1 00:00:01,266 --> 00:00:02,567 Oh, whoa. Here we go. Here we go. Directly out in front of me. 2 00:00:02,567 --> 00:00:05,800 -What the [bleep]? Phil, do you see that? -You got something. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,000 Hurry up and get into position as soon as you can. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,200 Okay, let's move. Let's move. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,567 All right, Jess, I'm getting there. 6 00:00:10,567 --> 00:00:13,467 [Josh Gates] On this episode of Expedition X, 7 00:00:14,066 --> 00:00:16,000 my team heads to Japan, 8 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 where the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,700 has been linked to a surge in Unidentified Aerial Phenomena 10 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:26,367 in the skies above its irradiated ghost towns. 11 00:00:26,367 --> 00:00:29,767 When we start getting above 100, we are in a radiated zone. 12 00:00:29,767 --> 00:00:31,400 -[device beeps] -[Phil Torres] Level's going up. 13 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,266 We need to get out of here, get out. 14 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,300 Keep moving. No. 15 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,100 [Josh] And when they take to flight 16 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:37,467 to investigate anomalies 17 00:00:37,467 --> 00:00:39,800 above an infamous pyramid-shaped mountain. 18 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,700 [Jessica Chobot] Look at that. It starts following the plane back. 19 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:45,400 [Josh] They soon discover that "The Land of the Rising Sun" 20 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,867 could be attracting otherworldly visitors. 21 00:00:48,867 --> 00:00:50,300 It's traveling east to west. 22 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:52,400 Holy [bleep]! What is that? 23 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,834 [Josh] The question is, why? 24 00:00:56,467 --> 00:00:57,867 [Jess] Hold on. 25 00:00:57,867 --> 00:00:59,333 Holy [bleep]! 26 00:01:08,667 --> 00:01:11,867 -Okay, guys, you're headed to Japan. -[both] Yes! 27 00:01:11,867 --> 00:01:13,767 Well, don't get too excited. You're going to Fukushima. 28 00:01:13,767 --> 00:01:16,166 Oh, where there was a nuclear disaster 29 00:01:16,166 --> 00:01:18,000 more destructive than Chernobyl. 30 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,200 That's the one. Yes, Fukushima suffered a... a triple disaster, 31 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,266 an earthquake, a tsunami, 32 00:01:23,266 --> 00:01:24,667 and a nuclear meltdown. 33 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:26,467 On March 11th, 2011, 34 00:01:26,467 --> 00:01:30,567 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck its eastern coast. 35 00:01:30,567 --> 00:01:33,500 Huge waves of water from a tsunami rushed inland, 36 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,600 devastating everything in their path. 37 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,500 In the end, more than 20,000 people were killed. 38 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,100 Entire towns were wiped off the map. 39 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,000 And water flooded the Fukushima nuclear power plant, 40 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,667 which for weeks leaked significant amounts of radiation. 41 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:49,367 Yeah, it was very tragic. 42 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:51,500 [Josh] Absolutely. If there is any good news here, 43 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:54,266 more than a decade later, the radiation has been contained. 44 00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:56,100 Fukushima has been largely rehabilitated, 45 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:59,667 and some of the population has actually moved back into the area. 46 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:01,567 Here's where things get weird. 47 00:02:01,567 --> 00:02:05,166 Since then, there have also been a ton of UFO sightings. 48 00:02:05,767 --> 00:02:07,400 -What? -UFOs? 49 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,000 UFOs. Since the disaster in 2011, 50 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,367 UFO sightings all around Fukushima have been off the charts. 51 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:18,266 So much so that the Japanese government has actually established 52 00:02:18,266 --> 00:02:21,100 a dedicated UFO research center, 53 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,567 and what they have found is shocking. 54 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,266 Japanese stories of unidentified flying objects 55 00:02:31,266 --> 00:02:33,834 have roots as far back as the ninth century. 56 00:02:34,867 --> 00:02:37,567 In the legendary tale of the bamboo cutter, 57 00:02:37,567 --> 00:02:41,367 a man discovers a beautiful humanoid alien in a forest, 58 00:02:41,367 --> 00:02:43,166 Princess Kaguya. 59 00:02:43,166 --> 00:02:44,900 She is offered love on Earth, 60 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:48,967 but she chooses to return to her home in the stars. 61 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:51,300 Reports of extraterrestrial encounters 62 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:53,367 continue throughout the centuries. 63 00:02:53,367 --> 00:02:55,100 In 1803, 64 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,867 a strange saucer-like craft known as the "hollow ship" 65 00:02:58,867 --> 00:03:01,767 reportedly washes onto Japanese shores. 66 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:09,667 A mysterious female alien emerges, but is unable to communicate. 67 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:13,166 The fishermen who find her return her to her strange craft 68 00:03:13,166 --> 00:03:16,500 and it drifts away, never to be seen again. 69 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:20,533 Believers say ancient artistic depictions corroborate the event. 70 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,266 Reports of UFO sightings persist, 71 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:28,767 but it's in the 21st century that tales of alien encounters 72 00:03:28,767 --> 00:03:30,233 really take off. 73 00:03:31,667 --> 00:03:35,667 In 2007, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura 74 00:03:35,667 --> 00:03:39,467 says he believes UFOs definitely exist. 75 00:03:39,467 --> 00:03:43,800 Two years later, Japan's then first lady, Miyuki Hatoyama 76 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,634 publicly claims she had been abducted by a triangular-shaped UFO. 77 00:03:51,667 --> 00:03:54,100 Then comes the Fukushima disaster. 78 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,467 In the shocking aftermath, 79 00:03:55,467 --> 00:03:59,600 a spectrum of possible UAP sightings floods social media, 80 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,100 including this video, of alleged glowing anomalies 81 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:07,166 flying in the airspace above the doomed power plant. 82 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,567 Some theorize aliens could be attracted to radiation, 83 00:04:12,567 --> 00:04:15,100 while others wonder if they're trying to stop us 84 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:18,266 from ruining our planet before it's too late. 85 00:04:18,266 --> 00:04:22,300 All this speculation finally comes to a head in 2021 86 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:24,900 when, after considerable public pressure, 87 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:29,667 the government forms the International UFO Laboratory near Fukushima, 88 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:33,166 the world's first state-funded research center of its kind. 89 00:04:34,467 --> 00:04:38,400 So what is going on in the skies above Fukushima? 