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{\an8}Narrator:
A deputy sheriff collides
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with a bright, hovering object.
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Could this be evidence that
this is an otherworldly craft?
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Narrator:
Officers listen to the sound,
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never before heard on national
television, of a glowing orb.
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we have three
corroborating sources
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saying that it was mostly
likely a real UFO.
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Narrator: Police
cruisers give chase
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to an unidentified
triangular aircraft.
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It was witnessed and reported
across four different precincts.
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Narrator:
And incredible visual evidence
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uncovered in the most famous
UFO case in Europe.
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[ sirens wailing ]
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Could the detailed accounts
of UFO activity
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by law enforcement provide
proof that we are not alone?
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August 27, 1979, not far from
the North Dakota border,
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in the northeast corner
of Minnesota,
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near the town of Stephen.
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it's about 2:00 A.M.
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as deputy sheriff Val Johnson
drives his police cruiser
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on a dark and deserted
rural highway.
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What happens next will be
seen by UFO investigators
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as a landmark case
involving law enforcement
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that almost cost
Val Johnson his life.
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He was doing, I assume,
a routine patrol
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in a fairly quiet
stretch of the area.
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And he sees a bright light off
to the side, out his window.
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Initially thinking it was
an aircraft,
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he thought it was unusual
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and followed around
to get a better look at it.
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And next thing you know,
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this thing is low
over the ground.
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It's a little smaller
than a basketball,
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a glowing ball of light,
which then seemingly,
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almost instantly accelerated
at his vehicle.
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[ siren wailing ]
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All of a sudden, it
crashed into his car.
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It broke the headlight.
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It broke off the antenna,
and it broke the windshield.
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It was a brilliant ball
of light.
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It obviously had substance to it
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to do all of that damage
to his cruiser.
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Narrator: 40 minutes later,
deputy Val Johnson
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calls for help over his radio.
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Another sheriff's deputy reaches
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the scene of the accident
within minutes.
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He finds Johnson's car
sideways in the road
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and Johnson in a daze.
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The officer was obviously
extremely shaken by all of that.
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When backup arrived,
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they claimed he was
in a true state of shock.
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Narrator: Deputy Val Johnson
can only remember
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making visual contact
with a strange object
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hovering just above the ground,
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being blinded by a bright light,
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and hearing the sound
of breaking glass
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just before passing out.
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The next day, photos are taken
of Johnson's squad car,
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which shows damage
from a collision.
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Dolan: This ball of light
left evidence in the form
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of a broken headlight and
damage to the windshield.
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It would be as if something hit
his vehicle from the air.
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That is what it would look
like to me,
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but no visible damage
to the body of the car.
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It is a bit odd.
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Clearly it wasn't another car
or an airplane.
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There would have been wreckage.
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There would have been debris.
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And he would have seen it
and reported it as such.
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But we don't really have
any certainty
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about what we're dealing with.
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Narrator: Strangely,
the doctor who examines
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Val Johnson finds indications
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around his eyes
of welding burns.
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In the process of arc welding,
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the intense arc light
emits ultraviolet radiation
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and can damage a person's skin
as if sunburned.
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But Val Johnson had
not been welding.
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The police and the highway
patrol investigators
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believed that this was some kind
of anomalous experience.
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They were never able to find
a reasonable explanation
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for what had occurred.
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Narrator: UFO researchers
recently uncovered a transcript,
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never before seen
on national television,
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of an interview with
deputy Val Johnson
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shortly after his
close encounter.
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It reads in part,
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"I got to the intersection
of 5 and Minnesota State 220
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"when I noticed a very bright,
brilliant light
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"8 to 12 inches in diameter,
3 to 4 feet off the ground.
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"the edges were very defined.
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"I thought perhaps at first
that it appeared to be
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"a landing light
from an aircraft.
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"I proceeded south on 220,
about a mile and 3/10,
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"when the light
intercepted my vehicle.
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"the brakes were engaged
by forces unknown to myself,
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as I do not remember
doing this."
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A photo taken at the encounter
location reveals skid marks
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going in a straight
line for 99 feet,
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then suddenly veering
to the left.
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Not long after the incident
in 1979,
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Val Johnson was interviewed
on local tv
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about his strange encounter.
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The light was coming at me.
It was extremely bright.
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The inside of the car lit up.
I remember that.
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And something did strike
my vehicle.
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Something didn't want me there.
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I really don't know
how to classify it.
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Narrator: The official findings
of a confidential investigation
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report filed the day
after the incident says
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that Val Johnson's
patrol vehicle
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was involved in an accident
with an unknown object.
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But what kind of
unknown object was it?
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And could what was described
as a brilliant light
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actually cause all the damage
to deputy Johnson's car?
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Bob Spearing, a
field investigator
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and visual analysis expert
for the mutual UFO network,
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attempts to answer
this very question.
