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WILLIAM SHATNER:
An area in the North Atlantic
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where ships vanish
into thin air.
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A mountain range
in the Nevada desert
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in which planes enter
but never return.
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And a notorious region
of the Alaskan wilderness
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that may contain a portal
to another world.
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We've all heard of
the infamous Bermuda Triangle.
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But the truth is that
there are numerous places
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all over the world
where ships, planes,
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and people enter,
and then...
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...just disappear.
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But why?
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Do these locations
defy the laws of physics?
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Do they possess evil energy?
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Or is it possible that
there are some places on Earth
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that we are simply
not meant to go?
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Well, that is what
we'll try and find out.
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SHATNER: In the western part
of the North Atlantic Ocean
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lies a region where numerous
ships and airplanes
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have inexplicably disappeared.
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Although this notorious area
cannot be found
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on any official map,
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it has come to be known
all over the world
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as the Bermuda Triangle.
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The Bermuda Triangle's
approximately
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500,000 square miles of water
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between Bermuda, Miami,
and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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In the area,
planes will crash,
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ships will go missing.
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It's just absolute bedlam.
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The Bermuda Triangle is seen
as a mysterious place
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just because it's so big
and vast,
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and lots of interesting things
happen there.
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It is very strange that you
have many ships lost there,
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and airplanes just went missing
with no explanation for it.
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Is that a coincidence,
or is there something
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nefarious at work?
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SHATNER: One of the noteworthy
incidents that took place
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in the Bermuda Triangle
is the disappearance
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of the USS Cyclops.
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In March of 1917,
the massive cargo vessel,
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which had a crew
of 306 seamen,
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was navigating
through the Triangle
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when it mysteriously
went missing.
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No wreckage or bodies
were ever found,
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and over the years,
there have been hundreds
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of other seemingly
bizarre vanishings
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in this area
that have baffled experts.
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The Bermuda Triangle is one
of the great mysteries
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in modern history.
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Now, of course,
hundreds of theories
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have been proposed.
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The first logical theory
is the weather.
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Maybe there was
a sudden hurricane
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that came out of nowhere.
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Perhaps these jets
and these ships
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lost their way,
and perhaps that's the reason
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why all hands were lost.
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That's a possibility.
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-(thunder crashing)
-But when there are things
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that are difficult to solve,
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at that point people say, "Aha!
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"There must be something there
beyond science
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that's making this happen."
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SHATNER:
Is it possible that science
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cannot explain
some of the disappearances
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that haven taken place
within the Bermuda Triangle?
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There are those who believe
that the answer is yes.
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And as evidence,
they point to perhaps
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the most infamous
mass disappearance
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that has taken place there
to date.
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Five Navy torpedo bombers,
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collectively known
as Flight 19,
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take off for what is supposed
to be a routine training mission
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over the Atlantic Ocean.
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RICKSECKER: They took off
due east from Fort Lauderdale
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into the Bermuda Triangle.
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After they reached
their first stop on the run,
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they turned north.
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And that's when things
started to get crazy.
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Their compasses
started acting strange,
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and the crew started getting
really confused
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about what was going on.
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One of the pilots
actually thought
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that they may have been over
the Florida Keys,
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which was nowhere near
where they were supposed to be.
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SHATNER: For over four hours,
ground control
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stayed in close radio contact
with the pilots
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as they tried
to find their bearings.
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BENJAMIN RADFORD: Flight 19 was
led by Commander Charles Taylor,
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and the problem was that Taylor
didn't know where he was.
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And not only was his compass
malfunctioning,
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it was getting dark.
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And so you can sort of look
at Flight 19
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as sort of the perfect storm
of bad things happening.
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SHATNER:
At about 6:30 p.m., the planes
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ominously dropped off radar.
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The Navy immediately launched
a search and rescue operation,
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but curiously,
no wreckage was ever found.
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All five planes vanished
without a trace.
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RICKSECKER: The pilots
were never heard from again.
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Nothing has ever been found
that'd been lost.
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Almost equally bizarre
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was that one
of the search and rescue planes
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went missing as well.
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About two hours after takeoff,
a Mariner floating plane
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lost contact with the base.
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Another one of
the search and rescue planes
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came to take a look
at the area
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and found nothing.
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This search and rescue plane
was completely missing.
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SHATNER: All told,
27 airmen disappeared
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in the Flight 19 incident.
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But how is it possible
that so many Navy pilots
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experienced malfunctions
with their compasses
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that caused them
to become lost
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and ultimately crash?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining reports
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of not only bizarre vanishings
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but also other kinds
of strange occurrences
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that have taken place
in the Bermuda Triangle
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for centuries.
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Our first reports
of strange phenomena
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in the Bermuda Triangle
actually came
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from Christopher Columbus
in 1492.
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One night when they were
journeying through the area,
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he noticed these unusual
dancing lights across the water
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that he described
as small wax candles
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that would rise and lower
across the night sky.
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Columbus kept copious
diary notes,
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and these state
that he couldn't understand
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the strange lights
going up and down.
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But beyond that,
he reported that his compass
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started spinning wildly.
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This was something
extremely unusual.
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SHATNER:
Curiously, Christopher Columbus
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is not the only famous navigator
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to witness inexplicable activity
in the Bermuda Triangle.
