1 00:00:00,801 --> 00:00:02,201 [josh] tonight on expedition x, 2 00:00:02,236 --> 00:00:06,905 the conclusion of one of our most perplexing investigations ever. 3 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:08,774 [jessica] oh, my god. 4 00:00:08,809 --> 00:00:09,708 Are you seeing what I'm seeing? 5 00:00:09,744 --> 00:00:11,477 [josh] for over a century, 6 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:13,912 mysterious, unidentified objects have been spotted 7 00:00:13,948 --> 00:00:18,283 above and below the water near southern california. 8 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:20,285 But what are they? 9 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:21,520 Captain, stop the boat! 10 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:22,821 We got something down there. 11 00:00:22,857 --> 00:00:25,424 [josh] and what's attracting them to this spot? 12 00:00:25,459 --> 00:00:28,427 Our government is taking this topic seriously, 13 00:00:28,462 --> 00:00:29,728 that these things are indeed real. 14 00:00:29,764 --> 00:00:32,398 [josh] the former director of the pentagon's 15 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:35,300 top secret ufo program speaks out, 16 00:00:35,336 --> 00:00:36,668 we have something flying around 17 00:00:36,704 --> 00:00:39,304 that we really have no idea what it is, 18 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:41,373 where it's from, what the intentions are. 19 00:00:41,409 --> 00:00:42,541 Wait, you seeing that? 20 00:00:42,576 --> 00:00:44,510 And joins my team to hunt down 21 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:47,713 strange crafts reported in these shadowy depths. 22 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:49,681 I don't know what the hell it is. 23 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:50,682 What are we looking at right here? 24 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:54,053 Can they explain the unexplainable? 25 00:00:54,088 --> 00:00:57,189 We just got a big flash on the rov screen. 26 00:00:57,224 --> 00:00:59,224 And uncover the secrets 27 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:00,559 [jessica] holy [bleep]. 28 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:03,929 I just saw a light come out of the water. 29 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,498 Of the aliens of the deep. 30 00:01:06,534 --> 00:01:08,167 What the... 31 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:11,403 [josh] my name is josh gates. 32 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:12,504 In my travels 33 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:14,506 I've experienced strange things 34 00:01:14,542 --> 00:01:15,674 that defy logic 35 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:18,377 and made me question everything. 36 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:19,711 Oh, my god. 37 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:22,648 Now I've put together a team to investigate 38 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:25,250 the stranger side of the unknown. 39 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:27,286 Let's go! 40 00:01:27,321 --> 00:01:31,390 Phil torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations. 41 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:35,094 [speaking] 42 00:01:35,129 --> 00:01:37,262 [josh] jessica chobot's paranormal research 43 00:01:37,298 --> 00:01:39,398 has made her a true believer. 44 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:40,566 Phil did you see that? 45 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:42,501 [jessica] I just saw something run across. 46 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:44,369 [josh] together, we're searching for answers 47 00:01:44,405 --> 00:01:45,604 what is that? 48 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:48,874 To the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 49 00:01:49,477 --> 00:01:52,277 This is expedition x. 50 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:59,551 My team is deep into an investigation on catalina island. 51 00:01:59,587 --> 00:02:02,254 Off the coast of southern california, 52 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:04,389 a global hotspot for ufos 53 00:02:04,425 --> 00:02:05,624 and usos, 54 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:08,827 unidentified submerged objects, 55 00:02:08,863 --> 00:02:13,365 which includes the now iconic uss nimitz event. 56 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,733 When the u.S. Navy captured 57 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:18,370 an anomalous tic tac-shaped craft on camera 58 00:02:18,405 --> 00:02:20,873 flying at supersonic speeds. 59 00:02:21,442 --> 00:02:22,741 So far, phil and jess 60 00:02:22,776 --> 00:02:25,477 have both had incredible encounters, 61 00:02:25,513 --> 00:02:27,880 including capturing a strange object 62 00:02:27,915 --> 00:02:30,149 on their state-of-the-art dap camera. 63 00:02:30,184 --> 00:02:31,583 Whoa! 64 00:02:31,619 --> 00:02:35,020 There's some sort of an underwater base down there. 65 00:02:38,459 --> 00:02:39,057 Oh, holy [bleep]! 66 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:41,326 [jessica] right there! Right there! 67 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:44,363 [phil] jess I'm seeing a light up ahead. 68 00:02:48,469 --> 00:02:49,368 Keep trying to pull me in. 69 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:50,469 [incoherent radio chatter] 70 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:52,171 phil are you okay in there? 71 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:55,007 [phil speaking over radio] 72 00:02:55,309 --> 00:02:56,141 phil... 73 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,216 [bleep]. The light, it's gone. 74 00:03:05,286 --> 00:03:06,385 Phil, are you okay in there? 75 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:13,358 Very rocky seas. 76 00:03:13,394 --> 00:03:14,459 It's pitch black out here. 77 00:03:14,495 --> 00:03:16,395 He's in a cave in a kayak by himself. 78 00:03:17,798 --> 00:03:20,165 [jessica] if he doesn't respond, we're gonna go in after him. 79 00:03:25,673 --> 00:03:26,972 [phil over radio] jess, you copy? 80 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:29,908 Can you hear me? Are you okay? 81 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:32,678 I'm out. I'm not sure where this thing sent me, but... 82 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:33,812 I'm out. I'm not seeing the ship. 83 00:03:33,847 --> 00:03:36,548 Okay, what was going on? You didn't answer. 84 00:03:36,584 --> 00:03:38,050 I could not hear you. 85 00:03:38,586 --> 00:03:39,518 I'm not seeing the ship. 86 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:40,719 Let me flash the deck lights 87 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:42,421 and let me know if you can see 'em. 88 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:46,291 You see that? 89 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,262 Gotcha. 90 00:03:51,165 --> 00:03:52,030 Heading your way. 91 00:03:58,739 --> 00:04:01,173 [suspenseful music playing] 92 00:04:04,712 --> 00:04:06,545 all right, coming in hot. You got me? 93 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:07,646 Yeah, I gotcha. 94 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:09,982 I'll maneuver here. 95 00:04:12,353 --> 00:04:14,253 [jessica grunts] you saw a light? 96 00:04:15,322 --> 00:04:16,321 I saw something. 97 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:17,089 What did it look like? 98 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:18,557 Saw a glow. 99 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:20,525 To me it just looked bright. 100 00:04:20,561 --> 00:04:22,394 I'm not really sure, 101 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:22,861 but it was, 102 00:04:23,664 --> 00:04:25,030 as far as I can tell, underwater. 103 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:30,636 So what you're telling me is you saw an unidentified submerged object. 104 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:32,170 I saw something under there. 105 00:04:32,206 --> 00:04:33,705 [phil] what I saw under the water 106 00:04:33,741 --> 00:04:37,576 definitely lines up with the countless reports of usos in this region. 107 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:39,344 Local eyewitnesses often report 108 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:41,747 strange and mysterious lights under the surface 109 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:44,416 but there could be a natural explanation. 110 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:46,418 The only other thing I could think of is, 111 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:48,820 maybe if we were seeing some bioluminescence. 112 00:04:48,856 --> 00:04:50,689 Maybe there's something moving under the water 113 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:53,892 causing those phytoplankton to really light up. 114 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:56,895 Bioluminescence is sometimes caused by tiny algae 115 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:59,765 or a kind of plankton in the water, which when agitated 116 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,733 can light up as a defense mechanism. 117 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:04,736 And beyond algae, certain fish, squid, 118 00:05:04,772 --> 00:05:07,773 and jellyfish are also bioluminescent. 119 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:10,642 So, I can't rule that out as a possibility. 120 00:05:10,678 --> 00:05:13,645 I'm not gonna go full-blown, "I saw an alien uso." 121 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:15,747 I just wanted to make sure that 122 00:05:15,783 --> 00:05:18,650 that I wasn't seeing something that wasn't there. 