WHAT IF I TOLD YOU OUR GOVERNMENT IS HIDING
DEFINITIVE PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE? A RECENT POLL REPORTS
40 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE SEEN OR KNOW SOMEONE
WHO'S SEEN A UFO. BUT MILITARY LEADERS
AND POLITICIANS CONTINUE TO DENY THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS. FINALLY, GOVERNMENT INSIDERS
ARE BREAKING THEIR SILENCE AND GIVING US THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHY THEY'RE COVERING IT UP. OF ALL THE THINGS
YOU'VE E-MAILED ME ABOUT, HERE'S ONE OF
THE MOST REQUESTED. IT IS TIME TO DECODE WHAT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS
ABOUT ALIEN LIFE. I'M BRAD MELTZER. I'VE SPENT MY LIFE
COLLECTING STORIES -- SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND CODES
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. SOME HAVE BECOME THE BASIS
FOR MY NOVELS, BUT I'VE ONLY SCRATCHED
THE SURFACE. AND NOW HISTORY
HAS GIVEN ME THE RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE THE REST. THIS IS "DECODED." [ RINGING ] HI, BRAD. HEY, BRAD. You knew this was coming. Who's ready to have a close
encounter of the third kind? NO WAY. AS IN ALIENS? MELTZER:
Okay, I can hear you guys
rolling your eyes from here. [ LAUGHS ] IT'S MOSTLY ME. Well, let me tell you. There are a lot of
very reputable, very intelligent people who
would disagree with you guys. REALLY? LIKE WHO? President Ronald Reagan. SERIOUSLY? YES? President Jimmy Carter. WHAT? Prime Minister
Mikhail Gorbachev. THESE ARE HEADS OF STATE AND
THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD EVIDENCE. THAT'S WEIRD. I'm telling you, people really
believe in this stuff. And the first place
I think you should check out is the site of the most famous
American UFO incident -- Roswell, New Mexico. OKAY. YOU MAY THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS
ALL BEFORE, BUT THERE'S MORE. HERE'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO. IN JULY OF 1947,
A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE SAYING
THEY RECOVERED A FLYING DISC. THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE MILITARY RETRACTED
THAT STATEMENT AND SAID IT WAS A RADAR TRACKING
BALLOON, NOT A FLYING SAUCER. BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
IS THAT IN JUNE OF 1947, A PILOT NAMED KENNETH ARNOLD
FLYING IN WASHINGTON STATE REPORTED SEEING
SOMETHING EERILY SIMILAR. HE DESCRIBED GLOWING OBJECTS
IN A "V" FORMATION AT A SPEED
OF 1,700 MILES PER HOUR AND SAID THEY FLEW LIKE A SAUCER
IF YOU SKIP IT ACROSS THE WATER. ARNOLD WAS THE FIRST PERSON
TO REPORT A FLYING SAUCER, AND HE DID IT JUST TWO WEEKS
BEFORE ROSWELL. Shuster:
MY DAD WAS WALTER HAUT. HE WAS A LIEUTENANT
AT THE LOCAL BASE HERE, ROSWELL ARMY AIRFIELD. HE WAS A BOMBARDIER NAVIGATOR
WITH FLIGHT STATUS. HE ALSO WAS A PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER FOR THE BASE. AND ON JULY 8, 1947, COLONEL BLANCHARD CALLED HIM IN
THAT MORNING AND SAID, "YOU NEED TO ISSUE
A PRESS RELEASE. WE FOUND A FLYING SAUCER." AND SO,
HE ISSUED THE PRESS RELEASE. BASICALLY, "WE HAVE IN OUR
POSSESSION A FLYING SAUCER. IT'S BEING FLOWN TO
HIGHER HEADQUARTERS." AND THERE WAS A CONTRADICTORY
STORY THE NEXT DAY FROM GENERAL RAMEY
SAYING BASICALLY, "IT'S A WEATHER BALLOON. PEOPLE HERE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT." AND ONCE THEY SAID,
"IT'S A WEATHER BALLOON," IT'S CLASSIFIED, DONE. HERE'S THE KEY QUESTION, RIGHT? MAYBE IT WAS
JUST A WEATHER BALLOON. SO, TO FIGURE IT OUT, WE NEED TO ASK,
"WHAT DID HAUT ACTUALLY SEE? DID IT LOOK LIKE
A WEATHER BALLOON?" HERE'S THE FACT
YOU NEED TO KNOW -- AT THE TIME
OF THE ROSWELL SIGHTING, WEATHER BALLOONS WERE MADE
FROM A FLEXIBLE, LIGHTWEIGHT, NEOPRENE RUBBER, WEIGHING IN AT LESS THAN
ONE POUND. TETHERED TO THE TRAIN WOULD BE
A SHORT, NYLON KITE TAIL FEATURING A DATA TRANSMITTER. BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS COMPLICATED
AS THESE DEVICES GOT. HAUT DESCRIBED SOMETHING
OTHERWORLDLY AND INDESTRUCTIBLE. SO, COULD AN ACCOMPLISHED
MILITARY MAN, AN AVIATOR, REALLY CONFUSE AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPACECRAFT WITH A ONE-POUND
WEATHER BALLOON? DID YOU EVER HAVE
A HEART-TO-HEART WITH YOUR FATHER AND SAY, "OKAY, DAD,
WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU SEE?" OR,
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" HE HANDLED THE DEBRIS. OH. I DID ASK HIM AT ONE POINT FOR SOME DETAILS
ABOUT THE SAUCER. ABOUT 22 FEET IN DIAMETER. HE DID MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT,
"WE COULDN'T BURN IT. WE COULDN'T TEAR IT.
WE COULDN'T CUT IT." WHICH TOLD ME THAT
IT WAS NOT OF THIS EARTH. DID YOUR FATHER SEE
THE BODIES? MY FATHER SAW SOMETHING
UNDER A TARP AT THE HANGER. OKAY. NOW, HE DID DESCRIBE LARGE,
BLACK EYES, SLITS FOR NOSE,
A LITTLE SLIT FOR MOUTH, SLITS FOR EARS,
LONG EXTENDED FOREFINGERS, LONGER ARMS,
WHICH TO ME IS PRETTY DETAILED FOR SOMEBODY
THAT DIDN'T SEE SOMETHING. DO YOU THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT
IS COVERING SOMETHING UP? MY OPINION, AND GENERAL OPINION OF PROBABLY
ABOUT 75% OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THE MUSEUM -- YES, THE GOVERNMENT
IS COVERING SOMETHING UP. I BELIEVE
THAT WE WERE VISITED. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS MORE OUT THERE. Balthaser:
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHO WAS STATIONED HERE. IT WAS THE 509th BOMB WING WHO DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMBS
ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI TO END THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THESE WERE NOT TYPICAL G.I.s.
