All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S06E03.1080p.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 ]

RAGNAROK AND THE
CHAMBERS OF HORROR.

EVERY NINE YEARS, NINE MEN
WERE SACRIFICED FOR NINE DAYS.

ALL PATHS LEAD HERE.

Narrator: BEAM ME UP, BEIJING.

CHINA IS CLAIMING
THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY

ACHIEVED TELEPORTATION
AT THIS BASE.

Narrator: AND FAMILY VACATIONS
NORTH KOREAN STYLE.

THIS WOMAN RUNS AWAY FROM THEM,
AT WHICH POINT,

THEY SHOOT HER DEAD.

[ GUNSHOT ]

Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

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**

[ FREQUENCY WARBLES ]
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**

JUNE 16, 2012.

AS THE WORLDVIEW-2 SATELLITE
PASSES OVER SCANDINAVIA,

IT CAPTURES A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE

ON THE SWEDISH ISLAND OF OLAND.

THIS IS A REALLY CURIOUS IMAGE
THAT AT FIRST GLANCE

LOOKS LIKE THE REVERSE
OF AN ANCIENT COIN.

THESE RECTANGULAR SHAPES

ARE MAYBE ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A PERSON.

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY
IN THIS CIRCLE?

THIS LOOKS LIKE A GIANT MAZE,
A LABYRINTH.

**

Narrator: THE MYSTERY STRUCTURE
IS 500 FEET ACROSS,

AND ITS CRUMBLING WALLS
SUGGEST IT IS CENTURIES OLD.

ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE
BAFFLE EXPERTS.

CLEARLY SOMEBODY
PUT A LOT OF TIME

INTO THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY?

**

Narrator: THE SITE CAPTURES
THE IMAGINATION

OF ARCHEOLOGIST KLINT JANULIS
WHO'S MAKING THE LONG JOURNEY

TO SWEDEN TO INVESTIGATE.

OLAND SITS IN THE COLD
AND STORMY BALTIC SEA.

MORE THAN 20 TIMES
THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN,

IT HAS A POPULATION SMALLER
THAN GREENWICH VILLAGE.

Janulis: IT'S THIS REALLY
ENIGMATIC STRUCTURE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS,

AND I WON'T KNOW
UNTIL I SEE IT FOR MYSELF.

**

Narrator: THE ISLAND
IS COVERED IN WINDMILLS,

MANY DATING BACK TO
THE 19th CENTURY.

BUT SOME STRUCTURES
GO BACK FAR FURTHER,

TO 6,000 B.C. WHEN THIS ISLAND
IS FIRST SETTLED BY TRIBES,

PROBABLY BY WAY OF AN ICE BRIDGE
FROM THE SWEDISH MAINLAND.

**

AS JANULIS APPROACHES THE SITE,
HE SPOTS A POSSIBLE CLUE.

**

ANOTHER CIRCULAR STONE LEGACY

OF ONE OF THE ISLAND'S
ANCIENT PEOPLES.

Janulis: WOW.

THE FIRST THING I
NOTICE IS SHAPE.

THESE ARE GIANT ROCKS

INDIVIDUALLY PLACED
IN THE GROUND

IN THE SHAPE OF A SHIP.

Narrator: FOR JANULIS,
THE SHAPE OF THIS STRUCTURE

SUGGESTS HE'S WALKING
ON CONSECRATED GROUND.

Janulis:
IN THE LAYOUT, IN THE SCALE,

IN THE CONSTRUCTION,

THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT
FROM A VIKING GRAVE.

Paul: BOATS WERE THE CENTRAL
ASPECT OF VIKING CULTURE.

PEOPLE WANTED TO BE BURIED
IN STRUCTURES THAT MIMICKED

THE WAY THEY LIVED THEIR LIVES.

Narrator:
THE SIZE OF THE BURIAL SITE

SUGGESTS NORSEMEN
HAD A LARGE PRESENCE

NEAR THE STRUCTURE IN THE IMAGE.

[ MEN SHOUTING ]

ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORDS SHOW
THAT VIKINGS INHABIT OLAND

FROM 750 TO 1,100 A.D.

**

Dr. Hunt: THE WORD "VIKINGER"
MEANS "WANDERERS."

NOBODY COULD WANDER
LIKE THE VIKINGS.

THEY EXTENDED THEIR SEAFARING
ALONG THE COAST OF AFRICA,

INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN,
ALL THE WAY TO NORTH AMERICA.

[MEN SHOUTING]

Narrator: FOR THESE WARRIORS,

DEATH IS JUST THE START
OF ANOTHER LIFE

IN THE HALL OF THE FALLEN --
VALHALLA.

GETTING INTO VALHALLA WAS
A REALLY IMPORTANT PART

OF YOUR SPIRITUAL
AND WARRIOR LIFE,

AND ONE WAY THAT THE VIKINGS
TRIED TO DO THAT

WAS MAKE SURE THE DECEASED

HAD A VEHICLE OR
A VESSEL, A SHIP,

TO CARRY THEM INTO
THE AFTERLIFE.

[MEN SHOUTING]

Narrator:
VIKINGS CREMATE THEIR DEAD

IN THE BELIEF THE SMOKE
CARRIES THEM TO THE NEXT WORLD.

SLAVES, KNOWN AS THRALLS,

WOULD OFTEN BE BURNED ALIVE
WITH THEIR MASTERS

SO THEY COULD CONTINUE TO
SERVE THEM IN VALHALLA.

Paul: INDIVIDUALS WERE
BURIED WITH THINGS

THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE PREPARED TO RE-CREATE

THE WAY THAT THEY LIVED.

Narrator: BOAT BURNINGS
CAN'T HAPPEN AT SEA,

OR IN THE CENTER OF SHIP-SHAPED
STONE STRUCTURES SUCH AS THESE.

BUT BECAUSE A BOAT
WAS SO VALUABLE,

THEY ARE RARE.

AMONG THE MOST
CELEBRATED FUNERAL PYRES

IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY IS THAT
OF BALDUR, SON OF ODIN,

WHO WAS SAID TO HAVE POSSESSED
THE GREATEST SHIP EVER BUILT.

