WINDS,
AS WELL.

SO, YOU CAN HAVE HAIL

THAT IS COMING DOWN
AT TREMENDOUS SPEEDS.

Narrator: ON MAY 14th,

A MASSIVE HAIL STORM
HITS THE TOWN IN THE IMAGE.

Kourounis:
I'VE BEEN HIT BY HAILSTONES

THAT HAVE BEEN PROPELLED
AT HIGH SPEED,

AND THEY WILL PUNCH
THROUGH CAR SIDE PANELS.

THEY WILL SMASH EVERYTHING
IN THEIR PATH.

THE NOISE, WE DESCRIBE IT
AS "GORILLA HAIL"

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A
GORILLA ON THE ROOF OF YOUR CAR,

POUNDING ON IT
WITH ALL OF ITS MIGHT.

[ THUDDING ]

Narrator: THE RESULTING
2-FEET DEEP ICE BLANKET

REMAINS VISIBLE
FROM THE SKIES FOR DAYS.

IN THE IMAGE, WE'RE SEEING
THAT THE HAIL SWATH

IS VERY LOCALIZED,

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STORM
THAT PRODUCED IT

WAS A SINGLE SUPERCELL STORM
THAT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

YOU CAN HAVE UTTER DEVASTATION
IN SUCH A NARROW PATH,

AND YET, YOUR NEIGHBOR'S FIELD,
TOTALLY FINE.

**

Narrator: COMING UP, SATELLITES
FIND A NEW MENACE IN MEXICO.

THE CLUES IN THIS IMAGE
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS

BEING A DRUG LORD'S MANSION.

Narrator: AND THE LATEST
COMMUNIST ATROCITY.

SATELLITE IMAGES HAVE SHOWN
THAT DOZENS

OF THESE CAMPS EXIST
THROUGHOUT CHINA.

**

**

Narrator:
DECEMBER 10th, 2015.

A SATELLITE PASSING OVER
AN ISOLATED COASTAL AREA

OF BAJA MEXICO
CAPTURES THIS IMAGE.

Nelson:
THIS IS A HUGE FACILITY.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS
STRUCTURE IS FOR,

BUT IT'S CLEARLY SOMETHING BIG.

Narrator: IMAGE ANALYSIS REVEALS
THE PRESENCE

OF A MASSIVE FENCE
AROUND THE COMPOUND.

THERE ARE SIGNS THAT
THIS COMPOUND

IS SURROUNDED
BY HIGH SECURITY.

IN SUCH A REMOTE PLACE
LIKE THIS,

IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM
NECESSARY,

UNLESS WHAT THEY'RE UP TO IS...

NEFARIOUS.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFY
SEVERAL DOME-SHAPED FEATURES

IN THE COMPOUND.

THROUGHOUT MEXICO, THIS KIND
OF ARABIAN ARCHITECTURE

IS A SIGNATURE
OF DRUG CARTEL WEALTH.

THE CLUES IN THIS IMAGE
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS

BEING A VERY WELL-OFF
DRUG LORD'S MANSION.

Narrator: HOWEVER,
NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED

THAT THIS IS
A DRUG KINGPIN'S LAIR.

BACK IN THE DAY,
THIS WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR IT

TO BE THE MANSION
OF A DRUG LORD,

BUT THESE DAYS,
WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY,

YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO BLEND IN.

Narrator: ROB NELSON STUDIES
THE SITE FOR MORE CLUES.

Nelson: THERE'S THE POTENTIAL
THAT THIS COULD BE

A SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY.

IF YOU'RE BUILDING A FACILITY
WITH THE INTENT

OF DOING SOMETHING
HIGHLY DANGEROUS,

IT WOULD MAKE SENSE
THAT YOU WOULD WANT

TO HAVE HIGH SECURITY,

AND YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE
NOTHING IN THE VICINITY.

Narrator: BIOLOGISTS UNCOVER
EVIDENCE OF A STRANGE EXPERIMENT

WITH POSSIBLE TIES
TO THE FACILITY IN THE IMAGE.

Chamberlain: WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA,

THERE IS ONE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
THAT COMES TO MIND,

AND THAT IS SCREWWORM
FLY ERADICATION.

Narrator: THE SCREWWORM FLY'S
LATIN NAME

IS COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX,

MEANING "MAN-EATER."

AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
HORRIFYING CREATURES ON EARTH.

THINK OF THE GROSSEST,

MOST TERRIFYING PARASITE
YOU CAN,

TRIPLE IT,
AND THEN GIVE IT WINGS.

Narrator: FEMALE SCREWWORM FLIES
SEEK OUT OPEN WOUNDS

ON ANIMALS OR HUMANS.

THEY LAY UP TO 500 EGGS INSIDE,
AND WHEN THEY HATCH,

CREATURES FROM THE SEVENTH
CIRCLE OF HELL EMERGE.

Chamberlain: WHAT WE'RE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT HERE

IS THE SCREWWORM FLY LARVAE --
MAGGOTS --

AND THEY REALLY DO A NUMBER.

THE LARVAE HAVE REALLY
STRONG JAWS

THAT CAN SLICE THROUGH FLESH.

ONCE THEY'RE BORN, THEY SCREW
DOWN DEEPER IN THE FLESH.

Narrator:
3,000 PARASITIC HORRORS
CAN INFECT A SINGLE WOUND.

THEY CONSUME THEIR HOST ALIVE.

THEY EAT THEIR MEAL
OFF OF LIVING FLESH,

AND THEN, AS THEY
GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER,

THEY'RE DAMAGING TISSUE.

ULTIMATELY, IT KILLS
THE ANIMAL THAT THEY'RE ON.

AND THIS CAN INCLUDE HUMANS.

Narrator: IN THE 1970s,
SCREWWORMS DECIMATE U.S.

AND CENTRAL AMERICAN
CATTLE POPULATIONS,

COSTING FARMERS
TENS OF MILLIONS.

AMERICA AND MEXICO FIGHT BACK

BY LAUNCHING A RADIOACTIVE WAR
ON THE FLESH-EATING FLY.

INSIDE SECURE,
ISOLATED LABORATORIES,

SCIENTISTS EXPOSE BILLIONS
OF MALE FLIES TO GAMMA RAYS.

THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT
SCREWWORM FLIES

TURNED OUT TO BE
TO STERILIZE MALES,

AND THEN RELEASE THEM
INTO THE POPULATION.

WHEN THEY MATE WITH
THE FEMALE FLIES,

THOSE EGGS ARE STERILE,
THEY WILL NEVER GROW.

SO, COULD THESE BUILDINGS BE ONE
OF THESE GOVERNMENT

SCREWWORM FLY
ERADICATION CENTERS?

Narrator:
YET, WHEN INVESTIGATORS
CONSULT LAND RECORDS,

THEY REVEAL SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED.