THESE WERE THE BEST WE HAD. THE BEST PILOTS,
THE BEST NAVIGATORS. AND TO SAY THAT THEY COULD HANDLE
AND DELIVER THE ATOMIC BOMB, BUT TOO DUMB TO KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WEATHER BALLOON
AND A FLYING SAUCER IS NOT SOMETHING
I CAN BUY INTO. THE BUILDING BEHIND US
IS HANGAR 84 IN 1947. THE DEBRIS THAT WAS
BROUGHT FROM THE RANCH 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF HERE WAS BROUGHT TO THE HANGAR
AND STORED HERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE ALSO HAVE WITNESSES
WHO CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN BODIES INSIDE THE HANGAR. McKinley:
A BODY FROM THE CRASH? MOST OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I'VE TALKED TO NOW SAY THEY WERE WHAT WE WOULD
REFER TO AS HUMANOID. WALTER HAUT TOLD ME
THAT HE SAW A BODY LAYING ON THE FLOOR
PARTIALLY COVERED WITH A TARP THAT HE DESCRIBED AS ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD. THEY HAVE THE FEATURES
OF A HUMAN BODY, EXCEPT THEY HAVE
THE LARGER EYES, A BIGGER HEAD. THERE'S BEEN DESCRIPTIONS
OF FOUR FINGERS INSTEAD OF FIVE. VERY THIN. NOT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY
HAS EVER SEEN. WHAT IS YOUR BELIEF
ABOUT THIS HUMANOID? BASED ON THE INFORMATION
I'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST 15,
20 YEARS FROM WITNESSES, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT
IT WAS NOT ANYTHING OF EARTH. IT'S EASY TO THINK
THESE REPORTS ARE INFLUENCED BY POPULAR IMAGES AND MOVIES
OF THE TIME 'CAUSE THE BIG EYES
AND THE OVAL HEAD AND THE GRAY SKIN SOUND LIKE
EVERY ALIEN YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN ANY BAD
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, RIGHT? EXCEPT THAT MOST OF THOSE MOVIES
CAME OUT AFTER THE REPORTED
ALIEN SIGHTINGS. AND MANY OF THE MOVIES CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN BASED ON
DEPICTIONS OF PEOPLE'S REPORTS. SO, WHICH CAME FIRST -- THE CHICKEN, OR THE LITTLE,
GREEN EGG? WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
THE DEBRIS THAT THEY FOUND? THE DEBRIS, AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
WAS SHIPPED TO DAYTON, OHIO, TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE. AND TODAY, IT'S PROBABLY AT AREA 51
BECAUSE OF BETTER SECURITY. SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE IS
STILL DEBRIS, POTENTIALLY, AT AREA 51 FROM THIS CRAFT
THAT LANDED NEAR HERE. MOST DEFINITELY. Rolle: HOW HARD IS IT
TO GET INTO AREA 51? YOU HAVE NO CHANCE.
I WENT THERE IN 2006. THERE'S A 13-MILE-LONG DIRT ROAD
THAT GOES DOWN, AND THERE IS NO FENCE. YOU HAVE A GATE,
YOU'VE GOT SIGNS. ONE OF THE SIGNS SAYS, "USE OF DEADLY FORCE
IS AUTHORIZED," AND I BELIEVE THEY MEAN IT. IT'S PATROLLED BY F-16s
AND HELICOPTERS. THEY HAVE SPHERES ON TOP
OF POLES EVERY SO OFTEN FOR THE PILOTS TO KNOW
WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS, AND THEN THERE'S A CAMERA
MOUNTED ON A 30-FOOT POLE. YOU'RE JUST MAKING ME
WANT TO GO THERE SO BAD. OH, YOU DO. IS THERE ANYWHERE TO HIDE
OUT THERE? NO. NO.
AND THEY KNOW YOU'RE COMING. THAT 13-MILE ROAD, BY THE TIME
I GOT TO THE ENTRANCE, THEY PROBABLY KNEW
MY LICENSE NUMBER, THEY KNEW WHERE I WAS FROM. IF YOU GO IN THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
POSSIBLE IMPRISONMENT, AND THEY'RE GONNA KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE AT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. McKinley: I THINK SOMETHING
WAS COVERED UP, BUT WHAT I CAN'T GET TO IS
WHERE IS THE FIRST POINT WHERE THE COVERING BEGINS? MM-HMM. WELL, LET'S START WITH
THE FIRST PRESS RELEASE. I MEAN, WE'VE LEARNED
FROM JULIE SHUSTER THAT HER FATHER, YOU KNOW,
CREATED THIS PRESS RELEASE. AND THEN BEFORE
THAT DAY ENDED, THERE WAS A RETRACTION
AND A RE-DO. I'M WITH YOU.
SOMETHING HAPPENED. I'M JUST NOT SURE
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. A WEIRD FLYING OBJECT. MM-HMM. INFORMATION GETS RELEASED
THEY DON'T WANT RELEASED. THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, WE GOT TO
REIGN THIS THING IN." BUT THIS IS
A SIX-DECADE-LONG COVER-UP. THEN YOU START
GETTING INTO WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON
AT AREA 51. I MEAN, THESE ARE MASSIVE
STRETCHES OF LAND. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON
ONE THING, RIGHT? SOMETHING CRASHED IN ROSWELL
IN 1947, AND IT WASN'T
A WEATHER BALLOON. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK
WE CAN ALSO AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO
AREA 51. OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S ALLEGED
COVER-UP OF ALIEN LIFE POINTS US RIGHT TO
ONLY ONE PLACE -- AREA 51. ALTHOUGH IT WAS FIRST USED AS
A MILITARY AIRFIELD IN THE '40s, AND IT'S BEEN HOME TO
CIA SPY CRAFT AND NUCLEAR TESTING
SINCE THE '50s, THE GOVERNMENT DENIED
THAT AREA 51 OFFICIALLY EXISTED UNTIL JULY 14, 2003. BUT BEFORE BUDDY, McKINLEY,
AND SCOTT ATTEMPT TO ACCESS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY SECRETIVE
AND CLASSIFIED LOCATIONS ON U.S. SOIL, WE FOUND SOME PEOPLE
WHO ACTUALLY WORK THERE. AND RIGHT NOW
THEY'RE WILLING TO TALK TO US. I WAS TOLD THAT
WHAT I WAS GONNA BE GUARDING WAS MORE CLASSIFIED
THAN THE ATOMIC BOMB. CAN I ASK YOU WHAT IT IS
YOU WERE GUARDING? WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS
A WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE PLANE. SO, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD
A SECURITY CLEARANCE, YOU WERE STILL
BASICALLY LIED TO ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IT WAS
YOU WERE GUARDING. OF COURSE. AND THAT'S THE WAY
IT HAD TO BE. THIS IS THE GUY
YOU WANT IN YOUR CORNER. I LOVE THIS MAN. HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST
PEOPLE EMPLOYED AT AREA 51. HE WAS GIVEN A DIRECTIVE
TO KEEP QUIET ON HIS FIRST DAY IN 1957, AND THAT DIRECTIVE
WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY LIFTED. SO, AS MUCH AS I WANT HIM TO
TELL US ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, HE IS STILL HONORING HIS ORDERS. YOU'VE GOT TO RESPECT HIM
FOR THAT. BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK HIM
WHAT HE SAW IN AREA 51? WHAT ARE YOU, HIGH? WERE YOU GIVEN ACCESS TO
THE ENTIRE AREA? I MEAN, COULD YOU GO
ANYWHERE YOU WANTED? NO. THERE WAS ONE BUILDING,
A HANGAR, THAT WAS LIMITED TO
ALMOST EVERYBODY. THERE WAS ONLY MAYBE
A HALF-DOZEN PEOPLE THAT COULD GO IN THERE. AND YOU NEVER SAW
WHAT WAS IN THERE? YES. YOU DID? YES. ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY
NOW WHAT WAS IN THERE? NO.