90 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,767 Has science fiction become reality in Japan? 91 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,500 I mean, that's a lot to process. 92 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:50,467 You've got a country with a long fascination with UFOs. 93 00:04:50,467 --> 00:04:52,667 Then they go through a triple disaster 94 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:55,700 and then begin to see even more UFOs. 95 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:57,000 Right. So, what do you think? 96 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,467 Well, I mean, when we've researched UFO sightings in the past, 97 00:05:00,467 --> 00:05:04,100 they do have a tendency to show up around nuclear facilities. 98 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:06,567 So are UFOs attracted to radiation? 99 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:08,700 I think it's a real big possibility. 100 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:11,600 You know, I love the idea that noble aliens are out there looking for us 101 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,500 and checking in on our nuclear disasters. 102 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:18,000 But I feel like the most likely explanation for all this is PTSD. 103 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,767 I mean, think about it. People lived through a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. 104 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:23,900 The entire world shook around them. 105 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:27,266 Then a wave the size of a building and then a nuclear disaster. 106 00:05:27,266 --> 00:05:29,567 And sadly, it's well documented 107 00:05:29,567 --> 00:05:32,367 that under cases of extreme trauma, 108 00:05:32,367 --> 00:05:34,867 afterwards, you can have visual hallucinations. 109 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:38,367 And like trauma, these sightings, it just doesn't go away. 110 00:05:38,367 --> 00:05:40,367 Here's the mission. Get to Fukushima 111 00:05:40,367 --> 00:05:43,500 and talk to a local eyewitness, Manami Yabuki. 112 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:47,066 She swears that she saw something that is not from this world. 113 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:50,467 Try to get as close as you can to the nuclear power plant safely. 114 00:05:50,467 --> 00:05:53,800 Replicate the vantage point of the power plant from the video, 115 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,667 and see if you can experience a UFO sighting for yourself. 116 00:05:57,667 --> 00:05:59,166 -Yeah, will do. -Yeah, we're on it. 117 00:05:59,166 --> 00:06:01,300 All right. Great. Also, the city's contaminated so bring radiation suits. 118 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:02,734 -Wait, what did you say? -You'll be fine. 119 00:06:05,867 --> 00:06:09,166 It's a 14-hour flight from New York City to Tokyo. 120 00:06:09,166 --> 00:06:13,300 From there, it's a four-hour drive north to Fukushima city, 121 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:16,967 Along the way, Phil and Jess pass through areas hard hit 122 00:06:16,967 --> 00:06:20,133 by the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. 123 00:06:23,867 --> 00:06:25,100 All right, Jess, first thing's first, 124 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:26,867 -we got the Geiger counter going. -Mmm-hmm. 125 00:06:26,867 --> 00:06:28,100 So we can monitor our levels 126 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:29,867 because apparently, we're gonna be going through 127 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:32,166 -a patchwork of hot spots on our way. -[Jess] Ooh. 128 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:36,266 -How are we looking right now? -[Phil] Right now, we're good. 129 00:06:36,667 --> 00:06:38,233 Not danger zone yet. 130 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:43,500 I'm assuming that the levels are gonna be pretty damn high. 131 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,300 It'll let you know if we're in danger, it'll start beeping. 132 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:48,467 What's good? Like, what are the levels? 133 00:06:48,467 --> 00:06:52,767 Anything below 30 is considered relatively normal. 134 00:06:52,767 --> 00:06:56,166 When we start getting above 100, we are in a radiated zone. 135 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:08,967 -So... -So this used to all be homes. 136 00:07:08,967 --> 00:07:10,467 This was a town. 137 00:07:16,567 --> 00:07:21,133 And now it is a field. The tsunami completely wiped this area off the map. 138 00:07:21,867 --> 00:07:23,834 Oh, that's so sad. 139 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,867 -God. Unbelievable. -Yeah, it's weird. 140 00:07:30,567 --> 00:07:32,867 Oh, we're getting some... some higher hits right now. 141 00:07:32,867 --> 00:07:34,033 [Jess] What are we up to? 142 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,367 Around 30 right now. 143 00:07:37,467 --> 00:07:38,967 -[Jess] It's still safe. -It's still safe. 144 00:07:38,967 --> 00:07:41,166 Okay. A hundred's where you gotta start getting worried. 145 00:07:42,066 --> 00:07:43,467 I mean, I'm gonna be honest. 146 00:07:43,467 --> 00:07:46,133 I'm gonna start getting worried at around, like, 50. 147 00:07:48,567 --> 00:07:51,100 We head into the outskirts of Fukushima city, 148 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:53,000 which is actually about 90 miles 149 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,100 from the Fukushima power plant. 150 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,400 There to greet us is Manami Yabuki, 151 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,934 who witnessed a UFO after the nuclear radiation leak, 152 00:08:02,367 --> 00:08:03,533 Let's go. 153 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:06,767 -Hi, Manami. -Konichiwa. 154 00:08:06,767 --> 00:08:08,767 -Konichiwa. -Konichiwa. 155 00:08:08,767 --> 00:08:10,967 -Oh, nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 156 00:08:10,967 --> 00:08:13,400 [Jess] Yabuki is a Fukushima City native 157 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,867 who's never put much stock in the paranormal. 158 00:08:15,867 --> 00:08:19,467 But the triple disaster upended her world and her beliefs. 159 00:08:19,467 --> 00:08:22,000 So we wanted to talk to you about your experience 160 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,066 with the UFOs that you've seen. 161 00:08:24,066 --> 00:08:25,900 But first, if you're willing, do you mind sharing 162 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:28,667 what it was like to survive the earthquake here. 163 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,400 [speaking in Japanese] 164 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,734 [translated in English] It was actually a hot day in the afternoon, 165 00:08:35,266 --> 00:08:38,066 I was sitting on the couch eating lunch, 166 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:41,200 The couch moved with the earthquake. 167 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,333 [furniture thudding] 168 00:08:48,166 --> 00:08:49,767 I never felt that before. 169 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,367 It was the first time I feared death. 170 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:57,600 [Jess] I'm sorry you had to go through that, 171 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,166 but I'm glad to hear that you were okay. 172 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:06,000 After that event is that when you saw UFOs in the area? 173 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,767 [speaking in Japanese] 174 00:09:07,767 --> 00:09:09,133 [translated in English] After the earthquake... 175 00:09:11,967 --> 00:09:13,934 I witnessed a light in the sky... 176 00:09:17,567 --> 00:09:18,734 ...floating in the air. 177 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,700 The movement was pretty strange. 