1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:03,000 - Tonight on "The Proof is Out There." 2 00:00:03,125 --> 00:00:04,542 The International Space Station catches 3 00:00:04,708 --> 00:00:06,667 something inexplicable. 4 00:00:06,750 --> 00:00:08,208 - You have to ask yourself, 5 00:00:08,333 --> 00:00:10,917 is there intelligent life behind what we're seeing? 6 00:00:11,042 --> 00:00:12,833 - [Tony] Something strange is in the water. 7 00:00:12,958 --> 00:00:14,917 These kayakers caught it all on video. 8 00:00:15,042 --> 00:00:17,667 - [Kayaker] What the (beep) just happened? 9 00:00:17,833 --> 00:00:18,875 - [Tony] A trucker spots 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,667 these strange lights over Wisconsin. 11 00:00:20,792 --> 00:00:21,542 - [Trucker] Can you guys see this? 12 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:22,667 What is this thing? 13 00:00:22,833 --> 00:00:23,875 What is that? 14 00:00:24,042 --> 00:00:26,167 - [Tony] And a UFO hunter on the prowl. 15 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:28,500 Did he finally find what he's seeking? 16 00:00:28,625 --> 00:00:30,750 - [UFO Hunter] I hope I don't get taken tonight, man. 17 00:00:30,875 --> 00:00:33,875 - Some of these videos are very difficult to explain. 18 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,583 (dramatic music) 19 00:00:39,208 --> 00:00:40,333 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos... 20 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:42,625 - [Videographer] What the heck is this? 21 00:00:42,708 --> 00:00:44,208 - [Videographer 2] It's moving. 22 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:47,417 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 23 00:00:47,542 --> 00:00:50,250 (buzzing) 24 00:00:52,875 --> 00:00:55,208 - [Videographer 2] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 25 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:58,167 - [Contributor] What's exciting is nobody really knows. 26 00:00:58,250 --> 00:00:59,500 - [Tony] What are they? 27 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:01,208 - [Contributor] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 28 00:01:01,333 --> 00:01:04,417 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 29 00:01:06,583 --> 00:01:07,500 - I'm Tony Harris, 30 00:01:07,625 --> 00:01:09,958 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 31 00:01:10,083 --> 00:01:12,667 I've followed the facts where they take me. 32 00:01:12,750 --> 00:01:15,125 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 33 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:17,708 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 34 00:01:19,083 --> 00:01:21,792 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 35 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:23,167 - It's a credible case. 36 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:24,917 It's a credible video 37 00:01:25,042 --> 00:01:27,667 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 38 00:01:27,792 --> 00:01:29,667 - This video was clearly faked. 39 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:31,625 - The proof starts now. 40 00:01:31,750 --> 00:01:34,417 (dramatic music) 41 00:01:40,292 --> 00:01:41,792 Good evening and welcome 42 00:01:41,875 --> 00:01:43,167 to "The Proof is Out There." 43 00:01:43,292 --> 00:01:45,375 At almost five miles per second, 44 00:01:45,542 --> 00:01:48,125 the International Space Station makes one orbit 45 00:01:48,250 --> 00:01:51,208 around Earth in a little over 90 minutes. 46 00:01:51,375 --> 00:01:52,333 And you can bet it manages 47 00:01:52,458 --> 00:01:54,667 to photograph some pretty cool things 48 00:01:54,792 --> 00:01:56,625 and some pretty strange ones. 49 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:57,500 Check this out. 50 00:01:57,667 --> 00:01:58,500 (eerie music) 51 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:00,667 It's July 12th, 2021, 52 00:02:00,792 --> 00:02:02,000 and a live video streams 53 00:02:02,083 --> 00:02:04,000 from an external high-definition camera 54 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:06,083 on the International Space Station 55 00:02:06,208 --> 00:02:07,667 when the camera captures something that's 56 00:02:07,792 --> 00:02:09,292 out of this world. 57 00:02:10,542 --> 00:02:12,625 It's a cluster of lights passing through its field, 58 00:02:12,708 --> 00:02:15,875 appearing to have a form similar to a constellation. 59 00:02:16,042 --> 00:02:18,500 Look at how they move at a seemingly controlled pace, 60 00:02:18,667 --> 00:02:20,417 holding their formation. 61 00:02:20,542 --> 00:02:23,250 To journalist Alexis Brooks, that's noteworthy. 62 00:02:23,375 --> 00:02:25,167 - This has eluded everybody. 63 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:29,833 The fact that they moved so intentionally across the sky, 64 00:02:29,958 --> 00:02:31,750 you have to ask yourself 65 00:02:31,875 --> 00:02:34,958 is there intelligent life behind what we're seeing? 66 00:02:35,042 --> 00:02:37,542 If these are intelligent objects, 67 00:02:37,708 --> 00:02:42,542 why would they be interested in the ISS? 68 00:02:42,667 --> 00:02:45,708 It could very well be that they are interested 69 00:02:45,875 --> 00:02:47,708 in us seeing them 70 00:02:47,833 --> 00:02:51,667 because maybe they want to expose themselves. 71 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:52,917 - [Tony] Brooks says that, 72 00:02:53,042 --> 00:02:54,333 since its inception in the late 90s, 73 00:02:54,458 --> 00:02:56,208 the International Space Station has photographed 74 00:02:56,333 --> 00:02:58,583 many instances of mysterious lights that suggest 75 00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:01,208 the presence of extraterrestrial life. 76 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:03,167 - The ISS is no stranger 77 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:06,500 to capturing this sort of anomalous footage. 78 00:03:06,583 --> 00:03:10,333 In 2019, it captured several blue lights 79 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:13,583 and a blue jet that launched out of a cloud 80 00:03:13,708 --> 00:03:16,917 and into space over the Pacific Ocean. 81 00:03:17,042 --> 00:03:20,792 And then in 2020, a Russian cosmonaut 82 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:24,000 was filming the aurora. 83 00:03:24,125 --> 00:03:26,250 But something that he did not expect 84 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:29,917 was what seemed to be a stream of horizontal lights. 85 00:03:30,042 --> 00:03:31,708 He called them space gases. 86 00:03:34,417 --> 00:03:35,917 - It's an interesting thought 87 00:03:36,042 --> 00:03:38,292 that the first extraterrestrial contact 88 00:03:38,417 --> 00:03:41,958 would be a subtle tickle, rather than a bold arrival. 89 00:03:42,042 --> 00:03:43,708 That maybe these lights are just another 90 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:47,083 in a series of gentle attempts to establish contact. 91 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:48,667 But let's ask our experts 92 00:03:48,833 --> 00:03:51,542 before we spend too much time prepping our response. 93 00:03:51,667 --> 00:03:53,958 (tense music) 94 00:03:55,292 --> 00:03:56,708 First we turn to Rich Hoffman 95 00:03:56,875 --> 00:03:59,667 to determine could these lights be explained away as stars. 96 00:03:59,792 --> 00:04:02,042 - The lights are pretty much just little dots 97 00:04:02,167 --> 00:04:03,500 moving across the screen 98 00:04:03,667 --> 00:04:06,625 that are not changing size or position. 99 00:04:06,708 --> 00:04:09,167 And they look like that they're in some sort of a formation, 100 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:12,292 but I have not seen anything where you have stars 101 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:14,208 that move across the sky like that 102 00:04:14,375 --> 00:04:15,833 in that kind of a pattern. 103 00:04:15,917 --> 00:04:18,167 So they're not any stars. 104 00:04:18,292 --> 00:04:20,250 - [Tony] While stars do move, they're so far away 105 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:21,833 that this movement wouldn't be visible 106 00:04:21,917 --> 00:04:23,708 to the naked eye or this camera. 107 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:25,875 And while there are other celestial bodies 108 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,292 that visibly move, 109 00:04:27,375 --> 00:04:29,208 they don't do it in coordination like we see here. 110 00:04:29,375 --> 00:04:30,500 - They're not any planets. 111 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:32,667 They're not a swarm of meteors 112 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:34,583 that are coming toward the planet. 113 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:36,583 - [Tony] As for UFOs, Hoffman points out 114 00:04:36,708 --> 00:04:38,417 that the U.S. has always kept a close eye 115 00:04:38,542 --> 00:04:40,917 on any object entering the earth's atmosphere. 116 00:04:41,042 --> 00:04:44,042 In fact, a 1971 treaty obligates the US and Russia 117 00:04:44,167 --> 00:04:45,542 to notify each other 118 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:48,125 of any unidentified objects coming from space. 119 00:04:48,208 --> 00:04:50,000 That's to prevent one from being mistaken 120 00:04:50,083 --> 00:04:51,250 for a nuclear missile attack. 