[Jennifer] March 13, 1997.
[Mike] Hey, Sue!
[Sue] Oh my god!
[Jennifer] A strange
lights up the night sky
[Man] I've got four of them.
[Jennifer] Many observers
that's more than a mile long.
These looked different than
[Jennifer] More
it remains the largest mass
with over 10,000 reported
There was an
[Jennifer] Now new
over central Arizona
Have America's most
Technology that's not
[Jennifer] Are these
We're on a need-to-know basis
So we're talking aliens.
We're talking ET's.
[Jennifer] My name's
After serving in the US Navy,
I began a career as a
Now I'm on the trail of
decoding the mystery
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[Jennifer] Sightings
are being reported somewhere
Over the last two years,
the number of sightings
[Man] Wow!
[Man] Look at it fly!
[Jennifer] These reports put
one of the most mysterious UFO
[Man] Isn't that weird?
[Jennifer] The Air Force
were aerial flares.
But literally thousands of
an illuminated
I was contacted by UFO
who says that there's new
that the lights being seen over
Ryan and I previously
an alleged UFO that crashed
and claims of alien
Jen!
-How are you?
-Nice to see you.
It's picturesque.
-Isn't it?
I was 12 years old when
and I was so afraid to
for fear of ridicule.
That's what happens
But that's what makes the
So many people have come
This is the area
One of the biggest
of all time.
Imagine looking up at the
when your view of
by a mile-wide spaceship
over the city.
This is what thousands
reported to the authorities
[Jennifer] I mean,
[Ryan] What's even crazier is
it might be happening again.
There's been a couple of
And there's video
Take a look at these.
[Jennifer] Okay.
[Ryan] You're seeing
This is identical to
At first glance, they might
But a closer look shows
are too high above
So this one, separate location.
This recent video shows
[Jennifer] So how do these
in 1997?
[Ryan] First, you got this
which drifted toward Tucson.
And then you've
which just hovered high in
I've got a guy meeting us here
who actually saw the
and he told me it
-Okay, I'd like to talk to him.
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[Ryan] Jason McClellan
when he saw the lights.
-Hi, there. I'm Jennifer.
Hi.
I grew up in Phoenix's
where I was used to seeing test
But that night, I remember
and seeing this unusual
So I went outside, looked up,
and pretty much
I saw somewhere between
sort of in an arc pattern,
just hovering in the sky.
Completely motionless,
not changing their sizes, their
Now, what did you
Because you had never seen
To this day, haven't seen
I saw flares dropped
What I saw that night
What are we talking
You know, it seemed
Um, it took up
Did you think that
one craft or one entity,
or did you feel like they
[Jason] I couldn't tell if
if they were a solid craft.
[Jennifer] Based on laser
investigators found the craft
That's the same size as 21 747
People who saw this thing claim
And I know it affected a lot
It's still one of the
that I've experienced
[Jennifer] I find Jason to be
He doesn't really say
He's upfront that
Dr. Lynne Kitei has been
for 25 years.
And she has new video footage
I really wanna talk about
What do you know about those?
These orbs appeared again
and I got video of that.
We live high on a mountain
This was up close and personal.
Right outside our
It was so otherworldly.
Now, was it light
if they were connected
No, it was pitch black
and they were
So whether it was part of
What sort of noise did you
Absolutely silent.
That was a little
Reportedly there is a guy
that he was maybe 50 feet away.
Or does this person
Not an urban legend.
A pilot who came
has a great,
And he just came forward
after 22 years.
-We'd love to meet with him.
[Jennifer] This
is about as
He's also flown commercially
clocking more than 50
So it's understandable why he
[Pilot] Yeah, that evening,
It was about 8:30 in the evening
It was very dark, probably
And then suddenly she says,
And I lean forward
and there are five lights
I thought immediately,
"Aw, it's just a
I was thinking, well,
in a V-shape formation.
That's not the way you would
That's a show formation.
And then I notice
no strobe lights,
And so I asked my wife
I just got out of the car.
