1 00:00:02,333 --> 00:00:04,333 - [Tony] Tonight on "The Proof Is Out There: Alien Edition." 2 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:08,208 A strange sphere hovers silently above a house. 3 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:10,708 Are extraterrestrials secretly watching us? 4 00:00:10,792 --> 00:00:12,708 - Just kind of suspended up there in the air. 5 00:00:12,833 --> 00:00:15,750 No propulsion, no engine, no noise. 6 00:00:15,833 --> 00:00:17,458 - [Witness 1] Doesn't it look like it's flying with it? 7 00:00:17,542 --> 00:00:19,833 - [Witness 2] Yeah, it's going weird, yeah. 8 00:00:19,875 --> 00:00:23,292 - [Tony] Two bright orbs appear after a rocket launches. 9 00:00:23,375 --> 00:00:25,667 Could aliens be following our spacecraft? 10 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:28,208 - Some might wonder whether extraterrestrials 11 00:00:28,292 --> 00:00:29,792 are getting concerned 12 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:32,708 that we're starting to really encroach on their territory. 13 00:00:32,792 --> 00:00:35,667 - [Tony] And are probes being sent from another world 14 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:38,125 disguised as something else? 15 00:00:38,208 --> 00:00:41,333 - We thought, "Okay, this can't be like a normal drone." 16 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:44,208 This is a UFO of some sort. 17 00:00:44,292 --> 00:00:47,083 - [Tony] With UFO reports at an all-time high, 18 00:00:47,208 --> 00:00:49,125 we are examining the most compelling evidence 19 00:00:49,208 --> 00:00:50,542 caught on camera. 20 00:00:50,625 --> 00:00:51,833 Tonight's focus? 21 00:00:51,875 --> 00:00:53,833 Alien surveillance. 22 00:00:53,917 --> 00:00:56,125 Our experts will analyze the evidence 23 00:00:56,208 --> 00:00:58,250 and then pass a verdict. 24 00:00:58,333 --> 00:01:00,792 - Could it be some type of an extraterrestrial craft 25 00:01:00,875 --> 00:01:02,000 and not just a meteorite? 26 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:03,917 - Intelligent life is visiting Earth, 27 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,500 and it's masquerading 28 00:01:05,625 --> 00:01:08,792 or using meteors as a form of transportation. 29 00:01:08,792 --> 00:01:10,500 - "The Proof" starts now. 30 00:01:10,625 --> 00:01:15,583 [compelling music] [graphic whooshing] 31 00:01:18,167 --> 00:01:19,250 - [Tony] Good evening, everyone, 32 00:01:19,375 --> 00:01:20,875 and welcome to "The Proof Is Out There." 33 00:01:21,042 --> 00:01:22,583 Under a clear night sky, 34 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:26,000 you can expect to see between two and seven streaks of light 35 00:01:26,083 --> 00:01:29,917 go by each hour on any night of the year. 36 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,292 These flashes are meteorites 37 00:01:31,375 --> 00:01:33,667 burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, 38 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:36,542 but there are some who believe that, in reality, 39 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:39,500 these meteorites are more than they seem to be. 40 00:01:39,583 --> 00:01:40,750 [graphic whooshing] 41 00:01:40,875 --> 00:01:42,833 August 31st, 2019, 42 00:01:42,875 --> 00:01:46,667 it's 10:30 PM just outside the city of Edmonton, Canada. 43 00:01:46,708 --> 00:01:49,875 Lincoln Ho is hanging out at a neighbor's house watching TV 44 00:01:49,958 --> 00:01:52,667 when he sees a bright light flash outside the window. 45 00:01:53,833 --> 00:01:55,042 Lincoln later goes home 46 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:57,208 and checks his driveway security footage, 47 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:59,500 and that's when he finds this. 48 00:01:59,583 --> 00:02:02,458 An orb of light screams from the top of the frame, 49 00:02:02,542 --> 00:02:04,750 plummeting toward the house before vanishing. 50 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:07,500 According to journalist MJ Banias, 51 00:02:07,583 --> 00:02:10,583 while this phenomenon seems to have all of the hallmarks 52 00:02:10,667 --> 00:02:11,833 of a meteor strike, 53 00:02:11,958 --> 00:02:13,375 one thing is missing. 54 00:02:13,458 --> 00:02:16,458 - There was no reported impact. 55 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:19,375 A meteor hitting the Earth is gonna make a big boom. 56 00:02:19,458 --> 00:02:21,708 There was no sound, no explosion, 57 00:02:21,833 --> 00:02:23,000 and no one on the news 58 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:26,000 had reported a meteor hitting Edmonton, Alberta. 59 00:02:26,042 --> 00:02:27,917 - [Tony] But what if we have a meteor 60 00:02:27,917 --> 00:02:29,333 that really isn't a meteor? 61 00:02:29,375 --> 00:02:32,625 Banias says one man believes it may be possible. 62 00:02:32,708 --> 00:02:35,375 - [MJ] A very famous Harvard physicist 63 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,333 and astronomer named Avi Loeb 64 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:40,917 has a theory that intelligent life is visiting Earth, 65 00:02:41,042 --> 00:02:42,500 and it's masquerading 66 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:45,542 or using meteors as a form of transportation. 67 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:49,250 - [Tony] In 2017, Professor Avi Loeb and others 68 00:02:49,375 --> 00:02:52,167 took notice of a quarter-mile long, cigar-shaped object 69 00:02:52,208 --> 00:02:54,000 that passed through the solar system. 70 00:02:54,042 --> 00:02:55,458 Its glow varied 10 times 71 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,542 more reflective than typical asteroids, 72 00:02:57,667 --> 00:03:00,250 as if it was made of highly-polished metal. 73 00:03:00,333 --> 00:03:03,292 It was dubbed 'Oumuamua, which means scout in Hawaiian. 74 00:03:03,375 --> 00:03:05,792 Loeb suspected it could have been alien tech. 75 00:03:05,875 --> 00:03:07,667 He also insists alien tech 76 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:10,000 hasn't just approached Earth via meteor. 77 00:03:10,042 --> 00:03:11,958 It actually landed here. 78 00:03:12,042 --> 00:03:14,833 - [MJ] He believes that there is evidence on this planet 79 00:03:14,833 --> 00:03:16,625 that alien civilizations exist 80 00:03:16,708 --> 00:03:19,125 and they've sent their technology here. 81 00:03:19,208 --> 00:03:20,833 - [Tony] In July 2023, 82 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:25,792 Avi Loeb bled a $1.5 million expedition to Papua New Guinea 83 00:03:25,875 --> 00:03:27,500 to retrieve meteor fragments 84 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:30,625 he believes came from outside the solar system. 85 00:03:30,708 --> 00:03:33,167 - Loeb theorizes that pieces of the debris 86 00:03:33,292 --> 00:03:35,208 will be found to be tougher than iron 87 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:36,708 and should raise questions. 88 00:03:36,833 --> 00:03:39,167 Could it be some type of an extraterrestrial craft 89 00:03:39,208 --> 00:03:40,667 and not just a meteorite? 90 00:03:40,792 --> 00:03:43,417 - [Tony] Upon sifting microscopic metallic balls 91 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:46,250 from the volcanic material on the ocean floor, 92 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:49,750 Loeb declared them actual evidence of alien tech. 93 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:51,375 [graphic whooshing] 94 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,583 One recent study put the odds of other life in the universe 95 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,583 at 50-50. 96 00:03:55,708 --> 00:03:57,917 But is this object an interstellar vehicle 97 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,917 disguised as a meteor, 98 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,667 or something else entirely? 99 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,625 We asked our team of experts to investigate. 100 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:07,625 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 101 00:04:07,708 --> 00:04:10,375 Could this bright light simply be something conventional 102 00:04:10,458 --> 00:04:12,208 seen in the skies over cities every night, 103 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:14,417 like a helicopter or a plane? 104 00:04:14,417 --> 00:04:17,542 - The only time that you would see an aircraft of any kind, 105 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:20,667 a helicopter that bright moving through the sky that fast 106 00:04:20,708 --> 00:04:23,500 is if it's in serious trouble and about to crash. 107 00:04:23,583 --> 00:04:26,292 - [Tony] No chopper crashes were reported in that area. 108 00:04:26,375 --> 00:04:29,208 Instead, D'Antonio believes a clue in the video 109 00:04:29,292 --> 00:04:30,792 leads to the answer. 110 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:33,375 - [Marc] The skies illuminated behind this house here, 111 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:34,833 which tells you something important, 112 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,500 that's saying that this is an object that's big enough 113 00:04:37,583 --> 00:04:39,750 to be beyond these houses 114 00:04:39,833 --> 00:04:42,708 'cause it's illuminating the sky behind them. 115 00:04:42,792 --> 00:04:46,000 And what could possibly be natural that looks like that? 116 00:04:46,125 --> 00:04:49,750 Something that we call, in astronomy, a fireball. 117 00:04:49,833 --> 00:04:52,583 - [Tony] Fireballs refer to meteors so bright 118 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:55,042 they can be seen over great distances. 119 00:04:55,167 --> 00:04:56,667 The intense atmospheric friction 120 00:04:56,708 --> 00:05:00,292 causes gases around the meteor to compress and superheat, 121 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:01,833 often disintegrating the meteor 122 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:03,875 and leaving little evidence on ground. 