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Val Johnson claims that
he skidded 99 feet.
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His car was turned sideways
when he was found.
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He claims he was unconscious
for 39 minutes.
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Basically, all of the damage
to the car
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was done on the left side,
the driver's side.
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The headlight, the windshield,
and the antenna, all right,
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was bent at a 60-degree angle.
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An engineer from
Ford Motor Company --
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he was unable to determine
what caused the cracks,
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but he said that a pressure
by some unknown force
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caused the cracks
in the windshield.
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I would classify this as
probably an orb UFO sighting
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which attacked his car.
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Narrator: Since 1979, Val
Johnson's close encounter
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has gained worldwide attention,
in part, many believe,
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because Johnson
was a police officer.
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But what makes a UFO incident
reported by law enforcement
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more convincing than claims
by other witnesses?
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The police officers tend to be
some of our best witnesses
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because they're not
only trained observers,
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they're not prone to fantasy,
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and it's not in their
nature to lie.
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For him to come out and
say something like this,
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to put his job at risk,
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to me adds a lot of
credibility to this case.
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Pope: Here is someone who holds
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a responsible position
in the community.
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He's a deputy sheriff.
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And yet here he is, talking
about not just a UFO sighting...
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...but a UFO sighting that ended
with his police vehicle
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on one side.
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People like that don't
speak out lightly.
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When someone like that tells
you this is what happens,
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you can take that to the bank.
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Narrator: Although the evidence
in this case is compelling,
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many believe it's
circumstantial at best.
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Proof of a UFO encounter
would need physical evidence
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and eyewitness corroboration.
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One such case like that
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has gone unequaled
for nearly 40 years.
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We actually have a recording
of the UFO.
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And the recording suggests
that the object was close by.
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There's no aerial object
that we had that was able
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to do the kinds of things
that are described here.
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Narrator: When it comes
to UFO sightings,
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the police are regarded
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As far more reliable
witnesses than most.
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Even so, they need
corroborating evidence
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to make their cases
truly credible.
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March 17, 1981, 4:03 A.M.,
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20 miles north of Portland,
Oregon, near St. Helens.
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It's an early tuesday morning,
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And sergeant Russell Yokum
of the Oregon Police Department
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is driving along highway 30.
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Suddenly, out over
the Columbia river,
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a bright orb lights
up the entire area.
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[ siren wailing ]
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[ metal crashes ]
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It was red, orange.
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It appeared to be large,
maybe 30 feet in diameter.
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And it was hovering
80 to 100 feet above the water.
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Sergeant Yokum believed
it was moving
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toward the Portland airport.
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So, he's watching this.
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He radioed in to headquarters.
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And two state police officers
heard him.
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Narrator: Sergeant Yokum meets
the two officers at a turn-out
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with a view of the bizarre
aerial object over the river.
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A couple of civilians
also are there,
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so you've got about five
people watching this,
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a very bright, unusual light.
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Now you got to wonder, "what is
this thing that's just making
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such a bright light
at this time of day?"
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No one could figure
this one out.
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Narrator: On the opposite side
of the Columbia river,
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in Washington State,
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someone else is also
watching the bright orb,
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and he's a lot closer to it.
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There was a ham
radio operator
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who was monitoring
the police communications.
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[ static ]
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And he was also
watching the object.
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He got in touch
with the officers,
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and he noticed that the
object was making noise.
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Narrator: The ham
radio operator,
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known as Lucky 13,
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volunteers to hold a microphone
out his window
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so the police can hear
the sound he claims
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is coming from the glowing orb.
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Here, for the first time
on national television,
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is the audio recording
of the conversation
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between Oregon Police
and Lucky 13.
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[ static ]
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[ static ]
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We actually have a
recording of the UFO,
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And the recording suggests
that the object was close by.
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But the second thing is,
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this actually implies
it's a physical object.
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This is clearly a craft
of some kind.
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The question is, with the noise,
is it an engine?
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Is it a type of propulsion?
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There's on aerial object,
particularly in 1981,
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that we had that was able
to do the kinds of things
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that are described here,
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that looked like this thing looks,
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that sounded like this thing
apparently sounded like.
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Narrator: The police officers
and Lucky 13 observe the UFO
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For another 14 minutes,
until 4:43 A.M.,
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just before sunrise,
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when the object goes dark
and disappears.
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But was this
mechanical-sounding,
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glowing orb really
from out of this world,
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as investigators believe?
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And if so, might it be similar
to the spherical orb
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reported by deputy
sheriff Val Johnson?
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[ siren wailing ]
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And if we accept
these light spheres
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are from a distant world,
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the big question is --
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why are they here?
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Searching for answers,
UFO investigators note
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that the Columbia river basin
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and the nearby Yakima indian
reservation in Washington State
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have long been the site of
unexplained aerial phenomena.