THE REMOTE, SECURE COMPOUND
IS DANISH,

AND BELONGS TO SOMETHING CALLED
THE TVIND TEACHER'S GROUP.

THE TVIND TEACHER'S GROUP
IS AN ORGANIZATION

THAT PARADES THEMSELF OUT
AS EGALITARIAN

AND PROMOTING A BETTER WORLD.

Narrator: THE GROUP IS RUN
BY AMDI PETERSEN,

AND OPERATES A NUMBER
OF INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES.

BUT SEVERAL EX-EMPLOYEES CLAIM
IT IS A FRONT FOR A CULT.

EVEN THOUGH THIS ORGANIZATION
DOES SEEM

TO DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS --
BUILDING SCHOOLS,

AND RECYCLING CLOTHING,
AND DEVELOPING NATIONS --

THEY DISCOURAGE CONTACT
WITH YOUR FAMILY,

AND THEY DEMAND UP
TO 50% OF YOUR SALARY

TO BE DONATED BACK TO THEM.

Narrator: DESPITE ITS
CHARITABLE STATUS,

THE GROUP OWNS SEVERAL
OFFSHORE COMPANIES

AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES.

WHAT'S MORE, ANALYSTS ESTIMATE
THIS BEACHSIDE REAL ESTATE

IS WORTH $26 MILLION,

AND PETERSEN'S WEALTH
TO BE $130 MILLION.

Kourounis: THIS GROUP HAS
RECEIVED ALL KINDS OF MONEY

FROM CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

AND GOVERNMENTS
AROUND THE WORLD.

Narrator: IN 2013, DANISH
AUTHORITIES INDICT SEVERAL

OF THE GROUP'S LEADERS
ON TAX EVASION AND EMBEZZLEMENT.

HUNTED BY INTERPOL,

AMDI PETERSEN'S WHEREABOUTS
ARE UNKNOWN.

**

COMING UP, WE BREAK INTO
AMERICA'S TOP SECRET

NUCLEAR FORTRESS.

GOT THE DOOR OPEN.

LET'S SEE WHAT
I'VE GOT INSIDE.

AND THE FIRST IMAGES
OF IRAN'S CRATER OF DOOM.

EVERYTHING AT THIS SITE
FEELS LIKE OUR WORST NIGHTMARE

IS COMING TRUE.

**

Narrator:
JUNE 10th, 2017.

EYES IN THE SKY NEAR
AMERICA'S BORDER WITH CANADA

CAPTURE SOMETHING WEIRD.

Morgan:
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

JUST WHEN YOU THINK
YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING,

IN NORTH DAKOTA,
THERE'S A PYRAMID.

THIS IS
EXCEPTIONALLY STRANGE.

THIS IS TODAY
IN NORTH DAKOTA.

WE'RE NOT IN ANCIENT EGYPT
IN 3000 B.C.

Narrator: THE EERIE MONOLITH
IS 136 FEET WIDE,

AND IS SURROUNDED BY A SERIES
OF OTHER STRANGE SHAPES

AND STRUCTURES.

ONE CATCHES INVESTIGATORS'
ATTENTION.

IN THIS IMAGE,
THERE'S ONE VERY CREEPY CLUE.

THAT IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A PAINTED IRON CROSS.

THE IRON CROSS,
A GERMAN MILITARY MEDAL,

IS FIRST AWARDED IN 1813.

DURING WORLD WAR II, IT BECOMES
A FEARED SYMBOL OF NAZI IDEOLOGY

AND SUPPOSED
ARYAN SUPREMACY.

QUESTION NUMBER ONE -- WHY IS
THERE A PYRAMID IN NORTH DAKOTA?

QUESTION NUMBER TWO --
WHY IS THERE AN IRON CROSS

THAT IS VISIBLE
FROM SPACE?

Narrator:
THE MYSTERY COMPOUND FASCINATES
EX-CIA OPERATIVE MIKE BAKER.

HE'S MAKING
THE LONG DRIVE NORTH

TO THE ROUGH RIDER STATE
TO STUDY IT UP CLOSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST
SITTING OUT THERE

WAITING FOR THE SPACESHIP
TO COME DOWN,

SO ALL THE PEOPLE
CAN GATHER AROUND

AND WORSHIP
COMMANDER ZURG.

Narrator: ANALYSTS IDENTIFY
A POSSIBLE CLUE

TO THE COMPOUND'S PURPOSE
IN A NEIGHBORING STATE.

I'VE SEEN SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR
TO THIS IN SOUTH DAKOTA,

AND IT WAS
A U.S. MILITARY SITE.

BUT IT WAS PURCHASED
BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN,

AND CONVERTED INTO
A SHELTER,

SHOULD THERE BE SOME KIND OF
APOCALYPSE OR DOOMSDAY SCENARIO.

Narrator:
AT THE SITE, $35,000 BUYS YOU
A LUXURY ZOMBIE-PROOF BUNKER

IN THE LARGEST PREPPER COMMUNITY
ON EARTH.

Morgan: THIS IS NO
INSIGNIFICANT COMPOUND,

BECAUSE IT CONSISTS OF
575 HARDENED STRUCTURES,

EACH OF WHICH,
IT IS ESTIMATED,

CAN WITHSTAND THE EXPLOSIVE
FORCE OF 500,000 POUNDS OF TNT.

Narrator: THE SITE IN THE IMAGE
ALSO APPEARS TO HOUSE

SEVERAL BLAST-PROOF
STRUCTURES.

AND THERE'S
ANOTHER CLUE.

THERE'S WHAT APPEARS TO BE,
FROM THE IMAGES,

SOME TYPE OF
PERIMETER FENCING.

AND THAT WOULD SUGGEST A
CLANDESTINE, SECRETIVE PURPOSE.

Narrator: THE PYRAMID IS OVER
75 MILES FROM ANY MAJOR TOWN.

AFTER A LONG DRIVE,
BAKER CATCHES SIGHT OF SOMETHING

RISING FROM
THE LANDSCAPE.

Baker: LOOK AT THAT.

THERE IT IS.

**

GOOD GOD.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

Narrator:
AS BAKER EXPLORES THE PERIMETER,
ONE THING BECOMES CLEAR.

I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
IN MY PAST WORKING

FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

A LOT OF THAT WAS SPENT ON
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

AND MILITARY BASES.

AND THIS HAS A DISTINCT FEEL
OF ONE OF THOSE.

BUT IT LOOKS
ABSOLUTELY DESERTED.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S
BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.

Narrator: THE PEOPLE THAT ONCE
GUARDED THE PYRAMID

MAY BE LONG GONE,
BUT CLUES TO ITS PURPOSE REMAIN.

Baker: THOSE LOOK TO BE
EXHAUST STACKS OR CHIMNEYS,

I WOULD ASSUME
FOR A POWER PLANT.