178 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:25,300 Zigzagging and no sounds at all. 179 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:27,467 What did you see? What did you hear? 180 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:28,834 How fast was it going? 181 00:09:29,667 --> 00:09:31,200 [speaking in Japanese] 182 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,266 [translated in English] It was gray or black. 183 00:09:33,266 --> 00:09:37,166 I remember the speed was just as fast as a bicycle. 184 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:39,266 Oh, that's very slow. 185 00:09:39,266 --> 00:09:41,400 Could you tell what direction it was traveling in? 186 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:42,767 [speaking in Japanese] 187 00:09:42,767 --> 00:09:45,333 [translated in English] The flying object was heading southeast. 188 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:49,767 It was hovering and then suddenly... 189 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:52,634 ...it was really fast. 190 00:09:54,767 --> 00:09:59,000 Is that also the same direction as the nuclear plant? 191 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,667 -[speaking Japanese] -[translated in English] Yes. 192 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:03,266 -[Jess] Okay, interesting. -Wow. 193 00:10:03,266 --> 00:10:04,667 Was it not terrifying, 194 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:06,767 -If you have no idea what this thing is... -[Jess] Yeah. 195 00:10:06,767 --> 00:10:08,000 ...flying so close to you? 196 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,467 [speaking in Japanese] 197 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:12,767 [translated in English] Strangely, I wasn't scared at all. I was amazed. 198 00:10:12,767 --> 00:10:16,000 How sure are you that it wasn't a government airplane, 199 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,767 or a stealth plane, or a drone? 200 00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:19,800 [speaking in Japanese] 201 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,567 [translated in English] It was so close. 202 00:10:21,567 --> 00:10:25,100 Usually, if it's a plane, you can hear a sound. 203 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:27,600 But I didn't hear anything. 204 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,767 -Yeah, I mean, even a drone will make noise. -Yeah. 205 00:10:29,767 --> 00:10:31,767 -[Jess] Actually, they're really noisy. -[Phil] Yeah. 206 00:10:31,767 --> 00:10:33,467 Thank you very much for speaking with us. 207 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:34,867 -Arigatou gozaimasu. -[Phil] Arigatou gozaimasu. 208 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:36,367 [Jess] Bye, bye. 209 00:10:36,367 --> 00:10:40,600 Yabuki's UFO sighting occurred north of the Fukushima power plant. 210 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,867 The video Josh showed us was taken from the south. 211 00:10:46,867 --> 00:10:50,000 The plan tonight is to split up and cover both. 212 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,166 Phil is headed north to find the best vantage point to observe the area. 213 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:55,467 While I'll head to the south 214 00:10:55,467 --> 00:10:58,166 to try and replicate the perspective from the video, 215 00:10:58,166 --> 00:11:02,467 and see if I can document similar floating orbs above the plant. 216 00:11:02,467 --> 00:11:04,767 [Phil] There's a gate up ahead. This has gotta be it. 217 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:07,934 [Jess] That is, if we can make it through the checkpoints. 218 00:11:13,367 --> 00:11:15,300 Our route intersects a hot zone 219 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,166 where radiation levels in the air 220 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:20,734 are still dangerously high all these years later, 221 00:11:27,767 --> 00:11:28,967 -This is chaos. -[Phil] Is it? 222 00:11:28,967 --> 00:11:30,567 [Jess] This is the most chaotic thing. 223 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,433 [speaking in Japanese] 224 00:11:42,767 --> 00:11:46,333 [Jess] No one gets through here without special clearance. 225 00:11:48,767 --> 00:11:51,233 -[speaking Japanese] -[Jess] Arigatou. 226 00:12:02,567 --> 00:12:05,500 [Phil] More than 300,000 people were forced to evacuate 227 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,700 during the Fukushima disaster. 228 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:10,867 In the years since, cleanup and decontamination efforts 229 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:13,767 have made it possible for some residents to return, 230 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:17,567 and many communities in the no-go zones have since reopened. 231 00:12:17,567 --> 00:12:21,266 So, armed with a Geiger counter to detect radiation levels, 232 00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:23,100 I'm able to ditch my hazmat suit 233 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:26,033 and proceed at my own risk as Jess drops me off. 234 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:33,000 Many neighborhoods remain ghost towns, 235 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,800 and the areas closest to the power plant 236 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,300 resemble something out of a post-apocalyptic movie. 237 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:40,200 So the challenge for us is that we're essentially 238 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,533 in a patchwork of dangerous zones, 239 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,300 So right now, we're reading medium. 240 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:49,767 This is okay to be in. 241 00:12:49,767 --> 00:12:52,300 It's not necessarily a place you'd want to live. 242 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,600 However, if we go just over the other side of that building, 243 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,166 or if the wind changes direction, 244 00:12:57,166 --> 00:12:58,967 you could suddenly enter an area 245 00:12:58,967 --> 00:13:01,367 where you're in very high levels of radiation, 246 00:13:01,367 --> 00:13:04,567 an area where you would not want to spend more than an hour, 247 00:13:04,567 --> 00:13:07,266 or you're risking increasing your exposure 248 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:11,266 and increasing your risk to something like cancer a few years down the road. 249 00:13:11,266 --> 00:13:12,433 So we're gonna be careful. 250 00:13:12,433 --> 00:13:14,900 We have our suits that we can put on at a moment's notice, 251 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:19,166 but I think for now, our best tool is our legs, 252 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,367 and we're just gonna keep walking, 253 00:13:20,367 --> 00:13:21,734 try to find that vantage point. 254 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,000 [Jess] After dropping Phil off, I hike up a hill 255 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,033 that overlooks the southern side of the Fukushima plant. 256 00:13:35,066 --> 00:13:37,600 At the summit sits the surveillance camera station, 257 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,300 where the bizarre UFO footage was recorded. 258 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:44,800 I'm most interested in the uniformity of the glowing UAPs 259 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,667 and how they appear to be flying in a coordinated manner. 260 00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:51,800 Here we go. 261 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,467 You can see they've disassembled the wires, 262 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:57,266 both down here, probably leading into power. 263 00:13:57,266 --> 00:13:58,767 And then up there at the top 264 00:13:58,767 --> 00:14:02,934 is where the camera would have been pointed out towards the power plant. 