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Could there be a connection
between orb UFOs
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and nearby native
american tribes?
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The indigenous tribes have
always been well aware of UFOs
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and alien sightings for
many thousands of years.
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Narrator: In 2010, orb UFOs
have been spotted
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near the Yakima reservation.
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The Yakima indians call
these alien observers
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their star brothers.
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What we're looking at here
are two apparent orbs
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circling each other
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in the Yakima valley
in Washington State.
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Washington state is known
for earthquake lights
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Because it sits on
a fault line.
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So, there's a theory that
these lights,
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which are seen by many,
many people
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over hundreds of years,
may be a natural phenomenon.
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As you can see a car right here
passing very close
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to the objects,
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We can gauge how
big they might be.
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They might be as wide
as five feet across.
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Is it a natural phenomenon?
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Is it some sort of UFO?
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We just don't know
enough at this point
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to be able to tell what it is
that we're looking at.
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Narrator: For UFO researchers,
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questions about the origin
of glowing orbs
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and UFOs in general come
down to whether or not
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they appear to be
under intelligent control.
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and the answer can only be
determined by the evidence.
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With the Columbia river case,
this UFO made a sound,
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and we were fortunate enough
that the people involved in this
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as the witnesses taped it.
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The sound starts up again,
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and they say, "It sounds like
it's revving up its engines."
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That sounds to me like they're
describing, clearly, a machine,
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a craft of some sort.
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Narrator: But is it possible
that even cases
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with multiple police witnesses
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and hard evidence can be
dismissed by skeptics?
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Perhaps.
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Then again, sometimes the
truth seems more obvious
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when numerous police are chasing
the same unidentified
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aerial object from town to town.
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We have in real time
what the police officers
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were actually experiencing.
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UFO activity was witnessed
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and reported across four
different precincts.
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[ siren wails ]
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Narrator: UFO researchers
believe the glowing orbs
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encountered by law enforcement
could be a natural phenomenon
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or they could be from
another world entirely.
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But what about UFOs that appear
to be unidentified spacecraft?
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In a more recent
police UFO file,
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what began as an odd
civilian sighting
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grew to involve multiple
police departments
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in numerous
neighboring townships
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and perhaps reveal
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a military cover-up.
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January 5, 2000,
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Wednesday morning
in Highland, Illinois,
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shortly before sunrise,
around 4:00 A.M.
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Melvern Noll, a truck
driver and owner of
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a local miniature golf course,
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is about to head home
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when something overhead
catches his eye.
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He looks up, and he sees this
very large, low object.
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No sound.
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It looked like it was
two stories high.
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And then out of nowhere,
this single-story ranch
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with a penthouse
on top slowly floats
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over his miniature
golf course.
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It appeared to be
rectangular in shape.
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This object had a series of
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windows that ran down
the side.
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The object was so large, it was
the size of a football field.
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And clearly it was
reported to police.
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Narrator: Immediately afterward,
the sheriff's dispatcher shares
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the unlikely details with
officers in the field.
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Lebanon police officer Ed
Barton responds to the call.
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Within minutes, the officer
relays what he sees in the sky,
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documenting the events
as it unfolds.
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We've got the whole conversation
as it transpired that morning.
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We have in real time
what the police officers
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were actually experiencing,
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and that is really
valuable to us.
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Officer Barton, who is
looking into this --
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suddenly he sees lights himself.
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And it's one of those situations
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where a police officer
goes from
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investigator to witness
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and actually becomes
part of the story.
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Narrator: As the
unidentified object
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approaches his location,
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Barton pulls over to listen.
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And as the UFO passes
directly overhead,
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the officer notices
there is no sound.
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After resuming his chase,
strangely,
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Barton gives a completely
different description
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than previously reported.
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Pope: Officer Barton
describes a huge,
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triangular-shaped object.
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And we know it's big,
because he describes
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how it's blocking out
the stars
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as it goes overhead.
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Narrator: was this a different
UFO being observed?
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Or did the officer's training
allow him
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to provide a more
accurate description?
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He describes how the movement
of this thing is very different
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to that of a
conventional aircraft.
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It doesn't bank, he said,
like an aircraft would.
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It pivots.
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It moves from side to side.
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And, again, this
is an experienced,
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trained observer.
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Narrator: Thinking quickly,
officer Barton decides to see
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what the military might know
about the situation.
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Man: 10-4.
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Scott Air Force base was called
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when the craft was
only two miles away.
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They had no knowledge
of this craft.
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It didn't show up on radar.
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Very perplexing.
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Narrator: Is it possible the
military was really unaware?
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And could the UFO be using
some form of stealth technology?
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It went from town to town,
and the greatest part about it
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were the witnesses calling
each other, the dispatches.
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Police officers were talking
to the next town over
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And letting them know,
"Well, you should be seeing it."
