1 00:00:10,042 --> 00:00:12,750 [bright music] 2 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:16,375 - What if I told you that an elderly woman 3 00:00:16,375 --> 00:00:20,042 once took flight in her bathtub? 4 00:00:20,042 --> 00:00:24,042 - There is a tornado descending on their very location. 5 00:00:24,042 --> 00:00:25,708 - [Holly] They're gonna ride out this storm, 6 00:00:25,708 --> 00:00:28,875 but ride means something very different in this case. 7 00:00:28,875 --> 00:00:31,208 - Or that it rains something much weirder 8 00:00:31,208 --> 00:00:35,167 than cats and dogs on a group of unsuspecting citizens. 9 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:37,583 - People are calling 911. 10 00:00:37,583 --> 00:00:39,375 They're checking themselves into hospitals. 11 00:00:39,375 --> 00:00:41,750 - The military obviously won't comment on this. 12 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:43,792 It's going to remain a secret. 13 00:00:44,417 --> 00:00:47,250 - How about seeing an asteroid coming straight for you 14 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:48,917 during your morning commute? 15 00:00:48,917 --> 00:00:50,333 - [Hakeem] The sky is filled 16 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:53,292 with this bright blinding light. 17 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:55,125 - [Randy] Why didn't we see this? 18 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:57,750 - These are the stories around events from above 19 00:00:57,750 --> 00:01:02,000 that are so surprising, they are truly Unbelievable. 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,083 [suspenseful music] 21 00:01:15,583 --> 00:01:18,792 Friday nights in October usually mean one thing, 22 00:01:18,792 --> 00:01:20,708 high school football, 23 00:01:20,708 --> 00:01:23,333 but on one Friday night in 1992, 24 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:26,792 fans witnessed something much more impactful. 25 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:31,917 - People are out in stadiums. 26 00:01:31,917 --> 00:01:33,958 Everyone's cheering, 27 00:01:33,958 --> 00:01:36,708 and this is a great night for football. 28 00:01:36,708 --> 00:01:38,125 - It's 1992. 29 00:01:38,125 --> 00:01:39,667 It's the camcorder age, 30 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:41,083 so people are gathered 31 00:01:41,083 --> 00:01:43,042 and they're ready to film their kids 32 00:01:43,042 --> 00:01:44,417 and their friends, 33 00:01:44,417 --> 00:01:45,875 but what they're about to capture 34 00:01:45,875 --> 00:01:47,250 they could not have expected. 35 00:01:48,167 --> 00:01:51,083 [dark ambient music] 36 00:01:52,042 --> 00:01:54,792 - Suddenly this fireball with green light 37 00:01:54,792 --> 00:01:56,917 just streaks across the sky. 38 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:57,875 People are thinking like, 39 00:01:57,875 --> 00:01:58,958 what the heck is this? 40 00:01:58,958 --> 00:02:00,458 Is a plane crashing? 41 00:02:00,458 --> 00:02:01,417 Is it a UFO? 42 00:02:01,417 --> 00:02:03,583 An attack from some military enemy? 43 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:06,500 - Multiple stadiums worth of people 44 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,625 are watching the same big flashing ball of light 45 00:02:09,625 --> 00:02:12,250 that they have no idea what it is. 46 00:02:12,458 --> 00:02:14,417 - [Dan] The mysterious fireball is captured 47 00:02:14,417 --> 00:02:16,542 by more than a dozen camcorders 48 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:19,708 as it blazes its way along the 450 mile stretch 49 00:02:19,708 --> 00:02:21,583 from Kentucky to New York. 50 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:25,500 [tense music] 51 00:02:28,375 --> 00:02:30,458 - Up in Peekskill, New York, there's a young lady, 52 00:02:30,458 --> 00:02:33,375 18 years old, named Michelle Knapp. 53 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:36,250 She's just watching TV when suddenly she hears a crash 54 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:38,292 outside her house. 55 00:02:38,292 --> 00:02:40,292 [object crashes] 56 00:02:40,292 --> 00:02:42,875 And she thinks it's a car collision. 57 00:02:42,875 --> 00:02:44,375 - But when she runs outside, 58 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:46,750 she realizes it's her Chevy Malibu, 59 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:51,333 which now has the trunk crushed in and a hole in it, 60 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:52,958 and in the bottom of that hole 61 00:02:52,958 --> 00:02:57,125 is a little crater with a rock in it. 62 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:00,833 - [Dan] But as Michelle is about to discover, 63 00:03:00,833 --> 00:03:03,083 this is no ordinary rock. 64 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:05,958 - When the police show up, they realize, oh no, 65 00:03:05,958 --> 00:03:08,875 this is something we have to get experts in on. 66 00:03:08,875 --> 00:03:11,708 - So the next day, the Museum of Natural History 67 00:03:11,708 --> 00:03:12,667 gets involved 68 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:15,208 and immediately they know what it is 69 00:03:15,208 --> 00:03:17,208 and they're extremely excited. 70 00:03:18,583 --> 00:03:20,208 - [Dan] The mysterious object that lit up the sky 71 00:03:20,208 --> 00:03:21,875 and put a hole in Michelle's Malibu 72 00:03:21,875 --> 00:03:27,167 is a 28-pound, 4.4-billion- year-old meteorite. 73 00:03:30,458 --> 00:03:32,792 - This meteorite, it's traveling at over 74 00:03:32,792 --> 00:03:36,250 25,000 miles per hour when it enters our atmosphere, 75 00:03:37,625 --> 00:03:40,417 but there is friction with the atmosphere and it slows down. 76 00:03:40,417 --> 00:03:42,792 So it's traveling at 200 miles per hour 77 00:03:42,792 --> 00:03:44,833 when it hits Michelle's car. 78 00:03:44,833 --> 00:03:46,083 [meteor crashes] 79 00:03:46,083 --> 00:03:48,708 - [Dan] But this meteor didn't just 80 00:03:48,708 --> 00:03:50,042 demolish Michelle's car, 81 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:51,833 it beat the odds. 82 00:03:51,833 --> 00:03:55,542 - Most meteorites skip off the atmosphere, 83 00:03:55,542 --> 00:03:57,375 and among those that actually enter, 84 00:03:57,375 --> 00:03:59,875 only 5% make it to the ground. 85 00:03:59,875 --> 00:04:01,542 So to say this is a rare event 86 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,625 would be an understatement. 87 00:04:03,625 --> 00:04:07,333 This rock becomes known as the Peekskill Meteorite. 88 00:04:09,167 --> 00:04:11,833 Ultimately, she sells it for 50 grand 89 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:14,583 and then Michelle's car 90 00:04:14,583 --> 00:04:16,708 becomes a celebrity in its own right. 91 00:04:16,708 --> 00:04:19,167 She only paid $400 for the thing, 92 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:20,875 but once this story gets out, 93 00:04:20,875 --> 00:04:25,500 a meteorite enthusiast pays her $10,000 for it. 94 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:27,417 - The car is so successful an attraction 95 00:04:27,417 --> 00:04:29,750 that it tours internationally, 96 00:04:29,750 --> 00:04:31,625 London, Paris, Tokyo. 97 00:04:31,625 --> 00:04:35,625 It's going all over the world as this completely unusual 98 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:40,625 and bizarre attraction that had this one event occur to it. 99 00:04:42,042 --> 00:04:44,375 - For an even closer encounter, 100 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:47,583 look no further than the strange story of Anne Hodges 101 00:04:47,583 --> 00:04:52,333 and let's just say she would've happily sacrificed her car. 102 00:04:53,250 --> 00:04:54,292 [suspenseful music] 103 00:04:54,292 --> 00:04:57,208 November 30th, 1954, 104 00:04:57,208 --> 00:05:00,083 34-year-old Anne Hodges is peacefully napping 105 00:05:00,083 --> 00:05:04,083 under a pile of warm quilts in her Sylacauga, Alabama home 106 00:05:04,083 --> 00:05:05,208 [loud bang] 107 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:06,333 when a loud bang startles her awake. 108 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:08,375 [dramatic music] 109 00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:11,167 - She looks around, the house is full of dust, 110 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:13,542 her radio is busted apart. 111 00:05:13,542 --> 00:05:16,458 - She removes the quilts off of her body 112 00:05:16,458 --> 00:05:18,917 and she hears something just thud. 113 00:05:18,917 --> 00:05:20,875 - And she looks under her coffee table 114 00:05:20,875 --> 00:05:24,750 and right there is this grapefruit-size black thing. 115 00:05:24,750 --> 00:05:28,500 She looks up and she sees a hole in her ceiling, 116 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:32,667 and that's when she realizes something has fallen 117 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:36,542 through my ceiling and somehow hit me. 118 00:05:38,042 --> 00:05:39,917 - Anne's mom is also home, 119 00:05:39,917 --> 00:05:41,375 hears all the commotion, 120 00:05:41,375 --> 00:05:44,417 steps outside to try to understand what's going on 121 00:05:44,417 --> 00:05:47,500 and sees a black streak of smoke. 122 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,458 - And she's starting to think, were we attacked? 123 00:05:49,458 --> 00:05:50,833 Was it the Russians? 124 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:52,042 Was it aliens? 125 00:05:52,042 --> 00:05:53,708 You gotta remember again, Cold War. 126 00:05:53,708 --> 00:05:55,875 Paranoia is rampant in the United States. 