265 00:14:05,467 --> 00:14:08,266 This is perfect. I got a good view of the plant. 266 00:14:08,266 --> 00:14:10,500 I've got the ocean in the background. 267 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,533 Let's just set up the IR camera here. 268 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:32,667 [Phil] Back on the north side, my search for a vantage point of Fukushima continues. 269 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:39,567 It's been completely abandoned 270 00:14:39,567 --> 00:14:42,533 and completely overgrown. Look at this. 271 00:14:44,266 --> 00:14:45,734 Unbelievable. 272 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,667 [Geiger counter beeping] Level's going up, 165 CPM. 273 00:15:02,667 --> 00:15:04,667 We need to get outta here. Get out. 274 00:15:04,667 --> 00:15:06,066 I don't know if the wind just shifted. 275 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:07,967 -A second ago, we were at... -[Geiger counter beeping] 276 00:15:07,967 --> 00:15:10,400 ...medium levels, that was doable, but right now it's hot. 277 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:11,900 Keep going. Keep moving. 278 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:13,634 [Geiger counter beeping] 279 00:15:16,367 --> 00:15:18,266 -[Geiger counter beeping] -[Phil exhales] 280 00:15:18,266 --> 00:15:19,667 [Phil] It's going down a little bit over here. 281 00:15:21,066 --> 00:15:23,100 Let's keep going this direction. 282 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,133 High school building, totally abandoned. 283 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:32,867 Forced to flee a pocket of radioactive air, 284 00:15:32,867 --> 00:15:36,100 I approach an abandoned school still searching for higher ground 285 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:38,734 and a better view of the Fukushima power plant. 286 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:50,533 [whispers] Let's check the radiation levels. 287 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,166 All safe. 288 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:57,533 This is probably... 289 00:15:58,767 --> 00:16:00,767 ...the most eerie place I've ever been in my life. 290 00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:09,300 Well, there's no water damage in here. 291 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,500 So at least it seems like this area 292 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:13,533 was safe from the tsunami, from the earthquake. 293 00:16:22,467 --> 00:16:24,066 Look at this, 2010. 294 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,033 That is a year before the tsunami hit. 295 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,266 This is such a time capsule right here. 296 00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:34,867 The clock on the wall stands still. 297 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,266 That's a perfect metaphor. 298 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,467 [exhales deeply] 299 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,367 Unable to find roof access, 300 00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:50,467 my search for an elevated spot to observe the skies above the power plant 301 00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:52,433 goes well into the night. 302 00:16:53,767 --> 00:16:57,634 Then, an idea hits me about where to find the perfect spot. 303 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:02,367 So if you listen, 304 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:04,367 I'm hearing the ocean crashing, 305 00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:05,600 which means we're getting close, 306 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,367 because about five years after the disaster here, 307 00:17:08,367 --> 00:17:10,166 they built these giant seawalls. 308 00:17:10,166 --> 00:17:12,266 Because where I'm standing right now, during the tsunami, 309 00:17:12,266 --> 00:17:15,800 would have been under 15 to 20 feet of water. 310 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,800 So these seawalls are essentially 311 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,567 the first line of defense against the next tsunami. 312 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:21,767 But also for me, 313 00:17:21,767 --> 00:17:24,667 they'll give me great visibility of the entire ocean 314 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:25,934 and the skies. Let's go. 315 00:17:31,367 --> 00:17:33,533 [Jess] Okay, so sun's finally down. 316 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,467 I've got IR on. 317 00:17:38,667 --> 00:17:40,834 Let's just start scanning and see what we get. 318 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:44,867 All right, so that right there, 319 00:17:44,867 --> 00:17:47,533 that's that red tower, blinking tower up there, 320 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:49,834 and we've got the city over here. 321 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:56,767 So I'm just trying to kind of get a sense of location 322 00:17:56,767 --> 00:17:59,867 so that I don't misread some of these blinking lights 323 00:17:59,867 --> 00:18:02,166 'cause there are a lot of lights in the area. 324 00:18:07,467 --> 00:18:10,333 I got really excited for a minute there, but it was a bug. [chuckles] 325 00:18:13,367 --> 00:18:16,066 So the tricky thing is, is it's a little bit of a hazy night. 326 00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:21,667 So you're getting these stars that seem to be going in and out, but, 327 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:23,133 because they're not moving... 328 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:29,500 ...it makes it pretty obvious that that's some sort of constellation. 329 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:33,767 And then... And then if one's moving pretty steady, you know it's a satellite. 330 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:41,834 That right there... 331 00:18:43,767 --> 00:18:46,266 ...that is a reflection of that. 332 00:18:46,266 --> 00:18:49,934 So if somebody was out here with binoculars or something else, 333 00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:52,300 with their own IR, 334 00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:55,467 they might mistake that for a UFO. 335 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:58,467 But really, that's just a reflection of those lights down there. 336 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,967 Oh, whoa. Here we go. Here we go. Right over here. 337 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:08,467 Directly out in front of me. 338 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:12,433 What the [bleep]? 339 00:19:13,767 --> 00:19:15,033 Phil, you copy? 340 00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:18,266 -Yeah. What's up? -I actually see something. 341 00:19:18,266 --> 00:19:20,100 -Do you see that? -I'm not in position yet. 342 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:22,300 -What do you got? -I need you to hurry up and get into position 343 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:24,467 -as soon as you can. -[Phil] Okay. Let's move. Let's move. 344 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:26,967 All right, Jess, I'm getting there. Give me a second. 345 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:31,934 [breathing deeply] 346 00:19:39,667 --> 00:19:41,333 Oh, God, look at this thing. 347 00:19:46,367 --> 00:19:48,433 All right, we're up. 348 00:19:50,467 --> 00:19:52,800 So right now I see... 349 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,834 ...I see your tall, blinking light above the nuclear power plant. 350 00:19:58,767 --> 00:20:00,066 What are you seeing? 351 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,367 Okay, so... 352 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:03,433 Hold on. 353 00:20:04,567 --> 00:20:05,734 Holy [bleep]! 