Paul: BURNING A BOAT
TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES,

SO THAT'S WHY THIS
BURIAL PRACTICE

WAS RESERVED FOR
ONLY AN ELITE FEW.

Narrator:
THE SIZE OF THIS TOMB

SUGGESTS IT CONTAINS THE REMAINS
OF CELEBRATED WARRIORS.

YET MOST VIKINGS
WEREN'T FIGHTERS AT ALL,

BUT HUMBLE FARMERS.

NORMAL VIKINGS WOULD
NOT BE BURIED IN SHIPS.

THEY MIGHT BE BURIED
IN CEMETERIES

THAT COULD BE LIKE THIS IMAGE.

Narrator:
JANULIS CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY

TO THE SITE IN THE IMAGE,

WONDERING IF IT SERVED
AS SOME SORT OF NECROPOLIS.

I'M GONNA GO UP TO THE SITE
AND LOOK AROUND

AND SEE IF IT HOLDS TRUE.

**

WOW.

**

THE OVERHEAD IMAGE
DOESN'T DO THIS JUSTICE.

THIS PLACE IS REALLY BIG.

**

THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE
AMOUNT OF LABOR

THAT WENT INTO THIS LOCATION,
INTO BUILDING THIS HERE.

Narrator:
SEEING THE STRUCTURE CLOSE UP

MAKES JANULIS
RE-EVALUATE ITS PURPOSE.

Janulis: THE PATTERNS ACTUALLY
DON'T EVEN MATCH

WHAT I WAS SEEING ON
THE OVERHEAD IMAGE.

YOU START SEEING MORE NUANCE.

THERE'S PATHWAYS.

THESE RECTANGLE-LIKE SHAPES
ARE A LOT BIGGER THAN A PERSON,

A LOT BIGGER THAN A COFFIN.

I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
THIS WAS NOT A BURIAL SITE.

**

Narrator: ON THE PERIMETER,
JANULIS DISCOVERS A DETAIL

HE DIDN'T SEE IN
THE SATELLITE IMAGE.

Janulis:
IT'S GOT REALLY THICK WALLS.

WE'VE GOT LIMESTONE STACKED
16 FEET HIGH, 12 FEET THICK,

AND IN ALL RESPECTS,
THIS LOOKS LIKE A FORT.

**

Narrator: ARCHEOLOGISTS CONFIRM
THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

THIS ISLAND'S LONG COASTLINE
HAS BEEN VULNERABLE

TO ATTACK FROM PIRATES
AND FOREIGN POWERS.

EVIDENCE FOR THIS COMES FROM
ANOTHER CIRCULAR STRONGHOLD

13 MILES TO THE SOUTH.

Paul:
THERE'S ANOTHER LOCATION NEARBY

THAT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR
FROM ABOVE,

AND THIS NEARBY SITE HAD
A GREAT MASSACRE OCCUR.

**

Narrator:
THE FORT IS CALLED SANDBY BORG.

IN 2018, ARCHEOLOGISTS
UNCOVER THE REMAINS

OF DOZENS OF PEOPLE HERE,

EXECUTED USING FAST,
BRUTAL FORCE.

Dr. Hunt: FORENSIC EVIDENCE
SHOWS THAT THE RAIDERS

WENT FROM DOOR TO DOOR,
THEY SPARED NO ONE,

EVEN SLICING YOUNG CHILDREN
IN HALF.

**

THERE ARE NO WOMEN DEAD,
WHICH MEANS ONE THING --

THE RAIDERS WERE ELIMINATING

ANY COMPETITION OF WARFARE,

AND THEY TOOK THE WOMEN AWAY
INTO SLAVERY.

Narrator:
ARCHEOLOGISTS DATE THE MASSACRE

TO THE FIFTH CENTURY,

AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE
STRUCTURE IN THE IMAGE IS BUILT.

THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE ROMAN
WORLD IS COLLAPSING.

IT'S A TIME OF SUCH TURBULENCE,
THERE IS NO SOCIAL ORDER.

[ MEN SHOUTING ]

IT'S EVERYONE ELSE AGAINST YOU.

Narrator:
JANULIS WONDERS IF THESE STONES

CONCEAL SIMILARLY
GRUESOME REMAINS.

THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE CAME
FOR PROTECTION,

AND THEN THEY ALL GOT KILLED

DURING A TIME OF GREAT
CONFLICT AND WARFARE.

**

Narrator:
COMING UP, KLINT JANULIS

ENTERS THE HALL OF THE SLAIN.

IT REPRESENTED THE GODS
WHO SURVIVED RAGNAROK,

THE APOCALYPSE.

Narrator: AND THE INVASION OF
THE PENGUIN MUNCHING MEGA MICE.

THIS WAS LIKE PENGUIN NEW YORK,

AND IT JUST DISAPPEARED?

**

**

Narrator:
ARCHEOLOGIST KLINT JANULIS

IS ON THE SWEDISH ISLAND
OF OLAND,

INVESTIGATING A MYSTERIOUS
ANCIENT SITE

CAPTURED BY EYES IN THE SKY.

Janulis: IT WAS BUILT
WITH A LOT OF EFFORT,

BUILT TO BE A DEFENSIVE
STRUCTURE.

Narrator: YET WHEN JANULIS
EXPLORES THE LAYOUT,

HE SPOTS A SERIOUS FLAW
IN THE DESIGN.

THIS SITE HAS NINE DOORWAYS,

AND STANDING RIGHT HERE
IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF IT,

IT IS VERY OBVIOUS

THAT AS A STRUCTURE TO PROTECT,
YOU DON'T WANT DOORWAYS.

DOORWAYS ARE WEAK POINTS.

EVERY DOOR IS A
POSSIBLE POINT OF ENTRY,

A SPOT YOU COULD
BE ATTACKED FROM.

**

Narrator: THIS DISCOVERY
OFFERS ANOTHER CLUE

TO THE STRUCTURE'S PURPOSE.

WE KNOW NINE WAS
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER

FOR EARLY NORDIC SOCIETIES.

WE KNOW THAT IT WAS
RELIGIOUSLY IMPORTANT.

Narrator: THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE
APPEARS TO BE FOCUSED

AROUND THIS HUGELY
SYMBOLIC NUMBER.