127 00:05:55,875 --> 00:05:57,542 - [Dan] Anne's mother quickly runs back 128 00:05:57,542 --> 00:05:59,667 into the house and calls the police. 129 00:05:59,667 --> 00:06:01,667 - They're not the only ones who show up. 130 00:06:03,250 --> 00:06:04,708 The Air Force shows up 131 00:06:04,708 --> 00:06:07,375 because they've heard reports of this streak 132 00:06:07,375 --> 00:06:10,667 going across three different states. 133 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:13,500 - What it turns out to be is that Anne Hodges' roof, 134 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:16,458 radio and Anne Hodges herself are struck 135 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:19,833 by an eight-pound meteorite from outer space. 136 00:06:20,792 --> 00:06:22,375 - [Garry Moore] I've Got a Secret! 137 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:24,125 - [Dan] But being hit by a meteorite 138 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:25,375 does have its perks. 139 00:06:25,375 --> 00:06:26,167 - Now then let's have our 140 00:06:26,167 --> 00:06:27,083 next contestant, please. 141 00:06:27,083 --> 00:06:28,375 Will you come in? 142 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:29,708 - [Dan] Anne's rare cosmic encounter 143 00:06:29,708 --> 00:06:32,083 turns her into an instant celebrity. 144 00:06:32,083 --> 00:06:33,000 - You are not the lady 145 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,625 that the meteor fell on are you? 146 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:36,833 [audience applauds] 147 00:06:36,833 --> 00:06:39,250 - [Paul] Anne holds the distinction 148 00:06:39,250 --> 00:06:40,708 of the only person ever 149 00:06:40,708 --> 00:06:42,750 in all of recorded human history 150 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:45,250 to be struck by a meteorite. 151 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:47,583 - Imagine you are lying in your bed 152 00:06:47,583 --> 00:06:49,833 and this comes through the roof and hits you. 153 00:06:50,708 --> 00:06:52,167 - [Dan] If you're wondering how Anne 154 00:06:52,167 --> 00:06:54,542 survives an attack from space, 155 00:06:54,542 --> 00:06:57,708 well, it's a matter of unbelievable luck. 156 00:06:57,708 --> 00:07:00,542 - This rock falling through our atmosphere 157 00:07:00,542 --> 00:07:03,417 probably would've killed her if it had been a direct hit, 158 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:05,333 but it wasn't a direct hit. 159 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:07,833 It split apart midair. 160 00:07:07,833 --> 00:07:11,208 So it already lost about half of its weight coming 161 00:07:11,208 --> 00:07:12,583 through the atmosphere 162 00:07:12,583 --> 00:07:13,875 and it punched through her ceiling 163 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:15,750 and it lost a little bit of energy 164 00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:18,333 and it ricocheted off of her radio console. 165 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:19,875 And because there was a chill in the air, 166 00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:22,708 she had six heavy quilts layered on top of her 167 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:24,375 that gave her enough protection 168 00:07:24,375 --> 00:07:27,500 that the only thing she got was a nasty bruise. 169 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,125 - [Dan] Over time, public interest 170 00:07:29,125 --> 00:07:31,500 in Anne's amazing rock fades. 171 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:34,792 Undaunted, she finds a new use for it. 172 00:07:34,792 --> 00:07:37,875 - This piece of rock has existed in space for billions 173 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:40,417 of years and it came crashing through our atmosphere 174 00:07:40,417 --> 00:07:42,833 at tens of thousands of miles per hour, 175 00:07:42,833 --> 00:07:46,792 spends its days as a door stop for her family. 176 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:51,083 - A grapefruit-sized meteorite crashing into your house 177 00:07:51,083 --> 00:07:52,625 would certainly be terrifying, 178 00:07:52,625 --> 00:07:54,542 but what if you saw something coming 179 00:07:54,542 --> 00:07:56,958 that's the size of a six-story building? 180 00:07:58,083 --> 00:08:01,000 [suspenseful music] 181 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,708 - Chelyabinsk, Siberia. 182 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,958 February 15th, 2013. 183 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:11,167 People are going to work, it's rush hour 184 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:15,792 and they're about to see something 185 00:08:15,792 --> 00:08:17,792 that few humans have ever seen. 186 00:08:19,042 --> 00:08:22,708 The sky is filled with this bright, blinding light. 187 00:08:23,750 --> 00:08:25,417 This thing is brighter than the sun. 188 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:30,375 We're in a large flat area of Siberia for 60 miles around. 189 00:08:30,375 --> 00:08:32,958 Everybody can see this. 190 00:08:32,958 --> 00:08:35,083 - [Dan] For a moment, all is silent 191 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:36,083 and then- 192 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:39,125 [car horns sound] 193 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:40,125 [onlooker shouting] 194 00:08:40,125 --> 00:08:41,542 - Buildings are shook. 195 00:08:41,542 --> 00:08:43,042 Doors fly off. 196 00:08:43,042 --> 00:08:44,417 Glass is shattered. 197 00:08:44,417 --> 00:08:46,375 It's pure pandemonium. 198 00:08:46,375 --> 00:08:48,042 [dramatic music] 199 00:08:48,042 --> 00:08:50,792 - The shockwave that they experienced has been estimated 200 00:08:50,792 --> 00:08:52,542 to be between 26 and 33 times 201 00:08:52,542 --> 00:08:53,417 the shockwave that 202 00:08:53,417 --> 00:08:54,500 occurred at Hiroshima, 203 00:08:54,958 --> 00:08:57,458 so we're talking about an intense situation. 204 00:08:57,458 --> 00:08:59,167 - [Dan] The shockwave was caused by something 205 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:01,542 completely unbelievable, 206 00:09:01,542 --> 00:09:03,000 a massive asteroid, 207 00:09:04,125 --> 00:09:06,042 nearly 60 feet wide. 208 00:09:07,375 --> 00:09:10,875 - More than 7,000 buildings are badly damaged in this event, 209 00:09:10,875 --> 00:09:13,625 and more than 1,500 people have to go to the hospital 210 00:09:13,625 --> 00:09:15,708 from injuries because the wave of power 211 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:17,375 that has hit everything. 212 00:09:17,375 --> 00:09:19,250 - [Dan] Even more remarkable, 213 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:20,875 while the city of Chelyabinsk 214 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:22,667 is home to over a million people, 215 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:25,542 not a single person is killed. 216 00:09:25,542 --> 00:09:27,375 - This thing was somewhere in the neighborhood 217 00:09:27,375 --> 00:09:32,542 of 10 to 15 tons moving at over 33,000 miles per hour. 218 00:09:33,625 --> 00:09:34,875 And when it entered Earth's atmosphere 219 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:37,417 it's under extreme stresses, right? 220 00:09:37,417 --> 00:09:38,583 There's the friction. 221 00:09:38,583 --> 00:09:40,167 It has high pressure on the front, 222 00:09:40,167 --> 00:09:41,583 low pressure on the back, 223 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:44,042 and all of those forces that caused it to explode 224 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:48,958 and it exploded 15 miles in the air, thankfully. 225 00:09:48,958 --> 00:09:51,750 But had that sucker hit in Chelyabinsk, 226 00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:53,833 Chelyabinsk would be Goneyabinsk. 227 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:58,375 - The big question here is why didn't we see this? 228 00:09:58,375 --> 00:10:02,042 And the answer has to do with the trajectory that this rock 229 00:10:02,042 --> 00:10:04,542 was following as it made impact on the Earth. 230 00:10:04,542 --> 00:10:06,875 It was not a common path. 231 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:10,875 So our tracking systems aren't looking for it. 232 00:10:10,875 --> 00:10:12,708 It's also coming in in the morning. 233 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:15,917 So the sun is actually kind of creating a blind spot 234 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:18,375 for our tracking systems as well. 235 00:10:18,375 --> 00:10:19,875 - In the wake of this event, 236 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:23,667 the UN forms the International Asteroid Warning Network. 237 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:25,250 If we had some warning, 238 00:10:25,250 --> 00:10:28,458 people would at least have known not to be by windows, 239 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:29,583 but there's no warning at all 240 00:10:29,583 --> 00:10:31,708 and it underscores the importance 241 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:34,292 of tracking objects like this. 242 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:37,542 [ambulance siren] 243 00:10:37,542 --> 00:10:38,875 - If the fear of falling meteors 244 00:10:38,875 --> 00:10:40,833 doesn't make you wanna sleep with an eye open, 245 00:10:40,833 --> 00:10:42,958 our next threat from above just might. 