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Narrator: In nearby Shiloh,
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officer David Martin
is on patrol
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when he spots the object
about 1/4 mile away.
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He pulls over and observes
the huge triangle
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flying slowly in the distance,
without making a sound.
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As the craft leaves Shiloh,
the officer estimates the craft
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accelerates from about 15 miles
an hour to 100 in an instant.
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What really lends a lot
of credibility to the case
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is it was witnessed and reported
across four different precincts.
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There was a ton of radio
chatter that happened
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As they were trying to figure
out what they were witnessing.
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Even the military was contacted,
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which adds a ton more
credibility,
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when they call the military
and they tell them,
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"We think we have a UFO."
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Narrator: Is it possible,
as researchers claim,
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that one or more objects
observed in the skies
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of Illinois were, in fact,
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off-world alien spacecrafts
that blocked out the stars,
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moved without sound, and
defied the laws of physics?
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Carson: Nobody's telling us
exactly what it is,
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and it's been cited
across many counties.
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So, what could it have been?
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We're thinking that
it probably was a UFO
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that could have been using
alien technology.
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Narrator: The Illinois
UFOs were witnessed
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by multiple police officers
who documented what they saw.
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But amazingly, the police
chase will continue
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through three more townships
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and under the noses of
military air-traffic control.
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There was no radar.
it was complete denial.
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Dolan: Scott Air Force base
is two miles away.
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They say, "Nope,
we got nothing."
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So, what's that all about?
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Narrator: In the early morning
hours of January 5, 2000,
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a large and very bizarre object
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is reported to be flying
over Highland, Illinois.
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But within the hour,
police in nearby townships
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see something
completely different --
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a large, triangular
flying object.
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Could there have been two
different UFOs in the air,
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causing confusion
on the ground?
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Or might the difference be due
to more reliable information
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provided by police?
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These are the different
configurations that were seen
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by multiple eyewitnesses
on the night January 5, 2000,
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including at least
three police officers.
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Multiple triangle
configurations.
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Eyewitnesses reported
a mechanical under-structure,
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like stacked legos or plumbing,
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probably 60 to 80 feet across.
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Narrator: As the triangular
object continues over the state,
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at about 4:30 A.M.,
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Craig Stevens, with the
Millstadt police department,
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sees it flying overhead
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and immediately reports
the sighting
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to the sheriff's dispatcher.
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Craig Stevens and other
police officers
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stated that when it
departed the area,
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it departed like a spark
off a grinding wheel
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and made no sonic boom.
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Absolutely immediate accelerate,
made no sonic boom.
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Narrator: Minutes later,
the UFO is spotted
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by yet another police officer
working for the town of Dupo.
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He and officer Stevens
from Millstadt
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have the following
conversation.
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Just before sunrise,
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the triangular craft
finally flies out of sight,
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leaving police officers
across several townships
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to try and make
sense of the case.
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Here you had something
over the state of Illinois
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for around nine hours.
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One or multiple objects came
in to the north of Chicago,
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from Lake Michigan, and then
zigzagged slowly over the state,
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seen in multiple locations
by numerous witnesses,
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including police officers,
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and then was last seen
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somewhere in the vicinity
of St. Louis.
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Clearly, we're dealing
with something unexplained
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and some would say,
something otherworldly.
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Police officers are some of
the most reliable witnesses
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in the world.
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And then throw in the fact that
you've got a nine-hour period
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where their voices were being
recorded over dispatch.
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If that's not credible,
I don't know what is.
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Narrator: But strangely,
when police dispatchers
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again contact nearby
Scott Air Force base,
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desperate for answers,
the military again
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claims to have no idea
what's going on,
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this despite the fact that,
according to police,
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the triangle's flight path was
directly through the area
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of military traffic control.
463
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:51,854
Scott Air Force base is two
miles away from this sighting.
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That's an amazing thing
to consider.
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You have all of these
police officers
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in this animated series of
conversations and observations,
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and they're asking,
468
00:29:04,391 --> 00:29:07,999
"Is this something from
Scott Air Force base?"
469
00:29:08,001 --> 00:29:09,604
And yet here's
Scott Air Force base --
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"Nope, we got nothing."
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So, what's that all about?
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It was complete denial.
There was no radar.
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And it's really hard to believe
if they just flat out denied
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the public any
answers whatsoever
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00:29:23,378 --> 00:29:28,356
and just covered everything
about this event up
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for reasons that
only they can --
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they can understand.
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Narrator: Does the
military response
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add to the conversation
about government conspiracy
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and cover-up in regards to UFOs?
481
00:29:43,033 --> 00:29:44,937
What if the military
isn't talking
482
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because they already know
that these triangular craft do,
483
00:29:47,948 --> 00:29:50,117
in fact, come from other worlds
484
00:29:50,119 --> 00:29:52,457
and they don't want
the public to know?