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In 1928, pioneering aviator
Charles Lindbergh
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had a similarly
baffling experience.
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Charles Lindbergh
was on a nonstop flight
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between Havana in Cuba
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and St. Louis in Missouri.
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And over the Florida Straits,
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he suddenly encountered
this very strange haze
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that surrounded the aircraft.
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And he thought, "Well, okay,
if I climb higher,
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I should be able to lose it."
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But it seemed to follow him.
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He couldn't see anything
around him at all.
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At the same time, his compass
started spinning wildly.
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And this continued for hours
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until finally the haze
started to disappear
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and he could see beneath him
the Bahamas.
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And he knew at this point
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that he was now around 300 miles
off course.
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So, obviously,
he recorrected himself
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and finished his journey.
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But it would definitely seem
as if Charles Lindbergh
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did experience
the same type of phenomena
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which could well have been
behind the disappearance
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of a number of planes
in the Bermuda Triangle.
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SHATNER:
Do the anomalies witnessed
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by both Christopher Columbus
and Charles Lindbergh
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suggest that unusual phenomena
may be responsible
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for causing airplanes
and ships to disappear
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in the Bermuda Triangle?
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And is it possible that science
does not have all the answers
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when it comes to what happens
in this area, as some believe?
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The fact that there
have been scores
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of rather mysterious
disappearances...
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...with all hands on board
just disappearing
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off the face of the Earth,
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it means that it's possible
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that perhaps
none of these disappearances
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will ever be adequately
explained.
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And so there is a chance
that 100 years from now,
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we'll still be debating
what happens
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in the Bermuda Triangle.
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Are the strange incidents
that happen
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in the Bermuda Triangle
just freak accidents?
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Or could there be
stranger forces at play,
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as many people believe?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by examining several
mysterious disappearances
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that have occurred in the heart
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SHATNER:
On a bright, clear morning
in this small desert town,
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billionaire adventurer
and pilot Steve Fossett
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takes off for a scenic flight...
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...and is never
heard from again.
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PAULIDES:
Fossett should have been back
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within about two hours.
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He didn't come back.
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The airport called
search and rescue,
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and what encompassed
was the biggest search
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for an aircraft in Nevada
of all time.
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It went on for days.
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MAN:
We've got 200 people looking.
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We haven't just hit
these areas once,
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we have flown over 'em
two, three, four times
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with different type of aircraft
at different altitudes.
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And then, on top of that,
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it wasn't just the people
in the air,
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it wasn't just
the ground-pounders,
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but there was also people
at home that were looking.
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There were thousands
of people online
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that were looking
at Google Earth,
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trying to see if they could find
some remnants or a crash site.
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In essence, they threw
every imaginable resource
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into finding Steve Fossett.
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SHATNER: Federal investigators
leading the search
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for Steve Fossett were baffled
by his disappearance
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because he was
a highly experienced pilot.
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Steve Fossett had set
some 91 aviation records,
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including being the first person
to circumnavigate the globe
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in an airplane solo
without refueling.
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So that's why
when he went off on that day
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in an airplane and disappeared,
people were shocked,
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because this is
not something you expect
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from somebody
like Steve Fossett.
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PAULIDES: During the search
for Mr. Fossett,
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the searchers
came across a multitude
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of other planes
that had crashed.
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Some they knew about,
a few they didn't.
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But what it tells you is
the quality of the search
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they made for him.
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It was intensive,
and they weren't finding him.
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SHATNER: After a month
of investigation,
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authorities stopped
the search for Steve Fossett.
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And then, in February of 2008,
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Fossett was declared
legally dead,
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even though
both he and his plane
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were still missing.
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But what could have caused
such a highly skilled pilot
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to seemingly disappear
off the face of the Earth?
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There are those who believe
the answer is tied to the fact
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that Fossett was flying
in what is known
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as the Nevada Triangle.
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MORENO: The Nevada Triangle,
it goes from Reno
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down to Las Vegas,
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and then over to Fresno,
and it's on the edge
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of the Sierra Nevada
mountain range.
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And the reason that it's known
as the Nevada Triangle
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is that some 2,000
mostly small aircraft
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have crashed within that zone
in the last 60 years.
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It's seen as this kind
of Bermuda Triangle
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of the Sierra Nevada.
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SHATNER:
While the Bermuda Triangle
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may be better known,
the Nevada Triangle
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is actually far more deadly.
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On average,
nearly three planes go missing
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in this mysterious area
every month.
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MORENO: One of the earliest
planes that disappeared
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in the Nevada Triangle
was from a flight
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taken by a man
named by Charles Ogle.
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And Ogle, like Fossett,
was a successful businessman
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and a veteran pilot.
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And so, for him to disappear
on a routine flight
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was out of the ordinary.
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But he did, and his plane
is still out there somewhere.
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So, that's still a mystery
of the Nevada Triangle
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that hasn't been resolved.
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Another famous story
of an airplane
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that crashed in the triangle
was a B-24 Liberator.
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It was 1943,
and this B-24
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took off from Fresno,
reported in a few times,
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and then just kind of
suddenly disappeared.
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And so the U.S. military
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immediately sent out
nine more B-24s
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to do searches.
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And then another one
disappeared.
