All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S06E05.1080p.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 --

THE LOST TREASURE OF UTAH...

THERE COULD BE A BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOLD

WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED.

Narrator: ...A PORTAL TO
AN ALIEN UNDERWORLD...

Man: WOW, THIS IS MASSIVE.

WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING

AND WAITING FOR US
INSIDE THIS CAVE?

Narrator:
...AND SEEN FROM THE SKIES
OVER COMMUNIST CUBA...

WE COULD BE LOOKING
AT A NEW AXIS OF EVIL

RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP.

Narrator:
...BAFFLING PHENOMENA,

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE --
WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

**

[ WHIRRING, CLICKING ]

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[ WHOOSHING, WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
JUNE 27th, 2016 --

FLYING OVER UTAH, A SURVEY
PLANE CAPTURES THIS IMAGE.

Chamberlain:
THIS IS REALLY BIZARRE.

IT LOOKS MORE LIKE SOMETHING YOU
WOULD SEE UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

Woman:
IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF BEING
IN BIOLOGY CLASS

AND SEEING CELLS DIVIDE
OR CHROMOSOMES.

Narrator: ANALYSTS DIAL UP
THE MAGNIFICATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE MOUNDS,

BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

WHO WOULD BE BUILDING MOUNDS
AT SUCH A REMOTE SITE?

Narrator: GEOLOGICAL RECORDS
YIELD A CLUE.

**

IN THE 1850s, TREASURE HUNTERS
DISCOVER GOLD

NEAR THE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

**

TODAY, RUMORS THAT THESE
ABANDONED CLAIMS

HOLD UNTOLD RICHES HAS LURED
A NEW GENERATION OF PROSPECTORS

TO EXCAVATE THESE LANDS.

LEGENDS ABOUND IN THIS AREA
ABOUT LOST GOLD MINES.

THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL
IS THE JOSEPHINE GOLD MINE,

SAID TO BE THE RICHEST
GOLD MINE IN THE WORLD.

**

Narrator:
THE FABLED JOSEPHINE MINE
IS FIRST DOCUMENTED

BY SPANISH JESUIT PRIESTS
IN 1650.

IT'S SAID THERE COULD BE
A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD

STILL SITTING THERE
WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED.

**

THIS PART OF THE WORLD
IS FAMOUS FOR PEOPLE

SEARCHING FOR GOLD MINES,

SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SEEING HERE --

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR TREASURE.

Narrator:
YET HISTORICAL IMAGES REVEAL
THAT THE MARKS HAVE BEEN HERE

FOR OVER 35 YEARS,

WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF
THE LATEST WAVE OF GOLD HUNTERS.

MILITARY HISTORIAN
MARTIN MORGAN

RE-EXAMINES THE IMAGE.

Morgan: IT'S QUITE CLOSE TO
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND,

WHICH WAS FOR THE U.S. ARMY

AN OUTPOST
OF ITS CHEMICAL CORPS.

THAT OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THESE FEATURES ARE RELATED

TO THAT U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION.

**

Narrator: THE U.S. MILITARY
OPENS DUGWAY PROVING GROUND

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IT BECOMES KNOWN AS AREA 52.

DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS WAS HOME
TO THE U.S. ARMY'S

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
TESTING PROVING GROUND.

Narrator:
WITHIN A HIGHLY SECURE FACILITY
THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND,

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP
AND TEST BIOWEAPONS,

SUCH AS SARIN AND ANTHRAX.

**

SOME EXPERIMENTS INVOLVE
HUMAN EXPOSURE

TO CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.

THIS WAS THE EARLY DAYS OF
DEVELOPING CHEMICAL WARFARE,

AND THEY ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AND
TESTED THEM OUT IN THE OPEN AIR.

Narrator: AN INCIDENT AT DUGWAY
HALF A CENTURY AGO

COULD EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN
OF THE STRUCTURES IN THE IMAGE.

ONE TEST INVOLVED
THE AERIAL DELIVERY

OF A VAPORIZED VERSION OF VX.

VX GAS IS A NASTY AGENT THAT
CAUSES YOUR MUSCLES TO CONTRACT,

AND THEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE
TO RELEASE THEM.

EVEN A MINIMAL EXPOSURE
CAN BRING ON DEATH

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

**

Narrator:
COLORLESS AND ODORLESS,

JUST A TINY DROP OF VX
IS ENOUGH TO KILL A HUMAN.

DECLASSIFIED FILES REVEAL THAT
ON MARCH 13th, 1968,

A PLANE RELEASES 320 GALLONS

OF THE STUFF
INTO THE UTAH ATMOSPHERE.

Morgan: WHAT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE
WAS THAT THE NOZZLE

WAS MALFUNCTIONING

AND CONTINUED TO LEAK
SMALL AMOUNTS OF VX GAS

AS THE AIRCRAFT
RETURNED TO BASE.

Narrator:
WINDS DISPERSE THE NERVE AGENT
DOWNWIND TOWARDS AN AREA

CALLED SKULL VALLEY...

WHERE IT EXTERMINATES
6,000 SHEEP.

THE WIND WAS BLOWING
TOWARD THE SHEEP,

BUT IT JUST AS EASILY

COULD HAVE BEEN BLOWING
TOWARD A POPULATED CITY.

Narrator: THE ARMY DEPLOYS
A FLEET OF BULLDOZERS

TO BURY THE POISONED UNGULATES.

Morgan: THAT BRINGS UP
THE POSSIBILITY

THAT MAYBE WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT HERE

IS THE SHEEP GRAVEYARD
FROM 1968.

**

YET WHEN AMANDA MARCHETTI
SCANS THE SITE

USING DIGITALGLOBE'S
SECUREWATCH TECHNOLOGY,

SHE DISCOVERS THE IMAGE
IS AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

THE SUPPOSED MOUNDS
ARE DEPRESSIONS

SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS.