123 00:05:18,686 --> 00:05:21,553 So, if you saw it too, I can live with that. 124 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:23,455 I saw it too. 125 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:24,990 [jessica] whether we witnessed bioluminescence 126 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:29,294 or the eerie glow from an unidentified object under the water, 127 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:30,929 we can't be sure. 128 00:05:30,964 --> 00:05:33,598 The tide is too high to safely reenter the cave 129 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:36,234 so, we keep scanning the water around it. 130 00:05:36,270 --> 00:05:37,803 Nothing right now. 131 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:41,239 By morning we have no new lights to report. 132 00:05:43,444 --> 00:05:44,476 But josh sends us 133 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:45,744 an urgent message. 134 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:47,679 Hey, how'd it go last night? 135 00:05:47,715 --> 00:05:50,248 Oh, well, phil almost died last night, 136 00:05:50,284 --> 00:05:51,283 so pretty amazing. 137 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:52,984 Yeah, I kayaked into a sea cave 138 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:55,687 in choppy waters at high tide at night. 139 00:05:55,723 --> 00:05:56,888 Oh, yeah. That's not safe. 140 00:05:57,458 --> 00:05:58,757 [jessica] we update josh 141 00:05:58,792 --> 00:06:01,727 about the mysterious blue light we both saw under the water. 142 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:02,828 While phil thinks 143 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:06,198 bioluminescence is the most likely explanation, 144 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,366 as far as I'm concerned 145 00:06:07,401 --> 00:06:09,634 these lights are most likely usos 146 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:12,604 and could be originating from an underwater base. 147 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:14,206 I can't wait to see the footage. 148 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:15,374 I have more good news. 149 00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:16,475 Which is that, 150 00:06:16,510 --> 00:06:17,909 the guy that we were speaking about, 151 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:21,413 luis elizondo, the former head of the pentagon ufo program, 152 00:06:21,448 --> 00:06:22,481 tracked him down, 153 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,616 and not only is he willing to talk to you, 154 00:06:24,651 --> 00:06:26,485 he is on his way out to you. 155 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,487 -That's awesome! -No way. 156 00:06:28,522 --> 00:06:29,855 This is a huge get. 157 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,490 I mean, this guy is one of the most 158 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:34,526 credible ufo experts in the world 159 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:37,996 and he's coming out there to see if he can help you guys crack this case. 160 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:39,464 I really do feel like, with him out here 161 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,099 we're gonna blow the lid off this thing. 162 00:06:41,135 --> 00:06:41,833 Oh yeah. 163 00:06:41,869 --> 00:06:43,468 Listen, this guy is the real deal, 164 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:44,936 so I'm very hopeful 165 00:06:44,972 --> 00:06:47,439 that you guys are gonna be able to find some answers here. 166 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:48,473 Fantastic. 167 00:06:48,509 --> 00:06:49,341 Keep me posted. 168 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:50,275 Let me know how it goes. 169 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:51,243 Happy ufo hunting. 170 00:06:51,278 --> 00:06:52,411 Awesome, thanks! 171 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,019 [josh] with documented sightings 172 00:07:01,054 --> 00:07:05,323 of unidentified objects above and below the ocean's surface 173 00:07:05,359 --> 00:07:06,625 mounting for decades, 174 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:07,692 the u.S. Government 175 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:09,728 could no longer ignore them. 176 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:12,464 In 2007, the pentagon established 177 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:15,834 the advanced aerospace threat program or aatip, 178 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:19,538 and luis elizondo was appointed director. 179 00:07:19,573 --> 00:07:22,774 Elizondo has had a long career in the military. 180 00:07:22,810 --> 00:07:23,809 After several years in the army, 181 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:26,511 he began working with counter narcotics 182 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:28,880 and counterinsurgency in latin america. 183 00:07:29,416 --> 00:07:30,649 And when 9/11 happened 184 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:33,718 he worked in counter terrorism in afghanistan. 185 00:07:33,754 --> 00:07:35,887 But his next mission was to spearhead 186 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:39,825 the top secret investigation of ufos from the pentagon 187 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:43,328 until his abrupt resignation in 2017. 188 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,165 [jessica] hey! 189 00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:50,202 All right, let's go. 190 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,271 Well, thank you for coming out here. 191 00:07:53,307 --> 00:07:54,673 [luis] absolutely. My pleasure. 192 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:55,941 So you were the head of aatip, 193 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:59,544 the pentagon's program of looking at ufos. 194 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:01,546 What made you resign 195 00:08:01,582 --> 00:08:03,482 and go public with what you've seen? 196 00:08:03,517 --> 00:08:05,383 [luis] well, we had very compelling data 197 00:08:05,419 --> 00:08:06,351 that we have something 198 00:08:06,386 --> 00:08:08,787 flying around in controlled u.S. Airspace 199 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:11,389 that we really have no idea what it is, 200 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:12,657 where it's from, what the intentions are. 201 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:15,260 But the bureaucracy at the pentagon 202 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:16,394 wasn't allowing me 203 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:17,662 and my office 204 00:08:17,698 --> 00:08:20,532 to report this information where it needed to go. 205 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:23,668 And so, I resigned as a matter of protest, 206 00:08:23,704 --> 00:08:26,872 knowing that resignation letter would go straight to the boss. 207 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:30,408 And then he would finally know what was going on 208 00:08:30,444 --> 00:08:31,543 and the truth behind the matter. 209 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:33,278 -And that's not just him -ah! 210 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:35,514 But the public would find out. 211 00:08:35,549 --> 00:08:36,481 Well, yeah. 212 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:37,549 Because of that, 213 00:08:37,584 --> 00:08:40,385 more military eyewitnesses have come forward 214 00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:42,254 and decided to discuss with us 215 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:43,555 collectively, as a nation, 216 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:44,956 their experiences. 217 00:08:44,992 --> 00:08:46,458 And in fact, just because of them, 218 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:48,527 congress is now taking this seriously, 219 00:08:48,562 --> 00:08:49,661 that these things are indeed real. 220 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:51,496 -We still don't know what they are, -yeah. 221 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:52,397 But they're real. 222 00:08:52,466 --> 00:08:53,498 We had our own experience. 223 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:55,834 I mean, this seems to be a hot spot. 224 00:08:55,869 --> 00:09:01,473 So, what makes this area around catalina island so active? 225 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:03,308 Why don't we go up on the bird real quick 226 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:05,277 and let me show you firsthand. 227 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:09,481 [helicopter whirring] 228 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:11,082 all right, up we go! 229 00:09:11,118 --> 00:09:12,250 Oh, my gosh. 230 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:16,154 [dramatic music playing] 231 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:17,989 gorgeous. 232 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:21,960 Hello. 233 00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:26,264 Oh, boy. 234 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:27,365 [jessica] we're barely off the ground 235 00:09:27,401 --> 00:09:30,368 and I can already feel the wind knocking us around. 236 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:31,436 Oh lord. 237 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:32,470 How're we doin', pilot? 238 00:09:32,506 --> 00:09:34,439 [pilot mumbles incoherently] 239 00:09:34,474 --> 00:09:35,674 oh, my. Yeah, great. 