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And so it became part
of the legend
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of the Nevada Triangle,
is you have two B-24s,
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these big lumbering planes
that are, you know,
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supposed to drop bombs
on places, et cetera,
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and they both go down
in the mountains
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somewhere between
the Nevada-California border.
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SHATNER: What is going on
in the Nevada Triangle
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that is causing
so many planes to disappear?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by taking a closer look
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at the Steve Fossett case,
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because two years
after Fossett's plane vanished,
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it then seemed
to inexplicably reappear.
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In October of 2008,
there's a hiker
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out in
the Mammoth Mountains area
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walking with his dog,
and he finds
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$1,000 in $100 bills
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and thinks that's kind of
interesting and unusual.
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But also he found
the pilot's license.
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He started to look
at the license,
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and he realized,
"Wait, this is that guy
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that was missing."
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So he took it
to the local authorities,
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and then they mount
a new search of that area
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and they start finding
other things.
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They find the engine
of the plane,
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and they find a tail section
with the number on it
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which clearly identifies it
as the airplane.
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Also, they find
a pair of sneakers
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and a couple of bones.
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So, they take the bones,
they do DNA on 'em,
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and it turns out that it is
the remains of Steve Fossett.
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PAULIDES:
The intriguing part about this
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is that several articles
at the time
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stated that aircraft
had flown over the location
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where he was found 19 times.
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And somehow
the wreckage was missed.
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Also, people on the ground,
when they recovered his remains
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and the aircraft, stated that
there was even a small fire
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on the ground in close proximity
to where all of this happened.
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Discoloration
of the associated foliage
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would have been unusual
and something to look at
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by the people in the air.
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And so I don't have
a rational explanation
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how Steve Fossett's plane
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was missed 19 times
from the air.
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COLLINS: How is it possible
that all of these searches
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missed this wreckage?
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I mean, there is
no obvious answer.
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But we have to raise
the question
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of whether the wreckage
was not there
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during the intervening period,
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and that Steve Fossett
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encountered one of these
mysterious anomalies
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that we know to be associated
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with the Bermuda
and Nevada Triangle regions.
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Steve Fossett's plane
could have actually gone
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into another dimension
for a year
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and then be ejected out of it
back into our own reality.
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PAULIDES: When you look
at the Steve Fossett case
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and you understand that normal
search and rescue
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is gonna find this pilot
and the plane,
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and somehow or another,
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it didn't happen
for over a year,
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you have to ask yourself,
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was it there or was it not?
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SHATNER: Do mysterious anomalies
within the Nevada Triangle
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cause planes to disappear?
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Perhaps.
But many researchers believe
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there is a much more
powerful triangle
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located in the American Midwest.
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It's an area of Lake Michigan
where thousands of ships
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have gone missing
and have never been found.
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Steven Kubacki,
a 23-year-old student
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at nearby Hope College,
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sets out for a day
of cross-country skiing
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along the shore
of Lake Michigan.
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But by nightfall
it becomes clear
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that Steven isn't going
to return.
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Steven Kubacki told his friends
where he was going
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and that he'd be back
later that night.
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When he didn't return,
his friends called for help.
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Search and rescue responded,
and Michigan State Police
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found his skis and a backpack
on the beach of Lake Michigan.
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And what happened is,
is that the search and rescue
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individuals found tracks going
from the beach and the backpack
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out onto the ice and ending.
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It was a one-way track.
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They searched
for over a week.
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They found no other evidence.
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Everybody thinks
Kubacki's dead.
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Essentially, the case is closed.
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SHATNER: The authorities
concluded that Steven Kubacki
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had fallen in the lake
and drowned.
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That is, until he mysteriously
reappeared over a year later,
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more than 600 miles away
from where he was last seen.
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PAULIDES: 14 months later,
Steven wakes up
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in Massachusetts approximately
20 miles from his dad's house.
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He makes his way there,
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and his parents
are just floored.
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They thought Steven was dead.
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He has no idea how he got there,
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and the last memory
he said he had
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was being on a very cold
Lake Michigan.
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So the million-dollar question
is: what happened
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from the time he was on
Lake Michigan on a frozen lake
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to the time he arrives
in Massachusetts?
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It's a scenario
that's played out
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hundreds and hundreds of times
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on Lake Michigan
on the shores.
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People disappear.
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They lose their memory,
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and suddenly they appear
someplace else.
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They don't have
any idea where they're at.
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SHATNER: Steven Kubacki
is just one of many people,
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planes, and ships
to have gone missing
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in what is known
as the Michigan Triangle.
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TUTTLE: The Michigan Triangle
is bordered
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by Manitowoc, Wisconsin
and Ludington, Michigan,
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on the north side,
and the southeast point
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is the bottom
of the state of Michigan.
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In the Bermuda Triangle,
things just go missing.
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In the Michigan Triangle,
strange things happen.
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One ship went down
in the Michigan Triangle
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and it turned turtle,
flipped upside down.
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It was found upside down
with none of the 11 crew on it.
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PAULIDES:
One of the most famous stories
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from the Michigan Triangle
is Flight 2501,
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a Northwest Orient flight
from New York to Seattle
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back in 1950.
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It flew over the lake,
vanished,
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and as advanced as technology
is today with side-scan sonar,
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they've gone up and down
that lake
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as recently as a year ago,
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and they still
cannot find that flight.
