1 00:00:02,208 --> 00:00:03,167 - Tonight on "The Proof is Out There", 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:05,167 hikers come across bones in the woods all the time, 3 00:00:05,292 --> 00:00:07,000 but nobody's ever seen this. 4 00:00:07,167 --> 00:00:08,917 - Obviously, one theory about this thing 5 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:10,875 is that it is not of this world. 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,083 - [Tony] Caught on camera is a famed boogeyman on the hunt 7 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:15,333 in a Filipino village. 8 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,250 - [Cliff Barackman] After night falls, they shapeshift. 9 00:00:18,375 --> 00:00:20,208 - [Tony] We investigate one of the most famous photos 10 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:22,333 of a mass UFO encounter ever. 11 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:26,125 - Almost 30 people saw this strange object in the sky. 12 00:00:26,208 --> 00:00:28,167 - [Tony] And a giant wolf on the loose. 13 00:00:28,292 --> 00:00:29,792 - There have long been legends 14 00:00:29,917 --> 00:00:32,292 of monstrous, blood thirsty wolves. 15 00:00:32,417 --> 00:00:33,833 - Could this prehistoric monster 16 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,583 still be on the hunt today? 17 00:00:38,417 --> 00:00:40,125 (tense music) 18 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:42,208 Around the globe are videos. 19 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:43,625 - [Onlooker] What the heck is this? 20 00:00:43,708 --> 00:00:45,292 - [Onlooker] It's moving. 21 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:48,500 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 22 00:00:48,583 --> 00:00:52,333 (mechanical screeching) 23 00:00:52,417 --> 00:00:53,833 (tense music) 24 00:00:53,917 --> 00:00:56,167 - [Onlooker] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 25 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:58,292 What's exciting is nobody really knows. 26 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:00,250 - [Tony] What are they? 27 00:01:00,375 --> 00:01:02,333 - [Onlooker] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 28 00:01:02,417 --> 00:01:05,500 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 29 00:01:07,625 --> 00:01:08,500 - I'm Tony Harris, 30 00:01:08,625 --> 00:01:11,083 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 31 00:01:11,208 --> 00:01:13,833 I've followed the facts where they take me. 32 00:01:13,917 --> 00:01:16,292 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 33 00:01:16,417 --> 00:01:18,833 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 34 00:01:20,208 --> 00:01:22,708 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 35 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:26,042 - It's a credible case, it's a credible Video. 36 00:01:26,208 --> 00:01:28,833 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 37 00:01:28,958 --> 00:01:30,833 - This video was clearly faked. 38 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,583 - The proof starts now. 39 00:01:33,708 --> 00:01:36,375 (dramatic music) 40 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,083 - Good evening and welcome to "The Proof is Out There". 41 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:46,708 Usually on the show, when we talk about UFOs, 42 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:50,250 we're talking about unidentified flying objects. 43 00:01:50,375 --> 00:01:53,375 Tonight, our first story is about another kind of UFO, 44 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:56,333 unidentified floating objects, 45 00:01:56,458 --> 00:01:58,167 that have been appearing across Europe 46 00:01:58,292 --> 00:02:00,083 for the past several years. 47 00:02:00,208 --> 00:02:02,125 It's not just a phenomenon, it's a mystery 48 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,833 and it's tied to a single unpronounceable 49 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,167 word, "Tjipetir." 50 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:10,542 I'm pretty sure I said that wrong, but just watch. 51 00:02:11,750 --> 00:02:13,750 France, November, 2012. 52 00:02:13,875 --> 00:02:16,583 Louise Mamet is taking a stroll on a Brittany Beach 53 00:02:16,708 --> 00:02:19,708 when the North Atlantic presents her with a bizarre gift. 54 00:02:19,875 --> 00:02:22,833 It's not a message in a bottle, it's a message on a tablet. 55 00:02:33,875 --> 00:02:34,833 - [Tony] It's a rubbery block 56 00:02:34,958 --> 00:02:37,750 that could almost be mistaken for a baseball base 57 00:02:37,875 --> 00:02:41,000 if it weren't for those perfect rectilinear letters 58 00:02:41,167 --> 00:02:42,167 spelling a word that Louise 59 00:02:42,250 --> 00:02:45,667 has never seen or heard before, "Tjipetir". 60 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:48,833 Now it gets stranger, because nearly 100 of these blocks 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,500 have popped up all over Europe, 62 00:02:50,625 --> 00:02:52,958 including the UK, Netherlands and even Denmark. 63 00:02:53,083 --> 00:02:53,750 What's going on? 64 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:56,167 Jose De Core found one of several 65 00:02:56,292 --> 00:02:58,250 that washed up on the coast of Spain. 66 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:08,083 - [Tony] So where are all these blocks coming from? 67 00:03:08,208 --> 00:03:10,125 Journalist Erin McCarthy has some theories. 68 00:03:10,208 --> 00:03:13,292 - When I think about mysterious incidents 69 00:03:13,417 --> 00:03:15,167 that involve a single word, 70 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:17,208 I often think of the Roanoke colony. 71 00:03:17,375 --> 00:03:19,833 1587, the same year they set up that colony, 72 00:03:19,917 --> 00:03:21,417 Their governor goes back to England 73 00:03:21,542 --> 00:03:23,958 and by the time he gets back, 74 00:03:24,042 --> 00:03:27,542 all of the citizens have disappeared and all that is left 75 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:32,583 is a single word carved into the defensive wall, "Croatoan." 76 00:03:33,917 --> 00:03:35,792 - Croatoan was actually the name of a nearby island, 77 00:03:35,917 --> 00:03:38,500 so some speculate the carving was a mysterious clue 78 00:03:38,625 --> 00:03:42,042 to indicate a migration there, but no one was ever found. 79 00:03:42,167 --> 00:03:44,292 Are these floating bricks another ominous message 80 00:03:44,375 --> 00:03:46,458 from someone trying to tell us something? 81 00:03:48,167 --> 00:03:50,667 Strange things have washed up on beaches before. 82 00:03:50,792 --> 00:03:53,750 In the 1980s, Garfield telephones 83 00:03:53,875 --> 00:03:56,583 were found along the coast of France. 84 00:03:56,708 --> 00:03:58,750 So one theory is these blocks 85 00:03:58,875 --> 00:04:01,750 are actually long lost cargo from a shipwreck, 86 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:03,875 but any theory has to take account of 87 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,917 that word, "Tjipetir." 88 00:04:06,042 --> 00:04:09,667 It's not in our language, but it is in our alphabet 89 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:12,333 and what to make of that rubbery substance? 90 00:04:12,458 --> 00:04:13,875 Let's ask our experts. 91 00:04:15,042 --> 00:04:17,875 (soft music) 92 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,958 After examining the mysterious blocks, 93 00:04:20,083 --> 00:04:21,250 physicists Matthew Szydagis 94 00:04:21,375 --> 00:04:23,000 thinks he can identify that substance. 95 00:04:23,167 --> 00:04:27,333 - These blocks are made of a type of rubber, actually, 96 00:04:27,458 --> 00:04:28,542 known as gutta-percha. 97 00:04:28,708 --> 00:04:32,125 It's from the gum of a tree in Indonesia. 98 00:04:32,250 --> 00:04:33,458 In the early 20th century, 99 00:04:33,542 --> 00:04:34,833 gutta-percha was used 100 00:04:34,958 --> 00:04:38,000 as cable sheathing for telegraph wires. 101 00:04:38,083 --> 00:04:41,750 So this could explain how it got from Indonesia to Europe 102 00:04:41,875 --> 00:04:44,458 because it was actually a commercial product 103 00:04:44,542 --> 00:04:48,375 decades ago from a plantation in Indonesia. 104 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:51,000 - [Tony] A plantation called Tjipetir. 105 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:52,208 It was located here 106 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:54,958 and since it was shipping the sheathing around the world, 107 00:04:55,083 --> 00:04:57,500 the tablets may have come off a sunken ship. 108 00:04:57,625 --> 00:04:58,958 - The density of gutta-percha 109 00:04:59,042 --> 00:05:02,292 is about 0.3 grams per cubic centimeter. 110 00:05:02,375 --> 00:05:06,875 The density of water is about one gram per cubic centimeter, 111 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 and so what that means is these blocks 112 00:05:09,083 --> 00:05:13,583 can easily bob to the surface from a sunken wreck. 113 00:05:13,708 --> 00:05:14,833 - [Tony] And there's a twist. 114 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,958 Gutta-percha was used as an insulator until about 1940 115 00:05:18,083 --> 00:05:20,667 when synthetic materials began to replace it. 116 00:05:20,750 --> 00:05:23,042 So if these blocks came from a sunken wreck, 117 00:05:23,167 --> 00:05:24,292 when did it go down 118 00:05:24,375 --> 00:05:27,500 and why did it take decades for them to wash up on shore? 119 00:05:27,583 --> 00:05:30,250 Marine biologist Shea Conger looks for answers. 120 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:31,458 - It was hypothesized 121 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:34,500 that these could have been from the Titanic 122 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,833 which was shipwrecked in the North Atlantic. 