121 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:52,833 - I don't believe that UFOs 122 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,333 in that kind of a swarm would've gone unnoticed by NASA. 123 00:04:57,417 --> 00:05:01,167 We can see something down to the size of a wrench, 124 00:05:01,292 --> 00:05:02,500 and we're doing that to be able 125 00:05:02,625 --> 00:05:07,417 to protect the actual space crew aboard the ISS. 126 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:09,583 So people who are monitoring on earth 127 00:05:09,708 --> 00:05:12,000 would've been able to readily point that out. 128 00:05:12,167 --> 00:05:14,292 - [Tony] For Tim McMillan, it's the speed of the lights 129 00:05:14,375 --> 00:05:15,792 that becomes an important clue, 130 00:05:15,917 --> 00:05:18,500 telling him the camera isn't pointing toward the stars, 131 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:19,917 but down. 132 00:05:20,042 --> 00:05:22,333 - The speed in which we see these lights move is consistent 133 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:26,083 with the speed in which the ISS orbits the earth. 134 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:28,042 So that gives us a really good idea 135 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:32,125 that we're looking at something that's fixed on the earth. 136 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:33,167 - [Tony] Then could these lights be part 137 00:05:33,292 --> 00:05:34,292 of Earth's atmosphere? 138 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:35,875 Say, weather? 139 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,542 - Even though it's 248 miles above the Earth's surface, 140 00:05:39,708 --> 00:05:42,375 we often see natural phenomena, lightning strikes, 141 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:43,667 that type of thing. 142 00:05:43,750 --> 00:05:46,333 However, because these lights are static, 143 00:05:46,458 --> 00:05:48,083 I think we can rule out lightning. 144 00:05:48,208 --> 00:05:49,250 - [Tony] If it's not atmospheric, 145 00:05:49,375 --> 00:05:50,792 could they be city lights? 146 00:05:50,875 --> 00:05:52,250 - These really don't look 147 00:05:52,375 --> 00:05:55,750 like what we see with major cities from space. 148 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:59,042 You can see the sprawling spiderweb 149 00:05:59,167 --> 00:06:02,000 of network of roads and buildings. 150 00:06:02,125 --> 00:06:03,750 And we don't see that here. 151 00:06:03,875 --> 00:06:05,333 - [Tony] So what does that leave us? 152 00:06:05,458 --> 00:06:07,292 Marc D'Antonio has an idea. 153 00:06:07,375 --> 00:06:09,958 - Where I've seen lights like this on earth 154 00:06:10,042 --> 00:06:12,875 is when there have been fishing fleets offshore 155 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,750 using bright lights aimed down into the water 156 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,500 to lure shrimp. 157 00:06:17,625 --> 00:06:20,083 And so that's probably what we're seeing here. 158 00:06:20,208 --> 00:06:21,500 - [Tony] It also explains the darkness 159 00:06:21,583 --> 00:06:23,000 that surrounds all the lights. 160 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:24,375 That's the ocean. 161 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:26,833 - These larger bloated areas are where the lights 162 00:06:26,917 --> 00:06:29,500 are being cast out in a very broad area. 163 00:06:29,625 --> 00:06:32,083 Water reflects light very well. 164 00:06:32,208 --> 00:06:34,083 And so you can actually see these lights 165 00:06:34,208 --> 00:06:35,875 from the International Space Station. 166 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:40,083 (tense music) 167 00:06:40,208 --> 00:06:42,667 - Our verdict? Fishing vessels. 168 00:06:42,792 --> 00:06:44,500 We think D'Antonio's comparison 169 00:06:44,625 --> 00:06:47,667 between this video and other known vessels is a match. 170 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:50,583 If you wanna see views from the ISS for yourself, 171 00:06:50,708 --> 00:06:55,208 you can visit the ISS HD Earth Viewing experiment online. 172 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:58,083 To date, approximately 500 million people 173 00:06:58,208 --> 00:06:59,375 have seen the globe this way. 174 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:01,083 (tense music) 175 00:07:01,208 --> 00:07:04,000 Now from fishing boats to kayaks. 176 00:07:04,125 --> 00:07:07,000 Most people take up kayaking as a way to escape, 177 00:07:07,125 --> 00:07:09,708 bask in nature, and relax. 178 00:07:09,833 --> 00:07:12,000 But just going with the flow was not an option 179 00:07:12,125 --> 00:07:14,000 for the guys who had this intense 180 00:07:14,083 --> 00:07:16,167 and unusual aquatic encounter. 181 00:07:16,292 --> 00:07:17,875 (birds chirping) (tense music) 182 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,542 June 29th, 2017. 183 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:23,500 On Yale Lake in Southwest Washington, 184 00:07:23,625 --> 00:07:25,125 two men take their kayaks out 185 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:26,458 for a relaxing afternoon 186 00:07:26,542 --> 00:07:28,958 when the calm waters are suddenly disturbed. 187 00:07:30,708 --> 00:07:32,042 - [Kayaker] Weird (beep). 188 00:07:33,417 --> 00:07:35,000 - [Tony] The video seems to show bubbles rising 189 00:07:35,083 --> 00:07:37,167 to the surface of the water in the center of the lake 190 00:07:37,292 --> 00:07:40,000 as the kayakers paddle towards them. 191 00:07:40,083 --> 00:07:42,833 - [Kayaker] Just bubbles coming from the bottom of the lake. 192 00:07:42,958 --> 00:07:44,208 No current. 193 00:07:44,333 --> 00:07:46,042 I'm afraid to put my hand in the water. 194 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:51,208 - [Tony] One kayaker dips his camera below the water line, 195 00:07:51,375 --> 00:07:54,708 and we see debris and thousands of bubbles swirling. 196 00:07:54,833 --> 00:07:55,833 - [Kayaker] Weird though, dude. 197 00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:57,417 - [Tony] The bubbling is so intense, 198 00:07:57,542 --> 00:07:59,583 the other kayaker panics and paddles off. 199 00:07:59,708 --> 00:08:01,042 - [Kayaker] Go, go, go. 200 00:08:01,208 --> 00:08:04,958 - [Tony] Then an ominous burst of murky brown water erupts 201 00:08:05,042 --> 00:08:07,833 as hundreds of leaves are belched up to the surface. 202 00:08:07,958 --> 00:08:08,958 - What the (beep)! 203 00:08:10,542 --> 00:08:13,917 What the (beep) just happened? 204 00:08:14,042 --> 00:08:16,875 Something just happened that we caught on camera. 205 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:21,208 Dude, it stinks! 206 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:25,583 - [Tony] Field researcher and author Ken Gerhard tries 207 00:08:25,708 --> 00:08:27,917 to help us understand what we're seeing in the video. 208 00:08:28,042 --> 00:08:29,833 - My first thoughts are, 209 00:08:30,958 --> 00:08:33,333 is there something alive beneath the water 210 00:08:33,458 --> 00:08:34,667 that's creating these bubbles 211 00:08:34,792 --> 00:08:36,625 and this disturbance in the water? 212 00:08:37,792 --> 00:08:40,167 Yale Lake is connected to the Columbia River, 213 00:08:40,292 --> 00:08:44,000 which has been said to be home to this massive creature 214 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:45,708 called Colossal Claude. 215 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:49,083 Sightings date back to the early 1930s. 216 00:08:49,208 --> 00:08:54,250 The general physical description is a huge animal 217 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:57,250 about 40 feet long with a serpentine, 218 00:08:57,375 --> 00:08:59,833 although a very thick, powerful body, 219 00:08:59,958 --> 00:09:04,708 and what was described as a very evil snakey head. 220 00:09:04,833 --> 00:09:05,917 Many of the lakes around the world 221 00:09:06,042 --> 00:09:08,125 where these monsters have been reported 222 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:12,750 all boast healthy populations of salmon and trout. 223 00:09:12,875 --> 00:09:17,417 So perhaps these lake monsters might also live in the ocean 224 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:19,500 and follow the salmon populations 225 00:09:19,667 --> 00:09:21,500 into fresh water to feed. 226 00:09:21,583 --> 00:09:23,833 (tense music) 227 00:09:23,958 --> 00:09:26,000 - There are dozens, maybe thousands, 228 00:09:26,083 --> 00:09:29,000 of undiscovered creatures inhabiting the world's lakes. 229 00:09:29,167 --> 00:09:32,250 Recently, researchers uncovered around 40 new species 230 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:33,958 in Lake Mweru, 231 00:09:34,042 --> 00:09:38,000 located between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 232 00:09:38,125 --> 00:09:41,000 But was whatever these kayakers saw a creature 233 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:42,667 from the deep? 234 00:09:42,792 --> 00:09:45,875 Let's see what's swimming in our experts' thought bubbles. 235 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,208 (tense music) 236 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:52,833 Marine biologist, Dr. Shea Conger, begins her analysis 237 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:55,250 by addressing the lake monster theory. 238 00:09:55,375 --> 00:09:56,625 - The number of salmon 239 00:09:56,708 --> 00:09:59,542 in the Columbia River's dramatically decreased, 240 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,000 and this is an important resource, 241 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:03,708 not only for humans, but for wildlife. 242 00:10:03,875 --> 00:10:05,042 So if there were some sort 243 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:08,167 of abnormally large animal in Yale Lake, 244 00:10:08,292 --> 00:10:11,167 it probably wouldn't have a lot of food to live off of. 245 00:10:11,250 --> 00:10:12,667 And so it's pretty unlikely 246 00:10:12,792 --> 00:10:17,333 that there are undiscovered large animals in Yale Lake. 247 00:10:17,458 --> 00:10:18,667 There are actually a couple 248 00:10:18,792 --> 00:10:21,250 of freshwater seal populations in the world, 249 00:10:21,375 --> 00:10:24,583 but if this were something like a seal or a whale, 250 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:27,042 we would definitely see the animal itself. 