485
00:29:52,459 --> 00:29:54,330
Incredibly, there
is more evidence
486
00:29:54,332 --> 00:29:56,804
of these alien craft
available elsewhere,
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00:29:56,806 --> 00:30:00,380
in Europe's most famous
police UFO file.
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For more than an hour,
489
00:30:03,290 --> 00:30:05,293
the belgian Air Force
attempts to intercept
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a triangular object
without success.
491
00:30:08,604 --> 00:30:11,010
These UFOs had the capability
of out-maneuvering
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any military craft that
was sent after them.
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Narrator: Despite law
enforcement reports
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and eyewitness accounts,
neither the U.S. Military
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00:30:32,806 --> 00:30:35,078
nor government has
ever acknowledged
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00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,287
the Illinois UFO incident.
497
00:30:38,289 --> 00:30:39,824
But what if these types
of sightings
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have been seen
before by hundreds,
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00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:46,876
maybe even thousands
of witnesses?
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November 29, 1989.
501
00:30:50,422 --> 00:30:54,198
On a crisp and clear wednesday
evening in Eupen, Belgium,
502
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,971
Just five miles from
the German border,
503
00:30:56,973 --> 00:30:59,145
frightened residents
call police to report
504
00:30:59,147 --> 00:31:01,318
a large, triangular-shaped craft
505
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:05,329
in the skies directly
over the town.
506
00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:09,239
Two federal policemen
immediately respond.
507
00:31:09,241 --> 00:31:12,648
What they find is described
as absolutely extraordinary.
508
00:31:15,226 --> 00:31:17,162
A couple of belgian
police officers
509
00:31:17,164 --> 00:31:19,669
got a very, ultra-clear view
510
00:31:19,671 --> 00:31:22,175
Of a very low,
perfect triangle.
511
00:31:26,224 --> 00:31:30,733
Maybe a couple of hundred
feet altitude at the most.
512
00:31:30,735 --> 00:31:35,782
And it just moved like no
other aircraft would move.
513
00:31:35,784 --> 00:31:37,986
It was very, very deliberate,
very slow,
514
00:31:37,988 --> 00:31:40,260
and then just moved off
and was gone.
515
00:31:40,262 --> 00:31:42,199
And that was
only the beginning.
516
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:46,477
Many witnesses were
mesmerized by this,
517
00:31:46,479 --> 00:31:50,722
and there was chatter about it
over the police radios,
518
00:31:50,724 --> 00:31:54,434
civilian sightings coming in,
519
00:31:54,436 --> 00:31:59,547
which matched up with
the police sightings.
520
00:31:59,549 --> 00:32:04,094
This is about as good as you
can get in terms of evidence.
521
00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:05,598
Narrator: As the
night progresses,
522
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,437
three sets of police officers
523
00:32:07,439 --> 00:32:10,712
and hundreds of eyewitnesses
watch the triangular craft
524
00:32:10,714 --> 00:32:13,420
move above the countryside,
525
00:32:13,422 --> 00:32:16,295
not unlike what was
reported in Illinois.
526
00:32:16,297 --> 00:32:18,634
And it wasn't exclusively
Belgium, either.
527
00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:20,541
Northwestern Germany,
which is right over
528
00:32:20,543 --> 00:32:21,810
the other side of the border,
529
00:32:21,812 --> 00:32:23,917
and, in fact, there were
quite a few UFO sightings
530
00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:27,426
even going into
Central Europe and even Russia.
531
00:32:27,428 --> 00:32:28,695
Narrator:
Sightings continue throughout
532
00:32:28,697 --> 00:32:32,340
Europe for four months.
533
00:32:32,342 --> 00:32:33,643
Thousands of people report
534
00:32:33,645 --> 00:32:36,752
seeing triangle craft
again and again,
535
00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:41,264
craft that appear to defy
physics and logical explanation.
536
00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:44,674
The belgian police
are at a complete loss.
537
00:32:44,676 --> 00:32:49,052
But could the triangles really
be extraterrestrial spacecraft,
538
00:32:49,054 --> 00:32:51,896
as UFO researchers believe?
539
00:32:51,898 --> 00:32:54,803
We don't know if they were
actually military-owned,
540
00:32:54,805 --> 00:32:59,917
if they were arvs,
alien reproduction vehicles.
541
00:32:59,919 --> 00:33:02,691
but they were moving
and flying in a way
542
00:33:02,693 --> 00:33:05,132
that did not match with
our current technology,
543
00:33:05,134 --> 00:33:07,305
leading us to believe that these
were probably more advanced
544
00:33:07,307 --> 00:33:10,112
type of UFOs
from another world.
545
00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:13,454
I built these models based
on eyewitness testimony.
546
00:33:13,456 --> 00:33:16,730
You'll notice here that it has
a white light at each corner.