246 00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:50,042 - In a scene practically ripped from the Wizard of Oz, 247 00:10:50,042 --> 00:10:52,500 one unfortunate soul hitches a ride, 248 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:54,333 not to the Emerald City, 249 00:10:54,333 --> 00:10:56,292 but right into the record books. 250 00:10:57,625 --> 00:11:00,292 [thunder rumbling] 251 00:11:00,292 --> 00:11:03,208 - A young man, 19 years old by the name of Matt Suiter 252 00:11:03,208 --> 00:11:06,375 is visiting his grandmother in her trailer park home 253 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:11,292 when they start to feel the walls violently shaking. 254 00:11:13,542 --> 00:11:15,750 - Missouri gets hit by a lot of tornadoes. 255 00:11:18,042 --> 00:11:20,167 Some of the worst that we have on record 256 00:11:20,167 --> 00:11:21,750 happened in Missouri. 257 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:24,458 One of the worst places that you can be 258 00:11:24,458 --> 00:11:27,458 during a tornado is in a trailer. 259 00:11:27,458 --> 00:11:30,667 [thunder cracks] 260 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:33,542 This tornado is a monster. 261 00:11:33,542 --> 00:11:36,792 It cuts a swath 800 feet wide. 262 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:40,708 It destroys 17 houses, 263 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:42,792 and this trailer, unfortunately, 264 00:11:42,792 --> 00:11:44,792 is ground zero for the tornado. 265 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,833 - The windows and the doors get sucked out into this funnel. 266 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:52,417 And then after that, 267 00:11:52,417 --> 00:11:55,042 the very foundation of the trailer and the trailer itself 268 00:11:55,042 --> 00:11:57,917 then start to get lifted up into this funnel. 269 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:00,417 - [Dan] As Grandma's trailer is being torn apart, 270 00:12:00,417 --> 00:12:03,875 Matt is struck in the head by a flying lamp, 271 00:12:03,875 --> 00:12:05,208 knocking him out cold. 272 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:10,917 - And amidst this mayhem and the roaring winds, 273 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:15,042 Matt is sucked out of the trailer. 274 00:12:15,042 --> 00:12:17,333 He's tossed around like a ragdoll, 275 00:12:18,875 --> 00:12:20,708 and when he comes to 276 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:23,875 he's nowhere near the house. 277 00:12:23,875 --> 00:12:25,167 - [Dan] Dazed and confused 278 00:12:25,167 --> 00:12:27,292 and still only wearing his boxer shorts, 279 00:12:27,292 --> 00:12:31,917 he stands up in a field 1,307 feet away 280 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:33,375 from his grandmother's trailer. 281 00:12:35,333 --> 00:12:38,250 - Matt starts making his way back to the trailer park 282 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:39,917 where his grandmother's trailer home is, 283 00:12:39,917 --> 00:12:41,250 and when he gets to the trailer park 284 00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:43,875 he finds that the trailer is completely gone. 285 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:46,583 Luckily, a neighbor informs him that his grandmother 286 00:12:46,583 --> 00:12:49,458 ends up actually being just fine. 287 00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:52,000 - [Dan] Amazingly, so is Matt. 288 00:12:53,208 --> 00:12:56,042 - Matt Suiter, who was thrown the equivalent 289 00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:59,000 of four football fields away from the trailer park, 290 00:13:00,125 --> 00:13:03,958 has not a single broken bone in his entire body. 291 00:13:03,958 --> 00:13:05,750 - [Dan] In fact, the only thing he breaks 292 00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:08,375 that night is a Guinness World record. 293 00:13:08,375 --> 00:13:13,042 - The 1,307 feet that he traveled in the tornado 294 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:15,875 is the longest distance that anybody has been carried 295 00:13:15,875 --> 00:13:17,583 by a tornado and survived. 296 00:13:17,917 --> 00:13:21,208 Now 1,307 feet is 10 times longer 297 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:23,542 than the Wright Brother's original flight, 298 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:25,417 and he doesn't even need a plane. 299 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:29,917 - 11 years later, a mother and son in Texas 300 00:13:29,917 --> 00:13:32,208 give Matt a run for his money 301 00:13:32,208 --> 00:13:35,792 with their own form of improvised travel. 302 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:42,250 - 75-year-old Charlsetta Williams and her son Ricky 303 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:44,458 are at home chilling, watching TV. 304 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:50,000 The news report tells them that nearby 305 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,208 there's a tornado in the town of Jefferson 306 00:13:52,208 --> 00:13:55,375 and it has winds of up to 130 miles per hour 307 00:13:55,375 --> 00:13:57,958 and it's cutting a swath through this town 308 00:13:57,958 --> 00:14:00,250 heading in their direction. 309 00:14:00,250 --> 00:14:01,750 - East Texas is a 310 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:03,792 part of Tornado Alley. 311 00:14:03,792 --> 00:14:05,042 It's a stretch that goes 312 00:14:05,042 --> 00:14:06,708 from Texas through Oklahoma 313 00:14:06,708 --> 00:14:08,458 into Kansas and Nebraska. 314 00:14:08,458 --> 00:14:11,833 90% of the world's tornadoes actually occur 315 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:13,292 within the United States, 316 00:14:13,292 --> 00:14:15,458 and most of the tornadoes that occur in the United States 317 00:14:15,458 --> 00:14:16,958 happen in Tornado Alley. 318 00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:20,875 - [Dan] Then, just after 4:00 PM, 319 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:22,708 the unmistakable tornado warning siren 320 00:14:22,708 --> 00:14:24,208 begins blaring outside. 321 00:14:24,208 --> 00:14:26,708 [siren wails] 322 00:14:26,708 --> 00:14:29,833 - It's a piercing loud air siren 323 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:32,042 that people immediately realize 324 00:14:32,042 --> 00:14:35,750 they need to take action to save their lives. 325 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,542 - So Ricky wants to see what's happening. 326 00:14:37,542 --> 00:14:39,208 So he runs to the window. 327 00:14:39,208 --> 00:14:41,083 He looks into the distance, he doesn't see anything, 328 00:14:41,083 --> 00:14:43,042 but then when he looks up, 329 00:14:43,042 --> 00:14:46,625 he sees that there is a tornado descending 330 00:14:46,625 --> 00:14:48,833 on their very location. 331 00:14:49,875 --> 00:14:51,375 - [Dan] With no time to spare, 332 00:14:51,375 --> 00:14:53,583 Ricky remembers something he had been taught as a kid. 333 00:14:53,583 --> 00:14:55,167 The best place to seek shelter 334 00:14:55,167 --> 00:14:58,125 during a tornado is in the bathtub. 335 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:00,375 - So he tells his mom, 336 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:03,125 "Mama, we need to get in the bathtub." 337 00:15:03,125 --> 00:15:05,500 - The bathtub is a great place to hide. 338 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:07,667 It's got pipes that are coming up into it, 339 00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:09,458 holding it down to the ground. 340 00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:10,708 It's a big heavy object, 341 00:15:10,708 --> 00:15:12,917 so it's not gonna be easily moved, 342 00:15:12,917 --> 00:15:15,458 and it provides protection from other debris 343 00:15:15,458 --> 00:15:16,833 smashing into you. 344 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:18,500 - So Ricky gets a quilt. 345 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:19,500 He also gets into the tub 346 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,458 and covers them completely with this quilt 347 00:15:21,458 --> 00:15:24,042 where they are gonna ride out this storm 348 00:15:24,042 --> 00:15:27,375 and ride means something very different in this case. 349 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:30,542 As they are sitting there in the dark under this quilt, 350 00:15:30,542 --> 00:15:35,458 they can hear the house shaking apart around them. 351 00:15:35,458 --> 00:15:37,083 - While they're in the tub listening 352 00:15:37,083 --> 00:15:39,375 and waiting to see what's gonna happen next, 353 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:42,542 suddenly the rattling and the rumbling gets louder 354 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:46,625 and louder and the roof is torn off the house 355 00:15:46,625 --> 00:15:48,125 and before they know it, 356 00:15:48,125 --> 00:15:49,708 them and their bathtub, 357 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:51,542 they're all airborne. 358 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:53,500 [pulsating electronic music] 359 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:57,000 - As they're whipping around furiously in this wind, 360 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,292 they also both have the realization 361 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,375 that they need to make their peace with the possibility 362 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:03,750 that they're not gonna come through this. 363 00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:05,583 - [Dan] As the pair brace for impact, 364 00:16:05,583 --> 00:16:09,000 something unexpected happens. 