240 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:37,676 Why does chasing down ufos 241 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:40,445 always lead to me being up in a helicopter 242 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,248 and having my life flash before my eyes. 243 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:44,616 Jessica's favorite thing. 244 00:09:44,651 --> 00:09:46,484 Helicopters, heights, and turbulence. 245 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,253 Yeah. 246 00:09:48,288 --> 00:09:49,955 -Ooh! -[jessica screams] 247 00:09:55,696 --> 00:09:57,295 -ooh! -[jessica screams] 248 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:01,166 [speaking] 249 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:03,702 [phil] all right, lou. 250 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:07,672 So, what is special about where we are? 251 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,874 [luis] the first thing, you have los angeles over here, 252 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:13,078 when you look south a little bit here on the coastline, 253 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,779 you come to camp pendleton. 254 00:10:14,815 --> 00:10:18,817 Camp pendleton is where the united states marine corps does a lot of their training. 255 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:24,055 But you also have a defunct nuclear power plant. 256 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:26,591 The one thing that we have 257 00:10:26,627 --> 00:10:29,794 a pretty good grasp on within the government, 258 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:33,765 is that there seems to be some sort of nuclear connection with ufos. 259 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,402 Let's not forget that you had the nimitz carrier group, 260 00:10:37,437 --> 00:10:41,039 right here in this area in 2004. You had a nuclear powered submarine. 261 00:10:41,074 --> 00:10:46,011 You also had nuclear capable vessels that are escorting the fleet. 262 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:50,982 That's a huge, huge footprint from a nuclear technology perspective. 263 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:55,720 So, the question we were having in the pentagon was, is it possible 264 00:10:55,756 --> 00:11:01,326 that "tic tac" event was really an attempt to surveil our capabilities? 265 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:06,698 [jessica] ufo encounters near nuclear technology have been reported for decades. 266 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:10,502 Phil and I even investigated the possible connection between nuclear sites 267 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:13,038 and ufos back in new mexico. 268 00:11:15,609 --> 00:11:17,375 We saw a ufo! 269 00:11:17,411 --> 00:11:19,377 An unidentified flying object. 270 00:11:22,449 --> 00:11:28,019 There have been 8,500 sightings near nuclear facilities in the u.S. Alone. 271 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:31,823 But as far as we know, there are no sources of nuclear power 272 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:34,592 beneath the waters around catalina island 273 00:11:34,628 --> 00:11:37,529 attracting ufos under the surface. 274 00:11:37,564 --> 00:11:39,364 [phil] why do you think there's been so many 275 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:41,599 sightings in this area and under the water? 276 00:11:41,635 --> 00:11:45,870 Perhaps there is a hot spot based upon where we are. 277 00:11:45,906 --> 00:11:50,909 So, what I have here is the magnetic survey superimposed on a map. 278 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:52,477 You can see the coastline here. 279 00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:56,781 And we are at catalina island, in a field of nothing for thousands of miles, 280 00:11:56,817 --> 00:12:00,552 all of a sudden you have this weird magnetic anomaly. 281 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:02,187 There's a lot of energy there. 282 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:07,258 [phil] a magnetic anomaly is a variation in strength of the earth's magnetic field. 283 00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:11,362 This can be caused by large concentration of rocks with high metal content 284 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:12,964 or large metal structures. 285 00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:17,001 On luis's map, the red areas represent a constant magnetic field 286 00:12:17,037 --> 00:12:22,707 and the blue, just northwest of catalina, is an area with a stronger magnetic pull. 287 00:12:22,743 --> 00:12:26,678 Could that be the thing that's actually attracting ufos to this area? 288 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:29,647 We get multiple reports and a lot of data 289 00:12:29,683 --> 00:12:33,551 that indicate these things are somehow related 290 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:36,821 to these magnetic anomalies. 291 00:12:36,857 --> 00:12:40,959 Right now, we're hovering over the area which indicated a high level of magnetism 292 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:46,331 on luis's map and has seen the highest concentration of uso reports. 293 00:12:47,701 --> 00:12:50,668 Could whatever's causing that energy be attracting ufos 294 00:12:50,704 --> 00:12:53,438 and explain so many uso sightings? 295 00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:57,976 It's the same area where jess and I saw a mysterious light under the water last night. 296 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:01,713 So, are there other encounters that are as well documented 297 00:13:01,748 --> 00:13:04,649 as the nimitz encounter that just aren't public yet? 298 00:13:04,684 --> 00:13:06,117 I have to be careful what I say. 299 00:13:06,153 --> 00:13:10,321 I will tell you, there are absolutely multiple, multiple other encounters 300 00:13:10,357 --> 00:13:12,190 that are very well documented 301 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,894 with a tremendous amount of fidelity to the data. 302 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:19,497 But I unfortunately, can't discuss those. 303 00:13:19,533 --> 00:13:21,266 I still have a security clearance. 304 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:23,802 -And that's about all I'm prepared to say right now. -Okay. 305 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:26,971 [jessica] after we touch down, I'm splintering off to try to make sense 306 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:29,941 of the mysterious light we saw in the water the other night. 307 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:33,411 Phil thinks it was bioluminescence created by algae. 308 00:13:33,446 --> 00:13:34,846 But I'm not so convinced. 309 00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:38,283 I need to find any recent reports that describe a similar light 310 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:42,954 below the surface to figure out what we, and others, are seeing around here. 311 00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:46,324 Meanwhile, phil and luis head out to our research vessel 312 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:50,261 to see if they can find what's responsible for the magnetic anomaly 313 00:13:50,297 --> 00:13:52,063 deep below the surface. 314 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,033 A lot of the locals here, 315 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:59,537 they actually swear that there is some sort of underwater facility, 316 00:13:59,573 --> 00:14:00,905 a base, a location. 317 00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:03,141 [phil] do you think something like that is possible out here? 318 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:07,078 [luis] well, I think if you look back, even just with our own technology, 319 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:11,816 going back to world war two and what not, we've always had secret submarine bases. 320 00:14:11,852 --> 00:14:15,720 We've had all sorts of top secret locations 321 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:20,024 to support our war machine. But the question is, is it not man-made? 322 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:23,528 [phil] the idea of underwater bases is not science fiction 323 00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:24,963 and definitely not new. 324 00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:28,766 We've had a naval testing facility 1100 feet below the surface 325 00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:31,603 of an idaho lake since world war two. 326 00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:36,574 And near the bahamas, autec, the atlantic undersea test and evaluation center, 327 00:14:36,610 --> 00:14:39,310 located at depths of 6,000 feet, 328 00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:43,648 was specifically built to test underwater vehicles, weapons and systems. 329 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:47,619 Interestingly, ufos have also been reported around autec. 330 00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:50,788 If there were some kind of base under the waters here, 331 00:14:50,824 --> 00:14:53,558 I feel like it would have to be in that deeper water. 332 00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:55,426 [luis] certainly, if you want to keep something secret, 333 00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:59,230 probably the best way to do that would be out of the prying eyes 334 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:02,767 of your enemy. And in this case, the deeper the water, the better. 