And then as it passed
I realized I was not
Is it possible, in your mind,
some sort of military prototype?
[Pilot] It doesn't make sense
I mean, why would the military
radar-stealthy craft,
and fly it over a
to prove that it can be seen?
I'm trying to explain it
I'm not used to
and not knowing what I'm seeing.
[Jennifer] Do you believe
extraterrestrial in nature,
given that we don't
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[Jennifer] The largest mass
occurred back in 1997,
and some say those lights
Can new evidence help
really visited the city
Our investigation
who witnessed the
He's agreed to share
Do you believe that
extraterrestrial in nature,
given that we don't
[Pilot] Well, that's a question
You won't get me to
because it's an
that seems to bring skeptics
to question the veracity
But you have decided to
What is the reason for that?
[Pilot] There is some stigma
even if you make a credible
I've always had fairly sensitive
I just wanna keep
Maybe someday I'll get
and then you can take
[chuckles]
[Jennifer] I'm definitely
that 20 years
this experienced pilot still
for the lights
Some of the most widely viewed
were captured by
He's invited us to
on the north end of the city.
-[Jennifer] Mike!
[Jennifer] Beautiful up here.
[Ryan] Yeah!
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[Jennifer] Wow, you
This must be the direction
Look at how the
in relation to the city lights.
Take a look at this!
Hey, Sue?
All right, you
Hey, Sue!
[Sue] Oh my god!
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[Mike] It's the south mountain.
[Sue] Well, that is a totally
than we've ever seen before.
[Mike] And they all went
-They're going off now, right?
[Mike] One dropped.
Two out--there's another one.
Various nights I've seen
orange lights out in the
But they were far, far away.
I've never seen any
Were you already out there
Or you saw something
[Mike] No, I came
before we go to the bed.
that's when I saw
And that was farther to the east
And they looked so close,
I actually thought
they were on this
Now, there is a range on the
a bombing test range
There is.
[Jennifer] Luke Air Force Base
about 15 miles west of Phoenix.
And from my military experience,
I can tell you that
around bases and airfields.
And they're often used
Flares can be
to illuminate a battlefield.
There is a theory
was dropping flares in
I've seen flares before,
These looked like something
than anything
That night, I did call
And they denied seeing anything.
When they drop flares,
And, uh, they would
as far as their drop rate.
And the wind would
This was quite different
how it held its position
Here's the thing, the way I
It's possible, okay?
We don't have
One thing, everybody
Even if it didn't have an engine
you'd hear rushing air.
Do you still have
I do.
[Jennifer] Would you be able to
[Mike] I can, and
I'm hoping we can
in front of a forensic expert
to determine if there
or hidden information.
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[Jennifer] We now
thousands of Phoenix
to get answers about the
To address their concerns,
held a press conference,
where he tried to
by making it into a joke.
Now I'll ask Officer Stein
to escort the
so that we may all
This just goes to show that you
[audience laughter]
[applause]
[audience laughter]
[Jennifer] His chief of staff
then escorted out in handcuffs
and named as the guilty party
Ten years later, he admitted
of unknown origin
"enormous and inexplicable,"
becoming one of the
to report a UFO sighting.
This validated the stories
were apprehensive to
for fear of ridicule.
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[Ryan] It's been hard for
if what they were seeing
or a part of a larger craft.
But not for David Parker,
because it was
This is right about
The freeway was
It was almost like a
Can you tell us what
So as I was driving back,
there was next to
And when I got off the
there was this massive
coming towards me very slow.
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[Jennifer] Strange
the city of Phoenix in 1997,
and leaving an indelible
Skeptics say the V-shaped
were caused by flares.
But those who directly
refute all earthly explanations.
[David] When I got off the
there was this massive
coming towards me
Had multiple lights
I slammed on my brakes.
As it came, it just gently
I could see the entire
It was like a gunmetal gray,
and it was covered
of what looked like
all over the bottom side of it.
Now the size, Dave.
[David] I'm gonna say
of this boomerang-shaped craft,
probably a mile to
I could see that
out of the bottom of it.