AND THAT WOULD SUGGEST
WHATEVER THAT IS

IS SUCKING UP
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

**

Narrator:
AS BAKER APPROACHES THE PYRAMID,

HE FINDS EVIDENCE
TO SUGGEST

ITS DESIGNED
TO KEEP SOMETHING OUT --

OR SOMETHING IN.

LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THESE WALLS.

THE CONCRETE HERE --
REBAR-ENFORCED.

YOU'RE TALKING 3-, 4-,
POSSIBLY 5-FOOT THICK WALLS.

GOT THE DOOR OPEN.

LET'S SEE WHAT
I'VE GOT INSIDE.

**

ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.

**

WHATEVER IT WAS,

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST BEEN
COMPLETELY STRIPPED OUT.

THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF RUSTING
METAL AND SOME WIRES.

**

THE STAIRS
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

BUT THE LADDER DOES.

ONWARD AND UPWARD.

**

I'M AT THE VERY TOP
OF THE PYRAMID.

AND THOSE MASSIVE
CIRCULAR OBJECTS

THAT YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE OUTSIDE --

I'M NOW STANDING ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THEM.

Narrator: THE FOUR GIANT EYES
HOLD THE REMAINS

OF COMPLEX
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

THEY OFFER A 360-DEGREE
FIELD OF VIEW

OVER THE VAST
NORTH DAKOTA PLAINS.

Baker: IT LOOKS LIKE
A TRACKING FACILITY.

BUT WHAT WERE THEY
WATCHING FOR?

WHAT WERE THEY
DOING HERE?

Narrator: COMING UP,
JUDGEMENT DAY FOR MIKE BAKER.

WE'RE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF WORLD DESTRUCTION.

Narrator:
AND NEW IMAGES FROM THE HEAVENS
OF A PORTAL TO THE UNDERWORLD.

Bellinger: THE ROMANS BELIEVED
THAT THE TEMPLE CONTAINED

A REAL-LIFE GATE TO HELL.

Narrator: MIKE BAKER
IS IN NORTH DAKOTA,

INVESTIGATING A GIANT PYRAMID
CAPTURED BY SATELLITE.

HE SUSPECTS IT WAS BUILT
FOR SURVEILLANCE.

THE IMAGE LEADS HIM TO
ANOTHER AREA OF THE COMPOUND.

I'VE GOT TO INVESTIGATE THIS
FIELD OF OBJECTS, RIGHT HERE.

Narrator: THE STRUCTURES
ARE EVENLY SPACED,

AND PERFECTLY ALIGNED.

UP CLOSE, BAKER THINKS
HE RECOGNIZES THEM.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS MAKING
A LOT MORE SENSE NOW.

THESE...

THESE ARE
MISSILE SILOS.

THESE TOPS
ARE NOT CONCRETE.

THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BLOW OFF
AS THE MISSILE COMES UP.

Narrator: BAKER THINKS
THEIR SIZE AND APPARENT AGE

CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING.

WE'RE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BEST EXAMPLE

OF POTENTIAL
WORLD DESTRUCTION.

WE'RE STANDING ON TOP OF
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN

46 NUCLEAR-ARMED MISSILES
DURING THE COLD WAR.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

Narrator: THE DISCOVERY
SHEDS LIGHT ON THE PURPOSE

OF THE GIANT ELECTRONIC EYES
ON THE SIDE OF THE PYRAMID.

Baker: THE PYRAMID IS
CONTROLLING THESE MISSILES.

IT'S DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY
INCOMING TARGETS --

INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES FROM THE SOVIET UNION.

Narrator:
DURING THE COLD WAR,

THE SOVIET UNION
AMASSES OVER 40,000 WARHEADS --

ENOUGH TO ANNIHILATE AMERICA
HUNDREDS OF TIMES OVER.

FOR MILLIONS
OF U.S. FAMILIES,

ARMAGEDDON IS A VERY REAL,
DAILY THREAT.

* DUM-DUM
DOO-DOO-DUM-DUM *

Baker:
I REMEMBER, AS A KID,

GOING THROUGH THESE
DUCK-AND-COVER EXERCISES,

WHERE WE WOULD BE TOLD,
"GET UNDER YOUR SCHOOL DESK."

Man:
FIRST, YOU DUCK.

THEN, YOU COVER.

AND VERY TIGHTLY, YOU COVER THE
BACK OF YOUR NECK AND YOUR FACE.

* DUCK AND COVER *

I REMEMBER A BUDDY OF MINE

LOOKING AT ME AS I CROUCHED
UNDER MY DESK,

AND HE SAID, "I DON'T THINK
THIS IS GONNA WORK."

Narrator: IN RESPONSE TO
THE GROWING RED TERROR,

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTIGATES
THE SAFEGUARD PROGRAM.

Morgan: THE SAFEGUARD PROGRAM
WAS INITIATED

BY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION

TO PROVIDE A MISSILE
INTERCEPTOR CAPABILITY

THAT WOULD PREVENT MISSILES
INBOUND IN A SOVIET STRIKE.

Narrator: DECLASSIFIED
U.S. GOVERNMENT FILES

REVEAL THAT,
ON APRIL 6th, 1970,

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON
THE MASSIVE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

WORKERS INSTALL 700,000
CUBIC FEET OF CONCRETE,

27,000 TONS OF STEEL,
AND 2,200 MILES OF WIRING.

AND AS THE PYRAMID RISES,
ITS FOUR GIANT EYES TAKE SHAPE.

Walters: WHAT YOU SEE ON
THE SIDE OF THE PYRAMID

IS A UNIQUE FORM OF MISSILE
DETECTION TECHNOLOGY

CALLED "PHASED ARRAY RADAR."

THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
RADAR SYSTEM IS TWOFOLD.

FIRST OF ALL,
ITS BEAM CAN BE STEERED

WITHIN MILLISECONDS TO TARGET
DIFFERENT INCOMING MISSILES.

SECONDLY,
THIS TYPE OF RADAR

CAN BE HARDENED
AGAINST A NUCLEAR BLAST.

Narrator: IF THE PYRAMID'S
2,000-STRONG TEAM

OF OPERATORS DETECT
AN INCOMING MISSILE,

THEY UNLEASH THEIR OWN
NUCLEAR-TIPPED COUNTER-STRIKE.

WHEN THE MISSILE
IS LAUNCHED,

THIS WHOLE PART KICKS BACK
ON THESE RAILS.

THE MISSILE IS OFF, HOPEFULLY ON
ITS WAY TO INTERCEPT AN ICBM.

AND NOW,
NORTH DAKOTA MAKES SENSE.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE
THE THREAT WAS COMING FROM,

ICBM WOULD BE LAUNCHED
FROM THE SOVIET UNION,

LIKELY FLYING OVER
THE NORTH POLE,

AND WE WOULD HOPEFULLY
INTERCEPT THAT MISSILE

SOMEWHERE OVER CANADA...

