1 00:00:02,208 --> 00:00:03,833 - Tonight on the Proof is Out There, we're back. 2 00:00:03,958 --> 00:00:06,208 An all new supersized season 3 00:00:06,375 --> 00:00:09,583 with more amazing videos of the unexplained. 4 00:00:09,708 --> 00:00:12,208 What's behind these mysterious lights in Norway 5 00:00:12,333 --> 00:00:14,583 that have baffled scientists for decades? 6 00:00:14,708 --> 00:00:18,625 - These videos are astonishing and unbelievable. 7 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:22,042 - [Tony] Why is this girl crying tears made of glass? 8 00:00:22,167 --> 00:00:24,542 - We've never seen anything like this before. 9 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:28,042 - [Tony] Is this footage proof of a living African dinosaur? 10 00:00:28,208 --> 00:00:30,542 - Although it's described as being an herbivore, 11 00:00:30,708 --> 00:00:31,750 a vegetarian, 12 00:00:31,875 --> 00:00:34,208 it's hyper-aggressive and territorial. 13 00:00:34,375 --> 00:00:36,708 - [Tony] And what was that in the skies above London? 14 00:00:36,875 --> 00:00:38,208 - It seems to be morphing. 15 00:00:38,375 --> 00:00:42,625 It kind of narrows and then expands again to a ring shape. 16 00:00:42,750 --> 00:00:46,333 (suspenseful music) 17 00:00:46,417 --> 00:00:48,208 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos. 18 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:49,833 - [Woman] What the heck is this? 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,500 - [Man] It's moving. 20 00:00:51,625 --> 00:00:54,542 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 21 00:00:54,708 --> 00:00:57,750 (air whirs strangely) 22 00:01:00,208 --> 00:01:02,625 - [Man 2] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 23 00:01:02,708 --> 00:01:05,542 - [Woman 2] Are we looking at something that's CGI? 24 00:01:05,667 --> 00:01:06,542 - [Tony] What are they? 25 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:08,500 - [Man 3] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 26 00:01:08,667 --> 00:01:11,667 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 27 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:14,917 - I'm Tony Harris 28 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:17,250 and as a journalist for more than 30 years 29 00:01:17,375 --> 00:01:20,083 I've followed the facts where they take me. 30 00:01:20,208 --> 00:01:22,417 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 31 00:01:22,542 --> 00:01:25,167 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 32 00:01:26,208 --> 00:01:28,042 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 33 00:01:28,208 --> 00:01:29,083 (suspenseful music) 34 00:01:29,208 --> 00:01:30,167 - It's a credible case. 35 00:01:30,292 --> 00:01:32,167 It's a credible video. 36 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:34,917 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 37 00:01:35,042 --> 00:01:36,958 - This video is clearly fake. 38 00:01:37,042 --> 00:01:38,875 - The proof starts now. 39 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,125 (suspenseful music) 40 00:01:47,375 --> 00:01:50,250 - Good evening and welcome to this brand new season 41 00:01:50,375 --> 00:01:52,208 of The Proof is Out There. 42 00:01:52,333 --> 00:01:55,042 If you live in a Scandinavian country like Norway 43 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:56,667 you often get a front row seat 44 00:01:56,833 --> 00:01:58,417 to the famous Northern Lights. 45 00:01:58,542 --> 00:02:02,167 But while that dazzling site has a scientific explanation, 46 00:02:02,292 --> 00:02:05,083 we found some other lights in the Norwegian skies 47 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:06,083 and they're leaving us 48 00:02:06,208 --> 00:02:09,125 with many more questions than answers. 49 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:10,833 For more than 30 years. 50 00:02:10,958 --> 00:02:13,917 computer science professor Erling Strand has been traveling 51 00:02:14,042 --> 00:02:16,333 the Hessdalen Valley in his native Norway, 52 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:18,917 spending countless hours and investigating a mystery 53 00:02:19,042 --> 00:02:20,583 that no one can explain. 54 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,292 It's a phenomenon so rare 55 00:02:23,417 --> 00:02:25,750 that not many have ever captured it on film. 56 00:02:27,292 --> 00:02:29,375 But when it happens, Erling's camera and tripod 57 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:33,125 have been there to record these eerie images. 58 00:02:33,208 --> 00:02:36,292 One of Erling's videos taken on December 4th, 1999 59 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,417 shows a pulsating, flickering light 60 00:02:38,542 --> 00:02:40,375 that appears above the horizon. 61 00:02:41,542 --> 00:02:43,500 Another video shows what appears to be 62 00:02:43,625 --> 00:02:45,792 a single mysterious pulsating light. 63 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:48,375 When we zoom in, the 64 00:02:48,542 --> 00:02:50,083 shape, size, and intensity 65 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:51,208 seem to be fluctuating 66 00:02:51,375 --> 00:02:52,917 as these lights travel 67 00:02:53,042 --> 00:02:54,125 high above the mountains. 68 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:59,875 - There was no natural thing which could make these lights. 69 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:04,875 I found that very little scientific information existed. 70 00:03:05,917 --> 00:03:07,250 - Close-up photographs reveal 71 00:03:07,375 --> 00:03:10,667 what appears to be an amorphous, gas-like substance. 72 00:03:10,792 --> 00:03:12,167 But what are they? 73 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:15,042 The lights have been observed since the 1930s. 74 00:03:15,167 --> 00:03:16,833 But investigative journalist MJ Bonias 75 00:03:16,917 --> 00:03:21,458 says it was the period between December 1981 to mid 1984 76 00:03:21,542 --> 00:03:24,333 when the scientific world really took notice. 77 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:26,250 - What makes Hessdalen very interesting 78 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:28,417 is we don't know if 79 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:31,333 this is some sort of a naturally occurring phenomena, 80 00:03:31,458 --> 00:03:33,542 we don't know if this is a manmade phenomena, 81 00:03:33,667 --> 00:03:35,333 and we also don't know if this could have 82 00:03:35,458 --> 00:03:38,083 some sort of other worldly answer. 83 00:03:38,208 --> 00:03:39,208 - [Tony] While sightings of the lights 84 00:03:39,375 --> 00:03:40,792 are not as frequent as they once were, 85 00:03:40,917 --> 00:03:43,375 this has not stopped ufologists from believing 86 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:46,333 that the lights are signs of extraterrestrial activity. 87 00:03:46,417 --> 00:03:50,250 - Some people believe that due to mineral deposits 88 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:53,333 or the location of a specific mountain or valley 89 00:03:53,458 --> 00:03:55,500 that UFOs are drawn to it, 90 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:57,167 or that valleys and mountains 91 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:59,333 play host to some underground 92 00:03:59,458 --> 00:04:02,292 bases for UFO pilots. 93 00:04:03,333 --> 00:04:04,417 - [Tony] But researchers have recently 94 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:06,000 come up with a more earthly explanation. 95 00:04:06,167 --> 00:04:07,583 The unusual lights 96 00:04:07,708 --> 00:04:10,167 may be caused by a natural battery buried deep underground 97 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:13,125 created by metallic minerals reacting with sulfur 98 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,292 in the river running between them. 99 00:04:15,417 --> 00:04:18,000 - The area itself is very rich in minerals. 100 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:20,000 For a very long time, mining operations 101 00:04:20,083 --> 00:04:21,542 have existed in the area, 102 00:04:21,708 --> 00:04:24,333 predominantly for minerals like copper and zinc. 103 00:04:24,417 --> 00:04:27,458 And these lights could be somehow connected to 104 00:04:27,583 --> 00:04:29,875 the mining operations that occur in the valley. 105 00:04:31,375 --> 00:04:32,750 - Researchers are so determined 106 00:04:32,875 --> 00:04:36,042 to figure out this phenomenon that in 1998, 107 00:04:36,208 --> 00:04:38,833 a permanent station called the Blue Box 108 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,917 began monitoring the valley with a magnetometer, 109 00:04:42,042 --> 00:04:45,500 two black and white cameras, and one color camera. 110 00:04:45,625 --> 00:04:49,292 Clearly something strange is going on there, but what? 111 00:04:49,417 --> 00:04:51,833 We asked our experts to weigh in. 112 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:54,375 (eerie music) 113 00:04:55,542 --> 00:04:57,000 Physics professor Matthew Szydagis 114 00:04:57,125 --> 00:04:58,625 says that since teams of scientists 115 00:04:58,708 --> 00:05:00,833 have been studying this phenomenon for decades, 116 00:05:00,958 --> 00:05:03,000 they've had plenty of time to eliminate several 117 00:05:03,167 --> 00:05:04,792 of the more mundane explanations. 118 00:05:04,917 --> 00:05:08,333 - We've already ruled out car, (car engine runs) 119 00:05:08,458 --> 00:05:09,583 airplane, (airplane engine roars) 120 00:05:09,708 --> 00:05:11,042 helicopter (helicopter blades whirring) 121 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:14,542 because those objects don't fit 122 00:05:14,667 --> 00:05:16,542 the description of these lights, 123 00:05:16,667 --> 00:05:19,375 which have different behaviors blinking on and off, 124 00:05:19,542 --> 00:05:21,917 changing shape, changing color. 125 00:05:22,042 --> 00:05:24,333 - [Tony] While Szydagis says that the natural battery theory 126 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:26,750 makes sense, it's still just a theory. 