Do you remember how
It--probably five
The craft itself,
similar to anything
I have never seen
And first of all, with the
and how it just drifted by,
it didn't make any wind,
it didn't make any sound.
Now, what made you look
Did you sense something?
I think it was
and seeing it slightly move.
It was like this
Now, did you tell anyone
or report it to anywhere?
[David] The next day,
that's all I could
is I saw it, I saw it,
Later, of course, our
and ridiculed anybody
So I just kind of--just shut up.
Do you think it's a possibility
it could be a
No, it was--
It's just the massive size.
If it was tinier and smaller,
I could probably wrap
But truly it took up
I have to ask,
that you were just dreaming?
I had just gotten off work.
I was driving my truck.
It was way too early
I don't drink.
No, I was wide awake.
No substances
-[David] I am a nurse.
Well, I just wanna thank you for
Thanks so much for
-Thank you very much.
He gave us such
He saw that craft close up.
So for me, there really
other than what he saw is
But if you go back to our
it seems like this technology
-again and again.
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I think it's important to note
two events that are
on March 13, 1997.
Right, we've got
which is what caused
And then we've got
that Mike Christian filmed.
[Jennifer] I'm
that these lights
so I'm bringing
to talk me through the video.
Brian Mahoney
who flew helicopters
and became obsessed with the
I'm excited for someone with
to take a look at this footage.
Brian, thank you so
I have some footage that
Well, I'd love to see it, Jen.
[Jennifer] The first one
This video is of
And at this time, there were
they were calling 911, they
The 10 o'clock event,
from different angles,
But this is the sole
from the 8 o'clock event.
[Brian] Okay.
I-I don't see how anyone
could confuse this particular
Flares are asymmetrical.
So as the wind
one will go a little bit
They're just not
in any kind of a line.
Right there from
they appear to be symmetrical.
What else you got here?
10 o'clock, we have more footage
because there were
[Brian] Right now, I'm not
that all these witnesses
so this could be the flares.
The flare would
okay, there goes one.
Let me see another
There goes another one.
Okay, yeah, this
even though it's
[Jennifer] Now
and this one was taken in 2019.
And I wanna get your thoughts on
Oh, that's cool.
Four orbs.
Asymmetrical.
Oh, here we go.
This--this is what
This aircraft approaching,
that to me looks like
in absolute--very
So whoever is flying that,
they'll tell you.
Now, there is a
or another one of our
they could have come in and
I'm really surprised that
that no one has leaked
I think the older people get,
they want to have those
They want to be truthful.
It seems to me like multiple
on one night.
Otherwise, I'm telling you,
that know what that
At the time, what was the
Military aviators are the most
I mean, we were
We're constantly in the books.
It's all think, don't feel.
There's no emotion
We call it Sierra Alpha--
Military aviators have the
So you've got all these guys
in the aviation community,
they either know what happened
or something really did happen
because let's face it--
technology that's not
and it's going to scare people.
It will change power structures
In certain religious groups,
it would be the event
And now everyone's got a camera,
I think, in a few years, we're
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[Jennifer] We're investigating
two bizarre and
on the night of
which have been
alien encounters to a
even an elaborate hoax.
Recent sightings of the
that the same V-shaped crafts
Are the orbs simply
and not something
The US Air Force
their planes were not
But it was later
from the Maryland
was flying on a
One of the pilots in that squad
I wanna find out if
were actually flares
that were sent out to distract
Was the military trying to
that nothing happened
Thank you so much
[Jeff] You're welcome.
[Jennifer] Now, you
the night of March 13, 1997.
How far advance would
as to when you were
We make our schedules
And so if a flight
would it be unusual for it to be
moved up or moved
Generally the schedule
because we have to
that own the range.
[Jennifer] And so when you're
what is the purpose
and how many do you carry?
[Jeff] Normally in
you would carry two pods
They're cylindrical in shape.
The tactic would be
go into the target area,
drop a couple of the
and then we would look
And we have four to five minutes
When I left the range, I
that I had on board that night.