123 00:05:36,917 --> 00:05:38,833 The Titanic's manifest showed 124 00:05:38,958 --> 00:05:42,500 that it did carry gutta-percha during its maiden voyage. 125 00:05:42,625 --> 00:05:45,667 However, where the Titanic went under 126 00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:49,667 was a far cry from where these blocks washed up. 127 00:05:49,792 --> 00:05:52,125 - [Tony] And Conger notes the Atlantic's ocean currents 128 00:05:52,208 --> 00:05:54,000 would likely move the blocks elsewhere, 129 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:55,583 so that theory's sunk. 130 00:05:55,708 --> 00:05:57,167 But research shows these blocks 131 00:05:57,333 --> 00:05:59,667 may actually originate from a lesser known ship 132 00:05:59,833 --> 00:06:01,500 dating back to World War I. 133 00:06:01,583 --> 00:06:03,875 - The Miyazaki Maru was a freighter 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,333 that was actually sunk by German U-boats 135 00:06:06,458 --> 00:06:07,667 off the coast of Scillies, 136 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:10,083 which is an archipelago of Cornwall. 137 00:06:10,208 --> 00:06:11,917 - [Tony] That ship was carrying gutta-percha, 138 00:06:12,042 --> 00:06:14,250 and another thing, there's been a salvage operation 139 00:06:14,375 --> 00:06:16,833 going on at the site of its wreck in recent years. 140 00:06:16,958 --> 00:06:18,500 The operation could have pierced the hull 141 00:06:18,625 --> 00:06:20,250 and dislodged the blocks from the ship, 142 00:06:20,375 --> 00:06:22,208 and that would explain why, after decades, 143 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:23,250 the blocks have only recently 144 00:06:23,375 --> 00:06:25,875 been washing up on coastlines around Europe. 145 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,833 - The location where the Miyazaki Maru 146 00:06:27,958 --> 00:06:29,167 was actually shipwrecked 147 00:06:29,250 --> 00:06:32,125 is right at the branch of the North Atlantic current, 148 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:34,375 so it makes sense that these would wash up 149 00:06:34,542 --> 00:06:36,125 on a lot of different beaches. 150 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:38,042 - [Tony] Meteorologist Juan Hernandez agrees 151 00:06:38,208 --> 00:06:38,958 the currents are capable 152 00:06:39,083 --> 00:06:41,000 of delivering this word on a tablet. 153 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:44,875 - In the ocean there's shallow currents and deep currents 154 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,458 which contribute to the more widespread 155 00:06:48,583 --> 00:06:50,750 transport of water across the world. 156 00:06:50,875 --> 00:06:52,667 So obviously, there is a source 157 00:06:52,833 --> 00:06:55,208 that these Tjipetir blocks are coming from, 158 00:06:55,375 --> 00:06:58,875 although there is no exact pinpoint as to where. 159 00:06:59,000 --> 00:06:59,958 It's quite possible that 160 00:07:00,083 --> 00:07:01,333 they might make it around the world, 161 00:07:01,417 --> 00:07:04,375 might show up along the American coastline as well. 162 00:07:10,917 --> 00:07:12,667 - Our verdict is pretty clear. 163 00:07:12,792 --> 00:07:14,417 The blocks are gutta-percha 164 00:07:14,542 --> 00:07:17,625 from the Tjipetir plantation in Indonesia. 165 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:20,500 The wreck of the Miyazaki Maru is a good theory, 166 00:07:20,583 --> 00:07:22,167 but there were many ships carrying such 167 00:07:22,292 --> 00:07:25,833 cargo 100 years ago and more than one of them sank, 168 00:07:25,917 --> 00:07:28,958 so we still can't say for sure how the blocks got to Europe. 169 00:07:29,042 --> 00:07:32,417 The story may actually seem like an environmental disaster, 170 00:07:32,542 --> 00:07:34,583 but the good news is that gutta-percha 171 00:07:34,708 --> 00:07:37,667 is a natural product and unlike plastic, 172 00:07:37,792 --> 00:07:39,208 it does degrade over time. 173 00:07:40,875 --> 00:07:43,625 And now another wild story out of Asia. 174 00:07:43,750 --> 00:07:46,042 Further north along the Pacific Rim, 175 00:07:46,167 --> 00:07:48,958 the Philippines is a country rich in history and legend, 176 00:07:49,042 --> 00:07:52,917 but by far its most famous and feared local creature 177 00:07:53,042 --> 00:07:56,167 is an evil shapeshifter known as the Aswang. 178 00:07:56,333 --> 00:07:58,833 Tales of the beast go back 500 years at least, 179 00:07:58,958 --> 00:08:00,917 but sightings still happen. 180 00:08:01,042 --> 00:08:03,083 Two of them occurred just last year 181 00:08:03,208 --> 00:08:06,292 and fortunately for us, they were caught on camera. 182 00:08:08,083 --> 00:08:10,375 Pavia Iloilo, Philippines. 183 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:11,833 A CCTV security camera 184 00:08:11,958 --> 00:08:14,833 rolls on a warm July evening in 2021. 185 00:08:14,958 --> 00:08:17,000 The camera captures a dimly lit street 186 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:19,833 where a woman later identified in the news as Mary Lou 187 00:08:19,917 --> 00:08:22,125 sits in front of her home cleaning dishes. 188 00:08:25,542 --> 00:08:26,792 Unbeknownst to Mary Lou, 189 00:08:26,917 --> 00:08:29,250 a stranger approaches from behind, 190 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:32,208 then quickly and as quietly as she arrives, 191 00:08:32,375 --> 00:08:35,500 the woman continues down the street, reaches a tree, 192 00:08:35,625 --> 00:08:39,042 then she seemingly folds over, dropping to the ground. 193 00:08:39,167 --> 00:08:40,708 The woman begins to crawl on all fours 194 00:08:40,833 --> 00:08:42,083 back towards Mary Lou. 195 00:08:42,208 --> 00:08:43,833 Terrified, Mary Lou stands up 196 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,042 and threatens to throw a bucket of water at her. 197 00:08:46,208 --> 00:08:47,958 The woman turns and runs away. 198 00:08:49,542 --> 00:08:51,167 Watch again. 199 00:08:51,292 --> 00:08:52,458 This moment. 200 00:08:52,542 --> 00:08:56,458 Some people say she doesn't just bend over, but transforms. 201 00:08:58,125 --> 00:09:00,833 A week later, another alleged sighting in the same village 202 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,833 captured on a second CCTV camera. 203 00:09:02,958 --> 00:09:04,833 This time the person or creature 204 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 switches between crawling and hopping. 205 00:09:07,125 --> 00:09:09,833 As we push in, we see a woman exiting her home, 206 00:09:09,958 --> 00:09:12,167 then jumping back in shock. 207 00:09:12,292 --> 00:09:14,292 - It doesn't look like an earthly sort of creature. 208 00:09:14,417 --> 00:09:16,833 The legs are are bent in weird directions 209 00:09:16,958 --> 00:09:19,208 and there's this long neck right there. 210 00:09:20,417 --> 00:09:21,708 - [Tony] Field researcher Cliff Barackman 211 00:09:21,875 --> 00:09:23,417 says the sightings made local news, 212 00:09:23,542 --> 00:09:24,583 with some believing the video 213 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:28,042 captured a famed Filipino creature known as the Aswang. 214 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,083 - One of the many stories about Aswangs 215 00:09:30,208 --> 00:09:32,125 is that during the day, they're just like people. 216 00:09:32,250 --> 00:09:35,292 They're people in your village that you may even know. 217 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:39,500 But after night falls, they shapeshift 218 00:09:41,125 --> 00:09:43,583 and they have this proboscis tongue for lapping up blood, 219 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:46,042 they go down on all fours and change their shape 220 00:09:46,167 --> 00:09:48,708 and turns their legs around in weird positions. 221 00:09:48,833 --> 00:09:50,625 Aswangs are said to be responsible 222 00:09:50,708 --> 00:09:53,417 for miscarriages in the community 223 00:09:53,542 --> 00:09:55,083 or really anything bad, 224 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,417 like a child dies of some disease. 225 00:09:57,542 --> 00:09:59,750 It's kind of the catchall boogeyman. 226 00:09:59,875 --> 00:10:00,958 If you want your kids to behave, 227 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:03,583 it's like don't go out there, Aswangs are out there. 228 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:08,667 - The Aswang are believed to take the forms 229 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,625 of vampires, weardogs and witches. 230 00:10:11,708 --> 00:10:15,125 It's said they can be warded off by salt, ash or urine 231 00:10:15,208 --> 00:10:17,250 depending on whom you ask. 232 00:10:17,375 --> 00:10:20,667 Is this mythical creature what we're seeing here? 233 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:22,208 We'll need to ask our experts. 234 00:10:23,125 --> 00:10:26,083 (soft music) 235 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:28,042 Biology professor Floyd Hayes applies 236 00:10:28,208 --> 00:10:30,208 what's known as kinematics to the second video, 237 00:10:30,375 --> 00:10:32,000 the study of animal locomotion. 238 00:10:32,167 --> 00:10:33,833 - This creature appears to be quite flexible 239 00:10:33,958 --> 00:10:36,083 in its mode of locomotion. 240 00:10:36,208 --> 00:10:38,875 It appears to be hopping and transitioning 241 00:10:39,042 --> 00:10:42,083 between being quadrupedal and bipedal, 242 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:45,250 unlike what's been reported for the Aswang. 243 00:10:45,375 --> 00:10:47,292 - [Tony] Next, he turns to the creature's anatomy. 244 00:10:47,417 --> 00:10:49,000 - In my opinion, the body proportions 245 00:10:49,125 --> 00:10:50,792 are very similar to a human. 246 00:10:50,875 --> 00:10:55,625 The hind limbs appear to be much longer than the fore limbs 247 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:58,167 and the feet are pointing forward. 