354 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:15,300 [Jess] Oh, my God, I just saw a light go across the horizon, 355 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,867 up and down, and like roll off to the side. 356 00:20:19,467 --> 00:20:21,767 What direction, Jess? Guide me. 357 00:20:21,767 --> 00:20:23,400 East to west. 358 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,467 Uh, starting where the plant is all the way across. 359 00:20:26,467 --> 00:20:29,100 It was definitely not a boat. 360 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,100 It was just, like, moving independently of its own, 361 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:33,867 and it was kinda, like, going up a little bit and then down a little bit. 362 00:20:33,867 --> 00:20:36,000 It was not above the horizon line. 363 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,166 It was actually in between where the plant would be 364 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:42,367 and where I'm standing on the mountain. 365 00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:44,867 -[Phil] That sounds pretty close. -[Jess] I know. 366 00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:46,867 I didn't even see anything with my bare eyes. 367 00:20:46,867 --> 00:20:48,433 It was only with the binoculars. 368 00:20:49,667 --> 00:20:50,967 East to west. 369 00:20:54,166 --> 00:20:55,266 Wild. 370 00:20:57,367 --> 00:20:58,967 I don't know what I just saw. 371 00:20:58,967 --> 00:21:00,166 Oh, it's gone. 372 00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:03,300 [Phil] Okay. We got something. 373 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:05,600 I'm gonna set my camera up on a tripod 374 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,200 'cause I've... I've really good visibility up here. 375 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,800 Didn't see what you saw, 376 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,667 but maybe if we keep the camera running we'll get lucky. 377 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:14,900 [Jess] I definitely wanna keep the camera's going tonight. 378 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:16,033 Absolutely. 379 00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:22,400 [Phil] We set up static cameras in both of our locations 380 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,634 to observe the skies for further activity. 381 00:21:30,467 --> 00:21:32,667 Okay, so we have Fukushima here on the right. 382 00:21:35,767 --> 00:21:37,133 So you go to the horizon. 383 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:41,166 And the sky has taken up everything else. 384 00:21:43,266 --> 00:21:45,333 Okay, we got it recording. Let's see what happens. 385 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:53,100 Jess and I proceed to monitor the Fukushima plant through the night, 386 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,567 but our stakeout yields no additional UFO sightings. 387 00:21:56,567 --> 00:21:59,867 The next morning, we meet back up to download with Josh. 388 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:01,266 -Hey, Josh. -Hey, Josh. 389 00:22:01,266 --> 00:22:02,667 Hey, guys. How are you? 390 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:04,767 You've got a special glow about you. 391 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:06,567 [laughing] 392 00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:09,467 I don't know if you should be making that joke, Josh. 393 00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:13,800 It's honestly been a really haunting experience 394 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,700 going through some of those radiation zones 395 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:18,800 where the radiation levels are still incredibly dangerous. 396 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,667 There are some areas where people still cannot live. 397 00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,500 -Yeah, our... our alarms went off a couple of times. -Yeah. 398 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:27,767 All right. That's terrifying. Stay safe out there. 399 00:22:27,767 --> 00:22:29,667 How did that first investigation go? 400 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:32,166 So first night investigation actually was interesting. 401 00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:35,533 We got something that I can't quite explain. 402 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:38,233 Hold on. 403 00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:41,500 Holy [bleep]! 404 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,266 -Wow. -Yeah, and it only showed up on IR and night vision. 405 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:48,400 It was not there with naked eyes. 406 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,100 After looking at both of the recordings that she got of this thing, 407 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:55,200 -it's pretty weird. -So, Phil, are you telling me it could be a UFO? 408 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,367 Well, let's just say we should keep our eyes on the nuclear power plant. 409 00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:01,367 There... There could be some things flying around there. 410 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:02,600 Okay, great. 411 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,100 And I wanted to touch base because I just got an update 412 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,767 on the access to the International UFO Laboratory. 413 00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:10,166 You're in. This place is in Iino 414 00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:13,200 which is referred to sometimes as the "Roswell of Japan," 415 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,800 and they have a treasure trove of sensitive documents there, 416 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,500 and you have been granted full clearance to go and take a look at them. 417 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,400 I mean, that sounds awesome. 418 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,667 And there's more. 419 00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:26,867 It's right next to Mount Senganmori. 420 00:23:26,867 --> 00:23:29,367 Now, dating back to feudal times in Japan, 421 00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:33,567 this mountain was a supposed hotbed of UFO activity. 422 00:23:33,567 --> 00:23:36,567 Sightings have actually been picking up recently. 423 00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:38,467 So keep an eye on the skies. 424 00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,200 -Cool. -Yeah, that sounds amazing. 425 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,567 Good luck. Can't wait to see what you find. 426 00:23:42,567 --> 00:23:44,100 -See you, Josh. -Bye, Josh. 427 00:23:46,066 --> 00:23:50,567 [Phil] It's a 90-minute drive from Fukushima to the UFO mecca of Iino, 428 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:54,066 where Jess and I pull into the International UFO Laboratory. 429 00:23:55,166 --> 00:23:57,667 Opening its doors in 2021, 430 00:23:57,667 --> 00:24:01,100 the lab contains countless examples of documentation 431 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:04,166 claiming to prove the existence of UFOs, 432 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:07,800 including photos, video clips and declassified documents. 433 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,266 [Jess] We're, like, right around here, yeah. 434 00:24:09,266 --> 00:24:10,967 -Oh, that's us. -[Phil] Yeah. 435 00:24:10,967 --> 00:24:12,967 -[Jess] Look at all these hot spots. -[Phil] Yeah. 436 00:24:15,367 --> 00:24:17,300 And you know what's down there? 437 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:18,767 [Jess] The power plant. 438 00:24:18,767 --> 00:24:20,867 Ooh. Recent sightings right here. 439 00:24:20,867 --> 00:24:21,967 [Jess] Oh, nice. 440 00:24:21,967 --> 00:24:23,567 These are all '20, '21. 