127 00:05:26,875 --> 00:05:30,167 - The natural minerals in the area may develop 128 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:32,542 positive and negative charges naturally 129 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:35,208 like in your everyday battery. 130 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:37,500 So if you have a strong enough electric field 131 00:05:37,583 --> 00:05:40,917 you might end up with what look like lights in the sky. 132 00:05:41,042 --> 00:05:43,833 The downside of the natural battery theory 133 00:05:43,958 --> 00:05:46,833 is these minerals are not necessarily next to each other. 134 00:05:46,917 --> 00:05:49,667 They're separated by the river in the area. 135 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:51,542 - [Tony] Astronomer and video effects designer 136 00:05:51,708 --> 00:05:53,875 Mark D'Antonio says another leading theory 137 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,917 is that the lights are literally generated by the earth. 138 00:05:57,042 --> 00:06:00,333 - The theory is that the lights are generated by 139 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:02,583 some type of electrical energy 140 00:06:02,708 --> 00:06:05,167 coupled with some magnetic influences 141 00:06:05,250 --> 00:06:07,167 that ends up becoming visible in the air 142 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:09,458 as naturally caused lights, 143 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:12,250 in the same way that you scruff your feet on a carpet 144 00:06:12,375 --> 00:06:13,667 and touch something metal 145 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:15,042 and you see a little spark between your finger 146 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:16,333 and that metal thing. 147 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:19,167 That might be able to occur on a larger scale. 148 00:06:19,292 --> 00:06:20,667 But I think that we're lacking information 149 00:06:20,792 --> 00:06:22,583 to say definitively what they are. 150 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:26,042 So we don't know for sure 151 00:06:26,208 --> 00:06:28,000 exactly what we're seeing here. 152 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:32,667 But it is a rather compelling video nonetheless. 153 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:35,083 (eerie music) 154 00:06:36,417 --> 00:06:37,667 - Our verdict, 155 00:06:37,792 --> 00:06:40,583 we're calling this an unexplained phenomenon. 156 00:06:40,708 --> 00:06:42,583 While the theory that the geology of Norway 157 00:06:42,708 --> 00:06:45,375 is causing the Hessdalen lights is compelling, 158 00:06:45,542 --> 00:06:47,333 it is still only a theory. 159 00:06:47,417 --> 00:06:48,833 And it begets the question, 160 00:06:48,917 --> 00:06:50,833 why don't we see this battery effect 161 00:06:50,917 --> 00:06:53,833 around other similar geological areas? 162 00:06:53,917 --> 00:06:56,833 One thing is certain, more research is needed. 163 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,500 And if you want head to Norway to do it, 164 00:06:59,667 --> 00:07:01,500 they'll leave the lights on for you. 165 00:07:03,375 --> 00:07:05,667 We turn now from the skies to the seas 166 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:08,250 and another puzzling piece of footage. 167 00:07:08,375 --> 00:07:10,292 We normally think of great white sharks 168 00:07:10,417 --> 00:07:12,167 as the apex predator of the ocean, 169 00:07:12,292 --> 00:07:13,667 and that's often the case. 170 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:16,208 But in this next video, as you'll see, 171 00:07:16,333 --> 00:07:18,167 a massive great white shark 172 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:21,333 looks like it's been attacked by something even greater. 173 00:07:21,417 --> 00:07:22,625 But what? 174 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:26,333 December 2021, photographer Jalil Najafov 175 00:07:26,458 --> 00:07:29,333 is on a dive in Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. 176 00:07:29,458 --> 00:07:32,042 Conditions are ideal, sun in the sky, 177 00:07:32,167 --> 00:07:34,333 and visibility excellent. 178 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:37,333 Suddenly, he spots and photographs a huge shark. 179 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:39,167 The estimate is 15 feet long. 180 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,000 That's as long as a canoe. 181 00:07:41,125 --> 00:07:42,042 But look at this. 182 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:45,208 As you see here, the shark looks like 183 00:07:45,375 --> 00:07:48,458 it's been attacked by something else with massive jaws. 184 00:07:48,542 --> 00:07:50,417 Let's take a closer look. 185 00:07:50,542 --> 00:07:52,000 Field researcher Ken Gerhard 186 00:07:52,083 --> 00:07:54,667 tells us that there are a few potential suspects here. 187 00:07:54,833 --> 00:07:58,375 - So this is a fossilized tooth 188 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:01,792 from a shark known as otodus megalodon 189 00:08:01,917 --> 00:08:04,583 that supposedly went extinct over 2 million years ago 190 00:08:04,708 --> 00:08:06,708 during the Pliocene Epoch. 191 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:09,208 This was a large predatory shark 192 00:08:09,375 --> 00:08:11,208 that scientists estimate could have gotten 193 00:08:11,375 --> 00:08:13,708 as big as 40 to 60 feet long. 194 00:08:13,875 --> 00:08:16,875 In terms of whether megalodon might still be alive, 195 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 there are some interesting accounts. 196 00:08:19,167 --> 00:08:22,792 For example, in 1918, 197 00:08:22,917 --> 00:08:25,833 several fishermen off the coast of Australia 198 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:30,083 described seeing a monstrous ghostly white shark 199 00:08:30,208 --> 00:08:32,333 a hundred feet in length. 200 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:36,208 So is it possible that something like megalodon 201 00:08:36,375 --> 00:08:39,042 could still survive into modern times? 202 00:08:39,208 --> 00:08:40,750 And certainly if it did, 203 00:08:40,875 --> 00:08:44,000 it would be capable of inflicting a wound this large 204 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:45,917 on this very large shark. 205 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:47,667 Pretty terrifying. 206 00:08:47,833 --> 00:08:49,667 - There are also some intriguing stories 207 00:08:49,750 --> 00:08:52,542 of giant sharks in fisherman's tales. 208 00:08:52,708 --> 00:08:55,375 In 1959, Robert Pamperin was killed 209 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:57,667 by a great white shark near San Diego. 210 00:08:57,792 --> 00:08:59,625 Another diver claimed he saw Pamperin 211 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:02,583 waist-deep in a 20-footer's mouth before the shark, 212 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:05,833 in one gulp, swallowed the rest of him whole. 213 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,542 Supposedly, this shark was as big as a killer whale 214 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:11,333 and fisherman days later reported seeing a shark 215 00:09:11,458 --> 00:09:13,750 20 to 40 feet long in the same area. 216 00:09:13,875 --> 00:09:15,292 That's even bigger than Jaws. 217 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:18,167 There are, however, 218 00:09:18,292 --> 00:09:20,750 other possible culprits for a bite like this. 219 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:23,417 Perhaps one of the world's most notorious sharks? 220 00:09:23,542 --> 00:09:26,333 - The largest great white shark ever photographed, 221 00:09:26,417 --> 00:09:27,625 which was given the name Deep Blue, 222 00:09:27,750 --> 00:09:30,708 was a female that was about 20 feet long. 223 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:33,458 And that particular shark was photographed 224 00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:36,000 in a similar region off the coast of Mexico. 225 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:39,000 So it certainly opens the door to the possibility 226 00:09:39,125 --> 00:09:42,875 that this bite wound was inflicted by Deep Blue. 227 00:09:46,292 --> 00:09:47,667 - This isn't the first time 228 00:09:47,792 --> 00:09:50,333 we've seen a shark's wound that has frightened seamen. 229 00:09:50,458 --> 00:09:52,750 We investigated this fisherman's catch, 230 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:56,000 a mako shark weighing at least 250 pounds, 231 00:09:56,125 --> 00:09:57,708 that looked like it was bitten in half 232 00:09:57,833 --> 00:09:59,833 by something much bigger. 233 00:09:59,958 --> 00:10:03,292 So we know sharks can go from predator to prey. 234 00:10:03,375 --> 00:10:07,167 But exactly whose jaws are responsible for this attack? 235 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:11,500 (eerie music) 236 00:10:11,625 --> 00:10:13,875 First we turn to marine biologist Shea Conger 237 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,833 to tell us just how hard it would be for something 238 00:10:15,958 --> 00:10:18,042 to inflict a bite this size 239 00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:19,750 on a shark like this. 240 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:21,875 - Shark skin is incredibly tough, 241 00:10:22,042 --> 00:10:24,917 it's actually a series of plates. 242 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:27,292 So to have bitten through an animal like this 243 00:10:27,375 --> 00:10:29,583 would take a large amount of force. 244 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:32,125 This injury is actually very well healed 245 00:10:32,208 --> 00:10:34,125 so we can only imagine what it looked like 246 00:10:34,208 --> 00:10:35,333 when it was fresh. 