248 00:10:58,292 --> 00:10:59,417 - [Tony] When we line up these proportions 249 00:10:59,542 --> 00:11:02,042 with that of a human, that certainly looks like a match, 250 00:11:02,167 --> 00:11:03,167 as for the head. 251 00:11:03,292 --> 00:11:04,917 - The head is rather obscure in the image, 252 00:11:05,042 --> 00:11:08,542 but it looks as though it actually removes a hat 253 00:11:08,667 --> 00:11:10,125 as it exits the video. 254 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:13,083 - [Tony] Anthropologist Kathy Strain believes 255 00:11:13,208 --> 00:11:15,625 some legends are legitimate sightings of real creatures, 256 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:17,833 but she's skeptical of this particular clip. 257 00:11:17,958 --> 00:11:19,000 - This could be a hoax 258 00:11:19,083 --> 00:11:22,792 because as the creature comes to this tree, 259 00:11:22,917 --> 00:11:25,250 it pops up and it looks over to see 260 00:11:25,375 --> 00:11:28,125 if this person is coming out of their door. 261 00:11:28,250 --> 00:11:30,000 That is more human like 262 00:11:30,125 --> 00:11:32,833 because they wanna make sure they're seen. 263 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:34,083 - [Tony] If it's a fake, 264 00:11:34,208 --> 00:11:36,167 Strain thinks it might be serving a higher purpose. 265 00:11:36,292 --> 00:11:39,083 - Folklore has a place in society 266 00:11:39,208 --> 00:11:43,458 to teach certain skill sets or certain beliefs. 267 00:11:43,542 --> 00:11:45,042 - [Tony] Mythology across all cultures 268 00:11:45,167 --> 00:11:47,167 serves to reinforce cultural norms, 269 00:11:47,292 --> 00:11:48,708 such as the imperative for children to 270 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:51,167 stay inside at night. 271 00:11:51,292 --> 00:11:53,500 - They get them home on time, 272 00:11:53,583 --> 00:11:57,167 to be generally afraid of strangers. 273 00:11:58,292 --> 00:11:59,750 - [Tony] And indeed, we tracked down the guy 274 00:11:59,875 --> 00:12:01,000 who made the second video 275 00:12:01,083 --> 00:12:02,458 and he admitted he staged the stunt 276 00:12:02,542 --> 00:12:05,292 after being inspired by the first Mary Lou video. 277 00:12:05,375 --> 00:12:08,583 Not for fun, but to help with covid quarantine compliance 278 00:12:08,708 --> 00:12:09,917 during the pandemic. 279 00:12:10,042 --> 00:12:11,458 - After I saw that video, 280 00:12:11,542 --> 00:12:13,208 I was thinking that it might be 281 00:12:13,375 --> 00:12:15,583 a inspiration for me to do the hoax 282 00:12:15,708 --> 00:12:19,583 and so I did the video for the community purposes, 283 00:12:19,708 --> 00:12:22,417 just to force the children to stay inside of their home 284 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:24,792 because it was in the midst of pandemic. 285 00:12:24,875 --> 00:12:28,667 This is actually the mask that I wear on that time. 286 00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:30,500 - [Tony] So that may explain the second video, 287 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:32,500 but what about the first one that inspired it? 288 00:12:32,667 --> 00:12:34,625 Is it possible that an actual Aswang 289 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:37,250 is responsible for terrifying Mary Lou in the alley? 290 00:12:37,375 --> 00:12:39,667 - When this lady comes back towards her 291 00:12:39,833 --> 00:12:41,500 and gets down on all fours, 292 00:12:41,667 --> 00:12:44,333 she's behaving like a typical Aswang 293 00:12:44,458 --> 00:12:47,000 according to Filipino folklore. 294 00:12:47,083 --> 00:12:49,417 She's now gone into a different state 295 00:12:49,542 --> 00:12:50,708 where she's no longer human 296 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:54,458 and her trying to get closer to her without being seen 297 00:12:54,583 --> 00:12:57,500 indicates to me that she meant that lady harm. 298 00:12:57,625 --> 00:13:00,958 But you don't have a clear view of what she looked like 299 00:13:01,042 --> 00:13:02,958 once she was totally down on the ground. 300 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:05,125 It's kind of dark, she's behind a fence. 301 00:13:05,208 --> 00:13:06,208 I'm willing to say that 302 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:08,500 I don't really know what happened there. 303 00:13:13,375 --> 00:13:14,500 - So we have a split decision. 304 00:13:14,667 --> 00:13:16,708 We know the second clip is a hoax, 305 00:13:16,833 --> 00:13:19,833 but we can't say that for certain about the first. 306 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,333 Aswangs are traditionally women 307 00:13:21,458 --> 00:13:22,583 and while we don't know this woman's 308 00:13:22,708 --> 00:13:26,417 intent or state of mind, we do know she was crawling 309 00:13:26,542 --> 00:13:29,000 and Mary Lou was genuinely frightened. 310 00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:36,583 We'll stay on the lookout for any future Aswang sightings. 311 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:37,833 - Canada has a long UFO history 312 00:13:37,958 --> 00:13:40,833 and its government keeps a public record of sightings. 313 00:13:40,958 --> 00:13:44,333 In 2020, the number was 1,243, 314 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:47,000 a notable uptick from the previous year, 315 00:13:47,125 --> 00:13:49,458 continuing a trend that goes back decades. 316 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:52,542 But of all those sightings over all those years, 317 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:55,708 there may be none as famous as this. 318 00:13:55,833 --> 00:13:57,292 November 7th, 1990. 319 00:13:57,417 --> 00:14:00,417 It's just after 7:00 PM in downtown Montreal, Canada. 320 00:14:00,542 --> 00:14:03,083 A guest is enjoying an evening swim in the rooftop pool 321 00:14:03,208 --> 00:14:04,333 at the Bonaventure Hotel, 322 00:14:04,458 --> 00:14:07,792 when suddenly she looks up into the sky and sees this. 323 00:14:07,875 --> 00:14:08,583 Look closely. 324 00:14:08,708 --> 00:14:10,167 Four strange glowing green lights 325 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,875 seem to point outward from the center like spokes, 326 00:14:13,042 --> 00:14:14,125 while two bright yellow lights 327 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:16,792 can clearly be seen in the center of the object. 328 00:14:16,917 --> 00:14:18,500 The woman notifies management 329 00:14:18,583 --> 00:14:20,333 and soon a group of people, including the police, 330 00:14:20,458 --> 00:14:22,500 come to the hotel rooftop. 331 00:14:22,583 --> 00:14:25,000 As the crowd gathers, initial estimates among witnesses 332 00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:28,375 placed the lights at at least 1000 feet above the hotel. 333 00:14:28,542 --> 00:14:31,042 Journalist MJ Banias explains why this event is famous 334 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:33,500 not only in Canadian history, but UFO lore. 335 00:14:33,625 --> 00:14:37,417 - The Bonaventure UFO incident was very unique 336 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:41,417 because almost 30 people saw this strange object in the sky 337 00:14:41,542 --> 00:14:43,167 hovering above this hotel, 338 00:14:43,292 --> 00:14:46,167 and more bizarrely, this hovers above this hotel 339 00:14:46,292 --> 00:14:47,458 for two or three hours 340 00:14:47,583 --> 00:14:50,833 and you would assume people in the city would see it, 341 00:14:50,917 --> 00:14:53,417 but the only people who were able to see this 342 00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:55,833 were the people on the roof of the hotel 343 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,417 or on the sidewalk just outside it when they looked up. 344 00:14:59,542 --> 00:15:01,500 - [Tony] Additionally, no aircraft was identified 345 00:15:01,625 --> 00:15:03,875 in that location by military or commercial radar. 346 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:06,500 So what happened and why this specific hotel? 347 00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:10,375 - Two UFO researchers were able to comprise a report 348 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:12,542 quite quickly after the encounter 349 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:16,083 and they were able to collect significant witness testimony. 350 00:15:16,208 --> 00:15:18,083 - [Tony] The witnesses all described to investigators 351 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,625 a craft that matches what's seen in the photograph, 352 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:23,875 but most intriguing is after the craft disappears, 353 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,875 one witness later that night sees a boomerang shaped object 354 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,958 hovering over the Hydro-Quebec Long Point power station. 355 00:15:30,042 --> 00:15:32,625 Is it the same craft that hovered over the hotel? 356 00:15:32,708 --> 00:15:34,750 - This story has everything 357 00:15:34,875 --> 00:15:37,458 and when you get a whole bunch of people 358 00:15:37,542 --> 00:15:39,167 telling the same story, 359 00:15:39,292 --> 00:15:41,583 it's gonna automatically draw a lot of attention. 360 00:15:44,125 --> 00:15:46,167 - Montreal's Hotel Bonaventure 361 00:15:46,292 --> 00:15:48,292 is nestled on the top two floors 362 00:15:48,375 --> 00:15:52,292 of the sprawling 17 story plus Bonaventure. 363 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:54,000 When it first opened in 1967, 364 00:15:54,125 --> 00:15:56,208 it was the world's largest commercial building 365 00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:59,042 at 3.1 million square feet, 366 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,208 more than the Empire State Building. 367 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:05,167 So perhaps the reason the alleged UFO in 1990 368 00:16:05,250 --> 00:16:09,000 selected the Hotel Bonaventure was it size, 369 00:16:09,125 --> 00:16:10,750 but is it even a UFO? 370 00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:12,833 We asked our experts to take a look. 371 00:16:14,208 --> 00:16:16,833 (tense music) 372 00:16:16,958 --> 00:16:19,500 We start with aviation expert Tim McMillan. 