251 00:10:27,167 --> 00:10:29,333 And seals really only hold their breath 252 00:10:29,458 --> 00:10:31,833 for maybe 20 minutes at a time. 253 00:10:32,875 --> 00:10:34,000 - [Tony] What about those bubbles? 254 00:10:34,083 --> 00:10:35,833 Geologist Bob Anderson helps us figure out 255 00:10:35,958 --> 00:10:37,833 what could be happening here. 256 00:10:37,958 --> 00:10:41,792 - Natural gas and oil are formed between sedimentary layers. 257 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:44,792 And you get a lot of Carboniferous materials 258 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:47,667 that are from the time before the dinosaurs. 259 00:10:47,792 --> 00:10:50,083 And these areas get buried deep down 260 00:10:50,208 --> 00:10:53,333 and that pressure and heat causes those organic materials 261 00:10:53,458 --> 00:10:55,458 to break down into hydrocarbons. 262 00:10:55,542 --> 00:10:57,083 And all it takes is a crack in the rock, 263 00:10:57,208 --> 00:11:00,000 and they just release and they pop real fast. 264 00:11:01,083 --> 00:11:01,875 - [Tony] The Carboniferous Period 265 00:11:02,042 --> 00:11:04,125 occurred 300 million years ago. 266 00:11:05,542 --> 00:11:07,333 So these organic materials have been building pressure 267 00:11:07,417 --> 00:11:08,500 for quite some time, 268 00:11:08,625 --> 00:11:09,833 just waiting to blow. 269 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:13,000 - When you look at the video 270 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:15,417 and you add in the combination of those bubbles 271 00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:18,625 and the smell at the end... 272 00:11:18,708 --> 00:11:20,208 - [Kayaker] Dude, it stinks! 273 00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:21,792 - [Bob] To me, it's a dead clue 274 00:11:21,917 --> 00:11:24,375 that it's some type of a natural gas that's coming up. 275 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:27,000 - This happens all over the world. 276 00:11:27,083 --> 00:11:28,583 Massive underwater craters have been discovered 277 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:30,750 off the coast of Norway. 278 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:35,417 Up to 147 feet deep and 2,624 feet wide, 279 00:11:35,542 --> 00:11:37,000 researchers have deemed them the cause 280 00:11:37,125 --> 00:11:40,167 of expulsions of gas rising to the surface in the area. 281 00:11:45,250 --> 00:11:47,667 Our verdict? Natural gas. 282 00:11:47,792 --> 00:11:49,625 The smell was the clincher. 283 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:52,000 The kayaker complained about the horrible aroma 284 00:11:52,125 --> 00:11:54,583 which is a common attribute of methane gas 285 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:56,833 when it mixes with hydrogen sulfide, 286 00:11:56,958 --> 00:11:58,708 causing a rotten egg odor. 287 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:01,250 While the men didn't come across Colossal Claude, 288 00:12:01,375 --> 00:12:04,250 they did still stumble upon a remarkable piece 289 00:12:04,375 --> 00:12:05,167 of natural history. 290 00:12:09,042 --> 00:12:11,042 - This next story is about a sound 291 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:13,750 that was heard over thousands of square miles 292 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:16,000 and yet no one could see what caused it. 293 00:12:16,125 --> 00:12:18,542 Did it come from the ground, the sky, 294 00:12:18,708 --> 00:12:20,125 or the U.S. government? 295 00:12:20,250 --> 00:12:21,375 (tense music) 296 00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:23,000 October, 2021, 297 00:12:23,083 --> 00:12:25,625 it's a quiet fall morning in Leominster, Massachusetts. 298 00:12:25,750 --> 00:12:27,542 But shortly before 11:30 AM, 299 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:29,625 that tranquil scene is broken 300 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:31,375 when a backyard security camera captures 301 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:32,833 this mysterious sound. 302 00:12:33,792 --> 00:12:34,833 (recording booms) 303 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,042 No big deal, right? 304 00:12:36,167 --> 00:12:38,458 (tense music) 305 00:12:38,542 --> 00:12:39,792 (recording booms) 306 00:12:39,917 --> 00:12:41,333 That boom is almost immediately followed 307 00:12:41,417 --> 00:12:42,292 by a softer one, 308 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:44,083 except neither is soft. 309 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:45,167 (recording booms) 310 00:12:45,333 --> 00:12:47,042 The sound is heard over three states, 311 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:49,000 which means wherever it emanated from, 312 00:12:49,083 --> 00:12:52,500 it was as loud as a 100-megaton nuclear explosion. 313 00:13:07,417 --> 00:13:08,500 (recording booms) 314 00:13:08,583 --> 00:13:10,042 - [Tony] So what could it be? 315 00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:11,917 According to journalist MJ Banias, 316 00:13:12,042 --> 00:13:13,333 there are several theories. 317 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:14,917 - The idea is much 318 00:13:15,042 --> 00:13:18,292 like the earth can fracture and create an earthquake, 319 00:13:18,375 --> 00:13:21,500 frequencies in the sky will also rub up against each other 320 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:23,750 and create a loud boom sound. 321 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:25,833 Some people believe it's caused by storms 322 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,542 or it's caused by electromagnetic frequencies. 323 00:13:28,667 --> 00:13:29,667 Some people believe it's caused 324 00:13:29,792 --> 00:13:31,250 by the earth's magnetic poles. 325 00:13:31,375 --> 00:13:32,542 (tense music) 326 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:34,042 - [Tony] But not everyone agrees skyquakes 327 00:13:34,167 --> 00:13:35,583 are the work of mother nature. 328 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:39,667 - Other people believe that when UFOs enter our atmosphere, 329 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:42,417 they create a skyquake of sorts. 330 00:13:42,542 --> 00:13:45,250 Because they would create a loud boom sound, 331 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:48,333 much like a fighter jet when it goes hypersonic. 332 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:50,875 (tense music) 333 00:13:51,042 --> 00:13:53,167 - Between 2013 and 2015, 334 00:13:53,292 --> 00:13:55,458 scientists from the University of North Carolina 335 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:58,208 attempted to determine the origins of skyquakes 336 00:13:58,375 --> 00:13:59,750 with a mobile network 337 00:13:59,875 --> 00:14:02,167 of 400 atmospheric sensors and seismographs. 338 00:14:02,292 --> 00:14:04,292 And while no definitive answers were found, 339 00:14:04,375 --> 00:14:06,292 the research did rule out the possibility 340 00:14:06,417 --> 00:14:08,542 that seismic activity plays any role 341 00:14:08,667 --> 00:14:09,625 in these strange sounds. 342 00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:11,250 (tense music) 343 00:14:11,375 --> 00:14:12,458 (recording booms) 344 00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:16,375 So what do we have here? 345 00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:17,208 (recording booms) 346 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:18,417 A meteor? 347 00:14:18,542 --> 00:14:20,792 A sonic boom from a jet? 348 00:14:20,917 --> 00:14:25,000 Some other natural or supernatural explanation? 349 00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:27,250 We asked our experts to take a listen. 350 00:14:27,375 --> 00:14:29,833 (tense music) 351 00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:34,167 We begin our analysis with meteorologist, Juan Hernandez. 352 00:14:34,292 --> 00:14:36,542 Could this boom have been caused by a meteor? 353 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:37,958 Turns out that satellites set up 354 00:14:38,042 --> 00:14:40,250 for tracking lightning strikes have the answer. 355 00:14:41,417 --> 00:14:44,500 - A result of tracking lightning is oftentimes 356 00:14:44,625 --> 00:14:49,333 the ability to detect meteors streaking across the sky. 357 00:14:49,458 --> 00:14:52,708 In this case, we did have an example detected 358 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:55,042 in the sky across New Hampshire. 359 00:14:55,208 --> 00:14:57,542 The satellite itself picked up the flash 360 00:14:57,708 --> 00:14:59,667 at 11:21 in the morning. 361 00:14:59,792 --> 00:15:02,667 That sound was heard across the region. 362 00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:05,000 (tense music) 363 00:15:05,083 --> 00:15:06,333 (recording booms) 364 00:15:06,458 --> 00:15:07,917 - [Tony] But while radar detection 365 00:15:08,042 --> 00:15:10,417 on a scope appears to be definitive visual evidence 366 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:11,667 of a meteor, 367 00:15:11,792 --> 00:15:13,583 soundscape ecologist, Ben Gottesman, 368 00:15:13,708 --> 00:15:15,167 says the audio captured 369 00:15:15,250 --> 00:15:17,500 on the backyard camera tells another story. 370 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:21,833 - Skyquakes refer to a low frequency rumbling. 