123 00:05:03,958 --> 00:05:06,250 - [Marc] The regular typical meteor you see in a night sky, 124 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:07,625 that quick flash, [mimicking meteor whooshing], 125 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:09,917 those are the size of a grain of sand. 126 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,500 And so, this is way bigger than a grain of sand. 127 00:05:13,542 --> 00:05:16,625 So, you can imagine that the glow created by this 128 00:05:16,708 --> 00:05:19,667 is gonna be absolutely colossal. 129 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:21,750 - [Tony] D'Antonio makes a convincing argument 130 00:05:21,833 --> 00:05:24,042 and one that NASA geologist, Bob Anderson, 131 00:05:24,125 --> 00:05:26,875 agrees seems likely at first. 132 00:05:26,958 --> 00:05:28,500 - When I first looked at this video, 133 00:05:28,542 --> 00:05:30,250 it was almost a dead giveaway 134 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:32,500 that it was a meteor that was coming down. 135 00:05:32,583 --> 00:05:35,083 But it's weird to me that there was no sonic boom. 136 00:05:35,208 --> 00:05:37,708 The size of this object, the brightness of this object, 137 00:05:37,792 --> 00:05:40,667 would've created a sonic boom somewhere in the atmosphere. 138 00:05:40,750 --> 00:05:45,833 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 139 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:47,625 - [Tony] Our verdict? 140 00:05:47,708 --> 00:05:50,083 We're going with unexplained phenomenon. 141 00:05:50,167 --> 00:05:51,542 While our experts have suggested 142 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:54,000 some very interesting and plausible candidates, 143 00:05:54,083 --> 00:05:55,583 there seems to be a heated debate 144 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:57,708 about what we've really got. 145 00:05:57,833 --> 00:06:01,125 So, without a smoking gun, we're going to say, for now, 146 00:06:01,208 --> 00:06:03,417 this incident remains a mystery. 147 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:04,792 But what do you think? 148 00:06:04,875 --> 00:06:06,833 Hit us up on social media and let us know. 149 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:09,208 [compelling music] [graphic beeping] 150 00:06:09,292 --> 00:06:12,958 Since its first rocket achieved orbit in 2008, 151 00:06:13,042 --> 00:06:15,750 SpaceX has continued to innovate 152 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:18,500 and push the boundary of space exploration. 153 00:06:18,542 --> 00:06:20,500 And while CEO Elon Musk 154 00:06:20,583 --> 00:06:24,125 hopes to bring humans to Mars as soon as 2029, 155 00:06:24,208 --> 00:06:27,667 video from one SpaceX mission has raised concerns 156 00:06:27,750 --> 00:06:32,083 about what might await us in the final frontier. 157 00:06:32,167 --> 00:06:33,292 - [Speaker] Mission. 158 00:06:33,375 --> 00:06:35,000 Commence liftoff. 159 00:06:35,083 --> 00:06:37,500 - [Tony] It's April 23rd, 2021. 160 00:06:37,583 --> 00:06:39,958 SpaceX's spacecraft Endeavour 161 00:06:40,042 --> 00:06:43,000 is on its way to the International Space Station. 162 00:06:43,042 --> 00:06:44,375 12 minutes after liftoff, 163 00:06:44,458 --> 00:06:46,500 the capsule containing four astronauts 164 00:06:46,583 --> 00:06:49,000 separates from the rocket's second stage. 165 00:06:49,083 --> 00:06:50,542 But as the crew back at NASA 166 00:06:50,625 --> 00:06:52,917 applauds the successful uncoupling, 167 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,917 the livestream camera captures something truly shocking. 168 00:06:57,042 --> 00:07:00,292 A foreign object can be seen floating through the gap, 169 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:02,000 missing the craft by mere seconds. 170 00:07:02,125 --> 00:07:05,500 The object is round, though not a perfect sphere, 171 00:07:05,583 --> 00:07:07,333 and it appears to be black in color, 172 00:07:07,375 --> 00:07:10,000 but it's details are shrouded in shadow. 173 00:07:10,042 --> 00:07:12,125 - It looks like if they hadn't separated 174 00:07:12,125 --> 00:07:13,167 in the nick of time, 175 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:15,500 it would've impacted the spacecraft. 176 00:07:15,583 --> 00:07:17,000 And no one knows what it is. 177 00:07:17,042 --> 00:07:19,833 It's not an object anyone was tracking in orbit, 178 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:22,083 so no one knew that it was going to be there. 179 00:07:22,167 --> 00:07:23,875 - [Tony] One theory that gains traction 180 00:07:23,958 --> 00:07:26,833 is that the object is some sort of scout UFO 181 00:07:26,875 --> 00:07:30,375 that originally came from a larger UFO. 182 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:32,667 - [Amy] Basically, the idea is that alien craft 183 00:07:32,708 --> 00:07:34,708 are exploring our planet. 184 00:07:34,792 --> 00:07:37,042 And instead of landing with the mother ship, 185 00:07:37,125 --> 00:07:40,250 they're launching these small reconnaissance vehicles, 186 00:07:40,333 --> 00:07:41,583 which is not that dissimilar 187 00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:44,542 to how we've explored our own solar system. 188 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:46,458 - [Tony] Think that's too out there? 189 00:07:46,542 --> 00:07:48,083 Consider that Sean Kirkpatrick, 190 00:07:48,083 --> 00:07:50,792 Former Head of the Pentagon's UFO Office, 191 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:53,458 and Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb 192 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:55,667 wrote a paper to support the theory. 193 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:58,500 But what could be drawing the interstellar attention? 194 00:07:58,583 --> 00:08:01,625 - [Amy] Our use of space used to be just scientific exploration, 195 00:08:01,708 --> 00:08:03,583 but now we've got space tourism, 196 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:05,833 we've got early militarization. 197 00:08:05,833 --> 00:08:10,833 - [Tony] In fact, 2022 saw a record 180 rocket launches. 198 00:08:12,208 --> 00:08:13,583 - [Amy] Some might wonder whether extraterrestrials 199 00:08:13,667 --> 00:08:15,250 are getting concerned 200 00:08:15,375 --> 00:08:18,000 that we're starting to really encroach on their territory. 201 00:08:18,125 --> 00:08:20,667 [suspenseful music] 202 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:23,000 - [Tony] SpaceX is reportedly involved 203 00:08:23,083 --> 00:08:26,375 in over half of all near misses in space, 204 00:08:26,458 --> 00:08:28,833 many of all SpaceX's Starlink project, 205 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:31,792 an unmanned satellite internet network. 206 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:34,125 But a near miss with a spacecraft 207 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:36,375 carrying four astronauts? 208 00:08:36,458 --> 00:08:38,875 Now we're talking about human lives. 209 00:08:38,958 --> 00:08:41,750 So, is something targeting our spacecraft? 210 00:08:41,875 --> 00:08:44,667 Our experts are on a collision course with the truth. 211 00:08:44,792 --> 00:08:48,792 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 212 00:08:48,792 --> 00:08:53,333 Before we embrace an exotic theory like alien space probes, 213 00:08:53,417 --> 00:08:57,042 could this be a hostile act from a rival human military? 214 00:08:57,167 --> 00:08:59,083 - In the late 1970s, 215 00:08:59,208 --> 00:09:01,292 the Soviet Union did experiment 216 00:09:01,375 --> 00:09:03,000 with something called the Almaz, 217 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:06,708 which was putting a 23-millimeter cannon 218 00:09:06,792 --> 00:09:08,917 on one of their satellite systems 219 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,583 to give it an offensive capability. 220 00:09:11,708 --> 00:09:13,125 And in the 1980s, 221 00:09:13,208 --> 00:09:16,875 as part of President Reagan's Star Wars Initiative, 222 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,625 was a classified program called Brilliant Pebbles. 223 00:09:19,708 --> 00:09:21,000 And the idea behind it 224 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:24,833 was to place various missile systems in orbit 225 00:09:24,875 --> 00:09:27,500 as a defensive and offensive capability. 226 00:09:27,542 --> 00:09:29,042 [spacecraft exploding] 227 00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:32,000 - [Tony] Could this foreign object be from a foreign power? 228 00:09:32,042 --> 00:09:34,958 - [Lt. Tim] If someone had fired a weapon at the capsule, 229 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:35,833 we would know 230 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:37,667 because a satellite system 231 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:39,708 that's firing some type of projectiles 232 00:09:39,792 --> 00:09:41,750 would certainly be noticeable 233 00:09:41,833 --> 00:09:44,500 to the other space-based sensor systems 234 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:46,125 that are already in place. 235 00:09:46,208 --> 00:09:48,958 - [Tony] What about another manmade object, a satellite? 236 00:09:49,042 --> 00:09:51,000 - [Lt. Tim] It's got none of the physical characteristics 237 00:09:51,125 --> 00:09:52,375 of a satellite, 238 00:09:52,458 --> 00:09:54,583 like the large solar sail, 239 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:56,958 in addition to the fact that satellite systems 240 00:09:57,042 --> 00:09:59,333 are on known trajectory paths. 241 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,667 And you certainly wouldn't have run the risk 242 00:10:01,750 --> 00:10:03,500 of an impact from the satellite. 243 00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:05,500 So, it's definitely not a satellite. 244 00:10:05,583 --> 00:10:06,792 - [Tony] Taking into consideration 245 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:08,583 this object's organic shape, 246 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,375 we asked astronomer Marc D'Antonio 247 00:10:10,458 --> 00:10:12,083 if it could be a meteor. 248 00:10:12,167 --> 00:10:15,000 - This might actually be about the right size for a meteor. 