So what would be the reason that
the remaining flares rather
after a night
[Jeff] It's--it's a
It's easier for us just
than to bring them back.
There is a conspiracy
there actually was
whether it was extraterrestrial
and then the National Guard
as a way to kind of cover up
the first event.
What are your thoughts on that?
A scenario that
we would almost have to be
which we don't do,
to make all that happen.
[Jennifer] He seems credible.
But I keep going
that the military first reported
they didn't have any planes
Why would they lie if they
It's clear the
witnessed something
I wanna know just how long
strange things in
Is there ancient proof
that extraterrestrials have been
since the dawn of humanity?
Petroglyphs appear all over
as ancient people leave
to tell a story, to mark a spot.
Is it really possible that
of a higher extraterrestrial
or alien presence?
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[Ryan] Clifford Mahooty is
He and UFO researcher
that Native American petroglyphs
are evidence of
The petroglyphs talks
people that were here
But I think the
is how they dealt
Aboriginal groups have a
the Star Nation people,
which are from different
Indians have rock
James is very familiar
The petroglyphs have
based on past
lost ancient history,
and that's what I'm gonna
[Ryan] I've heard so many
about the Star People coming
and communicating with them.
So if there is ancient evidence
we've gotta see it.
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[James] This one's loose,
The four corners symbol--
[Clifford] Mm-hmm.
We got the cross showing this
a landmark site, for the
We have additional
a natural ascension upwards.
There's a lot of sightings
Uh, vortexes opening,
In some cases, they
The way that it's taught to us
directly from the Star People.
[Ryan] I found it fascinating
that Clifford brought up
and that these petroglyphs might
There's still [unintelligible]
[Ryan] And when it comes
we know that this is the
and where they disappeared.
So it only makes sense to me
where people say, supposedly,
why not?
Why couldn't it be this area?
[Jennifer] Ryan makes
UFO researchers swear
to explain how crafts can travel
such vast distances
and then disappear
But I'm yet to be convinced.
There's a good possibility that
witnessed this plasma event
electrical arcing
and some other
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Those petroglyphs are amazing.
Yeah, they really show that
for a really long time.
So you think the spiral
symbolizing some sort of vortex?
Yeah, somewhere where
can come in and out of.
Then we have to
I mean, in Arizona, right here?
While Ryan looks into
I'm gonna try to
who saw the lights
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[Jennifer] Our investigation
has led us to witnesses whose
by this mass UFO sighting
Multiple accounts describe
that slowly and silently
But how could such
in the middle of a
and then vanish into thin air?
One theory that's
to explain the presence
[Ryan] Witnesses of the
what they saw disappeared
Mike, how's it going?
I wanna find out what could
We know black holes exist.
Now, I wanna get your
Is this something that
Wormholes do exist as solutions
to Einstein's theory
which are regions of
that could connect to
So is it possible that
could use that to
shorter amount of time?
We either need
beyond our current understanding
or you'd need some very
that had negative mass
the throat of that wormhole.
And that's not something we're
Not only do we lack
to create such a thing,
we don't even know if
And then in principle,
if the light was passing
you'd be seeing stuff
which wouldn't be
It seems like it would--it would
So this would be
Yes, both wormhole travel or
would probably leave so
that we can safely
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[Jennifer] At this point,
that appeared over
But so far, the proof
from extraterrestrial
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[Jennifer] Hopefully,
can provide more answers.
[Ryan] He's got cameras
[Jennifer] Some people
I think that's smart.
I mean, he's constantly
so if anyone knows what's going
[Tom] Come on in, guys!
[Jennifer] Hey, Tom.
[Tom] Come on in
[Ryan] We're gonna be
He's a witness to
He can help us make sense of the
Wow, look at this setup!
[Ryan] I feel like
[Tom] This is my control room,
where I monitor the
So what are we looking at here?
This is the video that
Over here is the video that
up in Moon Valley.
And over here is the video
I spent a great deal
all the camera movement,
Now, were these for
or the 10 o'clock?
These are the 10 o'clock event.
[Tom] I got four of them.