...SORRY, CANADA,

BEFORE IT REACHED
THE UNITED STATES.

Narrator: BAKER THINKS
THE DIFFERENT-SIZED SILOS

ARE EVIDENCE THE PYRAMID

HELD TWO TYPES
OF DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR MISSILES.

THESE, IF I DON'T
MISS MY GUESS,

ARE WHAT WERE CALLED
"SPRINT MISSILES."

THOSE, THEN,
WOULD BE SPARTAN MISSILES.

THE SPARTAN MISSILE HAD
AN INCREDIBLE RANGE

OF 450 NAUTICAL MILES,

WHICH MEANT
IT COULD ACTUALLY INTERCEPT

AN INCOMING ENEMY MISSILE

WHILE IT WAS STILL
ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE.

IF THE SPARTAN MISSILES FAILED,
WE HAD THE SPRINT MISSILE.

SPRINT MISSILE WAS DESIGNED
TO INTERCEPT MISSILES

AT VERY CLOSE RANGE.

IT WAS BLAZING FAST,
AND COULD INTERCEPT A MISSILE

WITHIN 15 SECONDS
OF BEING LAUNCHED.

Narrator:
$6 BILLION AND TWO DECADES
OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

GO INTO DEVELOPING
THE PYRAMID ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM.

YET, ON OCTOBER 2nd, 1975,

JUST 24 HOURS AFTER IT
BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL,

CONGRESS VOTES
TO SHUT IT DOWN.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
IT'S CLOSED DOWN

IS THERE WAS A GREATER
FEELING OF DéTENTE

BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION
AND THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S A REALLY POTENT REMINDER
OF JUST THE HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY

THAT WAS OVERSPENT
ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE MADNESS
OF THE NUCLEAR AGE.

**

Narrator:
THE COLD WAR MAY HAVE THAWED,
BUT A HAUNTING LEGACY REMAINS,

WROUGHT IN
CONCRETE AND STEEL,

IN THIS REMOTE CORNER
OF NORTH DAKOTA.

Baker: IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF HOW CLOSE WE CAME,

DURING THE COLD WAR,
TO MUTUAL DESTRUCTION,

TO THE END OF THE WORLD
AS WE KNOW IT.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

Narrator: COMING UP,
DISCOVERED FROM SPACE,

CHINA'S SECRET GENOCIDE.

Munoz: WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAY OUT
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

AND IT NEVER ENDS WELL.

Narrator: AND A NEW FIND
UNLEASHES AN ANCIENT CURSE.

IT'S AN INVISIBLE MAGIC,
AN UNDERWORLD ENCOUNTER.

Narrator:
CHINA GUARDS ITS SECRETS WELL,

AND OVER THE YEARS, HAS
CONCEALED COUNTLESS ATROCITIES.

YET EVEN THE TIGHTEST SECURITY
IS NO MATCH

FOR THE SPIES
IN THE SKY.

EVIDENCE OF
THE LATEST TERROR

COMES FROM NEW IMAGES
OF THE COUNTRY'S VAST

TAKLAMAKAN DESERT.

LOCALS CALL THIS
"THE SEA OF DEATH,"

YET DOWN BELOW
ARE SIGNS OF LIFE.

Moran:
THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.

YOU HAVE THIS LARGE SWATH
OF LUSH GREENERY,

AND WITHIN THAT,
AN ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS.

Rice: IT LOOKS LIKE
A BUNCH OF COMPUTER CHIPS

IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.

Narrator: BIOLOGISTS IDENTIFY
A POSSIBLE THEORY.

WHEN YOU SEE
REGULAR STRUCTURES LIKE THIS

OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS,

YOU THINK MAYBE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH FARMING.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT
OF ANIMAL-HOLDING FACILITY.

Narrator: THE SURROUNDING DESERT
IS HOSTILE TO MOST ANIMALS,

YET A REPORT FROM CHINA'S
STATE-RUN NEWS AGENCY

REVEALS SOME FARMS
DO EXIST HERE.

IN THE XINJIANG REGION,
WHERE THIS IMAGE IS LOCATED,

EVERY YEAR,
THEY GET DECIMATED BY LOCUSTS.

IT MAY SOUND WEIRD,

BUT ONE OF THE WAYS
THE FARMERS ARE FIGHTING BACK

IS USING CHICKENS AND DUCKS
TO CATCH AND EAT THE LOCUSTS

IN LARGE QUANTITIES.

Narrator: THE REPORT STATES
THAT, IN JULY 2017,

A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS
DECIMATES BORDERLANDS

TO THE NORTH
OF THE STRUCTURES.

INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER IT'S AN
OUTBREAK DECADES IN THE MAKING.

CHINA'S LOCUST PROBLEM
GOES BACK OVER 50 YEARS,

AND IT'S PART OF A DARK CHAPTER
IN CHINESE HISTORY

THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY
RATHER FORGET.

Narrator: IN 1958,
CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG

LAUNCHES A CAMPAIGN TO TRANSFORM
CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY --

THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD.

ONE OF THE COMMUNIST'S
FIRST CRAZY PLANS

IS TO DECLARE WAR
ON A BIRD

MAO CALLS A
"CAPITALIST PUBLIC ENEMY."

CHINA WAS RAMPING UP
THEIR AGRICULTURE,

AND THEY DISCOVERED
THAT SPARROWS

WERE EATING
THEIR GRAIN.

SO, CHAIRMAN MAO IMPLEMENTED
THIS MASSIVE SCHEME

TO TRY TO GET RID
OF THE SPARROWS.

Narrator: THE DICTATOR
FORCES WHOLE COMMUNITIES

TO WAVE FLAGS
AND BANG POTS,

SO THE BIRDS DROP OUT OF THE SKY
FROM EXHAUSTION.

THE BIZARRE SO-CALLED
"KILL SPARROWS CAMPAIGN"

LEAVES 1 BILLION BIRDS DEAD,
AND UNLEASHES A NEW TERROR.

TURNS OUT THE SPARROWS
WERE EATING THE LOCUSTS

IN ADDITION TO
A LITTLE BIT OF GRAIN.

YOU REMOVE
THE SPARROW PREDATORS,

LOCUSTS GO CRAZY,
GRAIN ALMOST DISAPPEARS.

Narrator: HUGE, BIBLICAL SWARMS
BLACKEN THE SKY,

DEVOURING EVERYTHING THEY FIND,
INCLUDING CROPS FOR HUMAN FOOD.

Rice: AND THIS, THEY THINK,
IS ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS

OF THE GREAT FAMINE
IN CHINA,

WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
STARVE TO DEATH.

Narrator:
IN THE FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING
THE KILL SPARROWS CAMPAIGN,

UP TO 45 MILLION PEOPLE
PERISH

DURING THE MOST DEVASTATING
FAMINE IN HISTORY.