249 00:10:15,083 --> 00:10:17,792 The only problem is that meteors hit the Earth 250 00:10:17,875 --> 00:10:21,417 at thousands and thousands of miles per hour, 251 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:24,833 and this thing is just lazily floating through the view. 252 00:10:24,917 --> 00:10:26,667 So, that wouldn't be the case. 253 00:10:26,708 --> 00:10:29,500 - [Tony] Then, could it simply be space junk? 254 00:10:29,542 --> 00:10:31,833 Scientists estimate orbiting the Earth 255 00:10:31,958 --> 00:10:35,417 are about 13,000 pieces of debris bigger than a softball, 256 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,833 100,000 bigger than a penny, 257 00:10:38,875 --> 00:10:41,917 and tens of millions of pieces even smaller than that. 258 00:10:41,917 --> 00:10:43,833 - [Marc] Space is cluttered. 259 00:10:43,875 --> 00:10:47,417 There could come a time when it will be very dangerous 260 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,500 for us to try and leave our planet, 261 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:53,875 but in this particular case, probably not space junk. 262 00:10:53,958 --> 00:10:55,542 And the reason comes down to the fact 263 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:58,417 that you can see it passing in front of this, 264 00:10:58,542 --> 00:11:00,125 which is part of the rocket itself. 265 00:11:01,167 --> 00:11:02,750 Whoo! 266 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:06,042 That means this is a small, tiny object that got loose, 267 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:07,708 probably from the inside of the rocket 268 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:09,125 during the staging process, 269 00:11:09,208 --> 00:11:11,667 where this stage moves away from this stage 270 00:11:11,708 --> 00:11:13,000 - [Tony] And McMillan says 271 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:15,458 this would explain the radar omission. 272 00:11:15,542 --> 00:11:18,542 - [Lt. Tim] That's one reason that you wouldn't have picked it 273 00:11:18,625 --> 00:11:20,125 up as any type of space junk 274 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:24,500 is because it actually traveled with the rocket into space. 275 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:27,500 [suspenseful music] 276 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:31,375 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 277 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:32,542 - [Tony] Our verdict? 278 00:11:32,667 --> 00:11:34,542 We are leaning toward rocket debris 279 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,500 that broke off from the second stage, 280 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:37,958 though we can't say for certain 281 00:11:38,042 --> 00:11:40,250 which piece of the rocket it was. 282 00:11:40,375 --> 00:11:41,792 It's sad to hear that pollution 283 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:44,833 is becoming a problem in space like it is on Earth. 284 00:11:44,875 --> 00:11:46,750 Thankfully, NASA is well-equipped 285 00:11:46,833 --> 00:11:50,167 to help spacecraft dodge most of the debris 286 00:11:50,208 --> 00:11:53,750 with a meticulous catalog of 27,000 objects 287 00:11:53,833 --> 00:11:54,917 in Earth's orbit. 288 00:11:58,958 --> 00:12:00,375 - [Tony] We see UFOs in all shapes and sizes on this show, 289 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:01,750 but lately, 290 00:12:01,875 --> 00:12:05,167 we've been noticing a real spike in spherical UFOs. 291 00:12:05,208 --> 00:12:06,458 Many of these sightings 292 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:08,917 were captured by US military cameras, 293 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,333 and this next puzzling video 294 00:12:10,417 --> 00:12:13,833 also purports the show something spherical interacting 295 00:12:13,875 --> 00:12:16,000 with American jet fighters. 296 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:18,542 Should the Pentagon be alarmed? 297 00:12:18,667 --> 00:12:20,792 January 10th, 2023. 298 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:23,708 A video clip captioned, "Nothing to see here," 299 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:27,167 uploads to social media and goes viral. 300 00:12:27,250 --> 00:12:30,000 The video appears to show a dark-colored, 301 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,292 low-flying spherical object 302 00:12:32,292 --> 00:12:34,917 passing over a remote country road. 303 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,167 Suddenly, two fighter jets spring toward the object 304 00:12:38,208 --> 00:12:41,833 in hot pursuit as the object disappears. 305 00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:42,625 Let's see that again. 306 00:12:42,708 --> 00:12:43,958 [pensive music] 307 00:12:44,042 --> 00:12:46,417 The sphere looks to be only about 15 308 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,958 to 20 feet off the ground, 309 00:12:48,042 --> 00:12:50,375 which would make it much smaller in size 310 00:12:50,458 --> 00:12:52,125 than the fighter jets. 311 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:55,667 - The '50s had flying saucers, the '90s had black triangles. 312 00:12:55,750 --> 00:12:59,125 We live in the era of the sphere UFO. 313 00:12:59,208 --> 00:13:00,667 [pensive music] 314 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:02,583 There was a hearing in April of 2023, 315 00:13:02,667 --> 00:13:06,667 where Sean Kirkpatrick presented to Senate a graph 316 00:13:06,708 --> 00:13:10,000 between the dates of 1996 and 2023, 317 00:13:10,125 --> 00:13:12,833 and 52% of all UFO sightings 318 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:15,125 that the AARO Office has been investigating 319 00:13:15,208 --> 00:13:18,750 were made up of spherical or orb-like UFOs. 320 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:20,542 [pensive music] 321 00:13:20,625 --> 00:13:23,042 - [Tony] While not every orb sighting is this dramatic, 322 00:13:23,125 --> 00:13:25,000 they can still be quite puzzling. 323 00:13:25,042 --> 00:13:29,083 Case in point, this footage from December 19th, 2022. 324 00:13:29,083 --> 00:13:32,333 Rad Muradpejohi is in Mountain's Edge, Nevada 325 00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:34,000 driving home from work, 326 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:36,500 when he spots something unusual in the sky. 327 00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:38,333 He pulls over to record it. 328 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:41,833 The video shows a perfectly circular dark-colored object 329 00:13:41,875 --> 00:13:44,125 hovering high up above a house. 330 00:13:44,208 --> 00:13:47,083 - It was a pretty large spherical, 331 00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:50,625 definitely spherical like black dot in the sky. 332 00:13:50,625 --> 00:13:52,042 It didn't really have any gloss, 333 00:13:52,167 --> 00:13:53,875 it didn't reflect any light. 334 00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:56,167 - [Tony] Unlike the orb in the first video, 335 00:13:56,250 --> 00:13:59,333 this sphere is completely eerily still. 336 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:02,208 - [Rad] Just kind of suspended up there in the air. 337 00:14:02,292 --> 00:14:05,292 No propulsion, no engine, no noise. 338 00:14:05,375 --> 00:14:07,208 - [Tony] So, what are these spheres? 339 00:14:07,292 --> 00:14:09,917 Many seem too small to carry occupants. 340 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:12,458 So, are they perhaps some kind of alien probe? 341 00:14:12,542 --> 00:14:14,958 If so, there may be a surprising reason 342 00:14:15,042 --> 00:14:16,750 we're seeing so many. 343 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:19,167 - [MJ] With this uptick in spherical sightings, 344 00:14:19,208 --> 00:14:21,333 there's been a lot of internet chatter 345 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:24,792 about this sort of science fiction object 346 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:27,125 called von Neumann probe. 347 00:14:27,208 --> 00:14:30,000 - [Tony] John von Neumann was a mathematician and physicist 348 00:14:30,083 --> 00:14:33,458 who speculated an advanced civilization could explore 349 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:36,458 by creating probes that build even more probes 350 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:39,458 from common materials found on moons and planets 351 00:14:39,458 --> 00:14:40,792 throughout the galaxy. 352 00:14:40,875 --> 00:14:44,417 - [MJ] von Neumann posited that if an interstellar species 353 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:47,792 wanted to essentially map out a star system 354 00:14:47,875 --> 00:14:49,167 or distant planets, 355 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:51,708 one probe could replicate itself 356 00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:53,500 as it traveled through space. 357 00:14:53,625 --> 00:14:55,958 [suspenseful music] 358 00:14:55,958 --> 00:14:58,292 - Now, while more than half of UFOs 359 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:01,667 are reported as round or spheres, 360 00:15:01,708 --> 00:15:04,083 they don't all look or act the same. 361 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:05,792 We'll turn it over to our inner circle 362 00:15:05,875 --> 00:15:09,708 to investigate these two very different sphere sightings. 363 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:14,208 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 364 00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:17,458 - The sphere is located very close to the ground. 365 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:18,500 Usually, these encounters 366 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:21,667 take play high up in the atmosphere, 367 00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:24,500 and so there's something suspicious here. 368 00:15:24,583 --> 00:15:27,125 - [Lt. Tim] The object that is flying extremely low level, 369 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:29,750 it's flying underneath the kind of envelope 370 00:15:29,875 --> 00:15:31,833 that radar would be operating at 371 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,917 because of how low-altitude it is, 372 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,167 it's small-sized, and it's relatively slow speed. 