371 00:15:21,917 --> 00:15:24,333 And they typically occur not when it's storming, 372 00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:27,000 but on nice calm days. 373 00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:28,375 - [Tony] But Gottesman says, 374 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:30,167 while no one really knows what causes them, 375 00:15:30,292 --> 00:15:32,917 what he hears can be explained. 376 00:15:33,042 --> 00:15:34,375 (recording booms) 377 00:15:34,542 --> 00:15:38,000 - That double boom signature is really characteristic 378 00:15:38,125 --> 00:15:41,208 of sonic booms that eclipse the speed of sound. 379 00:15:41,375 --> 00:15:42,500 The question is, 380 00:15:42,625 --> 00:15:46,500 was it a sonic boom produced by an aircraft or a meteor? 381 00:15:46,625 --> 00:15:48,667 - [Tony] Gottesman analyzes known examples 382 00:15:48,792 --> 00:15:50,917 of the sounds produced by both objects. 383 00:15:51,042 --> 00:15:53,208 First up, the boom of a meteor. 384 00:15:53,375 --> 00:15:54,958 (meteor booms) 385 00:15:55,083 --> 00:15:57,000 - So that is a sonic boom caused 386 00:15:57,167 --> 00:16:00,000 by a meteor ripping through the atmosphere. 387 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,958 And it's characterized by this single impulse 388 00:16:03,042 --> 00:16:04,667 that we see here. 389 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:07,667 - [Tony] Next up, an example of a boom from a fighter jet. 390 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:08,833 - Here we're going to listen 391 00:16:08,958 --> 00:16:11,333 to a sonic boom caused by an aircraft. 392 00:16:11,458 --> 00:16:12,833 (jet booms) 393 00:16:12,958 --> 00:16:14,583 Did you hear that double boom? 394 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:16,000 (jet booms) 395 00:16:16,125 --> 00:16:18,375 Aircrafts have this double boom sound, 396 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:22,167 because there's a sonic boom created at the front 397 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,458 and at the tail end of the aircraft. 398 00:16:24,542 --> 00:16:27,208 As both of them eclipse the speed of sound, 399 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:30,375 which is around 750 miles per hour, 400 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:33,542 those pressure waves collide together 401 00:16:33,667 --> 00:16:35,167 and produce these shock waves 402 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:38,833 that then ripple through and create these booms. 403 00:16:38,917 --> 00:16:40,708 (recording booms) 404 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,500 And we'll compare that to this. 405 00:16:43,625 --> 00:16:45,667 (jet booms) 406 00:16:45,833 --> 00:16:47,292 To me it's a really good match. 407 00:16:47,417 --> 00:16:49,958 This sound really does have the the shape 408 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:54,083 and profile of sonic booms created by an aircraft. 409 00:16:57,958 --> 00:16:59,792 - So if you believe our experts, 410 00:16:59,917 --> 00:17:03,458 this is one of the oddest phenomena we've ever covered. 411 00:17:03,583 --> 00:17:06,167 The meteorological data indicates a meteor 412 00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:08,042 was entering the atmosphere 413 00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:10,833 and the audio analysis indicates military jets 414 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:13,500 were passing over at the same time. 415 00:17:13,625 --> 00:17:15,042 What are the odds of that? 416 00:17:15,208 --> 00:17:17,333 One of those events probably explains the sound. 417 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:21,667 But our verdict: this is an unexplained coincidence. 418 00:17:21,792 --> 00:17:22,750 Seriously! 419 00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:28,417 Have you ever wondered why the Mouse King 420 00:17:28,542 --> 00:17:30,083 in "The Nutcracker" is sometimes depicted 421 00:17:30,208 --> 00:17:31,833 with more than one head? 422 00:17:31,958 --> 00:17:34,000 Turns out it's based on a real phenomenon. 423 00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:35,917 And after seeing this next video, 424 00:17:36,042 --> 00:17:39,500 I'm glad I've only ever viewed it on a stage. 425 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:40,458 (tense music) 426 00:17:40,583 --> 00:17:41,750 Tartu, Estonia. 427 00:17:41,875 --> 00:17:43,208 October, 2021. 428 00:17:43,333 --> 00:17:46,250 Johan Uibopuu receives a disturbing phone call 429 00:17:46,375 --> 00:17:48,542 from his mother regarding her chicken coop. 430 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:50,000 He offers to take a look, 431 00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:52,625 but nothing could prepare him for what he finds. 432 00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:55,667 (rats squeaking) 433 00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:56,708 - Oh boy! 434 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,333 Their tail is really tangled. 435 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:01,750 - [Tony] That's an understatement. 436 00:18:01,875 --> 00:18:03,125 Let's take another look. 437 00:18:04,292 --> 00:18:06,167 What looks like a heap of black rats 438 00:18:06,292 --> 00:18:08,083 is actually a heap of black rats 439 00:18:08,208 --> 00:18:10,583 with their tails hopelessly entangled together. 440 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:15,750 There are 13 rats in this bundle, bound together for life. 441 00:18:15,875 --> 00:18:17,208 - One of them, unfortunately, 442 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:20,917 looks like it has passed on to the next world. 443 00:18:21,042 --> 00:18:22,875 And maybe that's for the best. 444 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:24,417 I wouldn't wanna be tied 445 00:18:24,542 --> 00:18:28,208 to a bunch of my brothers and sisters either. 446 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:29,667 - [Tony] Would you believe that 447 00:18:29,792 --> 00:18:31,667 this isn't the first time a knot of rats like this 448 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:32,833 has been discovered? 449 00:18:32,958 --> 00:18:35,292 It's even got a name: the rat king. 450 00:18:36,708 --> 00:18:40,542 - The term rat king is thought to originate from German. 451 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:44,708 It's a number of rats whose tails have become entangled 452 00:18:44,833 --> 00:18:48,333 so that they are basically like a rodent super organism. 453 00:18:48,458 --> 00:18:54,500 An older, wiser rat would sit atop a pile of younger rats 454 00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:57,250 and they would serve all of his needs. 455 00:18:57,375 --> 00:18:59,000 Unfortunately for rat kings, 456 00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:01,958 they are considered to be bad omens. 457 00:19:02,042 --> 00:19:04,542 It's thought that they warn of the plague. 458 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:07,583 They're also associated with witchcraft. 459 00:19:07,708 --> 00:19:08,292 (tense music) 460 00:19:08,375 --> 00:19:09,583 - [Tony] Because of this, 461 00:19:09,708 --> 00:19:11,458 in old Strasbourg, where rat kings were found, 462 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:13,042 they were usually drowned in a well 463 00:19:13,167 --> 00:19:15,167 or dunked in boiling water before being brought 464 00:19:15,292 --> 00:19:18,000 to the local school teacher to study them. 465 00:19:18,167 --> 00:19:20,125 Because of their supernatural associations 466 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:22,000 and the rarity of their occurrences, 467 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:23,333 there's debate as to whether 468 00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:26,708 or not rat kings are cruel man-made hoaxes. 469 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,000 - There's a long history 470 00:19:29,125 --> 00:19:31,542 of fabricating creatures for profit. 471 00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:34,833 Think about P.T. Barnum's Fiji mermaid, 472 00:19:34,917 --> 00:19:37,375 George Hull's Cardiff Giant. 473 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:40,250 Back in the day, people would take lizards 474 00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:43,583 and glue bat wings on them and say here, buy a dragon. 475 00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:45,833 Or they'd stick a narwhal horn on a horse 476 00:19:45,958 --> 00:19:48,000 and say, this is a unicorn. 477 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:50,333 So a hoax is definitely not outside 478 00:19:50,417 --> 00:19:51,625 the realm of possibility. 479 00:19:53,375 --> 00:19:55,333 - Knots are complicated. 480 00:19:55,458 --> 00:19:58,833 There's a whole area of mathematics called knot theory 481 00:19:58,958 --> 00:20:02,417 dedicated to studying these things in the abstract. 482 00:20:02,542 --> 00:20:05,333 And the knots of the rat king tales are complex too. 483 00:20:05,458 --> 00:20:07,417 Scientists have attempted to recreate them 484 00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:09,000 and they quickly discovered it 485 00:20:09,167 --> 00:20:11,167 was a lot harder than expected. 486 00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:14,625 The knots they made looked too neat and intentional, 487 00:20:14,750 --> 00:20:16,500 and those rats were dead. 488 00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:18,208 Let's turn to our experts to see what they think 489 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:19,625 about this whole thing. 490 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:22,167 (tense music) 491 00:20:23,583 --> 00:20:25,792 First we turn to biologist Floyd Hayes 492 00:20:25,917 --> 00:20:27,250 to find out, is this real? 493 00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:30,083 And if so, how the heck does something like this happen? 