ALL THE RECTANGLES,
THE CHAMBERS ALL CONVERGE

AT THE SEEMINGLY CENTRAL POINT.

ALL PATHS LEAD HERE.

IF THIS IS SYMBOLIC,
WHAT IS THE REASON

BEHIND THESE CHAMBERS
ALL RUNNING INWARD?

ACCORDING TO THE VIKINGS,

NINE WORLDS GROW OUT
OF THE GREAT TREE YGGDRASIL,

INCLUDING ASGARD, RULED BY ODIN.

HERE, THE DARK ELVES
FORGE A MAGIC RING,

WHICH HE PLACES ON THE FUNERAL
PYRE OF HIS SON BALDUR.

EVERY NINE NIGHTS, THE RING

CREATES EIGHT MORE
IDENTICAL ONES.

ONE OF THE LEGENDS THAT
INSPIRES THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Janulis: IT WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE
NINE REALMS OF NORSE MYTHOLOGY,

AND SYMBOLIC OF THE NORSE
APOCALYPSE, RAGNAROK.

IN EARLY NORSE FOLKLORE,

RAGNAROK DESCRIBES
WHEN THE NINE REALMS

ARE DESTROYED IN A BATTLE
BETWEEN GODS AND BEASTS.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

Dr. Hunt: IT'S A TIME WHEN
THE WORLD IS CHAOS,

WHEN CIVILIZATION APPEARS
TO BE AT ITS LAST GASP.

**

THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.

**

Narrator:
11th CENTURY CHRONICLES

DOCUMENT MACABRE
NORSE CEREMONIES

TO ASK ODIN FOR PROTECTION
AND PREVENT FUTURE CATACLYSMS.

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF RITUALS

SURROUNDING THE USE
OF NINE SACRIFICES.

**

EVERY NINE YEARS, NINE MEN
WERE SACRIFICED FOR NINE DAYS,

TOTALING 81 DEAD MEN.

**

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLES,

THE 81 VICTIMS ARE
HUNG FROM TREES

IN A SACRED GROVE
NEXT TO A TEMPLE.

FOR THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS
OF THIS NORSE TERROR,

THIS WAS MORDOR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR SITE,

IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
THAT WE HAVE 81 CHAMBERS HERE

REPRESENTING
A SIMILAR SACRIFICE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY
THE ULTIMATE WAY TO DIE,

BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE
SELECTED BY THE GODS

BECAUSE OF THAT
INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE.

Narrator: FROM A SATELLITE,

AN ANCIENT RING
WITH NINE ENTRANCES.

ONE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SITE
OF MASS RITUAL BLOODLETTING,

A BUTCHERY THE VICTIMS ENDURE

IN THE HOPE THAT
IT WILL GAIN FAVOR

WITH THE GREAT GODS OF ASGARD,

AND EARN THEM PASSAGE TO
THE FEASTS OF VALHALLA.

Janulis:
WE KNOW THAT THIS SITS RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND,

SO BEING THE VERY CENTER,

AND HAVING THE
RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM

BUILT INTO THIS MASSIVE
STRUCTURE,

I THINK THAT THIS IS A PLACE
THAT CONNECTED

BOTH THEIR MILITARY
AND WARRIOR CULTURE

AND THEIR RELIGIOUS CULTURE.

**

Horton: THIS FEATURE COULD BE
A KIND OF LANDSCAPE VALHALLA,

A PLACE WHERE THE DEAD
ARE BEING CELEBRATED

IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY
CEREMONIAL BUILDING.

**

Narrator: COMING UP, LITTLE
KIM'S MYSTERY MEGASTRUCTURE.

WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING
NEW AND BIG IN NORTH KOREA,

IT RAISES THE ALARM.

**

Narrator:
AND ATTACK OF THE MEGA MICE.

THEY'RE 10 INCHES!
THESE ARE HUGE MICE.

[ MOUSE SQUEAKING ]

**

**

Narrator: SCIENTISTS
RELY ON SATELLITES

TO MONITOR ANIMAL POPULATIONS

IN THE VAST
ANTARCTIC WILDERNESS.

IMAGES TAKEN OVER PIG ISLAND
IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN

ON MARCH 18, 2017,

REVEAL SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG.

THIS IS BIZARRE.

YOU USUALLY CAN SEE PENGUINS
IN THESE GIANT COLONIES,

BUT HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT
FEELS LIKE A DESERTED ISLAND.

Narrator: THE LARGEST COLONY
OF KING PENGUINS ON THE PLANET

HAS GONE AWOL,
AND NOBODY KNOWS WHY.

THIS WAS LIKE PENGUIN NEW YORK,

AND IT JUST DISAPPEARED?

Narrator: SINCE RECORDS BEGAN,

THE ISLAND HAS BEEN PACKED
WITH THE THREE-FOOT-TALL BIRDS.

AT ITS PEAK,
THERE WERE TWO-MILLION BIRDS

ON THIS ISLAND,

HALF A MILLION BREEDING PAIRS.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ONLY
60,000 BREEDING PAIRS LEFT.

THAT'S A DECREASE IN ABOUT 90%.

Narrator: EXPERTS SPECULATE
IF THIS CATASTROPHIC DECLINE

IS A CASUALTY OF THEIR
IRREGULAR SEX LIFE.

IT TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME

FOR THEM TO BUILD UP
THEIR POPULATIONS

BECAUSE THEY ONLY LAY
ONE EGG AT A TIME.

SO, ANY ISSUES CAN
REALLY BE A DETRIMENT

TO THE LONG TERM SURVIVAL
OF THAT POPULATION.

Narrator: FOR EGGS AND CHICKS,

PREDATORS SUCH AS SEALS,
SKUAS, AND GIANT PETRELS

ARE AN EVER PRESENT DANGER.

Dr. Vaughn:
THESE PENGUINS HAVE VERY LITTLE
FEAR OR NATURAL DEFENSES,

SO A PREDATOR COULD LITERALLY
WALK UP,

EAT 'EM, AND TAKE THEIR EGGS.

**

Narrator: WHILE ANALYSTS DOUBT
THESE ANIMALS ARE THE CAUSE,

THEY DISCOVER BIGGER
TWO-LEGGED ANIMALS

ARE ALSO ON THE HUNT.