373 00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:38,542 - [Tony] But it's that speed 374 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:41,000 that has astronomer and video effects designer, 375 00:15:41,083 --> 00:15:43,333 Marc D'Antonio, crying foul. 376 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,000 - Let's watch that again 377 00:15:45,042 --> 00:15:46,958 'cause see how it's moving through the sky? 378 00:15:47,042 --> 00:15:49,000 Kind of slow, [aircraft whooshing] 379 00:15:49,083 --> 00:15:50,500 and the jets are going way fast. 380 00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,167 Now, hold on. 381 00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:53,500 If they were going that fast, 382 00:15:53,583 --> 00:15:55,125 they should have caught up to it very quickly. 383 00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:56,500 [suspenseful music] 384 00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:58,500 But, we didn't see them catch up to it. 385 00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:00,500 [suspenseful music] 386 00:16:00,583 --> 00:16:03,000 - [Tony] Not only can't the jets catch the orb, 387 00:16:03,083 --> 00:16:05,333 but the orbs suddenly disappears from sight. 388 00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:06,500 [jet whooshing] 389 00:16:06,542 --> 00:16:08,083 - [Marc] There is one way it could happen, 390 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:10,875 and that is if this object wasn't there at all 391 00:16:10,958 --> 00:16:12,667 and was generated later. 392 00:16:12,792 --> 00:16:13,833 I have to say, unfortunately, 393 00:16:13,958 --> 00:16:15,708 I don't believe it was a real video. 394 00:16:15,833 --> 00:16:18,958 - [Tony] That first video may seem too good to be true, 395 00:16:19,042 --> 00:16:20,917 but what about Rad's video? 396 00:16:21,042 --> 00:16:23,042 D'Antonio thinks he's found the answer 397 00:16:23,125 --> 00:16:26,542 by simply spotting what the seems to have missed. 398 00:16:26,667 --> 00:16:28,000 - [Marc] Down the bottom here, 399 00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:29,917 you can see there's this little protrusion sticking down, 400 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,958 okay, and it doesn't show, 401 00:16:33,042 --> 00:16:35,083 until you actually run the video 402 00:16:35,167 --> 00:16:36,625 and see the video in motion. 403 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:37,875 Then, you can see it, 404 00:16:37,958 --> 00:16:39,208 like right there is a perfect shot of it, 405 00:16:39,292 --> 00:16:41,375 you see this little tiny thing sticking down. 406 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:45,042 I think that we're looking at a tethered balloon. 407 00:16:45,167 --> 00:16:47,125 [suspenseful music] 408 00:16:47,208 --> 00:16:51,000 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 409 00:16:51,042 --> 00:16:52,375 - Our verdict. 410 00:16:52,458 --> 00:16:55,417 The first video is a clever product of CGI. 411 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,625 In fact, when we did a little digging, 412 00:16:57,708 --> 00:17:00,875 we were able to trace it back to a visual effects artist. 413 00:17:00,958 --> 00:17:04,000 As for Rad's video, we agree with D'Antonio. 414 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,167 We're most likely looking at a balloon. 415 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:09,833 So, these two spheres weren't genuine UFOs, 416 00:17:09,833 --> 00:17:11,583 but many others remain unexplained, 417 00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:14,083 as does the recent uptick in sightings. 418 00:17:18,375 --> 00:17:19,750 - [Tony] Now, for one of our favorite kind of stories, 419 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:22,042 the kind you send us. 420 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,208 History's first satellite, Sputnik, 421 00:17:24,292 --> 00:17:28,167 was launched into orbit almost 70 years ago by the USSR. 422 00:17:28,292 --> 00:17:29,625 But there's a group of UFO theorists 423 00:17:29,708 --> 00:17:32,792 who insist there's a satellite up there that's older, 424 00:17:32,875 --> 00:17:34,792 in fact ancient, 425 00:17:34,875 --> 00:17:37,958 and one hardcore "Proof" fan thinks he caught it on camera. 426 00:17:38,042 --> 00:17:39,167 [graphic whooshing] 427 00:17:39,208 --> 00:17:41,333 It's November 2018. 428 00:17:41,417 --> 00:17:44,167 Nicos Vouris is walking with his daughter Nika 429 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,875 along the beach in Cape Town, South Africa. 430 00:17:46,958 --> 00:17:50,708 Around 7:00 PM Nicos spies something strange in the air, 431 00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:53,958 something that may have been watching us for centuries. 432 00:17:54,042 --> 00:17:55,292 [graphic whooshing] 433 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,667 - [Nicos] This is a UFO of some sort. 434 00:17:57,708 --> 00:17:58,833 - [Tony] Look closely. 435 00:17:58,917 --> 00:18:00,250 [graphic whooshing] [pensive music] 436 00:18:00,375 --> 00:18:03,042 A strange malleable black shape 437 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,542 hovers high above Nicos and his family. 438 00:18:05,625 --> 00:18:08,667 It seems to float without obvious direction, 439 00:18:08,708 --> 00:18:10,833 silently holding position. 440 00:18:10,958 --> 00:18:14,667 - We thought, "Okay, this can't be like a normal drone," 441 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:16,125 and it's just hovering there. 442 00:18:16,208 --> 00:18:18,292 It did weird, wonderful maneuvers like that, 443 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:20,208 like by going vertically, then horizontal, 444 00:18:20,292 --> 00:18:21,292 then vertical again. 445 00:18:21,375 --> 00:18:23,375 It was just amazing like to see. 446 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:25,542 - [Tony] But while many, at first sight, 447 00:18:25,625 --> 00:18:29,208 would think this is a drone or possibly a spy balloon, 448 00:18:29,292 --> 00:18:32,042 Nicos believes it's something much more extraordinary. 449 00:18:32,125 --> 00:18:33,875 - I'm an untrained observer, 450 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:36,292 but in terms of what I saw, 451 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:38,000 it was very much the reminiscent 452 00:18:38,167 --> 00:18:40,000 of the Black Knight satellite. 453 00:18:40,083 --> 00:18:41,417 [suspenseful music] 454 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:44,542 - [Tony] What is the Black Knight satellite? 455 00:18:44,625 --> 00:18:46,583 - The Black Knight satellite is a UFO theory 456 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:49,958 that's been bouncing around since before the internet. 457 00:18:50,042 --> 00:18:51,375 - [Tony] Believers say the satellite 458 00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:54,542 is an alien surveillance and communication device 459 00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:57,708 that has been in a polar orbit for thousands of years, 460 00:18:57,792 --> 00:19:01,250 inserting itself into human history when it sees fit. 461 00:19:01,333 --> 00:19:03,833 - [Amy] Some people have even gone so far 462 00:19:03,917 --> 00:19:05,375 as to say that this satellite 463 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,875 is what Nikola Tesla was communicating with 464 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:12,167 during his radio experiments in Colorado Springs in 1899. 465 00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:14,833 He heard some kind of frequency. 466 00:19:14,917 --> 00:19:18,000 And some people believed that he was actually speaking 467 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:19,333 to the Black Knight satellite 468 00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:22,333 and it was communicating with him through math 469 00:19:22,458 --> 00:19:24,583 using numbers as the universal language. 470 00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:26,833 - [Tony] For years, this remained a science fiction 471 00:19:26,917 --> 00:19:28,458 theory that was kind of cool, 472 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,000 kind of scary, but still just a theory, 473 00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:33,250 until a strange object was spotted 474 00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:35,458 about 200 miles above the Earth. 475 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:38,500 - [Amy] In 1998 during the STS-88 Mission, 476 00:19:38,583 --> 00:19:40,500 astronauts photographed something 477 00:19:40,625 --> 00:19:42,958 hovering above the Earth's horizon line. 478 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:44,083 [suspenseful music] 479 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:46,250 And this became a big mystery. 480 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:48,875 Some people have used this photograph as definitive proof 481 00:19:48,958 --> 00:19:51,708 that there are aliens interacting with our planet. 482 00:19:51,792 --> 00:19:53,625 [suspenseful music] 483 00:19:53,708 --> 00:19:54,792 - [Tony] For many, 484 00:19:54,917 --> 00:19:56,917 what makes the Black Knight satellite so compelling 485 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,625 is the logic behind it. 486 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:01,000 If an alien race wanted to study the Earth, 487 00:20:01,083 --> 00:20:03,000 why wouldn't they send a probe, 488 00:20:03,083 --> 00:20:05,333 the same way NASA sent Voyager 1 489 00:20:05,375 --> 00:20:08,667 to explore other planets in our solar system? 490 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,125 So, what is this thing? 491 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:13,542 ET satellite, balloon, or something else? 492 00:20:13,625 --> 00:20:17,417 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 493 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:19,375 Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy 494 00:20:19,458 --> 00:20:21,458 is a Black Knight skeptic. 495 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,500 He says the most famous piece of evidence 496 00:20:23,667 --> 00:20:27,292 that 1998 NASA photo is more a visual trick 497 00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:29,292 than proof of alien spacecraft. 