[ CHUCKLES ] WOW. BUT EVERYBODY
MAKES AN ERROR. AND IT WAS ON A WEEKEND. AND I WAS WALKING,
CHECKING ALL THE DOORS, MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING WAS SECURE, AND I COME UP TO THIS HANGAR
THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GO IN. AND I CRACKED THE DOOR,
AND IT'S OPEN. SO, YOU SAW SOMETHING THAT
YOU CAN'T DISCUSS WITH ME. AND ALL THESE YEARS LATER
YOU STILL CAN'T DISCUSS THAT? I'VE NEVER TOLD ANYBODY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLASSIFIED ALL KINDS OF
TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS ON SUBJECTS RANGING FROM
WATERGATE TO GUANTáNAMO BAY, FROM THE BAY OF PIGS
TO THE VIETNAM WAR AND EVEN THE ATTACKS
ON SEPTEMBER 11th. ALL OF THOSE
ARE HUGELY SENSITIVE TOPICS THAT THE GOVERNMENT
WOULD LOVE TO CONTROL. BUT THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND RELEASED THE INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC. WHY, THEN, IS AREA 51
THE ONE TOPIC SO SENSITIVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES
TO GIVE UP EVEN A SINGLE DETAIL? I HAVE TO ASK
THE OBVIOUS QUESTION. YOU WORKED THERE FOR
A NUMBER OF YEARS IN AREA 51. DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ABOUT
ANY EXTRATERRESTRIAL AIRCRAFT OR BEINGS
BEING ON THAT PROPERTY? NO. AT NO TIME? NO. WOULD YOU TELL ME
IF YOU DID? NO. NOW,
WITH THE OTHER PERSONNEL, I MEAN, WERE THINGS PRETTY TIGHT
ONCE YOU WERE THERE? I MEAN, WAS EVERYBODY
THAT WORKED THERE AS TIGHT-LIPPED AS YOU? WELL,
I DON'T LIKE TO GET IN, BUT YOU'RE GETTING INTO
AN AREA THAT IS VERY, VERY SENSITIVE WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY. MM-HMM. SO, IT'S POSSIBLE
AFTER I HAD GONE, THE PROGRAM THAT BOB LAZAR
WAS ASSIGNED WITH WOULD HAVE BEEN, I BELIEVE,
BETTER OFF HAD THEY KEPT IT AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE. AND A LOT LESS PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT TODAY. BOB LAZAR IS A FASCINATING
AND CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTER. AND TO BE CLEAR,
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH HIM, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE
FACT FROM FICTION. LAZAR CLAIMS TO BE AN M.I.T.
AND CALTECH-EDUCATED PHYSICIST. HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE CREATED
A JET ENGINE CAR THAT COULD GO
OVER 200 MILES AN HOUR. BUT HIS INFAMOUS CLAIM IS THAT HE WORKED IN SECTOR 4
OF AREA 51 -- DIRECTLY WITH ALIEN SPACECRAFT
AND TECHNOLOGY. OF COURSE, THIS IS DENIED
BY THE GOVERNMENT. AND THE SCHOOLS HE SWEARS TO
HAVE DEGREES FROM, CALTECH AND M.I.T., THEY HAVE NO RECORD
OF HIM ATTENDING. IN HIS DEFENSE,
LAZAR SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DISPOSED OF
ALL HIS RECORDS AFTER HE TOLD THE MEDIA
IN SPECIFIC DETAIL ABOUT THE NINE FLYING DISC
FLIGHTS AT AREA 51. AND HERE'S WHERE IT GETS
EVEN MORE INTERESTING. LAZAR DIDN'T JUST CLAIM TO
SEE ALIEN SAUCERS. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN ALIENS. Rolle: WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING INTO AREA 51, AND THIS NAME BOB LAZAR
KEEPS COMING UP. AND WE UNDERSTAND
YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH HIM. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I MET BOB IN 1988,
THE SUMMER OF 1988. HE TOOK US OUT TO SEE
ONE OF THE FLYING SAUCERS FLY. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
MADE A LITTLE CHART HERE. RIGHT IN THAT LITTLE SPOT THERE WAS WHERE WE PARKED
THE MOTOR HOME. Levy:
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. YOU TOOK A MOTOR HOME TO GO
WATCH A FLYING SAUCER? RIGHT. McKinley:
WITH BOB LAZAR? WITH BOB. Rolle: WOW. I SET UP MY TELESCOPE --
MY CELESTRON TELESCOPE. WE WERE APPROXIMATELY
IN THIS POSITION AND WE LOOKED OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND SAW THIS SAUCER COME UP. IT WENT TO THE LEFT
AND THE RIGHT. AND THIS HAPPENS? EVERY DAY. JOHN LEAR IS A HUMBLE
AND UNASSUMING GUY, SO LET ME DO
A LITTLE BRAGGING FOR HIM. HE'S QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF
THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED PILOTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. HE'S FLOWN
150 TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. HE IS THE ONLY PILOT EVER
TO EARN EVERY AIRMAN CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE F.A.A. HE HELD 18 WORLD SPEED RECORDS, AND HE FLEW MISSIONS
FOR THE CIA. BY THE WAY, HIS DAD BILL LEAR -- HE INVENTED SOMETHING CALLED
THE LEAR JET. SO, WHEN IT COMES TO AIR TRAVEL,
THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE ON EARTH WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE
OR EXPERIENCE THAN JOHN LEAR. LET'S SAY FOR A MINUTE
THAT THERE ARE FLYING SAUCERS AND THERE ARE ALIENS
UP THERE IN AREA 51. WHAT ARE THEY DOING
WITH THEM? THE ALIENS GIVE US TECHNOLOGY,
AND WE USE THAT TECHNOLOGY. ARE WE REVERSE ENGINEERING
THEIR CRAFT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE THEM? THAT'S RIGHT.