335 00:15:04,004 --> 00:15:07,238 [jessica] after scouring sources online and in catalina, 336 00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:10,775 I found an eye-witness who saw an unusual light underwater 337 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:13,978 off the island's northern coast around the same time we did. 338 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:17,482 Andrew quintana is a longtime resident of catalina 339 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:20,018 and he knows the coastline well. 340 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,353 So, I've been talking to folks around the island. 341 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:23,955 They said you were the guy to meet up with. 342 00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:25,590 I've lived here for about 15 years 343 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:28,860 and I've seen a lot of things out here that have happened out here on catalina. 344 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:32,363 [jessica] andrew runs an ecotourism company in catalina 345 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:36,701 and he has led tours of the surrounding waters for years. 346 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:39,370 I live right by the ocean. I know what dolphin pods look like. 347 00:15:39,406 --> 00:15:41,406 I know what bioluminescence look like. 348 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:44,242 I saw something that I couldn't really explain. 349 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,843 Were you nervous? Scared? 350 00:15:45,879 --> 00:15:48,680 It was more of a, I need to assess what's going on 351 00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:51,316 right now, before I start thinking I'm crazy. 352 00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:58,056 When you hear someone say that they saw a ufo, and they're certain it's a ufo, 353 00:15:58,091 --> 00:16:01,926 with your background, you know, how do you call out the bs, essentially? 354 00:16:01,962 --> 00:16:06,631 First of all, do these things fall squarely within the five categories of observables, 355 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:09,734 that we at the pentagon were able to determine 356 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:13,271 are they u.S. Technology or are they something completely different? 357 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:14,472 So, there's five observables? 358 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:17,108 [luis] the first one is instantaneous acceleration. 359 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:21,346 The second one is hypersonic velocity. 360 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:25,350 The third one is low observability. 361 00:16:26,453 --> 00:16:28,920 The fourth observable is trans medium travel, 362 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:31,789 the ability to travel, not just in our atmosphere, 363 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:34,425 but in space and possibly underwater. 364 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:37,795 And the last observable is something that can defy 365 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,297 the natural effects of earth's gravity 366 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:42,800 without any obvious signs of propulsion, any obvious signs of lift, 367 00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:46,804 any control surfaces. Nothing that we would normally associate 368 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,041 as being an aircraft or a rocket. 369 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,809 So, when we talk about those five observables, 370 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:55,313 does the nimitz encounter from 2004 hit all five? 371 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:56,848 Absolutely. Every single one. 372 00:16:56,883 --> 00:17:00,952 Imagine now having a vehicle that can do all five of those observables, 373 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:04,655 you're now talking a real serious national security threat. 374 00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:06,357 Wow. 375 00:17:06,393 --> 00:17:09,394 When we were in the chopper, you showed us a map of the magnetic activity. 376 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:11,329 Like, is that near us right now? 377 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,331 Yeah. It's actually right here. 378 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:15,400 [luis] right off your starboard side. 379 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:19,470 I'll tell you what, we have a sonar on board that I think we should put into action 380 00:17:19,506 --> 00:17:22,306 and just see if we can pick up anything down below. 381 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:23,875 Let's do it. 382 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:25,977 [phil] now that we're in our target zone, we'll use two sonar scanners, 383 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:30,748 which will help locate anything unusual and identified steps. 384 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,518 -Hey there, captain. -How we doing? 385 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,753 We're doing good. So we think we're in the target area 386 00:17:35,789 --> 00:17:39,357 where we'd want to start looking down below. So can we kick up the sonar? 387 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:44,462 Okay, so start here on this sonar. 388 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:45,696 -Correct. -Pick something up. 389 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:47,865 And then, these ones up here actually tell you their depth? 390 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:50,568 Correct. The difference in colors that we're seeing here, 391 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:52,937 can you describe what those actually mean? 392 00:17:52,972 --> 00:17:56,874 The darker the color, the denser the object we're targeting. 393 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:59,343 -Okay. -So, the dark red you're seeing there 394 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,511 is the ball of fish. 395 00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:03,948 Nothing yet that screams underwater ufo base. 396 00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:05,083 Maybe that can be dinner. If we don't find anything. 397 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:06,684 I'm up for that. 398 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:09,520 So what should be the plan of action? If we want to cover a lot of ground here, 399 00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:12,223 should we just, kind of, go back and forth on the boat? 400 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:14,625 We're gonna make numerous passes in the general area. 401 00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:17,662 See if we can pick it up here on the sonar. And then we'll narrow in 402 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:20,398 and get the depth meter directly over what we're looking for. 403 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,466 All right. 404 00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,000 See what we can find. 405 00:18:28,575 --> 00:18:29,907 [phil] you seeing that? 406 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,777 We're getting a little hit right there. 407 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,179 It could be kelp or small fish. 408 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:36,781 All right. 409 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:38,983 So, the dark red you're seeing there is the sea floor. 410 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:42,987 And then the shadowing coming off the sea floor there is fish. 411 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:45,256 A lot of fish out here. 412 00:18:50,497 --> 00:18:52,230 So we're seeing more fish. 413 00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:55,766 Hold up! 414 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:58,769 [captain] so, now we're starting to get a big target. 415 00:18:58,805 --> 00:19:01,739 So, what we're seeing right here, that's gonna show up on this pretty soon? 416 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:04,942 Correct. As we move across it, we'll pick it up directly underneath us. 417 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,511 Come on. 418 00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:08,579 -Oh wow. -That is not fish! 419 00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:10,581 [phil] that is incredibly dense. 420 00:19:10,617 --> 00:19:12,850 It's on the bottom of the ocean right here. 421 00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:15,353 That is not a ball of fish. That is structure. 422 00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:17,054 Look at the size of that thing. 423 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,795 You're saying there's a structure on the bottom of the ocean? 424 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,331 There is structure on the bottom. I don't know what it is. 425 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:30,368 Well, that's promising. 426 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:31,536 What the hell is that? 427 00:19:31,571 --> 00:19:32,837 That is not small. 428 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:34,972 [josh] phil and luis elizondo, 429 00:19:35,008 --> 00:19:39,877 the former head of the pentagon's ufo investigation program, 430 00:19:39,913 --> 00:19:41,946 are scanning the waters off of catalina island. 