498 00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:32,375 - It's outside of the window of the space shuttle 499 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:34,625 that was not in direct sunlight, 500 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:38,167 so appears dark against the bright contrast of the Earth 501 00:20:38,208 --> 00:20:39,750 and the surrounding space. 502 00:20:39,833 --> 00:20:43,167 Seems to be just a normal piece of space debris. 503 00:20:43,292 --> 00:20:44,458 - [Tony] Astronaut Jerry Ross, 504 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:47,250 who took part in the STS-88 Mission, 505 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:49,750 confirms the object from the 1998 photo 506 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:52,333 is a wayward thermal blanket that broke loose 507 00:20:52,375 --> 00:20:55,000 while his team tried to attach an American module 508 00:20:55,083 --> 00:20:57,667 to a Russian module on the ISS. 509 00:20:57,750 --> 00:21:00,375 But just because the 1998 picture can be debunked, 510 00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:01,958 we still have to ask: 511 00:21:02,042 --> 00:21:05,292 Could Nicos' footage be of a genuine alien satellite? 512 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:06,833 - I don't think this is a satellite. 513 00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:09,667 We simply wouldn't be able to see a satellite 514 00:21:09,792 --> 00:21:10,750 at that distance. 515 00:21:10,833 --> 00:21:13,042 But the closest satellites from Earth 516 00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:15,458 are about 200 miles up. 517 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:16,708 The International Space Station 518 00:21:16,833 --> 00:21:19,333 is the largest satellite that's up there, 519 00:21:19,375 --> 00:21:22,833 and you can only really see that as a dot of light 520 00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:25,000 and you can't see it at all during the daytime. 521 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:28,333 - [Tony] Could the object Nicos captured be a spy balloon? 522 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,833 - [Mick] It could be a spy balloon. 523 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:31,958 Typically, a spy balloon 524 00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:34,500 would have something dangling underneath it, 525 00:21:34,583 --> 00:21:36,167 but it could be a type of spy balloon, 526 00:21:36,250 --> 00:21:38,750 where the payload is actually attached 527 00:21:38,833 --> 00:21:40,000 to the balloon itself. 528 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,833 - [Tony] In February 2023, 529 00:21:41,917 --> 00:21:46,417 US military jets shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon. 530 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,667 The 200-foot-tall balloon had multiple antennas 531 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:51,750 and a solar array that, government officials say, 532 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:54,875 was capable of capturing imagery and signals 533 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,250 from military sites 534 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:58,667 and sending them back to China in real time. 535 00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:01,125 Did Nicos see one over South Africa? 536 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:03,625 - [Andrew] This object doesn't fit the profile of a spy balloon 537 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:05,542 because it's way too obvious. 538 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:08,333 Those balloons are much higher altitude 539 00:22:08,375 --> 00:22:10,792 and usually white to blend in with the sky 540 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:13,750 and to reflect the sun's energy back out and not overheat. 541 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:14,833 [suspenseful music] 542 00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:16,500 - [Tony] So, if it's not spying on us, 543 00:22:16,542 --> 00:22:18,500 could it be another type of balloon? 544 00:22:18,583 --> 00:22:20,000 - [Mick] A solar balloon, 545 00:22:20,125 --> 00:22:21,625 it's a type of hot-air balloon 546 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:26,500 which uses the heat of the sun to warm up a balloon. 547 00:22:26,542 --> 00:22:29,792 And they do that by making the balloon out of black plastic. 548 00:22:29,875 --> 00:22:31,833 - [Tony] Because black absorbs heat, 549 00:22:31,875 --> 00:22:34,958 the air trapped in the balloon expands, creating lift. 550 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:36,583 - [Andrew] But I think we can rule that out 551 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:38,708 because the shape of this object 552 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,750 would be consistent if it was, 553 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:42,167 as as the air heats, 554 00:22:42,250 --> 00:22:44,708 the material around it becomes taut 555 00:22:44,792 --> 00:22:46,500 and can no longer change its shape. 556 00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:47,708 - [Tony] So while it might not be 557 00:22:47,792 --> 00:22:50,417 a functioning inflated solar balloon, 558 00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:52,458 couldn't Nicos' Black Knight satellite 559 00:22:52,542 --> 00:22:54,417 simply be a deflated balloon 560 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:57,833 or even airborne trash caught in the air currents? 561 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000 - [Mick] Pilots are always seeing things like balloons, 562 00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:04,375 or wind-blown debris, things like plastic bags. 563 00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:06,917 This is one of the big problems the UAP Task Force had, 564 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,167 which was dealing with airborne clutter. 565 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:12,333 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 566 00:23:12,417 --> 00:23:13,667 - Our verdict. 567 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,958 A trash bag or balloon caught in air currents. 568 00:23:17,042 --> 00:23:18,208 Sorry, Nicos. 569 00:23:18,292 --> 00:23:20,500 This might not be the sexiest answer, 570 00:23:20,583 --> 00:23:22,500 but because of its size, movement, 571 00:23:22,583 --> 00:23:24,708 and through process of elimination, 572 00:23:24,708 --> 00:23:26,042 that's what we have to conclude. 573 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:32,500 - [Tony] We've heard of malware and spyware, 574 00:23:32,625 --> 00:23:33,833 but what about alienware? 575 00:23:33,958 --> 00:23:35,792 Some scientists have actually raised concerns 576 00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:38,667 that aliens could potentially hack our planet 577 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:40,542 by directing malicious signals 578 00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:44,167 and messages to our electronic devices and telescopes. 579 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:46,375 Is that what happens in our next video? 580 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,042 Have a look. [graphic whooshing] 581 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:51,333 It's just past 8:00 PM on September 11th, 2020 582 00:23:51,417 --> 00:23:53,042 in Whittier, California. 583 00:23:53,167 --> 00:23:55,667 A man is working at home on his laptop when, suddenly, 584 00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:57,833 his computer experiences electrical interference 585 00:23:57,917 --> 00:24:00,875 as he hears a strange buzzing noise outside. 586 00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:02,542 He decides to check the footage 587 00:24:02,625 --> 00:24:04,208 from his surveillance system, 588 00:24:04,292 --> 00:24:05,958 and that's when he sees this. 589 00:24:06,042 --> 00:24:08,542 A bright light shoots up into the sky. 590 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:09,458 Let's see that again. 591 00:24:09,542 --> 00:24:11,000 [pensive music] 592 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:12,542 Look behind the trees, 593 00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:14,500 as a sudden flash is followed by a spherical light 594 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:15,958 shooting upward. 595 00:24:16,042 --> 00:24:18,333 Then, suddenly, streaks of light and shadow 596 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:19,875 criss-crossed the neighborhood, 597 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,500 followed by a bright flash and car alarms going off. 598 00:24:23,583 --> 00:24:24,917 Wait a minute, bright lights, 599 00:24:25,042 --> 00:24:27,667 electrical interference, and buzzing noises? 600 00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:29,333 According to journalist MJ Banias, 601 00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:31,208 many believe these are all classic signs 602 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:33,583 of something from another world. 603 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:35,292 - [MJ] We have, in a lot of UFO stories, 604 00:24:35,375 --> 00:24:39,875 that they use some sort of electromagnetic frequency 605 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,167 for their propulsion, 606 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:44,083 interfering with the electrical systems of automobiles, 607 00:24:44,167 --> 00:24:46,083 or homes, or your cell phone. 608 00:24:46,167 --> 00:24:47,250 And in this video, 609 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:49,333 we see the car alarm going off 610 00:24:49,458 --> 00:24:51,958 and we see a disruption on camera. 