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SHATNER: What could be causing
the strange occurrences
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within the Michigan Triangle?
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Well, some researchers claim
they are the result
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of a geological phenomenon known
as magnetotelluric current.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
The idea of telluric current
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is the concept that planets
will generate
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certain locations that have
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more electromagnetic anomalies
than others.
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And in these places,
just below the surface
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is actually a mixture
of minerals and salts
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and things in the ground
that are conductive.
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So there's an energy field
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that travels certain paths
around the Earth.
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HUGH NEWMAN: Some people
have suggested that inside
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the Lake Michigan Triangle,
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where people have had
very strange disappearances,
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strange anomalies,
and many other things,
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it could be some kind of geology
mixed with Earth energies
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and telluric currents
that cause this.
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And so we have to consider
there could be something
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much more profound
going on there
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than we currently realize.
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SHATNER:
Is the Michigan Triangle
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affected by the energy
of the Earth itself?
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There are those who believe
the answer is yes,
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and as evidence they point
to a curious discovery
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that was made
at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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COLLINS: In 2007,
underwater archaeologist
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Mark Holley
of the Northwestern University
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was diving in Lake Michigan.
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He was looking for shipwrecks,
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but he actually came across
something quite different.
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In 12 feet of water,
he found a series
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of standing stones
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that seemed to form
a circular pattern.
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What was interesting
is that amongst the stones
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was what appeared to be
this carving of an animal
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known as a mastodon
that actually disappeared
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towards the end
of the last ice age.
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And so this stone structure
must have been down there
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for at least 10,000 years
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before the lake
took its final form
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at the end of the last ice age.
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SHATNER: The formation was
dubbed the Michigan Stonehenge
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due to its similarity
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to the world-famous
ancient monument
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located in Wiltshire, England.
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While we don't know specifically
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what the Michigan Stonehenge
was used for,
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there are a lot of ideas
about how other stone circles
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around the globe,
like Stonehenge,
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the Rollright Stones,
and Drombeg Circle,
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were tapping
into the telluric current
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in the ground and harnessing
that Earth energy
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and these nodes of power.
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COLLINS: Stone circles
are found all over the world.
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Often, the stone circles
are placed very close
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to where this strange phenomena
can be seen.
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And this is very likely the case
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with what we have
at Lake Michigan.
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So we have to ask ourselves,
what was this stone circle,
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and how did it relate
to the fact
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that in the area around
Lake Michigan, to this day,
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there are a large number
of disappearances
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of planes and humans,
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and is it possible
that the two are linked?
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The idea that electrical
currents in the Earth
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cause strange disappearances
inside the Michigan Triangle
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is certainly
a provocative theory.
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But something even more bizarre
may be happening
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in a region of
the Alaskan wilderness,
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where it is believed that people
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cross over
into another dimension.
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SHATNER: Alaska--
here among the rugged mountains,
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dense forests,
and towering glaciers
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lies a mysterious stretch
of wilderness
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where more than 16,000 people
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have gone missing
since 1988.
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Locals refer to this area
as the Alaska Triangle.
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RICKSECKER: The Alaska Triangle
stretches from Juneau
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in the south
to Anchorage in the middle,
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all the way up to Utqiagvik
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at the most northern point
in Alaska.
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Like other triangle areas
of the world,
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planes will crash,
people will go missing.
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But the Alaska Triangle
seems to be more volatile
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than other areas of the world.
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PAULIDES: You have to remember
that Alaska
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has some of the most
notoriously difficult terrain,
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weather...
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...and it has the highest number
of private planes
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anywhere in the United States.
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So, in one sense
it's not surprising
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they have a number of people
that go missing there.
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In another sense
it's quite fantastic
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when you look at the stories
behind the missing.
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In January 1950,
a Douglas C-54D Skymaster
504
00:26:44,751 --> 00:26:47,876
taking off from
Elmendorf Air Force Base
505
00:26:48,001 --> 00:26:51,168
was headed toward Montana.
506
00:26:51,293 --> 00:26:54,043
It was a beautiful day,
only a few clouds in the sky,
507
00:26:54,168 --> 00:26:58,126
yet just as it passed
over into Yukon Territory,
508
00:26:58,251 --> 00:27:01,751
the Air Force lost complete
radio contact with it.
509
00:27:04,251 --> 00:27:08,668
Both United States and Canadian
military forces teamed up,
510
00:27:08,751 --> 00:27:13,960
about 7,000 personnel
scanning 350,000 square miles
511
00:27:14,085 --> 00:27:17,376
of territory for this
missing airplane,
512
00:27:17,501 --> 00:27:19,376
and couldn't find a thing.
513
00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:22,835
But what's even stranger
is, just two weeks later,
514
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,168
a smaller plane went down
in the same area.
515
00:27:27,501 --> 00:27:31,126
They were able
to find that immediately.
516
00:27:31,251 --> 00:27:35,585
Yet the larger airplane,
the Skymaster,
517
00:27:35,751 --> 00:27:38,543
they've never been able
to find a thing.
518
00:27:38,668 --> 00:27:40,751
It completely disappeared.