365 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,208 [suspenseful electronic music] 366 00:16:11,208 --> 00:16:14,542 - Instead of falling out of the sky in free fall, 367 00:16:14,542 --> 00:16:17,375 they actually make a soft landing. 368 00:16:17,375 --> 00:16:19,208 And Ricky experiencing this, 369 00:16:19,208 --> 00:16:22,583 he feels like it's like two divine hands 370 00:16:22,583 --> 00:16:26,208 have caught them and gently placed them on the ground. 371 00:16:26,208 --> 00:16:28,750 - [Dan] Charlsetta peeks out from her bathtub. 372 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:31,875 She's in the woods next to where her house once stood. 373 00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:33,708 20 feet away is Ricky 374 00:16:33,708 --> 00:16:36,542 who incredibly is also uninjured. 375 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:40,250 - Miraculously, Charlsetta and Ricky 376 00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:42,750 only suffer a few bruises and scratches. 377 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:44,458 The tub could have fallen on them. 378 00:16:44,458 --> 00:16:46,167 They could have been struck by debris. 379 00:16:46,167 --> 00:16:48,125 They could have fallen at a high speed. 380 00:16:48,125 --> 00:16:50,417 They are really, really lucky. 381 00:16:50,417 --> 00:16:52,250 - [Dan] Lucky, but not lucky enough 382 00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:54,208 to beat Matt Suiter's record. 383 00:16:54,208 --> 00:16:56,167 - When their family members and their friends 384 00:16:56,167 --> 00:16:57,417 see what happened to her house 385 00:16:57,417 --> 00:16:59,625 it seems completely unbelievable. 386 00:16:59,625 --> 00:17:02,625 How could any two fragile human bodies survive 387 00:17:02,625 --> 00:17:06,875 what has just rent completely apart an entire building? 388 00:17:06,875 --> 00:17:10,667 - Ooh, whoo, whoo, whoo, boom. 389 00:17:12,875 --> 00:17:15,125 - I have seen semi-trailer trucks 390 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:18,250 that have been rolled by tornado winds. 391 00:17:18,250 --> 00:17:23,083 I have seen logs that have been shot through brick walls. 392 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:27,042 So to have something actually carefully set back down 393 00:17:27,042 --> 00:17:30,792 onto the ground in one piece is amazing. 394 00:17:32,083 --> 00:17:34,667 - Perhaps if Dorothy and Toto had been swept away 395 00:17:34,667 --> 00:17:37,833 in a bathtub, the Wicked Witch of the East 396 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:39,417 might still be alive. 397 00:17:44,292 --> 00:17:46,083 - Throughout history, there have been countless tales 398 00:17:46,083 --> 00:17:48,083 of mysterious things coming down from the heavens. 399 00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:51,125 Food, frogs, even pennies. 400 00:17:51,125 --> 00:17:53,708 But for the people of Oakville, Washington, 401 00:17:53,708 --> 00:17:57,042 they get something a little less welcome. 402 00:18:00,625 --> 00:18:04,250 - It is the early hours of the morning on August 7th, 1994. 403 00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:08,000 Police officer David Lacey is driving his cruiser 404 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,667 down the main street of Oakville, Washington 405 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:11,708 when out of nowhere 406 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,708 something hits his windshield. 407 00:18:15,958 --> 00:18:17,375 - [Dan] When he turns on his wipers, 408 00:18:17,375 --> 00:18:20,917 the mysterious rain leaves behind a jelly substance, 409 00:18:20,917 --> 00:18:23,583 completely obscuring his sight. 410 00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:25,917 - And Officer Lacey pulls over into a gas station 411 00:18:25,917 --> 00:18:27,917 to check out what this mess is. 412 00:18:27,917 --> 00:18:29,458 And what he realizes is is that 413 00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:31,375 it's gelatinous little blobs 414 00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:35,375 and they're squishy and vaseliney. 415 00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:37,375 This is not normal rain. 416 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:40,208 This is something he has never seen before. 417 00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:42,875 - [Dan] Even stranger, after returning to work, 418 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:45,500 he starts to feel off. 419 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,292 He's having trouble breathing, he's nauseous, 420 00:18:48,292 --> 00:18:50,417 he's getting dizzy, and he ends up in the hospital 421 00:18:50,417 --> 00:18:52,708 he's becoming so violently ill. 422 00:18:52,708 --> 00:18:54,875 - [Dan] Officer Lacey is given antibiotics 423 00:18:54,875 --> 00:18:57,042 and sent home. 424 00:18:57,042 --> 00:18:59,250 - Meanwhile, across town from Officer Lacey, 425 00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:03,792 Dotty Hearn is experiencing the same gelatinous rain 426 00:19:03,792 --> 00:19:05,167 all over her patio, 427 00:19:05,167 --> 00:19:08,292 which she cannot sweep away with a broom. 428 00:19:08,292 --> 00:19:11,208 It's the same vaseliney substance 429 00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:13,208 that Officer Lacey faced. 430 00:19:13,208 --> 00:19:14,875 - [Dan] As Dotty heads to the house, 431 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:16,583 she too begins to feel sick. 432 00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:18,208 - Later on, Dotty's daughter Sunny 433 00:19:18,208 --> 00:19:20,833 finds her mother in the bathroom on the floor 434 00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:22,958 in a bunch of pain. 435 00:19:22,958 --> 00:19:26,250 She's suffering from just this raging ear infection. 436 00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:28,042 - Sunny has the presence of mind 437 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:29,542 while she's waiting for the ambulance 438 00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:32,333 to get a sample of one of those little blobs 439 00:19:32,333 --> 00:19:35,833 that had been all over her mother's patio. 440 00:19:35,833 --> 00:19:38,042 - [Dan] Sunny gives the sample to Dotty's doctor 441 00:19:38,042 --> 00:19:40,375 for testing while her mom recovers, 442 00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:43,208 but this isn't an isolated incident. 443 00:19:43,208 --> 00:19:46,167 - It actually rains six more times 444 00:19:46,167 --> 00:19:48,292 the same gelatinous mess. 445 00:19:48,292 --> 00:19:49,708 People are calling 911. 446 00:19:49,708 --> 00:19:51,958 They're checking themselves into hospitals. 447 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:53,667 Pets are dying. 448 00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:55,958 - [Dan] Stumped, the doctor passes the samples 449 00:19:55,958 --> 00:19:57,750 onto the State Department of Health. 450 00:19:57,750 --> 00:20:01,667 They determine the cells contain two types of bacteria, 451 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:06,333 but still have no idea what the blobs are. 452 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:08,250 - So of course, one of the first things that happen 453 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,125 is a million and one theories 454 00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:11,875 start coming out of the woodwork. 455 00:20:11,875 --> 00:20:15,042 - The first theory is that this is military operations. 456 00:20:15,042 --> 00:20:19,375 The 354th Fighter Squadron was conducting bombing operations 457 00:20:19,375 --> 00:20:21,792 approximately 10 miles off the coast of Washington 458 00:20:21,792 --> 00:20:23,333 during that time period. 459 00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:26,750 The theory is that they're dropping bombs off the coast. 460 00:20:26,750 --> 00:20:28,292 It splashes up jellyfish, 461 00:20:28,292 --> 00:20:30,542 jellyfish fly up into the clouds. 462 00:20:30,542 --> 00:20:32,583 From there, the jellyfish end up coming back down, 463 00:20:32,583 --> 00:20:35,375 and that is potentially the mystery blob 464 00:20:35,375 --> 00:20:38,083 that we're seeing in this area. 465 00:20:38,083 --> 00:20:40,292 - [Dan] But the bombing theory stinks. 466 00:20:40,292 --> 00:20:44,083 - The blobs do not smell like raw, stale seafood, 467 00:20:44,083 --> 00:20:46,208 so that theory doesn't work. 468 00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:47,833 - [Dan] Then an even more disturbing 469 00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:49,750 military theory surfaces. 470 00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:53,375 - What if the military is testing out a new bio-weapon 471 00:20:53,375 --> 00:20:55,417 to see what would happen if this weapon 472 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:57,583 hits an isolated town? 473 00:20:57,583 --> 00:20:59,917 The military obviously won't comment on this 474 00:20:59,917 --> 00:21:02,125 because if the military wants to keep something a secret, 475 00:21:02,125 --> 00:21:03,167 that's exactly what they're going to do, 476 00:21:03,167 --> 00:21:05,292 it's going to remain a secret. 477 00:21:05,292 --> 00:21:07,750 - Some offer a more celestial theory 478 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:11,958 that this goo is actually the primordial glue 479 00:21:11,958 --> 00:21:15,667 that is falling from the heavens onto Oakville. 