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.