373 00:16:19,583 --> 00:16:20,875 - Basing it on the image here, 374 00:16:21,042 --> 00:16:24,333 possibly a helicopter that has a search light 375 00:16:24,458 --> 00:16:27,333 or some type of bright lights attached to it, 376 00:16:27,417 --> 00:16:29,542 but you would be able to see the warning lights 377 00:16:29,667 --> 00:16:30,750 that are on helicopters. 378 00:16:30,875 --> 00:16:33,375 Also, you can hear helicopters from miles away. 379 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:34,917 They're loud, especially one 380 00:16:35,042 --> 00:16:36,708 that is hovering for three hours. 381 00:16:36,875 --> 00:16:38,042 That's a long time. 382 00:16:38,167 --> 00:16:42,333 But none of the eyewitnesses mentioned hearing a helicopter, 383 00:16:42,458 --> 00:16:44,750 so we could be looking at a drone, 384 00:16:44,875 --> 00:16:47,458 but this photograph was taken in 1990. 385 00:16:47,542 --> 00:16:49,917 The military level drone technology 386 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:51,333 was still in its infancy 387 00:16:51,458 --> 00:16:53,250 and frankly, if we were looking at 388 00:16:53,375 --> 00:16:55,375 military testing drone technology, 389 00:16:55,542 --> 00:16:58,500 you don't do that over civilian populated areas. 390 00:16:59,708 --> 00:17:00,833 - [Tony] In fact, McMillan believes 391 00:17:00,917 --> 00:17:03,667 if it's a flying machine, it's not one we know of. 392 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,292 - We're able to rule out fixed wing planes 393 00:17:06,375 --> 00:17:07,375 because they can't hover. 394 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,542 I don't know of any good aerospace platform 395 00:17:09,667 --> 00:17:10,542 that would be able to fit 396 00:17:10,708 --> 00:17:12,625 both what we're seeing in the picture 397 00:17:12,708 --> 00:17:14,542 and what eyewitnesses said. 398 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:16,708 - [Tony] Is it possible location plays a factor? 399 00:17:16,833 --> 00:17:19,083 Meteorologist Juan Hernandez knows that Canada 400 00:17:19,208 --> 00:17:20,250 is well known for one of the most 401 00:17:20,375 --> 00:17:22,708 spectacular natural phenomena on earth. 402 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:26,333 - My initial thought was could it be the Aurora Borealis? 403 00:17:26,458 --> 00:17:29,583 But Aurora Borealises often move 404 00:17:29,708 --> 00:17:32,375 and are quiet transient. 405 00:17:32,542 --> 00:17:34,750 In this case, the report was stationary light 406 00:17:34,875 --> 00:17:36,833 that lasted for several hours. 407 00:17:36,917 --> 00:17:38,375 - [Tony] But the hazy nature of the photo 408 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,375 does lead Hernandez to investigate 409 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:42,333 if Mother Nature could still be playing a role. 410 00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:43,542 - I was able to track down 411 00:17:43,708 --> 00:17:46,250 the weather observations from that day. 412 00:17:46,375 --> 00:17:49,000 We do have temperatures that were actually 413 00:17:49,083 --> 00:17:52,417 about 30 to 34 degrees while this was occurring, 414 00:17:52,542 --> 00:17:55,167 but the relative humidity itself 415 00:17:55,292 --> 00:17:57,417 was somewhat on the high side. 416 00:17:57,542 --> 00:17:59,292 So whenever you have something like this, 417 00:17:59,417 --> 00:18:01,417 you oftentimes develop either 418 00:18:01,542 --> 00:18:04,542 some sort of fog or low clouds. 419 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:05,625 - [Tony] For astronomer 420 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:07,000 and video effects designer, Marc D'Antonio, 421 00:18:07,125 --> 00:18:09,292 that may be the key to solving this mystery. 422 00:18:09,417 --> 00:18:10,917 - I believe that we're seeing 423 00:18:11,042 --> 00:18:13,708 a reflection back from the clouds, the fog, 424 00:18:13,833 --> 00:18:15,708 that look like something else. 425 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:18,333 You've seen this every time you go out in your car 426 00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:20,833 and you drive along on a foggy night. 427 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,958 So these lights could have been lights from the pool 428 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:27,083 and from some other lighting around the Bonaventure Hotel 429 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:31,000 reflecting up into the sky and then down to the pool again. 430 00:18:32,375 --> 00:18:33,208 - [Tony] It's a plausible theory, 431 00:18:33,375 --> 00:18:34,542 but if it was the reflected pool light, 432 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:36,542 wouldn't the guests and police there that night 433 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:38,250 have put two and two together? 434 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:39,375 Plus consider this. 435 00:18:39,542 --> 00:18:40,833 It's been 30 years. 436 00:18:40,917 --> 00:18:43,333 There have been many foggy nights in Montreal in that time, 437 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,500 and if it's a reflection, 438 00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:46,417 it's one that's never been seen again. 439 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:47,792 - Whenever you're trying to form 440 00:18:47,875 --> 00:18:49,333 a really good investigation, 441 00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:51,125 you're testing different hypotheses, 442 00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:53,625 but I'm inclined to believe that multiple, 443 00:18:53,708 --> 00:18:55,625 potentially up to 80 witnesses, 444 00:18:55,708 --> 00:18:57,083 someone would've been able to determine 445 00:18:57,208 --> 00:19:00,750 if it was a light being reflected, categorically, 446 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:04,292 based on the image and what the eyewitnesses said, 447 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:06,000 it is a UFO. 448 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:10,792 - Our verdict? 449 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:13,167 We're going with genuine UFO. 450 00:19:13,292 --> 00:19:16,583 As McMillan says, while there are plausible theories, 451 00:19:16,708 --> 00:19:19,542 in our view, we still don't have a smoking gun. 452 00:19:19,667 --> 00:19:21,833 The Hotel Bonaventure incident is still considered 453 00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:24,500 one of the most famous UFO sightings in Canada, 454 00:19:24,625 --> 00:19:26,667 so much so that in 2020, 455 00:19:26,792 --> 00:19:34,667 it was depicted on a $20 silver glow in the dark coin. 456 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:36,667 Giant menacing canines 457 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:39,333 have been featured in literature for ages. 458 00:19:39,458 --> 00:19:41,667 Arthur Conan Doyle wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles" 459 00:19:41,750 --> 00:19:44,792 about a murder supposedly committed by a huge dog. 460 00:19:44,875 --> 00:19:48,333 Stephen King's "Cujo" centers on a rabid St. Bernard, 461 00:19:48,458 --> 00:19:51,875 all works of fiction or so we thought. 462 00:19:52,042 --> 00:19:54,417 Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? 463 00:19:54,542 --> 00:19:56,000 Maybe you should be. 464 00:19:57,083 --> 00:19:59,583 September, 2018, Saskatchewan, Canada. 465 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:01,208 A local fishing guide is going about 466 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:02,250 a normal day in his lodge 467 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:04,792 when he spies something strange out his window. 468 00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:07,625 Something dark and hairy 469 00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:10,000 is huddled on the ground amongst the trees. 470 00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:11,708 At first it looks like a small bear 471 00:20:11,833 --> 00:20:14,583 and then it stands and nearly triples in height. 472 00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:17,542 It's a huge wolf and we only understand its scale 473 00:20:17,667 --> 00:20:19,542 when it lunges at the regular size dog 474 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:21,292 who's defensively barking. 475 00:20:21,375 --> 00:20:24,542 The animals quarrel until the man goes to intervene. 476 00:20:24,667 --> 00:20:25,417 - [Fishing Guide] Hey, hey! 477 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:26,958 - [Tony] Let's see that again. 478 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:31,667 (dog barking) 479 00:20:31,792 --> 00:20:34,708 - This large shape suddenly becomes animated 480 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:38,042 and springs up and charges at the dog 481 00:20:38,167 --> 00:20:40,833 and much to my shock and horror, 482 00:20:40,958 --> 00:20:45,208 it appears to be a wolf of mind boggling proportions. 483 00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:47,708 It's truly monstrous. 484 00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:49,667 - Field researcher Ken Gerhard tells us 485 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:52,000 of the giant wolf's prominent stature in folklore. 486 00:20:52,083 --> 00:20:53,583 - There have long been legends 487 00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:56,125 of monstrous, blood thirsty wolves. 488 00:20:56,208 --> 00:20:58,708 In France, we have the Beast of Gévaudan. 489 00:20:58,833 --> 00:20:59,875 In Alaska, there's something known 490 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,292 as the Amarok or demon wolf. 491 00:21:02,375 --> 00:21:05,000 And nearby in the Nahanni Valley of Canada, 492 00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:06,208 we have something known as the Waheela. 