494 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:32,667 - One possibility is that it was faked 495 00:20:32,750 --> 00:20:36,542 and somebody actually stuck the tails together. 496 00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:38,333 But it could also be a natural phenomenon; 497 00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:41,000 and I think that's most likely in this case. 498 00:20:41,125 --> 00:20:42,542 It's been suggested 499 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,458 that perhaps they are stuck together from birth. 500 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:45,625 But that seems very unlikely 501 00:20:45,750 --> 00:20:48,083 because these are fairly well grown, 502 00:20:48,208 --> 00:20:49,750 and they would likely starve to death 503 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:52,667 if they were stuck together for a few weeks. 504 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,167 - [Tony] So if they weren't destined at birth 505 00:20:54,250 --> 00:20:57,333 to become parts of a rat king, how do they form? 506 00:20:57,458 --> 00:21:00,000 - So a rat king occurs when the tails are stuck together. 507 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:01,708 This usually happens in black rats, 508 00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:03,958 which have unusually long tails compared 509 00:21:04,083 --> 00:21:06,000 to other species of rats. 510 00:21:06,125 --> 00:21:08,125 And it happens mostly in cold countries 511 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:09,792 during the winter months. 512 00:21:09,917 --> 00:21:11,292 And it is believed 513 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,083 that their tails are frozen together overnight 514 00:21:13,208 --> 00:21:15,167 when they're huddling together for warmth 515 00:21:15,292 --> 00:21:19,833 by water or urine or sperm or food. 516 00:21:19,958 --> 00:21:21,542 - However, in a bizarre twist, 517 00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:23,167 when we do some research of our own, 518 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:25,458 we find that temperatures in this area of Estonia 519 00:21:25,542 --> 00:21:28,250 only had a low of 36 degrees Fahrenheit the night 520 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:30,458 before this rat king was found. 521 00:21:30,542 --> 00:21:32,500 Not cold enough to freeze. 522 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,083 And what's more, rats, contrary to their reputation, 523 00:21:35,208 --> 00:21:37,333 groomed themselves nearly as much as cats. 524 00:21:37,417 --> 00:21:39,000 The idea that they could get stuck together 525 00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:41,458 with dirt and grime seems unlikely. 526 00:21:41,542 --> 00:21:44,250 So we turn to wildlife biologist, Stephanie Schuttler. 527 00:21:44,375 --> 00:21:47,333 She says the rat king legend carries a grain of truth. 528 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:51,500 - Rats can be carriers of diseases and parasites. 529 00:21:51,583 --> 00:21:55,458 So the fact that people thought rat kings were bad omens 530 00:21:55,583 --> 00:21:58,333 or carriers or signals of plague, 531 00:21:58,458 --> 00:22:02,333 it's not that unreasonable of a leap. 532 00:22:02,417 --> 00:22:03,750 - [Tony] It might just be coincidence, 533 00:22:03,875 --> 00:22:06,333 but the COVID-19 epidemic was still ravaging Europe 534 00:22:06,417 --> 00:22:07,750 when this video was shot. 535 00:22:07,875 --> 00:22:10,542 And Schuttler says there's another question gnawing at her. 536 00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:13,333 Why do these rats lie down and accept their fates? 537 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:14,917 Why don't they fight back? 538 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:19,292 - When animals are stuck or trying to escape from something, 539 00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:23,333 they can do things like chew their own appendage off, 540 00:22:23,458 --> 00:22:26,167 like this has happened in leg traps 541 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:28,542 with animals like coyotes or wolves. 542 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:31,042 Why aren't these rats chewing 543 00:22:31,167 --> 00:22:32,792 their own tails off to get away? 544 00:22:37,042 --> 00:22:38,083 - Our verdict? 545 00:22:38,208 --> 00:22:40,625 It seems like rat kings form naturally, 546 00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:43,333 but what we don't know is the why of it all. 547 00:22:43,417 --> 00:22:45,583 Why aren't there more rat kings? 548 00:22:45,708 --> 00:22:49,167 And why don't these rats make more of an effort to escape? 549 00:22:49,292 --> 00:22:51,042 It remains an unexplained mystery. 550 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:57,333 - The great Jim Morrison once advised all motorists 551 00:22:57,458 --> 00:22:59,208 to keep your eyes on the road 552 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:01,583 and your hands up on the wheel. 553 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:03,458 But that's easier said than done 554 00:23:03,542 --> 00:23:05,667 when what's coming at you on the highway 555 00:23:05,833 --> 00:23:08,750 is breaking on through the doors of perception. 556 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:11,583 It's a November night in 2019 557 00:23:11,708 --> 00:23:13,625 and long haul trucker James Cole 558 00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:16,125 is passing through Stephensville, Wisconsin. 559 00:23:16,208 --> 00:23:17,500 After hours of playing highway, 560 00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:20,750 he comes around a turn and sees this. 561 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:25,875 - [Tony] A fuschia light glows over the road, 562 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,500 a stark contrast to the dark night sky. 563 00:23:32,542 --> 00:23:34,000 - [Tony] And it doesn't go away either. 564 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:37,250 As James drives it appears to get bigger and closer. 565 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:38,833 - I was talking on the CB radio 566 00:23:38,958 --> 00:23:41,167 as I was passing other trucks to say, 567 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:42,542 Man, do you guys see this? 568 00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:44,833 What is this thing? What is that? 569 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,583 No one was calling back but, it's most unusual. 570 00:23:48,708 --> 00:23:50,750 - [Tony] James is perplexed by why his shout outs 571 00:23:50,875 --> 00:23:53,167 to his fellow truckers are met with radio silence. 572 00:23:53,292 --> 00:23:56,417 - I had posted it to my YouTube channel, it got an uproar, 573 00:23:56,542 --> 00:23:59,208 but no one could really pinpoint exactly what it was 574 00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:00,542 and I couldn't either. 575 00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:04,792 - So imagine you're the driver in this truck. 576 00:24:04,875 --> 00:24:09,417 You glance up to the skies and you see this. 577 00:24:09,542 --> 00:24:11,583 The first thing you notice obviously is the color, 578 00:24:11,708 --> 00:24:16,500 it's pink, and then you notice the shape, right? 579 00:24:17,625 --> 00:24:19,875 Not a sunset that I've ever seen, 580 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:23,000 not something tied to the Aurora Borealis. 581 00:24:23,167 --> 00:24:25,083 Not a beacon of any kind. 582 00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:28,667 This driver continued on his journey for miles. 583 00:24:28,792 --> 00:24:32,125 It never left the sky. It didn't appear to move. 584 00:24:32,208 --> 00:24:35,417 If I saw this on the road, I'd be pretty freaked out. 585 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,542 Author Amy Teitel says the theories vary. 586 00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:42,000 - One of the leading theories was that this pink cloud 587 00:24:42,083 --> 00:24:43,667 is evidence of chemtrails. 588 00:24:43,792 --> 00:24:46,833 Chemtrails are a theory that government is releasing 589 00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:50,042 toxic chemicals into the atmosphere by plane 590 00:24:50,167 --> 00:24:53,333 for a variety of reasons ranging from mind control 591 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:54,875 to weather control. 592 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Another theory is that this pink cloud 593 00:24:57,083 --> 00:25:01,292 is some kind of electromagnetic field or radiation, 594 00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:02,750 which is reminiscent of the famous 595 00:25:02,875 --> 00:25:04,958 Zona Del Silencio in Mexico. 596 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:07,833 This is a region in the Mapimi desert 597 00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:11,208 where allegedly no cell phone or radio signals 598 00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:12,500 can get through. 599 00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:15,583 It is a complete dead silent zone. 600 00:25:15,708 --> 00:25:17,667 - [Tony] An electromagnetic field is a force field 601 00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:19,833 produced by stationary electrical charges 602 00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:22,292 being combined with moving magnetic currents. 603 00:25:22,375 --> 00:25:25,500 This force could become entangled with CB radio waves, 604 00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:26,917 throwing off their signal 605 00:25:27,042 --> 00:25:29,250 or causing them to stop completely. 