HUMANS HAVE PARTICULAR THINGS
THAT ARE CONSIDERED DELICACIES,

AND IT JUST SO TURNS OUT
PENGUIN EGGS ARE DELICIOUS.

Narrator:
PENGUIN EGGS CONTAIN A PROTEIN

WHICH MAKES THEM
RESISTANT TO THE COLD,

AND GIVES THEM
A WEIRD CHARACTERISTIC.

WHEN YOU BOIL THEM,
THE WHITES DON'T TURN WHITE.

THEY STAY CLEAR,
SO WHEN YOU PEEL IT BACK,

IT LOOKS LIKE A YELLOW YOLK ORB

SUSPENDED INSIDE THIS MASS
OF CLEAR GELATINOUS FLUID.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ALIEN EGG.

**

COLLECTING PENGUIN EGGS
IS PERMITTED IN SOME PLACES,

BUT TAKING THEM FROM THE ISLAND
IN THE IMAGE IS ILLEGAL,

YET SOME PEOPLE WILL STOP
AT NOTHING

FOR A BELLYFUL OF GELATINOUS,
FISHY ALIEN EGG.

WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE
LIKE PENGUIN EGGS,

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A
BLACK MARKET DEMAND FOR THEM,

SO POTENTIALLY PEOPLE COULD
BE VISITING THE ISLAND

UNKNOWN TO US,
AND TAKING THESE EGGS.

Narrator: HOWEVER, OTHERS THINK
THE ISLAND IS TOO REMOTE

TO TEMPT EGG RUSTLERS.

INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER
IF ITS GEOLOGY OFFERS A CLUE.

Dr. Dennie: PIG ISLAND
IS A PART OF WHAT'S CALLED

THE CROZET ARCHIPELAGO.

WE'RE HERE ALONG THE EDGE
OF THE PLATE,

AND THERE ARE BREAKS
OR FAULTS WITHIN THAT PLATE

ALLOWING MAGMA TO RISE UP

AND FORM THESE
UNDERWATER VOLCANOES,

WHICH SOMETIMES BREACH
THE SURFACE AND FORM ISLANDS.

**

Narrator:
KING PENGUINS CONSUME UP TO HALF

OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT
IN FISH EACH DAY.

TO HIT THESE NUMBERS,
THEY SPEND 75% OF THEIR LIVES

IN THE WATER,
DIVING DOWN TO 1,000 FEET.

THE GASES FROM
AN UNDERWATER ERUPTION

CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THE
CHEMISTRY OF THE MARINE WATER,

CAUSING IT TO BECOME ACIDIC

AND DRIVING AWAY THE FOOD
FOR OUR PENGUINS.

[ PENGUINS SQUAWKING ]

**

Narrator:
SEISMIC RECORDS SUGGEST
THIS ISN'T HAPPENING HERE.

Nelson: WE HAVE SATELLITES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE CAN SEE WHEN
A VOLCANO ERUPTS.

THERE WAS NOT ACTIVITY HERE,
SO IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.

**

Narrator: BIOLOGISTS WONDER
IF THE LAND MASS'S STRANGE NAME

MAY PROVIDE A CLUE.

PIG ISLAND IS CALLED PIG ISLAND

BECAUSE IT WAS ONCE
COVERED IN PIGS.

**

Narrator:
IN THE 18th AND 19th CENTURIES,

MARITIME EXPLORERS PACKED
THEIR SHIPS WITH ANIMALS

TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT
FOR THE JOURNEY.

[ PIGS SQUEALING ]

GIANT TORTOISES ARE CONSIDERED
PARTICULARLY DELICIOUS,

AND A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
THANKS TO THE RESERVES

THEY KEEP IN THEIR LONG NECKS.

HOWEVER, IF THE ONBOARD
CATERING ESCAPES,

IT CAN CAUSE CHAOS.

THROUGHOUT ECOLOGY, THERE
ARE LOTS OF EXAMPLES

ON ISLANDS WHERE A PREDATOR
HAS BEEN INTRODUCED,

SOME KIND OF INVASIVE SPECIES,

AND KILLED OFF
AN ENTIRE POPULATION.

THE PIGS THAT WERE ONCE
HERE ARE LONG GONE,

BUT ANOTHER STOWAWAY
MAY BE PRESENT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
COULD BE ACCIDENTALLY INTRODUCED

UNKNOWINGLY,
LIKE A RAT OR A MOUSE,

AND STARTS REPRODUCING, AND THEN
YOU HAVE A REAL PROBLEM,

BECAUSE THOSE RATS FIND AND EAT
ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN.

**

Narrator:
A BREEDING PAIR OF RATS

CAN PRODUCE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF PUPS IN JUST A FEW YEARS.

ON ANOTHER ISLAND
IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,

A SWARM OF SUPERSIZED MICE

WIPE OUT OVER A MILLION
SEA BIRDS EACH YEAR.

ON GOUGH ISLAND,
WHEN MICE WERE INTRODUCED,

THEY GOT A TASTE
FOR BIRD CHICKS,

AND THEY ATE SO MUCH,
THEY BECAME GINORMOUS.

Nelson: NOW THEY'RE LARGE.
THEY'RE 10 INCHES.

THESE ARE HUGE,
PROBLEMATIC MICE.

Narrator: YET THE MOST RECENT
SURVEY ON PIG ISLAND

FINDS NO SIGN OF
INVASIVE PREDATORS.

Nelson: I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT IT'S PREDATORS,

BECAUSE WE KNOW THE LAST TIME
PEOPLE VISITED THE ISLAND,

THEY HAD A THRIVING POPULATION.

Narrator: DISEASE, LACK OF FOOD,
PREDATORS?

THE MYSTERY OF THE PIG ISLAND
PENGUINS BAFFLES SCIENTISTS.

IN LATE FALL 2019,

AN EXPEDITION THERE HOPES
TO IDENTIFY

WHERE THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED TO
AND WHY.

CLEARLY THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM
HERE FOR THESE PENGUINS.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT IS.

**

Narrator: COMING UP, THE MYSTERY
WRECK OF TOMORROW ISLAND.