493 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:10,125 The Nahani Valley is also known as the Headless Valley 494 00:21:10,208 --> 00:21:13,500 because the decapitated bodies of prospectors and trappers 495 00:21:13,583 --> 00:21:16,000 have been found there and have been linked to the legend 496 00:21:16,125 --> 00:21:18,208 of this giant wolf-like Waheela. 497 00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:22,917 So we have these long enduring traditions of giant wolves 498 00:21:23,042 --> 00:21:24,542 and we have to wonder if there might be 499 00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:26,292 a grain of truth to this legend. 500 00:21:27,708 --> 00:21:28,583 - [Tony] Some have speculated that this wolf 501 00:21:28,708 --> 00:21:30,542 might be more familiar than we think, 502 00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:32,333 a creature not from the realm of legend, 503 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:34,042 but from our own pre-history. 504 00:21:34,208 --> 00:21:37,083 - The largest gray wolves, canis lupus, 505 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:40,667 have been known to achieve weights about about 200 pounds. 506 00:21:40,792 --> 00:21:42,875 But if we go back over 10,000 years ago 507 00:21:43,042 --> 00:21:45,000 to the Pleistocene epoch, 508 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:47,792 there were these monstrous bone-crushing wolves 509 00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:50,708 known as dire wolves, canis dirus. 510 00:21:50,833 --> 00:21:54,000 A relic population of dire wolves may have survived 511 00:21:54,167 --> 00:21:57,958 as recently as 4,000 years ago in Arkansas's Ozarks. 512 00:21:58,042 --> 00:22:01,208 We could be dealing with a dire wolf genetic code 513 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:03,333 that's been locked into modern wolves 514 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:06,292 and is now resurfacing in this remarkable individual. 515 00:22:08,542 --> 00:22:12,500 - An interesting note about that French Beast of Gévaudan. 516 00:22:12,583 --> 00:22:15,042 Though that monster wolf lived on and kept killing 517 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,542 after being driven off by a young boy, 518 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:20,083 that kid was rewarded for his bravery. 519 00:22:20,208 --> 00:22:23,167 King Louis XV paid for his education. 520 00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:26,792 Now let's get the educated opinion on this specimen. 521 00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:30,667 (tense music) 522 00:22:30,792 --> 00:22:33,000 Could there be something off about this wolf's genetics, 523 00:22:33,125 --> 00:22:35,000 some sort of mutation? 524 00:22:35,167 --> 00:22:37,125 There is a phenomenon called an atavism, 525 00:22:37,208 --> 00:22:39,417 where a creature has traits from its ancestors 526 00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:41,083 preserved in its genes. 527 00:22:41,208 --> 00:22:42,917 However, it's unlikely in this case 528 00:22:43,042 --> 00:22:44,833 as atavisms aren't likely to manifest 529 00:22:44,958 --> 00:22:46,625 in the form of a canine's size. 530 00:22:46,708 --> 00:22:48,708 An extra toe is more likely. 531 00:22:48,875 --> 00:22:50,208 Then what's going on here? 532 00:22:51,542 --> 00:22:53,958 Wildlife biologist Stephanie Schuttler isn't crying wolf. 533 00:22:54,083 --> 00:22:55,292 She's crying hoax. 534 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:58,167 - To me it it didn't look like the dog was in danger. 535 00:22:58,250 --> 00:22:59,875 That was really suspicious. 536 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,375 So that's what makes me think that it was a CGI. 537 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:04,583 - [Tony] When someone suspects a fake, 538 00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:08,208 we call in Michael Primeau, our forensic video analyst. 539 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:10,917 - It's my conclusion that there is no additional information 540 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,000 that was introduced into these recordings 541 00:23:13,083 --> 00:23:14,750 that would be similar to something 542 00:23:14,875 --> 00:23:17,333 that was CGI'd or manufactured. 543 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:18,958 - [Tony] With the clip appearing to be legitimate, 544 00:23:19,042 --> 00:23:20,792 biologist Floyd Hayes discusses 545 00:23:20,917 --> 00:23:22,917 the creature's resemblance to the dire wolf. 546 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,708 - The dire wolf is a little bit larger than a wolf 547 00:23:25,833 --> 00:23:29,000 with a larger head and smaller feet. 548 00:23:29,125 --> 00:23:30,167 - [Tony] What's more, the dire wolf 549 00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:32,833 had shorter, stockier legs to keep them warmer 550 00:23:32,958 --> 00:23:34,500 during the cold winter months. 551 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:37,333 The wolf we see here is proportioned much more similarly 552 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,333 to our modern day canine. 553 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,667 So with all other possibilities unlikely, 554 00:23:41,792 --> 00:23:45,250 Hayes says it's just a gray wolf, but there's a surprise. 555 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:48,042 He did a size calculation and found this specimen 556 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:50,167 to be one of the largest wolves ever documented. 557 00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:52,292 Hayes says the dog looks like a type of husky 558 00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:54,500 which tend to grow a little over two feet tall 559 00:23:54,625 --> 00:23:55,667 and around 60 pounds, 560 00:23:55,792 --> 00:23:57,167 and the wolf looks about 561 00:23:57,292 --> 00:23:59,500 one and a half times larger than the dog here. 562 00:23:59,583 --> 00:24:01,833 Hayes guesses this wolf is about three feet tall 563 00:24:01,958 --> 00:24:04,000 and 6.5 feet from end to end. 564 00:24:04,125 --> 00:24:06,042 That's longer than most men are tall. 565 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,333 And what's more, it's nearly a record. 566 00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:11,292 Compared to the largest wolf ever recorded, 567 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,875 Hayes thinks this is only half an inch shorter. 568 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,417 So this wolf is truly a gargantuan. 569 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,333 Incredible. 570 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:21,542 (tense music) 571 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:23,875 Our verdict, an actual wolf 572 00:24:24,042 --> 00:24:26,708 who just happens to be quite large for his species. 573 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:30,833 This is not a supernatural creature, but he is an outlier. 574 00:24:30,917 --> 00:24:33,333 How he got that big is still a mystery, 575 00:24:33,458 --> 00:24:35,875 but we know he's a loner who probably branched off 576 00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:39,208 to form his own pack. 577 00:24:40,083 --> 00:24:40,250 Coming uWe all wonr if there is othife 578 00:24:41,625 --> 00:24:43,667 - We all wonder if there is other life 579 00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:45,000 out there in the universe. 580 00:24:45,125 --> 00:24:46,667 In fact, many believe aliens 581 00:24:46,792 --> 00:24:49,625 have been observing our planet for thousands of years, 582 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,708 citing everything from the pyramids in Egypt 583 00:24:51,833 --> 00:24:55,208 to the Nazca Lines in Peru as evidence of contact. 584 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:58,208 Now a strange discovery in a recent NASA photo 585 00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,250 has some saying these visitors 586 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:02,500 haven't just been observing Earth. 587 00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:06,000 Check out what we found on our nextdoor neighbor, Mars. 588 00:25:07,208 --> 00:25:09,917 In March, 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 589 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,875 begins its mission of studying the atmosphere 590 00:25:12,042 --> 00:25:13,792 and terrain of the Red Planet. 591 00:25:13,875 --> 00:25:15,500 Since then, the orbiter has taken 592 00:25:15,583 --> 00:25:17,958 almost seven million pictures of the Martian surface, 593 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:22,125 but it wasn't until 2021 that somebody noticed this. 594 00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:24,917 It's a pair of long parallel lines with indentations 595 00:25:25,042 --> 00:25:27,625 that lead to what appears to be a half buried disc, 596 00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:29,333 and take a closer look. 597 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:32,000 See that perfectly shaped crescent edge? 598 00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:34,292 George Haas, director of the Cydonia Institute, 599 00:25:34,375 --> 00:25:36,208 explains what the buzz is all about. 600 00:25:36,375 --> 00:25:38,667 - A South African researcher says 601 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:41,792 he found what appeared to be the remains of a UFO crash. 602 00:25:41,917 --> 00:25:43,208 The object that he was looking at 603 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:46,500 was between 12 and 15 meters in diameter 604 00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:50,208 and it could be the remains of a flying disc 605 00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:52,750 that had crashed on the Red Planet. 