606 00:25:29,375 --> 00:25:32,667 Perhaps this is why James's CB radio couldn't reach anyone. 607 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:34,500 What else could be at play here? 608 00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:40,000 Rumors about La Zona Del Silencio began in 1970 609 00:25:40,083 --> 00:25:42,792 when a US military base fired a test missile 610 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:46,625 toward the White Sands Missile Range and the rocket ended up 611 00:25:46,708 --> 00:25:50,458 in the Mapimi Desert, 400 miles south of its target. 612 00:25:50,542 --> 00:25:53,500 This secret operation remains a mystery. 613 00:25:53,583 --> 00:25:55,917 Could similar forces be at play in Wisconsin? 614 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,292 Hopefully our experts can hit the mark. 615 00:25:59,083 --> 00:26:01,167 (tense music) 616 00:26:02,625 --> 00:26:05,167 First we turn to meteorologist Juan Hernandez. 617 00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,958 Could this be evidence of the fabled chemtrail? 618 00:26:08,083 --> 00:26:10,458 - We have actually two satellites 619 00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:12,458 that cover the whole western hemisphere. 620 00:26:12,583 --> 00:26:13,875 We would be able to detect if there was 621 00:26:14,042 --> 00:26:16,833 some sort of chemical being released into the atmosphere. 622 00:26:16,958 --> 00:26:19,333 In reality, what people call chemtrails 623 00:26:19,458 --> 00:26:23,417 are actually water vapor from the engines of the airplane, 624 00:26:23,542 --> 00:26:24,750 usually in a line. 625 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:26,667 In this case we don't have a line. 626 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:31,167 It's more like a circular or a blob of light. 627 00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:32,750 - [Tony] But what does he think about this being 628 00:26:32,875 --> 00:26:34,583 some sort of electromagnetic event? 629 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:36,792 Physicist Matthew Szydagis weighs in. 630 00:26:36,917 --> 00:26:40,583 - I do find it intriguing that the truck driver 631 00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:42,833 claims to be unable to contact others 632 00:26:42,917 --> 00:26:44,333 'cause that would hint towards 633 00:26:44,458 --> 00:26:46,708 something electromagnetic in nature. 634 00:26:46,833 --> 00:26:49,000 But that doesn't necessarily correspond 635 00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:50,500 with a light in the sky. 636 00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:52,417 There are many different ways to create dead zones 637 00:26:52,542 --> 00:26:53,667 with cellular signals, 638 00:26:53,792 --> 00:26:56,625 but they're not gonna produce a visible effect 639 00:26:56,708 --> 00:26:58,333 that you can see in the sky. 640 00:26:58,458 --> 00:26:59,833 - [Tony] So what are we looking at? 641 00:26:59,958 --> 00:27:01,375 - I looked at the exit sign, 642 00:27:01,542 --> 00:27:03,708 where in Wisconsin this video took place, 643 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:07,208 and it turns out that very nearby 644 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:12,208 there is an organization that runs an aquaponics facility 645 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:16,250 that uses purple LEDs to grow their plants. 646 00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:18,417 - [Tony] Aquaponics is a food production system 647 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:20,333 that combines aquaculture of fish 648 00:27:20,458 --> 00:27:22,375 with hydroponics of plants. 649 00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:24,250 Nutrient rich water and proper lighting 650 00:27:24,375 --> 00:27:25,833 for photosynthesis are key. 651 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000 So that kind of fits what James saw, 652 00:27:29,083 --> 00:27:31,833 but he started recording that footage miles away. 653 00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:34,917 So how could James see this from such a long distance? 654 00:27:35,042 --> 00:27:38,000 - Colors that are towards the end of the rainbow 655 00:27:38,083 --> 00:27:40,833 tend to scatter more easily in the atmosphere. 656 00:27:40,958 --> 00:27:43,625 That could explain why we see such a large purple mass 657 00:27:43,708 --> 00:27:44,958 in this video. 658 00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:48,292 Because the lights from the LumiGrow LEDs 659 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:51,458 can really scatter very easily through the atmosphere 660 00:27:51,542 --> 00:27:54,167 and create an eerie paranormal glow. 661 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:57,667 The clouds could be reflecting light or refracting, 662 00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:59,667 which means bending the light, 663 00:27:59,792 --> 00:28:03,708 making it look much larger than it actually is. 664 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:07,500 But is just some botanist growing some plants 665 00:28:07,625 --> 00:28:09,292 and vegetation for us. 666 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:15,625 - So it looks like we've solved this one, 667 00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:17,000 at least partly. 668 00:28:17,083 --> 00:28:19,292 We don't know why the radio went silent, 669 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:21,250 but the strange purple light was coming from 670 00:28:21,375 --> 00:28:23,250 an aquaponic farm. 671 00:28:23,375 --> 00:28:26,042 Who knows, maybe James will find himself transporting 672 00:28:26,167 --> 00:28:29,875 some of the produce being grown there to a store near you. 673 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,333 In the meantime, brother keep on trucking. 674 00:28:36,417 --> 00:28:38,417 - We love featuring stories 675 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:39,833 submitted by our viewers. 676 00:28:39,917 --> 00:28:41,667 So here's a doozy. 677 00:28:41,792 --> 00:28:44,042 Now, the majority of UFO videos we investigate 678 00:28:44,208 --> 00:28:46,833 are usually due to the fact someone just happened to be 679 00:28:46,917 --> 00:28:50,500 at the right place at the right time and pressed record. 680 00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:53,708 But you were about to meet a man who desperately wanted 681 00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:57,833 to get a UFO on video and it turns out maybe he did. 682 00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:01,792 We're in Ardmore, Oklahoma for this one 683 00:29:01,875 --> 00:29:04,083 with dedicated proof viewer Joey Franko. 684 00:29:05,417 --> 00:29:07,458 After witnessing what he thinks is a UFO one night 685 00:29:07,542 --> 00:29:09,083 above his home, 686 00:29:09,208 --> 00:29:11,833 Joey makes it his mission to scan the evening sky each night 687 00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:13,833 with his thermal camera for any other signs 688 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,875 of extraterrestrial life. 689 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,375 And on May 26th, 2017, he records this. 690 00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:22,875 - [Joey] Definitely a disc. 691 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,500 - [Tony] Take a closer look. 692 00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:27,917 Watch how the object appears to hover near the clouds. 693 00:29:28,042 --> 00:29:30,167 Then deliberately it moves sideways. 694 00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:33,500 Then Joey points a laser directly at it. 695 00:29:33,625 --> 00:29:35,208 - [Joey] Whoa, did you see it stop? 696 00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:36,667 If I wouldn't have shine the laser at it, 697 00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:38,250 it would've never came back. 698 00:29:39,917 --> 00:29:41,667 It's almost right over the top of me now. 699 00:29:41,792 --> 00:29:44,292 I hope it don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. 700 00:29:45,667 --> 00:29:47,542 I've made contact with this thing. 701 00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:49,750 (suspenseful music) 702 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:52,167 I hope I don't get taken tonight, man. 703 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,375 I'm like scared and excited all at the same time. 704 00:29:56,542 --> 00:29:58,917 It's like I never expected this to happen this night, 705 00:29:59,042 --> 00:30:00,833 to make contact with aliens. 706 00:30:00,958 --> 00:30:04,292 Whoa, did you see that? It's gone, man. 707 00:30:04,417 --> 00:30:07,000 At a thousand miles an hour this thing booked. 708 00:30:07,083 --> 00:30:08,833 - [Tony] Even journalist Erin McCarthy wonders 709 00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:11,333 if it's possible Joey actually made contact 710 00:30:11,458 --> 00:30:12,833 with an alien ship. 711 00:30:13,542 --> 00:30:15,875 - It almost seems like there's a bit of an empathetic 712 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:18,833 connection between Joey and whatever this craft is. 713 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:20,333 He's talking to the craft. 714 00:30:20,458 --> 00:30:22,833 - It's coming right back at me, man, isn't that amazing? 715 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,250 - [Erin] And it seems to be responding to him. 716 00:30:25,375 --> 00:30:27,125 - [Tony] The idea of humans communicating 717 00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:29,417 with extraterrestrials goes back hundreds, 718 00:30:29,542 --> 00:30:31,542 if not thousands of years. 