519
00:27:42,251 --> 00:27:44,710
PAULIDES: When you look
at the Alaska Triangle,
520
00:27:44,835 --> 00:27:47,085
one of the few times
a search and rescue person
521
00:27:47,251 --> 00:27:49,335
has ever disappeared
was an individual
522
00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:50,876
named Gerald DeBerry.
523
00:27:51,001 --> 00:27:54,376
And he was on a search
outside of Fairbanks,
524
00:27:54,543 --> 00:27:56,751
and he was on an ATV,
525
00:27:56,918 --> 00:27:58,876
and he never showed back up
after the search.
526
00:27:59,001 --> 00:28:01,668
The Alaska State Troopers
bring K-9s in,
527
00:28:01,751 --> 00:28:03,793
the K-9s can't find a scent.
528
00:28:03,918 --> 00:28:05,668
They bring
professional trackers in,
529
00:28:05,751 --> 00:28:07,210
they can't find tracks.
530
00:28:07,293 --> 00:28:10,043
And strangely,
they couldn't find the ATV.
531
00:28:10,168 --> 00:28:14,418
It was a year later,
a hiker finds the ATV,
532
00:28:14,585 --> 00:28:16,460
engine's turned off,
533
00:28:16,585 --> 00:28:19,043
and the Alaska State Troopers
went in
534
00:28:19,168 --> 00:28:21,210
and did another massive search.
535
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:24,835
He's never been found.
536
00:28:26,126 --> 00:28:27,710
SHATNER: The number of people
that are reported missing
537
00:28:27,835 --> 00:28:29,710
in Alaska every year
is twice as high
538
00:28:29,835 --> 00:28:31,668
as the national average.
539
00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,835
But can all
of these disappearances
540
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,918
be explained by Alaska's
unforgiving wilderness?
541
00:28:38,085 --> 00:28:40,543
It's possible, but there are
those who believe
542
00:28:40,626 --> 00:28:43,335
that something
more extraordinary
543
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:44,876
may be taking place.
544
00:28:45,043 --> 00:28:47,376
And as evidence,
they point to stories
545
00:28:47,501 --> 00:28:50,793
in local folklore
that describe strange creatures
546
00:28:50,918 --> 00:28:54,251
suddenly appearing
out of thin air.
547
00:28:55,751 --> 00:28:58,418
Alaska's an area where
there are many unknowns,
548
00:28:58,585 --> 00:28:59,835
many mysteries.
549
00:28:59,918 --> 00:29:02,085
And there are very
common stories
550
00:29:02,210 --> 00:29:04,876
of what you might call
monsters in the lake.
551
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,585
One of the very
compelling examples
552
00:29:07,710 --> 00:29:09,543
actually comes from
the Kenia Peninsula,
553
00:29:09,626 --> 00:29:11,293
on the southern part of it.
554
00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:14,210
There's an abandoned town
called Portlock.
555
00:29:14,293 --> 00:29:17,918
It was a cannery town,
a very successful one early on.
556
00:29:18,085 --> 00:29:21,043
But it started
getting terrorized
557
00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:22,418
by a monster.
558
00:29:23,835 --> 00:29:26,751
So, this monster
would attack people,
559
00:29:26,876 --> 00:29:29,668
kill people, to the point
where, by 1950,
560
00:29:29,793 --> 00:29:31,918
the entire town was abandoned.
561
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,751
This creature was identified
as the Nantinaq.
562
00:29:36,876 --> 00:29:38,418
Nantinaq can be thought of
very much
563
00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:42,210
in the sort of wider tradition
of bigfoot or Sasquatch,
564
00:29:42,293 --> 00:29:46,335
somewhere on the slippery slope
between man and creature.
565
00:29:47,835 --> 00:29:49,251
NEWMAN:
Some people have suggested
566
00:29:49,376 --> 00:29:52,918
that these are entities
that live between worlds,
567
00:29:53,085 --> 00:29:55,001
that they come through portals,
568
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:57,418
and they return back
through portals.
569
00:29:57,543 --> 00:30:00,376
What this world is that
they come from, we don't know,
570
00:30:00,501 --> 00:30:01,835
but they're rarely seen.
571
00:30:01,918 --> 00:30:04,085
They often disappear
into thin air.
572
00:30:05,335 --> 00:30:07,751
So there is a good chance
that it's not just that people
573
00:30:07,876 --> 00:30:09,460
get lost in the wilderness.
574
00:30:11,168 --> 00:30:13,418
But actually
they're being transported
575
00:30:13,585 --> 00:30:15,335
with these beings
to other realms.
576
00:30:17,168 --> 00:30:19,876
SHATNER: Could strange creatures
really be traveling
577
00:30:20,043 --> 00:30:23,585
to the Alaska Triangle
from other realms?
578
00:30:23,751 --> 00:30:27,335
While such an idea may sound
like a far-fetched fantasy,
579
00:30:27,460 --> 00:30:32,793
many researchers claim
that it's entirely possible.
580
00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:34,501
Because scientists
have discovered
581
00:30:34,585 --> 00:30:38,168
that there are numerous
geological anomalies
582
00:30:38,251 --> 00:30:41,335
found throughout
this mysterious area.
583
00:30:42,543 --> 00:30:45,210
The land in Alaska
is extremely volatile.