AMONG THE DESPERATE SURVIVORS,
CANNIBALISM BECOMES WIDESPREAD.

Janulis: UNSURPRISINGLY,
IT'S A PERIOD

THAT'S NOT REALLY TALKED
ABOUT MUCH BY THE GOVERNMENT,

BECAUSE IT'S
PRETTY GRUESOME.

Narrator: TODAY,
FARMERS IN THE REGION

WHERE THE IMAGE WAS TAKEN HAVE
MOBILIZED AN ARMY OF ANIMALS

TO TACKLE THE
VORACIOUS CRITTERS.

IT TURNS OUT THAT BOTH CHICKEN
AND DUCKS LOVE LOCUSTS.

**

Kays: RECENTLY,
FARMERS HAVE BEGUN TO TRAIN

THE FLOCKS OF DUCKS
AND CHICKENS

TO RESPOND TO A WHISTLE.
AND WHEN THEY HEAR IT,

THEY GO RUNNING INTO THE FIELD
LOOKING FOR DINNER.

Narrator: THIS IS NO
BIRD-BRAINED SCHEME.

EACH MEMBER OF
THE QUACK COMMANDO UNIT

DEVOURS UP TO
600 PESTS EVERY DAY.

Rice: THEY ACTUALLY REDUCE THE
LOCUST POPULATIONS BY UP TO 75%.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

COULD WE BE LOOKING AT SOME SORT
OF GIANT BREEDING CENTER

FOR THESE HERO
FLOCKS OF CHINA?

Narrator:
IMAGE ANALYSIS CONFIRMS
THE PRESENCE OF A FENCE

SURROUNDING THE FACILITY.

BUT EX-CIA OPERATIVE
LINDSAY MORAN

UNCOVERS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

THAT SUGGEST IT'S NOT
TO CONTAIN BIRDS.

Moran: THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS OF PEOPLE

WALKING INTO THESE BUILDINGS
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

AND WE'RE NOT TALKING
ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.

WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS.

Narrator:
MORAN THINKS THE FACILITY'S
LOCATION IS SIGNIFICANT.

THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE

IS IN THE HEART
OF THE UYGHUR REGION OF CHINA.

THE UYGHURS ARE NOT
ETHNICALLY CHINESE,

AND THEY PRACTICE ISLAM.

Narrator: MORAN DISCOVERS THAT,
IN RECENT YEARS,

BEIJING HAS UNDERTAKEN
A SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN

TO REPRESS THE 10-MILLION-STRONG
LOCAL MUSLIM POPULATION.

IT BORDERS
8 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

INCLUDING RUSSIA, INDIA,
AND PAKISTAN.

IT'S OF STRATEGIC VALUE
TO THE CHINESE,

AND IT STANDS TO REASON
THAT THEY WOULD WANT

TO EXERT
COMPLETE CONTROL THERE.

Narrator: REPORTS SUGGEST
THE COMMUNISTS HAVE RELOCATED

OVER 10 MILLION NATIVE CHINESE
TO THE AREA --

A CALCULATED MOVE
TO SUPPLANT THE UYGHURS.

IN 2009, WHEN LOCALS
TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST,

THE CHINESE STEP UP
THEIR CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION.

SO, NOW, THEY HAVE THESE CAMPS
WHERE THEY ROUND UP

AND SEND ANY UYGHURS
THEY BELIEVE

MIGHT POSE A THREAT
TO THE GOVERNMENT.

Narrator: THE CAMPS ARE DESIGNED
TO INDOCTRINATE THE UYGHURS

WITH STATE-SANCTIONED
COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY.

THE UYGHURS WILL FACE
HARSH CONDITIONS --

ABSOLUTELY
OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS --

A LOT LIKE STALIN'S GULAGS
IN THE SOVIET UNION,

OR POL POT'S RE-EDUCATION
CENTERS IN CAMBODIA.

Price: TO NOT COMPLY
IS NOT AN OPTION.

ANY RESISTANCE IS MET
WITH EXTREME PUNISHMENT.

THE "STUDENTS" ARE APPARENTLY
SHACKLED 12 HOURS A DAY,

AND SOME ARE
EVEN WATERBOARDED.

Narrator:
ANALYSTS ESTIMATE THE CHINESE
ARE HOLDING 1 MILLION UYGHUR

AGAINST THEIR WILL
IN CAMPS SUCH AS THIS.

AND THE NUMBER
IS GROWING.

SATELLITE IMAGES HAVE SHOWN

THAT DOZENS OF THESE CAMPS EXIST
THROUGHOUT CHINA.

RE-EDUCATION CAMPS
DEVOLVE INTO PRISONS,

AND FROM PRISONS, THEY DEVOLVE
INTO SOMETHING MUCH DARKER.

WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAY OUT
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

AND IT NEVER ENDS WELL.

Narrator: COMING UP, A NEW
DISCOVERY IN A CURSED CITY.

THEY OPENED UP THE TEMPLE,
AND BIRDS

STARTED FALLING OUT
OF THE SKY, DEAD.

Narrator:
AND IRAN'S LATEST MEGA-WEAPONS
REVEALED FROM SPACE.

THIS IS REALLY,
REALLY FRIGHTENING.

Narrator: AUGUST 21st, 2016,
SATELLITES ORBIT ABOVE TURKEY,

A COUNTRY WHERE THE EMPIRES
OF THE EAST AND WEST COLLIDE.

OF THE NUMEROUS
HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS HERE,

Narrator: ONE CATCHES
INVESTIGATORS' ATTENTION.

Bellinger: IT'S GOT
EVERYTHING WE'D EXPECT

OF A MAJOR ROMAN SETTLEMENT
IN TURKEY.

WHAT'S ODD IS THIS GIGANTIC
MARSHMALLOW, BILLOWING,

CLOUDY THING
TO THE LEFT OF IT.

SATELLITE EVIDENCE FROM
OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR

SUGGEST THAT IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
SO IT'S NOT SNOW.

Faylor: IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE
FLOOD WATERS COMING IN,

LIKE SOMETHING
IS DROWNING THE CITY,

AND IT'S SLOWLY
SINKING INTO IT.

Narrator:
THE RUINS AND WEIRD WHITE MASS

INTRIGUE ARCHAEOLOGIST
KAREN BELLINGER.

SHE LEARNS THAT
THIS IS HIERAPOLIS...

...A ONCE-WEALTHY, THRIVING
ROMAN CITY OF 100,000 PEOPLE.

AND IT APPEARS
IT IS CURSED.

THE GREEK GEOGRAPHER STRABO
DESCRIBED THIS SITE AS BEING

JUST FULL OF A DENSE, MISTY FOG
WHICH BILLOWED ABOVE THE GROUND,

AND ANIMALS, AS SOON AS THEY
WALKED INTO THIS SPACE,

WOULD JUST DROP DEAD.