THESE CIRCULAR PATTERNS

ARE ACTUALLY INDICATIVE
OF BOMB CRATERS,

AND THAT BEGS THE QUESTION,

"WHO WOULD GO OUT TO THE MIDDLE
OF THE UTAH DESERT

TO EXPLODE A BUNCH OF BOMBS
IN A RANDOM GRID PATTERN?"

**

Narrator:
THE DISCOVERY SUGGESTS ANOTHER
NEARBY MILITARY FACILITY

MAY BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE WEIRD PATTERN.

ONE CLUE COULD BE ITS PROXIMITY
TO THE TOOELE ARMY DEPOT.

NOW, THAT IS A PLACE
WHERE THE U.S. MILITARY,

PARTICULARLY THE ARMY, DUMPS ALL
ITS UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE.

[ SHOUTING ]
[ GUNFIRE ]

Narrator: SINCE DECLARING
INDEPENDENCE IN 1776,

THE U.S. HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN CONFLICT

FOR 93 PERCENT OF ITS HISTORY.

DURING THE 20th CENTURY ALONE,

IT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE
IN SEVEN MAJOR WARS.

THE U.S. REALLY RELIED HEAVILY

ON THE ORDNANCE STORAGE
PLACES AT TOOELE.

THEY USED THESE IGLOOS,
AS THEY WERE KNOWN BACK THEN,

TO BASICALLY FILL THEM UP
WITH ORDNANCE

GOING ALL THE WAY BACK
TO WORLD WAR II.

**

Narrator: TODAY, AMERICA IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR 50 PERCENT

OF THE WORLD'S TOTAL
MILITARY EXPENDITURE.

**

IT'S NO SURPRISE IT'S BUILT UP
AN ARSENAL OF SURPLUS ARMAMENTS.

Muñoz: NOW, THE NUMBERS
AREN'T REALLY PRECISE,

BUT LET'S JUST SAY, THERE WAS
ENOUGH ORDNANCE IN THERE

TO BASICALLY LEVEL
ANY AMERICAN CITY.

[ EXPLOSION ]

THE THING IS WITH BULLETS,
BOMBS, GRENADES, MORTARS,

YOU CAN STORE THEM
FOR A LONG TIME,

BUT JUST LIKE A GALLON OF MILK,
IT'S GOT A FINITE SHELF LIFE.

Narrator: BUT UNLIKE MILK,
WHEN TOOELE'S ORDNANCE GOES OFF,

IT REALLY GOES OFF.

Man: THREE, TWO, ONE!

Man #2: WHOA.

Muñoz: WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE
IS A SERIES OF BLAST PITS

USED BY THE U.S. MILITARY

TO GET RID OF ITS
OLD BOMBS AND BULLETS.

Man: FIRE IN THE HOLE!

[ TRILLING, WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
COMING UP, THE MASSACRE
SEEN FROM SPACE...

THEY JUST LAID THEM ALL OUT
AND KILLED THEM ALL.

Narrator: ...AND THE ICE CAVE
OF THE NORSE FIRE GOD.

ONE OF THE GODS IS SAID
TO CONTRIBUTE

TO THE END OF THE WORLD --
RAGNAROK.

**

[ WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
JANUARY 17th, 2012 --

HUNDREDS OF MILES
ABOVE SAUDI ARABIA,

THE GEOEYE-1 SATELLITE CAPTURES
THIS IMAGE.

IN THIS SORT OF DRAB,
DESERT LANDSCAPE,

ANYTHING THAT HAS ANY COLOR
TO IT REALLY CATCHES THE EYE,

AND WHEN YOU SEE
THIS SORT OF BLOOD-RED STAIN

GROWING FROM THIS BUILDING,

YOU IMMEDIATELY START WONDERING
WHAT THE HELL THAT IS.

Muñoz:
WOW, IF THIS IS BLOOD,

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF IT
DOWN THERE.

**

Narrator: FOR SOME ANALYSTS,
THE LOCATION OF THE MASSIVE,

BLOODY STAIN
COULD BE SIGNIFICANT.

SAUDI ARABIA HAS
A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT

OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES
TO ITS POPULATION

BECAUSE THEIR IS
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

OF THROUGH TRAFFIC
ON THE ROAD TO MECCA.

**

Narrator: THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
DECLARES MECCA

TO BE A HOLY SITE
OF PILGRIMAGE IN 630 A.D.

AT THE CENTER OF ITS
500,000-CAPACITY GRAND MOSQUE

SITS THE KAABA,
WHICH CONTAINS THE BLACK STONE

SAID TO DATE
FROM THE TIME OF ADAM AND EVE.

Janulis:
IT IS THE MOST SACRED PLACE
IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD,

AND EVERY MUSLIM IS EXPECTED
TO TRY

AND MAKE A JOURNEY TO MECCA
AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

**

Narrator:
ONCE A YEAR, UP TO THREE MILLION
MUSLIMS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD

TRAVEL HERE
FOR THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE.

**

ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAJJ
ARE A NUMBER OF RITUALS,

AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT
EVERY PILGRIM IS EXPECTED

TO BUTCHER AN ANIMAL
IN THE HALAL WAY AS A SACRIFICE.

Narrator:
DURING HAJJ, AROUND ONE MILLION
ANIMALS ARE SLAUGHTERED.

[ BLEATING ]

ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THE
ANIMAL'S BLOOD MUST BE DRAINED

AFTER SEVERING
THE CAROTID ARTERY, WINDPIPE,

AND JUGULAR VEIN WITH ONE CUT.

THE ANIMAL HAS ITS THROAT
CUT OPEN WHILE IT IS ALIVE,

AND THIS ALLOWS THE HEART TO
PUMP THE BLOOD OUT OF THE ANIMAL

WHILE IT'S HANGING UPSIDE DOWN.

Narrator:
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,

SACRIFICES TAKE PLACE
ON THE STREETS OF MECCA,

FILLING THEM WITH PILES
OF ROTTING CARCASSES.

Janulis:
WHEN YOU'VE GOT MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH,

YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY THAT
WOULD GET MESSY REALLY QUICKLY.