441 00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:26,100 So these are recent. Look at that. 442 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:29,100 [Jess] This is the stuff that I'm like, "What the heck?" Right? 443 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,967 Because you could no get a drone that high. 444 00:24:30,967 --> 00:24:33,667 [Phil] Uh-uh. Little white dot again. 445 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:36,900 Hard to make out what that is, but it doesn't look like a plane. 446 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,266 They've kind of got it all here. 447 00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:41,266 They did a really good job curating all of these, 448 00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:44,000 -you know, potentially legitimate sightings. -[Jess] Yeah. 449 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,266 I've honestly never seen so many UFO photos in one spot. 450 00:24:47,266 --> 00:24:49,400 [Phil] Yeah, this is something different. 451 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,467 -[Jess] It's pretty astounding. -[Phil] Yeah. 452 00:24:51,467 --> 00:24:53,100 After a quick walk through the lab, 453 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:55,667 we were able to visit with one of its founders, 454 00:24:55,667 --> 00:24:57,367 Tsugio Kinoshita. 455 00:24:57,367 --> 00:25:00,166 With decades of UFO research under his belt, 456 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,400 Kinoshita is the foremost authority 457 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,400 -on unexplained aerial phenomena in the region. -Wow. 458 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,867 Kinoshita-san, how did you get involved in researching UFOs? 459 00:25:09,867 --> 00:25:13,400 [speaking in Japanese] 460 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,767 [translated in English] It really started when I saw my first UFO. 461 00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:18,667 I was 25 years old, 462 00:25:18,667 --> 00:25:23,667 and that was the first time I saw something in the sky that I couldn't explain. 463 00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:25,800 It was just hovering in the sky, 464 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,000 and then it suddenly disappeared. 465 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,867 I made up this picture after the incident 466 00:25:30,867 --> 00:25:33,667 because I was always asked about it. 467 00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:35,266 It's just how I remember it. 468 00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:37,467 It looked silver and metallic. 469 00:25:37,467 --> 00:25:38,967 [speaking in Japanese] 470 00:25:38,967 --> 00:25:43,900 How many sightings have you had personally over the course of your life? 471 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:45,800 [translated in English] Five sightings total. 472 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,867 [Jess] Wow. When did you decide to start collecting 473 00:25:48,867 --> 00:25:52,266 other people's experiences and stories and documenting them? 474 00:25:52,266 --> 00:25:53,600 [speaking in Japanese] 475 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,266 [translated in English] I started collecting witness testimonials 476 00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:58,000 around age 31. 477 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,667 More and more people just kept coming to me 478 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:05,100 with their sightings and their stories like the ones I had. 479 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,867 [Jess] Kinoshita claims he's collected eyewitness testimony 480 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:12,200 from more than 300 separate UFO sightings over the years. 481 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,166 Many of them center around this mysterious Mount Senganmori. 482 00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:21,300 So why do you think Senganmori is in the center of all this activity? 483 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:23,967 What's attracting the UFOs to that particular area? 484 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,200 [speaking in Japanese] 485 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,400 [translated in English] I think it's because 486 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,100 of the geography of the mountain. 487 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:32,000 It's not like any other mountain around here. 488 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 It's almost a perfect pyramid. 489 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,400 And I think that shape might act as some kind of beacon for UFOs. 490 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,100 We also installed a powerful spotlight on the top of the mountain, 491 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,567 and that might act as an even greater beacon 492 00:26:44,567 --> 00:26:48,066 because there have been a lot of UFO sightings there since. 493 00:26:49,467 --> 00:26:52,066 If you go to the top of the mountain tonight, 494 00:26:52,066 --> 00:26:54,634 your chances of seeing a UFO are very high. 495 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,567 -[Phil] Arigatou. -Arigatou gozaimasu. 496 00:26:58,567 --> 00:27:01,000 [Phil] After that bold prediction from Kinoshita, 497 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,300 we head out to investigate Mount Senganmori itself. 498 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:06,967 Like our Fukushima power plant investigation, 499 00:27:06,967 --> 00:27:09,367 we devise a plan to split up. 500 00:27:09,367 --> 00:27:12,066 Jess and the crew will climb up to the observation station 501 00:27:12,066 --> 00:27:13,667 at the top of the mountain, 502 00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:16,266 while I secure my own view from the air. 503 00:27:16,266 --> 00:27:18,166 -Captain Jim. -Hi. 504 00:28:07,166 --> 00:28:09,834 [breathing deeply] 505 00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:18,233 [Jess] We've got a shrine over here. 506 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,867 Oh, look at this. 507 00:28:24,867 --> 00:28:27,467 Oh, my God, look at this view! 508 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,333 [gasps] 509 00:28:58,367 --> 00:29:00,266 [Jess] The DAP camera is one of the most 510 00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:02,567 sophisticated pieces of tech that we have. 511 00:29:02,567 --> 00:29:05,166 It stands for Data Acquisition Project, 512 00:29:05,166 --> 00:29:08,800 and it uses a pan-tilt zoom camera with optical software 513 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,100 to enable moving target detection and tracking. 514 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:15,266 If there's anything in the skies flying over this mountain, 515 00:29:15,266 --> 00:29:17,100 this camera will zero in on it 516 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:20,000 and recognize all airborne objects in its database, 517 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,533 like an airplane or a helicopter. 518 00:29:23,967 --> 00:29:26,467 All right. DAPs up. We are running. 519 00:29:26,467 --> 00:29:28,567 We got a clear view of the sky. 520 00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:32,066 Cameras north, south, east, west. They're set. 521 00:29:32,066 --> 00:29:34,200 And just in time because I'm pretty sure 522 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,567 I can hear a helicopter on the horizon, 523 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:38,667 which means Phil is on his way, not too far off. 524 00:29:38,667 --> 00:29:40,867 So we did this just in time. 525 00:29:52,266 --> 00:29:53,500 -[Phil] Oh, my gosh. -[Jim speaking] 526 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,667 -[Phil laughing] -[Jim speaking] 527 00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:58,266 [Phil] Ooh! 528 00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:06,333 [laughing] 529 00:30:11,767 --> 00:30:14,066 -[Jim speaking] -[Phil speaking] 530 00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:22,467 Copy. I see you. 531 00:30:22,467 --> 00:30:24,600 What does the shape of the mountain look like? 532 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,266 Does it look like a pyramid? 