584
00:30:45,335 --> 00:30:47,876
The U.S. Department
of the Interior
585
00:30:48,043 --> 00:30:51,710
did a geological survey
in the area
586
00:30:51,793 --> 00:30:54,085
and discovered
negative magnetic anomalies
587
00:30:54,210 --> 00:30:56,126
that are prevalent in the area.
588
00:30:57,335 --> 00:30:59,918
They can wreak havoc
with guidance systems,
589
00:31:00,043 --> 00:31:02,793
compasses, all kinds
of electronic equipment
590
00:31:02,918 --> 00:31:05,710
that can cause planes
and other vessels
591
00:31:05,876 --> 00:31:08,126
to go missing or crash.
592
00:31:08,251 --> 00:31:11,710
And there are theories
that these anomalies
593
00:31:11,876 --> 00:31:14,626
can spawn portals,
594
00:31:14,751 --> 00:31:17,293
these doorways
into other dimensions.
595
00:31:18,918 --> 00:31:21,251
SHATNER: While geological
activity in Alaska
596
00:31:21,376 --> 00:31:24,418
is known to cause
magnetic anomalies,
597
00:31:24,543 --> 00:31:28,543
could it also be creating
portals in this area,
598
00:31:28,626 --> 00:31:30,835
as some believe?
599
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,876
At the moment,
we can't say for sure.
600
00:31:34,001 --> 00:31:36,668
But one thing is certain--
601
00:31:36,751 --> 00:31:40,543
hundreds, if not thousands,
of people
602
00:31:40,668 --> 00:31:45,668
continue to mysteriously
disappear in the Alaska Triangle
603
00:31:45,751 --> 00:31:47,293
every year.
604
00:31:49,543 --> 00:31:51,418
As strange as it seems,
there are those
605
00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:54,876
who are convinced
that energy portals
606
00:31:55,001 --> 00:31:58,293
are actually responsible
for many disappearances
607
00:31:58,418 --> 00:32:01,918
in the Alaska Triangle,
and some researchers claim
608
00:32:02,043 --> 00:32:03,710
that there could be
an entire network
609
00:32:03,835 --> 00:32:09,460
of these interdimensional
hotspots all over the world.
610
00:32:19,418 --> 00:32:23,210
SHATNER:
A Japanese research vessel
named Kaiyo Maru No. 5
611
00:32:23,335 --> 00:32:26,376
leaves harbor to conduct
scientific tests
612
00:32:26,543 --> 00:32:28,293
of the ocean floor.
613
00:32:29,751 --> 00:32:31,960
But shortly into the voyage,
614
00:32:32,085 --> 00:32:33,835
the Japanese Navy
orders the ship to help
615
00:32:33,918 --> 00:32:37,710
investigate reports
of numerous fishing boats
616
00:32:37,835 --> 00:32:42,543
going missing in the ocean
just south of mainland Japan.
617
00:32:44,085 --> 00:32:47,918
The Japanese government
sent out nine scientists
618
00:32:48,085 --> 00:32:51,460
and 22 other crew members
on Kaiyo Maru No. 5
619
00:32:51,585 --> 00:32:54,501
to discover what was happening
to these missing vessels.
620
00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:57,668
But within a couple hours,
621
00:32:57,751 --> 00:33:00,501
all contact with the ship
was lost,
622
00:33:00,626 --> 00:33:04,626
and all they ever found
of their investigative vessel
623
00:33:04,751 --> 00:33:08,001
were some remnants of the ship
floating in the water.
624
00:33:09,001 --> 00:33:11,251
No bodies were ever found.
625
00:33:12,751 --> 00:33:16,126
COLLINS:
When the Kaiyo Maru No. 5
626
00:33:16,251 --> 00:33:21,043
went missing without a trace
in the very same area,
627
00:33:21,168 --> 00:33:24,168
this convinced
the Japanese government
628
00:33:24,251 --> 00:33:28,376
that this region
was so dangerous to ship in
629
00:33:28,501 --> 00:33:32,001
that it should be avoided
at all costs.
630
00:33:34,126 --> 00:33:36,251
SHATNER: Technically,
the area of the Pacific Ocean
631
00:33:36,418 --> 00:33:38,376
located directly south of Japan
632
00:33:38,501 --> 00:33:41,710
is referred to
as the Philippine Sea.
633
00:33:41,793 --> 00:33:44,210
But for centuries
it has been known
634
00:33:44,335 --> 00:33:47,126
by another,
more infamous nickname--
635
00:33:47,251 --> 00:33:50,543
the Dragon's Triangle.
636
00:33:50,668 --> 00:33:55,210
The Dragon's Triangle,
also known as the Devil's Sea,
637
00:33:55,335 --> 00:33:59,876
is an area between
Japan in the north,
638
00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:01,960
the Philippines in the south,
639
00:34:02,085 --> 00:34:05,626
and the island of Guam
in the east,
640
00:34:05,751 --> 00:34:09,376
and it's somewhere
that for many hundreds of years
641
00:34:09,460 --> 00:34:12,460
has been considered one
of the most dangerous places
642
00:34:12,585 --> 00:34:14,710
on Earth.
643
00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:18,251
KAKU: There's mythology
about the Dragon's Triangle
644
00:34:18,376 --> 00:34:22,085
going back to the year 1275,
645
00:34:22,210 --> 00:34:25,210
when the Mongol hordes
invaded Japan.