THE INCIDENT WAS HUSHED UP
AFTER THE FACT.

Narrator: AND SUPER POWERS FACE
OFF IN THE LAND OF THE SKY GODS.

CHINA AND INDIA ARE BASICALLY
THE NEIGHBORS FROM HELL.

**

**

Narrator: MARCH 11, 2018.

A SATELLITE OVER NORTH KOREA
CAPTURES THIS GLIMPSE

INTO THE NOTORIOUSLY
SECRETIVE NATION.

LOOKING AT THIS IMAGE HERE,

YOU SEE A LONG,
RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE,

SEEMINGLY SITTING IN THE WATER
TIED UP TO SOME DOCK OR PIER.

Narrator:
THE MYSTERY FLOATING STRUCTURE

IS 300 FEET LONG
AND 90 FEET WIDE.

WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING
NEW AND BIG IN NORTH KOREA,

IT RAISES THE ALARM.

**

[ PEOPLE CHEERING ]

IN NORTH KOREA, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF AVAILABLE CAPITAL

IS SPENT ON THE LEADERSHIP
AND THE MILITARY.

SO YOUR FIRST THOUGHT IS THAT

THIS COULD BE
A MILITARY STRUCTURE.

Narrator: IF THIS IS SOME KIND
OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY,

IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

JOE PAPPALARDO DISCOVERS
A POSSIBLE CLUE --

A CAMOUFLAGED RUSSIAN
MISSILE SYSTEM

THAT CAN BE LAUNCHED
FROM A BARGE.

Pappalardo:
THE REALLY SCARY THING IS

THAT YOU CAN HIDE
ONE OF THESE THINGS,

IT'LL LOOK LIKE A NORMAL
SHIPPING CONTAINER,

TILL IT RAISES UPRIGHT

AND SHOOTS A MISSILE
AT ITS TARGET.

**

Narrator:
THE SYSTEM, CALLED CLUB-K,

CONCEALS FOUR READY-TO-LAUNCH
180-MILE-RANGE MISSILES.

THE IDEA THAT THE NORTH KOREANS
SAW THIS SYSTEM

AND EITHER BOUGHT IT
OR REVERSE ENGINEERED IT

OR FLAT OUT STOLE IT,
THAT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY.

**

Narrator:
SUCH A SYSTEM REPRESENTS

A TERRIFYING STEP FORWARD
FOR DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN'S

NUCLEAR ATTACK CAPABILITIES.

NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN DEVELOPING

ITS INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY

SINCE 2005.

HE IS DESPERATE TO DEVELOP
ICBM TECHNOLOGY

THAT HAS A FARTHER RANGE.

A WAY AROUND THIS PROBLEM

IS TO TAKE THE MISSILE
NEARER TO THE ENEMY.

SO HAVING MOBILE PLATFORMS

THAT YOU COULD PUSH OUT TO SEA
IS GOING TO BE AN ADVANTAGE

FROM THE NORTH KOREAN
LEADERSHIP'S PERSPECTIVE.

Narrator: YET OTHER DETAILS
ON THE MYSTERY SHIP

SEEM TO RULE OUT THE MOBILE
MISSILE LAUNCHER THEORY.

LOOKING CLOSER AT THE IMAGE,
YOU SEE THAT THIS BARGE

HAS DIFFERENT FLOORS.

SO IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DESIGN
SOMETHING THAT COULD LAUNCH

INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILES,

YOU PROBABLY DON'T
WANT FLOORS ON IT.

**

Narrator: THE MYSTERY VESSEL
APPEARS TO HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS,

LIKE MANY WESTERN
FREIGHT CARRIERS.

EXPERTS CONSIDER IF IT COULD BE

ONE OF KIM JONG-UN'S
SANCTION-BUSTING GHOST SHIPS.

SINCE 1993, NORTH KOREA HAS
BEEN HIT WITH U.N. SANCTIONS.

BUT NORTH KOREA HAS FOUND A WAY
AROUND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS

BY USING INVISIBLE CARGO SHIPS.

Narrator: UNDER MARITIME LAW,

ALL VESSELS MUST CARRY
A SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEM.

SOME NORTH KOREAN CARGO SHIPS

TURN OFF THESE TRANSPONDERS
TO EVADE DETECTION.

Moran: THAT MEANS THAT
THEY CAN LITERALLY CARRY

ANY EMBARGOED SHIPMENT
IN OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY

WITHOUT BEING DETECTED.

Narrator:
UNITED NATIONS ANALYSIS SUGGESTS

THAT THE REGIME USES
THESE GHOST SHIPS

TO ILLEGALLY IMPORT AND EXPORT

OIL, COAL, AND IRON ORE.

KIM JONG-UN IS ALSO RUMORED

TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
A YEAR

SMUGGLING LUXURY FOOD AND LIQUOR
INTO THE COUNTRY.

MOST OF THE NORTH KOREAN
POPULATION IS STARVING TO DEATH.

IT'S PROBABLY FOOD
FOR THE UBER ELITE,

KIM JONG-UN AND HIS CRONIES.

Narrator: YET STUDIES
OF THE SHIP'S MOVEMENTS

REVEAL SOMETHING STRANGE.

SATELLITE TRANSPONDER
DATA IS AVAILABLE,

AND IT LEADS ANALYSTS
4,000 MILES SOUTH.

THIS IS SO CRAZY.

THIS WAS MOORED UP BY
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.

Narrator:
A 1980s AUSTRALIAN NEWS REPORT

SHOWS THAT THE VESSEL WAS BUILT
AS A FLOATING HOTEL

ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS THAT
A CYCLONE HIT AUSTRALIA,

AND THE BUILDING GOT DAMAGED.

Narrator: IN 1989,
THE HOTEL FINDS A NEW HOME,

STATIONED OFF THE COAST
OF VIETNAM,

WHERE IT'S NICKNAMED
THE FLOATER.

AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM,

DURING A PERIOD
OF WARMER RELATIONS

BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA,

IT DOCKS AT
THE 400-MILLION-DOLLAR

NORTH KOREAN
MOUNT KUMGANG RESORT.