719 00:30:31,708 --> 00:30:33,708 Some theorized the Nazca people of Peru 720 00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:36,167 communicated with alien civilizations 721 00:30:36,333 --> 00:30:39,833 and that some of the mysterious 1200 foot designs they built 722 00:30:39,958 --> 00:30:42,583 were actually spaceship runways. 723 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:46,417 And 3000 year old artifacts unearthed at Sanxingdui China 724 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:49,167 first in the 1920s and then in the eighties 725 00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:52,208 have convinced many of alien contact in our past. 726 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:55,375 But in the 20th century, 727 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:58,042 others attempted to use the power of the mind. 728 00:30:58,167 --> 00:31:00,208 - There was actually a man after World War II 729 00:31:00,333 --> 00:31:04,333 named George Van Tassel who believed that he could summon 730 00:31:04,417 --> 00:31:07,833 and telepathically communicate with aliens by meditating. 731 00:31:07,958 --> 00:31:11,167 And they actually telepathically gave him instructions 732 00:31:11,292 --> 00:31:13,875 to build a structure out in the desert 733 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,375 that was supposed to reverse the aging process. 734 00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:24,708 - In the 1950s, author and UFO contactee George Van Tassel 735 00:31:24,833 --> 00:31:26,833 brought together 11,000 people 736 00:31:26,958 --> 00:31:29,458 for his interplanetary spacecraft convention 737 00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:32,917 in the California desert, hoping to make contact. 738 00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:36,958 But was Joey able to communicate with aliens all by himself? 739 00:31:37,083 --> 00:31:39,625 We sent his footage to our experts to decide. 740 00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:43,917 (mysterious music) 741 00:31:44,042 --> 00:31:45,208 We begin with Rich Hoffman 742 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:48,292 of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies. 743 00:31:48,375 --> 00:31:51,542 Does Joey's use of a thermal camera offer any clues? 744 00:31:51,708 --> 00:31:53,125 - Could it be a plane? 745 00:31:53,208 --> 00:31:57,500 No, it doesn't have wings to help hold it up. 746 00:31:57,625 --> 00:31:59,958 We don't see any heat coming out of the back end of it, 747 00:32:00,083 --> 00:32:02,042 which might be expelled from the heat 748 00:32:02,167 --> 00:32:04,833 from whatever the pulsion system was. 749 00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:06,750 So I don't put it in any kind of a category 750 00:32:06,875 --> 00:32:08,000 like an aircraft. 751 00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:10,500 - [Tony] Astronomer and video effects designer, 752 00:32:10,625 --> 00:32:13,375 Mark D'Antonio agrees this isn't an airplane 753 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:16,167 and he says a drone wouldn't move as erratically as this, 754 00:32:16,250 --> 00:32:18,333 but D'Antonio believes that sudden movement 755 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:20,500 may be a key piece of the puzzle. 756 00:32:20,625 --> 00:32:22,083 - [Joey] Whoa. Did you see that? 757 00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:23,542 You're watching him move through the sky 758 00:32:23,667 --> 00:32:24,833 and then all of a sudden, 759 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,667 it's gonna go right down to the ground. 760 00:32:26,792 --> 00:32:28,833 So the way it's flying right now, 761 00:32:28,958 --> 00:32:30,458 it kind of looks like a hawk. 762 00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:32,375 (hawk screams) 763 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,083 If you have to try to assign it to something 764 00:32:34,208 --> 00:32:36,042 it most resembles a bird of prey. 765 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:38,167 - Is D'Antonio, right? 766 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:40,417 Is this a bird on the hunt for it's next meal? 767 00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:43,000 Science writer, Mick West, agrees 768 00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:45,042 the thermal camera does offer a clue. 769 00:32:45,167 --> 00:32:48,458 - All that we can tell about the temperature of this object 770 00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:51,500 is that it's warmer than everything else in the scene. 771 00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:53,417 It could very well be an animal. 772 00:32:54,708 --> 00:32:57,167 - [Tony] So if it's an animal, what kind? 773 00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:59,375 West compares the object to a known creature 774 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,167 that Joey also recorded? 775 00:33:01,250 --> 00:33:03,833 - Joey has this video here, which is a creature 776 00:33:03,958 --> 00:33:06,375 that he recognized as being a bat. 777 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:10,042 And you can see the object flapping its wings. 778 00:33:10,167 --> 00:33:13,042 And if we take the two videos and put them side by side, 779 00:33:13,167 --> 00:33:16,458 you can see when it's more clearly something with wings 780 00:33:16,542 --> 00:33:18,583 is actually a bit larger, 781 00:33:18,708 --> 00:33:20,917 even though you can't really see anything like wings 782 00:33:21,042 --> 00:33:23,875 flapping like that in the object, it's hard to say. 783 00:33:24,042 --> 00:33:25,250 I wouldn't rule out the possibility that 784 00:33:25,375 --> 00:33:27,958 this isn't a bat and this is a bat. 785 00:33:28,042 --> 00:33:31,042 But in both videos it's kind of very difficult to see 786 00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:34,000 what's going on because of the low resolution. 787 00:33:34,083 --> 00:33:35,333 - So what do we have here? 788 00:33:35,458 --> 00:33:37,333 If we can't see any wings flapping, 789 00:33:37,417 --> 00:33:39,958 it's hard to say bat or bird of prey. 790 00:33:40,083 --> 00:33:42,083 Has it turned out Joey may have found exactly 791 00:33:42,208 --> 00:33:44,042 what he was looking for? 792 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,250 - I think a lot of the time when people think 793 00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:49,167 they are summoning aliens, they're just getting lucky. 794 00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:51,625 Eventually something's gonna fly along, 795 00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:57,542 but this is a UFO because it's unidentified and it's flying. 796 00:33:58,208 --> 00:33:59,208 I don't what it is. 797 00:34:00,292 --> 00:34:02,500 - [Joey] What the hell is it? 798 00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,583 - [Mick] Could be a bat, could be a bird, 799 00:34:04,708 --> 00:34:06,167 could be something else. 800 00:34:06,292 --> 00:34:08,500 - [Joey] I've made contact. 801 00:34:08,583 --> 00:34:11,292 (mysterious music) 802 00:34:12,167 --> 00:34:14,833 - Our verdict, genuine UFO. 803 00:34:14,917 --> 00:34:17,375 While this could be some sort of animal, 804 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,667 we agree with the experts that the video doesn't give us 805 00:34:19,792 --> 00:34:22,917 a clear enough image to make that call with confidence 806 00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:25,500 so it remains unidentified. 807 00:34:25,583 --> 00:34:27,875 But when Joey does find that definitive proof, 808 00:34:28,042 --> 00:34:29,250 we'll be here to show it. 809 00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:34,000 Here's a stone cold mystery 810 00:34:34,125 --> 00:34:36,292 that's been millions of years in the making. 811 00:34:36,417 --> 00:34:39,792 A large, strange rock with patterns so precise, 812 00:34:39,917 --> 00:34:41,708 it looks like it has to be the product 813 00:34:41,875 --> 00:34:43,500 of intelligent design. 814 00:34:43,583 --> 00:34:46,417 Let's see if we have the intelligence to figure it out. 815 00:34:47,792 --> 00:34:51,417 It's July, 2016 in Mineral County, West Virginia. 816 00:34:51,542 --> 00:34:53,167 A nature photographer is taking pictures 817 00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:54,667 around Jennings Randolph Lake 818 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:57,458 when she sees something mysterious and snaps a shot. 819 00:34:58,375 --> 00:35:00,208 Her photo shows a rock formation 820 00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:02,667 with an almost honeycomb appearance on its face 821 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:04,542 like a stone beehive. 822 00:35:04,708 --> 00:35:07,500 The pattern is geometrical with straight rows of triangles 823 00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:11,208 and rhombuses, which make it look somewhat like a waffle. 824 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:13,167 It's darker in color than the rock face 825 00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:15,917 and appears in relief, which makes it stand out. 826 00:35:16,042 --> 00:35:17,833 And journalist Eric Grundhauser confirms 827 00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:19,792 that it often draws curious visitors. 828 00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:24,750 - What makes it so evocative is the way that the shapes here 829 00:35:24,875 --> 00:35:30,333 and the design on the rock are so seemingly uniform. 830 00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:32,542 When we see natural formations, 831 00:35:32,708 --> 00:35:34,625 we often think of them as a little bit more random, 832 00:35:34,708 --> 00:35:36,667 a little bit more chaotic. 