Narrator:
TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM,

AUTHORITIES OPEN GIANT
SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN THE DESERT.

NOW, DURING THE SACRIFICE,

PILGRIMS PAY AROUND $120
TO OUTSOURCE THE KILLING.

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

AFTER RECEIVING A TICKET,
A TEXT LETS THEM KNOW

WHEN THEIR SACRIFICE IS READY.

Janulis:
MAYBE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE

IS ONE OF THESE HUGE OPEN-AIR
SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

Narrator: YET THE IMAGE IS TAKEN
IN JANUARY,

SEVERAL MONTHS
BEFORE THE MASS SLAUGHTER.

**

MILITARY ANALYSTS SPECULATE
THAT IF THIS IS BLOOD,

IT MAY NOT BE ANIMAL GORE.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
BLOODSHED IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

YOU PRETTY MUCH
SHOULD START WITH ISIS.

**

Narrator: BETWEEN 2014 AND 2018,
ISLAMIC STATE CARRIES OUT

MORE THAN 200 MASS MURDERS,

MANY IN PUBLIC DISPLAYS
OF BUTCHERY.

**

SATELLITES PLAY A KEY ROLE
IN MONITORING THESE ATROCITIES

AND TRACKING
THE PERPETRATORS.

DETERMINING WHERE SOMETHING
HAPPENED BASED ON VISUAL IMAGES

IS CALLED GEOLOCATING.

FOR EXAMPLE,
IN AN ISIS EXECUTION VIDEO,

YOU LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS
THAT ARE AROUND THERE,

DITCHES, BUILDINGS, AND YOU CAN
MATCH THAT WITH SATELLITE IMAGES

AND DETERMINE
WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED.

Narrator: IN 2014,
EYES IN THE SKY HELP IDENTIFY

THE SITE
OF THE BARBARIC EXECUTION

OF 1,700 IRAQI SOLDIERS ON
THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TIGRIS --

A MASSACRE SO TERRIBLE,
IT COULD BE SEEN FROM SPACE.

IT LITERALLY WAS RIGHT OUT
OF A SCENE FROM WORLD WAR II

WITH NAZI EXTERMINATION
OF POPULATIONS.

THEY JUST LAID THEM ALL OUT
AND KILLED THEM ALL.

**

SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS IMAGE.

COULD THIS BE AN ISIS
MASS-GRAVE SITE?

YET INTELLIGENCE REPORTS SUGGEST
ISLAMIC STATE

DOES NOT OPERATE
IN THE AREA AROUND THE IMAGE.

GEOLOGIST
DEVIN DENNIE HAS A THEORY.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
IN NATURE

THAT ACTUALLY
CAN APPEAR BLOOD-RED.

THERE ARE MINERALS
THAT ARE BLOOD-RED.

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A SCENE
LIKE THIS

WHEREVER SOMEONE IS
MINING THE MINERAL BAUXITE.

Narrator: BAUXITE ORE IS USED
TO MAKE ALUMINUM.

TO PROCESS IT, MANUFACTURERS
TURN TO A CHEMICAL KILLERS USE

TO DISPOSE OF DEAD BODIES.

Dennie: SODIUM HYDROXIDE IS
THE CHEMICAL OF CHOICE

TO REMOVE ALUMINUM
FROM BAUXITE,

SO WHAT IS LEFT
AFTER THIS PROCESS

IS THIS VERY DARK RED FLUID
THAT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD.

Narrator: SAUDI GEOLOGICAL
REPORTS CONFIRM THIS DESERT

CONTAINS SEVERAL BAUXITE MINES.

ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT
OVER THE LAST YEAR,

THE KINGDOM
IS RAMPING UP PRODUCTION

AT SITES SUCH AS THE ONE
IN THE IMAGE.

FOR SOME EXPERTS ON
THE MILITARIZED DICTATORSHIP,

THIS MAY NOT BE GOOD NEWS.

THE BAUXITE IS ACTUALLY VERY,
VERY USEFUL

IN MILITARY APPLICATIONS.

NIGHT VISION GOGGLES USE THEM.

HEAVY ARMOR USE THEM,
AND BALLISTIC MISSILES

IN THE NOSE CONES USE THEM
TO PROTECT THE WARHEADS,

SO JUST BECAUSE THIS BAUXITE
MINE ISN'T A SLAUGHTERHOUSE

DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT GOING
TO KILL PEOPLE EVENTUALLY.

[ WHIRRING ]

COMING UP, INVESTIGATING
THE ALIEN ICE CAVE...

THIS LOOKS GIGANTIC.
WHO KNOWS HOW DEEP IT GOES?

Narrator: ...AND CONQUERING
THE SEA OF DEATH.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS
INGENUITY FOR YOU

TO SURVIVE HERE.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

**

Narrator: MARCH 2019 --

EYES IN THE SKY STUDY ICELAND,

ONE OF THE MOST ALIEN
PLACES ON EARTH.

Dennie:
WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT ICELAND
IS EVEN ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE

SAY THAT IT LOOKS A LOT
LIKE THE MOON OR MARS.

Narrator:
WHILE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINOUS
LANDSCAPE NEAR LAKE MYVATN

IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY,
A PILOT SPOTS SOMETHING BIZARRE.

**

Chamberlain:
THIS LOOKS GIGANTIC.

THIS IS PITCH-BLACK.

WHO KNOWS HOW DEEP IT GOES?

**

Narrator:
NASA SCIENTIST PASCAL LEE

THINKS THE VOLCANIC TERRAIN
OFFERS A CLUE.

Lee: SO THE FEATURE IS SITTING
ON A LAVA FLOW,

AND SO THAT HOLE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT

IS PROBABLY
A LAVA TUBE ENTRANCE.

Narrator:
AN EARTHQUAKE APPEARS TO HAVE
OPENED AN ARTERY

INTO EARTH'S UNDERWORLD.

Lee: YOU IMAGINE THE LAVA FLOW
RUNNING DOWN THE FLANKS

OF A VOLCANO
AND ONTO A PLAIN.