THERE'S A PUSH BY
THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT

LOOKING FOR SOME UNIFICATION,

SOME OPENING OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

**

Narrator:
MOUNT KUMGANG SITS 11 MILES

FROM THE BORDER
WITH SOUTH KOREA.

OFFICIALS HOPE
THE FLOATING HOTEL

WILL PROVIDE AN UNLIKELY VENUE
FOR FAMILY REUNIONS.

WHEN THE PENINSULA WAS DIVIDED,

OBVIOUSLY IT MEANT
FAMILIES WERE DIVIDED.

SO THE IDEA HAS BEEN,

"WE'LL PUT THIS
FLOATING HOTEL UP,

IT'S GONNA BE CHOCK FULL
OF SOUTH KOREAN FAMILIES

VISITING THEIR NORTH KOREAN
RELATIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME."

**

THE COMMUNIST REGIME ALLOWS
THOUSANDS OF SOUTH KOREANS

TO BRIEFLY REUNITE WITH
THEIR LONG-LOST LOVED ONES.

**

DURING THE FESTIVITIES,

ONE OF THE SOUTH KOREAN GUESTS

TAKES A WRONG TURN
ALONG A NEARBY BEACH.

**

THE NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS
CLAIMED THAT THIS WOMAN

ENTERED AN UNAUTHORIZED
MILITARY AREA.

THEY YELL AT HER TO STOP,

AND, OF COURSE,
BECAUSE SHE'S PETRIFIED,

SHE RUNS AWAY FROM THEM,

AT WHICH POINT,
THEY SHOOT HER DEAD.

[ GUNSHOT, PEOPLE SHOUTING ]

**

Narrator:
FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT,

NORTH KOREA SEIZES
SOUTH KOREAN ASSETS,

AND SHUTS THE RESORT.

THE FLOATING HOTEL
IS LEFT TO RUST.

**

COMING UP, SPACE WARS!

PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THE NEXT
FRONTIER OF WARFARE IS SPACE

ARE WRONG.
THAT ERA'S ALREADY BEGUN.

Narrator: AND A PLANE WRECK, THE
VANISHING CONGRESSMAN, AND JFK.

MANY PEOPLE TIED
HIS DISAPPEARANCE

TO THE ASSASSINATION ITSELF.

[ GUNSHOT ]

**

**

Narrator: JUNE 23, 2015.

A SATELLITE PASSING
OVER THE BERING STRAIT

CAPTURES AN IMAGE OF
A STRANGE PLANE WRECK.

THE PLANE IS REMARKABLY INTACT.

USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A CRASH,

AN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM
WILL SHOW UP,

TAKE THE PIECES AWAY
FOR FORENSIC ANALYSIS.

BUT NOT THIS ONE.
IT'S JUST SITTING THERE.

**

WHY WOULD THERE BE AN AIRCRAFT

SEEMINGLY ABANDONED IN
THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLAND?

**

Narrator: THE WRECK'S LOCATION
INTRIGUES INVESTIGATORS.

IT LIES IN ONE OF THE STRANGEST
PLACES ON EARTH -- BIG DIOMEDE.

**

A RUSSIAN ISLAND THAT SITS
RIGHT ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP.

WE OFTEN THINK OF MOTHER RUSSIA

BEING THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY,
A DISTANT LAND,

BUT IN REALITY,
THEY'RE EXTREMELY CLOSE.

Narrator:
BIG DIOMEDE'S AMERICAN NEIGHBOR,

LITTLE DIOMEDE,
LIES JUST OVER TWO MILES AWAY

ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT.

YET IN ONE SENSE,
IT'S A WORLD AWAY.

Munoz: TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER
OF STRANGENESS,

IN TERMS OF TIME, THESE ISLANDS
COULDN'T BE FURTHER APART.

THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE
RUNS RIGHT BETWEEN THEM,

SO THE LARGER OF THE TWO
ISLANDS IS 21 HOURS AHEAD

OF THE SMALLER ISLAND.

BIG DIOMEDE ISLAND IS REFERRED
TO AS TOMORROW ISLAND,

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE AMERICANS
LIVING ON LITTLE DIOMEDE

AS THEY LOOK TOWARD IT, THEY
ARE LOOKING TOWARD TOMORROW.

Narrator: IN WINTER MONTHS, A
BRIDGE OF ICE LINKS THE ISLANDS.

DURING THE COLD WAR, SOVIET
DEFECTORS TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF ITS PROXIMITY TO MAKE
A BREAK FOR FREEDOM.

CALL IT THE ICE CURTAIN BECAUSE
YOU HAVE THE TWO SUPERPOWERS

GAZING ACROSS AT ONE ANOTHER,
ACROSS SHEETS OF ICE.

THIS WAS MORE THAN JUST
YOUR AVERAGE FRONTIER.

THIS WAS THE BORDER WHERE
THE TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY MET.

**

Narrator:
THE WRECK ON TOMORROW ISLAND
APPEARS TO BE DECADES OLD.

INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR
HISTORICAL PLANE DISAPPEARANCES

IN THE AREA.

THERE IS ONE POSSIBLE
EXPLANATION INVOLVING A PLANE

THAT WENT MISSING IN 1972.

**

Narrator: ON OCTOBER 16, 1972,

U.S. POLITICIAN HALE BOGGS
VANISHES EN ROUTE

FROM ANCHORAGE TO JUNEAU.

Walters: HALE BOGGS WAS A PRETTY
HOTSHOT POLITICIAN.

HE WAS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER
IN THE UNITED STATES.

HE WAS A TOP LEADING DEMOCRAT.

Narrator:
THE PLANE'S DISAPPEARANCE
RAISES IMMEDIATE SUSPICION.

CONGRESSMAN BOGGS IS A MEMBER
OF THE WARREN COMMISSION,

A GROUP OF SEVEN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION
OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ SIRENS WAILING ]

BOGGS OPENLY CHALLENGES THE
REPORT'S OFFICIAL FINDINGS.

Walters: THE CONCLUSION
OF THE WARREN COMMISSION

WAS THAT JFK WAS SHOT
BY A SINGLE GUNMAN,

LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

Oswald:
I DIDN'T SHOOT ANYBODY, NO, SIR.

[ Echoing ]
I DIDN'T SHOOT ANYBODY, NO, SIR.