480 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:17,833 This type of phenomena off of meteors 481 00:21:17,833 --> 00:21:21,167 has been reported ever since the 1400s. 482 00:21:21,167 --> 00:21:22,500 - There was even an occurrence 483 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:24,375 that occurred over Harvard, Massachusetts 484 00:21:24,375 --> 00:21:27,500 that was noted by academics back in 1833 485 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,333 of this kind of strange, translucent goo 486 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:31,792 falling from the skies. 487 00:21:31,792 --> 00:21:34,458 Unfortunately, they don't give a cause for it. 488 00:21:34,458 --> 00:21:36,417 So while we have a lot of accounts 489 00:21:36,417 --> 00:21:38,542 of this kind of star jelly situation, 490 00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:42,125 we still don't have a good explanation of how they occur. 491 00:21:42,125 --> 00:21:43,333 - [Dan] Adding to the mystery, 492 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:45,458 all known samples of the Oakville blobs 493 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:47,083 seem to have vanished, 494 00:21:47,083 --> 00:21:49,958 including the ones studied by the State Department. 495 00:21:49,958 --> 00:21:53,458 - Which may be scientifically the take home message. 496 00:21:53,458 --> 00:21:57,875 If mysterious blobs of goop start falling into your yard, 497 00:21:57,875 --> 00:21:59,042 save them. 498 00:21:59,042 --> 00:22:01,208 [eerie music] 499 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:03,917 - The folks in Oakville aren't the only ones 500 00:22:03,917 --> 00:22:07,417 to experience a fishy phenomenon from above. 501 00:22:08,875 --> 00:22:12,583 - James Aldrich and Brad Pratt are in their car dealership 502 00:22:12,583 --> 00:22:16,375 when they hear rain on the outside on the tin roof. 503 00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:19,042 [quiet creepy music] 504 00:22:19,042 --> 00:22:21,625 - Texarkana is a place that actually has a really high rate 505 00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:23,333 of precipitation throughout the year. 506 00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:24,625 So it's not unusual, 507 00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:26,250 but then they start hearing things 508 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:27,667 hitting the cars outside 509 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:30,375 and it doesn't sound like normal precipitation. 510 00:22:30,375 --> 00:22:32,375 - So James and Brad run outside. 511 00:22:32,375 --> 00:22:34,500 They're thinking that there's a hailstorm, 512 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,625 there's something wrong. 513 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:38,125 They're worried about their cars 514 00:22:38,125 --> 00:22:39,625 and what do they see? 515 00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:42,333 They see fish raining from the sky. 516 00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:45,875 - Here's your laugh for today. 517 00:22:45,875 --> 00:22:50,458 Somehow or another we got fish all in our [bleep]. 518 00:22:51,625 --> 00:22:53,708 They're [bleep] everywhere. 519 00:22:57,167 --> 00:22:58,958 - And now the reports start coming in 520 00:22:58,958 --> 00:23:00,375 from all over Texarkana 521 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:02,542 that fish are coming from the sky. 522 00:23:02,542 --> 00:23:05,417 They're small, but they're piling up. 523 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,250 - [Bystander] They're everywhere. 524 00:23:06,250 --> 00:23:08,292 There's fish every place. 525 00:23:08,292 --> 00:23:10,042 They just fell outta the sky. 526 00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:11,292 There's another one. 527 00:23:11,292 --> 00:23:12,458 There's one right there. 528 00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:13,792 - The most common theory that is used 529 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,875 to explain these kinds of events are waterspouts. 530 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:22,708 Waterspouts are tornado- like vortices of wind 531 00:23:22,708 --> 00:23:26,833 that not only suck up the water of a lake or an ocean, 532 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:29,333 but they're gonna suck up the stuff that is in the water, 533 00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:31,292 the fish, and when it moves over land, 534 00:23:31,292 --> 00:23:32,625 it dumps out that water, 535 00:23:32,625 --> 00:23:34,375 it dumps out the fish. 536 00:23:34,375 --> 00:23:35,875 - [Dan] And while there are 537 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:37,500 a few large lakes near Texarkana, 538 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:40,792 there's one Texas-sized problem with this theory. 539 00:23:40,792 --> 00:23:44,583 - The problem here in Texarkana is that the meteorologists 540 00:23:44,583 --> 00:23:46,625 at the local weather service office 541 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:50,208 say that there was no activity to generate waterspouts 542 00:23:50,208 --> 00:23:51,958 at that particular time. 543 00:23:51,958 --> 00:23:54,583 So how the fish ended up in Texarkana 544 00:23:54,583 --> 00:23:56,167 is still a big mystery. 545 00:23:56,167 --> 00:23:57,958 - There are a lot of people that live in Texarkana 546 00:23:57,958 --> 00:23:59,667 that have been there their entire lives. 547 00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:01,750 They have never seen anything like this before. 548 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:04,667 So we really still don't understand what exactly happened 549 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:07,042 and why fish fell from the sky that day. 550 00:24:07,042 --> 00:24:08,375 - [Bystander] I guess if you live long enough, 551 00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:10,292 you see a whole lot of stuff, right? 552 00:24:10,292 --> 00:24:11,958 - I have to wonder if all that damage 553 00:24:11,958 --> 00:24:14,083 shows up on a Carfax. 554 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:20,917 - You're in London enjoying a rare sunny day 555 00:24:20,917 --> 00:24:22,875 sipping a stout in your lounge chair. 556 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:24,917 Suddenly barreling down from the sky 557 00:24:24,917 --> 00:24:27,375 is something the weather forecast didn't predict. 558 00:24:27,375 --> 00:24:31,833 Something that will turn your sunny Sunday very dark indeed. 559 00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:34,583 [dramatic music] 560 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,458 - There's a software engineer by the name of Will. 561 00:24:38,458 --> 00:24:41,083 He's got this app that's on his phone 562 00:24:41,083 --> 00:24:45,917 that if he points it at a plane that is flying in the air, 563 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:48,042 it will give you the model of the plane 564 00:24:48,042 --> 00:24:51,625 and it will tell you where the plane was coming from. 565 00:24:51,625 --> 00:24:54,708 As he's got his smartphone pointed at one specific plane, 566 00:24:57,792 --> 00:25:00,458 he sees something start to fall. 567 00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:02,542 - Will, of course, is thinking, 568 00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:04,375 what the heck is that? 569 00:25:04,375 --> 00:25:06,333 Is it the landing gear that's fallen off? 570 00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:08,000 Has some luggage falling out of the plane? 571 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,458 But then he notices that it has limbs. 572 00:25:12,417 --> 00:25:14,458 [suspenseful music] 573 00:25:16,125 --> 00:25:17,708 It's a human. 574 00:25:17,708 --> 00:25:19,833 - [Dan] Will takes a screen grab of the plane 575 00:25:19,833 --> 00:25:22,375 and phones the authorities with details. 576 00:25:22,375 --> 00:25:24,000 - It turns out that it's a Kenyan airline 577 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 that's flying into London from Nairobi. 578 00:25:27,417 --> 00:25:30,500 It's been in the air for about eight hours and six minutes. 579 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,833 So with this information, 580 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:33,542 the authorities race to the scene 581 00:25:33,542 --> 00:25:36,083 of where this body is going to land. 582 00:25:36,083 --> 00:25:38,125 Turns out it's not that far from his house. 583 00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:40,625 - Will jumps on his motorcycle and heads in the direction 584 00:25:40,625 --> 00:25:42,083 that he's seen the person fall, 585 00:25:42,083 --> 00:25:45,500 and as he's going there police pass by him, 586 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,958 so he thinks I'll just follow the police. 587 00:25:47,958 --> 00:25:50,125 And when he gets to the location, 588 00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:55,167 there is a man on the patio covered with blood 589 00:25:56,208 --> 00:25:57,792 with a hundred-mile stare. 590 00:25:58,833 --> 00:26:00,208 - [Dan] What the man tells the police 591 00:26:00,208 --> 00:26:01,875 is mind boggling. 592 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:03,792 - The guy is John Baldock. 