547
00:33:16,732 --> 00:33:21,177
This is almost virtually silent,
making this low-frequency,
548
00:33:21,179 --> 00:33:25,622
electrical humming noise
like a transformer.
549
00:33:25,624 --> 00:33:29,199
That's something that
we've heard many times.
550
00:33:29,201 --> 00:33:32,776
Narrator: A few months later,
on March 30, 1990,
551
00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:36,921
things take a dramatic turn
when the Belgian Air Force
552
00:33:36,923 --> 00:33:39,862
reports that two sets of objects
were observed
553
00:33:39,864 --> 00:33:44,676
and tracked by the Glons Air
Force base, a NATO facility.
554
00:33:44,678 --> 00:33:49,189
Tindal: Just look at the radar
of these UFOs over Belgium.
555
00:33:49,191 --> 00:33:51,194
Clearly, they were real.
556
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,167
Clearly, they had mass to them
557
00:33:53,169 --> 00:33:55,808
or they wouldn't have
appeared on radar.
558
00:33:55,810 --> 00:33:57,980
Narrator: For more than an hour,
the Belgian Air Force
559
00:33:57,982 --> 00:34:00,955
Attempts to intercept the
triangles, without success.
560
00:34:07,742 --> 00:34:09,178
These UFOs had the capability
561
00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:11,017
of out-maneuvering
any military craft
562
00:34:11,019 --> 00:34:12,554
that was sent after them,
again,
563
00:34:12,556 --> 00:34:17,233
adding credence to the fact that
they may be otherworldly craft.
564
00:34:17,235 --> 00:34:20,075
It departed their area
565
00:34:20,077 --> 00:34:23,083
at about 1,600 kilometers
per hour in less than a second.
566
00:34:23,085 --> 00:34:25,926
So, we're looking at
about a 40-g maneuver,
567
00:34:25,928 --> 00:34:29,267
something that pilots
couldn't withstand.
568
00:34:29,269 --> 00:34:31,574
During these events
or sightings,
569
00:34:31,576 --> 00:34:34,416
there were nine
attempted interceptions.
570
00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:36,622
That is incredible.
571
00:34:36,624 --> 00:34:39,095
Narrator: For the first time
on national television,
572
00:34:39,097 --> 00:34:41,268
new evidence reveals
general De Brouwer
573
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:45,278
of the Belgian Air Force
explaining why NATO F-16s
574
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,721
are no match for the
flying triangle.
575
00:34:48,723 --> 00:34:51,397
What these pilots detected
576
00:34:51,399 --> 00:34:54,939
was well outside the normal
577
00:34:54,941 --> 00:34:56,309
flying envelope,
578
00:34:56,311 --> 00:34:58,482
varying from speeds
579
00:34:58,484 --> 00:35:04,433
between 150 knots to 990 knots,
580
00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:09,112
an acceleration which occurred
in a few seconds.
581
00:35:09,114 --> 00:35:12,823
Our best technology was
absolutely no match
582
00:35:12,825 --> 00:35:16,466
for the things that
they witnessed.
583
00:35:16,468 --> 00:35:18,874
This is a straight-up
acknowledgement
584
00:35:18,876 --> 00:35:21,314
from the belgian military
in the aftermath.
585
00:35:21,316 --> 00:35:23,887
These objects had
maneuvering capabilities
586
00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:25,392
that we just don't have.
587
00:35:25,394 --> 00:35:27,197
They would have instant
acceleration,
588
00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:29,369
From near-hovering, loitering,
589
00:35:29,371 --> 00:35:32,111
to 1,000-miles-per-hour-type
speeds,
590
00:35:32,113 --> 00:35:35,487
and then also just altitude
drops of nearly,
591
00:35:35,489 --> 00:35:38,830
i think, 4,000 feet
in one or two seconds.
592
00:35:38,832 --> 00:35:40,368
that's nearly a mile.
593
00:35:40,370 --> 00:35:44,012
I mean, incredible changes
in altitude that --
594
00:35:44,014 --> 00:35:48,690
again, our craft -- we have
no capability of doing this.
595
00:35:48,692 --> 00:35:50,629
Narrator: Skeptics claim
that the triangles
596
00:35:50,631 --> 00:35:52,770
reported by the
Belgian Air Force
597
00:35:52,772 --> 00:35:55,043
are nothing more than
an advanced, top-secret,
598
00:35:55,045 --> 00:35:59,754
experimental aircraft
that was misidentified.
599
00:35:59,756 --> 00:36:02,262
Skeptics trot out
the explanation,
600
00:36:02,264 --> 00:36:06,307
"Well, people probably
saw stealth technology."
601
00:36:06,309 --> 00:36:08,312
why? Well, because
the stealth fighter
602
00:36:08,314 --> 00:36:10,718
had just recently
been unveiled.