Narrator: THE DEADLY MIST
OOZES FROM A STRUCTURE CALLED

"THE PLUTONIUM."

THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY A TEMPLE
DEDICATED TO THE GOD PLUTO,

THE GOD OF
THE UNDERWORLD.

AND THE ROMANS BELIEVED
THAT THE TEMPLE OF PLUTO

CONTAINED A REAL-LIFE
GATE TO HELL.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO
THE GREEK TEXT,

THE GATE TO HELL IS A PHYSICAL
PORTAL TO THE UNDERWORLD.

FROM IT COMES
THE TOXIC BREATH

OF THE THREE-HEADED
HELLHOUND CERBERUS.

TO GAIN FAVOR
WITH THE GOD PLUTO,

PILGRIMS OFFER SACRIFICIAL
ANIMALS TO THE TEMPLE PRIESTS.

THEY WERE EUNUCHS, AND THE WAY
THEY BECAME EUNUCHS -- BIZARRE.

SELF-CASTRATION.

Horton: THE PRIESTS WOULD TAKE
THE SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS

INTO THE TEMPLE OF PLUTO,

AND LIKE MAGIC,
THOSE ANIMALS WOULD DIE.

Hunt:
IT'S AN INVISIBLE MAGIC.

IT'S AN
UNDERWORLD ENCOUNTER.

THE EUNUCHS
WERE SEEN AS SUPERHUMAN

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DIE.

ONLY THE ANIMALS DIED.

Narrator:
AS THE ROMAN EMPIRE DIES AWAY,

THE GATE TO HELL
FADES INTO LEGEND.

ALMOST 2,000 YEARS LATER,

A TEAM EXCAVATING
ITS RUMORED LOCATION

DISCOVERS SOMETHING
THAT SOUNDS EXTRAORDINARY.

Horton: THEY OPENED UP
THE TEMPLE, THE CAVE, AGAIN,

AND MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE,
THE BIRDS FLYING OVER THE TOP

STARTED FALLING OUT OF
THE SKY, DEAD.

Faylor: WE THOUGHT THIS WAS
JUST ROMAN MYTH-MAKING.

WE THOUGHT THESE WERE
INCREDIBLE STORIES PASSED DOWN

AND EXAGGERATED
THROUGH THE YEARS.

AND IT TURNS OUT,
THEY'RE TRUE.

Narrator: THIS IS THE LONG-LOST
GATE TO HELL,

THE FABLED PORTAL
TO PLUTO'S REALM.

INVESTIGATORS LOCATE
A FRACTURE IN THE EARTH,

RUNNING FROM THE OPENING
TO THE STRANGE WHITE MASS.

CHEMICAL SCIENTIST REID FAYLOR
SUGGESTS A THEORY.

WE KNOW THIS IS
A VOLCANIC AREA.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT
OF HOT SPRINGS AROUND.

IT MAKES ME THINK THAT
THIS WHITE MATERIAL

WE'RE SEEING
IS CALCIUM CARBONATE.

Narrator: FAYLOR THINKS
THE WHITE MASS

IS A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
CALLED A "TRAVERTINE."

Faylor:
TRAVERTINES ARE FORMED

WHEN VOLCANIC ACTIVITY PUSHES
WATER UP THROUGH THE SOIL.

THE WATER'S DENSE
WITH CALCIUM CARBONATE,

AND AS IT DEPOSITS,
IT DRIES, CRYSTALLIZES,

AND FORMS
THESE STRANGE STRUCTURES.

Narrator: ON THE HILLSIDE
NEXT TO THE RUINED CITY,

THE TRAVERTINE BUILD-UP

CREATES SPECTACULAR TERRACES
OF POOLED WATER.

YET THEY CONCEAL
AN INVISIBLE KILLER.

THE OTHER THING THAT GETS
RELEASED IN THE FORMATION

OF TRAVERTINES
IS CARBON DIOXIDE.

CARBON DIOXIDE, IN HIGH ENOUGH
CONCENTRATIONS, IS DEADLY.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE FRACTURE IN THE EARTH

FUNNELS CO2 FROM THE WHITE MASS
AND OUT OF THE GATES TO HELL.

CARBON DIOXIDE
IS HEAVIER THAN AIR,

SO IT'S GOING TO SETTLE
ON THE GROUND,

AND IT'S GOING TO FORM
A DEADLY LAYER OF POISON GAS.

Narrator: STUDIES SUGGEST
THE EUNUCH PRIESTS

FIGURE OUT THAT,
DURING THE DAY,

THE SUN'S HEAT DISSIPATES
THE TEMPLE'S LETHAL POOL OF GAS.

BUT IN THE COOL
OF THE EVENING,

THEY KNOW IT SWELLS
TO ALARMING LEVELS.

SO, THE PRIESTS KNOW THAT
THE SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS

WITH THEIR NOSES
CLOSE TO THE GROUND,

AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY,

ARE GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY
OVERCOME BY THE GASES,

WHILE THEY, STANDING MUCH TALLER
ABOVE IT, WILL BE UNHARMED.

Narrator:
AS THE EUNUCH PRIESTS SAY,

"CUIUS TESTICULOUS HABES,
HABEAS CARDIA ET CEREBELLUM" --

"WHEN YOU HAVE THEM
BY THE BALLS,

THE HEART AND MIND
WILL FOLLOW."

WHILST THE PILGRIMS
MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT

THESE PRIESTS
HAD SUPERNATURAL POWER,

THE WHOLE THING, IN REALITY,
WAS A MASSIVE SWINDLE.

Narrator: COMING UP,

INVESTIGATING IRAN'S
TOP-SECRET TERROR DOME.

WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS
A LONG-RANGE MISSILE CAPABLE

OF DELIVERING A NUCLEAR WARHEAD
TO THEIR GREATEST ENEMIES.

Narrator: AND NEW IMAGES
OF A LONG-HIDDEN TRAGEDY.

PEOPLE ARE DYING.
IT'S COMPLETELY HORRIFIC.

Narrator: DEFENSE ANALYSTS
ARE INCREASINGLY TURNING

TO SATELLITES TO MONITOR ROGUE
STATES AND DESPOTIC LEADERS.

WITH THEIR HELP,
THEY HOPE TO PREVENT

THE NEXT TERROR ATTACK
ON AMERICAN SOIL.

FOR MANY IN
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY,

THE GREATEST THREAT COMES FROM
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

IRAN IS A REPRESSIVE REGIME
THAT CONTROLS ITS POPULATION,

AND IS VERY DIFFICULT
TO PENETRATE.

Moran: SO, WE REALLY HAVE
TO RELY ON SATELLITE IMAGES

TO TELL WHAT'S GOING ON.

Narrator: THE HARDLINE ISLAMIC
COUNTRY HAS REPEATEDLY VOWED

TO DESTROY AMERICA
AND RAZE ISRAEL TO THE GROUND.