WE TRY TO REVERSE ENGINEER IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MILLIONS
OF YEARS AHEAD OF US. SO, DO YOU THINK
YOUR DAD'S COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN
SOME OF THE REVERSE ENGINEERING FROM THE ALIEN CRAFT? ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST COMPANY HE HAD
WAS MOTOROLA, AND THEN MY DAD FORMED
HIS OWN COMPANY. IT BECAME
LEAR INCORPORATED. HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN
ALL OF THIS THAT WAS GOING ON AND WENT ON TO
DIFFERENT PROJECTS. OKAY. TIME OUT. IF WHAT JOHN LEAR SAYS IS TRUE,
THEN WE HAVE AN ANSWER. WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT
WANT TO DENY THAT ALIENS EXIST OR THAT WE'VE HAD CONTACT? ONE REASON -- BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF
IS ACTUALLY BORROWING FROM ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. AND BEFORE YOU ROLL YOUR EYES, THINK FOR A SECOND
OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. WE'RE IN A QUICKLY ESCALATING
COLD WAR, ONE THAT'S BEING FOUGHT
WITH ESPIONAGE, SCIENCE, AND FUTURISTIC WEAPONS. AT A TIME LIKE THAT, YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT WE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO MAINTAIN A TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE
OVER OUR ENEMIES? AND HERE'S
WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE. IN JULY 1947, SOMETHING LANDS
IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, AND IS QUICKLY WHISKED AWAY
BY THE MILITARY. JUST THREE MONTHS LATER,
CHUCK YEAGER ACHIEVED SOMETHING THAT SCIENTISTS PREVIOUSLY
BELIEVED IMPOSSIBLE -- HE BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER. THAT'S ABOUT 771 MILES AN HOUR. NOW JOHN LEAR IS CLAIMING THAT HIS DAD HAD CONTACT
WITH ALIENS AND CREATED HIS FIRST
MOBILE PHONE IN THE 1940s. THIS WAS BEFORE
COLOR TELEVISION, WHEELS ON SUITCASES, AND IN AN AGE WHEN DOCTORS STILL
BELIEVED THAT CIGARETTES WERE GOOD FOR YOU. BY 1969, MOTOROLA MADE
A GIANT LEAP FORWARD, AS IN "ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND." NEIL ARMSTRONG PHONED HOME
USING A MOTOROLA, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO WORK
IN SPACE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? JOHN, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THAT HAVE THE SECURITY
CLEARANCE UP THERE HAVE TAKEN IT
VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THEY WILL NOT TELL US
THINGS THEY'VE SEEN. WHY DID BOB LAZAR BREACH THAT,
SO TO SPEAK? BECAUSE HE FELT THAT
THE PUBLIC NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON -- HOW THERE COULD
BE SOMETHING SO BIG THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US
BEING KEPT SECRET. READY FOR ONE MORE
FASCINATING FOOTNOTE? YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
BOB LAZAR AFTER HIS SO-CALLED ENCOUNTERS
WITH ALIENS? HE STARTED A COMPANY CALLED
UNITED NUCLEAR. THEY'RE AN AMATEUR
SCIENTIFIC SUPPLY COMPANY THAT SELLS ITEMS
SUCH AS RADIOACTIVE ORE, SUPER-MAGNETS, AND AEROGEL -- THE LIGHTEST AND LOWEST-DENSITY
SOLID EVER KNOWN TO MAN. THIS STUFF IS SO LIGHT IT'S ONLY THREE TIMES HEAVIER
THAN AIR, BUT IT CAN SUPPORT
1,000 TIMES ITS WEIGHT, AND ITS MELTING POINT
IS 2,200 DEGREES. I KNOW IT SOUNDS WACKY,
BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, THE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE HAD
CONTACT WITH ALIENS ALSO SEEM TO KEEP SUDDENLY
COMING UP WITH MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGIES
THAT THE EARTH HAS NEVER SEEN. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY
KEEP THIS SECRET FOR SO LONG? THEY'RE VERY GOOD
AT KEEPING A SECRET. THEY'THEY'VE GOT ITT,
YOU KNSO WELL COVERED UP THAT UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO
RELEASE ANYTHING, NOTHING'S GONNA COME OUT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SO FAR, OUR INVESTIGATION
INTO WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A U.S. GOVERNMENT COVER-UP
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE HAS TURNED UP
SOME INCREDIBLE STORIES OF PEOPLE SEEING ALIEN
SPACECRAFT AND ALIEN BODIES. OFFICIALLY, ALL THE GOVERNMENT
WILL SAY ABOUT AREA 51 IS THAT IT'S
AN OPERATING LOCATION NEAR GROOM LAKE, NEVADA. BUT WE'VE CONFIRMED IT'S A TEST SITE
FOR EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONRY THAT'S USED BY
THE AIR FORCE AND THE CIA. SOME SAY IT'S ALSO A STOREHOUSE
FOR RECOVERED UFOs AND THE ALIENS THAT DIED
WHEN THEY CRASHED ON EARTH. OTHERS SAY THE ALIENS
DIDN'T DIE. IMAGES OF AREA 51 NEVER APPEAR
IN U.S. GOVERNMENT MAPS, AVIATION, OR NAVIGATION CHARTS, BUT THERE'S RUMORED TO BE
A SECRET AIRLINE JUST FOR TRANSPORTING
AREA 51 EMPLOYEES. THE AIRPORT ALLEGEDLY LIES
ON AN UNMARKED AIRFIELD COMPLETELY HIDDEN FROM VIEW,
UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. McKinley: WE THINK
THAT THESE ARE THE PLANES THAT TAKE PEOPLE
TO AREA 51. THESE AIRLINERS? Levy: EXACTLY. IT'S CALLED JANET AIRLINES,
WHICH IS PRETTY AMUSING. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES. JANET AIRLINES
ACTUALLY HAS SIX 737s CARRYING APPROXIMATELY
190 PASSENGERS EACH AND FIVE SMALLER JETS. THAT'S A FLEET CAPABLE
OF TRANSPORTING 1,200 PEOPLE A DAY
TO A PLACE THAT DOES NOT EXIST. NO ONE KNOWS
WHY THE NAME JANET WAS CHOSEN, BUT SOME SAY IT STANDS FOR "JOINT AIR NETWORK
FOR EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION," WHILE OTHERS CLAIM, "JUST ANOTHER
NON-EXISTENT TERMINAL." I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET ON ONE OF THESE
JANET AIRPLANES. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE. I'LL GO. OKAY. Rolle: HEY, BRAD. MELTZER: It sounds noisy
where you guys are. WELL, WE'RE AT AN AIRFIELD,
ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PLANES
THAT BRING PEOPLE TO AREA 51, THE AREA THAT DOESN'T
OFFICIALLY EXIST. We need to book you guys
three tickets. YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, SO WE'RE THINKING OF
JUST DRIVING TO AREA 51. WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THAT IDEA? I love it. That's what we're here
to do. WE HOPE WE DON'T
END UP SAYING, "IT SEEMED LIKE
A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME." MELTZER: Do be careful,
'cause remember this is a place
that doesn't exist. So, if anything's gonna
happen to you, it'll be like
it never happened. WELL, LET'S AT LEAST MEMORIZE
PHONE NUMBERS. THE LAST TIME
WE WERE IN JAIL, WE COULDN'T REMEMBER
ANYONE'S PHONE NUMBER. SO, WE'LL HAVE
YOUR PHONE NUMBER, YOU'LL HAVE BAIL MONEY,
AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING THERE. If anything happens to you,
I'm just hoping it's a problem that can be solved
with bail money. OKAY, HE'S MESSING
WITH US AGAIN. McKinley: NOT REALLY. I HOPE SO. Meltzer:
TO GET TO AREA 51, YOU TRAVEL A ROAD
OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS ROUTE 375, BUT KNOWN TO EVERYONE ELSE
AS THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL HIGHWAY. AREA 51 SHARES A BORDER
WITH THE YUCCA FLAT REGION OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE, WHERE MORE THAN 700
NUCLEAR TESTS OCCURRED. AND IF YOU DIDN'T THINK
THE NEIGHBORS COULD GET WORSE, YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE
REPOSITORY IS 44 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST. AT THE CENTER OF AREA 51
IS GROOM LAKE, A SALT FLAT ABOUT 3 MILES
IN DIAMETER. ON ITS SOUTH SIDE IS
A SERIES OF LANDING STRIPS, A DORMITORY, A FIRE HOUSE, AND EVEN BASEBALL FIELDS
AND TENNIS COURTS. AREA 51 HAS MORE HANGARS
THAN A TYPICAL MILITARY BASE, PRESUMABLY TO PROVIDE MORE COVER
AND SECRECY FROM THE AIR. [ SIREN WAILING ] Levy: OH. OKAY. LOOK AT THAT. Rolle: THE COPS
ARE PULLING US OVER. McKinley:
THEY'RE NOT AFTER US. OKAY, THAT'S LIKE
MULTIPLE COP CARS. THEIR LIGHTS ARE ON. DO YOU THINK THAT'S COMING
FROM AREA 51? WE WERE JUST A FEW MILES
OUTSIDE OF AREA 51, AND WE SAW A HUGE LINE OF
POLICE CARS SPEEDING TOWARDS US. LIGHTS WERE FLASHING,
SIRENS WERE BLARING. WE PULLED OVER, AND NONE OF US
COULD BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW NEXT. [ WAILING CONTINUES ] OKAY, THERE'S A GIANT
WHITE THING COMING THIS WAY. Rolle:
LOOK AT THAT THING. IS IT --
IT'S A WIDE LOAD. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS BEYOND A WIDE LOAD. IT'S TAKING THE WHOLE -- HERE IT COMES. RIGHT THERE.