603
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,727
But the only unique thing
about the stealth aircraft
604
00:36:13,729 --> 00:36:15,633
is that they are
radar-stealthy,
605
00:36:15,635 --> 00:36:18,341
so they're not easily
detectable on radar.
606
00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,011
But in terms of performance,
607
00:36:20,013 --> 00:36:23,254
stealth aircraft can't do any of
the things that were reported
608
00:36:23,256 --> 00:36:26,964
during the wave of the
so-called belgian triangle.
609
00:36:26,966 --> 00:36:28,603
Narrator: General De
Brouwer's absolutely
610
00:36:28,605 --> 00:36:31,979
incredible analysis continues.
611
00:36:31,981 --> 00:36:34,319
Visual observations always
612
00:36:34,321 --> 00:36:36,992
describe a machine
613
00:36:36,994 --> 00:36:41,138
which hangs and hovers
above the surface
614
00:36:41,140 --> 00:36:46,119
at quite a low altitude
without making any noise.
615
00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:50,363
Now, with the current
technology,
616
00:36:50,365 --> 00:36:52,736
that would be impossible.
617
00:36:52,738 --> 00:36:55,980
And, of course, the speeds
would be impossible
618
00:36:55,982 --> 00:36:59,924
to tolerate for a human being.
619
00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:01,094
Narrator: Might the
evidence regarding
620
00:37:01,096 --> 00:37:03,499
triangular UFOs in Belgium
621
00:37:03,501 --> 00:37:08,647
and Illinois finally be
clear and conclusive?
622
00:37:08,649 --> 00:37:12,460
And what of the orb UFOs
seen in Minnesota
623
00:37:12,462 --> 00:37:14,965
and in the Columbia river basin?
624
00:37:14,967 --> 00:37:17,906
If these events are evidence
of interstellar intelligence
625
00:37:17,908 --> 00:37:21,116
Visiting our world, could there
be truth to the theory
626
00:37:21,118 --> 00:37:25,630
that such visitations have been
happening for a very long time?
627
00:37:25,632 --> 00:37:26,932
There are those who believe
628
00:37:26,934 --> 00:37:29,707
the answer may lie back in
the U.S.,
629
00:37:29,709 --> 00:37:34,085
in the legends of
native americans.
630
00:37:35,492 --> 00:37:39,201
The people have been having
encounters for centuries --
631
00:37:39,203 --> 00:37:40,906
thousands of years, actually.
632
00:37:40,908 --> 00:37:43,646
Some of these things that our
ancestors saw
633
00:37:43,648 --> 00:37:46,754
look remarkably similar
to what we're seeing today.
634
00:38:01,665 --> 00:38:04,371
Narrator: Researchers believe
the evidence gathered by police
635
00:38:04,373 --> 00:38:08,282
about the interstellar origin
of triangular aircraft
636
00:38:08,284 --> 00:38:13,397
and orb UFOs is hard to deny.
637
00:38:13,399 --> 00:38:14,935
But what can we make
of their visits
638
00:38:14,937 --> 00:38:18,176
to specific locations
in America,
639
00:38:18,178 --> 00:38:20,416
places like the Yakima
indian reservation
640
00:38:20,418 --> 00:38:22,557
in Washington State
641
00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:26,734
and even Illinois?
642
00:38:26,736 --> 00:38:30,578
These triangular-shaped craft
passed over Illinois,
643
00:38:30,580 --> 00:38:33,687
over land that is considered by
644
00:38:33,689 --> 00:38:38,000
native americans to be sacred.
645
00:38:38,002 --> 00:38:42,980
And this suggests that they've
been here for a very long time.
646
00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:46,923
Narrator: According
to researchers,
647
00:38:46,925 --> 00:38:49,097
the Illinois territory
may have been visited
648
00:38:49,099 --> 00:38:51,738
because of a mysterious
and sacred connection
649
00:38:51,740 --> 00:38:54,647
to its earliest inhabitants.
650
00:38:54,649 --> 00:38:57,754
We have the native
american reports
651
00:38:57,756 --> 00:38:59,860
Going back hundreds of years,
652
00:38:59,862 --> 00:39:04,206
and it all paints
a picture of an area
653
00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:09,153
where there have been a long
history of strange sightings
654
00:39:09,155 --> 00:39:14,635
in the same location, but
over many, many years.
655
00:39:14,637 --> 00:39:15,872
Narrator: The upper
Mississippi valley
656
00:39:15,874 --> 00:39:19,282
was inhabited long before
the arrival of europeans
657
00:39:19,284 --> 00:39:21,487
by the Illini people,
658
00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:24,095
who the french
called the Illinois.
659
00:39:24,097 --> 00:39:27,304
Scholars have long noted
that the legends of the Illinois
660
00:39:27,306 --> 00:39:30,313
are filled with powerful,
supernatural entities
661
00:39:30,315 --> 00:39:33,321
they called Thunderbirds.