593 00:26:04,833 --> 00:26:06,958 He's out sunning on his patio 594 00:26:06,958 --> 00:26:10,208 when suddenly there's a big crash 595 00:26:10,208 --> 00:26:13,458 and next thing he knows, three feet away from him, 596 00:26:13,458 --> 00:26:14,708 there's a body 597 00:26:14,708 --> 00:26:18,042 and suddenly he and his entire patio 598 00:26:18,042 --> 00:26:20,708 are covered in blood and human parts. 599 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,708 - [Sami] Now luckily the body in question 600 00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:25,875 that fell from 3,500 feet was already dead 601 00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:28,333 before it hit the ground because upon inspection, 602 00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:31,458 the body is completely frozen. 603 00:26:31,458 --> 00:26:32,500 - [Dan] Authorities now have 604 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:34,208 a new mystery on their hands, 605 00:26:34,208 --> 00:26:35,708 just whose body is it 606 00:26:35,708 --> 00:26:37,833 and how did it fall from a plane? 607 00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:41,167 - The airline is contacted, 608 00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:43,875 there is no missing person on their manifest 609 00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:45,917 nor any missing employees, 610 00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:49,708 but they find a vital clue. 611 00:26:50,417 --> 00:26:51,875 When they search the wheel well, 612 00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:55,500 inside a small nook, they find a backpack, 613 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,625 and in the pack they find simple things 614 00:26:57,625 --> 00:27:00,625 like bread, soda, water, some coins, 615 00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:03,292 things a stowaway would bring. 616 00:27:03,292 --> 00:27:06,542 - Turns out that somebody had snuck onto the tarmac, 617 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:08,250 climbed up the wheel of the plane 618 00:27:08,250 --> 00:27:10,792 and tucked themselves into the wheel well 619 00:27:10,792 --> 00:27:13,875 and remained there as it took off from Nairobi 620 00:27:13,875 --> 00:27:16,083 and flew all the way to London. 621 00:27:17,542 --> 00:27:19,583 - It takes somebody with a lot of gumption, 622 00:27:19,583 --> 00:27:22,208 potentially somebody with some insider knowledge 623 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,125 to know exactly where to stow away 624 00:27:24,125 --> 00:27:26,125 so that you're not harmed by that gear 625 00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:27,125 when the gear comes up. 626 00:27:28,708 --> 00:27:31,333 - Clearly he did not know what he was doing 627 00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:33,500 because I don't think this is 628 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,000 the outcome he was looking for. 629 00:27:37,125 --> 00:27:40,875 - A body falling from the sky is enough to scare anyone, 630 00:27:40,875 --> 00:27:43,542 but this next story is a cautionary tale 631 00:27:43,542 --> 00:27:45,125 for bald men everywhere. 632 00:27:46,125 --> 00:27:48,750 [dramatic music] 633 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:53,708 - Aeschylus is a famous Greek playwright. 634 00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:58,750 He is the Shakespeare of ancient Greek tragedies. 635 00:27:59,875 --> 00:28:02,250 He restructures how Greek plays work 636 00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:04,875 and he makes them more fun and more interesting. 637 00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:08,167 He wins awards and contests all the time. 638 00:28:08,167 --> 00:28:12,042 He is prolific and an absolute genius. 639 00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:14,708 - [Dan] But one sunny afternoon, 640 00:28:14,708 --> 00:28:16,750 something happens that seems like the plot 641 00:28:16,750 --> 00:28:19,208 in one of his own stories. 642 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:22,833 - So one day Aeschylus is in the southern coast of Sicily 643 00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:26,250 in a town called Gila, sitting on a rock, 644 00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:29,417 gazing upon the ocean, 645 00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:34,458 when all of a sudden a really hard object 646 00:28:34,458 --> 00:28:36,042 hits him on the head. 647 00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:39,542 - It turns out that there's a hungry eagle 648 00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:41,208 that has been fortunate enough to obtain 649 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:43,958 a nice-sized tortoise and it's flying about 650 00:28:43,958 --> 00:28:46,500 because it wants to find a nice big rock 651 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,125 so that it can drop it 652 00:28:48,125 --> 00:28:50,375 and have the tortoise shell crack open and it can feast. 653 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:52,042 Unfortunately for him, 654 00:28:52,042 --> 00:28:55,375 our playwright Aeschylus suffers from male pattern baldness. 655 00:28:55,375 --> 00:28:57,875 So from the sky, from the eagle's perspective, 656 00:28:57,875 --> 00:29:02,833 his nice shiny scalp appears to be the perfect rock. 657 00:29:03,958 --> 00:29:06,000 - Aeschylus goes down in history, 658 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,542 not only as the father of tragedies, 659 00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:11,208 but also as the only human being known 660 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,500 to have died from falling tortoise. 661 00:29:14,083 --> 00:29:16,208 - At this point, I think it's fair to say 662 00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:18,708 you just can't make this stuff up. 663 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:25,375 - There have long been stories of gods exacting revenge. 664 00:29:25,375 --> 00:29:27,875 Usually it's punishment for disobeying an order 665 00:29:27,875 --> 00:29:30,042 or not fulfilling a bargain, 666 00:29:30,042 --> 00:29:33,542 but in a small African village in 1998, 667 00:29:33,542 --> 00:29:37,417 they may have intervened for something much different. 668 00:29:39,292 --> 00:29:41,667 - In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 669 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:43,375 they're serious about their soccer. 670 00:29:44,625 --> 00:29:47,833 Two rival teams, Bena Tshadi and Basanga 671 00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:50,000 are out on the pitch in the middle of a game 672 00:29:51,167 --> 00:29:52,625 [crown cheers] 673 00:29:52,625 --> 00:29:54,250 and they are tied. 674 00:29:55,083 --> 00:29:56,958 - These two teams hate each other. 675 00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:59,042 Fan bases don't like each other. 676 00:29:59,042 --> 00:30:01,208 They're just waiting for that one moment 677 00:30:01,208 --> 00:30:03,875 that's gonna make or break the game for either side. 678 00:30:04,917 --> 00:30:06,042 - As it is in sports, 679 00:30:06,042 --> 00:30:07,833 there's a lot of superstition. 680 00:30:07,833 --> 00:30:09,792 People go through their little rituals, 681 00:30:09,792 --> 00:30:11,583 so they jiggle change in their pocket, 682 00:30:11,583 --> 00:30:13,042 they turn their hats backwards. 683 00:30:13,042 --> 00:30:15,083 In this moment of desperation, 684 00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:17,000 people are probably praying to the heavens 685 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,542 for their team to win 686 00:30:18,542 --> 00:30:20,708 when suddenly out of nowhere 687 00:30:20,708 --> 00:30:23,375 [thunder cracks] 688 00:30:23,375 --> 00:30:24,958 there's a lightning bolt. 689 00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:29,375 - And all 11 players of Bena Tshadi 690 00:30:29,375 --> 00:30:32,875 collapse to the ground. 691 00:30:32,875 --> 00:30:34,208 Basanga, 692 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:36,875 untouched. 693 00:30:36,875 --> 00:30:38,792 - [Dan] Sadly, all 11 players 694 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:40,958 from Bena Tshadi are killed. 695 00:30:40,958 --> 00:30:44,000 But is it just a stroke of unbelievably bad luck? 696 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,375 - The locals start to suspect 697 00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:48,875 that something supernatural is brewing here 698 00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:50,875 and that maybe someone on the opposing team 699 00:30:50,875 --> 00:30:52,792 put a curse on the players. 700 00:30:54,542 --> 00:30:55,500 - In this particular country, 701 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:56,958 this part of the world, 702 00:30:56,958 --> 00:31:00,167 things like witchcraft are not thought of 703 00:31:00,167 --> 00:31:02,542 as being completely ridiculous. 704 00:31:02,542 --> 00:31:05,542 There are people that actually hire witch doctors 705 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:09,292 to cast spells to make sure their team is successful. 706 00:31:09,292 --> 00:31:12,042 People carry their little talismans. 707 00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:13,958 It is taken very seriously. 708 00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:15,958 - [Dan] Could it be possible 709 00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:18,500 this was the work of dark magic? 