CHECK IT OUT. [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] NO, THAT THING WAS MASSIVE! OH, MY GOD. McKINLEY, FROM
AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, I MEAN, WHAT IN THE WORLD
COULD BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD
THAT BIG WAY OUT HERE? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE GUIDED IN TURBINES AND GENERATORS
FOR POWER PLANTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
SMALLER THAN THAT. HOW ABOUT
THAT MANY COPS? OH, NO, NO, NO.
NEVER. NEVER. YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING --
TO COVER SOMETHING, YOU WOULD EITHER WANT TO KEEP IT
VEILED SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT OR PROTECT IT. SO, THE QUESTION IS, "WHAT WAS
IT AND WHERE IS IT GOING?" WELL, WE KNOW
WHERE IT CAME FROM. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN,
GUYS. THIS IS NOT
EASY TO FIND. NO. YOU SURE WE'RE IN
THE RIGHT PLACE? I DON'T WANT TO
RUN OUT OF GAS OUT HERE. OF COURSE, IT'S NOT
ON THE NAVIGATION, SO... WHAT'S OUR BEARING?
DUE WEST? YES. OKAY.
THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
THIS BARREN. NOT EVEN
THE ALASKAN TUNDRA. IT'S BIZARRE. IT REALLY
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE EARTH. IT'D BE A GOOD PLACE TO
HOUSE ALIEN LIFE. THEY CAN PUT ANYTHING
IN AREA 51 -- ANYTHING AT ALL -- BECAUSE LOOK HOW HARD IT IS
TO GET THERE. YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LUCKY,
YOU CAN FLY IN. THERE'S A WARNING SIGN
RIGHT THERE, GUYS. UH-OH. OH. "WARNING --
U.S. AIR FORCE INSTALLATION. "MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT
$1,000 FINE, "SIX-MONTH IMPRISONMENT
OR BOTH. STRICTLY ENFORCED." IT'S THE STRICTLY ENFORCED PART
THAT KIND OF FREAKS ME OUT. I THINK THERE'S TWO PEOPLE
IN THAT VEHICLE. WHERE IS THE VEHICLE? RIGHT ON THE TOP
OF THAT HILL. OH, YEAH. I DON'T LIKE THIS
AT ALL. YOU JUST WANT TO, LIKE,
SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S CHECK IT OUT. HOLD ON.
ARE WE GOOD? THEY'RE STILL NOT MOVING. "UNLAWFUL TO ENTER THIS AREA
WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE INSTALLATION
COMMANDER." ANYBODY HAVE PERMISSION OF
THE INSTALLATION COMMANDER? UH...DO NOT. DO NOT. SO,
IT HAS AN ACTUAL NAME -- THE NELLIS BOMBING
AND GUNNERY RANGE? THAT'S A BUNCH OF CRUD. OH, YOU DON'T THINK
THAT'S IT? NO, THAT'S
NOT WHAT THIS IS. Levy: EVERYONE HAD DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ON AREA 51, BUT THE ONE THING
EVERYBODY AGREED ON WAS THAT THE SECURITY THERE
IS DEADLY SERIOUS. WE KNEW WE HAD TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THEIR REGULATIONS. OKAY, THERE IS A ROAD
RIGHT HERE AND THERE'S NO SIGN THAT SAYS
NO TRESPASSING RIGHT HERE. I WONDER IF WE COULD GO
STRAIGHT UP THE HILL. ACTUALLY, WE CAN, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US
A VANTAGE POINT TO SEE IF WE CAN
SEE ANYTHING. OKAY,
WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. LET'S MAKE SURE, REALLY,
WE DON'T SEE. OKAY,
WHILE WE'RE WALKING, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE
THAT CAR DOESN'T START MOVING TOWARD US. IF IT DOES,
WE'RE OUT OF HERE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. SEE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
UP THERE. OH, GEEZ.
IT'S WEIRD. THEY KIND OF HAVE
THE SAME PROFILE AS A CACTUS. OH, YEAH, THIS IS
A BETTER VIEW, THOUGH. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER
TO THAT TRUCK, THOUGH. I'M NOT LIKING THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE IS
INCREDIBLE, BUT LOOK. MEAN, YOU REALLY HAVE TO
KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE HIDING SOMETHING. HERE'S THE MOST FASCINATING FACT
ABOUT AREA 51 -- IT WAS BUILT ON TOP OF
A SILVER MINE. THAT MEANS
THERE'S A WHOLE NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND CAVES. THE MOST SENSITIVE
AND TOP-SECRET STUFF MAY ACTUALLY BE UNDERGROUND. SO, WE'VE GOT SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS TO THE LEFT, WE HAVE A TRUCK
ON THE HILLSIDE IN FRONT OF US WITH TWO MEN IN IT, AND WE HAVE SOME KIND OF
INFORMATION INSTALLMENT ATOP THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
IN THE AREA. BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS
A GOOD HIDING POINT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE
ALIEN SPACECRAFT AND BODIES. THEY COULD BE HIDING
ANYTHING. NO, NO, NO.
THAT CAR IS MOVING. Rolle: THEY'RE COMING
THIS WAY, GUYS. YOU WANT TO START
MOVING DOWNHILL, GUYS? YES. YES. OKAY. LET'S START.
LET'S GET IN THE CAR. LET'S KIND OF GO QUICKLY. I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL.
HE'S STARING RIGHT AT US. NO. LET'S GO.
LET'S GO FASTER. GET THE LINCOLN FIRED UP. [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] McKinley: HERE THEY COME.
HERE THEY COME. Levy: WE HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS.
WHAT DO THEY MEAN? OKAY, JUST, I GUESS -- DON'T STOP.