247 00:10:35,458 --> 00:10:37,792 - [Tony] Okay, so it's got to be big, 248 00:10:37,917 --> 00:10:40,125 but how likely is it that something this big 249 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:42,375 could be lurking in the deep without us knowing? 250 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,500 - There's some theories 251 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:45,375 that this injury could have been caused 252 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:47,125 by the extinct megalodon. 253 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,000 We haven't found any evidence of it. 254 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:53,333 And in fact, when we study large sharks like this, 255 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:54,667 in the fossil record 256 00:10:54,792 --> 00:10:56,542 often the only thing that we have 257 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:59,875 to know about them are their teeth that survive. 258 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,667 The last known fossil record of a megalodon 259 00:11:02,792 --> 00:11:05,292 was over 20 million years ago. 260 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:07,750 - [Tony] Congers says if megalodon were still around, 261 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,417 we'd have some newer teeth. 262 00:11:09,542 --> 00:11:11,917 - The idea that a species this large 263 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:14,458 and this predatory would survive for so long 264 00:11:14,542 --> 00:11:17,083 without us noticing is really unlikely. 265 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:21,375 Also, a megalodon's bite was extremely enormous. 266 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:24,083 Meaning if this were a megalodon bite, 267 00:11:24,208 --> 00:11:26,417 the shark would either be bitten in half 268 00:11:26,542 --> 00:11:28,375 or completely consumed. 269 00:11:29,708 --> 00:11:31,458 - [Tony] In fact, megalodons may have been 270 00:11:31,583 --> 00:11:33,875 even larger than experts suspected. 271 00:11:34,042 --> 00:11:37,083 According to a new 3D model created by scientists, 272 00:11:37,208 --> 00:11:39,417 these sharks may have been up to 65 feet long 273 00:11:39,542 --> 00:11:41,958 and weighed over 67 tons. 274 00:11:42,083 --> 00:11:43,833 At this size, its jaws could consume 275 00:11:43,958 --> 00:11:46,000 a 26-foot orca in a few bites. 276 00:11:47,417 --> 00:11:49,833 Those figures don't match up with the wound we see here. 277 00:11:49,917 --> 00:11:51,250 So if it's not a megalodon, 278 00:11:51,375 --> 00:11:53,958 could it be something a little more familiar? 279 00:11:54,083 --> 00:11:55,583 - Some possible candidates 280 00:11:55,708 --> 00:11:57,250 for the bite marks on the shark 281 00:11:57,375 --> 00:11:58,833 could include a killer whale. 282 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,417 - [Tony] It's not so hard to believe. 283 00:12:00,542 --> 00:12:03,583 In South Africa, scientists have observed a pair of orcas 284 00:12:03,708 --> 00:12:05,833 serial killing big, great white sharks 285 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:07,958 over a period of five years. 286 00:12:08,042 --> 00:12:11,333 However, Congers says the bite simply doesn't match. 287 00:12:11,458 --> 00:12:13,833 - [Shea] I think this is unlikely because killer whales 288 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,958 have really round, tubular-shaped teeth 289 00:12:18,083 --> 00:12:22,708 and we would see a lot of really defined teeth mark here. 290 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:24,833 - [Tony] Next we turn to biologist Floyd Hayes, 291 00:12:24,958 --> 00:12:26,583 a shark enthusiast who thinks 292 00:12:26,708 --> 00:12:28,000 he might know what happened here. 293 00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:30,167 - This is a female great white shark. 294 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:31,833 We know it's a female 295 00:12:31,958 --> 00:12:35,958 because the males have long extensions of the pelvic fins 296 00:12:36,083 --> 00:12:38,833 called claspers, which are kind of like penises. 297 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:41,000 Because no flesh appears to have been removed 298 00:12:41,083 --> 00:12:43,958 it doesn't look like it's a predatory bite. 299 00:12:44,083 --> 00:12:47,000 It's very possible that Deep Blue could have done this 300 00:12:47,125 --> 00:12:50,125 or perhaps from a male during mating. 301 00:12:50,208 --> 00:12:51,708 - The shallow nature of this scarring 302 00:12:51,833 --> 00:12:53,750 rules out a predatory attack. 303 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:55,500 Sharks that attack their own aggressively, 304 00:12:55,667 --> 00:12:59,583 sometimes known as cannibal sharks, leave deeper wounds, 305 00:12:59,708 --> 00:13:02,333 often ripping their prey apart completely. 306 00:13:02,417 --> 00:13:04,875 (eerie music) 307 00:13:07,833 --> 00:13:09,208 Our verdict? 308 00:13:09,375 --> 00:13:12,500 This was an injury sustained at the jaws of another shark. 309 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:14,333 While Deep Blue would be large enough 310 00:13:14,417 --> 00:13:15,708 to make such an impression, 311 00:13:15,833 --> 00:13:17,292 she's also a female, 312 00:13:17,417 --> 00:13:19,708 so it's unlikely that she could have been responsible 313 00:13:19,833 --> 00:13:22,500 if the injury were sustained during mating. 314 00:13:22,625 --> 00:13:24,417 So that begets the question, 315 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:27,875 is there a male out there that rivals Deep Blue in size 316 00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:29,292 swimming undetected? 317 00:13:33,375 --> 00:13:35,833 - The force of a punch is a function of muscle mass, 318 00:13:35,958 --> 00:13:38,375 but also of leverage and precision. 319 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:41,292 But one girl seemingly has a punch so powerful, 320 00:13:41,375 --> 00:13:44,458 some wonder if she could be a real life member of the X-Men. 321 00:13:45,875 --> 00:13:48,792 It's March, 2018, in Voronezh, Russia. 322 00:13:49,875 --> 00:13:52,458 12-year-old Evnika Saadvakass is stretching 323 00:13:52,583 --> 00:13:55,208 and apparently prepping for a workout by shadowboxing 324 00:13:55,333 --> 00:13:56,042 in the woods. 325 00:13:57,750 --> 00:13:59,417 But as the camera keeps rolling, 326 00:13:59,542 --> 00:14:01,833 Evnika shocks everyone by really kicking it, 327 00:14:01,958 --> 00:14:04,125 or punching it, into high gear. 328 00:14:04,250 --> 00:14:06,333 (Evnika grunting) 329 00:14:06,458 --> 00:14:09,000 She begins throwing a series of vicious jabs and hooks 330 00:14:09,167 --> 00:14:10,667 on the trunk of a nearby tree. 331 00:14:10,792 --> 00:14:13,083 (Evnika grunting) 332 00:14:13,208 --> 00:14:15,125 And as her gloved fists strike the wood, 333 00:14:15,208 --> 00:14:17,417 it begins to splinter away. 334 00:14:19,083 --> 00:14:21,833 "Mental Floss" editor, Erin McCarthy is amazed. 335 00:14:21,917 --> 00:14:23,667 - Is she literally a video game character? 336 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:26,792 I mean, she is just destroying that tree. 337 00:14:26,875 --> 00:14:28,125 - [Tony] After less than a minute, 338 00:14:28,208 --> 00:14:30,000 the young boxer successfully shatters the tree 339 00:14:30,083 --> 00:14:32,875 with only the power of her two fists. 340 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 The video of Evnika's astounding feat soon goes viral 341 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,083 and viewers take to calling her 342 00:14:37,208 --> 00:14:39,625 the "World's Strongest Girl". 343 00:14:40,292 --> 00:14:43,167 - She's actually been training since she was four years old 344 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:45,833 with her father who was himself a boxer. 345 00:14:45,958 --> 00:14:48,583 She is punching at the tree because apparently 346 00:14:48,708 --> 00:14:50,500 that improves her speed and accuracy. 347 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:53,458 Then she decided that she wanted to take the tree out. 348 00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:55,583 - [Tony] And it's not the first time Evnika's skills 349 00:14:55,708 --> 00:14:57,042 have been filmed. 350 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:58,500 A year earlier, she's seen punching down a tree 351 00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:01,042 without any gloves. 352 00:15:01,208 --> 00:15:03,167 And in this video, she hits a metal door 353 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,958 until she dents it and then knocks it in. 354 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:09,000 Some question if she was born with a genetic mutation 355 00:15:09,083 --> 00:15:11,375 that makes her super strong. 356 00:15:11,542 --> 00:15:15,500 One possibility is myostatin related muscle hypertrophy. 357 00:15:15,625 --> 00:15:19,083 - Myostatin is a protein that the body produces 358 00:15:19,208 --> 00:15:22,042 and essentially it represses the growth of muscles. 359 00:15:22,167 --> 00:15:23,667 So people who have this genetic disorder 360 00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,958 don't have as much of that protein, 361 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:28,333 which means their muscles can grow. 362 00:15:28,458 --> 00:15:31,167 And we saw this in a mere toddler. 363 00:15:31,292 --> 00:15:34,875 He actually had 40% more muscle mass than kids his age. 364 00:15:37,708 --> 00:15:38,500 - Whoa! 365 00:15:40,125 --> 00:15:43,250 So is it possible that we have a team of super kids 366 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:47,167 running around whose strengths far exceed those of adults? 