606 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:53,833 - [Tony] If it was a flying saucer, 607 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,833 did it come from Mars or somewhere else in the galaxy? 608 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:58,875 And if so, was it observing Mars 609 00:25:59,042 --> 00:26:01,333 because there was a civilization there? 610 00:26:01,417 --> 00:26:03,375 Haas says many believe ancient civilizations, 611 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,167 including one called the Cydonians, 612 00:26:05,292 --> 00:26:07,375 once thrived on the Red Planet. 613 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,875 - [George Haas] There's been lots of evidence 614 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,500 that there are pyramidal structures 615 00:26:11,625 --> 00:26:14,542 and all types of mound formations on the planet 616 00:26:14,667 --> 00:26:16,167 that do not look normal. 617 00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:18,208 One formation in particular, 618 00:26:18,375 --> 00:26:23,042 the famous Parratopia parrot that was taken by NASA 619 00:26:23,208 --> 00:26:26,625 has over 22 points of anatomical correctness, 620 00:26:26,708 --> 00:26:30,375 which goes way beyond any natural formation. 621 00:26:31,542 --> 00:26:32,458 - [Tony] But Haas believes the Cydonians 622 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:34,708 vanished from Mars millions of years ago 623 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:37,542 after war that led to nuclear armageddon. 624 00:26:37,708 --> 00:26:39,500 So who could this ship belong to? 625 00:26:39,583 --> 00:26:42,417 - For people that believe this UFO crash on Mars 626 00:26:42,542 --> 00:26:45,542 is a natural UFO, it may be connected 627 00:26:45,708 --> 00:26:48,000 to the Grays that visit our planet. 628 00:26:48,125 --> 00:26:50,083 They've been visiting our planet for millennia 629 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:52,750 and possibly visiting Mars also. 630 00:26:52,875 --> 00:26:57,167 Some believe that the Gray aliens crashed at Roswell 631 00:26:57,292 --> 00:26:59,333 and they may have also lost control 632 00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,292 of one of their vehicles on Mars. 633 00:27:03,333 --> 00:27:04,875 - Now we know people have been seeing 634 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,208 alleged signs of civilization on Mars 635 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:10,000 ever since this famous face was discovered 636 00:27:10,125 --> 00:27:13,667 in a 1976 photograph taken by Viking 1. 637 00:27:13,792 --> 00:27:15,667 Most of these images, including the face, 638 00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:19,125 were revealed to be natural geological formations 639 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:22,250 once higher resolution images became available. 640 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:24,125 But what about this? 641 00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:27,958 I mean, that clean, circular edge is pretty clear. 642 00:27:28,042 --> 00:27:32,750 Couldn't that really be the back edge of a flying saucer? 643 00:27:32,875 --> 00:27:33,667 Look at the outer edge. 644 00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:36,708 This would be the crash path right here 645 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:38,667 and it sure doesn't look natural. 646 00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,792 Let's find out what our experts think. 647 00:27:41,875 --> 00:27:44,375 (tense music) 648 00:27:45,583 --> 00:27:48,417 We start with astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. 649 00:27:48,542 --> 00:27:50,167 For billions of years, our solar system 650 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:51,583 has been bombarded with objects. 651 00:27:51,708 --> 00:27:54,458 Could this be a meteor that streaked from out of the sky? 652 00:27:54,542 --> 00:27:56,208 - Take a look at the moon. 653 00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:57,417 On the surface of the moon, 654 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,792 there's a cradle called Messier A, 655 00:27:59,875 --> 00:28:03,167 and what that is is a shallow meteor impact 656 00:28:03,292 --> 00:28:05,708 that came in at a very shallow angle 657 00:28:05,833 --> 00:28:08,333 and carved out elliptical shaped craters. 658 00:28:08,458 --> 00:28:11,625 This is how a normal asteroid crash would look 659 00:28:11,708 --> 00:28:14,583 that comes in at a shallow angle. 660 00:28:14,708 --> 00:28:19,125 However, on this specific trail leading up to the object, 661 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:20,417 you don't see much of that. 662 00:28:20,542 --> 00:28:23,667 This object itself is still intact. 663 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:25,292 - [Tony] So then how can we explain 664 00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:27,125 the smooth crescent shape of the disc? 665 00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:29,667 - There is speculation that it could potentially be 666 00:28:29,792 --> 00:28:31,750 the heat shield off of a probe 667 00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:34,542 that got ejected into the Martian surface. 668 00:28:34,667 --> 00:28:37,042 - [Tony] Since 1960, there have been around 50 attempts 669 00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:38,625 to send probes directly to Mars, 670 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,708 but only about half have been successful. 671 00:28:40,833 --> 00:28:43,667 Is this disc the remnant of a failure? 672 00:28:43,792 --> 00:28:46,542 - If you look at the trench this object crashed down, 673 00:28:46,667 --> 00:28:48,375 it looks pretty wide and deep. 674 00:28:48,542 --> 00:28:52,125 To me that rules out any kind of heat shield crash 675 00:28:52,208 --> 00:28:54,833 because the heat shield from a probe 676 00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:57,167 wouldn't necessarily have enough energy 677 00:28:57,250 --> 00:28:59,583 to carve out such a trench. 678 00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:01,000 - [Tony] So if it's not manmade, 679 00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:04,042 could we be looking at the remains of an alien spaceship? 680 00:29:04,167 --> 00:29:08,375 For that answer, we turn to NASA geologist Bob Anderson. 681 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,458 Anderson says the location of the formation 682 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:12,667 is an important clue to solving the mystery. 683 00:29:12,792 --> 00:29:14,417 - This area is called Candor Chasm, 684 00:29:14,542 --> 00:29:17,417 which is parallel to the Valles Marineris. 685 00:29:17,542 --> 00:29:19,583 Valles Marineris is the Grand Canyon of Mars. 686 00:29:19,708 --> 00:29:23,417 It's a huge rift, a crack that's seven miles down 687 00:29:23,542 --> 00:29:25,875 and would go to distance of Los Angeles to New York. 688 00:29:27,458 --> 00:29:29,167 Valles Marineris is covered by volcanic planes, 689 00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:32,667 a combination of sedimentary layers and volcanic lava flows. 690 00:29:32,792 --> 00:29:34,375 These long streaks that you see 691 00:29:34,542 --> 00:29:35,583 going across the surface here, 692 00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:37,500 those are common all over Mars. 693 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,542 - [Tony] What looks like the trail of a crashed UFO 694 00:29:40,708 --> 00:29:42,625 is actually an ancient geologic crack 695 00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:44,958 in the surface of Mars. 696 00:29:45,042 --> 00:29:46,292 But if it's a natural crack, 697 00:29:46,417 --> 00:29:47,917 how did the object at the end of the trail 698 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:50,083 get the perfect curve of a spaceship? 699 00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:51,500 - If you look really closely, 700 00:29:51,625 --> 00:29:53,250 you can see this one just happens to be 701 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:54,417 perfectly arcuate here, 702 00:29:54,542 --> 00:29:56,708 most likely because the winds are coming over 703 00:29:56,833 --> 00:29:58,542 and then they're falling into the crack. 704 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:00,667 And the only thing that's given everybody the idea 705 00:30:00,792 --> 00:30:03,208 that it's a spaceship is those dunes 706 00:30:03,333 --> 00:30:04,333 that are around the front 707 00:30:04,458 --> 00:30:06,333 to make it look like there's a circular disc. 708 00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:07,833 - [Tony] But McCarthy isn't convinced. 709 00:30:07,917 --> 00:30:10,542 - To me this object doesn't seem to have 710 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:13,792 gotten here through natural processes. 711 00:30:13,917 --> 00:30:18,500 Its shape and the way it seemed to settle into the landscape 712 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:22,542 is completely different than any other object 713 00:30:22,667 --> 00:30:24,792 we've seen on the Martian surface. 714 00:30:24,917 --> 00:30:28,167 But as to what this object is, I can only speculate. 