611 00:24:52,042 --> 00:24:54,000 - [Tony] If this was an electrical alien attack, 612 00:24:54,167 --> 00:24:56,667 Banias says it might not be the first time. 613 00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:59,167 - [MJ] There's a famous UFO case in 1957 614 00:24:59,208 --> 00:25:00,958 from Levelland, Texas, 615 00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:03,667 where a lot of people reported seeing strange UFOs 616 00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:06,625 flying over the town and 617 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:10,417 causing issues with automobiles, electronic equipment, 618 00:25:10,417 --> 00:25:11,708 and just electrical systems in general. 619 00:25:11,792 --> 00:25:13,167 [electrical system buzzing] 620 00:25:13,375 --> 00:25:15,833 - [Tony] Were there any telltale signs in this experience 621 00:25:15,958 --> 00:25:19,375 of something more ominous than just a visiting UFO? 622 00:25:19,458 --> 00:25:21,917 - [MJ] According to the witness, before this incident occurred, 623 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,625 he heard what he described as a buzzing noise. 624 00:25:25,708 --> 00:25:28,333 We do have, within the UFO lore, 625 00:25:28,417 --> 00:25:30,875 that people do hear strange noises 626 00:25:30,875 --> 00:25:35,875 before an alien spaceship is able to somehow beam them up, 627 00:25:36,958 --> 00:25:38,667 and buzzing is often one of them. 628 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:40,750 [suspenseful music] 629 00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:44,833 - Energy bursts from outer space disrupting civilizations? 630 00:25:44,917 --> 00:25:46,083 Oh, yes. 631 00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:48,625 In fact, on March 13th, 1989, 632 00:25:48,708 --> 00:25:51,083 the entire province of Quebec, Canada 633 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:53,292 suffered an electrical power blackout 634 00:25:53,375 --> 00:25:54,958 caused by a solar storm. 635 00:25:55,042 --> 00:25:57,375 And today, given our even greater dependence 636 00:25:57,458 --> 00:25:59,292 on computers and technology, 637 00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:02,875 another massive solar event could be catastrophic. 638 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,292 Let's let our experts do the threat assessment. 639 00:26:05,375 --> 00:26:09,000 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 640 00:26:09,042 --> 00:26:12,375 - It's theorized that UFOs have some kind of cloaking 641 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:13,708 or disruption technology 642 00:26:13,792 --> 00:26:15,667 that would affect electronic devices, 643 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,250 and maybe that would explain 644 00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:19,167 why there seems to be some kind of flickering 645 00:26:19,208 --> 00:26:21,667 and disruption artifacts that we're seeing in the video. 646 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:22,667 [graphic whooshing] 647 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:24,042 - [Tony] However, McCarthy says 648 00:26:24,167 --> 00:26:25,792 that what appears to be an electronic anomaly 649 00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:28,667 may just be a product of the inner workings of the camera. 650 00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:30,833 - [Andrew] As the light takes off into the sky, 651 00:26:30,958 --> 00:26:34,375 you see some kind of rolling shutter artifact 652 00:26:34,458 --> 00:26:35,708 coming from the camera, 653 00:26:35,792 --> 00:26:37,958 but that's the way these cameras operate. 654 00:26:38,042 --> 00:26:41,375 They scan one line at a time as they're recording. 655 00:26:41,458 --> 00:26:42,667 So, if you get an object 656 00:26:42,750 --> 00:26:44,958 that's producing light that's flickering, 657 00:26:45,042 --> 00:26:47,500 it will show up as horizontal bars 658 00:26:47,625 --> 00:26:50,000 that will move up a screen like this. 659 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,417 - [Tony] So, what could be the source 660 00:26:51,542 --> 00:26:53,792 of these flickering lights? 661 00:26:53,875 --> 00:26:55,958 - [Marc] One of the things to consider is those gray cans 662 00:26:56,042 --> 00:26:57,625 that you see up on telephone poles. 663 00:26:57,708 --> 00:27:00,000 Well, these gray cans sometimes go haywire 664 00:27:00,083 --> 00:27:01,500 and when they do, 665 00:27:01,542 --> 00:27:04,458 they melt down with a spectacular display 666 00:27:04,542 --> 00:27:06,417 of sound and light, 667 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,542 and there's a loud 668 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:09,375 [Marc mimicking wires buzzing] buzzing, 669 00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:13,000 and that's the sound of a transformer melting down. 670 00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:14,292 But, the thing is, 671 00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:17,042 they may drop molten pieces down to the ground, 672 00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:19,875 but they don't actually travel through the air. 673 00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:22,167 - [Tony] Okay, so we clearly have something 674 00:27:22,250 --> 00:27:23,375 traveling through the air. 675 00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:25,042 Could it be a drone? 676 00:27:25,125 --> 00:27:26,333 - [Marc] The only kind of drone it could have been 677 00:27:26,375 --> 00:27:27,917 would be a racing drone. 678 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,542 Those kind of drones can take off at such high speeds, 679 00:27:31,667 --> 00:27:33,167 but they're small, 680 00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:36,708 and you'd have to put a very, very, very bright light on it. 681 00:27:36,833 --> 00:27:39,500 And let's say you did that, you sent it up into the air, 682 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:40,958 then what's the next step? 683 00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:43,958 You have that concussive shock to set off car alarm. 684 00:27:44,042 --> 00:27:46,042 Well, that would've meant the drone exploded like a bomb. 685 00:27:46,125 --> 00:27:47,375 [drone exploding] 686 00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:50,000 And so I was like, "No, that can't really be it." 687 00:27:50,083 --> 00:27:52,333 When you look at the speed that it takes off 688 00:27:52,417 --> 00:27:53,917 and the angle it takes off at, 689 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,750 I think it's a rocket of some kind. 690 00:27:56,833 --> 00:27:59,875 There goes the launch and the trees light up. 691 00:27:59,958 --> 00:28:02,333 - [Tony] D'Antonio points out two more important clues. 692 00:28:02,375 --> 00:28:04,083 - [Marc] There's a pause as it reaches terminal velocity, 693 00:28:04,083 --> 00:28:06,833 and then boom, bright flash. 694 00:28:06,917 --> 00:28:08,625 What do we know that does that? 695 00:28:08,708 --> 00:28:09,833 The speed is consistent 696 00:28:09,958 --> 00:28:12,000 with the launching of a fireworks shell. 697 00:28:12,042 --> 00:28:15,125 And the thing that kind of settled me on that 698 00:28:15,208 --> 00:28:17,000 was the fact that car alarms are off 699 00:28:17,083 --> 00:28:19,125 as soon as this thing exploded. 700 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:22,667 And those concussive shocks will set off car alarms. 701 00:28:23,917 --> 00:28:25,208 - [Tony] Does the specific date this happened 702 00:28:25,292 --> 00:28:27,917 explain fireworks? 703 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,375 - [Marc] It might have been somebody on September 11th 704 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:34,000 just expressing their patriotism toward America. 705 00:28:34,125 --> 00:28:35,875 It seems like that would be the day 706 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,167 that somebody would play around with some fireworks. 707 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:42,042 [patriotic music] 708 00:28:42,125 --> 00:28:46,667 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 709 00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:47,667 - [Tony] Our verdict. 710 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,375 We're going with fireworks. 711 00:28:49,458 --> 00:28:51,042 So, for now, it's safe to say 712 00:28:51,042 --> 00:28:53,250 that aliens aren't trying to hack our computers 713 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:54,833 and technology. 714 00:28:54,917 --> 00:28:57,833 But, you may want to invest in some earplugs. 715 00:29:01,875 --> 00:29:04,917 - [Tony] In 2022, a record 57 rocket launches 716 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,750 took place at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 717 00:29:06,833 --> 00:29:09,250 carrying everything from satellites to astronauts 718 00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:10,458 into space. 719 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:13,250 Every launch brings a crowd of local spectators, 720 00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,000 but we found a pair of eyewitnesses 721 00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:18,292 who think they may have captured launch spectators 722 00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:19,625 from another planet. 723 00:29:19,708 --> 00:29:20,500 [graphic whooshing] 724 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,375 January 31st, 2022. 725 00:29:22,458 --> 00:29:25,083 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket 726 00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:27,042 launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, 727 00:29:27,125 --> 00:29:30,375 carrying an Italian Earth observation satellite. 728 00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:31,958 200 miles south, 729 00:29:32,042 --> 00:29:34,667 a couple watches the launch from Fort Lauderdale. 730 00:29:34,792 --> 00:29:36,458 They're following the path of the Falcon 9 731 00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:37,958 with their cell phones, 732 00:29:37,958 --> 00:29:40,958 when they notice the rocket is not alone. 733 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:42,667 - [Witness 2] Yeah, you see those two things? 