WELL, THE SURFACE OF THE LAVA
FLOW IS GOING TO COOL

RELATIVELY QUICKLY COMPARED
TO THE INSIDE OF THE FLOW,

AND SO THE TOP SURFACE
OF YOUR LAVA FLOW

BECOMES A HARDENED CRUST

WHILE THE MOLTEN MAGMA INSIDE
CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWNHILL.

**

Narrator: LAVA TUBES CAN BE
AS WIDE AS A SUBWAY

AND STRETCH FOR 40 MILES.

THEY ARE PORTALS
INTO OUR PLANET,

YET WHAT FASCINATES SCIENTISTS

IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO WINDOWS
INTO OTHER WORLDS.

LAVA TUBES HAVE BEEN
FOUND ON MARS

IN THE VICINITY
OF OLYMPUS MONS,

THE BIGGEST VOLCANO
IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

IT'S OVER THREE TIMES
THE HEIGHT OF MOUNT EVEREST,

AN ENORMOUS STRUCTURE.

Narrator:
IMAGES FROM NASA'S $720 MILLION
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER

REVEAL IT IS POCKMARKED
WITH LAVA TUBE ENTRANCES.

THEY SUGGEST THAT
THE SURFACE CONCEALS

A VAST NETWORK OF TUNNELS.

SOME GEOLOGISTS THINK THIS
LABYRINTH COULD SOLVE

THE MYSTERY OF HOW MANKIND
CAN COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET.

A LAVA TUBE MIGHT BE
A GREAT PLACE

TO HAVE YOUR FIRST OUTPOST
ON MARS.

Narrator:
MARS HAS NO MAGNETIC FIELD

AND AN ATMOSPHERE
100 TIMES THINNER THAN EARTH'S.

THAT MEANS RADIOACTIVE
SOLAR WINDS

AND COSMIC RAYS
PUMMEL ITS SURFACE.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
WHAT'S MORE,

50-MILE-HIGH DUST STORMS

CAN ENVELOP THE RED PLANET
FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.

A LAVA TUBE IS A PLACE WHERE
YOU'VE GOT PROTECTION

FROM COSMIC RADIATION.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE
PROTECTED

FROM THE ENORMOUS WINDS
AND HARSH WEATHER

THAT CAN EXIST ON MARS.

Narrator: LEE THINKS
THE LAVA TUBE IN ICELAND

COULD MIRROR ONES FOUND
ON MARS.

LIKE ON THE RED PLANET,

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS HERE
HAVE FILLED ENTIRE VALLEYS,

CARPETING VAST SWATHS
OF THE LAND IN LAVA.

HE WANTS TO EXPLORE THE ABYSS
TO SEE IF IT COULD SOLVE

THE MYSTERY OF FINDING
A SECOND HOME FOR OUR SPECIES.

Lee: BY COMING TO ICELAND,

YOU ARE SEEING WHAT GEOLOGY
LOOKS LIKE ON MARS,

AND OUR LITTLE SPOT HERE
IS GOING TO LEAD US

INTO ONE OF THESE
MYSTERIOUS UNDERGROUND WORLDS.

**

LEE AND HIS TEAM JOURNEY
TO NORTHEASTERN ICELAND.

**

THE LAVA TUBE LIES IN AN AREA
ONLY ACCESSIBLE

BY THE MOST RUGGED VEHICLE.

**

AND REACHING IT MEANS
VENTURING DEEP INTO ONE OF

THE MOST VOLCANICALLY
DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH.

**

-ARE YOU GUYS READY?
-YEAH, I'M GOOD.

Vaughn: ICELAND IS KNOWN AS
THE LAND OF ICE AND FIRE,

WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A PARADOX,

BUT ALMOST 10 PERCENT OF
THE COUNTRY IS COVERED IN ICE,

AND THERE'S OVER 100 VOLCANOES.

Narrator:
ONE-THIRD OF ALL THE LAVA
OUR PLANET HAS EJECTED

OVER THE LAST 500 YEARS
COMES FROM THIS ISLAND.

**

IT'S A PLACE THAT SITS LITERALLY
ASTRIDE THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

WHERE ENTIRELY NEW OCEAN CRUST
IS BEING FORMED,

HALF OF THAT CRUST
GOING TO THE EAST,

HALF GOING TO THE WEST.

Narrator:
THE ENTRANCE TO THE LAVA TUBE,
A SO-CALLED SKYLIGHT,

IS OVER 100 FEET WIDE.

OH, WOW.

WOW, FROM THE SATELLITE PHOTOS,

IT'S REALLY HARD
TO GET A SENSE OF SCALE.

THIS IS BIG.

Narrator: BUT THIS CHASM
IS ONLY A DOORWAY.

TO ENTER THE TUBE ITSELF,
THE TEAM MUST ACCESS

A SECOND, MUCH SMALLER ENTRYWAY
HIDDEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.

THE CAVE DOESN'T START REALLY

UNTIL YOU GOT THROUGH THE NARROW
ENTRANCE INTO THE PERMAFROST.

YEAH.
THERE WE GO.

ONLY A SMALL FRACTION
OF THE LAVA TUBES ON EARTH

HAVE BEEN MAPPED
AND EXPLORED...

**

YET RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE REVEALS

THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VENTURING
DEEP INTO ICELAND'S LAVA TUBES

SINCE THE TIME
OF THE VIKINGS.

Janulis:
IF A VIKING BROKE THE LAW,

ONE OF THE MAIN PUNISHMENTS
THEY MIGHT RECEIVE

WOULD BE BASICALLY TO BE
KICKED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN MOST PLACES, THIS MIGHT NOT
BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL,

BUT IN ICELAND,
THAT COULD BE A DEATH SENTENCE,

SO CRIMINALS WOULD SEEK REFUGE
IN THE CAVES AROUND ICELAND.

[ SHOUTING ]
Narrator: STUDIES SUGGEST

THAT GROUPS OF THESE
CAVE-DWELLING OUTLAWS

BAND TOGETHER TO FORM
FEROCIOUS RAIDING PARTIES.