DON'T STOP. Rolle:
JUST KEEP GOING. WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR PROOF
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, BUT WE'VE LEARNED THE GOVERNMENT
MAY HAVE ALREADY FOUND IT. NOW THE QUESTION IS
WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY KNOW AND WHY WON'T THEY SHARE IT
WITH US? SO, IN ALL OF YOUR TIME
UPSTAIRS FLYING AROUND, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING
THAT YOU COULDN'T EXPLAIN OR DIDN'T UNDERSTAND? UNUSUAL PHENOMENON?
NO. I HAVEN'T. BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF
VERY GOOD FRIENDS, HIGH-PERFORMANCE
FIGHTER PILOTS. ONE OF THEM HAD SEEN A UFO
NOT IN THE AIR, BUT ON THE GROUND,
AND HE SWEARS TO THIS DAY THAT IT LANDED IN A CLEARING
RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THEY WERE CAMPING
ONCE. I BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY. NOW, DO I BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS A UFO? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK HE REPORTED THAT,
THOUGH, TO ANYBODY
FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS. WHY WOULDN'T THEY? WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GO TO YOUR COMMANDING
OFFICER OR FLIGHT SERGEANT AND YOU SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT? WHILE I WAS OUT CAMPING
THIS WEEKEND, I SAW A UFO." AND YOU'RE HANDLING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- YOU'RE GONNA BE TAKEN
OFF OF THAT UNTIL SOMEBODY CAN EXPLAIN IT OR FIGURE OUT WHETHER
YOU'RE OKAY STILL. RIGHT. AND, TRUST ME,
NO AVIATOR WANTS TO BE STANDING OUT,
DRAWING ATTENTION. THEY'D RATHER BE OUT FLYING
AND DOING WHAT THEY DO. Levy: ALAN,
WE'VE BEEN TO ROSWELL. WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THESE
SORT OF FAMOUS PICTURES OF FLYING SAUCERS
AND THINGS AND DISCS
THAT LOOK LIKE UFOs. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THESE IMAGES AND UFOs? WELL, THE AIR FORCE,
THEY HAD SOMETHING CALLED PROJECT BLUE BOOK, AND THAT EVERY UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECT THAT WAS REPORTED WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE
IN THIS PROJECT. PROJECT BLUE BOOK WAS
A SECRET AIR FORCE INITIATIVE STARTED IN 1952
TO DETERMINE WHETHER UFOs POSED A THREAT
TO NATIONAL SECURITY. BEFORE THEY WERE DONE, THEY INVESTIGATED
12,618 REPORTS. WHEN BLUE BOOK
MADE THEIR REPORT PUBLIC, THEY CLAIMED TO DISMISS
97% OF SIGHTINGS. ALTHOUGH IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT 22% OF THEIR SIGHTINGS
COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED. BUT HERE'S THE BEST PART. GUESS WHO'S MIND
DID GET CHANGED. THE SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT
ON THE PROJECT, DR. J. ALLEN HYNEK, STARTED PROJECT BLUE BOOK
AS A UFO SKEPTIC. BUT DURING HIS RESEARCH,
THAT CHANGED. HYNEK ACCUSED
HIS MILITARY COUNTERPARTS OF APATHY AND IGNORANCE AS THEY ROUTINELY DISMISSED
INEXPLICABLE PHENOMENON AS BIRDS OR BALLOONS. THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE
THAT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ARE A THRE TO
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. AS HE PUT IT,
"PROJECT BLUE BOOK "WENT FROM THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE UNEXPLAINED TO THE EXPLANATION
OF THE UNINVESTIGATED." SO, YOU'RE SAYING
THAT THERE ARE PHENOMENON THAT ARE UNEXPLAINABLE. THERE ARE UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS OUT THERE? YEP, AND THOSE ARE WORTHY OF
LOOKING AT AND PURSUING
UNTIL WE DO KNOW. BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE STILL ARE
SOME UNEXPLAINED OCCURRENCES OF SIGHTINGS OF THINGS
THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO, THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
NO PROOF OF LIFE IN THEIR RECORDS. BUT THOSE, OF COURSE, ARE JUST THE RECORDS
THEY TELL US ABOUT. BUDDY, McKINLEY, AND SCOTT ARE TALKING TO A HIGH-RANKING
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO'S DECIDED TO TAKE A RISK,
DEFY AN ORDER, AND TELL HIS STORY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS AND WHAT YOU WERE DOING
AT THE TIME THAT YOU GOT
THIS INFORMATION. Well, I was the branch manager
at the F.A.A. tech center in Atlantic City. We watched the plane come down.
The 747 comes down. And then when he first
comes on the frequency, he says, "Do you have
any traffic for me?" And my controller,
he's looking at the scope saying,
"I got no traffic up here." So he says, "Negative." And he says, "Well, I got something out here
at 11:00, 12:00. "I've got white and yellow
strobe lights, this kind of stuff." He's looking at this thinking,
"There's no airplane that big." It's like four times the size
of an aircraft carrier. He's flying a 747
that has an elevator in it. They have floors. It's like a two-story building
flying in the air, and he's looking at something that is a massive,
massive target out there. And he's assuming
it's an airplane. JOHN, DID ANY PASSENGERS
SEE THIS THING? All the crew said
the same thing. SO, NOT JUST ONE GUY. IT'S CORROBORATED BY
OTHER CREW MEMBERS. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They drew the same pictures
and everything, yeah. JOHN CALLAHAN WAS THE GUY
THE F.A.A. CALLED WHEN SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENED
IN THE SKY, BUT NO ONE EVER SAW ANYTHING
AS STRANGE AS THIS. ACCORDING TO CALLAHAN'S STORY, A 747 WAS APPROACHED BY
AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT THAT WAS SO BIG THE RADAR
PICKED IT UP AS A WEATHER FRONT. HE DESCRIBED THE CRAFT
AS SPHERICAL AND GLOWING, BUT THE MOST ASTOUNDING THING
WAS THE WAY IT MOVED. THE UFO ZIPPED AROUND SO QUICKLY THAT IT APPEARED MILES IN FRONT
OF THE CRAFT ONE MOMENT AND MILES BEHIND IT THE NEXT. THE INCIDENT SO CONCERNED
CALLAHAN'S SUPERIORS THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY ALERTED
THE WHITE HOUSE AND SUMMONED PRESIDENT REAGAN'S
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. PRESIDENT REAGAN, BY THE WAY,
PERSONALLY CLAIMED TO SEE A UFO FROM AN AIRPLANE OVER
BAKERSFIELD IN 1974 -- LONG BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT. REAGAN SAID IT WAS A BRIGHT,