431 00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:45,416 And their research vessel's sonar has just detected 432 00:19:45,451 --> 00:19:48,452 an unknown structure on the sea floor. 433 00:19:48,488 --> 00:19:52,490 Is there anything natural that would explain a structure like that? 434 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,560 -Like coral reefs or... -It's not on the charts. 435 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,695 I feel like, we have to check this thing out. 436 00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,131 Yeah, man. Let's go. Let's get wet. 437 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,266 Captain, we good to anchor here and go for a dive? 438 00:20:02,302 --> 00:20:03,167 Absolutely. 439 00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:08,639 [jessica] andrew quintana tells me the mysterious light he saw in the water, 440 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:10,541 wasn't bioluminescence. 441 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:13,878 We're out there, just me and three of my buddies. 442 00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:17,949 I'd looked down over the boat and there was just something glowing down there. 443 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:19,884 I could tell that it was coming from somewhere very deep. 444 00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:23,454 I was looking down. And then that ball, like, got big, it got small. 445 00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,389 -And then it was gone. -Oh, it was pulsing. 446 00:20:25,425 --> 00:20:27,425 -Yeah. -And then it just disappeared? 447 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,560 It was, like someone turned off the light. 448 00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:31,529 So you don't think it was military or anything like that? 449 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,798 You try to rationalize what you're seeing. It's either... 450 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:37,435 The military with some fun toys they're not telling us about, or something 451 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:38,970 beyond that. 452 00:20:39,005 --> 00:20:42,840 Have there been any other reports from locals of uso's underneath the water? 453 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:46,210 Say about 60% of the people in town have a story. 454 00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:47,278 -Really? -Uh, yeah. 455 00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:48,779 And all in that same area north? 456 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,514 Yeah. 457 00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:53,818 [jessica] as someone who has witnessed bioluminescence in these waters many times, 458 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:56,554 andrew says the unusual light he saw underwater wasn't 459 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,956 naturally occurring phenomenon. 460 00:20:58,992 --> 00:21:03,828 And the fact he saw it around the same time, phil and I saw an unusual light. 461 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:06,430 I'm convinced we're dealing with hell of a lot more than 462 00:21:06,466 --> 00:21:08,966 just some algae that glows in the dark. 463 00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:12,903 Well, thank you so much for all that information. I'll let you know what we find. 464 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:15,873 [phil] our sonar has detected an unidentified structure 465 00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:19,610 that could be creating a magnetic field below the surface. 466 00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:22,780 And potentially, attracting ufo's to the area. 467 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:26,784 On this dive, I'm bringing a waterproof electromagnetic field reader 468 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:29,654 or emf reader that will be able to detect and measure any 469 00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:32,590 magnetic fields below the surface. 470 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,392 [phil] all right, I'm bringing down the emf, 471 00:21:34,427 --> 00:21:37,762 'cause as you said this is a very magnetically active area underneath this right now 472 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:39,563 and perhaps the structure we found, 473 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:41,165 could be giving off some emf's as well. 474 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,969 And I'm gonna bring a water test kit, I wanna look for things like heavy metal, 475 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:49,607 other any traces of any type of radioactive isotopes that maybe we can detect. 476 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,442 More data is good data. 477 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,077 Oh, yeah. 478 00:21:53,613 --> 00:21:55,279 [water splashing] 479 00:21:59,452 --> 00:22:01,652 [phil and luis talking over radio] 480 00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:03,988 [phil] our air tanks are filled with nitrox. 481 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:09,427 A mixture that contains higher amounts of oxygen than the air used in typical scuba tanks. 482 00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:11,796 This prevents nitrogen buildup in our system. 483 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:15,533 Too much nitrogen in the bloodstream can inhibit motor function 484 00:22:15,568 --> 00:22:18,402 and lead to unconsciousness and even death. 485 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:21,772 Down 50 feet now. 486 00:22:21,808 --> 00:22:27,144 [phil] plus the nitrox will double our time underwater so we can dive deeper. 487 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:31,082 [speaking] 488 00:22:31,451 --> 00:22:33,250 [speaking] 489 00:22:33,286 --> 00:22:36,053 [both speaking] 490 00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:40,191 [speaking] 491 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:42,093 [speaking] 492 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,400 [both speaking] 493 00:22:54,407 --> 00:22:55,239 [speaking] 494 00:22:58,111 --> 00:22:59,377 [speaking] 495 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:04,181 [speaking] 496 00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:10,388 [speaking] 497 00:23:12,325 --> 00:23:13,858 [speaking] 498 00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:15,526 [speaking] 499 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:18,295 [both speaking] 500 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:23,434 [phil] most shipwrecks close to the shore of catalina have been documented and mapped. 501 00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:25,770 But just a few miles out and in deeper water, 502 00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:27,004 it's a different story. 503 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:30,674 There could be 100's of uncatalogued wrecks down here. 504 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:33,377 This massive ship is definitely one of those 505 00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,513 and could have been down here for decades. 506 00:23:35,548 --> 00:23:38,149 So who knows what else could be hidden here. 507 00:23:38,184 --> 00:23:40,951 [speaking] 508 00:23:42,221 --> 00:23:44,989 [speaking] 509 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:49,927 [speaking] 510 00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:51,762 [phil] it must be the object that showed up on sonar. 511 00:23:51,798 --> 00:23:55,232 But so far, no unusual magnetism. 512 00:23:56,335 --> 00:23:59,003 [speaking] 513 00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:04,675 [speaking] 514 00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:06,811 [phil] looks like we solved the mystery of the 515 00:24:06,846 --> 00:24:09,113 unidentified structure that appeared on sonar. 516 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:14,151 But as far as identifying the magnetic anomaly that's been detected in the area, 517 00:24:14,187 --> 00:24:15,753 I'm still not getting any readings. 518 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:19,256 This ship is definitely not the source of that energy. 519 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:22,092 [speaking] 520 00:24:22,128 --> 00:24:25,162 [phil] so we venture beyond the wreck and keep searching. 521 00:24:28,501 --> 00:24:30,501 [speaking] 522 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:32,136 look how deep it is out there. 523 00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:36,707 [phil] the sea-force soon plummets down into a very deep 524 00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:39,543 underwater canyon with no bottom in sight. 525 00:24:39,579 --> 00:24:40,678 [emf buzzing] 526 00:24:40,713 --> 00:24:43,347 wait. I'm getting a huge spike. 527 00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:45,015 [device beeps] 528 00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:52,490 [speaking] 529 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,391 [speaking] 530 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:58,329 [speaking] 531 00:24:58,364 --> 00:24:59,864 [speaking] 532 00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:03,567 [phil] the sea floor beyond the shipwreck plummets into an abyss. 533 00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:06,103 So whatever's setting of the emf reader is a lot 534 00:25:06,138 --> 00:25:10,307 farther down than our current dive gear or physiology can handle. 