715 00:30:30,083 --> 00:30:32,500 (tense music) 716 00:30:32,583 --> 00:30:35,917 - So it seems we have another split decision here. 717 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:38,542 While Dr. Anderson's theory checks all the boxes, 718 00:30:38,667 --> 00:30:42,167 McCarthy's point that finding a naturally perfect curve 719 00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:44,042 does seem too good to be true. 720 00:30:44,208 --> 00:30:47,542 Our verdict, for now, until we can get a closer look 721 00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:49,667 and confirm what's there, 722 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:52,000 we're gonna go with unexplained phenomenon 723 00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:54,167 and if it is a crashed UFO, 724 00:30:54,250 --> 00:30:58,833 we'll be the first to let you know. 725 00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:01,708 - What goes up must come down. 726 00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:04,708 It's a law of physics that seems immutable, 727 00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:07,667 but what if under special circumstances, 728 00:31:07,792 --> 00:31:12,125 this basic rule of the universe might bend or even break? 729 00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:17,000 It's January, 2019 in the skies is over Czestochowa, Poland. 730 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,667 Pilot Lukasz Czepiela is building up a thirst 731 00:31:20,750 --> 00:31:22,625 as he puts his stunt plane through its paces 732 00:31:22,708 --> 00:31:25,000 in a series of acrobatic maneuvers 733 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:25,917 and then he does something 734 00:31:26,042 --> 00:31:28,708 you've never seen before at an airshow. 735 00:31:28,833 --> 00:31:30,583 As Lukasz goes into a barrel roll, 736 00:31:30,708 --> 00:31:32,042 he picks up a can of energy drink 737 00:31:32,167 --> 00:31:35,042 and begins pouring it into a stationary cup. 738 00:31:35,167 --> 00:31:38,125 (exciting rock music) 739 00:31:48,042 --> 00:31:50,333 He then places the can down and picks up the glass 740 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,250 to take a sip without spilling a drop. 741 00:31:53,708 --> 00:31:56,917 (exciting rock music) 742 00:31:59,625 --> 00:32:01,292 - This video is wild. 743 00:32:01,417 --> 00:32:06,625 Look at him, he's just drinking his drink, living his life, 744 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:09,000 flying upside down in a plane. 745 00:32:09,125 --> 00:32:10,667 - [Tony] Since it's hard enough pouring a glass 746 00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:12,250 right side up on a commercial flight, 747 00:32:12,375 --> 00:32:15,000 folks on the internet offered a wild explanation. 748 00:32:15,125 --> 00:32:17,375 - Some have theorized that what's actually happening here 749 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:19,125 is that he's flying through an area 750 00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:22,083 that has a gravitational anomaly of some kind. 751 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:25,542 - [Tony] Back in December, 1945, 752 00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:27,750 five torpedo bombers known as Flight 19 753 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:29,833 vanished near the Bermuda Triangle 754 00:32:29,917 --> 00:32:30,833 after the flight commander 755 00:32:30,917 --> 00:32:33,125 reported his compass going haywire. 756 00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:35,708 Perhaps gravitational fluctuations were at play 757 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,083 since we know that gravity 758 00:32:37,208 --> 00:32:39,917 is not the same everywhere on earth or in the atmosphere. 759 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,667 But hang on a second. 760 00:32:43,792 --> 00:32:45,708 We live in the age of deep fakes 761 00:32:45,875 --> 00:32:47,458 and we've already debunked videos 762 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:50,583 like this commercial jet barrel roll. 763 00:32:50,708 --> 00:32:53,042 Could this all be an elaborate hoax 764 00:32:53,167 --> 00:32:56,333 or is this gravity acting in a brand new way? 765 00:32:56,417 --> 00:32:57,833 Let's consult our experts. 766 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,958 (soft music) 767 00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:03,833 Forensic video analyst Michael Primeau 768 00:33:03,917 --> 00:33:05,083 examines the metadata to check 769 00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:08,167 if there are any computer generated graphics involved. 770 00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:09,208 - So the major light source 771 00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:11,542 through the physical aspects of the scene analysis, 772 00:33:11,667 --> 00:33:12,750 looking at shadow information, 773 00:33:12,875 --> 00:33:14,833 looking at reflections as the user is moving around 774 00:33:14,917 --> 00:33:16,667 in the shield of the cockpit, 775 00:33:18,042 --> 00:33:20,708 are all indications that this was not CGI. 776 00:33:20,875 --> 00:33:22,083 - [Tony] So if the video isn't faked, 777 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:25,625 is there something atypical about the design of the plane? 778 00:33:25,708 --> 00:33:27,167 Aviation expert Tim McMillan 779 00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:28,542 takes a closer look at the aircraft 780 00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:30,583 to determine its capabilities. 781 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,333 - This plane, I would say is very likely 782 00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:34,958 a Zivko Edge 540, 783 00:33:35,042 --> 00:33:38,208 which is purpose built aerobatic aircraft. 784 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:41,125 The design is very similar to World War II planes 785 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:42,667 like the P51 Mustang. 786 00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:44,833 When pilots engaged in dog fights, 787 00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:47,750 they had to do a lot of aerobatic maneuvers. 788 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:48,583 Same principle. 789 00:33:48,708 --> 00:33:50,000 The plane itself is not designed 790 00:33:50,125 --> 00:33:51,708 to let you pour a drink upside down. 791 00:33:51,833 --> 00:33:54,167 That's a whole other side of physics. 792 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:56,042 - [Tony] Then could this be some sort of anomaly 793 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:58,625 causing the laws of gravity to malfunction? 794 00:33:58,708 --> 00:34:00,792 Theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku 795 00:34:00,875 --> 00:34:03,250 confirmed that gravity is different around the world, 796 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,667 especially at the equator, 797 00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:06,167 where it's grounding forces are weaker 798 00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:07,667 due to the centrifugal forces 799 00:34:07,792 --> 00:34:09,708 produced by the Earth's rotation. 800 00:34:09,875 --> 00:34:13,000 - We know that the earth is a ball and it spins like this. 801 00:34:13,125 --> 00:34:15,000 If you're sitting on the North Pole, 802 00:34:15,167 --> 00:34:18,667 then for the most part, your radial velocity is zero. 803 00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:19,917 If you're on the equator, 804 00:34:20,042 --> 00:34:23,083 the earth is 8,000 miles in diameter, 805 00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:26,042 so you're going around about 1000 miles an hour. 806 00:34:26,167 --> 00:34:29,542 Gravity is gonna be slightly less as a consequence. 807 00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:30,792 - [Tony] This gravitational variation 808 00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:33,500 also means that you weigh five tenths of a percent more 809 00:34:33,625 --> 00:34:35,333 at the pole than at the equator. 810 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,875 - But that's a very tiny effect, 811 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,500 too small to explain the fact that he can do a barrel roll 812 00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:44,875 and have the liquid stay inside that cup. 813 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,917 So how does this work? 814 00:34:47,042 --> 00:34:51,333 Let's say I get a pail of water on a string and I twirl it. 815 00:34:51,417 --> 00:34:53,958 The centrifugal forest pushes the string out 816 00:34:54,042 --> 00:34:57,333 and the water stays inside the bucket. 817 00:34:57,417 --> 00:34:58,875 It doesn't fall out at all. 818 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:00,000 - [Tony] Kaku says that's because 819 00:35:00,083 --> 00:35:01,625 though both the water and the bucket 820 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:03,125 are being pulled downward by gravity, 821 00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:05,250 the force at the string redirects them 822 00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:06,125 in a circular path, 823 00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:08,667 keeping the water inside the bucket. 824 00:35:08,792 --> 00:35:10,167 It's a similar effect in the plane 825 00:35:10,292 --> 00:35:12,083 where the speed of the circular motion 826 00:35:12,208 --> 00:35:14,333 counteracts the downward effects of gravity. 827 00:35:14,417 --> 00:35:18,292 - This means that he's attained one G of centrifugal force. 828 00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:20,833 That equals the G on the surface of the earth. 829 00:35:20,917 --> 00:35:23,333 He is rotating fast enough, 830 00:35:23,458 --> 00:35:25,125 32 feet per second squared, 831 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:28,833 to create artificial gravity inside that cockpit, 832 00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:32,125 and that's why the liquid doesn't fall out of the cup. 833 00:35:37,083 --> 00:35:39,542 - Our verdict, centrifugal force 834 00:35:39,667 --> 00:35:41,833 created by this rapid rotation. 835 00:35:41,958 --> 00:35:43,250 There's no need to fake this trick 836 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,833 because this fascinating property of physics 837 00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:48,250 is all that's needed to create zero gravity 838 00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:52,375 and prevent the drink from spilling. 