367 00:15:47,292 --> 00:15:50,000 And if so, how did they get this way? 368 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:52,000 Let's have our experts weigh in. 369 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:55,167 (mysterious music) 370 00:15:56,458 --> 00:15:59,500 First, theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku analyzes 371 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:02,250 if this feat can be attributed to a genetic condition 372 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:06,167 or abnormality like myostatin related muscle hypertrophy. 373 00:16:06,292 --> 00:16:10,000 - There is a gene that actually makes you bulk up 374 00:16:10,125 --> 00:16:12,333 and makes you look like a superman. 375 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,542 But the strength of the muscle is proportional 376 00:16:14,667 --> 00:16:16,667 to the cross sectional area. 377 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:18,000 The thickness of the muscle, 378 00:16:18,083 --> 00:16:20,708 that's what gives it its strength. 379 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:24,625 And the cross sectional area of her muscles is normal 380 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,333 for a girl that age. 381 00:16:26,458 --> 00:16:29,500 She does not have that muscle mass, but she has technique. 382 00:16:29,667 --> 00:16:31,292 But that's not enough. 383 00:16:31,417 --> 00:16:33,000 - [Tony] Since she's not that bulky, 384 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,833 it's also not performance enhancing drugs. 385 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,667 But Kaku describes another anatomical theory. 386 00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:39,833 - Every time you hit something, 387 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:41,875 your bones get jostled a bit. 388 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,542 Sometimes there are microfractures 389 00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:44,583 that you can't even see. 390 00:16:44,708 --> 00:16:47,292 But when it heals over, nature overcompensates. 391 00:16:47,417 --> 00:16:48,500 - [Tony] Conventional wisdom says 392 00:16:48,625 --> 00:16:50,458 that broken bones heal back stronger. 393 00:16:50,583 --> 00:16:53,125 So maybe Evnika fractured her hand bones before, 394 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:55,625 giving her fists of stone today. 395 00:16:55,708 --> 00:16:57,125 Well, not so fast. 396 00:16:57,208 --> 00:16:59,917 Any extra firmness only lasts temporarily 397 00:17:00,042 --> 00:17:02,708 at the point of fracture while the bone is healing. 398 00:17:02,833 --> 00:17:04,333 So if there's no evidence of natural 399 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,167 or juiced up superhuman strength, 400 00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:09,458 is this simply a demonstration of superhuman skills? 401 00:17:09,542 --> 00:17:12,667 We return to Dr. Matthew Szydagis who says biomechanics 402 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,917 and the angle of attack can make a difference. 403 00:17:15,042 --> 00:17:17,833 - Breaking something is about pressure, 404 00:17:17,917 --> 00:17:20,500 and pressure is force per unit area. 405 00:17:20,667 --> 00:17:22,625 You can create a huge amount of pressure 406 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,667 with a small amount of force, 407 00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:28,958 if that force is applied over a small enough area. 408 00:17:29,083 --> 00:17:30,333 So what I think we're seeing here 409 00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:35,458 is this young girl is strategically applying her fists 410 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:38,667 in the right places to deliver 411 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:41,667 the maximum amount of pressure in the same way 412 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:45,958 that martial arts masters break through blocks of wood. 413 00:17:46,083 --> 00:17:47,667 - [Tony] Knowing how to use her arms like levers 414 00:17:47,750 --> 00:17:50,333 and her joints like the fulcrums of a machine 415 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,667 helps her maximize the force even more. 416 00:17:52,792 --> 00:17:55,167 Still, Kaku thinks there's more going on here 417 00:17:55,333 --> 00:17:58,125 than just being a talented boxer with the right technique. 418 00:17:58,250 --> 00:17:59,792 It's important where the trees fall 419 00:17:59,917 --> 00:18:01,375 on the Janka Hardness Scale, 420 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:03,167 which measures how resistant wood is 421 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,833 to denting and basic wear. 422 00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:06,833 - If that tree were a hardwood tree, 423 00:18:06,958 --> 00:18:08,375 it wouldn't splinter like that, 424 00:18:08,542 --> 00:18:11,042 but it's splintering left and right, 425 00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:13,000 not just at the impact point. 426 00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:15,208 That means it's probably an older tree, 427 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:17,167 perhaps eaten by insects. 428 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:19,542 And so that contributes to the weakness of the tree. 429 00:18:19,708 --> 00:18:23,000 - [Tony] As a tree decomposes, the wood cellulose 430 00:18:23,167 --> 00:18:25,833 and lignan turn into carbon dioxide and water. 431 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:27,333 This can be caused by wounds, 432 00:18:27,458 --> 00:18:31,458 which lead to infection or fungi that feed on the lignan. 433 00:18:31,583 --> 00:18:33,833 Yet Szydagis says the tree's relative hardness 434 00:18:33,917 --> 00:18:35,167 takes nothing away 435 00:18:35,292 --> 00:18:37,083 from the girls' innate abilities and skills. 436 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:39,375 - It's probably a dead, dry tree, 437 00:18:39,542 --> 00:18:41,458 which makes it easier to break. 438 00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:44,750 But even if she doesn't know the mathematics herself, 439 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:49,000 she's instinctively applying her fists at different angles, 440 00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:51,792 allowing her to completely take out that tree. 441 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:55,917 (mysterious music) 442 00:18:56,042 --> 00:18:57,625 - Our verdict, the footage proves 443 00:18:57,750 --> 00:19:00,333 that though she may not have the muscle mass, 444 00:19:00,458 --> 00:19:03,167 Evnika is a very strong and highly trained boxer 445 00:19:03,333 --> 00:19:06,375 who has the technique to apply maximum force 446 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:10,042 using her arms biomechanically as levers. 447 00:19:10,167 --> 00:19:13,833 Her skill against a tree in a seeming state of decomposition 448 00:19:13,958 --> 00:19:16,583 with a lower Janka Hardness Rating 449 00:19:16,708 --> 00:19:18,917 makes it a TKO for this boxing prodigy. 450 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:25,208 - The dinosaurs in the "Jurassic Park" franchise 451 00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:27,708 have thrilled audiences for decades, 452 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,792 but of course they're complete works of fiction. 453 00:19:30,875 --> 00:19:32,292 Or are they? 454 00:19:32,375 --> 00:19:34,125 According to the findings of a crew in Africa, 455 00:19:34,208 --> 00:19:36,083 life may have found a way. 456 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:37,708 (birds chirping) 457 00:19:37,875 --> 00:19:39,167 It's 1992. 458 00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:41,500 A Japanese expedition travels to Lake Tele 459 00:19:41,583 --> 00:19:43,125 in the heart of the Congo Forest. 460 00:19:43,208 --> 00:19:45,792 (birds chirping) 461 00:19:45,875 --> 00:19:48,250 There they capture video that's been sparking debate 462 00:19:48,375 --> 00:19:50,500 for the past 30 years. 463 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,875 Soaring high over the African jungle, 464 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,708 they roll on what lies below. 465 00:19:56,083 --> 00:19:57,542 And as the crew reaches Lake Tele, 466 00:19:57,667 --> 00:19:59,833 their camera shifts focus to the water, 467 00:19:59,958 --> 00:20:01,833 when they find this. 468 00:20:02,958 --> 00:20:04,708 What appears to be some type of large creature 469 00:20:04,833 --> 00:20:07,292 swimming just below the water surface. 470 00:20:07,375 --> 00:20:10,958 The crew claimed they'd captured a prehistoric creature. 471 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:13,458 Take a closer look. 472 00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:16,208 When we freeze and push in, many have said 473 00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:19,458 this looks like the head and back of a dinosaur. 474 00:20:20,708 --> 00:20:22,667 Field researcher and author Ken Gerhard says, 475 00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:25,000 this is alleged to be a famed beast 476 00:20:25,083 --> 00:20:26,583 known as the Mokele-mbembe. 477 00:20:26,708 --> 00:20:30,083 - Mokele-mbembe is an iconic cryptid, 478 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:33,083 so this footage is rather significant. 479 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:36,042 - [Tony] Wait, a dinosaur alive in Africa? 480 00:20:36,208 --> 00:20:36,958 (dinosaurs squawking) 481 00:20:37,083 --> 00:20:38,500 The locals say yes. 482 00:20:38,583 --> 00:20:40,583 - [Ken Gerhard] The natives describe the Mokele-mbembe 483 00:20:40,708 --> 00:20:43,167 as having a long flexible neck, 484 00:20:43,292 --> 00:20:44,708 with a snake-like head attached, 485 00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:49,208 a huge brown or gray body with forced-out legs 486 00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:51,167 and a long powerful tail. 487 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:53,500 Although it's described as being an herbivore 488 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:57,333 or a vegetarian, it's hyper aggressive and territorial. 