ONGOING TESTING IN IRAN SUGGESTS
THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS

A TRUE INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTICS SYSTEM.

WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS
A LONG-RANGE MISSILE CAPABLE

OF DELIVERING A NUCLEAR WARHEAD
TO THEIR GREATEST ENEMIES.

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 12th, 2011,
A CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION

DESTROYS IRAN'S MISSILE
RESEARCH FACILITY IN BID KANEH,

NEAR TEHRAN.

THE BLAST CLAIMS 17 LIVES,
INCLUDING THIS MAN,

GENERAL HASSAN MOGHADDAM.

FEW WESTERN GOVERNMENTS
MOURN HIS DEATH.

GENERAL HASSAN MOGHADDAM
WAS THE KEY ARCHITECT

OF THE IRANIAN
MISSILE PROGRAM.

Walters: WHEN THE GENERAL IS
KILLED, EVERYBODY THINKS THAT

IRAN'S LONG-TERM
MISSILE PROGRAM IS OVER.

THE WORLD CAN BREATHE EASY.

I WILL TALK TO
YOU IN ABOUT...

Narrator: YET EX-CIA OPERATIVE
MIKE BAKER HAS DISCOVERED

THAT THIS MAY NOT
BE THE CASE.

HE'S TRACKED DOWN
A GERMAN ANALYST

WHO HAS FOUND
DISTURBING EVIDENCE

THAT THE GENERAL'S WORK
IS FAR FROM OVER.

**

FABIAN HINZ SPECIALIZES

IN INVESTIGATING
IRAN'S WEAPONS PROGRAMS.

WELL, LIKE I MENTIONED TO YOU
ON THE PHONE...

Hinz: MM-HMM.

...I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

YEAH.
I WANT TO GET STARTED.

HINZ REVEALS THAT HE REGULARLY
STUDIES IRANIAN STATE TV

FOR CLUES TO CLANDESTINE
MILITARY ACTIVITY.

A DOCUMENTARY COMMEMORATING
THE GENERAL'S DEATH

CATCHES HIS ATTENTION.

THE IRANIANS LOVE TO
TALK ABOUT THE MISSILES,

AND THEY LOVE MOGHADDAM.

SO, I STARTED
WATCHING THIS,

AND THEN, I STARTED TO FIND,
LIKE, FIRST HINTS

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
VERY SECRET HE WAS WORKING ON.

IN THIS PHOTO OF THE GENERAL,
HINZ SPOTS SOMETHING DISTURBING.

IN THE BACKGROUND,
YOU CAN SEE A BOX

WITH SOMETHING
HANDWRITTEN ON IT.

AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY,
YOU CAN SEE THE NAME "SHAHROUD."

SHAHROUD IS A SPARSELY POPULATED
REGION 200 MILES EAST OF TEHRAN.

SATELLITE IMAGERY
OF THE AREA

CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE
FACILITY HIDDEN IN THE DESERT.

Pavelec: IT'S COMPLETELY AWAY
FROM CIVILIZATION,

IN A BOWL
WITH MOUNTAINS AROUND IT,

SO FEW PRYING EYES
CAN LOOK AT IT.

Narrator:
HISTORIC IMAGES CONFIRM
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AT THE SITE

SHORTLY BEFORE GENERAL
MOGHADDAM'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

WAS MOGHADDAM RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SHAHROUD SITE, AS WELL?

OFFICIALLY, THE SHAHROUD SITE
HAS NEVER BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED.

HINZ SUSPECTS
THIS IS A SECRET SITE

WITH LINKS TO THE MISSILE
EXPERT, BUT NEEDS MORE EVIDENCE.

THIS CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS
OFFERS A BIZARRE CLUE.

IRANIAN MILITARY FACILITIES
USUALLY ARE,

LIKE, LIGHT BLUE
AND GRAY,

BUT THESE ARE COMPLETELY BLUE,
WHICH IS SOMETHING VERY ODD.

AND THEN, I FOUND THAT
MOGHADDAM HIMSELF

WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE
[INDISTINCT] SOCCER CLUB.

AND THE COLOR OF THAT
FOOTBALL CLUB IS BLUE.

SO, THIS IS THE BLUE COLOR
OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM

THAT MOGHADDAM
WAS SUCH A FAN OF?

HE HAD EVERYTHING AT HIS BASE
PAINTED BLUE.

Walters: SO, WHAT DOES
THIS ALL ADD UP TO?

WELL, WHAT IT SAYS
IS THAT THE GENERAL

HAD BEEN WORKING ON A FACILITY
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT --

A SECRET FACILITY
THAT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.

Narrator: TO THE EAST OF
THE BUILDING SITS A CRATER.

AND LIKE A BOND FILM,

IT CONCEALS
SOMETHING TERRIFYING.

WHAT ARE
THESE THINGS, HERE?

SO, THESE ARE
CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS

FOR ROCKET MOTOR
TEST STANDS.

ROCKET SCIENTISTS USE CONCRETE
STANDS TO TEST-FIRE ENGINES.

THE POWER OF THE ONES
HIDDEN IN THIS CRATER

IS VISIBLE FROM SPACE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME,
THE EXHAUST PLUME,

AND THE SCAR IT LEAVES
ON THE GROUND.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT PICTURES,
THEY ARE TESTING MOTORS HERE

AS LATE AS 2018.

THERE'S LOTS
OF ACTIVITY HERE.

THERE ARE NO FUEL TANKS
VISIBLE IN THE IMAGE,

BUT THERE IS
A TUNNEL ENTRANCE.

THIS PROVIDES A CLUE TO THE TYPE
OF ROCKETS BEING TESTED HERE.

BECAUSE THERE'S NO
LIQUID FUEL FACILITIES --

THE TANKS, THE STORAGE TANKS,
AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS --

IT SUGGESTS THAT
IT'S A SOLID-FUEL

MISSILE-TESTING RANGE.

Narrator:
SOLID-FUEL ROCKETS ARE MUCH
LESS VOLATILE THAN LIQUID ONES,

SO THEY CAN BE
HIDDEN UNDERGROUND.

AND THEY GIVE AN ENEMY STATE
LIKE IRAN ANOTHER KEY ADVANTAGE.

IF YOU HAVE A SOLID-FUEL
SPACE-LAUNCH VEHICLE,

YOU DON'T NEED HOURS
OR EVEN DAYS OF FUELING

AND ERECTING
THE MISSILE.

YOU CAN JUST
PRESS A BUTTON.

FROM THE SIZE OF THE STANDS
AND SCARS,

HINZ CALCULATES THE ENGINES
BEING TESTED HERE

PRODUCE OVER 90 TONS
OF THRUST.

THAT COULD BE
ENOUGH TO POWER

AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE.