**

Janulis: BOGGS IS ONE OF THE FEW
THAT DID NOT BELIEVE

THE LONE GUNMAN HYPOTHESIS.

HE THOUGHT THERE WERE
MULTIPLE GUNMEN INVOLVED

IN THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK.

THIS MADE HIM A BIT
OF AN OUTLIER

AMONG THE REST
OF THE COMMISSION.

Narrator:
DECLASSIFIED POLICE FILES REVEAL

THAT TWO YEARS BEFORE
HIS PLANE DISAPPEARS,

A CAR FORCES BOGGS OFF THE ROAD

AS HE DRIVES TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

WITH ALL THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
ALREADY FLOATING AROUND

ABOUT JFK'S ASSASSINATION,

MANY PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY
TIED HIS DISAPPEARANCE

TO THE ASSASSINATION ITSELF.

[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

Narrator: THE VANISHING PLANE

TRIGGERS A MAMMOTH
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE OPERATION.

**

40 MILITARY AIRCRAFT
AND 50 CIVILIAN PLANES

SCOUR 325,000 SQUARE MILES
OF LAND AND OCEAN.

THE SEARCH FOR CONGRESSMAN
BOGGS'S PLANE WAS MASSIVE.

THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN.

THE PLANE WAS NEVER FOUND.

**

Narrator: YET MARTIN MORGAN
UNCOVERS A REPORT

ON A RUSSIAN FORUM THAT SUGGESTS

THIS IS NOT
CONGRESSMAN BOGGS'S WRECK.

I FOUND A REFERENCE TO THE LOSS

OF A SOVIET LI-2
TRANSPORT PLANE

THAT WENT DOWN HERE.

Narrator: THE ACCOUNT COMES FROM
SOMEONE CLAIMING HE IS STATIONED

ON THE ISLAND IN 1971.

HE STATES THE AIRCRAFT
IS CARRYING BALLOT PAPERS

FOR THE UPCOMING
SOVIET ELECTIONS

WHEN IT FLIES INTO A STORM
OVER THE BERING STRAIT.

**

Morgan: IN THE AFTERMATH,
THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO TROUBLE

AND HAD TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY
LANDING ON BIG DIOMEDE.

**

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Narrator: UNDER COMMUNISM,

RUSSIA GOES THROUGH
THE PRETENSE OF VOTING,

BUT ONLY ONE POLITICAL PARTY
IS ALLOWED TO GOVERN.

ANALYSTS QUESTION WHY
A GOVERNMENT PLANE

WAS SEEMINGLY FLYING TOWARDS
THE U.S. AT ELECTION TIME.

EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WHAT
KIND OF PLANE THIS WAS,

WHERE IT CRASH LANDED,

WHAT WAS ON THAT PLANE?

Narrator: THE DATE OF THE CRASH
CORRESPONDS WITH A WAVE

OF ATTEMPTED DEFECTIONS FROM
THE SOVIET UNION TO THE WEST.

IMAGE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT
WHATEVER THE PLANE WAS CARRYING,

TOMORROW ISLAND GUARDS
RECOVER ITS CARGO.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS
A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACK,

SOME SORT OF VERY RUGGED,
OUTDOOR VEHICLE

TO GET TO AND FROM
THIS AIRPLANE WRECKAGE.

**

Narrator: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO VERIFY WHO OR WHAT

THE MYSTERY PLANE WAS CARRYING

AND WHY IT WAS FORCED
OUT OF THE SKIES.

Morgan: THE INCIDENT WAS
HUSHED UP AFTER THE FACT.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE SOVIETS
DIDN'T WANT WORD GETTING OUT

ABOUT ANYTHING.

AND THE ONLY REASON WE
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT

IS BECAUSE OF THIS
PERSONAL ACCOUNT

THAT EMERGES 40 YEARS LATER.

Munoz:
THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS --

WHY HAS MOSCOW CONTINUED TO
JUST LET THIS THING COLLECT RUST

IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE BERING STRAITS.

AND UNTIL THE RUSSIANS
DECLASSIFY THEIR FILES

ON THIS PARTICULAR MISSION,
NO ONE'S EVER GONNA KNOW.

**

Narrator: COMING UP, A JOURNEY
INTO THE QUANTUM REALM.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT IS SO WEIRD

THAT EVEN EINSTEIN REFERRED
TO IT AS "SPOOKY ACTION."

**

**

Narrator: OCTOBER 4, 2017 --

A SATELLITE ABOVE
THE TIBETAN HIMALAYAS IN CHINA

SPOTS SOMETHING HIDDEN AMONG
REMOTE, INACCESSIBLE PEAKS.

IN THIS IMAGE, I'M SEEING
SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING.

IT HAS THE LOOK ALMOST
OF A VILLAIN'S LAIR.

SOMEBODY'S UP TO SOMETHING.

IT'S OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Narrator: A DETAILED STUDY
OF THE MOUNTAIN LAIR

YIELDS SOME CLUES.

THIS IMAGE FEATURES SOME PRETTY
HIGH-TECH SATELLITE EQUIPMENT.

Munoz: WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
IS A EITHER SATELLITE RECEIVER

OR TRANSMISSION STATION.

**

Narrator: THE MYSTERY FACILITY
SITS JUST 37 MILES

FROM THE BORDER WITH INDIA,

ONE OF CHINA'S BIGGEST ECONOMIC
AND MILITARY COMPETITORS.

CHINA AND INDIA HAVE FOUGHT
A WAR OVER THAT TERRITORY.

THEY'RE IN SORT OF

A LOW SIMMERING COLD WAR
SITUATION RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE BOTH DEVELOPING
NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

THEY BOTH ARE IN
A MILITARIZATION PHASE.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Munoz:
ONE WAY YOU CAN CHARACTERIZE

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
CHINA AND INDIA

ARE BASICALLY
THE NEIGHBORS FROM HELL.

[ METAL CLANGS, EXPLOSION ]

CHINA IS FULL OF LARGE,
TALL MOUNTAIN RANGES,

SO WHY BUILD THIS IN TIBET,

ONLY MILES AWAY FROM
THE INDIAN BORDER?