**

INSIDE ONE LAVA TUBE,

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER
PILES OF BONES

AND EVIDENCE OF PAGAN RITUALS.

CAVES IN ICELAND HAVE BEEN
A PART OF THE CULTURE

AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE PEOPLE
THERE FOR OVER 1,000 YEARS.

Narrator:
EVEN TODAY, MORE THAN HALF
THE ICELANDIC POPULATION

BELIEVES IN CAVE-DWELLING ELVES
AND SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.

THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE
ROUTEWAYS TO THE UNDERWORLD.

Janulis: WE FIND CAVES PLAYING
A SIGNIFICANT ROLE

IN THE MYTHOLOGIES
OF THE NORDIC GODS.

ONE OF THE GODS, SURTR,
IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN, BASICALLY,

A FIRE GOD THAT'S GOING
TO COME FROM A CAVE

AND HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE END
OF THE WORLD, RAGNAROK.

LEE AND HIS TEAM PREPARE TO
DESCEND INTO THIS UNDERWORLD

AND ENTER THE LAIR
OF THE VIKING FIRE GOD.

**

Lee: WOW.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP,
INSIDE THE ICE CAVE...

CAREFUL NOW.

...AND IMMORTAL ARMOR
FOR THE AFTERLIFE.

Woman: THE CHINESE BELIEVED THAT
IT WOULD ACTUALLY

STAVE OFF
THE DECOMPOSITION OF BODIES.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

**

Narrator: NASA SCIENTIST
PASCAL LEE IS IN ICELAND

INVESTIGATING A LAVA TUBE
DISCOVERED BY EYES IN THE SKY.

HE HOPES IT WILL SHED LIGHT
ON WHETHER HUMANS WILL BE ABLE

TO COLONIZE SIMILAR ONES
RECENTLY FOUND ON MARS.

**

IT'S A CLAUSTROPHOBE'S
NIGHTMARE.

CAREFUL NOW.

BUT THE EFFORT IS WORTH IT.

**

-WOW.
-PRETTY AMAZING, RIGHT?

**

THIS IS MASSIVE.

Narrator:
RISING FROM THE CAVE FLOOR --

PILLARS OF ICE, LIKE SOMETHING
FROM AN ALIEN WORLD.

Lee:
WOW, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

**

DO YOU HAVE ROCK UNDER THAT?

MUST BE SOME.

Narrator: LEE'S FIRST CHALLENGE
IS TO CHECK

WHETHER THE LAVA TUBE
IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

Lester: THE REAL DANGER
WITH LAVA TUBES

IS THE CEILING
POTENTIALLY COLLAPSING.

Lee: IS IT SAFE?

IS IT SAFE FOR ASTRONAUTS
TO OCCUPY?

Narrator: USING HUMANS TO
EXPLORE MARTIAN LAVA TUBES

WOULD BE HIGHLY DANGEROUS.

LEE AND HIS TEAM THINK
THIS COULD BE THE ANSWER.

[ DRONE WHIRRING ]

**

HERE, WE'RE SIMULATING
A MISSION OF A DRONE

MAPPING A LAVA TUBE
ON ANOTHER PLANET.

Narrator: THE DRONE USES
LASER PULSES TO STUDY

EVERY SQUARE INCH
OF THE ICE CAVERN,

THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN USED.

ON MARS, NASA COULD DEPLOY
SWARMS

OF ROCKET-PROPELLED DRONES

TO MAP ITS
SUBTERRANEAN LABYRINTH.

WELL, THERE YOU GO.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Narrator: THE DRONE DATA REVEALS
THE HUGE CAVERN'S SHAPE,

SIZE, AND POTENTIAL DANGERS
WITHIN MINUTES,

KEY FOR EXPLORING
THE RED PLANET'S LAVA TUBES.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT
IN THE LOWER GRAVITY OF MARS,

LAVA TUBES COULD BE
MUCH BIGGER,

HUNDREDS OF FEET WIDE AND DOZENS
AND DOZENS OF MILES LONG.

**

Narrator: LEE HOPES THAT
ON MARS, LAVA TUBES

WILL BE BIG ENOUGH
TO HOUSE LARGE SETTLEMENTS,

AND HE SUGGESTS THEIR ROOFS,
WHICH CAN BE TENS OF FEET THICK,

COULD OFFER PROTECTION
FOR THE ITS HELLISH WEATHER.

THE SURFACE OF MARS
IS A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

TEMPERATURE CHANGES
AT THE SURFACE

ARE DRASTIC
DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT.

Narrator: ON MARS, DAY-TO-NIGHT
TEMPERATURES CAN SWING

FROM 50 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
TO MINUS 100.

THIS LOGGER GOES IN HERE.

YEAH, OKAY.

Narrator:
DATA LOGGED IN THIS CAVERN

CONFIRMS LAVA TUBES REMAIN

ISOLATED FROM TEMPERATURE
CHANGES ON THE SURFACE.

YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.

COOL.

WHEN YOU GO UNDERGROUND,
LIKE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,

THE TEMPERATURE BECOMES
MUCH MORE STABLE,

BUT HOW WOULD YOU ACTUALLY
TURN A PLACE LIKE THIS ON MARS

INTO A HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT?

Narrator: THESE ICE SCULPTURES
COULD BE KEY.

THE LATEST STUDIES SUGGEST
THE RED PLANET

HOLDS RESERVES OF LIQUID WATER
THOUSANDS OF FEET UNDERGROUND.

**

IN ADDITION,
IN THE DISTANT PAST,

WATER VAPOR
FROM MARS' ATMOSPHERE

OR VOLCANOES COULD HAVE FROZEN
TO FORM ICE-FILLED LAVA TUBES

AND REMAINED THERE VIA A PROCESS
CALLED COLD TRAPPING.

MARS COULD HAVE HAD
ICE BUILD UP

FROM THEIR ANCIENT VOLCANIC
ACTIVITIES,

SO WATER FROM THE INSIDE
OF THE PLANET

GETTING TRAPPED
INTO THESE CAVES.