WHITE LIGHT, AND ACCORDING TO "THE GIPPER," "WE FOLLOWED IT TO BAKERSFIELD,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, "TO OUR UTTER AMAZEMENT, IT WENT STRAIGHT UP
INTO THE HEAVENS." Well, I came back
to headquarters after we seen all this. The admiral heard
I was in the building. He calls down and says, "I want you to give me
a five-minute thing on what we found out." So, I go up in his office,
I give him five minutes. Then he says to one of the aids, "Cancel the rest of
my meetings for tonight. We'll reschedule them
next week." Then he says to us,
"I'm going to go see Reagan. "We're gonna hand this off to the Reagan
scientific study team." Then in comes the three guys,
scientific study team. They looked like the Einsteins. They got the long hair,
gray hair, wasn't combed. They had nice suits on,
but they looked like weirdos. And they had three guys
with them from the CIA. Then one of the scientists
comes out. He says,
"This event never happened. "And we were never here. "We're confiscating
all this data, and you're all
sworn to secrecy." So I said to him,
"What do you think it was?" He says, "Oh, it's a UFO," and this is the first time
they ever had more than a few minutes of radar data
to look at. He says,
"Look at them over there. "They're just drooling, waiting to get their hands
on all this data." SO, THE LESSON IS
TO STOP CALLING WASHINGTON. Rolle: RIGHT. STOP CALLING WASHINGTON
WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. There's nobody else to call. Even if
you call the newspapers, a lot of the newspapers think
you're a quirk anyway because they've been brainwashed
that if UFOs existed, the government would know and the government would
tell you. They know what's good for you, and they know what
you should be thinking. OUR INVESTIGATION
INTO EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE HAS LED BUDDY, MAC, AND SCOTT
JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. BUT BEFORE THEY CAN REACH
THEIR CONCLUSIONS, THEY'RE NOW SPEAKING TO A MAN
WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN THE ONE PLACE WE COULDN'T GO. YOU MENTIONED HAVING BEEN
IN SPACE SIX TIMES. ARE THE EXPERIENCES DIFFERENT
EACH TIME? THEY'RE RICHER BECAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. McKinley: SO,
WHEN YOU WERE OUT THERE, DID YOU SEE ANY OTHER
BEINGS OUT THERE? NOPE. I WANTED TO. YOU WANTED TO. I WISH. OH, YEAH. BUT YOU THINK THERE'S
OTHER LIFE OUT THERE, BUT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE
EVIDENCE OF THEM VISITING OUR PLANET? EVERY TIME YOU TAKE
A TIMED EXPOSURE WITH THE HUBBLE, IT'S 2,000 GALAXIES
TIMES 100 BILLION STARS. THAT IS
2,000 TIMES 100 BILLION. SO, WITHIN ONE PICTURE THERE'S 200 TRILLION STARS
YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH ONE PICTURE OF HUBBLE. AND EVERY TIME YOU AIM IT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER
100 TRILLION STARS. SO, YOU'RE JUST SAYING
THE PROBABILITY IS -- MASSIVE.
IT'S A CERTAINTY. A TRILLION IS
A MILLION-MILLION, SO EVEN IF THE CHANCES OF LIFE
EXISTING NEAR A STAR ARE ONLY ONE IN A TRILLION, FOR EVERY PICTURE
THE HUBBLE TAKES, THERE WOULD STILL BE 200 PLANETS
WITH LIFE ON THEM. SO, I MEAN, WHAT'S SO
INTERESTING ABOUT EARTH IS THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE,
THE AMOUNT OF WATER, HOW CLOSE IT IS
TO THE SUN. I MEAN, ALL THE DIALS ARE SET
PERFECTLY FOR LIFE. YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE DIALS
ARE SET PERFECTLY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S A NICE WAY
TO PUT IT. YES. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE,
IN ONE HUBBLE PICTURE, 100 TRILLION STARS, NOT MANY DIALS
HAVE TO BE CORRECT, AND YOU STILL HAVE A TRILLION
PLANETS WITH LIFE ON THEM. BUT THAT STUFF OUT THERE
IS MASSIVELY ADVANCED IN THE EVOLUTIONARY STRAIN. OTHER LIFE? YEAH,
THE LIFE OUT THERE. BUT IT ALSO HAS HAD A CHANCE TO DO A BILLION YEARS
OF TECHNOLOGY. REALLY? THEY'VE BEEN AROUND
FOR 12 BILLION YEARS. THE HUBBLE CONCEPT
PRETTY MUCH DEFINED THE AGE. YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
BEYOND JUST, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN BACTERIA IN
A CERTAIN VOLCANIC ASH? OUT THERE? THEY'RE DOING
INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL. YOU THINK SO? OF COURSE. IF YOU HAVE
AN ADVANCED EVOLUTIONARY STRAIN WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
TECHNOLOGY FOR A BILLION YEARS, STAR TRAVEL IS HAPPENING. SO, IF YOU THINK
IN 200 YEARS WE GOT FROM MAYBE A DRILL PRESS
OPERATED BY AN OX TO THE INTERNET --
TO iPhone, YEAH. OR ME, BORN AND RAISED --
WHEN I WAS A KID, DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE NOT HERE. IT WAS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
TO BEING AN ASTRONAUT -- STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
TO SPACE. ...WHAT COULD ANOTHER
STRAIN OF LIFE HAD DONE WITH A BILLION YEARS? WITH A BILLION YEARS. TODAY, THERE'S MORE
COMPUTING POWER IN A CELLPHONE
THAN THERE WAS ON APOLLO 11, AND THAT BROUGHT MAN
TO THE MOON AND BACK. AND THESE ARE ADVANCEMENTS
IN TECHNOLOGY THAT EVERY BABY BOOMER
CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER CHANGING IN THEIR LIFETIME. SO, IMAGINE
WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IN ANOTHER 10, 100,
OR 1,000 YEARS. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE ASTRONAUT IS TALKING ABOUT. HE'S TALKING ABOUT
A BILLION YEARS FROM NOW WHEN OUR DESCENDANTS LOOK BACK
AT US AND OUR TECHNOLOGY THE WAY WE LOOK BACK AT CAVEMEN. Rolle: STORY,
IF YOU'RE 100% CERTAIN THAT THERE'S BEEN OTHER LIFE
AROUND FOR A BILLION YEARS AND THEY ARE TRAVELING
FROM STAR TO STAR, WHY HAVEN'T THEY
VISITED HERE? FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO
LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF -- YES, THERE'S STAR TRAVEL
GOING ON, BUT THERE'S A HECK OF A LOT
OF PLACES TO GO TO. EVEN THOUGH STAR TRAVEL IS
GOING ON, THINGS ARE FAR AWAY. BUT HOW SURE ARE YOU? I'M AS SURE AS I CAN BE,
BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE. IT'S STATISTICAL.