710 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:19,875 [thunder cracks] 711 00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:21,375 - Lightning when it hits 712 00:31:21,375 --> 00:31:24,042 isn't necessarily limited to just one thing, 713 00:31:24,042 --> 00:31:25,708 one object, one person 714 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:27,917 because the charge when it hits one object 715 00:31:27,917 --> 00:31:30,333 goes through that object and then spreads out. 716 00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:33,000 So the fact that we had 11 players struck 717 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000 by one stroke of lightning 718 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,667 isn't probably that surprising. 719 00:31:38,667 --> 00:31:39,583 The surprising thing is that they 720 00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:41,000 were all from the same team. 721 00:31:42,208 --> 00:31:43,000 - [Dan] And it's not just the players 722 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,583 who get hit by lightning, 723 00:31:44,583 --> 00:31:48,667 30 fans of the Bena Tshadi team are also struck. 724 00:31:48,667 --> 00:31:51,458 - This is one of those stories that's completely mysterious, 725 00:31:51,458 --> 00:31:54,542 but what I know is before I place any sports bets, 726 00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:57,208 [thunder cracks] 727 00:31:57,208 --> 00:32:00,042 I'm getting a witch doctor on speed dial. 728 00:32:00,042 --> 00:32:02,333 - The Congolese soccer team may be the victims 729 00:32:02,333 --> 00:32:04,958 of the most unlucky lightning strike in history, 730 00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:06,208 but could there be such a thing 731 00:32:06,208 --> 00:32:08,167 as the luckiest lightning strike? 732 00:32:11,458 --> 00:32:14,542 62-year-old Edwin Robinson has been blind 733 00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:17,625 for the last nine years after narrowly surviving 734 00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:19,292 a big rig trucking accident. 735 00:32:20,542 --> 00:32:21,750 - It's a tough life, 736 00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:23,458 but something that does bring him joy 737 00:32:23,458 --> 00:32:24,750 is his pet chicken 738 00:32:24,750 --> 00:32:25,875 [chicken clucking] 739 00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:28,167 who follows him around everywhere. 740 00:32:28,167 --> 00:32:30,125 You might be thinking why a pet chicken 741 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:31,125 instead of a pet dog? 742 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:32,917 Well, pet chickens, 743 00:32:32,917 --> 00:32:34,208 they're constantly clucking, 744 00:32:34,208 --> 00:32:35,375 they're always making noise. 745 00:32:35,375 --> 00:32:37,542 So I can imagine as a blind person, 746 00:32:37,542 --> 00:32:39,958 this is a source of comfort and companionship 747 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,458 because you always know where your pet is. 748 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:44,125 - [Dan] And that beloved pet chicken 749 00:32:44,125 --> 00:32:46,083 is about to change Edwin's life 750 00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,542 in the strangest possible way. 751 00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:49,583 [thunder crackles] 752 00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:51,250 - This big summer storm rolls in 753 00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:54,250 and the chicken scurries into the backyard 754 00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:56,875 and he panics and chases after it. 755 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,875 - So he is standing under a tree 756 00:32:58,875 --> 00:33:01,542 calling out for his pet chicken, 757 00:33:01,542 --> 00:33:03,167 totally worried about him, 758 00:33:03,167 --> 00:33:05,417 totally focused on finding this chicken in the thunderstorm 759 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:08,208 when he hears a loud crack like a gigantic whip 760 00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:10,708 going off right on top of his head. 761 00:33:10,708 --> 00:33:12,042 [thunder cracks] 762 00:33:12,042 --> 00:33:15,208 - And he falls down face first unconscious. 763 00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:17,875 And then he comes to and he is a little out of sorts 764 00:33:17,875 --> 00:33:19,375 so he walks back into the house 765 00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:22,042 and decides to lay down for a little bit. 766 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,708 So he sleeps for about 20 minutes, 767 00:33:23,708 --> 00:33:25,000 and then when he wakes up 768 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,500 he notices that something has completely changed. 769 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,292 Edwin can see. 770 00:33:30,292 --> 00:33:32,125 - [Dan] He can read the clock on the wall, 771 00:33:32,125 --> 00:33:34,125 he can see his wife's face, 772 00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:35,708 and perhaps most importantly, 773 00:33:35,708 --> 00:33:38,542 he can see his lucky pet chicken. 774 00:33:38,542 --> 00:33:39,625 But how can this be? 775 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:44,500 - Naturally, Edwin and his wife go and visit the doctor. 776 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,125 After a full examination the doctor says to him, 777 00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:48,250 I don't fully understand it, 778 00:33:48,250 --> 00:33:50,167 but your sight is restored. 779 00:33:50,167 --> 00:33:53,375 You have normal 20/20 vision. 780 00:33:53,375 --> 00:33:56,667 - Lightning strikes are very dangerous, 781 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:58,375 10% of them are fatal. 782 00:33:58,375 --> 00:34:00,917 Lightning victims can suffer lots of problems. 783 00:34:00,917 --> 00:34:02,792 You can have personality disorders, 784 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,375 you can have seizures, 785 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,125 and this is one of the very few circumstances 786 00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:11,083 that I've ever seen where it actually can do some good. 787 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,208 - So it's almost like this lightning strike 788 00:34:13,208 --> 00:34:16,208 was some form of electroshock therapy 789 00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:18,917 that reestablished all the connections 790 00:34:18,917 --> 00:34:21,417 and allowed Ed to see again. 791 00:34:22,458 --> 00:34:24,750 - [Dan] Edwin's mysterious lightning strike miracle 792 00:34:24,750 --> 00:34:26,042 reaches the press 793 00:34:26,042 --> 00:34:29,208 and immediately electrifies audiences. 794 00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:30,958 - He's getting all of these offers 795 00:34:30,958 --> 00:34:33,708 to be on TV shows and in tabloids. 796 00:34:33,708 --> 00:34:35,875 Religious groups want him to make speeches 797 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:38,250 about what they deem is a miracle. 798 00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:39,958 - [Dan] Edwin's restored sight 799 00:34:39,958 --> 00:34:41,750 isn't the only miracle. 800 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,417 - My favorite part of this story is not only 801 00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:47,292 did this lightning strike restore his vision, 802 00:34:47,292 --> 00:34:51,667 but he also didn't need his hearing aid anymore, 803 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:56,042 and the lightning made his hair come back. 804 00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:59,000 This guy gained so much 805 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,042 from what's normally a horrifying accident, 806 00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:03,167 but in this case, 807 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:04,708 like a super awesome one. 808 00:35:11,833 --> 00:35:13,708 - What most couples want on their romantic vacation 809 00:35:13,708 --> 00:35:14,833 is some privacy, 810 00:35:14,833 --> 00:35:16,000 but for one couple, 811 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,542 their prized alone time 812 00:35:17,542 --> 00:35:21,792 is about to be crashed by some unexpected visitors. 813 00:35:21,792 --> 00:35:25,083 [suspenseful music] 814 00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:28,708 - Barney Hill, who is a postal worker and his wife Betty, 815 00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:30,000 who is a social worker, 816 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,458 are driving home from Niagara Falls 817 00:35:32,458 --> 00:35:34,667 and they have decided that they are trying to get home 818 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:36,583 to New Hampshire as quickly as possible, 819 00:35:36,583 --> 00:35:39,292 so they're gonna just drive through the night. 820 00:35:39,292 --> 00:35:41,625 So as they're making this drive late at night, 821 00:35:41,625 --> 00:35:45,083 they suddenly see lights on the horizon. 