489 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:00,167 And it's said to overturn canoes, drowning people, 490 00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:02,625 as well as killing hippos. 491 00:21:03,625 --> 00:21:04,833 - [Tony] The description kind of matches 492 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,333 what we're seeing here. 493 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:09,750 Plus, remember, the Congo Basin is 500 million acres 494 00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:11,000 of rain forest. 495 00:21:11,083 --> 00:21:13,833 New species get discovered there all the time. 496 00:21:13,958 --> 00:21:17,250 And we know the legend stretches back hundreds of years. 497 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:20,500 - The reports go back to the 16th century, 498 00:21:20,625 --> 00:21:22,708 but perhaps the most remarkable story, 499 00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:25,333 it dates back to 1959. 500 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:29,000 The local pygmies set up a series of spikes 501 00:21:29,083 --> 00:21:30,583 sticking out of the ground . 502 00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:33,542 And allegedly one of these Mokele-mbembe animals 503 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:36,542 actually impaled itself on these stakes. 504 00:21:36,708 --> 00:21:38,292 And the pygmies finished the job 505 00:21:38,417 --> 00:21:41,667 by hacking the animal to bits with their machetes. 506 00:21:41,792 --> 00:21:43,708 And afterwards there was a celebration 507 00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:47,292 in which they ate the meat of the Mokele-mbembe. 508 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:52,667 - Mokele-mbembe means the one who stops the flow of rivers. 509 00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:56,125 And this thing certainly looks big enough to earn that name. 510 00:21:56,208 --> 00:21:58,042 Let's go to the telestrator here. 511 00:21:58,208 --> 00:21:59,500 Look at the leading edge here. 512 00:21:59,625 --> 00:22:03,042 Doesn't this look like it could be a neck? 513 00:22:03,208 --> 00:22:04,333 A couple of humps here. 514 00:22:04,458 --> 00:22:06,125 Here's the bigger of the two humps. 515 00:22:06,208 --> 00:22:07,167 That's the first one. 516 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:08,542 Here's the second one. 517 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,125 And this certainly looks like 518 00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:13,833 the wake behind the creature as it heads in this direction. 519 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:15,667 A Brontosaurus? 520 00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:18,875 I mean, could this African creature really be a holdout 521 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,667 from the Cretaceous period? 522 00:22:20,750 --> 00:22:23,375 We return to our experts now for a closer look. 523 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:26,458 (mysterious music) 524 00:22:28,042 --> 00:22:30,750 Wildlife biologist, Stephanie Schuttler weighs the options. 525 00:22:30,875 --> 00:22:33,667 If this isn't the long lost Mokele-mbembe, 526 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:37,042 could it be a watercraft mistaken for the famous beast? 527 00:22:37,542 --> 00:22:38,833 - I don't think this is a boat, 528 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,042 mostly because this dark, curved shape in the front. 529 00:22:43,167 --> 00:22:45,042 People in this area with boats, 530 00:22:45,167 --> 00:22:46,792 it's just basic dugout canoes, 531 00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:50,792 so you wouldn't see anything extending like that. 532 00:22:50,875 --> 00:22:53,167 - [Tony] Schuttler also examines the hydrology, 533 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:54,792 the movement, the water. 534 00:22:54,875 --> 00:22:56,500 - [Stephanie Schuttler] The water trail is so dark, 535 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:58,667 that suggests there's mud or something. 536 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:01,500 If it were just wake from a canoe, 537 00:23:01,625 --> 00:23:04,042 I don't think you'd be able to see it from the air. 538 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,500 - [Tony] So whatever is making this wake 539 00:23:06,667 --> 00:23:08,500 is moving along the muddy bottom 540 00:23:08,625 --> 00:23:10,667 and that's how marine biologist, Shea Conger, 541 00:23:10,792 --> 00:23:13,875 eliminates the possibility of it being a downed tree. 542 00:23:14,042 --> 00:23:16,167 - This definitely isn't something like a log, 543 00:23:16,292 --> 00:23:19,792 because it has a wake behind it. 544 00:23:19,917 --> 00:23:22,500 And you can see in the footage that it's moving. 545 00:23:22,625 --> 00:23:26,333 So this is definitely a biological animal. 546 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:29,500 - [Tony] So could it be the legendary lost dinosaur? 547 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:31,000 (dinosaur roaring) 548 00:23:31,167 --> 00:23:35,167 - Mokele-mbembe is thought to be a lost sauropod, 549 00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:40,250 however, this doesn't fit the body structure of a sauropod. 550 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:43,417 This would have to be the long neck 551 00:23:43,542 --> 00:23:46,667 and you don't really see a head on top. 552 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:48,625 Sauropods, although their heads were small, 553 00:23:48,708 --> 00:23:51,583 it didn't disappear completely. 554 00:23:51,708 --> 00:23:53,958 Also, just the body shape here is wrong. 555 00:23:54,042 --> 00:23:57,000 They didn't have this double hump feature 556 00:23:57,125 --> 00:23:58,667 so it just doesn't fit 557 00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:00,958 with what shows up in the fossil record. 558 00:24:02,333 --> 00:24:04,042 - [Tony] Still, new dinosaur fossils 559 00:24:04,167 --> 00:24:05,583 are discovered all the time. 560 00:24:05,708 --> 00:24:09,167 In fact, on average over 45 fossils have been found 561 00:24:09,333 --> 00:24:11,542 per year since 2003. 562 00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:13,417 But Conger sees another possibility 563 00:24:13,542 --> 00:24:15,042 for what's wading in the water. 564 00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:16,833 - What people think is a neck 565 00:24:18,042 --> 00:24:20,583 looks a whole lot like an elephant's trunk. 566 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:23,708 So this is probably a forest elephant, 567 00:24:23,833 --> 00:24:26,667 which live in the jungles of the Congo. 568 00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:29,292 The idea that a forest elephant would spend a lot of time 569 00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:31,833 in water isn't that bizarre. 570 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,583 Elephants are able to hold their trunk above their head 571 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:36,833 while they're swimming as a snorkel, 572 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:39,500 and I think that's what we're seeing here. 573 00:24:39,625 --> 00:24:42,625 (mysterious music) 574 00:24:44,542 --> 00:24:47,042 - Our verdict, the trunk was key. 575 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:48,167 We'll say elephant, 576 00:24:48,292 --> 00:24:51,042 though some will argue it's perhaps a dinosaur 577 00:24:51,167 --> 00:24:53,833 that hasn't been seen yet in the fossil record. 578 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,917 The preponderance of sightings by local populations 579 00:24:57,042 --> 00:24:58,292 is really fascinating. 580 00:24:58,417 --> 00:25:01,333 And now that half a billion Africans have smartphones, 581 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:04,417 if this thing exists we should hope to see 582 00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:05,500 some new footage soon. 583 00:25:09,292 --> 00:25:12,125 - NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office 584 00:25:12,208 --> 00:25:14,042 keeps a close eye on asteroids, 585 00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:16,500 due to the threat of one crashing into earth 586 00:25:16,667 --> 00:25:18,958 and ending life as we know it. 587 00:25:19,083 --> 00:25:20,583 But while scientists around the globe 588 00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:23,083 were checking out one of these huge flying rocks, 589 00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:25,542 they may have made another startling discovery. 590 00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:28,000 It's May, 2000, in outer space. 591 00:25:28,125 --> 00:25:31,208 NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft 592 00:25:31,375 --> 00:25:33,292 known as NEAR Shoemaker, 593 00:25:33,375 --> 00:25:35,000 is on patrol when it trains its gaze 594 00:25:35,125 --> 00:25:37,625 on the massive asteroid known as Eros, 595 00:25:37,708 --> 00:25:40,708 approximately 221 million miles from Earth. 596 00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:42,458 In the process of its surveillance, 597 00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:44,875 it captures some startling images. 598 00:25:45,042 --> 00:25:46,917 If you look closely at the satellite photo, 599 00:25:47,042 --> 00:25:50,292 there appears to be a strange object that's lit up 600 00:25:50,417 --> 00:25:51,833 at the center of a crater. 601 00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:53,333 Compared to its surroundings, 602 00:25:53,458 --> 00:25:56,292 the object has a distinct square and angular appearance 603 00:25:56,375 --> 00:25:58,958 which seems to indicate it's not a natural feature 604 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:00,583 of Eros's surface. 