**

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE,

THE MYSTERY COMPOUND IS AN
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY

RUN BY THE CHINESE
SPACE PROGRAM.

MANY MILITARY ANALYSTS
DOUBT THIS.

Dr. Albertson:
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

THAT CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM
IS RUN BY CHINA'S MILITARY.

SO ON ITS FACE,
THIS INITIALLY BECOMES

A SOMEWHAT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

THE LOCATION OF THIS STATION

IS DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY INDIA.

IT'S MONITORING
SOMETHING IN THAT AREA.

**

Narrator:
AT 4:56 P.M. ON MARCH 29, 2018,

INDIA LAUNCHES ITS $41-MILLION
GSAT-6A SATELLITE.

**

IT IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING
COMMUNICATION SERVICES

TO THE MILITARY.

**

Munoz:
NOW, THIS IS A MEGA SATELLITE.

THIS PARTICULAR PLATFORM

PROBABLY COST THE INDIAN
GOVERNMENT MILLIONS IN RESEARCH,

DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE
THE PREMIER, HIGH-TECH PIECES

OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
THAT INDIA HAS.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Narrator:
TWO DAYS INTO ITS MISSION,

THE INDIAN SPACE AGENCY LOSES
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CRAFT.

**

Major: A COMMUNICATION
SATELLITE, REALLY ANY SATELLITE

IS NOT SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF.

Narrator: THE CRAFT LOSES POWER,

AND A SUPPOSEDLY FAIL-SAFE
BACKUP POWER SYSTEM

DOESN'T KICK IN.

SOME OBSERVERS
SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.

**

Major: USUALLY, SATELLITES HAVE
SOME SORT OF A REDUNDANCY

BUILT INTO
THEIR COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SO IF SOMETHING BREAKS,

THE BACKUP SYSTEM
TURNS ON AND TAKES OVER

AND YOU NEVER REALLY
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.
IT WENT DEAD.

**

Narrator: ANALYSTS CONSIDER IF
THE MYSTERIOUS CHINESE FACILITY

IN THE IMAGE PLAYED A ROLE.

SPACE JOURNALIST JASON MAJOR
UNCOVERS AN INCREDIBLE REPORT

FROM JULY 2017 THAT
MAY PROVIDE A CLUE.

CHINA'S CLAIMING THEY'VE
SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED

TELEPORTATION AT
THIS SATELLITE BASE.

Narrator: THE CHINESE ASSERT
THEY HAVE TELEPORTED DATA

INTO SPACE USING
QUANTUM PHYSICS.

THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED
QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT,

WHERE TWO SUBATOMIC PARTICLES
THAT ARE ENTANGLED

REACT WITH EACH OTHER
INSTANTANEOUSLY

NO MATTER HOW FAR
APART THEY ARE.

**

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
USES THE THEORY

THAT PHOTONS, PARTICLES AND
WAVES WHICH TRANSMIT LIGHT,

CAN HAVE IDENTICAL TWINS.

THESE TWIN PHOTONS ARE
INEXTRICABLY CONNECTED,

SO THEIR ACTIONS
MIRROR EACH OTHER.

PICTURE A SOCCER BALL
SPINNING CLOCKWISE,

AND ITS ENTANGLED OTHER TWIN
SOCCER BALL IS A MILE AWAY.

AND AS SOON AS ONE STARTS
SPINNING CLOCKWISE,

THE OTHER STARTS
SPINNING CLOCKWISE.

Narrator: THE CHINESE CLAIM
TO HAVE USED ENTANGLED PHOTONS

TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION
FROM THE BASE IN THE IMAGE

TO A SATELLITE ORBITING
870 MILES AWAY.

THE PHYSICS IS MIND-BLOWING,

THE IMPLICATIONS, STAGGERING.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
CAN HAPPEN A FOOT AWAY.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
CAN HAPPEN A MILE AWAY.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT CAN EVEN
HAPPEN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.

[ PEOPLE CHEERING ]

Narrator:
FOR SOME INVESTIGATORS,

THE CHINESE BREAKTHROUGH
IS JUST THE LATEST

IN SERIES OF TROUBLING
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

IN JANUARY 2019,

THE U.S. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY ISSUES A REPORT,

WARNING THAT THE COMMUNISTS
ALSO POSSESS AN ARSENAL

OF MILITARY-GRADE
SPACE TECHNOLOGY.

THIS INCLUDES
SATELLITE-BUSTING MISSILES,

AND DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS.

Munoz:
THE CAPABILITIES THAT COULD
OR COULD NOT BE AT THIS BASE,

BOTH KINETIC AND LASER,

COULD ACTUALLY POSE A SERIOUS
THREAT TO AMERICAN SPACE ASSETS,

WHETHER THEY BE CIVILIAN
OR MILITARY.

**

Narrator: THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO
IS THAT THE CHINESE

COULD USE QUANTUM TELEPORTATION

TO TRANSMIT UNCRACKABLE
LAUNCHING COMMANDS INSTANTLY

TO ANY OF THEIR MILITARY
ASSETS IN SPACE.

Pappalardo:
PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT

THE NEXT FRONTIER OF WARFARE
IS SPACE ARE WRONG.

THAT ERA'S ALREADY BEGUN.

IT'S ALREADY A CONTESTED GROUND.

THE CHINESE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS
TO LEVERAGE SPACE

EITHER TO ENHANCE
THEIR CAPABILITIES

OR TO BLUNT OTHER
PEOPLE'S CAPABILITIES.

**

Dr. Albertson:
YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE TAKING OUT

EACH OTHER'S SATELLITES,

ATTACKING OTHER COUNTRIES
FROM SPACE,

PEOPLE CUTTING OFF
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

THERE'S NO TELLING
WHERE THIS COULD GO.

**

Narrator: MANY ANALYSTS FEAR
THAT THIS BASE REPRESENTS

THE LATEST SALVO IN THE RACE
TO MILITARIZE SPACE.

**

IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE
IF THE CHINESE HAVE DEVELOPED

THIS TYPE OF CAPABILITY,

THAT IN FUTURE CONFLICTS,

THEY COULD AIM THESE WEAPONS AT
THE UNITED STATES OR ITS ALLIES.

**