533 00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:29,567 [Phil speaking] 534 00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:46,266 Okay? I'm, uh, I'm watching the DAP. 535 00:30:46,266 --> 00:30:48,634 You just let me know if you see anything weird on your end. 536 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,567 Phil, you copy? 537 00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:27,767 It's traveling east to west, so heading inland. 538 00:31:31,266 --> 00:31:33,767 It just disappeared on my end. Do you see it? 539 00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:37,066 [Phil speaking] 540 00:31:43,166 --> 00:31:44,333 Um, wait. 541 00:31:57,767 --> 00:31:59,734 [Jess] It should be right by you. 542 00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:29,200 I caught something on the DAP. 543 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,867 It was headed towards the west. 544 00:32:30,867 --> 00:32:33,367 I don't see it with my eyes, but, I mean, we've got it. 545 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:34,467 I'm recording. 546 00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:45,867 One of the most important engineers in Japan's history, 547 00:32:45,867 --> 00:32:49,066 took the study of UFOs very seriously. 548 00:32:49,066 --> 00:32:52,667 Engineer Jiro Horikoshi designed the zero fighter plane 549 00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:55,100 used in the attack on Pearl Harbor, 550 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:58,166 and he also researched UFOs. 551 00:32:58,166 --> 00:33:02,500 Horikoshi's fascination with flying saucers began, as it did for many, 552 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:05,967 when he heard the account of American pilot Kenneth Arnold. 553 00:33:05,967 --> 00:33:11,066 Arnold was jetting over Washington State on June 24th, 1947, 554 00:33:11,066 --> 00:33:15,467 when he observed a string of nine bright saucer-like objects. 555 00:33:15,467 --> 00:33:21,000 Shockingly, the unidentified objects appear to travel at 1,200 miles per hour, 556 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,667 twice the speed of any plane at the time. 557 00:33:23,667 --> 00:33:26,767 News of Arnold's sightings spread around the world 558 00:33:26,767 --> 00:33:29,467 and inspired the term "flying saucer." 559 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:32,500 June 24th became known as World UFO Day, 560 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:34,700 and to celebrate it, in 2021, 561 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:39,066 the International UFO Lab in Iino first opened its doors. 562 00:33:51,567 --> 00:33:53,934 I'm losing you. I'm sorry. I can't copy. 563 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,166 [Jess speaking] 564 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:10,166 All right, go ahead and land. 565 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,567 Oh, yeah, they're out. 566 00:34:15,567 --> 00:34:16,967 We got it on the DAP, though. 567 00:34:16,967 --> 00:34:19,266 And I swear to God, I heard Phil say that he got something. 568 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,867 So I think we're good. 569 00:34:36,467 --> 00:34:39,166 [Phil] As the UFO phenomenon has grown over the decades, 570 00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:43,467 so too has the international response trying to engage them. 571 00:34:43,467 --> 00:34:45,500 One of the most famous examples of fighter jets 572 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,867 tracking an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon 573 00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:50,667 is this video of a 2004 incident, 574 00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:52,867 since dubbed the "Tic Tac" event. 575 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:56,300 Taken aboard a US Navy aircraft over the Pacific, 576 00:34:56,300 --> 00:35:01,266 the pilots encountered a cylindrical flying object moving at unfathomable speeds. 577 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:02,767 [indistinct radio chatter] 578 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,266 [pilot] Whoa! Got it! [laughing] 579 00:35:05,266 --> 00:35:07,100 [Phil] But the growing wave of aerial engagement 580 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:09,900 is not exclusive to the US military. 581 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:11,567 In early 2023, 582 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:15,266 it was reported that there have been 45 separate incidents 583 00:35:15,266 --> 00:35:19,734 where Russian military has scrambled fighter jets to follow UFOs. 584 00:35:36,867 --> 00:35:38,166 File saved. 585 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:39,400 I'm gonna leave these things running 586 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,200 just in case we get another hit. 587 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:42,700 I'm gonna have Phil meet me here, 588 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:44,667 and let's just go over everything we got 589 00:35:44,667 --> 00:35:47,233 'cause I wanna see what he ended up catching on his end. 590 00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:51,567 While I wait for Phil to return 591 00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:54,600 and for the powerful beacon lights to turn on, 592 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:59,567 I make sure all of our digital eyes are pointed to the skies and recording. 593 00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:01,800 All right, so cameras are up. 594 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,767 We're covered pretty much all the way around this platform. 595 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:07,066 Car is down there. 596 00:36:07,867 --> 00:36:09,100 Lots of dust and bugs, 597 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:12,767 so we gotta be careful not to make any false positives. 598 00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:15,233 But so far, everything's been pretty still. 599 00:36:17,066 --> 00:36:18,567 Okay, so we've got about a minute 600 00:36:18,567 --> 00:36:20,166 before these beacon lights turn on. 601 00:36:20,166 --> 00:36:22,033 They're right behind the sign here. 602 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,367 Oh, yeah, I see them. 603 00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:29,533 Nice! 604 00:36:30,467 --> 00:36:32,433 All right, so that reaches up into space. 605 00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:35,233 Well, hopefully, we see some UFOs. 606 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:36,934 Time to check the DAP. 607 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:43,300 I think we got something. Hold on. 608 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:45,533 Let me see. Play this back really quick. 609 00:36:48,266 --> 00:36:50,467 Let's see. Oh, yeah, we do! 610 00:36:50,467 --> 00:36:52,266 Watch. Okay. So that's a plane, right? 611 00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:53,400 So then we saw that. 612 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,634 Look at that, and it starts following the plane back. 613 00:36:59,567 --> 00:37:01,600 So the DAP locked onto the plane movement, 614 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,600 and then that second light, whatever that is, 615 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,400 started following the plane. 