662
00:39:33,323 --> 00:39:37,332
We have a very fragmented
record of the Thunderbirds.
663
00:39:37,334 --> 00:39:39,939
We see many images
of them in art,
664
00:39:39,941 --> 00:39:44,252
Carved onto stones
on the top of monuments.
665
00:39:44,254 --> 00:39:48,129
The Thunderbirds were deities
that lived up in the sky.
666
00:39:48,131 --> 00:39:51,404
So, when we see a lot
of the images of ancient
667
00:39:51,406 --> 00:39:54,581
native american warriors
dressed up in bird costumes,
668
00:39:54,583 --> 00:39:58,492
they're dressing themselves
as those protector spirits,
669
00:39:58,494 --> 00:40:00,765
the Thunderbirds.
670
00:40:00,767 --> 00:40:03,505
This goes back centuries,
apparently, of sightings
671
00:40:03,507 --> 00:40:06,046
and stories about a large,
672
00:40:06,048 --> 00:40:11,161
winged creature with a
wingspan of 40 feet
673
00:40:11,163 --> 00:40:15,639
Or more that made a sound
like thunder --
674
00:40:15,641 --> 00:40:17,044
hence, "Thunderbird."
675
00:40:17,046 --> 00:40:20,420
And it was something that
they would talk about in their
676
00:40:20,422 --> 00:40:25,032
oral history tradition for many,
many years and generations.
677
00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:27,273
Narrator: Although mainstream
historians contend
678
00:40:27,275 --> 00:40:31,049
that the Thunderbirds legend is
based on sightings of real birds
679
00:40:31,051 --> 00:40:33,958
that were somehow threatening
to the Illinois people,
680
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,467
is it possible, as UFO
investigators suggest,
681
00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:41,679
that Thunderbirds were aerospace
machines observed by the people
682
00:40:41,681 --> 00:40:46,025
with no understanding of
technology, aircraft, nor UFOs?
683
00:40:47,699 --> 00:40:49,268
Were they trying to describe
684
00:40:49,270 --> 00:40:50,872
what they saw the
best way they can?
685
00:40:50,874 --> 00:40:52,978
Because when you look
into legends,
686
00:40:52,980 --> 00:40:55,685
sometimes they're trying to
describe technological devices.
687
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,293
Many UFO researchers believe
that the depictions
688
00:40:58,295 --> 00:40:59,997
by the indigenous people
689
00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:02,639
might have been the same
exact type of UFO
690
00:41:02,641 --> 00:41:07,050
that was seeing flying
across Illinois.
691
00:41:07,052 --> 00:41:10,327
Narrator: For the UFO community,
questions remain.
692
00:41:10,329 --> 00:41:12,232
Are the triangular craft
of Illinois
693
00:41:12,234 --> 00:41:15,708
related somehow to those seen
in the skies of Belgium?
694
00:41:15,710 --> 00:41:18,349
And are they connected
to the glowing orb UFOs
695
00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,990
encountered by deputy
sheriff Val Johnson
696
00:41:20,992 --> 00:41:25,268
and witnessed by numerous police
over the Columbia river?
697
00:41:25,270 --> 00:41:27,608
And if so, how far back in time
698
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:32,388
might such UFOs have
appeared on our planet?
699
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:34,694
So, the question is, well,
700
00:41:34,696 --> 00:41:38,170
could any of this be more
than just myths and legends,
701
00:41:38,172 --> 00:41:40,611
but be a retelling
702
00:41:40,613 --> 00:41:44,322
of actual events?
703
00:41:44,324 --> 00:41:47,363
And it seems that
some of these things
704
00:41:47,365 --> 00:41:51,275
that apparently our ancestors
were seeing
705
00:41:51,277 --> 00:41:53,113
and then recording, you think,
706
00:41:53,115 --> 00:41:55,620
"Wait a minute. that
looks very similar
707
00:41:55,622 --> 00:41:58,528
to some of these modern
descriptions of UFOs."
708
00:42:01,773 --> 00:42:03,642
{\an8}Narrator: The
observations, testimony,
709
00:42:03,644 --> 00:42:07,018
{\an8}and reports by police
play a decisive role
710
00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:10,862
{\an8}in better understanding
the UFO phenomenon.
711
00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:14,307
{\an8}For researchers, the evidence
of extraterrestrial visitation
712
00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:16,713
{\an8}is overwhelming.
713
00:42:16,715 --> 00:42:20,222
{\an8}So, too, is the recognition
that interstellar entities
714
00:42:20,224 --> 00:42:24,270
{\an8}continue to visit our world,
715
00:42:24,272 --> 00:42:28,587
{\an8}as they did in the distant past.
716
00:42:28,887 --> 00:42:35,587
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