THAT WOULD BE SUPER INTERESTING
BECAUSE WITH WATER,

YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK.

YOU CAN ALSO TURN THE HYDROGEN

AND OXYGEN FROM WATER
INTO ROCKET FUEL.

[ RUMBLING ]

AND IF WE CAN MAKE FUEL,
WE CAN FILL UP THE ROCKET

AND COME HOME ONE DAY.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: THE POPULATION OF MARS
IS CURRENTLY FOUR ROBOTS,

BUT IF LEE'S THEORIES
ARE CORRECT,

IT COULD SOON BE A SECOND HOME
FOR OUR SPECIES,

LIVING INSIDE NATURAL
SUBTERRANEAN FORTRESSES

FILLED WITH LIFE-GIVING ICE,

LIKE THE ONE DISCOVERED
BY EYES IN THE SKY.

Lee: THE LESSON THAT
I'M WALKING AWAY WITH

IS HOW SPECIAL OF AN UNDERGROUND
ENVIRONMENT A LAVA CAVE IS.

WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING
AND WAITING FOR US

INSIDE THE GIANT
VOLCANOES OF MARS?

[ RUMBLING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
COMING UP, THE DESERT THAT
SWALLOWED A CIVILIZATION...

HUNDREDS OF MUMMIES HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED PERFECTLY PRESERVED.

Narrator:
...AND THE MYSTERY FACILITY
STEALING YOUR SECRETS.

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S FINGERPRINTS
ARE ALL OVER THAT.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

**

Narrator:
OCTOBER 7th, 2013 --

THE WORLDVIEW-2 SATELLITE
CAPTURES THIS IMAGE

OF A REMOTE CORNER
OF CHINA'S TAKLAMAKAN DESERT.

[ WHIRRING ]

AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS IMAGE
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT GOING ON,
BUT WHEN YOU ZOOM IN,

YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A REALLY
INTERESTING REPTILIAN SWATH,

LIKE A SNAKE SLITHERING RIGHT UP
THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE.

Altaweel: IT SEEMS DENSE
AND DELIBERATE,

SUGGESTING THAT IT'S NOT
A NATURAL FORMATION

BUT RATHER A MAN-MADE FEATURE.

Narrator: THE PATTERN INTRIGUES
ARCHAEOLOGISTS.

THERE ARE NO RECORDED
SETTLEMENTS HERE,

IMPLYING THE SNAKING LINES
AND THE BARREN SANDS

ARE CENTURIES OLD.

THE TAKLAMAKAN IS ONE OF
THE DRIEST PLACES ON EARTH.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE HOTTEST
PLACES ON EARTH.

Marchetti: IN A PLACE SO UTTERLY
DEVOID OF LIFE,

WHO WOULD COME OUT TO HERE
TO MAKE THESE MARKINGS

IN THE GROUND, AND WHY?

Narrator:
TOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS REVEALS

THE MARKINGS ARE RAISED RIDGES.

Bellinger: I THINK THE IMAGE
SHOWS MOUNDS OF DIRT.

WHAT THEY ARE,
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE,

BUT I'M THINKING MAYBE A QUARRY
OF SOME KIND OR A MINE.

Narrator: ANCIENT CHINESE TEXTS
CONFIRM THAT THESE LANDS

WERE ONCE RICH
IN A VALUABLE MINERAL.

THIS AREA LOOKS VERY HOSTILE,
VERY UNFORGIVING,

BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE,

AND THEY WERE DRAWN
BY THE JADE MINING.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS A JADE MINE.

**

Narrator:
KNOWN AS THE STONE OF HEAVEN,

THE CHINESE HAVE REVERED JADE
SINCE NEOLITHIC TIMES.

**

IN THE WEST,
WE THINK ABOUT GOLD

BEING THE ULTIMATE
VALUABLE MATERIAL.

IN CHINA, IT'S JADE.

**

Narrator: THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
THE CHINESE

HAVEN'T JUST VALUED JADE
FOR ITS BEAUTY.

CURIOUSLY, THEY MADE ARMOR
OUT OF IT.

THERE'S ACTUALLY CHINESE
EMPERORS BEING BURIED

IN THESE SUITS OF JADE ARMOR.

THE CHINESE BELIEVED THAT IT
WOULD ACTUALLY STAVE OFF

THE DECOMPOSITION OF BODIES.

Narrator: YET WHEN INVESTIGATORS
ARRIVE AT THE SITE,

THEY DISCOVER THIS WAS NO MINE.

Paul: ARCHAEOLOGISTS ON THE
GROUND LOOKING AT THIS SITE

FIND STRUCTURES
LIKE HOMES AND GRAVES,

WHICH MEANS THIS AREA LIKELY WAS
A TOWN OR EVEN A LARGER CITY.

**

Narrator:
TESTS REVEAL THE STRUCTURES
ARE OVER 1,700 YEARS OLD.

AT THIS TIME, THE HAN,

ONE OF THE LONGEST-RULING
IMPERIAL DYNASTIES

IN CHINESE HISTORY,
REIGN OVER THE LAND.

**

THE HAN DYNASTY
WERE PARTICULARLY FAMOUS

BECAUSE OF
THEIR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS

IN TERMS OF SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE.

THEY BUILT GREAT CITIES.
THEY BUILT GREAT TEMPLES.

Narrator:
FROM CELESTIAL ATLASES

TO THE MORE THAN 5,000-MILE-LONG
GREAT WALL OF CHINA,

THE HAN LEAVE AN INDELIBLE MARK
ON CHINESE AND GLOBAL HISTORY.

Hoffman:
THEY WERE INDUSTRIOUS.

THEY WERE INVENTIVE.
THEY INVENTED THINGS LIKE PAPER.

THEY WERE EXPLORERS
AND ASTRONOMERS.

THEY WERE VERY SOPHISTICATED.

Narrator: OVER THE YEARS,
THE SANDS SURROUNDING THE SITE

IN THE IMAGE HAVE SWALLOWED
HUNDREDS OF TOWNS AND CITIES.

ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
THE STRUCTURES

ARE EVIDENCE OF THE MIGHTY
HAN'S ATTEMPTS TO GROW FOOD

IN THIS DEADLY LANDSCAPE.

**

THE WORDS TAKLAMAKAN ACTUALLY
MEAN YOU CAN GET IN,

BUT YOU CAN'T GET BACK OUT.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
SOME SERIOUS INGENUITY

AND DRIVE TO COME UP
WITH AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE
FOR YOU TO SURVIVE HERE.

**

Narrator:
MANY OF THE LINES APPEAR TO BE
THE REMAINS OF CANALS

BUILT TO CHANNEL
TRICKLES OF SNOWMELT

FROM NEARBY MOUNTAINS,

YET FURTHER STUDIES OF THE
PATTERN REVEAL ANOTHER MYSTERY.

**

Horton: WHAT'S SURPRISING ABOUT
THIS IRRIGATION SYSTEM

IS IT'S NOT CLEARLY
AN IMPERIAL HAN DESIGN.

IT SEEMS THAT ITS FORM AND SHAPE
ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE WEST.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A CHINESE
IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT ALL.

**

IT'S NEARLY IDENTICAL TO A
SIMILAR SYSTEM WE SEE IN JORDAN.

**

Narrator:
JORDAN, IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

IS OVER 2,600 MILES FROM
THE STRUCTURES IN THE IMAGE.

KAREN BELLINGER UNCOVERS A CLUE

THAT COULD EXPLAIN
THE CONNECTION

BETWEEN THESE TWO
DISTANT SITES.

Bellinger:
THIS PART OF THE WORLD
WAS THE NEXUS FOR A VAST,

SPRAWLING TRADE NETWORK KNOWN
AS THE SILK ROAD FOR MILLENNIA.

[ CAMELS GRUNTING ]

IT CONNECTED EAST AND WEST.

PEOPLE TRAVELED BACK
AND FORTH EXCHANGING GOODS.

**

Narrator: THE SILK ROAD
CONNECTS EUROPE TO CHINA

FROM 130 B.C.
TO THE 15th CENTURY A.D.

**

ITS USE AS A MEANS
OF TRANSPORTING GOODS

FROM EAST TO WEST
IS WELL DOCUMENTED,

YET WHAT THE SITE IN THE IMAGE

AND OTHER DISCOVERIES
NEARBY REVEAL

IS IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

HUNDREDS OF MUMMIES
HAVE BEEN RECOVERED

FROM THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT
PERFECTLY PRESERVED,

AND WEIRDLY, WITH DISTINCTLY
NORTHERN EUROPEAN FEATURES,

BLOND HAIR IN FLAXEN PIGTAILS,
REDDISH BEARDS,

EVEN TARTAN CLOTHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT

CAME STRAIGHT OFF
THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

Narrator: THE TAKLAMAKAN MUMMIES
AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM

CONFIRM THAT TRAVELERS
FROM EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

BROUGHT BOTH GOODS
AND TECHNOLOGY WITH THEM.

WHEN WE THINK OF THE SILK ROAD,
TRADE ROUTES IN GENERAL,

WE THINK OF PEOPLE BUYING AND
SELLING, TRADING OBJECTS,

BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT THERE WAS

AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AS WELL.

**

Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THE SITE
DISCOVERED BY SATELLITE

IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES

OF HOW THE SILK ROAD
CHANGED HISTORY.

AS THE CENTURIES PROGRESSED,

IT BECAME A CONDUIT
FOR THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE

THAT LED TO THE RENAISSANCE,
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION,

AND HELP LAY THE TECHNOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD.

IT WAS A CORRIDOR IN WHICH
PEOPLE MOVED,

IDEAS MOVED, RELIGIONS MOVED.

IT WAS THE SUPERHIGHWAY, IF YOU
LIKE, OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

**

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP,
DISCOVERED FROM SPACE,

A NEW THREAT TO AMERICA
IN COMMUNIST CUBA.

Janulis:
THIS FACILITY COULD JUST BE
RETRANSMITTING INTELLIGENCE

IT'S GATHERING DIRECTLY
TO THE RUSSIAN SHIP.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator:
FEBRUARY 15th, 2018 --

A SATELLITE PASSING OVER
COMMUNIST CUBA

CAPTURES AN UNUSUAL FACILITY.

WHAT WE SEE IN THE IMAGE
IS A BLOCK BUILDING WITH A BIG,

HUGE GOLF-BALL-LOOKING THING
ON TOP OF IT.

THIS HAS TO BE A RADOME.

**

Narrator: A RADOME IS
A STRUCTURE THAT COVERS

AND PROTECTS HIGH-TECH RADAR
EQUIPMENT FROM THE ELEMENTS.

**

THE HIDDEN ROTATING ANTENNA
PROVIDES A 180-DEGREE CAPABILITY

TO TRACK TARGETS
AND INTERCEPT COMMUNICATIONS.

THE BIGGEST PIECE OF
INTELLIGENCE THAT A RADOME MASKS

IS WHERE THE DISH IS AIMING.

IF THE DISH IS AIMING
AT THE HORIZON LINE,

IT'S COMMUNICATING WITH SHIPS.

IF IT'S POINTING STRAIGHT UP,
IT'S COMMUNICATING

WITH SATELLITES.

Narrator:
THE SPY DOME'S LOCATION

RINGS ALARM BELLS
IN WASHINGTON.

**

IT SITS JUST 115 MILES
FROM THE U.S. COASTLINE.

PROXIMITY
MEANS MORE INFORMATION,

AND YOU DON'T GET MUCH CLOSER
THAN THE COAST OF CUBA.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT
FACILITY IS BEING USED TO DO

IS IN A PRIME LOCATION
TO WATCH THE UNITED STATES.