616 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:07,667 We've got another hit. 617 00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:10,934 That is a lot of activity for this area. 618 00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:16,266 I mean, that combined with what I saw earlier, 619 00:37:16,266 --> 00:37:17,867 and hopefully Phil got eyes on, 620 00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:20,433 and was able to capture on his end, I mean... 621 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:25,967 ...this is a pretty busy mountain for UFOs. [chuckles] 622 00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:34,600 [Phil grunts] 623 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,333 I see the bat signal's been deployed. 624 00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:39,100 Jess, this thing's amazing. 625 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:40,634 -[Jess] Pretty cool, huh? -[Phil] Yeah. 626 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:45,000 -[grunts] -[Jess] All right. First things first. 627 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,500 Did you get it on camera? 628 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,000 -Let me show you. Okay, so I immediately... -Oh, good, okay. 629 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,867 -[Jess] Let's see. Uh-huh. -...downloaded the footage because... 630 00:37:51,867 --> 00:37:53,867 -Yes. Look right there. Look right here. -[Jess] Uh-huh. 631 00:37:53,867 --> 00:37:55,433 -[Phil] Look at that. -[Jess] Oh, [bleep]! 632 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:58,667 Oh, my God. You totally did. 633 00:37:58,667 --> 00:37:59,800 -Right. -[Jess] Yeah. 634 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,467 -That was what you saw. -[Jess] That's what I was-- 635 00:38:01,467 --> 00:38:02,734 Well, that's what the DAP saw. 636 00:38:13,066 --> 00:38:15,667 I could see the helicopter with my eyes. 637 00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:19,467 -I could not see whatever it was. -It was tiny. 638 00:38:19,467 --> 00:38:20,667 I could barely see it. 639 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:22,367 Let me show you this other clip. Okay. 640 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:26,100 So here's where it gets kind of insane. 641 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,166 -[Jess] Okay. -You see what's on that side of the screen. 642 00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:32,567 [Jess] Oh, whoa! those are military jets. 643 00:38:32,567 --> 00:38:35,166 [Phil] There's two of them. It almost looks like they're flying in formation. 644 00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:38,767 -Oh, yeah, it does. -And then do you see, from this perspective, 645 00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:41,367 it almost looks like they're doing a flyby. 646 00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:46,166 -I'm stoked. -No, I'm very impressed. 647 00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:47,367 I'm very happy also. 648 00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:49,200 After that, we've been getting... 649 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,467 -Check this out. -On the DAP? 650 00:38:50,467 --> 00:38:52,467 -On the DAP. -Let me see this. 651 00:38:52,467 --> 00:38:54,667 -That's the plane that the DAP grabs onto, right? -[Phil] Gotcha. Gotcha. 652 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,166 -Whoa. -[Jess] Check that out. Did you see? 653 00:38:56,166 --> 00:38:59,066 -[Phil] Whoa! -See that second light and how it starts to follow it. 654 00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:04,367 -Uh, what? -'Cause see that... you can tell that's the plane 655 00:39:04,367 --> 00:39:06,367 -because of the way it's flickering its lights. -That is a plane. 656 00:39:06,367 --> 00:39:08,667 -You can almost see the... the tail. -[Jess] I know. 657 00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:14,400 It's compelling footage. Between what I saw up there... 658 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,400 -[Jess] Yeah. -...and that, 659 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,166 they're not flying saucers in the sky 660 00:39:19,166 --> 00:39:21,100 that are coming close to us and hovering, 661 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,867 but they're still really weird. 662 00:39:22,867 --> 00:39:24,667 Super weird. 663 00:39:24,667 --> 00:39:27,700 I've never been that confused by what I saw in the sky. 664 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:30,000 How many hours do we have left on the generator for the DAP cam? 665 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,867 I think we got, like, six to eight. 666 00:39:31,867 --> 00:39:33,300 That's basically until the sun comes up. 667 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:35,567 -But let's just leave it running. -[Jess] Leave it running. 668 00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:37,834 -I think we'll get more stuff. -Yeah. 669 00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:50,967 [Josh] Phil and Jess continued to scan the skies above Mount Senganmori 670 00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:52,567 well into the early morning, 671 00:39:52,567 --> 00:39:56,200 and it would prove to be one of the busiest nights of their lives. 672 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,367 All of the following images were captured on the DAP camera 673 00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:01,100 in the predawn hours. 674 00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:04,467 Each clip shows one or more unidentified phenomena 675 00:40:04,467 --> 00:40:08,266 flying in the Earth's atmosphere above or near the mountain. 676 00:40:08,266 --> 00:40:09,667 What's truly bizarre, 677 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:12,500 is that some of the objects that the DAP zeros in on 678 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:15,066 appear to exhibit propulsion capabilities 679 00:40:15,066 --> 00:40:17,667 that defy conventional physics. 680 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:20,200 While others almost seem to engage 681 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:24,166 and possibly mimic known aircraft flying nearby. 682 00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:27,367 As for the infamous Fukushima UFO video, 683 00:40:27,367 --> 00:40:29,700 after leaving her camera running throughout the night, 684 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:34,700 Jess was able to recreate that mysterious footage fairly convincingly, 685 00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:39,100 chalking up the alleged lights in the sky to boats out on the sea. 686 00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:42,500 In the end, It seems to be a case of forced perspective, 687 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,867 and can be clearly debunked. 688 00:40:44,867 --> 00:40:48,100 But what remains a mystery is the rogue illuminated object 689 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:51,800 that Jess captured flying much closer to her location. 690 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,033 -[Phil] Whoa! -See that second light and how it starts to follow it. 691 00:40:56,367 --> 00:40:57,900 -Uh, what? -'Cause see that's-- 692 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:00,100 [Josh] And we cannot say whether that object 693 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:05,100 might be somehow connected to the unusual telemetry observed on the DAP cam. 694 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:09,100 My team has conducted countless skywatching expeditions over the years 695 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,266 to answer the age-old question, 696 00:41:11,266 --> 00:41:14,333 are we being visited by otherworldly beings? 697 00:41:16,266 --> 00:41:18,467 Clearly more evidence is necessary. 698 00:41:18,467 --> 00:41:20,667 But never before has our technology 699 00:41:20,667 --> 00:41:22,800 provided such a strong indication 700 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,367 that the answer could be an astonishing, yes.