839 00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:57,000 It is not uncommon to find remains 840 00:35:57,083 --> 00:36:00,000 of deceased animals on a walk in the woods. 841 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,833 What's weird is when those remains 842 00:36:01,958 --> 00:36:03,708 don't look like anything we remember from biology class. 843 00:36:03,875 --> 00:36:06,708 It's January 17th, 2019. 844 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:08,208 Art student, Kohei Kadowaki 845 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:10,000 says he is hiking through the dense woods 846 00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,000 near his home in Chichibu City, Japan 847 00:36:12,125 --> 00:36:15,958 when he comes upon a figure that is totally alien to him. 848 00:36:16,083 --> 00:36:18,083 The footage and photos show what looks like 849 00:36:18,208 --> 00:36:21,500 the skeletal remains of some creature, but what? 850 00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:23,000 As we zoom in for a closer look, 851 00:36:23,125 --> 00:36:26,333 we can see it has strange, long, twisted talons. 852 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:27,875 Its spine is severely bent 853 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,833 with a bone structure that looks almost birdlike, 854 00:36:30,917 --> 00:36:33,333 but then there's the head which is more square shaped, 855 00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:36,750 which conjures the image of Hollywood extraterrestrials. 856 00:36:36,875 --> 00:36:40,167 And we see two rows of yellow humanoid like teeth. 857 00:36:40,292 --> 00:36:41,917 It's no wonder Kohei was compelled to 858 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:44,208 post the video online. 859 00:36:44,333 --> 00:36:45,917 - Obviously one theory about this thing 860 00:36:46,042 --> 00:36:48,667 is that it is not of this world. 861 00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:51,000 There are things about it that are very ET 862 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:52,708 by way of a giraffe. 863 00:36:52,875 --> 00:36:54,667 It does sort of have the head shape 864 00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:56,958 that a Gray alien might have. 865 00:36:58,042 --> 00:36:58,833 - [Tony] As we mentioned earlier, 866 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,500 Gray aliens are the most frequently 867 00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:01,500 cited extraterrestrials 868 00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:04,500 in reports of close encounters and abductions, 869 00:37:04,625 --> 00:37:05,583 such as the famous 870 00:37:05,708 --> 00:37:08,417 Barney and Betty Hill abduction claim from 1961. 871 00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:11,542 They described Grays as having small, 872 00:37:11,667 --> 00:37:12,875 hairless humanoid bodies 873 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,500 with large heads and black eyeballs. 874 00:37:15,625 --> 00:37:17,917 These remains fit that description somewhat, 875 00:37:18,042 --> 00:37:20,458 but there are other possibilities as well. 876 00:37:20,583 --> 00:37:24,000 - Maybe this creature is the result of radiation fallout. 877 00:37:24,083 --> 00:37:26,667 Japan was the site of two nuclear detonations 878 00:37:26,792 --> 00:37:28,500 in World War II and more recently, 879 00:37:28,667 --> 00:37:31,583 there was the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, 880 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,500 which was rated a number seven 881 00:37:33,625 --> 00:37:36,167 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, 882 00:37:36,292 --> 00:37:39,042 which was the same as Chernobyl. 883 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,667 - A lot of speculation on this one. 884 00:37:43,792 --> 00:37:45,083 There was even buzz that it was 885 00:37:45,208 --> 00:37:48,500 some kind of biological experiment gone wrong. 886 00:37:48,583 --> 00:37:51,500 The obvious explanation is that it's a hoax, 887 00:37:51,625 --> 00:37:55,125 but Gray alien sightings are always a hot topic, 888 00:37:55,250 --> 00:37:58,208 so we'll give this figure its day in court. 889 00:37:59,042 --> 00:38:01,583 (tense music) 890 00:38:03,167 --> 00:38:05,250 First we take the footage to anthropologist Kathy Strain, 891 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,667 who has researched accounts of Gray aliens. 892 00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:09,667 So how does this corpse compare? 893 00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:12,542 - When people talk about the Grays, 894 00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:13,542 they usually bring up 895 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:16,292 that there's little ones and there's big ones, 896 00:38:16,375 --> 00:38:19,000 and the larger ones have very long necks 897 00:38:19,125 --> 00:38:20,958 and they're very skinny. 898 00:38:21,083 --> 00:38:24,500 And this doesn't really look like that 899 00:38:24,625 --> 00:38:28,417 because the proportion with the long neck and the head 900 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:31,375 isn't correct for it to be one of the taller Grays. 901 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,292 The legs should be much, much longer. 902 00:38:33,375 --> 00:38:35,208 The arms should be much longer. 903 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:38,417 Everything should be scaled upward in size. 904 00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:42,083 - [Tony] What about the nuclear radiation theory? 905 00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,500 - The chances that the skeletons 906 00:38:44,625 --> 00:38:49,083 are still out in the wild is unlikely. 907 00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:50,750 - [Tony] Raccoons eat dead animals 908 00:38:50,875 --> 00:38:52,500 and they are so prevalent in Japan, 909 00:38:52,583 --> 00:38:55,208 their overpopulation is causing a national hubbub. 910 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:56,333 In the past decade, 911 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:59,125 the country's raccoon population has tripled. 912 00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:00,208 Strange says any corpse 913 00:39:00,375 --> 00:39:02,333 decomposing in the woods outside Chichibu 914 00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:05,083 since the 2011 Fukushima disaster 915 00:39:05,208 --> 00:39:08,250 would've been picked apart by wildlife scavengers, 916 00:39:08,375 --> 00:39:10,792 and she points out something else that bothers her. 917 00:39:10,875 --> 00:39:13,000 - Its eye sockets are too small 918 00:39:13,125 --> 00:39:15,750 to actually have an exterior eyeball. 919 00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:20,125 You may be born without physical exterior eyes, 920 00:39:20,208 --> 00:39:21,958 but you would still have 921 00:39:22,083 --> 00:39:25,417 human sized eye sockets below the skin. 922 00:39:26,542 --> 00:39:28,167 - [Tony] Microphthalmia is a phenomenon 923 00:39:28,250 --> 00:39:30,042 in which someone's born with one or two eyes 924 00:39:30,208 --> 00:39:32,000 that are very small. 925 00:39:32,125 --> 00:39:33,875 The eye sockets on this creature are small, 926 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,000 but they appear too tiny 927 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:37,333 even for a creature with microphthalmia. 928 00:39:38,458 --> 00:39:40,500 Biologist Floyd Hayes is also skeptical 929 00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:43,167 that these remains ever belong to a living being. 930 00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:44,333 - There are ways in which 931 00:39:44,417 --> 00:39:45,958 we could change the morphology of an animal 932 00:39:46,042 --> 00:39:48,792 typically by giving it an extra limb 933 00:39:48,917 --> 00:39:51,083 or a digit or even a head. 934 00:39:51,208 --> 00:39:53,167 But to get something to change so dramatically 935 00:39:53,250 --> 00:39:54,500 like the entire head shape 936 00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:57,458 so it's sticking out on both sides or a much longer neck, 937 00:39:57,542 --> 00:39:59,833 that's much more difficult to do. 938 00:39:59,917 --> 00:40:02,625 - [Tony] Hayes is left with one remaining possibility. 939 00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:05,208 - I believe this is a hoax. 940 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,042 - [Tony] Given that none of the theories seem to hold up, 941 00:40:08,208 --> 00:40:10,958 we tracked down Kohei in Japan and when pressed, 942 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:12,417 he admitted the alien corpse 943 00:40:12,542 --> 00:40:14,500 is a project he created for his studies 944 00:40:14,583 --> 00:40:16,875 at Tokyo University of the Arts. 945 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:44,833 (soft music) 946 00:40:44,917 --> 00:40:46,708 - So mystery solved. 947 00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:48,708 This was a clever hoax. 948 00:40:48,833 --> 00:40:49,917 Exciting as it may be to imagine 949 00:40:50,042 --> 00:40:54,042 stumbling upon an alien skeleton during a hike in the woods, 950 00:40:54,167 --> 00:40:56,708 this figure just doesn't cut the mustard. 951 00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:57,667 That's our show for tonight. 952 00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:00,583 Make sure to enjoy our upcoming episodes 953 00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:03,667 and please remember to keep those cameras rolling. 954 00:41:03,833 --> 00:41:06,542 (dramatic music) 955 00:41:11,208 --> 00:41:13,917 (dramatic music) 956 00:41:19,042 --> 00:41:21,792 (dramatic music)