535 00:25:14,547 --> 00:25:15,546 [speaking] 536 00:25:15,581 --> 00:25:17,047 [speaking] 537 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:19,383 [phil] we collect the water sample so we can test for heavy metals, 538 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,051 radioactive isotopes 539 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:25,789 or anything else that could be rising from the sea floor 100's of feet below 540 00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:31,028 and provide a new insight into what's causing the magnetic energy in the area. 541 00:25:31,464 --> 00:25:33,831 [speaking] 542 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:36,367 [phil] and ascend back to the surface. 543 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:39,503 Whoo! I mean... 544 00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:40,671 That was incredible! 545 00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:42,573 Yeah, that was pretty incredible. 546 00:25:42,608 --> 00:25:45,442 [luis] that hit I got on the emf reader from the deep water, 547 00:25:45,478 --> 00:25:46,644 something is down there. 548 00:25:46,679 --> 00:25:48,345 I mean this is the right area. 549 00:25:48,381 --> 00:25:50,381 And that wreck, it goes to show just 550 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:52,750 how easy it is to hide a giant... 551 00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:54,818 Object under the water. 552 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,588 [phil] the emf reading's didn't come from the shipwrecks, 553 00:25:57,623 --> 00:26:00,958 so that can't be the source of the magnetic energy in the area. 554 00:26:00,993 --> 00:26:05,596 There must be something deeper in the channel generating magnetism. 555 00:26:05,631 --> 00:26:07,798 Well, I'm gonna be curious what this water sample shows. 556 00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:08,866 Yeah, me too. 557 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,168 This is exactly where we think we would see something. 558 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:14,872 [phil] I'll send the water samples we collected back to the mainland for testing. 559 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:19,076 Luis has to leave but the captain and I are getting our hands on some heavier tech 560 00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:23,247 to investigate what could be at the bottom of that deep trench. 561 00:26:23,282 --> 00:26:24,582 But before we head out, 562 00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:25,883 jess and I need to compare notes. 563 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:30,087 Andrew told me that, a lot of the locals have eye witnessed 564 00:26:30,122 --> 00:26:34,358 craft overlooking from the shore overlooking the channel when you were with luis. 565 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:35,559 So I'm gonna head up there. 566 00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:38,395 And I'll keep an eye on the sky watching for any ufo's 567 00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:40,764 flying around or into the water. 568 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,733 Why don't you take the boat? 569 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:46,437 And that actually works out great because I have a new piece of tech to put to use. 570 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:47,972 -What is it? -It's a magnetometer. 571 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:51,508 It kinda looks like a missile that you drag in the water behind the boat. 572 00:26:51,544 --> 00:26:54,678 But it also can detect, something metal underwater. 573 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:57,915 At much better depths and it is more accurate than my emf reader. 574 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,751 So really, you're gonna take out a gigantic emf metal 575 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:03,687 detector to try to find uso's underwater? 576 00:27:04,357 --> 00:27:06,256 Sure, that about sums it up. 577 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,092 I'm into it. Cheers. 578 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:09,093 Cheers. 579 00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:15,566 [phil] jess positions herself overlooking the waters between catalina and the mainland. 580 00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:18,469 And I head out into the deeper waters of the channel 581 00:27:18,504 --> 00:27:20,638 just past our previous dive location 582 00:27:20,673 --> 00:27:23,907 to look for whatever caused my emf reader to spike. 583 00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:27,544 If there is some kind of large magnetic structure down there 584 00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:30,714 or as jess would put it "a secret underwater base" 585 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:34,151 creating the unusual magnetic signature in the area 586 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:39,023 this high powered marine magnetometer can pinpoint it's exact location. 587 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,495 I'm ready to pull us, so if you can kick it up to five or six knots. 588 00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,563 I'll be able to drop it in nice and slow. 589 00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:48,332 Yeah, I'm in troll gear. 590 00:27:49,502 --> 00:27:50,467 Go ahead. 591 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:52,102 All right, going in. 592 00:27:56,609 --> 00:27:58,442 There she goes. 593 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:00,177 All right. Great. It's in. 594 00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:01,545 So... 595 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,547 Why don't we do a little back and forth pattern 596 00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:04,848 around this area. 597 00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:08,052 Try to cover as much ground as possible and see what we get. 598 00:28:08,087 --> 00:28:08,552 You got it. 599 00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:10,287 All right thank you. 600 00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:12,690 Let's get this going. 601 00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:16,493 [phil] we're going to make a series of passes across our search area. 602 00:28:16,529 --> 00:28:18,996 Towing the magnetometer behind the boat. 603 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:21,799 I'll monitor the data feed, real time on my laptop. 604 00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:25,536 Looking for any magnetic signature under water. 605 00:28:25,571 --> 00:28:28,238 Which will appear red on the screen. 606 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:32,309 Okay, phil. Do you copy? I'm in my spot. 607 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:34,311 And I think I see the boat. 608 00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:35,379 [phil] copy. We're in position. 609 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:36,480 Good luck up there. 610 00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:37,981 [jessica] you too. 611 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:39,717 All right, so right now 612 00:28:39,752 --> 00:28:41,585 I've got the dap cam set up. 613 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,621 So that is pointed straight up into the sky above the boat. 614 00:28:44,657 --> 00:28:46,824 I also have the low light camera pointed at the 615 00:28:46,859 --> 00:28:49,359 horizon line so that we're getting a little bit of sky 616 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:51,628 as well as little bit of the water. 617 00:28:51,664 --> 00:28:54,531 Not to mention the fact, that phil is on the boat 618 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:57,000 with the magnetometer capturing things from his end. 619 00:28:57,036 --> 00:29:01,638 So anything that's moving around in the sky or under water, 620 00:29:01,674 --> 00:29:03,340 we should be able to catch it. 621 00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:08,345 [phil] jess, we got the magnetometer in the water. 622 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,780 So, guess we'll see what happens. 623 00:29:09,815 --> 00:29:12,816 [jessica] absolutely. I think we have this pretty well covered. 624 00:29:12,852 --> 00:29:15,419 All right. Let's see if we get anything. 625 00:29:25,197 --> 00:29:26,296 We're good to turn. 626 00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:35,005 [phil] nothing yet. 627 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:38,642 Nothing around here either. 628 00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:45,315 Several passes through our search zone and all is quiet under the water. 629 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:48,318 What's that? 630 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:53,090 Oh, it's a plane. 631 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:57,161 Plane. 632 00:29:58,464 --> 00:29:59,997 Plane. 633 00:30:02,668 --> 00:30:06,603 [jessica] phil and I have been scouting the skies and the water for nearly five hours. 634 00:30:06,639 --> 00:30:09,339 But haven't seen anything out of the ordinary. 635 00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:18,382 [machine beeps] 636 00:30:19,518 --> 00:30:20,984 damn. 637 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:22,686 Holy [bleep] 638 00:30:22,721 --> 00:30:23,854 I'm getting a monster hit right here. 639 00:30:24,924 --> 00:30:28,559 -Captain, can we stop the boat? -[captain] okay. 640 00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:30,527 Do you mind marking these coordinates? 641 00:30:30,563 --> 00:30:32,663 Yeah, I'll mark a way point. 