SO, IF IRAN DEVELOPS THIS,

THEY COULD DELIVER
ANY SORT OF PACKAGE

THEY WANT, REALLY,
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Narrator: FROM SPACE,
A DEAD MILITARY GENIUS

BACK FROM THE GRAVE,
WITH AMERICA IN HIS CROSSHAIRS.

EVERYTHING AT
THIS SITE FEELS

AND LOOKS LIKE ONE OF OUR
WORST NIGHTMARES COMING TRUE.

THIS IS REALLY,
REALLY FRIGHTENING.

Narrator:
COMING UP, A BIZARRE TALE
OF TERROR ON EXCREMENT ISLAND.

Pavelec: SAYING "ONE MAN'S POO,
ANOTHER MAN'S GOLD" --

IT MAKES A LITTLE
MORE SENSE

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THIS POO.

Narrator:
THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF OUR
PLANET WHICH ARE SO INACCESSIBLE

THAT WE NEED SATELLITES
TO SEE WHAT'S THERE.

ON JANUARY 20th, 2015,

OVER A REMOTE
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND,

IMAGES FROM SPACE
CAPTURE SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

IT ALMOST RESEMBLES
CLAW MARKS

THAT ARE DRAGGED
ACROSS THE SURFACE.

THIS IMAGE IS STRANGE BECAUSE
THERE ARE THESE MAN-MADE TRACKS

LEADING UP TO
SOME SORT OF WHITE MOUND.

Narrator: THE WEIRD MARKS
ARE AROUND 3,500 MILES

FROM THE NEAREST
MAJOR LANDMASS.

THIS IS ABOUT AS REMOTE
AS IT GETS.

I MEAN, THIS IS
THE KIND OF PLACE

THAT ROBINSON CRUSOE
WOULD GO ON HOLIDAY

TO GET AWAY
FROM IT ALL.

Kays: THERE'S NO FRESH WATER,
THERE'S NO TREES.

I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE
WOULD LAND HERE.

Narrator: ANIMAL EXPERT
ROLAND KAYS THINKS

HE RECOGNIZES
THE ISLAND'S DISTINCTIVE COLORS.

REMOTE ISLANDS LIKE THIS ARE
IDEAL NESTING GROUNDS FOR BIRDS.

SO, YOU OFTEN GET THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF BIRDS

USING IT YEAR AFTER YEAR,

AND THEIR POO
STARTS TO ACCUMULATE.

ANYONE WHO'S HAD THE MISFORTUNE
OF GETTING CRAPPED ON

BY A BIRD KNOWS
THAT THE BIRD POOP

HAS SORT OF A BROWNISH PART
AND A WHITE PART.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING
ALL OVER THIS ISLAND.

Narrator: LARGE ACCUMULATIONS
OF BAT AND SEABIRD EXCREMENT

ARE KNOWN AS "GUANO."

NOT YOUR TYPICAL
DESERT ISLAND VACATION LOCATION,

BUT HISTORIANS THINK IT COULD
EXPLAIN HUMAN PRESENCE HERE.

Merritt: SO, WHY WOULD PEOPLE
NEED BIRD POOP?

BIRD POO IS
A PERFECT FERTILIZER.

Narrator: TEXTS CONFIRM THAT
IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY,

AN INCREASING DEMAND
FOR FERTILIZER FUELS A RUSH

TO THE GUANO-COVERED ISLANDS
OF THE PACIFIC.

GUANO MINING BECOMES
A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS.

BUT FOR THE LABORERS,
THE INDUSTRY EXACTS A HUGE TOLL.

YOU'RE LIVING AND WORKING IN
ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE PLACES

ON THE PLANET,
AWAY FROM ANY SOCIETY,

COMPLETELY AT THE MERCY
OF THE COMPANY

WHOSE ONLY INTEREST
IS THE BOTTOM LINE.

Narrator: CONSCRIPTED LABORERS
TOIL IN INHUMAN CONDITIONS

ON MOUNTAINS OF BIRD POOP
200 FEET DEEP.

THE CLOUDS OF FECAL DUST
LEAD TO COUNTLESS DEATHS

FROM RESPIRATORY DISEASE.

GROUPS OF WORKERS THROW
THEMSELVES OFF THE ISLAND CLIFFS

RATHER THAN FACE ANOTHER DAY
IN THESE HELLISH MINES.

IN ADDITION TO
POOR LIVING CONDITIONS,

YOUR WORK IS SOME OF
THE HARDEST ON THE PLANET.

YOU'RE JUST BREATHING IN DUST
ALL DAY.

PEOPLE ARE DYING.
NOBODY CARES.

Narrator:
IN 1862, GUANO TRADERS TAKE
1,500 PEOPLE FROM EASTER ISLAND.

90% DIE IN THE MINES.

AND WHEN THE SURVIVORS
RETURN HOME,

THEY DECIMATE THE REMAINING
ISLANDERS WITH SMALLPOX.

THE COMPANY CREATED A WAY
OF MANAGING HUMAN LABOR

IN A WAY
THAT'S VERY EFFICIENT

IF YOU CONSIDER
THE HUMANS AS MACHINES,

BUT IT'S
COMPLETELY HORRIFIC.

Narrator: IN AMERICA, PIONEERS
FORGING A PATH TO THE WEST

CREATE ANOTHER SURGE
IN DEMAND FOR GUANO.

Merritt: BIRD POOP
ALSO CONTAINS SALTPETER,

WHICH IS USED
FOR GUNPOWDER.

AND SO, OF COURSE,
IT BECOMES A HUGE COMMODITY.

Narrator: THIS INSATIABLE HUNGER
FOR GUANO RESULTS IN THE U.S.

LAYING CLAIM TO OVER
100 BIRD-COVERED ISLANDS,

INCLUDING THE ONE
IN THE IMAGE.

Kays: THESE LINES THAT WE SEE
ARE ACTUALLY

THE REMAINS OF
AN OLD TRAIN TRACK

THAT THEY USED TO SHUTTLE
THE BIRD POOP

FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND
OUT TO THE COAST,

WHERE IT WOULD GET LOADED
ONTO BOATS.

Narrator: BUT THE BIRDS'
DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS

CAN'T KEEP UP
WITH DEMAND,

AND BY 1880, THE WORLD'S GUANO
RESERVES ARE SEVERELY DEPLETED.

Woman: AND THEN, THIS WHOLE
OPERATION SUDDENLY STOPPED.

THEY RAN OUT OF BIRD POO
TO MINE.

Narrator: A CARETAKER REMAINS
ON JARVIS ISLAND,

BUT AFTER THREE YEARS, A CRAPPY
LIFE COMES TO A CRAPPY END.

THIS POOR CARETAKER, IN WHAT'S
DESCRIBED AS GIN-FUELED DESPAIR,

ENDS UP KILLING HIMSELF.
AND WHO COULD BLAME HIM?

ALONE ON THIS ISLAND
WITH NOTHING BUT BIRD POOP.