IT'S THE POWER OF LIFE. SO, WE HAVE
4 MILLION SPECIES HERE. RIGHT. SO, LIFE DID NOT JUST CREATE
A HANDFUL OF SPECIES. LIFE HAS GOT THE MUSCLE
AND THE SURVIVABILITY TO SURVIVE UNDER
A HUGE NUMBER OF DIALS. AND YOU HAVE MASSIVE TIME. PUT THOSE THREE TOGETHER,
IT'S EVERYWHERE. IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE
BESIDES HERE. YEAH. BUDDY, MAC, AND SCOTT
HAVE DUG DEEPLY INTO ALL THE BEST-KNOWN
ALIEN ENCOUNTERS AND FOUND SOME
LITTLE-KNOWN INFORMATION. THEY'VE TALKED TO
CREDIBLE SOURCES WHO HAVE TOLD THEM
TRULY INCREDIBLE STORIES. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW
FROM WHAT WE'VE FOUND -- I BELIEVE THAT THE F.A.A.,
CIA, AIR FORCE IS NOT ALLOWING AN OPEN,
TRANSPARENT, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. I MEAN, THERE IS NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
CONTROL INFORMATION. NOW, WHETHER THEY'RE COVERING UP
PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE -- I DON'T THINK
THEY HAVE IT YET. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
THE KNOWLEDGE TO COVER UP. I THINK THEY'RE SCRAMBLING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE, AND I THINK
THEY ARE SCRAMBLING. SEE, I AGREE WITH THAT
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT I THINK THAT
THERE HAS BEEN AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT IT IS ALIEN LIFE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT'S COVERING UP. WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
WE HAVE A VERY CREDIBLE SIGHTING OF WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED
AS A SPACECRAFT BY A PILOT
FOR A JAPANESE AIRLINE. I MEAN, THIS GUY
HAS NOTHING TO GAIN AND EVERYTHING TO LOSE
BY HAVING THE SIGHTING. WE HAVE CREDIBLE
MILITARY SOURCES THAT TELL US THAT THEY WERE TOLD
THAT A FLYING SAUCER HAD CRASHED IN ROSWELL, AND THEN THEY WERE TOLD TO
CHANGE THE STORY. I MEAN, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO
KEEP MILITARY SECRETS FROM US TO KEEP US SAFE,
THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO ME
TO BE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OUT THERE THAT WE FOUND
IN THIS INVESTIGATION. DO I THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP THE EXISTENCE
OF ALIEN LIFE? I DON'T THINK THEY ARE. I THINK THEY'RE COVERING UP
THE EXISTENCE OF UFOs BECAUSE UFOs MEANS OBJECTS
THAT WE DON'T YET KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN. THE THING AT ROSWELL -- I COMPLETELY
AM WILLING TO ADMIT THAT SOMETHING LANDED
AT ROSWELL AND THE GOVERNMENT HURRIED
TO CHANGE THE STORY. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT REALLY STARTED ME HEADING DOWN
IN THIS DIRECTION FOR THIS CONCLUSION
WAS TALKING TO RICHARD MINGUS. HERE WAS A GUY WHO WAS
A SECURITY GUARD AT AREA 51. HE HAD ACCESS TO
EVERY SINGLE PLACE ON THAT BASE YOU COULD GO
EXCEPT ONE PLACE, ONE HANGAR HE WAS
NOT ALLOWED TO GO. HE FINALLY TOOK
A LOOK IN THERE, AND HE SAW SOMETHING
THAT TO THIS DAY HE CANNOT TALK ABOUT. I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME
OTHER KIND OF LIFE EXISTS BEYOND JUST THE LIFE
ON OUR PLANET. WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
HOW LARGE THE UNIVERSE IS. AND SO, SOMEWHERE, THE DIALS ARE JUST RIGHT
FOR SOME KIND OF LIFE TO EXIST. I COMPLETELY AGREE
WITH YOU GUYS THAT ALIEN LIFE
HAS TO EXI. AND I WILL SAY THIS -- I THINK LOTS OF THE THINGS
WE'VE HEARD ARE PIPE DREAMS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING AND
THEY'RE PEOPLE'S IMAGINATIONS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ARE A LITTLE CUCKOO, BUT THERE'S JUST BEEN
TOO MUCH EVIDENCE THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT
DURING THIS INVESTIGATION TO MAKE ME THINK THAT IT HASN'T
BEEN HERE AT SOME POINT. THAT BRINGS ME BACK
TO OUR CONVERSATION
WITH STORY MUSGRAVE. WE LOOKED AT HIM POINT-BLANK
AND SAID, YOU KNOW,
"DID YOU SEE ANYTHING?" AND HE PAUSED, AND HE SAID,
"NO, BUT I WANTED TO." WELL, THEN, LET ME JUST
ASK YOU POINT-BLANK, DO YOU THINK ALIEN LIFE
EXISTS AT ALL ANYWHERE
IN THE UNIVERSE? I HAVE SEEN A UFO. YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT? YOU DON'T TELL EVERYONE
THAT YOU'VE SEEN A UFO FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS. IT MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE
A WING NUT. RIGHT. I WAS A YOUNG BOY,
8-YEARS-OLD, TRAVELING WITH MY FAMILY, AND MY FATHER LOOKED UP
IN THE SKY FROM THE CAR, PULLED THE CAR OVER
IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS A GIANT, GLOWING,
LIKE, OVAL-SHAPED ORB IN THE SKY. IT WAS ILLUMINATED
FROM WITHIN. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD FIRE
AROUND THE EDGES. AND WE PULLED OVER,
NUMEROUS CARS PULLED OVER AND EVERYONE STOPPED
AND GOT OUT AND POINTED AT THIS THING AND NO ONE KNEW
WHAT THE HELL IT WAS. I GOT TO BE HONEST,
BUDDY. IF YOU HAD TOLD ME THAT STORY BEFORE WE STARTED
THIS INVESTIGATION, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT MAYBE
YOU WERE A LITTLE CRAZY. BUT AFTER EVERYTHING
WE'VE LEARNED AND EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN AND EVERYTHING
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE IMAGES THAT I HAVE
FROM MY CHILDHOOD. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE NIGHTMARES
ABOUT IT OR ANHING. I HAVE WONDER ABOUT IT. WAS IT OF ANOTHER WORLD? RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. Meltzer: THE MAJORITY OF STARS
IN OUR UNIVERSE ARE MORE THAN 1,000
LIGHT-YEARS AWAY. SO, THAT MEANS
IT WOULD TAKE AN ALIEN 1,000 YEARS JUST TO GET HERE. THEY CAN'T GET HERE FASTER
BECAUSE PHYSICISTS BELIEVE THAT THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS
THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ANYTHING TO MOVE FASTER. BUT PHYSICISTS ALSO BELIEVED
THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN
THE SPEED OF SOUND UNTIL CHUCK YEAGER PROVED THEM
WRONG IN 1947 WHEN HE BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER. PEOPLE THOUGHT IT PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HUMAN BEING TO RUN A MILE
IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES UNTIL ROGER BANNISTER DID IT
IN 1954. REMEMBER -- JUST BECAUSE
SOMETHING HASN'T HAPPENED YET NEVER MEANS ITS IMPOSSIBLE. I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT
THE ONLY LIFE OUT THERE. RONALD REAGAN SAYS HE SAW A UFO
WITH HIS OWN EYES. SO DID JIMMY CARTER. AND STEPHEN HAWKING, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINKERS
OF OUR TIME, THINKS IT'S A MATHEMATICAL
IMPOSSIBILITY TO SAY THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE. BUT LISTEN TO WHAT HAWKING SAYS BECAUSE HE ALSO GIVES US
A WARNING. HE SAID, "WE ONLY HAVE TO
LOOK AT OURSELVES "TO SEE HOW INTELLIGENT LIFE
MIGHT DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING
THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO MEET." HE GOES ON,
"IF ALIENS EVER VISIT US, "I THINK THE OUTCOME
WOULD BE MUCH AS WHEN "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
FIRST LANDED IN AMERICA, WHICH DIDN'T TURN OUT VERY WELL
FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS." SO, FOR AS MUCH AS
I WANT TO BELIEVE, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE
VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE WISH FOR.
This is from 2012
The old security guard just admitted Bob Lazar worked at S4 and was on the project he says he was!!!! OH MY GOD!!!