734 00:29:42,792 --> 00:29:44,500 - [Tony] Two bright white dots of light 735 00:29:44,625 --> 00:29:45,833 appear to be following the rocket 736 00:29:45,875 --> 00:29:47,417 as it zooms through the atmosphere. 737 00:29:47,542 --> 00:29:50,833 - [Witness 1] Doesn't it look like it's flying with it? 738 00:29:50,875 --> 00:29:53,208 - [Witness 2] Yeah, it's going weird, yeah. 739 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:55,125 - [Tony] Let's zoom in on these things. 740 00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:57,042 The lights appear to be orb-shaped, 741 00:29:57,125 --> 00:29:58,875 and whether they're part of one craft 742 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,792 or two separate craft, 743 00:30:00,875 --> 00:30:02,833 they appear to be tracking the rocket. 744 00:30:02,958 --> 00:30:04,500 - There's been a lot of speculation online 745 00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:06,500 that this is some sort of UFO 746 00:30:06,542 --> 00:30:11,000 that is monitoring or surveilling the Falcon 9 launch. 747 00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:12,833 - [Tony] But why would aliens be interested 748 00:30:12,917 --> 00:30:15,083 in monitoring one of our rocket launches? 749 00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:16,875 - [MJ] There's been some theories posted online 750 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,167 that perhaps they wanna keep tabs on our development. 751 00:30:20,250 --> 00:30:22,083 - [Tony] The idea that alien observers 752 00:30:22,167 --> 00:30:24,208 track human activity isn't new. 753 00:30:24,292 --> 00:30:27,250 Ufologists point to the surge of sightings in the 1940s 754 00:30:27,333 --> 00:30:30,083 that coincided with the birth of the atomic bomb. 755 00:30:30,167 --> 00:30:34,167 It's estimated the year 1947 saw at least 1,000 UFOs 756 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:36,208 over the United States alone. 757 00:30:36,333 --> 00:30:39,375 Now, with private companies like, SpaceX and Blue Origin, 758 00:30:39,375 --> 00:30:41,500 stepping up their launch schedules, 759 00:30:41,583 --> 00:30:43,917 could ETs be taking note? 760 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,750 - [MJ] Another incident was from 2021 761 00:30:45,875 --> 00:30:47,917 on the crewed mission to the ISS 762 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,458 that was launched by SpaceX, 763 00:30:49,542 --> 00:30:52,667 and people on online were pointing to pieces of footage, 764 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,833 where there was some sort of little object 765 00:30:54,917 --> 00:30:56,875 following the main capsule. 766 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,667 - [Tony] As part of the Falcon 9 rocket 767 00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:00,125 separated from the spacecraft, 768 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:02,792 a spherical object flew through the gap 769 00:31:02,875 --> 00:31:05,917 and a close call heard round the internet. 770 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,500 - [MJ] People were saying that these are indications 771 00:31:07,625 --> 00:31:09,042 of alien activity. 772 00:31:09,250 --> 00:31:13,083 So, it's a big subculture within the UFO community at large 773 00:31:13,167 --> 00:31:15,750 of people who kind of monitor live feeds 774 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:18,417 from rocket launches, and NASA missions, and whatnot, 775 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:20,292 and assert that this is evidence 776 00:31:20,375 --> 00:31:23,500 of some sort of alien research or surveillance. 777 00:31:23,583 --> 00:31:25,625 [pensive music] 778 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:29,375 - [Tony] So, is Earth just one of the exhibits on display 779 00:31:29,458 --> 00:31:32,833 in some alien civilization's galactic zoo? 780 00:31:32,958 --> 00:31:34,250 Well, scientists estimate 781 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:36,833 there could be about 100 billion other planets 782 00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:38,583 in our galaxy alone. 783 00:31:38,708 --> 00:31:39,833 So, it's reasonable to assume 784 00:31:39,958 --> 00:31:41,833 we aren't alone in the universe. 785 00:31:41,917 --> 00:31:44,750 But does this video prove we're being watched? 786 00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:46,333 Let's see what our experts have to say. 787 00:31:46,417 --> 00:31:51,250 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 788 00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:52,333 - [Lt. Tim] They're looking at a rocket 789 00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:54,083 as it leaves the Earth's atmosphere. 790 00:31:54,167 --> 00:31:57,000 You would expect to see what we're seeing there. 791 00:31:57,042 --> 00:31:58,542 However, you wouldn't expect 792 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:02,667 to see other bright objects appear in close proximity to it. 793 00:32:02,708 --> 00:32:05,583 I could certainly see why that would look like a UFO. 794 00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,625 - [Tony] But is it a UFO? 795 00:32:07,708 --> 00:32:10,875 - [Lt. Tim] I think even though certain aspects look very odd, 796 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,167 they're all manmade objects, 797 00:32:12,167 --> 00:32:13,208 and they're all associated 798 00:32:13,333 --> 00:32:15,750 with the Falcon 9 rocket launches. 799 00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:17,833 So, we're not looking at a UFO, 800 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:19,875 we're not looking at any alien technology 801 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,625 or anything like that. 802 00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:23,625 - [Tony] McMillan thinks these two lights 803 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:24,917 may be rocket boosters, 804 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,458 which separate from the rocket 805 00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:28,500 after their fuel has been depleted 806 00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:30,000 to minimize dead weight. 807 00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:31,625 - [Lt. Tim] That type of debris is gonna burn up 808 00:32:31,708 --> 00:32:33,000 as it's coming down, 809 00:32:33,042 --> 00:32:35,250 or you're just seeing the reflection off of it. 810 00:32:35,375 --> 00:32:38,375 So it may look brighter or larger than it really is. 811 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:40,167 - These objects that we see here, 812 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,458 they're not physical objects in the rocket stream. 813 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:46,375 It's actually an artifact of the rocket plume 814 00:32:46,458 --> 00:32:50,375 that's a low-pressure zone beneath that rocket exhaust, 815 00:32:50,458 --> 00:32:54,208 and it's gonna be subject to atmosphere changes. 816 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:56,208 Those effects are the creation 817 00:32:56,292 --> 00:32:59,125 of these little tiny shock waves right here 818 00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:00,292 in the atmosphere. 819 00:33:00,375 --> 00:33:01,833 - [Tony] D'Antonio shows us 820 00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:03,250 that you don't need a rocket launch 821 00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:05,667 to illustrate the same phenomenon in action. 822 00:33:05,708 --> 00:33:08,458 Natural turbulence can create the same effect. 823 00:33:08,542 --> 00:33:10,750 - [Marc] A tornado's a very violent place. 824 00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:13,125 And as that funnel is twisting, 825 00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:15,667 you see that little transient white thing that appeared? 826 00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:17,292 What was that? 827 00:33:17,375 --> 00:33:19,292 That was an atmospheric effect caused by the tornadoes. 828 00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:20,833 Keep in mind that a rocket launch 829 00:33:20,917 --> 00:33:22,667 is gonna produce similar effects. 830 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:26,250 Among them, these two little supersonic shock waves 831 00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:29,000 that we see there from the location. 832 00:33:29,042 --> 00:33:33,458 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 833 00:33:33,542 --> 00:33:34,125 - [Tony] Our verdict. 834 00:33:34,208 --> 00:33:36,333 Supersonic shockwaves. 835 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:39,417 D'Antonio's explanation of the atmospheric physics 836 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:40,875 seals the deal. 837 00:33:40,958 --> 00:33:44,750 More and more rockets are being sent into space every year, 838 00:33:44,875 --> 00:33:46,292 so it looks like for now, 839 00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:49,625 we don't have to worry about being on display for aliens. 840 00:33:49,708 --> 00:33:52,333 We just have to bone up on our rocket tech 841 00:33:52,458 --> 00:33:55,375 and learn to recognize these shock waves when we see them. 842 00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:00,667 - [Tony] In a previous episode, 843 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,625 we investigated instances of UFO sightings out of California 844 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:07,042 during an Independence Day fireworks celebration. 845 00:34:07,167 --> 00:34:10,167 Our experts were unable to explain some of them. 846 00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:12,000 And now, on the opposite side of the country, 847 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:15,250 we found a similar 4th of July phenomenon. 848 00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:18,458 Could this new evidence help us finally solve the mystery? 849 00:34:18,542 --> 00:34:19,875 [pensive music] 850 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,583 It's Independence Day, 2019. 