**

Narrator:
WHAT'S MORE, ANALYSTS CALCULATE
A FACILITY OF THIS SIZE

COULD COST TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,

MONEY MANY DOUBT
THAT CUBANS POSSESS

AFTER 60 YEARS
OF CRIPPLING EMBARGOES.

Pavelec: THIS IS INCREDIBLY
EXPENSIVE STUFF.

I WOULD SPECULATE THAT THE
CUBANS ARE GETTING SPONSORSHIP,

OR AT LEAST FUNDING,
FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

FOR THIS SORT
OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION.

**

Narrator:
THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO IS THAT
ANOTHER OF AMERICA'S ENEMIES

HAS BUILT THE CUBAN SPY DOME
TO HIJACK U.S. DATA...

**

...A TROJAN HORSE
FOR THE DIGITAL AGE.

**

MILITARY JOURNALIST CARLO MUÑOZ
IDENTIFIES HIS PRIME SUSPECT.

NOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR ANYBODY

TO PUMP MONEY
AND INFLUENCE INTO CUBA,

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S FINGERPRINTS
ARE ALL OVER THAT.

**

Narrator:
IN RECENT YEARS, THE RUSSIANS
HAVE ATTACKED A BASE

HOLDING U.S. FORCES IN SYRIA,
INTERFERED IN ELECTIONS,

AND ASSASSINATED DISSIDENTS
ON AMERICAN SOIL.

THE FACILITY DISCOVERED
FROM SPACE COULD REPRESENT

A NEW WAY OF BRINGING TERROR
TO AMERICA'S DOORSTEP.

THE RUSSIANS UNDER PUTIN
ARE ONCE AGAIN LOOKING AT CUBA

AS A PLACE TO PUT
RUSSIAN MILITARY INFLUENCE

TO OFFSET AMERICAN POWER
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

Narrator:
IN 2014, THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
PLEDGES TO WIPE OUT

90 PERCENT OF CUBA'S
$35 BILLION DEBT TO MOSCOW.

ANALYSTS SPECULATE
THE SPY STATION IN THE IMAGE

COULD BE A QUID PRO QUO.

IT'D BE A GOOD WAY TO REALLY
STICK A KNIFE

IN THE UNITED STATES
IN A WAY THAT THE UNITED STATES

CAN'T RESPOND TO
IN ANY DIRECT WAY.

Narrator:
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS REVEAL
THAT IN THE MONTHS

FOLLOWING
THE STRUCTURE'S COMPLETION,

THE RUSSIAN SPY SHIP
VIKTOR LEONOV DOCKS IN CUBA.

Janulis:
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT
THIS NEW RADOME FACILITY

COULD JUST BE RETRANSMITTING
ANY SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE

IT'S GATHERING DIRECTLY
TO THE RUSSIAN SHIP.

**

Narrator:
HOWEVER, FORMER CIA OPERATIVE
MIKE BAKER

THINKS THE MYSTERY COMPOUND
BEARS THE HALLMARKS

OF ANOTHER FOREIGN POWER.

FRANKLY, IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE
PART OF CHINA'S EFFORT

TO INCREASE THEIR LEVERAGE
AND INFLUENCE.

**

Narrator: WHILE VLADIMIR PUTIN
HAS GARNERED

A REPUTATION FOR AGGRESSION,

CHINESE PRESIDENT
XI JINPING'S

WEAPON OF CHOICE
IS INFILTRATION.

ON THE PAST DECADE PLUS,
CHINA HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA,
INCLUDING CUBA.

Narrator: DEFENSE ANALYSTS
FEAR THE CHINESE

ARE USING THIS GROWING INFLUENCE
TO EMBED SPYWARE WITHIN

COMPANIES' AND INDIVIDUALS'
ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

ONE THING THAT CHINA HAS GOTTEN
VERY GOOD AT IS SOFT POWER,

ECONOMIC POWER,
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY ARE REALIZING THAT YOU
DON'T NEED TO BUILD

A MILITARY BASE,
PER SE, TO INFLUENCE A NATION.

Narrator:
ARMIES OF COMMUNIST HACKERS,

SUCH AS THE SHADOWY APT10 GROUP,

HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER
100 MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR

CYBER ATTACKS
OVER THE LAST DECADE.

A NEW FACILITY LIKE THIS
COULD GREATLY INCREASE

THEIR REACH INTO OUR LIVES.

Pappalardo: THE IDEA THAT CHINA
WOULD BUILD SUCH A FACILITY

SO CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES
MAKES SENSE.

THE CHINESE COULD GET A LOT
OF GOOD INFORMATION

ON WHAT THE UNITED STATES
IS DOING,

INTERCEPT ITS SIGNALS
INTELLIGENCE.

THERE WOULD BE VERY ACTIVE
CONSUMERS OF THAT INFORMATION.

**

Narrator:
THE EVIDENCE OF BOTH CHINESE
AND RUSSIAN INVESTMENT IN CUBA

IN RECENT YEARS RAISES
ANOTHER TERRIFYING POSSIBILITY.

THE SPY DOME COULD BE
A JOINT INITIATIVE

BETWEEN AMERICA'S TWO
BIGGEST GLOBAL ENEMIES.

Pappalardo: RUSSIA AND CHINA,
HISTORICALLY, ARE NOT FRIENDS.

THEY'VE FOUGHT WARS.

THEY'VE BEEN STRATEGIC
COMPETITORS,

BUT RECENTLY,
THEY'VE FOUND A SHARED GOAL

IN TAKING THE UNITED STATES
DOWN A PEG.

**

Narrator:
THERE ARE 130 LARGE-SCALE

TARGETED INTELLIGENCE BREACHES
IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR.

**

ANALYSIS SUGGESTS OVER A QUARTER
ORIGINATE IN CHINA AND RUSSIA.

THE FACILITY DISCOVERED
FROM THE SKIES

COULD MEAN THINGS ARE ABOUT
TO GET A WHOLE LOT WORSE.

IF THESE POWERS WERE TO COME
TOGETHER AND JOIN FORCES,

WE COULD BE LOOKING
AT A NEW AXIS OF EVIL

RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP.

**