646
00:34:25,376 --> 00:34:27,376
At that point,
it looks as if Japan
647
00:34:27,543 --> 00:34:30,376
was gonna be overwhelmed
by the Mongols.
648
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:34,418
But then a tremendous wind
destroyed the fleet
649
00:34:34,543 --> 00:34:37,251
of the Mongols,
and the Japanese
650
00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:39,626
called it God's Wind...
651
00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:43,043
...because it destroyed
the Mongol fleet
652
00:34:43,210 --> 00:34:46,001
about to invade Japan.
653
00:34:46,126 --> 00:34:48,876
Perhaps it was nothing more
than typhoons
654
00:34:49,001 --> 00:34:51,501
that suddenly erupted,
drowning ships.
655
00:34:51,585 --> 00:34:54,210
But some people
think that perhaps
656
00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:56,168
all the disappearing
of the ships
657
00:34:56,293 --> 00:35:00,168
is due to some mysterious
spirit of some sort.
658
00:35:00,293 --> 00:35:03,001
And so this is
a matter of legend
659
00:35:03,126 --> 00:35:05,376
that goes back
thousands of years.
660
00:35:06,835 --> 00:35:08,876
SHATNER:
Is the Dragon's Triangle
661
00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:11,085
merely the site
of powerful typhoons
662
00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:14,168
that cause ships to sink?
663
00:35:15,501 --> 00:35:18,626
Or could there be something
far more incredible going on?
664
00:35:22,751 --> 00:35:25,085
Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining a theory
665
00:35:25,210 --> 00:35:27,960
which suggests
that the Dragon's Triangle
666
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:30,043
is directly connected
667
00:35:30,168 --> 00:35:34,501
to other mysterious
triangular regions
668
00:35:34,585 --> 00:35:37,043
around the globe.
669
00:35:37,126 --> 00:35:39,710
NEWMAN:
In 1972, Ivan T. Sanderson,
670
00:35:39,793 --> 00:35:43,751
who was a biologist and author,
produced a paper called
671
00:35:43,876 --> 00:35:47,293
"The 12 Devil's Graveyards
Around the World."
672
00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:51,876
And this caused a sensation
because he noted
673
00:35:52,001 --> 00:35:54,668
that places
like the Bermuda Triangle
674
00:35:54,793 --> 00:35:59,376
and the Dragon's Triangle,
or the Devil's Sea,
675
00:35:59,543 --> 00:36:03,376
were part of this global system
marking ten points
676
00:36:03,543 --> 00:36:06,460
on the surface of the Earth
677
00:36:06,585 --> 00:36:09,168
where strange occurrences
kept happening.
678
00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:12,585
COLLINS: Sanderson predicted
that the Earth
679
00:36:12,751 --> 00:36:17,876
was covered by a series
of what he referred to
680
00:36:18,001 --> 00:36:20,501
as "vile vortices."
681
00:36:21,585 --> 00:36:25,543
Five of these were located
in a latitude
682
00:36:25,710 --> 00:36:30,376
known as the Tropic of Cancer
on the north of the Equator,
683
00:36:30,501 --> 00:36:33,876
and five of them were to
the south of the Equator
684
00:36:34,001 --> 00:36:35,876
on the Tropic of Capricorn.
685
00:36:36,043 --> 00:36:37,543
And the remaining two
686
00:36:37,668 --> 00:36:40,210
were at the North Pole
and the South Pole.
687
00:36:40,335 --> 00:36:44,543
And these were locations
around the world
688
00:36:44,668 --> 00:36:48,751
where there were
disappearances of vessels
689
00:36:48,876 --> 00:36:53,668
and other strange occurrences
on a regular basis.
690
00:36:55,585 --> 00:36:57,960
SHATNER: Many researchers
find Ivan T. Sanderson's theory
691
00:36:58,085 --> 00:36:59,710
to be compelling,
692
00:36:59,835 --> 00:37:03,793
even if not every
mysterious triangular area
693
00:37:03,918 --> 00:37:05,751
reported to exist
on the planet
694
00:37:05,918 --> 00:37:07,876
is located in a vile vortice.
695
00:37:09,585 --> 00:37:12,126
And they claim that
the pattern he discovered
696
00:37:12,251 --> 00:37:15,918
suggests that the disappearances
within these areas
697
00:37:16,085 --> 00:37:20,543
may be due to vast
global forces.
698
00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:22,418
When we're looking
at these locations
699
00:37:22,543 --> 00:37:24,251
of these triangles
that are placed
700
00:37:24,376 --> 00:37:26,376
at specific points
around the planet,
701
00:37:26,460 --> 00:37:30,710
we are looking at things
like gravitational anomalies,
702
00:37:30,835 --> 00:37:33,376
instrument malfunctions,
703
00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:36,293
magnetic anomalies,
704
00:37:36,418 --> 00:37:38,293
and many other
strange occurrences,
705
00:37:38,418 --> 00:37:40,710
all within these
specific triangles.
706
00:37:40,876 --> 00:37:44,501
So we have to question,
is there a deeper mystery here
707
00:37:44,585 --> 00:37:46,918
that we don't yet
fully understand?