605 00:26:00,708 --> 00:26:03,500 NASA catalogs it as a large rectangular boulder. 606 00:26:03,583 --> 00:26:06,333 But George Haas of the Cydonia Institute 607 00:26:06,458 --> 00:26:09,750 which advocates theories of ancient Martian civilizations 608 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:11,458 doubts it's a shape that would ever occur 609 00:26:11,583 --> 00:26:13,042 like this naturally. 610 00:26:13,208 --> 00:26:15,000 - Now, if anybody's ever seen pictures of these asteroids, 611 00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:17,625 they're very highly-textured, organic shapes. 612 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:21,750 But then there's this cubic, metallic, flat, 613 00:26:21,875 --> 00:26:25,167 smooth feature on here, which is totally out of place. 614 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:28,333 This is a structure that's sitting on this asteroid 615 00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:29,833 and it shouldn't be there. 616 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,083 - [Tony] Haas says this photo has gotten 617 00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:34,833 an incredible amount of attention and raises questions 618 00:26:34,958 --> 00:26:36,417 about whether this could be evidence 619 00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:38,500 of an extra terrestrial colony. 620 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:39,833 - [George Haas] Some believe that this structure 621 00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:42,208 on this asteroid is the remnants 622 00:26:42,333 --> 00:26:43,917 of an ancient mining operation. 623 00:26:44,042 --> 00:26:47,333 And a lot of these asteroids are full of copper. 624 00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:48,958 Coppers is very scarce now. 625 00:26:49,083 --> 00:26:51,208 So if we were to find an asteroid full of that, 626 00:26:51,333 --> 00:26:52,667 it would be well worth the trip 627 00:26:52,833 --> 00:26:54,875 to set up a mining operation. 628 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,083 - [Tony] Before you write that off as absurd, 629 00:26:57,208 --> 00:26:59,917 bear in mind that today, right here on Earth 630 00:27:00,042 --> 00:27:01,833 there are companies developing robotic 631 00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:04,500 and satellite platforms to enable the exploration 632 00:27:04,625 --> 00:27:07,667 and extraction of off world resources, 633 00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:09,375 including from asteroids. 634 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:12,458 Yet Haas suggests that aliens could also be up to something 635 00:27:12,583 --> 00:27:13,833 far more sinister. 636 00:27:13,958 --> 00:27:17,167 - The Eros asteroid is located in and around 637 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:18,667 the asteroid belt. 638 00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:21,083 Which is a perfect location if someone was to place 639 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,167 a spy station. 640 00:27:23,292 --> 00:27:25,792 It's just far enough from Earth not to be detected 641 00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:29,667 and it's close enough to come in and leave their satellites 642 00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:33,292 in this area for monitoring what's going on on earth. 643 00:27:36,250 --> 00:27:39,208 - Eros was the first near Earth asteroid discovered. 644 00:27:39,333 --> 00:27:41,333 It's about 10 miles across, 645 00:27:41,458 --> 00:27:43,667 five times bigger than the asteroid 646 00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:45,750 that wiped out the dinosaurs. 647 00:27:45,875 --> 00:27:47,958 Based on the size of Eros, 648 00:27:48,042 --> 00:27:50,500 NASA estimates the mysterious rectangular structure 649 00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:53,792 to be about 148 feet across. 650 00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:55,708 That's a pretty big mystery. 651 00:27:55,833 --> 00:27:58,125 Let's see if our experts can help solve it. 652 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:01,833 (mysterious music) 653 00:28:01,917 --> 00:28:04,125 First, astro photographer, Andrew McCarthy 654 00:28:04,208 --> 00:28:05,833 takes a look to see if this could be an issue 655 00:28:05,958 --> 00:28:09,125 with the way the camera captured this part of the asteroid. 656 00:28:09,208 --> 00:28:13,833 - I used a suite of tools and my photography workshop 657 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:17,167 to analyze the photo for any kind of optical anomalies 658 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,667 that may have shown up due to pixels inside that sensor 659 00:28:20,792 --> 00:28:22,875 that were not behaving properly. 660 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,375 My conclusion is that what we're seeing in these photos 661 00:28:25,542 --> 00:28:27,958 is entirely authentic. 662 00:28:28,083 --> 00:28:30,125 - [Tony] So since McCarthy says the image is accurate, 663 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,833 could this really be an alien structure? 664 00:28:32,958 --> 00:28:34,625 Astronomer and visual effects analyst, 665 00:28:34,750 --> 00:28:36,667 Marc D'Antonio is not convinced. 666 00:28:36,833 --> 00:28:38,583 - There's bright spots on this asteroid 667 00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,292 for a number of reasons. 668 00:28:40,375 --> 00:28:45,250 They could be water ice spots or just brighter soil. 669 00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:47,708 And when you take a photograph that looks normal 670 00:28:47,875 --> 00:28:49,833 for your eyes, for the camera, 671 00:28:49,958 --> 00:28:53,875 you overexpose really, really bright things like this. 672 00:28:55,208 --> 00:28:57,833 - [Tony] NASA geologist, Dr. Bob Anderson, explains. 673 00:28:57,958 --> 00:28:59,292 - When you first look at it, you go, 674 00:28:59,417 --> 00:29:02,000 "Wow, that does look kind of strange, it's out of place." 675 00:29:02,125 --> 00:29:03,958 But if you blow this image up, 676 00:29:04,083 --> 00:29:06,667 you will see that there's multiple craters around here. 677 00:29:06,792 --> 00:29:08,667 Asteroids are very violent. 678 00:29:08,792 --> 00:29:11,125 These asteroid bodies are floating in that area 679 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:11,833 and they hit. 680 00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:13,208 (rocks exploding) 681 00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:15,667 And so you get these boulders thrown out of them. 682 00:29:15,792 --> 00:29:17,500 Now because of the lighting angle here, 683 00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:19,000 it looks like as if it's structure, 684 00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,917 when, in fact, it's just sitting on the surface there. 685 00:29:22,042 --> 00:29:23,542 - [Tony] So Anderson says the boulder 686 00:29:23,708 --> 00:29:26,000 is actually more rounded than it appears. 687 00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:28,292 The way the sun is hitting it is playing tricks 688 00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:31,000 with the shadows in creating this optical illusion 689 00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:32,750 that the rock is rectangle. 690 00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:35,875 (mysterious music) 691 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,042 Our verdict, this is most likely 692 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:41,167 a naturally occurring boulder that just appears 693 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:44,125 to be more rectangular than it actually is, 694 00:29:44,208 --> 00:29:46,833 due to the angle and the source of light. 695 00:29:46,958 --> 00:29:48,333 It only looks lit up because it's brighter 696 00:29:48,417 --> 00:29:50,458 than the rest of the rock. 697 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:54,333 Still, NASA hasn't responded to inquiries about this image, 698 00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:56,583 so there's a chance there's still more to it 699 00:29:56,708 --> 00:29:58,417 than meets the eye. 700 00:30:02,417 --> 00:30:04,875 - Getting something as small as an eyelash stuck 701 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,250 in your eye can be agonizing, but this clip 702 00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:09,917 we're about to show you takes it to the next level. 703 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:11,875 The video has people suggesting it documented 704 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,500 some sort of miracle. 705 00:30:13,625 --> 00:30:16,458 But caution: this one's not so easy on the eyes. 706 00:30:17,292 --> 00:30:20,875 It's October 1996 at Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. 707 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,333 A young Muslim girl claims she's experiencing 708 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:27,167 an unusual ailment and the news media comes to investigate. 709 00:30:27,333 --> 00:30:30,333 A video filmed by a TV crew shows the girl sitting sullen 710 00:30:30,458 --> 00:30:32,833 in a chair surrounded by her family. 711 00:30:32,958 --> 00:30:34,208 Then suddenly, her father reaches over 712 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,500 and pulls up the lid of her eye. 713 00:30:36,583 --> 00:30:38,083 The 12 year old looks down 714 00:30:38,208 --> 00:30:41,833 and slowly sheds what appears to be a crystal tear. 715 00:30:44,875 --> 00:30:46,292 As the camera crew keeps rolling, 716 00:30:46,417 --> 00:30:47,875 she miraculously produces 717 00:30:48,042 --> 00:30:50,333 at least three more of these sharp tears 718 00:30:50,417 --> 00:30:52,833 with her eyes seeming to remain unscathed. 