642 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:36,834 Okay, I'm not sure if this is some kind of underwater pit 643 00:30:36,869 --> 00:30:43,373 or some big chunk of iron rock or an object, but we got something down there. 644 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,442 [phil] jess, you, there. 645 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:47,377 Copy, I'm here. 646 00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:49,346 We got something on the magnetometer. 647 00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:50,414 No, you do not. 648 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:53,784 [phil] yeah, I can't quite tell what it is, 649 00:30:53,819 --> 00:30:56,620 but it's definitely big, and it's definitely metallic. 650 00:30:56,655 --> 00:30:58,956 See anything glowing in that area at all? 651 00:30:58,991 --> 00:31:00,858 Not seeing anything in the water, 652 00:31:00,893 --> 00:31:04,695 but the shape of what we're seeing on the magnetometer 653 00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:07,497 makes me think it may not be natural. 654 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,600 [jessica] no way. That's... 655 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,501 That's awesome. 656 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:15,706 I know, so I'm gonna pull out the magnetometer, and then I'm gonna put the underwater rov 657 00:31:15,741 --> 00:31:18,809 into the water and see if I can get eyes on this thing 658 00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:22,379 [jessica] okay, absolutely. Let me know immediately what you 659 00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:23,947 see when you come up on it. 660 00:31:24,450 --> 00:31:25,883 [phil] you got it. 661 00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:29,720 [phil] the depths of the magnetometer hit is past 1,000 feet. 662 00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:32,823 Far too dangerous to dive on with the equipment we have. 663 00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:37,861 So I'll be sending down a deep water remote operated vehicle or rov. 664 00:31:37,897 --> 00:31:41,632 It's capable of operating at depths of nearly a 1,000 feet. 665 00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:45,335 And equipped with powerful lights and a high definition camera. 666 00:31:46,438 --> 00:31:48,705 [water splashing] 667 00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:51,708 so whatever's down there, hopefully we'll get a good look at it. 668 00:31:52,645 --> 00:31:54,678 All right, we've got the rov in the water. 669 00:31:54,713 --> 00:31:58,081 Let's see what we can find. Wow. 670 00:31:58,517 --> 00:32:00,150 Look at that. 671 00:32:02,388 --> 00:32:05,355 Okay, pitch it down. Going deeper. 672 00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:09,760 Right now, we're at about 75 feet. And so far, 673 00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:12,763 I'm seeing about a million jellyfish. 674 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:17,367 No aliens yet, though they look alien. 675 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:20,337 Getting to deeper and deeper water. 676 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:22,039 Oh! 677 00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:26,910 Check this out. I'm actually getting flashes of blue, even the bright green. 678 00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:29,713 Which is bioluminescence. 679 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:34,184 Meaning there are things down there making light right now. 680 00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:37,120 Good evidence. 681 00:32:37,156 --> 00:32:40,624 [phil] bioluminescence is found in a large number of marine organisms, 682 00:32:40,693 --> 00:32:43,593 including bacteria, algae, jellyfish. 683 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:46,296 But it isn't just found in small swimmers. 684 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:50,200 A new study in new zealand has found that three species of deep sea shark, 685 00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:54,671 including the six-foot-long kite fin shark, are bioluminescent. 686 00:32:54,707 --> 00:32:59,076 The jellyfish caught on the rov confirms bioluminescent organisms are in this water 687 00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:03,080 and could explain some of the sightings of underwater lights reported here. 688 00:33:03,115 --> 00:33:08,552 But it definitely doesn't explain the massive hit I got on the magnetometer. 689 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:11,355 Okay, I'm around 850 feet down. 690 00:33:21,133 --> 00:33:22,032 Woah! 691 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:24,267 What the hell was that? 692 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:30,307 I just got a flash on the screen and it froze. 693 00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:37,748 Getting no more signal on the video. 694 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,917 [phil] my rov is a depth of about 1000 feet. 695 00:33:40,953 --> 00:33:44,855 There's a bright flash in the water, and the rov cuts out and dies. 696 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:49,292 One thing that can disable electronic devices is an emp 697 00:33:49,328 --> 00:33:51,528 or electromagnetic pulse. 698 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:55,499 So whatever that flash was sent a burst of electromagnetic energy 699 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:58,402 that could have disabled the rov. 700 00:33:58,437 --> 00:33:59,469 Jess, are you there? 701 00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:00,704 Yeah, I'm here. 702 00:34:00,739 --> 00:34:03,407 We just got a big flash on the rov screen. 703 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:04,641 Really? 704 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:08,879 We got a big light coming across the screen, and then it froze. 705 00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:12,516 But, whatever the flash was messed this thing up. 706 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:14,718 The rov completely tanked? 707 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:20,023 It's still active, but the video feed that we had is just frozen. 708 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:23,093 No way. That's... 709 00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:27,531 [bleeps] 710 00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:29,933 phil, are you seeing what I'm seeing? 711 00:34:31,837 --> 00:34:36,473 As jess and phil continue to investigate unidentified flying and submerged objects 712 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:37,974 off the coast of california. 713 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:42,479 You might be surprised to learn that this isn't the only place where these, 714 00:34:42,548 --> 00:34:45,348 whatever they are have been caught on camera. 715 00:34:45,384 --> 00:34:47,384 April 25th, 2013. 716 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:50,987 [josh] near the rafael hernandez airport in aguadilla, puerto rico, 717 00:34:51,023 --> 00:34:53,623 an object is being tracked by an aircraft 718 00:34:53,659 --> 00:34:55,792 from us customs and border protection. 719 00:34:55,828 --> 00:34:58,995 And what the footage shows is truly remarkable. 720 00:34:59,031 --> 00:35:02,699 The object, which looks like some kind of metallic sphere, 721 00:35:02,734 --> 00:35:08,071 travels upwards of 120 miles per hour over land and sea. 722 00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:11,842 With almost no splash. It disappears under the waves, 723 00:35:11,877 --> 00:35:14,511 only to reemerge without losing speed. 724 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:17,547 Then something even crazier happens. 725 00:35:17,583 --> 00:35:20,684 The object seems to split in two. 726 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,520 And I realized this is the part of the show called josh explains. 727 00:35:23,522 --> 00:35:25,122 But I can't explain this one. 728 00:35:25,157 --> 00:35:29,993 That also goes for the us government by the way, and for pretty much everybody else 729 00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:38,001 we just got a big flash on the rov screen 730 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:44,407 and then froze, like, whatever the flash was messed this thing up. 731 00:35:44,443 --> 00:35:47,010 No way. That's... 732 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:50,780 [bleep] 733 00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:53,350 phil are you seeing what I'm seeing? 734 00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:55,819 Uh, I'm not seeing anything up here. 735 00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:57,120 What, are you seeing something? 736 00:35:57,156 --> 00:36:01,591 Yeah, I just saw a light come out of the water right by the boat 737 00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:04,027 and go right up into the sky. 738 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:09,132 What the... 739 00:36:11,770 --> 00:36:14,704 [phil] like, the water right by me. You just saw something? 740 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,439 Yeah, I was watching the boat 741 00:36:16,475 --> 00:36:18,642 and I saw that there was light, kind of like, 742 00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,810 looked like it was underneath the water and then 743 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:25,282 out of nowhere, it just goes straight up into the sky. 744 00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:27,984 [phil mumbling over radio] 745 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:30,787 lens aberration, some kind of reflection of the moonlight? 