851 00:34:22,667 --> 00:34:24,583 Desiree Leanne is sitting at home 852 00:34:24,667 --> 00:34:27,042 enjoying the holiday with her mother 853 00:34:27,042 --> 00:34:29,042 in Port Richey, Florida. 854 00:34:29,125 --> 00:34:30,667 - Everything was really normal, 855 00:34:30,792 --> 00:34:32,667 just random fireworks around my neighborhood. 856 00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:34,667 And then we saw the light that stood out, 857 00:34:34,750 --> 00:34:37,583 and it kind of hovered a strange pattern. 858 00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:40,167 - [Tony] Intrigued, Desiree heads to the backyard 859 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:41,500 for a better view, 860 00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:42,917 and captures this. 861 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,833 - [Desiree] I'm pretty sure that those are not fireworks. 862 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,625 - [Tony] Three bright lights in a triangular formation 863 00:34:48,708 --> 00:34:51,333 appear to be slowly moving in sync. 864 00:34:51,417 --> 00:34:53,333 Desiree doesn't know what she's seeing, 865 00:34:53,333 --> 00:34:55,208 but she does know what it isn't. 866 00:34:55,292 --> 00:34:56,583 - It wasn't a plane. 867 00:34:56,708 --> 00:34:59,000 If it was a helicopter, it would've made noise. 868 00:34:59,125 --> 00:35:01,000 But they moved, I feel, with intention, 869 00:35:01,125 --> 00:35:04,333 like it was doing something or going somewhere. 870 00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:07,500 - [Tony] Could that intention mean that we're being watched? 871 00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:09,917 Some believe that aliens have been gathering data 872 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,667 at observing humanity during times of cultural importance. 873 00:35:13,792 --> 00:35:16,208 In fact, historian and author Amy Teitel 874 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:17,500 says one of those times 875 00:35:17,583 --> 00:35:20,000 appears to be during Independence Day. 876 00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:22,000 - [Amy] The National UFO Reporting Center 877 00:35:22,083 --> 00:35:25,083 is more likely to receive a call on July 4th 878 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:27,750 than any other day of the year. 879 00:35:27,833 --> 00:35:31,333 - [Tony] And Teitel notes the phenomenon goes back decades. 880 00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:33,458 - [Amy] On July 4th, 1947, 881 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:37,417 United Airlines Flight 105 leaving Boise, Idaho. 882 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:40,625 Captain Emil Smith saw five disc-like objects, 883 00:35:40,708 --> 00:35:44,500 one larger than the other four, heading towards the plane. 884 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:47,917 Then, they changed their course and flew parallel to him. 885 00:35:48,042 --> 00:35:50,083 He said he flashed his landing lights 886 00:35:50,167 --> 00:35:51,583 at whatever he was seeing, 887 00:35:51,708 --> 00:35:55,708 and they responded intelligently by changing formation. 888 00:35:55,833 --> 00:35:57,417 [pensive music] 889 00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,125 - [Tony] The idea that aliens like watching us 890 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,667 for their own amusement or research 891 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:05,667 is sometimes called galactic zoo theory, 892 00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:08,500 similar to the interests today's anthropologists have 893 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:10,542 in Neanderthals. 894 00:36:10,542 --> 00:36:13,667 But before we go too far down those rabbit holes, 895 00:36:13,750 --> 00:36:16,167 let's see what our experts say about this footage. 896 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:19,500 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 897 00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,542 On an average clear night away from a city, 898 00:36:21,625 --> 00:36:25,083 a person can see between 2,000 and 3,000 stars. 899 00:36:25,167 --> 00:36:28,417 So, are these just lights we see in the sky all the time? 900 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:32,667 - [Lt. Tim] Albeit subtle, we can see movement from them. 901 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:36,167 But stars appear to move with the Earth's orbit. 902 00:36:36,250 --> 00:36:38,875 They don't move as fast as what we see here, 903 00:36:38,958 --> 00:36:40,167 so definitely not stars. 904 00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:41,500 [graphic whooshing] 905 00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:43,125 - [Tony] What about Starlink satellites? 906 00:36:43,250 --> 00:36:44,375 [graphic whooshing] 907 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,542 Starlink was established by Elon Musk 908 00:36:46,625 --> 00:36:49,667 as a network of satellites that can provide internet access 909 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,250 anywhere on the Earth. 910 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:54,333 The plan is to ultimately have up to 42,000 of them 911 00:36:54,375 --> 00:36:55,875 circling the globe. 912 00:36:55,958 --> 00:36:57,667 Is that what we're seeing? 913 00:36:57,708 --> 00:36:59,375 - [Lt. Tim] Starlink appears in the night sky 914 00:36:59,458 --> 00:37:01,167 like a stream of lights, 915 00:37:01,208 --> 00:37:03,708 almost like pearls in a long row 916 00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:05,417 moving across the night sky. 917 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:09,667 You don't see that here at all, these objects. 918 00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:11,917 Their movement is very subtle and slow 919 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,875 and not consistent with what we see as satellite. 920 00:37:14,958 --> 00:37:17,750 - [Tony] So, are we looking at genuine UFOs? 921 00:37:17,833 --> 00:37:19,875 - If there were strong evidence that indicated 922 00:37:19,958 --> 00:37:22,750 that this was flying in some sort of an intelligent fashion, 923 00:37:22,833 --> 00:37:25,667 I can maybe accept the fact that it is an unknown, 924 00:37:25,708 --> 00:37:30,000 but I don't see it being into the world 925 00:37:30,167 --> 00:37:32,333 of being an alien spacecraft. 926 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:35,292 You've got lack of significant movement 927 00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:37,000 for a period of time. 928 00:37:37,083 --> 00:37:40,125 You don't have anything instantaneous acceleration. 929 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:43,083 - [Tony] Instead, McMillan believes what we're seeing 930 00:37:43,167 --> 00:37:44,792 is impressive technology, 931 00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:46,833 just not the alien kind. 932 00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:48,458 - [Lt. Marc] A couple of things that lead me to believe 933 00:37:48,542 --> 00:37:51,208 we're possibly looking at drones here. 934 00:37:51,292 --> 00:37:54,833 One is the height in terms of altitude. 935 00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:56,792 We can see the horizon there. 936 00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:58,750 We can see from the other houses. 937 00:37:58,875 --> 00:38:02,208 These objects are relatively low to the ground 938 00:38:02,292 --> 00:38:04,292 or within the ceiling cap 939 00:38:04,375 --> 00:38:06,625 that commercial drones are allowed to operate on. 940 00:38:06,708 --> 00:38:10,167 - [Tony] But why would drones fly in triangle formation? 941 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:11,500 - [Lt. Tim] Looking at this from a distance, 942 00:38:11,542 --> 00:38:12,875 you can make out shapes 943 00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:15,208 'cause our brains want to detect those patterns. 944 00:38:15,333 --> 00:38:17,250 But in reality, we don't have an idea 945 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:21,292 of how far away the objects are from each other. 946 00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:22,625 - [Tony] McMillan adds 947 00:38:22,708 --> 00:38:25,417 that drones filming 4th of July fireworks 948 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:27,792 is not only a common event, 949 00:38:27,875 --> 00:38:30,375 it's been done before over Port Richey, 950 00:38:30,458 --> 00:38:34,208 like this celebration in 2016. 951 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:35,583 - [Lt. Tim] It's just very common nowadays 952 00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:37,958 for people to film fireworks from the drones 953 00:38:38,042 --> 00:38:41,500 and get a cool perspective that we hadn't seen before. 954 00:38:41,583 --> 00:38:46,042 [pensive music] [graphic beeping] 955 00:38:46,125 --> 00:38:47,250 - [Tony] Our verdict. 956 00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:48,625 Drones. 957 00:38:48,708 --> 00:38:51,167 So it looks like the aliens aren't studying us 958 00:38:51,292 --> 00:38:53,500 as we celebrate our independence, 959 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:55,583 at least not in this case. 960 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:59,250 But maybe at the next Super Bowl, someone should look up. 961 00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:00,792 [graphic whooshing] 962 00:39:00,875 --> 00:39:04,375 Our skies could hold mysteries beyond our imagination. 963 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:06,667 The truth, it's out there, 964 00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:10,500 hovering just above us, waiting to be discovered. 965 00:39:10,542 --> 00:39:12,542 Thank you for watching this special episode 966 00:39:12,625 --> 00:39:13,708 of "The Proof Is Out There." 967 00:39:13,833 --> 00:39:16,000 Please send us any videos, images, 968 00:39:16,083 --> 00:39:18,542 sound that you think we should investigate. 969 00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:21,167 And remember to keep those cameras rolling. 970 00:39:21,208 --> 00:39:26,333 [compelling music] [graphic whooshing]