719 00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,708 Journalist, Erin McCarthy, is amazed 720 00:30:56,833 --> 00:30:58,333 at the preteen's composure. 721 00:30:58,417 --> 00:31:01,833 - I would expect for her to be incredibly uncomfortable, 722 00:31:01,917 --> 00:31:05,000 crying, trying to get whatever it is out. 723 00:31:05,083 --> 00:31:07,792 And she just seems totally calm. 724 00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:10,042 There's a little irritation, but certainly not 725 00:31:10,167 --> 00:31:13,333 what I would expect from something like this in the eye. 726 00:31:13,458 --> 00:31:15,042 - [Tony] What's even more remarkable? 727 00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:17,500 Apparently this isn't the first time this has happened. 728 00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:20,500 The girl allegedly produced solid glass crystals 729 00:31:20,667 --> 00:31:22,667 seven times a day for eight months 730 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:24,292 without any evident injury. 731 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:27,458 - There were doctors who had various theories about it, 732 00:31:27,542 --> 00:31:30,292 but her father believed that it was a miracle from God 733 00:31:30,375 --> 00:31:34,250 and the girl actually said that Imam Ali came to her 734 00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:37,083 in a vision and told her to give glass shards 735 00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:39,000 to people who were sick. 736 00:31:39,125 --> 00:31:42,833 Imam Ali is the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad 737 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,333 and the first spiritual leader of the Shiites. 738 00:31:46,458 --> 00:31:48,750 - [Tony] When the news breaks, the girl becomes a sensation 739 00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:50,333 and people visit her daily to take home 740 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,667 what they believe to be sacred glass. 741 00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:55,042 - Shortly after this started happening, she went to stay 742 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:58,042 with an ophthalmologist who tested the shards. 743 00:31:58,208 --> 00:32:01,500 She also saw some doctors from Saudi Arabia who tested them. 744 00:32:01,625 --> 00:32:05,458 In both instances, they declared that the shards were real 745 00:32:05,542 --> 00:32:09,167 without saying what material they actually were. 746 00:32:09,292 --> 00:32:13,208 So there's a lot of mystery surrounding this even now. 747 00:32:15,208 --> 00:32:17,708 - According to one study, getting something caught 748 00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:21,375 in your eye is the second most common form of ocular trauma. 749 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:23,208 Foreign objects can cause abrasions 750 00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:25,958 and even some serious damage to the cornea. 751 00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:29,333 So what's really going on with these tears? 752 00:32:29,458 --> 00:32:31,500 If they're actually made of crystal, 753 00:32:31,625 --> 00:32:35,125 how is the girl's eyeball remaining unscathed? 754 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:37,167 Let's see if our experts can clear this up. 755 00:32:37,250 --> 00:32:40,333 (suspenseful music) 756 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,167 Catholic miracle expert and trained engineer, 757 00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:47,375 Michael O'Neill, says if it's some kind of miracle, 758 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:48,833 it's a new kind. 759 00:32:48,958 --> 00:32:51,750 - We've heard of stories of icons of the Virgin Mary weeping 760 00:32:51,875 --> 00:32:53,042 tears of blood, 761 00:32:53,208 --> 00:32:56,250 weeping human tears, in fact, or tears of myrrh. 762 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:58,208 Or there have been cases of stigmatics 763 00:32:58,333 --> 00:33:01,542 or other mystics weeping tears of blood like Therese Neumann 764 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:04,667 from Germany in the first half of the 20th century. 765 00:33:04,792 --> 00:33:08,333 And we've never seen anything like this, though. 766 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:11,125 - [Tony] Of course, O'Neill specializes in Catholicism, 767 00:33:11,208 --> 00:33:14,500 not Islam, but there is no mention of glass tears 768 00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:16,583 in the Quran or the Bible. 769 00:33:16,708 --> 00:33:19,542 O'Neill doubts that what we're seeing here is miraculous. 770 00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:21,625 - We see cases of stigmata, people bleeding 771 00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:23,667 from their hands and their side and their feet 772 00:33:23,833 --> 00:33:27,333 and that connects to Jesus and his crucifixion on the cross. 773 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:29,125 Although this is a remarkable phenomenon, 774 00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:31,500 I would not consider this to be a miracle. 775 00:33:31,625 --> 00:33:34,292 I don't see where faith might come into play. 776 00:33:34,417 --> 00:33:36,917 - [Tony] So did the girl get some broken glass in her eye 777 00:33:37,042 --> 00:33:38,458 she's now shedding? 778 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:41,292 Biologist, Dr. Floyd Hayes, dives into that theory. 779 00:33:42,708 --> 00:33:44,208 - If this resulted from some sort of an accident, 780 00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:47,833 we would likely see some tears and some bleeding 781 00:33:47,958 --> 00:33:49,208 or some scarring. 782 00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:52,292 It would most likely be impaled into the tissues 783 00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:55,458 and not just simply resting there harmlessly 784 00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:56,667 inside of the eye. 785 00:33:56,833 --> 00:34:00,000 Her eye looks like it's slightly pinkish down in here, 786 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,458 so it may be irritated to some degree, 787 00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:05,167 but it doesn't look like it's causing any major damage. 788 00:34:05,292 --> 00:34:07,625 - [Tony] So if it's not broken glass, is the girl's body 789 00:34:07,708 --> 00:34:11,333 somehow capable of producing solid crystalline tears? 790 00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:14,833 - Tears are basically a clear liquid that are formed 791 00:34:14,958 --> 00:34:17,000 by the lacrimal glands 792 00:34:17,125 --> 00:34:20,125 and they have several different nutrients 793 00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:21,333 and substances in 'em. 794 00:34:21,417 --> 00:34:23,500 They're basically like salt water. 795 00:34:23,625 --> 00:34:26,000 Glass is formed of silica or quartz 796 00:34:26,125 --> 00:34:28,333 and the human body doesn't really form it. 797 00:34:28,458 --> 00:34:33,417 There are rare examples of lacrimal gland ductal stones 798 00:34:34,042 --> 00:34:35,292 that have formed. 799 00:34:35,417 --> 00:34:37,333 They are formed mostly of calcium carbonate, 800 00:34:37,417 --> 00:34:40,208 but they're darker in color and they're more bumpy. 801 00:34:40,333 --> 00:34:43,750 So that is not what is happening here. 802 00:34:43,875 --> 00:34:46,667 - [Tony] So if it's impossible for tear ducts to make glass, 803 00:34:46,792 --> 00:34:49,875 then could this all have somehow been staged? 804 00:34:50,042 --> 00:34:51,542 - There was a gentleman named Joe Nickell 805 00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:53,667 and he was able to demonstrate that he could do 806 00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:57,125 the same thing by placing a piece of quartz 807 00:34:57,208 --> 00:35:01,417 underneath his eye there by lowering the lower eyelid 808 00:35:01,542 --> 00:35:03,625 and then when he manipulated it, he was able to get 809 00:35:03,708 --> 00:35:06,292 the piece of quartz to fall out just like that. 810 00:35:06,375 --> 00:35:09,500 As you can see, there is ample space between the eyeball 811 00:35:09,583 --> 00:35:13,250 and the eyelids for objects to be placed. 812 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:15,667 But please don't try this at home. 813 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:18,625 (suspenseful music) 814 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:20,792 - Our verdict? 815 00:35:20,875 --> 00:35:22,708 This is a staged incident. 816 00:35:22,875 --> 00:35:25,500 She's likely using small quartz crystals that have 817 00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:29,417 smoother edges than you'd find on shards of broken glass. 818 00:35:29,542 --> 00:35:33,250 In the meantime, we'll keep our eyes peeled for evidence 819 00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:34,375 of true miracles. 820 00:35:38,375 --> 00:35:40,833 Did you know the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force was 821 00:35:40,958 --> 00:35:43,542 once responsible for recording all UFO sightings 822 00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:45,250 across the UK? 823 00:35:45,375 --> 00:35:47,333 That effort was shut down back in 2009, 824 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:49,958 but the recent release of the records has confirmed 825 00:35:50,042 --> 00:35:52,292 that London is a bonafide hotspot 826 00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:54,083 where the most UFO reports 827 00:35:54,208 --> 00:35:56,000 of anywhere in the UK. 828 00:35:56,125 --> 00:35:57,542 Don't believe it? 829 00:35:57,667 --> 00:35:58,542 Look for yourself. 