It was pitch
And unless you lived
or you had a house
or you were farther north,
you couldn't see
So there are some
the 10 o'clock event
trying to cover up
That's the million-dollar
Maybe somebody just heard
and told somebody, hey,
and that created the array
that Mike filmed.
And if that's the job they
Let's look at the only footage
[Tom] The boomerang that
down to Tucson.
We have to put on the table that
8:30 event will
The sheer size of this
It didn't make a sound.
It was stealth.
Almost everybody I met
it changed their life.
They became believers.
Something from another
I've never met
who saw something
and had a religious
and changed the entire course
But that happened to thousands
[Jennifer] Before
what our separate
I thought it would
to get a forensic analysis
I reached out to audio and
to see what she can find.
Well, there's a lot that I see,
and I'm excited about
because it's pretty
from different people
at the same time.
But as far as the audit trail
and the reliability of the
because we're working on VHS
passed through many hands,
But that does not mean that
Here's the exciting part.
The conspiracy theorists
show a new type of aircraft,
even though I cannot
But without a doubt,
even without an audit trail,
So dissipating seems to be
with all of these.
[Jennifer O] I don't
I think that the
because they're flares.
Okay. Now, we have
but this is the only video
from of around 8:00 PM.
So what do you make of what
Now, this one I'm excited about.
Now we're seeing the sky.
The power of video processing
And in doing so,
a singular mass flying object.
[Ryan] This looks like
It is.
We can see the sky.
There's nothing in between
So that would lead us to believe
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[Jennifer] We're meeting
an audio and video expert.
She has confirmed that
has been manipulated
But can she tell us if what
or something else?
[Jennifer O] We can see the
There's nothing in between
So that would lead us to believe
This is a pretty big
and these five lights
throughout the video.
Jennifer, there have
of a triangular-shaped craft.
So I'm wondering in this
that was taken near Albuquerque
what are you seeing there?
[Jennifer O] Let's take a look.
We'll just scroll
Looks familiar, right?
We're seeing
in structure and framework
Is there anything
to discern what type of aircraft
Well, this happened both
If we're judging by
at that particular time,
it would have to
[Jennifer] I think
that this is some sort
Maybe the B-21 Raider.
It seems to fit
of what we're seeing.
[Jennifer O] It
Jennifer] We don't know because
What I definitively think
Maybe it was your typical flying
we're on a need-to-know basis
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If we go back to
March 13, 1997.
The sun set at 6:35 PM
So that means the planes were in
They were most likely
when the boomerang
Okay, so you think
could be attributed to flares
No, I don't think that
Let's go to the videos, right?
The videos we know
Those videos are real.
[Ryan] Right, there's no CGI.
They're completely authentic.
[Jennifer] Then we have
He was there that night.
He was in the air and
I'm willing to admit that
the videos,
was most likely flares.
But for me, I keep going
where all of these witnesses
And not only that, the
through Tucson,
That's definitely not flares.
So if there was a craft,
It just disappeared?
I don't think it disappeared.
I think it's possible
Look at Clifford, who
These swirls could represent
a way for some other
bend space and time.
We don't know for sure
so I can't necessarily
But one thing that
during this whole investigation
the pilot who wants
and the nurse, Dave Parker,
You know that I'm not easily
But with these two, they were
They were so close to the craft.
They remembered it
They have nothing to gain.
As a matter of fact,
-by coming forward.
Anyone who reports these UFOs
But I mean, look at the
during our Area 51
Their reports mirror what
the same shape of the craft,
I mean, what I saw
was exactly what these
All of this leads me to believe
experimental military prototype.
It has to be.
Now, why they would
over a heavily populated
And I will say the fact that
two decades later
The 2019 event really
So if it was an
where did that
when we have even pilots
the technology it represents
than anything we have.
I know what you're getting at,
and I can't say that
that this was
So I understand why these people
can't explain what they're
but they know it wasn't flares.
And they know it wasn't a plane.
We're dealing with something
that I don't know
could possibly come from.
But the question remains--
If it did, in fact,
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