822 00:35:46,667 --> 00:35:48,375 - [Dan] At first, they think it's just 823 00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:51,333 a falling star until it suddenly swings around 824 00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:52,875 to the back of their car. 825 00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:55,208 [suspenseful music} 826 00:35:55,208 --> 00:35:58,042 - And as they continue the light or the object 827 00:35:58,042 --> 00:36:00,208 continues to get brighter and brighter 828 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,708 and he can't shake this bright hovering light 829 00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:05,417 that's now following him and his wife. 830 00:36:05,417 --> 00:36:07,542 - [Dan] Then the object descends 831 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:10,125 and begins hovering directly in front of them, 832 00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,292 forcing Barney to stop the car. 833 00:36:12,292 --> 00:36:14,125 - Barney decides to grab a handgun 834 00:36:14,125 --> 00:36:16,042 that he had under the front seat 835 00:36:16,042 --> 00:36:17,958 and he runs out of the car 836 00:36:17,958 --> 00:36:20,250 to try to get a look at this thing. 837 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:22,083 - He sees something that he describes 838 00:36:22,083 --> 00:36:23,917 as the size of a jet airliner. 839 00:36:23,917 --> 00:36:28,250 It's huge, but it is flat and round and it has windows, 840 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:31,750 and he can see beings that look almost like 841 00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:34,625 they're grinning, which has to be terrifying. 842 00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:37,542 - [Dan] From here, things get even stranger. 843 00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:41,792 - Feeling frightened, he directs the gun at this craft, 844 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:45,542 but some impulse tells him to hold his fire, 845 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:46,667 to back off. 846 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:49,542 - And he immediately gets a bit freaked out 847 00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:52,708 because someone seems to have access to his inner thoughts, 848 00:36:52,708 --> 00:36:56,208 and so he decides he's going to get back in that car 849 00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:58,542 and drive like he stole it. 850 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,792 - They start hearing this rhythmic beeping 851 00:37:00,792 --> 00:37:03,417 coming from somewhere in the back of the car, 852 00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:06,958 and then all of a sudden they lose consciousness. 853 00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:12,250 - [Dan] When Betty and Barney wake up, 854 00:37:12,250 --> 00:37:14,208 they're 35 miles down the road 855 00:37:14,208 --> 00:37:16,458 with no idea how they got there. 856 00:37:16,458 --> 00:37:19,875 Dazed and confused they continue home. 857 00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:21,583 - They get home and immediately 858 00:37:21,583 --> 00:37:24,042 things seem a little strange. 859 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:25,708 Barney and Betty look at the clock 860 00:37:25,708 --> 00:37:30,208 and they see that it's about 5:00 AM, 861 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:33,250 which is at least two hours later 862 00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:36,083 than they projected getting home. 863 00:37:36,083 --> 00:37:39,542 They realize they lost two hours. 864 00:37:39,542 --> 00:37:41,875 - Betty notices that her dress is ripped 865 00:37:41,875 --> 00:37:44,417 both the exterior fabric and the lining. 866 00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:46,542 There's a weird pink powder on it. 867 00:37:46,542 --> 00:37:48,375 Her earrings are missing. 868 00:37:48,375 --> 00:37:50,292 There's some weird scuffs on Barney's shoes 869 00:37:50,292 --> 00:37:52,542 that aren't normal wear-and-tear scuffs. 870 00:37:52,542 --> 00:37:54,583 Things are just not adding up. 871 00:37:54,583 --> 00:37:57,833 - And all this leads her to reach out to the Air Force 872 00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:02,542 where she comes into contact with Dr. J. Allen Hynek, 873 00:38:02,542 --> 00:38:04,583 who at the time, it must be noted, 874 00:38:04,583 --> 00:38:07,458 is a skeptic of UFO phenomena. 875 00:38:08,625 --> 00:38:09,792 - [Dan] But after hearing their story, 876 00:38:09,792 --> 00:38:12,583 even the skeptical Dr. Hynek is stumped. 877 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:14,875 So the Air Force opens a file on the Hills 878 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:18,750 in a secretive program known as Project Blue Book. 879 00:38:18,750 --> 00:38:23,792 - This program operates from 1946 through 1969, 880 00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:29,417 and during this time the Air Force amasses 13,000 881 00:38:29,417 --> 00:38:32,542 reports of UFO sightings and encounters. 882 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:33,708 - [Dan] While the government 883 00:38:33,708 --> 00:38:35,458 secretly looks into the Hill's case, 884 00:38:35,458 --> 00:38:37,625 Betty and Barney are still trying to cope 885 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:39,542 with the unsettling incident. 886 00:38:39,542 --> 00:38:42,208 - So meanwhile, the Hills have become concerned 887 00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,167 about this missing chunk of time 888 00:38:44,167 --> 00:38:45,708 and what happened to them. 889 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:49,500 And so they decide to consult with Dr. Benjamin Simon, 890 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:52,083 who starts doing regression therapy with them. 891 00:38:52,083 --> 00:38:53,417 And this is the kind of therapy 892 00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:55,792 where you will find a repressed memory 893 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:58,417 and kind of relive it under hypnosis. 894 00:38:58,417 --> 00:38:59,875 - [Dan] Dr. Simon decides 895 00:38:59,875 --> 00:39:03,167 to record Betty and Barney's individual hypnosis sessions 896 00:39:03,167 --> 00:39:05,333 and they reveal the terrifying details 897 00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,208 concealed in the Hill's memories. 898 00:39:08,208 --> 00:39:10,875 - If you listen to these recordings, 899 00:39:10,875 --> 00:39:15,458 what's heard is absolutely blood chilling. 900 00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:31,417 - The beings that they describe have a grayish skin, 901 00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:36,750 large bald heads and probing oval-like eyes. 902 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:43,667 Now described today, this is our popular image 903 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,000 of what might be referred to as grays, 904 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,917 but the fact is, this is 1961, 905 00:39:49,917 --> 00:39:54,875 that popularized image does not really exist then. 906 00:39:55,958 --> 00:39:57,500 - Betty and Barney talk about what happens next 907 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,708 with these gray bipedal beings. 908 00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:02,750 They're walked up a gang plank into this particular UFO 909 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:04,625 and then they're both examined. 910 00:40:04,625 --> 00:40:07,792 - It's a humiliating and frightening experience. 911 00:40:07,792 --> 00:40:10,667 Their bodies are probed, scraped. 912 00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:12,667 Samples seem to be taken. 913 00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:15,875 - [Dan] By 1965, the Hill's abduction story 914 00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:18,500 gets picked up by a Boston newspaper 915 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,375 and it becomes an international sensation. 916 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:23,708 - And so documentaries start covering the Hills. 917 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:26,500 There is a really great 1975 movie 918 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:29,750 starring James Earl Jones as Barney that comes out. 919 00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:33,375 Now there is actually a historical plaque on the road 920 00:40:33,375 --> 00:40:35,917 where they claim that they had this encounter. 921 00:40:35,917 --> 00:40:37,875 That plaque was put there by the New Hampshire 922 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:39,500 Division of Historical Resources. 923 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:42,042 So whether or not you believe them, 924 00:40:42,042 --> 00:40:44,917 there is a historical marker for this event. 925 00:40:44,917 --> 00:40:46,375 - [Dan] Betty and Barney's encounter 926 00:40:46,375 --> 00:40:49,000 continues to stump skeptics to this day. 927 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,375 I, for one, am definitely a believer. 928 00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:53,417 I have personally had four different 929 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:55,292 unambiguous sightings myself, 930 00:40:55,292 --> 00:40:58,542 but those are stories for another day. 931 00:40:59,792 --> 00:41:02,458 But while not all surprises from above are good ones, 932 00:41:02,458 --> 00:41:04,625 whether it's goo blobs, dangerous meteors, 933 00:41:04,625 --> 00:41:06,708 or even visitors from another planet, 934 00:41:06,708 --> 00:41:09,958 they are all truly Unbelievable.