830 00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:04,000 June 2011, it's a partly cloudy day in London, England 831 00:36:04,125 --> 00:36:05,708 when suddenly a commotion in the streets has 832 00:36:05,833 --> 00:36:09,667 one pedestrian pulling out a camera to film this. 833 00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:13,958 (suspenseful music) 834 00:36:14,042 --> 00:36:15,708 Did you see that? 835 00:36:15,833 --> 00:36:16,833 Let's take another look. 836 00:36:18,833 --> 00:36:21,833 Five glowing orbs pass from one cloud to another. 837 00:36:23,583 --> 00:36:27,167 Then, a larger oval-shaped UFO hovers above the city 838 00:36:27,292 --> 00:36:28,708 and suddenly darts away. 839 00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:33,417 It's a sight that seems to shock the London pedestrians 840 00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:36,125 as well as author and blogger, Amy Teitel. 841 00:36:36,250 --> 00:36:37,958 - What's interesting about this video is 842 00:36:38,083 --> 00:36:39,833 that it seems to be morphing. 843 00:36:39,958 --> 00:36:43,542 It kind of narrows and then expands again to a ring shape. 844 00:36:43,667 --> 00:36:46,250 So what could this possibly be? 845 00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:48,875 - [Tony] The UK has reported over 5,000 UFO sightings 846 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:50,542 in the past 20 years. 847 00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:54,333 In fact, 7% of Britains say they've seen a UFO 848 00:36:54,417 --> 00:36:56,542 and some of them are aviation professionals. 849 00:36:56,667 --> 00:36:59,125 - This sighting is somewhat reminiscent of the story told 850 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:01,000 by Captain James Howard. 851 00:37:01,125 --> 00:37:05,542 In 1954, he and a crew were flying a Stratocruiser to London 852 00:37:05,708 --> 00:37:09,458 and they saw an oblong or an elongated black object 853 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:12,375 with kind of upturned ends that were curved. 854 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,625 And as they watched it, it morphed, it changed shape 855 00:37:15,708 --> 00:37:18,667 and became a flat object with a pointed wing 856 00:37:18,833 --> 00:37:21,000 almost looking like a shark's fin. 857 00:37:21,167 --> 00:37:23,000 This video bears some similarities 858 00:37:23,083 --> 00:37:24,792 to this commercial pilot's sighting. 859 00:37:25,208 --> 00:37:27,000 And in both of these sightings, 860 00:37:27,125 --> 00:37:29,333 the main body seems to morph. 861 00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:33,375 In this video, it's a circle that squishes into an oval 862 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:35,375 and then goes back into a circle again. 863 00:37:37,375 --> 00:37:39,000 - [Tony] Even before the media sensation 864 00:37:39,083 --> 00:37:41,333 of Captain Howard's sighting, the British government was 865 00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:44,417 well aware of UFOs in their airspace. 866 00:37:44,542 --> 00:37:49,500 In fact, in 1952, Winston Churchill himself wrote 867 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:53,667 a letter asking for an official report on flying saucers. 868 00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:55,917 It's a short letter, let me read it to you. 869 00:37:57,958 --> 00:38:01,000 "What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? 870 00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:02,167 What can it mean? 871 00:38:02,292 --> 00:38:04,167 What is the truth? 872 00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:06,542 Let me have a report at your convenience. 873 00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:09,667 WSC." 874 00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:11,208 So are they back? 875 00:38:11,375 --> 00:38:14,000 We take that question to our team of experts. 876 00:38:14,167 --> 00:38:17,708 (suspenseful music) 877 00:38:17,833 --> 00:38:20,583 First, we talk to aviation expert, Tim McMillan, 878 00:38:20,708 --> 00:38:22,417 to find out if there's any known aircraft 879 00:38:22,542 --> 00:38:23,792 that matches this object. 880 00:38:23,917 --> 00:38:25,917 - So, it's definitely odd if it was, 881 00:38:26,042 --> 00:38:29,375 say your normal conventional aircraft, we would see wings, 882 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,208 we would see a tail stabilizer, 883 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,667 and it needs to have forward momentum. 884 00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:36,250 And in this case we see it hovering. 885 00:38:36,375 --> 00:38:37,542 - [Tony] So if it's not a plane, 886 00:38:37,667 --> 00:38:39,500 what about a craft that can hover? 887 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:40,792 - Is it a helicopter? 888 00:38:40,917 --> 00:38:43,167 A, it doesn't look like a helicopter. 889 00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:45,333 And B, it does a couple of maneuvers 890 00:38:45,458 --> 00:38:48,750 that are really inconsistent with a helicopter. 891 00:38:48,875 --> 00:38:51,750 It rather suddenly darts one direction, 892 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:54,375 appears to dip in altitude, and then go back up 893 00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:58,125 in altitude to form a stable hover. 894 00:38:58,250 --> 00:38:59,542 Not really what you would see 895 00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:02,667 with even military helicopters. 896 00:39:02,792 --> 00:39:04,167 - [Tony] Okay, the shape doesn't match 897 00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:05,667 any typical aircraft. 898 00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:07,333 What about something that does match the shape 899 00:39:07,458 --> 00:39:08,792 like a balloon? 900 00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:11,417 - You can see a lenticular-shaped, large, 901 00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:14,667 different atmospheric balloons, but yet we're left 902 00:39:14,750 --> 00:39:17,625 with the fact that it doesn't maneuver like a balloon. 903 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:20,042 - [Tony] It's the quick starts and stops that don't fit 904 00:39:20,208 --> 00:39:21,250 for McMillan. 905 00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:23,333 - If a balloon is caught in the air flow 906 00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:26,458 of the upper atmosphere, it's gonna go with that. 907 00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:28,250 And that's not really what we're seeing here. 908 00:39:28,375 --> 00:39:30,042 So we're seeing something that appears to be 909 00:39:30,208 --> 00:39:31,500 under controlled flight. 910 00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:33,500 - [Tony] Without any conventional explanation, 911 00:39:33,625 --> 00:39:36,417 we turn to forensic video analyst, Michael Primeau. 912 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,500 So could this be a fake? 913 00:39:38,625 --> 00:39:42,833 - Typically, multiple witnesses viewing something is 914 00:39:42,917 --> 00:39:45,542 sufficient to be able to verify that there's something 915 00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:47,500 upward in the sky that they're all looking at. 916 00:39:47,583 --> 00:39:51,667 (wind blowing) (people speaking indistinctly) 917 00:39:51,792 --> 00:39:53,417 - [Tony] Primeau says a thorough examination 918 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:56,333 of the metadata reveals a crucial clue. 919 00:39:56,458 --> 00:39:58,000 - In the macro block analysis, we see 920 00:39:58,167 --> 00:39:59,417 all of these different colors. 921 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:01,333 And when something is created in a software program, 922 00:40:01,458 --> 00:40:03,417 these macro blocks are random as you see here 923 00:40:03,542 --> 00:40:05,875 because its goal is to shrink the file size 924 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,208 as much as possible so the actual pixel content 925 00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:10,792 that goes into the video 926 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:13,375 when it's created have all been changed drastically. 927 00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:15,875 - [Tony] For Primeau, that's all he needs to know. 928 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:18,750 - The gradients that were used to blend the sky 929 00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:22,583 with these UFOs was compelling. 930 00:40:22,708 --> 00:40:25,417 This is probably the most convincing hoax 931 00:40:25,542 --> 00:40:27,750 that I've ever analyzed, mostly because 932 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:30,000 at the preliminary level of the examination, 933 00:40:30,125 --> 00:40:32,333 it even had me fooled for a brief moment. 934 00:40:32,458 --> 00:40:35,542 (suspenseful music) 935 00:40:36,375 --> 00:40:37,625 - Our verdict? 936 00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:38,708 Hoax. 937 00:40:38,833 --> 00:40:40,583 Credit where credit is due. 938 00:40:40,708 --> 00:40:43,792 The multiple apparent witnesses did give this video 939 00:40:43,917 --> 00:40:47,333 a sense of realism, but in the end, these UFOs are 940 00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:49,708 nothing more than a digital creation. 941 00:40:49,833 --> 00:40:51,833 But we still don't know what Captain Howard 942 00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:54,917 and his crew saw that day in 1954. 943 00:40:55,042 --> 00:40:57,208 If you happen to have any real proof, 944 00:40:57,333 --> 00:40:59,208 be sure to send it our way. 945 00:40:59,375 --> 00:41:00,417 And that's our show for tonight. 946 00:41:00,542 --> 00:41:02,625 It is great to be back. 947 00:41:02,708 --> 00:41:05,250 Thank you so much for watching and remember to keep 948 00:41:05,375 --> 00:41:06,625 those cameras rolling. 949 00:41:06,708 --> 00:41:09,125 (mysterious music)