833 00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:38,208 But the design on Waffle Rock 834 00:35:38,375 --> 00:35:40,375 seems to be a bit more ordered. 835 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:43,458 It seems to have a reason to it. 836 00:35:44,792 --> 00:35:46,792 - [Tony] So it looks like the rock isn't random 837 00:35:46,875 --> 00:35:49,500 and Grundhauser wonders if it's trying to tell us something. 838 00:35:49,583 --> 00:35:53,583 - One theory is that it is a design created 839 00:35:53,708 --> 00:35:57,375 by an ancient culture that was trying to leave 840 00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,542 some sort of message or hieroglyphic 841 00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:05,208 and left it in this indecipherable code. 842 00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:07,167 - If that were the case, 843 00:36:07,292 --> 00:36:09,417 it would've been chiseled into the rock. 844 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,333 We know that ancient Native Americans 845 00:36:11,458 --> 00:36:13,667 in what is now western North Carolina, 846 00:36:13,792 --> 00:36:16,708 etched this curvilinear motif into a soapstone boulder 847 00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:19,750 known as Judaculla Rock more than 2000 years ago. 848 00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:23,667 It is considered a mystical sight to many Cherokee, 849 00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:26,417 but there's an even more ancient possibility. 850 00:36:26,542 --> 00:36:29,375 - Another theory is that this is actually 851 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,667 the fossilized imprint of the skin 852 00:36:31,792 --> 00:36:36,333 of some kind of giant lizard left behind in the stone. 853 00:36:36,458 --> 00:36:38,042 - [Tony] Specifically, some have speculated 854 00:36:38,208 --> 00:36:40,625 that it's the fossilized or even mummified remains 855 00:36:40,708 --> 00:36:41,625 of a dinosaur. 856 00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:44,167 Sound farfetched? Well, look at this. 857 00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:46,917 This is the perfectly preserved mummy 858 00:36:47,042 --> 00:36:49,375 of a Nodosaurus dinosaur found by miners 859 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:51,833 in Alberta, Canada in 2011. 860 00:36:51,958 --> 00:36:53,917 It got this way because it sank into the muck 861 00:36:54,042 --> 00:36:57,250 shortly after it died, preserving its skin and armor. 862 00:36:57,375 --> 00:37:00,375 Yet Grundhauser has one more idea about the rock's origin. 863 00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:04,167 - Still another theory posits that it was created 864 00:37:04,292 --> 00:37:06,750 by extra terrestrials. 865 00:37:06,875 --> 00:37:10,333 Either created intentionally as some kind of map 866 00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:14,333 for other extraterrestrials or to mark their passing. 867 00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:20,958 - So could this be the work of intelligent alien design? 868 00:37:21,042 --> 00:37:24,667 Though the Waffle Rock formation is not at all common, 869 00:37:24,792 --> 00:37:26,958 similar pattern stones have been found 870 00:37:27,083 --> 00:37:29,042 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania 871 00:37:29,167 --> 00:37:31,500 and at Tea Creek Mountain in West Virginia. 872 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:35,542 Still this one in Mineral County is by far the largest. 873 00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:37,500 So what are these bizarre boulders 874 00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:39,750 and where do they come from? 875 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:41,167 Let's turn to the experts. 876 00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:44,208 (mysterious music) 877 00:37:45,542 --> 00:37:47,500 Anthropologist, Kathy Strain considers 878 00:37:47,583 --> 00:37:49,500 if this could be an ancient artwork. 879 00:37:49,625 --> 00:37:52,958 - I'm not seeing anything typical 880 00:37:53,042 --> 00:37:56,833 of what you would see with Native American rock art. 881 00:37:56,958 --> 00:37:59,000 It's not a typical design. 882 00:37:59,167 --> 00:38:02,500 It doesn't have any kind of structure 883 00:38:02,625 --> 00:38:05,542 that a Native American would want to convey. 884 00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:07,375 - Perhaps then this is ancient writing, 885 00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:09,833 maybe even from a lost language? 886 00:38:09,917 --> 00:38:12,417 Archeologist Dr. Ed Barnhart is an epigrapher 887 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:14,833 who translates cuneiform, hieroglyphics, 888 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,458 and unknown ancient scripts. 889 00:38:16,583 --> 00:38:18,167 He gives the strange pattern a look. 890 00:38:18,333 --> 00:38:19,708 - This waffle rock 891 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:22,667 doesn't follow any of the rules of making 892 00:38:22,750 --> 00:38:26,000 something that's communicating a message in stone. 893 00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:29,000 The reader and the writer have to agree on a set amount 894 00:38:29,167 --> 00:38:32,417 of symbols or it doesn't work as a code. 895 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:36,042 When you look at Waffle Rock, there is no pattern. 896 00:38:36,208 --> 00:38:38,375 It is very complex and very geometric. 897 00:38:38,542 --> 00:38:40,208 There's lots of lines, 898 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:45,292 but there's no repeated or different symbols. 899 00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:48,042 - [Tony] If we can rule out manmade origins. 900 00:38:48,208 --> 00:38:51,208 What about the idea that this is fossilized skin or scales 901 00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:53,250 from an ancient creature like a dinosaur? 902 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:57,333 - A fossil is simply the calcium in bone 903 00:38:57,458 --> 00:39:01,125 being replaced with rock through millions of years 904 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:02,875 of being covered with mud. 905 00:39:03,042 --> 00:39:06,875 When I look at it, I don't see any fossilization at all. 906 00:39:07,042 --> 00:39:09,833 There's nothing there that would indicate calcium 907 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,125 like a bone structure or any organics at all. 908 00:39:14,208 --> 00:39:16,333 - We turn next to geologist Bob Anderson. 909 00:39:16,417 --> 00:39:18,833 Perhaps earth science might offer some guidance here. 910 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,042 Could this be some sort of natural geological formation? 911 00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:23,625 - You'll see that there are multiple, 912 00:39:23,750 --> 00:39:25,333 what we call joint patterns here. 913 00:39:25,417 --> 00:39:27,167 And what happens is that these are fluids 914 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:28,625 that are running through this rock. 915 00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:31,792 Either iron fluids or water fluids, 916 00:39:31,875 --> 00:39:35,500 even magma was running through these cracks in the rocks 917 00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:39,292 and it hardened and it and eroded away at a different pace. 918 00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:42,000 And so you see what's called a waffle pattern, 919 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:45,042 and this is natural we see in all kinds of crystals. 920 00:39:45,167 --> 00:39:47,208 - [Tony] Anderson says the movement of tectonic plates 921 00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:48,792 caused cracks in the sandstone 922 00:39:48,875 --> 00:39:52,208 that likely filled with iron oxide mixed with sand 923 00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:54,375 and formed a hard cement like material 924 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,167 resistant to weathering compared to the surrounding stone. 925 00:39:58,250 --> 00:40:00,250 As the surrounding rock gradually eroded, 926 00:40:00,375 --> 00:40:02,458 it left behind the iron oxide pattern. 927 00:40:02,542 --> 00:40:05,500 (mysterious music) 928 00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:10,500 Our verdict, this is a natural phenomenon 929 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:14,292 likely caused by iron oxide flowing into a crack in the rock 930 00:40:14,417 --> 00:40:16,500 and hardening into this pattern. 931 00:40:16,625 --> 00:40:17,875 Scientists who have studied the rock 932 00:40:18,042 --> 00:40:20,875 say the pattern formed hundreds of millions of years ago, 933 00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:24,333 so it had to have resulted from geological processes. 934 00:40:24,458 --> 00:40:25,792 The fact that it's made by nature 935 00:40:25,875 --> 00:40:28,500 makes the waffle rock even more intriguing 936 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:30,292 and one of the most visually interesting 937 00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:32,542 rock formations we've ever seen. 938 00:40:32,708 --> 00:40:34,167 And that's our show for tonight. 939 00:40:34,292 --> 00:40:36,458 Thank you so kindly for watching. 940 00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:38,792 If you have any videos you think we should investigate, 941 00:40:38,917 --> 00:40:42,417 please reach out and keep those cameras rolling. 942 00:40:42,542 --> 00:40:45,083 (upbeat music)