746 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:34,724 I haven't rotated or moved this camera at all, 747 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,728 while it's been sitting here recording the horizon line. So, no. 748 00:36:38,764 --> 00:36:41,164 [phil] there is a chance that whatever you saw 749 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,999 could be what I got a brief look at on the rov. 750 00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:45,168 Oh, absolutely. 751 00:36:45,204 --> 00:36:47,637 I think we scared whatever it was out of the water. 752 00:36:47,673 --> 00:36:50,373 [jessica] why don't you try and kickstart the rov? 753 00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:52,542 I'll leave the low light camera running, 754 00:36:52,578 --> 00:36:54,044 so that maybe we can capture something else. 755 00:36:54,079 --> 00:36:57,480 All right. We got something so far, let's see what else we get. 756 00:36:57,516 --> 00:37:00,183 Okay, copy. Walkie me if you see anything. 757 00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:01,184 [phil] you got it. 758 00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:05,155 Look at that. 759 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,189 It's working again. 760 00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:12,963 [phil] after resetting the rov, it's working perfectly again. 761 00:37:12,998 --> 00:37:15,966 Which makes the light encounter even more bizarre. 762 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:19,669 Jess and I continue to search above and below the water. 763 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:22,839 But after several more hours we don't find anything else. 764 00:37:22,874 --> 00:37:26,476 So, we decided to meet back up at the dock to take a closer look 765 00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:29,212 at the footage she captured on the low light camera. 766 00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:31,648 You should check this out. 767 00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:34,551 -[jessica] so that light, that's you guys, that big one. -Okay. 768 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:38,555 If you look down in that light trail you guys are casting, 769 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:40,523 -[jessica] I saw that. See that? -[phil] oh. 770 00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:43,693 -[phil] holy [bleep] -[jessica laughing] 771 00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:45,595 -[jessica] check that out. -[phil] what? 772 00:37:45,631 --> 00:37:47,130 -[jessica] yeah. -[phil] it's still going. 773 00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:50,367 [jessica] all the way. All the way off-screen. All the way up into the sky. 774 00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:52,802 [bleep] 775 00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:55,705 I think you scared something up out of the water. 776 00:37:55,741 --> 00:37:59,342 I think... I don't know what to think. 777 00:37:59,378 --> 00:38:02,646 I mean, that's a crazy video. 778 00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:04,381 -That's a crazy video. -That was crazy. 779 00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:07,851 [jessica] while the dap camera was scanning another portion of the sky at the time, 780 00:38:07,886 --> 00:38:10,920 the footage I captured on our low light camera, 781 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:13,556 represents something I've never seen before. 782 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:17,093 A craft emerging from the ocean and taking flight. 783 00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:19,062 This video 784 00:38:19,097 --> 00:38:22,265 with what sean and gary were talking to us about, 785 00:38:22,301 --> 00:38:23,633 and what lou told us about, 786 00:38:23,669 --> 00:38:26,069 not to mention eyewitness accounts, 787 00:38:26,104 --> 00:38:27,304 I mean, 788 00:38:27,339 --> 00:38:31,074 I truly think there's something weird going on out here. 789 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,543 You think we are surrounded by aliens right here? 790 00:38:33,578 --> 00:38:35,879 I kinda legit do, yeah. 791 00:38:35,914 --> 00:38:38,515 It's so hard not to trust what they saw on the nimitz. 792 00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:40,750 That's a real thing that can't be explained. 793 00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:44,087 And you can bind that with whatever the hell that is. 794 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:46,756 I gotta admit. 795 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:51,294 I feel like I'm getting scarily close to going full-blown alien believer. 796 00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:54,030 Wait, what? 797 00:38:56,535 --> 00:38:57,667 [josh] santa catalina island 798 00:38:57,703 --> 00:39:01,338 has been a ufo and uso hotspot 799 00:39:01,373 --> 00:39:02,572 for nearly a century. 800 00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:07,644 And the evidence that my team collected over the last several days, 801 00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:09,713 only adds fuel to the fire. 802 00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:11,648 Adding even more legitimacy 803 00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:14,050 to the hundreds of reports that have poured in 804 00:39:14,086 --> 00:39:19,856 from both locals and military personnel operating in the area. 805 00:39:19,925 --> 00:39:24,461 Based on the eyewitness testimony from two highly trained naval officers 806 00:39:24,496 --> 00:39:25,929 and luis elizondo, 807 00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:30,367 the former director of the pentagon's ufo research team, 808 00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:32,635 these objects possess capabilities 809 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,304 far beyond our own. 810 00:39:34,339 --> 00:39:35,905 It may not either be our technology 811 00:39:35,941 --> 00:39:39,642 or foreign technology, it could really be something else. 812 00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:41,678 [josh] analysis of the dap camera footage 813 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:43,580 set up on mount orizaba, 814 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:46,716 found that the unidentified object was moving at speeds 815 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:49,886 of nearly 21,000 miles per hour. 816 00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:54,591 Traveling approximately 30 miles in just under five seconds. 817 00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:57,727 The g-force is created by it's rate of acceleration, 818 00:39:57,763 --> 00:39:59,796 which would surely have killed a human pilot. 819 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:02,565 Look, it's over here now. And there it is over here. 820 00:40:02,601 --> 00:40:04,601 Look, it's dashing all over the place. 821 00:40:04,636 --> 00:40:07,670 [josh] phil and jess also recorded mysterious objects 822 00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:09,973 moving beneath the surface of the water. 823 00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:12,542 One of which shorted out a state-of-the-art 824 00:40:12,577 --> 00:40:14,377 remotely operated vehicle, 825 00:40:14,413 --> 00:40:16,312 nearly a thousand feet down. 826 00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:18,782 Another intriguing detail, 827 00:40:18,817 --> 00:40:21,217 is the result from the water sample 828 00:40:21,253 --> 00:40:22,419 taken in the same area. 829 00:40:22,454 --> 00:40:23,820 The analysis shows 830 00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:27,791 an above average presence of the radioactive isotope, cesium, 831 00:40:27,826 --> 00:40:31,528 which is been found at numerous alleged ufo landing sites 832 00:40:31,563 --> 00:40:33,096 around the world. 833 00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:38,501 If there's one thing to take from my team's extensive investigation, 834 00:40:38,537 --> 00:40:39,836 it's that the data they collected, 835 00:40:39,871 --> 00:40:43,406 corroborates our own government's official stance 836 00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:46,476 that this phenomenon is still far 837 00:40:46,511 --> 00:40:47,744 from a reasonable explanation. 838 00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:51,448 Similar incidents are still taking place in this area. 839 00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:53,616 And even more unidentified objects 840 00:40:53,652 --> 00:40:56,019 are being spotted by the military. 841 00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,489 So, we've to wonder, 842 00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:03,359 if our own government is still perplexed by these objects, 843 00:41:03,395 --> 00:41:04,727 is a more other worldly, 844 00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:08,231 dare I say, extraterrestrial explanation 845 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,166 becoming more plausible? 846 00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,436 While questions continue to linger, 847 00:41:13,472 --> 00:41:15,505 perhaps the answer to the great debate, 848 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:17,640 "are we alone in the universe," 849 00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:20,410 could one day be decided in the skies 850 00:41:20,445 --> 00:41:21,611 and below the waves 851 00:41:21,646 --> 00:41:23,313 near catalina island. 852 00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:27,250 For more information on expedition x, 853 00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:30,220 head to [speaking]