708
00:37:49,251 --> 00:37:52,751
If pockets of unstable energy
709
00:37:52,876 --> 00:37:56,460
are causing bizarre vanishings
around the globe,
710
00:37:56,585 --> 00:37:59,001
then it naturally
begs the question,
711
00:37:59,126 --> 00:38:01,501
what could be powering them?
712
00:38:01,626 --> 00:38:04,585
Well, according to one
extraordinary theory,
713
00:38:04,751 --> 00:38:08,376
the source may be
an enormous crystal
714
00:38:08,460 --> 00:38:10,710
embedded within the Earth.
715
00:38:14,418 --> 00:38:16,460
SHATNER:
Bermuda, Michigan,
716
00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:20,210
Nevada, Alaska, Japan--
717
00:38:20,376 --> 00:38:22,501
countless ships,
planes, and lives
718
00:38:22,626 --> 00:38:25,085
have been lost in these areas.
719
00:38:25,210 --> 00:38:26,918
So many, in fact,
that some people
720
00:38:27,085 --> 00:38:30,293
refer to them collectively
as the Devil's Triangles.
721
00:38:31,751 --> 00:38:33,585
Is it possible
that all of these areas
722
00:38:33,710 --> 00:38:38,210
are somehow connected,
as many researchers believe?
723
00:38:38,293 --> 00:38:40,668
Perhaps a clue can be found
with a theory
724
00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:44,543
which proposes that the nature
of the Earth itself
725
00:38:44,668 --> 00:38:49,835
may be far different
from what we commonly think.
726
00:38:51,376 --> 00:38:53,585
DAVID STEVENSON:
There is a theory that the Earth
727
00:38:53,751 --> 00:38:56,543
early in its history had a core
728
00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:59,668
that was completely liquid
but was cooling.
729
00:39:00,626 --> 00:39:02,710
And as it cools,
there would come a point
730
00:39:02,835 --> 00:39:06,543
where the center of the Earth
would crystallize.
731
00:39:06,668 --> 00:39:09,501
And if you keep
growing that crystal,
732
00:39:09,585 --> 00:39:12,710
it's very likely to become
polycrystalline,
733
00:39:12,835 --> 00:39:14,876
meaning that
there's lots of crystals.
734
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,376
And so, over a period
of billions of years,
735
00:39:17,543 --> 00:39:19,876
you end up with something
that is a solid
736
00:39:20,001 --> 00:39:24,376
in a region of the Earth
consisting of many crystals.
737
00:39:25,585 --> 00:39:26,626
MICHAEL DENNIN: When you're
looking at the center
738
00:39:26,751 --> 00:39:28,376
of the Earth being a crystal,
739
00:39:28,543 --> 00:39:31,168
crystals have facets
on their surface.
740
00:39:31,293 --> 00:39:33,168
And, really,
crystals are also known
741
00:39:33,293 --> 00:39:34,543
for storing energy,
742
00:39:34,710 --> 00:39:36,376
and their different
facets and points
743
00:39:36,543 --> 00:39:37,793
will have different
levels of energy.
744
00:39:37,918 --> 00:39:41,710
This is certainly part
of why we have anomalies
745
00:39:41,835 --> 00:39:44,168
on the Earth's surface,
and why they vary
746
00:39:44,293 --> 00:39:45,918
around the surface of the Earth.
747
00:39:47,168 --> 00:39:48,793
SHATNER:
Is the center of the Earth
748
00:39:48,918 --> 00:39:53,460
really a giant crystal
filled with energy?
749
00:39:53,585 --> 00:39:56,876
According to some scientists,
it's a distinct possibility.
750
00:39:58,585 --> 00:40:00,585
And there are those who believe
that if the Earth
751
00:40:00,751 --> 00:40:03,418
really has a crystal core,
752
00:40:03,543 --> 00:40:05,668
it might explain why
some areas of the planet
753
00:40:05,793 --> 00:40:08,876
are home to mysterious
disappearances
754
00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:11,668
and strange phenomena.
755
00:40:14,293 --> 00:40:17,876
NEWMAN: In the early 1970s,
three Russian scientists
756
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produced a paper called
"Is the Earth a Large Crystal?"
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They believed that
this angular crystal
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could have actually been
at the center of the Earth,
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and they believed that
the energetic signatures
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of the points of this crystal
could be witnessed energetically
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and noted
on the Earth's surface.
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SHATNER:
Incredibly, the study revealed
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that the points
of the hypothetical crystal
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aligned with many of
the so-called Devil's Triangles
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around the globe.
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It would seem that
electromagnetic phenomena
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is present that seems
to mark out this grid,
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and that it is
at such locations
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where these disappearances
and vanishes occur,
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and therefore they are seen
as dangerous locations,
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places where human beings,
where human life can be lost.
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We need to get to grips
with these ideas
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if ever we want
to start understanding
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the disappearances and crashes
and similar incidents
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taking place in such places.
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So, what do you think?
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Are there strange forces
on our planet
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that cause people to simply
vanish without a trace?
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It's a hard concept to prove,
but what's undeniable
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is that certain areas
seem to swallow up
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those who enter them.
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And so, until science
can provide us
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with more answers,
it's probably best
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to avoid these mysterious places
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and allow them to remain...
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...unexplained.
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